| Abend |
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| Access |
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| ACL |
Access Control List |
| Active-Matrix |
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| ActiveX |
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| Ad Hoc Network |
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| ADF |
Automatic Document Feeder |
| ADSL |
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| Adware |
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| Affiliate |
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| AGP |
Accelerated Graphics Port |
| AIFF |
Audio Interchange File Format |
| AIX |
Advanced Interactive Executive |
| Alert Box |
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| Algorithm |
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| Analog |
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| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| API |
Application Program Interface |
| Apple |
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| Applet |
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| Application |
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| Archie |
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| ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
| Array |
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| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASP |
Application Service Provider |
| ASP |
Active Server Page |
| ASP.NET |
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| ATA |
Advanced Technology Attachment |
| ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| Autoresponder |
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| Backbone |
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| Backside Bus |
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| Backup |
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| Bandwidth |
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| Banner Ad |
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| Base Station |
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| BASIC |
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| Batch File |
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| Batch Process |
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| Baud |
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| Bcc |
Blind Carbon Copy |
| Bespoke |
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| Beta Software |
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| Binary |
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| BIOS |
Basic Input/Output System |
| Bit |
bit comes from Binary Digit |
| Bitmap |
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| Bitrate |
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| BitTorrent |
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| Blob |
Binary Large Object |
| Blog |
short for web log |
| Bluetooth |
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| Blu-ray |
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| BMP |
short for bitmap |
| Bookmark |
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| Boolean |
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| Boot |
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| Boot Disk |
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| Bot |
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| Bounce |
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| bps |
Bits Per Second |
| Bridge |
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| Broadband |
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| Browser |
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| Buffer |
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| Burn |
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| Bus |
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| Business |
Commercial, industrial, or professional dealings |
| Byte |
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| C/C++ |
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| Cable Modem |
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| Cache |
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| CAD |
Computer-Aided Design |
| Camera RAW |
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| Caps Lock |
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| Cc |
Carbon Copy |
| CCD |
Charged Coupled Device |
| CD |
Compact Disc |
| CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
| CD-R |
Compact Disc Recordable |
| CD-ROM |
Compact Disc Read-Only Memory |
| CD-RW |
Compact Disc Re-Writable |
| Certificate |
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| CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
| Character |
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| Chip |
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| Chipset |
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| CISC |
Complex Instruction Set Computing |
| Clean Room |
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| Client |
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| Clip Art |
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| Clipboard |
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| Clock Speed |
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| Clone |
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| Cluster |
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| CMOS |
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| CMYK |
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black |
| Codec |
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| Command Prompt |
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| Commercial Software |
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| Compact Flash |
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| Compile |
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| Compiler |
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| Component |
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| Computer |
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| Computer Ethics |
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| Configuration |
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| Control Panel |
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| Controller Card |
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| Cookie |
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| Copy |
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| 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 |
| Cron |
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| Crop |
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| Cross platform |
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| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
| CSS |
Cascading Style Sheet |
| CTP |
Composite Theoretical Performance |
| CTR |
Click-Through Rate |
