VERA (Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms)

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100VG: 100 Voice Grade [technology]
2S2D: Double Sided - Double Density (FDD)
3DDDI: 3D Device Dependent Interface (MS), "3D DDI"
3DRAM: 3 Dimensional Random Access Memory (RAM)
3GIP: 3rd Generation . Internet Protocol (org., IP, GPRS, WLAN, mobile-systems), "3G.IP"
3GL: 3rd Generation Language
3GPP: Third Generation Partnerships Projects (org.)
4GL: 4th Generation Language
4GT: 4 GB [RAM] Tuning (RAM, GB)
5GL: 5th Generation Language
80211HR: 802.11 High Rate (IEEE, WLAN), "802.11/HR"
8PSK: 8 Phase Shift Keying (EDGE, mobile-systems)
8VSB: 8-Vestigial Side Band, "8-VSB"

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AA: Auto Answer (MODEM)
AAA: Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
AAAAA: Anonym Association Against Acronym Abuse (telecommunication-slang)
AAAI: American Association for Artificial Intelligence (org., AI, USA)
AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science (org., USA)
AAC: Advanced Audio Coding (IIS, MPEG, AT&T, Dolby, Sony, ...)
AAC: Authorization and Access Control (IETF)
AAD: Authorized AutoCAD Dealer (AutoCAD, CAD)
AADN: American Association of DOMAIN Names (org., USA, Internet)
AAE: Allgemeine AnschaltErlaubnis (Telekom)
AAF: Advanced Authoring Format (MS)
AAIM: Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia (org.)
AAIS: Allied command europe ACCIS Implementation Strategy (ACCIS, NATO, mil.)
AAL: ATM Adaption Layer (ATM)
AAM: Automatic Accoustic Management (ATA, HDD)
AAMOF: As A Matter Of Fact (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
AAMSI: American Association for Medical Systems Informatics (org., USA)
AAP: Address Allocation Protocol (Multicast)
AAP: Applications Access Point
AAP: Association of American Publishers (org., USA)
AARP: Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
AASP: ASCII Asynchronous Support Package (ASCII)
AAT: Average Access Time
AATP: Authorized Academic Training Program (MS, MCSD)
AAUI: Apple Attachment Unit Interface (Apple, AppleTalk)
ABA: American Bankers Association (org., USA, banking)
ABAP4: Advanced Business Application Programming/4 (SAP, R/3, 4GL), "ABAP/4"
ABATS: Automatic Bit Access Test System
ABBS: Apple Bulletin Board System (Apple)
ABC: Atanasoff-Berry-Computer
ABCD: Altavista Business Card Directory (WWW)
ABEL: Advanced Boolean Expression Language
ABEND: ABnormal END (Netware)
ABI: Application Binary Interface (POE)
ABIOS: Advanced Basic Input Output System (IBM)
ABIST: Automatic Built In Self Test (IBM)
ABM: Asynchronous Balanced Mode
ABNF: Augmented Backus-Naur Form (BNF)
ABP: Address Book Provider (Internet)
ABR: Available Bit Rate (ATM, CBR, VBR, UBR, QOS)
ABS: Apple Business Systems (Apple)
ABUI: Association of Banyan Users International (org., Banyan, VINES, user group, predecessor, ENA)
AC: Access Concentrator (PPPoE, ADSL)
AC: Access Control (Token Ring, ...)
