| Word |
Definition |
| GGP |
Gateway-gateway protocol (on the Internet). |
| G/L |
General Ledger. Part of an accounting program. |
| G |
1. Giga - one billion. 2. Grin, or Giggle (chat). |
| Gb |
Giga bit. 1,024 megabits or 1 billion information bits. |
| GB |
Giga Byte. 1,024 megabytes or 1 billion characters of information. |
| GEM |
Graphics Environment Manager (Digital Research Inc.). |
| GEOS |
1. Graphic Environment Operating System (Geoworks). 2. Geostationary satellite. A satellite that always remains over a specific point on the surface of the Earth, traveling through space as the Earth orbits. |
| GHz |
Giga Hertz. A billion Hertz. |
| GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format. A format used for displaying bitmap images on World Wide Web pages, usually called a "gif" because .gif is the filename extension. These files use lossless compression and can have 256 colors. JPEG and GIF are commonly used for images on the Web; JPEG is considered best for photos and GIF for other graphic images. |
| GIGO |
Garbage In Garbage Out. The idea that if the data put into a computer or program is not good, the result the program comes back with will not be worth much. |
