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============ COMMON INTERNET ACRONYMS ============
- AVI - Audio Visual Interleaved
- CERN - European Particle Physics Laboratory
- CGI - Common Gateway Interface
- CICA - Center for Innovative Computing Applications
- CSLIP - Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol
- DNS - Domain Name System
- FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
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- GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
- GUI - Graphical User Interface
- HTML - HyperText Markup Language
- HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol
- IP - Internet Protocol
- IRC - Internet Relay Chat
- ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
- JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
- MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
- MODEM - Modulator-Demodulator
- MPEG - Moving Picture Experts Group
- NCSA - National Center for Supercomputing Applications
- NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol
- PERL - Practical Extraction and Report Language
- POP - Point Of Presence
- POP - Post Office Protocol
- POTS - Plain Old Telephone System
- PPP - Point to Point Protocol
- SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language
- SLIP - Serial Line Interface Protocol
- SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- URL - Uniform Resource Locator
- UUCP - UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
- WAIS - Wide Area Information System
- W3 - World Wide Web
- WWW - World Wide Web
- XBM - X Window System Bitmap
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