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Last updated: October 24, 2006

«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 But he's little out of date: The father asks, "So should I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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µ (mu) ABEL
0-9
A/D: Analog/Digital
0-9 (Hardware)
A
µ (mu): Micro A/P: Accounts Payable
Prefix for 10 power -6
A/PC: Auto Personal Computer
1GL: 1st Generation Language (Hardware)
Machine language (Software)
A/R: Accounts Receivable
24/7: 24 hours a day/7 days a week
A/UX: Apple UniX
2D: 2-Dimensional (Operating systems) (Apple)
2D: Double Density AA: Advertising Agent
(Hardware)
AA: Anti-Aliasing
2G: 2nd Generation Method for removing jagged edges
Mobile telecommunication network allowing 14.4 kbps
AA: Auto Answer
transfer rates (Communication)
2GL: 2nd Generation Language AAA: Asp Application Aggregator
Assembler and other low-level languages (Software) AAA: Authentication, Authorization and
Accounting
2HD: 2 sides, High Density
A term for a framework for intelligently controlling access to
(Hardware)
computer resources, enforcing policies, auditing usage, and
2PC: 2-Phase Commit providing the information necessary to bill for services.
Protocol to allow replicated data to be modified at multiple These combined processes are important for effective
sites network management (Security)
2S: 2 Sides AAB: All-to-All Broadcast

(Hardware) AAC: Advanced Audio Coding
2S2D: 2 Sides, Double Density AAC: Authorization and Access Control
(Hardware) (Security)
2SHD: 2 Sides, High Density AACS: Advanced Access Control System
(Hardware)
AAF: Advanced Authoring Format
3D: 3-Dimensional
AAL: Atm Adaption Layer
3DES: Triple Data Encryption Standard Layer 3 of the ATM architecture. Adapts user traffic into/from
(Security) ATM 48-byte payloads (Communication)
3G: 3rd Generation AAM: Automatic Acoustic Management
Mobile telecommunication network allowing 300-400 kbps Feature that allows the host to request that the drive modify
transfer rates (Communication) its acoustic behavior (Hardware)
3GIO: 3rd Generation Input Output AAP: Applications Access Point
(Hardware) (Intel) (DEC)
3GL: 3rd Generation Language AARP: Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol
High level programming languages (Software) (Network) (Apple)
3GPP: Third Generation Partners Project AAS: All-to-All Scatter
See http://www.3gpp.org/ (Organizations)
AAS: Auto Area Segmentation
4G: 4th Generation Scanner technology which detects and optimizes text and
Mobile telecommunication network allowing 10Mbit/s transfer graphics on the same page (Hardware) (Epson)
rates (Communication)
AASP: Ascii Asynchronous Support Package
4GL: 4th Generation Language
AAT: Average Access Time
Database access languages (Software)
AATP: Authorized Academic Training Program
4GT: 4 Gigabyte memory Tuning
(Microsoft)
5GL: 5th Generation Language ABA: Address Book Archive
Artificial intelligence languages (Software)
Filename extension
6DOF: Six Degrees Of Freedom
ABAP: Advanced Business Application
Programming
A Powerful programming language created specifically for
A: Ampere developing SAP applications. ABAP Objects is the new
object-oriented generation of this language, designed to
Current measurement unit
respond to the needs of SAP's future strategies and
a: atto environments (Software)
Prefix for 10 power -18 ABC: Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Å: Ångstrom First digital calculating machine that used vacuum tubes
Length measurement unit corresponding to 10 power -10 ABEL: Advanced Boolean Expression Language
meters

ABEND ACS
ABEND: ABnormal END ACE: Adobe Certified Expert

(Software) (Adobe)
A
ABI: Application Binary Interface ACE: Advanced Computing Environment
Defines the binary system interface between compiled
ACE: Adverse Channel Enhancements
applications and the operating system on which they run
(Software) ACE: Ascii Compatible Encoding
ABIOS: Advanced Basic Input Output System ACE: Automatic Computing Engine
ABIST: Automatic Built-In Self-Test ACF: Access Control Field
(IBM)
ACF: Advanced Communications Function
ABLE: Adaptive Battery Life Extender ACH: Automated Clearing House
ABLE: Agent Building and Learning Environment ACIA: Asynchronous Communication Interface
(IBM) Adapter
ABM: Asynchronous Balanced Mode ACIAS: Automated Calibration Interval
HDLC data transfer mode (Network) Analysis System
ABNF: Augmented Backus Naur Form ACID: Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and
ABR: Available Bit Rate Durability
One of five ATM Forum defined service types. Supports (Software)
variable bit rate data traffic with flow control, a minimum ACIS: American Committee for Interoperable
guaranteed data transmission rate and specified performance
Systems
parameters (Communication)
ACK: ACKnowledge
ABRS: Automated Book Request System
A transmission control character transmitted by a station as
ABS: ABSolute an affirmative response to the station with which the
connection has been set up. (Communication)
ABS: Address Book Synchronization
(IBM) ACL: Access Control List
For granting or denying access to computer resources
ABS: Auto Balance System
(security) (Operating systems)
System to reduce vibration and noise in a peripheral
(Hardware) ACL: Advanced Cmos Logic
ABS: Automatic Backup System ACL: Asynchronous ConnectionLess
(Communication)
ABT: ABorT
ACM: Afp Conversion Module
ABTS: Ascii Block Terminal Services
(Software)
AC: Access Customer
ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
(Communication)
(Organizations)
AC: Alternate Current
ACM: Audio Compression Manager
AC: Audio Codec (Microsoft)
(Hardware)
ACMS: Application Control Management System
AC: Authentication Center
ACNM: Application Centric Network
AC: AutoCheck Management
AC: Automatic Computer (Software)
ACAP: Application Configuration Access ACO: Alternate Checksum Option

Protocol (Network)
ACC: ACCumulator ACP: Active Code Page

ACC: Authorization Contract for Containers ACP: Ancillary Control Program
Specification (JSR-115) that defines new ACP: Auxiliary Control Process
java.security.Permission classes to satisfy the Java 2
Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) authorization model ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power
(Software) (Sun) Interface
(Hardware)
ACD: Automatic Call Distribution
ACR: Advanced Communication Riser
ACDI: Asynchronous Communications Device
(Hardware)
Interface
ACR: Allowed Cell Rate
ACE: Access Control Encryption
ACROSS: Automated Cargo Release and
ACE: Access Control Entry
Operations Service System
An entry in an Access Control List (ACL). An ACE contains a
set of access rights and a security identifier (SID) that ACS: Access Control Server
identifies a trustee for whom the rights are allowed, denied, or
ACS: Access Control Set
audited (Operating systems)
ACS: Access Control System

ACS ADP
ACS: Admission Control Service ADC: Application Delete Certificate

(Network) (Microsoft)
ADC: Application Development Consultant A
ACS: Advanced Computer System ADCAP: ADvanced CAPability
(IBM)
Used to refer to advanced capability, cuttin edge technology,
ACS: Anti Curl System also in military applications (e.g. ADCAP missile)
ACS: Asynchronous Communication Server ADCCP: Advanced Data Communication Control

Procedures
ACS: Automatic Class Selection
(Communication)
ACS: Automatic Contrast Selection
ADD: Adapter Device Driver
ACSE: Association Control Service Element
ADD: Automatic Document Detection
The method used in International Organization for
Standardization's open systems interconnection (OSI) for ADE: Application Data Export
establishing a call between two applications. (Databases) (Oracle)
ACSI: American Customer Satisfaction Index ADF: Adapter Description File
File name extension
ACSM: Application Centric Storage Management
(Software) ADF: Automatic Document Feeder
ACSS: Aural Cascading Style Sheets Scanner device (Hardware)
ACT: Application Compatibility Toolkit ADF: Automatically Defined Function

(Software) (Microsoft) ADI: Application Desktop Integrator
ACTS: Advanced Communication Technology Spreadsheet-based extension of Oracle Applications. It
provides full-cycle accounting within the comfort and
Satellite
familiarity of a spreadsheet for General Ledger and Oracle
(Communication) (NASA)
Assets (Software) (Oracle)
ACTS: Automated Computer Time Server ADI: AutoCad Device Interface
ACTT: Advanced Communication and Driver
Timekeeping Technology
ADK: Additional Decryption Key
ACU: Automatic Calling Unit Key to be able to decrypt data even if the private key owner
is unwilling to provide the private key (Security)
ACVC: Ada Compiler Validation Capacity
AD: Acpi Disassembler ADK: Appliance Development Kit
(Software)
AD: Active Directory
(Operating systems)
ADL: Address Data Latch
ADA: ADA ADL: Architecture Description Language

(Software)
Programming language named after Augusta Ada Lovelace
ADA: Adobe Developers Association ADLAT: ADaptive LATtice filter
(Organizations) ADLC: Asynchronous Data Link Control
ADA: Automatic Data Acquisitions ADM: Application Distribution and Management
ADAPT: Architecture, Design, Analysis and ADMACS: Apple Document Management And
Planning Tool Control System
ADB: Apple Desktop Bus ADMD: ADministrative Management Domain
Bus architecture (Hardware) (Apple)
ADML: Application Description Markup
ADBS: Advanced Data Broadcast System Language
(Communication) (Software)
ADC: Active Directory Connector ADML: Architecture Description Markup

(Operating systems) Language
(Software)
ADC: Adaptive Data Compression
(Hayes) ADMS: Adstar Distributed Management System
ADC: ADd with Carry ADO: Activex Data Object
(Databases) (Microsoft)
ADC: Advanced Data Connector
(Databases) (Microsoft) ADODB: Activex Data Object DataBase
ADC: Analog to Digital Converter
A device that translates analog signals to digital signals. ADP: Access Database Project
Contrast with digital-to-analog converter (DAC). (Hardware) Filename extension (Software) (Microsoft)
ADC: Apple Developer Connection ADP: Aol Dynamic Pages
(Apple) (Software)
ADC: Apple Display Connector ADP: Automatic Data Processing
(Hardware) (Apple)

ADPCM AFIRM
ADPCM: Adaptive Differential Pulse Code AeA: America Electronics Association

Modulation (Organizations)
A
Communication protocol (Communication)
AEB: Analog Expansion Bus
ADR: ADdRess (Dialogic)
ADR: Advanced Digital Recording AEC: Architecture, Engineering, Construction

(Hardware) A computer graphics market requiring specialized
applications that facilitate efficient planning, design, drafting,
ADR2: Advanced Digital Recording 2nd and analysis.
generation
(Hardware) AEGIS: Advanced Electronic Guidance and
Instrumentation System
ADS: Active Directory Service
Windows 2000 network objects database that stores each AEI: Application Enabling Interface
specific network item in a central database and that may be AES: Advanced Encryption Standard
replicated (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Security)
ADS: Advanced Digital System
AESA: Atm End System Address
ADS: Application Development Solutions (Communication)
(AT&T)
AF: Anisotropic Filtering
ADS: Application Development System A method of enhancing the image quality of textures on
surfaces that are far away and steeply angled with respect to
ADS: Automatic Distribution System
the camera (Hardware)
ADS/O: Application Development System /
AF: Assured Forwarding
Online
Using AF, a provider may offer different levels of service for
ADSC: Adobe Document Structuring IP packets received from a customer domain. Each AF class
Conventions is allocated a specified amount of buffer space and bandwidth
(Network)
ADSI: Active Directory Service Interface
(Network) AF: Auto Focus
(Hardware)
ADSI: Analog Display Services Interface
AFA: Accelerated File Access
ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
Communication infrastructure (Communication) AFAIC: As Far As I'm Concerned
(Net lingo)
ADSM: Adstar Distributed Storage Manager
(Databases) (IBM) AFAICT: As Far As I Can Tell
(Net lingo)
ADSM: Advanced Data Storage Management
(IBM) AFAIK: As Far As I Know
(Net lingo)
ADSP: Appletalk DataStream Protocol
(Apple) AFAIR: As Far As I Remember
(Net lingo)
ADSR: Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
AFAIUI: As Far As I Understand It
ADT: Abstract Data Type
(Net lingo)
ADT: Access Developer Toolkit
AFC: AntiFerromagnetically-Coupled
(Software) (Microsoft)
Multilayer coating expected to permit hard-disk drives to
ADT: Advanced Dram Technology store 100 billion bits (gigabits) of data per square inch of
(Hardware) disk area (Hardware) (IBM)
ADT: Application Data Type AFC: Application Foundation Classes

ADT: Atlantic Daylight Time
Timezone: GMT -4:00 AFC: Automatic Font Change
ADTG: Advanced Data Table Gram AFC: Automatic Frequency Control
Proprietary binary format for storing database data AFD: Automatic File Distribution
AFDW: Active Framework for Data
ADU: Automatic Dialing Unit Warehousing
ADUC: Active Directory Users and Computers (Microsoft)
A snap-in in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) AFFS: Amiga Fast File System
(Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Operating systems)
ADW: Advanced Docking Window
AFI: Authority and Format Identifier
(Software)
AFII: Association for Font Information
ADW: Application Development Workbench
Interchange
(Software)
AFIRM: Automated Fingerprint Image
AE: Above or Equal Reporting and Match

AFIS ALC
AFIS: Automated Fingerprint Identification AI: Artificial Intelligence

System A
AIA: Applications Integration Architecture
AFK: Away From Keyboard (DEC)
(Net lingo)
AIC: Aixwindows Interface Composer
AFLCD: AntiFerroelectric Liquid Crystal Display (IBM)
(Hardware)
AID: Application IDentifier
AFM: Adobe Font Metrics AIFF: Audio Interchange File Format
File name extension (Adobe)
(Apple)
AFP: Advanced Function Presentation
AIIM: Association for Information and Image
(IBM)
Management
AFP: Advanced Function Printing AIM: Aol Instant Messenger
Suite of electronic printing solutions to turn your invoices,
letters, policies, statements and reports into high-quality, AIM: Application Integration Module
cost-effective documents (Software) (IBM) AIM: Application Interface Module
AFP: Appletalk Filing Protocol AIN: Advanced Intelligent Network
(Communication) (Apple)
AIO: All In One
AFPL: Alladin Free Public License
AIP: Application Infrastructure Provider
AFR: Alternate Frame Rendering
(Hardware) AIP: Asp Infrastructure Provider
AFR: Annualized Failure Rate AIR: Architecture Implementation Review

(Hardware) AIS: Alarm Indication Signal
AFS: Andrew File System AIS: Automated Information System
AFT: Adapter Fault Tolerance AISB: Association of Imaging Service Bureaus
(Intel) AISI: As I See It
AFT: Authenticated Firewall Traversal (Net lingo)
(Security) AISP: Association of Information Systems
AFTP: Anonymous File Transfer Protocol Professionals
AGA: Advanced Graphics Adapter AIT: Advanced Intelligent Tape
(Hardware)
AGA: Advanced Graphics Architecture
Graphics architecture for Amiga computers AIX: Advanced Interactive eXecutive
IBM's Unix (Operating systems) (IBM)
AGARAS: AntiGlare AntiReflective AntiStatic
AGC: Automatic Gain Control AJAX: Asynchronous Javascript Technology
and Xml
(Hardware)
Using JavaScript technology, an HTML page can
AGE: Amorphium Graphics Engine asynchronously make calls to the server from which it was
loaded and fetch XML documents. The XML documents may
AGLR: Anti-Glare, Low Reflection
then be used by the JavaScript technology to update or
(Hardware)
modify the DOM of the HTML page (Software)
AGP: Accelerated Graphics Port AJDT: AspectJ Development Tools
(Hardware)
Provides Eclipse platform based tool support for Aspect
AGU: Address Generation Unit Oriented Software Development (AOSD) with AspectJ. See
http://www.eclipse.org/ajdt/ (Software)
Ah: Ampere Hour
Rechargable battery charge measurement unit (Hardware) AJP: Apache JServ Protocol
Binary, packet-oriented protocol bridging the web server with
AH: Authentication Header the servlet container. The web server attempts to maintain
(Network) persistent TCP connections to the servlet container, and to
AHA: Adaptec Host Adapter reuse a connection for multiple request/response cycles
(Software)
(Hardware) (Adaptec)
aka: Also Known As
AHDL: Analog Hardware Description Language
(Net lingo)
AHDT: Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
ALAT: Advanced Load Address Table
Timezone: GMT -10:00
ALB: Advanced Load Balancing
AHIG: Apple's Human Interface Guidelines
(Software) (Apple) ALC: Airline Link Control
Service protocol (Network)
AHS: Abstract Handle Specification
AHST: Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time ALC: Application Load Certificate
Timezone: GMT -10:00 ALC: Arithmetic and Logic Circuits
AI: Analog Input ALC: Automatic Level Control

ALDC AOCE
ALDC: Adaptive Lossless Data Compression AMHA: Advanced Macro Heuristic Analysis
(IBM) (Dr. Solomon)
A
ALE: Account Level Equivalence AMHIK: Ask Me How I Know
(Net lingo)
ALE: Address Latch Enable
ALE: Application Launch and Embedding AMI: Alternate Mark Inversion
(Software) AMI: American Megatrends, Inc.
ALE: Application Linking Enabling AMI: Application Messaging Interface
ALEC: Alternative Local Exchange Carrier AML: Acpi Machine Language
(Communication)
AMLCD: Active-Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
ALEP: Advanced Language Engineering (Hardware)
Platform AMMA: Advanced Memory Management
ALG: Application Layer Gateway Architecture
Used in conjuction with Network Address Translation (NAT)
AMP: Asymmetric MultiProcessing
to allow IP address translation (Network)
System architecture that uses different types of processors
ALGOL: ALGOrithmic Language in a multi-processor system (Hardware)
Programming language (Software)
AMP: Attached Media Processor
ALIBI: Adaptive Location of Internetworked (Hardware)
Bases of Information AMPS: Advanced Mobile Phone System
ALICE: Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer (Communication)
Entity
AMQRS: Audio Master Quality Recording System
ALINK: Active LINK (Hardware)
ALIWEB: Archie Like Indexing in the WEB AMR: Adaptive Multi-Rate
ALM: Application Lifecylcle Management Audio Codec. GSM/AMR is an audio standard widely used for
audio in GPRS and W-CDMA networks (Communication)
(Software)
ALM: Asynchronous Line Multiplexer AMR: Audio Modem Riser
Slot for an internal modem (Hardware)
A device that connects multiple terminals or other serial
interface devices to Sun network file servers or workstations. AMS: Advanced Microcomputer System
Also known as "multiple terminal interface." (Hardware) (Siemens-Nixdorf)
ALN: Asynchronous Learning Network Amstrad: Alan Michael Sugar TRADing
ALP: Apple List Price Eurpean based company that built the first sub $1000 IBM
Recommended retail price for Apple Macintosh equipment compatible PCs in the mid 1980's
(Hardware) (Apple) ANDF: Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format
ALP: Application Layer Program (or Process) ANI: ANImated cursor
A program or process at the Application Layer (Network) File name extension (Microsoft)
ALP: Application Layer Protocol ANI: Automatic Number Identification
Any network protocol at the application layer (Network)
ANN: ANNotations
ALP: Automatic Language Processing File name extension (IBM)
ALR: Advanced Logic Research ANN: Artificial Neural Network
ALSA: Architectures of Large Systems of ANS: Advanced Networking Services
Agents (Network)
ALT: ALTernate ANS: American National Standard
ALU: Arithmetic Logic Unit ANSI: American National Standard Institute
Device in a CPU performing arithmetic operations (Hardware) An organization that reviews and approves product standards
AM: Amplitude Modulation in the United States. (Organizations)
AMA: Automatic Message Accounting ANT: Advanced Network Tools
AMASS: Archival Management And Storage ANT: Another Neat Tool

System Ant is a Java based build tool. In theory it is kind of like
Manufacturer make without make's wrinkles. See
http://jakarta.apache.org/ant (Software)
AMD: Active Matrix Display
ANX: Automotive Network eXchange
AMD: Advanced Micro Devices
AO: Analog Output
CPU Manufacturer (AMD)
AME: Advanced Metal Evaporation AO/DI: Always On/Dynamic Isdn
Recording media technology (Hardware) AOCE: Apple Open Collaborative Environment
(Apple)
AMG: All Music Guide

AOCN APSO
AOCN: Administrative Operating Company APIPA: Automatic Private Internet Protocol

Number Addressing A
(Communication) (Network)
AOE: Application Operating Environment APIS: Advanced Passenger Information System

(AT&T)
APL: A Programming Language
AOL: Alert On Lan (Software)
(Network)
APL: Applied Physics Laboratory
AOL: America OnLine Advanced research facility in Skaggsville, MD.
(Network)
APL: Average Picture Level
AOP: Aspect-Oriented Programming Monitor quality parameter (Hardware)
(Software)
APLSF: A Programming Language with Shared
AOP: Association of Online Professionals Files
(Organizations)
APM: Advanced Power Management
AOS: Add Or Subtract APM: Application Performance Management
AOSD: Aspect-Oriented Software Development APN: Access Point Name
(Software)
Used on GPRS as access information (Communication)
AOT: Ahead Of Time APNIC: Asia-Pacific Network Information
Programs compilation technique (Software) Center
AOW: Asia and Oceania Workshop APOP: Authenticated Post Office Protocol
One of the three regional OSI implementors workshops.
APP: Applecare Protection Plan
AP: Access Point Extended warranty (Apple)
(Hardware)
APP: APPlication
AP: Access Provider File name extension
(Communication)
APPC: Advanced Program to Program
AP: Application Processor Communication
AP: Application Protocol APPCM: Access Protection and Priority Control
(Software) Mechanism
APA: Adaptive Packet Assembly APPEL: A P3p Preference Exchange Language
APA: All Points Addressable APPI: Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking
APA: Arithmetic Processing Accelerator (Network)
APAR: Authorized Program Analysis Report APPN: Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking

(IBM) (Network) (IBM)
APC: American Power Conversion APR: Advanced Port Replicator

(Hardware)
APCUG: Association of Personal Computer User
Groups APR: Apache Portable Runtime
Its mission is to provide a free library of C data structures
APCVG: Association of Personal Computer
and routines, forming a system portability layer to as many
Users Group operating systems as possible, including Unices, MS Win32,
(Organizations) BeOS and OS/2 (Software)
APDU: Application Protocol Data Unit APRP: Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing
APE: Application Performance Explorer APS: Active Pixel Sensor
APS: Advanced Photo System
APF: Apple Filing Protocol
APS: Advanced Printing Service
(Apple)
(IBM)
APF: Automated Purposing Framework
APS: Analog Protection System
Collection of scripts and utilities that enable you to
consistently and reliably prepare computer hardware (BIOS, APS: Asynchronous Protocol Specification
mass storage) and install the Windows operating system and
APS: Automatic Protection Switching
layered products on one or more build computers (Microsoft)
A mean for automatically detecting and signalling a
API: Application Programming Interface transmission link failure (Communication)
A set of calling conventions defining how a service is invoked
APSE: Ada Programming Support Environment
through a software package. (Software)
(Software)
APIC: Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller APSL: Apple Public Source License
(Hardware) Software license (Apple)
APSO: Audio Precision System One
(Hardware)

APT ASA
APT: Address Pass Through ARM: Asynchronous Response Mode

HDLC data transfer mode (Network)
APT: Advanced Package Tool A
Software download/installation tool for Debian GNU/Linux ARMA: Association of Records Managers and
(Operating systems) Administrators
APT: Advanced Parallel Technology ARMS: Architecture for Reliable Managed
APT: Automatically Programmed Tools Storage
APTC: Authorized Prometric Testing Center ARO: Adaptec Raidport Option

(Hardware) (Adaptec)
Sylvan Prometric is a division of Sylvan Learning Systems. It
is the global leader in computer-based testing for academic AROM: Alterable Read Only Memory
assessment, professional licensure, and certification.
ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
APTM: Application Program to Transaction The Internet protocol used to dynamically map Internet
Manager addresses to physical (hardware) addresses on local area
APU: Audio Processing Unit networks. Limited to networks that support hardware
(Hardware) broadcast. (Network)
APWG: Anti Phishing Working Group ARPA: Advanced Research Projects Agency
Now called Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
See http://www.antiphishing.org/ (Organizations)
(DARPA), the U.S. government agency that funded the
AQ: Advanced Queueing ARPANET. (Organizations)
(Databases) (Oracle)
ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency
AR: Access Rate NETwork
The data rate of the user access channel. The rate A packet switched network developed in the early 1970s.
(maximum) at which access devices can offer data to the The "grandfather" of today's Internet. ARPANET was
frame relay network (Communication) decommissioned in June 1990.
AR: Application Requester ARPL: Adjust Requested Privilege Level

(IBM) ARQ: Automatic Repeat reQuest
ARA: Appletalk Remote Access (Communication)
(Communication) (Apple) ARS: Activity Reporting System
ARAG: AntiReflective, AntiGlare ART: Adaptive Resonance Theory
ARAP: Appletalk Remote Access Protocol ART: Average Response Time
ARAS: AntiReflective, AntiStatic ARTA: Apple Real Time Architecture
ARB: Architecture Review Board ARTIC: A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor
ARC: Advanced Risc Computer (IBM)
(Hardware) ARTS: Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server
ARC: ARChive ARTT: Asynchronous Remote Takeover
File name extension Terminal
ARCA: Advanced Risc Computing Architecture ARU: Audio Response Unit
ARCnet: Attached Resource Computer NETwork ARX: Autocad Runtime eXtensions
AREQIPA: Application REQuested Internet (Software) (Autodesk)
Protocol over Atm AS: Advanced Server
(Network)
AS: Application Server
ARF: Abort, Retry, Fail (IBM)
ARIN: American Registry for Internet Numbers AS: Authentication Service
(Organizations)
AS: Autonomous System
ARIS: Architecture of Integrated Information A self-connected set of networks that are generally operated
Systems within the same administrative domain (Network)
ARIS: Attack Registry & Intelligence Service AS/400: Application System/400
(Security) (IBM)
ARL: Access Rights List AS/U: Advanced Server for Unix
ARL: Adjusted Ring Length AS3AP: Ansi Sql Standard Scalable And
ARLL: Advanced Run Length Limited Portable
Database benchmark (Databases)
ARM: Advanced Risc Machine
ASA: Active Server Application
ARM: Annotated Reference Manual
ARM: Application Response Measurement
ASA: American Standards Association
(Network)
ASA: Architectures of Systems of Agents

ASAI ASQ
ASAI: Adjunct Switch Application Interface ASL: Acpi Source Language

(AT&T)
ASL: Adaptive Speed Leveling A
ASAP: As Soon As Possible ASL: Age? Sex? Location?
(Net lingo)
Used to get to know people better (Net lingo)
ASAP: Automatic Switching And Processing ASL: Apache Software License
ASB: Advanced System Buffering ASL: Arithmetic Shift Left
(Hardware) (Intel)
(Software)
ASC: Accredited Standards Committee ASLB: Accelerated Server Load Balancing
ASC: ASCii text ASLM: Apple Shared Library Manager
File name extension (Apple)
ASC: Authorized Support Centers ASLT: Advanced Solid Logic Technology
ASC: Autonomous System Confederation ASM: Advanced Server Manager
(Network)
(Operating systems) (Acer)
ASCB: Address Space Control Block ASM: Advanced System Management
Used in IBM Mainframe OS's Multiple Virtual Storage
(IBM)
(MVS) - z/OS (Operating systems) (IBM)
ASM: ASseMbler
ASCC: Automatic Sequence Controlled
File name extension
Calculator
(IBM) ASM: Automatic Storage Management
Oracle 10g database feature that provides the database
ASCI: Accelerated Strategic Computing administrator with a simple storage management interface
Initiative that is consistent across all server and storage platforms
ASCII: American Standard Code for (Databases) (Oracle)
Information Interchange ASMP: ASymmetric MultiProcessing
The standard binary encoding of alphabetical characters, System architecture that uses different types of processors
numbers, and other keyboard symbols (7 bit character code.) in a multi-processor system (Hardware)
ASD: Application Structure Database ASN: Abstract Syntax Notation
(Microsoft) The International Organization for Standardization's open
ASD: Automatic Skip Driver systems interconnection (OSI) language for describing
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) abstract syntax.
ASDSP: Application-Specific Digital Signal ASN: Autonomous System Number

Processor ASO: Automated Systems Operations
ASE: Active Storage Element ASOG: Access Service Ordering Guideline
ASE: Adaptive Server Enterprise ASP: Active Server Pages
(Databases) (Sybase) Dynamic web pages engine (Software) (Microsoft)
ASE: Alladin Smartcard Environment ASP: Advanced Signal Processing
ASET: Automated Security Enhancement Tool ASP: Appletalk Session Protocol
A tool that allows a user to specify an overall system
ASP: Application Service Provider
security level (low, medium, or high) and automatically
(Software)
maintain systems at those levels.
ASF: Active Streaming Format ASP: Association of Shareware Professionals
(Organizations)
(Microsoft)
ASF: Advanced Streaming Format ASP: Authorized Service Provider
ASF: Apache Software Foundation ASP: Auxiliary Storage Pool

(IBM)
(Organizations)
ASF: Applied Science Fiction ASP: Average Selling (or Street) Price
Manufacturer (ASF) ASPEN: Automatic System for Performance
ASI: Asynchronous Scsi Interface Evaluation of the Network
ASI: Automatic System Installation ASPI: Advanced Scsi Programming Interface

ASPN: ActiveState Programmer Network
ASIC: Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
(Software)
A gate array or other non-standard chip design for
proprietary use. (Hardware) ASPS: Advanced Signal Processing System
ASID: Address Space IDentifier ASPX: Active Server Pages eXtended
ASIT: Advanced Security and Identification Dynamic web pages engine for the Microsoft .NET framework
Technology (Software) (Microsoft)
ASK: Amplitude Shift Keying ASQ: Automated Software Quality

(Software)

ASR ATRAC
ASR: Access Service Request ATEC: Authorized Technical Education Center

(Microsoft)
ASR: Address Space Register A
ASR: Arithmetic Shift Right ATF: Automated Test Facility
(Software) ATG: Advanced Technology Group
ASR: Automatic Send-Receive ATI: Allied Telesyn International
(Communication) Networking hardware manufacturer (Hardware)
ASR: Automatic Server Recovery ATIP: Absolute Time In Pregroove

(Operating systems)
ATIS: Alliance for Telecommunication Industry
ASR: Automatic Speech Recognition Solutions
Sett http://www.atis.org/ (Organizations)
ASR: Automatic System Recovery
AST: AST research, inc. ATK: Accessibility ToolKit
Company named from first initials of the founders: Albert ATL: Active Template Library
Wong, Safi Qureshey, Thomas Yuen (Microsoft)
AST: Atlantic Standard Time ATL: Adaptive Threshold Learning

Timezone: GMT -4:00
ATL: Automated Tape Library
ASTRAL: Alliance for Strategic Token Ring (Hardware)
Advancement and Leadership
ATLAS: Authorization Token Layer Acquisition
ASV: Advanced Super View Service
LCD display technology (Hardware) Describes the service needed to acquire authorization tokens
to access a target system using the CSIv2 protocol. This
ASVD: Analog Simultaneous Voice & Data
design defines a single interface with which a client acquires
(Communication)
an authorization token
ASX: Asf Stream Redirector ATM: Adobe Type Manager
File format (Microsoft)
(Software) (Adobe)
ASYNC: ASYNchronous Communication ATM: Air Traffic Management
Communication protocol (Communication)
ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AT: Advanced Technology A standard for switching and routing all types of digital
an IBM personal computer. Also a motherboard's form factor information, including video, voice, and data. With ATM,
(IBM) digital information is broken up into standard-sized packets,
AT: ATtention each with the "address" of its final destination.
(Communication)
Modem command prefix. Defined by the modem command set
developed by the Hayes company for use on its modems and ATM: At The Moment
now used on most modems (Communication) (Net lingo)
AT: Azores Time ATM: Automatic Teller Machine
Timezone: GMT -2:00
ATMS: Assumption based Truth Maintenance
AT&T: American Telephone And Telegraph System
ATA: Advanced Technology Attachment ATN: Australian Technology Network
Peripheral bus architecture (Hardware)
ATOB: Ascii TO Binary
ATAG: Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
ATOMM: Advanced super Thinlayer and high-
W3C recommendation that explains how to develop authoring
Output Metal Media
tools that make it easier to produce accessible Web pages
that conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines ATP: Appletalk Transaction Protocol
(WCAG) (Communication) (Apple)
ATAPI: Advanced Technology Attachment ATP: Application Transaction Program
Packet Interface
ATP: Available To Promise
(Hardware)
ATC: Address Translation Controller ATP2: AppleTalk Phase 2
ATC: Advanced Transfer Cache ATPS: AppleTalk Printing Services

(Apple)
(Hardware)
ATR: Advanced Telecommunication Research
ATDM: Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexer
(Organizations)
ATDNet: Advanced Technology Demonstration
NETwork ATR: Answer To Reset
(Network) ATR: Automatic Terminal Recognition
ATE: Asynchronous Terminal Emulation ATRAC: Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding
Audio compression algorithm, introduced by Sony for its Mini
ATE: Atm Terminating Equipment
Disk, which relies on the masking of low-amplitude frequency
ATE: Automatic Test Equipment components by temporaly adjacent high-amplitude
components (Sony)

ATS B2X
ATS: Abstract Test Suite AVK: Application Verification Kit

(Communication) Tool intended to help developers test their applications for
correct use of J2EE APIs and portability across J2EE
A
ATS: Administrative Terminal System compatible application servers, and to help developers avoid
ATS: Apple Terminal Services inadvertently writing non-portable code (Software) (Sun) B
ATTN: ATTeNtion AVP: Attribute-Value Pair
ATU: Adsl Transceiver Unit AVR: Automatic Voice Recognition
Commonly referred to as a DSL "modem" (Hardware) AVR: Automatic Voltage Regulation
ATU-C: Adsl Transceiver Unit - Central (Hardware)
In a DSL loop, the line card plugged into the DSLAM AVS: Adult Verification Service
(Hardware)
AVT: Applied Voice Technology
ATU-R: Adsl Transceiver Unit - Remote
Commonly referred to as a DSL "modem" (Hardware) AVT: Attribute Value Template
(Software)
ATVEF: Advanced TeleVision Enhancement
Forum AVTK: Anti Virus ToolKit
(Organizations) (Software)
ATX: Advanced Technology eXtended AVVID: Architecture for Voice, Video and
Motherboard format (Hardware) (Intel) Integrated Data
(Communication) (Cisco)
AU: AUdio
File name extension AWAC: Audio Waveform Amplifier and
Converter
AUC: AUthentication Center
AWC: Advanced Web Creations
AUDIT: AUtomated Data Input Terminal
AWD: Access Workflow Designer
AUI: Attachment Unit Interface
Organize and track information (Microsoft)
AUI: Audible User Interface AWDE: Artus Wireless Data Enhancer
AUP: Acceptable User Policy (Communication) (Nokia)
AUT: Application Under Test AWE: Address Windowing Extensions
AUTODIN: AUTOmatic DIgital Network (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
AUTOVON: AUTOmatic VOice Network AWE: Advanced Wave Effects

(Creative Labs)
AUX: Apple UniX
AWG: American Wire Gauge
AUX: AUXiliary
AWK: Aho, Weinberger and Kernighan
AV: Access Violation Unix language named after its authors: Al Aho, Peter
(Software) Weinberger and Brian Kernighan
AV: Anti Virus AWS: Advanced Workstations and Systems
AV: Audio Video (IBM)
AV: Authenticity Verification AWT: Abstract Windows Toolkit

(Software) (Sun)
AVA: Audio Visual Authoring
(IBM) AX: Architecture eXtended
AVA: Avaya Certified Associate AXI: American eXpress Interactive
AVATAR: Advanced Video Attribute Terminal
Assembler and Recreator B
AVC: Advanced Visual Computing b: Bit
(SGI) B: Byte
AVC: Audio Visual Connection B&W: Black & White
(IBM)
B/F: Background/Foreground
AVD: Alternating Voice and Data
B2B: Business to Business
AVE: Autocad Visualization Extension
B2C: Business To Customer
AVG: AVeraGe
B2E: Business To Employee
AVGA: Advanced Video Graphic Array
B2G: Business to Government
AVI: Audio Video Interleaved E-commerce model
File Format
B2X: Binary To heXadecimal
(IBM)

B8ZS BCP
B8ZS: Binary 8 Zero Substitution BB: BridgeBoard

Replaces strings of zeroes by pattern with pulses
BBB: Better Business Bureau
(Communication)
(Organizations)
BA: Bell Atlantic
BBB: Bit By Bit B
BA: Brokering Agent
BBIALB: Be Back In A Little Bit
BACP: Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (Net lingo)
(Communication)
BBL: Be Back Later
BAD: Broken As Designed
BBLT: Bus BLock Transfer
BAFUG: Bay Area Freebsd Users Group
BBR: Back Bone Ring
(Organizations)
BBS: Be Back Soon
BAI: Bank Administration Institute
(Net lingo)
File / report format used in financial services industry
(Software) BBS: Bios Boot Specification
(Hardware)
BAID: Bios Aware Ipl Device
(Hardware) BBS: Bulletin Board System
(Communication)
BAK: BAcKup
File name extension BC: Base Code
BAK: Binary Adaptation Kit BC: Business Component
(Microsoft) (Software)
BAKOM: BundesAmt für KOMmunikation BC4J: Business Components For Java

Swiss regulatory Organisation (Organizations) Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) framework that
helps developers quickly construct high-performance J2EE
BAL: Basic Assembly Language applications following industry-standard design patterns
BALUN: BALanced UNbalanced (Software) (Oracle)
BAM: Bidirectional Associative Memory BCA: BroadCast Agent

Business Objects broadcast agent. See also
BAM: Boyan Action Module
http://www.businessobjects.com/products/bca/ (Software)
BAP: Bandwidth Allocation Protocol BCC: Blind Carbon Copy
BAPI: Business Application Programming
BCC: Block Check Character
Interface
In longitudinal redundancy checking and cyclic redundancy
(Software)
checking, a character transmitted by the sender after each
BAR: Base Address Register message block and compared with a block-check character
computed by the receiver to determine if the transmission
BARB: Board ARBiter was successful.
Part of the bus arbitration system (Hardware) (Sun)
BCD: Binary-Coded Decimal
BARRNET: Bay Area Regional Research NETwork Character encoding scheme
BART: Basic Application RunTime BCDBS: Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer
BARTS: Bell Atlantic Regional TimeSharing Service
BAS: BASic BCDIC: Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
File name extension BCEL: Byte Code Engineering Library
BAS: Borland AppServer Library intended to give users a convenient possibility to
(Borland) analyze, create, and manipulate (binary) Java class files
(Software)
BASDA: Business and Accounting Software
Developers Association BCF: Base station Control Function
(Organizations) BCF: Busy Call Forwarding
BASH: Bourne Again SHell BCL: Base Class Library
BASIC: Beginners All-purpose Symbolic (Software) (Microsoft)
Instruction Code BCL: Batch Command Language
BCN: Backbone Concentrator Node
BASM: Built-in ASseMbler
BCNF: Boyce/Codd Normal Form
BAT: Baby Advanced Technology BCNU: Be Seeing You
A type of system board (Hardware)
(Net lingo)
BAT: BATch BCP: Basic Call Process
File name extension
BCP: Best Current Practice
BAT: Block Address Translation
BCP: Binary Communications Protocol
BAWUG: Bay Area Wireless Users Group
(Organizations) BCP: Bridging Control Protocol

BCP BHO
BCP: Bulk Copy Program BEDO: Burst Data Extended Output

(Hardware)
BCP: Byte Control Protocol
(Communication) BEEP: Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol
BCPL: Basic Computer Programming Language BEL: BELl B
Control character
BCR: Best Cost Routing
(Communication) BELLCORE: BELL COmmunications REsearch
BCR: Byte Count Register BER: Basic Encoding Rules
Standard rules for encoding data units described in ASN.1.
BCRC: Business Component Request Center
Sometimes incorrectly lumped under the term ASN.1, which
(Software)
properly refers only to the abstract syntax description
BCS: Banking Communication Standard language, not the encoding technique.
BCS: Bar Code Sorter BER: Bit Error Rate

(Communication)
BCS: Basic Catalog Structure
(Operating systems) (IBM) BERT: Bit Error Rate Test
(Communication)
BCS: Binary Compatibility Standard
BEST: Borland Enhanced Support and Training
BCS: British Computer Society
BET: Bit Enhancement Technology
BCSM: Basic Call Sate Model
(Hardware)
BCSP: BlueCore Serial Protocol
BEV: Boot Entry Vector
Host controller interface (HCI) procotol (Communication)
A field in the Plug and Play (PnP) Header of a device with an
BCU: Bios Configuration Utility associated option ROM. Preboot eXecution Environment
(PXE) is implemented as a BEV option ROM (Hardware)
BCU: Bus Controller Unit
BCV: Boot Connection Vector BF: Bad Flag
A field in the Plug and Play (PnP) header for a device with an BFC: BrieFCase
associated option ROM (Hardware) Filename extension (Software) (Microsoft)
BD: Blu-ray Disc BFE: Bum F*** Egypt
Name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly A remote unknown location (Net lingo)
developed by thirteen leading consumer electronics and pc
companies (Hardware)
BFF: Binary File Format
(IBM)
BDA: Bios Data Area
BFN: Bye For Now
BDB: Berkeley DataBase (Net lingo)
(Databases)
BFRS: Base File Record Segment
BDC: Backup Domain Controller
Secondary to the PDC, provides user/computer domain BFS: Business Forecasting Software
authentication (Operating systems) (Microsoft) BFT: Binary File Transfer
BDE: Borland Database Engine BFTP: Batch File Transfer Protocol
(Databases) (Borland)
BGA: Ball-Grid Array
BDF: Bitmap Description Format Integrated circuit (IC) packaging that uses half-spherical
BDK: Bean Development Kit contacts versus pins (Hardware)
(Software) (Sun) BGAN: Broadband Global Area Network
BDLC: Burroughs Data Link Control (Network)
BDLS: BiDirectional Loop Switching BGE: Branch if Greater or Equal
BDM: Background Debug Mode BGI: Borland Graphics Interface

(Hardware) File name extension
BDOS: Basic Disk Operating System BGP: Border Gateway Protocol

(Operating systems) An Internet routing protocol used to pass routing information
between different administrative routing domains or
BDR: Bus Device Request Autonomous Systems. BGP does not pass explicit topology
information and is often used between Internet service
BDSL: Broadband Digital Subscriber Line
providers (Network)
(Communication)
BGT: Branch if Greater Than
BE: Below or Equal
BHI: Branch if HIgher
BECN: Backward Explicit Congestion
Notification BHIS: Branch if HIgher or Same
A bit sent by a frame relay network to notify an interface BHLI: Broadband High Layer Information
device (DTE) that congestion avoidance procedures should
be initiated by the sending device (Communication) BHO: Browser Helper Object

BI BLAST
BI: Binary Input BIRT: Business Intelligence and Reporting

Tools
BI: Business Intelligence
Open source, Eclipse-based reporting system that integrates
BIA: Burned-In Address with your application to produce compelling reports for both
A.k.a. MAC Address; unique identifier coded into every NIC web and PDF. See also http://www.eclipse.org/birt/ (Software) B
(Network)
BIS: Boot Integrity Service
BIAB: Band-In-A-Box
BIS: Business Information System
BIB: Back In Business
BISDN: Broadband Integrated Services Digital
Usually said after saying BRB (Be Right Back) to say that
Network
you're back (Net lingo)
(Communication)
BIB: BIBliography
BISP: Business Information System Program
File name extension
BISSI: Broadband Inter-Switching System
BICI: Broadband InterCarrier Interface
Interface
BiDi: BIDIrectional
BIST: Built-In Self Test
BIDS: Borland International Data Structures
BISYNC: BInary SYNchronous Communications
BIF: Benchmark Interchange Format
BIT: Binary digIT
In computer graphics, a standardized file structure for
specifying the geometry of a particular data set from a BitBLT: BIT BLock Transfer
particular application as well as the user interactions to be A raster operation that moves a block of bits representing
performed. some portion of an image or scene from one location in the
frame buffer to another.
BIFET: BIpolar Field Effect Transistor
BIFF: Binary Interchange File Format BITNET: Because It's Time NETwork
Academic computer network based originally on IBM
BIFS: BInary Format for Scenes mainframe systems interconnected via leased 9600 bps
BIG: Business Information Guide lines.
Data warehousing (Databases) BITNIC: BITnet Network Information Center
BIM: Beginning of Information Marker BITS: Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Enables developers to write client applications that transfer
BIM: Broadband Interface Module
files asynchronously between a client and server. BITS
BIN: BINary automatically resumes file transfers after network
File name extension disconnects and machine reboots (Operating systems)
(Microsoft)
BINAC: BINary Automatic Computer
BITS: Bump-In-The-Stack
BIND: Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
Configuration where IPsec is implemented "underneath" an
(Network)
existing implementation of an IP protocol stack, between the
BINHEX: BINary HEXadecimal native IP and the local network drivers. This approach, when
it is adopted, is usually employed in hosts (Network)
BINL: Boot Information Negotiation Layer
(Operating systems) BITW: Bump-In-The-Wire
Configuration where IPsec is implemented through the use of
BIOML: BIOpolymer Markup Language an outboard crypto processor. Such implementations may be
XML language designed to be used for the annotation of designed to serve either a host or a gateway (or both)
biopolymer sequence information. BIOML allows the full (Network)
specification of all experimental information known about
molecular entities composed of biopolymers, for example, BIU: Bus Interface Unit
proteins and genes (Hardware)
BIOS: Basic Input/Output System BIW: Business Intelligence Warehouse

The program a personal computer's microprocessor uses to BIX: Byte Information eXchange
get the computer system started after you turn it on
Byte's bulletin board system
BIP: Bit Interleaved Parity BJ: Bubble Jet
BIPM: Bureau International des Poids et des (Hardware) (Canon)
Mesures
BJC: Bubble Jet Color
(Organizations)
(Hardware) (Canon)
BIPS: Bank Internet Payment System
BKM: Best Known Method
The BIPS specification includes a protocol for sending
Based on previous experience, the prefered method for
payment instructions to banks safely over the Internet and a
completing a task
payment server architecture for processing those payment
instructions BKSP: BacKSPace
BIPV: Bit Interleaved Parity Violation BL: BackLit
BL: Bit Line
BLAST: BLocked ASynchronous Transmission
Protocol

BLE BOS
BLE: Branch if Less or Equal BNS: Backbone Network Service

(Network)
BLER: BLock ERror
BLERT: BLock Error Rate Test BNU: Basic Networking Utilities
(Communication) BO: Binary Output B
BLISS: Broadband Local Integrated Services BO: Business Object
Solution (Software)
Allows service providers to offer a bundle of packet-based
BOA: Basic Object Adapter
services including local and long distance voice services and
high-speed data (Network) (Cisco) BoB: Break-Out Box
BLK: BLocK BOC: Basic Operator Console
BLL: Business Logic Layer BOC: Bell Operating Company
More commonly referred to as RBOC for "regional Bell
BLLI: Broadband Low Layer Information
operating company." The local telephone company in each of
BLMC: Buried Logic MacroCell the seven U.S. regions.
BLOB: Binary Large OBject BOCA: Borland Object Component Architecture
(Databases)
BOCS: Business Object Component Set
BLOG: weB LOG (Software)
BLOS: Branch if LOwer Or Same BOD: Bandwidth On Demand

BLT: Baghdad Local Time (Network)
Timezone: GMT +3:00 BOF: Beginning Of File
BLT: BLock Transfer BOF: Bird Of a Feather
BMI: Branch if MInus Small conference
BMIC: BusMaster Interface Controller BoF: Buffer OverFlow

(Intel) (Security)
BML: Bean Markup Language BOFH: Bastard Operator From Hell

A system administrator or technician with very little patience
BML: Business Management Layer who frequently does evil things to users (Net lingo)
BMOS: Bipolar Metal Oxide Semiconductor BOGOF: Buy One Get One Free
BMP: Basic Multilingual Plane Denotes cheap stuff that usually comes in bundled or
First 16-bit subset of the universal character set (UCS). packaged form; connotation is "low quality" (Net lingo)
Also known as Plane 0 BOHICA: Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
BMP: Batch Message Processing (Net lingo)
BMP: Bean-Managed Persistence BOI: Business Object Interface

(Software) (Software)
BMP: BitMaP BOL: Books OnLine

File Format for bitmapped images (Microsoft)
BMR: Ballistic Magneto-Resistive BOM: Basic Online Memory

Hard disk head technology (Hardware) (IBM)
BMS: Basic Mapping Support BOM: Beginning Of Message

BMS: Broadcast Message Server BOM: Byte Order Mark
BMUG: Berkeley Macintosh User Group BOND: Bandwidth ON Demand
BN: Backbone Network BONE: BeOs Networking Environment
Large network to which many networks within an organization (Operating systems)
are connected (Network)
BONM: Business-Oriented Network Management
BNC: Bayonet Neill-Concelman BOOTP: BOOTstrap Protocol
Connector (Hardware)
A legacy remote booting protocol developed originally for use
BNC: Bayonet Nut Connector with UNIX (Network)
(Hardware) BOP: Bit-Oriented Protocol
BNC: British Naval Connector (Communication)
Connector (Hardware) BOPS: Billion Operations Per Second
BNE: Branch if Not Equal BOPS: Billions of Processes Per Second
BNF: Backus Naur Form Processing speed (Hardware)
Syntax description for programming languages BOR: Business Objects Repository
BNP: Broadband Network Premises (Software)
BOS: Basic Operating System

BOT BSP
BOT: Beginning Of Table BRF: Benchmark Report Format

In computer graphics, a standard format for reporting
BOT: Beginning Of Tape
benchmark results. This format provides the purchaser with a
(Hardware)
consistent data-tracking system for comparing hardware
BOT: Build, Operate and Transfer platforms. B
BOT: roBOT BRGC: Binary Reflected Gray Code
BP: BackPropagation BRI: Basic Rate Interface
One of the standard ISDN interfaces defined by the CCITT
BP: Base Pointer
protocols. BRI consists of two B channels (64 kbps) and one
Processor register (Hardware) (Intel)
D channel (16 kbps). (Communication)
BP: Business Planner BRI: Brain Response Interface
BRIEF: Basic Reconfigurable Interactive
BPB: Bios Parameter Block Editing Facility
BPCS: Business Planning and Control System BRS: Big Red Switch
An ERP/MRP program (Software)
BRT: Be Right There
BPDU: Bridge Protocol Data Unit (Net lingo)
BPEL: Business Process Execution Language BRU: Backup/Restore Utility
BPEL4WS : Business Process Execution BS: BackSpace
Language For Web Services
(Software)
BS: Banded Signaling
BPF: Berkeley Packet Filter BS: Base Station
bpi: Bits Per Inch BS: BullSh**

Recording Density You say this when you think someone is lying (Net lingo)
BPI: Business Process Integration BSA: Business Software Alliance
BPL: Branch if Plus BSAM: Basic Sequential Access Method
BPL: Broadband over Power Lines BSC: Base Station Controller

(Network) BSC: Binary Synchronous Communication
Bpl: Bytes Per Line Communication protocol (Communication)
BPM: Business Procurement Management BSC: Boyan SCript

(Software) File name extension
BPN: Business Partner Network BSC: Bus State Controller

(Hardware)
BPO: Business Process Outsourcer
BSCM: Binary Synchronous Communications
bpp: Bits Per Pixel Module
BPR: Business-Process Reengineering BSCS: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
bps: Bits Per Second BSD: Berkeley Software Distribution
Transfer speed (Communication) UNIX versions developed at the University of California at
Bps: Bytes Per Second Berkeley. (Operating systems)
Transfer speed (Communication) BSDS: BootStrap Data Set
BPSK: Binary Phase-Shift Keying BSF: Bean Scripting Framework
BPSS: Business Process Specification Schema Architecture for incorporating scripting into Java applications
and applets (Software)
(Software)
BPU: Branch Processing Unit BSF: Bit Scan Forward
BPV: BiPolar Violation BSI: Bentley Systems, Incorporated

T1 line code error with AMI encoding (Communication) BSI: BiSynchronous Interface
BR: Bad Register (Network)
BRAN: Broadband Radio Access Networks BSI: British Standards Institute

An ETSI project, it provides telecommunications services BSM: Basic Storage Module
the middle ground between mobile systems and the wired (IBM)
access world. BRAN is working on radio systems to meet the
new requirements of the information age (Communication) BSML: Bioinformatic Sequence Markup
Language
BRB: Be Right Back
(Net lingo) BSOD: Blue Screen Of Death
BRD: Blue Ray Disk
(Hardware) BSP: Binary Space Partitioning

BSP CA
BSP: Bulk Synchronous Parallelism BTU: British Thermal Unit

A unit of thermal energy
BSP: Business Service Provider
BSR: Bit Scan Reverse BTW: By The Way
(Net lingo)
BSRAM: Burst Static Random Access Memory B
(Hardware)
BTX: Balanced Technology eXtended
Motherboard form factor, designed to replace ATX (Hardware)
BSS: Basic Service Set C
(Communication) BTX: BildschirmTeXt
BSS: Block Started by Symbol BU: Bluetooth Unit

(Hardware)
BSS: Broadband Switching System
BU: Branch Unit
BSS: Business Support System
Network management software to monitor performance and BU: Bulk Update
resources (Software) Updating many rows in a table in a single operation
(Databases)
BSSID: Basic Service Set IDentifier
(Communication) BUBL: BUlletin Board for Libraries
BSSMAP: Base Station System Management BUF: BUFfer

Application Part BUI: BUs Interface
BST: Binary Search Tree BURN: Buffer UnderRuN
(Hardware)
BST: British Summer Time
Timezone: GMT +0:00 BUS: Broadcast and Unknown Server
BSV: Boot Sector Virus (Network)
BSY: BuSY BVCP: Banyan Vines Control Protocol
BT: Bit Test BVH: Base Video Handler
BT: Bus Terminator BVO: Business Value Orientation
BTA: But Then Again BVT: Behavioral Verification Technology

(Net lingo) (IBM)
BTAM: Basic Tape Access Method BVT: Build Verification Test
BTAM: Basic Telecommunication Access Method BW: Bus Watcher

Mechanism that converts XDBus signals to XBus signals and
(IBM)
passes them to the Module XBus Cache Controller
BTB: Branch Target Buffer (Hardware) (Sun)
(Hardware)
BWA: Broadband Wireless Access
BTC: Bit Test and Complement (Communication)
BTI: Business Type Identifier BWBM: BandWidth Balancing Mechanism
BTL: Bell Telephone Laboratories BWM: Block-Write Mode
BTLB: Block Translation Look-aside Buffer BYOB: Bring Your Own Beer
BTM: Benchmark Timing Methodology (Net lingo)
In computer graphics, a method of measuring how long it BYORL: Bring Your Own Rocket Launcher
takes to run the purchaser's benchmark interchange format (Net lingo)
program.
BZR: Bit Zone Recording
BTO: Built To Order
BTOA: Binary TO Ascii C
BTP: Batch Transfer Program C: C
BTR: "Bet The Ranch" Programming language
BTR: Bit Test and Reset C&T: Chips And Technologies

BTS: Base Transceiver Station C/D: Control Data
BTS: Bit Test and Set C/S: Client/Server
BTSOOM: Beats The S**t Out Of Me C2D: Character To Decimal
(Net lingo) (IBM)
BTT: Back To the Top C2T: Cable Changing Technology

Used in an on-line discussion forum to bump a topic back to C2X: Character To heXadecimal
the top of the page where more people can see it (Net lingo)
(IBM)
BTU: Basic Transmission Unit CA: Certification Authority
CA: Chromatic Aberration

CA CAS
CA: Collision Avoidance CAN: Controller Area Network

CAAD: Computer Aided Architectural Design CANBUS: Controller Area Network BUS
(Network)
CAB: CABinet
File name extension (Microsoft) CAO: Computer Account Object
CAB: Compressed Application Binary
(Microsoft) CAO: Computer Aided Office C
CABS: Carrier Access Billing System CAP: CAPture
File name extension
CAC: Connection Admission Control
CACP: Central Arbitration Control Point CAP: Carrierless Amplitude and Phase
modulation
CAD: Computer-Aided Design (Communication)
Use of computer graphics technology to design electronic
and mechanical parts and machinery. CAP: Central Arbitration Point
CAD: Custom Application Developer CAP: Communication Application Platform
CADD: Computer-Aided Design and Drafting CAP: Competitive Access Provider
CADE: Client/server Application Development CAP: Computer-Aided Planning

Environment CAP: Computer-Aided Publishing
CADE: Computer-Aided Document Engineering CAP: Converted APplet
CAE: Client Application Enabler (Software)
CAE: Common Application Environment CAPD: Computing to Assist Persons with

Disabilities
CAE: Computer Aided Education
CAPE: Concurrent Art-to-Product Environment
CAE: Computer-Aided Engineering
CAPI: Common Application Programming
CAEN: Chemically-Assembled Electronic Interface
Nanocomputer (Communication)
(Hardware)
CAPP: Computer Aided Process Planning
CAEX: Computer Aided EXploration
CAPS: CAPitalS
CAG: Column Address Generator
Uppercase letters
CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate CAPS: CAssette Programming System
CAI: Computer Associates International CAPTCHA: Completely Automated Public Turing
(CAI) test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAI: Computer-Aided Instruction Pronounced as "KAP.chuh", it's a computer-generated test
that humans can pass but computer programs cannot. For
CAIRN: Collaborative Advanced Interagency more information, see http://www.captcha.net/,
Research Network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha or
CAIS: Common Apse Interface Specification http://www.wordspy.com/words/captcha.asp
CAL: CALendar CAQ: Computer Aided Quality

CAL: Client Access License CAR: Committed Access Rate
(Cisco)
CAL: Computer Aided Logistics
CAR: Courtesy Amount Recognition
CAL: Computer-Assisted Learning
CARB: Central ARBiter
CALL: Computer-Aided Language Learning
On Sun servers, a system of central arbiters (one CARB on
CALS: Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle the control board) and a board arbiter (BARB) (one on every
Support system board) determine which processor on which system
board controls the system bus at any given time. (Hardware)
CAM: Common Access Method (Sun)
(Communication)
CARCAS: Computer Aided aRchiving and
CAM: Computer-Aided Manufacturing Change Accounting System
CAM: Content-Addressable Memory CARL: Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
(Hardware)
CARP: Cache Array Routing Protocol
CAMAC: Computer Automated Measurement (Microsoft)
And Control
CARP: Common Address Redundancy Protocol
CAMM: Computer Assisted Material Allows multiple hosts on the same local network to share a
Management set of IP addresses among them (Network)
CAMMU: CAche/Memory Management Unit CART: Computer-Assisted Radar Tomography
(Hardware)
CAS: Channel Associated Signaling
CAN: CANcel

CAS CC
CAS: Code Access Security CBA: Can't Be Arsed

(Operating systems) (Microsoft) For when you can't be bothered (Net lingo)
CAS: Column Address Select CBBS: Computer Bulletin Board System

CAS: Column Address Strobe CBC: Cipher Block Chaining
CAS: Communication Applications Specification CBCR: Channel Byte Count Register
CAS: Computer Algebra System CBCS: Computer Based Conversation System C
CAS: Computer-Aided Styling CBD: Component-Based Development
(Software)
CAS: Computerized Autodial System
CASE: Computer-Aided Software Engineering CBDO: Chief Business Development Officer
CASL: Crosstalk Application Scripting Language CBDS: Connectionless Broadband Data Service
CASS: Computer Assisted Search Service CBEMA: Computer and Business Equipment
Manufacturers Association
CASSIS: Classified and Search Support
Information System CBGA: Ceramic Ball Grid Array
CAT: CATalog CBI: Computer Based Instruction

File name extension CBIOS: Compatibility Basic Input Output System
CAT: CATegory CBIR: Committed Rate Information Burst
Short term used to refer to different types of cabling (ie. The rate above the Committed Information Rate (CIR) up to
CAT5.) (Hardware) which the frame relay network can transmit (Communication)
CAT: Central Alaska Time CBL: CoBoL
Timezone: GMT -10:00 File name extension
CAT: Common Authentication Technology CBL: Common Business Library
CAT: Computer Adaptive Test CBL: Computer Based Learning
CAT: Computer Aided Tomography CBLT: Character BLock Transfer
CAT: Computer Aided Transcription CBM: Commodore Business Machines
CAT: Computer-Aided Telephony Company; among the first home computer manufacturers
(PET, VIC20, C64, C128, Amiga)
CAT: Computer-Aided Testing
CBMS: Computer-Based Mail System
CAT: Computer-Assisted Training
CBO: Cost-Based Optimizer
CAT: Computer-Assisted Translation (Databases) (Oracle)
Indicates the use of a series of data processing tools aimed
at assisting the translator on a level of coherency
CBQ: Class-Based Queuing
(consistency) of the text and in terms of working speed A public domain QoS methodology for classifying packets
and queuing them according to criteria defined by an
CATIA: Computer Aided Three-dimensional administrator to provide differential forwarding behavior for
Interactive Application each traffic class (Network)
CAD/CAM program from Dassault Systems
CBR: Case Based Reasoning
CATID: CATegory IDentifier
CBR: Constant Bit Rate
(Software)
A class of service defined by ATM. Multimedia
CATS: Computer Assisted Training System streams—audio and video—are examples of CBR
applications, since they send at a relatively steady data rate
CATV: CAble TeleVision with constant bandwidth allocations (Network)
(Hardware)
CBT: Canon Buffer Transmission
CATV: Community Antenna TeleVision
(Hardware) CBT: Computer Based Training
CAU: Cable Access Unit CBT: Core Based Tree

(Hardware) (Network)
CAU: Controlled Access Unit CBW: Convert Byte to Word
CAV: Constant Angular Velocity CBWFQ: Class-Based Weighted Fair Queueing

(Hardware) Extends the standard WFQ functionality to provide support
for user-defined traffic classes. For CBWFQ, you define traffic
CAVE: Computer-Assisted Virtual Environment classes based on match criteria including protocols, access
CAVERN: Computer-Assisted Virtual control lists (ACLs), and input interfaces (Network) (Cisco)
Environment Research Network CBX: Computer-controlled Branch Exchange
CAVIT: Convergence of Audio/Video CC: Call Control
Information Technology (Communication)
CAWE: Computer-Aided Web Engineering CC: Carbon Copy
CC: Cascade Correlation

CC CCP
CC: Cluster Controller CCIR: Comité Consultatif International de la

Radio
CC: Control Channel
A treaty organization, part of the International
(Communication)
Telecommunications Union (ITU), responsible for obtaining
CC: Credit Card international agreement on standards for radio and television
transmission and the international exchange of programs.
CC: Cross Connector
CCIS: Common Channel Interoffice Signaling C
CC/PP: Composite Capability/Preference
Profile CCITT: Comité Consultatif International de
Télégraphique et Téléphonique
CCA: Cardholder Certification Authority
Now it's called ITU (Organizations)
CCA: Citrix Certified Administrator
CCK: Client Customization Kit
Entry to mid level certification for IT professionals who want
Set of tools that help distributors customize and distribute
to “demonstrate product expertise on Citrix platform
the client. Support is provided for creating CD and download
products (Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, Citrix
installers. Wizards are provided to simplify customization,
MetaFrame 1.8 for Windows, or Citrix MetaFrame
installation, and ISP signup
Presentation Server for UNIX)
CCAF: Call Control Agent Function CCK: Complementary Code Keying
(Communication)
CCC: Chaos Computer Club
CCL: Common Command Language
CCC: Computer Control Center
CCL: Connection Control Language
CCC: Cordless Computer Connection
(Hardware) (IBM)
CCL: Console Command Language
CCD: Charge Coupled Device CCM: Change Configuration Management

(Hardware) CCM: Comprehensive Client Manager
CCDA: Cisco Certified Design Associate CCM: Concurrency Control Mechanism
Introductory to mid-level certification for IT professionals (Databases)
who can design routed and switched network infrastructures
involving LAN, WAN, and dial access services for businesses
CCM: Corba Component Model
and organizations (Cisco) CCMSE: Checkpoint Certified Managed Security
CCDP: Cisco Certified Design Professional Expert
Advanced certification for security professionals
Mid to advanced-level certification for IT professionals who
implementing Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1 and Provider-
can design routed and switched networks involving LAN,
1 Internet security solutions
WAN, and dial access services (Cisco)
CCEA: Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator CCN: Computer Communication Network
Mid level certification for IT professionals who want to CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate
expand their knowledge of Citrix products and give them even Introductory-level certification for IT professionals who can
more extensive experience installing and administering the install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access
Citrix MetaFrame suite of products services for small networks (100 nodes or fewer) (Cisco)
CCF: Cold-Cathode Fluorescent CCNA: Customer Carrier Name Abbreviation
(Hardware) (Communication)
CCF: Common Connector Framework CCNC: Common Channel Network Controller
(Software) (IBM)
CCNC: Computer/Communications Network
CCF: Connection Control Function Center
CCFT: Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube CCNP: Cisco Certified Network Professional
CCI: Common Client Interface Intermediate-level certification for IT professionals who can
install, configure, and troubleshoot local and wide area
CCIC: Committee on Computing, Information networks for enterprise organizations with networks from 100
and Communications to more than 500 nodes (Cisco)
(Organizations)
CCP: Certified Computing Professional
CCIE: Cisco Certified Internet Expert
CCP: Command Console Processor
Advanced-level certification for IT professionals who have
the training, experience and confidence to tackle the most CCP: Compression Control Protocol
challenging problems in their field (Cisco) Used for establishing and configuring data compression
algorithms over PPP, is responsible for configuring, enabling,
CCIN: Coordinating Committee of International
and disabling data compression algorithms on both ends of
Networks the point-to-point link. See
CCIP: Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/ccp.htm
Mid-level certification for IT professionals who have a (Network)
detailed understanding of networking technologies in the CCP: Console Command Processor
service provider arena including IP routing, IP QoS, BGP,
and MPLS (Cisco)

CCR CDL
CCR: Commitment, Concurrency and Recovery CD+G: Compact Disk Plus Graphics
An International Organization for Standardization's open
CD+MIDI: Compact Disk Plus Musical
systems interconnection (OSI) application service element
used to create atomic operations across distributed
Instruments Digital Interface
systems. (Software) CDA: Communications Decency Act
CCRMA: Center for Computer Research in Music CDA: Compact Disk Audio
and Acoustics Filename extension for CD audio tracks C
CCS: Color Calibration System CDA: Compound Document Architecture
CCS: Common Channel Signaling (DEC)
(Communication) CDBS: Connectionless Data Bearer Service
CCS: Common Command Set CDBT: Compact Disk-Based Training
SCSI command set
CDC: Connected Device Configuration
CCS: Common Communications Support Provides a virtual machine and basic class libraries to
(IBM) support Java language applications on consumer electronic
and embedded devices such as smart communicators,
CCS: Continuous Composite Servo pagers, PDAs, and interactive, digital television set-top
CCS: Cryptographic CheckSum boxes (Sun)
(Security) CDC: Control Data Corporation
CCS7: Common Channel signaling System 7 CD-DA: Compact Disk Digital Audio
CCSA: Checkpoint Certified Security CDDI: Copper Distributed Data Interface
Administrator
CDE: Certified Directory Engineer
Checkpoint's initial security certification. Stage 2 is the
CCSE (Security) (Network) (Novell)
CCSD: Cellular Circuit-Switched Data CDE: Common Desktop Environment

A graphical user interface running on UNIX. (Operating
CCSE: Checkpoint Certified Security Expert systems)
Checkpoint Certification. Stage 2 after completing the CCSA
(Security) CDE: Complex Data Entry
CCSID: Coded Character Set IDentification CDE: Cooperative Development Environment
CCSP: Cisco Certified Security Professional CD-E: Compact Disc Erasable

Advanced-level certification for IT professionals who are (Hardware)
actively involved in developing business solutions and CDF: Channel Definition Format
designing and delivering multiple levels of security
Is an application of the eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
departments (Cisco)
designed for push technology
CCT: China Coast Time CDF: Comma Delimited Format
Timezone: GMT +8:00
File name extension
CCT: Compuserve Communication Toolbox CDF: Compound Document Framework
(CompuServe)
Combination mechanism for XML-based languages.
ccTLD: Country Code Top Level Domain Therefore, all conformant compound documents have an XML-
(Network) based root document
CCU: Cache Control Unit CDFS: Compact Disk File System

(Operating systems)
CCW: Channel Command Word
(Hardware) (IBM) CDI: Customer Data Integration
Bringing together business information relating to customers
CCW: Com Callable Wrapper from multiple sources
CD-I: Compact Disk Interactive
CCXML: Call Control eXtensible Markup (Hardware)
Language
Is designed to provide telephony call control support for
CDIA: Certified Document Imaging Architect
VoiceXML or other dialog systems. CCXML has been CDID: Compact Disk Image Designer
designed to complement and integrate with a VoiceXML
interpreter CDIF: Case Data Interchange Format
Family of standards that lays out a single architecture for
CD: Carrier Detect exchanging information between modelling tools, and between
Serial port signal (Communication) repositories, and defines the interfaces of the components to
CD: Change Directory implement this architecture
CD: Collision Detect CDK: Content Development Kit

(Communication) (Software) (Microsoft)
CD: Color Display CDK: Control Development Kit

CD: Compact Disk
(Hardware)
CDL: Computer Design Language

CDM CEH
CDM: Control Development Module CDS: Cell Directory Service

CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access CDS: Correlated Double Sampling
(Communication) Technology to clean the image signal during scanning
(Hardware)
CDMF: Commercial Data Masking Facility
(IBM) CDS: Current Directory Structure
CDML: Claris Dynamic Markup Language CDSA: Common Data Security Architecture C
(Claris) CDSL: Consumer Digital Subscriber Line
CD-MO: Compact Disk Magneto Optical (Communication)
CD-MRW: Compact Disk-Mount rainier CDT: C/C++ Development Tools

ReWriteable Eclipse subproject working towards providing a fully
Standard that enables native OS support of data storage on functional C and C++ Integrated Development Environment
CD-RW. This makes the technology far easier to use and (IDE) for the Eclipse platform (Software)
allows the replacement of the floppy. See http://www.mt- CDT: Cambridge Display Technology
rainier.org/ (Hardware)
CDT: Center for Democracy and Technology
CDN: Content Delivery Network (Organizations)
CDO: Collaboration Data Objects
CDT: Central Daylight Time
CDONTS: Collaboration Data Objects for Timezone: GMT -6:00
windows New Technology Server
CDT: Corel Draw Template
File name extension
CDOS: Concurrent Disk Operating System
CDV: Cell Delay Variation
CDP: Certificate in Data Processing In an ATM network, the variation in cell delay through the
One of the first certifications for computer professionals network (Network)
CDP: Cisco Discovery Protocol CD-V: Compact Disk - Video
Used by Cisco Routers (Network) (Cisco) CDW: Computer Discount Warehouse
CDP: Crl Distribution Point Computer store
(Security)
CDW: Copy Database Wizard
CDPD: Cellular Digital Packed Data (Databases) (Microsoft)
(Communication) CD-WO: Compact Disk - Write Once
CD-PROM: Compact Disk Programmable Read CDX: CompounD indeX
Only Memory File name extension (Microsoft)
(Hardware) (Kodak)
CD-XA: Compact Disk - eXtended Architecture
CDR: Call Detail Record
(Communication) CE: Cache Enable
CDR: Clock and Data Recovery CE: Chip Enable

(Hardware) CE: Collision Elimination
CDR: Common Data Representation CE: Compact Edition
CDR: Corel DRaw CE: Convert Enable
Filename extension
CE: Customer Engineer
CD-R: Compact Disk Recordable
CEA: Cisco Enterprise Accounting
(Hardware)
(Cisco)
CDRA: Character Data Representation
CEA: Consumer Electronic Association
Architecture
(Organizations)
(IBM)
CEBIT: CEntrum Büro Information
CDRAM: Cache Dynamic Random Access
Telekommunikation
Memory
(Hardware) CEBUS: Consumer Electronics BUS
(Hardware)
CD-RDx: Compact Disk - Rom Data eXchange
CEC: Certified E-commerce Consultant
CDRL: Contract Data Requirements List
CEF: Common Executable Format
CD-ROM: Compact Disk Read Only Memory
Format that allows a single executable to be produced to run
A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly
on all Pocket PC devices, regardless of processor (Software)
600 megabytes) and the use of laser optics rather than
magnetic means for reading data. (Hardware) CEG: Continuous Edge Graphics
CD-RTOS: Compact Disk - Real Time Operating CEH: Certified Ethical Hacker
System Certification in IT security issued by The International
Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council)
CD-RW: Compact Disk-ReWriteable
(Security)
(Hardware)

