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COMPUTING ACRONYMS & TERMS' SMORGASBORD
Copyright © 1994-2003, Daniel Frankl, Ph.D. |
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COMPUTING ACRONYMS & TERMS' SMORGASBORD
Copyright © 1994-2003, Daniel Frankl, Ph.D. |
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| L AN | Local Area Network (two or more PCs connected by network cables; a LAN is managed by an OS [Operating System], such as, Win. 3.11 [Windows for Workgroups] or Win. NT [New Technology]; also see FAN [Family Area Network]). |
| Land- scape | Printing format that prints across the long end of the page (similar to spreadsheet printing; also see Portrait). |
| LANE | LAN [Local Area Network] Emulation |
| LAPM | Link Access Procedure for Modems |
| LCLK | Local Bus Clock(also see ATCLK) |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display (monitor system for Laptops, calculators, wrist watches, "Game Boys" etc.). |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (emerging Internet-based standard for searching files and individuals over IP [Internet Protocol] networks) |
| LDPI | Logical Dots Per Inch (as contrasted with Physical Dots--term used in relation to the configuration of operating modes and parameters of Graphic Accelerators). |
| LECS | LAN Emulation Configuration Server |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode (projection panel for PC based presentations) |
| LEO | Low-Earth Orbit satellite (technology for two-way communications) |
| LES | LAN Emulation Server |
| LFAQ | Less FAQ [Frequently Asked Questions] |
| LFSR | Linear Feedback Shift Register (Perl [Practical extraction and recording language]) |
| LIBS | Library Internet Browsing Software ("is a menu-driven gateway to online public access catalogs (OPAC) of most university libraries in the United states and Major university libraries in 14 countries around the world.") |
| LIM | Lotus/Intel/Microsoft (Memory chips) |
| Linear Structure | A web page design that presents information in a textbook format so that readers follow a specific order (also see Augmented Linear Structure). |
| Line In | Jack insert for audio connection via cable (e.g., CD player) |
| Line Noise | Static on a phone line that interfers with proper modem operations. |
| Line Out | Jack insert for audio feed into audio hardware via cable (e.g., stereo amplifier) |
| Linux | A posix-compliant full featured 32-bit OS [Operating System] that supports multitasking and multiuser operations (Developed in Finland and mostly used by academicians). |
| LMS | LAN [Local Area Network] Management System |
| LOB | Line-of-Business Computing |
| Login | The process of connecting a networked PC to a server by providing one's userid and password. |
| "Loss- less" | Graphics compression algorithm that sacrifices little detail from the original picture. |
| "Lossy" | Computer graphics compression technique that sacrifices some detail from original picture. |
| LPR | Last Point Referenced (VB [Visual Basic] coordinate systems in which VB keeps the location of the last point in memory) |
| LPT | Line Printer Terminal (the parallel port connected to the printer on a computer (the first three parallel ports are named LPT1, LPT2, and LPT3) |
| LRPCs | Lightweight Remote Procedure Calls |
| LRU | Least Recently Used (memory) |
| LSB | Least Significant Bit ([bit – binary digit] The value of a binary number is the sum of the digits following its multiplication by its weight.) |
| LSD | Least Significant Digit (binary, i.e., 0000; Nooop, it's not what you think. Still, PC nerds get real high on zeros and ones...; also see MSB [Most Significant Bit] |
| LUT | Look Up Table (e.g., DAC LUT test failure) |
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Page updated: Jan. 03, 2003 |
