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GLOSSARY OF COMPUTER ORIENTED ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
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Copyright (C) 1989-2001 Irving & Richard Kind All Rights Reserved c/o K & D, One Church Lane, Baltimore, MD 21208 Jan 2001 version = 01A Jan 2002 version = 02A May 2001 version = 01B May 2002 version = 02B Sep 2001 version = 01C Sep 2002 version = 02C
COUNTRY DOMAIN NAMES
1) AA Auto Answer
2) AAB All-to-All Broadcast
3) AAL Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaption Layer
4) AAM Automatic Acoustic Management
5) AAP Applications Access Point [DEC]
6) AARP AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
7) AAS All-to-All Scatter
8) AASP ASCII Asynchronous Support Package
9) AAT Average Access Time
10) AATP Authorized Academic Training Program [Microsoft]
11) .ABA Address Book Archive (file name extension) [Palm]
12) ABC * Atanasoff-Berry Computer (First digital
13) calculating machine that used vacuum tubes)
14) ABEND Abnormal End
15) ABI Application Binary Interface
16) ABIOS Advanced BIOS
17) ABIST Automatic Built-In Self-Test [IBM]
18) ABLE Adaptive Battery Life Extender
19) ABR Available Bit Rate
20) ABRS Automated Book Request System [British Library]
21) ABS Address Book Synchronization [IBM] + Absolute
22) ABT Abort
23) ABTS ASCII Block Terminal Services
24) AC Autocheck + Automatic Computer + Alternating Current
25) ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol
26) ACC Accumulator
27) ACCMAIL Accessing the Internet Via Email
28) ACD Automatic Call Distribution
29) ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface
30) ACE Access Control Encryption/Entry +
31) Adobe Certified Expert +
32) Advanced Computing Environment [SCO] +
33) Adverse Channel Enhancements [Microcom] +
34) Automatic Computing Engine
35) ACF Access Control Field +
36) Advanced Communications Function
37) ACH Automated Clearing House
38) ACIAS Automated Calibration Interval Analysis System
39) ACIS American Committee for Interoperable Systems
40) ACK Acknowledgment
41) ACL Access Control List + Asynchronous Connection-Less (link)
42) ACM Association for Computing Machinery
43) Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft]
44) ACMS Application Control Management System
45) ACP Ancillary Control Program + Auxiliary Control Process
46) ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
47) ACR Allowed Cell Rate
48) ACROSS Automated Cargo Release and Operations
49) Service System
50) ACS Access + Access Control Set + Access Control System +
51) Advanced Computer System [IBM] +
52) Anti Curl System + Asynchronous Communication Server
53) ACSS Audio Cascading Style Sheets
54) ACTS Automated Computer Time Service
55) ACTT Advanced Communication and Timekeeping Technology [Seiko]
56) ACU Automatic Calling Unit
57) ACVC Ada Compiler Validation Capacity
58) A/D Analog to Digital
59) ADA Automatic Data Acquisitions +
60) (Programming Language named after Augusta Ada Lovelace)
61) ADB Apple Desktop Bus
62) ADC Adaptive Data Compression (protocol) [Hayes] +
63) Add with Carry + Analog to Digital Converter
64) ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures
65) ADD Automatic Document Detection [WordPerfect]
66) ADF Automatic Document Feeder +
67) Automatically Defined Function
68) .ADF Adapter Description File (file name extension)
69) ADI AutoCad/AutoDesk Device Interface (driver)
70) ADL Address Data Latch
71) ADLAT Adaptive Lattice Filter
72) ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression [IBM] +
73) Asynchronous Data Link Control
74) ADMACS Apple Document Management And Conrol System
75) ADMD Administrative Management Domain [X.400]
76) .ADN Add In Utility (file name extension)
77) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
78) ADO Active Data Objects
79) ADP Automatic Data Processing
80) ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
81) ADR Address
82) ADS Application Development Solutions [AT&T] +
83) Application Development System +
84) Automatic Distribution System
85) ADSC Address Status Changed +
86) Adobe Document Structuring Conventions
87) ADSI Active Directory Service Interface [Microsoft] +
88) Analog Display Services Interface
89) ADSL (See DSL)
90) ADSP AppleTalk Datastream Protocol
91) ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
92) ADT Abstract Data Type + Application Data Types
93) ADU Automatic Dialing Unit
94) AE Above or Equal
95) AEB Analog Expansion Bus [Dialogic]
96) AEC Architecture, Engineering, Construction
97) .AERO Aviation Industry (Domain Name) [Internet]
98) AES Advanced Encryption Standard
99) AESA ATM End System Address
100) AF Auxiliary carry Flag
101) AFA Accelerated File Access
102) AFC Automatic Font Change + Automatic Frequency Control
103) AFD Automatic File Distribution
104) AFDW Active Framework for Data Warehousing [Microsoft]
105) AFI Authority and Format Identifier
106) AFII Association for Font Information Interchange
107) AFIRM Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match
108) AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System
109) .AFM Adobe Font Metrics (file name extension) [Adobe Systems]
110) AFP Advanced Function Presentation [IBM] +
111) Advanced Function Printing +
112) Appletalk Filing Protocol [Macintosh]
113) AFS Andrew File System (protocols)
114) AFTP Anonymous File Transfer Protocol
115) AGA Advanced Graphics Adapter
116) AGC Automatic Gain Control
117) AGP Accelerated/Advanced Graphics Port
118) AGRAS Antiglare-Antireflective-Antistatic
119) AGU Address-Generation Unit
120) AH Authentication Header (protocol)
121) AHS Automated Highway Systems
122) AI Analog Input + Artificial Intelligence
123) AIA Applications Integration Architecture [DEC]
124) AIC AIXwindows Interface Composer [IBM]
125) AIF Audio Interchange Format
126) AIIM Association for Information and Image Management
127) AIM AOL Instant Messenger
128) AIN Advanced Intelligent Network [Bell Atlantic]
129) AIR Architecture Implementation Review
130) AIS Automated Identification System [NCIC] +
131) Automated Information Systems
132) AISB Association of Imaging Service Bureaus
133) AISP Association of Information Systems Professionals
134) AIT Advanced Intelligent Tape (drive) [Sony]
135) AIX Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM]
136) ALAT Advanced Load Address Table
137) ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuits +
138) Automatic Level Control
139) ALE Address Latch Enable +
140) Application Linking and Embedding
141) ALGOL Algorithmic Oriented Language (see IAL)
142) ALIBI Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases
143) of Information
144) ALINK Active Link [HTML]
145) ALIWEB Archie Like Indexing in the Web [Internet]
146) ALN Asynchronous Learning Network
147) ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc.
148) ALT Alternate (mode)
149) ALT. Alternate lifestyle [USENET Newsgroup Category]
150) ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit
151) AMA Automatic Message Accounting
152) AMANDDA Automated Messaging and Directory Assistance
153) AMASS Archival Management and Storage System
154) AMD Active Matrix Display + Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
155) AMI Alternate Mark Inversion + American Megatrends, Inc. +
156) Application Messaging Interface
157) AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture
158) [Everex Systems]
159) AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
160) AMR Audio Modem Riser
161) ANCOVA Analysis of Covariance
162) ANDF Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format
163) ANI Automatic Number Identification
164) .ANI Animated Cursor (file name extension) [Microsoft]
165) ANN Artificial Neural Network
166) .ANN Annotations (file name extension) [IBM]
167) ANOVA Analysis Of Variance
168) ANSI American National Standards Institute
169) ANX Automotive Network Exchange [Chrysler/Ford/
170) General Motors]
171) AO Analog Output
172) AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment
173) AO/DI Always On/Dynamic ISDN
174) AOE Application Operating Environment [AT&T]
175) AOL America Online
176) AOS Add Or Subtract
177) AP Adjunct Processor + Application Processor
178) A/P Accounts Payable
179) APA Adaptive Packet Assembly +
180) All Points Addressable +
181) Arithmetic Processing Accelerator
182) APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report [IBM]
183) APAREN Address Parity Enable [IBM]
184) APCUG Association of PC User Groups
185) APDU Application Protocol Data Units
186) API Application Program Interface
187) APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (bus) [Intel]
188) APIS Advanced Passenger Information System
189) APL * A Programming Language (Mathematics)
190) APM Advanced Power Management [IBM]
191) APNIC Asia-Pacific Network Information Center [Internet]
192) APOP Authenticated Post Office Protocol
193) .APP Application (file name extension) [R:Base]
194) APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communications [IBM]
195) APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking
196) APPLETS Applications
197) APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking [IBM]
198) APPS Applications
199) APRP Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing
200) APS Advanced Photo System + Advanced Printing Service [IBM]
201) Asynchronous Protocol Specification
202) APSE ADA Programming Support Environment
203) APT Address Pass Through +
204) Advanced Parallel Technology +
205) Automatically Programmed Tools
206) A/R Accounts Receivable
207) ARA AppleTalk Remote Access
208) ARAG Antireflective-Antiglare
209) ARAS Antireflective-Antistatic
210) .ARC Archive (file name extension)
211) ARCA Advanced RISC Computing Architecture
212) ARCnet Attached Resource Computer Network
213) .ARJ Compressed File (file name extension) [Jung]
214) ARL Adjusted Ring Length
215) ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited
216) ARM Advanced RISC Machine (processor) +
217) Annotated Reference Manual +
218) Asynchronous Response Mode
219) ARMA Association of Records Managers and Administrators
220) ARP Address Resolution Protocol [Novell]
221) ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
222) ARPL Adjust Requested Privilege Level
223) ARTA Apple Real Time Architecture
224) ARTIC A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor [IBM]
225) ARTS Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server
226) .ARTS Cultural Groups (Domain Name) [Internet]
227) ARTT Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal
228) ARQ Automatic Repeat Request
229) ARU Audio Response Unit
230) AS Autonomous System [Internet]
231) ASAI Adjunct Switch Application Interface [AT&T]
232) ASAP As Soon As Possible +
233) Automatic Switching And Processing
234) AS3AP ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable
235) ASB Advanced System Buffering [Intel]
236) .ASC ASCII text (file name extension)
237) ASCC * Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator [IBM]
238) ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
239) ASD Automatic Skip Driver [Microsoft]
240) ASF Active/Advanced Streaming Format [Microsoft]
241) ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
242) ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology
243) ASL Adaptive Speed Levelling
244) ASLM Apple Shared Library Manager [Macintosh]
245) .ASM Assembler Source Language (file name extension)
246) ASMP Asymmetric Multprocessing
247) ASN Abstract Syntax Notation + Autonomous System Number
248) ASO Automated Systems Operations
249) ASP Active Server Page [Microsoft] +
250) Application/Authorized Service Provider +
251) Association of Shareware Professionals
252) .ASP Active Server Page (file name extension)
253) ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface [Adaptec]
254) ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System
255) ASR Address Space Register + Automatic Send-Receive +
256) Automatic Speech Recognition
257) AST AST Research, Inc. (named from first initials of
258) the founders: Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey, Thomas Yuen)
259) AS/U Advanced Server for Unix
260) ASYNC Asynchronous
261) AS/400 Application System/400 [IBM]
262) AT Advanced Technology + Attention
263) ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
264) ATDP Attention Dial Pulse
265) ATDT Attention Dial Tone
266) ATE Automated Test Equipment
267) ATG Advanced Technology Group
268) ATH Attention Hang-Up (Modem command)
269) ATL Active Template Library
270) ATM Adobe Typeface Manager + Air Traffic Management +
271) Asynchronous Transfer Mode + Automated Teller Machine
272) ATPS AppleTalk Printing Services [Macintosh]
273) ATR Automatic Terminal Recognition
274) ATS Administrative Terminal System +
275) Apple Terminal Services
276) AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph
277) ATTN Attention
278) ATTRIB Attribute (also ATR)
279) ATX Advanced Technology Extended [Intel]
280) ATZ Attention Restore configuration profile from nonvolatile RAM (Modem command)
281) .AU Audio (file name extension)
282) AUDIT Automated Data Input Terminal
283) AUI Attachment/Autonomous Unit Interface
284) AUP Acceptable Use Policy [Internet]
285) AUTO Automatic
286) AUTOEXEC Automatic Execution
287) AUX Auxiliary + (First Serial Port)
288) AV Audio/Video + Audiovisual + Authenticity Verification
289) AVA Audio Visual Authoring [IBM]
290) AVC Audio Visual Connection [IBM]
291) AVD Alternating Voice and Data
292) AVG Average
293) AVI Audio Visual Interleave [Microsoft]
294) AVP Attribute-Value Pair
295) AVR Automatic Voice Recognition
296) AVT Applied Voice Technology
297) AWE Advanced Wave Effects [Creative Lab]
298) AWG American Wire Gage
299) AWK (Unix language named after its authors...
300) Al Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan)
301) AWS Advanced Workstations and Systems (group) [IBM]
302) AWT Abstract Window Toolkit [Java]
303) AX Architecture Extended + Automatic Transmission
304) BA Bell Atlantic (company)
305) BACP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
306) BAK Binary Adaptation Kit [Microsoft]
307) .BAK Backup (file name extension)
308) BAL Basic Assembly Language
309) BALUN Balanced Unbalanced (device)
310) BAM Boyan Action Module
311) BAPI Business Application Programming Interface [SAP]
312) BARTS Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing
313) .BAS Basic Language (file name extension)
314) BASH Bourne Again Shell [Unix]
315) BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
316) BASM Built-In Assembler
317) BAT Block Address Translation
318) .BAT Batch Processing (file name extension)
319) B2B Business-To-Business
320) BBS Bulletin Board System
321) B2C Business To Consumer
322) BCC Block Check Character
323) BCC: Blind Carbon Copy
324) BCD Binary Coded Decimal
325) B-CHANNEL Bearer Channel
326) BCL Batch Command Language
327) BCN Beacon
328) BCNF Boyce-Codd Normal Form
329) BCP Best Current Practice + Bulk Copy Program
330) BCPL Basic Computer Programming Language
331) BCR Byte Count Register
332) BCS Bar Code Sorter
333) BDA Bios Data Area
334) BDC Backup Domain Controller
335) BDE Borland Database Engine [Borland]
336) BDLS Bidirectional Loop Switching
337) BDOS Basic Disk Operating System
338) BDR Bus Device Request
339) BDSL (See DSL)
340) BE Below or Equal
341) B2E Business To Employees
342) BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
343) BEDO Burst Extended Data Out
344) BEEP Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol
345) BEL Bell
346) BELLCORE Bell Communications Research
347) BER Basic Encoding Rules + Bit Error Rate
348) BERT Bit Error Rate Test/Tester
349) BF Bad Flag
350) B/F Background/Foreground
351) .BFC Briefcase (file name extension) [Microsoft]
352) BFF Binary File Format [IBM]
353) BFT Binary File Transfer
354) BFTP Batch FTP
355) BGA Ball Grid Array
356) BGCOLOR Background Color [HTML]
357) BGE Branch if Greater or Equal
358) .BGI Borland Graphic Interface (file name extension)
359) BGP Border Gateway Protocol
360) BGT Branch if Greater Than
361) BHI Branch if Higher
362) BHIS Branch if Higher or Same
363) BI Binary Input
364) .BIB Bibliography (file name extension)
365) BiDi Bi-Directional
366) BIFET Bipolar Field Effect Transistor
367) BIFF Binary Interchange File Format
368) BIM Beginning of Information Marker
369) .BIN Binary (file name extension)
370) BINAC * Binary Automatic Computer
371) BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain
372) BINHEX Binary Hexadecimal
373) BIOS Basic Input/Output System
374) BIS Business Information System
375) BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
376) BIST Built-In Self-Test
377) BiSYNC (See BSYNC)
378) BIT Binary Digit
379) BITNET Because It's Time Network
380) BITNIC Bitnet Network Information Center
381) BIU Bus Interface Unit
382) BIW Business Intelligence Warehouse [SAP]
383) BIX Byte Information Exchange (BBS)
384) .BIZ Businesses (Domain Name) [Internet]
385) .BK! Backup (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
386) .B~K Backup (file name extension)
387) BKSP Backspace
388) BL Backlit + Bit Line
389) BLAST Blocked Asynchronous Transmission (protocol)
390) [Communications Research Group]
391) .BLD BASIC Bload Graphics (file name extension)
392) BLE Branch if Less or Equal
393) BLER Block Error
394) BLK Block
395) BLMC Buried Logic Macrocell
396) BLOB Binary Large Object
397) BLOS Branch if Lower Or Same
398) BMI Branch if Minus
399) BMIC BusMaster Interface Controller [Intel]
400) BMP Basic Mapping Support + Batch Message Processing Program
401) .BMP Bitmap (file name extension) [Paintbrush Format]
402) BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman (connector used with
403) coaxial cable invented by Mr. Neill-Concelman)
404) BNE Branch if Not Equal
405) BNF Backus-Naur Form (also Backus-Normal Form) [developed by
406) John Backus and Peter Naur]
407) BNS Backbone Network Service
408) BO Binary Output
409) BOA Basic Object Adapter
410) BOB Break-out Box
411) BOC Basic Operator Console
412) BOF Beginning Of File
413) BOM Basic Online Memory [IBM] + Beginning Of Message
414) BOND Bandwidth On Demand
415) BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol [Internet]
416) BOPS Billion Operations Per Second
417) BORPQU Borland Pro Quattro
418) BORQU Borland Quattro
419) BOS Basic Operating System
420) BOT Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape + Robot
421) BP Base Pointer
422) BPB BIOS Parameter Block
423) BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit
424) BPI Bits Per Inch
425) BPL Branch if Plus
426) BPP Bits Per Pixel
427) BPR Business Process Re-engineering [Linux]
428) BPS Bits Per Second + Bytes Per Second
429) BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying
430) BR Bad Register
431) BRGC Binary Reflected Gray Code
432) BRI Basic Rate Interface + Brain Response Interface
433) BS Backspace
434) BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method
435) BSC Binary Synchronous Communication
436) .BSC Boyan Script (file name extension) [Boyan Communications]
437) BSCS Bachelor of Science (Degree) in Computer Science
438) BSD Berkely Software/Standard Distribution
439) BSF Bit Scan Forward
440) BSI British Standards Institute
441) BSM Basic Storage Module [IBM]
442) BSP Bulk Synchronous Parallelism
443) BSR Bit Scan Reverse
444) BS-RAM Burst Static RAM
445) BSS Block Started by Symbol
446) BSY Busy
447) BSYNC Binary Synchronous Communications (protocol)
448) BT Bit Test
449) BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method [IBM]
450) BTB Branch Target Buffer
451) BTC Bit Test and Complement
452) BTI Business Type Identifier
453) BTOA Binary To ASCII
454) BTP Batch Transfer Program
455) BTR Bit Test and Reset
456) BTS Bit Test and Set
457) BU Branch Unit
458) BUBL Bulletin Board for Libraries [Janet]
459) BUF Buffer
460) BUS Broadcast and Unknown Server
461) BVH Base Video Handler
462) BWM Block-Write Mode
463) B2X Binary To Hexadecimal [REXX]
464) BYTE Binary Element String
465) C C Programming Language
466) .C C source code (file name extension) [C]
467) CA Collision Avoidance
468) CAB Compressed Application Binary [Microsoft]
469) .CAB Cabinet (file name extension) [Microsoft]
470) CAD Computer Aided Design
471) CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting
472) CADE Client/server Application Development Environment
473) CAE Client Application Enabler + Common Applications
474) Environment + Computer Aided Engineering
475) CAEN Chemically Assembled Electronic Nanocomputer
476) CAEX Computer Aided Exploration
477) CAG Column Address Generator
478) CAI Computer Aided Instruction
479) CAIRN Collaborative Advanced Interagency Research Network
480) CAL Calendar + Client Access License +
481) Computer Aided Learning
482) CALS Computer-Aided Acquisition in Logistic Support
483) CAM Common Access Method + Computer Aided Manufacturing +
484) Contents Addressable Memory
485) CAN Cancel
486) CANBUS Conroller Area Network Bus
487) CAP Carrierless Amplitude and Phase-Modulation +
488) Central Arbitration Point +
489) Communication Application Platform +
490) Competitive Access Provider +
491) Computer Aided Publishing
492) .CAP Capture (file name extension)
493) CAPD Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities [Johns
494) Hopkins University]
495) CAPE Concurrent Art-to-Product Environment
496) CAPS Capitals (Upper Case Letters) +
497) Cassette Programming System
498) CAR Committed Access Rate [Cisco]
499) CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries [Internet]
500) CAS Column Address Select/Strobe +
501) Communications Application Specification +
502) Computer Aided Styling
503) CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering
504) CASL Crosstalk Application Scripting Language [DCA]
505) CASS Computer Assisted Search Service
506) CASSIS Classified and Search Support Information System
507) CAT Computer Adaptive Test + Computer Aided Testing +
508) Computer Aided Tomography +
509) Computer Aided Transcription + Concatenate
510) .CAT Catalog (file name extension)
511) CATS Computer Assisted Training System
512) CAT SCAN Computerized Axial Tomography Scan
513) CATV Community Antenna Television (this was the original
514) name for what is now known as Cable TV)
515) CAU Controlled Access Unit
516) CAV Constant Angular Velocity
517) CAVE Computer Automatic Virtual Environment
518) CBC Cipher Block Chaining
519) CBCR Channel Byte Count Register
520) CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data Service
521) CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment
522) Manufacturers Association
523) CBGA Ceramic Ball Grid Array
524) CBI Computer Based Instruction\Instrumentation
525) CBL Computer Based Learning
526) .CBL COBOL source code (file name extension)
527) CBMS Computer-Based Mail System
528) CBR Case Based Reasoning + Constant Bit Rate
529) CBT Computer Based Training
530) CBW Convert Byte to Word
531) CBX Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange
532) CC Cluster Controller
533) CC: Carbon Copy
534) CCD Charged-Coupled Device
535) CCFT Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube
536) CCI Common Client Interface
537) CCIE Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert [Cisco]
538) CCITT Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et
539) Telephonique/ Consultative Committee for International
540) Telegraph and Telephone
541) CCL Connection/Cursor Control Language
542) CCM Corba Component Mode
