HTML, CSS, JS, JSON, XML, RSS
APC <http://php.net/manual/en/intro.apc.php>, AJAX, API, JDBC
LAMP, WAMP, MAMP, SSH <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell>, SQL,
SPARQL, XACML
IG <http://instagram.com/>, FB, RT <https://twitter.com/>, MT, ICYMI, QWERTY
OAI <http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html>, OSCI, DAMS

I hope you imagined all that said with the cadence of a slam poet. :-P


On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Douglas Hegley <dheg...@artsmia.org> wrote:

> Check this link:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computing_and_IT_abbreviations
> I think your goal is to boil this down a little for a museum audience,
> laudable but a large task. I agree with Rob that it would be good to be
> some kind of shared work space available online.
> Anecdotally, one of my favorites in our sector is that museum technology's
> CMS is not the same CMS as the rest of the world.
> We have Collections Management Systems, everyone else has Content
> Management Systems. This always throws my new hires for a loop when they
> first arrive.
> All the best,
> Douglas
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Tanner, Simon <simon.tan...@kcl.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Carissa,
> >
> > In the spirit of not being at all helpful but enjoying the opportunity to
> > roll out a true favourite...
> >
> > Back in the 90's we had a digital project which we gave the acronym:
> > SQUIRREL NUTKIN
> >
> > It stood for:
> > Sequential Query User Interface Resourcing a Research Electronic Library
> > Notably User-oriented Technology for Keeping the Information Needed
> >
> > All my best,
> >                 Simon
> > ____________________________________________
> > Simon Tanner
> > Department of Digital Humanities
> > Room 219, 2nd Floor Drury Lane
> > King's College London
> >
> > Email: simon.tan...@kcl.ac.uk
> > Twitter: @SimonTanner
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
> > Carissa Dougherty
> > Sent: 10 February 2015 20:00
> > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
> > Subject: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!
> >
> > Hi, all...
> >
> > I'm trying to compile a list of tech-related acronyms that might be
> > important for museum staff to know and understand -- or at the very
> least,
> > recognize.  Right now, I'm just gathering EVERYthing I can think of --
> file
> > extensions (PDF, JPG), emerging technologies (BLE, NFC), web-related
> (HTML,
> > PHP)...
> >
> > So...
> >
> > - Are there any that you think are particularly relevant/important?
> >
> > - What terms do you frequently toss around during museum tech meetings?
> >
> > - Are there any that are often misunderstood/misinterpreted?
> >
> > I'd be happy to share my "final" list when I've got it ready...
> >
> > FIRE AWAY!!
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> > Carissa
> >
> > Head of Knowledge Management
> >
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