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| Active X | A set of technologies created by Microsoft Corp. that enables a type of interactive content on websites. With ActiveX, websites become animated using multi-media effects, interactive objects, and sophisticated applications that create a more engaging user experience. |
| AD | Active Directory - A central component of the Windows platform, Active Directory service provides the means to manage the identities and relationships that make up network environments. |
| Aperture Cards | An aperture card is a type of punched card with a cut-out window into which a chip of microfilm is mounted. Such a card is used for archiving or for making multiple inexpensive copies of a document for ease of distribution. The card is typically punched with machine-readable metadata associated with the microfilm image, and printed across the top of the card for visual identification. The microfilm chip is most commonly 35mm in height, and contains an optically reduced image, usually of some type of reference document, such as an engineering drawing, that is the focus of the archiving process. |
| ASP | Application service provider - A company that offer companies access to software applications over the internet. |