AC: Amiga Club (org., user group, Amiga)
AC: Area Code
AC: Automatic Computer
AC3: [digital] Audio Compression - 3 (Dolby, DVD, Digital audio), "AC-3"
AC97: Audio CODEC 97 (Intel, CODEC)
ACA: Asynchronous Communications Adapter
ACAD: AutoCAD (AutoCAD, CAD)
ACAS: Application Control Architecture Services (DEC)
ACC: Area Communication Controller (MODACOM)
ACC: Atari Competence Center
ACCIS: Automated Command and Control Information System (mil., USA)
ACCM: Asynchronous Character Control Map (PPP)
ACCS: Army Command and Control System (mil., USA)
ACCU: Association of C and C++ Users (org., UK)
ACD: Automated Call Distribution (CTI)
ACDC: Alternating Current/Direct Current, "AC/DC"
ACDI: Asynchronous Communications Device Interface (IBM, CM/2)
ACE: Access Control Entry (AD)
ACE: Advanced Computing Environment (manufacturer)
ACE: ASCII Compatible Encoding (ASCII, Internet, DOMAIN)
ACE: Autonomous Computer Engine (WD)
ACF: Access Control Field
ACF: Advanced Communications Function (IBM)
ACF: Apple Communications Framework (Apple)
ACFC: Address and Control Field Compression (PPP)
ACFNCP: Advanced Communication Function / Network Control Program (IBM, ACF), "ACF/NCP"
ACFTCAM: Advanced Communication Function / Telecommunications Access Method (IBM, ACF), "ACF/TCAM"
ACFVTAM: Advanced Communication Function / Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (IBM, ACF), "ACF/VTAM"
ACH: Association for Computers and the Humanities (org., USA)
ACIA: Associacio Catalana d'Intelligencia Artificial (org., Spain, AI)
ACIA: Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter
ACID: Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (IDS, CERT)
ACID: Atomicity - Consistency - Isolation - Durability (DB, TP)
ACIS: American Commitee for Interoperable Systems (org., USA)
ACL: [MS] Access Compatibility Layer (MS, DB)
ACL: Access Control List (DCE, DFS, NDS, AD)
ACL: Advanced CMOS Logic
ACL: Agent Control Language (Agents)
ACL: Association for Computational Linguistics (org., USA)
ACLF: Access Control List Facility (DCE)
ACM: Address Complete Message (ATM)
ACM: Association for Computing Machinery (org., USA)
ACMC: Australian CEFACT Management Committee (Australia, org., CEFACT)
ACME: A Company that Makes Everything (slang)
ACMS: Application Control Management System
ACO: AMP Communications Outlet
ACOPS: Automatic CPU Overheating Prevention System (GigaByte), "A-COPS"
ACOT: Apple Classrooms Of Tomorrow (Apple)
ACP: Active Configuration Profile (MODEM)
ACP: Auxillary Control Process
ACPA: Audio Capture and Playback Adapter (IBM)
ACPC: Apple Communications Protocol Card (Apple)
ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (Intel, MS, Toshiba, ACPI, OSPM)
ACPICA: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface - Component Architecture (ACPI, Intel), "ACPI-CA"
ACPT: Automated Corporate Planning Tool
ACR: Anonymous Call Rejection
ACR: Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio (cable)
ACR: Automatic Call Recording
ACRONYM: Abreviation by CROping Names that Yield Meaning (slang)
ACS: Access Control System (DISA)
ACS: Advanced Communications System
ACS: Alternate Character Set
ACS: Architekten, Computer, Systeme (fair)
ACS: Asynchronous Communication Server
ACS: Australian Computer Science
ACS: Australian Computer Society (org., Australia)
ACSE: Association Control Service Element (OSI, ISO, DIS 8649)
ACSI: Advanced/Atari Computer System Interface (Atari)
ACSMIB: ATM Circuit Steering Management Information Base (ATM, MIB), "ACS-MIB"
ACSNET: Academic Computing Services NETwork
ACSS: Aural Cascading Style Sheets (CSS, HTML, WWW)
ACT: Architecture Characterization Template (DISA)
ACTA: America's Carriers Telecommunications Association (USA)
ACTEF: ACcess TEchnologies Forum (org.)
