Tech Glossary
Tech terms that start with [A]
- A Coroutine Language
- A Data Management System
- A Hardware Programming Language
- A Language Encouraging Program Hierarchy
- A Language for Attributed Definitions
- A Language with an Extensible Compiler
- A Manufacturing Language
- A PArse REquest Language
- A Programming Language
- A Simulation Process-Oriented Language
- A Tools Integration Standard
- A#
- A&B
- A'UM
- A* search
- A-0
- A-language
- A-law
- A-Life
- A/D converter
- A/UX
- a1
- A3D
- A4C
- A20 handler
- a56
- AAL
- AAP DTD
- aard
- AARP probe packets
- abbrev
- Abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems
- ABC
- ABC ALGOL
- ABCL/1
- ABCL/c+
- ABCL/R
- ABCL/R2
- abduction
- ABEND
- AberMUD
- ABLE
- abort
- ABP
- abscissa
- ABSET
- absolute path
- absolute pathname
- abstract
- abstract class
- abstract data type
- abstract interpretation
- abstract machine
- Abstract Machine Notation
- abstract syntax
- Abstract Syntax Notation 1
- abstract syntax tree
- Abstract Window Toolkit
- Abstract-Type and Scheme-Definition Language
- abstraction
- ABSYS
- AC2
- AC3
- Accelerated Graphics Port
- accelerator
- Accent
- accept
- Acceptable Use Policy
- acceptance testing
- Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language
- Access
- Access Control List
- access method
- access point
- access time
- ACCLAIM
- Account Representative
- Accounting File
- accounting management
- accumulator
- accuracy
- ACE
- ACID
- ACIS
- ACK
- Acknowledgements
- ACL
- ACM
- ACME
- ACOM
- Acorn Computer Group
- Acorn Computers Ltd.
- Acorn Online Media
- Acorn RISC Machine
- ACOS
- acoustic coupler
- Acrobat
- acronym
- ACT
- ACT ONE
- ACT++
- Act1
- Act2
- Act3
- Actalk
- Actis
- activation record
- active DBMS
- Active Directory
- Active Language I
- active matrix display
- Active Measurement Project
- Active Monitor
- active object
- Active Reconfiguring Message
- active record pattern
- Active Server Pages
- ActiveX
- ActiveX Data Objects
- Actor
- actor/singer/waiter/webmaster
- Actors
- Actra
- actual argument
- Actus
- ad-hockery
- AD/Cycle
- Ada
- Ada 9X
- Ada 83
- Ada 95
- Ada Core Technologies
- Ada Lovelace
- Ada Programming Support Environment
- Ada Semantic Interface Specification
- Ada Software Repository
- Ada++
- Ada-O
- Ada/Ed
- ADABAS
- Adaline
- ADAM
- Adam Osborne
- Adam7
- Adamakegen
- ADAMO
- Adaplan
- Adaplex
- ADAPT
- Adaptable User Interface
- Adaptec
- adaptive answering
- Adaptive Communication Environment
- Adaptive Digital Pulse Code Modulation
- adaptive learning
- Adaptive Server Enterprise
- Adaptive Simulated Annealing
- Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding
- Adaptor
- ADC
- ADCU
- ADD 1 TO COBOL GIVING COBOL
- ADDD
- additive
- address
- address book
- address bus
- address mask
- address resolution
- Address Resolution Protocol
- address space
- Address Strobe
- addressed call mode
- addressee
- addressing mode
- ADELE
- ADES
- Aditi
- adjacency
- ADL
- AdLog
- ADM
- Administration Management Domain
- administrative distance
- Administrative Domain
- admissible
- Adobe Systems, Inc.
- Adobe Type Manager
- ADSU
- Advanced Audio Coding
- Advanced Communication Function/Network Control Program
- Advanced Communications Function
- Advanced Computing Environment
- Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
- Advanced Data Communications Control Protocol
- Advanced Encryption Standard
- Advanced Function Presentation
- Advanced Intelligent Tape
- Advanced Interactive eXecutive
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Advanced Network Systems Architecture
- Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
- Advanced Power Management
- Advanced Program-to-Program Communications
- Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
- Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
- Advanced Revelation
- Advanced RISC Computing Specification
- Advanced RISC Machine
- Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.
- Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface
- Advanced Software Environment
- Advanced STatistical Analysis Program
- Advanced Technology Attachment
- Advanced Technology Attachment Interface with Extensions
- Advanced WavEffect
- Advantage Gen
- ADVENT
- Adventure Definition Language
- ADVSYS
- adware
- AEGIS
- Aeolus
- AEP
- aeroplane rule
- AES
- af
- AFAC
- AFAIK
- affine transformation
- affordance
- AFIPS
- AFK
- aflex
- AFNOR
- AFP
- ag
- agent
- aggregate type
- aggregation
- aggregator
- AGL
- AGM Theory for Belief Revision
- Agner Krarup Erlang
- AGORA
- AI International
- AI koan
- AI-complete
- AIDA
- AIDS
- AIDX
- Aiken code
- Aimnet
- Aion Development System
- AIR
- AIr MAterial COmmand compiler
- Ajax
- AKC
- AL
- Aladdin Enterprises
- Aladdin Systems, Inc.