543) CCP Certified Computing Professional +
544) Console Command Processor
545) CCS Common Command Set + Common Communications Services +
546) Common Communications Support +
547) Continuous Composite Servo
548) .CCS Color Calibration System (file name extension)
549) CCSD Cellular Circuit-Switched Data
550) CCTLD Country Code Top-Level Domain
551) CD Carrier Detect + Change Directory +
552) Collision Detection + Color Display + Compact Disk
553) C/D Control Data
554) C2D Character To Decimal [REXX]
555) CDA Compound Document Architecture [DEC]
556) .CDA CD Audio Track (file name extension)
557) CDBT Compact Disk-Based Training
558) CDC Control Data Corporation
559) CD_CHRDY Card Channel Ready [IBM]
560) CD-DA Compact Disk -Digital Audio
561) CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface
562) CDE Common Desktop Environment + Complex Data Entry
563) CD-E Compact Disk - Erasable
564) CDF Channel Definition Format
565) .CDF Comma Delimited Format (file name extension)
566) CDFS Compact Disc File System [Microsoft]
567) CD+G Compact Disk plus Graphics
568) CD-I Compact Disk - Interactive
569) CDIA Certified Document Imaging Architect
570) CDL Computer Design Language
571) CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
572) CDMF Commercial Data Masking Facility [IBM]
573) CD-MO Compact Disk - Magneto Optical
574) CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System
575) CDP * Certificate In Data Processing (First certification
576) for Computer Professionals)
577) CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data
578) CDR Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording +
579) Common Data Representation
580) .CDR CorelDRAW (file name extension) [Corel]
581) CD-R Compact Disk - Recordable
582) CDRAM Cache DRAM
583) CD-RDx Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard
584) CDRL Contract Data Requirements List
585) CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
586) CD-RTOS Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System
587) CD-RW Compact Disk - Rewritable
588) CDS Current Directory Structure
589) CDSA Common Data Security Architecture
590) CDSL (See DSL)
591) .CDT Corel Draw Template (file name extension)
592) CD-V Compact Disk - Video
593) CD-WO Compact Disk - Write Once
594) .CDX Compound Index (file name extension) [Fox Pro]
595) CD-XA Compact Disk - Extended Architecture
596) CE Cache Enable + Chip Enable + Collision Elimination +
597) Convert Enable
598) CEG Continuous Edge Graphics
599) CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference
600) CELP Card Edge Low Profile (socket) [Intel]
601) CEMS Constituent Electronic Mail System
602) CEOP Conditional End Of Page
603) CER Canonical Encoding Rules
604) CERN The European Particle Physics Laboratory (initials
605) originally from Conseil Europien pour la Recherche
606) Nucliaire)
607) CERT Computer Emergency Response Team
608) CFB Cipher Feedback + Configurable Function Block
609) .CFG Configuration (file name extension)
610) CFM Code Fragment Manager [Macintosh] +
611) Cubic Feet Per Minute
612) CFML ColdFusion Markup Language
613) CFR Computerized Facial Recognition
614) CFS Caching/Common File System
615) CFV Call For Votes [Bitnet]
616) CG Control Gate
617) CGA Color Graphics Adapter
618) CGE Common Graphics Environment
619) CGI Computer Generated Images + Computer Graphics Interface
620) CGI-BIN Common Gateway Interface - Binary
621) .CGM Computer Graphics Metafile (file name extension) +
622) Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
623) CGS Continuous-Grain Silicon
624) CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
625) CHAR Character
626) CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology [Internet]
627) CHCK Channel Check
628) CHCP Change Code Page
629) CHDIR Change Directory
630) CHFN Change Finger [Unix]
631) CHGRP Change Group
632) CHIPS Clearinghouse Interbank Payments System
633) .CHK CHKDSK (file name extension)
634) CHKDSK Check Disk
635) CHMOD Change Mode
636) CHOWN Change Owner
637) CHP Chapter
638) CHR Character
639) CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform
640) CHS Cylinder Head Sector
641) CHTML Compressed HTML
642) CI Component Interface
643) CIA Current Instruction Address
644) CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability
645) CICS/VS Customer Information Control System/
646) Virtual Storage [IBM]
647) CID Charge-Injection Device +
648) Configuration/Installation/Distribution
649) CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing
650) CIF Common Interchange/Intermediate Format +
651) Crystallographic Information File +
652) Customer Information Feed
653) CIFS Common Internet File System
654) CIM Common Information Model +
655) CompuServe Information Manager +
656) Computer Integrated Manufacturing
657) CIO Chief Information Officer
658) CIOCS Communication Input/Output Control System
659) CIP Command Interface Port + Common Indexing Protocol
660) CIR Committed Information Rate
661) CIRC Circular Reference +
662) Cross-Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code
663) CIS Card Information Structure + Client Information System +
664) CompuServe Information Service +
665) Computer Information Systems + Contact Image Sensor +
666) Customer Information System
667) CISC Complex Instruction Set Computing
668) CIT Computer-Integrated Telephony
669) CIVR Computer and Interactive Voice Response
670) CIW Certified Internet Webmaster
671) CIX Commercial Internet Exchange +
672) Compulink Information Exchange
673) CJLI Command Job Language Interpreter
674) CKD Count Key Data (device)
675) CLAR Channel Local Address Register
676) CLASS Client Access to Systems and Services +
677) Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services +
678) Custom Local-Area Signaling Services
679) CLC Clear Carry Flag
680) CLD Clear Direction Flag
681) CLEC Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
682) CLI Call-Level Interface + Clear Interrupt Flag +
683) Client Library Interface + Command Line Interface
684) CLIB C Library
685) CLID Calling Line Identification
686) CLIST Command List
687) CLK Clock
688) CLNP Connectionless Network Protocol
689) CLOS Common Lisp Object System
690) CLP Cell Loss Priority + Constraint Logic Programming
691) .CLP Clipboard (file name extension) [Windows]
692) CLS Clear Screen
693) CLSID Class Identifier
694) CLTP Connectionless Transport Protocol
695) CLTS Clear Task Switch Flag
696) CLTV Constant Linear Time Velocity
697) CLUI Command Line User Interface
698) CLUT Color Look-Up Table
699) CLV Constant Linear Velocity
700) CM Centimeter + Control Mark + Corrective Maintenance
701) CMA Concert Multi-thread Architecture
702) CMC Common Mail Calls + Common Messaging Calls +
703) Communication Management Configuration +
704) Complement Carry Flag +
705) Computer-Mediated Communication [Internet]
706) CMD Circuit Mode Data
707) .CMD Command (file name extension)
708) CMF Creative Music Format
709) CNIDR Clearinghouse for Network Information and
710) Discovery and Retrieval [Internet]
711) CMIP Common Management Information Protocol
712) CMIS Common Management Information Services/System
713) CML Chemical Markup Language + Conceptual Modelling Language +
714) Computer Managed Learning + Current Mode Logic
715) CMM Capability Maturity Model
716) CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management Software
717) CMMU Cache/Memory Management Unit [Motorola]
718) CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
719) CMOV Conditional Move
720) CMP Compare + Computer
721) CMPS Compare word String
722) CMS Code Management System + Compiler Monitor System +
723) Conversation Monitor System
724) CMVC Configuration Management Version Control [IBM]
725) CMW Compartmented Mode Workstation
726) CMY Cyan-Magenta-Yellow (color model)
727) CMYK Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model)
728) CNA Certified NetWare/Network Administrator
729) CNAPS Co-Processing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems
730) CNC Computerized Numerical Control
731) CNE Certified NetWare Engineer
732) .CNF Configuration (file name extension)
733) CNG Calling (tone)
734) CNI Certified Novell Instructor [Novell]
735) CNIDR Clearinghouse for Networked Information and
286 Discovery and Retrieval [Internet]
736) CNN Composite Network Node
737) CNR Carrier to Noise Ratio
738) CNSS Core Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet]
739) .CNT Contents (file name extension)
740) CNV Conventional (pertaining to Memory)
741) CNVT Convert
742) CNX Certified Network Expert
743) CO Central Office + Command Output + Convert Out
744) COAST Card On A Stick (module)
745) COAX Coaxial Cable
746) COB Chip-On-Board
747) .COB COBOL source code (file name extension)
748) COBOL Common Business-oriented Language (See HLL)
749) .COD Code List (file name extension)
750) CODASYL * Conference on Data System Languages (Group that
751) designed COBOL)
752) CODE Client-Server Open Development Environment
753) CODEC Coder/Decoder + Compression/Decompression
754) COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer
755) COFF Common Object File Format [Unix]
756) COGO Coordinate Geometry (Programming Language)
757) COL Collision + Computer Oriented Language
758) COLD Computer Output to Laser Disk
759) COLL Collision
760) COM Component Object Model [Microsoft] +
761) Computer Output Microfilm
762) .COM Command (file name extension) +
763) Commercial Business (Domain Name) [Internet]
764) COM1 First serial Port (asynchronous port)
765) COM2 Second serial Port
766) COM3 Third serial Port
767) COM4 Fourth serial Port
768) COMDEX Computer Dealers Exposition
769) COMET Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator
770) COMM Communications
771) COMP Compare
772) COMP. Computers [USENET Newsgroup Category]
773) COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation
774) CON Console (includes Keyboard and Screen)
775) COND Condition
776) CONFIG Configuration
777) CONS Connection-Oriented Network Service
778) CONTONE Continuous Tone
779) .COOP Cooperatives-Business (Domain Name) [Internet]
780) COPICS Communications Oriented Production Information
781) and Control System [IBM]
782) COR Common Object Runtime
783) CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
784) CoREN Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network
785) COS Compatible Operating System
786) COSE Combined Office Standard Environment +
787) Common Open Software/Systems Environment
788) COSMIC Computer Software Management and Information
789) Center [NASA]
790) COSMOS Computer System for Mainframe Operations
791) COSS Common Object Services Specification
792) COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf (software)
793) CP Copy Protected
794) CPA Certified Public Accountant + Cost Per Action
795) CPAN Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
796) CPC Constant Point Calculation + Cost Per Click
797) CPCS Check Processing Control System [IBM]
798) CPE Central Processing Element +
799) Customer Premises Equipment +
800) Customer Provided Equipment
801) .CPE Cover Page (file name extension)
802) CPFR Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment
803) CPG Clock Pulse Generator
804) CPI Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction +
805) Common Programming Interface [IBM]
806) .CPI Code Page Information (file name extension) [MS-DOS]
807) CPI-C Common Programming Interface for Communications [IBM]
808) CPIO Copy In and Out [Unix]
809) CPL Current Privilege Level
810) .CPL Control Panel (file name extension)
811) CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device
812) CPM Critical Path Method
813) CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers [Digital Research]
814) CPS Characters Per Second + Cycles Per Second
815) CPT Command Pass Through
816) CPU Central Processing Unit
817) CPW Commercial Processing Workload [IBM]
818) CR Carriage Return
819) CRAM Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement
820) CRAYON Create Your Own Newspaper
821) CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
822) .CRD Cardfile (file name extension) +
823) Chord (music file name extension)
824) CREN Computer Research Education Network +
825) Corporation for Research and Education Networking
826) CRF Cable Retransmission Facility + Cross Reference File
827) CRI Color Reproduction Indices
828) CR/LF Carriage Return/Line Feed
829) CRM Customer Relationship Management
830) CROM Control Read Only Memory
831) CRT Cathode Ray Tube
832) CRTC CRT Controller
833) CRUD Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete
834) CS Chip Select + Clear to Send + Code Segment
835) C/S Client/Server
836) CSA Calendaring and Scheduling API [IBM]
837) CSAR Channel System Address Register
838) CSCW Computer Supported Cooperative Work
839) CSD Circuit-Switched Data +
840) Computer Services Department +
841) Corrective Service Diskette [IBM]
842) CSDS Circuit Switched Data Service
843) CSE Certified System Engineer
844) CSFI Communication Subsystem For Interconnection
845) CSG Constructive Solid Geometry +
846) Consulting Services Group [Lotus]
847) CSI Command Sequence Introducer + CompuServe Incorporated
848) CSID Call Subscriber ID
849) CSL Computer Sensitive Language
850) CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol [Internet]
851) CSM Code Set Map (file) + Communications Services Manager
852) CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Avoidance
853) CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Detection
854) CSMS Customer Support Management System
855) CSN Card-Select Number
856) CSNET Computer Science Network
857) CSO Central Services Organization
858) CSP Certified Systems Professional +
859) Chip-Scale Packaging +
860) Commercial Service Provider +
286 Commercial Subroutine Package +
861) CompuCom Speed Protocol [CompuCom] +
862) Communicating Sequential Processes +
863) Cross System Product [IBM]
864) CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network
865) CSRAM Custom Static RAM
866) CSS * Continuous System Simulator (Language)
867) CSS Cascading Style Sheet [Microsoft] +
868) Contact Start-Stop + Content Scrambling System
869) CSSM Client-Server Systems Management [IBM]
870) CS/SS Card Service/Socket Service
871) CSTA Computer-Supported Telephony Applications
872) CSU Channel Service/Switching Unit
873) CSV Circuit-Switched Voice +
874) Comma-Separated Value/Variable +
875) Common Services Verbs (interface) [Microsoft]
876) C&T Chips and Technologies
877) CTB Cipher Type Byte
878) CTC Channel To Channel
879) CTCP Client-To-Client Protocol
880) CTI Computer-Telephony Integration
881) CTOS Computerized Tomography Operating System +
882) Convergent Technologies Operating System
883) CTPA Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter
884) CTRCO * Calculating,Tabulating,Recording Company (The name of
885) this company was changed to "International Business
886) Machines" by Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
887) CTRL Control
888) CTS Clear To Send + Computer Telephony Solution [IBM] +
889) Customer Telephone System
890) CTSS * Compatible Time Sharing System
891) CUA Common User Access [IBM]
892) CUB Cursor Backward
893) CUD Cursor Down
894) CUE Custom Updates and Extras (card) [Egghead Software]
895) CUF Cursor Forward
896) CUI Character-Oriented User Interface + Common User Interface [IBM]
897) CUP Cursor Position
898) CUPID Completely Universal Processor I/O Design [AST]
899) .CUR Cursor (file name extension)
900) CUSIP Committee for Uniform Security Identification Procedures [U.S. Treasury]
901) CUT Control Unit Terminal
902) CUTE Clarkston University Terminal Emulator
903) CUU Cursor Up
904) CVF Compressed Volume File
905) CVGA Color Video Graphics Array
906) CVIA Computer Virus Industry Association
907) CVT Convert
908) CVW CodeView for Windows
909) CWA Competitive Web Analysis
910) CWD Convert Word to Double Word + Change Working Directory [Internet]
911) CWIS Campus Wide Information Service/System [Internet] +
912) Community Wide Information Service/System [Internet]
913) C2X Character To Hexadecimal [REXX]
914) CXML Commerce Extensible Markup Language
915) CYL Cylinder
916) CYMK Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black (color model)
917) D/A Digital to Analog
918) DAA Data Access Arrangement +
919) Decimal Adjust for Addition
920) DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
921) DAC Data Acquisition and Control + Device Access Code +
922) Digital to Analog Converter +
923) Dual Attachment Concentrator
924) DACL Discretionary Access Control List
925) DAD Desktop Application Director [Borland]
926) DAE Digital Audio Extraction
927) DAI Distributed Artificial Intelligence
928) DAL Data Access Language [Apple Computer] +
929) Disk Access Lockout
930) DAM Data Acquisition and Monitoring
931) DAMPS Digital AMPS
932) DAO Data Access Object [Microsoft]
933) DAP Data Access Protocol [DEC] +
934) Developer Assistance Program
935) DAPIE Developers Application Programming Interface Extensions
936) DARI Database Application Remote Interface [IBM]
937) DARMS Digital Alternate Realization of Musical Symbols
938) DART Digital Audio Reconstruction Technology
939) DAS Decimal Adjust for Subtraction +
940) Dual-Attached Station
941) DASD Direct Access Storage Device [IBM]
942) DAT Digital Audio Tape + Disk Array Technology
943) .DAT Data (file name extension)
944) DATACOM Data Communications
945) DAV Digital Audio-Video
946) DAVIC Digital Audio-Visual Council
947) dB Decibel
948) DB Data Base + Data Buffer + Device Bay
949) dBA Adjusted Decibel
950) .dba Date Book Archive (file name extension) [Palm]
951) DBC Device Bay Controller
952) DBCS Delivery Bar Code Sorter + Double-Byte Character Set
953) .DBF Database (file name extension)
954) DBIS Dun & Bradstreet Information Services
955) DBM Data Base Manager
956) DBMS Data Base Management System
957) DBR DOS Boot Record
958) DBS Data Base Server +
959) Direct (to home) Broadcast (satellite) System
960) DBV Digital Broadcast Video
961) DBWR Database Writer [Oracle]
962) DB2 Database 2
963) DC Data Collection + Data Communication + Data Control +
964) Device Control + Direct Current
965) D2C Decimal To Character [REXX]
966) DCA Digital Communications Associates +
967) Document Content Architecture [IBM]
968) DCAF Distributed Console Access Facility [IBM]
969) DCAM Digital Camera + Direct Chip Attach Module
970) DCB Device Control Block + Disk Coprocessor Board [Novell]
971) DCC Data Country Code + Digital Command Control +
972) Digital Compact Cassette + Direct Cable/Client Connection
973) + Display Combination Code
974) DCD Data Carrier Detect
975) DCE Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment +
976) Data Communications Equipment +
977) Distributed Computing Environment [OSF] +
978) Distributed Computing Equipment
979) DCED Distributed Computing Environment Daemon
980) DCF Data Communication Facility [IBM] +
981) Data Compression Facility +
982) Data Count Field [IBM] +
983) Driver Configuration File [Lotus]
984) D-CHANNEL Data Channel
985) DCI Display Control Interface
986) DCL Data Control Language + Declaration +
987) DEC Command Language [DEC] +
988) Device Clear + Digital Control Logic +
989) Digital Command Language [Digital]
990) DCML Dynamic Configuration Markup Language
991) DCOM Distributed Component Object Model
992) DCP Device Control Protocol +
993) Digital Light Processing [TI]
994) DCS Data Collection System + Data Control System +
995) Desktop Color Separation + Distributed Control System
996) DCT Discrete Cosine Transform
997) .DCT Dictionary (file name extension)
998) DCU Data-Cache Unit
999) DD Day + Digital Display + Double Density
1000) DDA Distributed Data Access + Domain-Defined Attribute
1001) DDB Device Dependent Bitmap + Device Descriptor Block
1002) DDC Digital Data Channel [VESA] + Display Data Channel
1003) DDCMP Digital Data Communications Message Protocol [DEC]
1004) DDC1 Display Data Channel One
1005) DDCS Distributed Database Connection Services [IBM]
1006) DDD Direct Distance Dialing
1007) DDE Direct Data Entry + Dynamic Data Exchange [Microsoft]
1008) DDEML Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library [Microsoft]
1009) DDF Display Data Channel + Dynamic Data Formatting [IBM]
1010) DDI Device Driver Interface +
1011) Digital Document Interchange + Direct Dial In
1012) DDK Device Driver Kit [Microsoft Windows]
1013) DDL Data Definition Language + Data Description Language
1014) DDM Distributed Data Management
1015) DDN Defense Data Network
1016) DDNS Dynamic Domain Naming System
1017) DDP Datagram Delivery Protocol +
1018) Distributed Data Processing
1019) DDR Dynamic Document Review [Symantec]
1020) DDR-SDRAM Double Data Rate-SDRAM
1021) DDS Data Description Specification +
1022) Digital Dataphone Service [AT&T] + Design Data Sheet +
1023) Digital Data Storage + Distributed Database Services
1024) DDX Digital Data Exchange
1025) DE Device End
1026) DEA Data Encryption Algorithm
1027) DEC Decrement + Device Clear + Digital Equipment Corporation
1028) DECNET Digital Equipment Corporation Networking (protocol)
1029) DEF Desktop Functional Equivalent [Compaq]
1030) .DEF Definitions + Defaults (file name extensions)
1031) DEFRAG Defragment
1032) DEK Data Encryption Key
1033) DEL Delete
1034) DELSTR Delete String [REXX]
1035) .DEM Demonstration (file name extension)
1036) DEN Directory Enabled Network +
1037) Document Enabled Networking [Novell-Xerox]
1038) DER Distinguished Encoding Rules
1039) DES Data Encryption Standard + Data Entry Sheet
1040) .DES Description (file name extension)
1041) DET Device Execute Trigger
1042) DEV Device
1043) DF Data Field + Default + Destination Field +
1044) Device Flag + Double Flag
1045) DFC Data Flow Control
1046) DFD Data Flow Diagram
1047) DFDR Digital Flight Data Recorder
1048) DFM Design For Manufacturability [IBM]
1049) DFP Digital Flat Panel
1050) DFS Distributed File System
1051) DFSMS Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem [IBM]
1052) DFT Design For Testability + Diagnostic Function Test +
1053) Discrete Fourier Transform +
1054) Distributed Function Terminal
1055) DFU Data File Utility
1056) DGIS Direct Graphics Interface Standard
1057) DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
1058) DHL Dynamic Head Loading
1059) .DHP Dr. Halo PIC (file name extension)
1060) DHTML Dynamic HTML
1061) DI Data In + Destination Index
1062) DIA Document Interchange Architecture [IBM]
1063) DIB Device Independent Bitmap +
1064) Directory Information Base +
1065) Dual Independent Bus [Intel]
1066) DIBOL DEC Business Oriented Language
1067) .DIC Dictionary (file name extension)
1068) DID Direct Inward Dialing
1069) DIDS Distributed Intrusion Detection System
1070) DIF Data Interchange Format
1071) DIFFSENS Differential Sense
1072) DIIP Direct Interrupt Identification Port
1073) DIMM Dual In-Line Memory Module
1074) DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm (German equivalent of EIA)
1075) DIO Data Input-Output
1076) DIP Dialup Internet Protocol [Internet] +
1077) Digital Imaging Processing +
1078) Dual In-line Package + Dual In-line Pin
1079) DIR Directory (file)
1080) DIS Draft International Standard +
1081) Dynamic Impedance Stabilization [CompuCom]
1082) DISA Data Interchange Standards Association +
1083) Direct Inward System Access
1084) DISP Displacement (offset)
1085) DIT Directory Information Tree
1086) DIV Divide
1087) DIVE Direct Interface Video Extension [OS/2 Warp]
1088) DIVX Digital Video Express
1089) DIW D-Inside Wire [AT&T]
