Productivity with Chrome
Depending on which Web metrics firm you believe, Google Chrome either surpassed Mozilla Firefox in worldwide browser market share in late 2011 or will do so in early 2012, picking up the number two spot behind Microsoft’s IE. Either way, it’s clear that Chrome’s star is rising.

If you’re among those switching to Google’s browser, you’ll find add-ons aplenty to enrich your browsing experience. Here are 10 essential add-ons, many exclusive to Chrome, that will please everyone from procrastinators to productivity buffs.

StayFocusd
When it comes to productivity, you are often your own worst enemy. StayFocusd can help. It lets you set a daily time limit for browsing time-wasting websites of your choosing; once your allotted time is up, the sites are blocked until the following day. You may be able to slip Facebook sessions past your boss, but StayFocusd’s all-seeing eye can be disabled only by uninstalling the add-on, making this a nearly foolproof way to remain on task.

Customization hounds will find plenty to love here, too. You can configure StayFocusd to operate only during certain hours on certain days, and/or to block subdomains, individual pages and even certain types of content, such as Flash games.

Aviary
Revisionists, rejoice! The Aviary add-on lets you edit images right in your browser without being rerouted to another site or program.

When you’re browsing, just right-click an image and choose Edit Image in Aviary from the context menu. Up pops the image in a simple widget that lets you adjust colors, crop, rotate, eliminate red-eye, add silly “stickers” and more, then save it to your desktop.

There’s also a screen capture feature that takes a snapshot of the page, opening it in a slightly more advanced in-browser image editor in a new window or tab. Here you can annotate your captures and add other effects, making this one powerful tool for bloggers or anyone else with an image-editing itch.

Session Manager
Never worry about finding websites from a previous browsing session again. Session Manager saves entire browser sessions in their current state, allowing you to revisit a series of websites accessed on a previous date, exactly as they were when you first clicked on them.

Session Manager is also ideal for synchronizing your daily Web browsing by helping you create sessions for certain times of day. Fond of social networking and email in the mornings? Session Manager makes it easy to load your routine while nursing that first cup of joe.

Chrome to iPhone or Google Chrome to Phone
Running out the door is a lot less stressful when you pair your Android smartphone with Google’s Chrome to Phone or your iPhone with myPhoneDesktop’s Chrome to iPhone (shown at left). Both send links, images, phone numbers and other important information right to your smartphone when you click on an in-browser button. With push notifications, the ability to set default actions for different data types and multiple handset support, they help streamline your digital life.

Both extensions are free; you’ll need to install the corresponding app on your phone and have an account with Google or myPhoneDesktop.

Taskforce
Taskforce turns your Gmail inbox into a productivity nerve center for your digital life. The add-on converts emails into tasks, schedules those tasks and shares them with others, even if they don’t use Taskforce. And it does all of that without forcing you to leave your inbox.

Digital natives and novices alike can use this interface with ease: Most actions are carried out simply by clicking on a Taskforce button inside your mailbox. Install the add-on, fire up your Gmail account and watch your productivity soar.

Things to Do
Productivity tools with oodles of features work well for advanced taskmasters. But the rest of us may be better served by simple add-ons that actually encourage us to get things done.

Procrastinators, look no further than Things to Do. The add-on makes your duties inescapable by turning Chrome’s New Tab page into a customizable to-do list. Each bullet point on your list can be dragged to a new position for easy prioritizing. Editing and deleting items is as simple as clicking on them, and keyboard shortcuts provide quick navigation through all the tasks you swear you’ll get done today.

AddThis
AddThis is your one-stop shop for all things sharing. Click the in-browser AddThis button and you’ll be able to broadcast content to over 300 different Web services. That simple browser button lets you tweet, share or email links without the hassle of switching between pages.

It’s ideal for thought leaders, social media marketers or anyone else with a generous digital spirit. AddThis also features translation functions for foreign-language content and can quickly be customized to share on lesser-known sites like Fashionista, Historious and Link Ninja.

FastestChrome
FastestChrome, a Chrome version of the popular FastestFox Firefox extension, is like steroids for your browser. Although it doesn’t actually load pages faster, the add-on’s numerous features make browsing faster overall. For instance, it automatically loads the next page of a website for minimal interruption while reading, and when you highlight a word or phrase on the page, its definition appears in a pop-up.

Social media mavens will love the ability to highlight a link and check out its popularity on Facebook and Twitter, while shopaholics will appreciate the real-time price comparisons pulled from shopping search engines that are displayed anytime a product appears in Google search results. All this and more adds up to a Chrome enhancement that makes Web browsing a breeze.

SpeakIt!
Multitaskers, meet your new best friend. Install SpeakIt!, highlight on-screen text on a non-encrypted Web page and click the SpeakIt! toolbar button to hear the text read aloud to you while you get work done. It’s the perfect way to listen to the latest celebrity updates from TMZ while, you know, doing important things. It’s also a great add-on for eye-strained Web users in need of relief.

Be warned, however — there’s no easy way to stop SpeakIt! once it starts reading aloud, so be ready with your keyboard’s Mute button.

This open-source tool supports every language that Google does, meaning polyglots and foreign language users have a chance to get in on the text-to-speech action. Wunderbar!

Up
Good things come in small packages. With one click, the Up add-on sends users up one level in the currently loaded URL. It’ll also display the path list back to the original website, making navigation among multiple URL levels quick and easy.

For researchers tracking down the home source of a citation or those who need to tap the root of a website quickly, Up is a must-have — proving that some of the best productivity tools are the simplest.

SOURCE: PCWORLD.COM

You don’t need an electrical engineering degree to properly install a cooler on your CPU. As is the case when installing many PC components, however, the procedure involves some subtleties that can have a measurable impact on the computer’s performance.

Simply latching on a CPU cooler without doing additional prep work may result in a seemingly perfect, working system. However, if you take some extra time to thoroughly clean the CPU’s integrated heat spreader and heat sink, prime their surfaces, and properly install a high-quality thermal interface material, your CPU’s temperatures will be lower – sometimes much lower. And lower CPU temperatures often result in a quieter system that’s also more stable and overclockable, if that’s your thing. A cooler chip is likely to hold up longer under sustained use, too.

With all of the potential benefits to a properly installed CPU cooler, we thought it would be a good idea to take you through the installation process, step by step, with both AMD- and Intel-based systems. Keep in mind that while we focus on desktop processors here, the steps outlined in this article generally apply to all types of processors, and to other chips that require heat sinks to aid in cooling.

Step 1: Ensure That the CPU Is Fully Inserted Into Its Socket
Unless something is obstructing the processor and preventing it from being perfectly seated in its socket, the chip should sit flat and level. To be certain it’s installed correctly, lift the socket retention lever and apply a bit of downward pressure on the CPU. Then, while applying the pressure, lower the lever to lock the CPU into place. Finally, perform a final visual inspection to confirm that the CPU is fully seated and flat against the socket.

Step 2: Clean the CPU and Heat-Sink Surfaces
For the base of the cooler’s heat sink to make optimal contact with the CPU’s integrated heat spreader, both surfaces must be clean and free from contaminants or particles. Use a lint-free cloth and a small amount of isopropyl alcohol (or an alcohol-based cleaner safe for use on electronics, which won’t leave behind any residue), to clean the base of the heat sink and the top of the CPU’s integrated heat spreader. It’s important to remove adhesive or any other potential contaminants that may prevent the surfaces from mating properly.

Step 3: Prime the CPU and Heat-Sink Surfaces With Thermal Paste
Some people argue that this step is unnecessary, but we’ve been doing it for years with great success. The reason for using a thermal interface material, or TIM, between the heat sink and CPU is to minimize or eliminate any potential air gaps. The TIM is a better conductor of heat than air is, and it acts as a medium to facilitate the migration of heat from the CPU to the heat sink. Priming the surfaces with a small amount of thermal paste (our TIM of choice) will fill in the microscopic imperfections in the metal that may not be filled by the final application of thermal interface material as the heat sink compresses it. Priming the surfaces also lubricates them somewhat, and helps to ensure that the final application of TIM spreads more easily and more evenly when compressed.

To prime the CPU’s integrated heat spreader and the heat sink’s base, apply a very small amount of thermal paste to each and rub it into their surfaces with a circular motion, as if you were waxing a car. The goal is to work the paste into the imperfections in the surface, until you’re left with what looks like a slight haze in the metal.

Step 4: Apply the Thermal Interface Material
With the CPU’s integrated heat spreader and the heat sink’s base clean and primed, it’s time to apply some thermal interface material, preferably a high-quality ceramic or silver-based thermal paste. On the center of the CPU’s integrated heat spreader, apply a small amount of thermal paste–just enough to cover the metal surface with a paper-thin layer of paste when spread out. A drop barely larger than a BB but smaller than a pea will do. You do not want gobs of extra paste to ooze from the sides when you mount the heat sink. The goal is to use the least amount of thermal paste possible to cover the surface of the integrated heat spreader, eliminate any air gaps, and allow maximum thermal transfer between the integrated heat spreader and the heat sink. Using too much thermal paste can hinder performance, so be judicious in its application.

Step 5: Mount the CPU Cooler
Most air coolers use a simple clip/latching mechanism to secure the heat-sink assemblies to the socket. The installation process involves lowering the heat sink in place, latching two clips to the mounting bracket around the CPU socket, and firmly securing the heat sink with whatever locking mechanism is installed on the cooler, typically a lever with a cam or screws.

The cooler we used, a model from Thermaltake, had a simple lever with a cam. To install it, we lowered it into position, being careful to hold it level and parallel to the CPU’s surface to ensure that the thermal paste spread evenly in all directions. Then, we positioned the metal clips over the hooks on the mounting bracket, and while applying a bit of downward pressure on the heat sink, we moved the lever into the locked position. The cam on the lever engages with a metal place on the mounting bracket, and applies constant downward pressure on the heat sink so that it makes good contact with the CPU surface.

