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Look through 485 acronyms and abbreviations related to Unix:
URL
— Universal Resource Locator
FCNTL
— file control
UNISTD.H
— Unix standard
GETTY
— get tty
XENIX
— Xenos Unix
XML
— Extensible Markup Language
UNAME
— Unix name
ARP
— Address Resolution Protocol (ATM)
FTP
— File Transfer Protocol
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
CR
— Carriage Return
STDIO.H
— Standard Input/Output Header
SYN
— Synchronous
PS
— PostScript
IRC
— Internet Relay Chat
XARGS
— extended arguments
SIGEMT
— signal: EMT instruction
IP
— Internet Protocol
EXECVE
— execv with environment
VALIGN
— vertical alignment
XDPR
— X dump print
XMKMF
— X make makefile
VARARGS.H
— variable arguments
EM
— emphasize
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
QDAEMON
— queue daemon
SMTP
— Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
HALIGN
— horizontal alignment
AACUTE
— A with accent acute
DEC
— Digital Equipment Corporation
STRCSPN
— string character span
ULIMIT
— user's limit
HTTP
— Hypertext Transfer Protocol
ACK
— Acknowledge (telecommunications; Cf. NAK)
WWW
— World Wide Web
IBM
— International Business Machines Corporation
STRCHR
— string character
RFC
— Request For Comment
PGP
— Pretty Good Privacy (encryption)
STRCAT
— string concatenate
DHCP
— Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
SLIP
— Serial Line Interface Protocol
UDP
— User Datagram Protocol (FDDI related)
PNG
— Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
STRSTR
— string string
NFS
— Network File System
DIV
— Division
SIGABRT
— signal: abort
EOT
— End Of Transmission
RAID
— Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
SIGURG
— signal: urgent I/O condition
KBD
— Keyboard
SCSI
— Small Computer System Interface
PCLOSE
— process close
BSD
— Berkeley Software Distribution
NET
— Network
GIF
— Graphic Interchange Format
MIL
— Military
RFD
— Request For Discussion
FPRINTF
— file print formatted
C
— Center
MHS
— Message Handling System (electronic)
STRSPN
— string span
NL
— New Line
SNMP
— Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM)
YACC
— Yet Another Compiler-Compiler
EXECVP
— execv with path search
BOOTP
— Bootstrap Protocol
TCP
— Transmission Control Protocol
ALT
— Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres
LANG
— language
CRC
— Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check)
PERL
— Practical Extraction and Report Language
STRRCHR
— string character
REALLOC
— re-allocate
ETC
— Et Cetera
BG
— Background
PPP
— Point-to-Point Protocol
HP
— Hewlett Packard's
ICMP
— Internet Control Message Protocol
CVS
— Concurrent Versions System
SIGUSR1
— signal: user-defined signal 1
AELIG
— AE ligature
EXECLP
— execl with path search
OSI
— Open Systems Interconnection (iso Standard)
CALLOC
— cleared allocation
SO
— Shift-Out
SGML
— Standard Generalized Markup Language
MV
— Move
RIP
— Routing Information Protocol
ETX
— End of Text
LF
— Line Feed
EXECV
— execute
STDLIB.H
— standard library
STRCPY
— string copy
NBSP
— Non-Breaking Space
RCS
— Revision Control System
DCE
— Distributed Computing Environment
NIS
— Network Information System
RMDIR
— Remove Directory
DUP
— Duplicate
STTY
— set tty
SIGHUP
— signal: hangup
PASSWD
— Password
TCL
— Tool Command Language
STRCMP
— string compare
NIC
— Network Information Center
HREF
— Hypertext Reference
A
— Anchor
STRTOK
— string tokenize
ORG
— Organization
DNS
— Domain Name Server
BRK
— Break
SVR4
— System V Release 4 Unix
EXECL
— execute list
CC
— C Compiler
CTYPE.H
— character types
CAN
— Cancel
YP
— Yellow Pages
V
— Version
SIGTTOU
— signal: TTY output
FSCK
— File System Check
ATOB
— ASCII to Binary
TTT
— Tic Tac Toe
STRLEN
— string length
MAN
— Manual
SPC
— Space
WC
— Word Count
FSF
— Free Software Foundation
EXEC
— Execute
NNTP
— Network News Transfer Protocol
GREP
— Global Regular Expression Print
SIGALRM
— signal: alarm clock
C
— Close
HD
— Hard Disk
SAMP
— Sample
PPTP
— Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
CAT
— Concatenate
SIGILL
— signal: illegal instruction
RCP
