Computer Acronyms[ 3 ]

Name Description

3D 3rd Dimension

3D three Dimensional

3PC 3rd Party Connect protocol

[ A ]

Name Description

A3D Aureal 3D

AA Auto Answer (modem)

AAM Automatic Acoustic Management

AAMQR Advanced Audio Master Quality Recording

ABIOS Advanced Basic Input Output System

ABS Anti-Block System

AC Alternating Current

AC'97 Audio Codec '97

ACD Automatic Call Distribution

ACE Audio Card Enhancer

ACI Automatic Channel Installation

ACIS Alan-Chris-Ian-Spatial

ACK ACKnowledged

ACL Access Control List

ACM Association for Computing Machinery

ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

ACT Arithmetic, Control and Timing

ACTS Automated Coin Toll System

ADO ActiveX Data Object

ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation

ADSI Active Directory Service Interfaces

ADSL Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

AEA American Electronics Association

AEC Availability Environment Classification

AES Advanced Encryption Standard

AEX Audio Environmental eXtension

AF AutoFocus

AFC Automatic Frequency Control

AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System

AFTD American Foreing Trade Definitions

AGM Alternate Graphics Mode

AGP Advanced (Accelerated) Graphics Port

AGRAS Anti-Glare, Anti-Reflection, Anti-Static

AGTL Assisted Gunning Transceiver Logic

AH Authentication Header

AIAF Artificial Intelligence Auto Focus

AICT Association Internationale des Critiques de Théatre

AIMM AGP Inline Memory Module

AIN Advanced Intelligent Network

AIT Advanced Intelligent Tape

AITA Association Internationale du Théatre Amateur

ALI Acer Labs Inc.

ALGOL ALGOrithmic Language

ALU Aritmetic-Logical Unit

AM Amplitude Modulation

AMA Automatic Message Accounting

AMBA Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture

AMC ATI Multimedia Channel

AMD Advanced Micro Devices

AMD Autodesk Mechanical Desktop

AMDC Advanced Monitor Deflection Control

AMI Access Method Inc.

AMI Alternative Mask Inversion

AMI American Megatrends Inc.

AML ACPI Machine Language

AMR Anisotropic MagnetoResistive

AMR Audio/Modem Riser

ANAC Automated Number Announcement Circuit

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AOC Admiral Overseas Corporation

AOL America On-Line

AOS Algebraic Operating System

AP Access Point

APC American Power Conversion

APCUG Association of PC User Groups

APA All Pixel Address

API Application Programming Interface

APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller

APM Advanced Power Management

APS Advanced Planning and Scheduling

ARCNet Attached Resource Computer Network

ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited

ARNS A Remote Network Server system

ARP Address Resolution Protocol

ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork

ART Advanced Resolution Technology

ASA American Standards Association

ASAP Accelerated Service Advertising Protocol

ASB Advanced System Bus

ASC Auto Size & Center

ASCC Automatic Sequence-Controlled Calculator

ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations

ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuits

ASK Amplitude Shift Keying

ASL ACPI Source Language

ASM ASseMbly language

ASP Active Server Pages

ASP Application Service Providing

ASPEN ASP-ENabled

ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface

AT Advanced Technology

AT-RMP AppleTalk Routing Maintenance Protocol

AT-NBP AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol

AT-ZIS AppleTalk Zone Information System

ATA AT Attachment

ATAPI AT Attachment Packet Interface

ATDP ATention Dial Pulse

ATDT ATention Dial Tone

ATF Automatic Track Following

ATIP Absolute Time In Pregroove

ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATM Adobe Type Manager

ATVEF Advanced TV Enhancement Forum

AUI Adapter Unit Interface

AURP Appletalk Update-based Routing Protocol

AVI Audio Video Interleave

AVL Automatic Volume Leveler

AWADVS Alias/Wavefront ADvanced ViSualizer

AWG American Wire Gauge

AXP Animated stand-in object eXternal Process

[ B ]

Name Description

B&W Bowers & Wilkins

BA Basic Access

BAF Bellcore AMA Format

BAL Basic Assembly Language

BAM Bell Atlantic Mobile

BAM Bi-directional Associative Memory

BAM Brock Activity Manager

BAN Boundary Access Nodes

BAP Brain Aid Prolog

BAPC Business Application Performance Corporation

BAPI Bridge Application Program Interface

BARRNET Bay Area Regional Research NETwork

BART Bootable Antivirus & Recovery Tools

BASH Bourne-Again SHell

BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

B2B Business To Business

B2C Business To Customer

B2E Business To Employee

BB BaseBand

BBC Boston Business Computing

BBC British Broadcasting Corporation

BBS BIOS Boot Specification

BBS Bulletin Board System

BBS Bulletin Board Service

BBT Basic Block Testing

BBT Bit Block Transfer

BBWA Backup By Walking Around

BC Binary Coded

BC Blind Copy

BC Borland C

BC Business Calculator

Bc Burst committed

BCC Blind Carbon Copy

BCC Block Check Character

BCD BarCelona Division

BCD Binary Coded Decimal

BCD Bipolar CMOS/DMOS

BCDIC Binary Coded Decimal Interchange

BCE Boston Computer Exchange

BCL Batch Command Language

BCP Bekins Communication Package

BCPL Basic Combined Programming Language

BCS Binary Compatibility Standard

BCS Boston Computer Society

BCS British Computer Society

BCW Borland C for Windows

Bd Baud

BDC Borland Dbase Compiler

BDV Boot Volume Descriptor

BDE Borland Database Engine

BDF Business Design Facility

BDL Block Diagram compiLer

BDL Borland Dbase Linker

BDLC Burroughs Data Link Control

BDM Big Dumb Mistake

BDM Boss Document Manager

BDOS Basic Disk Operating System

BE Batch Enhancer

BEA Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Application

BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification

BEDO Burst Extended Data Output

BeOS Be Operating System

BFTP Background File Transfer Program

BGA Ball-Grid Array

BGP Border Gateway Protocol

BINAC BINary Automatic Computer

BIOS Basic Input Output System

BIT Binary Digit

BIU Bus Interface Unit

BJ Bubble Jet

BJT Bipolar Junction Transistor

BLOB Binary Large OBjects

BME Beam Molecular Epitaxy

BOA Basic Object Adapter

BPB BIOS Parameter Block

BPI Bytes Per Inch

BPM Beats Per Minute

BPP Bits Per Pixel

BPS Bits Per Second

BQR Best Quality Reception

BR-SAT-MON BackRoom SATnet MONitoring

BRAM Broadcast Recognizing Access Method

BRI Basic Rate Interface

BS BackSpace

BSA Business Software Alliance

BSC Base Station Controller

BSD Berkeley Software Distribution

BSDI Berkeley Software Design Inc.

