Glossary extracted starting with manual seeds, with PTM for the domain com and language EN

frequency modulation synthesis	See Wave Table Synthesis.
pipe	A direct connection that carries the output of one process to the input of another without an intermediate temporary file
forum	A commonly used term for a discussion group implemented by means of one or more web pages instead of a traditional Usenet news group.
whm	WebHost Manager
device driver	A software subsystem which facilitates communication between a computer system and a hardware device
pat	File extension
marshaling	Process of readying an object for transfer across an application domain, context, or process boundary.
modular	Being made up of a number of individual pieces that can each be replaced without having to change the whole.
enumeration_io	a predefined generic package exported by Ada.Text_IO, used to support input and output of text representing values of enumeration types.
mpeg-2	MPEG-2 is used for digital video at low compression rate
dde	Dynamic Data Exchange
rrd	Removable Rigid Disk
cut and paste buffer	See clipboard.
uniform resource characteristic	Se URC
call by value	An argument-passing mechanism in which the formal arguments refer to a copy of the actual arguments, and the subroutine cannot change the actual arguments by changing the formal arguments
object	An instance of a class
jre	Java Runtime Environment
discussion thread	In an online forum such as a newsgroup, a series of messages or articles in which replies to a message are nested directly under it, instead of the messages being arranged in chronological or alphabetical order.
wireless n	A local area wireless network that uses the 802.11n standard (or the draft version of it)
declarative part	the section of a program unit or block that contains declarations.
parameter profile	the number of parameters, the base type of each parameter at each position, and the base type of the result (in the case of a function)
broadcasting spectrum	The range of radio waves over which wireless devices communicate.
gsan	Combines multiple Google Search Appliances to increase document capacity and to enable single-node replication
drvspace	See DriveSpace.
static method	Method associated with a type rather than an instance of the type
white space	Any single character or series of characters that represents horizontal and/or vertical space.
protocol extension protocol	See PEP
palmtop	A small hand-held, battery-operated computer.
getusername	a method applied to a DatabaseMetaData object to discover the username
import	The act of creating a new file and incorporating content from an external file into the repository as the file's content.
mo	Magneto-optical
multi-target method	a method which can be applied to any of a number of objects
mode	an indication of data flow direction of parameters
crm	Customer Relationship Management
explicit code	Rather than calling a function, writing out the code to execute the function directly
plug-in	Software or hardware used to modify or add to an existing program
pdm	Process Debug Manager
qb	Quick BASIC
hop count	A measure of distance between two points on the Internet.
bits per second	See BPS
seamless computing	Term indicating that a user should be able to move through various hardware and software contexts effortlessly and intuitively.
write	An inbuilt procedure that outputs data without adding an end-of-line marker, so that the next piece of output or input will be on the same line.
precedence	The rules of conduct that, in the absence of other guidance, determine what should happen first
ces	The Consumer Electronics Show, which takes place each January in Las Vegas, Nevada.
architecture	The design and structure of specific components of a computer system and how they connect and interact with one another.
cathode-ray tube	See CRT
esp	See "Microsoft ESP".
ppp	Point-to-Point Protocol
gs	File extension
autoincrement	To add one to something automatically, hence the name of the the ++ operator
psu	Power Supply Unit.
id3	A tag associated with MP3 files which holds information such as the track's artist name and track title
hash	An unordered association of key/value pairs, stored such that you can easily use a string key to look up its associated data value
rotfl	Roll on the floor laughing.
cpan	The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
coast	Cache On A Stick
thunderbird	The email program associated with the Firefox web browser
dpi	Dots per inch
dependency	a dependency between two package exists if one package references elements of the other
molecular electronics*	Any system with atomically precise electronic devices of nanometer dimensions, especially if made of discrete molecular parts rather than the continuous materials found in today's semiconductor devices.
specification	the part of an Ada program unit that specifies its interface to other (client) units -- the unit's declaration without the final semi-colon.
ascii	"Askey"
greedy	A subpattern whose quantifier wants to match as many things as possible.
pss	Product Support Services
pct	Private Communications Technology
adaptation	a process of selection, generation or modification that produces one or more perceivable units in response to a requested uniform resource identifier in a given delivery context.
sd	Secure Digital
vfw	Video For Windows
lan	A network that interconnects devices over a geographically small area, typically in one building or a part of a building
impatience	The anger you feel when the computer is being lazy
class hierarchy	aka Generalization-Specialization Class Hierarchy
anisotropic filtering	A term used in computer graphics
electronic document	A document which is in electronic form.
ics	Internet Connection Sharing
webcam	A video camera that attaches to your computer and allows you to upload images or video to the Web.
slam	Specifications, Languages, Analysis, and Model checking project explores the relations among these areas of software development.
disk allocation unit	See Cluster.
msaa	Microsoft Active Accessibility
python	Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability.
life data model	Life information model for life insurance.
encoder	A program which encodes data, or converts it to another format
suwin	Setup For Windows
here docs in ruby	Here are different examples:
hue-saturation-brightness/value	See HSB
bridge	Bridge is a network related term
gpmc	Group Policy Management Console
hips	Host-based Intrusion Prevention System - i.e
form	A term used with many modern programming languages and also with database programs
windows messaging	Microsoft Exchange (see that entry)
red book	See "Book".
bus	An electronic pathway
auto catalog markup language	Automotive Catalog Markup Language
statement	The whole syntactical construction of assignment: purchases+=(mugs*orders);
key	The string index to a hash, used to look up the value associated with that key.
bps	Bits per second, as in a modem's transmission rate
cluster	A group of search appliances that work together.
lifetime	Duration of an object's existence from instantiation through garbage collection.
blue book	See Book.
dmo	Distributed Management Objects
abort	a reserved word used in an abort statement to terminate execution of a task and other tasks dependent upon it.
ime	Input Method Editor
explicit conversion	a type conversion that results from explicit coding by the programmer.
keymatch	Administrator-defined keywords that promote specific web pages on a site
gb	Gigabit
diz	File extension
cpanel	A browser-based menu system for servers
properties	The properties of an object are the data members that make up the object, that is, the attributes of the type of the object
active	The only descriptions of this term that I have managed to find have been written in Microsoft's meaningless management/marketing language, which has virtually no information content
recharging cradle	A base connected to a power outlet into which you can place a device that runs on rechargeable batteries in order to recharge those batteries.
dap	Refer to Directory Access Protocol.
cracker	Someone who breaks security on computer systems
result transformer	A transformer that converts content from Adapter Result format into Simple Result format.
granularity	The size of the pieces you're dealing with, mentally speaking.
u-interface	adj
otp	One-Time Password
mpeg-4	A standard currently under development designed for videophones and multimedia applications
extensible markup language query	A flexible query facilities to extract data from real and virtual documents on the Web, therefore finally providing the needed interaction between the web world and the database world
queue	an ordered "line up" of tasks waiting to have entry calls accepted.
modem	Modulator/demodulator
adware	Any software which serves banner ads or pop-up ads to you while in use
e-mail	Slang for electronic mail, this is the system that lets people send and receive messages with their computers.
v.22	The standard for half-duplex communication at 1200 bps.
pcx	File extension
wireless g	A local area wireless network that uses the 802.11g standard
class versus module	in Ada, these two concepts are kept separate
bo	Buffer Overrun
comments	Author-entered descriptions in program code meant for human programmers to read, not JavaScript interpretation.
lifo	Last In, First Out
actionscript	The programming language for Adobe Macromedia Flash applications.
https	Hypertext Transfer Protocol - Secure
event	A notification that signals a special situation in time
integer	A number without a fractional part.
high color	16-bit colour (65,536 colours).
is-a rule	a rule to help clarify a subclass-superclass relationship
matching	See pattern matching.
vesa	Video Electronics Standards Association
monger	Short for Perl Monger, a purveyor of Perl.
pki	A hierarchy of "certification authorities" to allow individuals and organizations to identify each other for the purpose (principally) of doing business electronically.
cmos	Complementary Metal Oxide Silicon
type constructor	syntax allowing complex types to be described in terms of simpler ones
itc	Internet Transfer Control
symbolic debugger	A program that lets you step through the execution of your program, stopping or printing things out here and there to see whether anything has gone wrong, and if so, what
interlacing	Interlacing is method used to accommodate long waits on a busy network
bps	Bits per second
distro	Distribution
op	Original poster
driver	a software component allowing a software system to use databases stored on DBMSs by a particular vendor
concatenation	The process of gluing one cat's nose to another cat's tail
scanner	A device which scans a printed image and produces a bitmapped image file of it.
bilinear filtering	A term used in computer graphics
writeln	An inbuilt procedure that outputs data followed by an end-of-line marker such as carriage return/line feed, so that the next piece of output or input will be on the next line.
modality	The type of communication channel used for interaction
undernet	An IRC (Internet Relay Chat) network.
ruby pseudo-variables	They are special variables that have the appearance of local variables but behave like constants
hpfs	High Performance Filing System
ternary association	an association between three different classes
mac	A system of rules used to move data from one physical medium to another.
script	A series of program statements that instruct the computer on how to accomplish a task.
encarta	Microsoft's CD-ROM encyclopedia.
records management	The discipline and organizational function of managing records to meet operational business needs, accountability requirements and community expectations.
hacker	Someone who is brilliantly persistent in solving technical problems, whether these involve golfing, fighting orcs, or programming
dsp	Delivery Service Partner
line in jack	The I/O panel jack where you plug a traditional audio-producing device (stereo, VCR, and so on) into the PC for capturing sound.
subwoofer	A speaker box designed for low-frequency sounds, which gives oomph to the bass in music or adds emphasis to the sounds in games.
type library	A term used in object oriented programming
clip-art	Cartoon-like drawings.
router	A router functions like a traffic officer, directing the flow of data to targets
cem-1	A NEMA grade of industrial laminate having a substrate of woven glass surfaces over a cellulose paper core and a resin binder of epoxy
obj	File extension
biometrics	A method of verifying an individual's identity based on measurement of the individual's physical feature(s) or repeatable actions where those features and/or actions are both unique to that individual and measurable.
cap	CITATION Access Point
skin	An optional add-on to a program which changes its visual appearance but not its functionality
parked domain	A second domain that points to your primary domain
network interface card	See NIC
irc	IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat
primitive operation	an operation of a type that is declared together with the type declaration, and is inherited by other types in the same class of types.
shade	The term shade refers to a color which consists of the basic color (or hue) with black added to it
rmo	Refer to SQL Server Replication Management Objects.
emf	File extension
gmax	File extension
stream	A flow of data into or out of a process as a steady sequence of bytes or characters, without the appearance of being broken up into packets
unicode	There are many languages in the world with many more characters than provided for in the ASCII set
rts	Real Time Strategy
monospaced font	See Non-proportional font.
google apps	Hosted web applications that organizations can use for communication, productivity, and collaboration
idea	International Data Encryption Algorithm.
business process	An activity or set of activities that are part of a service either to a citizen or to another organisational unit within or outside the particular Public Administration.
bitmap file	A bitmap file contains the data for a bitmap image in bit-format
dtmf	Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
cam	Computer Aided Manufacturing.
eeprom	Electronically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.
pfx	File extension
cloud connect	A group of features that enable the search appliance to return search results from a Google Apps domain, Google Site Search, or Twitter, along with results from its own index.
le	In the suffix after the model number of a video board, this means that the board is a special cut-down version supplied to computer manufacturers for fitting in their products
scalar context	The situation in which an expression is expected by its surroundings (the code calling it) to return a single value rather than a list of values
ber	Basic Encoding Rules
wmp	See "Windows Media Player".
delimiter	A character or string that sets bounds to an arbitrarily-sized textual object, not to be confused with a separator or terminator
ohci	Open Host Controller Interface
ttl	Time to Live: Often abbreviated as TTL, it specifies how long a particular record should be kept in memory before it should be deleted
man	The Unix program that displays online documentation (manual pages) for you.
self-replication*	The ability of an entity such as a living cell to make a copy of itself
colon	: (see that entry).
olap	Online analytical processing.
source format	The original format of content retrieved from an external data source by a Wireless adapter
qt	File extension
platform independent content selection	See PICS
debugging	The detection, location and correction of faults in a program or system.
with clause	a context clause providing access to a library unit from within another program unit.
compound statement	A sequence of simple statements.
domain	There are various parts to a domain name and the last part tells you what kind of site it is
drc	Design Rule Check.
orange book	See Book.
universal resource identifier	See URI
sku	Store-Keeping Unit
requisition	A formal request to purchase items.
fork	To create a child process identical to the parent process at its moment of conception, at least until it gets ideas of its own
down	Inoperative
transformation and lighting	A term used in computer graphics, especially with regard to 3D
mbps	megabits per second
loop counter	A variable that changes through each iteration of the loop, in correlation with how many times the loop has been executed
linked list	A programming technique
spdif port	I/O panel connectors used for digital audio
backbone	A central network connecting other networks together
embed	Simply means to insert into a text file
cdma2000	The system used in 3G mobile phone networks in the USA and Canada.
warez	"Wears" (I think)
ttl	TTL is an acronym for "Time To Live"
packaging	The protective container or housing for an electronic component or die, with external terminals to provide electrical access to the components inside
attribute	the name of a column of a table, indicating the meaning of the data in that column
dmz	De-Militarized Zone
mbsa	Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser
integer division	Division of one integer by another to give the integer quotient (the whole number element of the result) and the remainder
aggregate	an array or record value written as a collection of component values (within parentheses).
xss	Cross Site Scripting
wire transfers	Another form of electronic payment made by a financial institution on behalf of the customer.
type casting	Converting data from one type to another
trigger	An event that causes a handler to be run.
finally block	Block of statements to be executed regardless of whether or not an exception is thrown
minus sign	- (see that entry).
system caret	See "Caret".
controlling parameter	the parameter in a dispatching call (or function return type) that determines which version of the overloaded operation will be called.
spf	Sender Policy Framework
operand	An expression that yields a value that an operator operates on
san	Storage Area Network
mt9	File extension
dos	Disk Operating System
vorbis	See OGG.
plc	Programmable Logic Controller
library unit	In Ada, a library unit is a "top-level" separately compiled program unit
capacity	is the highest possible transmission speed that can be carried on a channel; can be expressed as raw speed or net throughput.
expression	Anything you can legally say in a spot where a value is required
switch	An option you give on a command line to influence the way your program works, usually introduced with a minus sign
xml web services	Units of application logic providing data and services to other applications
printer	Where you get the computer’s printed output, also called hard copy.
left delete key	The key with a large left pointing arrow, located above the RETURN key
covariance	replacing a type by a subtype
silverlight	Microsoft's attempt to rival to the Adobe Flash browser add-in animation format.
script	A program consisting of a set of instructions to an application or utility program
pio	Programmed Input Output
many-to-many association	an association between two classes A and B, where each A can be associated with many B’s, and vice versa
hyperterminal	A program supplied with Windows, used to emulate a VDU
rle	Run-length encoding
source code	A text file comprising code which can be compiled.
