What is HIV/AIDS, and are they the same or different?

Can someone educate me on HIV/AIDS. What do they mean and are they any different or just the same?

Thanks for answering and have a nice day!

HIV Human Imune Virus and AIDS is Aquired Imune Defficency Syndrome, HIV is the begging stages of AIDS. Once someone has AIDS it is a long road to death, the smallest cold could kill a person. because the Virus attacks the imune system there is no way to fight off the illness and you slowly die!

u can be HIV+ and not have aids

HIV is the Virus that causes AIDS.

HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. In other words, you can have HIV but not have AIDS...yet.

AIDS is what HIV becomes after time.

HIV is a virus, that can lead to full blown AIDS they are not the same .

Same thing. Immune system failure, supposedly from a sexually transmitted virus.

They are the same - at least refering to the same disease.

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

read article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS

HIV (Human Immuno Virus) is the cause of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)..;

hiv is the first stage of disease, which can develop into aids. usually by an 'aids defining illness' such as pneumo carnii pneumonia. they are the same illness, but different stages, like diabetics can develop from tablet controlled to insulin dependant. look on NAM website or AIDSMAP for more info