10Base2 Ethernet coaxial thin-net, 10 Mbps, 200 m segments
10Base5 Ethernet coaxial thick-net, 10 Mbps, 500 m segments
10BaseF Ethernet Fiber optic, 10 Mbps, 2 km segments
10BaseT Ethernet Twisted pair, 10 Mbps, 100 m segments
100BaseT Fast Ethernet 100 Mbps
1TBS One True Brace Style
2
2D 2-Dimensional
3
3COM Computer, Communications and Compatibility
3D 3-Dimensional
3DMF 3D Meta File
3GL 3rd Generation Language
3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
4
4GL 4th Generation Language
4WCD 4 Wire Conditioned Diphase
6
6DOF Six Degrees Of Freedom
8
802.3 Ethernet protocol
802.4 Token Bus protocol
802.5 Token Ring protocol
9
AUCUNE ENTREE
A
AAAI American Association for Artificial Intelligence
AAL ATM Adaptation Layer
AAP Applications Access Point
AAT Average Access Time
AARP AppleTalk ARP
AAUI Apple Attachment Unit Interface
ABC Atanasoff-Berry Computer
ABEL Advanced Boolean Expression Language
ABI Application Binary Interface
ABIST Automatic Built-In Self-Test
ABR Available Bit Rate
ABVS Audit Bureau of Verification Services
AC Alternating Current
AC Ante Christum
ACA American Cryptogram Association
ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol
ACC Aera Communication Controller
ACC Audio Communications Controller
ACCM Asynchronous Character Control Map
ACD Automatic Call Distribution
ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface
ACE Advanced Computing Environment
ACF Access Control File
ACH Automated Clearing House
ACID Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
ACIS American Committee for Interoperable Systems
ACK Acknowledge
ACL Access Control List
ACL Advanced CMOS Logic
ACM Advanced Computer Modeling
ACM Association for Computing Machinery
ACM Audio Compression Manager
ACME Application Creation Made Easy
ACS Access Control System
ACS Advanced Communications System
ACS Asynchronous Communication Server
ACSE Association Control Service Element
ACTS Advanced Communication Technologies and Services
ACTS Automatic Coin Telephone Service
ACTS Automated Computer Time Service
ACTT Advanced Communications Timekeeping Technology
ACU Automatic Calling Unit
A/D Analog to Digital
ADA Automatic Data Acquisition
ADABAS Adaptable Database System
ADAM Affordable Desktop Application Manager
ADAPT Architecture, Design, Analysis and Planning Tool
ADB Apple Desktop Bus
ADC Adaptive Data Compression
ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Procedure
ADD Automatic Document Detection
ADDMD Administration Directory Management Domain
ADE Adaptable Development Environment
ADEV AppleTalk Device
ADF Adapter Description File
ADF Automatic Document Feeder
ADI AutoCad Device Interface
ADI AUTODIN-DISN Interface
ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression
ADLC Asynchronous Data Link Control
ADMD Administration Management Domain
ADN Advanced Digital Network
ADP Automated Data Processing
ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADS Application Development System
ADS Audio Distribution System
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADSM ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager
ADSP AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol
ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
ADT Abstract Data Typing
ADU Automatic Dialing Unit
AEC Architectural, Engineering, and Construction
AE Above or Equal
AEB Analog Expansion Bus
AF Audio Frequency
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFAMPE Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange
AFC Application Foundation Classes
AFC Automatic Font Change
AFCAC Air Force Computer Acquisition Center
AFDDN Air Force Defense Data Network
AFEB African Edifact Board
AFI Authority and Format Indicator
AFII Association for Font Information Interchange
AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System
AFJ April Fool's Joke
AFK Away From the Keyboard
AFM Adobe Font Metrics
AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalisation
AFOTEC Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
AFP AppleTalk Filing Protocol
AFPI Association Francaises des Profesionnels Internet
AFS Andrew File System
AFTP Anonymous File Transfer Protocol
AFUU Association Francaise des Utilisateurs d'Unix
AGL Atelier de Génie Logiciel
AGLOO Atelier de Génie Logiciel Orienté Objet
AGRAS Antiglare, Antireflective, Antistatic
AGT AUTODIN Gateway Terminal
AHDL Analog Hardware Description Language
AI Analog Input
AI Artificial Intelligence
AIA Applications Integration Architecture
AIAG Automotive Industry Action Group
AIC AIXwindows Interface Composer
AID AUTODIN Interface Device
AIDS Apple Infected Disk Syndrome
AIF Audio Interchange Format
AIFF Audio Interchange File Format
AIG Address Indicator Group
AIIM Association for Information and Image Management
AIN Advanced Intelligent Network
AIS Automated Information System
AISP Association of Information Systems Professionals
AIT Advanced Intelligent Tape
AIT AUTODIN Interface Terminal
AIUG Armenian Internet Users Group
AIX Advanced Interactive Executive
AKA Also Known As
AL Address List
ALAP AppleTalk-LocalTalk Link Access Protocol
ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuits
ALDSSCS All-Defense Special Security Communications System
ALE Application Link Enabling
ALEP Advanced Language Engineering Platform
ALERT Advice and problem Location European Road Traffic
ALGOL Algorithmic Language
ALIBI Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases of Info
ALIWEB Archie-Like Indexing in the Web
ALM Asynchronous Line Multiplexer
ALR Advanced Logic Research
ALU Arithmetic and Logic Unit
AM Accounting Management
AM Amplitude Modulation
AM Attribute Mark
AMD Active Matrix Display
AMD Advanced Micro Devices
AMF Abbreviated Message Format
AMH Application Message Handling
AMH Automated Message Handler
AMHA A Mon Humble Avis
AMHS Automated Message Handling System
AMI Alternate Mark Inversion
AMIS Audio Message Interchange Standard
AML Atelier de Maintenance Logiciel
AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture
AMME Automated Multi-Media Exchange
AMN Abstract Machine Notation
AMPE Automated Message Processing Exchange
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
AMS Automated Management Station
AMS AUTODIN Mail Server
ANA Article Numbering Association
ANI Automatic Number Identification
ANS Advanced Network and Services
ANSI American National Standard Institute
AO Active Open
AO Analog Output
AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment
AOD Audio On Demand
AOE Application Operating Environment
AOL America On Line
AOO Approche Orientée Objet
AOW Asia and Oceania Workshop
AP Advanced Pick
APA Arithmetic Processing Accelerator
APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report
APC AMARC Protocol Converter
APCT AUTODIN PC Terminal
APCUG Association of PC User Groups
APD Aldus Printer Description
APDA Apple Programmers and Developers Association
APDU Application Protocol Data Unit
API Application Programming Interface
APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
APL A Programming Language
APM Advanced Power Management
APM Aldus Placeable Metafile
APNIC Asian-Pacific NIC
APP Agence pour la Protection des Programmes
APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking
APPC Advance Program-to-Program Communication
APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
APS Advanced Photo System
APS Asynchronous Protocol Specification
APT Address Pass Through
ARA Apple Remote Access
ARAP Apple Remote Access Protocol
ARC Advanced RISC Computing
ARC Audio Response Controller
ARCA Advanced RISC Computing Architecture
ARCnet Attached Resource Computer Network
AREV Advanced Revelation
ARIN American Registry for Internet Numbers
ARL Access Rights List
ARL Adjusted Ring Length
ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited
ARM Advanced RISC Machine
ARMM Automated Retroactive Minimal Moderation
ARM Asynchronous Response Mode
ARN Assistance et Realisations Nouvelles
ARO After Receipt Of Order
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPAnet ARPA Network
ARQ Automatic Request for Retransmission
ART Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications
ARU Audio Response Unit
AS Autonomous System
AS3AP ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ASC AUTODIN Switching Center
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interch
ASDSP Application-Specific Digital Signal Processor
ASE Application Service Element
ASEB Asia Edifact Board
ASEMH Army Standard Electronic Mail Host
ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASIS Application Software Installation Server
ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology
ASL Adaptive Speed Levelling
ASM Alternate Stimulus Mode Protocol
ASN Autonomous System Number
ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One
ASP Abstract Service Primitive
ASP Active Server Page
ASP Advanced Signal Processing
ASP AppleTalk Session Protocol
ASP Association of Shareware Professionals
ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System
ASR Automatic Speech Recognition
ASSIST Automated Special Security Info Sys Terminal
AST AUTODIN Subscriber Terminal
AST AST Research : Albert, Safi, Thomas
ASTW Agency Standard Terminal Workstations
ASVD Analog Simultaneous Voice and Data
AT Advanced Technology
AT&T American Telegraph and Telephone
ATA Advanced Technology Attachment
ATA Alcatel TITN Answare
ATAPI Advanced Technology AttachmentPeripheralInterface
ATC Abstract Test Case
ATDP Attention Dial Pulse
ATDT Attention Dial Tone
ATE Automated Test Equipment
ATG Advanced Technology Group
ATM Adobe Type Manager
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM Automated Teller Machine
ATMS Assumption-based Truth Maintainance System
ATP AppleTalk Transaction Protocol
ATP Area Time Product
ATP2 AppleTalk Phase 2
ATPS AppleTalk Print Services
ATS Abstract Test Suite
ATS Apple Terminal Services
AU Access Unit
AUDIX Audio Information eXchange
AUI Association des Utilisateurs d'Internet
AUI Attachment Unit Interface
AUP Acceptable Use Policy
AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network
AV Auxiliary Vector
AUX Apple UniX
AV Audio Visual
AVA Audio Visual Authoring
AVC Audio Visual Connection
AVI Audio Visual Interleaved
AVP Attached Virtual Processor
AVR Automatic Voice Recognition
AVSSCS Audio Visual Service Specific Convergence Sublayer
AWG American Wire Gauge
AWG Architectural Working Group
AWK Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan
AZEB Australia/New Zealand Edifact
B
B4 Before
BAD Broken As Designed
BAFO Best And Final Offer
BAK Binary Adaptation Kit
BAL Basic Assembly Language
BAL Boite Aux Lettres
BAR Backbone Access Router
BARTS Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing
BASIC Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BAT Block Address Translation
BATCH Block Allocation Transfer Channel
BAUD Bit per second
BAUD Bit At Unity Density
BBL Be Back Later
BBN Bolt Beranek and Newman
BBS Bulletin Board System
BCC Base Communications Center
BCC Blind Carbon Copy
BCC Block Check Character
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BCDIC Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
BCHU Be Seeing You
BCL Batch Command Language
BCP Binary Communications Protocol
BCP Bulk Copy Program
BCPL Basic Computer Programming Language
BCR Byte Count Register
BDA Bios Data Area
BDAM Basic Direct Access Method
BDF Bitmap Description Format
BDE Borland Database Engine
BED Bulk Encryption Device
BELLCORE Bell Communications Research
BER Basic Encoding Rules
BERT Bit Error Tester
BEST Borland Enhanced Support and Training
BFBI Brute Force and Bloody Ignorance
BFF Binary File Format
BFI Brute Force and Ignorance
BFMI Brute Force and Massive Ignorance
BFT Binary File Transfer
BGI Borland Graphic Interface
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BGP4 Border Gateway Protocol version 4
BiCMOS Bipolar CMOS
BIM Beginning of Information Marker
BIM Business Information Modeling
BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BINHEX BINary HEXadecimal
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BIS Boundary Intermediate System
BIS Business Information System
BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BIST Built-In Self-Test
BIT Binary Digit
BIT Built-In Test
BITNET Because It's Time Network
BITNIC Bitnet Network Information Center
BITS Base Information Transfer System
BIU Bus Interface Unit
BIX Byte Information Exchange
BLADES Base Level AUTODIN to DISN Exchange System
BLAST Blocked Asynchronous Transmission
BLMC Buried Logic Macrocell
BLOB Binary Large Object
BLT Block Transfer
BMH Base Message Host
BMIC BusMaster Interface Controller
BML Blackbird Markup Language
BMP Batch Message Processing Program
BMP Bitmap Picture
BMTA Backbone MTA
BNC Barrel Network Connector
BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman
BNC British National Connector
BNCC Base Network Control Center
BNF Backus-Naur Form
BOAMP Bulletin Officiel des Annonces des MArchés Publics
BOC Bell Operating Company
BOF Birds Of a Feather
BOFH Bastard Operator From Hell
BOGSAT Bunch Of Guys Sitting Around a Table
BOM Beginning Of Message
BOND Bandwidth on Demand
BONDING Bandwidth on Demand Interoperability Group
BOOM Binocular Omni-Oriented Monitor
BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol
BOS Basic Operating System
BOSIX Biin Open System Interface eXtension
BP Base Pointer
BP Break Point
BPB BIOS Parameter Block
BPF BSD Packet Filter
BPI Bit Per Inch
BPI Business Process Improvements
BPR Business Process Reengineering
BPS Bits Per Second
BPS Bytes Per Second
BQS Berkeley Quality Software
BRB Be Right Back
BRGC Binary Reflected Gray Code
BRI Basic Rate Interface
BRIO Bâtiment Réseaux Inter Opérateurs
BRIM Bridge Router Interface Module
BRS Big Red Switch
BS Back Space
BSA Business Software Alliance
BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method
BSC Binary Synchronous Communication
BSCS Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
BSD Berkeley Software Distribution
BSF Bit Scan Forward
BSI British Standards Institute
BSMTP Batched SMTP
BSP Binary Space Partition
BSP Board Support Package
BSP Bulk-Synchronous Parallel
BSS Block Started by Symbol
BSR Basic Semantic Repository
BSR Bit Scan Reverse
BSS Block Started by Symbol
BSU Basic Semantic Unit
BSYNC Binary Synchronous Communications
BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method
BTOL Better Than Open Look
BTP Batch Transfer Program
BTW By The Way
BTX BildschirmTeXt
BUAF Big Ugly ASCII Font
BUAG Big Ugly ASCII Graphic
BWM Block-Write Mode
BWQ Buzz Word Quotient
C
C C Programming Language
C2 C2 Security Level
C3I Command Control Communications and Intelligence
C3I Command Control Communications and Intelligence
C4I Command Control Communications Computers & Intel
CA Cellular Automata
CA Certificate Authority
CA Collision Avoidance
CAD Collective Address Designator
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAD/A Computer Aided Design/analysis
CADD Computer Aided Drafting And Design
CADE Computer Aided Document Engineering
CAE Computer Aided Engineering
CAGD Computer Aided Graphics Design
CAI Computer Aided Instruction
CALL Computer Aided Language Learning
CALS Computer Aided Logistics Support
CALS Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support
CALS Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support
CAM Cellular Automata Machine
CAM Categorical Abstract Machine
CAM Common Access Method
CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAML Categorical Abstract Machine Language
CAN Convertisseur Analogique-Numerique
CAN Controller Area Network
CANARIE Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research
CAO Conception Assistee par Ordinateur
CAP Carrierless Amplitude and Phase
CAP Computer Aided Publishing
CAP Columbia AppleTalk Package
CAPD Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities
CAPI Common ISDN API
CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
CARO Computer Antivirus Research Organisation
CAS Communication Application System
CAS Computer Aided Styling
CAS Cost Accounting Standards
CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering
CASL Crosstalk Application Scripting Language
CAT Computer Aided Testing
CATI Computer-Aided Telephone Interview
CATS Commodore Amiga Technical Support
CATS Computer Assisted Training System
CAU Controlled Access Unit
CAVE Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
CBC Cipher Block Chaining
CBD Commerce Business Daily
CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Ass
CBI Computer Based Instruction
CBL Computer Based Learning
CBM Commodore Business Machine
CBMS Computer-Based Mail System
CBR Computer Based Reasoning
CBR Constant Bit Rate
CBT Computer Based Training
CC Call Control
CC Carbon Copy
CC Cluster Controller
CC Computer Center
CCD Charge-Coupled Device
CCE Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation
CCEB Combined Communications Electronics Board
CCEP Commercial COMSEC Endorsement Program
CCFT Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube
CCI Common Client Interface
CCITT Consultative Committee for Internat Telegraph and Tel
CCL Console Command Language
CCL Common Command Language
CCMC Cryptologic Communications Management Center
CCR Commitment Concurrency and Recovery
CCSS Cryptologic Combat Support System
CD Carrier Detect
CD Change Directory
CD Collision Detection
CD Color Display
CD Compact Disk
CD+G Compact Disk plus Graphics
CD-I Compact Disk - Interactive
CD-MO Compact Disk - Magneto Optical
CD-R Compact Disk - Recordable
CD-RDx Compact Disk - ROM Data exchange
CD-ROM Compact Disk - ROM
CD-RTOS Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System
CD-SD Compact Disk - Super Density
CD-V Compact Disk - Video
CD-WO Compact Disk - Write Once
CD-XA Compact Disk - Extended Architecture
CDA Central Design Activity
CDA Communications Decency Act
CDA Compound Document Architecture
CDB Command Descriptor Block
CDBS Connectionless Broadband Data Service
CDC Central Directory Component
CDC Control Data Corporation
CDDA CDROM Direct Access
CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface
CDF Channel Data Format
CDF Comma Delimited Format
CDFS Compact Disk File System
CDIF Case Data Interchange Format
CDL Computer Design Language
CDLC Channel Data Link Control
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDMP Cellular Digital Messaging Protocol
CDN Caldera Desktop for Network
CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System
CDP Conditional Di-Phase
CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDPR Customer Dial Pulse Receiver
CDRL Contract Data Requirements List
CDRAM Cache Dynamic Random Access Memory
CDROM Compact Disk ROM
CDT Call Data Transmitter
CDU Control Display Unit
CE Cache Enable
CEA Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
CEG Continuous Edge Graphics
CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference
