The Internet Encyclopedia (Volume 3)

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INDEX 941

Video compression,V1:398;V3:537–553,

558–559.See alsoVideo streaming

algorithms for,V3:559–560

application solutions,V3: 550

business models,V3:550 –551

digital,V3:539–542, 542–544

future of,V3: 551

principles of,V3: 543

standards for,V3:544 –550

Videoconferencing,V2: 110

academic community and,V2: 338

software,V2: 71

virtual teams and,V3: 603

Video Director,V2:657–658

Video-enabled commerce,V3: 551

Video frame time code,V3: 541

Video jam software,V2: 654

Video-On-Demand (VOD),V1:297, 705;

V3:550 –551

Video recorders, personal,V1: 701

Video reporting,V1: 299

Video servers,V3:560 –561

Video signal processing, color in,

V3:539–540

Video streaming,V2:502;V3:554 –566.

See alsoVideo compression

audio compression and,V3: 560

bandwidth and,V3:557–558

developments and trends in,V3:564 –565

networking and,V3: 555

producing,V3: 562

scaling and,V3: 558

technologies and systems associated

with,V3:555–556, 563–564

uses of,V3:562–563

video capture and digitization and,

V3: 556

video delivery and,V3:560 –561

video editing and,V3:556 –557

video receiving, decoding, and playing

and,V3:561–562

Views,V1: 377

View state,V1:7, 10

example of,V1:8–9

Violence, exposure to,V2: 106

Viral marketing,V1:605;V2:568–569, 580

Viral programs,V1: 249

Virtual Children’s Hospital,V1: 518

Virtual circuit networks,V1:182, 184

Virtual communities,V1:556, 559

as unregulated environments,V2: 275

real estate and,V3: 193

travel-related,V3: 467

Virtual company,V1:105.See alsoVirtual

enterprise entries

Virtual courts,V2:752–753

Virtual data,V2: 691

Virtual Enterprise Integration (VEI)

architecture,V1:211, 216

Virtual enterprise readiness assessment,

V1: 211

Virtual enterprises (VEs),V3:567–578.See

alsoQuasi-VEs; VE entries; Virtual

company

activities and phases in creating,

V3:576 –577

characteristics of,V3:568–569

computer architectures for,V3:571–575

creation of,V3:570 –577

data management services for,V1: 208

initiatives related to,V3:575–576

management of,V1:205, 209

types of,V3: 569

Virtual environments, 3D,V2: 210

Virtual Hospital,V1: 518

Virtual identity,V2: 316

documents with,V1: 499

Virtual Interface (VI) architecture,

V3:334 –335

Virtual inventory fulfillment,V2: 375

Virtual inventory management,

V2:374 –375

Virtual learning.SeeDistance learning

Virtual learning “spaces,”V1: 552

Virtual libraries,V2:485, 789–790

Virtual medicine,V2: 295

Virtual meetings, physicians’,

V2:589–590

Virtual merchant,V1: 603

Virtual OLAP,V2: 689

Virtual organization,V3: 438

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs),V1:107,

118, 290, 529;V2:257, 542, 542;

V3:167–168, 789.See alsoIP-based

virtual private networks

extranets and,V1:799–800

Virtual reality,V1:559;V3:591–599.See

alsoCollaborative virtual reality

Virtual reality exposure therapy,V2: 111

Virtual Reality Markup Language

(VRML),V2:121, 206

Virtual reference,V2: 480

Virtual Routers (VRs),V3: 587

virtual private networks with,V3: 587

Virtual shopping cart,V1: 7

Virtual teams,V3:600 –607

characteristics of,V3: 601

creating,V3:601–603

impact on organizations,V3:605–606

infrastructure needed for,V3:603–605

Virtual tours,V3:465– 466

Virtual value chains,V3:531–534

Virtual workplace,V2:71–72

Virtual world,V1: 300

Virus attack,V1: 242

Virus creation kits,V1: 254

Virus detection techniques,V1:257–258

Viruses,V1:328, 329, 335;V2: 451

defined,V1:249–250, 251–252

first-generation,V1:253–254

history of,V1:248–249

Internet relay chat and,V2: 317

non-PC platform,V1:258–259

prevention and protection techniques for,

V1: 258

protection software for,V1: 238

scanning for,V1: 832

second-generation,V1:254 –255

symptoms of,V1: 250

third-generation,V1:254 –255

warnings of,V1: 252

Virus hoaxes,V2: 278

Vision, e-business,V1:210 –211

Visual Basic,V3:608–619

data access in,V3:616 –617

evolution of,V3:608–609

language elements of,V3:614 –616

user interface in,V3:610 –614

Visual Basic Control Creation Edition,

V1:18–19

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA),

V3: 620

Visual Basic.NET,V3:617–619

Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript),

V1:378, 379;V2:206, 412;

V3:620 –634

advanced features of,V3:630 –631

coding conventions in,V3:625–626

Internet and,V3: 621

language elements of,V3:624 –625

.NET framework and,V3:631–633

objects in,V3:626 –630

user-defined procedures in,V3: 625

variables, constants, and data typing in,

V3:622–624

Visual C++,V3:635–646

environment of,V3: 635

Microsoft Foundation Class library and,

V3:637–638

OLE, ActiveX, AND COM OLE in,

V3: 644

WinInet client programming and,

V3:643–644

WinSock programming and,

V3:638–643

Visual C++.NET,V3: 645

Visual programming,V3: 610

Vocabularies, controlled,V3:692–693

Vocational training, in developing nations,

V1: 437

Vocation communities, online,V2: 738

Vocoding,V3: 821

Voice.See alsoAudio entries; Sound

entries; Speech entries

coding,V3: 821

in e-mail,V1: 665

Voice Activity Detector (VAD),V3: 313

Voice-grade modems,V3: 169

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),

V1:298, 302;V3:647–660

communications theory and,

V3:647–650

costs of,V3: 658

integrating into circuit-switched

telephony networks,V3:656 –657

quality of service of,V3:657–658

security of,V3:658–659

signaling in,V3:653–655

telephony network and,V3:650 –653

Voice portals,V2:308–309

Voice signals, transmission of,V3:648.

See alsoAudio

Voice telephony,V3: 838

circuit switching and,V1:179–180

VoiceXML,V1: 753

Voluntary Inter-industry Commerce

Standards (VICS) association,

V1: 206

Volunteerism, nonprofit,V2: 677

Voronoi diagram,V1: 391

Voting.SeeE-voting

W2K (Windows 2000) domains,

V3:792–793

W2K groups,V3:795–797

W2K installation,V3:800 –801

W2K privileges,V3: 797

W2K security,V3:792–804

level of,V3:799–803

operation of,V3:792–799