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Last updated: July 12, 2009

«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 But he's little out of date: The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
Å: Ångstrom
0-9 Length measurement unit corresponding to 10 power -10 meters A
µ (mu): Micro A/D: Analog/Digital
Prefix for 10 power -6 (Hardware)
1GL: 1st Generation Language A/P: Accounts Payable
Machine language (Software)
A/PC: Auto Personal Computer
24/7: 24 hours a day/7 days a week (Hardware)
2D: 2-Dimensional A/R: Accounts Receivable
2D: Double Density A/UX: Apple UniX
(Hardware) (Operating systems) (Apple)
2G: 2nd Generation AA: Advertising Agent
Mobile telecommunication network allowing 14.4 kbps transfer
rates (Communication) AA: Anti-Aliasing
Method for removing jagged edges
2GL: 2nd Generation Language
Assembler and other low-level languages (Software) AA: Auto Answer
2HD: 2 sides, High Density AAA: Asp Application Aggregator

(Hardware) AAA: Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
2PC: 2-Phase Commit A term for a framework for intelligently controlling access to
computer resources, enforcing policies, auditing usage, and
Protocol to allow replicated data to be modified at multiple sites
providing the information necessary to bill for services. These
2S: 2 Sides combined processes are important for effective network
management (Security)
(Hardware)
2S2D: 2 Sides, Double Density AAB: All-to-All Broadcast

(Hardware) AAC: Advanced Audio Coding
2SHD: 2 Sides, High Density AAC: Authorization and Access Control
(Hardware) (Security)
3D: 3-Dimensional AACS: Advanced Access Control System
3DES: Triple Data Encryption Standard AAF: Advanced Authoring Format
(Security)
AAL: Atm Adaption Layer
3G: 3rd Generation Layer 3 of the ATM architecture. Adapts user traffic into/from ATM
Mobile telecommunication network allowing 300-400 kbps 48-byte payloads (Communication)
transfer rates (Communication)
AAM: Automatic Acoustic Management
3GIO: 3rd Generation Input Output Feature that allows the host to request that the drive modify its
(Hardware) (Intel) acoustic behavior (Hardware)
3GL: 3rd Generation Language AAP: Applications Access Point

High level programming languages (Software) (DEC)
3GPP: Third Generation Partners Project AARP: Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol
See http://www.3gpp.org/ (Organizations) (Network) (Apple)
4G: 4th Generation AAS: All-to-All Scatter

Mobile telecommunication network allowing 10Mbit/s transfer AAS: Auto Area Segmentation
rates (Communication)
Scanner technology which detects and optimizes text and
4GL: 4th Generation Language graphics on the same page (Hardware) (Epson)
Database access languages (Software) AASP: Ascii Asynchronous Support Package
4GT: 4 Gigabyte memory Tuning AAT: Average Access Time
5GL: 5th Generation Language AATP: Authorized Academic Training Program
Artificial intelligence languages (Software) (Microsoft)
6DOF: Six Degrees Of Freedom ABA: Address Book Archive
Filename extension
A ABAP: Advanced Business Application Programming
A: Ampere Powerful programming language created specifically for
Current measurement unit developing SAP applications. ABAP Objects is the new object-
oriented generation of this language, designed to respond to the
A: Anchor needs of SAP's future strategies and environments (Software)
HTML tag
ABC: Atanasoff-Berry Computer
a: atto First digital calculating machine that used vacuum tubes
Prefix for 10 power -18
ABEL: Advanced Boolean Expression Language

ABEND ACR
ABEND: ABnormal END ACE: Access Control Entry

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

Designed to support remote storage and access of program (Microsoft)
option, configuration and preference information
ACMS: Application Control Management System
ACC: ACCumulator ACNM: Application Centric Network Management
ACC: Authorization Contract for Containers (Software)
Specification (JSR-115) that defines new java.security.Permission
ACO: Alternate Checksum Option
classes to satisfy the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
authorization model (Software) (Sun) (Network)
ACD: Automatic Call Distribution ACP: Active Code Page
ACDI: Asynchronous Communications Device ACP: Ancillary Control Program

Interface ACP: Auxiliary Control Process
ACE: Access Control Encryption ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
(Hardware)
ACR: Advanced Communication Riser
(Hardware)

ACR ADO
ACR: Allowed Cell Rate ADC: Advanced Data Connector

ACROSS: Automated Cargo Release and Operations (Databases) (Microsoft) A
Service System ADC: Analog to Digital Converter
ACS: Access Control Server A device that translates analog signals to digital signals. Contrast
with digital-to-analog converter (DAC). (Hardware)
ACS: Access Control Set
ADC: Apple Developer Connection
ACS: Access Control System (Apple)
ACS: Admission Control Service ADC: Apple Display Connector
(Network) (Microsoft) (Hardware) (Apple)
ACS: Advanced Computer System ADC: Application Delete Certificate
(IBM)
ADC: Application Development Consultant
ACS: Anti Curl System
ADCAP: ADvanced CAPability
ACS: Asynchronous Communication Server Used to refer to advanced capability, cuttin edge technology, also
in military applications (e.g. ADCAP missile)
ACS: Automatic Class Selection
ADCCP: Advanced Data Communication Control
ACS: Automatic Contrast Selection
Procedures
ACSE: Association Control Service Element (Communication)
The method used in International Organization for
Standardization's open systems interconnection (OSI) for
ADD: Adapter Device Driver
establishing a call between two applications. ADD: Automatic Document Detection
ACSI: American Customer Satisfaction Index ADE: Application Data Export
ACSM: Application Centric Storage Management (Databases) (Oracle)
(Software) ADF: Adapter Description File
ACSS: Aural Cascading Style Sheets File name extension
ACT: Application Compatibility Toolkit ADF: Automatic Document Feeder

(Software) (Microsoft) Scanner device (Hardware)
ACTS: Advanced Communication Technology ADF: Automatically Defined Function

Satellite ADI: Application Desktop Integrator
(Communication) (NASA) Spreadsheet-based extension of Oracle Applications. It provides
ACTS: Automated Computer Time Server full-cycle accounting within the comfort and familiarity of a
spreadsheet for General Ledger and Oracle Assets (Software)
ACTT: Advanced Communication and Timekeeping (Oracle)
Technology ADI: AutoCad Device Interface
ACU: Automatic Calling Unit Driver
ACVC: Ada Compiler Validation Capacity ADK: Additional Decryption Key

Key to be able to decrypt data even if the private key owner is
AD: Acpi Disassembler
unwilling to provide the private key (Security)
AD: Active Directory
ADK: Appliance Development Kit
(Operating systems)
(Software)
ADA: ADA
ADL: Address Data Latch
Programming language named after Augusta Ada Lovelace
(Software) ADL: Architecture Description Language
(Software)
ADA: Adobe Developers Association
(Organizations) ADLAT: ADaptive LATtice filter
ADA: Automatic Data Acquisitions ADLC: Asynchronous Data Link Control
ADAPT: Architecture, Design, Analysis and Planning ADM: Application Distribution and Management
Tool
ADMACS: Apple Document Management And
ADB: Apple Desktop Bus Control System
Bus architecture (Hardware) (Apple)
ADMD: ADministrative Management Domain
ADBS: Advanced Data Broadcast System ADML: Application Description Markup Language
(Communication)
(Software)
ADC: Active Directory Connector
ADML: Architecture Description Markup Language
(Operating systems)
(Software)
ADC: Adaptive Data Compression ADMS: Adstar Distributed Management System
(Hayes)
ADO: Activex Data Object
ADC: ADd with Carry
(Databases) (Microsoft)

ADODB AFFS
ADODB: Activex Data Object DataBase ADW: Alfresco Dynamic Website

(Databases) (Microsoft) Provides a robust, enterprise-class web site assembly framework
that aims to go above and beyond the solutions offered by
A
ADP: Access Database Project proprietary companies (Software)
Filename extension (Software) (Microsoft)
ADW: Application Development Workbench
ADP: Aol Dynamic Pages (Software)
(Software)
AE: Above or Equal
ADP: Automatic Data Processing
AeA: America Electronics Association
ADPCM: Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (Organizations)
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
ADR2: Advanced Digital Recording 2nd generation that facilitate efficient planning, design, drafting, and analysis.
(Hardware) AEGIS: Advanced Electronic Guidance and
ADS: Active Directory Service Instrumentation System
Windows 2000 network objects database that stores each specific AEI: Application Enabling Interface
network item in a central database and that may be replicated
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) AES: Advanced Encryption Standard
(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
ADS: Automatic Distribution System that are far away and steeply angled with respect to the camera
(Hardware)
ADS/O: Application Development System / Online
AF: Assured Forwarding
ADSC: Adobe Document Structuring Conventions Using AF, a provider may offer different levels of service for IP
ADSI: Active Directory Service Interface packets received from a customer domain. Each AF class is
allocated a specified amount of buffer space and bandwidth
(Network) (Network)
ADSI: Analog Display Services Interface AF: Auto Focus
ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (Hardware)
Communication infrastructure (Communication) AFA: Accelerated File Access
ADSM: Adstar Distributed Storage Manager AFAIC: As Far As I'm Concerned
(Databases) (IBM) (Net lingo)
ADSM: Advanced Data Storage Management AFAICT: As Far As I Can Tell
(IBM) (Net lingo)
ADSP: Appletalk DataStream Protocol AFAIK: As Far As I Know
(Apple) (Net lingo)
ADSR: Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release AFAIR: As Far As I Remember
ADT: Abstract Data Type (Net lingo)
ADT: Access Developer Toolkit AFAIUI: As Far As I Understand It

(Software) (Microsoft) (Net lingo)
ADT: Advanced Dram Technology AFC: AntiFerromagnetically-Coupled

(Hardware) Multilayer coating expected to permit hard-disk drives to store
100 billion bits (gigabits) of data per square inch of disk area
ADT: Application Data Type (Hardware) (IBM)
ADT: Atlantic Daylight Time AFC: Application Foundation Classes
Timezone: GMT -4:00 (Software) (Microsoft)
ADTG: Advanced Data Table Gram AFC: Automatic Font Change
Proprietary binary format for storing database data (Databases)
(Microsoft) AFC: Automatic Frequency Control
ADU: Automatic Dialing Unit AFD: Automatic File Distribution
ADUC: Active Directory Users and Computers AFDW: Active Framework for Data Warehousing
A snap-in in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) (Operating (Microsoft)
systems) (Microsoft) AFFS: Amiga Fast File System
ADW: Advanced Docking Window (Operating systems)
(Software)

AFI ALC
AFI: Authority and Format Identifier AHS: Abstract Handle Specification

AFII: Association for Font Information Interchange AHST: Alaska-Hawaii Standard Time A
Timezone: GMT -10:00
AFIRM: Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting
and Match AI: Analog Input
AFIS: Automated Fingerprint Identification System AI: Artificial Intelligence
AFK: Away From Keyboard AIA: Applications Integration Architecture
(Net lingo) (DEC)
AFLCD: AntiFerroelectric Liquid Crystal Display AIC: Aixwindows Interface Composer
(Hardware) (IBM)
AFM: Adobe Font Metrics AID: Application IDentifier
File name extension (Adobe)
AIFF: Audio Interchange File Format
AFP: Advanced Function Presentation (Apple)
(IBM)
AIIM: Association for Information and Image
AFP: Advanced Function Printing Management
Suite of electronic printing solutions to turn your invoices, letters,
AIM: Aol Instant Messenger
policies, statements and reports into high-quality, cost-effective
documents (Software) (IBM) AIM: Application Integration Module
AFP: Appletalk Filing Protocol AIM: Application Interface Module
(Communication) (Apple)
AIN: Advanced Intelligent Network
AFPL: Alladin Free Public License
AIO: All In One
AFR: Alternate Frame Rendering
AIP: Application Infrastructure Provider
(Hardware)
AIP: Asp Infrastructure Provider
AFR: Annualized Failure Rate
(Hardware) AIR: Architecture Implementation Review
AFS: Andrew File System AIS: Alarm Indication Signal
AFT: Adapter Fault Tolerance AIS: Automated Information System
(Intel) AISB: Association of Imaging Service Bureaus
AFT: Authenticated Firewall Traversal AISI: As I See It
(Security)
(Net lingo)
AFTP: Anonymous File Transfer Protocol AISP: Association of Information Systems
AGA: Advanced Graphics Adapter Professionals
AGA: Advanced Graphics Architecture AIT: Advanced Intelligent Tape
Graphics architecture for Amiga computers (Hardware)
AGARAS: AntiGlare AntiReflective AntiStatic AIX: Advanced Interactive eXecutive

IBM's Unix (Operating systems) (IBM)
AGC: Automatic Gain Control
(Hardware) AJAX: Asynchronous Javascript Technology and Xml
Using JavaScript technology, an HTML page can asynchronously
AGE: Amorphium Graphics Engine make calls to the server from which it was loaded and fetch XML
AGLR: Anti-Glare, Low Reflection documents. The XML documents may then be used by the
JavaScript technology to update or modify the DOM of the HTML
(Hardware)
page (Software)
AGP: Accelerated Graphics Port
AJDT: AspectJ Development Tools
(Hardware)
Provides Eclipse platform based tool support for Aspect Oriented
AGU: Address Generation Unit 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 the
AH: Authentication Header servlet container. The web server attempts to maintain persistent
(Network) TCP connections to the servlet container, and to reuse a
connection for multiple request/response cycles (Software)
AHA: Adaptec Host Adapter
(Hardware) (Adaptec) aka: Also Known As
(Net lingo)
AHDL: Analog Hardware Description Language
ALAT: Advanced Load Address Table
AHDT: Alaska-Hawaii Daylight Time
Timezone: GMT -10:00 ALB: Advanced Load Balancing
AHIG: Apple's Human Interface Guidelines ALC: Airline Link Control

(Software) (Apple) Service protocol (Network)

ALC ANT
ALC: Application Load Certificate AME: Advanced Metal Evaporation

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

Device in a CPU performing arithmetic operations (Hardware) (Network)
AM: Amplitude Modulation ANS: American National Standard
AMA: Automatic Message Accounting ANSI: American National Standard Institute

An organization that reviews and approves product standards in
AMASS: Archival Management And Storage System the United States. (Organizations)
Manufacturer
ANT: Advanced Network Tools
AMD: Active Matrix Display
ANT: Another Neat Tool
AMD: Advanced Micro Devices Ant is a Java based build tool. In theory it is kind of like make
CPU Manufacturer (AMD) without make's wrinkles. See http://jakarta.apache.org/ant
(Software)

ANX APS
ANX: Automotive Network eXchange APF: Automated Purposing Framework

AO: Analog Output Collection of scripts and utilities that enable you to consistently
and reliably prepare computer hardware (BIOS, mass storage)
A
AO/DI: Always On/Dynamic Isdn and install the Windows operating system and layered products
on one or more build computers (Microsoft)
AOCE: Apple Open Collaborative Environment
(Apple)
API: Application Programming Interface
A set of calling conventions defining how a service is invoked
AOCN: Administrative Operating Company Number through a software package. (Software)
(Communication)
APIC: Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
AOE: Application Operating Environment (Hardware)
(AT&T)
APIPA: Automatic Private Internet Protocol
AoE: Ata Over Ethernet Addressing
Network protocol designed for simple, high-performance access (Network)
of SATA storage devices over Ethernet networks. It gives the
possibility to build SANs with low-cost, standard technologies APIS: Advanced Passenger Information System
(Hardware) 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 Files
AOP: Association of Online Professionals APM: Advanced Power Management
(Organizations)
APM: Application Performance Management
AOS: Add Or Subtract
APN: Access Point Name
AOSD: Aspect-Oriented Software Development
Used on GPRS as access information (Communication)
(Software)
APNIC: Asia-Pacific Network Information Center
AOT: Ahead Of Time
Programs compilation technique (Software) APOP: Authenticated Post Office Protocol
AOW: Asia and Oceania Workshop APP: Applecare Protection Plan

One of the three regional OSI implementors workshops. Extended warranty (Apple)
AP: Access Point APP: APPlication

(Hardware) File name extension
AP: Access Provider APPC: Advanced Program to Program

(Communication) Communication
AP: Application Processor APPCM: Access Protection and Priority Control

Mechanism
AP: Application Protocol
(Software)
APPEL: A P3p Preference Exchange Language
APA: Adaptive Packet Assembly APPI: Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking

(Network)
APA: All Points Addressable
APPN: Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
APA: Arithmetic Processing Accelerator (Network) (IBM)
APAR: Authorized Program Analysis Report APR: Advanced Port Replicator
(IBM) (Hardware)
APC: American Power Conversion APR: Apache Portable Runtime
APCUG: Association of Personal Computer User Its mission is to provide a free library of C data structures and
Groups routines, forming a system portability layer to as many operating
systems as possible, including Unices, MS Win32, BeOS and OS/2
APCVG: Association of Personal Computer Users (Software)
Group
APRP: Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing
(Organizations)
APS: Active Pixel Sensor
APDU: Application Protocol Data Unit
APS: Advanced Photo System
APE: Application Performance Explorer
(Software) (Microsoft) APS: Advanced Printing Service
(IBM)
APF: Apple Filing Protocol
(Apple) APS: Analog Protection System
APS: Asynchronous Protocol Specification

APS AS
APS: Automatic Protection Switching ARL: Access Rights List

A mean for automatically detecting and signalling a transmission
link failure (Communication)
ARL: Adjusted Ring Length A
ARLL: Advanced Run Length Limited
APSE: Ada Programming Support Environment
(Software) ARM: Advanced Risc Machine
APSL: Apple Public Source License ARM: Annotated Reference Manual
Software license (Apple)
ARM: Application Response Measurement
APSO: Audio Precision System One (Network)
(Hardware) ARM: Asynchronous Response Mode
APT: Address Pass Through HDLC data transfer mode (Network)
APT: Advanced Package Tool ARMA: Association of Records Managers and

Software download/installation tool for Debian GNU/Linux Administrators
(Operating systems)
ARMD: Atapi Removable Media Device
APT: Advanced Parallel Technology ATAPI devices with removable media that can appear as either a
super-floppy or a hard drive to the operating system. These can
APT: Automatically Programmed Tools be supported as bootable devices by a BIOS complying with the
APTC: Authorized Prometric Testing Center ATAPI Removable Media Device BIOS Specification (Hardware)
Sylvan Prometric is a division of Sylvan Learning Systems. It is ARMS: Architecture for Reliable Managed Storage
the global leader in computer-based testing for academic
assessment, professional licensure, and certification. ARO: Adaptec Raidport Option
(Hardware) (Adaptec)
APTM: Application Program to Transaction Manager
AROM: Alterable Read Only Memory
APU: Audio Processing Unit
(Hardware) ARP: Address Resolution Protocol
The Internet protocol used to dynamically map Internet
APWG: Anti Phishing Working Group addresses to physical (hardware) addresses on local area
See http://www.antiphishing.org/ (Organizations) networks. Limited to networks that support hardware broadcast.
(Network)
AQ: Advanced Queueing
(Databases) (Oracle) ARPA: Advanced Research Projects Agency
Now called Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),
AR: Access Rate
the U.S. government agency that funded the ARPANET.
The data rate of the user access channel. The rate (maximum) at (Organizations)
which access devices can offer data to the frame relay network
(Communication) ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency
NETwork
AR: Application Requester
A packet switched network developed in the early 1970s. The
(IBM)
"grandfather" of today's Internet. ARPANET was decommissioned
ARA: Appletalk Remote Access in June 1990.
(Communication) (Apple) ARPL: Adjust Requested Privilege Level
ARAG: AntiReflective, AntiGlare ARQ: Automatic Repeat reQuest
ARAP: Appletalk Remote Access Protocol (Communication)
ARAS: AntiReflective, AntiStatic ARS: Activity Reporting System
ARB: Architecture Review Board ART: Adaptive Resonance Theory
ARC: Advanced Risc Computer ART: Average Response Time

(Hardware) ARTA: Apple Real Time Architecture
ARC: ARChive ARTIC: A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor
File name extension (IBM)
ARCA: Advanced Risc Computing Architecture ARTS: Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server
ARCnet: Attached Resource Computer NETwork ARTT: Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal
AREQIPA: Application REQuested Internet Protocol ARU: Audio Response Unit
over Atm
(Network)
ARX: Autocad Runtime eXtensions
(Software) (Autodesk)
ARF: Abort, Retry, Fail
AS: Advanced Server
ARIN: American Registry for Internet Numbers
(Organizations)
AS: Application Server
(IBM)
ARIS: Architecture of Integrated Information
Systems AS: Authentication Service
ARIS: Attack Registry & Intelligence Service AS: Autonomous System

(Security) A self-connected set of networks that are generally operated
within the same administrative domain (Network)

AS/400 ASP
AS/400: Application System/400 ASF: Applied Science Fiction

(IBM) Manufacturer (ASF) A
AS/U: Advanced Server for Unix ASI: Asynchronous Scsi Interface
AS3AP: Ansi Sql Standard Scalable And Portable ASI: Automatic System Installation
Database benchmark (Databases)
ASIC: Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASA: Active Server Application A gate array or other non-standard chip design for proprietary
(Network) (Microsoft) use. (Hardware)
ASA: Adaptive Security Appliance ASID: Address Space IDentifier

(Hardware) (Cisco) ASIT: Advanced Security and Identification
ASA: American Standards Association Technology
ASA: Architectures of Systems of Agents ASK: Amplitude Shift Keying
ASAI: Adjunct Switch Application Interface ASL: Acpi Source Language

(AT&T) ASL: Adaptive Speed Leveling
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 (MVS) - (IBM)
z/OS (Operating systems) (IBM)
ASM: ASseMbler
ASCC: Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator File name extension
(IBM)
ASM: Automatic Storage Management
ASCI: Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative Oracle 10g database feature that provides the database
ASCII: American Standard Code for Information administrator with a simple storage management interface that is
Interchange consistent across all server and storage platforms (Databases)
(Oracle)
The standard binary encoding of alphabetical characters,
numbers, and other keyboard symbols (7 bit character code.) ASMP: ASymmetric MultiProcessing
ASD: Application Structure Database System architecture that uses different types of processors in a
multi-processor system (Hardware)
(Microsoft)
ASN: Abstract Syntax Notation
ASD: Automatic Skip Driver
The International Organization for Standardization's open
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) systems interconnection (OSI) language for describing abstract
ASDSP: Application-Specific Digital Signal Processor syntax.
ASE: Active Storage Element ASN: Autonomous System Number
ASE: Adaptive Server Enterprise ASO: Automated Systems Operations

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

(Organizations)
ASF: Alert Standard Format
ASP: Authorized Service Provider
ASF: Apache Software Foundation
(Organizations) ASP: Auxiliary Storage Pool
(IBM)

ASP ATOB
ASP: Average Selling (or Street) Price ATAPI: Advanced Technology Attachment Packet
ASPEN: Automatic System for Performance
Interface A
(Hardware)
Evaluation of the Network
ATC: Address Translation Controller
ASPI: Advanced Scsi Programming Interface
ATC: Advanced Transfer Cache
ASPN: ActiveState Programmer Network
(Hardware)
(Software)
ATDM: Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexer
ASPS: Advanced Signal Processing System
ASPX: Active Server Pages eXtended ATDNet: Advanced Technology Demonstration
NETwork
Dynamic web pages engine for the Microsoft .NET framework
(Software) (Microsoft) (Network)
ASQ: Automated Software Quality ATE: Asynchronous Terminal Emulation

(Software) ATE: Atm Terminating Equipment
ASR: Access Service Request ATE: Automatic Test Equipment
ASR: Address Space Register ATEC: Authorized Technical Education Center
ASR: Arithmetic Shift Right (Microsoft)
(Software) ATF: Ajax Toolkit Framework
ASR: Automatic Send-Receive Provides an extensible framework and exemplary tools for
building IDEs for the many different AJAX runtime offerings
(Communication)
(Dojo, Zimbra, Rico, etc) in the market (Software)
ASR: Automatic Server Recovery ATF: Automated Test Facility
(Operating systems)
ATG: Advanced Technology Group
ASR: Automatic Speech Recognition
ATI: Allied Telesyn International
ASR: Automatic System Recovery
Networking hardware manufacturer (Hardware)
AST: AST research, inc. ATIP: Absolute Time In Pregroove
Company named from first initials of the founders: Albert Wong,
Safi Qureshey, Thomas Yuen ATIS: Alliance for Telecommunication Industry
Solutions
AST: Atlantic Standard Time
Sett http://www.atis.org/ (Organizations)
Timezone: GMT -4:00
ATK: Accessibility ToolKit
ASTRAL: Alliance for Strategic Token Ring
Advancement and Leadership ATL: Active Template Library
(Microsoft)
ASV: Advanced Super View
LCD display technology (Hardware) ATL: Adaptive Threshold Learning
ASVD: Analog Simultaneous Voice & Data ATL: Automated Tape Library
(Communication) (Hardware)
ASX: Asf Stream Redirector ATLAS: Authorization Token Layer Acquisition

File format (Microsoft) Service
Describes the service needed to acquire authorization tokens to
ASYNC: ASYNchronous Communication access a target system using the CSIv2 protocol. This design
Communication protocol (Communication) defines a single interface with which a client acquires an
authorization token
AT: Advanced Technology
an IBM personal computer. Also a motherboard's form factor ATM: Adobe Type Manager
(IBM) (Software) (Adobe)
AT: ATtention ATM: Air Traffic Management
Modem command prefix. Defined by the modem command set
developed by the Hayes company for use on its modems and now ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode
used on most modems (Communication) A standard for switching and routing all types of digital
information, including video, voice, and data. With ATM, digital
AT: Azores Time information is broken up into standard-sized packets, each with
Timezone: GMT -2:00 the "address" of its final destination. (Communication)
AT&T: American Telephone And Telegraph ATM: At The Moment

(Net lingo)
ATA: Advanced Technology Attachment
Peripheral bus architecture (Hardware) ATM: Automatic Teller Machine
ATAG: Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines ATMS: Assumption based Truth Maintenance
W3C recommendation that explains how to develop authoring System
tools that make it easier to produce accessible Web pages that
conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
ATN: Australian Technology Network
ATOB: Ascii TO Binary

ATOMM AX
ATOMM: Advanced super Thinlayer and high-Output AV: Authenticity Verification

Metal Media
AVA: Audio Visual Authoring A
ATP: Appletalk Transaction Protocol (IBM)
(Communication) (Apple)
AVA: Avaya Certified Associate
ATP: Application Transaction Program
AVATAR: Advanced Video Attribute Terminal
ATP: Available To Promise Assembler and Recreator
ATP2: AppleTalk Phase 2 AVC: Advanced Visual Computing
(SGI)
ATPS: AppleTalk Printing Services
(Apple) AVC: Audio Visual Connection
(IBM)
ATR: Advanced Telecommunication Research
(Organizations) AVD: Alternating Voice and Data
ATR: Answer To Reset AVE: Autocad Visualization Extension
ATR: Automatic Terminal Recognition AVG: AVeraGe
ATRAC: Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding AVGA: Advanced Video Graphic Array
Audio compression algorithm, introduced by Sony for its Mini
AVI: Audio Video Interleaved
Disk, which relies on the masking of low-amplitude frequency
components by temporaly adjacent high-amplitude components File Format
(Sony) AVK: Application Verification Kit
ATS: Abstract Test Suite Tool intended to help developers test their applications for correct
(Communication) use of J2EE APIs and portability across J2EE compatible
application servers, and to help developers avoid inadvertently
ATS: Administrative Terminal System writing non-portable code (Software) (Sun)
ATS: Apple Terminal Services AVP: Attribute-Value Pair
ATS: Automatic Tuning and troubleshooting System AVR: Automatic Voice Recognition
Binary reoptimization and recompilation tool that can be used for
AVR: Automatic Voltage Regulation
tuning and troubleshooting applications (Software) (Sun)
(Hardware)
ATTN: ATTeNtion
AVS: Adult Verification Service
ATU: Adsl Transceiver Unit
AVT: Applied Voice Technology
Commonly referred to as a DSL "modem" (Hardware)
AVT: Attribute Value Template
ATU-C: Adsl Transceiver Unit - Central
(Software)
In a DSL loop, the line card plugged into the DSLAM (Hardware)
AVTK: Anti Virus ToolKit
ATU-R: Adsl Transceiver Unit - Remote
(Software)
Commonly referred to as a DSL "modem" (Hardware)
AVVID: Architecture for Voice, Video and
ATVEF: Advanced TeleVision Enhancement Forum
Integrated Data
(Organizations)
(Communication) (Cisco)
ATX: Advanced Technology eXtended
AWAC: Audio Waveform Amplifier and Converter
Motherboard format (Hardware) (Intel)
AWC: Advanced Web Creations
AU: AUdio
File name extension AWD: Access Workflow Designer
Organize and track information (Microsoft)
AUC: AUthentication Center
AWDE: Artus Wireless Data Enhancer
AUDIT: AUtomated Data Input Terminal
(Communication) (Nokia)
AUI: Attachment Unit Interface
AWE: Address Windowing Extensions
AUI: Audible User Interface (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
AUP: Acceptable User Policy AWE: Advanced Wave Effects
AUT: Application Under Test (Creative Labs)
AUTODIN: AUTOmatic DIgital Network AWG: American Wire Gauge
AUTOVON: AUTOmatic VOice Network AWK: Aho, Weinberger and Kernighan

Unix language named after its authors: Al Aho, Peter Weinberger
AUX: Apple UniX and Brian Kernighan
AUX: AUXiliary AWS: Advanced Workstations and Systems
AV: Access Violation (IBM)
(Software) AWT: Abstract Windows Toolkit
AV: Anti Virus (Software) (Sun)
AV: Audio Video AX: Architecture eXtended

AXI BCDIC
AXI: American eXpress Interactive BAS: Borland AppServer

(Borland) A
B BASDA: Business and Accounting Software
b: Bit Developers Association
(Organizations)
B
B: Bold
HTML tag BASH: Bourne Again SHell
B: Byte BASIC: Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction

Code
B&W: Black & White Programming language (Software)
B/F: Background/Foreground BASM: Built-in ASseMbler
B2B: Business to Business BAT: Baby Advanced Technology
B2C: Business To Customer A type of system board (Hardware)
B2E: Business To Employee BAT: BATch

File name extension
B2G: Business to Government
E-commerce model BAT: Block Address Translation
B2X: Binary To heXadecimal BAWUG: Bay Area Wireless Users Group
(IBM) (Organizations)
B8ZS: Binary 8 Zero Substitution BB: BridgeBoard

Replaces strings of zeroes by pattern with pulses (Communication) BBB: Better Business Bureau
BA: Bell Atlantic (Organizations)
BA: Brokering Agent BBB: Bit By Bit

BACP: Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol BBIALB: Be Back In A Little Bit
(Communication) (Net lingo)
BAD: Broken As Designed BBL: Be Back Later

BAFUG: Bay Area Freebsd Users Group BBLT: Bus BLock Transfer
(Organizations) BBR: Back Bone Ring
BAI: Bank Administration Institute BBS: Be Back Soon
File / report format used in financial services industry (Software) (Net lingo)
BAID: Bios Aware Ipl Device BBS: Bios Boot Specification
(Hardware) (Hardware)
BAK: BAcKup BBS: Bulletin Board System
File name extension (Communication)
BAK: Binary Adaptation Kit BC: Base Code
(Microsoft)
BC: Business Component
BAKOM: BundesAmt für KOMmunikation (Software)
Swiss regulatory Organisation (Organizations)
BC4J: Business Components For Java
BAL: Basic Assembly Language Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) framework that helps
BALUN: BALanced UNbalanced developers quickly construct high-performance J2EE applications
following industry-standard design patterns (Software) (Oracle)
BAM: Bidirectional Associative Memory
BCA: BroadCast Agent
BAM: Boyan Action Module Business Objects broadcast agent. See also
http://www.businessobjects.com/products/bca/ (Software)
BAP: Bandwidth Allocation Protocol
BCC: Blind Carbon Copy
BAPI: Business Application Programming Interface
(Software) BCC: Block Check Character
In longitudinal redundancy checking and cyclic redundancy
BAR: Base Address Register checking, a character transmitted by the sender after each
BARB: Board ARBiter message block and compared with a block-check character
computed by the receiver to determine if the transmission was
Part of the bus arbitration system (Hardware) (Sun)
successful.
BARRNET: Bay Area Regional Research NETwork
BCD: Binary-Coded Decimal
BART: Basic Application RunTime Character encoding scheme
BARTS: Bell Atlantic Regional TimeSharing BCDBS: Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer
Service
BAS: BASic
File name extension BCDIC: Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

BCEL BFTP
BCEL: Byte Code Engineering Library BDE: Borland Database Engine

Library intended to give users a convenient possibility to analyze, (Databases) (Borland)
create, and manipulate (binary) Java class files (Software)
BDF: Bitmap Description Format
BCF: Base station Control Function
BDK: Bean Development Kit B
BCF: Busy Call Forwarding (Software) (Sun)
BCL: Base Class Library BDLC: Burroughs Data Link Control
(Software) (Microsoft)
BDLS: BiDirectional Loop Switching
BCL: Batch Command Language
BDM: Background Debug Mode
BCN: Backbone Concentrator Node (Hardware)
BCNF: Boyce/Codd Normal Form BDOS: Basic Disk Operating System
BCNU: Be Seeing You (Operating systems)
(Net lingo) BDR: Bus Device Request
BCP: Basic Call Process BDSL: Broadband Digital Subscriber Line
BCP: Best Current Practice (Communication)
Means that a certain manner of proceeding is in general the most BE: Below or Equal
logical choice - a de facto standard of sorts
BECN: Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
BCP: Binary Communications Protocol A bit sent by a frame relay network to notify an interface device
BCP: Bridging Control Protocol (DTE) that congestion avoidance procedures should be initiated
by the sending device (Communication)
BCP: Bulk Copy Program
BEDO: Burst Data Extended Output
BCP: Byte Control Protocol (Hardware)
(Communication)
BEEP: Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol
BCPL: Basic Computer Programming Language
BEL: BELl
BCR: Best Cost Routing Control character
(Communication)
BELLCORE: BELL COmmunications REsearch
BCR: Byte Count Register
BER: Basic Encoding Rules
BCRC: Business Component Request Center Standard rules for encoding data units described in ASN.1.
(Software) Sometimes incorrectly lumped under the term ASN.1, which
properly refers only to the abstract syntax description language,
BCS: Banking Communication Standard not the encoding technique.
BCS: Bar Code Sorter BER: Bit Error Rate
BCS: Basic Catalog Structure (Communication)
(Operating systems) (IBM) BERT: Bit Error Rate Test
BCS: Basic Content Service (Communication)
(Software) BEST: Borland Enhanced Support and Training
BCS: Binary Compatibility Standard BET: Bit Enhancement Technology
BCS: British Computer Society (Hardware)
BCSM: Basic Call Sate Model BEV: Boot Entry Vector

A field in the Plug and Play (PnP) Header of a device with an
BCSP: BlueCore Serial Protocol associated option ROM. Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) is
Host controller interface (HCI) procotol (Communication) implemented as a BEV option ROM (Hardware)
BCU: Bios Configuration Utility BF: Bad Flag
BCU: Bus Controller Unit BFC: BrieFCase
BCV: Boot Connection Vector Filename extension (Software) (Microsoft)
A field in the Plug and Play (PnP) header for a device with an BFE: Bum F*** Egypt
associated option ROM (Hardware) A remote unknown location (Net lingo)
BD: Blu-ray Disc BFF: Binary File Format
Name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed (IBM)
by thirteen leading consumer electronics and pc companies
(Hardware) BFN: Bye For Now
BDA: Bios Data Area (Net lingo)
BDB: Berkeley DataBase BFRS: Base File Record Segment

(Databases) BFS: Business Forecasting Software
BDC: Backup Domain Controller BFT: Binary File Transfer
Secondary to the PDC, provides user/computer domain
BFTP: Batch File Transfer Protocol
authentication (Operating systems) (Microsoft)

BGA BIU
BGA: Ball-Grid Array BIOML: BIOpolymer Markup Language

Integrated circuit (IC) packaging that uses half-spherical contacts XML language designed to be used for the annotation of
versus pins (Hardware) biopolymer sequence information. BIOML allows the full
specification of all experimental information known about
BGAN: Broadband Global Area Network
(Network)
molecular entities composed of biopolymers, for example,
proteins and genes
B
BGE: Branch if Greater or Equal BIOS: Basic Input/Output System
BGI: Borland Graphics Interface The program a personal computer's microprocessor uses to get
the computer system started after you turn it on
File name extension
BIP: Bit Interleaved Parity
BGP: Border Gateway Protocol
An Internet routing protocol used to pass routing information BIPM: Bureau International des Poids et des
between different administrative routing domains or Autonomous Mesures
Systems. BGP does not pass explicit topology information and is (Organizations)
often used between Internet service providers (Network)
BIPS: Bank Internet Payment System
BGT: Branch if Greater Than
The BIPS specification includes a protocol for sending payment
BHI: Branch if HIgher instructions to banks safely over the Internet and a payment
server architecture for processing those payment instructions
BHIS: Branch if HIgher or Same
BIPV: Bit Interleaved Parity Violation
BHLI: Broadband High Layer Information
BIRT: Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools
BHO: Browser Helper Object Open source, Eclipse-based reporting system that integrates with
(Software) (Microsoft) your application to produce compelling reports for both web and
PDF. See also http://www.eclipse.org/birt/ (Software)
BI: Binary Input
BIS: Boot Integrity Service
BI: Business Intelligence
BIS: Business Information System
BIA: Burned-In Address
A.k.a. MAC Address; unique identifier coded into every NIC BISDN: Broadband Integrated Services Digital
(Network) Network
(Communication)
BIAB: Band-In-A-Box
BISP: Business Information System Program
BIB: Back In Business
Usually said after saying BRB (Be Right Back) to say that you're BISSI: Broadband Inter-Switching System Interface
back (Net lingo)
BIST: Built-In Self Test
BIB: BIBliography
BISYNC: BInary SYNchronous Communications
File name extension
BIT: Binary digIT
BICI: Broadband InterCarrier Interface
BIT: Binary Improvement Tool
BiDi: BIDIrectional
Works directly with SPARC binaries to instrument, optimize, and
BIDS: Borland International Data Structures analyze them for performance or code coverage (Software) (Sun)
BIF: Benchmark Interchange Format BitBLT: BIT BLock Transfer

In computer graphics, a standardized file structure for specifying A raster operation that moves a block of bits representing some
the geometry of a particular data set from a particular application portion of an image or scene from one location in the frame
as well as the user interactions to be performed. buffer to another.
BIFET: BIpolar Field Effect Transistor BITNET: Because It's Time NETwork
Academic computer network based originally on IBM mainframe
BIFF: Binary Interchange File Format
systems interconnected via leased 9600 bps lines.
BIFS: BInary Format for Scenes
BITNIC: BITnet Network Information Center
BIG: Business Information Guide
BITS: Background Intelligent Transfer Service
Data warehousing (Databases)
Enables developers to write client applications that transfer files
BIM: Beginning of Information Marker asynchronously between a client and server. BITS automatically
resumes file transfers after network disconnects and machine
BIM: Broadband Interface Module reboots (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
BIN: BINary BITS: Bump-In-The-Stack
File name extension Configuration where IPsec is implemented "underneath" an
existing implementation of an IP protocol stack, between the
BINAC: BINary Automatic Computer native IP and the local network drivers. This approach, when it is
BIND: Berkeley Internet Name Daemon adopted, is usually employed in hosts (Network)
(Network) BITW: Bump-In-The-Wire
BINHEX: BINary HEXadecimal Configuration where IPsec is implemented through the use of an
outboard crypto processor. Such implementations may be
BINL: Boot Information Negotiation Layer designed to serve either a host or a gateway (or both) (Network)
(Operating systems)
BIU: Bus Interface Unit
(Hardware)

BIW BOL
BIW: Business Intelligence Warehouse BMR: Ballistic Magneto-Resistive

Hard disk head technology (Hardware)
BIX: Byte Information eXchange
Byte's bulletin board system BMS: Basic Mapping Support
BJ: Bubble Jet BMS: Broadcast Message Server B
(Hardware) (Canon)
BMU: Bmc Management Utility
BJC: Bubble Jet Color
BMUG: Berkeley Macintosh User Group
(Hardware) (Canon)
BN: Backbone Network
BKM: Best Known Method
Large network to which many networks within an organization are
Based on previous experience, the prefered method for connected (Network)
completing a task
BNC: Bayonet Neill-Concelman
BKSP: BacKSPace
Connector (Hardware)
BL: BackLit
BNC: Bayonet Nut Connector
BL: Bit Line (Hardware)
BLAST: BLocked ASynchronous Transmission BNC: British Naval Connector
Protocol Connector (Hardware)
BLE: Branch if Less or Equal BNE: Branch if Not Equal
BLER: BLock ERror BNF: Backus Naur Form
Syntax description for programming languages
BLERT: BLock Error Rate Test
(Communication) BNP: Broadband Network Premises
BLISS: Broadband Local Integrated Services BNS: Backbone Network Service
Solution (Network)
Allows service providers to offer a bundle of packet-based
BNU: Basic Networking Utilities
services including local and long distance voice services and high-
speed data (Network) (Cisco) BO: Binary Output
BLK: BLocK BO: Business Object
BLL: Business Logic Layer (Software)
BLLI: Broadband Low Layer Information BOA: Basic Object Adapter
BLMC: Buried Logic MacroCell BoB: Break-Out Box
BLOB: Binary Large OBject BOC: Basic Operator Console

(Databases) BOC: Bell Operating Company
BLOG: weB LOG More commonly referred to as RBOC for "regional Bell operating
company." The local telephone company in each of the seven
BLOS: Branch if LOwer Or Same U.S. regions.
BLT: Baghdad Local Time BOCA: Borland Object Component Architecture
Timezone: GMT +3:00
BOCS: Business Object Component Set
BLT: BLock Transfer (Software)
BMC: Baseboard Management Controller BOD: Bandwidth On Demand
Specialized microcontroller embedded on the motherboard of (Network)
many computers, especially servers. The BMC is the intelligence
in the IPMI architecture. The BMC manages the interface between BOF: Beginning Of File
system management software and platform hardware (Hardware) 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 who
BML: Business Management Layer
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 packaged
First 16-bit subset of the universal character set (UCS). Also form; connotation is "low quality" (Net lingo)
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)

BOM BSC
BOM: Basic Online Memory bpp: Bits Per Pixel

(IBM)
BPR: Business-Process Reengineering
BOM: Beginning Of Message
bps: Bits Per Second
BOM: Byte Order Mark Transfer speed (Communication) B
BOND: Bandwidth ON Demand Bps: Bytes Per Second
Transfer speed (Communication)
BONE: BeOs Networking Environment
(Operating systems) BPSK: Binary Phase-Shift Keying
BONM: Business-Oriented Network Management BPSS: Business Process Specification Schema
(Software)
BOOTP: BOOTstrap Protocol
A legacy remote booting protocol developed originally for use BPU: Branch Processing Unit
with UNIX (Network)
BPV: BiPolar Violation
BOP: Bit-Oriented Protocol T1 line code error with AMI encoding (Communication)
(Communication)
BR: Bad Register
BOPS: Billion Operations Per Second
BR: BReak
BOPS: Billions of Processes Per Second HTML tag
Processing speed (Hardware)
BRAN: Broadband Radio Access Networks
BOR: Business Objects Repository An ETSI project, it provides telecommunications services the
(Software) middle ground between mobile systems and the wired access
world. BRAN is working on radio systems to meet the new
BOS: Basic Operating System requirements of the information age (Communication)
BOT: Beginning Of Table BRB: Be Right Back
BOT: Beginning Of Tape (Net lingo)
(Hardware) BRD: Blue Ray Disk
BOT: Build, Operate and Transfer (Hardware)
BOT: roBOT BRF: Benchmark Report Format

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

You say this when you think someone is lying (Net lingo)
BPL: Broadband over Power Lines
(Network) BSA: Business Software Alliance
Bpl: Bytes Per Line BSAM: Basic Sequential Access Method
BPM: Business Process Management BSC: Base Station Controller

Knowledge between management and information technology, BSC: Binary Synchronous Communication
encompassing methods, techniques and tools to design, enact, Communication protocol (Communication)
control, and analyze operational business processes (Software)
BSC: Boyan SCript
BPN: Business Partner Network
File name extension
BPO: Business Process Outsourcer

BSC BVT
BSC: Bus State Controller BTA: But Then Again

(Hardware) (Net lingo)
BSCM: Binary Synchronous Communications Module BTAM: Basic Tape Access Method
BSCS: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science BTAM: Basic Telecommunication Access Method B
(IBM)
BSD: Berkeley Software Distribution
UNIX versions developed at the University of California at BTB: Branch Target Buffer
Berkeley. (Operating systems) (Hardware)
BSDL: Boundary Scan Description Language BTC: Bit Test and Complement
A subset of VHDL, it describes how JTAG is implemented in a
particular device. (Hardware) BTI: Business Type Identifier
BSDS: BootStrap Data Set BTL: Bell Telephone Laboratories
BSE: Bladecenter Storage Expansion BTLB: Block Translation Look-aside Buffer

(Hardware) BTM: Benchmark Timing Methodology
BSF: Bean Scripting Framework In computer graphics, a method of measuring how long it takes
to run the purchaser's benchmark interchange format program.
Architecture for incorporating scripting into Java applications and
applets (Software) BTO: Built To Order
BSF: Bit Scan Forward BTOA: Binary TO Ascii
BSI: Bentley Systems, Incorporated BTP: Batch Transfer Program
BSI: BiSynchronous Interface BTR: "Bet The Ranch"
(Network)
BTR: Bit Test and Reset
BSI: British Standards Institute
BTS: Base Transceiver Station
BSM: Basic Storage Module
BTS: Bit Test and Set
(IBM)
BTSOOM: Beats The S**t Out Of Me
BSM: Business System Management
(Net lingo)
(Software)
BTT: Back To the Top
BSML: Bioinformatic Sequence Markup Language
Used in an on-line discussion forum to bump a topic back to the
BSOD: Blue Screen Of Death top of the page where more people can see it (Net lingo)
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) BTU: Basic Transmission Unit
BSP: Binary Space Partitioning BTU: British Thermal Unit
BSP: Bulk Synchronous Parallelism A unit of thermal energy
BSP: Business Service Provider BTW: By The Way

(Net lingo)
BSR: Bit Scan Reverse
BTX: Balanced Technology eXtended
BSRAM: Burst Static Random Access Memory
Motherboard form factor, designed to replace ATX (Hardware)
(Hardware)
BTX: BildschirmTeXt
BSS: Basic Service Set
(Communication) BU: Bluetooth Unit
(Hardware)
BSS: Block Started by Symbol
BU: Branch Unit
BSS: Broadband Switching System
BU: Bulk Update
BSS: Business Support System
Updating many rows in a table in a single operation (Databases)
Network management software to monitor performance and
resources (Software) BUBL: BUlletin Board for Libraries
BSSID: Basic Service Set IDentifier BUF: BUFfer
(Communication)
BUI: BUs Interface
BSSMAP: Base Station System Management
BURN: Buffer UnderRuN
Application Part
(Hardware)
BST: Binary Search Tree
BUS: Broadcast and Unknown Server
BST: British Summer Time (Network)
Timezone: GMT +0:00
BVCP: Banyan Vines Control Protocol
BSV: Boot Sector Virus
BVH: Base Video Handler
BSY: BuSY
BVO: Business Value Orientation
BT: Bit Test
BVT: Behavioral Verification Technology
BT: Bus Terminator (IBM)

BVT CAPI
BVT: Build Verification Test CAEN: Chemically-Assembled Electronic

Nanocomputer
BW: Bus Watcher
(Hardware)
Mechanism that converts XDBus signals to XBus signals and
passes them to the Module XBus Cache Controller (Hardware)
(Sun)
CAEX: Computer Aided EXploration
B
CAG: Column Address Generator
BWA: Broadband Wireless Access
(Communication) CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate C
BWBM: BandWidth Balancing Mechanism CAI: Computer Associates International
(CAI)
BWL: Black Wing Lair
A 40 man raid dungeon is World of Warcraft. (Games)
CAI: Computer-Aided Instruction
BWM: Block-Write Mode CAIRN: Collaborative Advanced Interagency

Research Network
BYOB: Bring Your Own Beer
CAIS: Common Apse Interface Specification
(Net lingo)
BYORL: Bring Your Own Rocket Launcher CAL: CALendar
(Net lingo) CAL: Client Access License
BZR: Bit Zone Recording CAL: Computer Aided Logistics
CAL: Computer-Assisted Learning
C
CALL: Computer-Aided Language Learning
C: C
CALS: Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support
Programming language
CAM: Common Access Method
C&T: Chips And Technologies
(Communication)
C/D: Control Data
CAM: Computer-Aided Manufacturing
C/S: Client/Server
CAM: Content-Addressable Memory
C2D: Character To Decimal Special type of computer memory used in certain very high speed
(IBM) searching applications (Hardware)
C2T: Cable Changing Technology CAMAC: Computer Automated Measurement And
Control
C2X: Character To heXadecimal
(IBM) CAMM: Computer Assisted Material Management
CA: Certification Authority CAMMU: CAche/Memory Management Unit
(Hardware)
CA: Chromatic Aberration
CAN: CANcel
CA: Collision Avoidance
CAN: Controller Area Network
CAAD: Computer Aided Architectural Design
CANBUS: Controller Area Network BUS
CAB: CABinet
(Network)
File name extension (Microsoft)
CAO: Computer Account Object
CAB: Compressed Application Binary
(Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Microsoft)
CAO: Computer Aided Office
CABS: Carrier Access Billing System
CAP: CAPture
CAC: Connection Admission Control
File name extension
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 Interface

(Communication)

CAPP CBL
CAPP: Computer Aided Process Planning CAT: Computer-Aided Telephony

CAPS: CAPitalS CAT: Computer-Aided Testing
Uppercase letters
CAT: Computer-Assisted Training
CAPS: CAssette Programming System
CAT: Computer-Assisted Translation
CAPTCHA: Completely Automated Public Turing test Indicates the use of a series of data processing tools aimed at
to tell Computers and Humans Apart assisting the translator on a level of coherency (consistency) of
the text and in terms of working speed
C
Pronounced as "KAP.chuh", it's a computer-generated test that
humans can pass but computer programs cannot. For more CATIA: Computer Aided Three-dimensional
information, see http://www.captcha.net/,
Interactive Application
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha or
http://www.wordspy.com/words/captcha.asp CAD/CAM program from Dassault Systems
CAQ: Computer Aided Quality CATID: CATegory IDentifier

(Software)
CAR: Committed Access Rate
(Cisco) CATS: Computer Assisted Training System
CAR: Courtesy Amount Recognition CATV: CAble TeleVision

(Hardware)
CARB: Central ARBiter
On Sun servers, a system of central arbiters (one CARB on the CATV: Community Antenna TeleVision
control board) and a board arbiter (BARB) (one on every system (Hardware)
board) determine which processor on which system board
controls the system bus at any given time. (Hardware) (Sun)
CAU: Cable Access Unit
(Hardware)
CARCAS: Computer Aided aRchiving and Change
Accounting System CAU: Controlled Access Unit
CARL: Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries CAV: Constant Angular Velocity

(Hardware)
CARP: Cache Array Routing Protocol
(Microsoft) CAVE: Computer-Assisted Virtual Environment
CARP: Common Address Redundancy Protocol CAVERN: Computer-Assisted Virtual Environment

Allows multiple hosts on the same local network to share a set of
Research Network
IP addresses among them (Network) CAVIT: Convergence of Audio/Video Information
CART: Computer-Assisted Radar Tomography Technology
CAS: Channel Associated Signaling CAWE: Computer-Aided Web Engineering
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
CAS: Computer-Aided Styling CBD: Component-Based Development

(Software)
CAS: Computerized Autodial System
CBDO: Chief Business Development Officer
CASE: Computer-Aided Software Engineering
CBDS: Connectionless Broadband Data Service
CASL: Crosstalk Application Scripting Language
CBEMA: Computer and Business Equipment
CASS: Computer Assisted Search Service Manufacturers Association
CASSIS: Classified and Search Support Information CBGA: Ceramic Ball Grid Array
System
CBI: Computer Based Instruction
CAT: CATalog
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. CAT5.) The rate above the Committed Information Rate (CIR) up to
(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

CAT: Computer Aided Tomography
CAT: Computer Aided Transcription

CBL CCM
CBL: Composite Blocking List CCD: Charge Coupled Device

Takes its source data from very large spamtraps/mail (Hardware)
infrastructures, and only lists IPs exhibiting characteristics which
are specific to open proxies of various sorts which have been CCDA: Cisco Certified Design Associate
abused to send spam, worms/viruses that do their own mail Introductory to mid-level certification for IT professionals who
transmission can design routed and switched network infrastructures involving
LAN, WAN, and dial access services for businesses and
CBL: Computer Based Learning organizations (Cisco)
C
CBLT: Character BLock Transfer CCDP: Cisco Certified Design Professional
CBM: Commodore Business Machines Mid to advanced-level certification for IT professionals who can
design routed and switched networks involving LAN, WAN, and
Company; among the first home computer manufacturers (PET,
dial access services (Cisco)
VIC20, C64, C128, Amiga)
CCEA: Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator
CBMS: Computer-Based Mail System
Mid level certification for IT professionals who want to expand
CBO: Cost-Based Optimizer their knowledge of Citrix products and give them even more
(Databases) (Oracle) extensive experience installing and administering the Citrix
MetaFrame suite of products
CBQ: Class-Based Queuing
A public domain QoS methodology for classifying packets and
CCF: Cold-Cathode Fluorescent
queuing them according to criteria defined by an administrator to (Hardware)
provide differential forwarding behavior for each traffic class
CCF: Common Connector Framework
(Network)
(Software) (IBM)
CBR: Case Based Reasoning
CCF: Connection Control Function
CBR: Constant Bit Rate
CCFT: Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube
A class of service defined by ATM. Multimedia streams—audio and
video—are examples of CBR applications, since they send at a CCI: Common Client Interface
relatively steady data rate with constant bandwidth allocations
(Network) CCIC: Committee on Computing, Information and
Communications
CBT: Canon Buffer Transmission
(Organizations)
CBT: Computer Based Training
CCIE: Cisco Certified Internet Expert
CBT: Core Based Tree Advanced-level certification for IT professionals who have the
(Network) training, experience and confidence to tackle the most
challenging problems in their field (Cisco)
CBW: Convert Byte to Word
CCIN: Coordinating Committee of International
CBWFQ: Class-Based Weighted Fair Queueing Networks
Extends the standard WFQ functionality to provide support for
user-defined traffic classes. For CBWFQ, you define traffic classes CCIP: Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional
based on match criteria including protocols, access control lists Mid-level certification for IT professionals who have a detailed
(ACLs), and input interfaces (Network) (Cisco) understanding of networking technologies in the service provider
arena including IP routing, IP QoS, BGP, and MPLS (Cisco)
CBX: Computer-controlled Branch Exchange
CCIR: Comité Consultatif International de la Radio
CC: Call Control
A treaty organization, part of the International
(Communication) Telecommunications Union (ITU), responsible for obtaining
CC: Carbon Copy international agreement on standards for radio and television
transmission and the international exchange of programs.
CC: Cascade Correlation
CCIS: Common Channel Interoffice Signaling
CC: Cluster Controller
CCITT: Comité Consultatif International de
CC: Control Channel Télégraphique et Téléphonique
(Communication) Now it's called ITU (Organizations)
CC: Credit Card CCK: Client Customization Kit
CC: Cross Connector Set of tools that help distributors customize and distribute the
client. Support is provided for creating CD and download
CC/PP: Composite Capability/Preference Profile installers. Wizards are provided to simplify customization,
installation, and ISP signup
CCA: Cardholder Certification Authority
CCK: Complementary Code Keying
CCA: Citrix Certified Administrator (Communication)
Entry to mid level certification for IT professionals who want to
“demonstrate product expertise on Citrix platform products (Citrix CCKM: Cisco Centralized Key Management
MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 for Using CCKM authenticated client devices can roam from one
Windows, or Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server for UNIX) access point to another without any perceptible delay during
reassociation (Network) (Cisco)
CCAF: Call Control Agent Function
CCL: Common Command Language
CCC: Chaos Computer Club
CCL: Connection Control Language
CCC: Computer Control Center
CCL: Console Command Language
CCC: Cordless Computer Connection
(Hardware) (IBM) CCM: Change Configuration Management

CCM CDE
CCM: Comprehensive Client Manager CCSP: Cisco Certified Security Professional

Advanced-level certification for IT professionals who are actively
CCM: Concurrency Control Mechanism
involved in developing business solutions and designing and
(Databases) delivering multiple levels of security departments (Cisco)
CCM: Corba Component Model CCT: China Coast Time
CCMSE: Checkpoint Certified Managed Security Timezone: GMT +8:00
Expert CCT: Compuserve Communication Toolbox C
Advanced certification for security professionals implementing (CompuServe)
Check Point's VPN-1/FireWall-1 and Provider-1 Internet security
solutions ccTLD: Country Code Top Level Domain
CCN: Computer Communication Network (Network)
CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate CCU: Cache Control Unit

Introductory-level certification for IT professionals who can CCW: Channel Command Word
install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and dial access (Hardware) (IBM)
services for small networks (100 nodes or fewer) (Cisco)
CCW: Com Callable Wrapper
CCNA: Customer Carrier Name Abbreviation
(Communication)
CCXML: Call Control eXtensible Markup Language
CCNC: Common Channel Network Controller
Is designed to provide telephony call control support for
CCNC: Computer/Communications Network Center VoiceXML or other dialog systems. CCXML has been designed to
complement and integrate with a VoiceXML interpreter
CCNP: Cisco Certified Network Professional
Intermediate-level certification for IT professionals who can
CD: Carrier Detect
install, configure, and troubleshoot local and wide area networks Serial port signal (Communication)
for enterprise organizations with networks from 100 to more than
CD: Change Directory
500 nodes (Cisco)
CD: Collision Detect
CCP: Certified Computing Professional
(Communication)
CCP: Command Console Processor
CD: Color Display
CCP: Compression Control Protocol
CD: Compact Disk
Used for establishing and configuring data compression
algorithms over PPP, is responsible for configuring, enabling, and (Hardware)
disabling data compression algorithms on both ends of the point- CD+G: Compact Disk Plus Graphics
to-point link. See
http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/ccp.htm (Network) CD+MIDI: Compact Disk Plus Musical Instruments
Digital Interface
CCP: Console Command Processor
CDA: Communications Decency Act
CCR: Commitment, Concurrency and Recovery
An International Organization for Standardization's open systems CDA: Compact Disk Audio
interconnection (OSI) application service element used to create Filename extension for CD audio tracks
atomic operations across distributed systems. (Software)
CDA: Compound Document Architecture
CCRMA: Center for Computer Research in Music and (DEC)
Acoustics
CDBS: Connectionless Data Bearer Service
CCS: Color Calibration System
CDBT: Compact Disk-Based Training
CCS: Common Channel Signaling
(Communication) CDC: Connected Device Configuration
Provides a virtual machine and basic class libraries to support
CCS: Common Command Set Java language applications on consumer electronic and embedded
SCSI command set devices such as smart communicators, pagers, PDAs, and
interactive, digital television set-top boxes (Sun)
CCS: Common Communications Support
(IBM) CDC: Control Data Corporation
CCS: Continuous Composite Servo CD-DA: Compact Disk Digital Audio
CCS: Cryptographic CheckSum CDDI: Copper Distributed Data Interface
(Security) CDDL: Common Development and Distribution
CCS7: Common Channel signaling System 7 License
(Sun)
CCSA: Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator
Checkpoint's initial security certification. Stage 2 is the CCSE CDE: Certified Directory Engineer
(Security) (Network) (Novell)
CCSD: Cellular Circuit-Switched Data CDE: Common Desktop Environment
A graphical user interface running on UNIX. (Operating systems)
CCSE: Checkpoint Certified Security Expert
Checkpoint Certification. Stage 2 after completing the CCSA CDE: Complex Data Entry
(Security)
CDE: Cooperative Development Environment
CCSID: Coded Character Set IDentification

CD-E CDW
CD-E: Compact Disc Erasable CDP: Crl Distribution Point

(Hardware) (Security)
CDF: Channel Definition Format CDPD: Cellular Digital Packed Data
Is an application of the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) (Communication)
designed for push technology
CD-PROM: Compact Disk Programmable Read Only
CDF: Comma Delimited Format Memory
File name extension (Hardware) (Kodak)
C
CDF: Compound Document Formats CDR: Call Detail Record
Combination mechanism for XML-based languages. Therefore, all (Communication)
conformant compound documents have an XML-based root
document CDR: Clock and Data Recovery
(Hardware)
CDFS: Compact Disk File System
(Operating systems) CDR: Common Data Representation
CDI: Customer Data Integration CDR: Corel DRaw
Bringing together business information relating to customers from Filename extension
multiple sources
CD-R: Compact Disk Recordable
CD-I: Compact Disk Interactive (Hardware)
(Hardware)
CDRA: Character Data Representation Architecture
CDIA: Certified Document Imaging Architect (IBM)
CDID: Compact Disk Image Designer CDRAM: Cache Dynamic Random Access Memory
(Hardware)
CDIF: Case Data Interchange Format
Family of standards that lays out a single architecture for CD-RDx: Compact Disk - Rom Data eXchange
exchanging information between modelling tools, and between
repositories, and defines the interfaces of the components to CDRL: Contract Data Requirements List
implement this architecture CD-ROM: Compact Disk Read Only Memory
CDK: Content Development Kit A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly 600
(Software) (Microsoft) megabytes) and the use of laser optics rather than magnetic
means for reading data. (Hardware)
CDK: Control Development Kit
CD-RTOS: Compact Disk - Real Time Operating
System
CDL: Computer Design Language
CD-RW: Compact Disk-ReWriteable
CDM: Common Diagnostic Model (Hardware)
Specification widely used within the industry to evaluate the
health of computer systems in multi-vendor environments CDS: Cell Directory Service
CDM: Control Development Module CDS: Correlated Double Sampling

Technology to clean the image signal during scanning (Hardware)
CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access
(Communication) CDS: Current Directory Structure
CDMF: Commercial Data Masking Facility CDSA: Common Data Security Architecture
(IBM) CDSL: Consumer Digital Subscriber Line
CDML: Claris Dynamic Markup Language (Communication)
(Claris) CDT: C/C++ Development Tools
CD-MO: Compact Disk Magneto Optical Eclipse subproject working towards providing a fully functional C
and C++ Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the
CD-MRW: Compact Disk-Mount rainier ReWriteable Eclipse platform (Software)
Standard that enables native OS support of data storage on CD-
CDT: Cambridge Display Technology
RW. This makes the technology far easier to use and allows the
replacement of the floppy. See http://www.mt-rainier.org/ CDT: Center for Democracy and Technology
(Hardware) (Organizations)
CDN: Content Delivery Network CDT: Central Daylight Time
CDO: Collaboration Data Objects Timezone: GMT -6:00
CDONTS: Collaboration Data Objects for windows CDT: Corel Draw Template
New Technology Server File name extension
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) CDV: Cell Delay Variation
CDOS: Concurrent Disk Operating System In an ATM network, the variation in cell delay through the
network (Network)
CDP: Certificate in Data Processing
One of the first certifications for computer professionals CD-V: Compact Disk - Video
CDP: Cisco Discovery Protocol CDW: Computer Discount Warehouse

Used by Cisco Routers (Network) (Cisco) Computer store

CDW CFDP
CDW: Copy Database Wizard CENTR: Council of European National Top level
(Databases) (Microsoft) domain Registries
(Organizations)
CD-WO: Compact Disk - Write Once
CEO: Chief Executive Officer
CDX: CompounD indeX
File name extension (Microsoft) CEOP: Conditional End Of Page
CD-XA: Compact Disk - eXtended Architecture CEPT: Conference of European Postal and C
Telecommunications
CE: Cache Enable
(Organizations)
CE: Chip Enable
CER: Canonical Encoding Rules
CE: Collision Elimination
CER: Cell Error Ratio
CE: Compact Edition In an ATM network, ratio of errored cells to transmitted cells.
Measures the accuracy of cell transmission (Network)
CE: Convert Enable
CER: Corporate Error Reporting
CE: Customer Edge
Tool that allows IT Administrators to manage error reports and
(Network)
error messages created by the Windows Error Reporting client
CE: Customer Engineer (WER) in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and error-
reporting clients included in other Microsoft programs (Software)
CEA: Cisco Enterprise Accounting (Microsoft)
(Cisco)
CERFNET: California Educational and Research
CEA: Consumer Electronic Association Federation NETwork
(Organizations)
CERN: Centre Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
CEBIT: CEntrum Büro Information CERT: Computer Emergency Response Team
Telekommunikation
(Organizations)
CEBUS: Consumer Electronics BUS
CERT/CC: Computer Emergency Response Team
(Hardware) Coordination Center
CEC: Certified E-commerce Consultant (Organizations)
CEF: Cisco Express Forwarding CES: Circuit Emulation Service
Advanced, Layer 3 IP switching technology. It optimizes network
CES: Consumer Electronic Show
performance and scalability for networks with large and dynamic
traffic patterns, such as the Internet, on networks characterized CET: Central European Time
by intensive Web-based applications, or interactive sessions Timezone: GMT +1:00
(Network) (Cisco)
CF: ColdFusion
CEF: Common Executable Format
(Software)
Format that allows a single executable to be produced to run on
all Pocket PC devices, regardless of processor (Software) CF: Compact Flash
CEG: Continuous Edge Graphics Add-in expansion cards (Hardware)
CEH: Certified Ethical Hacker CF: Coupling Facility

(Databases)
Certification in IT security issued by The International Council of
Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) (Security) CFA: Color Filter Array
CEI: Conducted Electromagnetic Interference In digital imaging, CFAs assign a separate primary color to each
pixel by placing a filter of that color over the pixel. . As photons
CEI: Connection Endpoint Identifier pass through the filter to reach the pixel, only wavelengths of
that primary color will pass through (Hardware)
CELP: Card Edge Low Profile
(Intel) CFA: CompactFlash Association
(Organizations)
CELP: Code Excited Linear Prediction
CFB: Call Forward Busy
CEMA: Consumer Electroinics Manufacturers
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 (Software) (Cisco) CFCC: Coupling Facility Control Code
CEMM: Consumer Electronics Manufacturers (Databases)
Association CFD: Call For Discussion
(Operating systems) (Compaq)
CFD: Computational Fluid Dynamics
CEMS: Constituent Electronic Mail System
CFDJ: ColdFusion Developer's Journal
CENELEC: Comité Européen de Normalisation
ELECtrotechnique CFDP: Coherent File Distribution Protocol
(Network)

CFF CIDMID
CFF: Compact Font Format CHCP: CHange Code Page

(Adobe)
CHDIR: CHange DIRectory
CFG: ConFiGuration
CHFI: Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator
File name extension
Certification in IT security issued by The International Council of
CFM: Code Fragment Manager Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) (Security)
(Apple) CHFN: CHange FiNger C
CFM: ConFiguration Management CHGRP: CHange GRouP
CFM: Cubic Feet Per Minute CHILL: Ccitt HIgh Level Language
CFML: ColdFusion Markup Language CHIPS: Clearinghouse Interbank Payments System
(Allaire)
CHKDSK: CHecK DiSK
CFMN: Client For Microsoft Networks
CHM: Compressed HtMl
32-bit, protected-mode network client for Windows 9x that
provides the redirector and other software components for Microsoft's format for help files (Software) (Microsoft)
Microsoft networking (Network) (Microsoft) CHMOD: CHange MODe
CFO: Chief Financial Officer CHOWN: CHange OWNer
CFO: Compaq Factory Outlet CHP: CHaPter
(Compaq)
CHR: CHaRacter
CFP: Call For Papers
CHRP: Common Hardware Reference Platform
CFQ: Class-based Fair Queuing
(Network) CHS: Cylinder, Head, Sector
CFR: Computerized Facial Recognition CHTML: Compressed HyperText Markup Language
CFRM: Coupling Facility Resource Management CI: Coded Information

(Databases) CI: Competitive Intelligence
CFS: Caching File System CI: Component Interface
CFS: Common File System CI: Configuration Item
CFV: Call For Votes (Software)
CG: Computer Generated CI: Congestion Indication
CG: Computer Graphics CI: Content Inspection
CG: Control Gate CI/O: Comprehensive Input/ Output

Refers to Adaptec's RAID management software. (Hardware)
CGA: Color Graphics Adapter (Adaptec)
Video specification for a resolution of 320x200 pixels in 16 colors
(Hardware) CIA: Current Instruction Address
CGE: Common Graphics Environment CIAC: Computer Incident Advisory Capability

(Organizations)
CGI: Common Gateway Interface
A common method for transferring information between a web CIB: Computer Integrated Business
server and a back-end application (Network) CIC: Carrier Identification Code
CGI: Computer Generated Images CIC: Cisco Info Center
CGI: Computer Graphics Interface A service-level monitoring and diagnostics tool that provides
network fault and performance monitoring, trouble isolation, and
CGM: Computer Graphics Metafile 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
CICA: Center of Innovative Computer Applications
lets the switch send multicasts only to the ports on a VLAN that
are participating in the multicast (Network) (Cisco) CICS: Customer Information Control System
CGMS: Copy Generation Management System (IBM)
CGS: Continuous-Grain Silicon CICS/VS: Customer Information Control System /

(Hardware) Virtual Storage
CHAP: Challenge Handshake Authentication CID: Charge-Injection Device

Protocol CID: Configuration, Installation, Distribution
A security tool offered in point-to-point protocol (PPP) based on
encrypted password exchange. (Network) CIDL: Component Implementation Definition
Language
CHAR: Character The semantics of the CORBA Components Model (CCM)
CHAT: Conversational Hypertext Access Technology CIDMID: Content-ID and Message-ID
CHCK: CHannel ChecK (Network)

CIDR CL
CIDR: Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIS: Client Information System

Solution that allows more scalability in the Internet under the
CIS: Com+ Internet Service
current IP version 4 addressing scheme. It provides an interim
solution until IP version 6 is put into place (Network) (Software) (Microsoft)
CIE: Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage CIS: Component Interaction Service

A standard means for specifying the color of an object or light (Databases)
source in terms of (x,y) coordinates. CIS: Compressed Image Sequence C
CIF: Common Interchange Format The XIL library's compressors store (generally related)
compressed video frames in structures called CIS buffers. The
CIF: Common source Intermediate Format images may represent frames in a movie, pages in a document,
A video format in which frames are 360 pixels wide and 288 and so on.
pixels high (one half of the CCIR 601 frame size). Each pixel has
its own luminance value. CIS: Compuserve Information Service
(CompuServe)
CIF: Component Implementation Framework
Defines the programming model for constructing component CIS: Computer Information Systems
implementations CIS: Contact Image Sensor
CIF: Crystallographic Information File Scanner device (Hardware)
File name extension CIS: Customer Information System
CIF: Customer Information File CIS: Customer Interaction Software
CIFF: Camera Image FIle Format CISA: Certified Information System Auditor
CIFS: Common Internet File System CISC: Complex Instruction Set Computer
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) CPU architecture (Hardware)
CIL: Common Intermediate Language CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security
CIL: Computer Integration Laboratories Professional
CIM: Common Information Model CIT: Computer-Integrated Telephony
Provides a common definition of management information for CIT: Court of International Trade
systems, networks, applications and services, and allows for
(Organizations)
vendor extensions
CITO: Communications and Information
CIM: Compuserve Information Manager
Technology Ontario
CIM: Computer Integrated Manufacturing (Organizations)
CIM: Cox Interactive Media CIVIC: Cyclone Integrated Video Interfaces
CIM: Customer Information Management Controller
CIO: Chief Information Officer CIVR: Computer and Interactive Voice Response
CIOCS: Communication Input/Output Control CIW: Certified Internet Webmaster

System CIW: Client Installation Wizard
CIP: Command Interface Port (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
CIP: Commerce Interchange Pipeline CIX: Commercial Internet eXchange

(Microsoft) CIX: Compulink Information eXchange
CIP: Common Indexing Protocol C-JDBC: Clustered Java DataBase Connectivity
CIP: Computer Integrated Processing Open source (LGPL) database cluster middleware that allows any
Java application (standalone application, servlet or EJB container,
CIPM: Commerce Interchange Pipeline Manager ...) to transparently access a cluster of databases through JDBC.
(Software) (Microsoft) See also http://c-jdbc.objectweb.org/ (Databases)
CIPS: Canadian Information Processing Society CJK: Chinese, Japanese and Korean
Accredits academic programs in technology, certifies (Software)
practitioners, and has a code of conduct for professional
CJLI: Command Job Language Interpreter
behavior. See also http://www.cips.ca/ (Organizations)
CKD: Count Key Data
CIPSO: Commercial Internet Protocol Security
Option CKE: Commercial Key Escrow
(Security) (Software)
CIR: Committed Information Rate CKM: Customer Knowledge Management
A minimum access rate the service provider commits to providing
CKO: Chief Knowledge Officer
the customer (Communication)
CL: Cas Latency
CIR: Consumer InfraRed
Number of clock cycles it takes before data starts to flow once a
(Hardware)
command is received. Low CAS latency is faster than high CAS
CIRC: Cross-Interleaved Reed-solomon Code latency (Hardware)
CIS: Card Information Structure CL: Common Lisp


CL CLUT
CL: ConnectionLess CLIST: Command LIST

(Communication)
CLK: CLocK
CLAR: Channel Local Address Register (Hardware)
CLASS: Centralized Local Area Selective Signaling CLL: ConnectionLess Layer

CLASS: CLient Access to Systems and Services CLLI: Common Language Location Identification
CLASS: Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and (Communication) C
Services CLNAP: ConnectionLess Network Access Protocol
CLASS: Custom Local Area Signaling Services CLNP: ConnectionLess Network Protocol
CLC: Certified Local Carrier The International Organization for Standardization's open
systems interconnection (OSI) protocol for providing the OSI
(Communication) Connectionless Network Service (datagram service). CLNP is the
CLC: CLear Carry flag OSI equivalent to Internet IP, and is sometimes called ISO IP.
CLC: Color Laser Copier CLNS: ConnectionLess Network Service

(Hardware) (Canon) CLO: Chief Learning Officer
CLC: Command Line Console CLOB: Character Large OBject
CLCC: Ceramic Leadless Chip Carrier (Databases)
(Hardware) CLOS: Common Lisp Object System
C-LCD: Cholesteric Liquid Cristal Display (Software)
(Hardware) CLP: Cell Loss Priority
CLD: Clear Direction Flag In ATM cells, a bit that specifies whether a cell can be discarded,
if necessary; for example, if network congestion or policing
CLDC: Connected Limited Device Configuration occurs (Communication)
Is the foundation of the Java runtime environment that targets
CLP: CLiPboard
small, resource-constrained devices, such as mobile phones,
mainstream personal digital assistants, and small retail payment File name extension
terminals (Sun) CLP: Command Line Processor
CLDR: Common Locale Data Repository CLP: Command Line Protocol
http://www.unicode.org/cldr/index.html
CLP: Constraint Logic Programming
CLEC: Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
A telephone company that competes with other local phone CLR: Cell Loss Ratio
companies within an exchange, or calling area, to provide local In an ATM network, the ratio of lost ATM Cells to transmitted
telephone service (Communication) cells; measures the percentage of cells lost between two points in
the network. Cell loss is typically caused by severe network
CLEI: Common Language Equipment Identification congestion; it can also result from bit errors in the cell header
(Network)
CLF: Common Log File
(Network) CLR: Common Language Runtime
CLGA: Ceramic Land Grid Array
(Hardware) CLR: Compensating Log Record
CLI: Call Level Interface CLS: CLear Screen
CLI: Calling Line Identification CLS: Closed Loop Solution
(Communication) CLS: Common Language Specification
CLI: Clear Interrupt Flag (Software)
CLI: Client Library Interface CLSID: CLaSs IDentifier

(Software)
CLI: Command Line Interface
CLT: Cairo Local Time
CLI: Command Line Interpreter
Timezone: GMT +2:00
CLI: Common Language Interface
CLTP: ConnectionLess Transport Protocol
CLIB: C LIBrary Provides for end-to-end Transport data addressing (via Transport
selector) and error control (via checksum), but cannot guarantee
CLID: Calling Line IDentification
delivery or provide flow control.
(Communication)
CLTS: Clear Task Switch Flag
CLIE: Communication, Link, Information and
Entertainment CLTV: Constant Linear Time Velocity
(Hardware) (Sony) CLUI: Command Line User Interface
CLIM: Common Lisp Interface Manager CLUT: Color LookUp Table
CLIPS: C Language Integrated Production System The color options in a graphics system, arranged by index
Productive development and delivery expert system tool which number. Typically, the system has a default color map. The index
provides a complete environment for the construction of rule of colors in the color map can be reallocated, however, depending
and/or object based expert systems (Software) on the application.