1090) .DIZ Description In Zip (file name extension)
1091) DL Download (also D/L)
1092) DL/1 Data Manipulation Language 1 [IBM]
1093) DLB Dynamic Load Balancing
1094) DLC Data Link Control (protocol) [IBM] +
1095) Distributed Loop Carrier
1096) DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier
1097) DLD Display List Driver
1098) DLE Data Link Escape
1099) DLL Dynamic Link Library
1100) DLM Distributed Lock Manager + Dynamic Link Module
1101) DLP Digital Light Processing [TI]
1102) DLPI Data Link Provider Interface
1103) DLR DOS LAN Requester
1104) DLS Data Link Switching [IBM]
1105) DLT Digital Linear Tape
1106) DM Distributed Memory
1107) DMA Direct Memory Access/Addressing +
1108) Document Management Alliance
1109) DMAC DMA Controller
1110) DMACS Distributed Manufacturing Automation & Control Software
1111) DMD Digital Micromirror Device [TI]
1112) DME Direct Memory Execution +
1113) Distributed Management Environment
1114) DMF Distribution Media Format [Microsoft]
1115) DMI Desktop Management Interface
1116) DML Data Manipulation Language
1117) DMM Digital Multimeter
1118) DMMS Dynamic Memory Management System
1119) DMOS Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
1120) DMP Dot Matrix Printer
1121) DMPC Distributed Memory Parallel Computer
1122) DMPP Distributed Memory Parallel Processor
1123) DMQS Display Mode Query and Set [IBM]
1124) DMS Data Management Software + Data/Document
1125) Management System
1126) DMSD Digital Multistandard Decoding
1127) DMSS Distributed Mass Storage System
1128) DMT Digital/Discrete Multi-Tone
1129) DMTF Desktop Management Task Force
1130) DMY Day Month Year
1131) DN Down
1132) DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
1133) DNC Direct Numerical Control
1134) DNIC Data Network Identification Code
1135) DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service
1136) DNS Domain Naming System
1137) DO Data Out + Distributed Objects
1138) .DOC Document + Documentation (file name extensions)
1139) DOCIS Data Over Cable-Service Interface Specification
1140) DOCSV Data Over Circuit-Switched Voice
1141) DOE Distributed Objects Everywhere
1142) DOIP Dial Other Internet Providers [IBM]
1143) DO-IT Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and
1144) Technology
1145) DOLAP Desktop OLAP
1146) DOM Document Object Model [W3C]
1147) DOMF Distributed Object Management Facility
1148) DOS Disk Operating System
1149) DOSEM DOS Emulation
1150) .DOT Document Template (file name extension)
1151) DOV Data Over Voice
1152) DOW Day Of Week
1153) DP Data Processing
1154) DPA Demand Protocol Architecture [3Com] +
1155) Document Printing Architecture
1156) DPAM Demand Priority Access Method
1157) DPAREN Data Parity Enable [IBM]
1158) DPB Drive Parameter Block
1159) DPC Direct Program Control
1160) DPI Distributed Protocol Interface + Dots Per Inch
1161) DPL Descriptor Privilege Level
1162) DPM Digital Panel Meter
1163) DPMA Data Processing Management Association
1164) DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface [Microsoft]
1165) DPMS Display Power Management Support
1166) DPO Data Phase Optimization
1167) DPS Document Processing System
1168) DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying
1169) DPtoTP Display Coordinates to Tablet Coordinates
1170) (converting)
1171) DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus
1172) DQL Data Query Language
1173) DR Data Received
1174) D/R Direct or Reverse
1175) DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
1176) DRAW Direct Read After Write
1177) DR.BOND Dial-up Router Bandwidth On Demand [NEC]
1178) DRDA Distributed Relational Database Algorithm/Architecture [IBM]
1179) DR-DOS Digital Research-Disk Operating System
1180) DRDW Direct Read During Write
1181) DRI Declarative Referential Integrity +
1182) Digital Research Incorporated
1183) DRM Digital Rights/Distributed Resource Management
1184) DRO Data Request Output + Destructive Read-Out
1185) DRS Document Registration System
1186) .DRS Driver Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
1187) DRV Drive
1188) .DRV Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DVR)
1189) .DRW Draw + Drawing (file name extensions)
1190) DS Data Segment + Data Send + Data Server + Double Sided
1191) D/S Dhrystone Per Second
1192) DSA Digital Signature Algorithm + Directory System Agent
1193) DSAP Destination Service Access Point
1194) DSD Direct Stream Digital [Sony-Philips]
1195) DSDD Double Sided, Double Density (diskette)
1196) DSE Data Storage Equipment
1197) DSEA Display Station Emulation Adapter
1198) DSECT Dummy Control Section
1199) DSHD Double Sided, High Density (diskette)
1200) DSIS Distributed Support Information Standard
1201) DSL Digital Subscriber Line
i. ADSL Asymmetric DSL
ii. BDSL Broadband DSL
iii. CDSL Consumer DSL [Rockwell]
iv. FDSL Fixed Directory Subscriber List
v. HDSL High-Bit-Rate DSL +
a. High-Data-Rate DSL
vi. IDSL Integrated Services Digital Network DSL
vii. RDSL Rate-Adaptive DSL
viii. SDSL Single-Line DSL +
a. Symmetric DSL
ix. VDSL Very-High-Bit-Rate DSL
x. VADSL Very-High-Rate Asymmetric DSL
xi. VDSL Very-High-Data-Rate DSL
1202) DSL Dynamic Simulation Language
1203) DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
1204) DSM Distributed Shared Memory
1205) DSMA Digital Sense Multiple Access
1206) DSN Delivery Service Notification
1207) DSOM Distributed System Object Model
1208) DSP Digital Signal Processing/Processor +
1209) Directory Synchronization Protocol [Lotus]
1210) DSPT Display Station Pass-Thru [IBM]
1211) DSQD Double Sided, Quad Density (diskette)
1212) DSR Data Set Ready + Device Status Register +
1213) Device Status Report
1214) DSS Decision Support System + Digital Signature Standard +
1215) Direct Station Selector
1216) DSSI Digital Standard Systems Interconnect [DEC]
1217) DSSS Direct-Sequencing Spread Spectrum
1218) DSSSL Document Style Semantics and Specifications Language
1219) DSTN Double Supertwisted Nematic
1220) DSU Data Service/Switching Unit + Digital Service Unit
1221) DSVD Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data
1222) DSW Data Status Word + Device Status Word
1223) DSX Digital Signals Cross-Connect
1224) D2T2 Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (printing)
1225) DTA Disk Transfer Area
1226) .DTA Data (file name extension)
1227) DTC Desktop Conferencing
1228) DTD Document Type Definition
1229) DTE Data Terminal Equipment + Dumb Terminal Emulator
1230) DTF Distributed Test Facility
1231) DTL Dialogue Tag Language [IBM] + Diode-Transistor Logic
1232) DTM Digital Terrain Mapping
1233) DTMF Data Tone Multiple Frequency + Dual Tone Multifrequency
1234) DTP Desktop Publishing + Distributed Transaction Process
1235) DTR Data Terminal Ready + Data Transfer Rate
1236) DTS Distributed Traffic Shaping [Cisco]
1237) DTSS Dartmouth Time Sharing System
1238) DTV Desktop Video + Digital Television
1239) DTVC Desktop Video Conferencing
1240) DU Disk Usage
1241) DUA Directory User Agent
1242) DUAT Direct User Access Terminal
1243) DUN Dial-Up Networking [Microsoft]
1244) DUNCE Dial Up Network Connection Enhancement
1245) DV Digital Video
1246) .DV DESQview Script (file name extension)
1247) DVC Desktop Video Conferencing + Digital Video Camera
1248) DVD Digital Video Disk
1249) DVD-R Digital Video Disk-Recordable
1250) DVD-RAM Digital Versatile Disc-RAM
1251) DVD-ROM Digital Versatile Disc-ROM
1252) DVE Digital Video Effect
1253) DVI Digital Video Interactive + Digital Visual Interface
1254) .DVI Device Independent (file name extension)
1255) DVM Digital Volt Meter
1256) DVMRP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol [Internet]
1257) DVR Digital Video Recorder
1258) .DVR Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DRV)
1259) DW Data Warehousing
1260) DWDM Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexer
1261) DWG Drawing
1262) DWMT Discrete Wavelet Multitone
1263) D2X Decimal To Hexadecimal [REXX]
1264) .DXB Drawing Interchange Binary (file name extension)
1265) [AutoCAD]
1266) DXC Data Exchange Control
1267) DXF Data Exchange File + Drawing Exchange Format
1268) DXI Data Exchange Interface
1269) DYNSLT Dynamic Select [IBM]
1270) DYNSRC Dynamic Source
1271) EA Effective Address + Extended Attribute [OS/2]
1272) EAI Enterprise Application Integration
1273) EAR External Access Register
1274) EARN European Academic Research Network
1275) EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
1276) EARS Electronic Access to Reference Services +
1277) Electronic Authoring and Routing System [DEC] +
1278) Explicit Archive and Retrieval System [Langley Research]
1279) EATA Enhanced AT Bus Attachment
1280) EAX Environmental Audio Extensions [Creative]
1281) EB Exabyte (1,024 petabytes)
1282) (One Billion Billion characters of information)
1283) EBC EISA Bus Controller
1284) EBCT Electron Beam Computed Tomography
1285) EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code [IBM]
1286) EBI Equivalent Background Input +
1287) Extended Background Investigation
1288) EBFM - Electronic Business Flow Management
1289) EBNF Extended Backus-Naur Form
1290) EBOOK Electronic Book
1291) EBPP Electric Bill Presentment and Payment
1292) EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer
1293) EC Electronic Commerce + Error Control
1294) ECAL Enjoy Computing And Learn
1295) ECAT Electronic Card Assembly and Test [IBM]
1296) ECB Electronic Codebook + Event Control Block
1297) ECC Elliptic Curve Crypto + Error Check Code +
1298) Error Checking and Correction + Error Correction Code
1299) ECD Enhanced Color Display + Enhanced Compact Disk
1300) ECHO European Commission Host Organization [Internet]
1301) ECI External Call Interface
1302) ECL Emitter Coupled Logic
1303) ECM Electronic Control Module
1304) ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association
1305) ECN Electronic Communications Network
1306) ECNE Enterprise Certified NetWare Engineer [Novell]
1307) ECP Enhanced/Extended Capabilities Port [Microsoft]
1308) ECS Enhanced Chip Set
1309) ECTL Electronic Communal Temporal Lobe
1310) ECU EISA Configuration Utility
1311) ED Erase Display
1312) EDA Electronic Design Automation +
1313) Embedded Document Architecture [Go Corporation]
1314) EDB Embedded Database
1315) EDC Electronic Digital Computer +
1316) Enhanced Data Correction +
1317) Error Detection and Correction
1318) EDDC Extended Distance Data Cable
1319) EDE Encrypt-Decrypt-Encrypt
1320) EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
1321) EDGE Enhanced Data-Rates for Global Evolution
1322) EDI Electronic Data Interchange +
1323) Electronic Document Interchange [DEC]
1324) EDIF Electronic Design Interchange Format
1325) EDIFACT EDI for Administration Commerce and Transport
1326) EDL Edit Decision List
1327) EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control
1328) EDLIN Editor (Line Text)
1329) EDMS Electronic Document Management System
1330) EDO Extended Data Out
1331) EDOS Enhanced DOS for Windows
1332) EDP Electronic Data Processing
1333) EDPM Electronic Data Processing Machine
1334) EDRAM Eraseable/Extended Dynamic Random Access Memory
1335) EDS Electronic Data Systems (corporation)
1336) EDSAC * Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
1337) .EDU Educational Institutions (Domain Name) [Internet]
1338) EDVAC * Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
1339) (First stored-program digital computer)
1340) EE Extended Edition [IBM]
1341) EEC Extended Error Correction
1342) EEG Electroencephalogram
1343) EEL Epsilon Extension Language
1344) EEM Extended Memory Management
1345) EEMAC Electrical & Electronic Manufacturers of Canada
1346) EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
1347) EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
1348) EES Escrow Encryption Standard
1349) EFA Extended File Attribute
1350) EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation
1351) EFI Electromechanical Frequency Interference +
1352) Electronics For Imaging
1353) EFIGS English, French, Italian, German, Spanish
1354) EFL Emitter Follower Logic
1355) E-FORM Electronic Form
1356) EFS Encrypting File System
1357) EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System
1358) EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
1359) EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
1360) EGREP Extended Global Regular Expression Print [Unix]
1361) EHLLAPI Emulator High Level Language Application
1362) Programming Interface [IBM]
1363) EIA Electronic Industries Association
1364) EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
1365) EIS Executive Information System
1366) EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
1367) EJB Enterprise JavaBeans
1368) EL Electroluminescent (display) + Erase Line
1369) ELAN Emulated Local Area Network
1370) ELC Embedded Linking and Control
1371) ELEC Enterprise Local Exchange Carrier
1372) ELF Executable and Linking Format +
1373) Extremely Low Frequency
1374) ELS Entry Level System
1375) EM Electronic Mail + Emphasized + End of Medium +
1376) Expanded Memory
1377) EMA Electronic Mail Association +
1378) Enterprise Management/Memory Architecture
1379) EMACS Editing Macros [Unix]
1380) E-MAIL Electronic Mail
1381) EMB Extended Memory Block [LIM/AST]
1382) EMBARC Electronic Mail Broadcast to a Roaming Computer
1383) [Motorola]
1384) EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility + Enhanced Memory Chip +
1385) E-Mail Connection + Extended Math Coprocessor
1386) EMCC * Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company (World's first computer
1387) company, founded by Presper Eckart and John Mauchly,
1388) who invented and built the first UNIVAC)
1389) EMI Electromagnetic Interference
1390) .EML Electronic Mail (file name extension)
1391) EMM Expanded Memory Manager
1392) EMR Electro-Magnetic Radiation +
1393) Enhanced Metafile Record
1394) EMS Electronic Mail System + Electronic Message Service +
286 Energy Management System +
1395) Expanded Memory Specification [LIM]
1396) EMSAPI Extended Messaging Services Application
1397) Programming Interface
1398) EMWAC European Microsoft Windows NT Academic Centre
1399) .ENC Encoded (file name extension)
1400) ENDEC Encoder/Decoder
1401) ENDS Ends Segment
1402) ENIAC * Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and
1403) Computer (First fully electronic digital computer)
1404) ENQ Enquiry
1405) ENSS Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet]
1406) EOA End Of Address
1407) EOB End Of Block
1408) EOC End Of Conversion
1409) EOF End Of File + Enterprise Objects Framework
1410) [Next Computer]
1411) EOI End Of Interrupt + End Or Identify
1412) EOJ End Of Job
1413) EOL End Of Line + End Of List
1414) EOM End Of Message
1415) EOR Exclusive OR (Also XOR)
1416) EOS Earth Observing System [NASA] + End Of String
1417) EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System [NASA]
1418) EOT End Of Table + End Of Tape (marker) + End Of Text +
1419) End Of Transmission
1420) EP Electrophotographic Engine
1421) EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (chip) [Intel]
1422) EPL Effective Privilege Level
1423) EPLD Electrically Programmable Logic Device
1424) EPM Enhanced Editor for Presentation Manager [IBM] +
1425) Enterprise Process Management [IBM]
1426) EPP Enhanced Parallel Port
1427) EPROCESS Executive Process
1428) EPROM Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory +
1429) Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
1430) .EPS Encapsulated PostScript (file name extension)
1431) EPSF Encapsulated PostScript Files
1432) ERA Extended Registry Attributes
1433) ERAS Electronic Routing and Approval System [Hughes Aircraft]
1434) ERD Emergency Repair Disk + Entity Relationship Diagram
1435) ERIC Educational Resources Information Center [Internet]
1436) ERLL Enhanced Run Length Limited
1437) ERMA * Electronic Recording Method, Accounting
1438) [General Electric]
1439) EROM Erasable Read Only Memory
1440) EROS Earth Resources Observation System
1441) [U.S. Geological Survey]
1442) ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
1443) ERR Error
1444) ER/RC Extended Result/Response Code
1445) ERU Emergency Recovery Utility [Microsoft]
1446) ES Extra Segment
1447) ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture [IBM] +
1448) European Space Agency
1449) ESC EISA System Component + Escape
1450) ESCD Extended System Configuration Data
1451) ESCM Extended Services Communications Manager [IBM]
1452) ESCON Enterprise System Connection (Architecture) [IBM]
1453) ESC/P Epson Standard Code for Printers
1454) ESD Electronic Software Distribution +
1455) Electrostatic Discharge + Emergency Startup Disk
1456) ESDI Enhanced Small/System Device Interface
1457) ESDRAM Enhanced SDRAM
1458) ESF Extended Superframe
1459) ESI End System Identifier +
1460) Enhanced Serial Interface (specification) [Hayes]
1461) ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
1462) ESN Electronic Security Number
1463) ESP Emulation Sensing Processor +
1464) Encapsulating Security Payload (header) +
1465) Enhanced Serial Port [Hayes] + Enhanced Service Provider +
1466) Enterprise System Platcorm + Estimated Selling Price
1467) ESR Event Service Routine
1468) ESS Electronic Switching System
1469) ESU Electro-Static Unit
1470) ET Enhancement Technology
1471) ETACS Extended Total Access Communication System [IBM]
1472) ETANN Electrically Trainable Analog Neural
1473) Network (chip) [Intel]
1474) ETB End of Transmission Block
1475) ETC Electronic Toll Collection +
1476) Enhanced Throughput Cellular (modem protocol) [AT&T]
1477) E-TEXT Electronic Text
1478) ETF Enriched Text Format
1479) ETOM Electron-Trapping Optical Memory
1480) ETPL Endorsed Tempest Products List
1481) ETS Econometric Time Series
1482) ETX End Of Text
1483) EU Execution Unit
1484) EUC End User Computing + Extended Unix Code [IBM]
1485) EUDORA (Named after author of story:
1486) "Why I Live at the P.O.", Ms. Eudora Welty)
1487) EUI End-User Interface
1488) EULA End-User License Agreement
1489) EVE Extensible VAX Editor
1490) EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array +
1491) Extended Video Graphics Adapter
1492) EWAN Emulator Without A Good Name [Internet]
1493) EWS Employee Written Software [IBM]
1494) ExCA Exchangeable Card Architecture [Intel]
1495) .EXE Executable (file name extension)
1496) EXE2BIN Program used to convert an (.EXE) file to binary
1497) format (.COM) file
1498) EXM Enterprise Messaging Exchange [Lotus]
1499) EXP Exponent
1500) EXT External
1501) EXTRN External Reference
1502) E-ZINE Electronic Magazine
1503) FAB Computer-Chip Fabrication Plant
1504) FAC File Access Code
1505) FAMOS Floating Gate Avalanche MOS
1506) FANS Future Air Navigation System
1507) FAP File Access Protocol
1508) FAPI Family Application Program Interface
1509) FAQ Frequently Asked Question
1510) FARNET Federation of American Research Networks [Internet]
1511) FASIC Function and Algorithm-Specific Integrated Circuit
1512) FAT File Allocation Table
1513) FAX Facsimile
1514) .FAX Fax (file name extension)
1515) FC/AL Fiber Channel/Arbitrated Loop
1516) FCB File Control Block
1517) FCC Federal Communications Commission
1518) FCC: File Carbon Copy
1519) FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for
1520) Science, Engineering and Technology
1521) FC/EL Fiber Channel/Enhanced Loop
1522) FCI Flux Changes per Inch
1523) FCL Fibre Channel Loop
1524) FCR FIFO Control Register
1525) FCS Fiber Channel Standard + Frame Check Sequence
1526) FD Floppy Disk + Floppy Drive + Full Duplex
1527) FDC Floppy Disk Controller
1528) FDDI Fiber Digital Device Interface +
1529) Fiber Distributed Data Interface
1530) FDHD Floppy Drive High Density
1531) FDISK Fixed Disk
1532) FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing
1533) FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
1534) FDSL (See DSL)
1535) FDX Full Duplex
1536) FEC Forward Error Correction
1537) FECN Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
1538) FED Field Emission/Emitter Display
1539) FEFO First-Ended, First-Out
1540) FEP Front End Processor
1541) FEPI Front End Programming Interface
1542) FEPROM Flash EPROM
1543) FERAM Ferroelectric RAM
1544) FESDK Far East Software Development Kit [Microsoft]
1545) FET Field Effect Transistor
1546) FF Flip-Flop + Form Feed
1547) FFDC First Failure Data Capture [IBM]
1548) FFS Fast File System
1549) FFST First Failure Support Technology [IBM]
1550) FFT Fast Fourier Transform + Final Form Text [IBM]
1551) FG Floating Gate
1552) FGREP Fixed Global Regular Expression Print [Unix]
1553) FHS Fan Heat-Sink
1554) FHSS Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum
1555) FIB Forwarding Information Base
1556) FIF Fractal Image Format
1557) FIFO First-In, First-Out
1558) FILO First-In, Last-Out
1559) FINDSTR Find Strings
1560) FIP File Processor Buffering
1561) FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard
1562) FIR Fast Infrared + Finite Impulse Response
1563) .FIRM Business or Firm (Domain Name) [Internet]
1564) FIRST Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
1565) FITS Flexible Image Transport System
1566) FIU Fingerprint Identification Unit [Sony]
1567) FIX Federal Internet Exchange
1568) FK Foreign Key
1569) FLA Four Letter Acronym
1570) FLC Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal
1571) FLD Field
1572) FLL FoxPro Link Library [Microsoft Fox Pro]
1573) FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second
1574) .FLR Folder (file name extension)
1575) FMD Fluorescent Multilayer Disk
1576) FMS Forms Management System
1577) FMT Format
1578) FMV Full Motion Video
1579) FNT Font
1580) FOCUS Forum of Control Data Users
1581) FOD Fax On Demand
1582) FOG First Osborne Group
1583) FOIP Fax Over Internet Protocol
1584) FOIRL Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link [IEEE]
1585) FOLDOC Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing
1586) .FON Font + Phone + Phone Directory (all file name
1587) extensions)
1588) .FOR Fortran source code (file name extension)
1589) FORTH (Programming Language)(See HLL)
1590) FORTRAN Formula Translator (Programming Language)(See HLL)
1591) FOSE Federal Office Systems Exposition
1592) FOSI Format Option Specification Instance
1593) FOSSIL Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer
1594) FPC Floating Point Calculation
1595) FPCE Floating-Point C Extension (specification)
1596) FPGA Field Programmable Gate-Array
1597) FPLA Field Programmable Logic-Array
1598) FPM Fast Page Mode
1599) FPP Fixed Path Protocol + Floating Point Processor
1600) FPR Floating-Point Register
1601) FPS Favorite Picture Selection + Frames Per Second
1602) FPT Forced Perfect Termination
1603) FPU Floating Point Unit
1604) FPX FlashPix (format) [Kodak]
1605) FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name [Internet]
1606) FRAD Frame Relay Access Device +
1607) Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler
1608) FRAG Fragment + Fragmentation
1609) FRAM Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory
1610) FRC Functional Redundancy Checking
1611) FRED Frame Editor + Front-End to Dish
1612) FRPI Flux Reversals Per Inch
1613) .FRS WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension)
1614) FS File Separator
1615) FSB Front Side Bus
1616) FSD File System Driver [OS/2]
1617) FSE Full Screen Editor
1618) FSF Free Software Foundation [Internet]
1619) FSK Frequency Shift Keying
1620) FSN Full Service Network
1621) FSP File Service Protocol
1622) FSR Free System Resources
1623) FST Flat Square Tube (monitor)
1624) F/T Full Time
1625) FTAM File Transfer, Access and Management +