ACTP: Adobe Certified Training Provider (Adobe)
ACTPU: ACTivate Physical Unit (SNA)
ACTS: Advanced Communications Technologies and Services (Europe, ACTS)
ACU: Automatic Calling Unit
ACU: Automatic Client Update (Novell, Netware)
ACUTA: Association of College and University Telecommunication Administrators (org., USA)
AD: Active Directory (MS, WIndows, AD, DS)
AD: Analog-to-Digital (D/A), "A/D"
AD: Authorized Distributor (DEC)
AD: Autonomous DOMAIN
ADA: Automatic Data Acquisitions
ADAPSO: Association of Data Processing Service Organisation (org., USA)
ADAPT: Architecture Design, Analysis, and Planning Tool
ADATP: Allied DATa processing Publication (mil., USA)
ADB: A DeBugger (Unix)
ADB: Apple Desktop Bus (Apple)
ADBS: Advanced Data Broadcasting System (DirecPC)
ADC: Adaptive Data Compression (MODEM)
ADC: Analog to Digital Converter
ADC: Apple Display Connector (Apple)
ADC: Apple Distribution Center (Apple)
ADC: Automatic Data Capture
ADCCP: Advanced Data Communications Control Procedure (ANSI)
ADD: Adapter Device Driver (OS/2)
ADDC: Automatic Data Direction Control (RS-485)
ADDDC: Automatic Direct Distance Dialing System
ADE: Application Development Environment
ADE: Aufforderung zur DatenEingabe (BTX)
ADEPT: Administrative Data Entry for Processing Transmission (mil., USA)
ADES: Automatic Digital Encoding System
ADEW: Andrew Development Environment Workbench (ATK, Unix)
ADF: Access control Decision Function (mil., USA)
ADF: Automatic Document Feeder
ADI: Autocad Device Interface (CAD, AutoCAD)
ADI: AUTODIN-to-DISN Interface (AUTODIN, DISN, mil., USA)
ADIMM: Asynchronous Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM, IC, Leadtek)
ADL: [international conference on the] Advances in Digital Libraries (IEEE)
ADL: Adventure Description Language
ADLC: Asynchronous Data Link Control
ADM: Add-Drop-Multiplexer
ADMA: Area Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems)
ADMD: ADministration Management DOMAIN (X.400)
ADMF: ??? (UMTS)
ADMS: Access Device Messaging Specification (banking, Visa)
ADMT: Active Directory Migration Tool (MS, AD)
ADO: ActiveX Data Objects (ASP, ODBC, MS, IIS)
ADONIS: ADvanced On-Screen Information System, "AdonIS"
ADP: Administrative Data Processing
ADP: Advanced Data Processing
ADP: Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
ADPCM: Adaptive Delta Pulse Code Modulation
ADPE: Automatic Data Processing Equipment (ADP)
ADPLO: Automated Data Processing Liaison Office (ADP)
ADPS: Automatic Data Processing System (ADP)
ADPT: Automated Data Processing/Telecommunications (ADP), "ADP/T"
ADR: Advanced Digital Recording (Streamer, Philips, OnStream)
ADS: Advanced Digital System
ADS: Application Development System
ADS: Automatic Distribution System
ADS: Automatic Documenting System (LAN)
ADS: Auxiliary Data System
ADSI: Active Directory Service Interface (MS, COM, AD)
ADSIA: Allied Data Systems Interoperability Agency (org., NATO, mil.)
ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line [technology] (BELLCORE, AT&T, DSL, ADSL)
ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop [modulation]
ADSP: Advanced Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
ADSP: Appletalk Data Stream Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
ADSR: Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release [generator] (VCA, audio)
ADSU: ATM Data Service Unit (ATM)
ADT: Abstract Data Type
ADT: Access Developer's Toolkit (MS, DB, Windows)
ADT: Application Data Type
ADT: Application Development Tools (IBM, AS/400)
ADT: Atlantic Daylight Time [-0300] (TZ, AST)
ADU: Automatic Dialing Unit
ADUA: Administrative Directory User Agent
ADV: Automatisierte DatenVerarbeitung
ADV: staatliche Akademie fuer DatenVerarbeitung (org., Uni Boeblingen, Germany)
ADVS: Automatisiertes DatenVerarbeitungsSystem
ADX: Automatic Data eXchange
AE: Apple Events (Apple)
AE: Application Entity / Environment / Execution / Engineering (APE)
AEA: American Electronics Association (org., USA)
AEA: Asynchroner EmulationsAdapter (IBM)
AEB: Analog Expansion Bus
AEC: Advanced Error Correction (CD)
AEF: Access control Enforcement Function
AEGIS: Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System
AEI: Application Enabling Interface (IBM)
AEI: Automatic Equipment Identification
AEIMP: Apple Event Interprocess Messaging Protocol (Apple)
AEM: Automatic Emulation Management (Brother)
AEOM: Apple Events Object Model (Apple)
AEPIA: Asociacion Espanola Para la Inteligencia Artificial (org., Spain, AI)
AES: Advanced Encryption Standard (cryptography)
AES: Application Environment Service / Specification (OSF)
AES: Automatic Emulation Switching (Lexmark)
AESEBU: Auto Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union (Digital audio), "AES/EBU"
AETE: Apple Event Terminology Extension (Apple)
AEUT: Apple Event User Terminology (Apple)
AF: Auxiliary carry Flag (assembler)
AFAIC: As Far As I'm Concerned (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
AFAICR: As Far As I Can Recall (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
AFAICT: As Far As I Can Tell (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
AFAIK: As Far As I Know (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
AFAIR: As Far As I Recall / Remember (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
AFAMPE: [u.s.] Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange (org., USA. mil.)