CLV CNA
CLV: Constant Linear Velocity CMOS: Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

(Hardware) Semiconductor manufacturing technology (Hardware)
CM: Communication Manager CMOS: Configuration Memory Operating System
(Communication)
CMOT: CMip Over Tcp
CM: Configuration Managment An effort to use the International Organization for
Standardization's open systems interconnection (OSI) network
(Software)
management protocol to manage TCP/IP networks. (Network) C
CM: Content Management
CMOV: Conditional MOVe
CM: Control Mark
CMP: Cellular MultiProcessing
CM: Corrective Maintenance Computer architecture (Hardware)
CM2: Communication Manager/2 CMP: Certificate Management Protocol
CMA: Concert Multi-thread Architecture CMP: Chip MultiProcessor
CMAK: Connection Manager Administration Kit (Hardware)
(Microsoft) CMP: CoMPare
CMB: Comment Me Back CMP: Container-Managed Persistence
(Net lingo) (Software)
CMC: Calypso Message Center CMP: Cooperative Marketing Partner
CMC: Common Mail Calls CMPS: CoMPare word String
CMC: Common Messaging Call CMR: Cell Mis-insertion Rate
CMC: Communication Management Configuration In an ATM network, the total number of misinserted cells
observed during a specified time interval divided by the time
CMC: Complement Carry Flag interval duration (Network)
CMC: Computer-Mediated Communication CMR: Common Mode Rejection
CMD: Circuit Mode Data CMRR: Common Mode Rejection Ratio
CMD: CoMmanD CMS: Call Management Server
File name extension
CMS: Code Management System
CMF: Creative Music Format
CMS: Color Matching System
CMGM: Cisco Media Gateway Manager
CMS: Compiler Monitor System
(Software) (Cisco)
CMS: Content Management System
CMI: Control and Management Interface
(Software)
(Communication)
CMS: Conversational Monitor System
CMIP: Common Management Information Protocol
The International Organization for Standardization's open CMS: Cryptographic Message Syntax
systems interconnection (OSI) network management protocol.
(Communication)
CMT: Connection ManagemenT
CMIS: Common Management Information System CMTL: Computer Memory Test Labs
(Organizations)
CMISE: Common Management Information Service
Element CMTS: Cable Modem Termination System
(Network)
CML: Chemical Markup Language
CMU: Carnegie Mellon University
CML: Computer Managed Learning (Organizations)
CML: Conceptual Modelling Language CMVC: Configuration Management Version Control
CML: Current Mode Logic (IBM)
CMM: Capability Maturity Model CMW: Compartmented Mode Workstation

Strategy for improving the software process, irrespective of the CMY: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
actual life-cycle model used (Software)
The CMY color model subtracts percentages of cyan, magenta,
CMM: Conceptual Modeling Language and yellow to yield the desired colors. Subtracting 0 percent of all
three colors results in white; subtracting 100 percent of all three
CMMF: Certificate Management Message Format colors results in black. (Hardware)
A PKIX format used to convey certificate requests and revocation
requests from end entities to certificate authorities and to send a CMYK: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK
variety of information from certificate authorities to end entities Color encoding scheme. The black provides deeper colors,
expecially full black, compared with the CMY color model.
CMMS: Computerized Maintenance Management
Software CN: Common Name
The name used for objects in a directory.
CMOL: CMip Over Llc
CNA: Certified Novell Administrator
CMOS: Coats-Mellon Operational Specification
(Novell)

CNA COLD
CNA: Communications Network Application COAST: Cache On A STick

(Hardware)
CNAPS: Co-processing Node Architecture for
Parallel Systems COAST: Computer Operations, Audit, and Security
Technology
CNB: Connected Network Backup
Laboratory in computer security research in the Computer
On-line storage service
Sciences Department at Purdue University
CNC: Computerized Numerical Control
COB: Chip-On-Board C
CND: Caller Number Delivery
COB: Connected Online Backup
CNE: Certified Novell Engineer (Software)
(Novell)
COBOL: COmmon Business-Oriented Language
CNF: CoNFiguration Programming language (Software)
File name extension
COCOMO: COnstructive COst MOdel
CNG: CalliNG A technique for estimating the effort and duration of a software
project based on its estimated size created by Barry Boehm
CNI: Certified Novell Instructor (Software)
(Novell)
COCOT: Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephone
CNI: Common Network Interface
COD: Cash On Delivery
CNIDIR: Coalition for Networked Information
DIRectories CODASYL: Conference On DAta SYstem Languages
(Organizations)
CNIDR: Clearinghouse for Network Information and
Discovery and Retrieval CODCF: Central Office Data Connecting Facility
CNM: Communications Network Management CODE: Campaign for an Open Digital Environment
International coalition of civil liberties groups and consumer
CNM: Customer Network Management rights initiatives to protect the public's rights, innovation, and
CNMA: Communications Network for Manufacturing competition against the proposed European Union Directive on
the Enforcement of Intellectual Property
Applications
CODE: Client/server Open Development
CNMS: Compaq Netelligent Management Software
Environment
(Compaq)
CODEC: COder/DECoder
CNMS: Cylink Network Management System
CoE: Center Of Excellence
CNN: Composite Network Node
Group of subject matter experts (Organizations)
CNR: Carrier to Noise Ratio
COE: Central Office Equipment
CNR: Communication and Networking Riser
COE: Common Operating Environment
(Hardware)
COE: Consistent Office Environment
CNR: Communication Network Riser
(Hardware) COEES: Central Office Equipment Engineering
System
CNS: Complimentary Network Service
COEM: Commercial Original Equipment
CNSS: Core Nodal Switching Subsystem Manufacturer
CNT: CoNTents COFA: Change Of Frame Alignment
File name extension
(Communication)
CNTFET: Carbon NanoTube Field-Effect Transistor COFDM: Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division
(Hardware) Multiplexing
CNV: CoNVentional (Communication)
CNVT: CoNVerT COFF: Common Object File Format

CNX: Certified Network eXpert COG: Chip On Glass
(Hardware)
CO: Central Office
COG: Component Obsolescence Group
CO: Command Output
Advisory group connected with the maintence of older elctronic
CO: Connection Oriented hardware including computer systems for specialist functions. See
(Communication) also http://www.cog.org.uk/ (Organizations)
CO: Convert Out COGO: COordinate GeOmetry

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

COLT CPC
COLT: Connection Optimized Link Technology CoS: Class Of Service

(Communication) A category based on type of user, type of application, or some
other criteria that QoS systems can use to provide differentiated
COLUG: Central Ohio Linux Users Group classes of service (Network)
See www.colug.net (Organizations)
COS: Common Object Service
COM: COMmand
COS: Compatible Operating System
File name extension
COS: Corporation for Open Systems
C
COM: COMmunication port
Serial port (Communication) A vendor and user group for conformance testing, certification,
and promotion of International Organization for Standardization's
COM: Component Object Model open systems interconnection (OSI) products.
COM: Computer Output Microfilm COSE: Combined Office Standard Environment

COMDEX: COMputer Dealers EXposition COSE: Common Open Software Environment
COMET: COrnell Macintosh Terminal Emulator COSIC: COmputer Security and Industrial
(Software) Cryptography
(Organizations)
COMP: Compare
COSINE: Cooperation for Open Systems
COMPAQ: COMPatibilty And Quality
Interconnection Networking in Europe
Used to refer to the fact that their computers were both IBM PC
A program sponsored by the European Commission, aimed at
compatible and very reliable
using open systems interconnection (OSI) to tie together
COMSAT: COMmunications SATellite corporation European research networks.
COMTI: Component Object Model Transaction COSMIC: COmon Software Measurement

Integrator International Consortium
(Microsoft) Metric for software complexity evaluation. See
http://www.cosmicon.com (Organizations)
CON: Console
Usually include keyboard and screen
COSMIC: COmputer Software Management and
Information Center
CONCERT: COmmunications for North Carolina (NASA)
Education, Research and Technology
COSMOS: COmputer System for Mainframe
CONS: Connection-Oriented Network Service OperationS
CONTAC: Central Office NeTwork ACcess COSS: Common Object Services Specification
COO: Chief Operating Officer COT: Central Office Terminal
COO: Cost Of Ownership COTS: Commercial Off-The-Shelf
COOL: Cobol Object Orientated Language Software or hardware products that are ready-made and available
for sale to the general public. They are often used as alternatives
COP: Character-Oriented Protocol to in-house developments (Software)
COPA: Children Online Protection Act COTS: Connection-Oriented Transport Service
COPICS: Communications Oriented Production COW: Cluster Of Workstations
Information and Control System (Hardware)
(IBM)
COW: Computer On Wheels
COPP: Certified Output Protection Protocol
CP: Connection Processor
COPPA: Child Online Privacy Protection Act (Hardware)
COPS: Common Open Policy Service CP: Control Panel
An IETF proposed standard defining a simple protocol for
provisioning QoS by outsourcing policy-based admission control
CP: Control Point
over requests for network resources (Network) CP: Copy Protected
COR: Common Object Runtime CP: Customer Premises
(Operating systems) (Communication)
CORBA: Common Object Request Broker CP/M: Control Program for Microprocessors
Architecture (Operating systems)
COREN: COrporation for Research and Enterprise CPA: Certified Public Accountant
Network
CPA: Cost Per Action
COS: Camera Operating System
(Operating systems) CPA: Crown Print Auditor
(Hardware) (QMS)
COS: Card Operating System
(Operating systems) CPAN: Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
CPC: Constant Point Calculation
CPC: Cost Per Click

CPCS CRF
CPCS: Check Processing Control System CPP: Corporate Preview Program

(IBM) (Microsoft)
CPCS: Common Part Convergence Sublayer CPRM: Content Protection for Recordable Media
CPD: Conseal Provate Desktop CPS: Certification Practice Statement
Personal firewall (Network) (Verisign)
CPE: Central Processing Element cps: Characters Per Second C
Printing engine speed
CPE: Conseal Private Desktop
(Hardware) CPS: Cycles Per Second
CPE: Cover Page Editor CPSI: Configurable PostScript Interpreter
File name extension
CPSR: Computer Professionals for Social
CPE: Customer Premises Equipment Responsibility
CPEX: Customer Profile EXchange CPT: Command Pass Through
CPFR: Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and CPTWG: Copyright Protection Technical Working
Replenishment Group
(Software) (Organizations)
CPG: Clock Pulse Generator CPU: Central Processing Unit

The part of the computer in which calculations and manipulations
CPH: Cost Per Hour
take place. (Hardware)
cpi: Characters Per Inch CPW: Commercial Processing Workload
CPI: Clock Per Instruction (IBM)
CPI: Code Page Information CQA: Certified Quality Analyst

File name extension (Microsoft) CR: Candidate Recommendation
CPI: Common Part Indicator CR: Card Reader
CPI: Common Programming Interface (Hardware)
(IBM) CR: Carriage Return
CPI: Communication Programming Interface Usually used as a control code or a terminator
(Communication) CR: Command Register
CPI: Computer Private branch exchange Interface (Hardware)
CPIC: Common Programming Interface for CR: Content Redirection
Communications
CR/LF: Carriage Return/Line Feed
(IBM)
CRAM: Card Random Access Memory
CPI-C: Common Programming Interface for
(Hardware)
Communications
(IBM) CRAM: Challenge-Response Authentication
Mechanism
CPIO: CoPy In/Out
(Operating systems)
CPL: Combined Programming Language
CRAM: Computerized Reliability Analysis Method
CPL: Common Public License (Software)
CPL: Compressed Printer Language CRAM: Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement
(Hardware)
CRAS: Cable Repair Administrative System
CPL: Control PaneL
CRAYON: CReAte Your Own Newspaper
Control panel extension (Microsoft)
CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check
CPL: Conversational Programming Language
An error check in which the check key is generated by a cyclic
CPL: Current Privilege Level algorithm. (Communication)
CPLD: Complex Programmable Logic Device CRCG: Center for Research in Computer Graphics
CPM: Cost Per Minute CRD: CaRDfile
File name extension
CPM: Critical Path Method
CRDL: Character Repertoire Description Language
CPML: Call Policy Markup Language
Describes a collection of characters defined in ISO/IEC 10646 or
(Network) Unicode or default grapheme clusters defined in UAX#29
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 CSM
CRF: Commit-Reconcile and Fences CS: Counter-Strike

Mechanism-oriented memory model (Software) See http://www.counter-strike.net/ (Games)
CRF: Cross Reference File CS/SS: Card Service/Socket Service
CRFVC: Connection Related Function Virtual CS1: Capability Set 1
Channel
CSA: Calendaring and Scheduling Api
CRFVP: Connection Related Function Virtual Path (IBM) C
CRI: Color Reproduction Indices CSA: Communications Streaming Architecture
CRI: Cray Research, Inc. Directly connects the Memory Controller Hub to the network
controller. With CSA-based motherboards, network data can be
CRIMM: Continuity Rambus Inline Memory Module transferred at a much higher rate with lower latency (Hardware)
A type of system RAM (Hardware) (Intel)
C-RIMM: Continuity - Rambus Inline Memory CSAPI: Common Speller Application Program
Module Interface
(Hardware) CSAR: Channel System Address Register
CRIN: Centre de Recherche en Informatique de CSC: Computer Sciences Corporation
Nancy Company Name
CRISC: Complex-Reduced Instruction Set Computer CSCC: Concurrent SuperComputing Consortium
CRISP: Complex-Reduced Instruction Set Processor CSCW: Computer Supported Cooperative Work
CRL: Certificate Revocation List CSD: Circuit-Switched Data
(Security)
CSD: Computer Services Department
CRM: Customer Relationship Management
CSD: Corrective Service Diskette
CRME: Certified Remote Management Engineer (IBM)
CRMF: Certificate Request Message Format CSDC: Circuit Switched Digital Capability
A PKIX format used for messages related to life-cycle
management of X.509 certificates. This format is a subset of CSDS: Circuit Switched Data Service
CMMF CSE: Certified System Engineer
CROM: Control Read-Only Memory CSER: Consortium for Software Engineering
(Hardware) Research
CRP: Common Reference Platform (Organizations)
CRS: Can't Remember Stuff C-SET: Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Display

(Net lingo) CSFI: Communication Subsystem For
CRS: Cell Relay Service Interconnection
CRS: Computerized Reservation System CSG: Constructive Solid Geometry
CRS: Content Replication Service CSG: Consulting Services Group
(Microsoft) (Lotus)
CRT: Cathode Ray Tube CSH: C SHell

The CRT operates by firing an electron beam that strikes the Unix shell
inside of the monitor's display surface, which is coated with
CSH: Complementary Software House
phosphor. The phosphor glows briefly when excited by the beam.
(Hardware) CSI: Command Sequence Introducer
CRTC: Canadian Radio-television and CSI: CompuServe Incorporated
Telecomunications Commission
CSI: Computer Security Institute
(Organizations)
(Organizations)
CRTC: Cathode Ray Tube Controller
CSID: Calling Subscriber IDentification
(Hardware)
CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
CRU: Customer Replaceable Unit
Research Organization
(Hardware)
CSIRT: Computer Security Incident Response Team
CRUD: Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete
(Security)
CS: Cable Select
CSIv2: Common Secure Interoperability Version 2
Allows drives to determaine whether they are master or slave
according to their position along the bus (Hardware) Addresses the requirements of CORBA security for interoperable
authentication, delegation, and privileges
CS: Chip Select
CSL: Computer Sensitive Language
(Hardware)
CSLIP: Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol
CS: Code Segment
CPU register (Hardware) (Intel) CSM: Cluster Systems Management
(Operating systems) (IBM)
CS: Computer Science

CSM CTB
CSM: Code Set Map CSS: Cascading Style Sheets

CSM: Communications Services Manager CSS: Central Structure Store
The CSS is an editable hierarchy of structures composed of
CSM: Control Strip Module
elements, attributes, and transformations. CSS elements are
CSMA: Carrier Sense Multiple Access drawing primitives such as lines and polygons and CSS attributes
(Communication) are qualities such as color and style.
CSMA/CA: Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision CSS: Computer Sub System C

Avoidance CSS: Computer Systems Specialist
(Communication)
CSS: Contact Start-Stop
CSMA/CD: Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision
CSS: Content Scrambling System
Detect
Copy protection scheme used for example with DVDs (Digital
The access method used by local area networking technologies
Video Discs)
such as Ethernet. (Network)
CSS: Content Services Switch
CSMS: Customer Support Management System
(Hardware) (Cisco)
CSN: Card-Select Number
CSS: Continuous System Simulator
CSN: Compaq Service Network
CSS: Cross-Site Scripting
(Compaq)
(Software)
CSNET: Computer Science NETwork
CSS: Customizable Starter Site
Computer+Science Network. A large computer network, mostly in
the U.S. but with international connections. CSNET sites include (Microsoft)
universities, research labs, and some commercial companies. CSS: Cybermedia Support Server
Now merged with BITNET to form CREN.
CSS2: Cascading Style Sheet 2
CSNW: Client Services for NetWare
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) CSSM: Client-Server Systems Management
(IBM)
CSO: Central Services Organization
CST: Central Standard Time
CSO: Cold Start Only
Timezone: GMT -6:00
In ISDN is a capability of a Network Terminator 1 (NT1)
(Network) CST: Consolidated Service Test
CSP: Certified Systems Professional Enhances the way IBM tests and recommends maintenance
packages for z/OS and OS/390 software, including the major
CSP: Chip-Scale Packaging subsystems (IBM)
CSP: Commercial Service Provider CSTA: Computer-Supported Telephony Applications

CSP: Commercial Subroutine Package CSTB: Computer Science and Telecommunications
Board
CSP: Communicating Sequential Processes
(Organizations)
CSP: Component Service Provider
CSTE: Certified Software Test Engineer
CSP: Compucom Speed Protocol (Software)
CSP: Converged Service Provider CSTN: Color SuperTwist Nematic
CSP: Cross System Product LCD display technology (Hardware)
(IBM) CSTS: Computer Supported Telecommunications
CSP: Cryptographic Service Provider Standard
CSP: Crystal Server Pages CSU: Channel Service Unit

A page that contains HTML/VB/JavaScript that is processed by the CSUNET: California State University NETwork
Web Component Server in the Crystal Enterprise eBusiness
Framework (Software) CSV: Circuit-Switched Voice
CSPDK: Cryptographic Service Provider Developer's CSV: Comma-Separated Value

Kit CSV: Common Services Verbs
(Software) (Microsoft) (Microsoft)
CSPDN: Circuit Switched Public Data Network CSV: Computer System Validation
CSPDU: Convergence Sublayer Protocol Data Unit Process used mainly at pharmaceutical companies to ensure that
systems are reliable and predictable
CSPM: Cisco Secure Policy Manager
(Cisco)
CSW: Channel Status Word
(Hardware) (IBM)
CSR: Certificate Signing Request
CT: Computer Telephony
CSRAM: Custom Static Random Access Memory (Hardware)
(Hardware)
CTAN: Comprehensive Tex Archive Network
CSRG: Computer Systems Research Group
CTB: Cipher Type Byte
(Organizations)

CTB CUSIP
CTB: Communication ToolBox CTS: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

CTBS: Computer Telephony Business Solution CTS: Clear To Send
(Hardware) (IBM) RS-232 signal (Communication)
CTC: Care To Chat CTS: Common Type System

(Net lingo)
CTS: Compatibility Test Suite
CTC: Certified Testing Center (Software) C
CTC: Channel To Channel CTS: Component Transaction Server
CTC: Counter/Timer Chip CTS: Computer Telephony Solution
(Hardware)
CTS: Customer Telephone System
CTCA: Channel To Channel Adapter
CTSS: Compatible Time Sharing System
CTCP: Client-To-Client Protocol
CTSS: Cray Time Sharing System
CTD: Cell Transfer Delay
CTT: Care To Text
In an ATM network, measures the peak and mean delay that cells
(Net lingo)
experience while traveling from one point in the network to
another (Network) CTT: Cartridge Tape Transport
CTE: Charge Transfer Efficiency CTTC: Cartridge Tape Transport Controller
(Hardware)
CTTY: Change TeleTYpewriter
CTE: Customer Termination Equipment MS-DOS command (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Network)
CTW: Catch The Werb
CTEC: Certified Training and Education Centre Web organizer (Software)
CTERM: Command TERMinal CTY: Catch The Web
CTF: Capture, Transform, and Flow CU: Control Unit
Data warehousing (Databases) (Hardware)
CTFT: Color Thin Film Transistor CUA: Calendar User Agent
LCD manufacturing technology (Hardware) (Software)
CTG: Cics Transaction Gateway CUA: Common Used Acronym
CICS programs provide Web Services via the CTG (IBM)
CUA: Common User Access
CTI: Computer Telephony Integration
CUA: Common User Application
(Microsoft)
CUB: CUrsor Backward
CTL: Certificate Trust List
CUD: CUrsor Down
CTL: Complex Text Layout
CUE: Custom Updates and Extras
CTM: Component Transaction Monitor
(Software) CUF: CUrsor Forward
CTN: Can't Talk Now CUG: Closed User Group
(Net lingo) (Network)
CTO: Chief Technical Officer CUI: Character-oriented User Interface

CTOS: Cassette Tape Operating System CUI: Common User Interface
(IBM)
CTOS: Computerized Tomography Operating System
CUL: See You Later
CTOS: Convergent Technologies Operating System
Will get in touch later on (Net lingo)
CTP: Capable To Promise
CUP: CUrsor Position
CTP: Community Technology Preview
CUPID: Completely Universal Processor I/o Design
CTP: Convergence Technologies Professional (AST)
Vendor-neutral certification for IT professionals who have the
core knowledge and skills required by equipment manufacturers, CUPS: Common Unix Printing System
their channel partners, and end-users to sell and service Provides a portable printing layer for UNIX-based operating
convergence technologies systems. It is developed and maintained by Easy Software
Products to promote a standard printing solution and is the
CTPA: Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter standard printing system in MacOS X and most Linux distributions
(Operating systems)
CTR: Common Technical Regulations
CUR: CURsor
CTRCO: Calculating, Tabulating, Recording
COmpany File name extension
The name of this company was changed to "International CUSI: Configurable Unified Search Interface
Business Machines" by Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
CUSIP: Committee for Uniform Security
CTRL: ConTRoL Identification Procedures

CUSP DAC
CUSP: Commonly Used System Program CYA: See YA

(Net lingo)
CUT: Control Unit Terminal
CYL: CYLinder
CUTE: Clarkston University Terminal Emulator
CYMK: Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black
CUTS: Cassette User Tape System
Color model
(Hardware)
CUU: CUrsor Up C
D
CV: CodeView
Microsoft's format for debug indormation, embedded in the object
D&D: Drag & Drop D
(Software)
file or executable (Software) (Microsoft)
D&I: Drop And Insert
CV: Curriculum Vitæ
Refers to the cross connecting of Time-Division Multiplexing
CVE: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (TDM) circuits. It allows you to take 64Kb DS0 channels from one
(Security) T1 and digitally cross connect them to 64Kb DS0 channels on
another T1 (Communication)
CVF: Compressed Volume File
D&M: Design & Modeling
CVGA: Color Video Graphics Array
D/A: Digital/Analog
CVIA: Computer Virus Industry Association (Hardware)
CVM: C Virtual Machine D/L: DownLoad
Is a Java 2 virtual machine designed for devices needing the
functionality of the Java 2 virtual machine feature set, but with a D/R: Direct/Reverse
smaller footprint (Sun)
D/S: Dhrystone per Second
CVP: Content Vectoring Protocol
D2C: Decimal To Character
CVS: Computer Vision Syndrome (IBM)
CVS: Concurrent Version System D2D: Developer To Developer
Tool for keeping programs sources under control (Software)
D2T2: Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer
CVT: ConVerT Printing technology
CVW: CodeView for Windows D2X: Decimal To heXadecimal
CW: Control Word (IBM)
CWA: Competitive Web Analysis D3D: Direct 3D

(Microsoft)
CWD: Change Working Directory
DA: Data Administrator
CWD: Convert Word to Double word
DA: Desk Accessory
CWDM: Coarse Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (Software) (Apple)
(Communication)
DA: Destination Address
CWIS: Campus Wide Information System
DA: Differential Analyzer
CWIS: Community Wide Information System A computer that uses interconnected integrators to solve
CWM: Common Warehouse Metamodel differential equations.
Standard interfaces that can be used to enable easy interchange DA: Directory Agent
of warehouse and business intelligence metadata between (Network) (Novell)
warehouse tools, warehouse platforms and warehouse metadata
repositories in distributed heterogeneous environments DAA: Data Access Arrangement
CWNA: Certified Wireless Network Administrator DAA: Decimal Adjust for Addition
Entry-level certification is for those IT professionals who are new
DAA: Digest Access Authentication
to wireless networking but who want to come up to speed quickly.
DAB: Digital Audio Broadcasting
CWNP: Certified Wireless Network Professional
(Communication)
CWO: Chief Web Officer
DAC: Data Acquisition and Control
CWSP: Certified Wireless Security Professional
DAC: Device Access Code
Mid-level certification is for IT professionals who understand how
to secure a wireless LAN from hackers and who know how to DAC: Digital to Analog Converter
protect the valuable information An electronic device used to convert discrete digital numbers to
CXI: Common X-windows Interface continuous analog signals. In contrast with Analog-to-Digital
Converter (ADC). (Hardware)
cXML: Commerce eXtensible Markup Language
DAC: Discretionary Access Control
Standard for setting up interactive online catalogs for different
buyers, where the pricing and product offerings are company DAC: Dual Attachment Concentrator
specific. Includes mechanisms to handle purchase orders, change
orders, status updates, and shipping notifications
CYA: Cover Your A**
(Net lingo)

DACL DAX
DACL: Discretionary Access Control List DAQ: Data AcQuisition

A list used by the operating system's directory to control access (Hardware)
to its objects. A DACL consists of a list of security identifiers
(which identify users) and specific permissions for each DARI: Database Application Remote Interface
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) (IBM)
DACS: Digital Access Control System DARMS: Digital Alternate Realization of Musical
Symbols
DAD: Desktop Application Director
(Borland) DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency
DAE: Digital Audio Extraction
The U.S. government agency that funded the ARPANET.
D
daemon: Disk And Execution MONitor (Organizations)
(Operating systems) DART: Digital Audio Reconstruction Technology
DAF: Dynamic Authentication Filter DART: Dynamic Advertising Reporting and Targeting
DAFS: Direct Access File System DAS: Data Acquisition System
(Operating systems) (Hardware)
DAI: Distributed Artificial Intelligence DAS: Data Agent Server
DAL: Data Abstraction Layer DAS: Decimal Adjust for Subtraction
DAL: Data Access Language DAS: Direct Attached Storage
DAL: Data Access Layer Storage device that connects directly to a single server
DAL: Disk Access Lockout DAS: Directory Assistance Service

DAM: Data Acquisition and Monitoring DAS: Dual-Attached Station
DAM: Deferred Action Message DAS: Dynamic Allocation Scheme
(Software) (Microsoft) DASD: Direct Access Storage Device
DAM: Digital Asset Management DASH: Desktop and mobile Architecture for System
DAM: Direct Access Mode Hardware
Suite of specifications that takes full advantage of the DMTFâ??s
DAM: Distributed Abstract Machine Web Services for Management (WS-Management) specification
DAM: Distributed Associative Memory â?? delivering standards-based Web services management for
desktop and mobile client systems
(Hardware)
DASL: DAv Searching & Locating
DAML: Darpa Agent Markup Language
Application of HTTP/1.1 forming a lightweight search protocol to
Language, developed as an extension to XML and the Resource transport queries and result sets and allows clients to make use
Description Framework (RDF), designed to facilitate the concept of server-side search facilities
of the Semantic Web. See also http://www.daml.org/
DASP: Drive Active, Slave Present
DAML: Digital Added Main Line
(Communication) DASP: Dynamic Adaptive Speculative Preprocessor
(Hardware)
DAMPS: Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System
DASS: Distributed Authentication Security Service
D-AMPS: Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System
Second Generation (2G) mobile phone system once prevalent in DAT: DATa
Americas. Now considered end-of-life and mostly replaced by File name extension
GSM/GPRS and CDMA2000. (Communication)
DAT: Digital Audio Tape
DAMQAM: Dynamically Adaptive Multicarrier (Hardware)
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
DAT: Disk Array Technology
DAN: Disk Area Network
DATEX: DATa EXchange
DAO: Data Access Object
DAV: Data AVailable
(Hardware)
DAO: Disk-At-Once
CD recording methodology (Hardware)
DAV: Digital Audio-Video
DAP: Data Access Page DAV: Distributed Authoring and Versioning

Extension of the HTTP/1.1 protocol
DAP: Developer Assistance Program DAVIC: Digital Audio/VIdeo Council
(Organizations)
DAP: Directory Access Protocol
(Network)
DAVID: Digital Audio Video Interactive Decoder
DAP: Dynamic Application Partitioning DAW: Digital Audio Workstation

A computer whose function is devoted primarily to digital audio
DAPIE: Developers Application Programming recording and production (Hardware)
Interface Extensions
DAX: Developer Api eXtension

DB DCC
DB: Data Buffer DBO: DataBase Owner

(Databases)
DB: DataBase
(Databases) DBP: DataBase Publishing
DB: DataBus DBPSK: Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying
Computer port (Hardware) (Communication)
dB: DeciBel dBr: DeciBel Relative
Intensity measurement unit, used mainly in the sound field Audio intensity measurement unit
DB: Device Bay DBR: Dos Boot Record D

DB2: DataBase 2 DBRAD: Data Base Relational Application Directory
(Databases) (IBM)
DBRM: DataBase Request Module
DBA: DataBase Administrator
DBS: DataBase System
(Databases)
(Databases)
DBA: Date Book Archive
DBS: Direct Broadcast Satellite
Filename extension
(Communication)
dBA: DeciBel Adjusted
DBS: Duplex Bus Selector
DBAC: DataBase Administration Center
DBTG: DataBase Task Group
DBAS: DataBase Administration System Subcommittee of CODASYL (Organizations)
DBB: Dynamic Bass Boost DBV: Digital Broadcast Video

DbC: Design By Contract DBWR: DataBase WRiter
(Software) (Databases) (Oracle)
DBC: Device Bay Controller DC: Data Cartridge
(Hardware)
DBCC: DataBase Consistency Checks
(Databases) DC: Data Collection
DBCLOB: Double-Byte Character Large OBject DC: Data Communication
(Databases) (Communication)
DBCP: DataBase Connection Pool DC: Data Compression
(Software)
DC: Data Control
DBCS: Delivery Bar Code Sorter
DC: Device Context
DBCS: Double-Byte Character Set (Operating systems)
DBD: DataBase Driver DC: Device Control
(Databases)
DC: Direct Current
DBF: DataBase File DC: Domain Controller
File name extension
(Network)
DBF: DataBase Format
DCA: Defense Communications Agency
(Databases)
The government agency responsible for the defense data network
DBI: DataBase Interface (DDN). (Organizations)
(Databases) DCA: Digital Communications Associates
DBIF: DataBase InterFace DCA: Distributed Communication Architecture
(Databases)
DCA: Document Content Architecture
DBIS: Dun & Bradstreet Information Services Describes how a document is organized (tabulator, headers,
DBK: DocBooK footers, ...) so it appears the same on different systems
File name extension DCA: Dynamic Cache Architecture
DBLIB: DataBase LIBrary DCAF: Distributed Console Access Facility
(Databases) (Microsoft) (IBM)
DBM: DataBase Manager DCAM: Digital CAMera
(Databases) (Hardware)
DBME: DataBase Managment Environment DCAM: Direct Chip Attach Module
DBMS: DataBase Management Environment DCB: Device Control Block
A software system facilitating the creation and maintenance of a
DCB: Disk Coprocessor Board
data base and the execution of programs using the data base.
(Novell)
DBNL: Dial Backup Network Link
DCC: Data Country Code
(Network)
DCC: Digital Command Control

DCC DDEML
DCC: Digital Compact Cassette DCP: Device Color Profile

(Hardware) (Philips) (Software)
DCC: Digital Content Creation DCP: Device Control Protocol
DCC: Direct Cable Connection DCS: Data Control System
(Hardware)
DCS: Desktop Color Separation
DCC: Direct Client Connection (Software)
DCC: Display Combination Code DCS: Digital Cellular System
DCCS: DisContiguous Shared Segments DCS: Digital Cross-connect System D
DCD: Data Carrier Detect DCS: Distributed Control System
DCD: Database Connector Descriptor DCT: DiCTionary
(Databases) (Oracle) File name extension
DCD: Document Content Description DCT: Discrete Cosine Transform
Mathematical function used by video encoders to achieve a high
DCE: Data Circuit-terminating Equipment
compression ratio. (Software)
DCE: Data Communication Equipment
DCT: Display Compression Technology
A type of hardware, such as a modem, that is responsible for
encoding a digital signal for delivery to a compatible DCE DCU: Data Cache Unit
connected by a data link. In contrast with Data Terminal
Equipment (DTE) (Communication) DCU: Delphi Compiled Unit
(Software) (Borland)
DCE: Distributed Computing Environment
DD: Data Definition
DCED: Distributed Computing Environment Daemon (Databases)
DCF: Data Communication Facility DD: Data Dictionary
(IBM)
DD: Definition Description
DCF: Data Compression Facility HTML Tag
DCF: Data Count Field DD: Digital Display
(IBM)
DD: Double Density
DCF: Design rule for Camera Filesystem
DDA: Digital Differential Analyzer
DCF: Distributed Coordination Function A differential analyzer (DA) that uses digital representations for
(Communication) analog quantities.
DCF: Driver Configuration File DDA: Distributed Data Access
(Lotus)
DDA: Domain-Defined Attribute
DCI: Data Capture Interface
DDAP: Digital Distribution of Advertising for
DCI: Display Control Interface Publications
DCL: Data Control Language User-driven organization working towards enabling the universal
exchange of digital ads throughopen process integration and the
DCL: DeCLaration use of accredited standards. See http://www.ddap.org
(Organizations)
DCL: Device CLear
DDB: Device Dependent Bitmap
DCL: Digital Command Language
(DEC) DDB: Device Descriptor Block
DCL: Digital Control Logic DDBMS: Distributed DataBase Management System

(Databases)
DCLU: Digital Carrier Line Unit
DDC: Digital Data Channel
DCLZ: Data Compression Lempel-Ziv
DDC: Display Data Channel
DCM: Digital Carrier Module
DDCMP: Digital Data Communications Message
DCML: Dynamic Configuration Markup Language Protocol
DCNA: Data Communication Network Architecture (DEC)
DCO: Device Configuration Overlay DDCS: Distributed Data Connection Services

Allows system vendors to purchase HDDs from different (IBM)
manufacturers with potentially different sizes, and then configure
all HDDs to have the same number of sectors (Hardware) DDD: Direct Distance Dialing
DCO: Digitally Controlled Oscillator DDE: Direct Data Entry

(Hardware) DDE: Dynamic Data Exchange
DCOM: Distributed Component Object Model Interprocess communication mechanism (Software) (Microsoft)
(Microsoft) DDEML: Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library
(Microsoft)

DDF DEP
DDF: Data Decryption Field DDS: Distributed Database Services

DDS: Distributed Directory Service
DDF: Distributed Data Facility
DDSA: Digital Data Service Adapter
DDF: Dynamic Data Formatting
DDT: Dynamic Debugging Tool
(IBM)
DDWG: Digital Display Working Group
DDI: Device Driver Interface
(Organizations)
An interface that facilitates driver portability across different
UNIX system versions on SPARC hardware. (Operating systems) DDX: Digital Data eXchange
(Sun)
DE: Device End
D
DDI: Digital Document Interchange
DEA: Data Encryption Algorithm
DDI: Direct Dial In
DEA: Disposable Email Address
DDIM: Device Driver Initialization Model
DEB: Digital European Backbone
DDK: Driver Development Kit (Network)
(Software)
DEBI: Dma Extended Bus Interface
DDL: Data Definition Language (Hardware)
DDL: Document Description Language DEC: DECrement
DDM: Distributed Data Management DEC: DEvice Clear
(IBM)
DEC: Digital Equipment Corporation
DDMA: Distributed Direct Access Memory
DECNET: Digital Equipment Corporation NETworking
DDML: Document Definition Markup Language Network protocol
DDN: Defense Data Network DECT: Digital Enhanced Cordless
Comprises the MILNET and several other Department of Defense Telecommunications
networks. (Network) (Communication)
DDNS: Dynamic Domain Name System DECUS: Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society
(Network)
DEK: Data Encryption Key
DDoS: Distributed Denial Of Service
DEL: Data Extraction Language
(Network)
DDP: Datagram Delivery Protocol DEL: DELete
DDP: Distributed Data Processing DELNI: Digital Ethernet Local Network Interconnect
DDP: Document-Driven Programming DELQA: Digital Ethernet Lowpower Q-bus network

Adapter
(Software)
DELSTR: DELete STRing
DDR: Dance Dance Revolution
(IBM)
The most awesomest dance simulator around (Software) (Sony)
DDR: Dial on Demand Routing DELTA: Developing European Learning through
Technology Advance
(Network)
DELUA: Digital Ethernet Lowpower Unibus network
DDR: Double Data Rate
Adapter
Memory access architecture that supports data transfers on both
edges of each clock cycle, which doubles the memory chip's data DELUG: DEutsche Linux User Group
throughput. DDR also consumes less power, which makes it well-
suited for use with notebook computers (Hardware) DEMARC: Distributed Enterprise Managemant
ARChitecture
DDR: Dynamic Desktop Router
DEMPR: Distributed Enterprise Management
DDR: Dynamic Document Review ARChitecture
(Software) (Symantec)
DEN: Directory Enabled Networking
DDR-SDRAM: Double Data Rate - Synchronous The DEN Initiative (see www.dtmf.org) is an effort to build
Dynamic Random Access Memory intelligent networks and networked applications that can
(Hardware) associate users and applications to services available from the
network according to a consistent and rational set of policies
DDR-SMII: Double Data Rate - Serial Media (Network)
Independent Interface
(Network) DEN: Document Enabled Networking
(Novell)
DDS: Data Description Specification
DENIM: Directory Enabled Net Infrastructure Model
DDS: Design Data Sheet (Network) (Novell)
DDS: Digital Data Storage DEP: Data Execution Prevention
DDS: Digital Dataphone Service Operating system feature that's new in Windows 2003 SP1 &
(AT&T) Windows XP SP2. It serves to prevent viruses and other malicious
code from ever executing (Operating systems) (Microsoft)

DEPCA DIB
DEPCA: Digital Ethernet Personal Computer-bus DFP: Digital Flat Panel

Adapter (Hardware)
DEQNA: Digital Ethernet Q-bus Network Adapter DFP: Distributed Functional Plane
DER: Distinguished Encoding Rules DFPI: Digital Flat Panel Initiative
DEREP: Digital Ethernet REPeater DFR: Double Frequency Recording
DES: Data Encryption Standard (Hardware)
A commonly used algorithm developed by the U.S. National DFS: Direct File System
Bureau of Standards for encrypting and decrypting data.
DFS: Distributed File System D
DES: Data Entry Sheet (Operating systems)
DES: DEScription DFS: Domino Fax Server
Ffile name extension (Software) (Lotus)
DES: Domino Extended Search DFS: Dynamic File System
File name extension (IBM) (Operating systems) (Sun)
DESC: Defense Electronics Supply Center DFSMS: Data Facility Storage Management System
DESPR: Digital Ethernet Single Port Repeater (IBM)
DESTA: Digital Ethernet thin-wire STation Adapter DFT: Design For Testability
DET: Device Execute Trigger DFT: Diagnostic Function Test
DET: Directory Entry Table DFT: Discrete Fourier Transform

A table on every network volume that contains directory entries DFT: Distributed Function Terminal
for each file on the volume. The table, stored in the server's
memory, enables quick access to the location of every file DFU: Data File Utility
(Novell)
DGA: Direct Graphics Access
DEU: Defective End User A method of arbitrating access to the display between XGL and
Often described by IS support personnel (Net lingo) X11/NeWS server. This allows XGL to talk directly to the frame
buffer, which results in maximum performance.
DEUNA: Digital Ethernet Unibus Network Adapter
DGC: Data General Corporation
DEV: DEVice
Data General produced minicomputers and was featured in the
DF: Data Field book "Soul of a New Machine" by Tracey Kidder (Organizations)
DF: Destination Field DGC: Distributed Garbage Collection

(Software)
DF: Device Flag
DGIS: Direct Graphics Interface Standard
DF: Double Flag
DGP: Dissimilar Gateway Protocol
DFC: Data Flow Control
DGR: Dynamic Growth and Reconfiguration
DFD: Data Flow Diagram
(Artecon)
DFDR: Digital Flight Data Recorder
DGUX: Data General UniX
(Hardware)
DH: Diffie-Hellman
DFDSM: Data Facility Distributed Storage
SSL key exchange method
Management
DHCF: Distributed Host Command Facility
DFDSS: Data Facility Data Set Services
(Software) (IBM) DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
A system that assigns different IP addresses to devices each time
DfE: Designed For Environment they connect to the network. DHCP can support a mix of static
DFE: Desktop Functional Equivalent and dynamic IP addresses (Network)
(Compaq) DHL: Dynamic Head Loading
DFHSM: Data Facility Hierarchical Storage Manager DHP: Dr. Halo Picture
(IBM) File name extension
DFI: Digital Facility Interface DHTML: Dynamic HyperText Markup Language
DFM: Design For Manufacturability DI: Data In
(IBM)
DI: Destination Index
DFM: Device Fault Manager Processor register (Hardware) (Intel)
Provides real-time fault analysis for Cisco devices (Software)
(Cisco) DIA: Document Interchange Architecture
DFN: Dedicated Frogans Network DIANE: DIrect Access Network for Europe
See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software) DIB: Device Independent Bitmap
DFN: Deutsches ForschungsNetz File format for raster bitmaps (Microsoft)
DFP: Data Facility Product DIB: Directory Information Base

DIB DLC
DIB: Dual Independent Bus DISA: Data Interchange Standards Association

(Hardware)
DISA: Direct Inward System Access
DIBOL: DIgital Business Oriented Language
DISI: Directory Information Services Infrastructure
DIC: DICtionary (Network)
File name extension
DISM: Digital Interface Standards for Monitors
DIC: Digital Interface Controller (Hardware)
DICE: Dolby's Interactive Content Encoding DISOSS: DIStributed Office Support System
DICE: Dynamic Internet Configuration Environment (IBM) D
DISP: DISPlacement
DID: Direct Inward Dialing
DISP: Domino Internet Starter Pack
DIDS: Distributed Intrusion Detection System
(IBM)
DIF: Data Interchange Format
DISP: Dutch Independent Shareware Programmer
DiffServ: DIFFerential SERVices
DIT: Directory Information Tree
Allows providers to allocate different levels of service to different
users of the Internet (Network) A graphical display of an organization's directory structure, sites,
and servers, shown as a branching structure. The top-level (root)
DIFMOS: Double Injection Floating gate Metal directory usually represents the organization level
Oxyde Semiconductor
DIU: Digital Interface Unit
DIFS: Dcf Inter-Frame Spacing
DIV: DIVide
(Communication)
DIVE: Direct Interface Video Extension
DIG: Domain Internet Groper
(IBM)
(Network)
Divx: DIgital Video eXpress
DII: Dynamic Invocation Interface
(Hardware)
(Software)
DIW: D-Inside Wire
DIIP: Direct Interrupt Identification Port
(AT&T)
DIL: Dual In Line
DIX: Dec, Intel, Xerox
Pin organization in ICs (Hardware)
DIY: Do It Yourself
DILLIGAF: Do I Look Like I Give A F***?
(Net lingo)
Sometimes used by tech support people (Net lingo)
DIZ: Description In Zip
DILLIGAF: Does It Look Like I Give A F**ck
File name extension
(Net lingo)
DKI: Driver Kernel Interface
DIME: Desktop Integrated Media Environment
An interface between the UNIX system kernel and different types
DIME: Direct Internet Message Encapsulation of drivers. DKI consists of a set of driver-defined functions that
are called by the kernel. These functions are entry points into a
DIME: DIrect Memory Execute driver. (Operating systems)
(Hardware)
DKMS: Dynamic Kernel Module Support
DIME: Dual Independent Map Encoding Designed to create a framework where kernel dependent module
source can reside so that it is very easy to rebuild modules as
DIMM: Dual In line Memory Module
you upgrade kernels (Operating systems) (Dell)
(Hardware)
DL: Definition List
DIN: Deutsche Industrie Norm
HTML Tag
German standards organization (Organizations)
DL: Distribution List
DIO: Data Input-Output
DL: DownLoad
DIP: Datacenter Infrastructure Provider
DL: Dual Layer
DIP: Dialup Internet Protocol
(Hardware)
DIP: Digital Imaging Processing
DL/1: Data Language 1
DIP: Dual Inline Pin (IBM)
Refers to the physical geometry of an integrated circuit or other
DL/1: Data Language/1
electronic package; rectangular, with pins on the two longer sides
(Hardware) DLA: Drive Letter Access
DIPP: Dual Inline Pin Package (HP)
Refers to the physical geometry of an integrated circuit or other DLB: Dynamic Load Balancing
electronic package; rectangular, with pins on the two longer sides
(Hardware) DLC: Data Line Card
(Hardware)
DIR: DIRectory
DLC: Data Link Control
DIS: Draft International Standard
DIS: Dynamic Impedance Stabilization

DLC DMQS
DLC: Digital Loop Carrier DMACS: Distributed Manufacturing Automation &

(Hardware) Control Software
DLCI: Data Link Connection Identifier DMAPI: Dictation Macro Application Programming
Identifies the Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) connections from Interface
the user to the frame relay cloud. Assigned by the service (Software)
provider (Communication)
DMB: Dhtml Menu Builder
DLD: Display List Driver Used to idetify a DHTML/Javascript menu building tool called
DLE: Data Link Escape DHTML Menu Builder. Also used in the extension of the
DLL: Dynamic Link Library

application's project files (Software)
D
DMB: Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
DMB: Domain Master Browser
DLL: Dynamic Link Loader
(Network)
DLM: Distributed Lock Manager
DMC: Desktop Multimedia Conferencing
DLM: Dynamic Link Module
DMCA: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DLP: Digital Light Processing
DMD: Device Manager Driver
DLP: Discrete Logarithmic Problem
DMD: Digital Micromirror Device
DLPI: Data Link Provider Interface (Hardware) (TI)
The SVR4 STREAMS-based kernel-level interface that supports
the services of the Data Link Layer for both connection-mode and
DMD: Directory Management Domain
connectionless-mode services. (Network) DMDF: Distributed Management Data Facility
DLR: Dos Lan Requester DME: Dictionary Module Editor
DLR: Dynamic Link Routine (CAI)
(Software) DME: Direct Memory Execution
DLS: Data Link Switching DME: Distributed Management Environment
(IBM)
DMF: Digest Message Format
DLS: Dos Lan Services
DMF: Distribution Media Format
(Network)
(Microsoft)
DLS: DownLoadable Sample
DMG: Data Management Group
DLSCAP: Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol The department that manages data.
(Network)
DMI: Definition of Management Information
DLSW: Data Link SWitching
DMI: Desktop Management Interface
DLT: Digital Linear Tape
(Hardware)
DMI: Digital Multiplexed Interface
DLU: Dynamic Local User DMIF: Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework

(Network) (Novell) DMK: Dynamic Management Kit
dLVQ: Dynamic Learning Vector Quantizer (Sun)
DLZ: Digital Lempel-Ziv DML: Data Manipulation Language

(Databases)
Compression algorithm
DM: Delta Modulation DMM: Digital MultiMeter
(Hardware)
DM: Desktop Management
DMM: Direct Mail Manager
DM: Disconnect Mode (Software) (Microsoft)
DM: Distributed Memory DMMS: Dynamic Memory Management System
DM: Document Management DMO: Distributed Management Object
DMA: Digital Music Aggregator This OLE server exposes representations of SQL Server database
objects (tables, stored procedures, server properties, and so on),
DMA: Dimensional Media Associates many of which are usually modified through Transact-SQL
DMA: Direct Memory Access
The transfer of data directly into memory without supervision of DMOS: Double-diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor
the processor. The data is passed on the bus directly between the (Hardware)
memory and another device. In contrast with Direct Virtual
Memory Access (DVMA). (Hardware) DMP: Dot Matrix Printer
DMA: Document Management Alliance DMPC: Distributed Memory Parallel Computer
DMAC: Direct Memory Access Controller DMPP: Distributed Memory Parallel Processor
(Hardware) DMQS: Display Mode Query and Set
(IBM)

DMS DOM
DMS: Data Management Software DNM: Distributed Network Management

(Software)
DMS: Defense Messaging System
Global messaging system used for transfer of non-classified and DNP: Distributed Network Protocol
classified data (for example, encrypted emails) (Software)
DNR: Digital Noise Reduction
DMS: Desktop Management Suite (Hardware)
(Seagate)
DNR: Domain Name Resolver
DMS: Digital Multiplexed System (Network)
DMS: Distributed Media Services DNS: Digital Nervous System D
DMS: Document Management System (Microsoft)
DMSCMS: Display Management System DNS: Domain Name System

The process that translates Internet domain names (such as
DMSD: Digital MultiStandard Decoding www.acronyms.ch) into IP addresses (Network)
DMSDK: Digital Media Software Development Kit DNSBL: Domain Name System Black List
(Software) (SGI)
DNSSEC: Domain Name System SECurity
DMSS: Distributed Mass Storage System (Security)
DMT: Discrete MultiTone DNSSEC: Domain Name System SECurity extensions
DMTF: Distributed Management Task Force Technique for securing the Domain Name System. It is a set of
extensions to DNS, which provide end-to-end authenticity and
The DMTF is the industry organization that is leading the
integrity and was designed to protect the Internet from certain
development, adoption and unification of management standards
attacks. See also http://www.dnssec.net/
and initiatives for desktop, enterprise and Internet environments
(Organizations) DNSWL: Domain Name System White List
DMU: Data Manipulation Unit DO: Data Out
DMVT: Dynamic Video Memory Technology DO: Distributed Objects
(Hardware) (Intel) (Operating systems)
DMY: Day Month Year DOA: Dead On Arrival
DMZ: De-Militarized Zone Service to replace malfunctioning devices (Hardware)
LAN segment between two firewalls (Network) DOA: Dead Or Alive
DN: Distinguished Name (Games)
DN: DowN DOC: Declaration Of Conformity
DNA: Digital Network Architecture DOC: DOCument

(DEC) File name extensions
DNA: Distributed interNet Application DOCSIS: Data Over Cable Service Internet
(Microsoft) Specification
DNAfs: Distributed interNet Application for DOCSV: Data Over Circuit-Switched Voice
Financial Services DOD: Department Of Defense
(Microsoft) (Organizations)
DNC: Direct Numerical Control DOD: Direct Outward Dialing
DNC: Dynamic Network Controller (Communication)
DNCP: DecNet Control Protocol DOE: Distributed Objects Environment
DNCRI: Division of Networking and Communication DOE: Distributed Objects Everywhere

Research and Infrastructure (Operating systems) (Sun)
DnD: Do Not Disturb DOI: Domain Of Interpretation

Used in chat rooms (Net lingo) DOIP: Dial Other Internet Providers
DnD: Drag aNd Drop (IBM)
(Software) DOIT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking
DNHR: Dynamic Non Hierarchical Routing and Technology
DNI: Decnet Network Interface DO-IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking

and Technology
DNIC: Data Network Identification Code
DOJ: Department Of Justice
DNIS: Dialed Number Identification Service (Organizations)
DNJ: Developer Network Journal DOLAP: Desktop OnLine Analytical Processing
(Microsoft)
DOM: Document Object Model
DNLC: Directory Name Lookup Cache Popular, standardized way of manipulating XML data
Unix file cache (Operating systems) (Sun)

DOMAIN DR
DOMAIN: Distributed Operating Multi Access DPL: Distributed Program Link

Interactive Network (IBM)
DOMF: Distributed Object Management Facility DPM: Defects Per Million
(HP)
DPM: Demand Planning Module
DOOM: Decentralized Object-Oriented Machine (Software)
DoS: Denial Of Service DPM: Digital Panel Meter
(Network) (Hardware)
DOS: Disk Operating System DPMA: Data Processing Management Association D
(Operating systems) (Organizations)
DoSBS: Denial Of Service By Service DPMI: Dos Protected Mode Interface
The practice of making large numbers of legal accesses to a (Operating systems)
computer's public interface (i.e. web site) with the intention of
slowing or crashing the system. Hence Denial of Service By DPMS: Display Power Management Signaling
Service - the serving computer cannot keep up with the demands (Hardware)
(Network)
DPMS: Dos Protected Mode Services
DOSEM: Disk Operating System EMulation
DPNPH: Data Packet Network-Packet Handler
DOT: Design Oriented Technology
DPO: Data Phase Optimization
DOT: DOcument Template
DPOF: Digital Print Order Format
Filename extension
DPP: Distributed Parallel Processing
DOV: Data Over Voice
(Communication) DPRAM: Dual-Ported Random Access Memory
A type of random access memory that allows multiple reads or
DOVBS: Data Over Voice Bearer Service
writes to occur at the same time (Hardware)
(Communication)
DPRG: Dallas Personal Robotics Group
DOW: Day Of Week
United States' oldest club involved in amateur robotics
DOW: Direct OverWrite (Organizations)
DP: Data Processing DPROP: Data PROPagator

(IBM)
DP: Defect Prevention
(Software) DPS: Desktop Purchasing System
Buy-side electronic commerce system which supports the
DP: Detection Point procurement process of indirect goods and services
DPA: Demand Protocol Architecture DPS: Digital Pixel Sensor
(3Com) (Hardware)
DPA: Document Printing Architecture DPS: Display PostScript
DPAM: Demand Priority Access Method DPS: Document Processing System
DPAREN: Data PARity ENable DPSK: Differential Phase Shift Keying
DPB: Drive Parameter Block (Communication)
DPBC: Delivery Point Bar Code DPST: Double Pole Single Throw
US Mail system to speed mail sorting, increase delivery accuracy, DPT: Distributed Processing Technology
and reduce postage costs
(DPT)
DPC: Deferred Procedure Call DPtoTP: Display Coordinates TO Tablet Coordinates
DPC: Direct Program Control Coordinates conversion
DPDT: Double Pole Double Throw DPV: Distributed Partitioned View
Joins horizontally partitioned data from a set of member tables
DPE: Distributed Processing Environment
across one or more servers, making the data appear as if from
DPI: Data Processing Information one table (Databases) (Microsoft)
DPI: Digital Phone Interface DQDB: Distributed Queue Dual Bus

DPI: Distributed Protocol Interface DQL: Data Query Language
dpi: Dots Per Inch DQP: Distributed Query Processor
Resolution Measurement (Databases)
DPKG: Debian PacKaGe DQPSK: Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

Binary software package for installation on Debian GNU/Linux. (Communication)
Also, the software installation program (Operating systems)
DR: Data Received
DPKT: Dynamic Public Key Technology
DR: Disaster Recovery
DPL: Descriptor Privilege Level Process or plan by which a business would recover it's IT systems
in the case or a major incident (disaster)

DR.BOND DSA
DR.BOND: Dial-up Router Bandwidth ON Demand DRP: Distribution and Replication Protocol
(NEC) The goal of the DRP protocol is to significantly improve the
efficiency and reliability of data distribution over HTTP
DRAC: Dell Remote Assistant Card
Interface card from Dell Inc that provides out-of-band DRS: Data Replication Service
management facilities. The controller has its own processor, Service to move data between members of a server cluster
memory, battery, network connection, and access to the system (Software)
bus (Hardware) (Dell)
DRS: Document Registration System
DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRS: Driver ReSource
A type of semiconductor random-access memory that stores
information in integrated circuits that contain capacitors. Because File name extension D
capacitors lose their charge over time, the dynamic RAM must be DRU: Disc Remastering Utility
periodically "refreshed" or recharged. (Hardware)
Tool designed to create a customized copy of the Ubuntu Linux
DRAS: Dynamic Remote Access Service Distribution (Operating systems)
(Microsoft) DRV: device DRiVer
DRAW: Direct Read After Write File name extension
DRB: Dram Row Boundary DRV: DRiVe

DRC: Design Rule Checks DRW: Drawing
File name extensions
DRD: Data Reading Device
DS: Data Segment
DRD: Digital Ruggedized Display
CPU register (Hardware) (Intel)
(Hardware)
DS: Data Send
DRDA: Distributed Relational Database Architecture
(Databases) DS: Data Server
DRDAAS: Distributed Relational Database DS: Data Strobe
Architecture Application Server (Hardware)
DR-DOS: Digital Research Disk Operating System DS: Database Server

(Databases)
DRDRAM: Direct Rambus Dynamic Random Access
Memory DS: Differentiated Service
(Hardware) A IETF standard for a small, well-defined set of per-packet
building blocks from which a variety of services may be built,
DRDW: Direct Read During Write thereby providing a framework for delivering quality of service
DRE: Document Rendering Engine (QoS) in networks (Network)
Collection of Java classes that can be used to define an abstract DS: Digital Science
document and render it in PDF or HTML. A document consists of a (Hardware) (Kodak)
collection of elements such as text, lists (bulleted, numbered,
plain), tables, images, fonts, color, etc. (Software) (IBM) DS: Digital Services
DREN: Defense Research and Engineering Network DS: Digital Signal
(Network)
DS: Digital Studio
DRF: Data Recovery Field (Sony)
In NTFS file encryption keys are stored there (Operating systems)
DS: Directory Service
(Microsoft)
(Network)
DRI: Declarative Referential Integrity
DS: Direct-Sequence
(Databases)
IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access method (Communication)
DRI: Defense Research Internet
DS: Distribution Service
DRI: Digital Research Incorporated
DS: Double-Sided
DRK: Devnet Resource Kit (Hardware)
(Software) (Macromedia)
DS/PPM: Direct Sequence/Pulse Position
DRM: Destination Release Mechanism Modulation
DRM: Digital Rights Management (Hardware)
Copy-protection scheme DS0: Digital Signaling Zero
DRM: Distributed Resource Management (Communication)
DRMOS: Digital Rights Management Operating DS3D: DirectSound 3D

System (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
DRMU: Digital Remote Measurement Unit DSA: Digital Signature Algorithm
DRO: Data Request Output DSA: Digital Storage Architecture
DRO: Destructive Read-Out

DRP: Decnet Routing Protocol

DSA DSP
DSA: Directory System Agent DSL: Dialogue Scripting Language

The software that provides the X.500 directory service for a
DSL: Digital Subscriber Line
portion of the directory information base. Generally, each DSA is
responsible for the directory information for a single organization (Communication)
or organizational unit. DSL: Distributed Service Logic
DSA: Distributed Systems Architecture DSL: Domain Specific Language
DSA: Dynamic Scalable Architecture A programming languge created to solve a specific type of
problem (Software)
DSAP: Destination Service Access Point
DSAV: Dr. Solomon's Anti Virus
DSL: Dual Stress Liner
Technology by AMD and IBM to strain silicon chips to enhance
D
(Software) their performance (Hardware)
DSBAM: Double-SideBand Amplitude Module DSL: Dynamic Simulation Language
DSBM: Designated Subnet Bandwidth Manager DSL2: Downloadable Sounds Level 2
A device on a managed subnetwork that acts as the Subnet (Hardware)
Bandwidth Manager for the subnetwork to which it is attached
(Network) DSLAM: Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
(Hardware)
DSC: Digital Still Camera
(Hardware) DSLCP: Dynamically Switched Link Control Protocol
(Network)
DSC: Document Structuring Convention
DSLR: Digital Single-Lens Reflex
DSC: Document Structuring Conventions
(Hardware)
DSCP: Differentiated Services Code Point
DSM: Directory Service Migration
(Network)
DSM: Discrete Sequence Modulation
DSD: Data Stream Direct
DSM: Distributed Shared Memory
DSD: Data Structure Diagram
(Hardware)
DSDD: Double Sided, Double Density
DSMA: Digital Sense Multiple Access
DSDL: Document Schema Definition Language
DSM-CC: Digital Storage Media - Command and
Its goal is to bring together different validation-related tasks and
Control
expressions to form a single extensible framework that allows
technologies to work in series or in parallel to produce a single or DSML: Directory Services Markup Language
a set of validation results
DSMN: Directory Service Manager for Netware
DSDM: Drop Site Database Manager
(Operating systems)
A process (not the sending client) responsible for maintaining a
registry or database of potential drop sites for drag and drop DSN: Data Source Name
operations. (Databases)
DSDP: Device Software Development Platform DSN: Delivery Service Notification
Provides an extensible, standards-based platform to support all
phases of the device software (embedded) development process, DSN: Developer Support News
including hardware bring-up, platform software development, and DSN: Distributed Systems Network
embedded application software development (Software)
DSO: Data Source Object
DSE: Data Storage Equipment
(Databases)
DSE: Directory Services Environment
DSO: Decision Support Object
Contains a list of Naming Contexts and Application Partitions
maintained by a Domain Controller (Operating systems) DSO: Digital Storage Oscilloscope
(Microsoft) An oscilloscope with a built-in memory used to store electronic
waveforms (Hardware)
DSEA: Display Station Emulation Adapter
DSF: Dispersion Shifted Fibre DSO: Dynamic Shared Object
(Software)
Optical fiber type (Communication)
DSHD: Double Sided, High Density DSOM: Distributed System Object Model
DSI: Defense Simulation Internet
DSP: Development Service Provider
DSI: Distributed Storage Infrastructure
DSP: Dictionary Server Protocol
DSI: Dynamic Systems Initiative (Network)
Microsoft's technology strategy for products and solutions that
help businesses enhance the dynamic capability of its people, DSP: Digital Signal Processor
process, and IT infrastructure using technology (Microsoft) A computer oriented toward math-intensive applications, often a
single chip or small chip set. (Hardware)
DSIG: Digital SIGnature
(Security) DSP: Digital Sound Processor
(Hardware)
DSIMM: Dual Single Inline Memory Module
DSP: Directory Synchronization Protocol
DSIS: Distributed Support Information Standard
(Lotus)

DSP DTR
DSP: Document Services for Printing DTB: Data Transfer Bus

Part of the VMEbus specification that contains data and address
DSP: Domain-Specific Part
pathways and associated control signals. Functional modules
(Network) called DTB masters and DTB slaves use the DTB to transfer data
DSPT: Display Station Pass-Thru between each other. (Hardware)
(IBM) DTC: Design-Time Control (or Component)
DSQD: Double Sided, Quad Density (Software)
DSR: Data Set Ready DTC: DeskTop Conferencing

Serial port signal (Communication) DTC: Distributed Transactions Coordinator D
DSR: Device Status Register (Databases) (Microsoft)
DSR: Device Status Report DTCP: Digital Transmission Content Protection
DSRI: Digital Standard Relational Interface DTD: Document Type Definition
DSRL: Document Schema Renaming Language DTE: Data Terminal Equipment

Provides a mechanism whereby users can assign locally That part of a data station that serves as a data source, data sink,
meaningful names to XML elements, attributes and entities or both, and provides for the data communication control function
without having to completely rewrite the DTD or schema to which according to protocols. In contrast with Data Communication
they are required to conform Equipment (DCE). (Communication)
DSS: Decision Support System DTE: Dumb Terminal Emulator
DSS: Digital Signature Standard DTF: Distributed Test Facility
DSS: Direct Station Selector DTL: Dialogue Tag Language

(Hardware) (IBM)
DSS: Distributed Security Service DTL: Diode Transistor Logic

Semiconductor manufacturing technology (Hardware)
DSSI: Digital Standard Systems Interconnect
(DEC)
DTLB: Dual Translation Lookaside Buffer
DSSLL: Differentiated Services over Specific Link DTLL: Data Type Library Language
Layers Specifies libraries of datatypes using an XML language. The
schema for this language is defined in This International Standard
A system for mapping between Differentiated Services and other
using the compact syntax of the RELAX NG schema language, as
bandwidth-management protocols such as 802.1p and ATM
defined by Annex C of ISO 19757:2
(Network)
DTM: Deterministic Turing Machine
DSSS: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
(Communication) DTM: Digital Terrain Mapping
DSSSL: Document Style Semantic and Specification DTM: Distributed Transaction Monitor
Language
DTM: Document Table Model
International standard for associating processing with SGML
Interface to a document model designed specifically for the needs
documents
of Apache's XPath and XSLT implementations. The motivation
DST: Daylight Saving Time behind this model is to optimize performance and minimize
storage (Software)
DSTN: Double-layer SuperTwist Nematic
LCD display technology (Hardware)
DTMF: Dual Tone MultiFrequency
Use of two simultaneous voice-band tones for dial (such as touch
DSU: Data Service Unit tone) (Hardware)
DSU: Digital Service Unit DTML: Document Template Markup Language
DSVD: Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data DTMS: Data Transformation Management System
(Communication)
DTO: Data Transfer Object
DSW: Data Status Word An "envelope" used to transport any kind of data between tiers of
systems (Software)
DSW: Device Status Word
DTO: Day-Time Organizer
DSX: Digital Signals Cross-connect
(Software)
DT: Definition Term
DTP: Data Tools Platform
HTML Tag
Provides extensible frameworks and exemplary tools, enabling a
DT4DTD: DataTypes For Document Type Definition diverse set of plug-in offerings specific to particular data-centric
technologies and supported by the DTP ecosystem (Software)
DTA: Direct Tape Access
(Seagate) DTP: DeskTop Publishing
DTA: Disk Transfer Area DTP: Distributed Transaction Processing
DTAP: Direct Transfer Application Part DTR: Data Terminal Ready

Serial port signal (Communication)
DTR: Data Transfer Rate

DTR DW
DTR: Dedicated Token Ring DVD-A: Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk-Audio
DTR: DeskTop Reproduction DVD-MMVFF: Digital Versatile Disc MultiMedia Video
File Format
DTR: Draft Technical Report
DVD-R: Digital Video Disk-Recordable
DTS: Data Transformation Service
(Databases) DVD-RAM: Digital Versatile Disk - Random Access
Memory
DTS: Developer Technical Support
A read-write DVD (Hardware)
(Software) (Sun) D
DVD-ROM: Digital Versatile Disk - Read Only
DTS: Digital Theater Surround
Memory
DTS: Distributed Time Service A read only DVD (Hardware)
DTS: Distributed Traffic Shaping DVD-RW: Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk-
(Cisco) ReWritable
(Hardware)
DTSS: Dartmouth Time Sharing System
DVE: Digital Video Effect
DTU: Demand Transmission Unit
D-VHS: Digital Video Home System
DTV: DeskTop Video
DVI: DeVice Independent
DTV: Digital TeleVision
File name extension
(Hardware)
DVI: Diagonal Viewable Image
DTVC: DeskTop Video Conferencing
(Hardware)
DU: Disk Usage
DVI: Digital Video Interactive
DUA: Directory User Agent
DVI: Digital Video Interface
The software that accesses the X.500 directory service on behalf
of the directory user. The directory user may be a person or Specification to interface digital flat panels with host PCs
another software element. (Hardware)
DUAT: Direct User Access Terminal DVI-A: Digital Video Interface-Analog

(Hardware)
DUL: Dialup Users List
Project to encourage good e-mail behaviour and accountability DVI-D: Digital Video Interface-Digital
without denying regular e-mail. See http://mail-abuse.org/dul/ (Hardware)
DUN: Dial-Up Networking DVI-I: Digital Video Interface-Integrated

DUNCE: Dial Up Network Connection Enhancement DVI-V: Digital Video Interface-Vga

DUP: DUPlex DVL: Digital Video Link

Used in SCSI interface for split backplane (Hardware) DVM: Digital Volt Meter
DUT: Device Under Test (Hardware)
DUW: Distributed Unit of Work DVMA: Direct Virtual Memory Access

(IBM) A mechanism to enable a device on the SBus to initiate data
transfers between it and other SBus
DV: Digital Video devices, such as system memory. Contrast with Direct Memory
DVB: Digital Video Broadcasting Access (DMA). (Hardware)
(Communication) DVMRP: Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
(Network)
DVC: Desktop Video Conferencing
DVOF: Digital Video Over Fiber
DVC: Digital Video Camera
(Hardware) DVR: device DriVeR
File name extension
DVD: Deutsche Vereinigung für Datenschutz
DVD: Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk DVR: Digital Video Recorder
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
DVD+MRW: Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk-Mount DVRMP: Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
rainier ReWritable (Network)
Standard that enables native OS support of data storage on DVX: Digital Voice eXchange
DVD+RW. This makes the technology far easier to use and allows
the replacement of the floppy. See http://www.mt-rainier.org/ DW: Data Warehouse
(Hardware) (Databases)
DVD+RW: Digital Video (or Versatile) Disk- DW: Display Write
ReWritable Word Processor (Software) (IBM)
(Hardware)

DW EARS
DW: Double Word E3: Electronic Entertainement Expo

Four consecutive bytes (32 bits)
E4X: Ecmacript For Xml
DWA: Data Warehousing Alliance set of programming language extensions adding native XML
(Databases) (Microsoft) support to ECMAScript. See also http://www.ecma-
international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-357.htm
DWC: Data Warehouse Catalog (Software)
Data warehousing (Databases)
EA: Effective Address
DWDM: Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
EA: Enterprise Agreement
(Communication)
Licensing scheme (Microsoft) D
DWF: Design Web Format
EA: Escrowed Authenticator
Fast, efficient way to distribute design data to anyone who needs
it. With Autodesk Express Viewer, a small, free, downloadable EA: Extended Attribute E
application, you can view and print that rich data (Software) (IBM)
(Autodesk)
EAB: Enterprise Application Builder
DWG: DraWinG
(Software)
File name extension
EADAS: Engineering and Administrative Data
DWM: Diskless Workstation Management Acquisition System
DWMT: Discrete Wavelet MultiTone EADASNM: Engineering and Administrative Data
DWT: Discrete Wavelet Transform Acquisition System Network Management
DX: DirectX EADT: East Australian Daylight Time
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) Timezone: GMT +10:00
DX: DupleX E-ADT: Extended Abstract Data Type

