Glossary of IT Terms beginning with "S"
Brian Cryer's Glossary of IT Terms with Links. Definitions and links to further information on IT related terms ...
- SA
- System Administrator / SQL Server system administrator / Software Assurance / South Africa, details ...
- SaaS
- Software as a Service, details ...
- SAF
- Server Application Function, details ...
- SAM
- Security Accounts Manager, details ...
- SAN
- Storage Area Network / Standard Address Number / Standard Account Number, details ...
- SAON
- Secondary Addressable Object Name, details ...
- SAP
- Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing, details ...
- SAR
- Segmentation and Re-assembly, details ...
- SAS
- Serial Attached SCSI, details ...
- SASL
- Simple Authentication Secure Layer, details ...
- SATA
- Serial ATA, details ...
- SAX
- Simple API for XML, details ...
- SBS
- Small Business Server, details ...
- SC
- Security Cleared, details ...
- Scale
- The ratio of a distance measured on a map against that same distance on the ground, details ...
- SCCS
- Source Code Control System, details ...
- Schema
- Description of a structure / Objects owned by a particular user in an Oracle database, details ...
- SCL
- Spam Confidence Level, details ...
- SCM
- Software Configuration Management, details ...
- SCN
- Software Change Notice, details ...
- SCNR
- Sorry Could Not Resist / Subtractive Chromatic Noise Reduction, details ...
- SCOTS
- Commercial-Off-The-Shelf / Scottish, details ...
- SCP
- Software Copy Protection, details ...
- SCR
- Software Change Request / Standby Continuous Replication, details ...
- Scraper
- A generic term for either a screen scraper or a web scraper, details ...
- Screen Scraper
- Technique to read information from an electronic output form (such as a dumb terminal or web page), details ...
- SCSI
- Small Computer Systems Interface, details ...
- SCT
- Security Context Token, details ...
- SCTP
- Stream Control Transmission Protocol, details ...
- SCU
- Software Configuration Utility, details ...
- SDBMS
- Spatial Database Management System, details ...
- SDK
- Software Development Kit / Microsoft SDK, details ...
- SDLC
- Software Development Life Cycle / Systems Development Life Cycle / Synchronous Data Link Control, details ...
- SDLT
- Super DLT, details ...
- SDE
- Spatial Data Engine / Shared Data Environment / Standard Deviation error, details ...
- SDP
- Software Distribution Point, details ...
- SDR
- Single Data Rate SDRAM, details ...
- SDRAM
- Synchronous DRAM, details ...
- SDTS
- Spatial Data Transfer Standard, details ...
- SDTV
- Standard Definition Television, details ...
- SE
- South East / Search Engine / Software Engineering / Student Edition, details ...
- Seed point
- A point against which information is tagged, details ...
- SEM
- Search Engine Marketing, details ...
- SEO
- Search Engine Optimisation, details ...
- SEP
- Someone Else's Problem / September / Search Engine Promotion, details ...
- SERP
- Search Engine Results Page, details ...
- SERPS
- Search Engine Results Pages, details ...
- Serial ATA
- A disk-interface technology, details ...
- Service
- A server process started and controlled by the Windows operating system, details ...
- Servlet
- A Java server side module, details ...
- SET
- Secure Electronic Transaction / To apply a value / Group of similar things, details ...
- Seven layer reference model
- OSI Seven Layer reference model, details ...
- SFF
- Small Form Factor, details ...
- SFP
- System File Protection, details ...
- SFTP
- Secure FTP / Simple FTP, details ...
- SFU
- Services For Unix, details ...
- SFV
- Simple File Verification, details ...
- SGBNR
- Selective Gaussian Blur Noise Reduction, details ...
- SGML
- Standard Generalized Mark-up Language, details ...
- SHA
- Secure Hash Algorithm, details ...
- Share
- A resource made available to others across a network, details ...
- Shareware
- Software distributed on a try-before-you-buy basis, details ...
- SHDSL
- Symmetric High Speed Digital Subscriber Line, details ...
- Shortcut
- A Windows file that points to another file or folder, details ...
- SHTTP
- Secure HTTP, details ...
- SIC
- Latin meaning so / Standard Industrial Classification / Shareware Industry Conference, details ...
- SID
- Security ID, details ...
- SIDF
- Sender ID Framework, details ...
- SIG
- Special Interest Group / E-mail Signature, details ...
- Signature
- Name in own handwriting / Text footer to emails, details ...
- SIM
- Single inline module / Subscriber Identity Module / Simulation, details ...
- SIMD
- Single Instruction Multiple Data, details ...
- Simplex
- Communications in one direction only / Single sided printing, details ...
- SIP
- Session Initiation Protocol / Single inline package, details ...
- SIS
- Spatial Information System / Single Instance Store / Silicon Integrated Systems / Symbian Installation Source / Switchboard wire, details ...
- SLA
- Service Level Agreement, details ...
- SLIP
- Serial Line Internet Protocol, details ...
