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AVI

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  Short for Address Verification Service, AVS is a service used in the United States to verify a cardholder’s billing address. This service provides fraud prevention for transactions that are completed without a credit card being physically presented (CNP), usually for mail-order, telephone or Internet purchases.

• AV Killer

  Short for antivirus Killer, a malicious tool used to disable a user’s antivirus program to help elude detection. AV killers may also attempt to disable firewalls.

• AWOL

  In chat abbreviations AWOL is short for Away without leaving, an indication that the user is still near the computer but is otherwise occupied. Chat abbreviations are commonly used in Internet and online communications mediums such as e-mail, IRC, instant messaging, or through SMS.

• AWT

  (1) Short for Abstract Window Toolkit. The AWT is part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC), the standard API for providing graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for Java programs. (2) Short for assemble, wire, and test. An IT term often used when having custom system or network configurations installed on-site. The system provider will perform all […]

• AZERTY keyboard

  The French version of the standard QWERTY keyboard. AZERTY keyboards differ from the QWERTY keyboard in that the Q and W keys have been interchanged with the A and Z keys. Another difference between QWERTY and AZERTY keyboard is that the M key on an AZERTY is to the left of the L key.

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