Acronimi: cosa nascondono veramente?


         


Le sigle sono un gergo insidioso, ecco un piccolo dizionario di quelle pił comuni usate nel mondo informatico e in quello virtuale. Acronimo: nome formato con le iniziali di altre parole, dal greco "akron"= estremitą e "onoma"= nome.


HTTP:

HyperText Transfer Protocol

WWW:

World Wide Web

URL:

Uniform Resource Locator

FAQ:

Frequently (Asked or) Answered Question(s)

ISDN:

Integrated Services Digital Network

HTML:

HyperText Markup Language

JPG:

Joint Photographic (Experts') Group

CHAT:

Computer Hypertext Access Technology

CDROM:

Compact Disc Read Only Memory

MIDI:

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

ADSL:

Asymetric Digital Subscriber Line

SMS:

Short Message Service

RAM:

Random Access Memory

DOS:

Disk Operating System

VDSL:

Very high speed assymetric Digital Subscriber Line

PC:

Personal Computer

CD:

Compact disk

MPEG :

Moving Picture Experts Group (audio layer 3)

FTP:

File Transfer Protocol

GIF:

Graphics Interchange Format

LAN:

Local Area Network


WAN:

World Area Network

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