Our Glossary ( Under Development )

 A

• Applet
• Archie
• Artificial Intelligence ( AI )

B

• Backbone
• Bandwidth
• Bridge
• Browser

C

• Client/Server Model
• Connectivity
• Cookie

D

• Data-Base Management Systems ( DBMS )
• Data Communications
• Data Mining
• Data Warehouse
• Decision Support System ( DSS )
• Desk Top Publishing ( DTP )
• Domain Name Server ( DNS )

E

• Electronic Commerce
• Electronic Data Interchange ( EDI )
• Executive Information System ( EIS )
• Executive Support Systems ( ESS )
• Encryption
• Ethernet
• Expert System
• Extranet

F
 

• File Transfer Protocol ( FTP )
• Fourth-Generation Language (4GL )

G

• Gateway
• Geographic Information Systems ( GIS )
• Gopher
• Graphical User Interface ( GUI )
• Group Decision Support Systems ( GDSS )
• Groupware

H

• Host Computer
• Hypertext
• HyperText Markup Language ( HTML )
• HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP )

I

• Information Systems ( IS )
• Information Technology ( IT )
• Integrated Services Digital Network ( ISDN )
• Interface
• Internet ( Upper case I )
• internet ( Lower case i )
• Internet Protocol Number ( IP Number )
• Internet Service Provider ( ISP )
• Intranet

J

• Java

K

• Knowledge Engineering ( KE )

L

• Local Area Network ( LAN )

M

• Management Information Systems ( MIS )
• Metadata
• Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions ( MIME )

N

• Network
• Network Management

O

• Object-Oriented Programming Systems ( OOPS )
• On-Line Transaction Processing (OLPT )
• Open Systems Interconnection ( OSI )

P

• Point of Presence or Post Office Protocol ( POP )
• Protocol
• Public Data Network ( PDN )
• Push Technology

R

• Relational Data Base
• Response Time
• Routers

S

• Spreadsheet
• Structured Decisions
• Systems Integration
• Systems Programming

U

• Uniform Resource Locator ( URL )
• User Interface

 

V

• Value-Added Network ( VAN )
• Veronica

W

• Wide Area Network ( WAN )
• Workstation

Y

• "Year 2000" problem (Y2K )

 
 

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