Some internet related words in detail.

**jamy_hallian** · Jan 22nd, 2006, 12:30

ASCII: American Standard Code of Information Interchange
ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP: Accelerated Graphical Ports
ASP: Application Service Provider
BASIC: Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BIOS: Basic Input/Output System
CD: Compact Disk
CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R: Recordable CD/DVD
CD-RW/DVD-RW/DVD+RW: Rewritable CD/DVD
CPU: Central Processing Unit
DHTML: Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language
DNS: Domain Name Server
DOS: Disk Operating System
DSL: Digital Subscriber Line
DVD: Digital Versatile Disk
EMS: Enhanced Message Service
FAQ: Frequently-Asked Questions
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
GPRS: General Packet Radio Service
GPS: Global Positioning System
GUI: Graphical User Interface
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
IBM: International Business Machines
IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IMAP: Internet Mail Access Protocol
IP: Internet Protocol
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP: Internet Service Provider
IT: Information Technology
JPEG: Joint Photographic Expert Group
LAN: Local Area Network
LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
MAC: Message-Authentication Code
MIDI: Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MMS: Multimedia Message Service
MP3: MPEG Audio (Layer 3)
MPEG: Motion Picture Experts Group
OCR: Optical Character Recognition
OS: Operating System
PC: Personal Computer
PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
PHP: Personal Home Pages
PIN: Personal Identification Number
POP: Post Office Protocol
RAM: Random Access Memory
RDRAM: Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
ROM: Read Only Memory
SCSI: Small Computer Systems Interface
SD: Security Digital
SDRAM: Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SMS: Short Message Service
SMTP: Simple Message Transfer Protocol
SQL: Structured Query Language
SVGA: Super Video Graphics Array
SXGA: Super Extended Graphics Array
TCP: Transfer Control Protocol
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TFT: Thin Film Transistor
URL: Uniform (or Universal) Recourse Locator
USB: Universal (or Unique) Serial Bus
VGA: Video Graphics Array
WAN: Wide Area Network
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
WML: Wireless Markup Language
WORM: Write Once Read Many
WWW: World Wide Web
XGA: Extended Graphics Array
XML: Extensible Markup Language