1626) File Transfer and Access Method
1627) FTL Flash Transition Layer [Intel]
1628) FTM Flat Tension Mask [Zenith]
1629) FTP File Transfer Protocol [Internet]
1630) FTPD File Transfer Protocol Daemon
1631) FTTB Fiber To The Basement
1632) FTTC Fiber To The Curb
1633) FTTN Fiber To The Neighborhood
1634) FTS Federal Telecommunication System
1635) FTX Fault Tolerant Unix
1636) FUI File Update Information
1637) FUNC Function
1638) FVT Full Video Translation
1639) FYI For Your Information
1640) GA General Availability
1641) GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
1642) GAL Generic Array Logic
1643) GAPI Gateway Application Programming Interface
1644) GART Graphics Address Relocation Table
1645) GATT Graphics Address Translation Table
1646) Gb Gigabit (1,024 megabits) +
1647) (One Billion Bits of Information)
1648) GB Gigabyte (1,024 megabytes) +
1649) (One Billion Characters of Information)
1650) GCC GNU C-Compiler [Unix]
1651) GCCD Glass-Passivated Ceramic Chip Diode
1652) GCR Group Code Recording
1653) GDA Global Data Area + GNOME Data Access
1654) GDDM Graphics Data Display Manager
1655) GDG Generation Data Group [IBM]
1656) GDI Graphical Device Interface
1657) GDLC Generic Data Link Control [IBM]
1658) GDP Graphic Draw Primitive
1659) GDT Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing +
1660) Global Descriptor Table +
1661) Graphics Development Toolkit
1662) GECOS General Electric Comprehensive Operating System
1663) GEIS General Electric Information Service (company)
1664) GEM Graphics Environment Manager (DRI Program)
1665) GENIE General Electric Network for
1666) Information Exchange
1667) GEO Geostationary Earth Orbit
1668) GEOS Graphic Environment Operating System [Geoworks]
1669) GET Get Execute Trigger
1670) GFI General Format Identifier + Ground-Fault Interceptor
1671) GGP Gateway-Gateway Protocol [Internet]
1672) GHZ Gigahertz
1673) .GID Topics (file name extension) [Microsoft]
1674) .GIF Graphics Interchange Format (file name extension)
1675) GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
1676) GII Global Information Infrastructure
1677) GILS Government Information Locator Service
1678) GIMPS Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
1679) GINA Graphical Identification and Authentication
1680) GIS Geographic Information System +
1681) Global Information Solutions [AT&T]
1682) GIX Global Internet Exchange [Internet]
1683) GKS Graphical Kernel System
1684) GL Graphics Language
1685) G/L General Ledger
1686) GLIS Global Land Information System [US Geological Survey]
1687) GLM General Linear Models
1688) GLOBE Global Learning by Observations to Benefit
1689) the Environment [Internet]
1690) .GLY Glossary (file name extension) [Microsoft Word]
1691) GMDI Gigabit Media-Dependent Interface
1692) GML Generalized Markup Language
1693) GMP Global Mobile Professional
1694) GMR Giant Magneto-Resistive (read head technology)
1695) GMS Global Management System +
1696) Global Messaging Service [Novell]
1697) GMT Greenwich Mean Time
1698) GND Ground (signal/system)
1699) GNN Global Network Navigator
1700) GNU Gnu's Not Unix (operating system)
1701) GNOME GNU Network Object Model Environment
1702) GOAD GNOME Object Activation Directory
1703) GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
1704) .GOV Governmental (Domain Name) [Internet]
1705) GP Gas Plasma + General Purpose
1706) GPF General Protection Fault
1707) GPI Graphics Programming Interface
1708) GPIB General Purpose Information/Interface Bus
1709) GPIO General Purpose Input/Output
1710) GPR General Purpose Register [IBM]
1711) GPRC Glass Passivated Rectifier Chip
1712) GPS Global Positioning Satellite/System +
1713) Global Product Specification
1714) GPSS * General Purpose Systems Simulator (language)
1715) GPU Graphics Processing Unit
1716) GRADD Graphics Adapter Device Driver [IBM]
1717) GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation + Graphics Engine
1718) GREP Global Regular Expression Print
1719) .GRF Graph (file name extension)
1720) .GRP Group (file name extension)
1721) GS Group Separator
1722) GSI General Server Interface
1723) GSM Global Shared Memory +
1724) Global System for Mobile-Communications (network)
1725) GSNW Gateway Service for NetWare [Microsoft]
1726) GSP Generic Server Passer + Global Service Provider
1727) GSTN General Switched Telephone Network
1728) GTE General Telephone Electronics (corporation)
1729) GTF Generalized Timing Format
1730) GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic
1731) GTO Guide To Operations [IBM]
1732) GTP * Geometry Theorem Prover
1733) GTS Generic Traffic Shaping [Cisco]
1734) GUI Graphical User Interface
1735) GUID Globally Unique Identifier +
1736) Global Universal Identifier
1737) GVT Global Virtual Time
1738) GW-BASIC Gee Whiz BASIC
1739) .gz Compressed file (compressed filename extension -
1740) using GNU gzip compression/decompression program) [Unix]
1741) GZIP GNU Zip
1742) .H Header (file name extension) [C]
1743) HACMP High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing [IBM]
1744) HAL Hard Array Logic + Hardware Abstraction Layer +
1745) House-Programmed Array Logic
1746) HAL * Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic (computer)
1747) [from 1968 movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"]
1748) HAP Host Access Protocol
1749) HASP Houston Automatic Spooling Priority (System)
1750) HBA Host Bus Adapter
1751) HCL Hardware Compatibility List
1752) HCSS High Capacity Storage System
1753) HCU Home Computer User
1754) HD Hard Disk + High Density
1755) HDA Head Disk Assembly
1756) HDCD High Definition Compatible Digital
1757) HDF Hierarchical Data Format [NCSA]
1758) HDI Head to Disk Interference
1759) HDL Hardware Description Language
1760) HDLC High-Level Data Link Control
1761) HDM Hardware Device Module
1762) HDML Handheld Device Markup Language
1763) HDR Header
1764) HDSC High Density Signal Carrier [DEC]
1765) HDSL (See DSL)
1766) HDSS Holographic Data Storage System
1767) HDT Host Digital Terminal
1768) HDTV High Definition Television
1769) HDVD High Definition Volumetric Display
1770) HDW Hardware
1771) HDX Half Duplex
1772) HEOS High Earth Orbiting Satellite
1773) HERC Hercules
1774) HEX Hexadecimal
1775) HFC Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial
1776) HFS Hierarchical File System [Macintosh]
1777) HFT High Function Terminal [IBM]
1778) HGA Hercules Graphics Adapter
1779) HGCP Hercules Graphics Card Plus
1780) HH Hour
1781) HIF Hyper-G Interchange Format
1782) HIFD High-Density Floppy Disk
1783) HIL Human Interface Link [HP]
1784) HIMEM High Memory
1785) HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
1786) HIPPI High Performance Parallel Interface
1787) HLCO High Low Close Open
1788) HLL High Level Language
1789) HLLAPI High Level Language Application Programming Interface
1790) .HLP Help (file name extension)
1791) HLQ High Level Qualifier
1792) HLS Hue, Luminance, Saturation (color model)
1793) HLT Halt
1794) HMA High Memory Area [Microsoft] +
1795) Hub Management Architecture
1796) HMD Head Mounted Display
1797) HMM Hidden Markov Model
1798) HMMP Hyper-Media Management Protocol
1799) HMOS High Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor +
1800) High Speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor
1801) HMP Host Monitoring Protocol
1802) HOLAP Hybrid OLAP
1803) HOTT Hot Off The Tree (electronic newsletter)
1804) HOV High Occupancy Vehicle
1805) HP Hewlett-Packard (Company)
1806) HPC Handheld Personal Computer
1807) HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications
1808) HPDJ Hewlett-Packard Desk Jet
1809) HPFS High-Performance File System
1810) HPG Hewlett-Packard Graphics
1811) HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
1812) HPIB Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
1813) HPLJ Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet
1814) HPOM Home Page Objects Model [Microsoft]
1815) HPPA Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture
1816) HPPI High Performance Parallel Interface
1817) HPR High Performance Routing [IBM]
1818) HPSB High Performance Serial Bus
1819) HPUX Hewlett-Packard Unix
1820) HPW High Performance Workstation [Sun]
1821) .HQX BinHex (file name extension) [Macintosh]
1822) HRIS Human Resource Information System
1823) HRG High Resolution Graphics
1824) HRMS Human Resource Management System
1825) HRTF Head Related Transfer Function
1826) HS High Speed
1827) HSB Hue, Saturation, Brightness (color model)
1828) HSC Hierarchical Storage Controller + High Speed Channel
1829) HSI Hue, Saturation, Intensity
1830) HSM Hierarchical Storage Management
1831) HSP High Speed Printer/Processor
1832) HSSI High Speed Serial Interface
1833) HST High Speed Technology [U.S. Robotics]
1834) .HST History + Host (file name extensions)
1835) HSV Hue Saturation Value
1836) HTML HyperText Markup Language
1837) HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
1838) HTTP-NG HTTP Next Generation
1839) HTTPS HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
1840) HUD Heads Up Display
1841) HUT Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
1842) H/V Horizontal/Vertical
1843) HVP Horizontal & Vertical Position
1844) H/W Hardware
1845) HWCP Hardware Code Page
1846) HWD Height-Width-Depth
1847) HWDM Hyperfine Wave Division Multiplexing
1848) .HYP Hyphenation (file name extension)
1849) HYTELNET Hypertext-browser for Telnet Accessible Sites
1850) Hz Hertz
1851) IA Intel Architecture [Intel]
1852) IAB Internet Architecture Board
1853) IAC Inter-Application Communication [Macintosh]
1854) IAEC International Address Element Code
1855) IAG Instruction Address Generation
1856) IAK Internet Access Kit [IBM]
1857) IAL * International Algebraic Language
1858) (ALGOL was first called IAL)
1859) IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
1860) IAP Internet Access Provider
1861) IAS Internet Access Server
1862) IAT Import Address Table
1863) IAUP Internet User Account Provider
1864) IBC Instrument Bus Computer
1865) iBCS Intel Binary Compatibility Specification
1866) IBIP Information Based Indicia Program [U.S. Postal Service]
1867) IBM International Business Machines (Corporation)
1868) IBM-GL IBM Graphics Language
1869) IC Input Circuit + Integrated Circuit + Interrupt Controller
1870) ICA Intelligent Console Architecture +
1871) Intra-application Communications Area
1872) ICANN International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1873) ICAP Internet Calendar Access Protocol [Lotus]
1874) ICAS Intel Communicating Applications Specifications
1875) ICB Internet Citizen's Band
1876) ICCP Institute for the Certification of
1877) Computing Professionals
1878) ICD International Code Designator
1879) ICE In-Circuit Emulator [Intel] +
1880) Integrated Computing Environment [Langley Research]
1881) ICES Interference-Causing Equipment Standard
1882) ICI Image Component Information
1883) ICL Interface Clear
1884) ICLID Incoming-Call Line Identification
1885) ICM Image Color Matching [Kodak] + Incoming Message
1886) .ICM Image Color Management (file name extension)
1887) ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol [Novell]
1888) .ICO Icon (file name extension)
1889) iCOMP Intel Comparative Microprocessor Performance [Intel]
1890) ICP Image Coprocessor + Integrated Channel Processor
1891) ICQ I Seek You (messaging program0
1892) ICR Intelligent Character Recognition
1893) ICS Internet Connection Sharing [Microsoft] +
1894) Intuitive Command Structure
1895) ICSAPI Internet Connection Services API
1896) ICU Instruction-Cache Unit +
1897) Intel Configuration Utility [Microsoft] +
1898) ISA Configuration Utility
1899) ID Identification + Identifier
1900) IDA Integrated Digital Access + Intelligent Disk Array +
1901) Intelligent Drive Array
1902) IDAPI Integrated Database Application Programming Interface
1903) IDC Integrated Database Connector +
1904) Integrated Desktop Connector +
1905) Internet Database Connector [Microsoft]
1906) IDDE Integrated Development & Debugging Environment [Symantec]
1907) IDE Imbedded Drive Electronics +
1908) Integrated Development Environment [Borland] +
1909) Integrated Drive Electronics +
1910) Intelligent Drive Electronics +
1911) Interactive Design and Engineering +
1912) Interface Design Enhancement
1913) IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm
1914) IDEN Integrated Data Enhanced Network
1915) IDF Intermediate Distribution Frame
1916) IDI Initial Domain Identifier
1917) IDIV Integer Divide
1918) IDL Interactive Data Language +
1919) Interface Definition Language
1920) IDM Integrated Document Management
1921) IDMS Integrated Data Base Management System
1922) IDNX Integrated Digital Network Exchange [IBM]
1923) IDP Integrated Data Processing
1924) IDR Intelligent Document Recognition
1925) IDSL (See DSL)
1926) IDT Interface Design Tool + Interrupt Descriptor Table
1927) .IDX Index (file name extension)
1928) IE Internet Explorer [Microsoft]
1929) IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
1930) IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1931) IEF Information Engineering Facility
1932) IEMSI Interactive Electronic Mail Standard
1933) Identification
1934) IEN Internet Engineering Notes
1935) IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
1936) IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group
1937) I/F Interface
1938) IFC Internet Foundation Classes
1939) IFD Image File Directory
1940) IFF Interchangeable File Format [Amiga]
1941) IFG Incoming Fax Gateway
1942) IFP Instruction Fetch Pipeline
1943) IFS Installable/Integated File System
1944) IFSM Information Systems Management
1945) IGA Integrated Graphics Array
1946) IGC Integrated Graphics Controller
1947) IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Standard
1948) IGFET Insulated-Gate Field Effect Transistor
1949) IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol
1950) IGP Interior Gateway Protocol
1951) IGRP Interior Gateway Routing Protocol [Cisco]
1952) IGS Internet Go Server
1953) IHD Integrated Help Desk [IBM]
1954) IHV Independent Hardware Vendor
1955) IIF Immediate Interface
1956) III Interstate Identification Index [NCIC]
1957) IIOP Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
1958) IIR Immediate Impulse Response
1959) IIS Internet Information Server [Microsoft]
1960) IITF Information Infrastructure Task Force
1961) IKE Internet Key Exchange
1962) IKMP Internet Key Management Protocol
1963) IKP Internet Keyed Payments [IBM]
1964) ILA Image Light Amplifier
1965) ILE Integrated Language Environment [IBM]
1966) ILEC Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
1967) ILP Instruction-Level Parallelism
1968) ILS International Language Support
1969) IM Instant Messenger
1970) IMAC Internet Macintosh [Apple]
1971) IMACS Image Management and Communication System
1972) IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
1973) IMAX Maximum Image
1974) IMDB In-Memory Database
1975) IMDS Image Data Stream (format) [IBM]
1976) IME Input Method Editor
1977) IMG Image
1978) IML Initial Microcode Load [IBM]
1979) IMP Information/Interface Message Processor
1980) IMPA Intelligent Multi-Port Adapter [DCA]
1981) IMPP Internet Messaging and Presence Protocol
1982) IMR Internet Monthly Report
1983) IMS Information Management System +
1984) Intermediate Maintenance Standards
1985) IMSP Internet Message Support Protocol
1986) IMTC International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium
1987) IMTV Interactive Multimedia Television
1988) IMUL Integer Multiply
1989) IMUX Inverse Multiplexer
1990) IN Input
1991) INC Increment
1992) .IND Index (file name extension)
1993) .INF Information (file name extension)
1994) .INFO Information Services (Domain Name) [Internet]
1995) INFS Internet Network File System
1996) .INI Initialize (file name extension)
1997) INIT Initialization + Initialize
1998) INM Integrated Network Management
1999) INND Internet News Daemon
2000)INS Input String + Integrated Network Server
2001) INT Integer + Internal + Interrupt +
2002)International (organization Domain name) [Internet]
2003) INTA Interrupt Acknowledge
2004)InterNIC Internet Network Information Center
2005) INTO Interrupt if Overflow occurs
2006)I2O Intelligent Input/Output
2007) I/O Input/Output
2008)IOC Inter-Office Channel
2009)IOCC Input/Output Channel Converter +
2010) Input/Output Controller Chip
2011) IOCS Input/Output Control System
2012) IOCTL Input/Output Control
2013) IODE Integrated Development and Debugging
2014) Environment [Symantec]
2015) IOF Infrared Optical Film
2016) IOP Input/Output Processor
2017) IOPL Input/Output Privilege Level
2018) IOR Interoperable Object Reference
2019) IOSGA Input/Output Support Gate Array
2020)IP Instruction Pointer + Intellectual Property +
286 Internet Protocol
2021) IPBF Installed Peripheral Base Flexibility
2022)IPC Instructions Per Clock + Interprocess Communication
2023) IPCMOS Interlocked Pipeline CMOS [IBM]
2024)IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol
2025) IPCS Integrated PC Server
2026)IPDC Internet Protocol Device Control
2027) IPDS IBM Personal Dictation System [IBM] +
2028)Intelligent Printer Data Stream [IBM]
2029)IPF Invalid Page Format
2030) IPFC Information Presentation Facility Compiler [IBM]
2031) IPI Intelligent Peripheral Interface
2032) IPL Initial Program Load/Loader +
2033) Ion Projection Lithography
2034) IPL * Information Programming Language
2035) IPM Images Per Minute + Interpersonal Message
2036) IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface
2037) IPNG Internet Protocol, next generation
2038) IPP Internet Printing Protocol
2039) IPR Intellectual Property Rights
2040)IPSE Integrated Project Support Environment
2041) IPSEC Internet Protocol Security
2042)IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council
2043) IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange [Novell]
2044)IQ-Home - Integrated Household Systems
2045) IQL Interactive Query Language
2046)IR Infrared
2047) IRC Internet Relay Chat
2048)IRD Integrated Receiver/Descrambler
2049)IRDA Infrared Data Association
2050) IRDS Information Resource Dictionary System
2051) IRET Interrupt Return
2052) IRF Intermediate Routing Function +
2053) Inheritance Rights Filter [Novell]
2054) IRL Interactive Reader Language + Inter-Repeater Link
2055) IRLAP Infrared Link Access Protocol
2056) IRLED Infrared Light Emitting Diode
2057) IRM Information Resource Management + Inherent Rights Mask
2058) IRQ Interrupt Request
2059) IRQL Interrupt Request Level
2060)IRTF Internet Research Task Force
2061) IRX Information Retrieval Experiment
2062)IS Information System + Interrupt Status
2063) ISA Industry Standard Architecture (bus) [IBM] +
2064)Instruction-Set Architecture
2065) ISAKMP Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
2066)ISAM Indexed Sequential-Access Management/Method
2067) ISAPI Internet Server API [Microsoft]
2068)ISBN International Standard Book Number
2069)ISC Instruction Set Computer + Inter-Systems
2070) Communication [IBM]
2071) ISD Image Section Descriptor +
2072) Instructional Systems Design
2073) ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
2074) ISH Information Super Highway
2075) ISI Internally Specified Index
2076) ISIS Integrated Systems and Information Services
2077) ISKM Internet Starter Kit for the Macintosh
2078) ISL Interactive System Language
2079) ISM Integrated Services Model [IETF] +
2080)Internet Service Manager [Microsoft]
2081) ISMF Interactive Storage Management Facility
2082)ISOC Internet Society
2083) ISO International Organization for Standardization
2084)ISP Internet Service Provider + Interrupt Stack Pointer +
2085) Interrupt Status Port
2086)ISPF Interactive System Programming Facility
2087) ISR Information Storage and Retrieval +
2088)Interrupt Service Routine +
2089)Interrupt Status Register
2090)ISSN International Standard Serial Number
2091) ISV Independent Software Vendor
2092)IT Information Technology
2093) ITB Information Technology Branch + Intermediate Text Block
2094)ITC International Typeface Corporation
2095) ITE Information Technology Equipment
2096)ITF Interactive Test Facility
2097) ITN Identification Tasking and Networking
2098)ITP Internet Transaction Processing
2099)ITR Input Transaction Record + Internet Talk Radio
2100) ITU International Telecommunication Union
2101) ITUG International Telecommunications User Group
2102) ITU-TIES ITU-Telecom Information Exchange Services
2103) ITU-TSS ITU-Telecommunication Standards Section
2104) ITV Interactive Television
2105) ITX Intermediate Text Block
2106) IU Integer Unit
2107) IUAP Internet User Account Provider
2108) IUS/ITB Interchange Unit Separator/Intermediate Transmission
2109) Block
2110) IVDS Integrated Voice and Data Systems
2111) IVIS Interactive Video Information System
2112) IVL Independent Vendor League + Intel Verification Lab
2113) IVR Interactive Voice Response
2114) IVS Interactive Videodisk System
2115) IVT Interrupt Vector Table
2116) IV&V Independent Verification & Validation
2117) I-WAY Information Highway
2118) IXC Interexchange Carrier
2119) JA Jump Address + Jump if Above
2120) JAD Joint Application Design/Development
2121) JAE Jump if Above or Equal
2122) JANET Joint Academic Network
2123) JAR Java Archive (file format)
2124) JBE Jump if Below or Equal
2125) JC Jump if Carry set
2126) JCL Job Control Language
2127) JDBC Java Database Connectivity
2128) JDK Java Development Kit
2129) JE Jump if Equal
2130) JEDEC Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council
2131) JEIDA Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association
2132) JEPI Joint Electronic Payment Initiative
2133) JES Job Entry System
2134) JFC Java Foundation Classes
2135) JFET Junction Field Effect Transistor
2136) JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format
2137) JFS Journaled File System [IBM]
2138) JG Jump if Greater
2139) JGE Jump if Greater or Equal
2140) JIPS JANET Internet Protocol Service
2141) JIT Just-In-Time (compiler)
2142) JL Jump if Less
2143) JLE Jump if Less than or Equal to
2144) JLIP Joint Level Interface Protocol
2145) JMAPI Java Management Application Program Interface
2146) JMF Java Media Framework [Sun]
2147) JMP Jump
2148) JMS Java Message Service
2149) JNA Jump if Not Above
2150) JNAE Jump if Not Above or Equal
2151) JNB Jump if Not Below
2152) JNBE Jump if Not Below or Equal
2153) JNG Jump if Not Greater
2154) JNGE Jump if Not Greater or Equal
2155) JNI Java Native Interface
2156) .JNK Junk (file name extension)
2157) JNLE Jump if Not Less or Equal
2158) JNO Jump if No Overflow
2159) JNP Jump if No Parity
2160) JNS Jump if No Sign
2161) JOE Java Objects Everywhere
2162) JOHNNIAC* John Neumann Integrator and
2163) Automatic Computer [Rand Corp.]
2164) JOSS * Johnniac Open Shop System [Rand Corp.]
2165) JPE Jump if Parity Even
2166) JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
2167) JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2168) JPNF Join-Projection Normal Form
2169) JPO Jump if Parity Odd
2170) JRE Java Runtime Environment
2171) JS Jump if Sign
2172) JSP Java Server Page
2173) JTAPI Java Telephony Application Programming Interface
2174) JZ Jump if Zero
2175) JNZ Jump if Not Zero
2176) JSS Java-Script Style Sheet
2177) JUGHEAD Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy
2178) Excavation and Display [Internet]
2179) JVM Java Virtual Machine
2180) K-12 Kindergarten through 12th Grade [US Education System]
2181) KAM Keep Alive Memory
2182) Kb Kilobit
2183) KB Keyboard + Kilobyte (1,024 bytes)
