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IMHO
— In My Humble Opinion
URL
— Universal Resource Locator
OSS
— Open Source Software
LAN
— Local Area Network
COMPUTER
— Common Operating Machine Particularly Used For Trade Education And Research
YMMV
— Your Mileage May Vary
OIC
— Oh I See
ARPANET
— Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet)
XML
— Extensible Markup Language
L8R
— Later
OEM
— Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
RFID
— Radio Frequency Identification
ARP
— Address Resolution Protocol (ATM)
ROM
— Read-Only Memory
FTP
— File Transfer Protocol
PM
— Private Message
L10N
— Localization
GFY
— Go Fuck Yourself
B TAM
— Basic Telecommunications Access Method
BBL
— Be Back Later
NP
— No Problem
BTW
— By The Way
CU
— See You
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
POV
— Point Of View
IT
— Information Technology
CR
— Carriage Return
LIFO
— Last In, First Out
PS
— PostScript
IRC
— Internet Relay Chat
RDF
— Resource Description Framework
WIFI
— Wireless Fidelity
IMO
— In My Opinion
FIFO
— First In, First Out
MAN
— Metropolitan Area Network
LED
— Light-Emitting Diode
CPU
— Central Processing Unit
PDF
— Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
XMMS
— X MultiMedia System
UAAG
— User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
VDU
— Visual Display Unit
G11N
— Globalization
TYVM
— Thank you very much
ISO
— International Organization for Standardization
CRAN
— Comprehensive R Archive Network
IP
— Internet Protocol
ZIFS
— Zero Insertion Force Socket
ZOPE
— Z Object Publishing Environment
AC
— Alternating Current
ISP
— Internet Service Provider
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
XCBL
— XML Common Business Library
NMI
— Non-Maskable Interrupt
API
— Application Programming Interface
AUP
— Acceptable Use Policy
PEBKAC
— Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair (ditto)
BRB
— Be right back
MUA
— Mail User Agent (Internet email)
AFK
— Away From Keyboard (Internet Chat Abbreviation)
FAQ
— Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
DIY
— Do-It-Yourself
RPM
— Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute)
WTG
— Way To Go
I²C
— Inter-Integrated Circuit
EDI
— Electronic Data Interchange
CAPTCHA
— Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
WB
— Welcome Back
RF
— Radio Frequency
MTBF
— Mean Time Before Failure
AFAIK
— As Far As I Know
GSM
— Global System for Mobile Communications
AMD
— Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (producer of computer chips)
CMIIW
— Correct Me If I'm Wrong
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
LCD
— Liquid Crystal Display
SMTP
— Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
ALU
— Arithmetic Logic Unit
ADSL
— Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SSI
— Server Side Include
SME
— Subject Matter Expert
SRAM
— Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
FET
— Field Effect Transistor
CMOS
— Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
ATM
— Asynchronous Transfer Mode
CRT
— Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
DEC
— Digital Equipment Corporation
BBIAB
— Be Back In A Bit
SOHO
— Small Office/Home Office. Acronym expression for the 'virtual office' environment and characteristics found in self-employed and small businesses, that are increasingly prevalent in the modern business age.
EOD
— End Of Day
SLA
— Service Level Agreement
ICT
— Information and Communication Technology
ARPA
— Advanced Research Projects Agency (made early internet)
FYI
— For Your Information
MDF
— Main Distribution Frame
VPN
— Virtual Private Network (ATM)
AAMOF
— As A Matter Of Fact
GIS
— Geographic Information System
IRL
— In Real Life
EOM
— End Of Message
DDOS
— Distributed Denial of Service
BBS
— Be back soon
HTTP
— Hypertext Transfer Protocol
BFN
— Bye for Now
ABI
— Application Binary Interface
PCB
— printed circuit board
DARPA
— Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
PDA
— Personal Digital Assistant
GPS
— Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
SAAS
— Software as a Service
ACK
— Acknowledge (telecommunications; Cf. NAK)
MIS
— Management Information System (OSHA)
CD
— Compact Disc
WWW
— World Wide Web
IVR
— Interactive Voice Response (telephone technology)
IBM
— International Business Machines Corporation
BIT
— Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
FQDN
— Fully Qualified Domain Name
MCSA
— Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
ERP
— Emergency Response Plan
BBS
— Bulletin Board System
QA
— Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
RAM
— random-access memory
FIPS
— Federal Information Processing Standard
ISDN
— Integrated Services Digital Network
CRM
— Customer Relationship Management
EOF
— End Of File
PC DOS
— Personal Computer Disk Operating System
SKU
— Stock Keeping Unit
ASP
— Active Server Page
POP
— Point Of Presence (Internet)
JIT
— Just in time
CAE
— Computer-Aided Engineering
AM
— Amplitude Modulation
TTYL
— Talk To You Later (Internet Slang)
NIM
— No Internal Message. Used when the entire content of the email is contained in the subject and the body remains empty. This saves the recipient's time because she then does not have to open the email.
RFC
— Request For Comment
IDF
— Intermediate Distribution Frame
SAN
— Storage Area Network
CC
— Carbon Copy
4GL
— Fourth-generation Programming Language
PDH
— Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
AOL
— America on line
DES
— Data Encryption Standard
CAD
— Computer Aided Designer
RDBMS
— Relational Database Management System
CIR
— Committed Information Rate (Frame Relay)
IETF
— Internet Engineering Task Force
PGP
— Pretty Good Privacy (encryption)
AES
— Advanced Encryption Standard
BCC
— Blind Carbon Copy
CPC
— Cost Per Click-through
IMAO
— In My Arrogant Opinion
OTOH
— On The Other Hand
QOS
— Quality of Service
OCR
— Optical Character Recognition
SAS
— Statistical Analysis System
CGI
— Common Gateway Interface
DNS
— Domain Name System
DAC
— Discretionary Access Control
ACM
— Association for Computing Machinery
BBIAM
— Be Back In A Minute
IPL
— Initial Program Load
ASP
— Application Service Provider
CFM
— Cubic Feet per Minute
DRAM
— Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
ACE
— Advanced Computing Environment
DHCP
— Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
IOW
— In Other Words
ECC
— Error Correction Code (Error Checking And Correction)
DBMS
— Database Management System
PC
— Personal computer (host)
ACK
— ACKnowledgment
BI
— Business Intelligence
LUN
— Logical Unit Number
PNP
— Plug aNd Play
WYSIWYG
— What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
MHZ
— Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
SLIP
— Serial Line Interface Protocol
UTC
— Coordinated Universal Time
PNG
— Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
DSL
— Digital Subscriber Line
UDP
— User Datagram Protocol (FDDI related)
NBD
— No Big Deal
CAM
— computer aided manufacturing
EDVAC
— Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
CUL8R
— See You Later
CMS
— Content Management System
GIGO
— Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
WAN
— Wide Area Network
NFS
— Network File System
DCOM
— Distributed Component Object Model
IDE
— Integrated Development Environment
IMAP
— Internet Message Access Protocol
FYA
— For Your Amusement
LTNS
— Long Time No See
NIST
— National Institute of Standards and Technology
LED
— law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
BPS
— bits per second
UI
— User Interface
DLL
— Dynamic Link Library (computer file)
IE
— Internet Explorer
P2P
— Peer to Peer (as in music file sharing systems like KaZaA)
ITU
— International Telecommunication Union
DDE
— Dynamic Data Exchange (in software parlance)
MB
— Megabyte
NOS
— Network Operating System
SSID
— Service set identifier (Wi-Fi)
SQL
— Structured Query Language
ALSA
— Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
BAK
— Back At Keyboard
FWIW
— For What It's Worth
JSON
— JavaScript Object Notation
ROFL
— Rolling on the floor laughing
ERP
— Enterprise Resource Planning
IP
— Intellectual Property
DML
— Data Manipulation Language
DOS
