Acronym : a word made up from the first letters of the name of something such as an organization.
For example NATO is an acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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| DOS | Disk Operating System : software that is loaded onto a computer system to make all the different parts work together |
| ROM | read-only memory : the part of a computer where permanent instructions and information are stored |
| RAM | Random Access Memory : the memory in a computer system that is used as a temporary store for information, usually the software that organizes the data |
| LAN | local area network : a system for communicating by computer in a large place such as an office building |
| WAN | wide area network : a geographically dispersed telecommunications network. |
| POP3 | Post Office Protocol 3 : the most recent version of a standard protocol for receiving e-mail. POP3 is a client/server protocol in which e-mail is received and held for you by your Internet server. |
| PDA | Personal digital assistant : a term for any small mobile hand-held device that provides computing and information storage and retrieval capabilities for personal or business use, often for keeping schedule calendars and address book information handy. |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus : a plug-and-play interface between a computer and add-on devices (such as audio players, joysticks, keyboards, telephones, scanners, and printers). |
| SMS | Short Message Service : a service for sending messages of up to 160 characters (224 characters if using a 5-bit mode) to mobile phones that use Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication. GSM and SMS service is primarily available in Europe. |
| WAP | Wireless Application Protocol : a specification for a set of communication protocols to standardize the way that wireless devices, such as cellular telephones and radio transceivers, can be used for Internet access, including e-mail, the World Wide Web, newsgroups, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC). |
| URL | Universal Resource Locator : a standardized naming, or "addressing," system for documents and media accessible over the Internet |
| GPS | The Global Positioning System : a "constellation" of 24 well-spaced satellites that orbit the Earth and make it possible for people with ground receivers to pinpoint their geographic location. The location accuracy is anywhere from 100 to 10 meters for most equipment. |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit : an older term for processor and microprocessor, the central unit in a computer containing the logic circuitry that performs the instructions of a computer's programs |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol : the set of rules for exchanging files (text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files) on the World Wide Web (WWW). |
| OCR | Optical character recognition : the recognition of printed or written text characters by a computer. This involves photoscanning of the text character-by-character, analysis of the scanned-in image, and then translation of the character image into character codes, such as ASCII, commonly used in data processing. |
| FAQ | A list of "frequently-asked questions" (and answers) has become a feature of the Internet. The FAQ seems to have originated in many of the Usenet groups as a way to acquaint new users with the rules. Today, there are thousands of FAQs on the World Wide Web. |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol : a standard Internet protocol,the simplest way to exchange files between computers on the Internet. FTP is commonly used to transfer Web page files from their creator to the computer that acts as their server for everyone on the Internet. It's also used to download programs and other files to your computer from other servers. |
| Kbps | In the U.S., Kbps stands for kilobits per second (thousands of bits per second) and is a measure of bandwidth (the amount of data that can flow in a given time) on a data transmission medium. Higher bandwidths are more conveniently expressed in megabits per second (Mbps, or millions of bits per second) and in gigabits per second (Gbps, or billions of bits per second). |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line : a technology for transmitting digital information at a high bandwidth on existing phone lines to homes and businesses. Unlike regular dialup phone service, ADSL provides continously-available, "always on" connection. |
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