m4_dnl M4 / HTML macro package
m4_dnl Acronym definitions
m4_dnl Copyright 1996-2003 Perette Barella.
m4_dnl All rights reserved.

_REVISION(``$Id: acronym.m4,v 1.2 2004/12/02 16:31:59 perette Exp $'')
m4_define(``_ACRONYM'',
	``m4_define(``$1'',
		 ``<ACRONYM LANG="en_US" TITLE="$2 $1_EXP">``$1''</ACRONYM>'')
	m4_define(``$1_EXP'', ``m4_ifelse(``$3'',,,``, '') ``$3'' m4_define(``$1_EXP'', ``'')'')'')


m4_dnl Computer acronyms
_ACRONYM(``CVS'', ``Concurrent version system'',
	``a set of programs for tracking changes to software'')
_ACRONYM(``CMVC'', ``Centralized management and version control'',
	``an IBM control-management and revision tracking package'')
_ACRONYM(``CPU'', ``Central processing unit'')
_ACRONYM(``DEC'', ``Digital Equipment Corporation'')
_ACRONYM(``RAID'', ``Redundant array of inexpensive disks'',
	technology increasing performance and/or reliability of disks
	by merging multiple physical disks into a single logical volume)
_ACRONYM(``RAM'', ``Random access memory'')
_ACRONYM(``RCS'', ``Revision control system'',
	a set of programs used to track changes to software)
_ACRONYM(``ROM'', ``Read only memory'')
_ACRONYM(``SCCS'', ``Source code control system'',
	a set of programs to track changes to software)
_ACRONYM(``SCSI'', ``Small computing system interface'',
	a bus used to connect peripherals to a computer.)
_ACRONYM(``USB'', ``Universal serial bus'')
_ACRONYM(``VAX'', ``Virtual address extension'',
	``old computer hardware than ran VMS'')
_ACRONYM(``VMS'', ``Virtual memory system'',
	``an old operating system that ran on DEC VAX hardware'')
_ACRONYM(``VGA'', ``Video graphics adapter'')
_ACRONYM(``XNS'', ``Xerox Network System'',
	a protocol developed by Xerox for use with Ethernet)
_ACRONYM(``YACC'', ``Yet another compiler-compiler'',
	a tool used to build C code for parsing)

m4_dnl Languages
_ACRONYM(``BASIC'', ``Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code'')
_ACRONYM(``COBOL'', ``Common business-oriented language'',
	``an antiquated language used for business programming'')
_ACRONYM(``MFC'', ``Microsoft foundation classes'',
	a set of C++ classes Microsoft provides for Windows
	software development)
_ACRONYM(``SQL'', ``Structured query language'',
	the language used to manipulate modern databases)
_ACRONYM(``TCL'', ``Tool control language'')


m4_dnl Networking acronyms
_ACRONYM(``CSS'', ``Cascading style sheets'')
_ACRONYM(``DHCP'', ``Dynamic host configuration protocol'',
	the protocol used to dynamically assigned IP addresses.)
_ACRONYM(``DNS'', ``Dynamic name service'')
_ACRONYM(``FTP'', ``File transfer protocol'')
_ACRONYM(``HTML'', ``Hypertext markup language'',
	the language used to describe web pages.)
_ACRONYM(``HTTP'', ``Hypertext transport protocol'')
_ACRONYM(``IP'', ``Internet protocol'')
_ACRONYM(``MMJ'', ``Modified module jack'',
	DEC computer cabling)
_ACRONYM(``POP2'', ``Post office protocol'')
_ACRONYM(``POP3'', ``Post office protocol'')
_ACRONYM(``SNMP'', ``Standard network management protocol'')
_ACRONYM(``SMTP'', ``Simple mail transport protocol'')
_ACRONYM(``TCP'', ``Transmission control protocol'',
	``a connection-oriented protocol running over IP'')
_ACRONYM(``UDP'', ``User datagram protocol'',
	``a datagram protocol running over IP'')
_ACRONYM(``URI'', ``Universal resource identifier'')
_ACRONYM(``URL'', ``Universal resource locator'')