| General Purpose Packages | | | Industrial Applications | | | Commercial Data Processing | | | Computer Systems | | | Systems Software | | | Programming | | | Arrangements |
| Common Abreviations - Everyone should know these | ||
| These are terms commonly used in exams. You should know what the abbreviations stand for and you should try and use them in your answers. | ||
| Thanks to Grant Marshall for this suggestion. | ||
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ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange | |
DPA |
Data Protection Act | |
EFT |
Electronic Funds Transfer | |
EPOS |
Electronic Point of Sale | |
GUI |
Graphical User Interface | |
HCI |
Human Computer Interface | |
HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language | |
ISP |
Internet Service Provider | |
LAN |
Local Area Network | |
LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display | |
MICR |
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition | |
POS |
Point Of Sale | |
RAM |
Random Access Memory | |
ROM |
Read Only Memory | |
| RTF | Rich Text Format | |
TFT |
Thin Film Transistor | |
WAN |
Wide Area Network | |
WIMP |
Windows Icons Mouse Pointer | |
| WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get | |