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ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

agp: accelerated graphics port

ansi: american national standards institute

api: application programming interface

ascii: american standard code for information interchange

autoexec.bat: executed by dos when system boots up

basic: beginners' all-purpose symbolic instruction code

bbs: bulletin board system

bios: basic input output system

bit: binary digit

buffers: storage areas used by dos

cad: computer-aided design

ccd: charge-coupled device

cgi: common gateway interface

clut: colour look-up table

cmos: complementary metal oxide semiconductor

cmx: corel media exchange

cmyk: cyan, magenta, yellow, black

command.com: standard command processor used by dos

config.sys: defines initial configuration of dos

cpu: central processing unit

crc: cyclic redundancy check

crt: cathode ray tube

dac: digital to analogue converter

dat: digital audio tape

dbms: data base management system

dde: dynamic data exchange

dimm: dual inline memory modules

dll: dynamic link library

dma: direct memory access

dns: domain name server

dos: disk operating system

dpi: dots per inch

dvd: digital versatile disk

dvi: digital video interactive

edi: electronic data interchange

eide: enhanced integrated drive electronics

eisa: extended industry standard architecture

ems: expanded memory specification

eps: encapsulated post script

faq: frequently asked questions

fat: file allocation table

ftp: file transfer protocol

gdi: graphical device interface

gif: graphics interchange format

hma: high memory area

html: hyper text markup language

http: hyper text transport protocol

irc: internet relay chat

irq: interrupt request

isdn: integrated services digital network

isp: internet service provider

jpeg: joint photographic experts group

kb: kilobytes

ldap: lightweight directory access protocol

mbr: master boot record

mca: micro channel architecture:bus design implemented by ibm

midi: musical instrument digital interface

mime: multipurpose internet mail extension

mpeg: motion picture experts group

mmx: multimedia extensions

mpeg: motion picture expert group

ms: milliseconds

network adapter: hardware card that provides interface between processor and network

ocr: optical character recognition

ole: object linking and embedding

pci: peripheral component interconnect

pda: personal digital assistant

pdf: portable document format

pdl: page description language

pif: program information file

pixel: picture element

pmpo: peak momentary power output

pop: post office protocol

ppp: point-to-point protocol

ram: random access memory

rgb: red, green, blue

rms: root mean squared

rom: read only memory

tsr: terminate and stay resident

san: storage area network

scsi: small computer system interface

set: secure electronic transactions

sgml: standard generalised markup language

simm: single inline memory modules

slip: serial line internet protocol

smtp: simple mail transfer protocol

SSL: Secure Sockets Layer  Secure Sockets Layer

tcp/ip: transmission control protocol/internet protocol

uart: universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter

uma: upper memory area

umb: upper memory block

url: uniform resource locator

vcpi: virtual control program interface

vesa: video electronics standards association

vga: video graphics array

video adapter: monochrome/cga/ega/vga

vpn: virtual private network

vrml: virtual reality modeling language

vxd: virtual device driver: performs various system-level functions

wais: wide area information server

wav: windows audio file

winsock: windows program: provides other windows programs with standard interface to network services

xms: extended memory specification

 

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