Acronym | Description
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ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
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AGP | Accelerated Graphics Port
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AIFF | Audio Interchange File Format
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AIX | Advanced Interactive Executive
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ANSI | American National Standards Institute
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API | Application Program Interface
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ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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ASP | Active Server Page or Application Service Provider
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ATA | Advanced Technology Attachment
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ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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BASIC | Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
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BIOS | Basic Input/Output System
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BMP | Bitmap
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CAD | Computer-Aided Design
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CCD | Charged Coupled Device
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CD | Compact Disc
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CDR | Compact Disc Recordable
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CDROM | Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
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CDRW | Compact Disc Re-Writable
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CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access
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CGI | Common Gateway Interface
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CISC | Complex Instruction Set Computing
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CMOS | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
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CMYK | Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
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CPA | Cost Per Action
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CPC | Cost Per Click
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CPL | Cost Per Lead
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CPM | Cost Per 1,000 Impressions
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CPU | Central Processing Unit
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CRM | Customer Relationship Management
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CRT | Cathode Ray Tube
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CSS | Cascading Style Sheet
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CTP | Composite Theoretical Performance
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CTR | Click-Through Rate
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DBMS | Database Management System
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DDR | Double Data Rate
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DDR2 | Double Data Rate 2
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DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DIMM | Dual In-Line Memory Module
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DLL | Dynamic Link Library
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DMA | Direct Memory Access
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DNS | Domain Name System
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DRM | Digital Rights Management
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DSL | Digital Subscriber Line
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DSLAM | Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
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DTD | Document Type Definition
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DV | Digital Video
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DVD | Digital Versatile Disc
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DVDR | Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
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DVDRW | Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
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DVDR | Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
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DVDRAM | Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory
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DVDRW | Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
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DVI | Digital Video Interface
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DVR | Digital Video Recorder
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EPS | Encapsulated PostScript
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EUP | Enterprise Unified Process
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FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions
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FiOS | Fiber Optic Service
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FPU | Floating Point Unit
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FSB | Frontside Bus
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FTP | File Transfer Protocol
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GIF | Graphics Interchange Format
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GIGO | Garbage In, Garbage Out
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GIS | Geographic Information Systems
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GPS | Global Positioning System
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GPU | Graphics Processing Unit
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GUI | Graphical User Interface
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HDTV | High Definition Televsion
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HDV | High-Definition Video
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HFS | Hierarchical File System
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HTML | Hyper-Text Markup Language
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HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol
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IO | Input/Output
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ICF | Internet Connection Firewall
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ICS | Internet Connection Sharing
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IDE | Integrated Device Electronics
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IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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IM | Instant Message
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IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol
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InterNIC | Internet Network Information Center
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IP | Internet Protocol
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IPX | Internetwork Packet Exchange
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IRC | Internet Relay Chat
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IRQ | Interrupt Request
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ISA | Industry Standard Architecture
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ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network
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ISO | International Organization for Standardization
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ISP | Internet Service Provider
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IT | Information Technology
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IVR | Interactive Voice Response
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JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group
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JSP | Java Server Page
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Kbps | Kilobits Per Second
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LAN | Local Area Network
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LCD | Liquid Crystal Display
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LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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LPI | Lines Per Inch
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MAC | Address Media Access Control Address
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Mbps | Megabits Per Second
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MCA | Micro Channel Architecture
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MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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MIPS | Million Instructions Per Second
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MP3 | MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
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MPEG | Moving Picture Experts Group
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NAT | Network Address Translation
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NetBIOS | Network Basic Input/Output System
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NIC | Network Interface Card
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NNTP | Network News Transfer Protocol
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NOC | Network Operations Center
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NTFS | New Technology File System
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OCR | Optical Character Recognition
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ODBC | Open Database Connectivity
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OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer
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OLAP | Online Analytical Processing
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OLE | Object Linking and Embedding
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OSPF | Open Shortest Path First
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P2P | Peer To Peer
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PCB | Printed Circuit Board
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PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect
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PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
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PDA | Personal Digital Assistant
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PDF | Portable Document Format
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PHP | Hypertext Preprocessor
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PIM | Personal Information Manager
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PNG | Portable Network Graphic
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POP3 | Post Office Protocol
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PPC | Pay Per Click
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PPGA | Plastic Pin Grid Array
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PPP | Point to Point Protocol
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PRAM | Parameter Random Access Memory
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RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks
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RAM | Random Access Memory
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RDRAM | Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
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RGB | Red Green Blue
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RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computing
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ROM | Read-Only Memory
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RSS | RDF Site Summary
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RTF | Rich Text Fomat
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RUP | Rational Unified Process
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SATA | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
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SCSI | Small Computer System Interface
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SD | Secure Digital
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SDRAM | Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
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SDSL | Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
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SEO | Search Engine Optimization
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SIMM | Single In-Line Memory Module
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SMART | Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
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SMS | Short Message Service
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SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol
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SQL | Structured Query Language
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sRGB | Standard Red Green Blue
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SSL | Secure Sockets Layer
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TCPIP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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TFT | Thin-Film Transistor
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TIFF | Tagged Image File Format
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TTL | Time To Live
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TWAIN | Toolkit Without An Informative Name
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UDP | User Datagram Protocol
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UML | Unified Modeling Language
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UNC | Universal Naming Convention
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URI | Universal Resource Identifier
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URL | Uniform Resource Locator
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USB | Universal Serial Bus
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VCI | Virtual Channel Identifier
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VFAT | Virtual File Allocation Table
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VGA | Video Graphics Array
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VLB | VESA Local Bus
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VoIP | Voice Over Internet Protocol
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VPI | Virtual Path Identifier
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VPN | Virtual Private Network
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VRAM | Video Random Access Memory
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VRML | Virtual Reality Modeling Language
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WAIS | Wide Area Information Server
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WAN | Wide Area Network
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WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy
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WiFi | Wireless Fidelity
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WPA | Wi-Fi Protected Access
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WWW | World Wide Web
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XHTML | Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
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XML | Extensible Markup Language
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Y2K | Year 2000
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ZIF | Zero Insertion Force
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