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OC-12
An optical connection with a transfer rate of 622 megabits. OC connections often form the transmission "backbone" of an Internet service.
ODBC
A standard for accessing different database systems. There are interfaces for Visual Basic, Visual C++, SQL and the ODBC driver pack contains drivers for the Access, Paradox, dBase, Text, Excel and Btrieve databases.
Open Source
Freely distributable and modifiable software to which the source code (or uncompiled software) is available.
Operating System (OS)
This is the software that manages a computer system. Windows 95 is an
OS.
Overage
When an account exceeds its allotted monthly data transfer limit. For example, if your account allows a maximum of 10 GB of data transfer per month but, at the end of the month, your account transferred 11 GB of data, your account is in overage status. In many cases, the account holder must pay a fee to compensate for the extra amount of data transferred for the month.