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• CAPT — Canon Advanced Printing Technology
• DEV'T — development
• 3YP — Three Year Period
• POWER PC — Performance Optimized With Enhanced Risc Personal Computer
• CTRL-Z — keyboarding 'undo' command, ^Z
• PPE — Proper Procedure Environment
• PPW — Processing Plus Wait
• POSIX — Portable Operating System Interface based on UNIX
• PPRC — Peer-to- Peer Remote Copy
• K7 — Cassette
• POE — Peter's Operating Environment
• POTS — Peripheral Online Technical Standards
• PPN — Project Programmer Number
• PPG — Persistent Programming Group
• POL — Phase Ordering Language
• POM — Performance Operation And Maintenance
• POG — PC Only Gamer
• CPAR — Corrective Preventive Action Reporting
• ARPANET — Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet)
• XML — Extensible Markup Language
• B2B2C — Business to Business to Consumer
• DRGM — Deutsches Reich Gebrauchsmuster (German patent)
• E&OE — Errors and Omissions Excepted
• CAGR — Compound Annual Growth Rate
• WYSI — What You See Is ....
• OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
• ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
• H&A — Help & Advice
• APR — Annual Percentage Rate
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• ARP — Address Resolution Protocol (ATM)
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• DYODD — Do Your Own Due Diligence
• MSG — Message
• MFKS — Multifunktionales Konferenzsystem
• U/LC — Upper/Lower Case typeset
• LFG — Looking For Group
• LIFO — Last In, First Out
• PMW — Product Maintenance Window
• FIFO — First In, First Out
• E.&O.E. — errors and omissions excepted
• S/N — Serial Number
• IP — Internet Protocol
• PMCS — Preventive Maintenance Care Schedule
• Y2M — You're too Much
• EAP/MAP — Employee Assistance Program/ Member Assistance Program
• MAN — Metropolitan Area Network
• SYN — Synchronous
• PJM — Project Resource Management
• PIFS — Point Inter- Frame Space

• B1G1 — Buy 1 Get 1 free
• PLC — Personalized Localized And Customized
• PMO — Policy Management Object
• PJR — Project Resource
• PINT — Pint Is Not Twian
• PITS — Persistent Information Technology System
• PL/I — Programming Language 1
• FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
• PING — Peninsula Interactive Networking Group
• PII — Program Image Inspector
• ATAM — Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method
• PIKB — Pathways and Interaction Knowledge Base
• AML — Anti-Money Laundering
• OAI-PMH — Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
• ARDLC — Automatic Revolving, Documentary Letter of Credit
• AA — Affirmative Action
• CQI — Continuous Quality Improvement
• ZADIR — Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery
• PEBKAC — Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair (ditto)
• ZINA — Zina Is Not Andromeda
• NSFW — Not Safe for Work
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
• ABC — activity based costing
• HTTP — Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• BBIAB — Be Back In A Bit
• ARPA — Advanced Research Projects Agency (made early internet)
• UAX-16 — Unicode Standard AnneX 16, UTF- EBCDIC
• XD1 — Cray high performance computing system
• SRAM — Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram)
• IBM — International Business Machines Corporation
• WWW — World Wide Web
• UAX-13 — Unicode Standard AnneX 13, Unicode Newline Guidlines - Superceded by Unicode Standard Version 4.0
• DA&O — disclosure, apology and offer
• GUIP — Graphical User Interface for Blind people
• PDA — Personal Digital Assistant
• 5YP — Five Year Plan
• UAX-15 — Unicode Standard AnneX 15, Unicode Normalization Forms
• W4WG — Windows for Workgroups
• MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
• UAX-10 — Unicode Standard AnneX 10, Unicode Collation Algorithm
• UAX-1 — Unicode Standard AnneX 1, Burmese, Khmer, Ethiopian ( Superceded by Unicode Standard Version 3.0)
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• T.O — timed out
• E2ECE — End-to-End Customer Experience
• UAX-14 — Unicode Standard AnneX 14, Line Breaking Properties
• UAX-18 — Unicode Standard AnneX 18, Unicode Regular Expression Guidelines
• UAX-11 — Unicode Standard AnneX 11, East Asian Width
• PALET — PurpleLeap Active Learning Environment Technology
• E-TTL — Evaluative Through-The-Lens

• SPOC — Single Point Of Contact
• · — logical AND, conjunction (programming, IC design)
• SAAS — Software as a Service
• D-VWI — Digital Vacuum Wax Injector
• XK-6 — Xtreme Keyboard 6
• UAX-19 — Unicode Standard AnneX 19, UTF-32 ( Superceded by Unicode Standard Version 4.0)
• RAM — random-access memory
• DVP — Delivery Versus Payment
• WASAF — Wealthy Adaptive Search Algorithm Framework
• 24/7 — Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week
• ARM — Adjustable Rate Mortgage
• XMFWG — eXtensible Music Format Working Group
• UAX-17 — Unicode Standard AnneX 17, Character Encoding Model
• UAX-27 — Unicode Standard AnneX 27, UNICODE 3.1
• UAX-6 — Unicode Standard AnneX 6, Standard Compression Scheme for Unicode
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• RFO — Reason For Outage
• UAX-3 — Unicode Standard AnneX 3, Exploratory Proposals for Less Common Scripts ( Superceded by Unicode Standard Version 3.1)
• UAX-2 — Unicode Standard AnneX 2, Sinhala, Tibetan, Mongolian ( Superceded by Unicode Standard Version 3.0)
• FIPS — Federal Information Processing Standard
• UAX-8 — Unicode Standard AnneX 8, Unicode Standard Version 2.1 ( Superceded by Unicode Standard Version 4.0)
• IETF — Internet Engineering Task Force
• JAID — Journal And Information Databases
• AAFES — Army and Air Force Exchange Service
• PEBCAK — Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard
• WML — Wireless Markup Language
• COO — Chief Operation Officer
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• AUM — Assets Under Management
• UAX-7 — Unicode Standard AnneX 7, Plane 14 Characters for Language Tags ( Superceded by Unicode Standard Version 4.0)
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• ABM — Activity Based Management
• AD — Advertisement
• PICNIC — Problem in Chair Not in Computer
• BCC — Blind Carbon Copy
• DHCP — Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• QDPB — Query Default Portfolio Balance
• BCM — Business Continuity Management
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• JAID-WOG — Journal And Information Databases - Working Group
• ACM — Association for Computing Machinery
• NFS — Network File System
• ASSN. — Association
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• HASCII — Hebrew in ASCII characters
• BNIB — Brand New In Box
• ITU — International Telecommunication Union
• AS/RS — automated storage and retrieval system
• WDMD — Web and Digital Media Development
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology

• DCOM — Distributed Component Object Model
• AE — Account Executive
• C4ISR — Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
• APP — Application
• COY — Company (military Unit)
• UDP — User Datagram Protocol (FDDI related)
• BHAG — Big Hairy Audacious Goal
• DBMS — Database Management System
• APPT — Appointment
• ATP — Available To Promise
• BD — Business Development
• MSA — Metropolitan Statistical Area
• UI — User Interface
• BEA — Bureau of Economic Analysis
• GPRS — General Packet Radio Service
• FCC — Federal Communications Commission (US)
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced Eb-see-dik) (cf. BCD)
• PSTN — Public Switched Telephone Network
• BSOD — Blue Screen Of Death
• DDE — Dynamic Data Exchange (in software parlance)
• AIS — Automated Information System
• COGS — Cost of Goods Sold
• AGP — Accelerated Graphics Port
• AGM — Annual General Meeting
• EDVAC — Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
• EPCMV — Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management and Validation
• BOO — Build Own Operate
• @ — at
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• W3C — World Wide Web Consortium
• PERT — Program Evaluation and Review Technique
• CKO — Chief Knowledge Officer
• CMM — Capability Maturity Model
• DFX — Design for Excellence (X = Manufacturability, Testability, Cost-Effectiveness)
• MBR — Master Boot Record
• ATA — Advanced Technology Attachment
• DMAIC — define, measure, analyze, improve, and control.
• CADD — COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN & DRAFTING
• ARM — Advanced RISC Machines Ltd
• EDW — Enterprise Data Warehouse
• OMG — Object Management Group
• RMB — Right Mouse Button
• ADC — Area Distribution Center
• RISC — Reduced Instruction Set Computer
• BASIC — Beginners Allpurpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• XTML — eXtensible Telephony Markup Language
• TOC — Table of Contents
• JPEG — Joint Photographic Experts Group (24-bit image storage format)
• MIMO — Multiple Input, Multiple Output
• TN — Tunisia

• DR — Disaster Recovery
• SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
• EPF — Employees Provident Fund
• BCP — Business Continuity Plan
• AADC — Automated Area Distribution Center
• ENIAC — Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
• AOR — Area of Responsibility. The assigned area to any given unit.
• I/O — Input/Output
• CAFTA — Central American Free Trade Agreement
• SNMP — Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM)
• PBX — Private Branch eXchange (company phone system)
• EBKAC — Error Between Keyboard and Chair
• SEO — Search Engine Optimizer
• FDDI — Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• CRLF — Carriage Return Line Feed
• BBB — Better Business Bureau's
• OS/360 — IBM 360 operating system (1960s)
• ICANN — Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
• CPG — Consumer Packaged Goods
• DMAIV — Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Verify
• CORBA — Common Object Request Broker Architecture
• AIM — Alternative Investment Market
• USB — Universal Serial Bus
• ADB — Accidental Death Benefit
• COQ — Cost Of Quality
• CAI — Computer-Aided Instruction
• BAU — Business As Usual
• COTS — Commercial Off the Shelf Software
• PGN — Portable Game Notation
• RPG — Report Program Generator
• PGDCA — Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application
• BCP — Best Current Practice
• DME — Durable Medical Equipment
• ASCOT — Asset Swapped Convertible Option Transaction
• MICR — Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
• VDT — Video Display Terminal
• ALARP — As Low as Reasonably Practicable
• SMIL — Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
• ITIL — Information Technology Infrastructure Library
• BER — Bit-Error Rate
• APPL — Application
• RFQ — Request For Quote
• SYSOP — System Operator
• CFV — Call For Vote(s)
• RPC — Remote Procedure Call
• COBOL — Common Business-Oriented Language
• SVG — Scalable Vector Graphics
• COMML — Commercial
• SDH — Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (ATM)
• UAE — Unrecoverable Application Error

• ASM — Administrative Support Manual
• PERL — Practical Extraction and Report Language
• ADEA — Age Discrimination in Employment Act's
• VBR — Variable Bit Rate (ATM)
• AMTFTC — Alternative minimum tax foreign tax credit
• FCA — Functional Configuration Audit
• ASP — Average Selling Price
• NTF — No Trouble Found
• GUID — Globally Unique Identifier
• 4CC — Four-Character Code
• NCSA — National Center for Supercomputing Applications
• AFS — Available For Sale
• TSR — Terminate and Stay Resident [software program]
• NSA — National Security Agency
• ICMP — Internet Control Message Protocol
• PDU — Protocol data unit (such as segment, packet, frame, etc.)
• GA — General Agent
• CTQ — Critical To Quality
• UQF — User's Questions Forum
• ACPI — Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
• CHAP — Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (ATM)
• RET — Return
• PIN — Personal Identification Number
• CMYK — Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
• AEAP — As Early As Possible
• DPV — Delivery Point Validation
• UBD — User Brain Damage
• LTO — Linear Tape-Open
• LDAP — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (pronounced Ell-dap)
• PAAS — Platform-as-a-Service
• PCMCIA — Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
• CFP — Certified Financial PlannerTM
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• ECMA — European Computer Manufacturer's Association
• ERM — Enterprise Resource Management
• AIDA — Attention, Interest, Desire, Action
• SIG — Special Interest Group
• BPEL — Business Process Execution Language
• DVR — Digital Video Recorder
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter
• SPE — Special Purpose Entity
• ASQ — Alpha System Qualification
• MMU — Memory Management Unit
• ETX — End of Text
• RHS — Right Hand Side
• OSPF — Open Shortest Path First (ATM)
• C&E — Cause and Effect
• PUD — Planned Unit Development
• BAT — Business Action Theory
• CMMI — Capability Maturity Model Integrated

• HTTPS — HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure
• BPC — Business Planning Cycle
• D-RAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory
• SOE — Standard Operating Environment
• MFT — Master File Table
• EMR — Experience Modification Rate
• QAM — quadrature amplitude modulation
• HRMS — Human Resource Management System
• AT — Advanced Technology
• B2C — Business to Consumer
• AFC — Average fixed costs
• AGP — Advanced Graphics Port
• VIRUS — Vital Information Resources Under Siege
• RACF — Resource Access Control Facility
• MRU — Most Recently Used
• AA — Automobile Association (UK)
• ADT — Abstract Data Type
• DINKS — Dual Income, No Kids
• BCPL — Basic Combined Programming Language (progenitor Of C)
• ICR — Intelligent Character Recognition
• LOC — Lines Of Code
• EMP — Environmental Management Plan
• AON — All or None
• ALGOL — Algorithmic Language
• NNTP — Network News Transport Protocol (ATM)
• ADRAM — Asynchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
• BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
• LRU — Least Recently Used
• ECOA — E-Mail Change of Address
• SDK — Software Development Kit (Microsoft)
• SEQ — Sequence
• RCS — Revision Control System
• C2C — Customer to Customer
• ASO — An Administrative Services Only
• AAHC — American Association for History and Computing
• COLI — Corporate-Owned Life Insurance
• GWS — Google Web Server
• DSU — Data Service Unit
• AVI — Audio Video Interleave
• WYO — Write Your Own
• BSA — Business Software Alliance
• BCC — Block Check Character
• COSO — Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
• AS — Autonomous System
• SOA — Start of Authority (domain name system record)
• ZEN — Zero Effort Network
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• MBPS — Megabytes Per Second
• CPD — Continuous Professional Development
• ABI — Acquired Brain Injury

