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anime

pronounced ah knee may, a style of Japanese animation often sexual in nature.

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annie

(orphan annie) a Website or particular Web page that has not been updated in a long time.

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anon server

(anonymous server) a service provider that forwards email while concealing the identity of the sender. Anonymous servers were initially designed for users with a legitimate need for privacy, but have occasionally been used for criminal or questionable activity such as spamming. see spam.

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anonymous FTP

a means for downloading public FTP (File Transfer Protocol) files. Referred to as anonymous because there is no need for the user to identify himself to access the files. see FTP.

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ANSI

(American National Standards Institute) the major organization responsible for creating standards for American industry, including the computer industry. ANSI standards address accepted standards for programming languages, electronic data transfer, character types, graphics, screen control and a wide range of computer related technical protocols.

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antialiasing

a method of eliminating the stair step properties called jaggies created by the normal display of pixels on a computer monitor. Jaggies sometimes appear when enlarging bitmap images using photo manipulation software.

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antivirus program

software that protects a computer from the introduction of destructive programs (viruses) introduced either by corrupt floppy disks or by electronic data transfer over a network such as the Internet.

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AOL

see America Online.

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AP

see access point

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Apache

a very popular public domain, Unix-based Web server from the Apache Software Foundation (www.apache.org). There are versions for all popular Unix flavors, as well as Windows, and it is considered the most widely used HTTP server on the Internet. Developed by a large group of volunteers, Apache was originally based on Version 1.3 of the HTTPd (HTTP daemon) server from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). First released in 1995, its name was coined after the Native American Apache tribe for their legendary endurance. Because there were many "patch" files added to the original body of code, "a patchy server" was also coined as a pun on the name.