- Bridge
- An interconnection device that can connect LAN's using similar or dissimilar data links
such as Ethernet, Token-ring, and X.25.
- Broadband
- The bandwidth that includes microwave, satellite, coaxial cable, and fibre-optic
channels. It is used for very high speed computers.
- Buffers (GIS)
- A spatial analysis tool. The buffer is a user-defined region around a map object that
can be used to select and analyse data attached to underlying regions
- Bulletin Board
- An electronic message system. Electronic Public access computers, where software may be
distributed, bug fixes posted, advice on many topics given
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- Bus Line (Bus)
- An electronic roadway that connects parts of the CPU with other important devices. Also
a connecting cable in a bus network.
- Bus Network
- A network where all communications travel along a common path. Each device in the
network handles its own communications control. There is no host computer or file server.
- Button Bar
- Buttons appearing below the menu bar, that when selected with the mouse perform preset
actions. Eg., in Word processing may bold highlighted text.
- Byte
- A group of 8 bits. There are 256 possible bit combinations in a byte.
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