• D&B — Dun & Bradstreet
• GPIO — General Purpose Input/Output
• SN — Sequence Number
• LPI — Lines Per Inch
• DDMMYY — Day, Month, Year
• ATM — Adobe Type Manager
• DCMI — Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (Online Computer Library Center)
• PFR — Portable Font Resource
• IAAS — Infrastructure as a Service
• BSIT — Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
• CATV — Cable Television
• HMA — High Memory Area
• HLL — High Level Language
• CRUD — Create, Read, Update and Delete
• DREN — Defense Research and Engineering Network
• BAN — Bond Anticipation Note
• AFV — Alternative-Fuel Vehicle
• TIMTOWTDI — There Is More Than One Way To Do It
• GNOME — GNU Network Object Model Environment
• HSI — Hue Saturation Intensity
• NIS — Network Information Service
• DIT — Directory Information Tree
• AIP — Annual Incentive Plan
• AOIC — Automated Offer in Compromise
• CBEMA — Computer & Business Equipment Manufacturers Association
• E/M — Evaluation and Management
• STF — Summary Tape File
• EECB — Executive E-mail Carpet Bomb
• CISA — Certified Information Systems Auditor
• AMR — Audio Modem Riser
• RARP — Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
• EEA — European Economic Area
• IDC — Internet Data Center
• CUS — Customer
• BPCS — Business Planning and Control System
• EIRR — Economic Internal Rate of Return
• RESP — Registered Education Savings Plan
• MPEG — Motion Picture Experts Group
• AMW — Average Monthly Wage
• ASN — Abstract Syntax Notation
• ART — Alternative Risk Transfer
• HCPCS — Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System
• USENET — USEr NETwork
• AMI — Alternate Mark Inversion
• CRI — Color Rendering Index
• EGP — Exterior Gateway Protocol
• FAT — File Allocation Table
• QAZ — Qwertyuiop, Asdfghjkl, Zxcvbnm
• HFS — Hierarchical File System
• CPNI — Customer Proprietary Network Information

• BW — Business Warehouse
• IEEE-SA — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Standards Association
• BER — Basic Encoding Rules (ASN.1)
• ARIN — American Registry for Internet Numbers
• AST — Abstract Syntax Tree
• CSUQ — Computer System Usability Questionnaire
• MCSD — Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
• NVOD — Near Video On Demand
• IIS — Internet Information Services
• VOD — Video On Demand
• MODEM — MOdulator/DEModulator
• DDN — U.S. Defense Data Network
• DDCMP — Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
• CCTA — Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency
• ASIC — Application Specific Integrated Circuit
• BPAM — Basic Partitioned Access Method
• IDL — Interface Definition Language
• ADDMD — Administrative Directory Management Domain
• 3GPP — Third Generation Partnership Project
• ORB — Object Request Broker
• BAT — Best Available Technology
• OTPROM — One Time Programmable Read-Only Memory
• PXE — Preboot Execution Environment
• ARU — Audio Response Unit
• AM — Access Method
• BRA — Basic Rate Access
• MCA — Micro Channel Architecture
• RUP — Rational Unified Process
• IMS — Information Management System (LTPP)
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• RTOS — Real-Time Operating System
• AIFF — Audio Interchange File Format
• FCW — Federal Computer Week
• CERCLA — Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
• HAL — Hardware Abstraction Layer
• GML — Generalized Markup Language
• BLC — Business Letter Corpus
• ITL — Information Technology Laboratory
• PSW — Program Status Word
• VGA — Video Graphics Array
• DHTML — Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language
• TPF — Transaction Processing Facility
• VRML — Virtual Reality Modeling Language
• BWDMC — Best Western | Digital Marketing Consultant
• ABEND — Abnormal End
• CNTRL — Central
• BOGO — Buy One Get One
• BPA — Business Process Automation
• JCL — Job Control Language
• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration

• RDRAM — RAMBUS Dynamic Random Access Memory
• CAPPC — Computer Aided Production Planning and Control
• GID — group identification number
• MS-DOS — Microsoft Disk Operating System
• ACMS — Automated Configuration Management System
• APR — Annual Performance Report
• CALEB — Computer Applications For Logistics Engineering And Business
• LSB — LINUX Standard Base
• CDQ — Kogan- Wallach Choice Dilemmas Questionnaire
• LMB — Left Mouse Button
• AHP — Analytical Hierarchy Process
• ZIP — Zone Information Protocol
• ATDNSHINC — Any Time Day and Night, Sundays and Holidays INCluded
• BIC — Bank Investment Contract
• SMDS — Switched Multimegabit Data Service (ATM)
• AP — access point
• OOPL — Object Oriented Programming Language
• JDK — Java Development Kit
• GBPS — Gigabits per second
• CERTS — Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions sposored by the United States Department of Energy and California Energy Commission (US)
• WINS — Windows Internet Name Service
• % — percent
• ASE — Application Service Element
• NACK — Negative ACKnowledge
• AAOCC — Accuracy Authority Objectivity Currency And Coverage
• ISAM — Indexed Sequential Access Method
• MIDI — Musical Instrument Digital Interface
• CBIS — Computer Based Information System
• ANC — African National Congress
• RIMM — RAMBUS In-Line Memory Module
• LZW — Lempel-Ziv-Welch
• EPS — Encapsulated Postscript
• IOCR — Intelligent Optical Character Recognition
• AAF — Advanced Authoring Format
• SWT — Standard Widget Toolkit
• IGMP — Internet Group Management Protocol
• A/O — and/or
• AADT — Average Annual Daily Traffic
• RJ — Registered Jack
• BOE — Barrel of oil equivalent (international)
• DFDSS — Data Facility Data Set Services
• DUA — Directory User Agent
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• MCDBA — Microsoft Certified DataBase Administrator
• AMT — Active Management Technology
• COFF — Common Object File Format
• VBA — Visual BASIC for Applications
• ABC — Atanasoff-Berry Computer
• UTM — Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System)
• UTF — Unicode Transformation Format

• NOMAD — Neurally Organized Mobile Adaptive Device
• POP3 — Post Office Protocol 3 (email)
• CODASYL — COnference on DAta SYstems Languages
• UTP — unshielded twisted pair
• SNA — System Network Architecture
• SOM — System Object Model
• GDTR — Global Descriptor Table Register
• SWEBOK — Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
• OSF — Open Software Foundation
• TPAMI — IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
• ASN.1 — Abstract Syntax Notation One
• ACFM — Alternating Current Field Measurement
• STX — Start of Text
• AOCE — Apple Open Collaboration Environment
• WAIS — Wide Area Information Server
• AUI — Attachment Unit Interface
• IRDS — Information Resource Dictionary System
• SDSL — Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• FTAM — File Transfer Access and Management
• MD5 — Message Digest 5
• ACSI — American Customer Satisfaction Index
• QDR — Quad Data Rate
• GDI — Graphics Device Interface
• ADC — Apple Display Connector
• AIT — Advanced Intelligent Tape
• CART — Classification And Regression Tree (method In Statistical Analysis)
• LPD — Line Printer Daemon
• ADD — Addenda
• CCIR — International Radio Consultative Committee (French Acronym)
• CODEC — Coder/decoder
• TCB — Task Control Block
• DER — Distinguished Encoding Rules
• NAV — Norton Anti-Virus
• AITS — Automated Inventory Tracking System
• AR — Augmented Reality
• AC97 — Audio CODEC 97
• AABB — Axis-Aligned Bounding Box
• B2B — Business-to-Business
• W3 — World Wide Web
• CPW — Commercial Processing Workload (IBM CPU spec)
• CCTLD — country code Top Level Domain
• COMDEX — Computer Dealers Exposition
• BOC — BELL OPERATING COMPANIES
• RAC — Reliability Analysis Center
• AVR — Automatic Volume Recognition
• GIF89A — Graphics Interchange Format
• DVB — Digital Video Broadcasting
• AVC — Advanced Video Coding
• SLIP — Serial Line Internet Protocol
• VLAN — Virtual Local Area Network

• IVRS — Interactive Voice Response System
• SVGA — Super Video Graphics Array
• VFAT — Virtual File Allocation Table
• BATNA — Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement
• APMC — Advanced Project Management Certification
• GIOP — General Inter-ORB Protocol
• PL/1 — Programming Language 1
• TMR — Triple Modular Redundancy
• CVF — Compressed Volume File
• NTSC — National Television System Committee video standard
• ASR — Automated System Recovery
• SQL/DS — Structured Query Language/Data System
• DBE — Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
• OPI — Open Prepress Interface
• CTSS — Compatible Time Sharing System
• LDT — Local Descriptor Table
• AIDA — Awareness, Interest, Desire, and Action
• OOPS — Object Oriented Programming System
• IPX — Internet Packet Exchange
• SOX — Schema for Object-Oriented XML
• FSK — Frequency Shift Keying
• IPMI — Intelligent Platform Management Interface
• CAPCHA — Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
• HSB — Hue, Saturation, Brightness
• FTTC — Fibre To The Curb
• QTAM — Queued Teleprocessing Access Method
• SPA — Software Publishers Association
• GPU — Graphics Processing Unit
• CSE — Custom Search Engine
• CUPS — Common Unix Printing System
• ETB — End of Transmission Block
• FOSE — Federal Office Systems Exposition
• IMAP — Internet Mail Access Protocol
• SAS — Serial-Attached SCSI
• ABEC — Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
• BIW — Business Information Warehouse, SAP
• DLP — Defect Liability Period
• BLD — Build
• MEB — Memory Expansion Board
• CIRC — Cross-Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code
• BCT — by copy to
• AMS — Access Method Services
• RJE — Remote Job Entry
• DIMM — Dual Inline Memory Module
• US — Unit Separator
• ANR — Automatic Network Routing
• ATAPI — Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
• ADC — Automatic Data Collection
• OOM — Out of Memory
• DEL — Delete

• CMIP — Common Management Information Protocol (ATM)
• CAGD — Computer-Aided Geometric Design
• LDP — Linux Documentation Project
• FRAD — Frame Relay Access Device
• BABA — Book A Bed Ahead
• JSR — Java Specification Request
• WSDL — Web Services Description Language
• AAMPP — Artists, Agents, Managers, Producers, Promoters
• MEGA- — prefix meaning times 10^6 or 2^20
• PSRAM — Pseudo SRAM
• CPAN — Comprehensive PERL Archive Network
• CCPM — Critical Chain Project Management
• SDRAM — Synchronous dynamic random access memory
• NDIS — Network Driver Interface Specification (Microsoft Windows NT)
• ABR — Accredited Buyers Representative
• TELNET — Telecommunications Network Protocol
• 5S — Sifting, Sorting, Sweeping, Standardizing, Sustaining
• AED — Automatic External Defibrillator (less common)
• NQF — National Qualifications Framework
• CCW — Channel Command Word
• E- — prefix meaning electronic
• TCP/IP — Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol
• STT — Secure Transaction Technology
• DISSOS — Distributed Office Support System
• ABI — Automated Broker Interface
• BDAM — Basic Direct Access Method
• QSAM — Queued Sequential Access Method
• URS — User Requirement Specification
• ACSE — Application Control Service Element
• JES — Job Entry Subsystem
• TCU — Transmission Control Unit
• CFCI — Contractor Furnished Contractor Installed
• HTML — Hyper-Text Markup Language
• BCMS — Business Continuity Management System
• SIL — System Integration Laboratory
• BDU — Brain Dead User
• DCIM — Digital Camera Images
• FLOPS — FLoating-Point Operations Per Second
• BSAM — Basic Sequential Access Method
• BASH — Bourne Again Shell
• MPG — Migration Policy Group
• ESQA — Extended System Queue Area
• EPCOT — Every Paycheck Comes On Thursday
• UCD — User-Centered Design
• ASC — Accredited Standards Committee
• RMS — Resource Management System
• ADUC — Active Directory Users and Computers
• AFAP — As Fast As Possible
• AIMD — Additive Increase, Multiplicative Decrease
• SNOBOL — String Oriented Symbolic Language

• JAS — Java Application Server
• WSFL — Web Services Flow Language
• GAL — Global Address List
• J# — 'J-sharp' a programming language like JAVA
• IRM — information resource management
• OL — Ordered List
• CSH — C Shell Programming
• SUB — Substitute
• RDA — Remote Data Access
• MFM — Modified Frequency Modulation
• EBIDTA — Earnings Before Interest Depreciation Taxes and Amortization
• CSPD — Comprehensive System of Personnel Development
• P3P — The Platform for Privacy Preferences Project
• DSDM — Dynamic Systems Development Method, Ltd
• CT2T — Continuous Tone to Tape
• EOJ — End Of Job
• AFR — Alternate Frame Rendering
• CNM — Communication Network Management
• VSAM — Virtual Storage Access Method
• CCNA — Cisco Certified Network Administrator
• CSECT — Control Section
• NVT — Network Virtual Terminal
• IPSE — Integrated Project Support Environment
• EASDAQ — European Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
• DIFS — Distributed coordination function InterFrame Space
• FCT — File Control Table
• ULSI — Ultra Large Scale Integration
• APDU — Application Protocol Data Units
• ACB — Access method Control Block
• SVA — Shared Virtual Area
• SPX — Sequenced Packet Exchange
• FEAL — Fast Data Encipherment Algorithm
• BTA-ES — Basic Teleprocessing Access Method - Extended Storage
• L2TP — Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
• CEC — Commission of European Communities (see EC, EEC)
• ARR — Absolute Risk Reduction
• DLSW — Data Link Switching
• AS2 — Applicability Statement 2
• BTAM — Basic Teleprocessing Access Method
• SPMN — Software Program Managers Network
• BLA — Biologics License Application (Food & Drug Administration)
• EDG — Electronic Dot Generation
• LI-ION — Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
• BCH — Bose, Chaudhuri, Hocquengum
• UP — User Profile
• DLE — Data Link Escape
• DMCI — Direct Memory Communications Interface
• ZCS — Zero Code Suppression
• GDT — Global Descriptor Table
• AAL5 — ATM Adaptation Layer 5

• IGP — Integrated Graphics Processor
• VIO — Virtual Input/Output
• CPIC — Common Programming Interface for Communications
• BAS — Basic Activity Subset
• MLLF — Modified-Least-Laxity First scheduling algorithm
• LVT — Light Valve Technology
• ABP — Annual Business Plan
• CD-R — Compact Disc-Recordable
• ANS — Advanced Network Services
• B8ZS — Binary Eight Zero Substitution
• MAU — Multistation Access Unit
• BEBD — Batch Enroll Benefit/Deduction
• WORA — Write Once Run Anywhere
• AMIS — Audio Messaging Interchange Specification
• BDR — Basic Density Range
• HDMI — High Definition Multimedia Interface
• BCS — British Computer Society
• DSOM — Distributed System Object Model
• UDMA — Ultra Direct Memory Access
• GATF — Graphic Arts Technical Foundation's
• BHT — Branch History Table
• IPRC — Intellectual Property Rights Committee
• BAR — British Accreditation Registry
• BISYNC — Binary Synchronous Communications Protocol
• EBQ — Economic Batch Quantity
• ADDIE — Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate
• IOC — ISDN Ordering Code
• DQDB — Distributed Queue Dual Bus
• ABNDT — Abundant
• HSSI — High Speed Serial Interface (IBM)
• SIFS — Short InterFrame Space
• AIA — Aerospace Industries Association
• BCP — Bulk Copy Program
• DXI — Data Exchange Interface
• BNN — Boundary Network Node
• CPFF — Cost Plus Fixed-Fee
• DBO — Design, Build, Operate
• AWP — Average Wholesale Price
• CALS — Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistic Support
• DFE — Design For Environment
• JPG — Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
• COSS — Cross Operating System Service
• ITB — Intermediate Transmission Block
• DFSMS — Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem
• LMP — Link Manager Protocol
• C# — C-sharp programming language
• REBOOT — Reuse Based Object-Oriented Technology
• JNA — Java Native Access
• LUT — Look Up Table
• DELMIA — Digital Enterprise Lean Manufacturing Interactive Application