CELP Code Excited Linear Prediction
CEN Comité Europeen de Normalisation
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CERN Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire
CERT Computer Emergency Response Team
CES Common Elements of Service
CES Consumer Electronics Show
CET Central European Time
CF Central Facility
CF Configuration File
CFB Cipher Feedback
CFD Call For Discussion
CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFHT Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
CFV Call For Votes
CGA Color Graphics Adapter
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CGI Computer Generated Images
CGI Computer Graphics Interface
CGM Computer Graphics Metafile
CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology
CHCP Change Code Page
CHFN Change Finger
CHGRP Change Group
CHILL CCITT High Level Language
CHMOD Change Mode
CHOP Channel Operator
CHOWN Change Owner
CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform
CHS Cylinder Head Sector
CI Check In
CI Circuit Integre
CI Control In
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIA Current Instruction Address
CICA Center for Innovative Computer Applications
CICC Center of International Cooperation for Computerization
CICS Customer Information Control System
CICS/VS Customer Information Control System/Virtual Storage
CICT Centre Informatique de Calcul de Toulouse
CID Configuration, Installation, Distribution
CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CIF Common Intermediate Format
CIFS Common Internet File System
CII Call Identity Index
CIK Crypto-Ignition Key
CIL Computer Integrated Logistic
CIM CompuServe Information Manager
CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CIM Corporate Information Management
CINC Commander-IN-Chief
CIO Chief Information Officer
CIOCS Communication Input/Output Control System
CIP Command Interface Port
CIR Committed Information Rate
CIRST Computer Incident Response and Security Team
CIS CompuServe Information Service
CIS Computer Information Systems
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer
CISS Center for Information Systems Security
CIT Computer-Integrated Telephony
CITIS Combat Information Transport System
CIU Cryptologic Interface Unit
CIX Commercial Internet eXchange
CIX Compulink Information eXchange
CJLI Command Job Language Interpreter
CKD Count Key Data
CKL Certificate Key Lists
CLAR Channel Local Address Register
CLASS Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services
CLEI Common Language Equipment Identification
CLI Calling Line Identification
CLI Command Line Interface
CLK CLocK
CLIN Contract Line Item Number
CLIPS C Language Integrated Production System
CLLI Common Language Location Identification
CLM Career Limiting Move
CLNP ConnectionLess Network Protocol
CLNS Connectionless Network Service
CLOS Common Lisp Object System
CLS Clear Screen
CLTP ConnectionLess Transport Protocol
CLUI Command Line User Interface
CM Centimeter
CM Configuration Management
CM Control Mark
CM Corrective Maintenance
CMC Common Mail Call
CMC Computer Mediated Communication
CMF Creative Music Format
CMIB Cellular Message Information Block
CMIP Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS Common Management Information System
CML Conceptual Modelling Language
CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management Software
CMM Capacity Maturity Model
CMMU Cache/Memory Management Unit
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMOT CMIP Over TCP/IP
CMS Code Management System
CMS Composant pour Montage en Surface
CMS Conversational Monitor System
CMU Carnegie Mellon University
CMW Compartmented Mode Workstation
CMY Cyan Magenta Yellow
CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
CNA Certified Netware Administrator
CNAM Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers
CNAPS Co-Processing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems
CNC Computerized Numerical Control
CNE Certified Netware Engineer
CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
CNET Centre National d'Etude en Telecommunications
CNIDR Clearinghouse Network Information Discovery Retrieval
CNIL Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes
CNMAT Center for New Music and Audio Technologies
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
CNSS Core Nodal Switching Subsystem
CNUCED Conference des Nations-Unies pour le Commerce et le Dev
CNUDCI Conference des Nations-Unies sur le Droit Commercial Int
CNUSC Centre National Universitaire Sud de Calcul
CNX Certified Network Expert
CO Central Office
CO Check Out
CO Control Out
COB Chip-On-Board
COBOL Common Business-Oriented Language
CODASYL Conference On Data System Languages
CODE Client-server Open Development Environment
CODEC Coder/Decoder
CODEC Compression/Decompression
COE Common Operating Environment
COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer
COFF Common Object File Format
COGO Coordinate Geometry
COL Computer Oriented Language
COLD Computer Output to Laser Disk
COM Common Object Model
COM Computer Output Microfilm
COMDEX Computer Dealers Exposition
COMET Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator
COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation
CONNIX Connecticut Internet Exchange
CONS Connection Oriented Network Service
CONUS Continental United States
COP Character-Oriented Protocol
COPS Computer Oracle Password System
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CORE Centrally Operated Risc Environment
CORE Council of Registrars
COS Card Operating System
COS Compatible Operating System
COS Corporation for Open Systems
COSE Combined Office Standard Environment
COSE Common Open Software Open Environment
COSINE Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Net in Europe
COSMIC Computer Software Management and Information Center
COST Cooperation Scientifique et Technique
COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf
COTSS Classified Operational Telecommunications Switching System
CP Copy Protection
CP Crypto Peripheral
CP8 Carte a Puce 8
CPA Certified Public Accountant
CPA Code Parasite Autopropageable
CPAN Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
CPC Constant Point Calculation
CPCI Computer Program Configuration Items
CPCS Check Processing Control System
CPE Customer Premise Equipment
CPG Clock Pulse Generator
CPI Characters Per Inch
CPI Code Page Information
CPI-C Common Programming Interface for Communications
CPL Current Privilege Level
CP/M Control Program/Monitor
CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers
CPS Call Processing System
CPS Characters Per Second
CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
CPT Command Pass Through
CPU Central Processing Unit
CR Carriage Return
CRAM Card RAM
CRAM Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CREN Computer Research Education Network
CREN Corporation for Research and Education Networking
CRIM Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal
CRIN Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Nancy
CRF Cable Retransmission Facility
CRF Cross Reference File
CRI Collective Routing Indicators
CRI Color Reproduction Indices
CRIM Centre de Recherches en Informatique de Montréal
CROM Control Read Only Memory
CSCI Computer Software Configuration Item
CRL Certificate Revocation List
CRT Cathodic Ray Tube
CRTC CRT Controller
C/S Client/Server
CS Clear to Send
CS Code Segment
CSA Certified Solaris Administrator
CSA Common System Area
CSAR Channel System Address Register
CSD Corrective Service Diskette
CSG Consultable Services Group
CSE Certified System Engineer
CSG Constructive Solid Geometry
CSG Consulting Services Group
CSH C Shell
CSH Color Super Homeotropic
CSL Computer Sensitive Language
CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Internetworking Protocol
CSLU Center for Spoken Language Understanding
CSM Communication Services Manager
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
CSN Card-Select Number
CSN Consortium for School Networking
CSNET Computer Science Network
CSO Central Services Organization
CSN Circuit Switched Network
CSP Certified Systems Professional
CSP Communications Support Processor
CSP CompuCom Speed Protocol
CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network
CSRF Common Source Routing File
CSRFS CSRF System
CSS Continuous System Simulator
CST Conseil Superieur de la Telematique
CSTA Computer-Supported Telecommunications Applications
CSTA Computer-Supported Telephony Applications
CSU Channel Service Unit
CSV Comma-Separated Values
CSV Common Services Verbs
CT Communications Terminal
CTA Conseil de la Telematique Anonyme
CTB Centre de Traitement Bancaire
CTE Compliance Test and Evaluation
CTI Computer Telephone Integration
CTI Couplage Telephonie Informatique
CTCP Client To Client Protocol
CTPA Coax-to-Twisted Pair Adapter
CTS Clear To Send
CTSS Compatible Time-Sharing System
CTY Console TTY
CUA Common User Access
CUBE Club des Utilisateurs Bull Europeens
CUDIX Common User Digital Information Exchange System
CUI Common User Interface
CUL See You Later
CUPID Completely Universal Processor I/O Design
CUSI Configurable Unified Search Index
CUT Control Unit Terminal
CUTE Clarkston University Terminal Emulator
CUTE Common Unix and X Terminal Environment
CVF Compressed Volume File
CVGA Color Video Gaphics Array
CVIA Computer Virus Industry Association
CVN Compression Video Numerique
CVP Circuits Virtuels Permanents
CVW CodeView for Windows
CWIS Campus Wide Information Service
CY Calendar Year
CYMK Cyan Yellow Magenta blacK
D
D/A Digital to Analog
DA Department of the Army
DAAS Defense Automatic Addressing System
DAASC DAAS Center
DAB Defense Acquisition Board
DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
DAB Distributeur Automatique de Billets
DAC Digital to Analog Converter
DAC Discretionary Access Control
DACS Digital Access and Cross-Connect System
DAD Desktop Application Director
DAD DMS AUTODIN Directory
DAMES DAASC Automated Message Entry System
DANTE Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe
DANUP Dispositif d'Acces Numeris a Usage Partage
DAO Dessin Assiste par Ordinateur
DAP Data Access Processor
DAP Directory Access Protocol
DAP Document Application Profile
DEREC Daewoo Electronic Research Center
DAI Distributed Artificial Intelligence
DAKOSY Data Kommunications System
DAL Data Access Language
DAM Data Acquisition and Monitoring
DAO Data Access Object
DAP Data Access Protocol
DAP Directory Access Protocol
DARI Database Application Remote Interface
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAS Dual-Attached Station
DASD Direct Access Storage Device
DAT Detailed Architecture Team
DAT Digital Audio Tape
DAT Disk Array Technology
DAV Digital Audio-Video
DAVIC Digital Audio Visual Council
DAVID Digital Audio Video Decoder
DAW Digital Audio Workstation
DB Database
DB Decibel
DB2 Database 2
DBA Database Administrator
DBA Decibel Adjusted
DBAC Database Administration Center
DBAS Database Administration System
DBCS Double-Byte Character Set
DBF dBase Format
DBM Database Manager
DBME Database Management Environment
DBMS Database Management System
DBME Database Management Environment
DBRI Dual Basic Rate Interface
DBS Database Server
DC Data Collection
DCA Defense Communications Agency
DCAC Defense Communications Agency Circular
DCA Digital Communications Associates
DCA Document Content Architecture
DCAF Distributed Console Access Facility
DCAM Direct Chip Attach Module
DCB Decimal Code Binaire
DCB Disk Coprocessor Board
DCC Digital Command Control
DCC Digital Compact Cassette
DCC Direct Cable Connection
DCD Data Carrier Detect
DCE Data Communications Equipment
DCE Distributed Computing Environment
DCF Data Communication Facility
DCF Data Compression Facility
DCF Data Count Field
DCF Driver Configuration File
DCG Data elements Coordination Group
DCI Display Control Interface
DCS Desktop Color Separation
DCS Digital Camera System
DCL Digital Command Language
DCL Digital Control Logic
DCOM Distributed Component Object Model
DCM Distributed Computing Manager
DCPS Data Communications Protocol Standards
DCS Data Collection System
DCS Defense Communications System
DCS Desktop Color Separation
DCS Distributed Communications System
DCS Dual Channel Switch
DCT Data Communications Terminal
DCT Destination Control Table
DCT Discrete Cosine Transform
DCTF DMC COOP Test Facility
DD Digital Display
DD Double Density
DDA Domain-Defined Attribute
DDA Dynamic Data Access
DDB Device Dependent Bitmap
DDB Device Driver Block
DDC Digital Data Channel
DDBMS Distributed Database Management System
DDC Display Data Channel
DDC1 Display Data Channel One
DDCMP Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
DDCS Distributed Database Connection Services
DDD Direct Distance Dialing
DDDS Defense Data Dictionary System
DDE Data Dynamic Exchange
DDEML Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library
DDES Digital Data Exchange Specification
DDF Dynamic Data Formatting
DDI Device Driver Interface
DDK Device Driver Kit
DDL Data Definition Language
DDL Data Description Language
DDL Document Description Language
DDLC Database Development Life Cycle
DDM Distributed Data Management
DDN Defense Data Network
DDO Dynamic Device Overlay
DDP Datagram Delivery Protocol
DDS Design Data Sheet
DDS Digital Data Service
DDS Digital Data Storage
DDS Digital Dataphone Service
DDS Distributed Directory Services
DDSA Direct Digitally Synthesized Audio
DDT DEC Debugging Tape
DDT Dynamic Debugging Technique
DDTT Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer
DEA Data Encryption Algorithm
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation
DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
DED Dark-Emitting Diode
DEDIST Data Element Distribution
DEF Desktop Functional Equivalent
DEFSMAC Defense Special Missile and Astronautics Center
DEIS Defense Enterprise Integration Services Contract
DEK Data Encryption Key
DEL Diode ElectroLuminescente
DEMMA Direct Electronic Mail Marketing Association
DES Data Encryption Standard
DES Data Entry Sheet
DET Device Execute Trigger
DET Directory Entry Table
DFC Data Flow Control
DFD Data Flow Diagram
DFM Design For Manufacturability
DFS Distributed File System
DFT Design For Testability
DFT Diagnostic Funtion Test
DFT Discrete Fourier Transform
DFT Distributed Function Terminal
DFU Data File Utility
DGIS Direct Graphics Interface Standard
DGP Dissimilar Gateway Protocol
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHP Dr. Halo PIC
DI Data In
DI Destination Index
DI Directeur Informatique
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DIA Document Interchange Architecture
DIB Device Independent Bitmap
DIB Directory Information Base
DIB Double Bus Independant
DIBOL Digital Business Oriented Language
DID Data Item Description
DID Direct Inward Dialing
DII Defense Information Infrastructure
DIICC Defense Information Infrastructure Control Concept
DIICC Defense Information Infrastructure Command and Control
DIIP Direct Interrupt Identification Port
DIIVL Defense Information Infrastructure Virtual Laboratory
DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module
DIN Deutsche Institute für Normung
DIO Data Input-Output
DIP Dialup Internet Protocol
DIP Digital Imaging Processing
DIP Dual In-line Pin
DIS Distributed Interactive Simulation
DIS Draft International Standard
DIS Dynamic Impedance Stabilization
DISA Data Interchange Standards Association
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DISN Defense Information Systems Network
DISP Directory Information Shadowing Protocol
DIT Directory Information Tree
DIVAN Digital Mail's International Value Added Network
DIVE Direct Interface Video Extension
DIVE Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment
DIW D-Inside Wire
DIX DEC, Intel, Xerox
DIY Do It Yourself
DIZ Description In Zip
DJIA Dow Jones Industrial Average
DKI Driver Kernel Interface
DL Download
DL/1 Data manipulation Language
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DLSAP Datalink Service Access Point
DLC Data Link Control
DLC Digital Light and Color
DLD Display List Driver
DLE Data Link Escape
DLI Data Link Interface
DLL Dynamic Link Library
DLL Data Link Layer
DLLP Data Link Layer Protocol
DLM Distributed Lock Manager
DLM Dynamic Link Module
DLR DOS LAN Requester
DLT Digital Linear Tape
DM Distributed Memory
DMA Defense Mapping Agency
DMA Direct Memory Access
DMAC DMA Controller
DMC Defense Megacenter
DMD Digital Micromirror Device
DME DII Migration Environment
DME Distributed Management Environment
DMF Distribution Media Format
DMI Desktop Mangement Interface
DML Data Manipulation Language
DMM Digital Multimeter
DMMIS Deport Maintenance Management Information System
DMMS Dynamic Memory Management System
DMOS Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
DMP Dot Matrix Printer
DMPC Distributed Memory Parallel Computer
DMQS Display Mode Query and Set
DMR Data Maintenance Request
DMS Data Management System
DMS Defense Message System
DMSD Digital Multistandard Decoding
DMT Digital Multi-Tone
DMTF Desktop Management Task Force
DMY Day Month Year
DNA Digital Network Architecture
DNC Direct Numerical Control
DNIC Data Network Identification Code
DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service
DNS Domain Name Services
DO Data Out
DO Distributed Objects
DO-IT Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking & Technology
DoC Department of Communications
DOCIMEL Document CIM Electronique
DoD Department of Defense
DoDD Department of Defense Directive
DoDISS Department of Defense Index of Specifications & Standards
DOE Distributed Objects Everywhere
DOMF Distributed Object Management Facility
DON Disque Optique Numerique
DOS Disk Operating System
DOS Disk Operating System
DOV Data Over Voice
DOW Day Of Week
DP Data Processing
DP Domaine Public
DPA Demand Protocol Architecture
DPAM Demand Priority Access Method
DPAREN Data Parity Enable
DPB Drive Parameter Block
DPC Direct Program Control
DPI Dot Per Inch
DPL Descriptor Privilege Level
DPM Digital Panel Meter
DPMA Dynamic Power Management Architecture
DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface
DPMS Display Power Management Support
DPMS DOS Protected Mode Service
DPS Display PostScript
DPS Document Processing System
DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying
DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus
DQL DataEase Query Language
DRAM Dynamic RAM
DRAW Direct Read After Write
DR-BOND Dial-up Router Bandwidth On Demand
DR-DOS Digital Research-Disk Operating System
DRCS Dynamically Redefinable Character Set
DRDA Distributed Relational Database Architecture
DRDW Direct Read During Write
DRG Data Reference Group
DRI Digital Research Incorporated
DRM Digital Road Map
DRO Destructive Read-Out
DRP DECnet Routing Protocol
DRS Document Registration System
D/S Dhrystone Per Second
DS Double Sided
DS-0 Digital Signal level 0
DS-3 Digital Signal level 3
DSA Digital Signature Algorithm