| Cursor |
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| Cybercrime |
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| Cyberspace |
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| Daemon |
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| Dashboard |
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| Data |
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| Data Transfer Rate |
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| Data Type |
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| Database |
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| DBMS |
Database Management System |
| DDR |
Double Data Rate |
| DDR2 |
Double Data Rate 2 |
| Debug |
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| Debugger |
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| Default |
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| Defragment |
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| Degauss |
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| Delete |
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| Desktop |
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| Desktop Publishing |
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| DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| Dialog Box |
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| Digital |
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| Digitize |
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| DIMM |
Dual In-Line Memory Module |
| Direct3D |
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| Directory |
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| DirectX |
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| Disk Image |
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| DLL |
Dynamic Link Library |
| DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
| DNS |
Domain Name System |
| DNS Record |
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| Domain |
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| Domain Name |
|
| Dongle |
|
| DOS |
Disk Operating System |
| Dot Pitch |
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| Double Click |
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| Download |
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| DPI |
Dots Per Inch |
| Drag |
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| DRAM |
Dynamic Random Access Memory |
| Dream |
A sometimes-complicated mental view of images, thoughts and feelings usually and mostly associated with sleep and can be called hypnagogic hallucination, however; whilst awake you could also have a dream or aspiration, i.e. (he is pursuing his dream) or (he created all that from his dreams) or "in our view" (the site is a dream come true)! |
| Dreamsight |
With dreams and sight combined, our term and company name to make your dream a vision of reality, (from a dream idea to the creation of a vision we can all see). |
| Driver |
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| DRM |
Digital Rights Management |
| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
| DSLAM |
Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer |
| DTD |
Document Type Definition |
| Dual-Core |
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| 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 |
| DVR |
Digital Video Recorder |
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| E-commerce |
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| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
| Edutainment |
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| E-mail |
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| E-mail Bankruptcy |
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| Emoticon |
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| Emulation |
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| Encryption |
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| End User |
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| EPS |
Encapsulated PostScript |
| Ethernet |
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| EUP |
Enterprise Unified Process |
| Exabyte |
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| Exbibyte |
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| Excel |
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| External Hard Drive |
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| Facebook |
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| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FAT32 |
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| Fiber-Optic Cable |
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| FIFO |
First In, First Out |
| File |
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| File Extension |
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| File System |
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| Filename |
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| FiOS |
Fiber Optic Service |
| Firewall |
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| Firewire |
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| Firmware |
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| Flaming |
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| Flash |
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| Flash Memory |
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| Flat File |
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| Flatbed |
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| Floating Point |
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| Floppy Disk |
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| Folder |
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| Font |
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| Format |
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| FPS |
Frames Per Second |
| FPU |
Floating Point Unit |
| Frame |
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| Freeware |
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| Frozen |
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| FSB |
frontside bus |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
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| Gateway |
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| Gibibyte |
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| GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format |
| Gigabyte |
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| Gigahertz |
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| GIGO |
Garbage In, Garbage Out |
| GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
| Gnutella |
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| Google |
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| Gopher |
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| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GPU |
