List of acronyms and initialisms

This is a localised version of the splendid wikipedia List. It is intended to be a common area for the demystification of the language used on antiquist.

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 * 2D - (i) Two-dimensional
 * 2.5D - (p) "Two-and-a-half-dee": two-dimensional computer graphics imitating 3D
 * 2G - (i) Second-generation mobile (cellular, wireless) telephone system
 * 2.5G - (p) Second-and-a-half-generation mobile telephone system
 * 3D - (i) Three-dimensional
 * 3G - (i) Third-generation mobile telephone system
 * 4D - (i) Four-dimensional (usually three spatial plus one temporal dimension, sometimes 4 spatial ones)
 * 4G - (i) Fourth-generation mobile telephone system
 * 4GL - (i) Fourth-generation programming language
 * 4WD - (i) Four Wheel Drive (cf. AWD)

A

 * AGI - Association for Geographic Information . Community of the UK's geographic information industry.

I
IOSA - Internet and Open Source in Archaeology. A research group of young archaeologists based in Italy. The aim of the web site and of IOSA research team is to promote the use of open source software and open stardards in archaeological computing.

O

 * OA - Oxford Archaeology . One of the largest Heritage Services providers in the UK (and indeed world) and major bangers of Open Archaeology drum.


 * OGC - Open Geospatial Consortium . A non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that leads the development of standards for geospatial and location based services.


 * OSGeo - Open Source Geospatial Foundation . The primary community and lobby group for Open geospatial software and data.

R

 * RSS - Really Simple Syndication or RDF Site Summary . A file format generally used for online documents which allows software known as a Reader or Aggregator to create summary pages from multiple RSS sources. This is particulalrly useful for sites which have continuously changing contents such as blogs or newsfeeds.