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- VGA (Video Graphics Array)
- Minimum acceptable standard for PC display systems > More
- VPN (virtual private network)
- Private network of computers that's partially connected by public phone lines > More
- VoIP (Voice-over IP)
- Technologies that make it possible to transmit audio information via IP in real time > More
- vCalendar
- Specification that defines a format for exchanging calendaring information > More
- vCard
- Specification that defines a format for exchanging information such as a name, email address and so on > More
- vertical compression
- Feature on 4:3 TVs designed to take advantage of the extra resolution in wide-screen content > More
- vertical resolution
- Number of horizontal lines (or pixels) that can be resolved from the top of an image to the bottom > More
- viewable area
- Area of a screen that can display a picture > More
- virtual memory
- Method of simulating computer memory > More
- virus
- Self-replicating piece of malicious computer code that is embedded in a seemingly harmless program or file > More
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