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Microformats
A microformat (sometimes abbreviated µF or uF) is a web-based[1] data formatting approach that seeks to re-use existing content as metadata, using only XHTML and HTML classes[2] and attributes.[3] This approach is intended to allow information intended for end-users (such as contact information, geographic coordinates, calendar events, and the like) to also be automatically processed by software.
MOA
French acronym for Project Owner.
MOE
French acronym for Project Management.
NTIC
New Technologies of Information and Communication (french acronym).
 
Perl
Practical Extraction and Reporting Language is an open source server side programming language extensively used for web scripts and to process data passed via the Common Gateway Interface from HTML forms etc.
PESTEL
A business evaluation method by considering Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal factors. (Un)fortunately, I have nothing to do with it, I just got the same name than this method, sorry if you were seeking for it.
PHP
Hypertext Preprocessor : dynamic webpage creation's technology.
SCP
Secure Copy or SCP is a means of securely transferring computer files between a local and a remote host or between two remote hosts, using the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol.
Semacode
Two-dimensional barcode, primarily aimed at being used with cellular phones which have built-in cameras, which descript internet Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
Shell
A shell is a piece of software that provides an interface for users. Typically, the term refers to an operating system shell which provides access to the services of a kernel.
Smarty
Smarty is a web template system written in PHP.
SQL
SQL (Structured Query Language) is a standard interactive and programming language for getting information from and updating a database.
SSH
Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged over a secure channel between two computers. Encryption provides confidentiality and integrity of data. SSH uses public-key cryptography to authenticate the remote computer and allow the remote computer to authenticate the user, if necessary.
SSL / TLS
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and its successor, Transport Layer Security (TLS), are cryptographic protocols that provide secure communications on the Internet for such things as web browsing, e-mail, Internet faxing, instant messaging and other data transfers. There are slight differences between SSL and TLS, but the protocol remains substantially the same. The term "TLS" as used here applies to both protocols unless clarified by context.
SWIFT
Secured and standardized financial messaging network.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol A protocol for communication between computers, used as a standard for transmitting data over networks and as the basis for standard Internet protocols.
Usability
Term used to denote the ease with which people can employ a particular tool or other human-made object in order to achieve a particular goal. Usability can also refer to the methods of measuring usability and the study of the principles behind an object's perceived efficiency or elegance.
W3C
The W3C is the international standards body. It was established in 1994 to lead the web to its full potential by developing common standards.
Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users.
Web Design
Web design is the design of web pages, websites and web applications using HTML, CSS, images, and other media.
XHTML
XHTML is the next generation of HTML and is a hybrid between HTML and XML. XML was designed to describe data. HTML was designed to display data. XHTML is much stricter than HTML. Not all browers support XML so XHTML provides an intermediary soluton and can be interpreted by XML and HTML browsers.
XML
XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a W3C initiative that allows information and services to be encoded with meaningful structure and semantics that computers and humans can understand. XML is great for information exchange, and can easily be extended to include user-specified and industry-specified tags.
XSLT
A Transformation Language to convert XML/XSL documents into HTML suitable for a browser to display.

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