Finally, plug the cooling fan’s connector into the CPU fan header on the motherboard, and you’re done.

SOURCE: PCWORLD.COM

That’s right: When your aged mother phones up to complain about her slow, broken, and malware-infested computer, instead of schlepping over there with a Windows install disk, you can just tell her to click “Refresh.” Refreshing keeps network settings, BitLocker settings, drive letter assignments, and personalizations (lock screen image, desktop wallpaper, etc.) Only Metro apps are preserved, however; Desktop apps, due to their third-party installers and other caveats are not easy to save — plus, due to the restrictive permissions placed on Metro apps, it’s probably a Desktop app that is causing a computer to misbehave in the first place. File associations, Windows Firewall settings, and Display settings are not preserved during a Refresh.

Reset is obviously very useful if you want to sell an old computer — or if you just want to perform the standard Six Month Windows Dekluge. Both Reset and Refresh are surprisingly quick, too: Reset takes six minutes, and Refresh takes eight minutes (compared to a baseline of 25 minutes using a system image backup tool). When Resetting, you have the option of performing a “thorough” wipe of your documents and settings, which takes a little longer to perform — 24 minutes, according to Microsoft (in reality it will take longer) — but it will prevent the next owner of your computer from discovering the details of your sordid affairs. These very quick speeds are achieved by using the same data migration tech as the Windows 8 upgrade engine, incidentally.

In true Microsoft, One OS To Rule Them All style, though, the Redmondites have also added a hard disk imaging/ghosting tool to Windows 8, ala Norton Ghost or Acronis True image. By using a tool called recimg.exe, you can define what image will be used by Refresh. In other words, you can install all of your normal Desktop apps and games — Photoshop, Steam, and so on — configure all of your tweaks and personalizations, run recimg.exe… and then when you Refresh, your computer will be cleaned up and also ready to go immediately. Neat.

At this juncture we have to point out that both Reset and Refresh are very tablety features, though given Windows’ innate malware magnetism, the same features will be very welcome on the desktop as well. Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 7 all support a Reset function — and through iCloud, Google’s cloud services, and Windows Live, resetting a phone is almost painless. Windows 8, if it wants to succeed on tablets, must have the same functionality as iOS and Android and then some.

SOURCE: EXTREMETECH.COM

1. Make New Text Lines in a Cell
Would you like to create multiple lines of text within a cell? There’s a keystroke for that. What if you want to reuse a chart’s formatting on another chart, or print multiple worksheets on a single sheet of paper? Those aren’t the only timesaving tools at your fingertips. Here’s how to find and use them to work smarter in Excel.

As you’ve probably already discovered, when you’re typing text into a cell and you want to start a new line of text, the Enter key doesn’t produce the desired result. Pressing Enter merely places the text in the current cell and then selects the next cell. Instead, to start a new line in Microsoft Excel, as you’re typing text, press Alt-Enter. On the Mac, the key combination is Control-Option-Return.

2. Quickly Add Values in Cells
Need a quick tally of values in selected cells? Read it in the Status Bar. What do you do when you need a quick calculation, such as adding the values of two cells? Rather than typing a formula to do it, click once on the first cell to select it and then Ctrl-click the second cell. By default, the Status Bar which runs along the foot of the Excel window will show the result of adding the values in the selected cells (Sum).

You can also view other calculations in the Status Bar by right-clicking the Status Bar and choosing from the calculations listed there; aside from Sum, you’ll find Average, Count, Numerical Count (the quantity of cells selected that contain numerical values), Minimum, and Maximum.

3. Create a Reusable Chart Template
Once you create a chart template, you can use it to format any future chart quickly.Creating a series of charts for a project, such as an annual report, usually means that you need to format all of the charts similarly. Create a chart template for the design, and you can use it to create and format new charts in a flash.

First create one chart and format it as you want all of the charts to look in the future. To save the chart formatting and appearance (but not the data) as a template, choose Chart Tools, go to the Design tab, select Save as Template, and then type a name for your template. The entry in the Save As Type box should read ‘Chart Template Files(*.crtx)’; if it doesn’t, select that option from the drop-down list. Click Save.

To use this template to format a new chart, begin by selecting the data to chart. From the Ribbon toolbar, choose Insert, Other Charts, and then All Charts Types. Now click the Templates option. From the My Templates group, select the template you saved, and click OK. Your new chart will have the same formatting as the chart template, saving you from having to do the work again yourself.

4. Format and Chart Far-Flung Data
The first step in charting and formatting sets of data that are far from one another is to select the data you need.Here’s another quick timesaver: When you want to format a series of cells that don’t appear side by side, start by selecting the first block of cells and then hold the Ctrl key as you select the second and subsequent blocks of cells. You can then apply a format, such as a font change or fill color, to all the selected cells.

You can use the same technique to chart cells that don’t appear side by side, as well. For example, if you need to create a chart from a table of data using the headings in the first column and the data from the fourth column, first select the headings in the first column. Then hold Ctrl as you select the matching data in the cells in the fourth column. Afterward, create a chart, just as you would any regular chart.

5. Keep an Eye on Data With a Watch Window
Using a Watch Window, you can view the values in cells not visible on your current screen.When you’re editing a very large worksheet, often you need to view how your changes in one area affect totals and other calculations in cells that currently sit off-screen, either farther down the page or on another worksheet tab. Instead of repeatedly moving back and forth from your working data area to the cells that show the results you’re interested in, use a Watch Window to display the values of the cells in the other part of the worksheet as you tinker.

To set up a Watch Window, click the left mouse button within one cell that you want to watch. From the Ribbon toolbar, choose Formulas, Watch Window. When the Watch Window dialog box appears, click Add Watch. Because you’ve already selected the cell, you simply need to confirm that the reference to it in the dialog box is correct, and then click Add.

Now return to the area of your worksheet that you’re editing. As you do so, you’ll see that the Watch Window floats atop the worksheet, allowing you to work on your data. While you edit, the Watch Window shows the other cells, reflecting the changes you’re making. You can move and resize the Watch Window as you wish, and use the Add Watch button to view additional cells in the Watch Window–even cells on another sheet–so that you can track the results in multiple cells as you work.

6. Make Formulas Easier to Understand
Using named ranges makes writing and troubleshooting formulas easier in Excel worksheets.Sometimes formulas are not as clear as they could be. A formula that looks like ‘=C2*C5′, for instance, is much harder to understand at a glance than one that reads, say, ‘=TaxRate*C5′. You can create formulas that use names (like ‘TaxRate’) instead of cell references (like ‘C2′) if you give common names to the cell or cells containing data you use repeatedly in calculations.

To name a range, click the cell or select the range of cells to name. From the Ribbon toolbar, choose Formulas, Define Name, and then type a name in the Name box. The name should start with a character, not a number, and although you can’t use spaces, you can use an underscore character if you wish. Click OK.

For example, if you were to name a cell ‘TaxRate’, later on you could use that name in a calculation, such as in the formula ‘=TaxRate*C5′, which multiplies the value in cell C5 by the value of the cell you’ve named ‘TaxRate’.

You can easily access named cells or ranges later.When you have named cells on a worksheet, you can find any of those cells or ranges by clicking in the Name box, which appears at the far left of the Formula Bar under the Ribbon toolbar. Click the drop-down arrow in the Name box to view a list of all named ranges, and click one to go immediately to that area on the worksheet.

7. Format Large Values as Rounded Thousands and Millions
Use a custom format to show large numbers as rounded, simplified values.Large numbers, such as thousands and millions, are often easier to work with as a rounded number than the exact value. You can set the cells containing large values to the nearest number of thousands using a custom Excel format.

First select the cell or range to round off. Next, right-click the selection and choose Format Cells, Number. From the Category list in the Format Cells dialog box, select Custom. In the Type box, type ###, “k” and click OK. This format will round up the number to a whole number of thousands and display it with the letter k after it. For example, the number 21,678.22 will display as ’22k’. Likewise, to format a number in the millions, create a custom formula that reads ###,,”m”.

In addition to using this number format in your worksheets, you can apply it when formatting the axes of your charts. To format a chart axis this way, right-click the axis and choose Format Axis. Then choose the Number group and set up your custom format by typing it in the Format Code box.

This format controls only how the numbers appear on your worksheet or chart axis, and does not affect the cell’s value. Therefore, Excel will use the actual value in a cell when the cell is referred to in a calculation.

8. Print Multiple Sheets on One Page
One thing that’s impossible to do in Excel using any built-in command or option is to print data from multiple sheets in a workbook onto a single sheet of paper. Instead, Excel always starts a new sheet of paper for each sheet in the workbook.

You can assemble snapshots of data from multiple worksheets into one worksheet for printing on a single sheet of paper.You have a workaround, however, that involves using the Camera tool. To start, you need to add the Camera icon to a toolbar; the easiest one to use is the Quick Access Toolbar. Click the down-pointing arrow to the right of the QAT, and choose More Commands. From the drop-down list in the right panel of the Excel Options dialog box, choose Commands Not in the Ribbon. In the panel below, select the Camera icon and click Add to put it in the QAT. Click Close.

Then, select the first range to print, and take a snapshot of it by clicking the Camera icon. Move to a new worksheet, and click in the cell where the top-left corner of the snapshot should appear. Immediately, once you click there, the snapshot image will appear.

Now go to the second area that you want to print, select it, take a snapshot of it, and repeat the process of adding that snapshot to the same sheet as before. Continue to assemble all the data you need to print. Because the snapshots are all located on a single worksheet, you can now print them on one sheet of paper. Note, too, that the snapshots are linked to the original data, so if you make changes to the original data, the data in the snapshots will update automatically.

9. Borrow Table Formats for Your Excel Data
You can remove some table formatting while preserving the table itself.Using the ‘Format as Table’ command on the Home tab of the Ribbon toolbar applies a neat format to a list of data in Excel. Unfortunately, it also adds filters to your column headings and changes the behavior of columns and rows adjacent to the list. If you want the convenience and simplicity of applying table formats with a single click, but don’t want the other features applied at the same time, you can easily remove the extras.

