The Internet Encyclopedia (Volume 3)

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INDEX 931

architectures,V3:158–159

future developments in,V3:164 –165

management protocols,V3:160 –162

policies and procedures associated with,

V3:162–164

Public keys,V1: 694

Public networks,V3:166 –176

access and technologies related to,

V3:169–173

concepts and services related to,

V3:166 –168

in the Internet and e-commerce

environments,V3: 175

private networks versus,V3:166 –167

providers for,V3:168, 173–175

switched telephone,V3:168–169

Public Participation GIS (PPGIS),V2: 31

Public policies:

of developing nations,V1:435– 437

encryption programs and,V2: 473

Public records,V2:472– 473

Public Relations (PR),V2:769–783;

V3:857–858.See alsoMarketing

Public Relations (MPR)

accounting firm,V3:149–150

crisis communications and,V2:777–778

Internet applications related to,

V2:774 –775

issues management and,V2:778–779

managing,V2:779–781

societal issues related to,V2:781–782

types of,V2:769–770

Web sites related to,V2:770 –774

Public sector benchmarking,V1: 60

Public service delivery,V1: 595

Public Switched Telephone Network

(PSTN),V2:183, 184, 540, 665, 673.

See alsoTelephone entries

Publishing.See alsoOnline publishing;

Publications

applications for,V2: 294

copyright law and,V1: 338

of online texts,V2:784 –786

participatory,V2: 210

print-on-demand,V1: 524

PubMed,V1: 518

Pull-down digital video,V3: 541

Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM),

V1:462, 466

Pulse Code Modulation (PCM),V1:90;

V3:307–308

“Pump and dump” schemes,V1: 333

Purchasing, intranets and,V2:347.

See alsoOnline purchasing; Online

shopping

Pureplay firms,V1: 282

“Pure-play” online brokerage,V3:280 –281

“Purevoice” technology,V1: 665

Push technologies,V3:677–679

Puzzles, in computer games,V2: 2

Python,V3: 49

QoS adaptation,V3:719–721.See also

Quality of Service (QoS)

QoS support,V3: 835

Qpass online currency,V1: 133

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

(QAM),V1:462, 466

Quality.See alsoEuropean Foundation for

Quality Management (EFQM);

Information quality; Online service

quality; Quality of Service (QoS); Total

Quality Management (TQM); Web

quality of service

consumer judgments of,V1:277–281

customer requirements for,V2:176 –177

data,V1: 419

of e-manufacturing,V1: 724

14 points of,V2:169–170

principles of,V2: 166

problems associated with,V2:165–166

processes,V2:164 –165

Quality assessment:

digital video,V3: 542

speech and audio,V3:309–310

Quality assurance checks, in data

warehousing,V1: 420

Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

techniques,V2: 171

Quality management processes,

V2:168–170

Quality of Service (QoS),V1:116, 302.See

alsoQoS entries; Web quality of

service

Internet,V2: 337

MAN and WAN,V3: 789

mechanisms for,V1: 431

Quantization,V3:307, 313, 559

Quasi-VEs,V3: 568

Qube TV,V1: 297

Queries:

OLAP and OLTP,V2: 687

preference-based,V3: 58

Query dispatcher, in Web searching,

V3:745–746

Query languages,V1:378, 751

Questia,V1: 516

Questionnaires, usability,V2: 147

Queuing,V3:716 –717

Queuing network,V1: 146

QuickTime,V2:656;V3:563–564

Radio.See alsoCitizens’ Band (CB) radio

BluetoothTM,V1:88–89

in distance education,V1: 550

Radio Access Network (RAN),V3:832,

845–846

Radio Frequency (RF),V1:95;V3:177,

178

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

system,V2:632–633

Radio Frequency Wireless

Communication (RFCOMM),V1:91,

92;V3:177–191

cellular,V3:187–188

emerging technologies in,V3:188–189

history of,V3:177–178

radio wave propagation in,V3:183–186

system architecture for,V3:178–179

system types in,V3:181–183

techniques in,V3:186 –187

Radio Government (RG) specification,

V1: 264

Radio spectrum,V3: 179

Radio waves, characteristics of,

V3:179–180, 180 –181

Radio webcasting industry,V3: 682

RADIUS password service,V1: 50

Raging Bull Web site,V3:278–279

Ramen worm,V1: 256

Random Access Memory (RAM),V1:142,

231, 241

Rapid Application Development (RAD),

V3: 609

RA/RAM sound files,V1: 822

RateAdaptive DSL (RADSL),V2: 300

Rate distortion relationships,V3:542–543

Rate distortion theory,V1: 389

Rayleigh fading,V3: 130

RC4 cipher,V1:688–689

Reach, competitive advantage through,

V1: 135

Read-only cursor,V1: 30

Read-only lock type,V1:30, 34

Read-Only Memory (ROM),V1:231, 241

Readiness for the Networked Worldproject,

V1: 64

Reading devices,V1:523–524

Real estate,V3:192–200

auctions,V3: 196

applications for,V2: 294

financing of,V3:196 –197

Internet experience of firms and

consumers,V3:197–198

Real estate firms, e-commerce and,

V3:195–197

Real estate markets:

e-commerce and,V3:192–194

emerging structure of,V3:198–199

Realistic Job Previews (RJP),V2: 151

RealOne SuperPass service,V3:675, 676

RealOne technology,V3: 563

Real Property Law,V2: 459

Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)

payment systems,V1:624, 625, 634

Real-time processing,V1: 238

Real-time scanning,V1: 257

Real-Time Transport Control Protocol

(RTCP),V3:325, 681

Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP),

V3:325, 681, 835–836

Receiver sensitivity,V1: 466

Recommender systems,V1:407– 408;

V3:59, 243

Recording industry, copyright law and,

V1: 338

Record objects,V1: 30

Record protocol,V3:267–268

Recordset objects:

built-in methods and properties of,

V1: 30

cursors as,V1:29–30

Recordsets,V1: 34

creating,V1:32–33

Recovery priority, developing,V1:539–540

Recruiting software,V2: 152

Recruitment, job candidate,V2:150 –152

Recursive database relationship,V1: 376

Red Hat Software,V2:824, 826

Redundancy,V3:77–78

Redundant Array of Independent Drives

(RAID),V1:431, 433;V2: 83

Reference collections, medical,

V2:586 –589

Reference databases,V1: 373

Referential integrity,V1: 382

Reflection, radio wave,V3:183–184

Refraction, radio wave,V3: 184

REGEDIT.EXE registry editor,V1: 14

Regional BOCs (“Baby Bells”),V3: 168