| 3D |
3-Dimensional |
| 3GL |
3rd Generation Language |
| 3NF |
3rd Normal Form |
| 4GL |
4th Generation Language |
| A |
Alphabetic |
| ACK |
Positive Acknowledgement |
| ACS |
Australian Computer Society |
| ADC |
Analogue to Digital Conversion |
| ADSL |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| ALU |
Arithmetic and Logic Unit |
| AN |
Alphanumeric |
| Applet |
Short program executed inside another program |
| ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| ARQ |
Automatic Repeat Request |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ATM |
Asynchronous Transmission Mode |
| BASIC |
Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| B-To-B/B2B |
Business-To-Business E-Commerce |
| B-To-C/B2C |
Business-To-Consumer E-Commerce |
| BCS |
British Computer Society |
| BIOS |
Basic Input Output System |
| BIT |
Binary Digit |
| BRI |
Basic Rate Interface |
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| Byte |
A grouping of 6 bits |
| CAD/CAM |
Computer-Aided Design / Computer-Aided Manufacturing |
| CASE |
Computer-Aided Software Engineering |
| CBA |
Cost / Benefit Analysis |
| CBT/CAI |
Computer-Based Training / Coomputer-Aided Instruction |
| CD |
Carrier Detect |
| CD-R |
Compact Disk Recordable |
| CD ROM |
Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
| CD-RW |
Compact Disk - ReWritable |
| CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
| CDS |
Current Directory Structure |
| CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
| CISC |
Complex Instruction Set Computer |
| CMOS |
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
| CPM |
Critical Path Method |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
| CSMA/CD |
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detect |
| CTS |
Clear To Send |
| C-To-C/C2C |
Consumer-To-Consumer E-Commerce |
| CU |
Control Unit |
| CUI |
Character User Interface |
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| DAD |
Database Action Diagram |
| DBA |
Database Administrator |
| DBMS |
Database Management System |
| DCE |
Data Circuit Terminating Equipment |
| DCF |
Discounted Cash Flow |
| DDCMP |
Digital Data Communications Message Protocol |
| DDN |
Digital Data Network |
| DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
| DFD |
Data flow Diagram |
| DG |
Data General |
| DOS |
Disk Operating System |
| DLE |
Document Linking and Embedding |
| DNA |
Digital Network Architecture |
| DPB |
Device Parameter Block |
| DTA |
Data Transfer Area |
| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
| DSR |
Data Set Ready |
| DTR |
Data Terminal Ready |
| DVD/DVD-R |
Digital Video Disc / Digital Video Disc - Recordable |
| DVD-ROM |
Digital Video Disc - ROM |
| E-Cash/E-Commerce |
Electronic Cash / Electronic Commerce |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
| EEPROM |
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| EFTPOS |
Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale |
| E-Mail |
Electronic Mail |
| EMS |
Electronic Messaging System |
| EMR |
Electromagnetic Radiation |
| ENQ |
Enquiry |
| EOQ |
Economic Order Quantity |
| EOT |
End Of Transmission |
| EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| ERD |
Entity-Relationship Diagram |
| ETB |
End Of Text Block |
| ETX |
End Of Text |
| FAQs |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FAT |
File Allocation Table |
| FAX |
Facsimilie (document/machine) |
| FCB |
File Control Block |
| FDM |
Frequency Division Multiplexer |
| FEC |
Forward Error Correction |
| FIFO |
First In, First Out |
| FOREX |
Foreign Exchange |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format |
| GIGO |
Garbage In Garbage Out |
| GND |
Ground (Earth) |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| HDLC |
High Level Data Link Control |
| HIPO |
Hierarchy plus Input / Processing / Output |
| HOS |
Higher Order Software |
| HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
| IBM |
International Business Machines |
| I/O |
Input / Output |
| IS |
Information Systems |
| ISAM |
Index-Sequential Access Method |
| ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
| JCL |
Job Control Language |
| JIT |
Just-in-Time |
| LAM |
Logical Access Map |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LFU |
Least Frequently Used |
| LIFO |
Last In First Out |
| LRC |
Longitudinal Redundancy Check |
| LRU |
Least Recently Used |
| LSI |
Large Scale Integration |
| MAP |
Manufacturing Automation Protocol |
| MAR |
Memory Add Register |
| MCB |
Memory Control Block |
| MIS |
Management Information System |
| MRP |
Materials Requirement Planning |
| MSI |
Medium Size Integration |
| N |
