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I'm sitting in a coffee shop in Milford, NH. In the booth next to me are two men, a
father and a son. Over coffee, the father is asking his son about modems, and the son is
holding forth pretty well on the subject of fax compatibility, UART requirements, and
so on. But he's little out of date: The father asks, "So should I get one with a DSP?"
"A what?" says the son.
You just can't get far if you're not up on the lingo. You might squeak by in your
company of technological nonexperts, but even some of them will surprise you. These
days, technical acronyms quickly insinuate themselves into the vernacular.
Raphael Needleman
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(mu)
ABEND
0-9
(mu): Micro
(Hardware)
2S: 2 Sides
(Hardware)
(Security)
(Hardware)
3D: 3-Dimensional
(Security)
(Hardware) (Intel)
(DEC)
Filename extension
HTML tag
a: atto
A: Ampere
Current measurement unit
A: Anchor
: ngstrom
A/D: Analog/Digital
(Hardware)
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ABI
ACS
(IBM)
ACK: ACKnowledge
ABS: ABSolute
ACC: ACCumulator
ACC: Authorization Contract for Containers
Specification (JSR-115) that defines new
java.security.Permission classes to satisfy the Java 2 Platform,
Enterprise Edition (J2EE) authorization model (Software) (Sun)
ACS
ACS: Asynchronous Communication Server
ACS: Automatic Class Selection
ACS: Automatic Contrast Selection
ACSE: Association Control Service Element
The method used in International Organization for
Standardization's open systems interconnection (OSI) for
establishing a call between two applications.
ADR
ADCCP: Advanced Data Communication Control
Procedures
(Communication)
(Software)
ADA: ADA
(Software)
(Software)
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ADR
AFP
AEC: Architecture, Engineering, Construction
A computer graphics market requiring specialized applications
that facilitate efficient planning, design, drafting, and analysis.
(Databases) (IBM)
(Net lingo)
AFC: AntiFerromagnetically-Coupled
Multilayer coating expected to permit hard-disk drives to store
100 billion bits (gigabits) of data per square inch of disk area
(Hardware) (IBM)
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AFP
ALE
(Communication) (Apple)
(Intel)
AISI: As I See It
(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
(IBM)
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ALEC
AoE
AMMA: Advanced Memory Management
Architecture
(Hardware)
(Communication)
(Hardware)
ANN: ANNotations
ALT: ALTernate
ALU: Arithmetic Logic Unit
Device in a CPU performing arithmetic operations (Hardware)
(Dr. Solomon)
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AOL
AOL: Alert On Lan
(Network)
APTC
APLSF: A Programming Language with Shared
Files
APM: Advanced Power Management
APM: Application Performance Management
APN: Access Point Name
Used on GPRS as access information (Communication)
APP: APPlication
File name extension
(Organizations)
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APTM
ASC
ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
The Internet protocol used to dynamically map Internet
addresses to physical (hardware) addresses on local area
networks. Limited to networks that support hardware
broadcast. (Network)
ARC: ARChive
(Network)
(Software) (Autodesk)
(Security)
(IBM)
(Hardware) (Adaptec)
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ASC
ASC: Autonomous System Confederation
(Network)
ASR
ASM: Advanced Server Manager
ASM: ASseMbler
File name extension
(Microsoft)
(Organizations)
(Software)
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ASR
ATU
(Communication)
(Software) (Adobe)
AT: ATtention
Modem command prefix. Defined by the modem command set
developed by the Hayes company for use on its modems and
now used on most modems (Communication)
(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
(Network)
(Communication)
ATTN: ATTeNtion
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ATU-C
ATU-C: Adsl Transceiver Unit - Central
In a DSL loop, the line card plugged into the DSLAM (Hardware)
BAI
AVTK: Anti Virus ToolKit
(Software)
AU: AUdio
(Communication) (Nokia)
AUX: AUXiliary
(Software)
(IBM)
(IBM)
b: Bit
B: Bold
HTML tag
B: Byte
B&W: Black & White
B/F: Background/Foreground
AVG: AVeraGe
E-commerce model
File Format
(IBM)
(Hardware)
(Communication)
(Organizations)
(Software)
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BAID
BAID: Bios Aware Ipl Device
(Hardware)
BAK: BAcKup
BCS
BC: Base Code
BC: Business Component
(Software)
(Microsoft)
(Borland)
BAT: BATch
File name extension
(Organizations)
BB: BridgeBoard
BBB: Better Business Bureau
(Organizations)
(Net lingo)
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BCSM
BIB
(Communication)
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
(Network)
BEL: BELl
Control character
BIAB: Band-In-A-Box
BIB: BIBliography
File name extension
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BICI
BLOS
BiDi: BIDIrectional
BIDS: Borland International Data Structures
BITS: Bump-In-The-Stack
Configuration where IPsec is implemented "underneath" an
existing implementation of an IP protocol stack, between the
native IP and the local network drivers. This approach, when it
is adopted, is usually employed in hosts (Network)
BITW: Bump-In-The-Wire
(Network)
(Hardware)
(Operating systems)
(Hardware) (Canon)
(Hardware) (Canon)
BKSP: BacKSPace
BL: BackLit
BL: Bit Line
BLAST: BLocked ASynchronous Transmission
Protocol
BLK: BLocK
BLL: Business Logic Layer
BLLI: Broadband Low Layer Information
(Databases)
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BLT
BLT: Baghdad Local Time
Timezone: GMT +3:00
BPEL4WS
BOD: Bandwidth On Demand
(Network)
Small conference
BMP: BitMaP
File Format for bitmapped images
(Net lingo)
Connector (Hardware)
(Communication)
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BPF
BST
BS: BullSh**
You say this when you think someone is lying (Net lingo)
Recording Density
(Network)
BR: BReak
HTML tag
(Network)
(IBM)
BS: BackSpace
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BST
BST: British Summer Time
Timezone: GMT +0:00
CAE
BUS: Broadcast and Unknown Server
(Network)
BSY: BuSY
(IBM)
(IBM)
(Net lingo)
C: C
Programming language
C/S: Client/Server
(Net lingo)
CAB: CABinet
BTX: BildschirmTeXt
BUF: BUFfer
BUI: Browser User Interface
Method of interacting with an application, typically hosted on a
remote device, via controls presented within a web browser
(Software)
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CAE
CAE: Computer Aided Education
CAE: Computer-Aided Engineering
CAEN: Chemically-Assembled Electronic
Nanocomputer
(Hardware)
CAT
CAPI: Common Application Programming
Interface
(Communication)
CAL: CALendar
(Communication)
CAN: CANcel
CAN: Controller Area Network
CANBUS: Controller Area Network BUS
(Network)
(Communication)
CAT: CATalog
CAT: CATegory
Short term used to refer to different types of cabling (ie.