To see this at work, select your list, including the heading row. Apply a table format to it by selecting the Format as Table option on the Home tab of the Ribbon. Click a table style to apply it to your list. When the Format As Table dialog box appears, select the My table has headers checkbox, then click OK–your data will be neatly formatted.

To remove the other features that Excel adds automatically to your list, keep the list selected. Choose Table Tools and then the Design tab, and select the Convert to Range option. When Excel asks, ‘Do you want to convert the table to a normal range?’ click Yes. This action removes the filters from the column headings, and removes other table-specific behavior, but leaves the formatting in place.

10. Create a Custom Data-Entry List
Use a Data Validation List to make selecting values to enter data into cells easy.It’s always quicker and more accurate to select an entry from a prepared list than to type the item yourself. So when you have a worksheet requiring common entries that could exist in a list, set them up that way.

To create such a list, in an empty sheet in the workbook type the list of items to choose from, in one column. Return to the sheet where you will use these items, and select the range into which they will be entered. Choose Data, Data Validation, Data Validation, and then click the Settings tab. In the Allow drop-down menu, select List. Click in the Source area, navigate to the sheet that contains the data, and select the cells containing the items you just typed. Click OK to close the dialog box.

Now, when you select one of the cells to which you just added the Data Validation option, you’ll see a drop-down arrow appear. From the list that appears when you click the arrow, you can select the item to enter into that cell.

SOURCE: PCWORLD.COM

Portable Drive

If there’s already a computer and projector where you’re delivering the presentation and you just need to move your files there, use your phone as a portable disk. Before you leave your desk, transfer the file from your PC to your phone for easy access later. Or, if you’re toting a Windows Phone 7 handset, you can just access your PowerPoint file on the phone via SkyDrive. Your phone can also be a lifesaver when you forget a file offsite, as long as you store your presentation in an app like Dropbox or Box. Just remember to pack an extra USB cable to connect your phone to a computer.

Remote Control

Another way your phone comes in handy, if your presentation site already has a computer and projector, is to act as a remote control. Using an iOS or Android app installed on the phone that talks to a server program on the presentation computer, you can control the presentation through gestures on your phone. Examples of this phone and PC software combination include iOS apps like i-Clickr PowerPoint Remote, or Android apps, like Bluetooth Remote PC, which work via Bluetooth, or “Remote for PowerPoint” that can also use Wi-Fi.

HDMI/MHL Out

There may be times when you want to use your phone as the presentation device itself when there’s no computer available. In this case, some phones offer video output options so you can display your slideshow on a monitor or TV. Newer iPhones can output video with a special 30-pin-to-video cable, and Android phones such as the HTC Evo 3D even include a mini-HDMI or MHL output. It’s important to note that not all phones can output everything shown on the screen to a display or projector, and some are limited to specific media types like video, so be sure to test your setup early before you hit the road.

Presentation Software

If you can use your phone as the presentation device, you’ll need presentation software. Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 includes a PowerPoint viewer, but apps like Documents to Go or Quickoffice Pro also allow both Android or iOS to display a PowerPoint presentation stored on the phone. To avoid potential issues that apps might have with fonts, version incompatibility, and limited features, consider using a remote desktop app to display the presentation running on your office PC. An app like LogMeIn for iOS or TeamViewer for Android will access your office desktop, so you can run your presentation remotely in native PowerPoint. Just be sure to have a reliable network connection.

Future Capabilities

Sharp’s SH-05C projector phone debuted in Japan.Recently, a self-described hacker developed a system to combine a PC, a projector, and a Microsoft Kinect camera to project his phone’s display onto a wall. He could control the phone by interacting with the image on the wall. The extra equipment doesn’t make this solution practical on a business trip, but with companies like Texas Instruments developing pico projectors for smartphones, and the LG eXpo already having a snap-on pico projector option, it’s not hard to imagine a phone integrating these capabilities in the not-so-distant future.

SOURCE: PCWORLD.COM

Gartner analyst David Cearly peppered his audience of change-weary IT leaders with a new list of the tech trends that are going to rock their world next year as Cearly helped kick off the annual Gartner Symposium ITxpo on Monday night in Orlando.

This is always one of the most anticipated presentations of Gartner Symposium since it helps give a 20,000-foot view of the year ahead. At a conference that bombards IT executives with tons of research and statistics, it gives a little context at the beginning to put things in perspective for the rest of the week.

Here’s my breakout of the top 10, with select quotes from Cearly on the importance of each of the items:

1. Media tablets and beyond – “The implications for IT is that the era of PC dominance with Windows as the single platform will be replaced with a post-PC era where Windows is one of a variety of environments IT will need to support.”

2. Mobile-centric applications and interfaces – “When building user interfaces for multiple screen sizes and operating systems, new types of tools are needed to take the data feeds from applications and transform them so they are usable on the target device… There is no automatic way to do this — it takes engineering skills to design the right outputs.”

3. Contextual and social user experience – “Context-aware computing (CAC) uses information about an end user or objects environment, activities connections and preferences to improve the quality of interaction with that end user or object.” This is where GPS, NFC, bar code readers, image recognition, augmented reality, and various types of digital sensors come together to make computing devices automatically adapt to the environment and streamline things for users.

4. Internet of Things – “This Internet of things will enable a wide range of new applications and services while raising new challenges. For example, objects will increasingly act as “users” of other systems. Imagine a scenario where a warehouse robot interfaces with the ERP system for self-replenishment or a truck schedules its own maintenance. IT will increasingly have to consider how these scenarios impact issues such as software licensing.”

5. App stores and marketplaces – “With enterprise app stores the role of IT shifts from that of a centralized planner to a market manager providing governance and brokerage services to users and an potentially an ecosystem to support apptrepreneurs.”

6. Next-generation analytics – “We have reached the point in the improvement of performance and costs that we can afford to perform analytics and simulation for each and every action taken in the business. Not only will data center systems be able to do this, but mobile devices will have access to data and enough capability to perform analytics themselves, potentially enabling use of optimization and simulation everywhere and every time.”

7. Big data – “Another driver challenging IT is extreme information. Many organizations are beginning to realize they must to use this data for decisions, new analytic applications and pattern-based strategies. Big data has such a vast size that it exceeds the capacity of traditional data management technologies; it requires the use of new or exotic technologies simply to manage the volume alone.”

8. In-memory computing – “In-memory applications platforms include in-memory analytics, event processing platforms, and in-memory application servers… Running existing applications in-memory or refactoring these applications to exploit in-memory approaches can result in improved transactional application performance and scalability, lower latency (less than one microsecond) application messaging, dramatically faster batch execution and faster response time in analytical applications.”

9. Extreme low-energy servers – “The adoption of low-energy servers — the radical new systems being proposed, announced and marketed by mostly new entrants to the server business — will take the buyer on a trip backward in time. These systems will remove virtualization and lessen the shared use of systems. ”

10. Cloud computing – ”We could see the failure of the cloud to live up to the hype… The luster could wear off.” Gartner dropped the cloud from number one on the list for 2011 to number 10 for 2012. However, besides the hype issue, Cearly also noted that it’s partially because the cloud is getting absorbed into lots of other operational IT areas.

Cearly also noted how IT leaders should think about the “strategic technologies” on this list:
“A strategic technology is one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise during the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment or the risk of being late to adopt… Companies should use the list as a starting point and adjust based on their industry, unique business needs, technology adoption model, and other factors.”

It won’t surprise anyone that tablets are at the top of the list, and rightfully so. From both an employee and customer standpoint, tablets have been driving a huge change in the way people interact with information over the past two years and the process is likely to accelerate in 2012 as the price of tablets drop, Android’s tablet software improves, and Microsoft gets into the game with a legitimate play in Windows 8.

The biggest surprise was the demotion of cloud computing from number one to number 10. I think this was a bit of grandstanding on Gartner’s part because they know that journalists and the tech world would react strongly to it and write about it. But, I think they’re generally correct that a lot of enterprises are still balking at the cloud, or at least not jumping in with both feet. The cloud is being driven heavily by SMB and in order to fully come of age it will need convince bigger players to get on board for more than just a few fringe applications.

Other than that, I think big data, analytics, and apps should have all been a lot higher up on the list, while the Internet of Things is still a couple of years away from having a widespread impact — it’s going to require better, cheaper, and more ubiquitous mobile broadband.

SOURCE: TECHREPUBLIC

If you’re ready to deep dive into iOS’s keyboard, check out our 10 tips below.

Note: Before you start walking the path of iOS keyboard dominance, go to Settings > General > Keyboard and make certain that you have Auto-Capitalization, Enable Caps Lock, and Period Shortcut activated.

Caps Lock
Sure, typing in all caps is the digital equivalent of shouting and is often frowned upon by message recipients. But there are times when you need type an acronym (or emphasize a point for good reason). In those circumstances, simply double tap one of the two arrow keys to place the virtual keyboard in caps lock mode.

Add Diacritics
Want to an acute accent a letter or add a special character, like a circumflex or umlaut? Doing so isn’t very obvious, but it isn’t difficult, either. Press your finger to a letter for a second, and a small menu containing the various diacritical marks mapped to that letter will open. Select a character to place it in the text.

Add Currency Symbols
This tip works in the same fashion as adding accents and special characters. Press and hold the $ (dollar) sign to bring up icons of other world currencies, including the British Pound and Japanese Yen.

Quickly Add a Period
Did you know that you don’t have to tap the period icon in order to place the dot on screen? You can also tap the Space bar with two fingers, which not only drops a period, but adds a space between it and the next word so you don’t break the typing flow. It also conveniently caps the next letter! Note: You can also do this by double-tapping the Space bar.

Insert an Apostrophe
By default, iOS adds apostrophes to certain letter combinations. If you type “thats,” the virtual keyboard will transform it into “that’s.” If you need to place an apostrophe manually, there’s a remarkably simple way of doing it instead of hitting the “.?123” key and selecting the symbol, bring a finger to the exclamation point key and swipe up.

