Device used for delivering Broadband over a television cable network

Cable Television

Compact Disc

Competitive Local Exchange Carrier - An alternative to the existing local phone company

A computer that accesses shared network resources provided by another computer (the server - hence client/server relationship)

A way of reducing a file or files sizes for internet transport via email. Usually in ZIP format

The maximum number of users sharing the bandwidth on a broadband connection. Many providers make a broadband connection available to more than one customer at any given time. For example they will quote a contention ratio of 20:1 or 50:1 depending on the tariff, which means that up to 19 or 49 other people may be sharing the connection.

Small piece of data sent by a website to enable personalisation and, quicker access the next time you visit. On your return, the cookie is read, as the basis for displaying the web pages, and retrieves details like username, account number, previous transactions, etc. stored in the cookie.

Class of Service - is a way of managing traffic in a network by grouping similar types of traffic (eg, e-mail, video, voice, and file transfer) together and treating each as a class with its own level of service priority.

Central Processing Unit - The brain of the computer that processes instructions and manages the flow of information through a computer system.