(Communication) (Software)
DXB: Drawing eXchange Binary EAGLES: Expert Advisory Group on Language

File name extension (Autodesk) Engineering Standards
DXC: Data eXchange Control EAI: Enterprise Application Integration
DXF: Data eXchange File EAM: Enterprise Asset Management
(Software)
DXF: Drawing Exchange Format
File name extension EAM: Evanescent Access Method
DXI: Data eXchange Interface EAN: European Article Number
An interface to frame relay networks (Communication) Bar code standards family
DXL: Domino Xml Language EAP: Early Adopter Program

(IBM) EAP: Enterprise Application Platform
DXPC: Differential X Protocol Compressor (Software)
Dxr: Dynamic eXtended Resolution EAP: Extensible Authentication Protocol

(Hardware) (Creative Labs) (Security)
DXTC: DirectX Texture COmpression EAPI: Extended Application Programming Interface

(Microsoft) (Software)
DXVA: DirectX Video Acceleration EAPoL: Extensible Authentication Protocol Over Lan
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) (Security)
DYE: Damn Your Eyes EAR: Enterprise ARchive

(Net lingo) Filename extension (Software)
DYNSLT: DYNamic SeLecT EAR: External Access Register

(IBM) EARL: Enhanced Address Recognition Logic
Is a custom Catalyst 5000 family switch component similar to the
E learning bridge or content-addressable memory (CAM) of other
types of network switches and routers (Hardware) (Cisco)
E: Exa
Prefix for 10 power 18 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 60)
EARN: European Academic Research Network
A network using BITNET technology connecting universities and
E&M: Ear & Mouth research labs in Europe. (Network)
Trunking arrangement generally used for two-way switch-to-
switch or switch-to-network connections (Hardware)
EAROM: Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
(Hardware)
E2E: End-To-End
EARS: Electronic Access to Reference Services
The ability of a network to deliver service needed by a specific
network application from end-to-end, with the ability to provide EARS: Electronic Authoring and Routing System
both class of service and reserved bandwidth for different types of
(DEC)
network traffic (Network)
EARS: Explicit Archive and Retrieval System

EAS ECM
EAS: Enterprise Access Server ebXML: Electronic Business eXtensible Markup

Language
EAS: Enterprise Agreement for S/390
This standard aims at creating a modular electronic business
(Software) (IBM)
framework using XML. It is the product of a joint initiative by the
EASI: Enhanced Asynchronous Scsi Interface United Nations (UN/CEFACT) and the Organization for the
Advancement of Structured Information Systems (OASIS)
EAST: East Australian Standard Time
EC: Electronic Commerce
Timezone: GMT +10:00
EAT: End Around Test EC: Error Control
Also known as a wrap test, returns output signal to input line EC: European Community
(Hardware)
EC: Exchange Carrier
EATA: Enhanced Advanced Technology bus
Attachment
(Communication) E
ECAF: European Certification Authority Forum
EAX: Environmental Audio eXtensions
(Hardware) (Creative Labs)
ECAL: Enjoy Computing And Learn
EB: ExaByte ECAT: Electronic Card Assembly and Test

1024 petabytes (IBM)
EBASIC: Extended Beginners All-purpose Symbolic ECB: Electronic CodeBook

Instruction Code ECB: Event Control Block
Programming language (Software) A data structure used to control sending and receiving of packets
in a Novell Network (Operating systems) (Novell)
EBC: Eisa Bus Controller
ECC: Electrical Connectivity Checks
EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal
Interchange Code ECC: Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Charachter encoding scheme (IBM) Technology for public key cryptosystems, providing the highest
security-to-key size ratio (Security)
EBCT: Electron Beam Computed Tomography
Character encoding scheme ECC: Error Checking and Correction
The detection, in the processing unit, and correction of all single-
EBD: Emergency Boot Disk bit errors, plus the detection of double-bit and some multiple-bit
EBDI: Enhanced Background Debug Interface errors.
(Hardware) (Motorola) ECC: Error Correction Code
EBDS: Enhanced Background Debug Software ECD: Enhanced Color Display
EBF: Emergency Bug Fix ECD: Enhanced Compact Disk
(Software)
ECDL: European Computer Driving Licence
EBF: Engineering Bug Fix The ECDL Foundation works to promote an International
(Sybase) certification of industry-standard computing skills. See
http://www.ecdl.com (Organizations)
EBI: Equivalent Background Input
ECF: Enhanced Connectivity Facilities
EBI: Extended Background Investigation
ECHO: European Commission Host Organization
EBI: External Bus Interface
(Hardware) ECHS: Extended Cylinders, Heads, Sectors
Enables use of hard drives up to 8.4 GB in size (Hardware)
EBIP: Enterprise Business Intelligence Portal
ECHT: European Conference on Hypermedia
EBKAC: Error Between Keyboard And Chair Technology
Pronounced 'ebb-kak', is used to describe user errors --
"obviously an EBKAC error" (Net lingo) ECI: External Call Interface
(IBM)
EBML: Extensible Binary Meta Language
Simple, XML-like binary language for describing data in ECL: EClectic Language
structured style. See http://ebml.sourceforge.net/
ECL: Emitter Coupled Logic
EBNF: Extended Backus-Naur Form Semiconductor manufacturing technology (Hardware)
EBPP: Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment ECLF: Extended Common Log Format
Allows customers of commerce institutions to view and pay their (Network)
bills online
ECM: Electronic Control Module
EBROM: Electronic Book Read Only Memory
ECM: Electronic Counter Measures
EBSS: Extended Basic Service Set (Hardware)
Wireless network with more than one wireless access point
(Network) ECM: Endpoint Congestion Management
(Network)
EBT: Electronic Benefits Transfer
ECM: Enterprise Commerce Management
ECM: Enterprise Content Management
ECM: Entity Coordination Management

ECM EDO
ECM: Error-Correction Mode EDA: Electronic Design Automation

ECMA: European Computer Manufacturing EDA: Embedded Document Architecture
Association
EDA: Event Driven Architecture
(Organizations)
Software architecture pattern promoting the production,
ECML: Electronic Commerce Modeling Language detection, consumption of, and reaction to events (Software)
ECMP: Equal Cost Multipath Protocol EDAC: Electromechanical Digital Adapter Circuit
(Network) EDB: Embedded DataBase
ECN: Electronic Communications Network EDB: External Data Bus
ECN: European Counter Network (Hardware)
ECN: Explicit Congestion Notification EDC: Easy Data Communication E

(Network) (Communication)
ECNE: Enterprise Certified Netware Engineer EDC: Electronic Digital Computer

(Novell) EDC: Enhanced Data Correction
ECO: Engineering Change Order EDC: Error Detection and Correction
Hardware minor revisions, usually in the days of minicomputers,
where a change wasn't made to the PCB layout (which would EDC: Error Detection Code
probably carry the major revision number/letter), e.g. to correct
EDD: Enhanced Disk Drive
a problem found in operation and approved and recorded by HQ
staff (Hardware) Mechanism to match x86 BIOS device names (e.g. int13 device
80h) to Linux device names (e.g. /dev/sda, /dev/hda). EDD is a
ECOM: Electronic Computer Originated Mail project of a T13 committee (Operating systems)
ECOOP: European Conference on Object Orientated EDDC: Extended Distance Data Cable
Programming
EDE: Encrypt-Decrypt-Encrypt
ECP: Enhanced Communication Protocol
EDFA: Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier
ECP: Extended Capabilities Port (Communication)
(Hardware)
EDGAR: Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
ECPA: Electronic Communication Privacy Act Retrieval
ECPP: Enterprise Collaborative Processing Portal EDGE: Enhanced Data-rate for Gsm Evolution
ECR: Enterprise Content Repository EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
ECR: Enterprise Customer Resource EDI: Electronic Document Interchange
(DEC)
eCRM: Electronic Customer Relationship
Management EDID: Extended Display Identification Data
A complete view of customer interactions, stored in electronic (Hardware)
format for review and data manipulation (Software)
EDIF: Electronic Design Interchange Format
ECS: Element Construction Set A standard file format for exchanging CAD data.
Java API for generating elements for various markup languages it
directly supports HTML 4.0 and XML, but can easily be extended EDIFACT: Electronic Data Interchange For
to create tags for any markup language (Software) Administration Commerce and Transport
ECS: Enhanced Chip Set EDIINT: Electronic Data Interchange-Internet
INTegration
ECS: Enterprise Control Station
Standard detailing a set of protocols and requirements to
ECS: Event Communication Service package, secure, communicate and authenticate transactions over
the Internet in an interoperable manner
ECSA: Exchange Carriers Standards Association
EDIT: Emulsion Direct Imaging Technology
ECTF: Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum (Hardware)
Brings together the best industry thinkers on the planet to deliver
on a shared vision in the computer telephony industry to allow for EDL: Edit Decision List
open access to a diversity of communications products and
services. See also http://www.ectf.org/ (Organizations)
EDLC: Ethernet Data Link Control
ECTL: Electronic Communal Temporal Lobe EDM: Electronic Document Management
ECTS: European Consumer Trade Show EDM: Engineering Data Management
ECU: Eisa Configuration Utility EDM: Enterprise Data Model

Data warehousing
ED: End Delimiter
EDM: Environmental Descriptor Manager
ED: Enhanced Density (Databases)
ED: Erase Display EDMS: Electronic Document Management System
ED: Extra-high Density EDO: Extended Data Output
2.88 MB floppy disk (Hardware) Memory manufacturing technology (Hardware)

EDOC EHLLAPI
EDOC: Enterprise Distributed Object Computing EEPROM: Electrically Erasable Programmable Read
Only Memory
EDODRAM: Extended Data Out Dynamic Random
A non-volatile PROM that may be written to as well as read from.
Access Memory
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
EES: Escrow Encryption Standard
EDOS: Enhanced Disk Operating System
Mmeory manufacturing technology EESP: Enterprise Extended Services Portal
EDP: Electronic Data Processing EET: Eastern European Time
Timezone: GMT +1:00
EDP: Extended Dos Partition
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) EF: Expedited Forwarding
A Per-Hop Behavior in the Differentiated Service standard, used
EDPM: Electronic Data Processing Machine to create a virtual leased line service (Network) E
EDPS: Electronic Data Processing System EFA: Extended File Attribute
EDPT: Enhanced fixed Disk Parameter Table EFCI: Explicit Forward Congestion Indication
(Hardware)
EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation
EDR: External Developer Release
EFI: Electromechanical Frequency Interference
EDRAM: Extended Dynamic Random Access Memory
(Hardware)
EFI: Electronics For Imaging
EDS: Electronic Data Systems EFI: Extensible Firmware Interface

Specification that defines a new model for the interface between
EDSAC: Electronic Delay Storage Automatic operating systems and platform firmware
Computer
EFI: External Functional Interface
EDSF: Electronic Document Systems Foundation
EFIGS: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish
See www.edsf.org (Organizations)
EFL: Emitter Follower Logic
EDSRA: Earth Data System Reference Application
(Hardware)
EDT: Eastern Daylight Time
EFM: Eight to Fourteen Modulation
Timezone: GMT -5:00
EFM: Ethernet First Mile
EDTV: Enhanced Definition TeleVision
(Network)
(Hardware)
E-FORM: Electronic FORM
EDU: Engine Dispatchable Unit
(Databases) EFS: Encrypting File System
(Operating systems)
EDVAC: Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic
Computer EFSP: Enhanced Fax Service Provider
First stored-program digital computer
EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer
EDW: Enterprise Data Warehouse EFT: Euro FileTransfer
EE: Extended Edition
EFTPoS: Point Of SaleElectronic Funds Transfer at
(IBM) Point Of Sale
EEA: Extended Enterprise Applications EFTS: Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale
(Software)
EGA: Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EEC: Extended Error Correction Video specification for a resolution of 640x350 pixels in 16 colors
EEG: ElectroEncephaloGram (Hardware)
EEI: Equipment to Equipment Interface EGP: Exterior Gateway Protocol

A reachability routing protocol used by gateways in a two-level
EEL: Epsilon Extension Language internet. EGP is used in the Internet core system. (Network)
EEM: External Expansion Module EGREP: Extended Global Regular Expression Print
EEMA: European Electronic Messaging Association EGS: Enhanced Graphics System
(Organizations)
EGSM: Extended Global System for Mobile
EEMAC: Electrical & Electronic MAnufacturers of communications
Canada (Communication)
EEMS: Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification EHCI: Enhanced Host Controller Interface
EEP: Entry Exit Procedure EHF: Encoding Header Field
EEPRO: Ethernet Express PRO EHF: Extreme High Frequency
Network interface card (Hardware) (Intel)
EHLLAPI: Emulator High-Level Language
Application Programming Interface

EIA EMF
EIA: Electronic Industries Alliance ELF: Extremely Low Frequency

High-tech association that represents the full spectrum of U.S. (Hardware)
electronics and high-tech industry manufacturers. See also
http://www.eia.org (Organizations) ELH: Entity Life History
EIAJ: Electronic Industry Association of Japan ELI: Embedded Lisp Interpreter

(Organizations) ELIC: Electronic Library Information Center
EiB: ExbIByte ELINT: ELectronic INTelligence
Unit of measurement, introduced by the International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024 PiB ELK: Extension Language Kit
EICAVR: European Institute for Computer Anti- ELLIS: EuLisp LInda System
Virus Research ELM: ELectronic Mail
(Network)
E
EIDE: Enhanced Integrated Drive (or Device)
Electronics ELOD: Erasable Laser Optical Disk
Bus architecture (Hardware)
ELP: Equational Logic Programming
EIGRP: Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
ELS: Entry Level System
Cisco proprietary routing protocol loosely based on their original
IGRP. EIGRP is an advanced distance-vector routing protocol, ELSA: ELektronische SAchen
with optimizations to minimize both the routing instability
German hardware manufacturer (Hardware)
incurred after topology changes (Network) (Cisco)
ELSNET: European Language and Speech NETwork
EIM: Electronic Image Management
EM: ElectroMagnetic
EIO: Enhanced Input/Output
EM: Electronic Mail
EIP: Enterprise Information Portal
(IBM) EM: EMphasis
HTML tag
EIR: Equipment Identity Register
A database containing a list of all valid IMEIs on the network EM: End of Medium
(Communication)
EM: Enterprise Management
EIS: Enterprise Information System
EM: Expanded Memory
EIS: European Information System
EM: Extensions Manager
EIS: Executive Information System
EMA: Electronic Mail Association
EISA: Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EMA: Enterprise Management Architecture
PC bus architecture (Hardware)
EMA: Enterprise Memory Architecture
EISE: Extended Intergration Support Environment
(Operating systems)
ADA project aimed to provide a real-time simulation of a generic
aircraft, together with the significant environmental factors EMACS: Editing MACroS
EISS: Europaeisches Institut für SystemSicherheit E-MAIL: Electronic MAIL
EITAAC: Electronic and Information Technology EMB: Enhanced Master Burst
Access Advisory Committee
EMB: Extended Memory Block
(Organizations)
EMBARC: Electronic Mail Broadcast to A Roaming
EJB: Enterprise Java Bean
Computer
(Software) (Sun)
EMBM: Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping
EJC: Electronic Journal of Communication
EMC: ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
EKP: Enterprise Knowledge Portal
(IBM) EMC: E-Mail Connection
EL: ElectroLuminescent EMC: Emergency Management Card
(Hardware) (Hardware) (Intel)
EL: Erase Line EMC: Enhanced Memory Chip

EL1: Extensible Language One EMC: Extended Math Coprocessor
ELAN: Emulated Local Area Network EMEA: Europe, Middle East and Africa
ELC: Embedded Linking and Control EMF: Eclipse Modeling Framework
Modeling framework and code generation facility for building
ELD: Electronic License Distribution tools and other applications based on a structured data model.
ELEC: Enterprise Local Exchange Carrier See also http://www.eclipse.org/emf/ (Software)
ELF: Electronic Location Finder EMF: ElectroMagnetic Field
ELF: Executable and Linking Format EMF: Enhanced MetaFile

(Software) File format for graphics (Microsoft)
EMF: Extensible Message Format

EMI EOS
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 send a Computer
packet but only members of the multicast group to receive it if First fully electronic digital computer
"EMI" is enabled on the Stack Master. (Network) (Cisco)
ENL: EndNote Library
EML: Element Management Layer File extension for EndNote Program used in bibliographies
EML: EMaiL (Software)
Filename extension used by MS Outlook Express (Software) ENQ: ENQuiry
(Microsoft)
ENS: Enterprise Network Services
EMM: Expanded Memory Manager
ENSS: Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem
EMM: Extended Memory Management E
ENT: Enterprise Network Tools
EMMA: European MultiMedia Award
EO: Europe Online
EMMA: Extensible MultiModal Annotation
Markup language intended for use by systems that provide
EOA: End Of Address
semantic interpretations for a variety of inputs, including but not (Communication)
necessarily limited to, speech, natural language text, GUI and ink
EOB: End Of Block
input. See also http://www.w3.org/TR/emma/
(Communication)
EMMP: Enterprise Mission Management Portal
EOC: End Of Character
EMO: Exchange Messaging Outlook
EOC: End Of Conversion
EMP: ElectroMagnetic Pulse
EOD: End Of Data
(Hardware)
EOD: Erasable Optical Disk
EMR: ElectroMagnetic Radiation
EMR: Electronic Medical Record EOF: End Of File
A particular character, usually a Control-D, that tells the system it
(Software)
has reached the end of the file.
EMR: Enhanced Metafile Record
EOF: Enterprise Object Framework
EMS: Electronic Mail System (Software) (Apple)
EMS: Electronic Messaging Service EOI: End Of Input
EMS: Element Management System EOI: End Of Interrupt
(Software)
EOI: End Or Identify
EMS: Energy Management System
EOJ: End Of Job
EMS: Enhanced Message Service
EOL: End Of Line
EMS: Entrust Messaging Server
EOL: End Of List
(Security)
EOM: End Of Message
EMS: Expanded Memory Specification
(Communication)
(Software)
EON: Edge Of Network
EMSAPI: Extended Messaging Services Application
(Network) (IBM)
Programming Interface
EON: Extranet Object Network
EMSC: Electronic Mail Standards Committee
(Network)
EMT: Eastern Mediterranean Time
EOP: End Of Procedure
Timezone: GMT +2:00
EOR: Electro-Optical Reconnaissance
EMV: Europay, Mastercard and Visa
EOR: Exclusive OR
EMWAC: European Microsoft Windows nt Academic
Also XOR
Centre
EOS: Earth Observing System
EMX: Enterprise Messaging eXchange
(NASA)
(Lotus)
EOS: Ecc On Simm
EN: Europa Norm
(Hardware)
ENA: Electronic Networking Association
EOS: Electrical OverStress
ENA: Extended Network Addressing Electrically overstressing and damaging a device or component
by too much voltage or current (Hardware)
ENC: ENCoded
File name extension EOS: End Of String
ENC: Enterprise Naming Context EOS: Extended Operating System
ENDC: European Network Design Center
ENDEC: ENcoder/DECoder

EOSDIS ES
EOSDIS: Earth Observing System Data and EPRI: Electric Power Research Institute
Information System (Organizations)
(NASA)
EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EOT: End Of Table A non-volatile memory chip that is programmed
after they it is manufactured. EPROMs differ from PROMs in that
EOT: End Of Tape they can be erased (generally by exposing the semiconductor
(Hardware) material to the ultraviolet light) and can be reprogrammed after
having been erased. (Hardware)
EOT: End Of Text
EPRPI: Enhanced Primary Rate Peripheral Interface
EOT: End Of Transmission
(Communication) EPS: Encapsulated PostScript
A file format for graphics and text supported by several graphics
EoU: Ease Of Use
drawing applications. (Adobe) E
EOUG: European Oracle User Group
EPSF: Encapsulated PostScript Files
EoVDSL: Ethernet Over Very high bit rate Digital
EPSI: Encapsulated PostScript Interchange
Subscriber Line
A version of the encapsulated PostScript format that describes an
(Communication) image using a standard text file. (Adobe)
EP: ElectroPhotographic EQD: English Query Domain
Laser printing technology (Hardware) Filename extension (Databases) (Microsoft)
EP: Exchange Provider EQP: EQuiPment
(Communication)
ER: Entity Relationship
EPA: Enhanced Performance Architecture
ER: Error Resilience
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency Technique that make systems more robust against errors
(Organizations)
ER: Explicit cell Rate
EPAC: Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coder
ER/RC: Extended Result/Response Code
EPD: Early Packet Discard
(Network)
ERA: Extended Registry Attributes
EPIC: Eclipse PlugIn Central ERA/O: Embedded Remote Access Option

(Software) (Hardware) (Dell)
EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center ERAS: Electronic Routing and Approval System
EPIC: Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing ERD: Emergency Repair Disk
EPL: Effective Privilege Level ERD: Entity-Relationship Diagram
EPL: Electronic switching system Programming ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center
Language ERIN: Environmental Resources Information
EPLD: Electrically Programmable Logic Device Network
(Hardware) ERLL: Enhanced Run Length Limited
EPM: Enhanced editor for Presentation Manager ERM: Enterprise Relationship Management
(IBM)
ERM: Enterprise Resource Management
EPM: Enterprise Print Manager (Software)
An OS/390 software solution for management of printers and
ERM: Entity-Relationship Model
print jobs in addition to the various printing functions. The host
data, AFP as well as line data, are converted into printer data ERMA: Electronic Recording Method, Accounting
streams such as PCL5 and PostScript (Software)
ERMS: Email Response Management System
EPM: Enterprise Process Management
(IBM) EROM: Erasable Read Only Memory
EPO: Electronic Public Offering EROS: Earth Resources Observation System
ePO: EPolicy Orchestrator ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning

McAfee tool that delivers real-time information and application Integrates all data and processes of an organization into a unified
integration for network, desktop, and server security (Security) system. Although the initialism ERP originated in the
manufacturing environment, today's use of the term ERP systems
EPOS: Electronic Point Of Sale has much broader scope
Electronic cash registers and their software used in stores
ERR: ERRor
EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port
ERU: Emergency Recovery Utility
(Hardware)
(Microsoft)
EPR: EndPoint Reference
ES: Enterprise Suite
Combination of Web services elements that define the address for
(Software)
a resource in a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) header
(Software) ES: Extended Services

ES ESTO
ES: Extra Segment ESMA: Extended Server Memory Architecture

CPU register (Hardware) (Intel) (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
(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
ESN: Electronic Serial Number
E
(Epson)
ESN: Electronic Switched Network
ESCD: Extended System Configuration Data
ESNET: Energy Sciences NETwork
ESCM: Extended Services Communications Manager
(IBM) ESO: Equipment Superior to Operator
(Net lingo)
ESCON: Enterprise System CONnection
Architecture (IBM) ESP: Emulation Sensing Processor
ESCSI: Embedded Small Computers System ESP: Encapsulated Security Payload

Interface (Network)
Bus architecture (Hardware) ESP: Enhanced Serial Port
ESD: Electronic Software Distribution (Hardware)
ESD: ElectroStatic Discharge ESP: Enhanced Service Provider

(Hardware) ESP: Enterprise System Platform
ESD: Emergency Startup Disk ESP: Estimated Street Price
ESP: Ethernet Serial Port
ESDI: Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESP: Eudora Sharing Protocol
ESDRAM: Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random
Access Memory ESP: Expert Searching and Pricing
(Hardware) ESPRIT: European Strategic Program of Research
ESDS: Entry Sequenced Data Set and development in Information 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) (Microsoft) ESRO: Efficient Short Remote Operation
ESF: Extended SuperFrame (Network)
ESI: Edge Side Include ESS: Electronic Switching System

(Software) ESS: Enterprise Storage Server
ESI: End System Identifier (IBM)
ESI: Enhanced Serial Interface ESS: Enterprise Survivable Server

Communication specification (Hayes) Allows customers to place backup ESS servers at key locations
throughout their enterprise. An ESS server is capable of taking
ESIS: End System to Intermediate System over for the entire enterprise or, just a portion of the enterprise in
the event that some type of outage has occurred
ES-IS: End System to Intermediate System
The International Organization for Standardization's Open ESS: Extended Service Set
Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocol by which end systems (Communication)
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)
ESSL: Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library
(Software) (IBM)
ESM: Enterprise System Management
EST: Eastern Standard Time
ESM: European Satellite Multimedia Timezone: GMT -5:00
ESM: External Storage Module ESTO: Equipment Superior To Operator
A Sun external unit that contains disk or tape drives and that can When a computer seems to have a mind of its own. For example,
be connected to a desktop SPARCstation system. (Hardware) when you watch it spam all 800 people in your contact list and
(Sun) you can't stop it (Net lingo)

ESTT EXTRA
ESTT: E-mail Server Test Tool EUI: End-User Interface

Ziff-Davis labs test suite for email servers
EULA: End User License Agreement
ESU: ElectroStatic Unit
EUNET: European Unix NETwork
ET: Enhancement Technology
Euro CASE: EUROpean Council of Applied Sciences
ETACS: Extended Total Access Communication and Engineering
System (Organizations)
(IBM)
EUUG: European Unix Users Group
ETANN: Electrically Trainable Analog Neural (Organizations)
Network
EUV: Extreme Ultra Violet
Chip (Intel)
ETB: End of Transmission Block
(Hardware) E
EUVL: Extreme UltraViolet Lithography
ETC: Electronic Toll Collection (Hardware)
ETC: Enhanced Throughput Cellular EVA: Economic Value Added
Cellular modem protocol (AT&T)
Ev-DO: Evolution-Data Only (or Optimized)
etc: Essential Text Configuration Wireless radio broadband data standard adopted by many CDMA
In any unix (and variants like linux) system the /etc directory mobile phone service providers
(Operating systems)
EVE: Extensible Vax Editor
ETF: Enriched Text Format
EVGA: Extended Video Graphics Adapter
ETFTP: Enhanced Trivial File Transfer Protocol
EVGA: Extended Video Graphics Array
ETIS: European Telecommunications Information
EVLIW: Encapsulated Very Long Instruction Word
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 EWS: Exchange Web Services
Telecommunications carrier service providing Ethernet to a (Microsoft)
business subscriber. See also ETTh and ETTx. (Communication)
ExCA: EXchangeable Card Architecture
ETTh: Ethernet To The Home
(Intel)
Telecommunications carrier service providing Ethernet to a home
subscriber. See also ETTb and ETTx. (Communication) EXE: Executable
File name extension
ETTx: Ethernet To The X
Telecommunications carrier service providing Ethernet to a EXE2BIN: EXEcutable To BINary
business subscriber (ETTb) or home subscriber (ETTh). See also
ETTb and ETTh. (Communication) EXIF: EXchangeable Image File format
Standard for storing interchange information in image files,
ETX: End of TeXt especially those using JPEG compression. Most digital cameras
(Communication) now use the EXIF format. See also http://www.exif.org/
EU: Execution Unit EXP: EXPonent
EUC: End User Computing EXSLT: Extensions to eXtensible Stylesheet
Language Transformation
EUC: Extended Unix Code
An encoding scheme that allows up to four codesets to coexist in EXT: EXTernal
one data stream. EUC supports one primary character set and
three supplementary character sets. (Operating systems)
EXTRA: EXecutionTRace Analyzer

EXTRN FCIF
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
FATA: Fiber channel AT Attachment
(Hardware)
F
FAX: FACSimile
f: femto Also a file name extension
FAZAM: Full Armor Zero AdMinistration
F/T: Full Time
FB: Fiber optic Backbone
F/V: Frequency to Voltage converter
(Hardware)
FBA: Fair Buffer Allocation
(Network)
E
F/W SCSI: Fast/Wide Small Computers System
FBA: Form Based Authentication
Interface
(Software)
F
(Hardware)
FA: Foreign Agent FBC: Find By Content
Node in a mobile IP network that enables roamed users to FBD: Fully Buffered Dimm
register on the foreign network. The FA will communicate with Memory technology which can be used to increase reliability,
the HA (Home Agent) to enable IP datagrams to be transferred speed and density of memory subsystems (Hardware)
between the home network and the roamed user on the foreign
network (Network) FBGA: Fine Ball-Grid Array
Integrated circuit (IC) packaging that uses half-spherical contacts
FAB: FABrication plant
versus pins (Hardware)
Usually referred to chip fabrication plants
FBRAM: Frame Buffer Random Access Memory
FAC: File Access Code
A special type of Dynamic RAM (DRAM) used in high-speed frame
FACE: Framed Access Command Environment buffers. Similar to Video RAM (VRAM), FBRAM is specifically
designed for use in high-speed frame buffers and graphics
FACS: Facility fir Access Control and Security accelerators. (Hardware)
FAIL: Fast Artificial Intelligence Language FC: Fiber Channel
FAMOS: Floating gate Avalanche Metal Oxide (Hardware)
Semiconductor FC: Frame Control
(Hardware)
FC: Functional Component
FANS: Future Air Navigation System (Software)
FAP: File Access Protocol FC/AL: Fiber Channel/Arbitrated Loop
FAP: Format And Protocol FC/EL: Fiber Channel/Enhanced Loop
FAPI: Family Application Programming Interface FCA: Flow Control Acknowledge
FAQ: Frequently Asked Question FC-AL: Fiber Channel - Arbitrated Loop
FAR: Fixed Alternative Routing (Hardware)
FARE: Film Automatic Retouching and Enhancement FCB: File Control Block
Film scanner technology (Hardware) (Canon) FCBS: File Control BlockS
FARNET: Federation of American Research FCC: Federal Communications Commission
NETworks (Organizations)
(Organizations)
FCC: File Carbon Copy
FASIC: Function and Algorithm-Specific Integrated
Circuit FCCSET: Federal Coordinating Council for Science,
Engineering and Technology
FASMI: False Analysis of Shared Multidimensional
Information FC-EL: Fiber Channel - Enhanced Loop
(Hardware)
FAST: File And Settings Transfer
The FAST wizard helps you transfer files in windows XP
FCFS: First Come, First Served
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) Process or thread scheduling (Operating systems)
FAST: First Application System Test FCHBA: Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
Host bus adapter over optical fibers (Hardware)
FAT: File Allocation Table
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) FCI: Fibre Channel Interface
FAT12: File Allocation Table 12 bits FCI: Flow Control Indicator
Every entry in the table is 12 bits wide (Operating systems) FCI: Flux Changes per Inch
(Microsoft)
FCIF: Flexible Computer Interface Form
FAT16: File Allocation Table 16 bits
(Communication)
Every entry in the table is 16 bits wide (Operating systems)
(Microsoft)

FCIF FEPROM
FCIF: Full Common Intermediate Format FDF: Forms Data Format

Video Teleconferencing standard (Adobe)
FCIP: Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol FDFS: File Descriptor File System
FCIP mechanisms enable the transmission of Fibre Channel (FC) A pseudo file system that provides explicit names for opening
information by tunneling data between storage area network files using file descriptors. (Operating systems)
(SAN) facilities over IP networks; this capacity facilitates data
sharing over a geographically distributed enterprise (Network) FDI: Feeder Distribution Interface
Similar to a DSLAM Cross-Connect box (Communication)
FCL: Fibre Channel Loop
FDII: Feeder Distribution Interface Interconnect
FCL: Framework Class Library (Communication)
A collection of classes which are part of Microsoft's .NET
platform. (Software) (Microsoft) FDL: File Definition Language
FCO: First Class Object FDM: Frequency-Division Multiplexing
(Software) FDMA: Frequency-Division Multiple Access
FCO: Flow Control Operator bits
F
FDOCA: Formatted Data Object Content Architecture
FCoE: Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (IBM)
Mapping of Fibre Channel frames over full duplex IEEE 802.3 FDPT: Fixed Disk Parameter Table
networks. This allows Fibre Channel to leverage 10 Gigabit
Ethernet networks while preserving the Fibre Channel protocol (Hardware)
(Network) FDSL: Fractional Digital Subscriber Line
FCP: Fibre Channel Protocol (Communication)
FC-PGA: Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array FDSL: Free Digital Subscriber Line
IC pins organization (Hardware) (Communication)
FCPH: Fibre Channel PHysical and signaling FDTE: Female Data Terminal Equipment
interface RS-232 adapter (Hardware)
FCR: FIFO Control Register FDx: Full DupleX

(Communication)
FCRAM: Fast-Cycle Random Access Memory
(Hardware) FE: Family Edition
(Software)
FCS: Fiber Channel Standard
FE: Functional Entity
FCS: First Customer Ship
FEA: Finite Element Analysis
FCS: Frame Check Sequence
Engineering stress analysis with a computer (Software)
The standard 16-bit cyclic redundancy check used for HDLC and
frame relay frames. The FCS detects bit errors occurring in the FEA: Functional Entity Action
bits of the frame between the opening flag and the FCS
(Communication) FEAR: False Emotions Appearing Real
(Net lingo)
FD: Flat Display
(Hardware) (Sony) FEBE: Far End Block Error
FD: Floppy Disk FEC: Fast EtherChannel

(Hardware) (Cisco)
FD: Full Duplex
FEC: Fetch Execute Cycle
FDBMS: Federated Database Management System
(Databases) FEC: Forward Error Correction
Sending redundant data so that if data loss occurs, data recovery
FDC: Floppy Disk Controller is possible without retransmission (Communication)
(Hardware)
FECN: Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
FDCN: Financial Data Cast Network A bit sent by a frame relay network to notify an interface device
FDCT: Forward Discrete Cosine Transform (DTE) that congestion avoidance procedures should be initiated
by the receiving device (Communication)
(Software)
FED: Field Emitting Display
FDD: Floppy Disk Drive
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
FEFO: First-Ended, First-Out
FDDI: Fiber Digital Device Interface
(Hardware) FEK: File Encryption Key
FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface
An emerging high-speed networking standard. The underlying FEM: Finite Elements Method
medium is fiber optics, and the topology is a dual-attached,
FEP: Front End Processor
counter-rotating token ring (Hardware)
FDDITPPMD: Fiber Distributed Data Interface FEPI: Front End Programming Interface
Twisted Pair-Physical layer, Medium Dependent FEPROM: Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only
FDE: Full Duplex Ethernet Memory
(Hardware)

FER FLGA
FER: Forward Error Correction FICON: FIber CONnection

(IBM)
FeRAM: FErroelectric Random Access Memory
(Hardware) FID: Filtering IDentifier
(Communication)
FERC: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Organizations) FIF: Fractal Image Format
FESDK: Far East Software Development Kit FIFO: First In First Out
(Microsoft) (Hardware)
FET: Field-Effect Transistor FIFOFS: First In First Out File System

A type of transistor in which the flow of current between the Named pipe files that give processes common access to data.
source and the drain is modulated by application of a transverse (Operating systems)
electric field between two gate electrodes. (Hardware)
FILO: First In Last Out
FF: Flip-Flop
FIN: Functional Identification Number
(Hardware) F
FIOC: Frame Input/Output Controller
FF: ForFait
Used in online gaming (Games) FIP: Facility Interface Processor
FF: Form Feed FIP: File Processor Buffering
A printer command that tells a printer to move to the top of the
FIPA: Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents
next page. In the ASCII character set, the form-feed character
has the decimal value 12. Also known as the page eject character. (Organizations)
FF: Friendly Fire FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standard

Used in online First Person Shooter (FPS) games (Games) The FIPS PUB is the National Bureau of Standards’ guide to the
standards it issues.
FFA: Free For All
FIR: Fast InfraRed
FFDC: First Failure Data Capture
FIR: Finite Impulse Response
(IBM)
FIRST: ForschungsInstitut fër Rechnerarchitektur
FFI: Foreign Function Interface
und SoftwareTechnik
A facility make calls from one computer language to another
(Software) FIRST: Forum of Incident Response and Security
Teams
FFIF: File Format for Internet Fax
FIS: Frontline Information System
FFJ: Forte For Java
Java integrated development environment (IDE) (Software) (Sun) FIST: ForschungsInstitut für Rechnerarchitektur
und SoftwareTechnik
FFOL: Fddi Follow-On-LAN
FITS: Flexible Image Transport System
FFS: Fast FileSystem
FIU: Fingerprint Identification Unit
FFS: Fast Filing System
(Hardware)
FFS: For F***'s Sake
FIX: Federal Internet eXchange
(Net lingo)
FK: Foreign Key
FFST: First Failure Support Technology
(Databases)
(IBM)
FK: Forward Kinematics
FFT: Fast Fourier Transform
Used in 3D Animation (Autodesk)
FFT: Final Form Text
FL: Fiberoptic Link
(IBM)
FLA: Five Letters Acronym
FG: Floating Gate
FLA: Four Letters Acronym
FGREP: Fixed Global Regular Expression Print
FLAC: FLorida Automatic Computer
FH: Frequency Hopping
Early 1950's digital computer used at Cape Canaveral
(Communication)
FLACC: Full Level Algol Checkout Compiler
FHS: Fan Heat-Sink
FLAG: Fiber-optic Link Around the Globe
FHS: File Hierarchy Standard
(Network)
(Operating systems)
FLC: Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal
FHSS: Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
(Communication) FLD: FieLD
FIA: File Integrity Assessment FLEA: Four Letter Extended Acronym
FIB: Forwarding Information Base FLGA: Fine Land Grid Array
Function to find the proper interface to which the input interface Integrated circuit (IC) packaging that uses small flat contacts
should send a packet to be transmitted by the router (Network) versus pins (Hardware)

FLL FPE
FLL: Foxpro Link Library FOCUS: FOrum of Control data USers

(Microsoft)
FOD: Fax On Demand
FLOPS: FLoating-point Operations Per Second
FOD: Flexible Optical Disk
A measure of the speed at which a computer can operate.
(Hardware) FOG: First Osborne Group
FLTK: Fast Light Toolkit FOIP: Fax Over Internet Protocol
Pronounced "fulltick", is a cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit for
FOIRL: Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link
UNIX/Linux (X11), Microsoft Windows® and MacOS X. FLTK
provides modern GUI functionality without the bloat and supports FOLDOC: Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing
3D graphics via OpenGL and its built-in GLUT emulation
(Software) FOLED: Flexible Organic Light Emitting Diode
(Hardware)
FM: Fault Management
A series of information flows at the physical and ATM layer FOMAU: Fiber Optic Media Access Unit
designed to identify the location and cause of a fault within the
network (Communication)
FON: Fiber Optics Network F
FON: FONt
FM: Frequency Modulation
File name extension
FMA: Fused Multiply-Add
FOOBAR: Ftp Operation Over Big Address Records
CPU instruction type
FMD: Fluorescent Multilayer Disk FOOT: Forum for Object Oriented Technology
(Hardware) FOP: Formatting Objects Processor
Output-independent print formatter driven by XSL formatting
FMD-ROM: Fluorescent Multilayer Disk - Read Only
objects. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object
Memory tree and then renders the resulting pages to a specified output.
(Hardware) See http://xml.apache.org/fop/ (Software)
FMH: Function Management Header FOR: FORtran
FMRI: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging File name extension
FMS: File Management System FORTRAN: FORmula TRANsactor

FMS: Flash Media Server
(Software) (Adobe) FOSE: Federal Office Systems Exposition
FMT: ForMaT FOSI: Format Option Specification Instance
FMV: Full Motion Video FOSSIL: Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface

Layer
FN: FunctioN
FOT: Fiber Optic Transceiver
FNC: Federal Networking Council
The body responsible for coordinating networking needs among FOX: Field Operational X.500
U.S. federal agencies. (Organizations) FP: Floating Point
FNC: Frogans Network Certificate FP: Foundation Profile
See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software) (Software)
FNI: File Not Identified FP: Frame Pointer
Used primarily for software scanning applications (asset Processor register (Hardware)
management) (Software)
FPA: Floating Point Accelerator
FNS: Frogans Network System
A device (board or integrated circuit - IC) that speeds up floating-
See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software) point calculations. (Hardware)
FNSL: Frogans Network System Language FPA: Function Point Analysis
See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software) A method used to determine the complexity of a program
FNT: FoNT (Software)
File name extension FPC: Floating Point Calculation
FO: F*** Off FPC: Floating Point Coprocessor
(Net lingo)
FPCE: Floating-Point C Extension
FO: Fiber Optic Specification
FO: Formatting Object FPD: Flat Panel Display
FOA: Formatted Object Authoring (Hardware)
Java application that gives users a graphical interface to author FPD: Full Page Display
XSL-FO stylesheets. With FOA you can generate pages and page (Hardware)
sequences, and fill them with content provided from one or more
XML files (Software) FPDU: Ftam Protocol Data Unit
FOAD: F*** Off And Die FPE: Floating Point Engine
(Net lingo)
FOC: Fiber Optic Cable

FPGA FSCK
FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array FRAP: Frame Relay Access Probe
An integrated circuit containing an array of logic circuits in which (Network)
the connections between the individual circuits can be
programmed after manufacture, typically at the time of FRC: Frame Rate Control
installation (in the field). (Hardware) (Hardware)
FPI: Floating-Point Interface FRC: Functional Redundancy Checking

FPI: Formal Public Identifier FRED: Fair Random Early Detection
A variation of Random Early Detection (RED) (Network)
FPIM: Fax Profile for Internet Messaging
Defines how fax messages can be encoded as SMTP/MIME FRED: FRame EDitor
messages (Communication)
FRED: FRont-End to Dish
FPLA: Field Programmable Logic Array
FRF: Floating point Register File
An array of logic elements. Its interconnections are
programmable after manufacture (Hardware) FRF: Frame Relay Forum
FPLMTS: Future Public Land Mobile An association of corporate members consisting of vendors, F
carriers, users and consultants committed to the implementation
Telecommunications System
of Frame Relay in accordance with national and international
FPLS: Field Programmable Logic Sequencer standards (Organizations)
(Hardware) FRICC: Federal Research Internet Coordinating
FPM: Fast Packet Multiplexing Committee
A multiplexing technique that sends data packets over the Now replaced by the Federal Networking Council (FNC).
network and requires error detection/correction only at the (Organizations)
destination node (Communication) FRL: Frame Representation Language
FPM: Fast Page Mode FRM: Forward Resource Management
(Hardware)
FRPI: Flux Reversals Per Inch
FPMPMI: Flat Panel Monitor Physical Mounting
Interface FRR: Functional Recovery Routine
(Hardware) FRS: Family Radio Service
FPNW: File and Print services for NetWare Wireless communication and networking service (Communication)
(Operating systems) FRS: File Record Segment
FPO: Frame Pointer Omission FRS: File Replication Service
Technique that gives a debugger enough information to find the (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
next function information on the stack without using frame
pointers (Software) FRS: Flexible Route Selection
FPP: Fixed Path Protocol FRSM: Frame Relay Service Module
(Network) (Cisco)
FPP: Floating Point Processor
FRU: Field-Replaceable Unit
FPR: Floating-Point Register
An assembly replaced in its entirety when any one of its
FPS: Fast Packet Switching components fails. (Hardware)
FPS: Favorite Picture Selection FRUNI: Frame Relay User Network Interface
(Network)
FPS: First Person Shooter
Game genre (Games) FS: File Separator
fps: Frames Per Second FS: File System
Motion images reproduction speed FS: Frame Status
FPSE: FrontPage Server Extensions FS: Free Software
(Software)
FPT: Forced Perfect Termination FSA: Fluidic Self-Assembly
FPU: Floating-Point Unit LCD manufacturing technology (Hardware)
(Hardware) FSAA: Full-Scene Anti-Aliasing
FPX: FlashPiX (Hardware)
Filename extension (Kodak) FSAG: Free Software Association of Germany
FQDN: Fully Qualified Domain Name FSAM: Federated Storage Area Management
(Network) A naturally scalable environment of pooled, federated (i.e.,
FRAD: Frame Relay Access Device available when needed), modular, multivendor storage resources
(HP)
FRAD: Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler
FSB: Front Side Bus
FRAG: FRAGment The bus within a microprocessor that connects the CPU with main
FRAM: Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory memory (Hardware)
FSCK: File System Consistency checK

FSD FXO
FSD: File System Driver FTL: For The Loss

(Operating systems) (Net lingo)
FSDL: Frogans Slide Description Language FTM: Flat Tension Mask
See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software)
FTOS: File Transfer Osi Support
FSE: Full Screen Editor
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
FSF: Free Software Foundation The Internet protocol (and program) used to transfer files
(Organizations) between hosts. (Network)
FSIOP: File System Input/Output Processor FTP: Foiled Twisted Pair

(Hardware) FTPD: File Transfer Protocol Daemon
FSK: Frequency-Shift Keying FTR: Full Text Retrieval
(Communication)
FTS: Federal Telecommunication System
FSL: Function Selection via the Line
Created by I-Data to support special printing needs
FTS: Fidonet Technical Standard F
FSM: Finite-State Machine FTS: Full Text Search
FSMO: Flexible Single Master Operation FTSC: Fidonet Technical Standard Conference
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) FTTB: Fiber To The Basement
FSN: Full Service Network FTTC: Fiber To The Curb
FSP: Fax Service Provider FTTH: Fiber To The Home
(Communication)
FSP: File Service Protocol
FSP: Full Service Provider FTTN: Fiber To The Neighborghood
FSQ: Flow Service Quality FTTP: Fiber To The Premise

(Network)
FSR: Free System Resources
FTW: For The Win
FSR: Full Scale Range (Net lingo)
FSS: Fast System Switch FTX: Fault Tolerant uniX
FSS: Field Support Service FUBAB: F***ed Up Beyond All Belief
A group of technical engineers providing short-term assistance (Net lingo)
and product knowledge to customers that are deploying,
developing, and maintaining Lotus environments (Lotus) FUBAR: F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition
(Net lingo)
FST: Finite State Technology
(Software) FUD: Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt
FST: Flat Square Tube FUEL: Fatwire UpdateEngine Library
(Hardware) (Software)
FST: French Summer Time FUI: File Update Information

Timezone: GMT +1:00
FUUG: Finnish Unix User Group
FSTN: Film-compensated SuperTwisted Nematic (Organizations)
LCD display technology (Hardware) FVT: Full Video Translation
FT: Fault Tolerant FW: FirmWare
FT: Field Test FWH: Firmware Hub
FTA: Floptical Technology Association (Hardware) (Intel)
FTAM: File Transfer Access and Management FWIW: For What It's Worth
The International Organization for Standardization's Open (Net lingo)
Systems Interconnection (OSI) remote file service and protocol.
(Network) FWSM: FireWall Services Module
High-speed, integrated firewall module for Cisco switches routers
FTAM: File Transfer and Access Method (Security) (Cisco)
FTC: Federal Trade Commission FWT: French Winter Time
(Organizations) Timezone: GMT +1:00
FTE: Fault-Tolerant Ethernet FWTK: FireWall ToolKit
(Network) (Security)
FTFM: F*** The F***ing Manual FX: eFfeCTS
(Net lingo) Multimedia - audio/video editing and processing
FTL: Flash Transition Layer FXO: Foreign eXchange Office
(Intel) An FXO interface connects to the Public Switched Telephone
Network's (PSTN) central office and is the interface offered on a
standard telephone (Hardware)

FXP GDG
FXP: File eXchange Protocol Gb: GigaBit

FXS: Foreign eXchange Station GB: GigaByte
An FXS interface connects directly to a standard telephone and 1024 megabytes
supplies ring, voltage, and dial tone (Hardware)
GBDE: Geom Based Disk Encryption
FXU: FiXed point Unit Strong cryptographic facility for denying unauthorised access to
data stored on a "cold" disk for decades and longer. GBDE
FY: Financial Year
operates on the disk(-partition) level allowing any type of file
FY: Fiscal Year system or database to be protected (Operating systems)
FYI: For Your Information GBIC: GigaBit Interface Converter

(Net lingo) A transceiver that converts between electrical and optical signals
for high-speed networking (Hardware)
G GBP: Group Buffer Pool

(Databases)
G: Giga
Gbps: Giga Bits Per Second
F
Transfer Speed (Communication)
G.SHDSL: Giga Single-pair High bit rate Digital
Subscriber Line GBps: Giga Bytes Per Second
G
(Communication) Transfer Speed (Communication)
G/L: General Ledger GC: Global Catalog

Active directory's caching system (Operating systems)
G2G: Got To Go
(Net lingo) GC: Graphics Context
The storage of various information for graphics output, such as
G2H: Gilat-To-Home foreground pixel, background pixel, line width, clipping region,
Two-way broadband satellite access and so on. (Operating systems)
G4U: Good For yoU GCA: General Communications Architecture
(Net lingo)
GCC: Gnu C Compiler
GA: General Availability (Software)
Typicaly used when software is release to a public audience
(Software) GCCD: Glass-passivated Ceramic Chip Diode
GAAP: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GCL: Graphics Command Language
GAC: Global Assembly Cache GCOS: General Comprehensive Operating System

Microsoft .NET assembly cache (Software) (Microsoft) GCR: Group Coded Recording
GAIA: Gui Application Interoperability Architecture (Hardware)
GAIN: German Advanced Integrated Network GCRA: Generic Cell Rate Algorithm
GAL: Generic Array Logic GCS: Group Control System

(Hardware) GD: God Damn
GAL: Global Address List (Net lingo)
GALPAT: GALlopping PATtern GDA: Global Data Area

Memory test technique GDA: Global Directory Agent
GALSA: Governed Architectures of Large Systems GDA: Gnome Data Access
of Agents
GDAP: Government Document Application Profile
GAM: Global Allocation Map
GDB: Gnu DeBugger
(Databases)
(Software)
GAN: GALloping PATtern
GDBM: Gnu DataBase Manager
GAN: Global Area Network
GDD: Gesellschaft für Datenschutz und
(Network)
Datensicherung
GAP: Generic Access Profile
GDDM: Graphical Data Display Manager
GAPI: Gateway Application Programming Interface (Software)
GARO: Graphics Art language with Raster GDDR: Graphics Double Data Rate
Operations A type of DDR SDRAM memory designed to keep up with the
Printer language (Canon) heavy demands of graphics processing. While consuming less
power compared to standard DDR memory, the clock speed and
GARP: Generic Attribute Registration Protocol bandwidth are adjusted to further excel in graphics tasks
GART: Graphic Address Remapping Table GDG: Generation Data Group
(Hardware) (IBM)
GATT: Graphics Address Translation Table

GDI GJ
GDI: Graphics Device Interface GFU: Good For yoU

(Operating systems) (Microsoft) (Net lingo)
GDLC: Generic Data Link Control GFY: Go Fuck Yourself
(IBM) (Net lingo)
GDMO: Guidelines for the Definition of Managed GFY: Good For You
Objects (Net lingo)
GDOS: Graphics Device Operating System GG: Good Game
GDP: Graphic Draw Primitive Said during online play (Games)
GDS: General Data Stream GGP: Gateway to Gateway Protocol
GDS: Global Directory Service GGP: Gotta Go Pee

(Net lingo)
GDS: Global Document Storage
GGSN: Gateway Gprs Support Node
(Software)
Gateway between the GPRS network and public data networks
GDT: Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing such as IP and X.25. GGSNs also connect to other GPRS networks
GDT: Global Descriptor Table
to facilitate GPRS roaming (Communication) G
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) GH: Getting Hard
(Net lingo)
GDT: Graphics Development Toolkit
GHOST: General Hardware-Oriented System
GE: Greater than or Equal
Transfer
(Software)
Cloning software (Software) (Symantec)
GEAR: Gigabyte Enhanced Agp Riser
GHTSTN: Guest Host Technique SuperTwisted
Used to provide AGP support for PCI-E motherboards (Hardware)
Nematic
GECOS: General Electric Comprehensive Operating GHz: GigaHertZ
System
GI: Gesellschaft für Informatik
GEF: Graphical Editor Framework
Allows developers to take an existing application model and GIAC: Global Information Assurance Certification
easily create a rich graphical editor (Software) Certification programs designed to serve the people who are or
will be responsible for managing and protecting important
GEIS: General Electric Information Service information systems and networks. See also http://www.giac.org/
GEM: Global Enterprise Manager GiB: GibIByte
GEM: Grain Equalization and Management Unit of measurement, introduced by the International
Film scanner technology Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024 MiB
GEM: Graphics Environment Manager GID: Group IDentifier

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

Backup methodology (AT&T)
GFSK: Gaussian Frequency-Shift Keying GIX: Global Internet eXchange
GFTD: Gone For The Day GJ: Good Job

(Net lingo) (Net lingo)

GKMP GRADD
GKMP: Group Key Management Protocol GOD: Global OutDial

(Security)
GOLP: Government Open License Program
GKS: Graphical Kernel System The Microsoft Government Open License Program is designed to
An international standard 2-D graphics library consisting of a set provide a simple volume-licensing solution and is a cost-effective
of defined graphic primitives and a tool set for application way for qualified government entities needing as few as five
developers. licenses to purchase software (Software) (Microsoft)
GL: Graphics Language GOSIP: Government Open Systems Interconnection

(Software) Profile
GLA: Good Luck All GP: Gas Plasma

Used in online gaming (Games) GP: General Purpose
GLIS: Global Land Information System GP: Gold Plated
GLM: General Linear Models (Hardware)
GLOBE: Global Learning by Observations to Benefit GPC: General-Purpose Computation

the Environment GPC: Graphics Performance Characterization
GLTY: Good Luck To You GPCI: Graphics Processor Command Interface G
(Net lingo)
GPE: Graphics Picture Enhancement
GLUT: openGL Utility Toolkit (Hardware) (Sony)
Is a window system independent toolkit for writing OpenGL
programs. It implements a simple windowing application GPF: General Protection Fault
programming interface (API) for OpenGL (Software) Common error in 16-bits Windows (Software) (Microsoft)
GLY: GLossarY GPFS: General Parallel File System

File name extension (Microsoft) (Operating systems) (IBM)
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
GPIO: General Purpose Input Output
GMI: Generic Management Information
GPL: General Public License
GMII: Gigabit Media Independent Interface
(GNU)
(Network)
GPL: Graphics Programming Language
GML: Generalized Markup Language
GPM: Group Policy Manager
GMP: Global Mobile Professional
(Operating systems)
GMR: Giant Magneto-Resistive
GPO: Group Policy Object
Hard disk head technology (Hardware)
(Operating systems)
GMRAE: Geometric Mean Relative Absolute Error
GPP: Generic Packetized Protocol
GMRP: Garp Multicast Registration Protocol
GPR: General Purpose Register
It allows a device to declare membership of a Layer 2 multicast
group (Hardware)
GMS: Global Management System GPRC: Glass Passivated Rectifier Chip
GMS: Global Messaging Service GPRS: General Packet Radio Service

(Novell) (Communication)
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time GPS: Global Positioning System

Also called UTC GPS: Global Product Specification
GMTA: Great Minds Think Alike GPSI: Graphics Processor Software Interface
(Net lingo)
GPSS: General Purpose Simulation System
GNA: Global Network Academy
GPT: Guid Partition Table
GND: GrouND (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Hardware)
GPU: Graphics Processing Unit
GNN: Global Network Navigator (Hardware)
(Network)
GPV: General Public Virus
GNOME: Gnu Network Object Model Environment
GQL: Graphical Query Language
GNU: Gnu's Not Unix
GQoS: Generic Quality of Service
GOAD: Gnome Object Activation Directory (Network)
GOCA: Graphic Object Content Architecture GRADD: GRaphics Adapter Device Driver
(IBM)

GRAM GWIA
GRAM: Global Resource Allocation Manager GSTN: General Switched Telephone Network
GRASP: General Responsibility Assignment GSTS: Ground-based Surveillance and Tracking
Software Patterns System
(Software)
GT: Greater Than
GRDDL: Gleaning Resource Descriptions from (Software)
Dialects of Languages
GTD: Getting Things Done
Specification that introduces markup for declaring that an XML
Software systems that implement David Allen's "Getting Things
document includes gleanable data and for linking to an algorithm,
Done" methodology (Software)
typically represented in XSLT, for gleaning the resource
descriptions from the document GTDM: Group Time Division Multiplexing
GRE: Generic Routing Encapsulation GTE: General Telephone Electronics
Protocol for encapsulation of an arbitrary network layer protocol
over another arbitrary network layer protocol (Network) GTF: Generalized Timing Format
GRE: GRaphics Engine GTFO: Get The F**k Out

To ask someone to leave now (Net lingo)
GREP: Global Regular Expression Print
GRIC: Global Reach Internet Connection
GTG: Got To Go G
(Net lingo)
(Communication)
GTK: Gimp ToolKit
GRINS: GRaphical INterface to Smil
Set of libraries to create graphical user interfaces. It has a C-
gRMS: G Root Mean Square based object-oriented architecture that allows for maximum
flexibility (Software) (GNU)
Measurement unit used to quantify a vibration; "g" is the
gravitational acceleration constant (Hardware) GTL: Gunning Transceiver Logic
GRP: Group gTLD: Generic Top Level Domain
File name extension (Network)
GRS: General Retention Schedule GTM: Gnome Transfer Manager
Length of time archived data is to be kept in an archive database
GTO: Guide To Operations
GRUB: GRand Unified Bootloader (IBM)
(Operating systems)
GTP: Geometry Theorem Prover
GS: General Synthesis
GTS: Generic Traffic Shaping
(Hardware) (Roland)
(Cisco)
GS: Group Separator
GUI: Graphical User Interface
GSDS: Genealogy Software Distribution System The pictorial point of interaction between you and the computer
and its special applications, usually with a mouse or other
GSE: Giac Security Expert
selection device. (Operating systems)
GSI: General Server Interface
GUID: Globally Unique IDentifier
GSI: Grid Security Infrastructure
GUIDE: Graphical User Interface Design Editor
GSM: Global Shared Memory
GUUG: German Unix User Group
GSM: Global System for Mobile communications
GVPN: Global Virtual Private Network
(Communication)
(Network)
GSMP: General Switch Management Protocol
GVT: Global Virtual Time
(Network)
GVU: Graphic, Visualization, and Usability
GSNW: Gateway Service for NetWare
(Microsoft) GWAPI: Go Webserver Application Programming
Interface
GSP: Generic Server Passer
(Software) (Lotus)
GSP: Global Service Provider
GWART: GateWay Address Routing Table
GSR: Gigabit Switch Router GW-BASIC: Gee Whiz Beginners All-purpose
(Hardware) Symbolic Instruction Code
GSS: Generic Security Service GWE: Global Write Enabled
GSSAP: Generic Security Service Application (Hardware)
Protocol
GWES: Graphics, Windowing and Events Subsystem
(Security)
GSSAPI: Generic Security Services Application GWIA: GroupWare Internet Agent
(Novell)
(Software)
GSSM: General Service Subscription Management
For managing value added services in mobile/cellular networks
(Communication)

GWT HDMI
GWT: Google Web Toolkit HBI: Horizontal Blanking Interval

Open source Java software development framework that makes (Hardware)
writing AJAX applications like Google Maps and Gmail easy for
developers who don't speak browser quirks as a second language HCA: Hich-Contrast Addressing
(Software) (Hardware) (Sharp)
HCG: High-Contrast Addressing

H
HCI: Host Controller Interface
H: Header BlueTooth technology (Communication)
File name extension
HCL: Hardware Compatibility List
H&J: Hyphenation And Justification
HCL: Host Control Links
(Software)
HCR: Huffman Codeword Reordering
H/PC: Hand-held Personal Computer
MPEG-4 Audio Error Resilience (ER) technique that avoids error
(Hardware) propagation within spectral data
H/V: Horizontal/Vertical HCSDS: High-Capacity Satellite Digital Service
H/W: HardWare HCSS: High Capacity Storage System G
HA: Header Authentication HCTDS: High-Capacity Terrestrial Digital Service
HA: High Availability HCU: Home Computer User H
HA: Home Agent HD: Hard Disk
Component for mobile IP applications that run on home or private (Hardware)
networks (Network)
HD: High Definition
HACMP: High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing
(IBM) HD: High Density
HACN: Home Agent Control Node HDA: Head Disk Assembly
(Network) HDB3: High-Density Bipolar 3
HAD: Holographic Autostereoscopic Display (Communication)
Simple conversion of LCD technology, replacing the LCD's HDC: Hard Disk Controller
backlight with an HOE (holographic optical element) (Hardware)
HDC: High Dependability Computing
HAGEO: High Availability GEOgraphic cluster
(Software) (IBM) HD-CD: High Definition Compact Disk
HAI: Hardware Accelerator Interface HDCP: High-Definition Content Protection
(Hardware) Specification developed by the Intel Corporation to control digital
audio and video content as it travels across Digital Visual
HAL: Hard Array Logic Interface (DVI) or High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
connections
HAL: Hardware Abstraction Layer
HDD: Hard Disk Drive
HAL: Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic
(Hardware)
Computer
HDDL: High-level Dialogue Definition Language
HAL: Home Automated Living
(Software) (Philips)
HAL: House-programmed Array Logic
HD-DVD: High Definition Digital Video (or Versatile)
HALO: High Altitude Long Operation Disk
Communication aircraft (Communication) (Hardware)
HAND: Have A Nice Day HDF: Hierarchical Data Format
(Net lingo)
HDH: Hdlc Distant Host
HAP: Host Access Protocol
HDI: Head to Disk Interference
HAS: Home Automation System
HDI: Hoops Device Interface
HASP: Houston Automatic Spooling Priority
HDL: Hardware Description Language
HAT: Hashed Address Table
HDLC: High-level Data-Link Control
HAT: Heap Analysis Tool A generic link-level communications protocol developed by the
Tool for tracking down heap problems in Java programs International Standards Organization. HDLC manages
(Software) (Sun) synchronous, code-transparent, serial information transfer over a
link connection (Communication)
HAWK: Hostile Activity Watch Kernel
HDLP: High-Level Data Link Protocol
HBA: Host Bus Adapter
A controller board connecting the I/O expansion bus to the SCSI HDM: Hardware Device Module
subsystem. (Hardware) (Hardware)
HBCI: Home Banking Computer Interface HDMI: High-Definition Multimedia Interface

See http://www.hdmi.org/ (Hardware)

HDML HLB
HDML: Handheld Device Markup Language HFT: High Function Terminal

(IBM)
HDMOS: High Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HFT: Host Function Table
HDP: Hard Disk Password
(Software)
(Security)
HGA: Hercules Graphics Adapter
HDR: HeaDeR
HGC: Hercules Graphics Card
HDR: High Data Rate
(Hardware)
(Communication)
HDR: High Dynamic Range HGCP: Hercules Graphics Card Plus
HGML: Hyper Graphics Markup Language
HDR: Host Data Replicator
(Databases) HHT: Hand-Held Terminal
Hand-held programming terminal to communicate with a
HD-ROM: High Density Read Only Memory
programmable logic controller (PLC) on the fly (Hardware)
(Hardware)
HIC: Hybrid Integrated Circuit
HDSC: High Density Signal Carrier
(DEC) HID: High-Intensity Discharge
Light bulb technology used mainly in projectors (Hardware)
HDSL: High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line
(Communication) HID: Human Interface Device
(Hardware)
H
HDSM: Heterogeneous Distributed Shared Memory
(Hardware) HIDS: Host-based Intrusion Detection System
(Security)
HDSS: Holographic Data Storage System
HIF: Hyper-g Interchange Format
HDT: Hawaii Daylight Time
File name extension
HiFD: HIgh-capacity Floppy Disk
HDT: Host Digital Terminal
(Hardware) (Sony)
HDTP: Handheld Device Transport Protocol
HIFI: Hypertext Interface For Information
(Communication)
HIL: Human Interface Link
HDTS: High Density Thumb Screw
(HP)
SCSI connector with manually screwable screws (Hardware) (HP)
HIMEM: HIgh MEMory
HDTV: High-Definition TeleVision
(Hardware) HIP: Hardware Instrumentation Package
(Hardware)
HDVD: High Definition Volumetric Display
HIPERLAN: HIgh-PErformance Radio Local Area
HDW: HarDWare Network
HDx: Half DupleX (Network)
(Communication)
HIPPI: HIgh Performance Parallel Interface
HE-AAC: High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding (Hardware)
Lossy data compression scheme for streaming audio. It combines
HIRD: Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth
three techniques: Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), Spectral Band
Replication (SBR), and Parametric Stereo (PS) (Operating systems) (GNU)
HEC: Header Error Check HITS: Hypertext-Induced Topic Search

(Communication) HJB: HotJava Browser
HEL: Hardware Emulation Layer (Sun)
HEP: Horizontal Enterprise Portal HKCC: HKey_Current_Config

Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HEPNET: High Energy Physics NETwork
HKCR: HKey_Classes_Root
HES: Home Entertainment System Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Hardware)
HKCU: HKey_Current_User
HEX: HEXadecimal Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HF: High Frequency HKDD: HKey_Dyn_Data
HF: Human Factors Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HFC: Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial HKLM: HKey_Local_Machine

(Hardware) Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HFEP: Host - Front End Protocol HKU: HKey_Users

(Network) Windows NT Registry key (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
HFS: Hierarchical File System HLB: Horny Little Bastard

(Operating systems) (Apple) (Net lingo)

HLCO HP-IB
HLCO: High Low Close Open HOE: Holographic Optical Element

(Hardware)
HLD: Height, Length, Depth
HOL: High Order Language
HLHSR: Hidden-Line, Hidden-Surface Removal
HOLAP: Hybrid On-Line OnLine Analytical
HLL: High-Level Language
Processing
(Software)
HOOPS: Hierachical Object Orientated Picture
HLLAPI: High-Level Language Application
System
(Software) HOPS: Hierarchical Object Orientated Picture
System
HLP: HeLP
File name extension HOSED: Hardware Or Software Error Detected
General error not yet diagnosed. If ignored, progressed to SNAFU
HLQ: High Level Qualifier and then FUBAR (Net lingo)
HLR: Home Location Register HOTT: Hot Off The Tree
HLS: Hue, Luminance, Saturation Electronic newsletter
Color model HOTW: Hot Off The Web
HLSL: High-Level Shading Language Web organizer (Software)
DirectX 9 feature that abstracts low-level details such as register
allocation, register read-port limits, instruction co-issuing and so
HOTW: Hot Off The Wire H
on (Games) (Microsoft) HOV: High Occupancy Vehicle
HLT: HaLT HP: Hewlett-Packard
HMA: High Memory Area HP: HoneyPot
Method to access the first 64kB segment above the 1MB boundary An Internet-attached server that acts as a decoy, luring in
in DOS/Windows 16-bits (Microsoft) potential hackers in order to study their activities and monitor
how they are able to break into a system (Security)
HMA: Hub Management Architecture
HP/UX: Hewlett-Packard UniX
HMAC: Hash Message Authentication Code
(Operating systems) (HP)
(Security)
HPA: High Performance Addressing
HMC: Highspeed Memory Controller
HPA: Host Protected Area
HMD: Head Mounted Display
Sometimes referred to as hidden protected area, is an area of a
HMFIC: Head Mother Fucker in Charge hard drive that is not normally visible to an operating system
Another name for the boss (Net lingo) (OS) (Hardware)
HMI: Host Micro Interface HPAS: Hypermedia Presentation and Authoring

(CompuServe) System
HMI: Html Mail Interface HP-AS: Hewlett-Packard Application Server

(Microsoft) (HP)
HMI: Human-Machine Interface HPB: High Ping Bastard

Network multiplayer games attribute (Software)
HMM: Hidden Markov Model
HPC: High-Performance Computing
HMMP: HyperMedia Management Protocol
HPCA: High Performance Computer Architecture
HMMU: Hardware Memory Management Unit (Hardware)
(Hardware)
HPCC: High-Performance Computing and
HMOS: High performance Metal Oxide Communications
Semiconductor
HPDJ: Hewlett-Packard Desk Jet
HMP: Host Monitoring Protocol
HPF: High Performance Fortran
H-MUX: Hybrid MUltipleXer
HPFS: High Performance File System
HNET: Holographic NEural Technology (Operating systems) (IBM)
HNP: Host Negotiation Protocol HPG: Hewlett-Packard Graphics
(Hardware)
HPGL: Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HOAP: Humanoid for Open Architecture Platform Language to describe vector graphics (usually for plotters)
HOAS: Hold On A Second (Software) (HP)
(Net lingo) HPIB: Hewlett Packard Interface Bus
HOB: High-Order Byte Is a version of GPIB (also known as IEEE.488) and was used on
Hewlett Packard (Now Aligent Technologies) lab equipment. Early
HOD: Host-On-Demand versions used a different connector (Hardware) (HP)
HO-DSP: Higher Order Domain-Specific Part HP-IB: Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
(Network) (Hardware) (HP)

HP-IL HT
HP-IL: Hewlett-Packard Interface Loop HSCSD: High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data

A serial communications interface, expecially for small For the Global System for Mobile (GSM) (Communication)
calculators, i.e. 41C (Communication) (HP)
HSD: High Speed Data
HPLJ: Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet
HSDPA: High Speed Downlink Packet Access
HPLT: High Productivity Languages/Tools Enhanced 3G (third generation) mobile telephony
communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access
HPNA: Home Phoneline Networking Alliance
(HSPA) family. (Network)
(Organizations)
HSF: Heat Sink and Fan
HPOFS: High Performance Optical File System
Common combination of a fan attached to a heat sink that is
HPOM: Home Page Object Model placed in contact with a microprocessor that needs to be cooled.
HPPA: Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture HSFS: High Sierra File System

(Operating systems)
HPPCL: Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language
HSI: High Speed Interface
HPPE: High Performance Processing Element
(Hardware)
HSI: Hue, Saturation, Intensity
Color model
HPPI: High-Performance Peripheral Interface
HSIL: Host Side Igmp Library
HPPN: Hewlett-Packard Proactive Notification (Network) (Cisco) H
(HP)
HSL: High Speed Link
HPR: High Performance Routing (IBM)
(IBM)
HSL: Hue, Saturation, Luminance
HPSA: High Parallel System Architecture Color model (Hardware)
(Hardware)
HSLAN: High Speed Local Area Network
HPSB: High-Performance Serial Bus
Also known as FireWire (Hardware)
HSLN: High Speed Local Network
HPUX: Hewlett-Packard UniX HSM: Hardware Security Module

Generate and/or store secrets for use in crytography, commonly
HP-VUE: Hewlett-Packard Visual User Environment used in card payment systems (Hardware)
HPW: High Performance Workstation HSM: Hierarchical Storage Management
(Sun)
HSM: Hitachi System Manager
HQ: HeadQuarter
HSMOS: High Speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HR: High-Rate
HSP: High Speed Printer
IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access method (Communication)
HSR: Horizontal Scan Rate
HR: Horizontal Rule
(Hardware)
HTML Tag
HSRP: Hot Standby Router Protocol
HR: Human Resource
Allows hosts to appear to use a single router and to maintain
HRAA: High Resolution Anti Aliasing connectivity even if the actual first hop router they are using fails
Technology found in the nVidia GeForce3 Chip (Hardware) (Network) (Cisco)
(nVidia) HSSDS: High Speed Switched Digital Service
HRAD: Hosted Rapid Application Development HSSI: High Speed Serial Interface
HRC: Hybrid Ring Control HST: Hawaii Standard Time
HREF: Hypertext REFerence Timezone: GMT -10:00
HRG: High Resolution Graphics HST: High Speed Technology

(3Com)
HRIS: Human Resource Information System
HST: HiSTory
HRMS: Human Resource Management System
HST: HoST
HRTF: Head-Related Transfer Function
HSV: Hue, Saturation, Value
HS: Heat Sink
(Hardware) HSYNC: Horizontal SYNChronization
(Hardware)
HS: High Speed
HT: Horizontal Tab
HSB: Hue, Saturation, Brightness
Color model HT: Hyper-Threading
A technology started with Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor at 3.06
HSC: Help and Support Center
that enables the processor to execute two thread in parallel, so
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) the software can run more efficiently and the user can multitask
HSC: Hierarchical Storage Controller more effectively (Hardware) (Intel)
HSC: High Speed Channel

HT IAD
HT: HyperTransport HWIH: Here's What I Have

Technology is a high-speed, low latency, point-to-point link (Net lingo)
designed to increase the communication speed between
integrated circuits in computers, servers, embedded systems, and HYTEA: HYperText Environment for Authoring
networking and telecommunications equipments up to 48 times Hz: HertZ
faster (Hardware) (AMD)
Frequency measurement unit
HTA: HyperText Application
(Network) I
HTCPCP: Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (ISC)2: International Information System Security
(Network) Certification Consortium
HTDM: Hybrid Time Division Multiplexing (Organizations)
HTH: Hope This Helps I: Italic

(Net lingo) HTML tag
HTL: High Threshold Logic I/F: InterFace

(Hardware) I/O: Input/Output
HTML: HyperText Markup Language The equipment used to communicate with a computer, the data
A file format, based on SGML, for hypertext documents on the involved in that communication, the media carrying the data, and
Internet. It is simple and enables the embedding of images,
sounds, video streams, form fields, and basic text formatting.
the process of communicating that information
H
I/T: Integration/Transformation
HTPC: Home Theater Personal Computer Another name for Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) (Databases)
(Hardware)
I
I2: Internet 2
HTT: Hyper-Threading Technology (Network)
Implementation of simultaneous multithreading on Intel Pentium I2C: Intelligent Interface Controller
4, Mobile Pentium 4, and Xeon processors (Intel)
(Hardware)
HTTP: HyperText Transport (or Transfer) Protocol
I2C: Inter-Integrated Circuit
The Internet protocol that fetches hypertext objects from remote
2-wire bus developed by Philips Semiconductors in the early
hosts. It is based on TCP/IP.
1980's for efficient inter-IC communications. See
HTTPD: HyperText Transfer Protocol Daemon http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/markets/mms/protocols/i
2c/ (Hardware) (Philips)
HTTP-NG: HyperText Transfer Protocol - Next
Generation I2-DSI: Internet 2-Distributed Storage
Infrastructure
HTTPS: HyperText Transport (or Transfer) Protocol (Network)
Secure
The secure version of HTTP allowing transfer of encrypted data I2O: Intelligent Input Output
HTX: HTml eXtension I3: Innovation In Infrastructure
HUD: Heads Up Display I4DL: Interface, Inheritance, Implementation,