— Remote Copy Protocol
SYNC
— Synchronize
C
— Century
CXX
— C File
STRPBRK
— string pointer break
CDE
— Common Desktop Environment
SRAND
— seed random number generator
NTP
— Network Time Protocol
CD
— Change Directory
IMG
— Image
TMP
— Temporary
TTY
— Teletype Telex Machine
RLOGIN
— Remote Login in Unix
VAR
— Variable
DIR
— Directory
CMP
— Compare
IOCTL
— Input/Output Control
USL
— UNIX System Laboratories
AIX
— Advanced Interactive Executive (IBM)
CHARGEN
— character generator
ERRNO
— error number
STX
— Start of Text
MEM
— Memory
MWM
— Motif Window Manager
U
— Underline
EQN
— Equation
SIGTSTP
— Signal: terminal stop
C
— Cell
BEL
— Bennett Environmental, Inc. (stock symbol; formerly the symbol for Bell Atlantic)
PRINTF
— Print Formatted
TFTP
— Trivial File Transfer Protocol (ATM)
SCANF
— scan formatted
LPD
— Line Printer Daemon
W3C
— Word Wide Web Consortium
XDM
— X Display Manager
WM
— Window Manager
LPQ
— Line Printer Queue
SCCS
— Source Code Control System
CTIME
— convert time
SIGTTIN
— signal: TTY input
JAVA
— [not an acronym] A general purpose, high-level, object-oriented, cross-platform programming language developed by Sun Microsystems
TIFF
— Tag Image File Format
TAR
— Tape Archive
OSF
— Open Software Foundation
FUSER
— file user
CI
— Check In
DAEMON
— Disk And Execution Monitor
BSH
— Bourne Shell
FS
— File Separator
COMM
— Common
MULTICS
— Multiplexed Information and Computing System
GOV
— Government
ETB
— End of Transmission Block
LS
— Listing
PDP
— Programmed Data Processor
I
— Intermediate
LIB
— Libra
DC1
— Device Control 1
COM
— Commercial
FF
— Form Feed
PUSHD
— push directory
SI
— Shift In
TGZ
— tar gz
SIGFPE
— signal: floating point exception
SIGBUS
— signal: bus error
SOH
— Start Of Header
DU
— Disk Usage
US
— Unit Separator
LS
— List-Serv
B
— Bold Text
C
— Cent
ARPA
— Advanced Research Project Agency's
SED
— Stream Editor
KSH
— Korn Shell Programming
SIGCHLD
— Signal: child
UUCP
— Unix-to-Unix communication protocol
VI
— Visual
CSH
— C Shell Programming
BS
— Backspace
DEL
— Delete
EVAL
— Evaluate
NAK
— Negative Acknowledge
ISATTY
— is a tty
GLOB
— Global
ATOF
— ASCII to Float
SSCANF
— string scan formatted
TH
— Table Header
PTY
— pseudo tty
BASH
— Bourne Again Shell
IMAP2
— Interim Mail Access Protocol, Version 2
D
— Daemon
ACIRC
— A with accent circonflexe
NUL
— Null
C
— Cessna
VT
— Video Terminal
C
— Centum
LPR
— Line Print
LORDER
— library order
PROF
— Profile
SZLIG
— sz ligature
ATOI
— ASCII to Integer
OL
— Ordered List
DEV
— Devices
CCEDIL
— C with cedille
DWARF
— Debug with Arbitrary Record Format
P
— Paragraph
ENQ
— Enquiry
ZIP
— Ziv packer
SIGTERM
— signal: terminate
BR
— Break
CP
— Copy (Unix command)
NM
— Names
R
— Remote
ENV
— Environment
UTMP
— temporary file with user information
SUB
— Substitute
LI
— List Item
TCSH
— Tenex C Shell
C
— Centavo
A/UX
— Apple Unix
SINIX
— Siemens Unix
I
— Italic
AGRAVE
— A with accent grave
DLE
— Data Link Escape
LPC
— Line Printer Control
SU
— Superuser
FTOK
— file token
GS
— Group Separator
RS
— Record Separator
PING
— not an acronym
CHDIR
— Change Directory
SPAM
— not an acronym
ROFF
— run-off
RSH
— Remote Shell
AS
— Assembler
AWK
— Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan
SCO
— Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
REC
— Recreation (ground)
PS
— Process Status
CAL
— Calendar
ESAC
— case
SO
— Shared Object
LPRM
— Line Printer Remove
EXECLE
— execl with environment
FMT
— Format
DIFF
— Difference
CHOWN
— Change Owner
PCC
— Portable C Compiler
A
— Archive
ELM
— Electronic Mail for UNIX
CB
— C-Beautifier
EDU
— Educational Disadvantage Unit
UCB
— University of California at Berkeley's
TR
— Table Row
FG
— Foreground
EDU
— Educational Institutions
POPEN
— process open
LN
— Link
TBL
— Table
TK
— Tcl-based Toolkit
CRON
— Chronos
RC
— Run Commands (UNIX)
TZ
— Time Zone
AR
— Archiver
PAX
— Portable Archive Exchange
TR
— Translate
LINT
— not an acronym
SRC
— Source
SIGCONT
— signal: continue
NOM
— Nomenclature
BIFF
— not an acronym
VIM
— Vi Improved
DF
— Disk Free
EXPR
— Expression
TT
— Teletype
HT
— Horizontal Tabulator
