ADSL	= Assymetric Digital Subscriber Line
ARPAnet = Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ASCII 	= American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATM 	= Asynchronous Transfer Mode
bps 	= bit par seconde
DNS 	= Domain Name Server
FDMA	= Frequency Division Multiple Access
FTP 	= File Transfer Protocol
HFC 	= Hybrid Fiber Coax
HTML	= HyperText Markup Language
HTTP	= HyperText Transfer Protocol
IETF	= Internet Engineering Task Force
IMAP	= Internet Mail Access Protocol
IP  	= Internet Protocol
ISO 	= International Standard Organisation
ISP 	= Internet Service Provider
LAN 	= Local Area Network
ldb 	= largeur de bande (bandwidth)
MIME	= MultimedIA Mail Extension
MP3 	= Music Play (version 3)
NAP 	= Network Access Point
OSI 	= Open Systems Interconnection
PC  	= Personal Computer
PDA 	= Personal Digital Assistant
PDU 	= Protocol Data Unit
POP3	= PostOffice Protocol version 3
PPP 	= Point to Point Protocol
RFC 	= Request For Comments
RTT 	= Round Time Trip
SE ou OS = Système d'Exploitation
SMS 	= Short MeSsages
SMTP	= Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
TCP 	= Transmission Control Protocol
TDMA	= Time Division Multiple Access
Telnet	= TErminaL on NETwork
TP  	= Twisted Pair
UA  	= User Agent
UDP 	= User Datagram Protocol
URL 	= Uniform Resource Locator
VC  	= Virtual Circuit
WAN 	= Wide Area Network
WAP 	= Wireless Application Protocol