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I built this section to help the newbie!!Like me when i was 2 years old ok??It explain the main of the words that you can find on internet, on magazine, on pc.....strange words!!.
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A
AAC: Advanced Audio Coding
ACL: Asynchronus Connection Less
ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ADMIN: ADMINistrator
ADPCM: Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADSL : Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AEF: Analog End Front
AGP: Accelerated Graphic Port
AGU: Address Generation Unit
AI:Artificial Intelligence
ALAT: Advanced Load Address Table
ALU: Arithmetic/Logic Unit
AMR: Audio Modem Riser
ANSI: American National Standards Institute
AOL: Alert On Lan
AP: Access Point
API: Application Programming Interface
APM: Advanced Power Management
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASF: Advanced System Format
ASP: Active Server Pages
ASVD: Analog Simoultaneous Voice and Data
AVC: Audio Video Control
AVI: Audio Video Interface
AVR: Automatic Voltage Regulation
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BASIC: Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BASH: Bourne Again Shell
BBS: Bulletin Board System
BDC: Backup Domain Controller
BIOS: Basic Input Output System
BIT: Binary DigIT
BMP: Bitmap
BPS: Bits per Second
BSD: Berkley Software Distribution
Bu: Branch Unit
C
CAFE: Conditional Access For Europe
CC: Corrente Continua
CCD: Charge Coupled Device
CCITT: Comitè Consultatif Internation de Telegraphie et Telephonie
CD: Compact Disk
CDE: Common Desktop Environment
CD-MRW: CD - Mount Rainier Rewritable
CD-ROM: Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
CGA: Color Graphics Adaptor
CGI: Common Gateway Interfaces
CIF: Common Interchange Format
CIM: Common Information Model
CISC: Complex Istruction Set Computing
CLF: Common Log Format
CLI: Common Language Infrastructure
CLNS: ConnectionLess Network Service
CLR: Common Language Runtime
CLV: Costant Linear Velocity
CML: Chemical Markup Language
CMOS: Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CNR: Communications and Networking Riser
CODEC: Compressor DECompressor
CONS: Connection Oriented Network Service
CPGA: Ceramic Pin Grig Array
COP: Cpu Overheating Protection
CPU: Central Process Unit
CRMA: Common Radio Module Architetture
CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
CSS: Cascade Stile Sheet
CVS: Current Version System
D
DAC: Digital to Analog Converter
DAC (2): Decrement ACcumulator
DAO: Disk At Once
DCL: Dialog Control Languge
DCT: Discrete Cosine Transformation
DDGW: Digital Display Working Group
DDR: Double Data Rate
DE: Data Enable
DES: Data Encryption Standard
DHIVA: Digital Harmony Interface for Video and Audio
DHPC: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIMM: Dual In-Line Memory Module
DLL: Dynamic Link Library
DMA: Direct Access Memory
DMI: Desktop Management Interface
DMV: Dynamic Memory Video
DNS: Domain Name System
DOM: Document Object Model
DOS: Disk Operating System
DoS: Denial Of Service
DLP: Digital Light Processor
DMT: Discrete MultiTone
DNA: Digital Network Architecture
DPI: Dots Per Inch
DPOF: Dital Print Order Format
DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory
DSN: Data Source Name
DSP: Digital Sygnal Processor
DSS: Digital Signature Standard
DSTN: Double-layer Super Twisted Nematic
DTCP: Digital Transmission Content Protection
DTD: Document Type Definition
DTP: DeskTop Publishing
DVD: Digital Video Disk
DVD-ROM: Digital Versatile Disk - Read Only Memory
DV: Digital Video
DVE: Digital Video Editing
DVI: Digital Video Interface
DVMT: Dynamic Video Memory Technology
E
ECC: Error Control and Checking
ECC: Error Correction Code (2)
ECDL: European Computer Driving License
ECP: Extended Capabilities Port
EDP: Electronic Data Processing
EDP: Enanched Dot Pitch
EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFS: Encrypting File System
EGA: Enhanced Graphics Adaptor
EIDE: Enhanced Integrated Devices Electronics
EJB: Enterprise Java Beans
EMS: Extended Message System
EPIC: Explicity Parallel Instruction-set Computing
ESP: Electronic Skip Protection
ETACS: Extended Total Access Communication System
F
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
FAT: File Allocation Table
FDB: Fluid Dynamic Bearings
FDD: Floppy Disk Drive
FDM: Frequency Division Modulation
FFT: Fast Fourier Transform
FHSS: Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
FIR: Fast InfraRed
FM: Frequency Modulation
FPS: Frames Per Second
FpS: First Person Shooter
FPU: Floating Point Unit
FSB: Front Side Bus
