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  Techie jargon... or how to look smart amongst techies...  
 

Part of the problem of communicating with techie people about computers is the fact that everything seems to be in code. Knowing what some of those acronyms stand for can go a long way to helping break the jargon code... the following are some of the more commonly bandied about... use this knowledge wisely! For more stuff like this, visit Whatis.com... or even have a look at the Open University's own Internet Glossary!!


 
  Techie Jargon And that in English is...?  
  ISP Internet Service Provider  
  OS Operating System  
  IP Internet Protocol  
  LAN Local-area network  
  WAN Wide-area network  
  NIC Network interface card  
  PDF Portable document format  
  HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol  
  WWW World Wide Web  
  W3 Also World Wide Web  
  FTP File Transfer Protocol  
  I/O Input/Output  
  PPO Personal Post Office (a FirstClass thing!)  
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