- ALADIN
- ALAM
- Alan F. Shugart
- Alan Kay
- Alan Turing
- ALC
- Alcool-90
- ALCOR
- Aldat
- ALEF
- ALEPH
- aleph 0
- alert
- Alex
- Alexis
- Alfl
- algebra
- Algebra of Communicating Processes
- ALGEBRAIC
- Algebraic Compiler and Translator
- algebraic data type
- Algebraic Interpretive Dialogue
- Algebraic Logic Functional language
- Algebraic Manipulation Package
- Algebraic Specification Language
- algebraic structure
- ALGOL 58
- ALGOL 60
- ALGOL 60 Modified
- ALGOL 60 Revised
- ALGOL 68
- ALGOL 68 Revised
- ALGOL 68-R
- ALGOL 68C
- ALGOL 68RS
- ALGOL 68S
- ALGOL C
- ALGOL D
- ALGOL N
- ALGOL W
- ALGOL X
- ALGOL Y
- algorithim
- algorithm
- ALgorithm DEScription
- ALgorIthmic ASsembly language
- Algorithmic Language
- Algorithmic Model
- Algorithmic Processor Description Language
- Algorithmic Test Case Generation
- ALGY
- aliasing
- Alice
- alife
- ALJABR
- all-elbows
- Allegro
- ALLIANCE
- allow-none
- ALLOY
- ALM
- Aloha
- Aloha Net
- Alonzo Church
- ALP
- ALPAK
- ALPHA
- Alpha AXP 21164
- alpha conversion
- Alpha Geek
- alpha testing
- alpha/beta pruning
- alphabetic language
- alphanumeric
- Alphard
- ALPS
- alt
- alt.sources
- Alta Vista
- ALTAC
- Altair 8800
- ALTER
- Alternating bit protocol
- ALTRAN
- ALU
- Aluminum Book
- Alvey
- AM
- Amanda
- amateur packet radio
- Amber
- AMBIT
- AMBIT/G
- AMBIT/L
- AMBIT/S
- AMBUSH
- AMD
- AMD 29000
- AMD 29027
- AMD Am2901
- AMD Am2903
- AMD Am2910
- Amdahl
- Amdahl Corporation
- Amdahl's Law
- America On-Line, Inc.
- America's Multimedia Online
- American National Standard
- American National Standards Institute
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- American Telephone and Telegraph, Inc.
- American Wire Gauge
- AMI
- Amiga
- Amiga E
- Aminet
- AML/E
- Amoeba
- AMP
- amp off
- Ampere
- ampersand
- AMPL
- AMPLE
- Amplitude Modulation
- AMPS
- Amulet
- an
- An Evolutionary System for On-line Programming
- analog
- Analog Hardware Design Language
- analogue
- analogue computer
- Analogy Model
- analytical CRM
- Analytical Engine
- Analytical Solutions Forum
- ANCP
- AND
- Andorra Kernel Language
- Andorra-I
- Andorra-Prolog
- Andrei Markov
- Andrew File System
- Andrew Fluegelman
- Andrew Message System
- Andrew Project
- Andrew Tanenbaum
- Andrew Toolkit
- Angel
- angle bracket
- angry fruit salad
- Animated GIF
- animation
- Animus
- ANL
- ANNotated Ada
- annotation
- annoybot
- annoyware
- Annual Change Traffic
- anonymous FTP
- ANother Tool for Language Recognition
- ANSI C
- ANSI Minimal BASIC
- ANSI X12
- ANSI Z39.50
- ANSI/SPARC
- ANSI/SPARC Architecture
- antenna gain
- Anthony Hoare
- anti-aliasing
- antichain
- antisymmetric
- antivirus software
- ANU
- ANU ML
- any key
- anytime algorithm
- ao
- AOL
- AOS
- Apache
- Apache Software Foundation
- APE
- APL2
- APLGOL
- APLWEB
- Apollo Computer
- AppKit
- APPLE
- Apple Address Resolution Protocol
- Apple Attachment Unit Interface
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- Apple II
- Apple Newton
- Apple Open Collaboration Environment
- apple-touch-icon
- apple-touch-icon-precomposed
- AppleScript
- Applesoft BASIC
- applet
- Appletalk
- AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol
- AppleTalk Filing Protocol
- appletviewer
- application
- Application Binary Interface
- Application Configuration Access Protocol
- Application Control Architecture
- Application Developer
- application development
- application enablement services
- Application environment specification
- Application Executive
- Application Integration Architecture
- application layer
- application lifecycle management
- Application Portability Architecture
- application program
- Application Program Interface
- Application Protocol Data Unit
- application server
- Application Service Element
- application service provider
- Application Software Installation Server
- Application Visualisation System
- Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
- Applications Development Manager
- applicative language
- Applicative Language for Digital Signal Processing
- applicative order reduction
- APPLOG
- approximation algorithm
- April Fool's Joke
- APT
- APX III
- aq
- AQL
- ar
- arbitrary precision calculator
- Arcade
- ArchBSD
- archie
- Archimedes
- architecture
- Architecture Neutral Distribution Format
- archive
- archive site
- ARCnet
- Arctic
- arena
- ARES
- AREXX
- argument
- Argus
- ARI Service
- Ariel
- ARITH-MATIC
- Arithmetic and Logic Unit
- arithmetic mean
- arity
- arj
- Arjuna
- ARL
- ARM
- ARM7
- ARM8
- ARM610
- ARM710
- ARM800
- ARM7500
- array
- array processor
- Array Processor Assembly Language
- Array Theory
- arrow key
- ART
- Artemis microkernel
- Artifex
- artificial intelligence
- Artificial Life
- artificial neural network
- Artisoft, Inc.
