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Glossary of Internet terms. Underlined orange links point to terms within this Glossary.
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User Guide
- ADSL
- AFK
- AI
- Alphanumeric
- ANSI
- Apache
- Append
- Applet
- ASCII
- ASCII Art
- ASP
- Attachment
- AUP
- AVI
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ADSL
Acronym for : Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. A method of transferring data over regular phone lines using the same copper wires a regular phone lines uses. Download speeds are much faster than upload speeds, hence the "Asymmetric" inclusion. See also SDSL
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AFK
Abbreviation for : Away From Keyboard. Commonly used in chat rooms.
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AI
Acronym for : Artificial Intelligence. The notion that computer software programs can take on an intelligence in their own right. Software is fundamentally a series of if/else commands ... if something is true, do this, else do that. Should software be able "think" for itself, it would posses Artificial Intelligence.
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Alphanumeric
A string of text that contains or may contain both alphabetical characters and numeric digits.
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ANSI
Acronym for : American National Standards Institute. A private, non-profit organization that administers the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system.
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Apache
Apache is probably the world's most popular open-source webserver. An extremely powerful, robust and stable HTTP server with CGI, SSL, and other more advanced features available through optional add-in modules.
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Append
Programming. To add a string or statement to another. To place a word, paragraph or records after an existing set of records. When writing to files, to add the new data to the end of the existing data set. Antonym : Prepend
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Applet
A small Java application capable of being embeded into a regular HTML page. Java applets differ from applications which can stand alone and function without a browser. Java is completely disparate from JavaScript.
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ASCII
Acronym for : American Standard Code for Information Interchange and is a standard seven-bit code that was proposed by ANSI in 1963, and finalized in 1968. The code represents English characters found on the keyboard as numbers. See this page for more information.
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ASCII Art
The creative arrangement of regular text characters forming images. A simple example would be a smiley :-) More intricate designs form images of just about any object.
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ASP
Acronym for : Active Server Pages. A server side programming language developed by Microsoft.
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Attachment
Any file attached to email. See our Attachment Mailer script which delivers form data with optional file attachments.
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AUP
Acronym for : Acceptable Usage Policy. A set of terms and conditions that must be adhered to.
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AVI
Acronym for : Audio Video Interleave. A Windows based file format capable of playing audio and video. Identified by an .avi extension.
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