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4G – Fourth Generation
3D - Third Dimension
ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AI - Artificial Intelligence
AM - Amplitude Modulation
AMC - Annual Maintenance Contract
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
ARP – Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPANET - Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATM - Automated Teller Machine
AVG - Anti-Virus Guard
B2B - Business to Business
B2C - Business to Customer
BBS - Bulletin Board System
BCC – Blind Carbon Copy
BCDIC - Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
BIOS - Basic Input Output System
bits - binary digit
BNC – Bayonet Neill Concelman
bps - bits per second
C2B - Customer to Business
C2C - Customer to Customer
CAN - Campus Area Network
CCTV - Closed Circuit Television
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
CoD - Cash on Delivery
CPAV - Central Point Antivirus
CPU – Central Processing Unit
CRBT - Caller Ring Back Tone
CSMA/CD - Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
CSU/DSU - Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit
CVT – Constant Voltage Transformer
DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DNS – Domain Name System
DoD - Department of Defense
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
DTH - Direct To Home
EBCDIC - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
E-Commerce – Electronic Commerce
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
EDP - Electronic Data Processing
E-fax - Electronic Fax
EFT – Electronic Funds Transfer
EFTPOS - Electronic Fund Transfers at Points of Sale
E-Governance – Electronic Governance
E-mail – Electronic Mail
EMI - Electromagnetic Interference
ETA - Electronic Transaction Act
ETDSA – Electronic Transaction and Digital Signature Act
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FC - Ferrule Connector
FM - Frequency Modulation
FT – File Transfer
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
FTTH – Fiber to the Home
G2B - Government-to-Business
G2C - Government To Citizen
G2G - Government to Government
Gbps – Gigabits per second
GCE - Google Compute Engine
GPRS – General Packet Radio Service
GPS – Global Positioning System
GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication
HEVC - High Efficiency Video Coding
HoR - House of Representative
HTML – Hyper Text Markup Language
HTTP – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTPS - Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service
ICT – Information and Communication Technology
INTERNET - International Network
IoT – Internet of Things
IP - Internet Protocol
IPX/SPX - Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange
IR - Infrared Radiation
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP - Internet Service Provider
IT - Information Technology
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
Kbps - Kilobits per second
LAN - Local Area Network
MAC – Media Access Control
Malware - Malicious Software
MAN - Metropolitan Area Network
Mbps - Megabits per second
M-Commerce - Mobile Commerce
MMS – Multimedia Messaging Service
MODEM - Modulator and Demodulator
MS-Access – Microsoft Access
MSAV - Microsoft Anti Virus
NAS - Network Attached Storage
NAV - Norton AntiVirus
NCC - National Computer Center
NCP - Network Control Protocol
NetBEUI - NetBIOS Extended User Interface
NetBIOS - Network Basic Input Output System
NIC - Network Interface Card
NOS - Network Operating System
OS – Operating System
OTP – One Time Password
P2P – Peer to Peer
PaaS – Platform as a Service
PAN - Personal Area Network
PC – Personal Computer
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
PDF – Portable Document Format
PIN – Personal Identification Number
PM - Phase Modulation
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
POP - Post Office Protocol
POS - Point Of Sale
PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
PUK - Personal Unlocking Key
QBASIC - Quick Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
QoS – Quality of Service
RDBMS - Relational Database Management System
RJ-45 – Registered Jack – 45
SaaS – Software as a Service
SC - Subscriber Connector
SDSL - Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SIM – Subscriber Identification Module
SMA - Screw-Mounted Adaptors
SMPS - Switched Mode Power Supply
SMS - Short Message Service
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SQL - Structured Query Language
ST - Straight Tip Connector
STP - Shielded Twisted Pair
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Telnet - Teletype Network
UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair
Virus - Vital Information Resources Under Seize
VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network
VOIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
VOLTE - Voice over Long Term Evolution
VPN - Virtual Private Network
VR - Virtual Reality
VRML – Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VSAT – Very Small Aperture Terminal
WAN - Wide Area Network
WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
WiFi – Wireless Fidelity
WiMAX - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
Windows NT - Windows New Technology
Windows XP - Windows Experience
WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network

WWW – World Wide Web