CEI CGI
CEI: Conducted Electromagnetic Interference CFA: Color Filter Array

In digital imaging, CFAs assign a separate primary color to
CEI: Connection Endpoint Identifier
each pixel by placing a filter of that color over the pixel. . As
CELP: Card Edge Low Profile photons pass through the filter to reach the pixel, only
(Intel) wavelengths of that primary color will pass through
(Hardware)
CELP: Code Excited Linear Prediction
CFB: Call Forward Busy
CEMA: Consumer Electroinics Manufacturers C
Association CFB: Cipher FeedBack
(Organizations) CFB: Configurable Function Block
CEMF: Cisco Element Management Framework CFC: ColdFusion Component
Collects fault information from various sources.Network (Software)
elements, such as routers or switches, may report fault
conditions as SNMP traps, Syslog messages, and so on CFCC: Coupling Facility Control Code
(Software) (Cisco) (Databases)
CEMM: Consumer Electronics Manufacturers CFD: Call For Discussion

Association CFD: Computational Fluid Dynamics
(Operating systems) (Compaq)
CFDJ: ColdFusion Developer's Journal
CEMS: Constituent Electronic Mail System
CFDP: Coherent File Distribution Protocol
CENELEC: Comité Européen de Normalisation (Network)
ELECtrotechnique
CFF: Compact Font Format
CENTR: Council of European National Top level
(Adobe)
domain Registries
(Organizations) CFG: ConFiGuration
File name extension
CEO: Chief Executive Officer
CFM: Code Fragment Manager
CEOP: Conditional End Of Page
(Apple)
CEPT: Conference of European Postal and
CFM: ConFiguration Management
Telecommunications
(Organizations) CFM: Cubic Feet Per Minute
CER: Canonical Encoding Rules CFML: ColdFusion Markup Language
(Allaire)
CER: Cell Error Ratio
In an ATM network, ratio of errored cells to transmitted cells. CFMN: Client For Microsoft Networks
Measures the accuracy of cell transmission (Network) 32-bit, protected-mode network client for Windows 9x that
provides the redirector and other software components for
CER: Corporate Error Reporting Microsoft networking (Network) (Microsoft)
Tool that allows IT Administrators to manage error reports
and error messages created by the Windows Error Reporting CFO: Chief Financial Officer
client (WER) in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and CFO: Compaq Factory Outlet
error-reporting clients included in other Microsoft programs
(Compaq)
CFP: Call For Papers
CERFNET: California Educational and Research
Federation NETwork CFQ: Class-based Fair Queuing
(Network)
CERN: Centre Européen pour la Recherche
Nucléaire CFR: Computerized Facial Recognition
CERT: Computer Emergency Response Team CFRM: Coupling Facility Resource Management
(Organizations) (Databases)
CERT/CC: Computer Emergency Response CFS: Caching File System
Team Coordination Center CFS: Common File System
(Organizations)
CFV: Call For Votes
CES: Circuit Emulation Service
CG: Computer Generated
CES: Consumer Electronic Show
CG: Computer Graphics
CET: Central European Time
Timezone: GMT +1:00 CG: Control Gate
CF: ColdFusion CGA: Color Graphics Adapter

(Software) Video specification for a resolution of 320x200 pixels in 16
colors (Hardware)
CF: Compact Flash
Add-in expansion cards (Hardware)
CGE: Common Graphics Environment
CGI: Common Gateway Interface
CF: Coupling Facility
A common method for transferring information between a web
(Databases)
server and a back-end application (Network)

CGI CIP
CGI: Computer Generated Images CIC: Cisco Info Center

A service-level monitoring and diagnostics tool that provides
CGI: Computer Graphics Interface
network fault and performance monitoring, trouble isolation,
CGM: Computer Graphics Metafile and real-time service-level management for large networks
File name extension (Software) (Cisco)
CGMP: Cisco Group Multicast Protocol CIC: Coordination and Information Center
A form of Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) snooping
that lets the switch send multicasts only to the ports on a
CICA: Center of Innovative Computer C
Applications
VLAN that are participating in the multicast (Network)
(Cisco) CICS: Customer Information Control System
(IBM)
CGMS: Copy Generation Management System
CICS/VS: Customer Information Control
CGS: Continuous-Grain Silicon
System / Virtual Storage
(Hardware)
CID: Charge-Injection Device
CHAP: Challenge Handshake Authentication
Protocol CID: Configuration, Installation, Distribution
A security tool offered in point-to-point protocol (PPP) based CIDL: Component Implementation Definition
on encrypted password exchange. (Network)
Language
CHAR: Character The semantics of the CORBA Components Model (CCM)
CHAT: Conversational Hypertext Access CIDMID: Content-ID and Message-ID
Technology (Network)
CHCK: CHannel ChecK CIDR: Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CHCP: CHange Code Page Solution that allows more scalability in the Internet under the
current IP version 4 addressing scheme. It provides an
CHDIR: CHange DIRectory interim solution until IP version 6 is put into place (Network)
CHFI: Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator CIE: Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage
Certification in IT security issued by The International A standard means for specifying the color of an object or light
Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) source in terms of (x,y) coordinates.
(Security)
CIF: Common Interchange Format
CHFN: CHange FiNger
CIF: Common source Intermediate Format
CHGRP: CHange GRouP A video format in which frames are 360 pixels wide and 288
CHILL: Ccitt HIgh Level Language pixels high (one half of the CCIR 601 frame size). Each pixel
has its own luminance value.
CHIPS: Clearinghouse Interbank Payments
System CIF: Component Implementation Framework
Defines the programming model for constructing component
CHKDSK: CHecK DiSK implementations
CHMOD: CHange MODe CIF: Crystallographic Information File
CHOWN: CHange OWNer File name extension
CHP: CHaPter CIF: Customer Information File

CHR: CHaRacter CIFF: Camera Image FIle Format
CHRP: Common Hardware Reference Platform CIFS: Common Internet File System
CHS: Cylinder, Head, Sector
CIL: Common Intermediate Language
CHTML: Compressed HyperText Markup
Language CIL: Computer Integration Laboratories
CI: Coded Information CIM: Common Information Model
CI: Competitive Intelligence CIM: Compuserve Information Manager
CI: Component Interface CIM: Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CI: Congestion Indication CIM: Cox Interactive Media
CI: Content Inspection CIM: Customer Information Management
CI/O: Comprehensive Input/ Output CIO: Chief Information Officer
Refers to Adaptec's RAID management software. (Hardware) CIOCS: Communication Input/Output Control
(Adaptec) System
CIA: Current Instruction Address CIP: Command Interface Port
CIAC: Computer Incident Advisory Capability CIP: Commerce Interchange Pipeline
(Organizations)
(Microsoft)
CIB: Computer Integrated Business CIP: Common Indexing Protocol
CIC: Carrier Identification Code CIP: Computer Integrated Processing

CIPM CLI
CIPM: Commerce Interchange Pipeline Manager CJLI: Command Job Language Interpreter
CKD: Count Key Data
CIPS: Canadian Information Processing Society CKE: Commercial Key Escrow
Accredits academic programs in technology, certifies
(Software)
practitioners, and has a code of conduct for professional
behavior. See also http://www.cips.ca/ (Organizations) CKM: Customer Knowledge Management
CIPSO: Commercial Internet Protocol Security CKO: Chief Knowledge Officer C
Option CL: Cas Latency
(Security)
Number of clock cycles it takes before data starts to flow
CIR: Committed Information Rate once a command is received. Low CAS latency is faster than
A minimum access rate the service provider commits to high CAS latency (Hardware)
providing the customer (Communication) CL: Common Lisp
CIR: Consumer InfraRed Programming language (Software)
(Hardware) CL: ConnectionLess
CIRC: Cross-Interleaved Reed-solomon Code (Communication)
CIS: Card Information Structure CLAR: Channel Local Address Register

CIS: Client Information System CLASS: Centralized Local Area Selective
Signaling
CIS: Com+ Internet Service
(Software) (Microsoft) CLASS: CLient Access to Systems and Services
CIS: Component Interaction Service CLASS: Cooperative Library Agency for
(Databases) Systems and Services
CIS: Compressed Image Sequence CLASS: Custom Local Area Signaling Services
The XIL library's compressors store (generally related) CLC: Certified Local Carrier
compressed video frames in structures called CIS buffers. (Communication)
The images may represent frames in a movie, pages in a
document, and so on. CLC: CLear Carry flag
CIS: Compuserve Information Service CLC: Color Laser Copier
(CompuServe) (Hardware) (Canon)
CIS: Computer Information Systems CLCC: Ceramic Leadless Chip Carrier

(Hardware)
CIS: Contact Image Sensor
Scanner device (Hardware) C-LCD: Cholesteric Liquid Cristal Display
(Hardware)
CIS: Customer Information System
CLD: Clear Direction Flag
CIS: Customer Interaction Software
CLDC: Connected Limited Device Configuration
CISA: Certified Information System Auditor
Is the foundation of the Java runtime environment that
CISC: Complex Instruction Set Computer targets small, resource-constrained devices, such as mobile
CPU architecture (Hardware) phones, mainstream personal digital assistants, and small
retail payment terminals (Sun)
CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security
Professional CLDR: Common Locale Data Repository
http://www.unicode.org/cldr/index.html
CIT: Computer-Integrated Telephony
CLEC: Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
CIT: Court of International Trade
A telephone company that competes with other local phone
(Organizations)
companies within an exchange, or calling area, to provide
CITO: Communications and Information local telephone service (Communication)
Technology Ontario CLEI: Common Language Equipment
(Organizations) Identification
CIVIC: Cyclone Integrated Video Interfaces CLF: Common Log File
Controller (Network)
CIVR: Computer and Interactive Voice CLGA: Ceramic Land Grid Array
Response (Hardware)
CIW: Certified Internet Webmaster CLI: Call Level Interface
CIW: Client Installation Wizard CLI: Calling Line Identification
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) (Communication)
CIX: Commercial Internet eXchange CLI: Clear Interrupt Flag
CIX: Compulink Information eXchange CLI: Client Library Interface
CJK: Chinese, Japanese and Korean CLI: Command Line Interface
(Software)
CLI: Command Line Interpreter

CLI CML
CLI: Common Language Interface CLT: Cairo Local Time

Timezone: GMT +2:00
CLIB: C LIBrary
CLID: Calling Line IDentification CLTP: ConnectionLess Transport Protocol
Provides for end-to-end Transport data addressing (via
(Communication)
Transport selector) and error control (via checksum), but
CLIE: Communication, Link, Information and cannot guarantee delivery or provide flow control.
Entertainment C
CLTS: Clear Task Switch Flag
(Hardware) (Sony)
CLTV: Constant Linear Time Velocity
CLIM: Common Lisp Interface Manager
CLUI: Command Line User Interface
CLIPS: C Language Integrated Production
System CLUT: Color LookUp Table
Productive development and delivery expert system tool The color options in a graphics system, arranged by index
which provides a complete environment for the construction number. Typically, the system has a default color map. The
of rule and/or object based expert systems (Software) index of colors in the color map can be reallocated, however,
depending on the application.
CLIST: Command LIST
CLV: Constant Linear Velocity
CLK: CLocK (Hardware)
(Hardware)
CM: Communication Manager
CLL: ConnectionLess Layer (Communication)
CLLI: Common Language Location CM: Configuration Managment
Identification
(Software)
(Communication)
CM: Content Management
CLNAP: ConnectionLess Network Access
Protocol CM: Control Mark
CLNP: ConnectionLess Network Protocol CM: Corrective Maintenance
The International Organization for Standardization's open CM2: Communication Manager/2
systems interconnection (OSI) protocol for providing the
OSI Connectionless Network Service (datagram service). CMA: Concert Multi-thread Architecture
CLNP is the OSI equivalent to Internet IP, and is sometimes CMAK: Connection Manager Administration Kit
called ISO IP.
(Microsoft)
CLNS: ConnectionLess Network Service CMC: Calypso Message Center
CLO: Chief Learning Officer CMC: Common Mail Calls
CLOB: Character Large OBject CMC: Common Messaging Call
(Databases)
CMC: Communication Management
CLOS: Common Lisp Object System Configuration
(Software)
CMC: Complement Carry Flag
CLP: Cell Loss Priority
In ATM cells, a bit that specifies whether a cell can be
CMC: Computer-Mediated Communication
discarded, if necessary; for example, if network congestion or CMD: Circuit Mode Data
policing occurs (Communication)
CMD: CoMmanD
CLP: CLiPboard File name extension
File name extension
CMF: Creative Music Format
CLP: Command Line Processor
CMGM: Cisco Media Gateway Manager
CLP: Constraint Logic Programming (Software) (Cisco)
CLR: Cell Loss Ratio CMI: Control and Management Interface
In an ATM network, the ratio of lost ATM Cells to transmitted (Communication)
cells; measures the percentage of cells lost between two
points in the network. Cell loss is typically caused by severe CMIP: Common Management Information
network congestion; it can also result from bit errors in the Protocol
cell header (Network) The International Organization for Standardization's open
systems interconnection (OSI) network management
CLR: Common Language Runtime
protocol. (Communication)
CMIS: Common Management Information
CLR: Compensating Log Record
System
CLS: CLear Screen
CMISE: Common Management Information
CLS: Closed Loop Solution Service Element
CLS: Common Language Specification CML: Chemical Markup Language
(Software)
CML: Computer Managed Learning
CLSID: CLaSs IDentifier CML: Conceptual Modelling Language
(Software)

CML CNSS
CML: Current Mode Logic CMU: Carnegie Mellon University

(Organizations)
CMM: Capability Maturity Model
Strategy for improving the software process, irrespective of CMVC: Configuration Management Version
the actual life-cycle model used (Software) Control
(IBM)
CMM: Conceptual Modeling Language
CMMF: Certificate Management Message Format CMW: Compartmented Mode Workstation
A PKIX format used to convey certificate requests and
C
CMY: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
revocation requests from end entities to certificate The CMY color model subtracts percentages of cyan,
authorities and to send a variety of information from magenta, and yellow to yield the desired colors. Subtracting
certificate authorities to end entities 0 percent of all three colors results in white; subtracting 100
CMMS: Computerized Maintenance percent of all three colors results in black. (Hardware)
Management Software CMYK: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK
CMOL: CMip Over Llc Color encoding scheme. The black provides deeper colors,
expecially full black, compared with the CMY color model.
CMOS: Coats-Mellon Operational Specification
CN: Common Name
CMOS: Complementary Metal Oxide The name used for objects in a directory.
Semiconductor
Semiconductor manufacturing technology (Hardware)
CNA: Certified Novell Administrator
(Novell)
CMOS: Configuration Memory Operating
System CNA: Communications Network Application
CMOT: CMip Over Tcp CNAPS: Co-processing Node Architecture for

An effort to use the International Organization for Parallel Systems
Standardization's open systems interconnection (OSI) CNB: Connected Network Backup
network management protocol to manage TCP/IP networks. On-line storage service
(Network)
CNC: Computerized Numerical Control
CMOV: Conditional MOVe
CND: Caller Number Delivery
CMP: Cellular MultiProcessing
Computer architecture (Hardware) CNE: Certified Novell Engineer
(Novell)
CMP: Certificate Management Protocol
CNF: CoNFiguration
CMP: Chip MultiProcessor
File name extension
(Hardware)
CNG: CalliNG
CMP: CoMPare
CNI: Certified Novell Instructor
CMP: Container-Managed Persistence
(Novell)
(Software)
CNI: Common Network Interface
CMP: Cooperative Marketing Partner
CNIDIR: Coalition for Networked Information
CMPS: CoMPare word String DIRectories
CMR: Cell Mis-insertion Rate CNIDR: Clearinghouse for Network Information
In an ATM network, the total number of misinserted cells and Discovery and Retrieval
observed during a specified time interval divided by the time
interval duration (Network) CNM: Communications Network Management
CMR: Common Mode Rejection CNM: Customer Network Management
CMRR: Common Mode Rejection Ratio CNMA: Communications Network for
Manufacturing Applications
CMS: Call Management Server
CNMS: Compaq Netelligent Management
CMS: Code Management System
Software
CMS: Color Matching System (Compaq)
CMS: Compiler Monitor System CNMS: Cylink Network Management System
CMS: Content Management System CNN: Composite Network Node
(Software)
CNR: Carrier to Noise Ratio
CMS: Conversational Monitor System
CNR: Communication and Networking Riser
CMS: Cryptographic Message Syntax (Hardware)
CMT: Connection ManagemenT CNR: Communication Network Riser
CMTL: Computer Memory Test Labs (Hardware)
(Organizations) CNS: Complimentary Network Service
CMTS: Cable Modem Termination System CNSS: Core Nodal Switching Subsystem
(Network)

CNT COPICS
CNT: CoNTents COEM: Commercial Original Equipment

File name extension Manufacturer
CNTFET: Carbon NanoTube Field-Effect COFA: Change Of Frame Alignment
Transistor (Communication)
(Hardware)
COFDM: Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division
CNV: CoNVentional Multiplexing
(Communication) C
CNVT: CoNVerT
CNX: Certified Network eXpert COFF: Common Object File Format
COG: Chip On Glass
CO: Central Office
(Hardware)
CO: Command Output
COG: Component Obsolescence Group
CO: Connection Oriented Advisory group connected with the maintence of older
(Communication) elctronic hardware including computer systems for specialist
CO: Convert Out functions. See also http://www.cog.org.uk/ (Organizations)
CoA: Care Of Address COGO: COordinate GeOmetry

Temporary IP Address used by a mobile user when roaming Programming Language
onto a foreign IP network. It is used within mobile IP and can COL: COLlision
either be leased from the HA (Home Agent) or FA (Foreign
Agent) (Network) COL: Computer Oriented Language
COAST: Cache On A STick COLD: Computer Output to Laser Disc

(Hardware) COLT: Connection Optimized Link Technology
COAST: Computer Operations, Audit, and (Communication)
Security Technology COLUG: Central Ohio Linux Users Group
Laboratory in computer security research in the Computer See www.colug.net (Organizations)
Sciences Department at Purdue University
COM: COMmand
COB: Chip-On-Board File name extension
COB: Connected Online Backup COM: COMmunication port
(Software) Serial port (Communication)
COBOL: COmmon Business-Oriented Language COM: Component Object Model
COM: Computer Output Microfilm
COCOMO: COnstructive COst MOdel
COMDEX: COMputer Dealers EXposition
A technique for estimating the effort and duration of a
software project based on its estimated size created by Barry COMET: COrnell Macintosh Terminal Emulator
Boehm (Software) (Software)
COCOT: Customer Owned Coin Operated COMP: Compare
Telephone
COMPAQ: COMPatibilty And Quality
COD: Cash On Delivery Used to refer to the fact that their computers were both IBM
CODASYL: Conference On DAta SYstem PC compatible and very reliable
Languages COMSAT: COMmunications SATellite corporation
(Organizations)
COMTI: Component Object Model Transaction
CODCF: Central Office Data Connecting Facility Integrator
CODE: Campaign for an Open Digital (Microsoft)
Environment CON: Console
International coalition of civil liberties groups and consumer Usually include keyboard and screen
rights initiatives to protect the public's rights, innovation,
and competition against the proposed European Union CONCERT: COmmunications for North Carolina
Directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Education, Research and Technology
CODE: Client/server Open Development CONS: Connection-Oriented Network Service
Environment CONTAC: Central Office NeTwork ACcess
CODEC: COder/DECoder COO: Chief Operating Officer
CoE: Center Of Excellence COO: Cost Of Ownership
Group of subject matter experts (Organizations)
COOL: Cobol Object Orientated Language
COE: Central Office Equipment
COP: Character-Oriented Protocol
COE: Common Operating Environment
COPA: Children Online Protection Act
COE: Consistent Office Environment
COPICS: Communications Oriented Production
COEES: Central Office Equipment Engineering Information and Control System
System (IBM)

COPP CPL
COPP: Certified Output Protection Protocol CP: Copy Protected

COPPA: Child Online Privacy Protection Act CP: Customer Premises
(Communication)
COPS: Common Open Policy Service
An IETF proposed standard defining a simple protocol for CP/M: Control Program for Microprocessors
provisioning QoS by outsourcing policy-based admission (Operating systems)
control over requests for network resources (Network)
CPA: Certified Public Accountant C
COR: Common Object Runtime
(Operating systems)
CPA: Cost Per Action
CORBA: Common Object Request Broker CPA: Crown Print Auditor

(Hardware) (QMS)
Architecture
COREN: COrporation for Research and CPAN: Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
Enterprise Network CPC: Constant Point Calculation
COS: Camera Operating System CPC: Cost Per Click
(Operating systems)
CPCS: Check Processing Control System
COS: Card Operating System (IBM)
(Operating systems)
CPCS: Common Part Convergence Sublayer
CoS: Class Of Service CPD: Conseal Provate Desktop
A category based on type of user, type of application, or
Personal firewall (Network)
some other criteria that QoS systems can use to provide
differentiated classes of service (Network) CPE: Central Processing Element
COS: Common Object Service CPE: Conseal Private Desktop
COS: Compatible Operating System (Hardware)
COS: Corporation for Open Systems CPE: Cover Page Editor

File name extension
A vendor and user group for conformance testing,
certification, and promotion of International Organization for CPE: Customer Premises Equipment
Standardization's open systems interconnection (OSI)
products.
CPEX: Customer Profile EXchange
COSE: Combined Office Standard Environment CPFR: Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and
Replenishment
COSE: Common Open Software Environment (Software)
COSIC: COmputer Security and Industrial CPG: Clock Pulse Generator
Cryptography
(Organizations)
CPH: Cost Per Hour
COSINE: Cooperation for Open Systems cpi: Characters Per Inch

Interconnection Networking in Europe CPI: Clock Per Instruction
A program sponsored by the European Commission, aimed at
CPI: Code Page Information
using open systems interconnection (OSI) to tie together
European research networks. File name extension (Microsoft)
COSMIC: COmputer Software Management and CPI: Common Part Indicator

Information Center CPI: Common Programming Interface
(NASA) (IBM)
COSMOS: COmputer System for Mainframe CPI: Communication Programming Interface
OperationS (Communication)
COSS: Common Object Services Specification CPI: Computer Private branch exchange
COT: Central Office Terminal Interface
COTS: Commercial Off-The-Shelf CPIC: Common Programming Interface for

Software or hardware products that are ready-made and
Communications
available for sale to the general public. They are often used (IBM)
as alternatives to in-house developments (Software) CPI-C: Common Programming Interface for
COTS: Connection-Oriented Transport Service Communications
(IBM)
COW: Cluster Of Workstations
(Hardware) CPIO: CoPy In/Out
COW: Computer On Wheels CPL: Combined Programming Language
CP: Connection Processor CPL: Common Public License
(Hardware) CPL: Compressed Printer Language
CP: Control Panel (Hardware)
CP: Control Point CPL: Control PaneL

Control panel extension (Microsoft)

CPL CRT
CPL: Conversational Programming Language CRAYON: CReAte Your Own Newspaper

CPL: Current Privilege Level CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check
An error check in which the check key is generated by a
CPLD: Complex Programmable Logic Device
cyclic algorithm. (Communication)
CPM: Cost Per Minute
CRCG: Center for Research in Computer
CPM: Critical Path Method Graphics
CPML: Call Policy Markup Language CRD: CaRDfile
C
(Network) File name extension
CPN: Compuserve Packet Network CREN: Computer Research Education Network
CPO: Chief Privacy Officer CREN: Corporation for Research and Education
CPP: C Plus Plus (C++) Networking
Object-oriented programming language based on C. Also, CRF: Cable Retransmission Facility
filename extension. (Software)
CRF: Commit-Reconcile and Fences
CPP: Corporate Preview Program Mechanism-oriented memory model (Software)
(Microsoft)
CRF: Cross Reference File
CPRM: Content Protection for Recordable Media
CRFVC: Connection Related Function Virtual
CPS: Certification Practice Statement Channel
(Verisign)
CRFVP: Connection Related Function Virtual
cps: Characters Per Second Path
Printing engine speed
CRI: Color Reproduction Indices
CPS: Cycles Per Second
CRI: Cray Research, Inc.
CPSI: Configurable PostScript Interpreter
CRIMM: Continuity Rambus Inline Memory
CPSR: Computer Professionals for Social Module
Responsibility A type of system RAM (Hardware)
CPT: Command Pass Through C-RIMM: Continuity - Rambus Inline Memory
CPTWG: Copyright Protection Technical Module
Working Group (Hardware)
(Organizations) CRIN: Centre de Recherche en Informatique de
CPU: Central Processing Unit Nancy
The part of the computer in which calculations and CRISC: Complex-Reduced Instruction Set
manipulations take place. (Hardware) Computer
CPW: Commercial Processing Workload CRISP: Complex-Reduced Instruction Set
(IBM) Processor
CQA: Certified Quality Analyst CRL: Certificate Revocation List
CR: Candidate Recommendation (Security)
CR: Card Reader CRM: Customer Relationship Management

(Hardware) CRME: Certified Remote Management Engineer
CR: Carriage Return CRMF: Certificate Request Message Format
Usually used as a control code or a terminator A PKIX format used for messages related to life-cycle
management of X.509 certificates. This format is a subset of
CR: Command Register
CMMF
(Hardware)
CROM: Control Read-Only Memory
CR: Content Redirection
(Hardware)
CR/LF: Carriage Return/Line Feed
CRP: Common Reference Platform
CRAM: Card Random Access Memory
CRS: Can't Remember Stuff
(Hardware)
(Net lingo)
CRAM: Challenge-Response Authentication
CRS: Cell Relay Service
Mechanism
(Operating systems) CRS: Computerized Reservation System
CRAM: Computerized Reliability Analysis CRS: Content Replication Service
Method (Microsoft)
(Software) CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
CRAM: Cyberspatial Reality Advancement The CRT operates by firing an electron beam that strikes the
Movement inside of the monitor's display surface, which is coated with
phosphor. The phosphor glows briefly when excited by the
CRAS: Cable Repair Administrative System beam. (Hardware)

CRTC CSP
CRTC: Canadian Radio-television and CSI: Computer Security Institute

Telecomunications Commission (Organizations)
(Organizations)
CSID: Calling Subscriber IDentification
CRTC: Cathode Ray Tube Controller
CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
(Hardware)
Research Organization
CRUD: Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete CSIRT: Computer Security Incident Response
Team
C
CS: Cable Select
Allows drives to determaine whether they are master or slave (Security)
according to their position along the bus (Hardware)
CSIv2: Common Secure Interoperability
CS: Chip Select Version 2
(Hardware) Addresses the requirements of CORBA security for
interoperable authentication, delegation, and privileges
CS: Code Segment
CPU register (Hardware) (Intel) CSL: Computer Sensitive Language
CS: Computer Science CSLIP: Compressed Serial Line Interface
Protocol
CS: Counter-Strike
See http://www.counter-strike.net/ (Games) CSM: Code Set Map
CS/SS: Card Service/Socket Service CSM: Communications Services Manager
CS1: Capability Set 1 CSM: Control Strip Module
CSA: Calendaring and Scheduling Api CSMA: Carrier Sense Multiple Access
(IBM) (Communication)
CSA: Communications Streaming Architecture CSMA/CA: Carrier Sense Multiple

Directly connects the Memory Controller Hub to the network Access/Collision Avoidance
controller. With CSA-based motherboards, network data can (Communication)
be transferred at a much higher rate with lower latency
CSMA/CD: Carrier Sense Multiple
(Hardware) (Intel)
Access/Collision Detect
CSAPI: Common Speller Application Program The access method used by local area networking
Interface technologies such as Ethernet. (Network)
CSAR: Channel System Address Register CSMS: Customer Support Management System
CSC: Computer Sciences Corporation CSN: Card-Select Number
Company Name
CSN: Compaq Service Network
CSCC: Concurrent SuperComputing Consortium (Compaq)
CSCW: Computer Supported Cooperative Work CSNET: Computer Science NETwork
CSD: Circuit-Switched Data Computer+Science Network. A large computer network,
mostly in the U.S. but with international connections. CSNET
CSD: Computer Services Department sites include universities, research labs, and some
commercial companies. Now merged with BITNET to form
CSD: Corrective Service Diskette
CREN.
(IBM)
CSNW: Client Services for NetWare
CSDC: Circuit Switched Digital Capability
CSDS: Circuit Switched Data Service
CSO: Central Services Organization
CSE: Certified System Engineer
CSO: Cold Start Only
CSER: Consortium for Software Engineering In ISDN is a capability of a Network Terminator 1 (NT1)
Research (Network)
(Organizations)
CSP: Certified Systems Professional
C-SET: Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Display
CSP: Chip-Scale Packaging
CSFI: Communication Subsystem For
CSP: Commercial Service Provider
Interconnection
CSP: Commercial Subroutine Package
CSG: Constructive Solid Geometry
CSP: Communicating Sequential Processes
CSG: Consulting Services Group
(Lotus) CSP: Component Service Provider
CSH: C SHell CSP: Compucom Speed Protocol
Unix shell CSP: Converged Service Provider
CSH: Complementary Software House CSP: Cross System Product
CSI: Command Sequence Introducer (IBM)
CSI: CompuServe Incorporated CSP: Cryptographic Service Provider

CSP CTOS
CSP: Crystal Server Pages CSTS: Computer Supported

A page that contains HTML/VB/JavaScript that is processed Telecommunications Standard
by the Web Component Server in the Crystal Enterprise
eBusiness Framework (Software)
CSU: Channel Service Unit
CSUNET: California State University NETwork
CSPDK: Cryptographic Service Provider
Developer's Kit CSV: Circuit-Switched Voice
CSV: Comma-Separated Value C
CSPDN: Circuit Switched Public Data Network CSV: Common Services Verbs
CSPDU: Convergence Sublayer Protocol Data (Microsoft)
Unit CSV: Computer System Validation
CSPM: Cisco Secure Policy Manager Process used mainly at pharmaceutical companies to ensure
(Cisco) that systems are reliable and predictable
CSR: Certificate Signing Request CSW: Channel Status Word

(Hardware) (IBM)
CSRAM: Custom Static Random Access Memory
(Hardware) CT: Computer Telephony
(Hardware)
CSRG: Computer Systems Research Group
(Organizations) CTAN: Comprehensive Tex Archive Network
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets CTB: Cipher Type Byte
CSS: Central Structure Store CTB: Communication ToolBox
The CSS is an editable hierarchy of structures composed of CTBS: Computer Telephony Business Solution
elements, attributes, and transformations. CSS elements are (Hardware) (IBM)
drawing primitives such as lines and polygons and CSS
attributes are qualities such as color and style. CTC: Care To Chat
(Net lingo)
CSS: Computer Sub System
CSS: Computer Systems Specialist CTC: Certified Testing Center
CTC: Channel To Channel
CSS: Contact Start-Stop
CSS: Content Scrambling System CTC: Counter/Timer Chip
(Hardware)
Copy protection scheme used for example with DVDs (Digital
Video Discs) CTCA: Channel To Channel Adapter
CSS: Content Services Switch CTCP: Client-To-Client Protocol
(Hardware) (Cisco)
CTD: Cell Transfer Delay
CSS: Continuous System Simulator In an ATM network, measures the peak and mean delay that
cells experience while traveling from one point in the network
CSS: Cross-Site Scripting
to another (Network)
(Software)
CTE: Charge Transfer Efficiency
CSS: Customizable Starter Site
(Hardware)
(Microsoft)
CTE: Customer Termination Equipment
CSS: Cybermedia Support Server
(Network)
CSS2: Cascading Style Sheet 2
CTEC: Certified Training and Education Centre
CSSM: Client-Server Systems Management
CTERM: Command TERMinal
(IBM)
CTF: Capture, Transform, and Flow
CST: Central Standard Time
Data warehousing (Databases)
Timezone: GMT -6:00
CTFT: Color Thin Film Transistor
CST: Consolidated Service Test
LCD manufacturing technology (Hardware)
Enhances the way IBM tests and recommends maintenance
packages for z/OS and OS/390 software, including the major CTI: Computer Telephony Integration
subsystems (IBM) (Microsoft)
CSTA: Computer-Supported Telephony CTL: Certificate Trust List
Applications
CTL: Complex Text Layout
CSTB: Computer Science and
CTM: Component Transaction Monitor
Telecommunications Board
(Software)
(Organizations)
CTN: Can't Talk Now
CSTE: Certified Software Test Engineer
(Net lingo)
(Software)
CTO: Chief Technical Officer
CSTN: Color SuperTwist Nematic
LCD display technology (Hardware) CTOS: Cassette Tape Operating System

CTOS CWNP
CTOS: Computerized Tomography Operating CUL: See You Later

System Will get in touch later on (Net lingo)
CTOS: Convergent Technologies Operating CUP: CUrsor Position

System
CUPID: Completely Universal Processor I/o
CTP: Capable To Promise Design
(AST)
CTP: Community Technology Preview C
CTP: Convergence Technologies Professional CUR: CURsor
Vendor-neutral certification for IT professionals who have File name extension
the core knowledge and skills required by equipment CUSI: Configurable Unified Search Interface
manufacturers, their channel partners, and end-users to sell
and service convergence technologies CUSIP: Committee for Uniform Security
Identification Procedures
CTPA: Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter
CUSP: Commonly Used System Program
CTR: Common Technical Regulations
CUT: Control Unit Terminal
CTRCO: Calculating, Tabulating, Recording
COmpany CUTE: Clarkston University Terminal Emulator
The name of this company was changed to "International CUTS: Cassette User Tape System
Business Machines" by Thomas J. Watson, Sr. (Hardware)
CTRL: ConTRoL CUU: CUrsor Up
CTS: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome CV: CodeView
CTS: Clear To Send Microsoft's format for debug indormation, embedded in the
RS-232 signal (Communication) object file or executable (Software) (Microsoft)
CTS: Common Type System CV: Curriculum Vitæ
CTS: Compatibility Test Suite CVE: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

(Software) (Security)
CTS: Component Transaction Server CVF: Compressed Volume File

CTS: Computer Telephony Solution CVGA: Color Video Graphics Array
CTS: Customer Telephone System CVIA: Computer Virus Industry Association

CTSS: Compatible Time Sharing System CVM: C Virtual Machine
Is a Java 2 virtual machine designed for devices needing the
CTSS: Cray Time Sharing System functionality of the Java 2 virtual machine feature set, but
CTT: Care To Text with a smaller footprint (Sun)
(Net lingo) CVP: Content Vectoring Protocol
CTT: Cartridge Tape Transport CVS: Computer Vision Syndrome
CTTC: Cartridge Tape Transport Controller CVS: Concurrent Version System
CTW: Catch The Werb Tool for keeping programs sources under control (Software)
Web organizer (Software) CVT: ConVerT
CTY: Catch The Web CVW: CodeView for Windows
CU: Control Unit CW: Control Word
(Hardware)
CWA: Competitive Web Analysis
CUA: Calendar User Agent
CWD: Change Working Directory
(Software)
CWD: Convert Word to Double word
CUA: Common Used Acronym
CWIS: Campus Wide Information System
CUA: Common User Access
CWIS: Community Wide Information System
CUA: Common User Application
CWM: Common Warehouse Metamodel
CUB: CUrsor Backward
Standard interfaces that can be used to enable easy
CUD: CUrsor Down interchange of warehouse and business intelligence metadata
between warehouse tools, warehouse platforms and
CUE: Custom Updates and Extras
warehouse metadata repositories in distributed
CUF: CUrsor Forward heterogeneous environments
CUG: Closed User Group CWNA: Certified Wireless Network
(Network) Administrator
Entry-level certification is for those IT professionals who are
CUI: Character-oriented User Interface
new to wireless networking but who want to come up to speed
CUI: Common User Interface quickly.
(IBM) CWNP: Certified Wireless Network Professional

CWO DAP
CWO: Chief Web Officer DAB: Digital Audio Broadcasting

(Communication)
CWSP: Certified Wireless Security Professional
Mid-level certification is for IT professionals who understand DAC: Data Acquisition and Control
how to secure a wireless LAN from hackers and who know
how to protect the valuable information
DAC: Device Access Code
DAC: Digital to Analog Converter
CXI: Common X-windows Interface
cXML: Commerce eXtensible Markup Language
An electronic device used to convert discrete digital
numbers to continuous analog signals. In contrast with
C
Standard for setting up interactive online catalogs for Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC). (Hardware)
different buyers, where the pricing and product offerings are
DAC: Discretionary Access Control D
company specific. Includes mechanisms to handle purchase
orders, change orders, status updates, and shipping DAC: Dual Attachment Concentrator
notifications
DACL: Discretionary Access Control List
CYA: Cover Your A** A list used by the operating system's directory to control
(Net lingo) access to its objects. A DACL consists of a list of security
identifiers (which identify users) and specific permissions for
CYA: See YA
each (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Net lingo)
DACS: Digital Access Control System
CYL: CYLinder
DAD: Desktop Application Director
CYMK: Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black
(Borland)
Color model
DAE: Digital Audio Extraction
D daemon: Disk And Execution MONitor
(Operating systems)
D&D: Drag & Drop
(Software) DAF: Dynamic Authentication Filter
D&I: Drop And Insert DAFS: Direct Access File System
Refers to the cross connecting of Time-Division Multiplexing (Operating systems)
(TDM) circuits. It allows you to take 64Kb DS0 channels
DAI: Distributed Artificial Intelligence
from one T1 and digitally cross connect them to 64Kb DS0
channels on another T1 (Communication) DAL: Data Abstraction Layer
D&M: Design & Modeling DAL: Data Access Language
D/A: Digital/Analog DAL: Data Access Layer
(Hardware)
DAL: Disk Access Lockout
D/L: DownLoad
DAM: Data Acquisition and Monitoring
D/R: Direct/Reverse DAM: Deferred Action Message
D/S: Dhrystone per Second (Software) (Microsoft)
D2C: Decimal To Character DAM: Digital Asset Management
(IBM)
DAM: Direct Access Mode
D2D: Developer To Developer DAM: Distributed Abstract Machine
D2T2: Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer
DAM: Distributed Associative Memory
Printing technology
(Hardware)
D2X: Decimal To heXadecimal DAML: Darpa Agent Markup Language
(IBM)
Language, developed as an extension to XML and the
D3D: Direct 3D Resource Description Framework (RDF), designed to
(Microsoft) facilitate the concept of the Semantic Web. See also
http://www.daml.org/
DA: Data Administrator
DAML: Digital Added Main Line
DA: Desk Accessory (Communication)
(Software) (Apple)
DAMPS: Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System
DA: Destination Address
DAMQAM: Dynamically Adaptive Multicarrier
DA: Differential Analyzer Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
A computer that uses interconnected integrators to solve
differential equations. DAN: Disk Area Network
DA: Directory Agent DAO: Data Access Object

(Network) (Novell) (Software) (Microsoft)
DAA: Data Access Arrangement DAO: Disk-At-Once

CD recording methodology (Hardware)
DAA: Decimal Adjust for Addition
DAP: Data Access Page
DAA: Digest Access Authentication

DAP DBME
DAP: Developer Assistance Program DAW: Digital Audio Workstation

A computer whose function is devoted primarily to digital
DAP: Directory Access Protocol
audio recording and production (Hardware)
(Network)
DAX: Developer Api eXtension
DAP: Dynamic Application Partitioning
DB: Data Buffer
DAPIE: Developers Application Programming
Interface Extensions DB: DataBase
(Databases)
DAQ: Data AcQuisition
(Hardware) DB: DataBus
Computer port (Hardware)
D
DARI: Database Application Remote Interface
(IBM) dB: DeciBel
Intensity measurement unit, used mainly in the sound field
DARMS: Digital Alternate Realization of Musical
Symbols DB: Device Bay
DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects DB2: DataBase 2
Agency (Databases) (IBM)
The U.S. government agency that funded the ARPANET.
DBA: DataBase Administrator
(Organizations)
(Databases)
DART: Digital Audio Reconstruction Technology
DBA: Date Book Archive
DART: Dynamic Advertising Reporting and Filename extension
Targeting
dBA: DeciBel Adjusted
DAS: Data Acquisition System
DBAC: DataBase Administration Center
(Hardware)
DBAS: DataBase Administration System
DAS: Data Agent Server
DBB: Dynamic Bass Boost
DAS: Decimal Adjust for Subtraction
DbC: Design By Contract
DAS: Direct Attached Storage
(Software)
Storage device that connects directly to a single server
DBC: Device Bay Controller
DAS: Directory Assistance Service
DBCC: DataBase Consistency Checks
DAS: Dual-Attached Station
(Databases)
DAS: Dynamic Allocation Scheme
DBCLOB: Double-Byte Character Large OBject
DASD: Direct Access Storage Device (Databases)
DASL: DAv Searching & Locating DBCP: DataBase Connection Pool
Application of HTTP/1.1 forming a lightweight search (Software)
protocol to transport queries and result sets and allows
clients to make use of server-side search facilities DBCS: Delivery Bar Code Sorter
DASP: Drive Active, Slave Present DBCS: Double-Byte Character Set

DASP: Dynamic Adaptive Speculative DBD: DataBase Driver
Preprocessor (Databases)
(Hardware) DBF: DataBase File
DASS: Distributed Authentication Security File name extension
Service DBF: DataBase Format
DAT: DATa (Databases)
File name extension DBI: DataBase Interface
DAT: Digital Audio Tape (Databases)
(Hardware) DBIF: DataBase InterFace
DAT: Disk Array Technology (Databases)
DATEX: DATa EXchange DBIS: Dun & Bradstreet Information Services

DAV: Data AVailable DBK: DocBooK
(Hardware) File name extension
DAV: Digital Audio-Video DBLIB: DataBase LIBrary

DAV: Distributed Authoring and Versioning
Extension of the HTTP/1.1 protocol DBM: DataBase Manager
(Databases)
DAVIC: Digital Audio/VIdeo Council
(Organizations) DBME: DataBase Managment Environment
DAVID: Digital Audio Video Interactive Decoder

DBMS DCO
DBMS: DataBase Management Environment DCB: Device Control Block

A software system facilitating the creation and maintenance
DCB: Disk Coprocessor Board
of a data base and the execution of programs using the data
(Novell)
base.
DBNL: Dial Backup Network Link DCC: Data Country Code

(Network) DCC: Digital Command Control
DBO: DataBase Owner DCC: Digital Compact Cassette
(Databases) (Hardware) (Philips)
DBP: DataBase Publishing DCC: Digital Content Creation D

DBPSK: Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying DCC: Direct Cable Connection
(Communication) (Hardware)
dBr: DeciBel Relative DCC: Direct Client Connection

Audio intensity measurement unit
DCC: Display Combination Code
DBR: Dos Boot Record DCCS: DisContiguous Shared Segments
DBRAD: Data Base Relational Application DCD: Data Carrier Detect
Directory
DCD: Database Connector Descriptor
DBRM: DataBase Request Module (Databases) (Oracle)
DBS: DataBase System DCD: Document Content Description
(Databases)
DCE: Data Circuit-terminating Equipment
DBS: Direct Broadcast Satellite
(Communication)
DCE: Data Communication Equipment
A type of hardware, such as a modem, that is responsible for
DBS: Duplex Bus Selector encoding a digital signal for delivery to a compatible DCE
DBTG: DataBase Task Group connected by a data link. In contrast with Data Terminal
Equipment (DTE) (Communication)
Subcommittee of CODASYL (Organizations)
DBV: Digital Broadcast Video DCE: Distributed Computing Environment
DBWR: DataBase WRiter DCED: Distributed Computing Environment

Daemon
DCF: Data Communication Facility
DC: Data Cartridge
(IBM)
(Hardware)
DC: Data Collection DCF: Data Compression Facility
DCF: Data Count Field
DC: Data Communication
(IBM)
(Communication)
DCF: Design rule for Camera Filesystem
DC: Data Compression
DC: Data Control DCF: Distributed Coordination Function
(Communication)
DC: Device Context
DCF: Driver Configuration File
(Operating systems)
(Lotus)
DC: Device Control
DCI: Data Capture Interface
DC: Direct Current
DCI: Display Control Interface
DC: Domain Controller
DCL: Data Control Language
(Network)
DCL: DeCLaration
DCA: Defense Communications Agency
The government agency responsible for the defense data DCL: Device CLear
network (DDN). (Organizations)
DCL: Digital Command Language
DCA: Digital Communications Associates (DEC)
DCA: Distributed Communication Architecture DCL: Digital Control Logic
DCA: Document Content Architecture DCLU: Digital Carrier Line Unit
Describes how a document is organized (tabulator, headers,
DCLZ: Data Compression Lempel-Ziv
footers, ...) so it appears the same on different systems
DCM: Digital Carrier Module
DCA: Dynamic Cache Architecture
DCML: Dynamic Configuration Markup Language
DCAF: Distributed Console Access Facility
(IBM) DCNA: Data Communication Network
Architecture
DCAM: Digital CAMera
(Hardware) DCO: Digitally Controlled Oscillator
(Hardware)
DCAM: Direct Chip Attach Module

DCOM DDS
DCOM: Distributed Component Object Model DDEML: Dynamic Data Exchange Manager
(Microsoft) Library
(Microsoft)
DCP: Device Color Profile
(Software) DDF: Data Decryption Field
DCP: Device Control Protocol
DDF: Distributed Data Facility
DCS: Data Control System
DCS: Desktop Color Separation DDF: Dynamic Data Formatting
(IBM)
(Software)
DDI: Device Driver Interface
D
DCS: Digital Cellular System
An interface that facilitates driver portability across different
DCS: Digital Cross-connect System UNIX system versions on SPARC hardware. (Operating
systems) (Sun)
DCS: Distributed Control System
DCT: DiCTionary DDI: Digital Document Interchange
File name extension DDI: Direct Dial In
DCT: Discrete Cosine Transform DDIM: Device Driver Initialization Model
Mathematical function used by video encoders to achieve a
DDK: Driver Development Kit
high compression ratio. (Software)
(Software)
DCT: Display Compression Technology
DDL: Data Definition Language
DCU: Data Cache Unit
DDL: Document Description Language
DCU: Delphi Compiled Unit
DDM: Distributed Data Management
(Software) (Borland)
(IBM)
DD: Data Definition
DDMA: Distributed Direct Access Memory
(Databases)
DDML: Document Definition Markup Language
DD: Data Dictionary
DDN: Defense Data Network
DD: Digital Display
Comprises the MILNET and several other Department of
DD: Double Density Defense networks. (Network)
DDA: Digital Differential Analyzer DDNS: Dynamic Domain Name System
A differential analyzer (DA) that uses digital representations (Network)
for analog quantities.
DDoS: Distributed Denial Of Service
DDA: Distributed Data Access (Network)
DDA: Domain-Defined Attribute DDP: Datagram Delivery Protocol
DDAP: Digital Distribution of Advertising for DDP: Distributed Data Processing
Publications
DDP: Document-Driven Programming
User-driven organization working towards enabling the
(Software)
universal exchange of digital ads throughopen process
integration and the use of accredited standards. See DDR: Dance Dance Revolution
http://www.ddap.org (Organizations) The most awesomest dance simulator around (Software)
DDB: Device Dependent Bitmap (Sony)
DDB: Device Descriptor Block DDR: Dial on Demand Routing

(Network)
DDBMS: Distributed DataBase Management
System DDR: Double Data Rate
(Databases) Memory access architecture that supports data transfers on
both edges of each clock cycle, which doubles the memory
DDC: Digital Data Channel chip's data throughput. DDR also consumes less power,
DDC: Display Data Channel which makes it well-suited for use with notebook computers
(Hardware)
DDCMP: Digital Data Communications Message
Protocol DDR: Dynamic Desktop Router
(DEC) DDR: Dynamic Document Review
DDCS: Distributed Data Connection Services (Software) (Symantec)
(IBM) DDR-SDRAM: Double Data Rate - Synchronous
DDD: Direct Distance Dialing Dynamic Random Access Memory
(Hardware)
DDE: Direct Data Entry
DDR-SMII: Double Data Rate - Serial Media
DDE: Dynamic Data Exchange Independent Interface
Interprocess communication mechanism (Software) (Network)
(Microsoft)
DDS: Data Description Specification
DDS: Design Data Sheet

DDS DFI
DDS: Digital Data Storage DENIM: Directory Enabled Net Infrastructure

Model
DDS: Digital Dataphone Service
(Network) (Novell)
(AT&T)
DEP: Data Execution Prevention
DDS: Distributed Database Services
Operating system feature that's new in Windows 2003 SP1 &
DDS: Distributed Directory Service Windows XP SP2. It serves to prevent viruses and other
malicious code from ever executing (Operating systems)
DDSA: Digital Data Service Adapter
(Microsoft)
DDT: Dynamic Debugging Tool
DEPCA: Digital Ethernet Personal Computer-
DDWG: Digital Display Working Group bus Adapter
D
(Organizations)
DEQNA: Digital Ethernet Q-bus Network Adapter
DDX: Digital Data eXchange
DER: Distinguished Encoding Rules
DE: Device End
DEREP: Digital Ethernet REPeater
DEA: Data Encryption Algorithm
DES: Data Encryption Standard
DEA: Disposable Email Address A commonly used algorithm developed by the U.S. National
Bureau of Standards for encrypting and decrypting data.
DEB: Digital European Backbone
(Network) DES: Data Entry Sheet
DEBI: Dma Extended Bus Interface DES: DEScription
(Hardware) Ffile name extension
DEC: DECrement DES: Domino Extended Search

DEC: DEvice Clear File name extension (IBM)
DEC: Digital Equipment Corporation DESC: Defense Electronics Supply Center
DECNET: Digital Equipment Corporation DESPR: Digital Ethernet Single Port Repeater
NETworking DESTA: Digital Ethernet thin-wire STation
Network protocol Adapter
DECT: Digital Enhanced Cordless DET: Device Execute Trigger
Telecommunications
DET: Directory Entry Table
(Communication)
A table on every network volume that contains directory
DECUS: Digital Equipment Corporation Users entries for each file on the volume. The table, stored in the
Society server's memory, enables quick access to the location of
every file (Novell)
DEK: Data Encryption Key
DEU: Defective End User
DEL: Data Extraction Language Often described by IS support personnel (Net lingo)
DEL: DELete DEUNA: Digital Ethernet Unibus Network
DELNI: Digital Ethernet Local Network Adapter
Interconnect
DEV: DEVice
DELQA: Digital Ethernet Lowpower Q-bus DF: Data Field
network Adapter
DF: Destination Field
DELSTR: DELete STRing
(IBM) DF: Device Flag
DELTA: Developing European Learning through DF: Double Flag

Technology Advance DFC: Data Flow Control
DELUA: Digital Ethernet Lowpower Unibus DFD: Data Flow Diagram
network Adapter
DFDR: Digital Flight Data Recorder
DELUG: DEutsche Linux User Group (Hardware)
DEMARC: Distributed Enterprise Managemant DFDSM: Data Facility Distributed Storage
ARChitecture Management
DEMPR: Distributed Enterprise Management DFDSS: Data Facility Data Set Services
ARChitecture (Software) (IBM)
DEN: Directory Enabled Networking DfE: Designed For Environment
The DEN Initiative (see www.dtmf.org) is an effort to build
intelligent networks and networked applications that can DFE: Desktop Functional Equivalent
associate users and applications to services available from (Compaq)
the network according to a consistent and rational set of DFHSM: Data Facility Hierarchical Storage
policies (Network)
Manager
DEN: Document Enabled Networking (IBM)
(Novell)
DFI: Digital Facility Interface

DFM DIP
DFM: Design For Manufacturability DHTML: Dynamic HyperText Markup Language

(IBM)
DI: Data In
DFM: Device Fault Manager DI: Destination Index
Provides real-time fault analysis for Cisco devices (Software)
Processor register (Hardware) (Intel)
(Cisco)
DIA: Document Interchange Architecture
DFN: Dedicated Frogans Network
See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software) DIANE: DIrect Access Network for Europe
DFN: Deutsches ForschungsNetz DIB: Device Independent Bitmap
DFP: Data Facility Product
File format for raster bitmaps (Microsoft) D
DIB: Directory Information Base
DFP: Digital Flat Panel
(Hardware) DIB: Dual Independent Bus
(Hardware)
DFP: Distributed Functional Plane
DIBOL: DIgital Business Oriented Language
DFPI: Digital Flat Panel Initiative
DIC: DICtionary
DFR: Double Frequency Recording File name extension
(Hardware)
DIC: Digital Interface Controller
DFS: Direct File System
DICE: Dolby's Interactive Content Encoding
DFS: Distributed File System
(Operating systems) DICE: Dynamic Internet Configuration
Environment
DFS: Domino Fax Server
(Software) (Lotus) DID: Direct Inward Dialing
DFS: Dynamic File System DIDS: Distributed Intrusion Detection System
(Operating systems) (Sun) DIF: Data Interchange Format
DFSMS: Data Facility Storage Management DiffServ: DIFFerential SERVices
System Allows providers to allocate different levels of service to
(IBM) different users of the Internet (Network)
DFT: Design For Testability DIFMOS: Double Injection Floating gate Metal
DFT: Diagnostic Function Test Oxyde Semiconductor
DFT: Discrete Fourier Transform DIFS: Dcf Inter-Frame Spacing

(Communication)
DFT: Distributed Function Terminal
DIG: Domain Internet Groper
DFU: Data File Utility (Network)
DGA: Direct Graphics Access DII: Dynamic Invocation Interface
A method of arbitrating access to the display between XGL (Software)
and X11/NeWS server. This allows XGL to talk directly to the
frame buffer, which results in maximum performance. DIIP: Direct Interrupt Identification Port
DGC: Data General Corporation DIL: Dual In Line
Data General produced minicomputers and was featured in Pin organization in ICs (Hardware)
the book "Soul of a New Machine" by Tracey Kidder
DILLIGAF: Do I Look Like I Give A F***?
(Organizations)
Sometimes used by tech support people (Net lingo)
DGC: Distributed Garbage Collection
DILLIGAF: Does It Look Like I Give A F**ck
(Software)
(Net lingo)
DGIS: Direct Graphics Interface Standard
DIME: Desktop Integrated Media Environment
DGP: Dissimilar Gateway Protocol
DIME: Direct Internet Message Encapsulation
DGR: Dynamic Growth and Reconfiguration
DIME: DIrect Memory Execute
(Artecon)
(Hardware)
DGUX: Data General UniX
DIME: Dual Independent Map Encoding
DH: Diffie-Hellman
DIMM: Dual In line Memory Module
SSL key exchange method
(Hardware)
DHCF: Distributed Host Command Facility
DIN: Deutsche Industrie Norm
DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol German standards organization (Organizations)
A system that assigns different IP addresses to devices
DIO: Data Input-Output
each time they connect to the network. DHCP can support a
mix of static and dynamic IP addresses (Network) DIP: Datacenter Infrastructure Provider
DHL: Dynamic Head Loading DIP: Dialup Internet Protocol
DHP: Dr. Halo Picture DIP: Digital Imaging Processing
File name extension

DIP DMA
DIP: Dual Inline Pin DLC: Data Line Card

Refers to the physical geometry of an integrated circuit or (Hardware)
other electronic package; rectangular, with pins on the two
longer sides (Hardware)
DLC: Data Link Control
DIPP: Dual Inline Pin Package DLC: Digital Loop Carrier

(Hardware)
Refers to the physical geometry of an integrated circuit or
other electronic package; rectangular, with pins on the two DLCI: Data Link Connection Identifier
longer sides (Hardware) Identifies the Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) connections
DIR: DIRectory from the user to the frame relay cloud. Assigned by the
service provider (Communication) D
DIS: Draft International Standard
DLD: Display List Driver
DIS: Dynamic Impedance Stabilization
DLE: Data Link Escape
DISA: Data Interchange Standards Association
DLL: Dynamic Link Library
DISA: Direct Inward System Access (Software) (Microsoft)
DISI: Directory Information Services DLL: Dynamic Link Loader
Infrastructure
(Network)
DLM: Distributed Lock Manager
DISM: Digital Interface Standards for Monitors DLM: Dynamic Link Module
(Hardware) DLP: Digital Light Processing
DISOSS: DIStributed Office Support System DLP: Discrete Logarithmic Problem
(IBM) DLPI: Data Link Provider Interface
DISP: DISPlacement The SVR4 STREAMS-based kernel-level interface that
supports the services of the Data Link Layer for both
DISP: Domino Internet Starter Pack connection-mode and connectionless-mode services.
(IBM) (Network)
DISP: Dutch Independent Shareware DLR: Dos Lan Requester
Programmer
DLR: Dynamic Link Routine
DIT: Directory Information Tree (Software)
A graphical display of an organization's directory structure,
sites, and servers, shown as a branching structure. The top- DLS: Data Link Switching
level (root) directory usually represents the organization level (IBM)
DIU: Digital Interface Unit DLS: Dos Lan Services

(Network)
DIV: DIVide
DLS: DownLoadable Sample
DIVE: Direct Interface Video Extension
(IBM) DLSCAP: Data Link Switching Client Access
Protocol
Divx: DIgital Video eXpress
(Network)
(Hardware)
DLSW: Data Link SWitching
DIW: D-Inside Wire
(AT&T) DLT: Digital Linear Tape
(Hardware)
DIX: Dec, Intel, Xerox
dLVQ: Dynamic Learning Vector Quantizer
DIY: Do It Yourself
(Net lingo) DLZ: Digital Lempel-Ziv
Compression algorithm
DIZ: Description In Zip
File name extension DM: Delta Modulation
DKI: Driver Kernel Interface DM: Desktop Management
An interface between the UNIX system kernel and different DM: Disconnect Mode
types of drivers. DKI consists of a set of driver-defined
functions that are called by the kernel. These functions are DM: Distributed Memory
entry points into a driver. (Operating systems) DM: Document Management
DL: Distribution List DMA: Digital Music Aggregator
DL: DownLoad DMA: Dimensional Media Associates
DL/1: Data Language 1 DMA: Direct Memory Access
(IBM) The transfer of data directly into memory without supervision
DL/1: Data Language/1 of the processor. The data is passed on the bus directly
between the memory and another device. In contrast with
DLA: Drive Letter Access Direct Virtual Memory Access (DVMA). (Hardware)
(HP)
DMA: Document Management Alliance
DLB: Dynamic Load Balancing

DMAC DNJ
DMAC: Direct Memory Access Controller DMPP: Distributed Memory Parallel Processor
(Hardware)
DMQS: Display Mode Query and Set
DMACS: Distributed Manufacturing Automation (IBM)
& Control Software
DMS: Data Management Software
DMAPI: Dictation Macro Application DMS: Defense Messaging System
Programming Interface Global messaging system used for transfer of non-classified
(Software) and classified data (for example, encrypted emails) (Software)
DMB: Dhtml Menu Builder DMS: Desktop Management Suite
Used to idetify a DHTML/Javascript menu building tool called (Seagate)
D
DHTML Menu Builder. Also used in the extension of the
application's project files (Software) DMS: Digital Multiplexed System
DMB: Digital Multimedia Broadcasting DMS: Distributed Media Services
DMB: Domain Master Browser DMS: Document Management System
(Network) DMSCMS: Display Management System
DMC: Desktop Multimedia Conferencing DMSD: Digital MultiStandard Decoding
DMCA: Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMSDK: Digital Media Software Development Kit
DMD: Device Manager Driver (Software) (SGI)
DMD: Digital Micromirror Device DMSS: Distributed Mass Storage System

(Hardware) (TI) DMT: Discrete MultiTone
DMD: Directory Management Domain DMTF: Distributed Management Task Force
DMDF: Distributed Management Data Facility The DMTF is the industry organization that is leading the
development, adoption and unification of management
DME: Dictionary Module Editor standards and initiatives for desktop, enterprise and Internet
(CAI) environments (Organizations)
DME: Direct Memory Execution DMU: Data Manipulation Unit
DME: Distributed Management Environment DMVT: Dynamic Video Memory Technology
DMF: Digest Message Format (Hardware) (Intel)
DMF: Distribution Media Format DMY: Day Month Year

(Microsoft) DMZ: De-Militarized Zone
DMG: Data Management Group LAN segment between two firewalls (Network)
The department that manages data. DN: Distinguished Name
DMI: Definition of Management Information DN: DowN
DMI: Desktop Management Interface DNA: Digital Network Architecture
DMI: Digital Multiplexed Interface (DEC)
DMIF: Delivery Multimedia Integration DNA: Distributed interNet Application

Framework (Microsoft)
DMK: Dynamic Management Kit DNAfs: Distributed interNet Application for

(Sun) Financial Services
(Microsoft)
DML: Data Manipulation Language
(Databases) DNC: Direct Numerical Control
DMM: Digital MultiMeter DNC: Dynamic Network Controller
(Hardware) DNCP: DecNet Control Protocol
DMM: Direct Mail Manager DNCRI: Division of Networking and
(Software) (Microsoft) Communication Research and Infrastructure
DMMS: Dynamic Memory Management System DnD: Do Not Disturb
DMO: Distributed Management Object Used in chat rooms (Net lingo)
This OLE server exposes representations of SQL Server DnD: Drag aNd Drop
database objects (tables, stored procedures, server (Software)
properties, and so on), many of which are usually modified
through Transact-SQL (Databases) (Microsoft) DNHR: Dynamic Non Hierarchical Routing
DMOS: Double-diffused Metal Oxide DNI: Decnet Network Interface
Semiconductor DNIC: Data Network Identification Code
(Hardware)
DNIS: Dialed Number Identification Service
DMP: Dot Matrix Printer
DNJ: Developer Network Journal
DMPC: Distributed Memory Parallel Computer (Microsoft)

DNLC DPM
DNLC: Directory Name Lookup Cache DOMF: Distributed Object Management Facility
Unix file cache (Operating systems) (Sun) (HP)
DNM: Distributed Network Management DOOM: Decentralized Object-Oriented Machine

(Software)
DoS: Denial Of Service
DNR: Digital Noise Reduction (Network)
(Hardware)
DOS: Disk Operating System
DNR: Domain Name Resolver (Operating systems)
(Network)
DoSBS: Denial Of Service By Service D
DNS: Digital Nervous System The practice of making large numbers of legal accesses to a
(Microsoft) computer's public interface (i.e. web site) with the intention of
slowing or crashing the system. Hence Denial of Service By
DNS: Domain Name System Service - the serving computer cannot keep up with the
The process that translates Internet domain names (such as demands (Network)
www.acronyms.ch) into IP addresses (Network)
DOSEM: Disk Operating System EMulation
DNSSEC: Domain Name System SECurity
(Security) DOT: Design Oriented Technology
DNSSEC: Domain Name System SECurity DOT: DOcument Template

Filename extension
extensions
Technique for securing the Domain Name System. It is a set DOV: Data Over Voice
of extensions to DNS, which provide end-to-end authenticity (Communication)
and integrity and was designed to protect the Internet from
certain attacks. See also http://www.dnssec.net/ DOVBS: Data Over Voice Bearer Service
(Communication)
DO: Data Out
DOW: Day Of Week
DO: Distributed Objects
(Operating systems) DOW: Direct OverWrite
DOA: Dead On Arrival DP: Data Processing

Service to replace malfunctioning devices (Hardware) DP: Defect Prevention
DOA: Dead Or Alive (Software)
(Games) DP: Detection Point
DOC: Declaration Of Conformity DPA: Demand Protocol Architecture
DOC: DOCument (3Com)
File name extensions DPA: Document Printing Architecture
DOCSIS: Data Over Cable Service Internet DPAM: Demand Priority Access Method
Specification
DPAREN: Data PARity ENable
DOCSV: Data Over Circuit-Switched Voice
DPB: Drive Parameter Block
DOD: Department Of Defense
DPBC: Delivery Point Bar Code
(Organizations)
US Mail system to speed mail sorting, increase delivery
DOD: Direct Outward Dialing accuracy, and reduce postage costs
(Communication)
DPC: Deferred Procedure Call
DOE: Distributed Objects Environment DPC: Direct Program Control
DOE: Distributed Objects Everywhere
DPDT: Double Pole Double Throw
(Operating systems) (Sun)
DPE: Distributed Processing Environment
DOI: Domain Of Interpretation
DPI: Data Processing Information
DOIP: Dial Other Internet Providers
(IBM) DPI: Digital Phone Interface
DOIT: Disabilities, Opportunities, DPI: Distributed Protocol Interface

Internetworking and Technology dpi: Dots Per Inch
DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Resolution Measurement
Internetworking and Technology DPKG: Debian PacKaGe
DOJ: Department Of Justice Binary software package for installation on Debian
(Organizations) GNU/Linux. Also, the software installation program
(Operating systems)
DOLAP: Desktop OnLine Analytical Processing
DPKT: Dynamic Public Key Technology
DOM: Document Object Model
DPL: Descriptor Privilege Level
Popular, standardized way of manipulating XML data
DPL: Distributed Program Link
DOMAIN: Distributed Operating Multi Access
(IBM)
Interactive Network
DPM: Defects Per Million

DPM DRO
DPM: Demand Planning Module DR.BOND: Dial-up Router Bandwidth ON Demand

(Software) (NEC)
DPM: Digital Panel Meter DRAC: Dell Remote Assistant Card

(Hardware) (Hardware) (Dell)
DPMA: Data Processing Management DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory

Association A type of semiconductor random-access memory that stores
(Organizations) information in integrated circuits that contain capacitors.
Because capacitors lose their charge over time, the dynamic
DPMI: Dos Protected Mode Interface RAM must be periodically "refreshed" or recharged.
(Operating systems) (Hardware)
D
DPMS: Display Power Management Signaling DRAS: Dynamic Remote Access Service
(Hardware) (Microsoft)
DPMS: Dos Protected Mode Services DRAW: Direct Read After Write
DPNPH: Data Packet Network-Packet Handler DRB: Dram Row Boundary
DPO: Data Phase Optimization DRC: Design Rule Checks
DPOF: Digital Print Order Format DRD: Data Reading Device
DPP: Distributed Parallel Processing DRD: Digital Ruggedized Display
DPRAM: Dual-Ported Random Access Memory (Hardware)
A type of random access memory that allows multiple reads DRDA: Distributed Relational Database
or writes to occur at the same time (Hardware) Architecture
DPRG: Dallas Personal Robotics Group (Databases)
United States' oldest club involved in amateur robotics DRDAAS: Distributed Relational Database
(Organizations)
Architecture Application Server
DPROP: Data PROPagator DR-DOS: Digital Research Disk Operating
(IBM) System
DPS: Desktop Purchasing System DRDRAM: Direct Rambus Dynamic Random
Buy-side electronic commerce system which supports the Access Memory
procurement process of indirect goods and services
(Hardware)
DPS: Digital Pixel Sensor DRDW: Direct Read During Write
(Hardware)
DRE: Document Rendering Engine
DPS: Display PostScript Collection of Java classes that can be used to define an
DPS: Document Processing System abstract document and render it in PDF or HTML. A
document consists of a collection of elements such as text,
DPSK: Differential Phase Shift Keying lists (bulleted, numbered, plain), tables, images, fonts, color,
(Communication) etc. (Software) (IBM)
DPST: Double Pole Single Throw DREN: Defense Research and Engineering
DPT: Distributed Processing Technology Network
(DPT) (Network)
DPtoTP: Display Coordinates TO Tablet DRF: Data Recovery Field

Coordinates In NTFS file encryption keys are stored there (Operating
Coordinates conversion systems) (Microsoft)
DPV: Distributed Partitioned View DRI: Declarative Referential Integrity

Joins horizontally partitioned data from a set of member (Databases)
tables across one or more servers, making the data appear DRI: Defense Research Internet
as if from one table (Databases) (Microsoft)
DRI: Digital Research Incorporated
DQDB: Distributed Queue Dual Bus
DRK: Devnet Resource Kit
DQL: Data Query Language (Software) (Macromedia)
DQP: Distributed Query Processor DRM: Destination Release Mechanism
(Databases)
DRM: Digital Rights Management
DQPSK: Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Copy-protection scheme
Keying
(Communication) DRM: Distributed Resource Management
DR: Data Received DRMOS: Digital Rights Management Operating

System
DR: Disaster Recovery
Process or plan by which a business would recover it's IT DRMU: Digital Remote Measurement Unit
systems in the case or a major incident (disaster) DRO: Data Request Output
DRO: Destructive Read-Out

DRP DSL
DRP: Decnet Routing Protocol DSA: Distributed Systems Architecture

DRP: Distribution and Replication Protocol DSA: Dynamic Scalable Architecture
The goal of the DRP protocol is to significantly improve the
DSAP: Destination Service Access Point
efficiency and reliability of data distribution over HTTP
DSAV: Dr. Solomon's Anti Virus
DRS: Data Replication Service
(Software)
Service to move data between members of a server cluster
(Software) DSBAM: Double-SideBand Amplitude Module
DRS: Document Registration System DSBM: Designated Subnet Bandwidth Manager
DRS: Driver ReSource
A device on a managed subnetwork that acts as the Subnet D
Bandwidth Manager for the subnetwork to which it is attached
File name extension
(Network)
DRV: device DRiVer DSC: Digital Still Camera
File name extension (Hardware)
DRV: DRiVe DSC: Document Structuring Convention
DRW: Drawing DSC: Document Structuring Conventions
File name extensions
DSCP: Differentiated Services Code Point
DS: Data Segment (Network)
CPU register (Hardware) (Intel)
DSD: Data Stream Direct
DS: Data Send
DSD: Data Structure Diagram
DS: Data Server
DSDD: Double Sided, Double Density
DS: Data Strobe
(Hardware) DSDM: Drop Site Database Manager
A process (not the sending client) responsible for
DS: Database Server maintaining a registry or database of potential drop sites for
(Databases) drag and drop operations.
DS: Differentiated Service DSDP: Device Software Development Platform
A IETF standard for a small, well-defined set of per-packet Provides an extensible, standards-based platform to support
building blocks from which a variety of services may be built, all phases of the device software (embedded) development
thereby providing a framework for delivering quality of service process, including hardware bring-up, platform software
(QoS) in networks (Network) development, and embedded application software
development (Software)
DS: Digital Science
(Hardware) (Kodak) DSE: Data Storage Equipment
DS: Digital Services DSE: Directory Services Environment
DS: Digital Signal Contains a list of Naming Contexts and Application
Partitions maintained by a Domain Controller (Operating
DS: Digital Studio systems) (Microsoft)
(Sony)
DSEA: Display Station Emulation Adapter
DS: Directory Service DSF: Dispersion Shifted Fibre
(Network)
Optical fiber type (Communication)
DS: Direct-Sequence DSHD: Double Sided, High Density
IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access method (Communication)
DSI: Defense Simulation Internet
DS: Distribution Service
DSI: Distributed Storage Infrastructure
DS: Double-Sided
(Hardware) DSIG: Digital SIGnature
(Security)
DS/PPM: Direct Sequence/Pulse Position
Modulation DSIMM: Dual Single Inline Memory Module
(Hardware) DSIS: Distributed Support Information
DS0: Digital Signaling Zero Standard
(Communication) DSL: Dialogue Scripting Language
DS3D: DirectSound 3D DSL: Digital Subscriber Line
DSA: Digital Signature Algorithm DSL: Distributed Service Logic
DSA: Digital Storage Architecture DSL: Domain Specific Language
DSA: Directory System Agent A programming languge created to solve a specific type of
problem (Software)
The software that provides the X.500 directory service for a
portion of the directory information base. Generally, each DSL: Dual Stress Liner
DSA is responsible for the directory information for a single Technology by AMD and IBM to strain silicon chips to
organization or organizational unit. enhance their performance (Hardware)

DSL DTE
DSL: Dynamic Simulation Language DSR: Device Status Register

DSL2: Downloadable Sounds Level 2 DSR: Device Status Report
(Hardware)
DSRI: Digital Standard Relational Interface
DSLAM: Digital Subscriber Line Access DSS: Decision Support System
Multiplexer
(Hardware) DSS: Digital Signature Standard
DSLCP: Dynamically Switched Link Control DSS: Direct Station Selector

