| Accronym | What is stands for | What
it is |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
Interface for creating data |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Exchange |
File format |
| BIOS | Basic Input/Output System |
used for booting a computer |
| CDF | Common Data Format | Data format |
| CDL | network Common Data form Language |
convenient way of describing files in the header of netCDF |
| CPAN | Comprehensive Perl Archive Network |
Site for Perl software |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
provides network addresses to network client computers at boot time |
| DTD | Document Type Definitions |
definitions in XML |
| dpi | Dots Per Inch |
resolution |
| HDF | Hierarchical Data Format | Data format |
| HDF-EOS | Earth Observing System extension to HDF |
Data format |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
a group of computers or devices that share a common
communications line or wireless link |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
a directory service |
| MBR | Master Boot Record |
1st 512-bytes of 1st hard disk and determines the boot
sequence |
| MPI | Message Passing Interface | Interface for
passing data between more than one processor |
| NCL | NCAR Command Language | Designed specially for
the access analysis and visulation of data |
| netCDF | network Common Data Format | Data format |
| NIS | Network Information Service |
network's yellow pages |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics file | graphic format |
| PXE | Preboot eXecution Environment | Method of
booting a computer |
| RPM | Red hat Package Manager |
manages software |
| RSL | (Globus) Resource Specification Language |
arguments that are used in globus commands |
| SGML | Standardized Generalized Markup Language |
the HTML 4.01 standard language |
| TFTP | Trivial File Transport Protocal |
Way of transporting files |
| UFF | Universal File Format |
Data format |
| XDR | eXternal Data Representation |
to make data format machine-independent |
| XHTML | eXtensible HyperText Markup Language |
uses XML as well as HTML |
| XML | eXtensible Markup Language |
a new standard for html |
| YaST | Yet Another Setup Tool |
installation and management tool in the Linux environment |