GZ
— Gnu Zip
EDU
— Educational Development Unit
SPRINTF
— string print formatted
TSH
— Trusted shell
M4
— macro processor version 4
FTW
— File Tree Walk
TNS
— Transparent Network Substrate
STDDEF.H
— standard definitions
RSH
— Restricted Shell
EDU
— Educational Organizations
UNIQ
— Unique
JSH
— job-control shell
BIN
— binaries
SH
— Shell
SAR
— System Activity Report
STDARG.H
— standard arguments
NOHUP
— no hang-up
CPIO
— Copy In and Out
ISO
— not an acronym
FSTAB
— File System Table
XFD
— X Font Display
LP
— Line Printer
XON
— Transmission On
LS
— Language Specialist
LD
— Library Loader
TERMCAP
— TERMinal CAPability
G
— GNU C Compiler
HPUX
— Hewlett-Packard Unix
RANLIB
— random access library
U
— User
POVRAY
— Persistence of Vision Raytracer
XRDB
— X resource database
SIGWINCH
— Signal: window changed
MPEG
— motion picture expert group
DIRNAME
— directory name
REGEX
— regular expression execute
TEE
— T pipe fitting
ADB
— advanced debugger
NN
— No News
GNU
— GNU is not Unix
SIGIO
— Signal: input/output
RCP
— remote copy program
DVI
— device independant
PR
— prepare
CHMOD
— Change Mode
LINUX
— from Linus
RZ
— Receive Z-modem
ED
— Editorial Division
STRTOL
— string to long
FSCANF
— file scan formatted
TELNET
— TErminal over NETwork
USR
— Unix Shared Resources
CHSH
— change shell
SUB
— Subscript
SDB
— symbolic debugger
MALLOC
— memory allocation
MVDIR
— move directory
ED
— Editorial Department
TEX
— Tau Epsilon Chi
TERMINFO
— Terminal Information
COM
— Commercial Operations Management
CHGRP
— Change Group
LEX
— Lexical Analyser
PBM
— Portable Bitmap
— archive
SPOOL
— Simultaneous Peripheral Operation OnLine
DIFF3
— differences of three files
PRE
— Preformatted
SIGSEGV
— signal: segmentation violation
USENET
— User's Network
SZ
— send Zmodem
PINE
— PINE Is Nearly Elm(Pine Internet News and E-mail)
L
— lex
MINIX
— miniature Unix
RM
— Remove
BSEARCH
— binary search
ID
— Identity
AUML
— A with umlaut
EMACS
— Emacs makes any computer slow
OCLOCK
— O shaped clock
REGCMP
— regular expression compile
TCLSH
— Tcl shell
FGREP
— fixed-string grep
ETH
— ?
BC
— better calculator
RMT
— Remote Magnetic Tape
PS1
— prompt string 1
S
— server-parsed HTML
VT
— Vertical tabulator
SBIN
— superuser binaries
IMAKE
— interface to make
EGREP
— extended grep
ED
— Editorial Decision
DC
— Desk Calculator
LPP
— licensed program products
LD
— Loader Domain
H
— Header file
PICO
— PINE Composer
RARP
— Reverse ARP
WISH
— windowing shell
MOTD
— motto of the day
XWD
— X Window Dump
EMACS
— Escape Meta Alternate Control Shift
VPRINTF
— varargs print formatted
MKFS
— Make File system
LOGNAME
— log-in name
SIGSYS
— Signal: system call
FTIO
— fast tape input/output
MKNOD
— make node
H1
— Header 1
QSORT
— quick sort
ELF
— Extensible Linking Format
H
— Header
SBRK
— segment break
MIME
— Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions
ESC
— Escape
IEEE
— Institute of Electrical and Electronical Engineers
TSORT
— topological sort
OD
— Octal Dump
XWUD
— X window un-dump
TD
— Table Data
SA
— stub archive
DBX
— Extended Debugger
BTOA
— Binary to ASCII
UMASK
— user's mask
RMAIL
— restricted mail
INODE
— Index Node
PRINTCAP
— printer capability
KMEM
— kernel memory
DL
— Define List
RMT
— Raw Magnetic Tape
O
— object code
CO
— Check-Out
PRS
— Print Revision Summary
SYSV
— System V
POPD
— pop directory
TROFF
— typesetter roff
FC
— Fix Command
DD
— dictionary definition
LHARC
— Lempl-Huffman archiver
LN
— Link number
Z
— ?
SUP
— Superscript
XPM
— X Pixel Map
EX
— extended editor
TAB
— Tabulator
Y
— yacc
NAWK
— New AWK
SIGINT
— signal: interruption
XOFF
— Transmission Off
XBM
— X BitMap Format
NL
— number lines
RMDEL
— remove delta
R
— Raw
C89
— 1989 C compiler
RFO
— request for opinions
JPEG
— joint pictures expert group
SHAR
— SHell ARchive
LD
— link editor
LS
— List Show
UL
— Unsorted List
NOBR
— No break
WALL
— write all
PWD
— print work directory
NROFF
— new roff
FD
— file descriptors
DT
— Dictionary Term
FD
— Floppy Diskette
XMP
— example
IFS
— internal field seperators
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