Graphics Processing Unit |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
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| Hacker |
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| Halftone |
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| Handle |
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| Hard Copy |
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| Hard Disk |
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| Hard Drive |
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| Hard Token |
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| Hardware |
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| HDMI |
High-Definition Multimedia Interface |
| HDTV |
High Definition Televsion |
| HDV |
High-Definition Video |
| Heat Sink |
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| Heuristic |
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| Hexadecimal |
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| HFS |
Hierarchical File System |
| Hit |
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| Home Page |
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| Horizontal Market Software |
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| Host |
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| Hover |
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| HSF |
Heat Sink and Fan |
| HTML |
(HyperText Markup Language) Created by Tim Berners Lee in the 1990s and subsequently taken under the wing of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 1994, HTML is essentially basic text that can be written in notepad and has strict Code identifiers called Tags. |
| HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| Hub |
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| Hyperlink |
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| Hypermedia |
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| Hypertext |
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| Hyper-Threading |
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| I/O |
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| I/O Address |
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| IBM Compatible |
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| ICANN |
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| ICF |
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| ICMP |
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| Icon |
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| ICS |
Internet Connection Sharing |
| IDE |
Integrated Device Electronics |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IGP |
Integrated Graphics Processor |
| Illegal Operation |
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| IM |
Instant Message |
| IMAP |
Internet Message Access Protocol |
| Impression |
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| In-Built Page Optimisation |
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| Inbox |
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| Index |
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| Infotainment |
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| Inkjet |
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| Input |
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| Input Device |
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| Install |
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| Installer |
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| Integer |
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| Integrated Circuit |
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| Intellectual Property |
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| Interlaced |
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| Internet |
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| InterNIC |
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| Intranet |
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| IP |
Internet Protocol. |
| IP Address |
|
| iPod |
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| IPv4 |
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| IPv6 |
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| 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 Organisation for Standardisation |
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| Iteration |
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| iTunes |
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| IVR |
Interactive Voice Response |
| |
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| Java |
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| JavaScript |
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| Joystick |
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| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| JRE |
Java Runtime Environment |
| JSP |
Java Server Page |
| Jumper |
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| Kbps |
Kilobits Per Second |
| Kernel |
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| Kerning |
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| Keyboard |
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| Keyboard Shortcut |
|
| Keylogger |
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| Keyphrase |
A keyphrase is the combination of Keywords that are used to compose a search query to find information on a specific subject. Keyphrase . Example: “how do I search the internet” the keyphrase is search the Internet. |
| Keystroke |
|
| Keywords |
A keyword is the word or words that relates to a specific subject. Keywords are used to compose a search query to find information. Example: “how do I search the internet” the keywords are "search" and "Internet". |
| Kibibyte |
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| Kilobyte |
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| KVM Switch |
Keyboard, Video, and Mouse switch |
| |
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| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| Laptop |
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| Laser Printer |
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| Latency |
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| LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
| LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
| Leaderboard |
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| Leaf |
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| LIFO |
Last In, First Out |
| Link |
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| Linux |
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| Listserv |
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| Load Balancing |
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| Localhost |
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| Logic Gate |
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| Login |
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| Lossless |
