 Glossary of Terms
A.I. - Artificial Intelligence.
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Exchange.
BGP - Border Gateway Protocol
bps - Bits per second
CODEC - compression/decompression
COM - Component Object Model
CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture
DES - Data Encryption Standard
DNS - Domain Name System
DOM - Document Object Model
EBCDIC - Extended binary-coded decimal interchange code
FLOPS - Floating point operations per second
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol - click here for Status Code
ISP - Internet Service Provider
ISV - Independant Software Vendor
JVM - Java Virtual Machine
LAN - Local Area Network
MAPI - Messaging API
MIME - Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIPS - Millions of instructions per second
POP - Post Office Protocol
RAD - Rapid Application Development
ROI - Return on Investment
RTP - Real-time Transport Protocol
RTSP - Real Time Streaming Protocol
S/MIME - secure MIME
SAN - Storage Area Network
SDSL - Symmetric Electronic Transaction specification
S-HTTP (HTTPS)
secure HTTP
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SQL
Structured Query Language
SSO
Single Sign On
TCO
Total Cost of Ownership
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
VM
Virtual Machine
VOD
Video On Demand
VoIP
Voice over IP
VPN
Virtual Private Network
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WAN
Wide Area Network
WAP
Wireless Access Protocol
XML
Extensible Stylesheet Language |