BSDL Boundary-Scan Description Language

BSP Binary Search Partition

BTB Branch Target Buffer

BTS Base Transceiver Station

BYTE BinarY digiT Eight

[ C ]

Name Description

CA/CG Computer Animation/Computer Graphics

CAD Computer Aided Design

CAE Computer Aided Engineering

CAFM Computer Aided Facility Management

CAM Common Access Method

CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing

CAMEL Customized Application for Mobile Enhanced Logic

CAN CANcel

CAN Controller Area Network

CAR Collect And Return

CarIN Car Information and Navigation

CAS Column Address Strobe

CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering

CAST C. Adams, S. Tavares

CAV Constant Angular Velocity

CBIOS Compatibility Basic Input Output System

CBS Business Critical Services

CCC Chaos Computer Club

CCD Charge Coupled Device

CCSDS Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems

CCE Concurrent Command Engine

CCS Common Communications Support

CD Compact Disc

CD-DA Compact Disc-Digital Audio

CD-E Compact Disc-Erasable

CD-I Compact Disc-Interactive

CD-MRW Compact Disc-Mount Rainier reWritable

CD-R Compact Disc-Recordable

CD-RAM Compact Disc-Random Access Memory

CD-ROM Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory

CD-RW Compact Disc-reWritable

CD-WO Compact Disc-Write Once

CD-XA Compact Disc-Extanded Architecture

CDC Certificate Distribution Center

CDMA Code-Division Multiple Access

CDSA Common Data Security Architecture

CE Compute Elements

CEDA Central European Data Agency

CENTO Central Treaty Organization

CEO Chief Executive Officer

CESNET Czech Educational and Scientific NETwork

CETI Communication With Extraterrestrial Intelligence

CF Compact Flash

CFML ColdFusion Markup Language

CGA Color Graphics Adapter

CGI Common Gateway Interface

CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol

CHAP Cryptographic Handshake Authentication Protocol

CHTML Compact Hyper Text Markup Language

CIA Central Intelligence Agency

CIC Counter Intelligence Corps

CIDR Classes InterDomain Routing

CIE International Commission on Illumination

CIF Cells In Frames

CIM Compaq Insight Manager

CIPA Camera & Imaging Products Association

CIRC Cross Interleave Reed Solomon product Code

CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer

CLIP Component Library Integration Package

CLUT Color Look-Up Table

CLV Constant Linear Velocity

CM Configuration Manager

CM Connection Machine

CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CMRR Common Mode Rejection Ratio

CMSS Creative Multi-Speaker Surround

CMY Cyan/Magenta/Yellow

CMYK Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/blacK

CNR Communication Network Riser

COAST Cache On A STick

COBOL COmmon Business Language

CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture

COCOM Coordinating Committee

COCOT Customer Owned Customer Operated Telephone

COM Component Object Model

COM Computer Output on Microfilm

CONET Czech Open NETwork

COSPAR Committee Of SpAce Research

CPHB Computer Protocol Heart Beat

CPI Character Per Inch

CPI Common Programming Interface

CPLIP Compressed Parallel Line Internet Protocol

CPNX Computer Protocol Network eXecutive

CPS Character Per Seconde

CPU Central Processor Unit

CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers

CPM Critical Path Method

CR Carriage Return

CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRM Customer Relationship Management

CRT Cathode Ray Tube

CS Cable Select

CS Clear to Send

CS Crystal Semiconductor

CSA Chief Software Architect

CSD Circuit Switched Data

CSDI Compressed Serial Digital Interface

CSDN Circuit Switched Data Network

CSG Constructive Solid Geometry

CSH C SHell

CSI Computer Security Institute

CSM Central Switch Matrix

CSMA Carrier Sense Multiple Access

CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Media Access with Collision Detection

CSP Certified Solution Provider

CSTM Cinema SubTitles Machine

CSS Cascading Style Sheets

CSS Content Scrambling System

CTCP Client-to-Client-Protocol

CTI Computer Telephony Integration

CTS Clear To Send

CTX Chuntex Electronic Corporation

CUA Common User Access

CVD Chemical Vapor Deposition

CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

CVS Concurrent Versions System

CWDM Course Wavelength Division Multiplex

[ D ]

Name Descrition

D-RDRAM Direct Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory

D3D Direct 3D

DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting

DAC Digital/Analog Converter

DAME Dark Avenger Mutation Engine

DAO Disk At Once

DASD Direct Access Storage Device

DAT Digital Audio Tape

DBB Dynamic Bass Boost

DBF DataBase File

DBI Dynamic Bus Inversion

DBR DOS Boot Record

DC Direct Current

DC Dual Channel

DCC Digital Compact Cassette

DCC Digital Content Creation

DCC Direct-Client-to-Client

DCC Display Communication Channel

DCD Data Carrier Detect

DCE Data Circuit-terminating Equipment

DCE Data Communications Equipment

DCF Design rule for Camera Filesystem

DCI Direct Control Interface

DCI Display Control Interface

DCMA Digital Millennium Copyright Act

DCOM Distributed Component Object Model

DCR Digital Colour Restoration

DCT Discrete Cosine Transform

DD Double Density

DDA Digital Differential Analyzer

DDB Device Dependent Bitmap

DDC Display Data Channel

DDC/CI Display Data Channel Command Interface

DDE Dynamic Data Exchange

DDK Device Driver Kit

DDK Driver Development Kit

DDMA Distributed Direct Memory Access

DDML Document Definition Markup Language

DDNS Dual Dynamic Noise Suppresser

DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Service

DDO Dynamic Drive Overlay

DDP Datagram Delivery Protocol

DDR Double Data Rate

DDS Digital Data Storage

DECTRA DECca Track and RAnge

DELRAC DEcca Long Range Area Coverage

DEC Digital Equipment Corporation

DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications

DES Data Encryption Standard

DFS Distributed File System

DFC Dynamic Feedback Circuit

DFC Dynamic Focus Circuit

DFP Digital Flat Panel

DFT Discrete Fourier Transformation

DGP Dissimilar Gateway Protocol

DGPS Differential Global Positioning System

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIAC DIode Alternate Current switch

