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Technical Term	Tech Factor	Acronym
802.11a	7
802.11b	5
802.11g	5
802.11n	6
Ad Hoc Network	8
Analog	4
ANSI	8	American National Standards Institute
Apple	2
ARP	8	Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII	7	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Baseband	9
Bespoke	8
Binary	3
Bluetooth	4
Boolean	6
Boot	2
Boot Sector	9
Boot Sequence	7
Buffer	5
Burn	3
Cache	8
Camera RAW	6
Caps Lock	3
CDMA	9	Code Division Multiple Access
Character	2
Clean Room	9
Clock Speed	7
CMYK	5	Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
Computer Ethics	5
Configuration	3
Copyright	3
CPS	5	Classroom Performance System
Crop	3
Crossplatform	6
CTP	10	Composite Theoretical Performance
Cybercrime	4
DDL	8	Data Definition Language
Default	2
Defragment	5
Delete	1
Digital	3
Digitize	4
Domain	7
Dot Matrix	7
Double Click	2
DPI	4	Dots Per Inch
Drag	2
DRM	7	Digital Rights Management
DTD	8	Document Type Definition
DV	4	Digital Video
Edutainment	6
Emulation	5
Encryption	7
End User	5
EUP	10	Enterprise Unified Process
FAQ	3	Frequently Asked Questions
FIFO	6	First In, First Out
File System	6
Floating Point	8
FLOPS	8	Floating Point Operations Per Second
Flowchart	5
Font	2
Format	4
Frame	4
Gigaflops	6
Gigahertz	3
GIGO	7	Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIS	8	Geographic Information Systems
GPS	7	Global Positioning System
Graphics	3
Hacker	3
Halftone	7
Hard Copy	4
HDTV	3	High Definition Televsion
HDV	5	High-Definition Video
Hexadecimal	7
HFS	7	Hierarchical File System
Hibernate	6
Hover	4
Hyper-Threading	8
I/O	4	Input/Output
IEEE	8	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Infotainment	6
Input	2
Integer	3
Intellectual Property	7
Interlaced	6
Intranet	6
IPX	9	Internetwork Packet Exchange
ISO	7	International Organization for Standardization
IT	3	Information Technology
IVR	9	Interactive Voice Response
Kerning	6
Keystroke	2
Keywords	4
LAN	6	Local Area Network
Leaf	7
LIFO	6	Last In, First Out
Load Balancing	8
Localhost	7
Logic Gate	6
Login	3
LPI	5	Lines Per Inch
LUN	10	Logical Unit Number
Macintosh	2
MANET	10	Mobile Ad Hoc Network
Megahertz	3
Megapixel	3
Memory Bank	8
Metadata	7
MIDI	4	Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Mini DV	5
MIPS	8	Million Instructions Per Second
Mnemonic	9
Multimedia	1
Multiplatform	6
Network	3
Network Topology	7
Newbie	4
NTFS	7	New Technology File System
Null	5
Num Lock	6
OASIS	6	Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OEM	8	Original Equipment Manufacturer
Offline	3
OLAP	10	Online Analytical Processing
Online	2
Output	2
Page Orientation	5
Parse	6
Partition	7
Password	2
Peopleware	7
Piconet	9
Pixel	3
Platform	5
Podcast	6
Port	3
Power User	5
PPI	6	Pixels Per Inch
PPM	4	Pages Per Minute
Primary Key	8
Progressive Scan	7
Push	6
Queue	5
QWERTY	5
RAID	8	Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RDF	8	Resource Description Framework
Real-Time	5
Recursion	6
Recursive Function	7
Refresh	4
Refresh Rate	6
Remote Access	6
Remote User	6
Resolution	5
RGB	5	Red Green Blue
Right Click	3
Ripcording	6
RUP	10	Rational Unified Process
Safe Mode	5
Sample	6
Sampling	6
SKU	5	Stock Keeping Unit
SMS	7	Short Message Service
SOA	9	Service Oriented Architecture
Soft Copy	6
Spooling	7
sRGB	9	Standard Red Green Blue
SSID	9	Service Set Identifier
Stack	8
Standalone	6
Standby	5
Storage Capacity	4
Subnet Mask	8
Sync	5
Syntax	6
System Analyst	7
System Hardening	9
System Resources	7
Target Disk Mode	6
Technology Services	6
Telecommunications	5
Third Party	4
Thread	6
Throughput	6
Token	8
Troubleshooting	2
Truncate	7
Tweak	7
Typeface	4
U	6
UDDI	10	Universal Description Discovery and Integration
UNC	8	Universal Naming Convention
User Interface	5
Username	3
Vector	5
Veronica	10
VFAT	8	Virtual File Allocation Table
Virtual Memory	6
Virtual Reality	5
VLE	7	Virtual Learning Environment
VRML	7	Virtual Reality Modeling Language
WEP	7	Wired Equivalent Privacy
White Paper	7
Wi-Fi	4	Wireless Fidelity
WiMAX	6
Wireless	2
WPA	8	Wi-Fi Protected Access
XML	6	Extensible Markup Language
XSLT	8	Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformation
Y2K	6	Year 2000

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