— Disk Operating System
ARM
— Advanced RISC Machines Ltd
MBR
— Master Boot Record
ATA
— Advanced Technology Attachment
KISS
— Keep It Simple Stupid
PHP
— PHP Hypertext Processor
CDR
— Compact Disc Recordable
HZ
— cycles per second (hertz)
CLI
— Command line Interface (Cabletron)
PLC
— Programmable Logic Control
PPL
— Pay Per Lead
RAID
— Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
ENIAC
— Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
IM
— Instant Message
CPRI
— Common Public Radio Interface
NM
— Never Mind
DL
— Download
GPRS
— General Packet Radio Service
RTF
— Rich Text Format
AGP
— Accelerated Graphics Port
SOHO
— Small Office Home Office
EBCDIC
— Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced Eb-see-dik) (cf. BCD)
W3C
— World Wide Web Consortium
SCSI
— Small Computer System Interface
OMG
— Object Management Group
CS
— Computer Science
AD
— Administrative Domain
RTM
— Read the manual (meaning «don’t ask stupid questions before read existing information»)
DDL
— Data Definition Language
UL
— Upload
DTP
— Desktop Publishing
TTL
— Transistor-Transistor Logic
OLTP
— Online Transaction Processing
AAC
— Advanced Audio Coding
TLA
— Three Letter Abbreviation
SMART
— Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
ACL
— Access Control List
CRLF
— Carriage Return Line Feed
XHTML
— Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
SEI
— Software Engineering Institute
CUL
— See You Later
BASIC
— Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
DFD
— Data Flow Diagram
UGC
— User Generated Content
BSOD
— Blue Screen Of Death
BSD
— Berkeley Software Distribution
IANA
— Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
MIPS
— Millions of Instructions Per Second
RSI
— Repetitive Strain Injury
RISC
— Reduced Instruction Set Computer
WEP
— Wired Equivalent Privacy
BBFN
— Bye Bye For Now
GIF
— Graphic Interchange Format
KB
— Keyboard
OTW
— On the Way
VHF
— Very High Frequency
MOM
— Message Oriented Middleware
SSL
— Secure Socket Layer
JPEG
— Joint Photographic Experts Group (24-bit image storage format)
CORBA
— Common Object Request Broker Architecture
SOA
— Service-Oriented Architecture
MIMO
— Multiple Input, Multiple Output
ICL
— In Christian Love
HTML
— Hyper Text Markup Language
SEO
— Search Engine Optimizer
DBCS
— Double-Byte Character Set
TTL
— Time To Live
IME
— Input Method Editor
OOTB
— Out Of The Box
MMS
— Multimedia Messaging Service
EEPROM
— Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
ABR
— Available Bit Rate
SHA
— Secure Hash Algorithm
NIC
— Network Interface Card
Y2K
— Year 2000
ICANN
— Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ACD
— Automatic Call Distributor
RL
— Real Life - I.e. When Not Chatting
YACC
— Yet Another Compiler-Compiler
SNMP
— Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM)
BLOG
— Web Log
MICR
— Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
RPG
— Report Program Generator
IMCO
— In My Considered Opinion
QOTD
— Quote of the Day
USB
— Universal Serial Bus
GMTA
— Great Minds Think Alike
EISA
— Extended Industry Standard Architecture
DTE
— Data Terminal Equipment
BASIC
— Beginners Allpurpose Symbolic Instruction Code
MPEG
— Moving Picture Experts Group (International Standards Organisation/International Electrotechnical Commission)
2NF
— Second Normal Form
IC
— Integrated Circuit
AD
— Active Directory
EOL
— End Of Line
RFI
— Radio Frequency Interference
CNC
— Computer Numerical Control
SMIL
— Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
ROTFL
— Roll On The Floor Laughing
TIA
— Thanks in advance
MOO
— MUD Object Oriented
MIME
— Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
IDE
— Integrated Drive Electronics
DAW
— Digital Audio Workstation
ITIL
— Information Technology Infrastructure Library
AI
— Artificial Intellegence
BOOTP
— Bootstrap Protocol
CAI
— Computer-Aided Instruction
RTS
— Ready To Send
RSN
— Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming]
BPM
— Business Process Modeling
WAP
— Wireless Application Protocol
TCP
— Transmission Control Protocol
CM
— Configuration Management
ESD
— Electrostatic Discharge
SDH
— Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (ATM)
MAC
— Media Access Control
UHF
— Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
KHZ
— kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
NCSA
— National Center for Supercomputing Applications
ACPI
— Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
BBIAF
— Be Back In A Few
TSR
— Terminate and Stay Resident [software program]
NIST
— National Institute of Standards & Technology (US)
FITB
— Fill In The Blank
EAP
— Extensible Authentication Protocol
FDMA
— Frequency Division Multiple Access
DVD
— Digital Versatile Disc
HTH
— Hope This Helps. Email abbreviation when replying to requests. Potentially counter-productive if the recipient doesn't understand what it means...
CIM
— Common Information Model
BIOS
— Basic Input Output System
CRC
— Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
SYSOP
— System Operator
EFF
— Electronic Frontier Foundation
UNIX
— Uniplexed Information and Computing System
PERL
— Practical Extraction and Report Language
ADO
— ActiveX Data Objects (Microsoft)
JBOD
— Just a Bunch Of Disks/Drives
CMYK
— Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
CES
— Consumer Electronics Show
TTS
— Text To Speech
MIPS
— Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
LF
— Low Frequency
COBOL
— Common Business-Oriented Language
CN
— Common Name
VR
— Virtual Reality
MOTD
— Message of the Day
BW
— Bandwidth
NSA
— National Security Agency
DMA
— direct memory access (computer term)
DOS
— Denial Of Service
FCS
— Frame check sequence (Ethernet)
PD
— Public Domain
TANSTAAFL
— There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined By Author Robert A. Heinlein In His The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress)
COTS
— Commercial Off the Shelf Software
PAAS
— Platform-as-a-Service
DFS
— Distributed File System
SVG
— Scalable Vector Graphics
CHAP
— Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (ATM)
DVR
— Digital Video Recorder
BYOD
— Bring Your Own Device
PPP
— Point-to-Point Protocol
RPC
— Remote Procedure Call
BCD
— Binary-Coded Decimal
OS
— Operating System
WAP
— Wireless Access Point
APIC
— Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
SOE
— Standard Operating Environment
GUID
— Globally Unique Identifier
SMS
— Short Message Service
MBPS
— Megabits per second
DRM
— Digital Rights Management
TCP/IP
— transmission control protocol/internet protocol
FOAF
— Friend Of A Friend
IOT
— Internet of Things
BJT
— Bipolar Junction Transistor
FDDI
— Fiber Distributed Data Interface
ECMA
— European Computer Manufacturer's Association
E-MAIL
— Electronic Mail
HD
— High Density
NOP
— No Operation
LKML
— Linux Kernel Mailing List
FRU
— Field Replaceable Unit
LCD
— Liquid-crystal display
BT
— BitTorrent
I/O
— Input/Output
LMAO
— Laughing my arse off
GB
— Gigabyte
WTH
— What The Hell?
BER
— Bit-Error Rate
RSA
— Rivest-Shamir-Adleman
AT
— Advanced Technology
HSDPA
— High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
ADT
— Abstract Data Type
ICMP
— Internet Control Message Protocol
PLD
— Programmable Logic Device
OSS
— Open Sound System
CVS
— Concurrent Versions System
DOM
— Document Object Model
DEV
— Development
POID
— Persistent Object Identifier
LGA
— Land Grid Array
IRDA
— Infrared Data Association
EPROM
— Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory
BPEL
— Business Process Execution Language
MF
— Medium Frequency
IEC
— International Electrotechnical Commission
AVI
— Audio Video Interleave
EAI
— Enterprise Application Integration
MUD
— Multi-User Dungeon (gaming)
OASIS
— Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
CDMA
— Code Division Multiple Access (voice/data transmission)
CHS
— Cylinder-Head-Sector addressing
OSI
— Open Systems Interconnection (iso Standard)
ADC
— Analog-Digital Converter
ELF
— Extremely Low Frequency
TFT
— Thin Film Transistor
MMU
— Memory Management Unit
BRM
— Business Reference Model
MIB
— Management Information Base (ATM)
MDA
— Monochrome Display Adapter
SGML
— Standard Generalized Markup Language
DPI
— Dots per inch.
