ANSI - American National Standards
Institute
AOL - America On Line
API - Application Program
Interface
ARPA - Advanced Research Projects
Agency
ASCII - American Standard Code for
Information Interchange
AT - ATtention
AT&T - American Telephone &
Telegraph company
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
aup - acceptable use policy
AVI - Audio Video Interleaving
BBS - Bulletin Board System
BFT - Binary File Transfer
bps - bits per second
CGI - Common Gateway Interface
codec - coder/decoder
cps - characters per second
CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check
DES - Data Encryption Standard
DOS - Disk Operating System
EMF - ElectroMagnetic Field
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
GPS - Global Positioning System
HTML - HyperText Markup Language
HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol
imho - in my humble opinion
IP - Internet Protocol
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRQ - Interrupt Request Signal
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital
Network
ISO - International
Standardization Organization
ISP - Internet Service Provider
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts
Group
kB - kilobyte
LAN - Local Area Network
MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions
modem - modulator/demodulator
MPEG - Moving Pictures Expert
Group
mud - multi-user dungeon
NTP - Network Time Protocol
PBX - Private Branch Exchange
PC - Personal Computer
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
PDP - Plasma Display Panel;
Programmed Data Processor
(minicomputer 1959-'70)
POP - Point of Presence
PPP - Point to Point Protocol
RFC - Request For Comments
RSI - Repetitive Strain Injury
RTF - Rich Text Format
SMS - Short Message Service
T123 - Transmissie
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
VRML - Virtual Reality Modeling
Language
WAN - Wide Area Network
WAP - Wireless Application
Protocol
XML - Extensible Markup Language
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