Protocol (Hardware)
(Network) DSS: Distributed Security Service D
DSLR: Digital Single-Lens Reflex DSSI: Digital Standard Systems Interconnect
(Hardware) (DEC)
DSM: Directory Service Migration DSSLL: Differentiated Services over Specific
DSM: Discrete Sequence Modulation Link Layers
A system for mapping between Differentiated Services and
DSM: Distributed Shared Memory other bandwidth-management protocols such as 802.1p and
(Hardware) ATM (Network)
DSMA: Digital Sense Multiple Access DSSS: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
DSM-CC: Digital Storage Media - Command and (Communication)
Control DSSSL: Document Style Semantic and
DSML: Directory Services Markup Language Specification Language
International standard for associating processing with SGML
DSMN: Directory Service Manager for Netware documents
(Operating systems)
DST: Daylight Saving Time
DSN: Data Source Name
(Databases)
DSTN: Double-layer SuperTwist Nematic
LCD display technology (Hardware)
DSN: Delivery Service Notification
DSU: Data Service Unit
DSN: Developer Support News
DSU: Digital Service Unit
DSN: Distributed Systems Network
DSVD: Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data
DSO: Data Source Object (Communication)
(Databases)
DSW: Data Status Word
DSO: Decision Support Object
DSW: Device Status Word
DSO: Digital Storage Oscilloscope
An oscilloscope with a built-in memory used to store
DSX: Digital Signals Cross-connect
electronic waveforms (Hardware) DT4DTD: DataTypes For Document Type
DSO: Dynamic Shared Object Definition
(Software) DTA: Direct Tape Access
DSOM: Distributed System Object Model (Seagate)
(Operating systems) (IBM) DTA: Disk Transfer Area
DSP: Development Service Provider DTAP: Direct Transfer Application Part
DSP: Dictionary Server Protocol DTB: Data Transfer Bus
(Network) Part of the VMEbus specification that contains data and
address pathways and associated control signals. Functional
DSP: Digital Signal Processor
modules called DTB masters and DTB slaves use the DTB to
A computer oriented toward math-intensive applications,
transfer data between each other. (Hardware)
often a single chip or small chip set. (Hardware)
DTC: Design-Time Control (or Component)
DSP: Digital Sound Processor
(Software)
(Hardware)
DTC: DeskTop Conferencing
DSP: Directory Synchronization Protocol
(Lotus) DTC: Distributed Transactions Coordinator
DSP: Document Services for Printing
DTCP: Digital Transmission Content Protection
DSP: Domain-Specific Part
(Network) DTD: Document Type Definition
DSPT: Display Station Pass-Thru DTE: Data Terminal Equipment
(IBM) That part of a data station that serves as a data source, data
sink, or both, and provides for the data communication
DSQD: Double Sided, Quad Density control function according to protocols. In contrast with Data
DSR: Data Set Ready Communication Equipment (DCE). (Communication)
Serial port signal (Communication) DTE: Dumb Terminal Emulator

DTF DVI
DTF: Distributed Test Facility DUA: Directory User Agent

The software that accesses the X.500 directory service on
DTL: Dialogue Tag Language
behalf of the directory user. The directory user may be a
(IBM)
person or another software element.
DTL: Diode Transistor Logic DUAT: Direct User Access Terminal
DUL: Dialup Users List
DTLB: Dual Translation Lookaside Buffer Project to encourage good e-mail behaviour and
DTM: Deterministic Turing Machine accountability without denying regular e-mail. See
http://mail-abuse.org/dul/
DTM: Digital Terrain Mapping D
DUN: Dial-Up Networking
DTM: Distributed Transaction Monitor
(Network)
DTM: Document Table Model
DUNCE: Dial Up Network Connection
Interface to a document model designed specifically for the
Enhancement
needs of Apache's XPath and XSLT implementations. The
(Network)
motivation behind this model is to optimize performance and
minimize storage (Software) DUP: DUPlex
DTMF: Dual Tone MultiFrequency Used in SCSI interface for split backplane (Hardware)
Use of two simultaneous voice-band tones for dial (such as DUT: Device Under Test
touch tone) (Hardware)
DUW: Distributed Unit of Work
DTML: Document Template Markup Language (IBM)
DTMS: Data Transformation Management DV: Digital Video
System
DVB: Digital Video Broadcasting
DTO: Data Transfer Object (Communication)
An "envelope" used to transport any kind of data between
tiers of systems (Software) DVC: Desktop Video Conferencing
DTO: Day-Time Organizer DVC: Digital Video Camera
(Software) (Hardware)
DTP: Data Tools Platform DVD: Deutsche Vereinigung für Datenschutz

Provides extensible frameworks and exemplary tools, DVD: Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk
enabling a diverse set of plug-in offerings specific to (Hardware)
particular data-centric technologies and supported by the
DTP ecosystem (Software) DVD+MRW: Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk-
Mount rainier ReWritable
DTP: DeskTop Publishing
Standard that enables native OS support of data storage on
DTP: Distributed Transaction Processing DVD+RW. This makes the technology far easier to use and
allows the replacement of the floppy. See http://www.mt-
DTR: Data Terminal Ready
rainier.org/ (Hardware)
Serial port signal (Communication)
DVD+RW: Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk-
DTR: Data Transfer Rate ReWritable
DTR: Dedicated Token Ring (Hardware)
(Network) DVD-A: Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk-Audio
DTR: DeskTop Reproduction (Hardware)
DTR: Draft Technical Report DVD-MMVFF: Digital Versatile Disc MultiMedia

Video File Format
DTS: Data Transformation Service
(Databases) DVD-R: Digital Video Disk-Recordable
DTS: Developer Technical Support DVD-RAM: Digital Versatile Disk - Random
(Software) (Sun) Access Memory
A read-write DVD (Hardware)
DTS: Digital Theater Surround
DVD-ROM: Digital Versatile Disk - Read Only
DTS: Distributed Time Service
Memory
DTS: Distributed Traffic Shaping A read only DVD (Hardware)
(Cisco)
DVD-RW: Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk-
DTSS: Dartmouth Time Sharing System ReWritable
DTU: Demand Transmission Unit (Hardware)
DTV: DeskTop Video DVE: Digital Video Effect
DTV: Digital TeleVision D-VHS: Digital Video Home System

(Hardware) DVI: DeVice Independent
DTVC: DeskTop Video Conferencing File name extension
DU: Disk Usage DVI: Diagonal Viewable Image

(Hardware)

DVI EAI
DVI: Digital Video Interactive DX: DupleX

(Communication)
DVI: Digital Video Interface
Specification to interface digital flat panels with host PCs DXB: Drawing eXchange Binary
(Hardware) File name extension (Autodesk)
DVI-A: Digital Video Interface-Analog DXC: Data eXchange Control
(Hardware)
DXF: Data eXchange File
DVI-D: Digital Video Interface-Digital
DXF: Drawing Exchange Format
(Hardware)
File name extension
DVI-I: Digital Video Interface-Integrated
D
DXI: Data eXchange Interface
(Hardware)
An interface to frame relay networks (Communication)
DVI-V: Digital Video Interface-Vga E
DXL: Domino Xml Language
(Hardware)
(IBM)
DVL: Digital Video Link
DXPC: Differential X Protocol Compressor
DVM: Digital Volt Meter
Dxr: Dynamic eXtended Resolution
(Hardware)
(Hardware) (Creative Labs)
DVMA: Direct Virtual Memory Access
DXTC: DirectX Texture COmpression
A mechanism to enable a device on the SBus to initiate data
(Microsoft)
transfers between it and other SBus
devices, such as system memory. Contrast with Direct DXVA: DirectX Video Acceleration
Memory Access (DMA). (Hardware) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
DVMRP: Distance Vector Multicast Routing DYE: Damn Your Eyes
Protocol (Net lingo)
(Network)
DYNSLT: DYNamic SeLecT
DVOF: Digital Video Over Fiber (IBM)
DVR: device DriVeR
File name extension E
DVR: Digital Video Recorder E: Exa
(Hardware) Prefix for 10 power 18 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 60)
DVRMP: Distance Vector Multicast Routing E&M: Ear & Mouth
Protocol Trunking arrangement generally used for two-way switch-to-
(Network) switch or switch-to-network connections (Hardware)
DVX: Digital Voice eXchange E2E: End-To-End
DW: Data Warehouse The ability of a network to deliver service needed by a
specific network application from end-to-end, with the ability
(Databases)
to provide both class of service and reserved bandwidth for
DW: Display Write different types of network traffic (Network)
Word Processor (Software) (IBM) E3: Electronic Entertainement Expo
DW: Double Word EA: Effective Address
Four consecutive bytes (32 bits)
EA: Enterprise Agreement
DWA: Data Warehousing Alliance Licensing scheme (Microsoft)
EA: Escrowed Authenticator
DWC: Data Warehouse Catalog
Data warehousing (Databases)
EA: Extended Attribute
(IBM)
DWDM: Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
(Communication)
EAB: Enterprise Application Builder
(Software)
DWF: Design Web Format
Fast, efficient way to distribute design data to anyone who
EADAS: Engineering and Administrative Data
needs it. With Autodesk Express Viewer, a small, free, Acquisition System
downloadable application, you can view and print that rich EADASNM: Engineering and Administrative
data (Software) (Autodesk) Data Acquisition System Network Management
DWG: DraWinG EADT: East Australian Daylight Time
File name extension Timezone: GMT +10:00
DWM: Diskless Workstation Management E-ADT: Extended Abstract Data Type
DWMT: Discrete Wavelet MultiTone (Software)
DWT: Discrete Wavelet Transform EAGLES: Expert Advisory Group on Language

Engineering Standards
DX: DirectX
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) EAI: Enterprise Application Integration

EAM ECC
EAM: Enterprise Asset Management EBD: Emergency Boot Disk

(Software)
EBDI: Enhanced Background Debug Interface
EAM: Evanescent Access Method (Hardware) (Motorola)
EAN: European Article Number EBDS: Enhanced Background Debug Software

Bar code standards family
EBF: Emergency Bug Fix
EAP: Early Adopter Program (Software)
EAP: Extensible Authentication Protocol EBF: Engineering Bug Fix

(Security) (Sybase)
EAPI: Extended Application Programming EBI: Equivalent Background Input

Interface
(Software)
EBI: Extended Background Investigation E
EBI: External Bus Interface
EAPoL: Extensible Authentication Protocol (Hardware)
Over Lan
(Security) EBIP: Enterprise Business Intelligence Portal
EAR: Enterprise ARchive EBKAC: Error Between Keyboard And Chair
Filename extension (Software) Pronounced 'ebb-kak', is used to describe user errors --
"obviously an EBKAC error" (Net lingo)
EAR: External Access Register
EBML: Extensible Binary Meta Language
EARL: Enhanced Address Recognition Logic Simple, XML-like binary language for describing data in
Is a custom Catalyst 5000 family switch component similar structured style. See http://ebml.sourceforge.net/
to the learning bridge or content-addressable memory (CAM)
of other types of network switches and routers (Hardware) EBNF: Extended Backus-Naur Form
(Cisco) EBPP: Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment
EARN: European Academic Research Network Allows customers of commerce institutions to view and pay
A network using BITNET technology connecting universities their bills online
and research labs in Europe. (Network) EBROM: Electronic Book Read Only Memory
EAROM: Electrically Alterable Read Only EBSS: Extended Basic Service Set
Memory Wireless network with more than one wireless access point
EARS: Electronic Access to Reference Services EBT: Electronic Benefits Transfer
EARS: Electronic Authoring and Routing System ebXML: Electronic Business eXtensible Markup
(DEC) Language
EARS: Explicit Archive and Retrieval System This standard aims at creating a modular electronic business
framework using XML. It is the product of a joint initiative by
EAS: Enterprise Access Server the United Nations (UN/CEFACT) and the Organization for
EAS: Enterprise Agreement for S/390 the Advancement of Structured Information Systems
(OASIS)
(Software) (IBM)
EASI: Enhanced Asynchronous Scsi Interface EC: Electronic Commerce
EAST: East Australian Standard Time EC: Error Control

Timezone: GMT +10:00 EC: European Community
EAT: End Around Test EC: Exchange Carrier
Also known as a wrap test, returns output signal to input line (Communication)
(Hardware)
ECAF: European Certification Authority Forum
EATA: Enhanced Advanced Technology bus
ECAL: Enjoy Computing And Learn
Attachment
ECAT: Electronic Card Assembly and Test
EAX: Environmental Audio eXtensions
(IBM)
(Hardware) (Creative Labs)
ECB: Electronic CodeBook
EB: ExaByte
1024 petabytes ECB: Event Control Block
A data structure used to control sending and receiving of
EBASIC: Extended Beginners All-purpose packets in a Novell Network (Operating systems) (Novell)
Symbolic Instruction Code
Programming language (Software) ECC: Electrical Connectivity Checks
EBC: Eisa Bus Controller ECC: Elliptic Curve Cryptography

Technology for public key cryptosystems, providing the
EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal highest security-to-key size ratio (Security)
Interchange Code
Charachter encoding scheme (IBM)
ECC: Error Checking and Correction
The detection, in the processing unit, and correction of all
EBCT: Electron Beam Computed Tomography single-bit errors, plus the detection of double-bit and some
Character encoding scheme multiple-bit errors.

ECC EDI
ECC: Error Correction Code ECPP: Enterprise Collaborative Processing

Portal
ECD: Enhanced Color Display
ECD: Enhanced Compact Disk ECR: Enterprise Content Repository
ECR: Enterprise Customer Resource
ECDL: European Computer Driving Licence
The ECDL Foundation works to promote an International eCRM: Electronic Customer Relationship
certification of industry-standard computing skills. See Management
http://www.ecdl.com (Organizations) A complete view of customer interactions, stored in
electronic format for review and data manipulation (Software)
ECF: Enhanced Connectivity Facilities
ECHO: European Commission Host Organization ECS: Element Construction Set
Java API for generating elements for various markup
ECHS: Extended Cylinders, Heads, Sectors languages it directly supports HTML 4.0 and XML, but can E
Enables use of hard drives up to 8.4 GB in size (Hardware) easily be extended to create tags for any markup language
(Software)
ECHT: European Conference on Hypermedia
Technology ECS: Enhanced Chip Set
ECI: External Call Interface ECS: Enterprise Control Station
(IBM)
ECS: Event Communication Service
ECL: EClectic Language ECSA: Exchange Carriers Standards Association
ECL: Emitter Coupled Logic ECTF: Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum
Brings together the best industry thinkers on the planet to
ECLF: Extended Common Log Format deliver on a shared vision in the computer telephony industry
(Network) to allow for open access to a diversity of communications
products and services. See also http://www.ectf.org/
ECM: Electronic Control Module (Organizations)
ECM: Electronic Counter Measures ECTL: Electronic Communal Temporal Lobe
(Hardware)
ECTS: European Consumer Trade Show
ECM: Endpoint Congestion Management
ECU: Eisa Configuration Utility
(Network)
ED: End Delimiter
ECM: Enterprise Commerce Management
ED: Enhanced Density
ECM: Enterprise Content Management
ED: Erase Display
ECM: Entity Coordination Management
ED: Extra-high Density
ECM: Error-Correction Mode
2.88 MB floppy disk (Hardware)
ECMA: European Computer Manufacturing
EDA: Electronic Design Automation
Association
(Organizations) EDA: Embedded Document Architecture
ECML: Electronic Commerce Modeling Language EDAC: Electromechanical Digital Adapter Circuit
ECMP: Equal Cost Multipath Protocol EDB: Embedded DataBase
(Network) EDB: External Data Bus
ECN: Electronic Communications Network (Hardware)
ECN: European Counter Network EDC: Easy Data Communication

(Communication)
ECN: Explicit Congestion Notification
(Network) EDC: Electronic Digital Computer
ECNE: Enterprise Certified Netware Engineer EDC: Enhanced Data Correction
(Novell) EDC: Error Detection and Correction
ECO: Engineering Change Order EDC: Error Detection Code
Hardware minor revisions, usually in the days of
minicomputers, where a change wasn't made to the PCB EDDC: Extended Distance Data Cable
layout (which would probably carry the major revision EDE: Encrypt-Decrypt-Encrypt
number/letter), e.g. to correct a problem found in operation
and approved and recorded by HQ staff (Hardware) EDFA: Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier
(Communication)
ECOM: Electronic Computer Originated Mail
EDGAR: Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
ECOOP: European Conference on Object
and Retrieval
Orientated Programming
EDGE: Enhanced Data-rate for Gsm Evolution
ECP: Enhanced Communication Protocol
EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
ECP: Extended Capabilities Port
(Hardware) EDI: Electronic Document Interchange
(DEC)
ECPA: Electronic Communication Privacy Act

EDID E-FORM
EDID: Extended Display Identification Data EDU: Engine Dispatchable Unit

(Hardware) (Databases)
EDIF: Electronic Design Interchange Format EDVAC: Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic
A standard file format for exchanging CAD data. Computer
First stored-program digital computer
EDIFACT: Electronic Data Interchange For
Administration Commerce and Transport EDW: Enterprise Data Warehouse
EDIINT: Electronic Data Interchange-Internet EE: Extended Edition
INTegration (IBM)
Standard detailing a set of protocols and requirements to
EEA: Extended Enterprise Applications
package, secure, communicate and authenticate
(Software)
transactions over the Internet in an interoperable manner
EEC: Extended Error Correction
E
EDIT: Emulsion Direct Imaging Technology
(Hardware) EEG: ElectroEncephaloGram
EDL: Edit Decision List EEI: Equipment to Equipment Interface
EDLC: Ethernet Data Link Control EEL: Epsilon Extension Language
EDM: Electronic Document Management EEM: External Expansion Module
EDM: Engineering Data Management EEMA: European Electronic Messaging
EDM: Enterprise Data Model Association
Data warehousing (Organizations)
EDM: Environmental Descriptor Manager EEMAC: Electrical & Electronic MAnufacturers

of Canada
(Databases)
EEMS: Enhanced Expanded Memory
EDMS: Electronic Document Management
Specification
System
(Operating systems)
EDO: Extended Data Output
EEP: Entry Exit Procedure
Memory manufacturing technology (Hardware)
EEPRO: Ethernet Express PRO
EDOC: Enterprise Distributed Object Computing
Network interface card (Hardware) (Intel)
EDODRAM: Extended Data Out Dynamic
Random Access Memory EEPROM: Electrically Erasable Programmable
Read Only Memory
(Hardware)
A non-volatile PROM that may be written to as well as read
EDOS: Enhanced Disk Operating System from. (Hardware)
Mmeory manufacturing technology
EES: Escrow Encryption Standard
EDP: Electronic Data Processing EESP: Enterprise Extended Services Portal
EDP: Extended Dos Partition
EET: Eastern European Time
Timezone: GMT +1:00
EDPM: Electronic Data Processing Machine
EF: Expedited Forwarding
EDPS: Electronic Data Processing System A Per-Hop Behavior in the Differentiated Service standard,
used to create a virtual leased line service (Network)
EDPT: Enhanced fixed Disk Parameter Table
(Hardware) EFA: Extended File Attribute
EDR: External Developer Release EFCI: Explicit Forward Congestion Indication
EDRAM: Extended Dynamic Random Access EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Memory EFI: Electromechanical Frequency Interference
(Hardware)
EFI: Electronics For Imaging
EDS: Electronic Data Systems
EFI: Extensible Firmware Interface
EDSAC: Electronic Delay Storage Automatic
Specification that defines a new model for the interface
Computer between operating systems and platform firmware
EDSF: Electronic Document Systems EFI: External Functional Interface
Foundation
See www.edsf.org (Organizations)
EFIGS: English, French, Italian, German,
Spanish
EDSRA: Earth Data System Reference
Application EFL: Emitter Follower Logic
(Hardware)
EDT: Eastern Daylight Time
Timezone: GMT -5:00 EFM: Eight to Fourteen Modulation
EDTV: Enhanced Definition TeleVision EFM: Ethernet First Mile

(Network)
(Hardware)
E-FORM: Electronic FORM

EFS E-MAIL
EFS: Encrypting File System EISS: Europaeisches Institut für

(Operating systems) SystemSicherheit
EFSP: Enhanced Fax Service Provider EITAAC: Electronic and Information
Technology Access Advisory Committee
EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer
(Organizations)
EFT: Euro FileTransfer
EJB: Enterprise Java Bean
EFTPoS: Point Of SaleElectronic Funds (Software) (Sun)
Transfer at Point Of Sale
EJC: Electronic Journal of Communication
EFTS: Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of
Sale EKP: Enterprise Knowledge Portal
(IBM)
EGA: Enhanced Graphics Adapter E
Video specification for a resolution of 640x350 pixels in 16 EL: ElectroLuminescent
colors (Hardware) (Hardware)
EGP: Exterior Gateway Protocol EL: Erase Line

A reachability routing protocol used by gateways in a two- EL1: Extensible Language One
level internet. EGP is used in the Internet core system.
(Network) ELAN: Emulated Local Area Network
EGREP: Extended Global Regular Expression ELC: Embedded Linking and Control
Print ELD: Electronic License Distribution
EGS: Enhanced Graphics System ELEC: Enterprise Local Exchange Carrier
EGSM: Extended Global System for Mobile ELF: Electronic Location Finder
communications
ELF: Executable and Linking Format
(Communication)
(Software)
EHCI: Enhanced Host Controller Interface
ELF: Extremely Low Frequency
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
EHF: Encoding Header Field
ELH: Entity Life History
EHF: Extreme High Frequency
ELI: Embedded Lisp Interpreter
EHLLAPI: Emulator High-Level Language
ELIC: Electronic Library Information Center
Application Programming Interface
ELINT: ELectronic INTelligence
EIA: Electronics Industries Association
(Organizations) ELK: Extension Language Kit
EIAJ: Electronic Industry Association of Japan ELLIS: EuLisp LInda System
(Organizations) ELM: ELectronic Mail
EiB: ExbIByte (Network)
Unit of measurement, introduced by the International ELOD: Erasable Laser Optical Disk
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024
PiB ELP: Equational Logic Programming
EICAVR: European Institute for Computer Anti- ELS: Entry Level System
Virus Research ELSA: ELektronische SAchen
EIDE: Enhanced Integrated Drive (or Device) German hardware manufacturer (Hardware)
Electronics ELSNET: European Language and Speech
Bus architecture (Hardware) NETwork
EIGRP: Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing EM: ElectroMagnetic
Protocol
(Network) (Cisco)
EM: Electronic Mail
EIM: Electronic Image Management EM: EMphasized
EIO: Enhanced Input/Output EM: End of Medium
EIP: Enterprise Information Portal EM: Enterprise Management

(IBM) EM: Expanded Memory
EIR: Equipment Identity Register EM: Extensions Manager
A database containing a list of all valid IMEIs on the network EMA: Electronic Mail Association
(Communication)
EMA: Enterprise Management Architecture
EIS: Enterprise Information System
EMA: Enterprise Memory Architecture
EIS: European Information System
(Operating systems)
EIS: Executive Information System
EMACS: Editing MACroS
EISA: Extended Industry Standard Architecture
E-MAIL: Electronic MAIL
PC bus architecture (Hardware)

EMB EOL
EMB: Enhanced Master Burst EMS: Expanded Memory Specification

(Software)
EMB: Extended Memory Block
EMBARC: Electronic Mail Broadcast to A EMSAPI: Extended Messaging Services
Roaming Computer Application Programming Interface
EMBM: Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping EMSC: Electronic Mail Standards Committee
EMC: ElectroMagnetic Compatibility EMT: Eastern Mediterranean Time

Timezone: GMT +2:00
EMC: E-Mail Connection
EMV: Europay, Mastercard and Visa
EMC: Emergency Management Card
(Hardware) (Intel) EMWAC: European Microsoft Windows nt
Academic Centre
EMC: Enhanced Memory Chip E
EMX: Enterprise Messaging eXchange
EMC: Extended Math Coprocessor (Lotus)
EMEA: Europe, Middle East and Africa EN: Europa Norm
EMF: Eclipse Modeling Framework ENA: Electronic Networking Association
Modeling framework and code generation facility for building
tools and other applications based on a structured data
ENA: Extended Network Addressing
model. See also http://www.eclipse.org/emf/ (Software) ENC: ENCoded
EMF: ElectroMagnetic Field File name extension
EMF: Enhanced MetaFile ENC: Enterprise Naming Context

File format for graphics (Microsoft) ENDC: European Network Design Center
EMF: Extensible Message Format ENDEC: ENcoder/DECoder
EMI: ElectroMagnetic Interference ENDS: END of Segment
EMI: Enhanced Multilayer Image ENIAC: Electronic Numerical Integrator And
Cisco's multicast routing implentation permits any host to Computer
send a packet but only members of the multicast group to First fully electronic digital computer
receive it if "EMI" is enabled on the Stack Master. (Network)
(Cisco) ENL: EndNote Library
File extension for EndNote Program used in bibliographies
EML: Element Management Layer
(Software)
EML: EMaiL ENQ: ENQuiry
Filename extension used by MS Outlook Express (Software)
(Microsoft) ENS: Enterprise Network Services
EMM: Expanded Memory Manager ENSS: Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem
EMM: Extended Memory Management ENT: Enterprise Network Tools
EMMA: European MultiMedia Award EO: Europe Online
EMMA: Extensible MultiModal Annotation EOA: End Of Address
Markup language intended for use by systems that provide (Communication)
semantic interpretations for a variety of inputs, including but
EOB: End Of Block
not necessarily limited to, speech, natural language text,
(Communication)
GUI and ink input. See also http://www.w3.org/TR/emma/
EMMP: Enterprise Mission Management Portal EOC: End Of Character
EOC: End Of Conversion
EMO: Exchange Messaging Outlook
EMP: ElectroMagnetic Pulse EOD: End Of Data
(Hardware) EOD: Erasable Optical Disk
EMR: ElectroMagnetic Radiation EOF: End Of File
A particular character, usually a Control-D, that tells the
EMR: Electronic Medical Record
system it has reached the end of the file.
(Software)
EOF: Enterprise Object Framework
EMR: Enhanced Metafile Record
(Software) (Apple)
EMS: Electronic Mail System
EOI: End Of Input
EMS: Electronic Messaging Service
EOI: End Of Interrupt
EMS: Element Management System
EOI: End Or Identify
(Software)
EOJ: End Of Job
EMS: Energy Management System
EOL: End Of Line
EMS: Enhanced Message Service
EOL: End Of List
EMS: Entrust Messaging Server
(Security)

EOM EROS
EOM: End Of Message EPM: Enterprise Print Manager

(Communication) An OS/390 software solution for management of printers and
print jobs in addition to the various printing functions. The
EON: Edge Of Network host data, AFP as well as line data, are converted into printer
(Network) (IBM) data streams such as PCL5 and PostScript (Software)
EON: Extranet Object Network EPM: Enterprise Process Management
(Network) (IBM)
EOP: End Of Procedure EPO: Electronic Public Offering
EOR: Electro-Optical Reconnaissance EPOS: Electronic Point Of Sale
EOR: Exclusive OR Electronic cash registers and their software used in stores
Also XOR EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port E
EOS: Earth Observing System (Hardware)
(NASA) EPRI: Electric Power Research Institute
EOS: Ecc On Simm (Organizations)
(Hardware) EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only
EOS: Electrical OverStress Memory
Electrically overstressing and damaging a device or A non-volatile memory chip that is programmed
component by too much voltage or current (Hardware) after they it is manufactured. EPROMs differ from PROMs in
that they can be erased (generally by exposing the
EOS: End Of String semiconductor material to the ultraviolet light) and can be
EOS: Extended Operating System reprogrammed after having been erased. (Hardware)
EOSDIS: Earth Observing System Data and EPRPI: Enhanced Primary Rate Peripheral
Information System Interface
(NASA) EPS: Encapsulated PostScript
EOT: End Of Table A file format for graphics and text supported by several
graphics drawing applications. (Adobe)
EOT: End Of Tape
(Hardware)
EPSF: Encapsulated PostScript Files
EOT: End Of Text EPSI: Encapsulated PostScript Interchange

A version of the encapsulated PostScript format that
EOT: End Of Transmission describes an image using a standard text file. (Adobe)
(Communication)
EQD: English Query Domain
EoU: Ease Of Use Filename extension (Databases) (Microsoft)
EOUG: European Oracle User Group EQP: EQuiPment
EoVDSL: Ethernet Over Very high bit rate ER: Entity Relationship
Digital Subscriber Line
(Communication)
ER: Explicit cell Rate
EP: ElectroPhotographic ER/RC: Extended Result/Response Code

Laser printing technology (Hardware) ERA: Extended Registry Attributes
EP: Exchange Provider ERA/O: Embedded Remote Access Option
(Communication) (Hardware) (Dell)
EPA: Enhanced Performance Architecture ERAS: Electronic Routing and Approval System
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency ERD: Emergency Repair Disk
(Organizations) ERD: Entity-Relationship Diagram
EPAC: Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coder ERIC: Educational Resources Information
EPD: Early Packet Discard Center
(Network) ERIN: Environmental Resources Information
EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center Network
EPIC: Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing ERLL: Enhanced Run Length Limited
EPL: Effective Privilege Level ERM: Enterprise Relationship Management
EPL: Electronic switching system Programming ERM: Enterprise Resource Management
Language (Software)
EPLD: Electrically Programmable Logic Device ERM: Entity-Relationship Model

(Hardware) ERMA: Electronic Recording Method, Accounting
EPM: Enhanced editor for Presentation Manager ERMS: Email Response Management System
(IBM)
EROM: Erasable Read Only Memory
EROS: Earth Resources Observation System

ERP EST
ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning ESM: Enterprise System Management

ERR: ERRor ESM: European Satellite Multimedia
ERU: Emergency Recovery Utility ESM: External Storage Module
(Microsoft) A Sun external unit that contains disk or tape drives and that
can be connected to a desktop SPARCstation system.
ES: Extended Services (Hardware) (Sun)
ES: Extra Segment ESMA: Extended Server Memory Architecture
(Operating systems)
ESA: Enterprise Systems Architecture ESMD: Embedded Storage Module Disk
(IBM)
ESMD: Enhanced Storage Module Device
ESA: European Space Agency
ESME: External Short Message Entity
E
(Organizations)
(Communication)
ESB: Enterprise Service Bus
ESMR: Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
ESC: Eisa System Component
ESMTP: Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
ESC: ESCape
ESN: Electronic Security Number
ESC/P: Epson Standard Code for Printers
(Epson) ESN: Electronic Serial Number
ESCD: Extended System Configuration Data ESN: Electronic Switched Network
ESCM: Extended Services Communications ESNET: Energy Sciences NETwork

Manager ESO: Equipment Superior to Operator
(IBM) (Net lingo)
ESCON: Enterprise System CONnection ESP: Emulation Sensing Processor
Architecture (IBM)
ESP: Encapsulated Security Payload
ESCSI: Embedded Small Computers System (Network)
Interface
ESP: Enhanced Serial Port
Bus architecture (Hardware)
(Hardware)
ESD: Electronic Software Distribution
ESP: Enhanced Service Provider
ESD: ElectroStatic Discharge
ESP: Enterprise System Platform
(Hardware)
ESP: Estimated Street Price
ESD: Emergency Startup Disk
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) ESP: Ethernet Serial Port
ESDI: Enhanced Small Device Interface ESP: Eudora Sharing Protocol
ESDRAM: Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic ESP: Expert Searching and Pricing
Random Access Memory ESPRIT: European Strategic Program of
(Hardware) Research and development in Information
ESDS: Entry Sequenced Data Set Technology
ESE: Exchange Server Enterprise ESR: Event Service Routine
(Microsoft) ESRB: Entertaining Software Rating Board
ESE: Extensible Storage Engine (Organizations)
Stores all active directory objects (Operating systems) ESRO: Efficient Short Remote Operation
(Microsoft)
(Network)
ESF: Extended SuperFrame ESS: Electronic Switching System
ESI: Edge Side Include ESS: Enterprise Storage Server
(Software)
(IBM)
ESI: End System Identifier ESS: Enterprise Survivable Server
ESI: Enhanced Serial Interface Allows customers to place backup ESS servers at key
Communication specification (Hayes) locations throughout their enterprise. An ESS server is
capable of taking over for the entire enterprise or, just a
ESIS: End System to Intermediate System portion of the enterprise in the event that some type of
ES-IS: End System to Intermediate System outage has occurred
The International Organization for Standardization's Open ESS: Extended Service Set
Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocol by which end (Communication)
systems announce themselves to intermediate systems.
ESSID: Extended Service Set IDentifier
ESM: Enterprise Security Manager
(Communication)
Scalable security policy compliance and host-based
vulnerability assessment tool (Software) (Symantec) EST: Eastern Standard Time
Timezone: GMT -5:00

ESTO EXTRA
ESTO: Equipment Superior To Operator EUC: End User Computing

When a computer seems to have a mind of its own. For
EUC: Extended Unix Code
example, when you watch it spam all 800 people in your
An encoding scheme that allows up to four codesets to
contact list and you can't stop it (Net lingo)
coexist in one data stream. EUC supports one primary
ESTT: E-mail Server Test Tool character set and three supplementary character sets.
Ziff-Davis labs test suite for email servers (Operating systems)
ESU: ElectroStatic Unit EUI: End-User Interface

ET: Enhancement Technology EULA: End User License Agreement
ETACS: Extended Total Access Communication EUNET: European Unix NETwork
System Euro CASE: EUROpean Council of Applied
(IBM) Sciences and Engineering E
ETANN: Electrically Trainable Analog Neural (Organizations)
Network EUUG: European Unix Users Group
Chip (Intel) (Organizations)
ETB: End of Transmission Block EUV: Extreme Ultra Violet
ETC: Electronic Toll Collection (Hardware)
ETC: Enhanced Throughput Cellular EUVL: Extreme UltraViolet Lithography

Cellular modem protocol (AT&T) (Hardware)
etc: Essential Text Configuration EVA: Economic Value Added

In any unix (and variants like linux) system the /etc directory EVE: Extensible Vax Editor
(Operating systems)
EVGA: Extended Video Graphics Adapter
ETF: Enriched Text Format
EVGA: Extended Video Graphics Array
ETFTP: Enhanced Trivial File Transfer Protocol
EVLIW: Encapsulated Very Long Instruction
ETIS: European Telecommunications Word
Information Service
(Hardware)
ETL: Extract, Transform and Load
EVM: Embedded Virtual Machine
(Databases)
EVR: Enhanced Video Renderer
ETLA: Extended Three Letter Acronym
(Hardware)
ETML: Extract, Transform, Move, and Load EVS: Economic Value Sourced
(Databases)
EW: Electronic Warfare
ETOM: Electron-Trapping Optical Memory
EWAN: Emulator Without A Name
ETPL: Endorsed Tempest Products List
EWN: Enterprise Wide Network
ETR: Early Token Release
A computer network that links all the computers in an
ETR: Etsi Technical Report organization (Network)
ETS: Econometric Time Series EWOS: European Workshop for Open Systems
The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Implementors
ETS: Ethernet Terminal Servers
workshop for Europe.
(Hardware)
EWS: Early Warning Status
ETS: European Telecommunications Standard
System that alerts the host system if drive performance
ETSI: European Telecommunication Standards approaches unacceptable reliability levels (Hardware)
Institute EWS: Employee Written Software
(Organizations)
(IBM)
ETTb: Ethernet To The Business ExCA: EXchangeable Card Architecture
Telecommunications carrier service providing Ethernet to a
(Intel)
business subscriber. See also ETTh and ETTx.
(Communication) EXE: Executable
File name extension
ETTh: Ethernet To The Home
Telecommunications carrier service providing Ethernet to a EXE2BIN: EXEcutable To BINary
home subscriber. See also ETTb and ETTx. (Communication)
EXIF: EXchangeable Image File format
ETTx: Ethernet To The X Standard for storing interchange information in image files,
Telecommunications carrier service providing Ethernet to a especially those using JPEG compression. Most digital
business subscriber (ETTb) or home subscriber (ETTh). See cameras now use the EXIF format. See also
also ETTb and ETTh. (Communication) http://www.exif.org/
ETX: End of TeXt EXP: EXPonent
(Communication)
EXT: EXTernal
EU: Execution Unit EXTRA: EXecutionTRace Analyzer

EXTRN FCP
EXTRN: EXecution TRace Analyzer FAT32: File Allocation Table 32 bits

Every entry in the table is 32 bits wide (Operating systems)
EXUG: European X Users Group
(Microsoft)
E-ZINE: Electronic magaZINE
FAX: FACSimile
Also a file name extension
F
FAZAM: Full Armor Zero AdMinistration
f: femto
Prefix for 10 power -15 FB: Fiber optic Backbone
F/T: Full Time FBA: Fair Buffer Allocation

(Network)
F/V: Frequency to Voltage converter
FBC: Find By Content
(Hardware) E
FA: Foreign Agent FBGA: Fine Ball-Grid Array
Integrated circuit (IC) packaging that uses half-spherical
Node in a mobile IP network that enables roamed users to
register on the foreign network. The FA will communicate with
contacts versus pins (Hardware) F
the HA (Home Agent) to enable IP datagrams to be FBRAM: Frame Buffer Random Access Memory
transferred between the home network and the roamed user A special type of Dynamic RAM (DRAM) used in high-speed
on the foreign network (Network) frame buffers. Similar to Video RAM (VRAM), FBRAM is
FAB: FABrication plant specifically designed for use in high-speed frame buffers and
Usually referred to chip fabrication plants graphics accelerators. (Hardware)
FAC: File Access Code FC: Fiber Channel

(Hardware)
FACE: Framed Access Command Environment
FC: Frame Control
FACS: Facility fir Access Control and Security
FC: Functional Component
FAIL: Fast Artificial Intelligence Language (Software)
FAMOS: Floating gate Avalanche Metal Oxide FC/AL: Fiber Channel/Arbitrated Loop
Semiconductor
(Hardware)
FC/EL: Fiber Channel/Enhanced Loop
FANS: Future Air Navigation System FCA: Flow Control Acknowledge
FAP: File Access Protocol FC-AL: Fiber Channel - Arbitrated Loop

(Hardware)
FAP: Format And Protocol
FCB: File Control Block
FAPI: Family Application Programming
Interface FCBS: File Control BlockS
FAQ: Frequently Asked Question FCC: Federal Communications Commission

(Organizations)
FAR: Fixed Alternative Routing
FCC: File Carbon Copy
FARE: Film Automatic Retouching and
Enhancement FCCSET: Federal Coordinating Council for
Film scanner technology (Hardware) (Canon) Science, Engineering and Technology
FARNET: Federation of American Research FC-EL: Fiber Channel - Enhanced Loop

NETworks (Hardware)
(Organizations) FCFS: First Come, First Served
FASIC: Function and Algorithm-Specific Process or thread scheduling (Operating systems)
Integrated Circuit FCI: Fibre Channel Interface
FASMI: False Analysis of Shared FCI: Flow Control Indicator
Multidimensional Information
FCI: Flux Changes per Inch
FAST: File And Settings Transfer
FCIF: Flexible Computer Interface Form
The FAST wizard helps you transfer files in windows XP
FAST: First Application System Test FCIF: Full Common Intermediate Format
Video Teleconferencing standard
FAT: File Allocation Table
FCL: Fibre Channel Loop
FAT12: File Allocation Table 12 bits FCL: Framework Class Library

Every entry in the table is 12 bits wide (Operating systems) A collection of classes which are part of Microsoft's .NET
(Microsoft) platform. (Software) (Microsoft)
FAT16: File Allocation Table 16 bits FCO: First Class Object

Every entry in the table is 16 bits wide (Operating systems) (Software)
(Microsoft) FCO: Flow Control Operator bits
FCP: Fibre Channel Protocol

FC-PGA FF
FC-PGA: Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array FDSL: Fractional Digital Subscriber Line
IC pins organization (Hardware) (Communication)
FCPH: Fibre Channel PHysical and signaling FDSL: Free Digital Subscriber Line
interface (Communication)
FCR: FIFO Control Register FDTE: Female Data Terminal Equipment

RS-232 adapter (Hardware)
FCRAM: Fast-Cycle Random Access Memory
(Hardware) FDx: Full DupleX
FCS: Fiber Channel Standard (Communication)
FCS: First Customer Ship FE: Family Edition

(Software)
FCS: Frame Check Sequence
The standard 16-bit cyclic redundancy check used for HDLC FE: Functional Entity
and frame relay frames. The FCS detects bit errors occurring FEA: Finite Element Analysis
in the bits of the frame between the opening flag and the FCS Engineering stress analysis with a computer (Software) F
(Communication)
FEA: Functional Entity Action
FD: Flat Display
(Hardware) (Sony) FEAR: False Emotions Appearing Real
(Net lingo)
FD: Floppy Disk
FEBE: Far End Block Error
FD: Full Duplex
FEC: Fast EtherChannel
FDBMS: Federated Database Management
(Hardware) (Cisco)
System
(Databases) FEC: Fetch Execute Cycle
FDC: Floppy Disk Controller FEC: Forward Error Correction
(Hardware) Sending redundant data so that if data loss occurs, data
recovery is possible without retransmission (Communication)
FDCN: Financial Data Cast Network
FECN: Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
FDCT: Forward Discrete Cosine Transform A bit sent by a frame relay network to notify an interface
(Software) device (DTE) that congestion avoidance procedures should
FDD: Floppy Disk Drive be initiated by the receiving device (Communication)
(Hardware) FED: Field Emitting Display
FDDI: Fiber Digital Device Interface (Hardware)
(Hardware) FEFO: First-Ended, First-Out
FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface FEK: File Encryption Key
An emerging high-speed networking standard. The underlying (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
medium is fiber optics, and the topology is a dual-attached,
counter-rotating token ring (Hardware)
FEM: Finite Elements Method
FDDITPPMD: Fiber Distributed Data Interface FEP: Front End Processor

Twisted Pair-Physical layer, Medium Dependent FEPI: Front End Programming Interface
FDE: Full Duplex Ethernet FEPROM: Flash Erasable Programmable Read
FDF: Forms Data Format Only Memory
(Adobe) (Hardware)
FDFS: File Descriptor File System FER: Forward Error Correction

A pseudo file system that provides explicit names for FeRAM: FErroelectric Random Access Memory
opening files using file descriptors. (Operating systems) (Hardware)
FDI: Feeder Distribution Interface FERC: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Similar to a DSLAM Cross-Connect box (Communication) (Organizations)
FDII: Feeder Distribution Interface FESDK: Far East Software Development Kit
Interconnect (Microsoft)
(Communication)
FET: Field-Effect Transistor
FDL: File Definition Language A type of transistor in which the flow of current between the
FDM: Frequency-Division Multiplexing source and the drain is modulated by application of a
transverse electric field between two gate electrodes.
FDMA: Frequency-Division Multiple Access (Hardware)
FDOCA: Formatted Data Object Content FF: Flip-Flop
Architecture (Hardware)
(IBM)
FF: ForFait
FDPT: Fixed Disk Parameter Table Used in online gaming (Games)
(Hardware)

FF FMD
FF: Form Feed FIPA: Foundation for Intelligent Physical

A printer command that tells a printer to move to the top of Agents
the next page. In the ASCII character set, the form-feed (Organizations)
character has the decimal value 12. Also known as the page
eject character. FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standard
The FIPS PUB is the National Bureau of Standards’ guide to
FF: Friendly Fire the standards it issues.
Used in online First Person Shooter (FPS) games (Games)
FIR: Fast InfraRed
FFA: Free For All
FIR: Finite Impulse Response
FFDC: First Failure Data Capture
FIRST: ForschungsInstitut fër
(IBM)
Rechnerarchitektur und SoftwareTechnik
FFI: Foreign Function Interface
FIRST: Forum of Incident Response and
A facility make calls from one computer language to another
Security Teams
(Software)
FFIF: File Format for Internet Fax
FIS: Frontline Information System F
FIST: ForschungsInstitut für
FFJ: Forte For Java
Rechnerarchitektur und SoftwareTechnik
Java integrated development environment (IDE) (Software)
(Sun) FITS: Flexible Image Transport System
FFOL: Fddi Follow-On-LAN FIU: Fingerprint Identification Unit
(Hardware)
FFS: Fast FileSystem
FFS: Fast Filing System FIX: Federal Internet eXchange
FFS: For F***'s Sake FK: Foreign Key

(Databases)
(Net lingo)
FFST: First Failure Support Technology FL: Fiberoptic Link
(IBM) FLA: Five Letters Acronym
FFT: Fast Fourier Transform FLA: Four Letters Acronym
FFT: Final Form Text FLAC: FLorida Automatic Computer
(IBM) Early 1950's digital computer used at Cape Canaveral
FG: Floating Gate FLACC: Full Level Algol Checkout Compiler
FGREP: Fixed Global Regular Expression Print FLAG: Fiber-optic Link Around the Globe
(Network)
FH: Frequency Hopping
(Communication) FLC: Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal
FHS: Fan Heat-Sink FLD: FieLD
FHS: File Hierarchy Standard FLEA: Four Letter Extended Acronym
(Operating systems) FLGA: Fine Land Grid Array
FHSS: Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum Integrated circuit (IC) packaging that uses small flat
(Communication) contacts versus pins (Hardware)
FIA: File Integrity Assessment FLL: Foxpro Link Library

(Microsoft)
FIB: Forwarding Information Base
FLOPS: FLoating-point Operations Per Second
FICON: FIber CONnection
A measure of the speed at which a computer can operate.
(IBM)
(Hardware)
FID: Filtering IDentifier FLTK: Fast Light Toolkit
(Communication)
Pronounced "fulltick", is a cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit for
FIF: Fractal Image Format UNIX/Linux (X11), Microsoft Windows® and MacOS X. FLTK
provides modern GUI functionality without the bloat and
FIFO: First In First Out supports 3D graphics via OpenGL and its built-in GLUT
(Hardware) emulation (Software)
FIFOFS: First In First Out File System FM: Fault Management
Named pipe files that give processes common access to A series of information flows at the physical and ATM layer
data. (Operating systems) designed to identify the location and cause of a fault within
FILO: First In Last Out the network (Communication)
FIN: Functional Identification Number FM: Frequency Modulation
FIOC: Frame Input/Output Controller FMA: Fused Multiply-Add

CPU instruction type
FIP: Facility Interface Processor
FMD: Fluorescent Multilayer Disk
FIP: File Processor Buffering (Hardware)

FMD-ROM FPLS
FMD-ROM: Fluorescent Multilayer Disk - Read FOP: Formatting Objects Processor

Only Memory Output-independent print formatter driven by XSL formatting
(Hardware) objects. It is a Java application that reads a formatting
object tree and then renders the resulting pages to a
FMH: Function Management Header specified output. See http://xml.apache.org/fop/ (Software)
FMRI: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging FOR: FORtran
FMS: File Management System File name extension
FMT: ForMaT FORTRAN: FORmula TRANsactor

Programming language
FMV: Full Motion Video
FNC: Federal Networking Council FOSE: Federal Office Systems Exposition
The body responsible for coordinating networking needs FOSI: Format Option Specification Instance
among U.S. federal agencies. (Organizations)
FOSSIL: Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface
FNC: Frogans Network Certificate Layer
See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software)
F
FOT: Fiber Optic Transceiver
FNI: File Not Identified FOX: Field Operational X.500
Used primarily for software scanning applications (asset
management) (Software) FP: Floating Point
FNS: Frogans Network System FP: Foundation Profile
See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software) (Software)
FNSL: Frogans Network System Language FP: Frame Pointer

See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software) Processor register (Hardware)
FNT: FoNT FPA: Floating Point Accelerator

File name extension A device (board or integrated circuit - IC) that speeds up
floating-point calculations. (Hardware)
FO: F*** Off
(Net lingo) FPA: Function Point Analysis
A method used to determine the complexity of a program
FO: Fiber Optic (Software)
FO: Formatting Object FPC: Floating Point Calculation
FOA: Formatted Object Authoring FPC: Floating Point Coprocessor
Java application that gives users a graphical interface to
author XSL-FO stylesheets. With FOA you can generate FPCE: Floating-Point C Extension
pages and page sequences, and fill them with content Specification
provided from one or more XML files (Software) FPD: Flat Panel Display
FOAD: F*** Off And Die (Hardware)
(Net lingo) FPD: Full Page Display
FOC: Fiber Optic Cable (Hardware)
FOCUS: FOrum of Control data USers FPDU: Ftam Protocol Data Unit
FOD: Fax On Demand FPE: Floating Point Engine
FOD: Flexible Optical Disk FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array
An integrated circuit containing an array of logic circuits in
FOG: First Osborne Group
which the connections between the individual circuits can be
FOIP: Fax Over Internet Protocol programmed after manufacture, typically at the time of
installation (in the field). (Hardware)
FOIRL: Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link
FPI: Floating-Point Interface
FOLDOC: Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing
FPI: Formal Public Identifier
FOLED: Flexible Organic Light Emitting Diode
(Hardware) FPIM: Fax Profile for Internet Messaging
Defines how fax messages can be encoded as SMTP/MIME
FOMAU: Fiber Optic Media Access Unit
messages (Communication)
FON: Fiber Optics Network
FPLA: Field Programmable Logic Array
FON: FONt An array of logic elements. Its interconnections are
File name extension programmable after manufacture (Hardware)
FOOBAR: Ftp Operation Over Big Address FPLMTS: Future Public Land Mobile
Records Telecommunications System
FOOT: Forum for Object Oriented Technology FPLS: Field Programmable Logic Sequencer
(Hardware)

FPM FSM
FPM: Fast Packet Multiplexing FRICC: Federal Research Internet Coordinating

A multiplexing technique that sends data packets over the Committee
network and requires error detection/correction only at the Now replaced by the Federal Networking Council (FNC).
destination node (Communication) (Organizations)
FPM: Fast Page Mode FRL: Frame Representation Language
(Hardware)
FRM: Forward Resource Management
FPMPMI: Flat Panel Monitor Physical Mounting
FRPI: Flux Reversals Per Inch
Interface
(Hardware) FRR: Functional Recovery Routine
FPNW: File and Print services for NetWare FRS: Family Radio Service
(Operating systems) Wireless communication and networking service
(Communication)
FPO: Frame Pointer Omission
Technique that gives a debugger enough information to find FRS: File Record Segment
the next function information on the stack without using FRS: File Replication Service
F
frame pointers (Software) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
FPP: Fixed Path Protocol FRS: Flexible Route Selection
FPP: Floating Point Processor FRSM: Frame Relay Service Module
FPR: Floating-Point Register (Network) (Cisco)
FPS: Fast Packet Switching FRU: Field-Replaceable Unit

An assembly replaced in its entirety when any one of its
FPS: Favorite Picture Selection
components fails. (Hardware)
FPS: First Person Shooter
FRUNI: Frame Relay User Network Interface
Game genre (Games)
(Network)
fps: Frames Per Second
FS: File Separator
Motion images reproduction speed
FS: File System
FPSE: FrontPage Server Extensions
(Software) (Microsoft) FS: Frame Status
FPT: Forced Perfect Termination FS: Free Software
(Software)
FPU: Floating-Point Unit
(Hardware) FSA: Fluidic Self-Assembly
LCD manufacturing technology (Hardware)
FPX: FlashPiX
Filename extension (Kodak) FSAA: Full-Scene Anti-Aliasing
(Hardware)
FQDN: Fully Qualified Domain Name
(Network) FSAG: Free Software Association of Germany
FRAD: Frame Relay Access Device FSAM: Federated Storage Area Management
A naturally scalable environment of pooled, federated (i.e.,
FRAD: Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler available when needed), modular, multivendor storage
FRAG: FRAGment resources (HP)
FRAM: Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory FSB: Front Side Bus

The bus within a microprocessor that connects the CPU with
FRAP: Frame Relay Access Probe
main memory (Hardware)
(Network)
FSCK: File System Consistency checK
FRC: Frame Rate Control
(Hardware) FSD: File System Driver
(Operating systems)
FRC: Functional Redundancy Checking
FSDL: Frogans Slide Description Language
FRED: Fair Random Early Detection
A variation of Random Early Detection (RED) (Network)
FSE: Full Screen Editor
FRED: FRame EDitor
FSF: Free Software Foundation
FRED: FRont-End to Dish
(Organizations)
FRF: Floating point Register File
FSIOP: File System Input/Output Processor
FRF: Frame Relay Forum (Hardware)
An association of corporate members consisting of vendors,
FSK: Frequency-Shift Keying
carriers, users and consultants committed to the
(Communication)
implementation of Frame Relay in accordance with national
and international standards (Organizations) FSL: Function Selection via the Line
Created by I-Data to support special printing needs
FSM: Finite-State Machine

FSMO G2G
FSMO: Flexible Single Master Operation FTSC: Fidonet Technical Standard Conference
FTTB: Fiber To The Basement
FSN: Full Service Network FTTC: Fiber To The Curb
FSP: Fax Service Provider FTTH: Fiber To The Home
FSP: File Service Protocol (Communication)
FSP: Full Service Provider FTTN: Fiber To The Neighborghood

FSQ: Flow Service Quality FTTP: Fiber To The Premise
(Network)
FSR: Free System Resources
FSR: Full Scale Range FTW: For The Win
(Net lingo)
FSS: Fast System Switch
FTX: Fault Tolerant uniX
FSS: Field Support Service
A group of technical engineers providing short-term FUBAB: F***ed Up Beyond All Belief F
assistance and product knowledge to customers that are (Net lingo)
deploying, developing, and maintaining Lotus environments
(Lotus)
FUBAR: F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition G
(Net lingo)
FST: Finite State Technology FUD: Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt
(Software)
FUEL: Fatwire UpdateEngine Library
FST: Flat Square Tube (Software)
(Hardware)
FUI: File Update Information
FST: French Summer Time
Timezone: GMT +1:00 FUUG: Finnish Unix User Group
(Organizations)
FSTN: Film-compensated SuperTwisted
Nematic FVT: Full Video Translation
LCD display technology (Hardware) FW: FirmWare
FT: Fault Tolerant FWH: Firmware Hub
FT: Field Test (Hardware) (Intel)
FTA: Floptical Technology Association FWIW: For What It's Worth

(Net lingo)
FTAM: File Transfer Access and Management
The International Organization for Standardization's Open FWT: French Winter Time
Systems Interconnection (OSI) remote file service and Timezone: GMT +1:00
protocol. (Network)
FWTK: FireWall ToolKit
FTAM: File Transfer and Access Method (Security)
FTC: Federal Trade Commission FXO: Foreign eXchange Office
(Organizations) An FXO interface connects to the Public Switched Telephone
Network's (PSTN) central office and is the interface offered
FTE: Fault-Tolerant Ethernet
on a standard telephone (Hardware)
(Network)
FXP: File eXchange Protocol
FTFM: F*** The F***ing Manual
(Net lingo) FXS: Foreign eXchange Station
An FXS interface connects directly to a standard telephone
FTL: Flash Transition Layer and supplies ring, voltage, and dial tone (Hardware)
(Intel)
FXU: FiXed point Unit
FTL: For The Loss
(Net lingo)
FY: Financial Year
FTM: Flat Tension Mask FY: Fiscal Year
FTOS: File Transfer Osi Support FYI: For Your Information

(Net lingo)
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
The Internet protocol (and program) used to transfer files
G
between hosts. (Network)
FTP: Foiled Twisted Pair G: Giga
Prefix for 10 power 9 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 30)
FTPD: File Transfer Protocol Daemon
G.SHDSL: Giga Single-pair High bit rate Digital
FTR: Full Text Retrieval Subscriber Line
FTS: Federal Telecommunication System (Communication)
FTS: Fidonet Technical Standard G/L: General Ledger

FTS: Full Text Search G2G: Got To Go
(Net lingo)

G2H GE
G2H: Gilat-To-Home GC: Graphics Context

Two-way broadband satellite access The storage of various information for graphics output, such
as foreground pixel, background pixel, line width, clipping
G4U: Good For yoU region, and so on. (Operating systems)
(Net lingo)
GCA: General Communications Architecture
GA: General Availability
GCC: Gnu C Compiler
GAAP: Generally Accepted Accounting (Software)
Principles
GCCD: Glass-passivated Ceramic Chip Diode
GAC: Global Assembly Cache
Microsoft .NET assembly cache (Software) (Microsoft) GCL: Graphics Command Language
GAIA: Gui Application Interoperability GCOS: General Comprehensive Operating

Architecture System
GAIN: German Advanced Integrated Network GCR: Group Coded Recording
(Hardware)
GAL: Generic Array Logic
(Hardware) GCRA: Generic Cell Rate Algorithm
GAL: Global Address List GCS: Group Control System G

GALPAT: GALlopping PATtern GD: God Damn
Memory test technique (Net lingo)
GALSA: Governed Architectures of Large GDA: Global Data Area

Systems of Agents GDA: Global Directory Agent
GAM: Global Allocation Map GDA: Gnome Data Access
(Databases)
GDAP: Government Document Application
GAN: GALloping PATtern Profile
GAN: Global Area Network GDB: Gnu DeBugger
(Network) (Software)
GAP: Generic Access Profile GDBM: Gnu DataBase Manager
GAPI: Gateway Application Programming GDD: Gesellschaft für Datenschutz und
Interface Datensicherung
GARO: Graphics Art language with Raster GDDM: Graphical Data Display Manager
Operations (Software)
Printer language (Canon)
GDDR: Graphics Double Data Rate
GARP: Generic Attribute Registration Protocol A type of DDR SDRAM memory designed to keep up with the
(Communication) heavy demands of graphics processing. While consuming
less power compared to standard DDR memory, the clock
GART: Graphic Address Remapping Table
speed and bandwidth are adjusted to further excel in graphics
(Hardware)
tasks (Hardware)
GATT: Graphics Address Translation Table GDG: Generation Data Group
Gb: GigaBit (IBM)
GB: GigaByte GDI: Graphics Device Interface
1024 megabytes (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
GBDE: Geom Based Disk Encryption GDLC: Generic Data Link Control
Strong cryptographic facility for denying unauthorised access (IBM)
to data stored on a "cold" disk for decades and longer. GBDE
GDMO: Guidelines for the Definition of
operates on the disk(-partition) level allowing any type of file
system or database to be protected (Operating systems)
Managed Objects
GBIC: GigaBit Interface Converter GDOS: Graphics Device Operating System

A transceiver that converts between electrical and optical GDP: Graphic Draw Primitive
signals for high-speed networking (Hardware)
GDS: General Data Stream
GBP: Group Buffer Pool
GDS: Global Directory Service
(Databases)
GDT: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Gbps: Giga Bits Per Second
Transfer Speed (Communication) GDT: Global Descriptor Table
GBps: Giga Bytes Per Second
Transfer Speed (Communication) GDT: Graphics Development Toolkit
GC: Global Catalog GE: Greater than or Equal
Active directory's caching system (Operating systems) (Software)

GEAR GLUT
GEAR: Gigabyte Enhanced Agp Riser GI: Gesellschaft für Informatik

Used to provide AGP support for PCI-E motherboards
GIAC: Global Information Assurance
(Hardware)
Certification
GECOS: General Electric Comprehensive Certification programs designed to serve the people who are
Operating System or will be responsible for managing and protecting important
information systems and networks. See also
GEF: Graphical Editor Framework http://www.giac.org/
Allows developers to take an existing application model and
easily create a rich graphical editor (Software) GiB: GibIByte
Unit of measurement, introduced by the International
GEIS: General Electric Information Service Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024
GEM: Global Enterprise Manager MiB
GEM: Grain Equalization and Management GID: Group IDentifier

Film scanner technology The number used by the system to control access to
accounts owned by other users. (Operating systems)
GEM: Graphics Environment Manager
(Software) (Digital Research) GIF: Graphical Interchange Format
File format for bitmapped images (CompuServe)
GENIE: General Electric Network for G
Information Exchange GIGO: Garbage In, Garbage Out
GEO: Geosynchronous Earth Orbit GII: Global Information Infrastructure
GEOS: Graphic Environment Operating System GILS: Government Information Locator Service
GET: Get Execute Trigger GIMP: Gnu Image Manipulation Program
Freely distributed piece of software suitable for such tasks as
GFC: Generic Flow Control
photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
(Communication) See www.gimp.org (Software)
GFDL: Gnu Free Documentation License GIMPS: Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
(GNU)
GINA: Graphical Identification aNd
GFI: General Format Identifier Authentication
GFI: Ground-Fault Interceptor GIOP: General Inter-Orb Protocol
GFLOPS: Giga FLoating point Operations per Gips: Giga Instructions Per Second
Second
Processing speed
GIS: Geographic Information System
A graphic application using a database of specialized
GFP: Global Functional Plane information, such as geographical and demographic data.
GFS: Grandfather, Father, Son (Software)
Backup methodology GIS: Global Information Solutions
GFSK: Gaussian Frequency-Shift Keying (AT&T)
GFTD: Gone For The Day GIX: Global Internet eXchange

(Net lingo) GJ: Good Job
(Net lingo)
GFU: Good For yoU
(Net lingo) GKMP: Group Key Management Protocol
(Security)
GFY: Go Fuck Yourself
(Net lingo) GKS: Graphical Kernel System
GFY: Good For You An international standard 2-D graphics library consisting of a
set of defined graphic primitives and a tool set for application
(Net lingo)
developers.
GG: Good Game
GL: Graphics Language
Said during online play (Games)
(Software)
GGP: Gateway to Gateway Protocol
GLA: Good Luck All
GGP: Gotta Go Pee Used in online gaming (Games)
(Net lingo)
GLIS: Global Land Information System
GGSN: Gateway Gprs Support Node GLM: General Linear Models
Gateway between the GPRS network and public data networks
such as IP and X.25. GGSNs also connect to other GPRS GLOBE: Global Learning by Observations to
networks to facilitate GPRS roaming (Communication) Benefit the Environment
GH: Getting Hard GLTY: Good Luck To You
(Net lingo) (Net lingo)
GHTSTN: Guest Host Technique SuperTwisted GLUT: openGL Utility Toolkit

Nematic Is a window system independent toolkit for writing OpenGL
programs. It implements a simple windowing application
GHz: GigaHertZ
programming interface (API) for OpenGL (Software)

GLY GRP
GLY: GLossarY GPF: General Protection Fault

File name extension (Microsoft) Common error in 16-bits Windows (Software) (Microsoft)
GM: General Midi GPI: Graphics Programming Interface

(Software)
GMCH: Graphics and Memory Controller Hub
(Hardware) (Intel) GPIB: General Purpose Interface Bus
GMDI: Gigabit Media-Dependent Interface
GMI: Generic Management Information GPIO: General Purpose Input Output
GMII: Gigabit Media Independent Interface GPL: General Public License

(GNU)
(Network)
GML: Generalized Markup Language GPL: Graphics Programming Language
GMP: Global Mobile Professional GPM: Group Policy Manager

(Operating systems)
GMR: Giant Magneto-Resistive
Hard disk head technology (Hardware) GPO: Group Policy Object
(Operating systems)
GMRAE: Geometric Mean Relative Absolute
GPP: Generic Packetized Protocol
G
Error
GMRP: Garp Multicast Registration Protocol GPR: General Purpose Register
(Hardware)
It allows a device to declare membership of a Layer 2
multicast group GPRC: Glass Passivated Rectifier Chip
GMS: Global Management System GPRS: General Packet Radio Service
GMS: Global Messaging Service (Communication)
(Novell) GPS: Global Positioning System
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time GPS: Global Product Specification
Also called UTC
GPSI: Graphics Processor Software Interface
GMTA: Great Minds Think Alike
GPSS: General Purpose Simulation System
(Net lingo)
GPT: Guid Partition Table
GNA: Global Network Academy
GND: GrouND
GPU: Graphics Processing Unit
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
GNN: Global Network Navigator
GPV: General Public Virus
(Network)
GQL: Graphical Query Language
GNOME: Gnu Network Object Model
Environment GQoS: Generic Quality of Service
(Network)
GNU: Gnu's Not Unix
GRADD: GRaphics Adapter Device Driver
GOAD: Gnome Object Activation Directory
(IBM)
GOCA: Graphic Object Content Architecture
GRAM: Global Resource Allocation Manager
GOD: Global OutDial
GRASP: General Responsibility Assignment
GOLP: Government Open License Program Software Patterns
The Microsoft Government Open License Program is (Software)
designed to provide a simple volume-licensing solution and
is a cost-effective way for qualified government entities GRE: Generic Routing Encapsulation
needing as few as five licenses to purchase software Protocol for encapsulation of an arbitrary network layer
(Software) (Microsoft) protocol over another arbitrary network layer protocol
(Network)
GOSIP: Government Open Systems
Interconnection Profile GRE: GRaphics Engine
GP: Gas Plasma GREP: Global Regular Expression Print
GP: General Purpose GRIC: Global Reach Internet Connection
(Communication)
GP: Gold Plated
(Hardware) GRINS: GRaphical INterface to Smil
GPC: General-Purpose Computation gRMS: G Root Mean Square
Measurement unit used to quantify a vibration; "g" is the
GPC: Graphics Performance Characterization gravitational acceleration constant (Hardware)
GPCI: Graphics Processor Command Interface GRP: Group
GPE: Graphics Picture Enhancement File name extension
(Hardware) (Sony)

GRS HAL
GRS: General Retention Schedule GTS: Generic Traffic Shaping

Length of time archived data is to be kept in an archive (Cisco)
database
GUI: Graphical User Interface
GRUB: GRand Unified Bootloader The pictorial point of interaction between you and the
(Operating systems) computer and its special applications, usually with a mouse
or other selection device. (Operating systems)
GS: General Synthesis
(Hardware) (Roland) GUID: Globally Unique IDentifier
GS: Group Separator GUIDE: Graphical User Interface Design Editor
GSDS: Genealogy Software Distribution System GUUG: German Unix User Group
GSE: Giac Security Expert GVPN: Global Virtual Private Network
(Network)
GSI: General Server Interface
GVT: Global Virtual Time
GSI: Grid Security Infrastructure
GVU: Graphic, Visualization, and Usability
GSM: Global Shared Memory
GWAPI: Go Webserver Application
GSM: Global System for Mobile communications G
Programming Interface
(Communication)
(Software) (Lotus)
GSMP: General Switch Management Protocol H
GWART: GateWay Address Routing Table
(Network)
GW-BASIC: Gee Whiz Beginners All-purpose
GSNW: Gateway Service for NetWare
(Microsoft)
GWE: Global Write Enabled
GSP: Generic Server Passer
(Hardware)
GSP: Global Service Provider
GWES: Graphics, Windowing and Events
GSR: Gigabit Switch Router Subsystem
(Hardware) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
GSS: Generic Security Service GWIA: GroupWare Internet Agent
GSSAP: Generic Security Service Application (Novell)
Protocol
(Security) H
GSSAPI: Generic Security Services Application H: Header
Programming Interface File name extension
(Software)
H&J: Hyphenation And Justification
GSTN: General Switched Telephone Network (Software)
GSTS: Ground-based Surveillance and H/PC: Hand-held Personal Computer
Tracking System (Hardware)
GT: Greater Than H/V: Horizontal/Vertical
(Software)
H/W: HardWare
GTDM: Group Time Division Multiplexing HA: Header Authentication
GTE: General Telephone Electronics
HA: High Availability
GTF: Generalized Timing Format HA: Home Agent
GTFO: Get The F**k Out Component for mobile IP applications that run on home or
To ask someone to leave now (Net lingo) private networks (Network)
GTG: Got To Go HACMP: High Availability Cluster Multi-

(Net lingo) Processing
(IBM)
GTK: Gimp ToolKit
Set of libraries to create graphical user interfaces. It has a C- HACN: Home Agent Control Node
based object-oriented architecture that allows for maximum (Network)
flexibility (Software) (GNU)
HAD: Holographic Autostereoscopic Display
GTL: Gunning Transceiver Logic Simple conversion of LCD technology, replacing the LCD's
backlight with an HOE (holographic optical element)
gTLD: Generic Top Level Domain
(Hardware)
(Network)
HAI: Hardware Accelerator Interface
GTM: Gnome Transfer Manager
(Hardware)
GTO: Guide To Operations
HAL: Hard Array Logic
(IBM)
HAL: Hardware Abstraction Layer
GTP: Geometry Theorem Prover

HAL HDx
HAL: Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic HD-DVD: High Definition Digital Video (or
Computer Versatile) Disk
(Hardware)
HAL: Home Automated Living
HDF: Hierarchical Data Format
HAL: House-programmed Array Logic
HALO: High Altitude Long Operation HDH: Hdlc Distant Host
Communication aircraft (Communication) HDI: Head to Disk Interference
HAND: Have A Nice Day HDI: Hoops Device Interface
(Net lingo)
HDL: Hardware Description Language
HAP: Host Access Protocol HDLC: High-level Data-Link Control
HAS: Home Automation System A generic link-level communications protocol developed by
the International Standards Organization. HDLC manages
HASP: Houston Automatic Spooling Priority
synchronous, code-transparent, serial information transfer
HAT: Hashed Address Table over a link connection (Communication)
HAT: Heap Analysis Tool HDLP: High-Level Data Link Protocol

Tool for tracking down heap problems in Java programs HDM: Hardware Device Module
(Software) (Sun) (Hardware)
HAWK: Hostile Activity Watch Kernel HDMI: High-Definition Multimedia Interface H
HBA: Host Bus Adapter See http://www.hdmi.org/ (Hardware)
A controller board connecting the I/O expansion bus to the
HDML: Handheld Device Markup Language
SCSI subsystem. (Hardware)
HDMOS: High Density Metal Oxide
HBCI: Home Banking Computer Interface
Semiconductor
HBI: Horizontal Blanking Interval HDP: Hard Disk Password
(Hardware)
(Security)
HCA: Hich-Contrast Addressing
HDR: HeaDeR
(Hardware) (Sharp)
HDR: High Data Rate
HCG: High-Contrast Addressing
(Communication)
HCI: Host Controller Interface
HDR: High Dynamic Range
BlueTooth technology (Communication)
HDR: Host Data Replicator
HCL: Hardware Compatibility List
(Databases)
HCL: Host Control Links
HD-ROM: High Density Read Only Memory
HCSDS: High-Capacity Satellite Digital Service (Hardware)
HCSS: High Capacity Storage System HDSC: High Density Signal Carrier
HCTDS: High-Capacity Terrestrial Digital (DEC)
Service HDSL: High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line
HCU: Home Computer User (Communication)
HD: Hard Disk HDSM: Heterogeneous Distributed Shared

(Hardware) Memory
(Hardware)
HD: High Density
HDSS: Holographic Data Storage System
HDA: Head Disk Assembly
HDT: Hawaii Daylight Time
HDB3: High-Density Bipolar 3
(Communication)
HDT: Host Digital Terminal
HDC: Hard Disk Controller
HDTP: Handheld Device Transport Protocol
HDC: High Dependability Computing (Communication)
HD-CD: High Definition Compact Disk
HDTS: High Density Thumb Screw
HDCP: High-Definition Content Protection SCSI connector with manually screwable screws (Hardware)
Specification developed by the Intel Corporation to control (HP)
digital audio and video content as it travels across Digital
HDTV: High-Definition TeleVision
Visual Interface (DVI) or High Definition Multimedia
(Hardware)
Interface (HDMI) connections
HDD: Hard Disk Drive HDVD: High Definition Volumetric Display
(Hardware) HDW: HarDWare
HDDL: High-level Dialogue Definition Language HDx: Half DupleX
(Software) (Philips) (Communication)

HEC HMOS
HEC: Header Error Check HJB: HotJava Browser

(Communication) (Sun)
HEL: Hardware Emulation Layer HKCC: HKey_Current_Config

Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HEP: Horizontal Enterprise Portal
HEPNET: High Energy Physics NETwork HKCR: HKey_Classes_Root
HES: Home Entertainment System
(Hardware) HKCU: HKey_Current_User
HEX: HEXadecimal
HKDD: HKey_Dyn_Data
HF: High Frequency Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HF: Human Factors HKLM: HKey_Local_Machine
HFC: Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Hardware)
HKU: HKey_Users
HFEP: Host - Front End Protocol Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Network)
HLB: Horny Little Bastard
HFS: Hierarchical File System (Net lingo)
(Operating systems) (Apple) HLCO: High Low Close Open H
HFT: High Function Terminal HLD: Height, Length, Depth
(IBM)
HLHSR: Hidden-Line, Hidden-Surface Removal
HFT: Host Function Table
(Software)
HLL: High-Level Language
(Software)
HGA: Hercules Graphics Adapter
HLLAPI: High-Level Language Application
HGC: Hercules Graphics Card Programming Interface
(Hardware) (Software)
HGCP: Hercules Graphics Card Plus HLP: HeLP
HGML: Hyper Graphics Markup Language File name extension
HHT: Hand-Held Terminal HLQ: High Level Qualifier

Hand-held programming terminal to communicate with a HLR: Home Location Register
programmable logic controller (PLC) on the fly (Hardware)
HLS: Hue, Luminance, Saturation
HIC: Hybrid Integrated Circuit Color model
HID: High-Intensity Discharge HLSL: High-Level Shading Language
Light bulb technology used mainly in projectors (Hardware)
DirectX 9 feature that abstracts low-level details such as
HID: Human Interface Device register allocation, register read-port limits, instruction co-
(Hardware) issuing and so on (Games) (Microsoft)
HIDS: Host-based Intrusion Detection System HLT: HaLT

(Security) HMA: High Memory Area
HIF: Hyper-g Interchange Format Method to access the first 64kB segment above the 1MB
File name extension boundary in DOS/Windows 16-bits (Microsoft)
HiFD: HIgh-capacity Floppy Disk HMA: Hub Management Architecture

(Hardware) (Sony) HMC: Highspeed Memory Controller
HIFI: Hypertext Interface For Information HMD: Head Mounted Display
HIL: Human Interface Link HMFIC: Head Mother Fucker in Charge
(HP) Another name for the boss (Net lingo)
HIMEM: HIgh MEMory HMI: Host Micro Interface
(CompuServe)
HIP: Hardware Instrumentation Package
(Hardware) HMI: Html Mail Interface
HIPERLAN: HIgh-PErformance Radio Local Area (Microsoft)
Network HMI: Human-Machine Interface
(Network)
HMM: Hidden Markov Model
HIPPI: HIgh Performance Parallel Interface
HMMP: HyperMedia Management Protocol
(Hardware)
HMMU: Hardware Memory Management Unit
HIRD: Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth
(Hardware)
(Operating systems) (GNU)
HMOS: High performance Metal Oxide
HITS: Hypertext-Induced Topic Search Semiconductor

