DCIF means Dutch Creative Industry Fund

The digital/online side of the creative sector is a major growth sector in the economy. This is not all by itself and must therefore be encouraged by making money and resources available. DCIF arose because Ilse Media started this investment fund. Later The Telegraph, IDG Nederland and Veronica Holding joined the fund as a partner. The focus of ET DCIF is the starting, young Dutch entrepreneur who is active in this digital creative sector in the Netherlands (and who have a scalable business model). Read more on the website of the DCIF.

Infrastructure are the roads in a country

The infrastructure of a country means the total of airports, railways, motorways, ports, cabling, sewerage, etc. In most cases, the government is responsible for building and managing the infrastructure. It also happens that a private company is responsible for this, often this is for a part, only the railways for example.

UPS means United Parcel Service

UPS is a worldwide operating courier service. Founded in Seattle in 1907, it is the world's oldest courier service. At that time it was known as American Messenger Company, the name UPS arose in 1919 when the company moved to Oakland. The special to UPS is that up to 1999 all shares were owned by the employees, in 1999 this has changed and 10% of the shares are freely negotiable.

UPS Parcel Images

UPS means uninterruptable Power Supply

A UPS is a device between an electronic device (often a computer, or a server) and the power supply. In the event of a power outage/power outage, the UPS detects that and then starts supplying power to the device. As a result, the device connected to the UPS will continue to work, even if there is no more power. The UPS has a battery that is charged when there is power, and if there is power outage the battery power will be used. There are different types of UPS systems to obtain (for a short interruption, or for long lasting example.

UPS and absorbing power loss

TMC means Traffic Message Channel

TMC is a system that uses many navigation systems. TMC receives RDS radio signals that contain traffic information. This is information about road works, traffic jams, and any redirects. The navigation system can then decide to suggest another route, to avoid the traffic jams. The TMC reception is free and is broadcast in the Netherlands by several radio stations. The information comes From the Tellussen that are on the road and are supplemented with information from the Government (road works) and the Police (accidents).

Twitterfeed is the list of Twitter updates

In the Twitterfeed you'll find all the updates of your Twitter account, it's the rssfeed of your account. Twitterfeed.com is a service that posts the RSS feed of your blog to your Twitter account. This way, your Twitter account will be used to report postings on your blog.

Spotify is a music service

Sotify was founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Mark Lorentzn and is the combination of Spot and Identify. The Swedish company wants to say that you hear and identify a song with Spotify. Spotify has a database of millions of songs that you can listen to as a stream. Since May 2010, Spotify is also officially available in the Netherlands. With the free version you can listen for 20 hours of music, after that you will have to move on to a paid account (4.99 per month or 9.99 per month, where you can listen to the mobile). Listening to the music goes with the Spotify music player, with which you can listen to music but also create playlists. More information and downloads on the Spotify site.