• NAU — Network Addressable Unit
• ISPF — Interactive System Productivity Facility
• CLK — Clock
• CMEA — Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• CRJE — Conversational Remote Job Entry
• BBD — Bigger Better Deal
• FH — Frame Handler
• CID — Configuration, Installation and Distribution
• BUZ — Buzzer
• BABT — British Approvals Board for Telecommunications
• EDIF — Electronic Design Interchange Format
• KDD — Knowledge Discovery in Databases
• ITRC — Information Technology Requirements Council
• ODD — Optical Disk Drive
• CSDN — Circuit Switched Data Network
• DFHSM — Data Facility Hierarchical Storage Manager
• OIT — Office of Information Technology
• VER — Version
• VRAM — Video Random Access Memory
• LCS — Lotus Communication Server
• FCB — Format Control Buffer
• KIPS — Kilo Instructions per second
• BTAC — Branch Target Address Cache
• JDE — Java Development Environment
• BAE — Before Anything Else
• CLLI — Common Language Location Identifier
• OODBMS — Object-Oriented Database Management Systems
• WNMS — Wireless Network Management System
• ENC — Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
• CCID — Credit Card Identification
• EPOW — Emergency Power Off Warning
• IFIP — International Federation of Information Processing societies
• C&EA — Cause and Effect Analysis
• VCPI — Virtual Control Program Interface
• UTG — Universal Time-code Generator
• CDB — Command Descriptor Block
• CVOL — Control Volume
• BF — Before Food
• AIU — Application Interface Unit
• DOMF — Distributed Object Management Facility
• BKGD — Background
• OLTP — On-Line Transaction Processing
• WINE — Wine Is Not an Emulator
• DFC — Distributed Coordination Function
• GIS — Generalized Information System
• UDDI — Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
• DFWMAC — Distributed Foundation Wireless Media Access Control
• ACTS — Automated Computer Time Service
• MYSQL — open source database software
• ZD — Zero Defects

• SAML — Security Assertion Markup Language
• UNC — Uniform Naming Convention
• ADVT — advertisement
• XSLT — Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation
• DRQ — Data Request
• TCTTE — Terminal Control Table Terminal Entry
• MVS/XA — Multiple Virtual System / Extended Architecture
• PAX — Portable Archive Exchange
• NEPOMUK — Networked Environment for Personalized, Ontology-Based Management of Unified Knowledge
• IBM DOS — IBM's Personal Computer Disc Operating System
• UCB — Unit Control Block
• AOW — Asian and Oceanic Workshop for open systems
• CIRIA — Construction Industry Research and Information Association
• BCF — Bridge Control Facility
• DTAM — Document Transfer, Access and Manipulation
• ASTS — Asynchronous System Traps
• CHPID — Channel Path Identifier
• ACF — Advanced Communication Facility
• BAL — Business Application Language
• NAP — Network Access Point
• AGS — Advanced Graphics System
• AEA — Activity End Acknowledge
• MSIE — Microsoft Internet Explorer
• TAO — The ACE ORB
• ACU — Automatic Calling Unit
• KE — Knowledge Engineer
• FORD — Fix Often, Repair Daily
• HIC — Host Interface Computer
• RFH — Request for Help
• LIOCS — Logical Input/Output Control System
• PDX — Printer Description eXtension
• BITNIC — Bitnet Network Information Center
• WCAG — Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• TSB — Technical Service Bulletin
• GKS — Graphical Kernel System
• LZ — Lempel-Ziv
• RF — Resume Flag
• CAQ — Computer-Aided Quality Assurance
• NIW — Not In Word
• ACDS — Active Control Data Set
• ESCON — Enterprise System Connection Architecture
• CSCW — Computer Supported Collaborative Work
• NUMA — Non Uniform Memory Access
• UMPC — Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer
• BCV — Business Continuous Volume
• ABM — Automated Banking Machine
• FTW — File Tree Walk
• SRR — Software Requirements Review
• IOCP — Input/Output Configuration Program
• AEI — Application Entity Invocation

• TDM — Time Division Multiplexing
• AOT — Ahead-of-Time
• AF — Application Framework
• EREP — Environmental Record Editing and Printing program
• EDIM — Electronic Data Interchange Message
• BMIC — Bus Master Interface Controller
• SOH — Start of Heading
• GDG — Generation Data Group
• CP-SVR — Control Point to Server
• ILM — Information Lifecycle Management
• ASDL — Abstract Syntax Description Language
• EOV — End Of Volume
• ACIA — Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter
• EDE — Embedded Development Environment
• JGL — Java Generic Library
• GIX — Global Internet Exchange
• DHT — Distributed Hash Table (network storage)
• UR — Unit Record
• KL — Key Length
• CP/M — Control Program for Microcomputers
• EXCP — Execute Channel Program
• MS-CIT — Maharashtra State Certificate in Information Technology
• LUG — Linux users group
• LOS — Local Operator System
• CPK — Complex Process Capability Index
• HT — Horizontal Tabulator
• VDI — Video Display Interface
• EIT — Encoding Information Type
• VLB — Vesa Local Bus
• SAPI — Speech Application Programming Interface
• DWF — Drawing Web Format (files)
• AMS — Advertising Management System
• NIMH — Nickel-Metal Hydride
• CNMA — Communication Network for Manufacturing Applications
• MGA — Monochrome Graphic Adapter
• 1Q — First Quarter
• UPC — Universal Product Code
• IMS/VS — Information Management System/Virtual Storage
• CMOT — Common Management Information Protocol Over TCP/IP
• BSDS — BootStrap Data Set
• RLO — Reusable Learning Object
• HIG — Human Interface Guidelines
• EZ — Excessive Zeros
• AEP — Annual Enrollment Period
• BTMFL — Business Technology Management Financial Loss
• CHL-I — CHanneL Interface
• CNF — Conjunctive Normal Form
• ATL — Active Template Library
• OGSA — Open Grid Services Architecture
• NJE — Network Job Entry

• CCF — Call Control Functional
• XII — Execution and Incomplete Information
• ADM — Additional Dealer Markup
• ATIMA — As Their Interests May Appear (insurance)
• HGC — Hercules Graphics Card
• SRE — Software Risk Evaluation
• AL — Address List
• APIA — API Association
• QRC — Quick Reference Card
• HWG — Harmonization Working Group
• BOCES — Board Of Cooperative Educational Services
• AC — Advisory Committee
• DBRT — Directed Beam Refresh Terminal
• DFT — Distributed Function Terminal
• VCC — Virtual Circuit Connection
• MVS/ESA — Multiple Virtual System / Extended System Architecture
• BIRT — Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools
• JCC — Job Control Command
• CRN — Customer Reference Number
• CAISE — Computer Aided Integrated Software Engineering
• EBCD — Extended Binary Coded Decimal
• AFP — AppleTalk File Protocol
• NTS/2 — Network Transport Services/2
• DDRM — Device driver interface/Driver kernel interfaceReference Manual
• CICP — Construction Industry Crime Prevention Program
• QMF — Query Management Facility
• EWOS — European Workshop for Open Systems
• TAPI — Telephony Application Programming Interface
• GIGA — Billion (10^9 or 2^30)
• DCAF — Distributed Console Access Facility
• ACW — After Call Work
• MQM — Message Queue Manager
• JAXB — Java Architecture For Xml Binding
• BVRJ — Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro
• ACCPADD — Account Pseudonym Address
• NHRP — Next Hop Routing Protocol (ATM)
• JECL — Job Entry Control Language
• BES — Bursty Errored Seconds
• ACE — Asynchronous Communications Element
• ADV — Advertising
• MCCOI — Multimedia Communications Community of Interest
• CAIDI — Customer Average Interruption Duration Index
• DECUS — Digital Equipment Computer Users Society
• PLY — Python Lex-Yacc
• DMSMS — Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages Center of Excellence
• NVRAM — NonVolatile Random Access Memory
• EHLLAPI — Emulator High Level Language Applications Programming Interface
• UCR — Undercolor Removal
• BAM — business activity monitoring
• ENE — Enterprise Network Event

• XRML — Extensible Rights Markup Language
• LLC2 — Logical Link Control Layer 2
• ERDS — Error Recording Data Set
• HPR — High Performance Routing
• ATA — Agrarische Termijnmarkt Amsterdam
• ICEM — Integrated Computer Engineering and Manufacturing
• ITLD — International Top-Level Domain
• EUU — End User Update
• SEMA — Software Engineering Measurement and Analysis
• REW — Rewind
• TNC — Terminal Node Controller
• MBCS — Multiple Byte Character Set
• SSRAM — Synchronous Static Random Access Memory
• COSINE — Cooperation for OSI Networking in Europe
• BB — Blackberry
• LINUX — Linus Torvald's UNIX
• CM/2 — Communication Manager / 2
• BKM — Best Known Method
• MULTICS — MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service
• CAMAC — Computer Automated MeAsurement Control
• SCDS — Source Control Data Set
• COMAL — Common Algorithmic Language
• SANE — Scanner Access Now Easy
• ATTRA — Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
• ALT — Application Load Table
• CELP — Code Excited Linear Prediction
• BV — Business Volume
• TU — Time Unit
• WATS — Wide Area Telecommunications Service
• MQ — message queue (formerly)
• DTU — Date/Time Update
• COSE — Common Open Software Environment
• VLP — Very Low Power
• CIAM — Computer Integrated and Automated Manufacturing
• DL/1 — Data Language 1
• ATMP — Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol
• CAPSC — Computer Aided Production Scheduling and Control
• PTN — Partition
• FTTH — Fibre To The Home
• IMR — Interrupt Mask Registers
• EIUF — European ISDN User Forum
• BD — Back Door
• ZDNET — Ziff-Davis Network
• CSLIP — Compressed SLIP
• BEP — Best Efficiency Point (centrifugal pumps)
• VERONICA — Very Easy Rodent Oriented Netwide Index To Computerized Archives
• IPO — Input Process Output
• DOS/VSE — Disk Operating System/Virtual Storage Extended
• CDDI — Copper Data Distribution Interface
• CO. — Company

• WMF — Windows Metafile
• EEC — Electronic Engine Control
• TXX — Text Control ActiveX
• VIA — Virtual Interface Architecture
• LAPS — LAN Adapter Protocol Support Program
• B — Business
• OHS — Open Hypertext System
• TTR — Transactional Track Record
• VSN — Volume Serial Number
• OODB — Object-Oriented Data Base
• AYP — Adequate Yearly Progress
• HMMP — Hypermedia Management Protocol
• SCORM — Shareable Content Object Reference Model
• RDDL — Resource Directory Description Language (riddle)
• ESDS — Entry Sequenced Data Set
• DSF — Device Support Facility
• APA — All Points Addressable
• IGS — Interchange Group Separator
• CTS-WAN — Conformance Testing Services for WAN
• CADIS — Computer Aided Design Interactive System
• SSCP — Subsystem Service Control Point
• RRT — Rapidly-Exploring Random Tree
• CDTV — Commodore Total Vision
• HMMS — Hypermedia Management Schema
• LUB — logical unit block
• POWER — Priority Output Writer, Execution processors and input Readers
• ATSF — Alert Transport Service Facility
• COA — Certificate of Analysis
• JDC — Java Developer Connection
• DKI — Driver Kernel Interface
• DPF — Data Private Facility
• AAR — Against All Risks
• ISMF — Interactive Storage Management Facility
• COPQ — Cost Of Poor Quality
• A — Approved
• TWX — Teletypewriter Exchange Service
• CSS3 — Cascading Style Sheets Level 3
• ENP — Enable Presentation
• DDCS — Distributed Database Connecion Services/2
• DSSI — Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
• LOOP — Logic of Object Oriented Programming
• RHL — Red Hat Linux
• SLU — Secondary Logical Unit
• APM — An Application Performance Management
• TARGA — Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter
• LDMF — Librarian Disc Master File
• AQF — Australian Qualification Framework
• DSNL — Direct Swift Network Link
• SBCS — Single-Byte Character Set
• BIFR — Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

• PTE — Page Table Entry
• PDAU — Physical Data Access Unit
• PER — Program Event Recording
• VPD — Vital Product Data
• EARN — European Academic and Research Network
• VHDSL — Very High-bit rate Digital Subscriber Loop
• CWD — Current Working Directory
• HPCL — Hewlett-Packard Control Language
• PPFA — Page Printer Formatting Aid
• ESF — Extended SuperFrame
• CLIM — Compaq/Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
• VUE — Visual User Environment
• CNLP — Connectionless Network Protocol
• ODSI — Open Directory Service Interfaces
• FBM — Fix Block Modus
• EEOP — Equal Employment Opportunity Plan
• EPDE — Electronic Product Data Exchange
• AMP — Average Manufacturer Price
• QUX — The fourth of the standard metasyntactic variable, after baz and before the quu(u...)x series.
• ASO — Application Service Object
• FMLI — Forms and Menu Language Interpreter
• SCI — Scalable Coherent Interconnect
• DFSORT — Data Facility Sort
• MTDA — Mean Time Data Availability
• EPV — Extended Precision Vector
• HPGL — Hewlett-Packard Graphical Language
• MOTIS — Message-Oriented Text Interchange Systems
• MFV — Multi File Volume
• COMREG — Communication Region
• LMA — Lightspeed Memory Architecture
• SWOP — Specifications for Web Offset Printing
• SIV — System Information Viewer
• TRN — TRaNsparent
• DVST — Direct View Bistable Storage
• CMFC — Committee to Fight Microsoft Corporation
• TCA — Task Control Area
• BPMM — Business Process Maturity Model
• PFK — Program Function Key
• ACE — Advanced Collaborative Environment
• MLPPP — MultiLink PPP
• DLUR/S — Dependent LU Requester / Server
• AURA — Automated Underwriting And Rating Application
• LISP — List Programming
• EEMA — European Electronic Mail Association
• ISFMS — Indexed Sequential File Management System
• PIOCS — Physical Input/Output Control System
• PJA — Pure Java AWT
• RVR — Reload Verification Report
• CAO — Computer Aided Office
• HLS — Hue-Lightness-Saturation

