Information Sheet 4.

1 CPM Cost Per 1,000 Impressions

Tech Acronyms CPS Classroom Performance System
CPU Central Processing Unit
Learning Objectives:
CRM Customer Relationship Management
After Reading this information sheet you will be able to CRT Cathode Ray Tube
know the different Computer and Internet acronyms. CSS Cascading Style Sheet
CTP Composite Theoretical Performance
Computer and Internet acronyms
Acronyms Meanings CTR Click-Through Rate
DAC Digital-to-Analog Converter
ACL Access Control List DAW Digital Audio Workstation
ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter DBMS Database Management System
ADF Automatic Document Feeder DCIM Digital Camera IMages
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line DDL Data Definition Language
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port DDR Double Data Rate
AIFF Audio Interchange File Format DDR2 Double Data Rate 2
AIX Advanced Interactive Executive DDR3 Double Data Rate Type 3
ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit DFS Distributed File System
ANSI American National Standards Institute DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
API Application Program Interface DIMM Dual In-Line Memory Module
ARP Address Resolution Protocol DLC Downloadable Content
American Standard Code for Information DLL Dynamic Link Library
ASCII
Interchange DMA Direct Memory Access
Active Server Page or Application Service DNS Domain Name System
ASP
Provider
DOS Disk Operating System
ATA Advanced Technology Attachment
DPI Dots Per Inch
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction
BASIC DRM Digital Rights Management
Code
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
Bcc Blind Carbon Copy
DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
DTD Document Type Definition
Blob Binary Large Object
DV Digital Video
BMP Bitmap
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
BSOD Blue Screen of Death
DVD+R Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
CAD Computer-Aided Design
DVD+RW Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
Cc Carbon Copy
DVD-R Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
CCD Charged Coupled Device
DVD-RAM Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory
CD Compact Disc
DVD-RW Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
CD-R Compact Disc Recordable
DVI Digital Video Interface
CD-ROM Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
DVR Digital Video Recorder
CD-RW Compact Disc Re-Writable
ECC Error Correction Code
CDFS Compact Disc File System
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
CGI Common Gateway Interface
EPS Encapsulated PostScript
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computing
EUP Enterprise Unified Process
CLOB Character Large Object
EXIF Exchangeable Image File Format
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
CMS Content Management System
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
FIFO First In, First Out
CPA Cost Per Action
FiOS Fiber Optic Service
CPC Cost Per Click
FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second
CPL Cost Per Lead
FPU Floating Point Unit Kbps Kilobits Per Second
FSB Frontside Bus KDE K Desktop Environment
FTP File Transfer Protocol KVM
Keyboard, Video, and Mouse Switch
Gbps Gigabits Per Second Switch
GIF Graphics Interchange Format LAMP Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out LAN Local Area Network
GIS Geographic Information Systems LCD Liquid Crystal Display
GPS Global Positioning System LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
GPU Graphics Processing Unit LED Light-Emitting Diode
GUI Graphical User Interface LIFO Last In, First Out
GUID Globally Unique Identifier LPI Lines Per Inch
HDD Hard Disk Drive LTE Long Term Evolution
HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface LUN Logical Unit Number
HDTV High Definition Televsion MAC
Media Access Control Address
Address
HDV High-Definition Video
MAMP Mac OS X, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
HFS Hierarchical File System
MANET Mobile Ad Hoc Network
HSF Heat Sink and Fan
Mbps Megabits Per Second
HTML Hyper-Text Markup Language
MBR Master Boot Record
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
MCA Micro Channel Architecture
HTTPS HyperText Transport Protocol Secure
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
I/O Input/Output
MIPS Million Instructions Per Second
Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and
ICANN MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
Numbers
ICF Internet Connection Firewall MP3 MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
ICS Internet Connection Sharing MTU Maximum Transmission Unit
ICT Information and Communication Technologies NAT Network Address Translation
Integrated Device Electronics or Integrated NetBIOS Network Basic Input/Output System
IDE
Development Environment NIC Network Interface Card
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol
IGP Integrated Graphics Processor NOC Network Operations Center
IM Instant Message NTFS New Technology File System
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol NUI Natural User Interface