Choose a Site Extension
“.com” appears on the virtual keyboard when you’re typing within Safari’s address bar, but it isn’t the only website extension available. Tapping and holding that key opens a small menu containing the “.net,” “.org,” “.us,” and “.edu” extensions.

Choose New Marks
You aren’t limited to the default quotation marks or dashes. If you’d like to use a longer dash or a different set of quotation marks, tap and hold the respective key to open a menu and make your pick.

Add the Degree Symbol
Sometimes you just have to talk temperatures. Hold the zero key to open a menu that contains the degree symbol. Select it to insert the symbol into text.

Choose a Different Keyboard Language
Multilingual readers will appreciate this tip. Tap Settings > General > Keyboard > Add New Keyboard to open a list of selectable languages including Chinese, Emoji, Hebrew, and Russian. After you select a language, return to the virtual keyboard and tap the globe icon to the left of the Space bar to cycle between tongues. It even supports right to left typing, depending on the language selected.

Choose a Different Keyboard Layout
QWERTY may be the default keyboard layout, but it certainly isn’t the only format available. If you tap Settings > General > Keyboard, you can select one of two other keyboard layout options: AZERTY and QWERTZ. These option are only available to languages written in the Latin alphabet.

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The T110 II is an option for smaller businesses that may not need the weightier hardware features of the T310 or R515 yet the T110 doesn’t lack the important features offered by its higher end cousins, such as management utilities and software or advanced features like RAID, built-in security, virtualization compatibility and more.

Specs
The PowerEdge T110 II is a tower server. It measures 16 inches by 7.5 inches by 17 inches (HWD) and weighs a little over 12KG with one SATA HDD installed. The unit ship with an Intel Xeon E3-1220 @3.10 GHz quad-core processor, 4 GB 133 MHz single-ranked UDIMM memory and 1 TB HDD. It also has a DELL PERC H200a RAID controller. RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 are supported (depending on the number of drives installed).

The T110 II also supports up to 32 GB of RAM.  Either choice features Intel’s Virtualization Technology, so this server would be fine for consolidating physical servers into virtual machines. The front panel has a DVD drive, two USB ports, and an LED control panel. The control panel is diagnostic which provide extensive information on system health and USB and drive activity. Also handy is the LED panel’s ability to display color-coded errors during system startup.  Remember back when servers would usually emit an annoying series of beeps that you had to listen for whenever errors occurred? This is a much more effective diagnostics system.

There are several physical features in this server, features often lacking on some competing SMB servers. A lockable entry latch on the side cover, keeps the hard drives secures. An intrusion alert is set off should someone tamper with the cover. In addition, built-into the CMOS, is the ability to disable the power button. The T110 II uses TPM (Trusted Platform Module) security—a technology used to create encrypted keys to access a system. Dell’s TPM technology integrates with Microsoft’s BitLocker.

Inside the Chassis
We criticized the previous-generation T110 for being a bit cramped inside and hindering expandability or parts replacements. Not so with the T110 II.  A tool-less access and entry setting make getting inside the server a snap (a reason why the security alert features are so important!)

I found the inside of the T110 II quite roomy and easy to remove and replace parts in. What’s great is that the side panel has detailed charting of every internal component and how to get to the parts inside. There are four PCIe slots for expansion, and two internal USB ports on the motherboard. There are four drive bays— the hard drives are very simple to remove and install.
Dell provides a slew of management features. This is not something new—there were an abundance of features in the T310 and R515, as well. However, I previously criticized the utilities as seeming to be “all over the place.” Some were in the GUI, some of the same configuration options were within different utilities. In the PowerEdge T110 II Dell has streamlined the feature set and made finding and accessing each utility much easier.

There are several server embedded utilities. United System Configurator is a GUI that assists in configuring the pre-OS environment. Various management interfaces allow server admins to setup remote access, RAID arrays and more. However, not all of the management options are within BIOS or UEFI boot (you can switch to either mode). On the desktop is a shortcut to Dell’s OpenManage Server Administrator; an attractive, Web-based interface that details information such as system health, CMOS, memory and the OS. Admins can also view properties of the RAID controller and set virtual disks.

Performance     
One of the more surprising aspects of the T110 II is how quiet it is, especially considering the noisiness of the earlier T110. Dell has managed an impressive feat of engineering; you barely hear the machine boot up, and it’s practically silent running. This is great, because the desktop form factor allows it to run on top or under a desk in a small business that may not have a server room. It will cause no noise disturbance in a workspace.
Conclusion
There is little that isn’t admirable about the T110 II. It’s marketed as a first-time server, yet is not stingy with enterprise-level offerings. It’s powerful enough to house not only an SMB OS like Windows Small Business Server, but the full-fledged business system, Server 2008 R2. The only caveat? To achieve maxiumum performance, ramp up the memory from the standard 4 GB.
Dell PowerEdge T110 II is the clear Editors Choice winner for small business servers—it’s expandable, easily serviced, and has very good performance. Dell’s management option organization has matured, and server administrators have at their disposal an arsenal of utilities for customization and optimization.

SOURCE: PC mag.com

On-premise servers are still an integral part of a small business’ network. Servers can help to streamline a network, especially an expanding one. A peer-to-peer network may be fine for a home or small business with maybe three or four computers connected to one another, each sharing files and perhaps a few devices like a printer, a wireless router, or a NAS box. When a network starts to grow, either in number of users or in the amount of data that’s kept on it, a server can help a business stay organized and efficient. But there are a wide variety of servers available, all of them highly configurable.

First, you need to understand what servers are good at. Servers can be used to house files and manage printers. Better yet, they can manage which users on a network can access which resources. They can serve as machines handling a company’s website, email, databases, remote access and other tasks. Servers can range from simple, inexpensive tower PCs to sophisticated racks designed to handle heavy workloads and provide disaster recovery with backup, data redundancy and fault tolerance. Sifting through the vast options in the server market need not be a headache, if you have a good understanding of what your business needs are, how scalable you need a server to be and how critical it is to have that server stay operational in the event of a disaster. Here is a breakdown of key considerations when shopping for a server for your small business:

Price
Of course, your budget is going to have a lot to do with which server you select. Pricing depends on the configuration of a server. If a business has simple server needs, for example, requiring only a file and printer server with backup capability, remote access, and some limited disaster recovery capabilities, then a lower-end server would be fine. Keep in mind, however, that cheaper servers are often not as scalable as they usually have one drive (two at most)—limiting total storage capacity and fault tolerance capabilities. They are also not designed for heavy workloads. Just as with desktops, higher-priced server configurations, give higher-end options like multiple drives, more memory and a faster processor. If you have a lot of data processing going on in a business—users accessing billing systems or databases—you’re going to want to look into the highest-end system you can afford and not sacrifice on performance, especially if the server will be running mission-critical applications.

Day-to-Day Operations
Understanding your company’s day-to-day needs is crucial. Does your company need to run a database on the server? Will employees need remote access? Perhaps the server will handle e-mail—if so, take into account the number of user accounts that will access the server. Remember, a specific server can come in different configurations for different business purposes. Light server needs would do fine with a lower-priced Server while businesses that have anticipate highly-trafficked websites, many database transactions, or any other resource intensive workloads would be better served by the higher-end configuration.

Scalability
Have five or fewer employees in your business currently? A server that might suit that small number of users will not be as efficient in supporting twice as many. If you expect to add users and data, especially large data like images, video, or database record, opt for a server with scalability. This means maximum storage capacity, support for multiple drives (drives that can be added as a business scales), room for expansion inside the chassis (for memory upgrades and cards) and a capable processor. The HP Proliant ML330 G6 is a good example of a scalable server.

Data Redundancy/Fault Tolerance
Some businesses cannot afford any interruption in productivity due to server problems and downtime. Or, maybe complete data loss would mean complete ruin for a business. Others may have more forgiving data requirements. Data redundancy and fault tolerance are ways to keep data intact and servers functioning in the event of a disaster such as disk drive failure. Fault tolerance and data redundancy are achieved through a server technology known as RAID.

Lower end business servers usually are capable of performing basic RAID. RAID level 1 provides fault tolerance though mirroring of data onto two physical drives. Higher-end servers can perform more complex levels of RAID such as RAID 5 —best for organizations that need a high-level of fault tolerance without too much hit on performance and RAID 10 for high performance with redundancy. A beefy small business server that can provide the maximum RAID levels that an SMB would need is the Dell PowerEdge T310 server.

Space
Many smaller businesses don’t have dedicated server closets. Be cognizant of what space you have available and the dimensions of the server you are interested in, as well as the form factor. You cannot run a server designed to fit inside a server rack (like the HP Proliant DL380 G5 on top of a desk and expect to run optimally. Air flow and temperature considerations need to be taken into account as well. Even a tower desktop server works best in a well-ventilated and temperature regulated room. Consider, too, that servers can be quite noisy when you’re picking one out. If it has to live in a workspace, you’ll want a quieter one.

IT Expertise
Whether you have IT staff on hand or not can also influence your server choice. Many servers have remote administration and power-on capabilities—perfect if you have the occasional remote IT support call. If you are going to tackle it alone without much help outside from a vendor or seller, an easy to administer server like the Apple Mac mini with Snow Leopard server or the Dell T110 with Microsoft Small Business Server would be good choices.

Environment
Have an office where everyone is using a Mac? Then your server choice is easy. Keep administration simple by deploying the Mac mini server or Apple’s Xserve for larger organizations. Used to Windows? Then a server running Windows Small Business Server or Server would be easier to deploy and administer.

