Glossary

Sunday, 27 May 2007 [Wednesday, 7 Oct 2009]

ACM
Association for Computing Machinery
ADO
ActiveX Data Object
Ajax
Asynchronous Javascript And XML
aka
also known as
ALGOL
Algorithmic Language
ALSA
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
AOL
America On-Line
AP
Aristotle Pagaltzis
API
Application Programmer’s Interface
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATP
After Tax Profit
BASIC
Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
BDUF
Big Design Up Front
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group
BSD
Berkeley Systems Distribution
CA
Computer Associates, Inc.
CD
Compact Disc
CDN
Content Delivery Network
CGI
Common Gateway Interface
CMS
Content Management System
COBOL
Common Business-Oriented Language
CPAN
Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CRUD
Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
CSV
Character Separated Values
CUPS
Common Unix Printing System
CVS
Concurrent Versions System
DBI
Database Interface
DC
Direct Current
DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
DES
Data Encryption Standard
DHTML
Dynamic H.T.M.L.
djb
Dan Bernstein
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DMCA
Digital Millenium Copyright Act
DNS
Domain Name Service
DNSBL
Domain Name Service Blacklist
DOM
Document Object Model
DRM
Digital Rights(?) Management
DSL
Domain-Specific Language
DTD
Document Type Declaration
DVCS
Distributed Version Control System
DVD
Digital Versatile Disc
E.g.
For example
e.g.
for example
EAI
Enterprise Application Integration
EICTA
European Information and Communication Technology Association
EPO
European Patent Office
ESB
Enterprise Service Beans
etc.
et cetera
EU
European Union
EULA
End-User Licence Agreement
EXSLT
Extensions to Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
F.ex.
For example
f.ex.
for example
FAQ
Frequently Answered Questions
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FFII
Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
FIFO
First in, First out
FP
functional programming
FSF
Free Software Foundation
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FUD
Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt
GB
Gigabyte
GCC
GNU Compiler Collection
GHz
Gigaherz
GIMP
The GNU Image Manipulation Program
GMX
Global Mail Exchange
GNOME
GNU Network Object Model Environment
GNU
GNU’s Not Unix
GPG
GNU Privacy Guard
GPL
General Public Licence
gtk
Gimp Toolkit
GUI
Graphical User Interface
GWA
Google Web Accelerator
HBS
Harvard Business School
HR
Human Resources
HT
Hyperthreading
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HP
Hewlett Packard
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBM
International Business Machines
IDE
Integrated Development Environment
i.e.
that is,
IE
Internet Explorer
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IM
Instant Messaging
IP
Intellectual Property
IPO
Initial Public Offering
IRC
Internet Relay Chat
ISBN
International Standard Book Number
ISO
International Standards Organisation
ISP
Internet Service Provider
IT
Information Technology
IV
intravenous
JID
Jabber ID
JMP
John McPherson
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
KB
Kilobyte
kHz
Kilohertz
KDE
K Desktop Environment
km
kilometer
LED
Light Emitting Diode
lkml
Linux kernel mailing list
MB
Megabyte
MBA
Master of Business Administration
MIME
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MJD
Mark Jason Dominus
MPAA
Motion Picture Association of America
MS
Microsoft
MTA
Mail Transport Agent
ms
milliseconds
Msloc
million source lines of code
MSRC
Microsoft Security Response Center
MTV
Music Television
MU
Mozilla Update
MVC
Model-View-Controller
NB
Nota bene
NC
North Carolina
NSA
National Security Agengy
NTP
Network Time Protocol
NTPD
Network Time Protocol Daemon
NX
No-Execute
OASIS
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
ODF
Open Document Format
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
OO
Object Orientation
OOP
Object Oriented Programming
Open XML
Microsoft Office Open XML
OPML
Outline Processor Markup Language
ORM
Object/Relational Mapper
OS
Operating System
OSCON
Open Source Convention
OSS
Open Source Software
QoS
Quality of Service
PC
Personal Computer
PDF
Portable Document Format
PEAR
PHP Extension and Application Repository
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
PHP
PHP: Hypertext Processor
PHP/FI
Personal Home Page/Form Interpreter
PM
Project Manager
POD
Plain Old Documentation
POSIX
Portable Operating System Interface
PPPoE
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PR
Public Relations
PTO
Patent and Trademark Office
PVP-OPM
Protected Video Path – Output Protection Management
px
pixel
RCS
Revision Control System
REST
Representational State Transfer
RFC
Request for Comments
RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America
ROM
Read-Only Memory
RPC
Remote Procedure Call
RSS
Really Simple Syndication
RT
Request Tracker
SAX
Simple API for XML
SCO
Santa Cruz Operation
SDK
Software Development Kit
SGI
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language
sIFR
scalable Inman Flash Replacement
SOA
Service-Oriented Architecture
SMIL
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
SPF
Sender Policy Framework
SQL
Structured Query Language
SSH
Secure Shell
SSI
Server-Side Includes
SSSCA
Security Systems Standards and Certification Act
STFW
Search The Fucking Web
SVN
Subversion
TCP
Transfer Control Protocol
TDD
Test-Driven Development
TLS
Transport Layer Security
TMTOWTDI
There’s More Than One Way To Do It
TV
Television
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UI
User Interface
UK
United Kingdom
UPS
United Parcel Service
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
URN
Uniform Resource Name
US
United States
USA
United States of America
USB
Universal Serial Bus
UTF
Unicode Transformation Format
VC
Venture Capitalist
VCS
Version Control System
VM
Virtual Machine
VoIP
Voice over IP
VP
Vice President
vs
versus
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WADL
Web Application Description Language
WaSP
Web Standards Project
WASP
Web Application Structure for PHP5
WIMP
Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer
WinFS
Windows Future Storage
WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network
WLUG
Waikato Linux User Group
WS-*
Big Web Services
WSDL
Web Services Description Language
X
10
XAML
Extensible Application Markup Language
XHTML
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XMMS
X Multimedia System
XMPP
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
XP
Extreme Programming
XPCOM
Cross-Platform Component Object Model
XPI
Cross-Platform Installer
XSLT
Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
XUL
XML User Interface Language
Y2k
Year 2000