AFC: AntiFerromagnetically Coupled [technology] (IBM, HDD)
AFC: Application Foundation Classes (MS, GUI, Java)
AFC: Automatic Font Change
AFCET: Association Francaise pour la Cybernetique Economique et Technique (org., France)
AFD: Automatic File Distribution
AFE: Apple File Exchange (Apple)
AFEB: AFrican EDIFACT Board (org., EDIFACT), "AF/EB"
AFI: Authority and Format Indicator (NSAP, IDP)
AFI: Authority Frame Identifier
AFII: Association for Font Information Interchange (org., USA)
AFIN: Air Force Information Network (network, USA, mil.)
AFIS: AutomatisiertesFingerabdruck-InformationsSystem (INPOL)
AFK: Away from Keyboard (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
AFNET: Air Force Network (network, USA, mil.)
AFP: Advanced Function Presentation (IBM)
AFP: Appletalk Filing Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
AFPA: Advanced Function Printing Architecture (IBM)
AFPDS: Advanced Function Printing Data Stream (IBM)
AFPL: Aladdin Free Public License
AFPL: Artifex Free Public License
AFT: Authenticated Firewall Traversal (IETF)
AFTP: Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
AFUU: Association Francaise des Utilisateurs d'Unix (org., France, Unix)
AGA: Advanced Graphics Adapter
AGC: Automatic Gain Control (audio)
AGCH: Access Grant CHannel (GSM, CCCH, mobile-systems)
AGEP: ArbeitsGemeinschaft Elektronisches Publizieren [e.v.] (org., DTP), "AgEP"
AGF: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der GrossForschungseinrichtungen [deutschlands] (org.)
AGFMB: ArbeitsGemeinschaft Freier MailBoxen (org.)
AGNS: AT&T Global Network Services (AT&T)
AGP: Advanced / Accelerated Graphics Port (Intel, MMX, AGP)
AH: [IP] Authentication Header (IPSEC, IPV6, RFC 1826, VPN)
AHB: Advanced High performance Bus (AMBA, ARM)
AHIMA: American Health Information Management Association (org., USA)
AHP: Analytical Hierachy Process
AHPCRC: Army High Performance Computing Research Center (org., USA, HPC)
AI: Adobe Illustrator (Adobe)
AI: Artificial Intelligence
AIA: Application Integration Architecture
AIBO: Artificial Intelligence roBOt (Sony, AI)
AIC: [SRI] Artificial Intelligence Center (SRI, AI)
AIC: AIX windows Interface Composer (AIX, IBM)
AICA: Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico (org., Italy)
AID: Application IDentifier (APDU)
AID: Attention Interrupt ??? [key] (IBM)
AID: AUTODIN Interface Device (AUTODIN, mil., USA)
AIDA: Aktuelle Informationen in Deutsch zum Amiga (AC, Amiga)
AIDAT: African Internet Development Action Team (org., Internet)
AIDS: Automatic Installation and Diagnostic Service
AIFF: Audio Interchange File Format
AII: Active Input Interface (UNI, PMD, FDDI)
AIIA: Associazione Italiana per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (org., Italy, AI)
AIIM: Association for Information and Image Management (org., USA)
AIM: Advanced Invar Mask (Display, ViewSonic)
AIM: Alternate Input Method (OS/2)
AIM: AOL Instant Messenger [protocol] (AOL)
AIM: Apple, IBM, Motorola [consortium] (Apple, IBM, Motorola, org.)
