The documentation of a business system using a combination of text and graphical notation. Although UML is widely used, there are many different modeling languages available. See UML and BPML.
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- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- DVB-H and government overreach
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- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- New technique IDs substances, not just fingerprints
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- Blog posts 2008-08-08
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- Blog posts 2008-08-08
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- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- CNET's Clientside developer blog serving Adobe Flash exploits
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- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Social giving for charity begets social giving for community
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- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Hello, Google, is anyone in there?
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- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- ThinkPad X200 reviews: Great ultraportable . . . but it's no X300
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- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Will the Olympics melt the Internet?
- Okay, sky-is-falling fans and network neutrality proponents: We're about to find out whether the Internet can – or will – break down under the strain of mass consumption of streaming video. At least that's the opinion of Brick Eksten, the president and CEO...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- I went to Moscone Center and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt
- Where's the hot chicks? Yeah you heard it, Summer LinuxWorld Expo sucked. Again. No, I didn't go this year. In fact, I haven't gone in two years. So how can I say it sucked? Because everyone who I know...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- When IT culture changes with or without you
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- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- CIOs: We love video conferencing and online training; Enterprise 2.0 on the ropes
- Chief information officers have the hots for online training, video conferencing and collaboration software such as Microsoft's SharePoint. Just don't ask these execs to blog, use a wiki or enter a virtual world. That's the recap from a survey of 1,400 CIOs by staffing firm Robert Half...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- News to know: Mozilla; Windows Server; LinuxWorld; Apple
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- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- dbForge Studio Express for MySQL (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-08-07
- FastCon (zip)
- FastCon is a command line replacement with a rich set of additional features: autocompletion of commands, aliases for long commands, hotkeys for executing any command, triggers fired when given text is found in output of program being monitored. Additional features: process termination, reboot/logoff/shutdown/hibernate, open/close cd tray, send administrative messages over...
- Software downloads 2008-08-07
- Record Tracker (exe)
- Record Tracker is a database program that allows category name changing at any time. Design fixed base role membership with features including search, deleting, updating and printing. Great program for a small business or the average user. Several categories for numbers and information and a large note area. This version...
- Software downloads 2008-08-07
- Intel: Linux has 'no place' on desktop
- Intel: Linux has 'no place' on desktopIt's GainingI think Ubuntu and Wubi have made big strides in putting Linux on the desktop. My first encounter with Linux was back in the early(?)/mid 90s. I installed an early Slackware version of Linux on my 486 (along with OS/2, PC/DOS, Win 3.1...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- How much would it cost with Linux?
- PCWorld is reporting that US buyers won't get a chance to purchase Lenovo's least expensive netbooks slated for release this fall. While higher-end models of their new S10 IdeaPads with 10.2 inch screens and Windows XP will be selling in the States, buyers in every other major market will...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it already
- ZAP truck courtesy of ZAP. American consumers are bypassing Big Oil and Big Auto, they are going directly to the electric car. They are not waiting for fancy new start=ups to come out with traditional looking cleantech vehicles. How is this happening? By buying golf carts....
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
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