CAT5.) (Hardware)
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CAT
CCDA
(Communication)
(Software)
CBL: CoBoL
File name extension
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CCDP
CCDP: Cisco Certified Design Professional
ccTLD
(Hardware)
(Communication)
(Organizations)
(Communication)
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(CompuServe)
(Network)
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CCU
CDR
(Hardware) (IBM)
Standard that enables native OS support of data storage on CDRW. This makes the technology far easier to use and allows the
replacement of the floppy. See http://www.mt-rainier.org/
(Hardware)
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CDR
CDR: Clock and Data Recovery
(Hardware)
Filename extension
CER
(Cisco)
(Organizations)
Collects fault information from various sources.Network
elements, such as routers or switches, may report fault
conditions as SNMP traps, Syslog messages, and so on
(Software) (Cisco)
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CERFNET
CERFNET: California Educational and Research
Federation NETwork
CERN: Centre Europen pour la Recherche
Nuclaire
CERT: Computer Emergency Response Team
(Organizations)
CI
CFR: Computerized Facial Recognition
CFRM: Coupling Facility Resource Management
(Databases)
CF: ColdFusion
(Software)
CFG: ConFiGuration
File name extension
CHAR: Character
CHAT: Conversational Hypertext Access
Technology
CHCK: CHannel ChecK
CHCP: CHange Code Page
CHDIR: CHange DIRectory
CHFI: Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator
Certification in IT security issued by The International Council
of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) (Security)
(Network)
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CI
CI: Competitive Intelligence
(Software)
CIVR
(Microsoft)
(IBM)
(Hardware)
A video format in which frames are 360 pixels wide and 288
pixels high (one half of the CCIR 601 frame size). Each pixel
has its own luminance value.
(CompuServe)
CIW
CIW: Certified Internet Webmaster
CIW: Client Installation Wizard
(Operating systems) (Microsoft)
CL: ConnectionLess
(Communication)
CLS
CLGA: Ceramic Land Grid Array
(Hardware)
(Hardware) (Canon)
(Databases)
CLP: CLiPboard
(Network)
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(Software) (Microsoft)
CLS
CLS: Closed Loop Solution
CLS: Common Language Specification
(Software)
CMTS
CMISE: Common Management Information
Service Element
CML: Chemical Markup Language
CML: Computer Managed Learning
CML: Conceptual Modelling Language
CML: Current Mode Logic
CMM: Capability Maturity Model
Strategy for improving the software process, irrespective of the
actual life-cycle model used (Software)
(Hardware)
CMP: CoMPare
CMP: Container-Managed Persistence
(Software)
CMD: CoMmanD
(Software)
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CMU
CMU: Carnegie Mellon University
(Organizations)
COG
CNV: CoNVentional
CNVT: CoNVerT
CNX: Certified Network eXpert
CO: Central Office
CO: Command Output
CNF: CoNFiguration
File name extension
CNG: CalliNG
CNI: Certified Novell Instructor
(Novell)
(Communication)
COB: Chip-On-Board
COB: Connected Online Backup
(Software)
(Hardware)
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COG
COG: Component Obsolescence Group
(Operating systems)
Programming Language
COL: COLlision
CPCS
(Communication)
COM: COMmand
File name extension
COMP: Compare
COMPAQ: COMPatibilty And Quality
Used to refer to the fact that their computers were both IBM PC
compatible and very reliable
CON: Console
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
(Operating systems)
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CPCS
CRFVP
(Hardware)
(Organizations)
(IBM)
(Hardware)
CRD: CaRDfile
(Network)
(Microsoft)
(Verisign)
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CRI
CRI: Color Reproduction Indices
CSMA
Company Name
(Security)
(Hardware)
(Microsoft)
CSH: C SHell
(Organizations)
Unix shell
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CSMA/CA
CSMA/CA: Carrier Sense Multiple
Access/Collision Avoidance
(Communication)
CTCP
CSS: Content Scrambling System
Copy protection scheme used for example with DVDs (Digital
Video Discs)
(Hardware) (Cisco)
(Organizations)
(Hardware)
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CTD
CVIA
(Hardware)
CUR: CURsor
File name extension
CTRL: ConTRoL
(Hardware)
CUU: CUrsor Up
CV: CodeView
(Software)
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CVM
DAM
(IBM)
Printing technology
(IBM)
CVT: ConVerT
CVW: CodeView for Windows
D3D: Direct 3D
(Microsoft)
(Software) (Apple)
(Communication)
(Net lingo)
(Borland)
CYA: See YA
(Net lingo)
CYL: CYLinder
(Hardware) (Dell)
CYMK: Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black
Color model
D
D&D: Drag & Drop
(Software)
D/A: Digital/Analog
(Hardware)
D/L: DownLoad
D/R: Direct/Reverse
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DAM
DAM: Direct Access Mode
DAM: Distributed Abstract Machine
DAM: Distributed Associative Memory
(Hardware)
DbC
DASH: Desktop and mobile Architecture for
System Hardware
Suite of specifications that takes full advantage of the
DMTF??s Web Services for Management (WS-Management)
specification ?? delivering standards-based Web services
management for desktop and mobile client systems
(Software) (Microsoft)
DAT: DATa
(Hardware)
DAO: Disk-At-Once
(Network)
DB: DataBus
Computer port (Hardware)
dB: DeciBel
DB2: DataBase 2
(Hardware)
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DBC
DBC: Device Bay Controller
DBCC: DataBase Consistency Checks
(Databases)
DCF
DC: Data Communication
(Communication)
(Databases)
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DCF
DCF: Data Count Field
(IBM)
DDP
DDA: Digital Differential Analyzer
A differential analyzer (DA) that uses digital representations for
analog quantities.
