List of computer acronyms and abbreviations

ANSI: American National Standards Institute ARPA: Advanced Research Projects Agency ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode AUP: Acceptable Use Policy BBS: Bulletin Board System BIOS: Basic Input Output System BPS: Bits Per Second CIX: Commercial Information Exchange CPU: Central Processing Unit DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions GB: Gigabyte GIF: Graphics Interchange Format GUI: Graphical User Interface HTML: Hypertext Markup Langauge HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IDE: Integrated Drive Electronics IP: Internet Protocol IRC: Internet Relay Chat ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network ISO: International Standards Organization ISP: Internet Service Provider JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group K: Kilobyte LAN: Local Area Network MAN: Metropolitan Area Network MB: Megabyte MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MPEG: Motion Picture Experts Group MUD: Multi-User Domain NCSA: National Center for Supercomputing Applications NSF: National Science Foundation OS: Operating System P2P: Peer to Peer PC: Personal Computer PDF: Portable Document Format PPP: Point to Point Protocol RAM: Random Access Memory ROM: Read-Only Memory SCSI: Small Computer Systems Interface SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SQL: Structured Query Language TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TWAIN: This is not actually an acronym for anything, although some accept it to mean Technology Without An Interesting Name. URL: Uniform Resource Locator VRML: Virtual Reality Markup Language WAN: Wide Area Network

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