2184) KBD Keyboard (also KEYB)
2185) KBD$ Keyboard [OS/2]
2186) KBE Knowledge Based Engineering
2187) Kbps Kilobits Per Second
2188) KBps Kilobytes Per Second
2189) KDT Key Definition Table
2190) KEFIR Key Findings Reporter [GTE]
2191) KEYBBE Foreign language KEYBoard program - Belgium
2192) KEYBBR Foreign language KEYBoard program - Brazil
2193) KEYBCF Foreign language KEYBoard program - Canadian-French
2194) KEYBCZ Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia
2195) (Czech)
2196) KEYBDK Foreign language KEYBoard program - Denmark
2197) KEYBFR Foreign language KEYBoard program - France
2198) KEYBGR Foreign language KEYBoard program - Germany
2199) KEYBHU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Hungary
2200)KEYBIT Foreign language KEYBoard program - Italy
2201) KEYBLA Foreign language KEYBoard program - Latin America
2202)KEYBNL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Netherlands
2203) KEYBNO Foreign language KEYBoard program - Norway
2204)KEYBPL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Poland
2205) KEYBPO Foreign language KEYBoard program - Portugal
2206)KEYBSF Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-French
2207) KEYBSG Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-German
2208)KEYBSL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia
2209)(Slovak)
2210) KEYBSP Foreign language KEYBoard program - Spain
2211) KEYBSU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Finland
2212) KEYBSV Foreign language KEYBoard program - Sweden
2213) KEYBUK Foreign language KEYBoard program - United Kingdom
2214) KEYBUS Foreign language KEYBoard program - United States
2215) KEYBYU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Yugoslavia
2216) KHz Kilohertz
2217) KIF Knowledge Interchange Format
2218) KIS Knowbot Information Service [Internet]
2219) KPI Kernel Programming Interface
2220)KQML Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language
2221) KSH Korn Shell (program) [Unix]
2222)KSPH Keystrokes Per Hour
2223) KSR Keyboard Send Receive
2224)KRS Knowledge Retrieval System
2225) L2F Layer Two Forwarding [Cisco]
2226)L2TP Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
2227) LADDR Layered Device Driver Architecture [Microsoft]
2228)LALL Longest Allowed Lobe Length
2229)LAN Local Area Network
2230) LANACS Local Area Network Asynchronous Connection Server
2231) LANDP LAN Distributed Platform
2232) LANE Local Area Network Emulation
2233) LANG Language
2234) LAP Linux Application Platform
2235) LAPB Link Access Procedure Balanced (protocol)
2236) LAPD Link Access Procedure on the D-Channel (protocol)
2237) LAPM Link Access Procedure for Modems
2238) LAR Load Access Rights
2239) LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
2240)LASTport Local Area Storage Transport (protocol) [DEC]
2241) LAT Local Access Terminal +
2242)Local Area Transport [DEC]
2243) LATA Local Access and Transport Area
2244)LAVC Local Area VAX Cluster
2245) LAWN Local Area Wireless Network
2246)LB Left Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse)
2247) LBA Logical Block Addressing
2248)LBL Label
2249)LBR Librarian
2250) .LBR Library (file name extension)
2251) LBT Listen Before Talk
2252) LBX Local Bus Accelerator
2253) LCA Lotus Communications Architecture [Lotus]
2254) LCC Leadless Chip Carrier
2255) LCCM LAN Client Control Manager [IBM]
2256) LCD Liquid Crystal Display + Lowest Common Denominator
2257) LCF Low Cost Fiber
2258) LCK Library Construction Kit [Microsoft FoxPro]
2259) LCP Link Control Protocol
2260)LCR Least Cost Routing + Line Control Register
2261) LCSD Laminate Chip Signal Diode
2262)LCU Last Cluster Used
2263) LDA Logical Device Address
2264)LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [IBM]
2265) LDC Lotus Development Corporation
2266)LDDS Long Distance Discount Services (company)
2267) LDM Long Distance Modem
2268)LDP Label Distribution Protocol
2269)LDT Local Descriptor Table
2270) LE Less or Equal
2271) LEA Load Effective Address
2272) LEAD Live Early Adoption and Demonstration [W3C]
2273) LEAF Law Enforcement Access Field
2274) LEC Local Area Network Emulation Client +
2275) Local Exchange Carrier
2276) LED Light Emitting Diode
2277) LEL Link, Embed and Launch-to-edit [Lotus]
2278) LEM Language Extension Module
2279) LEN Low Entry Networking
2280)LEO Low Earth Orbit
2281) LES Local Area Network Emulation Server
2282).LET Letter (file name extension)
2283) LEX Lexicon
2284)LF Line Feed
2285) L2F Layer 2 Forwarding (protocol) [Cisco]
2286)LFAP Lightweight Flow Admission Protocol
2287) LFI Last File Indicator
2288)LFN Long File Name
2289)LFT Low Function Terminal [IBM]
2290)LFU Least Frequently Used
2291) LGA Leadless Grid Array
2292)LGDT Load Global Descriptor Table
2293) LGPL Lesser General Public License
2294)LIAS Library Information Access System
2295) .LIB Library (file name extension)
2296)LIC Line Interface Coupler [IBM]
2297) LICS Lotus International Character Set [LDC]
2298)LIDT Load Interrupt Descriptor Table
2299)LIEP Large Internet Exchange Packet [Novell]
2300) LIF Low Insertion Force
2301) LIFO Last In, First Out
2302) LILO Last In, Last Out
2303) LIM Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
2304) LIMA Lotus/Intel/Microsoft/AST
2305) LIMDO Light Intensity Modulation Direct Overwrite
2306) LIMM Light Intensity Modulation Method
2307) LIMS Library Information Management System
2308) LINUX (Operating system named after Linus Torvalds)
2309) LIP Large Internet Packet
2310) LIPS Lightweight Internet Person Schema +
2311) Logical Inferences Per Second
2312) LISP List Processing (Language)(See HLL)
2313) LISTSERV List Server [Internet]
2314) LIU LAN Interface Unit
2315) LIW Long Instruction Word
2316) LLC Logical Link Control
2317) LLDT Load Local Descriptor Table
2318) LLF Low Level Format
2319) LMB Left Mouse Button
2320) LMBCS Lotus Multi-Byte Character Set [Lotus]
2321) LMD Last Modification Date
2322) LMDS Local Multipoint Distribution Service
2323) LMI Link/Local Management Interface
2324) LMS Lotus Messaging Switch [Lotus]
2325) LMSW Load Machine Status Word
2326) LMU LAN Management Utilities [IBM] +
2327) LAN Manager for Unix
2328) LN Load Number + Logarithm (Natural)
2329) LN:DI Lotus Notes:Document Imaging
2330) LNK Link
2331) LOB Line of Business
2332) LOC Lines Of Code + Loop On-Line Control
2333) LOCIS Library of Congress Information System
2334) LOD Letter Of Destruction + Level Of Detail
2335) LODSB Load String Byte
2336) LOG Logarithm (Base 10)
2337) LOGO (Programming Language)(See HLL)
2338) LON Local Operating Network
2339) LOOPE Loop while Equal
2340) LOOPNE Loop while Not Equal
2341) LOOPNZ Loop while Not Zero
2342) LOOPZ Loop while Zero
2343) LORE Line Oriented Editor
2344) LPAR Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning
2345) LPC Local Procedure Call
2346) LPD Line Printer Daemon (protocol) [Berkley]
2347) LPI Lines Per Inch
2348) LPL Lotus Programming Language [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
2349) LPM Lines Per Minute
2350) LPN Logical Page Number
2351) LPR Line Printer + Line Printer Remote
2352) LPS Low-Power Schottky
2353) LPT Line Printer Terminal
2354) LPT1 First Parallel Printer Port
2355) LPT2 Second Parallel Printer Port
2356) LPT3 Third Parallel Printer Port
2357) LQ Letter Quality
2358) LQM Link Quality Monitoring (protocol)
2359) LR Link Register
2360) LRC Local Register Cache +
2361) Longitudinal Redundancy Check
2362) LRL Least Recently Loaded
2363) LRM Language Reference Manual + Least Recently-Used Master
2364) .LRS Language Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
2365) LRU Least Recently Used
2366) LSA LAN and SCSI Adapter [IBM] + Line Sharing Adapter +
2367) Local Security Authority [Microsoft]
2368) LSAPI License Services Application Program Interface
2369) LSB Least Significant Bit
2370) LSC Least Significant Character
2371) LSD Least Significant Digit
2372) LSI Large Scale Integration
2373) LSL Link Support Layer + Load Segment Limit
2374) LST List
2375) .LST List (file name extension)
2376) LTO Linear Tape Open
2377) L2TP Layer 2 Transport Protocol [Cisco]
2378) LTR Left-To-Right + Letter + Load Task Register
2379) LU Logical Unit (Also LUN)
2380) LUA Logical Unit Application (interface)
2381) LUI Local User Input
2382) LUIS Library User Information Service
2383) LUN Logical Unit Number
2384) LUT Lookup Table
2385) LV Logical Volume [IBM]
2386) LVDS Low-Voltage Differential Signaling
2387) LVM Logical Volume Management [IBM]
2388) LW Lazy Write
2389) .LYR Lyrics (music file name extension)
2390) LZW Lempel-Ziv-Welch (algorithm)
2391) mA Milliampere
2392) MAC Macintosh (Apple Macintosh Computer) +
2393) Media/Medium Access Control +
2394) Message Authentication Code
2395) MAC * Multiple Access Computers
2396) .MAC MacPaint (file name extension) +
2397) Macro (file name extension)
2398) MACH Multilayer Actuator Head [Epson]
2399) MADE Manufacturing and Automated Design Engineering
2400)MADYMO Mathematical Dynamic Modeling [TNO]
2401) MAE Merit Access Exchange + Metropolitan Area Ethernet
2402)MAGMA Minimal Architecture for Generalized Markup Applications
2403) mAh Milliampere-Hour
2404)MAI Multiple Applications Interface
2405) .MAI Mail (file name extension)
2406)MAJC Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing [Sun]
2407) MAN Manual [Unix] + Metropolitan Area Network
2408)MANIAC * Mathematical Analyzer Numerical
2409)Integrator and Computer
2410) MANPAGE Manual Page [Unix]
2411) MAP Maintenance Analysis Procedures +
2412) Manufacturing Automation Protocol +
2413) Memory Allocation Map
2414) .MAP Linker Map (file name extension)
2415) MAPI Mail/Messaging Applications Programming
2416) Interface [Microsoft]
2417) MAPICS Manufacturing, Accounting and Production
2418) Information Control System [IBM]
2419) MARC Machine Readable Cataloging +
2420)Multi-Technology Automated Reader Card
2421) MARVEL Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual
2422)Electronic Library [Library of Congress]
2423) MASM Macro Assembler [Microsoft]
2424)MASS Maximum Availability and Support
2425) Subsystem [Parallan]
2426)MAT Maintenance Access Terminal
2427) MAU Media Access/Adapter Unit + Multistation Access Unit
2428)MAVDM Multiple Application VDM
2429)MAX Maximum
2430) MB Megabyte (1,024 kilobytes) +
2431) Middle Button (of 3 button Mouse)
2432) MBASIC Microsoft BASIC [Microsoft]
2433) MBCS Multi-Byte Character Set [IBM]
2434) MBONE Multicast Backbone [Internet]
2435) MBps Megabytes Per Second
2436) Mbps Megabits Per Second
2437) MBR Master Boot Record
2438) MBX Mailbox
2439) MCA Micro Channel Adapter/Architecture [IBM]
2440)MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design
2441) MCB Memory Control Block
2442)MCF Meta Content Framework
2443) MCGA Multicolor Graphics Array
2444)MCH Memory Controller Hub [Intel]
2445) MCI MCI Communications Corp. (name from initials of
2446)original company - Microwave Communications, Inc.) +
2447) Media Control Interface [Microsoft]
2448)MCL Microsoft Compatibility Labs [Microsoft]
2449)MCM Multi-Chip Module
2450) MCNE Master Certified Novell Engineer [Novell]
2451) MC-PGA Metallized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array
2452) MCPS Microsoft Certified Product Specialist [Microsoft]
2453) MC-QFP Metallized Ceramic - Quad Flat Pack
2454) MCR Modem Control Register
2455) MCSD Microsoft Certified Systems Developer [Microsoft]
2456) MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer [Microsoft]
2457) MCU Microcontroller Unit + Multi-Chip Unit [DEC] +
2458) Multipoint Control Unit
2459) MD Make Directory + Mini Disk [Sony] + Monochrome Display
2460)MDA Monochrome Display Adapter +
2461) Multidimensional Analysis
2462)MDDBMS Multidimensional Data Base Management System
2463) .MDF Menu Definition File (file name extension)
2464)MDI Memory Display Interface +
2465) Multiple Document Interface
2466)MDIC Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip [AT&T]
2467) MDK Multimedia Developers Kit [Microsoft]
2468)MDLP Mobile Data Link Protocol
2469)MDR Minimum Design Requirement
2470) MDX Multi-Dimensional Expressions
2471) MDY Month Day Year
2472) .ME Opening Information (file name extension) (As in READ.ME)
2473) MEB Memory Expansion Board
2474) MED Minimum Expected Delay
2475) MEG Megabyte
2476) MEM Memory
2477) .MEN Menu (file name extension)
2478) MERCI Multimedia European Research Conferencing Integration
2479) MES Manufacturing Execution System
2480)MESI Modified, Exclusive, Shared and Invalid (protocol)
2481) MET Memory Enhancement Technology [Hewlett-Packard]
2482).MET Metafile (file name extension)
2483) MFC Microsoft Foundation Class [Microsoft]
2484)MFFS Microsoft Flash File System [Microsoft]
2485) MFI Multifunction Interpreter
2486)MFIOP Multifunction I/O Processor
2487) MFLOPS Million Floating Point Operations Per Second
2488)MFM Modified Frequency Modulation
2489)MFP Multi-Function Peripheral/Product
2490)MFPI Multifunction Peripheral Interface
2491) MFS Macintosh File System [Macintosh] +
2492)Magnetic Tape Field Search + Memory File System
2493) Modified Filing System [Revelation Technologies]
2494)MFT Master File Table +
2495) Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks
2496)MGA Monochrome Graphics Adapter
2497) MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol
2498)MGE Modular GIS Environment
2499)MGET Multiple Get [Unix]
2500) MGML Minimal Generalized Markup Language
2501) MGR Manager
2502) MHS Message Handling Service + Message Handling System
2503) MHz Megahertz
2504) MI Management Interface
2505) MIB Management Information Base
2506) MIC Message Integrity Check
2507) MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
2508) MICRO One-millionth
2509) MICS Macro Interpretive Commands
2510) MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
2511) MIF Management Information Format
2512) .MIF Management Information Files (file name extension)
2513) MIG Metal In Gap
2514) MII Microsoft/IBM/Intel
2515) MIL Machine Interface Layer [Go Corporation] +
2516) .MIL Military (Domain name) [Internet]
2517) MIM Map Image Metafile + Metal-Insulator-Metal (screen)
2518) MIMD Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor)
2519) MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension [Internet]
2520) MI/MIC Mode Indicate/Mode Indicate Common
2521) MIN Minimum + Mobile Identification Number
2522) MIND Microsoft Internet Developer [Microsoft]
2523) MINUET Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tools [Internet]
2524) MIPS Million Instructions Per Second
2525) MIS Management Information System +
2526) Multimedia Information Sources [Internet]
2527) MISC Miscellaneous
2528) MIX Member Information Exchange
2529) .MIX Microsoft Picture It! (format)
2530) MKDIR Make Directory
2531) ML Machine Language + Meta Language
2532) MLAPI Multilingual Application Programming Interface
2533) MLC Multilayer Ceramic +
2534) Multilevel Cell (program) [Internet]
2535) MLE Multi-Line Editor
2536) MLID Multi-Link Interface Driver
2537) MLM Mailing List Manager [Internet]
2538) MLPPP Multilink PPP
2539) MM Minutes + Month
2540) MMA Microcomputer Managers Association
2541) MMC Matched Memory Cycle + Microcomputer Marketing Council +
2542) Microsoft Management Console [Microsoft]
2543) MMCD MultiMedia Compact Disk
2544) MMCX Multimedia Communication Exchange [Lucent Technologies]
2545) MMDS Multi-channel Multipoint Distribution Service
2546) MMI Man-Machine Interface
2547) MMIS Materials Manager Information System
2548) MMPM Multi Media Presentation Manager
2549) MMU Memory Management Unit
2550) MMVF Multimedia Video File [NEC]
2551) MMX Matrix Manipulation Extensions [Intel] +
2552) Multimedia Extensions
2553) MNOS Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor
2554) MNP Microcom Networking Protocol [Microcom]
2555) .MNU Menu (fine name extension)
2556) MO Magneto-Optical (disk drive)
2557) MOB Memory-Order Buffer
2558) MOBO Mother Board
2559) MOD Module + Modulus
2560) MODEM Modulator Demodulator
2561) MOHLL Machine Oriented High Level Language
2562) MOLAP Multidimensional On-Line Analytical Processing
2563) MOM Manufacturing Operations Management +
2564) Message-Oriented Middleware +
2565) Microsoft Office Manager [Microsoft]
2566) MONET Multiwavelength Optical Networking
2567) MONO Monaural
2568) MOO MUD, Object Oriented [Internet]
2569) MOP Maintenance Operations Protocol
2570) MOPS Million Operations Per Second
2571) MOS Magneto-Optic Storage + Mean Opinion Score +
2572) Metal Oxide Semiconductor
2573) MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
2574) MOTD Message Of The Day
2575) MOV Metal Oxide Varistor + Move
2576) MOVS Move String
2577) MP Massively Parallel (processing) + Multiple Processors
2578) MP3 MPEG Audio Layer 3
2579) .MPA Memo Pad Archive (file name extension) [Palm]
2580) MPC Multimedia Personal Computer + Multipath Channel
2581) MPCS Mission Planning and Control Station (Software)
2582) MPE Multiple Programming Executive [HP]
2583) MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
2584) MPI Message Passing Interface + Multiprecision Integer
2585) MPM Message Passing Library [IBM]
2586) MPMD Multiple Processor/Multiple Data
2587) MPOA Multi-Protocol over Asynchronous-Transfer-Mode
2588) MPP Massively Parallel Processing/Processors +
2589) Message Posting Protocol + Message Processing Program
2590) MPQP Multi-Protocol Quad Port [IBM]
2591) MPR Multipart Repeater + Multi Protocol Router [Novell]
2592) MPS Multiprocessor Specification
2593) MPTN Multi-Protocol Transport Network
2594) MPTS Multi-Protocol Transport Services
2595) MPU Microprocessor Unit
2596) MQI Messaging and Queuing Interface [IBM]
2597) MR Magneto Resistive + Modem Ready
2598) MRAM Magnetic Random Access Memory
2599) MRCF Microsoft Realtime Compression Format
2600)MRCI Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface
2601) MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
2602)MRM Most Recently-Used Master
2603) MRO Multi-Region Operation
2604)MRP Materials Requirement Planning
2605) MRPL Main Ring Path Length
2606)MRS Media Recognition System
2607) MRT Mean Repair Time
2608)MRU Maximum Receive Unit
2609)MS Memory System + Message Store + Microsecond +
2610) Microsoft Corporation + Millisecond
2611) MSACM Microsoft Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft]
2612) MSAU Multi-Station Access Unit
2613) MSAV Microsoft Anti Virus [Microsoft]
2614) MSB Most Significant Bit
2615) MSBF Mean Swaps Between Failures
2616) MSC - Management Systems Consulting, Inc.
2617) MSCDEX Microsoft Compact Disc Extensions [Microsoft]
2618) MSCHAP Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication
2619) Protocol [Microsoft]
2620)MSCS Microsoft Cluster Server [Microsoft]
2621) MSD Mass Storage Device + Most Significant Digit +
2622)Microsoft System Diagnostics [Microsoft]
2623) MSDE Microsoft Data Engine
2624)MSDN Microsoft Developer Network [Microsoft]
2625) MS-DOS Microsoft - Disk Operating System [Microsoft]
2626)MSDR Multiplexed Streaming Data Request
2627) MSDS Microsoft Developer Support [Microsoft]
2628)MSFR Minimum Security Function Requirements [IBM]
2629)MSG Message
2630) .MSG Program Message (file name extension)
2631) MSI Medium Scale Integration
2632) MSIE Microsoft Internet Explorer [Microsoft]
2633) MSL Map Specification Library + Mirrored Server Link
2634) MSMQ Microsoft Message Queue-Server [Microsoft]
2635) MSN Microsoft Network [Microsoft]
2636) MSO Multiple-Systems Operator
2637) .MSP Microsoft Paint (file name extension) [Microsoft]
2638) MSRP Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price
2639) MSS Mass Storage System +
2640)Multiprotocol Switched Services [IBM]
2641) MSTS Microsoft Terminal Server [Microsoft]
2642)MSW Machine Status Word
2643) MTA Message Transfer Agent + Multiple Terminal Access
2644)MTBB Mean Time Between Breakdowns
2645) MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
2646)MTBJ Mean Time Between Jams
2647) MTF Microsoft Tape Format [Microsoft] +
2648)Modulation Transfer Function
2649)MTRP Maximum Transfer Rate Performance
2650) MTS Message Transfer Service/System +
2651) Microsoft Transaction Server [Microsoft] +
2652) Multichannel Television Sound
2653) MTST Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter [IBM]
2654) MTT Multi-Transaction Timer
2655) MTTD Mean Time To Diagnose
2656) MTTF Mean Time To Failure
2657) MTTR Mean Time To Repair
2658) MTU Maximum Transmission Unit
2659) MUA Mail User Agent
2660)MUD Multi-User Dialogue/Dimension/Domain/Dungeon [Internet]
2661) MUG Multiuser Game
2662)MUL Multiply
2663) MULTICS Multiplexed Information and Computing Service
2664)MUMPS Massachusetts General Hospital Utility
2665) Multi-Programming System (Programming Language)
2666)MUSE Multi-User Shared Environment
2667) .MUSEUM Museums (Domain Name) [Internet]
2668)MUSIC Multiparty Multimedia Session Control
2669)MUT Monitor Under Test
2670) MUX Multiplexer
2671) mV Millivolt
2672) MVB Multimedia Viewer Book
2673) MVC Multimedia Viewer Compiler
2674) MVD Multivalued Dependencies
2675) MVDM Multiple Virtual DOS Machines
2676) MVGA Monochrome Video Graphics Array
2677) MVIP Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol
2678) MVP Multimedia Video Processor
2679) MVS Multiple Virtual Storage
2680)MVT Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks
2681) MX Mail Exchanger [Internet]
2682)MXS Microsoft Exchange Server [Microsoft]
2683) MZR Multiple Zone Recording
2684)NAC Network Adapter Card
2685) NACD National Association of Computer Dealers
2686)NACS National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors
2687) NAE Not Above or Equal
2688)NAK Negative Acknowledgment
2689)NAL Novell Application Launcher [Novell]
2690)NAM Number Assignment Module
2691) .NAME Names-Individuals (Domain Name) [Internet]
2692)NAMPS Narrow-Band Analog Mobile Phone Service [Motorola]
2693) NAND Not And
2694)NANO One thousand-millionth
2695) NAP Network Access Point
2696)NAPLPS North American Presentation Level Protocol
2697) Syntax (graphics)
2698)NAS Network Access Server + Network Application Support [DEC] +
2699)Network Attached Storage
2700) NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2701) NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers
2702) Automatic Quotation
2703) NASI NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface [Novell]
2704) NASIRC NASA Automated Systems Internet Response Capability
2705) NASKER NASA Ames Kernel (benchmark)
2706) NAT Network Address Translators
2707) NAU Network Addressable Unit
2708) NAVSTAR Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging
2709) NAWS Negotiate About Window Size
2710) NBE Not Below or Equal
2711) NBI Nothing But Initials
2712) NBMA Non-Broadcast Multi Access
2713) NBS Narrowband Socket + National Bureau of Standards +
2714) Numeric Backspace
2715) NC Network Computer + No Carry + Numerical Control
2716) NCA Network Communications Adapter +
2717) Network Computing Architecture [Oracle]
2718) NCC Network Control Center
2719) NCD Network Computing Device
2720) .NCF Netware Command File [Novell]
2721) NCGA National Computer Graphics Association
2722) NCIC National Crime Information Center
2723) NCMT * Numerical Control for Machine Tools
2724) NCOS Network Computer Operating System
2725) NCP NetWare Core Protocol + Not Copy Protected +
2726) Network Control Processor/Program/Protocol
2727) NCR National Cash Register (Company)
2728) NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications
2729) NCSC National Computer Security Center
2730) NCSI Network Communications Services
2731) Interface [Network Products Corp.]
