Abbreviations

ALC Africa Learning Channel
ALIN-EA Arid Lands Information Network – Eastern Africa
APC Association for Progressive Communications
ART Anti-retroviral therapy

CC3 Community Computer Camp
CAP Community Access Point
CPSI Centre for Public Service Innovation
CPU Central Processing Unit
CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
CSO Civil society organisation

eIFL Electronic Information for Libraries
EKOWISA E-Knowledge for Women in Southern Africa

FOSS Free and Open Source Software

GEM Gender Evaluation Methodology
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GPS Global Positioning System
GTP Global Teenager Project

HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
HP Hewlett Packard

i-community Inclusion community
ICDL International Computer Driving Licence
ICT Information and Communication Technology
IDRC International Development Research Centre
IICD International Institute for Communications and Development
ISP Internet Service Provider
IT Information Technology
ITU International Telecommunications Union

LDV Least-Developed Villages

MACRA Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority
MALICO Malawi Libraries and Information Consortium
MDGs Millennium Development Goals

NCRF National Community Radio Foundation
NEMISA National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa
NHLS National Health Laboratory System
NGO Non-governmental organisation
NOC Network Operations Centre

OKN Open Knowledge Network
OSC Open Source Centre
OSF Open Society Foundation
OSI Open Society Institute
OSISA Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa

PC Personal Computer
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PGP Pretty Good Privacy
PIN Personal Identity Number

SAFIRE Southern Alliance for Indigenous Resources
SETA Sector Education and Training Authority
SITA State Information Technology Agency
SMS Short Message Service
STD Sexually Transmitted Disease

TB Tuberculosis

URL Uniform [Universal] Resource Locator

VCL Virtual Collaborative Learning
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal

WiFi Wireless Communications technologies
WNSP Women’s Networking Support Programme