SOURCE: PC MAG

A
AAT-Average Access Time
AA-Anti-Aliasing
AAA-Authentication Authorization, Accounting
AABB-Axis Aligned Bounding Box
AAC-Advanced Audio Coding
AAL-ATM Adaptation Layer
AALC-ATM Adaptation Layer Connection
AARP-AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
ABCL-Actor-Based Concurrent Language
ABI-Application Binary Interface
ABM-Asynchronous Balanced Mode
ABR-Area Border Router
ABR-Auto Baud-Rate detection
ABR-Available Bitrate
ABR-Average Bitrate
AC-Acoustic Coupler
AC-Alternating Current
ACD-Automatic Call Distributor
ACE-Advanced Computing Environment
ACF NCP-Advanced Communications Function-Network Control Program
ACID-Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability
ACK-ACKnowledgement
ACK-Amsterdam Compiler Kit
ACL-Access Control List
ACL-Active Current Loop
ACM-Association for Computing Machinery
ACME-Automated Classification of Medical Entities
ACP-Airline Control Program
ACPI-Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACR-Allowed Cell Rate
ACR-Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio
AD-Active Directory
AD-Administrative Domain
ADC-Analog-to-Digital Converter
ADC-Apple Display Connector
ADB-Apple Desktop Bus
ADCCP-Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures
ADO-ActiveX Data Objects
ADSL-Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADT-Abstract Data Type
AE-Adaptive Equalizer
AES-Advanced Encryption Standard
AF-Anisotropic Filtering
AFP-Apple Filing Protocol
AGP-Accelerated Graphics Port
AH-Active Hub
AI-Artificial Intelligence
AIX-Advanced Interactive eXecutive
Ajax-Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
AL-Active Link
AL-Access List
ALAC-Apple Lossless Audio Codec
ALGOL-Algorithmic Language
ALSA-Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
ALU-Arithmetic and Logical Unit
AM-Active Matrix
AM-Access Method
AM-Active Monitor
AM-Allied Mastercomputer
AM-Amplitude Modulation
AMD-Advanced Micro Devices
AMQP-Advanced Message Queuing Protocol
AMR-Audio Modem Riser
ANN-Artificial Neural Network
ANSI-American National Standards Institute
ANT-Another Neat Tool
AoE-ATA over Ethernet
AOP-Aspect-Oriented Programming
APCI-Application-Layer Protocol Control Information
API-Application Programming Interface
APIC-Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
APIPA-Automatic Private IP Addressing
APL-A Programming Language
APR-Apache Portable Runtime
ARC-Adaptive Replacement Cache
ARC-Advanced RISC Computing
ARIN-American Registry for Internet Numbers
ARM-Advanced RISC Machines
AROS-AROS Research Operating System
ARP-Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA-Address and Routing Parameter Area
ARPA-Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPANET-Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
AS-Access Server
ASCII-American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASG-Abstract Semantic Graph
ASIC-Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASIMO-Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility
ASLR-Address Space Layout Randomization
ASM-Algorithmic State Machine
ASMP-Asymmetric Multiprocessing
ASN.1-Abstract Syntax Notation 1
ASP-Active Server Pages
ASP-Application Service Provider
ASR-Asynchronous Signal Routine
AST-Abstract Syntax Tree
ASSP-Application-Specific Standard Product
AT-Advanced Technology
AT-Access Time
AT-Active Terminator
ATA-Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAG-Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
ATAPI-Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
ATM-Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AVC-Advanced Video Coding
AVI-Audio Video Interleaved
AWK-Aho Weinberger Kernighan
AWT-Abstract Window Toolkit

B
B2B-Business-to-Business
B2C-Business-to-Consumer
BAL-Basic Assembly Language
Bash-Bourne-again shell
BASIC-Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BBP-Baseband Processor
BBS-Bulletin Board System
BCD-Binary Coded Decimal
BCNF-Boyce-Codd normal form
BEEP-Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol
BER-Bit Error Rate
BFD-Binary File Descriptor
BFS-Breadth-First Search
BGP-Border Gateway Protocol
BiDi-Bi-Directional
bin-binary
BINAC-Binary Automatic Computer
BIND-Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BIOS-Basic Input Output System
BJT-Bipolar Junction Transistor
bit-binary digit
Blob-Binary large object
Blog-Web Log
BMP-Basic Multilingual Plane
BNC-Bayonet Neill-Concelman
BOINC-Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing
BOM-Byte Order Mark
BOOTP-Bootstrap Protocol
BPDU-Bridge Protocol Data Unit
BPEL-Business Process Execution Language
BPL-Broadband over Power Lines
bps-bits per second
BRR-Business Readiness Rating
BSA-Business Software Alliance
BSB-Backside Bus
BSD-Berkeley Software Distribution
BSoD-Blue Screen of Death
BSS-Block Started by Symbol
BT-BitTorrent
BT-Bluetooth
BTAM-Basic Telecommunications Access Method
BW-Bandwidth

C
CA-Certificate Authority
CAD-Computer-Aided Design
CAE-Computer-Aided Engineering
CAID-Computer-Aided Industrial Design
CAI-Computer-Aided Instruction
CAM-Computer-Aided Manufacturing
CAPTCHA-Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAT – Computer-Aided Translation
CAQ-Computer-Aided Quality Assurance
CASE-Computer-Aided Software Engineering
cc-C Compiler
CD-Compact Disc
CDE-Common Desktop Environment
CDMA-Code Division Multiple Access
CDN-Content Delivery Network
CDP-Continuous Data Protection
CD-R-CD-Recordable
CD-ROM-CD Read-Only Memory
CD-RW-CD-Rewritable
CDSA-Common Data Security Architecture
CERT-Computer Emergency Response Team
CES-Consumer Electronics Show
CF-Compact Flash
CFD-Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFG-Context-Free Grammar
CFG-Control Flow Graph
CG-Computer Graphics
CGA-Color Graphics Array
CGI-Common Gateway Interface
CGI-Computer-Generated Imagery
CGT-Computational Graph Theory
CHAP-Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHS-Cylinder-Head-Sector
CIDR-Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CIFS-Common Internet Filesystem
CIM-Common Information Model
CISC-Complex Instruction Set Computer
CJK-Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
CJKV-Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese
CLI-Command Line Interface
CLR-Common Language Runtime
CM-Configuration Management
CM-Content Management
CMMI-Capability Maturity Model Integration
CMOS-Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMS-Content Management System
CN-Canonical Name
CN-Common Name
CNC-Computer Numerical Control
CNR-Communications and Networking Riser
COBOL-Common Business-Oriented Language
COM-Component Object Model
CORBA-Common Object Request Broker Architecture
COTS-Commercial Off-The-Shelf
CPA-Cell Processor Architecture
CPA-Converged Packet Access
CPAN-Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
CP/M-Control Program/Monitor
CPRI-Common Public Radio Interface
CPS-characters per second
CPU-Central Processing Unit
CR-Carriage Return
CRAN-Comprehensive R Archive Network
CRC-Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRLF-Carriage Return Line Feed
CRM-Customer Relationship Management
CRS-Computer Reservations System
CRT-Cathode Ray Tube
CRUD-Create, Read, Update and Delete
CS-Cable Select
CS-Computer Science
CSE-Computer Science and Engineering
CSI-Common System Interface
CSP-Communicating Sequential Processes
CSRF-Cross-Site Request Forgery
CSS-Cascading Style Sheets
CSS-Content-Scrambling System
CSS-Closed Source Software
CSS-Cross-Site Scripting
CSV-Comma-Separated Values
CT-Computerized Tomography
CTAN-Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
CTCP-Client-To-Client Protocol
CTI-Computer Telephony Integration
CTL-Computational Tree Logic
CTM-Close To Metal
CTS-Clear To Send
CTSS-Compatible Time-Sharing System
CUA-Common User Access
CVS-Concurrent Versioning System

D
DAC-Digital-To-Analog Converter
DAC-Discretionary Access Control
DAO-Data Access Objects
DAO-Disk-At-Once
DAP-Directory Access Protocol
DARPA-Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAT-Digital Audio Tape
DB-Database
DBA-Database Administrator
DBCS-Double Byte Character Set
DBMS-Database Management System
DCC-Direct Client-to-Client
DCCP-Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
DCCA-Debian Common Core Alliance
DCL-Data Control Language
DCMI-Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
DCOM-Distributed Component Object Model
DD-Double Density
DDE-Dynamic Data Exchange
DDL-Data Definition Language
DDoS-Distributed Denial of Service
DDR-Double Data Rate
DEC-Digital Equipment Corporation
DES-Data Encryption Standard
dev-development
DFA-Deterministic Finite Automaton
DFD-Data Flow Diagram
DFS-Depth-First Search
DFS-Distributed File System
DGD-Dworkin’s Game Driver
DHCP-Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHTML-Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language
DIF-Data Integrity Field
DIMM-Dual Inline Memory Module
DIN-Deutsches Institut für Normung
DIP-Dual In-line Package
DIVX-Digital Video Express
DKIM-Domain Keys Identified Mail
DL-Download
DLL-Dynamic Link Library
DLNA-Digital Living Network Alliance
DLP-Digital Light Processing
DMA-Direct Memory Access
DMCA-Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DMI-Direct Media Interface
DML-Data Manipulation Language
DML-Definitive Media Library
DMR-Dennis M. Ritchie
DN-Distinguished Name
DND-Drag-and-Drop
DNS-Domain Name System
DOCSIS-Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
DOM-Document Object Model
DoS-Denial of Service
DOS-Disk Operating System
DP-Dot Pitch
DPC-Deferred Procedure Call
DPI-Deep Packet Inspection
DPI-Dots Per Inch
DPMI-DOS Protected Mode Interface
DPMS-Display Power Management Signaling
DRAM-Dynamic Random Access Memory
DR-DOS-Digital Research – Disk Operating System
DRI-Direct Rendering Infrastructure
DRM-Digital Rights Management
DRM-Direct Rendering Manager
DSDL-Document Schema Definition Languages
DSDM-Dynamic Systems Development Method
DSL-Digital Subscriber Line
DSL-Domain-Specific Language
DSLAM-Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DSN-Database Source Name
DSN-Data Set Name
DSP-Digital Signal Processor
DSSSL-Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
DTD-Document Type Definition
DTE-Data Terminal Equipment
DTP-Desktop Publishing
DTR-Data Terminal Ready
DVD-Digital Versatile Disc
DVD-Digital Video Disc
DVD-R-DVD-Recordable
DVD-ROM-DVD-Read Only Memory
DVD-RW-DVD-Rewritable
DVI-Digital Visual Interface
DVR-Digital Video Recorder