AIM: Association of Imaging Manufacturers (org.)
AIM: ATM / Ascend Inverse Multiplexing [protocol] (ATM)
AIM: Automatic Interface Management (Brother)
AIMD: Additive-Increase Multiplicative-Decrease (TCP)
AIMS: Apple Internet Mail Server (Apple)
AIMSRCF: Association of Imaging Manufacturers ??? /Shared Resource Control Facility (Fujitsu), "AIM/SRCF"
AIN: Advanced Intelligent Network (IN)
AIN: Auto Insert Notification (CD-R)
AIO: Asynchronous Input/Output
AIP: Association of Internet Professionals (org., Internet)
AIP: Associazione Informatici Professionisti (org., Italy)
AIP: ATM Interface Processor (ATM)
AIR: Automatic Image Refinement (Canon), "A.I.R."
AIRTC: [international symposium on] Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Control (IFAC, IFIP, IMACS, conference)
AIS: Account Information Security
AIS: Alarm Indication Signal (UNI, ATM, OAM, DS3/E3)
AIS: Applied Information Sciences (manufacturer)
AIS: Applied Information Systems (manufacturer)
AIS: Arbeitgeber-Informations-Service (WWW)
AIS: Automated Information System
AISB: Association of Imaging Service Bureaus (org.)
AISE: Alarm Indication Signal-External (UNI, ATM), "AIS-E"
AISIG: [south australian] Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group (org., Australia, AI)
AISP: Association for Internet Service Providers (org., USA, ISP)
AISP: Association of Information Systems Professionals (org., USA)
AISSO: Automated Information Systems Security Officer (mil., USA)
AIST: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (org., Japan)
AIT: Advanced Intelligent Tape (Sony, Streamer)
AIT: Angewandte InformationsTechnik [verlags gmbh] (manufacturer)
AITEC: [research institute for] Advanced Information TEChnology (org., Japan)
AITO: Association Internationale pour les Technologies Objets (org.)
AIUI: As I Understand It (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
AIW: All In Wonder [graphic card] (ATI)
AIW: APPN Implementers Workshop (org., APPN)
AIX: Advanced Interactive eXecutive (IBM, Unix, OS)
AIXESA: Advanced Interactive eXecutive/Enterprise Systems Architecture (IBM, AIX), "AIX/ESA"
AJBS: Association of Japanese Business Studies (org., Japan)
AK: Application Kit (NextStep, OpenStep, Apple, Rhapsody)
AKA: Also Known As
AKI: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen KI Institute (org., KI)
AL: Artificial Life
AL: Assembly Language
ALAN: Audio Local Area Network (audio), "A-LAN"
ALAP: Appletalk Link Access Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
ALAP: As Late As Possible (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
ALC: Adaptation Layer Controller (ATM)
ALC: Arithmetic and Logic Circuits (IC)
ALC: Automatic Level Control
ALDC: Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (IBM)
ALE: Address Lifetime Expectation (org., IETF, IP)
ALE: Application Link Enabling (R/3, SAP)
ALE: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (Linux, user group)
ALE: Atomic Layer Epitaxy (IC)
ALEC: Authorized Linux Education Center (Linux, Caldera)
ALGOL: ALGOrithmic Language
ALIWEB: Archie Like Indexing in the WEB (WWW)
ALK: Automatisierte LiegenschaftsKarte (ALTIS)
ALM: Application / Appware Loadable Module (Novell, Netware)
ALM: Asynchronous Line Module
ALM: Asynchronous Line Multiplexer
ALOE: Apple Library for Object Embedding (Apple, OpenDoc)
ALP: Assembly Language Processor (IBM)
ALR: Advanced Logic Research, inc (manufacturer)
ALS: Adjacent Link Station (IBM)
