The act of modifying all or part of the display on a monitor by selecting some object and moving the pointing device such that the displayed object moves in conjunction with the pointer. [T1.232-1996]

A comparatively long-term change in an attribute or value of a system or equipment operational parameter.
Note 1: The drift should be characterized, such as "diurnal frequency drift" and "output level drift. "
Note 2: Drift is usually undesirable and unidirectional, but may be bidirectional, cyclic, or of such long-term duration and low excursion rate as to be negligible.

See device driver.

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1. In the Internet, an intelligent search tool that automatically seeks out relevant online information based on the user's specifications. Synonymsagent, bot, crawler, hotbot, infobot, information agent, intelligent agent, Internet search engine, knowbot, knowledge robot, personal agent, robotic librarian, search robot, spider, Web crawler, Web spider, wizard.
2. In artificial intelligence, an entity with the ability to sense its environment… (Read More →)

1. In a communications network, the portion of a device directly connected to the internal station facilities, such as toward a switchboard or toward a switching center.
2. The central office side of test jacks.
3. A wire or cable from a pole or cable terminus to a building.
4. To delete, intentionally or unintentionally, or to lose part of… (Read More →)

In a multichannel transmission system, a process that diverts (drops) a portion of the multiplexed aggregate signal at an intermediate point, and introduces (inserts) a different signal for subsequent transmission in the same position, e.g., time slot or frequency band, previously occupied by the diverted signal.
Note 1: Signals not of interest at the drop-and-insert point are not diverted.
Note… (Read More →)

Operation in which one or more channels of a multichannel system are terminated, i.e., dropped, at an intermediate point between the end terminals of the system.

In a multichannel communications system, a repeater that has the necessary equipment for the local termination, i.e., the dropping, of one or more channels.

1. In a communications system, a momentary loss of signal.
Note: Dropouts are usually caused by noise, propagation anomalies, or system malfunctions.
2. A failure to read properly a binary character from data storage.
Note: A dropout is usually caused by a defect in the storage medium or by a malfunction of the read mechanism.
3. In magnetic tape, disk,… (Read More →)