acronyms: F-J

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FHS

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

FHSS

Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum

FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name

FRU

Field Replaceable Unit

FSF

Free Software Foundation

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FUD

Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt

GBIC

GigaBit Interface Converter

GDI

Graphical Device Interface

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format

GIMP

GNU Image Manipulation Program

GNOME

GNU Network Object Model Environment

GNU

GNU's Not Unix

GPG

Gnu Privacy Guard

GPL

General Public License

GRUB

Grand Unified Bootloader

GTK

Gimp Tool Kit

HAL

Hardware Abstraction Layer

HAN

Home Area Network

HCL

Hardware Compatibility List

HDTV

High Definition Television

HPFS

High Perfomance File System

HTML

HyperText Markup Language

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol

HUD

Heads-Up Display

IBM

International Business Machines

IC

Integrated Circuit

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

IDE(1)

Integrated Drive Electronics (Intelligent Drive Electronics)

IDE(2)

Integrated Development Environment

IE

Internet Explorer

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IGRP

Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

IHV

Independent Hardware Vendor

IIS

Internet Information Server

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol

I/O

Input/Output

IOS

Internetwork Operating System

IP

Internet Protocol

IPX

Internetwork Packet Exchange

IRC

Internet Relay Chat

IRQ

Interrupt Request

ISA

Industry Standard Architecture

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISM

Industrial, Scientific, Medical

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISV

Independent Software Vendor

ITS

Incompatible Timesharing System

J2EE

Java 2 Enterprise Edition

J2SE

Java 2 Standard Edition

JDBC

Java Database Connectivity

JDK

Java Development Kit

JFS

Journaled File System

JSP

Java Server Page

JVM

Java Virtual Machine