E
EAI-Enterprise Application Integration
EAP-Extensible Authentication Protocol
EBCDIC-Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBML-Extensible Binary Meta Language
ECC-Elliptic Curve Cryptography
ECMA-European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECN-Explicit Congestion Notification
ECOS-Embedded Configurable Operating System
ECRS-Expense and Cost Recovery System
EDA-Electronic Design Automation
EDI-Electronic Data Interchange
EDO-Extended Data Out
EDSAC-Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
EDVAC-Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
EEPROM-Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EFF-Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFI-Extensible Firmware Interface
EFM-Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation
EGA-Enhanced Graphics Array
EGP-Exterior Gateway Protocol
eID-electronic ID card
EIDE-Enhanced IDE
EIGRP-Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
EISA-Extended Industry Standard Architecture
ELF-Extremely Low Frequency
ELF-Executable and Linkable Format
ELM-ELectronic Mail
EMACS-Editor MACroS
EMS-Expanded Memory Specification
ENIAC-Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
EOF-End of File
EOL-End of Life
EOL-End of Line
EOM-End Of Message
EPIC-Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
EPROM-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
ERP-Enterprise Resource Planning
ESCON-Enterprise Systems Connection
ESD-Electrostatic Discharge
ETL-Extract, Transform, Load
ESR-Eric Steven Raymond
EUC-Extended Unix Code
EULA-End User License Agreement
EXT-EXTended file system

F
FAP-FORTRAN Assembly Program
FASM-Flat ASseMbler
FAT-File Allocation Table
FAQ-Frequently Asked Questions
FBDIMM-Fully Buffered Dual Inline Memory Module
FC-AL-Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
FCB-File Control Block
FCS-Frame Check Sequence
FDC-Floppy Disk Controller
FDS-Fedora Directory Server
FDD-Floppy Disk Drive
FDDI-Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDMA-Frequency-Division Multiple Access
FEC-Forward Error Correction
FEMB-Front-End Motherboard
FET-Field Effect Transistor
FHS-Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
FICON-FIber CONnectivity
FIFO-First In First Out
FIPS-Federal Information Processing Standards
FL-Function Level
FLAC-Free Lossless Audio Codec
FLOPS-FLoating-Point Operations Per Second
FLOSS-Free/Libre/Open Source Software
FOLDOC-Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
FOSDEM-Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting
FOSI-Formatted Output Specification Instance
FOSS-Free and Open Source Software
FP-Function Programming
FPGA-Field Programmable Gate Array
FPS-Floating Point Systems
FPU-Floating Point Unit
FRU-Field Replaceable Unit
FS-File System
FSB-Front Side Bus
FSF-Free Software Foundation
FSM-Finite State Machine
FTTC-Fiber To The Curb
FTTH-Fiber To The Home
FTTP-Fiber To The Premises
FTP-File Transfer Protocol
FQDN-Fully Qualified Domain Name
FUD-Fear Uncertainty Doubt
FWS-Folding White Space
FXP-File eXchange Protocol

G
G11N-Globalization
Gas-GNU Assembler
Gb-Gigabit
GB-Gigabyte
GCC-GNU Compiler Collection
GCJ-GNU Compiler for Java
GCR-Group Code Recording
GDB-GNU Debugger
GDI-Graphics Device Interface
GFDL-GNU Free Documentation License
GIF-Graphics Interchange Format
GIGO-Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIMP-GNU Image Manipulation Program
GIMPS-Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
GIS-Geographic Information System
GLUT-OpenGL Utility Toolkit
GML-Geography Markup Language
GNOME-GNU Network Object Model Environment
GNU-GNU’s Not Unix
GOMS-Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection rules
GPASM-GNU PIC ASseMbler
GPG-GNU Privacy Guard
GPGPU-General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units
GPIB-General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
GPL-General Public License
GPL-General-Purpose Language
GPRS-General Packet Radio Service
GPT-GUID Partition Table
GPU-Graphics Processing Unit
GRUB-Grand Unified Boot-Loader
GSM-Global System for Mobile Communications
GTK+-GIMP Toolkit
GUI-Graphical User Interface
GUID-Globally Unique IDentifier
GWT-Google Web Toolkit

H
HAL-Hardware Abstraction Layer
HBA-Host Bus Adapter
HCI-Human Computer Interaction
HD-High Density
HDD-Hard Disk Drive
HCL-Hardware Compatibility List
HD DVD-High Definition DVD
HDL-Hardware Description Language
HDMI-High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HF-High Frequency
HHD-Hybrid Hard Drive
HID-Human Interface Device
HIG-Human Interface Guidelines
HIRD-Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth
HLASM-High Level ASseMbler
HMA-High Memory Area
HP-Hewlett-Packard
HPC-High-Performance Computing
HPFS-High Performance File System
HSM-Hierarchical Storage Management
HT-Hyper Threading
HTM-Hierarchical Temporal Memory
HTML-Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP-Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPd-Hypertext Transport Protocol Daemon
HTX-HyperTransport eXpansion
HURD-Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons
HVD-Holographic Versatile Disc
Hz-Hertz

I
I2C-Inter-Integrated Circuit
I18N-Internationalization
IANA-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
iBCS-Intel Binary Compatibility Standard
IBM-International Business Machines
IC-Integrated Circuit
ICANN-Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICE-In-Circuit Emulator
ICE-Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics
ICMP-Internet Control Message Protocol
ICP-Internet Cache Protocol
ICT-Information and Communication Technology
IDE-Integrated Development Environment
IDE-Integrated Drive Electronics
IDF-Intermediate Distribution Frame
IDL-Interface Definition Language
IDS-Intrusion Detection System
IE-Internet Explorer
IEC-International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF-Internet Engineering Task Force
IFL-Integrated Facility for Linux
IGMP-Internet Group Management Protocol
IGRP-Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
IHV-Independent Hardware Vendor
IIOP-Internet Inter-Orb Protocol
IIS-Internet Information Services
IL-Intermediate Language
IM-Instant Messaging
IMAP-Internet Message Access Protocol
IME-Input Method Editor
INFOSEC-Information Systems Security
I/O-Input/Output
IP-Intellectual Property
IP-Internet Protocol
IPC-Inter-Process Communication
IPL-Initial Program Load
IPO-Inter Procedural Optimization
IPP-Internet Printing Protocol
IPS-Intrusion Prevention System
IPsec-Internet Protocol security
IPTV-Internet Protocol Television
IPX-Internetwork Packet Exchange
IRC-Internet Relay Chat
IrDA-Infrared Data Association
IRP-I/O Request Packet
IRQ-Interrupt Request
IS-Information Systems
ISA-Industry Standard Architecture
ISA-Instruction Set Architecture
ISAM-Indexed Sequential Access Method
ISC-Internet Storm Center
iSCSI-Internet Small Computer System Interface
ISDN-Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO-International Organization for Standardization
iSNS-Internet Storage Name Service
ISP-Internet Service Provider
ISPF-Interactive System Productivity Facility
ISR-Interrupt Service Routine
ISV-Independent Software Vendor
IT-Information Technology
ITL-Interval Temporal Logic
ITU-International Telecommunication Union
IVRS-Interactive Voice Response System

J
J2EE-Java 2 Enterprise Edition
J2ME-Java 2 Micro Edition
J2SE-Java 2 Standard Edition
JAXB-Java Architecture for XML Binding
JAX-RPC-Java XML for Remote Procedure Calls
JAXP-Java API for XML Processing
JBOD-Just a Bunch of Disks
JCE – Java Cryptography Extension
JCL-Job Control Language
JCP-Java Community Process
JDBC-Java Database Connectivity
JDK-Java Development Kit
JES-Job Entry Subsystem
JDS-Java Desktop System
JFC-Java Foundation Classes
JFET-Junction Field-Effect Transistor
JFS-IBM Journaling File System
JINI-Jini Is Not Initials
JIT-Just-In-Time
JMX-Java Management Extensions
JMS-Java Message Service
JNDI-Java Naming and Directory Interface
JNI-Java Native Interface
JNZ-Jump non-zero
JPEG-Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE-Java Runtime Environment
JS-JavaScript
JSON-JavaScript Object Notation
JSP-Jackson Structured Programming
JSP-JavaServer Pages
JTAG-Joint Test Action Group
JUG-Java Users Group
JVM-Java Virtual Machine
jwz-Jamie Zawinski

K
K&R-Kernighan and Ritchie
KB-Keyboard
Kb-Kilobit
KB-Kilobyte
KB-Knowledge Base
KDE-K Desktop Environment
kHz-Kilohertz
KM-Knowledge Machine
KRL-Knowledge Representation Language
KVM-Keyboard, Video, Mouse

L
L10N-Localization
L2TP-Layer two Tunneling Protocol
LAMP-Linux Apache MySQL Perl
LAMP-Linux Apache MySQL PHP
LAMP-Linux Apache MySQL Python
LAN-Local Area Network
LBA-Logical Block Addressing
LCD-Liquid Crystal Display
LCOS-Liquid Crystal On Silicon
LDAP-Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LE-Logical Extents
LED-Light-Emitting Diode
LF-Line Feed
LF-Low Frequency
LFS-Linux From Scratch
LGPL-Lesser General Public License
LIB-LIBrary
LIF-Low Insertion Force
LIFO-Last In First Out
LILO-Linux Loader
LISP-LISt Processing
LKML-Linux Kernel Mailing List
LM-Lan Manager
LOC-Lines of Code
LPC-Lars Pensjö C
LPI-Linux Professional Institute
LPT – Line Print Terminal
LSB-Least Significant Bit
LSB-Linux Standard Base
LSI-Large-Scale Integration
LTL-Linear Temporal Logic
LTR-Left-to-Right
LUG-Linux User Group
LUN-Logical Unit Number
LV-Logical Volume
LVD-Low Voltage Differential
LVM-Logical Volume Management
LZW-Lempel-Ziv-Welch