HMP HRTF
HMP: Host Monitoring Protocol HPGL: Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language

Language to describe vector graphics (usually for plotters)
H-MUX: Hybrid MUltipleXer
(Software) (HP)
HNET: Holographic NEural Technology
HPIB: Hewlett Packard Interface Bus
HOAP: Humanoid for Open Architecture Is a version of GPIB (also known as IEEE.488) and was used
Platform on Hewlett Packard (Now Aligent Technologies) lab
equipment. Early versions used a different connector
HOAS: Hold On A Second
(Hardware) (HP)
(Net lingo)
HP-IB: Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
HOB: High-Order Byte
(Hardware) (HP)
HOD: Host-On-Demand
HP-IL: Hewlett-Packard Interface Loop
HO-DSP: Higher Order Domain-Specific Part A serial communications interface, expecially for small
(Network) calculators, i.e. 41C (Communication) (HP)
HOE: Holographic Optical Element HPLJ: Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet
(Hardware)
HPLT: High Productivity Languages/Tools
HOL: High Order Language
HPNA: Home Phoneline Networking Alliance
HOLAP: Hybrid On-Line OnLine Analytical (Organizations)
Processing H
HPOFS: High Performance Optical File System
HOOPS: Hierachical Object Orientated Picture
HPOM: Home Page Object Model
System
(Microsoft)
HOPS: Hierarchical Object Orientated Picture
HPPA: Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture
System
HPPCL: Hewlett-Packard Printer Control
HOSED: Hardware Or Software Error Detected
Language
General error not yet diagnosed. If ignored, progressed to
SNAFU and then FUBAR (Net lingo) HPPE: High Performance Processing Element
(Hardware)
HOTT: Hot Off The Tree
Electronic newsletter HPPI: High-Performance Peripheral Interface
HOTW: Hot Off The Web HPPN: Hewlett-Packard Proactive Notification
Web organizer (Software) (HP)
HOV: High Occupancy Vehicle HPR: High Performance Routing

(IBM)
HP: Hewlett-Packard
HPSA: High Parallel System Architecture
HP: HoneyPot
(Hardware)
An Internet-attached server that acts as a decoy, luring in
potential hackers in order to study their activities and HPSB: High-Performance Serial Bus
monitor how they are able to break into a system (Security) Also known as FireWire (Hardware)
HP/UX: Hewlett-Packard UniX HPUX: Hewlett-Packard UniX
(Operating systems) (HP)
HP-VUE: Hewlett-Packard Visual User
HPA: High Performance Addressing Environment
HPAS: Hypermedia Presentation and Authoring HPW: High Performance Workstation
System (Sun)
HP-AS: Hewlett-Packard Application Server HQ: HeadQuarter
(HP)
HR: High-Rate
HPB: High Ping Bastard IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access method (Communication)
Network multiplayer games attribute (Software)
HR: Human Resource
HPC: High-Performance Computing
HRAA: High Resolution Anti Aliasing
HPCA: High Performance Computer Technology found in the nVidia GeForce3 Chip (Hardware)
Architecture (nVidia)
(Hardware)
HRAD: Hosted Rapid Application Development
HPCC: High-Performance Computing and
HRC: Hybrid Ring Control
Communications
HREF: Hypertext REFerence
HPDJ: Hewlett-Packard Desk Jet
HRG: High Resolution Graphics
HPF: High Performance Fortran
HRIS: Human Resource Information System
HPFS: High Performance File System
(Operating systems) (IBM) HRMS: Human Resource Management System
HPG: Hewlett-Packard Graphics HRTF: Head-Related Transfer Function

HS HWDM
HS: Heat Sink HT: HyperTransport

(Hardware) Technology is a high-speed, low latency, point-to-point link
designed to increase the communication speed between
HS: High Speed integrated circuits in computers, servers, embedded
HSB: Hue, Saturation, Brightness systems, and networking and telecommunications
Color model equipments up to 48 times faster (Hardware) (AMD)
HSC: Help and Support Center HTA: HyperText Application

(Operating systems) (Microsoft) (Network)
HSC: Hierarchical Storage Controller HTCPCP: Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol
(Network)
HSC: High Speed Channel
HTDM: Hybrid Time Division Multiplexing
HSCSD: High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data
For the Global System for Mobile (GSM) (Communication) HTH: Hope This Helps
(Net lingo)
HSD: High Speed Data
HTL: High Threshold Logic
HSF: Heat Sink and Fan (Hardware)
Common combination of a fan attached to a heat sink that is
placed in contact with a microprocessor that needs to be HTML: HyperText Markup Language
cooled. (Hardware) A file format, based on SGML, for hypertext documents on the
HSFS: High Sierra File System

Internet. It is simple and enables the embedding of images,
sounds, video streams, form fields, and basic text formatting.
H
(Operating systems)
HTPC: Home Theater Personal Computer
HSI: High Speed Interface
(Hardware)
HSI: Hue, Saturation, Intensity
HTT: Hyper-Threading Technology
Color model
Implementation of simultaneous multithreading on Intel
HSIL: Host Side Igmp Library Pentium 4, Mobile Pentium 4, and Xeon processors (Intel)
(Network) (Cisco)
HTTP: HyperText Transport (or Transfer)
HSL: High Speed Link Protocol
(IBM) The Internet protocol that fetches hypertext objects from
remote hosts. It is based on TCP/IP.
HSL: Hue, Saturation, Luminance
Color model (Hardware) HTTPD: HyperText Transfer Protocol Daemon
HSLAN: High Speed Local Area Network HTTP-NG: HyperText Transfer Protocol - Next
Generation
HSLN: High Speed Local Network
HTTPS: HyperText Transport (or Transfer)
HSM: Hierarchical Storage Management Protocol Secure
HSM: Hitachi System Manager The secure version of HTTP allowing transfer of encrypted
data
HSMOS: High Speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HTX: HTml eXtension
HSP: High Speed Printer
HUD: Heads Up Display
HSR: Horizontal Scan Rate
(Hardware) HUMAN: High-speed Unlicensed Metropolitan
Area Network
HSRP: Hot Standby Router Protocol
(Network)
(Network) (Cisco)
HURD: Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons
HSSDS: High Speed Switched Digital Service
(Operating systems) (GNU)
HSSI: High Speed Serial Interface
HURSE: Hasp Unit Record SErvice
HST: Hawaii Standard Time To get a punch or print of your cards (Operating systems)
Timezone: GMT -10:00 (IBM)
HST: High Speed Technology HUT: Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
(3Com)
HVC: Hue, Value, Chroma
HST: HiSTory HVD: High Voltage Differential
HST: HoST (Hardware)
HSV: Hue, Saturation, Value HVP: Horizontal and Vertical Position
HSYNC: Horizontal SYNChronization HVS: Human Visual System
(Hardware) HW: HardWare
HT: Horizontal Tab HWCP: HardWare Code Page
HT: Hyper-Threading HWD: Height, Width, Depth
A technology started with Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor at
3.06 that enables the processor to execute two thread in HWDM: Hyperfine Wavelength-Division
parallel, so the software can run more efficiently and the user Multiplexing
can multitask more effectively (Hardware) (Intel) (Communication)

HWG iBCS
HWG: Here We Go! IAD: Intrusion-Aware Design

Mostly used in online gaming (Games) (Security)
HWIH: Here's What I Have IADM: Internet Application Distribution

(Net lingo) Management
HYTEA: HYperText Environment for Authoring IAEC: International Address Element Code
Hz: HertZ IAFA: Internet Anonymous Ftp Archives
Frequency measurement unit (Network)
IAG: Instruction Address Generation

I
IAHC: Internet Ad Hoc Committee
(ISC)2: International Information System (Organizations)
Security Certification Consortium
IAI: Internet Application Integration
(Organizations)
IAK: Internet Access Kit
I/F: InterFace (IBM)
I/O: Input/Output
IAL: Intel Architecture Lab
The equipment used to communicate with a computer, the
(Intel)
data involved in that communication, the media carrying the
data, and the process of communicating that information IAL: International Algebraic Language
I/T: Integration/Transformation ALGOL was first called IAL
H
Another name for Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) IALATFTTJH: I Am Laughing At The Funny
(Databases) Thing That Just Happend I
I2: Internet 2 An alternative to LOL used to represent humor (Net lingo)
(Network) IAM: Index Allocation Map
I2C: Intelligent Interface Controller (Databases)
(Hardware) IAM: Internet Answering Machine
I2C: Inter-Integrated Circuit (Software)
2-wire bus developed by Philips Semiconductors in the early IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
1980's for efficient inter-IC communications. See
http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/markets/mms/protoc IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer
ols/i2c/ (Hardware) (Philips) Standard disclaimer before dispensing legal advice (Net lingo)
I2-DSI: Internet 2-Distributed Storage IANW: International Academic NetWorkshops

Infrastructure IAP: Internet Access Policy
(Network)
IAP: Internet Access Provider
I2O: Intelligent Input Output
IARP: Inverse Address Resolution Protocol
I3: Innovation In Infrastructure (Network)
I4DL: Interface, Inheritance, Implementation, IAS: Information Access Service
Installation Definition Language
IAS: Interactive Application System
IA: Illustrated Audio
Sound file format
IAS: Internet Access Server
(Network)
IA: Information Appliance
(Hardware)
IAS: Internet Authentication Service
IA: Information Architecture IASS: Internet Alphaserver System Software

(DEC)
IA: Intel Architecture
(Hardware) (Intel)
IAT: Import Address Table
IAA: Intel's Application Accelerator
IAT: Information Access Technology
IAB: Internet Activities Board
The group that administrates the development of the Internet
IAT: Internet Appliance Toolkit
suite of protocols (TCP/IP). The IAB has two investigative (Network) (QNX)
task forces, the IRTF and the IETF. Now its called Internet IAUG: International Aix User Group
Architecture Board (Organizations)
IAYF: Information At Your Fingertips
IAB: Internet Architecture Board
The new name of what was called Internet Activities Board IB: Interface Builder
(Organizations) (Software) (Apple)
IAC: InterApplication Communication IBA: Intel Boot Agent

(Apple) (Intel)
IAC: Internet Application Component IBC: Instrument Bus Computer

(Software) iBCS: Intel Binary Compatibility Specification
IAD: Integrated Access Device

IBG ICI
IBG: International Biometrics Group ICCB: Internet Configuration Control Board

(Security) (Organizations)
IBIP: Information Based Indicia Program ICCC: InterClient Communication Convention

Bar code postage system
ICCCM: Inter-Client Communication
IBM: International Business Machines Conventions Manual
The document that describes the conventions for the
IBM-GL: International Business Machines
communication between X clients. This includes such
Graphics Language conventions as client-to-client, client-to-window manager,
IBN: Integrated Business Network client-to-session manager, and color characterization
communication. (Operating systems)
IBOC: In-Band, On-Channel
ICCD: International Conference on Computer
IBTL: In Before The Lock
Design
A cry made prior to an on-line moderator locking an
inapproprate topic on in an on-line discussion forum (Net ICCF: Interactive Computing and Control
lingo) Facility
Program development and testing environment (Software)
IBV: Information Behavior and Value
(IBM)
IC: I See
ICCP: Institute for the Certification of
(Net lingo)
Computing Professionals
IC: Input Circuit
ICCS: Integrated Communications Cabling
IC: Input Context System
An abstraction for representing the state of a particular input ICD: Installable Client Driver I
thread for use with an input method. Multiple ICs can be
associated with an input method. ICD: International Code Designator
IC: Integrated Circuit ICDA: Integrated Cached Disk Array
(Hardware) ICDL: International Computer Driving Licence
IC: Interexchange Carrier The ICDL Foundation works to promote an International
(Communication) certification of industry-standard computing skills. See
http://www.ecdl.com (Organizations)
IC: Internet Connector
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) ICDS: I-data Compressed Data Stream
An i-data/MPI Tech architected bi-directional host-to-
IC: Interrupt Controller printer data stream that contains both data and controls.
ICA: Independent Computing Architecture ICDS is generated by EPM and PSS host applications
ICA: Intelligent Communication Adapter ICE: Image Correction and Enhancement

Film scanner technology
ICA: Intelligent Console Architecture
ICE: In-Circuit Emulation
ICA: Intra-application Communications Area
(Hardware)
ICALP: International Conference on Automata,
ICE: Information and Content Exchange
Languages and Programming
Protocol for use by content syndicators and their
ICAN: Individual Customer Access Network subscribers. It focuses on automating content exchange and
reuse, both in traditional publishing contexts and in business-
ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned
to-business relationships
Names and Numbers
(Organizations) ICE: Integrated Computing Environment
ICAP: Intenet Content Adaption Protocol ICE: Internal Consistency Evaluator
(Network) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
ICAP: Internet Calendar Access Protocol ICEM: Integrated Computer aided Engineering
(Lotus) and Manufacturing
ICAPI: Internet Connection server Application ICES: Interference-Causing Equipment

Programming Interface Standard
(Software) (IBM) ICF: Integrated Catalog Facility
ICAS: Intel Communicating Applications ICF: Interactive Communication Facility
Specifications (IBM)
ICB: Internet Citizen's Band ICF: Internet Connection Firewall
ICC: Integration Competency Center (Security) (Microsoft)
(Software) ICH: I/o Controller Hub
ICC: Intelligent Communications Control (Hardware) (Intel)
ICC: International Color Consortium ICI: Image Component Information

(Organizations) ICI: Inter-Cpu Interrupt

I-C-IT IDC
I-C-IT: Intelligent Control Interactive ICS: Internet Connection Sharing

Technology (Network) (Microsoft)
ICL: Industrial Code and Logic ICS: Intuitive Command Structure

Manufacturer
ICS: Iris Certificate Security
ICL: Interface Clear ICSA: International Computer Security
ICLID: Incoming Call Line IDentification Association
(Organizations)
ICM: Image Color Management
(Software) ICSA: Internet Cellular Smart Access
ICM: Image Color Matching ICSAPI: Internet Connection Services
(Kodak) Application Programming Interface
ICM: InComing Message ICSC: Intelligent Channel/Storage Control
ICM: Internet Call Manager ICSE: International Conference on Software
Engineering
ICMC: International Computer Music
Conference ICSF: Internet Connection Sharing and Firewall
Makes it possible for home and small office users to create
ICMF: Integrated Coupling Migration Facility
and manage private networks in which multiple computers
ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol share a single connection to the Internet (Operating
The protocol used that handles errors and control messages systems) (Microsoft)
at the Internet Protocol layer. For example, the ping ICSW: Internet Connection Sharing Wizard
command is an implementation of the ICMP. ICMP occurs on
I
the IP (network) level of the TCP/IP protocol suite.
(Communication) ICT: Information and Communications
ICO: ICOn Technology
File name extension A broader definition of Information Technology (IT) including
communications
iCOMP: Intel COmparative Microprocessor
Performance ICTSB: Information and Communications
Technology Standards Board
(Intel)
Initiative from the three recognized European standards
ICP: Image CoProcessor organizations with the participation of specification providers
(Hardware) as partners to co-ordinate specification activities in the field
of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)
ICP: Independent Content Provider
(Organizations)
(Network)
ICU: Instruction-Cache Unit
ICP: Integrated Channel Processor
ICU: Intel Configuration Utility
ICP: Intelligent Communication Protocol (Microsoft)
(Network)
ICU: Interactive Chart Utility
ICP: Internet Cache Protocol
(Network) ICU: Internet Communication Utilities
(Communication)
ICP: Internet Content Provider
ICU: Isa Configuration Utility
ICP: Internet Control Pack
ICW: Internet Connection Wizard
ICQ: I Seek You
Communication program (Software) ID: IDentifier
ICR: Intelligent Character Recognition IDA: Inernational Database Association

(Organizations)
iCRT: Intelligent Content Recognition
Technology IDA: Intelligent Drive Array
(Hardware)
ICS: Ibm Cabling System
IDA: International Database Association
ICS: Implementation Conformance Statement
IDAPI: Independent Database Application
ICS: Incremental Change Synchronization Programming Interface
A mechanism to monitor, export, and import changed items
(both hierarchy and content) between a database and an
information store or between two information stores IDARS: Integrated Document Archive and
(Software) (Microsoft) Retrieval System
ICS: Integrated Client Setup IDAS: Interchange DAta Structure
ICS: Internet Caching System IDBMS: Integrated DataBase Management
(Network) System
(Databases)
ICS: Internet Conferencing System
(Network) IDC: Integrated Desktop Connector

IDC IEP
IDC: Inter-Device Communication IDP: Integrated Data Processing

IDC: International Data Corporation IDP: Internet Datagram Protocol
IDC: Internet Data Center IDPR: Inter-Domain Policy Routing protocol
(Network)
IDC: Internet Database Connector
(Network) (Microsoft) IDR: Intelligent Disaster Recovery
(Seagate)
iDCT: Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
IDDD: International Distance Direct Dialing IDR: Intelligent Document Recognition
(Communication) IDRAM: Integrated Dynamic Random Access
IDDE: Integrated Development & Debugging Memory
(Hardware)
Environment
(Symantec) IDRC: Improved Data Recording Capacity
(Hardware)
IDE: Integrated Development Environment
(Software) IDS: Information Delivery System
IDE: Integrated Drive (or Device) Electronics IDS: Internal Directory System
IDS: Intrusion Detection System
IDE: Interactive Design and Engineering (Security)
IDE: Interface Design Enhancement IDSL: Isdn Digital Subscriber Line

(Communication)
IDEA: International Data Encryption Algorithm I
IDEA: Internet Design, Engineering, and IDT: Integrated Device Technologies
Analysis notes (IDT)
IDEMA: International Disk drive Equipment IDT: Interface Design Tool

and Materials Association IDT: Interrupt Descriptor Table
International not-for-profit trade association that represents
IDTS: I Don't Think So
the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) industry and its infrastructure.
(Net lingo)
See also http://www.idema.org/ (Organizations)
IDEN: Integrated Data Enhanced Network IDU: Interface Data Unit
(Network) IDUG: International Db2 Users Group
IDF: Intermediate Distribution Frame (Databases) (IBM)
IDFK: I Don't F***ing Know IDUP-GSS-API: Independent Data Unit

(Net lingo)
Protection Generic Security Service
Application Programming Interface
IDGA: International Game Developers
Association IDVC: Integrated Data/Voice Channel
(Organizations) IDX: InDeX
File name extension
IDI: Initial Domain Identifier
(Network) IE: Information Element
IDIOT: Intrusion Detection In Our Time IE: Information Engineering
Project to develop a new approach to efficient misuse IE: Internet Explorer
detection methods. Its design made use of a new
classification of intrusion methods based on complexity of
matching and temporal characteristics (Security) IEAK: Internet Explorer Administrator Kit
IDIV: Integer DIVide (Software) (Microsoft)
IDK: Internet Development Kit IEC: InterExchange Carrier

(Software) IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission
IDL: Interactive Data Language (Organizations)
IDL: Interface Definition Language IEE: Institute of Electrical Engineers

A language-independent way to describe a module interface IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics
(Software) Engineers
IDLE: International Date Line East (Organizations)
Timezone: GMT +12:00 IEF: Information Engineering Facility
IDLW: International Date Line West IEG: Information Exchange Group
IEMSI: Interactive Electronic Mail Standard
IDM: Integrated Document Management Identification
IDN: Internationalized Domain Name IEN: Internet Engineering Notes
IDNX: Integrated Digital Network eXchange IEN: Internet Experiment Notebook
(IBM)
IEP: Initial Experience Predictor

IEPA IIR
IEPA: Individual Expert Participation IFX: Interactive Financial eXchange

Agreement
IGA: Integrated Graphics Array
(Sun)
IGC: Institute for Global Communications
IESG: Internet Engineering Steering Group
The executive committee of the IETF (Organizations) IGC: Integrated Graphics Controller
IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force IGES: Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
An engineering and protocol standards body that develops File format for graphics interchange
and specifies protocols and Internet standards, generally in IGFET: Insulated-Gate Field Effect Transistor
the network layer and above. See www.ietf.org (Organizations)
IGFOS: International Government Forum for
IETFWG: Internet Engineering Task Force Open Systems
Working Group (Organizations)
IEW: Information Engineering Workbench IGMP: Internet Group Management Protocol
IF: Information Flow The TCP/IP protocol that permits Internet hosts to take part
in IP multicasting. It is an efficient means of broadcasting
IF: Inner Firewall
messages to groups of end-stations (Network)
(Security)
IGN: Ibm Global Network
IFB: Internet Free/Busy
Microsoft Outlook feature (Software) (Microsoft) IGP: Integrated Graphics Processor
(Hardware)
IFC: Internet Foundation Classes
(Software) IGP: Interior Gateway Protocol
IFCC: Internet Fraud Complaint Center
The protocol that enables the exchange or routing I
information between collaborating routers on the Internet.
(Organizations) Examples of IGPs include Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
IFCM: Independent Flow Control Messages and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
IFD: Image File Directory IGRP: Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

(Cisco)
IFD: Information Flow Diagram
IGS: Internet Go Server
i-FED: Intelligent Field Emitting Display
(Hardware)
IGSN: Internet Gprs Support Node
(Communication)
IFF: Interchange File Format
IHA: Intel Hub Architecture
IFG: Incoming Fax Gateway (Hardware) (Intel)
IFIP: International Federation of Information IHD: Integrated Help Desk
Processing societies
(IBM)
IFITL: Integrated Fiber In The Loop
IHS: Integrated Heat Spreader
Enables Internet access through a technology known as
The top surface of the IHS is designed to be the interface for
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). (Network)
contacting a HS/HSF. Allows more effecient heat transfer out
IFMP: Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol of the package to an attached cooling device. Transform non-
uniform heat from the die to the top of the IHS for more
IFNA: International FidoNet Association uniform spread (Hardware)
IFP: Instruction Fetch Pipeline IHV: Independent Hardware Vendor
IFPI: International Federation of A third-party hardware manufacturer (Hardware)
Phonographic Industry IID: Interface IDentifier
(Organizations)
(Software)
IFPUG: International Function Point User Group IIF: Immediate IF
Promotes and encourages the effective management of
(Databases)
application software development and maintenance activities
through the use of Function Point Analysis (FPA) and other IIF: Immediate InterFace
software measurement techniques (Organizations)
III: Interstate Identification Index
IFR: Interleaved Frame Recording
IIIR: Integration of Internet Information
IFS: Installable File System Resources
(Operating systems)
IIL: Integrated Injection Logic
IFS: Internal Field Separator IIM: Internet Interaction Management
IFS: Internal Field Seperator
IIN: Integrated Information Network
IFS: Internet File System IIOP: Internet Interoperable Orb Protocol
(Operating systems)
(Communication)
IFSM: InFormation Systems Management IIR: Immediate Impulse Response
IFSMgr: Installable File System ManaGeR
IIR: Incremental Image Rendering
(Operating systems)
IFT: Inverse fast Fourier Transform

IIRC IMS
IIRC: If I Recall Correctly IMAPI: Image Mastering Application

(Net lingo) Programming Interface
Allows an application to stage and burn a simple audio or
IIRG: International Information Retrieval Guild
data image to CD-R or CD-RW devices (Operating systems)
The oldest surviving hacker organization. See
(Microsoft)
http://www.iirg.org/ (Organizations)
IMC: Internet Mail Connector
IIS: Internet Information Server
IMC: Internet Message Center
IISP: Interim Inter-switch Signaling Protocol (Network)
IITF: Information Infrastructure Task Force
IMDB: In-Memory DataBase
IJCAI: International Joint Conference on (Databases)
Artificial Intelligence
IMDb: Internet Movie DataBase
IK: Inverse Kinematics
IMDS: IMage Data Stream
IKBS: Intelligent Knowledge Based System (IBM)
IKE: Internet Key Exchange IME: Input Method Editor
IKMP: Internet Key Management Protocol (Software) (Microsoft)
(Network) IME: Integrated Messaging Exchange
IKP: Internet Keyed Payment IMEI: International Mobile Equipment Identity
IL: Intermediate Language A code that uniquely identifies the mobile terminal hardware.
A platform-independent, compiler-generated language It is important in GSM for keeping a record of lost or stolen I
suitable to run on platform-specific virtual machines mobile telephones. A copy of each IMEI is stored in the EIR
(Software) (Communication)
ILA: Image Light Amplifier IMF: International Monetary Fund

(Organizations)
ILE: Integrated Language Environment
(Software) (IBM)
IMG: IMaGe
File name extension
ILEC: Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
Also known as primary local exchange carrier
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
(Communication) (Net lingo)
ILLINET: ILlinois LIbrary NETwork IML: Initial Microcode Load

(IBM)
ILM: Information Lifecycle Management
Not a technology, ILM is a combination of processes and IMM: Input Method Manager
technologies that determines how data flows through an (Software) (Microsoft)
environment. By doing so, it helps end users manage data
IMM: Intel Mobile Module
from the moment it is created to the time it is no longer
needed (Hardware) (Intel)
ILMI: Interim Local Management Interface IMM: Interactive MultiMedia
iLO: Integrated Lights-Out IMNSHO: In My Not So Humble Opinion

(Net lingo)
Remote management feature on HP servers. (Hardware) (HP)
ILP: Instruction-Level Parallelism IMO: In My Opinion
(Net lingo)
CPU architecture
ILS: International Language Support IMO: Intenet Mail Only
Microsoft Outlook feature (Software) (Microsoft)
ILS: Internet Locator Service
IMP: Information Management Practice
IM: Input Method
The algorithm by which users enter the text of a language.
IMP: Interface Message Processor
Input methods differ for each language, depending on that (Hardware)
language’s structure and conventions IMP: Internet Mail Only
IM: Instant Messaging IMPA: Intelligent Multi-Port Adapter
IM: Interface Module IMPP: Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol
IMA: Interactive Multimedia Association IMR: Internet Monthly Report
IMA: International Midi Association IMS: Image Management Services
IMAC: Isochronous Media Access Control IMS: Information Management System
IMACS: Image Management and (IBM)
Communication System IMS: Instructional Management System
IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol IMS: Intermediate Maintenance Standard
(Network)
IMS: Internet Mail Service

IMSI IOP
IMSI: International Mobile Subscriber Identity INS: INput String

A unique number within the SIM card that identifies the
INS: Integrated Network Server
subscriber to the system (Communication)
INT: INTeger
IMSO: Integrated Micro Systems Operation
INT: INTernal
IMSP: Internet Message Support Protocol
(Network) INT: INTernational
organization Domain name
IMSVS: Information Management
System/Virtual Storage INT: INTerrupt
(Software) (Intel)
IMTC: International Multimedia
Teleconferencing Consortium INTA: INTerrupt Acknowledge
IMTV: Interactive Multimedia TeleVision INTAP: Interoperability Technology
Association for Information Processing
IMUL: Integer MULtiply
The technical organization that officially develops Japanese
IMUX: Inverse MUltipleXer OSI profiles and conformance tests (Organizations)
IN: Individual Network INTEL: INTegrated ELectronics
(Intel)
IN: INput
IN: Intelligent Network InterNIC: INTERnet Network Information
Center
INA: Intelligent Network Architecture
INTO: INTerrupt if Overflow occurs
INAP: Intelligent Network Application Protocol I
Allows applications to communicate between various
INTRAC: INtelligent Traffic Routing And Control
nodes/functional entities of an intelligent network. The (Network)
protocol defines the operations required to be performed INTSERV: INTegrated SERVices
between nodes/functional entities for providing intelligent
The transport of audio, video, real-time, and classical data
network services
traffic within a single network infrastructure (Network)
INC: INCrement IO: Information Orientation
INCITS: InterNational Committee on IO: Input/Output
Information Technology Standards
Organization for standardization in the field of Information IO: Internal Objects
and Communications Technologies (ICT), encompassing (Software) (Microsoft)
storage, processing, transfer, display, management, IOC: Input/Output Controller
organization, and retrieval of information (Organizations)
IOC: Inter-Office Channel
INCM: Intelligent Network Conceptual Model
IOCC: Input/Output Channel Converter
IND: INDex
File name extension IOCC: Input/Output Controller Chip
INET: International NETworking conference IOCCC: International Obfuscated C Code
Contest
INF: INFormation
File name extension IOCP: Inter-Orb Communication Protocol
(Communication)
INFS: Internet Network File System
IOCS: Input/Output Control System
INGRES: INteractive Graphic REtrieval System
IOCtl: Input/Output ConTroL
INI: INItialization
File name extension iODBC: Independent Open DataBase
Connectivity
INIT: INITialize
Open source, platform independent implementation of both
INL: Inter Node Link the ODBC and X/Open specifications. It is rapidly emerging
as the industry standard for developing solutions that are
INM: Integrated Network Management language, platform and database independent. See also
INM: International Neural Machines http://www.iodbc.org/ (Software)
INN: Inter Node Network IOE: Internet Operating Environment

INN: InterNet News IOF: Infrared Optical Film
(Network) IONL: Internal Organization of the Network
INND: InterNet News Daemon Layer
(Network) The ISO/OSI standard for the architecture of the network
layer. The IONL divides the network layer into subnetworks
INOC: Internet Network Operations Center interconnected by convergence protocols (internetworking
INP: Instant Network Presence protocols), resulting in a catenet or internet (Organizations)
(Network) IOP: Input/Output Parity
INRIA: Institut National de Recherche en (Hardware)
Informatique et Automatique

IOP IPP
IOP: Input/Output Processor IPDU: Internet Protocol Data Unit

(Hardware)
IPDVMRP: Internet Protocol Distance Vector
IOPL: Input/Output Privilege Level Multicast Routing Protocol
IOQD: In-Order Queue Depth IPE: Integrated Programming Environment
(Hardware) (Intel)
IPF: Information Presentation Facility
IOR: Interoperable Object Reference IPF: Invalid Page Format
IORDY: Input/Output channel ReaDY IPFC: Information Presentation Facility
(Hardware)
Compiler
IOREQ: Input/Output REQuest (IBM)
Microprocessor signal used in I/O addressing (Hardware) IPI: Intelligent Peripheral Interface
IORQ: Input/Output ReQuest A device-generic interface used for large-capacity, high-
Microprocessor signal used in I/O addressing (Hardware) performance disks. The IPI supports disk transfer rates at
3Mbyte/sec and above (Hardware)
IOS: Input/Output System
IPI: Internet Policy Institute
IOS: Internet Operating System A device-generic interface used for large-capacity, high-
(Operating systems) performance disks. The IPI supports disk transfer rates at
IOS: InterOrganizational System 3MB/sec and above (Organizations)
IOSGA: Input/Output Support Gate Array IPI: Inter-Processor Interrupt

(Hardware)
IOUG: International Oracle Users Group I
See http://www.ioug.org/ (Organizations) IPIC: International Primary Interexchange
Carrier
IOW: In Other Words (Communication)
(Net lingo)
IPL: Ibm Public License
IP: Information Provider (IBM)
IP: Instruction Pointer IPL: Information Programming Language
IPL: Initial Program Load
IP: Intellectual Property Also known as the bootstrap or boot process
IP: Intelligent Peripheral IPL: Ion Projection Lithography
IP: Internet Protocol IPM: Images Per Minute
The major network layer protocol in the Internet Protocol
suite. IP describes the routing of packets, among its many ipm: Impressions Per Minute
tasks (Network) Printing speed measurement unit (Hardware)
IPAUTH: Internet Protocol AUTHentication IPM: InfoPrint Manager

(Security) IBM's Info Print Manager - Creates IPDS data (IBM)
IPBF: Installed Peripheral Base Flexibility ipm: Instructions Per Minute

IPC: Instructions Per Clock IPM: Intelligent Power Module
(Hardware)
IPC: InterProcess Communication
The process of sharing data between processes and, when IPM: Internet Protection Module
necessary, coordinating access to the shared data (Network)
(Operating systems)
IPM: Internetwork Performance Monitor
IPCE: InterProcess Communication A network response time and availability troubleshooting
Environment application (Software) (Cisco)
IPCMOS: Interlocked Pipeline Complementary IPM: InterPersonal Message
Metal Oxide Semiconductor
ipm: Interruptions Per Minute
IPMI: Intelligent Platform Management
IPCP: Internet Protocol Control Protocol
Interface
(Network)
(Hardware)
IPCS: Integrated Personal Computer Server
IPMI: Internet Protocol Multicast Initiative
(Hardware)
(Network)
IPCS: Interactive Problem Control System
IPNG: Internet Protocol Next Generation
IPD: Intelligent Printer Data (Network)
IPDC: Internet Protocol Device Control IPO: Input, Processing and Output
IPDS: Ibm Personal Dictation System IPO: International Purchasing Office
(IBM)
IPO: Internet Protocol over Optical
IPDS: Intelligent Printer Data Stream (Network)
(IBM)
IPP: Infrastructure Portal Provider

IPP IS
IPP: Internet Printing Protocol IrDA: InfraRed Data Association

(Network) (Organizations)
IPP: Internet Protocol Processor IRDP: Icmp Router Discovery Protocol

IPR: Intellectual Property Rights IRDS: Information Resource Dictionary System

ips: Inches Per Second IRET: Interrupt RETurn
(Hardware)
IRF: Inheritance Rights Filter
IPS: Information Processing Standards (Novell)
IPS: In-Plane Switching IRF: Interger Register File

(Hardware)
IRF: Intermediate Routing Function
iPS: Iplanet Portal Server IRIS: Internet Retailer Information System
IPSE: Integrated Project Support Environment IRL: In Real Life
IPSec: Internet Protocol SECurity (Net lingo)
A set of protocols that give greater IP-level security to data
IRL: Insert Row Locking
packets transmitted over Virtual Private Networks
(Databases)
IPSI: Internet Protocol Server Interface
IRL: Integer Register File
(Hardware)
IRL: Interactive Reader Language
IPSRA: Internet Protocol Security Remote
Access IrLAN: InfraRed Local Area Network I
(Security) IrLAP: InfraRed Link Access Protocol
IPTC: International Press Telecommunications (Communication)
Council IRLED: InfraRed Light Emitting Diode
IPv: Internet Protocol, Version IrLMP: InfraRed Link Management Protocol
(Communication) (Communication)
IPWG: Internet Privacy Working Group IRM: Information Resource Management
(Organizations)
IRM: Inherent Rights Mask
IPX: Internetwork Packet eXchange
IRP: I/o Request Packet
(Network) (Novell)
Data structure used by Windows to communicate to kernel-
IPX/SPX: Internet Packet mode device drivers. (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
eXchange/Sequenced Packet eXchange
IRQ: Interrupt ReQuest
IPXCP: Internetworking Packet eXchange A signal that a device requires CPU attention (Hardware)
Control Protocol
(Network)
IRQL: Interrupt ReQuest Level
IPXODI: Internet Packet eXchange Open IRR: Internal Rate of Return

Datalink Interface IRS: Internal Revenue Service
IQL: Interactive Query Language IRSG: Internet Research Steering Group
IR: InfraRed IRTF: Internet Research Task Force
(Hardware) The task force of the Internet Activities Board that
addresses research and development of the Internet Protocol
IR: Instruction Register suite (Organizations)
(Hardware)
IRTOS: I2o Real Time Operating System
IR: Interface Repository
(Operating systems)
IRAM: Intelligent Random Access Memory
IRTP: Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol
(Hardware)
IRX: Information Retrieval eXperiment
IRC: Internet Relay Chat
(Network) IS: Image Stabilization
A system like this can help your digital camera take clearer
IRC: Interrupt Request Controller images (Hardware)
(Hardware)
IS: Information System
IRCA: Internet Content Rating Association
IS: Interim Standard
(Organizations)
Interim Standard 95 (IS-95), is the first CDMA-based digital
IRCP: Internet Relay Chat Protocol cellular standard pioneered by Qualcomm. The brand name
(Network) for IS-95 is cdmaOne. IS-95 is also known as TIA-EIA-95
(Communication)
IRD: Implementation Row Descriptor
(Databases) IS: Internal System
IRD: Integrated Receiver/Descrambler IS: Interrupt Status

ISA ISODE
ISA: Industry Standard Architecture ISH: Information Super Highway

PC bus architecture (Hardware)
ISHO: Inter-System HandOver
ISA: Instruction-Set Architecture Transfer of 3G calls to 2G networks mid call and vice-versa
(Network)
ISA: Interactive Services Association
ISI: Information Sciences Institute
ISA: Internet Security and Acceleration
(Microsoft) ISI: Internally Specified Index
ISA: Internet Server Application ISIS: Image and Scanner Interface Standard
(Software) ISIS: Integrated Systems and Information
ISACA: Information Systems Audit and Control Services
Association IS-IS: Intermediate-System to Intermediate-
See http://www.isaca.org/ (Organizations) System
ISAKMP: Internet Security Association Key The ISO/OSI protocol by which intermediate systems
Management Protocol exchange routing information
(Network) ISKM: Internet Starter Kit for the Macintosh
ISAM: Indexed Sequential Access Method ISL: Inter Switch Link
ISAPI: Internet Server Application (Hardware) (Cisco)
Programming Interface ISL: Interactive System Language
ISLM: Integrated Services Line Module
ISBN: International Standard Book Number I
ISLN: Integrated Services Local Network
ISC: Information Supply Chain
ISLU: Integrated Services Line Unit
ISC: Instruction Set Computer
ISM: Industrial, Scientific, Medical
ISC: Internet Service Center Radio frequency band (Communication)
ISC: Internet Storm Center ISM: Integrated Service Module
See http://isc.sans.org/ (Organizations) (Hardware)
ISC: Inter-System Communication ISM: Integrated Switch Module
(IBM) (Hardware)
ISCA: International Computing Security ISM: Internet Service Manager
Association (Microsoft)
(Organizations)
ISMA: Internet Streaming Media Alliance
iSCSI: Internet Small Computer System (Organizations)
Interface
ISMF: Interactive Storage Management Facility
ISD: Image Section Descriptor
ISN: Information Systems Network
ISD: Instructional Systems Design
ISN: Initial Sequence Number
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network Synchronization between two hosts to establish a TCP
A communication technology offered by telephone carriers connection. (Network)
worldwide. ISDN combines voice and digital network services
in a single medium, offering customers digital data services ISN: Internet School Networking
and voice connections through a single wire (Communication) (Network)
ISDN-UP: Integrated Services Digital Network ISN: Internet Services Network

User Part ISN: Internet Shopping Network
A communications technology offered by telephone carriers
worldwide. ISDN combines voice and digital network services ISN-LAN: Information System Network-Local
in a single medium, offering customers digital data services Area Network
and voice connections through a single wire ISO: Independent System Operator
ISDP: I See Dead People ISO: International Organization for
Tactical-ops, assault on terror gaming clan. See Standardization
http://www.isdp.tk/ (Games)
An international standards body that reviews and approves
ISE: Integrated Software Engineering independently designed products for use within specific
(ISE) industries. ISO also develops standards for information
exchange, such as the ISO/OSI model for computer
ISEN: Internet Search Environment Number networks. See http://www.iso.org/ (Organizations)
Is the foundation of a portal that comprehensively catalogs
ISO/OSI: International Standardization
the Internet's databases. See also http://www.isen.org/
Organization/Open Systems Interconnection
ISF: Information Security Forum
ISOC: Internet SOCiety
(Organizations)
(Organizations)
ISFUG: Integrated Software Federal User
Group ISODE: International Standardization
Organization Development Environment

ISP ITTP
ISP: Integrated System Peripheral control ITB: Information Technology Branch

ISP: Interactive String Processor ITB: Intermediate Text Block
ISP: Internet Service Provider ITC: Information Technology Consultant
Communications service company that provides Internet An Information Technology (IT) position
access and services to its customers. ISPs range in size
from small independents serving a local calling area to large,
ITC: International Typeface Corporation
established telecommunications companies (Network) ITDI: Information Technology Pioneer
ISP: Interrupt Stack Pointer International
ISP: Interrupt Status Port ITE: Independent Trading Exchange
ISPF: Interactive System Programming Facility ITE: Information Technology Equipment
ISPP: Internet Secure Payments Protocol ITF: Interactive Test Facility

(Security) ITI: Information Technology Industry council
Washington-based trade association representing the leading
ISQL: Interactive Structured Query Language
U.S. providers of information technology (IT) products and
ISR: Information Storage and Retrieval services. See also http://www.itic.org/ (Organizations)
ISR: Interrupt Service Routine ITIL: Information Technology Infrastructure
(Operating systems) Library
ISR: Interrupt Status Register iTIP: Icalendar Transport-indendent
ISS: Internet Security Systems Interoperability Protocol
(Network)
Specification that defines the format of calendar information I
sent between calendar user agents. See also the RFC 2445
ISS: Internet Sharing Software
ITLB: Instruction Tanslation Look-aside Buffer
(Software)
ITM: Instruction Translation Look-aside Buffer
ISSA: Information Systems Security
Association ITMS: Immediate check Truth Maintenance
(Organizations) System
ISSCC: International Solid-State Circuits ITN: Identification Tasking and Networking
Conference ITN: Internet Travel Network
ISSLL: Integrated Services over Specific Link ITOT: Iso Transport service On top of Tcp
Layers (Network)
(Network)
ITP: Information Technology Practice
ISSLOW: Integrated Services System for LOW
bitrate lines ITP: Information Technology Project
(Network) ITP: Internet Transaction Processing
ISSN: Integrated Special Services Network ITR: Information Technology Research
ISSN: International Standard Serial Number ITR: Input Transaction Record
IST: Immerse System Technology ITR: Internet Talk Radio
IST: Initial System Test ITRS: International Technology Roadmap for
IST: Intelligent Scanning Technology Semiconductors
(Organizations)
ISTG: InterSite Topology Generator
Managing active directory replication (Operating systems)
ITS: Incompatible Time-sharing System
(Microsoft) An influential but highly idiosyncratic operating system
written for the PDP-6 and PDP-10 at MIT and long used at
ISUP: ISdn User Part the MIT AI Lab (Operating systems)
Provides the signaling functions necessary to basic bearer
services and supplementary services for voice and non-voice
ITS: Intelligent Transportation System
applications in the Integrated Services Digital Network ITS: Internet Transaction Server
(ISDN)
ITSEC: Information Technology Security
ISV: Independent Software Vendor Evaluation Criteria
A third-party software developer (Software)
ITSO: International Technical Support
IT: Information Technology Organization
IT: Integration/Transformation (IBM)
Another name for Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) ITSP: Internet Telephone Service Provider
(Databases)
ITTP: Intelligent Terminal Transfer Protocol
ITA: Interim Type Approval (Communication) (Ericsson)
ITAA: Information Technology Association of
America
(Organizations)

ITU JAM
ITU: International Telecommunications Union IXC: IntereXchange Carrier

International organization under the auspices of the United A long-distance carrier such as AT&T, MCI and Sprint
Nations that develops radio (ITU-R) and telecommunications (Communication)
(ITU-T) standards. Prior to 1993, the ITU-T Standardization
Sector was known as the CCITT (Organizations)
IXF: Integration eXchange Format
(IBM)
ITUG: International Telecommunications User
Group IYHO: In Your Humble Opinion
(Net lingo)
ITUSA: Information Technology Users
Standards Association IYKWIM: If You Know What I Mean
(Net lingo)
ITU-T: International Telecommunications
Union Technical standards group
J
ITU-TIES: International Telecommunications
Union -Telecom Information Exchange J/K: Just Kidding
(Net lingo)
Services
ITU-TSS: International Telecommunications J2EE: Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition
Union -Telecommunication Standards Section (Software) (Sun)
iTV: Interactive TeleVision J2ME: Java 2 platform, Micro Edition

(Software) (Sun)
ITX: Intermediate Text Block
J2SE: Java 2 platform, Standard Edition
ITYM: I Think You Mean (Software) (Sun)
(Net lingo) I
JA: Jump Address
IU: Integer Unit
JA: Jump if Above
IUAP: Internet User Account Provider
(Software)
J
IUMA: Internet Underground Music Archive JAAS: Java Authentication and Authorization
IUP: Infrastructure Utility Provider Service
Is a package that enables services to authenticate and
IUP: Internet User Population
enforce access controls upon users. It implements a Java
(Network)
version of the standard Pluggable Authentication Module
IUS/ITB: Interchange Unit (PAM) framework, and supports user-based authorization.
Separator/Intermediate Transmission Block (Security) (Sun)
IV: Initialization Vector JAD: Joint Application Development

(Security) JADE: Jasmine Application Development
IV&V: Initialization Vector Environment
(Databases) (CAI)
IVC: Integrated Visual Computing
(SGI) JAE: Java Applet Environment
(Software) (Sun)
IVDS: Integrated Voice and Data Systems
JAE: Jump if Above or Equal
IVDT: Integrated Voice/Data Terminal
JAF: Javabeans Activation Framework
IVIS: Interactive Video Information System
With JAF, Java developers can take advantage of standard
IVIT: Intelligent Voice Interactive Technology services to determine the type of an arbitrary piece of data,
encapsulate access to it, discover the operations available
IVL: Independent Vendor League
on it, and to instantiate the appropriate bean to perform said
IVL: Intel Verification Lab operations (Sun)
IVR: Interactive Voice Response JAI: Java Advanced Imaging

Application programming interface (API) that enables
IVS: Interactive Videodisk System
developers to easily incorporate high-performance, network-
IVT: InfoViewer Titles enabled, scalable, platform-independent image processing
(Microsoft) into Java technology-based applications and applets
(Software) (Sun)
IVT: Interrupt Vector Table
JAIN: Java for the Advanced Intelligent
IVTS: International Video Teleconferencing Network
Service
A set of Java technology based APIs which enable the rapid
IW: Information Warehouse development of Next Generation telecom products and
services on the Java platform (Sun)
I-WAY: Information highWAY
JAM: Just A Minute
IWC: Inside Wire Cable
When your in an on-line conversation and you need to put the
IWF: InterWorking Function other person on hold while you quickly do something (Net
lingo)
IWS: Intelligent WorkStation
IWS: Iplanet Web Server

JAMES JDOM
JAMES: Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server JCC: Java Call Control
Is a 100% pure Java server, designed to be a complete and Includes the facilities required for observing, initiating,
portable enterprise mail engine solution based on currently answering, processing and manipulating calls, where a call is
available open protocols (SMTP, POP3, IMAP, HTTP) understood to include (but is not necessarily limited to) a
multimedia, multiparty session over the underlying integrated
JANET: Joint Academic NETwork network (Sun)
A U.K. university network (Network)
JCE: Java Cryptography Extension
JAR: Java ARchive Is a set of packages that provide a framework and
JAWS: Jamming And Warning System implementations for encryption, key generation and key
(Hardware) agreement, and Message Authentication Code (MAC)
algorithms (Security) (Sun)
JAXB: Java Architecture for Xml Binding
Architecture that provides an API and tools that automate JCK: Java Compatibility Kit
the mapping between XML documents and Java objects (Software) (Sun)
(Software) (Sun) JCL: Job Control Language
JAXM: Java Api for Xml Messaging (Software)
Enables applications to send and receive document oriented
JCP: Java Community Process
XML messages using a pure Java API (Software) (Sun)
Produces high-quality specifications in "Internet time" using
JAXP: Java Api for Xml Processing an inclusive, consensus building approach that produces a
Enables applications to parse and transform XML documents specification, a reference implementation (to prove the
using a pure Java API that is independent of a particular XML specification can be implemented), and a technology
processor implementation (Software) (Sun) compatibility kit (Sun)
JAXR: Java Api for Xml Registries JCWDE: Java Card Workstation Development
Provides a mechanism for publishing available services in an Environment
external registry, and for consulting the registry to find those
services (Software) (Sun)
(Software) (Sun) J
JDBC: Java DataBase Connectivity
JAX-RPC: Java Api for Xml-based Remote (Databases)
Procedure Call JDC: Java Developer Connection
Defines a mechanism for exchanging synchronous XML-
(Sun)
based messages between applications (Sun)
JDE: Java Development Environment
JAX-WS: Java Api for Xml Web Services
(Software) JDEE: Java Development Environment for
Emacs
JBCL: Java Beans Component Library
(Software) JDF: Job Description Format
JBE: Jump if Below or Equal JDI: Java Debug Interface
(Software) (Sun)
JBI: Java Business Integration
(Software) (Sun) JDIC: JDesktop Integration Components
Project that aims to make Java technology-based
JBIG: Joint Bi-level Image experts Group applications first-class citizens of current desktop platforms
This was (and is) a group of experts nominated by national without sacrificing platform independence. Its mission is to
standards bodies and major companies to work to produce enable seamless desktop/Java integration (Software)
standards for bi-level image coding. See also
http://www.jbig.org/ (Organizations) JDJ: Java Developer's Journal
JBOD: Just a Bunch Of Disks JDK: Java Development Kit
A storage subsystems using multiple independent disk (Software) (Sun)
drives, as opposed to one form of RAID or another (Hardware) JDMK: Java Dynamic Management Kit
JBPC: Java-Based Pipeline Configurator Is the foundation for building and distributing network
management intelligence into applications, networks and
JC: Jump if Carry set
devices. It is the first compatible implementation of the JMX
JCA: Java Card Assembly specification (Sun)
(Software) (Sun) JDNC: Java Desktop Network Components
JCA: Java Connector Architecture Aims to provide the shortcuts required to construct desktop
(Software) applications in significantly less time by reducing the
learning, design, and coding requirements (Software)
JCA: Java Cryptography Architecture
(Software) (Sun)
JDO: Java Data Objects
Is an application programming interface (API) for transparent
JCAT: Java Coordination And Transactions database access. The programmer can write code in the Java
Includes (but is not limited to) the facilities required for programming language that transparently accesses the
applications to be invoked and return results before, during or underlying data store, without using database-specific code
after calls; to process call parameters or subscriber-supplied (Databases) (Sun)
information; and to engage in further call processing and
control (Sun)
JDOM: Java Document Object Model
Java-oriented API for reading and writing XML documents

JDOQL JNLP
JDOQL: Java Data Objects Query Language JISC: Japanese Industrial Standards Committee
(Software)
JIT: Just In Time
JDSL: Java Data Structures Library Programs compilation technique (Software)
(Software)
JITA: Just In Time Activation
JDT: Java Development Toolkit Allows an objects to tell COM+ that its work is done and that
Project that provides tool plug-ins that implement a Java IDE it can be destroyed (Software) (Microsoft)
that supports the development of Java applications including
JITC: Just In Time Compiler
Eclipse plug-ins.The JDT project allows Eclipse to be a
development environment for itself. See www.eclipse.org JJ: Just Joking
(Software) (Net lingo)
JDWP: Java Debug Wire Protocol JK: Just Kidding

(Sun) (Net lingo)
JE: Jump if Equal JKS: Java KeyStore
JEDEC: Joint Electronic Devices Engineering (Security)
Council JL: Jump if Less
JEIDA: Japanese Electronics Industry JLE: Japanese Language Environment
Development Association
JLE: Jump if Less than or Equal to
JEITA: Japanese Electronics and Information
JLF: Java Layered Framework
Technology industries Association
Set of Java code to provide a foundation for faster Java
(Organizations)
software development (Software)
JEMS: Jboss Enterprise Middleware Suite
JLIP: Joint Level Interface Protocol
Extensible and scalable suite of products for creating and
deploying e-business applications. JEMS offers cutting-edge JLS: Java Language Specification J
technology components which customers can mix-and-match (Sun)
and roll out into their line of business infrastructure (Software)
JMAPI: Java Management Application
JEPI: Joint Electronic Payment Initiative Programming Interface
JERI: Jini Extensible Remote Invocation (Sun)
(Software) (Sun) JMF: Java Media Framework
JES: Java Embedded Server (Software) (Sun)
(Sun) JMI: Java Metadata Interface
JES: Job Entry System Implements a dynamic, platform-neutral infrastructure that
enables the creation, storage, access, discovery, and
JESI: Java Edge Side Include exchange of metadata (Software) (Sun)
(Software)
JMM: Java Memory Model
JESS: Java Expert System Shell (Software)
A CLIPS expert system written for Java (Software)
JMP: JuMP
JET: Joint Engine Technology (Software)
JMS: Java Message Service
JET: Jpeg Enhancement Technology
JMSC: Japanese Midi Standard Committee
JFC: Java Foundation Classes
JMX: Java Management eXtension
(Software)
Formerly known as LMAPI (Sun)
JFET: Junction Field Effect Transistor
JNA: Jump if Not Above
JFIF: Jpeg File Interchange Format
JNAE: Jump if Not Above or Equal
JFS: Journalized File System
JNB: Jump if Not Below
(Operating systems)
JNBE: Jump if Not Below or Equal
JG: Jump if Greater
JNDI: Java Naming and Directory Interface
JGE: Jump if Greater or Equal
Is a standard extension to the JavaTM platform, providing
JGF: Java Graphics Format Java technology-enabled applications with a unified interface
to multiple naming and directory services in the enterprise
JGSS: Java Generic Security Service
(Sun)
(Sun)
JNG: Jump if Not Greater
JIC: Just In Case
(Net lingo) JNGE: Jump if Not Greater or Equal
JIMI: Java Image Management Interface JNI: Java Native Interface
(Sun) (Sun)
JIPS: Janet Internet Protocol Service JNLE: Jump if Not Less or Equal
JIS: Japan Industrial Standard JNLP: Java Network Launching Protocol
(Sun)

JNO JTMS
JNO: Jump if No Overflow JSDT: Java Shared Data Toolkit

JavaTM Shared Data Toolkit
JNP: Jump if No Parity
(Software) (Sun)
JNS: Jump if No Sign
JSF: Java Server Faces
JNZ: Jump if Not Zero Technology that simplifies building user interfaces for
JODE: Java Optimize and Decompile JavaServer applications. Developers of various skill levels
can quickly build web applications by assembling reusable UI
Environment
components in a page and connecting these components to a
(Software)
data source (Software) (Sun)
JOE: Java Objects Everywhere
JSGF: JSpeech Grammar Format
JOHNNIAC: JOHn Neumann Integrator and
JSML: JSpeech Markup Language
Automatic Computer
JSON: JavaScript Object Notation
JOOP: Journal of Object Orientated
Scripting language based on a subset of the JavaScript
Programming
Programming Language. The format is specified in RFC 4627.
JOSS: Johnniac Open Shop System The official MIME Media Type for JSON is application/json
(Software)
JOSS: Joint Object Services Submission
JSP: JavaServer Pages
JOVE: Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs
(Software)
JOVIAL: Jules Own Version of the International
JSPA: Java Specification Participation
Algorithmic Language
Agreement
JPDA: Java Platform Debugger Architecture (Sun)
Multi-tiered debugging architecture that allows tools
developers to easily create debugger applications which run
JSPC: JavaServer Pages Compiler
portably across platforms, virtual machine (VM) (Software) J
implementations and SDK versions (Software) (Sun) JSR: Java Specification Request
JPE: Jump if Parity Even Is the actual description of a proposed and final specification
for the Java platform (Sun)
JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
A joint venture of the CCITT and ISO that developed a JSS: Java Security Service
standard for compressing gray-scale or color still images Java interface to Network Security Service (NSS). It
supports most of the security standards and encryption
JPG: Joint Photographic experts Group technologies supported by NSS. JSS also provides a pure
Filename extension (short for JPEG) Java interface for ASN.1 types and BER/DER encoding
JPL: Jet Propulsion Laboratory JSS: Javascript Style Sheet
JPLDIS: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Display JSSE: Java Secure Socket Extension
Information System Is a set of Java packages that enable secure Internet
JPNF: Join-Projection Normal Form communications. It implements a Java version of SSL and
TLS protocols and includes functionality for data encryption,
JPO: Jump if Parity Odd server authentication, message integrity, and optional client
JRB: Java Relational Binding authentication (Software) (Sun)
(Software) JST: Japan Standard Time
JRE: Java Runtime Environment Timezone: GMT +9:00
(Software) JSTL: Jsp Standard Tag Library
JRI: Java Runtime Interface JSWDK: JavaServer Web Development Kit
Native interface proposed by Netscape (Software) (Netscape) (Software) (Sun)
JRMP: Java Remote Method Protocol JTA: Java Transaction Api

(Software) (Sun)
JRP: Joint Requirement Planning JTAG: Joint Test Action Group
JS: JavaScript (Hardware)
(Software) (Netscape) JTAPI: Java Telephony Application
JS: Jump if Sign Programming Interface
(Sun)
JSA: Japanese Standards Association
JTB: Jump Trace Buffer
JSAPI: Java Speech Application Programming
Interface JTC: Join Transitive Closure
Allows the DBMS optimizer to consider a join order other than
(Software) (Sun)
those made available explicitly by the query's WHERE clause
JSC: Java Swing Connection (Databases) (Sybase)
(Sun)
JTC: Joint Technical Committee
JSCP: Java Software CoProcessor JTM: Job Transfer and Manipulation
JSDK: Java Servlet Development Kit JTMS: Justification based Truth Maintenance
(Software) System

JTS KM
JTS: Java Transaction Service KBE: Knowledge Based Engineering

JTSIN: Joint Transmission Services KBMS: KeyBoard/MouSe
Information Network Connector. It's simply a duplicate of the PS/2 ports and it's
used to connect other devices that use the PS/2 without
JUG: Java User Group
having to give up the keyboard and mouse, and also is
JUGHEAD: Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy convenient for things that you need to mount internally
Excavation And Display (Hardware)
JUMP: Java User Migration Path kbps: KiloBits Per Second

(Software) (Microsoft) Transfer Speed (Communication)
JUNET: Japan Unix NETwork kBps: KiloBytes Per Second

Transfer Speed (Communication)
JVM: Java Virtual Machine
KBS: Knowledge-Based System
JVMDI: Java Virtual Machine Debug Interface
(Sun) KCC: Knowledge Consistency Checker
A domain service that creates and modifies the replication
JVMPI: Java Virtual Machine Profiler Interface
topology of Active Directory (Network) (Microsoft)
JVS: Java Validation Suite
KCS: Kansas City Standard
(Software)
Recording standard (Hardware)
jwcid: Java Web Component IDentifier
KCS: Kiva C++ Server
(Software)
(Software) (Netscape)
JWS: Java Web Server
KD: Kernel Debugger
(Sun)
(Operating systems)
JWS: Java Web Start
Gives you the power to launch full-featured applications with
KDC: Key Distribution Center J
a single click from your Web browser. You can now download KDE: K Desktop Environment
and launch applications without going through complicated
installation procedures (Software) (Sun)
KDS: Knowledge Discovery Server K
(Lotus)
JWSDL: Java Web Service Description Language
KDT: Key Definition Table
Provides a standard set of APIs for representing and
manipulating services described by Web Service Description KEA: Key Exchange Algorithm
Language (WSDL) documents (Sun) (Security)
JWSDP: Java Web Services Developer Pack KEFIR: KEy FIndings Reporter
The Java Web Services Developer Pack is an all-in-one
KERMIT: Kl-10 Error-free Reciprocal Micro
download containing key technologies to simplify building of
web services using the Java 2 Platform (Software) (Sun)
Interconnect over Tty lines
JXTA: JuXTApose KES: Key Escrow System

Started as a research project at Sun Microsystems, its goal KFM: K FIle Manager
is to explore a vision of distributed network computing using
KFX: KoFaX
peer-to-peer topology, and to develop basic building blocks
and services that would enable innovative applications for File Format for fax transmission
peer groups (Software) KHG: Kernel Hacking Guide
JZ: Jump if Zero KHz: KiloHertZ
KiB: KibIByte
K
k: Kilo Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024
Prefix for 10 power 3 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 10) bytes
K&R: Kernighan And Ritchie KIF: Knowledge Interchange Format

"Traditional" or "classic" C language specification, named KIPS: Kilo Instruction Per Second
after its authors, Brian Kerninghan and Dennis Ritchie Processing speed
(Software)
KIR: Kyocera Image Refinement
KAM: Keep Alive Memory (Hardware)
KAS: Kiva Administrative Server KIS: Knowbot Information Service
KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid
KB: KeyBoard
(Hardware)
KIT: Kernel software for Intelligent Terminals
kb: KiloBit KJS: Kiva Java Server

kB: KiloByte
1024 bytes
KM: Keyboard Monitoring
KB: Knowledge Base KM: Knowledge Management
KBD: KeyBoarD

KMA LAPM
KMA: Kiss My A** L1: Level 1

(Net lingo) (Hardware)
KMS: Key Management Server L2: Level 2

Mostly used in Microsoft Exchange to issue security (Hardware)
certificates (Security) (Microsoft)
L2CAP: Logical Link Control and Adaptation
KNI: Katmai New Instruction Protocol
(Intel)
L2F: Layer 2 Forwarding
KOS: Kill On Site (Network) (Cisco)
(Games)
L2TP: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
KPA: Key Process Area (Network)
(Software)
LA: Limited Availability
KPCMS: Kodak Precision Color Management
LAC: L2tp Access Concentrator
System
Device attached to the switched network or located on an end
(Software) (Kodak)
system supporting L2TP to pass PPP traffic (Network)
KPDL: Kyocera Page Description Language LACP: Link Aggregation Control Protocol
(Hardware)
Part of an IEEE specification (802.3ad) that allows to bundle
KPF: Kerio Personal Firewall several physical ports together to form a single logical
(Security) channel (Network)
KPI: Kernel Programming Interface LADDR: LAyered Device DRiver

(Microsoft)
KPI: Key Performance Indicator
LADT: Local Access Data Transport
KQML: Knowledge Query and Manipulation
Language LAF: Look And Feel
(Software)
KRS: Knowledge Retrieval System
LALL: Longest Allowed Lobe Length K
KSAM: Keyed Sequential Access Method
Accessing a flat file using a simple or compound key LAM: Local Area Multicomputer
(Software) (HP) LAME: Lame Ain't an Mp3 Encoder
L
KSDS: Keyed Sequential Data Set (Software)
KSE: Kernel Scheduled Entitiy LAMP: Linux, Apache, Mysql, Perl (or Php or
(Operating systems) Phyton)
Web applications platform (Software)
KSH: Korn SHell
LAN: Local Access Network
KSPH: KeyStrokes Per Hour
LAN: Local Area Network
KSR: Keyboard Send Receive
Data communications network connecting computers and
(Hardware)
related equipment, usually over an area not greater than 10
kVA: Kilo Volt-Ampere km (Network)
Electric power measurement unit (Hardware) LANACS: Local Area Network Asynchronous
kVAh: Kilo Volt Ampere Hour Connection Server
Electrical energy measurement unit (Hardware) LANAID: LAN Adapter Installation and
KVM: K Virtual Machine Diagnostic
A virtual machine designed from the ground up with the (Network)
constraints of inexpensive mobile devices in mind (Sun) LANCE: Local Area Network Controller Ethernet
KVM: Keyboard, Video, Mouse LANDP: Local Area Network Distributed
(Hardware) Platform
KWIC: Key Word In Context LANE: Local Area Network Emulation
A permuted index offering lists of titles, with each of the A set of services and protocols that provide for the emulation
major words as the first word, and the remaining words using of LANs, using ATM as a backbone to allow connectivity
key words or phrases among LAN and ATM attached end stations (Network)
KWS: Knowledge Work System LAP: Link Access Procedure
KXS: Kiva eXecutive Server Communication protocol (CCITT X.25) (Network)
(Software) (Netscape) LAP: Linux Application Platform
LAPB: Link Access Procedure Balanced
L
(Network)
L&F: Look & Feel LAP-B: Link Access Procedure-Balanced
(Software)
LAPD: Link Access Procedure-D channel
L&H: Lernout And Hauspie Communication protocol (Communication)
LAPM: Link Access Procedure for Modems

LAPS LDI
LAPS: Lan Adapter and Protocol Support Lch: Luminance Chrominance Hue
Color model (Hardware)
LAR: Load Access Rights
LART: Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool LCI: Lan Connect Interface
(Hardware)
LASER: Light Amplification by the Stimulated
Emission of Radiation LCID: Language Code IDentifier
LASS: Local Area Signaling Service LCID: LoCale IDentifier
LASTport: Local Area Storage TransPORT LCK: Library Construction Kit

(Microsoft)
Protocol (DEC)
LAT: Local Access Terminal LCM: Landesk Configuration Manager

(Operating systems) (Intel)
LAT: Local Address Table
A table containing the IP address range that is inside a LCM: Leaf Creation Method
firewalled network (Network) (Microsoft) LCM: Life-Cycle Management
LAT: Local Area Transport (Software)
(Network) LCN: Logical Cluster Number
LATA: Local Access and Transport Area (Operating systems)
Local telephone company's geographical area LCOS: Liquid Crystal On Silicon
LATM: Local Asynchronous Transfer Mode LCP: Link Control Protocol
LAVC: Local Area Vax Cluster Part of the point-to-point protocol (PPP) to establish,
configure, and test data link connections (Network)
LAWN: Local Area Wireless Network
LCR: Least Cost Routing
LB: Local Bus
(Network)
LCR: Line Control Register
LBA: Logical Block Addressing
LCS: Laboratory for Computer Science
LBL: LaBeL
LBM: Local Bus Master
MIT's department L
LCS: Lotus Communication Server
LBOT: Logical Beginning of Tape
LCSD: Laminate Chip Signal Diode
(Hardware)
LCT: Last Compliance Time
LBR: LiBraRian
LCU: Last Cluster Used
LBT: Listen Before Talk
LD: Laser Disc
LBT: Local Bus Targets
(Hardware)
LBX: Local Bus Accelerator
LD: Link Dead
LBX: Low-Band with X When a link between two points goes dead (disconnects) (Net
lingo)
LC: Liquid Crystal
(Hardware) LD: LoaD
LCA: Life-Cycle Assessment Same as MOV (move). The Zilog Z80, for instance, used LD
as the assembler opcode for what Intel called MOV (move)
LCA: Logic Cell Array because of copyright issues (machine code was the same)
(Software)
LCA: Lotus Communications Architecture
(Lotus) LDA: Logical Device Address
LCC: Leadless Chip Carrier LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
(Hardware) A standardized TCP/IP protocol for access to a central
X.500-based directory that is shared by many different
LCCM: LanClient Control Manager services. Many vendors plan to use LDAP to access policy
(IBM) information stored on third-party directories (Network)
LCD: Liquid Crystal Display LDC: Lotus Development Corporation
(Hardware)
LDCM: LanDesk Client Manager
LCD: Loss of Cell Delineation
LDDM: Longhorn Display Driver Model
LCD: Lowest Common Denominator (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
LCDUI: Liquid Crystal Display User Interface LDDS: Long Distance Discount Services
(Software)
LDGW: Lotus Domino Go Webserver
LCE: Link Control Entity (Software) (IBM)
(Communication)
LDI: Lvds Digital Interface
LCF: Lightweight Client Framework (Hardware)
LCF: Low Cost Fiber

LDIF LIFE
LDIF: Ldap Data Interchange Format LES: Lan Emulation Server

File format suitable for describing directory information or (Network)
modifications made to directory information. It is typically
used to import and export directory information between
LES: Language Engineering Services
LDAP servers or to describe a set of changes to be applied to LET: Leaving Early Today
a directory (Communication) (Net lingo)
LDM: Logical Disk Manager LEX: LEXicon
LDM: Long Distance Modem LF: Line Feed
LDML: Locale Data Markup Language An instruction to a certain computer or printer to move down
http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/ one line, without moving the cursor or print head. Also used
as a terminator
LDMS: LanDesk Management Suite
LF: Login Facility
LDP: Label Distribution Protocol
A fundamental concept in Multi Protocol Label Switching is
LFAP: Lightweight Flow Admission Protocol
that two Label Switching Routers must agree on the meaning LFH: Low Force Helix
of the labels used to forward traffic between and through them Connector pin type (Hardware)
(Network)
LFI: Last File Indicator
LDP: Linux Document Project
LFM: Log File Monitor
LDP: Loader Debugger Protocol
LFN: Long FileName
LDT: Lightning Data Transport
(Hardware) (AMD)
LFR: Logical Forms Recognition
(Software)
LDT: Local Descriptor Table
LFS: Linux From Scratch
LE: Less than or Equal Project that provides you with the steps necessary to build
(Software) your own custom Linux system
LE: Light Edition LFSR: Linear-Feedback Shift Register
(Software)
LFT: Low Function Terminal
LE: Limited Edition (IBM) L
(Software)
LFU: Least Frequently Used
LEA: Load Effective Address
LGA: Land Grid Array
LEAD: Live Early Adoption and Demonstration Integrated circuit (IC) packaging that uses small flat
LEAF: Law Enforcement Access Field contacts versus pins (Hardware)
LEAP: Lightweight Extensible Authentication LGA: Leadless Grid Array

Protocol Integrated circuit (IC) packaging. Synonym of Land Grid
Array (Hardware)
(Cisco)
LEAS: Lata Equal Access System LGDT: Load Global Descriptor Table
LEC: Lan Emulation Client LGPL: Lesser General Public License

An evolution of the Library General Public License (GNU)
(Network)
LEC: Layered Error Correction LGPL: Library General Public License
(GNU)
LEC: Local Exchange Carrier
LGX: Linux/Gnu/X
Local telephone company such as Pacific Bell, Southwestern
Bell, Bell Atlantic, etc. (Communication) LIAS: Library Information Access System
LECS: Lan Emulation Configuration Server LIB: LIBrary
See also LES (Network) File name extension
LED: Light Emitting Diode LIC: Licensed Internal Code
(Hardware)
LIC: Line Interface Coupler
LEL: Link, Embed and Launch-to-edit (IBM)
(Lotus)
LICS: Lotus International Character Set
LEM: Language Extension Module
LIDE: Light emitting diode In-Direct Exposure
LEN: Low Entry Networking Scanner technology (Hardware) (Canon)
LEO: Low Earth Orbit LIDT: Load Interrupt Descriptor Table
LEOT: Logical End Of Tape LIEP: Large Internet Exchange Packet
(Hardware) (Novell)
LEP: Light Emitting Polymer LIF: Low Insertion Force
(Hardware)
LIFE: Logistics Interface For manufacturing
LER: Label Edge Router Environment
(Hardware)

LIFO LOB
LIFO: Last In First Out LMAO: Laughing My A** Off

(Hardware) (Net lingo)
LILO: Last In Last Out LMB: Left Mouse Button

(Hardware)
LMB: Local Master Browser
LILO: LInux LOader (Network)
LIM: Lotus/Intel/Microsoft LMBCS: Lotus Multi-Byte Character Set

(Lotus)
LIMA: Lotus/Intel/Microsoft/Ast
LIMDO: Light Intensity Modulation Direct LMD: Last Modification Date
Overwrite LMDS: Local Multipoint Distribution System
LIMM: Light Intensity Modulation Method (Communication)
LIMOS: Laser Intensity MOdulation System LME: Layer Management Entity
LIMS: Library Information Management System LMFAO: Laughing My F***ing A** Off
(Net lingo)
LIP: Large Internet Packet
LMI: Link Management Interface
LIPS: Lightweight Internet Person Schema
LMI: Local Management Interface
LIPS: Logical Inferences Per Second
LMK: Let Me Know
LIPS: Logical Instruction Per Second (Net lingo)
Processing Speed
LMKHIW: Let Me Know How It Works
LIR: Local Internet Registry When sending data to someone that should fix a problem.
(Network) (Net lingo)
LIS: Library and Information Science LMM: Logical Memory Manager
LIS: Logical Ip Subnet (Databases) (Sybase)
LISC: Local Interconnection Service Center LMOS: Leave Mail On Server

(Communication) LMP: Link Manager Protocol
LISP: LISt Processor LMS: Lan Management Solution
L
Programming language (Software) (Software) (Cisco)
LITHP: LInk Type description language for LMS: Learning Management System
HyperText Processing
LMS: Library Management System
LIU: Lan Interface Unit
LMS: Lotus Messaging Switch
LIW: Long Instruction Word (Lotus)
(Hardware)
LMSW: Load Machine Status Word
LK: LocK
LMU: Lan Management Utilities
Lock file (Operating systems)
(IBM)
LKG: Last Known Good
LMU: Lan Manager for Unix
LLB: Local Location Broker LN: Load Number
LLC: Logical Link Control LN: Logarithm Natural

Base e
Token Ring link protocol (IEEE 802.2) (Network)
LN:DI: Lotus Notes:Document Imaging
LLDT: Load Local Descriptor Table
LLF: Low Level Format LNBF: Low-Noise Block receiving horns with
integrated Feeds
LLL: Low-Level Language (Communication)
(Software)
LNK: LiNK
LLN: Line Link Network File name extension
LLNL: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LNP: Local Number Portability
(IBM) (Communication)
LM: Lan Manager LNS: L2tp Network Server
(Network) (IBM) Maintains L2TP sessions with whatever is connected to the
LM: License Manager LAC (Network)
LM: Link Manager LO: helLO

(Net lingo)
LM/X: Lan Manager for uniX
LOB: Large OBject
LMA: Lightspeed Memory Architecture
(Databases)
(Hardware) (nVidia)
LOB: Line-Of-Business