(DEC)
HTML Tag
(Network)
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DDP
DDP: Document-Driven Programming
(Software)
DFD
DELSTR: DELete STRing
(IBM)
(Software) (Symantec)
DES: DEScription
DEC: DECrement
Network protocol
DFDL
DFDL: Data Format Description Language
DIME
(Artecon)
(Hardware)
DIC: DICtionary
(Hardware)
(Communication)
(Software)
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DIME
DIME: DIrect Memory Execute
(Hardware)
DLSW
DKI: Driver Kernel Interface
An interface between the UNIX system kernel and different
types of drivers. DKI consists of a set of driver-defined
functions that are called by the kernel. These functions are
entry points into a driver. (Operating systems)
HTML Tag
DL: DownLoad
DIR: DIRectory
DIS: Draft International Standard
DIS: Dynamic Impedance Stabilization
(Hardware)
(IBM)
(HP)
(Network)
DISP: DISPlacement
(IBM)
DIV: DIVide
(IBM)
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DLT
DLT: Digital Linear Tape
(Hardware)
DNA
DML: Data Manipulation Language
(Databases)
Compression algorithm
(Software) (Microsoft)
(Software) (SGI)
(CAI)
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DNAfs
DNAfs: Distributed interNet Application for
Financial Services
(Microsoft)
DPC
DOD: Direct Outward Dialing
(Communication)
(Security)
(IBM)
Filename extension
(Operating systems)
(Communication)
(Software)
(3Com)
(Organizations)
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DPDT
DPDT: Double Pole Double Throw
DRM
Resolution Measurement
(Databases)
(IBM)
(Software)
Coordinates conversion
(Software) (Macromedia)
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DRM
DRM: Distributed Resource Management
DRMAA: Distributed Resource Management
Application Api
High-level API specification for the submission and control of
jobs to one or more Distributed Resource Management
Systems (DRMS) within a Grid architecture (Software)
DSI
DS/PPM: Direct Sequence/Pulse Position
Modulation
(Hardware)
DS3D: DirectSound 3D
(Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Software)
DRV: DRiVe
DRW: Drawing
(Network)
DS: Direct-Sequence
DS: Double-Sided
(Hardware)
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DSI
DSI: Dynamic Systems Initiative
DTAP
(Network)
(Hardware)
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DTB
DVD-MMVFF
(Software)
(Network)
(Cisco)
DUP: DUPlex
Used in SCSI interface for split backplane (Hardware)
(Software) (Sun)
(Communication)
(Hardware)
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(Hardware)
DVD-R
EA
(Hardware)
DWG: DraWinG
File name extension
DX: DirectX
DX: DupleX
(Communication)
(Network)
E: Exa
(Hardware)
Trunking arrangement generally used for two-way switch-toswitch or switch-to-network connections (Hardware)
E2E: End-To-End
The ability of a network to deliver service needed by a specific
network application from end-to-end, with the ability to
provide both class of service and reserved bandwidth for
different types of network traffic (Network)
(Databases) (Microsoft)
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EA
EA: Extended Attribute
(IBM)
ECB
EAX: Environmental Audio eXtensions
(Hardware) (Creative Labs)
EB: ExaByte
1024 petabytes
(Software) (IBM)
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ECB
ECB: Event Control Block
EDC
(Organizations)
(Network)
(Novell)
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EDD
EFL
EDE: Encrypt-Decrypt-Encrypt
EDFA: Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier
(Communication)
(Software)
EEG: ElectroEncephaloGram
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
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(Hardware)
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EFM
EFM: Eight to Fourteen Modulation
(Network)
EMA
EL: ElectroLuminescent
(IBM)
(Hardware)
EiB: ExbIByte
(Network)
EM: ElectroMagnetic
(IBM)
EM: EMphasis
HTML tag
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EMA
EMA: Enterprise Management Architecture
EMA: Enterprise Memory Architecture
(Operating systems)
EOM
EMS: Entrust Messaging Server
(Security)
(Lotus)
ENC: ENCoded
ENDEC: ENcoder/DECoder
ENQ: ENQuiry
EML: EMaiL
(Software)
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EON
EON: Edge Of Network
(Network) (IBM)
ERM
EPM: Enterprise Process Management
(IBM)
(Organizations)
EP: ElectroPhotographic
EQP: EQuiPment
(Communication)
(Organizations)
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ERMA
ESS
ERR: ERRor
ERU: Emergency Recovery Utility
(Microsoft)
A Sun external unit that contains disk or tape drives and that
can be connected to a desktop SPARCstation system.
(Hardware) (Sun)
(Operating systems)
ESC: ESCape
(Epson)
(Net lingo)
(IBM)
(Network)
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
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(Organizations)
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ESS
ESS: Extended Service Set
(Communication)
EWS
ETTb: Ethernet To The Business
Telecommunications carrier service providing Ethernet to a
business subscriber. See also ETTh and ETTx.
(Communication)
(Communication)
Was created from the term Elastic Sky, a marketing label that
was created but not used by Vmware (Operating systems)
In any unix (and variants like linux) system the /etc directory
(Operating systems)
(Databases)
(Hardware)
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ExCA
FCFS
EXE: Executable
File name extension
EXP: EXPonent
EXT: EXTernal
EXTRA: EXecutionTRace Analyzer
(Hardware)
FAX: FACSimile
Also a file name extension
f: femto
(Network)
(Hardware)
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E
F
FCHBA
FCHBA: Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
Host bus adapter over optical fibers (Hardware)
Provides insight into your data to help you manage your data
more effectively, reduce costs and mitigate risks by providing
a built-in solution for file classification (Operating systems)
(Microsoft)
FEC
(Communication)
(Hardware) (Sony)
(Software)
(Network)
(Databases)
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FECN
FLA
(Hardware)
(Security)
(Communication)
(Operating systems)
FF: Flip-Flop
(Hardware)
FF: ForFait
(IBM)
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FLAC
FLAC: FLorida Automatic Computer
Early 1950's digital computer used at Cape Canaveral
FPCE
FON: FONt
FOR: FORtran
File name extension
Programming language
(Software) (Adobe)
FMT: ForMaT
FN: FunctioN
(Software)
FNT: FoNT
Specification
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FPD
FPD: Flat Panel Display
(Hardware)
FSB
FRAM: Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory
FRAP: Frame Relay Access Probe
(Network)
(Network)
(Software)
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
FPX: FlashPiX
(Network)
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FSCK
FSCK: File System Consistency checK
FSD: File System Driver
(Operating systems)
(Organizations)
FXO
(Communication)
(Network)
(Net lingo)
FW: FirmWare
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(Hardware) (Intel)
FX: eFfeCTS
Multimedia - audio/video editing and processing
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FXP
GDOS
(Net lingo)
G
G: Giga
Prefix for 10 power 9 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 30)
(Databases)
G2H: Gilat-To-Home
(Net lingo)
(Net lingo)
(Software)
(Hardware)
GB: GigaByte
1024 megabytes
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GDP
GDP: Graphic Draw Primitive
GD-ROM: Giga Disk Read-Only Memory
Proprietary optical disc format used by the Dreamcast games
console, as well as its arcade counterparts and the
Sega/Nintendo/Namco Triforce arcade system (Hardware)
(Software)
GKMP
(Net lingo)
GiB: GibIByte
(Net lingo)
Processing speed
Backup methodology
(Net lingo)
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GKS
GRASP
(Net lingo)
GLY: GLossarY
File name extension (Microsoft)
(Hardware) (Intel)
(Hardware)
GND: GrouND