DIB Device Independent Bitmap

DIB Dual Independent Bus

DIGIC DIGital Imaging Core

DIL Dual In-line Package

DIME DIrect Memory Execute

DIMM Dual In-Line Memory Module

DIP Dual In-line Package

DIRECT X DIRECT eXtension

DIX DEC-Intel-Xerox

DJGPP DJ delorie GNU C++ compiler

DLL Dynamic Link Library

DLP Digital Light Processing

DSL Data Link Service

DLS Digital Loop Service 

DLS Distributed Link Services

DLS Directory Location Service

DLS DownLoadable Sounds

DLS Dynamic Load Sharing

DLT Digital Linear Tape

DMA Direct Memory Access

DMCA Digital Millennium Copyright Act

DMD Digital Micromirror Device

DME Distance-Measuring Equipment

DMI Desktop Management Interface

DMM Diamond MultiMedia

DMOS Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor

DMS Document Management System

DMT Discrete Monitor Timings

DMTF Desktop Management Task Force

DMU Digital Mock-Up

DN DOS Navigator

DNA Distributed interNet Architecture

DNR Digital Noise Reduction

DNS Domain Name Server

DOS Disk Operating System

DOW Direct OverWrite

DPCM Differential Pulse Code Modulation

DPI Dots Per Inch

DPMI Dos Protected Mode Interface

DPMS Display Power Management System

DPMS Dos Protected Mode Services

DPOF Digital Print Order Format

DPS Digital Processing Systems

DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory

DRAW Direct Read After Write

DS Double Side

DSAM Data Set Access Method

DSC Digital Sound Control

DSD Document Structure Description

DSM Directory Service Migration

DSN Deep Space Network

DSP Digital Signal Processor

DSP Display Systems Protocol

DSR Data Set Ready

DSS Digital Signature Standard

DSSSL Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

DSSSL Document Style and Semantics Specification Language

DT4DTD Data Types For DTD

DTA Dave's Targa Animator

DTA Disk Transfer Area

DTA Dynamic Traffic Assignment

DTC Distributed Transaction Coordinator

DTCP Digital Transmission Content Protection

DTE Data Terminal Equipment

DtFT Discrete-time Fourier Transformation

DTL Digital Tape Library

DTL Diode-Transistor Logic

DTP DeskTop Publishing

DTR Data Terminal Ready

DTS Digital Theatre System

DUN Dial-Up Networking

DV Digital Video

DVB-C Digital Video Broadcasting-Cable

DVB-TS Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite

DVB-T Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial

DVI Digital Video Interactive

DVD Digital Video (Versatile) Disc

DWANGO Dial-up Wide Area Network Gaming Organization

DXF autocad Drawing eXchange Format

DXR Dynamic eXtension Resolution

[ E ]

Name Description

E-DDC Enhanced Extended Display Data Channel

E-EDID Enhanced Extended Display Identification Data standard

E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo

EAGLE Easily Applicable Graphical Layout Editor

EAN European Article Numbering

EAROM Electrically Alternate Programmable Read Only Memory

EAX Environmental Audio eXtension

EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

ECC Error Checking and Correction

ECC Error Correction Code

ECD Enhanced Color Display

ECP Enhanced Capability Port

ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association

ECSS European Communication Satellite System

ECU European Currency Unit

ECU EISA Configuration Utility

ED Extra Density

EDA Electronic Design Automation

EDC Error Detection Code

EDGE Enhanced Data rate for Global Evolution

EDI Electronic Data Interchange

EDID Extended Display Identification Data

EDIP Electronic Document Image Processing

EDORAM Extended Data Output Random Access Memory

EDP Electronic Data Processing

EDPT Enhanced Drive Parameter Table

EEG ElektroEncefaloGraf

EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification

EEPROM Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory

EER Equal Error Rate

EFM Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation

EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter

EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol

EIA Electronic Industry Association

EIDE Enhanced Integrated Device Electronic

EIR Equipment Identity Register

EIS Executive Information Systems

EISA European Imaging and Sound Association

EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture

EJB Enterprise JavaBean

ELD Electronic License Distribution

ELF Executable and Linking Format

ELF Extra Low Frequency

ELSI Extreme Large Scale Integration

EMA Enterprise Memory Architecture

EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference

EMINENT Expert Meeting of International and National Educational NeTworks

EMM Expanded Memory Manager

EMP Emergency Management Port

EMR Electro Mechanical Relay

EMS Expanded Memory Specification

ENIAC Electronic Numerator, Integrator, Analyzer and Calculator

EOF End Of File

EON Enhanced Other Network

EOS Equation Operating System

EOT End Of Transmission

EP Enterprise Portal

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing

EPICenter Electronic Photography and Imaging Center

EPP Enhanced Parallel Port

EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EPS Encapsulated PostScript

ERMES Enhanced Radio MEssage System

ERP Enterprise Resource Planning

ESA Electronic Shock Absorption

ESC ESCape

ESD Electronic Software Distribution

ESD ElectroStatic Discharge

ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface

ESDRAM Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

ESMA Extended Server Memory Architecture

ESP Encapsulated Security Payload

ETHERIP ETHERnet-within-IP encapsulation

ETSI European Technical Standards Institute

EU Execution Unit

EVC Enhanced Video Connector

EVD Enhanced Versatile Disc

[ F ]

Name Description

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions

FAR False Acceptance Rate

FAT File Allocation Table

FATSERV FATmen SERVer

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

FC-AL Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop

FCB File Control Block

FCC Federal Communications Commission

FCP Firewall Control Protocol

FCPGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array

FCS Fibre Channel Standard

FDC FloppyDisk Controller

FDD FloppyDisk Drive

FDDI Fibre Distributed Data Interface

FE/TE Focus Error/Tracking Error

FED Field Emission Display

FET Field Effected transistor

FF Form Feed

FFD Free Form Deformation

FFP Free Form Prism

FFT Fast Fourier Transformation

FHSS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

FIFO First In-First Out

FIPS First nondestructive Interactive Partition Splitting

FIR Fast serial InfraRed

FIR Finite Impulse Response

FIRE Flexible Routing Engine

Flash EPROM Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

FM Frequency Modulation

FMD Fluorescent Multilayer Disc

FNC Federal Network Council

ForTran Formula Translator

FPDI Flat Panel Display Interface

FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array

FPIC Field Programmable Integrated Circuits

FPM Fast Page Mode

FPMPMI Flat Panel Monitor Physical Mounting Standard

FPS Frames Per Second

FPROT File PROTect

FPU Floating-Point Unit

FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name

FRR False Rejection Rate

FSAA Full Scene Anti-Aliasing

FSB Front Side Bus

FSF Free Software Foundation

FSK Frequency Shift Keying

FTD Fluorescent Tube Display

FTP File Transfer Protocol

FTS Favorite Track Selection

FWA Fixed Wireless Access

FWH FirmWare Hub

[ G ]

Name Description

GART Graphics Address Remapping Table

GCC GNU C Compiler

GDI Graphics Device Interface

GDT Global Description Table

GDTR Global Description Table Register

GGP Gateway to Gateway Protocol

GHA Gigabit Highway Alliance

GID Group IDentification

GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out

GIMP General Image Manipulation Program

GIS Geographics Information System

GLB Generic Logic Block

GLUT Graphics Library Utility Toolkit

GMR Giant MagnetoResistive

GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying

GMT Greenwich Mean Time

GNAT GNU Ada Translator

GND GrouND

GNU GNU's Not Unix

GPA Graphics Port Accelerator

GPC GNU Pascal Compiler

GPF General Protection Fault

GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus

GPL General Public License

GPP GNU C++ compiler

GPRS General Packet Radio System

GPS Global Positioning System

GPSS General Purpose System Simulator

GPT Graphics Performance Tool

GPU Graphics Processing Unit

GRE General Routing Encapsulation

GREP Generalized Regular Expression Parser

GRP Global Routing Pool

GSM Global System for Mobile Communication

GTLB Graphics Translation Look-aside Buffer

GTF Generalized Timing Formula

GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic

GTO Gate Turn Off

GTP GPRS Tunneling Protocol

GTS GigaTexel Shading

GUI Graphical User Interface

GUS Gravis UltraSound

[ H ]

