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Letter G

G/L General Ledger
G2G Gotta Go
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAL Generic Array Logic
GAPI Gateway Application Programming Interface
GART Graphics Address Relocation Table
GATT Graphics Address Translation Table
GA General Availability
Gb Gigabit (1,024 megabits)
(One Billion Bits of Information)
GB Gigabyte (1,024 megabytes)
(One Billion Characters of Information)
Also called gig for short. As in: "I've got a 12 gig drive."
GCCD Glass-Passivated Ceramic Chip Diode
GCC GNU C-Compiler
GCR Group Code Recording
GDA Global Data Area
GDDM Graphics Data Display Manager
GDG Generation Data Group
GDI Graphical Device Interface
GDLC Generic Data Link Control
GDP Graphic Draw Primitive
GDT Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Global Descriptor Table
Graphics Development Toolkit
GECOS General Electric Comprehensive Operating System
GEDCOM Genealogical Data Communications -- Genealogy Term see UK Genealogy Common Acronyms & Jargon for more information.
GEIS General Electric Information Service (company)
GEM Graphics Environment Manager (DRI Program)
GENIE General Electric Network for Information Exchange
GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service -- Genealogy Term see UK Genealogy Common Acronyms & Jargon for more information.
GEOS Graphic Environment Operating System
GEO Geostationary Earth Orbit
GET Get Execute Trigger
GFI General Format Identifier
Ground-Fault Interceptor
GGP Gateway-Gateway Protocol
GG Good Game
GHZ Gigahertz
Gibson Guides Genealogy records guide books authored by Jeremy Gibson. -- Genealogy Term see UK Genealogy Common Acronyms & Jargon for more information.
GIF Graphics Interchange Format This is one of the two standard graphic forms that are readible by almost all browsers. JPG being the other.
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GII Global Information Infrastructure
GILS Government Information Locator Service
GIMPS Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
GIS Geographic Information System
Global Information Solutions
GIX Global Internet Exchange
GKS Graphical Kernel System
GLIS Global Land Information System
GLM General Linear Models
GLOBE Global Learning by Observations to Benefit the Environment
GLRO Greater London Record Office -- Genealogy Term see UK Genealogy Common Acronyms & Jargon for more information.
GL Good Luck
GL Graphics Language
GML Generalized Markup Language
GMP Global Mobile Professional
GMR Giant Magneto-Resistive
GMS Global Management System
Global Messaging Service
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GND Ground (signal/system)
GNN Global Network Navigator
GNOME GNU Network Object Model Environment
GNU Gnu's Not Unix (operating system)
GOONS Guild Of One Name Studies -- Genealogy Term see UK Genealogy Common Acronyms & Jargon for more information.
GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
GPF General Protection Fault
GPIB General Purpose Information/Interface Bus
GPI Graphics Programming Interface
GPRC Glass Passivated Rectifier Chip
GPR General Purpose Register
GPSS * General Purpose Systems Simulator (language)
GPS Global Positioning Satellite/System
Global Product Specification
GP Gas Plasma
General Purpose
GR&D Grinning Running And Ducking
GRADD Graphics Adapter Device Driver
GRD Genealogical Research Directory -- Genealogy Term see UK Genealogy Common Acronyms & Jargon for more information.
GREP Global Regular Expression Print
GRE Graphics Engine
GRO The General Register Office -- Genealogy Term see UK Genealogy Common Acronyms & Jargon for more information.
GSI General Server Interface
GSM Global Shared Memory
Global System for Mobile-Communications (network)
GSNW Gateway Service for NetWare
GSP Generic Server Passer
Global Service Provider
GSTN General Switched Telephone Network
GS Group Separator
GTE General Telephone Electronics (corporation)
GTGB Got To Go, Bye
GTG Got To Go
GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic
GTO Guide To Operations
GTP * Geometry Theorem Prover
GTSY Glad To See Ya
GUID Globally Unique Identifier
Global Universal Identifier
GUI Graphical User Interface
GVT Global Virtual Time
GW-BASIC Gee Whiz BASIC
GYPO Get Your Pants Off
GZIP GNU Zip