(Hardware)
(Software)
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GRDDL
GRDDL: Gleaning Resource Descriptions from
Dialects of Languages
G
H
GRP: Group
File name extension
(Software)
Software systems that implement David Allen's "Getting Things
Done" methodology (Software)
GTG: Got To Go
(Net lingo)
(Communication)
(Network)
(Hardware)
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H
H: Header
File name extension
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H&J
H&J: Hyphenation And Justification
(Software)
H/V: Horizontal/Vertical
H/W: HardWare
HA: Header Authentication
HA: High Availability
HA: Home Agent
Component for mobile IP applications that run on home or
private networks (Network)
HDSL
HCSDS: High-Capacity Satellite Digital Service
HCSS: High Capacity Storage System
HCTDS: High-Capacity Terrestrial Digital Service
HCU: Home Computer User
HD: Hard Disk
(Hardware)
(Net lingo)
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HDR: HeaDeR
HDR: High Data Rate
(Communication)
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HDSM
HDSM: Heterogeneous Distributed Shared Memory
(Hardware)
HLT
HEX: HEXadecimal
HF: High Frequency
HF: Human Factors
HFC: Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial
(Hardware)
(HP)
HKCC: HKey_Current_Config
Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HKCR: HKey_Classes_Root
Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HKCU: HKey_Current_User
Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HKDD: HKey_Dyn_Data
Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HKLM: HKey_Local_Machine
Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HKU: HKey_Users
Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HLP: HeLP
HLT: HaLT
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HMA
HPSB
HP: HoneyPot
(HP)
(Hardware)
(Net lingo)
(Hardware) (HP)
HOD: Host-On-Demand
Electronic newsletter
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(HP)
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HPUX
HPUX: Hewlett-Packard UniX
HQ: HeadQuarter
HR: High-Rate
IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access method (Communication)
HTML Tag
HTX
HST: HiSTory
HST: HoST
(Hardware)
HT: HyperTransport
(Network)
(Operating systems)
(Hardware)
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HUD
IANW
(Hardware) (Intel)
(Hardware)
HW: HardWare
(Apple)
I
(ISC)2: International Information System
Security Certification Consortium
(Organizations)
I: Italic
HTML tag
I/F: InterFace
I/O: Input/Output
I/T: Integration/Transformation
I2: Internet 2
(Network)
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H
I
IAP
IAP: Internet Access Policy
(Network)
ICE
(Organizations)
(Software)
(Organizations)
IC: I See
(Net lingo)
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ICE
IDARS
Makes it possible for home and small office users to create and
manage private networks in which multiple computers share a
single connection to the Internet (Operating systems)
(Microsoft)
(Kodak)
ICO: ICOn
File name extension
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(Network) (Microsoft)
ID: IDentifier
IDA: Inernational Database Association
(Organizations)
IDAS
IDAS: Interchange DAta Structure
IDBMS: Integrated DataBase Management System
(Databases)
IEN
(Network)
(Network)
(Net lingo)
IDX: InDeX
File name extension
(Software) (Microsoft)
(Software) (Microsoft)
(Software)
(Organizations)
(Organizations)
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IEP
IIRC
(Sun)
(Security)
(Communication)
IIF: Immediate IF
(Organizations)
(Software)
(Databases)
(Operating systems)
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IIRG
IIRG: International Information Retrieval Guild
The oldest surviving hacker organization. See
http://www.iirg.org/ (Organizations)
See http://www.ijorcs.org/
IMTC
(Software) (Microsoft)
IMG: IMaGe
(Net lingo)
IMO: In My Opinion
CPU architecture
(Net lingo)
(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
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IMTV
IMTV: Interactive Multimedia TeleVision
IMUL: Integer MULtiply
IMUX: Inverse MUltipleXer
IN: Individual Network
IN: INput
IN: Intelligent Network
INA: Intelligent Network Architecture
INAP: Intelligent Network Application Protocol
Allows applications to communicate between various
nodes/functional entities of an intelligent network. The
protocol defines the operations required to be performed
between nodes/functional entities for providing intelligent
network services
INC: INCrement
INCITS: InterNational Committee on Information
Technology Standards
IOT
INTEL: INTegrated ELectronics
(Intel)
IND: INDex
INF: INFormation
INIT: INITialize
INT: INTeger
INT: INTernal
INT: INTernational
INT: INTerrupt
(Software) (Intel)
(Operating systems)
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IOUG
IOUG: International Oracle Users Group
See http://www.ioug.org/ (Organizations)
IPS
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
A device-generic interface used for large-capacity, highperformance disks. The IPI supports disk transfer rates at
3Mbyte/sec and above (Hardware)
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(Hardware)
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IPS
IPS: Intrusion Prevention System
(Security)
ISA
IRF: Intermediate Routing Function
IRIS: Internet Retailer Information System
IRL: In Real Life
(Net lingo)
(Communication)
(Organizations)
(Novell)
(Microsoft)
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ISACA
ISACA: Information Systems Audit and Control
Association
(Hardware) (Cisco)
(Software) (Microsoft)
ISR
(IBM)
(Organizations)
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(Operating systems)
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ISS
ISS: Internet Security Systems
(Network)
ITYM
iTIP: Icalendar Transport-indendent
Interoperability Protocol
Specification that defines the format of calendar information
sent between calendar user agents. See also the RFC 2445
(Network)
(Organizations)
(Communication) (Ericsson)
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IU
JAX-RPC
(Network)
(Security)
(Software) (Sun)
(SGI)
J
J/K: Just Kidding
(Net lingo)
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(Software) (Sun)
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JAX-WS
JAX-WS: Java Api for Xml Web Services
(Software)
JERI
JDBC: Java DataBase Connectivity
(Databases)
(Software) (Sun)
(Software) (Sun)
(Software)
(Software) (Sun)
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JES
JES: Java Embedded Server
(Sun)
(Software)
JPE
(Software)
JMP: JuMP
(Software)
(Sun)
(Sun)
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JPEG
JVS
(Software) (Sun)
(Sun)
(Software)
(Software)
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jwcid
KPDL
(Operating systems)
(Sun)
J
K
JXTA: JuXTApose
KFX: KoFaX
(Security)
K
k: Kilo
Prefix for 10 power 3 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 10)
KB: KeyBoard
(Hardware)
kb: KiloBit
KiB: KibIByte
Unit of measurement, introduced by the International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024 bytes
kB: KiloByte
1024 bytes
KBD: KeyBoarD
KBE: Knowledge Based Engineering
(Software) (Netscape)
KBMS: KeyBoard/MouSe
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KPF
LB
(Software)
(Operating systems)
(Security)
(Network)
(Hardware)
(Network)
(Software) (Netscape)
L
L&F: Look & Feel
(Software)
L2: Level 2
(Hardware)
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K
L
LBA
LBA: Logical Block Addressing
LBL: LaBeL
LBR: LiBraRian
LBT: Listen Before Talk
LBT: Local Bus Targets
LBX: Local Bus Accelerator
LBX: Low-Band with X
LC: Liquid Crystal
(Hardware)
LE
LD: LoaD
Same as MOV (move). The Zilog Z80, for instance, used LD as
the assembler opcode for what Intel called MOV (move)
because of copyright issues (machine code was the same)
(Software)
(Software)