DSA Dynamic Scalable Architecture
DSA Directory System Agent
DSAP Destination Service Access Point
DSBE Differential SCSI Buffered Ethernet card
DSDD Double Sided, Double Density
DSE Data Storage Equipment
DSEA Display Station Emulation Adapter
DSHD Double Sided, High Density
DSI Directeur des Systemes d'Information
DSIS Distributed Support Information Standard
DSSD Double Sided, Simple Density
DSK Down Stream Keyer
DSL Dynamic Simulation Language
DSMA Digital Sense Multiple Access
DSOM Distributed System Object Model
DSMN Directory Services Manager for Netware
DSN Delivery Status Notification
DSO Days Sales Outstanding
DSP Digital Signal Processor
DSP Directory System Protocol
DSP Domain Specific Part
DSQD Double Sided, Quad Density
DSR Data Set Ready
DSR Device Status Register
DSS Decision Support System
DSS Digital Signature Standard
DSSS Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum
DSSSL Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
DST Data Storage Tape
DST Departement Securite du Territoire
DSTN Double Supertwisted Nematic
DSU Digital Service Unit
DSVD Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data
DTA Disk Transfer Area
DTD Document Type Definition
DTE Developmental Test and Evaluation
DTE Dumb Terminal Emulator
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DTL Diode-Transistor Logic
DTMF Dual Tone Multiple Frequency
DTP Desktop Publishing
DTP Distributed Transaction Protocol
DTR Data Terminal Ready
DTR Data Transfer Rate
DTV Desktop Video
DTVC Desktop Video Conferencing
DU Disk Usage
DUA Directory User Agent
DUART Dual UART
DUAT Direct User Access Terminal
DUN Dial-Up Networking
DUNS Data Universal Numbering System
DUNS Dun Unique Numerical Symbol
DUSD Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
DVB Digital Video Broadcast
DVC Desktop Video Conferencing
DVD Digital Video Disk
DVE Digital Video Effect
DVI Digital Video Interactive
DVMRP Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
DVP Digital Video Producer
DWIM Do What I Mean
DXC Data eXchange Control
DXF Drawing Exchange Format
DXI Digital Exchange Interface
E
EA Extended Attribute
EAN International Article Numbering
EAR External Access Register
EAGLES Expert Advisory Group on Language Engineering Standards
EARN European Academic Research Network
EAROM Electrically Alterable ROM
EARS Electronic Access to Reference Services
EATA Enhanced AT Bus Attachment
EAZ EndgerateAuswahlZiffer
EBC EISA Bus Controller
EBC Electronic Business Communication
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBI Equivalent Background Input
EBN Extended Border Node
EBNF Extended Bachus-Naur Form
EBONE European Backbone
EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer
EC Electronic Commerce
EC Error Control
EC/EDI Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange
ECAT Electronic Card Assembly and Test
ECB Electronic Codebook
ECC Error Check Code
ECC Error Correction Code
ECD Enhanced Color Display
ECE Economic Commission for the Europe
ECHO European Commission Host Organization
ECHT European Conference on Hypermedia Technology
ECL Emitter Coupled Logic
ECM Electronic Control Module
ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECMWF European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasting
ECNE Enterprise Certified Netware Engineer
ECP Emergency Command Precedence
ECP Engineering Change Proposal
ECP Enhanced Capabilities Port
ECP European Computer Publishers
ECPA Electronic Communications Privacy Act
ECTL Electronic Communal Temporal Lobe
ECU EISA Configuration Utility
ECU European Currency Unit
EDA Electronic Design Automation
EDA Embedded Document Architecture
EDC Enhanced Data Correction
EDC Error Detection and Correction
EDCARS Engineering Data Control Automated Retrieval System
EDCD Edifact Composite Data Elements Directory
EDDC Extended Distance Data Cable
EDDI Environnement de Developpement et de Debogage Integre
EDI Echange de Données Informatisé
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EDI Electronic Document Interchange
EDIA Electronic Data Interchange Association
EDICA EDI Council of Australia
EDICC EDI Council of Canada
EDIFACT EDI For Administration, Commerce and Transport
EDIFICAS EDI in the Financial Information Cost Accounting & Social
EDIFICE EDI Forum for Compagnies with Interest Computing & Elect
EDIRA EDI Registration Authorities
EDIWI EDI World Institute
EDL Edit Decision List
EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control
EDMD Edifact Message Directory
EDMF Edifact Message Frameworks
EDO-RAM Enhanced Data Out RAM
EDONI Echange de Données Négoce-Industrie
EDOS Enhanced DOS
EDP Electronic Data Processing
EDRAM Enhanced Dynamic RAM
EDSD EDI Data Segment Directory
EDSI Echange de Données Sociales Informatisé
EDT Echanges de Données Techniques
EEC Extended Error Correction
EEEB Eastern European Edifact Board
EEG ElectroEncephaloGram
EEL Epsilon Extension Language
EEMA European Electronic Messaging Association
EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM
EES Escrow Encryption Standard
EFA Extended File Attribute
EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFI Electromechanical Frequency Interference
EFL Emitter Follower Logic
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System
EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
EHF Extremely High Frequency
E-IDE Enhanced IDE
EI Enterprise Integration
EIA Electronic Industries Association
EIA Enhanced Identification and Authentication
EIAS Enterprise Integration Evaluation System
EIAO Enseignement Intelligemment Assiste par Ordinateur
EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
EIR Extended Information Rate
EIS Executive Information System
EISA Extended Industrial Standard Architecture
EISS European Intelligence Support System
EITC European Information Technology Conference
ELF Executable and Linking Format
ELF Extremely Low Frequency
ELS Entry Level System
ELSNET European Language and Speech Network
EMA Enterprise Management Architecture
EMACS Editing MACroS
EMACS Escape-Meta-Alt-Control-Shift
E-MAIL Electronic Mail
EMB Extended Memory Block
EMBARC Electronic Mail Broadcast to a Roaming Computer
EMC Extended Math Coprocessor
EMEDI European Medical EDI
EMF Enhanced Metafile Format
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EMM Expanded Memory Manager
EMP Electromagnetic Pulse
EMR Electro-Magnetic Radiation
EMR Enhanced Metafile Record
EMS Expanded Memory Specification
EMWAC European Microsoft Windows NT Academy Center
ENDEC Encoder/Decoder
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer
ENSS Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem
ENQ Enquire
EOA End of Address
EOB End of Block
EOC End of Conversion
EOF End Of File
EOF Enterprise Objects Framework
EOI End or Identify
EOJ End of Job
EOL End Of Life
EOL End Of Line
EOL End Of List
EOF End Of File
EOM End of Message
EOS Earth Observing System
EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System
EOS End Of String
EOT End Of Tape
EOT End Of Text
EOT End Of Transmission
EOU End Of User
EPA Etablissement Public national à caractère Administratif
EPHOS European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems
EPIC Eletronic Privacy Information Center
EPITA Ecole Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancees
EPL Effective Privilege Level
EPL Electronic switching system Programming Language
EPLD Electrically Programmable Logic Device
EPM Enhanced Editor for Presentation Manager
EPM Enterprise Process Management
EPN Etablissement Public National
EPP Enhanced Parallel Port
EPROM Electrically Programmable ROM
EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM
EPS Encapsulated PostScript
EPSF Encapsulated PostScript Files
ERAS Electronic Routing and Approval System
ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
ERLL Enhanced Run Length Limited
ERMES European Radio MEssaging System
EROM Erasable Read Only Memory
EROS Earth Resources Observation System
ER/RC Extended Result/Response Code
ERS European Remote Sensing satellite
ES Extended Services
ES Extra Segment
ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture
ESA European Space Agency
ESAO Experience Scientifique Assistee par Ordinateur
ESC EISA System Component
ESCM Extended Services Communications Manager
ESCON Enterprise System Connection
ESC/P Epson Standard Code for Printers
ESD Electro-Static Discharge
ESD Electronic Software Distribution
ESDA Electronic System Design Automation
ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESF Extended Superframe Format
ESI Enhanced Serial Interface
ESIOP Environment Specific Inter-ORB Protocol
ESIS End System-Intermediate System
ESMTP Extended SMTP
ESN Electronic Security Number
ESO European Southern Observatory
ESP Enhanced Serial Port
ESP Emulation Sensing Processor
ESP Estimated Selling Price
ESS Electronic Switching System
ESU Electro-Static Unit
ETANN Electrically Trainable Analog Neural Network
ETB End of Transmission Block
ETC Enhanced Throughput Cellular
ETC Executable Test Case
ETOx EPROM Tunnel Oxyde
ETPL Endorsed Tempest Products List
ETS Econometric Time Series
ETS Executable Test Suite
ETSI European Telecommunication Standards Institute
ETX End of Text
EU End User
EU Execution Unit
EUNet European UNIX Network
EUTELSAT European Telecommunications Satellite organization
EUUG European UNIX Users Group
EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array
EWAN Emulator Without A Good Name
EWOS European Workshop for Open Systems
EWS Employee Written Software
ExCA Exchangeable Card Architecture
EXCH Exchange
EXE Executable
E-ZINE Electronic Magazine
F
FAC File Access Code
FAIL Fast Artificial Intelligence Language
FAMOS Floating Gate Avalanche MOS
FAO Fabrication Assistee par Ordinateur
FAP File Access Protocol
FAPI Family Application Program Interface
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FAQL Frequently Asked Questions List
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation
FARNet Federation of American Research Networks
FAT File Allocation Table
FAX Fac Simile
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FC Fiber Channel
FC-AL Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop
FC-EL Fiber Channel Enhanced Loop
FCA Functional Configuration Audit
FCB File Control Block
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for Science Engineering & Tech
FCI Flux Changes per Inch
FCP Fiber Channel Protocol
FCS First Customer Shipment
FCS Frame Check Sequence
FCT File Control Table
FDC Floppy Disk Controller
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDM Frequency-Division Multiplexing
FDX Full Duplex
FED Field Emission Display
FEFO First-Ended, First-Out
FEM Finite-Element Method
FEP Front End Processor
FEPI Front End Programming Interface
FESDK Far East Software Development Kit
FET Field Effect Transistor
FF Flip-Flop
FF Form Feed
FFP Firm Fixed Price
FFS Fast File System
FFST First Failure Support Technology
FFT Fast Fourier Transform
FFT Final Form Text
FH Frame Handler
FIDO Finite Domains
FIF Fractal Image Format
FIFO First In, First Out
FILO First In, Last Out
FIP File Processor Buffering
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards
FIR Finite Impulse Response
FIRN Florida Information Resource Network
FIRST Forum of Incident Response and Security Team
FITNR Fixed In The Often Next Release
FIX Federal Internet Exchange
FLC Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal
FLIT Flexowriter Interrogation Tape
FLL FoxPro Link Library
FLOP Floating Point Operation
FLOPS Floating Point Operation Per Second
FLP Fast Link Pulse
FM Facilities Management
FM Frequency Modulation
FMS Forms Management System
FMV Full Motion Video
FNAC Federation Nationale d'Achat des Cadres
FNC Federal Networking Council
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FOD Finger of Death
FOG First Osborne Group
FOIRL Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link
FORTRAN Formula Translator
FOSE Federal Office Systems Exposition
FOSI Format Option Specification Instance
FOSSIL Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer
FPA Floating Point Accelerator
FPC Floating Point Calculation
FPD Flat Panel Display
FPDI Flat Panel Display Interface
FPDU FTAM Protocol Data Unit
FPGA Field Programmable Gate-Array
FPLA Field Programmable Logic-Array
FPLL Fractional Phase-Lock Loops
FPM Fast Page Mode
FPP Floating Point Processor
FPS Frames Per Second
FPSNW File and Print Server for NetWare
FPU Floating Point Unit
FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name
FR Frame Relay
FR-NIC French NIC
FRAM Ferroelectric RAM
FRC Funtional Redundancy Checking
FRICC Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee
FRPI Flux Reversals Per Inch
FRS Freely Redistributable Software
FRU Field Replaceable Unit
FS File Separator
FS File System
FSA Finite State Automaton
FSBE Fast SCSI Buffered Ethernet card
FSD File System Driver
FSE Full Screen Editor
FSF Free Software Foundation
FSK Frequency Shift Keying
FSM Finite State Machine
FSN Full Service Network
FSP File Service Protocol
FSR Free System Resources
FSSP Firing Squad Synchronization Problem
FST Flat Square Tube
FT France Telecom
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FTAM File Transfer, Access, and Management
FTM Flat Tension Mask
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FTS Federal Telecommunication System
FTSE Financial Times Stock Exchange
FUBAR Failed UniBus Address Register
FUBAR Fucked Up Beyond All Repair
FUDD Frequently Updated Distributed Data
FUI File Update Information
FVT Full Video Translation
FWD Free World Dial-up
FWI Frequently Wanted Information
FWIW For What It's Worth
FWNTUG French Windows NT User Group
FX Field Exchange
FXO Foreign Exchange Office
FXS Foreign Exchange Subscriber
FY Fiscal Year
FYA For Your Amesuement
FYI For Your Information
G
GA General Availability
GA Genetic Algorithm
GA Go Ahead
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAAS Gallium Arsenide
GAB Gichet Automatique de Banque
GAB Group Audio Bridging
GAK Government Access to Key
GAL Generic Array Logic
GAN Global Area Network
GAP Generateur Automatique de Programmes
GAPI Gateway Application Programming Interface
GB GigaByte
GB Graphics Buffer
GC Garbage Collector
GCCS Global Command and Control Systems
GCD Ground Controlled Descent
GCL Graphics Command Language
GCR Group Code Recording
GDA Global Data Area
GDB Genome Database
GDDM Graphics Data Display Manager
GDI Graphics Device Interface
GDLC Generic Data Link Control
GDMO Guidelines for Definition of Managed Objects
GDMS Global Data Management System
GDP Graphic Draw Primitive
GDR Geophysical Data Records
GDT Global Descriptor Table
GECOS General Electric Comprehensive Operating System
GED Gestion Electronique de Documents
GEIS General Electric Information Service
GEM Graphics Environment Manager
GENCOD Groupement d'Etude de Normalisation et de Codifications
GENIE General Electric Network for Information Exchange
GenLock Generator Locking device
GEOS Graphic Environment Operating System
GET Get Execute Trigger
GFE Government Furnished Equipment
GFII Groupement Français de l'Industrie et de l'Information
GFR Grim File Reaper
GGP Gateway to Gateway Protocol
GHZ Gigahertz
GID Group Identifier
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GII Global Information Infrastructure
GILC Global Internet Liberty Campaign
GIPS Giga-Instructions per Second
GIS Geographic Information System
GIS Global Information Solutions
GIX Global Internet eXchange
GKS Graphical Kernel System
GLIS Global Land Information System
GLM General Linear Models
GLOBE Global Learning by Observations to Benefit the Environment
GM General MIDI
GMAO Gestion de Maintenance Assistee par Ordinateur
GML General Modeling Language
GMS Global Messaging Service
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GND GrouND
GNN Global Network Navigator
GNU GNU is Not Unix
GNUMACS GNU EMACS
GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
GOSMACS Gosling EMACS
GOTS Government-Off-The-Shelf
GP General Purpose
GP Graphics Processor
GPAO Gestion de Production Assistee par Ordinateur
G-PC Green PC
GPF General Protection Fault
GPI Graphics Programming Interface
GPIB General Purpose Instrument Bus
GPL General Public License
GPL Graphics Programming Language
GPO Government Printing Office
GPR General Purpose Register
GPS Global Positioning System
GPDR Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
GPSS General Purpose Systems Simulator
GPV General Public Virus
GQL Graphical Query Language
GRGS Groupement de Recherche de Géodesie Spatiale
GS General Standard
GS Group Separator
GSA Government Services Administration
GDSB Genome Sequence Database
GSM Global System for Mobile communications
GSTS Ground-based Surveillance and Tracking System
GTF Group of Terrestrial Freight Forwarders
GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic
GVT Global Virtual Time
GVU Graphic Visualization and Usability lab
H
H324 Video Conferencing standard
HACMP High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing
HAKMEM Hacks Memo
HAL Hard Array Logic
HAP Host Access Protocol
HASP Houston Automatic Spooling Priority
HBA Host Bus Adapter
HCF Halt and Catch Fire
HCU Home Computer User
HD Hard Disk
HD High Density
HDBV Host Database View
HDCD High Definition Compatible Digital
HDF Hierarchical Data Format
HDI Head to Disk Interference
HDI Help Desk Institute
HDLC High-level Data Link Control
HDSC High Density Signal Carrier
HDSL High-rate Digital Subscriber Link
HDTV High Definition Television
HDX Half Duplex
HEP High Energy Physics
HF Hawthorne Farms
HF High Frequency
HFS Hierarchical File System
HGA Hercules Graphics Adapter
HGCP Hercules Graphics Card Plus
HGML Hypertext General Markup Language
HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding
HHOS Ha Ha Only Serious
HIFD High-density Floppy Disk
HIL Human Interface Link
HIPO Hierarchy Input Process Output
HIPPI High Performance Parallel Interface
HIROS Hitachi Industrial Realtime Operating System
HLCO High Low Close Open
HLL High Level Language
HLLAPI High Level Language Application Programming
HLQ High Level Qualifier
HLR Home Location Register
HLS Hue, Luminance, Saturation
HMA High Memory Area
HMA Hub Management Architecture
HMD Head Mounted Display
HMOS High Density Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
HMOS High Speed Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
HMP Host Monitoring Protocol
HOL High Order Language
HOOD Hierarchical Object Oriented Design
HP Hewlett Packard
HPC High Performance Computing
HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications
HPDJ Hewlett-Packard Desk Jet
HPFS High Performance File System
HPG Hewlett-Packard Graphics
HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HPIB Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
HPLJ Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet
HPLT High Productivity Languages/Tools
HPM Hyper Page Mode