ALSA: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (Linux)
ALSI: Associazione nazionale Laureati in Scienze dell'informazione e Informatica (org., Italy)
ALTEL: Association of Long-distance TELephone companies (org., USA)
ALTERNIC: ALTERnative Network Information Center (Internet, USA)
ALTS: Association for Local Telecommunications Services (org., USA)
ALU: Arithmetic and Logic Unit (CPU)
AM: Active Matrix (LCD)
AM: Amplitude Modulation
AM: Asynchronous Mode
AMA: Automatic Message Accounting
AMACS: AMA Collection System (AMA)
AMAP: As Much As Possible (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
AMARC: AMA Recording Center (AMA)
AMASE: AMA Standard Entry (AMA)
AMAT: AMA Transmitter (AMA)
AMATPS: AMA TeleProcessing System (AMA)
AMBA: Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (ARM, AMBA)
AMCD: Active Matrix Color Display (AMD, LCD)
AMCD: Activity Monitoring Completion Detection
AMD: Active Matrix Display (LCD)
AMD: Advanced MicroDevices [inc.] (manufacturer)
AME: Advanced Metal Evaporated [tape] (Seagate, Streamer)
AME: Advanced Modeling Extension (AutoCAD)
AMEL: Active Matrix Electro Luminescent (AMD, LCD)
AMH: Automated Material Handling
AMHS: Automated Message Handling System (MHS)
AMI: Alternate Mark Inversion (ISDN, T1)
AMI: American Megatrends Incorporation (manufacturer)
AMI: ATM Management Interface (ForeRunner)
AMIA: American Medical Informatics Association (org., USA)
AMIA: Australian Medical Informatics Association (org., Australia)
AMIC: Apple Memory-mapped I/O Controller (Apple)
AMIGADE: Amiga Digital Environment (Amiga), "AmigaDE"
AMIGOS: Advanced Mobile Integration in General Operating Systems
AMIS: Audio Message Interface Standard
AML: ACPI Machine Language (ACPI, ASL, BIOS)
AMLCD: Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMD, LCD)
AMMA: Advanced Memory Management Architecture
AMME: Automated Multi-Media Exchange
AMNET: Allgemeines Mailbox NETzwerk (BBS, network)
AMOK: A Modular Operating Kernel (OS, Cray)
AMOS: Alpha Microsystems Operating System (OS)
AMPE: Automated Message Processing Exchange
AMPS: Advanced Mobile Phone Service (mobile-systems, Motorola)
AMR: Audio MODEM Riser [slot] (Intel)
AMS: Advanced Monitor System (OS, DEC, PDP 9, PDP 15)
AMS: American Mathematical Society (org., USA)
AMS: Andrew Mail / Message System (Unix)
AMS: Asymmetric Multiprocessing System
AMS: AUTODIN Mail Server (AUTODIN, mil., USA)
AMSDOS: AMStrad Disk Operating System (Amstrad, OS), "AMS-DOS"
AMT: Active Matrix Technology (AMD, LDC)
AMT: Apple Media Toolkit (Apple)
AMTF: Average Modulation Transfer Function
AMTFT: Active Matrix Thin Film Transistor (AMD, LCD, TFT)
AMTPE: Apple Media Tool Programming Environment (Apple), "AMT PE"
AMWG: Architecture Methodology Working Group (org., DISA)
AN: Access Node
AN: Alternating Network
ANBU: ANlagenBUchhaltung
ANCS: AT&T Netware Connect Services (AT&T, Netware)
ANDF: Architecture Neutral Distribution Format (OSF)
ANFSCD: And Now For Something Completely Different (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
ANHR: Access Node Hub Router (AN)
ANI: Automatic Number Identification
ANMA: Apple Network Managers Association (org., Apple)
ANMP: Advanced ??? Network Management Protocol
ANN: Artificial Neural Networks (NN)
ANR: Access Node Router
ANS: Advanced Network & Services Inc. (IBM, MCI. Merit, NFSnet)
ANS: American National Standard (ANSI, ISO, USA)
ANSA: Advanced Networked Systems Architecture (ISA)
ANSI: American National Standard Institute (org., USA)