Name Description

HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer

HAVI Home Audio Visual Interoperatibility

HBL Hue/Brightness/Luminosity

HCG Hercules Graphics Card

HCS Hard-Class Silica

HCT Hardware Compatibility Tests

HD High Density

HDA Hard Disk Assembly

HDC HardDisk Controller

HDCD High Definition Compact Disc

HDD HardDisk Drive

HDI High Definition Imaging

HDLC High level Data Link Control

HDR Hard Disk Recording

HDR High Dynamic Range

HDSS Holographic Data Storage System

HEL Hardware Emulation Layer

HFS Hierarchical File System

HGC Hercules Graphics Controller

HIC Hybrid Integrated Circuit

HID Human Interface Devices

HIR Hidden Internal Registers

HIRD HURD of Interafaces Representing Depth

HLR Home Location Register

HLS Hue/Lightness/Saturation

HMA High Memory Area

HMP Host Monitoring Protocol

HOE Holographic Optical Elements

HP Hewlett Packard

HPC Hand-held Personal Computer

HPFS High Performance File System

HPGL Hewlett Packard Graphics Language

HPOM Home Page Object Model

HPSB High Performance Serial Bus

HRTF Head-Related Transfer Function

HS High Speed (modem connection)

HSB Hue/Saturation/Brightness

HSCSD High Speed Circuit-Switched Data

HSDRAM High speed Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

HSI Hue/Saturation/Intensity

HSL Hue/Saturation/Luminosity

HSM Hierarchical Storage Management

HST High Speed Technology

HSV Hue/Saturation/Value

HT HyperThreading

HTML Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

HUD Heads-Up Display

HURD HIRD of Unix Replacing Daemons

HW HardWare

[ I ]

Name Description

IBASES Intel Baseline AGP System Evaluation Suite

IBM International Business Machine

IBMR Image Based Method Rendering

IA-64 Intel Architecture 64bit

IAB Internet Architecture Board

IANA International Article Numbering Association

IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

IC Integrated Circuit

ICAS International Campaign of Abandonware Supporters

ICB Image Capture Board

ICB Intel Code Builder

ICD Installable Client Driver

ICL Iob Control Language

ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol

ICQ [I SeeK you]

ICS Internet Caching System

ICU ISA Configuration Utility

ICW Internet Connection Wizard

ID IDentification

IDAPI Independent Database Application Programming Interface

IDC International Data Corporation

IDE Integrated Developement Environment

IDE Integrated Device Electronic

IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm

IDL Interface Description Language

IDPR Inter-Domain Policy Routing protocol

IDPR-CMTP IDPR Control Message Transport Protocol

IDRP Inter-Domain Routing Protocol

IDS Identification of Digitized Roads

IDSA Interactive Digital Software Association

IDT Integrated Device Technology

IEAK Internet Explorer Administration Kit

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IESG steering group of Internet Engineering Task Force

IETF Internet Engineering Task Force

IFM Intelligent Flow Management

IFMA International Facility Management Association

IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor

IGDT Inert Gas Discharge Tube

IGP any private Interior Gateway Protocol

IHS Integrated Heat Spreader

IHV Independent Hardware Vendor

IIC Inter IC Bus

IID Interaural Intensity Difference

IIF Informix Internet Foundation

IIOP Internet InterORB Protocol

IIR Infinite Impulse Response

IIS Internet Information Server

IIT Integrated Information Technology

ILS International Lyrics Server

IKE Internet Key Exchange

IM-BUS InterMetal-Bus

IMAP3 Interactive Mail Access Protocol v3

IMB InterModule Bus

IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identification

IMSP Interactive Mail Support Protocol

IN Intelligent Network

INTEL INTegrated ELectronic

INTERNET INTERnational NETwork

IO Input/Output

IOC IBM Open Classes

IOL Internet OnLine

IORQ Input/Output ReQuest

IPC Inter-Process Communication

IPCU Internet Packet Core Utility

IPEAK Intel Performance Evaluation and Analysis Kit

IPI Internal Processor Interrupt

IPIP IP-within-IP encapsulation protocol

IPL Initial Program Load

IPN InterPlanetary Network

IPNRG Interplanetary Internet Research Group

IPPC Internet Pluribus Packet Core

IPS Intelligent Power Switch

IPX Internetwork Packet eXchange

IQ Intelligence Quotient

IR InfraRed

IRC Internet Relay Chat

IrDA Infrared Data Association

IRP I/O Request Packed

IRQ Interrupt ReQuest

IRTP Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol

ISI Information Sciences Institute

ISM Integrated Switch Module

ISO-TP4 ISO Transport Protocol class 4

ISP Internet Service Provider

ISS Integrated System Services

ISS International Space System

ISSCC International Solid-State Circuits Conference

IT Information Technology

ITAA International Technology Association of America

ITD Interaural Time Difference

ITT International Telephone and Telegraph

ITU-TSS International Telecommunications Union-Telecommunication Standards Sector

ISO International Standard Organization

ISO-IP ISO Internet Protocol

ISA Industry Standard Architecture

ISA Instruction Set Architecture

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network

ISM Input Switch Matrix

ISSI Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.

IVBC Intel Video Business Conferencing

IVC Integrated Visual Computing

IWU Inter Working Unit

IXP Image processing eXternal Process

[ J ]

Name Description

JBIG Joint Bi-level Image Expert Group

JDK Java Development Kit

JEITA Japan Electronics and Information Technology Association

JFIF Joint File Interchange Format

JFET Junction Field Effected transistor

JIPA JUMPtec Intelligent Panel Adaptation

JIT Just In Time

JPEG Joint Photographic Expert Group

JRC JUMPtec Remote Control

JRE Java Runtime Environment

JSP Java Server Pages

JST Japanese Solderless Terminals

JTC1 Joint Technical Committee 1

JVM Java Virtual Machine

[ K ]

Name Description

KDC Key Distribution Center

KDE K Desktop Environment

KFC Kuo Feng Corporation

KFMF Kosmic Music Free Foundation

KNI Katmai New Instructions

KOI Kod dlja Obmìna Informacii

KSH Korn SHell

KXP Keyframer eXternal Process

[ L ]

Name Description

L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol

LADDR LAyered Device Driver aDchitecture

LAN Local Area Network

LARP Lotus Address Resolution Protocol

LASER Light Amplification Stimulated Emission of Radiation

LATEX Lesslie-Lamport's Advanced TEX

LBA Logical Block Addressing

LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

LCC Logical Link Control

LCCC Leadless Ceramic Chip Carrier

LCD Liquid Crystal Display

LCM LANDesk Configuration Manager

LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDP Linux Documentation Project