HPPA Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture
HPR High Performance Routing
HPUX Hewlett-Packard Unix
HPW High Performance Workstation
HQX BinHex file extension
HRG High Resolution Graphics
HRIS Human Resource Information System
HRMS Human Resource Management System
HS High Speed
HSC High Speed Channel
HSI High Speed Interface
HSI Hue Saturation Intensity
HSL Hue Saturation Lightness
HSM Hierarchical Storage Management
HSP High Speed Printer
HSSI High Speed Serial Interface
HST High Speed Technology
HSV Hue Saturation Value
HST Hyper Sonic Transport
HT Horizontal Tab
HTCIA High-Tech Crime Investigation Association
HTH Hope This Helps
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS HyperText Transport Protocol Server
HUD Head Up Display
HUP Hang-UP
HVC Hue Value Chroma
HVP Horizontal & Vertical Position
HWCP Hardware Code Page
HWDMS Hazardous Waste Data Management System
HYTIME Hypermedia and Time based
HYVIS Hypermedia and Visual Information System
Hz Hertz
I
IA Intelligence Artificielle
IA Interchange Agreement
IAB Internet Architecture Board
IAC Inter-Application Communication
IACR International Association for Cryptologic Research
IAFA Internet Anonymous FTP Archives
IAHC International Ad Hoc Committee
IAK Internet Access Kit
IAL International Algebraic Language
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer,
IAO Ingenierie Assistee par Ordinateur
IAP Internet Access Provider
IAPX Intel Advanced Processor Architecture
IAT Import Address Table
IATA International Air Transport Association
IAW In Accordance With
IBC Instrument Bus Computer
IBCS Intel Binary Compatibility Specification
IBM International Business Machines
IBM-GL IBM Graphics Language
IC Integrated Circuit
IC Interrupt Controller
ICA Intelligent Communication Adapter
ICA Intra-application Communications Area
ICALP International Conference Automata Languages & Programming
ICAS Intel Communicating Applications Specifications
ICASE Integrated Computer-Aided Software Environment
ICASE International Council Associations for Science Education
ICB Internet Citizen's Band
ICBM Intercontinental Cruise Balistic Missile
ICC International Chamber of Commerce
ICCP Institute for the Certification Computing Professionals
ICE In-Circuit Emulator
ICE Inter-Client Exchange protocol
ICE International Cryptography Experiment
ICI Image Component Information
ICL International Computers Limited
ICLID Incomming-Call Line Identification
ICM Image Color Matching
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICOMP Intel Comparative Microprocessor
ICP Integrated Channel Processor
ICP Internet Cache Protocol
ICP Inventory Control Point
ICR Intelligent Character Recognition
ICU ISA Configuration Utility
ID Identifier
IDA Integrated Digital Access
IDA Intelligent Disk Array
IDAPI Integrated Database Application Programming Interface
IDBMS Integrated Database Management System
IDC International Data Corporation
IDC Internet Database Connector
IDCT Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
IDE Integrated Disk Embedded
IDE Intelligent Drive Electronics
IDE Interactive Design and Engineering
IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDF Intermediate Distributing Frame
IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity
IDL Interactive Data Language
IDL Interface Description Language
IDP Internet Datagram Protocol
IDMS Integrated Data Base Management System
IDP Integrated Data Processing
IDRP Inter-Domain Routing Protocol
IDSL ISDN Digital Subscriber Line
IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table
IDU Interface Data Unit
IE Information Engineering
IE Intel Ethernet
IEC Inter Exchange Carrier
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEDI Interactive Electronic Data Interchange
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEF Information Engineering Facility
IEMSI Interactive Electronic Mail Standard Identification
IEN Internet Engineering Notes
IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IF Intermediate Frequency
IFB Invitation For Bid
IFD Image File Directory
IIF Interactive Image Format
IFF Interchangeable File Format
IFG Incoming Fax Gateway
IFS Input Field Separator
IFS Installable File System
IFS Iterated Function System
IGA Integrated Graphics Array
IGBT Insulated Gate Based Transistor
IGD Integrated Genomic Database
IGDR Interim Geophysical Data Records
IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
IGES International Grafic Exchange Standard
IGL Index-Guided Laser
IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol
IGP Interior Gateway Protocol
IGRP Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
IGS Internet Go Server
IHL Internet Header Length
IHPEG Information Highway Parental Enpowerment Group
IHM Interface Homme-Machine
IHMNSO In My Not-So Humble Opinion
IHV Independent Hardware Vendor
IIC Inter-Integrated Cicuit
IIF Immediate IF
IIOP Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
IIR Immediate Impulse Response
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IISP Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol
IITF Information Infrastructure Task Force
IJG Independent JPEG Group
ILP Inductive Logic Programming
ILS Instrument Landing System
IMACS Image Management and Communication System
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
IMAP Interactive Mail Access Protocol
IMAP3 Interactive Mail Access Protocol version 3
IMDS Image Data Stream
IME Input Method Editor
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IML Ingenierie de Maintenance Logiciel
IML Initial Microcode Load
IMO In My Opinion
IMO International Maritime Organization
IMP Interface Message Processor
IMPA Intelligent Multi-Port Adapter
IMR Internet Monthly Report
IMS Information Management System
IMS Inventory Management Specialists
IMTC International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium
IMTV Interactive Multimedia Television
IN Intelligent Network
INDEO Intel Video
INN InterNet News
INM Integrated Network Management
INMARSAT International Mobile Satellite organization
INOVERT International Overlanded Transport
INS Integrated Network Server
INTA International Trademark Association
INTAP Interoperability Techn Association Information Processing
INTEL Integrated Electronics
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite consortium
INTERNET Inter Network
InterNIC Internet Network Information Center
IO Input/Output
IOCC Input/Output Channel Converter
IOCCC International Obfuscated C Code Contest
IOCTL Input/Output Control
IODE Integrated Development and Debugging Environment
IOH Integrated Open Hypermedia
IOP Interoperabilty
IOPL Input/Output Priviledge Level
IONL Internal Organization of the Network Layer
IOSGA Input/Output Support Gate Array
IOTE Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
IP Instruction Pointer
IP Internet Protocol
IP4 Internet Protocol version 4
IP6 Internet Protocol version 6
IPC Instructions Per Clock
IPC Inter-Process Communication
IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol
IPDS IBM Personal Dictation System
IPDS Intelligent Printer Data Stream
IPE Internal Processing Error
IPF Information Presentation Facility
IPI Initial Protocol Identifier
IPL Information Programming Language
IPL Initial Program Loader
IPL Ion Projection Lithography
IPNG Internet Protocol Next Generation
IPNNI Integrated Private Network-to-Network Interface
IPP Internet Printing Protocol
IPR In Process Review
IPSE Integrated Project Support Environment
IPT Informatique Pour Tous
IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council
IPV4 Internet Protocol Version 4
IPX Internetwork Packet eXchange
IQL Interactive Query Language
IR Index Register
IR Infra Red
IR Internetwork Router
IRBM Intelligent Repeater Bridge Module
IRC Internet Relay Chat
IRCAM Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique
IRD Integrated Receiver/Descrambler
IRDA Infrared Data Association
IRDS Information Resource Dictionary System
IRF Inheritance Rights Filter
IRISA Institut de Recherche en Informatique Systèmes Aléatoires
IRL In Real Life
IRL Inter-Repeater Link
IRL Interactive Reader Language
IRLE Interconnexion de Reseaux Locaux d'Entreprise
IRLED Infrared Light Emitting Diode
IRM Intelligent Repeater Module
IRM Inherent Rights Mask
IRQ Interrupt Request
IRS Input Record Separator
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IRTF Internet Research Task Force
IRX Information Retrieval Experiment
IS-IS Intermediate System to Intermediate System
ISA Industrial Standard Architecture
ISAM Indexed Sequential Access Method
ISAPI Internet Services Application Programing Interface
ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISC Instruction Set Computer
ISD Image Section Descriptor
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISH Information Super Highway
ISI Internally Specified Index
ISIS Integrated Systems and Information Services
ISIS Intermediate System to Intermediate System
ISL Interactive System Language
ISM Integrated System Management
ISMF Interactive Storage Management Facility
ISN Initial Sequence Number
ISN-LAN Information System Network-Local Area Network
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISOC Internet Society
ISODE ISO Development Environment
ISOM Interpreted System Object Model
ISONET Isochronous Ethernet
ISP Implementation Support Plan
ISP Index Sequential Processor
ISP Information Security Program
ISP Information System Plan
ISP Integrated Support Plan
ISP Information Strategy Plan
ISP International Standardized Plan
ISP International Standardized Profiles
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISP Interrupt Stack Pointer
ISPF Interactive System Programming Facility
ISQL Interactive Structured Query Language
ISR Information Storage and Retrieval
ISR Interrupt Service Routine
ISSN International Standard Serial Number
ISV Independent Software Vendor
IT Information Technologies
IT Intervalle de Temps
ITAA Information Technology Association of America
ITAC Information Technology Association of Canada
ITB Information Technology Branch
ITC International Typeface Corporation
ITCL Incr. TCL
ITEA Information Technology European Awards
ITN Identification Tasking and Networking
ITQ Invitation To Quote
ITR Internet Talk Radio
ITS Incompatible Time-sharing System
ITS Intelligent Transport Systems
ITT International Trade Transaction
ITU International Telecommunication Union
ITUG International Telecommunications User Group
ITV Interactive Television
IU Integer Unit
IUAP Internet User Account Provider
IUT Implementation Under Test
IV&V Independent Verification and Validation
IVDS Interactive Video and Data Service
IVES Information Vending Encryption System
IVHS Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems
IVIS Interactive Video Information System
IVL Independent Vendor League
IVL Intel Verification Lab
IVM Internet Video Mobile
IVR Interactive Voice Response
IVS Interactive Videodisk System
IVT Interrupt Vector Table
IVTS International Video Teleconferencing Service
IWBNI It Would Be Nice If
IWS Intelligent Work-Station
IXF Internet eXchange Facility
IYFEG Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group
J
JAD Joint Application Design
JAI Journal of Artificial Intelligence
JAM Just A Minute
JANAP Joint Army, Navy, Air Force Publication
JANET Joint Academic Network
JARS Java Applet Rating Service
JAT Juste à Temps
JCALS Joint-Computer Aided Logistics System
JCL Job Control Language
JDBC Java Database Connectivity
JDEF Joint Demonstration Facility
JDK Java Development Kit
JEDEC Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council
JEDMICS Joint Engineering Data Managm Information Control System
JEDR Joke Ethnic/Denomination/Race
JEIDA Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association
JEPI Joint Electronic Payement Initiative
JES Job Entry Subsystem
JFCL Jump if Flag set and then CLear the flag
JFET Junction Field Effect Transistor
JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format
JFS Journaled File System
JIPS JANET Internet Protocol Service
JIT Just In Time
JITC Joint Interoperability Test Command
JLE Japanese Language Environment
JLIT Joint Logistics Integration Team
JLSC Joint Logistics Systems Center
JMP JuMP
JOE Java Object Environment
JOVE Jules Own Version of EMACS
JOVIAL Jules Own Version of the International Algorithmic Language
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JRI Java Runtime Interface
JRL J. Random Loser
JRN J. Random Nerd
JRP Joint Requirement Planning
JRT Joint Rapporteurs Team
JSR Jump to Sub-Routine
JTC1 Joint Technical Committee 1
JTF Joint Task Force
JTSIN Joint Transmission Services and Information Network
JUGHEAD Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation and Display
JUNET Japan UNIX Network
K
K-12 Kindergarten through 12th grade
K&R Kernighan & Ritchie
KAD Knowledge Aided Design
KAM Knowledge Aided Manufacturing
Kb Kilobit
KB Kilobyte
KBD KeyBoarD
KBS Knowledge Based System
KBPS Kilobits Per Second
KDT Key Definition Table
KEC Korean Edifact Committee
KHz Kilohertz
KIBO Knowledge In, Bullshit Out
KIF Key Index File
KIS Keep It Simple
KIS Knowbot Information Service
KISS Keep It Short and Simple
KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid
KLOC Kilo Line Of Code
KPI Kernal Programming Interface
KQML Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language
K&R Kernighan and Ritchie
KSC Korean Standard Code
KSH Korn Shell
KSPH Keystrokes Per Hour
KRS Knowledge Retrieval System
L
L2F Layer Two Forwarding
L4G Langage de 4eme Generation
L8R Later
LAAS Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes
LABRI Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique
LADDR Layered Device Driver Architecture
LALL Longest Allowed Lobe Length
LAN Local Area Network
LANACS Local Area Network Asynchronous Connection Server
LANCE Local Area Network Controller Ethernet
LANE Local Area Network Emulation
LAO Langage A Objet
LAO Lecture Assistée par Ordinateur
LAP-B Link Access Procedure - Balanced
LAP-D Link Access Procedure - D-channel
LAPD Link Access Procedure Direct
LAPM Link Access Procedure for Modems
LAR Load Access Rights
LASER Light Amplification Stimulated Amplification of Radiation
LASTport Local Area Storage Transport
LAT Local Access Terminal
LAT Local Area Transport
LATA Local Area Telephone Authority
LAVC Local Area VAX Cluster
LAWN Local Area Wireless Network
LBA Large Block Addressing
LBA Logical Block Addressing
LBT Listen Before Talk
LBX Local Bus Accelerator
LCA Linear Cellular Automata
LCA Lotus Communications Architecture
LCC Leadless Chip Carrier
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LCD Lowest Common Denominator
LCF Low Cost Fiber
LCK Library Construction Kit
LCP Link Control Protocol
LCS LAN Channel Station
LCU Last Cluster Used
LDA LoaD to Accumulator
LDA Logical Device Address
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDC Lotus Development Corporation
LDM Long Distance Modem
LDT Local Descriptor Table
LE LANCE Ethernet
LEA Load Effective Address
LEC Local Exchange Carrier
LED Light Emitting Diode
LEL Link, Embed and Launch-to-edit
LEM Language Extension Module
LEN Low Entry Networking
LEOS Low Earth Orbit Satellites
LER Light-Emitting Diode
LERP Linear Interpolation
LES Language Engineering Services
LF Line Feed
LFI Last File Indicator
LFN Long File Names
LFU Least Frequently Used
LGDT Load Global Descriptor Table
LICS Lotus International Character Set
LIDB Line Information Database
LIDT Load Interrupt Descriptor Table
LIEP Large Internet Exchange Packet
LIF Logical Interchange Format
LIF Low Insertion Force
LIFO Last In, First Out
LILO Last In, Last Out
LIM Lotus-Intel-Microsoft
LIMA Lotus-Intel-Microsoft-AST
LIMM Lotus Intel Microsoft Memory
LIMS Library Information Management System
LINDA Logiciel d'Imagerie Numerique et d'Analyse
LINUX Linus Torvalds' Unix
LINX Less Insecure X
LIP Large Internet Packet
LIPS Logical Inference Per Second
LISP LISt Processing language
LISTSERV List Server
LITHP Link Type description language for HyperText Processing
LIVE London Interactive Video Educational network
LLC Logical Link Control
LLDT Load Local Descriptor Table
LLF Low Level Format
LMBCS Lotus Multibyte Character Set
LMI Le Monde Informatique
LMI Local Management Interface
LMS Lotus Messaging Switch
LMSW Load Machine Status Word
LM/X LAN Manager for Unix
LNB Low Noise Block
LNDI Lotus Notes Document Imaging
LOC Library of Congress
LOC Loop On-Line Control
LOCIS Library of Congress Information System
LOE Level Of Effort
LOL Laughing Out Loud
LOO Langage Orienté Objet
LORE Line Oriented Editor
LOTOS Language of Temporal Order Specification
LPC Local Person Communication
LPC Local Procedure Call
LPCM Lines Per Centimeter
LPD Line Printer Daemon
LPI Lines Per Inch
LPL Lotus Programming Language
LPM Lines Per Minute
LPS Low-Power Schottky
LPT Line Printer
LQ Letter Quality
LQM Link Quality Monitoring
LQR Link Quality Report
LRA Laser Retroreflector Array
LRC Local Register Cache
LRC Longitudinal Redundancy Check
LRL Least Recently Loaded
LRM Language Reference Manual
LRU Least Recently Used
LS Ligne Specialisee
LSA LAN and SCSI Adapter
LSA Line Sharing Adapter
LSA Link Services Architecture
LSAPI License Services Application Program Interface
LSB Least Significant Bit
LSC Least Significant Character
LSD Least Significant Digit
LSE Langage Systeme d'Enseignement
LSI Large Scale Integration
LT Lower Tester
LTR Left-To-Right
LTR Load Task Register
LTD Live Test Demo
LU Logical Unit
LUA Logical Unit Application
LUI Local User Input
LUN Logical Unit
LUT Lookup Table
LZW Lempel-Ziv-Welch
M
MAC Media Access Control
MAC Message Authentification Code
MACH Multilayer Actuator Head
MACSYMA MAC's SYmbolic MAnipulation system
MAD Michigan Algorithm Decoder
MAE Macintosh Application Environment
MAE Metropolitan Area Ethernet
MAIN Mid-American Interconnect Network
MAM Microprocesseur Autoprogrammable
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MAP Maintenance Analysis Procedures
MAP Manufacturing Automation Protocol
MAPI Messaging Applications Programming Interface
MAPS Morgate Ads Placement Service
MAPTOP Manufacturing Automation Protocol Tech Office Protocol
MARVEL Machine-Assisted Realization Virtual Elect Library
MAS Macintosh Application Services
MASER Molecular Amplification Stimulated Amplification Radiation
MASM Macro Assembler
MASS Maximum Availability and Support Subsystem
MAU Medium Attachment Unit
MAVDM Multiple Application VDM
MB Megabyte
MBONE Multicast Backbone
MBPS Megabits Per Second
MBPS Megabytes Per Second
MBR Master Boot Record
MBX Mailbox
MC-PGA Metallized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array
MC-QFP Metallized Ceramic - Quad Flat Pack
MCA Media Control Architecture
MCA Micro Chanel Architecture
MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design
MCB Memory Control Block
MCD Modele Conceptuel de Donnees
MCGA Multicolor Graphics Adapter
MCI Media Control Interface
MCI Microwave Communications, Inc.
