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Glossary : G
A to Z of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms
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- .gif : Graphics Interchange Format
- .gz : GZIP compression file format
- GAN : Global Action Nepal
- GAWDS : the Guild of Accessible Web Designers : (http://www.gawds.org)
- Gbps : gigabits per second (see also bps, kbps, mbps)
- GCHQ : Government Communications Headquarters
- GCIM : Government Common Information Model
- GCL : Government Category List
- GCMS : Gas Chromatograph and Mass Spectrometer
- GCN : Government Communication Network
- GCN : Government Communications Network
- GCRs : Geological Conservation Review site
- GCSE : General Certificate of Secondary Education
- GDN : Government Data Network
- GDS : Government Data Standard(s)
- GDSC : Government Data Standard(s) Catalogue
- GEM : Graphics Environment Manager
- GI : Geographic Information
- GICS : Government Information and Communication Service (now called GCN - see above)
- GIS : Geographic Information System(s)
- GIWYC : Get It While You Can
- GL : General ledger
- GLPC : Greater London Provincial Council
- GMB : General Municipal Workers and Boiler Makers Union
- GML : Geography Mark-up Language
- GMRM : Government Message Reference Mode
- GMT : Greenwich Mean Time
- GNC : GSI Nerve Centre (see GSI below)
- GNVQ : General National Vocational Qualification
- googol : a term that means 'a very big number'. This stands for the number 10 raised to the power of 100 (10^100), or a one followed by 100 zeros.
- googolplex : is just a term that means 'an unimaginably large number'. This stands for the number number 10 raised to the power of 1 google, or (10^(10^100)), which is the number 1 followed by 10^100 zeros
- GOQ : Genuine Occupational Qualifications
- GOSE : Government Office for the South East
- GOSW : Government Office for the South West
- Govt or GOVT : Government
- GP : General Practitioner
- GPDA : Grand Prix Drivers' Association
- GPDO : General Permitted Development Order
- GPL : GNU Public Licence
- GPMCT : Grand Prix Mechanics Charitable Trust
- GPWC : Grand Prix World Championship
- GRBs : Gamma Ray Bursts
- GRF : General Rate Fund
- GRO : General Register Office
- GRO(S) : General Register Office for Scotland
- GSi : Government Secure Intranet
- GSi or GSI : Government Secure Intranet
- GSM : Grams per square metre - a measurement of weight for paper
- GTPS : Government Telephone Preference System
- GUI : Graphical User Interface (pronounced 'gooey')
- GWA : Google Web Accelerator
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