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A
AAC AAC+ AAC-LC AC-3 Access Point AP ADSL AES Accumulator AMR AMR-NB AMR-WB Android API Apple iOS Apps Arpanet ASCII ASF antisocial Media antisocial Networks Autonome System Author AVI AWB
B
Backup BBM BBS BlackBerry BlackBerry 10 BlackBerry Limited Blog Bluetooth Bluetooth LE Bluetooth Smart BMP Boot Browser
C
Cache CalDAV CardDAV CCITT Chat Clean URL Client Client-Side Scanning CMS Compiler Computer Cookies CPU Crashmail CSS Cursor
D
DANE Database Database Language DBS DBMS Datex-J Datex-P DoS DDoS DECT DKIM DMARC DNS DNSSEC Domain Name Dolby Digital Download DSL DTS Dual SIM Dual eSIM DVD DVD Video
E
E2EE eAAC EAS EDGE EDV Embedded System E-Mail Email Spam EMS eSIM EULA exFAT
F
F4V FAT FAQ Feedback FidoNet Firmware FLAC Flat-File CMS Flat rate Fork FOTA Freeware FTP FTP Client FTP Server
G
GIF GSM GPRS GPS GrapheneOS GUI
H
H.263 H.264 Hamburger Menu Hamburger Button Hardware HD Voice HiFi Homepage Hostname Hotspot Hour HSCSD HSDPA HSPA HSPA+ HSUPA HTML HSTS HTTP HTTPS Hygiene Hyperlink Hypertext
I
IANA ICANN IETF Imageboard IMAP Implementation Instant Messaging (IM) Internet Internet service Internet forum IP ISDN ISM-Band ISP IT ITU
J
Java JavaScript JPEG JPG Junk Mail
K
L
M
M4A M4V Mailbox Mouse Megapixel MEP MJPEG (mov) Microkernel MITM attack Man-in-the-middle attack MKA MKV MMS MOV Modem MP2PS MP2TS MP3 MP4 MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 Multi-Device Support Multi-factor authentication (2FA) Multi-SIM card MySQL
N
NAS NetBIOS Netbook Netmail Network NFC Notebook
O
Offline OGG Onion Routing Online Open Source OSI OTA OTP
P
PC PCM PDA PDF PFS PGP Phishing PHP PIM Pixel PNG POP 3 POSIX Postpaid Prepaid Prepaid SIM Card Pretty URL Privacy Push-IMAP
Q
QCELP QNX QR Code Query String Quick format
R
RAM Repository Reset ROM Root directory RTOS
S
Server SEO SGI Shareware Shareware Concept SIM SIM Toolkit SLR (camera) Smartphone Smartphone Zombie SMS SMTP Software Software Repository Sourcecode Spam SPARK Spezification SQL SSD SSL SVG
T
Tablet Computer TCP Tethering TFT Display TGA TIFF TLD TLS Tor (network) TOTP Two-factor authentication (2FA)
U
UltraCard UMS UMTS Unix Unixoid System Update Upload URI URL USB USB-OTG USB-Stick User User ID USSD
V
VC-1 vCard Verified Boot VoIP Vorbis VP6 VPN
W
W3C WAV WBMP WAN WAP Web Browser WebDAV Web Server Web Page Website Webspace Widgets WiFi WLAN WMA WMV WPA2 WWW
X
X.75 XHTML XML Xvid
Y
Y-Cable
Z
Zip Zuse, Konrad