| Term | Description |
|---|
| G/L | General Ledger
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| GA | General Availability
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| GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
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| GAL | Generic Array Logic
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| GAPI | Gateway Application Programming Interface
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| GART | Graphics Address Relocation Table
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| Gateway | Transfers information betweenphysically separate networksthat are based on differing protocols(for example, between Internetand AppleTalknetworks). It performs high-level information translation, while routersprovide low-level. |
| GATT | Graphics Address Translation Table
|
| Gb | Gigabit (1,024 megabits) +
(One Billion Bits of Information)
|
| GCC | GNU C-Compiler [Unix]
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| GCCD | Glass-Passivated Ceramic Chip Diode
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| GCR | Group Code Recording
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| GDA | Global Data Area + GNOME Data Access
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| GDB | GNU Debugger
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| GDDM | Graphics Data Display Manager
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| GDG | Generation Data Group [IBM]
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| GDI | Graphical Device Interface
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| GDLC | Generic Data Link Control [IBM]
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| GDP | Graphic Draw Primitive
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| GDT | Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing +
Global Descriptor Table +
Graphics Development Toolkit
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| GECOS | General Electric Comprehensive Operating System
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| GEIS | General Electric Information Service (company)
|
| GEM | Graphics Environment Manager (DRI Program)
|
| GENIE | General Electric Network for
Information Exchange
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| GEO | Geostationary Earth Orbit
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| GEOS | Global Entity Ordering System +
|
| GET | Get Execute Trigger
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| GFI | General Format Identifier + Ground-Fault Interceptor
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| GGP | Gateway-Gateway Protocol [Internet]
|
| GHZ | Gigahertz
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| GIF | Graphic Interchange Format. A popularfile format for graphic images, created by CompuServe. The GIF format featuresimage compression. |
| GIG-E | Gigabit Ethernet
|
| Gigabyte | 1,000 Megabytes.Abbreviated GB. |
| GIGO | Garbage In, Garbage Out
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| GII | Global Information Infrastructure
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| GILS | Government Information Locator Service
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| GIMP | GNU Image Manipulation Program
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| GIMPS | Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
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| GINA | Graphical Identification and Authentication
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| GIS | Geographic Information System +
Global Information Solutions [AT&T]
|
| GIX | Global Internet Exchange [Internet]
|
| GKS | Graphical Kernel System
|
| GL | Graphics Language
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| GLIS | Global Land Information System [US Geological Survey]
|
| GLM | General Linear Models
|
| GLOBE | Global Learning by Observations to Benefit
the Environment [Internet]
|
| Glulx | A virtual machine optimized for running interactive fiction, interactive tutorials, and other interactive things of a primarily textual nature. Glulx has been ported to several platforms, and in in many ways an upgrade to the Z-machine. |
| GMDI | Gigabit Media-Dependent Interface
|
| GML | Generalized Markup Language
|
| GMP | Global Mobile Professional
|
| GMR | Giant Magneto-Resistive (read head technology)
|
| GMS | Global Management System +
Global Messaging Service [Novell]
|
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time
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| GND | Ground (signal/system)
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| GNN | Global Network Navigator
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| GNOME | GNU Network Object Model Environment
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| GNU | Gnu's Not Unix (operating system)
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| GOAD | GNOME Object Activation Directory
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| Gopher | A means of distributinginformation by computer. Using gopher, your client "burrows" through the Internetto various sites where you can access documents and services. In addition totext documents, some gopher clients can give you access to pictures, sounds, andinteractive sessions. |
| GOSIP | Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
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| GP | Gas Plasma + General Purpose
|
| GPF | General Protection Fault
|
| GPI | Graphics Programming Interface
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| GPIB | General Purpose Information/Interface Bus
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| GPIO | General Purpose Input/Output
|
| GPL | General Public License
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| GPR | General Purpose Register [IBM]
|
| GPRC | Glass Passivated Rectifier Chip
|
| GPRS | General Packet Radio Service
|
| GPS | Global Positioning Satellite/System +
Global Product Specification
|
| GPSS | General Purpose Systems Simulator (language)
|
| GPU | Graphics Processing Unit
|
| GRADD | Graphics Adapter Device Driver [IBM]
|
| Graphical User Interface (GUI) | A way of interacting with a computer, based ongraphics instead of text. GUIs use icons,pictures, and menus,and use a mouseas well as a keyboard to accept input. MacOS,MSWindows, and the Xwindowing system all use GUIs. Contrast with CommandLine Interfaces (CLI). |
| graphics | Anything visually displayed on a computer that is not text. |
| Graphics Mode | The mode that enables applications to displayimages in addition to text. Windowsapplications always run in graphics mode whereas MS-DOSapplications ran in either graphics or text mode. |
| GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation + Graphics Engine
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| GREP | Global Regular Expression Print
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| GS | Group Separator
|
| GSI | General Server Interface
|
| GSM | Global Shared Memory +
Global System for Mobile-Communications (network)
|
| GSNW | Gateway Service for NetWare [Microsoft]
|
| GSP | Generic Server Passer + Global Service Provider
|
| GSR | Gigabit Switch Router
|
| GSTN | General Switched Telephone Network
|
| GTE | General Telephone Electronics (corporation)
|
| GTF | Generalized Timing Format
|
| GTL | Gunning Transceiver Logic
|
| GTO | Guide To Operations [IBM]
|
| GTP | Geometry Theorem Prover
|
| GTS | Generic Traffic Shaping [Cisco]
|
| GUI | Graphical User Interface
|
| GUID | Globally Unique Identifier +
Global Universal Identifier
|
| GVT | Global Virtual Time
|
| GW-BASIC | Gee Whiz BASIC
|
| GWES | Graphic, Windowing and Event Subsystem
|
| GZIP | GNU Zip
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