Numeric |
| NAK |
Negative Acknowledgement |
| NCC |
National Computing Centre (UK) |
| NLQ |
Near Letter Quality |
| NOS |
Network Operating System |
| NPV |
Net Present Value |
| NUR |
Not Used Recently |
| NZCS |
NZ Computer Society |
| OO |
Object Oriented |
| OOS |
Occupational Overuse Syndrome |
| OS |
Operating System |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PRI |
Primary Rate Interface |
| PROM |
Programmable Read Only Memory |
| PAM |
Pulse Amplitude Modulation |
| PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation |
| PSN |
Packet-Switched Network |
| PSP |
Program Segment Profile |
| QRB |
Quality Review Board |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
| ROM |
Read Only Memory |
| RRN |
Relative Record Number |
| RXD |
Receive Data |
| SCSI |
Small Computer Systems Interface |
| SDH |
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
| SDLC |
Synchronous Data Link Control |
| SFT |
System File Table |
| SNA |
Systems Network Architecture |
| SOH |
Start Of Header |
| SQA |
Software Quality Assurance |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SRA |
Stored Record Address |
| SRB |
Software Review Board |
| SSI |
Small Scale Integration |
| STATMUX |
Statistical Multiplexer |
| STX |
Start Of Text |
| SYN |
Synchronise |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol |
| TDM |
Time Division Multiplexer |
| TSR |
Terminate Stay Resident |
| TTL |
Transistor Logic |
| TXD |
Transmit Data |
| UART |
Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter |
| UML |
Unified Modelling Language |
| UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| URL |
Universal Resource Locator |
| USART |
Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver |
| USRT |
Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitter |
| VAN |
Value-added Network |
| VLSI |
Very Large Scale Integration |
| VRC |
Vertical Redundancy Check |
| VSAM |
Virtual Storage Access Method |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
| DAD |
Database Action Diagram |
| DBA |
Database Administrator |
| DBMS |
Database Management System |
| DCE |
Data Circuit Terminating Equipment |
| DCF |
Discounted Cash Flow |
| DDCMP |
Digital Data Communications Message Protocol |
| DDN |
Digital Data Network |
| DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
| DFD |
Data Flow Diagram |
| DG |
Data General |
| DOS |
Disk Operating System |
| DLE |
Document Linking and Embedding |
| DNA |
Digital Network Architecture |
| DPB |
Device Parameter Block |
| DTA |
Data Transfer Area |
| DTE |
Data Terminal Equipment |
| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
| DSR |
Data Set Ready |
| DTR |
Data Terminal Ready |
| DVD / DVD-R |
Digital Video Disc / Digital Video Disc-Recordable |
| DVD-ROM |
Digital Video Disc-ROM |
| E-Cash / E-Commerce |
Electronic Cash / Electronic Commerce |
| EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
| EEPROM |
Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| EFTPOS |
Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale |
| E-Mail |
Electronic Mail |
| EMS |
Electronic Messaging System |
| EMR |
Electromagnetic Radiation |
| ENQ |
Enquiry |
| EOQ |
Economic Order Quantity |
| EOT |
End Of Transmission |
| EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Reado Only Memory |
| ERD |
Entity-Relationship Diagram |
| ETB |
End Of Text Block |
| ETX |
End Of Text |
| FAQs |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FAT |
File Allocation Table |
| FAX |
Facsimilie (document/machine) |
| FCB |
File Control Block |
| FDM |
Frequency Division Multiplexer |
| FEC |
Forward Error Correction |
| FIFO |
First In, First Out |
| FTB |
File Transfer Protocol |
| GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format |
| GIGO |
Garbage In, Garbage Out |
| GND |
Ground (Earth) |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| HDLC |
Hich Level Data Link Control |
| HERTZ |
Measure of Frequency |
| HIPO |
Hierarchy plus Input / Processing / Output |
| HOS |
Hisher Order Software |
| HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
| HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| IBM |
International Business Machines |
| IC |
Integrated Circuit |
| Internet |
A worldwise collection of networks |
| Interpreter |
Translation program |
| I/O |
Input/Output |
| IR |
Infrared |
| IS |
Information Systems |
| ISA |
Industry Standard Architecture |
| ISAM |
Index-Sequential Access Method |
| ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
| ISP |
Internet Services Provider |
| JCL |
Job Control Language |
| JIT |
Just-in-Time |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| Kilobyte |