LOB LRM
LOB: Low-Order Byte LPC: Low Pin Count

(Hardware)
LOC: Lines Of Code
LOC: Loop Online Control LPCM: Linear Pulse Code Modulation
(Communication)
LOCIS: Library Of Congress Information System
LPD: Line Printer Daemon
LOD: Level Of Detail
LPDP: Line Printer Daemon Protocol
LODSB: LOaD String Byte
LPDU: Logical Protocol Data Unit
LOF: Loss of Frame
(Communication) LPF: League for Programming Freedom
LOFS: LOopback File System lpi: Lines Per Inch

A file system type that lets the user create a new virtual file LPI: Linux Professional Insitute
system. The user can access files using an alternative path Serves the community of Linux and open source software
name (Operating systems) users vendors and developers, in the interest of increasing
LOG: LOGarithm and supporting professional use of such software throughout
world. See also http://www.lpi.org/ (Organizations)
Base 10
LPL: Logical Page List
LOGML: LOG Markup Language
(Databases)
XML application designed to describe log reports of web
servers LPL: Lotus Programming Language
(Lotus)
LOL: Laughing Out Loud
(Net lingo) lpm: Lines Per Minute
Printing speed (Hardware)
LOL: Lots Of Love
(Net lingo) LPM: Logical Process Manager
(Databases) (Sybase)
LOM: Lan On Motherboard
This is a network device that is built onto the motherboard LPN: Logical Page Number
(or baseboard) of the machine (Hardware)
LPP: Land Pre-Pits
LON: Lan On Notebook Addressing aid in writing DVD-R (Hardware)
(Hardware)
L
LPP: Licensed Program Product
LON: Local Operating Network
LPPL: Latex Project Public License
LOOPE: LOOP while Equal See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.html
LOOPNE: LOOP while Not Equal LPR: Line PRinter
LOOPNZ: LOOP while Not Zero LPR: Line Printer Remote
LOOPS: Lisp Object Oriented Programming LPRA: Low Power Register Array
System (Hardware)
LOOPZ: LOOP while Zero lps: Lines Per Second
LOP: Loss of Pointer Printing speed (Hardware)
LORE: Line Oriented Editor LPS: Low Power Schottky

(Hardware)
LOS: Loss of Signal
(Communication) LPT: Line PrinTer
(Hardware)
LOTOS: Language Of Temporal Order
Specification LPWA: Lucent Personalized Web Assistant
Anonymous web browsing service
LOV: List Of Values
LPX: Low Profile Extended
LP: Linear Programming
Motherboard format (Hardware)
LP: Logical Partition
LQ: Letter Quality
LPAR: Logic Programming and Automated
LQM: Link Quality Monitoring
Reasoning
LR: Link Register
LPAR: Logical Partition
(Operating systems) (IBM) LR: Logical Record
LPB: Local Peripheral Bus LRC: Local Register Cache
LPB: Low Ping Bastard LRC: Longitudinal Redundancy Check
Network multiplayer games attribute (Software) LRF: Little Rubber Feet
LPC: Lightweight Procedure Call Support devices for computer cases and other equipments
(Software) (Hardware)
LPC: Linear Predictive Coding LRL: Least Recently Loaded
LPC: Local Procedure Call LRM: Language Reference Manual

LRM LV
LRM: Least Recently used Master LSP: License Service Provider

An Netware Loadable Module (NLM) that responds to
LRMP: Lightweight Reliable Multicast Protocol
requests from NetWare Licensing Services (NLS) clients and
(Network)
licensing service managers for licensing information or
LRPC: Lightweight Remote Procedure Call license units (Novell)
(Software) LSR: Label Switch Router
LRS: Language ReSource in MPLS, LSRs function to read the incoming label, remove it,
File name extension and then based on its FEC, append a new Label to it (Network)
LRS: Line Repeater Station LSR: Link State Routing
LRSN: Log Record Sequence Number LST: Linux Support Team

(Databases) LST: LiST
LRU: Least Recently Used File name extension
LS: Laser Servo LT: Less Than

(Hardware) (Compaq) (Software)
LS: Library Server LT: Local Team

As in Rational ClearCase LT (Software) (Rational)
LS: License Server
LTC: Longitudinal Time Code
LS: Login Server
(Security) LTE: Line Terminating Equipment
LSA: Lan and Scsi Adapter LTF: Leap To Frogans
(IBM) See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software)
LSA: Line Sharing Adapter LTNS: Long Time No See

(Net lingo)
LSA: Link State Advertisement
(Network) LTO: Linear Tape Open
(Hardware)
LSA: Local Security Authority
The Local Security Authority is the service provided to LTO: Locate-To-Order
manage local security, domain authentication, and Active LTPS: Low-Temperature PolySilicon
L
Directory processes. The Security Accounts Manager, Net
(Hardware)
Logon and Protected Storage services run within the context
of lsass.exe (Operating systems) (Microsoft) LTR: Left-To-Right
LSAPI: License Services Application LTR: LeTteR
LTR: Load Task Register
LSAS: Local Security Authentication Server LTS: Leaning Toothpick Syndrome
Verifies validity of user logons to PC/Server. (Operating
Expresses readability in PERL regular expressions (Software)
systems) (Microsoft)
LTSS: Long Term Station Statistics
LSASS: Local Security Authority Subsystem
Service LU: Logical Unit
Provides an interface for managing local security, domain LU6.2: Logical Unit 6.2
authentication, and Active Directory processes. The Security
Accounts Manager, Net Logon and Protected Storage LUA: Logical Unit Application
services are components of LSA (Security) (Microsoft) LUG: Linux User Group
LSB: Least Significant Bit (or Byte) LUG: Local Users Group
LSC: Least Significant Character LUI: Local User Input
LSD: Least Significant Digit LUIS: Library User Information Service
LSE: Language Sensitive Editor LUN: Logical Unit Number
LSI: Large Scale of Integration SCSI subaddressing (Hardware)
IC manufacturing integration level: it's the process of placing LUNI: Lane User Network Interface
from 3,000 to 100,000 transistors on one chip (Hardware)
LUS: LookUp Service
LSL: Link Support Layer
Provides the functionality to discover and register services
LSL: Load Segment Limit (Software)
LSMS: Lucent Security Management Server LUT: LookUp Table
(Lucent) LUW: Logical Unit of Work
LSN: Log Sequence Number LV: Logical Volume
LSN: Logical Sector Number (IBM)
LSNP: Loop Service with Number Portability LV: Low Voltage
LSP: Label Switched Path

LVCS MAGMA
LVCS: Logility Value Chain Solution M4IF: Mpeg-4 Industry Forum

(Software) See http://www.m4if.org/ (Organizations)
LVD: Low Voltage Differential MA: Migration Agent

(Hardware) (Communication) (Novell)
LVDS: Low Voltage Differential Signalling mA: Milliampere

(Hardware)
MAB: Multi-Architecture Binary
LVM: Logical Volume Manager (Software)
Provides a higher-level view of the disk storage on a
MABO: Multiplier-Arithmetic BOlton
computer system than the traditional view of disks and
partitions. This gives the system administrator much more MAC: MACro
flexibility in allocating storage to applications and users File name extension
(Operating systems)
MAC: Mandatory Access Control
LVM: Low Voltage Differential Signaling (Security)
(IBM)
MAC: Media Access Control
LVQ: Learning Vector Quantization (Network)
LW: Lazy Write MAC: Message Authentication Code
LW: Length Width (Security)
LWP: LightWeight Process MAC: Move, Add, Change

A class of processes that share resources with each other Abbreviation for a specific task request (Network)
and therefore use fewer resources than ordinary processes MAC: Multiple Access Computers
(Operating systems)
MAC: Multiplexed Analog Component
LWP: Lotus WordPro
A color standard that transmits three color components in
File format for documents
time-compressed serial analog form (Hardware)
LWT: Lightweight Windowing Toolkit MAC: Multiply ACcumulate
LY: Love You CPU instruction type
(Net lingo) MACH: Multilayer ACtuator Head L
LYL: Love Ya Lots (Epson)
(Net lingo) MACS: Mail order And Catalog System
LYLAB: Love Ya Like A Brother
M
MACS: Modem Access Control System
(Net lingo)
MAD: Microsoft Active Directory
LYLAS: Love Ya Like A Sister (Network) (Microsoft)
(Net lingo)
MAD: Mpeg Audio Decoder
LZ: Landing Zone (Software)
(Hardware)
MADCAP: Multicast Address Dynamic Client
LZ: Lempel-Ziv Allocation Protocol
LZH: Lempel-Ziv-Haruyasu Protocol that allows hosts to request multicast address
Compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a allocation services from multicast address allocation
sliding window and additional compression applied to the servers. This protocol is part of the Multicast Address
output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding Allocation Architecture being defined by the Multicast
(Software) Address Allocation Working Group (Communication)
LZMA: Lempel-Ziv Modified Algorithm MADD: Multiply-ADD

Compression algorithm (Software) CPU instruction type
LZS: Lempel-Ziv-Stac MADE: Manufacturing and Automated Design

Compression algorithm (Software) Engineering
LZSS: Lempel-Ziv-Storer-Szymanski MADYMO: MAthematical DYnamic MOdeling

Compression algorithm (Software) MAE: Macintosh Application Environment
LZW: Lempel-Ziv-Welch MAE: Merit Access Exchange
Compression algorithm (Software)
MAE: Metropolitan Area Exchange
LZX: Lempel-Ziv eXtended
maen: Morning Afternoon Evening Night
Compression algorithm (Software)
"Good maen" is used as a universal greeting on the Internet
to wish good morning, good afternoon, good evening or good
M night, all rolled into one (Net lingo)
M: Mega MAGIC: Multi-dimensional Applications Gigabit
Prefix for 10 power 6 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 20) Internetworking Consortium
(Organizations)
m: Milli
Prefix for 10 power -3 MAGMA: Minimal Architecture for Generalized
Markup Applications

mAh MBX
mAh: MilliAmpere per Hour MASM: Macro ASseMbler

MAI: Multiple Applications Interface
MAJC: Microprocessor Architecture for Java MASS: Maximum Availability and Support
Computing Subsystem
(Sun) MAT: Maintenance Access Terminal
MAM: Memory Allocation Map MathML: MATHematical Markup Language
XML application for describing mathematical notation and
MAME: Multi-Arcade Machine Emulator
capturing both its structure and content. The goal of MathML
MAN: MANual is to enable mathematics to be served, received, and
File name extension processed on the Web, just as HTML has enabled this
functionality for text
MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
Between a LAN and WAN in size and scope (Network) MAU: Media Attachment Unit
(Network)
MANIAC: Mathematical Analyzer Numerical
Integrator And Computer MAU: Multistation Access Unit
(Network)
MAO: Machine Account Object
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) MAVDM: Multiple Application Virtual Dos
Machine
MAOS: Multiple Application Operating System
(Operating systems) MAVICA: MAgnetic VIdeo CAmera
(Hardware) (Sony)
MAP: Maintenance Analysis Procedures
MAW: Microsoft At Work
MAP: Management and Administration Platform
MAX: MAssively parallel uniX
MAP: Manufacturing Automation Protocol
MAX: MAXimum
MAP: Migration Assistance Program
MAXML: Multichannel Accessible eXtensible
MAP: Mobile Application Part
Markup Language
Adds functionality for mobile text applications to the Public
Land Mobile Network (PLMN). MAP handles numerous MB: Medium Business
services for text messaging to and from mobile terminals, for
Mb: MegaBit
example Short Message Service Centres in GSM Networks
MB: MegaByte
MAP/TOP: Manufacturing Automation Protocol M
1024 kilobytes
Technical Office Protocol
MB: MotherBoard
MAPE: Mean Absolute Percentage Error
(Hardware)
MAPI: Messaging Application Programming
MBASIC: Microsoft Beginners All-purpose
Interface
(Microsoft)
(Microsoft)
MAPICS: Manufacturing, Accounting and
MBCS: Multi-Byte Character Set
Production Information Control System
(IBM) MbD: Management by Delegation
(Software)
MAPOS: Multiple Access Protocol Over
Sonet/sdh MBGP: Multicast Border Gateway Protocol
(Network) Based on RFC 2283 (Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4), it
offers a method for providers to distinguish which prefixes
MAPS: Mail Abuse Prevention System they will use for performing multicast reverse path forwarding
MAPS: Mcis Administration and Provisioning (RPF) checks (Network)
Service MBO: Management By Objectives
(Microsoft)
MBONE: Multicast backBONE
MAR: Memory Address Register (Network)
(Hardware)
Mbps: MegaBits Per Second
MARC: MAchine Readable Cataloging Transfer speed (Communication)
MARC: Multitechnology Automated Reader Card MBps: MegaBytes Per Second
MARS: Multicast Address Resolution Server Transfer Speed (Communication)
(Network) MBQ: Message-Based Queueing
MARVEL: Machine-Assisted Realization of the MBR: Master Boot Record
Virtual Electronic Library
MBS: Maximum Burst Size
MAS: Microsoft Authorized Support
(Microsoft)
MBSA: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
Scans for missing hotfixes and vulnerabilities in some
MAS: Multi-Agent System Microsoft products (Security) (Microsoft)
(Software)
MBX: MailBoX

MC MDA
MC: Model Coordinates MCP: Microsoft Certified Professional

The coordinate system used for describing a single object (a (Microsoft)
graphics entity). When each object is described in its own
model coordinate space, all are mapped to one world
MCP: Multiport Communication Processor
coordinate space MCP: Myrinet Control Program
MCA: Merchant Certification Authority (Network)
erchant Certification Authority MCP/AS: Master Control Program/Advanced
MCA: Micro Channel Architecture System
Bus architecture (Hardware) (IBM) MCPC: Multi Channel Per Carrier
MCAD: Mechanical Computer-Aided Design MC-PGA: Metallized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array
A specialized computer graphics program for the design of IC pins organization
mechanical structures, such as automobiles, airplanes, and
their parts (Software) MCPS: Microsoft Certified Product Specialist
(Microsoft)
MCAD: Microsoft Certified Application
Developer MC-QFP: Metalized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array
Mid-level certification for professional developers who build MCR: Maximum Cell Rate
powerful applications using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and
Web services (Microsoft)
MCR: Modem Control Register
MCAV: Modified Constant Angular Velocity M-CRM: Mobile Customer Relationship

Management
MCB: Memory Control Block
MCS: Material Control System
MCBF: Mean Cycle Between Failure
MCS: Multichannel Communications System
MCC: Manchester Code Converter
MCSA: Microsoft Certified System Administrator
MCC: Manchester Computing Centre (Microsoft)
MCC: Memory Controller Chip MCSD: Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
MCDBA: Microsoft Certified DataBase MCSE: Microsoft Certified System Engineer
Administrator (Microsoft)
(Microsoft)
MCSP: Microsoft Certified Solution Provider
MCF: Meta-Content Framework (Microsoft)
M
(Netscape)
MCT: Microsoft Certified Trainer
MCGA: MultiColor Graphic Adapter (Microsoft)
(Hardware)
MCU: MicroController Unit
MCGAM: Mixer Conformant Global Address
Mapping MCU: Multi-Chip Unit
(Network) (DEC)
MCH: Memory Controller Hub MCU: Multipoint Control Unit

(Hardware) MD: Make Directory
MCI: Media Control Interface MD: Message Digest
MCI: Microwave Communications, Inc. (Network)
Now MCI Communications corporation MD: MicroDrive
MCIS: Microsoft Commercial Internet System (Hardware) (IBM)
(Network) (Microsoft) MD: Mini Disk
MCL: Microsoft Compatibility Labs (Sony)
(Microsoft) MD: Monochrome Display
MCL: Much Clown Love MD5: Message Digest 5
Used by icp fans also known as juggalos (Net lingo) Cryptographically strong message digest, see RFC 1321
(http://www.iesg.org/rfc/rfc1321.txt) (Security)
MCM: MultiChip Module
MDA: Mail Delivery Agent
MCN: Metropolitan Campus Network
One of the programs that handle email (see also MTA and
MCNE: Master Certified Novell Engineer MUA) (Software)
(Novell)
MDA: Market Development Agreement
MCNS: Multimedia Cable Network System
MDA: Medicated Digest Authentication
(Hardware) (Cisco)
MDA: Model Driven Architecture
MCP: Master Control Program
Standards-based approach to system development
MCP: Media and Communications Processor
MDA: Monochrome Display Adapter
(Hardware)
(Hardware)

MDA MES
MDA: MultiDimensional Analysis MDRAM: Multi-bank Dynamic Random Access

Memory
MDAC: Microsoft Data Access Component
(Hardware)
MDRC: Manufacturing Design Rule Checker
MDB: Message-Driven Bean
(Software) MDS: Macintosh Development System
(Software) (Apple)
MDB: Microsoft DataBase
File format (Databases) (Microsoft) MDS: Manufacturing Design System
MDB: Multiple-Device Boot MDS: Meta Data Service
A diskette used to boot from a CD-ROM or from a network (Databases)
(Operating systems)
MDS: Metacomputing Directory Service
MDBE: Microsoft DataBase Engine
MDS: Microprocessor Development System
(Software)
MDBMS: Multidimensional DataBase
MDSM: MultiDimensional Storage Manager
Management System
(Databases) (IBM)
(Databases)
MDT: Mechanical DeskTop
MDD: Multidimensional Discrete Data
(Databases) MDT: Mobile Data Terminal
Generic term for 1st generation wireless terminal connected
MDF: Main Distribution Frame to host computer via radio network (Hardware) (Motorola)
(Network)
MDT: Mountain Daylight Time
MDF: Master Data File Timezone: GMT -7:00
MDF: Menu Definition File MDTE: Male Data Terminal Equipment
File name extension
RS-232 adapter (Hardware)
MDFE: Multilevel Decision Feedback MDX: MultiDimensional eXpression
Equalization
(Databases)
(Hardware)
MDY: Month Day Year
MDI: Medium Dependent Interface
ME: Millenium Edition
MDI: Memory Display Interface
Windows version (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
MDI: Multiple Document Interface
M
ME: Motion Estimation
(Microsoft)
MEB: Memory Expansion Board
MDI: Multiplex Device Interface
MED: Management of External Data
MDIC: Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip
(Databases)
(AT&T)
MED: Minimum Expected Delay
MDIS: MetaData Interchange Specification
MEDAPE: MEDium Absolute Percentage Error
MDK: Multimedia Developers Kit
(Microsoft) MEF: Message Exchange Format
(Network)
MDL: Method Definition Language
MEL: Mercury Exchange Limited
MDL: Microstation Development Language
MEL: Michigan Electronic Library
MDLP: Mobile Data Link Protocol
MEL: Multos Executable Language
MDLS: Member Digital Library Subscription
MEM: MEMory
MDM: Machine Debug Manager
MEMO: Multimedia Environment for MObiles
MDM: Media Device Manager
MEMS: Micro ElectroMechanical System
MDM: Membership DIrectory Manager (Hardware) (TI)
(Microsoft)
MEO: Medium Earth Orbit
MDMF: Multiple Data Message Format
Format used to send Caller ID information (Communication) MERCI: Multimedia European Research
Conferencing Integration
MDPM: Multilevel Distributed Process Modeling
MERS: Most Economic Route Selection
MDR: Memory Data Register
(Hardware) MERVA: Message Entry and Routing with
Interfaces to Various Applications
MDR: MetaData Repository IBM connectivity to SWIFT network (Network) (IBM)
MDR: MicroDesign Resources MES: Manufacturing Execution System
MDR: Minimum Design Requirement MES: Mobile Entertainment Service
Nokia's platform that allows developers to create interactive
games for WAP (Software) (Nokia)

MESI MID
MESI: Modified, Exclusive, Shared and Invalid MFU: Most Frequently Used
MEST: Middle European Summer Time MGA: Matrox Graphics Adapter
Timezone: GMT +1:00
MGA: Monochrome Graphics Adapter
MET: Memory Enhancement Technology (Hardware)
(HP)
MGC: Media Gateway Controller
MET: Middle European Time Provides a single management platform for fault,
Timezone: GMT +1:00 configuration, performance and security management. It
manages the Cisco PGW 2200 PSTN Gateway and the Cisco
MEWT: Middle European Winter Time SC2200 Signaling Controller. Cisco MGC Node Manager
Timezone: GMT +1:00 integrates access to all signaling components (Software)
(Cisco)
MF: Multi Frequency
MFC: Microsoft Foundation Classes MGCP: Media Gateway Control Protocol
Controls (trunks) gateways interconnected with the Public
Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) with packet networks
MFC: MultiFunction Center and controls (residential) gateways that function as network
(Hardware) interfaces for customer premise located equipment
(Communication)
MFC&T: Microsoft Foundation Classes &
Templates MGDI: Multiplatform Graphics Device Interface
(Software) (Microsoft) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
MFD: MultiFunction Device MGE: Modular Gis Environment

(Hardware) MGET: Multiple GET
MFENET: Magnetic Fusion Energy NETwork MGML: Minimal Generalized Markup Language
MFFS: Microsoft Flash File System MGR: ManaGeR
(Microsoft)
MH: Modified Huffman
MFI: MainFrame Interactive
MHDL: Mimic Hardware Description Language
MFI: Multifunction Interpreter
MHEG: Multimedia and Hypermedia information
MFIOP: MultiFunction Input/Output Processor coding Expert Group
(Hardware)
MHP: Managed Hosting Provider
MFLOPS: Million Floating point Operation Per
MHPCC: Maui High Performance Computing
M
Second
Center
A unit of measure of execution speed that rates the oating-
point performance of a computer MHS: Message Handling System
MFM: Modified Frequency Modulation MHz: MegaHertZ
A unit of measure of execution speed that rates the floating-
MI: Management Interface
point performance of a computer (Hardware)
MI: Multiple Inheritance
MFN: Main Frogans Network
(Software)
MI/MIC: Mode Indicate/Mode Indicate Common
MFP: MultiFunction Printer
(Hardware) MIA: Mobile Internet Access
MFPI: MultiFunction Peripheral Interface MIB: Management Information Base
MFR: Multilink Frame Relay MiB: MebIByte
(Network) Unit of measurement, introduced by the International
MFS: Macintosh File System kiB
(Operating systems) (Apple)
MIB: Multimedia Integration Box
MFS: Magnetic tape Field Search (Siemens-Nixdorf)
MFS: Memory File System MIC: Macro Interpretative Command
MFS: Message Format Service MIC: Market Intelligence Center
MFS: Modified Filing System MIC: Media Interface Connector
(Operating systems)
MIC: Message Integrity Check
MFT: Master File Table
MICE: Modular Integrated Communications
Table containing NT's file system structure (Operating
Environment
MFT: Mean Field Theory MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MFT: Multiprogramming with a Fixed number MICS: Macro Interpretive Commands

of Tasks MID: Message IDentifier
MFTP: Multicast File Transfer Protocol

MID MLP
MID: Mobile Information Device MINT: Mint Is Not Tos

(Hardware)
MINUET: Minnesota INternet Users Essential
MIDAS: Multi-tIer Distributed Application Tools
Service MINX: Multimedia Information Network
(Borland)
eXchange
MIDI: Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIO: Memory Input/Output
A note-oriented control language for specifying music. MIDI
data consists of codes specifying notes and timing. These MIP: Mixed Integer Programming
codes can be generated by or output to MIDI-compatible
MIP: Mobile Internet Protocol
devices, such as keyboards or synthesizers (Hardware)
(Network)
MIDL: Microsoft Interface Definition Language MIPS: Microprocessor without Interlocked
(Microsoft)
Piped Stages
MIDP: Mobile Information Device Profile MIPS: Million Instructions Per Second
Is a set of Java APIs which, together with the Connected A unit of measure of execution speed that rates the
Limited Device Configuration (CLDC), provides a complete performance of a computer CPU
J2METM application runtime environment targeted at mobile
information devices, such as mobile phones and entry level MIR: Micro-Instruction Register
PDAs (Sun)
MIS: Management Information System
MIE: Mobile Internet Explorer MIS: Mobile Information Server
MIF: Maker Interchange Format MIS: Multimedia Information Sources
(Adobe)
MISC: MISCellaneous
MIF: Management Information File
MISD: Multiple Instruction Single Data
MIF: Management Information Format
MISF: Microsoft Information Security
MIF: Minimum Internetworking Functionality Framework
MIF: Module Interconnection Facility (Microsoft)
MIFST: Microsoft Internet Finance Server MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Toolkit MITACS: Mathematics of Information
(Network) (Microsoft) Technology and Complex Systems M
MIG: Media Interoperability Gateway (Organizations)
MIG: Metal In Gap MIX: Member Information eXchange

MII: Media-Independent Interface MIXER: Mime Internet X.400 Enhanced Relay
A 40-pin miniature-D connector that provides the electrical (Network)
interface between some Sun systems and 10BASE-T or
MJ: Modular Jack
100BASE-T Ethernet network transceivers (Hardware) (Sun)
MII: Microsoft/IBM/Intel MJD: Modified Julian Date
MKDIR: MaKe DIRectory
MIL: Machine Interface Layer
MKS: Mortice Kern Systems
MILNET: MILitary NETwork
Originally part of the ARPANET, MILNET was partitioned in ML: Machine Language
1984 to provide military installations with reliable network
ML: Meta Language
service, while the ARPANET continued to be used for
(Software)
research (Network)
MIM: Map Image Metafile MLA: Multi-Letter Abbreviation
Used in comedy along with TLA
MIM: Metal-Insulator-Metal
(Hardware)
MLAPI: MultiLingual Application Programming
Interface
MIMD: Multiple Instruction Multiple Data
MLC: MultiLayer Ceramic
MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
(Network)
MLC: MultiLevel Cell
Memory technology (Hardware)
MIMO: Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
(Communication)
MLE: Multi Language Environment
MLE: MultiLine Editor
MIN: MINimum
MIN: Mobile Identification Number MLE: MultiLine Entry field
MLI: Multiple Link Interface
MIND: Microsoft INternet Developer
Microsoft magazine for Web developers (Microsoft) MLID: MultiLink Interface Driver
MinLSN: MINimum recovery Log Sequence MLM: Mailing List Manager
Number MLP: Meridian Lossless Packing
(Databases)

MLPPP MOG
MLPPP: MultiLink Point-to-Point Protocol MMPM/2: MultiMedia Presentation Manager 2

(Communication)
MMR: Modified Modified Read
MLS: MultiLevel Secure MMRPG: Massive Multiplayer Role Playing Game
MLT: Mechanized Line Test (Games)
Determines obvious line errors or loop lenght indications
MMS: Maximum Message Size
(Hardware)
MMS: Merchant Management System
MM: Management Module
MMS: Microsoft Media Server
MM: MicroMiniature
Streaming protocol used by the Microsoft Media Server. Used
(Hardware)
to access unicast content from a Windows Media Server to a
MM: Mobile Management Windows Media Player (Network) (Microsoft)
MM: MultiMedia MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service

MMA: Microcomputer Managers Association MMU: Memory Management Unit
(Hardware)
MMA: Midi Manufacturer Association
MMVF: MultiMedia Video FIle
MMAPI: Mobile Media Application Programming
(NEC)
Interface
MMX: Matrix Manipulation eXtensions
MMC: Matched Memory Cycle
(Intel)
MMC: Microcomputer Marketing Council
MMX: MultiMedia eXtensions
MMC: Microsoft Management Console (Intel)
(Microsoft)
MNG: Multiple-image Network Graphics
MMC: Microsoft Media Console A Portable Network Graphics (PNG)-like image format
(Microsoft) supporting multiple, animated, transparent and compressed
images
MMC: MultiMedia Card
(Hardware) MNN: My Netscape Network
MMC: MultiMedia Commands MNOS: Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor
MMCD: MultiMedia Compact Disk MNP: Microcom Networking Protocol
MMCD-E: MultiMedia Compact Disk-Erasable MO: Magneto-Optical

M
MMCX: MultiMedia Communication Exchange (Hardware)
MMDS: Multichannel Multipoint Distribution MO: Managment Object

Service MO:DCA: Mixed Object Document Content
(Communication) Architecture
MMF: Make Money Fast MOB: Memory-Order Buffer
(Net lingo) MOC: Microsoft Official Curriculum
MMF: Multi Mode Fiber (Microsoft)
(Hardware) MOCA: Microsoft Online Crash Analysis
MMF: MultiMedia File (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
Filename extension MOD: Magneto-Optical Disk
MMG: Massively Multiplayer Game MOD: Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
MMI: Man-Machine Interface (Software) (Microsoft)
MMIS: Materials Manager Information System MOD: MODulus
Reminder of the integer division
MML: Maker Macro Language
MML: Music Markup Language MODEM: MOdulator/DEModulator
MMM: Mobile Media Mode MOF: Managed Object Format

(Microsoft)
MMO: Mobile MOdule
(Hardware) (Intel)
MOF: Meta-Object Facility
Standard interfaces that can be used to define and
MMOD: Male MODem manipulate a set of interoperable metamodels and their
Modem adapter (Hardware) (Cisco) corresponding models
MMOG: Massively Multiplayer Online Game MOF: Microsoft Operations Framework
(Games) Provides technical guidance that enables organizations to
achieve mission-critical system reliability, availability,
MMORPG: Massive Multiplayer Online Role
supportability, and manageability of Microsoft products and
Playing Game
technologies (Microsoft)
(Games)
MOG: Multiplayer Online Game
MMPM: MultiMedia Presentation Manager

MOHLL MPE
MOHLL: Machine Oriented High Level Language MOU: Memorandum of Understanding

MOLAP: Multidimensional On-Line Analytical MOUS: Micorsoft Office User Specialist
Processing (Microsoft)
MOM: Manufacturing Operations Management MOV: Metal Oxide Varistor
(Hardware)
MOM: Message-Oriented Middleware
(Software) MOV: MOVe
Processor instruction
MOM: Microsoft Office Manager
(Microsoft) MOV: MOVie
Fileformat for movies (Apple)
MOMA: Message-Oriented Middleware
Association MOVS: Microsoft Office/Vba Solution
(Organizations) (Microsoft)
MONET: Multiwavelength Optical NETwork MOVS: MOVe String
(Network) Processor instruction
MOO: Mud, Object Oriented MO-WORM: Management Object
A client used to connect to a MUD
MP: Massively Parallel
MOP: Maintenance Operations Protocol
MP: Master Plan
(Network)
MP: MicroProcessor
MOP: Meta Object Protocol
A reflective facility of an object-oriented language (Software) MP: Multi Processor
A computer using two or more nearly equal processing units
MOPA: MultiProtocol Over Atm under integrated control (Hardware)
(Communication)
MP: Multilink Protocol
MOPS: Million Operations Per Second Method for splitting, recombining and sequencing datagrams
MO-ROD: Magneto Optical-Rewriteable Optical across multiple logical data links. Originally designed to
Disk exploit multiple bearer channels in ISDN, it's equally
applicable to any situation in which multiple PPP links
(Hardware)
connect two systems (Network)
MOS: Magneto-Optic Storage
MP: MultiProtocol
MOS: Mean Opinion Score M
MP: My Pleasure
MOS: Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (Net lingo)
MP+: Multichannel Protocol Plus
MOS: Microsoft Office Specialist (Network) (Ascend)
(Microsoft)
MP3: MPeg layer 3
MOSES: Massive Open Systems Environment Sound encoding format (Software)
Standard
MP4: MPeg layer 4
MOSFET: Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field- Sound encoding format (Software)
Effect Transistor
(Hardware)
MPA: Memo Pad Archive
Filename extension
MOSPF: Multicast Open Shortest Path First
(Communication)
MPAA: Motion Picture Association of America
(Organizations)
MOSS: Microsoft Office Server System
MPC: Mobile Productivity Center
Palm cradle (Hardware)
MOSS: Mime Objects Security Services
MPC: Multimedia Personal Computer
MOSTL: Microsoft Office Smart Tag List Multimedia specifications
Tool that makes it easy for Office developers to build and
update XML lists of terms to recognize (Software) (Microsoft) MPC: MultiPath Channel
MOT: Multimedia Object Transfer MPC+: MultiPath Channel Plus

(IBM)
MOTD: Message Of The Day
MPCC: MultiProtocol Communication Controller
MOTIS: Message-Oriented Text Interchange
(Hardware)
Systems
MPCS: Mission Planning and Control Station
MOTO: Master Of The Obvious
(Net lingo) MPDU: Message Protocol Data Unit
MOTOS: Member Of The Other Sex MPE: Multi-Programming Executive
(Net lingo) (HP)
MOTSS: Member Of The Same Sex

(Net lingo)

MPEG MRNET
MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group MPTP: Micro Payment Transfer Protocol
A group that has developed standards for compressing
MPTS: Multi-Protocol Transport Services
moving pictures and audio data and for synchronizing video
and audio datastreams. Also, a file format MPTS/2: Multi Protocol Transport Services 2
MPI: Message Passing Interface MPTY: More Power To You
(Sun) (Net lingo)
MPI: MultiPrecision Integer MPU: MicroProcessor Unit

(Hardware)
MPI: Multiprocessor Interconnect Bus
MPIF: Message Passing Interface Forum MPVM: Message Parallel Virtual Machine
(Sun)
MPIF: Multi-Processor Interconnect Facility
A facilty to support multiple TPF complexes communicating
MPW: Macintosh Programmer's Workshop
(Software) (Apple)
with each other (IBM)
MPK: MultiProcessing Kernel MQ: Message Queuing
(Operating systems) (Software)
MPL: Message Passing Library MQE: Managed Query Environment

(IBM) (Databases)
MPL: Mozilla Public License MQH: Memory Queue Handler

On Sun server systems, the device on the system board that
MPLS: MultiProtocol Label Switching provides the interface between the system board SIMMs and
An architecture on the IETF standards track for integrating a the backplane XDBus (Hardware) (Sun)
mechanism for label-swapping with Layer 3 routing to
accelerate packet forwarding (Network) MQI: Message Queuing Interface
(IBM)
MPMD: Multiple Processor/Multiple Data
MR: Magneto-Resistive
MPOA: Multi-Protocol Over Atm
Hard disk head technology (Hardware)
An ATM Forum standard for the routing of multiple protocols
across an ATM substrate. It enables ATM services to be MR: Maintenance Release
integrated with existing local-area networks that use (Software)
Ethernet, token-ring or TCP/IP protocols (Network)
MR: Memory Read
MPOE: Minimum Point Of Entry (Hardware)
Location phone and data lines first come into a building
MR: Modem Ready
M
(Communication)
MR: Modified Read
MPOW: Multiple Purpose Operator Workstation
MRAM: Magnetic Random Access Memory
MPP: Massively Parallel Processing
(Hardware)
MPP: Message Posting Protocol
MRB: Method Request Broker
MPP: Message Processing Program
MRC: Mesh Router Chip
MPPC: Microsoft Point to Point Compression (Network)
MRCF: Microsoft Realtime Compression Format
MPPD: Multi Purpose Peripheral Device
MRCI: Microsoft Real-time Compression
MPPE: Microsoft Point to Point Encryption Interface
Encrypts data for Point to Point Protocol (PPP) or Point to (Microsoft)
Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) connections (Network)
(Microsoft) MRCP: Media Resource Control Protocol
Protocol specifically designed to address the need for client
MPQP: Multi-Protocol Quad Port control of media processing resources such as Automatic
(IBM) Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-To-Speech (TTS)
MPR: MultiPart Repeater engines
MPR: Multi-Protocol Routing MREQ: Memory REQuest

Microprocessor signal used in I/O addressing (Hardware)
(Network)
MPS: MultiPage Signal MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
A medical imaging technique used for image capture. Tissue
MPS: Multiple Priority System area is simultaneously subjected to electromagnetic
(Network) radiation and a magnetic field
MPS: MultiProcessor Specification M-RIB: Multicast Routing Information Base
MPSX: Mathematical Programming System (Network)
eXtended MRJ: Macos Runtime for Java
MPT: MultiPort Transceiver (Software) (Apple)
MPTA: Multi Protocol Transport Architecture MRM: Most Recently used Master
MPTN: Multi-Protocol Transport Network MRNET: Minnesota Regional NETwork

MRO MSF
MRO: Maintenance, Repair and Operation MSCDEX: MicroSoft CD-rom EXtensions

MRO: Multi-Region Operation
(IBM) MSCE: MicroSoft Certified Engineer
(Microsoft)
MROC: Miniature Ruggedized Optical Correlator
(Hardware) MSCHAP: MicroSoft Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol
MRP: Manufacturing Resource Planning
(Microsoft)
MRP: Material Requirement Planning
MSCM: Multiple Slots on Continuation
MRPL: Main Ring Path Length Mechanism
MRS: Media Recognition System MSCP: Mass Storage Control Protocol
MRS: Message Routing System MSCS: MicroSoft Cluster Server
(Communication)
MSCT: MicroSoft Certified Trainer
MRS: Micro Reflective Structure (Microsoft)
(Hardware) (Sharp)
MSCTEC: MicroSoft Certified Technical
MRS: Monitoring and Recovery Subsystem Education Center
MrSID: MultiResolution Seamless Image (Microsoft)
Database MSD: Mass Storage Device
Image compression algorithm
MSD: Microsoft System Diagnostics
MRT: Mean Repair Time (Microsoft)
MRTG: Multi Router Traffic Grapher MSD: Most Significant Digit
MRU: Maximum Receive Unit MSDA: MicroSoft Direct Access
MRU: Most Recently Used (Microsoft)
MR-X: Magneto Resistive - eXtended MSDE: MicroSoft Database Engine

(Hardware) (Databases) (Microsoft)
MS: Memory Stick MSDE: MicroSoft Desktop Engine

(Hardware) (Sony) (Databases) (Microsoft)
MS: Memory System MSDK: Microsoft Solutions Development Kit M

(Microsoft)
MS: Message Store
MSDL: MicroSoft Download Library
MS: MicroSoft
(Microsoft)
ms: MilliSecond
MSDN: Macintosh Software Distribution Network
Time measurement unit
MSDN: MicroSoft Developer Network
MS: Mobile Station
(Microsoft)
MSA: Management Services Architecture
MSDOS: MicroSoft Disk Operating System
(IBM)
MSDP: Multicast Source Directory Protocol
MSAA: MicroSoft Active Accessibility
Developed for peering between Internet service providers
(Software)
(ISPs), it enables Rendezvous Points (RPs) to share
MSAA: Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing information about active sources (Network)
Anti-aliasing technique using multiple samples offset by a MSDR: Multiplexed Streaming Data Request
fraction of a pixel (Hardware)
MSDS: MicroSoft Developer Support
MSACM: MicroSoft Audio Compression Manager
(Microsoft)
(Microsoft)
MSDSS: MicroSoft Directory Synchronization
MSAU: MultiStation Access Unit Services
(Network)
MSAV: MicroSoft Anti Virus MSDTC: MicroSoft Distributed Transactions
(Microsoft) Coordinator
MSB: Most Significant Bit (or Byte) (Databases) (Microsoft)
MSBD: Media Stream Broadcast Distribution MSE: MicroSoft Exchange

Protocol used to distribute streams between Windows Media (Software) (Microsoft)
Encoder and the Windows Media server components, and to
MsecSP: Managed SECurity Service Provider
transfer streams between servers (Microsoft)
MSEQ: MicroSoft English Query
MSBF: Mean Swaps Between Failures
MSC: MicroSoft C
MSF: Microsoft Solutions Framework
MSC: Mobile Switching Center (Microsoft)

MSFC MTDL
MSFC: Multilayer Switch Feature Card MSRP: Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price
(Network)
MSS: Managed Security Service
MSFP: Management Service Focal Point MSS: Mass Storage Subsystem
MSFR: Minimum Security Function An early version of the Sun pedestal disk storage system
Requirements (Hardware) (Sun)
(IBM) MSS: Multiprotocol Switched Server
MSG: MeSsaGe (Hardware) (IBM)
File name extension MSSP: Managed Security Service Provider
MSI: Medium-Scale Integration MST: Mountain Standard Time
The process of placing from 100 to 3,000 transistors on a Timezone: GMT -7:00
chip (Hardware)
MSTS: MicroSoft Terminal Server
MSI: MicroSoft Installer (Operating systems)
MSU: Mass Storage Unit
MSIE: MicroSoft Internet Explorer (Hardware)
MSU: Media Server Unit
MSIL: MicroSoft Intermediate Language
(Software) (Microsoft) MSU: Millions of Service Units
MSIMN: MicroSoft Internet Mail and News MSU: Modem Sharing Unit
(Microsoft) (Hardware)
MSISDN: Mobile Station Integrated Services MSVC: MicroSoft Visual C

Digital Network MSW: Machine Status Word
The number used to call a mobile subscriber. An MSISDN
MT: Machine Translation
consists of a country code, a national destination code and a
subscriber number (Communication) MT: Management Team
MS-ISDN: Mobile Station Integrated Services MTA: Message Transfer Agent
Digital Network number An ISO/OSI application process that stores and forwards
MSJ: Microsoft Systems Journal messages in the X.400 message handling system. Compare
with Internet mail agent
Microsoft magazine (Microsoft)
MSK: Minimum-Shift Keying
MTA: Message Transfer Architecture M
(Software)
MSKB: MicroSoft Knowledge Base
MTA: Multimedia Terminal Adapter
(Microsoft)
MTA: Multiple Terminal Access
MSL: Map Specification Library
MTA: Multi-Threaded Apartment
MSL: Microsoft Software Library
A threading context in which components must handle
MSL: Mirrored Server Link synchronization themselves. Under COM+ the threads that
run in the MTA com from a thread pool managed by the
MSMQ: MicroSoft Message Queue
system (Software) (Microsoft)
MTBB: Mean Time Between Breakdowns
MSN: MicroSoft Network
(Network) (Microsoft) MTBCF: Mean Time Between Critical Failures
MSN: Multiple Subscriber Number MTBF: Mean Time Between Failures
The average time a component can operate without a failure.
MSNF: Multiple Systems Networking Facility The MTBF is the number of failures divided by the number of
MSO: Multiple-Systems Operator hours the component has operated (Hardware)
MSP: Management Service Provider MTBJ: Mean Time Between Jams

MSP: Message Send Protocol MTBRP: Mean Time Between Parts Replacement
(Network) MTC: Midi Time Code
MSP: Messaging Service Provider MTD: Memory Technology Drivers
MSP: MicroSoft Paint MTD: Month To Date
File name extension (Microsoft) Time series function
MSR: Magnetic Super Resolution MTDA: Mean Time between Data Access
(Hardware) The average time before non-redundant components fail,
MSR: MicroSoft Research causing data inaccessibility without loss or corruption.
(Microsoft) (Hardware)
MSR: MicroSoft Reserved (partition) MTDL: Mean time to Data Loss

The average time before the failure of an array component
causes data to be lost or corrupted. (Hardware)
MSRN: Mobile Station Roaming Number

MTDT MVS/XA
MTDT: Moscow Time Daylight Time MUI: Multimedia User Interface

Timezone: GMT +3:00
MUL: MULtiply
MTE: MuTating Engine MULDEM: MULtiplexer-DEMultiplexer
MTF: Microsoft Tape Format MULTICS: MULTiplexed Information and
Computing Service
MTF: Modulation Transfer Function MULTOS: MULTiapplication-card Operating
(Hardware) System
MTFTP: Multicast Trivial File Transfer Protocol (Operating systems)
(Network) MUMBLE: Multi User Multicast Basic Language
MTH: Memory Translator Hub Exchange
(Hardware) MUMPS: Massachusetts "general hospital"
MTI: Mips Technologies Inc. Utility Multi-Programming System
A programming language with extensive tools for the support
MTN: Mobile Telephone Network of database management systems. MUMPS was originally
MTOM: Message Transmission Optimization used for medical records and is now widely used where
Mechanism multiple users access the same databases simultaneously,
e.g. banks, stock exchanges,... (Databases)
MTP: Message Transfer Part
MUP: Multiple Unc Provider
MTP: Multicast Transport Protocol (Network)
(Network)
MUSE: Multi-User Simulated Environment
MTRP: Maximum Transfer Rate Performance
MUT: Monitor Under Test
MTS: Message Telephone Service
MUX: MUltipleXer
MTS: Message Transfer System
(Software)
MUX: Multi-User eXperience
MTS: Michigan Terminal System mV: MilliVolt

Academic operating system (OS), 1960s-90s. Along with MVA: Market Value Added
Multics at MIT, it was among the first operational virtual
memory operating systems in the world (Operating systems)
MVA: Multi-domain Vertical Alignment
(Hardware) (Fujitsu)
MTS: Microsoft Transaction Server
MVB: Multimedia Viewer Book
M
(Microsoft)
MVC: Model View Controller
MTS: Multichannel Television Sound
MTSO: Mobile Telephone Switching Office MVC: Multimedia Viewer Compiler
(Network) MVCC: Multi-Version Concurrency Control
(Databases)
MTST: Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter
(Hardware) (IBM) MVD: MultiValued Dependencies
MTST: Moscow Time Standard Time MVDM: Multiple Virtual DOS Machines
Timezone: GMT +3:00 MVGA: Monochrome Video Graphics Array
MTT: Multi-Transaction Timer MVIF: Multi-Vendor Interacting Forum
MTTD: Mean Time To Diagnose MVIP: MultiVendor Integration Protocol
MTTF: Mean Time To Failure MVLS: Microsoft Volume License Site
(Hardware)
(Microsoft)
MTTFF: Mean Time To First Failure MVNO: Mobile Virtual Network Operator
MTTR: Mean Time To Repair MVP: Most Valuable Professional
The average time required to bring an array storage (Microsoft)
subsystem back to full fault tolerance. (Hardware)
MVP: Multimedia Video Processor
MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit
MVP: Music Video Producer
MUA: Mail User Agent
(Software)
MUD: Multi-User Dialogue
MVR: Multimedia Vehicle and Repository
MUD: Multi-User Dimensions (Software) (IBM)
Formerly, Multi-User Dungeon
MVS: Multiple Virtual Storage
MUD: Multi-User Dungeon IBM Mainframe operating system (IBM)
Multi-user interactive role-playing games on the Internet
MVS/SP: Multiple Virtual Storage/System
MUG: Multi-User Game Product
MUI: Multilanguage User Interface MVS/XA: Multiple Virtual Storage/eXtended
(Operating systems) Architecture

MVT NASDAQ
MVT: Multiprogramming with a Variable NACS: Netware Asynchronous Communication

number of Tasks Server
MW: Memory Write NACS: Network Access Control System
(Hardware)
NAD: Network Access Device
MW: MiddleWare NAD: Network Activity Display
MWFM: Mobile Wireless Fault Mediator (Network)
(Network) (Cisco)
NAE: Not Above or Equal
MWI: Mobile Web Initiative NAG: National Algorithms Group
Proposes to address issues like interoperability and usability
for mobile phones through a concerted effort of players in the NAG: Network Architecture Group
mobile field, including authoring tool vendors, content
NAK: Not AcKnowledged
providers, handset manufacturers, browser vendors and
A control code returned by a receiving station indicating that
mobile operators
a station with an established connection has sent incorrect
MWM: Motif Window Manager information
(Operating systems) NAL: Novell Application Launcher
MWS: Matsushita White Skipping (Software) (Novell)
MX: Mail eXchanger NAM: Number Assignment Module

MXCC: Module Xbus Cache Controller NAMI: Network Adaptive Multimedia Image
On Sun server systems, a device located on the processor NAMPS: Narrow-band Analog Mobile Phone
module that controls the ow of data between the XBus and the Service
module cache RAM and processor chip (Hardware) (Sun)
NAMS: National Association of Multimedia
MXF: Material eXchange Format
Shareware
A SMPTE standard that defines a file format for AV media
and associated metadata NaN: Not A Number
A symbolic entry that is encoded in oating-point format
MXS: Microsoft eXchange Server
(Software)
On Sun server systems, a device located on the processor
module that controls the flow of data between the XBus and NANAE: News.Admin.Net-Abuse.Email
the module cache RAM and processor chip (Microsoft) Usenet newsgroups
MZ: Mark Zbikowski NAP: Network Access Point
DOS executable file header identifier A symbolic entry that is encoded in floating-point format
M
(Network)
MZAP: Multicast-scope Zone Announcement
Protocol NAPI: Network Application Programming N
Protocol for discovering the multicast administrative scope Interface
zones that are relevant at a particular location. MZAP also
NAPLPS: North American Presentation-Level
provides mechanisms whereby common misconfigurations of
Protocol Syntax
administrative scope zones can be discovered
MZR: Multiple Zone Recording NAPT: Network Address & Port Translation
(Network)
N NARP: Nbma Address Resolution Protocol

(Network)
n: Nano
Prefix for 10 power -9 NAS: Netobjects Authoring Server
N/I: Non-Interlaced NAS: Netscape Application Server
(Operating systems) (Netscape)
N+I: Networld + Interop
Trade conference NAS: Network Access Server
(Network)
NAB: National Association of Broadcasters
NAS: Network Application Support
NAB: Netscape Application Builder
(DEC)
NAS: Network Attached Storage
NAC: Network Adapter Card
(Hardware)
NAC: Network Administration Center
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space
NACCB: National Association of Computer Administration
Consultant Businesses (Organizations)
(Organizations)
NASAA: North American Securities
NACD: National Association of Computer Administrators Association
Dealers (Organizations)
NACS: National Advisory Committee on NASDAQ: National Association of Securities
Semiconductors Dealers Automatic Quotation

NASI NCP
NASI: Netware Asynchronous Services NBSS: NetBios Session Service

Interface (Network)
(Novell)
NBT: NetBios on Tcp/ip
NASIRC: Nasa Automated Systems Internet
NC: Naming Context
Response Capability
Part of the Active Directory configuration (replication
NASKER: Nasa AmeS KERnel topology and related metadata) (Network) (Microsoft)
NASL: Name/Age/Sex/Location NC: Network Computer

(Net lingo) (Network)
NASSL: Network Accessible Services NC: Network Control

Specification Language
NC: Network Coordinator
NAT: Network Address Translation NC: No Carry
A technology that enables a network to use one set of IP
addresses for internal traffic and a second for external traffic NC: No Connection
(Network) (Hardware)
NATOA: National Association of NC: Norton Commander

Telecommunications Officers & Advisors NC: Numerical Control
NAT-PT: Network Address Translation -
NCA: Network Communications Adapter
Protocol Translation
(Communication) NCA: Network Computing Architecture
(Oracle)
NAU: Network Access Unit
(Network) NCAPI: Netscape Client Application
NAU: Network Addressable Unit (Software) (Netscape)
(Network)
NCC: National Computer Conference
NAUN: Nearest Active Upstream Neighbour
NCC: National Computing Center
NAV: Norton Anti Virus
(Symantec) NCC: Network Control Center
(Network)
NAVSTAR: NAVigation Satellite Timing And
Ranging NCC: Norton Control Center
Norton Utilities' program (Software) (Symantec)
NAWS: Negotiate About Window Size
NCC: Novell Customer Connection
NBD: Next Business Day N
(Novell)
Support term
NCCF: Network Communications Control Facility
NBDD: NetBios Datagram Distribution
(Network) NCD: Network Computing Device
NBE: Not Below or Equal NCF: Netware Command File

(Novell)
NBI: Nothing But Initials
NCF: Network Computing Framework
NBMA: Non-Broadcast Multi Access
(Network) (IBM)
NBNS: NetBios Name Service
NCGA: National Computer Graphics Association
Service that keeps track of which names are in use at which
IP addresses, thus allowing the underlying IP network to find NCI: Network Computer, Inc.
the nodes and transport NetBIOS messages between them. Manufacturer
The Name Service runs on UDP port 137 (Network)
NCI: Non Coded Information
NBO: Networked Business Object
NCIA: Native Client Interface Architecture
(Software)
NCIC: National Crime Information Center
NBP: Name Binding Protocol
NCITS: National Committee for Information
NBP: Network Bootstrap Program
Technology Standards
This is the first program that is downloaded into a machine
that has selected a Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) NCMOS: N-channel Complementary Metal
capable device for remote boot services Oxyde Semiconductor
NBS: Narrowband Socket NCMT: N-channel Complementary Metal Oxide
NBS: National Bureau of Standards Semiconductor
(Organizations) NCN: Nixdorf Communications Network
NBS: Numeric BackSpace NCOS: Network Computer Operating System
NBSCP: NetBios Frames Control Protocol NCP: Netware Core Protocol
(Network) NCP: Network Control Program
NBSP: Non-Breakable SPace Communication management in IBM networks (Network)
(IBM)

NCP NFAS
NCP: Network Control Protocol NDS: Netware Directory Service

(Network) (Network) (Novell)
NCP: Non-Carbon Paper NDT: Non Destructive Testing

NCP: Not Copy Protected NE: Network Element
(Network)
NCQ: Native Command Queuing
Technology designed to increase performance and endurance NE: Not Equal
by allowing the drive to internally optimize the execution (Software)
order of workloads (Hardware)
NEARNET: New England Academic and
NCR: National Cash Registers Research NETwork
NCS: Network Computing System NEAT: Novell Easy Administration Tool
(HP) (Novell)
NCSA: National Center for Supercomputing NEB: Netscape Extension Builder
Applications (Software) (Netscape)
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign developers of
the original NCSA Mosaic browser (Organizations) NEC: National Electrical Code
NCSC: National Computer Security Center NEC: Nippon Electric Corporation

(Organizations) (NEC)
NCSI: Network Communications Services NECA: National Exchange Carrier Association

Interface (Organizations)
NCSL: National Computer Systems Laboratory NED: Nasa Extragalactic Database

(NASA)
NCTE: Network Channel-Terminating Equipment
NEFS: Network Extensible File System
NCTL: National Computer and
Telecommunications Laboratory NEG: NEGative
NDA: Non Disclosure Agreement NELIAC: Navy Electronics Laboratory
International Algol Compiler
NDAC: No Data ACcepted
NEMA: National Electrical Manufacturers
NDB: Non-Directional Beacon Association
NDC: Normalized Device Coordinates NEP: Network Entry Point
The coordinate system between the user’s world coordinates
(WC) and the graphics system’s physical device coordinates NEP: Network Equipment Provider
in the viewing pipeline NES: National Education Supercomputer N
NDCC: Network Data Collection Center NES: Netscape Enterprise Server
NDDK: Network Device Development Kit (Software) (Netscape)
NDDL: Neutral Data Definition Language NEST: Novell Embedded Systems Technology
(Novell)
NDE: News Development Environment
NetBEUI: NETwork Bios Extended User
NDEF: Not DEFined
Interface
NDIS: Network Driver Interface Specification (Network)
(Network)
NetBIOS: NETwork Basic Input Output System
NDL: Network Database Language (Network)
(Databases)
NETBLT: NETwork BLock Transfer
NDM: Network Data Manager
NETCDF: NETwork Common Data Format
On-line storage service
NETMON: NETwork MONitor
NDMP: Network Data Management Protocol
(Network) NEWS: Netware Early Warning System
NDMS: Netware Distributed Management NEWS: Network Extensible Window System
Services A window system based on PostScript that Sun developed
and licenses (Operating systems) (Sun)
NDN: Non-Delivery Notice
NEWT: NEWs Terminal
NDP: Numeric Data Processor
NEXT: Near-End CrossTalk
NDPS: Novell Distributed Print Services
(Network) (Novell) NeXT: NEw eXtended Technology
NDR: Network Data Representation NF: Naturally Flat
(Network) Crt technology (Hardware) (Mitsubishi)
NDR: Non-Delivery Report NFAS: Non-Facility Associated Signaling

In ISDN, a single D-channel can control multiple PRIs
NDRO: Non Destructive ReadOut (Network)

NFE NIR
NFE: Net Future Expectation NIC: New Internet Computer

(Hardware)
NFF: No Fault Found
NFI: Near Field Imaging NIC: Numeric Intensive Computing
Touch screen where the screen itself is the sensor. NFI uses NiCd: NIckel-CaDmium
a sophisticated sensing circuit that can detect a conductive Rechargable battery technology
object - a finger or conductive stylus - through a layer of
glass, as well as through gloves or other potential barriers NICE: Narrative, Immersive, Collaborative
(Hardware) Environment
Rechargeable battery technology
NFI: No F***ing Idea
(Net lingo) NICE: Network Information and Control
Exchange
NFM: No Further Messages
End of script, ie: you dont want to talk to this person NICE: Novell Internet Connection Expert
anymore (Net lingo) (Network) (Novell)
NFR: Near Field Recording NICOLAS: Network Information Center OnLine

(Hardware) Aid System
(NASA)
NFS: Need For Speed
Racing computer and video games by Electronic Arts NID: Network Interface Device
released on platforms including personal computers, (Hardware)
Nintendo, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation
NID: New Interactive Display
Portable consoles (Games)
(NEC)
NFS: Network File System
NID: Next IDentifier
A Sun distributed file system that provides transparent
access to remote file systems on heterogeneous networks NIDL: Network Interface Definition Language
(Operating systems) (Sun) (Network)
NFSU2: Need For Speed: Underground 2 NIDS: Network Intrusion Detection System
Racing game, developed and published by Electronic Arts in (Security)
2003. It is part of the Need for Speed computer and video
game series (Games) NIFC: Netscape Internet Foundation Classes
NFT: Network File Transfer
NIH: Not Invented Here
NG: NewsGroup
Discussion forum
NIHCL: National Institute of Health Class
Library
NGE: Not Greater or Equal N
NII: National Information Infrastructure
NGI: Next Generation Internet
NIIT: National Information Infrastructure
NGIO: Next Generation Input Output Testbed
(Hardware) (Intel)
NILO: Network Interface LOader
NGWS: Next Generation Windows Services Boot Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 95/98/NT4 and support the
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) Intel PXE standard, and is suitable for burning into ROM. It is
NHC: National Hurricane Center an evolution of the previous Etherboot and Netboot projects.
See http://www.nilo.org/
NHR: National Handwriting Recognition
NIM: Network Installation Management
NHRP: Next Hop Resolution Protocol (IBM)
(Network)
NiMH: NIckel-Metal Hydride
NHSE: National Hpcc Software Exchange Rechargable battery technology
NI: New Instructions NIMS: Novell Internet Messaging System
(Hardware) (Intel) (Novell)
NI: No Increase NIO: Native Input/Output
NI: Non Interlaced Rechargeable battery technology
(Hardware) NIO: New Input/Output
NIA: Next Instruction Address Java's new I/O subsystem (Software) (Sun)
NIAM: Natural language Information Analysis NIPR: Non-secure Internet Protocol Router
Method (Network)
NIC: Network Information Center NIPS: Network I/os Per Second

Originally, a single NIC at SRI International served the NIR: Network Information Retrieval
ARPANET (and later the defense data network [DDN]
(Network)
community) (Network)
NIC: Network Interface Card
(Hardware)

NIS NMPA
NIS: Network Information Service NLS: Netware Licensing Service

A distributed network database containing key information (Novell)
about the systems and the users on the network. The NIS
database is stored on the master server and all the slave
NLS: Network License Server
servers (Network) (Sun) NLSFUNC: National Language Support FUNCtion
NIS: Norton Internet Security NLSP: Netware Link Services Protocol
(Software) (Symantec) Link-state routing protocol based on IS-IS. See also IS-IS
NIS/YP: Network Information System/Yellow NLT: Natural Language Technology
Pages (Software)
N-ISDN: Narrowband Integrated Services NLUUG: NetherLands Unix User Group
Digital Network (Organizations)
N-ISDN: National Integrated Services Digital NLV: National Language Version
Network (IBM)
NISI: Network Information Services NLX: New Low-profile Extended
Infrastructure Motherboard format, evolution of LPX (Hardware)
(Network)
NM: Network Management
NISO: National Information Standards (Network)
Organization
NM: Nothing Much
NISP: Networked Information Services Project (Net lingo)
NIST: National Institute of Standards and NMA: Network Management Architecture
Technology
(Organizations) NMC: Network Management Center
NITC: National Information Technology Center NME: Norton Mobile Essentials

(Software) (Symantec)
NITOL: Norway-net with IT for Open Learning
NMEA: National Marine Electronics Association
NIU: Network Interface Unit Organization that developed (among other things) the NMEA
NIW: Network Installation Wizard interface standard for data exchange between marine
(Software) (Microsoft) electronic devices, also used today in most Global
Positioning Systems (GPSs) (Organizations)
NIXL: Nas Interface eXchange Language
NMF: Network Management Forum
(Network)
NJ: Nice Job NMH: Not Much Here
(Net lingo)
(Net lingo) N
NJE: Network Job Entry NM-HDV: Network Module - High Density Voice
(Hardware) (Cisco)
(IBM)
NJM: Native Java Microprocessor NMI: Native Method Invocation
(Software)
(Hardware)
NL: New Line NMI: Non-Maskable Interrupt
(Hardware)
NLA: Network Location Awareness
NML: Network Management Layer
Enables Windows Sockets 2 applications to identify the
logical network to which a Windows computer is attached and NML: Nonconfirmed Mailing List
to which physical network interface a given application has Database of Internet Protocol addresses (IP addresses)
saved specific information (Operating systems) (Microsoft) which have been demonstrated to be the sources of mailing
NLANR: National Laboratory for Applied lists which do not fully verify the email addresses on their
Network Research list. See http://mail-abuse.org/nml/
NLB: Network Load Balancing NMLI: Native Mode Lan Interconnection

(Operating systems) (Microsoft) Is an IntraLATA high speed transport service used to
interconnect LANs at geographically separated sites
NLDM: Network Logical Data Manager (Network)
NLE: Not Less or Equal NMM: Netware Management Map
NLM: Netware Loadable Module (Novell)
(Operating systems) (Novell) NMM: Network Management Module
NLP: Natural Language Processing (Network)
NLPID: Network Layer Protocol IDentifier NMOS: Negative Channel Metal-Oxide

Semiconductor
NLQ: Near Letter Quality
NMP: Network Management Protocol
NLS: National Language Support (AT&T)
(Operating systems)
NMPA: National Music Publishers Association
(Organizations)

NMPF NSC
NMPF: Network Management Productivity NPM: Network Printer Manager

Facility (Software)
NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance NPMS: Named Pipes/Mail Slots

NMS: Netelligent Management Software NPP: Network Payment Protocol
(Network)
NPS: Novell Productivity Specialist
NMS: Network Management System (Novell)
NMT: Nordic Mobile Telephone NPSI: Network Protocol Service Interface

Pre-GSM mobile telephone network in the nordic countries
NPT: Non-Programmable Terminal
(Communication)
(Hardware)
NMU: Network Management Unit
NPTN: National Public Telecomputing Network
(Hardware)
NPU: Natural Processing Unit
NN: Network Node
NPU: Network Processing Unit
NN: Neural Network
(Communication)
NN: No News
NPX: Numeric Processor eXtension
NNI: Network-Node Interface
(Communication)
NQS: Network Queing System
NRC: National Research Council
NNM: Network Node Manager
(Organizations)
(Network)
NREN: National Research and Education
NNSC: Nsf Network Service Center
Network
NNTP: Network News Transport Protocol
NRFD: Not Ready For Data
(Communication)
(Communication)
NOC: Network Operation Center
NRM: Network Resource Manager
A center that operates a production network. Tasks include
monitoring and control, troubleshooting, and user assistance NRM: Normal Response Mode
(Network) HDLC data transfer mode (Network)
NOP: No OPeration NRN: No Response Needed
(Hardware) (Net lingo)
NOPAC: Network On-line Public Access Catalog NROFF: New Run-OFF
NORA: Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness NRP: Node Route Processor
(Hardware) (Cisco)
N
NORMA: NO Remote Memory Access
NOS: Network Operating System NRZ: Non Return to Zero
Data transmission using +/- voltage levels or carrier offsets
NOTA: None Of The Above (Hardware)
For multiple choice answers (Net lingo)
NRZI: NonReturn to Zero Inverted
NOW: Network Of Workstations
NRZL: NonReturn to Zero Level
(Hardware)
NS: Name Server
NOYB: None Of Your Business
(Net lingo) ns: NanoSecond
Time measurement unit
NP: No Problem
Answer when someone says ty/thank you (Net lingo) NS: National Semiconductor
NP: Nondeterministic Polynomial time NS: Network Series
(Hardware)
NP: Number Portability
(Communication) NS: Network Supervisor
NPA: Network Printer Alliance NS: Non Stop
NPA: Numbering Plan Address NSA: National Security Agency
(Organizations)
NPDA: Network Problem Determination Aid
NSA POLY: National Security Agency POLYgraph
NPE: Null Pointer Exception
A NPE happens when trying to access data from a null NSAP: Network Services Access Point
memory location (Software) (Network)
NPH: No Parse Headers NSAPI: Netscape Server Application
NPI: Network Printer Interface Programming Interface
NPL: Netscape Public License
(Netscape)
NSB: Netware for Small Business
(Operating systems) (Novell)
NPL: Non-Procedural Language
(Software)
NSC: Network Service Center

NSC NTU
NSC: Norton System Center NTAS: New Technology Advanced Server

(Software) (Symantec) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
NSERC: National Sciences and Engineering NTCR: New Technology Challenge/Response

Research Council (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
NSF: National Science Foundation NTDS: New Technology Directory Service

(Organizations) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
NSfIP: NextStep For Intel Processors NTE: New Technology Embedded

NSFNET: National Science Foundation NETwork (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
NSI: Nasa Science Internet NTF: No Trouble Found
NSI: Network Solutions, Inc NTFS: New Technology File System

Manages .com, .net, .org, .edu top level domains (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Organizations) NTHQ: New Technology Hardware Qualifier
NSIS: National Schengen Information System Hardware troubleshooting program (Operating systems)
(Microsoft)
NSIS: Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
Tool that allows programmers to create quick and user NTIA: National Telecommunications and
friendly installers for Windows. It is released under an open Information Administration
source license and is completely free for any use. See also (Organizations)
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ (Software)
NTIS: National Technical Information Service
NSM: Netscape Server Manager NTK: Newton ToolKit
(Netscape)
NTLDR: New Technology LoaDeR
NSM: Network and System Management
Bootstrap loader for Microsoft Windows NT-based operating
NSN: Nasa Science Network systems (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
NSP: Native Signal Processing NTLM: New Technology Lan Manager

NSP: Network Service Provider
NTO: Network Terminal Operator
NSP: Network Services Protocol
(Network)
NSPR: NetScape Portable Runtime
NTONC: National Transparent Optical Network
Provides platform independence for non-GUI operating
Consortium
system facilities, including threads, thread synchronization,
normal file and network I/O, interval timing and calendar (Organizations)
time, basic memory management (malloc and free) and
shared library linking (Netscape)
NTOP: New Technology Option Pack N
NSS: Network Security Service NTP: Network Time Protocol
Set of libraries designed to support cross-platform (Communication)
development of security-enabled server applications.
Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, NTRAS: New Technology Remote Access
PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 Services
v3 certificates, and other standards
NTRK: New Technology Resource Kit
NSS: Network Storage Solutions (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
Company
NTRU: Number Theory is Really Useful
NSS: Nodal Switching Subsystem Technology for high speed, low footprint public key
NSS: Novell Storage Services cryptography, based on the mathematics of lattice reduction.
(Marketed by NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc,
(Novell)
http://www.ntru.com/) (Security)
NSSC: Nasa Standard Spacecraft Computer NTS/2: Network Transport Services 2
NSTC: National Science and Technology Council
NTSA: Netware Telephony Services
NSTL: National Software Testing Labs Architecture
NT: Network Terminator (Novell)
NT: New Technology NTSC: National Television Systems Committee

(Operating systems) (Microsoft) The group that proposed a method of composite color
encoding based on quadrature modulation of I and Q color
NT: Nice Try difference components onto a color subcarrier and adding the
(Net lingo) resulting chroma signal to luminance (Organizations)
NT: No Text NTSD: New Technology Symbolic Debugger

(Net lingo) (Microsoft)
NT: Nome Time NTSL: National Software Testing Laboratories

Timezone: GMT -11:00 (Organizations)
NT-1: Network Terminator type 1 NTT: Nippon Telephone & Telegraph

NTU: Network Termination Unit

NTWS OBI
NTWS: New Technology WorkStation NWNet: NorthWestern states NETwork

NWS: Netware Web Server
NUA: Network User Address (Novell)
NUB: Network Utility Box NYSERNet: New York State Education and
(Hardware) Research NETwork
NUI: Network User Identification NZDSF: Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted Fibre
(Network) Optical fiber type (Communication)
NUI: Network User Interface NZT: New Zealand Time

(Operating systems) Timezone: GMT +12:00
NUI: Notebook User Interface NZUSUGI: New Zealand Unix System User
Group, Inc.
NUL: NULl
An invisible character with an internal code of 0 that
occupies no space if printed. Not to be confused with a blank,
O
which is invisible but occupies a space O&O: Over & Out
NUMA: NonUniform Memory Access When leaving an on-line conversation permanently (Net lingo)
NURB: Non Uniform Rational B-spline O/R: Originator/Recipient

NURBS: Non Uniform Rational B-Spline OA: Office Automation
A curve definition method based on the B-spline curve, which
OAB: Offline Address Book
offers additional exibility through knots along the spline.
(Microsoft)
Some knots can have more weight added (like a magnet) to
pull the curve toward those knots OAB: One-to-All Broadcast
NURMS: Non Uniform Rational MeshSmooth OAD: Open Architecture Driver
Method of tesselation used by 3D Studio MAX (Software)
OAD: Over-the-Air Downloading
NUUG: Norwegian Unix User Group
OAG: Official Airline Guide
(Organizations)
OAG: Online Air Guide
NV: No oVerflow
A curve definition method based on the B-spline curve, which OAI: Open Applications Interface
offers additional flexibility through knots along the spline. OAM: Operations, Administation, and
Some knots can have more weight added (like a magnet) to Management
pull the curve toward those knots
A set of network management functions for ATM similar to
NVDM/2: NetView Distribution Manager 2 those in OA&M and OAM&P. Special cells, called OAM cells, N
are used to carry OAM related information (Communication)
NVE: Network Visible Entity
A network addressable service (ie. protocol socket) that acts OARNet: Ohio Academic Resources NETwork O
as a network service process (not a node.) (Network) (Apple) OAS: Office Automation System
NVM: Non Volatile Memory OAS: One-to-All Scatter
(Hardware)
OAS: Oracle Application Server
NVML: NaVigation Markup Language (Software) (Oracle)
NVOD: Near-Video On Demand OASIS: Open Access Same-time Information
NVP: Network Voice Protocol System
NVP: Nominal Velocity of Propagation OASIS: Organization for the Advancement of
Structured Information Standards
NVRAM: Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
(Organizations)
A type of RAM that retains information when power is
removed from the system (Hardware) OASLM: Optically Addressed Spatial Light
NVS: Non-Volatile Storage Modulator
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
NVSIMM: Non-Volatile Single In line Memory OASYS: Office Automation SYStem
Module OAW: Optically Assisted Winchester
A nonvolatile single inline memory module (SIMM) that (Hardware)
incorporates a battery on the device to prevent data loss in a
OBD: On Board Diagnostics
power failure. Battery current is shared among a group of
NVSIMMs. This feature prevents memory failure if one OBD: Online Bugs Database
battery fails (Hardware)
OBEX: OBject EXchange
NVT: Network Virtual Terminal Set of protocols allowing objects such as vCard contact
NVT: Novell Virtual Terminal information and vCalendar schedule entries to be exchanged
using either IrDA or Bluetooth
(Novell)
OBI: Open Buying on the Internet
NWFS: NetWare File System
(Organizations)

OBJ ODP
OBJ: OBJect OCSP: Online Certificate Status Protocol

File name extension A PKIX protocol used for determining the current status of a
digital certificate
OBS: Old Backup Server
OCTAVE: Operationally Critical Threat, Asset,
OBV: Object By Value
and Vulnerability Evaluation
(Software)
Approach for self-directed risk evaluations that puts
OBVI: Object-Based Video Interface organizations in charge, balances critical information assets,
business needs, threats, and vulnerabilities and measures
OBZ: One Big Zip the organization against known or accepted good security
(Net lingo) practices (Security)
OC: Optical Carrier OCX: Ole Control eXtension
OC-3: Optical Carrier level 3 (Software) (Microsoft)
OC4J: Oracle Containers For Java OD: Optical Disk