value-based identity	Objects are distinguished based on their values
quick launch bar	The set of icons usually displayed on the Taskbar to the immediate right of the Start button when Internet Explorer V4's "New Desktop" option is installed
cpanel package	Pieces of software that are bundled together for archiving and installation
hue	Hue is the feature that makes a particular additive color, that is, the primary color without any black or white, or the color in its purist form.
ampersand	& (see that entry).
c:\windows\temp	The folder used by most programs to store their temporary files
dye-sublimation	A type of printer that transfers heated solid due from a ribbon to specially coated paper, producing continuous tones, like those in a photo produced from a negative.
t3	A digital transmission link with a capacity of 45 Mbit/s, or 28 T1 lines.
interface	The set of properties, methods, indexers, and events exposed by an object that allow other objects to access its data and functionality
directdraw	One part of DirectX.
is-a	A relationship between two objects in which one object is considered to be a more specific version of the other, generic object: "A camel is a mammal." Since the generic object really only exists in a Platonic sense, we usually add a little abstraction to the notion of objects and think of the relationship as being between a generic base class and a specific derived class
bit string	A sequence of bits that is actually being thought of as a sequence of bits, for once.
pim	Personal Information Management
i/o	Input from, or output to, a file or device.
asp	1
active cell markup language	Active Cell Markup Language
tagged type	a type whose values have a run-time type tag, which indicates the specific type from which the value originated
proposer	A person or organisation responding to a call for proposal from the Commission
gue	Great Underground Empire, the setting for almost all the games in the Zork series of adventure games.
uart	"You art"
exception	A fancy term for an error
ipp	Internet Printing Protocol
deprecated	No longer favoured, no longer approved of, obsolete, replaced, no longer in fashion, may be withdrawn shortly
boolean expression	Any expression which can be evaluated as being True or False.
nat	Network Address Translation
parent unit	the library unit whose capabilities are extended when a public or private child unit is declared.
excel	A spreadsheet program published by Microsoft
cdsl	Acronym for Consumer Digital Subscriber Line
page	a block of memory
trk	File extension
discovery	Process when legal or regulatory investigation of records occurs to support or refute pending legal or regulatory proceedings.
gzip	A program which compresses files for disk space conservation, minimizing transfer times, and making the transfer of multiple files easier
dovecot	Mail server software designed for optimal security
scalability	The ability (or otherwise) of a product to perform with a large amount of data, a large number of users, in a large network, etc.
mini 1394 port	This special version of the IEEE 1394 connector is designed specifically for digital video and for connecting digital cameras.
set	Secure Electronic Transactions
shebang	Irish for the whole McGillicuddy
variadic	Said of a function that happily receives an indeterminate number of actual arguments.
cache	A special memory subsystem in which frequently used data values are duplicated for quick access.
assembly language	A programming language in which the instructions are closely related to the computer being programmed
wia	Windows Image Acquisition
gpf	General Protection Fault - see that entry.
hierarchy	a ranking or ordering of abstractions, such as a class hierarchy or a module hierarchy.
update rollup	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 824684 includes the following definition of this term as used by Microsoft: "An update rollup is a tested, cumulative set of hotfixes, security updates, critical updates, and updates that are packaged together for easy deployment
criminal identity theft	A specific type of ID theft that occurs when a criminal gives another person’s name or personal identification to a law enforcement officer while being arrested.
twitter	Twitter is a microblogging service - the publishing of short messages via text, images or video
meter	A unit of measure equaling about 3.3 feet.
handwritten signature	The scripted name or legal mark of an individual handwritten by that individual and executed or adopted with the present intention to authenticate a writing in a permanent form
wide-area network wan	A computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area
disk space quota	A limit placed on the amount of disk space an account is allowed to use.
service pack	A service pack is a means by which product updates are distributed
composite collections	A set of collections from various Google Search Appliances which the primary search appliance in a unified environment can query
tls	Transport Layer Security
v.21	The standard for full-duplex communication at 300 baud.
java 2 micro edition	J2ME is a Java runtime platform by Sun Microsystems for developing Java applications to run on embedded devices—cellular telephones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).
ppm	Pages per minute
post	Power On Self Tests
rapid application development	Rapid Application Development (RAD) refers to a set of software development methodologies designed to facilitate rapid development and delivery of software systems.
jdk	See Java Developer's Kit.
content manager	The visual interface for creating Wireless services
sbfm:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to Microsoft's Small Business Financial Manager, an optional add-on for the Excel spreadsheet program.
dangling statement	A bare, single statement, without any braces, hanging off an if or while conditional
rfc	Request for Comments
mtu	Maximum Transfer Unit
whitespace	A character that moves your cursor but doesn't otherwise put anything on your screen
ilink	See FireWire.
des	Data Encryption Standard
user mode	The non-privileged mode in which application code runs
sme	Small to medium size enterprise (i.e
floating point	A method of storing numbers in "scientific notation", such that the precision of the number is independent of its magnitude (the decimal point "floats")
exec	To throw away the current process's program and replace it with another without exiting the process or relinquishing any resources held (apart from the old memory image).
portal	See Home Page
statement	An instruction in a program written in a high-level language.
snmp	Simple Network Management Protocol
ctd	Crash To Desktop
filter	A program designed to take a stream of input and transform it into a stream of output.
jndi	Java Naming and Directory Interface
tokenizing	Splitting up a program text into tokens
namespace	A domain of names
functional user experience	A set of one or more perceivable units that enables a user to complete the function intended by the author for a given resource via a given access mechanism.
gamepad	A game controller that features a flat surface and many buttons.
constant	A variable that is assigned a value that is never meant to change.
digital certificate	In cryptography, a message that guarantees the authenticity of the data contained within it
rot-13	A simple encryption system.
mortal	A temporary value scheduled to die when the current statement finishes.
utp cable	Unshielded Twisted Pair cable
platform	The entire hardware and software context in which a program runs
pass	The act of sending data or values into a function or applet.
share	Sometimes used as a noun to mean "shared folder", in other words an area of disk space on a computer or to a device such as a printer connected to a computer, which is "shared" - in other words which can accessed by other users via a local area network
pattern	A template used in pattern matching.
all key relation	a relation whose key consists of all its attributes
syntax	The grammatical rules of a programming language.
esc key	The Escape key at the top-left corner of the keyboard
spoiled record / document	A record/document that has no business value and should be disposed based on established retention, transfer, and disposition schedules.
ga	General Availability
node	Thing joined by links
address	Reference to a memory location
case sensitive	An indication that it matters whether you enter an item in lower case or upper case
bibliography markup language	The Bibliography Markup Language encodes bibliographies similar to BibTex
fromelf	The ARM ELF Reader and Image Converter.
local variable	A variable declared in a program block (such as a procedure or function) and accessible only within that program block
csr	Certificate Signing Request
little-endian	From Swift: someone who eats eggs little end first
mpeg-1	The original MPEG standard for storing and retrieving video and audio information, designed for CD-ROM technology
btdt	Chat slang for "Been there, done that".
pen scanner	A hand-held, pen-shaped scanner with which you can re-create drawings or text as image files.
broadband	A way of transmitting large amounts of data, voice, and video that is greater than standard voice grade transmission
tie	The bond between a magical variable and its implementation class
vob	File extension
task	A program loaded into memory and running
xerox parc	See PARC.
wan	"Wan"
substring	A portion of a string, starting at a certain character position (offset) and proceeding for a certain number of characters.
biopolymer markup language	BIOML allows the full specification of all experimental information known about molecular entities composed of biopolymers, for example, proteins and genes
version	A particular issue or release of a hardware or software product
tdd	Refer to Test-Driven Development.
modifier key	A key on a keyboard that works in combination with other keys to do various tasks.
rtfm	What you are told when someone thinks you should Read The Fine Manual.
uvw mapping	In 3D graphics programs, the standard method of specifying which parts of a two dimensional bitmap texture file should be applied to which parts of a three dimensional mesh object.
dropper	A program which when it is run installs another program
unix	An Operating System developed in 1969.
composite type	an Ada type that has components, such as a record or array.
ternary	An operator taking three operands
java vm	Java Virtual Machine
structure	See data structure.
truncating	Emptying a file of existing contents, either automatically when opening a file for writing or explicitly via the truncate function.
if	Interactive Fiction
system	see ‘_system’.
upd:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to updates (patches).
automation	A word used by Microsoft with various meanings, including the use of macros and Visual BASIC For Applications coding in Microsoft Office programs such as Word and Excel
public access location	See "Hot Spot".
business process modeling language	The Business Process Modeling Language (BPML) is a meta-language for the modeling of business processes, just as XML is a meta-language for the modeling of business data.
home page	The starting page of a Website
cur	File extension
voucher	Synonymous with a vendor invoice approval
tokener	A module that breaks a program text into a sequence of tokens for later analysis by a parser.
mce	Media Centre Edition (of Windows XP).
hotjava	The browser developed by Sun Microsystems that runs Java applets
mscam	Microsoft Camcorder, a program supplied with Microsoft Office 97 for recording operations on a computer
quicktime	A video file format and associated program (published by Apple)
gena	General Event Notification Architecture
superficial equality	Two objects are superficially equal if they have the same state
plug and play	Often abbreviated PnP
soap	Simple Object Access Protocol
assembly code	code written in assembly (machine) language.
hexadecimal	The format of colours on the web
lookbehind	An assertion that peeks at the string to the left of the current match location.
discrete type	an integer type or an enumeration type.
program unit	a program unit is either a package, a task unit, a protected unit, a protected entry, a generic unit, or a subprogram unit.
v.22bis	The standard for full-duplex modems sending and receiving data across telephone lines at 1200 or 2400 bps.
authorities markup language	The Authorities Markup Language (AuthoritiesML) is a format for the interchange of UNIMARC authority records between applications.
board game markup language	BGML (Board game markup language) is an XML document type for go game (and ultimately all other board games) records/databases.
file	A unit of data storage used by the operating system for organisation.
boss level	A level in a computer game which is more difficult, often involving an enemy with superior powers
palladium	See TCPA.
roxio	A publisher of CD burning software
collection	A term used in Microsoft's style of object oriented programming
conversion	Process of changing records from one medium to another or from one format to another.
hefc	Higher Education Funding Council
overloading	Giving additional meanings to a symbol or construct
t3	A T-carrier that can handle 44.736 Mbps or 672 voice channels.
keyframe	A keyframe is a special kind of frame that contains info about changes in the properties of an object
adsl	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
tint	The tint of a color refers to the result of adding white to a pure color hue
mheg	Multimedia and Hypermedia Experts Group
hubris	Excessive pride, the sort of thing Zeus zaps you for
segment	A program section which can be compiled to occupy a contiguous address space
iis	Internet Information Services
jsp	JavaServer Pages
java	Java is an object-oriented programming language released by Sun in 1992
enterprise architecture	The model of organisation and operation for a Public Administration, as described in a set of interrelated views
extreme programming	XP is founded on cycles of frequent testing, integration, and user review
mipmap	A mipmap is not the same as a bitmap
source code	Usually a high-level language program, but could be assembly code if you write it.
representation	A level of medical data encoding: the process by which as much detail as possible is coded.
application	A kind of software used for productivity or to create things (the software that does the work).
task type	a composite type whose values are tasks.
footprint	geometry of pads for soldering certain electronic component.
discriminated record	a record type that is parameterized by use of a discriminant.
protected content	See controlled-access content.
defining a class	Class names begin w/ capital character.
broadcast	To send a datagram to multiple destinations simultaneously.
actual parameter	A data item passed to a (formal) parameter in a procedure or function
crc	See Cyclic Redundancy Check.
asmx	File extension
great plains	A Microsoft product
wats	Flat rate, or special rate pay-by-the-minute (measured) billing for a specified calling area
rboc	Regional Bell Operating Company
directx	A driver used by games, graphics, and audio programs in Windows.
uuid	Universal Unique Identifier
mbr	Master boot record.
journalling	See Outlook.
nn	Netscape Navigator.
selection	an operator that takes a relation and returns a new relation on the same attributes, with only those rows satisfying a given Boolean expression (prepositional formula)
css	See Cascading Style Sheets.
msts	Microsoft Train Simulator.
loop	A construct that performs something repeatedly, like a roller coaster.
compile time	The time when Perl is trying to make sense of your code, as opposed to when it thinks it knows what your code means and is merely trying to do what it thinks your code says to do, which is run time.
cad	Computer Aided Design.
review	The act of evaluating a document prior to the approval process.
rsa	The most commonly used form of public key encryption
browser	A user agent that allows a user to perceive and interact with information on the Web.
ja	File extension
binary	Numerical representation in base-2; for example, 10001100
algorithm	A well-defined procedure or sequence of steps for solving a problem
hefce	Higher Education Funding Council for England
cd	Carrier Detect
supervariable	An object
rvalue	A value that you might find on the right side of an assignment
dde	links data from one application to another (i.e
evaluate	The act of performing the specified calculation or comparison
dfp	Digital Flat Panel, in other words an LCD screen.
color stop	A special element that indicates a color to be added to a gradient.
fw:	Forwarded
canonical	Reduced to a standard form to facilitate comparison.
fast find	See Find Fast.
visibility	refers to the ability to reference an entity at a location in a program.
feeding	The process by how you direct content to the Google Search Appliance instead of having the search appliance locate content
gsl	File extension
etch	The removal of selected portions of materials to define patterned layers on chips.
loop control statement	Any statement within the body of a loop that can make a loop prematurely stop looping or skip an iteration
stdout	See standard output.
script	A text file that is a program intended to be executed directly rather than compiled to another form of file before execution
dc power	Power that comes from the battery that powers a laptop.
left shift	A bit shift that multiplies the number by some power of 2.
inverse mux	An inverse multiplexer.
run	The act of executing a computer program.
oop	Object Oriented Programming.
se	In the suffix after the model number of an ATI video board, this means that the board is a special cut-down version supplied to computer manufacturers for fitting in their products
module	A miniprogram, essentially equivalent to a function.
simm	Single In-line Memory Module
gui	"goo - eee"
sequence	Consecutive statements processed in order.
machine language	This is the lowest level language
xslt	Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
hard reference	A scalarvalue containing the actual address of a referent, such that the referent's reference count accounts for it
scam	a fraudulent business scheme
sourceforge	A web site http://www.sourceforge.net which is designed to allow groups of programmers to collaborate on software projects
nas	Network Attached Storage, or in other words disk servers.
certification	The issuance of a notice that a user or site is trusted for the purpose of security and computer authentication
non-additive join property	see Lossless Join Property.
mod	The operator giving the remainder after integer division.
alert	Pop-up window that displays a message to the user
ergonomics	Adapting work or working conditions to suit the worker.
abstract state machine language	AsmL is the Abstract State Machine Language
module	Assembly subunit
character type	a built-in type consisting of the 256 elements of the Latin-1 Set
dsl	Digital Subscriber Line
rds	Remote Data Service
sbe	Stream Buffer Engine
nested unit	an Ada program unit that is declared inside another program unit, and is therefore not a library unit.
debugger	A program designed to help track down bugs in other programs
melee	A term often used in RPG's (role-playing games)
aim	America Online Instant Messenger
tld	Top Level Domain (see that entry).