Installation Definition Language
HUMAN: High-speed Unlicensed Metropolitan Area
Network IA: Illustrated Audio
(Network) Sound file format
HURD: Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons IA: Information Appliance

(Operating systems) (GNU) (Hardware)
HURSE: Hasp Unit Record SErvice IA: Information Architecture

To get a punch or print of your cards (Operating systems) (IBM) IA: Intel Architecture
HUT: Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (Hardware) (Intel)
HVC: Hue, Value, Chroma IAA: Intel's Application Accelerator
HVD: High Voltage Differential IAB: Internet Activities Board

(Hardware) The group that administrates the development of the Internet
suite of protocols (TCP/IP). The IAB has two investigative task
HVP: Horizontal and Vertical Position forces, the IRTF and the IETF. Now its called Internet
Architecture Board (Organizations)
HVS: Human Visual System
IAB: Internet Architecture Board
HW: HardWare
The new name of what was called Internet Activities Board
HWCP: HardWare Code Page (Organizations)
HWD: Height, Width, Depth IAC: InterApplication Communication

(Apple)
HWDM: Hyperfine Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
(Communication) IAC: Internet Application Component
(Software)
HWG: Here We Go!
Mostly used in online gaming (Games) IAD: Integrated Access Device

IAD ICB
IAD: Intrusion-Aware Design IB: Interface Builder

(Security) (Software) (Apple)
IADM: Internet Application Distribution IBA: Intel Boot Agent
Management (Intel)
IAEC: International Address Element Code IBC: Instrument Bus Computer
IAFA: Internet Anonymous Ftp Archives iBCS: Intel Binary Compatibility Specification
(Network)
IBG: International Biometrics Group
IAG: Instruction Address Generation (Security)
IAHC: Internet Ad Hoc Committee IBIP: Information Based Indicia Program
(Organizations) Bar code postage system
IAI: Internet Application Integration IBM: International Business Machines
IAK: Internet Access Kit IBM-GL: International Business Machines Graphics
(IBM) Language
IAL: Intel Architecture Lab IBN: Integrated Business Network
(Intel)
IBOC: In-Band, On-Channel
IAL: International Algebraic Language
IBTL: In Before The Lock
ALGOL was first called IAL
A cry made prior to an on-line moderator locking an inapproprate
IALATFTTJH: I Am Laughing At The Funny Thing
That Just Happend
topic on in an on-line discussion forum (Net lingo)
I
IBV: Information Behavior and Value
An alternative to LOL used to represent humor (Net lingo)
IC: I See
IAM: Index Allocation Map (Net lingo)
(Databases)
IC: Input Circuit
IAM: Internet Answering Machine
(Software)
IC: Input Context
An abstraction for representing the state of a particular input
iAMT: Intel Active Management Technology thread for use with an input method. Multiple ICs can be
Hardware-based technology for remotely managing and securing associated with an input method.
PCs out-of-band (Intel)
IC: Integrated Circuit
IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (Hardware)
IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer IC: Interexchange Carrier
Standard disclaimer before dispensing legal advice (Net lingo) (Communication)
IANW: International Academic NetWorkshops IC: Internet Connector
IAP: Internet Access Policy (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
IAP: Internet Access Provider IC: Interrupt Controller
IARP: Inverse Address Resolution Protocol ICA: Independent Computing Architecture

(Network) ICA: Intelligent Communication Adapter
IAS: Information Access Service ICA: Intelligent Console Architecture
IAS: Interactive Application System ICA: Intra-application Communications Area
IAS: Internet Access Server ICALP: International Conference on Automata,
(Network) Languages and Programming
IAS: Internet Authentication Service ICAN: Individual Customer Access Network
IASS: Internet Alphaserver System Software ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
(DEC) and Numbers
(Organizations)
IAT: Import Address Table
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) ICAP: Intenet Content Adaption Protocol
(Network)
IAT: Information Access Technology
ICAP: Internet Calendar Access Protocol
IAT: Internet Appliance Toolkit
(Lotus)
(Network) (QNX)
ICAPI: Internet Connection server Application
IAUG: International Aix User Group
IAX: Inter-Asterisk eXchange (Software) (IBM)
Protocol native to Asterisk PBX. Used to enable VoIP connections
between servers as well as client-server communication ICAS: Intel Communicating Applications
(Communication) Specifications
IAYF: Information At Your Fingertips ICB: Internet Citizen's Band

ICC ICS
ICC: Integration Competency Center ICI: Inter-Cpu Interrupt

(Software)
I-C-IT: Intelligent Control Interactive Technology
ICC: Intelligent Communications Control
ICL: Industrial Code and Logic
ICC: International Color Consortium Manufacturer
(Organizations)
ICL: Interface Clear
ICCB: Internet Configuration Control Board
ICLID: Incoming Call Line IDentification
(Organizations)
ICM: Image Color Management
ICCC: InterClient Communication Convention
(Software)
ICCCM: Inter-Client Communication Conventions
ICM: Image Color Matching
Manual
(Kodak)
The document that describes the conventions for the
communication between X clients. This includes such conventions ICM: InComing Message
as client-to-client, client-to-window manager, client-to-session
manager, and color characterization communication. (Operating ICM: Internet Call Manager
systems) ICMC: International Computer Music Conference
ICCD: International Conference on Computer ICMF: Integrated Coupling Migration Facility
Design
ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol
ICCF: Interactive Computing and Control Facility
The protocol used that handles errors and control messages at
Program development and testing environment (Software) (IBM) the Internet Protocol layer. For example, the ping command is an
ICCP: Institute for the Certification of Computing implementation of the ICMP. ICMP occurs on the IP (network)
level of the TCP/IP protocol suite. (Communication)
I
Professionals
ICO: ICOn
ICCS: Integrated Communications Cabling System
File name extension
ICD: Installable Client Driver
iCOMP: Intel COmparative Microprocessor
ICD: International Code Designator Performance
ICDA: Integrated Cached Disk Array (Intel)
ICDL: International Computer Driving Licence ICP: Image CoProcessor

The ICDL Foundation works to promote an International (Hardware)
certification of industry-standard computing skills. See ICP: Independent Content Provider
http://www.ecdl.com (Organizations)
(Network)
ICDS: I-data Compressed Data Stream
ICP: Integrated Channel Processor
An i-data/MPI Tech architected bi-directional host-to-printer data
stream that contains both data and controls. ICDS is generated ICP: Intelligent Communication Protocol
by EPM and PSS host applications (Network)
ICE: Image Correction and Enhancement ICP: Internet Cache Protocol
Film scanner technology (Network)
ICE: In-Circuit Emulation ICP: Internet Content Provider
(Hardware)
ICP: Internet Control Pack
ICE: Information and Content Exchange (Network) (Microsoft)
Protocol for use by content syndicators and their subscribers. It
focuses on automating content exchange and reuse, both in ICQ: I Seek You
traditional publishing contexts and in business-to-business Communication program (Software)
relationships
ICR: Intelligent Character Recognition
ICE: Integrated Computing Environment
iCRT: Intelligent Content Recognition Technology
ICE: Internal Consistency Evaluator
ICS: Ibm Cabling System
ICS: Implementation Conformance Statement
ICEM: Integrated Computer aided Engineering and
Manufacturing ICS: Incremental Change Synchronization
A mechanism to monitor, export, and import changed items (both
ICES: Interference-Causing Equipment Standard hierarchy and content) between a database and an information
ICF: Integrated Catalog Facility store or between two information stores (Software) (Microsoft)
ICF: Interactive Communication Facility ICS: Integrated Client Setup

(IBM) ICS: Internet Caching System
ICF: Internet Connection Firewall (Network)
(Security) (Microsoft) ICS: Internet Conferencing System
ICH: I/o Controller Hub (Network)
(Hardware) (Intel) ICS: Internet Connection Sharing
ICI: Image Component Information (Network) (Microsoft)

ICS IDR
ICS: Intuitive Command Structure iDCT: Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform

ICS: Iris Certificate Security IDDD: International Distance Direct Dialing
(Communication)
ICSA: International Computer Security Association
(Organizations) IDDE: Integrated Development & Debugging
Environment
ICSA: Internet Cellular Smart Access
(Symantec)
ICSAPI: Internet Connection Services Application
IDE: Integrated Development Environment
(Software)
ICSC: Intelligent Channel/Storage Control
IDE: Integrated Drive (or Device) Electronics
ICSE: International Conference on Software Bus architecture (Hardware)
Engineering
IDE: Interactive Design and Engineering
ICSF: Internet Connection Sharing and Firewall
Makes it possible for home and small office users to create and
IDE: Interface Design Enhancement
manage private networks in which multiple computers share a IDEA: International Data Encryption Algorithm
single connection to the Internet (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
IDEA: Internet Design, Engineering, and Analysis
ICSW: Internet Connection Sharing Wizard notes
(Network) (Microsoft)
IDEMA: International Disk drive Equipment and
ICT: Information and Communications Technology Materials Association
A broader definition of Information Technology (IT) including International not-for-profit trade association that represents the
communications Hard Disk Drive (HDD) industry and its infrastructure. See also I
ICTSB: Information and Communications http://www.idema.org/ (Organizations)
Technology Standards Board IDEN: Integrated Data Enhanced Network
Initiative from the three recognized European standards (Network)
organizations with the participation of specification providers as
partners to co-ordinate specification activities in the field of IDF: Intermediate Distribution Frame
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)
(Organizations)
IDFK: I Don't F***ing Know
(Net lingo)
ICU: Instruction-Cache Unit
IDGA: International Game Developers Association
ICU: Intel Configuration Utility (Organizations)
(Microsoft)
IDI: Initial Domain Identifier
ICU: Interactive Chart Utility (Network)
ICU: Internet Communication Utilities IDIOT: Intrusion Detection In Our Time
(Communication) Project to develop a new approach to efficient misuse detection
ICU: Isa Configuration Utility methods. Its design made use of a new classification of intrusion
methods based on complexity of matching and temporal
ICW: Internet Connection Wizard characteristics (Security)
(Software) (Microsoft) IDIV: Integer DIVide
ID: IDentifier IDK: Internet Development Kit
IDA: Inernational Database Association (Software)
(Organizations) IDL: Interactive Data Language
IDA: Intelligent Drive Array IDL: Interface Definition Language
(Hardware) A language-independent way to describe a module interface
IDA: International Database Association (Software)
IDAPI: Independent Database Application IDLE: International Date Line East

Programming Interface Timezone: GMT +12:00
(Software) (Borland) IDLW: International Date Line West
IDARS: Integrated Document Archive and Retrieval Timezone: GMT -12:00
System IDM: Integrated Document Management
IDAS: Interchange DAta Structure IDN: Internationalized Domain Name
IDBMS: Integrated DataBase Management System IDNX: Integrated Digital Network eXchange
(Databases) (IBM)
IDC: Integrated Desktop Connector IDP: Integrated Data Processing
IDC: Inter-Device Communication IDP: Internet Datagram Protocol
IDC: International Data Corporation IDPR: Inter-Domain Policy Routing protocol
IDC: Internet Data Center (Network)
IDC: Internet Database Connector IDR: Intelligent Disaster Recovery

(Network) (Microsoft) (Seagate)

IDR IFT
IDR: Intelligent Document Recognition IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force

An engineering and protocol standards body that develops and
IDRAM: Integrated Dynamic Random Access
specifies protocols and Internet standards, generally in the
Memory network layer and above. See www.ietf.org (Organizations)
(Hardware)
IETFWG: Internet Engineering Task Force Working
IDRC: Improved Data Recording Capacity Group
(Hardware)
IEW: Information Engineering Workbench
IDS: Information Delivery System
IF: Information Flow
IDS: Internal Directory System
IF: Inner Firewall
IDS: Intrusion Detection System (Security)
(Security)
IFB: Internet Free/Busy
IDSL: Isdn Digital Subscriber Line Microsoft Outlook feature (Software) (Microsoft)
(Communication)
IFC: Internet Foundation Classes
IDT: Integrated Device Technologies (Software)
(IDT)
IFCC: Internet Fraud Complaint Center
IDT: Interface Design Tool (Organizations)
IDT: Interrupt Descriptor Table IFCM: Independent Flow Control Messages
IDTS: I Don't Think So iFCP: Internet Fibre Channel Protocol
(Net lingo) Gateway to gateway network protocol standard, officially ratified I
IDU: Interface Data Unit by the Internet Engineering Task Force, which provides Fibre
Channel fabric functionality to fibre channel devices over an IP
IDUG: International Db2 Users Group network (Network)
(Databases) (IBM) IFD: Image File Directory
IDUP-GSS-API: Independent Data Unit Protection IFD: Information Flow Diagram
Generic Security Service Application Programming
Interface i-FED: Intelligent Field Emitting Display
(Hardware)
IDVC: Integrated Data/Voice Channel
IFF: Interchange File Format
IDX: InDeX
File name extension IFG: Incoming Fax Gateway
IE: Information Element IFIP: International Federation of Information
Processing societies
IE: Information Engineering
IFITL: Integrated Fiber In The Loop
IE: Internet Explorer
Enables Internet access through a technology known as Point-to-
(Software) (Microsoft) Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). (Network)
IEAK: Internet Explorer Administrator Kit IFMP: Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol
IFNA: International FidoNet Association
IEC: InterExchange Carrier
IFP: Instruction Fetch Pipeline
IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission
IFPI: International Federation of Phonographic
(Organizations)
Industry
IEE: Institute of Electrical Engineers (Organizations)
IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics IFPUG: International Function Point User Group
Engineers Promotes and encourages the effective management of
(Organizations) application software development and maintenance activities
through the use of Function Point Analysis (FPA) and other
IEF: Information Engineering Facility software measurement techniques (Organizations)
IEG: Information Exchange Group IFR: Interleaved Frame Recording
IEMSI: Interactive Electronic Mail Standard IFS: Installable File System
Identification (Operating systems)
IEN: Internet Engineering Notes IFS: Internal Field Separator
IEN: Internet Experiment Notebook IFS: Internal Field Seperator
IEP: Initial Experience Predictor IFS: Internet File System
IEPA: Individual Expert Participation Agreement (Operating systems)
(Sun) IFSM: InFormation Systems Management
IESG: Internet Engineering Steering Group IFSMgr: Installable File System ManaGeR
The executive committee of the IETF (Organizations)
(Operating systems)
IFT: Inverse fast Fourier Transform

IFX IMAP
IFX: Interactive Financial eXchange IIRC: If I Recall Correctly

(Net lingo)
IGA: Integrated Graphics Array
IIRG: International Information Retrieval Guild
IGC: Institute for Global Communications
The oldest surviving hacker organization. See
IGC: Integrated Graphics Controller http://www.iirg.org/ (Organizations)
IGES: Initial Graphics Exchange Specification IIS: Internet Information Server
File format for graphics interchange (Network) (Microsoft)
IGFET: Insulated-Gate Field Effect Transistor IISP: Interim Inter-switch Signaling Protocol
IGFOS: International Government Forum for Open IITF: Information Infrastructure Task Force
Systems
IJCAI: International Joint Conference on Artificial
(Organizations)
Intelligence
IGMP: Internet Group Management Protocol
IK: Inverse Kinematics
The TCP/IP protocol that permits Internet hosts to take part in IP
multicasting. It is an efficient means of broadcasting messages to IKBS: Intelligent Knowledge Based System
groups of end-stations (Network)
IKE: Internet Key Exchange
IGN: Ibm Global Network
IKMP: Internet Key Management Protocol
IGP: Integrated Graphics Processor (Network)
(Hardware)
IKP: Internet Keyed Payment
IGP: Interior Gateway Protocol
The protocol that enables the exchange or routing information
IL: Intermediate Language I
between collaborating routers on the Internet. Examples of IGPs A platform-independent, compiler-generated language suitable to
include Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Open Shortest run on platform-specific virtual machines (Software)
Path First (OSPF) (Network) (Cisco) ILA: Image Light Amplifier
IGRP: Interior Gateway Routing Protocol ILE: Integrated Language Environment
Kind of IGP which is a distance-vector routing protocol invented (Software) (IBM)
by Cisco, used by routers to exchange routing data within an
autonomous system (Network) (Cisco) ILEC: Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
IGS: Internet Go Server Also known as primary local exchange carrier (Communication)
IGSN: Internet Gprs Support Node ILLINET: ILlinois LIbrary NETwork

(Communication) ILM: Information Lifecycle Management
IHA: Intel Hub Architecture Not a technology, ILM is a combination of processes and
technologies that determines how data flows through an
(Hardware) (Intel) environment. By doing so, it helps end users manage data from
IHD: Integrated Help Desk the moment it is created to the time it is no longer needed
(IBM) ILMI: Interim Local Management Interface
IHS: Integrated Heat Spreader iLO: Integrated Lights-Out
The top surface of the IHS is designed to be the interface for Remote management feature on HP servers. (Hardware) (HP)
contacting a HS/HSF. Allows more effecient heat transfer out of
the package to an attached cooling device. Transform non- ILP: Instruction-Level Parallelism
uniform heat from the die to the top of the IHS for more uniform CPU architecture
spread (Hardware)
ILS: International Language Support
IHV: Independent Hardware Vendor
ILS: Internet Locator Service
A third-party hardware manufacturer (Hardware)
IID: Interface IDentifier IM: Input Method
The algorithm by which users enter the text of a language. Input
(Software)
methods differ for each language, depending on that language’s
IIF: Immediate IF structure and conventions
(Databases) IM: Instant Messaging
IIF: Immediate InterFace IM: Interface Module
III: Interstate Identification Index IMA: Interactive Multimedia Association
IIIR: Integration of Internet Information Resources IMA: International Midi Association
IIL: Integrated Injection Logic IMAC: Isochronous Media Access Control
IIM: Internet Interaction Management IMACS: Image Management and Communication
IIN: Integrated Information Network System
IIOP: Internet Interoperable Orb Protocol IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol
(Communication) (Network)
IIR: Immediate Impulse Response

IIR: Incremental Image Rendering

IMAPI INRIA
IMAPI: Image Mastering Application Programming IMSI: International Mobile Subscriber Identity
Interface A unique number within the SIM card that identifies the
Allows an application to stage and burn a simple audio or data subscriber to the system (Communication)
image to CD-R or CD-RW devices (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
IMSO: Integrated Micro Systems Operation
IMC: Internet Mail Connector
IMSP: Internet Message Support Protocol
(Network)
IMC: Internet Message Center
IMSVS: Information Management System/Virtual
(Network)
Storage
IMDB: In-Memory DataBase
IMTC: International Multimedia Teleconferencing
(Databases) Consortium
IMDb: Internet Movie DataBase IMTV: Interactive Multimedia TeleVision
IMDS: IMage Data Stream IMUL: Integer MULtiply
(IBM)
IMUX: Inverse MUltipleXer
IME: Input Method Editor
(Software) (Microsoft) IN: Individual Network
IME: Integrated Messaging Exchange IN: INput
IMEI: International Mobile Equipment Identity IN: Intelligent Network

A code that uniquely identifies the mobile terminal hardware. It is INA: Intelligent Network Architecture
important in GSM for keeping a record of lost or stolen mobile
telephones. A copy of each IMEI is stored in the EIR INAP: Intelligent Network Application Protocol I
(Communication) Allows applications to communicate between various
nodes/functional entities of an intelligent network. The protocol
IMF: International Monetary Fund defines the operations required to be performed between
(Organizations) nodes/functional entities for providing intelligent network services
IMG: IMaGe INC: INCrement
File name extension
INCITS: InterNational Committee on Information
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion Technology Standards
(Net lingo) Organization for standardization in the field of Information and
Communications Technologies (ICT), encompassing storage,
IML: Initial Microcode Load processing, transfer, display, management, organization, and
(IBM) retrieval of information (Organizations)
IMM: Input Method Manager INCM: Intelligent Network Conceptual Model
IND: INDex
IMM: Intel Mobile Module File name extension
(Hardware) (Intel)
INET: International NETworking conference
IMM: Interactive MultiMedia
INF: INFormation
IMNSHO: In My Not So Humble Opinion File name extension
(Net lingo)
INFS: Internet Network File System
IMO: In My Opinion
INGRES: INteractive Graphic REtrieval System
(Net lingo)
INI: INItialization
IMO: Intenet Mail Only
File name extension
Microsoft Outlook feature (Software) (Microsoft)
INIT: INITialize
IMP: Information Management Practice
INL: Inter Node Link
IMP: Interface Message Processor
(Hardware) INM: Integrated Network Management
IMP: Internet Mail Only INM: International Neural Machines
IMPA: Intelligent Multi-Port Adapter INN: Inter Node Network
IMPP: Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol INN: InterNet News
(Network)
IMR: Internet Monthly Report
INND: InterNet News Daemon
IMS: Image Management Services
(Network)
IMS: Information Management System
INOC: Internet Network Operations Center
(IBM)
INP: Instant Network Presence
IMS: Instructional Management System
(Network)
IMS: Intermediate Maintenance Standard
INRIA: Institut National de Recherche en
IMS: Internet Mail Service Informatique et Automatique

INS IPDVMRP
INS: INput String IOQD: In-Order Queue Depth

(Hardware) (Intel)
INS: Integrated Network Server
IOR: Interoperable Object Reference
INT: INTeger
IORDY: Input/Output channel ReaDY
INT: INTernal
(Hardware)
INT: INTernational
IOREQ: Input/Output REQuest
organization Domain name
Microprocessor signal used in I/O addressing (Hardware)
INT: INTerrupt
IORQ: Input/Output ReQuest
(Software) (Intel)
INTA: INTerrupt Acknowledge
IOS: Input/Output System
INTAP: Interoperability Technology Association for
Information Processing IOS: Internet Operating System
(Operating systems)
The technical organization that officially develops Japanese OSI
profiles and conformance tests (Organizations) IOS: InterOrganizational System
INTEL: INTegrated ELectronics IOSGA: Input/Output Support Gate Array
(Intel)
IOUG: International Oracle Users Group
InterNIC: INTERnet Network Information Center See http://www.ioug.org/ (Organizations)
INTO: INTerrupt if Overflow occurs IOW: In Other Words
INTRAC: INtelligent Traffic Routing And Control (Net lingo) I
(Network) IP: Information Provider
INTSERV: INTegrated SERVices IP: Instruction Pointer
The transport of audio, video, real-time, and classical data traffic CPU register (Hardware) (Intel)
within a single network infrastructure (Network)
IP: Intellectual Property
IO: Information Orientation
IP: Intelligent Peripheral
IO: Input/Output
IP: Internet Protocol
IO: Internal Objects
The major network layer protocol in the Internet Protocol suite.
(Software) (Microsoft) IP describes the routing of packets, among its many tasks
IOC: Input/Output Controller (Network)
IOC: Inter-Office Channel IPAUTH: Internet Protocol AUTHentication

(Security)
IOCC: Input/Output Channel Converter
IPBF: Installed Peripheral Base Flexibility
IOCC: Input/Output Controller Chip
IPC: Instructions Per Clock
IOCCC: International Obfuscated C Code Contest
IPC: InterProcess Communication
IOCP: Inter-Orb Communication Protocol The process of sharing data between processes and, when
(Communication) necessary, coordinating access to the shared data (Operating
systems)
IOCS: Input/Output Control System
IPCE: InterProcess Communication Environment
IOCtl: Input/Output ConTroL
IPCMOS: Interlocked Pipeline Complementary Metal
iODBC: Independent Open DataBase Connectivity
Oxide Semiconductor
Open source, platform independent implementation of both the
Semiconductor manufacturing technology (Hardware)
ODBC and X/Open specifications. It is rapidly emerging as the
industry standard for developing solutions that are language, IPCP: Internet Protocol Control Protocol
platform and database independent. See also
(Network)
http://www.iodbc.org/ (Software)
IPCS: Integrated Personal Computer Server
IOE: Internet Operating Environment
(Hardware)
IOF: Infrared Optical Film
IPCS: Interactive Problem Control System
IONL: Internal Organization of the Network Layer
IPD: Intelligent Printer Data
The ISO/OSI standard for the architecture of the network layer.
The IONL divides the network layer into subnetworks IPDC: Internet Protocol Device Control
interconnected by convergence protocols (internetworking
protocols), resulting in a catenet or internet (Organizations) IPDS: Ibm Personal Dictation System
(IBM)
IOP: Input/Output Parity
(Hardware) IPDS: Intelligent Printer Data Stream
(IBM)
IOP: Input/Output Processor
(Hardware) IPDU: Internet Protocol Data Unit
IOPL: Input/Output Privilege Level IPDVMRP: Internet Protocol Distance Vector
Multicast Routing Protocol

IPE IRAM
IPE: Integrated Programming Environment IPO: Internet Protocol over Optical

(Network)
IPF: Information Presentation Facility
IPP: Infrastructure Portal Provider
IPF: Invalid Page Format
IPP: Intel Performance Primitives
IPFC: Information Presentation Facility Compiler
(Hardware) (Intel)
(IBM)
IPP: Internet Printing Protocol
IPFC: Internet Protocol over Fibre Channel
(Network)
(Network)
IPI: Intelligent Peripheral Interface IPP: Internet Protocol Processor
(Hardware)
A device-generic interface used for large-capacity, high-
performance disks. The IPI supports disk transfer rates at IPR: Intellectual Property Rights
3Mbyte/sec and above (Hardware)
IPR: Interactive Photorealistic Rendering
IPI: Internet Policy Institute Used in 3D Modelling (Autodesk)
A device-generic interface used for large-capacity, high-
performance disks. The IPI supports disk transfer rates at ips: Inches Per Second
3MB/sec and above (Organizations) (Hardware)
IPI: Inter-Processor Interrupt IPS: Information Processing Standards
(Hardware)
IPS: In-Plane Switching
IPIC: International Primary Interexchange Carrier (Hardware)
(Communication)
IPL: Ibm Public License
IPS: Intrusion Prevention System
(Security)
I
(IBM)
iPS: Iplanet Portal Server
IPL: Information Programming Language
IPSE: Integrated Project Support Environment
IPL: Initial Program Load
IPSec: Internet Protocol SECurity
Also known as the bootstrap or boot process
A set of protocols that give greater IP-level security to data
IPL: Ion Projection Lithography packets transmitted over Virtual Private Networks
IPM: Images Per Minute IPSI: Internet Protocol Server Interface

(Hardware)
ipm: Impressions Per Minute
Printing speed measurement unit (Hardware) IPSRA: Internet Protocol Security Remote Access
(Security)
IPM: InfoPrint Manager
IBM's Info Print Manager - Creates IPDS data (IBM) IPTC: International Press Telecommunications
Council
ipm: Instructions Per Minute
IPTV: Internet Protocol TeleVision
IPM: Intelligent Power Module
(Hardware) IPv4: Internet Protocol, Version 4
(Network)
IPM: Internet Protection Module
(Network) IPv6: Internet Protocol, Version 6
(Network)
IPM: Internetwork Performance Monitor
A network response time and availability troubleshooting IPWG: Internet Privacy Working Group
application (Software) (Cisco) (Organizations)
IPM: InterPersonal Message IPX: Internetwork Packet eXchange
ipm: Interruptions Per Minute (Network) (Novell)
IPMB: Intelligent Platform Management Bus IPX/SPX: Internet Packet eXchange/Sequenced

Packet eXchange
(Hardware)
IPXCP: Internetworking Packet eXchange Control
IPMC: Intelligent Platform Management Chassis
Protocol
(Hardware)
(Network)
IPMI: Intelligent Platform Management Interface
IPXODI: Internet Packet eXchange Open Datalink
Defines a set of common interfaces to a computer system which
system administrators can use to monitor system health and
Interface
manage the system (Hardware) IQL: Interactive Query Language
IPMI: Internet Protocol Multicast Initiative IR: InfraRed
IPNG: Internet Protocol Next Generation IR: Instruction Register
IPO: Input, Processing and Output IR: Interface Repository
IPO: International Purchasing Office IRAM: Intelligent Random Access Memory
(Hardware)

IRC ISDN
IRC: Internet Relay Chat IRTOS: I2o Real Time Operating System
(Network) (Operating systems)
IRC: Interrupt Request Controller IRTP: Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol
(Hardware)
IRX: Information Retrieval eXperiment
IRCA: Internet Content Rating Association
IS: Image Stabilization
(Organizations)
A system like this can help your digital camera take clearer
IRCP: Internet Relay Chat Protocol images (Hardware)
(Network) IS: Information System
IRD: Implementation Row Descriptor IS: Interim Standard
(Databases) Interim Standard 95 (IS-95), is the first CDMA-based digital
IRD: Integrated Receiver/Descrambler cellular standard pioneered by Qualcomm. The brand name for IS-
95 is cdmaOne. IS-95 is also known as TIA-EIA-95
IrDA: InfraRed Data Association (Communication)
(Organizations) IS: Internal System
IRDP: Icmp Router Discovery Protocol IS: Interrupt Status
(Network)
ISA: Industry Standard Architecture
IRDS: Information Resource Dictionary System PC bus architecture (Hardware)
IRET: Interrupt RETurn ISA: Instruction-Set Architecture
IRF: Inheritance Rights Filter
(Novell)
ISA: Interactive Services Association I
ISA: Internet Security and Acceleration
IRF: Interger Register File (Microsoft)
IRF: Intermediate Routing Function ISA: Internet Server Application
IRIS: Internet Retailer Information System (Software)
IRL: In Real Life ISACA: Information Systems Audit and Control

(Net lingo) Association
See http://www.isaca.org/ (Organizations)
IRL: Insert Row Locking
(Databases) ISAKMP: Internet Security Association Key
Management Protocol
IRL: Integer Register File
(Network)
IRL: Interactive Reader Language
ISAM: Indexed Sequential Access Method
IrLAN: InfraRed Local Area Network
ISAPI: Internet Server Application Programming
IrLAP: InfraRed Link Access Protocol Interface
(Communication) (Software) (Microsoft)
IRLED: InfraRed Light Emitting Diode ISBN: International Standard Book Number
IrLMP: InfraRed Link Management Protocol ISC: Information Supply Chain
(Communication) ISC: Instruction Set Computer
IRM: Information Resource Management ISC: Internet Service Center
IRM: Inherent Rights Mask ISC: Internet Storm Center
iRMC: Integrated Remote Management Controller See http://isc.sans.org/ (Organizations)
Implementation of a Remote Access Card (RAC) (Hardware) ISC: Inter-System Communication
(Fujitsu)
(IBM)
IRP: I/o Request Packet
ISCA: International Computing Security Association
Data structure used by Windows to communicate to kernel-mode
device drivers. (Operating systems) (Microsoft) (Organizations)
IRQ: Interrupt ReQuest iSCSI: Internet Small Computer System Interface

A signal that a device requires CPU attention (Hardware) ISD: Image Section Descriptor
IRQL: Interrupt ReQuest Level ISD: Instructional Systems Design
IRR: Internal Rate of Return ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network
IRS: Internal Revenue Service A communication technology offered by telephone carriers
worldwide. ISDN combines voice and digital network services in a
IRSG: Internet Research Steering Group single medium, offering customers digital data services and voice
connections through a single wire (Communication)
IRTF: Internet Research Task Force
The task force of the Internet Activities Board that addresses
research and development of the Internet Protocol suite
(Organizations)

ISDN-UP ISTG
ISDN-UP: Integrated Services Digital Network User ISN-LAN: Information System Network-Local Area
Part Network
A communications technology offered by telephone carriers
ISO: Independent System Operator
worldwide. ISDN combines voice and digital network services in a
single medium, offering customers digital data services and voice ISO: International Organization for Standardization
connections through a single wire An international standards body that reviews and approves
ISDP: I See Dead People independently designed products for use within specific
industries. ISO also develops standards for information exchange,
Tactical-ops, assault on terror gaming clan. See
such as the ISO/OSI model for computer networks. See
http://www.isdp.tk/ (Games)
http://www.iso.org/ (Organizations)
ISE: Integrated Software Engineering
ISO/OSI: International Standardization
(ISE) Organization/Open Systems Interconnection
ISEN: Internet Search Environment Number ISOC: Internet SOCiety
Is the foundation of a portal that comprehensively catalogs the
(Organizations)
Internet's databases. See also http://www.isen.org/
ISODE: International Standardization Organization
ISF: Information Security Forum
Development Environment
(Organizations)
ISP: Integrated System Peripheral control
ISFUG: Integrated Software Federal User Group
ISP: Interactive String Processor
ISH: Information Super Highway
ISP: Internet Service Provider
ISHO: Inter-System HandOver
Communications service company that provides Internet access
Transfer of 3G calls to 2G networks mid call and vice-versa
(Network)
and services to its customers. ISPs range in size from small
independents serving a local calling area to large, established
I
ISI: Information Sciences Institute telecommunications companies (Network)
ISI: Internally Specified Index ISP: Interrupt Stack Pointer
ISIS: Image and Scanner Interface Standard ISP: Interrupt Status Port
ISIS: Integrated Systems and Information Services ISPF: Interactive System Programming Facility
IS-IS: Intermediate-System to Intermediate- ISPP: Internet Secure Payments Protocol

System (Security)
The ISO/OSI protocol by which intermediate systems exchange ISQL: Interactive Structured Query Language
routing information
ISR: Information Storage and Retrieval
ISKM: Internet Starter Kit for the Macintosh
ISR: Interrupt Service Routine
ISL: Inter Switch Link (Operating systems)
(Hardware) (Cisco)
ISR: Interrupt Status Register
ISL: Interactive System Language
ISS: Internet Security Systems
ISLM: Integrated Services Line Module (Network)
ISLN: Integrated Services Local Network ISS: Internet Sharing Software
ISLU: Integrated Services Line Unit (Software)
ISM: Industrial, Scientific, Medical ISSA: Information Systems Security Association

Radio frequency band (Communication) (Organizations)
ISM: Integrated Service Module ISSCC: International Solid-State Circuits Conference

(Hardware) ISSLL: Integrated Services over Specific Link Layers
ISM: Integrated Switch Module (Network)
(Hardware) ISSLOW: Integrated Services System for LOW
ISM: Internet Service Manager bitrate lines
(Microsoft) (Network)
ISMA: Internet Streaming Media Alliance ISSN: Integrated Special Services Network
(Organizations) ISSN: International Standard Serial Number
ISMF: Interactive Storage Management Facility IST: Immerse System Technology
ISN: Information Systems Network IST: Initial System Test
ISN: Initial Sequence Number IST: Intelligent Scanning Technology
Synchronization between two hosts to establish a TCP connection.
(Network) ISTG: InterSite Topology Generator
Managing active directory replication (Operating systems)
ISN: Internet School Networking (Microsoft)
(Network)
ISN: Internet Services Network
ISN: Internet Shopping Network

ISUP IW
ISUP: ISdn User Part ITSEC: Information Technology Security Evaluation

Provides the signaling functions necessary to basic bearer Criteria
services and supplementary services for voice and non-voice
applications in the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) ITSO: International Technical Support Organization
(IBM)
ISV: Independent Software Vendor
A third-party software developer (Software) ITSP: Internet Telephone Service Provider
IT: Information Technology ITTP: Intelligent Terminal Transfer Protocol

(Communication) (Ericsson)
IT: Integration/Transformation
Another name for Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) (Databases) ITU: International Telecommunications Union
International organization under the auspices of the United
ITA: Interim Type Approval Nations that develops radio (ITU-R) and telecommunications (ITU-
T) standards. Prior to 1993, the ITU-T Standardization Sector was
ITAA: Information Technology Association of
known as the CCITT (Organizations)
America
(Organizations) ITUG: International Telecommunications User
Group
ITB: Information Technology Branch
ITUSA: Information Technology Users Standards
ITB: Intermediate Text Block Association
ITC: Information Technology Consultant ITU-T: International Telecommunications Union
An Information Technology (IT) position Technical standards group
ITC: International Typeface Corporation ITU-TIES: International Telecommunications
ITDI: Information Technology Pioneer International Union -Telecom Information Exchange Services I
ITE: Independent Trading Exchange ITU-TSS: International Telecommunications Union -
Telecommunication Standards Section
ITE: Information Technology Equipment
iTV: Interactive TeleVision
ITF: Interactive Test Facility
ITX: Intermediate Text Block
ITI: Information Technology Industry council
Washington-based trade association representing the leading U.S. ITYM: I Think You Mean
providers of information technology (IT) products and services. (Net lingo)
See also http://www.itic.org/ (Organizations)
IU: Integer Unit
ITIL: Information Technology Infrastructure Library
IUAP: Internet User Account Provider
iTIP: Icalendar Transport-indendent
IUMA: Internet Underground Music Archive
Interoperability Protocol
Specification that defines the format of calendar information sent IUP: Infrastructure Utility Provider
between calendar user agents. See also the RFC 2445
IUP: Internet User Population
ITLB: Instruction Tanslation Look-aside Buffer (Network)
ITM: Instruction Translation Look-aside Buffer IUS/ITB: Interchange Unit Separator/Intermediate
ITMS: Immediate check Truth Maintenance System Transmission Block
ITN: Identification Tasking and Networking IV: Initialization Vector

(Security)
ITN: Internet Travel Network
IV&V: Initialization Vector
ITOT: Iso Transport service On top of Tcp
(Network)
IVC: Integrated Visual Computing
(SGI)
ITP: Information Technology Practice
IVDS: Integrated Voice and Data Systems
ITP: Information Technology Project
IVDT: Integrated Voice/Data Terminal
ITP: Internet Transaction Processing
IVIS: Interactive Video Information System
ITR: Information Technology Research
IVIT: Intelligent Voice Interactive Technology
ITR: Input Transaction Record
IVL: Independent Vendor League
ITR: Internet Talk Radio
IVL: Intel Verification Lab
ITRS: International Technology Roadmap for
Semiconductors IVR: Interactive Voice Response
(Organizations) IVS: Interactive Videodisk System
ITS: Incompatible Time-sharing System IVT: InfoViewer Titles
An influential but highly idiosyncratic operating system written (Microsoft)
for the PDP-6 and PDP-10 at MIT and long used at the MIT AI Lab
(Operating systems) IVT: Interrupt Vector Table
ITS: Intelligent Transportation System IVTS: International Video Teleconferencing Service
ITS: Internet Transaction Server IW: Information Warehouse

I-WAY JCAT
I-WAY: Information highWAY JAMES: Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server

Is a 100% pure Java server, designed to be a complete and
IWC: Inside Wire Cable
portable enterprise mail engine solution based on currently
IWF: InterWorking Function available open protocols (SMTP, POP3, IMAP, HTTP)
IWS: Intelligent WorkStation JANET: Joint Academic NETwork

A U.K. university network (Network)
IWS: Iplanet Web Server
JAR: Java ARchive
IXC: IntereXchange Carrier
A long-distance carrier such as AT&T, MCI and Sprint JAWS: Jamming And Warning System
IXF: Integration eXchange Format JAXB: Java Architecture for Xml Binding
(IBM) Architecture that provides an API and tools that automate the
mapping between XML documents and Java objects (Software)
IYHO: In Your Humble Opinion (Sun)
(Net lingo)
JAXM: Java Api for Xml Messaging
IYKWIM: If You Know What I Mean Enables applications to send and receive document oriented XML
(Net lingo) messages using a pure Java API (Software) (Sun)
JAXP: Java Api for Xml Processing
J Enables applications to parse and transform XML documents using
J/K: Just Kidding a pure Java API that is independent of a particular XML processor
implementation (Software) (Sun)
(Net lingo)
JAXR: Java Api for Xml Registries I
J2EE: Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition
Provides a mechanism for publishing available services in an
(Software) (Sun)
J2ME: Java 2 platform, Micro Edition
external registry, and for consulting the registry to find those
services (Software) (Sun)
J
(Software) (Sun) JAX-RPC: Java Api for Xml-based Remote
J2SE: Java 2 platform, Standard Edition Procedure Call
(Software) (Sun) Defines a mechanism for exchanging synchronous XML-based
messages between applications (Sun)
JA: Jump Address
JAX-WS: Java Api for Xml Web Services
JA: Jump if Above (Software)
(Software)
JBCL: Java Beans Component Library
JAAS: Java Authentication and Authorization (Software)
Service
JBE: Jump if Below or Equal
Is a package that enables services to authenticate and enforce
access controls upon users. It implements a Java version of the JBI: Java Business Integration
standard Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) framework, and
(Software) (Sun)
supports user-based authorization. (Security) (Sun)
JBIG: Joint Bi-level Image experts Group
JAD: Joint Application Development
This was (and is) a group of experts nominated by national
JADE: Jasmine Application Development standards bodies and major companies to work to produce
Environment standards for bi-level image coding. See also
http://www.jbig.org/ (Organizations)
(Databases) (CAI)
JAE: Java Applet Environment JBOD: Just a Bunch Of Disks
(Software) (Sun) A storage subsystems using multiple independent disk drives, as
opposed to one form of RAID or another (Hardware)
JAE: Jump if Above or Equal
JBPC: Java-Based Pipeline Configurator
JAF: Javabeans Activation Framework
JC: Jump if Carry set
With JAF, Java developers can take advantage of standard
services to determine the type of an arbitrary piece of data, JCA: Java Card Assembly
encapsulate access to it, discover the operations available on it, (Software) (Sun)
and to instantiate the appropriate bean to perform said
operations (Sun) JCA: Java Connector Architecture
(Software)
JAI: Java Advanced Imaging
Application programming interface (API) that enables developers JCA: Java Cryptography Architecture
to easily incorporate high-performance, network-enabled, (Software) (Sun)
scalable, platform-independent image processing into Java
technology-based applications and applets (Software) (Sun) JCAT: Java Coordination And Transactions
Includes (but is not limited to) the facilities required for
JAIN: Java for the Advanced Intelligent Network applications to be invoked and return results before, during or
A set of Java technology based APIs which enable the rapid after calls; to process call parameters or subscriber-supplied
development of Next Generation telecom products and services information; and to engage in further call processing and control
on the Java platform (Sun) (Sun)
JAM: Just A Minute
When your in an on-line conversation and you need to put the
other person on hold while you quickly do something (Net lingo)

JCC JGSS
JCC: Java Call Control JDO: Java Data Objects

Includes the facilities required for observing, initiating, Is an application programming interface (API) for transparent
answering, processing and manipulating calls, where a call is database access. The programmer can write code in the Java
understood to include (but is not necessarily limited to) a programming language that transparently accesses the underlying
multimedia, multiparty session over the underlying integrated data store, without using database-specific code (Databases)
network (Sun) (Sun)
JCE: Java Cryptography Extension JDOM: Java Document Object Model
Is a set of packages that provide a framework and Java-oriented API for reading and writing XML documents
implementations for encryption, key generation and key
agreement, and Message Authentication Code (MAC) algorithms JDOQL: Java Data Objects Query Language
(Security) (Sun) (Software)
JCK: Java Compatibility Kit JDSL: Java Data Structures Library

(Software) (Sun) (Software)
JCL: Jakarta Commons Logging JDT: Java Development Toolkit

(Software) Project that provides tool plug-ins that implement a Java IDE that
supports the development of Java applications including Eclipse
JCL: Job Control Language plug-ins.The JDT project allows Eclipse to be a development
(Software) environment for itself. See www.eclipse.org (Software)
JCP: Java Community Process JDWP: Java Debug Wire Protocol
Produces high-quality specifications in "Internet time" using an (Sun)
inclusive, consensus building approach that produces a
specification, a reference implementation (to prove the JE: Jump if Equal
specification can be implemented), and a technology JEDEC: Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council
compatibility kit (Sun)
JEIDA: Japanese Electronics Industry Development
JCS: Java Caching System
Distributed caching system written in java. It is intended to speed
Association J
up applications by providing a means to manage cached data of JEITA: Japanese Electronics and Information
various dynamic natures. See also http://jakarta.apache.org/jcs/ Technology industries Association
(Software) (Organizations)
JCWDE: Java Card Workstation Development JEMS: Jboss Enterprise Middleware Suite
Environment
Extensible and scalable suite of products for creating and
(Software) (Sun) deploying e-business applications. JEMS offers cutting-edge
technology components which customers can mix-and-match and
JDBC: Java DataBase Connectivity
roll out into their line of business infrastructure (Software)
(Databases)
JEPI: Joint Electronic Payment Initiative
JDC: Java Developer Connection
(Sun) JERI: Jini Extensible Remote Invocation
(Software) (Sun)
JDE: Java Development Environment
JES: Java Embedded Server
JDEE: Java Development Environment for Emacs
(Sun)
JDF: Job Description Format
JES: Job Entry System
JDI: Java Debug Interface
JESI: Java Edge Side Include
(Software) (Sun)
(Software)
JDIC: Java Desktop Integration Components
JESS: Java Expert System Shell
Project that aims to make Java technology-based applications
A CLIPS expert system written for Java (Software)
first-class citizens of current desktop platforms without sacrificing
platform independence. Its mission is to enable seamless JET: Joint Engine Technology
desktop/Java integration (Software) (Databases) (Microsoft)
JDJ: Java Developer's Journal JET: Jpeg Enhancement Technology
JDK: Java Development Kit JFC: Java Foundation Classes
(Software) (Sun)
(Software)
JDMK: Java Dynamic Management Kit JFET: Junction Field Effect Transistor
Is the foundation for building and distributing network
management intelligence into applications, networks and devices. JFIF: Jpeg File Interchange Format
It is the first compatible implementation of the JMX specification
(Sun)
JFS: Journalized File System
(Operating systems)
JDNC: Java Desktop Network Components
Aims to provide the shortcuts required to construct desktop
JG: Jump if Greater
applications in significantly less time by reducing the learning, JGE: Jump if Greater or Equal
design, and coding requirements (Software)
JGF: Java Graphics Format
JGSS: Java Generic Security Service
(Sun)

JIC JSAM
JIC: Just In Case JNGE: Jump if Not Greater or Equal

(Net lingo)
JNI: Java Native Interface
JIMI: Java Image Management Interface (Sun)
(Sun)
JNLE: Jump if Not Less or Equal
JIPS: Janet Internet Protocol Service
JNLP: Java Network Launching Protocol
JIS: Japan Industrial Standard (Sun)
JISC: Japanese Industrial Standards Committee JNO: Jump if No Overflow
JIT: Just In Time JNP: Jump if No Parity
Programs compilation technique (Software)
JNS: Jump if No Sign
JITA: Just In Time Activation
JNZ: Jump if Not Zero
Allows an objects to tell COM+ that its work is done and that it
can be destroyed (Software) (Microsoft) JODE: Java Optimize and Decompile Environment
(Software)
JITC: Just In Time Compiler
JOE: Java Objects Everywhere
JJ: Just Joking
(Net lingo) JOHNNIAC: JOHn Neumann Integrator and
Automatic Computer
JK: Just Kidding
(Net lingo) JOOP: Journal of Object Orientated Programming
JKS: Java KeyStore JOSS: Johnniac Open Shop System
(Security) JOSS: Joint Object Services Submission
JL: Jump if Less JOVE: Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs J
JLE: Japanese Language Environment JOVIAL: Jules Own Version of the International
JLE: Jump if Less than or Equal to Algorithmic Language
JLF: Java Layered Framework JPA: Java Persistence Api
Set of Java code to provide a foundation for faster Java software (Software)
development (Software)
JPDA: Java Platform Debugger Architecture
JLIP: Joint Level Interface Protocol Multi-tiered debugging architecture that allows tools developers
to easily create debugger applications which run portably across
JLS: Java Language Specification platforms, virtual machine (VM) implementations and SDK
(Sun) versions (Software) (Sun)
JMAPI: Java Management Application Programming JPE: Jump if Parity Even
Interface
JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
(Sun)
A joint venture of the CCITT and ISO that developed a standard
JMF: Java Media Framework for compressing gray-scale or color still images
(Software) (Sun)
JPG: Joint Photographic experts Group
JMI: Java Metadata Interface Filename extension (short for JPEG)
Implements a dynamic, platform-neutral infrastructure that
JPL: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
enables the creation, storage, access, discovery, and exchange of
metadata (Software) (Sun) JPLDIS: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Display
JMM: Java Memory Model Information System
(Software) JPNF: Join-Projection Normal Form
JMP: JuMP JPO: Jump if Parity Odd
(Software)
JRB: Java Relational Binding
JMS: Java Message Service (Software)
JMSC: Japanese Midi Standard Committee JRE: Java Runtime Environment
JMX: Java Management eXtension (Software)
Formerly known as LMAPI (Sun) JRI: Java Runtime Interface
JNA: Jump if Not Above Native interface proposed by Netscape (Software) (Netscape)
JNAE: Jump if Not Above or Equal JRMP: Java Remote Method Protocol
(Software)
JNB: Jump if Not Below
JRP: Joint Requirement Planning
JNBE: Jump if Not Below or Equal
JS: JavaScript
JNDI: Java Naming and Directory Interface (Software) (Netscape)
Is a standard extension to the JavaTM platform, providing Java
technology-enabled applications with a unified interface to JS: Jump if Sign
multiple naming and directory services in the enterprise (Sun)
JSA: Japanese Standards Association
JNG: Jump if Not Greater
JSAM: Java Secure Application Manager

JSAPI KAM
JSAPI: Java Speech Application Programming JTB: Jump Trace Buffer

Interface
JTC: Join Transitive Closure
(Software) (Sun)
Allows the DBMS optimizer to consider a join order other than
JSC: Java Swing Connection those made available explicitly by the query's WHERE clause
(Sun) (Databases) (Sybase)
JSCP: Java Software CoProcessor JTC: Joint Technical Committee
JSDK: Java Servlet Development Kit JTM: Job Transfer and Manipulation
(Software) JTMS: Justification based Truth Maintenance
JSDT: Java Shared Data Toolkit System
JavaTM Shared Data Toolkit JTS: Java Transaction Service
(Software) (Sun)
JTSIN: Joint Transmission Services Information
JSF: Java Server Faces Network
Technology that simplifies building user interfaces for JavaServer
JUG: Java User Group
applications. Developers of various skill levels can quickly build
web applications by assembling reusable UI components in a JUGHEAD: Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy
page and connecting these components to a data source Excavation And Display
(Software) (Sun)
JUMP: Java User Migration Path
JSGF: JSpeech Grammar Format
JSML: JSpeech Markup Language
JUNET: Japan Unix NETwork
JSON: JavaScript Object Notation
JVM: Java Virtual Machine
Scripting language based on a subset of the JavaScript
Programming Language. The format is specified in RFC 4627. The JVMDI: Java Virtual Machine Debug Interface
official MIME Media Type for JSON is application/json (Software) (Sun)
J
JSP: JavaServer Pages JVMPI: Java Virtual Machine Profiler Interface
(Software) K
JVMTI: Java Virtual Machine Tool Interface
JSPA: Java Specification Participation Agreement
JVS: Java Validation Suite
(Sun)
(Software)
JSPC: JavaServer Pages Compiler
jwcid: Java Web Component IDentifier
(Software)
(Software)
JSR: Java Specification Request
JWS: Java Web Server
Is the actual description of a proposed and final specification for
the Java platform (Sun) (Sun)
JSS: Java Security Service JWS: Java Web Start

Java interface to Network Security Service (NSS). It supports Gives you the power to launch full-featured applications with a
most of the security standards and encryption technologies single click from your Web browser. You can now download and
supported by NSS. JSS also provides a pure Java interface for launch applications without going through complicated
ASN.1 types and BER/DER encoding installation procedures (Software) (Sun)
JSS: Javascript Style Sheet JWSDL: Java Web Service Description Language
Provides a standard set of APIs for representing and manipulating
JSSE: Java Secure Socket Extension services described by Web Service Description Language (WSDL)
Is a set of Java packages that enable secure Internet documents (Sun)
communications. It implements a Java version of SSL and TLS
protocols and includes functionality for data encryption, server JWSDP: Java Web Services Developer Pack
authentication, message integrity, and optional client The Java Web Services Developer Pack is an all-in-one download
authentication (Software) (Sun) containing key technologies to simplify building of web services
using the Java 2 Platform (Software) (Sun)
JST: J2ee Standard Tools
Extension to the Eclipse platform with support for building multi- JXTA: JuXTApose
tier J2EE applications (Software) Started as a research project at Sun Microsystems, its goal is to
explore a vision of distributed network computing using peer-to-
JST: Japan Standard Time peer topology, and to develop basic building blocks and services
Timezone: GMT +9:00 that would enable innovative applications for peer groups
(Software)
JSTL: Jsp Standard Tag Library
JZ: Jump if Zero
JSWDK: JavaServer Web Development Kit
(Software) (Sun)
K
JTA: Java Transaction Api
(Sun) k: Kilo
JTAG: Joint Test Action Group
(Hardware) K&R: Kernighan And Ritchie
"Traditional" or "classic" C language specification, named after its
JTAPI: Java Telephony Application Programming authors, Brian Kerninghan and Dennis Ritchie (Software)
Interface
KAM: Keep Alive Memory
(Sun)

KAS kVA
KAS: Kiva Administrative Server KIPS: Kilo Instruction Per Second

(Software) (Netscape) Processing speed
KB: KeyBoard KIR: Kyocera Image Refinement
(Hardware) (Hardware)
kb: KiloBit KIS: Knowbot Information Service

kB: KiloByte KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid
1024 bytes
KIT: Keep In Touch
KB: Knowledge Base (Net lingo)
KBC: KeyBoard Connector KIT: Kernel software for Intelligent Terminals
(Hardware)
KJS: Kiva Java Server
KBD: KeyBoarD (Software) (Netscape)
KBE: Knowledge Based Engineering KM: Keyboard Monitoring
KBMS: KeyBoard/MouSe KM: Knowledge Management
Connector. It's simply a duplicate of the PS/2 ports and it's used
KMA: Kiss My A**
to connect other devices that use the PS/2 without having to give
up the keyboard and mouse, and also is convenient for things (Net lingo)
that you need to mount internally (Hardware) KML: Keyhole Markup Language
kbps: KiloBits Per Second XML grammar and file format for modeling and storing
Transfer Speed (Communication) geographic features such as points, lines, images, polygons, and
models for display in Google Earth and Google Maps. You can use
kBps: KiloBytes Per Second KML to share places and information with other users
Transfer Speed (Communication)
KMS: Key Management Server
KBS: Knowledge-Based System Mostly used in Microsoft Exchange to issue security certificates
(Security) (Microsoft)
KCC: Knowledge Consistency Checker K
A domain service that creates and modifies the replication KNI: Katmai New Instruction
topology of Active Directory (Network) (Microsoft) (Intel)
KCS: Kansas City Standard KOS: Kill On Site
Recording standard (Hardware) (Games)
KCS: Kiva C++ Server KPA: Key Process Area
(Software) (Netscape) (Software)
KD: Kernel Debugger KPCMS: Kodak Precision Color Management System
(Operating systems) (Software) (Kodak)
KDC: Key Distribution Center KPDL: Kyocera Page Description Language

(Hardware)
KDE: K Desktop Environment
KPF: Kerio Personal Firewall
KDS: Knowledge Discovery Server
(Security)
(Lotus)
KDT: Key Definition Table KPI: Kernel Programming Interface
KPI: Key Performance Indicator
KEA: Key Exchange Algorithm
(Security) KQML: Knowledge Query and Manipulation
Language
KEFIR: KEy FIndings Reporter
KRS: Knowledge Retrieval System
KERMIT: Kl-10 Error-free Reciprocal Micro
Interconnect over Tty lines KSAM: Keyed Sequential Access Method
Accessing a flat file using a simple or compound key (Software)
KES: Key Escrow System
(HP)
KFM: K FIle Manager
KSDS: Keyed Sequential Data Set
KFX: KoFaX
KSE: Kernel Scheduled Entitiy
File Format for fax transmission
(Operating systems)
KHG: Kernel Hacking Guide
KSH: Korn SHell
KHz: KiloHertZ
KSN: Key Sequence Number
KI: Key Identifier (Security)
(Security)
KSPH: KeyStrokes Per Hour
KiB: KibIByte
KSR: Keyboard Send Receive
(Hardware)
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024 bytes
kVA: Kilo Volt-Ampere
KIF: Knowledge Interchange Format
Electric power measurement unit (Hardware)

kVAh LCA
kVAh: Kilo Volt Ampere Hour LANCE: Local Area Network Controller Ethernet
Electrical energy measurement unit (Hardware)
LANDP: Local Area Network Distributed Platform
KVM: K Virtual Machine
LANE: Local Area Network Emulation
A virtual machine designed from the ground up with the
A set of services and protocols that provide for the emulation of
constraints of inexpensive mobile devices in mind (Sun)
LANs, using ATM as a backbone to allow connectivity among LAN
KVM: Keyboard, Video, Mouse and ATM attached end stations (Network)
(Hardware) LAP: Link Access Procedure
KWIC: Key Word In Context Communication protocol (CCITT X.25) (Network)
A permuted index offering lists of titles, with each of the major LAP: Linux Application Platform
words as the first word, and the remaining words using key words
or phrases LAPB: Link Access Procedure Balanced
(Network)
KWS: Knowledge Work System
LAP-B: Link Access Procedure-Balanced
KXS: Kiva eXecutive Server
(Software) (Netscape) LAPD: Link Access Procedure-D channel
Communication protocol (Communication)
L LAPM: Link Access Procedure for Modems
L&F: Look & Feel LAPS: Lan Adapter and Protocol Support
(Software)
LAR: Load Access Rights
L&H: Lernout And Hauspie
LART: Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool
L1: Level 1
LASER: Light Amplification by the Stimulated
(Hardware)
Emission of Radiation
L2: Level 2
LASS: Local Area Signaling Service
(Hardware)
L2CAP: Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol
LASTport: Local Area Storage TransPORT K
Protocol (DEC)
L2F: Layer 2 Forwarding
(Network) (Cisco)
LAT: Local Access Terminal L
LAT: Local Address Table
L2TP: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
A table containing the IP address range that is inside a firewalled
(Network) network (Network) (Microsoft)
LA: Limited Availability LAT: Local Area Transport
LAC: L2tp Access Concentrator (Network)
Device attached to the switched network or located on an end LATA: Local Access and Transport Area
system supporting L2TP to pass PPP traffic (Network)
Local telephone company's geographical area (Communication)
LACP: Link Aggregation Control Protocol
LATM: Local Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Part of an IEEE specification (802.3ad) that allows to bundle
several physical ports together to form a single logical channel LAVC: Local Area Vax Cluster
(Network)
LAWN: Local Area Wireless Network
LADDR: LAyered Device DRiver
LB: Local Bus
(Microsoft)
LADT: Local Access Data Transport
LBA: Logical Block Addressing
LAF: Look And Feel
LBL: LaBeL
(Software)
LALL: Longest Allowed Lobe Length LBM: Local Bus Master
LAM: Local Area Multicomputer LBOT: Logical Beginning of Tape

(Hardware)
LAME: Lame Ain't an Mp3 Encoder
LBR: LiBraRian
(Software)
LAMP: Linux, Apache, Mysql, Perl (or Php or Phyton) LBT: Listen Before Talk
Web applications platform (Software) LBT: Local Bus Targets
LAN: Local Access Network LBX: Local Bus Accelerator
LAN: Local Area Network LBX: Low-Band with X
Data communications network connecting computers and related
LC: Liquid Crystal
equipment, usually over an area not greater than 10 km (Network)
(Hardware)
LANACS: Local Area Network Asynchronous
Connection Server LCA: Life-Cycle Assessment
LANAID: LAN Adapter Installation and Diagnostic LCA: Logic Cell Array
(Network)

LCA LEC
LCA: Lotus Communications Architecture LDA: Logical Device Address

(Lotus)
LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LCC: Leadless Chip Carrier A standardized TCP/IP protocol for access to a central X.500-
(Hardware) based directory that is shared by many different services. Many
vendors plan to use LDAP to access policy information stored on
LCCM: LanClient Control Manager third-party directories (Network)
(IBM)
LDC: Lotus Development Corporation
LCD: Liquid Crystal Display
LDCM: LanDesk Client Manager
(Hardware)
LDDM: Longhorn Display Driver Model
LCD: Loss of Cell Delineation
LCD: Lowest Common Denominator
LDDS: Long Distance Discount Services
LCDUI: Liquid Crystal Display User Interface
LDGW: Lotus Domino Go Webserver
(Software)
(Software) (IBM)
LCE: Link Control Entity
LDI: Lvds Digital Interface
(Communication)
(Hardware)
LCF: Lightweight Client Framework
LDIF: Ldap Data Interchange Format
LCF: Low Cost Fiber File format suitable for describing directory information or
modifications made to directory information. It is typically used
Lch: Luminance Chrominance Hue to import and export directory information between LDAP servers
Color model (Hardware) or to describe a set of changes to be applied to a directory
(Communication)
LCI: Lan Connect Interface
(Hardware) LDM: Logical Disk Manager
LCID: Language Code IDentifier LDM: Long Distance Modem
LCID: LoCale IDentifier LDML: Locale Data Markup Language
http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/
LCK: Library Construction Kit
(Microsoft) LDMS: LanDesk Management Suite L
LCM: Landesk Configuration Manager LDP: Label Distribution Protocol
(Operating systems) (Intel) A fundamental concept in Multi Protocol Label Switching is that
two Label Switching Routers must agree on the meaning of the
LCM: Leaf Creation Method labels used to forward traffic between and through them
LCM: Life-Cycle Management (Network)
(Software) LDP: Linux Document Project
LCN: Logical Cluster Number LDP: Loader Debugger Protocol
(Operating systems)
LDT: Lightning Data Transport
LCOS: Liquid Crystal On Silicon (Hardware) (AMD)
(Hardware)
LDT: Local Descriptor Table
LCP: Link Control Protocol
LE: Less than or Equal
Part of the point-to-point protocol (PPP) to establish, configure,
(Software)
and test data link connections (Network)
LCR: Least Cost Routing LE: Light Edition
(Software)
(Network)
LCR: Line Control Register LE: Limited Edition
(Software)
LCS: Laboratory for Computer Science
MIT's department
LEA: Load Effective Address
LCS: Lotus Communication Server LEAD: Live Early Adoption and Demonstration
LCSD: Laminate Chip Signal Diode LEAF: Law Enforcement Access Field
LCT: Last Compliance Time LEAP: Lightweight Extensible Authentication

Protocol
LCU: Last Cluster Used (Cisco)
LD: Laser Disc LEAS: Lata Equal Access System
(Hardware)
LEC: Lan Emulation Client
LD: Link Dead (Network)
When a link between two points goes dead (disconnects) (Net
lingo) LEC: Layered Error Correction
LD: LoaD LEC: Local Exchange Carrier

Same as MOV (move). The Zilog Z80, for instance, used LD as Local telephone company such as Pacific Bell, Southwestern Bell,
the assembler opcode for what Intel called MOV (move) because Bell Atlantic, etc. (Communication)
of copyright issues (machine code was the same) (Software)

LECS LLB
LECS: Lan Emulation Configuration Server LI: List Item

See also LES (Network) HTML Tag
LED: Light Emitting Diode LIAS: Library Information Access System
(Hardware)
LIB: LIBrary
LEL: Link, Embed and Launch-to-edit File name extension
(Lotus)
LIC: Licensed Internal Code
LEM: Language Extension Module
LIC: Line Interface Coupler
LEN: Low Entry Networking (IBM)
LEO: Low Earth Orbit LICS: Lotus International Character Set
LEOT: Logical End Of Tape LIDE: Light emitting diode In-Direct Exposure
(Hardware) Scanner technology (Hardware) (Canon)
LEP: Light Emitting Polymer LIDT: Load Interrupt Descriptor Table
(Hardware)
LIEP: Large Internet Exchange Packet
LER: Label Edge Router (Novell)
(Hardware)
LIF: Low Insertion Force
LES: Lan Emulation Server
LIFE: Logistics Interface For manufacturing
(Network) Environment
LES: Language Engineering Services LIFO: Last In First Out
LET: Leaving Early Today (Hardware)
(Net lingo) LILO: Last In Last Out
LEX: LEXicon (Hardware)
LF: Line Feed LILO: LInux LOader

An instruction to a certain computer or printer to move down one LIM: Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
line, without moving the cursor or print head. Also used as a
terminator LIMA: Lotus/Intel/Microsoft/Ast L
LF: Login Facility LIMDO: Light Intensity Modulation Direct Overwrite
LFAP: Lightweight Flow Admission Protocol LIMM: Light Intensity Modulation Method
LFH: Low Force Helix LIMOS: Laser Intensity MOdulation System
Connector pin type (Hardware)
LIMS: Library Information Management System
LFI: Last File Indicator
LIP: Large Internet Packet
LFM: Log File Monitor
LIPS: Lightweight Internet Person Schema
LFN: Long FileName
LIPS: Logical Inferences Per Second
LFR: Logical Forms Recognition
LIPS: Logical Instruction Per Second
(Software)
Processing Speed
LFS: Linux From Scratch
LIR: Local Internet Registry
Project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your
(Network)
own custom Linux system
LFSR: Linear-Feedback Shift Register LIS: Library and Information Science
LFT: Low Function Terminal LIS: Logical Ip Subnet

(IBM) LISC: Local Interconnection Service Center
LFU: Least Frequently Used (Communication)
LGA: Land Grid Array LISP: LISt Processor

Integrated circuit (IC) packaging that uses small flat contacts Programming language (Software)
versus pins (Hardware) LITHP: LInk Type description language for
LGA: Leadless Grid Array HyperText Processing
Integrated circuit (IC) packaging. Synonym of Land Grid Array LIU: Lan Interface Unit
(Hardware)
LIW: Long Instruction Word
LGDT: Load Global Descriptor Table (Hardware)
LGPL: Lesser General Public License LK: LocK
An evolution of the Library General Public License (GNU)
Lock file (Operating systems)
LGPL: Library General Public License LKG: Last Known Good
(GNU) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
LGX: Linux/Gnu/X LLB: Local Location Broker

LLC LOOPNZ
LLC: Logical Link Control LMU: Lan Manager for Unix

Token Ring link protocol (IEEE 802.2) (Network)
LN: Load Number
LLDP: Link Layer Discovery Protocol
LN: Logarithm Natural
A vendor-neutral Layer 2 protocol that allows a network device to
Base e
advertise its identity and capabilities on the local network
(Network) LN:DI: Lotus Notes:Document Imaging
LLDT: Load Local Descriptor Table LNBF: Low-Noise Block receiving horns with
LLF: Low Level Format integrated Feeds
(Communication)
LLL: Low-Level Language
(Software)
LNK: LiNK
File name extension
LLN: Line Link Network
LNP: Local Number Portability
LLNL: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Communication)
(IBM)
LNS: L2tp Network Server
LM: Lan Manager Maintains L2TP sessions with whatever is connected to the LAC
(Network) (IBM) (Network)
LM: License Manager LO: helLO
LM: Link Manager (Net lingo)
LM/X: Lan Manager for uniX LOB: Large OBject

(Databases)
LMA: Lightspeed Memory Architecture
(Hardware) (nVidia) LOB: Line-Of-Business
LMAO: Laughing My A** Off LOB: Low-Order Byte

(Net lingo) LOC: Lines Of Code
LMB: Left Mouse Button LOC: Loop Online Control
LMB: Local Master Browser LOCIS: Library Of Congress Information System
(Network)
L
LOD: Level Of Detail
LMBCS: Lotus Multi-Byte Character Set
LODSB: LOaD String Byte
(Lotus)
LOF: Loss of Frame
LMD: Last Modification Date
(Communication)
LMDS: Local Multipoint Distribution System
LOFS: LOopback File System
(Communication)
A file system type that lets the user create a new virtual file
LME: Layer Management Entity system. The user can access files using an alternative path name
(Operating systems)
LMFAO: Laughing My F***ing A** Off
(Net lingo) LOG: LOGarithm
Base 10
LMI: Link Management Interface
LOGML: LOG Markup Language
LMI: Local Management Interface
XML application designed to describe log reports of web servers
LMK: Let Me Know LOL: Laughing Out Loud
(Net lingo)
(Net lingo)
LMKHIW: Let Me Know How It Works LOL: Lots Of Love
When sending data to someone that should fix a problem. (Net
(Net lingo)
lingo)
LOL: Lots Of Love
LMM: Logical Memory Manager
(Net lingo)
(Databases) (Sybase)
LOM: Lan On Motherboard
LMOS: Leave Mail On Server
This is a network device that is built onto the motherboard (or
LMP: Link Manager Protocol baseboard) of the machine (Hardware)
LMS: Lan Management Solution LOM: Lights Out Management

(Software) (Cisco) Synonym for Out Of Band (OOB) management
LMS: Learning Management System LON: Lan On Notebook

(Hardware)
LMS: Library Management System
LON: Local Operating Network
LMS: Lotus Messaging Switch
(Lotus) LOOPE: LOOP while Equal
LMSW: Load Machine Status Word LOOPNE: LOOP while Not Equal
LMU: Lan Management Utilities LOOPNZ: LOOP while Not Zero
(IBM)

LOOPS LSAPI
LOOPS: Lisp Object Oriented Programming System LPRA: Low Power Register Array
(Hardware)
LOOPZ: LOOP while Zero
lps: Lines Per Second
LOP: Loss of Pointer
Printing speed (Hardware)
LORE: Line Oriented Editor
LPS: Low Power Schottky
LOS: Loss of Signal (Hardware)
(Communication)
LPT: Line PrinTer
LOTOS: Language Of Temporal Order Specification (Hardware)
LOV: List Of Values LPWA: Lucent Personalized Web Assistant
LP: Linear Programming Anonymous web browsing service
LP: Logical Partition LPX: Low Profile Extended

Motherboard format (Hardware)
LPAR: Logic Programming and Automated
Reasoning LQ: Letter Quality
LPAR: Logical PARtition LQM: Link Quality Monitoring
(Operating systems) (IBM) LR: Link Register
LPB: Local Peripheral Bus LR: Logical Record
LPB: Low Ping Bastard LRC: Local Register Cache
Network multiplayer games attribute (Software)
LRC: Longitudinal Redundancy Check
LPC: Lightweight Procedure Call
(Software)
LRF: Little Rubber Feet
Support devices for computer cases and other equipments
LPC: Linear Predictive Coding (Hardware)
LPC: Local Procedure Call LRL: Least Recently Loaded
LPC: Low Pin Count LRM: Language Reference Manual
(Hardware)
LRM: Least Recently used Master L
LPCM: Linear Pulse Code Modulation
LRMP: Lightweight Reliable Multicast Protocol
(Communication)
(Network)
LPD: Line Printer Daemon
LRPC: Lightweight Remote Procedure Call
LPDP: Line Printer Daemon Protocol (Software)
LPDU: Logical Protocol Data Unit LRS: Language ReSource
LPF: League for Programming Freedom File name extension
lpi: Lines Per Inch LRS: Line Repeater Station
LPI: Linux Professional Insitute LRSN: Log Record Sequence Number

Serves the community of Linux and open source software users (Databases)
vendors and developers, in the interest of increasing and LRU: Least Recently Used
supporting professional use of such software throughout world.
See also http://www.lpi.org/ (Organizations) LS: Laser Servo
(Hardware) (Compaq)
LPL: Logical Page List
(Databases) LS: Library Server
LPL: Lotus Programming Language LS: License Server
(Lotus)
LS: Login Server
lpm: Lines Per Minute (Security)
Printing speed (Hardware)
LSA: Lan and Scsi Adapter
LPM: Logical Process Manager (IBM)
LSA: Line Sharing Adapter
LPN: Logical Page Number
LSA: Link State Advertisement
LPP: Land Pre-Pits (Network)
Addressing aid in writing DVD-R (Hardware)
LSA: Local Security Authority
LPP: Licensed Program Product The Local Security Authority is the service provided to manage
local security, domain authentication, and Active Directory
LPPL: Latex Project Public License processes. The Security Accounts Manager, Net Logon and
See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.html Protected Storage services run within the context of lsass.exe
LPR: Line PRinter
LSAPI: License Services Application Programming
LPR: Line Printer Remote
Interface

LSAS LYLAS
LSAS: Local Security Authentication Server LTR: Load Task Register

Verifies validity of user logons to PC/Server. (Operating systems)
LTS: Leaning Toothpick Syndrome
(Microsoft)
Expresses readability in PERL regular expressions (Software)
LSASS: Local Security Authority Subsystem Service
LTSS: Long Term Station Statistics
Provides an interface for managing local security, domain
authentication, and Active Directory processes. The Security LU: Logical Unit
Accounts Manager, Net Logon and Protected Storage services are
components of LSA (Security) (Microsoft) LU6.2: Logical Unit 6.2
LSB: Least Significant Bit (or Byte) LUA: Logical Unit Application
LSC: Least Significant Character LUG: Linux User Group
LSD: Least Significant Digit LUG: Local Users Group
LSE: Language Sensitive Editor LUI: Local User Input
LSI: Large Scale of Integration LUIS: Library User Information Service
IC manufacturing integration level: it's the process of placing LUN: Logical Unit Number
from 3,000 to 100,000 transistors on one chip (Hardware)
SCSI subaddressing (Hardware)
LSL: Link Support Layer
LUNI: Lane User Network Interface
LSL: Load Segment Limit
LUS: LookUp Service
LSMS: Lucent Security Management Server Provides the functionality to discover and register services
(Lucent) (Software)
LSN: Log Sequence Number LUT: LookUp Table

