germanium (Ge)

A grayish-white semi-metallic element (No. 32 in the Periodic Table of Elements)

used extensively in semiconductors transistors, diodes, and rectifiers. Fiber optic diodes commonly are made of germanium due to its efficient response to infrared light. Germanium commonly is used as a dopant in the manufacture of silica-based optical fibers.

• 1. Domain Name System. The naming convention that divides the Internet into logical domains identified in Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) as a 32-bit portion of the total address.The standard convention is user@organization.domain, where user is the name of the end user, organization is the name of the enterprise or other organization owning or sponsoring the address, and domain is the type of entity owning or sponsoring the address.The administration of the DNS is the responsibility of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). See also domain, ICANN, Internet, and IPv4. 2.
• 1. In storage, irrelevant material, usually zero (0) bits, added to a data block in order to fill it to a minimum size, to force certain fields of control data or user data into certain positions or sizes, or to prevent the user data from duplicating a bit pattern that has a specific control meaning. See also block. 2.
• 1 cps, 1 Hz
• 1+ Dialing
• 1G (1st Generation)
• 1G (1st Generation)
• 1-persistent carrier sense multiple access (1-Persistent CSMA)
• 1-Persistent CSMA (1-Persistent Carrier Sense Multiple Access)
• 1+ WATS
• 1xEV-DO (one carrier EVolution-Data Optimized)
• 1xRTT (one times Radio Transmission Technology)
• 2
• 20
• 2:1
• 2:1
• 2:1
• 218–219 MHz Service
• 22
• 23B+D
• 23B+D
• 24
• 256-QAM
• 2.5 Gbps
• 2.5 Gbps
• 2.5 Gbps