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URL
— Universal Resource Locator
LAN
— Local Area Network
ARPANET
— Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet)
XML
— Extensible Markup Language
LIDS
— Linux Intrusion Detection System
RFID
— Radio Frequency Identification
ARP
— Address Resolution Protocol (ATM)
ROM
— Read-Only Memory
FTP
— File Transfer Protocol
IT
— Information Technology
PS
— PostScript
IRC
— Internet Relay Chat
CPU
— Central Processing Unit
PDF
— Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat)
ISO
— International Organization for Standardization
IP
— Internet Protocol
ISP
— Internet Service Provider
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
LANANA
— Linux Assigned Names and Numbers Authority
API
— Application Programming Interface
FAQ
— Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
AMD
— Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (producer of computer chips)
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
LCD
— Liquid Crystal Display
SMTP
— Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SRAM
— Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
ATM
— Asynchronous Transfer Mode
CRT
— Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
DEC
— Digital Equipment Corporation
VPN
— Virtual Private Network (ATM)
HTTP
— Hypertext Transfer Protocol
PDA
— Personal Digital Assistant
CD
— Compact Disc
WWW
— World Wide Web
IBM
— International Business Machines Corporation
FQDN
— Fully Qualified Domain Name
RAM
— random-access memory
SAN
— Storage Area Network
RDBMS
— Relational Database Management System
IETF
— Internet Engineering Task Force
PGP
— Pretty Good Privacy (encryption)
DRAM
— Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
DHCP
— Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DNS
— Domain Name Service
PNG
— Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
UDP
— User Datagram Protocol (FDDI related)
BKL
— Big Kernel Lock
WAN
— Wide Area Network
GIGO
— Garbage In Garbage Out (computing)
NFS
— Network File System
IMAP
— Internet Message Access Protocol
TCO
— Total Cost of Ownership
LED
— law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
DLL
— Dynamic Link Library (computer file)
CSMA/CD
— Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
MB
— Megabyte
DOS
— Disk Operating System
MBR
— Master Boot Record
ATA
— Advanced Technology Attachment
CLI
— Command line Interface (Cabletron)
GPRS
— General Packet Radio Service
W3C
— World Wide Web Consortium
TTL
— Transistor-Transistor Logic
PSTN
— Public Switched Telephone Network
BSD
— Berkeley Software Distribution
IANA
— Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
WEP
— Wired Equivalent Privacy
SSL
— Secure Socket Layer
JPEG
— Joint Photographic Experts Group (24-bit image storage format)
ICANN
— Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
NIC
— Network Interface Card
SNMP
— Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM)
USB
— Universal Serial Bus
IC
— Integrated Circuit
IDE
— Integrated Drive Electronics
WAP
— Wireless Application Protocol
TCP
— Transmission Control Protocol
MAC
— Media Access Control
DVD
— Digital Versatile Disc
BIOS
— Basic Input Output System
B
— Byte
CRC
— Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
EFF
— Electronic Frontier Foundation
PPP
— Point-to-Point Protocol
RPC
— Remote Procedure Call
WAP
— Wireless Access Point
OS
— Operating System
FDDI
— Fiber Distributed Data Interface
IEEE
— Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.
