| A
|
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| ABEC
|
Aracda Backup Executive Agent
|
| ABCDIC |
Automatic Baud Control DICtionary |
| ABI |
Applications Binary Interface |
| ABIOS |
Advanced Basic Input Output System |
| ACU |
Adress
Control Unit |
| ADC |
Analog to Digital Converter |
| ADCP |
Advanced Data Communication Control Procedure
|
| ADO
|
Active Data Objects
|
| ADSL
|
Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line
|
| ADO
|
ActiveX Data Objects
|
| AI
|
Artificial Intelligence
|
| AIFF |
Audio
Interchange File Format |
| AIPS |
Average
Instructions Per Second |
| AKKU |
Akkumulator |
| AL
|
Artificial Life
|
| ALU |
Arethmetic
Library Unit |
| AMD |
Advanced
Micro Devices
|
| AMR
|
Audio/Modem riser
|
| ANSI
|
American National Standards Institute
|
| AOL
|
America Online
|
| APANA
|
Australian Public Access Network Association
|
| API
|
Application Program Interface
|
| APM
|
Advanced Power Management
|
| ARC
|
Advanced RISC Computing
|
| ARM
|
Advanced RISC Machines
|
| ARP
|
Address Resolution Protocol
|
| ARPA
|
Advanced Research Projects Agency
|
| ASCII
|
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
|
| ASIC
|
Application Specific Integrated Circuit
|
| ASP
|
Association of Shareware Professionals
|
| ATA
|
AT Attachment
|
| ATM
|
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
|
| AUP
|
Acceptable Use Policy
|
| AVI
|
Audio Video Interleave
|
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B
|
|
| B
|
Byte
|
| b
|
bit
|
| B2B
|
business-to-business
|
| B2C
|
business-to-consumer
|
| BASIC
|
Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
|
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BBS
|
Bulletin Board System
|
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BCC
|
Blind Carbon Copy
|
|
BDC
|
Backup Domain Controller
|
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BICMOS
|
Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
|
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BIOS
|
Basic Input/Output System
|
|
BITNET
|
Because Its Time NETwork
|
|
BMIDE
|
Bus Managed Integrated Drive Electronics
|
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BNC
|
Baynet N-type Compact
|
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BPL
|
bits Per Line
|
|
BPP
|
bit Per Pixel
|
|
BPS
|
bit Per Second
|
|
|
|
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C
|
|
|
CAV
|
Constant Angular Velocity
|
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CC
|
Carbon Copy
|
|
CDFS
|
Compact Disk File System
|
|
CD-R
|
Compact Disk Recordable
|
|
CD-RW
|
Compact Disk Re-Writable
|
|
CD-ROM
|
Compact Disk Red Only Memory
|
|
CGA
|
Color Graphics Adapter
|
|
CGI
|
Common Gateway Interface (Computer
Graphics Interface)
|
|
CISC
|
Complex Instruction Set Computer (Complex Instruction Set Code)
|
|
CLV
|
Constant Linear Velocity
|
|
CMOS
|
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
|
|
COBOL
|
Common Business Oriented Language
|
|
CO/DEC
|
COder / DECoder
|
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CPL
|
Control Panel Layout
|
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CPS
|
Characters Per Second
|
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CPU
|
Central Processing Unit
|
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CRAM
|
Card Random Access Memory
(Computational Random
Access Memory)
|
|
CRC
|
Cyclic Redundancy Check
|
