2004 Top Ten of Polemic for Technology
- Web hosting service
- A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that hosts websites for clients, i.e. it offers the facilities required for them to create and maintain a site and makes it accessible on the World Wide Web. Companies providing web hosting services are sometimes called web hosts
- Decimal calendar
- A decimal calendar is a calendar which includes units of time based on the decimal system. For example a "decimal month" would consist of a year with 10 months and 36.52422 days per month
- Sandpit
- A sandpit or sandbox is a low, wide container or shallow depression filled with soft (beach) sand in which children can play. Sharp sand is not suitable for such use. Many homeowners with children build sandpits in their backyards because, unlike most playground equipment, they can be easily and cheaply constructed
- George Foreman Grill
- The George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine, also commonly referred to as simply the George Foreman Grill, is a portable electrically heated grill manufactured by Spectrum Brands. It is promoted by two-time world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman. Since its introduction in 1994, over 100 million George Foreman grills have been sold worldwide
- Bobbin
- A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or film is wound. Bobbins are typically found in industrial textile machinery, as well as in sewing machines, cameras, within electronic and electrical equipment, and for various other applications
- FCC registration program
- In telecommunication, FCC registration program is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program and associated directives intended to assure that all connected terminal equipment and protective circuitry will not harm the public switched telephone network or certain private line services
- Freeze frame television
- Freeze frame television is television in which the frames of the video are transmitted as a sequence of still images at a rate far too slow to be perceived as continuous motion by human vision. The receiving device typically displays each frame until the next complete frame is available
- Managed object
- In telecommunication, the term managed object has the following meanings
- Telecommunications in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Telecommunications in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is accomplished through the transmission of information by various types of technologies within Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, mainly telephones, radio, television, and the Internet
- Micro-mainframe link
- In telecommunication, a micro-mainframe link is a physical or logical connection established between a remote microprocessor and mainframe host computer for the express purpose of uploading, downloading, or viewing interactive data and databases on-line in real time