EPG means Electronic program Guide

With an EPG it is possible to display data about programs (time, small summary, main players, etc) on the screen. EPG is often offered to people who receive digital television. Ultimately, it is a piece of software that retrieves and displays information. The software ultimately determines what information is visible, in combination with a DVR is also possible to quickly and easily (press the button) the DVR to set the program to automatically record. The advantage is that EPG is realtime, last minute changes can be taken as a result (unlike a classic TV guide that is printed weeks in advance). Read More

GDP means gross domestic Product

GDP is the value of all goods and services produced in a country within a year (it can also go on a different period, but generally money a year). This GDP is based on market prices. These are the goods from the private sector. GDP is also called national income.

TCD means Telecommerce days

The TCD is every year sometime in late April and actually consists of the following three events:

• Home Shop Tradeshow
• Customer Contact Trade Fair
• Dialogue Marketing Trade Fair

It is a trade fair (the largest in the Benelux) in various areas that are all related to telecom.

An impression of TCD 2009

OTAP means development Test acceptance and production

OTAP is a popular abbreviation in the ICT World and gives a run-through in the software development. These steps are as follows:

• Software is developed in a development environment
• In The test environment everything is checked
• With successful tests it goes through to the acceptance environment (here the customer/client can also test/check
• If all is well, the whole process is transferred to the production environment

This OTAP method is also called the waterfall method. You appointed the phases and will not proceed to the next stage if the previous phase has not yet been fully completed. This means that testing is also conducted and test results are processed.

Lentiade is a spring fair

The Lentiade is an annual spring fair held at the beginning of April in the Lingebos (firing/Gorinchem). It is a lifestyle event where you can taste, experience, shop and enjoy. Read More

Chatroulette is chatting with the webcam

Chatroulette has been popular since the end of 2009. It is a website developed by a 17 year old Russian who liked to be able to contact everyone in the world via a webcam. The idea is simple: if you have a webcam you go to the website and then you can chat with any other person who is also logged in to chat roulette. If you don't like the person, just click through until you've found an interesting chat-comrade. In February 2010 it became really popular because the media picked up the idea. Be warned, you don't know what webcam you'll see.

Shingles is a sudden-occurring skin reaction

Another name for shingles is ' herpes zoster ' or ' zona '. The person who suffers from shingles gets blisters on the (red) skin, very similar to chickenpox. On the fuselage these blisters have the shape of a belt, which is why it is called shingles. Shingles suddenly enter, and is often very painful. Shingles stems from the chickenpox virus that remains in the spinal cord. Read More

Redsn0w is a jailbreaking tool

Like BlackRa1n, Redsn0w is a cross-platform jailbreaking tool (for Apple iPhone). In addition it regulates immediately the installation of Cydia and the program for unlocking the SIM card. Redsn0w works from both an Apple OS and a Microsoft Windows OS. Read More