Category: Letter X

List of articles beginning with the letter “X”.

X Window System

Jul 8, 2021

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X Window System is a client/server system for running a graphical user interface (GUI) that uses windows in a UNIX environment.
X-Series Protocols

Oct 14, 2023

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X-Series Protocols, also known as X-Series recommendations, is a series of standards and recommendations developed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) relating to data communication over networking and telecommunication services.
XML

Jul 8, 2021

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XML stands for Extensible Markup Language, a family of standards for the exchange of structured information that was developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
XHTML

Mar 19, 2020

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XHTML stands for Extensible Hypertext Markup Language, a proposed version of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
x86 Platform

Jul 8, 2021

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Definition of x86 Platform in Network Encyclopedia. What is x86 platform? x86 is a computer platform whose processor is based on the Intel 386 architecture microprocessor. The x86, or Intel, platform is one of the two processor platforms supported by Microsoft Windows NT and above (the other being the Alpha platform) and the only processor platform supported by…
X.500

Jul 8, 2021

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X.500 is a recommendation from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that specifies a global, hierarchical directory service.
X.400 Connector

Nov 28, 2023

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in Historical Perspectives, Letter X, Old Technology

Dive into the legacy of the X.400 Connector in Exchange Server: its pivotal role in early network messaging and enduring impact.
X.121 Address

Jul 7, 2021

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X.121 Address also called an international data number (IDN), is an address of an end node (computer or terminal) that is connected to an X.25 public data network.
X.400

Aug 16, 2021

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X.400 is a set of standards defined in 1984 and 1988 by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for computer-based handling of e-mail.
Xerox Network Systems (XNS)

Aug 11, 2023

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in Letter X, Network Protocols

Xerox Network Systems is a suite of networking protocols developed by Xerox Corporation’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in the early 1980s.
X.25 Protocol

Aug 20, 2021

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in Letter X, Network Protocols, Old Technology

X.25 is a packet-switching protocol for wide area network (WAN) connectivity that uses a public data network (PDN) that parallels the voice network of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).