MCIAS Multi-Channel Intelligent Announcement System
MCL Microsoft Compatibility Labs
MCM Multi-Chip Module
MCP Microsoft Certified Professional
MCP Multiport Communication Processor
MCS Message Conversion System
MCT Modele Conceptuel de Traitement
MCU Multi-Chip Unit
MD Make Directory
MD Monochrome Display
MD2 Message Digest 2
MD4 Message Digest 4
MD5 Message Digest 5
MDA Monochrome Display Adapter
MDBS Microcomputer Database System
MDDS Media Documentation Distribution Set
MDF Menu Definition File
MDG Message Design Guidelines
MDE Microkernel Development Environment
MDI Multiple Document Interface
MDIC Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip
MDK Multimedia Developers Kit
MDL Method Definition Language
MDL MicroStation Development Language
MDLP Mobile Data Link Protocol
MDQL MultiDimensional Query Language
MDR Minimum Design Requirement
MDRAM Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory
MDY Month Day Year
MEB Memory Expansion Board
MEDALS Material Engineering Drawing Location System
MEGO My Eyes Glaze Over
MEGRIN Multipurpose European Ground Related Information Network
MELODY Management Environment for Large Open Distributed Systems
MESI Modified Exclusive Shared and Invalid
MET Memory Enhancement Technology
MET Middle European Time
MFC Microsoft Foundation Class
MFFS Microsoft Flash File System
MFI Multi-Function Interpreter
MFLOP Millions of Floating Point Operations
MFLOPS Millions of Floating Point Operations Per Second
MFM Modified Frequency Modulation
MFP Multifunction Peripheral
MFS Macintosh File System
MFS Message Format Service
MFS Modified Filing System
MFT Master File Table
MFTL My Favorite Toy Language
MGA Monochrome Graphics Adapter
MGA Multimedia Graphics Architecture
MGE Modular GIS Environment
MGE Multisynch Graphic Engine
MGR Manager
MHE Message Handling Environment
MHEG Multimedia and Hypermedia Expert Group
MHS Message Handling System
MHz Megahertz
MIB Management Information Base
MICE Multimedia Integrated Conferencing for Europe
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MICS MVS Information Control System
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIF Maker Interchange Format
MIF Management Information Format
MII Media Independent Interface
MII Microsoft-IBM-Intel
MIL Machine Interface Layer
MILNet MILitary NETwork
MIM Marche International des inforoutes et du Multimedia
MIM Media Interface Module
MIM Metal-Insulator-Metal
MIMD Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIN Mobile Identification Number
MINITEL French Teletel network
MINUET Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool
MINX Multimedia Information Network eXchange
MIO Modular Input Output
MIPR Military Inter-agency Purchase Request
MIPS Million Instructions Per Second
MIPS Millions d'Instructions Par Seconde
MIS Management of Information System
MIS Multimedia Information Sources
MISSI Multilevel Information Systems Security Initiative
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MITI Ministry of International Trade and Industry
MITV Microsoft Interactive Television
MIX Member Information Exchange
ML Machine Language
ML Meta Language
MLA Mail List Agent
MLAPI Multilingual Application Programming Interface
MLC Multilayer Ceramic
MLC Multilevel Cell
MLE Multi Language Environment
MLID Multi-Link Interface Driver
MLM Mailing List Manager
MLS Multi-Level Secure
MM Minutes Month
MMA Microcomputer Managers Association
MMC Matched Memory Cycle
MMC Microcomputer Marketing Council
MMCD MultiMedia CD
MMCODEC MultiMedia Compression/Decompression
MMDF Multichannel Memorandum Distribution Facility
MMDS Multipoint Multichannel Distribution System
MMHS Military Message Handling System
MMIS Materials Manager Information System
MML Maker Macro Language
MMPM Multi Media Presentation Manager
MMSS Material Management Standard System
MMU Memory Management Unit
MMUSIC Multiparty Multimedia Session Control
MMX Multimedia Extensions
MNA Multigrid Network Architecture
MNOS Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor
MNP Microcom Networking Protocol
MNP4 Microcom Networking Protocol - class 4
MNP5 Microcom Networking Protocol - class 5
MO Magneto-Optical
MOB Memory-Order Buffer
MOD Modele Organisationnel de Donnees
MODEM Modulator Demodulator
MOHLL Machine Oriented High Level Language
MOM Microsoft Office Manager
MOO Multi-user Object Oriented
MOO MUD Object Oriented
MOP Maintenance Operations Protocol
MOP Measures of Performance
MORF Male Or Female
MOS Metal Oxide Semiconductor
MOSAIC Multi-user On-line System for Automated Information Comm
MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MOSPF Multicast OSPF
MOSS MIME Object Security Services
MOT Modele Organisationnel de Traitement
MOTAS Member Of The Appropriate Sex
MOTD Message Of The Day
MOTOS Member Of The Opposite Sex
MOTSS Member Of The Same Sex
MOV Metal Oxide Varistor
MP Massively Parallel
MP Master Plan
MP Multi-Processors
MPC Multimedia for Personal Computer
MPCS Mission Planning and Control Station
MPDU Message Protocol Data Unit
MPE Multiple Programming Executive
MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group
MPI Message Passing Interface
MPI Multiprecision Integer
MPL Message Passing Library
MPOA Multiple Protocol Over ATM
MPP Massively Parallel Processing
MPP Message Posting Protocol
MPR Multipart Repeater
MPR Multi Protocol Router
MPTS Multi-Protocol Transport Services
MPU Microprocessor Unit
MQI Message Queue Interface
MR Magneto Resistive
MRCF Microsoft Realtime Compression Format
MRCI Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRO Multi-Region Operation
MRP Materials Requirement Planning
MRPL Main Ring Path Length
MRS Media Recognition System
MRT Mean Repair Time
MRU Maximum Receive Unit
MRU Most Recently Used
MS Message Store
MS Microsecond
MS Microsoft
MS Millisecond
MSACM Microsoft Audio Compression Manager
MSAU Multi-Station Access Unit
MSAV Microsoft Anti Virus
MSB Most Significant Bit
MSC Message Sequence Chart
MSC Microsoft C
MSCDEX Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions
MSCP Mass Storage Control Protocol
MSD Mass Storage Device
MSD Microsoft System Diagnostics
MSD Most Significant Digit
MSDOS Microsoft Disk Operating System
MSDR Multiplexed Streaming Data Request
MSDS Microsoft Developer Support
MSH Multi-Services Hub
MSI Medium Scale Integration
MSL Map Specification Library
MSN Microsoft Network
MSO Media Services Operator
MSO Multimedia Services Operator
MSO Multiple-Systems Operator
MSP Message Security Protocol
MSP Microsoft Paint
MSR Multi-track Serpentine Recording
MSS Maximum Segment Size
MSW Machine Status Word
MT Machine Translation
MT Material Transfer
MTA Mail Transport Agent
MTA Message Transfer Agent
MTA Multiple Terminal Access
MTBB Mean Time Between Breakdowns
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTBJ Mean Time Between Jams
MTF Microsoft Tape Format
MTF Modulation Transfer Function
MTP Multipoint To Point
MTR Module de Transit Reseau
MTS Message Transfer Service
MTS Microsoft Transaction Server
MTS Multichannel Television Sound
MTTF Mean Time To Failure
MTTR Mean Time To Repair
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit
MTU Media Tech Unit
MUA Mail User Agent
MUD Multi-User Dimension
MUD Multi-User Dungeon
MUMBLE Multi-User Multicast Basic Language Exchange
MUMPS Multi Programming System
MUSE Multi-User Shared Environment
MUSI Multi-User Shared Illusion
MUTEX Mutual Exclusion
MUX Multiplexer
MVB Multimedia Viewer Book
MVC Multimedia Viewer Compiler
MVGA Monochrome Video Graphics Array
MVIP Multi Vendor Independent Protocol
MVP Multimedia Video Processor
MVS Multiple Virtual Storage
MWM Motif Window Manager
MWS Management Work Station
MX Mail eXchanger
MZR Multiple Zone Recording
N
NAAFO North American & Australian Field Ops
NAC Network Adapter Card
NACD National Association of Computer Dealers
NACS National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors
NAK Negative Acknowledgement
NAL Network Access Layer
NAM Number Assignment Module
NAMPS Narrow-Band Analog Mobile Phone Service
NAP National Awareness Partners
NAP Network Access Point
NAPLPS North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax
NAS Network Application Support
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASDA National Space Development Agency of Japan
NASDAQ National Association Security Dealers Automated Quotations
NASI Netware Asynchronous Services Interface
NASKER NASA Ames Kernel
NAU Network Addressable Unit
NBI Nothing But Initials
NBP Name Binding Protocol
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NC Network Computer
NCA Network Communications Adapter
NCC Netscape Communication Corporation
NCC Network Control Center
NCD Network Computing Devices
NCE Novell Certified Engineer
NCF Netware Command File
NCGA National Computer Graphics Association
NCIC National Crime Information Center
NCMT Numerical Control for Machine Tools
NCP Netware Core Protocol
NCP Network Control Protocol
NCP Not Copy Protected
NCR National Cash Register
NCS Netware Connect Services
NCS Network Computing System
NCSA National Center for Supercomputer Applications
NCSA National Computer Security Association
NCSC National Computer Security Center
NCSI Network Communications Services Interface
ND Network Disk
NDA Non Disclosure Agreement
NDB Non-Directional Beacon
NDDK Network Device Development Kid
NDDL Neutral Data Definition Language
NDEF Not to be Defined
NDIS Network Driver Interface Specification
NDL Network Database Language
NDMS Netware Distributed Management Services
NDP Numeric Data Processor
NDS Netware Directory Services
NEC Nippon Electric Company
NED NASA Extragalactic Database
NEP Network Entry Point
NES National Education Supercomputer
NEST Novell Embedded Systems Technology
NetBIOS Network Basic Input/Output System
NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface
NETCDF Network Common Data Format
NEWS Netware Early Warning System
NeWS Network extensible Window System
NEXT Near-End Crosstalk
NFF No Fault Found
NFS Network File System
NG Next Generation
NHC National Hurricane Center
NHOH Never Heard of Him/Her
NHRP Next Hop Resolution Protocol
NI Non-Interlaced
NIAM Natural language Information Analysis Method
NIC Network Information Center
NIC Network Interface Card
NIC Numeric Intensive Computing
NICA Novell Integrated Computing Architecture
NICAD Nickel Cadmium
NICAM Near Instantaneous Companded Audio Multiplexing
NiCd Nickel Cadmium
NICOLAS Network Information Center OnLine Aid System
NID New Interactive Display
NIDR Networking Information Discovery and Retrieval
NII National Information Infrastructure
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
NIMH Nickel-Metal Hydride
NIPS Network I/Os Per Second
NIR Network Information Retrieval
NIS Network Information Services
NISC National Information Systems Center
NISO National Information Standards Organization
NISP Networked Information Services Project
NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology
NIT Network Interface Tap
NITC National Information Technology Center
NJE Network Job Entry
NL New Line
NLM Netware Loadable Module
NLO Network Loadable Objects
NLP Natural Language Processing
NLPID Network Layer Protocol Identifier
NLQ Near Letter Quality
NLS Native Language Support
NLSP Netware Link State Protocol
NLT Not Later Than
NLV National Language Version
NMF Network Management Forum
NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
NMM Netware Management Map
NMOS Negative channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
NMP Network Management Protocol
NMS Network Management Station
NMS Network Management System
NMT Nordic Mobile Telecommunication system
NN Neural Network
NN No News
NNI Network-Network Interface
NNS Netware Name Service
NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol
NOC Network Operation Center
NOS Network Operating System
NP Non Polynomial
NP Nondeterministic-Polynomial
NPA Network Printer Alliance
NPDU Network Protocol Data Units
NPI Network Printer Interface
NPL Non Procedural Language
NPSI Network Protocol Service Interface
NPTN National Public Telecomputing Network
NPU Natural Processing Unit
NPX Numeric Processor Extension
NRA NASA Radar Altimeter
NRC National Research Council
NRE Non-Recurring Engineering
NREN National Research and Education Network
NRM Normal Response Mode
NRZ Non-Return to Zero bit encoding
NRZI Non-Return to Zero Inverted bit encoding
NS Nanosecond
NS Network Supervisor
NS Non Stop
NSA National Security Agency
NSAP Network Service Access Point
NSAPI Netscape API
NSERC National Sciences and Engineering Research Council
NSF National Science Foundation
NSFnet NSF Network
NSI NASA Science Internet
NSI Network Solutions Inc.