RTP
— Real-Time Transport Protocol
CAD
— Computer-Aided Design
CFD
— computational fluid dynamics
EPROM
— Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
UPS
— Uninterruptible Power Supply
GPIO
— General Purpose Input/Output
IPS
— Intrusion Prevention System
DVI
— Digital Visual Interface
PMU
— Power Management Unit
LTE
— Long Term Evolution
SMBIOS
— System Management BIOS
DSP
— Digital Signal Processor
ALGOL
— Algorithmic Language
RIP
— Routing Information Protocol
CSS
— Cascade Style Sheet
MS
— The Company Microsoft
MTA
— Mail Transfer Agent
MSI
— Medium-Scale Integration
WPAN
— Wireless Personal Area Network
GOMS
— Goals, Operators, Methods and Selection Rules
PCMCIA
— Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
ECC
— Elliptic Curve Cryptography
OLE
— Object Linking and Embedding (Microsoft communication protocol)
SOAP
— Simple Object Access Protocol
CT
— Computerised Axial Tomography
SSH
— Secure Shell (Unix program)
LF
— Line Feed
NSP
— Network Service Provider
LDAP
— Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (pronounced Ell-dap)
OUI
— Organizationally Unique Identifier
VB
— Visual Basic
SCADA
— Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
S/MIME
— Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
RACF
— Resource Access Control Facility
MMORPG
— Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
DCMI
— Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (Online Computer Library Center)
NOC
— Network Operations Center
MHOTY
— My Hat's Off To You
CGI
— Computer-Generated Imagery
URI
— Uniform Resource Identifier
POJO
— Plain Old Java Object
RCS
— Revision Control System
APR
— Apache Portable Runtime
MDA
— Model Driven Architecture
AFAICR
— As Far As I Can Remember
QBE
— Query By Example
SERP
— Search Engine Results Positioning
APC
— American Power Conversion
PTS-DOS
— PhysTechSoft - Disk Operating System
CERT
— Computer Emergency Response Team
PCL
— Printer Command Language
CA
— Certificate Authority
HURD
— Hird Of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird)
OTTOMH
— Off the top of my head
CRUD
— Create, Read, Update and Delete
FS
— For Sale
LOC
— Lines Of Code
RAD
— Rapid Application Development
KB
— Knowledge Base
OSPF
— Open Shortest Path First (ATM)
TLS
— Transport Layer Security
EDSAC
— Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
RAS
— Remote Access Service
HMA
— High Memory Area
UPNP
— Universal Plug and Play
VOIP
— Voice Over IP (Internet Protocol)
FXP
— File Exchange Protocol
SITD
— Still In The Dark
CPL
— Cost Per Lead
WLAN
— Wireless Local Area Network
HF
— High Frequency
LPI
— Lines Per Inch
CIFS
— Common Internet File System
FSM
— Finite State Machine
MOS
— Microsoft Office Specialist
MPAA
— Motion Picture Association of America
DR-DOS
— Digital Research Disk Operating System
FPU
— Floating Point Unit
MOTOS
— Member Of The Opposite Sex
MDA
— Mail Delivery Agent
VLF
— Very Low Frequency
KB
— Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
FTTH
— Fiber To The Home
BGP
— Border Gateway Protocol (routing protocol)
XMPP
— Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
WTB
— Want to Buy (a commonly used phrase in the online game "World of Warcraft")
MBPS
— Megabytes Per Second
IAC
— In Any Case
DMCA
— Digital Millennium Copyright Act
BPDU
— Bridge Protocol Data Unit
DMI
— Direct Media Interface
ALI
— Acer Labs Incorporated
DLC
— Downloadable Content
AMR
— Audio Modem Riser
MCT
— Microsoft Certified Trainer
AAL
— ATM Adaptation Layer
FSB
— Front-Side Bus
TCL
— Tool Command Language
UML
— Unified Modeling Language (Object Management Group, OMG)
RIAA
— Recording Industry Association of America
COM
— Component Object Model
PAN
— Personal Area Network
SDK
— Software Development Kit (Microsoft)
LFS
— Linux from Scratch
PCI
— Peripheral Component Interconnect
TB
— Terabyte
GIMP
— GNU Image Manipulation Program
ETLA
— Extended Three Letter Acronym
PCM
— Pulse-Code Modulation
RARP
— Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
MVS
— Multiple Virtual Storage
GHZ
— Gigahertz
DTR
— Data Terminal Ready
VCS
— Version Control System
SP
— Service Pack
CHAP
— Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (PPP)
1GL
— First-Generation Programming Language
FPS
— Frames per second.
CC
— C Compiler
AST
— Abstract Syntax Tree
AA
— Anti-Aliasing
FS
— File System
IS
— International Standard
CDN
— Content Delivery Network
ISA
— Industry Standard Architecture
MOTAS
— Member Of The Appropriate Sex
CISC
— Complex Instruction Set Computer
AARP
— Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol
MTU
— Maximum Transmission Unit
JVM
— Java Virtual Machine
PGA
— Pin Grid Array
DCCP
— Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
DB
— Database
DBA
— Database Administrator
FSCK
— File System Check
SPMD
— Single Program Multiple Data
SOI
— Silicon-On-Insulator
CUA
— Common User Access
BSA
— Business Software Alliance
MAC
— Mandatory Access Control
GPL
— General Public License
3GL
— Third-Generation Programming Language
HHOK
— Ha-ha, only kidding
NTLM
— NT LAN Manager Protocol
PAP
— Password Authentication Protocol (ATM)
HSM
— Hierarchical Storage Management
GAS
— GNU ASsembler
FAT
— File Allocation Table
HCL
— Hardware Compatibility List
IIS
— Internet Information Services
IPX
— Internetwork Packet Exchange
MCSD
— Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
ICS
— Internet Connection Sharing
ECN
— Explicit Congestion Notification
MOTSS
— Member Of The Same Sex
PKI
— Public Key Infrastructure (cryptography)
EMS
— Expanded Memory Specification
HFS
— Hierarchical File System
DVD
— Digital Video Disc
JSP
— Java Server Page
GNU
— GNU's Not UNIX (a Recursive Acronym)
ACID
— Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability
VM
— Virtual Machine
IRI
— Internationalized Resource Identifier
FC-PGA
— Flip Chip Pin Grid Array
AWT
— Abstract Window Toolkit (Java)
INTERNIC
— Internet Network Information Center
ADCCP
— Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures
CG
— Computer Graphics
RLL
— Run Length Limited
GNOME
— GNU Network Object Model Environment
AIFF
— Audio Interchange File Format
ARIN
— American Registry for Internet Numbers
BSS
— Block Started by Symbol
BT
— BlueTooth
SVC
— Scalable Video Coding
BYKT
— But You Knew That
EGP
— Exterior Gateway Protocol
XSL
— eXtensible Stylesheet Language
DAP
— Directory Access Protocol
VOD
— Video On Demand
DDR-SDRAM
— Double Data Rate - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
BTS
— Bug Tracking System
RGB
— red-green-blue (signal)
HDMI
— High-Definition Multimedia Interface
MIT
— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.)
MGB
— May God Bless
TLV
— Type-Length-Value
FSF
— Free Software Foundation
ADF
— automatic document feeder
XPCOM
— Cross-Platform Component Object Model
MFC
— Microsoft Foundation Class
ASIMO
— Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility
AJAX
— Asynchronous Javascript and XML
ISR
— Interrupt Service Routine
ASIC
— application-specific integration circuit
RDRAM
— RAMBUS Dynamic Random Access Memory
MCA
— Micro Channel Architecture
VNC
— Virtual Network Computing
AM
— Access Method
RSS
— Really Simple Syndication
MPL
— Mozilla Public License
NNTP
— Network News Transfer Protocol
SCTP
— Stream Control Transmission Protocol
APIPA
— Automatic Private IP Address
FEC
— Forward Error Correction
IRQ
— Interrupt Request
TSO
— time Sharing option (of OS/360, IBM)
CTS
— Clear To Send
MCA
— Microsoft Certified Architect
DCL
— Data Control Language
PXE
— Preboot Execution Environment
CSS
— Content Scramble System
PBS
— Portable Batch System
NTFS
— New Technology File System
YAHOO!
— Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
AOE
— ATA Over Ethernet
ODBC
— Open Database Connectivity
MPLS
— Multiprotocol Label Switching
CF
— Compact Flash
5GL
— Fifth-Generation Programming Language
MB
— Megabit
DSLAM
— Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (Module)
CS
— Cable Select
IPTV
— Internet Protocol Television
ISV
— Independent Software Vendor
ACR
— Allowed Cell Rate
4NF
— Fourth Normal Form
LGPL
— Lesser General Public License
TPF
— Transaction Processing Facility
UAT
— User Acceptance Test
SPF
— Sender Policy Framework
SDP
— Session Description Protocol
VM
— Virtual Memory
TDMA
— Time Division Multiple Access
VLE
— Virtual Learning Environment
RTSP
— Real Time Streaming Protocol
ABEND
— Abnormal End
ICE
— In-Circuit Emulator
IO
— Input/Output
ISA
— Instruction Set Architecture
CIDR
— Classless Inter-Domain Routing (ATM)
FMC
— Fixed Mobile Convergence "Mobile UC or Unified Communications over Wireless"
IAE
— In Any Event
FCB
— File Control Block
UUID
— Universally Unique Identifier (see Also GUID)
HAL
— Hardware Abstraction Layer
JIT
— Just-In-Time (inventory management)
SSD
— Solid State Drive
MS
— Memory Stick
KB
— Kilobit
PPTP
— Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
OID
— Object Identifier
10B-FB
— 10 Base-Fb
WWID
— World Wide Identifier
IPSEC
— Internet Protocol Security
LSB
— LINUX Standard Base
OLAP
— Online Analytical Processing
ORB
— Object Request Broker
RIA
— Rich Internet Application
AM
— Active Matrix
IDS
— Intrusion Detection System
IGRP
— Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
ABR
— Area Border Router
IDL
— Interface Definition Language
RTOS
— Real-Time Operating System
6NF
— Sixth Normal Form
PIM
— Personal Information Manager
TLS
— Thread Local Storage
HPFS
— High Performance File System
POE
— power over ethernetinjector
DCC
— Digital Command Control
100B-FX
— 100 Base-Fx
TSP
— Traveling Salesman Problem
VSAT
— Very Small Aperture Terminal (satellite service)
SDN
— Service Delivery Network
UUCP
— UNIX to UNIX Copy Package
VRML
— Virtual Reality Modeling Language
ADB
— Apple Desktop Bus
GWT
— Google Web Toolkit
LTL
— Linear Temporal Logic
CPS
— characters per second
CDE
— Common Desktop Environment
MMI
— Man-Machine Interface
XT
— Extended Technology
RAII
— Resource Acquisition Is Initialization
MCDST
— Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician
TEMP
— Temporary (worker, file, etc.)
IIOP
— Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
AAT
— Average Access Time
WINS
— Windows Internet Name Service
DTD
— Document Type Definition (XML)
SATA
— Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
NAN
— Not A Number (computing)
NTP
— Network Time Protocol
VGA
— Video Graphics Adapter
JNI
— Java Native Interface
PROM
— Programmable Read-Only Memory
NGL
— aNGeL
NCQ
— Native Command Queuing
DV
— Digital Video
MPU
— Microprocessor Unit
VGA
— Video Graphics Array
LV
— Logical Volume
ZISC
— Zero Instruction Set Computer
DPI
— Deep Packet Inspection
NRN
— No response necessary
JCL
— Job Control Language
ERD
— Entity-Relationship Diagram
TMP
— Temporary
ISAM
— Indexed Sequential Access Method
TTY
— Teletype Telex Machine
SDR
— Software Defined Radio
OAT
— Operational Acceptance Testing
CFG
— Control Flow Graph
MCDBA
— Microsoft Certified DataBase Administrator
DHTML
— Dynamic HyperText Markup Language
APU
— Accelerated Processing Unit
DAT
— Digital Audio Tape
APL
— Ada Programming Language
EULA
— End User License Agreement (usually in reference to software)
CSS
— Closed Source Software
PGA
— Programmable Gate Array
RC
— Release Candidate
TLD
— Top-Level Domain
JFS
— IBM Journaling File System
VLSI
— Very-Large-Scale Integration
IRP
— I/O Request Packet
MCM
— Microsoft Certified Master
PIO
— Programmed Input/Output
VAR
— Variable
ISC
— Internet Storm Center
ASPI
— Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
SD
— Secure Digital
BOM
— Byte Order Mark
TIC
— Taken Into Consideration
ISNS
— Internet Storage Name Service
UTF
— Unicode Transformation Format
SIMM
— Single Inline Memory Module
CSE
— Computer Science and Engineering Department (University of Washington)
RUP
— Rational Unified Process
MVC
— Model View Controller (Microsoft software design pattern)
RGBA
— Red Green Blue Alpha
JRE
— Java Runtime Environment
NACK
— Negative ACKnowledge
POP3
— Post Office Protocol 3 (email)
BEEP
— Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol
PLC
— Power line communication (electricity)
UCS
— Universal Character Set
PVR
— Personal Video Recorder
WAIS
— Wide Area Information Server
XSD
— XML Schema Definition
ANT
— Another Neat Tool
JDK
— Java Development Kit
CPA
— Cost Per Action
KBPS
— kilobits per second
EIGRP
— Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
WWAN
— Wireless Wide Area Network
VLSM
— Variable Length Subnet Mask
BLOB
— Binary Large Object
ADC
— Apple Display Connector
DIN
— Deutsches Institut für Normung.
NETBIOS
— Network Basic Input/Output System
SWT
— Standard Widget Toolkit
WCF
— Windows Communication Foundation
AMQP
— Advanced Message Queuing Protocol
DDR
— Double Data Rate
MOBO
— Motherboard
IGMP
— Internet Group Management Protocol
AABB
— Axis-Aligned Bounding Box
SLM
— Service Level Management
ASLR
— Address Space Layout Randomization
NLP
— Natural Language Processing
PPPOE
— Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet
RPM
— Revenue Per 1,000 Impressions. (M Is The Roman Numeral For 1,000)
AFP
— Apple Filing Protocol
OMR
— Optical Mark Recognition
AIX
— Advanced Interactive Executive (IBM)
3NF
— Third Normal Form
ICF
— Internet Connection Firewall
MSA
— Mail Submission Agent
CLOB
— Character Large Object
MSB
— Most Significant Bit
MCP
— Microsoft Certified Professional
GML
— Geography Markup Language
NPL
— Netscape Public License
SPI
— Serial Peripheral Interface
NAT
— Network Address Translation
FPGA
— Field-Programmable Gate Array
OLED
— Organic Light-Emitting Diode
LZW
— Lempel-Ziv-Welch
EBCDIC
— Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
SPI
— Stateful Packet Inspection
SMB
— Server Message Block
GFDL
— GNU Free Documentation License
SLI
— Scalable Link Interface
VBA
— Visual BASIC for Applications
SSH
— Secure Shell How
LISP
— List Processing Language
IL
— Intermediate Language
FC-AL
— Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop
UUCP
— Unix To Unix Copy Program
JFC
— Java Foundation Class
MXF
— Material eXchange Format
BTAM
— Basic Telecommunications Access Method
OPML
— Outline Processor Markup Language
TTF
— TrueType Font
SDIO
— Secure Digital Input/Output
JNDI
— Java Naming and Directory Interface
ROF
— Rolling On (the) Floor
ACL
— Active Current Loop
WOL
— Wake-On-LAN
GBPS
