Abbreviations
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AGP
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Accelerated Graphics Port
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ANSI
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American National Standard Institute
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API
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Application Programme Interface
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ALU
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Arithematic Logic Unit
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ADSL
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Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
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ASCII
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American Standard Code For Information Interchange
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ASP
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Active Server Page
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ATM
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Asychronous Transfer Mode
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B
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Basic
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Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instuction Code
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BIOS
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Basic Input Output Systems
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BLOB
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Binary Large Object
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BMP
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Bitmap
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C
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CAD
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Computer Aided Design
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CAM
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Computer Aided Manufacturer
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CAT
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Computerized Axial Topography
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CSMA
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Carrier Sense Multiple Access
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CC
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Carbon Copy
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CD
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Compact Disk
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CD/R
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Compact Disk Recordable
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CD/ROM
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Compact Disk Read Only Memory
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CD/RW
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Compact Disk Re-Writable
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CDFS
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Compact Disk File System
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CDMA
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Code Division Multiple Access Recordable
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CISC
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Complex Instruction Set Computing
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CMOS
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Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
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CMS
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Content Management System
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CMYK
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Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
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CPM
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Cost Per 1000 Impressions
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CPU
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Control Processing Unit
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CRT
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Cathode Ray Tube
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CSS
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Cascading Style Sheet
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DBMS
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Data Base Management System
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DDL
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Data Definition Language
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DDR
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Double Data Rate
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DHCP
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DIMM
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Dual Inline Memory Module
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DLL
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Dynamic Link Library
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DNS
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Domain Name System
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DOS
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Disk Operating System
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DPI
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Dots Per Inch
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DRAM
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Dynamic Random Access Memory
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DSL
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Digital Subscriber Line
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DSLAM
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Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
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DVD
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Digital Verstile Disk
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E
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EBCDIC
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Extend Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
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EDI
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Electronic Data Interchange
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EDP
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Electronic Data Processing
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EDVAC
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Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
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ENIAC
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Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
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EPROM
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Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory
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F
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FAQ
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Frequently Asked Questions
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FDDI
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Fiber Distributed Data Interface
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FIFO
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First In First Out
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FTP
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File Transfer Protocol
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FAST
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Federation Against Software Theft
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G
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GBPS
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Gigabits Per Second
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GIF
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Graphics Interchange Format
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GIGO
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Garbage In Garbage Out
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GPS
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Global Positioning System
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GUI
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Graphical User Interface
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H
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HDD
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HDTV
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High Definition Television
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HDV
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High Definition Video
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HTML
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Hyper Text Markup Language
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HTTP
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Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS
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Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
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I
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HDD
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Input Output
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ICMP
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Internet Control Message Control
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ICS
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Internet Connection Sharing
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IBM
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International Business Machine
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IC
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Integrated Circuit
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ICT
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Information and Communication Technologies
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IEEE
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Institute of Electrical and Electrical Engineers
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IU
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Input Unit
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IRC
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Internet Relay Chat
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ISDN
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Integrated Service Digital Network
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ISP
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Internet Service Provider
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JPEG
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Joint Picture Expert Group
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JRE
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Java Runtime Environment
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JSP
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Java Server Page
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K
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KB
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Kilo Byte
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KBPS
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Kilo Byte per Second
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L
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LAN
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Local Area Network
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LCD
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Liquid Crystal Display
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LED
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Light Emitting Diodes
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LISP
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List Processor
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LPM
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Lines Per Minute
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LPI
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Lines Per Inch
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Laser
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Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
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MAC
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Media Access Control
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MAN
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Metropolitan Area Network
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MBPS
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Mega Bytes Per Second
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MIDI
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Musical Instrument Digital Interface
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MICR
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Magnetic Ink-Character Reader
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MODEM
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Modulator And Demodulator
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MOS
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Metal Oxide Semiconductor
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MPEG
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Moving Picture Expert Group
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NIC
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Network Interface Card
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NOC
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Network Operations Center
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NNTP
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National News Transmission Protocol
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NTFS
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New Technology File System
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NVRAM
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Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
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OCR
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Optical Character Reader
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OMR
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Optical Mark Reader
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ODBC
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Open Database Connectivity
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OLAP
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Online Analytical Processing
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OLE
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Object Linking and Embedding
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OOP
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Object Oriented Program
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P2P
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Peer to Peer
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POS
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Point Of Sale
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PSS
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Product Support Service
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PCB
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Printed Circuit Board
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PCI
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Peripheral Component Interconnect
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PDA
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Personal Digital Assistant
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PDF
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Portable Document Format
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PHP
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PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
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PIM
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Personal Information Manager
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PMU
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Power Management Unit
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PNG
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Portable Network Graphic
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POP
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Post Office Protocol
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POST
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Power On Self Test
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PPP
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Point To Point Protocol
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PPTP
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Point To Point Tunneling Protocol
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PRAM
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Parameter Random Access Memory
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PROM
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Programmable Read Only Memory
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P2P
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Redundant Array Of Independent Disks
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POS
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Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
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PSS
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Red Green Blue
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PCB
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Reduced Instruction Set Computing
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PCI
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Read Only Memory
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PDA
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Revenue Per 1,000 Impressions
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PDF
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RDF Site Summary
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S
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SATA
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Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
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SCSI
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Small Computer System Interface
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SDK
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Software Development Kit
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SDRAM
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Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
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SDSL
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Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
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SIMM
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Single Inline Memory Module
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SMTP
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Single Mail Transfer Protocol
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SOAP
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Simple Object Access Protocol
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SQL
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Structured Query Language
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SRAM
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Static Random Access Memory
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SSID
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Service Set Identifier
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SSL
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Secure Sockets Layer
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SATA
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Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
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SCSI
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Small Computer System Interface
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SDK
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Software Development Kit
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SDRAM
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Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
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SDSL
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Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
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TCP/IP
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Transmission Transfer Protocol/Internet Protocol
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TIFF
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Tagged Image File Format
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UDDI
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Universal Description Discovery And Integration
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UDP
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User Datagram Protocol
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UML
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Unified Modeling Language
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UPS
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Uninterruptible Power Supply
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URI
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Uniform Resource Identifier
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URL
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Uniform Resource Locator
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USB
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Universal Serial Bus
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UTF
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Unicode Transformation Format
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VDSL
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Very High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line
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VDU
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Visual Display Unit
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VGA
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Video Graphics Array
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VoIP
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Voice Over Internet Protocol
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VPI
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Virtual Path Identifier
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VPN
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Virtual Private Network
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VRAM
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Video Random Access Memory
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W
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W3C
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World Wide Web Consortium
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WAN
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Wide Area Network
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WI-FI
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Wireless Fidelity
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WWW
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World Wide Web
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XHTML
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Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
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XML
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Extensible Markup Language
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Y
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Y2K
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Year 2000
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Z
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ZIF
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Zero Insertion Force
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