- SLM
- Spatial Light Modulator, details ...
- SLP
- Software Licensing and Protection, details ...
- SMART
- Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology / Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Based / Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timed, details ...
- SMB
- Server Message Block, details ...
- SME
- Small and Medium Enterprises / Society of Manufacturing Engineers, details ...
- S/MIME
- Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions protocol, details ...
- SMIL2
- Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language Level 2, details ...
- Smiley
- A few text characters intended to convey emotions / A small image intended to convey emotions, details ...
- SMP
- Symmetric Multi-Processing, details ...
- SMS
- Short Message Service / Systems Management Server, details ...
- SMT
- Simultaneous Multithreading Technology / Surface Mount Technology / Senior Management Team, details ...
- SMTP
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, details ...
- Snafu
- Situation Normal, All Fouled Up / Situation Normal, All F**led Up, details ...
- Snail Mail
- Traditional postal services mail, details ...
- SNAP
- Sub Network Access Protocol, details ...
- SNMP
- Simple Network Management Protocol, details ...
- SNPP
- Simple Network Paging Protocol, details ...
- SNTP
- Simple Network Time Protocol, details ...
- SOA
- Service Oriented Architecture / Start of Authority / Super Output Area / Same Old Architecture / Service Order Agreement, details ...
- SOAP
- Simple Object Access Protocol, details ...
- Socket
- IP address and port number / A receptacle into which a component can be fitted, details ...
- SOFC
- Solid-Oxide Fuel-Cell, details ...
- Sol
- The Sun / S*** out of luck / Solution, details ...
- Solar eclipse
- Where the moon comes between the sun and the Earth, details ...
- SOP
- Standard Operating Procedure, details ...
- SORBS
- Spam and Open Relay Blocking System, details ...
- SOW
- Statement Of Work, details ...
- SP
- Service Pack / Stored Procedure / Space character, details ...
- SP1
- Service Pack 1, details ...
- SP2
- Service Pack 2, details ...
- SP3
- Service Pack 3, details ...
- SPAM
- Unsolicited e-mail sent out in bulk / Unsolicited bulk email from a stranger / To send out spam, details ...
- Spammer
- A person or organisation that sends spam, details ...
- Spatial Data
- Data with position information, details ...
- Spatial Query
- Querying objects based on their geometry, details ...
- SPC
- Statistical Process Control, details ...
- SPCS
- State Place Coordinate System, details ...
- SPDIF
- Sony/Philips Digital Interface, details ...
- SPF
- Sender Policy Framework, details ...
- SPI
- Stateful Packet Inspection, details ...
- SPN
- Service Principal Name, details ...
- Spooling
- Sending a print job to a print queue, details ...
- SPOT
- Simple Personal Object Technology, details ...
- SPP
- Serial Port Profile, details ...
- SPS
- Stand-by Power Supply / State Plane System, details ...
- Spyware
- Software that monitors the activities of a user, details ...
- SQL
- Structured Query Language, details ...
- SQL Injection
- An attack technique, details ...
- SRM
- Security Reference Manager, details ...
- SSA
- Serial Storage Architecture / Software Services Agreement, details ...
- SSD
- Solid State Drive, details ...
- SSDP
- Simple Service Discovery Protocol, details ...
- SSH
- Secure Shell, details ...
- SSID
- Service Set Identification, details ...
- SSI
- Server Side Include, details ...
- SSIS
- Server Side Includes / SQL Server Integration Services, details ...
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer, details ...
- SSPI
- Security Support Provider Interface, details ...
- STA
- Single Threaded Apartment, details ...
- Standby Database
- A backup database that can be promoted should the primary fail, details ...
- STC
- Subject To Change / Subject To Collection, details ...
- STFU
- Shut The F*** Up, details ...
- STFW
- Search The F***ing Web, details ...
- Stop Screen
- Terminal error screen, details ...
- STP
- Shielded Twisted Pair / Standard Temperature and Pressure / Straight Through Processing / Software through Picture, details ...
- Strategi
- Detailed digital map data from Ordnance Survey , details ...
- Strategy
- Planning and/or management of an operation or campaign, details ...
- Straw Man
- A discussion technique used to refute an opposing view by misrepresenting it, details ...
- Striping
- Storing data across multiple disks, details ...
- Struts
- Open framework for building Java web applications, details ...
- SUS
- Software Update Services, details ...
- SVG
- Scaleable Vector Graphics, details ...
- SVHS
- Super VHS, details ...
- S/W
- Software, details ....
- SW
- Software, details ...
- SWF
- Software Firewall, details ...
- SWMBO
- She Who Must Be Obeyed, details ...
- Switch
- An intelligent network device connecting two or more network devices / A device for turning things on and off / To change / A type of control statement in software, details ...
- SWOT
- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, details ...
- SWOT Analysis
- Analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, details ...
- SXGA
- Super Extended Graphics Array, details ...
- SYN
- Synchronize, details ...
- Synonym
- An alias for another object in a database, details ...