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| Lossy |
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| LPI |
Lines Per Inch |
| LUN |
Logical Unit Number |
| |
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| MAC Address |
Media Access Control Address |
| Mac OS |
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| Mac OS X |
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| Macintosh |
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| Macro |
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| Mainframe |
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| Malware |
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| MANET |
Mobile Ad Hoc Network |
| Mashup |
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| Mbps |
Megabits Per Second |
| MCA |
Micro Channel Architecture |
| Mebibyte |
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| Media |
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| Megabyte |
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| Megahertz |
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| Megapixel |
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| Memory |
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| Memory Leak |
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| Memory Module |
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| Memory Stick |
|
| Menu Bar |
|
| Meta Search Engine |
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| Meta Tag |
This is invisible Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) placed in and between the Header Tag of a web page which is hidden from site visitors Browsers, but search engine crawlers read this information and draw instructions from it, there are several Meta Tags but from an SEO point of view the title, description and keyword tags are most important, and tell search engines details about the site and its contents. |
| Metadata |
|
| Metafile |
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| MIDI |
Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
| Mini DV |
|
| MIPS |
Million Instructions Per Second |
| Mirror |
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| Mirrored Volume |
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| Mnemonic |
|
| Modem |
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| Monitor |
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| Moodle |
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| Motherboard |
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| Mount |
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| Mouse |
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| MP3 |
MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 |
| MPEG |
Moving Picture Experts Group |
| MTU |
Maximum Transmission Unit |
| Multimedia |
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| Multiplatform |
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| MySpace |
|
| MySQL |
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| |
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| Name Server |
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| NAT |
Network Address Translation |
| Native File |
|
| NetBIOS |
Network Basic Input/Output System |
| Netiquette |
|
| Network |
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| Network Topology |
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| Newbie |
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| Newsgroup |
|
| NIC |
Network Interface Card |
| NNTP |
Network News Transfer Protocol |
| NOC |
Network Operations Center |
| Node |
|
| NTFS |
New Technology File System |
| Null |
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| Null Character |
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| Nybble |
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| OASIS |
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards |
| OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
| ODBC |
Open Database Connectivity |
| OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| Offline |
|
| OLAP |
Online Analytical Processing |
| OLE |
Object Linking and Embedding |
| Online |
|
| OOP |
Object-Oriented Programming |
| Open Firmware |
|
| OpenGL |
|
| Operating System |
|
| Optical Drive |
|
| Optical Media |
|
| OSPF |
Open Shortest Path First |
| Outbox |
|
| Output |
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| Output Device |
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| Overclocking |
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| |
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| P2P |
Peer to Peer |
| Packet |
|
| Page View |
|
| Parallel Port |
|
| Parse |
|
| Partition |
|
| Password |
|
| Paste |
|
| Payload |
|
| PC |
Personal computer |
| PCB |
Printed Circuit Board |
| PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| PCI Express |
|
| PCI-X |
Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended |
| PCMCIA |
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
| PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| Pebibyte |
|
| Peripheral |
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| Perl |
|
| Permalink |
|
| Petabyte |
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| Pharming |
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| Phishing |
|
| PHP |
Hypertext Preprocessor |
| Piconet |
|
| PIM |
Personal Information Manager |
| Ping |
|
| Pipeline |
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| Pixel |
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| Plain Text |
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| Platform |
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| Plug and Play |
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| Plug-in |
|
| PMU |
Power Management Unit |
| PNG |
Portable Network Graphic |
| Podcast |
|
| POP3 |
Post Office Protocol |
| Port |
|
| Portal |
|
| PostScript |
|
| Power Cycle |
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| Power User |
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| PowerPoint |
|
| PPC |
Pay Per Click |
| PPGA |
Plastic Pin Grid Array |
| PPI |
Pixels Per Inch |
| PPL |
Pay Per Lead |
| PPM |
Pages Per Minute |
| PPP |
Point to Point Protocol |
| PPTP |
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
| PRAM |
Parameter Random Access Memory |
| Prebinding |
|
| Process |
|
| Processor |
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| Program |
|
| Progressive Scan |
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| Protocol |
|
| Proxy Server |
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| PS/2 |
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| |
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| QBE |
Query By Example |
| Queue |
|
| QuickTime |
|
| QWERTY |
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| |
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| RADCAB |
|
| RAID |
