[GAME]Computer & Internet Related Terminologies

[Sami4u]

This is a game where first poster will ask any computer or internet related word like [WTS] and the second poster will answer the full form of that word, in this case it would be "Want To Sell"

After giving the answer the second poster will post a new word... and this way the game will go on. It is game + knowledge = FUN:).

So here comes the first word

>> LAN <<

[Luke Beale]

I assume you mean >>Local Area Network<<

Ok work out my word :)

>>URL<<

[Sami4u]

>>Uniform Resource Locator<<

Now for the next person.

>>DRAM<<

[Zhang Xiao]

Dynamic Random Access Memory


>>> TCP/IP <<<

[Kate.]

>>> Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol <<<


>>> RAM <<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Random access memory<<<

>>>HTTP<<<

[Sami4u]

>>Hypertext Transfer Protocol<<

>>Php<<

[Zhang Xiao]

PHP Hypertext Processor.

>>>XML<<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Extensible Markup Language<<<

>>>CGI<<<

[Sami4u]

>>Common Gateway Interface<<

>>USB<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Universal Serial Bus<<<

>>>PPC<<<

[Sami4u]

Hi,

I did not know:( so I went and looked it up:) look at all the things it stands for.

It's my game so I cheated.

hehehe

PPC Paige Poulos Communications (Richmond, California)
PPC Pakistan Penal Code
PPC Panel Personal Computer
PPC Paperboard Packaging Council
PPC Parallel Pilot Channel
PPC Parallel Plate Capacitance (capacitance of the void space of surface)
PPC Parallel Power Cable
PPC Paramount Pictures Corporation
PPC Parent Policy Committee
PPC Parent Policy Council
PPC Particle Projector Cannon (MechWarrior)
PPC Partido Popular Cristiano (Peruvian political party)
PPC Partnership for Patient Care (Philadelphia, PA)
PPC Party Planning Committee (TV show The Office)
PPC Passenger Processing Center
PPC Past Presidents Council
PPC Patrol Plane Commander
PPC Pay Per Click
PPC Peer-to-Peer Communication
PPC Peer-to-Peer Computing
PPC Penang Port Commission
PPC Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (Harrisburg, PA)
PPC People Power Coalition (political group in the Philippines)
PPC Performance Planning Card
PPC Personal Pissing Contest
PPC Personal Productivity Center
PPC Personal Protective Clothing
PPC Personnel Processing Code
PPC Personnel Program Coordinator
PPC Peterson Pacific Corp.
PPC Petroleum and Petrochemicals
PPC Phased Provisioning Code
PPC Physician Practice Connections
PPC Picture Post Card
PPC Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
PPC Pilot Proficiency Check
PPC Ping Pong Club (anime)
PPC Pinoy PC
PPC Pioneer Power Club (Ogemaw County, Michigan)
PPC Pitt Program Council (University of Pittsburgh)
PPC Plain Paper Copier
PPC Plasma Projection Cannon (Battletech)
PPC Plutonium Process Cell
PPC Pocket PC (Personal Digital Assistant based on Windows CE 3.0)
PPC Point Park College
PPC Pokémon Puzzle Challenge (Nintendo GameBoy Colour game)
PPC Polar Path Compass
PPC Police Pistol Combat
PPC Policy and Planning Committee
PPC Policy and Procedure Committee
PPC Policy Protection Class (insurance)
PPC Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (UK)
PPC Pollution Prevention Center
PPC Polyenylphosphatidylcholine
PPC Polyester Powder Coated
PPC Positive Psychology Center
PPC Post Parietal Cortex
PPC Posture Planning Committee
PPC Pour Prendre Conge' (French: To Take Leave)
PPC POWER PC
PPC Power Plant Change
PPC Power Plant Charge
PPC Power Protection Cabinet
PPC Powered Parachute
PPC PowerPC (Macintosh processor)
PPC Practitioners Publishing Company
PPC Prank Phone Call
PPC Pre-Paid Charging (telephony)
PPC Preliminary Path Caching
PPC Prepaid Phone Card
PPC Primary Plasma Condenser
PPC Primary Point Code
PPC Procurement Placement Code
PPC Production Planning and Control
PPC Production Possibilities Curve
PPC Professional Photographers of California
PPC Professional Plan Consultant
PPC Program-to-Program Communication (computer terminology)
PPC Prohibit PIC Change (Ameritech)
PPC Project Planning and Control
PPC Proof-Of-Passing Certificate (FCC)
PPC Proposed Power Control
PPC Proposed Program Change
PPC Prospectus Prepayment Curve
PPC Protectors of the Plot Continuum
PPC PTO Presidents Council
PPC Public Policy Center (University of Nebraska)
PPC Public Power Council
PPC Public Presentation Competition (Young Engineers Australia)
PPC Public Protection Class
PPC Public/Private Competition
PPC Pulse-to-Pulse Correlation
PPC Purchasing Price Change
PPC Pure Power Center (power extension strip)
PPC Palmsize Pc
PPC Parameter Pointer Control
PPC Performance Pc
PPC Personal Parallel Computer
PPC Personal Production Center
PPC Pixel per Centimeter
PPC Point to Point Compression
PPC Portable Pc
PPC Portable Program Carrier
PPC Program to Program Communications