— Gigabits per second
MIDI
— Musical Instrument Digital Interface
RMI
— Remote Method Invocation
SDSL
— Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
IVRS
— Interactive Voice Response System
WI-FI
— Wireless Fidelity
EUC
— Extended Unix Code
EPS
— Encapsulated Postscript
NLS
— National Language Support
CPA
— Converged Packet Access
ACK
— Amsterdam Compiler Kit
MDI
— Multiple Document Interface
DN
— Distinguished Name
RIR
— Regional Internet Registry
TFTP
— Trivial File Transfer Protocol (ATM)
WPF
— Windows Presentation Foundation
YAML
— YAML Ain't Markup Language(Yet Another Markup Language)
BBIAFM
— Be Back in A Few Minutes
MDD/MDSD
— Model-Driven (Software) Development
SCP
— Secure Copy Protocol
JTAG
— Joint Test Action Group
CDFS
— Compact Disc File System
AVC
— Advanced Video Coding
ALAC
— Apple Lossless Audio Codec
PPPOA
— Point-to-Point Protocol Over ATM
VPI
— Virtual Path Identifier
FILO
— First In, Last Out
QDR
— Quad Data Rate
FDD
— Floppy Disk Drive
CTSS
— Compatible Time Sharing System
MP3
— MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
PHP
— Hypertext Preprocessor
PIC
— Peripheral Interface Controller
HDD
— Hard Disk Drive
PID
— Process Identification Document
MANET
— Mobile Ad Hoc Network
XFX
— XFX Graphics, a Division of Pine
ICT
— Information and Communication Technologies
ATX
— Advanced Technology Extended [Intel]
IPP
— Internet Printing Protocol
LVD
— Low Voltage Differential
SSI
— Single System Image
DAO
— Disk-At-Once
WAMP
— Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
LIB
— Object Code Library
OC
— Overclock (Over Clock)
WDM
— Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
MX
— Mail Exchange
RTC
— Real Time Clock
TLD
— Top Level Domains
ROM-DOS
— Read Only Memory - Disk Operating System
LSI
— Large Scale Integration -> VLSI
OSS
— Operations Support System
SLOC
— Source Lines Of Code
CSI
— Common System Interface
JDBC
— Java Database Connectivity
FDC
— Floppy Disk Controller
PCB
— Process Control Block
CPS
— Classroom Performance System
ZCAV
— Zone Constant Angular Velocity
PING
— Packet Inter-Network Groper
TIFF
— Tag Image File Format
MIMD
— multiple instruction, multiple data (system)
ESB
— Enterprise Service Bus
CFG
— Context-Free Grammar
SNA
— System Network Architecture
TNC
— Threaded Neill-Concelman
BFD
— Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
HBA
— Host Bus Adapter
NFC
— Near Field Communication
SMM
— Social Media Marketing
MT
— Machine Translation
ANN
— Artificial Neural Network
OOP
— Object-Oriented Programming
VFAT
— Virtual File Allocation Table
SODIMM
— Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module
DFA
— Deterministic Finite Automaton
PPI
— Pixels Per Inch
UE
— User Experience
BRR
— Business Readiness Rating
RADIUS
— Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RAMDAC
— Random Access Memory Digital Analog Convertor
SCM
— Source Code Management
MVP
— Most Valuable Professional
OOP
— Of an Object Oriented Programming
PNY
— PNY Technology
POST
— Power On Self Test
10B-FP
— 10 Base-Fp
HTM
— Hierarchical Temporal Memory
XPS
— XML Paper Specification
VPU
— Visual Processing Unit
VAX
— Virtual Address Extension
WIMAX
— Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, Inc.
PSM
— Platform Specific Model
DAO
— Data Access Object
AWT
— Abstract Windowing Toolkit
LPI
— Linux Professional Institute
VLAN
— Virtual Local Area Network
SNTP
— Simple Network Time Protocol
IPC
— Interprocess Communication
DCC
— Direct Client to Client
LSB
— least-significant byte
SAS
— Serial-Attached SCSI
EFI
— Extensible Firmware Interface
KBPS
— KiloBytes per second
CMOS
— Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductors
NIC
— Network Interface Controller
PPS
— Pay Per Sale
RISC
— Reduced Instruction Set Computing
SDI
— Single Document Interface
GDI
— Graphical Device Interface
ASSP
— Application-specific standard product
MB
— Motherboard
LILO
— Linux Loader
OOM
— Out of Memory
CDP
— Continuous Data Protection
FDMA
— Frequency-Division Multiple Access
NPU
— Network Processing Unit
PIC
— Programmable Interrupt Controller
QTAM
— Queued Teleprocessing Access Method
CDROM
— compact disc read-only memory
ATAPI
— Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
LAMP
— Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP
TAO
— Track-At-Once
PCMCIA
— People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
VESA
— Video Electronics Standards Association
RJE
— Remote Job Entry
CTCP
— Client-To-Client Protocol
ARPA
— Address and Routing Parameter Area
KRL
— Knowledge Representation Language
GCC
— GNU Compiler Collection
UART
— Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
PDP
— Programmed Data Processor
SVGA
— Super Video Graphics Array
NVRAM
— Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
DIMM
— Dual In-line Memory Module (computing)
LIB
— Libra
NAS
— Network-Attached Storage
IFL
— Integrated Facility for Linux
DPMI
— DOS Protected Mode Interface
DMR
— Dennis M Ritchie
IPS
— InPlane Switching
RSS
— Radio Service Software (Motorola)
MISD
— Multiple Instruction Single Data
TWAIN
— Technology Without An Interesting Name
UX
— User Experience
NI
— National Instruments
2GL
— Second-Generation Programming Language
PON
— Passive Optical Network
SIMD
— Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor)
NLS
— Native Language Support
LBA
— Logical Block Addresses
ACF
— Advanced Communications Function (IBM)
CDSA
— Common Data Security Architecture
CLR
— Common Language Runtime
AT
— Access Time
TI
— Texas Instruments, Inc.
EUP
— Enterprise Unified Process
ICE
— Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics
JFET
— junction field effect transistor
GPU
— Graphics Processing Unit
TCP/IP
— Transmission Control/Internet Protocol
DIMM
— Dual Inline Memory Module
WSFL
— Web Services Flow Language
WSDL
— Web Services Description Language
SMA
— SubMiniature version A
DCIM
— Digital Camera Images
KDE
— K Desktop Environment
DFS
— Depth-First Search
PV
— Physical Volume
IPS
— Instructions Per Second
RAS
— Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
CJK
— Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
LCR
— Least Cost Routing
NTMK
— Not To My Knowledge
JCP
— Java Community Process
CPAN
— Comprehensive PERL Archive Network
AL
— Active Link
HDL
— Hardware Description Language
MTA
— Microsoft Technology Associate
MSDN
— Microsoft Developer Network
EIDE
— Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
NSS
— Network Security Services
AMD
— Advanced MicroDevices
ATAG
— Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
EDO
— Extended Data Output
WPA
— Wi-Fi Protected Access
UAC
— User Account Control
CTSS
— Compatible Time-Sharing System
