Watson is IBMs Super Computer

Net Neutrality means an Internet that enables andprotects free speech. It means that Internet serviceproviders should provide us with open networks - andshould not block or discriminate against anyapplications or content that ride over those networks

Octet is another name for a byte=8bits

Pascal is an imperative and procedural programminglanguage designed in 1968/1969 and published in 1970by Nicklaus Wirth as a small and efficient languageintended to encourage good programming practicesusing structured programming and data structuring

Hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment whichuses a mix of on-premises, private cloud and third-party, public cloud services with orchestration betweenthe two platforms. By using a Hybrid approach,companies can maintain control of an internallymanaged private cloud while relying on the publiccloud as needed

WAN stands for Wide Area Network. A wide areanetwork (WAN) is a geographically distributed private tele communications network that interconnects multiple local area networks (LANs). In an enterprise,a WAN may consist of connections to a companys headquarters, branch offices, collocation facilities,cloud services and other facilities

After a credit card transaction has been authorized bythe issuing bank by sending an authorization code tothe merchant, the settlement stage of the processbegins. This is called batch processing because anumber (or batch) of transactions is settled all at onetime.

Microsoft is a cloud computing platform andinfrastructure created by Microsoft for building,deploying, and managing applications and servicesthrough a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. Azure was announced in October 2008 andreleased on 1 February 2010 as Windows Azure, beforebeing renamed to Microsoft Azure on 25 March 2014