LSN: Logical Sector Number LUW: Logical Unit of Work
LSNP: Loop Service with Number Portability LV: Logical Volume
(Communication) (IBM)
LSP: Label Switched Path LV: Low Voltage

(Hardware)
LSP: License Service Provider L
An Netware Loadable Module (NLM) that responds to requests LVCS: Logility Value Chain Solution
from NetWare Licensing Services (NLS) clients and licensing (Software)
service managers for licensing information or license units
(Novell) LVD: Low Voltage Differential
(Hardware)
LSR: Label Switched Router
in MPLS, LSRs function to read the incoming label, remove it, and LVDS: Low Voltage Differential Signalling
then based on its FEC, append a new Label to it (Network) (Hardware)
LSR: Link State Routing LVM: Logical Volume Manager

Provides a higher-level view of the disk storage on a computer
LST: Linux Support Team
system than the traditional view of disks and partitions. This
LST: LiST gives the system administrator much more flexibility in allocating
File name extension storage to applications and users (Operating systems)
LT: Less Than LVM: Low Voltage Differential Signaling

(IBM)
(Software)
LT: Local Team LVQ: Learning Vector Quantization
As in Rational ClearCase LT (Software) (Rational) LW: Lazy Write
LTC: Longitudinal Time Code LW: Length Width
LTE: Line Terminating Equipment LWP: LightWeight Process
LTF: Leap To Frogans A class of processes that share resources with each other and
therefore use fewer resources than ordinary processes (Operating
See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software) systems)
LTNS: Long Time No See LWP: Lotus WordPro
(Net lingo) File format for documents
LTO: Linear Tape Open LWT: Lightweight Windowing Toolkit
(Hardware)
LY: Love You
LTO: Locate-To-Order (Net lingo)
LTP: Long Term Predictor LYL: Love Ya Lots
LTPS: Low-Temperature PolySilicon (Net lingo)
(Hardware) LYLAB: Love Ya Like A Brother
LTR: Left-To-Right (Net lingo)
LTR: LeTteR LYLAS: Love Ya Like A Sister

(Net lingo)

LZ MAPE
LZ: Landing Zone MAD: Mpeg Audio Decoder

(Hardware) (Software)
LZ: Lempel-Ziv MADCAP: Multicast Address Dynamic Client
Allocation Protocol
LZH: Lempel-Ziv-Haruyasu
Protocol that allows hosts to request multicast address allocation
Compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a
services from multicast address allocation servers. This protocol
sliding window and additional compression applied to the output
is part of the Multicast Address Allocation Architecture being
of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding (Software)
defined by the Multicast Address Allocation Working Group
LZMA: Lempel-Ziv Modified Algorithm (Communication)
Compression algorithm (Software) MADD: Multiply-ADD
LZS: Lempel-Ziv-Stac CPU instruction type
Compression algorithm (Software) MADE: Manufacturing and Automated Design
LZSS: Lempel-Ziv-Storer-Szymanski Engineering
Compression algorithm (Software) MADYMO: MAthematical DYnamic MOdeling
LZW: Lempel-Ziv-Welch MAE: Macintosh Application Environment
Compression algorithm (Software)
MAE: Merit Access Exchange
LZX: Lempel-Ziv eXtended
MAE: Metropolitan Area Exchange
Compression algorithm (Software)
maen: Morning Afternoon Evening Night
M "Good maen" is used as a universal greeting on the Internet to
wish good morning, good afternoon, good evening or good night,
M: Mega all rolled into one (Net lingo)
MAGIC: Multi-dimensional Applications Gigabit
m: Milli Internetworking Consortium
Prefix for 10 power -3 (Organizations)
M4IF: Mpeg-4 Industry Forum MAGMA: Minimal Architecture for Generalized

See http://www.m4if.org/ (Organizations) Markup Applications
MA: Migration Agent mAh: MilliAmpere per Hour L
(Communication) (Novell) MAI: Multiple Applications Interface
mA: Milliampere MAJC: Microprocessor Architecture for Java
M
MAB: Multi-Architecture Binary Computing
(Software) (Sun)
MABO: Multiplier-Arithmetic BOlton MAM: Memory Allocation Map
MAC: MACro MAME: Multi-Arcade Machine Emulator

File name extension MAN: MANual
MAC: Mandatory Access Control File name extension
(Security) MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
MAC: Media Access Control Between a LAN and WAN in size and scope (Network)
(Network) MANIAC: Mathematical Analyzer Numerical
MAC: Message Authentication Code Integrator And Computer
(Security) MAO: Machine Account Object
MAC: Move, Add, Change (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
Abbreviation for a specific task request (Network) MAOS: Multiple Application Operating System
MAC: Multiple Access Computers (Operating systems)
MAC: Multiplexed Analog Component MAP: Maintenance Analysis Procedures

A color standard that transmits three color components in time- MAP: Management and Administration Platform
compressed serial analog form (Hardware)
MAP: Manufacturing Automation Protocol
MAC: Multiply ACcumulate
CPU instruction type MAP: Migration Assistance Program
MACH: Multilayer ACtuator Head MAP: Mobile Application Part

(Epson) Adds functionality for mobile text applications to the Public Land
Mobile Network (PLMN). MAP handles numerous services for text
MACS: Mail order And Catalog System messaging to and from mobile terminals, for example Short
Message Service Centres in GSM Networks
MACS: Modem Access Control System
MAP/TOP: Manufacturing Automation Protocol
MAD: Microsoft Active Directory Technical Office Protocol
MAPE: Mean Absolute Percentage Error

MAPI MCGA
MAPI: Messaging Application Programming MB: MotherBoard

Interface (Hardware)
(Microsoft)
MBASIC: Microsoft Beginners All-purpose Symbolic
MAPICS: Manufacturing, Accounting and Production Instruction Code
Information Control System (Microsoft)
(IBM)
MBCS: Multi-Byte Character Set
MAPOS: Multiple Access Protocol Over Sonet/sdh
MbD: Management by Delegation
(Network)
(Software)
MAPP: Microsoft Active Protections Program
MBGP: Multicast Border Gateway Protocol
To improve security protections for customers, Microsoft provides
Based on RFC 2283 (Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4), it offers
vulnerability information to major security software providers in
a method for providers to distinguish which prefixes they will use
advance of each monthly security update release (Operating
for performing multicast reverse path forwarding (RPF) checks
systems) (Microsoft)
(Network)
MAPS: Mail Abuse Prevention System
MBO: Management By Objectives
MAPS: Mcis Administration and Provisioning Service
MBONE: Multicast backBONE
(Microsoft)
(Network)
MAR: Memory Address Register
Mbps: MegaBits Per Second
(Hardware)
Transfer speed (Communication)
MARC: MAchine Readable Cataloging
MBps: MegaBytes Per Second
MARC: Multitechnology Automated Reader Card Transfer Speed (Communication)
MARS: Multicast Address Resolution Server MBQ: Message-Based Queueing
(Network)
MBR: Master Boot Record
MARVEL: Machine-Assisted Realization of the
MBS: Maximum Burst Size
Virtual Electronic Library
MBSA: Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
MAS: Microsoft Authorized Support
Scans for missing hotfixes and vulnerabilities in some Microsoft
(Microsoft) products (Security) (Microsoft)
MAS: Multi-Agent System MBX: MailBoX
(Software)
MC: Model Coordinates
M
MASM: Macro ASseMbler The coordinate system used for describing a single object (a
(Software) (Microsoft) graphics entity). When each object is described in its own model
coordinate space, all are mapped to one world coordinate space
MASS: Maximum Availability and Support
Subsystem MCA: Merchant Certification Authority
erchant Certification Authority
MAT: Maintenance Access Terminal
MCA: Micro Channel Architecture
MathML: MATHematical Markup Language
Bus architecture (Hardware) (IBM)
XML application for describing mathematical notation and
capturing both its structure and content. The goal of MathML is to MCAD: Mechanical Computer-Aided Design
enable mathematics to be served, received, and processed on the A specialized computer graphics program for the design of
Web, just as HTML has enabled this functionality for text mechanical structures, such as automobiles, airplanes, and their
MAU: Media Attachment Unit parts (Software)
(Network) MCAD: Microsoft Certified Application Developer
MAU: Multistation Access Unit Mid-level certification for professional developers who build
powerful applications using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and Web
(Network)
services (Microsoft)
MAVDM: Multiple Application Virtual Dos Machine
MCAV: Modified Constant Angular Velocity
MAVICA: MAgnetic VIdeo CAmera
MCB: Memory Control Block
(Hardware) (Sony)
MCBF: Mean Cycle Between Failure
MAW: Microsoft At Work
MCC: Manchester Code Converter
MAX: MAssively parallel uniX
MCC: Manchester Computing Centre
MAX: MAXimum
MCC: Memory Controller Chip
MAXML: Multichannel Accessible eXtensible Markup
(Hardware)
Language
MCDBA: Microsoft Certified DataBase Administrator
MB: Medium Business
(Microsoft)
Mb: MegaBit
MCF: Meta-Content Framework
MB: MegaByte (Netscape)
1024 kilobytes
MCGA: MultiColor Graphic Adapter
(Hardware)

MCGAM MDI
MCGAM: Mixer Conformant Global Address Mapping MCTS: Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
MCH: Memory Controller Hub MCU: MicroController Unit
(Hardware)
MCU: Multi-Chip Unit
MCI: Media Control Interface (DEC)
MCI: Microwave Communications, Inc. MCU: Multipoint Control Unit
Now MCI Communications corporation
MD: Make Directory
MCIS: Microsoft Commercial Internet System MD: Message Digest
(Network)
MCL: Microsoft Compatibility Labs
MD: MicroDrive
(Microsoft)
(Hardware) (IBM)
MCL: Much Clown Love
MD: Mini Disk
Used by icp fans also known as juggalos (Net lingo)
(Sony)
MCM: MultiChip Module
MD: Monochrome Display
MCN: Metropolitan Campus Network
MD5: Message Digest 5
MCNE: Master Certified Novell Engineer Cryptographically strong message digest, see RFC 1321
(Novell) (http://www.iesg.org/rfc/rfc1321.txt) (Security)
MCNS: Multimedia Cable Network System MDA: Mail Delivery Agent

(Hardware) (Cisco) One of the programs that handle email (see also MTA and MUA)
(Software)
MCP: Master Control Program
MDA: Market Development Agreement
MCP: Media and Communications Processor
(Hardware)
MDA: Medicated Digest Authentication
MCP: Message Content Protection MDA: Model Driven Architecture

Standards-based approach to system development
(Security)
MCP: Microsoft Certified Professional MDA: Monochrome Display Adapter
MCP: Multiport Communication Processor MDA: MultiDimensional Analysis M

MCP: Myrinet Control Program MDAC: Microsoft Data Access Component
(Network)
MCP/AS: Master Control Program/Advanced System MDB: Message-Driven Bean
(Software)
MCPC: Multi Channel Per Carrier
MDB: Microsoft DataBase
MC-PGA: Metallized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array File format (Databases) (Microsoft)
IC pins organization
MDB: Multiple-Device Boot
MCPS: Microsoft Certified Product Specialist A diskette used to boot from a CD-ROM or from a network
(Microsoft) (Operating systems)
MC-QFP: Metalized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array MDBE: Microsoft DataBase Engine
MCR: Maximum Cell Rate (Databases) (Microsoft)
MCR: Modem Control Register MDBMS: Multidimensional DataBase Management

System
M-CRM: Mobile Customer Relationship Management (Databases)
MCS: Material Control System MDD: Multidimensional Discrete Data
MCS: Multichannel Communications System (Databases)
MCSA: Microsoft Certified System Administrator MDF: Main Distribution Frame

(Microsoft) (Network)
MCSD: Microsoft Certified Solution Developer MDF: Master Data File

(Microsoft) MDF: Menu Definition File
MCSE: Microsoft Certified System Engineer File name extension
(Microsoft) MDFE: Multilevel Decision Feedback Equalization
MCSP: Microsoft Certified Solution Provider (Hardware)
(Microsoft) MDI: Medium Dependent Interface
MCT: Microsoft Certified Trainer MDI: Memory Display Interface
(Microsoft)
MDI: Multiple Document Interface
(Microsoft)

MDI MFIOP
MDI: Multiplex Device Interface MEB: Memory Expansion Board

MDIC: Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip MED: Management of External Data
(AT&T) (Databases)
MDIS: MetaData Interchange Specification MED: Minimum Expected Delay

MDK: Multimedia Developers Kit MEDAPE: MEDium Absolute Percentage Error
(Microsoft)
MEF: Message Exchange Format
MDL: Method Definition Language (Network)
MDL: Microstation Development Language MEL: Mercury Exchange Limited
MDLP: Mobile Data Link Protocol MEL: Michigan Electronic Library
MDLS: Member Digital Library Subscription MEL: Multos Executable Language
MDM: Machine Debug Manager MEM: MEMory
MDM: Media Device Manager MEMO: Multimedia Environment for MObiles
MDM: Membership DIrectory Manager MEMS: Micro ElectroMechanical System
(Microsoft) (Hardware) (TI)
MDMF: Multiple Data Message Format MEO: Medium Earth Orbit
Format used to send Caller ID information (Communication)
MERCI: Multimedia European Research
MDN: Message Disposition Notification Conferencing Integration
MDPM: Multilevel Distributed Process Modeling MERS: Most Economic Route Selection
MDR: Memory Data Register MERVA: Message Entry and Routing with Interfaces
(Hardware) to Various Applications
IBM connectivity to SWIFT network (Network) (IBM)
MDR: MetaData Repository
MES: Manufacturing Execution System
MDR: MicroDesign Resources
MES: Mobile Entertainment Service
MDR: Minimum Design Requirement
Nokia's platform that allows developers to create interactive
MDRAM: Multi-bank Dynamic Random Access games for WAP (Software) (Nokia)
Memory MESI: Modified, Exclusive, Shared and Invalid M
(Hardware)
MEST: Middle European Summer Time
MDRC: Manufacturing Design Rule Checker Timezone: GMT +1:00
MDS: Macintosh Development System MET: Memory Enhancement Technology
(Software) (Apple)
(HP)
MDS: Manufacturing Design System MET: Middle European Time
MDS: Meta Data Service Timezone: GMT +1:00
(Databases)
MEWT: Middle European Winter Time
MDS: Metacomputing Directory Service Timezone: GMT +1:00
MDS: Microprocessor Development System MF: Multi Frequency
(Software) MFC: Microsoft Foundation Classes
MDSM: MultiDimensional Storage Manager (Software) (Microsoft)
(Databases) (IBM) MFC: MultiFunction Center
MDT: Mechanical DeskTop (Hardware)
MDT: Mobile Data Terminal MFC&T: Microsoft Foundation Classes & Templates
Generic term for 1st generation wireless terminal connected to (Software) (Microsoft)
host computer via radio network (Hardware) (Motorola)
MFD: MultiFunction Device
MDT: Mountain Daylight Time (Hardware)
Timezone: GMT -7:00
MFENET: Magnetic Fusion Energy NETwork
MDTE: Male Data Terminal Equipment
MFFS: Microsoft Flash File System
RS-232 adapter (Hardware)
(Microsoft)
MDX: MultiDimensional eXpression
MFI: MainFrame Interactive
(Databases)
MFI: Multifunction Interpreter
MDY: Month Day Year
MFIOP: MultiFunction Input/Output Processor
ME: Millenium Edition
(Hardware)
Windows version (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
ME: Motion Estimation

MFLOPS MIG
MFLOPS: Million Floating point Operation Per MHPCC: Maui High Performance Computing Center
Second
MHS: Message Handling System
A unit of measure of execution speed that rates the oating-point
performance of a computer MHz: MegaHertZ
MFM: Modified Frequency Modulation MI: Management Interface
A unit of measure of execution speed that rates the floating-point
MI: Multiple Inheritance
performance of a computer (Hardware)
(Software)
MFN: Main Frogans Network
MI/MIC: Mode Indicate/Mode Indicate Common
See http://www.frogans.com/ (Software)
MIA: Mobile Internet Access
MFP: MultiFunction Printer
(Hardware) MIB: Management Information Base
MFPI: MultiFunction Peripheral Interface MiB: MebIByte
MFR: Multilink Frame Relay
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024 kiB
(Network)
MIB: Multimedia Integration Box
MFS: Macintosh File System
(Siemens-Nixdorf)
(Operating systems) (Apple)
MIC: Macro Interpretative Command
MFS: Magnetic tape Field Search
MIC: Market Intelligence Center
MFS: Memory File System
MIC: Media Interface Connector
MFS: Message Format Service
MIC: Message Integrity Check
MFS: Modified Filing System
(Operating systems) MICE: Modular Integrated Communications
Environment
MFT: Master File Table
Table containing NT's file system structure (Operating systems) MICR: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
(Microsoft) MICS: Macro Interpretive Commands
MFT: Mean Field Theory MID: Message IDentifier
MFT: Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of MID: Mobile Information Device
Tasks
MFTP: Multicast File Transfer Protocol
(Hardware)
M
MIDAS: Multi-tIer Distributed Application Service
MFU: Most Frequently Used (Borland)
MGA: Matrox Graphics Adapter MIDI: Musical Instrument Digital Interface
A note-oriented control language for specifying music. MIDI data
MGA: Monochrome Graphics Adapter
consists of codes specifying notes and timing. These codes can be
(Hardware) generated by or output to MIDI-compatible devices, such as
MGC: Media Gateway Controller keyboards or synthesizers (Hardware)
Provides a single management platform for fault, configuration, MIDL: Microsoft Interface Definition Language
performance and security management. It manages the Cisco (Microsoft)
PGW 2200 PSTN Gateway and the Cisco SC2200 Signaling
Controller. Cisco MGC Node Manager integrates access to all MIDP: Mobile Information Device Profile
signaling components (Software) (Cisco) Is a set of Java APIs which, together with the Connected Limited
Device Configuration (CLDC), provides a complete J2METM
MGCP: Media Gateway Control Protocol
application runtime environment targeted at mobile information
Controls (trunks) gateways interconnected with the Public devices, such as mobile phones and entry level PDAs (Sun)
Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) with packet networks and
controls (residential) gateways that function as network MIE: Mobile Internet Explorer
interfaces for customer premise located equipment (Software) (Microsoft)
(Communication)
MIF: Maker Interchange Format
MGDI: Multiplatform Graphics Device Interface (Adobe)
MIF: Management Information File
MGE: Modular Gis Environment
MIF: Management Information Format
MGET: Multiple GET
MIF: Minimum Internetworking Functionality
MGML: Minimal Generalized Markup Language
MIF: Module Interconnection Facility
MGR: ManaGeR
MIFST: Microsoft Internet Finance Server Toolkit
MH: Modified Huffman (Network) (Microsoft)
MHDL: Mimic Hardware Description Language MIG: Media Interoperability Gateway
MHEG: Multimedia and Hypermedia information MIG: Metal In Gap
coding Expert Group
MHP: Managed Hosting Provider

MII MMDS
MII: Media-Independent Interface MJD: Modified Julian Date

A 40-pin miniature-D connector that provides the electrical
MKDIR: MaKe DIRectory
interface between some Sun systems and 10BASE-T or 100BASE-
T Ethernet network transceivers (Hardware) (Sun) MKS: Mortice Kern Systems
MII: Microsoft/IBM/Intel ML: Machine Language
MIL: Machine Interface Layer ML: Meta Language
MILNET: MILitary NETwork (Software)
Originally part of the ARPANET, MILNET was partitioned in 1984 MLA: Multi-Letter Abbreviation
to provide military installations with reliable network service, Used in comedy along with TLA
while the ARPANET continued to be used for research (Network)
MLAPI: MultiLingual Application Programming
MIM: Map Image Metafile
Interface
MIM: Metal-Insulator-Metal
MLC: MultiLayer Ceramic
(Hardware)
MLC: MultiLevel Cell
MIMD: Multiple Instruction Multiple Data
Memory technology (Hardware)
MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MLE: Multi Language Environment
(Network)
MLE: MultiLine Editor
MIMO: Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
(Communication) MLE: MultiLine Entry field
MIN: MINimum MLI: Multiple Link Interface
MIN: Mobile Identification Number MLID: MultiLink Interface Driver
MIND: Microsoft INternet Developer MLM: Mailing List Manager
Microsoft magazine for Web developers (Microsoft) MLP: Meridian Lossless Packing
MinLSN: MINimum recovery Log Sequence Number MLPPP: MultiLink Point-to-Point Protocol
(Databases) (Communication)
MINT: Mint Is Not Tos MLS: MultiLevel Secure
MINUET: Minnesota INternet Users Essential Tools MLT: Mechanized Line Test
MINX: Multimedia Information Network eXchange Determines obvious line errors or loop lenght indications
(Hardware)
M
MIO: Memory Input/Output
MM: Management Module
MIP: Mixed Integer Programming
MM: MicroMiniature
MIP: Mobile Internet Protocol (Hardware)
(Network)
MM: Mobile Management
MIPS: Microprocessor without Interlocked Piped
Stages MM: MultiMedia
MIPS: Million Instructions Per Second MMA: Microcomputer Managers Association

A unit of measure of execution speed that rates the performance MMA: Midi Manufacturer Association
of a computer CPU
MMAPI: Mobile Media Application Programming
MIR: Micro-Instruction Register Interface
MIS: Management Information System MMC: Matched Memory Cycle
MIS: Mobile Information Server MMC: Microcomputer Marketing Council
MMC: Microsoft Management Console
MIS: Multimedia Information Sources (Microsoft)
MISC: MISCellaneous MMC: Microsoft Media Console
MISD: Multiple Instruction Single Data (Microsoft)
MISF: Microsoft Information Security Framework MMC: MultiMedia Card

MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology MMC: MultiMedia Commands

MITACS: Mathematics of Information Technology MMCD: MultiMedia Compact Disk
and Complex Systems (Hardware)
(Organizations) MMCD-E: MultiMedia Compact Disk-Erasable
MIX: Member Information eXchange MMCX: MultiMedia Communication Exchange
MIXER: Mime Internet X.400 Enhanced Relay MMDS: Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service
MJ: Modular Jack

MMF MOS
MMF: Make Money Fast MO: Magneto-Optical

(Net lingo) (Hardware)
MMF: Multi Mode Fiber MO: Managment Object
(Hardware)
MO:DCA: Mixed Object Document Content
MMF: MultiMedia File Architecture
Filename extension MOB: Memory-Order Buffer
MMG: Massively Multiplayer Game MOC: Microsoft Official Curriculum
MMI: Man-Machine Interface (Microsoft)
MMIS: Materials Manager Information System MOCA: Microsoft Online Crash Analysis
MML: Maker Macro Language
MOD: Magneto-Optical Disk
MML: Music Markup Language
MOD: Microsoft Office 2000 Developer
MMM: Mobile Media Mode
MMO: Mobile MOdule
MOD: MODulus
(Hardware) (Intel)
Reminder of the integer division
MMOD: Male MODem
MODEM: MOdulator/DEModulator
Modem adapter (Hardware) (Cisco)
MOF: Managed Object Format
MMOG: Massively Multiplayer Online Game
(Microsoft)
(Games)
MOF: Meta-Object Facility
MMORPG: Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing
Standard interfaces that can be used to define and manipulate a
Game
set of interoperable metamodels and their corresponding models
(Games)
MOF: Microsoft Operations Framework
MMPM: MultiMedia Presentation Manager
Provides technical guidance that enables organizations to achieve
MMPM/2: MultiMedia Presentation Manager 2 mission-critical system reliability, availability, supportability, and
manageability of Microsoft products and technologies (Microsoft)
MMR: Modified Modified Read
MOG: Multiplayer Online Game
MMRPG: Massive Multiplayer Role Playing Game
(Games)
MOHLL: Machine Oriented High Level Language M
MMS: Maximum Message Size MOLAP: Multidimensional On-Line Analytical
Processing
MMS: Merchant Management System
MOM: Manufacturing Operations Management
MMS: Microsoft Media Server
MOM: Message-Oriented Middleware
Streaming protocol used by the Microsoft Media Server. Used to
access unicast content from a Windows Media Server to a (Software)
Windows Media Player (Network) (Microsoft)
MOM: Microsoft Operations Manager
MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service Provides manageability as part of the design and implementation
of Windows Server System technologies (Operating systems)
MMSH: Microsoft Media Server over Http (Microsoft)
MOMA: Message-Oriented Middleware Association
MMST: Microsoft Media Server over Tcp (Organizations)
MONET: Multiwavelength Optical NETwork
MMU: Memory Management Unit (Network)
(Hardware)
MOO: Mud, Object Oriented
MMVF: MultiMedia Video FIle A client used to connect to a MUD
(NEC)
MOP: Maintenance Operations Protocol
MMX: Matrix Manipulation eXtensions (Network)
(Intel)
MOP: Meta Object Protocol
MMX: MultiMedia eXtensions A reflective facility of an object-oriented language (Software)
(Intel)
MOPA: MultiProtocol Over Atm
MNG: Multiple-image Network Graphics (Communication)
A Portable Network Graphics (PNG)-like image format supporting
multiple, animated, transparent and compressed images MOPS: Million Operations Per Second
MNN: My Netscape Network MO-ROD: Magneto Optical-Rewriteable Optical Disk
(Hardware)
MNOS: Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor
MOS: Magneto-Optic Storage
MNP: Microcom Networking Protocol
(Network) MOS: Mean Opinion Score

MOS MPOW
MOS: Metal-Oxide Semiconductor MP: My Pleasure

Semiconductor manufacturing technology (Hardware) (Net lingo)
MOS: Microsoft Office Specialist MP+: Multichannel Protocol Plus
(Microsoft) (Network) (Ascend)
MOSES: Massive Open Systems Environment MP3: MPeg layer 3

Standard Sound encoding format (Software)
MOSFET: Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect MP4: MPeg layer 4
Transistor Sound encoding format (Software)
(Hardware)
MPA: Memo Pad Archive
MOSPF: Multicast Open Shortest Path First Filename extension
(Communication)
MPAA: Motion Picture Association of America
MOSS: Microsoft Office Server System (Organizations)
MPC: Mobile Productivity Center
MOSS: Mime Objects Security Services Palm cradle (Hardware)
MOSTL: Microsoft Office Smart Tag List MPC: Multimedia Personal Computer
Tool that makes it easy for Office developers to build and update Multimedia specifications
XML lists of terms to recognize (Software) (Microsoft)
MPC: MultiPath Channel
MOT: Multimedia Object Transfer
MPC+: MultiPath Channel Plus
MOTD: Message Of The Day (IBM)
MOTIS: Message-Oriented Text Interchange MPCC: MultiProtocol Communication Controller
Systems (Hardware)
MOTO: Master Of The Obvious MPCS: Mission Planning and Control Station
(Net lingo)
MPDU: Message Protocol Data Unit
MOTOS: Member Of The Other Sex
(Net lingo) MPE: Multi-Programming Executive
(HP)
MOTSS: Member Of The Same Sex
MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group
(Net lingo)
A group that has developed standards for compressing moving M
MOU: Memorandum of Understanding pictures and audio data and for synchronizing video and audio
datastreams. Also, a file format
MOUS: Micorsoft Office User Specialist
(Microsoft) MPI: Message Passing Interface
(Sun)
MOV: Metal Oxide Varistor
(Hardware) MPI: MultiPrecision Integer
MOV: MOVe MPI: Multiprocessor Interconnect Bus
Processor instruction
MPIF: Message Passing Interface Forum
MOV: MOVie MPIF: Multi-Processor Interconnect Facility
Fileformat for movies (Apple)
A facilty to support multiple TPF complexes communicating with
MOVS: Microsoft Office/Vba Solution each other (IBM)
(Microsoft) MPK: MultiProcessing Kernel
MOVS: MOVe String (Operating systems)
Processor instruction MPL: Message Passing Library
MO-WORM: Management Object (IBM)
MP: Massively Parallel MPL: Mozilla Public License
MP: Master Plan MPLS: MultiProtocol Label Switching

An architecture on the IETF standards track for integrating a
MP: MicroProcessor mechanism for label-swapping with Layer 3 routing to accelerate
MP: Multi Processor packet forwarding (Network)
A computer using two or more nearly equal processing units MPMD: Multiple Processor/Multiple Data
under integrated control (Hardware)
MPOA: Multi-Protocol Over Atm
MP: Multilink Protocol An ATM Forum standard for the routing of multiple protocols
Method for splitting, recombining and sequencing datagrams across an ATM substrate. It enables ATM services to be integrated
across multiple logical data links. Originally designed to exploit with existing local-area networks that use Ethernet, token-ring or
multiple bearer channels in ISDN, it's equally applicable to any TCP/IP protocols (Network)
situation in which multiple PPP links connect two systems
(Network) MPOE: Minimum Point Of Entry
Location phone and data lines first come into a building
MP: MultiProtocol (Communication)
MPOW: Multiple Purpose Operator Workstation

MPP MS
MPP: Massively Parallel Processing MRB: Method Request Broker

MPP: Message Posting Protocol MRC: Mesh Router Chip
(Network)
MPP: Message Processing Program
MRCF: Microsoft Realtime Compression Format
MPPC: Microsoft Point to Point Compression
(Network) (Microsoft) MRCI: Microsoft Real-time Compression Interface
(Microsoft)
MPPD: Multi Purpose Peripheral Device
MRCP: Media Resource Control Protocol
MPPE: Microsoft Point to Point Encryption
Protocol specifically designed to address the need for client
Encrypts data for Point to Point Protocol (PPP) or Point to Point
control of media processing resources such as Automatic Speech
Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) connections (Network) (Microsoft)
Recognition (ASR) and Text-To-Speech (TTS) engines
MPQP: Multi-Protocol Quad Port
MREQ: Memory REQuest
(IBM)
MPR: MultiPart Repeater
MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MPR: Multi-Protocol Routing A medical imaging technique used for image capture. Tissue area
(Network) is simultaneously subjected to electromagnetic radiation and a
magnetic field
MPS: MultiPage Signal
M-RIB: Multicast Routing Information Base
MPS: Multiple Priority System (Network)
(Network)
MRJ: Macos Runtime for Java
MPS: MultiProcessor Specification (Software) (Apple)
MPSX: Mathematical Programming System eXtended MRM: Most Recently used Master
MPT: MultiPort Transceiver MRNET: Minnesota Regional NETwork
MPTA: Multi Protocol Transport Architecture MRO: Maintenance, Repair and Operation
MPTN: Multi-Protocol Transport Network MRO: Multi-Region Operation
MPTP: Micro Payment Transfer Protocol (IBM)
MPTS: Multi-Protocol Transport Services MROC: Miniature Ruggedized Optical Correlator

(Hardware)
MPTS/2: Multi Protocol Transport Services 2
MRP: Manufacturing Resource Planning
M
MPTY: More Power To You
(Net lingo) MRP: Material Requirement Planning
MPU: MicroProcessor Unit MRPL: Main Ring Path Length
(Hardware) MRS: Media Recognition System
MPVM: Message Parallel Virtual Machine MRS: Message Routing System
(Sun) (Communication)
MPW: Macintosh Programmer's Workshop MRS: Micro Reflective Structure
(Software) (Apple) (Hardware) (Sharp)
MQ: Message Queuing MRS: Monitoring and Recovery Subsystem
(Software)
MrSID: MultiResolution Seamless Image Database
MQE: Managed Query Environment Image compression algorithm
(Databases)
MRT: Mean Repair Time
MQH: Memory Queue Handler
On Sun server systems, the device on the system board that
MRTG: Multi Router Traffic Grapher
provides the interface between the system board SIMMs and the MRU: Maximum Receive Unit
backplane XDBus (Hardware) (Sun)
MRU: Most Recently Used
MQI: Message Queuing Interface
(IBM) MR-X: Magneto Resistive - eXtended
(Hardware)
MR: Magneto-Resistive
Hard disk head technology (Hardware) MS: Memory Stick
(Hardware) (Sony)
MR: Maintenance Release
(Software) MS: Memory System
MR: Memory Read MS: Message Store
(Hardware) MS: MicroSoft
MR: Modem Ready ms: MilliSecond
MR: Modified Read Time measurement unit
MRAM: Magnetic Random Access Memory MS: Mobile Station

(Hardware)

MSA MSLU
MSA: Management Services Architecture MSDP: Multicast Source Directory Protocol

(IBM) Developed for peering between Internet service providers (ISPs),
it enables Rendezvous Points (RPs) to share information about
MSAA: MicroSoft Active Accessibility active sources (Network)
(Software)
MSDR: Multiplexed Streaming Data Request
MSAA: Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing
Anti-aliasing technique using multiple samples offset by a fraction
MSDS: MicroSoft Developer Support
of a pixel (Hardware) (Microsoft)
MSACM: MicroSoft Audio Compression Manager MSDSS: MicroSoft Directory Synchronization

(Microsoft) Services
MSAU: MultiStation Access Unit
(Network) MSDTC: MicroSoft Distributed Transactions
Coordinator
MSAV: MicroSoft Anti Virus (Databases) (Microsoft)
(Microsoft)
MSE: MicroSoft Exchange
MSB: Most Significant Bit (or Byte) (Software) (Microsoft)
MSBD: Media Stream Broadcast Distribution MsecSP: Managed SECurity Service Provider
Protocol used to distribute streams between Windows Media
Encoder and the Windows Media server components, and to MSEQ: MicroSoft English Query
transfer streams between servers (Microsoft) (Databases) (Microsoft)
MSBF: Mean Swaps Between Failures MSF: Microsoft Solutions Framework
MSC: MicroSoft C (Microsoft)
MSC: Mobile Switching Center MSFC: Multilayer Switch Feature Card

(Network)
MSCDEX: MicroSoft CD-rom EXtensions
MSFP: Management Service Focal Point
MSCE: MicroSoft Certified Engineer MSFR: Minimum Security Function Requirements

(Microsoft) (IBM)
MSCHAP: MicroSoft Challenge Handshake MSG: MeSsaGe

Authentication Protocol File name extension
(Microsoft) MSI: Medium-Scale Integration M
MSCM: Multiple Slots on Continuation Mechanism The process of placing from 100 to 3,000 transistors on a chip
(Hardware)
MSCP: Mass Storage Control Protocol
MSI: MicroSoft Installer
MSCS: MicroSoft Cluster Server (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
MSCT: MicroSoft Certified Trainer MSIE: MicroSoft Internet Explorer
(Microsoft) (Software) (Microsoft)
MSCTEC: MicroSoft Certified Technical Education MSIL: MicroSoft Intermediate Language
Center (Software) (Microsoft)
(Microsoft)
MSIMN: MicroSoft Internet Mail and News
MSD: Mass Storage Device (Microsoft)
MSD: Microsoft System Diagnostics MSISDN: Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital
(Microsoft) Network
MSD: Most Significant Digit The number used to call a mobile subscriber. An MSISDN consists
of a country code, a national destination code and a subscriber
MSDA: MicroSoft Direct Access number (Communication)
(Microsoft)
MS-ISDN: Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital
MSDE: MicroSoft Database Engine Network number
(Databases) (Microsoft) MSJ: Microsoft Systems Journal
MSDE: MicroSoft Desktop Engine Microsoft magazine (Microsoft)
(Databases) (Microsoft) MSK: Minimum-Shift Keying
MSDK: Microsoft Solutions Development Kit MSKB: MicroSoft Knowledge Base
(Microsoft)
(Microsoft)
MSDL: MicroSoft Download Library MSL: Map Specification Library
(Microsoft)
MSL: Microsoft Software Library
MSDN: Macintosh Software Distribution Network
MSL: Mirrored Server Link
MSDN: MicroSoft Developer Network
(Microsoft) MSLU: MicroSoft Layer for Unicode
MSDOS: MicroSoft Disk Operating System

MSMQ MTS
MSMQ: MicroSoft Message Queue MTA: Multi-Threaded Apartment

(Network) (Microsoft) A threading context in which components must handle
synchronization themselves. Under COM+ the threads that run in
MSN: MicroSoft Network the MTA com from a thread pool managed by the system
(Network) (Microsoft) (Software) (Microsoft)
MSN: Multiple Subscriber Number MTBB: Mean Time Between Breakdowns
MSNF: Multiple Systems Networking Facility MTBCF: Mean Time Between Critical Failures
MSO: Multiple-Systems Operator MTBF: Mean Time Between Failures
MSP: Management Service Provider The average time a component can operate without a failure. The
MTBF is the number of failures divided by the number of hours
MSP: Message Send Protocol the component has operated (Hardware)
(Network) MTBJ: Mean Time Between Jams
MSP: Messaging Service Provider MTBRP: Mean Time Between Parts Replacement
MSP: MicroSoft Paint MTC: Midi Time Code
MTD: Memory Technology Drivers
MSR: Magnetic Super Resolution
(Hardware) MTD: Month To Date
Time series function
MSR: MicroSoft Research
(Microsoft) MTDA: Mean Time between Data Access
The average time before non-redundant components fail, causing
MSR: MicroSoft Reserved (partition) data inaccessibility without loss or corruption. (Hardware)
MTDL: Mean time to Data Loss
MSRN: Mobile Station Roaming Number The average time before the failure of an array component causes
data to be lost or corrupted. (Hardware)
MSRP: Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price
MTDT: Moscow Time Daylight Time
MSS: Managed Security Service
Timezone: GMT +3:00
MSS: Mass Storage Subsystem
MTE: MuTating Engine
An early version of the Sun pedestal disk storage system
(Hardware) (Sun) MTF: Microsoft Tape Format
MSS: Multiprotocol Switched Server (Hardware) (Microsoft)
M
(Hardware) (IBM) MTF: Modulation Transfer Function
MSSP: Managed Security Service Provider (Hardware)
MST: Mountain Standard Time MTFTP: Multicast Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Timezone: GMT -7:00 (Network)
MSTS: MicroSoft Terminal Server MTH: Memory Translator Hub

MSU: Mass Storage Unit MTI: Mips Technologies Inc.

(Hardware) MTM: Mobile Trusted Module
MSU: Media Server Unit (Security)
MSU: Millions of Service Units MTN: Mobile Telephone Network
MSU: Modem Sharing Unit MTOM: Message Transmission Optimization

(Hardware) Mechanism
MSVC: MicroSoft Visual C MTP: Message Transfer Part
MSW: Machine Status Word MTP: Multicast Transport Protocol

(Network)
MT: Machine Translation
MTRP: Maximum Transfer Rate Performance
MT: Management Team
MTS: Message Telephone Service
MTA: Message Transfer Agent
An ISO/OSI application process that stores and forwards MTS: Message Transfer System
messages in the X.400 message handling system. Compare with (Software)
Internet mail agent
MTS: Michigan Terminal System
MTA: Message Transfer Architecture Academic operating system (OS), 1960s-90s. Along with Multics
(Software) at MIT, it was among the first operational virtual memory
operating systems in the world (Operating systems)
MTA: Multimedia Terminal Adapter
MTS: Microsoft Transaction Server
MTA: Multiple Terminal Access (Microsoft)
MTS: Multichannel Television Sound

MTSO MZ
MTSO: Mobile Telephone Switching Office MVCC: Multi-Version Concurrency Control

(Network) (Databases)
MTST: Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter MVD: MultiValued Dependencies
(Hardware) (IBM)
MVDM: Multiple Virtual DOS Machines
MTST: Moscow Time Standard Time
MVGA: Monochrome Video Graphics Array
Timezone: GMT +3:00
MVIF: Multi-Vendor Interacting Forum
MTT: Multi-Transaction Timer
MVIP: MultiVendor Integration Protocol
MTTD: Mean Time To Diagnose
MVLS: Microsoft Volume License Site
MTTF: Mean Time To Failure
(Microsoft)
(Hardware)
MVNO: Mobile Virtual Network Operator
MTTFF: Mean Time To First Failure
MVP: Most Valuable Professional
MTTR: Mean Time To Repair
(Microsoft)
The average time required to bring an array storage subsystem
back to full fault tolerance. (Hardware) MVP: Multimedia Video Processor
MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit MVP: Music Video Producer
(Software)
MUA: Mail User Agent
MVR: Multimedia Vehicle and Repository
MUD: Multi-User Dialogue
(Software) (IBM)
MUD: Multi-User Dimensions
MVS: Multiple Virtual Storage
Formerly, Multi-User Dungeon
IBM Mainframe operating system (IBM)
MUD: Multi-User Dungeon
MVS/SP: Multiple Virtual Storage/System Product
Multi-user interactive role-playing games on the Internet
MVS/XA: Multiple Virtual Storage/eXtended
MUG: Multi-User Game
Architecture
MUI: Multilanguage User Interface
MVT: Multiprogramming with a Variable number of
(Operating systems)
Tasks
MUI: Multimedia User Interface
MW: Memory Write
MUL: MULtiply (Hardware) M
MULDEM: MULtiplexer-DEMultiplexer MW: MiddleWare
MULTICS: MULTiplexed Information and Computing MWFM: Mobile Wireless Fault Mediator
Service (Network) (Cisco)
MULTOS: MULTiapplication-card Operating System MWI: Mobile Web Initiative
(Operating systems) Proposes to address issues like interoperability and usability for
mobile phones through a concerted effort of players in the mobile
MUMBLE: Multi User Multicast Basic Language
field, including authoring tool vendors, content providers,
Exchange handset manufacturers, browser vendors and mobile operators
MUMPS: Massachusetts "general hospital" Utility MWM: Motif Window Manager
Multi-Programming System (Operating systems)
A programming language with extensive tools for the support of
database management systems. MUMPS was originally used for MWS: Matsushita White Skipping
medical records and is now widely used where multiple users
MX: Mail eXchanger
access the same databases simultaneously, e.g. banks, stock
exchanges,... (Databases) MXCC: Module Xbus Cache Controller
MUP: Multiple Unc Provider On Sun server systems, a device located on the processor module
that controls the ow of data between the XBus and the module
(Network)
cache RAM and processor chip (Hardware) (Sun)
MUSE: Multi-User Simulated Environment
MXF: Material eXchange Format
MUT: Monitor Under Test A SMPTE standard that defines a file format for AV media and
associated metadata
MUX: MUltipleXer
MXS: Microsoft eXchange Server
MUX: Multi-User eXperience
On Sun server systems, a device located on the processor module
mV: MilliVolt that controls the flow of data between the XBus and the module
cache RAM and processor chip (Microsoft)
MVA: Market Value Added
MZ: Mark Zbikowski
MVA: Multi-domain Vertical Alignment DOS executable file header identifier
(Hardware) (Fujitsu)
MVB: Multimedia Viewer Book
MVC: Model View Controller
MVC: Multimedia Viewer Compiler

MZAP NBD
MZAP: Multicast-scope Zone Announcement NAPI: Network Application Programming Interface

Protocol
NAPLPS: North American Presentation-Level
Protocol for discovering the multicast administrative scope zones
Protocol Syntax
that are relevant at a particular location. MZAP also provides
mechanisms whereby common misconfigurations of (Communication)
administrative scope zones can be discovered (Communication) NAPT: Network Address & Port Translation
MZR: Multiple Zone Recording (Network)
NARP: Nbma Address Resolution Protocol
N (Network)
n: Nano NAS: Netobjects Authoring Server
NAS: Netscape Application Server
N/I: Non-Interlaced (Operating systems) (Netscape)
N+I: Networld + Interop NAS: Network Access Server
Trade conference (Network)
NAB: National Association of Broadcasters NAS: Network Application Support
NAB: Netscape Application Builder (DEC)
(Software) (Netscape) NAS: Network Attached Storage
NAB: Not A Bug (Hardware)
Used as a reason when rejecting a bug report (Software) NASA: National Aeronautics and Space
NAC: Network Adapter Card Administration
(Organizations)
NAC: Network Administration Center
NASAA: North American Securities Administrators
NACCB: National Association of Computer Association
Consultant Businesses (Organizations)
(Organizations)
NASDAQ: National Association of Securities Dealers
NACD: National Association of Computer Dealers Automatic Quotation
NACS: National Advisory Committee on NASI: Netware Asynchronous Services Interface
Semiconductors (Novell)
NACS: Netware Asynchronous Communication NASIRC: Nasa Automated Systems Internet
M
Server Response Capability
NACS: Network Access Control System NASKER: Nasa AmeS KERnel
N
NAD: Network Access Device NASL: Name/Age/Sex/Location
NAD: Network Activity Display (Net lingo)
(Network) NASSL: Network Accessible Services Specification
NAE: Not Above or Equal Language
NAG: National Algorithms Group NAT: Network Address Translation

A technology that enables a network to use one set of IP
NAG: Network Architecture Group addresses for internal traffic and a second for external traffic
NAK: Not AcKnowledged (Network)
A control code returned by a receiving station indicating that a NATOA: National Association of
station with an established connection has sent incorrect Telecommunications Officers & Advisors
information
NAT-PT: Network Address Translation - Protocol
NAL: Novell Application Launcher Translation
(Software) (Novell) (Communication)
NAM: Number Assignment Module NAU: Network Access Unit
NAMI: Network Adaptive Multimedia Image (Network)
NAMPS: Narrow-band Analog Mobile Phone Service NAU: Network Addressable Unit
(Network)
NAMS: National Association of Multimedia
Shareware NAUN: Nearest Active Upstream Neighbour
NaN: Not A Number NAV: Norton Anti Virus
A symbolic entry that is encoded in oating-point format (Software) (Symantec)
NANAE: News.Admin.Net-Abuse.Email NAVSTAR: NAVigation Satellite Timing And Ranging

Usenet newsgroups NAWS: Negotiate About Window Size
NAP: Network Access Point NBD: Next Business Day
A symbolic entry that is encoded in floating-point format Support term
(Network)

NBDD NDB
NBDD: NetBios Datagram Distribution NCC: Norton Control Center

(Network) Norton Utilities' program (Software) (Symantec)
NBE: Not Below or Equal NCC: Novell Customer Connection
(Novell)
NBI: Nothing But Initials
NCCF: Network Communications Control Facility
NBMA: Non-Broadcast Multi Access
NCD: Network Computing Device
NBNS: NetBios Name Service
Service that keeps track of which names are in use at which IP NCF: Netware Command File
addresses, thus allowing the underlying IP network to find the (Novell)
nodes and transport NetBIOS messages between them. The Name
Service runs on UDP port 137 (Network) NCF: Network Computing Framework
(Network) (IBM)
NBO: Network Byte Order
Refers to the order in which the bytes of a multi-byte number are NCGA: National Computer Graphics Association
transmitted on a network — most significant byte first. This might
be different than the order in which the number is stored in
NCI: Network Computer, Inc.
memory, depending on the processor architecture (Network) Manufacturer
NBO: Networked Business Object NCI: Non Coded Information

(Software) NCIA: Native Client Interface Architecture
NBP: Name Binding Protocol NCIC: National Crime Information Center
NBP: Network Bootstrap Program NCITS: National Committee for Information
This is the first program that is downloaded into a machine that Technology Standards
has selected a Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) capable
device for remote boot services NCMOS: N-channel Complementary Metal 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
(Network) NCP: Netware Core Protocol
NBSP: Non-Breakable SPace NCP: Network Control Program

Communication management in IBM networks (Network) (IBM)
NBSS: NetBios Session Service
(Network) NCP: Network Control Protocol N
(Network)
NBT: NetBios on Tcp/ip
NCP: Non-Carbon Paper
NC: Naming Context
Part of the Active Directory configuration (replication topology NCP: Not Copy Protected
and related metadata) (Network) (Microsoft)
NCQ: Native Command Queuing
NC: Network Computer Technology designed to increase performance and endurance by
(Network) allowing the drive to internally optimize the execution order of
workloads (Hardware)
NC: Network Control
NCR: National Cash Registers
NC: Network Coordinator
NCS: Network Computing System
NC: No Carry (HP)
NC: No Connection NCSA: National Center for Supercomputing
(Hardware) Applications
NC: Norton Commander The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign developers of the
original NCSA Mosaic browser (Organizations)
NC: Numerical Control
NCSC: National Computer Security Center
NCA: Network Communications Adapter (Organizations)
NCA: Network Computing Architecture NCSI: Network Communications Services Interface
(Oracle)
NCSL: National Computer Systems Laboratory
NCAPI: Netscape Client Application Programming
Interface NCTE: Network Channel-Terminating Equipment
(Software) (Netscape) NCTL: National Computer and Telecommunications
NCC: National Computer Conference Laboratory
NCC: National Computing Center NDA: Non Disclosure Agreement

NDAC: No Data ACcepted
NCC: Network Control Center
(Network) NDB: Non-Directional Beacon

NDC NGI
NDC: Normalized Device Coordinates NEP: Network Equipment Provider

The coordinate system between the user’s world coordinates
NES: National Education Supercomputer
(WC) and the graphics system’s physical device coordinates in the
viewing pipeline NES: Netscape Enterprise Server
NDCC: Network Data Collection Center (Software) (Netscape)
NDDK: Network Device Development Kit NEST: Novell Embedded Systems Technology
(Novell)
NDDL: Neutral Data Definition Language
NetBEUI: NETwork Bios Extended User Interface
NDE: News Development Environment (Network)
NDEF: Not DEFined NetBIOS: NETwork Basic Input Output System
NDIS: Network Driver Interface Specification (Network)
(Network) NETBLT: NETwork BLock Transfer
NDL: Network Database Language NETCDF: NETwork Common Data Format
(Databases)
NETMON: NETwork MONitor
NDM: Network Data Manager
On-line storage service NEWS: Netware Early Warning System
NDMP: Network Data Management Protocol NEWS: Network Extensible Window System
(Network) A window system based on PostScript that Sun developed and
licenses (Operating systems) (Sun)
NDMS: Netware Distributed Management Services
NEWT: NEWs Terminal
NDN: Non-Delivery Notice
NEXT: Near-End CrossTalk
NDP: Numeric Data Processor
NeXT: NEw eXtended Technology
NDPS: Novell Distributed Print Services
NF: Naturally Flat
(Network) (Novell)
Crt technology (Hardware) (Mitsubishi)
NDR: Network Data Representation
NFAS: Non-Facility Associated Signaling
(Network)
In ISDN, a single D-channel can control multiple PRIs (Network)
NDR: Non-Delivery Report
NFE: Net Future Expectation
NDRO: Non Destructive ReadOut
NFF: No Fault Found
NDS: Netware Directory Service
NFI: Near Field Imaging
(Network) (Novell)
Touch screen where the screen itself is the sensor. NFI uses a N
NDT: Non Destructive Testing sophisticated sensing circuit that can detect a conductive object -
a finger or conductive stylus - through a layer of glass, as well as
NE: Network Element through gloves or other potential barriers (Hardware)
(Network)
NFI: No F***ing Idea
NE: Not Equal (Net lingo)
(Software)
NFM: No Further Messages
NEARNET: New England Academic and Research End of script, ie: you dont want to talk to this person anymore
NETwork (Net lingo)
NEAT: Novell Easy Administration Tool NFR: Near Field Recording
(Novell) (Hardware)
NEB: Netscape Extension Builder NFS: Need For Speed
(Software) (Netscape) Racing computer and video games by Electronic Arts released on
platforms including personal computers, Nintendo, Xbox, Xbox
NEC: National Electrical Code
360, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable consoles (Games)
NEC: Nippon Electric Corporation NFS: Network File System
(NEC)
A Sun distributed file system that provides transparent access to
NECA: National Exchange Carrier Association remote file systems on heterogeneous networks (Operating
systems) (Sun)
(Organizations)
NED: Nano-Emissive Display NFSU2: Need For Speed: Underground 2

Racing game, developed and published by Electronic Arts in
(Hardware)
2003. It is part of the Need for Speed computer and video game
NEFS: Network Extensible File System series (Games)
NEG: NEGative NFT: Network File Transfer

NELIAC: Navy Electronics Laboratory International NG: NewsGroup
Algol Compiler Discussion forum
NEMA: National Electrical Manufacturers Association NGE: Not Greater or Equal

NEP: Network Entry Point NGI: Next Generation Internet

NGIO NL
NGIO: Next Generation Input Output NILO: Network Interface LOader

(Hardware) (Intel) Boot Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 95/98/NT4 and support the Intel
PXE standard, and is suitable for burning into ROM. It is an
NGWS: Next Generation Windows Services evolution of the previous Etherboot and Netboot projects. See
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) http://www.nilo.org/
NHC: National Hurricane Center NIM: Network Installation Management
NHR: National Handwriting Recognition (IBM)
NHRP: Next Hop Resolution Protocol NiMH: NIckel-Metal Hydride

(Network) Rechargable battery technology
NHSE: National Hpcc Software Exchange NIMS: Novell Internet Messaging System
(Novell)
NI: New Instructions
(Hardware) (Intel)
NIO: Native Input/Output
Rechargeable battery technology
NI: No Increase
NIO: New Input/Output
NI: Non Interlaced Java's new I/O subsystem (Software) (Sun)
(Hardware)
NIPR: Non-secure Internet Protocol Router
NIA: Next Instruction Address (Network)
NIAM: Natural language Information Analysis NIPS: Network I/os Per Second
Method
NIPS: Network Intrusion Prevention System
NIC: Network Information Center (Security)
Originally, a single NIC at SRI International served the ARPANET
(and later the defense data network [DDN] community) (Network) NIR: Network Information Retrieval
(Network)
NIC: Network Interface Card
(Hardware) NIS: Network Information Service
A distributed network database containing key information about
NIC: New Internet Computer the systems and the users on the network. The NIS database is
(Hardware) stored on the master server and all the slave servers (Network)
(Sun)
NIC: Numeric Intensive Computing
NIS: Norton Internet Security
NiCd: NIckel-CaDmium
(Software) (Symantec)
Rechargable battery technology
NIS/YP: Network Information System/Yellow Pages
NICE: Narrative, Immersive, Collaborative
Environment N-ISDN: Narrowband Integrated Services Digital N
Rechargeable battery technology Network
NICE: Network Information and Control Exchange N-ISDN: National Integrated Services Digital
Network
NICE: Novell Internet Connection Expert
(Network) (Novell) NISI: Network Information Services Infrastructure
(Network)
NICOLAS: Network Information Center OnLine Aid
System NISO: National Information Standards Organization
(NASA)
NISP: Networked Information Services Project
NID: Network Interface Device
NIST: National Institute of Standards and
(Hardware) Technology
NID: New Interactive Display (Organizations)
(NEC) NITC: National Information Technology Center
NID: Next IDentifier NITOL: Norway-net with IT for Open Learning
NIDL: Network Interface Definition Language NIU: Network Interface Unit
(Network)
NIW: Network Installation Wizard
NIDS: Network Intrusion Detection System (Software) (Microsoft)
(Security)
NIXL: Nas Interface eXchange Language
NIFC: Netscape Internet Foundation Classes (Network)
(Software) (Netscape)
NJ: Nice Job
NIH: Not Invented Here (Net lingo)
NIHCL: National Institute of Health Class Library NJE: Network Job Entry
NII: National Information Infrastructure (IBM)
NIIT: National Information Infrastructure Testbed NJM: Native Java Microprocessor

(Hardware)
NIIT: National Institute of Information Technology
(Organizations) NL: New Line

NLA NOW
NLA: Network Location Awareness NMI: Non-Maskable Interrupt

Enables Windows Sockets 2 applications to identify the logical (Hardware)
network to which a Windows computer is attached and to which
physical network interface a given application has saved specific NML: Network Management Layer
information (Operating systems) (Microsoft) NML: Nonconfirmed Mailing List
NLANR: National Laboratory for Applied Network Database of Internet Protocol addresses (IP addresses) which
Research have been demonstrated to be the sources of mailing lists which
do not fully verify the email addresses on their list. See
NLB: Network Load Balancing http://mail-abuse.org/nml/
NMLI: Native Mode Lan Interconnection
NLDM: Network Logical Data Manager Is an IntraLATA high speed transport service used to interconnect
LANs at geographically separated sites (Network)
NLE: Not Less or Equal
NMM: Netware Management Map
NLM: Netware Loadable Module
(Novell)
(Operating systems) (Novell)
NMM: Network Management Module
NLM: Nfs Lock Manager
(Network)
(Operating systems)
NMOS: Negative Channel Metal-Oxide
NLP: Natural Language Processing
Semiconductor
NLPID: Network Layer Protocol IDentifier
NMP: Network Management Protocol
NLQ: Near Letter Quality (AT&T)
NLS: National Language Support NMPA: National Music Publishers Association
(Operating systems) (Organizations)
NLS: Netware Licensing Service NMPF: Network Management Productivity Facility
(Novell)
NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NLS: Network License Server
NMS: Netelligent Management Software
NLSFUNC: National Language Support FUNCtion (Network)
NLSP: Netware Link Services Protocol NMS: Network Management System
Link-state routing protocol based on IS-IS. See also IS-IS
NMT: Nordic Mobile Telephone
NLT: Natural Language Technology Pre-GSM mobile telephone network in the nordic countries
(Software) (Communication)
NLUUG: NetherLands Unix User Group NMU: Network Management Unit N

(Organizations) (Hardware)
NLV: National Language Version NN: Network Node

(IBM) NN: Neural Network
NLX: New Low-profile Extended NN: No News
Motherboard format, evolution of LPX (Hardware)
NNI: Network-Node Interface
NM: Network Management (Communication)
(Network)
NNM: Network Node Manager
NM: Nothing Much (Network)
(Net lingo)
NNSC: Nsf Network Service Center
NMA: Network Management Architecture
NNTP: Network News Transport Protocol
NMC: Network Management Center (Communication)
NME: Norton Mobile Essentials NOC: Network Operation Center
(Software) (Symantec) A center that operates a production network. Tasks include
NMEA: National Marine Electronics Association monitoring and control, troubleshooting, and user assistance
(Network)
Organization that developed (among other things) the NMEA
interface standard for data exchange between marine electronic NOP: No OPeration
devices, also used today in most Global Positioning Systems (Hardware)
(GPSs) (Organizations)
NOPAC: Network On-line Public Access Catalog
NMF: Network Management Forum
NORA: Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness
NMH: Not Much Here
(Net lingo) NORMA: NO Remote Memory Access
NM-HDV: Network Module - High Density Voice NOS: Network Operating System
(Hardware) (Cisco) NOTA: None Of The Above
NMI: Native Method Invocation For multiple choice answers (Net lingo)
(Software) NOW: Network Of Workstations
(Hardware)

NOYB NSPR
NOYB: None Of Your Business NRZL: NonReturn to Zero Level

(Net lingo)
NS: Name Server
NP: No Problem
ns: NanoSecond
Answer when someone says ty/thank you (Net lingo)
Time measurement unit
NP: Nondeterministic Polynomial time
NS: National Semiconductor
NP: Number Portability
NS: Network Series
(Communication)
(Hardware)
NPA: Network Printer Alliance NS: Network Supervisor
NPA: Numbering Plan Address
NS: Non Stop
NPDA: Network Problem Determination Aid
NSA: National Security Agency
NPE: Null Pointer Exception (Organizations)
A NPE happens when trying to access data from a null memory
NSA POLY: National Security Agency POLYgraph
location (Software)
NSAP: Network Services Access Point
NPH: No Parse Headers
(Network)
NPI: Network Printer Interface
NSAPI: Netscape Server Application Programming
NPL: Netscape Public License Interface
(Netscape) (Software) (Netscape)
NPL: Non-Procedural Language NSB: Netware for Small Business
(Software) (Operating systems) (Novell)
NPM: Network Printer Manager NSC: Network Service Center
(Software)
NSC: Norton System Center
NPMS: Named Pipes/Mail Slots (Software) (Symantec)
NPP: Network Payment Protocol NSERC: National Sciences and Engineering
NPS: Novell Productivity Specialist Research Council
(Novell) NSF: National Science Foundation
NPSI: Network Protocol Service Interface (Organizations)
NPT: Non-Programmable Terminal NSfIP: NextStep For Intel Processors

(Hardware) NSFNET: National Science Foundation NETwork N
NPTN: National Public Telecomputing Network NSI: Nasa Science Internet
NPU: Natural Processing Unit NSI: Network Solutions, Inc
NPU: Network Processing Unit Manages .com, .net, .org, .edu top level domains (Organizations)
(Communication) NSIS: National Schengen Information System
NPX: Numeric Processor eXtension NSIS: Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
NQS: Network Queing System Tool that allows programmers to create quick and user friendly
installers for Windows. It is released under an open source
NRC: National Research Council license and is completely free for any use. See also
(Organizations) http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ (Software)
NREN: National Research and Education Network NSM: Netscape Server Manager
(Netscape)
NRFD: Not Ready For Data
(Communication) NSM: Network and System Management
NRL: Namespace Routing Language NSN: Nasa Science Network
NRM: Network Resource Manager NSP: Native Signal Processing
NRM: Normal Response Mode NSP: Network Service Provider

HDLC data transfer mode (Network) NSP: Network Services Protocol
NRN: No Response Needed NSPR: NetScape Portable Runtime
(Net lingo) Provides platform independence for non-GUI operating system
facilities, including threads, thread synchronization, normal file
NROFF: New Run-OFF
and network I/O, interval timing and calendar time, basic
NRP: Node Route Processor memory management (malloc and free) and shared library linking
(Hardware) (Cisco) (Netscape)
NRZ: Non Return to Zero

Data transmission using +/- voltage levels or carrier offsets
(Hardware)
NRZI: NonReturn to Zero Inverted

NSS NVDL
NSS: Network Security Service NTP: Network Time Protocol

Set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development (Communication)
of security-enabled server applications. Applications built with
NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS NTRAS: New Technology Remote Access Services
#11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other NTRK: New Technology Resource Kit
standards
NSS: Network Storage Solutions
NTRU: Number Theory is Really Useful
Company
Technology for high speed, low footprint public key cryptography,
NSS: Nodal Switching Subsystem based on the mathematics of lattice reduction. (Marketed by
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc, http://www.ntru.com/) (Security)
NSS: Novell Storage Services
(Novell) NTS/2: Network Transport Services 2
NSSC: Nasa Standard Spacecraft Computer NTSA: Netware Telephony Services Architecture
(Novell)
NSTC: National Science and Technology Council
NTSC: National Television Systems Committee
NSTL: National Software Testing Labs The group that proposed a method of composite color encoding
NT: Network Terminator based on quadrature modulation of I and Q color difference
components onto a color subcarrier and adding the resulting
NT: New Technology chroma signal to luminance (Organizations)
NTSD: New Technology Symbolic Debugger
NT: Nice Try (Microsoft)
(Net lingo)
NTSL: National Software Testing Laboratories
NT: No Text (Organizations)
(Net lingo)
NTT: Nippon Telephone & Telegraph
NT: Nome Time
NTU: Network Termination Unit
NTWS: New Technology WorkStation
NT-1: Network Terminator type 1
NTAS: New Technology Advanced Server
NUA: Network User Address
NUB: Network Utility Box
NTCR: New Technology Challenge/Response
(Hardware)
NUI: Network User Identification
NTDS: New Technology Directory Service
(Network) N
NUI: Network User Interface
NTE: New Technology Embedded
(Operating systems)
NUI: Notebook User Interface
NTF: No Trouble Found
NUL: NULl
NTFS: New Technology File System
An invisible character with an internal code of 0 that occupies no
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) space if printed. Not to be confused with a blank, which is
NTHQ: New Technology Hardware Qualifier invisible but occupies a space
Hardware troubleshooting program (Operating systems) NUMA: NonUniform Memory Access
(Microsoft)
NURB: Non Uniform Rational B-spline
NTIA: National Telecommunications and
Information Administration NURBS: Non Uniform Rational B-Spline
(Organizations) A curve definition method based on the B-spline curve, which
offers additional exibility through knots along the spline. Some
NTIS: National Technical Information Service knots can have more weight added (like a magnet) to pull the
curve toward those knots
NTK: Newton ToolKit
NURMS: Non Uniform Rational MeshSmooth
NTLDR: New Technology LoaDeR
Method of tesselation used by 3D Studio MAX (Software)
Bootstrap loader for Microsoft Windows NT-based operating
systems (Operating systems) (Microsoft) NUUG: Norwegian Unix User Group
(Organizations)
NTLM: New Technology Lan Manager
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) NV: No oVerflow
A curve definition method based on the B-spline curve, which
NTO: Network Terminal Operator
offers additional flexibility through knots along the spline. Some
(Network) knots can have more weight added (like a magnet) to pull the
NTONC: National Transparent Optical Network curve toward those knots
Consortium NVDL: Namespace-based Validation Dispatching
(Organizations) Language
NTOP: New Technology Option Pack Allows specifying sections of XML documents to be validated
against different schemas thus enabling the creation of complex
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) documents containing multiple languages

NVDM/2 OCE
NVDM/2: NetView Distribution Manager 2 OAI: Open Applications Interface

NVE: Network Visible Entity OAM: Operations, Administation, and Management
A network addressable service (ie. protocol socket) that acts as a A set of network management functions for ATM similar to those
network service process (not a node.) (Network) (Apple) in OA&M and OAM&P. Special cells, called OAM cells, are used to
carry OAM related information (Communication)
NVM: Non Volatile Memory
(Hardware) OARNet: Ohio Academic Resources NETwork
NVML: NaVigation Markup Language OAS: Office Automation System
NVOD: Near-Video On Demand OAS: One-to-All Scatter
NVP: Network Voice Protocol OAS: Oracle Application Server
(Software) (Oracle)
NVP: Nominal Velocity of Propagation
OASIS: Open Access Same-time Information System
NVRAM: Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
A type of RAM that retains information when power is removed OASIS: Organization for the Advancement of
from the system (Hardware) Structured Information Standards
(Organizations)
NVS: Non-Volatile Storage
(Hardware) OASLM: Optically Addressed Spatial Light Modulator
(Hardware)
NVSIMM: Non-Volatile Single In line Memory Module
A nonvolatile single inline memory module (SIMM) that OASYS: Office Automation SYStem
incorporates a battery on the device to prevent data loss in a
power failure. Battery current is shared among a group of OAW: Optically Assisted Winchester
NVSIMMs. This feature prevents memory failure if one battery (Hardware)
fails (Hardware)
OBD: On Board Diagnostics
NVT: Network Virtual Terminal
OBD: Online Bugs Database
NVT: Novell Virtual Terminal
OBEX: OBject EXchange
(Novell)
Set of protocols allowing objects such as vCard contact
NWFS: NetWare File System information and vCalendar schedule entries to be exchanged
(Operating systems) (Novell) using either IrDA or Bluetooth
NWNet: NorthWestern states NETwork OBI: Open Buying on the Internet

(Organizations)
NWS: Netware Web Server
(Novell) OBJ: OBJect
File name extension
NX: No eXecute N
Technology used in CPUs to segregate areas of memory for use Obj-C: OBJective-C
by either storage of processor instructions (or code) or for Programming Language (Software)
storage of data, a feature normally only found in Harvard
OBOE: Off-By-One Error
O
architecture processors (Hardware) (Intel)
Logical error involving the discrete equivalent of a boundary
NYSERNet: New York State Education and Research condition. It often occurs in computer programming when an
NETwork iterative loop iterates one time too many or too few (Software)
NZDSF: Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted Fibre OBS: Old Backup Server

Optical fiber type (Communication) OBV: Object By Value
NZT: New Zealand Time (Software)
Timezone: GMT +12:00 OBVI: Object-Based Video Interface
NZUSUGI: New Zealand Unix System User Group, OBZ: One Big Zip
Inc.
(Net lingo)
OC: Optical Carrier
O
OC-3: Optical Carrier level 3
O&O: Over & Out
When leaving an on-line conversation permanently (Net lingo) OC4J: Oracle Containers For Java
(Software) (Oracle)
O/R: Originator/Recipient
OCA: Online Crash Analysis
OA: Office Automation
OAB: Offline Address Book
OCA: Oracle Certified Associate
(Microsoft)
Certification for apprentice skill level IT professionals who have
OAB: One-to-All Broadcast have a foundation of knowledge that will allow them to act as a
junior team member (Oracle)
OAD: Open Architecture Driver
OCD: Out-of-Cell Delineation
OAD: Over-the-Air Downloading
OCE: Open Collaborative Environment
OAG: Official Airline Guide
(Apple)
OAG: Online Air Guide

OCF OEDB
OCF: Object Component Framework ODE: Object Database and Environment

ODE: Office 97 Developer Edition
OCF: OpenCard Framework (Software) (Microsoft)
OCFS: Oracle Cluster File System ODF: Open Document Format

(Oracle) Open document file format for saving and exchanging editable
office documents (Software)
OCI: Oracle Call Interface
(Databases) (Oracle) ODI: Open Data-link Interface
(Network)
OCIA: Optically Coupled Interface Adapter
Interface in many other respects similar to RS232. It is used ODI: Open Device Interconnect
extensively on Point Of Sale (POS) equipments (Hardware) (Novell)
OCL: Object Constraint Language ODIF: Open Document Interchange Format
OCL: Operator Control Language ODISS: Optical Digital Image Storage System
OCL: Os/2 Class Library ODL: Object Definition Language
OCLC: Online Computer Library Center ODM: Object Data Manager
(IBM)
OCM: Oracle Certified Master
Advanced-level certification that is targeted toward Oracle9i DBA ODM: Optimized Distribution Model
OCPs with 3 - 4 years of professional Oracle experience (Oracle) (Compaq)
OCN: Operating Company Number ODM: Original Design Manufacturing
(Communication)
ODMA: Open Distributed Management Architecture
OCP: Open-Closed Principle
ODMA: Open Document Management Api
Object-oriented principle that states that software entities should
be open for extensions but closed for modifications (Software) ODMG: Object Data Management Group
OCP: Oracle Certified Professional See http://www.odmg.org/ (Organizations)
Mid-level certification for IT professionals who manage large- ODMG: Object Database Management Group
scale databases or develop applications that are used enterprise-
wide (Oracle) ODP: On-Demand Producer
Multimedia authoring program (Software)
OCR: Optical Character Recognition
ODP: Open Data Path
OCS: Object Compatibility Standard
Provide a way for more than one program in the same job to
OCS: On-Card Sequencer share the same file status information (Software) (IBM)
OCS: Open Content Syndication ODP: Open Distributed Processing

ODP: OverDrive Processor
OCS: Oracle Collaboration Suite
Oracle's mail/calendar solution (Software) (Oracle)
O
ODPS: On Demand Packaging Service
OCSP: Online Certificate Status Protocol Intranet Software distribution solution by IBM (Software) (IBM)
A PKIX protocol used for determining the current status of a ODQL: Object Database Query Language
digital certificate
(Databases)
OCTAVE: Operationally Critical Threat, Asset, and
ODR: Optimized Dynamic Routing
Vulnerability Evaluation
Approach for self-directed risk evaluations that puts organizations ODS: Open Data Services
in charge, balances critical information assets, business needs, (Microsoft)
threats, and vulnerabilities and measures the organization against
known or accepted good security practices (Security) ODS: Operational Data Store
OCX: Ole Control eXtension ODS: Overhead Data Stream
(Software) (Microsoft) ODSI: Open Directory Services Interface
OD: Optical Disk ODT: Open DeskTop
ODA: Open Data Access ODTUG: Oracle Development Tools User Group
(Software)
OE: Operating Environment
ODA: Open Document Architecture
OE: Outlook Express
ODAPI: Open DataBase Application Programming (Software) (Microsoft)
Interface
(Software) OE: Output Enable
(Hardware)
ODBC: Open DataBase Connectivity
(Software) (Microsoft) OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development
ODBMS: Object DataBase Management System (Organizations)
(Databases)
OEDB: Operating Experience DataBase
ODD: Optical Disk Drive Nuclear power plants use a common database of operating
Computer CD-Rom, DVD-Rom, DVD-Writer, etc (Hardware) information

OEM OMG
OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer OLAM: Optimal Linear Associative Memory

A manufacturer that sells equipment for resale under an end-
OLAP: On-Line Analytical Processing
equipment manufacturer’s trademark or name (Hardware)
A category of software tools that provides analysis of data stored
OEP: Operand Execution Pipeline in a database (Databases)
OEP: Original Entry Point OLB: Object Language Bindings

