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Acronimi

 

ABS: ABSolute value

ADO: ActiveX Data Objects

ADSL: Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

AGP: Accelerated Graphic Port

ANSI: American National Standards Institute

API: Application Programming Interface

ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AVI: Audio Video Interface - Audio Visual Interleaved

BBS: Bulletin Board System

BIOS: Basic Input Output System

BIT: Binary digit - Binary unit

CAD: Computer Aided Design

CAM: Computer Aided Manufacturing

CD: Compact Disc

CGA: Color Graphics Adapter

CMY: Cyan Magenta Yellow

CMYK: Cyan Magenta Yellow Black

CPU: Central Processing Unit

CRT: Cathode Ray Tube

DBMS: Data Base Management System

DOS: Disk Operating System

DPI: Dots Per Inch

DVD: Digital Versatile Disc

DVI: Digital Video Interactive

EGA: Enhanced Graphics Adapter

EOF: End Of File

ESC: ESCape

EXE: EXEcutable

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions

FAT: File Allocation Table

FAX: FAC Simile

FLOPS: FLoating-point Operation Per Second

FSB: Front Side Bus

FTP: File Transfer Protocol

GIF: Graphics Interchange Format

GUI: Graphical User Interface

HD: High Density

HDD: HardDisk Drive

HDSL: High BIT rate Digital Subscriber Line

HEX: HEXadecimal

HTML: HyperText Markup Language

HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol

HW: HardWare

ID: IDentification

IDE: Integrated Drive Electronics - Integrated Device Electronics

IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IMAP: Interactive Mail Access Protocol

IO: Input / Output

IP: Internet Protocol

IRC: Internet Relay Chat

ISA: Industry Standard Architecture

ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network

ISO: International Organization for Standardization

ISP: Internet Service Provider

IT: Information Technology

PAL: Phase Alternation Line

PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PDF: Portable Document Format

PIN: Personal Identification Number

PIXEL: Picture element

POS: Point Of Sale

PPPOE: Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet

PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network

QWERTY: Q-W-E-R-T-Y (primi tasti tastiera standard inglese (e italiana))

RADAR: RAdio Detection And Ranging

RAI: Registration Authority italiana

RAID:Redundant Array of Independent Disks

RAM: Random Access Memory

RDBMS: Relational DataBase Management System

ROM: Read Only Memory

RGB: Red Green Blue

SAM: Security Account Manager

SCSI: Small Computer System Interface

SDRAM: Single Data RAM

SECAM: Sequential Color With Memory

SEGA: Super Enhanced Graphics Adapter

SGRAM: Synchronous Graphics RANDOM Access Memory

SIMM: Single Inline Memory Module

SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SPAM: Stupid Persons' AdvertiseMent

SQL: Structured Query Language

SVGA: Super Video Graphics Array

SVHS:Super Video Home System

SW: SoftWare

SYN: SYNchronization

TCP: Transmission Control Protocol

TCP/IP:Transfer Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

TIFF: Tagged Image File Format

TOC: Table Of Contents

TPS: Transactions Per Second

 

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