ANSPAG: Advanced Network System Performance and Application Group (RDN-CRC)
ANTC: Advanced Networking Test Center (org., USA, AMD, FDDI)
ANTS: AT&T Novell Telephone Services (AT&T, Novell), "A/NTS"
ANUML: Australian National University Meta Language, "ANU ML"
AO: Arvutikasutaja Oskustunnistus (Org, Estonia)
AOA: American Optometric Association (org., USA)
AOAC: Always On, Always Connected (NBS)
AOCD: Advice Of Charge, During the call
AOCE: Advice Of Charge, at the End of the call
AOCE: Apple Open Collaboration Environment (Apple)
AODI: Always On / Dynamic ISDN (ISDN, ACTEF), "AO/DI"
AOE: Application Operating Environment (AT&T)
AOI: Active Output Interface (UNI, PMD, FDDI)
AOL: America OnLine (network, AOL)
AOP: Aspect Orientated Programming
AOS: [LambdaRouter] All Optical Switch (Lucent, LambdaXtreme)
AOS: Advanced Operating System (OS)
AOS: Algebraic Operating System (IBM)
AOTC: Australian Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (org., Australia)
AOU: Arithmetic Output Unit
AOW: Asia and Oceania Workshop (OSI)
AP: Access Point (WLAN)
AP: Access Provider (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
AP: Application Processor
AP: Auto Precharge (SDRAM)
AP: Automatic Pagination
APA: Adaptive Packet Assembly
APA: All Points Addressable
APA: Arithmetic Processing Accelerator
APAR: Authorized Program Analysis Report (IBM)
APB: Advanced Peripheral Bus (AMBA, ARM)
APC: American Power Conversion (manufacturer, UPS)
APC: ArbeitsPlatz Computer (SNI)
APC: Association for Progressive Communications (org., network)
APCUG: Association of Personal Computer User Groups (org.)
APD: Additional Product Documentation
APDA: Apple Programmers and Developers Association (org., Apple)
APDPR: Advanced PDF Password Recovery (PDF)
APDU: Application Protocol Data Unit (OSI, PDU, OSI/RM, APDU, ICC)
APE: APplication Engineering
APEL: A Portable EMACS Library (EMACS, GNU)
APEX: Advanced Packet EXchange
APF: Advanced Printer Function (IBM, ADT)
API: Application Program Interface (API)
API: Associacao Portuguesa de Informatica (org., Portugal)
APIC: Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (Intel, PIC)
APIS: Arbeitsdatei PIOS Innere Sicherheit (INPOL, PIOS)
APL: A Perspicuous Language / Alles Parallel Loesbar (APL, slang)
APL: A Programming Language (IBM)
APLSF: A Programming Language with Shared Files (CMU, DEC)
APLSF: A Programming Language with Shared Variables (IBM)
APLV: Arbeitsdatei PIOS LandesVerrat (INPOL, PIOS)
APM: Advanced Power Management
APMS: Automated Program Management information System
APN: Access Point Name (GPRS, mobile-systems)
APNIC: Asian Pacific Network Information Center (org., Internet)
APO: Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP, SCM)
APOK: Arbeitsdatei PIOS Organisierte Kriminalitaet (INPOL, PIOS)
APOP: Autenticated Post Office Protocol (Internet, POP, RFC 1734)
APP: Application Portability Profile
APPC: Advanced Peer-to-Peer Communications (IBM, SNA, LU 6.2)
APPC: Advanced Program to Program Communication (IBM)
APPC: Application Program to Program Converter (IBM)
APPCM: Access Protection and Priority Control Mechanism (DQDB)
APPCP: Advanced Program to Program Communications Protocol (APPC, IBM)
APPEL: A P3P Preference Exchange Language (P3P)
APPI: Advanced Peer to Peer Internetworking (Cisco)
APPN: Advanced Peer to Peer Networking (IBM)
APR: Arbeitsdatei PIOS Rauschgift (INPOL, PIOS)
APS: Active Pixel Sensor
APS: Application Page Server
APS: Application Service Provider (WAN)