• GTF — Generalized Trace Facility
• AIMS — Automotive Invoicing Management Software
• ETCOM — European Testing and Certification for Office and Manufacturing protocols
• PRDMD — Private Directory Management Domain
• FL — Function Level
• PLPA — Pageable Link Pack Area
• MFWS — MultiFunction WorkStation
• VGM — Video Graphics Monitor
• CPRR — Cost per Reportable Result
• JEIDA — Japan Electronics Industry Development Association
• GGI — General Graphics Interface
• CCITT — Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique
• LIM-EMS — Lotus Intel Microsoft EMS
• CAH — Computer Aided Handling
• IOGEN — Input/Output device GENeration
• REN — Rename
• MRCP — Media Resource Control Protocol
• DLSE — Device Level Selection Enhanced
• WIA — Windows Image Acquisition
• AVR — Advanced Virtual RISC
• VOB — Versioned Object Base
• H&J — Hyphenation and Justification
• NCCF — Network Communication Control Facility
• KSDS — Key Sequenced Data Set
• VAD — Value-Added Dealer
• AWS — Alternative Work Schedule
• ZLE — Zero-Latency Enterprise
• MFA — Modify Field Attribute
• DEVT — Development
• SDCT — NIST Software Diagnostics and Conformance Testing Division
• IA5 — International Alphabet Five
• MPC — Multimedia Personal Computer
• PCN — Personal Communication Network
• FE — Front End
• TPI — Tracks Per Inch
• UCSB — Universal Character Set Buffer
• DMNL — Direct Multi Network Link
• PMMU — Paged Memory Management Unit
• NC — Numeric Control
• DFU — Demand Forecast Unit
• MHEG — Multimedia and Hypermedia Expert Group
• SLR — Service Level Reporter
• MITU — Multimedia Interactive Teaching Unit
• ILC — InterLanguage Communication
• FOB — Form Overlay Buffer
• UDT — Unreliable Data Transfer
• CRRA — Constant Relative Risk-Aversion
• IKBS — Intelligent Knowledge-Based System
• RLD — Relocation Dictionary
• SHEL — Software, Hardware, Environment, And Liveware

• DOZEN — A group of 12 units or items, usually used in packaging.
• MPOA — MultiProtocol Over Asynchronous transfer mode
• DLBL — Disk Label
• LSSD — level-sensitive scan design
• ABU — Application Business Unit
• RREU — Right Reading Emulsion Up
• BHF — British Heart Foundation
• MMDF — Multi-Channel Memorandum Distribution Facility
• ACTN — Action
• PVP — Packet Video Processor
• EATNA — Expected Alternatives To a Negotiated Agreement
• HPCC — High Performance Computing and Communications (NOAA)
• CSU — Customer Service Unit
• FCP — File Control Program
• SLO — Service Level Objectives
• INP — Inhibit Presentation
• RPN — Reverse Polish Notation
• EOC — End of Cylinder
• CWS — Coalition for Working Systems
• AR — Attention Routine
• JIS — Jabber Interoperability Suite
• NFNT — New Font Numbering Table
• EDIMS — EDI Messaging System
• DRB — Design Review Board
• RUV — Replace, Update, And Verbose
• AOR — Acknowledgment of Receipt
• MCGA — MultiColour Graphics Array
• BCO — Business Capacity Owner
• PLU — Primary Logical Unit
• ISPF/PDF — ISPF Program Development Facility
• ADC — Active Directory Connector
• NETSP — Network Security Program
• HSC — Hierarchical Storage Controller
• EPSF — Encapsulated PostScript Format
• BFLPE — Big-Fish-Little-Pond-Effect
• VGC — Video Graphics Controller
• PPT — Processing Program Table
• NLT — Nucleus Load Table
• GE — Graphic Escape
• DLUS — Dependent LU Server
• BC — Binary Counter
• MPDRAM — Multiport Dynamic Random Access Memory
• SFE — Start Field Extended
• BDF — Bitmap Distribution Format
• PGA — Professional graphics adapter
• TDIA — Transient Data Input Area
• BAM — Basic Access Methods
• SRU — Shared Resource Unit
• ISODE — ISO Development Environment
• DLUR — Dependent LU Requester

• USR — Unix System Resources
• RWL — Real World Look
• HDBV — Host Data Base View
• SBS — Subscription Broadband Service
• DECI- — a prefix meaning 1/10th
• DIFM — Do It for Me
• SDTS — Spatial Data Transfer Standard
• THZ — TeraHertz
• LUGIP — Linux Users Group in Princeton
• VDAC — Video Digital Analog Converter
• AD — Aggregate Demand
• RNL — Required New Line
• ROBDD — Reduced Ordered Binary Decision Diagram
• VCNA — Vtam Communication Network Application
• TADSTAND — Tactical Automation Digital STANDard
• SHY — Syllable Hyphen
• UCW — Unit Control Word
• CIL — Common Intermediate Language
• IULS — Integrated Update of Legacy Systems
• LINUS — see Linux
• REL — Release
• UPSI — User Program Switch Indicator
• PUB — Physical Unit Block
• TLBL — Tape Label
• DECA- — a prefix meaning times 10
• ODBS — Online Data Base Solution
• SLD — Structured Logic Design
• STL — Standard Template Library
• POST — power-on self test
• NVS — NonVolatile Storage
• PCP — Program Control Program
• PSSL — Private Source Statement Library
• SERPT — Shortest Expected Remaining Processing Time
• KILO- — prefix meaning times 10^3 or 2^10
• BDC — Business Data Catalog
• ATG — Advanced Technology Group
• MMFS — Manufacturing Manage Format Standard
• ADDDB — Accidental Death, Dismemberment, and Disability Benefit
• VI — Virtual Interface
• UVX — Ultra-Violet Overlaminate Film
• OSTC — Open System Testing Consortium
• FC — File Control
• ACE — Achieving Customer Excellence
• HDLC — High Level Data Link Communications
• USAISEC — United States Army Information Systems Engineering Command
• PC-DOS — IBM's Personal Computer Disc Operating System
• EDID — Extended Display Identification Data
• PDAD — Proposed Draft Addendum
• LART — Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool
• RMF — Resource Management Facility

• BBC — Business To Business To Consumer
• EDB — Employee Data Base
• DDV — Dialog Data Validation
• MPSD — MultiPath Storage Director
• NCR — Numeric Character Reference
• MMDS — Multi-Megabit Data Services
• FFS — Flash File System
• WDRM — Wireless Design Reference Manual
• CTTE — Committee
• TIC — Technical Integrity Check
• OSNS — Open Systems Network Support
• BTL — Better-Than-Life
• WIFI — Wireless Internet Free Internet
• ONX — Open Node Syntax
• SNT — Sign-On Table
• ERTEE — Everything is Related to Everything Else
• UWG — user working group
• CVE — Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
• KBU — Keyboard Unit
• NPQL — Non procedural query language
• CIV — Conversation Verb Interface
• SGG — Simple Gallery Generator
• SL — Source Statement Library
• QBX — Question Before eXecution
• VEGA — Vector Evaluated Genetic Algorithm
• ! — logical NOT, negation (programming, IC design)
• SCODL — Scanned Conversion Object Description Language
• EBIDT — Earnings Before Interest, Depreciation, and Taxes
• VS — Virtual Storage
• GO-ITS — Government of Ontario Information and Technology Standards
• CBB — Could Be Better
• OSIRM — OSI Reference Model
• AS — Application System
• MSAA — Microsoft Active Accessibility
• TDOA — Transient Data Output Area
• PVL — Parameter Value Language
• PHIGS — Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System
• LDIF — LDAP Data Interchange Format RFC 2849
• RWX — Read, Write, Execute permission
• ZSH — Z shell
• AHT — Average Handling Time
• ACAC — Agree, Confirm, Answer, and Close
• SFBI — Shared Frame Buffer Interconnect
• PCIL — Private Core Image Library
• VAST — Virtual Archive Storage Technology
• CWT — Customer Wait Time
• IAE — Integral Absolute Error
• ROAD — Rapid Object Application Development
• IUT — Implementation Under Test
• ASA — Advertising Standards Authority

• BVD — Best Value Delivered
• RRED — Right Reading Emulsion Down
• ZAR — Zero Assumption Recovery
• VD — Virtual Disk
• AIP — Approval in Principal
• ACR — Annual Confidential Reports
• USM — Unsharp Masking
• PNM — Progressive Networks Metafile (URL of Real Audio File in .ram files)
• PNN — Probabilistic Neural Network
• ICDL — International Computer Driving License
• BAV — Brand Asset Valuator
• RTM/SF — Realtime Monitor / Systems Facility
• TKO — Turn Key Operation
• TD — Transient Data
• POR — Power On Reset
• SPOOL — Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line
• NMI — NonMaskable Interrupt
• XTP — Extreme Transaction Processing
• ERU — Emergency Recovery Utility
• APC — Assessment of Professional Competence
• TCT — Terminal Control Table
• DITY — Do It Yourself
• ADI — Access Decision Information
• POC — Program-Operator Communication
• UIE — User Interface Engineering
• AE(S) — adverse event(s)
• SPP — Scalable Parallel Processing
• IA — Information Architecture
• LAD — Language Acquisition Device
• VICKI — Virtual Intelligence Computer Knowledge Interface
• OUM — On-line User Manual
• RRDB — Rapidly Reconfigurable Data Base
• ESPRIT — European Strategic Programme for Research and Development in Information Technology
• ALE — Annual Loss Expectancy
• CR. — Credit
• WBL — Weird Blinking Lights
• IPL — Interrupt Priority Level
• DNF — Data Not Found
• ABI — Annual Business Inquiry
• RFF — Required Form Feed
• R0 — Record zero
• RL — Relocatable Library
• SOS — Start of Significance
• RTCP — Realtime Transport Control Protocol
• WDDX — Web Distributed Data Exchange
• TEO — Technical Electronic Office
• XTM — XML Topic Maps
• AP — Accounting Period
• GPR — General Purpose Register
• &C — and so forth [et cetera [Lat.])

• HIPO — Hierarchical Input Process Output
• WER — Word Error Rate
• SLAM — Syntactic Language Abstraction Method
• VTLN — Vocal Tract Length Normalization
• AOE — Area of Emphasis
• NUP — NEAN Update Programme
• TNEF — Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format
• GFF — General Feature Format
• SOPC — System On a Programmable Chip
• MNCF — Mission Knowledge Center Framework
• SMLI — Stateful MultiLayer Inspection
• AMBCS — Associate Member of the British Computer Society
• GPIB — General Purpose Interface Bus
• RWSI — Remote Workstation Interface
• ADDD — Accidental Death, Dismemberment, and Disability
• COBIT — Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology
• CDROM — Compact Disk Read Only Memory
• SSID — SubSystem IDentifier
• VKB — Virtual Knowledge Base
• AEC — Associated Equipment Company, Ltd
• GAE — Google App Engine
• A/V — Audio/Video
• ACCE — American Chamber of Commerce Executives
• ADA — Analog/Digital/Analog
• SCA — Shared Control Array
• WWA — Wireless Web Application
• VBN — Vermitteltes Breitbandnetz
• REZ — Resolution
• RXV — Receiver Video
• ACBJ — American City Business Journals, Inc.
• AMO — Automatic Monthly Order
• AC — Actual Count
• ICCP — Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals
• SJF — Shortest Job First
• TX — Telex
• AIQ — Artificial Intelligence Quotient
• AMM — Answering Machine Message
• CCL — Common Command Language
• CLB — Configurable Logic Block
• KAI — Knowledge Automation Infrastructure
• PEP — Partitioned Emulation Program
• ABN — Advance Beneficiary Notice
• TOCCTOU — Time Of Check to Time Of Use
• OOPSLA — Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications
• AOI — Advance Ordering Information
• IAVA — Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert
• UHB — Ultra- High Bandwidth
• VBF — Visual Batch File
• RYB — Red-Yellow-Blue
• SPS — Superscript

• TOOT — Toms Object Oriented Tutorial
• TPM — Third-Party Maintenance
• ADDC — Automatic Data Direction Control
• ACCRA — American Chamber of Commerce Research Association
• SIRDS — Single-Image Random Dot Stereogram
• AOCB — Any Other Competent Business
• D2D — Door to Door
• MAAS — Multicast Address Allocation Server (host providing multicast address allocation services to end users)
• DEAD IN THE WATER — Unproductive
• AOR — Advanced Orthomolecular Research
• GOP — Group Of Pictures
• SV — Storage Violation
• LOLROTF — Laughing Out Loud, Rolling On The Floor
• G6 — Assistant Chief of Staff for Information Management - G6
• WWV — Standard time and frequency station, 2.5 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz, 20 MHz, Fort Collins, Colorado
• ABCA — Abbreviations, Brevity Codes, and Acronyms
• CANE — Commitment and Necessary Effort
• MUFI — Medieval Unicode Font Initiative
• ATS — Automated Trading System (Securities and Exchange Commission national market system plan)
• HF — Header File
• EMAIL — Electricity Meter And Allied Industries Limited
• APQP — Advance Product Quality Planning
• HLAPI — High-Level Application Programming Interface
• OGSA-SEC-WG — Open Grid Services Architecture Security Working Group
• MIKE — Managed Information and Knowledge Environment
• CPOT — Consolidated Priority Organization Target list
• ELC — Embedded Linux Consortium
• READY — Real-Time Environmental Applications and Display System
• ABC — Always Be Closing
• VM/SP — Virtual Machine/System Product
• CFBP — Council for Fair Business Practices
• 6S — Sifting, Sorting, Sweeping, Standardizing, Sustaining, Safety
• BIDW — Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
• KDU — Keyboard Display Unit
• BCMT — Business Continuity Management Team
• CICO — Copy In Copy Out
• DMAIE — Define, Measure, Analyze, Innovate, and Embed
• DORA — Dealer Order Receipt Acknowledgment
• OFTP — Odette File Transfer Protocol
• WORM — Write Once, Read Many times
• MJPEG — Motion Joint Photographic Experts Group
• BOG OFF — Buy One Get One For Free
• BATNEEC — Best Available Technology Not Entailing Excessive Cost
• EHSMS — Environment, Health and Safety Management System
• TXC — Transmission Complete
• ACL — Audit Command Language
• BIRD — Bridgestone Innovative and Rational Development
• APD — Automatic Power Down
• WCAG 1.0 — Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
• ALF — Annual Licensing Fee