LDT Local Description Table

LDTR Local Description Table Register

LED Light Emitting Diode

LEO Low Earth Orbit

LF Line Feed

LIFO Last In-First Out

LiLo Linux Loader

LIM Lotus Intel Microsoft standard

LIMDOW Light Intensity Modulation Direct OverWrite

LIMM Light Intensity Modulation Method

LIMOS Laser Intensity MOdulation System

LISP Lots of Irritating Superfluous Parentheses :-)

LL Leased Lines

LLC Logical Link Control

LLP London Logic Praha

LMA Light Memory Architecture

LMS Learning Management System

LP Long Play

LPAC Lossless Predictive Audio Compression

LPF League for Programming Freedom

LPT Line Printer Terminal

LQ Letter Quality

LRU Last Recently Used

LSB Least Significant Bit

LSI Large Scale Integration

LSM Linux Software Map

LTO Linear Tape-Open

LUN Logical UNit

LUT Look-Up Table

LVD Low Voltage Differential

LW Long Wave

[ M ]

Name Description

M68k Motorola 68xxx processor

MAC Media Access Controller

MAC Message Authentication Code

MAGLEV MAGnetic LEVitation

MAJC Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing

MAME Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

MAN Metropolitan Area Network

MARS Multicast Address Resolution Service

MARSat Mars Aerostacionary Relay Satellite

MAS Multilevel Analog Signaling

MASER Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

MASH Multi Stage Noise Shaping

MAU Media Attachment Unit

MAU Multistation Access Unit

MAX Matrox Animation eXpress

MaxMTU MaxiMum Transmission Unit

MB MainBoard (MotherBoard)

MBE Molecular Beam Epitaxy

MBONE Multicast BackbONE

MBR Master Boot Record

MC Magnetofon Cassette

MCA MicroChannel Architecture

MCB Memory Control Block

MCC Media Control Center

MCCS Monitor Control Command Set

MCD Mini-Client Driver

MCD Motherboard Configurable Devices

MCGA Multi-Color Graphics Array

MCH Memory Controller Hub

MCI Media Control Interface

MCT MOS Controlled Thyristor

MCU MCA Configuration Utility

MD MiniDisc

MDA Monochrome Display Adapter

MDAC Microsoft Data Access Components

MDF Mobile Data Framework

MDPA Monochrom Display and Printer Adapter

MDRAM Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory

MEGA PC MSI Entertainment and Gaming Appliance

MEL Maya Embedded Language

MEMS Micro-Electro-Mechanical System

MER Micro Electronic Relay

MERIT-INP MERIT INternodal Protocol

MEXE Mobile station application EXecution Environment

MFCC Magnetic Field Cancel Coil

MFE-NSP MFE Network Services Protocol

MFLOPS Million Floating Operations per Second

MFM Modified Frequency Modulation

MGA Matrox Graphics Adapter

MGD MOSFET Gate Driver

MHP Multimedia Home Platform

MHRP Mobile Host Routing Protocol

MHS Message Handling System

MIB Management Information Base

MIC Marathon Interface Card

MIC Memory In Cartridge

MICP Mobile Internetworking Control Protocol

MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIFD Management Information Format Database

MILNET MILitary NETwork

MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension

MIMO Multi Input Multi Output

MIPS Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed :-)

MIPS Million Instructions per Second

MIS Metal Insulated Semiconductor

MJPEG Motion Joint Picture Expert Group

MLM Master Library Module

MLM Multi Level Marketing

MLID Multiple Link Interface Driver

MMC Microsoft Management Console

MMC MultiMedia Command set

MML Man Machine Language

MMR Modified Modified Read

MMU Memory Management Unit

MMX MultiMedia eXtension

MO Magneto-Optical

MO-CVD Metal Organic-Chemical Vapor Deposition

MOCA Music Online Competition Act

MODEM MOdulator-DEModulator

MOPS Minimized Open PC System

MOS Metal Oxid Semiconductor

MOT Microwave Oven Transformer

MP/M Multiprogramming Control Program for Microcomputers

MP3 MPeg I, layer 3

MPAA Motion Picture Association of America

MPC Multimedia Personal Computer

MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group

MPEG-2 AAC MPEG-2 Advanced Audio Compression

MPL Meridian Lossless Packing

MPML Main Profile at Main Level

MPO Music Power Output

MPP netix Message Posting Protocol

MPS Million Pixels per Second

MR MagnetoResistive heads

MR Master Reset

MR Modem Ready

MRA Multi-Resolution Analysis

MRO Maintenance, Repair and Operation

MRP Material Requirements Planning

MRP II Manufacturing Requirements Planning

MRS Media Recognition System

MRX MagnetoResistive eXtended

MS Microsoft

MSAA Microsoft Active Accessibility

MSAU MultiStation Access Unit

MSB Most Significant Bit

MSC Mobile Services switching Centre

MSCDEX Microsoft Compact Disc EXtension

MSCS Microsoft Cluster Server

MSD Microsoft Diagnostic

MSDN Microsoft Developer Network

MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet

MSI Message Signaled Interrupts

MSI Middle Scale Integration

MSIE Microsoft Internet Explorer

MSN Microsoft Network

MSN Multiple Subscriber Number

MTA Mail Transfer Agent

MTBF Medium Time Between Failures

MTH Memory Translator Hub

MTP Multicast Transport Protocol

MTS Microsoft Transaction Server

MTTR Mean Time To Repair

MTU Maximum Transmission Unit

MUD Multi-User Dungeon

MULDEX MULtiplexor-DEmultipleXor

MUX MUltipleXing

MW Medium Wave

[ N ]

Name Description

NAB - National Association of BroadcastersNAK - Not AcKnowledgedNAL - Novell Application LauncherNAS - Network Attach StorageNASA - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNAT - Network Address TranslationNAV - Network Allocation VectorNAV - Norton AntiVirusNBD - Next Business DayNC - Norton CommanderNCB - Network Control BlockNCI - Network Computer Inc.NCSA - National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsNCSA - National Computer Security AssociationNDIS - Network Driver Interface SpecificationNDM - Network DataMoverNDMP - Network Data Management ProtocolNDPS - Novell Distributed Print ServicesNDS - Notes Domain ServerNDS - Novell Directory ServicesNEAT - Novell Easy Administrator ToolNEC - Nippon Electric CompanyNEO - Near-Earth ObjectsNetBEUI - NetBIOS Extended User InterfaceNEXT - Near End CrossTalkNFR - Near Field RecordingNFS - Network File SystemNGIO - New Generation Input/OutputNHRP - NBMA Next Hop Resolution ProtocolNIC - Network Information CentreNIC - Network Interface CardNIS - Network Information ServiceNIST - National Institute for Standards and TechnologyNIX - Neutral Interent eXchangeNLM - Netware Loadable ModuleNLQ - Near Letter QualityNLS - National Language SupportNMA - NetWare Management AgentNMEA - National Marine Electronics Association