up	Operative
t & l	See Transformation And Lighting.
bug	An error in a computer program
nic	Network Interface Card (for connecting a PC to a local area network).
modular type	an unsigned integer type whose values range from 0 to n and exhibit "modulo n" arithmetic.
tnef	Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format
sbsi	Step By Step Interactive
user group	A Wireless object that represents a set of users that are grouped together based on common criteria such as interests, subscription level, or geographic location.
recursion	See "Recursion"
v.34	The standard for full-duplex modems sending and receiving data across phone lines at up to 28,800 bps
system on a chip	A chip that is a self-contained system, including processing, memory and input-output functions.
newline key	See Return Key.
network information system	See NIS
pmc	Project Management Committee
sce	Service Creation Environment
aggregation	a kind of association used to model whole-part relationships
record	Evidence of something an organization did, a memorial of business activity, and information that a company intends on retaining to conduct ordinary business.
token	A morpheme in a programming language, the smallest unit of text with semantic significance.
ipmi	Intelligent Platform Management Interface
ram	Random access memory; a computer component that allows you to store data.
mpeg-2	An extension of the MPEG-1 standard designed for broadcast television, including HDTV
chord query language	ChordQL is the query language for ChordML
callback method	Method that returns the result of an asynchronous processing call
bcc	Blind carbon copy
certificate	A certificate is a statement guaranteeing the identity of a person or the security of a Web site
service	Application providing functionality to other applications
snippets	Small section of text summarizing a search result
policy:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles containing guidelines for Microsoft Technical Support (MTS) engineers.
certificate	An electronic means of the proof of identity, for example of an email address or a web site
rtc	Real Time Clock.
proxy	An entity that has the authority to act for another
cer	Canonical Encoding Rules
application	computer software program
vgx	Variational Graphics Extended
bit	Short for binary digit (0 or 1)
killer app	Killer Application
analog circuit	an electrical circuit that provides a continuous quantitative output as a response from its input.
integer	A number with no fractional (decimal) part
unicode technical committee	See UTC
properties	The descriptive characteristics that are part of file type definitions and are automatically assigned to every file of that type
member	A field, property, method, or event declared on a class or struct.
porter	Someone who "carries" software from one platform to another
internet control message protocol	See ICMP
pstn	Public Switched Telephone Network
slice	A selection of any number of elements from a list, array, or hash.
cdma	Code Division Multiple Access, also called Spread Spectrum, a term for a form of digital spread spectrum cellular phone service that assigns a code to all speech bits, sends a scrambled transmission of the encoded speech over the air and reassembles the speech into its original format
kilo	1024 (2 to the tenth power).
gif	Acronym for Graphics Interchange Format
autovivification	A Greco-Roman word meaning "to bring oneself to life"
tca	Trusted Computing Alliance
cover	a set of functional dependencies F covers another such set E, if E is a subset of the closure of F
bit	An integer in the range from 0 to 1, inclusive
logic error	A mistake made by the programmer when designing the code, which compiles and runs but produces an incorrect output.
mutable type	A type whose instance data, fields and properties, can be changed after the instance is created
banner advert	An advert on sites such as search engines
serialization	Conversion of an object (instance) into a data stream of bytes
private	a reserved word used in declaring a private type or private child unit, or at the start of the private part of a package, task or protected unit declaration.
as	File extension
forward slash	/ (see that entry).
mmx	Multi-media Extensions
cross-posting	Sending a message to more than one list at the same time
db	see Database.
tso	File extension
function	Mathematically, a mapping of each of a set of input values to a particular output value
scalable vector graphics	See SVG
jdk	Java Development Kit
array	An ordered sequence of values, stored such that you can easily access any of the values using an integer subscript that specifies the value's offset in the sequence.
capture card	A video upgrade card that can capture incoming analog video signal and convert it to digital video.
animated gif	A GIF graphic file, which consists of two or more images shown in a timed sequence to give the effect of motion.
iso	International Standards Organization
encapsulation	a technique that separates the external aspects of an object from its internal, implementation details.
blowfish	An encryption algorithm.
firewire	A type of computer connection that you can use to attach various devices to your PC; most often used to connection DV camcorders.
export	To make symbols from a module available for import by other modules.
memory card	The most recent form of permanent computer storage technology
te	Terminal Equipment
format	A specification of how many spaces and digits and things to put somewhere so that whatever you're printing comes out nice and pretty.
technet	A little-known but highly valuable Microsoft product giving technical details of their products
standard	Specifications about how a group of network devices communicate.
date biasing	Enables the search appliance to weigh document dates more heavily when it evaluates the order in which search results appear, and to prefer documents with newer dates to documents with older dates.
information retrieval	The science and practice of identification and efficient use of recorded data.
nda	Non-disclosure agreement, for example an agreement that a beta-tester will not reveal any information about the item that they are testing.
scsi	"skussy"
anti-body markup language	Anti-Body Markup Language
administration	Management of a business, institution, etc; the management of public affairs; government
iirc	Often used in online discussions as a shorthand for "If I remember correctly...".
compiler directive	A statement in a program that affects the translation process.
fix:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to problems which have (supposedly) been fixed in a later release of a program.
double click	Clicking the left mouse button twice in rapid succession
gsm	Global System for Mobile Communications
ai	Artificial intelligence.
surround sound	3D environmental audio, created by a set of speakers positioned around the listener.
backup	The process of creating a copy of computer data on an external storage medium, such as a floppy disk, tape, or external hard drive
shockwave	A program used to create and play animations on some web pages.
bmk	File extension
digital	The method of representing information as numbers with discrete (non-continuous) values, usually expressed as a sequence of binary digits (ones and zeros).
ndis	Network Device Interface Specification
daemon	A computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being visible to, and directly controlled by, the user.
bup	File extension
arq	Automatic Repeat Request
ansi	American National Standards Institute
oe	Microsoft Outlook Express (see Outlook Express).
line in	A socket on a computer or a sound card, to which any analog sound source such as an amplifier or audio mixer can be connected
itanium	A 64-bit processor manufactured by Intel
exception	When an unplanned or unexpected event occurs, an associated exception object is thrown
right	File and folder-level permissions that allow access to a Web site.
wfp	Windows File Protection, a feature of Windows XP and some other modern versions of Windows, which is intended to prevent the corruption of vital system files
bbl	Chat shorthand for "be back later".
phase alternation line	See PAL
international color consortium	See ICC
umts	The system used in 3G mobile phone networks in Europe.
analog	A way of sending voice, video, or data that is "analogous" to the original signal
web site certificate	A web-site certificate states that a specific web site is secure and genuine
bookmark	Just as a paper bookmark is used as a reminder of the page you are on in a book, electronic bookmarks are used to bring you back to a website or other site you may want to return to
in-circuit test	electrical test of individual component or part of the circuit board instead of testing the whole circuit.
precedence	refers to the rules determining the order in which operators are considered in evaluating an expression.
derived type	an Ada type defined in terms of a parent type
multiple inheritance	The features you got from your mother and father, mixed together unpredictably
one-liner	An entire computer program crammed into one line of text.
collector	1
thread	Virtually the same as a task (see that entry).
execute	To run a program or subroutine
mru	Most Recently Used
rpc	When one part of a program calls on another part to do some work, the action is called a procedure call
cd/dvd recorder	A type of drive that you can attach to your computer in order to copy data from your PC to a recordable CD or DVD.
winsxs	Windows Side By Side
sfc	System File Checker
dvi	Digital Visual Interface
change interval	An estimate of the duration between changes to a URL
ike	Internet Key Exchange
iis	(Microsoft) Internet Information Services
switch statement	A program technique that lets you evaluate an expression and then, based on the value of the expression, do a multiway branch to the appropriate piece of code for that value
ode	Microsoft Office, Developers' Edition (probably).
substitution	Changing parts of a string via the s/// operator
www	World Wide Web
fxp	File extension
scm	Service Control Manager
microperipheral	A device that works with a micro-controller or microprocessor
network packet	A network packet is the fundamental unit of communication on the network
wmv	File Extension
space bar	In a word processing program, don't use multiple spaces to position text
clec	Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
prg	File extension
environment variable	A mechanism by which some high-level agent such as a user can pass its preferences down to its future offspring (child processes, grandchild processes, great-grandchild processes, and so on)
execption	An exceptional situation that prohibits the normal continuation of the program flow.
plus sign	+ (see that entry).
functional test	the electrical testing of an assembled electronic device with simulated function generated by the test hardware and software.
list context	The situation in which an expression is expected by its surroundings (the code calling it) to return a list of values rather than a single value
picture element	A pixel is the smallest area that can be displayed on a monitor
isdn	Integrated Services Digital Network
program	A complete set of program instructions written to perform a task.
owner	The one user (apart from the superuser) who has absolute control over a file
exit status	See status.
vdef	In Windows, the file system driver for unformatted disk drives.
artefact or artifice	Any visible corruption of a graphical image, for example of a JPG image saved with too low a quality setting, or the jagged edges of a line which is nearly but not quite horizontal or vertical.
assignment operator	Either a regular assignment, or a compound operator composed of an ordinary assignment and some other operator, that changes the value of a variable in place, that is, relative to its old value
pixel	One dot of light on the computer screen
pumpking	A pumpkin holder, the person in charge of pumping the pump, or at least priming it
ecc	Error Correcting Code
bps	another indicator of modem speed
off:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to Microsoft Office.
formal parameter	formal argument of a subprogram, entry or generic unit.
dispose	Method for releasing resources acquired by an object
loopback	A diagnostic test or test state in which the transmitted signal is returned to the sending device after passing through a communications link or network.
com	Refer to Component Object Model.
compressed files	Computer files that have been reduced in size by a compression program
proof by contradiction	a method of proof where one assumes the opposite of the thing one is trying to prove, and deduces a contradiction
elements	see HTML Elements
certificate	Coded authorisation information that can be verified by a certification authority to grant system access
fqdn	Fully Qualified Domain Name
pppoe	Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet.
host	A company that uses and makes accessible the information and utilities on an intranet or web site
scope of variable	The accessibility of the variable.
backup and restore	The process of maintaining backup files and putting them back onto the source medium if necessary.
gprs	General Packet Radio Service
query log	See search log.
member variable	Typed memory locations for storing values
asn.1	Abstract Syntax Notation One
hcl	Hardware Compatibility List
ascii art	Artwork composed entirely of ASCII characters used as lines and shapes, not as characters with meanings
subsystem	In general, a collection of modules that have a joint purpose or role in the overall system
libra	Low-Cost Integrated Broadband Radio Access
side-by-side execution	Concurrent execution of multiple versions of an assembly either in the same computer or process
scalar variable	A variable prefixed with $ that holds a single value.
cleartype	An optional feature in Windows XP which is claimed to make text more readable but which actually makes it appear very fuzzy and out of focus, making it much more difficult to read.
fatal error	An uncaught exception, which causes termination of the process after printing a message on your standard error stream
cdr	File extension
wingdings	A symbol font (see that entry).
cim	Common Information Model
ado	ActiveX Data Objects
universal resource name	See URN
form	Any number of user-interactive features in a Web page, including text entry boxes, checkboxes, radio buttons, selection boxes, and any other buttons.
virus	A program which hides inside another program that often copies itself to hide inside other programs as well.
escd	Extended System Configuration Data
ddns	DDNS is an abbreviation for Dynamic DNS.
ohnosecond	Like the millisecond, the microsecond and the nanosecond, the ohnosecond is a measure of time
ol:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to Microsoft Outlook.
real audio	A program used to play sound files
target	the object to which a method is applied
xt	As a suffix after the model number of an ATI video board, this indicates a board much more powerful than the normal board
bus mastering	A system used by PCI expansion boards which enables them to perform processing at the same time as the main processor.
general protection fault	One of the most common errors which occurs in Microsoft Windows
big-endian	From Swift: someone who eats eggs big end first
audit policy	Defines the types of events that will be recorded for the purpose of improving security.
overlay	A program section designed to occupy a specified storage device—e.g
mci	Media Control Interface
windows 9x	Windows 95 and/or Windows 98 (the "x" meaning "any digit").
square brackets	[ and ] (see that entry).
mys	File extension
gsm	Global System for Mobile communications (European standard)
mft	Master File Table
frames	An optional feature of web pages which divides a page into separate scrollable windows
brightness	Brightness (or value) is achieved by adding white or black to the basic color hue
macro cell	Similar to a standard cell but larger
put	overloaded name of predefined procedures exported by Ada.Text_IO and others, used to display data (character or string) on the screen.
vserver.vxd	Sometimes spuriously listed as having failed to load in Bootlog.txt
period	Full stop
extensible markup language base	A facility, similar to that of HTML BASE, for defining base URIs for parts of XML documents.
byte	A piece of data worth eight bits in most places.
aliasing	The pixels on a CRT are square and result in jagged edges in graphic images
cast	In Film and TV "cast " is used for the actors and extras
minimum conductor space	The smallest distance between any two adjacent conductors, such as traces, on a board.
xl	Often used as a synonym for Excel, Microsoft's spreadsheet program
alu	Average Line Utilization
global	Something you can see from anywhere, usually used of variables and subroutines that are visible everywhere in your program
xsub	An external subroutine defined in XS.
w3c	Schema
cyberspace	A term coined by author William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer
nag screen	An annoying message which is regularly displayed by a shareware program until you register it
mlm	Multi-Level Marketing
trs-80	An early home computer sold by the computer known as Tandy in Europe and Radio Shack in the USA and Canada, hence the initials.
rsaci	See "RAT".
act	Application Compatibility Toolkit, a component of Windows XP which may enable programs written for older versions of Windows to be run.
virtual memory	The use of part of a hard disk drive to simulate RAM, using a swap file (also called a paging file).
binary markup language	BML is a binary version of XML, it carries the same information, although using a binary encoding technique.
anti-aliasing	See aliasing.
editpad	See Notepad.
pki	Public Key Infrastructure.
dv	Digital video; used to describe camcorders that record video digitally.
drivespace	Microsoft software which administers one type of compressed disks
javasup	Sometimes spuriously listed as having failed to load in Bootlog.txt
cpi	See Characters per Inch
music 2.0	See MT9.
dwimmer	DWIM is an acronym for "Do What I Mean", the principle that something should just do what you want it to do without an undue amount of fuss
c++	An object-oriented programming language, the closest relative to JavaScript.
streaming	A method of transmitting information, usually sound or video, over the Internet, so that the receiving program can start playing the information as soon as it starts to receive it, without having to wait for the entire file to be downloaded
fraud	A scam intended to cheat victims out of the fair settlement of an agreement by misleading and misrepresenting the facts, method, or outcome, with no intent to fulfill the agreement.
developer	Programmer.
life cycle	The records life cycle is the life span of a record from its creation or receipt to its final disposition
xsd	File extension
on hook	See Hook.
server	A computer in a network that provides access to other computers in the network to programs, web pages, data, or other files and services, such as printer access or communications access
telco	A telco is a telephone company
trustbridge	Directory-enabled middleware supporting the federation of identities across corporate boundaries.