(Software) (Databases)
OF: Outer Firewall OLCP: On-Line Complex Processing
(Security)
OLE: Object Linking and Embedding
OF: Overflow Flag (Software) (Microsoft)
OFA: Optimal Flexible Architecture OLED: Organic Light Emitting Diode
(Hardware)
OFB: Output FeedBack
OLE-DB: Object Linking and Embedding-DataBase
OFC: Open Financial Connectivity
COM-based data access objects (Databases) (Microsoft)
OFCOM: Office Fédéral de la COMmunication
OLGA: OnLine Guitar Archive
OLI: Optical Line Interface
OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
(AT&T)
(Communication)
OLIT: Open Look Intrinsics Toolkit
OFMT: Output ForMaT
An X Window system-based widget set and library used to create
OFP: Organizational Fitness Profiling applications using the OPEN LOOK graphical user interface
(Operating systems)
OFS: Object File System
(Operating systems) OLMC: Open Look Intrinsic Toolkit
OFS: Output Field Separator OLSP: On-Line Service Provider
OFTP: Odette File Transfer Protocol O-LTM: Optical Line Terminating Multiplexer
Defined by the RFC 2204, it's a protocol that supports both direct OLTP: OnLine Transaction Processing
communication between installations and indirect communication
via a third party clearing centre (Network) OM: Object Manager
OFX: Open Financial eXchange OM: Object Model
(Software)
OGL: Open Graphics Language
Single, vendor-independent Application Programming Interface OMA: Object Management Architecture
(API) for the development of 2D and 3D graphics applications (Microsoft)
(Software) (SGI)
OMA: Outlook Mobile Access
OGNL: Object Graph Navigation Language
Powerful expression language that is useful for identifying
(Software) (Microsoft) O
properties within Java objects (Software) OMAC: One-key cipher block chaining Message
Authentication Code
OGSA: Open Grid Services Architecture
(Security)
OGSS: Ordered Grid Super Sampling
OMAP: Open Multimedia Applications Platform
Full-scene anti-aliasing technique (Hardware)
OMCA: OpenManage Client Administrator
OHCI: Open Host Controller Interface
(Dell)
OIA: Operator Information Area
OMCI: OpenManage Client Instrumentation
OIC: Oh, I See
OME: Open Messaging Environment
(Net lingo)
Protocol
OID: Object IDentifier
OMF: Object Management Framework
OIDL: Object Interface Definition Language
OMF: Object Module Format
OIL: Operator Identification Language (Microsoft)
OIM: Open Information Model OMF: Observation Markup Format
Set of standard object models which define how applications can Is an application of XML used to encode weather observation
create exchangeable metadata reports
OIS: Office Information System OMF: Open Media Framework
OIW: Osi Implementors Workshop OMF: Open Message Format
OJI: Open Jvm Integration OMFG: Oh My F***ing God
Project extending the plug-in architecture to allow Java virtual (Net lingo)
machines to be plugged into Mozilla-based browser releases
OMFI: Open Media Framework Interchange
OKC: Online Knowledge Community
OMG: Object Management Group
OL: Ordered List (Organizations)
HTML Tag

OMG OPD
OMG: Oh My God (or Gosh) OODBMS: Object-Oriented DataBase Management

(Net lingo) System
OMI: Open Management Interface OODL: Object-Oriented Dynamic Language
OMI: Open Messaging Interface OODS: Object-Oriented Data Source
OMI: Open Microprocessor Initiative OOF: Out Of Frame
State that occurs when several consecutive Synchronous Digital
OMI-STN: Optical Mode Interface-SuperTwisted
Hierarchy (SDH) frames are received with invalid (errored)
Nematic framing patterns (Communication)
OML: Object Manipulation Language OOFS: Object-Oriented File System
(Software) (Operating systems)
OMR: Optical Mark Recognition OOL: Object-Oriented Language
OMS: Object Management System OOo: OpenOffice.org
OMSA: OpenManage Server Administrator Free productivity suite compatible with all major office suites.
Suite of tools provided by Dell for managing an individual server. See also http://www.openoffice.org/ (Software)
See the official OpenManage site, http://dell.com/openmanage/ OOO: Out Of Office
(Hardware) (Dell)
(Net lingo)
OMT: Object Modeling Technique
OOOE: Out Of Order Execution
(Software)
Processor level architecture feature (Hardware)
OMW: On My Way
OOOS: Object-Oriented Operating System
(Net lingo)
OOP: Object-Oriented Programming
ON: Online Network
(Software)
ONA: Open Network Architecture
OOPL: Object-Oriented Programming Language
ONAC: Operations Network Administration Center (Software)
ONAL: Off Network Access Line OOPS: Object-Oriented Programming System
ONC: Open Network Computing OOPSLA: Object-Oriented Programming Systems
(Network) (Sun) and Language Architecture
ONDS: Open Network Distribution Services OOPSTAD: Object-Oriented Programming for
(IBM) SmallTalk Application Development association
ONE: Open Network Environment OOS: Object-Oriented Systems
(Sun) OOS: Off-line Operating Simulator
ONI: Operator Number Identification OOS: Out Of Service O
ONL: ONLine OOSA: Object-Oriented System Analysis
(Net lingo)
OOSE: Object-Oriented Software Engineering
ONMS: Open Network Management System
OOSH: Object-Oriented SHell
ONS: Open Networking System
OOT: Object-Oriented Technology
ONU: Optical Network Unit
OO-TP: Object-Oriented Transaction Processing
OO: Object Oriented (Software)
OOA: Object-Oriented Analysis OOUI: Object-Oriented User Interface
OOAD: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design OOXML: Office Open eXtensible Markup Language
OOB: Out Of Band XML-based file format for electronic documents such as
Technical term with different uses in communications and spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing
telecommunication. It refers to communications which occur documents. See ISO/IEC DIS 29500 and ECMA 376 (Software)
outside of a previously established communications method or OP: OPeration
channel (Communication)
OPA: Open Publishing Architecture
OOBE: Object-Oriented Business Engineering
OPAC: On-line Public Access Catalog
OOBE: Out-Of-Box Experience
What happens when you first open the box containing your new OPC: Ole for Process Control
computer
OPC: Open Process Control
OOCASE: Object Oriented Computer Aided Software
OPC: Optical PhotoConductor
Engineering
OPC: Organic Photoconducting Cartridge
OOCTG: Object-Oriented Cobol Task Group
(Hardware)
OOD: Object-Oriented Design
OPCODE: OPerational CODE
OODB: Object-Oriented DataBase
OPD: OPeranD

OpenGL OSE
OpenGL: OPEN Graphics Language ORM: Object/Relational Mapping

Single, vendor-independent Application Programming Interface Technique of mapping a data representation from an object model
(API) for the development of 2D and 3D graphics applications to a relational data model with a SQL-based schema (Software)
(Software) (SGI)
ORM: Optical Remote Module
OPES: Open Pluggable Edge Services
ORMS: Operating Resource Management System
(Network)
(Software)
OPI: Open Press Interface
OROM: Optical Read Only Memory
(Software)
(Hardware)
OPL: Opaque Device Library
O-ROM: Optical Read Only Memory
OPL: OpenContent License
ORPC: Object Remote Procedure Call
Licensing scheme for content. See also
http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml (Software)
OPM: Operations Per Minute ORS: Output Record Separator
OPML: Outline Processor Markup Language ORSS: Optical Recognition System Simulator
XML-based format that allows exchange of outline-structured OS: Operating System
information between applications running on different operating A collection of programs that monitor the use of the system and
systems and environments supervise the other programs executed by it (Operating systems)
OPOS: Ole for Point Of Sale OS/2: Operating System 2
OPP: Order Processing Pipeline (Operating systems) (IBM)
(Network) (Microsoft) OS/360: Operating System/360
OPROM: Optical Programmable Read Only Memory OS/400: Operating System/400
(Hardware)
OS/E: Operating System/Environment
OPS: Off Premise Station
A PBX station in a location separated from the location of the OS-9: Operating System-9
main PBX (Communication) OSA: Open Scripting Architecture
OPS: Open Profiling Standard OSA: Open System Architecture
(Netscape)
OSAF: Open Source Applications Foundation
ops: Operations Per Second Organization that aims to create and gain wide adoption of Open
OPS: Oracle Parallel Server Source application software of uncompromising quality and to
build an innovative, sustainable alternative application despite
(Oracle)
market inertia. See also http://www.osafoundation.org/
OPT: Open Protocol Technology (Organizations)
OSCE: OfficeScan Corporate Edition

OPT: OPTions
File name extension
O
OSCML: OSChooser Markup Language
OPUS: Octal Program Updating System (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
OQL: Object Query Language OSCRL: Operating System Command Response

Language
OQS: Object Query Service
(Software) OSD: On-Screen Display
(Hardware)
OR: OverRun
(Hardware) OSD: Open Software Description
An application of the eXtensible Markup Language (XML), is a
ORB: Object Request Broker vocabulary used for describing software packages and their
dependencies for heterogeneous clients
ORBS: Open Relay Behaviour-modification System
ORBZ: Open Relay Blackhole Zone OSD: Open Source Definition
The definition of the "open source" concept. See also
ORDB: Open Relay DataBase http://opensource.org/docs/osd
A service to fight against spam or unsolicited commercial email
OSD: Operating System Deployment
(UCE). See http://www.ordb.org/
ORDBMS: Object Relational DataBase Management
System OSDL: Open Source Development Lab
(Databases) Non-profit, global consortium of leading technology companies
dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux. See
ORDVAC: ORDnance Variable Automatic Computer http://www.osdl.org/ (Organizations)
ORI: Online Retrieval Interface OSDN: Open Source Development Network

(Software)
ORK: Office Resource Kit
(Software) (Microsoft) OSDS: Operating System for Distributed Switching
ORM: Object Role Modeling OSE: Office Server Extension
(Databases) (Software) (Microsoft)
OSE: Open Systems Environment

OSF OVAL
OSF: Open Software Foundation OSS: Operating System-Specific

(Organizations)
OSS: Operations Support System
OSF: Operation System Function
OSSIM: Open Source Security Information
OSGi: Open Services Gateway Initiative Management
Independent, non-profit corporation working to define and Distribution of open source products that are integrated to
promote open specifications for the delivery of managed provide an infrastructure for security monitoring. See also
broadband services to networks in homes, cars and other http://www.ossim.net/ (Security)
environments. See also http://www.osgi.org (Organizations)
OST: Offline STorage
OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health
OSTA: Optical Storage Technology Association
Administration
(Organizations)
(Organizations)
OSW/L2: Operating System-9 Windows/Level 2
OSI: Open Source Initiative
See http://opensource.org/ OSX: Operating System Ten
Apple's unix operating system (Operating systems) (Apple)
OSI: Open Systems Interconnection
7-layer hierarchical reference structure developed by the OT: Object Technology
International Standards Organization for defining, specifying, and
relating communications protocols; not a standard or a protocol OT: Off Topic
(Communication) (Net lingo)
OSI/RM: Open Systems Interconnection/Reference OTA: Office of Technology Assessment

Model OTA: Operation-Triggered Architecture
OSIG: Online Special Interest Group OTDR: Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
OSM: On-Screen Manager OTF: Open Token Foundation
(Hardware) (NEC)
OTI: Object Technology International
OSM: On-Screen Menu
OTM: Object Transaction Monitor
OSM: Operating system-Specific Module
(Software)
OSM: Optical Storage Manager OTM: Optical Translation Measurement
OSME: Open Systems Message Exchange (Hardware)
OSN: Office System Node OTML: Offline Tagging Markup Language

OSN: Open Service Node OTN: Oracle Technology Network
(Communication) (Oracle)
OSN: Open Systems Network OTOH: On The Other Hand

(Net lingo)
OSP: Ole db Simple Provider O
(Databases) (Microsoft) OTP: One-Time Password authentication
(Security)
OSP: Online Service Provider
Companies that offer an extensive online array of services of their OTP: One-Time Programmable
own apart from the rest of the Internet. Connecting to the
Internet through an OSP is usually an alternative to connecting OTP: Open Trading Protocol
through an Internet Service Provider (ISP) The Internet Open Trading Protocol (OTP) provides an
interoperable framework for Internet commerce. It is payment
OSP: On-Screen Programming system independent and encapsulates payment systems such as
SET, Mondex, CyberCash, DigiCash, GeldKarte, etc.
OSP: Operations Service Provider
OTPROM: One-Time Programmable Read Only
OSP: Optical Signal Processing
Memory
(Hardware)
OTS: Object Transaction Service
OSP: Optical Storage Processor
OU: Organizational Unit
OSPF: Open Shortest Path First
An Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) specified by the Internet OUCL: Oxford University Computing Laboratory
Engineering Task Force (IETF) (Network)
OUG: Occam User Group
OSPM: Operating System-directed Power
OUI: Organizationally Unique Identifier
Management
24-bit number purchased from the Institute of Electrical and
With OSPM, the operating system determines when to do power Electronics Engineers, Incorporated (IEEE) Registration Authority.
management and the BIOS determines how to do power This identifier uniquely identifies a vendor, manufacturer, or
management. The two pieces work in concert to provide other organization globally or worldwide
maximum power savings
OURS: Open User Recommended Solutions group
OSQL: Object Structured Query Language
OUTS: OUTput String
OSR: Oem Service Release
OV: OVerflow
OSS: Open Source Software
(Software) OVAL: Object-based Virtual Application Language

OVF PAM
OVF: Open Virtualization Format P3P: Platform for Privacy Preferencies Project
Standard format for packaging and describing virtual machines
PA: Platform for Privacy Preferences Project
and applications for deployment across heterogeneous
virtualization platforms (Hardware) (HP)
OVL: OVerLay PAB: Personal Address Book

File name extension PABX: Private Automatic Branch eXchange
OVR: OVeRlay (Hardware)
File name extension PAC: Perceptual Audio Coder
OWA: Outlook Web Access (Hardware)
(Network) (Microsoft) PAC: Platform Adaptor Component
OWASP: Open Web Application Security Project PAC: Privilege Attribute Certificate
Worldwide free and open community focused on improving the
security of application software. See also http://www.owasp.org/ PAC: Programme Advisory Committee
(Organizations) (Communication)
OWC: Office Web Component PACE: Priority Access Control Enabled

Collection of COM controls designed to bring interactive (3Com)
spreadsheet modeling, database reporting, and data visualization
to a number of control containers (Software) (Microsoft)
PACS: Picture Archiving and Communication System
OWG: Optical WaveGuide PACS-L: Public Access Computer Systems List
OWL: Object Windows Library PAD: Packet Assembler/Disassembler

An access device to an X.25 network (Communication)
OWL: Web Ontology Language PADS: Pen Application Development System
Semantic markup language for publishing and sharing ontologies PAE: Physical Addressing Extension
on the World Wide Web. OWL is developed as a vocabulary Extension for Windows 2000/2003 Advanced Server to address
extension of RDF (the Resource Description Framework) and is more than 4 GB of memory (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
derived from the DAML+OIL Web Ontology Language
PAF: Postal Address File
O-WORM: Optical Write Once Read Many
PAIH: Public-Access Internet Host
OWT: Open source Windowing Toolkit
PAIS: Public-Access Internet Site
OXC: Optical Cross Connect
(Communication) PAK: PAcKed
File name extension
P PAL: PALette
File name extension
P: Paragraph
HTML tag PAL: Paradox Application Language O
(Databases) (Borland)
P: Peta
Prefix for 10 power 15 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 50) PAL: Phase Alternate Line P
European TV standard. A composite color standard similar to
p: Pico NTSC, except that the v-axis subcarrier reference signal inverts in
Prefix for 10 power -12 phase at the horizontal line rate
P&D: Plug & Display PAL: Privileged Architecture Library
(Hardware)
PAL: Processor Abstraction Layer
P&M: Personalization & Membership Contains the code necessary to initially boot the processor and
(Microsoft) includes error recovery and processor self-test routines
(Hardware) (Intel)
P&S: Point And Shoot
Digital camera type (Hardware) PAL: Programmable Array Logic
(Hardware)
P&S: Publish & Subscribe
PAL: Programmable Assembly Language
P/N: Part Number
PAL: Publication Access List
P/PC: Palm Personal Computer
SQL Server replication security mechanism (Databases)
(Hardware) (Microsoft)
P/T: Part Time PALC: Parallel-Aligned Liquid crystal Spatial Light
P2C2: Pantone Personal Color Calibrator Modulator
(Pantone) Display technology
P2P: Peer To Peer PALS: Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System
P2P: People To People PAL-SLM: Parallel-Aligned Liquid crystal Spa tial

Light Modulator
P2P: Point To Point
(Hardware)
P2SC: Power 2 Super Chip PAM: Paging Area Memory
IBM's Deep Blue processor (Hardware) (IBM)

PAM PCBO
PAM: Pluggable Authentication Module PB: PetaByte

With the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) framework, 2 to the 50th power bytes. Is equal to 1024 terabytes
multiple authentication technologies can be added without
changing any of the login services, thereby preserving existing PB: Pipeline Burst
system environments (Security) Cache memory architecture (Hardware)
PAM: Presence and Availability Management PBA: Printed Board Assembly

Java APIs to disseminate and manage presence information PBC: Port Bypass Circuit
securely across heterogeneous networks and applications. See
also http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=123 (Software) (Hardware)
PAM: Primary Access Method PBCAK: Problem Between Chair And Keyboard
It's when the problem is the computer user (Net lingo)
PAM: Programmable Attribute Map
PBD: PowerBuilder Dynamic library
PAM: Pulse-Amplitude Modulation (Databases) (Sybase)
(Communication)
PBE: Prompt By Example
PAMR: Public Access Mobile Radio
PBGA: Plastic Ball Grid Array
PAN: Personal Account Number (Hardware)
PAN: Personal Area Network PBI: Phone Based Interface
(Network)
PBM: Play By Mail
PAP: PAcket-level Procedure
PBOT: Physical Beginning of Tape
PAP: Password Authentication Protocol (Hardware)
A security provision in point-to-point protocol (PPP) (Network)
PBR: Policy-Based Routing
PAP: Printer Access Protocol (Cisco)
PAP: Protected Audio Path PBX: Private Branch eXchange
Initiative under investigation for how to provide encryption of Privately owned central switching office (Communication)
audio over user accessible buses
PC: Personal Computer
PAP: Push Access Protocol
PC: Pipeline Clock
PAR: Parallel
Used to specify the memory's speed. Example PC 800 (Hardware)
PAR: Personal Animation Recorder
PC: Printed Circuit
PAR: Personal Audio Recorder
PC: Program Counter
(Hardware)
A CPU register that contains the address (location) of the
PAR: Project Authorization Request instruction to be executed next in the program sequence
PARC: Palo Alto Research Center PC: Programmable Controller

(Organizations) (Xerox) A slightly smart electronic circuit, usually for industrial
processes; acronym quickly changed to PLC after IBM brought out
PA-RISC: Precision Architecture Reduced its Personal Computer (Hardware)
Instruction Set Computer P
PC/IXF: Personal Computer Intergrated eXchange
(HP)
Format
PAS: PAScal
PC/SC: Personal Computer Smart Card
File name extension
(Hardware)
PAS: Publicly Available Specification
PC/TCP: Personal Computer Integrated eXchange
PAS/2: Personal Application System/2 Format
PAT: PATtern PCA: Payment gateway Certification Authority
File name extensions
PCA: Personal internet Client Architecture
PAT: Performance Acceleration Technology (Intel)
Speeds data flow between the processor and system memory to
increase performance. Introduced with the Intel 875P chipset
PCA: Power Calibration Area
(Hardware) (Intel) PCACIAS: Personal Computer Automated
PAT: Port Address Translation Calibration Interval Analysis System
(Communication) PCAV: Partial Constant Angular Velocity
PATA: Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment (Hardware)
Peripheral bus architecture (Hardware) PCB: Printed Circuit Board
PATN: Port Access Telephone Number (Hardware)
PAV: Parallel Access Volumes PCB: Program Control Block
PAWS: Protect Against Wrapped Sequences PCBC: Plain Cipher Block Chaining
(Network) PCBO: Personal Computer Branch Office
PAX: Portable Archive eXchange (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 read and PCS: Print Contrast Signal
write files in DOS format on the SPARC (Operating systems) (Sun)
PCS: Process Control Systems
PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect
A 32-bit bus providing a maximum 132 Mbyte/sec data transfer PCS: Program Counter Store
rate. PCI devices have autoconfiguration capabilities and do not
PCS: Project Control System
have to be configured by users (Hardware)
PCSA: Personal Computing Systems Architecture
PCI: Protocol Control Information
PCT: PiCTure
PC-I/O: Program Controlled Input/Output
File name extension
PCIC: Pc-Card Interrupt Controller
PCT: Private Communication Technology
PCI-E: Peripheral Component Interconnect - (Communication)
Express
New interface replacing PCI and AGP, max bandwidth of
PCTE: Portable Common Tool Environment
500MB/sec (Hardware) PCX: PiCture eXchange
PCI-E: Peripheral Component Interconnect Express File name extension
Evolution of the PCI bus that allows faster trasfers (Hardware) PD: Personal Display
PCL: Portable Common Loops (Hardware)
PCL: Printer Control Language PD: Phase change Dual

(HP) Optical recording system (Hardware) (Matsushita)
PCL: Process Control Language PD: Portable Device

(Hardware)
PCL: Programmable Command Language
PD: Public Domain
PCM: Personal Computer Manufacturer
PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
PCM: Physical Connection Management
PCM: Printer Cartridge Metric
PDB: Palm DataBase P
File name extension
(HP)
PDB: Program DataBase
PCM: Process Change Management
Microsoft's format for debug indormation, not embedded in the
(Software) object file or executable (Software) (Microsoft)
PCM: Pulse Code Modulation PDC: Personal Digital Cellular
PCMA: Paired Carrier Multiple Access PDC: Primary Domain Controller
PCMC: Pci, Cache and Memory Controller Provides user/computer domain authentication (Operating
(Intel)
PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card PDC: Professional Developer Conference
International Association (Microsoft)
An organization that supports several standards for a compact PD-CD: Phase-change Dual Compact Disk
hardware interface that accepts a variety of devices (Hardware)
(Organizations)
PDD: Physical Device Driver
PCMIM: Personal Computer Media Interface Module
PDD: Portable Digital Document
PCMS: Project and Configuration Management
System PDE: Plug-in Development Environment
Project extending the Platform and the JDT to provide views and
PCN: Personal Computer Network editors that make it easier to build plug-ins for Eclipse. See
PCN: Public Communications Network www.eclipse.org (Software)
PCNFS: Personal Computer Network File System PDES: Product Data Exchange Specification
PCO: Point of Control and Observation PDF: Package Definition File

PDF PEBCAK
PDF: Portable Document Format PDSS: Post Development and Software Support
File format for document interchange (Adobe)
PDT: Pacific Daylight Time
PDF: Printer Description File Timezone: GMT -8:00
File name extension (Borland)
PDT: Performance Diagnostic Tool
PDF: Processor Defined Function (IBM)
PDF: Program Development Facility PDT: Pliable Display Technology
(Hardware)
PDH: Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
(Communication) PDT: Programmable Drive Table
PDI: Personal Data Interchange PDU: Plug Distribution Unit
(Software)
PDU: Protocol Data Unit
PDI: Power and Data Interface The ISO/OSI term for packet. A PDU is a data object exchanged
by protocol machines (entities) within a given layer. PDUs consist
PDIAL: Public Dialup Internet Access List of both protocol control information (PCI) and user data
PDK: Product Development Kit PDW: Package and Deployment Wizard
(Network) (Intel) (Microsoft)
PDL: Page Description Language PDX: ParaDoX
PDL: Program Description Language File name extension (Borland)
PDL: Program Design Language PDX: Phone Data eXchange

(Hardware)
PDM: Product Data Management
PDX: Printer Description eXtension
PDM: Program Development Manager
PE: Parallel Environment
PDN: Public Data Network
(Network)
PE: Parity Error
PDO: Portable Distributed Objects
(Hardware)
(Operating systems)
PE: Parity Even
PDOM: Persistent Document Object Model
PE: Personal Edition
PDP: Parallel Data Processing
(Software)
PDP: Plasma Display Panel
PE: Phase Encoding
(Hardware)
PE: Portable Executable
PDP: Policy Decision Point
File format for Win32 programs (Software) (Microsoft)
The point where policy decisions are made, responsible for
handling policy decisions on behalf of PEPs (Network) PE: Processing Element
(Hardware)
PDP: Primary Dos Partition
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) PE: Professional Edition P
PDP: Programmable Data Processor (Software)
PDQ: Parallel Data Queries PE: Protect Enable
PDQ: Pretty Darn Quick PE: Provider Edge

(Network)
(Net lingo)
PDR: Personal Digital Recorder PEA: Pocket Ethernet Adapter
(Hardware) PEAP: Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
PDS: Packet Driver Specification A protocol proposed by Microsoft, Cisco and RSA Security for
securely transporting authentication data, including passwords,
PDS: Partitioned Data Set over 802.11 wireless networks (Security)
(Databases) (IBM) PEAR: Php Extension and Application Repository
PDS: Planetary Data System See http://pear.php.net (Software)
PDS: Portable Document Software PEARL: Process and Experiment Automation

Realtime Language
PDS: Processor Direct Slot
(Apple) PEBCAC: Problem Exists Between Chair and
Computer
PDS: Professional Developer's Summit
Tech support types sometimes use this to explain to each other
(Microsoft) that the user is incompetent (Net lingo)
PDSN: Packet Data Serving Node PEBCAK: Problem Exists Between Chair And
Provides access to the Internet, intranets and applications servers Keyboard
for mobile stations utilizing a cdma2000 Radio Access Network Describes the location of many computer glitches (Net lingo)
(RAN)
PDSP: Peripheral Data Storage Processor

PEBKAC PHB
PEBKAC: Problem Exists Between Keyboard And PFA: Predictive Failure Analysis
Chair
PFB: Printer Font Binary
An answer to problems with inexperienced computer users (Net
File name extension
lingo)
PEC: Program Execution Control PFC: Power Factor Correction
Feature included in some power supply boxes that reduces the
PECL: Php Extension Community Library amount of reactive power generated (Hardware)
See http://pecl.php.net (Software)
PFC: Powerbuilder Foundation Class
PEEK: Partners Early Experience Kit (Software) (Sybase)
PEEL: Programmable Electrically Erasable Logic PFE: Programmer's File Editor
(Hardware)
PFM: Printer Font Metrics
PEL: Picture ELement File name extension
(IBM)
PFN: Page Frame Number
PEM: Port Expander Module
PFPU: Processor Frame Power Unit
PEM: Privacy-enhanced Electronic Mail
PFR: Portable Font Resource
(Security)
PFR: Power Fail Restart
PEOT: Physical End Of Tape
(Hardware) PFS: Page Free Space
(Databases)
PEP: Packet Exchange Protocol
PFS: Parallel File System
PEP: Packetized Ensemble Protocol
(Operating systems)
PEP: Point-Edge-Polygon
PFX: Personal inFormation eXchange
Type of graphics editor (Software)
(Microsoft)
PEP: Policy Enforcement Point
PFY: Pimple Faced Youth
A port on a network device where the policy decisions are
Young assistant to Bastard Operator From Hell (BOFH) (Net lingo)
actually enforced (Network)
PERC: Portable Environment for Real-time Control PGA: Pin Grid Array
IC pins organization (Hardware)
(Operating systems)
PERC: PowerEdge Raid Controller PGA: Professional Graphics Adapter
(IBM)
(Hardware) (Dell)
PERL: Practical Extraction Report Language PGA: Programmable Gate Array
(Hardware)
A flexible programming language especially designed for
processing text (Software) PGC: Program Group Control
PERM: Pre-Embossed Rigid Magnetic (Microsoft)
(Hardware) PGD: Planar Gas Discharge
PEROM: Programmable Erasable Read Only Memory Display technology (Hardware) P
PERT: Program Evaluation and Review Technique PGDN: PaGe DowN
PES: Packetized Elementary Stream PGL: Professional Graphics Language

(Communication) PGM: Portable GrayMap
PES: Positioning Error Signal File format for images (Software)
PES: Processor Enhancement Socket PGM: Pragmatic General Multicast

Reliable multicast transport protocol for applications that require
PES: Proposed Encryption Standard ordered, duplicate-free, multicast data delivery from multiple
PET: Personal Electronic Transactor sources to multiple receivers (Network)
Commodore's first personal computer (Hardware) PGM: ProGraM
PET: Platform Event Trap PGML: Precision Graphics Markup Language
Provides advance warning of possible system failures; generated (Adobe)
by systems with Alert Standard Format (ASF) or an IPMI
baseboard management controller (Hardware) PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
Encryption program (Software)
PET: Print Enhancement Technology
(Compaq) PGP: ProGram Parameter
File name extension (Autodesk)
PET: Progressive Educational Technology
PGUP: PaGe UP
PEU: Pci Expansion Unit
(Hardware) PHB: Per-Hop-Behavior
The forwarding treatment given to a specific class of traffic, based
PEX: Phigs Extension to X on criteria defined in the Differentiated Service field. Routers and
A protocol for 3-D graphics in a network window system that switches use PHBs to determine priorities for servicing various
supports both PHIGS and PHIGS PLUS features traffic flows (Network)

PHB PINX
PHB: Pointy Haired Boss PID: Process IDentifier

Taken from the Dilbert comic strip (Net lingo) A unique, system-wide, identification number assigned to a
process. Also called process ID, process number (Operating
PHF: Perfect Hash Function systems)
(Software)
PID: Product IDentifier
PHIGS: Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive
Graphics Standard PID: Proportional, Integral, Derivative
An international standard 3-D graphics library consisting of a PIDL: Personalized Information Description
graphical tool set for application developers. PHIGS uses Language
hierarchical data structures. You can create, alter, manipulate,
and store objects dynamically PIE: Presence, Identity and Edge
Core constituents of peer to peer (P2P) applications
PHIGS PLUS: Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive
Graphics Standard Plus Lumiere Und Surfaces PIER: Procedures for Internet/Enterprise
An extension to PHIGS that includes additional capabilities, such Renumbering
as lighting from single and multiple sources, depth-cueing,
NURBS, and complex geometric primitives PIF: Picture Interchange Format
File name extension
PHOLED: PHosphorescent Organic Light Emitting
Diode PIF: Program Information File
(Hardware) File name extension (Microsoft)
PHP: Personal Home Pages PII: Pentium 2

Now is Perl Hypertext Preprocessor (Hardware) (Intel)
PHP: Php: Hypertext Preprocessor PII: Personally Identifiable Information

Open-source general-purpose server-side scripting language that (Security)
is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded PII: Program Integrated Information
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
PIM: Personal Information Manager
(Hardware)
PIM: Platform Independent Model
PiB: PebIByte
Unit of measurement, introduced by the International PIM: Primary Interface Module
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024 TiB
PIM: Print Image Matching
PIBKAC: Problem Is Between Keyboard And Chair (Hardware)
Typical cause of most computer errors (Net lingo)
PIM: Protocol Independent Multicast
PIC: Personal Information Carrier IP routing protocol-independent and can leverage whichever
PIC: Personal Intelligent Communicator
unicast routing protocols are used to populate the unicast routing
table, including EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, and static routes (Network)
P
PIC: Point In Call PIM-DM: Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense
PIC: Primary Interexchange Carrier Mode
(Communication) Uses a push model to flood multicast traffic to every corner of the
network (Network)
PIC: Priority Interrupt Controller
(Hardware) PIMPL: Pissing In My Pants Laughing
(Net lingo)
PIC: Programmable Interrupt Controller
(Hardware) PIM-SM: Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse
Mode
PICNIC: Problem In Chair Not In Computer Uses a pull model to deliver multicast traffic. Only network
(Net lingo) segments with active receivers that have explicitly requested the
data will receive the traffic (Network)
PICO: PIne COmposer
Simple, command line Unix text editor (Software) PIN: Personal Identification Number
PICS: Platform for Internet Content Selection PIN: Positive Intrinsic Negative
PICS: Plug-in Inventory Control System PIN: Process Identification Number
PICS: Protocol Implementation Conformance PIN: Processor Independent Netware
Statement PINE: Pine Is Not Elm
PICS/DCPR: Protocol Implementation Conformance PING: Packet INternet Groper
Statement/Detailed Continuing Property Record
(Network)
PICT: PICTure
PINX: Private Integrated services Network
PID: Personal IDentifier eXchange
(Software) (Communication)

PIO PL-LCD
PIO: Parallel Input/Output PL: Perl Language

File name extension
PIO: Processor Input/Output
PL/1: Programming Language/1
PIO: Programmable Input/Output
(Hardware)
PL/IP: Parallel Line Internet Protocol
PIP: Pattern and Information Processing
PL/M: Programming Language for Microcomputers
PIP: Periphal Interchange Program
(Microsoft)
PIP: Peripheral Interchange Program
PL/SQL: Procedural Language/Structured Query
PIP: Personal Information Processor Language
PIP: Picture In Picture (Databases) (Oracle)
(Hardware) PLA: Programmable Logic Array
PIP: Problem Isolation Procedure An array of logic elements. Its interconnections are
programmable after manufacture (Hardware)
PIP: Programmable Interconnect Point
PLAF: Pluggable Look And Feel
PIPE: Private Internet Protocol Encapsulation (Software)
Extension of RFC 2003 (IP Encapsulation within IP) which allows
to encapsulate and decapsulate private IP addresses in the same PLATO: Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching
way as described in RFC 2003, and to transfer them across the Operations
public Internet (also referred to as "tunneling" in RFC 2003)
PLB: Picture Level Benchmark
(Network)
In computer graphics, an industry-standard benchmark method
PIPO: Parallel In, Parallel Out used to measure graphics performance
PIR: Protocol Independent Routing PLBCAK: Problem Lies Between Chair And Keyboard
PIR: Public Interest Registry Describes the location of many computer glitches (Net lingo)
Registry for the .org domain name extension (Organizations) PLBKC: Problem Lies Between Keyboard and Chair
PIT: Point In Time A Useless User (Net lingo)
PIT: Programmable Interval Timer PLBSI: Picture Level Benchmark Sample

Implementation
(Hardware)
PLC: PowerLine Communication
PITA: Pain In The A**
Technology that uses the power lines to connecto to the Internet
(Net lingo)
(Network)
PITB: Pain In The Butt
PLC: Programmable Logic Controller
(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
PIU: Path Information Unit
PLCC: Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier
PIX: Private Internet eXchange (Hardware)
Popular IP firewall and network address translation (NAT)
PLCC: Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier
appliance. It was one of the first products in this market segment
(Hardware) (Cisco)
P
PLCP: Physical Layer Convergence Procedure
PJL: Printer Job Language PLD: Programmable Logic Device
(Hardware) (HP) (Hardware)
PJPEG: Progressive Joint Photographic Experts PLDI: Programming Language Design and
Group Implementation
Compressed images file format
PLDS: Pilot Land Data System
P-JPEG: Progressive Joint Photographic Experts (NASA)
Group
PLE: Programmable Logic Element
Compressed images file format
(Hardware)
PK: Primary Key
pLED: Polymeric Light Emitting Diode
(Databases)
(Hardware)
PKC: Public Key Cryptography
PLF: Pluggable Look and Feel
PKCS: Public Key Cryptography Standard (Software)
PKE: Private Key Encryption PLIP: Parallel Line Internet Protocol
PKI: Public Key Infrastructure (Communication)
(Security) PLL: Phase-Locked Loop
PKIX: Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509) PLL: PreLinked Library
A working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) File name extension
that is developing Internet standards needed to support a PKI
based on X.509 certificates PL-LCD: PhotoLuminescent Liquid Cristal Display
(Hardware)
PKM: Personal Knowledge Management

PLM PnP
PLM: Product Lifecycle Management PML: Pattern Markup Language

It's the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from XML-based format to describe software patterns. A pattern
its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and represents a recurring solution to a software development
disposal.It is one of the four cornerstones of a corporation's problem within a particular context (Software)
information technology structure
PML: Personal Mailing List
PLMN: Public Land Mobile Network
PMM: Post Memory Manager
(Communication)
A mechanism used by option ROMs to allocate RAM memory for
PLO: Phase Locked Oscillator use during system startup (Hardware)
(Hardware)
PMML: Predictive Modeling Markup Language
PLOS: Parent Looking Over Shoulder
PMMU: Paged Memory Management Unit
(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
PL-OU: PhotoLuminescent Liquid Crystal Display
PMOS: Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PLS: PhysicaL Signaling
PMP: Performance Management Pack
PLS: PLeaSe (Operating systems) (HP)
(Net lingo)
PMP: Point to MultiPoint
PLS: Primary Link Station
PMP: Portable Music Player
PLU: Primary Logical Unit (Hardware)
PLV: Production Level Video PMP: Preventive Maintenance Package
PM: Performance Monitoring PMPL: Pi**ing My Pants Laughing
(Net lingo)
PM: Peripheral Module
PM: Phase Modulation PMR: Problem Management Report
(IBM)
PM: Power Management
PMS: Pantone Matching System
(Hardware)
A spot color matching system used by printers. By specifying a
PM: Presentation Manager 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
P
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
PNNI: Private Network to Network Interface
Feature that allows most LAN devices to wake up from standby
states (S1 or S3) (Hardware) PNNI: Public Network Node Interface
PMFJI: Pardon Me For Jumping In PnP: Plug aNd Play
(Net lingo)
PMI: Protected Mode Interface

PNRP POSTNET
PNRP: Peer Name Resolution Protocol POOL: Parallel Object Oriented Language
Secure, scalable, and dynamic name registration and name
POOP: Parallel Object Oriented Programming
resolution protocol first developed for Windows XP and then
upgraded in Windows Vista (Network) (Microsoft) Programming for parallel processors in any object-oriented
programming language (Software)
PNS: PeaceNet Sweden
POP: Package for Online Programming
PNS: Perceptual Noise Substitution
POP: Picture on Picture
PNW: Personal NetWare (Hardware)
PO: Parity Odd POP: Point Of Presence
PO: Purchase Order (Network)
POA: Portable Object Adapter POP: Post Office Protocol

A standard protocol used for retrieving e-mail from a mail server
POA: PostOfiice Agent (Network)
(Novell)
POP: Power-On Password
POC: Point Of Contact (Security)
POC: Proof Of Concept POP2: Post Office Protocol 2
POC: Protected Output Controller (Network)
(Hardware) POP3: Post Office Protocol 3
POCM: Portal Object Component Model (Network)
POCSAG: Post Office Code Standardization Advisory POPA: POP All registers
Group POPF: POP Flags
Synchronous digital paging scheme (Communication)
POPL: Principles of Programming Languages
POD: Piece Of Data
POR: Plan Of Record
POD: Plain Old Documentation
POR: Point Of Return
POD: Plain Old Dos
POR: Power-On-Reset
POD: Power On Display
POS: Packet Over Sonet
POD: Problem Of the Day (Network)
Today's current difficulty with software (or hardware)
POS: Parent Over Shoulder
POD: Proof of Deposit
Software system used by financial institutions to verify teller
POS: Persistent Object Server
transactions. Usually consists of reader/sorter control software, POS: Pick Operating System
reject-reentry system, and reporting systems (Software)
Old operating system (Operating systems)
POD: Publishing On Demand
POS: Piece Of S**t
PODP: Pentium OverDrive Processor (Net lingo)
An upgrade processor for the 486 systems intended to emulate a
P
POS: Point Of Sale
Pentium (586) (Hardware) (Intel)
(Hardware)
POE: Power Open Environment
POS: POSitive
POE: Power Over Ethernet
POS: Programmable Option Select
(Hardware)
POSE: PalmOS Emulator
POEP: Primary Operand Execution Pipeline
POSE: Picture-Oriented Software Engineering
POF: Plastic Optic Fiber
POSH: Plain Old Semantic Html
POH: Path OverHead
POSH encapsulates the best practices of using semantic HTML to
POH: Power-On Hours author web pages. Semantic HTML is the subset of HTML 4.01 (or
XHTML 1.0) elements and attributes that are semantic rather than
POI: Path Overhead Indicator presentational (Software)
POI: Point Of Information POSI: Promoting conference for Open System
POI: Point Of Interaction Interconnect
POI: Point Of Interest POSIX: Portable Operating System Interface

A set of standards that define the applications interface to basic
POIX: Point Of Interest eXchange system services for input/output, file system access, and process
POJO: Plain Old Java Object management. It uses the C programming language, which
establishes standard semantics and syntax (Operating systems)
Term coined to denote a normal Java object that is not a
JavaBean, an EntityBean, a SessionBean, etc., and does not serve POST: Power On Self Test
any other special role or implement any special interfaces of any Personal computer boot test
of the Java frameworks (EJB, JDBC, ...) (Software)
POSTNET: POSTal Numeric Encoding Technique
POL: Problem-Oriented Language
Bar code
PON: Purchase Order Number

POSYBL P-RAM
POSYBL: PrOgramming SYstem for distriButed P-POP: Plain-Paper Optimized Printing

appLications (Hardware) (Canon)
POTS: Plain Old Telephone Service PPP: Point to Point Protocol
Basic telephone service supplying standard single line An internet protocol for host dial up connections. PPP frames
telephones, telephone lines, and access to the Public Switched (Service Data Units) can support the transport of various
Telephone Network (PSTN) (encapsulated) Protocol Data Units (Network)
POTS: Plain Old Time Sharing PPPoA: Point-to-Point Protocol Over Atm
(Operating systems) (Network)
POV: Point Of View PPPoATM: Point-to-Point Protocol Over
(Net lingo) Asynchronous Transfer Mode
High-speed switching technique used to transmit high volumes of
POWDER: PrOtocol for Web DEscription Resources
voice, data, and video traffic. ATM operates at speeds ranging
POWER: Performance Optimization With Enhanced from 25 Mbps to 622 Mbps and is used mainly in telephone
Risc company backbone networks (Network)
(IBM) PPPoE: Point to Point Protocol Over Ethernet
PowerPC: Performance Optimization With (Network)
Enhanced Risc Performance Computing PPPoI: Point to Point Protocol Over Isdn
PP: Parallel Port (Network)
PP: Physical Partition PPPPPP: Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor

Performance
PP: Physical Plane To plan ahead (Net lingo)
PPA: Pixel Processing Accelerator PPRC: Peer to Peer Remote Copy
(Hardware) Data replication (Software) (IBM)
PPC: PowerPC PPS: Packets Per Second
PPC: Program to Program Communication (Network)
PPD: Partial Packet Discard PPS: Per-Pixel Shading

(Network) PPS: Power Personal Systems
PPD: PostScript Printer Description (IBM)
File name extension PPS: Precision Positioning System
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
PPI: Precise Pixel Interpolation the Internet and protect the data sent over public wires (Network)
P
PPI: Programmable Peripheral Interface PPVPN: Provider Provisioned Virtual Private
Network
PPID: Parent Process IDentifier (Network)
PPIT: Perpetual Point-In-Time PQ: PowerQuest
(Fujitsu) Manufacturer
PPL: Pcboard Programming Language PQA: Palm Query Application
PPL: PeoPLe PQFP: Plastic Quad Flat Package
(Net lingo)
PQO: Parallel Query Option
PPL: Polymorphic Programming Language
PQS: Persistent Query Service
ppm: Pages Per Minute (Software) (Microsoft)
Printing engine speed (Hardware)
PR: Packet Radio
PPM: Perl Package Manager
(Software) PR: Performance Rating
(Hardware)
PPM: Portable PixelMap
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 PSF
PRC: Pilot Resource PROMATS: PROgrammable MAgnetic Tape System

File name extension (3Com)
PROTEL: Procedure Oriented Type Enforcing
PRC: Primary Reference Clock Language
Clock used in synchronous networks like SONET and SDH PRS: Protective Relay System
(Communication)
(Hardware)
PRCS: Project Revision Control System
PRTSC: PRinT SCreen
Front end to a set of tools that (like CVS) provide a way to deal
with sets of files and directories as an entity, preserving coherent PS: Personal Services
versions of the entire set (Software) Office automation integrated programs (Software)
PRD: PRinter Driver PS: Pixel Shader
File name extension (Software) (Microsoft)
PReP: Powerpc REference Platform PS: PlayStation
PREPNet: Pennsylvania Research and Economic Game console (Hardware) (Sony)
Partnership NETwork PS: PostScript
PRF: PReFerences File format for graphic printers
File name extension PS: Power Supply
PRF: Problem Report Form (Hardware)
PRF: Pulse Repetition Frequency PS: Presentation Service

PRI: Primary Rate Interface PS: Privilege Service
An ISDN standard, similar to basic rate interface (BRI), defined PS: Proportional Spacing
by CCITT protocol, but providing multiple B channels (23 or 30)
supported by a single D channel (Communication) PS/2: Personal System 2
PRIDE: PRofitable Information by DEsign IBM personal computer family (Hardware) (IBM)
PRISM: Parallel Reduced Instruction Set PS2: PlayStation 2

Multiprocessing Game console (Hardware) (Sony)
PRISM: PhotoRefractive Information Storage PSAP: Presentation Service Access Point

Materials (Network)
(Hardware) PSAPI: Presentation Space Application
PRJ: PRoJect Programming Interface
File name extension (Borland) PSC: Personal Super Computer
PRM: Partner Relationship Management PSC: Primary Site Controller
PRM: Private Mobile Radio (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
PRMD: PRivate Management Domain PSC: Print Server Command
PRML: Partial-Response Maximum-Likelihood PSC: Product Service Center

P
PRN: Printer PSCNet: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
NETwork
PRNG: Pseudo-Random Number Generator
PSD: PhotoShop Drawing
PRO: PROfile File name extension. Used by Photoshop and other Adobe
File name extension programs (Software) (Adobe)
PROC: PROCedure PSD: Postal Security Device
PROCFS: PROCess FIle System (Hardware)
A type of file system that resides in memory. The PROCFS PSD: Programmer's Supplementary Documents
contains a list of active processes, by process number, in the
/proc directory. Information in the /proc directory is used by PSDC: Public Switched Digital Capability
commands such as ps (Operating systems)
PSDN: Packet-Switched Data Network
PROFS: PRofessional OFfice System (Network)
(IBM)
PSDS: Packet-Switched Data Service
PROG: PROGram (Communication)
PROGID: PROGrammatic IDentifier PSE: Packet Switch Exchange
(Software)
PSE: Persistent Storage Engine
PROLOG: PROgramming in LOGic (Databases)
PSE: Port Switched Ethernet
PROM: Programmable Read Only Memory
PSF: Permanent Swap File
A permanent memory chip programmed by the user rather than
at the chip manufacturer, as is true with a ROM. You need a PSF: Print Services Facility
PROM programmer or burner to write data onto a PROM
(Hardware)

PSfD PUMA
PSfD: Premier Support For Developers PST: Pacific Standard Time

(Microsoft) Timezone: GMT -8:00
PSID: PostScript Image Data PST: Pakistan Standard Time
Timezone: GMT +5:00
PSIU: Packet Switch Interface Unit
PST: Public Switched Telephone
PSK: Phase-Shift Keying
(Communication) PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network
Usually refers to the local telephone company
PSL: Problem Statement Language
PSL: Public Software Library PSU: Power Supply Unit
PSU: Program Storage Unit
PSM: Persistent Storage Manager
(Hardware) PSW: Program Status Word
PSM: Persistent Stored Module PT: Page Table
(Databases)
PT: Payload Type
PSM: Personal Security Manager (Communication)
Set of libraries that perform cryptographic operations on behalf of
PTD: Parallel Transfer Disk
a client application. These operations include setting up an SSL
connection, object signing and signature verification, certificate PTE: Page Table Entry
management, and other common PKI functions
PTE: Path Terminating Equipment
PSM: Personal Software Marketing
PTF: Print To Fax
PSM: Platform Specific Model Fax driver for Lotus Domino Fax Server (Software)
PSM: Printing Systems Manager PTF: Program Temporary Fix
PSMG: Play Streaming Media Group (IBM)
(Organizations) PTI: Packet Type Identifier
PSN: Packet Switching Network PTMC: Pci Telecom Mezzanine Card
A node in the ARPANET and MILNET, formerly called an interface (Hardware)
message processor (IMP) (Network)
PTML: Proxicom Template Markup Language
PSN: Processor Serial Number
(Hardware) PtMP: Point-To-MultiPoint
(Communication)
PSO: Personal Service Organization
PTOCA: Presentation Text Object Content
PSP: PaintShop Pro
Architecture
(Software)
PtP: Point-To-Point
PSP: Personal Software Product
(Communication)
(IBM)
PTR: Point-in-Time Repair
PSP: PlayStation Portable
Game console (Hardware) (Sony)
Backup disaster recovery procedure (Software) P
PTT: Postal Telegraph and Telephone
PSP: Preventive Service Planning
(Organizations)
(IBM)
PTT: Push To Talk
PSP: Program Segment Prefix
Functionality in the group communication terminal device. You
PSPDN: Packet-Switched Public Data Network have to push PTT-button to get the permission for transmission
(Communication)
PSR: PowerSoft Report
PTW: Primary Translation Word
PSRAM: PseudoStatic Random Access Memory PTY: Pseudo-Terminal driver

(Hardware) PTZ: Pan Tilt Zoom
P-SRAM: Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory Video camera controls (Hardware)
PSRG: Privacy and Security Research Group PU: Physical Unit

(Hardware)
PSRT: PostScript Round Table
PUB: PUBlic
PSS: Packet Switch Services
PUC: Peripheral Unit Controller
PSS: Print SubSystem
Software for IBM mainframes that provides an AFP and line data PUC: Public Utilities Commission
printing solution using PCL and PostScript printers (Software) PUCP: Physical Unit Control Point
PSS: Process Status Structure PUMA: Protected User Mode Audio
PSS: Product Support Service Together with UMA, is an engine in the Windows Vista Protected
Environment that provides a safer environment for audio
PSSP: Parallel System Support Program playback, as well as checking that the enabled outputs are
(Operating systems) (IBM) consistent with what the content allows (Operating systems)
(Microsoft)

PUN QDOS
PUN: Physical Unit Number PWS: Peer Web Services

PUP: Parc Universal Packet
Protocol PWS: Personal Web Server
(Network)
PUP: Potentially Unwanted Program
PUPs include spyware, adware, and dialers, and are often PWS: Programmable WorkStation
downloaded in conjunction with a program that the user wants (Hardware)
(Security)
PWSCS: Programmable WorkStation
PURL: Persistent Uniform Resource Locator Communication Services
Instead of pointing directly to the location of an Internet (IBM)
resource, a PURL points to an intermediate resolution service.
The PURL resolution service associates the PURL with the actual PX: Primary indeX
URL and returns that URL to the client. (Borland)
PUS: Processor Upgrade Socket PXE: Preboot eXecution Environment
PUSHA: PUSH All registers Provides a way for a system to initiate a network connection to
various servers prior to loading an Operating System (OS)
PUSHF: PUSH Flags
PV: Physical Volume Q
PVA: Personal Virtual Assistant Q: Quotation
PVC: Permanent Virtual Circuit HTML Tag
Dedicated end-to-end virtual circuit that is set up permanently in Q&A: Questions & Answers
an ATM network (Network)
Q/A: Questions and Answers
PVC: PolyVinyl Chloride
QA: Quality Assurance
PVM: Parallel Virtual Machine
QAB: Quick As a Bunny
PVM: Pass-through Virtual Machine Similar to ASAP but cuter (Net lingo)
(IBM)
QAM: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
PVM: Perc Virtual Machine (Communication)
(Operating systems)
QAS: Quasi-Associated Signaling
PVP: Packet Video Protocol
QAS: Quick Arbitration and Selection
PVP: Parallel Vector Processing (Hardware)
PVP: Personal Video Player QBE: Query By Example
(Hardware) (Databases)
PVP: Protected Video Path QBF: Query by Form
(Hardware)
QBIC: Query By Image Content
PVP-OPM: Protected Video Path - Output Protection
Management
(Databases)
P
Is a form of DRM expected to be implemented in Microsoft's QC: Quality Control
Windows Vista (Hardware) QC: Quantum Coprocessor Q
PVP-UAB: Protected Video Path - User-Accessible (Hardware)
Bus QC: Queued Component
Provides encryption of premium content as it passes over the
user-accessible PCIe bus to discrete graphics cards (Hardware) QCDP: Quality Color Dithering Modus
PVR: Personal Video Recorder QCIF: Quarter Common source Intermediate Format
Stores video on a hard disk instead of a video tape (Hardware) A video format in which frames are 180 pixels wide and 144
pixels high (1/4 the size of the CIF format). Each pixel has its
PVS: Parallel Visualization Server own luminance value; however, blocks of 4 pixels share
chrominance values
PW: PassWord
QD: Querty/Dvorak
PWB: Printed Wire Board
Keyboard layout
PWB: Programmer's WorkBench
QDA: Qualitative Data Analysis
(Microsoft)
QDF: Quicken Data File
PWD: Print Working Directory
File name extension (Software) (Intuit)
PWM: Pulse-Width Modulation
QDI: Quicken DIctionary
(Communication)
File name extension (Software) (Intuit)
PWP: Personal Web Pages
QDL: Quadri Data Layer
(Microsoft)
QDMS: Quality Document Management System
PWPN: PowWow for Private Networks
Instant messaging program (Software) QDOS: Quick and Dirty Operating System
MS-DOS ancestor (Operating systems)
PWR: PoWeR

QDR RACF
QDR: Quad Data-Rate QPSK: Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying

(Hardware) (Communication)
QDT: Quicken DaTa QRSL: Quad Rambus Signaling Level
File name extension (Intuit) (Hardware)
QEA: Queued Event Architecture QSA: Qt Script for Applications

Multiplatform application-scripting toolkit based on Qt. See
QEMM: Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager
http://www.trolltech.com/ (Software)
(Operating systems) (Quarterdeck)
QSAM: Queued Sequential Access Method
QFA: Quick File Access
QT: QuickTime
QFE: Quick Fix Engineering
File Format for movies (Apple)
(Software)
QTAM: Queued Teleprocessing Access Method
QFHD: Quad Full High Definition
(IBM)
(Hardware)
QTC: QuickTime Conferencing
QFP: Quad Flat Pack
(Apple)
QFP: Quicken Financial Planner
QTD: Quarter To Date
(Software) (Intuit)
QFT: Quoted For Truth
QUARC: QUarterdeck's Antivirus Research Center
Internet slang, generally used on forums to express an approval
(Quarterdeck)
or a stance of agreement for something previously said (Net lingo)
QUEL: QUEry Language
QIC: Quality Information using Cycle time
QUT: Queensland University of Technology
QIC: Quarter-Inch Cartridge
An Australian university (Brisbane, Queensland) (Organizations)
An industry-standard 1/4-inch magnetic tape cartridge used for
data backup or storage (Hardware) QVGA: Quarter Video Graphic Array
QIF: Quicken Interchange Format Video specification for a resolution of 320 X 240 pixels used by
Pocket PCs (Hardware)
File format for financial data (Software)
QXGA: Quad eXtended Graphics Array
QKD: Quantum Key Distribution
Video specification for a resolution of 2048 X 1536 pixels
QL: Quantum Leap (Hardware)
Name for an unsuccessful mid 1980's Sincliar Microcomputer
based on the Motorola 68008 microprocessor.
R
QLI: Query Language Interpreter
R&D: Research & Development
QLLC: Qualified Logical Link Control
R.A.V.E.: Real Animated Vector Effects
QMF: Query Management Facility
R/O: Read Only
(IBM)
R/T: Receive/Transmit
QMT: Quicken Memorized lisT
File name extension (Intuit) R/W: Read/Write
RA: Real Audio
QMU: Quarterly Maintenance Update
(IBM) File name extension
Q
RA: Remote Assistance
QNX: Quicken iNdeXes
File name extension (Intuit) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
R
QoS: Quality Of Service RA: Resource Adapter
QoS can be characterized by several basic performance criteria, (Software)
including availability, response time and throughput, lost calls or
RA: Return Authorization
transmissions due to network congestion, connection set-up time,
and speed of fault detection and correction (Network) RAB: Raid Advisory Board
QoSR: Qualiy Of Service Raouting Industry organization of manufacturers and users of disk systems
and related products whose mission is to educate users regarding
A dynamic routing protocol that has expanded its path-selection
all aspects of storage technology, and in particular, RAID
criteria to include QoS parameters such as available bandwidth,
technology. (Organizations)
link and end-to-end path utilization, node resources consumption,
delay and latency, and induced 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 RAC: Remote Access Card

(Hardware)
QPL: Qualified Product List
RACF: Resource Access Control Facility
QPM: Quantitative Process Management
Provides improved security for an installation's data. RACF
(Software) protects your vital system resources and controls what users can
do on the operating system (Security) (IBM)

RACMan RCP
RACMan: Remote Automation Connection MANager RARE: Reseaux Associés pour la Recherche
(Network) Européenne
The European Association of Research Networks. Now called
RAD: Rapid Access Disk
TERENA (Network)
RAD: Rapid Application Development RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
(Software)
(Network)
RADAR: RAdio Detection And Ranging RAS: Random Access Storage
RADAR: Rights, Availabilities, Distribution Analysis RAS: Reader Admission System
and Reporting
RAS: Reliability, Availability, Serviceability
RADB: Routing Arbiter Data Base
RAS: Remote Access Service
RADIUS: Remote Authentication Dial-In User
(Network)
Service
RAS: Row-Address Strobe
RADSL: Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line
(Communication) RASAPI: Remote Access Service Application
RAG: Row Address Generator
(Microsoft)
RAI: Rapid Application Integration
RAT: Register Alias Table
(Software)
RAT: Remote Access Trojan
RAID: Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or
(Security)
Independent) Disks
(Hardware) RATP: Reliable Asynchronous Transfer Protocol
RAIDb: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Databases RAVE: Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine
(Databases) (Apple)
RAIS: Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Systems RAW: Reconfigurable Architecture Workstation

RAIT: Redundant Array of Independent Tapes RAWT: Remote Abstract Windows Toolkit
(Hardware) (Software) (Sun)
RALU: Register-equipped Arithmetic Logic Unit RB: Right Button

(Hardware) RBA: Relative Byte Address
RAM: Random Access Memory RBBS: Remote Bulletin Board System
(Hardware)
RBCS: Remote Bar Code System
RAM: Real Audio Metafile
File name extension RBF: Random Block Filemanager
RAM: Rioport Audio Manager RBH: Remote Bridge Hub
RAMAC: Raid Architecture with Multi-level Adaptive RBL: Realtime Blackhole List
Cache System for creating intentional network outages ("blackholes")
for the purpose of limiting the transport of known-to-be-
RAMDAC: Random Access Memory Digital to Analog unwanted mass e-mail. See http://mail-abuse.org/rbl/
Converter
RBOC: Regional Bell Operating Company
Chip on a video board that generates the analog video signals
The local telephone company in each of the seven U.S. regions.
(Hardware)
RAMP: Remote Access Maintenance Protocol
(Communication) R
RC: Release Candidate
(Network)
Pre-release version of a program (Software)
RAMP: Risk Analysis and Management Program
RC: Resource Compiler
RAN: Radio Access Network (Software)
RAND: RANDom RCA: Radio Corporation of America
(Organizations)
RAND: Rural Area Network Design
RAP: Rapid Application Prototyping RCA: Readers' Choice Award
RAPI: Remote access Application Programming RCC: Remote Cluster Controller

Interface RCF: Reader's Comment Form
RCI: Rectal Cranial Inversion
RAPI: Rsvp Application Programming Interface When someone has things a** backward (Net lingo)
An RSVP-specific API that enables applications to interface
explicitly with an RSVP process (Network)
RCL: Rotate Carry Left
RAPS: Real Application on Parallel Systems RCP: Remote Control Panel
RAR: Resource Adapters aRchive RCP: Remote CoPy

RCP: Restore Cursor Position

RCP ReLaTe
RCP: Rich Client Platform RDI: Remote Defect Indicator

Minimal set of plug-ins needed to build a rich client application.
RDIMM: Registered Dual In-line Memory Module
See also http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Rich_Client_Platform
(Software) (Hardware)
RCR: Rotate Carry Right RDL: Remote Digital Loopback
RCS: Records Communications System RDL: Report Definition Language

XML-based industry standard used to define reports (Software)
RCS: Reference Color Space
(Software) RD-LAP: Radio Data Link Access Protocol
RCS: Revision Control System RDM: Reliably Delivered Message

Manages multiple revisions of files by automating the storage, RDM: Remote Data Module
retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of revisions. It's
particularly useful for text that is revised frequently, such as RDM: Remote Deployment Manager
programs, documentation, graphics, papers, and form letters
RDM: Remote Diagnostic Manager
(Software) (GNU)
(Operating systems) (Acer)
RCSS: Records Communications Switching System
RDM: Resource Description Message
RCTC: Rewritable Consumer Time Code
RDN: Relative Distinguished Name
RCW: Runtime Callable Wrapper (Operating systems)
RDO: Remote Data Object
RD: Receive Data
RDOS: Real-time Disk Operating System
(Hardware)
(Operating systems)
RD: Recursive Design
RDP: Rapid Deployment Pack
RD: Remote Desktop (Operating systems) (HP)
RDP: Reliable Datagram Protocol
RD: Remove Directory
RDP: Remote Display (or Desktop) Protocol
RD: Rendezvous Point (Network) (Microsoft)
Unlike source trees that have their root at the source, shared
trees use a single common root placed at some chosen point in RDR: Remote Data Recovery
the network. This shared root is called a RP (Network) RDRAM: Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RDA: Remote Data Access (Hardware)
RDAO: Remote Data Access Object RDS: Radio Digital System
RDS: Remote Data Service
RDB: Receive Data Buffer (Databases)
RDB: Relational DataBase RDSR: Receiver Data Service Request

(Databases)
RDT: Radio Digital Terminal
RDB: Rigid Disk Block RDTO: Receive Data Transfer Offset
RDBMS: Relational DataBase Management System (IBM)
(Software) RDX: Realistic Display miXer
RDBMS-MIB: Relational DataBase Management
System - Management Information Base
RE/TM: Rare Earth/Transition Metal R
REC: RECorder
RDC: Remote Data Control
File name extension
(Microsoft)
RECFM: RECord ForMat
RDC: Ricoh Digital Camera
(Hardware) (Ricoh)
RED: Random Early Detection
RDD: Replicable Database Driver
A congestion-avoidance algorithm developed in the early 1990s
RDDL: Resource Directory Description Language built on the base-level TCP behavior of automatically slowing
XML-based language for describing a resource directory. A transmissions when packet loss is detected (Network)
resource directory provides a text description of some class of REF: REFerence
resources and of other resources related to that class. It also
contains a directory of links to these related resources (Software) REG: REGister
RDE: Receive Data Enable REGAL: Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate
(Hardware)
REGEX: REGular EXpression
RDES: Remote Data Entry System
REGIS: REmote Graphics Instruction Set
RDF: Resource Definition Format
ReLaTe: REmote LAnguage TEaching
(Software)
RDF: Resource Description Framework
(Netscape)

RELAX RIB
RELAX: REgular LAnguage description for Xml RFP: Request For Proposal
Uses XML syntax to express the structure relationships that are
RFQ: Request For Quotation
present in a DTD, and adds the XML Datatype Schema
mechanisms, as well RFQ: Request For Quote
RELML: Real Estate Listing Markup Language RFS: Remote File Sharing
RELSECT: RELative SECTor RFS: Remote File System
REM: REMark (Operating systems)
REM: REMote RFT: Revisable Form Text
REM: Remote Equipment Module RFU: Reserved for Future Use
REM: Ring Error Monitor RG: Residential Gateway

(Network)
REN: REName
RGB: Red Green Blue
REN: Ringer Equivalence Number The color systems obtain their colors through a direct
REP: REPeat combination of red, green, and blue components. The range of
colors that can be displayed depends on the number of bits that
REPE: REPeat while Equal have been assigned to each pixel (Hardware)
REPNE: REPeat while Not Equal RGC: Routing Group Connector
(Microsoft)
REPNZ: REPeat while Not Zero
REPZ: REPeat while Zero RGMII: Reduced Gigabit Media Independent
Interface
REQ: REQuest (Network)
RES: Remote Execution Service RGMP: Router-port Group Management Protocol
RES: RESet IP multicast constraining mechanism for router-only network
segments. RGMP must be enabled on the routers and on the Layer
RES: RESolution 2 switches (Network)
RES: RESource RGSS: Rotated Grid Super-Sampling
File name extension (Hardware)
RES: Robots Exclusion Standard RH: Request (or Response) Header
Standard that allows web site administrators to indicate to
RHCE: Red Hat Certified Engineer
visiting robots which parts of their site should not be visited by
the robot Mid to advanced level certification for IT professionals who are
able to install and configure Red Hat Linux, understand
REST: REpresentational State Transfer limitations of hardware and configure basic networking and file
Style of software architecture for distributed hypermedia systems systems
such as the World Wide Web. The term was introduced in the
RHCT: Red Hat Certified Technician
doctoral dissertation in 2000 by Roy Fielding, one of the principal
authors of the HTTP specification RHD: Removable Hard Drive
RET: Resolution Enhancement Technology (Hardware)
(HP) RHEL: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RET: RETurn (Operating systems)
RETR: RETRieve RHSBL: Right Hand Side Blacklist
REX: Relocatable EXecutable

Similar to a DNSBL but it lists domain names rather than IP
addresses. The term comes from the "right-hand side" of an email
R
REXEC: Remote EXECution address - the part after the @ sign - which clients look up in the
RHSBL
REXX: Restructured EXtended eXecutor
RI: Reference Implementation
Programming language (IBM)
(Software)
RF: Radio Frequency
RI: Referential Integrity
(Communication)
(Databases)
RFA: Resident Flash Array
RI: Ring Indicator
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
RFC: Remote Function Call
RIA: Rich Internet Application
(Software)
Evolution of the web development and deployment model
RFC: Request For Comments (Software)
RFD: Request for Discussion RIAA: Recording Industry Association of America

(Organizations)
RFE: Request for Enhancement
RIB: Routing Information Base
RFI: Radio Frequency Interference
Stores the routes (and in some cases, metrics associated with
RFI: Request For Information those routes) to particular network destinations. This information
contains the topology of the network immediately around it
RFID: Radio Frequency IDentification (Network)

RID RNC
RID: Record IDentifier RLE: Run Length Encoding

RID: Relative Identifier RLL: Run Length Limited
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) Magnetic supports read/write technology (Hardware)
RIDE: Rapid Integrated Drive Electronics RLN: Remote Lan Node

(Hardware)
RLP: Radio Link Protocol
RIFF: Resource Interchange File Format
RLP: Resource Location Protocol
RLSD: Received Line Signal Detected
RIG: Related Interest Group
RLT: Remote Line Test
RIM: Real-time Interaction Management
RM: Relay Module
RIM: Remote Installation and Maintenance
(Hardware)
(Microsoft)
RM: Reset Mode
RIM: Research In Motion
(Hardware) RM: Resource Management
RIME: Relaynet International Message Exchange RMA: Return Material Authorization
RIMM: Rambus Inline Memory Module RMB: Right Mouse Button

(Hardware) RMC: Raptor Management Console
RIP: Raster-Image Processor (Software) (Symantec)
RIP: Remote Imaging Protocol RMC: Resource Monitoring and Control

This is the scalable, reliable backbone subsystem of RSCT. It runs
RIP: Routing Information Protocol on a single machine or on each node (operating system image) of
An Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) with Berkeley UNIX (Network) a cluster and provides a common abstraction for the resources of
the individual system or the cluster of nodes (Operating systems)
RIPE: Reseaux Internet Protocol Européens (IBM)
The European continental TCP/IP network operated by EUnet
(Network) RMD: Required Markup Declaration
RIPEM: Riordan's Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail RMDIR: ReMove DIRectory
RIPES: Reconnaissance Imagery Processing & RMI: Remote Messaging Interface
Exploitation System RMI: Remote Method Invocation
RIPL: Remote Initial Program Load (Software)
RIPS: Raster Image Processing System RMID: Resource Manager IDentifier

RIPv2: Routing Information Protocol Version 2 RMM: Ring Management Module
Extension of the Routing Information Protocol (RIP). Its purpose RMON: Remote MONitoring
is to expand the amount of useful information in the RIP packets
and to add security elements (Network) RMON: Resident MONitor
RIR: Regional Internet Registry RMP: Remote Maintenance Processor
(Network) (IBM)
RIS: Remote Intallation Service RMPC: Remote Management Control Protocol
RMS: Reason Maintenance System
RISC: Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RMS: Record Management System R
A computer architecture that uses fewer and less complex
(Operating systems) (DEC)
instructions than complex instruction set computing (CISC).
Some complex instructions performed by hardware in CISC RMS: Root Mean Square
computers are done by software in RISC computers (Hardware)
RMSE: Root Mean Square Error
RISLU: Remote Integrated Services Line Unit
RMT: Raw Magnetic Tape
RIT: Raw Input Thread
(Microsoft) RMT: Ring ManagemenT
RITA: Reliable Internetwork Troubleshooting Agent RMTP: Reliable Message Transport Protocol
(Network) RMW: Read, Modify, Write
RJ: Registered Jack RN: Read News
Connector for phone and network cables (Hardware)
RNA: Remote Network Access
RJE: Remote Job Entry (Microsoft)
(Network)
RNA: Ring No Answer
RK: Resource Kit What you get when the modem you just called doesn't answer
(Operating systems) (Communication)
RKRM: Rom Kernel Reference Manual RNC: Radio Network Controller
(Hardware)
RLD: Received Line Detect

RND RPG
RND: RaNDom ROP: Raster OPeration

The logical operations (called ANDs, ORs, NORs, and so on)
RNG: Random Number Generator
performed on portions of the bit planes—called bitmaps or
RNI: Raw Native Interface pixmaps—in the frame buffer. These operations perform
Native interface proposed by Microsoft (Software) (Microsoft) fundamental movements and transfers of pixel data
RNOC: Regional Network Operations Center ROP: Remote OPeration
RNP: Regional Network Provider ROP: Risc OPeration
RNR: Receive Not Ready ROPE: Remote Object Proxy Engine
RNS: Run from Network Server ROPES: Rapid Object-oriented Process for
Embedded Systems
(Software)
(Operating systems)
RNUI: Remote Network User Identification
ROR: ROtate Right
ROADM: Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop
Multiplexer ROS: Read-Only Storage
A type of multiplexer used in optical networking (Hardware) (IBM)
ROB: ReOrder Buffer ROS: Return on Service

(Intel) ROSCOE: Remote Operating System Conversational
ROC: Reconstruction Of Color Online Environment
Film scanner technology ROSE: Remote Operations Service Element
A lightweight RPC protocol used in ISO/OSI message handling,
ROD: Rewritable Optical Disk
directory, and network management application protocols
ROD: Rewriteable Optical Disk
ROT: Rule Of Thumb
(Hardware)
ROT: Running Object Table
ROFL: Rolling On Floor Laughing
(Software)
(Net lingo)
ROTFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROFLKAS: Rolling On Floor Laughing, Kicking And
(Net lingo)
Screaming
(Net lingo) ROTFLMAO: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A**
Off
ROFLMAO: Rolling On Floor Laughing My A** Off
(Net lingo)
(Net lingo)
ROTFLMAOASTC: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My
ROFLMAOWTIME: Rolling On Floor Laughing My
A** Off And Scaring The Cat
A** Off With Tears In My Eyes
(Net lingo)
(Net lingo)
ROTFLMAOWTIME: Rolling On The Floor Laughing
ROFLMFAO: Rolling On Floor Laughing My F***ing
My A** Off With Tears In My Eyes
A** Off
(Net lingo)
(Net lingo)
ROTFLOL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROFLMHO: Rolling On Floor Laughing My Head Off
(Net lingo)
(Net lingo)
ROTFLPMP: Rolling On The Floor Laughing, Peeing
ROFLOL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out Loud
My Pants
(Net lingo)
(Net lingo) R
ROFLOLBAG: Rolling On The Floor Laughing Out
ROV: Real Option Valuation
Loud Busting A Gut
(Net lingo) ROX: Risc Os on X
RISC-OS desktop environment clone for Unix/X-window
ROI: Return On Investment (Operating systems)
ROL: ROtate Left RP: Relay Party
ROLAP: Relational OnLine Analytical Processing RPC: Remote Procedure Call
ROM: Read Only Memory Interprocess communication mechanism (Software)
(Hardware) RPCL: Remote Procedure Call Language
ROM: Report Object Model RPCS: Refined Printing Command Stream
Object model at the base of the Business Intelligence and (Hardware) (Ricoh)
Reporting Tools (BIRT) (Software)
RPF: Reverse Path Forwarding
ROMB: Raid On MotherBoard
Enables routers to correctly forward multicast traffic down the
(Hardware) distribution tree. It makes use of the existing unicast routing
ROOM: Real-time Object-Oriented Modeling table to determine the upstream and downstream neighbors
(Network)
RPG: Report Program Generator

RPL RSP
RPL: Remote Program Link RS: Reed-Solomon

Reed-Solomon codes are block-based error correcting codes with
RPL: Remote Program Load
a wide range of applications in digital communications and
Bootable network device protocol, developed and used mostly by storage. Reed-Solomon codes are used to correct errors in many
IBM systems (Communication)
RPL: Requested Privilege Level RS: Register Select
RPL: Resident Programming Language (Hardware)
RPM: Radio Packet Modem RS: Registry Service

RPM: Red-hat Package Manager RS: Remote Scripting
(Operating systems) Allows code in a client page to call functions in an ASP page
running on the server (Microsoft)
RPM: Remote Printer Management
(Network) (Novell)
RSA: Random Scheduling Algorithm
rpm: Rounds (or Revolutions) Per Minute RSA: Remote Supervisor Adapter
(Hardware) PCI adapter which simplifies remote system management by
providing around-the-clock remote access to the server. The RSA
RPM: Route Processor Module monitors the server and sends out alerts to designated recipients
(Network) (Cisco) via LAN, pager, email or SNMP if a failure is detected (Hardware)
(IBM)
RPN: Real Page Number
RSA: Rivest-Shamir-Adleman
RPN: Reverse Polish Notation
RSAC: Recreational Software Advisory Council
RPPROM: ReProgrammable Programmable Read (Organizations)
Only Memory
RSACI: Recreational Software Advisory Council on
RPQ: Request for Price Quotation the Internet
RPR: Relative Performance Rating (Organizations)
RPSL: Routing Policy Specification Language RSC: Remote System Control