NMI - Non-Maskable InterruptNMS - Netelligent Management SoftwareNMU - Network Management UnitNNR - NetName ResolvingNNTP - Network News Transfer ProtocolNOP - No OperationNOSA - National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsNPU - Numeric Processor UnitNREN - National Research and Education NetworkNRTZ - Non Return To ZeroNSFNET - National Science Foundation NETworkNSR - nVidia Shading RasterizerNST - Neon Sign TransformerNSS - Novell Storage ServicesNTFS - New Technology File SystemNTSC - National Television Standards CommitteeNTT - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone corporationNU - Norton UtilitiesNUMA - Non-Uniform Memory AccessNURBS - Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline representationNVP - Network Voice ProtocolNYEO - Norton Your Eyes Only

[ O ]

Name Description

OA Object Adapter

OAW Optically Assisted Winchester

OBEX OBject EXchange

OBIT Oil Burner Ignition Transformer

OC OverClocking

OC Oudin Coil

OCI Optical Couple Insulator

OCR Optical Character Recognition

OCTEK OCean TECHnology

ODBC Open DataBase Connectivity

ODI Open Data-link Interface

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

OGM OutGoing Message

OH Off Hook (modem)

OLAP OnLine Analytical Processing

OLE Object Linking and Embedding

OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing

OMG Object Management Group

OMG Open Management Group

OOP Object Oriented Programming

OPC Optimum Power Calibration

OPC Originating Point Code

OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OpenAL Open Audio Library

OpenGL Open Graphics Library

ORB Object Request Broker

OS Operating System

OSD On Screen Display

OSI Open Systems Interconnection

OSM Output Switch Matrix

OSTA Optical Storage Technology Association

OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometry

OTP-ROM One Time Programmable Read Only Memory

OVAL Object Visual Application Language

OUI Offline Usenet Interface

[ P ]

Name Description

PAC - Platform Adapter ComponentPAD - Packet Assembler/DissemblerPADS - Personal Automated Design SystemPAE - Physical Address ExtensionsPAL - Phase Alternation Line

PAP - Password Authentication ProtocolPA-RISC - Precision Architecture Reduced Instruction Set ComputerPAT - PArtition TablePBCache - Pipeline Burst CachePC - Personal ComputerPC - Program CounterPCA - Printed Circuit AssemblyPCA - Program Calibration ArrayP-CAV - Partial Constant Angular VelocityPCB - Printed-Circuit BoardPCI - Peripheral Component InterconnectPCI SIG - Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest GroupPCL - Postscript Communication LanguagePCM - PC MagazinePCM - Pulse Code ModulationPCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card AssociationPCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry AcronymsPCR - PCI Configuration RegistersPCS - Personal Card SystemPCS - Portable Computer SystemPDA - Percent Defective AllowablePDA - Personal Digital AssistantPDAP - Prospero Data Access ProtocolPDC - Programme Delivery ControlPDL - Page Description LanguagePDN - Public Data NetworkPDP - Parallel Data ProcessingPDU - Protocol Description UnitPEEL - Programmable Electrically Erasable LogicPEM - Privacy Enhanced MailPERL - Practical Extraction and Report LanguagePGA - Pin Grid ArrayPGA - Professional Graphics AdapterPGM - Portable GrayMapPGML - Precision Graphics Markup LanguagePGP - Pretty Good PrivacyPHP - Hypertext PreprocessorPIC - Paegas Internet CallPIC - Power Integrated CircuitPIC - Programmable Interrupt ControllerPID - Process IDentificationPILOT - Programmed Instruction Learning Or TestingPIM - Personal Information ManagerPIN - Personal Identification NumberPINE - Program for Internet News and EmailPINE - PINE Is Not Elm ]-)

PING - Packet InterNet GroperPIO - Parallel Input/OutputPIO - Programmed Input/OutputPIP - Picture In PicturePIP - Power Interface ProductsPISA - PCI+ISAPIXEL - PIcture ELementPLCC - Plastic Leaded Chip CarrierPLEDM - Phase-state Low Electron Drive MemoryPLIP - Parallel Line Internet ProtocolPLL - Phase Locked LoopPM - Phase ModulationPMA - Photo Marketing AssociationPMA - Program Memory ArrayPME - Power Management EventPMM - POST Memory ManagerPMM - Power Management ModePMMU - Paged Memory Management UnitPMP - Portable Media PlayerPMPO - Power Maximum Peak OutputPMT - PhotoMultiplier TubePNI - Prescott New InstructionsPnP - Plug and PlayPOCSAG - Post Office Code Standardization GroupPOF - Plastic Optic FiberPOI - Point Of InterconnectionPOP - Post Office ProtocolPOSIX - Portable Operating System InterfacePOST - Power On Self TestPOV-Ray - Persistence Of Vision RaytracerPPC - Plasma Particle CannonPPC - Power PCPPGA - Plastic Pin Grid ArrayPPM - Page Per MinutePPM - Portable PixMapPPP - Point-to-Point ProtocolPPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling ProtocolPQ - PowerQuestPRA - Primary Rate AccessPRAM - Parameter Random Access MemoryPRM - Packet Radio MeasurementPRML - Partial Response Maximum LikehoodPROLOG - PROgramming LOGicPROM - Programmable Read Only MemoryPS - Personal SystemPSDN - Packet Switched Data Network

PSK - Phase Shift KeyingPSP - Program Segment PrefixPTP - Parcel Transfer ProtocolPTP - Peer To PeerPTSA - Product Term Sharing ArrayPTY - Program TYpePUK - Personal Unblocking KeyPVC - Permanent Virtual ChannelPVI - Photo Voltaic IsolatorPVP - Packet Video ProtocolPWM - Pulse Width ModulationPXE - Preboot eXecution EnvironmentPXP - Program modeling eXternal Process

[Q]

Name Description

QA Quality Assurance

QBE Query By Example

QC Quality Control

QD Quad Channel

QDR Quadruple Data Rate

QEMM Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager

QFP Quad Fine Pitch

QIC Quarter Inch Cartridge

QOS Quality Of Services

QPS Quark Publishing System

QRSL Quad RAMBUS Signaling Level

QT QuickTime

QTML QuickTime Media Layer

[R]

Name Description

R&D - Research & DevelopmentRADAR - RAdio Detection And RangingRAID - Redundant Array of Independent DisksRAM - Random Access MemoryRAM - Rechargeable Alkaline ManganeseRAMAC - Random Access Method of Accounting and ControlRAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital/Analog ConverterRAN - Regional Area NetworkRAO - Revenue Accounting Office

