 | Term | Definition |
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ADSL |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
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AGP |
Accelerated Graphics Port |
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AMD |
Advanced Micro Devices |
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ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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ATX |
Advanced Technology Extended |
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BIOS |
Basic Input Output System |
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CAD |
Computer Aided Design |
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CD |
Compact Disc |
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CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
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CSS |
Cascading Style Sheets |
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DDR |
Double Data Rate |
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DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
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DIMM |
Dual Inline Memory Module |
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DRAM |
Dynamic Random Access Memory |
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DPI |
Dots Per Inch |
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DVD |
Digital Versatile Disc |
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EAX |
Environmental Audio Extensions |
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FPS |
Frames Per Second |
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FSAA |
Full Screen Anti-Aliasing |
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FSB |
Front Side Bus |
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GB |
Gigabyte |
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GHz |
GigaHertz |
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GPU |
Graphical Processing Unit |
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GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
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HDD |
Hard Disk Drive |
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HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language |
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HTTP |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
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IP |
Internet Protocol |
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KB |
Kilobyte |
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LAN |
Local Area Network |
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LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
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LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
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NIC |
Network Interface Card |
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OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
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PC |
Personal Computer |
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PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect |
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PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
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PDF |
Portable Document Format |
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PCMCIA |
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
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PNP |
Plug and Play |
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POP |
Post Office Protocol |
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PSU |
Power Supply Unit |
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QoS |
Quality of service |
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RAM |
Random Access Memory |
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RSS |
Really Simple Syndication |
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URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
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UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
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VGA |
Video Graphics Adapter |
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VoIP |
Voice over IP |
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VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
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WAN |
Wide Area Network |
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WWW |
World Wide Web |
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XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
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DOM |
Document Object Model |
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PNG |
Portable Network Graphics |
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SVG |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
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WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get |
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SQL |
Structured Query Language |
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SEO |
Search engine optimization |
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CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
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FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
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IRC |
Internet Relay Chat |
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TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
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ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
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FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
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JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
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GIF |
Graphic Interchange Format |
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MPEG |
Motion Pictures Experts Group |
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RFC |
Request For Comments |
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UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
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OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
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ROM |
Read Only Memory |
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USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
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DNS |
Domain Name System |
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OS |
Operating System |
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SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
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ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
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GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
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FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
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Ethernet |
A comon technology used to create networks. There are versions for coaxial cable, twisted pair cable, fiber optic cable and wireless. |
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ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
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ARQ |
Automatic Repeat Request |
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BBS |
Bulletin Board Software and Bulletin Board System |
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BSD |
Berkeley Software Distribution |
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CGI |
Comman Gateway Interface |
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DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
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DNS |
Domain Name Service |
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UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
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FAQ |
Frequently asked questions |
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FTP |
File Transfer Protocol (now often seen in lower case as ftp) |
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GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
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GNU |
GNU is Not Unix (recursive) |
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GUI |
Graphical Users Interface |
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HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
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HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol |
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IRC |
Internet Relay Chat |
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ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
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IO |
Input Output As in file IO. |
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LAN |
Local Area Network |
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NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
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NNTP |
Network News Transfer Protocol |
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MDA |
Mail Delivery Agent |
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MIME |
Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions |
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MOSFET |
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
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MUD |
Multiple User Dungeon an interactive multiuser game |
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OSF |
Open Software Foundation |
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PERL |
Pratical Extraction and Reporting Language or Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister |
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PPP |
Point-to-Point Protocol |
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PINE |
Pine Is Not Elm |
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RARP |
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
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RFC |
Request For Comments |
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RTF |
Rich Text Format |
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TCP/IP |
Transmissions Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
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TIA |
The Internet Adaptor |
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TTY |
Tele-Type |
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SLIP |
Serial Line Internet Protocol |
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SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
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SGML |
Standard Generalized Markup Language |
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SWISH |
Simple Web Indexing System for Humans |
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WAN |
Wide Area Networks |
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WAIS |
Wide Area Information Server |
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WWW or 3W |
World Wide Web |
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URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
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W3C |
Worldwide Web Consortium-The web standards body |
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CSS |
Cascading Style Sheet |
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TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
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Apache |
A popular web server that often runs on the Linux Operating System. |
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Operatings System |
An operating system (sometimes abbreviated as "OS") is the program that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot program, manages all the other programs in a computer. |
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OS |
An operating system (sometimes abbreviated as "OS") is the program that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot program, manages all the other programs in a computer. |
