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General glossary
- ADO
- ActiveX Data Objects
- AGP
- Accelerated Graphics Port
- AI
- Artificial Intelligence
- APL
- A Programming Language
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- BASIC
- Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
- BBC
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- BBS
- Bulletin Board System
- BIOS
- Basic Input/Output System
- CD
- Compact Disc
- CGI
- Common Gateway Interface
- COM
- Component Object Model
- CPU
- Central Processor Unit
- DAO
- Data Access Objects
- DB
- Database
- DBMS
- Database Management Systems
- DCS
- Data Conversion System
- DDR
- Double Data Rate
- DIMM
- Dual In-line Memory Module
- DOS
- Disk Operating System
- DRAM
- Dynamic Random Access Memory
- DVD
- Digital Versatile Disc
- EPC
- Event-driven Process Chain
- FAT
- File Allocation Table
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol
- GART
- Graphics Address Remapping Table
- GeSHi
- Generic Syntax Highlighter
- GUI
- Graphical User Interface
- HD
- High Density
- HDD
- Hard Disk Drive
- HP
- Hewlett-Packard
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language
- HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- IBM
- International Business Machines
- IDE
- Integrated Development Environment
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- IRC
- Internet Relay Chat
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- ISP
- Internet Service Provider
- IT
- Information Technology
- ITIL
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library
- LPT
- Line Print Terminal
- MS
- Microsoft
- MSDN
- Microsoft Developer Network
- ODBC
- Open Database Connectivity
- OEM
- Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OLE
- Object Linking and Embedding
- OOP
- Object-Oriented Programming
- ORM
- Object Role Modelling
- OS
- Operating System
- OSI
- Open Systems Interconnection
- P2P
- Peer to Peer
- PC
- Personal Computer
- PCI
- Peripheral Component Interconnect
- PERT
- Program Evaluation and Review Technique
- PHP
- Personal Home Page
- RAM
- Random Access Memory
- RGB
- Red Green Blue
- ROM
- Read-Only Memory
- ROOM
- Real-Time Object-Oriented Modelling
- RSS
- Really Simple Syndication
- RUP
- Rational Unified Process
- DDR
- Single Data Rate
- SCSI
- Small Computer System Interface
- SD
- Single Density
- SDL
- Specification and Description Language
- SDRAM
- Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
- SGML
- Standard Generalized Markup Language
- SIMM
- Single In-line Memory Module
- SQL
- Structured Query Language
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol
- TLA
- Three Letter Acronym
- TLS
- Transport Layer Security
- TOM
- Target Operating Model
- TV
- Television
- TWAIN
- Thing Without an Interesting Name
- UID
- Unique Identifier
- UML
- Unified Modelling Language
- URI
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- URL
- Uniform Resource Locator
- USB
- Universal Serial Bus
- VB
- Visual Basic
- VBA
- Visual Basic for Applications
- VDU
- Visual Display Unit
- VoIP:Voice over Internet Protocol
- W3C
- World Wide Web Consortium
- WWW
- World Wide Web
- WYSIWYG
- What You See is What You Get
- XHTML
- Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
- XML
- Extensible Markup Language
- XP
- Extreme Programming
Units of information
See also: Units of measurement
- SI
- Système Internationale
Multiples of bytes
SI prefixes
- kB
- kilobyte
- MB
- megabyte
- GB
- gigabyte
- TB
- terabyte
- PB
- petabyte
- EB
- exabyte
- ZB
- zettabyte
- YB
- yottabyte
Binary prefixes
- KiB
- kibibyte
- MiB
- mebibyte
- GiB
- gibibyte
- TiB
- tebibyte
- PiB
- pebibyte
- EiB
- exbibyte
- ZiB
- zebibyte
- YiB
- yobibyte
Multiples of bits
SI prefixes
- kbit
- kilobit
- Mbit
- megabit
- Gbit
- gigabit
- Tbit
- terabit
- Pbit
- petabit
- Ebit
- exabit
- Zbit
- zettabit
- Ybit
- yottabit
Binary prefixes
- Kibit
- kibibit
- Mibit
- mebibit
- Gibit
- gibibit
- Tibit
- tebibit
- Pibit
- pebibit
- Eibit
- exbibit
- Zibit
- zebibit
- Yibit
- yobibit
Rates of information
- kbps
- kilobits per second
- Mbps
- megabits per second
- Gbps
- gigabits per second
- Tbps
- terabits per second
- Pbps
- petabits per second
- Ebps
- exabits per second
- Zbps
- zettabits per second
- Ybps
- yottabits per second
