Monday, January 11, 2010

IT Glossary / IT Terms

AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
AJAX
Asynchronous JavaScript® and XML
BlackBerry CAL
A BlackBerry® Client Access License (BlackBerry CAL) limits how many users you can add to a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.
BlackBerry Domain
A BlackBerry Domain consists of the BlackBerry Configuration Database with its users and any BlackBerry® Enterprise Server
instances that connect to it.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server databases
The BlackBerry® Enterprise Server databases are the BlackBerry Configuration Database, the BlackBerry MDS Integration
Service database, and the BlackBerry Monitoring Service database.
BlackBerry MDS
BlackBerry® Mobile Data System
CAS
Client Access Server
CDO
Collaboration Data Object
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
DMZ
A demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a neutral subnetwork outside of an organization's firewall. It exists between the trusted LAN
of the organization and the untrusted external wireless network and public Internet.
DNS
Domain Name System
FQDN
fully qualified domain name
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer
IIS
Internet Information Services
IP
Internet Protocol
IP address
An Internet Protocol (IP) address is an identification number that each computer or mobile device uses when it sends or
receives information over a network, such as the Internet. This identification number identifies the specific computer or
mobile device on the network.
JDK
Java® Development Kit
JRE
Java® Runtime Environment
LAN
local area network
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
MAPI
Messaging Application Programming Interface
messaging server
A messaging server sends and processes messages and provides collaboration services, such as updating and communicating
calendar and address book information.
MSDE
Microsoft® SQL Server® Desktop Engine
NIC
network interface card
OTA
Over-the-air programming (OTA) may refer to either free-to-air, terrestrial television, or in the mobile content world, over-the-air service provisioning (OTASP), over-the-air provisioning (OTAP) or over-the-air parameter administration (OTAPA), methods of distributing new software updates to cellphones or provisioning handsets with the necessary settings with which to access services such as WAP or MMS.
RAID
redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks
SAN
storage area network (SAN) is an architecture to attach remote computer storage devices (such as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes) to servers in such a way that the devices appear as locally attached to the operating system.
SMS
Short Message Service
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SQL
Structured Query Language
SRP
Server Routing Protocol
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is a set of communication protocols that is used to transmit data
over networks, such as the Internet.
TLS
Transport Layer Security
Triple DES
Triple Data Encryption Standard
XML
Extensible Markup Language
WAN
wide area network