Differential Backup is a backup type in which only files and folders that have changed since the last normal backup are backed up. Unlike an incremental backup, a differential backup does not clear...

Data Communications Equipment, or DCE, is any device that supports data transmission over a serial telecommunications link. Typically, data communications equipment (DCE) refers to modems, Channel...

Database Owner, or dbo, (in SQL Server) is the user account that created the database and is responsible for managing administrative tasks related to a SQL Server database. Each SQL Server database...

Dial-Up Line is any telecommunications link that is serviced by a modem. Dial-up lines are ordinary phone lines used for voice communication, while dedicated or leased lines are digital lines with...

Dial-Up Networking Monitor was a Microsoft Windows NT utility accessed through Control Panel that showed status information for an active dial-up networking session. Dial-Up Networking Monitor was...