(Hardware) (Sun)
RPT: RePeaT
RSCS: Remote Spooling Communications System
RQBE: Relational Query By Example
(Microsoft) RSCT: Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology
Set of software components, used for AIX and Linux, to provide
RQN: Real-Quick Newsletter clusters with improved system availability, scalability, and ease
FreeBSD newsletter (Operating systems) of use (Software) (IBM)
RR: Radio Resource RSD: Route Server Daemon
RR: Real Reality RSH: Remote SHell
RR: Register to Register RSI: Repetitive Stress Injury
The class of CPU instructions (and assembler codes that go with
them) relating to only registers, not main memory (e.g." Add the
RSIP: Realm Specific Internet Protocol
contents of register A with register B, putting the result in Like NAT, RSIP translates between public and private IP
register A") (Hardware) addresses. But instead of requiring a boundary router to
translate, RSIP uses a simple protocol between a user's desktop
RR: Resource Record PC and a boundary router to perform preparatory signaling
(Network) (Network)
RR: Round Robin RSL: Request-and-Status Link R

Process or thread scheduling (Operating systems) RSL: Resilient Server Link
RRAS: Routing Remote Access Service RSM: Relational Storage Manager
(Network) (Databases) (IBM)
RRCM: Reservation Request Control Mechanism RSM: Remote Session Manager
RRDF: Remote Recovery Data Facility RSM: Remote Storage Management
RRDS: Relative Record Data Set (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
RRIP: Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol RSM: Removable Storage Manager

RRN: Relative Record Number
RSM: Route Switch Module
RRP: Recommended Retail Price
Basically a router on a card in the switch for routing between
RRSHB: Resource Representation Soap Header Virtual Local Area Networks (Network)
Block RSN: Real Soon Now
RS: Radio Shack (Net lingo)
RS: Recommended Standard RSoP: Resultant Set Of Policies

RS: Record Separator
RSP: Required Space Character

RS-PC RU
RS-PC: Reed Solomon Product Code RTL: Raster Transfer Language

RSPX: Remote Sequenced Packet eXchange RTL: Register Transfer Language
RSS: Really Simple Syndication RTL: Resistor Transistor Logic
Is an XML-based, universal way for developers to describe their
RTL: Right-To-Left
sites and to make their content available to others (for example,
for syndication) RTL: Run Time Library
RSS: Receive-Side Scaling RTM: Release To Manufacturing
The scheduling for processing networking I/O within the context
of an ISR is routed to the same processor (Hardware) RTM: Response Time Monitor
RSS: Relay Spam Stopper RTM: RunTime Manager

Queryable DNS-based database of spam-relaying mail servers. (Borland)
See http://work-rss.mail-abuse.org/rss/ RTMP: Routing Table Maintenance Protocol
RSS: Rich Site Summary RTN: Recursive Transition Network
Synonym of Really Simple Syndication (Network)
RST: ReSeT RTN: ReTurN
RST: ReSTart RTN: Reuters Transaction Network
RSTS: Resource Sharing Time Sharing RTO: Return To Office
(DEC) (Net lingo)
RSTS/E: Resource System Time Sharing/Enhanced RTOS: Real Time Operating System
RSU: Recommended Service Upgrade (Operating systems)
IBM-recommended PTFs (Program Temporary Fix) supplied as RTP: Rapid Transport Protocol
part of monthly z/OS service support (Software) (IBM)
RTP: Real-time Transport Protocol
RSVP: Resource reSerVation Protocol
(Communication)
An IETF standard which allows an end device and a network to
negotiate specific QoS characteristics (Network) RTR: Real Time Replicator
RSX: Realistic Sound eXperience (Network)
RSX: Realtime resource Sharing eXecutive RTS: Real-Time Strategy

Type of game
RT: Real-Time
RTS: Real-Time System
RT: Risc Technology
RTS: Remote Takeover System
RT: Run Time
RTS: Request To Send
RT/DSS: Real-Time/Decision Support Service Serial port signal (Communication)
RTAM: Remote Terminal Access Method RTS: Run Time System
RTB: Rich Text Box RTSE: Reliable Transfer Service Element
(Software) (Microsoft) A lightweight ISO/OSI application service used above X.25
RTC: Real-Time Clock networks to handshake application PDUs across the session
service and TP0 (Network)
(Hardware)
RTSJ: Real-Time Specification for Java
RTC: Rich Thin Client
All about technologies for thin client with rich functionality and
(Software) R
widget set, as opposed to Html clients (Software) RTSP: Real Time Streaming Protocol
RTCP: Real-Time Control Protocol Application-level protocol for control over the delivery of data
with real-time properties (Network)
RTDM: Real-Time Data Migration
RTT: Real-Time Technology
RTEL: Reverse TELnet Refers to a technology that allows a user to receive data during
the actual time that a physical process occurs, known as real
RTF: Real Time Fifo time. Real time is measured in milliseconds or microseconds
RTF: Rich Text Format RTTI: Run-Time Type Information
File format for documents
(Software)
RTFA: Read The F***ing Article RTTY: Radio TeleTYpewriter
Used on news sites when someone makes an ill-informed
comment/reply (Net lingo) RTU: Real Time Unix
RTFM: Read The F***ing Manual RTU: Right To Use
FAQ by beginner (Net lingo) The Sun software licensing, usually included in the price of the
software (Sun)
RTFM: Realtime Traffic Flow Measurement
(Network) RTV: Real-Time Video
RTG: Real Time Geometry RTX: Run Time eXtension
RTI: ReTurn from Interrupt RU: Request (or Response) Unit

RUN SAF
RUN: Responsible Use of the Network S/TK: Sectors per TracK

RUN: Rewind/UNload S/UTP: Screened Unshielded Twisted Pair
(IBM) (Hardware)
RUP: Rational Unified Process S1AS: Sun One Application Server

(Software) (Sun)
RUS: Recipient Update Service S2S: Server To Server
Microsoft Exchange Mail Server Service that generates and (Software)
updates email addresses seen in the Global Address List (GAL)
(Software) (Microsoft) SA: Security Association
RUW: Remote Unit of Work SA: Selective Availability

(IBM) SA: Service Agent
RVA: Ramac Virtual Array SA: Software Assurance
RVA: Relative Virtual Address Licensing scheme (Microsoft)
RVA: RendezVous Agent SA: Source Address

(Network) SA: Structured Analysis
RVD: RendezVous Daemon SAA: Service Assurance Agent
RVI: ReVerse Interrupt SAA: Systems Application Architecture
RVLC: Reversible Variable Length Code SAAJ: Soap with Attachments Api for Java
MPEG-4 Audio Error Resilience (ER) technique that reduces error Enables developers to produce and consume messages
propagation within scale factor data conforming to the SOAP 1.1 specification and SOAP with
Attachments note (Software) (Sun)
RVRAD: RendezVous Relay Agent Deamon
(Network) SAAL: Signaling Atm Adaptation Layer
(Communication)
RVRD: RendezVous Routing Daemon
(Network) SaaS: Software As A Service
RVSA: Remote Variant Selection Algorithm SABM: Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode
(Network)
RW: Read Write
Device capability to read and write its media (Hardware) SABME: Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Extended
in ISDN, is a TEI assignment (LAPD negotiation) (Network)
RWM: Read-Write Memory
SABRE: Semi-Automatic Business Research
RWP: Remote Write Protocol
Environment
(Network)
SAC: Service Access Control
RWU: Remote Wake Up
The Service Access Facility (SAF) master program (Operating
(Network)
systems) (Sun)
RX: Receive SAC: Simple Api for Css
RXD: Receive Data SAC: Single Attachment Concentrator
(Hardware)
SACD: Super Audio Compact Disk
RZ: Return to Zero
Return to Zero
(Hardware) R
SACK: Selective ACKnowledge
S (Communication) S
SACL: System Access Control List
FTPS: File Transfer Protocol over Ssl
An ACL that controls the generation of audit messages for
S: Strike-through attempts to access a securable object. The ability to get or set an
HTML Tag object's SACL is controlled by a privilege typically held only by
system administrators (Operating systems)
S.u.S.E.: Software Und SystemEntwicklung
SAD: Security Association Database
S/H: Sample/Hold In each IPsec implementation there is a nominal Security
S/MIME: Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Association Database, in which each entry defines the parameters
associated with one Security Association (Network)
Extensions
An e-mail security standard that makes use of public key SAD: Streams Administrative Driver
encryption (Security) A driver that provides an interface to the autopush mechanism
S/N: Signal to Noise SADL: Structural Architecture Description Language
S/PDIF: Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format Intended for the definition of software architecture hierarchies
that are to be analyzed formally (Software)
A standard for digital connection of consumer audio devices
SADT: Structured Analysis and Design Techniques
S/STP: Screened Shielded Twisted Pair
(Hardware) SAF: Security Authentication Facility

SAF SB
SAF: Service Access Facility SAP: Session Announcement Protocol

A tool provided with the SunOS 5.3 operating system that (Communication)
controls access to local and network system services, such as
printers, modems, and terminals (Operating systems) (Sun) SAP: Symbolic Assembly Program
SAFE: Security And Freedom through Encryption SAP: Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der
datenverarbeitung
SAG: Sql Access Group A german company that produces the leading suite of client-
SAIL: Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory server business software ("Systems, Applications and Products in
data processing").
SAINT: Security Administrator's Integrated
Network Tool SAPI: Speech Application Programming Interface
SAINT: Symbolic Automatic INTegrator
SAPR: Systems Assurance Product Review
SAL: Shift Arithmetic Left (IBM)
SAL: Spatial Aggregation Language SAR: Segmentation And Reassembly
SALT: Speech Application Language Tags The process of breaking packets into ATM cells and reassembling
cells back into data packets (Communication)
Lightweight set of extensions to existing markup languages, in
particular HTML and XHTML that enable multimodal and SAR: Shift Arithmetic Right
telephony access to information, applications and Web services
from PCs, telephones, tablet PCs and wireless personal digital SAR: Specific Absorbtion Rate
assistants
SAR: Store Address Register
SAM: Scsi-3 Architecture Model
SAR: Successive Approximation Register
SAM: Security Accounts Manager
SAR: Synthetic Aperture Radar
SARC: Symantec's Antivirus Research Center
SAM: Sequential Access Method
(Symantec)
SAM: Serial Access Memory
SARG: Search ARGument
SAM: Single Application Mode (Databases) (Sybase)
(Microsoft)
SAS: Sales Accounting System
SAM: Storage Area Management
SAS: Secure Attention Sequence
SAM: System Administration Module A key sequence that begins the process of logging on or off. The
(Operating systems) default sequence is CTRL+ALT+DEL (Operating systems)
(Microsoft)
SAMI: Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange
SAS: Serial Attached Scsi
SAML: Security Assertion Markup Language
Storage connection technology (Hardware)
SAN: Storage Area Network SAS: Server Attached Storage
SAN: System Area Network (Hardware)
(Network)
SAS: Single Attached Station
SANE: Standard Apple Numeric Environment SAS: Single Audio System
(Apple)
SAS: Statistical Analysis System
SANE: System Administration and Network
Engineering SASI: Sughart Associates System Interface
Old hard disk bus (Hardware)
SANITI: Storage Area Network Integrated
Technology Initiative SASL: Simple Authentication and Security Layer
SANS: System Administration, Networking and SAT: Sim Application Toolkit
S
Security institute Normally terminal device commands the Subscriber Identity
Organization that develops, maintains, and makes available at no Module (SIM). Terminal device supporting SAT feature gives for
cost, the largest collection of research documents about various SIM a feature to command terminal device (Communication)
aspects of information security, and it operates the Internet's SATA: Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
early warning system - Internet Storm Center. (Organizations)
Peripheral bus architecture (Hardware)
SAO: Sector-At-Once
SATAN: System Administration Tool for Analyzing
Networks
SAP: Second Audio Program (Network)
SAP: Secure Audio Path SATF: Shared Access Transport Facility
SAP: Service Access Point SAV: Symantec AntiVirus
The point at which the services of an OSI layer are made Previously called Norton AntiVirus (NAV) (Software) (Symantec)
available to the next higher layer. The SAP is named according to
the layer providing the services (Network) SAVDM: Single Application Virtual Dos Machine
SAP: Service Advertising Protocol SAX: Simple Api for Xml

(Network) SB: Small Business

SB SCCP
SB: Sound Blaster SBS: Small Business Suite

(Creative Labs) (Software) (Novell)
SB: Sound Board SBS: Smart Battery Specification
(Hardware)
SBA: Scene Balance Algorithm
(Kodak) SC: Servlet Container
(Software)
SBA: Service-Based Architecture
SC: Smart Card
SBAS: Satellite-Based Augmentation System
(Hardware)
SBB: Subtract With Borrow
SC: System Clock
SBC: Scsi Block Commands (Hardware)
SBC: Session Border Controller SC: System Controller
An appliance that simplifies handling of VoIP at the border of a (Hardware)
SCA: Scalable Computing Architecture
SBC: Single-Board Computer
(Hardware) SCA: Shared Communications Area
SBCCS: Single Byte Command Code Set SCA: Single Connector Attachment
(Hardware)
SBCM: Small Business Customer Manager
(Microsoft) SCADA: Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
Systems used in industry to monitor and control plant status and
SBCR: Smart Business Card Reader provide logging facilities
(Hardware)
SCAF: Service Control Agent Function
SBCS: Single-Byte Character Set
SCAM: Scsi Configured AutoMatically
SBD: Same Business Day
SCART: Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils
Term defining when a service has to be delivered
Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs
SBF: Sequential Block Filemanager A socket standard used in Europe, named after its creator
company, to connect many kinds of audiovisual equipment -
SBF: Simple Boot Flag
sometimes also called the Peritel or Euro connector (Hardware)
(Operating systems)
SCAS: SCAn String
SBFM: Small Business Financial Manager
(Software) (Microsoft) SCB: Subsystem Control Block
(IBM)
SBI: Sound Blaster Instrument
SCBCD: Sun Certified Business Component
SBI: Speaker Box Interface Developer
An interface that integrates audio capability with ISDN on the Sun (Software) (Sun)
workstation (Hardware) (Sun)
SCC: Scsi Controller Commands
SBL: Softbridge Basic Language
(Software) SCC: Serial Communications Controllers
SBL: Spamhaus Block List SCC: Serial Controller Chip
Realtime database of IP addresses of verified spam sources and SCC: Source Code Control
spam operations, maintained by the Spamhaus Project team and
(Software)
supplied as a free service to help email administrators better
manage incoming email streams. See SCC: Standards Council of Canada
http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/
(Organizations)
SBM: Small Business Manager
SCC: SuperComputer Center S
SCC: Sustainable Computing Consortium
SBM: Subnet Bandwidth Manager
(Organizations)
An IETF proposed standard for handling resource reservations on
shared and switched IEEE 802-style local-area media (Network) SCC: Synchronous Channel Check
(IBM)
SBN: Site Builder Network
(Microsoft) SCCI: Source Code Control Interface
(Software)
SBP: Serial Bus Protocol
(Hardware) SCCM: System Center Configuration Manager
Solution to comprehensively assess, deploy, and update your
SBR: Source BRowser
servers, clients, and devicesâ??across physical, virtual,
File name extension (Borland) distributed, and mobile environments (Microsoft)
SBR: Spectral Band Replication SCCP: Signaling Connection Control Part
Technology to enhance audio or speech codecs, especially at low
bit rates SCCP: Simple Conference Control Protocol
SBS: Small Business Server


SCCS SCS
SCCS: Source Code Control System SCM: Source Code Management

A software development tool for tracking file versions during a (Software)
long, involved software development or documentation project
(Software) SCM: Station Class Mark
SCD: Service Control Device SCM: Supply Chain Management

(Communication) SCMAD: Sun Certified Mobile Application Developer
SCD: Slowly Changing Dimension (Software) (Sun)
SCD: Sparc Compliance Definition SCMS: Serial Copy Management System

A formal specification of the system hardware and software to be SCNA: Sun Certified Network Administrator
met by manufacturers of SPARC systems to ensure that those (Sun)
systems run compliant applications (Sun)
SCO: Santa Cruz Operation
SCD: Standard Color Display
SCO: Second Class Object
SCDJWS: Sun Certified Developer for Java Web
(Software)
Services
(Software) (Sun) SCO: Synchronous Connection-Oriented
SCDMA: Synchronous Code-Division Multiple Access SCOM: System Center Operation Manager
End-to-end service-management product that is the best choice
SCE: Security Configuration Editor
for Windows because it works seamlessly with Microsoft software
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) and applications, helping organizations increase efficiency while
enabling greater control of the IT environment (Operating
SCE: Service Creation Environment
SCE: Sniffer Certified Expert
SCOOPS: SCheme Object Oriented Programming
Certification for network professionals who can demonstrate an in-
System
depth understanding of Sniffer Technologies software
SCOPE: Simple COmmunications Programming
SCE: Structure Chart Editor
Environment
SCEA: Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (Hayes)
(Software) (Sun)
SCOS: Single Object Copy Store
SCEF: Service Creation Environment Function (Software) (Lotus)
SCF: Sequential Character Filemanager SCP: Save Cursor Position
SCF: Service Control Function SCP: Secure CoPy
SCF: System Control Facility SCP: Service Control Point
SCI: Scalable Coherent Interface SCP: Session Control Properties
SCI: Serial Communication Interface (Network)
(Hardware) SCP: Sniffer Certified Professional
SCI: Supply Chain Intelligence SCP: Subsystem Control Port
SCI: System Control Interrupt SCP: Sun Certified Programmer
SCIL: Serial Control Interface Logic (Sun)
(Hardware) SCP: Sunlink Communications Processor
SCJA: Sun Certified Java Associate A printed circuit board that enables multi-vendor connection with
either synchronous or asynchronous operation. The SCP works
(Software) (Sun)
with SNA 3270 and X.25 SunLink software products (Hardware)
SCJD: Sun Certified Java Developer (Sun)
(Software) (Sun) SCP: System Control Program
S
SCJP: Sun Certified Java Programmer SCPC: Single Channel Per Carrier
(Sun)
SCQL: Structured Card Query Language
SCL: Soap Contract Language (Databases)
Specification to describe the capabilities of Web services
SCR: SCRipt
SCLM: Software Configuration and Library File name extension
Management
(IBM)
SCR: Silicon Controlled Rectifier
SCM: Scalable Connection Management SCR: Standard Context Routing
SCM: Service Control Manager SCR: Sustainable Cell Rate

(Operating systems) (Microsoft) SCRAM: Software Configuration, Release And
Management
SCM: Sniffer Certified Master
SCRN: SCReeN
SCM: Software Configuration Management
(Software) SCRS: Scalable Cluster of Risc Systems
SCS: Sna Character String

SCSA SDLT
SCSA: Signal Computing System Architecture SDD: Subscriber Data Document

(Dialogic)
SDD: Super Density Disk
SCSA: Sun Certified System Administrator
SDD: System Distribution Directory
(Sun)
SDDI: Shielded Distributed Data Interface
SCSA: Sun Common Scsi Architecture
SDDS: Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
SCSE: Symantec Certified Security Engineer
Multi-channel (5.1 or 7.1) digital audio format, compressed from
Certification is for IT professionals who focus on a single security PCM at 48 kHz. The data rate can go up to 1280 kbps
segment and the implementation and in depth management of
solutions in that segment (Symantec) SDE: Shared Data Environment
To share data across different platforms
SCSI: Small Computers System Interface
An industry standard for connecting etherogeneous devices SDE: Smart Decision Engine
(disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, ...) to a workstation (Hardware)
SDE: Spatial Database Engine
SCSIHQ: Small Computers System Interface (Databases)
Hardware Qualifier
SDF: Space Delimited Format
Hardware troubleshooting program (Operating systems)
(Microsoft) File name extension
SCSL: Sun's Community Source Licensing SDF: Standard Data Format

(Sun) File name extension
SCSP: Server Cache Synchronization Protocol SDF: System Dialog Facility

(Network) SDFI: Secure Digital Forensic Imaging
SCTP: Stream Control Transmission Protocol Asynchronous method of telemedicine. It denotes a specific
process that ensures the fast, safe and secure capture, storage
SCU: System Control Unit and instant delivery of digital forensic evidence
SCVP: Simple Certificate Validation Protocol SDH: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SCW: Setup Computer Wizard Worldwide standard for synchronous transmission systems
(typically fiber optic) (Communication)
(Microsoft)
SDI: Selective Dissemination of Information
SCWCD: Sun Certified Web Component Developer
(Software) (Sun) SDI: Serial Digital Interface
(Hardware)
SCX: Specialized Communications eXchange
SDI: Single Document Interface
SD: Secure Digital
(Hardware)
SDI: Software Development Interface
SD: Send Data
SDI: Standard Disk Interface
SD: Serial Digital
(Communication) SDI: Storage Device Interconnect
SD: Single Density SDI: Storage Device Interface
(Hardware) SDIS: Switched Digital Integrated Service
SD: Structured Design SDK: Software Development Kit
SD: Super Density (Software)
(Hardware) SDKJ: Software Development Kit for Java
SD: Symbolic Debugger SDL: Service Description Language
(Software)
SDL: Specification and Description Language
S
SDA: Screen Design Aid
SDL: System Design Language
SDA: Self-Decrypting Archive
SDL/GR: Specification and Description
(Security)
Language/Graphical Representation,
SDA: Software Delivery Agent
SDLC: Software Development Life Cycle
SDA: Software Disk Array (Software)
SDA: Source Data Automation SDLC: Sun DownLoad Center
SDA: System Display Architecture (Software) (Sun)
(DEC) SDLC: Synchronous Data Link Control
SDAI: Standard Data Access Interface A link-level communications protocol used in an IBM SNA
network that manages synchronous, code-transparent, serial
SDAM: Single Dos Application Mode information transfer over a link connection (Communication)
SDAR: Satellite Digital Audio Radio SDLP: Standard Device Level Protocol
SDB: Symbolic DeBugger SDLT: Super Digital Linear Tape
SDD: Software Description Database (Hardware)

S-DLT SEH
S-DLT: Super Digital Linear Tape SDS: Sysops Distribution System

(Hardware)
SDSC: Synchronous Data Set Controller
SDM: Semantic Data Model
SDSCnet: San Diego Supercomputer Center
SDM: System Data Mover NETwork
SDM: System Development Methodology SDSL: Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
(Communication)
SDM: System Development Multitasking
S-DSMA: Slotted Digital Sense Multiple Access
SDMF: Single Data Message Format
Format used to send Caller ID information (Communication) SDTV: StanDard Definition Television
SDMI: Secure Digital Music Initiative SDU: Service Data Unit
SDML: Signed Document Markup Language SDU: Software Distribution Utilities
SDMM: Security Domain Membership Management SDV: Switched Digital Video
Specifies the interfaces supporting the elements within a SDMM (AT&T)
architecture which interact via SDMM mechanisms
SDX: Storage Data Acceleration
SDMMC: Secure Digital MultiMedia Card
SDXF: Structured Data eXchange Format
SDMS: Scsi Device Management System
SE: Second Edition
(NCR)
(Software)
SDN: Software Defined Network
SE: Sign Extension
(AT&T)
SE: Single Ended
SDN: Sun Developer Network
(Hardware)
(Software) (Sun)
SE: Special Edition
SDNS: Secure Data Network Service
SE: Standard Edition
SDNSDU: Secure Domain Name System Dynamic
(Software)
Update
(Network) SEA: Self Extracting Archive
(Apple)
SDO: Service Data Objects
Framework that simplifies and unifies data application SEA: Standard Extended Attribute
development in a service oriented architecture (SOA). It supports (IBM)
and integrates XML and incorporates J2EE patterns and best
practices (Software) SEAC: Standards Eastern Automatic Calculator
SDOC: Selective Dynamic Overload Controls SEAL: Screening External Access Link
(DEC)
SDP: Service Discovery Protocol
SEAL: Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer
SDP: Session Description Protocol
(Network) SEAS: Solaris Easy Access Server
(Network) (Sun)
SDP: Specialized Data Point
SEC: Single Edge Contact
SDR: Sensor Data Records
Processor package used in Pentium 2, Pentium 3 and Celeron
(Hardware) (Hardware) (Intel)
SDR: Single Data Rate SEC: Single Error Correction
Memory access architecture (Hardware)
SECAM: SEquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire
SDR: Store Data Register A composite color standard based on line-alternate U and V color S
SDR: Streaming Data Request difference signals that are frequency-modulated onto a color
subcarrier
SDRAM: Synchronous Dynamic Random Access
Memory SECB: Severely Errored Cell Block
(Hardware) SECC: Sheet steel, Electrolytically coated, Cold-
rolled, Commercial quality
SD-ROM: Super Density Read Only Memory
Often used in describing used materials for device cases
SDS: Short Data Service (Hardware)
Data message in mobile TETRA network. Similar to Short
SECC: Single Edge Contact Cartridge
Message Service (SMS) in GSM (Communication)
(Hardware)
SDS: Sudden Death Syndrome
SED: Stream EDitor
Used in digital photography when your camera dies a sudden
death (Hardware) SED: Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display
SDS: Sun Directory Services Flat panel technology jointly developed by Canon and Toshiba
that uses surface conduction electron emitters for every individual
(Operating systems) (Sun)
display pixel (Hardware)
SDS: Switched Data Service
SEG: SEGment
SDS: Synchronous Data Set
SEH: Structured Exception Handling

SEI SGML
SEI: Service Endpoint Interface SFF: Small Form Factor

Java interface that declares the methods that a client can invoke (Hardware)
on the service (Software)
SFFC: Small Form Factor Committee
SEI: Software Engineering Institute (Organizations)
Federally funded research and development center; its core
purpose is to help others make measured improvements in their SFI: Software Fault Isolation
software engineering capabilities. See also SFN: Short FileName
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/ (Organizations)
SFNW5: Services For NetWare 5
SEL: SELect
SEL: SELector byte
SFP: Small Form-factor Pluggable
SEM: Scanning Electron Microscope A standard hot swappable small multi-pin conector used mostly
for fibre channel optical modules on disk array controllers.
SEM: Sql Enterprise Manager
(Hardware)
SFPS: Secure Fast Packet Switching
SEM: Standard Electronic Module
SFQ: Stochastic Fair Queuing
SEM: Strategic Enterprise Management
SEO: Search Engine Optimization
A hash function used to map flow to
Increasing ranking placement on search engines
one of set of queues (Network)
SEP: Scalable Encryption Processor
SFQL: Structured Full-text Query Language
(Hardware) (Cisco)
SFR: Split Frame Rendering
SEPP: Secure Encryption Payment Protocol
(Hardware)
SEPP: Single-Edge Processor Package
SFS: System File Server
(Hardware)
SFT: System Fault Tolerant
SEQUEL: Structured English QUEry Language
SFTP: Secure File Transfer Protocol
SER: SERial
Also known as File Transfer Protocol over SSH (Secure SHell)
SER: Service Edge Router
SFTP: Simple File Transfer Protocol
(Network)
SFU: Services For Unix
SERCOS: SErial Realtime COmmunications System
A set of tools to better integrate existing Unix and Windows
SERDES: SERializer/DESerializer environments (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Hardware) SFX: SelF eXtracting
SERK: Server Extensions Resource Kit Archive with self extracting capabilities
Microsoft Frontpage server extensions additional documentation SFX: Sound eFfectS
and software (Software) (Microsoft)
File name extension
SERM: Structured Entity Relationship Model
SG: Signal Ground
SES: SecureEasySetup
SGA: Shared Global Area
A simple push-button configuration method that automates
wireless network connection setup between Linksys routers and SGAM: Shared Global Allocation Map
wireless devices (Network) (Databases)
SET: Secure Electronic Transaction SGC: Scsi Graphic Command
A protocol for secure electronic transactions over the Internet
SGC: Server-Gated Cryptography
SET: Softwave Engineering Technology (Security) (Microsoft) S
SETI: Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence SGC: Solaris Grid Compiler
SETL: SEt Theory Language Locally or remotely hosted compilation resource management
system. It provides the accelerated, networked, cross-platform
SEU: Smallest Executable Unit processing of Makefiles and compilation commands on the Solaris
operating system (Software) (Sun)
SEU: Source Entry Utility
SGCP: Simple Gateway Control Protocol
SF: Service Feature
SGDT: Store Global Descriptor Table
SF: Sign Flag
SGEN: Signal GENerator
SFA: Sales Force Automation
SGI: Silicon Graphics, Inc
SFBI: Shared Frame Buffer Interconnect
Constructor (SGI)
SFC: System File Checker
SGM: Shaded Graphics Modeling
SGML: Standard Generalized Markup Language
SFD: Start Frame Delimiter
A method of tagging a document to apply to many format
SFDR: Spurious-Free Dynamic Range elements. This language has become popular with the increased
use of the Internet

SGMP SIM
SGMP: Simple Gateway Management Protocol SICD: Still Image Capture Device
The predecessor to Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) (Hardware)
(Network)
SID: Sccs delta ID
SGR: Set Graphics Rendition The number used to represent a specific SCCS delta (Software)
SGRAM: Synchronous Graphics Random Access SID: Security IDentifier
Memory
SID: Serial Input Data
(Hardware)
SGSN: Serving Gprs Support Node SID: Sound Interface Device
(Hardware)
Provides packet routing to and from the SGSN service area 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 (SHA-1). SID: Symbolic Interactive Debugger
Used with the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) in the Digital
Signature Standard (DSS), among other places (Security) SID: System IDentification
SHAR: SHell ARchive SIDF: System Independent Data Format
SHD: Self-Healing Driver SIDH: System Identification for Home Systems
(Operating systems) SIDT: Store Interrupt Descriptor Table
SHED: Segmented Hypergraphics EDitor SIE: Serial Interface Engine
SHF: Super High Frequency The USB module responsible for bus protocol (Hardware)
SHG: Segmented HyperGraphics SIF: Setup Information File

(Operating systems)
SHIT: So Happy It's Thursday
(Net lingo) SIFT: Sender-Initiated File Transfer
(Network)
SHL: Shift Logical Left
SIFT: Stanford Information Filtering Tool
SHOE: Simple Html Ontology Extension
SIG: SIGnature
SHP: Super High Pressure
Projector's lamp type (Hardware) SIG: Special Interest Group
(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 semantic
A group sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery.
result based on an utterance that matches a path through a
SIGGRAPH holds an annual conference on graphics that includes
grammar. A semantic result typically contains information that is
vendor product displays, lectures, and graphics technology
more useful to the application than the text of the utterance
courses (Organizations)
SI: Serial Input
SIGIR: Special Interest Group on Information
(Hardware) Retireval
SI: Shift-In (Organizations)
SI: Source Index SIGPLAN: Special Interest Group on Programming
Processor register (Hardware) (IBM) LANguages
SI: System Information SII: Static Invocation Interface
S
SI: System Integrator SIIA: Software & Information Industry Association
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: Stateless Ip/Icmp Translation algorithm
SIA: Semiconductor Industry Association Translates between IPv4 and IPv6 packet headers (including ICMP
(Organizations) headers) in separate translator "boxes" in the network without
requiring any per-connection state in those "boxes"
SIA: Socially Intelligent Agent (Communication)
(Software)
SIL: Solid Immersion Lens
SIA: Specific Industry Application Compact disk head technology (Hardware)
Applications that are specific to an industry (Software)
SIM: Security Information Management
SIB: Service Independent building Block Software designed to automate the collection of event log data
from security devices and helping users make sense of it through
SIC: Silicon Integrated Circuit a common management console (Security)
SIC: Standard Industrial Code SIM: SIMplex
Used in SCSI interface for a single backplane (Hardware)

SIM SLIC
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

(Operating systems) (HP)
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
SIX: Shared with Intent eXclusive
is compact and efficient (Hardware)
Database management system's locking attribute (Databases)
SIMS: Stalker Internet Mail Server
SJF: Shortest Job First
SIMTEL: SIMulation and TELeprocessing Process or thread scheduling (Operating systems)
SIMULA: SIMULAtion SJSXP: Sun Java Streaming Xml Parser
Programming language (Software) (Sun)
SIN: Specification Information Note SKIP: Simple Key management for Internet Protocol
SIO: Serial Input/Output (Network)
Communications driver SKU: StockKeeping Unit
SIP: Scsi-3 Interlocked Protocol SLA: Service Level Agreement
SIP: Session Initiation Protocol A contract between a service provider and customer defining
provider responsibilities in terms of network levels, times of
IETF standard protocol for IP-communication, enabling IP-
availability, method of measurement, consequences if service
Telephony gateways, client endpoints, PBXs and other
levels aren't met, and all costs involved (Network)
communication systems or devices to communicate with each
other (Communication) SLAN: Secure Local Area Network
SIP: Single In-line Package SLB: Server Load Balancing
The packaging of an electronic component with all leads
protruding from one side only (Hardware) SLB: Static Load Balancing
SIP: Smds Interface Protocol SLC: Subscriber Line Concentrator

(Communication)
SIPC: Simply Interactive Personal Computer
(Hardware) (Microsoft) SLD: Second Level Domain
(Network)
SIPO: Serial In, Parallel Out
SLDRAM: Synchronous Link Dynamic Random
SIPP: Simple Internet Protocol Plus Access Memory
SIPP: SImple Polygon Processor (Hardware)
SIPP: Single In line Pin Package SLDT: Store Local Descriptor Table
(Hardware) SLED: Single Large Expensive Disk
SIPR: Secure Internet Protocol Router Refers to older mainframe hard disks that were used as a basis
(Network) for comparison during the initial UC Berkeley RAID studies.
(Hardware)
SIR: Save Instruction Recognition
SLEE: Service Logic Execution Environment
SIR: Serial InfraRed
SLF4J: Simple Logging Facade For Java
(Communication)
Intended to serve as a simple facade for various logging APIs
SIR: Sustained Information Rate allowing to the end-user to plug in the desired implementation at
deployment time. See http://www.slf4j.org/ (Software) S
SIRDS: Single-Image Random Dot Stereogram
SLG: Service Level Guarantee
SIRENE: Supplementary Information REquest at
(Network)
the National Entry
SLI: Scalable Link Interface
SIS: Single Instance Store
Method for linking two (or more) video cards together to produce
Architecture designed to maintain duplicate files with a minimum a single output. It is an application of parallel processing for
of disk, cache, and backup media overhead (Operating systems) computer graphics, meant to increase the processing power
(Microsoft) available for graphics (Hardware) (nVidia)
SIS: Strategic Information System SLI: Scan Line Interlacing
SIS: Supplier Information System (Hardware)
SISAL: Streams and Iteration in a Single SLIC: Serial Link and Interrupt Controller
Assignment Language SLIC: Session Layer Interface Card
SISL: System Interrupt Steering Logic (Hardware)
SISNET: Signal in Space through the interNET SLIC: Subscriber Line Interface Card
Interface between home phone lines and Central Office (CO)
SISSL: Sun Industry Standards Source License
(Hardware)
(Sun)

SLIC SMI
SLIC: System Level Integration Circuit SMART: Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology
SLIC: System Licensed Internal Code
Drives equipped with this feature report predicted failures based
(IBM)
on threshold values determined by the manufacturer. This allows
SLIM: Structured Language for Internet Markup the network manager to replace a drive before it fails. (Hardware)
SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol SMASE: System Management Application Service
An Internet protocol used to run IP over serial lines such as Element
telephone circuits or RS-232 cables interconnecting two systems. SMASH: Simple, Many And Self-Healing
SLIP is now being replaced by PPP (Communication)
Supercomputing architecture (Hardware) (IBM)
SLM: Service Level Management
SMASH: Systems Management Architecture for
SLM: Spatial Light Modulator Server Hardware
(Hardware) Suite of specifications that deliver architectural semantics,
industry standard protocols and profiles to unify the management
SLMR: Silly Little Mail Reader of the data center
SLO: Service Level Objective SMAU: Smart Multistation Access Unit
(Network) (Network)
SLOSH: Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from SMB: Server Message Block
Hurricane A common format for sharing files, directories and devices in
SLOT: Scanned Laser Output Terminal Microsoft's operating systems (Operating systems)
SLP: Service Location Protocol SMB: Small-Medium Business

(Network) SMBIOS: System Management Basic Input/Output
SLP: Service Logic Program System
Specification that addresses how motherboard and system
SLPD: Service Location Protocol Domain vendors present management information about their products in
(Network) a standard format by extending the BIOS interface on x86
architecture systems
SLR: Single-Lens Reflex
(Hardware) SMBus: System Management BUS
SLS: Scalable to LosslesS SMC: Scsi-3 Medium changer Command

extension to the MPEG-4 audio standard to allow lossless audio SMC: Solaris Management Console
compression scalable to lossy AAC
(Operating systems) (Sun)
SLS: Softlanding Linux System SMC: Standard Microsystems Corporation
SLSI: Super Large Scale of Integration (Organizations)
The process of placing from 50,000 to 100,000 circuit
SMD: Storage Module Device
components. Also, the quality of their connections (Hardware)
An industry-standard interface used for large-capacity, high-
SLSS: Systems Library Subscription Service performance disks (Hardware)
(IBM)
SMD: Surface-Mount Device
SLU: Secondary Logical Unit (Hardware)
SLU: Spoken Language Understanding SMDR: Station Message Detail Recording

SLU: Subscriber line Unit SMDR: Storage Management Data Requester
(Hardware)
SMDS: Switched Multimegabit Data Service
SLU: Subscriber line Usage An emerging high-speed networking technology to be offered by
(Communication) the telephone companies in the U.S.
SM: Set Mode SME: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises S

SM: Shared Memory SME: Subject Matter Expert
SM: Smart Media SMF: Semantic Modelling Format

(Hardware) XML-based language that can be used to persist English Query
model information (Databases) (Microsoft)
SM: System Management
SMF: Service Management Facility
SMA: Software Migration Assistant (Operating systems) (Sun)
SMAE: System Management Application Entity SMF: Single Mode Fiber
SMAF: Service Management Agent Function SMFA: Special Management Functional Element
SMAP: System Management Application Process SMG: Special Mobile Group
SMAPI: Speech Manager Application Programming SMI: Security Management Interface
Interface (Software)
(Software)
SMI: Static Memory Interface
(Hardware)

SMI SNF
SMI: Structure of Management Information SMS: Short Message Service

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

(Intel) Protocol
(Network)
SMM: System Manager's Manual
SNADS: System Network Architecture Distribution
SMOBC: Solder Mask Over Bare Copper
Service
SMOR: Storage Manager On Rom (Network) (IBM)
(Hardware) (DPT)
SNAFU: Situation Normal All Fouled Up
SMP: Simple Management Protocol (Net lingo)
SMP: Smart Messaging Protocol SNAM: Server Net Access Manager
(Communication) (Nokia) (Network)
SMP: Software Motion Picture SNAP: Sub-Network Access Protocol
SMP: Symbolic Manipulation Program SNAP: SubNetwork Attachment Point
SMP: Symmetric MultiProcessing SNAP: System and Network Administration Program
A form of multiprocessing in which more than one processor can
run kernel-level code simultaneously (Hardware)
SNAPI: Structured N-dimensional Application S
SMP: System Modification Program (Oracle)
(Software)
SNAT: Secure Network Address Translation
SMP/E: System Modification Program/Extended Provides a secure mechanism for translating internal, nonroutable
(Software) addresses into routable addresses. As traffic flows out of a data
center, the gateway and source address of IP packets are
SMPC: Shared Memory Parallel Computer translated and switched to the appropriate upstream gateway
SMPP: Short Message Peer to Peer protocol 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 and a (Sun)
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
SMRAM: System Management Random Access SNF: Server Natural Format
Memory

SNI SPA
SNI: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme SOH: Start Of Header

(Communication)
SNI: Site Need Index
SOHO: Small Office/Home Office
SNI: Sna Network Interconnection
SOI: Silicon On Insulator
SNI: Subscriber Network Interface
(Hardware)
SNIA: Storage Networking Industry Association
SOJ: Small-Outline J-lead
(Organizations)
(Hardware)
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol
SOL: Serial Over Lan
The protocol that manages networks. SNMP-enabled devices can
communicate with each other (Network) Mechanism that enables the input and output of the serial port of
a managed system to be redirected via an IPMI session over IP
SNMPSEC: Simple Network Management Protocol (Communication)
SECurity
SOL: Simulation Oriented Language
(Security)
SOM: Scripting Object Model
SNNS: Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator
(Software)
SNOBOL: StriNg Oriented symBOlic Language
SOM: Self-Organizing Map
Programming Language (Software)
Algorithm used to visualize and interpret large high-dimensional
SNP: Serial Number/Password data sets. Typical applications are visualization of process states
or financial results by representing the central dependencies
SNPP: Simple Network Paging Protocol within the data on the map
(Network)
SOM: Start Of Message
SNQP: Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol (Communication)
(Network)
SOM: Structured Object Method
SNR: Signal to Noise Ratio
SOM: System Object Model
SNRM: Set Normal Response Mode (Operating systems) (IBM)
(Communication)
SONAR: SOund Navigation And Ranging
SNRME: Set Normal Response Mode Extended
SONDS: Small Office Network Data System
(Communication)
SONET: Synchronous Optical NETwork
SNS: Subject Name Server
North American transport standard for optical networks with
SNTP: Simple Network Time Protocol speeds from approximately 52 Mb/s (OC-1) to 10 Gb/s (OC-192)
(Network) (Network)
SO: Security Officer SOP: Small Outline Package
SO: Serial Output SOP: Standard Operating Procedure

(Hardware) SOS: Silicon On Sapphire
SOA: Service Oriented Architecture (Hardware)
Is essentially a collection of services. These services SOS: Sophisticated Operating System
communicate with each other. The communication can involve
either simple data passing or it could involve two or more SOS: Standard and Open System
services coordinating some activity (Software)
SOTA: State Of The Art
SOA: Start Of Authority
SOW: Statement of Work
SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol
SOX: Schema for Object-oriented Xml
(Software)
SOB: Start Of Block
Is a schema proposal that includes extensible data types,
namespaces, and embedded documentation
S
(Communication) SOX: SOund eXchange
SOC: Separation Of Concerns SP: Sequence Processor
Software development technique used in aspect-oriented
(Hardware)
programming (AOP) (Software)
SP: Service Pack
SOC: System On a Chip
(Hardware) SP: Signal Processor
SOCKS: SOCKet Secure SP: Solution Provider
SODIMM: Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module SP: Stack Pointer
(Hardware) CPU register (Hardware) (Intel)
SO-DIMM: Small Outline Dual In line Memory SP: System Product

Module
SP3: Secure Portable Player Platform
SOE: Standard Operating Environment
SPA: Secure Password Authentication
SOEP: Secondary Operand Execution Pipeline (Microsoft)
SOG: Service Order Gateway SPA: Service Provider Api

SPA SPL
SPA: Software Publishers Association SPF: Sender Policy Framework

(Organizations) Open standard specifying a technical method to prevent sender
address forgery. More precisely, the current version of SPF -
SPAG: Standards Promotion and Application Group called SPFv1 or SPF Classic - protects the envelope sender
SPAN: Space Physics Analysis Network address, which is used for the delivery of messages
SPAN: Switched Port Analyzer SPF: Shortest Path First

Cisco feature that selects network traffic for analysis by a network (Network)
analyzer such as a SwitchProbe device or other Remote SPF: Stateful Packet Filter
Monitoring (RMON) probe (Network) (Cisco)
(Network)
SPAP: Shiva Password Authentification Protocol
SPF: System Programming Facility
(Security)
SPGA: Staggered Pin Grid Array
SPARC: Scalable Processor ARChitecture
IC pins organization (Hardware)
Architecture based on a reduced instruction set computer (RISC)
concept. Sun and its suppliers designed the architecture to SPI: Scsi Parallel Interface
significantly improve price and performance (Hardware) (Sun)
SPI: Security Parameter Index
SPARQL: Simple Protocol And Rdf Query Language
SPI: Serial Peripheral Interface
SPB: Stored Procedure Builder
SPI: Service Provider Interface
Development environment for creating, installing and testing
stored procedures (Databases) (IBM) SPI: Smart Plug-In
SPC: Scsi-3 Primary Command SPI: Stateful Packet Inspection
SPC: Small Peripheral Controller (Security)
SPC: Software Publishing Certificate SPI: Stream Programming Interface

A PKCS #7 signed-data object containing X.509 certificates (Software)
(Security) SPI: System Packet Interface
SPC: Software Publishing Corp.. (Network)
SPC: Statistical Process Control SPI: System Programming Interface

SPC: Stored Program Control SPI-2: Scsi Parallel Interface - version 2
Contains all pertinent features from SCSI-2, SPI, and Fast-20
SPCF: Service Point Command Facility plus the new features of Fast-40 and Low Voltage Differential.
SPCS: Stored Program Controlled Switch SPI-2 is a complete definition of the parallel SCSI physical and
protocol layers
SPD: Security Policy Database
SPI-3: Scsi Parallel Interface - version 3
Specifies what services are to be offered to IP datagrams and in
what fashion (Network) Contains all pertinent features from SPI-2 plus the new features
of Fast-80 (160 MByte/Sec on 16-bit buses) and packetized
SPD: Serial Presence Detect protocol. Thus SPI-3 is a complete definition of the parallel SCSI
physical and protocol layers
SPD: Software Product Description
(Software) SPID: Service Profile IDentifier
(Network)
SPD: System Products Division
Proprietary AS/400 I/O bus (Hardware) (IBM) SPIKE: Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-
based Environment
SPDL: Standard Page Description Language
SPIRE: Spatial Paradigm for Information Retrieval
SPDU: Session Protocol Data Unit and Exploration
SPE: System Policy Editor SPIRES: Stanford Public Information REtrieval
It provides an administrator with the means to centrally manage System
S
Windows desktop environments, and is a flexible alternative to
mandatory user profiles (Operating systems) (Microsoft) SPKI: Simple Public Key Infrastructure
SPEC: Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (Security)
A group of participating computer system manufacturers that SPKM: Simple Public-Key Mechanism
develops a series of accepted test programs to measure system
computing performance SPL: Schedule Plus type Library
SPECFS: SPECial File System
A pseudo file system that provides access to character special and SPL: Set Priority Level
block devices (Operating systems)
SPL: SPelL checker
SPEM: Software Process Engineering Metamodel File name extension
This metamodel is used to describe a concrete software SPL: SPooLer
development process or a family of related software development
processes SPL: Stored Procedure Language
SPEWS: Spam Prevention Early Warning System (Databases)
SPL: Sun Public License
(Sun)

SPL sRGB
SPL: System Programming Language SPUC/DL: Serial Peripheral Unit Controller/Data

(HP) Link
SPLD: Simple Programmable Logic Device SPUD: Storage Pedestal Upgrade Disk
SPM: Statistical Packet Multiplexing SPX: Sequenced Packet Exchange
Technology to dynamically allocate bandwidth to active circuits (Network) (Novell)
(Network)
SQ: SQueezed
SPM: System Performance Monitor
SQE: Signal Quality Error
(IBM)
SQFP: Small Quad Flat Package
SPM/2: System Performance Monitor/2
IC package
SPN: Service Principal Name
SQL: Structured Query Language
The name by which a client uniquely identifies an instance of a
service. If you install multiple instances of a service, each The international standard language for defining and accessing
instance must have its own SPN relational databases (Databases)
SPOC: Single Point Of Contact SQL/CLI: Structured Query Language/Call Level

Interface
SPOF: Single Point Of Failure
SQL/DS: Structured Query Language/Data System
SPOOL: Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line (IBM)
SPOT: Shared Product Object Tree SQLJ: Structured Query Language for Java
(IBM) (Databases)
SPOT: Simple Performance Optimization Tool SQM: Software Quality Management
Produces a report on the performance of an application. The spot (Software)
report contains detailed information about various common
conditions that impact performance (Software) (Sun) SQoS: Secure Quality Of Service
SPP: Scalable Parallel Processing SQRT: SQuare RooT
SPP: Sequenced Packet Protocol SR: Service Release
SPP: Standard Printer Port SR: Shift Register
SPPS: Scalable Power Parallel System SR: Speech Recognition
(IBM) SR: Status Register
SPR: Software Problem Report (Hardware)
A bug report. (Software) SRAM: Shadow Random Access Memory
SPR: Special Purpose Register SRAM: Static Random Access Memory
(Hardware)
(Hardware)
SPR: Statistical Pattern Recognition
SRAPI: Speech Recognition Application
SPR: Symmetrical Phase Recording Programming Interface
(Hardware) SRAT: Static Resource Affinity Table
SPREAD: Systems Programming, Research, Can be used to describe the physical location of processors and
Engineering And Development memory in large-scale systems, allowing threads and memory to
be grouped in an optimal manner (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(IBM)
SPS: Secure Packet Shield SRB: Source-Route Bridge
SPS: Shock Protection System SRC: SouRCe
SPS: Standby Power System

File name extension S
SRC: System Resource Controller
SPS: Structured PostScript (IBM)
That PostScript code which has been commented and structured
in a strict way to enable filters and print spoolers to manipulate it SRD: Screen ReaDer system
without actually processing any of the PostScript code
SRD: Support Readiness Document
SPS: Symantec Product Specialist Free documents that focus on installation, configuration, and
(Symantec) common user problems related to various Java platforms and
tools (Sun)
SPSS: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
(Software)
SRDRAM: Self-Refreshed Dynamic Random Access
Memory
SPT: Scsi Pass Through
SRE: Self Routing switch Element
SPT: Sectors Per Track
SRF: Service Resource Function
SPTI: Scsi Pass-Through Interface
sRGB: Standard Red Green Blue
SPTS: SharePoint Team Service (Hardware)
SPU: System Processing Unit

SRGS SSGA
SRGS: Speech Recognition Grammar Specification SS7: Signaling System 7

Grammar intended for use by speech recognizers and other
SSA: Serial Storage Architecture
grammar processors so that developers can specify the words and
patterns of words to be listened for by a speech recognizer. See (Hardware)
also http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-grammar/ SSA: Survivable Systems Analysis
SRL: Segmentation and Reassembly Layer Practical engineering process that enables you to systematically
assess the survivability properties of proposed systems, existing
SRM: Security Reference Monitor systems, and modifications to existing systems (Security)
SRM: Security Risk Management SSA: System Software Associates
Logical process that may be used to assess and quantify risk, and
provide management with cost-effective solutions to security risk SSAA: Super-Sample Anti-Aliasing
reduction using available resources (Security) (Hardware)
SRM: Storage Resource Manager SSAD: Structured System Analysis and Design
(Software) SSADM: Structured System Analysis and Design
SRM: Supplier Relationship Management 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 and SSBAM: Single SideBand Amplitude Modulation
vulnerabilities have the most potential impact on a particular
SSBP: Simple Soap Binding Profile
organization (Security) (Microsoft)
(Software)
SRM-E: Service Resource Module Enhanced
SSC: Scsi Stream Command
(Network) (Cisco)
SSCCE: Short, Self Contained, Compilable and
SRMP: Soap Reliable Messaging Protocol
Executable
SRMP enhances SOAP by defining additional headers that ensure
reliability in application-to-application communication (Software) Example program that demonstrates a bug or to submit to forums
when asking for help (Software)
SRN: Source/Recipient Node
SSCE: Site Server Commerce Edition
SRO: Sharable and Read Only (Microsoft)
SRP: Secure Remote Password SSCF: Service Specific Coordination Function
Secure password-based authentication and key-exchange
protocol. See also http://srp.stanford.edu/ (Security) SSCOP: Service Specific Connection Orientated
Protocol
SRP: Security Rollup Package
SSCP: Service Switching Control Point
SRP: Session Request Protocol SSCP: System Services Control Point

(Hardware) SSCP: Systems Security Certified Practitioner
SRP: Source Routing Protocol SSCS: Service Specific Convergence Sublayer
SRP: Suggested Retail Price SSCS: Solid-State Circuits Society
SRPI: Server-Requester Programming Interface (Organizations)
(IBM) SSD: Solid State Disk
SRQ: Service ReQuest SSDD: Same S**t Different Day
SRR: Serially Reusable Resource (Net lingo) S
SRS: Screen Reader System SSDP: Simple Service Discovery Protocol
SRS: Shared Registration System
(Network)
SSDU: Session Service Data Unit
SRS: Sound Retrieval System SSE: Software Support Engineer
SRVIFS: SeRVer Installable File System SSE: Streaming Simd Extensions

Xeon CPU extension to the instruction set (Hardware) (Intel)
SS: Single-Sided
(Hardware)
SSEC: Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator
(IBM)
SS: Solid State
(Hardware)
SSF: Service Switching Function
SS: Stack Segment SSFDC: Solid State Floppy Disc Card

Also known as SmartMedia (Hardware)
CPU register (Hardware) (Intel)
SS/SNA: Server to Server System Network SSG: Service Selection Gateway
Architecture (Network) (Cisco)
SSGA: System Support Gate Array

SSH STING
SSH: Secure SHell SST: Systems Services and Technology

SSH: Site Security Handbook SSTP: Shared Spanning Tree Protocol
(Security) (Network)
SSI: Server-Side Include SSU: System Setup Utility

SSI: Single System Image SSX: Small Services eXecutive
Operating system (Operating systems)
SSI: Small-Scale Integration
The process of placing fewer than 10 components on one chip STA: Single Threaded Apartment
(Hardware) A threading context for components that require a message
queue or thread affinity. Access to components in an STA is by
SSID: Service Set IDentifier
definition synchronized (Software) (Microsoft)
(Network)
STA: Spanning Tree Algorithm
SSJS: Server-Side JavaScript
(Software) STAR: Self-defining Text ARchival
SSL: Secure Sockets Layer STAR: Shareware Trade Association and Resources
A protocol for secure network communications using a StAX: STreaming Api for Xml parsing
combination of public and secret key technology (Security)
(Software)
SSL: Synthesizer Specification Language
STB: Set-Top Box
SSM: Source Specific Multicast (Hardware)
Extension of IP multicast where datagram traffic is forwarded to
STB: Simply The Best
receivers from only those multicast sources to which the receivers
have explicitly joined (Network) Name of many companies
SSML: Speech Synthesis Markup Language STB: Software Technical Bulletin

Markup specification for voice browsers designed to provide a STB: STroBe
rich, XML-based markup language for assisting the generation of
synthetic speech in Web and other applications. See also STC: SeT Carry flag
http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/
STC: Sub-Technical Committee
SSO: Single Sign-On
STD: SeT Direction flag
(Security)
STD: STanDard
SSP: Security Support Provider
A dynamic-link library that implements the SSPI by making one STD: State Transition Diagram
or more security packages available to applications. Each security
STDA: StreetTalk Directory Assistance
package provides mappings between an application's SSPI
function calls and an actual security model's functions (Security) (Banyan)
SSP: Service Switching Point STDAUX: STanDard AUXiliary
SSP: Silicon Switch Processor STDERR: STanDard ERRor
SSP: Storage Service Provider STDIN: STanDard INput
SSP: Switch to Switch Protocol STDM: Statistical Time Division Multiplexer
SSP: System Stack Pointer STDOUT: STanDard OUTput
SSP: System Support Program STDPRN: STanDard PRiNter

IBM s/36 operating system (Operating systems) (IBM) STE: Section Terminating Equipment
SSPI: Security Support Provider Interface STEP: STandard for the Exchange of Product data
A common interface between transport-level applications, such as
Remote Procedure Call (RPC), and security providers. SSPI allows
Is a major International Standards Organisation (ISO) effort to
standardise methods for the exchange of data from many fields of
S
a transport application to call one of several security providers to engineering
obtain an authenticated connection (Security)
STEP: Standard Template for Electronic Publishing
SSRP: Simple Server Redundancy Protocol
(Cisco) STF: STructured File
File name extension (Lotus)
SSS: System Support Station
(Hardware) STFG: Search The Friendly Google
(Net lingo)
SSSD: Single Sided Single Density
STFN: Surf The F***ing Net
SST: Shiva Smart Tunneling For those who RTFM, and still couldn't work it out (Net lingo)
SST: Simple Sipp Transition STFU: Shut The F**k Up
SST: Spread-Spectrum Technology (Net lingo)
SST: Sustained Stewardship Teraflop STFW: Search The F***ing Web

(IBM) Answer for easy-find questions (Net lingo)
SST: Swedish Summer Time STI: SeT Interrupt flag

Timezone: GMT +1:00 STING: Software Technology INterest Group

STIX SVF
STIX: SmallTalk Interface to X STT: Secure Transaction Technology

(Microsoft)
STK: Satellite ToolKit
Graphical, object-oriented software for satellite and space station STTL: Standard Transistor Transistor Logic
orbital and sensor coverage analysis (Software) (Hardware)
STL: Standard Template Library STTS: Simple Tree Transformation Sheets
(Software)
STX: Start of TeXt
STM: Scanning Tunneling Microscope (Communication)
(Hardware)
STX: Streaming Transformations for Xml
STM: Synchronous Transfer Mode One-pass transformation language for XML documents. STX is
intended as a high-speed, low memory consumption alternative
STM: Synchronous Transport Module
to XSLT. See http://stx.sourceforge.net/ (Software)
(Communication)
STY: STYle
STN: Super-Twist Nematic
File name extension
LCD display technology (Hardware)
SU: Scalable Unit
STN-LCD: SuperTwist Nematic Liquid Crystal Display
(Hardware)
STONE: STructured and OpeN Environment
SUA: Single User Account
STOS: STOre String Allows multiple users to share a single IP address (either dynamic
or static) assigned by your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
STP: Secure Transfer Protocol (Network)
STP: Service Transaction Program SUB: SUBroutine
STP: Shielded Twisted Pair SUB: Subscript
(Hardware) HTML Tag
STP: Signal Transfer Point SUB: SUBstitute
STP: Soa Tools Platform SUB: SUBtract
Open source collaborative software development project
dedicated to providing a generic, extensible, standards-based SUE: Stupid User Error
tool platform for producing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) (Net lingo)
applications (Software)
SUG: Sun User's Group
StP: Software Through Pictures
SUMA: Software Upgrade and Maintenance
STP: Spanning Tree Protocol Agreement
STP: Speed Test Pro (Software)
Program that monitors your internet connection, web site, cpu, SUN: Stanford University Network
memory, Hard Drives, Wifi, LAN, Processes and much more all in
real time and will store all data recorded into an log, so it can be SUNET: Swedish University NETwork
easily imported into almost any application (Software)
SUNVIEW: SUN's Visual Integrated Environment for
STP: Straight Through Processing Workstations
Ability to take a financial transaction though complete
SUP: Superscript
confirmation automatically
HTML Tag
STP: Synchronized Transaction Processing
SUR: Shell Update Release
STPML: Straight Through Processing Markup (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
Language
SURAnet: Southeastern Universities Research
An XML message specification designed for the financial securities
trading industry to meet the requirements of straight through Association NETwork S
processing SUS: Software Update Services
STPP: Strategic Technology Protection Program Software update management solution (Operating systems)
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) (Microsoft)
STR: Store Task Register SUSP: System Use Sharing Protocol
STR: Suspend To Ram SUT: Socket Under Test

Power saving state SUTT: Single User Test Tools
STR: Synchronous Transmitter Receiver SVC: Switched Virtual Circuit
STRESS: STRuctural Engineering System Solver Virtual connection set up only for the duration of a single
communications session. In contrast, a permanent virtual circuit
remains available at all times (Network)
STRUDL: STRUctural Design Language
SVCD: Super Video Compact Disc
(Hardware)
STS: Synchronous Transport Signal
SVF: Schema Validation Framework
SONET signal (Communication)
(Software) (Sun)
SVF: Simple Vector Format

SVG SYS
SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication
SVGA: Super Video Graphics Array
Video specification for a resolution of 800 X 600 pixels in 256 SWIG: Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator
colors (Hardware)
SWIM: System Wide Information Management
S-VHS: Super Video Home System (Network)
SVI: Switched Virtual Interface SWISH: Simple Web Indexing System for Humans
Represents a VLAN of switch ports as one interface to the routing
or bridging function in the system (Network) SWMBO: She Who Must Be Obeyed
(Net lingo)
SVID: System V Interface Definition
Applies to the Unix OS (Operating systems)
SWOP: Specifications for Web Offset Publications
These specifications standardize the submission of materials
SVM: System Virtual Machine supplied to web offset publications, and areas of responsibility for
(Microsoft) each of the involved industry segments. See
http://www.swop.org/ (Organizations)
SVM: System Volume Mangement
SWP: Simple Web Printing
SVN: Switched Virtual Network
(IBM) SWP: SWaP
File name extension
SVP: SchemaView Plus
Filename extension for SchemaView Plus, a program for drawing SWRL: Semantic Web Rule Language
database schemas Intended to be the rule language of the Semantic Web
SVR: SerVeR SWS: Sun Web Server

(Sun)
SVR4: System V Release 4
SWS: Symantec Web Security
SVRn: System V Release n
(Symantec)
Applies to the Unix OS (Operating systems)
SWT: Standard Widget Toolkit
SVS: Symmetric Virtual Servers
(Software)
SW: SoftWare
SWT: Swedish Winter Time
SW: Status Word Timezone: GMT +1:00
Sw/A: Soap with Attachments SWTX: Server Workstation Technology eXtended
(Software) A size and form factor specification for motherboards (Hardware)
SWAC: Standards Western Automatic Calculator SX: SimpleX
SWAG: Scientific (or Silly) Wild A** Guess (Communication)
A term used by technical teams when establishing high level SXGA: Super eXtended Graphics Array
sizings for large projects (Net lingo) Video specification for a resolution of 1280 X 1024 pixel
SWAIS: Simple Wide Area Information Server (Hardware)
SWAK: Sealed With A Kiss SXGA+: Super eXtended Graphics Array Plus
Saying goodbye (Net lingo) Video specification for a resolution of 1400 X 1050 pixels
(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) S
SWAP: Simple Workflow Access Protocol
SYLK: SYmbolic LinK
SWAP: Stewart Warner Array Program
SYM: SYMbols
SWAR: Simd Within A Register File name extension
A form of parallelism used in most microprocessors. Examples
include MMX, SSE, SSE2, and 3DNow instructions (Hardware) SYMM: SYnchronized MultiMedia
SWBPD: Semantic Web Best Practices and SYMPL: SYsteM Programming Language
Deployment SYN: SYNonym
SWDP: Sun Web Developer Pack File name extension
Helps to leverage emerging web technologies and techniques to SYNC: SYNChronous
create interactive and dynamic web applications for the enterprise
(Software) (Sun) SYS: SYStem
SWF: ShockWave Format SYS: SYStem configuration
File format File name extension
SWI: SoftWare Interrupts SYS: SYStem device driver

File name extension

SYSADMIN TCAP
SYSADMIN: SYStem ADMINistrator TAP: Terminal Access Point

SYSGEN: SYStem GENerator TAPCIS: The Access Program for the Compuserve
Information Service
SYSLOG: SYStem LOG
TAPI: Telephony Application Programming Interface
SYSMOD: SYStem MODification
SYSOP: SYStem OPerator
TAR: Tape ARchive
SYSREQ: SYStem REQuest
TARFU: Things Are Really F***ed Up
SZ: Send Zmodem (Net lingo)
TAS: Telcom Analysis System
T (Hardware)
T: Tera TAS: Telephone Access Server
TAS: Total Access System
T&E: Travel And Entertainment
(Software) TAS: Totalnet Advanced Server
(Hardware) (Sun)
T&L: Transform And Lighting
Graphics function TASM: Turbo ASseMbler
T/B: Top/Bottom
TAT: Theoretical Arrival Time
T/R: Transmit/Receive
TAXI: Transparent Asynchronous Transceiver
T9: Typing on 9 keys Interface
TA: Technical Assembly TB: TeraByte
TA: Terminal Adapter 1024 gigabytes
An ISDN-compatible device that converts non-ISDN transmission TBAV: ThunderByte Anti Virus
to ISDN transmission (Hardware)
(Software)
TAB: Tape Automated Bonding
TBBS: The Bread Board System
(Hardware)
TBC: Time Base Corrector
TAC: Technical Assistance Center
(Cisco) TBGA: Tape Ball Grid Array
(Hardware)
TAC: Terminal Access Controller
TBH: To Be Honest
TACACS: Terminal Access Controller Access-Control
(Net lingo)
System
(Network) TBK: ToolBooK
File name extension
TACS: Total Access Communication System
TBMT: Transmitter Buffer eMpTy
TAD: Telephone Answering Device
(Hardware)
TAF: Transparent Application Failover
TBO: Total Benefit of Ownership
(Databases) (Oracle)
TBT: Technology Based Training
TAG: Technical Advisory Group
TBU: Tape Backup Unit
TAG: Telecommunications Access Gateway
(Communication) TC: Technical Committee
TAL: Typed Assembly Language TC: Test Control S
(Software) TC: Transmission Control
TalAE: TALigent Application Environment (Communication) T
(Software) TC: Transmission Convergence
TalDE: TALigent Development Environment (Communication)
TalOS: TALigent Object Services TCA: Transaction Cost Analysis

Methodology that can be used to measure the cost of individual
TAN: Table Area Network shopper operations such as registering, browsing, searching a
TAN: Tape Area Network catalog, adding an item to a shopping cart, checking out, and so
on (Microsoft)
TAN: TransAction Number
TCAM: TeleCommunication Access Method
TANSTAAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free (IBM)
Lunch
TCAM: Ternary Content Addressable Memory
(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
TAO: Track-At-Once
TCAP: Transaction Capabilities Application Part
Adds transaction based functionality to the Public Switch
TAP: Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol Telephone Network (PSTN)

TCAV TEC
TCAV: Trend Chip Away Virus TD: Transmit Data

Antivirus hardware for motherboards that blocks boot-time (Hardware)
viruses (Hardware)
TDA: To Do Archive
TCB: Trusted Code Base Filename extension
(Software)
TDC: Tabular Data Control
T-CCS: Transparent Common Channel Signaling
TDC: Tape Data Controller
(Hardware) (Cisco)
TDC: Terrestrial Data Circuit
TCG: Trusted Computing Group
Group that develops and promotes open, vendor-neutral, industry TDCC: Transportation Data Coordinating Committee
standard specifications for trusted computing building blocks and
software interfaces across multiple platforms. See also TD-CDMA: Time Division Code Division Multiple
https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/ (Organizations) Access
(Communication)
TCK: Test Compatibility Kit
(Software) (Sun) TDD: Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
TCL: Tool Control Language TDE: Terminal Display Editor
TCL/TK: Tool Control Language ToolKit TDES: Triple Data Encryption Standard
(Security)
TCM: Technology Change Management
(Software) TDF: Trace Definition File
File name extension (IBM)
TCM: Thermal Conduction Module
TDF: Typeface Definition File
TCM: Time Compression Multiplexer
File name extension
TCM: Trellis-Coded Modulation
TDI: Transport Data Interface
TCO: Tjänstemännens Central Organization
TDL: Test Description Language
Swedish organization establishing norms for monitor
electromagnetic emissions (Organizations) TDM: Technical Document Management
TCO: Total Cost of Ownership TDM: Telecom Designed Network
TCP: Tape-Carrier Package TDM: Text Data Mining
(Hardware)
TDM: Time-Division Multiplexing
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol Multiplexing technique that apportions the time available on its
A communications protocol that ensures data is sent between composite link equally between its channels, interleaving data
computers on the Internet (Network) from successive channels (Communication)
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet TDMA: Time Division Multiple Access

Protocol TDMATBICPLY: This Doesn't Mean A Thing But It
The protocol suite originally developed for the Internet. Also Confuses People Like You
called Internet Protocol suite (Network)
(Net lingo)
TCPA: Trusted Computing Platform Alliance
TDMS: Terminal Display Management System
(Intel)
TDP: Tag Distribution Protocol
TCP-ACO: Transmission Control Protocol Alternate
Checksum Option TDP: Telelocator Data Protocol
TCPBEUI: Transmission Control Protocol Bios TDP: Triton Data Path
Extended User Interface TDR: Time Domain Reflectometry
TCPC: The Clean Personal Computer group TDS: Tabular DataStream
TCPLDP: Transmission Control Protocol extensions Database client to server communication protocol (Databases)
for Long Delay Paths TDS: Tex Directory Structure T
TCPLW: Transmission Control Protocol Large TDSR: Transmitter Data Service Request
Windows
(Network) TDtoDP: Tablet Coordinates TO Display Coordinates
TCPSAT: Transmission Control Protocol over TE: Terminal Equipment

SATellite An ISDN-compatible terminal device that is attached to the ISDN
(Network) at the user interface
TCQ: Tagged Command Queuing TE/2: Terminal Emulator/2

SCSI feature to allow multiple I/O requests TEA: Tiny Encryption Algorithm
TCSEC: Trusted Computer Systems Evaluation (Security)
Criteria TEAMA: Taiwanese Electric Appliance
TCSH: Trusted C SHell Manufacturer's Association
TD: Table Data TEB: Thread Environment Block

HTML tag TEC: Tokyo Electronics Corporation

TECO TIGA
TECO: Text Editor and COrrector TFTPD: Trivial File Transfer Protocol Daemon
Server-side TFTP service responsible for hosting specific file
TED: Tiny EDitor
download requests made by the client
TED: Transient Electromagnetic Device
TGA: TarGA
(Hardware)
File format for images
TEDIS: Trade Electronic Data Interchange Systems
TGC: Terminal Group Controller
TEI: Terminal Endpoint Identifier
TGIF: Thank Goodness It's Friday
TEI: Text Encoding Initiative (Net lingo)
TEL: Tivoli Enterprise Console TGP: Thumbnail Gallery Post
TELCO: TELephone Central Office TGT: Ticket Granting Ticket
(Communication) (Security)
TeleVAS: TELEphony Value Added Service TH: Table Header
TELNET: TELephone NETwork HTML tag
TEML: Turbo Editor Macro Language TH: Transmission Header

(Communication)
(Borland)
TEMP: TEMPorary THD: Total Harmonic Distortion
A sound quality parameter (lower is better) (Hardware)
TEMS: Tornado Electronic Messaging Service
(Software)
THEnet: Texas Higher Education NETwork
TEN: TransEuropean Network THOMAS: The House of representatives Open

Multimedia Access System
TER: Thermal Eclipse Reading
THOR: Tandy High-performance Optical Recording
(Sony)
THR: Transmit Holding Register
TERM: Technology Enabled Relationship
Management THS: THeSaurus
TERMCAP: TERMinal CAPability File name extension
TERMINFO: TERMinal INFOrmation THT: Token Holding Timer
TERMPWR: TERMinator PoWeR THX: Tomlinson Holman eXperiment

Certification and quality control program that applies to sound
TESS: The Exponential Security System systems and acoustics in theaters, home equipment, and digital
(Security) mastering processes
TETRA: TErrestrial Trunked RAdio TI: Texas Instruments

Modern digital Private Mobile Radio (PRM) and Public Access TI: Tool Interface
Mobile Radio (PAMR) technology for police, ambulance and fire
(Software) (Sun)
services, security services, utilities, military etc. (Communication)
TFDD: Text File Device Driver TI: Transport Independent
TFEL: Thin-Film ELectroluminescent TIA: Telecommunications Industry Association
TFI: Terminal Facility Identifier TIA: Thank you In Advance

(Net lingo)
TFM: Tagged Font Metric
TIA: The Internet Adapter
File name extension
TFP: Tops Filing Protocol TIATLG: Truly, I Am The Living God
(Net lingo)
TFS: Team Foundation Server
TIB: Tag Information Base
Productive and effective solution for managing change across
organizations of all sizes. It enables you to securely manage all TiB: TebIByte T
project artifacts and source code in one repository (Software)
(Microsoft)
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024 GiB
TFS: Translucent File Service TIC: Total Initial Cost
A copy-on-write file system that enables users to share file
hierarchies while providing each user with a private hierarchy for TID: Target IDentifier
saving files as they are modified
TIES: Time Independent Escape Sequence
TFT: Task File Table
TIF: Tagged Image File
TFT: Thin Film Transistor Filename extension
LCD monitors manufacturing technology (Hardware)
TIFF: Tagged Image File Format
TFTP: Trivial File Transfer Protocol File format for images
Simple version of the FTP protocol often used to transfer data
with diskless workstations, X-terminals and routers (Network)
TIGA: Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
(Hardware) (TI)

TIGER TMSC
TIGER: Topologically Integrated Geographic TLP: Transmission Level Point

Encoding and Referencing
TLS: Thread Local Storage
TIIAP: Telecommunications and Information (Software)
Infrastructure Assistance Program
TLS: Transport Layer Security
TIL: Tech Information Library A protocol from the IETF based on SSL. It will eventually
supersede SSL while remaining backward-compatible with SSL
TIM: Technical Information Memo implementations (Security)
(Compaq)
TLSWG: Transport Layer Security Working Group
TIME: Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions (Organizations)
TIMI: Technology Independent Machine Interface TLU: Table LookUp
(IBM)
TLX: TeLeX
TIMS: Text Information Management Systems
TM: TradeMark
TINA: Telecommunication Information Networking
Architecture TM: Traffic Management
(Communication)
TINA-C: Telecommunication Information
Networking Architecture Consortium TM: Transaction Manager
TIP: Terminal Interface Processor TM: Transaction Monitor
TIP: Text Input Processor TM: Translation Memory
(Software) Also known as translation database, is a collections of entries
where a source text is associated with its corresponding
TIP: Transaction Internet Protocol translation in one or more target languages
TIP: Transputer Image Processing TM: Transmission and Multiplexing
TIPHON: Telecommunications and Internet (Communication)
Protocol Harmonzation Over Networks TMA: Transparent Media Adapter
ETSI Standard to support the market for voice communication Scanner add-on to acquire material on transparent media
and related voice band communication between users. It will (Hardware)
ensure that users connected to IP based networks can
communicate with users in Switched Circuit Networks TMDA: Tagged Message Delivery Agent
TIS: Tools Interface Standard TMDB: Tivoli Management DataBase
TIS: Transaction Information System TMDS: Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling
(Hardware)
TISPAN: Telecoms & Internet converged Services &
Protocols for Advanced Networking TME: Tivoli Management Environment
See http://portal.etsi.org (Communication) (Tivoli)
TITOFET: Tunneling-In, Tunneling-Out Field Effect TMF: Tivoli Management Framework