MIT's department
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LE
LE: Limited Edition
(Software)
LISP
LGA: Land Grid Array
Integrated circuit (IC) packaging that uses small flat contacts
versus pins (Hardware)
LGX: Linux/Gnu/X
HTML Tag
LIB: LIBrary
File name extension
LEX: LEXicon
LIMA: Lotus/Intel/Microsoft/Ast
Processing Speed
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LISP
LISP: Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol
LK: LocK
Lock file (Operating systems)
LOM
(Software) (Cisco)
LNK: LiNK
File name extension
LO: helLO
(Net lingo)
LOB: Line-Of-Business
(Hardware) (nVidia)
LOG: LOGarithm
Base 10
(Databases) (Sybase)
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LON
LON: Lan On Notebook
(Hardware)
LSAS
LPR: Line Printer Remote
LPRA: Low Power Register Array
(Hardware)
(Communication)
(Software)
(Hardware) (Compaq)
(Databases) (Sybase)
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LSASS
LSASS: Local Security Authority Subsystem
Service
Provides an interface for managing local security, domain
authentication, and Active Directory processes. The Security
Accounts Manager, Net Logon and Protected Storage services
are components of LSA (Security) (Microsoft)
LTR: LeTteR
LTR: Load Task Register
LTS: Leaning Toothpick Syndrome
Expresses readability in PERL regular expressions (Software)
(Lucent)
LYLAB
(Hardware)
(Software)
(Hardware)
LTO: Locate-To-Order
LTP: Long Term Predictor
LTPS: Low-Temperature PolySilicon
(Hardware)
LTR: Left-To-Right
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LYLAS
MAPI
LZ: Lempel-Ziv
LZH: Lempel-Ziv-Haruyasu
Compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a
sliding window and additional compression applied to the
output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding
(Software)
LZS: Lempel-Ziv-Stac
MADD: Multiply-ADD
CPU instruction type
LZSS: Lempel-Ziv-Storer-Szymanski
LZW: Lempel-Ziv-Welch
M
M: Mega
Prefix for 10 power 6 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 20)
m: Milli
Prefix for 10 power -3
mA: Milliampere
MAB: Multi-Architecture Binary
(Software)
(Security)
(Software) (Microsoft)
(Network) (Microsoft)
(Microsoft)
(Software)
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L
M
MAPICS
MAPICS: Manufacturing, Accounting and
Production Information Control System
(IBM)
(Network)
MCH
MBX: MailBoX
MC: Model Coordinates
The coordinate system used for describing a single object (a
graphics entity). When each object is described in its own
model coordinate space, all are mapped to one world
coordinate space
(Hardware) (Sony)
MB: MotherBoard
(Hardware)
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MCI
MCI: Media Control Interface
MCI: Microwave Communications, Inc.
MDL
MCU: Multi-Chip Unit
(DEC)
(Network) (Microsoft)
MD: MicroDrive
(Hardware) (IBM)
(Novell)
One of the programs that handle email (see also MTA and
MUA) (Software)
(Hardware)
(Network)
MDL
MDL: Microstation Development Language
MEM: MEMory
(Hardware) (TI)
(Hardware)
MFS
(Databases)
(Microsoft)
A unit of measure of execution speed that rates the oatingpoint performance of a computer
A unit of measure of execution speed that rates the floatingpoint performance of a computer (Hardware)
(Network)
(Network)
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MFS
MFS: Magnetic tape Field Search
MFS: Memory File System
MFS: Message Format Service
MFS: Modified Filing System
(Operating systems)
MIN
MICE: Modular Integrated Communications
Environment
MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MICS: Macro Interpretive Commands
MID: Message IDentifier
MID: Mobile Information Device
(Hardware)
(Microsoft)
(Adobe)
MGR: ManaGeR
MII: Microsoft/IBM/Intel
MIIS: Microsoft Identity Integration Server
Enables the integration and management of identity
information across multiple repositories, systems, and
platforms (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
MIM: Metal-Insulator-Metal
(Software)
MiB: MebIByte
Unit of measurement, introduced by the International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024 kiB
(Hardware)
MIN: MINimum
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MIND
MIND: Microsoft INternet Developer
Microsoft magazine for Web developers (Microsoft)
MM: MultiMedia
(Network)
MMR
Filename extension
(Software)
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MMRPG
MMRPG: Massive Multiplayer Role Playing Game
(Games)
MOV
MOLAP: Multidimensional On-Line Analytical
Processing
(Software)
(Network)
MO: Magneto-Optical
(Hardware)
MOD: MODulus
Reminder of the integer division
MODEM: MOdulator/DEModulator
MOF: Managed Object Format
(Microsoft)
(Hardware)
(Net lingo)
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MOV
MOV: MOVe
Processor instruction
MOV: MOVie
Fileformat for movies (Apple)
(Operating systems)
MP: MultiProtocol
MP: My Pleasure
(Net lingo)
MQE
(IBM)
Filename extension
(Organizations)
(Network)
(Network)
(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
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MQH
MSDE
(Hardware)
(Hardware) (Sony)
MR: Magneto-Resistive
MS: MicroSoft
ms: MilliSecond
(Software)
(Microsoft)
(Microsoft)
MSDK
MSDK: Microsoft Solutions Development Kit
(Microsoft)
MTA
(IBM)
MSG: MeSsaGe
File name extension
MTA
MVIP
MULDEM: MULtiplexer-DEMultiplexer
MUX: MUltipleXer
(Network)
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mV: MilliVolt
MVA: Market Value Added
MVA: Multi-domain Vertical Alignment
(Hardware) (Fujitsu)
MVLS
NAS
(Software) (Netscape)
(Microsoft)
(Software)
(Hardware)
MW: MiddleWare
(Network) (Cisco)
(Organizations)
(Software) (IBM)
NANAE: News.Admin.Net-Abuse.Email
Usenet newsgroups
(Communication)
(Network)
(Network)
N
n: Nano
Prefix for 10 power -9
N/I: Non-Interlaced
N+I: Networld + Interop
Trade conference
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NAS
NAS: Network Attached Storage
(Hardware)
NCMOS
NBP: Network Bootstrap Program
This is the first program that is downloaded into a machine
that has selected a Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
capable device for remote boot services
(Novell)
(Network)
NC: No Connection
(Communication)
(Network)
NC: No Carry
(Hardware)
Support term
(Network)
(Novell)
(Novell)
Manufacturer
(Software)
(Network) (IBM)
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NCMT
NCMT: N-channel Complementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor
NCN: Nixdorf Communications Network
NCOS: Network Computer Operating System
(Network)
(HP)
(NEC)
NFF
(Organizations)
(Hardware)
(Software) (Netscape)
(Network)
(Network)
(Network) (Novell)
NFI
N-ISDN
Touch screen where the screen itself is the sensor. NFI uses a
sophisticated sensing circuit that can detect a conductive
object - a finger or conductive stylus - through a layer of glass,
as well as through gloves or other potential barriers (Hardware)
(Network) (Novell)
(Network)
(Novell)
(Hardware) (Intel)
NI: No Increase
NI: Non Interlaced
(Hardware)
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(Security)
(Network)
A distributed network database containing key information
about the systems and the users on the network. The NIS
database is stored on the master server and all the slave
servers (Network) (Sun)
NISI
NISI: Network Information Services
Infrastructure
(Network)
(Software) (Microsoft)
NNSC
(Hardware)
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NNTP
NNTP: Network News Transport Protocol
(Communication)
NSP
NRM: Network Resource Manager
NRM: Normal Response Mode
NOP: No OPeration
(Hardware)
(Net lingo)
NP: No Problem
Answer when someone says ty/thank you (Net lingo)
(Novell)
(Communication)
(Netscape)
(Communication)
NSPR
NSPR: NetScape Portable Runtime
Company
(Novell)
NT: No Text
(Net lingo)
NVDM/2
(Novell)
NV: No oVerflow
A curve definition method based on the B-spline curve, which
offers additional flexibility through knots along the spline.
