SAN                Storage Area Network. A large disk storage array which is accessible
                   by other computers over a fibre channel network.

SATA               Serial ATA device. New hard disks now have smaller and faster serial
                   connections to the hard disk.

SCART              Special video and audio connection used widely on television
                   and video equipment. Also, appears on Commodore 1084(S) monitors.

Screen             The display device is which text and graphics are displayed.

Script             A file containing a series of DOS commands that can be
                   'executed' either from a batch (BAT) or command (CMD) file.

SCSI               Small Computer System Interface. Expansion system for adding
                   hard disks, CD ROM drives, tape drives and scanners to computers.

SDK                Software Development Kit. Software provided to develop applications
                   for a given Operating System or other system.
                   
SDRAM              Synchronous Direct RAM. New memory type which mainly uses DIMMS.
                   They can run very fast at 0.8GB/sec. 

Serial             Serial Port, used for simple communications, can be used for slow
                   devices such as mice or a modem.

Server             A Server is a PC designed to serve data or information with special
                   programs. They are can be used to Authenticate users onto a network,
                   deliver web pages via a Web Server e.g. IIS, share files and printers,
                   provide data via a Database server (SQL) and so on. A Server needs to
                   run either Windows NT4 Server, Windows 2000 (Adv) Server or 2003 Server
                   or Linux or Solaris versions for Unix servers.
				   
SGRAM              Synchronous Graphics RAM used on many video/graphics cards.
								
Shell              A console windows which AmigaDOS commands can be entered.

Shockwave          A multimedia web plugin from Macromedia/Adobe for games and entertainment.

Silverlight        A multimedia web plugin from Microsoft similar to Adobe's Flash player.

SIMM               Single In line Memory Module. Type of memory board used widely
                   on Amigas and other computers. Can be 16 or 32 bit, usually has
                   72 pins (older simms have 30 pins) and run at 70, 60 or even 50ns.

SLI                Scalable Link Interface. Developed by Nvidea to combine two graphics
                   cards into one output to provide twice the power.

SLIP               A type of Serial Line Interface Protocol used for Dial Up 
                   networking via serial port.

Slot 1             Slot technology used by Intel Pentium IIs and IIIs.

Slot A             Slot technology used by AMD Athlon chips. Now replaced by Socket A.

SMART              Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology. Feature
                   used to monitor and analyse hard disks for data loss and
                   drive failure. 

SmartMedia         A type of solid-state memory to save data and keeps it even when
                   power is removed. Widely used with digital cameras.

SmartTags          New feature of Office XP that provides new links (underlined
                   in purple) to point to another page about that subject.
                                      
SMP                Symmetric Multiple Processors. Technology that allows more
                   than one processor to be used at once in the same computer.
                   OS' that support SMP include Windows NT/2000 and Linux.
									 
SMTP               Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. Protocol used to send/receive
                   Electronic Mail.

SOAP               Simple Object Access Protocol for data access on the web.

Socket 370         Type of socket used by Intel Celeron chips.

Socket 478         Type of socket for Pentium 4 processor chips.
 
Socket 7           Type of processor slot used for Pentium MMX, AMD K6-2/3, Cyrix,
                   and IDT Winchip processors.

Socket A           Processor slot used for AMD Athlon processor chips.
									 
SOCKS              Short for Sockets, a Proxy Protocol which allows users to access
                   other hosts via a Socks Server (a Firewall) for extra security.

Southbridge        Motherboard chip that deals with slower computer components such
                   as PCI slots, USB, Parallel, Serial ports etc. See also
                   Northbridge.
 
SPAM               Unsolicited E-Mail send to people on mass to advertise products
                   or promote some quick rich schemes and so on.
                  
Sparc              High end processor used for Unix systems on Sun Microsystem
                   computers. Fully 64 bit for UltraSparc.

S/PDIF             Sony/Philips Digital Interface used for Video/Audio transfers.

Sprite             A hardware driven image run independantly of whats on the screen.

SPX                Sequenced Packed eXchange (see IPX) used primarily on Netware
                   networks. Versions include Ethernet_802.2, 802.3 and II.
                   
Spyware            Programs used to gather private information for advertisers 
                   and fraudsters. Usually attach themselves to Browsers such as IE.

SQL                Structured Query Language. Special query language to enquire,
                   create a modify large databases shared between multiple users.
                   Examples, include Microsoft SQL, Oracle, MySQL, mSQL etc.
                                  
SRAM               Static or Synchronous RAM. Very fast ram used in small amounts
                   such as Cache RAM.

SSE                Streaming Single Instruction Multiple Data Extensions. A slight
                   improvement on Intel's MMX media extensions for Pentium processors.
                   SSE3 on the P4 is best example.

SSH                Secure Shell. Telnet sessions are in plain text and can be read
                   by any hacker, SSH encryts such sessions to prevent snooping.
									 
Static IP          Uses a fixed Internet number for access to the network. Usually
                   provided by the Internet Provider.

Sun                Sun Microsystems. Developer for Solaris unix OS, Sparc based
                   computers and the Java language.

SVGA               Super Video Graphics Adapter. Video mode which supports 256 colours
                   or more and higher screen resolutions at 800 x 600. See VGA, XGA.

SVN                Subversion control which allows multiple users allow access to a 
                   given project and control consistency and prevents file corruption.

Switch             High speed hub which gives full bandwidth per port and can switch data
                   between ports for extra performance.

SXVGA              Super XGA resolution at 1280 x 1024 (see VGA, SVGA, XGA).