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CRT
|
Cathode Ray Tube
|
|
CMYK
|
Cyan Yellow Magenta Key
|
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CNR
|
Communication Network Riser
|
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|
|
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D
|
|
|
DAC
|
Digital to Analog Converter
|
|
DAT
|
Digital Audio Tape
|
|
DDR
|
Double Data Rate
|
|
DEBI
|
DMA Extended Bus Interface
|
|
DHCP
|
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
|
|
DIFMOS
|
Double Injection Floating-gate Metal Oxide Semiconductor
|
|
DIMM
|
Dual In-Line Memory Module
|
|
DLC
|
Date Link Control
|
|
DLL
|
Dynamic Link Library
|
|
DLT
|
Digital Linear Tape
|
|
DMA
|
Direct Memory Access
|
|
DMOS
|
Diffusion Metal Oxide
|
|
DNS
|
Domain Name Server
|
|
DOS
|
Disk Operating System
|
|
DPI
|
Dote Per Inch
|
|
DPMI
|
DOS Protected Mode Interface
|
|
DRAM
|
Dynamic Random Access Memory
|
|
DTD
|
Document Type Definition
|
|
DVD
|
Digital Versatile Disk
|
|
|
|
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E
|
|
|
ECC
|
Error Checking and Correcting
|
|
EDORAM
|
Extended Data Out Random Access Memory
|
|
EDRAM
|
Erasable Dynamic Random Access Memory
|
|
EGA
|
Enhanced Graphics Adapter
|
|
EIDE
|
Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics
|
|
EISA
|
Extended Industry Standard Architecture
|
|
EMS
|
Extended Memory Service
|
|
EULA
|
En User License Agreement
|
|
|
|
|
F
|
|
|
FAMOS
|
Floating Gate Avalanche MOS
|
|
FAQ
|
Frequently Asked Questions
|
|
FAT
|
File Allocation Table
|
|
FDD
|
Floppy Disk Drive
|
|
FIF
|
Fractal Image Format
|
|
FIFO
|
First In First Out
|
|
FLOP
|
Floating-Point Operation
|
|
FORTRAN
|
FORmula TRANslation
|
|
FRAM
|
Ferroelectric Random Access Memory
|
|
FTP
|
File Transfer Protocol
|
|
FSP
|
File Service Protocol
|
|
FET
|
Fielt Effect Transistor
|
|
FPU
|
Floating Point (Processing) Unit
|
|
FTP
|
File Transfer Protocol
|
|
FWA
|
Fixed Wireless Access
|
|
|
|
|
G
|
|
|
GB
|
GigaByte
|
|
Gb
|
Gigabit
|
|
GIF
|
Graphic Interchange Format
|
|
GMIDI
|
General Musical Instrument Digital Interface
|
|
GUI
|
Graphical User Interface
|
|
GUIDE
|
Graphical User Interface Design Editor
|
|
|
|
|
H
|
|
|
HAL
|
Hardware Abstraction Layer
|
|
HD
|
High Density (Hard Disk Drive)
|
|
HDD
|
High Double Density (Hard Disk Drive)
|
| HDSL
|
High Speed Digital Subscriber Line
|
|
HMOS
|
High Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor
|
|
HPFS
|
High Performance File System
|
|
HTML
|
HyperText Markup Language
|
|
HTTP
|
HyperText Transfer Protocol
|
|
HTTPD
|
HyberText Transfer Protocol Daemon
|
|
HTTPS
|
Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol
|
|
Hz
|
Hertz
|
|
|
|
|
I
|
|
|
IA
|
Intel Archietecture
|
|
IAB
|
Internet Architecture Board
|
|
IANA
|
Internet Assigned Number Authority
|
|
ICE
|
Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics
|
|
ICMP
|
Internet Control Message Protocol
|
|
IDE
|
Integrated Device Electronics
|
|
IDEA
|
International Date Encryption Algorithm(InternetDesign, Engineering, and
Analysis)
|
|
IEFT
|
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
|
IIS
|
Internet Information Server
|
|
IO
|
Input/Output
|
|
IOS
|
Input/Output System
|
|
IP
|
Internet Protocol
|
|
IPX
|
Internet Packet eXchange
|
|
IRC
|
Internet Relay Chat
|
|
IRQ
|
Interrupt ReQuest
|
|
ISA
|
Industry Standard Adapter
|
|
ISAPI
|