1024 Bytes |
| LAM |
Logical Access Map |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
| LFU |
Lease Frequently Used |
| LIFO |
Last In, First Out |
| LQ |
Letter Quality |
| LRC |
Longiudinal Redundancy Check |
| LRU |
Least Recently Used |
| LSI |
Large Scale Integration |
| MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
| MAP |
Manufacturing Automation Protocol |
| MAR |
Memory Add Register |
| MAU |
Multistation Access Unit |
| MCB |
Memory Control Block |
| Megabyte |
One Million Bytes |
| MICR |
Magnetic-Ink Character Recognition |
| MIDI |
Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
| MIS |
Management Information System |
| MRP |
Materials Requirement Planning |
| MSI |
Medium Size Integration |
| MTSO |
Mobile Telephone Switching Office |
| N |
Numeric |
| NAK |
Negative Acknowledgement |
| NGI |
Next Generation Internet |
| NIC |
Network Inferface Card |
| NLQ |
Near Letter Quality |
| NOS |
Network Operating System |
| NPV |
Net Present Value |
| NUR |
Not Ready Recently |
| OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
| OO/OOP |
Object Oriented / Object Oriented Programming |
| OOS |
Occupational Overuse Syndrome |
| OS |
Operating System |
| OS/2 (Warp) |
IBM's Multitasking GUI Operating System |
| PAM |
Pulse Amplitude Modulation |
| Pascal(Turbo) |
Structured Programming Language (Object-Orientated Version) |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect (Bus) |
| PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation |
| PCMCIA |
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
| PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
| PDH |
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy |
| PDLC |
Program Development Life Cycle |
| PERL |
Practical Extraction and Reporting Language |
| PIM |
Personal Information Manager |
| PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
| POP |
Post Office Protocol |
| POST |
Power-On Self Test |
| POTS |
Plain Old Telephone Service |
| PRI |
Primary Rate Interface |
| PROM |
Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| PSN |
Packet Switched Network |
| PSP |
Program Segment Profile |
| QBE |
Query-By-Example |
| RAID |
Redundant Array of Independent Disks |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| RFI |
Request For Information |
| RFP |
Request For Proposal |
| RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set COmputer |
| ROM |
Read Only Memory |
| RRN |
Relative Record Number |
| RSA |
Encryption Standard |
| RXD |
Receive Data |
| SAN |
Storage Area Network |
| SCSI |
Small Computer System Interface |
| SDH |
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
| SDLC |
Synchronous Data Link Control / Systems Development Life Cycle |
| SFT |
System File Table |
| SIMM |
Single In-Line Memory Module |
| SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNA |
Systems Network Architecture |
| SOH |
Start Of Header |
| SQA |
Software Quality Assurance |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SRA |
Stored Record Address |
| SRB |
Software Review Board |
| SSI |
Small Scale Integration |
| SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
| STATMUX |
Statical Multiplexer |
| STX |
Start Of Text |
| SVGA |
Super Video Graphics Array |
| SYN |
Synchronise |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TDM |
Time Division Multiplexer |
| TPS |
Teansaction Processing System |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
| TSR |
Terminate Stay Resident |
| TTL |
Transistor Transistor Logic |
| TXD |
Transmit Data |
| UART |
Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter |
| UML |
Unified Modelling Language |
| UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| URL |
Universal Resource Locator |
| USART |
Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver |
| USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
| USP |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| USRT |
Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitter |
| UTP |
Unshielded Twisted-Pair (Cable) |
| VAN |
Value-Added Network |
| VLSI |
Very Large Scale Integration |
| VoIP |
Voice over IP |
| VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
| VRC |
Vertical Redundancy Check |
| VR / VRML |
Virtual Reality / Virtual Reality Modelling Language |
| VSAM |
Virtual Storage Access Method |
| VSAT |
Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
| WAV |
Format for Internet Audio Files |
| WBT |
Web-Based Training |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
| xDSL |
All types of DSL |
| XML |
eXtensible Markup Language |
| Y2k |
Year 2000 |
| ZIF |
Zero-Insertion Force (socket) |