FSF: Free Software Foundation
FSK: Frequency Shift Keying
FST: Flat Square Tube
FTAM: File Transfer Access Management
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
FWH: FirmWare Hub
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GB: GigaByte
GDI: Graphical Device Interface
GDR: Gioco Di Ruolo
GIF: Graphics Interchange Format
GIMP: Gnu Image Manipulation Porgram
GIS: Geographic Information System
GMCH: Graphics Memory Controller Hub
GND: GrouND
GNOME: Gnu Network Object Model Environment
GNU: Gnu is Not Unix
GPL: General Public License
GPRS: General Packet Radio Service
GPU: Graphic Process Unit
GPS: Global Position System
GRUB: GRand Universal Bootleader
GSFK: Gaussia Frequency Shift Keying
GSM: Global System for Mobile Communication
GTK: Gimp Tool Kit
H
HAL: Hardware Abstraction Layer
HAVI: Home Audio Video Interoperability
HDCP: High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
HDD: Hard Disk Drive
HIFI: HIgh FIdelity
HTML: Hyper Text Marked Language
HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
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IA: Intelligenza Artificiale
IAD: Internet Access Device
ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICH: I/o Controller Hub
ICQ: I seek you
ICS: Internet Connection Sharing
IDE: Integrated Devices Electronics
IDEA: International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDS: Intrusion Detection System
IDSA: Interactive Digital Software Association
IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF: Internet Engineering Task force
IIPA: International Intellectual Property Alliance
IIS: Internet Information Server
ILP: Italian Lan Party
IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol
I/O: Input Output
IP: Internet Protocol
IPC: Instructions Per Clock
IPS: Internet Protocol Suite
IRC: Internet Relay Chat
IRQ: Interrupt ReQuest
IrDA: InfraRed Data Access
ISA: Instruction Set Architecture
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
ISM: Industrial Scientific Medical
ISO: International Standards Organizations
ISP: Internet Service Provider
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JMZ: JuMp if Zero
JPG: Joint Picture Expert Group
JSP: Java Server Pages
JVM: Java Virtual Machine
K
KB: KiloByte
KDE: K Desktop Environment
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L2CAP: Logical Link Control and Adaption Protocol
LAN: Local Area Network
LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDT: Local Descriptor Table
LED: Light Emitting Diode
LILO: LInux LOader
LMA: Lightspeed Memory Architetture
LMP: Link Manager Protocol
LP: Long Play
LSB: Linux Standard Base
LSB(2): Less Significant Bit (2)
LSI: Large Scale Integration
LSU: Load/Store Unit
LVDS: Low Voltage Differential Sygnaling
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MAC: MAChintosh
MAC: Multiple-ACcumulate (2)
MAME: Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
MathML: Mathematical Markup Language
MB: MegaByte
MBR: Master Boot Record
MIDI: Musical Instruments Digital Interface
MDA: Monochrome Display Adaptor
MDI: Multiple Document Interface
MCH: Memory Controller Hub
MHZ: MegaHertZ
MIT: Massachussets Institute of technology
MMC: Multi Media Card
MMORPG: Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
MMS: Multimedia Messaging Services
MPEG: Motion Picture Expert Group
MSI: Message Sygnaled Interrupt
MSIL: MicroSoft Intermediate Language
MTBF: Mean Time Between Failure
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NAT: Network Address Translation
NCSA: National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NFS: Network File System
NIC: Network Information Center
NSA: National Security Agency
NSF: National Science Foundation
NSR: Nvidia Shading Rasterizer
NTSC: National Television Standard Committee
NUMA: Non Uniform Memory Access
NURBS: Non Uniform Rational B-Spline
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OCR: Optical Characters Recognition
OHCI: Open Host Controller Interface
OPC: Optimum Power Control
OPENGL: Open Graphics Language
OPENSSH: OPEN Secure SHell
OS: Operative System
OSD: On Screen Display
OSI: Open System Interconnection
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PAL: Protocol Adaption Layer
PAL(2): Phase Alternate Line
PAL(3): Processor Abstraction Layer
PAM: Pulse Amplitude Modulation
PAN: Personal Area Network
PC: Personal Computer
PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI(2): Protocol Control Information
PCI SIG: PCI Special Interest Group
PCM: Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA: Personal Digital Assistance
PDC: Primary Domain Controller
