In the IT field, there are many terms that you have to be careful when using as well as when translating. If you do not understand the meaning properly, using that term can make a sentence completely meaningless or misleading.
Here are 10 of the most misleading terms, not just for the pagans, who have the level of "information" in the field of information technology that may be available to those working in the field.
ASP
Is it Active Server Page or Application Service Provider? These abbreviations are often encountered in specialized literature and its meaning is entirely dependent on the context of the material.
ATM
Automatic Teller Machine or Asynchronous Transfer Mode? In particular, IT people working for banks often use both "versions" of the term.
Enterprise
In the usual sense
Frame
In communication, frames are data units that are transmitted between two network points. It consists of pure data and control information, including the start and end fields of a frame. However, in the field of recording and broadcasting, the frame is a single image in the sequence of images recorded and played back.
Interoperability
Connectivity. It is the ability of a system or product to work with another system or product without any effort on the part of the user. It is often mistaken for compatibility means compatibility. A product that is compatible with a standard but can be connected to other products that conform to that standard.
Java and JavaScript
Java and JavaScript are different, but some people think they are one. Java is an object-oriented, compiled language developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990's. It is designed to best fit the environment of the Internet. Meanwhile, Javascript, although taking some of the ideas of Java, is a translation language, which aims to increase the interactivity of the Web site with users.
Kilobit
According to some documents, 1 kilobit is 1,000 bits but according to some other documents is 1,024 bits. Because "kilo" is derived from ten, it usually means 1 kilobit is interpreted as 1,000 bits. To avoid confusion, a quality organization invented the prefix "kibi" to denote a unit of measure equal to two exponents of 10 (1024). Accordingly, 1 kibibit will be exactly 1024 bits.
.NET
.NET is Microsoft's term, referring to the use of XML to define and share data over the Internet between multiple application services. However, a number of tools related to this idea often evolve and, to some extent, the connotation of this concept is constantly changing.
Platform
Is that the hardware platform (its microprocessor and instruction set) or software running on it (operating system) or both? Although some readers may understand the context of the article, it does not always have an explicit meaning.
Server
Is it a program or a computer dedicated to a certain purpose? Typically, it involves both hardware and software but in other cases it may be just one of them.
