An application program interface (API) from Microsoft that lets programmers writing Windows applications get access to and from both Microsoft and other database providers. 

A system that allows a customer to scan checks remotely and transmit the check images to a bank for deposit, usually via an encrypted Internet connection. 

A secure network communications protocol for Windows-based applications running on a server. RDP allows network administrators to remotely diagnose and resolve problems encountered by individual subscribers. 

An umbrella term for features of Microsoft Windows Server that allow users to remotely access graphical desktops and Windows applications. 

A technology that allows computers in a network to exchange data in main memory without involving the processor, cache, or operating system of either computer. 

A Remote Function Call (RFC) is an application program interface to R/3 applications from SAP

A Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) card intended for the remote management of Compaq servers. Remote control is typically done over the Web. 

A feature included in Microsoft's Windows 2000 server that allows network administrators to install the Windows 2000 Professional operating system and its upgrades to any number of client computers at one time from a centralized location.

A facility that allows remote computer users to submit a batch job (the running of a specific program or group of programs) to a centrally-located computer (typically a mainframe).

A way that a programmer, using the Java programming language and development environment, can write object-oriented programming in which objects on different computers can interact in a distributed network. 

One of those occasionally visible yet mysterious little programs that come with the Microsoft Windows 95/98 operating system. It is part of Windows' Dial Up Networking capability. 

RMON provides standard information that a network administrator can use to monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot a group of distributed local area networks (LANs) and interconnecting T-1/E-1 and T-2/E-3 lines from a central site. 

A protocol that one program can use to request a service from a program located in another computer in a network without having to understand network details. 

A protocol that allows a client on the Internet to connect securely to a Microsoft Exchange Server without having to log into a Virtual Private Network (VPN) first.

A general term for the powering-up of (turning on) a computer over a network. Remote wakeup can be done over a dial-up connection as well as within a local area network (LAN) (where Wake on LANis one approach to remote wakeup).

Programming in a central or server computer that is used to control other computers (or their users) at a distance, either under the control of an administrator or at the request of the user.