- Artistic license
- ARTSPEAK
- AS
- As Low As Reasonably Practicable
- as sensible as a dictionary
- AS/400
- as31
- asap
- asbestos
- asbestos cork award
- asbestos longjohns
- ascender
- ASCI
- ASCII art
- ASCII character table
- ASCIIbetical order
- ASCIIbonics
- ASDO IMPlementation Language
- ASE
- ASF
- ash
- Ashmedai
- Ashton-Tate Corporation
- Asiliant Technologies
- ASIS
- ASK
- ASL
- ASL+
- ASP
- ASPECT
- aspect ratio
- aspect-oriented programming
- ASPEN
- ASPIK
- Aspirin
- ASPLE
- ASQC
- assembler
- ASSEMBLY
- Assembly Language
- Assembly Language Compiler
- Assembly Language for Multics
- assertion
- asset management
- Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology
- assigned numbers
- assignment
- assignment problem
- Association Control Service Element
- Association for Computational Linguistics
- Association for Computing
- Association for Progressive Communications
- Association for SIMULA Users
- Association Française des Utilisateurs d'Unix
- Association of American Publishers
- Association of C and C++ Users
- Association of Lisp Users
- associative array
- Associative Memory Parallel Processing Language
- associativity
- AST
- AST Computers, LLC
- AST Research, Inc.
- asterisk
- asterix
- Astra Digital Radio
- Astral
- Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
- asymmetrical modulation
- asynchronous
- Asynchronous Balanced Mode
- Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter
- asynchronous logic
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- asyncronous
- AT Attachment Packet Interface
- AT-3
- ATA point
- ATA-4
- Atanasoff-Berry Computer
- Atari
- Atari ST
- Atherton Technology
- Athlon
- Atlas Autocode
- ATM
- ATM Forum
- atob
- atomic
- Attachment Unit Interface
- attacks as a service
- attenuation
- attoparsec
- attribute
- Attribute Translation System
- Attributed File System
- ATX
- au
- aubergine
- audio
- Audio IFF
- Audio Processing Technology
- Audio Video Interleave
- audiographic teleconferencing
- audiographics
- AudioOne
- Augmented Backus-Naur Form
- AUI
- AUP
- Aurora
- Austin Kyoto Common Lisp
- authentication
- authoring
- Auto Idle
- AUTO-PROMPT
- AutoCAD
- Autocode
- AUTOCODER
- autoconf
- autoconfiscate
- Autodesk, Inc.
- AUTOEXEC.BAT
- AUTOGRAF
- Autolisp
- automagically
- Automated Engineering Design
- AUTOmated GRouPing system
- Automated Retroactive Minimal Moderation
- automated testing
- AUTOMATH
- automatic baud rate detection
- automatic hyphenation
- Automatic Mathematical TRANslation
- Automatic Network Routing
- Automatic Number Identification
- Automatic Repeat Request
- Automatic Send Receive
- Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
- Automatically Programmed Tools
- automation
- Automatische Rechenplanfertigung
- automaton
- Automatrix, Inc.
- Autonomous System
- Autonomous System Number
- Autopass
- autopilot code
- autoprojector
- Autostat
- auxiliary storage
- availability
- Avalon/C++
- Avalon/Common LISP
- avatar
- average seek time
- AverStar
- Avon
- aw
- awk
- aXe
- AXIOM
- Axiom of Choice
- Axiom of Comprehension
- axiom schema
- AXIOM*
- Axiomatic Architecture Description Language
- axiomatic semantics
- axiomatic set theory
- AXLE
- ayacc
- AYT
- az