M
MAC-Mandatory Access Control
MAC-Media Access Control
MAN-Metropolitan Area Network
MANET-Mobile Ad-Hoc Network
MAPI-Messaging Application Programming Interface
Mb-Megabit
MB-Megabyte
MBCS-Multi Byte Character Set
MBR-Master Boot Record
MCA-Micro Channel Architecture
MCA-Microsoft Certified Architect
MCAD-Microsoft Certified Application Developer
MCAS-Microsoft Certified Application Specialist
MCDBA-Microsoft Certified DataBase Administrator
MCDST-Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician
MCITP-Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional
MCM-Microsoft Certified Master
MCP-Microsoft Certified Professional
MCPD-Microsoft Certified Professional Developer
MCSA-Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
MCSD-Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
MCSE-Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
MCT-Microsoft Certified Trainer
MCTS-Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
MDA-Mail Delivery Agent
MDA-Model-Driven Architecture
MDA-Monochrome Display Adapter
MDF-Main Distribution Frame
MDI-Multiple Document Interface
ME-[Windows] Millennium Edition
MF-Medium Frequency
MFC-Microsoft Foundation Classes
MFM-Modified Frequency Modulation
MGCP-Media Gateway Control Protocol
MHz-Megahertz
MIB-Management Information Base
MICR-Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MIDI-Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIMD-Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data
MIMO-Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
MINIX-MIni-uNIX
MIPS-Million Instructions Per Second
MIPS-Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
MIS-Management Information Systems
MISD-Multiple Instruction, Single Data
MIT-Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIME-Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MMDS-Mortality Medical Data System
MMI-Man Machine Interface.
MMIO-Memory-Mapped I/O
MMORPG-Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
MMU-Memory Management Unit
MMX-Multi-Media Extensions
MNG-Multiple-image Network Graphics
MoBo-Motherboard
MOM-Message-Oriented Middleware
MOO-MUD Object Oriented
MOS-Microsoft Office Specialist
MOSFET-Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MOTD-Message Of The Day
MOUS-Microsoft Office User Specialist
MPAA-Motion Picture Association of America
MPEG-Motion Pictures Experts Group
MPL-Mozilla Public License
MPLS-Multiprotocol Label Switching
MPU-Microprocessor Unit
MS-Memory Stick
MS-Microsoft
MSB-Most Significant Bit
MS-DOS-Microsoft DOS
MT-Machine Translation
MTA-Mail Transfer Agent
MTA-Microsoft Technology Associate
MTBF-Mean Time Between Failures
MTU-Maximum Transmission Unit
MSA-Mail Submission Agent
MSDN-Microsoft Developer Network
MSI-Medium-Scale Integration
MSI-Microsoft Installer
MUA-Mail User Agent
MUD-Multi-User Dungeon
MVC-Model-View-Controller
MVP-Most Valuable Professional
MVS-Multiple Virtual Storage
MX-Mail exchange
MXF-Material Exchange Format

N
NACK-Negative ACKnowledgement
NAK-Negative AcKnowledge Character
NaN-Not a Number
NAS-Network-Attached Storage
NASM-Netwide ASseMbler
NAT-Network Address Translation
NCP-NetWare Core Protocol
NCQ-Native Command Queuing
NCSA-National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NDPS-Novell Distributed Print Services
NDS-Novell Directory Services
NEP-Network Equipment Provider
NetBIOS-Network Basic Input/Output System
NEXT-Near-End CrossTalk
NFA-Nondeterministic Finite Automaton
NFS-Network File System
NGL-aNGeL
NGSCB-Next-Generation Secure Computing Base
NI-National Instruments
NIC-Network Interface Controller
NIM-No Internal Message
NIO-New I/O
NIST-National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLP-Natural Language Processing
NLS-Native Language Support
NP-Nondeterministic Polynomial time
NPL-Netscape Public License
NPU-Network Processing Unit
NS-Netscape
NSA-National Security Agency
NSPR-Netscape Portable Runtime
NMI-Non-Maskable Interrupt
NNTP-Network News Transfer Protocol
NOC-Network Operations Center
NOP-No OPeration
NOS-Network Operating System
NPTL-Native POSIX Thread Library
NSS-Novell Storage Service
NSS-Network Security Services
NSS-Name Service Switch
NT-New Technology
NTFS-NT Filesystem
NTLM-NT Lan Manager
NTP-Network Time Protocol
NUMA-Non-Uniform Memory Access
NURBS-Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline
NVR-Network Video Recorder
NVRAM-Non-Volatile Random Access Memory

O
OASIS-Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OAT-Operational Acceptance Testing
OBSAI-Open Base Station Architecture Initiative
ODBC-Open DataBase Connectivity
OEM-Original Equipment Manufacturer
OES-Open Enterprise Server
OFTC-Open and Free Technology Community
OLAP-Online Analytical Processing
OLE-Object Linking and Embedding
OLED-Organic Light Emitting Diode
OLPC-One Laptop per Child
OLTP-Online Transaction Processing
OMF-Object Module Format
OMG-Object Management Group
OO-Object-Oriented
OO-OpenOffice
OOE-Out-of-Order Execution
OOM-Out Of Memory
OOo-OpenOffice.org
OoOE-Out-of-Order Execution
OOP-Object-Oriented Programming
OOTB-Out of the box
OPML-Outline Processor Markup Language
ORB-Object Request Broker
ORM-Oject-Relational Mapping
OS-Open Source
OS-Operating System
OSCON-O’Reilly Open Source CONvention
OSDN-Open Source Developer Network
OSI-Open Source Initiative
OSI-Open Systems Interconnection
OSPF-Open Shortest Path First
OSS-Open Sound System
OSS-Open-Source Software
OSS-Operations Support System
OSTG-Open Source Technology Group
OUI-Organizationally Unique Identifier

P
P2P-Peer-To-Peer
PAC-Programmable Automation Controller
PAN-Personal Area Network
PAP-Password Authentication Protocol
PARC-Palo Alto Research Center
PATA-Parallel ATA
PC-Personal Computer
PCB-Printed Circuit Board
PCB-Process Control Block
PC DOS-Personal Computer Disk Operating System
PCI-Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCIe-PCI Express
PCL-Printer Command Language
PCMCIA-Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCM-Pulse-Code Modulation
PCRE-Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
PD-Public Domain
PDA-Personal Digital Assistant
PDF-Portable Document Format
PDP-Programmed Data Processor
PE-Physical Extents
PERL-Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
PGA-Pin Grid Array
PGO-Profile-Guided Optimization
PGP-Pretty Good Privacy
PHP-PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PIC-Peripheral Interface Controller
PIC-Programmable Interrupt Controller
PID-Proportional-Integral-Derivative
PID-Process ID
PIM-Personal Information Manager
PINE-Program for Internet News and Email
PIO-Programmed Input/Output
PKCS-Public Key Cryptography Standards
PKI-Public Key Infrastructure
PLC-Power Line Communication
PLC-Programmable Logic Controller
PLD-Programmable Logic Device
PL/I-Programming Language One
PL/M-Programming Language for Microcomputers
PL/P-Programming Language for Prime
PLT-Power Line Telecoms
PMM-POST Memory Manager
PNG-Portable Network Graphics
PnP-Plug-and-Play
PoE-Power over Ethernet
POID-Persistent Object Identifier
POP-Point of Presence
POP3-Post Office Protocol v3
POSIX-Portable Operating System Interface
POST-Power-On Self Test
PPC-PowerPC
PPI-Pixels Per Inch
PPP-Point-to-Point Protocol
PPPoA-PPP over ATM
PPPoE-PPP over Ethernet
PPTP-Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PS-PostScript
PSA-Professional Services Automation
PS/2-Personal System/2
PSU-Power Supply Unit
PSVI-Post-Schema-Validation Infoset
PTS-DOS-PhysTechSoft – Disk Operating System
PV-Physical Volume
PVG-Physical Volume Group
PVR-Personal Video Recorder
PXE-Preboot Execution Environment
PXI-PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation

Q
QDR-Quad Data Rate
QA-Quality Assurance
QFP-Quad Flat Package
QoS-Quality of Service
QOTD-Quote of the Day
Qt-Quasar Toolkit
QTAM-Queued Teleprocessing Access Method

R
RACF-Resource Access Control Facility
RAD-Rapid Application Development
RADIUS-Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RAID-Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAID-Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAIT-Redundant Array of Inexpensive Tapes
RAM-Random Access Memory
RARP-Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RAS-Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
RAS-Remote Access Service
RRAS Routing and Remote Access Service
RC-Region Code
RC-Release Candidate
RC-Run Commands
RCS-Revision Control System
RDBMS-Relational DataBase Management System
RDF-Resource Description Framework
RDM-Relational Data Model
RDOS-Real-time Disk Operating System
RDS-Remote Data Services
REFAL-REcursive Functions Algorithmic Language
REST-Representational State Transfer
regex-Regular Expression
regexp-Regular Expression
RF-Radio Frequency
RFC-Request For Comments
RFI-Radio Frequency Interference
RFID-Radio Frequency Identification
RGB-Red, Green, Blue
RGBA-Red, Green, Blue, Alpha
RHL-Red Hat Linux
RHEL-Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RIA-Rich Internet Application
RIAA-Recording Industry Association of America
RIP-Raster Image Processor
RIP-Routing Information Protocol
RIR-Regional Internet registry
RISC-Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RISC OS-Reduced Instruction Set Computer Operating System
RLE-Run-Length Encoding
RLL-Run-Length Limited
RMI-Remote Method Invocation
RMS-Richard Matthew Stallman
ROM-Read Only Memory
ROMB-Read-Out Motherboard
ROM-DOS-Read Only Memory – Disk Operating System
RPC-Remote Procedure Call
RPG-Report Program Generator
RPM-RPM Package Manager
RSA-Rivest Shamir Adleman
RSI-Repetitive Strain Injury
RSS-Radio Service Software
RSS-Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication
RTAI-Real-Time Application Interface
RTC-Real-Time Clock
RTE-Real-Time Enterprise
RTEMS-Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems
RTL-Right-to-Left
RTOS-Real-Time Operating System
RTP-Real-time Transport Protocol
RTS-Ready To Send
RTSP-Real Time Streaming Protocol