NSP Native Signal Processing
NSP Network Services Protocol
NSP Network Services Provider
NSR Non-Selective Reset
NSSC NASA Standard Spacecraft Computer
NSTC National Science and Technology Council
NSTL National Software Testing Labs
NT Network Termination
NT New Technology
NT1 Network Termination
NT2 Network Termination
NTA Network Termination Analog
NTAS NT Advanced Server
NTE Not-To-Exceed
NTF No Trouble Found
NTFS New Technology File System
NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NTIS National Technical Information Service
NTP Network Terminal Protocol
NTP Network Time Protocol
NTRAS NT Remote Access Services
NTSA Netware Telephony Services Architecture
NTSC National Television Standard Committee
NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
NUA Network User Adress
NUI Network User Identification
NUI Network User Interface
NUI Notebook User Interface
NURBS Non Uniform Rational B-Splines
NVLAP National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
NVM Non-Volatile Memory
NVOD Near Video On Demand
NVRAM Non-Volatile RAM
NVT Network Virtual Terminal
NVT Novell Virtual Terminal
O
OA Office Automation
OAB One-to-All Broadcast
OAD Open Architecture Driver
OAG Official Airline Guide
OAI Open Applications Interface
OAS One-to-All Scatter
OASIS Open Access Saime time Information System
OAT Original Architecture Translator
OAV Original Animation Video
OBA Object Behavior Analysis
OBD Online Bugs Database
OBEX Object Exchange
OBP Open Boot Prom
OBTW Oh, By The Way
OC Optical Carrier
OCL Object Code License
OCE Open Collaborative Environment
OCF Objects Components Framework
OCL Operation Control Language
OCR Optical Character Recognition
OCX OLE Control
ODA Open Document Architecture
ODA Office Document Architecture
ODAPI Open Database Application Programming Interface
ODBC Open Database Connectivity
ODBMS Open Database Management System
ODI Open Datalink Interface
ODI Open Device Interconnected
ODIF Office Document Interchange Format
ODIN Online Database for International Networks
ODIN Open Data link Interface
ODM Object Data Manager
ODMA Open Document Management Association
ODP Open Distributed Processing
ODS Open Data Services
ODT Open Desktop
OEDI Open EDI
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OFB Output Feedback Mode
OFML Open Form Mark-up Language
OFS Object File System
OFS Output Field Separator
OH Off Hook
OIC Oh, I See
OIDL Object Interface Definition Language
OIS Office Information Systems
OIW OSI Implementors Workshop
OLAP On-Line Analytical Processing
OLE Object Linking and Embedding
OLI Optical Line Interface
OLIT Open Look Interface Toolkit
OLMC Output Logic Macrocell
OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing
OLWM Open Look Window Manager
OLVWM Open Look Virtual Window Manager
OMA Object Management Architecture
OMAC Open Modular Architecture Controller
OM Object Manager
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OME Open Messaging Environment
OME Oregon Microcomputer Engineering
OMF Object Module Format
OMF Open Media Framework
OMF Open Message Format
OMG Object Management Group
OMI Open Messaging Interface
OMNS Open Network Management System
OMPI Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle
OMT Object Management Technique
ONA Open Network Architecture
ONC Open Network Computing
ONE Open Network Environment
ONMS Ope Network Management System
OO Object Oriented
OOD Object Oriented Design
OOBE Out Of Box Experience
OODB Object Oriented Database
OODBS Object Oriented Database System
OODMS Object Oriented Database Management System
OOL Object Oriented Language
OOP Object Oriented Programming
OOPL Object Oriented Programming Language
OOPS Object Oriented Programming System
OOS Object-Oriented Systems
OOS Off-line Operating Simulator
OOUI Object Oriented User Interface
OPAC Online Public Access Catalog
OPC Optical Photoconductor
OPCODE Operational Code
OPCOM Operation Commitment
OPDU Operation Protocol Data Units
OPI Open Prepress Interface
OPM Operations Per Minute
OPN Open Network Provision
OPO Oracle Power Objects
OPT Open Protocol Technology
OPUS Octal Program Updating System
ORACLE On-Line Inquiry and Report Generator
ORB Object Request Broker
ORDBMS Object Relational Database Management System
OROM Optical ROM
ORS Output Record Separator
OS Operating System
OS/2 Operating System/2
OS/E Operating System/Environment
OSA Open System Architecture
OSCRL Operating System Command Response Language
OSF Open Software Foundation
OSF/1 Operating System from OSF
OSI Open Systems Interconnection
OSI/RM OSI Reference Model
OSINET Open Systems Interconnection Network
OSM Off-Screen Model
OSME Open Systems Message Exchange
OSN Open Systems Network
OSP Optical Storage Processor
OSPF Open Shortest Path First
OSPFIGP Open Shortest Path First Internal Gateway Protocol
OSQL Object Structured Query Language
OSS One Stop Shopping
OSS Online Support Services
OSTC Open Systems Testing Consortium
OSU Officially Sanctioned User
OT Object Technology
OTA Operational Test Agency
OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
OTF Open Token Foundation
OTOH On The Other Hand
OTP One-Time Programmable
OUI Offline Usenet Interface
OUI Organization Unique Identifier
OURS Open Users Recommended Solutions
OWL Object Windows Library
P
PA Point d'Acces
PAB Policy Advisory Body
PABX Private Automatic Branch eXchanger
PACE Priority Access Control Enabled
PACS Picture Archiving and Communication System
PACS-L Public Access Computer Systems List
PAD Packet Assembler Disassembler
PADS Pen Application Development System
PAI Point d'Acces Internet
PAIH Public-Access Internet Host
PAIS Public-Access Internet Site
PAL Paradox Applications Language
PAL Phase Alternative Line
PAL Programmable Array Logic
PAL Programmable Assembly Language
PALC Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal
PALS Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System
PAM Page Allocation Map
PAO Publication Assistee par Ordinateur
PAM Pulse Amplitude Modulation
PAP Password Authentication Protocol
PAP Printer Access Protocol
PARC Palo Alto Research Center
PaRC Parallel Risc Cluster
PAS Pro Audio Spectrum
PAX Portable Archive Exchange
PBD Programmer Brain Damage
PBE Prompt By Example
PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array
PBM Play By Mail
PBX Private Branch eXchange
PC Personal Computer
PC Printed Circuit
PCAMI Personal Computer Assets Management Institute
PCB Protocol Control Block
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCB Program Control Block
PCBC Plain Cipher Block Chaining
PCD Photo CD
PCDA Program Controlled Data Acquisition
PCDOS Personal Computer Disk Operating System
PCEB PCI to EISA Bridge
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI Protocol Control Information
PCIO Program Controlled I/O
PCL Printer Command Language
PCL Process Control Language
PCL Programmable Command Language
PCM Personal Computer Manufacturer
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PCMC PCI, Cache, Memory Controller
PCMCIA PC Memory Card International Association
PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
PCMIM Personal Computer Media Interface Module
PCN Personal Communication Network
PCN Personal Computer Network
PCNFS Personal Computer Network File System
PCO Point of Control and Observation
PCS Pattern Code Security System
PCS Personal Communication System
PCS Personal Conferencing Specification
PCS Print Contrast Signal
PCS Process Control Systems
PCT Program Control Table
PCT Private Communication Technology
PCX Picture Extension
PD Public Domain
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDAU Physical Delivery Access Unit
PDC Program Delivery Control
PDD Physical Device Driver
PDD Product Definition Data
PDES Product Definition Exchange Specification
PDF Portable Document Format
PDF Printer Description File
PDF Program Development Facility
PDIAL Public Dialup Internet Access List
PDL Page Description Language
PDL Program Design Language
PDL Public Distribution List
PDL Push Down List
PDM Product Data Management
PDMSS Program Depot Maintenance Scheduling System
PDN Public Data Network
PDO Portable Distributed Objects
PDP Physics Data Processing
PDP Plasma Display Panel
PDP Programmable Data Processor
PDQ Parallel Data Query
PDS Packet Driver Specification
PDS Partitioned Data Set
PDS Physical Delivery System
PDS Planetary Data System
PDS Portable Document Software
PDS Premises Distribution System
PDS Processor Direct Slot
PDT Pacific Daylight Time
PDT Performance Diagnostic Tool
PDT Programmable Drive Table
PDU Plug Distribution Unit
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PE Parity Even
PE Personal Editor
PEA Pocket Ethernet Adapter
PEL Picture Element
PEM Privacy Enhanced Mail
PEP Packetized Ensemble Protocol
PEP Pan European Paging
PEP Point d'Echange de Proximité
PEP Protocol Extension Protocol
PER Point d'Echange Régional
PERL Practical Extraction and Report Language
PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PES Positioning Error Signal
PES Processor Enhancement Socket
PET Portable Electronic Translator
PET Print Enhancement Technology
PETSCII Commodore PET ASCII
PEX PHIGS extension
PFC Printer Fax Copier
PFM Printer Font Metrics
PFR Power-Fail Restart
PG Protective Ground
PGA Pin Grid Array
PGA Professional Graphics Adapter
PGC Program Group Control
PGP Pretty Good Privacy
PH Packet Handler
PHAMOS Philips Advanced Management and Operations System
PHI Packet Handler Interface
PHIGS Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics Standard
PI Protocol Interpreter
PIA Peripheral Interface Adapter
PIC Personal Intelligent Communicator
PIC Priority Interrupt Controller
PICMG PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group
PICS Animation file format
PICS Platform for Internet Content Selection
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
PICT Macintosh native graphics file format
PID Process Identifier
PID Protocol Identifier
PIF Picture Interchange Format
PIF Program Information File
PILOT Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
PIM Personal Information Manager
PIM Protocol Independant Multicast
PIN Personal Identification Number
PINE Pine Is Not Elm
PINE Program for Internet News and Email
PING Packet Internet Grouper
PIO Parallel Input/Output
PIO Programmed Input/Output
PIP Peripheral Interchange Program
PIP Picture In Picture
PIP Problem Isolation Procedure
PIP Programmable Interconnect Point
PIT Programmable Interval Timer
PIX Paris Internet Exchange
PIXEL Picture Element
PIXIT Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
PKC Public Key Cryptosystem
PL/1 Programming Language One
PL/SQL Procedural Logic/SQL
PLA Programmable Logic-Array
PLATO Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations
PLC Programmable Logic Controller
PLC Public Limited Company
PLCC Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier
PLDI Programming Language Design and Implementation
PLDS Pilot Land Data System
PLL Phase Locked Loop
PLL Pre-Linked Library
PL/M Programming Language for Microcomputers
PLMK Please Let Me Know
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PLOKTA Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
PLP Packet Layer Protocol
PLS Primary Link Station
PLV Production Level Video
PM Phase Modulation
PM Presentation Manager
PM Preventative Maintenance
PM Process Manager
PM Program Manager
PMC PCI Mezzanine Card
PMC Prix Moyen Constate
PMM Pentium Mobile Module
PMMU Paged Memory Management Unit
PMOS Positive channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PMR Private Mobile Radio
PMS Policy Management System
PMT PhotoMultiplicator Tube
PNG Portable Network Graphics
PNNI Private Network-to-Network Interface
PNP Plug And Play
PO Parity Odd
PO Passive Open
POC Point Of Contact
POC Policy Oversight Committee
POCSAG Post Office Code Standardization Advisory Group
POD Piece Of Data
POD Precise Orbit Determination
POE Power Open Environment
POH Power-On Hours
POL Problem Oriented Language
POM Phase Of the Moon
POOL Parallel Object Oriented Language
POP Point Of Presence
POP Post Office Protocol
POPL Principles of Programming Languages
POR Pacific Ocean Region
POR Plan Of Record
POR Power-On-Reset
POS Plain Old telephone Service
POS Point Of Sale
POSIX Portable Operating System Interface for Unix
POST Power-On Self Test
POSTNET Postal Numeric Encoding Technique
POTS Plain Old Telephone Service
POWER Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC
POWERPC POWER Performance Computing
PPA Physical Point of Attachment
PPC Power PC
PPC Prix Public Conseille
PPD Postscript Printer Description
PPDS Personal Printer Data Stream
PPCM Pixel Per Centimeter
PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPI Pixel Per Inch
PPM Pages Per Minute
PPN Project-Programmer Number
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
PPP Points Par Pouce
PPS Packets Per Second
PPS Power Personal Systems
PPSDN Public Packet-Switched Data Network
PPT Processing Program Table
PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
PPV Pay Per VIew
PQFP Plastic Quad Flat Pack
PRAM Parallel Random-Access Machine
PRAM Parameter Random Access Memory
PreAO Presentation Assistee par Ordinateur
PREMO Presentation Environment for Multimedia Objects
PReP PowerPC Reference Platform
PRESTEL Press button on Telephone Lines
PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency
PRI Primary Rate Interface
PRIDE Policy-based Routing Implementation & Deployment in Europe
PRM Portable Radio Modem
PRMD Private Management Domain
PRML Partial-Response Maximum-Likelihood
PROFS Professional Office System
PROLOG Programming in Logics
PROM Programmable ROM
PROTEL Procedure Oriented Type Enforcing Language
PS Personal System
PS PostScript
PS Proportional Spacing
PS/2 Personal System 2
PSC Product Service Center
PSD Product Support Document
PSDN Packet-Switched Data Network
PSDS Packet-Switched Data Service
PSE Packet Switch Exchange
PSE Programmeur de Systeme d'Exploitation
PSF Permanent Swap File
PSI Performance Systems International
PSID PostScript Image Data
PSK Phase Shift Keying
PSL Problem Statement Language
PSN Packet Switching Network
PSN Packet Switch Node
PSOM Persistent System Object Model
PSP Personal Software Products
PSP Program Segment Prefix
PSP Program Starting Point
PSPDN Packet-Switched Public Data Network
PSRAM Pseudo-Static RAM
PSRT PostScript Round Table
PSS Packet Switched Service
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
PSW Program Status Word
PTD Parallel Transfer Disk Drive
PTF Program Temporary Fix
PTP Point To Point
PTT Post, Telegraph and Telephone
PTT Poste, Telegraphe et Telecommunications
PU Physical Unit
PUA Profiling User Agent
PUP PARC Universal Packet
PUS Processor Upgrade Socket
PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
PVM Parallel Virtual Machine
PVM Pass-through Virtual Machine
PVN Private Virtual Network
PVP Parallel Vector Processing
PWB Printed Wire Board
PWB Programmer's WorkBench
PWD Print Working Directory
PWSCS Programmable Worstation Communication Services
PZD Produktzentrum für Datenmehrwertdienste
Q
QA Quality Assurance
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QBE Query By Example
QBF Query By Form
QBIC Query By Image Content
QC Quality Control
QD3D Quick Draw 3D
QDD Quick Disk Drive
QDOS Quick and Dirty Operating System
QEMM Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager
QFA Quick File Access
QFP Quad Flat Pack
QIC Quality Information using Cycle time
QIC Quarter Inch Cartridge
QIF Quicken Interchange Format
QLI Query Language Interpreter
QMS Quality Management System
QoS Quality Of Service
QOS Quality Of System
QP Quoted Printable
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
QSAM Queued Sequential Access Method
QSIG Q-Interface Signalling Protocol
QT QuickTime
QT-VR QuickTime - Virtual Reality
QUEL Query Language
R
R&D Research and Development
RA Real Audio
RACF Resource Access Control Facility
RAD Rapid Application Development
RADAR Radio Detecting And Ranging
RADB Routing Arbiter Database
RAG Row Address Generator
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAIN Reseau d'Acces a l'Internet
RALU Register Arithmetic Logic Unit
RAM Random Access Memory
RAM Real Audio Metafile
RAMDAC RAM Digital-to-Analog Converter
RAMP Remote Access Maintenance Protocol
RARE Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne
RAP Rapid Application Prototyping
RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RAS Random Access Storage
RAS Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
RAS Remote Access Services
RAS Row Address Select
RASAPI Remote Access Service Application Programming Interface
RBBS Remote Bulletin Board System
RBOC Regional Bell Operating Companies
RC Run Commands
RCA Receive Configure-Ack
RCJ Receive Code-Reject
RCN Receive Configure-Nak
RCP Remote Copy
RCP Restore Cursor Position
RCPT Receipt
RCR Receive good Configure-Request
RCS Revision Control System
RD Receive Data
RD Remove Directory
RD-LAP Radio Data Link Access Protocol
R&D Research and Development
RDA Remote Database Access
RDB Receive Data Buffer
RDB Relational Database
RDBMS Relational Database Management System
RDF Reseller Developer Funds
RDN Radio Data Network
RDP Reliable Datagram Protocol
RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RDS Radio Data System
RDS Remote Document Server
RDSR Receiver Data Service Request
RE Regular Expression
