A - Web Design & Internet Jargon Buster

Acquiring Bank - A bank that processes online payments on your behalf, levies a fee and pays the balance into your bank account.

ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) - A means of delivering high communication speeds over existing copper phone lines.

Analog - The technology used by the original mobile phones. Like traditional radio broadcasts, phone conversations and information are transmitted in the form of a continually varying current or radio wave. The transfer of information can be slow, so newer digital technology has largely taken its place.

Apache - A free web server program. Apache is usually associated with Unix/Linux, but is also available for Windows. A web server is the high-powered computer that runs your website.

ASP (active server page) - These are used on database driven websites.

ASP (Application service provider) - A company that offers companies access to software applications over the Internet.

Audio conferencing - A bureau service provided by telephone service providers (such as BT) can allow you to have a telephone conference call involving several people in different locations.

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