S
SaaS-Software as a Service
SAN-Storage Area Network
SATA-Serial ATA
SAX-Simple API for XML
SBOD-Spinning Beachball of Death
SBP-2-Serial Bus Protocol 2
sbin-superuser binary
SBU-Standard Build Unit
SCADA-Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
SCID-Source Code in Database
SCM-Software Configuration Management
SCM-Source Code Management
SCP-Secure Copy
SCPI-Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation
SCSI-Small Computer System Interface
SCTP-Stream Control Transmission Protocol
SD-Secure Digital
SDDL-Security Descriptor Definition Language
SDI-Single Document Interface
SDIO-Secure Digital Input Output
SDK-Software Development Kit
SDL-Simple DirectMedia Layer
SDN-Service Delivery Network
SDP-Session Description Protocol
SDR-Software-Defined Radio
SDRAM-Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDSL-Symmetric DSL
SE-Single Ended
SEAL-Semantics-directed Environment Adaptation Language
SEI-Software Engineering Institute
SEO-Search Engine Optimization
SFTP-Secure FTP
SFTP-Simple File Transfer Protocol
SFTP-SSH File Transfer Protocol
SGI-Silicon Graphics, Incorporated
SGML-Standard Generalized Markup Language
SHA-Secure Hash Algorithm
SHDSL-Single-pair High-speed Digital Subscriber Line
SIGCAT-Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications and Technology
SIGGRAPH-Special Interest Group on Graphics
SIMD-Single Instruction, Multiple Data
SIMM-Single Inline Memory Module
SIP-Session Initiation Protocol
SIP-Supplementary Ideographic Plane
SISD-Single Instruction, Single Data
SISO – Single-Input and Single-Output
SLED-SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SLES-SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SLI-Scalable Link Interface
SLIP-Serial Line Internet Protocol
SLM-Service Level Management
SLOC-Source Lines of Code
SPMD-Single Program, Multiple Data
SMA-SubMiniature version A
SMB-Server Message Block
SMBIOS-System Management BIOS
SMIL-Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
S/MIME-Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
SMP-Supplementary Multilingual Plane
SMP-Symmetric Multi-Processing
SMS-Short Message Service
SMS-System Management Server
SMT-Simultaneous Multithreading
SMTP-Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA-Systems Network Architecture
SNMP-Simple Network Management Protocol
SNTP-Simple Network Time Protocol
SOA-Service-Oriented Architecture
SOE-Standard Operating Environment
SOAP-Simple Object Access Protocol
SoC-System-on-a-Chip
SO-DIMM-Small Outline DIMM
SOHO-Small Office/Home Office
SOI-Silicon On Insulator
SP-Service Pack
SPA-Single Page Application
SPF-Sender Policy Framework
SPI-Serial Peripheral Interface
SPI-Stateful Packet Inspection
SPARC-Scalable Processor Architecture
SQL-Structured Query Language
SRAM-Static Random Access Memory
SSD-Software Specification Document
SSD-Solid-State Drive
SSE-Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSH-Secure Shell
SSI-Server Side Includes
SSI-Single-System Image
SSI-Small-Scale Integration
SSID-Service Set Identifier
SSL-Secure Socket Layer
SSP-Supplementary Special-purpose Plane
SSSE-Supplementary Streaming SIMD Extensions
su-superuser
SUS-Single UNIX Specification
SUSE-Software und System-Entwicklung
SVC-Scalable Video Coding
SVG-Scalable Vector Graphics
SVGA-Super Video Graphics Array
SVD-Structured VLSI Design
SWF-Shock Wave Flash
SWT-Standard Widget Toolkit
Sysop-System operator

T
TAO-Track-At-Once
TASM-Turbo ASseMbler
TB-TeraByte
Tcl-Tool Command Language
TCP-Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP-Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCU-Telecommunication Control Unit
TDMA-Time Division Multiple Access
TFT-Thin Film Transistor
TI-Texas Instruments
TLA-Three-Letter Acronym
TLD-Top-Level Domain
TLS-Thread-Local Storage
TLS-Transport Layer Security
tmp-temporary
TNC-Terminal Node Controller
TNC-Threaded Neill-Concelman connector
TPF-Transaction Processing Facility
TROFF-Trace Off
TRON-Trace On
TRON-The Real-time Operating system Nucleus
TRS-DOS-Tandy Radio Shack – Disk Operating System
TSO-Time Sharing Option
TSP-Traveling Salesman Problem
TSR-Terminate and Stay Resident
TTA-True Tap Audio
TTF-TrueType Font
TTL-Transistor-Transistor Logic
TTL-Time To Live
TTS-Text-to-Speech
TTY-Teletype
TUCOWS-The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software
TUG-TeX Users Group
TWAIN-Technology Without An Interesting Name

U
UAAG-User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
UAC-User Account Control
UART-Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UAT-User Acceptance Testing
UCS-Universal Character Set
UDDI-Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
UDMA-Ultra DMA
UDP-User Datagram Protocol
UEFI-Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
UHF-Ultra High Frequency
UI-User Interface
UL-Upload
ULA-Uncommitted Logic Array
UMA-Upper Memory Area
UMB-Upper Memory Block
UML-Unified Modeling Language
UML-User-Mode Linux
UMPC-Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer
UNC-Universal Naming Convention
UPS-Uninterruptible Power Supply
URI-Uniform Resource Identifier
URL-Uniform Resource Locator
URN-Uniform Resource Name
USB-Universal Serial Bus
usr-user
USR-U.S. Robotics
UTC-Coordinated Universal Time
UTF-Unicode Transformation Format
UTP-Unshielded Twisted Pair
UUCP-Unix to Unix Copy
UUID-Universally Unique Identifier
UUN-Universal User Name
UVC-Universal Virtual Computer
UX-User Experience

V
var-variable
VAX-Virtual Address eXtension
VCPI-Virtual Control Program Interface
VR-Virtual Reality
VRML-Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VB-Visual Basic
VBA-Visual Basic for Applications
VBS-Visual Basic Script
VDSL-Very High Bitrate Digital Subscriber Line
VESA-Video Electronics Standards Association
VFAT-Virtual FAT
VFS-Virtual File System
VG-Volume Group
VGA-Video Graphics Array
VHF-Very High Frequency
VLAN-Virtual Local Area Network
VLSM-Variable Length Subnet Mask
VLB-Vesa Local Bus
VLF-Very Low Frequency
VLIW-Very Long Instruction Word
VLSI-Very-Large-Scale Integration
VM-Virtual Machine
VM-Virtual Memory
VNC-Virtual Network Computing
VOD-Video On Demand
VoIP-Voice over Internet Protocol
VPN-Virtual Private Network
VPU-Visual Processing Unit
VSAM-Virtual Storage Access Method
VSAT-Very Small Aperture Terminal
VT-Video Terminal?
VTAM-Virtual Telecommunications Access Method

W
W3C-World Wide Web Consortium
WAFS-Wide Area File Services
WAI-Web Accessibility Initiative
WAIS-Wide Area Information Server
WAN-Wide Area Network
WAP-Wireless Access Point
WAP-Wireless Application Protocol
WASM-Watcom ASseMbler
WBEM-Web-Based Enterprise Management
WCAG-Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
WCF-Windows Communication Foundation
WDM-Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
WebDAV-WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning
WEP-Wired Equivalent Privacy
WFI-Wait For Interrupt
Wi-Fi-Wireless Fidelity
WiMAX-Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WinFS-Windows Future Storage
WINS-Windows Internet Name Service
WLAN-Wireless Local Area Network
WMA-Windows Media Audio
WMV-Windows Media Video
WOL-Wake-on-LAN
WOM-Wake-on-Modem
WOR-Wake-on-Ring
WPA-Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPAN-Wireless Personal Area Network
WPF-Windows Presentation Foundation
WSDL-Web Services Description Language
WSFL-Web Services Flow Language
WUSB-Wireless Universal Serial Bus
WWAN-Wireless Wide Area Network
WWID-World Wide Identifier
WWN-World Wide Name
WWW-World Wide Web
WYSIWYG-What You See Is What You Get
WZC-Wireless Zero Configuration

X
XAG-XML Accessibility Guidelines
XAML-eXtensible Application Markup Language
XDM-X Window Display Manager
XDMCP-X Display Manager Control Protocol
XCBL-XML Common Business Library
XHTML-eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
XILP-X Interactive ListProc
XML-eXtensible Markup Language
XMMS-X Multimedia System
XMPP-eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
XMS-Extended Memory Specification
XNS-Xerox Network Systems
XP-Cross-Platform
XP-Extreme Programming
XPCOM-Cross Platform Component Object Model
XPI-XPInstall
XPIDL-Cross-Platform IDL
XSD-XML Schema Definition
XSL-eXtensible Stylesheet Language
XSL-FO-eXtensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects
XSLT-eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
XSS-Cross-Site Scripting
XTF-eXtensible Tag Framework
XTF-eXtended Triton Format
XUL-XML User Interface Language

Y
Y2K-Year Two Thousand
YAAF-Yet Another Application Framework
YACC-Yet Another Compiler Compiler
YAML-YAML Ain’t Markup Language
YaST-Yet another Setup Tool

Z
ZCAV-Zone Constant Angular Velocity
ZCS-Zero Code Suppression
ZIF-Zero Insertion Force
ZIFS-Zero Insertion Force Socket
ZISC-Zero Instruction Set Computer
ZOPE-Z Object Publishing Environment
ZMA-Zone Multicast Address
ZPL-Z-level Programming Language

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