indefinite subtype	an unconstrained array type, a record type with a discriminant and no default values, or a classwide type.
pda	Personal Digital Assistant
bfn	Chat shorthand for "bye for now".
code	The word returned by the ref function when you apply it to a reference to a subroutine
invocant	The agent on whose behalf a method is invoked
horde	A browser-based webmail program for use on servers
he	Higher Education
cω	C-Omega is an experimental programming language which extends C#
sound	The following sound file types are used for compressed sound files through The Internet: WAV, AU AIFF, MIDI.
streaming	Multimedia files are typically large
w3c	World Wide Web Consortium
emulator	Hardware or software engineered to make one type of computer or other component behave as if it were another type
land extensible markup language	The LandXML schema facilitates the exchange of data create during the Land Planning, Civil Engineering and Land Survey process.
video/vga port	The I/O port where you plug in your monitor.
usenet	The world's largest public "bulletin board," where folks post and reply to messages from others
driver	A software program or hardware device which controls or regulates a hardware device
gse	File extension
type	a description of data and method signatures for an object
pass by value	Supply the value of a variable as an argument to a procedure
xp	Acronym for Extreme Programming
bandwidth	Literally, the frequency width of a transmission channel in Hertz, kiloHertz, megaHertz, etc
source code	The actual text that comprises the program itself.
smart	See "S.M.A.R.T.".
side effects	Something extra that happens when you evaluate an expression
byte	A set of Bits that represent a single character
internet society	See ISOC
extensible customer information language	Although name and address data is the key identifier of a customer, other data helps to uniquely identify a customer
upper case	Capital letters.
y2k	The computer millennium bug, caused by only using two digits for year numbers instead of four.
drupal	A CMS (Content Management System).
xa	See CD-ROM and CD-ROM XA.
alpha test	In software development, an early stage of testing by in-house personnel to identify bugs in the program
ebd	Emergency Boot Disk.
error handler	A programming statement that changes program flow in case an error is encountered.
elf image	An ELF executable image that can be loaded and run on a target system either immediately or after additional processing.
role	one end of an association
word processor	A computer program in which you generate, edit, store, transmit, or duplicate electronic text documents.
bitmap	An image, held as a set of RGB (red, green and blue) brightness values for a rectangle of pixels
true	A logical (Boolean) value, returned from a comparison.
gnd	File extension
identity	the manner in which individual objects are distinguished in an RDBMS
question mark	? (see that entry).
literal	A constant made available to a program by direct inclusion in the source code.
icmp	Internet Control Message Protocol
octal	A number in base 8
compile-time	The period during which a program is being compiled, as distinct from run-time when a program is actually running
path	The list of directories the system searches to find a program you want to execute
yacc	Yet Another Compiler Compiler
here document	So called because of a similar construct in shells that pretends that the lines following the command are a separate file to be fed to the command, up to some terminating string
easter egg	A hidden feature of a program, written largely for the amusement of the programmer
syntax	The precisely structured way in which program statements must be written in order to be compiled.
extensible hypertext markup language	This is a real effort to clean up code creation by making the rules of coding very strict
isam	Indexed Sequential Access Method
at sign	@ (see that entry).
cul	Chat shorthand for "see you later".
object code	The compiled form of a program
fmv	Full Motion Video, as used in graphical adventure games, etc.
download	The process of transferring information from one computer to another
symbol	The word has many different meanings in many different contexts
emoticon	A symbol constructed from two or more characters, read sideways, used to convey an emotion or to indicate the sense in which a comment was made
pm	File extension
software	Instructions that tell the computer hardware what to do or how to act; the brains of the computer.
sequential couleur avec memoire	See SECAM
php	PHP Hypertext Processor
trs2004	Trainz Railway Simulator 2004, a program published by Auran.
use type clause	a context clause that makes the primitive operations of a type (and nothing else) visible to clients.
qbe	Query By Example
prj:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to Microsoft Project, a project administration system.
sx	See "DX".
shs	File extension
controlled document	any document for which distribution and status are to be kept current by the issuer to ensure that authorized holders or users have available the most up to date version.
dcc	Direct Cable Connection
migration	Act of moving records from one system to another, while maintaining the records' authenticity, integrity, and reliability.
format specification	A string which controls how input or output shall be presented.
rf	Radio Frequency
bcl	Refer to Base Class Library.
tapi	Telephony Application Programming Interface
jpeg	Jpeg derives its name from the Joint Photographic Experts Group who created the standard
bounce	An email reply informing a sender that there was a problem delivering an email.
us-cert	See CERT.
modulus	The result of the modulo (%) operator, which returns the remainder of a division operation
dispatch	To send something to its correct destination
associativity	Determines whether you do the left operator first or the right operator first when you have "A operator B operator C" and the two operators are of the same precedence
asymmetric digital subscriber line	See ADSL
chip	1
acc:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to the Microsoft Access database system.
svg	Scalable Vector Graphics
record	A set of related data values in a file or stream, often associated with a unique key field
ras	Remote Access Service (or Services?)
igp	Interior Gateway Protocol
fifo	First In, First Out
cern	the European Organization for Nuclear Research where the web was born
gif	Graphic Interchange Format
the mozilla organization	Schema
off hook	See Hook.
term	Short for a "terminal", that is, a leaf node of a syntax tree
dao	Data Access Object
dom	Document Object Model
directanimation	One part of DirectX, which provides a means for programs to create animated graphical images in two or three dimensions
nailed line	A permanent connection between endpoints over which two parties exchange data
vsu	See Multiband VSU.
cathode	1
fixed_io	a predefined generic package exported by Ada.Text_IO, used to support input and output of text representing values of user-defined fixed-point types.
bsod	Blue Screen Of Death - see that entry.
validation	The checking of data to see if it is sensible in the context being used
web integration adapter	An adapter that retrieves and adapts Web content using WIDL files to map the source content to Wireless XML.
focus	When a user clicks on a form element and it becomes "active" for interaction, it is said to "have the focus."
identity theft	An umbrella term used for any type of identity fraud
mb	Megabyte
overriding	Hiding or invalidating some other definition of the same name
nwredir	In Windows, the file system driver for network drives mapped by the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks.
wcs	Frequencies in the 2.3 GHz band designated for general fixed wireless use and auctioned earlier this year.
ellipsis	..
host	The main computer in a system of computers or terminals connected by communications links.
shtm	File extension
lower case	Small letters.
lsp	Layered Service Provider
lithography	From the root "litho" meaning "stone" and "graph" meaning "writing". Lithography is the transfer of a pattern or image from one medium to another, as from a mask to a wafer
otr	Old Time Radio
block buffering	A method of making input and output efficient by passing one block at a time
security update	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 824684 includes the following definition of this term as used by Microsoft: "A security update is a broadly released fix for a product-specific, security-related vulnerability
synchronization	In serial data transmission, a method of ensuring that the receiving end can recognize characters in the order in which the transmitting end sent them, and can know where one character ends and the next begins
bit	Binary digit
tsr	Terminate and Stay Resident
full duplex	Simultaneous two-way communication path.
xpointer	Candidate Recommendation 3 July 2000
semaphore	A fancy kind of interlock that prevents multiple threads or processes from using up the same resources simultaneously.
format check	A validation check to ensure that the characters conform to some defined pattern.
cable	A means of accessing the Internet that runs through your cable TV coaxial connection.
mspx	File extension
vkd	Virtual Keyboard Device Driver.
spx	Sequenced Packet Exchange
dynamic polymorphism	run-time dispatching to one of several possible operations having the same name.
wide area information services	See WAIS
operator	A symbol (comprising one or more characters) representing an action to be performed on one or more operands to produce a value.
intro	See Demo [3].
a1s	All Ones
cast	Conversion of a value from one type to another
thread	Like a forked process, but without fork's inherent memory protection
form factor	A management/marketing pseudo-technical term, meaning size and shape
motion picture experts group	Another compression technique for video and audio
multiplexing	An electronic or optical process that combines a large number of lower speed lines into common bit stream for longer distance/high speed transmission
validation	The practice of evaluating data to see whether it meets some criteria.
carat	A common mis-spelling of caret.
automated test markup language	Automated Test Markup Language
microsoft solutions framework	MSF is a formal approach to technology development projects derived from a set of concepts, disciplines, guidelines, models, practices, and principles promoted by Microsoft.
magical increment	An increment operator that knows how to bump up alphabetics as well as numbers.
hsupa	High-Speed Uplink Packet Access
nntp	Network News Transfer Protocol
al3	One EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) standard that ACORD develops, known as AL3, is focused on the communication between property/casualty organizations, their agents and other trading partners.
active server page	See ASP [1].
universal relation assumption	the assumption that every attribute in the universal relation schema has a unique name
web	Short for World Wide Web.
session	The state a connection reaches when both parties can communicate with each other.
serial port	An older kind of versatile computer port that can connect a variety of devices to the PC; it has been largely replaced with USB ports.
linker	A binding tool that resolves symbol references to symbol definitions.
vista	Refer to Windows Vista.
field	Part of a record used to store a single data item of a particular type.
listserv	An email mailing list handling program
iteration	Repetition of a sequence of steps until a condition is satisfied or while a condition is satisfied.
var	Companies that package solutions around products they sell.
compiled html	See CHM.
discussion server	A computer that stores discussion text and information about the location of the file being discussed.
tivo	See PVR.
owner	The company, institution, or person who owns and - usually - maintains a Website
cartesian product	set of all ordered pairs (or triples etc) of elements from two (or three etc) sets
function	A subroutine that returns a value.
stage	In the world of theatre and music production the stage is the designtaed area where the production is executed
x	A wild card, representing any digit or number
b2c	Acronym for Business to Consumer—exchanging information between business and consumer entities.
call by reference	An argument-passing mechanism in which the formal arguments refer directly to the actual arguments, and the subroutine can change the actual arguments by changing the formal arguments
feature pack	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 824684 includes the following definition of this term as used by Microsoft: "A feature pack is new product functionality that is first distributed outside the context of a product release and that is typically included in the next full product release."
thumbnail	A small copy of an image (a photograph, etc) displayed for preview purposes.
content type	Content type is a technical term (following RFC2045 and RFC2046) used for describing the content of a web document so that a user agent can handle the content properly
chown	A UNIX command meaning "change ownership."
f2p	Free To Play
iterate	To repeatedly move through a program loop.
mouse	A helpful device that lets you work with graphical objects that the computer displays on the monitor.
laziness	The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure
tilde	~ (see that entry).
open source	Open source software is software which is provided publicly in source code form
etla	Extended Three Letter Acronym
signal processing	Electronic functions that enhance the representations of physical or electrical phenomena
dbm	Stands for "Data Base Management" routines, a set of routines that emulate an associative array using disk files
dialler	A malicious program which uses your modem to make international phone calls, supposedly to provide access to pornographic web sites
thunk	A small section of a program which converts parameters between 16 bits and 32 bits, thus allowing a 16-bit program to use a 32-bit subroutine or vice-versa.
rendezvous	the Ada mechanism used to synchronize the interaction between two tasks.
bizcodes initiative	BizCodes Initiative is focused on promoting the concept of a universal reference system for XML based eBusiness that transcends individual schemas and industry specific exchange formats to provide a true 'lingua franca' for global eBusiness interchanges.
movie	When the film industry began images could "move" and the term moving pictures, shortened to movies, began to be used
regular expression modifier	An option on a pattern or substitution, such as /i to render the pattern case insensitive
mosaic	Mosaic was the first popular browser that supported images and was developed by Marc Andreessen at NCSA.
user experience preferences	A set of preferences, specified by a user, that affect the user experience that results from adaptation for a given delivery context
ans	Advanced Networking Services, an Intel software component.
collection	A segment of a search index
sr	Service Repository
folder	Directory or subdirectory - an area of a hard disk, a floppy disk or an exchangeable disk, etc, containing a set of files.
braces	Curly brackets, { and }.
dip	dual in-line package with two rows of leads from the base in standard spacing between the leads and row
bgp	Border Gateway Protocol
mru	Maximum Receive Unit
backbone	The part of the communications network intended to and designed to carry the bulk of traffic
virtual reality modeling language	See VRML
operator	A gizmo that transforms some number of input values to some number of output values, often built into a language with a special syntax or symbol
email	Electronic Mail messages sent from one person to another via the internet.
decrement	To subtract a value from a variable, as in "decrement $x" (meaning to remove 1 from its value) or "decrement $x by 3".
entry body	a program unit nested in the body of a protected unit, which implements the operation promised by the corresponding entry declaration.
joint photographic experts group	The image file format best suited to photographs, due to its ability to handle colour transitions well and compress complicated photos into a smaller size
http gateway	An HTTP server which acts as an intermediary for some other HTTP server
page	Basic structural element of a Website
bipolar	A type of transistor noted for its speed where a flow of both conduction electrons and holes determine the device characteristics.
continuation	The treatment of more than one physical line as a single logical line
related queries	Formerly called "synonyms." Administrators for the search appliances can use related queries to associate alternative words or phrases with specified search terms
asn.1 markup language	XML encoding of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
results page	A page that appears after a search concludes
enterprise manager daemon	The Enterprise Manager Daemon handles the different components metrics and displays them in a component specific HTML page
ps/2 port	A type of connection dedicated to the kind of keyboard and mouse that feature this connector.
beta test	In software development, a stage of testing where the program is tried out with a selected trial audience to find and correct bugs, usually people of similar backgrounds to those expected to use the software
critical update	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 824684 includes the following definition of this term as used by Microsoft: "A critical update is a broadly released fix for a specific problem that addresses a critical, non-security-related bug."
extreme ultraviolet technology	A technology for extending ultraviolet lithography by manufacturing a lens with concave and convex mirrors
octet	Eight data bits.
american national standards institute	See ANSI
postmaster	The person responsible for taking care of email services, answering questions and complaints at a particular site
adaptec	A publisher of CD burning software
microsoft office specialist	Office Specialist is a certification recognized by the industry for professional developers who demonstrate advanced skills with Microsoft desktop software, i.e
vertical bar	\| (see that entry).
mtrr	Memory Type Range Register
gpg	GNU Privacy Guard
qualified expression	an expression preceded by a subtype name, as in Color'Silver or Metal'Silver, used to eliminate ambiguity or aid readability.
ascii character set	first 128 of the 256 in the Latin-1 set.
variable	Typed memory storage location
asterisk	* (see that entry).
rts/cts	Ready To Send/Clear To Send
chump	File extension
hel	Hardware Emulation Layer
q+e	See QBE.
abstraction	reasoning in which lower-level details are ignored while one focuses on selected higher-level concerns.
hid	Human Interface Device
webmail	Any application which allows you to access your email through a web browser
content management system	A software system that stores and manages documents and provides document source control services such as securing controlled-access documents and archiving
escrow scam	A scam that occurs when a thief/scammer convinces the victim to use a phony third-party escrow service to exchange money and merchandise
dnsadmin	A program that manages DNS services and clustering.
kin	File extension
ipr	The conditions under which the information created by one party may be appreciated by another party.
stringification	The process of producing a string representation of an abstract object.
