Thursday, 2 May 2024, 9:38 AM
Site: edulabs.org academy
Course: Activity Examples (Activity Examples)
Glossary: Computing Abreviations and Acronyms (Jason Hando)
A
AAC advanced analogue coding |
ADC analogue to digital converter |
AI artificial intelligence |
AMS automated manufacturing system |
ANN artificial neural network |
ASCII American standard code for information interchange |
ATM automatic teller machine |
AVI audio video interleave |
B
BIOS basic input output system |
BIT binary digit |
BLOG web log |
BPS bits per second |
C
CAD computer aided design |
CAM computer aided manufacturing |
CD compact disk |
CDR compact disk recordable |
CDRW compact disk re-writeable |
CMYK cyan magenta yellow black |
CODEC compressor decompressor OR compress decompress |
CPU central processing unit |
CRC cyclic redundancy check |
CRT cathode ray tube |
CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access collision detection |
D
DAC digital to analogue converter |
DBMS database management system |
DFD data flow diagram |
DNS domain name server |
DOS disk operating system |
DSL digital subscriber line |
DSS decision support system |
DVD digital versatile disk |
E
EFTPOS electronic funds transfer at point of sale |
ER entity relationship |
F
FTP file transfer protocol |
G
GB giga byte OR gigabyte |
GDSS group decision support system |
GIF graphic interchange format |
GUI graphical user interface |
H
HTML hypertext markup language |
HTTP hypertext transfer protocol |
I
IP internet protocol |
IS information system |
ISDN integrated services digital network |
ISO international organization for standardisation |
ISP internet service provider |
IT information technology |
J
JPEG joint photographic experts group |
K
KB kilo byte OR kilobyte |
L
LAN local area network |
LCD liquid crystal display |
M
MB mega byte OR megabyte |
MIDI musical instrument digital interface |
MIME multipurpose internet mail extension |
MIS management information system |
MODEM modulate demodulate OR modulator demodulator OR modulated demodulated |
MP3 moving pictures layer 3 |
MPEG moving pictures expert group OR moving pictures experts group |
O
OAS office automation system |
OS operating system |
P
portable document format |
POP post office protocol |
Q
QBE query by example |
R
RAM random access memory |
RGB red green blue |
ROM read only memory |
RSS really simple syndication |
RTF rich text format |
S
SDC system development cycle |
SMTP simple mail transfer protocol |
SQL structured query language |
T
TCP transmission control protocol |
TPS transaction processing system |
U
URL uniform resource locator |
USB universal serial bus |
UTP unshielded twisted pair |
V
VDU visual display unit |
VR virtual reality |
W
WAN wide area network |
WAP wireless application protocol |
WWW world wide web |
WYSIWYG what you see is what you get |
X
XML extensible markup language |