• ITIS — Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• CUI — Custom User Interface
• ACIO — Agency Chief Information Officer
• BKH — Business Know-How
• ASM — Abstract State Machine
• NEP — Never Ending Program
• ADDM — Asynchronous Distributed Decision Making
• OAK — Object Application Kernel
• CPRS — Canadian Public Relations Society
• ASAB — Administrative Systems Advisory Board
• GTS — Giga Texel Shading
• APO — Authorized Personnel Only
• ASCP — Advanced Supply Chain Planning
• BST — Buy, Sell, Trade
• PIPS — Parallel Information Processing System
• TKH — Technical Know- How
• DOS/VS — Disk Operating System/Virtual Storage
• XBL — XBox Live
• PVCS — Polytron Version Control System
• CASP — Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
• ADC — Apple Developer Connection
• EMBOK — Engineering Management Body Of Knowledge
• CUSP — Commonly Used System Program
• CBK — Common Body Knowledge
• ADR — Administrative Dispute Resolution
• CCMS — Customer Care Management System
• CFTP — Customer Focused Technology Planning
• APS — Active-Pixel Sensor
• AVS — Advanced Visualization System
• PAQ — Previously Asked Questions
• HKU — HKEY_USERS (Windows registry)
• CMAB — Cost Management Advisory Board
• ADDB — Accountancy Investigation And Discipline Board
• WASC — Web Application Security Consortium
• BARC — Business Application Research Center
• C OF C — Certificate of Compliance
• GIF — Graphics Interchange Format
• RSOP — Resultant Set of Policy
• AEO — Annual Energy Outlook
• LQ — Letter Quality
• BSY — Busy
• PL1 — Programming Language/1
• MAMBO — Media Asset Management By Objects
• CVA — Company Voluntary Arrangement
• UBE — Unsolicited Bulk E-Mail
• IUP — Installed User Program
• AMC — Annual Maintenance Contract
• DIC DEVICE-INDEPENDENT COLOR — Device-Independent Color
• BPMI — Business Process Management Initiative
• MPX — Multiplex

• UF — User Friendly
• QV — Quick View
• FOOBAR — variant of FUBAR yet vastly different meaning
• BKGND — Background
• DITTO — Drop In To The Oasis
• ACE — Access Channel for Employees
• CLICK! — Communicate courteously; Listen to learn; Initiate immediately; Create connections; Know your stuff
• SCO — Sharable Content Object
• BPUG — Best Practice User Group
• BYTE — Binary Yoked Transfer Element
• RAMAC — Random Access Method of Accounting and Control
• ECKD — Extended Count Key Data
• CWW — Compressed Work Week
• ACWP — AccuracyActual Cost of Work Performed
• CPDF — Central Personnel Data File
• ACME — Association for Chinese Management Educators
• ANA — Aviso de Negociação de Ações
• DDT — Dynamic Debugging Technique
• EIO — Enhanced Input Output
• VSE — Virtual Systems Engineering
• OAA — Open Agent Architecture
• NVP — Name-Value Pair
• JAIL — Jestly Artificial Intelligent Language
• PMBOK — Project Management Book Of Knowledge
• CONASEV — Comisión Nacional Supervisora de Empresas y Valores
• CAPA(S) — corrective and preventive action(s)
• INTERNET — Internetworking
• SBM — Super Bit Mapping
• UXP — User eXperience Planning
• ADAT — Alesis Digital Audio Tape (recording Format)
• AAIS — Automated Acquisition Information System
• WIDL — Web Interface Definition Language
• NIIT — National Institute of Information Technology
• CAB — Customer Advisory Board
• HHC — Hand-Held Computer
• AU — Automatic Updates
• WGSE — Working Group on Software Engineering
• CIBC — Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce (obsolete)
• ADD — Attribute Driven Design method
• DTBD — Date to Be Determined
• PFP — Pixel for Pixel
• IWWWC — International World Wide Web Conference
• WATM — Wireless Asynchronous Transmission Mode
• CCAA — Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
• ACP — Association of Computer Professionals
• ADID — Advertising Digital IDentification
• GGPSSO — Guidelines for Good third-party-access Practice for Storage System Operators
• BAM — Benefit Accuracy Measurement
• CAWI — Computer-Assisted Web Interviewing
• DAAS — Data as a Service

• ATT — Attachment
• BF — Bold Font
• ADD — Apple Data Detectors
• IMAC — Internet Macintosh
• OTE — Open Transaction Environment (IBM mainframes CICS)
• HITS — Headend in the Sky
• CIW — Certified Internet Webmaster
• ACC — Accident Compensation Corporation
• CPFR — Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment
• WGOT — Working Group on Technology
• AIO — Asynchronous Input/Output
• AABA — Airport Area Business Association
• KGI — Kernel Graphics Interface
• E.G. — for example (exempli gratia [Lat.])
• CREM — Corporate Real Estate Management
• PUW — Pro-util For Windows
• ITES — Information Technology Enterprise Solutions
• DONE — Digital Open Network Environment
• APPRO — Approval
• CIDA — Coalition for Interior Design Accountability
• HTOL — High Temp Operating Life
• OOT — Object-Oriented Technology
• MCH — Memory Controller Hub
• DANA — Dynamic Actor Network Analysis
• DIO — Data Input-Output
• DEAR — Drop Everything and Relax
• AIC — Account Identifier Code
• CAPEX — Capacity Expansion
• ALT — Algorithmic Learning Theory
• MMOG — Massive Multiplayer Online Game
• CAFM — Computer Aided Facilities Management
• DMCA — Digital Millenium Copyright Act
• RCU — Read Copy Update
• E M — evaluation and management
• LJ — Laser Jet
• RMC — Right Mouse Click
• * — In searches, a wildcard
• AGP — Add Grace Period
• DVMT — Daily Vehicle Miles of Travel
• OFH — Open File Handler
• DIAS — Digital Information Archiving System
• HASP — Hardware Against Software Piracy
• ELVIS — Eli Lilly Virtual Information System
• APS — Automated Planning and Scheduling
• REJ — Reject
• DJ — Desk Jockey
• B2E — Business to Employee
• QIS — Quality Information System
• OR — Originator / Recipient
• BCIS — Building Cost Information Service

• WWVB — Standard Time And Frequency Station, 60KHz, Fort Collins, Colorado
• WWVH — Standard Time And Frequency Station, 2.5 Mhz, 5 Mhz, 10 Mhz, 15 Mhz, Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
• BHD — Berhad
• WLSG — Working Level Steering Group
• CRISP — Complete Repeatable Informative Schedulable And Portable
• MOU — Minutes of Use
• DNMS — Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy
• ABUI — Association of Banyan Users International
• XIP — Execute In Place
• SLF — Stiff Little Fingers
• CRR — Credit Risk Rating
• ATC — Advanced Transfer Cache
• 6S — Six Sigma
• OVA — Original Video Animation
• FBGA — Fine Ball Grid Array
• AACE — Austin Atari Computer Enthusiasts
• SPTS — Single-Program Transport Stream
• CWC — Call Work Code
• LRN — Local Reference Number
• EGS — Employment Guarantee Scheme
• IPF — Invalid Page Fault
• MTC — MIDI Time Code
• BCWS — Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled
• CLUT — Color Look Up Table
• RRK — Rapid Recall Keypad
• BCC — Blind Courtesy Copy
• ATL — Automatic Tape Library
• PDH — Performance Data Helper
• TS-CAL — Terminal Services - Client Access License
• DODO — Dealer-Owned Dealer-Operated
• WNDB — Windows DataBase
• DOGBITE — DO it Or Get Bitten In The End
• AMP — Aetna Management Process
• UU — Unix-To-Unix
• ARAP — Assigned Risk Adjustment Program
• E-COMMERCE — Electronic Commerce
• YOL — Your Own Language
• CEPA — Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
• POF — Persistent Object Framework
• BDA — Before During and After
• LPV — Live Picture Viewer
• ALSP — Authorized Label Suppliers Program
• AAG — At A Glance
• ZEC — Zenith Electronics Corporation
• BR&E — Business Retention and Expansion
• HMI — Host Micro Interface
• UFST — Universal Font Scaling Technology
• WISIWYG — What I See Is What You Get
• ACS — Ada Compilation System
• APLC — A Professional Law Corporation

• BDS — Bid Data Sheet
• GSOD — Gray Screen of Death
• CPCA — Common Peripheral Controlling Architecture
• BRF — Booking Request Form
• QRH — Quick Reference Handbook
• ACII — Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute
• ARM — Accelerated Reply Mail
• DOR — Display Order Record
• BBO — Best Bid/Best Offer
• 10D — ten pence
• WLQL — WebLogic Query Language
• GFE — Group Format Error
• DIKW — Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom
• MUGH — Microsoft User Group Hyderabad (India)
• POD — Print On Demand
• ATM — Against the Mainstream
• ECOM — Electronic Commerce Operations Management
• EIBO — Entrepreneurship & International Business Organization
• KSI — Key Stroke Interface
• DMAIT — Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Trash it
• 2Q — Second Quarter
• POI — Piece of Information
• SKL — Systems Knowledge Link
• BSFF — Buffer Stock Financing Facility
• C.O.D. — cash on delivery
• Z/OS — latest operating system in the OS/360 lineage
• CRMBA — Customer Relationship Management Benchmarking Association
• A2K — Access to Knowledge
• IMPS — Instant Messaging and Presence Services
• EFTS — Electronic Funds Transfer System
• MPW — Macintosh Programmer's Workshop
• CUSTOMER — Customer Use And Survey Techniques For Operation Marketing Evaluation And Research
• AMP — Audio MPEG Player
• ATS — Angel the Series
• ACRO — Automatic Color and Resolution Optimization
• PKS — Process Knowledge System
• AS — Activity Start
• EIES — Electronic Information Exchange System
• BAA — Business Administration and Accountancy
• AUA — Acceptable Use Agreement
• DFLSS — Design For Lean/ Six Sigma
• EPICC — Emergency Preparedness for Industry and Commerce Council
• CHPQA — Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance
• WLS — Weblogic Server
• BR. — Branch
• IBE — Integrated Business Environment
• IAW — In Another Window
• FFB — Feature Function And Benefit
• COCC — Computer orBit Commerce Centre
• LWSP — Linear White Space

• IG — Instance Generator
• ART — American Refrigerator Transit Company
• AMIS — Automated Management Information System
• GVU — Graphics, Visualization and Usability
• CILQ — Cross Industry Location Quotient
• ORT — Object Relations Technique
• EDIFACT — Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transportation
• AACS — Australasian Association of Convenience Stores
• AIO — Activities, Interests and Opinions
• 3Q — Third Quarter
• KIV — Knowledge Integration Vector
• CCRP — Corporate Component Repair Program
• KBI — Knowledge Based Information
• D-TEAM — Development Team
• ACS — Accredited Certification Scheme
• AAA — Authentication Authorisation and Accounting
• PVD — Primary Volume Descriptor
• LXE — Lightguide Express Entry
• DIR — Doing It Right
• UTR — Unicode Technical Report
• AF — Air Freight
• IPMS — Information Processing Management System
• ITAM — Information Technology Asset Management
• AQH — Average Quarter Hour
• SCOOT — Split Cycle Offset Optimization Technique
• ADM — Automated Deposit Machine
• BDR — Business Delivery Review
• WNK — Wink-Start
• ACER — A Computer Entrepreneurial Revolution
• NCOIC — Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium
• DDSN — Demand Driven Supply Network
• 4Q — Fourth Quarter
• PACE — Plan Activate Check And Enable
• APA — Arithmetic Processing Accelerator
• AA — Ascii Art
• NCCI — National Correct Coding Initiative
• CGEG — Center for Global Economic Growth
• ARK — Assets, Resources and Knowledge
• SHTTP — Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
• ESV — Expanded Service Volume
• WBP — Web Best Practices
• TXQ — Transaction Queue
• STD — State Transition Diagram
• CD-RW — Compact Disc - ReWritable
• MIM — Mobile Information Management
• GDA TECH — Global Design and Automation Technologies
• BPF — Business Process Fusion
• MEME — Multitasking Extensible Messaging Environment
• BF — Before Flight
• PLOP — Pattern Languages of Programs

• CHS — Common Hardware/Software
• EDCSM — Event Driven Customer Satisfaction Measure
• BMOA — Business Memorandum of Agreement
• EGD — Entropy Gathering Daemon
• QRG — Quick Reference Guide
• 5XBCOER — 5 X-Bar Central Office Equipment Reports System
• EHM — Equipment Health Management
• DMSS — Decision Making Support System
• DODAF — Department of Defense Architecture Framework
• UXF — UML (Unified Modeling Language) Exchange Format
• AAMRO — American Airlines Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul
• GLP — Good Laboratory Practise
• ECGA — Extended Compact Genetic Algorithm
• FER — Front End Representation
• EAF — Effort Adjustment Factor
• MOLAP — Multidimensional On-line Analytical Processing
• JCF — Job Control Format
• CCFF — Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility
• BN — Business Number
• ERA — Extended Registry Attribute
• DAST — Direct Analog Storage Technology
• CATMI — Confederation of ATM Industry
• ITAT — Information Technology Architecture Team
• AJT — Advanced Job Training
• GUIDE — Graphical User Interface Design Environment
• KFK — Keyboard Function Key
• AWOP — Another Way Of Paying
• DGA — Direct Graphics Access
• DRS — Direct Registration System
• USS — Unix System Services (IBM)
• ABC — A Business Commitment
• LPF — Lineo Package File
• SFN — Short File Name
• APMS — Advanced Plant Management System
• OIU — Operator Interface Unit
• HOE — Holographic Optical Elements
• MUP — Multiple UNC Provider
• 10Q — Report on stock that businesses need to file with the Federal Government
• CGO — Central Gilts Office
• DSCM — Demand and Supply Chain Management
• KCR — Knowledge Center Resources
• GHOST — General Hardware Oriented System Transfer
• OF — Output File
• AACTS — APS Automated Client Tracking System
• WNRO — Week Number Roll Over
• GINO — Garbage In Nothing Out
• ANUM — Authority, Need, Urgency, and Money
• GDSS — Generic Data Switching System
• 10-QSB — Quarterly and Transition Reports of Small Business
• XAAS — X (anything) As A Service