Internet Server Application Programming Interface
|
|
ISDN
|
Integrated Services Digital Network
|
|
ISO
|
International Standardisation Organization
|
|
ISP
|
Internet Service Provider
|
|
|
|
|
J
|
|
|
JFIF
|
JPEG File Interchange Format
|
|
JPEG (JPG)
|
Joint Photographics Expert Group
|
|
JS
|
JavaScript
|
|
|
|
|
K
|
|
|
KB
|
Kilo Byte
|
|
Kb
|
Kilo bit
|
|
Kbit
|
Kilo bit
|
|
KHz
|
Kilo Hertz
|
|
|
|
|
L
|
|
|
LAN
|
Local Area Network
|
|
LBA
|
Logical Block Address
|
|
LCD
|
Liquid Crystal Display
|
|
LED
|
Light Emitting Diode
|
|
LFN
|
Long File Name
|
|
LMB
|
Lower Memory Block (Left Mouse
Button)
|
|
|
|
|
M
|
|
|
MB
|
Mega Byte
|
|
Mb
|
Mega bit
|
|
Mbps
|
Mega Bit pr sekund
|
|
MBONE
|
Multicast
backbone
|
|
MFLOPS
|
Millions of Floating point Operations Per Second
|
|
MHz
|
Mega Hertz
|
|
MIDI
|
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
|
|
MIME
|
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
|
|
MIPS
|
Millions of Instructions Per Second
|
|
MIS
|
Management Information Systems
|
|
MMX
|
Multi Media Extensions
|
|
MODEM
|
MOdulator/DEModulator
|
|
MOS
|
Metal Oxide Semiconductor
|
|
MOSFET
|
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
|
|
MOSIS
|
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Implementation System
|
|
MOSS
|
MIME Object Security Services
|
|
MOST
|
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Transistor
|
|
MPEG
|
Motion Pictures Experts Group
|
|
MTBF
|
Mean Time Between Failures
|
|
MUD
|
Multi-User Dungeon
|
|
|
|
|
N
|
|
|
NAS
|
Network Attached Storage
|
|
NBEUI (NETNEUI)
|
Network BIOS Extended User Interface
|
|
NC
|
Network Computer
|
|
NCMOS
|
N-channel Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
|
|
NCSA
|
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
|
|
NDIS
|
Network Driver Interface Specification
|
|
NDS
|
Network Directory Services
|
|
NFS
|
Network File System
|
|
NIC
|
Network Interface Card
|
|
NMOS
|
Negative-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
|
|
NNTP
|
Network News Transfer Protocol
|
|
NOS
|
Network Operating System
|
|
NVRAM
|
Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
|
|
|
|
|
O
|
|
|
OCR
|
Optical Character Recognition
|
|
ODI
|
Open Date-link Interface
|
|
OEM
|
Original Equipment Manufacturer
|
|
OLE
|
Object Linking and Embedding
|
|
OOP
|
Object Oriented Programming
|
|
OS
|
Operating System
|
|
OSI
|
Open Systems Interconnection
|
|
|
|
|
P
|
|
|
PC
|
Personal Computer
|
|
PCI
|
Program Controlled Interruption (Personal Computer Interface)
|
|
PCMCIA
|
Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association
|
|
PDC
|
Primary Domain Controller
|
|
PDF
|
Portable Document File
|
|
PGP
|
Pretty Good Privacy
|
|
PIF
|
Program Information File
|
|
PIM
|
Personal Information Manager
|
|
PING
|
Packet Internet Groper
|
|
PMOS
|
Pisitive-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
|
|
PNP
|
Plug aNd Play
|
|
POP
|
Post Office Protocol (Point Of Presence)
|
|
POST
|
Power On Self Test
|
|
PPM
|
Pages Per Minute
|
|
PPP
|
Point to Point Protocol
|
|
PRAM
|
Parallel Random Access Memory (Programable Random
Access Memory)
|
|
PSRAM
|
Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory
|
|
PSU
|
Power Supply Unit
|
|
PTP
|
Peer-To-Peer
|
|
|
|
|
Q
|
|
|
QA
|
Quality Assurance
|
|
QC
|
Quality Check
|
|
|
|
|
R
|
|
|
RAID
|
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives
|
|
RAM
|
Random Access Memory
|
|
RAMAC