(Software) (Oracle)
ODA: Open Data Access
OCA: Online Crash Analysis (Software)
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) ODA: Open Document Architecture
OCA: Oracle Certified Associate ODAPI: Open DataBase Application
Certification for apprentice skill level IT professionals who Programming Interface
have have a foundation of knowledge that will allow them to
(Software)
act as a junior team member (Oracle)
ODBC: Open DataBase Connectivity
OCD: Out-of-Cell Delineation
OCE: Open Collaborative Environment
ODBMS: Object DataBase Management System
(Apple)
(Databases)
OCF: Object Component Framework
ODD: Optical Disk Drive
Computer CD-Rom, DVD-Rom, DVD-Writer, etc (Hardware)
OCF: OpenCard Framework
ODE: Object Database and Environment
OCFS: Oracle Cluster File System
ODE: Office 97 Developer Edition
(Oracle)
OCI: Oracle Call Interface
ODF: Open Document Format
Open document file format for saving and exchanging
OCIA: Optically Coupled Interface Adapter editable office documents (Software)
Interface in many other respects similar to RS232. It is used
ODI: Open Data-link Interface
extensively on Point Of Sale (POS) equipments (Hardware)
(Network)
OCL: Object Constraint Language
O
ODI: Open Device Interconnect
OCL: Operator Control Language (Novell)
OCL: Os/2 Class Library ODIF: Open Document Interchange Format
OCLC: Online Computer Library Center ODISS: Optical Digital Image Storage System
OCM: Oracle Certified Master ODL: Object Definition Language
Advanced-level certification that is targeted toward Oracle9i
DBA OCPs with 3 - 4 years of professional Oracle
ODM: Object Data Manager
experience (Oracle) (IBM)
OCN: Operating Company Number ODM: Optimized Distribution Model

(Communication) (Compaq)
OCP: Open-Closed Principle ODM: Original Design Manufacturing

Object-oriented principle that states that software entities ODMA: Open Distributed Management
should be open for extensions but closed for modifications Architecture
(Software)
ODMA: Open Document Management Api
OCP: Oracle Certified Professional
ODMG: Object Data Management Group
Mid-level certification for IT professionals who manage large-
scale databases or develop applications that are used See http://www.odmg.org/ (Organizations)
enterprise-wide (Oracle) ODMG: Object Database Management Group
OCR: Optical Character Recognition ODP: On-Demand Producer
OCS: Object Compatibility Standard Multimedia authoring program (Software)
OCS: On-Card Sequencer ODP: Open Data Path

Provide a way for more than one program in the same job to
OCS: Open Content Syndication
share the same file status information (Software) (IBM)
OCS: Oracle Collaboration Suite ODP: Open Distributed Processing
Oracle's mail/calendar solution (Software) (Oracle)

ODP OM
ODP: OverDrive Processor OGL: Open Graphics Language

Single, vendor-independent Application Programming
ODPS: On Demand Packaging Service
Interface (API) for the development of 2D and 3D graphics
Intranet Software distribution solution by IBM (Software)
applications (Software) (SGI)
(IBM)
OGNL: Object Graph Navigation Language
ODQL: Object Database Query Language
Powerful expression language that is useful for identifying
(Databases)
properties within Java objects (Software)
ODR: Optimized Dynamic Routing OGSA: Open Grid Services Architecture
ODS: Open Data Services
OGSS: Ordered Grid Super Sampling
(Microsoft)
Full-scene anti-aliasing technique (Hardware)
ODS: Operational Data Store OHCI: Open Host Controller Interface
ODS: Overhead Data Stream
OIA: Operator Information Area
ODSI: Open Directory Services Interface
OIC: Oh, I See
ODT: Open DeskTop (Net lingo)
ODTUG: Oracle Development Tools User Group OID: Object IDentifier
OE: Operating Environment OIDL: Object Interface Definition Language
OE: Outlook Express OIL: Operator Identification Language
OIM: Open Information Model
OE: Output Enable Set of standard object models which define how applications
(Hardware) can create exchangeable metadata
OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation OIS: Office Information System

and Development OIW: Osi Implementors Workshop
(Organizations)
OJI: Open Jvm Integration
OEDB: Operating Experience DataBase Project extending the plug-in architecture to allow Java
Nuclear power plants use a common database of operating virtual machines to be plugged into Mozilla-based browser
information releases
OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer OKC: Online Knowledge Community
A manufacturer that sells equipment for resale under an end-
equipment manufacturer’s trademark or name (Hardware)
OLAM: Optimal Linear Associative Memory
OEP: Operand Execution Pipeline OLAP: On-Line Analytical Processing

A category of software tools that provides analysis of data
OEP: Original Entry Point stored in a database (Databases)
(Software)
OLB: Object Language Bindings O
OF: Outer Firewall (Databases)
(Security)
OLCP: On-Line Complex Processing
OF: Overflow Flag
OLE: Object Linking and Embedding
OFA: Optimal Flexible Architecture (Software) (Microsoft)
OFB: Output FeedBack OLED: Organic Light Emitting Diode
OFC: Open Financial Connectivity (Hardware)
OFCOM: Office Fédéral de la COMmunication OLE-DB: Object Linking and Embedding-

Swiss regulatory Organisation (Organizations) DataBase
COM-based data access objects (Databases) (Microsoft)
OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiplexing OLGA: OnLine Guitar Archive
(Communication) OLI: Optical Line Interface
OFMT: Output ForMaT (AT&T)
OFP: Organizational Fitness Profiling OLIT: Open Look Intrinsics Toolkit

An X Window system-based widget set and library used to
OFS: Object File System create applications using the OPEN LOOK graphical user
(Operating systems) interface (Operating systems)
OFS: Output Field Separator OLMC: Open Look Intrinsic Toolkit
OFTP: Odette File Transfer Protocol OLSP: On-Line Service Provider
Defined by the RFC 2204, it's a protocol that supports both
direct communication between installations and indirect O-LTM: Optical Line Terminating Multiplexer
communication via a third party clearing centre (Network) OLTP: OnLine Transaction Processing
OFX: Open Financial eXchange OM: Object Manager
OM: Object Model
(Software)

OMA OO-TP
OMA: Object Management Architecture ONMS: Open Network Management System

(Microsoft)
ONS: Open Networking System
OMA: Outlook Mobile Access ONU: Optical Network Unit
OO: Object Oriented
OMAC: One-key cipher block chaining Message
Authentication Code OOA: Object-Oriented Analysis
(Security) OOAD: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
OMAP: Open Multimedia Applications Platform OOB: Out Of Band
OMCA: OpenManage Client Administrator (Communication)
(Dell) OOBE: Object-Oriented Business Engineering
OMCI: OpenManage Client Instrumentation OOBE: Out-Of-Box Experience
OME: Open Messaging Environment What happens when you first open the box containing your
Protocol new computer
OMF: Object Management Framework OOCASE: Object Oriented Computer Aided

Software Engineering
OMF: Object Module Format
(Microsoft)
OOCTG: Object-Oriented Cobol Task Group
OMF: Observation Markup Format OOD: Object-Oriented Design

Is an application of XML used to encode weather observation OODB: Object-Oriented DataBase
reports
OODBMS: Object-Oriented DataBase
OMF: Open Media Framework Management System
OMF: Open Message Format OODL: Object-Oriented Dynamic Language
OMFG: Oh My F***ing God OODS: Object-Oriented Data Source
(Net lingo)
OOF: Out Of Frame
OMFI: Open Media Framework Interchange State that occurs when several consecutive Synchronous
Digital Hierarchy (SDH) frames are received with invalid
OMG: Object Management Group
(errored) framing patterns (Communication)
(Organizations)
OOFS: Object-Oriented File System
OMG: Oh My God (or Gosh)
(Operating systems)
(Net lingo)
OOL: Object-Oriented Language
OMI: Open Management Interface
OOo: OpenOffice.org
OMI: Open Messaging Interface
Free productivity suite compatible with all major office
OMI: Open Microprocessor Initiative suites. See also http://www.openoffice.org/ (Software) O
OMI-STN: Optical Mode Interface-SuperTwisted OOO: Out Of Office
Nematic (Net lingo)
OML: Object Manipulation Language OOOE: Out Of Order Execution
(Software) Processor level architecture feature (Hardware)
OMR: Optical Mark Recognition OOOS: Object-Oriented Operating System
OMS: Object Management System OOP: Object-Oriented Programming
OMT: Object Modeling Technique (Software)
(Software) OOPL: Object-Oriented Programming Language
OMW: On My Way (Software)
(Net lingo) OOPS: Object-Oriented Programming System
ON: Online Network OOPSLA: Object-Oriented Programming
Systems and Language Architecture
ONA: Open Network Architecture
ONAC: Operations Network Administration OOPSTAD: Object-Oriented Programming for
Center SmallTalk Application Development association
OOS: Object-Oriented Systems
ONAL: Off Network Access Line
ONC: Open Network Computing OOS: Off-line Operating Simulator
(Network) (Sun) OOS: Out Of Service
ONDS: Open Network Distribution Services OOSA: Object-Oriented System Analysis
(IBM) OOSH: Object-Oriented SHell
ONE: Open Network Environment OOT: Object-Oriented Technology
(Sun)
OO-TP: Object-Oriented Transaction Processing
ONI: Operator Number Identification (Software)

OOUI OSD
OOUI: Object-Oriented User Interface ORBZ: Open Relay Blackhole Zone

OP: OPeration ORDB: Open Relay DataBase
A service to fight against spam or unsolicited commercial
OPA: Open Publishing Architecture
email (UCE). See http://www.ordb.org/
OPAC: On-line Public Access Catalog
ORDBMS: Object Relational DataBase
OPC: Ole for Process Control Management System
OPC: Open Process Control (Databases)
OPC: Optical PhotoConductor ORDVAC: ORDnance Variable Automatic

Computer
OPC: Organic Photoconducting Cartridge
(Hardware) ORI: Online Retrieval Interface
OPCODE: OPerational CODE ORK: Office Resource Kit

OPD: OPeranD
ORM: Object Role Modeling
OpenGL: OPEN Graphics Language (Databases)
Single, vendor-independent Application Programming
Interface (API) for the development of 2D and 3D graphics ORM: Object/Relational Mapping
applications (Software) (SGI) Technique of mapping a data representation from an object
model to a relational data model with a SQL-based schema
OPES: Open Pluggable Edge Services (Software)
(Network)
ORM: Optical Remote Module
OPI: Open Press Interface
(Software) ORMS: Operating Resource Management System
(Software)
OPL: Opaque Device Library
OROM: Optical Read Only Memory
OPL: OpenContent License
(Hardware)
Licensing scheme for content. See also
http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml O-ROM: Optical Read Only Memory
OPM: Operations Per Minute ORPC: Object Remote Procedure Call
(Software)
OPML: Outline Processor Markup Language
XML-based format that allows exchange of outline-structured ORS: Output Record Separator
information between applications running on different ORSS: Optical Recognition System Simulator
operating systems and environments
OS: Operating System
OPOS: Ole for Point Of Sale
A collection of programs that monitor the use of the system
OPP: Order Processing Pipeline and supervise the other programs executed by it (Operating
(Network) (Microsoft) systems)
O
OPROM: Optical Programmable Read Only OS/2: Operating System 2
Memory (Operating systems) (IBM)
(Hardware) OS/360: Operating System/360
OPS: Off Premise Station OS/400: Operating System/400
A PBX station in a location separated from the location of the
main PBX (Communication) OS/E: Operating System/Environment
OPS: Open Profiling Standard OS-9: Operating System-9

(Netscape) OSA: Open Scripting Architecture
ops: Operations Per Second OSA: Open System Architecture
OPS: Oracle Parallel Server OSAF: Open Source Applications Foundation
(Oracle) Organization that aims to create and gain wide adoption of
Open Source application software of uncompromising quality
OPT: Open Protocol Technology
and to build an innovative, sustainable alternative application
OPT: OPTions despite market inertia. See also
File name extension http://www.osafoundation.org/ (Organizations)
OPUS: Octal Program Updating System OSCE: OfficeScan Corporate Edition

OQL: Object Query Language OSCML: OSChooser Markup Language
OQS: Object Query Service
(Software) OSCRL: Operating System Command Response
Language
OR: OverRun
(Hardware) OSD: On-Screen Display
(Hardware)
ORB: Object Request Broker
ORBS: Open Relay Behaviour-modification
System

OSD OTS
OSD: Open Software Description OSPF: Open Shortest Path First

An application of the eXtensible Markup Language (XML), is a An Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) specified by the Internet
vocabulary used for describing software packages and their Engineering Task Force (IETF) (Network)
dependencies for heterogeneous clients
OSPM: Operating System-directed Power
OSD: Open Software Distribution Management
With OSPM, the operating system determines when to do
OSD: Operating System Deployment
power management and the BIOS determines how to do
power management. The two pieces work in concert to
OSDL: Open Source Development Lab provide maximum power savings
Non-profit, global consortium of leading technology
OSQL: Object Structured Query Language
companies dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux.
See http://www.osdl.org/ (Organizations) OSR: Oem Service Release
OSDN: Open Source Development Network OSS: Open Source Software
OSDS: Operating System for Distributed OSS: Operating System-Specific

Switching OSS: Operations Support System
OSE: Office Server Extension OSSIM: Open Source Security Information
(Software) (Microsoft) Management
OSE: Open Systems Environment Distribution of open source products that are integrated to
provide an infrastructure for security monitoring. See also
OSF: Open Software Foundation http://www.ossim.net/ (Security)
(Organizations)
OST: Offline STorage
OSF: Operation System Function
OSTA: Optical Storage Technology Association
OSGi: Open Services Gateway Initiative (Organizations)
Independent, non-profit corporation working to define and
promote open specifications for the delivery of managed OSW/L2: Operating System-9 Windows/Level 2
broadband services to networks in homes, cars and other OSX: Operating System Ten
environments. See also http://www.osgi.org (Organizations)
Apple's unix operating system (Operating systems) (Apple)
OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health
OT: Object Technology
Administration
(Organizations) OT: Off Topic
(Net lingo)
OSI: Open Source Initiative
OTA: Office of Technology Assessment
OSI: Open Systems Interconnection
7-layer hierarchical reference structure developed by the OTA: Operation-Triggered Architecture
International Standards Organization for defining, specifying, OTDR: Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
and relating communications protocols; not a standard or a O
protocol (Communication) OTF: Open Token Foundation
OSI/RM: Open Systems OTI: Object Technology International
Interconnection/Reference Model OTM: Object Transaction Monitor
OSIG: Online Special Interest Group (Software)
OSM: On-Screen Manager OTM: Optical Translation Measurement

(Hardware) (NEC) (Hardware)
OSM: On-Screen Menu OTML: Offline Tagging Markup Language

OSM: Operating system-Specific Module OTN: Oracle Technology Network
(Oracle)
OSM: Optical Storage Manager
OSME: Open Systems Message Exchange OTOH: On The Other Hand
(Net lingo)
OSN: Office System Node
OTP: One-Time Password authentication
OSN: Open Service Node (Security)
(Communication)
OTP: One-Time Programmable
OSN: Open Systems Network
OTP: Open Trading Protocol
OSP: Ole db Simple Provider The Internet Open Trading Protocol (OTP) provides an
(Databases) (Microsoft) interoperable framework for Internet commerce. It is
payment system independent and encapsulates payment
OSP: On-Screen Programming
systems such as SET, Mondex, CyberCash, DigiCash,
OSP: Operations Service Provider GeldKarte, etc.
OSP: Optical Signal Processing OTPROM: One-Time Programmable Read Only
(Hardware) Memory
OSP: Optical Storage Processor OTS: Object Transaction Service

OU PALS
OU: Organizational Unit P2SC: Power 2 Super Chip

IBM's Deep Blue processor (Hardware) (IBM)
OUCL: Oxford University Computing Laboratory
OUG: Occam User Group P3P: Platform for Privacy Preferencies Project
OUI: Organizational Unique Identifier PA: Platform for Privacy Preferences Project
(Hardware) (HP)
OURS: Open User Recommended Solutions
group PAB: Personal Address Book
OUTS: OUTput String PABX: Private Automatic Branch eXchange

(Hardware)
OV: OVerflow
PAC: Perceptual Audio Coder
OVAL: Object-based Virtual Application (Hardware)
Language
PAC: Platform Adaptor Component
OVL: OVerLay
File name extension PAC: Privilege Attribute Certificate
OVR: OVeRlay PAC: Programme Advisory Committee

File name extension (Communication)
OWA: Outlook Web Access PACE: Priority Access Control Enabled

(Network) (Microsoft) (3Com)
OWC: Office Web Component PACS: Picture Archiving and Communication

Collection of COM controls designed to bring interactive System
spreadsheet modeling, database reporting, and data PACS-L: Public Access Computer Systems List
visualization to a number of control containers (Software)
(Microsoft) PAD: Packet Assembler/Disassembler
An access device to an X.25 network (Communication)
OWG: Optical WaveGuide
PADS: Pen Application Development System
OWL: Object Windows Library
(Software) (Borland) PAE: Physical Addressing Extension
Extension for Windows 2000/2003 Advanced Server to
OWL: Web Ontology Language address more than 4 GB of memory (Operating systems)
Semantic markup language for publishing and sharing (Microsoft)
ontologies on the World Wide Web. OWL is developed as a
vocabulary extension of RDF (the Resource Description PAF: Postal Address File
Framework) and is derived from the DAML+OIL Web PAIH: Public-Access Internet Host
Ontology Language
PAIS: Public-Access Internet Site
O-WORM: Optical Write Once Read Many
PAK: PAcKed
OWT: Open source Windowing Toolkit File name extension O
P PAL: PALette
P: Peta
File name extension P
PAL: Paradox Application Language
(Databases) (Borland)
p: Pico
PAL: Phase Alternate Line
Prefix for 10 power -12
European TV standard. A composite color standard similar to
P&D: Plug & Display NTSC, except that the v-axis subcarrier reference signal
(Hardware) inverts in phase at the horizontal line rate
P&M: Personalization & Membership PAL: Privileged Architecture Library

(Microsoft) PAL: Processor Abstraction Layer
P&S: Point And Shoot Contains the code necessary to initially boot the processor
Digital camera type (Hardware) and includes error recovery and processor self-test routines
(Hardware) (Intel)
P&S: Publish & Subscribe
PAL: Programmable Array Logic
P/N: Part Number (Hardware)
P/PC: Palm Personal Computer PAL: Programmable Assembly Language
(Hardware)
PAL: Publication Access List
P/T: Part Time SQL Server replication security mechanism (Databases)
P2C2: Pantone Personal Color Calibrator (Microsoft)
(Pantone) PALC: Parallel-Aligned Liquid crystal Spatial
P2P: Peer To Peer Light Modulator
Display technology
P2P: People To People
PALS: Principles of the Alphabet Literacy
P2P: Point To Point System

PAL-SLM PCBO
PAL-SLM: Parallel-Aligned Liquid crystal Spa PAWS: Protect Against Wrapped Sequences
tial Light Modulator (Network)
(Hardware)
PAX: Portable Archive eXchange
PAM: Paging Area Memory
PB: PetaByte
PAM: Pluggable Authentication Module 2 to the 50th power bytes. Is equal to 1024 terabytes
With the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) framework,
PB: Pipeline Burst
multiple authentication technologies can be added without
Cache memory architecture (Hardware)
changing any of the login services, thereby preserving
existing system environments (Security) PBA: Printed Board Assembly
PAM: Presence and Availability Management PBC: Port Bypass Circuit
PAM: Primary Access Method (Hardware)
PAM: Programmable Attribute Map PBCAK: Problem Between Chair And Keyboard
It's when the problem is the computer user (Net lingo)
PAM: Pulse-Amplitude Modulation
(Communication) PBD: PowerBuilder Dynamic library
PAMR: Public Access Mobile Radio
PBE: Prompt By Example
PAN: Personal Account Number
PBGA: Plastic Ball Grid Array
PAN: Personal Area Network (Hardware)
(Network)
PBI: Phone Based Interface
PAP: PAcket-level Procedure
PBM: Play By Mail
PAP: Password Authentication Protocol
A security provision in point-to-point protocol (PPP) PBOT: Physical Beginning of Tape
PAP: Printer Access Protocol PBR: Policy-Based Routing

(Cisco)
PAP: Protected Audio Path
Initiative under investigation for how to provide encryption of PBX: Private Branch eXchange
audio over user accessible buses Privately owned central switching office (Communication)
PAP: Push Access Protocol PC: Personal Computer
PAR: Parallel PC: Printed Circuit
PAR: Personal Animation Recorder PC: Program Counter
PAR: Personal Audio Recorder A CPU register that contains the address (location) of the
instruction to be executed next in the program sequence
(Hardware)
PC: Programmable Controller
PAR: Project Authorization Request
A slightly smart electronic circuit, usually for industrial
PARC: Palo Alto Research Center processes; acronym quickly changed to PLC after IBM
(Organizations) (Xerox) brought out its Personal Computer (Hardware)
P
PA-RISC: Precision Architecture Reduced PC/IXF: Personal Computer Intergrated
Instruction Set Computer eXchange Format
(HP) PC/SC: Personal Computer Smart Card
PAS: PAScal (Hardware)
File name extension PC/TCP: Personal Computer Integrated
PAS: Publicly Available Specification eXchange Format
PAS/2: Personal Application System/2 PCA: Payment gateway Certification Authority
PAT: PATtern PCA: Personal internet Client Architecture
File name extensions (Intel)
PAT: Performance Acceleration Technology PCA: Power Calibration Area

Speeds data flow between the processor and system memory PCACIAS: Personal Computer Automated
to increase performance. Introduced with the Intel 875P Calibration Interval Analysis System
chipset (Hardware) (Intel)
PCAV: Partial Constant Angular Velocity
PAT: Port Address Translation
(Hardware)
(Communication)
PCB: Printed Circuit Board
PATA: Parallel Advanced Technology
(Hardware)
Attachment
Peripheral bus architecture (Hardware) PCB: Program Control Block
PATN: Port Access Telephone Number PCBC: Plain Cipher Block Chaining
PAV: Parallel Access Volumes PCBO: Personal Computer Branch Office
(IBM)

PCD PDF
PCD: Photo Compact Disc PCR: Packet Cell Rate

File format for digitized photos (Kodak)
PCR: Processor Configuration Register
PCDA: Program Controlled Data Acquisition PCS: Patchable Control Store
PC-DOS: Personal Computer - Disk Operating PCS: Personal Communication Service
System
(IBM) PCS: Personal Computing System
(Hardware)
PCEB: PCi to Eisa Bridge
(Intel) PCS: Personal Conferencing Specification
PCF: Packet Control Function PCS: Physical Code Sublayer

(Communication) (Network)
PCFS: Personal Computer FIle System PCS: Planning Control Sheet

A file system specification that provides the capability to PCS: Print Contrast Signal
read and write files in DOS format on the SPARC (Operating
systems) (Sun) PCS: Process Control Systems
PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect PCS: Program Counter Store

A 32-bit bus providing a maximum 132 Mbyte/sec data PCS: Project Control System
transfer rate. PCI devices have autoconfiguration
capabilities and do not have to be configured by users
PCSA: Personal Computing Systems
(Hardware) Architecture
PCI: Protocol Control Information PCT: PiCTure

File name extension
PC-I/O: Program Controlled Input/Output
PCT: Private Communication Technology
PCIC: Pc-Card Interrupt Controller
(Communication)
PCI-E: Peripheral Component Interconnect - PCTE: Portable Common Tool Environment
Express
New interface replacing PCI and AGP, max bandwidth of PCX: PiCture eXchange
500MB/sec (Hardware) File name extension
PCL: Portable Common Loops PD: Personal Display

(Hardware)
PCL: Printer Control Language
(HP) PD: Phase change Dual
Optical recording system (Hardware) (Matsushita)
PCL: Process Control Language
PD: Portable Device
PCL: Programmable Command Language
(Hardware)
PCM: Personal Computer Manufacturer
PD: Public Domain
PCM: Physical Connection Management
PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
PCM: Printer Cartridge Metric
(HP)
PDB: Palm DataBase P
File name extension
PCM: Process Change Management
PDB: Program DataBase
(Software)
Microsoft's format for debug indormation, not embedded in
PCM: Pulse Code Modulation the object file or executable (Software) (Microsoft)
(Communication)
PDC: Personal Digital Cellular
PCMA: Paired Carrier Multiple Access (Hardware)
PCMC: Pci, Cache and Memory Controller PDC: Primary Domain Controller
(Intel) Provides user/computer domain authentication (Operating
PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association PDC: Professional Developer Conference
An organization that supports several standards for a (Microsoft)
compact hardware interface that accepts a variety of devices
PD-CD: Phase-change Dual Compact Disk
(Organizations)
(Hardware)
PCMIM: Personal Computer Media Interface
Module PDD: Physical Device Driver
PCMS: Project and Configuration Management PDD: Portable Digital Document

System PDE: Plug-in Development Environment
PCN: Personal Computer Network Project extending the Platform and the JDT to provide views
and editors that make it easier to build plug-ins for Eclipse.
PCN: Public Communications Network See www.eclipse.org (Software)
PCNFS: Personal Computer Network File PDES: Product Data Exchange Specification
System
PDF: Package Definition File
PCO: Point of Control and Observation

PDF PEC
PDF: Portable Document Format PDT: Pacific Daylight Time

File format for document interchange (Adobe) Timezone: GMT -8:00
PDF: Printer Description File PDT: Performance Diagnostic Tool

File name extension (Borland) (IBM)
PDF: Processor Defined Function PDT: Pliable Display Technology

(Hardware)
PDF: Program Development Facility
PDH: Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy PDT: Programmable Drive Table
(Communication) PDU: Plug Distribution Unit
PDI: Personal Data Interchange PDU: Protocol Data Unit
(Software) The ISO/OSI term for packet. A PDU is a data object
exchanged by protocol machines (entities) within a given
PDI: Power and Data Interface layer. PDUs consist of both protocol control information
PDIAL: Public Dialup Internet Access List (PCI) and user data
PDK: Product Development Kit PDW: Package and Deployment Wizard

(Network) (Intel) (Microsoft)
PDL: Page Description Language PDX: ParaDoX

File name extension (Borland)
PDL: Program Description Language
PDX: Phone Data eXchange
PDL: Program Design Language
(Hardware)
PDM: Product Data Management
PDX: Printer Description eXtension
PDM: Program Development Manager
PE: Parity Error
PDN: Public Data Network (Hardware)
(Network)
PE: Parity Even
PDO: Portable Distributed Objects
PE: Personal Edition
(Operating systems)
(Software)
PDOM: Persistent Document Object Model
PE: Phase Encoding
PDP: Parallel Data Processing
PE: Portable Executable
PDP: Plasma Display Panel File format for Win32 programs (Software) (Microsoft)
(Hardware)
PE: Processing Element
PDP: Policy Decision Point (Hardware)
The point where policy decisions are made, responsible for
handling policy decisions on behalf of PEPs (Network) PE: Professional Edition
(Software)
PDP: Primary Dos Partition
PE: Protect Enable
PDP: Programmable Data Processor PEA: Pocket Ethernet Adapter P

PDQ: Parallel Data Queries PEAP: Protected Extensible Authentication
Protocol
PDQ: Pretty Darn Quick A protocol proposed by Microsoft, Cisco and RSA Security
(Net lingo) for securely transporting authentication data, including
PDR: Personal Digital Recorder passwords, over 802.11 wireless networks (Security)
(Hardware) PEAR: Php Extension and Application
PDS: Packet Driver Specification Repository
See http://pear.php.net (Software)
PDS: Partitioned Data Set
(Databases) (IBM)
PEARL: Process and Experiment Automation
Realtime Language
PDS: Planetary Data System
PEBCAC: Problem Exists Between Chair and
PDS: Portable Document Software Computer
PDS: Processor Direct Slot Tech support types sometimes use this to explain to each
(Apple) other that the user is incompetent (Net lingo)
PDS: Professional Developer's Summit PEBCAK: Problem Exists Between Chair And
(Microsoft)
Keyboard
Describes the location of many computer glitches (Net lingo)
PDSN: Packet Data Serving Node
Provides access to the Internet, intranets and applications
PEBKAC: Problem Exists Between Keyboard
servers for mobile stations utilizing a cdma2000 Radio And Chair
Access Network (RAN) An answer to problems with inexperienced computer users
(Net lingo)
PDSP: Peripheral Data Storage Processor
PEC: Program Execution Control
PDSS: Post Development and Software Support

PECL PHF
PECL: Php Extension Community Library PFE: Programmer's File Editor

See http://pecl.php.net (Software)
PFM: Printer Font Metrics
PEEK: Partners Early Experience Kit File name extension
PEEL: Programmable Electrically Erasable PFN: Page Frame Number

Logic PFPU: Processor Frame Power Unit
(Hardware)
PFR: Portable Font Resource
PEL: Picture ELement
(IBM) PFR: Power Fail Restart
PEM: Port Expander Module PFS: Page Free Space

(Databases)
PEM: Privacy-enhanced Electronic Mail
(Security) PFS: Parallel File System
(Operating systems)
PEOT: Physical End Of Tape
(Hardware) PFX: Personal inFormation eXchange
(Microsoft)
PEP: Packet Exchange Protocol
PFY: Pimple Faced Youth
PEP: Packetized Ensemble Protocol Young assistant to Bastard Operator From Hell (BOFH) (Net
PEP: Point-Edge-Polygon lingo)
Type of graphics editor (Software) PGA: Pin Grid Array
PEP: Policy Enforcement Point IC pins organization (Hardware)
A port on a network device where the policy decisions are PGA: Professional Graphics Adapter
actually enforced (Network)
(IBM)
PERC: Portable Environment for Real-time PGA: Programmable Gate Array
Control
(Hardware)
(Operating systems)
PGC: Program Group Control
PERC: PowerEdge Raid Controller
(Microsoft)
(Hardware) (Dell)
PGD: Planar Gas Discharge
PERL: Practical Extraction Report Language
Display technology (Hardware)
A flexible programming language especially designed for
processing text (Software) PGDN: PaGe DowN
PERM: Pre-Embossed Rigid Magnetic PGL: Professional Graphics Language
(Hardware) PGM: Portable GrayMap
PEROM: Programmable Erasable Read Only File format for images (Software)
Memory PGM: Pragmatic General Multicast
PERT: Program Evaluation and Review Reliable multicast transport protocol for applications that
Technique require ordered, duplicate-free, multicast data delivery from
multiple sources to multiple receivers (Network)
P
PES: Packetized Elementary Stream
(Communication) PGM: ProGraM
PES: Positioning Error Signal PGML: Precision Graphics Markup Language

(Adobe)
PES: Processor Enhancement Socket
PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
PES: Proposed Encryption Standard
Encryption program (Software)
PET: Personal Electronic Transactor
PGP: ProGram Parameter
Commodore's first personal computer (Hardware)
File name extension (Autodesk)
PET: Print Enhancement Technology
PGUP: PaGe UP
(Compaq)
PHB: Per-Hop-Behavior
PET: Progressive Educational Technology
The forwarding treatment given to a specific class of traffic,
PEX: Phigs Extension to X based on criteria defined in the Differentiated Service field.
A protocol for 3-D graphics in a network window system that Routers and switches use PHBs to determine priorities for
supports both PHIGS and PHIGS PLUS features servicing various traffic flows (Network)
PFA: Predictive Failure Analysis PHB: Pointy Haired Boss

Taken from the Dilbert comic strip (Net lingo)
PFB: Printer Font Binary
File name extension PHF: Perfect Hash Function
(Software)
PFC: Power Factor Correction
Feature included in some power supply boxes that reduces
the amount of reactive power generated (Hardware)
PFC: Powerbuilder Foundation Class

(Software) (Sybase)

PHIGS PIO
PHIGS: Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive PID: Product IDentifier

Graphics Standard
PID: Proportional, Integral, Derivative
An international standard 3-D graphics library consisting of a
graphical tool set for application developers. PHIGS uses PIDL: Personalized Information Description
hierarchical data structures. You can create, alter, Language
manipulate, and store objects dynamically
PIE: Presence, Identity and Edge
PHIGS PLUS: Programmer's Hierarchical Core constituents of peer to peer (P2P) applications
Interactive Graphics Standard Plus Lumiere
PIER: Procedures for Internet/Enterprise
Und Surfaces
Renumbering
An extension to PHIGS that includes additional capabilities,
such as lighting from single and multiple sources, depth- PIF: Picture Interchange Format
cueing, NURBS, and complex geometric primitives File name extension
PHOLED: PHosphorescent Organic Light PIF: Program Information File
Emitting Diode File name extension (Microsoft)
(Hardware)
PII: Pentium 2
PHP: Personal Home Pages (Hardware) (Intel)
Now is Perl Hypertext Preprocessor
PII: Personally Identifiable Information
PHP: Php: Hypertext Preprocessor (Security)
Open-source general-purpose server-side scripting language
PII: Program Integrated Information
that is especially suited for Web development and can be
embedded into HTML. See also http://www.php.net/ (Software) PIII: Pentium 3
PHS: Personal Handphone System (Hardware) (Intel)
PHY: PHisical laYer PIIX: Pci Ide/Isa Accelerator
PI: PHysical laYer PILOT: Programmed Inquiry Learning Or

Teaching
PIA: Peripheral Interface Adapter
(Hardware)
PIM: Personal Information Manager
PiB: PebIByte PIM: Platform Independent Model

Unit of measurement, introduced by the International PIM: Primary Interface Module
TiB
PIM: Print Image Matching
(Hardware)
PIBKAC: Problem Is Between Keyboard And
Chair PIM: Protocol Independent Multicast
IP routing protocol-independent and can leverage whichever
Typical cause of most computer errors (Net lingo)
unicast routing protocols are used to populate the unicast
PIC: Personal Information Carrier routing table, including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, and static routes
(Network)
PIC: Personal Intelligent Communicator
PIM-DM: Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense
PIC: Point In Call P
Mode
PIC: Primary Interexchange Carrier Uses a push model to flood multicast traffic to every corner
(Communication) of the network (Network)
PIC: Priority Interrupt Controller PIM-SM: Protocol Independent Multicast-
(Hardware) Sparse Mode
PIC: Programmable Interrupt Controller Uses a pull model to deliver multicast traffic. Only network
segments with active receivers that have explicitly
(Hardware)
requested the data will receive the traffic (Network)
PICO: PIne COmposer
PIN: Personal Identification Number
Simple, command line Unix text editor (Software)
PIN: Positive Intrinsic Negative
PICS: Platform for Internet Content Selection
PIN: Process Identification Number
PICS: Plug-in Inventory Control System
PIN: Processor Independent Netware
PICS: Protocol Implementation Conformance
Statement PINE: Pine Is Not Elm
PICS/DCPR: Protocol Implementation PING: Packet INternet Groper
Conformance Statement/Detailed Continuing (Network)
Property Record PINX: Private Integrated services Network
PICT: PICTure eXchange
(Communication)
PID: Personal IDentifier
(Software) PIO: Parallel Input/Output
PID: Process IDentifier PIO: Processor Input/Output
A unique, system-wide, identification number assigned to a PIO: Programmable Input/Output
process. Also called process ID, process number (Operating
(Hardware)
systems)

PIP PLS
PIP: Pattern and Information Processing PL/SQL: Procedural Language/Structured

Query Language
PIP: Periphal Interchange Program
PIP: Peripheral Interchange Program
PLA: Programmable Logic Array
PIP: Personal Information Processor An array of logic elements. Its interconnections are
PIP: Picture In Picture programmable after manufacture (Hardware)
(Hardware) PLAF: Pluggable Look And Feel
PIP: Problem Isolation Procedure (Software)
PIP: Programmable Interconnect Point PLATO: Programmed Logic for Automatic

Teaching Operations
PIPE: Private Internet Protocol Encapsulation
Extension of RFC 2003 (IP Encapsulation within IP) which PLB: Picture Level Benchmark
allows to encapsulate and decapsulate private IP addresses In computer graphics, an industry-standard benchmark
in the same way as described in RFC 2003, and to transfer method used to measure graphics performance
them across the public Internet (also referred to as PLBCAK: Problem Lies Between Chair And
"tunneling" in RFC 2003) (Network)
Keyboard
PIPO: Parallel In, Parallel Out Describes the location of many computer glitches (Net lingo)
PIR: Protocol Independent Routing PLBSI: Picture Level Benchmark Sample
PIR: Public Interest Registry Implementation
Registry for the .org domain name extension (Organizations) PLC: PowerLine Communication
PIT: Point In Time Technology that uses the power lines to connecto to the
Internet (Network)
PIT: Programmable Interval Timer
PLC: Programmable Logic Controller
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
PITA: Pain In The A**
PLCC: Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier
(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
PITB: Pain In The Butt
PLCC: Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier
(Net lingo)
PLCP: Physical Layer Convergence Procedure
PIU: Path Information Unit
PLD: Programmable Logic Device
PJL: Printer Job Language
(Hardware)
(Hardware) (HP)
PLDI: Programming Language Design and
PJPEG: Progressive Joint Photographic Experts
Implementation
Group
Compressed images file format PLDS: Pilot Land Data System
(NASA)
P-JPEG: Progressive Joint Photographic
Experts Group PLE: Programmable Logic Element
Compressed images file format (Hardware) P
PK: Primary Key pLED: Polymeric Light Emitting Diode
(Databases) (Hardware)
PKC: Public Key Cryptography PLF: Pluggable Look and Feel

(Software)
PKCS: Public Key Cryptography Standard
PLIP: Parallel Line Internet Protocol
PKE: Private Key Encryption
(Communication)
PKI: Public Key Infrastructure
PLL: Phase-Locked Loop
(Security)
PLL: PreLinked Library
PKIX: Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509)
File name extension
A working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) that is developing Internet standards needed to PL-LCD: PhotoLuminescent Liquid Cristal
support a PKI based on X.509 certificates Display
PKM: Personal Knowledge Management (Hardware)
PL: Perl Language PLMN: Public Land Mobile Network

File name extension (Communication)
PL/1: Programming Language/1 PLO: Phase Locked Oscillator

Programming language (Software) (Hardware)
PL/IP: Parallel Line Internet Protocol PL-OU: PhotoLuminescent Liquid Crystal

Display
PL/M: Programming Language for
Microcomputers PLS: PhysicaL Signaling
(Microsoft) PLS: PLeaSe
(Net lingo)

PLS POD
PLS: Primary Link Station PMP: Portable Music Player

(Hardware)
PLU: Primary Logical Unit
PLV: Production Level Video PMP: Preventive Maintenance Package
PM: Performance Monitoring PMPL: Pi**ing My Pants Laughing

(Net lingo)
PM: Peripheral Module
PMR: Problem Management Report
PM: Phase Modulation (IBM)
PM: Power Management PMS: Pantone Matching System
(Hardware) A spot color matching system used by printers. By specifying
PM: Presentation Manager a Pantone name or number you are assured of having a known
spot color in the printed page
PM: Preventative Maintenance
PMS: Policy Management System
PM: Private Message
(Net lingo) PMT: PhotoMultiuplier Tube
Scanning sensor (Hardware)
PM: Process Manager
PMU: PhotoMultiplier Tube
PM: Programming Model
(Software) (Microsoft) PN: Processing Node
PM/X: Presentation Manager for X PNA: Phoneline Networking Alliance

(Organizations)
PM6: PageMaker 6
Filename extension (Adobe) PNA: Programmable Network Access
PMA: Photo Marketing Association PNA: Progressive Networks Audio

(Organizations) A proprietary protocol for backward compatibility with
RealSystem versions 3 through 5. URLs using PNA start with
PMA: Physical Medium Attachment pnm://
(Network)
PNC: Planet NetCom
PMA: Program Memory Area Australian internet service provider
PMAC: Peripheral Module Access Controller PNC: Prestige Network Commander
PMC: Pci Mezzanine Card (Software) (Zyxel)
(Hardware) PnD: Plug aNd Display
PMC: Project Management Committee (Hardware)
(Software) PNG: Portable Network Graphics
PMD: Packet Mode Data File format for graphics network transmission
PMD: Physical Media Dependence PNI: Prescott New Instructions

(Network) Processor core extenstion code which serves to improve
thread synchronization (Hardware) (Intel)
PME: Power Management Event P
Feature that allows most LAN devices to wake up from
PNNI: Private Network to Network Interface
standby states (S1 or S3) (Hardware) PNNI: Public Network Node Interface
PMFJI: Pardon Me For Jumping In PnP: Plug aNd Play
(Net lingo)
PNS: PeaceNet Sweden
PMI: Protected Mode Interface
PNW: Personal NetWare
PML: Pattern Markup Language
PO: Parity Odd
XML-based format to describe software patterns. A pattern
represents a recurring solution to a software development PO: Purchase Order
problem within a particular context (Software)
POA: Portable Object Adapter
PML: Personal Mailing List
POA: PostOfiice Agent
PMM: Post Memory Manager (Novell)
A mechanism used by option ROMs to allocate RAM memory
POC: Point Of Contact
for use during system startup (Hardware)
POC: Proof Of Concept
PMML: Predictive Modeling Markup Language
POC: Protected Output Controller
PMMU: Paged Memory Management Unit
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
POCM: Portal Object Component Model
PMOS: Positive Channel Metal Oxide
Semiconductor POCSAG: Post Office Code Standardization
Advisory Group
PMP: Performance Management Pack
Synchronous digital paging scheme (Communication)
POD: Piece Of Data
PMP: Point to MultiPoint
POD: Plain Old Documentation

POD PPD
POD: Plain Old Dos POR: Plan Of Record

POD: Power On Display POR: Point Of Return
POD: Problem Of the Day POR: Power-On-Reset
Today's current difficulty with software (or hardware)
POS: Packet Over Sonet
POD: Proof of Deposit (Network)
Software system used by financial institutions to verify teller
POS: Parent Over Shoulder
transactions. Usually consists of reader/sorter control
software, reject-reentry system, and reporting systems POS: Persistent Object Server
(Software)
POS: Pick Operating System
POD: Publishing On Demand Old operating system (Operating systems)
PODP: Pentium OverDrive Processor POS: Piece Of S**t
An upgrade processor for the 486 systems intended to (Net lingo)
emulate a Pentium (586) (Hardware) (Intel)
POS: Point Of Sale
POE: Power Open Environment (Hardware)
POE: Power Over Ethernet POS: POSitive
(Hardware)
POS: Programmable Option Select
POEP: Primary Operand Execution Pipeline
POSE: PalmOS Emulator
POF: Plastic Optic Fiber
POSE: Picture-Oriented Software Engineering
POH: Path OverHead
POSI: Promoting conference for Open System
POH: Power-On Hours Interconnect
POI: Path Overhead Indicator POSIX: Portable Operating System Interface
POI: Point Of Information A set of standards that define the applications interface to
basic system services for input/output, file system access,
POI: Point Of Interaction and process management. It uses the C programming
POI: Point Of Interest language, which establishes standard semantics and syntax
(Operating systems)
POIX: Point Of Interest eXchange
POST: Power On Self Test
POJO: Plain Old Java Object Personal computer boot test
Term coined to denote a normal Java object that is not a
JavaBean, an EntityBean, a SessionBean, etc., and does not POSTNET: POSTal Numeric Encoding Technique
serve any other special role or implement any special Bar code
interfaces of any of the Java frameworks (EJB, JDBC, ...) POSYBL: PrOgramming SYstem for distriButed
(Software)
appLications
POL: Problem-Oriented Language POTS: Plain Old Telephone Service
PON: Purchase Order Number Basic telephone service supplying standard single line
POOL: Parallel Object Oriented Language
telephones, telephone lines, and access to the Public P
Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
POOP: Parallel Object Oriented Programming
POTS: Plain Old Time Sharing
Programming for parallel processors in any object-oriented
(Operating systems)
programming language (Software)
POP: Package for Online Programming POV: Point Of View
(Net lingo)
POP: Picture on Picture
POWER: Performance Optimization With
(Hardware)
Enhanced Risc
POP: Point Of Presence (IBM)
(Network)
PowerPC: Performance Optimization With
POP: Post Office Protocol Enhanced Risc Performance Computing
A standard protocol used for retrieving e-mail from a mail
PP: Parallel Port
server (Network)
POP: Power-On Password PP: Physical Partition
(Security) PP: Physical Plane
POP2: Post Office Protocol 2 PPA: Pixel Processing Accelerator
POP3: Post Office Protocol 3 PPC: PowerPC

(Network) PPC: Program to Program Communication
POPA: POP All registers PPD: Partial Packet Discard
POPF: POP Flags (Network)
POPL: Principles of Programming Languages PPD: PostScript Printer Description

File name extension

PPDS PRISM
PPDS: Personal Printer Data Stream PPS: Public Packet Switching

(IBM)
PPT: PowerPoinT
PPGA: Plastic Pin Grid Array File format for slide presentations (Microsoft)
IC pins organization
PPTP: Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
ppi: Pixels Per Inch A system designed to help create Virtual Private Networks
over the Internet and protect the data sent over public wires
PPI: Precise Pixel Interpolation (Network)
PPI: Programmable Peripheral Interface
PPVPN: Provider Provisioned Virtual Private
PPID: Parent Process IDentifier Network
(Network)
PPIT: Perpetual Point-In-Time
(Fujitsu) PQ: PowerQuest
Manufacturer
PPL: Pcboard Programming Language
PPL: PeoPLe PQA: Palm Query Application
(Net lingo) PQFP: Plastic Quad Flat Package
PPL: Polymorphic Programming Language PQO: Parallel Query Option
ppm: Pages Per Minute PQS: Persistent Query Service
Printing engine speed (Hardware) (Software) (Microsoft)
PPM: Perl Package Manager PR: Packet Radio

(Software)
PR: Performance Rating
PPM: Portable PixelMap (Hardware)
File format for images (Software) PR: Public Relations
PPM: Processor Power Module PRACSA: Public Remote Access Computer
(Hardware) Standards Association
PPM: Pulse Position Modulation PRAM: Parallel Random-Access Machine
PPML: Personalized Print Markup Language PRAM: Parameter Random Access Memory
Printer Language
P-RAM: Parameter Random Access Memory
PPN: Project Programmer Number
PRC: Pilot Resource
P-POP: Plain-Paper Optimized Printing File name extension (3Com)
(Hardware) (Canon)
PRC: Primary Reference Clock
PPP: Point to Point Protocol Clock used in synchronous networks like SONET and SDH
An internet protocol for host dial up connections. PPP frames (Communication)
(Service Data Units) can support the transport of various
(encapsulated) Protocol Data Units (Network) PRCS: Project Revision Control System
Front end to a set of tools that (like CVS) provide a way to
PPPoA: Point-to-Point Protocol Over Atm deal with sets of files and directories as an entity, preserving P
(Network) coherent versions of the entire set (Software)
PPPoATM: Point-to-Point Protocol Over PRD: PRinter Driver
Asynchronous Transfer Mode File name extension
High-speed switching technique used to transmit high
volumes of voice, data, and video traffic. ATM operates at
PReP: Powerpc REference Platform
speeds ranging from 25 Mbps to 622 Mbps and is used PREPNet: Pennsylvania Research and
mainly in telephone company backbone networks (Network) Economic Partnership NETwork
PPPoE: Point to Point Protocol Over Ethernet PRF: PReFerences
(Network) File name extension
PPPoI: Point to Point Protocol Over Isdn PRF: Problem Report Form
(Network)
PRF: Pulse Repetition Frequency
PPPPPP: Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor
Performance PRI: Primary Rate Interface
An ISDN standard, similar to basic rate interface (BRI),
To plan ahead (Net lingo)
defined by CCITT protocol, but providing multiple B channels
PPRC: Peer to Peer Remote Copy (23 or 30) supported by a single D channel (Communication)
Data replication (Software) (IBM)
PRIDE: PRofitable Information by DEsign
PPS: Packets Per Second
PRISM: Parallel Reduced Instruction Set
(Network)
Multiprocessing
PPS: Per-Pixel Shading PRISM: PhotoRefractive Information Storage
PPS: Power Personal Systems Materials
(IBM) (Hardware)
PPS: Precision Positioning System

PRJ PSN
PRJ: PRoJect PSAPI: Presentation Space Application

File name extension (Borland) Programming Interface
PRM: Partner Relationship Management PSC: Personal Super Computer
PRM: Private Mobile Radio PSC: Primary Site Controller
PRMD: PRivate Management Domain
PSC: Print Server Command
PRML: Partial-Response Maximum-Likelihood
PRN: Printer PSC: Product Service Center
PSCNet: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
PRNG: Pseudo-Random Number Generator
NETwork
PRO: PROfile
File name extension
PSD: PhotoShop Drawing
File name extension. Used by Photoshop and other Adobe
PROC: PROCedure programs (Software) (Adobe)
PROCFS: PROCess FIle System PSD: Postal Security Device
A type of file system that resides in memory. The PROCFS (Hardware)
contains a list of active processes, by process number, in the
/proc directory. Information in the /proc directory is used by
PSD: Programmer's Supplementary Documents
commands such as ps (Operating systems) PSDC: Public Switched Digital Capability
PROFS: PRofessional OFfice System PSDN: Packet-Switched Data Network
(IBM) (Network)
PROG: PROGram PSDS: Packet-Switched Data Service
PROGID: PROGrammatic IDentifier (Communication)
(Software) PSE: Packet Switch Exchange
PROLOG: PROgramming in LOGic PSE: Persistent Storage Engine
Programming language (Software) (Databases)
PROM: Programmable Read Only Memory PSE: Port Switched Ethernet
A permanent memory chip programmed by the user rather
PSF: Permanent Swap File
than at the chip manufacturer, as is true with a ROM. You
need a PROM programmer or burner to write data onto a PSF: Print Services Facility
PROM (Hardware)
PSfD: Premier Support For Developers
PROMATS: PROgrammable MAgnetic Tape (Microsoft)
System
PSID: PostScript Image Data
PROTEL: Procedure Oriented Type Enforcing
Language PSIU: Packet Switch Interface Unit
PRS: Protective Relay System PSK: Phase-Shift Keying

(Communication)
(Hardware)
PSL: Problem Statement Language
P
PRTSC: PRinT SCreen
PS: Personal Services PSL: Public Software Library
Office automation integrated programs (Software) PSM: Persistent Storage Manager
(Hardware)
PS: Pixel Shader
(Software) (Microsoft) PSM: Persistent Stored Module
(Databases)
PS: PlayStation
Game console (Hardware) (Sony) PSM: Personal Security Manager
PS: PostScript Set of libraries that perform cryptographic operations on
behalf of a client application. These operations include
File format for graphic printers
setting up an SSL connection, object signing and signature
PS: Power Supply verification, certificate management, and other common PKI
(Hardware) functions
PS: Presentation Service PSM: Personal Software Marketing

PS: Privilege Service PSM: Platform Specific Model
PS: Proportional Spacing PSM: Printing Systems Manager
PS/2: Personal System 2 PSMG: Play Streaming Media Group
IBM personal computer family (Hardware) (IBM) (Organizations)
PS2: PlayStation 2 PSN: Packet Switching Network

Game console (Hardware) (Sony) A node in the ARPANET and MILNET, formerly called an
interface message processor (IMP) (Network)
PSAP: Presentation Service Access Point
(Network)
PSN: Processor Serial Number
(Hardware)

PSO PVP
PSO: Personal Service Organization PtP: Point-To-Point

(Communication)
PSP: PaintShop Pro
(Software) PTR: Point-in-Time Repair
Backup disaster recovery procedure (Software)
PSP: Personal Software Product
(IBM) PTT: Postal Telegraph and Telephone
(Organizations)
PSP: Preventive Service Planning
(IBM) PTT: Push To Talk
Functionality in the group communication terminal device.
PSP: Program Segment Prefix
You have to push PTT-button to get the permission for
PSPDN: Packet-Switched Public Data Network transmission (Communication)
PSR: PowerSoft Report PTW: Primary Translation Word
PTY: Pseudo-Terminal driver
PSRAM: PseudoStatic Random Access Memory
PU: Physical Unit
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
P-SRAM: Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory
PUB: PUBlic
PSRG: Privacy and Security Research Group PUC: Peripheral Unit Controller
PSRT: PostScript Round Table
PUC: Public Utilities Commission
PSS: Packet Switch Services PUCP: Physical Unit Control Point
PSS: Print SubSystem
PUMA: Protected User Mode Audio
Software for IBM mainframes that provides an AFP and line
Together with UMA, is an engine in the Windows Vista
data printing solution using PCL and PostScript printers
Protected Environment that provides a safer environment for
(Software)
audio playback, as well as checking that the enabled outputs
PSS: Process Status Structure are consistent with what the content allows (Operating
PSS: Product Support Service
PUN: Physical Unit Number
PSSP: Parallel System Support Program
(Operating systems) (IBM) PUP: Parc Universal Packet
Protocol
PST: Pacific Standard Time
Timezone: GMT -8:00 PURL: Persistent Uniform Resource Locator
Instead of pointing directly to the location of an Internet
PST: Pakistan Standard Time resource, a PURL points to an intermediate resolution
Timezone: GMT +5:00 service. The PURL resolution service associates the PURL
PST: Public Switched Telephone with the actual URL and returns that URL to the client.
PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network PUS: Processor Upgrade Socket

Usually refers to the local telephone company PUSHA: PUSH All registers
PSU: Power Supply Unit PUSHF: PUSH Flags P
PSU: Program Storage Unit PV: Physical Volume
PSW: Program Status Word PVA: Personal Virtual Assistant
PT: Page Table PVC: Permanent Virtual Circuit
PT: Payload Type Dedicated end-to-end virtual circuit that is set up
permanently in an ATM network (Network)
(Communication)
PTD: Parallel Transfer Disk PVC: PolyVinyl Chloride
PVM: Parallel Virtual Machine
PTE: Page Table Entry
PTE: Path Terminating Equipment PVM: Pass-through Virtual Machine
(IBM)
PTF: Print To Fax
PVM: Perc Virtual Machine
Fax driver for Lotus Domino Fax Server (Software)
(Operating systems)
PTF: Program Temporary Fix
PVP: Packet Video Protocol
(IBM)
PTI: Packet Type Identifier PVP: Parallel Vector Processing
PTMC: Pci Telecom Mezzanine Card PVP: Personal Video Player

(Hardware)
(Hardware)
PTML: Proxicom Template Markup Language PVP: Protected Video Path
(Hardware)
PtMP: Point-To-MultiPoint
(Communication)
PTOCA: Presentation Text Object Content
Architecture

PVP-OPM QMU
PVP-OPM: Protected Video Path - Output QC: Quality Control

Protection Management
QC: Quantum Coprocessor
Is a form of DRM expected to be implemented in Microsoft's
(Hardware)
Windows Vista (Hardware)
QC: Queued Component
PVP-UAB: Protected Video Path - User-
Accessible Bus QCDP: Quality Color Dithering Modus
Provides encryption of premium content as it passes over the
QCIF: Quarter Common source Intermediate
user-accessible PCIe bus to discrete graphics cards
Format
(Hardware)
A video format in which frames are 180 pixels wide and 144
PVR: Personal Video Recorder pixels high (1/4 the size of the CIF format). Each pixel has
Stores video on a hard disk instead of a video tape (Hardware) its own luminance value; however, blocks of 4 pixels share
chrominance values
PVS: Parallel Visualization Server
QD: Querty/Dvorak
PW: PassWord Keyboard layout
PWB: Printed Wire Board QDA: Qualitative Data Analysis
PWB: Programmer's WorkBench QDF: Quicken Data File
(Microsoft)
File name extension (Software) (Intuit)
PWD: Print Working Directory
QDI: Quicken DIctionary
PWM: Pulse-Width Modulation File name extension (Software) (Intuit)
(Communication)
QDL: Quadri Data Layer
PWP: Personal Web Pages QDMS: Quality Document Management System
(Microsoft)
QDOS: Quick and Dirty Operating System
PWPN: PowWow for Private Networks
MS-DOS ancestor (Operating systems)
Instant messaging program (Software)
QDR: Quad Data-Rate
PWR: PoWeR
(Hardware)
PWS: Peer Web Services
QDT: Quicken DaTa
File name extension (Intuit)
PWS: Personal Web Server QEA: Queued Event Architecture
(Network)
QEMM: Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager
PWS: Programmable WorkStation
(Operating systems) (Quarterdeck)
(Hardware)
QFA: Quick File Access
PWSCS: Programmable WorkStation
Communication Services QFE: Quick Fix Engineering
(IBM) (Software)
PX: Primary indeX QFP: Quad Flat Pack

(Borland) QFP: Quicken Financial Planner
P
PXE: Preboot eXecution Environment (Software) (Intuit)
Provides a way for a system to initiate a network connection QIC: Quality Information using Cycle time
Q
to various servers prior to loading an Operating System (OS)
QIC: Quarter-Inch Cartridge
An industry-standard 1/4-inch magnetic tape cartridge used
Q for data backup or storage (Hardware)
Q&A: Questions & Answers QIF: Quicken Interchange Format
Q/A: Questions and Answers File format for financial data (Software)
QA: Quality Assurance QKD: Quantum Key Distribution

QAB: Quick As a Bunny QL: Quantum Leap
Similar to ASAP but cuter (Net lingo) Name for an unsuccessful mid 1980's Sincliar
Microcomputer based on the Motorola 68008
QAM: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation microprocessor.
(Communication)
QLI: Query Language Interpreter
QAS: Quasi-Associated Signaling
QLLC: Qualified Logical Link Control
QAS: Quick Arbitration and Selection
(Hardware)
QMF: Query Management Facility
(IBM)
QBE: Query By Example
(Databases)
QMT: Quicken Memorized lisT
File name extension (Intuit)
QBF: Query by Form
QMU: Quarterly Maintenance Update
QBIC: Query By Image Content (IBM)
(Databases)

QNX RAMAC
QNX: Quicken iNdeXes RA: Real Audio

File name extension (Intuit) File name extension
QoS: Quality Of Service RA: Remote Assistance

QoS can be characterized by several basic performance (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
criteria, including availability, response time and throughput,
lost calls or transmissions due to network congestion,
RA: Resource Adapter
connection set-up time, and speed of fault detection and (Software)
correction (Network) RA: Return Authorization
QoSR: Qualiy Of Service Raouting RAB: Raid Advisory Board
A dynamic routing protocol that has expanded its path- Industry organization of manufacturers and users of disk
selection criteria to include QoS parameters such as systems and related products whose mission is to educate
available bandwidth, link and end-to-end path utilization, users regarding all aspects of storage technology, and in
node resources consumption, delay and latency, and induced particular, RAID technology. (Organizations)
jitter (Network)
RAC: Rambus Asic Cell
QP: QuickPropagation (Hardware)
QPA: Quality Of Service Routing RAC: Real Application Cluster
(Hardware) (Intel) (Databases) (Oracle)
QPG: Quantum Phase Gate RACF: Resource Access Control Facility
QPL: Qualified Product List Provides improved security for an installation's data. RACF
protects your vital system resources and controls what users
QPM: Quantitative Process Management can do on the operating system (Security) (IBM)
(Software)
RACMan: Remote Automation Connection
QPSK: Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying MANager
(Communication)
(Network)
QRSL: Quad Rambus Signaling Level RAD: Rapid Access Disk
(Hardware)
RAD: Rapid Application Development
QSA: Qt Script for Applications (Software)
Multiplatform application-scripting toolkit based on Qt. See
http://www.trolltech.com/ (Software) RADAR: RAdio Detection And Ranging
QSAM: Queued Sequential Access Method RADAR: Rights, Availabilities, Distribution

Analysis and Reporting
QT: QuickTime
File Format for movies (Apple) RADB: Routing Arbiter Data Base
QTAM: Queued Teleprocessing Access Method RADIUS: Remote Authentication Dial-In User
(IBM) Service
QTC: QuickTime Conferencing RADSL: Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line

(Apple) (Communication)
QTD: Quarter To Date RAG: Row Address Generator

Time series function RAI: Rapid Application Integration
QUARC: QUarterdeck's Antivirus Research (Software) Q
Center RAID: Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or
(Quarterdeck) Independent) Disks R
QUEL: QUEry Language (Hardware)
QUT: Queensland University of Technology RAIS: Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive

An Australian university (Brisbane, Queensland)
Systems
(Organizations) RAIT: Redundant Array of Independent Tapes
QVGA: Quarter Video Graphic Array (Hardware)
Video specification for a resolution of 320 X 240 pixels used RALU: Register-equipped Arithmetic Logic Unit
by Pocket PCs (Hardware) (Hardware)
QXGA: Quad eXtended Graphics Array RAM: Random Access Memory
Video specification for a resolution of 2048 X 1536 pixels (Hardware)
(Hardware)
RAM: Real Audio Metafile
File name extension
R
RAM: Rioport Audio Manager
R&D: Research & Development
RAMAC: Raid Architecture with Multi-level
R.A.V.E.: Real Animated Vector Effects
Adaptive Cache
R/O: Read Only
R/T: Receive/Transmit
R/W: Read/Write

RAMDAC RDB
RAMDAC: Random Access Memory Digital to RBOC: Regional Bell Operating Company
Analog Converter The local telephone company in each of the seven U.S.
Chip on a video board that generates the analog video regions. (Communication)
signals (Hardware)
RC: Release Candidate
RAMP: Remote Access Maintenance Protocol Pre-release version of a program (Software)
(Network)
RC: Resource Compiler
RAMP: Risk Analysis and Management Program (Software)
RAN: Radio Access Network RCA: Radio Corporation of America

RAND: RANDom (Organizations)
RAND: Rural Area Network Design RCA: Readers' Choice Award
RAP: Rapid Application Prototyping RCC: Remote Cluster Controller
RAPI: Remote access Application Programming RCF: Reader's Comment Form

Interface RCI: Rectal Cranial Inversion
(Software) (Microsoft) When someone has things a** backward (Net lingo)
RAPI: Rsvp Application Programming Interface RCL: Rotate Carry Left
An RSVP-specific API that enables applications to interface
RCP: Remote Control Panel
explicitly with an RSVP process (Network)
RCP: Remote CoPy
RAPS: Real Application on Parallel Systems
RCP: Restore Cursor Position
RAR: Resource Adapters aRchive
RCP: Rich Client Platform
RARE: Reseaux Associés pour la Recherche
Minimal set of plug-ins needed to build a rich client
Européenne
application. See also
The European Association of Research Networks. Now called
http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Rich_Client_Platform
TERENA (Network)
(Software)
RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RCR: Rotate Carry Right
(Network)
RCS: Records Communications System
RAS: Random Access Storage
RCS: Reference Color Space
RAS: Reader Admission System (Software)
RAS: Reliability, Availability, Serviceability RCS: Revision Control System
RAS: Remote Access Service Manages multiple revisions of files by automating the
(Network) storage, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of
revisions. It's particularly useful for text that is revised
RAS: Row-Address Strobe frequently, such as programs, documentation, graphics,
RASAPI: Remote Access Service Application papers, and form letters (Software) (GNU)
Programming Interface RCSS: Records Communications Switching
(Microsoft) System
RAT: Register Alias Table RCTC: Rewritable Consumer Time Code
RAT: Remote Access Trojan RCW: Runtime Callable Wrapper
(Security) (Software) (Microsoft)
RATP: Reliable Asynchronous Transfer Protocol RD: Receive Data
R
RAVE: Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine (Hardware)
(Apple) RD: Recursive Design
RAW: Reconfigurable Architecture Workstation RD: Remote Desktop
RAWT: Remote Abstract Windows Toolkit (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Software) (Sun) RD: Remove Directory
RB: Right Button RD: Rendezvous Point
RBA: Relative Byte Address Unlike source trees that have their root at the source, shared
trees use a single common root placed at some chosen point
RBBS: Remote Bulletin Board System in the network. This shared root is called a RP (Network)
RBCS: Remote Bar Code System RDA: Remote Data Access
RBF: Random Block Filemanager RDAO: Remote Data Access Object
RBH: Remote Bridge Hub (Software) (Microsoft)
RBL: Realtime Blackhole List RDB: Receive Data Buffer

System for creating intentional network outages RDB: Relational DataBase
("blackholes") for the purpose of limiting the transport of
(Databases)
known-to-be-unwanted mass e-mail. See http://mail-
abuse.org/rbl/ RDB: Rigid Disk Block

RDBMS RETR
RDBMS: Relational DataBase Management RDSR: Receiver Data Service Request

System
RDT: Radio Digital Terminal
(Software)
RDTO: Receive Data Transfer Offset
RDBMS-MIB: Relational DataBase Management (IBM)
System - Management Information Base
RDX: Realistic Display miXer
RDC: Remote Data Control
(Microsoft) RE/TM: Rare Earth/Transition Metal
RDC: Ricoh Digital Camera REC: RECorder
(Hardware) (Ricoh) File name extension
RDD: Replicable Database Driver RECFM: RECord ForMat

(Operating systems) (IBM)
RDDL: Resource Directory Description
Language RED: Random Early Detection
XML-based language for describing a resource directory. A A congestion-avoidance algorithm developed in the early
resource directory provides a text description of some class 1990s built on the base-level TCP behavior of automatically
of resources and of other resources related to that class. It slowing transmissions when packet loss is detected
also contains a directory of links to these related resources (Network)
(Software) REF: REFerence
RDE: Receive Data Enable REG: REGister
(Hardware)
REGAL: Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate
RDES: Remote Data Entry System
REGEX: REGular EXpression
RDF: Resource Definition Format
(Software)
REGIS: REmote Graphics Instruction Set
RDF: Resource Description Framework ReLaTe: REmote LAnguage TEaching

(Netscape) RELAX: REgular LAnguage description for Xml
Uses XML syntax to express the structure relationships that
RDI: Remote Defect Indicator
are present in a DTD, and adds the XML Datatype Schema
RDIMM: Registered Dual In-line Memory Module mechanisms, as well
(Hardware)
RELML: Real Estate Listing Markup Language
RDL: Remote Digital Loopback
RELSECT: RELative SECTor
RDL: Report Definition Language REM: REMark
XML-based industry standard used to define reports
(Software) REM: REMote
RD-LAP: Radio Data Link Access Protocol REM: Remote Equipment Module
RDM: Reliably Delivered Message REM: Ring Error Monitor
RDM: Remote Data Module REN: REName
RDM: Remote Deployment Manager REN: Ringer Equivalence Number
RDM: Remote Diagnostic Manager REP: REPeat
(Operating systems) (Acer) REPE: REPeat while Equal
RDM: Resource Description Message REPNE: REPeat while Not Equal
RDN: Relative Distinguished Name
R
REPNZ: REPeat while Not Zero
(Operating systems)
REPZ: REPeat while Zero
RDO: Remote Data Object
REQ: REQuest
RDOS: Real-time Disk Operating System
RES: Remote Execution Service
(Operating systems)
RDP: Rapid Deployment Pack RES: RESet
(Operating systems) (HP) RES: RESolution
RDP: Reliable Datagram Protocol RES: RESource
File name extension
RDP: Remote Display (or Desktop) Protocol
(Network) (Microsoft) RES: Robots Exclusion Standard
Standard that allows web site administrators to indicate to
RDR: Remote Data Recovery
visiting robots which parts of their site should not be visited
RDRAM: Rambus Dynamic Random Access by the robot
Memory
RET: Resolution Enhancement Technology
(Hardware)
(HP)
RDS: Radio Digital System
RET: RETurn
RDS: Remote Data Service RETR: RETRieve
(Databases)

REX RISLU
REX: Relocatable EXecutable RI: Referential Integrity

(Databases)
REXEC: Remote EXECution
REXX: Restructured EXtended eXecutor RI: Ring Indicator
(Hardware)
Programming language (IBM)
RF: Radio Frequency RIA: Rich Internet Application

Evolution of the web development and deployment model
(Communication)
(Software)
RFA: Resident Flash Array
(Hardware)
RIAA: Recording Industry Association of
America
RFC: Remote Function Call (Organizations)
(Software)
RID: Record IDentifier
RFC: Request For Comments
RID: Relative Identifier
RFD: Request for Discussion (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
RFE: Request for Enhancement RIDE: Rapid Integrated Drive Electronics
RFI: Radio Frequency Interference (Hardware)
RFI: Request For Information RIFF: Resource Interchange File Format

File name extension (Microsoft)
RFID: Radio Frequency IDentification
RIG: Related Interest Group
RFP: Request For Proposal
RIM: Real-time Interaction Management
RFQ: Request For Quotation
RIM: Remote Installation and Maintenance
RFQ: Request For Quote
(Microsoft)
RFS: Remote File Sharing
RIM: Research In Motion
RFS: Remote File System (Hardware)
(Operating systems)
RIME: Relaynet International Message
RFT: Revisable Form Text Exchange
RFU: Reserved for Future Use RIMM: Rambus Inline Memory Module
RG: Residential Gateway (Hardware)
(Network) RIP: Raster-Image Processor
RGB: Red Green Blue RIP: Remote Imaging Protocol
The color systems obtain their colors through a direct RIP: Routing Information Protocol
combination of red, green, and blue components. The range of
An Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) with Berkeley UNIX
colors that can be displayed depends on the number of bits
(Network)
that have been assigned to each pixel (Hardware)
RIPE: Reseaux Internet Protocol Européens
RGC: Routing Group Connector
The European continental TCP/IP network operated by EUnet
(Microsoft)
(Network)
RGMII: Reduced Gigabit Media Independent
RIPEM: Riordan's Internet Privacy Enhanced
Interface
Mail
(Network)
RIPES: Reconnaissance Imagery Processing &
RGMP: Router-port Group Management Protocol
Exploitation System
R
IP multicast constraining mechanism for router-only network
segments. RGMP must be enabled on the routers and on the RIPL: Remote Initial Program Load
Layer 2 switches (Network)
RIPS: Raster Image Processing System
RGSS: Rotated Grid Super-Sampling RIPv2: Routing Information Protocol Version 2
(Hardware)
Extension of the Routing Information Protocol (RIP). Its
RH: Request (or Response) Header purpose is to expand the amount of useful information in the
RIP packets and to add security elements (Network)
RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer
Mid to advanced level certification for IT professionals who RIR: Regional Internet Registry
are able to install and configure Red Hat Linux, understand (Network)
limitations of hardware and configure basic networking and
RIS: Remote Intallation Service
file systems
RHCT: Red Hat Certified Technician
RISC: Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RHD: Removable Hard Drive A computer architecture that uses fewer and less complex
(Hardware) instructions than complex instruction set computing (CISC).
Some complex instructions performed by hardware in CISC
RHEL: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
computers are done by software in RISC computers
(Operating systems)
(Hardware)
RI: Reference Implementation RISLU: Remote Integrated Services Line Unit
(Software)

RIT ROM
RIT: Raw Input Thread RNA: Remote Network Access

(Microsoft) (Microsoft)
RITA: Reliable Internetwork Troubleshooting RNA: Ring No Answer

Agent What you get when the modem you just called doesn't answer
(Network) (Communication)
RJ: Registered Jack RNC: Radio Network Controller

Connector for phone and network cables (Hardware) (Hardware)
RJE: Remote Job Entry RND: RaNDom

(Network) RNG: Random Number Generator
RK: Resource Kit RNI: Raw Native Interface
(Operating systems) Native interface proposed by Microsoft (Software) (Microsoft)
RKRM: Rom Kernel Reference Manual RNOC: Regional Network Operations Center
RLD: Received Line Detect RNP: Regional Network Provider
RLE: Run Length Encoding RNR: Receive Not Ready
RLL: Run Length Limited RNS: Run from Network Server
Magnetic supports read/write technology (Hardware) (Software)
RLN: Remote Lan Node RNUI: Remote Network User Identification
RLP: Radio Link Protocol ROB: ReOrder Buffer
RLP: Resource Location Protocol (Intel)
RLSD: Received Line Signal Detected ROC: Reconstruction Of Color

Film scanner technology
RLT: Remote Line Test
ROD: Rewritable Optical Disk
RM: Relay Module
(Hardware) ROD: Rewriteable Optical Disk
(Hardware)
RM: Reset Mode
RM: Resource Management ROFL: Rolling On Floor Laughing
(Net lingo)
RMA: Return Material Authorization
ROFLKAS: Rolling On Floor Laughing, Kicking
RMB: Right Mouse Button And Screaming
RMC: Raptor Management Console (Net lingo)
(Software) (Symantec) ROFLMAO: Rolling On Floor Laughing My A** Off
RMD: Required Markup Declaration (Net lingo)
RMDIR: ReMove DIRectory ROFLMAOWTIME: Rolling On Floor Laughing My

A** Off With Tears In My Eyes
RMI: Remote Messaging Interface
(Net lingo)
RMI: Remote Method Invocation
ROFLMFAO: Rolling On Floor Laughing My
(Software)
F***ing A** Off
RMID: Resource Manager IDentifier (Net lingo)
RMM: Ring Management Module ROFLMHO: Rolling On Floor Laughing My Head R
RMON: Remote MONitoring Off
(Net lingo)
RMON: Resident MONitor
ROFLOL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out
RMP: Remote Maintenance Processor Loud
(IBM) (Net lingo)
RMS: Reason Maintenance System ROFLOLBAG: Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out
RMS: Record Management System Loud Busting A Gut
(Operating systems) (DEC) (Net lingo)
RMS: Root Mean Square ROI: Return On Investment

RMSE: Root Mean Square Error ROL: ROtate Left
RMT: Raw Magnetic Tape ROLAP: Relational OnLine Analytical Processing
RMT: Ring ManagemenT ROM: Read Only Memory
(Hardware)
RMTP: Reliable Message Transport Protocol
ROM: Report Object Model
RMW: Read, Modify, Write
Object model at the base of the Business Intelligence and
RN: Read News Reporting Tools (BIRT) (Software)

