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Terms

Acronym

ACL

Access Control List

ADC

Analog-to-Digital Converter

ADF

Automatic Document Feeder

ADSL

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

AGP

Accelerated Graphics Port

AIFF

Audio Interchange File Format

AIX

Advanced Interactive Executive

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

API

Application Program Interface

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASP

Active Server Page or Application Service Provider

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

BASIC

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

Bcc

Blind Carbon Copy

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

Blob

Binary Large Object

BMP

Bitmap

CAD

Computer-Aided Design

Cc

Carbon Copy

CCD

Charged Coupled Device

CD

Compact Disc

CD-R

Compact Disc Recordable

CD-ROM

Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

CD-RW

Compact Disc Re-Writable

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CGI

Common Gateway Interface

CISC

Complex Instruction Set Computing

CLOB

Character Large Object

CMOS

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CMYK

Cyan Magenta Yellow Black

CPA

Cost Per Action

CPC

Cost Per Click

CPL

Cost Per Lead

CPM

Cost Per 1,000 Impressions

CPS

Classroom Performance System

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRM

Customer Relationship Management

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

CSS

Cascading Style Sheet

CTP

Composite Theoretical Performance

CTR

Click-Through Rate

DAC

Digital-to-Analog Converter

DBMS

Database Management System

DDL

Data Definition Language

DDR

Double Data Rate

DDR2

Double Data Rate 2

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIMM

Dual In-Line Memory Module

DLL

Dynamic Link Library

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DNS

Domain Name System

DOS

Disk Operating System

DPI

Dots Per Inch

DRAM

Dynamic Random Access Memory

DRM

Digital Rights Management

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DSLAM

Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer

DTD

Document Type Definition

DV

Digital Video

DVD

Digital Versatile Disc

DVD+R

Digital Versatile Disc Recordable

DVD+RW

Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable

DVD-R

Digital Versatile Disc Recordable

DVD-RAM

Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory

DVD-RW

Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable

DVI

Digital Video Interface

 

 

ECC

Error Correction Code

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EIDE

Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics

EPS

Encapsulated PostScript

EUP

Enterprise Unified Process

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FIFO

First In, First Out

FiOS

Fiber Optic Service

FLOPS

Floating Point Operations Per Second

FPU

Floating Point Unit

FSB

Frontside Bus

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

GIGO

Garbage In, Garbage Out

GIS

Geographic Information Systems

GPS

Global Positioning System

GPU

Graphics Processing Unit

GUI

Graphical User Interface

GUID

Globally Unique Identifier

HDMI

High-Definition Multimedia Interface

HDTV

High Definition Televsion

HDV

High-Definition Video

HFS

Hierarchical File System

HSF

Heat Sink and Fan

HTML

Hyper-Text Markup Language

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

HyperText Transport Protocol Secure

I/O

Input/Output

ICANN

Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers

ICF

Internet Connection Firewall

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

ICS

Internet Connection Sharing

ICT

Information and Communication Technologies

IDE

Integrated Device Electronics or Integrated Development Environment

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IGP

Integrated Graphics Processor

IM

Instant Message

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol

InterNIC

Internet Network Information Center

IP

Internet Protocol

IPX

Internetwork Packet Exchange

IRC

Internet Relay Chat

IRQ

Interrupt Request

ISA

Industry Standard Architecture

iSCSI

Internet Small Computer Systems Interface

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISP

Internet Service Provider

IT

Information Technology

IVR

Interactive Voice Response

JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group

JRE

Java Runtime Environment

JSP

Java Server Page

Kbps

Kilobits Per Second

KDE

K Desktop Environment

KVM Switch

Keyboard, Video, and Mouse Switch

LAN

Local Area Network

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LED

Light-Emitting Diode

LIFO

Last In, First Out

LPI

Lines Per Inch

LUN

Logical Unit Number

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B.Ed

BE/B.Tech

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