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AAS
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Advanced Automation System, the name given to the planned complete overhaul of the U.S. air traffic control system
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ABC
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Architecture Business Cycle
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ABM
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Atomic Broadcast Manager
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ADD
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Attribute Driven Design method
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API
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application programming interface
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ASEILM
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Automated SEI Licensee Management
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AST
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Abstract syntax tree
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ATAM
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Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method
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ATC
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air traffic control
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BCN
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Backup Communications Network
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CBAM
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Cost Benefit Analysis Method
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C&C
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component-and-connector, a category of views
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CDL
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Chart description language
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CERN
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European Laboratory for Particle Physics
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CGI
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common gateway interface
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COCOMO
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constructive cost modeling
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COOB
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common object manager
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CORBA
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Common Object Request Broker Architecture
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COSE
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common operating system environment
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COTS
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commercial off-the-shelf, referring to software or other components that can be readily purchased
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CPU
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central processing unit
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CSC
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Computer Software Components
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CSCI
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Computer Software Configuration Item, a component of software
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CSCW
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Computer Supported Cooperative Work
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C3
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command, control, and communications
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DAWG
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Data Access Working Group
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DBMS
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database management systems
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DMZ
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demilitarized zone
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DSRGM
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Decision Support and Report Generation Manager
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ECS
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Earth Core System
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EDARC
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Enhanced Direct Access Radar Channel within the ISSS
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EFC
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EDARC format conversion, an application within Display Management
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EIS
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EDARC interface software, an application within Common System Services
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EJB
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Enterprise JavaBeans
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EOS
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Earth Observing System
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EOSDIS
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Earth Observing System Data System Information System
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ESI
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External System Interface
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ESIP
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ESI processor
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FAA
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Federal Aviation Administration, the customer for ISSS
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FAR
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Federal Acquisition Regulations
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FG
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functional group, an application that is not fault tolerant (i.e., is not an operational unit) for the ISSS
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FIFO
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first-in/first-out
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FTP
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File Transfer Protocol
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GIOP
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General Inter-ORB Protocol
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GUI
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graphical user interface
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HCI
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human-computer interface
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HCIS
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Host computer interface software, an application within Common System Services of the ISSS
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HCS
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Host Computer System, the central ATC computer
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HTML
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HyperText Markup Language
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HTTP
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HyperText Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS
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HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
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I/O
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input/output
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IAPR
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interactive architecture pattern recognition
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IDE
|
integrated development environment
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IDL
|
Interface Definition Language
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IEEE
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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IIOP
|
Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
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IMS
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inertial measurement system
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IP
|
Internet Protocol
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ISO
|
International Organization for Standardization
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ISSS
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Initial Sector Suite System, the system intended to be installed in the en route air traffic control centers, and the subject of the case study in Chapter 6
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ISV
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independent software vendor
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IT
|
information technology
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JDBC
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Java Database Connectivity
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JMS
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Java Messaging Service
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JNDI
|
Java Naming and Directory Interface
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JSP
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JavaServer Pages
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J2EE
|
Java 2 Enterprise Edition
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JTS
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Java Transaction Service
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JVM
|
Java Virtual Machine
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KSLOC
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thousands of source lines of code, a standard measure of a computer program's static size
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KWIC
|
keyword in context
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LAN
|
local area network
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LCN
|
Local Communications Network
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LGSM
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local/group SMMM, an application within Common System Services
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LIU
|
LCN interface unit
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M&C
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Monitor and Control, a type of console in ISSS
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MIFT
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manage internal facility time, an application within Common System Services for the ISSS
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MIPS
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million instructions per second
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MODN
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Noise Model
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MODP
|
Prop Loss Model
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MODR
|
Reverb Model
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MRI
|
magnetic resonance imaging
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MVC
|
Model-View-Controller
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NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NASM
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national airspace system modification, one of the CSCIs of ISSS
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NAT
|
network address translation
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NISL
|
network interface sublayer within the ISSS
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NIST
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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NNTP
|
Network News Transport Protocol
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NRL
|
Naval Research Laboratory
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OLE
|
object linking and embedding
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OLTM
|
OnLine Transaction Manager
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OMA
|
object management architecture
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OMG
|
Object Management Group
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ORB
|
object request broker
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PAC
|
Presentation-Abstraction-Control pattern
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PAS
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primary address space, the copy of an application that does actual work for the ISSS; see also SAS
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PCTE
|
portable common tools environment
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PDF
|
Portable Document Format
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PICS
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platform for Internet content selection
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PMS
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prepare messages, an application within Common System Services for the ISSS
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RCS
|
Revision Control System
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RISC
|
reduced instruction set chip
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RMI
|
Remote Method Invocation
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ROOM
|
real-time object-oriented modeling
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RPC
|
remote procedure call
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RUP
|
Rational Unified Process
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SAAM
|
Software Architecture Analysis Method
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SAR
|
system analysis and recording, a function of ISSS; also an application within the recording, analysis, and playback function
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SAS
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standby, or secondary, address space, a backup copy of an application ready to take over if the corresponding PAS fails within the ISSS
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SCR
|
Software Cost Reduction
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SEI
|
Software Engineering Institute
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SIMD
|
single instruction, multiple data
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SLOC
|
source lines of code
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SMMM
|
system monitor and mode management
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SQL
|
Structured Query Language
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SSL
|
Secure Sockets Layer
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TAFIM
|
Technical Architecture for Information Management
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TARGET
|
Theater-Level Analysis, Replanning and Graphical Execution Toolbox
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TCA
|
Terminal Control Area
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TCP
|
Transmission Control Protocol
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TCP/IP
|
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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UDDI
|
Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
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UI
|
user interface
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UML
|
Unified Modeling Language
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URL
|
Uniform Resource Locator
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VPN
|
virtual private network
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W3C
|
World Wide Web Consortium
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WAIS
|
Wide Area Information Service
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WAP
|
Wireless Application Protocol
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WIMP
|
window, icon, mouse, pointer
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WWW
|
World Wide Web
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XML
|
eXtensible Markup Language
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