2732) NDB Non-Directional Beacon
2733) NDDK Network Device Development Kid [Microsoft]
2734) NDEF Not to be Defined
2735) NDIS Network Device/Driver Interface Specification
2736) NDL Network Data Language
2737) NDMP Network Data Management Protocol
2738) NDN Non-Delivery Notice
2739) NDP Numeric Data Processor
2740) NDR Network Data Representation
2741) NDRO Non-Destructive Read Out
2742) NDS NetWare Directory Service [Novell]
2743) .NDX Index (file name extension)
2744) NEC Nippon Electric Company
2745) NED NASA Extragalactic Database [NASA]
2746) NEG Negative + Negate
2747) NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
2748) NEP Network Entry Point
2749) NES National Education Supercomputer
2750) NEST Novell Embedded Systems Technology [Novell]
2751) .NET Networks (Domain Name) [Internet]
2752) NetBIOS Network Basic Input/Output System [IBM]
2753) NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface [IBM]
2754) NETMON Network Monitor
2755) .NEW New Information (file name extension)
2756) NEWS NetWare Early Warning System [Frye Computer] +
2757) Network Extensible Window System
2758) NEWS. Current events [USENET Newsgroup Category]
2759) NEXT Near-End Crosstalk
2760) NFF No Fault Found
2761) NFS Network File System [Sun]
2762) NG No Good
2763) NGE Not Greater or Equal
2764) NGI Next-Generation Internet
2765) NHC National Hurricane Center
2766) NHR National Handwriting Recognition
2767) NHRP Next Hop Resolution Protocol
2768) N/I Non-Interlaced
2769) NIA Next Instruction Address
2770) NIC Network Information Center [Internet] +
2771) Network Interface Card +
2772) Numeric Intensive Computing
2773) NICAD Nickel-Cadmium
2774) NICOLAS Network Information Center OnLine Aid System [NASA]
2775) NID New Interactive Display [NEC] + Next ID
2776) NII National Information Infrastructure
2777) NIM Network Installation Management [IBM]
2778) NIMH Nickel-Metal Hydride
2779) NIO Native Input/Output
2780) NIPS Network I/Os Per Second
2781) NIR Network Information Retrieval
2782) NIS Network Information Service [Unix]
2783) N-ISDN Narrowband ISDN + National ISDN
2784) NISO National Information Standards Organization
2785) NISP Networked Information Services Project
2786) NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology
2787) NITC National Information Technology Center
2788) NIU Network Interface Unit
2789) NJE Network Job Entry (protocol) [IBM]
2790) NL New Line
2791) NLE Not Less or Equal
2792) NLM NetWare Loadable Module [Netware]
2793) NLP Natural-Language Processing
2794) NLQ Near Letter Quality
2795) NLSFUNC National Language Support Function
2796) NLV National Language Version [IBM]
2797) NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
2798) NMM NetWare Management Map [NetWare]
2799) NMOS Negative Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
2800)NMP Network Management Protocol [AT&T]
2801) NMS Network Management System [Novell]
2802)NN Network Node + No News [Internet]
2803) NNI Network to Network Interface
2804)NNM Network Node Manager
2805) NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol [Internet]
2806)NOC Network Operations Center
2807) .NOM Individual with Personal Site (Domain Name) [Internet]
2808)NOP No Operation
2809)NOPAC Network OPAC
2810) NOR Not Or
2811) NOS Network Operating System
2812) NPA Network Printer Alliance + Numbering Plan Area
2813) NPI Network Printer Interface
2814) NPL Nonprocedural Language
2815) NPS Novell Productivity Specialist [Novell]
2816) NPT Non-Programmable Terminal
2817) NPTN National Public Telecomputing Network
2818) NPU Natural Processing Unit
2819) NPX Numeric Processor Extension
2820)NQS Network Queuing System [Cray]
2821) NRC National Research Council (Canada)
2822)NREN National Research and Education Network
2823) NRM Network Resource Manager
2824)NRZ Not Return to Zero
2825) NRZI Non Return to Zero Inverted
2826)NS Nanosecond (one-billionth of a second) +
2827) National Semiconductor (as in Ns16550 UART) +
2828)Network Supervisor + Non Stop
2829)NSAP Network Service Access Point
2830) NSAPI Netscape Server API [Netscape]
2831) NSA POLY National Security Agency Polygraph
2832) NSERC National Sciences and Engineering Research Council
2833) (Canada)
2834) NSF National Science Foundation
2835) NSFNET National Science Foundation Network
2836) NSI NASA Science Internet
2837) NSLOOKUP Name Server Lookup [Unix]
2838) NSM Netscape Server Manager [Netscape]
2839) NSP Native Signal Processing [Intel] + Network Service
2840)Provider
2841) NSSC NASA Standard Spacecraft Computer
2842)NSTC National Science and Technology Council
2843) NSTL National Software Testing Labs
2844)NT New Technology [Microsoft]
2845) NT-1 Network Terminator Type 1
2846)NTAS NT Advanced Server [Microsoft]
2847) NTF No Trouble Found
2848)NTFS New Technology File System [Microsoft]
2849)NTIA National Telecommunications and
2850) Information Administration
2851) NTIS National Technical Information Service
2852) NTP Network Time Protocol
2853) NTRAS NT Remote Access Services [Microsoft]
2854) NTSA NetWare Telephony Services Architecture [Novell]
2855) NTSC National Television Standards Committee
2856) NTU Network Termination Unit
2857) NUI Network User Identification +
2858) Network User Interface +
2859) Notebook User Interface [Go Corporation]
2860)NUL Null + (dummy device) + (no device)
2861) NUMA Non-Uniform Memory Access
2862)NV No Overflow
2863) NVM Non-Volatile Memory
2864)NVOD Near-Video On Demand
2865) NVP Nominal Velocity of Propagation
2866)NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
2867) NVT Network Virtual Terminal +
2868)Novell Virtual Terminal [Novell]
2869)NWS NetWare Web Server [Netware]
2870) NYM Anonymous
2871) OAB One-to-All Broadcast
2872) OAD Open Architecture Driver [Bernoulli]
2873) OAG Official Airline Guide + Online Air Guide
2874) OAI Open Applications Interface
2875) OAS One-to-All Scatter
2876) OBD On Board Diagnostics
2877) OBEX Object Exchange [Borland]
2878) OBJ Object
2879) OC Optical Carrier
2880)OCE Open Collaborative Environment [Apple]
2881) OCF Objects Components Framework [Borland]
2882)OCL Operation Control Language + Operator Control Language
2883) OCR Optical Character Recognition
2884)OCS On-Card Sequencer
2885) OCX OLE Custom Control
2886)ODA Open Document Architecture
2887) ODAPI Open Database Application Programming
2888)Interface [Borland]
2889)ODBC Object-Oriented Database Connectivity +
2890)Open Data Base Connectivity [Microsoft]
2891) ODBMS Object-Oriented Database Management System (also
2892)see OODMS)
2893) ODI Open Datalink Interface [Novell] +
2894)Open Device Interconnect [NetWare]
2895) ODIF Open Document Interchange Format
2896)ODL Object Definition Language
2897) ODM Object Data Manager [IBM] +
2898)Optimized Distribution Model [Compaq]
2899)ODMA Open Document Management API
2900)ODP Open Distributed Processing
2901) ODS Open Data Services [Microsoft] +
2902)Operational Data Store
2903) ODSI Open Directory Service Interface [Microsoft]
2904)ODT Open Desktop
2905) OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
2906)OEP Operand Execution Pipeline
2907) OF Overflow Flag
2908)OFB Output Feedback (mode)
2909)OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
2910) OFMT Output Format for Numbers
2911) OFS Object File System [Microsoft] + Output Field Separator
2912) OFX Open Financial Exchange
2913) OH Off Hook
2914) OHCI Open Host Controller Interface
2915) OIDL Object Interface Definition Language
2916) OIS Office Information System
2917) OLAP Online Analytical Processing
2918) OLCP Online Complex Processing
2919) .OLD Old version (file name extension)
2920)OLE Object Linking and Embedding [Microsoft]
2921) OLGA Online Guitar Archive
2922)OLI Optical Line Interface [AT&T]
2923) OLMC Output Logic Macrocell
2924)OLSP Online Service Provider
2925) OLTP Online Transaction Processing
2926)OM Object Manager
2927) OMA Object Management Architecture [Microsoft]
2928)OME Open Messaging Environment (protocol)
2929)OMF Object Module Format [Microsoft] +
2930) Open Media Framework + Open Message Format
2931) OMG Object Management Group
2932) OMI Open Messaging Interface [Lotus]
2933) OML Object Manipulation Language
2934) OMR Optical Mark Recognition
2935) ONC Open Network Computing [Sun]
2936) ONDS Open Network Distribution Services [IBM]
2937) ONE Open Network Environment [Netscape]
2938) ONMS Open Network Management System
2939) ONU Optical Network Unit
2940)OOB Out Of Band
2941) OODB Object-Oriented Database
2942)OODMS Object-Oriented Database Management System (also
2943) see ODBMS)
2944)OOL Object-Oriented Language
2945) OOOS Object-Oriented Operating System
2946)OOPL Object-Oriented Programming Language
2947) OOPS Object Oriented Programming and Systems
2948)OOS Object-Oriented Systems +
2949)Off-line Operating Simulator
2950) OOT Object-Oriented Technology
2951) OOUI Object Oriented User Interface
2952) OP Operation + Optical + Output
2953) OPAC Online Public Access Catalog [Internet]
2954) OPC Organic/Optical Photoconductor
2955) OPCODE Operational Code
2956) OPD Operand
2957) OPI Open Prepress Interface
2958) OPM Operations Per Minute
2959) OPS Open Profiling Standard + Oracle Parallel Server [Oracle]
2960)OPT Open Protocol Technology
2961) .OPT Options (file name extension)
2962)OPUS Octal Program Updating System
2963) OQL Object Query Language
2964)ORACLE On-Line Inquiry and Report Generator (UNIX DB program)
2965) ORB Object Request Broker [Microsoft]
2966)ORDVAC * Ordnance Variable Automatic Computer
2967) .ORG Non-Profit Organizations (Domain name) [Internet]
2968)ORI Online Retrieval Interface
2969).ORI Original (file name extension)
2970) OROM Optical Read-Only Memory
2971) ORS Output Record Separator
2972) OS Operating System
2973) OS/2 Operating System/2 [IBM]
2974) OSA Open Scripting/System Architecture
2975) OSD Open Software Description/Distribution
2976) OSE Office Server Extensions [Microsoft]
2977) OS/E Operating System/Environment
2978) OSF Open Software Foundation
2979) OSI Open Systems Interconnection
2980)OSM Off-Screen Model
2981) OSP On-Screen Programming + Optical Storage Processor
2982)OSPF Open Shortest Path First
2983) OSQL Object Structured Query Language
2984)OSR2 OEM Service Release 2 [Microsoft]
2985) OSS Open Source Software
2986)OT Object Technology
2987) OTA Operation-Triggered Architecture
2988)OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
2989)OTF Open Token Foundation
2990)OTP One-Time Programmable
2991) OUI Organizationally Unique Identifier
2992)OURS Open Users Recommended Solutions
2993) .OUT Outlines (file name extension)
2994)OUTS Output String
2995) OV Overflow
2996)OVAL Object-Based Virtual Application Language [Psion]
2997) .OVL Program Overlay (file name extension)
2998).OVR Program Overlay (file name extension)
2999)OWL Object/Open Windows Library [Borland]
3000) P3P Platform for Privacy Preferences Project
3001) PAB Personal Address Book
3002) PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
3003) PACE Priority Access Control Enabled [3Com]
3004) PACS Picture Archiving and Communication System
3005) PACS-L Public Access Computer Systems List [Internet]
3006) PAD Packet Assembler/Disassembler
3007) PADS Pen Application Development System [Slate Corporation]
3008) PAIH Public-Access Internet Host [Internet]
3009) PAIS Public-Access Internet Site [Internet]
3010) .PAK Packed (compressed file name extension) [NoGate
3011) Consulting]
3012) PAL Paradox Applications Language [Borland] +
3013) Phase Alternating Line + Programmed Array Logic +
3014) Programming Assembly Language
3015) .PAL Palette (file name extension)
3016) PALC Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal (display)
3017) PALS Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System
3018) PAM Pluggable Authentication Module (library) +
3019) Pulse Amplitude Modulation
3020) PAN Personal Area Network [GTE]
3021) PAP Packet-level Procedure +
3022) Password Authentication Protocol +
3023) Printer Access Protocol
3024) PAR Personal Animation Recorder + Parallel
3025) PARA Paragraph
3026) PARC Palo Alto Research Center [XEROX]
3027) PA-RISC Precision Architecture-RISC [HP]
3028) .PAS PASCAL source code (file name extension)
3029) PASCAL (Programming Language named for Blaise Pascal)
3030) PAT Port Address Translation
3031) .PAT Patch + Pattern (file name extensions)
3032) PATN Promotional Port Access Telephone Number
3033) PAX Portable Archive Exchange [Unix]
3034) PB Petabyte (1,024 terabytes)
3035) (One Million Billion characters of information)
3036) PBA Printed Board Assembly
3037) PBE Prompt By Example
3038) PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array
3039) PBR Policy-Based Routing [Cisco]
3040) PBX Private Branch Exchange
3041) PC Personal Computer + Printed Circuit + Program Counter
3042) PCACIAS Personal Computer Automated Calibration Interval
3043) Analysis System
3044) PCB Printed Circuit Board + Program Control Block
3045) PCBC Plain/Propagating Cipher Block Chaining
3046) PCD Photo Compact Disk
3047) PC-DOS Personal Computer - Disk Operating System [IBM]
3048) PCEB PCI to EISA Bridge [Intel]
3049) PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect/Interface
3050) PCIC PC-Card Interrupt Controller
3051) PC-I/O Program Controlled I/O
3052) PCL Printer Command Language [HP] + Process Control Language
3053) PCM Personal Computer Manufacturer +
3054) Printer Cartridge Metric [HP] +
3055) Pulse Code Modulation
3056) PCMA Paired Carrier Multiple Access
3057) PCMC PCI, Cache, Memory Controller [Intel]
3058) PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
3059) PCMIM Personal Computer Media Interface Module
3060) PCN Personal Computer Network
3061) PCNFS Personal Computer Network File System
3062) PCO Point of Control and Observation
3063) PCS Patchable Control Store +
3064) Personal Communication Services/System +
3065) Personal Conferencing Specification +
3066) Planning Control Sheet + Print Contrast Signal +
3067) Process Control Systems + Program Counter Store +
3068) Project Control System
3069) PCT Private Communications Technology
3070) .PCT Picture (file name extension)
3071) .PCX Picture Image (file name extension)
3072) PD Phase-Change Dual + Public Domain
3073) PDA Personal Digital Assistant
3074) .PDB Palm Database (file name extension)
3075) PDC Primary Domain Controller
3076) PDD Physical Device Driver + Portable Digital Document
3077) PDF Package Definition File + Portable Document Format +
3078) Portable Document File + Processor Defined Function +
3079) Program Development Facility
3080) .PDF Printer Description (file name extension)[Borland,Lotus]
3081) PDH Plesiosynchronous Digital Hierarchy
3082) PDIAL Public Dialup Internet Access List [Internet]
3083) PDL Page Description Language + Program Description Language
3084) + Program Design Language
3085) PDM Product Data Management
3086) PDN Public Data Network
3087) PDO Portable Distributed Objects [Next]
3088) PDP Parallel Data Processing + Plasma Display Panel +
3089) Programmable Data Processor +
3090) (DEC Computer System Designation, i.e. PDP-8, PDP-11)
3091) PDS Packet Driver Specification + Partitioned Data Set +
3092) Planetary Data System + Portable Document Software +
3093) Processor Direct Slot [Macintosh]
3094) PDSS Post Development and Software Support
3095) PDT Performance Diagnostic Tool [IBM] +
3096) Programmable Drive Table
3097) PDU Plug Distribution Unit + Protocol Data Unit
3098) .PDX Paradox files (file name extension) [Borland] +
3099) Printer Description Extension (file name extension)
3100) PE Parity Even + Processing Element + Protect Enable
3101) PEA Pocket Ethernet Adapter
3102) PEL Picture Element [IBM]
3103) PEM Privacy-Enhanced Mail [Internet]
3104) PEN SDK Pen Computing Software Development Kit
3105) PEP Packet Exchange Protocol +
3106) Packetized Ensemble Protocol [Telebit]
3107) PERC Power Edge RAID Controller
3108) PERL Practical Extraction and Report Language [Unix]
3109) PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique
3110) PES Positioning Error Signal + Processor Enhancement Socket
3111) Processor Upgrade Socket
3112) PET Print Enhancement Technology [Compaq]
3113) .PFB Printer Font Binary (file name extension)
3114) PFE Programmer's File Editor
3115) .PFM Printer Font Metrics (file name extension) [Windows]
3116) PFN Page Frame Number
3117) PFR Portable Font Resource + Power-Fail Restart
3118) PGA Pin Grid Array + Professional Graphics Adapter [IBM]
3119) PGC Program Group Control [Microsoft]
3120) PGDN Page Down
3121) .PGL Graphics (file name extension) [Hewlett-Packard]
3122) PGM Program
3123) PGML Precision Graphics Markup Language
3124) PGP Pretty Good Privacy (name of encryption program)
3125) .PGP ProGram Parameter (file name extension) [AutoCAD]
3126) PGUP Page Up
3127) PHIGS Programmers' Hierarchical Interactive Graphics
3128) Standards
3129) .PHO Phone List (file name extension)
3130) PHS Personal Handyphone System
3131) PI Program Interruption
3132) PIA Peripheral Interface Adapter
3133) PIC Personal Information Carrier +
3134) Personal Intelligent Communicator +
3135) Platform for Internet Content +
3136) Priority Interrupt Controller +
3137) Program Interrupt Controller
3138) PICS Platform for Internet Content Selection [W3C]
3139) PICT Picture
3140) PID Process Identification Number + Product ID +
3141) Proportional, Integral, Derivative
3142) PIER Procedures for Internet/Enterprise Renumbering
3143) PIF Picture Interchange Format File +
3144) Program Information File
3145) PII Program Integrated Information
3146) PILOT Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
3147) PilotACE* Pilot Automatic Computing Engine
3148) PIM Personal Information Manager +
3149) Primary Interface Module +
3150) Protocol-Independent Multicast
3151) PIN Personal Identification Number +
3152) Process Identification Number [Unix]
3153) PINE Pine Is Not Elm (original usage) +
3154) Program for Internet News & Email (present usage)
3155) PING Packet Internet Groper
3156) PIO Parallel Input/Output + Processor Input/Output +
3157) Programmed Input/Output
3158) PIP Pattern and Information Processing +
3159) Picture In Picture + Problem Isolation Procedure +
3160) Programmable Interconnect Point
3161) PIPO Parallel In, Parallel Out
3162) PIR Protocol Independent Routing
3163) PIT Programmable Interval Timer
3164) PIXEL Picture Element
3165) PJPEG Progressive JPEG
3166) PK Primary Key
3167) PKC Public Key Cryptography
3168) PKI Public Key Infrastructure
3169) PL Plus
3170) .PL Perl Language (file name extension)
3171) PLA Programmable Logic-Array
3172) PLATO Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations
3173) PLC Programmable Logic Controller
3174) PLCC Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier
3175) PLD Programmable Logic Device
3176) PLDS Pilot Land Data System [NASA]
3177) PLL Phase Locked Loop
3178) .PLL Prelinked Library (file name extension) [Clipper]
3179) PL/M Programming Language for Micros
3180) PLS Primary Link Station
3181) PLV Production Level Video
3182) PL/1 * Programming Language One
3183) PM Presentation Manager [IBM] +
3184) Preventative Maintenance + Process Manager
3185) .PM6 PagerMaker6 (file name extension) [Corel]
3186) P-MAIL Paper Mail
3187) PMD Packet Mode Data
3188) PMMU Paged Memory Management Unit
3189) PMOS Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
3190) PMR Problem Management Report [IBM]
3191) PMS Policy Management System
3192) PN Processing Node
3193) P/N: Part Number
3194) PNA Programmable Network Access
3195) PNG Portable Network Graphics
3196) PNNI Private Network-to-Network Interface
3197) PNP Plug And Play
3198) PO Parity Odd
3199) POA Portable Object Adapter
3200) POC Point Of Contact
3201) POD Plain Old Dos + Publishing On Demand
3202) POE Power Open Environment
3203) POH Power-On Hours
3204) POL Problem Oriented Language
3205) POP Point Of Presence + Pop from Stack + Post Office Protocol
3206) POP3 Post Office Protocol, Version 3
3207) POPA Pop All Registers
3208) POPF Pop Flags
3209) POR Power-On-Reset
3210) POS Point Of Sale + Positive + Programmable Object Select
3211) POSIX Portable Operating System Interface for Unix
3212) POST Power-On Self Test
3213) POSTNET Postal Numeric Encoding Technique (bar code)
3214) POTS Plain Old Telephone Service + Plain Old Time-Sharing
3215) POWER Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC [IBM]
3216) PowerPC Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC-Performance
3217) Computing
3218) PP Parallel Port
3219) P2P Peer To Peer + People To People
3220) P3P Platform for Privacy Preferences
3221) PPA Pixel Processing Accelerator
3222) .PPD PostScript Printer Description (file name extension)
3223) PPDS Personal Printer Data Stream [IBM]
3224) PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array
3225) PPI Precise Pixel Interpolation
3226) PPM Pages Per Minute
3227) PPP Point-to-Point Protocol [Internet]
3228) PPPOE Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet
3229) PPS Packets Per Second + Power Personal Systems [IBM]
3230) PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol [Microsoft]
3231) PQA Palm Query Application
3232) PQFP Plastic Quad Flat Pack
3233) PQO Parallel Query Option
3234) PRACSA Public Remote Access Computer Standards Association
3235) PRAM Parallel Random-Access Machine +
3236) Parameter Random Access Memory
3237) .PRC Pilot Resource (file name extension) [Palm Pilot]
3238) .PRD Printer Driver (file name extension) [Microsoft]
3239) PRE Preformatted [HTML]
3240) PREP Power PC Reference Platform [IBM/Motorola]
3241) PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency
3242) .PRF Preferences (file name extension) [Grammatik IV]
3243) .PRG Program (file name extension)
3244) PRI Primary-Rate Interface
3245) PRINTF Print with Formatting [C Programming Language]
3246) PRISM Photo-Refractive Information Storage Material
3247) .PRJ Project (file name extension) [Borland]
3248) PRMD Private Management Domain [X.400]
3249) PRML Partial-Response Maximum-Likelihood
3250) .PRO Professionals (Domain Name) [Internet] +
3251) Profile (file name extension)
3252) PROC Procedure
3253) PROFS Professional Office System [IBM]
3254) PROG Program + Programmer
3255) PROLOG Programming In Logic (Programming Language)(See HLL)
3256) PROM Programmable Read Only Memory
3257) PRN Printer
3258) .PRS Printer (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
3259) PRTSC Print Screen
3260) PS Proportional Spacing
3261) .PS PostScript (file name extension)
3262) PS/2 Programming System 2 [IBM]
3263) PSAPI Presentation Space Application Programming Interface
3264) PSC Personal Super Computer + Print Server Command +
3265) Product Service Center
3266) PSDN Packet-Switched Data Network
3267) PSDS Packet-Switched Data Service
3268) PSERVER Print Server [NetWare]
3269) PSF Permanent Swap File
3270) PSID PostScript Image Data
3271) PSINET (formerly Performance Systems International)
3272) PSM Printing Systems Manager
3273) PSN Packet Switching Network +
3274) Processor Serial Number
3275) PSP Personal Software Products (group) [IBM] +
3276) Program Segment Prefix
3277) PSPDN Packet-Switched Public Data Network
3278) P-SRAM Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory
3279) PSRT PostScript Round Table [GEnie]
3280) PSS Process Status Structure
3281) PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
3282) PSU Power Supply Unit
3283) PSW Program Status Word
3284) .ps.Z Compressed PostScript (file name extension) [Unix]
3285) PT Page Table
3286) P/T Part Time
3287) PTD Parallel Transfer Disk Drive
3288) PTE Page Table Entry
3289) PTF Problem Temporary/Trouble Fix [IBM]
3290) PTI Packet Type Identifier
3291) PTT Postal Telephone & Telegraph
3292) PUB Public (directory) [Internet] + Publish
3293) .PUB Publication (file name extension) [Ventura]
3294) PUN Physical Unit Number
3295) PUP PARC Universal Packet (protocol)
3296) PURL Persistent URL
3297) PUS Processor Upgrade Socket
3298) PUSHA Push All Registers
3299) PUSHF Push Flags
3300) PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit + Polyvinyl Chloride
3301) PVM Parallel Virtual Machine +
3302) Pass-through Virtual Machine (protocol) [IBM]
3303) PVP Parallel Vector Processing
3304) PVS Parallel Visualization Server
3305) PW Password
3306) PWB Printed Wire Board +
3307) Programmer's Workbench [Microsoft]
3308) PWD Print Working Directory [Unix]
3309) PWR Power
3310) PWSCS Programmable Workstation Communication Services [IBM]
3311) .PX Primary Index (file name extension) [Paradox]
3312) QA Quality Assurance
3313) QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
3314) QBE Query By Example
3315) QBF Query by Form
3316) QBIC Query By Image Content [IBM]
3317) QC Quality Control
3318) QD Querty/Dvorak
3319) QDA Qualitative Data Analysis
3320) QDOS Quick and Dirty Operating System
3321) .QDI Quicken Dictionary (file name extension) [Intuit]
3322) .QDT Quicken Data (file name extension) [Intuit]
3323) QEMM Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager [Quarterdeck Corp.]