Some knots can have more weight added (like a magnet) to
pull the curve toward those knots
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NVE
OCA
(Hardware)
NX: No eXecute
Technology used in CPUs to segregate areas of memory for use
by either storage of processor instructions (or code) or for
storage of data, a feature normally only found in Harvard
architecture processors (Hardware) (Intel)
(Organizations)
OBJ: OBJect
Obj-C: OBJective-C
O
O&O: Over & Out
When leaving an on-line conversation permanently (Net lingo)
O/R: Originator/Recipient
(Net lingo)
OCCI
OCCI: Oracle C++ Call Interface
(Software) (Microsoft)
(Databases)
ODT
(Network)
(Software)
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ODTUG
OLI
Comprehensive management tool which provides a top-tobottom monitoring solution for Oracle software (Oracle)
A manufacturer that sells equipment for resale under an endequipment manufacturers trademark or name (Hardware)
(Software)
(Net lingo)
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(AT&T)
OLIT
OLIT: Open Look Intrinsics Toolkit
OOPSLA
(Net lingo)
(Operating systems)
OMW: On My Way
(Net lingo)
OOPSTAD
OSAF
OPT: OPTions
(Oracle)
OP: OPeration
OPA: Open Publishing Architecture
OPAC: On-line Public Access Catalog
OPAS: Online Performance Appraisal System
(Oracle)
(Software)
OR: OverRun
(Hardware)
OPD: OPeranD
(Network)
(Software)
(Hardware)
OSCE
OSCE: OfficeScan Corporate Edition
OSCML: OSChooser Markup Language
(Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Software) (Microsoft)
(Software)
(Organizations)
OTM
OTA: Over-The-Air
(Hardware) (NEC)
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OTML
PAIH
(Oracle)
(Security)
P
P: Paragraph
HTML tag
P: Peta
Prefix for 10 power 15 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 50)
p: Pico
Prefix for 10 power -12
OV: OVerflow
OVL: OVerLay
File name extension
(Pantone)
OVR: OVeRlay
(Hardware)
(Communication)
(3Com)
PAIS
PAIS: Public-Access Internet Site
PAK: PAcKed
File name extension
PAL: PALette
File name extension
PAS: PAScal
File name extension
Display technology
PB: PetaByte
(Hardware)
PC
(Network)
(Hardware)
PAR: Parallel
(Hardware)
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PC/IXF
PDC
(Hardware)
(Communication)
(Hardware)
(HP)
(Hardware)
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PDC
PDC: Primary Domain Controller
PDX: ParaDoX
(Network) (Intel)
PEAP
(Hardware)
(Databases) (IBM)
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PEAR
PEAR: Php Extension and Application Repository
See http://pear.php.net (Software)
PGP
PET: Print Enhancement Technology
(Compaq)
(Software) (Sybase)
(Hardware)
PEP: Point-Edge-Polygon
(Operating systems)
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PGM: ProGraM
PGML: Precision Graphics Markup Language
(Adobe)
PGP
PGP: ProGram Parameter
File name extension (Autodesk)
PGUP: PaGe UP
PHB: Per-Hop-Behavior
The forwarding treatment given to a specific class of traffic,
based on criteria defined in the Differentiated Service field.
Routers and switches use PHBs to determine priorities for
servicing various traffic flows (Network)
(Software)
PING
PII: Pentium 2
(Hardware) (Intel)
PiB: PebIByte
(Hardware)
IP routing protocol-independent and can leverage whichever
unicast routing protocols are used to populate the unicast
routing table, including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, and static routes
(Network)
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PINX
PINX: Private Integrated services Network
eXchange
(Communication)
PLM
PL/1: Programming Language/1
Programming language (Software)
(Hardware)
(Security)
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PLMN
PLMN: Public Land Mobile Network
(Communication)
(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
(Net lingo)
(Software) (Microsoft)
PM6: PageMaker 6
PNW
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PO
PO: Parity Odd
PO: Purchase Order
POA: Portable Object Adapter
POA: PostOfiice Agent
(Novell)
POWDER
POP: Point Of Presence
(Network)
POS: POSitive
POS: Programmable Option Select
POSE: PalmOS Emulator
POSE: Picture-Oriented Software Engineering
POSH: Plain Old Semantic Html
POSH encapsulates the best practices of using semantic HTML
to author web pages. Semantic HTML is the subset of HTML
4.01 (or XHTML 1.0) elements and attributes that are semantic
rather than presentational (Software)
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POWER
POWER: Performance Optimization With
Enhanced Risc
(IBM)
PPC: PowerPC
(Network)
PPT: PowerPoinT
(IBM)
PQ: PowerQuest
Manufacturer
(Fujitsu)
PRF
(Net lingo)
(Software)
(Hardware) (Canon)
(Network)
PRF
PSN
PS2: PlayStation 2
(Hardware)
PRJ: PRoJect
PRN: Printer
PRO: PROfile
(Hardware)
PROC: PROCedure
(IBM)
PROG: PROGram
PROGID: PROGrammatic IDentifier
(Software)
PS: PlayStation
Game console (Hardware) (Sony)
PS: PostScript
(Network)
(Communication)
(Hardware)
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PSN
PSN: Processor Serial Number
(Hardware)
(IBM)
(Databases) (Sybase)
PUB: PUBlic
PVP
(Communication)
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PVP
QMU
(Hardware)
A video format in which frames are 180 pixels wide and 144
pixels high (1/4 the size of the CIF format). Each pixel has its
own luminance value; however, blocks of 4 pixels share
chrominance values
QD: Querty/Dvorak
Keyboard layout
PW: PassWord
(Microsoft)
(Communication)
PWR: PoWeR
(Network) (Microsoft)
(Borland)
Q
Q: Quotation
HTML Tag
(Communication)
(Databases)
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QNX
RAMP
(Software)
(Hardware)
QP: QuickPropagation
QPA: Quality Of Service Routing
(Communication)
(Software)
QT: QuickTime
(Hardware) (Intel)
(Software)
R
R&D: Research & Development
R.A.V.E.: Real Animated Vector Effects
R/O: Read Only
R/T: Receive/Transmit
R/W: Read/Write
RA: Real Audio
File name extension
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RAMP
RAMP: Risk Analysis and Management Program
RAN: Radio Access Network
RAND: RANDom
RAND: Rural Area Network Design
RAP: Rapid Application Prototyping
RAPI: Remote access Application Programming
Interface
(Software) (Microsoft)
RDC
RCA: Radio Corporation of America
(Organizations)
(Security)
Unlike source trees that have their root at the source, shared
trees use a single common root placed at some chosen point in
the network. This shared root is called a RP (Network)
(Apple)
(Software) (Sun)
(Software) (Microsoft)
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RDD
RDD: Replicable Database Driver
REF: REFerence
REG: REGister
(Hardware)
REN: REName
REP: REPeat
REQ: REQuest
RES: Remote Execution Service
RES: RESet
RES: RESolution
RES: RESource
(Operating systems)
RF-DAC
(Network) (Microsoft)
RET: RETurn
RETR: RETRieve
(Databases)
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RFE
RKRM
(Network)
(Microsoft)
(Hardware)
(Organizations)
RLD
RLD: Received Line Detect
(Software)
(Hardware)
(Software) (Symantec)
(Hardware)
ROPE
(Net lingo)
(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
What you get when the modem you just called doesn't answer
(Communication)
(Hardware)
RND: RaNDom
RNG: Random Number Generator
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ROPES