• NORM — Normalize Once Render Many
• KDI — Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence
• APPR — Annual Professional Performance Review
• QFP — QuakeForge Project
• HITPC — Health Information Technology Policy Committee
• FK — Foreign Key
• ADBA — Also Does Business as
• UNIVAC1 — Universal Automatic Computer 1
• BLP — Bypass Label Processing
• BDI — Business Data Integration
• ABC — A Better Company
• WSUP — Web Student Unification Project
• CDHP(S) — Consumer-driven health plan(s)
• GRP — Gentoo Reference Platform
• FSC — Fujitsu Siemens Computers
• CECA — Canadian Electrical Contractors Association
• HSS — Hierarchical Secure System
• MUPAD — Multi Processing Algebra Data
• LPL — Linear Programming Language
• ARV — Average Retail Value
• AABN — Access Allies of Bloomington-Normal
• ATSO — Authorized Training and Support Organization
• IKM — Information Knowledge Management
• AVIANCA — Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia SA
• ZOK — Zaurus Otaku Kurabu
• EUE — Early User Evaluation
• WKB — Well-Known Binary
• WABI — Windows Application Binary Interface (SunSoft)
• PQN — Prefix Query Notation
• CRW — Canopy Relative Work
• OIP — Open Internet Platform
• I — Input
• BAPI — Business Application Programming Interfaces
• JUNG — Java Universal Network Graph
• CAPP — Computer-Aided Production Planning
• AYE — Amplify Your Effectiveness
• AVT — Automated Voice Technology
• EBRIM — electronic business Registry Information Model
• KDB — Knowledge Data Base
• ARC — Argonaut Risc Core
• ABBRS — Abbreviations
• ALC — Additional Liability Company
• ODMA — Open Document Management Architecture
• IRT — In Real Time
• JWC — Java Web Component
• KP — Key Pad
• IPI — Intelligent Peripheral Interface (ATM)
• CTRD — Central Training Records Database
• AERS — Automated Earnings Reporting System
• AMHS — Automated Material Handling System

• AGO — Aims, Goals, Objectives
• DDWG — Digital Display Working Group
• ASGMT — Assignment
• ORI — Originating Response Indicator
• OKB — Online Knowledge Base
• DQV — Data Quality Verification
• ISPO — Input, Storage, Process, and Output
• JDL — Job Description Language
• ANNA — Association of National Numbering Agencies
• WRKCFGSTS — Work with Configuration Status
• ACN — Affiliates Contribution Network
• BUW — Bargaining Unit Work
• OISC — One Instruction Set Computer
• CREAM — Cash Rules Everything Around Me
• VC-SDRAM — Virtual Channel Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
• ADTS — Activity Data Tracking System
• ASDAS — Attention Search Desire Action Satisfaction
• VHG — Virtual Hyperglossary
• AVW — Advanced Video Workstation
• CRAY — Completely Redundant Array of Yuppies
• BOGSAT — Bunch Of Guys Sitting Around Talking
• ASDA — American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists
• ASL — Average Staffing Level
• PC XT — Personal Computer eXtended Technology
• BBE — Barely Breaking Even
• NASSCOM — National Association of Software and Service Companies
• AAATP — Advanced Administrative Assistant Training Program
• DNK — Do Not Know
• IPAB — Intellectual Property Appellate Board
• BF — Before founding
• AE — After Establishment
• ASR — Adult Signature Required
• AP — Administrative Personnel
• CWA — Companys Wrong Again
• BAL — Business Assembly Language
• CSRN — Consulting Services Recruitment Notice
• CFPB — Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• ATF — After the Future
• VHLL — Very High Level Language
• ZDC — Zike Data Classes
• CEDEL — Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilières, Luxembourg
• CML — Configuration Menu Language
• FTU — File Transfer Utility
• AAA — Advanced Available and Affordable
• ADI — Application Data Interface
• ACE — Assisted Competitive Employment
• TOK — Theory Of Knowledge
• WXPA — Windows X P ASCII grid file
• BLESS — Batteries Labels Eyeglasses Stamps And Soap
• CPML — Compaq Portable Math Library

• OKY — CDAPI Specification for Key_Component
• KIE — Knowledge Integration Environment
• EIPMS — Employee Injury Prevention Management System
• B/O — back order(ed)
• FUI — File Update Information
• CDAC — Center for Development of Advanced Computing
• HPC — Handheld Personal Computer
• WMN — WebMasters Network
• OLAP — On Line Analytical Processing
• CRED — Corporate Responsibility for Environment and Development
• IDES — Information and Data Exchange System
• RIS — Remote Installation Server
• ZINC — Zinc Is Not Canvas
• ACNS — Automated Copyright Notice System
• SOLAR — Sequential Oligogenic Linkage Analysis Routines
• ABC — Always Bring Cash
• DECT — Digital European Cordless Telephone (system)
• AHES — Average Hourly Earnings
• UOL — users on-line
• QWERTY — top-left 6 letters on a standard English keyboard
• AAAC — Advisory Affirmative Action Committee
• BETA — Business Excellence Through Action
• BPOC — Business Process Operations Council
• ZA — Zero Administration (networking)
• EVR — Expanded Virtual Register
• UBF — Universal Binary Format
• EEE — Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Economy
• RRQO — Readout Request Output
• DIFOT — Delivered In-Full, On-Time
• AUI — Attachment User Interface
• IPOD — Interface Protocol Option Devices
• AGP — Advanced Graphics Processor
• GCS — Global Cache Service
• GJE — Group Job Entry
• ACTIVE — Achieving Competitiveness Through Innovation and Value Enhancement
• BPAC — Business Procurement Assistance Center
• UNIX — Uniplexed Information and Computing Service
• ORO — Original Reusable Object
• OAZ — Ones and Zeros
• ACCW — Association of California Commission for Women
• MPS — Multi-Processor Specification
• IDSA — Interactive Digital Software Association
• WSIS — World Summit on the Information Society
• CFIB — Canadian Federation of Independent Business
• AC — Activity Center
• ECDL — European Computer Driving Licence
• TSCP — Transatlantic Secure Collaboration Program
• GTE — Geometry Transformation Engine
• ABUS — Accepted But Uninstalled System
• ALIS — Austin Local Internet Society

• MOP — Multiple Original Printout
• NDF — National Development Framework
• CRAFT — Cooperative Research Action for Technology
• ASE — Automotive Service Excellence
• CMRB — Cash Management Review Board
• CDFS — compact disk file system
• CEVP — Cost Estimate Validation Process
• AASM — AIRAC Adherence Stakeholder Meeting
• DPOC — Directed Plan of Correction
• ABR — Accelerated Benefits Rider
• ELMO — Externally Loaded Media Object
• AAC — Advanced Activity Concept
• OIL — Ontology Interchange Language
• GKI — Graphics Kernel Interface
• AAC — Augmentative and Assistive Computing
• RWW — Read While Write
• WUUG — Windsor Unix Users Group
• OMNI — One Model Numerous Identities
• ABI — Area Based Initiative
• APMT — Advanced Performance Management Training
• AD — Analog to Digital
• BART — Best Available Retrofit Technology
• DQR — Data Quality Record
• MQF — Master Question File
• FIDE — Fuzzy Inference Development Environment
• GIU — Graphic Interface Unit
• UEP — Unequal Error Protection
• BWA — Business Workflow Analysis
• PERC — Power Edge RAID Controller
• CAPITAL — Clients and Professionals in Training and Learning
• ACS — Administrative Computing Services
• CCEA — Community Currency Exchange Association
• DVAM — Design Verification Activity Matrix
• CCOP — Commercial Code Of Practice
• FUBAR — Failed UniBus Address Register
• ABC — Abstract Base Class
• CPAF — Custom Processing Adjustment Factor
• CQA — Comparative Quotation Analysis
• CGMPS — Current Good Management Practices
• HHI — Human Human Interface
• CHV — Card Holder Verification
• VMPPF — Virtual Machine Performance Planning Facility
• EPU — Electronic Processor Unit
• WUUI — WebCT Unique User Identification
• SPDU — Session Protocol Data Unit
• AGRR — Auto Glass Repair and Replacement
• ZDA — Zero- Document Application
• CAC — Compagnie des Agents de Change
• ASCI — Advanced Strategic Computing Initiative
• JOVE — Jonathan's Own Version of EMACS

• CONWIP — CONtinuous Work In Process
• SAAM — Scenario-based Architecture Analysis Method
• AOA — Analysis of Alternatives
• EEOC — Eager Eagles Of Commercialism
• WMAC — Wireless Media Access Control
• FDG — Functional Dependency Grammar
• KO — Knowledge Object
• UUE — Unix-to-Unix Encoding
• WPES — Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society
• ABSM — Area Based Socioeconomic Measures
• BXDNNC — 'BXDNNC'; An accurate accepted and annotized acronym' euphenized and explained under 'additional information'
• CRCW — Concurrent Read, Concurrent Write
• GLCP — Good Life Cycle Practice
• ZDG — Zope Developer's Guide
• CESAR — Centro de Estudos e Sistemas Avançados do Recife
• TBC — To Be Created
• ACH — Automatic Clearing House
• SLATE — Second Level Architecture Test Environment
• CCOC — Customer Care Operation Center
• HIVE — Highly Immersive Visualization Environment
• AAAF — Atracc Atm Added Functions
• DMALC — Define, Measure, Analyze, Lean, Control
• ADCU — Association of Data Communications Users, Incorporated
• COCOM — Co-Ordinating Committee On Multilateral Export Controls
• HDC — Hard Disk Controller
• BWT — Budgeted Workforce Target
• AOS — Academic Operating System
• MDRAM — Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory
• TBV — Transaction-Based Verification
• BC — Business Center
• JIMS — Justice Information Management System
• USFM — Unified Standard Format Markers
• A&M — Approach and Methodology
• VEL — Virtual Electronic Library
• ACTA — Administrative Council for Terminal Attachment
• LGB — Local Global Built
• DAS — Diversified Agency Services
• ASRS — Automatic Storage and Retrieval System
• BABTA — Below Average Brought To Average
• BCPS — Business Continuity Planning System
• FLEA — Formal Language for Expressing Assumptions
• PFB — PostScript Font Binary
• CEU(S) — Continuing Education Units
• CCCN — Centre for Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
• ICT4D — Information and Communications Technology for Development
• EDDS — Electronic Data Delivery System
• JDI — Java Debug Interface
• CYB — Cover Your Back
• DRAT — Data Retrieval from Archived Tape
• DCGA — Deferred Charitable Gift Annuity

• ITV — Interactive Television
• WYOP — Write Your Own Program
• BUM — Business Update Meeting
• ACD — Automatic Cancellation Date
• ADAR — Ada Decimal Arithmetic and Representations
• BCIS — Business Computer Information Systems
• ENV. — envelope
• DIPS — Document Imaging Processing System
• COSG — Chief Officer Steering Group
• BFM — Business Forms Management
• AADA — Affordable Acquisition Decision Aid
• WMV HD — Windows Media High Definition Video
• DREC — Dynamic Revenue Earning Customer
• GSOS — Geek Squad On-line Support
• CUGA — computer user group alliance
• JSX — Java Serialization to XML
• RTW — Real-Time Workshop
• ALOHA — Advocates of Linux Open-source Hawaii Association
• C/SC — Caps/Small Caps typeset
• HURD — Hird Of Unix Replacing Daemons
• VHE — Virtual Home Environment
• CC/ — [carbon] copy to
• EPEP — Electronic Personal Effectiveness Program
• DMAII — Death Metal Attack II computer game
• SCU — Station Control Unit
• TCK — Technology Compatibility Kit
• OOSM — Object- Oriented Systems Modeling
• BC — Blind Copy
• ACS — Automatic Class Selection
• ZDP — Zope Documentation Project
• CHD — Consolidated Help Desk
• EOS — Electronic Order System
• AQ — Any Quantity
• CGMS — Copy Generation Management System
• ACE — Advanced Compatibility Engineering (Honda)
• PNK — Petri Net Kernel
• CDK — Cyclin Dependant Kinase
• CARL — Customer Action Request Line
• OLH — On-Line Help
• BCIT — Business Centric Information Technology
• AIMS — Auto Indexing Mass Storage
• IDI — Interoperability Data Interface
• UIO — Universal Input Output
• GWM — Generic Window Manager
• JIF — Java Information Flow
• XUG — Xbox Users Group
• DATC — Digital Audio Time Code
• ADC — Advanced Disk Catalog
• BCIS — Bedan Computer Information Society
• BBP — Budgeting and Business Planning

• EDDMS — Electronic Document Database and Management System
• CORT — Committee on Regional Training
• DFCC — Duty- Free Concession Contract
• ASBT — Australian School of Business and Technology
• ICOM — Input, Control, Output, And Means
• SAIL — Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language
• DTMP — Desk Top Music Production
• IBIS — Issue-Based Information System
• BAVN — Business Assistance Virtual Network
• LAP — Light and Power
• CGSE — Customer Ground Support Equipment
• BTMS — Business Travel Management System
• GDC — Game Developers Conference
• ADAC — Allgemeine Deutscher Automobil-Club (General German Automobile Association)
• CLA — collective labor agreement
• BEI — Baseline Execution Index (military efficiency scale)
• CRAD — Customer Requestested Arrival Date
• QQT — Quick Qard Technology (France)
• AAC — At All Costs
• WWX — Web Ware eXperience
• DCPL — daily cumulative production logs
• SAFI — System Average Frequency Index
• CBCA — Clayton Business Community Association
• ZEO — Zope Enterprise Objects
• AIM — Access to Information Management
• EFC — Equipment Fund Committee
• ANOC — Annual Notice of Changes
• FOA — Formatting Objects Authoring
• KFU — Knowledge Function Unit
• MG — Managing Gigabytes
• ZMB — Zone Management Buffer
• ELP — Economic Legal and Political
• AH — Address Handling
• VTG — Virtual Technology Gateway
• WYSISWYG — What You See Is Sorta What You Get
• DOSA — Designated Outdoor Smoking Area
• KVO — Knowledge Visualization and Ordering
• ABCD COMMITTEE — Harvard University-wide computer user group
• IMON — Intelligent Multiservice Optical Network
• K-MAP — Karnaugh map
• COBC — Code of Business Conduct
• BOLT — Building Our Leaders For Tomorrow
• WJM — We're Just Mean
• CPTM — Central Planning Team Meeting
• KBE — Knowledge Based Engineering
• MFQ — Master Files Query
• SEAP — Software Exporters Association of Pune
• ZI — Zero Information
• ARP — Administrative Remedy Procedure
• ECFIN — Economic and Financial Affairs