RAP - Roving Analysis PortRARP - Reverse Address Resolution ProtocolRAS - Remote Access ServiceRAS - Row Address StrobeRAVE - Rendering Acceleration Virtual EngineRAW - Read After WriteRCA - Radio Corporation of AmericaRCS - Revision Control SystemRD - Receiving DataRGF - Resource Description FrameworkRGSS - Rotated Grid Super-SamplingRDP - Reliable Data ProtocolRDRAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access MemoryRDS - Radio Data SystemREAD - Relative Element Address DifferentiationRELAX - REgular LAnguage for XMLRET - Resolution Enhancement TechnologyRFC - Request for CommentsRFI - Radio Frequency InterferenceRGB - Red/Green/BlueRGBA - Red/Green/Blue/AlphaRGN - Random Number GeneratorRGP - Report Generator ProgramRI - Ring IndicatorRIAA - Recording Industry Association of AmericaRID - Recorder unique IDentifierRIMM - Rambus In-line Memory ModuleRIP - RIPscrip graphics protocolRISC - Reduced Instruction Set ComputerRIVA - Real-time Interactive Video and animation AcceleratorRMS - Root Mean SquareRNA - RiboNucleon AcidRNS - Reflection Network SeriesROM - Read Only MemoryROM - Rivers Of MudROP - Raster Operation CodeRLE - Run Length Encoded (Encoding)RLL - Run Length LimitedRLP - Radio Link ProtocolRPC - Remote Procedure CallRPM - Redhat Package ManagerRS-PC - Reed Solomon Product CodeRS - Recommended StandardRS - Request to SendRSU - Remote Subscribe UnitRSVP - ReSerVation Protocol

RSX 3D - Realistic 3D Sound ExperienceRTC - Real Time ClockRTC - Return To ControlRTS - Request To SendRTJWG - Real-Time Java Working GroupRTOS - Real-Time Operating SystemRTP - Real-Time PlatformRVD - MIT Remote Virtual Disk protocolRWM - Read-Write MemoryRxD - Receive Data

[S]

Name Description

S/NR - Signal/Noise RatioS/PDIF - Sony/Philips Digital InterFaceS3TC - S3 Texture CompressionSAA - Systems Application ArchitectureSACD - Super Audio Compact DiscSAM - Security Account ManagerSAN - Storage Area NetworkSANDRA - System ANalyser Diagnostic and Reporting AssistantSAO - Session At OnceSAP - Service Advertising Protocol

SAR - Specific Absorption RateSAR - Synthetic Aperture RadarSASI - Shugart Associates System InterfaceSAT-MON - SATnet MONitoringSB - SoundBlasterSCAM - SCSI Configured AutomaticallySCAVEM - SCAn VElocity ModulationSCI - System Control InterruptSCL - Superscape Control LanguageSCM - Supply Chain ManagementSCMS - Serial Copy Management SystemSCO - Santa Cruz OperationSCOPE - Supply Chain Optimization, Planning and ExecutionSCPI - Standard Commands for Programmable InstrumentsSCR - Silicon Controlled RectifierSCSI - Small Computer System InterfaceSD - Sending DataSD - Single DensitySD-DVD - Super Density Digital Video DiscSDA - Source Data AutomationSDDI - Serial Digital Data InterfaceSDDS - Sony Dynamic Digital SoundSDK - Software Development KitSDLC - Synchronous Data Link ControlSDMI - Secure Digital Music InitiativeSDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access MemorySDRP - Source Demand Routing ProtocolSDT - Software Developer ToolkitSE - Single EndedSEC - Single Edge ContactSECAM - Sequential Color With MemorySECC - Single Edge Contact CartridgeSEGA - Super Enhanced Graphics AdapterSEP - Sequential Exchange ProtocolSEPP - Single Edge Processor PackageSESR - Standard Event Status RegisterSET - Secure Electronic TransactionSETI - Search for Extraterrestrial IntelligenceSFF - Small Form Factor CommitteeSFFO - Small Form Factor Optical storageSFT - System Fault ToleranceSFT - System File TableSFX - SelF eXtractorSGI - Servers and Graphics IntegratedSGI - Silicon Graphics Inc.SGML - Standard Generalized Markup Language

SGP - Soukup Graphics PreprocessorSGRAM - Synchronous Graphics Random Access MemorySID - Sound Interface DeviceSIGS - Special Interest GroupSSIL - Solid Immersion LensSIM - Subscriber Information ModuleSIMD - Single Instruction Multiple DataSIMM - Single In-line Memory ModuleSIO - Serial Input/OutputSIP - Simple Internet ProtocolSIP - Single In-line PackageSIP - Super Impacted ParticlesSIPP-ESP - SIPP Encap Security PayloadSIPP-AH -SIPP Authentication HeaderSIR - Serial InfraRedSiS - Silicon integrated SystemsSLDRAM - SyncLink Dynamic Random Access MemorySLI - Scan Line InterleavingSLIC - System License Internal CodeSLIP - Serial Line Internet ProtocolSLP - Service Location ProtocolSMA - Shared Memory ArchitectureSMART - Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting TechnologySMB - Server Message BoxSMC - Standard Microsystem CorporationSMCS - Serial Copy Management SystemSMD - Surface Mounting DeviceSMI - System Management InterruptSMM - System Management ModeSMP - Symmetrical MultiProcessingSMS - Short Message ServiceSMSC - Short Message Service CentreSMT - Simultaneous Multi-ThreadingSMT - Single-pass Multi-TexturingSMT - Surface Mounting TechnologySMTP - Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolSNA - Systems Network ArchitectureSNAP - Symbolic Network Analysis ProgramSNES - Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemSNG - Satellite News GatheringSNMP - Simple Network-Management ProtocolSNOBOL - String-Oriented Symbolic LanguageSOC - System On a ChipSODIMM - Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory ModuleSOH - Start Of HeadingSoHo - Small Office-Home Office

SOIC - Small Outline Integrated CircuitSOJ - Small Outline J-leadSOM - System Object ModelSOP - Small Outline PackageSOX - Scheme for Object-oriented XMLS/PDIF - Sony/Philips Digital InterFaceSP - SPaceSP - Stack PointerSP - Standard PlaySPARC - Scalar Processor ARChitectureSPD - Spidla Data ProcessingSPEC - Standard Performance Evaluation CorporationSPI - SCSI-3 Parallel interfaceSPOOL - Simultaneous Peripheral Operation OnLineSPOT - Smart Personal Objects TechnologySPS - Shock Protection SystemSPTI - SCSI Pass Through InterfaceSQL - Structured Query LanguageSQUID - Superconducting QUantum Interface DeviceSR - Service ReleaseSR - Slide RuleSRA - Symmetric Rendering ArchitectureSRAM - Static Random Access MemorySRS - Sound Retrieval SystemSS - Single SideSSB - Single Side BandSSD - Solid State DiscSSH - Secure SHellSSI - Standard Scale IntegrationSSL - Secure Socket LayerSSR - Solid State RelaySSR - SuperScalar RenderingSTP - Shielded Twisted PairSTS - Stratospheric Telecommunications ServiceSVC - Switched Virtual CircuitsSVG - Scalable Vector GraphicsSVGA - Super Video Graphics ArraySVPMI - Super VGA Protected Mode InterfaceSW - SoftWareSW - Short WaveSWAT - Special Weapons And TacticsSWIFT-RVP - Swift Remote Virtual file ProtocolSXP - Surface procedural eXternal ProcessSYN - SYNchronizationSYSGEN - SYStem GENerationS-VHS - Super Video Home System