InterNIC Internet Network Information Center NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
IP Internet Protocol Organization for the Advancement of
OASIS
IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange Structured Information Standards
IRC Internet Relay Chat OCR Optical Character Recognition
IRQ Interrupt Request ODBC Open Database Connectivity
ISA Industry Standard Architecture OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
iSCSI Internet Small Computer Systems Interface OLAP Online Analytical Processing
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network OLE Object Linking and Embedding
ISO International Organization for Standardization OOP Object-Oriented Programming
ISP Internet Service Provider OSD On Screen Display
IT Information Technology OSPF Open Shortest Path First
IVR Interactive Voice Response P2P Peer To Peer
JFS Journaled File System PC Personal Computer
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group PCB Printed Circuit Board
JRE Java Runtime Environment PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
JSF JavaServer Faces PCI-X Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
JSON JavaScript Object Notation Personal Computer Memory Card International
PCMCIA
Association
JSP Java Server Page
PDA Personal Digital Assistant SLI Scalable Link Interface
PDF Portable Document Format Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting
SMART
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor Technology
PIM Personal Information Manager SMB Server Message Block
PMU Power Management Unit SMM Social Media Marketing
PNG Portable Network Graphic SMS Short Message Service
POP3 Post Office Protocol SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
POST Power On Self Test SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
PPC Pay Per Click SO-DIMM Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module
PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array SOA Service Oriented Architecture
PPI Pixels Per Inch SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
PPL Pay Per Lead SQL Structured Query Language
PPM Pages Per Minute SRAM Static Random Access Memory
PPP Point to Point Protocol sRGB Standard Red Green Blue
PPPoE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet SSD Solid State Drive
PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol SSH Secure Shell
PRAM Parameter Random Access Memory SSID Service Set Identifier
PROM Programmable Read-Only Memory SSL Secure Sockets Layer
PS/2 Personal System/2 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
TCP/IP
Protocol
PUM Potentially Unwanted Modification
TFT Thin-Film Transistor
PUP Potentially Unwanted Program
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
QBE Query By Example
TTL Time To Live
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks
TWAIN Toolkit Without An Informative Name
RAM Random Access Memory
UAT User Acceptance Testing
RDF Resource Description Framework
UDDI Universal Description Discovery and Integration
RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
UDP User Datagram Protocol
RFID Radio-Frequency Identification
UGC User Generated Content
RGB Red Green Blue
UML Unified Modeling Language
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing
UNC Universal Naming Convention
ROM Read-Only Memory
UPnP Universal Plug and Play
RPC Remote Procedure Call
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
RPM Revenue Per 1,000 Impressions
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
RSS RDF Site Summary
URL Uniform Resource Locator
RTE Runtime Environment
USB Universal Serial Bus
RTF Rich Text Format
UTF Unicode Transformation Format
RUP Rational Unified Process
VCI Virtual Channel Identifier
SaaS Software as a Service
VDSL Very High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line
SAN Storage Area Network
VDU Visual Display Unit
SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
VFAT Virtual File Allocation Table
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
VGA Video Graphics Array
SD Secure Digital
VLB VESA Local Bus
SDK Software Development Kit
VLE Virtual Learning Environment
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
VoIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
SDSL Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
VPI Virtual Path Identifier
SEO Search Engine Optimization
VPN Virtual Private Network
SERP Search Engine Results Page
VRAM Video Random Access Memory
SIMM Single In-Line Memory Module
VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language
SIP Session Initiation Protocol
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
SKU Stock Keeping Unit
WAIS Wide Area Information Server
SLA Software License or Service Level Agreement
WAMP Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
WAN Wide Area Network
WDDM Windows Display Driver Model
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity
WINS Windows Internet Name Service
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
WWW World Wide Web
XHTML Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML Extensible Markup Language
Extensible Style Sheet Language
XSLT
Transformation
Y2K Year 2000
ZIF Zero Insertion Force