All visitors are logged and counted. Click on this icon to view the visitor-statistics. The grand encyclopedia of computer terminology This encyclopedia is compiled by produkties.uithuizen.net This explains the most common computerterms which you can encounter. This list was compiled from several sources. It does not explain HTML commands in detail because for this purpose another encyclopedia is available.The most recent update of this document can be found at: http://www.uithuizen.net/encyclopedia/terms.php Choose a list of terms you want to see .A-.Z   0-9   A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L    M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z Type a term you want to search for: and You want more information? Well click on these links: Random House Personal Computer Dictionary l      LACON   LZW 76 items available in this category LACON Known spyware or adware. LADE Known spyware or adware. LALA Known spyware or adware. LALA.B Known spyware or adware. LALA.C Known spyware or adware. LAN Acronym for Local-Area Network. A computer and communications network that conveys a limited geographical area, allows every node to communicate with every other node, and does not require a central node or processor. landscape A 90° rotated page so that the horizontal axis is the longer axis. See also portrait. LANFILT Known spyware or adware. laptop A small portable computer; it has a LCD-screen, a FDD and a HDD and eventually a CD-ROM player. Also called notebook. LASER Acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation; a high energetic, coherent light-bundle used to read information from a CD. LATINUS.16 Known spyware or adware. LATINUS.SVR Known spyware or adware. LAVITS Known spyware or adware. layout The look and feel of a output document. LCD Acronym for Liquid Crystal Display; a method to generate image with a suspension of electrical sensitive crystals (silicium) in a fluid medium. LCP Acronym for Link Control protocol. LDAP Acronym for Lightweight Directory Access protocol. Also called Internet Directory Service to search for public available information about persons like E-mail address. LDB Acronym for Logical database. LED Acronym for Light-Emitting Diode. LEGUARDIEN.B Known spyware or adware. LEMBRA Known spyware or adware. LEMIR.B Known spyware or adware. LEMUR Known spyware or adware. LEOX Known spyware or adware. LF Acronym for Line Feed character. LIAMED Known spyware or adware. LIFO Acronym for Last In First Out Storage Policy. Stack storage, i.e. the last stored item is the first one that may be removed. See also FEFO, FILO, FIFO, queue. ligature Two or more characters linked together, as in cursive writing. LikeSurf Known spyware or adware. LIM 1) Refers to the consortium of three companies - Lotus, Intel and Microsoft - that adopted standards for memory expansion in the 1980s. 2) Laboratory Information Management. LIM 3.2 EMS See EMS. LIM 4.0 EMS See EEMS. line art Bblack and white graphic without shading or gray tones. link 1) In communications, a line or channel that you transmit data over. 2) In data management, a connection made in hypertext between documents. 3) In programming, to call up another program or subroutine. LinkReplacer Known spyware or adware. LISP Acronym for LIst Processing Language. Lisp was designed for problems in artificial intelligence and other areas with irregular data structures that are well represented as lists. listbox The area in a dialog box that has a list of options for you to choose from. LISTSERV A large collection of E-mail addresses for sending direct E-mail. LITMUS Known spyware or adware. LITMUS.002 Known spyware or adware. LIVUP.C Known spyware or adware. LIXY Known spyware or adware. Lizard Known spyware or adware. LLC Short for Logical Link Control, LLC is the upper portion of the data link layer defined in IEEE 802.2. The LLC provides the user an interface to the data link layer service that is generally the network layer. load To call data up from disk and place it in the memory. LoadFonts Known spyware or adware. local At your place/near you. LocalNRD Known spyware or adware. LocalScripts.nl Known spyware or adware. Locator Known spyware or adware. LocatorS Known spyware or adware. logical Something that is defined through a decision and not necessarily through physical properties. login (n) The account name used to gain access to a computer system. Not a secret (contrast with Password). (v) The act of entering into a computer system. LOGMOD Known spyware or adware. LOHACK.B Known spyware or adware. LOLAWEB.A Known spyware or adware. LOLAWEB.B Known spyware or adware. Look2Me Known spyware or adware. LookQuick Known spyware or adware. LookThru Cool Search Bar Known spyware or adware. Lop Known spyware or adware. Loudmarketing Known spyware or adware. LOVELETTER Known spyware or adware. LoversForever Known spyware or adware. LoverSpy Known spyware or adware. LoveTester Known spyware or adware. LOVGATE Known spyware or adware. LOVGATE.F Known spyware or adware. LOVGATE.G Known spyware or adware. LOXOSCAM Known spyware or adware. LPT Acronym for Line PrinTer. LPT-port A parallel communications port; LPT1: - LPT3:. LSL Acronym for Link Support Layer. Lycos Sidesearch Known spyware or adware. LZIO/"Free Community" Known spyware or adware. LZW Acronym for Lempel-Ziv-Welsh. This encyclopedia is for informational purposes only. All (registered) trademarks mentioned are property of their respective owners. No infringement of third party rights intended. The author cannot garantuee that the information presented is complete or that it contains no errors.