ROPES: Rapid Object-oriented Process for
Embedded Systems
(Operating systems)
RSA
rpm: Rounds (or Revolutions) Per Minute
(Hardware)
RPT: RePeaT
(Software)
(Microsoft)
(Hardware) (Ricoh)
RSA: Rivest-Shamir-Adleman
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RSAC
RSAC: Recreational Software Advisory Council
(Organizations)
(Databases) (IBM)
All about technologies for thin client with rich functionality and
widget set, as opposed to Html clients (Software)
RTMPS
RST: ReSeT
RST: ReSTart
RSTS: Resource Sharing Time Sharing
(DEC)
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RTMPT
SA
(Network)
RTN: ReTurN
RTN: Reuters Transaction Network
RTO: Return To Office
(Net lingo)
(IBM)
RX: Receive
(Hardware)
S
FTPS: File Transfer Protocol over Ssl
S: Strike-through
HTML Tag
S/H: Sample/Hold
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(Hardware)
R
S
SA
SA: Source Address
SA: Structured Analysis
SAA: Service Assurance Agent
(Communication)
SAPI
SAO: Sector-At-Once
CD recording methodology (Hardware)
(Communication)
A german company that produces the leading suite of clientserver business software ("Systems, Applications and Products
in data processing").
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SAPR
SAPR: Systems Assurance Product Review
(IBM)
SCA
SBC: Single-Board Computer
(Hardware)
(Microsoft)
(Symantec)
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SCADA
SCADA: Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
SCO
(Software) (Sun)
(Software)
(Software)
(Software) (Sun)
(Sun)
(Software)
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SCOM
SDFI
(Network)
SCR: SCRipt
File name extension
(Communication)
SCRN: SCReeN
(Dialogic)
(Sun)
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SDH
SDH: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
Worldwide standard for synchronous transmission systems
(typically fiber optic) (Communication)
(Network)
(Software)
SE
(Hardware)
(Communication)
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SE
SE: Special Edition
SE: Standard Edition
(Software)
SFT
SER: Service Edge Router
(Network)
SEG: SEGment
SEL: SELect
SEL: SELector byte
SEM: Scanning Electron Microscope
SEM: Sql Enterprise Manager
(Databases) (Microsoft)
(Hardware)
SFTP
SFTP: Secure File Transfer Protocol
(Network)
SI: Shift-In
SI: Source Index
Processor register (Hardware) (IBM)
(Organizations)
SIG
(Operating systems)
SIG: SIGnature
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SIG
SIG: Special Interest Group
(Organizations)
SLB
SIP: Single In-line Package
The packaging of an electronic component with all leads
protruding from one side only (Hardware)
(Hardware) (Microsoft)
(Communication)
SIM: SIMplex
SIM: SIMulator
(Sun)
SIT: StuffIT
Communications driver
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SLC
SLC: Subscriber Line Concentrator
(Communication)
SMC
SLS: Scalable to LosslesS
extension to the MPEG-4 audio standard to allow lossless audio
compression scalable to lossy AAC
(Hardware)
(Network)
(Network)
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SMD
SMD: Storage Module Device
An industry-standard interface used for large-capacity, highperformance disks (Hardware)
SNAFU
SMOR: Storage Manager On Rom
(Hardware) (DPT)
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(Security)
SNAM
SNAM: Server Net Access Manager
(Network)
SND: SouND
(Communication)
SOS
(Hardware)
(Network)
SOTA
SPIKE
(Security)
(Security)
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SPIRE
SPIRE: Spatial Paradigm for Information
Retrieval and Exploration
SPIRES: Stanford Public Information REtrieval
System
SPKI: Simple Public Key Infrastructure
(Security)
SPL: SPooLer
SPL: Stored Procedure Language
(Databases)
SQ: SQueezed
(IBM)
SRB
(Network) (Novell)
(IBM)
(Databases)
(Software)
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SRC
SRC: SouRCe
File name extension
SSCS
SRS: Shared Registration System
(Network)
SS: Single-Sided
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(Hardware)
(Hardware)
SSCS
SSCS: Solid-State Circuits Society
(Organizations)
(Network)
STDM
STD: STanDard
STDOUT
SUG
Programming language
Programming language
(Software)
(Communication)
(Communication)
STY: STYle
File name extension
SUB: SUBroutine
SUB: Subscript
(Hardware)
HTML Tag
SUB: SUBstitute
SUB: SUBtract
SUMA
SUMA: Software Upgrade and Maintenance
Agreement
(Software)
HTML Tag
(Communication)
(Net lingo)
SXGA
(Microsoft)
SVR: SerVeR
SVR4: System V Release 4
SVRn: System V Release n
SWP: SWaP
File name extension
SW: SoftWare
SX: SimpleX
(Communication)
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SXGA+
TBMT
(Net lingo)
(Software)
SYM: SYMbols
(Software)
SYN: SYNonym
SYNC: SYNChronous
SYS: SYStem
SYS: SYStem configuration
File name extension
TAO: Track-At-Once
T
T: Tera
Prefix for 10 power 12 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 40)
T/B: Top/Bottom
T/R: Transmit/Receive
T9: Typing on 9 keys
TA: Technical Assembly
TA: Terminal Adapter
An ISDN-compatible device that converts non-ISDN
transmission to ISDN transmission (Hardware)
TBH: To Be Honest
(Net lingo)
TBK: ToolBooK
File name extension
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TBO
TBO: Total Benefit of Ownership
TBT: Technology Based Training
TBU: Tape Backup Unit
TC: Technical Committee
TC: Test Control
TC: Transmission Control
(Communication)
(IBM)
TDA: To Do Archive
Filename extension
(Software) (Sun)
(Communication)
(Software)
TDP
TDP
TIATLG
(Security)
TGA: TarGA
(Hardware)
TEMP: TEMPorary
TEMS: Tornado Electronic Messaging Service
(Software)
(Net lingo)
THS: THeSaurus
File name extension
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TIB
TIB: Tag Information Base
TiB: TebIByte
(Network)
(Software)
(Compaq)
TLX: TeLeX
TM: TradeMark
TMR
(Security)
(Net lingo)
TML: TeMpLate
File name extension
TMP: TeMPorary
File name extension
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TMR
TMR: Triple Modular Redundancy
TMS: Thesaurus Management System
(Databases)
TPS
TOPICS: Total Online Program and Information
Control System
TOPLAS: Transactions On Programming
Languages And Systems
tops: Theoretical Operations Per Second
Processing power (Hardware)
Tnx: ThanKS
(Net lingo)
(IBM)
(Organizations)
TPS
TPS: Transactions Per Second
(Novell)
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
TRM: TeRMinal
TSS
(Novell)
(Hardware)
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TSS
TSS: Time Sharing System
(Operating systems)
TST: TeST
File name extension
U/W SCSI
TUX: Torvald's UniX
Name of the Linux penguin. (Operating systems)
TV: TeleVision
(Hardware)
TSW: TeleSoftWare
(IBM)
HTML tag
(Net lingo)
TXT: TeXT
File name extension
(Net lingo)
(Lotus)
(Net lingo)
U: Underline
HTML tag
TUT: TUTorial
File name extension
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(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
(Net lingo)
U: Unit
Rack-mountable devices height measurement unit
corresponding to 1.75 inches (Hardware)
U2W
U2W: Ultra-2-Wide
(Hardware)
(Databases)
UDMA
(Organizations)
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UDO
UDO: Ultra Density Optical
Optical storage technology that increases capacities by using
an extremely focused blue laser to write and read data.