REGAL Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate
REGEXP Regular Expression
REM Rapid Eye Movement
REM Ring Error Monitor
ReLaTe Remote Language Teaching
REPROM Reprogrammable PROM
RER Receive Echo-Request
RERIF Reseau Enseignement-Recherche d'Ile-de-France
RES Remote Execution Service
RET Resolution Enhancement Technology
REX Relocatable Executable
REXX Restructured Extended Executor
RF Radio Frequency
RFC Request For Comment
RFD Request for Discussion
RFE Request For Enhancement
RFI Radio Frequency Interference
RFI Request For Information
RFP Request For Proposal
RFQ Request For Quote
RFS Remote File Sharing
RFT Revisable Form Text
RFTM Right From The Manual
RFU Reserved for Future Use
RGB Red Green Blue
RGDI Renaissance Graphic Device Interface
RGT Reseau de Gestion des Telecommunications
RI Referential Integrity
RI Ring Indicate
RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
RIM Remote Installation and Maintenance
RIME RelayNet International Message Exchange
RIP Raster Image Processor
RIP Remote Imaging Protocol
RIP Routing Information Protocol
RIPE Reseaux IP Europeens
RIPEM Riordan's Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail
RIPN Russian Institute for Public Networks
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RISQ Réseau Inter-ordinateurs Scientifique Québecois
RJE Remote Job Entry
RL Real Life
RLE Run Length Encoding
RLL Run Length Limited
RLN Remote LAN Node
RLP Radio Link Protocol
RLSD Received Line Signal Detected
RMA Return Material Authorization
RMF Read Me First
RMF Remote Management Facility
RMON Remote Monitor
RMP Remote Maintenance Processor
RMS Record Management Services
RMS Root Mean Square
RN Read News
RNG Radio Network Gateway
RNG Random Number Generator
RNIS Reseau Numerique a Integration de Services
RNP Regional Network Provider
ROAD Routing and Addressing
ROB Reorder Buffer
ROF Reseau Optique Flexible
ROFL Roll On Floor Laughing
ROI Return On Investment
ROM Read Only Memory
ROM Rough Order Of Magnitude
ROMC Required Operational Messaging Characteristic
RONABIT Return On Net Assets Before Interest And Taxes
ROP Raster Operation
ROS Read-Only Storage
ROSE Remote Operations Service Element
ROTF Rolling On The Floor
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
RPA Remote Passphrase Authentication
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RPG Report Program Generator
RPG Role Playing Game
RPL Remote Program Load
RPL Requested Privilege Level
RPL Resident Programming Language
RPM Revolution Per Minute
RPN Real Page Number
RPPROM Reprogrammable PROM
RPQ Request for Price Quotation
RQBE Relational Query By Example
RR Routing Registry
RRIP Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol
RS Recommended Standard
RS Record Separator
RSA Rivest Shamir Adelman
RSAC Recreationnal Software Advisory Council
RSCS Remote Spooling Communications System
RSET Reset
RSH Remote Shell
RSI Repetitive Stress Injury
RSL Request-and-Status Link
RSN Real Soon Now
RSP Required Space Character
RSTS Resource Sharing Time Sharing
RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol
RSX Real-Time Resource Sharing Executive
RT Real-Time
RT Run Time
RTA Receive Terminate-Ack
RTAM Remote Terminal Access Method
RTBM Read The Bloody Manual
RTC Real-Time Clock
RTC Reseau Telephonique Commute
RTCP Real-time Transport Control Protocol
RTDM Real-Time Data Migration
RTF Read This First
RTF Rich Text Format
RTFAQ Read the FAQ
RTFB Read The Fucking Binary
RTFM Read The Fine Manual
RTFM Read The Fucking Manual
RTFS Read The Fucking Source
RTL Register Transfer Language
RTL Run Time Library
RTM Read The Manual
RTMP Routing Table Management Protocol
RTOS Real-Time Operating System
RTP Real-Time Protocol
RTR Receive Terminate-Request
RTS Read The Screen
RTS Real-Time System
RTS Remote Takeover System
RTS Request To Send
RTSE Reliable Transfer Service Element
RTT Round Trip Time
RTTI Run-Time Type Information
RTTY Radio Teletypewriter
RTU Right To Use
RTV Real-Time Video
RUA Remote User Agnet
RUC Receive Unknown Code
RVA Relative Virtual Address
RWIN Receive Window
RWM Read-Write Memory
S
S/N Signal-to-Noise
S0 64 kbits/s base ISDN access
SAA Systems Application Architecture
SADL Synchronous Data Link Control
SADT Structured Analysis and Design Tool
SAFER Secure And Fast Encryption Routine
SAG SQL Access Group
SAIL Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
SAINT Symbolic Automatic Integrator
SAL SQL-windows Application Language
SAM Serial Access Memory
SAM Sequential Access Method
SAP Second Audio Program
SAP Service Access Point
SAP Service Advertising Protocol
SAP System Application Products
SAP Symbolic Assembly Program
SAPI Scanner Application Programming Interface
SAR Segmentation And Reassembly
SAR Successive Approximation Register
SAS Sales Accounting System
SAS Single Attached Station
SAStoDAS Single Attached Station to Dual Attached Station
SAS Statistical Analysis System
SAS Single Audio System
SASI Shugert Associates System Interface
SAT Supervisory Audio Tone
SATAN Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks
SAVDM Single Application VDM
SB Sound Blaster
SB StarBase
SBA Scene Balance Algorithms
SBC Single-Board Computer
SBCS Single-Byte Character Set
SBE SCSI/Buffered Ethernet card
SBI Sound Blaster Instrument
SBI Speaker Box Interface
SBIS Sustaining Base Information Services
SBLC Standard Base Level Computer
S-BOX Substitution Box
SBT Screen Based Telephone
SBU Sensitive But Unclassified
SCA Send Configure-Ack
SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
SCAM SCSI Configuration Automatically
SCB Subsystem Control Block
SCC Serial Communications Controller
SCC Serial Controller Chip
SCC Synchronous Channel Check
SCCP Signaling Connection Control Part
SCCS Source Code Control System
SCD Sparc Compliance Definition
SCD Standard Color Display
SCJ Send Code-Reject
SCM Software Configuration Management
SCM Station Class Mark
SCN Send Configure-Nak
SCO Santa Cruz Operation
SCOPE Simple Communications Programming Environment
SCP Save Cursor Position
SCP Service Control Point
SCP Session Control Protocol
SCP Subsystem Control Port
SCP System Control Program
SCP SunLink Communications Processor
SCR Send Configure-Request
SCR Silicon Controlled Rectifier
SCR Standard Context Routing
SCSA Signal Computing System Architecture
SCSI Small Computer Standard Interface
SCSSI Service Central Securite des Systemes d'Information
SCT Streamline Cartridge Tape
SCTS Secondary Clear To Send
SCUBA Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SD Send Data
SDA Software Disk Array
SDA Source Data Automation
SDA System Display Architecture
SDB Symbolic Debugger
SDCD Secondary Data Carrier Detect
SDD Surround Dolby Digital
SDF Space Delimited Format
SDF Standard Data Format
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDI Selective Dissemination of Information
SDI Single Document Interface
SDI Software Development Interface
SDI Space Defense Initiative
SDK Software Development Kit
SDL Specification and Description Language
SDL System Design Language
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
SDMS SCSI Device Management System
SDN Software Defined Network
SDNS Secure Data Network Service
SDR Streaming Data Request
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDS Sysops Distribution System
SDSL Single line Digital Subscriber Line
SDSL Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SDSTB Streaming Data Strobe
SDV Switched Digital Video
SE Systems Engineer
SEA Self Extracting Archive
SEA Standard Extended Attribute
SEAC Standards Eastern Automatic Calculator
SEAL Segmentation and Reassembly Layer
SEAL Screening External Access Link
SEB Single End Billing
SEC Sbus Ethernet Controller
SEC Single Error Correction
SECAM Sequentiel Couleur A Memoire
SED Smoke-Emitting Diode
SED Stream Editor
SEH Structured Exception Handling
SEI Software Engineering Institute
SEM Scanning Electron Microscope
SEM Standard Electronic Module
SEPP Secured Electronic Payment Protocol
SER Send Echo-Reply
SET Secure Electronic Transactions
SET Sharp Edge Technology
SET Softwave Engineering Technology
SETEXT Structure Enhanced Text
SETI Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence
SEU Smallest Executable Unit
SEX Software EXchange
SF Sign Flag
SFF Small Forms Factors
SFQL Structured Full-text Query Language
SFT Simple File Transfer
SFT System Fault Tolerance
SFV Standard-Festverbindung
SFX Sound Effects
SGBD Systeme de Gestion de Bases de Donnees
SGBDR Systeme de Gestion de Bases de Donnees Relationnelles
SGDG Sans Garantie du Gouvernement
SGEN Signal Generator
SGDT Store Global Descriptor Table
SGDT Systeme de Gestion de Documentation Technique
SGI Silicon Graphics, Inc.
SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language
SGMP Simple Gateway Management Protocol
SGR Set Graphics Rendition
SGRAM Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
SHA Secure Hash Algorithm
SHAR Shell Archive
SHG Segmented Hypergraphics
SHTTP Secure HTTP
SHF Super High Frequency
SHOM Service Hydrographique et Oceanographique de la Marine
SHS Secure Hash Standard
SI Source Index
SI System Information
SIA Semiconductor Industry Association
SIA Special Interface Adapter
SIAD Systeme d'Information et d'Aide a la Decision
SIC Standard Industrial Code
SID Serial Input Data
SID Station Identification
SID Symbolic Interactive Debugger
SIDF System Independent Data Format
SIDH System Identification for Home systems
SIDT Store Interrupt Descriptor Table
SIENET Siemens Network
SIFT Stanford Information Filtering Tool
SIG SIGnal
SIG Special Interest Group
SIG Systeme d'Information Geographique
SIGARCH Special Interest Group for computer Architecture
SIGCAT Special Interest Group CD-ROM Applications & Technology
SIGGRAPH Special Interest Group for computer Graphics
SIGPLAN Special Interest Group on Programming Languages
SIMD Single Instruction, Multiple Data
SIMM Single In-line Memory Module
SIMTEL Simulation and Teleprocessing
SIO Serial Input/Output
SIP Single In-line Package
SIPC Simply Interactive Personal Computer
SIPO Serial In, Parallel Out
SIPP Single In-line Pin Package
SIR Serial Infrared
SIR Sustainable Information Rate
SIRDS Single-Image Random Dot Stereogram
SISAL Streams and Iteration in a Single Assignment Language
SISO Serial In, Serial Out
SISO Shift In, Shift Out
SIT Special Information Tones
SIT Stuff-It
SIT System Initialization Table
SIVC Simple Internet Version Control
SLAN Secure Local Area Network
SLC Subscriber Line Charge
SLC Super Low Cost
SLDT Store Local Descriptor Table
SLED Single Large Expensive Disk
SLIC Subscriber Line Interface Card
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
SLMR Silly Little Modem Reader
SLOSH Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricane
SLSI Super Large-Scale Integration
SLSS Systems Library Subscription Service
SM Segment Mark
SM Set Mode
SM Shared Memory
SMAE System Management Application Entity
SMAIL Snail MAIL
SMART Software Metering and Resource Tracking
SMART Source Migration Analysis Reporting Toolset
SMATV Small Master Antenna Television
SMAU Smart Multistation Access Unit
SMB Server Message Block
SMCC Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMD Storage Module Drive
SMD Surface Mounted Device
SMDS Switched Multi-megabit Data Service
SMF System Manager Facility
SMF System Management Function
SMI Structure of Management Information
SMI Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SMI System Management Interrupt
SMIF Standard Mechanical Interface
SMIT System Management Interface Tool
SMK Software Migration Kit
SML Standard Meta Language
SMM System Management Mode
SMOP Simple Matter of Programming
SMP Symbolic Manipulation Program
SMP Symmetrical Multi-Processing
SMPC Shared Memory Parallel Computer
SMPS Switching Mode Power Supply
SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SMRAM System Management RAM
SMS Short Message Systems
SMS Storage Management Services
SMS Systems Management Server
SMSW Store Machine Status Word
SMT Surface-Mount Technology
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMU System Management Utility
SN Serial Number
S/N Signal-to-Noise
SNA Systems Network Architecture
SNAFU Situation Normal, All Fucked Up
SNAP Sub Network Access Protocol
SNAP System and Network Administration Program
SNI Siemens-Nixdorf Incorporated
SNI SNA Interconnect
SNIP Service Node Intelligent Peripheral
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SNOBOL String Oriented Symbolic Language
SNP Serial Number/Password
SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SNTSC Super NTSC
SO Significant Other
SOA Server Of Authority
SOCKS Socket Secure
SOE Standard Operating Environment
SOH Start Of Header
SOHO Small Office/Home Office
SOL Simulation Oriented Language
SOLO Simple Object Lookup protocol
SOM Start of Message
SOM System Object Model
SONET Synchronous Optical Network
SOP Standard Operating Procedures
SOS Save Our Souls
SOS Son of Stopgap
SOS Standards and Open Systems
SOTA State Of The Art
SOW Statement Of Work
SOX Sound Exchange
SP Service Pack
SP Stack Pointer
SPA Scratch Pad Area
SPA Software Publishers Association
SPA Spanning-Tree Algorithm
SPAG Standards Promotion and Application Group
SPAN Space Physics Analysis Network
SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture
SPC Small Peripheral Controller
SPC Statistical Process Control
SPCN Satellite Personal Communication Network
SPDL Standard Page Description Language
SPEC Systems Performance Evaluation Committee
SPF Shortest Path First
SPF System Productivity Facility
SPF System Programming Facility
SPI SCSI Parallel Interface
SPI Service Provider Interface
SPICE Software Process Improvement & Capability Evaluation
SPID Serveur de Pages d'Informations Dynamiques
SPID Service Profile Identifier
SPIKE Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-Based Env
SPL Set Priority Level
SPL System Programming Language
SPM Sales Program Manager
SPM System Performance Monitor
SPOC Sun Product Order Checker
SPOOL Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line
SPP Sequenced Packet Protocol
SPPS Scalable Power Parallel System
SPR Sales Program Representative
SPR Special Purpose Register
SPS Standby Power System
SPSC Standard Products and Service Code
SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
SPT Sectors Per Track
SPT Spanning-Tree algorithm
SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange
SQE Signal Quality Error
SQEC Sbus Quad Ethernet Controler
SQL Structured Query Language
SR Sales Representative
SRAM Shadow RAM
SRAM Static RAM
SRB Source-Route Bridge
SRB System Request Block
SRDB Symptoms and Resolutions Database
SRE Standard for Robot Exclusion
SRI Stanford Research Institute
SRM Security Reference Monitor
SRO Sharable and Read Only
SRPI Server-Requester Programming Interface
SRR Serially Reusable Resource
SS Single Sided
SS SPARCserver
SS SPARCstation
SS7 Signalling System 7
SSA Serial Storage Architecture
SSALT Solid State radar ALTimeter
SSAP Source Service Access Point
SSEC Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator
SSGA System Suppport Gate Array
SSI Small Scale Integration
SSII Societe de Service en Ingenierie Informatique
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
SSL Synthesizer Specification Language
SSP Service Switching Point
SSP System Support Program
SST Spread-Spectrum Technology
STA Send Terminate-Ack
STA Spanning Tree Algorithm
STA STore from Accumulator
STB Strobe
STDA StreetTalk Directory Assistance
STDERR Standard Error
STDIN Standard Input
STDIO Standard Input/Output
STDM Statistical Time Division Multiplexer
STDM Synchronous Time Division Multiplexer
STDOUT Standard Output
STE Sun Technology Enterprises
STET Societa Telecomunicazione Ellettronica Telematica
STM Statical Multiplexer
STM Synchronous Transport Module
STN Super-Twist Nematic
STP Service Transfer Point
STP Shielded Twisted Pair
STP Signal Transfer Point
STP Synchronized Transaction Processing
STR Synchronous Transmitter Receiver
STRESS Structural Engineering System Solver
STRUDL Structural Design Language
STS Synchronous Transport Signal
STScI Space Telescope Science Institute
STT Secure Transaction Technology
STX Start of Text
SUDS Software Update and Distribution System
SUE Standardized Unix Environment
SUID Set User ID
SunSITE Sun Software, Information, & Technology Exchange
SUSP System Use Sharing Protocol
SUT System Under Test
SVC Switched Virtual Circuit
SVD Simultaneous Voice and Data
SVF Simple Vector Format
SVGA Super Video Graphics Adapter
SVHS Super VHS
SVID System V
SVM Science & Vie Micro
SVM Sub-Value Mark
SVM System Virtual Machine
SVR4 System five Release 4
S/W Software
SWAC Standards Western Automatic Calculator
SWAIS Simple Wide Area Information Server
SWISH Simple Web Indexing System for Humans
SX Sun eXpress
SYLK Symbolic Link
SYMPL System Programming Language
SYN Synchronous Idle
SYSADMIN System Administrator
SYSGEN System Generator
SYSLOG System Log
SYSOP System Operator
SYSPLEX System Complex
SYSREQ System Request
T
T0 128 kbps digital line, France
T1 1.5 Mbps digital line, USA
T2 2 Mbps digital line, France
T3 45 Mbps digital line, USA
TA Terminal Adpater
TA Trusted Authority
TAB Tape Automatic Bonding
TACS Total Access Communication System
TAD Telephone Answering Device
TAFIM Technical Architecture Framework Information Management
TAIS Target Architecture and Implementation Strategy
TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TAP Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol
TAP Terminal Access Point
TAPCIS The Access Program for the CompuServe Information Service
TAPI Telephony Applications Programming Interface
TAR Tape Archive
TAS Telephone Access Server
TASM Turbo Assembler
TAV Total Asset Visibility
TAXI Transparent Asynchronous Tranceiver/Receiver Interface
TB Terabyte
TBD To Be Determined
TBGA Tape Ball Grid Array
TBS To Be Specified
TBU Tape Backup Unit
TC Telecommuting Center
TC Transmission Control
TCAM Telecommunication Access Method
TCB Task Control Block
TCB Trouble Came Back
TCB Trusted Computer Based
TCC Target Computer Corporation
TCE Thomson Consumer Electronics
TCE Transcoding Equipment
TCIP TeleCommunications Interface Protocol
TCL Tool Command Language
TCL/TK Tool Command Language ToolKit
TCM Trellis-Coded Modulation
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCT Terminal Control Table
TD Transmit Data
TDB Task Data Base
TDE Terminal Display Editor
TDF Trace Definition File
TDF Typeface Definition File
TDI Transport Device Interface
TDI Trusted Database Interpretation
TDL Test Description Language
TDM Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TDN Tactical Data Network
TDN Telecommunication Designed Network
TDP Technical Data Package
TDP Telelocator Data Protocol
TDR Time Domain Reflectometer
TRDSS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
TDSR Transmitter Data Service Request
TDWG Taxinomic Databases Working Group
TE Terminal Equipment
TE1 Terminal Equipment, ISDN compatible
TE2 Terminal Equipment, non-ISDN
TEB Thread Environment Block
TECCO Text Editor and Corrector
TED Tiny Editor
TEML Turbo Editor Macro Language
TER Thermal Eclipse Reading
TERENA Trans-European Research & Education Networking Association
TES Terminal Emulation Service
TFDD Text File Device Driver
TFEL Thin-Film Electroluminescent
TFM Tagged Font Metric
TFP Tops Filing Protocol
TFS Toll-Free Service
TFT Thin-Film Transistor
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TFTS Terrestrial Flight Telephone System
TGAO Technologie de Groupe Assistee par Ordinateur
THD Total Harmonic Distortion
THOMAS The House of representatives Open Multimedia Access System
THOR Tandy High-performance Optical Recording
THR Transmit Holding Register
THX Thanks
TI Texas Instruments
TI-RPC Transport Independent - Remote Procedure Call
TIA Telecommunications Industry Association
TIA Thanks In Advance
TIA The Internet Adapter
TIES Time Independent Escape Sequence
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
TIGA Texas Instrument Graphics Architecture
TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding & Referencing
TIP Titre Interbancaire de Paiement
TK Toolkit
Tk/TCL Toolkit for Tool Command Language
TK/TK Track to Track
TkWWW Tk-based World Wide Web
TLA Three-Letter Acronym
TLB Translation Lookaside Buffer
TLD Top Level Domain
TLI Transport Layer Interface
TLU Table Lookup
TLV Type-Length Value
TM Trade Mark
TMA Tierce Maintenance Applicative
TMC Traffic Message Channel
TMN Telecommunications Management Network
TMPDU Test Management Protocol Data Unit
TMRC Tech Model Railroad Club
TMS Truth Maintainance System
TN Twisted Nematic
TNC Terminal Node Controller
TNV Telecommunications Normal Voltage
TO Technical Order
TOC Table Of Contents
TOD Time Of Day
TODS Transactions On Database System
TOEFL Test Of English as a Foreign Language
TOP Technical and Office Protocol
TOPLAS Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems
TOPS-10 Top OS
TOS Terms Of Service
TNR Terminaison Numerique de Reseau
TP Terminal Portability
TP Transaction Processing
TP Transport Protocol
TP Twisted Pair
TP0 OSI Transport Protocol Class 0
TP4 OSI Transport Protocol Class 4
TPC Transaction Processing Performance Council
TPDDI Twisted Pair Distributed Data Interface
TPE Twisted Pair Ethernet
TPI Tracks Per Inch
TPL Table Producing Language
TPM Transactions Per Minute
TPORT Twisted Pair Port Transceiver
TPS Technical Publishing Software
TPS Transactions Per Second
TPS Transaction Processing System
TPT Twisted Pair Transceiver
TPW Turbo Pascal for Windows
TQ Telephone Quality
TQFP Thin Quad Flat Pack
TQM Total Quality Management
TR Terminal Ready
TRA Telecommunications Reform Act
TRADIC Transistorized Airborne Digital Computer
TRI Token Ring Interface
TRN Threaded Read News
TRS Tandy - Radio Shack
TS Technical Specifications
TS Top Secret
TSA Technical Support Alliance
TSAPI Telephony Services Application Program Interface
TSB Termination Status Block
TSC Telecommunication Service Center
TSC Trunked System Controller
TSIN Transmission Services and Information Network
TSO Time Sharing Option
TSP Test Suite Parameter
TSP Time Synchronization Protocol
TSR Terminal Specified Routing
TSR Terminate and Stay Resident
TSS Task State Segment
TSS Telecommunications Standards Sector
TSS Time Sharing System
TSSI Top Secret Sensitive Information
TSTN Triple Supertwisted Nematic
TSV Tab Separated Values
TSV Test Suite Variable
TT TrueType
TTC Toutes Taxes Comprises
TTCN Tree and Tabular Combined Notation
TTF TrueType Font
TTFN Ta-Ta For Now
TTL Time To Live
TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic
TTP Trusted Third Party
TTRT Target Token Rotation Time
TTS Text-To-Speech
TTS Transaction Tracking System
TTX Teletex
TTY TeleTYpe
TTYL Talk To You Later
TUI Text-based User Interface
TUP Titre Universel de Paiement
TVF Table of contents Verbosely from File
TVI Television Interactive
TVI Television Interference
TVR Teletel Vitesse Rapide
TVRO Television Receive Only
TWAIN Technology Without An Interesting Name
TWX Teletypewriter Exchange Service
TXD Transmit Data
U
UA User Agent
UA User Area
UAB UNIX AppleTalk Bridge
UAE Unrecoverable Application Error
UAL Unite Arithmetique et Logique
UAPDU User Agent Protocol Data Unit
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UBD User Brain Damage
UCL Universal Communications Language
UCS Universal Character Set
UCT Universal Coordinated Time
UDB Unified Database
UDC User Defined Commands
UDF User Defined Functions
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UFS Unix File System
UG User Group
UGAP Union des Groupements d'Achat Public
UHF Ultra High Frequency
UI Unix International
UI User Interface
UIC User Identification Code
UID User Identifier
UIL User Interface Language
UIMS User Interface Management System
UIT Union Internationale des Telecommunications
UL Underwriters Laboratories
UL Unordered List
UL Upload
ULA Uncommitted Logic Array
ULN Universal Link Negotiation
ULSI Ultra Large Scale Integration
UMB Upper Memory Block
UMTF Unix Migration Task Force
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunication System
UNC Universal Naming Convention
UNC Uuencoded Netnews Collator
UNCOL Universal Computed Oriented Language
UNI User-Network Interface
UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer
UNMA Unified Network Management Architecture
UNSM United Nations Standard Messages
UPC Universal Product Code
UPL User Program Language
UPM Unix Programmer's Manual
UPM User Profile Management
UPP Universal Payment Preamble
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
UPT Universal Personal Telecommunication
URC Uniform Resource Characteristics
UREC Unite Reseau du CNRS
UREP Unix RSCS Emulation Protocol
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
URL Uniform Resource Locator
URN Uniform Resource Name
US Unit Separator
US United States
USA United States of America
USAF United States Air Force
USART Universal Synchronous-Asy Reciever/Transmitter
USB Universal Serial Bus
USENET User's Network
USFO United States Field Operations
USG Unix Support Group
USL Unix System Laboratories
USM Unsharped Masking
USMTF United States Message Text Format
USR US Robotics
USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USSA User Supported Software Association
UT Upper Tester
UT User Terminal
UTC Universal Time Coordinates
UTI Universal Text Interchange
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair
UTSL Use the Source, Luke
UU UUencode
UUCIO Unix to Unix Copy In copy Out
UUCP Unix to Unix Copy Protocol
UUD UUDecode
UUI User-To-User Information
UUS User-to-User-Signaling Service
UV Ultraviolet
V
VA Virtual Address
VAD Value Added Dealer
VADD Value Added Disk Driver
VAFC VESA Advanced Feature Connector
VAG VRML Architecture Group
VAL Voice Application Language
VAM Virtual Access Method
VAN Value Added Network
VANDL Vancouver Data Language
VAP Value Added Process
VAR Value Added Reseller
VSAP Value Added Service Provider
VAT Value Added Tax
VAX Virtual Address Extension
VB Variable Block
VB Visual Basic
VBA Visual Basic for Applications
VBBS Video Bulletin Board System
VBE/AI Vesa Bios Extension/Audio Interface
VBNS Very high speed Backbone Network Service
VBR Variable Bit Rate
VBRUN Visual Basic Runtime
VBS Video Baseband Signal
VBV Video Buffer Verifier
VBX Visual Basic Control
VC Virtual Channel
VCD Virtual Communications Driver
VCDFS Virtual CDROM File Specification
VCI Virtual Channel Identifier
VCL Visual Component Library
VCOS Visual Caching Operating System
VCPI Virtual Control Program Interface
VCR Video Cassette Recorder
VDE Video Display Editor
VDE Visual Development Environment
VDM Vienna Development Method
VDM Virtual DOS Machine
VDMAD Virtual Direct Memory Access Device
VDS Virtual DMA Services
VDSL Very high data rate Digital Subscriber Line
VDT Video Dialtone
VDT Video Display Terminal
VDU Video Display Unit
VEGA Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter
VEMM Virtual Expanded Memory Manager
VEMMI Videotex Enhanced Man Machine Interface
VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
VEU Volume End User
VEX Video Extension to X
VEXE Virtual Executable
VF Virtual Floppy
VFAT Virtual File Allocation Table
VFD Vacuum Fluorescent Display
VFS VINES File Store
VFS Virtual File System
VFW Video For Windows
VGA Video Graphics Adapter
VGC Video Graphics Controller
VHD Video High Density
VHDL VHSIC Hardware Description Language
VHF Very High Frequency
VHLL Very High Level Language
VHS Very High Speed
VHS Video Home System
VHS Virtual Host Storage
VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
VI Visual Interactive
VIABLE Vertical Installation Automation BaseLine
VIDC Video Controller
VIDINET Video Digital Network
VIDISAT Video Digital in Satellite channels
VIE Virtual Information Environment
VIF Virtual Interrupt Flag
VIM Vendor Independent Messaging
VIM Video Interface Module
VINES Virtual Networking System
VINNI Virtual Interactive Network Navigation Interface
VIO Video Input/Output
VIP Variable Information Processing
VIP Video Information Provider
VIP Virtual Interrupt Pending
VIPER Verifiable Integrated Processor Enhanced Reliability
VIS Video Information System
VIS Voice Information System
VISYON Variables Intelligentes Synchrones Optisches Netz
VITA VMEbus International Trade Association
VJ Van Jacobson
VJ Video Jockey
VLA Very Large Array
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
VLB VESA Local Bus
VLDB Very Large Database
VLF Very Low Frequency
VLIW Very Long Instruction Word
VLM Virtual Loadable Module
VLR Visitor Location Register
VLSI Very Large Scale Intergration
VLSIPS Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis
VLT Variable List Table
VLT Very Large Telescope
VM Value Mark
VM Virtual Machine
VM Virtual Memory
VMA Virtual Memory Address
VMB Virtual Machine Boot
VMC VESA Media Channel
VME Versabus Modified for Eurocard
VME Virtual Memory Environment
VMM Virtual Machine Manager
VMM Virtual Memory Manager
VMOS Vertical MOS
VMS Virtual Memory System
VMTP Versatile Message Transaction Protocol
VN6 Version Nationale 6 Euro Numeris
VNA Virtual Network Architecture
VOD Video On Demand
VOG Video-Oculography
VOM Volt Ohm Meter
VOS Verbal Operating System
VOXEL Volume Element
VP Virtual Path
VP Voltage Plus
VPD Virtual Printer Device
VPDN Virtual Private Data Network
VPDS Virtual Private Data Service
VPI Virtual Private Internet
VPIM Voice Profile for Internet Mail
VPN Virtual Page Number
VPN Virtual Private Network
VPS Video Programming System
VR Virtual Reality
VR Voltage Regulator
VRAM Video RAM
VRC Vertical Redundancy Check
VRE Voltage Regulated Extended
VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VROOMM Virtual Real-time Object Oriented Memory Manager
VRS Voice Response System
VRU Voice Response Unit
VS Virtual Storage
VS Voltage Shield
VSAM Virtual Sequential Access Method
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
VSE Virtual Storage Extended
VSF Vertical Scanning Frequency
VSIO Virtual Serial Input Output
VSM Virtual Shared Memory
VSM Virtual Storage Management
VSN Volume Serial Number
VSOS Virtual Storage Operating System
VSX Verification Suite of X/Open
VSYNC Vertical Synchronization
VT Vertical Tab
VT Video Terminal
VT Virtual Terminal
VT Video Teleconferencing
VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
VTOA Voice and Telephony Over ATM
VTP Viewer Test Page
VTR Video Tape Recorder
VTS Video Teleconferencing System
VUI Video User Interface
VUP VAX Unit of Performance
VWB Visual Workbench
VXD Virtual Extended Driver
W
W/ With
W3 World-Wide Web
W3A World-Wide Web Applets
W3C WWW Corporation
W4 What-Works-With-What
WABI Windows Application Binary Interface
WAIS Wide-Area Information Server
WAITS West-coast Alternative to ITS
WAITS Wide-Area Information Transfer System
WAN Wide-Area Network
WAP Wide-Area Paging
WATS Wide-Area Telecommunications Service
WAV Waveform
WBS Work Breakdown Structure
WCRP World Climate Research Program
WDL Windows Driver Library
WDM Wavelength Division Multiplex
WDRAM Windows Dynamic Random Access Memory
WFW Windows For Workgroups
WHAG Windows Help Authoring Guide
WHAM Waveform Hold and Modify
WHAT Windows Help Authoring Tools
WHC Workstation Host Connection
WIBNI Wouldn't It Be Nice If
WIMP Window, Icon, Menu, Pointing device
WINE Windows Emulator
WINS Windows-Internet Naming Service
WINSOCK Windows Sockets
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization
WISE WordPerfect Information System Environment
WIT Web Interactive Talk
WITS Washington Interagency Telecommunications System
WKS Well Known Services
WKS Worksheet
WILMA Wissenbasiertes LAN Management
WMF Windows Metafile Format
WNIC Wide-Area Network Interface Coprocessor
WNIM Wide-Area Network Interface Module
W/O Without
WOCE World Ocean Circulation Experiment
WOF Web Objects Framework
WOMBAT Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time
WORM Write Once Read Many
WOS Workplace Operating System
WOS Workstation Operating System
WOSA Windows Open Systems Architecture
WP WordPerfect
WPG WordPerfect Graphics
WPHD Write-Protect Hard Disk
WPM Words Per Minute
WPOS Workplace Operating System
WPP Windows Preview Program
WPS Windows Printing System
WPS Workplace Shell
WRAM Windows Random Access Memory
WRK Windows Resource Kit
WRT With Regard To
WRT With Respect To
WS WordStar
WS Workstation
WSH Windows Scripting Host
WT Write Through
WTH What The Hell
WWFO World-Wide Field Operations
WWIS World-Wide Information System
WWW World-Wide Web
WWWW World-Wide Web Worm
WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It
WYSIAYG What You See Is All You Get
WYSIAWYG What You See Is Almost What You Get
WYSIMOLWYG What You See Is More Or Less What You Get
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
WYWO While You Where Out
X
X11 X Windows release 11
X12 ANSI Electronic Data Interchange
X.25 CCITT packet switched network DTE interfacing
X.400 Electronic mail addressing and routing Protocol
X.500 CCITT for distributed network directory services
X86 Intel 80x86 microprocessor family
XA Extended Architecture
XA Extended Attribute
XAO Technologie Assistee par Ordinateur
XAPIA X.400 Application Program Interface Association
XBM X Windows Bitmap
XDF Extended Density Format
XDMCP X Display Manager Control Protocol
XDR External Data Representation
XGA Extended Graphics Array
XID Exchange Identifier
XIE X Image Extension
XIL X11 Imaging Language
XLM Excel Macro Language
XIOS Extended Input/Output System
XLR Extra Long Run
XLS Excel Spreadsheet
XMIT Transmit
XML Extensible Markup Language
XMM Extended Memory Manager
XMS Extended Memory Specification
XNS Xerox Network Systems
XOFF Transmitter Off
XON Transmitter On
XOR Exclusive OR
XPG X/Open Portability Guide
XPG2 X/Open Portability Guide release 2
XREF Cross Reference
XRT Extensions for Real-Time
XSMD Extended Storage Module Drive
XT Extended Technology
XT X-window Toolkit
XTCLK External Transmit Clock
XTI X/Open Transport Interface
XTP Xpress Transport Protocol
XVIEW X-window system-based Visual
XWD X-Window Dump
Y
YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym
YACC Yet Another Compiler Compiler
YAFIYGI You Asked For It, You Got It
YAHOO Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle
YAJSU Yet Another Java Start-Up
YAM Yet Another Modem
YAPT Yet Another Patch Tape
YAUN Yet Another Unix Nerd
YAST Yet Another Setup Tool
YMMV Your Mileage May Vary
YP Yellow Pages
Z
ZBR Zone Bit Recording
ZCAV Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
ZDL Zero Delay Lockout
ZDS Zenith Data Systems
ZGR Zugangsrechner
ZI Zonal Index
ZIF Zero Insertion Force
ZIP Zigzag In-Line Package
ZIP Zone Information Protocol
ZIP Zone Improvement Plan
ZSL Zero Slot LAN
ZVST Zentralvermittlungsstelle
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