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A/UX -- Apple's implementation of UNIX
ASCII -- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BBS -- Bulletin Board System
BITNET -- "Because Its Time"
Network
CERN -- Birthplace of the WWW (Geneva, Switzerland)
CR/LF -- Carriage Return/LineFeed
FAQ -- Frequently Asked
Questions
FTP -- File Transfer Protocol
GIF -- Graphics
Interchange Format
HTML -- HyperText Markup Language for WWW
HTTP -- HyperText Transfer Protocol
IAB -- Internet
Architecture Board
IP -- Internet Protocol
IRC --
Internet Relay Chat
ISDN -- Integrated Services Digital Network
JPEG -- Joint Photographic Experts Group
LAN -- Local
Area Network
MIME -- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MTU -- Maximum Transmission Unit (needed for SLIP)
MUD --
Multi-User Dungeon (Dimension) (games)
NCSA -- National Centre for
Supercomputing Applications
NNTP -- Net News Transport Protocol
PDIAL -- Public Dialup Internet Access List (commercial servers)
PEP -- Packetized Ensemble Protocol (modem protocol)
POP
-- Point Of Presence
POP3 -- Post Office Protocol Version
3
PPP -- Point to Point Protocol (similar to SLIP, but newer)
SLIP -- Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMTP -- Simple Mail
Transport Protocol
TCP -- Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP -- Combination of TCP and IP
UNIX -- Computer
operating system developed by Bell Labs
URL -- Universal Resource
Locator
USENET -- User's Network (News Groups)
UUCP --
Unix to Unix CoPy
WAIS -- Wide Area Information Server
WAN -- Wide Area Network
WLAN -- Wireless LAN
WWW -- World Wide Web |
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