Hewlett-Packard (HP), Sony, and Plasmon collaborated on the
UDO standard (Hardware) (HP)
UMS
UIMA: Unstructured Information Management
Architecture
Software systems that analyze large volumes of unstructured
information in order to discover knowledge that is relevant to
an end user. See also http://incubator.apache.org/uima/
(Software)
UL: UpLoad
(Organizations)
HTML Tag
(Software)
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UMS
UMS: Universal Management Service
(IBM)
(Communication)
USMT
UP: UniProcessor
UPC: United Pan-european Communications
Large european cable operator
(Network)
(Hardware)
(Network)
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USN
USN: Update Sequence Number
(Operating systems)
VAI
UUT: Unit Under Test
(Hardware)
UV: UltraViolet
USQ: UnSQueezed
(Databases)
In any unix (and variants like linux) system the /usr directory
(Operating systems)
USR: US Robotics
Company
(Communication)
UY: Up Yours
(Net lingo)
V: Volt
Communications standard
VA: Volt-Ampere
Electric power measurement unit (Hardware)
U
V
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VAIO
VAIO: Video Audio Integrated Operation
(Hardware) (Sony)
VAL: VALue
(Communication)
(Network)
VAR: VARiable
(Hardware)
VDC
(Microsoft)
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VDD
VDD: Virtual Device Driver
VDD: Virtual Disk Drive
(Hardware)
VIA
VFC: Virtual FIle Cabinet
(Software)
(Security)
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VIC
VIC: Very Inexpensive Computer
(Hardware)
(Operating systems)
VMEBus
(Hardware)
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VML
VR
(Operating systems)
VOC: VOiCe
VOL: VOLume
(Software) (Microsoft)
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VRAM
VRAM: Video Random Access Memory
(Organizations)
A small printed circuit card that contains memory chips for
storing video images (Hardware)
(Hardware)
(Borland)
(Hardware) (DEC)
VT: Virtualpc-Technology
(Hardware) (Intel)
(Intel)
(HP)
VuXML
(Communication)
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VVDS
WB
(Organizations)
(Net lingo)
(Network)
W
W: Watt
Power measurement unit
W: Word
Two consecutive bytes (16 bits)
W/: With
W/E: WhatEver
(Net lingo)
W/O: WithOut
W2K: Windows 2000
(Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Software) (Microsoft)
WAV: WAVeform
WB
WB: Workbench
Pre-PPC Amiga operating system
WEST
(Software) (Microsoft)
(Net lingo)
(Organizations)
(Software)
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WFC
WFC: Windows Foundation Classes
(Software) (Microsoft)
WLG
Wi-Fi: WIreless FIdelity
IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless network connectivity
(Network)
Wintel: WINdows/inTEL
WKS: WorKSheet
File name extension (Lotus)
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WLL
WLL: Wireless Local Loop
(Communication)
(Microsoft)
(Network)
WP: WordPerfect
(Microsoft)
(Software) (Corel)
(Network)
WPS
(Network)
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WPS
WPS: WorkPlace Shell
(IBM)
WSUI
WSE: Web Services Enhancements
Add-on to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET
Framework providing developers the latest advanced Web
services capabilities to keep pace with the evolving Web
services protocol specifications (Software) (Microsoft)
WRI: WRIte
(Microsoft)
WS: WordStar
WS: WorkSpace
WS: WorkStation
WSA: Web Services Addressing
(Software) (IBM)
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WSUS
XCP
(Apple)
Synonym for World Wide Name (WWN) (Network)
The web of systems and the data in them that is the Internet
(Network)
(Software)
WTG: Way To Go
(Net lingo)
(Software)
W
X
X: X windows
A windowing system developed by MIT (Operating systems)
XBM: X BitMap
(Software) (Apple)
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XDE
XP
(IBM)
XMIT: TransMIT
XML: eXtensible Markup Language
XMLC: eXtensible Markup Language Compiler
(Security)
XHR: XmlHttpRequest
API that can be used by JavaScript, JScript, VBScript and other
web browser scripting languages to transfer and manipulate
XML data to and from a web server (Software)
XON: Transmitter ON
XLAT: TransLATe
XOR: eXclusive OR
XP: eXPerience
XP
XP: eXtreme Performance
(Hardware) (Compaq)
XPM: X PixMap
File format for bitmapped images
YTD
XTAL: CrysTAL
XTCLK: eXternal Transmit CLocK
XTLA: eXtended Three Letters Acronym
XTM: Xml Topic Map
XTND: Xml Transition Network Definition
XTR: Efficient Compact Subgroup Trace
Representation
A crypto system that is a particularly efficient and compact
implementation of the classical Diffie-Hellman scheme. See
http://www.ecstr.com (Security)
(Hardware)
(Organizations) (Xerox)
X
Y
YB: YottaByte
1024 zetabytes
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YUI
ZV
Z
ZAC: Zero Administration Client
ZAI: Zero Administration Initiative
ZAK: Zero Administration Kit
(Microsoft)
ZB: ZetaByte
1024 exabytes
Y
Z
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