masm:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to the Microsoft's Macro Assembler.
encapsulation	A term used in object oriented programming
im	File extension
service provider interface	See SPI.
platform sdk	Platform Software Development Kit
mail exchanger	MX is a DNS record type which indicates a domain’s mailserver address(es)
dsound.vxd	Sometimes spuriously listed as having failed to load in Bootlog.txt
avi	Audio Video Interleaved
circumfix operator	An operator that surrounds its operand, like the angle operator, or parentheses, or a hug.
fs:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to the Microsoft Flight Simulator program.
dmz	De-Militarised Zone
line buffering	Used by a standard I/O output stream that flushes its buffer after every newline
autoload	To load on demand
aiff	Audio Interchange File Format
metacharacter	A character that is not supposed to be treated normally
construct	As a noun, a piece of syntax made up of smaller pieces
lvalue	Term used by language lawyers for a storage location you can assign a new value to, such as a variable or an element of an array
quotas	Limits to the amount of disk space a user is allowed to take up.
paper output tray	The location on a computer printer where the printer paper comes out and is stacked.
pvr	Personal Video Recorder
rom	Read-only memory; Permanent memory that can’t be altered by the microprocessor.
sfp	System File Protection
snap	SubNetwork Access Protocol
ipf	Invalid Page Fault
pub:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to Microsoft Publisher, which I think is a desktop publisher program (although how it differs from Word I do not know).
ascii	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
logging off	The opposite of logging on, where the computer service is informed that you want to terminate the connection
scalar literal	A number or quoted string--an actual value in the text of your program, as opposed to a variable.
initialize	To assign a starting value to a variable
pnd	Present Next Digit
lhsp	A folder in Windows ME, probably associated with a text-to-speech facility
dlc	Data Link Control
substrate	The body or base layer of an integrated circuit, onto which other layers are deposited to form the circuit
file type	Extension
csv file	A text file with one record per line and each field separated from the next by a comma
overclocking	Running a computer component such as a processor or a video board at a faster speed than its designers intended, in an attempt to make it perform more quickly
source code	The original, human readable form of a program, written in the programming language.
inheritance	What you get from your ancestors, genetically or otherwise
binary	Binary means the use of only two values, zero and one, in encoding data
nanotechnology*	The ability to see, measure and make objects that are within the same tiny size scale as atoms and molecules
rsc	A JISC Regional Support Centre - see http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/services/as_rsc/rsc_home/rscs_contact.aspx
musical instrument digital interface	See MIDI
indexing	Pertaining to record keeping, the process of establishing and applying terms or codes to records, to be used to retrieve them and to search for and analyze information in records across classifications or categories.
eap	Extensible Authentication Protocol
non-volatile ram	Also commonly NVRAM
home highway	BT's trade name for their domestic ISDN service.
formal public identifier	See FPI
ieee 1394	See FireWire.
bareword	A word sufficiently ambiguous to be deemed illegal under use strict 'subs'
structured english	The use of the English language with the control structures of structured programming in order to describe an algorithm
system board	The main printed circuit board of a computer
wireless application forum	See WAF
cost management	See call filters.
hexadecimal	A number in base 16, "hex" for short
internic	InterNIC (now known as Network Solutions) currently holds an exclusive contract with the U.S
algorithm	A set of steps for solving a problem.
output	Anything that the computer produces.
protocol	A set of rules that defines how computers transmit information to each other, allowing different types of computer hardware and software to communicate with each other
public domain	Something not owned by anybody
tla	Three Letter Acronym
adf	Automatic document feeder
associative array	See hash
text	A string or file containing primarily printable characters.
transparency	Images in the computer environment are always square or rectangular
chord markup language	ChordML represents music synoptically
true	Any scalar value that doesn't evaluate to 0 or "".
rtm	Released To Manufacture
wmi	Windows Management Infrastructure/Windows Management Instrumentation (Microsoft are inconsistent regarding the name, even within the same window as displayed in WMIMGMT.MSIC)
txt	File extension
simple network management protocol	See SNMP
alpha channel	A term associated with graphics
interpreter	A program which runs a program written in a high level language
gif	"giff"
anim	File extension
platform preview	A beta version of a program, i.e
angstrom	One ten-billionth of a meter
pascal	Another programming language, somewhat similar to C.
gps	Global Positioning System
pl	File extension
local	Not meaning the same thing everywhere
nanoscale*	The size range of objects studied by nanotechnologists.
ddk	Device Driver Kit.
ajax	asynchronous JavaScript and XML
anti-aliasing	Attempting to remove the jagged edges of nearly horizontal or vertical edges displayed on a monitor, usually by means of fading individual pixels.
ontology	A description (like a formal specification of a program) of the concepts and relationships that can exist for an agent or a community of agents
ocr	Optical character recognition; a program that allows the computer to read text from a scanned item and convert it to text that you can edit.
wd:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to Microsoft Word.
accept statement	a compound statement in a task body, which corresponds to an entry in the task declaration.
sans serif font	Serifs are the little marks at each of each stroke of each character that are present in some fonts
crl	Certificate Revocation List
microsoft...	In most cases, see under individual product names
dos	Denial of Service
false	The value returned from a comparison operation, if the comparison is invalid.
jnlp	File extension
system unit	The main box of the PC; also called the console
html page	See Page.
dvi-a	A DVI socket with analogue output only.
moderator	In some Internet newsgroups and mailing lists, a person through whom all messages are filtered before they are distributed to the members of the newsgroup or list
mcse	Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
specialization	The process where from a general concept, more specific concepts are derived
del and delete keys	See Left Delete Key and Right Delete Key.
line	In Unix, a sequence of zero or more non-newline characters terminated with a newline character
fractal image format	See FIF
limited	a reserved word, used in declaring a type to have limited operations, in that it cannot be used in assignments or checks for equality or inequality.
dsa	Digital Signature Algorithm
cd ripper	See DAC.
chipset	A group of chips that work together to perform a specific task or function
cast	In the C programming language, a function which converts data from one variable type to another, in the same way as the STR$ and VAL functions do in BASIC
swt	Standard Widget Toolkit
master service	The core implementation of a service
entry call statement	a simple statement that issues a call to an entry of a task -- similar in form to a procedure call.
cbga	Ceramic Ball Grid Array.
ca	Certificate Authority
relationship	See "Join".
win9x	Windows 95 or Windows 98
stl	Standard Template Library
frame	A segment of a digital signal that has a repetitive characteristic in that corresponding elements of successive frames represent the same things
integer	A type predefined in current Pascal to occupy four bytes and to be signed (can be positive or negative).
parse tree	See syntax tree.
s.m.a.r.t.	Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
aac	File extension
dcmi	The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
chip's challenge	A very highly recommended game, included in Microsoft's Windows Entertainment Pack
subprogram	an Ada program unit that specifies a sequence of actions
cyberspace	Term originated by author William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer the word Cyberspace is currently used to describe the whole range of information resources available through computer networks.
overloading	see Method Overloading.
goto statement	a simple statement that transfers control to a labeled location.
gart	Graphics Address Remapping Table
assembler	A program that translates a program written in assembly language into machine code.
link	A reference from one document to another (external link), or from one location in the same document to another (internal link), that can be followed efficiently using a computer
rtfm	An invitation for a user to kindly consult the printed documentation which accompanied the product: Read the flaming manual!
file handling services	services provided by predefined generic packages named Ada.Direct_IO, Ada.Sequential_IO, Ada.Streams, and Ada.Streams.Stream_IO.
odl	Object Description Language.
implicit conversion	a type conversion that takes place automatically, without explicit coding by the programmer.
floating-point number	Number having a decimal place or exponent.
semantics	The meanings assigned to symbols and sets of symbols in a language.
pve	Player versus Environment
nanometer	A metric unit of linear measure which equals one billionth of a meter
stack	A device you can put things on the top of, and later take them back off in the opposite order in which you put them on
net messaging	A Microsoft product which appears to be very similar to NetMeeting (see that entry).
web page	A collection of information, consisting of one or more resources, intended to be rendered simultaneously, and identified by a single Uniform Resource Identifier.
hash sign	# (see that entry).
ndis2sup.vxd	Sometimes spuriously listed as having failed to load in Bootlog.txt
xpath	W3C Recommendation 16 November 1999
rv	A recreational vehicle, not to be confused with vehicular recreation
symbol	Generally, any token or metasymbol
af	Anisotropic Filtering
hotu	Home Of The Underdogs, a software repository web site for old abandoned games
color depth	or bit depth, refers to the number of bits used to describe the color of a pixel
entry-level	The least expensive model in a manufacturer's range of models.
decomposition	The act of dividing up one or more authored units during creation of a set of perceivable units appropriate for a particular delivery context
command	In shell programming, the syntactic combination of a program name and its arguments
wrl	File extension
intensity	Intensity is also known as chroma or saturation
dot com	An informal name for the type of company created specifically as an e-commerce operation
edu	The Internet top-level domain for educational institutions (universities, schools, etc).
service	Something you do for someone else to make them happy, like giving them the time of day (or of their life)
bit shift	The movement of bits left or right in a computer word, which has the effect of multiplying or dividing by a power of 2.
separator	A character or string that keeps two surrounding strings from being confused with each other
du	Distribution Unit
pumpkin	A notional "baton" handed around the Perl community indicating who is the lead integrator in some arena of development.
impact printer	A type of computer printer that uses an ink ribbon and some device to physically bang the ribbon on the paper.
function	A collection of JavaScript statements that perform a particular operation
osk	On-Screen Keyboard
increment	To increase the value of a variable, usually by 1.
library	Generally, a collection of procedures
active perceivable unit	A perceivable unit that is currently being rendered by the user agent and with which interaction may be possible.
proportional font	A font in which each character has a different width, for example a small "i" is much narrower than a capital "M"
iframe	Inline frame
ripper	See "DAC".
xlk	File extension
ieee	Acronym for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
mimo	Multiple input, multiple output
double quote	" (see that entry).
discussion group	See News.
user locale	Setting that determines formats and sort orders for date, time, currency, and so on
boolean	A value that is either true or false.
distribution	A standard, bundled release of a system of software
mesh	In computer graphics, an internal representation of the shape of a 3D object, usually in the form of numerous polygons
pots	Plain Old Telephone System
vpowerd	Sometimes spuriously listed as having failed to load in Bootlog.txt
isp	An Internet Service Provider is a company that provides access to the Internet
setgid	Same as setuid, only having to do with giving away group privileges.
hci	Human Computer Interaction
ad markup language	Markup for Advertisements
hive	Any of the top-level branches of the Registry.
syntax	From Greek, "with-arrangement"
errno	The error number returned by a syscall when it fails
theme	I think a "theme" is a collection of Windows appearance settings (the colours and sizes of the objects which appear in the vast majority of Windows programs)
bioinformatic sequence markup language	TheBioinformatic Sequence Markup Language (BSML) encodes biological sequence information and includes graphical representations of biologically meaningful objects such as sequences, genes, electrophoresis gels, and multiple alignments..
sdvxd	A temporary disk cache mechanism created while Windows starts up and destroyed when this process completes, leading a spurious error message in the Bootlog.txt file
eula	End User Licence Agreement
wave table synthesis	A means used by many sound boards to create musical notes when playing MIDI files
variable	A "label" that refers to some value
bayonet connector	See BNC
whs	Windows Home Server.
superscript	One or more characters written slightly above the level of the other characters, for example to represent exponentiation (indexes, powers) in mathematical expressions such as x2 and X3.
respective terminology	Set of frequently used standard terms for a certain application area.
afk	Chat abbreviation for "away from keyboard".
laptop	A portable computer.
reliability	The ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time.
filter	A set of rules that define what packets may pass through a network
i-nlsp	Integrated Net Layer Security Protocol
garbage collection	The retrieving of areas of storage no longer in use, and making them available for re-use
corona wire	A charged wire in a laser printer that draws the toner off the drum onto the paper.
actual arguments	The scalar values that you supply to a function or subroutine when you call it
document management	A systematic method for storing, locating, and keeping track of information that is valuable to a business
rotoscoping	A rotoscope is an animation stand used to project a sequence of action frames against a surface
qfe	Quick Fix Engineering
left click	To click the left mouse button.
hydravision	Software published by ATI for use with their video boards, to enable two or more adjacent monitors to display a single combined very wide image.
upgrade	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 824684 includes the following definition of this term as used by Microsoft: "An upgrade is a software package that replaces an installed version of a product with a newer version of the same product
development environment	Programming environment
closed	The "on" position of a switch, since then the electrical circuit is connected.
mega	1,048,576 (1024 x 1024, 2 to the twentieth power).
msjvm	Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
mpeg-21	Multimedia Framework
db	Database.
mime	"Mime"
drw:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to the Microsoft Draw.
discrete_random	child of Ada.Numerics, used to generate discrete random numbers.
ordinal	An ordered set of values.
pipeline	A series of processes all in a row, linked by pipes, where each passes its output stream to the next.
argitrade	Schema
c4	Controlled Collapsed Chip Connect
spi	Service Provider Interface.
durability	The capacity of a system to support persistent data
codec	In the videoconferencing world, a video codec converts analog video signals from a video camera to digital signals for transmission over digital circuits, and then converts the digital signals back to analog signals for display
java	A programming language that extends the Web to handle the distribution of interactive content: video, audio, multimedia, and so on
sample	Normally used to mean a sound sample, i.e
root	The superuser (UID == 0)
closed system	An environment in which system access is controlled by persons who are responsible for the content of electronic records that are on the system.
fonts	See Fixed Font, Monospaced Font, Non-Proportional Font, Proportional Font, Sans Serif Font, Serif Font and TrueType Font.
yellow book	See Book.
documents	Any content acquired by traversing or crawling
wi-fi	See "Wireless Network".
symbolic reference	A variable whose value is the name of another variable or subroutine
buffer	A temporary holding location for data
ezine	An "electronic magazine."
domainkeys	A anti-spam email system proposed by Yahoo in May 2004
mb	The abbreviation for megabyte, roughly one million bytes.
array context	An archaic expression for what is more correctly referred to as list context.
dictionary attack	A method whereby a malicious user tries to guess a password using words found in a dictionary
web page identifier	A Uniform Resource Identifier intended to be recognized by a user as representing the identity of a specific Web Page (resource).
webcast	To use the Internet to broadcast live or delayed audio and/or video transmissions, much like traditional television and radio broadcasts
conditional	Something "iffy"
nibble	Four bits, half a byte
parameter	See argument.
accessible member	A member that can be accessed by a given type
xslt	Acronym for eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation
msp	File extension
bofh	"Bastard Operator From Hell," a classic diary of the ultimate in outrageous system support widely posted on Usenet
adware	See "Ad-Ware".
trojan horse	A software program which pretends to do one thing but actually acts as a virus
value	Some form of data
drod	Deadly Rooms Of Death, a superb logic puzzle game (despite its name)
common associations list	a tool used to identify associations for a domain model – a list of common types of associations
web log	Also weblog or blog
p3p	Platform for Privacy Preferences
ion implatation	One way that the surface of a chip is transformed
server	In networking, a process that either advertises a service or just hangs around at a known location and waits for clients who need service to get in touch with it.
