Commonly Used Word List

This is a list of common words, phrases, and acronyms that are likely to appear in IST publications, showing spelling, capitalization, and hyphenation. You can also Search BC&C to find prior examples of style and usage. But when looking at older issues of BC&C, keep in mind that our house style may have changed since that time. For the spelling and abbreviation of names of campus units, check the printed Campus Telephone Directory, or look at the units' websites.

a.m.
ACS (Academic Computing Services)
AirBears
Amber (amber.berkeley.edu)
antivirus
AppleShare
AppleTalk
ASD (Administrative Systems Department)
AVC-IST (Associate Vice Chancellor--IST, with en dash)
AVCO (Associate Vice Chancellor's Office)


back up (v)
backup (n, adj)
Basic programming language
BAI (Berkeley Administrative Initiatives)
BAIRS (Berkeley Administrative Initiatives Reporting System)
BC&C (Berkeley Computing and Communications)
Bear Facts
Bear Link
BFS (Berkeley Financial System)
BFS/HRMS (Berkeley Financial System / Human Resources Management System)
BIS (Berkeley Information System)
BMUG (Berkeley Macintosh User Group)
bps (bits per second)
break-out (e.g., break-out session)
BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution, e.g., BSD Unix)
built-in

C@B (Connecting@Berkeley)
CAL PACT (Cal People and Computer Training)
CalAgenda calendar system
CalLUG (Cal Linux Users [sic] Group)
CalNet
CalREN-2 (The California Research and Education Network)
campus network
campuswide
catalog
CCS (Central Computing Services)
CD-ROM
CENIC (Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California)
CIO (Chief Information Officer)
CISSCO (Campus Information Systems Security Officer)
CNET (online organization)
CNS (Communication and Network Services)
coauthor
cochair
codirector
colocation
Command key
Command-Option-Escape (etc)
Command-Q (etc)
computer accounts
Control key
Control-C (etc)
cooperate
coordinate
copyright
copywriter
coworker
CSM (Computer-assisted Survey Methods program)
cutting-edge (adj)


database
dialup (n, adj)
disk
dot com (n)
dot-com (adj)
DOCS (Departmental On-site Computer Support)
double-precision (adj)
drag-and-drop (adj)

e.g. (not italicized)
electronic mail
email
Enter key
Escape key
ET (educational technology)
Ethernet


F10 key (etc)
fall 1997 (etc)
fall semester
fax
filename
FISC (Faculty Internet Service Center)
fixed-length (adj)
floating-point (adj)
formatting
Fortran
full-length (adj)
fundraising

GLADIS
GNU (GNU's Not Unix)

hard copy (n)
hardcopy (adj)
high-performance
high-speed (adj)
Home IP
home page
HRMS (Human Resources Management System)
hypertext


i-drive
I-Drive (when starting a title, section heading, or sentence)
ID (except login id)
i.e. (not italicized)
Info-BEARS
Information Systems and Technology (IST)
interdisciplinary
Internet
Internet Access SHIPS (Subscription Home IP Service)
Internet2
interrelationship
ISP (Internet service provider)
IST (Information Systems and Technology)
IT (information technology)
ITA (Information Technology Architect)
ITATF (Information Technology Architecture Task Force)
ITP (Instructional Technology Program)
IU (Interactive University program)

KaZaa
KB (kilobyte, K=2^^10)
kbps (kilobits per second, k=10^^3)
keyword
kHz

labeled
labeling
LaserWriter
left-hand (adj)
Linux
listserv
LocalTalk
log in (v)
log on (v)
login (n, adj)
login id
logon (n, adj)
low-speed (adj)
lower case (n)
lowercase (adj)


Mac OS
Mac OS X
MAGNet user group
Majordomo list
MB (megabyte, M=2^^20)
mbps (megabits per second, m=10^^6)
megabit/s
MELVYL (adj, e.g., the MELVYL system)
mHz (m=10^^6)
Micronet user group
MIP (Museum Informatics Project)
mixed case (n)
mixed-case (adj)
multi-year
multicultural
multidisciplinary

NetWare (Novell)
newsfeed
newsgroup
newsreader (software)
noncredit
nonnegative
nonprofit
nonzero

on-site
ongoing
online
open-source
Option key
Option-Shift-3 (etc)

p.m.
PA1 key (etc)
pathname
PC/Windows operating environment
PCSystems user group
Perl
plug'n'play


QuickTime

reenter
reentry
Return key
right-hand (adj)

SCCS (Student Computer Consulting Service)
SDSC (San Diego Supercomputer Center)
second-level (adj)
Shift key
sign up (v)
signup (n, adj)
single-precision (adj)
SIS (Student Information Systems)
slowdown (n)
Socrates (socrates.berkeley.edu)
spam
spring 1997 (etc)
spring semester
SSCL (Social Science Computing Laboratory)
stand-alone
startup (n, adj)
statewide
STP (Strategic Technology Planning)
subpage ("sub-" compounds done as one word)
superset
systemwide


Tab key
Tele-BEARS
telnet
testbed (n)
TSW (The Scholar's Workstation)
troubleshoot

U.S.
UAS (User & Account Services)
UC (not U.C.)
UC Berkeley (not UCB)
UCLA (etc)
UCLink email service
UCOP (UC Office of the President)
university (generic)
University (if referring to UC or UC Berkeley)
University of California, Berkeley
universitywide
Universitywide
Unix
upper case (n)
uppercase (adj)
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
Usenet News
user group
userid


variable-length (adj)
very high-speed (adj phrase)
very high speed (n phrase)
viewpoint
voicemail

W&MF (Workstation & Microcomputer Facilities)
the Web (n, short for World Wide Web)
web (adj)
web link
web page
web server
webmaster
webmeister
webmistress
Webnet user group
webperson
website
WHSG (Workstation Hardware Support Group)
Windows PC
workflow
World Wide Web (WWW)
worldwide (except World Wide Web)
writeup
WSS (Workstation Support Services)
WSSG (Workstation Software Support Group)


X
X Window System

Y2K
Year 2000

ZDNet (online organization)
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