Both the technical underpinnings and licensing models will make this possible, Shimp said.

About 90 percent of the technical underpinnings - whether telephone networks, Internet backbones or antivirus technology - is privately owned and operated.

At the moment, however, the technical underpinnings of phone, TV, and PC are all quite different.

The technical underpinnings of Mac OS X were considerably more interesting.

The fundamental and technical underpinnings are still positive.

Both the musical and the technical underpinnings of Mr. Connell's world change every night.

It uses all these forms but employs so few of their technical underpinnings that specific analysis is impossible.

It focuses on the technical underpinnings of IBM's future.

"What's being folded is the affiliate effort," he said, referring to the digital unit's program to license the technical underpinnings of Abuzz.

The iPhone looks much better than a Treo, but in technical underpinnings it is just a logical evolution.