pst	File extension
emulator	A program which allows one type of computer to mimic another and thereby to run programs written for that other computer
x	File extension
capture	v
dvd	Digital video disc; a removable computer storage medium that has a larger capacity than a CD.
accessibility	The art of ensuring that, to as large an extent as possible, facilities (such as, for example, Web access) are available to people whether or not they have impairments of one sort or another.
modulo	The % operator.
html help	See CHM.
execute	To perform the actions specified in the program code.
mfc	Microsoft Foundation Classes
target file	The file or files created as a result of a program's installation procedure
integer_io	a predefined generic package exported by Ada.Text_IO, used to support input and output of text representing values of user-defined integer types.
favourites	See Bookmarks.
database management system	see DBMS
electronic component	a part of the printed circuit board, such as resistor, capacitor, transistor, etc.
directory	A special file that contains other files
uddi	Universal Description, Discovery and Integration
anti-aliasing	Pixels on CRT screens are square and result in jagged edges where colors meet
module	Program, or part of a program.
operators and precedence	Top to bottom:
development kit	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 824684 includes the following definition of this term as used by Microsoft: "A development kit is software that is designed to help developers to write new programs
mdi	Multiple Document Interface
k56flex	See V.90.
dao	(Microsoft) Data Access Object
inactive record / document	A record/document that has business value but is not readily used that should be transferred and retained in less expensive or accessible space and media based on established retention, transfer, and disposition schedules.
edge connector	a connector on the circuit-substrate edge in the form of plated pads or lines of coated holes used to connect other circuit board or electronic device.
s-video	A type of video signal output by some video boards, suitable for input to televisions
locator	The reference to an anchor
ict	Information and Communication Technology
giga	1,073,741,824 (1024 x 1024 x 1024, 2 to the thirtieth power).
oem	Original Equipment Manufacturer
directmusic	That part of DirectX which handles the playing of music files.
usb	Universal Serial Bus - see that entry.
webcrawler	Another Web search engine, somewhat old: http://www.webcrawler.com.
application	Software that carries out a task that would be necessary in the absence of computers (e.g
dither	To create an otherwise unobtainable colour by creating a pattern of dots of two or more colours which can be created (dithering in space)
composition	a form of aggregation where the ‘part’ is part of only one ‘whole’, and its existence and location and other features are tied to the whole
rexx and regina	Rexx is a very obscure programming language, designed to teach programming to beginners
shareware	See "Register".
field	Computer-allocated space for data input.
ac power	Power that comes from an electrical outlet in the wall or power strip.
disco	File extension
cts	See RTS/CTS.
decompress	To convert compressed, unreadable data into uncompressed, readable data.
i/o addresses	Input/Output Addresses
pap	Password Authentication Protocol
meta tag	HTML tags that can be specified within an HTML document and that are not displayed to the end user, but which may contain information about the document
input	Information sent to and received by your computer.
iteration	Doing something repeatedly.
ocr	Optical Character Recognition
signaling types	The sending device and the receiving device must send signals in order to synchronize their clocks and determine where one block of data ends and the next begins
unknown network	Unknown networks are those networks that are neither trusted nor untrusted
bitmapped font	Same as raster font - see that entry.
synchronous transmission	A transmission mode in which the data moves in large blocks, called messages or frames
dtmf	Dual-Tone Multifrequency
move	a predefined procedure exported by Ada.Strings.Fixed, used to copy and truncate or pad strings.
pagerank	See Enterprise PageRank.
base	The electrode of a transistor which controls the movements of electrons or holes by means of an electric field on it
dash	- (see that entry).
ndis	See network device interface specification.
iso	An international group of national standards bodies.
mpeg-1	MPEG-1 is used for digital video at low compression rate
parent object	If object A contains a property B, where property B is also an object, then A is the parent object to B.
irc	Internet Relay Chat
single quote	Also called an apostrophe: ' .
a/s/l	A coded question frequently used in teenage chats
der	Distinguished Encoding Rules
zombie	A process that has died (exited) but whose parent has not yet received proper notification of its demise by virtue of having called wait or waitpid
wireless lan	See "Wireless Network".
msvbvm50.dll and msvbvm60.dll	See "Visual BASIC Runtime Library Files".
rgb	RGB color stands for "Red Green Blue" (see color) and is an additive color mechanism
comment	A remark that doesn't affect the meaning of the program
re:	Reply
value	Value or brightness is achieved by adding white or black to the basic color hue
method	A kind of action that an object can take if you tell it to
ifo	File extension
tweening	In the early days of animation the senior animation designer would draw the major frames where changes would take place
ageia physx	A physics calculations co-processor hardware add-on
multimedia	Any computer program that uses one or more of the following: text, graphics, sound, and video.
cddb	A database of audio CD's, listing artist names, album names and track names, keyed by each CD's serial number
generator	The generator is the backbone of qooxdoo's build process
b2c	Business to Consumer
z buffering	A term associated with 3D graphics, I think.
brb	Chat shorthand for "be right back".
riaa	Recording Industry Association of America
rs-232	A set of EIA standards specifying various electrical and mechanical characteristics for interfaces between DTE and DCE data communications devices
iv	The integer four, not to be confused with six, Tom's favorite editor
check digit	An extra calculated digit added to the end of a code number
window	A distinct rectangular region on the screen, usually with borders and a top bar that allows to drag it around
dcom	Acronym for Distributed Component Object Model
case statement	A selection statement allowing one of several groups of statements to be executed depending on the data being processed.
fragmentation	The act of dividing up one or more authored units to create a set of perceivable units appropriate for a particular delivery context
reaping	The last rites performed by a parent process on behalf of a deceased child process so that it doesn't remain a zombie
newspaper columns	A facility provided in some word processing programs, which allows text to be laid out in vertical columns
lvalue modifier	An adjectival pseudofunction that warps the meaning of an lvalue in some declarative fashion
spoof	An attack wherein the attacker conceals his identity by appearing as another user through the falsification of data, such as email headers.
synchronous optical network	See SONET
glossary	A collection of words with their meanings
filtering	One type of filtering transmits a selected range of energy to suppress unwanted frequencies or noise
connector	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 824684 includes the following definition of this term as used by Microsoft: "A connector is a software component that is designed to support connections between software."
.htaccess	A file that resides in a specific directory, and contains configuration information applying to that directory
cdfs	In Windows, the file system driver for CD-ROM drives.
compilation	The act of translation performed by a compiler.
assign	Refer a value to a variable name.
jet	"Jet"
regworm	Registration Worm
boolean	An element of logic: true, false, and (&&), or (\|\|).
postnuke	A CMS (Content Management System).
ttl	TTL is an acronym for “Time To Live”
shttp	Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
domain forwarding	A technique that allows you or your users to automatically send visitors to a domain when they access another domain
usenet	See News.
iterator	A special programming gizmo that keeps track of where you are in something that you're trying to iterate over
standard input	The default input stream for your program, which if possible shouldn't care where its data is coming from
xla	File extension
circuit board	Same as printed circuit board
dbms	Database Management System
prb:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to problems which have not yet been resolved.
qualified	Possessing a complete name
sata	Serial ATA
pass	The number of times that the source text has to be scanned or rescanned in order to compile the program
blue-screen video	The combination of a human actor on top of a computer generated background, as in some graphical adventure games
burton	Codename for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2005
exceptions classes	Following is the class hierarchy of Exception class:
hypertext	Text linked together in a complex, nonsequential web of associations in which the user can browse through related topics
bmp	Bit Map unique format for Windows electronic graphics files.
class	a container for objects
dvd	Digital Versatile Disk
expression	A combination of symbols that returns a value when executed.
iteration	One sweep through a program loop.
call	A single session in which a calling device and an answering device connect over the WAN.
string context	The situation in which an expression is expected by its surroundings (the code calling it) to return a string
x2	See V.90.
mirc	An IRC program (see that entry).
stylus	A kind of mouse that looks like a pen and draws on a special pad, which translates to the computer display.
audio interchange file format	See AIFF
lazarus	A free and open source IDE for creating console and graphical Pascal and Object Pascal applications
ncs	Network Configuration Services, an Intel software component.
default	A value chosen for you if you don't supply a value of your own.
utf-8	UTF-8 is an 8-bit character set specified by Unicode Technical Committee
pbbg	Persistent Browser-Based Game
smb	Server Message Block
view	refers to different ways of viewing an object, such as the classwide view or an extended view of a tagged object.
clicks and bricks	An informal name for the type of traditional company which now also dabbles in e-commerce as a sideline, often in a very amateurish manner.
chain letter	email that urges recipients to forward the message to other people; consequently wastes time and bandwidth
oobe	Out Of Box Experience
standard output	The default output stream for your program, which if possible shouldn't care where its data is going
freecell	A very challenging patience (solitaire) card game, involving considerable skill
chat	A form of real-time electronic communications where participants type what they want to say, and it is repeated on the screens of all other participants in the same chat
netiquette	Netiquette (Network Etiquette) is an informal code of manners which should govern your behaviour on the Internet
pic	File extension
command name	T he name of the program currently executing, as typed on the command line
sht	File extension
efs	Encrypted File System
scaleable font	A font which can be enlarged without any significant deterioration in its quality - curves will still appear as smooth curves and not as jagged steps
post	To submit a message to a news group
b2b	Business to Business
cfm	File extension
cardinal	In Delphi™, the basic unsigned integer type.
secondary cache	See "Cache".
page impression	Whereas a web page with numerous graphics images would record numerous hits when visited, it should (in theory) only record one page impression.
freeware	Historically, any software that you give away, particularly if you make the source code available as well
literal	A token in a programming language such as a number or string that gives you an actual value instead of merely representing possible values as a variable does.
condition branch	A condition branch is one or more conditions terminated by two terminal nodes
global variable	A variable that can be used anywhere in a program.
lexical scoping	Looking at your Oxford English Dictionary through a microscope
loop	A section of program code that is executed over and over in repetition, until some condition changes.
ddp	Datagram Delivery Protocol
flash memory	A faster form of EPROM that permits more erase/write cycles
options	See either switches or regular expression modifiers.
association	A connection between a file extension (file type) and a program, so that opening a file with that extension will cause the specified program to run and open the file automatically.
null	Represents a null reference
member variables	Typed memory locations used to store values
ids	Intruder Detection System
p2p	Peer to Peer
network news transport protocol	See NNTP
paging	A technique for virtual memory implementation
die	1
declaration	code that creates an association between an identifier or operator symbol and some entity
mb	megabytes
procedure	A subroutine.
captcha	CAPTCHA: Telling Humans and Computers Apart Automatically A CAPTCHA is a program that protects websites against bots by generating and grading tests that humans can pass but current computer programs cannot
home directory	A cPanel account's highest-level directory, which contains all the files and directories used by websites managed by your account
rollover image	A rollover image is used in the context of navigation where an image button, that serves as a link elsewhere, changes into a different image because of some or other associated pointer behaviour (e.g
active component	1
flame	A rude or over-strongly worded opinion posted to a news group (etc)
fcl	Refer to Framework Class Library.
cms	See content management system.
api	application programming interface
jar file	(Java ARchive) A compressed file that contains compiled Java code and other files such as XML files.
open standard	A publicly available set of specifications describing the characteristics of a hardware device or software program
artificial intelligence markup language	Artificial Intelligence Markup Language
environment	The collective set of environment variables your process inherits from its parent
case statement	a compound statement with a multi-way selection.
synchronous	Programming in which the orderly sequence of events can be determined; that is, when things happen one after the other, not at the same time.
s4u2proxy extension	The S4U2proxy (Service-for-User-to-Proxy) extension completes the constrained delegation process
statement modifier	A conditional or loop that you put after the statement instead of before, if you know what we mean.
provider	A Provider can be anyone who provides healthcare to patients (ie
authentication	A process for confirming the identity of someone with whom you want to share information
deprecated	A term used to describe a feature which is no longer supported.
autogeneration	A feature of operator overloading of objects, whereby the behavior of certain operators can be reasonably deduced using more fundamental operators
computer systems validation	Confirmation by examination and provision of objective evidence that computer system specifications conform to user needs and intended uses, and that all requirements can be consistently fulfilled.
ascii text	A thoroughly unoffical subset of US-ASCII which contains the space character, numbers, most basic punctuation, and unaccented letters a-z and A-Z, but lacks the control codes .
pov	Point Of View
sas	Serial Attached SCSI
voip	Voice Over Internet Protocol, or Voice On Internet Protocol
v-string	A "version" or "vector" string specified with a v followed by a series of decimal integers in dot notation, for instance, v1.20.300.4000
chip	An integrated computer circuit containing many elements connected on a single unit.
ade	File extension
lapm	Link Access Procedure - Modems
codec	Coder/Decoder (or Compressor/Decompressor)
cdt	File extension
dvi-i	A DVI socket with both analogue and digital output.
midband	A 128kbps Internet connection system using an existing conventional phone line, proposed by BT as a possible solution for customers who are connected to a non-ADSL enabled exchange, or who live too far aware from an ADSL-enabled exchange for ADSL to work
navigation	An activity, based on a mechanism provided by an active perceivable unit, by which a user can alter their focus of attention
run-time	The period when a program is running/being executed/doing some hopefully useful work, as distinct from compile-time when the program is being translated.
exim	Mail server software, known for its configurable nature
collating sequence	The order into which characters sort
mdw	File extension
ebois	Sometimes spuriously listed as having failed to load in Bootlog.txt
web client	Software that provides web access to :
ntfs	New Technology Filing System
encoding scheme	Each language has an official encoding scheme which is used to represent all of the language's characters in an 8-bit data stream format
fla	File extension
mirage	See XMirage.
unified modeling language	UML is an industry-standard language for specifying, visualizing, building, and documenting the artifacts of software systems standardized by the Object Management Group
visual basic scripting edition	See BASIC.
isdn	ISDN stands for Integrated Services Digital Network
mpeg-3	MPEG-3 is used for digital video at low compression rate
bag	an unordered collection that allows duplicates
aspi	Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
terminology	A set of terms representing the system of concepts of a particular subject field.
ui	User interface (of a program).
condition	A comparative test between user-defined values and the actual values of a session request
parameter	In Pascal there are two types of parameters, 'Formal' and 'Actual'
return value	The value produced by a subroutine or expression when evaluated
atm	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
variable parameter	A parameter used in a procedure when the argument passed to it is an address of a variable (passing by reference)
wireless pbx	Equipment that allows employees or customers within a building or limited area to use wireless handsets connected to an office's private branch exchange system.
pls	File extension
ranged	A term often used in RPG's (role-playing games)
boolean search	A method of searching for information in databases that combines search terms with the operators AND, OR, NOT, and parentheses
ascii text file	A file with no internal formatting other than carriage returns
transliterate	To turn one string representation into another by mapping each character of the source string to its corresponding character in the result string
wireless application protocol	Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is a protocol adopted as a standard by mobile device manufacturers for interacting with online services
make exe	Microsoft jargon for "compile" (see that entry).
