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UCC - Uniform Code Council
This council manages the assignment of unique manufacturer identification codes in the United States and Canada. The UCC also provides specifications for manufacturer-assigned item numbers, serial numbers and packaging type codes.Ultraedit
One of the best text editors available for the Windows platform.UPC - Universal Product Code
A unique 12-digit code that identifies the company/product combination. This code is comprised of a six-digit number to uniquely identify the manufacturer, a five-digit number to identify the manufacturer's product, and a check digit. The UPC is used to access fixed data at the item level.Usenet
The most valuable source of information on this planet. The sad thing is that most people don't know that it exists. Hard disk space is cheap. Knock Outlook on the head, buy a copy of the Agent news reader, subscribe to newsgroups of interest and set the expiry interval to 300 days. An alternative is to use the Google groups search.Vaporware
Like a lure on the end of a fishing hook, it costs nothing to develop and can be used to perform market research. It also has the side effect of causing competing companies to panic and start selling their prototypes as if they were real products.VBscript
A browser client side programming language supported by Internet Explorer. A simplified version of Visual Basic.Vector Image
An image described by a series of geometrical formulas. Vector images can be scaled up or down without losing quality. A character in a TrueType or Postscript font is an example of a vector image.Visio
An easy to use flowchart and drawing program. Viso is owned by Microsoft.VMWare
A software package that emulates a PC. Very useful if you need to capture screen shots during operating system installations or if you're writing Linux documentation while using Windows authoring tools.
