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A Microsoft Outlook list of recipients created and maintained by an individual user for personal use. The personal address book is a subset of the global address list (GAL).
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Browse Related Terms: Directory, E-mail Message Store., Email Message Store, folder, GAL, Journaling, PST (Personal Folder File)

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Public Advisory Committee
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Browse Related Terms: AIPA, Contemporaneously witnessed, Corroboration, IAC, OIIP, PBG Final Rule

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Patent Assistance Center (prior), now the Inventors Assistance Center or IAC, call (toll-free) 1-800-786-9199 or 703-308-4357
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Browse Related Terms: IAC, preferred embodiment, university research

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A compression scheme which originated with the Macintosh. Suitable only for black & white.
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Browse Related Terms: Aspect Ratio, CCITT Group 4, Cinepak, Compression ratio, File Compression, JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group), Lossless Compression, Lossy Compression, LZW (Lempel-Ziv & Welch), MPEG-1 & -2, RLE (Run Length Encoded), TIFF Group III (compression), TIFF Group IV (compression), ZIP

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A unit of data sent across a network which may contain identify and routing information. When a large block of data is to be sent over a network, it is broken up into several packets, sent, and then reassembled at the other end. The exact layout of an individual packet is determined by the protocol being used.
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Browse Related Terms: Address, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), Internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, IPX/SPX, Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), Spoofing, TCP/IP, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)

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Un acuerdo entre adversarios respecto de ciertos aspectos de un proceso o juicio. Las partes deben acordar al pacto por escrito.
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Browse Related Terms: Acordar, estar de Acuerdo, Contrainterrogatorio, Dar por terminada la presentación de las pruebas, Demanda, En Relación con una única parte, Encabezamiento, Ex Parte Protective Order, Interrogatorios, Obtención de información y pruebas, Pacto, estipulación, Petición, moción, Presentaciones de pretensiones y defensas en un juicio, Resumen escrito

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A single image of the equivalent of one piece of paper. One or several pages make up a Document.
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Browse Related Terms: Duplex, Duplex Scanners vs. Double-Sided Scanning, End Document Number or End Doc#, Registration, Simplex, Unitization Physical and Logical

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A file used to temporarily store code and data for programs that are currently running. This information is left in the swap file after the programs are terminated, and may be retrieved using forensic techniques. Also referred to as a swap file.
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Browse Related Terms: Alphanumeric, EOF (End of File), Reverse Engineering, Swap File, Virus

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Patent Application Information Retrieval

-- see Patent EBC for more

provides secure access for customers who want to view current patent application status electronically via the Internet

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Browse Related Terms: eDAN, EFP, EFS, EFS-ABX, EFS-Web, ePAS, IFW

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Patent Application Locating and Monitoring system - an internal USPTO system that is the source of status information displayed in PAIR
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Browse Related Terms: Alpha Subclasses, Annex F, First to File, PASAT, WIPO

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In appellate cases, a group of judges (usually three) assigned to decide the case; In the jury selection process, the group of potential jurors; The list of attorneys who are both available and qualified to serve as court-appointed counsel for criminal defendants who cannot afford their own counsel.
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Browse Related Terms: Attorney-at-law, Calendar, counsel, docket, en banc, Exceptions, Prosecutor, Rehearing, Removal, Stare decisis, Strict liability

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An attorney in private practice who has been found qualified and eligible to represent indigent defendants under the Criminal Justice Act (CJA).
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Browse Related Terms: Adversary system, Community defender organization, Criminal Justice Act (CJA), Excludable time, Federal public defender organization, pro se, Right to counsel, U.S. Constitution

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the traditional method of printing electronic files.
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the traditional method of printing electronic files.
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Browse Related Terms: Computer Evidence, Document Blowback, Electrostatic Printing, EPS (Encapsulated PostScript), Evidentiary Image or Copy, Forms Processing, Laser Printing, POD (Print On Demand), Printout, Render Images

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A temporary supplement to a book or books.
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Browse Related Terms: Addendum (Pl. addenda), Annotations, Booking, Bound supplement, Liber, Non sequitur, Nota

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Paper discovery refers to the discovery of writings on paper that can be read without the aid of some devices.
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Paper discovery refers to the discovery of writings on paper that can be read without the aid of some devices.
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Browse Related Terms: ADF, Backfiles, COM (Computer Output to Microfilm), Endorser, Flatbed Scanner, Microfiche, Rotary Camera, scanner

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Performance and Accountability Report

-- see Annual Reports for more

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Browse Related Terms: CEAR, CFO/CAO, CIO, FFMIA, FMFIA, SFFAC, SFFAS, statement of net cost

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1. A person with legal skills who works under the supervision of a lawyer. 2. A legal assistant.
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Browse Related Terms: Arrest, Condemnation, Damnum absque injuria, Entity, Legal aid, Minor, Proprietor, Public defender, Standing, Vacantia bona

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Transmission of all the bits (e.g. in a character) at the same time. If the character has eight bits, there are eight wires. Faster and more expensive than serial where the eight bits would be sent, sideways, one at a time.
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Browse Related Terms: Centronics Interface, EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure), MTTR (Mean Time To Repair), SPP (Standard Parallel Port)