FASM
— Flat Assembler
PS/2
— Personal System/2 (Microsoft)
BCNF
— Boyce–Codd normal form
SPM
— Software Project Management
RTE
— Runtime Environment
ECOS
— Embedded Configurable Operating System
XSS
— Cross-Site Scripting
GPG
— GNU Privacy Guard
ACR
— Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio
HP
— Hewlett-Packard Development Company
VI
— Visual
GDB
— GNU Debugger
EDSAC
— Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
OMF
— Object Module Format
SOC
— System-on-a-Chip
REST
— Representational State Transfer
IR
— Intermediate Representation
SIP
— Session Initiation Protocol
DSDM
— Dynamic Systems Development Method, Ltd
J2EE
— Java 2 Enterprise Edition
DIP
— Dual In-line Package (electronics)
JSF
— JavaServer Faces
DAC
— Digital-To-Analog Converter
DD
— Double Density
PGO
— Profile-Guided Optimization
ABM
— Asynchronous Balanced Mode
UMA
— Upper Memory Area
NAK
— Negative Acknowledge
PARC
— Palo Alto Research Center
EPIC
— Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
OOOE
— Out-of-Order Execution
EGA
— Enhanced Graphics Array
GB
— Gigabit
MCTS
— Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
VCI
— Virtual Channel Identifier
SECC
— Single Edge Contact Connector
PPGA
— Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPC
— Pay Per Click (a search engine advertising model)
SDL
— Simple DirectMedia Layer
AC
— Acoustic Coupler
RFID
— Radio-Frequency Identification
PNP
— Plug 'N Play
PSU
— power supply unit
NVR
— Network Video Recorder
MCITP
— Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional
XAML
— Extensible Application Markup Language
FTTC
— Fiber To The Curb光纤到路边
XP
— Extreme Programming
DOCSIS
— Data over Cable Service Interface Specification
RHEL
— Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CTI
— Computer Telephony Integration
JMX
— Java Management Extensions
POSIX
— Portable Operating System Interface
POD
— Plain Old Document
RAIT
— Redundant Array of Inexpensive Tapes
ACME
— Automated Classification of Medical Entities
NDS
— Novell Directory Services
JAXP
— Java API for XML Processing
RDBMS
— Relational Data Base Management System (Oracle)
DIVX
— Digital Video Express
JSP
— Jackson Structured Programming
NCP
— Network Control Program
JES
— Job Entry Subsystem
ASN.1
— Abstract Syntax Notation 1
PL/I
— Programming Language One
SIMM
— Single In-line Memory Module
OS
— Open Source
VDSL
— Very High Bitrate Digital Subscriber Line
NEP
— Network Equipment Provider
CCD
— Charged Coupled Device
ESR
— Eric Steven Raymond
PMJ
— Pardon my jumping in
BINAC
— Binary Automatic Computer, Nachfolger des ENIAC
SFTP
— Simple File Transfer Protocol
APCI
— Application-Layer Protocol Control Information
SDRAM
— Synchronous dynamic random access memory
BASH
— Bourne-again shell
JS
— JavaScript
MMIO
— memory mapped I/O
RDC
— Remote Desktop Connection
FIOS
— Fiber Optic Services
SLED
— Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop
ABCL
— Actor-Based Concurrent Language
MAPI
— Messaging Application Program Interface
MSI
— Microsoft Software Installer
RLE
— Run-Length Encoding
SPARC
— Scalable Processor Architecture Reduced Instruction Set Computer
IDE
— Integrated Device Electronics
S/PDIF
— Sony/Philips Digital Interface
5NF
— Fifth Normal Form
DLP
— Digital Light Processing
MFM
— Modified Frequency Modulation
GPFS
— General Parallel File System
BIN
— Binary
VT
— Video Terminal
CTAN
— Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
AM
— Active Monitor
IGP
— Integrated Graphics Processor
PUM
— Potentially Unwanted Modification
DEV
— Devices
LDT
— Lightning Data Transport
OSI
— Open Source Initiative
SRGB
— Standard Red Green Blue
EMACS
— Editor MACroS
BFS
— Breadth-First Search Algorithm
2B1Q
— 2 Binary 1 Quaternary
BMP
— Bitmap Format (Windows)
GLUT
— OpenGL Utility Toolkit
CSP
— Communicating Sequential Processes
LPT
— Line Print Terminal
AT
— Active Terminator
SMC
— SMC Networks
HID
— Human Interface Device
SATA
— Serial Ata
ME
— Millennium Edition
FLOPS
— FLoating-Point Operations Per Second
SSD
— Software Specification Document
CTP
— Composite Theoretical Performance
100B-T
— 100 Base-tT
486
— Intel 80486 processor
CSRF
— Cross-Site Request Forgery
GPT
— GUID Partition Table
PPM
— pages per minute (a laser printer production rate metric)
ULA
— Uncommitted Logic Array
WWN
— World Wide Name
SSE
— Streaming SIMD Extensions
NCP
— NetWare Core Protocol
FOSS
— Free and Open Source Software
VSAM
— Virtual Storage Access Method
FOLDOC
— Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing
FWS
— Folding White Space
GPL
— General-Purpose Language
AALC
— ATM Adaptation Layer Connection
BFD
— Binary File Descriptor
URN
— Uniform Resource Namespace
100B-FX
— 100BASE-FX
EBML
— Extensible Binary Meta Language
CD-ROM
— Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
NT
— New Technology, also Windows NT
AE
— Adaptive Equalizer
WORA
— Write Once Run Anywhere
386
— Intel 80386 processor
MANET
— Mobile Ad-Hoc Network
DVI
— Digital Video Interface
DRM
— Direct Rendering Manager
ISCSI
— Internet Small Computer System Interface
SMP
— Supplementary Multilingual Plane
CTX
— Commited to Excellence
DPMS
— Display Power Management Signaling
DSDL
— Document Schema Definition Languages
ECRS
— Expense & Cost Recovery System
OOO
— Openoffice.org
MAMP
— Mac OS X, Apache, MySQL, and PHP
CD-R
— Compact Disc-Recordable
SAX
— Simple API for XML
VBS
— Visual Basic Script
OLPC
— One Laptop Per Child
P2P
— Peer-to-peer (networking)
PL/M
— Programming Language for Microcomputers
MSI
— Micro-Star International
VTAM
— Virtual Telecommunication Access Method
SBU
— Standard Build Unit
ZCS
— Zero Code Suppression
URI
— Universal Resource Identifier
MBCS
— Multi-Byte Character Set
MOUS
— Microsoft Office User Specialist
SGI
— Silicon Graphics Incorporated
RDOS
— Real-Time Disk Operating System
NFA
— Nondeterministic Finite Automaton
EXIF
— Exchangeable Image File
GPIB
— General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus
SO-DIMM
— Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module
286
— Intel 80286 processor
DAL
— Database Abstraction Layer
RADIUS
— Remote Authentication dial In User Service
SCID
— Source Code in Database
UEFI
— Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
BIND
— Berkeley Internet Name Domain
DVD-RW
— Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
TDK
— Tdk Corporation
MMX
— Matrix Math Extensions (Multimedia Extensions)
EID
— electronic ID card
PPPOE
— PPP over Ethernet
BIDI
— Bi-Directional
EFM
— Eight-to-Fourteen-Modulation
ISPF
— Interactive System Productivity Facility
HTTPS
— HyperText Transport Protocol Secure
CP/M
— Control Program/Monitor
TBPS
— Terabits Per Second
/.
