INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TODAY, second edition

Here are the acronyms talked about in the last post
AMD- Advanced Micro Devices
ATA- Advanced Technology Attachment
AVI- Advanced Video Interleaved
BASIC- Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BIOS- Basic Input Output System
bit- biNARY DIGit
Blog- WEb log
BPS- Bits Per Second
BSoD- Blue Screen of Death
BT- Bluetooth
CAD- Computer-Aided Designs
CAD- Computer-Aided Engineering
CAM- Computer-Aided Manufacturing
CAPTCHA- Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
CDMA- Code Division Multiple Access
CHAP- Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CMOS- Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semi-conductor
COBOL- Common Business-Oriented Language
CPU-Central Processing Unit
DAT-Digital Audio Tape
DB-Database
DBA- Database Administrator
DBMS- Database Management System
DHCP-Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DVI- Digital Visual Interface
EDGE-Enhanced Data-rates for GSM Evolution
EVDO- Evolution-Data Optimized OR Evolution Data Only
Gb-Gigabit
GB-Gigabyte
GIF-Graphics Interchange Format
GPRS-General Packet Radio Service
GSM- Global System for Mobile communication
GUI-Graphic User Interface
HDD- Hard Disc Drive
HSDPA- High-Speed Download Packet Access
HSPA- High-Speed Packet Access
HSUPA- High-Speed Uplink Packet Access
HTML- Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP- Hypertext Transfer protocol
ICMP- Internet Control Message Protocol
IEEE-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IM- Instant Messaging
IMAP- Internet Message Access Protocol
IP- Internet Protocol
IT- Information Technology
JPEG-Joint Photographic Expert Group
LAN- Local Area Network
LCD-Liquid Crystal Display
MAC- Media Access Control
MAPI- Messaging Application Programming Interface
Mb-Megabit
MB- Megabyte
NetBIOS- Network Basic Input/Output System
OEM-Original Equipment Manufacturer
OS- Operating System
POP3- Post Office Protocol Version 3
POST- Power-on Self Test
RAID-Redundant Array of Independent Discs
SATA-Serial ATA
SD- Secure Digital
SMTP- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SSID-Service Set Identifier
SVGA-Super Video Graphic Array
TCP- Transmission Control Protocol
TWAIN- Technology Without An Interesting Name
USB- Universal Serial Bus
VBA-Visual Basic for Applications
VLAN- Virtual Local Area Network
VoIP-Voice over Internet Protocol
VPN-Virtual Private Network
VSAT- Very Small Aperture Terminal
WAP- Wireless Access Point
WCDMA-Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
WAP- Wired Equivalent Privacy
Wi-Fi- Wireless Fidelity
WLAN-Wireless Local Area Network
WPA- Wi-Fi Protected Access
WWW- World Wide Web
WYSIWYG- What You See Is What You Get
XHTML- Xtensible Hypertext Markup Language



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