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| Techie jargon... or how to look smart amongst techies... | |||
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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!! |
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| 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 | ||
| 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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| Last
update 11 January, 2004 |
I'll
add to this list as and when I get round to it, unless you want to help
me! Use the form!
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