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Application Service Provider is a general term for a company that offers software services to business customers across a wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet, particularly services involving outsourcing of Web and e-business applications.

An Applet is a program written using the Java programming language, which can be accessed through a Web page and downloaded to the client machine where it is run within the Web browser window.

AppleShare was the file-sharing protocol for AppleTalk networks. Its main purpose was to act as a file server, using the AFP protocol.

Apple Open Transport is an Apple networking technology for transport-independent networking that is part of the networking and communication subsystem of the Macintosh operating system.

AS/400 stands for Application System/400, a midrange IBM server computing platform for business computing.

ARCNET is an acronym for Attached Resource Computer Network, an early local area network (LAN) architecture developed in 1976 by Datapoint Corporation.

Unlock the mystery of the Archive Attribute in Windows, its functionality, and cross-platform comparisons with Linux and macOS. Learn to manage and optimize your file backup strategy.

Archiving is the process of long-term storage of important data for security and recovery reasons.

ANSI Character Set, also known as Windows Code Page, is an 8-bit character set used by Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows 98 that lets you represent up to 256 characters (numbered 0 through 255).