PDF: Portable Document Format
PDU: Protocol Data Unit
PERL: Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
PFC: Power Factor Corrected
PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
PHP: Pre Hypertext Processor
PIN: Personal Identification Number
PIXEL: Picture Element
PKI: Public Key Infrastructure
PKCS: Public Key Cryptography Standard
PMPO: Peak Music Power Output
PNP: Plug aNd Play
POP: Point of Presence
POR: Power On Reset
POST: Power On Self Test
POWEREC: Plextor Optimized Writing Error Reduction Control
PPP: Point to Point Protocol
PPPoA: Point to Point Protocol over Atm
PPPoE: Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet
PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network
PTT: Post, Telegraph & Telephone
PXE: Preboot eXecution Environment
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RAID: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM: Random Access Memory
RAMDAC: Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter
RDS: Remote Data Services
RFI: Radio Frequency Interference
RGB: Red, Green and Blue
RISC: Reduced Instruction Set Computing
RMS: Root Mean Square
ROM: Read Only Memory
ROP: Risk OPeration
RPC: Remote Procedure Call
RPG: Role Playing Game
RPM: Red-hat Package Manager
RPTR: Rapid Pixel and Texture Rendering
RTSP: Real-Time Streaming Protocol
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SAO: Session At Once
SAP: Service Access Point
SCO: Synchronus Connection Oriented
SCSI: Small Computer System Interface
SD: Secure Digital
SDI: Single Document Interface
SDRAM: Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDU: Service Data Unit
SE: Second Edition
SGML: Standard Generalized Markup Language
SIO: Serial Input/Output
SMA: Shared Memory Architetture
SMIL: Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
SMS: Short Message System
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA: System Network Architecture
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol
SO: Sistema Operativo
SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol
SODIMM: Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module
SOI: Silicon On Insulator
SMART: Self Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
SQL: Structured Query Language
SR: Second Relase
SRQ: System Request Queque
SSI: Server Side Includes
SSID: Service Set IDentifier
SSL: Secure Socket Layer
STUPID: Superior Technology having Unsurpassed Performance In This Decade
SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics
SWAT: Samba Web Administration Tool
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TAO: Track At Once
TB: TeraByte
TCL/TK: Tool Command Language/ Tool Kit
TCO: Total Cost of Ownership
TCP: Transmission Control Program
TDM: Time Division Multiplex
T and L: Texture and Lighting
TFT: Thin Film Transistor
TMDS: Transition Minimised Differential Signalling
TOC: Table Of Contents
TOP: Table Of Processes
TTL: Transistor - Transistor Logic
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UDF: Universal Disk Format
UDP: User Datagram Protocol
UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UPS: Uninterruptable Power Supplies
USB: Universal Serial Bus
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
UUCP: Unix-to-Unix CoPy
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VBA: Visual Basic for Applications
VCI: Virtual Channel Identifier
VESA: Video Experts Standards Associations
VET: Viewpoint Experience Technology
VFD: Voltage and Frequency Dependent
VFI: Voltage and Frequency Indipendent
VGA: Video Graphics Array
VI: Voltage Indipendent
VLIW: Very Long Instruction Word
VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration
V-MAP: Via - Modular Architecture Platform
VOIP: Voice Over IP
VPE: Video Processing Engine
VPI: Virtual Path Identifier
VPN: Virtual Private Network
VPU: Visual Process Unit
VRAM: Video Random Access Memory
VRML: Virtual Rality Modeling Language
VT: Virtual Terminal
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W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
WAN: Wide Area Network
WBEM: Web-Based Enterprise Management Initiative
WCDMA: Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
WCG: World Cyber Games
WECA: Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance
WEP: Wireless Equivalent Privacy
WFM: Wired For Manegement
WIFI: WIreless FIdelity
WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
WML: Wireless Markup Language
WOL: Wake On Lan
WOM: Wake On Modem
WPAN: Wireless Personal Area Network
WYSIWIG: What You See Is What You Get
WWAN: Wireless Wide Area Network
WWW: World Wide Web
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