|
RAID Architecture with Multilevel
Adaptive Cache
|
|
RAMDAC
|
Random Access Memory Digital to
Analog Converter
|
|
RAS
|
Remote Access Server
|
|
RDRAM
|
Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
|
|
RGB
|
Red Green Blue
|
|
RISC
|
Reduced Instruction Set Computer (Reduced Instruction Set Code)
|
|
RMB
|
Right Mouse Button
|
|
ROM
|
Read Only Memory
|
|
RPC
|
Remote Procedure Call
|
|
RPM
|
Revolutions Per Minute
|
|
RPL
|
Remote Program Load
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
|
SAP
|
Service Advertising Protocol
|
|
SCSI
|
Small Computer Standard Interface (Small
Computer System Interface)
|
|
SDK
|
Software Development Kit
|
|
SDRAM
|
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
|
| SDSL
|
Synchronous Digital Subscriber Line
|
|
SDX
|
Storage Data Xceleration
|
|
SGML
|
Standard Generalised Markup Language
|
|
SGRAM
|
Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
|
|
SID
|
Security Identifier
|
|
SIMM
|
Single In-line Memory Module
|
|
SLIP
|
Serial Line Internet Protocol
|
|
SMART
|
Self Monitoring And
Report Technology
|
|
SMP
|
Service Message Blocks (Symetric Multiprocessing)
|
|
SMRAM
|
System Management Random Access Memory
|
|
SMTP
|
Simple Mail Transport Protocol
|
|
SNMP
|
Simple Network Managemnt Protocol
|
|
SPARC
|
Scalable Processor ARChitecture
|
|
SPX
|
Sequenced Packet eXchange
|
|
SQL
|
Structured Query Language
|
|
SRAM
|
Static Random Access Memory
|
|
SSL
|
Secure Sockets Layer
|
|
SVGA
|
Super Video Graphics Adapter
|
|
SYSOP
|
SYStem Operator
|
|
|
|
|
T
|
|
|
TIFF
|
Tagged Image File Format
|
|
TCP/IP
|
Transmision Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
|
|
TPI
|
Tracks Per Inch
|
|
TSR
|
Terminate and Stay Resident
|
|
TTF
|
True Type Font
|
|
|
|
|
U
|
|
|
UART
|
Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
|
|
UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol
|
|
UMB
|
Upper Memory Block
|
|
UNC
|
Universal Naming Convention
|
|
UPS
|
Uninterruptable Power Supply
|
|
URL
|
Uniform Resource Locator
|
|
URI
|
Uniform Resource Indicator
|
|
USB
|
Universal Serial Bus
|
|
|
|
|
V
|
|
|
VAX
|
Virtual Address eXtension
|
|
VBE
|
VESA BIOS Extension
|
|
VESA
|
Video Electronics Standards Association
|
|
VFAT
|
Virtual File Allocation Table
|
|
VGA
|
Virtual Graphics Adapter
|
|
VLB
|
VESA Local Bus
|
|
VLIC
|
Very Large Integrated Circuit
|
|
VLM
|
Virtual Loadable Module
|
|
VM
|
Virtual Memory (Virtual Machine)
|
|
VMM
|
Virtual Memory Manager
|
|
VMOS
|
Vertical Metal Oxide Semiconductor
|
|
VMS
|
Virtual Memory System
|
|
VMSP
|
Virtual Machine System Product
|
|
VOPI
|
Voice Over IP
|
|
VR
|
Virtual Reality
|
|
VRAM
|
Video Random Access Memory
|
|
VRML
|
Virtual Reality Markup Language
|
|
|
|
|
W
|
|
|
WAE
|
Wireless Application Environment
|
|
WAIS
|
Wide Area Information Search
|
|
WAN
|
Wide Area Network
|
|
WAP
|
Wireless Application Protocol
|
|
WDL
|
Window Driver Library
|
|
WINS
|
Windows Internet Name Service
|
|
WMF
|
Windows Meta File
|
|
WORM
|
Write Once Read Many
|
|
WRAM
|
Window Random Access Memory
|
|
WSL
|
Wireless Session Layer
|
|
WTLS
|
Wireless Transport Layer Security
|
|
WTP
|
Wireless Transport Layer
|
|
WWW
|
World Wide Web
|
|
WYSIWYG
|
What You See Is What You Get
|
|
|
|
|
X
|
|
|
XGA
|
eXtended Graphics Adapter
|
|
XMS
|
eXpanded Memory Service
|
|
|
|
|
Z
|
|
|
ZIF
|
Zero Insertion Force
|
|
ZIP
|
ZIP-Compressed file
|
