Glossary
- 802.11a,b,g
Family of specifications for wireless LAN that describes the over-air interface between a wireless router or access point and a wireless network card.
- AAC
(Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression file type similar to MP3, used in Apple's iTunes.
- antialiased, antialiasing
A software technique for smoothing fonts and graphics.
- API
(application program interface) Set of standard protocol tools for programming software applications. Applications that share the same API have similar interfaces.
- archive file
A single file or multiple files that have been compressed into a smaller single file. Archives can be unpacked to access their contents.
- authentication
Security term used to describe the process of identifying an individual ...
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