— Slashdot
RAID
— Redundant Array of Independent Disks
YAAF
— Yet Another Application Framework
BNC
— Barrel Nut Connector
SWF
— Shock Wave Flash
SBIN
— superuser binary
BMP
— Basic Multilingual Plane
ZIF
— Zero Insertion Force (The device on a)
FOSDEM
— Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting
BAL
— Basic Assembly Language (Cf. ALC)
1NF
— First Normal Form
VLIW
— Very Long Instruction Word
CTM
— Close To Metal
TWAIN
— Toolkit Without an Informative Name
HLASM
— High Level Assembler
CPA
— Control Panel Applet
PXI
— PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation
DSSSL
— Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
NEXT
— Near-end Crosstalk
OO
— OpenOffice
YAST
— Yet Another Setup Tool
MPEG
— Motion Pictures Experts Group
MMDS
— Mortality Medical Data System
SU
— Superuser
MVC
— Model-View-Controller
SGR
— Select Graphic Rendition
KVM
— Keyboard, Video, Mouse switch
JSE
— Java Standard Edition
Y2K
— Year Two Thousand
JBL
— Jame B. Lansing
FOAD
— F'k Off And Die
ASM
— Algorithmic State Machine
EDA
— Electronic Design Automation
XGA
— eXtended Graphics Array
DRI
— Direct Rendering Infrastructure
SIP
— Supplementary Ideographic Plane
DSN
— Data Set Name
RSS
— Rich Site Summary
UMB
— Upper Memory Block
SISO
— Single-Input and Single-Output
GRUB
— Grand Unified Boot-Loader
WDDM
— Windows Display Driver Model
UDMA
— Ultra Direct Memory Access
RRAS
— Routing and Remote Access Service
IHV
— Independent Hardware Vendor
DVD-RAM
— Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory
PPP
— Point to Point Protocol
MNG
— Multiple-image Network Graphics
HHD
— Hybrid Hard Drive
ETL
— Extract, Transform, Load
DAC
— Digital to Analog Converter-Audio
PCRE
— Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
ALU
— Arithmetic and Logical Unit
BT
— Bluetooth Tablet
LVM
— Logical Volume Management
AWK
— Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan
XSLT
— Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation
FUD
— Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt
VDSL
— Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
SSA
— Static Single Assignment
VFAT
— Virtual Fat
PID
— Proportional, Integral, Derivative
JFET
— Junction Field-Effect Transistor (jay-fett)
10B-FP
— 10BASE-FP
MCAD
— Microsoft Certified Application Developer
AAA
— Authentication Authorization, Accounting
PKCS
— Public Key Cryptography Standard
SLA
— Software License Agreement
PRAM
— Parameter Random Access Memory
NASM
— Netwide Assembler
FLAC
— Free Lossless Audio Codec
MCPD
— Microsoft Certified Professional Developer
RTE
— Real-Time Enterprise
USR
— User
QFP
— Quad Flat Pack
ACP
— Airline Control Program
WAV
— WAVEform audio format
SDDL
— Security Descriptor Definition Language
WCAG
— Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
UVC
— Universal Virtual Computer
APS
— Accunet Packet Service
10B-FB
— 10BASE-FB
UNC
— Universal Naming Convention
XUL
— XML-based User Interface Language
OSTG
— Open Source Technology Group (formerly Open Source Development Network; OSDN)
ELF
— Executable Linking Format
WIMP
— Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
ZMA
— Zone Multicast Address
SISD
— Single Instruction Single Data
SPA
— single page application
NSS
— Name Service Switch
TRON
— The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus
FSB
— Frontside Bus
VCPI
— Virtual Control Program Interface
IPO
— Inter Procedural Optimization
JEE
— Java Enterprise Edition
UMPC
— Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer
NUMA
— Non Uniform Memory Access
SIGGRAPH
— Special Interest Group On Graphics Of The Association Of Computing Machinery
AOP
— Aspect-Oriented Programming
MCAS
— Microsoft Certified Application Specialist
SLES
— SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
ELM
— Electronic Mail for UNIX
FTTP
— Fiber To The Premises
OBSAI
— Open Base Station Architecture Initiative
IBCS
— Intel Binary Compatibility Standard
SHDSL
— Single-pair High-speed Digital Subscriber Line
HVD
— Holographic Versatile Disc (Optware)
SSH
— Secure Shell Home
VRAM
— Video Random Access Memory
CSV
— Comma Separated Value(s)
SOPA
— Stop Online Piracy Act
10B-F
— 10BASE-F
10B-FL
— 10BASE-FL
DDR3
— Double Data Rate Type 3
TUG
— TeX User's Group
VLB
— Vesa Local Bus
JME
— Java Micro Edition
CMMI
— Capability Maturity Model Integration
UDDI
— Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
ARC
— Advanced RISC Computing
100B-TX
— 100 Base-Tx
GCJ
— GNU Compiler for Java
CAQ
— Computer-Aided Quality Assurance
8B10BLF
— 8 Byte 10 Byte Local Fiber
BRMS
— Business Rule Management System
TCU
— Telecommunication Control Unit
FSAA
— Full Screen Anti-Aliasing
TUCOWS
— The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software
SMT
— Simultaneous Multithreading Technology
MCSE
— Microsoft Certified System Engineer
TWAIN
— Technology Without An Important Name
GCR
— Group Code Recording
ISCSI
— Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
100B-T
— 100BASE-T
PUP
— Potentially Unwanted Program
XAG
— XML Accessibility Guidelines
LCOS
— Liquid Crystal on Silicone
WBEM
— Web-Based Enterprise Management
CJKV
— Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese
SMS
— System Management Server
PCIE
— PCI Express
10B-T
— 10 Base-tT
CGA
— Color Graphics Array
SSI
— Small-Scale Integration
ASMP
— Asymmetric Multiprocessing
RDS
— Remote Data Services
DVD R
— Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
PMM
— Post Memory Manager
RC
— Run Commands (UNIX)
4B5BLF
— 4 Byte 5 Byte Local Fiber
K&R
— Kernighan and Ritchie
SUS
— Single UNIX Specification
TTA
— True Tap Audio
VFS
— Virtual File System
XP
— Cross-Platform
XDM
— X Window Display Manager
AMOLED
— Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode
HIG
— Human Interface Guidelines
DP
— Dot Pitch
NUMA
— Nonuniform Memory Access
NUI
— Natural User Interface
FC-AL
— Fiber Channel - Arbitrated Loop
CPM
— Cost Per 1,000 Impressions
DPC
— Deferred Procedure Call
UTP
— Unshieled Twisted Pair
FEMB
— Front-End Motherboard
VIM
— Vi Improved
WINFS
— Windows Future Storage
CDR
— Compact Disk Recorder
CHS
— Cylinder Head Sector
DSL
— Domain Specific Language
LAMP
— Linux Apache MySQL and Python
AF
— Anisotropic Filtering
NP
— Nondeterministic Polynomial Time
UDMA
— Ultra DMA
WFI
— Wait for Interrupt
XMP
— Extensible Metadata Platform
MGCP
— Multimedia Gateway Control Protocol
GBPS
— Gigabytes per second
NSPR
— Netscape Portable Runtime
MMIO
— Memory-Mapped I/O
DVD-RW
— DVD-ReWritable
JDS
— Java Desktop System
RTAI
— Real-Time Application Interface
WAI
— Web Access Initiative
BFG
— BFG Technologies
TCPIP
— Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
DSN
— Database Source Name
DVD-RAM
— Digital Versatile Disk - Random Access Memory
EXT
— EXTended file system
XMS
— Extended Memory Specification
XSLT
— XSL Transformations
RPM
— RPM Package Manager
RTL
— Right-to-Left
WOL
— Wake On Lan's
BIND
— Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
XSLT
— Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformation
PMM
— Personal Memory Manager
TASM
— Turbo Assembler
CN
— Canonical Name
JAXB
— Java Architecture For Xml Binding
EVGA
— EVGA Corporation
CD-RW
— Compact Disc Re-Writable
UML
— User-Mode Linux
PQI
— PQI Corporation
DVD-ROM
— DVD-Read Only Memory
PGA
— Professional Graphics Array
FHS
— Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
MDA
— Model-Driven Architecture
AS
— Access Server
OO
— Open Office
100B-TX
— 100BASE-TX
CGT
— Computational Graph Theory
DML
— Definitive Media Library
MBD
— Model-Based Design
ESCON
— Enterprise Systems Connection
JMS
— Java Message Service
NURBS
— Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline
DVD RW
— Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
SCPI
— Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation
FHS
— File System Hierarchy Standard
RTFM
— Read the fking manual
OSS
— Open-Source Software
REGEX
— Regular Expression
RDM
— Relational Data Model
MSI
— Message Signaled Interrupt
CSP
— Cloud Service Provider
ABR
— AutoBaud Rate
RISC OS
— Reduced Instruction Set Computer Operating System
10B-FL
— 10 Base-Fl
CAS
— Column Address Signal
SUSE
— Software Und Systementwicklung
CD-RW
— CD-Rewritable
BNC
— Bayonet Neill Concelman
QT
— Quasar Toolkit
REGEXP
— Regular Expression
TNC
— Terminal Node Controller
DND
— Drag-and-Drop
3GPP
— mobile broadband "3G" Partnership Project
I18N
— Internationalization
DFI
— DFI Inc. (Design for Innovation)
JFS
— Journaled File System
REFAL
— Recursive Functions Algorithmic Language
CISC
— Complex Instruction Set Computing
CTL
— Computational Tree Logic
BBP
— Baseband Processor
TTS
— text-to-speech speech
10B2
— 10 Base2
GPASM
— GNU PIC ASseMbler
PINE
— Program for Internet News and E-mail
FBDIMM
— Fully Buffered Dual Inline Memory Module
JCE
— Java Cryptography Extension
PL/P
— Programming Language for Prime
JVC
— JVC Company of America
ASG
— Abstract Semantic Graph
SO-DIMM
— Small Outline DIMM
OSDN
— Open Source Developer Network
PCI-X
— Peripheral Component Interconnect eXtended
10B-T
— 10BASE-T
WAFS
— Wide-Area File Services
ICP
— Internet Cache Protocol
MIMO
— Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
HT
— Hyper-Threading
PS/2
— Personal System /2
DIF
— Data Integrity Field
WORE
— Write Once Run Everywhere
100BVG
— 100BASE-VG
EFM
— Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation
SMP
— Symmetric Multi-Processing
XSL-FO
— eXtensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects
CAQ
— Computer-Aided Quality
NIO
— New I/O
FTF
— modes--face-to-face
SBP-2
— Serial Bus Protocol 2
WOR
— Wake-On-Ring
WZC
— Wireless Zero Configuration
POST
— power-on self-test Postdoc
WMV
— Windows Media Video
SCM
— System Control Module
DLNA
— Digital Living Network Alliance
HD DVD
— High Definition DVD
IMNSHO
— In my not-so-humble opinion
ZOI
— Zero One Infinity
DKIM
— Domain Keys Identified Mail
MOSFET
— Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
VG
— Volume Group
DSL
— Domain-Specific Language
BAM
— Block Availability Map
ERM
— Entity-Relationship Model
HIS
— Hightech Information System Limited
OOE
— Out-of-Order Execution
SSP
— Supplementary Special-purpose Plane
LAMP
— Linux Apache MySQL PHP
XDMCP
— X Display Manager Control Protocol
CSV
— Comma-Separated Values
SVD
— Structured Vlsi Design
HDV
— High-Definition Video
LAMP
— Linux, Apache, Mysql, Perl
LIF
— Low Insertion Force
FPS
— Floating Point Systems Ltd.
