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• ARC - Advanced Risk Computer
• ATL - Active Template Library
• AES - Advanced Encryption Standard
• AMS - Acquisition Management System
• APIPA - Automatic Private IP Addressing
• ASFN - Alliance for Spam Free Networks
• Avatar - An image used to represent an individual
• AVCHD - Audio and Video Compression for High Definition
• AVI - Audio Video Interleave
• AWOL - Absent Without Leave
• Seed point - A point against which information is tagged
• UseNet - A distributed discussion system
• ASIO - Audio Stream Input/Output
• AA - Anti-Aliasing
• Algorithm - An organised method for solving a problem
• APT - Advanced Package Tool / Application Programming Toolkit
• ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
• ATMP - Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol
• AUP - Acceptable User Policy
• AV - Anti-virus / Access violation / Audio Visual
• Connection Oriented Protocol - A protocol requiring an established connection before sharing data
• AFAICT - As Far As I Can Tell
• AFAIK - As Far As I Know
• AGI - Association for Geographic Information
• AIUI - As I Understand It
• AP - Access Point
• ASAP - As Soon As Possible / Application Assessment and Planning
• ASC - Accredited Standards Committee / ASCII
• ASDL - Asynchronous / Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode / Automated Teller Machine / At The Moment
• Budget - A fiscal plan / low value
• Dithering - A method of approximating colours
• Georeferencing - Assigning Earth coordinates in a common system to location based data
• Inverter - A device that converts from DC to AC
• Pyramid Scheme - A form of scam where more people loose money than make money
• Time Zone - A region where the same time standard is used
• Trolling - A form of harassment
• A Record - Address Record
• AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
• AC - Alternating Current / Air Conditioning / Administrator Account
• ACE - Access Control Entry
• ACH - Automatic Clearing House / Automatic Cheque Handling / Air Changes per Hour
• ACK - Acknowledgement
• ACL - Access Control List
• ACOP - Approved Code Of Practice
• ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
• ACRU - Active Confirmed Registered User
• ACT - Application Centre Test
• ACWP - Actual Cost for Work Performed
• AD - Active Directory / Administrative Domain / Anno Domini / Advertisement /Analogue to Digital
• ADO - Active Data Objects
• ADOX - ADO extension library
• ADS - Active Directory Service / Active Directory Structure / AutomatedDeployment Services / Alternate Data Streams
• ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• Adware - Advertisement supported software
• AGP - Advanced Graphics Port
• AHCI - Advanced Host Controller Interface
• AI - Artificial Intelligence
• AIDC - Automatic Identification and Data Capture
• AiG - Answers in Genesis
• AJAX - Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
• AJDS - Ask Jeeves Desktop Search
• Aka - Also known as
• ALS - Active Line State
• AMR - Audio/Modem Riser
• AMT - Active Management Technology
• Analogue Modem - A modem for use with analogue equipment (such as a phone line)
• ANN - Announcement / Artificial Neural Network
• ANSI - American National Standards Institute
• Anti-Aliasing - A type of image smoothing
• AOA - Analysis of Alternatives / Assalam O Alaikum / At Or Above / Angolan Kwanza
• AOL - Absent Over Leave / America On-Line
• APC - American Power Conversion
• API - Application Programming Interface / Advance Passenger Information (system)
• APIC - Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
• APP - Asynchronous Pluggable Protocol / Application
• ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• ASF - Apache Software Foundation / Advanced Systems Format
• ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit / American Society of IrrigationConsultants
• ASP - Active Server Pages / Association of Shareware Professionals
• ASR - Automatic Speech Recognition / Access Service Request
• ASTA - Anti-Spam Technical Alliance
• AT - Advanced Technology / Windows command line task scheduler / Assistive Technologies
• ATA - AT Attachment
• AVL, - Automatic Vehicle Locator
• AVR - Automatic Voltage Regulator / Automatic Voice Recognition
• AWE - Address Windows Extensions / Atomic Weapons Establishment
• AWT - Abstract Window Toolkit
• Backup - A recovery system / To take a recoverable copy of files / A set of recoverable files
• Backup Mail Server - A secondary email server to which emails are delivered should the primary email server be offline
• Buffer Zone - An area around a feature
• Business Process Re-engineering - A sales slogan meaning to review how a business works
• Byte - A logical collection of 8 bits and the basic unit of storage in computers
• Cache - A temporary memory store for fast access to a copy of data
• Choropleth - A type of thematic map
• Connection Failover - Automatic connection to a second server should the primary be unavailable
• Connectionless Protocol - A protocol that does not require an established connection prior to sending data
