https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/ 2026-06-06T14:04:33-0400 https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/ https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:14-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:interface_aesthetics&rev=1633369214&do=diff User Interface Aesthetics Return to Glossary User Interface Aesthetics is the degree to which a user interface enables pleasing and satisfying interaction for the user. Source: <https://iso25000.com/index.php/en/iso-25000-standards/iso-25010/61-usability> text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:14-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:start&rev=1633369214&do=diff Glossary U Terms Return to Glossary Note: You can add new terms beginning with 'U' here List of Words Return to Top * U.S. Treasury * Underflow * Unicode Transformation Format (UTF) * Unified Modeling Language (UML) * Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) * Uniform Resource Locator (URL) * Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) * Unique Identifier (UID) * Unit Testing * Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PAT… text/html 2022-01-09T20:07:09-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:uddi&rev=1641776829&do=diff Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) Return to Glossary Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) is a set of specifications defining a registry service for Web services and for other electronic and non-electronic services. A UDDI registry service is a Web service managing information about service providers, service implementations and service metadata. Providers advertise their Web services on the UDDI registry. Consumers then use UDDI to discover Web servic… text/html 2021-10-03T16:31:53-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:udefintegrity&rev=1633293113&do=diff User Defined Integrity Return to Glossary User-Defined Integrity involves the rules and constraints created by the user to fit their particular needs. Sometimes entity, referential, and domain integrity aren’t enough to safeguard data. Often, specific business rules must be taken into account and incorporated into text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:14-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:udp&rev=1633369214&do=diff User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Return to Glossary User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is part of the Internet Protocol suite used by programs running on different computers on a network. UDP is used to send short messages called datagrams but overall, it is an unreliable, connectionless protocol. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:14-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:uerror_protection&rev=1633369214&do=diff User Error Protection Return to Glossary User Error Protection is the degree to which a system protects users against making errors. Source: <https://iso25000.com/index.php/en/iso-25000-standards/iso-25010/61-usability> text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:14-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:uml&rev=1633369214&do=diff Unified Modeling Language (UML) Return to Glossary Unified Modeling Language (UML) is the OMG standard language for Analysis and Design of applications, specifying the structure and behavior of systems. UML is defined as an underlying abstract syntax and an overlying graphical concrete representation. text/html 2021-12-27T17:43:32-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:underflow&rev=1640645012&do=diff Underflow Return to Glossary Underflow is a condition which occurs in a computer or similar device when a mathematical operation results in a number which is smaller than what the device is capable of storing. It is the opposite of Overflow, which relates to a mathematical operation resulting in a number which is bigger than what the machine can store. Similar to overflow, underflow can cause significant errors. text/html 2021-10-03T16:31:53-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:unique_identifier&rev=1633293113&do=diff Unique Identifier (UID) Return to Glossary Unique Identifier is an identifier that marks that particular record as unique from every other record. It allows the record to be referenced in the Summon Index without confusion or unintentional overwriting from other records. Source: text/html 2021-10-03T19:50:32-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:unittesting&rev=1633305032&do=diff Unit Testing Return to Glossary Unit Testing ensures that each part of the code developed in a component delivers the desired output. In unit testing, developers only look at the interface and the specification for a component. It provides documentation of code development as each unit of the code is thoroughly tested standalone before progressing to another unit. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:14-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:unix&rev=1633369214&do=diff UNIX Return to Glossary The UNIX brand has traditionally been applied to the family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T UNIX operating system, developed in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:14-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:unix_domain_scoket&rev=1633369214&do=diff UNIX Domain Socket (Socket) Return to Glossary A UNIX Domain Socket (Socket) or Inter-Process Communication Socket (IPC socket) is a data communications endpoint for exchanging data between processes executing on the same host operating system. Valid socket types in the UNIX domain are: SOCK_STREAM (compare to text/html 2021-10-03T16:31:53-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:unpermissioned_ledgers&rev=1633293113&do=diff Unpermissioned Ledgers Return to Glossary Unpermissioned Ledgers such as Bitcoin have no single owner — indeed, they cannot be owned. The purpose of an unpermissioned ledger is to allow anyone to contribute data to the ledger and for everyone in possession of the ledger to have identical copies. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:14-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:uploadspeed&rev=1633369214&do=diff Upload Speed Return to Glossary Upload Speed refers to how many megabits of data per second you can send information from your computer to another device or server on the internet. While downloading information is more common, some online activities need data to travel in the opposite direction. Sending emails, playing live tournament-style video games and video calling a friend require fast upload speeds for you to send data to someone else’s server. text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:14-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:ups&rev=1633369214&do=diff Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Return to Glossary An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load when the input power source or mains power fails. A UPS system performs three primary functions: conditions the incoming dirty power from the utility company to give you clean, uninterruptible power, provides ride-through power to cover for sags or short-term outages, and enables seamless system shutdown during a complete power outage. text/html 2022-01-25T14:27:57-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:uri&rev=1643138877&do=diff Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Return to Glossary A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a strings of characters used to identify names or resources (i.e., Shared Resources) on the Internet. The URI describes the mechanism used to access resources, the computers on which resources are housed, and the names of the resources on each computer. text/html 2022-01-22T06:33:01-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:url&rev=1642851181&do=diff Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Return to Glossary A Uniform Resource Locator (URL), otherwise known as a Universal Resource Locator, is the address of a resource on the Internet and the protocol used to access it. It indicates the location of a web resource like a street address indicates where a person lives physically — because of this, an text/html 2022-03-31T11:42:34-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:us_patriot_act_-_title_iii&rev=1648741354&do=diff US Patriot Act, Title III: Anti-money-laundering to prevent terrorism Return to Glossary Overview Return to Top US Patriot Act, Title III: Anti-money-laundering to prevent terrorism is titled as International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001, is intended to facilitate the prevention, detection, and prosecution of international money laundering and the financing of terrorism. It primarily amends portions of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (MLCA) … text/html 2022-04-03T13:58:49-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:us_treasury&rev=1649008729&do=diff U.S. Treasury Return to Glossary The U.S. Treasury is the government department responsible for issuing all Treasury bonds, notes, and bills. Among the government departments operating under the U.S. Treasury umbrella are the: Internal Revenue Service (IRS)U.S. Mint, the Bureau of the Fiscal Service text/html 2022-03-31T11:28:04-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:usa_patriot_act&rev=1648740484&do=diff Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001 Return to Glossary Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001 text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:14-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:usability&rev=1633369214&do=diff Usability Return to Glossary Usability is degree to which a product or system can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use. This characteristic is composed of the following sub-characteristics: text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:14-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:usb&rev=1633369214&do=diff Universal Serial Bus (USB) Return to Glossary A Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a common interface that enables communication between devices and a host controller such as a personal computer (PC) or smartphone. It connects peripheral devices such as digital cameras, mice, keyboards, printers, scanners, media devices, external hard drives and flash drives. Because of its wide variety of uses, including support for electrical power, the USB has replaced a wide range of interfaces like the paral… text/html 2021-10-03T16:31:53-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:uscenario&rev=1633293113&do=diff User Scenario Return to Glossary What is a user scenario? A user scenario is a narrative, which describes how a user might interact with a website or software application. In a user scenario, a specific task is specified and a narrative is written describing how a user might accomplish this task. A user scenario is different from a text/html 2021-10-12T18:11:02-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:use_case&rev=1634076662&do=diff Use-Case Return to Glossary A Use-Case is a description of how a system responds to a request from an external source. This is written with reference to the technical steps that happen for the task to be completed. Why are Use-Cases important? Use-Cases are important, because they will show how systems respond when they are used. A Use-Case describes how a system helps a user achieve their text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:15-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:user_authentication&rev=1633369215&do=diff User Authentication Return to Glossary User Authentication verifies the identity of a user attempting to gain access to a network or computing resource by authorizing a human-to-machine transfer of credentials during interactions on a network to confirm a user's authenticity. The term contrasts with text/html 2022-02-02T04:52:13-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:user_defined_exception&rev=1643795533&do=diff User Defined Exception Return to Glossary A User Defined Exception is an Exception designed by the system engineers to occur during runtime to reflect aberrant conditions that arise during execution, often preventing other more generic runtime conditions such as Overflow, Wrap Around, Underflow, Division by Zero (DIV/0) etc. The text/html 2021-10-03T16:31:53-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:userstory&rev=1633293113&do=diff User Story Return to Glossary A User Story is an informal, natural language description of one or more features of a software system. A user story is a tool used in Agile software development to capture a description of a software feature from an end-user perspective. A user story describes the type of user, what they want and why. A user story helps to create a simplified description of a text/html 2021-10-04T13:40:15-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:utf&rev=1633369215&do=diff Unicode Transformation Format (UTF) Return to Glossary The Unicode Transformation Format (UTF) is a character encoding format which is able to encode all of the possible character code points in Unicode. The most prolific is UTF-8, which is a variable-length encoding and uses 8-bit code units, designed for backwards compatibility with text/html 2022-01-22T06:39:10-0400 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:u:uuid&rev=1642851550&do=diff Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) Return to Glossary A Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) is a 128-bit number used to identify information in computer systems. The term globally unique identifier (GUID) is also used, typically in software created by Microsoft. When generated according to the standard methods, UUIDs are for practical purposes unique.