HTC
— High Tech Corporation
NDPS
— Novell Distributed Print Services
PCMCIA
— Peripheral Component Microchannel Interconnect Architecture
SIFOTCN
— Sitting in front of the computer naked
EEPROM
— Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
UUN
— Universal User Name
MOBO
— Mother Board
FDS
— Fedora Directory Server
PVG
— Physical Volume Group
GPGPU
— General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units
SDR
— Software-Defined Radio
10B-F
— 10 Base-FF
JINI
— Jini Is Not Initials
AL
— Access List
WOM
— Wake-On-Modem
CAID
— Computer-Aided Industrial Design
LTR
— Left-to-Right
LM
— LAN Manager
ITL
— Interval Temporal Logic
TROFF
— Trace Off
TEC
— Thermoelectric Cooler
10B5
— 10BASE-5
J2SE
— Java 2 Standard Edition
LTNT
— Long Time No Type
HCI
— Human Computer InteractionUsability
HTTPD
— Hypertext Transport Protocol Daemon
WMA
— Window Media Audio
J2ME
— Java 2 Micro Edition
JSP
— JavaServer Pages
ASR
— Asynchronous Signal Routine
100BVG
— 100 Basevg
ARC
— Adaptive Replacement Cache
RIP
— Raster Image Processor
EISA
— Extended Industry-Standard Architecture
SASID
— Self-scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display
RSA
— Rivest Shamir Adleman
CM
— Content Management
CNR
— Communications and Networking Riser
L2TP
— Layer two Tunneling Protocol
10B2
— 10BASE-2
DVD-R
— DVD-Recordable
PATA
— Parallel Ata
BSB
— Backside Bus
HSF
— Heat Sink and Fan
FAP
— FORTRAN Assembly Program
TRS-DOS
— Tandy Radio Shack - Disk Operating System
DDR2
— Double Data Rate 2
RHL
— Red Hat Linux
XUL
— XML User Interface Language
TUG
— TeX Users Groups
SPIM
— SPam sent over Instant Messaging
ORM
— Oject-Relational Mapping
DGD
— Dworkin's Game Driver
CPA
— Cell Processor Architecture
SSSE
— Supplementary Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSI
— Single-System Image
VCD
— Video CD
NPTL
— Native POSIX Thread Library
ZPL
— Z-level Programming Language
LUG
— Linux User Group
RMS
— Richard Matthew Stallman
JAX-RPC
— Java XML for Remote Procedure Calls
CRS
— Computer Reservations System
ROMB
— Read-Out Motherboard
TUX
— Torvald's Unix
MGPT
— Machine-Generated Problem Tracking
RTF
— Rich Text Fomat
BFT
— Byzantine Fault Tolerant
AROS
— AROS Research Operating System
WUSB
— Wireless Universal Serial Bus
CD-R
— CD-Recordable
XVGA
— EXtended Video Graphics Adapter
JUG
— Java Users Group
SIGCAT
— Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications and Technology
10B5
— 10 Base5
IFS
— Item for Sale
CD-ROM
— CD Read-Only Memory
USR
— United States Robotics
BOINC
— Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing
TBPS
— Terabytes per second
FL
— Function Level
MOP
— Meta-Object Protocol
OSCON
— O'Reilly Open Source Convention
WASM
— Watcom Assembler
RTEMS
— Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems
XTF
— Extended Triton Format
CDRW
— Compact Disc - ReWritable
HTX
— HyperTransport eXpansion
SWT
— Stardard Widget Toolkit
TLS
— Thread-Local Storage
DVDRAM
— Digital Versatile Disc - Random Access Memory
SE
— Single-Ended, Cyclindrical Boiler
PIM
— Platform Independent Model
FPS
— Frame Per Second
FLOSS
— Free/Libre/Open Source Software
HSF
— Heatsink-Fan
HPC
— High-Performance Computing
ROFLMAO
— Rolling on the floor laughing my arse off
JNZ
— Jump non-zero
PPC
— PowerPC
PERL
— Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
MS-DOS
— Microsoft Dos
NGSCB
— Next-Generation Secure Computing Base
NSS
— Novell Storage Service
JFS
— Journaling Filesystems Such
FOSI
— Formatted Output Specification Instance
TRON
— Trace On
XPIDL
— Cross Platform Idl
ABR
— Available Bitrate
SBOD
— Spinning Beachball of Death
EWMH
— Extended Window Manager Hints
FUBAR
— Fuked up beyond all recognition
AH
— Active Hub
OCZ
— OCZ Technology
BIDI
— Bidirectional
PENTIUM
— penta = five
MOSFET
— Metal Oxide Semiconductor FET
WWDC
— Apple World Wide Developer Conference
OES
— Open Enterprise Server
NS
— Netscape
FOTCL
— Falling out the chair laughing
CIFS
— Common Internet Filesystem
SSD
— Solid-state drives
NEC
— NEC Corporation
RC
— Runtime Configuration (unix/linux configuration files)
DVDRW
— Digital Versatile Disk - ReWritable
WEBDAV
— WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning
DVD-R
— Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
AM
— Allied Mastercomputer
RLL
— Run-Length Limited
TPC
— TipidPC
RSS
— RDF Site Summary
SCA
— SCSI Configured Automatically
RTTI
— Runtime Type Information
SISD
— Single-instruction single-data
XNS
— Xerox Network Services
CAT
— Computer-Aided Translation
SDLC
— System Development Lifecycle
NTFS
— NT Filesystem
PLT
— Power Line Telecoms
WTF
— What the fk
EIDE
— Enhanced IDE
HDTV
— High Definition Televsion
ATI
— ATI Technologies Inc.
GIMPS
— Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
CIM
— Computationally Independent Model
PFA
— Please Find Atachment
KM
— Knowledge Machine
FP
— Function Programming
INFOSEC
— Information Systems Security
PPPOA
— PPP over ATM
CSS
— Cross-Site Scripting and Script
DVDR
— Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
SDSL
— Symmetric DSL
XTF
— Extensible Tag Framework
FICON
— Fiber Connectivity
ECS
— Elitegroup Computer Systems
PSA
— Professional Services Automation
OFTC
— Open and Free Technology Community
LPC
— Lars Pensjö C
MINIX
— MIni-uNIX
HIRD
— Hurd Of Interfaces Representing Depth (cf. HURD)
PSVI
— Post-Schema-Validation Infoset
MMX
— Multi-Media Extensions
OTB
— Oh, to bed
DCCA
— Debian Common Core Alliance
XPIDL
— Cross-Platform IDL
XPI
— XPInstall
SE
— Single Ended
BIDI
— Bidirectional Display
SIMON
— Simulation Online
XILP
— X Interactive ListProc
CDRW
— Compact Disk Re-Writer
LG
— LG Electronics
LE
— Logical Extents
PE
— Physical Extents
JMX
— Java Management Extentions
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