ROMB RS
ROMB: Raid On MotherBoard RPG: Report Program Generator

(Hardware) Programming language (Software)
ROOM: Real-time Object-Oriented Modeling RPL: Remote Program Link

ROP: Raster OPeration RPL: Remote Program Load
The logical operations (called ANDs, ORs, NORs, and so on) Bootable network device protocol, developed and used
performed on portions of the bit planes—called bitmaps or mostly by IBM
pixmaps—in the frame buffer. These operations perform
fundamental movements and transfers of pixel data
RPL: Requested Privilege Level
RPL: Resident Programming Language
ROP: Remote OPeration
ROP: Risc OPeration RPM: Radio Packet Modem
RPM: Red-hat Package Manager
ROPE: Remote Object Proxy Engine
(Operating systems)
ROPES: Rapid Object-oriented Process for
Embedded Systems RPM: Remote Printer Management
(Network) (Novell)
(Operating systems)
ROR: ROtate Right rpm: Rounds (or Revolutions) Per Minute
(Hardware)
ROS: Read-Only Storage
(IBM) RPM: Route Processor Module
(Network) (Cisco)
ROS: Return on Service
RPN: Real Page Number
ROSCOE: Remote Operating System
Conversational Online Environment RPN: Reverse Polish Notation
ROSE: Remote Operations Service Element RPPROM: ReProgrammable Programmable

A lightweight RPC protocol used in ISO/OSI message
Read Only Memory
handling, directory, and network management application RPQ: Request for Price Quotation
protocols
RPR: Relative Performance Rating
ROT: Rule Of Thumb
RPSL: Routing Policy Specification Language
ROT: Running Object Table
RPT: RePeaT
(Software)
RQBE: Relational Query By Example
ROTFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing
(Microsoft)
(Net lingo)
RQN: Real-Quick Newsletter
ROTFLMAO: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My
FreeBSD newsletter (Operating systems)
A** Off
(Net lingo) RR: Radio Resource
ROTFLMAOASTC: Rolling On The Floor Laughing RR: Real Reality
My A** Off And Scaring The Cat RR: Register to Register
(Net lingo)
The class of CPU instructions (and assembler codes that go
ROTFLMAOWTIME: Rolling On The Floor with them) relating to only registers, not main memory (e.g."
Laughing My A** Off With Tears In My Eyes Add the contents of register A with register B, putting the
(Net lingo) result in register A") (Hardware)
RR: Resource Record
ROTFLPMP: Rolling On The Floor Laughing,
(Network)
R
Peeing My Pants
(Net lingo) RR: Round Robin
ROV: Real Option Valuation Process or thread scheduling (Operating systems)
ROX: Risc Os on X RRAS: Routing Remote Access Service

RISC-OS desktop environment clone for Unix/X-window (Network)
(Operating systems) RRCM: Reservation Request Control Mechanism
RP: Relay Party RRDF: Remote Recovery Data Facility
RPC: Remote Procedure Call RRDS: Relative Record Data Set
Interprocess communication mechanism (Software)
RRIP: Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol
RPCL: Remote Procedure Call Language
RRN: Relative Record Number
RPCS: Refined Printing Command Stream
RRP: Recommended Retail Price
(Hardware) (Ricoh)
RPF: Reverse Path Forwarding RRSHB: Resource Representation Soap Header
Block
Enables routers to correctly forward multicast traffic down
the distribution tree. It makes use of the existing unicast RS: Radio Shack
routing table to determine the upstream and downstream
neighbors (Network)
RS: Recommended Standard
RS: Record Separator

RS RTL
RS: Reed-Solomon RSS: Really Simple Syndication

Reed-Solomon codes are block-based error correcting codes Is an XML-based, universal way for developers to describe
with a wide range of applications in digital communications their sites and to make their content available to others (for
and storage. Reed-Solomon codes are used to correct errors example, for syndication)
in many systems (Communication)
RSS: Relay Spam Stopper
RS: Register Select Queryable DNS-based database of spam-relaying mail
(Hardware) servers. See http://work-rss.mail-abuse.org/rss/
RS: Registry Service RSS: Rich Site Summary

Synonym of Really Simple Syndication
RS: Remote Scripting
Allows code in a client page to call functions in an ASP page RST: ReSeT
running on the server (Microsoft)
RST: ReSTart
RSA: Random Scheduling Algorithm
RSTS: Resource Sharing Time Sharing
RSA: Remote Supervisor Adapter (DEC)
PCI adapter which simplifies remote system management by
RSTS/E: Resource System Time
providing around-the-clock remote access to the server. The
RSA monitors the server and sends out alerts to designated
Sharing/Enhanced
recipients via LAN, pager, email or SNMP if a failure is RSU: Recommended Service Upgrade
detected (Hardware) (IBM) IBM-recommended PTFs (Program Temporary Fix) supplied
RSA: Rivest-Shamir-Adleman as part of monthly z/OS service support (Software) (IBM)
RSAC: Recreational Software Advisory Council RSVP: Resource reSerVation Protocol

(Organizations) An IETF standard which allows an end device and a network
to negotiate specific QoS characteristics (Network)
RSACI: Recreational Software Advisory Council
on the Internet RSX: Realistic Sound eXperience
(Organizations) RSX: Realtime resource Sharing eXecutive
RSCS: Remote Spooling Communications RT: Real-Time
System
RT: Risc Technology
RSD: Route Server Daemon
RT: Run Time
RSH: Remote SHell
RT/DSS: Real-Time/Decision Support Service
RSI: Repetitive Stress Injury
RTAM: Remote Terminal Access Method
RSIP: Realm Specific Internet Protocol
RTB: Rich Text Box
Like NAT, RSIP translates between public and private IP
addresses. But instead of requiring a boundary router to
translate, RSIP uses a simple protocol between a user's RTC: Real-Time Clock
desktop PC and a boundary router to perform preparatory (Hardware)
signaling (Network)
RTC: Rich Thin Client
RSL: Request-and-Status Link All about technologies for thin client with rich functionality
RSL: Resilient Server Link and widget set, as opposed to Html clients (Software)
RSM: Relational Storage Manager RTCP: Real-Time Control Protocol

(Databases) (IBM) RTDM: Real-Time Data Migration
RSM: Remote Session Manager RTEL: Reverse TELnet R
RSM: Remote Storage Management RTF: Real Time Fifo
RTF: Rich Text Format
RSM: Removable Storage Manager File format for documents
RTFA: Read The F***ing Article
RSM: Route Switch Module Used on news sites when someone makes an ill-informed
Basically a router on a card in the switch for routing between comment/reply (Net lingo)
Virtual Local Area Networks (Network)
RTFM: Read The F***ing Manual
RSN: Real Soon Now FAQ by beginner (Net lingo)
(Net lingo)
RTFM: Realtime Traffic Flow Measurement
RSoP: Resultant Set Of Policies (Network)
RTG: Real Time Geometry
RSP: Required Space Character
RTI: ReTurn from Interrupt
RS-PC: Reed Solomon Product Code
RTL: Raster Transfer Language
RSPX: Remote Sequenced Packet eXchange
RTL: Register Transfer Language
RTL: Resistor Transistor Logic
RTL: Right-To-Left

RTL SA
RTL: Run Time Library RUW: Remote Unit of Work

(IBM)
RTM: Release To Manufacturing
RTM: Response Time Monitor RVA: Ramac Virtual Array
RTM: RunTime Manager RVA: Relative Virtual Address

(Borland) RVA: RendezVous Agent
(Network)
RTMP: Routing Table Maintenance Protocol
RTN: Recursive Transition Network RVD: RendezVous Daemon
(Network)
(Network)
RTN: Reuters Transaction Network RVI: ReVerse Interrupt
RTOS: Real Time Operating System RVRAD: RendezVous Relay Agent Deamon
(Network)
(Operating systems)
RTP: Rapid Transport Protocol RVRD: RendezVous Routing Daemon

(Network)
RTP: Real-time Transport Protocol
(Communication) RVSA: Remote Variant Selection Algorithm
RTR: Real Time Replicator RW: Read Write

Device capability to read and write its media (Hardware)
(Network)
RTS: Real-Time Strategy RWM: Read-Write Memory

Type of game RWP: Remote Write Protocol
(Network)
RTS: Remote Takeover System
RTS: Request To Send RWU: Remote Wake Up
(Network)
Serial port signal (Communication)
RTS: Run Time System RX: Receive
RTSE: Reliable Transfer Service Element RXD: Receive Data

(Hardware)
A lightweight ISO/OSI application service used above X.25
networks to handshake application PDUs across the session RZ: Return to Zero
service and TP0 (Network) Return to Zero
RTSJ: Real-Time Specification for Java
(Software) S
RTSP: Real Time Streaming Protocol FTPS: File Transfer Protocol over Ssl
Application-level protocol for control over the delivery of
S.u.S.E.: Software Und SystemEntwicklung
data with real-time properties (Network)
S/H: Sample/Hold
RTT: Real-Time Technology
Refers to a technology that allows a user to receive data S/MIME: Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail
during the actual time that a physical process occurs, known Extensions
as real time. Real time is measured in milliseconds or An e-mail security standard that makes use of public key
microseconds encryption (Security)
RTTI: Run-Time Type Information S/N: Signal to Noise
(Software)
S/PDIF: Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format R
RTTY: Radio TeleTYpewriter A standard for digital connection of consumer audio devices
RTU: Real Time Unix S/STP: Screened Shielded Twisted Pair
(Hardware)
S
RTU: Right To Use
The Sun software licensing, usually included in the price of S/TK: Sectors per TracK
the software (Sun)
S/UTP: Screened Unshielded Twisted Pair
RTV: Real-Time Video (Hardware)
RTX: Run Time eXtension S1AS: Sun One Application Server
RU: Request (or Response) Unit (Sun)
RUN: Responsible Use of the Network S2S: Server To Server

(Software)
RUN: Rewind/UNload
(IBM) SA: Security Association
RUP: Rational Unified Process SA: Selective Availability
(Software) SA: Service Agent
RUS: Recipient Update Service SA: Software Assurance
Microsoft Exchange Mail Server Service that generates and Licensing scheme (Microsoft)
updates email addresses seen in the Global Address List
(GAL) (Software) (Microsoft) SA: Source Address

SA SAP
SA: Structured Analysis SAINT: Security Administrator's Integrated

Network Tool
SAA: Service Assurance Agent
(Communication) SAINT: Symbolic Automatic INTegrator
SAA: Systems Application Architecture SAL: Shift Arithmetic Left
SAAJ: Soap with Attachments Api for Java SAL: Spatial Aggregation Language
Enables developers to produce and consume messages
SALT: Speech Application Language Tags
conforming to the SOAP 1.1 specification and SOAP with
Lightweight set of extensions to existing markup languages,
Attachments note (Software) (Sun)
in particular HTML and XHTML that enable multimodal and
SAAL: Signaling Atm Adaptation Layer telephony access to information, applications and Web
(Communication) services from PCs, telephones, tablet PCs and wireless
personal digital assistants
SaaS: Software As A Service
SAM: Scsi-3 Architecture Model
SABM: Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode
(Network) SAM: Security Accounts Manager
SABME: Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode
Extended SAM: Sequential Access Method
in ISDN, is a TEI assignment (LAPD negotiation) (Network) SAM: Serial Access Memory
SABRE: Semi-Automatic Business Research SAM: Single Application Mode
Environment (Microsoft)
SAC: Service Access Control SAM: Storage Area Management
The Service Access Facility (SAF) master program
SAM: System Administration Module
(Operating systems)
SAC: Simple Api for Css
SAMI: Synchronized Accessible Media
SAC: Single Attachment Concentrator Interchange
SACD: Super Audio Compact Disk SAML: Security Assertion Markup Language
(Hardware)
SAN: Storage Area Network
SACK: Selective ACKnowledge
SAN: System Area Network
(Communication)
(Network)
SACL: System Access Control List
SANE: Standard Apple Numeric Environment
An ACL that controls the generation of audit messages for
attempts to access a securable object. The ability to get or (Apple)
set an object's SACL is controlled by a privilege typically SANE: System Administration and Network
held only by system administrators (Operating systems) Engineering
SAD: Security Association Database SANITI: Storage Area Network Integrated
In each IPsec implementation there is a nominal Security Technology Initiative
Association Database, in which each entry defines the
parameters associated with one Security Association SANS: System Administration, Networking and
(Network) Security institute
Organization that develops, maintains, and makes available
SAD: Streams Administrative Driver
at no cost, the largest collection of research documents
A driver that provides an interface to the autopush about various aspects of information security, and it operates
mechanism the Internet's early warning system - Internet Storm Center.
SADL: Structural Architecture Description (Organizations)
Language SAO: Sector-At-Once
Intended for the definition of software architecture
S
hierarchies that are to be analyzed formally (Software)
SAP: Second Audio Program
SADT: Structured Analysis and Design
Techniques SAP: Secure Audio Path
SAF: Security Authentication Facility SAP: Service Access Point

The point at which the services of an OSI layer are made
SAF: Service Access Facility available to the next higher layer. The SAP is named
A tool provided with the SunOS 5.3 operating system that according to the layer providing the services (Network)
controls access to local and network system services, such
as printers, modems, and terminals (Operating systems)
SAP: Service Advertising Protocol
(Sun) (Network)
SAFE: Security And Freedom through SAP: Session Announcement Protocol

Encryption (Communication)
SAG: Sql Access Group SAP: Symbolic Assembly Program

SAIL: Stanford Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory

SAP SC
SAP: Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der SB: Sound Board

datenverarbeitung
SBA: Scene Balance Algorithm
A german company that produces the leading suite of client-
(Kodak)
server business software ("Systems, Applications and
Products in data processing"). SBA: Service-Based Architecture
SAPI: Speech Application Programming SBAS: Satellite-Based Augmentation System
Interface
SBB: Subtract With Borrow
SBC: Scsi Block Commands
SAPR: Systems Assurance Product Review
(IBM) SBC: Session Border Controller
An appliance that simplifies handling of VoIP at the border of
SAR: Segmentation And Reassembly a network (Communication)
The process of breaking packets into ATM cells and
reassembling cells back into data packets (Communication) SBC: Single-Board Computer
(Hardware)
SAR: Shift Arithmetic Right
SBCCS: Single Byte Command Code Set
SAR: Specific Absorbtion Rate
SBCM: Small Business Customer Manager
SAR: Store Address Register (Microsoft)
SAR: Successive Approximation Register
SBCR: Smart Business Card Reader
SAR: Synthetic Aperture Radar (Hardware)
SARC: Symantec's Antivirus Research Center SBCS: Single-Byte Character Set
(Symantec)
SBF: Sequential Block Filemanager
SARG: Search ARGument
SBF: Simple Boot Flag
(Operating systems)
SAS: Sales Accounting System
SBFM: Small Business Financial Manager
SAS: Secure Attention Sequence (Software) (Microsoft)
A key sequence that begins the process of logging on or off.
SBI: Sound Blaster Instrument
The default sequence is CTRL+ALT+DEL (Operating
systems) (Microsoft) SBI: Speaker Box Interface
An interface that integrates audio capability with ISDN on
SAS: Serial Attached Scsi
the Sun workstation (Hardware) (Sun)
Storage connection technology (Hardware)
SBL: Softbridge Basic Language
SAS: Server Attached Storage
(Software)
(Hardware)
SBM: Small Business Manager
SAS: Single Attached Station
SAS: Single Audio System
SBM: Subnet Bandwidth Manager
SAS: Statistical Analysis System An IETF proposed standard for handling resource
SASI: Sughart Associates System Interface reservations on shared and switched IEEE 802-style local-
area media (Network)
Old hard disk bus (Hardware)
SBN: Site Builder Network
SASL: Simple Authentication and Security Layer
(Microsoft)
SAT: Sim Application Toolkit
SBP: Serial Bus Protocol
Normally terminal device commands the Subscriber Identity
Module (SIM). Terminal device supporting SAT feature gives (Hardware)
for SIM a feature to command terminal device SBR: Source BRowser S
(Communication) File name extension (Borland)
SATA: Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SBS: Small Business Server
Peripheral bus architecture (Hardware) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
SATAN: System Administration Tool for SBS: Small Business Suite
Analyzing Networks (Software) (Novell)
(Network)
SBS: Smart Battery Specification
SATF: Shared Access Transport Facility (Hardware)
SAV: Symantec AntiVirus SC: Servlet Container
Previously called Norton AntiVirus (NAV) (Software)
(Software)
(Symantec)
SC: Smart Card
SAVDM: Single Application Virtual Dos Machine
(Hardware)
SAX: Simple Api for Xml
SC: System Clock
SB: Small Business (Hardware)
SB: Sound Blaster SC: System Controller
(Creative Labs) (Hardware)

SCA SCP
SCA: Scalable Computing Architecture SCE: Structure Chart Editor

SCA: Shared Communications Area SCEF: Service Creation Environment Function
SCA: Single Connector Attachment SCF: Sequential Character Filemanager
(Hardware)
SCF: Service Control Function
SCADA: Supervisory Control And Data SCF: System Control Facility
Acquisition
Systems used in industry to monitor and control plant status SCI: Scalable Coherent Interface
and provide logging facilities SCI: Serial Communication Interface
SCAF: Service Control Agent Function (Hardware)
SCAM: Scsi Configured AutoMatically SCI: Supply Chain Intelligence

SCART: Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils SCI: System Control Interrupt
Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs SCIL: Serial Control Interface Logic
A socket standard used in Europe, named after its creator (Hardware)
company, to connect many kinds of audiovisual equipment -
sometimes also called the Peritel or Euro connector SCJP: Sun Certified Java Programmer
(Hardware) (Sun)
SCAS: SCAn String SCL: Soap Contract Language

Specification to describe the capabilities of Web services
SCB: Subsystem Control Block
(IBM) SCLM: Software Configuration and Library
Management
SCC: Scsi Controller Commands
(IBM)
SCC: Serial Communications Controllers
SCM: Scalable Connection Management
SCC: Serial Controller Chip
SCM: Service Control Manager
SCC: Source Code Control (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Software)
SCM: Sniffer Certified Master
SCC: Standards Council of Canada
SCM: Software Configuration Management
(Organizations)
(Software)
SCC: SuperComputer Center
SCM: Source Code Management
SCC: Sustainable Computing Consortium (Software)
(Organizations)
SCM: Station Class Mark
SCC: Synchronous Channel Check
SCM: Supply Chain Management
(IBM)
SCCI: Source Code Control Interface SCMS: Serial Copy Management System
(Software) SCNA: Sun Certified Network Administrator
(Sun)
SCCP: Signaling Connection Control Part
SCO: Santa Cruz Operation
SCCP: Simple Conference Control Protocol
SCO: Second Class Object
SCCS: Source Code Control System
(Software)
A software development tool for tracking file versions during
a long, involved software development or documentation SCO: Synchronous Connection-Oriented
project (Software)
SCOOPS: SCheme Object Oriented
SCD: Service Control Device Programming System
(Communication)
S
SCOPE: Simple COmmunications Programming
SCD: Slowly Changing Dimension Environment
SCD: Sparc Compliance Definition (Hayes)
A formal specification of the system hardware and software to SCOS: Single Object Copy Store
be met by manufacturers of SPARC systems to ensure that (Software) (Lotus)
those systems run compliant applications (Sun)
SCP: Save Cursor Position
SCD: Standard Color Display
SCP: Secure CoPy
SCDMA: Synchronous Code-Division Multiple
Access SCP: Service Control Point
SCE: Security Configuration Editor SCP: Session Control Properties

(Operating systems) (Microsoft) (Network)
SCE: Service Creation Environment SCP: Sniffer Certified Professional
SCE: Sniffer Certified Expert SCP: Subsystem Control Port

Certification for network professionals who can demonstrate SCP: Sun Certified Programmer
an in-depth understanding of Sniffer Technologies software (Sun)

SCP SDKJ
SCP: Sunlink Communications Processor SD: Symbolic Debugger

A printed circuit board that enables multi-vendor connection (Software)
with either synchronous or asynchronous operation. The SCP
works with SNA 3270 and X.25 SunLink software products
SDA: Screen Design Aid
(Hardware) (Sun) SDA: Self-Decrypting Archive
SCP: System Control Program (Security)
SCPC: Single Channel Per Carrier SDA: Software Delivery Agent
SCQL: Structured Card Query Language SDA: Software Disk Array

(Databases) SDA: Source Data Automation
SCR: SCRipt SDA: System Display Architecture
File name extension (DEC)
SCR: Silicon Controlled Rectifier SDAI: Standard Data Access Interface

SCR: Standard Context Routing SDAM: Single Dos Application Mode
SCR: Sustainable Cell Rate SDAR: Satellite Digital Audio Radio
SCRAM: Software Configuration, Release And SDB: Symbolic DeBugger
Management
SDD: Software Description Database
SCRN: SCReeN
SDD: Subscriber Data Document
SCRS: Scalable Cluster of Risc Systems
SDD: Super Density Disk
SCS: Sna Character String
SDD: System Distribution Directory
SCSA: Signal Computing System Architecture
SDDI: Shielded Distributed Data Interface
(Dialogic)
SDDS: Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
SCSA: Sun Certified System Administrator
Multi-channel (5.1 or 7.1) digital audio format, compressed
(Sun)
from PCM at 48 kHz. The data rate can go up to 1280 kbps
SCSA: Sun Common Scsi Architecture SDE: Shared Data Environment
SCSE: Symantec Certified Security Engineer To share data across different platforms
Certification is for IT professionals who focus on a single SDE: Smart Decision Engine
security segment and the implementation and in depth
management of solutions in that segment (Symantec) SDE: Spatial Database Engine
(Databases)
SCSI: Small Computers System Interface
An industry standard for connecting etherogeneous devices SDF: Space Delimited Format
(disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, ...) to a workstation (Hardware) File name extension
SCSIHQ: Small Computers System Interface SDF: Standard Data Format
Hardware Qualifier File name extension
Hardware troubleshooting program (Operating systems)
SDF: System Dialog Facility
(Microsoft)
SDFI: Secure Digital Forensic Imaging
SCSL: Sun's Community Source Licensing
Asynchronous method of telemedicine. It denotes a specific
(Sun)
process that ensures the fast, safe and secure capture,
SCSP: Server Cache Synchronization Protocol storage and instant delivery of digital forensic evidence
(Network) SDH: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SCTP: Stream Control Transmission Protocol Worldwide standard for synchronous transmission systems
SCU: System Control Unit

(typically fiber optic) (Communication) S
SDI: Selective Dissemination of Information
SCVP: Simple Certificate Validation Protocol
SDI: Serial Digital Interface
SCW: Setup Computer Wizard
(Hardware)
(Microsoft)
SDI: Single Document Interface
SCX: Specialized Communications eXchange
SD: Secure Digital
SDI: Software Development Interface
(Hardware)
SDI: Standard Disk Interface
SD: Send Data
SDI: Storage Device Interconnect
SD: Serial Digital
(Communication) SDI: Storage Device Interface
SD: Single Density SDIS: Switched Digital Integrated Service
(Hardware) SDK: Software Development Kit
SD: Structured Design (Software)
SD: Super Density SDKJ: Software Development Kit for Java

(Hardware)

SDL SEC
SDL: Service Description Language SDR: Streaming Data Request

SDL: Specification and Description Language SDRAM: Synchronous Dynamic Random Access
SDL: System Design Language Memory
(Hardware)
SDL/GR: Specification and Description
Language/Graphical Representation, SD-ROM: Super Density Read Only Memory
SDLC: Software Development Life Cycle SDS: Short Data Service

Data message in mobile TETRA network. Similar to Short
(Software)
Message Service (SMS) in GSM (Communication)
SDLC: Sun DownLoad Center
SDS: Sudden Death Syndrome
(Software) (Sun)
Used in digital photography when your camera dies a sudden
SDLC: Synchronous Data Link Control death (Hardware)
A link-level communications protocol used in an IBM SNA
SDS: Sun Directory Services
network that manages synchronous, code-transparent, serial
information transfer over a link connection (Communication)
SDLP: Standard Device Level Protocol SDS: Switched Data Service
SDLT: Super Digital Linear Tape SDS: Synchronous Data Set

(Hardware) SDS: Sysops Distribution System
S-DLT: Super Digital Linear Tape SDSC: Synchronous Data Set Controller
(Hardware)
SDSCnet: San Diego Supercomputer Center
SDM: Semantic Data Model NETwork
SDM: System Data Mover SDSL: Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
(Communication)
SDM: System Development Methodology
S-DSMA: Slotted Digital Sense Multiple Access
SDM: System Development Multitasking
SDMF: Single Data Message Format SDTV: StanDard Definition Television
Format used to send Caller ID information (Communication) SDU: Service Data Unit
SDMI: Secure Digital Music Initiative SDU: Software Distribution Utilities
SDML: Signed Document Markup Language SDV: Switched Digital Video
(AT&T)
SDMM: Security Domain Membership
Management SDX: Storage Data Acceleration
Specifies the interfaces supporting the elements within a
SDXF: Structured Data eXchange Format
SDMM architecture which interact via SDMM mechanisms
SE: Second Edition
SDMMC: Secure Digital MultiMedia Card
(Software)
SDMS: Scsi Device Management System
SE: Sign Extension
(NCR)
SE: Single Ended
SDN: Software Defined Network
(Hardware)
(AT&T)
SE: Special Edition
SDN: Sun Developer Network
(Software) (Sun) SE: Standard Edition
(Software)
SDNS: Secure Data Network Service
SEA: Self Extracting Archive
SDNSDU: Secure Domain Name System
Dynamic Update
(Apple) S
(Network) SEA: Standard Extended Attribute
(IBM)
SDO: Service Data Objects
Framework that simplifies and unifies data application SEAC: Standards Eastern Automatic Calculator
development in a service oriented architecture (SOA). It SEAL: Screening External Access Link
supports and integrates XML and incorporates J2EE patterns
(DEC)
and best practices (Software)
SEAL: Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer
SDOC: Selective Dynamic Overload Controls
SDP: Service Discovery Protocol SEAS: Solaris Easy Access Server
(Network) (Sun)
SDP: Session Description Protocol
SEC: Single Edge Contact
(Network)
Processor package used in Pentium 2, Pentium 3 and
SDP: Specialized Data Point Celeron (Hardware) (Intel)
SDR: Single Data Rate SEC: Single Error Correction
Memory access architecture (Hardware)
SDR: Store Data Register

SECAM SGDT
SECAM: SEquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire SETL: SEt Theory Language

A composite color standard based on line-alternate U and V
SEU: Smallest Executable Unit
color difference signals that are frequency-modulated onto a
color subcarrier SEU: Source Entry Utility
SECB: Severely Errored Cell Block SF: Service Feature
SECC: Single Edge Contact Cartridge SF: Sign Flag
(Hardware)
SFA: Sales Force Automation
SED: Stream EDitor SFBI: Shared Frame Buffer Interconnect
SED: Stream-Oriented Editor SFC: System File Checker
SED: Surface-conduction Electron-emitter (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
Display SFD: Start Frame Delimiter
Flat panel technology jointly developed by Canon and
Toshiba that uses surface conduction electron emitters for SFDR: Spurious-Free Dynamic Range
every individual display pixel (Hardware) SFF: Small Form Factor
SEG: SEGment (Hardware)
SEH: Structured Exception Handling SFFC: Small Form Factor Committee

(Organizations)
SEI: Service Endpoint Interface
Java interface that declares the methods that a client can SFI: Software Fault Isolation
invoke on the service (Software)
SFN: Short FileName
SEI: Software Engineering Institute
SFNW5: Services For NetWare 5
Federally funded research and development center; its core
purpose is to help others make measured improvements in
their software engineering capabilities. See also SFP: Small Formfactor Pluggable
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/ (Organizations) A standard hot swappable small multi-pin conector used
SEL: SELect mostly for fibre channel optical modules on disk array
controllers. (Hardware)
SEL: SELector byte
SFPS: Secure Fast Packet Switching
SEM: Scanning Electron Microscope
SFQ: Stochastic Fair Queuing
SEM: Sql Enterprise Manager
A hash function used to map flow to
SEM: Standard Electronic Module
one of set of queues (Network)
SEM: Strategic Enterprise Management
SFQL: Structured Full-text Query Language
SEO: Search Engine Optimization
SFR: Split Frame Rendering
Increasing ranking placement on search engines
(Hardware)
SEP: Scalable Encryption Processor
SFS: System File Server
(Hardware) (Cisco)
SFT: System Fault Tolerant
SEPP: Secure Encryption Payment Protocol
SFTP: Secure File Transfer Protocol
SEPP: Single-Edge Processor Package
Also known as File Transfer Protocol over SSH (Secure SHell)
(Hardware)
SFTP: Simple File Transfer Protocol
SEQUEL: Structured English QUEry Language
SFU: Services For Unix
SER: SERial
SER: Service Edge Router
A set of tools to better integrate existing Unix and Windows
environments (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
S
(Network)
SFX: SelF eXtracting
SERCOS: SErial Realtime COmmunications Archive with self extracting capabilities
System SFX: Sound eFfectS
SERDES: SERializer/DESerializer File name extension
(Hardware)
SG: Signal Ground
SERK: Server Extensions Resource Kit
SGA: Shared Global Area
Microsoft Frontpage server extensions additional
documentation and software (Software) (Microsoft) SGAM: Shared Global Allocation Map
(Databases)
SERM: Structured Entity Relationship Model
SGC: Scsi Graphic Command
SET: Secure Electronic Transaction
A protocol for secure electronic transactions over the SGC: Server-Gated Cryptography
Internet (Security) (Microsoft)
SET: Softwave Engineering Technology SGCP: Simple Gateway Control Protocol
SETI: Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence SGDT: Store Global Descriptor Table

SGEN SIIA
SGEN: Signal GENerator SIA: Semiconductor Industry Association

(Organizations)
SGI: Silicon Graphics, Inc
Constructor (SGI) SIA: Socially Intelligent Agent
(Software)
SGM: Shaded Graphics Modeling
SGML: Standard Generalized Markup Language SIA: Specific Industry Application
Applications that are specific to an industry (Software)
A method of tagging a document to apply to many format
elements. This language has become popular with the SIB: Service Independent building Block
increased use of the Internet
SIC: Silicon Integrated Circuit
SGMP: Simple Gateway Management Protocol
The predecessor to Simple Network Management Protocol SIC: Standard Industrial Code
(SNMP) (Network) SID: Sccs delta ID
The number used to represent a specific SCCS delta
SGR: Set Graphics Rendition
(Software)
SGRAM: Synchronous Graphics Random Access
Memory SID: Security IDentifier
(Hardware) SID: Serial Input Data
SGSN: Serving Gprs Support Node SID: Sound Interface Device
Provides packet routing to and from the SGSN service area (Hardware)
for all users in that service area (Communication)
SID: Station IDentification
SHA: Secure Hash Algorithm (AT&T)
A hashing algorithm that generates a 160-bit hash value
SID: Symbolic Interactive Debugger
(SHA-1). Used with the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) in
the Digital Signature Standard (DSS), among other places SID: System IDentification
(Security)
SIDF: System Independent Data Format
SHAR: SHell ARchive
SIDH: System Identification for Home Systems
SHD: Self-Healing Driver
SIDT: Store Interrupt Descriptor Table
(Operating systems)
SIE: Serial Interface Engine
SHED: Segmented Hypergraphics EDitor
The USB module responsible for bus protocol (Hardware)
SHF: Super High Frequency
SIF: Setup Information File
SHG: Segmented HyperGraphics (Operating systems)
SHIT: So Happy It's Thursday SIFT: Sender-Initiated File Transfer
(Net lingo) (Network)
SHL: Shift Logical Left SIFT: Stanford Information Filtering Tool
SHOE: Simple Html Ontology Extension SIG: SIGnature
SHP: Super High Pressure SIG: Special Interest Group
Projector's lamp type (Hardware) (Organizations)
SHR: Shift Logical Right SIGBIT: Special Interest Group on Business
S-HTTP: Secure HyperText Transport Protocol Information Technology
(Network) SIGCAT: Special Interest Group on Cd-rom
SHV: Standard High Volume Applications and Technology
SI: Semantic Interpretation SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group for GRAPHics

Process by which a semantic interpreter generates a A group sponsored by the Association for Computing S
semantic result based on an utterance that matches a path Machinery. SIGGRAPH holds an annual conference on
through a grammar. A semantic result typically contains graphics that includes vendor product displays, lectures, and
information that is more useful to the application than the graphics technology courses (Organizations)
text of the utterance SIGIR: Special Interest Group on Information
SI: Serial Input Retireval
(Hardware) (Organizations)
SI: Shift-In SIGPLAN: Special Interest Group on

Programming LANguages
SI: Source Index
Processor register (Hardware) (IBM) SII: Static Invocation Interface
SI: System Information SIIA: Software & Information Industry

Association
SI: System Integrator An association for software companies. See also
SI/SO: Serial In/Serial Out http://www.siia.net/ (Organizations)
SI/SO: Shift In/Shift Out

SIIT SLG
SIIT: Stateless Ip/Icmp Translation algorithm SIS: Single Instance Store

Translates between IPv4 and IPv6 packet headers (including Architecture designed to maintain duplicate files with a
ICMP headers) in separate translator "boxes" in the network minimum of disk, cache, and backup media overhead
without requiring any per-connection state in those "boxes" (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Communication)
SIS: Strategic Information System
SIL: Solid Immersion Lens
SIS: Supplier Information System
Compact disk head technology (Hardware)
SISAL: Streams and Iteration in a Single
SIM: Security Information Management
Assignment Language
Software designed to automate the collection of event log
data from security devices and helping users make sense of SISL: System Interrupt Steering Logic
it through a common management console (Security)
SISNET: Signal in Space through the interNET
SIM: SIMplex SISSL: Sun Industry Standards Source License
Used in SCSI interface for a single backplane (Hardware)
(Sun)
SIM: SIMulator SIT: Special Information Tones
SIM: Subscriber Identity Module SIT: StuffIT
(Hardware)
File name extension (Apple)
SIM: Systems Insight Manager SIU: System Interface Unit
SIV: System Integrity Verifier
SIMD: Single Instruction, Multiple Data
SIVIT: SIemens VIrtual Touchscreen
SIMM: Single In line Memory Module (Hardware) (Siemens-Nixdorf)
A circuit board that holds surface-mount memory chips. A
SIMM is compact and efficient (Hardware) SIX: Shared with Intent eXclusive
Database management system's locking attribute
SIMS: Stalker Internet Mail Server (Databases)
SIMTEL: SIMulation and TELeprocessing SJF: Shortest Job First
SIMULA: SIMULAtion Process or thread scheduling (Operating systems)
SJSXP: Sun Java Streaming Xml Parser
SIN: Specification Information Note (Software) (Sun)
SIO: Serial Input/Output SKIP: Simple Key management for Internet
Communications driver Protocol
(Network)
SIP: Scsi-3 Interlocked Protocol
SIP: Session Initiation Protocol SKU: StockKeeping Unit
IETF standard protocol for IP-communication, enabling IP- SLA: Service Level Agreement
Telephony gateways, client endpoints, PBXs and other A contract between a service provider and customer defining
communication systems or devices to communicate with provider responsibilities in terms of network levels, times of
each other (Communication) availability, method of measurement, consequences if
service levels aren't met, and all costs involved (Network)
SIP: Single In-line Package
The packaging of an electronic component with all leads SLAN: Secure Local Area Network
protruding from one side only (Hardware)
SLB: Server Load Balancing
SIP: Smds Interface Protocol
SLB: Static Load Balancing
SIPC: Simply Interactive Personal Computer
SLC: Subscriber Line Concentrator
(Communication)
SIPO: Serial In, Parallel Out S
SLD: Second Level Domain
SIPP: Simple Internet Protocol Plus (Network)
SIPP: SImple Polygon Processor SLDRAM: Synchronous Link Dynamic Random
SIPP: Single In line Pin Package Access Memory
(Hardware) (Hardware)
SIPR: Secure Internet Protocol Router SLDT: Store Local Descriptor Table
(Network) SLED: Single Large Expensive Disk
SIR: Save Instruction Recognition Refers to older mainframe hard disks that were used as a
basis for comparison during the initial UC Berkeley RAID
SIR: Serial InfraRed studies. (Hardware)
(Communication)
SLEE: Service Logic Execution Environment
SIR: Sustained Information Rate
SLG: Service Level Guarantee
SIRDS: Single-Image Random Dot Stereogram (Network)
SIRENE: Supplementary Information REquest
at the National Entry

SLI SMI
SLI: Scalable Link Interface SMA: Software Migration Assistant

Method for linking two (or more) video cards together to
SMAE: System Management Application Entity
produce a single output. It is an application of parallel
processing for computer graphics, meant to increase the SMAF: Service Management Agent Function
processing power available for graphics (Hardware) (nVidia)
SMAP: System Management Application Process
SLI: Scan Line Interlacing
SMAPI: Speech Manager Application
(Hardware)
SLIC: Serial Link and Interrupt Controller (Software)
SLIC: Session Layer Interface Card SMART: Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
(Hardware) Technology
Drives equipped with this feature report predicted failures
SLIC: Subscriber Line Interface Card
based on threshold values determined by the manufacturer.
Interface between home phone lines and Central Office (CO)
This allows the network manager to replace a drive before it
(Hardware) fails. (Hardware)
SLIC: System Level Integration Circuit SMASE: System Management Application
SLIC: System Licensed Internal Code Service Element
(IBM)
SMASH: Simple, Many And Self-Healing
SLIM: Structured Language for Internet Markup Supercomputing architecture (Hardware) (IBM)
SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol SMAU: Smart Multistation Access Unit
An Internet protocol used to run IP over serial lines such as (Network)
telephone circuits or RS-232 cables interconnecting two
SMB: Server Message Block
systems. SLIP is now being replaced by PPP
(Communication) A common format for sharing files, directories and devices in
Microsoft's operating systems (Operating systems)
SLM: Service Level Management
SMB: Small-Medium Business
SLM: Spatial Light Modulator
SMBIIOS: System Management Basic Input
(Hardware)
Output System
SLMR: Silly Little Mail Reader
SMBus: System Management BUS
SLO: Service Level Objective
SMC: Scsi-3 Medium changer Command
(Network)
SMC: Solaris Management Console
SLOSH: Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from
Hurricane
SMC: Standard Microsystems Corporation
SLOT: Scanned Laser Output Terminal
(Organizations)
SLP: Service Location Protocol
SMD: Storage Module Device
(Network)
An industry-standard interface used for large-capacity, high-
SLP: Service Logic Program performance disks (Hardware)
SLPD: Service Location Protocol Domain SMD: Surface-Mount Device
SLR: Single-Lens Reflex SMDR: Station Message Detail Recording
(Hardware)
SMDR: Storage Management Data Requester
SLS: Softlanding Linux System
SMDS: Switched Multimegabit Data Service
SLSI: Super Large Scale of Integration An emerging high-speed networking technology to be offered
The process of placing from 50,000 to 100,000 circuit by the telephone companies in the U.S. S
components. Also, the quality of their connections (Hardware)
SME: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
SLSS: Systems Library Subscription Service
SME: Subject Matter Expert
(IBM)
SMF: Semantic Modelling Format
SLU: Secondary Logical Unit
XML-based language that can be used to persist English
SLU: Spoken Language Understanding Query model information (Databases) (Microsoft)
SLU: Subscriber line Unit SMF: Service Management Function
(Hardware) SMF: Single Mode Fiber
SLU: Subscriber line Usage SMF: System Manager Facility
(Communication)
(Compaq)
SM: Set Mode SMFA: Special Management Functional Element
SM: Shared Memory SMG: Special Mobile Group
SM: Smart Media SMI: Security Management Interface
(Hardware)
(Software)
SM: System Management

SMI SNEWS
SMI: Static Memory Interface SMRAM: System Management Random Access

(Hardware) Memory
SMI: Structure of Management Information SMS: Short Message Service
The rules that define the objects that can be accessed
SMS: System Managed Storage
through a network management protocol (Network)
(Hardware) (IBM)
SMI: Sun Microsystems Inc.
SMS: System Management Server
SMI: System Management Interrupt
SMSC: Short Message Service Centre
SMIF: Standard Mechanical InterFace
SMSW: Store Machine Status Word
SMIL: Synchronized Multimedia Integration
SMT: Station ManagemenT
Language
SMT: Surface-Mount Technology
SMIT: System Management Interface Tool
(Hardware)
(IBM)
SMT: System Management Terminal
SMK: Software Migration Kit
(Software) (Zyxel)
(Microsoft)
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMKD: Scalable Multicast Key Distribution The Internet email protocol. Defined in RFC 821, with
(Security)
associated message format descriptions in RFC 822
SML: Service Management Layer SMTPE: Society of Motion Picture and
SML: Shared Memory Link Television Engineers
See http://www.smpte.org (Organizations)
SML: Siemens Modular Link
SML: Smart Markup Language SMU: System Management Utility
The goal of SML is to enable automation of all interactions SMX: Server Macro eXpansion
with XML documents providing general methods to represent
SN: Serial Number
a set of smart device functions
SNA: Survivable Network Analysis
SML: Standard Machine Language
(Security)
SML: Standard Meta Language
SNA: System Network Architecture
SML/NJ: Standard Meta Language/New Jersey The proprietary network architecture of IBM (Network) (IBM)
SMLI: Stateful Multi-Layer Inspection SNACP: System Network Architecture Control
SMM: System Management Mode Protocol
(Intel) (Network)
SMM: System Manager's Manual SNADS: System Network Architecture

Distribution Service
SMOBC: Solder Mask Over Bare Copper (Network) (IBM)
SMOR: Storage Manager On Rom
SNAFU: Situation Normal All Fouled Up
(Hardware) (DPT)
(Net lingo)
SMP: Simple Management Protocol
SNAM: Server Net Access Manager
SMP: Smart Messaging Protocol (Network)
(Communication) (Nokia)
SNAP: Sub-Network Access Protocol
SMP: Software Motion Picture SNAP: SubNetwork Attachment Point
SMP: Symbolic Manipulation Program
SNAP: System and Network Administration
SMP: Symmetric MultiProcessing Program S
A form of multiprocessing in which more than one processor SNAPI: Structured N-dimensional Application
can run kernel-level code simultaneously (Hardware)
SMP: System Modification Program (Oracle)
(Software)
SNAT: Secure Network Address Translation
SMP/E: System Modification Program/Extended Provides a secure mechanism for translating internal,
(Software) nonroutable addresses into routable addresses. As traffic
flows out of a data center, the gateway and source address of
SMPC: Shared Memory Parallel Computer IP packets are translated and switched to the appropriate
SMPP: Short Message Peer to Peer protocol upstream gateway router (Network)
SMPP, developed by Logica Aldiscon is intended as a way of SNCA: Solaris Network Cache and Accelerator
providing an open and generic interface between an ESME
(Sun)
and a SMSC for message transfer
SNCP: Single Node Control Point
SMPS: Switching Mode Power Supply
SND: SouND
SMPTE: Society of Motion Picture & Television
File Format for music
Engineers
(Organizations) SNEWS: Secure NEWs Server

SNF SPA
SNF: Server Natural Format SOEP: Secondary Operand Execution Pipeline

SNI: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme SOG: Service Order Gateway
SNI: Site Need Index SOH: Start Of Header
(Communication)
SNI: Sna Network Interconnection
SNI: Subscriber Network Interface SOHO: Small Office/Home Office
SNIA: Storage Networking Industry Association SOI: Silicon On Insulator

(Hardware)
(Organizations)
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol SOJ: Small-Outline J-lead

(Hardware)
The protocol that manages networks. SNMP-enabled devices
can communicate with each other (Network) SOL: Simulation Oriented Language
SNMPSEC: Simple Network Management SOM: Scripting Object Model
Protocol SECurity (Software)
(Security)
SOM: Self-Organizing Map
SNNS: Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator Algorithm used to visualize and interpret large high-
SNOBOL: StriNg Oriented symBOlic Language dimensional data sets. Typical applications are visualization
Programming Language (Software) of process states or financial results by representing the
central dependencies within the data on the map
SNP: Serial Number/Password
SOM: Start Of Message
SNPP: Simple Network Paging Protocol (Communication)
(Network)
SOM: Structured Object Method
SNQP: Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol
SOM: System Object Model
(Network)
SNR: Signal to Noise Ratio
SONAR: SOund Navigation And Ranging
SNRM: Set Normal Response Mode
SONDS: Small Office Network Data System
(Communication)
SONET: Synchronous Optical NETwork
SNRME: Set Normal Response Mode Extended
North American transport standard for optical networks with
(Communication) speeds from approximately 52 Mb/s (OC-1) to 10 Gb/s (OC-
SNS: Subject Name Server 192) (Network)
SNTP: Simple Network Time Protocol SOP: Small Outline Package

(Network) SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
SO: Security Officer SOS: Silicon On Sapphire
SO: Serial Output (Hardware)
(Hardware) SOS: Sophisticated Operating System
SOA: Service Oriented Architecture SOS: Standard and Open System
Is essentially a collection of services. These services
communicate with each other. The communication can SOTA: State Of The Art
involve either simple data passing or it could involve two or SOW: Statement of Work
more services coordinating some activity (Software)
SOX: Schema for Object-oriented Xml
SOA: Start Of Authority Is a schema proposal that includes extensible data types,
SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol namespaces, and embedded documentation
(Software) SOX: SOund eXchange S
SOB: Start Of Block SP: Sequence Processor
SOC: Separation Of Concerns SP: Service Pack
Software development technique used in aspect-oriented
programming (AOP) (Software)
SP: Signal Processor
SOC: System On a Chip SP: Solution Provider

(Hardware) SP: Stack Pointer
SOCKS: SOCKet Secure CPU register (Hardware) (Intel)
SODIMM: Small Outline Dual In-line Memory SP: System Product

Module SP3: Secure Portable Player Platform
(Hardware)
SPA: Secure Password Authentication
SO-DIMM: Small Outline Dual In line Memory (Microsoft)
Module
SPA: Service Provider Api
SOE: Standard Operating Environment

SPA SPL
SPA: Software Publishers Association SPEM: Software Process Engineering

(Organizations) Metamodel
This metamodel is used to describe a concrete software
SPAG: Standards Promotion and Application
development process or a family of related software
Group development processes
SPAN: Space Physics Analysis Network SPF: Shortest Path First
SPAN: Switched Port Analyzer (Network)
Cisco feature that selects network traffic for analysis by a
SPF: Stateful Packet Filter
network analyzer such as a SwitchProbe device or other
(Network)
Remote Monitoring (RMON) probe (Network) (Cisco)
SPAP: Shiva Password Authentification Protocol SPF: System Programming Facility

(Security) SPGA: Staggered Pin Grid Array
IC pins organization (Hardware)
SPARC: Scalable Processor ARChitecture
Architecture based on a reduced instruction set computer SPI: Scsi Parallel Interface
(RISC) concept. Sun and its suppliers designed the
SPI: Security Parameter Index
architecture to significantly improve price and performance
(Hardware) (Sun) SPI: Serial Peripheral Interface
SPARQL: Simple Protocol And Rdf Query SPI: Service Provider Interface
Language
SPI: Smart Plug-In
SPB: Stored Procedure Builder
SPI: Stateful Packet Inspection
Development environment for creating, installing and testing
(Security)
stored procedures (Databases) (IBM)
SPC: Scsi-3 Primary Command SPI: Stream Programming Interface
(Software)
SPC: Small Peripheral Controller
SPI: System Packet Interface
SPC: Software Publishing Certificate (Network)
A PKCS #7 signed-data object containing X.509 certificates
(Security) SPI: System Programming Interface
SPC: Software Publishing Corp.. SPI-2: Scsi Parallel Interface - version 2

Contains all pertinent features from SCSI-2, SPI, and Fast-
SPC: Statistical Process Control 20 plus the new features of Fast-40 and Low Voltage
SPC: Stored Program Control Differential. SPI-2 is a complete definition of the parallel
SCSI physical and protocol layers
SPCF: Service Point Command Facility
SPI-3: Scsi Parallel Interface - version 3
SPCS: Stored Program Controlled Switch Contains all pertinent features from SPI-2 plus the new
SPD: Security Policy Database features of Fast-80 (160 MByte/Sec on 16-bit buses) and
Specifies what services are to be offered to IP datagrams and packetized protocol. Thus SPI-3 is a complete definition of
in what fashion (Network) the parallel SCSI physical and protocol layers
SPD: Serial Presence Detect SPID: Service Profile IDentifier

(Network)
SPD: Software Product Description
(Software) SPIKE: Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-
based Environment
SPD: System Products Division
Proprietary AS/400 I/O bus (Hardware) (IBM)
SPIRE: Spatial Paradigm for Information
Retrieval and Exploration
SPDL: Standard Page Description Language
SPIRES: Stanford Public Information REtrieval
SPDU: Session Protocol Data Unit System
S
SPE: System Policy Editor SPKI: Simple Public Key Infrastructure
It provides an administrator with the means to centrally (Security)
manage Windows desktop environments, and is a flexible
alternative to mandatory user profiles (Operating systems) SPKM: Simple Public-Key Mechanism
(Microsoft) SPL: Schedule Plus type Library
SPEC: Standard Performance Evaluation (Software) (Microsoft)
Corporation SPL: Set Priority Level
A group of participating computer system manufacturers that
develops a series of accepted test programs to measure SPL: SPelL checker
system computing performance File name extension
SPECFS: SPECial File System SPL: SPooLer

A pseudo file system that provides access to character SPL: Stored Procedure Language
special and block devices (Operating systems)
(Databases)
SPL: Sun Public License
(Sun)

SPL sRGB
SPL: System Programming Language SPUD: Storage Pedestal Upgrade Disk

(HP)
SPX: Sequenced Packet Exchange
SPLD: Simple Programmable Logic Device (Network) (Novell)
SPM: Statistical Packet Multiplexing SQ: SQueezed

Technology to dynamically allocate bandwidth to active
SQE: Signal Quality Error
circuits (Network)
SQFP: Small Quad Flat Package
SPM: System Performance Monitor
IC package
(IBM)
SQL: Structured Query Language
SPM/2: System Performance Monitor/2
The international standard language for defining and
SPN: Service Principal Name accessing relational databases (Databases)
The name by which a client uniquely identifies an instance of
SQL/CLI: Structured Query Language/Call
a service. If you install multiple instances of a service, each
Level Interface
instance must have its own SPN
SQL/DS: Structured Query Language/Data
SPOC: Single Point Of Contact
System
SPOF: Single Point Of Failure (IBM)
SPOOL: Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On SQLJ: Structured Query Language for Java
Line (Databases)
SPOT: Shared Product Object Tree SQM: Software Quality Management
(IBM) (Software)
SPP: Scalable Parallel Processing SQoS: Secure Quality Of Service
SPP: Sequenced Packet Protocol SQRT: SQuare RooT
SPP: Standard Printer Port SR: Service Release
SPPS: Scalable Power Parallel System SR: Shift Register
(IBM)
SR: Speech Recognition
SPR: Software Problem Report
SR: Status Register
A bug report. (Software)
(Hardware)
SPR: Special Purpose Register
SRAM: Shadow Random Access Memory
(Hardware)
SRAM: Static Random Access Memory
SPR: Statistical Pattern Recognition
(Hardware)
SPR: Symmetrical Phase Recording
SRAPI: Speech Recognition Application
(Hardware)
SPREAD: Systems Programming, Research,
SRAT: Static Resource Affinity Table
Engineering And Development
Can be used to describe the physical location of processors
(IBM)
and memory in large-scale systems, allowing threads and
SPS: Secure Packet Shield memory to be grouped in an optimal manner (Operating
SPS: Shock Protection System
SRB: Source-Route Bridge
SPS: Standby Power System
SRC: SouRCe
SPS: Structured PostScript
File name extension
That PostScript code which has been commented and
structured in a strict way to enable filters and print spoolers SRC: System Resource Controller S
to manipulate it without actually processing any of the (IBM)
PostScript code
SRD: Screen ReaDer system
SPS: Symantec Product Specialist
SRD: Support Readiness Document
(Symantec)
Free documents that focus on installation, configuration, and
SPSS: Statistical Package for the Social common user problems related to various Java platforms and
Sciences tools (Sun)
(Software)
SRDRAM: Self-Refreshed Dynamic Random
SPT: Scsi Pass Through Access Memory
SPT: Sectors Per Track SRE: Self Routing switch Element
SPTI: Scsi Pass-Through Interface SRF: Service Resource Function
SPTS: SharePoint Team Service sRGB: Standard Red Green Blue
(Software) (Microsoft) (Hardware)
SPU: System Processing Unit

SPUC/DL: Serial Peripheral Unit
Controller/Data Link

SRGS SSI
SRGS: Speech Recognition Grammar SSA: Survivable Systems Analysis

Specification Practical engineering process that enables you to
Grammar intended for use by speech recognizers and other systematically assess the survivability properties of
grammar processors so that developers can specify the proposed systems, existing systems, and modifications to
words and patterns of words to be listened for by a speech existing systems (Security)
recognizer. See also http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/
SSA: System Software Associates
SRL: Segmentation and Reassembly Layer
SSAA: Super-Sample Anti-Aliasing
SRM: Security Reference Monitor (Hardware)
SRM: Storage Resource Manager SSAD: Structured System Analysis and Design
(Software)
SSADM: Structured System Analysis and
SRM: Supplier Relationship Management Design Method
Software enabling a company or entity to better coordinate
SSAP: Session Service Access Point
activities and share information with suppliers (Software)
(Network)
SRM: System Renewability Message
SSAP: Source Service Access Point
SSB: Single SideBand
SRMD: Security Risk Management Discipline
Detailed process that is useful in determining which threats SSBAM: Single SideBand Amplitude Modulation
and vulnerabilities have the most potential impact on a SSC: Scsi Stream Command
particular organization (Security) (Microsoft)
SSCE: Site Server Commerce Edition
SRM-E: Service Resource Module Enhanced
(Microsoft)
(Network) (Cisco)
SSCF: Service Specific Coordination Function
SRMP: Soap Reliable Messaging Protocol
SRMP enhances SOAP by defining additional headers that SSCOP: Service Specific Connection Orientated
ensure reliability in application-to-application Protocol
communication (Software) SSCP: Service Switching Control Point
SRN: Source/Recipient Node SSCP: System Services Control Point
SRO: Sharable and Read Only SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner
SRP: Secure Remote Password SSCS: Service Specific Convergence Sublayer
Secure password-based authentication and key-exchange
protocol. See also http://srp.stanford.edu/ (Security) SSCS: Solid-State Circuits Society
(Organizations)
SRP: Security Rollup Package
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) SSD: Solid State Disk
SRP: Source Routing Protocol SSDD: Same S**t Different Day
(Net lingo)
SRP: Suggested Retail Price
SSDP: Simple Service Discovery Protocol
SRPI: Server-Requester Programming
Interface
(IBM) SSDU: Session Service Data Unit
SRQ: Service ReQuest SSE: Software Support Engineer
SRR: Serially Reusable Resource SSE: Streaming Simd Extensions
Xeon CPU extension to the instruction set (Hardware) (Intel)
SRS: Screen Reader System
SSEC: Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator
SRS: Shared Registration System
(Network)
(IBM) S
SSF: Service Switching Function
SRS: Sound Retrieval System
SSFDC: Solid State Floppy Disc Card
SRVIFS: SeRVer Installable File System
Also known as SmartMedia (Hardware)
SS: Single-Sided
SSG: Service Selection Gateway
(Hardware)
(Network) (Cisco)
SS: Solid State
SSGA: System Support Gate Array
(Hardware)
SSH: Secure SHell
SS: Stack Segment
CPU register (Hardware) (Intel) SSH: Site Security Handbook
(Security)
SS/SNA: Server to Server System Network
Architecture SSI: Server-Side Include
SS7: Signaling System 7 SSI: Single System Image
SSA: Serial Storage Architecture SSI: Small-Scale Integration
(Hardware) The process of placing fewer than 10 components on one
chip (Hardware)

SSID STK
SSID: Service Set IDentifier STA: Single Threaded Apartment

(Network) A threading context for components that require a message
queue or thread affinity. Access to components in an STA is
SSJS: Server-Side JavaScript by definition synchronized (Software) (Microsoft)
(Software)
STA: Spanning Tree Algorithm
SSL: Secure Sockets Layer
A protocol for secure network communications using a STAR: Self-defining Text ARchival
combination of public and secret key technology (Security) STAR: Shareware Trade Association and
SSL: Synthesizer Specification Language Resources
SSM: Source Specific Multicast StAX: STreaming Api for Xml parsing
Extension of IP multicast where datagram traffic is forwarded (Software)
to receivers from only those multicast sources to which the
STB: Set-Top Box
receivers have explicitly joined (Network)
(Hardware)
SSML: Speech Synthesis Markup Language
STB: Simply The Best
Markup specification for voice browsers designed to provide
Name of many companies
a rich, XML-based markup language for assisting the
generation of synthetic speech in Web and other applications. STB: Software Technical Bulletin
See also http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/
STB: STroBe
SSO: Single Sign-On
STC: SeT Carry flag
(Security)
STC: Sub-Technical Committee
SSP: Security Support Provider
A dynamic-link library that implements the SSPI by making STD: SeT Direction flag
one or more security packages available to applications. STD: STanDard
Each security package provides mappings between an
application's SSPI function calls and an actual security STD: State Transition Diagram
model's functions (Security)
STDA: StreetTalk Directory Assistance
SSP: Service Switching Point (Banyan)
SSP: Silicon Switch Processor STDAUX: STanDard AUXiliary
SSP: Storage Service Provider STDERR: STanDard ERRor
SSP: Switch to Switch Protocol STDIN: STanDard INput
SSP: System Stack Pointer STDM: Statistical Time Division Multiplexer
SSP: System Support Program STDOUT: STanDard OUTput
IBM s/36 operating system (Operating systems) (IBM)
STDPRN: STanDard PRiNter
SSPI: Security Support Provider Interface STE: Section Terminating Equipment
A common interface between transport-level applications,
such as Remote Procedure Call (RPC), and security STEP: STandard for the Exchange of Product
providers. SSPI allows a transport application to call one of data
several security providers to obtain an authenticated Is a major International Standards Organisation (ISO) effort
connection (Security) to standardise methods for the exchange of data from many
fields of engineering
SSRP: Simple Server Redundancy Protocol
(Cisco) STEP: Standard Template for Electronic
Publishing
SSS: System Support Station
(Hardware) STF: STructured File
SSSD: Single Sided Single Density
File name extension (Lotus) S
STFG: Search The Friendly Google
SST: Shiva Smart Tunneling
(Net lingo)
SST: Simple Sipp Transition
STFN: Surf The F***ing Net
SST: Spread-Spectrum Technology For those who RTFM, and still couldn't work it out (Net lingo)
SST: Sustained Stewardship Teraflop STFU: Shut The F**k Up
(IBM) (Net lingo)
SST: Swedish Summer Time STFW: Search The F***ing Web
Timezone: GMT +1:00 Answer for easy-find questions (Net lingo)
SST: Systems Services and Technology STI: SeT Interrupt flag
SSTP: Shared Spanning Tree Protocol STING: Software Technology INterest Group
(Network)
STIX: SmallTalk Interface to X
SSU: System Setup Utility
STK: Satellite ToolKit
SSX: Small Services eXecutive Graphical, object-oriented software for satellite and space
Operating system (Operating systems) station orbital and sensor coverage analysis (Software)

STL SVID
STL: Standard Template Library STX: Streaming Transformations for Xml

(Software) One-pass transformation language for XML documents. STX
is intended as a high-speed, low memory consumption
STM: Scanning Tunneling Microscope alternative to XSLT. See http://stx.sourceforge.net/
STM: Synchronous Transfer Mode STY: STYle
STM: Synchronous Transport Module File name extension
(Communication) SU: Scalable Unit
STN: Super-Twist Nematic (Hardware)
SUA: Single User Account
STN-LCD: SuperTwist Nematic Liquid Crystal Allows multiple users to share a single IP address (either
Display dynamic or static) assigned by your Internet Service
Provider (ISP) (Network)
STONE: STructured and OpeN Environment
SUB: SUBroutine
STOS: STOre String
SUB: SUBstitute
STP: Secure Transfer Protocol
SUB: SUBtract
STP: Service Transaction Program
SUE: Stupid User Error
STP: Shielded Twisted Pair (Net lingo)
(Hardware)
SUG: Sun User's Group
STP: Signal Transfer Point
SUMA: Software Upgrade and Maintenance
STP: Soa Tools Platform Agreement
Open source collaborative software development project
(Software)
dedicated to providing a generic, extensible, standards-
based tool platform for producing Service Oriented SUN: Stanford University Network
Architecture (SOA) applications (Software)
SUNET: Swedish University NETwork
StP: Software Through Pictures
SUNVIEW: SUN's Visual Integrated
STP: Spanning Tree Protocol Environment for Workstations
STP: Straight Through Processing SUR: Shell Update Release
Ability to take a financial transaction though complete (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
confirmation automatically
SURAnet: Southeastern Universities Research
STP: Synchronized Transaction Processing Association NETwork
STPML: Straight Through Processing Markup SUS: Software Update Services
Language Software update management solution (Operating systems)
An XML message specification designed for the financial (Microsoft)
securities trading industry to meet the requirements of
SUSP: System Use Sharing Protocol
straight through processing
SUT: Socket Under Test
STPP: Strategic Technology Protection Program
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) SUTT: Single User Test Tools
STR: Store Task Register SVC: Switched Virtual Circuit
Virtual connection set up only for the duration of a single
STR: Suspend To Ram
communications session. In contrast, a permanent virtual
Power saving state circuit remains available at all times (Network)
STR: Synchronous Transmitter Receiver SVCD: Super Video Compact Disc S
STRESS: STRuctural Engineering System Solver (Hardware)
SVF: Schema Validation Framework
STRUDL: STRUctural Design Language (Software) (Sun)
SVF: Simple Vector Format
STS: Synchronous Transport Signal SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics
SONET signal (Communication)
SVGA: Super Video Graphics Array
STT: Secure Transaction Technology Video specification for a resolution of 800 X 600 pixels in
(Microsoft) 256 colors (Hardware)
STTL: Standard Transistor Transistor Logic S-VHS: Super Video Home System
(Hardware)
SVI: Switched Virtual Interface
STTS: Simple Tree Transformation Sheets Represents a VLAN of switch ports as one interface to the
STX: Start of TeXt routing or bridging function in the system (Network)
(Communication) SVID: System V Interface Definition
Applies to the Unix OS (Operating systems)

SVM T9
SVM: System Virtual Machine SWS: Symantec Web Security

(Microsoft) (Symantec)
SVM: System Volume Mangement SWT: Standard Widget Toolkit

(Software)
SVN: Switched Virtual Network
(IBM) SWT: Swedish Winter Time
Timezone: GMT +1:00
SVR: SerVeR
SVR4: System V Release 4 SWTX: Server Workstation Technology
eXtended
SVRn: System V Release n A size and form factor specification for motherboards
Applies to the Unix OS (Operating systems) (Hardware)
SVS: Symmetric Virtual Servers SX: SimpleX
SW: SoftWare (Communication)
SW: Status Word SXGA: Super eXtended Graphics Array

Video specification for a resolution of 1280 X 1024 pixel
SWAC: Standards Western Automatic Calculator (Hardware)
SWAIS: Simple Wide Area Information Server SXGA+: Super eXtended Graphics Array Plus
SWAK: Sealed With A Kiss Video specification for a resolution of 1400 X 1050 pixels
Saying goodbye (Net lingo) (Hardware)
SWALK: Sealed With A Loving Kiss SXI: StarOffice Impress

(Net lingo) Star/Open Office presentation file extension (Software)
SWAN: Sun Wide Area Network SXQL: Simple Xml Query Language
SWAP: Shared Wireless Access Protocol SYL: See You Later
(Communication) (Net lingo)
SWAP: Simple Workflow Access Protocol SYLK: SYmbolic LinK

SWAP: Stewart Warner Array Program SYM: SYMbols
File name extension
SWAR: Simd Within A Register
A form of parallelism used in most microprocessors. SYMM: SYnchronized MultiMedia
Examples include MMX, SSE, SSE2, and 3DNow instructions SYMPL: SYsteM Programming Language
(Hardware)
SYN: SYNonym
SWBPD: Semantic Web Best Practices and
File name extension
Deployment
SYNC: SYNChronous
SWF: ShockWave Format
File format SYS: SYStem
SWI: SoftWare Interrupts SYS: SYStem configuration
File name extension
SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank
Financial Telecommunication SYS: SYStem device driver
File name extension
SWIG: Simplified Wrapper and Interface
Generator SYSADMIN: SYStem ADMINistrator
SWIM: System Wide Information Management SYSGEN: SYStem GENerator
(Network) SYSLOG: SYStem LOG
SWISH: Simple Web Indexing System for SYSMOD: SYStem MODification S
Humans
SYSOP: SYStem OPerator
SWMBO: She Who Must Be Obeyed T
(Net lingo)
SYSREQ: SYStem REQuest
SWOP: Specifications for Web Offset SZ: Send Zmodem

Publications
These specifications standardize the submission of materials T
supplied to web offset publications, and areas of
T: Tera
responsibility for each of the involved industry segments.
See http://www.swop.org/ (Organizations)
SWP: Simple Web Printing T&E: Travel And Entertainment
(Software)
SWP: SWaP
File name extension
T&L: Transform And Lighting
Graphics function
SWRL: Semantic Web Rule Language
Intended to be the rule language of the Semantic Web
T/B: Top/Bottom
SWS: Sun Web Server T/R: Transmit/Receive

(Sun) T9: Typing on 9 keys

TA TCO
TA: Technical Assembly TAXI: Transparent Asynchronous Transceiver

Interface
TA: Terminal Adapter
An ISDN-compatible device that converts non-ISDN TB: TeraByte
transmission to ISDN transmission (Hardware) 1024 gigabytes
TAB: Tape Automated Bonding TBAV: ThunderByte Anti Virus
TAC: Technical Assistance Center TBBS: The Bread Board System
(Cisco)
TBC: Time Base Corrector
TAC: Terminal Access Controller
TBGA: Tape Ball Grid Array
TACACS: Terminal Access Controller Access- (Hardware)
Control System
TBH: To Be Honest
(Network)
(Net lingo)
TACS: Total Access Communication System
TBK: ToolBooK
TAD: Telephone Answering Device File name extension
TAF: Transparent Application Failover TBMT: Transmitter Buffer eMpTy
(Databases) (Oracle) (Hardware)
TAG: Technical Advisory Group TBO: Total Benefit of Ownership
TAG: Telecommunications Access Gateway TBT: Technology Based Training
(Communication)
TBU: Tape Backup Unit
TAL: Typed Assembly Language
TC: Technical Committee
(Software)
TC: Test Control
TalAE: TALigent Application Environment
(Software) TC: Transmission Control
(Communication)
TalDE: TALigent Development Environment
TC: Transmission Convergence
TalOS: TALigent Object Services
(Communication)
TAN: Table Area Network
TCA: Transaction Cost Analysis
TAN: Tape Area Network Methodology that can be used to measure the cost of
TAN: TransAction Number individual shopper operations such as registering, browsing,
searching a catalog, adding an item to a shopping cart,
TANSTAAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A checking out, and so on (Microsoft)
Free Lunch
TCAM: TeleCommunication Access Method
(Net lingo)
(IBM)
TAO: Track-At-Once
TCAP: Transaction Capabilities Application Part
Adds transaction based functionality to the Public Switch
TAP: Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol Telephone Network (PSTN)
TAP: Terminal Access Point TCAV: Trend Chip Away Virus

Antivirus hardware for motherboards that blocks boot-time
TAPCIS: The Access Program for the
viruses (Hardware)
Compuserve Information Service
TCB: Trusted Code Base
TAPI: Telephony Application Programming
(Software)
Interface
(Software) (Microsoft) T-CCS: Transparent Common Channel Signaling
(Hardware) (Cisco)
TAR: Tape ARchive
TCK: Test Compatibility Kit
T
TARFU: Things Are Really F***ed Up
(Software) (Sun)
(Net lingo)
TAS: Telcom Analysis System TCL: Tool Control Language
(Hardware) TCL/TK: Tool Control Language ToolKit
TAS: Telephone Access Server TCM: Technology Change Management
(Software)
TAS: Total Access System
TAS: Totalnet Advanced Server TCM: Thermal Conduction Module
(Hardware) (Sun) TCM: Time Compression Multiplexer
TASM: Turbo ASseMbler TCM: Trellis-Coded Modulation
(Software) (Borland) TCO: Tjänstemännens Central Organization
TAT: Theoretical Arrival Time Swedish organization establishing norms for monitor
electromagnetic emissions (Organizations)

TCO TERMCAP
TCO: Total Cost of Ownership TDM: Text Data Mining

TCP: Tape-Carrier Package TDM: Time-Division Multiplexing
(Hardware) Multiplexing technique that apportions the time available on
its composite link equally between its channels, interleaving
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol data from successive channels (Communication)
A communications protocol that ensures data is sent
between computers on the Internet (Network) TDMA: Time Division Multiple Access
TCP/IP: Transmission Control TDMATBICPLY: This Doesn't Mean A Thing But
Protocol/Internet Protocol It Confuses People Like You
The protocol suite originally developed for the Internet. Also (Net lingo)
called Internet Protocol suite (Network)
TDMS: Terminal Display Management System
TCPA: Trusted Computing Platform Alliance TDP: Tag Distribution Protocol
(Intel)
TDP: Telelocator Data Protocol
TCP-ACO: Transmission Control Protocol
Alternate Checksum Option TDP: Triton Data Path
TCPBEUI: Transmission Control Protocol Bios TDR: Time Domain Reflectometry

Extended User Interface TDS: Tabular DataStream
TCPC: The Clean Personal Computer group Database client to server communication protocol
(Databases)
TCPLDP: Transmission Control Protocol
extensions for Long Delay Paths TDS: Tex Directory Structure
TCPLW: Transmission Control Protocol Large TDSR: Transmitter Data Service Request
Windows TDtoDP: Tablet Coordinates TO Display
(Network) Coordinates
TCPSAT: Transmission Control Protocol over TE: Terminal Equipment
SATellite An ISDN-compatible terminal device that is attached to the
(Network) ISDN at the user interface
TCQ: Tagged Command Queuing TE/2: Terminal Emulator/2
SCSI feature to allow multiple I/O requests
TEAMA: Taiwanese Electric Appliance
TCSEC: Trusted Computer Systems Evaluation Manufacturer's Association
Criteria TEB: Thread Environment Block
TCSH: Trusted C SHell TEC: Tokyo Electronics Corporation
TD: Transmit Data TECO: Text Editor and COrrector
(Hardware)
TED: Tiny EDitor
TDA: To Do Archive
Filename extension
TED: Transient Electromagnetic Device
(Hardware)
TDC: Tabular Data Control
TEDIS: Trade Electronic Data Interchange
TDC: Tape Data Controller Systems
TDC: Terrestrial Data Circuit TEI: Terminal Endpoint Identifier
TDCC: Transportation Data Coordinating TEI: Text Encoding Initiative
Committee
TEL: Tivoli Enterprise Console
TD-CDMA: Time Division Code Division Multiple
Access TELCO: TELephone Central Office
TDD: Telecommunications Device for the Deaf TeleVAS: TELEphony Value Added Service T
TDE: Terminal Display Editor TELNET: TELephone NETwork
TDES: Triple Data Encryption Standard TEML: Turbo Editor Macro Language
(Security) (Borland)
TDF: Trace Definition File TEMP: TEMPorary

File name extension (IBM) TEMS: Tornado Electronic Messaging Service
TDF: Typeface Definition File (Software)
File name extension TEN: TransEuropean Network
TDI: Transport Data Interface TER: Thermal Eclipse Reading
TDL: Test Description Language (Sony)
TDM: Technical Document Management TERM: Technology Enabled Relationship

Management
TDM: Telecom Designed Network
TERMCAP: TERMinal CAPability

TERMINFO TIS
TERMINFO: TERMinal INFOrmation TI: Tool Interface

(Software) (Sun)
TERMPWR: TERMinator PoWeR
TESS: The Exponential Security System TI: Transport Independent
(Security) TIA: Telecommunications Industry Association
TETRA: TErrestrial Trunked RAdio TIA: Thank you In Advance
Modern digital Private Mobile Radio (PRM) and Public Access (Net lingo)
Mobile Radio (PAMR) technology for police, ambulance and
fire services, security services, utilities, military etc.
TIA: The Internet Adapter
(Communication) TIATLG: Truly, I Am The Living God
TFDD: Text File Device Driver (Net lingo)
TFEL: Thin-Film ELectroluminescent TIB: Tag Information Base
TFI: Terminal Facility Identifier TiB: TebIByte

TFM: Tagged Font Metric Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024
File name extension GiB
TFP: Tops Filing Protocol TIC: Total Initial Cost
TFS: Translucent File Service TID: Target IDentifier
A copy-on-write file system that enables users to share file
hierarchies while providing each user with a private hierarchy
TIES: Time Independent Escape Sequence
for saving files as they are modified TIF: Tagged Image File
TFT: Task File Table Filename extension
TFT: Thin Film Transistor TIFF: Tagged Image File Format