regina	See "Rexx and Regina".
white book	See Book.
fp:	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article title prefix for articles relating to the Microsoft FrontPage HTML/web page editor program.
object	In object-oriented programming, a variable comprising both routines and data that is treated as a discrete entity.
store and forward	A method of handling transactions on a network
mpeg-4	MPEG-4 is used for integrated multimedia and a compression standard for long audio or video files with limited digital storage media (DSM) or low bandwidth availablity
pps	File extension
ubuntu	A version of the Linux operating system.
element	A basic building block
direct3d	One part of DirectX.
ibm	Schema
hoax	An apparently plausible email message which in fact is a work of fiction
all-in-one	A type of inkjet printer that can also act as a scanner, fax machine, and copier.
method	A term used in Visual BASIC programming to refer to any command, function or subroutine which changes a property of an object.
winfs	A new filing system, successor to NTFS, in which all of a computer's logical files are held in a single database physical file
smart card	Electronic device about the size of a credit card containing electronic memory, and/or an embedded integrated circuit (IC) or chip
hdml	Handheld Device Markup Language
allocation unit	See Cluster.
awstats	A program that provides information about the visitors to your website in both graphical and statistical views
asynchronous	Said of events or activities whose relative temporal ordering is indeterminate because too many things are going on at once
embedded processor	A computer chip that controls the function of its product
wga	Windows Genuine Advantage
crawl	To search a web site or server for documents and pages to index.
another markup language	Another Markup Language describes communication network models.
btw	Chat shorthand for "by the way".
gamma correction	In simple terms, an adjustment of the brightness of a graphic image, monitor, etc
device name	A disk drive letter or other device name, always terminated by a colon
source code	Software is written by developers in source code—a human-readable language like C# or Java
insertion point	The black flashing vertical line between two characters, which indicates where text will be inserted if you type
directinput	That part of DirectX which handles joystick input.
jpg	"Jay - peg"
value	the state of an object
toner	A powdery ink substance that comes in a cartridge; used by laser printers.
protracker	See MOD.
automation markup language	AML (Automation Markup Language) is the primary internal language used by AutoMate.
national televisions standards committee	See NTSC
generic unit	a template for other Ada program units; the template can be parameterized by objects, types, subprograms, and packages
mtu	Maximum Transmission Unit
data over voice	Sending digital data over telephone trunks conditioned for voice
superuser	The person whom the operating system will let do almost anything
trinary	Not a stellar system with three stars, but an operator taking three operands
type conversion	changing a value, variable or parameter from one type to another type (such as from a real number to an integer).
tcpa	Trusted Computing Platform Alliance
multiplicity	characteristic of a role
member data	See instance variable.
asml	An Abstract State Machine Language.
merge-scan	a ‘join method’ useful when both tables are pre-sorted on the join attributes
sus	(Microsoft) Software Update Services.
ttf	File extension
parentheses	Round brackets, ( and ).
acts	Ada Conformity Assessment Test Suite -- test suite used to validate Ada 95 systems
automated test equipment	equipment that automatically tests and analyzes functional parameters to evaluate performance of the tested electronic devices.
host	A computer on a network.
archive	1
subscript	A value that indicates the position of a particular arrayelement in an array.
surge protector	A special type of power strip that helps fight irregularities in the electrical supply that runs to your computer.
directplay	One part of DirectX
cdo	Collaboration Data Objects, or Collaborative Data Objects
distribution file	The file or files which contain the final compiled version of a program, and which need to be copied or downloaded in order to obtain the program
apm	Advanced Power Management
aa	Anti-Aliasing
nt	See Windows NT.
resx	File extension
resource	a component of a database (usually a table, view or attribute) on which privileges may be granted or revoked to or from users
swf	File extension
standard	Something which one group of people want to impose on another group of people.
transmission control protocol	See TCP
dithering	Dithering is the process by which a large number of colors are forced into a smaller color palette
system	the predefined package that (along with its children) defines various machine-dependent or configuration-dependent characteristics.
digital	A means of storing, transmitting, manipulating, or reproducing data, images and sounds by using groups of electronic bits represented by 1 and 0.
caching	Caching is the process where DNS servers or applications (such as your web browser) will story a copy of DNS records
character set	There are tens of thousands of characters used in human writing systems
kbps	Kilobits per second, as in a modem's transmission speed.
jumper	A tiny plastic square shaped device containing a metal contact, which can be pulled on and off two pins on a printed circuit board, so as to connect them together or not as desired
server	Refers to either the software or system providing information services on request to a client.
decomposition	The act of dividing up one or more authored units, or an aggregated authored unit, during creation of a set of perceivable units appropriate for a particular delivery context.
author / web author	A web author is a person who writes the markup (HTML) for web documents
tera	1,099,511,627,776 (1024 x 1024 x 1024 x 1024, 2 to the fortieth power).
file i/o	Common methods include:
root	The top-level directory of a disk
flops	Floating Point Operations Per Second
user	Whoever is visiting your Web page, and, therefore, "using" and interacting with your JavaScript program.
autonomous agent	An autonomous agent implies that it does not communicate directly with any other agent
tax fraud	The use of a victim's identity to file false taxes or claim false tax returns.
b2r	Back to Reality!
multimedia	Sound
surface mount	A method of attaching electronic components to a printed circuit board by soldering them directly to the surface of the board, rather than by connecting them to posts on the board or through holes in the board
unc	Universal naming convention
bcc	Blind Carbon Copy
creative commons	See CC.
parity	An error detection system
hash mark	The symbol #
fast ethernet	A 100-megabit-per-second standard for local area networks.
netbeui	NetBIOS Extended User Interface
vbx	File extension
polymorphism	having many forms (see static polymorphism and dynamic polymorphism).
syntax highlighting	Displaying text (especially source code) in different colours, fonts and styles according to the category of terms.
omr	Online Medical Record
x86	A 286, 386, 486 or Pentium processor
defect	A chemical or structural irregularity that degrades the product
self-assembly*	The ability of objects to assemble themselves into an orderly structure
raid	Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
patch	To fix by applying one, as it were
audio/video interleaved	One of several compression techniques (this one’s by Microsoft) for Internet video with sound.
virtual	Providing the appearance of something without the reality, as in: virtual memory is not real memory
cgi	Common Gateway Interface
method body	See method implementation.
cable modem	A device that enables a broadband connection to the Internet by using cable television infrastructure
facility	A general term for the transmission media and equipment in communications networks; i.e., the “pipes” that carry information signals
irq	Interrupt Request
nybble	Half a byte, equivalent to one hexadecimal digit, and worth four bits.
sdi	Single Document Interface
machine code	The form of a program which can be directly obeyed by a computer
hypermedia	Any nontextual element, such as animation, recorded sound, images, or video that links to other information.
baudot code	The Baudot code, used by early teleprinters, represents letters, numbers, and symbols in five-character binary codes, which includes shifts to increase the number of characters beyond 32.
msn explorer	Descriptions of this program seem to be generally very vague and somewhat contradictory, possibly because the program has changed over time
expression	Virtually any "phrase" of JavaScript code, such as an assignment, arithmetic, comparisons, and so on.
subvariable	A variable that is a property of an object.
interface	The services a piece of code promises to provide forever, in contrast to its implementation, which it should feel free to change whenever it likes.
compute with fruit	A colourful way of saying that someone uses an Apple computer.
firebird	See Firefox.
tcp/ip	Stands for "Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol." The TCP part has to do with the verifying delivery of the packets
elf object	An intermediate ELF file that still contains unresolved references.
advanced research projects agency	See ARPA
sp	Service Pack
t2	A T-carrier that can handle 6.312 Mbps or 96 voice channels.
vendor invoice	Bill sent to company from vendor.
numeric context	The situation in which an expression is expected by its surroundings (the code calling it) to return a number
symbol	One or more characters representing an operator, value, constant, variable or subroutine.
index	To extract information from documents and create an index of terms found in the documents
ops	File extension
netscape	See Navigator.
raise statement	a simple statement that raises an exception.
man	Metropolitan Area Network
point-to-point protocol	See PPP
universal character set	See UCS
dcbs	Double-byte character set
a/d	Analog-to-Digital Converter
accessor methods	A method used to indirectly inspect or update an object's state (its instance variables).
private key	One of two keys in public key encryption
directsound	That part of DirectX which handles sound generation and output.
microsoft foundation classes	See Class.
element	A screen element is any widget on the computer screen
quick basic	See BASIC.
signature	see ‘Method Signature’.
pcb	Printed Circuit Board
stdio	See standard I/O.
simulation	A type of program which simulates a physical situation
vivo	In the descriptions of video boards, this means video in, video out
subdomain	A subdomain is anything that appears before your master domain in the URL, i.e
legacy system	A system (and the associated programs, processes, and procedures already in place) currently deployed and in use within an organization
uniform resource locator	That’s techie jargon for the address of a page
rmi	Remote Method Invocation
six sigma	Six Sigma is a highly structured program for improving business processes and represents the latest incarnation of the quality movement
tool	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 824684 includes the following definition of this term as used by Microsoft: "A tool is a utility or a feature that helps to complete a task or a set of tasks."
sub-list	Some JISCMail lists are organised into families or groups within a subject area
net	The Internet top-level domain for Internet Service Providers and similar companies.
solution	A commercially available program
numeric variable	A variable that contains a numeric value, such as 5.
ring	See "Web Ring".
task	Tasks are the ordered collection of specific actions into a meaningful relationship
visual basic for applications	See BASIC.
score	In music the score contains the notes of a composition
host	The computer on which a program or other data resides.
information system	the procedures whereby information within an organization is managed
api	Application Program Interface
implementation	How a piece of code actually goes about doing its job
entry	a reserved word used in creating interfaces to task units and protected units.
adsl	Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line
operation	a function or transformation that may be applied to objects in a class.
statement	A simple statement is an expression followed by a semicolon
charset	Short for character set
cd-r	A CD recording system which only allows a disk to be written to once
video card	The circuitry that controls the image appearing on the monitor’s screen; also known as a graphics adapter.
true color	24-bit or 32-bit colour
udt	User Defined Type
raster font	Same as bitmapped font
declaration	An assertion that states something exists and perhaps describes what it's like, without giving any commitment as to how or where you'll use it
sgml	Acronym for Standard Graphics Markup Language
shared aggregation	An aggregation where the ‘part’ may belong to more than one ‘whole’
relational database	A database program in which two or more related files can be open at once.
qos	Quality of Service
non-proportional font	A font in which each character has the same width
physx	See "AGEIA PhysX".
abstraction	A term used in object oriented programming
feed reader	An RSS client program (see RSS)
class	a set of types that derive from a common root type, also called a derivation class
app	File extension
awk	Descriptive editing term--short for "awkward"
ddos	Distributed Denial Of Service
thg	Tom's Hardware Guide http://www.tomshardware.com - a web site which offers a large amount of extremely useful information on the subject of computer hardware
bho	Browser Helper Object
operator	One of the following symbols: =, +=, -=, *=, /=, or %=
sql adapter	An adapter that retrieves and adapts content from any JDBC-enabled data source.
status	The value returned to the parent process when one of its child processes dies
iso	International Organization for Standardization
connection	In telephony, the temporary electrical circuit between the caller's and the callee's phone
dynamic loader	A post linking tool typically used to dynamically resolve references at load time.
lcd	Liquid crystal diode; A type of computer monitor, also called a flat-panel monitor, that’s thin and uses relatively little electricity.
warning	A message printed to the STDERR stream to the effect that something might be wrong but isn't worth blowing up over
bridge	A device used at the data link layer that selectively copies packets between networks of the same type.
vredir	In Windows, the file system driver for network drives mapped by the Client for Microsoft Networks.
assignment	An operator whose assigned mission in life is to change the value of a variable.
mui	Multilingual User Interface
sys	"sizzz"
logging on	Slang for the process of connecting to a central computer network or service from a local computer (sometimes referred to as logging in)
nv	Short for Nevada, no part of which will ever be confused with civilization
sigada	Special Interest Group: Ada, a part of the professional society, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
binary	Having to do with numbers represented in base 2
super video cd	See "Video CD".
entry family	a set of entries in a task, all having the same name.
notebook	Another name for a laptop.
string literals	Ruby strings are simply sequences of 8-bit bytes and they are objects of class String.
wbk	File extension
focus of attention	The point in an active perceivable unit on which the user's attention is currently focused.
doping	A wafer fabrication process in which exposed areas of silicon are bombarded with chemical impurities to alter the way the silicon conducts electricity in those areas.
joint photographic experts group	See JPEG
freeware	Free software.
charity fraud	An individual or group that deliberately misrepresents its fundraising intentions or solicits charitable funds for phony causes
larp	Locus Address Resolution Protocol
clone	A wireless phone programmed with stolen or duplicated electronic serial and mobile identification numbers.
mosaic	A Web browser developed by Marc Andreessen, Eric Bina, and their colleagues at NCSA.
web document	Web document is a synonym of web page.
data structure	How your various pieces of data relate to each other and what shape they make when you put them all together, as in a rectangular table or a triangular-shaped tree.
pci	Peripheral Component Interconnect
vml	Vector Markup Language.
elementary_functions	child of Ada.Numerics, which provides mathematical facilities.
soho	A market that consists of individuals that work some of their time at home and some of their time in an office.
cnp	Card Not Present
dns	Acronym for Domain Name System
pad	Short for scratchpad.
universal real	an anonymous type used in evaluating universal real expressions
upnp	Universal Plug And Play
pro	As a suffix after the model number of an ATI video board, this indicates a board more powerful than the normal board
tariff	Documents filed by a regulated telephone company with a state public utility commission or the Federal Communications Commission
bookmark	A link from a service to an external, device-compatible data source that does not require processing through the Mobile Collaboration server.
rfid	Radio Frequency Identification
saturation	The saturation (or intensity, also called chroma) refers to how much of the same hue is present
cascading style sheets	Stylesheets are the hottest thing in web design since they were introduced a few years back
byte	A data unit of eight bits.
hsdpa	High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
annotation markup language	The combination of the structural skeleton and the DCS defines a virtual annotation markup language (AML)
magical variables	Special variables that have side effects when you access them or assign to them
analog signal	A type of signal that encodes data transmitted over wire or through the air, and is commonly represented as an oscillating wave
call	The act of telling JavaScript to execute a function.
username	The name by which a user is identified to a computer system or network
business rules markup language	XML Rule Interlingua for Agent Communication, based on Courteous/Ordinary Logic Programs.
managed resources	A resource that is part of an assembly.
right click	To click the right mouse button
lossy	A lossy file format or transmission protocol means that some data is lost but in a controlled fashion so as to undetectable
nvram	Non-volatile RAM (see that entry).
trilinear filtering	A term used in computer graphics
hit points	A system often used in RPG's (role-playing games) to record a character's state of health
anode	1
agriculture markup language	AGML (Agriculture Markup Language) will be used primarily for financial purposes
network file system	See NFS
hash code	Unique number generated to identify a module in an assembly
instance variable	An attribute of an object; data stored with the particular object rather than with the class as a whole.
