Difference between revisions of "Glossary of acronyms"

Revision as of 13:24, 3 June 2012

AHP: Analytic Hierarchy Protocol
AJAX: Asynchronous Javascript and XML
ASP: Application Service Provider
DHTML: Dynamic HTML
DSL: Digital Subscriber Line
EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language: Notation system which describes how a hypertext document should appear on a display screen (2)
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol: Process which allows hypertext documents to be transferred between browsers and the web(2).
OCR: Optical Character recognition
OS: Operating System
RIAs: Rich Internet Applications; See AJAX
SSL: Secure Socket Layer
URL: Uniform Resource Locator: Unique address used to locate a document on the internet(2).
VPN: Virtual Private Network
WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network
XML: Extensible Markup Language: Standardized system for representing data as text files(2)

Submitted by Jerry Stultz, MD

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+:Hypertext Transfer Protocol: Process which allows hypertext documents to be transferred between browsers and the web(2).
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 ;SSL
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+:Uniform Resource Locator: Unique address used to locate a document on the internet(2).
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+:Extensible Markup Language: Standardized system for representing data as text files(2)
 == Electronic Health Record ==