3324) QFA Quick File Access
3325) QFE Quick-Fix Engineering [Microsoft]
3326) QFP Quad Flat Pack
3327) QIC Quality Information Using Cycle Time [Hewlett-Packard] +
3328) Quarter-Inch Cartridge
3329) .QIF Quicken Import File/Interchange Format
3330) (file name extension)
3331) .QMT Quicken Memorized List (file name extension) [Intuit]
3332) .QNX Quicken Indexes to Data (file name extension) [Intuit]
3333) QOS Quality Of Service
3334) QPG Quantum Phase Gate
3335) QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
3336) QTC Quicktime Conferencing [Macintosh]
3337) RA Return Authorization
3338) .RA Real Audio (file name extension)
3339) RACF Resource Access Control Facility
3340) RAD Rapid Application Development
3341) RADAR Radio Detection And Ranging +
3342) Rights, Availabilities, Distribution Analysis
3343) and Reporting [Disney]
3344) RADB Routing Arbiter Data Base
3345) RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
3346) RADSL Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line
3347) RAG Row Address Generator
3348) RAID Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks +
3349) Redundant Arrays of Independent Drives +
3350) Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
3351) RAIS Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Systems
3352) RALU Register Arithmetic Logic Unit
3353) RAM Random Access Memory
3354) .RAM Real Audio Metafile (file name extension)
3355) RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog
3356) Converter [Sierra]
3357) RAMP Remote Access Maintenance Protocol [Internet]
3358) RAND Random
3359) RAP Rapid Application Prototyping
3360) RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
3361) RAS Random Access Storage +
3362) Reader Admission System [British Library] +
3363) Reliability, Availability and Serviceability +
3364) Remote Access Service + Row Address Select
3365) RASAPI Remote Access Service Application Programming
3366) Interface [Microsoft]
3367) .RAT Rating (file name extension)
3368) RAVE Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine [Apple Computer]
3369) .RAW Raw Data (file name extension)
3370) RB Right Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse)
3371) RBBS Remote Bulletin Board System
3372) RBCS Remote Bar Code System
3373) RBOC Regional Bell Operating Company
3374) .RC Resource (file name extension)
3375) RCL Rotate Carry Left
3376) RCP Remote Control Panel + Remote Copy [Internet] +
3377) Restore Cursor Position
3378) RCPT Recipient
3379) RCR Rotate Carry Right
3380) RCS Records Communications Switching System +
3381) Revision Control System [Unix]
3382) RD Receive Data + Remove Directory
3383) R&D Research and Development
3384) RDA Remote Database Access
3385) RDB Receive Data Buffer + Relational Database
3386) RDBMS Relational Database Management System
3387) RDCLK Received Timing Clock
3388) RDF Resource Description Framework [W3C]
3389) RDO Remote Data Object
3390) RDP Reliable Datagram Protocol + Remote Desktop Protocol
3391) RDR Remote Data Recovery
3392) RDRAM Rambus DRAM
3393) RDSL (See DSL)
3394) RDSR Receiver Data Service Request
3395) RDTO Receive Data Transfer Offset [IBM]
3396) RDX Realistic Display Mixer
3397) .REC Recorder (file name extension) +
3398) Recreational or Entertainment Activities (Domain
3399) Name) [Internet]
3400) REC. Recreation [USENET Newsgroup Category]
3401) .REF Reference (file name extension)
3402) REG Register
3403) REGAL Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate
3404) RELSECT Relative Sector
3405) REM Remark + Remote + Ring Error Monitor
3406) REN Rename + Ringer Equivalence Number
3407) REP Repeat
3408) REPE Repeat while Equal
3409) REPNE Repeat while Not Equal
3410) REPNZ Repeat while Not Zero
3411) REPZ Repeat while Zero
3412) REQ Request
3413) REREG Re-Register
3414) RES Remote Execution Service + Reset + Resolution
3415) .RES Resource (file name extension)
3416) RET Resolution Enhancement Technology [HP] + Return
3417) RETR Retrieve
3418) REX Relocatable Executable
3419) REXEC Remote Execution
3420) REXX Restructured Extended Executor (language) [IBM]
3421) RF Radio Frequency
3422) RFC Request For Comments [Internet]
3423) RFD Request for Discussion [Internet]
3424) RFI Radio Frequency Interference + Request for Information
3425) RFID Radio Frequency Identification
3426) RFP Request for Proposal
3427) RFQ Request for Quotation
3428) RFS Remote File Sharing + Remote File System
3429) RFT Revisable Form Text + Rich Text Format
3430) RFU Reserved For Future Use
3431) RGB Red-Green-Blue (color model)
3432) RI Referential Integrity + Ring Indicate
3433) RID Relative Identifier
3434) RIFF Resource Interchange File Format [Microsoft]
3435) RIM Remote Installation and Maintenance [Microsoft]
3436) RIME RelayNet International Message Exchange
3437) RIP Raster Image Processor + Remote Imaging Protocol +
3438) Routing Information Protocol [Novell]
3439) RIPEM Riordan's Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail
3440) RIPS Raster Image Processing System
3441) RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing
3442) RIT Raw Input Thread [Microsoft]
3443) RJE Remote Job Entry
3444) RLD Received Line Detect
3445) RLE Run Length Encoded
3446) RLL Run Length Limited
3447) RLN Remote LAN Node [DCA]
3448) RLOGIN Remote Login
3449) RLSD Received Line Signal Detected
3450) RLSI * Ridiculously Large-Scale Integration
3451) RM Reset Mode
3452) RMA Return Material Authorization +
3453) Return to Manufacturer Authorization
3454) RMB Right Mouse Button
3455) RMDIR Remove Directory
3456) RMI Remote Messaging Interface +
3457) Remote Method Invocation [Sun]
3458) RMON Remote Monitor/Monitoring
3459) RMP Remote Maintenance Processor [IBM]
3460) RMS Record Management Services + Root Mean Square
3461) RMW Read-Modify-Write
3462) RN Read News [Internet]
3463) RNA Remote Network Access [Microsoft]
3464) RND Random
3465) RNG Random Number Generator
3466) RNP Regional Network Provider
3467) R-O Read Only
3468) ROB Reorder Buffer [Intel]
3469) ROI Return On Investment
3470) ROL Rotate Left
3471) ROLAP Relational On-Line Analytical Processing
3472) ROM Read Only Memory
3473) ROOM Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling
3474) ROP Raster Operation + RISC Operation
3475) ROPES Rapid Object-Oriented Process for
286 Embedded Systems
3476) ROR Rotate Right
3477) ROS Read-Only Storage [IBM]
3478) ROSCOE Remote Operating System Conversational Online
3479) Environment
3480) ROT Running Object Table
3481) RPC Remote Procedure Call
3482) RPG Report Program Generator (Programming Language)
3483) RPL Resident Programming Language +
3484) Requested Privilege Level
3485) RPN Real Page Number + Reverse Polish Notation
3486) RPRINTER Remote Printer [NetWare]
3487) RPPROM Reprogrammable PROM
3488) RPR Relative Performance Rating
3489) RPT Repeat
3490) RPQ Request for Price Quotation
3491) RQBE Relational Query By Example [Fox Pro]
3492) RR Real Reality
3493) RRP Recommended Retail Price
3494) RS Radio Shack +
3495) Recommended Standard (as in RS-232) [EIA] +
3496) Record Separator + Request to Send
3497) RSA129 (129 digit cryptographic security number named after
3498) its inventors: Drs. Ronald L. Rivest, Adi Shamir and
3499) Leonard M. Adleman)
3500) RSAC Recreational Software Advisory Council
3501) RSCS Remote Spooling Communications System
3502) RSD Route Server Daemon
3503) RSH Remote Shell
3504) RSI Repetitive Strain Injury (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
3505) RSL Request-and-Status Link
3506) RSP Required Space Character
3507) RSPX Remote Sequenced Packet Exchange
3508) RST Reset + Restart
3509) RSTS Resource Sharing Time Sharing [Digital]
3510) RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol
3511) RSX Realistic Sound Experience +
3512) Real Time Resource Sharing Executive
3513) RT Real Time + RISC Technology + Run Time
3514) R/T Receive/Transmit
3515) RTAM Remote Terminal Access Method
3516) RTC Real-Time Clock
3517) RTDM Real-Time Data Migration
3518) RTEL Reverse Telnet [Internet]
3519) RTF Rich Text Format
3520) RTL Raster Transfer Language +
3521) Register Transfer Language/Level +
3522) Resistor Transistor Logic + Right-To-Left +
3523) Run Time Library
3524) RTM Response Time Monitor + Runtime Manager [Borland]
3525) RTMP Routing Table Maintenance Protocol
3526) RTN Reuters Transaction Network
3527) RTOS Real-Time Operating System
3528) RTP Rapid Transport Protocol + Real-Time Protocol
3529) RTS Remote Takeover System + Request To Send
3530) RTSP Real-Time Streaming Protocol
3531) RTTI Runtime Type Information
3532) RTTY Radio Teletypewriter (Communications)
3533) RTV Real Time Video
3534) RTX Run Time Extension
3535) RUN Rewind/Unload [IBM]
3536) RVA Relative Virtual Address
3537) RVI Reverse Interrupt
3538) R/W Read/Write
3539) RWIN Receive Window
3540) RWM Read-Write Memory
3541) RX Receiver
3542) RXD Receive Data
3543) SA Selective Availability
3544) SAA Systems Application Architecture [IBM]
3545) SABRE Semi-Automatic Business Research Environment
3546) SAC Single Attachment Concentrator
3547) SACL System Access Control List
3548) SADL Synchronous Data Link Control [Racal-Vadic]
3549) SAINT * Symbolic Automatic Integrator
3550) SAL Shift Arithmetic Left
3551) SAM Serial Access Memory + Sequential Access Method +
3552) Security Accounts Manager [Microsoft] +
3553) Single Application Mode [Microsoft]
3554) SAN Storage/System Area Network
3555) SANE Standard Apple Numeric Environment
3556) SAP Second Audio Program + Service Access Point [DEC] +
3557) Service Advertising Protocol +
3558) Symbolic Assembly Program +
3559) Systems, Applications and Products (company)
3560) SAPI Speech Application Program Interface [Microsoft]
3561) SAR Segmentation and Reassembly +
3562) Shift Arithmetic Right +
3563) Successive Approximation Register +
3564) Synthetic Aperature Radar
3565) SARG Search Argument
3566) SAS Sales Accounting System + Single Attached Station +
3567) Single Audio System + Statistical Analysis System
3568) SASI Shugart Associates System Interface (SCSI originated
3569) from SASI)
3570) SATAN Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks
3571) .SAV Saved (file name extension)
3572) SAVDM Single Application VDM
3573) SB Sound Blaster [Creative Labs] + Sound Board
3574) SBA Scene Balance Algorithms [Kodak]
3575) SBB Subtract With Borrow
3576) SBC Single-Board Computer
3577) SBCS Single-Byte Character Set
3578) SBI Sound Blaster Instrument
3579) .SBR Source Browser (file name extension) [Borland]
3580) SBS Small Business Server +
3581) Smart Battery Specification [Duracell/Intel]
3582) .SC Script (file name extension)
3583) SCA Scalable Computing Architecture [HP]
3584) SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
3585) SCAM SCSI Configuration Automatically
3586) SCAS Scan String
3587) SCB Subsystem Control Block [IBM]
3588) SCC Serial Communications Controllers +
3589) Serial Controller Chip +
3590) Synchronous Channel Check [IBM]
3591) SCCS Source Code Control System
3592) SCD Standard Color Display
3593) S-CDMA Synchronous Code-Division Multiple Access
3594) SCF System Control Facility
3595) SCI Scalable Coherent Interface +
3596) Serial Communications Interface
3597) SCI. Science [USENET Newsgroup Category]
3598) SCIL Serial Control Interface Logic
3599) SCLM Software Configuration and Library Management [IBM]
3600) SCM ScreenCam Format [Lotus] +
3601) Software Configuration Management + Station Class Mark
3602) SCO Santa Cruz Operation (Software Company) +
286 Synchronous Connection-Oriented (link)
3603) SCOPE Simple Communications Programming Environment
3604) [Hayes]
3605) SCP Save Cursor Position + Subsystem Control Port +
3606) System Control Program
3607) SCR Silicon Controlled Rectifier
3608) .SCR Script (file name extension)
3609) SCRN Screen (video display)
3610) SCRS Scalable Cluster of RISC Systems
3611) SCSA Signal Computing System Architecture [Dialogic]
3612) SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
3613) SD Send Data + Super Density
3614) SDA Software Delivery Agent [IBM] + Software Disk Array +
286 Source Data Automation + System Display Architecture [Digital]
3615) SDAM Single DOS Application Mode
3616) SDB Symbolic Debugger [Unix]
3617) SDD Software Description Database [Internet] +
3618) Subscriber Data Document +
3619) System Distribution Directory
3620) SDF Space Delimited File + Space Delimited Format
3621) .SDF Standard Data Format (file name extension)
3622) SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
3623) SDI Selective Dissemination of Information +
3624) Single Document Interface
3625) Software Development Interface [Mosaic]
3626) SDK Software Development Kit [Microsoft]
3627) SDL Specification and Description Language
3628) SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control (protocol)
3629) SDM System Development Multitasking
3630) SDMS SCSI Device Management System [NCR]
3631) SDN Software Defined Network [AT&T]
3632) SDNS Secure Data Network Service
3633) SDR Streaming Data Request
3634) SDRAM Synchronous DRAM
3635) SD-ROM Super Density ROM
3636) SDS Sysops Distribution System
3637) SDSL (See DSL)
3638) SD_STB Streaming Data Strobe [IBM]
3639) SDTV Standard Definition Television
3640) SDV Switched Digital Video [AT&T]
3641) SDX Storage Data Acceleration
3642) SEA Standard Extended Attribute [OS/2]
3643) .SEA Self Extracting Archive (file name extension) [Macintosh]
3644) SEAC * Name of first computer to use transistors, built by
3645) (National Bureau of) Standards Eastern Automatic
3646) Calculator (Also see SWAC)
3647) SEAL Segmentation and Reassembly Layer (protocol) +
3648) Screening External Access Link [Digital-DEC]
3649) SEC Single Error Correction
3650) SECAM Sequentiel Couleur Avec Memoire
3651) (Sequential Color With Memory)
3652) SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge
3653) SED Stream Editor + Stream-Oriented Editor
3654) SEG Segment
3655) SEH Structured Exception Handling
3656) SEL Select
3657) SEM Scanning Electron Microscope +
3658) Standard Electronic Module +
3659) Strategic Enterprise Management [SAP]
3660) SEPP Secure Encryption Payment Protocol
3661) SER Serial
3662) SERCOS Serial Real-Time Communications System
3663) SET Secure Electronic Transaction +
3664) Softwave Engineering Technology
3665) .SET Driver Set (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] +
3666) Image Settings (file name extension) [Paradox]
3667) SETEXT Structure Enhanced Text [Internet]
3668) SEU Smallest Executable Unit
3669) SF Sign Flag
3670) SFC System File Checker
3671) SFD Start Frame Delimiter
3672) SFDR Spurious-Free Dynamic Range
3673) SFN Short File Name
3674) SFQL Structured Full-text Query Language
3675) SFS System File Server
3676) SFT System Fault Tolerance
3677) SFX Sound Effect(s)
3678) SGA Shared Global Area
3679) SGCP Simple Gateway Control Protocol
3680) SGEN Signal Generator + System Generator
3681) SGDT Store Global Descriptor Table
3682) SGI Silicon Graphics, Inc.
3683) SGM Shaded Graphics Modeling
3684) SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language
3685) SGR Set Graphics Rendition
3686) SGRAM Synchronous Graphics RAM
3687) S/H Sample and Hold
3688) SHA Secure Hash Algorithm [NSA]
3689) SHAR Shell Archive
3690) SHED Segmented Hypergraphic Editor
3691) SHG Segmented Hypergraphics
3692) SHL Shift Logical Left
3693) SHR Shift Logical Right
3694) SHTML Server-Side Include HyperText Markup Language
3695) S-HTTP Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
3696) SHV Standard High-Volume
3697) .SHW Show (file name extension)
3698) SI Shift-In + Source Index + System Information +
3699) System Integration
3700) SIC Standard Industrial Code
3701) SID Security Identifier + Serial Input Data +
3702) Station Identification [AT&T] +
3703) Symbolic Interactive Debugger + System ID
3704) SIDF System Independent Data Format
3705) SIDH System Identification for Home Systems
3706) SIDT Store Interrupt Descriptor Table
3707) SIFT Stanford Information Filtering Tool
3708) SIG Special Interest Group
3709) SIGCAT Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications
3710) and Technology
3711) SIM Simulator
3712) SIMD Single Instruction, Multiple Data-stream (processor)
3713) SIMM Single In-line Memory Module
3714) SIMTEL Simulation and Teleprocessing
3715) SIMULA Simulation (language)
3716) SIO Serial Input/Output (communications driver)
3717) SIP Session Initiation Protocol + Single In-line Package
3718) SIPC Simply Interactive Personal Computer [Microsoft]
3719) SIPO Serial In, Parallel Out
3720) SIPP Single In-line Pin Package
3721) SIR Serial Infrared [Hewlett-Packard]
3722) SIRDS Single-Image Random Dot Stereogram
3723) SI/SO Serial In/Serial Out + Shift In/Shift Out
3724) SIT Special Information Tones
3725) .SIT Stuff-It (compressed file name extension) [Macintosh]
3726) SIU System Interface Unit
3727) SKIP Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocols [Sun]
3728) SKU# Stock Keeping Unit Number
3729) SLA Service Level Agreement
3730) SLB Static Load Balancing
3731) SLC Subscriber Line Concentrator
3732) SLD Second-Level Domain (name)
3733) SLDT Store Local Descriptor Table
3734) SLED Single Large Expensive Disk
3735) SLIC System Level Integration Circuit +
286 System Licensed Internal Code [IBM]
3736) SLIM Structured Language for Internet Markup
3737) SLIP Serial Line Interface Protocol
3738) SLM Spatial Light Modulator
3739) SLMR Silly Little Mail Reader
3740) SLOSH Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricane (program)
3741) SLOT Scanned Laser Output Terminal
3742) SLP Service Location Protocol
3743) SLSI Super Large-Scale Integration
3744) SLSS Systems Library Subscription Service [IBM]
3745) SLU Spoken Language Understanding
3746) SM Set Mode + Shared Memory
3747) SMA Software Migration Assistant [IBM]
3748) SMART Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
3749) SMB Server Message Block (protocol) [MII]
3750) SMD Surface Mounted Device
3751) SMDR Station Message Detail Recording
3752) SMDS Switched Multimedia/Multi-Megabit Data Service
3753) SMF Single Mode Fiber + System Manager Facility [Compaq]
3754) SMI System Management Interrupt [Intel]
3755) SMIF Standard Mechanical Interface
3756) SMIL Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
3757) S-MIME Secure MIME
3758) SMIT System Management Interface Tool [IBM]
3759) SMK Software Migration Kit [Microsoft]
3760) SML Standard Meta Language
3761) SMM System Management Mode [Intel]
3762) SMOBC Solder Mask Over Bare Copper
3763) SMP Simple Management Protocol + Symbolic Manipulation
3764) Program + Symmetrical Multi-Processing +
3765) Symmetric Multiprocessor
3766) .SMP Sample (file name extension)
3767) SMPC Shared Memory Parallel Computer
3768) SMPS Switching Mode Power Supply
3769) SMRAM System Management Random Access Memory
3770) SMS Short Message Service [Sprint] +
286 Small Messaging System +
3771) Storage Management Services [NetWare] +
3772) Storage Management Subsystem/System +
3773) Systems Management Server [Microsoft]
3774) SMSW Store Machine Status Word
3775) SMT Station Management (protocol) +
3776) Surface-Mount Technology
3777) SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
3778) SMU System Management Utility
3779) SN Serial Number
3780) S/N Signal-to-Noise (Ratio)
3781) SNA Systems Network Architecture [IBM]
3782) SNAP Sub-Network Access Protocol +
3783) Sub-Network Attachment Point
3784) SNAPI Structured N-Dimensional Application Program
286 Interface [Oracle]
3785) SND Sound
3786) SNEWS Secure News Server [Internet]
3787) SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
3788) SNOBOL String Oriented Symbolic Language (Programming Language)
3789) SNP Serial Number/Password [Omen Technology]
3790) SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
3791) SOA Start Of Authority
3792) SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
3793) SOC System On a Chip
3794) SOC. Social Issues [USENET Newsgroup Category]
3795) SOCKS Socket Secure (server) [Internet]
3796) SO-DIMM Small Outline DIMM
3797) SOE Standard Operating Environment
3798) SOH Start of Header
3799) SOHO Small Office/Home Office
3800) SOI Silicon-On-Insulator [IBM]
3801) SOL Simulation Oriented Language
3802) SOM Start of Message + System Object Model [IBM]
3803) SONAR Sound Navigation and Ranging
3804) SONET Synchronous Optical Network
3805) SOP Small Outline Package + Standard Operating Procedures
3806) SOS Silicon On Sapphire + Sophisticated Operating System +
3807) Standards and Open Systems
3808) SOTA State Of The Art
3809) SOX Sound Exchange
3810) SP Service Pack [IBM] + Stack Pointer + System Product
3811) SPA Secure Password Authentication [Microsoft] +
3812) Software Publishers Association
3813) SPAN Space Physics Analysis Network
3814) SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture +
3815) Sun's Palo Alto Research Center
3816) SPC Small Peripheral Controller + Statistical Process Control
3817) SPCL Spectrum Cellular Corporation
3818) SPCS Stored Program Controlled Switch
3819) SPD Serial Presence Detect
3820) SPEC Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative
3821) SPF Shortest Path First + System Programming Facility
3822) SPGA Staggered Pin-Grid Array
3823) SPI Security Parameters Index + Service Provider Interface +
3824) SCSI Parallel Interface
3825) .SPI Spool (file name extension)
3826) SPID Service Profile/Provider Identifier
3827) SPIKE Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-Based
3828) Environment [STScI]
3829) SPIRES Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
3830) [Stanford University]
3831) SPL Spooler + System Programming Language [HP]
3832) .SPL Spell Checker (file name extension)
3833) SPLD Simple Programmable Logic Device
3834) SPM System Performance Monitor [IBM]
3835) SPOOL Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line
3836) SPOT Shared Product Object Tree [IBM]
3837) SPP Sequenced Packet Protocol + Standard Printer Port
3838) SPPS Scalable Power Parallel System [IBM]
3839) SPR Special Purpose Register +
3840) Statistical Pattern Recognition +
3841) Symmetrical Phase Recording
3842) SPREAD * Systems Programming, Research, Engineering
3843) and Development [IBM]
3844) SPS Secure Packet Shield + Shock Protection System +
3845) Standby Power System
3846) SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
3847) SPT Sectors Per Track
3848) SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange [Novell]
3849) SQ Squeezed (files)
3850) SQE Signal Quality Error (test)
3851) SQL/DS Structured Query Language/Data System [IBM]
3852) SQOS Secure Quality Of Service
3853) SQRT Square Root
3854) SR Shift Register
3855) SRAM Shadow Random Access Memory +
3856) Static Random Access Memory
3857) SRAPI Speech Recognition API
3858) SRB Source-Route Bridge
3859) SRC System Resource Controller
3860) .SRC Source (file name extension)
3861) SRD Screen Reader System
3862) SRDRAM Self-Refreshed DRAM
3863) SRGB Sustained RGB (values)
3864) SRM Security Reference Monitor
3865) SRO Sharable and Read Only
3866) SRP Suggested Retail Price
3867) .SRP Script (file name extension)
3868) SRPI Server-Requester Programming Interface
3869) SRQ Service Request
3870) SRR Serially Reusable Resource
3871) SRS Sound Retrieval System
3872) SS Stack Segment + Single Sided + Seconds
3873) SSA Serial Storage Architecture
3874) SSAP Source Service Access Point
3875) SSCP Systems Service Control Point [IBM]
3876) SSD Solid State Disk
3877) SSEC * Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator [IBM]
3878) SSGA System Support Gate Array
3879) SSH Secure Shell (protocol)
3880) SSI Server Side Includes + Single System Image +
3881) Small Scale Integration
3882) SSL Secure Sockets Layer
3883) SSPI Security Service Provider Interface [Microsoft]
3884) SSRP Simple Server Redundancy Protocol [Cisco]
3885) SST Spread-Spectrum Technology +
3886) Systems Services and Technology
3887) STA Spanning Tree Algorithm
3888) STAR Self Defining Text Archival
3889) STB Strobe
3890) STC Set Carry Flag
3891) STD Set Direction Flag + Standard
3892) STDA StreetTalk Directory Assistance [Banyan]
3893) STDAUX Standard Auxilary
3894) STDERR Standard Error
3895) STDIN Standard Input
3896) STDIO.H Standard Input/Output Header [C Programming Language]
3897) STDM Statistical Time Division Multiplexer
3898) STDOUT Standard Output
3899) STDPRN Standard Printer
3900) STEP Standard for Exchange of Product
3901) .STF Structured File (file name extension) [Lotus Agenda]
3902) STI Set Interrupt Flag
3903) S/TK Sectors Per Track
3904) STL Standard Template Library
3905) STN Super-Twist Nematic
3906) .STORE Businesses Offering Goods (Domain Name) [Internet]
3907) STOS Store String
3908) STP Secure Transfer Protocol + Shielded Twisted Pair (cable) +
3909) Signal Transfer Point +
3910) Synchronized Transaction Processing
3911) STR Store Task Register + Synchronous Transmitter Receiver
3912) STRESS Structural Engineering System Solver (Programming
3913) Language)
3914) STRUDL Structural Design Language (Programming Language)
3915) STScI Space Telescope Science Institute
3916) STT Secure Transaction Technology [Microsoft]
3917) STX Start of Text
3918) .STY Style (file name extension) [Ventura, Word, WordPerfect]
3919) SUB Subroutine + Substitute + Subtract
3920) SUN Sun Microsystems, Inc.
3921) .SUP Supplemental Dictionary (file name extension)
3922) [WordPerfect]
3923) SVC Switched Virtual Circuit
3924) SVF Simple Vector Format
3925) SVG Scalable Vector Graphics
3926) SVGA Super Video Graphics Array
3927) S-VHS Super VHS
3928) SVM System Virtual Machine [Microsoft]
3929) SVN Switched Virtual Network [IBM]
3930) SVR Server
3931) SVR# System V Release Number [AT&T]
3932) S/W Software
3933) SWAC * Mobile version of SEAC, built for deployment to White
3934) Sands, and named Standards Western Automatic Calculator
3935) SWAIS Simple Wide Area Information Server [Internet]
3936) SWAP Shared Wireless Access Protocol
3937) SWIG Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator
3938) SWISH Simple Web Indexing System for Humans
3939) SWP Simple Web Printing
3940) .SWP Swap (file name extension)
3941) .SYL Syllabus (file name extension)
3942) SYLK Symbolic Link
3943) .SYM Symbols (file name extension)
3944) .SYN Synonym (file name extension)
3945) SYNC Synchronous
3946) SYS System
3947) .SYS System Configuration (file name extension) +
3948) System Device Driver (file name extension)
3949) SYSADMIN System Administrator
3950) SYSGEN System Generator
3951) SYSLOG System Log
3952) SYSMOD System Modification
3953) SYSOP System Operator
3954) SYSREQ System Request
3955) SZ Send ZModem [Unix]
3956) TAB Tape Automated Bonding
3957) TACS Total Access Communication System
3958) TAD Telephone Answering Device
3959) TAG Technical Advisory Group
3960) TAP Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol
3961) TAPCIS The Access Program for the CompuServe
3962) Information Service
3963) TAPI Telephony Applications Programming Interface
3964) .tar Tape Archive (archived file name extension) [Unix]
3965) .tar.Z Compressed Archived files (file name extension) [Unix]
3966) TAS Telephone Access Server
3967) TASM Turbo Assembler [Borland]
3968) TAXI Transparent Asynchronous Transceiver/Receiver Interface
3969) TB Terabyte (1,024 gigabytes)
3970) (One Thousand Billion characters of information)
3971) T/B Top and Bottom
3972) TBBS The Bread Board System (BBS)
3973) TBGA Tape Ball Grid Array
3974) .TBK Toolbook (file name extension)
3975) TBU Tape Backup Unit
3976) TC Test Control + Transmission Control
3977) TCL Tool Command Language
3978) TCM Trellis-Coded Modulation
3979) TCO Total Cost of Ownership
3980) TCP Tape-Carrier Package
3981) TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
3982) TD Transmit Data
3983) .TDA To Do Archive (file name extension) [Palm]
3984) TDC Tabular Data Control
3985) TDD Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
3986) TDtoDP Tablet Coordinates to Display Coordinates
3987) (converting)
3988) TDE Terminal Display Editor
3989) .TDF Trace Definition File (file name extension) [OS/2] +
3990) Typeface Definition File (file name extension)
3991) TDI Transport Device Interface
3992) TDM Technical Document Management +
3993) Time Division Multiplexing
3994) TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
3995) TDMS Terminal Display Management System
3996) TDP Tag Distribution Protocol [Cisco] +
3997) Telelocator Data Protocol
3998) TDSR Transmitter Data Service Request
3999) TDR Time Domain Reflectometry
4000)TE/2 Terminal Emulator/2 [Oberon]
4001) TEB Thread Environment Block
4002)TEC Tokyo Electronics Corporation
4003) TED Tiny Editor + Transient Electromagnetic Device
4004)TEI Terminal Endpoint Identifier
4005) TELCO Telephone Company
4006)TEML Turbo Editor Macro Language [Borland]
4007) TEMP Temporary
4008)TER Thermal Eclipse Reading [Sony]
4009)TERMPWR Terminator Power
4010) TFDD Text File Device Driver
4011) TFEL Thin-Film Electroluminescent
4012) .TFM Tagged Font Metric (file name extension)
4013) TFT Thin-Film Transistor (screens)
4014) TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
4015) .TGA Taga Bitmap (file name extension)
4016) THD Total Harmonic Distortion
4017) .THD Thread (file name extension)
4018) THOMAS The (U.S.) House (of Representatives) Open Multimedia
4019) Access System
4020)THOR Tandy High-Performance Optical Recording
4021) THR Transmit Holding Register
4022).THS Thesaurus (file name extension)
4023) TI Texas Instruments, Inc.
