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- BIOS (basic input/output system)
- Encoding that provides the basic instructions for controlling system hardware > More
- Blu-ray
- Next-generation recordable HD DVD format > More
- Bluetooth
- Wireless computing and telecommunications specification > More
- Bluetooth interface
- Technology which can enalbe hands-free Bluetooth calls > More
- bandwidth
- Data-carrying capacity -- the speed and volume of data flow > More
- biometrics
- Technologies for measuring and analysing physical characteristics such as fingerprints > More
- bit
- Smallest unit of data in computing, with a value of either 0 or 1 > More
- bit rate
- Measure of how many bits of data are transmitted or received or of how many bits describe each sound in an audio file > More
- bitmap
- Method of depicting a graphic image on a computer screen, printer or scanner > More
- black level
- Intensity of black in a TV picture > More
- broadband
- High-speed telecommunications that transmit data within a wide range of frequencies > More
- byte
- Unit of measure that usually describes a single character, such as a letter or a number > More
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