Mining Google Web Services: Building Applications with the Google API
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- Network Interface Card (NIC)
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The device responsible for allowing a workstation to communicate with servers and other workstations. It provides the physical means for creating the connection. The card plugs into an expansion slot in the computer. A cable that attaches to the back of the card completes the communication path .
- NIC
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See also Network Interface Card (NIC).
- Node
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1. A single element in a file that might contain a number of leaf elements. The file normally couples nodes into a hierarchical structure, such as the structure used by the eXtensible Markup Language (XML). Some database systems also use the hierarchical structure of nodes and leaves to make data easier or faster to locate. 2. A single element in a network. In most cases, the term node refers to a single workstation connected to the network. It can also refer to a bridge, router, or file server. It doesn't refer to cabling, passive, or active elements that don't directly interface with the network at the logical level.
- Non-connected Mode
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A state in which the client can't communicate with the server. Most applications don't provide support for a non-connected mode unless they also provide some type of caching. For example, an application that normally communicates with a database over a network usually needs to maintain a connection to the database to operate . In some cases, applications support non-connected mode by establishing a local cache of data found at a remote resource, such as a Web service, by storing common data in a local database.