ITU-T

Primary function
The international standards that are produced by the ITU-T are referred to as "Recommendations" (with the word ordinarily capitalized to distinguish its meaning from the ordinary sense of the word "recommendation"). Since the ITU-T is part of the ITU, which is a United Nations Organization (UNO), its standards carry more formal international recognition than those of most other organizations that publish technical specifications of a similar form.

The sector divides its work into categories that are each identified by a single letter, referred to as the "series" (see below), and Recommendations are numbered within each series, for example "V.90".


History
Historically from 1960 until the formation of ITU-T in 1992, the Recommendations of the CCITT were presented to four-yearly "plenary assemblies" for endorsement, and the full set of Recommendations were published after each plenary assembly, in a set of volumes titled collectively for the colour of their covers. For example the publication after the 1980 plenary session was the Yellow Book while that after 1984 was the Red Book and that after 1988 was the Blue Book. These publications were divided into "fascicles" of several hundred pages that could be bought separately. The four-year approval cycle made the CCITT a rather slow and deliberate organization.


ITU reorganization 1970s-1990s
The rise of the personal computer industry in the early 1980s created a new common practice among both consumers and businesses of adopting "bleeding edge" communications technology even if it was not yet standardized. Thus, standards organizations had to put forth standards much faster, or find themselves ratifying de facto standards after the fact. Unfortunately, like the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), CCITT was slow to adapt.

In some cases, a hopeless hodgepodge of proprietary standards resulted, with no clear winner; this was and still is the case with color fax technology. Another phenomenon was that the general public sought standards from organizations which it perceived as more responsive or inclusive; these included informal non-governmental organizations like the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) or private consortia like the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).


ITU's "real time" standardization: 2000-present
In response to the mess that previous ITU practices had created, the ITU-T now operates under much more streamlined processes. The time between an initial proposal of a draft document by a member company and the final approval of a full-status ITU-T Recommendation can now be as short as a few months (or less in some cases). This makes the standardization approval process in the ITU-T much more responsive to the needs of rapid technology development than in the ITU's historical past, but also means that the standards organization's classical functions of quality control and public review have far less time to be effective.


Changes in ITU-T compliance practices
A standard that has been amended can (if desired) retain its designation so that, for example, in the mid-1980s, terminal equipment for connection to an X.25 (packet switched) network might need alternative modes of operation depending on whether the network implemented the 1980 (Yellow Book) or the 1984 (Red Book) version of the standard. However, it is now more common for older versions of a standard to simply be marked as "superseded" when a standard is revised, and features of prior versions are ordinarily kept unchanged within the specification as new enhancements are added in new versions.

A standard can be developed that extends or is complementary to an existing one rather than replacing it. Such a standard is sometimes designated by the suffix "bis" or "ter" added to the base standard name, for example "V.26bis" and "V.26ter".

Java Games Dating Valentine 2006

Java Games Dating Valentine 2006

Valentine’s Day is getting close but so far you have nothing planned; it’s time to change that! This year you are determined to make the necessary effort and sacrifices to have a fantastic evening!

Enter a virtual world full of different activities and do your best to seduce someone before Valentine’s Day! In order to do this, each part of the town will help you improve different aspects of your character, provide you advice and let you manage a real quest for the seduction that will perhaps lead you to meet the real love of your life! Buy presents, set up dates and do your best to be irresistible!

In Dating Valentine, a dozen characters wait for you and will chat with you. It’s up to you to find out what will lead to let you pick them up.

Features:
- A coloured virtual world that transports you through 8 different places within which you have to move around.
- 12 characters, men and women, each with their own features (tastes, appearance, attitudes…) ready to be seduced by your skills.
- 6 characteristics that you have to develop so as to improve your appearance and your seduction technique.
- 18 activities spread around the town: read a magazine at the library, watch a film at the cinema or even simply eat a pizza… everything is there. But don’t forget to rest once darkness falls or you won’t last the pace!
- Dozens of conversations with the characters: if they accept you as one of their friends, they may tell you secrets so that you get the chance that they like you even more!

Cheap international call

Cheap international call

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