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voice recognition
the ability for computer software to understand and respond to the spoken human word. see speech recognition.


VoIP
(Voice Over IP) a telephone service that uses the Internet as a global telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, AT&T (CallVantage), Packet 8, Primus Lingo, Skype Technologies and BroadVoice, typically offer calling within the country for a fixed fee and a low per-minute charge for international. Broadband Internet access (cable or DSL) is required, and regular house phones plug into an analog telephone adapter (ATA) provided by the company or purchased from a third party.


volume
1. the capacity of a storage device such as a disk.
2. a control located on a toolbar that regulates the loudness of an audio file.


VPN
(Virtual Private Network) a private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. VPNs are widely used by enterprises to create wide area networks (WANs) that span large geographic areas, to provide site-to-site connections to branch offices and to allow mobile users to dial up their company LANs.


VRAM
(Video Random-Access Memory) a special type of memory used by a video adapter that has the ability to serve more than one device at the same time, allowing for uninterrupted image display. VRAM is much faster than conventional RAM and thus, more expensive.


VRML
(Virtual Reality Markup Language) pronounced as the individual letters “V R M L” or sometimes vermil, a programming language developed by Tony Parisi and Mark Pesce used to create three dimensional screen images. More specifically, VRML is used to create virtual worlds, with 3-D rooms and scenes where users, represented by avatars, can walk, rest, fly about, or encounter other avatars. Animation, video and sound are all part of what makes VRML unique.


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