• Convergent Evolution - A term coined to explain similar features seen in different types ofcreature
• Customer Relationship Management - A sales slogan
• Database - A structured collection of records
• DDT - Abbreviation for D2D2T
• Decile - A tenth portion or band of set of data
• default - A behaviour taken when no other behaviour has been specified / Inabilityto pay a dept
• defaults - A collection of default values / The act of using a default value
• Denial of Service - Attack to prevent access
• Fat Client - A client/server application that performs most of the processing itself
• Deprecated - A warning that an interface is obsolete and may be removed
• DNS Server - A server providing DNS name translations
• Emoticon - A smiley
• Fault Tolerance - Ability to tolerate hardware faults
• Firewall - A firewall prevents unauthorised access to a network or computer
• Fully Inverted Index - An index mapping words to their locations within documents
• Geocoding - Assigning a location to data so the data can be mapped or located
• Heuristic - A rule of thumb for solving a problem
• HT - Abbreviation for Hyper-Threading
• HTTP Proxy - A proxy that serves up web pages from an external network (such as the internet)
• Inverted File Index - An index mapping words to documents that contain them
• Inverted Index - An index mapping words to their locations in a document.
• IPSTAG - Abbreviation for IPS TAG (Internet Provider Security Tag)
• Kill File - A list of blacklisted users used by Newsgroup readers / To add someone to the kill file list
• Kludge - An inelegant solution or workaround
• Log file - A file containing a record of activities
• Merchant - An individual or organisation that sells goods or services
• Metafile - A device independent file containing both Raster and Vector data
• MySQL - A very popular open source database system
• Nameserver - A DNS server
• NAT/Firewall - A NAT device acting as a firewall
• Newsgroup - A UseNet discussion forum relating to a specific subject
• Open Relay - A mail server that will route e-mail from any originator withoutauthentication
• Orthophoto - A copy of an image corrected for variations in scale and heightdisplacements
• PHP - A server side scripting language
• Phishing - Attempt to steal someone's identity
• Plug and Play - Automatic configuration of adapters
• Policy - An adopted plan or course of action / Rules controlling a system'sbehaviour / An insurance contract
• Polyline - An unbroken line consisting of many points
• Polygon - An area defined by sets of closed lines
• Procedure - A method of doing something
• Protocol - Agreed set of rules for the communication
• Proxy - A system that acts on behalf of another to perform some service
• Python - A web scripting language
• RSA - A public-key encryption method
• Quintile - A fifth portion or band of a set of data
• RAID Level - A number indicating the organisation of the disks in a RAID
• regular expression - A way of expressing a text pattern for matching purposes
• Remote Sensing - Any system for sensing information from a long distance
• Reverse Index - An index created using the mirror of the data
• Reverse NDR - A technique used by spammers to use email non-delivery reports to deliver spam
• Router - A network device connecting two networks
• Ruby - An object oriented scripting language
• Scraper - A generic term for either a screen scraper or a web scraper
• Serial ATA - A disk-interface technology
• Service - A server process started and controlled by the Windows operating system
• Servlet - A Java server side module
• Share - A resource made available to others across a network
• Shortcut - A Windows file that points to another file or folder
• Smiley - A few text characters intended to convey emotions / A small imageintended to convey emotions
• Standby Database - A backup database that can be promoted should the primary fail
• Spammer - A person or organisation that sends spam
• SQL Injection - An attack technique
• Straw Man - A discussion technique used to refute an opposing view by misrepresenting it
• Switch - An intelligent network device connecting two or more network devices / Adevice for turning things on and off / To change / A type of controlstatement in software
• SWOT Analysis - Analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
• Synonym - An alias for another object in a database
• Thread - A strand of cotton / Parallel execution of code in a process / Aconversation
• TOSLink - A standard optical connection for digital audio
• Trojan - A malicious application that masquerades as a harmless useful application
• TWAIN - An interface standard for image acquisition devices
• TXT File - A text file
• Unicode - An internationalised character set
• Warez - Any means to use software without paying for it
• Web Service - A means for objects to obtain data from other objects across theinternet
• White List - An approved list
• Windows - A family of operating systems developed by Microsoft
• Zone - A sub-tree of a DNS domain