Next one

>>>PING<<<

[Luke Beale]

It was "Pay Per Click" :)

>>>Packet Inter-Network Groper<<< ?

>>>SEO<<<

[Zhang Xiao]

I was thinking Power PC, what Apple used to use. Meh. :P

Search Engine Optimization

>>>UWT<<< (;))

[Luke Beale]

Hard one :(

>>>United Web Talk<<<

>>>CPM<<<

Hint: Adsense / Adbrite.

[Kate.]

>>> Cost Per Million <<<

>>> JPEG <<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Joint Photographic Experts Group<<<

>>>HTML<<<

[Kate.]

>>> Hyper Text Markup Language <<<

>>> RFC <<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Remote Filesystem Checker<<<

>>>W3C<<<

[Zhang Xiao]

World Wide Web Consortium


>>>ASP<<<

[Sami4u]

>>World Wide Web Consortium<<

Boy this game is tuff another one I had to look up:(

Now something for you to look up:)

>>ASCII<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>American Standard Code for Information Interchange<<<

>>>MSN<<<

[Kate.]

>>> MicroSoft Network <<<

>>> Exif <<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Exchangeable image file format<<<

>>>gif<<<

[Kate.]

>>> Graphical Interchange Format <<<


>>> TIFF <<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Tagged Image File Format<<<

>>>AIM<<<

[Kate.]

>>> AOL instant Messenger <<<

>>> FAQ <<<

[Luke Beale]

>>Frequently Asked Questions<<<

>>>SMF<<<

[mocking]

well, it appears i am retarded

>>Simple Machines Forum<<

>>ROFLCOPTERSAURUSREX<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>A word that means something is REALLY funny. a mixture of rofl and a tyranasuarus rex.<<<

>>>AOL<<<

[Kate.]

>>> America Online <<<

>>> RTF <<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Rich Text Format<<<

>>>ISP<<<

[Sami4u]

>>Internet Service Provider<<

>>LOL<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Laugh out Loud<<<

>>>ROFL<<<

[Zhang Xiao]

America OnLine

>>>CNET<<<

[Sami4u]

>>>ROFL<<<


America OnLine

>>>CNET<<<


LOL Good one:) But really >>Rolling on the Floor Laughing<<

Now for >>>CNET<<<

Computers, Networking and Electronics Technology

>>>BOT<<<

[vicrep]

Err... Beggining of Tape?
Bot is a software used by Internet companies to automate something (or smth similar).

My turn:
>>>>IRC<<<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Internet Relay Chat<<<

>>>CEO<<<

Hint: Internet Business related :)

[Kate.]

>>> Chief executive officer <<<

>>> PDG <<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>président directeur général<<<

>>>FF<<<

Hint: Browser :)

[Zhang Xiao]

Firefox. I knew it before the hint. :P


>>>IE<<<

Hint: evil little contraption. ;)

[Luke Beale]

>>>Internet Explorer<<<

>>>WTF<<<

Hint: Webmaster forum

[Kate.]

>>> Web Talk Forums <<<

>>> CSS <<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Cascading Style Sheets<<<

>>>VB<<<

Hint: Forum

[Kate.]

>>> vBulletin <<<

>>> phpBB <<<

[vicrep]

PHP Hypertext Protocol Bulletin Board (I guess...)

>>>>SQL<<<<

[Kate.]

>>> Structured Query Language <<<

>>> IBM <<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>International Business Machines Corporation<<<

>>>PC<<<

[vicrep]

Personal Computer

>>>>SVN<<<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Subversion<<<

>>>SCM<<<

[Kate.]

>>> Software configuration management <<<

>>> AVS <<<

[Luke Beale]

>>>Address Verification System<<<

>>>CPA<<<

[grishamist]

Universal Serial Bus

>WWW<

[flowerhorn]

World Wide Web!

>>>SATA<<<