Throughout the world of computing you will hear jargon galore, which, unless you are already in the IT industry, you may need a few explanations. Our jargon buster contains common computing terms along with their description, written in plain english.

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A	B	C	D
ACPI ADSL AGP ALU ANSI ASCII ASP ATA Attachment ATAPI AVI	Bandwidth Baud Binary BIOS Bit Bitmap BLOG Bluetooth bps Browser Bus Byte	CACHE CD ROM CGI Chat Chip Cluster CMOS CODEC Cookie Coprocessor CPS CPU Cursor	Data Database Defragmentation Desktop DDR DIMM DIMMS Directory DLL DMA DNS Domain Name DOS Dot Pitch Download DPI DRAM Driver DSL (see ADSL) DVD

I	J	K	L
IDE IEEE 1394 - iLink Installation Interface Internet IP Address IRQ ISDN ISP	Java Javascript JPEG	kbps Kernel Keyboard Shortcuts Kilobyte - KB	LAN LCD LPT

R	S	T	U
RAID RAM Resolution ROM Router	SATA SCSI SDRAM Sector Serial Port Server Shareware SIMM SIMMS SMTP Software Sound card SPAM SSL SVGA	Terabyte TCP/IP TIFF TFT TTL	Upload URL USB

V	W	Z
V90 V.90 Virus VPN	Wait State WAN WAP WAV WIFI - Wireless WLAN WWW	Zero Wait State ZIF

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