LCD monitors manufacturing technology (Hardware) File format for images
TFTP: Trivial File Transfer Protocol TIGA: Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
Simple version of the FTP protocol often used to transfer data (Hardware) (TI)
with diskless workstations, X-terminals and routers (Network) TIGER: Topologically Integrated Geographic
TFTPD: Trivial File Transfer Protocol Daemon Encoding and Referencing
Server-side TFTP service responsible for hosting specific file TIIAP: Telecommunications and Information
download requests made by the client Infrastructure Assistance Program
TGA: TarGA TIL: Tech Information Library
File format for images
TIM: Technical Information Memo
TGC: Terminal Group Controller (Compaq)
TGIF: Thank Goodness It's Friday TIME: Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions
(Net lingo)
TIMI: Technology Independent Machine
TGP: Thumbnail Gallery Post Interface
TGT: Ticket Granting Ticket (IBM)
(Security) TIMS: Text Information Management Systems
TH: Transmission Header TINA: Telecommunication Information
(Communication) Networking Architecture
THD: Total Harmonic Distortion TINA-C: Telecommunication Information
A sound quality parameter (lower is better) (Hardware) Networking Architecture Consortium
THEnet: Texas Higher Education NETwork TIP: Terminal Interface Processor
THOMAS: The House of representatives Open TIP: Text Input Processor
Multimedia Access System (Software)
T
THOR: Tandy High-performance Optical TIP: Transaction Internet Protocol
Recording
TIP: Transputer Image Processing
THR: Transmit Holding Register
TIPHON: Telecommunications and Internet
THS: THeSaurus Protocol Harmonzation Over Networks
File name extension ETSI Standard to support the market for voice
communication and related voice band communication
THT: Token Holding Timer
between users. It will ensure that users connected to IP
THX: Tomlinson Holman eXperiment based networks can communicate with users in Switched
Certification and quality control program that applies to Circuit Networks
sound systems and acoustics in theaters, home equipment,
TIS: Tools Interface Standard
and digital mastering processes
TIS: Transaction Information System
TI: Texas Instruments

TISPAN TOD
TISPAN: Telecoms & Internet converged TMDS: Transition-Minimized Differential

Services & Protocols for Advanced Networking Signaling
See http://portal.etsi.org (Communication) (Hardware)
TITOFET: Tunneling-In, Tunneling-Out Field TME: Tivoli Management Environment

Effect Transistor (Tivoli)
TK/TK: TracK to TracK TMF: Tivoli Management Framework

TKIP: Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TMF: Transaction Monitoring Facility
(Security)
TMI: Too Much Information
TL1: Translation Language 1 (Net lingo)
(Communication)
TML: TeMpLate
TLA: Three Letters Acronym File name extension
TLB: Translation Look-aside Buffer TMN: Telecommunication Management Network
(Hardware) (Communication)
TLD: Tag Library Descriptor TMP: TeMPorary
(Software) (Sun) File name extension
TLD: Top Level Domain TMPFS: TeMPorary File System
(Network) A file system type that uses local memory for disk reads and
writes (Operating systems)
TLDA: Technology License and Distribution
Agreement TMR: Transient Memory Record
TLE: Template Language Extensions TMR: Triple Modular Redundancy
(Software) TMS: Time Multiplexed Switch
TLI: Transport Layer Interface TMS: Traffic Management System
An interface that is to supersede the socket-based
interprocess communications mechanisms as the way to TMS: Truth Maintenance System
access transport services. Modeled after the industry TMSC: Tape Mass Storage Control
standard ISO Transport Service Definition (Communication)
TMX: Translation Memory eXchange
TLN: Trunk Line Network
Vendor-neutral open XML standard for the exchange of
TLP: Transmission Level Point Translation Memory (TM) data created by Computer-
Assisted Translation (CAT) software
TLS: Thread Local Storage
(Software) TN: Twisted Nematic
(Hardware)
TLS: Transport Layer Security
A protocol from the IETF based on SSL. It will eventually TNC: Terminal Node Controller
supersede SSL while remaining backward-compatible with TNC: Threaded Neill Concelman
SSL implementations (Security)
TNEF: Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format
TLSWG: Transport Layer Security Working
Format for converting a set of MAPI properties into a serial
Group data stream. Primarily used by transport providers that need
(Organizations) to encode MAPI message properties for transmission
TLU: Table LookUp through a messaging system that does not support those
properties directly (Software) (Microsoft)
TLX: TeLeX
TNFS: Trusted Network File System
TM: TradeMark (Security)
TM: Traffic Management TNG: The New Generation
(Communication) (CAI)
TM: Transaction Manager TNIEG: Trusted Network Interpretation T
TM: Transaction Monitor Environmental Guideline
(Network)
TM: Translation Memory
Also known as translation database, is a collections of TN-LCD: Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display
entries where a source text is associated with its TNO: The Netherlands Organization
corresponding translation in one or more target languages
TNPC: Taiwanese New Pc Consortium
TM: Transmission and Multiplexing
(Communication) TNS: Trivial Name Server
TMA: Transparent Media Adapter TNT: The News Toolkit
Scanner add-on to acquire material on transparent media See also NeWS (Sun)
(Hardware) Tnx: ThanKS
TMDA: Tagged Message Delivery Agent (Net lingo)
TMDB: Tivoli Management DataBase TOC: Table Of Contents

TOD: Time Of Day

TODC TROSN
TODC: Time-Of-Day Clock tpm: Transactions Per Minute

A clock module that contains the system date and time (year- Processing speed
month-day-hour-minutes). (Hardware)
TPORT: Twisted pair PORT transceiver
TODS: Transactions On Database Systems (AT&T)
TOE: Tcp Off-load Engine TPOS: Transaction Processing Operating
(Hardware) System
TOEFL: Test Of English as a Foreign Language TPPC: Transaction Processing Performance
TOF: Tiny Open Firmware Council
(Organizations)
TOGAF: The Open Group Architecture
Framework TP-PMD: Twisted Pair Physical layer Medium
Dependent
TOMS: Transactions On Mathematical Software
TPR: Third-Party Relay
TOOIS: Transactions On Office Information
Systems TPS: Transaction Processing System
TOP: Technical Office Protocol TPS: Transactions Per Second
TOPICS: Total Online Program and Information TPT: Twisted Pair Transceiver
Control System TPTP: Test & Performance Tools Platform
TOPLAS: Transactions On Programming Provides powerful frameworks and services for an open
Languages And Systems platform upon which developers build unique test and
performance tools—both open source and commercial—that
tops: Theoretical Operations Per Second easily integrate with Eclipse (Software)
Processing power (Hardware)
TPW: Turbo Pascal for Windows
TOPS: Timesharing OPerating System
TPx: Transport Protocol class x
TOS: Terms Of Service
TQFP: Thin Quad Flat Pack
TOS: The Operating System (Hardware)
TOS: Time Of Service TQM: Total Quality Management
ToS: Type Of Service TR: Technical Report
A field within an IP header which can be used by the device
TR: Terminal Ready
originating the packet, or by an intermediate networking
device, to signal a request for a specific QoS level (Network) TR: TRavan
TP: Transaction Processing Tape medium type (TR-3, TR-4) (Hardware)
TP: Turbo Pascal TRADIC: TRansistorized Airborne DIgital

Computer
TP: Twisted Pair Name of first computer to be entirely transistorized
TPC: Transaction Processing Council TRAM: TRAnsputer Module
(Organizations) (Hardware)
TPCP: Two Phase Commit Protocol TrAX: TRansformation Api for Xml
(Communication)
TREX: Tree Regular Expressions for Xml
TPD: Tail Packet Discard A means of expressing validation criteria by describing a
(Network) pattern for the structure and content of an XML document
TPD: Technical Product Documentation TRIB: Transfer Rate of Information Bits
TPDU: Transport Protocol Data Unit TRIP: Telephony Routing over Internet Protocol
TPE: Twisted Pair Ethernet Discovery and exchange of IP telephony gateway routing
tables between providers
TPF: Tiny Personal Firewall T
Software firewall produced byTiny Software, Inc TRIPS: Trade Related aspects of Intellectual
(http://www.tinysoftware.com/) (Security) Property rightS
TPF: Transaction Processing Facility TRM: TeRMinal
(IBM) File name extension
tpi: Tracks Per Inch TRN: Threaded Read News

Recording density (Hardware) TRN: Token Ring Network
TPI: Transport Provider Interface (Network)
The kernel components of the Transport Layer Interface (TLI) TRO: Total Return on Ownership
TPL: Table Producing Language TROLI: Token Ring Optimized Link Interface
TPL: Transaction Processing Language TRON: The Realtime Operating system Nucleus
TPM: Transaction Processing Manager TROSN: The Real-time Operating System
Nucleus

TRP TUC
TRP: Token Ring Port TSO/CMS: Time Sharing Option/Conversational

Monitor System
TRPC: Transactional Remote Procedure Call
TRR: Token Ring Repeater TSOP: Thin Small-Outline Package
(Hardware)
TRT: Token Rotation Timer
TSP: Telephony Service Provider
TS: Terminal Services
TSP: Time Stamp Protocol
(Security)
TS: Top Secret
TSP: Time Synchronization Protocol
TS: Transaction Server
TSP: Total Service Provider
TSPI: Telephony Service Provider Interface
TS/SI: Top Secret/Sensitive Information
TSA: Target Service Agent
T-SQL: Transact Structured Query Language
TSA: Technical Support Alliance
TSR: Terminate and Stay Resident
TSA: Telephony Services Architecture
TSS: Task State Segment
TSAP: Transport Service Access Point
TSS: The Screen Savers
TSAPI: Telephony Server Application Technical TV show. See also
Programming Interface http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/
(Novell)
TSS: Time Sharing System
TSB: Termination Status Block (Operating systems)
TSC: Triton System Controller TST: TeST
TSD: Type-Specific Driver File name extension
TSDU: Transport Service Data Unit TSTN: Triple SuperTwisted Nematic

The amount of user data whose identity is preserved from one TSV: Tab Separated Values
end of a transport connection to the other
TSW: TeleSoftWare
TSE: Technical Support Engineer
TT: Typewriter Text
TSE: Terminal Server Edition
TTA: Transport-Triggered Architecture
TSE: The Semware Editor TTCN: Tree and Tabular Combined Notation
TSF: Text Services Framework TTDS: Trusted Time Date Stamping

Simple and scalable framework that enables advanced text TTF: TrueType Font
input and natural language technologies for applications File format for fonts
TTFN: Ta Ta For Now
TSI: Time Slot Interchanger That's all for now (Net lingo)
TSI: Transmission Subscriber Identification TTL: Time To Live
TSI: Transport Security Initiative (Network)
Works in conjunction with the sysadmin and vendor TTL: Transistor-Transistor Logic
communities to develop the knowledge and tools to combat
the junk email problem. See http://mail-abuse.org/tsi/
TTP: Thermal-Transfer Printing
TSID: Transmitting Subscriber IDentifier
(Communication) TTP: Trusted Third Parties
TSLM: Terminal Services License Manager TTRP: Time Token Rotation Protocol
T
TTRT: Target Token Rotation Time
TSM: Tivoli Storage Manager TTS: Text-To-Speech
Protects data from hardware failures and other errors by
storing backup and archive copies of data on offline storage
TTS: Transaction Tracking System
(IBM) (Novell)
TSM: Topology Specific Module TTS: Trouble Ticketing System

(Novell) TTY: TeleTYpewriter
TSM: Transaction Services Manager Historically, a Teletypewriter equipment. Today, any dumb
terminal that can access a computer or workstation
TSMP: True Symmetric MultiProcessor (Hardware)
TSN: Task Sequence Number TTYL: Talk To You Later
TSO: Time Sharing Option (Net lingo)
Multitasking system for IBM MVS operating system TUC: Total User Cell

TUCAA UBR
TUCAA: The Ultimate Computer Acronyms TYVM: Thank You Very Much
Archive (Net lingo)
TUCD: Total User Cell Difference TZ: Time Zone

TUCOWS: The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock
Software U
TUG: Tex Users Group U: Unit
Rack-mountable devices height measurement unit
TUI: Text-based User Interface
corresponding to 1.75 inches (Hardware)
TUMS: Table Update and Management System
U2W: Ultra-2-Wide
TUP: Telephone User Path (Hardware)
TUT: Transistor Under Test UA: Unnumbered Acknowledgement
(Hardware)
UA: User Agent
TUT: TUTorial An ISO/OSI application process that acts on behalf of a user
File name extension or organization in the X.400 message handling system. The
UA creates, submits, and receives messages for you
TUV: Technische Überwachungs-Verein
(Organizations) UA: User Area
TUX: Torvald's UniX UAAG: User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
Name of the Linux penguin. (Operating systems) W3C recommendation that provides guidelines for designing
user agents that lower barriers to Web accessibility for
TV: TeleVision people with disabilities (visual, hearing, physical, cognitive,
(Hardware) and neurological)
TVD: Total Virus Defense UAB: Unix Appletalk Bridge
TVF: Table of contents Verbosely from File UAC: Universal Access Control
TVFS: Toronto Virtual File System UADSL: Universal Asymmetric Digital
(IBM) Subscriber Line
TVI: TeleVision Interference (Communication)
TVO: Total Value of Ownership UAE: Unrecoverable Application Error

TVOL: TeleVision On-Line UAF: User Authorization File
TVT: TeleVision Terminal UAGL: User Agent accessibility GuideLines

(Hardware) UAM: User Authentication Method
TWAIN: Toolkit Without An Important Name UAN: Universal Application Network
Improperly expanded as shown, this term comes from Standards-based, service-oriented architecture that enables
Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West" - "...and never the organizations to solve the business integration problem
twain shall meet...", reflecting the difficulty of connecting within and beyond the enterprise (Software)
digital imaging devices (like scanners) to personal computers
UAP: Unified Approval Procedure
TWIP: TWentIeth of a Point
UAPDU: User Agent Protocol Data Unit
Equal to 1/1440th of an inch.
TWP: Technical Working Procedure UAProf: User Agent PROFile
TWT: Travelling Wave Tube UART: Universal Asynchronous

Receiver/Transmitter
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
TWX: TeletypeWriter eXchange service
UAS: User Application Software
TX: Transmit
UAWG: Universal Adsl Working Group
(Communication)
(Organizations) T
TXD: Transmit Data
UBA: UniBus Adapter
TXF: Tax eXchange Format U
UBB: Ultimate Bulletin Board
File name extension
A message board (Software)
TXT: TeXT
UBD: User brain damage
File name extension
When a computer user does something really weird (Net lingo)
TXT2STF: TeXT To Structured Text File
UBE: Unsolicited Bulk E-mail
(Lotus)
UBL: Universal Business Language
TY: Thank You
(Net lingo) UBNI: Ungermann-Bass Network Interface
TYIA: Thank You In Advance UBR: Uddi Business Registry
(Net lingo) (Software)
TYS: Told You So UBR: Universal Broadband Router

(Net lingo) Router used in broadband cable systems (Communication)

UBR UID
UBR: Unspecified Bit Rate UDMA: Ultra Direct Memory Access

(Hardware)
UC: UnCacheable
Video memory access method in BIOS (Hardware) UDO: Ultra Density Optical
Optical storage technology that increases capacities by
UCAA: Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive
using an extremely focused blue laser to write and read data.
(Remedios)
Hewlett-Packard (HP), Sony, and Plasmon collaborated on
UCAID: University Corporation for Advanced the UDO standard (Hardware) (HP)
Internet Development UDO: User-Defined Object
(Organizations) (Software)
UCB: Unit Control Block UDP: User Datagram Protocol
UCE: Unsolicited Commercial Email It is a connectionless transport mechanism for IP networks
(Communication)
UCF: Universal Communications Facility
(CAI) UDP/IP: User Datagram Protocol/Internet
Protocol
UCITA: Uniform Computer Information
Transactions Act UDRP: Uniform domain-name Dispute
Resolution Policy
UCL: Universal Communications Language
UDS: User Data Source
UCLP: Universal Commerce Language and
Protocol UDT: Uniform Data Transfer
UCM: Unified Change Management UDT: User-defined Data Type
A Change Management (CM) concept implemented by UDX: Universal Data eXchange
Rational Software Corporation (Software) (Rational)
UDX: User-Defined Extension
UCR: Under Color Removal
UFB: Un-F***ing-Believable
UCS: Unicode Conversion Support (Net lingo)
UCS: Universal Character Set UFCOM: Ufficio Federale delle COMunicazioni
UCS: User Coordinate System Swiss regulatory Organisation (Organizations)
UCSD: University of California at San Diego UFS: Unix File System

The default disk-based file system under the Unix operating
UCSD: User Centered Systems Design
system (Operating systems)
A process for developing usable systems with user focus
UFST: Universal Font Scaling Technology
UCT: Universal Coordinated Time
UFT: Unsolicited File Transfer
UDA: Universal Data Access
(Network)
(Databases)
UG: User Group
UDB: Universal DataBase
(Databases) (IBM) UHA: Ultra-High Aperture
UDBC: Universal DataBase Connectivity
(Databases) UHCI: Universal Host Controller Interface
UDC: Universal Decimal Classification UHE: Ultra High Efficiency
(Hardware)
UDC: User Defined Commands
UHF: Ultra-High Frequency
UDD: User Data Document
UHL: Universal Hypertext Link
UDDI: Universal Description, Discovery and
Integration UHP: Ultra-High Performance
(Hardware)
UD-DVD: Ultra Definition Digital Video (or
Versatile) Disk UI: Unix International
(Hardware) A consortium consisting of Sun, AT&T, and others that
formed to advance a UNIX System V-based environment,
UDE: Universal Data Exchange including the Open Look GUI (Organizations) U
UDEC: Universal Digital Electronic Computer UI: User Interface
UDF: Uniqueness Database File (Operating systems)
UIC: User Identification Code
UDF: Universal Disk Format UID: Unit IDentifier
(Hardware)
UID: User IDentifier
UDF: User-Defined Function In the Unix operating system, the number assigned to each
UDG: User Defined Gateway login name. The system uses UID numbers to identify, by
number, the owners of files and directories (Operating
UDI: Unrestricted Digital Information systems)
(Communication)
UID: User Interface Document
UDM: Unstructured Data Management

UIL UPS
UIL: User Interface Language UN/EDIFACT: United Nations Electronic Data

Interchange For Administration Commerce
UIMS: User Interface Management System
and Transport
UIN: Universal Internet Number
UN/GTDI: United Nations Guidelines for Trade
UL: Underwriters Laboratories Data Interchange
(Organizations)
UNC: Universal Naming Convention
UL: Unordered List
UNC: Uuencoded Netnews Collator
UL: UpLoad
UNCOL: UNiversal Computed Oriented Language
ULA: Uncommitted Logic Array
UNDI: Universal Network Driver Interface
ULANA: Unified Local Area Network Architectural interface to Network Interface Cards (NICs)
Architecture that provides a hardware-dependent mechanism for the
Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) base code to use a
ULC: Ultra-Light Client
NIC for network access without controlling the NIC hardware
(Software)
directly (Hardware)
ULN: Universal Link Negotiation UNE: Unbundled Network Element
ulp: Unit in Last Place (Communication)
In binary formats, the least-significant bit of the significant,
UNEP: Unbundled NEtwork Platform
bit 0, is the unit in the last place
UNI: Universal Network Interface
ULP: Upper Layer Protocol
UNI: User-Network Interface
ULSI: Ultra Large Scale Integration
The interface between the Frame Relay
The process of placing more than 100,000 components on a
Assembler/Disassembler (FRAD) and the service provider
chip (Hardware)
(Communication)
ULV: Ultra Low Voltage UNICODE: UNIversal CODE
(Hardware)
UNICOM: UNiversal Integrated COMmunication
UM: Unified Messaging
UNII: Unlicensed National Information
UM: Universal Manageability Infrastructure
UMA: Unified Memory Architecture UNIVAC: UNIVersal Automatic Computer
UMA: Universal Management Agent UNIX: UNiplexed Information and Computing
UMA: Universal Measurement Architecture Service
Modern abbreviation of UNICS. Ken Thomson and Dennis
UMA: Upper Memory Area
Ritchie, the original creators of UNIX, chose this name
UMA: User Mode Audio because it was a pun on MULTICS (MULTiplexed Information
Together with PUMA, is an engine in the Windows Vista and Computing Service), the project they were working on
Protected Environment that provides a safer environment for when UNIX was born (Operating systems)
audio playback, as well as checking that the enabled outputs UNMA: Unified Network Management
are consistent with what the content allows (Operating
Architecture
UNO: United Nations Organization
UMADS: Universal Measurement Architecture
(Organizations)
Data Storage
UOW: Unit Of Work
UMB: Upper Memory Block
UP: UniProcessor
UMC: United Microelectronics Corporation
UPC: United Pan-european Communications
UME: Uni Management Entity
Large european cable operator
UML: Unified Modeling Language
UPC: Universal Product Code
A specification defining a graphical language for visualizing,
specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of (Hardware)
distributed object systems UPC: User Parameter Control
UMOD: Unreal MODule UPG: UPGrade U
Type of compressed files associated with Unreal Tournament
(Games)
UPI: Universal Peripheral Interface
(Hardware)
UMS: Unified Messaging Server
UPL: User Program Language
UMS: Universal Management Service
UPM: Unix Programmer's Manual
(IBM)
UMS: User Mode Scheduler UPM: User Profile Management
(IBM)
UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunications
System UPN: User Principal Name
(Communication) UPnP: Universal Plug aNd Play
UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply
(Hardware)

UPS UUID
UPS: United Parcel Service usr: Unix System Resources

In any unix (and variants like linux) system the /usr directory
UR: Uncommitted Read
(Operating systems)
(Databases)
USR: US Robotics
URA: Uniform Resource Agent
Company
(Network)
USRT: Universal Synchronous
URC: Uniform Resource Characteristics
Receiver/Transmitter
URC: Uniform Resource Citation (Hardware)
A set of attribute/value pairs describing a resource. Some of
the values may be URIs of various kinds. Others may USSA: User Supported Software Association
include, for example, authorship, publisher, datatype, date, USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Services
copyright status and shoe size. Data
URD: Url Rendezvous Directory Is a means of transmitting information or instructions over a
(Network) GSM network (Communication)
UREP: Unix Rscs Emulation Protocol USWC: Uncacheable Speculative Write

Protocol
Combining
Video memory access method in BIOS (Hardware)
URI: Uniform Resource Identifier
The generic set of all names/addresses that are short strings
UT: Universal Time
that refer to resources (specified 1994; ratified as Internet UT: Unreal Tournament
Draft Standard 1998). (Network) See http://www.unrealtournament.com/ (Games)
U-RIB: Unicast Routing Information Base UT: User Terminal
(Network)
UTC: Coordinated Universal Time
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
UTF: Ucs Transformation Format
The set of URI schemes that have explicit instructions on
how to access the resource on the internet. (Network) UTI: Universal Text Interchange
URN: Uniform Resource Name uTOK: User's Tree Of Knowledge
A particular scheme which is currently under development in
UTOPIA: Universal Test and Operation Physical
the IETF, which should provide for the resolution using
Interface for Atm
internet protocols of names which have a greater persistence
than that currently associated with internet host names or Physical layer specification for local connectivity between
organizations. (Network) ATM devices (Communication)
URT: User Registration Tool UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair

Dynamic authorization and policy control framework that (Hardware)
manages access to the LAN by partitioning user traffic UTRA: Umts Terrestrial Radio Air interface
through VLANs (Software) (Cisco)
(Communication)
US: Unit Separator UTRAN: Umts Terestrial Radio Access Network
USART: Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous (Communication)
Receiver/Transmitter UTS: Unicode Technical Standard
(Hardware)
UTS: User Too Stupid
USB: Universal Serial Bus Dumb user with an error caused by himself (Net lingo)
(Hardware)
UUCP: Unix to Unix Copy Program
USBIF: Universal Serial Bus Implementers A program that uses the UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Protocol
Forum
(Organizations) UUCP: Unix to Unix Copy Protocol
A protocol for communication between consenting UNIX
USENET: USEr's NETwork systems (Network)
USL: Unix System Laboratories UUD: Unix-To-Unix Decoding
(Organizations) Obtained with UUDecode, a Unix utility that decodes data
USM: UnSharp Mask from 7-bit ASCII
U
Used in digital photography, is a filter that first blurs the UUE: Unix-To-Unix Encoding
image (mask) and then subtract that mask from original. The Obtained with UUEncode, a Unix utility that encodes data
result is optically sharper image (edges are with higher into 7-bit ASCII
contrast)
UUENCODE: Unix-to-Unix ENCODE
USM: User-based Security Model
Process that encodes binary data into 7-bits ASCII
(Network) characters. Used to exchange data across platforms, mainly
USN: Update Sequence Number via e-mails and newsgroup messages attachments
(Operating systems) UUI: User-To-User Information
USOC: Universal Service Ordering Code (AT&T)
USQ: UnSQueezed UUID: Universal Unique IDentifier

UUO VBIS
UUO: Unimplemented User Operation VADD: VisualAge Developer Domain

A DEC-10 system monitor call (originally Un-Used (Software) (IBM)
Operation) (DEC)
VADSL: Very-high rate Asymmetric Digital
UUT: Unit Under Test Subscriber Line
(Hardware)
VAh: Volt Ampere Hour
UV: UltraViolet Electrical energy measurement unit (Hardware)
UW: Uncommitted Write VAI: Video As Input
(Databases)
VAIO: Video Audio Integrated Operation
UWB: Ultra-Wide Band (Hardware) (Sony)
(Communication)
VAIO-U: Video Audio Integrated Operation-
UWIN: Unix for WINdows Ubiquitous
Software that enables Unix software to be executed on a (Hardware) (Sony)
Windows platform (Operating systems) (AT&T)
VAJ: Visual Age for Java
UWR: Ultra Wideband Radio (Software) (IBM)
(Communication)
VAL: VALue
UXF: Uml eXchange Format
VAL: Voice Application Language
XML-based model interchange format for UML (Unified
Modeling Language). UXF is a simple and well-structured VAM: Virtual Access Method
format to encode, publish, access and exchange UML
VAN: Value-Added Network
models, and allows UML to be highly interoperable
(Network)
UXGA: Ultra eXtended Graphics Array
VAN: Virtual Access Network
Display adapter capable of a resolution of 1600 X 1200 pixel
(Network)
(Hardware)
UY: Up Yours VANDL: VANcouver Data Language
(Net lingo) VAP: Value Added Provider
UYB: Up Your Butt VAP: Value-Added Process
Colorful phrase denoting digusted hostility. (Net lingo)
VAR: Value Added Reseller
V VAR: Value Added Retailer

VaR: Value At Risk
V: Volt
(Software)
Voltage measurement unit
VAR: Value-Added Reseller
V&V: Verification And Validation
A company that buys hardware and software, adds more
V.FC: Version First Class features or services to it, then resells the upgraded product
Communications standard
VAR: VARiable
V/F: Voltage to Frequency converter
VAR: Volt-Ampere Reactive
(Hardware)
Electric power measurement unit (Hardware)
V/IP: Voice over Internet Protocol
VAROS: VAriable Refraction Optical System
(Communication)
Scanner technology (Hardware) (Canon)
VA: Virtual Address
VAS: Virtual Audio Server
VA: Visual Age VAST: Variable Array Storage Technology
(IBM)
VAT: Value Added Tax
VA: Volt-Ampere
Electric power measurement unit (Hardware) VAX: Virtual Address eXtension
(Hardware) (DEC)
VAC: Volts Alternating Current
VB: Variable Block
VACM: View-based Access Control Model
(Network) VB: Visual Basic U
Programming language (Software) (Microsoft)
VACS: Vector-based Asynchronous
Communication System VBA: Visual Basic for Applications V
VAD: Value Added Dealer
VBE/AI: Vesa Bios Extension/Audio Interface
VAD: Voice Activity Detection
When enabled on voice port or a dial peer, silence is not VBI: Vertical Blanking Interval
transmitted over the network, only audible speech. The sound (Hardware)
quality is slightly degraded, but the connection uses much
VBIDE: Visual Basic Integrated Development
less bandwidth
Environment
VADD: Value Added Disk Driver (Software) (Microsoft)
VBIS: Value-Based Information System

VBITS VER
VBITS: Visual Basic Insiders' Technical Summit VCR: Voluntary Content Rating
(Microsoft)
VCS: Version Control System
VBL: Vertical Blanking Interrupt VCS: Virus Control System
VBNS: Very high Bandwidth Network Service VCSEL: Vertical Cavity Side-Emitting Laser
(Network)
Used in high-bandwidth communication applications
VBNS: Very high speed Backbone Network (Hardware)
Service VDB: Virtual DataBase
(Network) (Databases)
VBO: Virtual Back Office VDC: Virtual Device Coordinates
(Communication) In computer graphics, a device-independent coordinate
VBR: Variable Bit Rate system that isolates the specification of view boundaries
from device coordinates
VBRUN: Visual Basic RUNtime
VDC: Volts Direct Current
VBS: Visual Basic Script
VDD: Virtual Device Driver
VBX: Visual Basic eXtension
(Software) (Microsoft) VDD: Visual Database Designer
VC: Venture Capital VDDM: Virtual Device Driver Manager
VC: Virtual Circuit VDE: Video Display Editor

A logical connection between two network nodes that acts as VDE: Virtual Domain Environment
though it is a direct physical connection even though it may (Network)
physically be packet based (Network)
VDE: Visual Development Environment
VC: Virtual Container
(Communication)
VDI: Video Display Input
(Hardware)
VC++: Visual C++
Development platform (Software) (Microsoft)
VDI: Virtual Device Interface
VCC: Virtual Channel Connection VDISK: Virtual DISK

(Network) VDM: Virtual Dos Machine
VCD: Video Compact Disc VDMAD: Virtual Direct Memory Access Device
VCD: Virtual Communications Driver VDN: Vector Directory Number

VCE: Visual Composition Editor (Communication)
(Software) (IBM) VDP: Variable Data Printing
VCI: Virtual Channel Identifier VDS: Variable Drop Size
A 16-bit value in the ATM cell header that provides a unique Printing technology (Hardware) (NEC)
identifier for the virtual channel (VC) within the virtual path
VDS: Virtual Dedicated Server
(VP) that carries that particular cell (Communication)
Specialized software platform that provides a secured private
VCI: Virtual Circuit Identifier space for your hosted services
VCL: Visual Component Library VDS: Virtual Dma Services
VDSL: Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Line
VCM: Version and Configuration Management (Communication)
(Software)
VDT: Video Dial Tone
VCM: Version Conflict Manager
VDT: Video Display Terminal
(Hardware)
VCM: Version Control Management
VDU: Video Display Unit
VCM: Virtual Channel Memory
VDWQT: Vertical Deferred Write Queue
(Hardware)
Threshold
VCN: Virtual Cluster Number (Databases)
(Operating systems)
V
VEGA: Video7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter
VCOS: Virtual Computer Operating System
VEMM: Virtual Expanded Memory Manager
(Operating systems)
VEMMI: VErsatile MultiMedia Interface
VCOS: Visual Caching Operating System
VENUS: Very Extensive Non-Unicast Service
VCPI: Virtual Control Program Interface
VEP: Vertical Enterprise Portal
VCQ: Vibrant Color Quality
(Hardware) (Matrox) VER: VERify
VCR: Video Cassette Recorder VER: VERsion
(Hardware)

VERONICA VIS
VERONICA: Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide VI: Video Input

Index to Computerized Archives (Hardware)
VERP: Variable Envelope Return Paths VI: Virtual Interface

(Hardware)
VERR: VERify Read access
VERW: VERify Write access VI: Visual Interactive
VES: Video Encoding Standard VIA: Vendors Isdn Association

(Oracle) (Organizations)
VESA: Video Electronics Standard Association VIA: Virtual Interface Architecture

(Organizations) (Network)
VF: Virtual Floppy VIC: Very Inexpensive Computer

(Hardware)
VF: Voice Frequency
VIC: Video Interface Chip
VFAT: Virtual File Allocation Table (Hardware)
(Microsoft)
VIC: Virtual Image Copy
VFC: Virtual FIle Cabinet (Databases)
(Software)
VIC: Voice Interface Card
VFD: Vacuum Fluorescent Display (Hardware) (Cisco)
(Hardware)
VID: Visual InterDev
VFO: Virtual Front Office (Software) (Microsoft)
(Communication)
VIDC: VIDeo Controller
VFS: Virtual File System (Hardware)
(Operating systems)
VIE: Virtual Information Environment
VFW: Video For Windows
(Microsoft)
VIF: Virtual InterFace
VG: Voice Grade VIF: Virtual Interrupt Flag

(Communication) VIM: Vendor-Independent Mail
VGA: Video Graphic Array Messaging protocol (Communication)
Video specification for a resolution of 640 X 480 pixels in VIM: Video Interface Module
256 colors (Hardware)
VINES: VIrtual NEtworking System
VGC: Video Graphics Controller (Network)
VGE: Video Graphics Enhancer VIO: Video Input/Output
(Hardware)
VIO: Virtual Input/Output
VGI: Visual Gateway Interface
VIO: Voice Input/Output
(Software)
VIP: Variable Information Processing
VHDCI: Very High Density Cable Interconnect
(Hardware) VIP: Video Information Provider
VHDL: Vhsic Hardware Description Language VIP: Video Interface Port
(Hardware)
VHDTS: Very High Density Thumb Screw
68-pin SCSI connector with manually screwable screws VIP: Virtual Interrupt Pending
(Hardware) (HP) VIP: Visual Interactive Parser
VHF: Very High Frequency ViP: VIsual Programming
VHG: Virtual HyperGlossary (Lotus)
VHM: Voice Health Monitor VIPER: Verifiable Integrated Processor for
Helps system administrators and network managers Enhanced Reliability
determine and maintain the stability of the Voice over IP
VIRS: Vertical Interval Reference Signal
(VoIP) network within their enterprise by using a series of
availability and health checks (Software) (Cisco) VIRUS: Vital Information Resources Under
VHS: Very High Speed Siege V
VHS: Video Home System VIS: Video Information System
VHS: Virtual Host Storage VIS: Viewable Image Size

(Hardware)
VHSIC: Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
VIS: Visual Instruction Set
VI: Vertical Interval
VIS: Voice Information System
The raster lines that are precluded by a video signal standard
from containing a picture VIS: Volumetric Imaging System
(Hardware)

VITC VoFR
VITC: Vertical Interval TimeCode VMB: Value-Based Management

VITS: Vertical Interval Test Signal VMB: Virtual Machine Boot
VIVO: Video In/Video Out VMBOX: Virtual MailBOX
Video card connector that captures and produces video
VME: Versa Module Eurocard
signals (Hardware) (nVidia)
VME: Virtual Machine Environment
VJ++: Visual J++
Java development platform (Software) (Microsoft) VME: Virtual Memory Environment
VKD: Virtual Keyboard Driver VMEBus: Versatile Modular E-BUS
VLA: Variable Length Array
(Software) VML: Vector Markup Language
XML application which defines a format for the encoding of
VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network vector information together with additional markup to
A networking architecture that allows end-systems on describe how that information may be displayed and edited
topologically disconnected subnetworks to appear to be
connected on the same LAN. Predominately used in VMM: Virtual Machine Manager
reference to ATM networking. Similar in functionality to (Operating systems)
bridging (Network)
VMM: Virtual Memory Manager
VLB: Vesa Local Bus
VMOS: Vertical Metal Oxide Semiconductor
(Hardware)
VL-BUS: Vesa Local BUS
VMOS: Virtual Multitasking Operating System
VLC: VideoLan Client (Operating systems)
Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video
VMP: Virtual Modem Protocol
formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as
well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. See VMS: Virtual Machine Storage
also http://videolan.org/vlc/
VMS: Virtual Memory System
VLC: Volume License Customer (Operating systems) (DEC)
VLD: Variable Length Decoder VMS: Voice Message System
VLE: Virtual Learning Environment VMT: Virtual Memory Technique
An environment in which learning (accredited or otherwise)
VMTP: Versatile Message Transaction Protocol
can be achieved from remote locations
(Network)
VLF: Very Low Frequency
VNA: Virtual Network Architecture
VLF: Virtual Log File
SQL Server transaction log logical segment (Databases)
VNC: Virtual Network Computing
(Microsoft) A remote display system which allows you to view a
computing 'desktop' environment not only on the machine
VLIW: Very Long Instruction Word where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet and
VLK: Volume License Key from a wide variety of machine architectures (AT&T)
VLM: Very Large Memory VNOS: Visual Network Operating System

(Operating systems) VNS: Virtual Network Service
VLM: Virtual Loadable Module VO: Value Object
(Operating systems) (Software)
VLR: Visitor Location Register VO: Video Output
(Hardware) (Hardware)
VLSI: Very Large Scale of Integration VO: Virtual Office
The process of placing more than 100,000 transistors on
VoATM: Voice Over Asynchronous Transfer
one chip (Hardware)
Mode
VLSIPS: Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Enables a router to carry voice traffic over an ATM network
Synthesis (Network)
VLSM: Variable Length Subnet Masking VOB: Version Object Base
(Network)
VOC: VOiCe V
VLT: Variable List Table File format for audio
VLV: Virtual List View VOD: Video On Demand
VoD: Voice Over Data
VM: Virtual Machine VoDSL: Voice Over Digital Subscriber Line
(Operating systems)
(Communication)
VM: Virtual Memory VoFR: Voice Over Frame Relay
VMA: Virtual Memory Address Enables a router to carry voice traffic over an Frame Relay
network (Network)
VMAC: Virtual Media Access Control

VoIP VSB
VoIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol VPT: Virtual Print Technology

A technology for transporting integrated digital voice, video,
VPT: Virtual Project Team
and data over IP networks (Network)
VPU: Visual Processing Unit
VOL: VOLume
Graphics coprocessor (Hardware)
VOLT: Visual Opentype Layout Tool
VQ: Vector Quantization
VQ: Video Quality
VOM: Volt Ohm Milliampere
(Hardware) VQF: Vector Quantization Format
An audio codec similar to MP3 but less lossy and (arguably)
VOR: Visions Of Reality more intelligent. See http://www.vqf.com (Software)
VOS: Virtual Object System VQP: Vlan Query Protocol
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) (Network) (Cisco)
VOS: Voice Operating System VR: Virtual Reality
VOX: Voice Operated eXchange VR: Voltage Regulator
Voice operated transmission in radio telecommunication.
When the device detects voice the transmission is connected VRAM: Video Random Access Memory
(Communication) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) used in high-speed graphics
frame buffers, providing separate buses for the CPU and the
VoxML: Voice Markup Language frame buffer logic (Hardware)
VP: Vice President V-RATE: Vendor Risk Assessment and Threat
VP: Virtual Path Evaluation
(Security)
VPA: Volume Purchase Agreement
VPBX: Virtual Private Branch eXchange VRC: Vertical Redundancy Check
(Hardware) VRD: Virtual Retinal Display
(Hardware)
VPD: Virtual Printer Device
VRE: Voltage Regulated Extended
VPD: Vital Product Data
Information about a device that is stored on the device itself. VRM: Vendor Relationship Management
Typical VPD information includes a product model number, a
VRM: Visitor Relationship Management
unique serial number, product release level, maintenance
level, and other information specific to the device type VRM: Voltage Regulation Module
VPDN: Virtual Private Data Network (Hardware)
VPDS: Virtual Private Data Service VRML: Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VPE: Video Port Extension VROOMM: Virtual Real-time Object Oriented

Memory Manager
(Hardware)
(Borland)
VPE: Visual Programming Environment
VRRP: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
VPI: Virtual Path Indentifier (Network)
A value in the cell header that identifies the virtual path (VP)
to which the cell belongs. The field is 8 bits in cells VRT: Voltage Regulation Technology
traversing an UNI circuit and 12 bits in cells traversing (Intel)
network circuits (Communication)
VRU: Voice Response Unit
VPIM: Voice Profile for Internet Messaging VS: Virtual Storage
Defines how voice messages can be encoded as SMTP/MIME (IBM)
messages for transport over Internet messaging networks
(Communication) VSA: Virtual System Architecture
VPL: Virtual Programming Language VSA: Visual Studio Analyzer
Is a tool to help you analyze performance, isolate faults, and
VPM: Video Port Manager
understand the structure of your distributed applications. You
VPM: Virtual Parallel Machine can use Visual Studio Analyzer with applications and
systems built with any of the Visual Studio tools (Software)
VPM: Vulnerability and Patch Management
(Microsoft)
VSA: Visual Studio for Applications V
VPN: Virtual Page Number
Provides a fully integrated way for customers to seamlessly
VPN: Virtual Private Network customize and extend the functionality of Web-based
A network that functions as if it were private, though it exists applications using familiar tools (Software) (Microsoft)
on public wires. Data is protected through encryption and VSAM: Virtual Storage Access Method
other security mechanisms (Network)
VPO: Virtual Protected Output VSAT: Very Small Aperture Terminal
VPS: Voice Processing System (Communication)
VPSC: Vault, Process, Structure, Configuration VSB: Very Small Business

VSB W3C
VSB: Vestigial Sideband Modulation VTX: VideoTeX

VSD: ViSio Diagram VTY: Virtual teleTYpewriter

Filename extension (Microsoft) Virtual terminal for remote console access. (Network)
(Cisco)
VSDT: Variable-Size Droplet Technology
Print technology (Hardware) VUI: Visual User Interface
(Operating systems)
VSE: Virtual Storage Extended
VUI: Vocal User Interface
VSF: Vertical Scanning Frequency
VUP: Vax Unit of Performance
VSI: Virtual Socket Interface
VuXML: VUlnerabilities and eXposures Markup
VSIA: Virtual Socket Interface Alliance
Language
(Organizations)
Markup language designed for the documentation of security
VSIMM: Video Single In line Memory Module issues within a single package collection (Security)
A small printed circuit card that contains memory chips for
VVDS: Vsam Volume DataSet
storing video images (Hardware)
VSIO: Virtual Serial Input Output
VVM: Veritas Volume Manager
VSM: Virtual Shared Memory Easy-to-use, online storage management tool for enterprise
VSM: Virtual Storage Management environments, which reduces planned and unplanned
downtime. It ensures high availability of data and optimized
VSM: Visual System Management I/O performance and offers freedom of choice in storage
(IBM) hardware investments
VSN: Volume Serial Number VVR: Veritas Volume Replicator

Provides the foundation for seamless availability across
VSOS: Virtual Storage Operating System
sites. Based on VERITAS Volume Manager, it reliably,
VSP: Vertical Service Provider efficiently, and consistently replicates data to remote
locations over any IP network when data loss and prolonged
VSR: Very Short Reach
downtime cannot be tolerated
(Communication)
VWB: Visual WorkBench
VSS: Visual Source Safe
(Microsoft)
VWIC: Voice/Wan Interface Card
VSYNC: Vertical SYNChronization
(Hardware) (Cisco)
(Hardware)
VWM: Virtual Window Manager
VT: Vertical Tab
VXA: Variable Speed Architecture
VT: Video Terminal
(Hardware)
(Hardware) (DEC)
VxD: Virtual device Driver
VTAM: Virtual Table Access Method
IBM operating system module (Operating systems)
VxD: Virtual eXtended Driver
VTAM: Virtual Telecommunications Access
(Microsoft)
Method
IBM's application program to interface with VxFS: Veritas File System
telecommunication devices (Communication) (IBM) (Operating systems)
VTAS: Voice Traffic Analysis System VXML: Voice eXtensible Markup Language
(HP)
VTF: Volunteer Task Force W

Group of individuals in the anti-spam community who have W: Watt
donated their time and expertise to assist MAPS in its Power measurement unit
mission. See http://mail-abuse.org/vtf/
W: Word
VTNS: Virtual Telecommunications Network Two consecutive bytes (16 bits)
Service
W/: With
VTP: Vlan Trunking Protocol V
Layer 2 messaging protocol that mantains VLAN W/E: WhatEver
configuration consistency by managing the addition, deletion, (Net lingo)
and renaming of VLANs on a network-wide basis (Network)
W/O: WithOut W
(Cisco)
W2K: Windows 2000
VTR: Video Tape Recorder
(Hardware)
W3: World Wide Web
VTS: Virtual Tape System
(Hardware) W3A: World Wide Web Applets
VTS: Volume Tracking Driver W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
(Organizations)

W3I WD
W3I: WinWhatWhere Investigator WAS: Web Application Stress

System activity monitor (Operating systems) (Software) (Microsoft)
W3J: World Wide Web Journal WASP: Wireless Application Service Provider
(Software)
W4: What-Works-With-What
WAAS: Wide Area Augmentation System WAST: West Australian Standard Time
Timezone: GMT +7:00
WAB: Windows Address Book
Filename extension (Software) (Microsoft) WAT: West Africa Time
Timezone: GMT -1:00
WABI: Windows Application Binary Interface
WATS: Wide Area Telephone Service
WAC: Web Authorization Control
WAV: WAVeform
WADT: West Australian Daylight Time File format for audio streams
Timezone: GMT +7:00
WB: Wide Band
WAE: Wireless Application Environment (Communication)
WAG: Wild A** Guess WB: Workbench
(Net lingo) Pre-PPC Amiga operating system
WAG: Wireless Applications Group WBEM: Web-Based Enterprise Management
(Organizations)
WBI: Web Browsing Intelligence
WAI: Web Accessibility Initiative
WBMP: Wireless BitMaP
WAI: Web Application Interface File Format for bitmapped images suitable for WAP devices
(Netscape)
WBS: Work Breakdown Structure
WAIPF: Web Accessibility Initiative Protocols
and Formats WBT: Web-Based Training
WAIS: Wide Area Information Server (or WBTS: Windows-Based Terminal Server
Service) WBXML: Wap Binary eXtensible Markup
(Network) Language
WAITI: WAIT for Interrupt WC: Word Count
WAITS: Wide Area Information Transfer WC: World Coordinates
System The coordinate system that is scaled so that user-defined
objects can be represented in units appropriate to the
WAL: Write Ahead Log
application, such as inches, meters, and miles
WAMP: Windows, Apache, Mysql, PHP (or Perl
WCA: Web Clipping Application
or Phyton)
Web applications platform (Software) WCAG: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
These guidelines explain how to make Web content
WAN: Wide Area Network
accessible to people with disabilities. The guidelines are
A T1, T3, broadband, or other network covering an area
intended for all Web content developers and for developers of
generally larger than a city or metropolitan area network
authoring tools. The primary goal of these guidelines is to
(Network)
promote accessibility
WAP: Wireless Access Point WCCP: Web Cache Communications Protocol
Centrally connects wireless network nodes similar to a hub (Network) (Cisco)
connecting wired PCs. (Network)
WCDMA: Wideband Code Division Multiple
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol Access
WAPI: Workflow Application Programming W-CDMA: Wideband Code Division Multiple
Interface Access
Workflow Management Coalition specification to enable
(Communication)
interoperability between workflow management systems and
applications (Software) WCGL: Web Content accessibility GuideLines
WAR: Web ARchive WCI: Web-based Customer Interaction
WARIA: Workflow And Reengineering WCM: Web Content Management
International Association WCS: Web Communications Server
The charter of the WARIA is to identify and clarify issues
(Hardware)
that are common to users of workflow, electronic commerce
and those who are in the process of reengineering their WCS: World Coordinate System W
organizations. See also http://www.waria.com/ (Organizations)
WCSS: Wap Cascading Style Sheets
WARP: Web service Aggregation, Rely and
WCTL: Web Crossing Template Language
Propagation
WD: Western Digital
WAS: Web Application Server
(Hardware)
(Network) (Oracle)
WD: Working Draft

WDA WIA
WDA: Web-Disabled Application WEP: Windows Entertainment Pack

WDATAM: What Do All The Acronyms Mean
(Net lingo) WEP: Windows Entry Point
(Software)
WDDX: Web Distributed Data eXchange
XML-based technology that enables the exchange of complex WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy
data between Web programming languages, creating what Lower level data encryption for wireless security (Network)
some refer to as 'Web syndicate networks'
WEP: Wireless Encryption Protocol
WDF: Windows Driver Foundation (Network)
Strategy for the next generation of Windows drivers. WDF
defines a single driver model that supports the creation of WER: Windows Error Reporting
object-oriented, event-driven drivers for either kernel mode (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
or user mode (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
WEST: Western Europe Standard Time
WDG: Web Design Group Timezone: GMT +0:00
(Organizations)
WFC: Windows Foundation Classes
WDJ: Web Developer's Journal (Software) (Microsoft)
WDL: Windows Driver Library WfM: Wired For Management

WFM: Works For Me
WDM: Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (Net lingo)
A mechanism to allow multiple signals to be encoded into
WfMC: WorkFlow Management Coalition
multiple wavelengths (Communication)
Non-profit, international organization of workflow vendors,
WDM: Windows Driver Model users, analysts and university/research groups. See also
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) http://www.wfmc.org/ (Organizations)
WDP: Wireless Datagram Protocol WFP: Windows File Protection

Feature which prevents the replacement of essential system
WDRAM: Windows Dynamic Random Access files installed as part of Windows 2000 (Operating systems)
Memory (Microsoft)
WDS: Wireless Distribution System WFQ: Weighted Fair Queuing
(Communication) Per-flow packet scheduling in network elements that
WDT: Wap Developer's Toolkit automatically categorizes traffic flows into high and low
(Software) priority, based on volume of packets seen by a router or
switch (Network)
WDU: Windows Desktop Update
WfW: Windows For Workgroups
(Microsoft)
WE: Write Enable
WG: Working Group
(Hardware)
WGA: Windows Genuine Advantage
WEA: Web-Enabled Application
Part of Microsoft’s on-going effort to protect its customers
WebDAV: WEB Distributed Authoring and and partners from counterfeit software, is a program that
Versioning increases customer awareness of the value of genuine
Extension of the HTTP/1.1 protocol to allow clients to Windows XP (Microsoft)
publish, lock, and manage resources on the Web
WGPO: WorkGroup PostOffice
WebNFS: WEB Network File System WGS: WorkGroup System
WH2FO: Word Html To Formatting Objects
WEC: Web Extender Client
Java application that processes an HTML output, created
Microsoft Office 2000 protocol that is used for Web with Word 2000, and transforms it into an XML content file
publishing, and is usually implemented through the use of and an XSL stylesheet file. From these files, a standard XSLT
Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions (Microsoft) processor may be used to obtain a file containing only XSL-
WECA: Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance FO markup (Software)
(Organizations) WHAM: Waveform Hold And Modify
WEDT: Western Europe Daylight Time (Microsoft)
Timezone: GMT +0:00 WHC: Workstation Host Connection
WEFT: Web Embedding Fonts Tool WHISPER: Windows Highly Intelligent SPEech
(Software) (Microsoft) Recognition
WELL: Whole Earth eLectronic Link (Microsoft) W
WEMA: Western Electronics Manufacturers WHQL: Windows Hardware Quality Labs
Association WIA: Windows Image Acquisition
(Organizations) Standardized API for acquiring digital images from devices
WEO: World Economic Outlook that are primarily used to capture still images and for
managing these devices (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
WEP: Watchguard Event Processor

WIC WNIM
WIC: Wan Interface Card WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network

(Hardware) (Cisco) (Network)
WIC: Whole Internet Catalogue WLBS: Windows Load Balancing Service

WICD: Web Integration Compound Document
Device independent foundation for Compound Document WLE: WebLogic Enterprise
profiles based on XHTML, CSS and SVG
WLG: dr. Watson LoG
WIDL: Web Interface Definition Language Filename extension (Microsoft)
WIF: Wavelet Image File WLL: Wireless Local Loop
File format for images (Communication)
Wi-Fi: WIreless FIdelity WLM: Work Load Manager
IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless network connectivity
WLS: WebLogic Server
(Network)
WM: Windows Media
WIM: Windows Image Format
(Microsoft)
Used by the SMS 2003 Operating System Deployment
Feature Pack (Software) (Microsoft) WM: Windows Messenger
WiMAX: Worldwide Interoperability Microwave
Access WM: Workstation Manager
IEEE 802.16 broadband wireless access standard (Novell)
WIMP: Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointing WMA: Windows Media Audio
devices (Microsoft)
WIN: Wireless Information Network WMC: Workflow Management Coalition
WINA: Wap Interim Naming Authority WME: Windows Media Encoder
WINE: Wine Is Not an Emulator (Microsoft)
Windows Emulator for Unix platforms (Operating systems) WMF: Windows Metafile Format
WINForum: Wireless Information Networks File format for graphics (Microsoft)
FORUM WMF: Wireless Multimedia Forum
WinHEC: WINdows Hardware Engineering WMFSDK: Windows Metafile Format Software
Conference Development Kit
WINS: Windows Internet Name Service (Microsoft)
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) WMI: Windows Management Instrumentation
WINSOCK: WINdows SOCKets Microsoft's implementation of Web-Based Enterprise
(Operating systems) Management (WBEM), which is an industry initiative to
develop a standard technology for accessing management
Wintel: WINdows/inTEL information in an enterprise environment (Operating
System based on Intel Processors and Microsoft Windows systems) (Microsoft)
operating system
WML: Website Meta Language
WIRE: Web/Internet Resource Executive Free and extensible Webdesigner's off-line HTML generation
WIS: Wan Interface Sublayer toolkit for Unix, distributed under the GNU General Public
License. See also http://thewml.org/
(Network)
WML: Wireless Markup Language
WIS: Windows Installer Service
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) WMLS: Wireless Markup Language Script
WISC: Writeable Instruction Set Computer WMP: Windows Media Player
(Hardware) (Software) (Microsoft)
WISE: Web-Integrated Software metrics WMRM: Write Many, Read Many

Environment (Hardware)
(Network) WMT: Windows Media Technology
WISE: Wordperfect Information System (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
Environment WMV: Windows Media Video
WISP: Wireless Internet Service Provider (Microsoft)
(Network)
WNIC: Wide-area Network Interface W
WIT: Web Interactive Talk Coprocessor
WKB: WorKBook WNILS: Whois and Network Information
File name extension Lookup Service
(Network)
WKS: WorKSheet
File name extension (Lotus) WNIM: Wide-area Network Interface Module
WL: Word Line

WNT WSDD
WNT: Windows New Technology WPS: Windows Printing System

Early acronym for NT, based on incrementing each letter of (Microsoft)
VMS (the original NT designers came from DEC) in the same
way 2001's HAL came from "IBM" (Operating systems)
WPS: WorkPlace Shell
(Microsoft) (IBM)
WOF: Web Objects Framework WPVM: Windows Parallel Virtual Machine

(Network) WPW: Web Publishing Wizard
WOL: Wake On Lan (Software) (Microsoft)
(Hardware) WPW: WordPerfect for Windows
(Software)
WOLF: Web Objects for Legacy Functions
(Software) WQL: Wmi Query Language
WOM: Wake On Modem
(Network) WQXGA: Wide Quad eXtended Graphics Array
Video specification for a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels
WOM: Write-Only Memory
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
WRAM: Window Random Access Memory
WOOF: Web-centric Open Object Framework
(Hardware)
WOR: Wake On Ring
(Network) WRDS: Wharton Research Data Service
WRED: Weighted Random Early Detection
WORM: Write Once Read Many
Combines IP precedence and Random Early Detection
(Hardware)
capabilities to provide differentiated performance
WOS: Workstation Operating System characteristics for different classes of service (Network)
WOSA: Windows Open Systems Architecture WRI: WRIte
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) File name extension
WOW: Windows on Win32 WRK: Windows Resource Kit
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) (Microsoft)
WOW: WithOut Worry WRT: With Regards To
(Hardware) (Xerox) (Net lingo)
WOW: World Of Warcraft WS: Web Services

(Games) Web-based enterprise applications that use open, XML-
based standards and transport protocols to exchange data
WP: Word Processor
with calling clients. Also used to prefix web services
WP: WordPerfect interoperability applications or standards (Software)
(Software) (Corel) WS: WordStar
WP: Write Protected WS: WorkSpace
WPA: Wi-fi Protected Access WS: WorkStation
Designed to improve security over the older WEP encryption
methods (Security) WSA: Web Services Addressing
Provides transport-neutral mechanisms to address Web
WPA: Windows Product Activation services and messages
WSAD: Websphere Studio Application
WPAN: Wireless Personal Area Network Developer
(Network) (Software) (IBM)
WPD: Windows Printer Description WSAPI: Web Site Application Programming
File name extension Interface
WPD: WordPerfect Document (O'Reilly & Associates)
File format for documents (Corel) WSC: Windows Script Component
WPG: WordPerfect Graphics (Software) (Microsoft)
File name extension WS-CDL: Web Services Choreography
WPHD: Write-Protected Hard Disk Description Language
XML-based language that describes peer-to-peer
WPM: WordPerfect Macro collaborations of Web Services participants by defining their
File name extension common and complementary observable behavior; where W
wpm: Words Per Minute ordered message exchanges result in accomplishing a
common business goal
Speech recognition processing power (Software)
WPOS: WorkPlace Operating System WSDD: Web Service Deployment Descriptor
(Software)
WPP: Web Presence Provider
Web site design, development, and deployment company

WSDL WUXGA
WSDL: Web Service Description Language WSUS: Windows Server Update Service
An XML format for describing network services as a set of Free patch management tool that provides a number of new
endpoints operating on messages containing either features including targeting of patches to specific groups of
document-oriented or procedure-oriented information machines, support for more produts and improved reporting.
Replaces Software Update Services (SUS) (Operating
WSDP: Web Services Developer Pack systems) (Microsoft)
The Java Web Services Developer Pack is an all-in-one
download containing key technologies to simplify building of WSVT: Web Service Validation Tools
web services using the Java 2 Platform (Software) (Sun) Project that provides a set of Eclipse plugins to validate and
analyze Web services with respect to the core Web services
WSE: Web Services Enhancements specifications and their usage together (Software)
Add-on to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft
.NET Framework providing developers the latest advanced WSXGA: Wide Super eXtended Graphics Array
Web services capabilities to keep pace with the evolving Web Display adapter capable of a resolution of 1680 X 1050 pixel
services protocol specifications (Software) (Microsoft) (Hardware)
WSF: Windows Script File WT: Write Through

Filename extension (Software) (Microsoft)
WTA: Wireless Telephony Application
WSH: Windows Script Host WTAI: Wireless Telephony Application
(Microsoft)
Interface
WS-I: Web Services Interoperability (Software)
See http://www.ws-i.org (Organizations)
WTD: Week To Date
WSIF: Web Services Invocation Framework Time series function
Simple Java API for invoking Web services, no matter how or WTF: What The F**k
where the services are provided (Software)
(Net lingo)
WSIL: Web Services Inspection Language
WTG: Way To Go
Provides an XML format for assisting in the inspection of a
(Net lingo)
site for available services and a set of rules for how
inspection related information should be made available for WTK: Wireless ToolKit
consumption (Software) (Software)
WSIL4J: Web Services Inspection Language WTL: Windows Template Library
For Java Library for developing Windows applications and UI
Java class library that provides an API that is can be used to components. It extends ATL (Active Template Library) and
locate and process WS-Inspection documents (Software) provides a set of classes for controls, dialogs, frame
windows, GDI objects, and more (Software) (Microsoft)
WSIT: Web Services Interoperability
Technology WTLS: Wireless Transport Layer Security
Open-source project for Java and .Net interoperability
WTO: World Trade Organization
(Software) (Sun)
(Organizations)
WSJ: Web Services Journal
WTP: Web Tools Platform
WSML: Web Services Markup Language Provides a generic, extensible and standards-based platform
WSP: Web Standards Project and set of tools for J2EE and Web-centric application
development (Software)
Collective effort of web developers and end users whose
mission is to stop the fragmentation of the web, by WTP: Wireless Transport Protocol
persuading the browser makers that common standards are
in everyone's best interest
WTS: Web Transaction Security
(Security)
WSP: Wireless Session Protocol
WTS: Windows Terminal Server
WSRP: Web Services for Remote Portlets (Microsoft)
Standard that will allow for the "plug-n-play" of portals, other
intermediary web applications that aggregate content, and WTX: Workstation Technology eXtended
applications from disparate sources (Software) A size (max 16.75"x14" -- 425mm x 356mm, LxW) and form
factor specification for motherboards. See also
WSRP4J: Web Services for Remote Portlets For http://www.wtx.org (Hardware)
Java
Apache's java implementation of WSRP. See also
WUI: Web User Interface
http://ws.apache.org/wsrp4j/ (Software) (Network)
WSS: Windows Sharepoint Services WUM: Wind Up Merchant

Windows 2003 integrated portfolio of collaboration and Someone who posts messages on boards specifically to wind
communication services designed to connect people, up other users (Net lingo) W
information, processes, and systems both within and beyond WUS: Windows Update Services
the organizational firewall (Software) (Microsoft)
An evolution of SUS, WUS is the update management
WSTK: Web Services ToolKit component of Windows Server (Software) (Microsoft)
(Software) (IBM) WUXGA: Wide Ultra eXtended Graphics Array
WSUI: Web Service User Interface Display adapter capable of a resolution of 1920 X 1200 pixel
(Hardware)

WV XLL
WV: Working Voltage XDK: Xbox Development Kit

(Hardware) (Software) (Microsoft)
WVGA: Wide Video Graphic Array XDK: Xml Development Kit

Video specification for a resolution of 852 X 480 pixels in (Software)
XDM: X Display Manager
WWD: Wireless Web Display A program supplied with the OpenWindows interface that
manages X displays (Operating systems)
WWDC: WorldWide Developers Conference
(Apple) XDMCP: X Display Manager Connection Protocol
Protocol for connecting to XDM controlled displays
WWIS: World Wide Information System
(Operating systems)
WWW: World Wide Web
XDR: eXternal Data Representation
The web of systems and the data in them that is the Internet
A standard for machine-independent data structures
(Network)
developed by Sun (Sun)
WXGA: Wide eXtended Graphics Array
XDR: Xml Data Reduced
Display adapter capable of a resolution of 1280 X 768 pixel
(Hardware) XFCN: eXternal FunCtioN
WYP: What's Your Problem? XFDL: eXtensible Forms Description Language
(Net lingo)
XGA: eXtended Graphics Array
WYSBYGI: What You See Before You Get It Video specification for a resolution of 1024 X 768 pixels in
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get
XGMML: eXtensible Graph Markup and Modeling
WZC: Wireless Zero Configuration
Language
XML application based on GML which is used for graph
description. XGMML uses tags to describe nodes and edges
X of a graph. The purpose of XGMML is to make possible the
exchange of graphs between differents authoring and
X: X windows
browsing tools for graphs
A windowing system developed by MIT (Operating systems)
XHR: XmlHttpRequest
X2B: heXadecimal To Binary
API that can be used by JavaScript, JScript, VBScript and
(IBM)
other web browser scripting languages to transfer and
X2C: heXadecimal To Character manipulate XML data to and from a web server (Software)
(IBM) XHTML: eXtensible HyperText Markup Language
X2D: heXadecimal To Decimal (Software)
(IBM) XID: eXchange IDentifier
XA: eXtended Architecture XIF: eXternal Interface File
XA: eXtended Attribute XIF: Xml Interchange Format
X-ACT: Xml Active Content Technologies XIFF: eXtended Image File Format
XAPIA: X.400 Application Programming File format for images
Interface Association XIL: X Imaging Library
(Organizations) The XIL is a platform programming interface for imaging and
XBL: Xml Binding Language video support (Operating systems)
Markup language for describing bindings that can be attached XIOS: eXtended Input/Output System
to elements in other documents. Bindings can be attached to
elements using either cascading stylesheets (CSS) or the XIP: eXecute-In-Place
document object model (DOM) XIS: eXtensible Information Server
XBM: X BitMap XKMS: Xml Key Management Specification
File format for bitmapped images (Security)
XBRL: eXtensible Business Reporting Language XL: eXtended Length
XCBF: Xml Common Biometric Format (Hardware)
XCHG: ExCHanGe XLA: eXceL Add-In

XCMD: eXternal CoMmanD
(Software) (Apple) XLAT: TransLATe W
XCP: eXtended Copy Protection XLF: ExceptionaL Fortran
(IBM)
Rootkit-based copy protection scheme X
XDE: eXtended Development Experience XLF: eXtensible Log Format
As in Rational Software's XDE product (Software) (Rational) XLK: eXceL bacKup
XDF: Extended Density Format File name extension (Microsoft)
(IBM) XLL: eXtensible Linking Language

XLM XSSI
XLM: eXceL Macro XP: Cross Platform

XP: eXPerience
XLS: eXceL Spreadsheet (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
File name extension (Software) (Microsoft)
XP: eXtreme Performance
XLT: eXceL Template (Hardware) (Compaq)
XP: eXtreme Programming
XLW: eXceL Workbook (Software)
File name extension (Software) (Microsoft)
XPCOM: Cross Platform Component Object
XMA: eXtended Middleware Architecture Model
XMI: Xml Metadata Interchange XPE: eXPerience Embedded

A specification enabling easy interchange of metadata (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
between modeling tools (based on the OMG-UML) and
XPFE: Cross Platform Front End
metadata repositories (OMG-MOF based) in distributed
heterogeneous environments XPG: X/open Portability Guide
(Operating systems)
XMIT: TransMIT
XML: eXtensible Markup Language XPIDL: Cross Platform Interface Definition
Language
XMLC: eXtensible Markup Language Compiler (Software)
Converts a HTML or XML document to a Java class
XPM: X PixMap
XMLDSIG: eXtensible Markup Language Digital File format for bitmapped images
SIGnature
(Security)
XPRM: Xerox Print Resources Manager
(Xerox)
XMLP: eXtensible Markup Language Protocol
XPS: Xml Paper Specification
XML-QL: eXtensible Markup Language-Query Paginated representation of electronic paper described in an
Language XML-based format (Microsoft)
XMM: eXtended Memory Manager XQL: eXtensible Query Language
XMML: eXploration and Mining Markup XR: eXternal Reset
Language (Hardware)
Superset of XML, specific to exploration and mining.
XRC: eXtended Remote Copy
XMP: eXtensible Metadata Platform
Provides Adobe applications and workflow partners with a
XRCC: Xerox Research Centre of Canada
common XML framework that standardizes the creation, (Organizations) (Xerox)
processing, and interchange of document metadata across XRF: eXtended Recovery Facility
publishing workflows (Software) (Adobe)
(IBM)
XMPP: eXtensible Messaging and Presence XRNS: eXtensible Resource Name System
Protocol
IETF's formalization of the core protocols created by the XRT: eXtensions for Real-Time
Jabber community in 1999. See also http://www.xmpp.org/ XSD: Xml Schema Definition
XMS: eXtended Memory Specification XML-based grammar for describing the structure of XML
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) documents. A schema-aware validating parser can validate
an XML document against an XSD schema and report any
XMSG: Xml MeSsaGing discrepancies
XNI: Xerces Native Interface XSL: eXtensible Style Language
Framework for communicating a "streaming" document
XSLT: eXtensible Stylesheet Language
information set and constructing generic parser
configurations. See also http://xml.apache.org
Transformation
XNRL: Xml Namespace Related-resource XSLTC: eXtensible Stylesheet Language

Language Transformation Compiler
HTML-based markup language designed to contain a human- Provides a compiler to compile an XSL stylesheet into a
readable description of an XML namespace as well as translet (a set of Java classes) and a runtime processor to
pointers to multiple resources related to that namespace apply the translet to an XML document and perform a
transformation (Software)
XNS: Xerox Network Services
XSMD: eXtended Storage Module Drive
(Network)
XSP: eXtensible Server Pages
XOFF: Transmitter OFF
XON: Transmitter ON xSP: eXternal Service Provider X
Seller of services to other companies
XOP: Xml-binary Optimized Packaging.
XSS: Cross-Site Scripting
A mean of more efficiently serializing XML Infosets (see
[XMLInfoSet]) that have certain types of content (Software)
XOR: eXclusive OR XSSI: eXtended Server Side Includes

XST ZV
XST: Cross-Site Tracing

Z
XT: eXtended Technology
(IBM) ZAC: Zero Administration Client
XTAL: CrysTAL ZAI: Zero Administration Initiative
XTCLK: eXternal Transmit CLocK ZAK: Zero Administration Kit
(Microsoft)
XTLA: eXtended Three Letters Acronym
ZAW: Zero Administration for Windows
XTM: Xml Topic Map
(Microsoft)
XTND: Xml Transition Network Definition
ZB: ZetaByte
XTR: Efficient Compact Subgroup Trace 1024 exabytes
Representation
ZBR: Zero Bug Release
A crypto system that is a particularly efficient and compact
Point in the software development at which all features are
implementation of the classical Diffie-Hellman scheme. See
http://www.ecstr.com (Security) correctly implemented and have no bugs logged against them
(Software)
XUL: Xml-based User interface Language
ZBR: Zone-Bit Recording
XVGA: eXtended Video Graphics Array
ZCAV: Zone Constant Angular Velocity
Display standard (Hardware)
(Hardware)
XWB: eXtend WorkBench
Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE) (Software)
Z-CAV: Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
ZD: Ziff-Davis
XWD: X Window Dump
ZDBOp: Ziff-Davis Benchmark OPeration
Y ZDL: Zero Delay Lockout
Y2K: Year 2000 ZDMI: Ziff-Davis Market Intelligence
YACC: Yet Another Compiler Compiler ZDS: Zenith Data Systems
Unix program (Operating systems)
ZDTV: Ziff-Davis TeleVision
YAGNI: You Ain't Gonna Need It
ZEN: Zero Effort Networking
Part of the agile programmers mantra of writing only code
(Novell)
that nees to be writing and not any that only might be needed
(Net lingo) ZIF: Zero Insertion Force
(Hardware)
YAHOO: Yet Another Hierarchically Officious
Oracle ZIP: Zigzag Inline Package
YAHU: Yet Another Header Utility (Hardware)
Utilities for peeking into executables headers (Software) ZIP: Zone Improvement Plan
YAI: Yet Another Isp Postal code
YAM: Yet Another Modem ZLR: Zoom Lens Reflex

(Hardware)
YAST: Yet Another Setup Tool
ZNA: Zero Network Administration
YATE: Yet Another Terminal Emulator (Network)
(Software)
ZOPE: Z Object Publishing Environment
YB: YottaByte
1024 zetabytes
ZPV: Zoomed Port Video
YDT: Yukon Daylight Time ZSL: Zero Slot Lan

Timezone: GMT -9:00 ZV: Zoomed Video
YHBW: You Have Been Warned
(Net lingo)
YIM: Yahoo! Instant Messenger
(Software)
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary
(Net lingo)
YST: Yukon Standard Time
Timezone: GMT -9:00
YTD: Year To Date
Time series function
X
YW: You're Welcome
(Net lingo)
Y
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ACC: ACCumulator ACP: Active Code Page

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ACS: Admission Control Service ADC: Application Delete Certificate

ACS: Asynchronous Communication Server ADCCP: Advanced Data Communication Control

ACT: Application Compatibility Toolkit ADF: Automatically Defined Function

ADA: ADA ADL: Architecture Description Language

ADC: Active Directory Connector ADML: Architecture Description Markup

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ADR: Advanced Digital Recording AEC: Architecture, Engineering, Construction

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AMA: Automatic Message Accounting ANT: Advanced Network Tools

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AOCN: Administrative Operating Company APIPA: Automatic Private Internet Protocol

AOE: Application Operating Environment APIS: Advanced Passenger Information System

APAR: Authorized Program Analysis Report APPN: Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking

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APT: Address Pass Through ARM: Asynchronous Response Mode

APTC: Authorized Prometric Testing Center ARO: Adaptec Raidport Option

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ASAI: Adjunct Switch Application Interface ASL: Acpi Source Language

ASDSP: Application-Specific Digital Signal ASN: Autonomous System Number

ASF: Apache Software Foundation ASP: Auxiliary Storage Pool

ASI: Automatic System Installation ASPI: Advanced Scsi Programming Interface

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ASR: Access Service Request ATEC: Authorized Technical Education Center

ASR: Automatic Server Recovery ATIP: Absolute Time In Pregroove

AST: Atlantic Standard Time ATL: Adaptive Threshold Learning

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AUTOVON: AUTOmatic VOice Network AWE: Advanced Wave Effects

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B8ZS: Binary 8 Zero Substitution BB: BridgeBoard

BAKOM: BundesAmt für KOMmunikation BC4J: Business Components For Java

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BCP: Bulk Copy Program BEDO: Burst Data Extended Output

BCS: Bar Code Sorter BER: Bit Error Rate

BDLS: BiDirectional Loop Switching BGE: Branch if Greater or Equal

BDM: Background Debug Mode BGI: Borland Graphics Interface

BDOS: Basic Disk Operating System BGP: Border Gateway Protocol

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BI: Binary Input BIRT: Business Intelligence and Reporting

BIOS: Basic Input/Output System BIW: Business Intelligence Warehouse