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IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
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IP | A 32-bit address used to identify a node on a network
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jema | a programming guru! |
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JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group - The group who decided on the common format for storing photographic images on computers and associated media. Such files have the suffix jpg.
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kbps | Kilobits per second (Note bits, NOT bytes)
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LAMPS | An acronym for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and SSL hosting. These five open-source programs are very commonly used together to serve websites. |
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Linux | An open-source unix based operating system that runs on many different types of computers.
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LOL | Laughing Out Loud
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MySQL | An industrial-strength open-source database program. MySQL is freely available from the MySQL website. |
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NAE | National Average Earnings |
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NAT | Network Address Translation - Software gateway function that translates internal private IP addresses and globally unique Internet addresses.
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PHP | PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (a recursive acronym) - a language designed to allow webpages to be constructed on-the-fly by a web server, making dynamic database-driven web pages easy to generate. PHP is open-source software, and is freely available from the PHP website. |
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pop | Point of Presence
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POP3 | Post Office Protocol V3 - Protocol commonly used by Internet PC users, enabling mail programs to download messages from a mail server
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RSI | Repetitive Strain Injury - Ailments of the hands, neck, back, and eyes typically due to repetitive operations,
often excessive computer use.
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SOHO | Small office/Home office |
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spam | unwanted and unsolicited email that can often cause mail boxes to fill up and block email systems. Many internet providers provide spam filtering services to reduce the amount of unwanted email. Care should also be taken who is provided with your email details. |
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SSL | Secure Sockets Layer - an addition to the standard method of communication between web browsers and web servers that encrypts the messages. This prevents people from "listening in" to sensitive conversations, such as between your browser and your bank's web server for example. SSL pages can be distinguished as they have https:// at the beginning of their addresses. |
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TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - a network protocol primarily associated with the Internet. |
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TTFN | TaTa For Now (Internet chat abbreviation)
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URL | Universal Resource Location - character string that corresponds to an Internet address.
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VAT | Value Added Tax, currently set at 17.5%, more information can be found at Customs & Excise |
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Web Safe Colors | A palatte of 216 colors that will display without dithering in all web browsers. |
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Windows XP | Next version of Microsoft Windows operating system following Windows 2000, NT, 98 etc.
A widely used PC GUI opperating system |
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XHTML | A combination of the HTML and XML standards, designed to make HTML markup more rigorous and consistent with the XML standards. The XHTML and XML standards can be found described in detail on the World Wide Web Consortium's website. |
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