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