Acronyms
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palustrec333 on January 9, 2011
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Computer Acronyms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 LAN- Local Area Network | can only be used in a house or building |
| WAN- Wide Area Network | can only be used through a big range like throughout the state or around the world |
| ISP- Internet Service Provider | a company that offers its customer's access to the internet. |
| http- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol | a networking protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. |
| URL- Uniform Resource Locator | specifies where an unidentified source is available and the mechanism for retrieving it. |
| CPU- Central Process Unit | the processor is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, and is the primary element carrying out the computer's functions. The unit that reads and executes program instructions. |
| RAM- Random Access Memory | access memory a form of computer storage |
| HTML- Hyper Text Mark-up Language | language for web pages; it allows images and objects to be embedded and can be used to create interactive forms |
| KB- Kilobyte | a multiple of the unit of information used to quantify computer memory or storage capacity. It can store up to one thousand bytes. |
| MB- Megabyte | a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on the context. It can store up to one million bytes. |
| GB- Gigabyte | a unit of information used to quantify computer memory or storage capacity. It can store up to one billion bytes. |
| GUI- Graphical User Interface | type of user interface that allows users to interact with programs more way than typing such as computers; hand-held devices such as MP3 players; etc. |
| TCP/IP- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol | this allows you to transmit information from your computer to the internet |
| OOP- Object Oriented Programming | it reduces lines of code, and it increases reuseability |
| CAD- Computer Aided Design | Use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation |
| CGI- Computer Generated Imagery | computer graphic effects in films, television programs, and other visual media. |
| DSL- Digital Subscriber Line | a family of technologies that provides digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network. |
| FTP- File Transport Protocol | is used when a user needs to transfer a large file. |
| OCR- Optical Character Recognition | using a type of writing and saving it to recognize as a regular font |
| SEO- Search Engine Optimization | helping raise your status or profile in a search engine |
| SMTP- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol | is used for email |
| SSL- Secure Sockets Layer | an extra layer of security for the users to feel more comfortable to use it and so that others cannot steal your information |
| VOIP- Voice Over Internet Protocol | a way to send your voice over the internet |
| VPN- Virtual Private Network | can use the network from dialing in from a different place that is not so local |
| WYSIWYG- What You See Is What You Get | used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed during editing appears very similar to the final output, which might be a printed document, web page, slide presentation, or even the computerized lighting for a theatrical event. |
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