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CeI e-Newsletter
2003, Jargon Guide
E-Innovation (Department of the Premier, Provincial Government of the Western Cape)

Do any of the terms we’ve used in these newsletters look like Greek to you? We try to avoid using jargon as much as we can, but sometimes we slip up – and sometimes it is nice to be able to use an abbreviation! Some terms you might want to look up are in the table below. If you still can't find what you're looking for, try Cape Gateway's Glossary.

CeI

Centre for e-Innovation
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language, the format used for web pages. It can also be used in email when it’s important to include pictures or different fonts and colours.

ICTs

Information and CommunicationTechnologies
KEEG Formerly the Knowledge Economy and E-Government branch of the Department of Economic Development and Tourism (now called the Centre for e-Innovation)
KKNK Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Little Karoo National Arts Festival)

MPC

Multi-purpose centre. A community facility offering access to a wide range of information and services under one roof, including ICT services, training, small business support and more.
PDF Portable Document Format, developed by Adobe to help people share documents, presentations etc on the web and via e-mail. PDF files can be created with Adobe Acrobat or a similar package, and read with Acrobat Reader (free to download).

PGWC

Provincial Government of the Western Cape
Portal A web site that offers a broad array of resources and services, serving as a starting point and frequent gateway to information.
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NPO Non-Profit Organisation
SMMEs Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises
WAN Wide Area Network: A network that covers an area larger than a single building or campus.
WSIS World Summit on the Information Society

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