[ T ]

Name Description

TAB TABulator

TAM Trivial Authenticated Mail protocol

TAO Track At Once

TAP Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol

TAP Test Access Port

TAP Technical Advanced Placement

TAPI Telephony Application Program Interface

TAR Tape ARchiver

TASM Turbo ASseMbler

TC Tesla Coil

TCA Taipei Computer Association

TCA Twin-Cache Architecture

TCH Traffic CHannel

TCP/IP Terminal Communication Protocol/Internet Protocol

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

TDM Time Division Multiplex

TDMA Time-Division Multiple Access

TDRSS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System

TEX Type Setting Extension

TFT Thin Field Transistor

TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TGA TarGA

TI Texas Instruments

TIA Telecommunications Industry Association

TIFF Tagged Image File Format

TIGA Texas Instruments Graphical Architecture

TIMI Technically Independent Machine Interface

TIPS Truevision Image Paint System

TLB Translation Lookaside Buffer

TLU Table Look-Up

TMC Thinking Machines Corporation

TMDS Transition Minimized Differential Signaling

TNT TwiN Texel

TOC Table Of Contents

TP/IP The Next Internet Protocol

TPI Track Per Inch

TPS Transactions Per Second

TRIAC TRIode Alternate Current switching

TSC Time Stamp Counter

TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

TSOP Thin Small Outline Package

TSR Terminate but Stay Resident

TSS Task State Segment

TTF True Type Font

TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic

TTS Text To Speech

TV TeleVision

TVS Transient Voltage Suppressor

TWINKLE The Weizmann Institute Key Locating Engine

TxD Transmitt Data

[ U ]

Name Description

UAC Union Aerospace Corporation

UARPS Unisys ARPS

UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter

UDF Universal Disc Format

UDMA Ultra Direct Memory Access

UDP User Datagram Protocol

UHA United Hacking Association

UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface

UHF Ultra High Frequency

UI User Interface

UID User IDentification

UMA Unified Memory Architecture

UMA Upper Memory Area

UMB Upper Memory Blocks

UMC United Microelectronic Components

UMIST University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

UML Unified Modeling Language

UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

UNIVAC UNIVersal Automatic Computer

UPI Universal Peripheral Interface

UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply

UPX Ultimate Packer for eXecutables

URL Uniform Resource Locator

USB Universal Serial Bus

USENET USEr NETwork

USL Unix System Laboratories

USN Update Sequence Numbers

USSD Unstructured Supplementary Services Data

UTC Universal Coordinated Time

UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair

UUCP Unix to Unix CoPy

UV UltraViolet

[ V ]

Name Description

V7 VideoSeven

VAD Voice Activity Detector

VAFC VESA Advanced Feature Connector

VAG Vrlm Architecture Group

VAN Value Added Network

VAP Voice Applications Partner

VBA Visual Basic for Application

VBE VESA BIOS Extension

VBE/AF VESA BIOS Extension/Accelerated Features

VBE/PM VESA BIOS Extension/Power Management

VBE/SCI VESA BIOS Extension/Serial Control Interface

VBRUN Visual Basic RUNtime library

VCE Variable Content Encoding

VCI Video Cursor Interface

VCL Virus Construction Laboratory

VCL Visual Component Library

VCPI Virtual Control Program Interface

VCQ Vibrant Color Quality

VC SDRAM Virtual Channel Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

VDA Video Display Adapter

VDIF VESA Display Information File

VDM Virtual DOS Machine

VDS Virtual DMA Specification

VDT Video Display Terminal

VESA Video Electronics Standard Association

VFAT Virtual File Allocation Table

VFD Video For DOS

VFM Variable Frequency Monitor

VFP Visual FoxPro

VFS Virtual File System

VFW Video For Windows

VGA Video Graphics Array

VHF Very High Frequency

VHS Video Home System

VI VIsual editor

VIAD VESA Image Area Definition

VIM Vendor Independent Messaging

VIM Visual editor IMproved

VIS Visual Instruction Set

VISS VHS Index Search System

VIVO Video In/Video Out

VLAN Virtual Local Area Network

VLB VESA Local Bus

VLF Very Low-Frequency emission

VLM Very Large Memory

VLM Vibrant Loadable Module

VLR Visitor Location Register

VLSI Very Large Scale Integration

VLT Virtual LAN Trunking

VMB Virtual Machine Boot

VMC VESA Media Channel

VML Vector Markup Language

VMM Virtual Machine Manager

VMS Virtual Memory System

VMSS Virtual Motion Sound System

VODER Voice Operating DEmonstratoR

VOIP Voice Over IP

VOL Video On Line

VP&D VESA Plug and Display

VPN Virtual Private Networking

VPS Video Programming System

VR Virtual Reality

VRAM Video Random Access Memory

VRM Voltage Regulator Modules

VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language

VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal

VTR Video Tape Recorder

VUMA VESA Unified Memory Architecture

VVSS VESA Video Signal Standard

VIP Video Interface Port

[ W ]

Name Description

WABI Windows Application Binary Interface

WAIS Wide Area Information Server

WAN Wide Area Network

WAP/W@P Wireless Application Protocol

WARM Write And Read Mostly

WB-MON WideBand MONitoring

WB-EXPAK WideBand EXPAK

WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management

WD Western Digital

WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexing

WDM Win32 Driver Model

WECA Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance

WFW Windows For Workgroups

WHO World Health Organization

WIC WAN Interface Card

WINE Wine Is Not Emulator

WinHEC Windows Hardware Engineering Conference

WIS Windows Installer Service

WLAN Wireless Local Area Network

WOL Wake On LAN

WORM Write Once-Read Mostly

WRAM Window Random Access Memory

WSH Windows Scripting Host

WSM WorldSpace Modifier

WSN Wang Span Network

WWDM Wide Wavelength Division Multiplex

VUMA VESA Unified Memory Architecture

WWW World Wide Web

WWWC (W3C) World Wide Web Consortium

WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get

[ XYZ ]

Name Description

XBDA Extended BIOS Data Area

XDI External Device Interface

XDR XML-Data Reduced

XGA eXtended Graphics Array

XMI XML Metadata Interchange

XML eXtensible Markup Language

XMS eXtended Memory Specification

XOSL Extended Operating System Loader

XQL XML Query Language

XSL eXtensible Stylesheet Language

XT eXtended Technology

Y2K Year 2-Kilo

YACC Yet Another C Compiler

YAPS Yet Another Port Scanner

YOU YAST Online Update

YP Yellow Pages

YPS Yellow Pages Service

ZAK Zero Administration Kit

ZAW Zero Administration for Windows

ZBR Zone Bit Recording

ZEN Zero Effort Networking

ZIF Zero Insert Force

ZIP Zig-zag In-line Package

ZLE Zero Latency Enterprise

ZSERV Zebra SERVer