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UKERNA

United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association, former name of JANET(UK)

Updated on 6 Jul 2007 by Chris Limb

UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply: a backup power unit that provides continuous power when the normal power supply is interrupted.

Updated on 27 Jun 2004 by Chris Limb

URL

Uniform Resource Locator; the unique global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.

Updated on 10 Mar 2003 by Chris Limb

USCS

Acronym for University of Sussex Computing Service, former name of IT Services

Updated on 18 Jun 2004 by Chris Limb

VADNUP

Acronym for Voice And Data Network Upgrade Project.

Updated on 5 Feb 2004 by Chris Limb

VGA

Video Graphics Array - a standard computer graphics display mode meaasuring 640 × 480 pixels with 16 or 256 colours. Now largely obsolete.

Updated on 27 Oct 2006 by Chris Limb

virus

A computer virus is a program that is intended to be installed onto a computer without the owners knowledge and runs secretly, often damaging files and information. Most viruses can reproduce and spread to other computers, often via email.

Updated on 11 Feb 2005 by Chris Limb

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virus checker

Software the purpose of which is to protect computers from computer viruses

Updated on 13 Mar 2006 by Chris Limb

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VLAN

Virtual Local Area Network. A group of PCs, servers and other network resources that are not necessarily on the same segment but communicate as though they were on the same wire.

Updated on 28 Nov 2003 by Chris Limb

VLE

Acronym for Virtual Learning Environment. Part of the MLE. A online tool to assist in learning.

Updated on 13 Apr 2003 by Jason Bailey

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