Abbreviations & Acronyms - ICT English

Using computers to help you learn.

• CAL (computer assisted learning)
  

• CLI (command line interface)

A way to interact with a computer using lines of text.

• CLI (command line interface)

• GUI (graphical user interface)

A way to interact with a computer using a mouse to point and click on images.

• GUI (graphical user interface)

• HCI (human-computer interaction)

The way that a user works with a computer system.

• HCI (human-computer interaction)

  
  

• HTML (hypertext markup language)

A way to write documents so they can be displayed on a website.

• HTML (hypertext markup language)

  
  

• HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)

A set of rules for transfering files on the www, usually included at the beginning of a website address (e.g.,http://www ...)

• HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol)

• HTML (hypertext markup language)

A company that enables access to the Internet.

• ISP (internet service provider)

• www (world-wide-web)

The memory you can use to store your own information.

• RAM (random-access memory)

• ROM (read-only memory)

A type of permanent computer or disk memory that stores information that can be read or used but not changed.

• ROM (read-only memory)

  
  

• RAM (random-access memory)

A web address, eg www.ict.com

• URL (uniform resource locator)

• HTML (hypertext markup language)