subroutine	A named or otherwise accessible piece of program that can be invoked from elsewhere in the program in order to accomplish some sub-goal of the program
simple result format	A content format that contains abstract user interface elements such as text items, menus, forms, and tables.
per	Packing Encoding Rules
hypertext mark-up language	HTML is the language you’re here to learn
tower	A PC configuration that has essentially a full-sized desktop console standing on its side, usually on the floor; includes a lot of room for expansion.
ps	File extension
variable	A named storage location that can hold any of various kinds of value, as your program sees fit.
die	A single integrated circuit (or chip) cut from the wafer on which it was manufactured.
server side include	See SSI
tmp	"Temp"
serial overrun errors	My modem log file normally reports a number of serial overrun errors for each online session
translator	A computer program to convert instructions from one language to another
mca	Micro Channel Architecture
built-in	A function that is predefined in the language
lvaluable	Able to serve as an lvalue.
assembly	1
crawler	See spider.
debug	The irritating act of attempting to track down errors or design flaws in a program.
defining a method	Following is the general syntax to define a method in ruby
recursion	The art of defining something (at least partly) in terms of itself, which is a naughty no-no in dictionaries but often works out okay in computer programs if you're careful not to recurse forever, which is like an infinite loop with more spectacular failure modes.
priority	A value to indicate which order to try and use multiple MX records (lower = more priority) – if the first returnsa host that is unavailable, it tries the next one etc.
gof	Refer to Gang of Four.
imho	In my humble opinion.
gid	Group ID--in Unix, the numeric group ID that the operating system uses to identify you and members of your group.
direct color	When 256 or less colors are used to be rendered on a computer's screen, a Color map / color palette / indexed color is typically used, but when more colors need to be described such a palette becomes too large
delphi™	Object oriented Pascal developed by Borland.
stopping condition	In a recursive procedure or function, the necessary condition which causes it to exit rather than call itself again.
surf	The act of viewing Web pages
field	A data member of a class or struct that is accessed directly.
cached result	As part of its core technology, Google indexes all the content on a page, rather than just a portion of the content or just meta tags
tco	Total Cost Of Ownership
pnp	Plug and Play - see that entry.
shb	File extension
symbol font	A font which contains graphics characters instead of the usual letters, digits and punctuation marks
dla	See "Drive Letter Access".
baud rate	A nearly obsolete term for transmission rates synonymous in early, simple systems with bits per second
e-commerce	Electronic commerce
reboot	To restart your computer.
internet architecture board	See IAB
compilation unit	The file (or string, in the case of eval) that is currently being compiled.
bits	Background Intelligent Transfer Service
wsf	File extension
regular expressions	Syntax:
socket	An endpoint for network communication among multiple processes that works much like a telephone or a post office box
bounce	The return of an e-mail message because of an error in its address or delivery.
net	See .NET.
class	a set of objects that share a common structure and a common behavior
compound statement	an executable statement with multiple lines of code, containing other statements.
broadcast hypertext markup language	The Broadcast HyperText Markup Language (BHTML) defines the application programming interfaces for a Digital Television Application Software Environment (DASE) compliant receiver.
chroma	Chroma is also known as saturation or intensity, and refers to how much of the same hue is present in a color
blog	Short for "web log" or "weblog"
nanocrystal*	A nanoscale crystal whose size, shape and atomic composition are carefully controlled to yield specific properties, like absorption of specific wavelengths of light.
escape sequence	Control codes comprising combinations of a backslash followed by letters or digits which represent non printing characters.
v.42	An error-detection standard for high-speed modems
baud	Rate of transmission speed in a signal - the number of changes of state, such as voltage or frequency, per second in a signal
footprint	A management/marketing pseudo-technical term, meaning the width and depth of a device, in other words the amount of space it will take up on a desk
unary	An operator that takes only a single operand; for example ++ (increment), -- (decrement), and - (negate).
repetition	Same as iteration: repeating a sequence of instructions until a condition is satisfied or while a condition is satisfied.
asynchronous-enabled service	Also known as an ASK (Asynchronous Server Kernel) service
gmw	File extension
precedence of operators	The order in which operations are carried out when there is more than one operator in an expression.
three finger salute	A colloquial expression for CTRL/ALT/DEL, which used to reboot a computer but which now brings up the Task List.
truetype font	A type of font which will be displayed and printed as accurately as possible in all font sizes with Windows
modulus	An integer divisor when you're interested in the remainder instead of the quotient.
c	A language beloved by many for its inside-out type definitions, inscrutable precedence rules, and heavy overloading of the function-call mechanism
update	Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 824684 includes the following definition of this term as used by Microsoft: "An update is a broadly released fix for a specific problem
pcm	Pulse Coded Modulation
igmp	Internet Group Management Protocol
btw	By the way.
.crt	An SSL certificate, an electronic document which ties a public key to a trusted entity
dispatching operation	an operation or call, where a tag is used to control which operation is called -- related to dynamic polymorphism.
psd	File extension
authored unit	Some set of material created as a single entity by an author
jpeg	Compressed still images and video
mime	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
mirror	A copy of information, usually kept in line with the original, perhaps with a slight time delay
memory	Temporary computer information storage which is emptied when you turn off the computer; also called RAM
offset	How many things you have to skip over when moving from the beginning of a string or array to a specific position within it
v.32	The standard for full-duplex modems sending and receiving data across phone lines at 4800 or 9600 bps
unicode	A character set comprising all the major character sets of the world, more or less
atl	Active Template Library
enumerate	Enumeration appears to be the process in which the Plug and Play system automatically allocates I/O addresses and IRQ and DMA channels to devices
scale	the range of values (set by the number of digits) of a floating-point or fixed-point type.
argument	A piece of data supplied to a program, subroutine, function, or method to tell it what it's supposed to do
application personalization	A set of factors, specified by a user or other aspects of the delivery context, that may affect the functionality of an application, independently of its adaptation and delivery, and so change the resultant user experience."
burn	To write to a CD-R or CD-RW disk.
standard rgb	See sRGB
extensible markup language schema	XML Schemas express shared vocabularies and allow machines to carry out rules made by people
interpreter	Strictly speaking, a program that reads a second program and does what the second program says directly without turning the program into a different form first, which is what compilers do
api	An application programming interface.
test-driven development	TDD is a computer programming technique involving writing test cases first ; then, implementing just the code needed to pass the test
windows 98se	Windows 98 Second Edition
coupon	See test coupon .
mosaic	An early web browser, published by NCSA, the National Centre for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
parameter	A value received by a function.
bandwidth	A measure of the amount of data that is moving on a network
linked list	A dynamic data structure used to hold a sequence.
mcms	Microsoft Content Management Server
rbl	Real-time Blackhole List
operand	In a low-level language instruction, an item of data or address of data that the operation acts on.
binary	Base two
subrogate	Selling an aged customer receivable to a collection agency.
spp	Software Protection Platform
svg	A language for describing drawings in terms of the shapes that compose them, so that these can be rendered as well as possible.
post	A diagnostic test the Ascend unit performs when it first starts up or after a system reset
tga	File extension
jdk	The Java Developer's Kit, created by Sun Microsystems to assist Java programmers in creating Java applets.
graphical user interface	This is the part of a program you see — the icons, buttons and menus are all parts of the interface
personal certificate	Something that guarantees that you are who you say you are
quicktime	The Apple QuickTime format (in *.MOV files) is a digital video format used for transporting compressed video files through The Internet.
troll	An outrageous message posted to a newsgroup or mailing list or message board to bait people to answer
bbs	Bulletin Board System
primary cache	See "Cache".
hard-coded	Applies to assumptions built into a program, possibly in multiple places, where they cannot be easily modified.
routine	A section of code within a program, usually with an identifier that can be used to execute it
random number generation	a capability provided by predefined packages, Ada.Numerics.Discrete_Random and Ada.Numerics.Float_Random.
dmca	Digital Millennium Copyright Act
process	The action that a computer takes on input to produce a different output.
p-code	Pseudo-code
broadband	A term which seems to be increasingly used as a synonym for ADSL, although in fact ADSL is only one type of broadband connection.
output	Any data that is sent to the screen (or, perhaps, to the printer).
mpeg card	A video card specifically designed for encoding and decoding Motion Picture Experts Group digital video (usually from a DVD).
aio	All-In-One
uhci	Universal Host Controller Interface
texture	File extension
subnet mask	As I understand it (and I may be wrong) a means by which computers on local area networks can use the same set of IP numbers without any conflicts, even if they are connected to each other (for example, via the Internet).
upgrade	A complete revision of a computer program that you use to replace the current program.
screamtracker	See "S3M".
executable part	the section of a program unit or block that contains executable statements.
isapi	(Microsoft) Internet Server Application Programming Interface.
fifo	First In First Out
eclectic	Derived from many sources
dat	Digital audiotape; A type of computer backup drive that copies data to a tape.
highmat	In April 2004 Woody's Windows Watch described HighMAT thus: "HighMAT is a way to easily display pictures and movies on either a computer or a stand-alone player
syntactic sugar	An alternative way of writing something more easily; a shortcut.
headset	Headphones that include a built-in microphone for online communications and game playing.
enter key	See Return Key.
intranet	Restricted access networks, usually confined to a single agency
pascal	A high-level programming language designed to teach programming
world wide web consortium	The W3C
actual parameter	actual argument (value or expression) used in a call to a subprogram, entry or generic unit.
backslash	\ (see that entry).
derive	In the sense of deriving a class, see "Inheritance".
assignment	The act of referring a value to a variable name; for example, purchases = 10.
compile phase	Any time before Perl starts running your main program
yo-yo mode	A description of the state of a device or system which is currently suffering from numerous intermittent faults, so that is alternately up (operative) and down (inoperative) in rapid succession.
asr	Automated System Recovery
crt	Cathode ray tube; an older type of computer monitor that offers better color quality than an LCD monitor.
screen	The part of the computer monitor on which information is displayed.
blacklist file	A file of blacklist words.
subdomain	A subdomain is a hostname which depends on (belongs with) a domain name
compression	Compression is a technique that reduces the quantity of bandwidth or bits required to encode a block of information
quantum dots*	A class of nanocrystals that emit varying colors of light depending on their size
cyberspace	Unlike most computer terms, "cyberspace" does not have a standard, objective definition
green book	See Book.
type member	Class member.
logical operator	Symbols representing the concepts "and", "or", "xor", and "not".
client	a software module that depends upon other modules for services.
driver package	a software component that may be incorporated into database client software, allowing it to use a particular driver
obs	File extension
parameter	see Input parameter, Output parameter
plug-in	Add-ons for Web browsers
polymorphism	A term used in object oriented programming
stop words	Common words, such as articles, prepositions, and pronouns that are not used in a search when entered in a query.
dba	Adding or subtracting bandwidth from a switched connection in real time without terminating the link
contacts	See Address Book.
method	an action that may be performed on an object
resolution	The number of pixels that your monitor’s display can show, both horizontally and vertically.
interpreter	A program that translates and executes another program one line at a time.
authoring tool	An Authoring Tool is a program that enables a multimedia author to create a multimedia product
assembly	A step in semiconductor manufacturing in which the chip (die) is either encased in a plastic, ceramic or other package or assembled directly on a printed circuit board.
presence check	A validation check to ensure that the value of a required input has been entered.
the web	More Internet shorthand for the World Wide Web.
vshare	Sometimes spuriously listed as having failed to load in Bootlog.txt
removable media	Storage media, such as a CD, DVD, or flash drive, that can be taken away from your PC.
increment	To increase the value of something by 1 (or by some other number, if so specified).
rootkit	A particularly nasty form of computer malware
mailbase	The email discussion list service to which JISCMail is the successor.
if statement	A statement that allows selection.
connection	Windows uses the word "connection" in a potentially very confusing way
setuid	Said of a program that runs with the privileges of its owner rather than (as is usually the case) the privileges of whoever is running it
mad	Microsoft Active Directory.
web page	A document on the World Wide Web
group	A set of users of which you are a member
harmonized user experience	A functional user experience that is sufficiently harmonized with the delivery context to meet the quality criteria of the author.
length scale*	The size range within which an object falls; e.g
spnego	Simple and Protected GSSAPI Negotiation Mechanism (SPNEGO) is a GSSAPI pseudomechanism that negotiates one or more real mechanisms
proprietary software	A program owned or copyrighted by an individual or a business and available for use only through purchase or by permission of the owner.
graphic symbols	symbols used to represent program units, relationships, types, objects, and exceptions.
indirection	If something in a program isn't the value you're looking for but indicates where the value is, that's indirection
fine pitch	fine pitch is more commonly referred to surface-mount components with a lead pitch of 25 mils or less.
vbscript	Visual BASIC Script
template	A skeleton design
standard error	The default output stream for nasty remarks that don't belong in standard output
retire	The act of withdrawing a document from usage
rtsp	Real Time Streaming Protocol.
gst	File extension
pid	Process ID (PID): A unique number that your server assigns to each process that runs.
microsoft esp	A "platform" for simulation programs
rc	Release Candidate
boolean operator	An operator that acts on Boolean (True/False) values
sleep mode	A state in which the computer slips into a special, power-saving setting, like going into a low-power coma.
digital data	Data that can have only a limited number of separate values
dsr	Data Set Ready
sonic	A publisher of CD burning software
byte	A byte is a unit of measurement of data size
pdk	Platform Development Kit
assignment	An operation that gives a value to a variable.
barrier condition	condition associated with a protected entry body that is similar to a guard associated with an accept statement
mnp5	Microcom Networking Protocol
append	Add data to the end of an existing textfile.
usage analysis	Data collected to evaluate how a Web site is being used, such as visitor user names, number of visits to each page, and the types of Web browsers used.
extension	A Perl module that also pulls in compiled C or C++ code
mmorpg	Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
script	A script is lines of source code stored in a file that will be executed by an interpreter.
endian	See little-endian and big-endian.
weblog	Also web log or blog
flush	The act of emptying a buffer, often before it's full.
checking for meaning	This is an alternative phrase for semantic analysis.
broadcast markup language	Broadcast Markup Language (BML) is an XML-based standard developed by the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB)
elementary type	an Ada type that does not have components.
riven	The sequel to Myst (see that entry).
annotations	Annotea is a LEAD (Live Early Adoption and Demonstration) project enhancing the W3C collaboration environment with shared annotations.
acpi	Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
member	A member, or subscriber, is someone who is subscribed to a mailing list.
curly brackets	{ and }
baud	Bits per second.
udp	User Datagram Protocol
ruby ranges	A Range represents an interval.a set of values with a start and an end
device driver	A piece of software which converts general commands to devices (such as a command to a printer to print a capital letter A in Arial at 12 point) into the specific commands required for that precise model
switchless resellers	A carrier that does not own facilities or switches, but purchases minutes in high volumes from other carriers and resells those minutes.
graphic interchange format	See GIF
active rule markup language	Active Rule Markup Language (ARML) for Sharing a Rules among Active Information Management System
if statement	a compound statement with conditional branching; it can have "elsif" tests and a final "else" part.
mpaa	Motion Picture Association of America
sap filters	See NetWare call filters.