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An Internet service provider (ISP) offering that prioritizes which traffic is delivered before other traffic. With COS, when an ISP’s network is not congested, all traffic is treated equally. When the network is congested, however, traffic that has been designated as a higher priority will be delivered first, while lower priority traffic will be held in a queue until the higher-class traffic has been transmitted.
Industry:Technology
A specification that defines the operations and the data attributes for a set of objects.
Industry:Technology
A computer system that weighs less than 3 pounds and opens lengthwise to expose a keyboard and screen.
Industry:Technology
Claims management solutions are applications that support end-to-end claims workflow and collaboration for life insurance products, from the entry of claims information through claims payments. Components include workflow, business process management (BPM) capabilities, a rule engine, collaboration tools, integration tools, and industry templates that contain claims process flows and best practices.
Industry:Technology
Gartner defines “claims analytics” as the use of business intelligence (BI), reporting solutions, dashboards, data mining and predictive modeling technologies to manage and analyze claims data, which can result in improved performance. Overall, three processes are supported in claims analytics tools: claims analysis, reporting and predictive modeling.
Industry:Technology
In fiber-optic cable, a colored, low refractive index material that surrounds the core and provides optical insulation and protection to the core.
Industry:Technology
A citizen developer is a user who creates new business applications for consumption by others using development and runtime environments sanctioned by corporate IT. In the past, end-user application development has typically been limited to single-user or workgroup solutions built with tools like Microsoft Excel and Access. However, today, end users can build departmental, enterprise and even public applications using shared services, fourth-generation language (4GL)-style development platforms and cloud computing services.
Industry:Technology
Data transmission over a wireless network using circuit switching rather than packet switching. Once a connection is established, the user is charged for the use of a dedicated circuit.
Industry:Technology
Temporary direct connection of one or more channels between two or more points to provide the user with exclusive use of an open channel with which to exchange information. A discrete circuit path is set up between the incoming and outgoing lines, in contrast to message switching and packet-switching, in which no such physical path is established. Also called line switching.
Industry:Technology
The data-carrying capability of a circuit; the grades of circuit are broadband, voice, subvoice, and telegraph.
Industry:Technology
