<electronics> The quantity of {charge} per unit time, measured
	in Amperes (Amps, A).  By historical convention, the sign of
	current is positive for currents flowing from positive to
	negative {potential}, but experience indicates that electrons
	are negatively charged and flow in the opposite direction.

	(1995-10-05)

<software> Instructions for a computer in some programming
	language, often {machine language}.  The word "code" is often
	used to distinguish instructions from {data} (e.g. "The code
	is marked 'read-only'") whereas "{software}" is used in
	contrast with "{hardware}" and may consist of more than just
	code.

	(2000-04-08)

<messaging> The set of {ITU-T} communications standards
	covering {electronic mail} services provided by data networks.
	X.400 was widely used in Europe and Canada.

	X.400 addresses tend to be much longer than {RFC 822} ones.
	They consist of a set of bindings for country (c),
	{administrative domain} (a), {primary management domain} (p),
	surname (s), given name (g).

	For example, the X.400 address,

		c=gb;a=attmail;p=Universal Export;s=Bond;g=James;

	might be equivalent to RFC 822

		James.Bond@UniversalExport.co.uk

	[Reference?]

	(2003-06-24)

1. <networking> {e-mail address}.

	2. <networking> {Internet address}.

	3. <networking> {MAC address}.

	4. <storage, programming> An unsigned integer used to select
	one fundamental element of storage, usually known as a {word}
	from a computer's {main memory} or other storage device.  The
	{CPU} outputs addresses on its {address bus} which may be
	connected to an {address decoder}, {cache controller}, {memory
	management unit}, and other devices.

	While from a hardware point of view an address is indeed an
	integer most {strongly typed} programming languages disallow
	mixing integers and addresses, and indeed addresses of
	different data types.  This is a fine example for {syntactic
	salt}: the compiler could work without it but makes writing
	bad programs more difficult.

	(1997-07-01)

<programming> The multiple kilograms of macerated, pounded,
	steamed, bleached, and pressed trees that accompany most
	modern software or hardware products (see also {tree-killer}).
	Hackers seldom read paper documentation and (too) often resist
	writing it; they prefer theirs to be terse and {on-line}.  A
	common comment on this predilection is "You can't {grep} dead
	trees".

	See {drool-proof paper}, {verbiage}, {treeware}.

	[{Jargon File}]

	(2003-10-25)

<networking> Name Daemon.

	<networking> A {Unix} {background} process that converts
	{hostnames} to {Internet addresses} for the {TCP/IP}
	{protocol}.

	{Unix manual page}: named(8).

	See also {DNS}.

	(1995-03-28)