TCP/IP
— transmission control protocol/internet protocol
I/O
— Input/Output
GB
— Gigabyte
ICMP
— Internet Control Message Protocol
CVS
— Concurrent Versions System
OSI
— Open Systems Interconnection (iso Standard)
MMU
— Memory Management Unit
SGML
— Standard Generalized Markup Language
RTP
— Real-Time Transport Protocol
RIP
— Routing Information Protocol
MS
— The Company Microsoft
PCMCIA
— Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
SOAP
— Simple Object Access Protocol
SSH
— Secure Shell (Unix program)
LDAP
— Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (pronounced Ell-dap)
AS
— Autonomous System
UID
— User IDentification
URI
— Uniform Resource Identifier
NIS
— Network Information System
OSPF
— Open Shortest Path First (ATM)
WLAN
— Wireless Local Area Network
HDLC
— High-Level Data Link Control
KB
— Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
BGP
— Border Gateway Protocol (routing protocol)
DMCA
— Digital Millennium Copyright Act
TCL
— Tool Command Language
LFS
— Linux from Scratch
TB
— Terabyte
GIMP
— GNU Image Manipulation Program
RARP
— Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
PING
— Packet Internet Groper
POTS
— Plain Old Telephone Service (FCW)
JVM
— Java Virtual Machine
MTU
— Maximum Transmission Unit
BSA
— Business Software Alliance
IPX
— Internetwork Packet Exchange
PKI
— Public Key Infrastructure (cryptography)
HFS
— Hierarchical File System
SU
— Substitute user
GNU
— GNU's Not UNIX (a Recursive Acronym)
GNOME
— GNU Network Object Model Environment
EGP
— Exterior Gateway Protocol
TLB
— Translation Lookaside Buffer
FSF
— Free Software Foundation
RSS
— Really Simple Syndication
NNTP
— Network News Transfer Protocol
SDLC
— Synchronous Data Link Control
MB
— Megabit
LGPL
— Lesser General Public License
VM
— Virtual Memory
KB
— Kilobit
RTOS
— Real-Time Operating System
IGRP
— Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
RJ
— Registered Jack
NTP
— Network Time Protocol
VGA
— Video Graphics Array
CD
— Change Directory
EULA
— End User License Agreement (usually in reference to software)
TTL
— ToS and Time-to-Live
RPM
— Red Hat Package Manager
UCS
— Universal Character Set
GID
— group identification number
OSDL
— Open Source Development Lab
BNC
— Bayonet Neill-Concelman
LZW
— Lempel-Ziv-Welch
GFDL
— GNU Free Documentation License
SMB
— Server Message Block
DLC
— Data Link Control
MS-DOS
— Microsoft Disk Operating System
FDD
— Floppy Disk Drive
PHP
— Hypertext Preprocessor
HDD
— Hard Disk Drive
POP
— Post Office Protocol
LINFO
— The Linux Information Project
TLD
— Top Level Domains
SVID
— System V Interface Definition
TAR
— Tape Archive
DAEMON
— Disk And Execution Monitor
TTY
— teletype terminal
VFAT
— Virtual File Allocation Table
LFS
— Log-Structured File System
IPC
— Interprocess Communication
LILO
— Linux Loader
CDROM
— compact disc read-only memory
LAP
— link access procedure/protocol
LAMP
— Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP
GCC
— GNU Compiler Collection
PAM
— Pluggable Authentication Modules
GBE
— Gigabit Ethernet
MD5
— Message Digest 5
IGP
— Interior Gateway Protocol
KDE
— K Desktop Environment
PNP
— Plug-and-Play
HP
— Hewlett-Packard Development Company
GPG
— GNU Privacy Guard
GB
— Gigabit
UUCP
— Unix-to-Unix Copy Program
POSIX
— Portable Operating System Interface
SDRAM
— Synchronous dynamic random access memory
GRUB
— GRand Unified Bootloader
CUPS
— Common Unix Printing System
CJKV
— Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Vietnamese
TCO
— transmission control protocol
TSL
— transport layer security
CLDR
— Common Locale Data Repository
RMON
— Remote Monitoring
PWD
— Print Working Directory
VLSI
— Very Large Scale Integrated circuitry
SCO
— Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
X
— X Window System
LVM
— Logical Volume Management
UTF
— UCS Transformation Format
EEPROM
— electrically erasable read-only memory
UCB
— University of California at Berkeley's
WXGA
— Wide Extended Graphics Array
WINE
— Wine Is Not an Emulator
CCITT
— Comité Consultatif International Téléphonique et Télégraphique
SRI
— Stanford Research Institute
RHCE
— Red Hat Certified Engineer
FOSS
— Free / Open-Source Software
NILFS
— new implementation log-structured file system
IXP
— Internet exchange points
SGID
— Set Group ID
RAID
— redundant arrays of independent disks
SANE
— Scanner Access Now Easy
LUG
— Linux users group
BELUG
— Bellevue Linux Users Group
UCLA
— University of California at Los Angeles (U.S.)
GOCC
— Government Open Code Collaborative
EDGE
— Enhanced Data GSM Environment
SCSI
— Small Computer Standard Interface
UTMS
— Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
LSI
— Large Scale Integrated Circuits
ODF
— Open Document Format
TRON
— The Real Time Operating System
LSB
— Linux Standards Base
PID
— process identification number
FS
— Filesystem
SUID
— Set User Identity
KCP
— Kernel Control Path
RMS
— Richard M. Stallman
LSB
— Linux Mark Institute
UCITA
— Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
SPAM
— superfluous pieces of additional mail*
MIT
— Massachussets Institute of Technology (USA)
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