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Adapters (Hardware)
DEFINITION: An adapter is a physical device that allows one hardware or electronic interface to be adapted (accommodated without loss of function) to another hardware or electronic interface. In a computer, an adapter is often built into a card that can be inserted into a slot on the computer's motherboard. The card adapts information that is exchanged between the computer's microprocessor and the devices that … Definition continues below.
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Video-Ready - Campus Network sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Why should your network be "Video-Ready"? Video applications have enabled enterprises to significantly increase worker productivity, improve collaboration, reduce costs, and streamline and optimize business operations. This paper dicusses the factors that will accelerate adoption of video solutions over the next few years. Posted: 22 May 2009 \| Published: 01 May 2008 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Communications Networks \| Communications Systems \| Digital Signatures \| Video Adapters \| Video Chat Software \| Video Portals \| Video Services \| Video Systems \| Video Telephones \| Video-on-Demand \| Videoconferences \| Videoconferencing Systems

Continuous Availability Suite: Neverfail Solution Architecture sponsored by Neverfail WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover a tool that provides high availability and disaster recovery through continuous data protection without the need for specialized hardware. Posted: 30 Oct 2012 \| Published: 29 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Hardware \| High Availability \| Software

Nation’s top sports franchise transforms fan experience sponsored by HP & Intel® WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover how one of the nation's top athletic franchises collaborated with HP Services consultants to plan and smoothly transition to a virtualized IT infrastructure. Learn how these services help them free up their IT team for more business-critical tasks. Posted: 21 Sep 2012 \| Published: 21 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Hardware \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Software

Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud: System Overview sponsored by ORACLE APAC WHITE PAPER: Exalogic is at the forefront of the industry-wide shift away from costly and inferior one-off platforms toward private clouds and Engineered Systems. For enterprises that want to get more for their IT investment than merely keeping the lights on, Exalogic is the only choice. Posted: 03 Oct 2012 \| Published: 02 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Application Deployment \| Application Development \| Application Development and Integration Services \| Application Infrastructure \| Application Integration \| Applications Management \| Cloud Computing \| Hardware \| Middleware \| Oracle (Product) \| Software

How to Solve Application Performance Problems sponsored by Virident WHITE PAPER: In this brief white paper, you will discover how to gain a competitive edge over your competition and reduce storage cost with a comprehensive solution to your application performance problems. Posted: 20 May 2013 \| Published: 20 May 2013 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Flash Memory \| Hard Disk Drives \| Hard Disks \| Hardware \| RAID \| Solid State Disks \| Solid State Storage \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Efficiency \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management \| Strategic Planning

Microsoft Exchange 2010 on Dell Systems: Simple Distributed Configurations sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses various options for properly configuring Exchange 2010. Determine which architecture is best for the number of mailboxes you must support, your average user profile, and more. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 01 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Email \| Email Management \| Hardware \| Microsoft Exchange \| Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 \| Server Hardware \| Storage Appliances

PACs for Industrial Control, the Future of Control sponsored by National Instruments WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the origins of the Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC), how PACs differ from Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and PCs, and the future direction of industrial control with PACs. Posted: 16 Sep 2008 \| Published: 16 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Data Management \| Database Management \| Hardware \| Interface Design \| Network Management \| Software \| TCP/IP \| Vendors

Support PCI Security Compliance with Enhanced Solutions from IBM sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This white paper briefly describes PCI requirements, the benefits of compliance and the penalties for noncompliance. Posted: 13 Feb 2009 \| Published: 13 Feb 2009 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Data Security \| Hardware \| Security \| Software \| Vulnerability Assessments

Closed Loop Lifecycle Planning©: Optimizing for Energy Efficiency in the Upcoming Technology Refresh Cycle sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This paper encourages all businesses, regardless of size and complexities, to consider a more formal "green" strategy in regards to client computing and the technology refresh cycle. Posted: 20 Oct 2008 \| Published: 17 Oct 2008 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Hardware \| Investments \| Marketing \| Project Management \| Software

Unlocking the Full Power of Massive Parallelism: Solving the Network Bottleneck in MPP Databases sponsored by Aster Data Systems WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the technical limitations inherent in the architecture of traditional databases and other MPP (massive parallel processing) alternatives. Posted: 09 Dec 2008 \| Published: 09 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Warehouses \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Hardware \| Network Performance \| Sales \| SAN

ADAPTERS (HARDWARE) DEFINITION (continued): … An adapter is a physical device that allows one hardware or electronic interface to be adapted (accommodated without loss of function) to another hardware or electronic interface. In a computer, an adapter is often built into a card that can be inserted into a slot on the computer's motherboard. The card adapts information that is exchanged between the computer's microprocessor and the devices that the card supports.
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