• CALE — Computer Aided Language Engineering
• D-DAY — Decision Day
• CLT — Color Lookup Table
• WDD — Web Design and Development
• AFR — Annual Financial Return
• GLUE — Groups of Linux Users Everywhere
• BCR — Benefit Cost Ration
• 3PL — 3rd Party Logistics
• YBL — Yellow Brick Logo
• QRY — Query
• DAME — Database Access Made Easy
• SMK — Shared Management Knowledge
• BEE — Black Empowered Enterprises
• ADP — Automatic Delivery Programme
• CRPM — Customer Relationship Project Management
• ACR — Assessment Cleaning and Restoration
• UPQ — Uninterruptible Power Quality
• EDX — Enterprise Data Exchange
• CISR — Customer Information Service Request
• EBI — Enterprise Business Intelligence
• NVSI — Neo Vista System Integrators
• AIX — Alternate IndeX
• ECCAP — Employee Child Care Assistance Program
• AR — assessment report
• CBU — Collective Bargaining Unit
• ADP — Active Data Pages
• PAK — Press Any Key
• BDI — Behavior Description Interviewing
• DNO — Do Not Operate
• ADRF — Advertising Development and Research Fund
• EMG — Enterprise Management Group
• AQC — Administrative Quality Control
• BIRI — Business Idea Rating Institute
• BPRA — Business Premises Renovation Allowance (UK)
• / — floating point division
• ACIS — Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme
• ASIT — Advanced Systematic Inventive Thinking
• MIME — Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
• KAREN — Keystone Architecture Required for European Networks
• OFF — Object File Format
• CYCI — Commonwealth Youth Credit Initiative
• CIRCA — Conceptual Information Retrieval and Communication Architecture
• AGQ — American Genuine Quality
• BABTAC — British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology
• BCPL — Berkeley C Programming Language
• ATC — Abstract Test Case
• AR — Artificial Reality
• AUO — Active User Object
• ADMD — Administrative Management Domain
• DSDD — Draft Scoping Decision Document

• RUE — Resource Utilization Explorer
• BCMT — Behavior Crisis Management Training
• ACS — Accounting Service Center
• EBF — Emergency Bug Fix
• CCSIL — Command And Control Simulation Interface Language (cecil)
• GBT — Global Business Technology
• ABI — American Business Index
• ATO — Assembled to Order
• FDI — Floppy Disk Image
• TTK — Thinking Tool Kit
• KMN — Knowledge Media Networking
• CKA — Consumer Knowledge Analysis
• RPRA — Resilient Packet Ring Alliance
• ROLAP — Relational On-Line Analytical Processing
• ZCT — Zip Code Technology
• LCMS — Linear Content Management System
• VBL — Visual Basic Language
• CNN — Convolutional Neural Network
• MFK — Multimedia Forum Kiosk
• BF — Brute Force
• ADZ — Annual Day Zero
• MCQ — Multi- Color Quad processor
• EUM — End User Manual
• TMD — Text Mode Desktop
• AABN — Australian Arab Business Network
• NAK — Negative AcKnowledgement
• XVGA — eXtended Video Graphics Array
• CRAF — Civilian Reserve Air Fleet
• DMAT — Define, Measure, Analyze, Trash
• HUB — Home User and Business
• MCSA — Microsoft Certified System Administrator
• TASS — Technical Acquisition Support Services
• IOQ — Input Output Quotient
• AAPP — Alcatel Application Partner Program
• UST — Unadjusted System Time
• FTTB — Fibre To The Building
• CRAMS — Customer Relationship and Asset Management System
• DUQ — Delayed Updated Queue
• ACTT — Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer
• VOA — Variable Optical Amplifier
• CVW — Collaborative Virtual Workspace
• TCE — Technical Computing Environment
• CGRL — Center for the Globally Responsible Leaders
• CGI — Computer Graphic Interface
• WTFG — Worldwide Task Force Group
• RAP — Rapid Assessment Program
• BF — Before Firing
• DXL — Domino XML Language
• UXG — User Experience Group
• AQC — Analytical Quality Control

• EASE — Expert Administration and Supervision of E-mail
• DBDM — Data-Based Decision Making
• EBO — Emerging Business Opportunity
• CAPM — Computer-Aided Production Management
• HWU — HardWare Unit
• TUMS — Tulsa Users of Macintosh Society
• RLC — Rebound Lockout and Compression
• WMUM 1.4 — WebMaker User's Manual version 1.4
• EEIB — Employee Educational Improvement Benefit
• AP — Annual Plan
• KCQ — Knowledge Center Query
• OBDD — Ordered Binary Decision Diagram
• KFI — Knowledge For Intelligence
• WOSP — Workshop on Software and Performance
• ADTS — Audio Data Transport Stream
• WTMP — Windows Temporary file
• WODB — Web Oriented DataBase
• .. — parent directory (UNIX and DOS)
• OVN — Oracle Venture Network
• TSCC — TechSmith Screen Capture Codec
• FSO — File System Object
• ELMS — ELectrical Manufacturing Sector
• COSMOS — Customer Oriented Service Management And Operational System
• CIVDDD — Centre for Innovation in Information Visualization and Data-Driven Design
• ISEM — Information Systems Engineering Methodology
• NTFS — NT File System (new with Windows NT)
• BENQ — Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to Life
• DISCOM — Distribution Company (In India)
• UTK — Universal Tool Kit
• ANF — A New Framework
• UDG — User Defined Graphic
• ASWG — Applicant Selection Working Group
• JII — Japan Information Infrastructure
• DMRC — Database Message Resource Coordination
• CANI — Constant And Never-ending Improvement
• NGWS — Next Generation Windows Services
• ECPM — Electronic Consumer Product Management
• CLP — Courteous Logic Program
• MACI — Multimedia Advanced Computational Infrastructure
• RSO — Rapid Scan Operation
• SSZ — System Sector Size
• BIF — Binary Information File
• SAUCE — Standard Architecture for Universal Comment Extensions
• ICRT — Intelligent Content Recognition Technology
• USMD — User Session Minimum Duration
• C-SAM — Secure Active Mobile Commerce
• DAISY — Digital Accessible Information SYstem consortium
• ATF — The Activating Transcription Factor
• GPASM — GNU PIC(Peripheral Interface Controller) ASseMbler
• WCCM — World Congress on Computational Mechanics

• DQD — Data Quality Definition
• BVM — Bourse de Valeurs Mobilières de Tunis
• AIMO — Asymmetric Inverted Mode Operation
• ASPI — Arese Sustainable Performance Indices
• KBQ — Knowledge Based Query
• EFN — External Financing Needs
• AFPF — Alternative Format Production Facility
• ECK — Error ChecK
• DCPR — Document Center PRint
• TREX — Tree Regular Expressions for XML
• CESRS — Collecting, Evaluating, Selecting, Recording and Sharing
• JPC — Java for Process Control
• JVT — Java Vision Toolkit
• LUCK — Laboring Under Correct Knowledge Standard
• RBUA — Residential Broadband Users' Association
• APW — Average Productive Worker
• ACRS — Automated Customer Registration System
• LTSP — Linux Terminal Server Project
• GUUG — German Unix User Group
• B. — Burial (location or date)
• AAIP — Arbitrary Attribute Interchange Protocol
• RXR — Resource Exchange Register
• MTBB — Mean Time Between Breakdowns
• MP4 — Motion Picture 4
• WDF — Web Designers Forum
• CEDRA — Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
• ABCU — Association Of Burroughs Computer Users
• TISAF — Treasury Information Systems Architecture Framework
• ODT — Objective Dvorak Technique
• IKT — Informatione-und KommunikationsTechnik
• AIR — Accountability Integrity and Responsibility
• KBMT — Knowledge-Based Machine Translation
• FEC — forward error correction (computer)
• ABEP — Annual Branch Expansion Plan
• APOP — A Piece Of Property
• CMI — Consumer Marketing Initiative
• CAIRS — Central Automated Inventory and Referral System
• MAF — Mozilla Archive Format
• AFT — Automatic File Transfer
• VBFR — Virtual Buffer
• CDDB — Compact Disc Data Base
• RBH — Random Button Hitter
• AIDC — Automatic Identification And Data Collection
• OGF — Oracle Government Financials system
• BX — Brand X
• ORCA — Open Repository Case API (Application Programmer Interface)
• WAFT — Fault-Tolerance in Wide-Area Object Oriented Systems
• AMR — Advanced Market Research
• SAHWT — Software And Hardware Work Together
• BHEL — Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited

• AA — Acceptance and Action
• WOIA WG — Web/ OMA Integration Architectures working group
• HEVC — High Efficiency Video Coding
• CRIT — Computer Resources and Information Technologies
• ADHOC — Allied Destructive Hackers of Columbia
• ASS — After Sales Support
• CBV — Conseil des Bourses de Valeurs
• CWAP — Customer Web Assistance Program
• COI(S) — COI(s)conflict(s) of interest
• OUG — Online User Guide
• BCP — Best Common Practice
• FUIV — F*** You! I'm vested
• AIS — Access to Information Services
• BLV — Bare Land Value
• JWB — Jewelbox
• URQ — Un- Registration Request
• AC — Audio Coding
• GIRL — Graph Information Retrieval Language
• AML — Appropriate Management Level
• PAID — Procedures, Applications, Infrastructure and Data
• ISCII — Indian Standard Code for Information Interchange
• ACDP — Automated CD Data Processing
• AAAT — Area, Aptitude, Attitude, Traffic
• AUBA — Asociacion de Usuarios de Borland Argentina
• MOA — Macromedia Open Architecture
• GSOM — Growing Self-Organizing Map
• JFP — Jobs for Programmers
• CRRI — Center for Research in Regulated Industries
• EECP — Early Entrance Coproduction Plant
• SPOT — Smart Personal Object Technologies
• CEB — Computer Equipment Broker
• AITS — Advanced Information Technology Services
• ANAFF — Associação Nacional dos Agentes do Fisco Federal
• DNT — Doers Not Talkers
• ADCU — Application Developer Customer Unit
• ELRC — Electronic Learning Resource Center
• AECT — Advancement of Electronic Commerce Technologies
• THKS — Temporal Hybrid Knowledge Server
• B/O — Best Offer
• ADP — Analysis Design and Programming
• BRDC — Business Ready Data Center
• CSUR — Computing Surveys
• SQO — Semantic Query Optimization
• CMBC — Central Massachusetts Business Council
• GUG — Gimp User Group
• TKB — Technical Knowledge Base
• CSTN — Color Super Twisted Nematic
• DAX — Deutscher Aktienindex
• AMI — Atlas Metadata Interface
• NLI — Natural Language Interface

• ATA — Any Time Anywhere
• BAV — British Airways Virtual
• RIN — Record Identification Number
• WTX — Wokstation Technology eXtended
• MCPU — Master Controller Processor Unit
• ADSS — Advanced Decision Support System
• DISK — computer subjects use 'Disc' for Disk
• DVD RW — Digital Video Disk plus Read and Write
• BBPD — Back By Popular Demand
• EUR — Estimated Ultimately Recoverable
• DMG — Development Management Group
• EUNET — European Unix Network
• ARP — Actual Reduction to Practice
• BASIS — Business Access to State Information Services
• ATP — Advanced Test Products
• CBOD — Corporate Board of Directors
• FACET — File and Commentary Exchange Tool
• SIGTRS — Special Interest Group on Text Retrieval Systems
• IAF — Interleaf Ascii Format
• PMR — Problem Management Record
• NCHC — National Center for High-Performance Computing
• DMALK — Define, Measure, Analyze, Lean, Kill
• DGS — Display Ghostscript System
• DABR — Data Address Breakpoint Register
• MDLUG — Metro Detroit Linux Users Group
• ATRI — American Transportation Research Institute
• LCH — Luminosity Chroma and Hue
• . — current directory (UNIX and DOS)
• HUGH — How U Get Help
• PGG — Pascal Gebruikers Groep
• SSMM — Solid State Mass Memory
• AQ — Average Quality
• AUCB — All yoU Can Buy
• BVH — Biovision Hierarchy
• EOU — Export Oriented Units
• ACFP — Age Concern Financial Partnership
• ISEB — Information Systems Examination Board
• MUGP — Macintosh Users Group Portland
• RME — Resource Manager Essentials
• SIN — System Identification Number
• CGH — Computer Generated Holography
• HKCR — HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (Windows registry)
• WXRW — Write- any- Read- Write permissions
• DUO — Dynamic Unified Optimization
• WISR 8 — Workshop on Institutionalizing Software Reuse 8, 1997
• BFF — Binary Format File
• AEH — Alarm Event Handler
• AEPP — Affirmative Employment Program Plan
• AUI — Access Unit Interface
• KCT — Knowledge Center Training

• GKL — Graphics Kernel Language
• STAX — Simple Typed Api For Xml
• BOBL — Bundesobligationen
• SAVAGE — Scenario Authoring and Visualization for Advanced Graphical Environments
• ACCPC — American Credit Card Procesing Corp
• EBAM — Electronic Beam- Addressable Memory
• ASFO — Applications Service Field Support
• BROS. — Brothers
• CJI — Computer Jobs in Israel
• CAIF — Comment Archive and Interchange Format
• TFTP — Trivial File Transfer Program
• AFC — Agence Française de Codification
• APQA — Auditing Process Quality Assurance
• AID — Automated Intelligence Discovery
• PFZ — Problem-Free Zone
• BDI — Brain Dead Install
• BCMT — Business Change Management Team
• C2B — Customer To Business
• ARBCOM — Arbitration Committee
• PWB — Printed Wiring Board
• BEM — Business Excellence Model
• DGIT — Design Guide Implementation Team
• BGB — Big Green Book
• AMSAC — Applications, Middleware, & Services Advisory Council
• CBMIS — Computer Based Management Information System
• SCOUT — Suspense Control, Oversight, Utilization, and Tracking system
• VND — Very Nice And Devoted
• A — Archived
• CFQ — Certificate oF Quality
• WSOD — White Screen of Death
• AIF — Automated Information Facility
• OODPM — Object Oriented Design by Prototype Methodology
• DDAF — Design Description And Features
• FLA — Flexible Local Architecture
• SEC — Single Edge Cartridge
• EN — European Normal
• WGD-15 — CEOS Working Group on Data
• EUSS — External Unit Support Service
• CFW — Customer-Facing Website
• WISR 6 — Workshop on Institutionalizing Software Reuse 6, 1993
• CTRF — Connector Test Results Form
• EIEIO — Economic Incentives for Enterprises in Indiana and Ohio
• FRBS — Fuzzy Rule-Based System
• IUK — Information und Kommunikation
• KBM — Knowledge Based Management
• AMIS — Advanced Multimedia Indexing and Searching
• XIF — eXternal Interface File
• AITR — Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Technical Report
• CEA — Custom Enterprise Agreement
• CMMC — Customer Management Multimedia Call center