4024)TIA Telecommunications Industry Association +
4025) The Internet Adapter [Internet]
4026)TIB Tag Information Base
4027) TID Target ID
4028)TIES Time Independent Escape Sequence
4029).TIF Tagged Image File (filename extension)
4030) TIFF Tagged Image File Format
4031) TIGA Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
4032) TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding
4033) and Referencing
4034) TIIAP Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure
4035) Assistance Program [NII]
4036) TIL Tech Info Library [Macintosh]
4037) TIM Technical Information Memo [Compaq]
4038) TIMEZONES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GMT Offsets
i. Offsets Eastward from GMT (+)
ii. Offsets Westward from GMT (-)
4039) AST - Atlantic Standard Time -4:00
4040)AT - Azores Time -2:00
4041) AHD - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight :::
4042)AHS - Alaska-Hawaii Standard -10:00
4043) BLT - Baghdad Local Time +3:00
4044)BST - British Summer Time :::
4045) CAT - Central Alaska Time -10:00
4046)CCT - China Coast Time +8:00
4047) CDT - Central Daylight Time :::
4048)CET - Central European Time +1:00
4049)CLT - Cairo Local Time +2:00
4050) CST - Central Standard Time -6:00
4051) EAD - East Australian Daylight :::
4052) EAS - East Australian Standard +10:00
4053) EDT - Eastern Daylight Time :::
4054) EET - Eastern European Time +1:00
4055) EMT - Eastern Mediterranean +2:00
4056) EST - Eastern Standard Time -5:00
4057) GMT - Greenwich Mean Time +0:00
4058) HST - Hawaii Standard Time -10:00
4059) JST - Japanese Standard Time +9:00
4060)MDT - Mountain Daylight Time :::
4061) MET - Middle European Time +1:00
4062)MST - Mountain Standard Time -7:00
4063) MTS - Moscow Time Standard +3:00
4064)MTD - Moscow Time Daylight :::
4065) NT - Nome Time -11:00
4066)NZT - New Zealand Time +12:00
4067) PDT - Pacific Daylight Time :::
4068)PST - Pacific Standard Time -8:00
4069)PST - Pakistan Standard Time +5:00
4070) WAS - West Australian Standard +7:00
4071) WAT - West Africa Time -1:00
4072) WED - Western Europe Daylight :::
4073) WES - Western Europe Standard +0:00
4074) YDT - Yukon Daylight Time :::
4075) YST - Yukon Standard Time -9:00
4076) IDLE- International Date Line East +12:00
4077) IDLW- International Date Line West -12:00
4078) TIMI Technology Independent Machine Interface [IBM]
4079) TIMS Text Information Management Systems
4080)TINA Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture
4081) TIP Terminal Interface Processor +
4082)Transaction Internet Protocol
4083) TITOFET Tunneling-In, Tunneling-Out Field Effect Transistor
4084)TK/TK Track to Track
4085) TLA Three-Letter Acronym
4086)TLB Translation Lookaside Buffer
4087) .TLB Table (file name extension)
4088)TLD Top Level Domain (name)
4089)TLI Transport Layer Interface
4090)TLS Transport Layer Security
4091) TLU Table Lookup
4092).TLX Telex (file name extension)
4093) TM Trademark
4094)TMDS Transition Minimized Differential Signaling
4095) .TML Template (file name extension)
4096)TMP Temporary
4097) TMS Traffic Management System [BA]
4098)TN Twisted Nematic
4099)TNC Terminal Node Controller
4100) TNEF Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format
4101) TNO The Netherlands Organization
4102) ToC Table Of Contents
4103) TOD Time Of Day
4104) TOP Technical and Office Protocol
4105) TOS Terms Of Service
4106) TPC Transaction-Processing Performance Council
4107) TPF Transactions Processing Facility [IBM]
4108) TPI Tracks Per Inch
4109) TPL Table Producing Language +
4110) Transaction Processing Language
4111) TPM Transactions Per Minute
4112) TPORT Twisted Pair Port Transceiver [AT&T]
4113) TP-PMD Twisted Pair-Physical Medium Dependent (cable)
4114) TPS Transactions Per Second +
4115) Transaction Processing System
4116) TPW Turbo Pascal for Windows
4117) TQFP Thin Quad Flat Pack
4118) TQM Total Quality Management
4119) TR Terminal Ready
4120) T/R Transmit/Receive
4121) TRACERT Trace Route [Microsoft]
4122) TRADIC * Transistorized Airborne Digital Computer
4123) (Name of first computer to be entirely
4124) transistorized)
4125) .TRM Terminal (file name extension)
4126) TRN Threaded Read News [Internet] + Token Ring Network
4127) TRON The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus
4128) TS Top Secret
4129) TSA Target Service Agent + Technical Support Alliance +
4130) Telephony Services Architecture
4131) TSAPI Telephony Services Application Program
4132) Interface [AT&T + Novell]
4133) TSB Termination Status Block
4134) TSD Type-Specific Driver
4135) TSE The Semware Editor
4136) TSO Time Sharing Option
4137) TSP Telephony Service Provider
4138) TSR Terminate and Stay Resident
4139) TSS Task State Segment + Time Sharing System
4140) TS/SI Top Secret/Sensitive Information
4141) .TST Test (file name extension)
4142) TSTN Triple Supertwisted Nematic
4143) TSV Tab Separated Values
4144) TT Typewriter Text
4145) TTA Transport-Triggered Architecture
4146) TTCN Tree and Tabular Combined Notation
4147) .TTF TrueType Font (file name extension)
4148) TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic
4149) TTP Thermal-Transfer Printing
4150) TTS Text-To-Speech + Transaction Tracking System
4151) TTY Teletype
4152) TUCOWS The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software
4153) TUI Text-Based User Interface [WordPerfect]
4154) TUMS Table Update and Management System [Stanford University]
4155) .TUT Tutorial (file name extension)
4156) TVF Table of contents Verbosely from File [UNIX]
4157) TVFS Toronto Virtual File System [IBM]
4158) TVI Television Interference
4159) TVOL Television On-Line
4160) TWAIN Technology Without Any Interesting Name
4161) (connection between application and scanner software)
4162) TWEAKUI Tweak User Interface
4163) TWX Teletypewriter Exchange Service
4164) TXD Transmit Data
4165) .TXF Tax Exchange Format (file name extension)
4166) TXT Text
4167) TXT2STF Text To Structured File [Lotus Agenda]
4168) TZ Time Zone [Unix]
4169) UA User Agent + User Area
4170) UAE Unrecoverable Application Error
4171) UAM User Authentication Method
4172) UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
4173) UBR Unspecified Bit Rate
4174) .UC2 Compressed File (file name extension) [UltraCompressor]
4175) UCE Unsolicited Commercial Email
4176) UCL Universal Communications Language
4177) UCS Unicode Conversion Support + Universal Character Set +
4178) User Coordinate System
4179) UCT Universal Coordinated Time
4180) UDA Universal Data Access [Microsoft]
4181) UDB Universal Data Base
4182) UDC Universal Decimal Classification + User Defined Commands
4183) UDD User Data Document
4184) UDE Universal Data Exchange
4185) UDEC * Universal Digital Electronic Computer [Burroughs]
4186) UDF Universal Disk Format + User Defined Functions
4187) UDG User Defined Gateway
4188) UDMA Ultra Direct Memory Access
4189) UDP User Datagram Protocol
4190) UDT Uniform Data Transfer + User-Defined Type
4191) UFS Unix File System
4192) UG User Group
4193) UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface
4194) UHF Ultra-High Frequency
4195) UHL Universal Hypertext Link
4196) UI Unix International + User Interface
4197) UIC User Identification Code
4198) UID User Identifier
4199) UIMS User Interface Management System
4200)UL Underwriters Laboratories +
4201) Unordered List + Upload
4202)ULA Uncommitted Logic Array
4203) ULN Universal Link Negotiation
4204)ULSI Ultra Large Scale Integration
4205) UMA Unified Memory Architecture
4206)UMB Upper Memory Block [LIM/AST]
4207) UML Unified Modeling Language
4208)UMS User Mode Scheduler
4209)UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
4210) UNC Universal Naming Convention +
4211) Uuencoded Netnews Collator [Unix]
4212) UNCOL Universal Computed Oriented Language
4213) UNI User-Network Interface
4214) UNICOM Universal Integrated Communication (System)
4215) UNICOS Universal Compiler FORTRAN compatible
4216) UNII Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure
4217) UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer
4218) UNIX (AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System)
4219) UNMA Unified Network Management Architecture
4220)UNSPSC Universal Standard Products and Services Classification
4221) UP Uniprocessor
4222)UPC Universal Product/Program Code + User Parameter Control
4223) UPG Upgrade
4224)UPL User Program Language
4225) UPM Unix Programmer's Manual +
4226)User Profile Management [IBM]
4227) UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply/System
4228)URC Uniform Resource Characteristics +
4229)Uniform Resource Citation
4230) UREP Unix RSCS Emulation Protocol (protocol)
4231) URI Uniform Resource Identifier
4232) URL Uniform Resource Locator
4233) URN Uniform Resource Name/Number
4234) US Unit Separator
4235) USART Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
4236) USB Universal Serial Bus [Intel]
4237) USENET User's Network [Internet]
4238) USERID User Identification
4239) USOC Universal Service Ordering Code
4240)USQ Unsqueezed (files)
4241) USR US Robotics (corporation)
4242)USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter
4243) USSA User Supported Software Association (United Kingdom)
4244)UT User Terminal
4245) UTC Coordinated Universal Time
4246)UTI Universal Text Interchange/Interface
4247) UTP Unshielded Twisted-Pair (cable)
4248)UU Uuencode/Uudecode
4249)UUCP Unix-To-Unix Copy Program
4250) UUD UUDecoding [Unix]
4251) UUDECODE Unix-To-Unix Decoding
4252) UUE UUEncoding [Unix]
4253) UUENCODE Unix-To-Unix Encoding
4254) UUI User-To-User Information [AT&T]
4255) UUID Universal Unique Identifier
4256) UV Ultraviolet
4257) UWR Ultra Wideband Radio
4258) VA Virtual Address + Visual Age [IBM]
4259) VAD Value Added Dealer
4260)VADD Value Added Disk Driver
4261) VADSL (See DSL)
4262)VAI Video As Input
4263) VAL Value + Voice Application Language
4264).VAL Validity Checks (file name extension) [Paradox]
4265) VAM Virtual Access Method
4266)VAN Value Added Network
4267) VAP Value Added Process
4268)VAR Value Added Reseller + Value Added Retailer + Variable
4269)VAST Variable Array Storage Technology
4270) VAX/VMS Virtual Address Extension/Virtual Memory System [DEC]
4271) VB Variable Block + Visual Basic [Microsoft]
4272) VBA Visual Basic for Applications [Microsoft]
4273) VBE/AI Vesa Bios Extension/Audio Interface
4274) VBI Vertical Blanking Interval
4275) VBNS Very High Speed Backbone Network Service [MCI + NSF]
4276) VBR Variable Bit Rate
4277) VBRUN Visual Basic Runtime
4278) VBS Visual Basic Script
4279) .VBX Visual Basic Extension (file name extension)
4280)VCC Virtual Channel Connection
4281) VCD Video Compact Disk + Virtual Communications Driver
4282)VCI Virtual Circuit Identifier
4283) VCL Visual Component Library
4284)VCN Virtual Cluster Number
4285) VCOS Visual Caching Operating System [AT&T]
4286)VCPI Virtual Control Program Interface
4287) VCR Video Cassette Recorder
4288)VDD Virtual Device Driver
4289)VDDM Virtual Device Driver Manager
4290)VDE Video Display Editor + Visual Development Environment
4291) VDI Virtual Device Interface
4292)VDISK Virtual Disk
4293) VDM Virtual DOS Machine [IBM]
4294)VDMAD Virtual Direct Memory Access Device [Microsoft]
4295) VDS Virtual DMA Services
4296)VDSL (See DSL)
4297) VDT Video Dial Tone + Video Display Terminal
4298)VDU Video Display Unit + Visual Display Unit
4299)VEGA Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter [Video-7, Inc.]
4300) VEMM Virtual Expanded Memory Manager
4301) VEMMI Versatile Multimedia Interface
4302) VER Verify + Version
4303) VERONICA Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to
4304) Computer Archives [Internet]
4305) VERR Verify Read Access
4306) VERW Verify Write Access
4307) VES Video Encoding Standard [Oracle]
4308) VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
4309) VF Virtual Floppy
4310) VFAT Virtual File Allocation Table [Microsoft]
4311) V.FC Version.First Class (communications standard)
4312) VFD Vacuum Fluorescent Display
4313) VFW Video For Windows [Microsoft]
4314) VGA Video Graphics Array
4315) VGC Video Graphics Controller
4316) VHDL VHSIC Hardware Description Language
4317) VHF Very-High Frequency
4318) VHS Very High Speed + Video Home System +
4319) Virtual Host Storage
4320) VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
4321) VI Visual Interactive (editor) [UNIX]
4322) VIA Virtual Interface Architecture [Intel]
4323) VIE Virtual Information Environment
4324) VIF Virtual Interface + Virtual Interrupt Flag
4325) VIM Vendor Independent Mail +
4326) Vendor Independent Messaging + Video Interface Module
4327) VIO Video Input/Output + Virtual Input/Output
4328) VINES Virtual Networking System [Banyan]
4329) ViP Visual Programming [Lotus]
4330) VIP Variable Information Processing +
4331) Video Information Provider +
4332) Virtual Interrupt Pending +
286 Visual Interactive Parser
4333) VIPER Verifiable Integrated Processor for
4334) Enhanced Reliability
4335) VIS Video Information System [Tandy] +
4336) Visual Instruction Set [Sun] +
4337) Voice Information System
4338) VJ HEADER Van Jacobsen Header (compression) [Unix]
4339) VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
4340) VL-BUS Vesa Local-Bus [VESA]
4341) VLD Variable-Length Decoder
4342) VLF Very Low Frequency
4343) VLINK Visited Link [HTML]
4344) VLIW Very Large Instruction Word
4345) VLM Virtual Loadable Module
4346) VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
4347) VLSIPS Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis
4348) VLT Variable List Table
4349) VM Virtual Machine + Virtual Memory
4350) VMA Virtual Memory Address
4351) VMB Virtual Machine Boot
4352) VME Versa Module Eurocard +
4353) Virtual Memory Environment
4354) VML Vector Markup Language [Microsoft]
4355) VMM Virtual Machine/Memory Manager
4356) VMOS Vertical MOS
4357) VMP Virtual Modem Protocol
4358) VMS Virtual Machine Storage + Virtual Memory System +
4359) Voice Message System
4360) VMT Virtual Memory Technique
4361) VNA Virtual Network Architecture
4362) VOC Creative Voice (format) [Sound Blaster]
4363) VOD Video On Demand
4364) VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
4365) VOL Volume
4366) VOM Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter
4367) VOR Visions Of Reality
4368) VOS Verbal/Voice Operating System
4369) VP Virtual Path
4370) VPD Virtual Printer Device + Vital Product Data [IBM]
4371) VPDN Virtual Private Data Network
4372) VPDS Virtual Private Data Service [MCI]
4373) VPE Video Port Extensions [Microsoft] +
4374) Visual Programming Environment
4375) VPL Virtual Programming Language
4376) VPM Video Port Manager
4377) VPN Virtual Page Number + Virtual Private Network
4378) VPS Voice Processing System
4379) VPSC Vault, Process, Structure, Configuration
4380) VPT Virtual Print Technology [Dataproducts]
4381) VR Virtual Reality + Voltage Regulated/Regulator
4382) VRAM Video Random Access Memory
4383) VRD Virtual Retinal Display
4384) VRE Voltage Regulated Extended
4385) VRM Vendor Relationship Management + Voltage Regulator Module
4386) VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language
4387) (originally named Virtual Reality Markup Language)
4388) VROOMM Virtual Real-time Object Oriented
4389) Memory Manager [Borland]
4390) .VRS WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension)
4391) VRT Voltage Regulation Technology [Intel]
4392) VRU Voice Response Unit
4393) VS Virtual Storage
4394) VSAM Virtual Storage Access Method
4395) VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
4396) VSE Virtual Storage Extended
4397) VSF Vertical Scanning Frequency
4398) VSI Virtual Socket/Switch Interface
4399) VSIO Virtual Serial Input Output
4400)VSM Virtual Shared Memory + Virtual Storage Management +
4401) Visual System Management [IBM]
4402)VSN Volume Serial Number
4403) VSOS Virtual Storage Operating System
4404)VSYNC Vertical Sync
4405) VT Vertical Tab
4406)VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method [IBM]
4407) VTNS Virtual Telecommunications Network Service
4408)VTS Volume Tracking Driver
4409)VUI Video User Interface
4410) VUP VAX Unit of Performance
4411) VWB Visual WorkBench [Microsoft]
4412) VWM Virtual Window Manager
4413) VXA Variable-Speed Architecture [Ecrix]
4414) VxD Virtual Extended Driver [Microsoft]
4415) .VXD Virtual Device (file name extension) [Microsoft]
4416) V&V Verification and Validation
4417) W/ With
4418) W3 (see WWW)
4419) W3A World Wide Web Applets
4420)W3C World Wide Web Consortium
4421) W4 What-Works-With-What
4422)WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System
4423) WABI Windows Application Binary Interface [SunSoft]
4424)WAI Web Accessibility Initiative +
4425) Web Application Interface [Netscape]
4426)WAIS Wide Area Information Server
4427) WAITI Wait-For-Interrupt
4428)WAITS Wide Area Information Transfer System
4429)WAN Wide Area Network
4430) WAP Wireless Application Protocol
4431) WATS Wide Area Telecommunications Service
4432) .WAV Waveform Audio (file name extension)
4433) WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management
4434) WC Word Count
4435) WCS World Coordinate System
4436) WD-40 Water Displacement-40th Attempt
4437) WDL Windows Driver Library [Microsoft]
4438) WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexing +
4439) Windows Driver Model [Microsoft]
4440)WDRAM Windows Dynamic Random Access Memory
4441) WEA Web Enabled Application
4442).WEB Entities Emphasizing the WWW (Domain Name) [Internet]
4443) WEBNFS Web Network File System [Sun]
4444)WELL Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (BBS)
4445) WFM Wired For Management [Intel]
4446)WFQ Weighted Fair Queuing [Cisco]
4447) WFW Windows For Workgroups [Microsoft]
4448)WGS Work Group System
4449)WHAM Waveform Hold and Modify [Microsoft]
4450) WHC Workstation Host Connection
4451) WIN 9.X Windows95/Windows98
4452) WINDBG Windows Debugger [Microsoft]
4453) WINE Windows Emulator
4454) WINForum Wireless Information Networks Forum
4455) WIN...ME Windows Millennium Edition [Microsoft]
4456) WINS Windows Internet Naming Service [Microsoft]
4457) WIN...SE Windows Second Edition [Microsoft]
4458) WINSOCK Windows Open Systems Architecture [Microsoft] +
4459) Windows Sockets
4460)WINWORD Word For Windows [Microsoft]
4461) WIN...XP Windows The "Experience" [Microsoft]
4462)WISE WordPerfect Information System Environment
4463) WIT Web Interactive Talk [Internet]
4464).WKB Workbook (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
4465) .WKE Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
4466).WKQ Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]
4467) .WKS Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
4468).WKZ Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]
4469).WK1 Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
4470) WL Word Line
4471) .WLG Dr. Watson Log (file name extension)
4472) WLL Wireless Local Loop
4473) .WMA Windows Media Audio (file name extension) [Microsoft]
4474) WMC Workflow Management Coalition
4475) .WMF Windows Metafile Format (file name extension) [Microsoft]
4476) WML Wireless Markup Language
4477) WMP Windows Media Player [Microsoft]
4478) WMRM Write Many, Read Many
4479) WMT Windows Media Technologies [Microsoft]
4480)WNIC Wide-Area Network Interface Co-Processor
4481) WNIM Wide-Area Network Interface Module
4482)W/O Without
4483) WORM Write Once, Read Many
4484)WOS Workstation Operating System
4485) WOSA Windows Open Services/Systems Architecture [Microsoft]
4486)WOW Window On Windows [Microsoft]
4487) WP WordPerfect + Word Processing + Write Protected
4488).WPD Windows Printer Description (file name extension)
4489).WPG WordPerfect Graphics (file name extension)
4490)WPHD Write-Protect Hard Disk
4491) .WPK Keyboard (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
4492)WPM Words Per Minute
4493) .WPM Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
4494)WPOS Workplace Operating System
4495) WPS Windows Printing System [Microsoft] +
4496)Workplace Shell [OS2]
4497) WPVM Windows Parallel Virtual Machine
4498).WQ1 Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]
4499).WQ! Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]
4500) WRAM Windows Random Access Memory
4501) WRE Weighted Random Early Detection [Cisco]
4502) .WRI Write (file name extension)
4503) WRK Windows Resource Kit [Microsoft]
4504) WS WordStar + Workstation
4505) WSAPI Web Site Application Program Interface [O'Reilly]
4506) WSH Windows Scripting Host [Microsoft]
4507) WT Write Through
4508) WTM Wired For Management
4509) WWIS World Wide Information System [Internet]
4510) WWW World-Wide Web [Internet]
4511) WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It
4512) WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
4513) XA Extended Architecture + Extended Attribute
4514) XAPIA X.400 Application Program Interface Association
4515) X2B Hexadecimal to Binary [REXX]
4516) .XBM X-Windows Bitmaps (file name extension) (black and white)
4517) .XPM X-Windows Pixelmaps (file name extension) (color)
4518) X2C Hexadecimal to Character [REXX]
4519) XCHG Exchange
4520) XCMD External Command
4521) XCOPY Extended Copy
4522) X2D Hexadecimal to Decimal [REXX]
4523) XDF Extended Density Format [IBM]
4524) XDR Extended/External Data Representation
4525) XFCN External Function
4526) XFDL Extensible forms Description Language
4527) XGA Extended Graphics Array [IBM]
4528) XHTML Extensible HyperText Markup Language
4529) XID Exchange Identifier
4530) XIOS Extended Input/Output System
4531) .XLA Add-In (file name extension) [Microsoft-Excel]
4532) XLAT Translate
4533) XLF Exceptional Fortran [IBM]
4534) .XLK Backup (file name extension) [Microsoft-Excel]
4535) XLL Extensible Link Language
4536) XLM Excel Macro Language [Microsoft]
4537) .XLT Template (file name extension) [Microsoft-Excel]
4538) XMIT Transmit
4539) XML Extensible Markup Language
4540) XMM Extended Memory Manager [LIM/AST]
4541) XMS Extended Memory Specification [LIM/AST]
4542) XNS Xerox Network System (protocol) [Xerox]
4543) XOFF Transmitter Off
4544) XON Transmitter On
4545) XOR Exclusive OR (Also EOR)
4546) XP Extreme Performance [Compaq]
4547) XPRM Xerox Print Resources Manager [Xerox]
4548) XRT Extensions for Real-Time
4549) XSL Extensible Style Language
4550) XSMD Extended Storage Module Drive (interface)
4551) XSSI Extended Server Side Includes
4552) XTAL Crystal
4553) XTCLK External Transmit Clock
4554) XUL Extensible User-Interface Language [Netscape]
4555) YAM Yet Another Modem [Omen Technology]
4556) YAHOO Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle [Internet]
4557) Y2K Year 2000
4558) (Y/N)? (Asks for a YES or NO decision)
4559) YTD Year To Date
4560) .z Packed file (file name extension - using Pack/Unpack
4561) program)..lower case z..[Unix]
4562) .Z Compressed file (file name extension - using
4563) Compress/Uncompress program)..upper case Z..[Unix]
4564) ZAK Zero Administration Kit [Microsoft]
4565) ZAW Zero Administration for Windows [Microsoft]
4566) ZBR Zone-Bit Recording [IBM]
4567) Z-CAV Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
4568) ZDL Zero Delay Lockout
4569) ZDS Zenith Data Systems
4570) ZIF Zero-Insertion Force (socket)
4571) ZIP Zigzag In-Line Package +
4572) Zone Improvement Plan (ZIPcode)
4573) .ZIP Compressed File (file name extension) [PKWare]
4574) .ZOO Compressed File (file name extension) [Dhesi]
4575) ZPV Zoomed Port Video [Toshiba]
4576) ZSL Zero Slot LAN
4577) @ At + Commercial At
4578) ~ Tilde
4579) (_) Underscore
4580) Wildcard character (asterisk)
4581) *.* Star-Dot-Star (represents
4582) Any file name.Any file name extension)
4583) .$$$ Temporary File (file name extension)
4584) 1GL First Generation Language (machine language)
4585) 24/7 Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Seven Days a Week
286 80286 (microprocessor)
4586) 2GL Second Generation Language (assembly language)
4587) 80386 (microprocessor)
4588) 3COM 3 Com Corporation (The 3 Coms are
4589) Computer, Communications and Compatibility)
4590) 3GL Third Generation Language (programming language)
4591) 80486 (microprocessor)
4592) 4GL Fourth Generation Language (descriptive language)
4593) 6DOF Six Degrees Of Freedom
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