For more information on computer industry terminology, visit the computer section of your local bookstore. ACS A cademic C omputing S ervices - unit of the UCSD Library organization charged with providing some computing support services to campus academic offices, generally on a recharge basis. ACT has developed ledger, employee, and student class list browsers using Omnis 7, a software development tool, and a campus telephone directory browser linked to the ACT home page on the World Wide Web.
More browsers are under development.
This group deals with issues involving data communications on campus. G roup - user's group organized and run by the ACT Customer Service. The intent of this group is to provide information and promote sharing among the providers of technical support to campus departments. Data Directory - set of descriptions of the fields, tables and functions in a database. P rotocol - the method of transferring files between computers, over the network.