COMP TIA FLASHCARDSSET 4

(IEEE – MPEG)

CIS 140, Susan K. Smith, TVCC,

Fall Quarter 2011

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEEE

The IEEE is best known for developing standards for the computer and electronics industry.

IEEE

IIS

Internet Information Server

IIS

Microsoft's Web server that runs on Windows NT platforms.

IIS

IMAP

Internet Mail Access Protocol

IMAP

A protocol for retrieving e-mail messages.

IMAP

IP

Internet Protocol

IP

IP specifies the format of packets, also called datagrams, and the addressing scheme.

IP

IPSEC

Internet Protocol Security

IPSEC

A set of protocols developed by the IETF to support secure exchange of packets at the IP layer.

IPSEC

IPX

Internetwork Packet eXchange

IPX

Networking protocol used by the Novell NetWare operating systems.

IPX

IRQ

Interrupt ReQuest

IRQ

IRQs are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor.

IRQ

ISA

Industry Standard Architecture

ISA

The bus architecture used in the IBM PC/XT and PC/AT.

ISA

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISDN

An international communications standard for sending voice, video, and data over digital telephone lines or normal telephone wires.

ISDN

ISO

Industry Standards Organization

ISO

ISO is not an acronym; instead, the name derives from the Greek word which means equal. Founded in 1946, ISO is an international organization composed of national standards bodies from over 75 countries.

ISO

ISP

Internet Service Provider

ISP

A company that provides access to the Internet.

ISP

LAN

Local Area Network

LAN

A computer network that spans a relatively small area. Most LANs are confined to a single building or group of buildings. However, one LAN can be connected to other LANs over any distance via telephone lines and radio waves.

LAN

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LED

An electronic device that lights up when electricity is passed through it.

LED

LPT

Line Printer Terminal

LPT

A name frequently used by operating systems to identify a printer.

LPT

MAC

Media Access Control

MAC

A hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of a network.

MAC

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network

MAN

A data network designed for a town or city. In terms of geographic breadth, MANs are larger than local-area networks (LANs), but smaller than wide-area networks (WANs).

MAN

Mb

megabit

Mb

Used to describe data storage of 1,024 kilobits.

Mb

MB

megabyte

MB

A megabyte is typically described as 1,000,000 bytes but is more exactly, 1,048,576 bytes.

MB

MBR

Master Boot Record

MBR

A small program that is executed when a computer boots up.

MBR

MHz

megahertz

MHz

One MHz represents one million cycles per second. The speed of microprocessors, called the clock speed, is measured in megahertz.

MHz

MIDI

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIDI

A standard adopted by the electronic music industry for controlling devices, such as synthesizers and sound cards that emit music.

MIDI

MMC

Microsoft Management Console

MMC

An application that developers use to write tools called snap-ins for administering Windows-based environments.

MMC

MMX

MultiMedia eXtensions

MMX

A set of 57 multimedia instructions built into Intel microprocessors and other x86-compatible microprocessors.

MMX

MP3

Moving Picture Experts Group Layer 3 Audio

MP3

The name of the file extension and also the name of the type of file for MPEG, audio layer 3. Layer 3 is one of three coding schemes (layer 1, layer 2 and layer 3) for the compression of audio signals.

MP3

MPEG

Moving Picture Experts Group

MPEG

The term also refers to the family of digital video compression standards and file formats developed by the group. MPEG generally produces better-quality video than competing formats, such as Video for Windows, Indeo and QuickTime.

MPEG

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