Redundant Array of Independent Disks |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| Raster Graphic |
|
| Raw Data |
|
| Raw File |
|
| RDF |
Resource Description Framework |
| RDRAM |
Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory |
| Readme |
|
| Real-Time |
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| Recursion |
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| Recursive Function |
|
| Refresh |
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| Refresh Rate |
|
| Registry |
|
| Remote Access |
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| Remote User |
|
| Resolution |
|
| RGB |
Red Green Blue |
| Rich Text |
|
| Right Click |
|
| Ripcording |
|
| RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computing |
| ROM |
Read-Only Memory |
| Root |
|
| Router |
|
| RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
| RPM |
Revenue Per 1,000 Impressions |
| RSS |
RDF Site Summary |
| RTE |
Runtime Environment |
| RTF |
Rich Text Fomat |
| Ruby |
|
| Runtime |
|
| RUP |
Rational Unified Process |
| |
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| Safe Mode |
|
| Samba |
|
| Sample |
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| Sampling |
|
| SAN |
Storage Area Network |
| SATA |
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
| Screenshot |
|
| Script |
|
| Scroll Bar |
|
| Scroll Wheel |
|
| Scrolling |
|
| SCSI |
Small Computer System Interface |
| SD |
Secure Digital |
| SDRAM |
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory |
| SDSL |
Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| Search Engine |
|
| Sector |
|
| SEO |
Search Engine Optimization |
| Serial Port |
|
| Server |
|
| Service Pack |
|
| Shareware |
|
| Shell |
|
| Sight |
That in which you see, a vision of something, or device "sights of a gun"! A device used to assist aim by guiding the eye. |
| SIMM |
Single In-Line Memory Module |
| Site Map |
|
| Skin |
|
| SKU |
Stock Keeping Unit |
| Skyscraper |
|
| Slashdot |
|
| SLI |
Scalable Link Interface |
| SMART |
Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology |
| SMB |
Server Message Block |
| SMS |
Short Message Service |
| SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| Snapshot |
|
| SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SOA |
Service Oriented Architecture |
| SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
| Social Networking |
|
| Socket |
|
| SO-DIMM |
|
| Soft Copy |
|
| Soft Token |
|
| Software |
|
| Solid State |
|
| Source Code |
|
| Spam |
|
| Spider |
|
| Spoofing |
|
| Spreadsheet |
|
| Spyware |
|
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SRAM |
Static Random Access Memory |
| sRGB |
Standard RGB |
| SSH |
Secure Shell |
| SSID |
Service Set Identifier |
| SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
| Stack |
|
| Standalone |
|
| Standby |
|
| Status Bar |
|
| Storage Device |
|
| Streaming |
|
| String |
|
| Subnet Mask |
|
| Superscalar |
|
| Surge Protector |
|
| Switch |
|
| Syntax |
|
| System Analyst |
|
| System Hardening |
|
| System Requirements |
|
| System Resources |
|
| System Software |
|
| System Unit |
|
| Systray |
|
| |
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| T1 |
|
| T3 |
|
| Tag |
In general a TAG means many things even in the computer and programming world but specifically in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) it is a marker where an object or text is placed, Tags usually are formatted thus with a less and more than character either end, a backslash contained within a Tag indicates "end of data" OR more commonly known as "end tag". |
| Tape Drive |
|
| Task Bar |
|
| TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| Tebibyte |
|
| Telnet |
|
| Template |
|
| Terabyte |
|
| Terminal |
|
| Text Editor |
|
| TFT |
Thin Film Transistor |
| Thick Client |
|
| Thin Client |
|
| Thread |
|
| Throughput |
|
| Thyristor |
|
| TIFF |
Tagged Image File Format |
| Tiger |
|
| Title Bar |
|
| Token |
|
| Toolbar |
|
| Tooltip |
|
| Torrent |
|
| Toslink |
|
| Traceroute |
|
| Trinitron |
|
| Trojan Horse |
|
| Truncate |
|
| TTL |
Time To Live |
| Tunneling |
|
| Tutorial |
|
| TWAIN |
|
| Tweak |
|
| Typeface |
|
| |
|
| U |
U is the standard unit of measurement for rack-mounted equipment |
| UDDI |
Universal Description Discovery and Integration |
| UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
| Ultra DMA |
|
| UML |
Unified Modeling Language |
| UNC |
Universal Naming Convention |
| Unix |
|
| Unmount |
|
| Upload |
|
| UPnP |
Universal Plug and Play |
| UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| URI |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
| USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
| Username |
|
| Utility |
|
| |
|
| VCI |
Virtual Channel Identifier |
| Vector |
|
| Vector Graphic |
|
| Veronica |
Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide Index to Computerized Archives |
| Vertical Market Software |
|
| VFAT |
Virtual File Allocation Table |
| VGA |
Video Graphics Array |
| Video Card |
|
| Virtual Memory |
|
| Virtual Reality |
|
| Virus |
|
| Visual Basic |
|
| VLB |
VESA Local Bus |
| VoIP |
Voice Over Internet Protocol |
| Volume |
|
| VPI |
Virtual Path Identifier |
| VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
| VRAM |
Video Random Access Memory |
| VRML |
Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
| |
|
| WAIS |
Wide Area Information Server |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| Waveform |
|
| Web 2.0 |
|
| Web Host |
|
| Web Page |
|
| Web Ring |
|
| Webcam |
|
| Webmail |
|
| Webmaster |
|
| Website |
|
| WEP |
Wired Equivalent Privacy |
| White Paper |
|
| WHOIS |
|
| Widget |
|
| Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity |
| Wiki |
|
| Win32 |
|
| Window |
|
| Windows |
|
| Windows Vista |
|
| Windows XP |
|
| Winsock |
|
| Wireless |
|
| Wizard |
|
| Word Processor |
|
| Word Wrap |
|
| WordArt |
|
| Workstation |
|
| Worm |
|
| WPA |
Wi-Fi Protected Access |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
| WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get |
| |
|
| X86 |
|
| XHTML |
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language |
| XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
| XSLT |
Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformation |
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| Y2K |
Year 2000 |
| Yahoo! |
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| Yobibyte |
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| Yottabyte |
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| Zebibyte |
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| Zero Day Exploit |
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| Zettabyte |
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| ZIF |
Zero Insertion Force |
| Zip |
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| Zone File |
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