• HKCU — HKEY_CURRENT_USER (Windows registry)
• ALU — Association of Lisp Users
• AEIS — Alternative Employer Incentive Scheme
• ACIP — Architectures for Cognitive Information Processing
• KCU — Knowledge Center Unit
• ARB — Arbitrary Waveform Generator
• HPP — Hewlett Packard Printer
• DSTN — Double-layer Super-Twisted Nematic
• IPA — Instructions Per Second
• TLU — Table Look Up
• D/C — discontinue(d)
• ADUS — Archived Data User Service
• BNC — Bankruptcy Notification Center
• KR — Knowledge Representation
• JIAP — Japan Information Access Project
• ATSO — Alternative Transitional Standard Offer
• CFDF — Confidential Financial Disclosure Form
• DMALJ — Define, Measure, Analyze, Lean, Junk
• RDL/TT — Rule Description Language for Tree Transformation
• DPW — Dedicated Professional Workforce
• FTI — File Type Information
• CATE — Content At The Edge
• ABQ — A Better Quality
• ADAM — Accelerated Digital Asset Management
• CPDM — Collaborative Product Definition Management
• IMIS — Integrated Migration Information System
• HPSC — High Performance Scientific Computing
• UGL — User Group Lounge
• WRWR — WRite - Read - Write - Read
• CH.E. — Chemical Engineering
• ASMT — Administrative Systems Management Team
• ITSP — Information Technology Strategy Planning
• RIPS — Records Information Processing Center
• HKCC — HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG (Windows registry)
• TDWI — The Data Warehousing Institute
• ITE — Information Technology Equipment
• BRIDGES — Building Resources To Improve The Delivery Of Genuinely Effective Services
• MTBF — Minutes To Backup Floppies
• QQP — Quality Quick Print
• ATC — American Tobacco Company
• NDN — National Data Network
• QHW — Quick Hide Windows
• DLI — Date Last Insured
• MAPS — Mechanized Application Processing System
• BPMN — Business Process Model and Notation
• ADFS — Apple DOS File System
• ABS — Allocation Based Scheduling
• SASG — Standardized Amiga Shareware Group
• FTO — File Transfer Order
• ATA — Advanced Technology Architecture

• ANSA — Almost No Strings Attached
• UBH — Usenet Binary Harvester
• ATP — Across the Pond
• RALPH — Robotic Assembly Language Planning Hierarchy
• BESS — Bilston and Ettingshall Sure Start
• BISAC — Business Information Systems Advisory Council
• AAI — Animal Artificial Intelligence
• JXU — Java XML Unit
• FBS — File system Block Size
• DCCO — The Dan Caputo Company
• FIR — File Intermediate Representation
• WAVES — Worldwide Address Verification and Enhancement System
• WXTRN — Weak External Reference
• QPN — Queueing Petri Net
• CGRM — Corporate Governance Risk Management
• BBB — Bare Bones Basic
• LPK — Linux Porting Kit
• CGS WG — CIM based Grid Schema Working Group
• BCS — Basic Catalog Structure
• AFM — A Free Manager
• STDOUT — Standard Output
• LAMG — Los Angeles Macintosh Group
• NCATS — Newaygo County Advanced Technology Services
• AIME — Advanced Interactive Mudding Environment
• DIBS — Downsized Into Business Startup
• MBV — Model Based Vision
• APPN — Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
• QCE — Quantum Computer Emulator
• EAE — Enterprise Application Environment
• BTP — Buono del Tesoro Poliennale
• CISVP — Catalog Information Systems Vendor Program
• ZING — Z International Next Generation
• LNG — Lotus Notes Group
• HACS — Hendersonville Area Computer Society
• MJN — Micro Java Network
• HRD — Human Readable Description
• BBIS — Baseline Business Information Services
• ABMD — Automatically Backup My Documents
• UBC — Unified Buffer Cache
• CDCU — Central Data Collection Unit
• OMM — Operations Maintenance and Monitoring
• RFIO — Remote File Input Output
• ACO — Accountable Care Organization
• FFC — Flexible Flat Cable
• LIFT — License Information for Trading
• GKP — Graphics Kernel Processor
• MEL — Maya Embedded Language - Michigan Electronic Library
• EMAC — Economic Management Advisory Committee
• IFL — Image Format Library
• WUS — Word Underscore

• GTR — Global Text Retrieval
• ACS — Active Chapter Size
• DLR — Directed Line of Reasoning
• EPL — External Processor Loop
• BDM — Business Decision Maker
• ALFRED — ArchivaL Federal Reserve Economic Data
• CMVA — Commercial Market Value Analysis
• WUUA — Wisconsin Unigraphics Users Association
• LUNA — Linux Users Of North Alabama
• TCAD — Technology Computer-Aided Design
• DAWS — Digital Audio Work Station
• FRF — First Reduction File
• HDSL — High-data-rate Digital Subscriber Line
• BCF — Bit Clear File
• WTFW — Wiki Type FrameWork
• BSBR — Business Semantics of Business Rules
• GRE — Gecko Runtime Environment
• EOL — Elimu On Line
• AUI — Application User Interface
• DDB — Dependency Directed Backtracking
• MHDL — Microwave Hardware Description Language
• ASWG — ATM Security Working Group
• BAM — Bricks And Mortar
• FZI — Forschungszentrum Informatik
• MRS — Media Recognition System
• WAA — Web Analytics Association
• OPSW — Ontology Pattern for the Semantic Web
• MTM — Message Type Module
• DIVA — Dedication Innovation Vision Achievement
• ACRC — Advisory Committee on Research Computing
• QNN — Quantum Neural Network
• CAMVAP — CAnadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan
• SPIFF — Still Picture Interchange File Format
• ARF — Abort Retry Fail
• ASP — Assistance Service Program
• BTAN — Bons du Trésor à Intérêt Annuel Normalisé
• AN — Architecture Neutral
• AAC — Asymmetry Analysis Collaboration
• FMA — Full Motion Animation
• MWR — Most Wanted Response
• COMPAS — Complete Oil Marketers Perpetual Accounting System
• BRES — Business Register and Employment Survey
• CTRR — Customer Trouble Report Rate
• EHAP — Ethical Hackers Against Pedophilia
• ATCA — ADVANCED Telecommunications COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE
• IDA — Indirect Data Addressing
• BPB — BIOS Parameter Block
• NCL — NCAR Command Language
• SJT — Simple Java Thread
• KEL — Knowledge Engineering Laboratory

• SIMILAR — Macro source file (MultiEdit)
• UDD — Unified Data Descriptor
• ABC — Application Browser Compatability
• UVL — User Volume Label
• AGP — Accelerated Graphics Performance
• ICIS — Indiana Career Information System
• SZO — Soft Zone Output
• OMA — Open Meta Archive
• AGP — Advanced Gaming Port
• DCPY — Duplicate Copy
• ABU — Accepted, But Unusable
• AETIS — Automate Everything In Sight
• RWL&F — Real World Look and Feel
• APEC — All Purpose Electronic Computer
• ABC — A Board Committed
• ARK — Advanced Rendering Kernel
• AIDA — Automatic Interprofessional Dealing System
• DQP — Data Quality Plan
• CDMP — Customer Decision-Making Process
• EFRD — External Finance Relations Department
• CBIA — Competitive Business Intelligence Analysis
• DEBI — Devon Environmental Business Initiative
• CORK — Content Object Replication Kit
• DAU — Dummster Anzunehmender User
• WSXL V2 — Web Service Experience Language Version 2
• ADA — Language after Augusta Ada Byron, computer pioneer
• ACPC-99 — Fourth International Conference of the Austrian Center for Parallel Computation
• WTUG — Westside Technology Users Group
• ADRG — Arc Digitised Raster Graphics
• NACL — Net Activex Command Language
• WSXP — Watermark Text X Position
• WUX — Unix Tools under Windows
• VIPA — Virtual Internet Protocol Addressing
• PUQ — Power User Questionnaire (PalmPilot)
• AEP — Annual Enhancement Plan
• GOI — General Operating Instructions
• VFZ — Vector Format for Zooming
• IVG — Interactive Voice Guide
• CAV — Card Authentication Value
• AOA — Advanced Office Automation
• CHK — Content Hash Key
• BTI — Business Tax And Immigration
• VUO — Virtual Unit Output
• CFTC — Commodity Futures Trading Commision
• RIPE — Race Integrity Primitives Evaluation
• MTL — Matrix Template Library
• AVC — Automotive Value Chain
• KDG — Knowledge Development Group
• ATM — After the Money
• CTA — Canadian Trucking Alliance

• FIRE — Fully Integrated Robotised Engine
• WESI — WebSphere APIs for Edge Side Includes
• WINL — Window Length
• BEAR — Business Enterprise Automation and Replication
• UCCT — Use Case Checking Tool
• IMAR — Intelligent Mechatronics and RFID
• AIS — Amadeus Information System
• NBU — Newton Backup Utility
• WMCL — Window Manager Coordinate List
• CPMT — Critical Path Management Technique
• AFP — Alternate Financing and Procurement
• CALP — Customer Activation And Loyalty Program
• SCOR — Small Company Offering Registration
• BPD — Business Process Diagram
• WIDLS — Web Interface Definition Language Submission
• AMIS — Asset Management Information Service
• WQGL — Web Query Graphical Language
• ARPA — Advance Rehearsal Project Approval
• MCT — Machine Capability Test
• LOFIA — Longest Frequent Itemset mining Algorithm
• CRSD — Customer Response Solutions Deployment
• NGC — Next-Generation Computer
• FARTS — Functional Approach for Real-Time Systems
• CROM — Computerized Range Of Motion
• ACP — Administration Control Panel
• WJUG — Wisconsin Java User's Group
• GSR — Global Set/Reset
• MDC — Message Digest Code
• VXB — Virtual Extended Bus
• MVSCP — Multiple Virtual System Configuration Program
• BF — Before Fall
• BUCS — Building Union Committee Skills
• MPA — Memo Pad Archive
• UOS — Micro Operating System
• QBO — Query by Outlines
• QIC — Quarter Inch Cartridge
• MBONE — Multicast Backbone
• MING — Multiple Image Network Graphic
• GAIA — Global Automated Information Access
• SEPP — Single-Edge Processor Package
• EAT — Employment Appeals Tribunal
• DESC — Describe Express Specific Consequences
• CRCB — Configuration Requirements Control Board
• DVMU — Dreamcast Virtual Memory Unit
• COLL. — collated
• MJW — Mobile Journalist Workstation
• WACG — Wakefield Acorn Computer Group
• ACES — Augmentative Communication and Empowerment Supports
• CYBCUL — Commercialize Your Brand Choosing Ultimate Links
• DTBS — Direct Transfer to Beneficiaries Service

• VKE — Virtual Knowledge Environment
• CCETT — Centre Commun d'Etudes de Telediffusion et Telecommunications
• CWM — Common Warehouse Model
• DO IT — Definition of internet technology
• ADAMS — Alcohol and Drug Awareness for Managers and Supervisors
• DUCE — Dynamic Universal Communications Engine
• DCOC — Deferred Compensation Oversight Committee
• QEA — Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm
• UAU — Unix for Advanced Users
• BYOA — Bring Your Own Advil
• BHH — Blue Heaven Hackers
• SSSP — Single-Source Shortest Path
• EABP — Executive Allowance Bonus Program
• DEVALT — DEVelopment ALTernative
• ADAS — Automated Disk Analysis System
• EDICON — Electronic Data Interface Community for the Construction Industry ( U K)
• EUSSR — External Unit Support Service Request
• VGU — Video Graphics Unit
• ARPA — Adaptive Resource Protection Agent
• NMU — Non-Maintainer Uploads
• FAO — Formatted Ascii Output
• DCOG — Distributed Cognition
• NCCE — Native Computing and Communication Environment
• ADS — Alternative Distribution System
• DCAT — Design And Construction Administration Team
• AHCP — Annuitant Health Care Program
• SMPI — Service Management Proficiency Index
• DWP — Delphi Wdosx Page
• T-CAT — Test coverage anaylsis tool
• LEAD — Linux Enthusiasts Association of Durban
• BSWG — Business Service Working Group
• ADT — Average Daily Travel
• RUF — Rice Unix Facility
• BGR — Businesses Getting Results
• ASP — Administrative System Project
• CCIA — Chicago Creative Investors Association
• FAL — Fetch Archive Log
• NACT — Neural Adaptive Control Technology
• WCTL — Web Crossing Template Language
• PDO — Portable Distributed Object(s)
• CHSW — Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace
• B.O. — Buyer's Order
• AFSS — Asian Fuzzy Systems Society
• ADMS — Autonomous Decentralized Manufacturing System
• BTHP — Better Than Half Price
• CKD — Checked
• BOST — Business, Operation, System and Technology
• EUNSD — electronic Unique Non-Standard Data
• APT — Automated Production Turnover
• ADVD — Audio Digital Versatile Disc

• CCSS — Chinese Character Synthesis System
• DBLP — DataBase and Logic Programming
• ASES — Approximate Search Engine for Structure
• SAL — Simple Abstract Language
• APM — Assignable Program Modulation
• CVSA — Caja de Valores, S. A.
• AFO — Animal Feeding Operations
• XDC — Extended Debugging Controller
• CLV — Customer Lifetime Value
• RE — Regular Expression
• NQC — Not Quite C
• MQE — Managed Query Environment
• PWL — PHP Web Log
• MOPV — Mainframe Output Product Viewing
• MCF — Meta Content Format
• MIBS — Mitial International Benchmarking Standard
• TOAST — The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique
• WHPC — Workshop on High Performance Computing
• AIR — Area Information Retrieval
• APS — Automated Process Scheduler
• AAA — Alter, Avoid, or Accept
• EFFORT — Employee Find and Fix Obvious Risk Team
• ASI — Advertising Specialty Industry
• RVK — Relative Vertex Key
• WQL — WMI Query Language
• TMF — Terminological Markup Framework
• KIBI- — binary prefix meaning 2^10
• WTF — Web Technology Forum
• EPOS — Ericssons Primitive Operating System
• APT — Automated Programmed Tool
• BRS — Business Reduction Sale
• VHDL — VHSIC (Very-High Speed Integrated Circuit) Hardware Description Language
• CGMP — current good management practice
• CAIP — Commercial Automobile Insurance Procedure
• LHTV — Lernout and Hauspie (Text-to-speech voices for Microsoft Windows)
• IMJ — Interactive Multimedia Jukebox
• FEN — Forsyth Edwards Notation
• BFSI — Banking, Finance Services, and Insurance
• ASI — American Share Insurance, Inc.