Version: 2008
CNET GLOSSARY: Terms for the techie
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UPnP 
Universal Plug and Play 
Universal Plug and Play is a networking architecture developed by a consortium of companies to ensure easy connectivity between products from different vendors. UPnP devices should be able to connect to a network automatically, handling identification and other processes on the fly. The standards developed by the UPnP Forum are media-, platform-, and device-independent.


 
U 
UART
UDF
UDP
UDMA
unified controls
uniformity
 
Unix
untethered download
upconvert
upload
UPnP
URL
 
USB
Usenet
UTP
UUencode
UWB
  
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