Transistor
TMF: Transaction Monitoring Facility
TK/TK: TracK to TracK
TMI: Too Much Information
TKIP: Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (Net lingo)
(Security)
TML: TeMpLate
TL1: Translation Language 1 File name extension
(Communication)
TMN: Telecommunication Management Network
TLA: Three Letters Acronym (Communication)
TLB: Translation Look-aside Buffer TMP: TeMPorary
(Hardware) File name extension
TLD: Tag Library Descriptor TMPFS: TeMPorary File System T
(Software) (Sun) A file system type that uses local memory for disk reads and
writes (Operating systems)
TLD: Top Level Domain
(Network) TMR: Transient Memory Record
TLDA: Technology License and Distribution TMR: Triple Modular Redundancy
Agreement TMS: Thesaurus Management System
TLE: Template Language Extensions (Databases)
(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 access transport TMS: Truth Maintenance System
services. Modeled after the industry standard ISO Transport
TMSC: Tape Mass Storage Control
Service Definition (Communication)
TLN: Trunk Line Network

TMX TPW
TMX: Translation Memory eXchange ToS: Type Of Service

Vendor-neutral open XML standard for the exchange of A field within an IP header which can be used by the device
Translation Memory (TM) data created by Computer-Assisted originating the packet, or by an intermediate networking device,
Translation (CAT) software to signal a request for a specific QoS level (Network)
TN: Twisted Nematic TP: Transaction Processing
(Hardware)
TP: Turbo Pascal
TNC: Terminal Node Controller
TP: Twisted Pair
TNC: Threaded Neill Concelman
TPC: Transaction Processing Council
TNEF: Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (Organizations)
Format for converting a set of MAPI properties into a serial data
TPCP: Two Phase Commit Protocol
stream. Primarily used by transport providers that need to encode
MAPI message properties for transmission through a messaging (Communication)
system that does not support those properties directly (Software) TPD: Tail Packet Discard
(Microsoft)
(Network)
TNFS: Trusted Network File System
TPD: Technical Product Documentation
(Security)
TPDU: Transport Protocol Data Unit
TNG: The New Generation
(CAI) TPE: Twisted Pair Ethernet
TNIEG: Trusted Network Interpretation TPF: Tiny Personal Firewall
Environmental Guideline Software firewall produced byTiny Software, Inc
(Network) (http://www.tinysoftware.com/) (Security)
TN-LCD: Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display TPF: Transaction Processing Facility
(IBM)
TNO: The Netherlands Organization
tpi: Tracks Per Inch
TNPC: Taiwanese New Pc Consortium
Recording density (Hardware)
TNS: Trivial Name Server TPI: Transport Provider Interface
TNT: The News Toolkit The kernel components of the Transport Layer Interface (TLI)
See also NeWS (Sun) TPL: Table Producing Language
Tnx: ThanKS TPL: Targeted Peripheral List
(Net lingo)
(Hardware)
TOC: Table Of Contents TPL: Transaction Processing Language
TOD: Time Of Day TPM: Transaction Processing Manager
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)
TPM: Trusted Platform Module
TODS: Transactions On Database Systems
Published specification detailing a secure cryptoprocessor that
TOE: Tcp Off-load Engine can store cryptographic keys that protect information, as well as
(Hardware) the general name of implementations of that specification, often
called the "TPM chip" or "TPM Security Device" (Hardware)
TOEFL: Test Of English as a Foreign Language
TPORT: Twisted pair PORT transceiver
TOF: Tiny Open Firmware (AT&T)
TOGAF: The Open Group Architecture Framework TPOS: Transaction Processing Operating System
TOMS: Transactions On Mathematical Software TPPC: Transaction Processing Performance Council
TOOIS: Transactions On Office Information Systems (Organizations) T
TOP: Technical Office Protocol TP-PMD: Twisted Pair Physical layer Medium
Dependent
TOPICS: Total Online Program and Information
Control System TPR: Third-Party Relay
TOPLAS: Transactions On Programming Languages TPS: Transaction Processing System
And Systems TPS: Transactions Per Second
tops: Theoretical Operations Per Second TPT: Twisted Pair Transceiver
Processing power (Hardware)
TPTP: Test & Performance Tools Platform
TOPS: Timesharing OPerating System Provides powerful frameworks and services for an open platform
TOS: Terms Of Service upon which developers build unique test and performance
tools—both open source and commercial—that easily integrate
TOS: The Operating System with Eclipse (Software)
TOS: Time Of Service TPW: Turbo Pascal for Windows

TPx TSS
TPx: Transport Protocol class x TSC: Triton System Controller

TQFP: Thin Quad Flat Pack TSD: Type-Specific Driver
(Hardware)
TSDU: Transport Service Data Unit
TQM: Total Quality Management The amount of user data whose identity is preserved from one
end of a transport connection to the other
TR: Table Row
HTML tag TSE: Technical Support Engineer
TR: Technical Report TSE: Terminal Server Edition
TR: Terminal Ready
TSE: The Semware Editor
TR: TRavan
Tape medium type (TR-3, TR-4) (Hardware) TSF: Text Services Framework
Simple and scalable framework that enables advanced text input
TRADIC: TRansistorized Airborne DIgital Computer and natural language technologies for applications (Software)
Name of first computer to be entirely transistorized (Microsoft)
TRAM: TRAnsputer Module TSI: Time Slot Interchanger
(Hardware)
TSI: Transmission Subscriber Identification
TrAX: TRansformation Api for Xml
TSI: Transport Security Initiative
TREX: Tree Regular Expressions for Xml Works in conjunction with the sysadmin and vendor communities
A means of expressing validation criteria by describing a pattern to develop the knowledge and tools to combat the junk email
for the structure and content of an XML document problem. See http://mail-abuse.org/tsi/
TRIB: Transfer Rate of Information Bits TSID: Transmitting Subscriber IDentifier

(Communication)
TRIP: Telephony Routing over Internet Protocol
Discovery and exchange of IP telephony gateway routing tables TSLM: Terminal Services License Manager
between providers (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
TRIPS: Trade Related aspects of Intellectual TSM: Tivoli Storage Manager
Property rightS Protects data from hardware failures and other errors by storing
backup and archive copies of data on offline storage (IBM)
TRM: TeRMinal
File name extension TSM: Topology Specific Module
(Novell)
TRN: Threaded Read News
TSM: Transaction Services Manager
TRN: Token Ring Network
(Network) TSMP: True Symmetric MultiProcessor
TRO: Total Return on Ownership TSN: Task Sequence Number
TROLI: Token Ring Optimized Link Interface TSO: Time Sharing Option
Multitasking system for IBM MVS operating system (Operating
TRON: The Realtime Operating system Nucleus
systems) (IBM)
TROSN: The Real-time Operating System Nucleus
TSO/CMS: Time Sharing Option/Conversational
TRP: Token Ring Port Monitor System
TRPC: Transactional Remote Procedure Call TSOP: Thin Small-Outline Package
(Hardware)
TRR: Token Ring Repeater
TSP: Telephony Service Provider
TRT: Token Rotation Timer
TSP: Time Stamp Protocol
TS: Terminal Services
(Security)
TS: Top Secret
TSP: Time Synchronization Protocol
T
TSP: Total Service Provider
TS: Transaction Server
(Software) (Microsoft) TSPI: Telephony Service Provider Interface
TS/SI: Top Secret/Sensitive Information
T-SQL: Transact Structured Query Language
TSA: Target Service Agent
(Operating systems) (Novell)
TSR: Terminate and Stay Resident
TSA: Technical Support Alliance
TSS: Task State Segment
TSA: Telephony Services Architecture
TSS: The Screen Savers
TSAP: Transport Service Access Point
Technical TV show. See also
TSAPI: Telephony Server Application Programming http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/
Interface
TSS: Time Sharing System
(Novell)
(Operating systems)
TSB: Termination Status Block

TST U
TST: TeST TV: TeleVision

File name extension (Hardware)
TSTN: Triple SuperTwisted Nematic TVD: Total Virus Defense
TSV: Tab Separated Values TVF: Table of contents Verbosely from File
TSW: TeleSoftWare TVFS: Toronto Virtual File System
(IBM)
TT: Typewriter Text
HTML tag TVI: TeleVision Interference
TTA: Transport-Triggered Architecture TVO: Total Value of Ownership
TTAU: Tear That A** Up TVOL: TeleVision On-Line
(Net lingo)
TVT: TeleVision Terminal
TTCN: Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (Hardware)
TTDS: Trusted Time Date Stamping TVT: ThinkVantage Technology
Lenovo branding for proprietary software. (Software)
TTF: TrueType Font
File format for fonts TWAIN: Toolkit Without An Important Name
Improperly expanded as shown, this term comes from Kipling's
TTFN: Ta Ta For Now
"The Ballad of East and West" - "...and never the twain shall
That's all for now (Net lingo) meet...", reflecting the difficulty of connecting digital imaging
TTL: Time To Live devices (like scanners) to personal computers
(Network) TWIP: TWentIeth of a Point
TTL: Transistor-Transistor Logic Equal to 1/1440th of an inch.
Semiconductor manufacturing technology (Hardware) TWP: Technical Working Procedure
TTP: Thermal-Transfer Printing TWT: Travelling Wave Tube
TTP: Trusted Third Parties (Hardware)
TTRP: Time Token Rotation Protocol TWX: TeletypeWriter eXchange service
TTRT: Target Token Rotation Time TX: Transmit

(Communication)
TTS: Text-To-Speech
TXD: Transmit Data
TTS: Transaction Tracking System
(Novell)
TXF: Tax eXchange Format
File name extension
TTS: Trouble Ticketing System
TXT: TeXT
TTY: TeleTYpewriter File name extension
Historically, a Teletypewriter equipment. Today, any dumb
terminal that can access a computer or workstation (Hardware) TXT: Trusted eXecution Technology
Hardware extension to some of Intel's microprocessors and
TTYL: Talk To You Later respective chipsets, intended to provide users and organizations
(Net lingo) (governments, enterprises, etc.) with a higher level of trust while
accessing, modifying or creating sensitive data and code
TUC: Total User Cell (Hardware) (Intel)
TUCAA: The Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive TXT2STF: TeXT To Structured Text File
TUCD: Total User Cell Difference (Lotus)
TUCOWS: The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock TY: Thank You

Software (Net lingo)
TUG: Tex Users Group TYIA: Thank You In Advance
TUI: Text-based User Interface (Net lingo) T
TUMS: Table Update and Management System TYS: Told You So
(Net lingo) U
TUP: Telephone User Path
TYVM: Thank You Very Much
TUT: Transistor Under Test (Net lingo)
(Hardware)
TZ: Time Zone
TUT: TUTorial
File name extension
U
TUV: Technische Überwachungs-Verein
U: Underline
(Organizations)
HTML tag
TUX: Torvald's UniX
U: Unit
Name of the Linux penguin. (Operating systems)
Rack-mountable devices height measurement unit corresponding
to 1.75 inches (Hardware)

U/W SCSI UDG
U/W SCSI: Ultra/Wide Small Computers System UCAA: Ultimate Computer Acronyms Archive
Interface (Remedios)
(Hardware)
UCAID: University Corporation for Advanced
U2W: Ultra-2-Wide Internet Development
UA: Unnumbered Acknowledgement UCB: Unit Control Block

UA: User Agent UCD: Unicode Character Database
An ISO/OSI application process that acts on behalf of a user or Consists of a number of data files listing character properties and
organization in the X.400 message handling system. The UA related data along with a documentation file that explains the
creates, submits, and receives messages for you organization of the database and the format and meaning of the
data in the files. See also http://www.unicode.org/ucd/
UA: User Area
UCE: Unsolicited Commercial Email
UAAG: User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
W3C recommendation that provides guidelines for designing user UCF: Universal Communications Facility
agents that lower barriers to Web accessibility for people with (CAI)
disabilities (visual, hearing, physical, cognitive, and neurological)
UCITA: Uniform Computer Information
UAB: Unix Appletalk Bridge Transactions Act
UAC: Universal Access Control UCL: Universal Communications Language
UAC: User Account Control UCLP: Universal Commerce Language and Protocol
UCM: Unified Change Management
UADSL: Universal Asymmetric Digital Subscriber A Change Management (CM) concept implemented by Rational
Line Software Corporation (Software) (Rational)
(Communication)
UCR: Under Color Removal
UAE: Unrecoverable Application Error UCS: Unicode Conversion Support
UAF: User Authorization File UCS: Universal Character Set
UAGL: User Agent accessibility GuideLines
UCS: User Coordinate System
UAM: User Authentication Method
UCSD: University of California at San Diego
UAN: Universal Application Network
UCSD: User Centered Systems Design
Standards-based, service-oriented architecture that enables
A process for developing usable systems with user focus
organizations to solve the business integration problem within
and beyond the enterprise (Software) UCSPI: Unix Client-Server Program Interface
UAP: Unified Approval Procedure See http://cr.yp.to/proto/ucspi.txt (Software)
UAPDU: User Agent Protocol Data Unit UCT: Universal Coordinated Time
UAProf: User Agent PROFile UDA: Universal Data Access

(Databases)
UART: Universal Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter UDB: Universal DataBase
(Hardware) (Databases) (IBM)
UAS: User Application Software UDBC: Universal DataBase Connectivity

(Databases)
UAWG: Universal Adsl Working Group
(Organizations) UDC: Universal Decimal Classification
UBA: UniBus Adapter UDC: User Defined Commands
UBB: Ultimate Bulletin Board UDD: User Data Document

A message board (Software) UDDI: Universal Description, Discovery and
UBD: User brain damage Integration
When a computer user does something really weird (Net lingo) UD-DVD: Ultra Definition Digital Video (or
Versatile) Disk
U
UBE: Unsolicited Bulk E-mail
(Hardware)
UBL: Universal Business Language
UDE: Universal Data Exchange
UBNI: Ungermann-Bass Network Interface
UDEC: Universal Digital Electronic Computer
UBR: Uddi Business Registry
(Software) UDF: Uniqueness Database File
UBR: Universal Broadband Router
Router used in broadband cable systems (Communication)
UDF: Universal Disk Format
(Hardware)
UBR: Unspecified Bit Rate
UDF: User-Defined Function
UC: UnCacheable
Video memory access method in BIOS (Hardware)
UDG: User Defined Gateway

UDI UMS
UDI: Unrestricted Digital Information UID: User Interface Document

(Communication)
UIL: User Interface Language
UDM: Unstructured Data Management
UIMS: User Interface Management System
UDMA: Ultra Direct Memory Access
UIN: Universal Internet Number
(Hardware)
UL: Underwriters Laboratories
UDO: Ultra Density Optical
(Organizations)
Optical storage technology that increases capacities by using an
extremely focused blue laser to write and read data. Hewlett- UL: Unordered List
Packard (HP), Sony, and Plasmon collaborated on the UDO HTML Tag
standard (Hardware) (HP)
UL: UpLoad
UDO: User-Defined Object
(Software) ULA: Uncommitted Logic Array
UDP: User Datagram Protocol ULANA: Unified Local Area Network Architecture
It is a connectionless transport mechanism for IP networks ULC: Ultra-Light Client
UDP/IP: User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol ULN: Universal Link Negotiation
UDRP: Uniform domain-name Dispute Resolution ulp: Unit in Last Place
Policy In binary formats, the least-significant bit of the significant, bit 0,
UDS: User Data Source is the unit in the last place
UDT: Uniform Data Transfer ULP: Upper Layer Protocol
UDT: User-defined Data Type ULSI: Ultra Large Scale Integration

The process of placing more than 100,000 components on a chip
UDX: Universal Data eXchange (Hardware)
UDX: User-Defined Extension ULV: Ultra Low Voltage
UFB: Un-F***ing-Believable (Hardware)
(Net lingo) UM: Unified Messaging
UFCOM: Ufficio Federale delle COMunicazioni UM: Universal Manageability
UMA: Unified Memory Architecture
UFS: Unix File System
UMA: Universal Management Agent
The default disk-based file system under the Unix operating
system (Operating systems) UMA: Universal Measurement Architecture
UFST: Universal Font Scaling Technology UMA: Upper Memory Area
UFT: Unsolicited File Transfer UMA: User Mode Audio
(Network) Together with PUMA, is an engine in the Windows Vista Protected
Environment that provides a safer environment for audio
UG: User Group
playback, as well as checking that the enabled outputs are
UHA: Ultra-High Aperture consistent with what the content allows (Operating systems)
LCD display technology (Hardware) (Microsoft)
UHCI: Universal Host Controller Interface UMADS: Universal Measurement Architecture Data
Storage
UHE: Ultra High Efficiency
UMB: Upper Memory Block
(Hardware)
UHF: Ultra-High Frequency UMC: United Microelectronics Corporation
UHL: Universal Hypertext Link UME: Uni Management Entity
UHP: Ultra-High Performance UML: Unified Modeling Language

A specification defining a graphical language for visualizing,
(Hardware)
UI: Unix International

specifying, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of
distributed object systems
U
A consortium consisting of Sun, AT&T, and others that formed to UMOD: Unreal MODule
advance a UNIX System V-based environment, including the
Type of compressed files associated with Unreal Tournament
Open Look GUI (Organizations)
(Games)
UI: User Interface
UMPC: Ultra Mobile Personal Computer
(Operating systems)
(Hardware)
UIC: User Identification Code
UMS: Unified Messaging Server
UID: Unit IDentifier
UMS: Universal Management Service
UID: User IDentifier (IBM)
In the Unix operating system, the number assigned to each login
UMS: User Mode Scheduler
name. The system uses UID numbers to identify, by number, the
owners of files and directories (Operating systems)

UMTS USN
UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunications UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply

System (Hardware)
(Communication)
UPS: United Parcel Service
UN/EDIFACT: United Nations Electronic Data
UR: Uncommitted Read
Interchange For Administration Commerce and
(Databases)
Transport
URA: Uniform Resource Agent
UN/GTDI: United Nations Guidelines for Trade Data
(Network)
Interchange
UNC: Universal Naming Convention URC: Uniform Resource Characteristics
UNC: Uuencoded Netnews Collator URC: Uniform Resource Citation

A set of attribute/value pairs describing a resource. Some of the
UNCOL: UNiversal Computed Oriented Language values may be URIs of various kinds. Others may include, for
example, authorship, publisher, datatype, date, copyright status
UNDI: Universal Network Driver Interface and shoe size.
Architectural interface to Network Interface Cards (NICs) that
provides a hardware-dependent mechanism for the Preboot URD: Url Rendezvous Directory
eXecution Environment (PXE) base code to use a NIC for network (Network)
access without controlling the NIC hardware directly (Hardware)
UREP: Unix Rscs Emulation Protocol
UNE: Unbundled Network Element Protocol
(Communication)
URI: Uniform Resource Identifier
UNEP: Unbundled NEtwork Platform The generic set of all names/addresses that are short strings that
UNI: Universal Network Interface refer to resources (specified 1994; ratified as Internet Draft
Standard 1998). (Network)
UNI: User-Network Interface
U-RIB: Unicast Routing Information Base
The interface between the Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler
(Network)
(FRAD) and the service provider (Communication)
UNICODE: UNIversal CODE URIBL: Uniform Resource Identifier Black List
Lists domain names and IP addresses that appear in URIs such as
UNICOM: UNiversal Integrated COMmunication web sites mentioned in message bodies. It contrasts with an
RHSBL which lists domain names used in e-mail addresses
UNII: Unlicensed National Information
Infrastructure URL: Uniform Resource Locator
The set of URI schemes that have explicit instructions on how to
UNIVAC: UNIVersal Automatic Computer
access the resource on the internet. (Network)
UNIX: UNiplexed Information and Computing URN: Uniform Resource Name
Service
A particular scheme which is currently under development in the
Modern abbreviation of UNICS. Ken Thomson and Dennis Ritchie, IETF, which should provide for the resolution using internet
the original creators of UNIX, chose this name because it was a protocols of names which have a greater persistence than that
pun on MULTICS (MULTiplexed Information and Computing currently associated with internet host names or organizations.
Service), the project they were working on when UNIX was born (Network)
(Operating systems)
URT: User Registration Tool
UNMA: Unified Network Management Architecture
Dynamic authorization and policy control framework that
UNO: United Nations Organization manages access to the LAN by partitioning user traffic through
(Organizations) VLANs (Software) (Cisco)
UOW: Unit Of Work US: Unit Separator
UP: UniProcessor USART: Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous

Receiver/Transmitter
UPC: United Pan-european Communications (Hardware)
Large european cable operator
USB: Universal Serial Bus
UPC: Universal Product Code (Hardware)
(Hardware)
USBIF: Universal Serial Bus Implementers Forum
UPC: User Parameter Control (Organizations) U
UPG: UPGrade USENET: USEr's NETwork
UPI: Universal Peripheral Interface USL: Unix System Laboratories
UPL: User Program Language USM: UnSharp Mask
UPM: Unix Programmer's Manual Used in digital photography, is a filter that first blurs the image
(mask) and then subtract that mask from original. The result is
UPM: User Profile Management optically sharper image (edges are with higher contrast)
(IBM)
USM: User-based Security Model
UPN: User Principal Name (Network)
UPnP: Universal Plug aNd Play USN: Update Sequence Number
(Operating systems)

USOC VADD
USOC: Universal Service Ordering Code UUO: Unimplemented User Operation

A DEC-10 system monitor call (originally Un-Used Operation)
USQ: UnSQueezed
(DEC)
usr: Unix System Resources
UUT: Unit Under Test
In any unix (and variants like linux) system the /usr directory
(Hardware)
(Operating systems)
UV: UltraViolet
USR: US Robotics
Company UW: Uncommitted Write
(Databases)
USRT: Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter
(Hardware) UWB: Ultra-Wide Band
(Communication)
USSA: User Supported Software Association
UWIN: Unix for WINdows
USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Services Data
Software that enables Unix software to be executed on a
Is a means of transmitting information or instructions over a GSM
Windows platform (Operating systems) (AT&T)
UWR: Ultra Wideband Radio
USWC: Uncacheable Speculative Write Combining
(Communication)
Video memory access method in BIOS (Hardware)
UXF: Uml eXchange Format
UT: Universal Time
XML-based model interchange format for UML (Unified Modeling
UT: Unreal Tournament Language). UXF is a simple and well-structured format to encode,
See http://www.unrealtournament.com/ (Games) publish, access and exchange UML models, and allows UML to be
highly interoperable
UT: User Terminal
UXGA: Ultra eXtended Graphics Array
UTC: Coordinated Universal Time Display adapter capable of a resolution of 1600 X 1200 pixel
UTF: Ucs Transformation Format (Hardware)
UTI: Universal Text Interchange UY: Up Yours

(Net lingo)
uTOK: User's Tree Of Knowledge
UYB: Up Your Butt
UTOPIA: Universal Test and Operation Physical Colorful phrase denoting digusted hostility. (Net lingo)
Interface for Atm
Physical layer specification for local connectivity between ATM
devices (Communication) V
UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair V: Volt
(Hardware) Voltage measurement unit
UTRA: Umts Terrestrial Radio Air interface V&V: Verification And Validation
(Communication) V.FC: Version First Class
UTRAN: Umts Terestrial Radio Access Network Communications standard
(Communication) V/F: Voltage to Frequency converter
UTS: Unicode Technical Standard (Hardware)
UTS: User Too Stupid V/IP: Voice over Internet Protocol

Dumb user with an error caused by himself (Net lingo) (Communication)
UUCP: Unix to Unix Copy Program VA: Virtual Address

A program that uses the UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Protocol VA: Visual Age
UUCP: Unix to Unix Copy Protocol (IBM)
A protocol for communication between consenting UNIX systems VA: Volt-Ampere
(Network)
UUD: Unix-To-Unix Decoding VAC: Volts Alternating Current
Obtained with UUDecode, a Unix utility that decodes data from 7-
bit ASCII VACM: View-based Access Control Model U
(Network)
UUE: Unix-To-Unix Encoding
Obtained with UUEncode, a Unix utility that encodes data into 7-
bit ASCII
VACS: Vector-based Asynchronous Communication
System
V
UUENCODE: Unix-to-Unix ENCODE VAD: Value Added Dealer
Process that encodes binary data into 7-bits ASCII characters.
VAD: Voice Activity Detection
Used to exchange data across platforms, mainly via e-mails and
newsgroup messages attachments When enabled on voice port or a dial peer, silence is not
transmitted over the network, only audible speech. The sound
UUI: User-To-User Information quality is slightly degraded, but the connection uses much less
(AT&T) bandwidth
UUID: Universal Unique IDentifier VADD: Value Added Disk Driver

VADD VCPI
VADD: VisualAge Developer Domain VBIS: Value-Based Information System

(Software) (IBM)
VBITS: Visual Basic Insiders' Technical Summit
VADSL: Very-high rate Asymmetric Digital (Microsoft)
Subscriber Line
VBL: Vertical Blanking Interrupt
VAh: Volt Ampere Hour
VBNS: Very high Bandwidth Network Service
Electrical energy measurement unit (Hardware)
(Network)
VAI: Video As Input
VBNS: Very high speed Backbone Network Service
VAIO: Video Audio Integrated Operation (Network)
(Hardware) (Sony)
VBO: Virtual Back Office
VAIO-U: Video Audio Integrated Operation- (Communication)
Ubiquitous
VBR: Variable Bit Rate
(Hardware) (Sony)
VBRUN: Visual Basic RUNtime
VAJ: Visual Age for Java
(Software) (IBM) VBS: Visual Basic Script
VAL: VALue VBX: Visual Basic eXtension
VAL: Voice Application Language
VC: Venture Capital
VAM: Virtual Access Method
VC: Virtual Circuit
VAN: Value-Added Network
A logical connection between two network nodes that acts as
(Network) though it is a direct physical connection even though it may
VAN: Virtual Access Network physically be packet based (Network)
(Network) VC: Virtual Container
VANDL: VANcouver Data Language (Communication)
VAP: Value Added Provider VC++: Visual C++

Development platform (Software) (Microsoft)
VAP: Value-Added Process
VCBxx: Virtual Codebooks version xx
VAR: Value Added Reseller
MPEG-4 Audio Error Resilience (ER) technique that detects serious
VAR: Value Added Retailer errors within spectral data
VaR: Value At Risk VCC: Virtual Channel Connection

(Software) (Network)
VAR: Value-Added Reseller VCD: Video Compact Disc

A company that buys hardware and software, adds more features (Hardware)
or services to it, then resells the upgraded product
VCD: Virtual Communications Driver
VAR: VARiable VCE: Visual Composition Editor
VAR: Volt-Ampere Reactive (Software) (IBM)
VCI: Virtual Channel Identifier
VAROS: VAriable Refraction Optical System A 16-bit value in the ATM cell header that provides a unique
Scanner technology (Hardware) (Canon) identifier for the virtual channel (VC) within the virtual path (VP)
that carries that particular cell (Communication)
VAS: Virtual Audio Server
VCI: Virtual Circuit Identifier
VAST: Variable Array Storage Technology
VCL: Visual Component Library
VAT: Value Added Tax (Software) (Borland)
VAX: Virtual Address eXtension VCM: Version and Configuration Management
(Hardware) (DEC) (Software)
VB: Variable Block VCM: Version Conflict Manager
VB: Visual Basic (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
Programming language (Software) (Microsoft) VCM: Version Control Management V
VBA: Visual Basic for Applications VCM: Virtual Channel Memory
(Software) (Microsoft) (Hardware)
VBE/AI: Vesa Bios Extension/Audio Interface VCN: Virtual Cluster Number
VBI: Vertical Blanking Interval (Operating systems)
(Hardware) VCOS: Virtual Computer Operating System
VBIDE: Visual Basic Integrated Development (Operating systems)
Environment VCOS: Visual Caching Operating System
VCPI: Virtual Control Program Interface

VCQ VHG
VCQ: Vibrant Color Quality VER: VERify

(Hardware) (Matrox)
VER: VERsion
VCR: Video Cassette Recorder
VERONICA: Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide
(Hardware) Index to Computerized Archives
VCR: Voluntary Content Rating VERP: Variable Envelope Return Paths
VCS: Version Control System VERR: VERify Read access
VCS: Virus Control System VERW: VERify Write access
VCSEL: Vertical Cavity Side-Emitting Laser VES: Video Encoding Standard
Used in high-bandwidth communication applications (Hardware)
(Oracle)
VDB: Virtual DataBase VESA: Video Electronics Standard Association
(Databases) (Organizations)
VDC: Virtual Device Coordinates VF: Virtual Floppy
In computer graphics, a device-independent coordinate system
that isolates the specification of view boundaries from device VF: Voice Frequency
coordinates
VFAT: Virtual File Allocation Table
VDC: Volts Direct Current (Microsoft)
VDD: Virtual Device Driver VFC: Virtual FIle Cabinet
VDD: Visual Database Designer (Software)
VDDM: Virtual Device Driver Manager VFD: Vacuum Fluorescent Display

(Hardware)
VDE: Video Display Editor
VFO: Virtual Front Office
VDE: Virtual Domain Environment (Communication)
(Network)
VFS: Virtual File System
VDE: Visual Development Environment (Operating systems)
VDI: Video Display Input VFW: Video For Windows
(Hardware) (Microsoft)
VDI: Virtual Device Interface VG: Voice Grade
VDISK: Virtual DISK (Communication)
VDM: Virtual Dos Machine VGA: Video Graphic Array

Video specification for a resolution of 640 X 480 pixels in 256
VDMAD: Virtual Direct Memory Access Device colors (Hardware)
(Microsoft)
VGC: Video Graphics Controller
VDN: Vector Directory Number
(Communication) VGE: Video Graphics Enhancer
(Hardware)
VDP: Variable Data Printing
VGI: Visual Gateway Interface
VDS: Variable Drop Size (Software)
Printing technology (Hardware) (NEC)
VHD: Virtual Hard Drive
VDS: Virtual Dedicated Server File format containing the complete contents and structure
Specialized software platform that provides a secured private representing a Hard Disk Drive, and is used to store virtual
space for your hosted services operating systems and their associated programs in a single file
by various virtualization programs or a virtual machine
VDS: Virtual Dma Services
VDSL: Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Line
VHDCI: Very High Density Cable Interconnect
(Communication)
(Hardware)
VDT: Video Dial Tone
VHDL: Vhsic Hardware Description Language
VDT: Video Display Terminal Commonly used as a design-entry language for field-
(Hardware) programmable gate arrays and application-specific integrated
VDU: Video Display Unit

circuits in electronic design automation of digital circuits V
(Hardware)
VDWQT: Vertical Deferred Write Queue Threshold VHDTS: Very High Density Thumb Screw
(Databases) 68-pin SCSI connector with manually screwable screws
(Hardware) (HP)
VEGA: Video7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter
VHF: Very High Frequency
VEMM: Virtual Expanded Memory Manager
VHG: Virtual HyperGlossary
VEMMI: VErsatile MultiMedia Interface
VENUS: Very Extensive Non-Unicast Service
VEP: Vertical Enterprise Portal

VHM VLSI
VHM: Voice Health Monitor VIPER: Verifiable Integrated Processor for

Helps system administrators and network managers determine Enhanced Reliability
and maintain the stability of the Voice over IP (VoIP) network
within their enterprise by using a series of availability and health VIRS: Vertical Interval Reference Signal
checks (Software) (Cisco) VIRUS: Vital Information Resources Under Siege
VHS: Very High Speed VIS: Video Information System
VHS: Video Home System VIS: Viewable Image Size
VHS: Virtual Host Storage (Hardware)
VHSIC: Very High Speed Integrated Circuit VIS: Visual Instruction Set
(Hardware) VIS: Voice Information System
VI: Vertical Interval VIS: Volumetric Imaging System
The raster lines that are precluded by a video signal standard (Hardware)
from containing a picture
VITC: Vertical Interval TimeCode
VI: Video Input
(Hardware) VITS: Vertical Interval Test Signal
VI: Virtual Interface VIVO: Video In/Video Out
(Hardware) Video card connector that captures and produces video signals
(Hardware) (nVidia)
VI: Visual Interactive
VJ++: Visual J++
VIA: Vendors Isdn Association Java development platform (Software) (Microsoft)
(Organizations)
VKD: Virtual Keyboard Driver
VIA: Virtual Interface Architecture
(Network)
VLA: Variable Length Array
(Software)
VIC: Very Inexpensive Computer
(Hardware)
VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network
A networking architecture that allows end-systems on
VIC: Video Interface Chip topologically disconnected subnetworks to appear to be
(Hardware) connected on the same LAN. Predominately used in reference to
ATM networking. Similar in functionality to bridging (Network)
VIC: Virtual Image Copy
(Databases) VLB: Vesa Local Bus
VIC: Voice Interface Card
(Hardware) (Cisco) VL-BUS: Vesa Local BUS
VID: Visual InterDev VLC: VideoLan Client

(Software) (Microsoft) Highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video
formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well
VIDC: VIDeo Controller as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. See also
(Hardware) http://videolan.org/vlc/
VIE: Virtual Information Environment VLC: Volume License Customer
VIF: Virtual InterFace VLD: Variable Length Decoder

VIF: Virtual Interrupt Flag VLE: Virtual Learning Environment
An environment in which learning (accredited or otherwise) can
VIM: Vendor-Independent Mail be achieved from remote locations
Messaging protocol (Communication)
VLF: Very Low Frequency
VIM: Video Interface Module
VLF: Virtual Log File
VINES: VIrtual NEtworking System SQL Server transaction log logical segment (Databases)
VIO: Video Input/Output VLIW: Very Long Instruction Word
VIO: Virtual Input/Output VLK: Volume License Key
VIO: Voice Input/Output VLM: Very Large Memory
(Operating systems)
V
VIP: Variable Information Processing
VIP: Video Information Provider VLM: Virtual Loadable Module
(Operating systems)
VIP: Video Interface Port
(Hardware) VLR: Visitor Location Register
(Hardware)
VIP: Virtual Interrupt Pending
VLSI: Very Large Scale of Integration
VIP: Visual Interactive Parser The process of placing more than 100,000 transistors on one chip
ViP: VIsual Programming (Hardware)
(Lotus)

VLSIPS VPE
VLSIPS: Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer VO: Value Object

Synthesis (Software)
VLSM: Variable Length Subnet Masking VO: Video Output
VLT: Variable List Table VO: Virtual Office
VLV: Virtual List View VoATM: Voice Over Asynchronous Transfer Mode
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) Enables a router to carry voice traffic over an ATM network
(Network)
VM: Virtual Machine
(Operating systems) VOB: Version Object Base
VM: Virtual Memory VOC: VOiCe
File format for audio
VMA: Virtual Memory Address
VOD: Video On Demand
VMAC: Virtual Media Access Control
VoD: Voice Over Data
VMAN: Virtualization MANagement
set of specifications that address the management lifecycle of a VoDSL: Voice Over Digital Subscriber Line
virtual environment (Communication)
VMB: Value-Based Management VoFR: Voice Over Frame Relay
VMB: Virtual Machine Boot Enables a router to carry voice traffic over an Frame Relay
network (Network)
VMBOX: Virtual MailBOX
VoIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol
VMD: Versatile Multilayer Disc A technology for transporting integrated digital voice, video, and
(Hardware) data over IP networks (Network)
VME: Versa Module Eurocard VOL: VOLume

VME: Virtual Machine Environment VOLT: Visual Opentype Layout Tool
VME: Virtual Memory Environment
VOM: Volt Ohm Milliampere
VMEBus: Versatile Modular E-BUS
(Hardware)
VOR: Visions Of Reality
VML: Vector Markup Language
XML application which defines a format for the encoding of vector VOS: Virtual Object System
information together with additional markup to describe how that (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
information may be displayed and edited
VOS: Voice Operating System
VMM: Virtual Machine Manager
(Operating systems)
VOX: Voice Operated eXchange
Voice operated transmission in radio telecommunication. When
VMM: Virtual Memory Manager the device detects voice the transmission is connected
(Communication)
VMOS: Vertical Metal Oxide Semiconductor
(Hardware) VoxML: Voice Markup Language
VMOS: Virtual Multitasking Operating System VP: Vice President
(Operating systems) VP: Virtual Path
VMP: Virtual Modem Protocol VPA: Volume Purchase Agreement
VMS: Virtual Machine Storage VPBX: Virtual Private Branch eXchange
VMS: Virtual Memory System (Hardware)
(Operating systems) (DEC) VPD: Virtual Printer Device
VMS: Voice Message System VPD: Vital Product Data
VMT: Virtual Memory Technique Information about a device that is stored on the device itself.
Typical VPD information includes a product model number, a
VMTP: Versatile Message Transaction Protocol unique serial number, product release level, maintenance level,
(Network) and other information specific to the device type
VNA: Virtual Network Architecture VPDN: Virtual Private Data Network
V
VNC: Virtual Network Computing VPDS: Virtual Private Data Service
A remote display system which allows you to view a computing
VPE: Video Port Extension
'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is
running, but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide (Hardware)
variety of machine architectures (AT&T) VPE: Visual Programming Environment
VNOS: Visual Network Operating System
VNS: Virtual Network Service

VPI VSR
VPI: Virtual Path Indentifier VRML: Virtual Reality Modeling Language

A value in the cell header that identifies the virtual path (VP) to
VROOMM: Virtual Real-time Object Oriented
which the cell belongs. The field is 8 bits in cells traversing an
UNI circuit and 12 bits in cells traversing network circuits Memory Manager
(Communication) (Borland)
VPIM: Voice Profile for Internet Messaging VRRP: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
Defines how voice messages can be encoded as SMTP/MIME Election protocol that dynamically assigns responsibility for a
messages for transport over Internet messaging networks virtual router to one of the VRRP routers on a LAN (Network)
(Communication)
VRRP: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
VPL: Virtual Programming Language Non-proprietary redundancy protocol described in RFC 3768
designed to increase the availability of the default gateway
VPM: Video Port Manager servicing hosts on the same subnet (Network)
VPM: Virtual Parallel Machine VRT: Voltage Regulation Technology
VPM: Vulnerability and Patch Management (Intel)
(Operating systems) (HP) VRU: Voice Response Unit
VPN: Virtual Page Number VS: Virtual Storage
VPN: Virtual Private Network (IBM)
A network that functions as if it were private, though it exists on VSA: Virtual System Architecture
public wires. Data is protected through encryption and other
security mechanisms (Network) VSA: Visual Studio Analyzer
Is a tool to help you analyze performance, isolate faults, and
VPO: Virtual Protected Output
understand the structure of your distributed applications. You can
VPS: Virtual Private Server use Visual Studio Analyzer with applications and systems built
with any of the Visual Studio tools (Software) (Microsoft)
VPS: Voice Processing System
VSA: Visual Studio for Applications
VPSC: Vault, Process, Structure, Configuration Provides a fully integrated way for customers to seamlessly
VPT: Virtual Print Technology customize and extend the functionality of Web-based applications
using familiar tools (Software) (Microsoft)
VPT: Virtual Project Team
VSAM: Virtual Storage Access Method
VPU: Visual Processing Unit (Operating systems) (IBM)
Graphics coprocessor (Hardware)
VSAT: Very Small Aperture Terminal
VQ: Vector Quantization (Communication)
VQ: Video Quality VSB: Very Small Business
VQF: Vector Quantization Format VSB: Vestigial Sideband Modulation
An audio codec similar to MP3 but less lossy and (arguably) more (Communication)
intelligent. See http://www.vqf.com (Software)
VSD: ViSio Diagram
VQP: Vlan Query Protocol Filename extension (Microsoft)
(Network) (Cisco)
VSDT: Variable-Size Droplet Technology
VR: Virtual Reality Print technology (Hardware)
VR: Voltage Regulator VSE: Virtual Storage Extended
VRAM: Video Random Access Memory VSF: Vertical Scanning Frequency
A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) used in high-speed graphics
frame buffers, providing separate buses for the CPU and the VSI: Virtual Socket Interface
frame buffer logic (Hardware)
VSIA: Virtual Socket Interface Alliance
V-RATE: Vendor Risk Assessment and Threat (Organizations)
Evaluation
VSIMM: Video Single In line Memory Module
(Security)
A small printed circuit card that contains memory chips for
VRC: Vertical Redundancy Check storing video images (Hardware)
VRD: Virtual Retinal Display VSIO: Virtual Serial Input Output

(Hardware)
VSM: Virtual Shared Memory
VRE: Voltage Regulated Extended VSM: Virtual Storage Management
V
VRF: Virtual Routing and Forwarding VSM: Visual System Management
Allows multiple instances of a routing table to co-exist within the
(IBM)
same router at the same time. Because the routing instances are
independent, the same or overlapping IP addresses can be used VSN: Volume Serial Number
without conflicting with each other (Network)
VSOS: Virtual Storage Operating System
VRM: Vendor Relationship Management
VSP: Vertical Service Provider
VRM: Visitor Relationship Management
VSR: Very Short Reach
VRM: Voltage Regulation Module (Communication)
(Hardware)

VSS WAITI
VSS: Visual Source Safe VWIC: Voice/Wan Interface Card

(Software) (Microsoft) (Hardware) (Cisco)
VSYNC: Vertical SYNChronization VWM: Virtual Window Manager
(Hardware)
VXA: Variable Speed Architecture
VT: Vertical Tab (Hardware)
VT: Video Terminal VxD: Virtual device Driver
(Hardware) (DEC) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
VT: Virtualpc-Technology VxD: Virtual eXtended Driver

(Hardware) (Intel) (Microsoft)
VTAM: Virtual Table Access Method VxFS: Veritas File System
IBM operating system module (Operating systems) (Operating systems)
VTAM: Virtual Telecommunications Access Method VXML: Voice eXtensible Markup Language
IBM's application program to interface with telecommunication
devices (Communication) (IBM)
W
VTAS: Voice Traffic Analysis System
W: Watt
(HP)
Power measurement unit
VTF: Volunteer Task Force
W: Word
Group of individuals in the anti-spam community who have
Two consecutive bytes (16 bits)
donated their time and expertise to assist MAPS in its mission.
See http://mail-abuse.org/vtf/ W/: With
VTNS: Virtual Telecommunications Network Service W/E: WhatEver
VTP: Vlan Trunking Protocol (Net lingo)
Layer 2 messaging protocol that mantains VLAN configuration W/O: WithOut
consistency by managing the addition, deletion, and renaming of
VLANs on a network-wide basis (Network) (Cisco) W2K: Windows 2000
VTR: Video Tape Recorder
(Hardware) W3: World Wide Web
VTS: Virtual Tape System W3A: World Wide Web Applets
(Hardware) W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
VTS: Volume Tracking Driver (Organizations)
VTX: VideoTeX W3I: WinWhatWhere Investigator

(Communication) System activity monitor (Operating systems)
VTY: Virtual teleTYpewriter W3J: World Wide Web Journal

Virtual terminal for remote console access. (Network) (Cisco) W4: What-Works-With-What
VUI: Visual User Interface WAAS: Wide Area Augmentation System
(Operating systems)
WAB: Windows Address Book
VUI: Vocal User Interface Filename extension (Software) (Microsoft)
VUP: Vax Unit of Performance WABI: Windows Application Binary Interface
VuXML: VUlnerabilities and eXposures Markup WAC: Web Authorization Control
Language
Markup language designed for the documentation of security WADT: West Australian Daylight Time
issues within a single package collection (Security) Timezone: GMT +7:00
VVDS: Vsam Volume DataSet WAE: Wireless Application Environment

(Operating systems) (IBM) WAG: Wild A** Guess
VVM: Veritas Volume Manager (Net lingo)
Easy-to-use, online storage management tool for enterprise WAG: Wireless Applications Group
environments, which reduces planned and unplanned downtime.
It ensures high availability of data and optimized I/O (Organizations)
V
performance and offers freedom of choice in storage hardware WAI: Web Accessibility Initiative
investments
VVR: Veritas Volume Replicator

WAI: Web Application Interface W
(Netscape)
Provides the foundation for seamless availability across sites.
Based on VERITAS Volume Manager, it reliably, efficiently, and WAIPF: Web Accessibility Initiative Protocols and
consistently replicates data to remote locations over any IP Formats
network when data loss and prolonged downtime cannot be
tolerated WAIS: Wide Area Information Server (or Service)
(Network)
VWB: Visual WorkBench
(Microsoft) WAITI: WAIT for Interrupt

WAITS WDS
WAITS: Wide Area Information Transfer System WCA: Web Clipping Application
WAL: Write Ahead Log WCAG: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
These guidelines explain how to make Web content accessible to
WAMP: Windows, Apache, Mysql, PHP (or Perl or
people with disabilities. The guidelines are intended for all Web
Phyton) content developers and for developers of authoring tools. The
Web applications platform (Software) primary goal of these guidelines is to promote accessibility
WAN: Wide Area Network WCCP: Web Cache Communications Protocol
A T1, T3, broadband, or other network covering an area generally (Network) (Cisco)
larger than a city or metropolitan area network (Network)
WCDMA: Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
WAP: Wireless Access Point
Centrally connects wireless network nodes similar to a hub W-CDMA: Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
connecting wired PCs. (Network) (Communication)
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol WCF: Windows Communication Foundation

Set of .NET technologies for building and running connected
WAPI: Workflow Application Programming Interface systems (Software) (Microsoft)
Workflow Management Coalition specification to enable
interoperability between workflow management systems and WCGL: Web Content accessibility GuideLines
applications (Software)
WCI: Web-based Customer Interaction
WAR: Web ARchive
WCM: Web Content Management
WARIA: Workflow And Reengineering International
WCS: Web Communications Server
Association
(Hardware)
The charter of the WARIA is to identify and clarify issues that are
common to users of workflow, electronic commerce and those WCS: World Coordinate System
who are in the process of reengineering their 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
WAS: Web Application Stress WDA: Web-Disabled Application
WDATAM: What Do All The Acronyms Mean
WASP: Wireless Application Service Provider (Net lingo)
(Software)
WDDX: Web Distributed Data eXchange
WAST: West Australian Standard Time XML-based technology that enables the exchange of complex data
Timezone: GMT +7:00 between Web programming languages, creating what some refer
to as 'Web syndicate networks'
WAT: West Africa Time
Timezone: GMT -1:00 WDF: Windows Driver Foundation
Strategy for the next generation of Windows drivers. WDF defines
WATS: Wide Area Telephone Service a single driver model that supports the creation of object-
WAV: WAVeform oriented, event-driven drivers for either kernel mode or user
mode (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
File format for audio streams
WB: Wide Band WDG: Web Design Group
(Organizations)
(Communication)
WDJ: Web Developer's Journal
WB: Workbench
Pre-PPC Amiga operating system WDL: Windows Driver Library
WBEM: Web-Based Enterprise Management
WBI: Web Browsing Intelligence WDM: Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
A mechanism to allow multiple signals to be encoded into
WBMP: Wireless BitMaP multiple wavelengths (Communication)
File Format for bitmapped images suitable for WAP devices
WDM: Windows Driver Model
WBS: Work Breakdown Structure (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
WBT: Web-Based Training WDP: Wireless Datagram Protocol
WBTS: Windows-Based Terminal Server WDR: Web Description Resources W
WBXML: Wap Binary eXtensible Markup Language Vocabulary for Protocol for Web Description Resources (POWDER)
WC: Word Count WDRAM: Windows Dynamic Random Access Memory
WC: World Coordinates WDRD: Web Description Resources Datatypes

The coordinate system that is scaled so that user-defined objects WDS: Wireless Distribution System
can be represented in units appropriate to the application, such (Communication)
as inches, meters, and miles

WDT WINA
WDT: Wap Developer's Toolkit WFQ: Weighted Fair Queuing

(Software) Per-flow packet scheduling in network elements that
automatically categorizes traffic flows into high and low priority,
WDU: Windows Desktop Update based on volume of packets seen by a router or switch (Network)
WfW: Windows For Workgroups
WE: Write Enable (Microsoft)
(Hardware)
WG: Working Group
WEA: Web-Enabled Application
WGA: Windows Genuine Advantage
WebDAV: WEB Distributed Authoring and Part of Microsoft’s on-going effort to protect its customers and
Versioning partners from counterfeit software, is a program that increases
Extension of the HTTP/1.1 protocol to allow clients to publish, customer awareness of the value of genuine Windows XP
lock, and manage resources on the Web (Microsoft)
WebNFS: WEB Network File System WGPO: WorkGroup PostOffice

(Operating systems) (Sun) WGS: WorkGroup System
WEC: Web Extender Client WH2FO: Word Html To Formatting Objects
Microsoft Office 2000 protocol that is used for Web publishing,
Java application that processes an HTML output, created with
and is usually implemented through the use of Microsoft
Word 2000, and transforms it into an XML content file and an XSL
FrontPage Server Extensions (Microsoft)
stylesheet file. From these files, a standard XSLT processor may
WECA: Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance be used to obtain a file containing only XSL-FO markup (Software)
(Organizations) WHAM: Waveform Hold And Modify
WEDT: Western Europe Daylight Time (Microsoft)
Timezone: GMT +0:00 WHATWG: Web Hypertext Application Technology
WEFT: Web Embedding Fonts Tool Working Group
(Software) (Microsoft) See http://www.whatwg.org/ (Organizations)
WELL: Whole Earth eLectronic Link WHC: Workstation Host Connection
WEMA: Western Electronics Manufacturers WHISPER: Windows Highly Intelligent SPEech

Association Recognition
(Organizations) (Microsoft)
WEO: World Economic Outlook WHQL: Windows Hardware Quality Labs
WEP: Watchguard Event Processor WIA: Windows Image Acquisition

Standardized API for acquiring digital images from devices that
WEP: Windows Entertainment Pack are primarily used to capture still images and for managing these
(Software) (Microsoft) devices (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
WEP: Windows Entry Point WIC: Wan Interface Card

(Software) (Hardware) (Cisco)
WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy WIC: Whole Internet Catalogue
Lower level data encryption for wireless security (Network)
WICD: Web Integration Compound Document
WEP: Wireless Encryption Protocol Device independent foundation for Compound Document profiles
(Network) based on XHTML, CSS and SVG
WER: Windows Error Reporting WIDL: Web Interface Definition Language

(Operating systems) (Microsoft) WIF: Wavelet Image File
WEST: Western Europe Standard Time File format for images
Timezone: GMT +0:00 Wi-Fi: WIreless FIdelity
WFC: Windows Foundation Classes IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless network connectivity (Network)
(Software) (Microsoft) WIM: Windows Image Format
WfM: Wired For Management Used by the SMS 2003 Operating System Deployment Feature
Pack (Software) (Microsoft)
WFM: Works For Me
(Net lingo)
WiMAX: Worldwide Interoperability Microwave
Access
WfMC: WorkFlow Management Coalition IEEE 802.16 broadband wireless access standard
Non-profit, international organization of workflow vendors, users,
analysts and university/research groups. See also WIMP: Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointing devices W
http://www.wfmc.org/ (Organizations) WIN: Wireless Information Network
WFP: Windows File Protection Win2K: WINdows 2000
Feature which prevents the replacement of essential system files (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
installed as part of Windows 2000 (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
Win2K3: WINdows 2003
WINA: Wap Interim Naming Authority

WINE WOS
WINE: Wine Is Not an Emulator WMC: Wireless Mobile Communications

Windows Emulator for Unix platforms (Operating systems) (Hardware)
WINForum: Wireless Information Networks FORUM WMC: Workflow Management Coalition
WinHEC: WINdows Hardware Engineering WME: Windows Media Encoder
Conference (Microsoft)
WINS: Windows Internet Name Service WMF: Windows Metafile Format
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) File format for graphics (Microsoft)
WINSOCK: WINdows SOCKets WMF: Wireless Multimedia Forum
(Operating systems)
WMFSDK: Windows Metafile Format Software
Wintel: WINdows/inTEL Development Kit
System based on Intel Processors and Microsoft Windows (Microsoft)
operating system
WMI: Windows Management Instrumentation
WIP: Work In Progress Microsoft's implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management
(Net lingo) (WBEM), which is an industry initiative to develop a standard
technology for accessing management information in an
WIRE: Web/Internet Resource Executive enterprise environment (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
WIS: Wan Interface Sublayer WML: Website Meta Language
(Network) Free and extensible Webdesigner's off-line HTML generation
WIS: Windows Installer Service toolkit for Unix, distributed under the GNU General Public
License. See also http://thewml.org/
WML: Wireless Markup Language
WISC: Writeable Instruction Set Computer
(Hardware) WMLS: Wireless Markup Language Script
WISE: Web-Integrated Software metrics WMP: Windows Media Player
Environment (Software) (Microsoft)
(Network) WMRM: Write Many, Read Many
WISE: Wordperfect Information System (Hardware)
Environment
WMT: Windows Media Technology
WISP: Wireless Internet Service Provider (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Network)
WMV: Windows Media Video
WIT: Web Interactive Talk (Microsoft)
WKB: WorKBook WNIC: Wide-area Network Interface Coprocessor
File name extension
WNILS: Whois and Network Information Lookup
WKS: WorKSheet Service
File name extension (Lotus) (Network)
WL: Word Line WNIM: Wide-area Network Interface Module

WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network WNT: Windows New Technology
(Network) Early acronym for NT, based on incrementing each letter of VMS
(the original NT designers came from DEC) in the same way
WLBS: Windows Load Balancing Service 2001's HAL came from "IBM" (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
WOF: Web Objects Framework
WLE: WebLogic Enterprise (Network)
WLG: dr. Watson LoG WOL: Wake On Lan
Filename extension (Microsoft) (Hardware)
WLL: Wireless Local Loop WOLF: Web Objects for Legacy Functions
WLM: WorkLoad Manager WOM: Wake On Modem
(Operating systems) (IBM) (Network)
WLS: WebLogic Server WOM: Write-Only Memory
WM: Windows Media (Hardware)
(Microsoft) WOOF: Web-centric Open Object Framework W
WM: Windows Messenger WOR: Wake On Ring
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) (Network)
WM: Workstation Manager WORM: Write Once Read Many
(Novell) (Hardware)
WMA: Windows Media Audio WOS: Workstation Operating System
(Microsoft)

WOSA WSE
WOSA: Windows Open Systems Architecture WQXGA: Wide Quad eXtended Graphics Array
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) Video specification for a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels
(Hardware)
WOU: Warranty Option Upgrade
(Hardware) WRAM: Window Random Access Memory
(Hardware)
WOW: Windows on Win32
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) WRDS: Wharton Research Data Service
WOW: WithOut Worry WRED: Weighted Random Early Detection
(Hardware) (Xerox) Combines IP precedence and Random Early Detection capabilities
to provide differentiated performance characteristics for different
WOW: World Of Warcraft classes of service (Network)
(Games)
WRI: WRIte
WP: Word Processor File name extension
WP: WordPerfect WRK: Windows Resource Kit
(Software) (Corel) (Microsoft)
WP: Write Protected WRT: With Regards To
WPA: Wi-fi Protected Access (Net lingo)
Designed to improve security over the older WEP encryption WRUD: What aRe yoU Doing?
methods (Security) (Net lingo)
WPA: Windows Product Activation WS: Web Services
(Software) (Microsoft) Web-based enterprise applications that use open, XML-based
WPAN: Wireless Personal Area Network standards and transport protocols to exchange data with calling
clients. Also used to prefix web services interoperability
(Network) applications or standards (Software)
WPAR: Workload PARtition WS: WordStar
Feature introduced with the IBM AIX® Version 6.1 operating
system. It allows running applications to move between System p WS: WorkSpace
machines or System p logical partitions (LPARs) (Operating
systems) (IBM)
WS: WorkStation
WPD: Windows Printer Description WSA: Web Services Addressing

Provides transport-neutral mechanisms to address Web services
File name extension
and messages
WPD: WordPerfect Document
WSAD: Websphere Studio Application Developer
File format for documents (Corel)
(Software) (IBM)
WPF: Windows Presentation Foundation
WSAM: Windows Secure Application Manager
New window system that comes pre-installed on Microsoft
Windows Vista (Operating systems) (Microsoft) WSAPI: Web Site Application Programming
Interface
WPG: WordPerfect Graphics
(O'Reilly & Associates)
File name extension
WSC: Windows Script Component
WPHD: Write-Protected Hard Disk
WPM: WordPerfect Macro
WS-CDL: Web Services Choreography Description
File name extension
Language
wpm: Words Per Minute XML-based language that describes peer-to-peer collaborations of
Speech recognition processing power (Software) Web Services participants by defining their common and
complementary observable behavior; where ordered message
WPOS: WorkPlace Operating System exchanges result in accomplishing a common business goal
WPP: Web Presence Provider WSDD: Web Service Deployment Descriptor
Web site design, development, and deployment company (Software)
WPS: Windows Printing System WSDL: Web Service Description Language
(Microsoft) An XML format for describing network services as a set of
WPS: WorkPlace Shell endpoints operating on messages containing either document-
oriented or procedure-oriented information
(IBM)
WSDP: Web Services Developer Pack
WPVM: Windows Parallel Virtual Machine
The Java Web Services Developer Pack is an all-in-one download
WPW: Web Publishing Wizard containing key technologies to simplify building of web services W
(Software) (Microsoft) using the Java 2 Platform (Software) (Sun)
WPW: WordPerfect for Windows WSE: Web Services Enhancements

(Software) Add-on to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET
Framework providing developers the latest advanced Web
WQL: Wmi Query Language services capabilities to keep pace with the evolving Web services
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) protocol specifications (Software) (Microsoft)

WSF WWD
WSF: Windows Script File WSVT: Web Service Validation Tools

Filename extension (Software) (Microsoft) Project that provides a set of Eclipse plugins to validate and
analyze Web services with respect to the core Web services
WSH: Windows Script Host specifications and their usage together (Software)
(Microsoft)
WSXGA: Wide Super eXtended Graphics Array
WS-I: Web Services Interoperability Display adapter capable of a resolution of 1680 X 1050 pixel
See http://www.ws-i.org (Organizations) (Hardware)
WSIF: Web Services Invocation Framework WT: Write Through
Simple Java API for invoking Web services, no matter how or
where the services are provided (Software)
WTA: Wireless Telephony Application
WSIL: Web Services Inspection Language WTAI: Wireless Telephony Application Interface
(Software)
Provides an XML format for assisting in the inspection of a site for
available services and a set of rules for how inspection related WTD: Week To Date
information should be made available for consumption (Software)
WSIL4J: Web Services Inspection Language For
WTF: What The F**k
Java
(Net lingo)
Java class library that provides an API that is can be used to
locate and process WS-Inspection documents (Software) WTG: Way To Go
(Net lingo)
WSIT: Web Services Interoperability Technology
Open-source project for Java and .Net interoperability (Software) WTK: Wireless ToolKit
(Sun) (Software)
WSJ: Web Services Journal WTL: Windows Template Library
WSML: Web Services Markup Language Library for developing Windows applications and UI components.
It extends ATL (Active Template Library) and provides a set of
WSP: Web Standards Project classes for controls, dialogs, frame windows, GDI objects, and
Collective effort of web developers and end users whose mission more (Software) (Microsoft)
is to stop the fragmentation of the web, by persuading the
WTLS: Wireless Transport Layer Security
browser makers that common standards are in everyone's best
interest WTO: World Trade Organization
WSP: Wireless Session Protocol (Organizations)
WS-RM: Web Services Reliable Messaging WTP: Web Tools Platform

(Software) Provides a generic, extensible and standards-based platform and
set of tools for J2EE and Web-centric application development
WSRP: Web Services for Remote Portlets (Software)
Standard that will allow for the "plug-n-play" of portals, other
WTP: Wireless Transport Protocol
intermediary web applications that aggregate content, and
applications from disparate sources (Software) WTS: Web Transaction Security
WSRP4J: Web Services for Remote Portlets For Java (Security)
Apache's java implementation of WSRP. See also WTS: Windows Terminal Server
http://ws.apache.org/wsrp4j/ (Software)
(Microsoft)
WSS: WebServices Security WTX: Workstation Technology eXtended
OASIS standard (Software)
A size (max 16.75"x14" -- 425mm x 356mm, LxW) and form
WSS: Windows Sharepoint Services factor specification for motherboards. See also
http://www.wtx.org (Hardware)
Windows 2003 integrated portfolio of collaboration and
communication services designed to connect people, information, WUI: Web User Interface
processes, and systems both within and beyond the
(Network)
organizational firewall (Software) (Microsoft)
WUM: Wind Up Merchant
WS-SC: Web Services Secure Conversations
Someone who posts messages on boards specifically to wind up
(Software)
other users (Net lingo)
WST: Web Standard Tools WUS: Windows Update Services
Extension to the Eclipse platform with support for building multi-
An evolution of SUS, WUS is the update management component
tier Web applications. (Software)
of Windows Server (Software) (Microsoft)
WSTK: Web Services ToolKit WUXGA: Wide Ultra eXtended Graphics Array
(Software) (IBM)
Display adapter capable of a resolution of 1920 X 1200 pixel
WSUI: Web Service User Interface (Hardware)
WV: Working Voltage
W
WSUS: Windows Server Update Service
Free patch management tool that provides a number of new (Hardware)
features including targeting of patches to specific groups of WVGA: Wide Video Graphic Array
machines, support for more produts and improved reporting.
Replaces Software Update Services (SUS) (Operating systems) Video specification for a resolution of 852 X 480 pixels in 256
(Microsoft) colors (Hardware)
WWD: Wireless Web Display

WWDC XL
WWDC: WorldWide Developers Conference XCMD: eXternal CoMmanD

(Apple) (Software) (Apple)
WWID: World Wide IDentifier XCP: eXtended Copy Protection
Synonym for World Wide Name (WWN) (Network) Rootkit-based copy protection scheme
WWIS: World Wide Information System XDE: eXtended Development Experience

As in Rational Software's XDE product (Software) (Rational)
WWN: World Wide Name
Unique identifier in a Fibre Channel or Serial Attached SCSI XDF: Extended Density Format
storage network. Each WWN is an 8-byte number derived from an (IBM)
IEEE OUI (for the first 3 bytes) and vendor-supplied information
(for the rest) (Network) XDK: Xbox Development Kit
WWW: World Wide Web
The web of systems and the data in them that is the Internet XDK: Xml Development Kit
(Network) (Software)
WXGA: Wide eXtended Graphics Array XDM: X Display Manager
Display adapter capable of a resolution of 1280 X 768 pixel A program supplied with the OpenWindows interface that
(Hardware) manages X displays (Operating systems)
WYP: What's Your Problem? XDMCP: X Display Manager Connection Protocol
(Net lingo) Protocol for connecting to XDM controlled displays (Operating
systems)
WYSBYGI: What You See Before You Get It
XDR: eXternal Data Representation
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get
A standard for machine-independent data structures developed by
WZC: Wireless Zero Configuration Sun (Sun)
(Network) (Microsoft) XDR: Xml Data Reduced
XFCN: eXternal FunCtioN
X
XFDL: eXtensible Forms Description Language
X: X windows
A windowing system developed by MIT (Operating systems) XGA: eXtended Graphics Array
Video specification for a resolution of 1024 X 768 pixels in 256
X2B: heXadecimal To Binary colors (Hardware)
(IBM)
XGMML: eXtensible Graph Markup and Modeling
X2C: heXadecimal To Character Language
(IBM) XML application based on GML which is used for graph
X2D: heXadecimal To Decimal description. XGMML uses tags to describe nodes and edges of a
graph. The purpose of XGMML is to make possible the exchange
(IBM)
of graphs between differents authoring and browsing tools for
XA: eXtended Architecture graphs
XA: eXtended Attribute XHR: XmlHttpRequest

API that can be used by JavaScript, JScript, VBScript and other
XACL: Xml Access Control Language web browser scripting languages to transfer and manipulate XML
Provides XML with a sophisticated access control mechanism that data to and from a web server (Software)
enables the initiator not only to securely browse XML documents
but also to securely update each document element XHTML: eXtensible HyperText Markup Language
(Software)
X-ACT: Xml Active Content Technologies
XID: eXchange IDentifier
XAPIA: X.400 Application Programming Interface
Association XIF: eXternal Interface File
(Organizations) XIF: Xml Interchange Format
XBL: Xml Binding Language XIFF: eXtended Image File Format
Markup language for describing bindings that can be attached to File format for images
elements in other documents. Bindings can be attached to
elements using either cascading stylesheets (CSS) or the XIL: X Imaging Library
document object model (DOM) The XIL is a platform programming interface for imaging and
video support (Operating systems)
XBM: X BitMap
File format for bitmapped images XIOS: eXtended Input/Output System
XBMC: XBox Media Center XIP: eXecute-In-Place
Media player for the original Xbox game-console. XBMC can play
W
XIS: eXtensible Information Server
music and videos, display images and launch Xbox games from
the Xbox's DVD drive, its internal hard drive, a local network,
USB flash drive, and the internet
XKMS: Xml Key Management Specification
(Security)
X
XBRL: eXtensible Business Reporting Language XL: eXtended Length
XCBF: Xml Common Biometric Format (Hardware)
XCHG: ExCHanGe

XLA XSLT
XLA: eXceL Add-In XNS: Xerox Network Services

File name extension (Microsoft) (Network)
XLAT: TransLATe XOFF: Transmitter OFF
XLF: ExceptionaL Fortran XON: Transmitter ON
(IBM)
XOP: Xml-binary Optimized Packaging.
XLF: eXtensible Log Format A mean of more efficiently serializing XML Infosets (see
[XMLInfoSet]) that have certain types of content
XLK: eXceL bacKup
File name extension (Microsoft) XOR: eXclusive OR
XLL: eXtensible Linking Language XP: Cross Platform
XLM: eXceL Macro XP: eXPerience

File name extension (Microsoft) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
XLS: eXceL Spreadsheet XP: eXtreme Performance

File name extension (Software) (Microsoft) (Hardware) (Compaq)
XLT: eXceL Template XP: eXtreme Programming

File name extension (Microsoft) (Software)
XLW: eXceL Workbook XPCOM: Cross Platform Component Object Model

File name extension (Software) (Microsoft) (Software)
XMA: eXtended Middleware Architecture XPE: eXPerience Embedded

(Software) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
XMI: Xml Metadata Interchange XPFE: Cross Platform Front End

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

XSLTC ZLR
XSLTC: eXtensible Stylesheet Language YB: YottaByte

Transformation Compiler 1024 zetabytes
Provides a compiler to compile an XSL stylesheet into a translet
YDT: Yukon Daylight Time
(a set of Java classes) and a runtime processor to apply the
translet to an XML document and perform a transformation Timezone: GMT -9:00
(Software)
YHBW: You Have Been Warned
XSMD: eXtended Storage Module Drive (Net lingo)
XSP: eXtensible Server Pages YIM: Yahoo! Instant Messenger

(Software)
xSP: eXternal Service Provider
Seller of services to other companies YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary
(Net lingo)
XSS: Cross-Site Scripting
(Software) YST: Yukon Standard Time
Timezone: GMT -9:00
XSSI: eXtended Server Side Includes
YTD: Year To Date
XST: Cross-Site Tracing
XT: eXtended Technology
YUI: Yahoo! User Interface
(IBM)
Set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building
XTAL: CrysTAL richly interactive web applications using techniques such as DOM
scripting, DHTML and AJAX (Software)
XTCLK: eXternal Transmit CLocK
YW: You're Welcome
XTLA: eXtended Three Letters Acronym
(Net lingo)
XTM: Xml Topic Map
XTND: Xml Transition Network Definition Z
XTR: Efficient Compact Subgroup Trace ZAC: Zero Administration Client
Representation ZAI: Zero Administration Initiative
A crypto system that is a particularly efficient and compact
implementation of the classical Diffie-Hellman scheme. See ZAK: Zero Administration Kit
http://www.ecstr.com (Security) (Microsoft)
XUL: Xml User interface Language ZAW: Zero Administration for Windows
Mozilla's XML-based user interface language that lets you build (Microsoft)
feature rich cross-platform applications that can run connected to
or disconnected from the Internet (Software) ZB: ZetaByte
1024 exabytes
XVGA: eXtended Video Graphics Array
Display standard (Hardware) ZBR: Zero Bug Release
Point in the software development at which all features are
XWB: eXtend WorkBench correctly implemented and have no bugs logged against them
Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE) (Software) (Software)
XWD: X Window Dump ZBR: Zone-Bit Recording
XWSS: Xml and WebServices Security ZCAV: Zone Constant Angular Velocity
Provides message-level security that enables a JAX-WS or SAAJ (Hardware)
application's request and response actions to be secured at the
level of service, port, or operation (Software) (Sun) Z-CAV: Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
ZD: Ziff-Davis
Y ZDBOp: Ziff-Davis Benchmark OPeration
Y2K: Year 2000 ZDL: Zero Delay Lockout
YACC: Yet Another Compiler Compiler ZDMI: Ziff-Davis Market Intelligence
Unix program (Operating systems)
ZDS: Zenith Data Systems
YAGNI: You Ain't Gonna Need It
Part of the agile programmers mantra of writing only code that ZDTV: Ziff-Davis TeleVision
nees to be writing and not any that only might be needed (Net ZEN: Zero Effort Networking
lingo)
(Novell)
YAHOO: Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle
ZIF: Zero Insertion Force
YAHU: Yet Another Header Utility (Hardware)
Utilities for peeking into executables headers (Software)
ZIP: Zigzag Inline Package
YAI: Yet Another Isp (Hardware) X
YAM: Yet Another Modem ZIP: Zone Improvement Plan
YAST: Yet Another Setup Tool Postal code Y
YATE: Yet Another Terminal Emulator ZLR: Zoom Lens Reflex
(Software) (Hardware) Z
ZNA ZV
ZNA: Zero Network Administration

(Network)
ZOPE: Z Object Publishing Environment
ZPV: Zoomed Port Video
ZSL: Zero Slot Lan
ZV: Zoomed Video
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2HD: 2 sides, High Density AAA: Asp Application Aggregator

2S2D: 2 Sides, Double Density AAB: All-to-All Broadcast

3GL: 3rd Generation Language AAP: Applications Access Point

4G: 4th Generation AAS: All-to-All Scatter

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ABEND: ABnormal END ACE: Access Control Entry

ACAP: Application Configuration Access Protocol ACM: Audio Compression Manager

ACD: Automatic Call Distribution ACP: Active Code Page

ACDI: Asynchronous Communications Device ACP: Ancillary Control Program

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ACR: Allowed Cell Rate ADC: Advanced Data Connector

ACT: Application Compatibility Toolkit ADF: Automatic Document Feeder

ACTS: Advanced Communication Technology ADF: Automatically Defined Function

ACVC: Ada Compiler Validation Capacity ADK: Additional Decryption Key

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ADODB: Activex Data Object DataBase ADW: Alfresco Dynamic Website

ADT: Access Developer Toolkit AFAIUI: As Far As I Understand It

ADT: Advanced Dram Technology AFC: AntiFerromagnetically-Coupled

ADU: Automatic Dialing Unit AFD: Automatic File Distribution

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AFI: Authority and Format Identifier AHS: Abstract Handle Specification

AGARAS: AntiGlare AntiReflective AntiStatic AIX: Advanced Interactive eXecutive

AHIG: Apple's Human Interface Guidelines ALC: Airline Link Control

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ALC: Application Load Certificate AME: Advanced Metal Evaporation

ALT: ALTernate ANN: Artificial Neural Network

ALU: Arithmetic Logic Unit ANS: Advanced Networking Services

AM: Amplitude Modulation ANS: American National Standard

AMA: Automatic Message Accounting ANSI: American National Standard Institute

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ANX: Automotive Network eXchange APF: Automated Purposing Framework

AOW: Asia and Oceania Workshop APP: Applecare Protection Plan

AP: Access Point APP: APPlication

AP: Access Provider APPC: Advanced Program to Program

AP: Application Processor APPCM: Access Protection and Priority Control

APA: Adaptive Packet Assembly APPI: Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking

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APS: Automatic Protection Switching ARL: Access Rights List

APT: Advanced Package Tool ARMA: Association of Records Managers and

ARAS: AntiReflective, AntiStatic ARS: Activity Reporting System

ARB: Architecture Review Board ART: Adaptive Resonance Theory

ARC: Advanced Risc Computer ART: Average Response Time

ARIS: Attack Registry & Intelligence Service AS: Autonomous System

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AS/400: Application System/400 ASF: Applied Science Fiction

ASA: Adaptive Security Appliance ASID: Address Space IDentifier

ASA: Architectures of Systems of Agents ASK: Amplitude Shift Keying

ASAI: Adjunct Switch Application Interface ASL: Acpi Source Language

ASE: Active Storage Element ASN: Autonomous System Number

ASE: Adaptive Server Enterprise ASO: Automated Systems Operations

ASF: Advanced Streaming Format ASP: Association of Shareware Professionals

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ASQ: Automated Software Quality ATE: Asynchronous Terminal Emulation

ASX: Asf Stream Redirector ATLAS: Authorization Token Layer Acquisition

AT&T: American Telephone And Telegraph ATM: At The Moment

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ATOMM: Advanced super Thinlayer and high-Output AV: Authenticity Verification