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Jargon Buster

  • .NET - "Dot Net" Microsoft Development Framework
  • Apache - Open Source web server platform 
  • Blog - Web Log
  • Broadband - High Speed Internet connection
  • C# - "C Sharp" Microsoft Programming Language 
  • C++ - "C Plus Plus" Microsoft Programming Language 
  • CMS - Content Management System 
  • CSS - Cascading Style Sheet 
  • Flash - Flash Animation Language 
  • GUI - Graphical User Interface 
  • HTML - HyperText Markup Language for web pages 
  • IA - Information Architecture 
  • IIS - Microsoft Internet Information Services web server platform 
  • Java - Java Programming Language 
  • Java Script - Java Scripting Language used on the web
  • JPEG - "Jay-Peg" - Joint Photographic Experts Group Image file format 
  • LAMP - Linux Apache MySQL PHP Open Source environment
  • Linux - Open Source operating system 
  • MS - Microsoft 
  • MySQL - Open Source Database 
  • PDA - Personal Data Assistant hand held device 
  • PHP - Personal Home Page scripting language
  • PRINCE2 - Projects in Controlled Environments II 
  • RSS - Really Simple Syndication feeds for websites (mostly news)
  • SQL - Structured Query Language often pronounced "sequel"
  • SQL Server - Structured Query Language Server, Microsoft Database
  • VB - Visual Basic Microsoft Programming Language 
  • XHTML - Extensible HyperText Markup Language for web pages
  • XML - Extensible Markup Language data format
  • XSL - XML Scripting Language 
  • XSLT - XML Scripting Language Transformations