ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode. Information transfer standard for routing high speed, high band traffic such as real time voice, video and general data bits. API Application Programming Interface. A specific method prescribed by a computer operating system or another application by programmer can make requests of the specific software. Backbone A centralized high-speed network that connects smaller independent networks.
Most communications involving computers uses baseband transmission.
The speed rate for delivering information over a network that a customer may require from an application. An application service provider that focuses on providing and hosting applications related exclusively to business functions. Any piece of software can be a CGI program if it handles input and output according to the CGI standard. Usually a CGI program is a small program that takes data from a web server and does something with it, like putting the content of a form into an e-mail message, or turning the data into a database query. The speed at which the end user can access information.