APS: Asynchronous Protocol Specification
APSE: Ada Programming Support Environment
APSE: Agfa Publishing Systems Environment (Agfa, DTP)
APSL: Apple Public Source License (Apple)
APT: Address Pass Through
APT: Advanced Photoscale Technology (Brother)
APT: Automatically Programmed Tools
APTC: Advanced Processor Temperature Control (Chaintech)
APTM: Application Program to Transaction Manager (TP)
APU: Auxiliary Processing Unit
APW: Arbeitsdatei PIOS Waffen (INPOL, PIOS)
AR: Administrative Request [message] (LFAP)
ARA: Administrative Request Acknowledge [message] (LFAP)
ARA: Affiliate Registration Authority (RA, PKI, ITU)
ARA: Apple[talk] Remote Access (Apple, AppleTalk)
ARAG: AntiReflection AntiGlare (ViewSonic)
ARAP: Apple Remote Access Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
ARB: Architecture Review Board (OpenGL, manufacturer, org.)
ARC: Advanced RISC Computing [architecture] (ACE, RISC)
ARCA: Advanced RISC Computing Architecture (ACE, RISC)
ARCNET: Attached Resource Computer NETwork (Datapoint), "ARCnet"
ARE: All Routes Explorer (ATM)
AREXX: Amiga Restructured EXtended eXecutor [language] (Amiga, Commodore, REXX)
ARIN: American Registry for Internet Numbers (org., Internet, USA)
ARKD: Abuse Resistant Key Distribution (Arcade)
ARL: Access Rights List (Banyan, VINES)
ARLL: Advanced Run-Length Limited [encoding]
ARM: Advanced RISC Machines (manufacturer, Acorn, Apple, VLSI, RISC)
ARM: Annotated [c++] Reference Manual
ARM: Asynchronous Response Mode
ARMA: Association of Records Managers and Administrators, inc. (org.)
ARMS: Architecture for Reliable Managed Storage (Cheyenne)
ARMS: Automation Resources Management System
ARNS: Appletalk Remote Network Server (Apple, AppleTalk)
ARO: Affiliate Registration Organization (RA, PKI, ITU)
AROM: Alterable Read Only Memory (ROM)
ARP: Address Resolution Protocol (Internet, RFC 826)
ARPA: Advanced Research Projects Agency (org., USA)
ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork (USA, network)
ARPDP: Association of Rehabilitation Programs in Data Processing (org., USA)
ARQ: Automatic Re-transmission reQuest (MODEM)
ARRA: Announced Retransmission Random Access (MAC)
ART: Adaptive Resonance Theory (NN)
ART: Advanced Resolution Technology (Minolta)
ARTS: Accelerated Ray-Tracing System (raytracing)
ARTS: Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server
ARTT: Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal
AS: Advanced Server (Windows NT)
AS: Authentication Service (DCE)
AS: Autonomous System (IP, Internet, RFC 1930)
AS400: Application System/400 (IBM), "AS/400"
ASA: Advanced SCSI Architecture (SCSI)
ASA: American Standards Association (org., USA, ANSI, predecessor)
ASAP: As Soon As Possible (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
ASAP: Automatic Switching And Processing
ASB: Advanced System Bus (AMBA, ARM)
ASBR: Autonomous System Border / Boundary Router (AS)
ASC: Accredited Standards Committee (org., ANSI)
ASC: Additional Sense Code
ASC: American Society for Cybernetics (org., USA)
ASC: Authorized Support Center
ASC: Automatic Contrast Selection (FAX)
ASCI: Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative
ASCII: American Standard Code of Information Interchange
ASCSI: Advanced Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI)
ASD: Architecture Summary Design
ASDSP: Application-Specific Digital Signal Processor
ASE: Active Storage Element (GigaB, IP-router)
ASE: Aladdin Smartcard Environment (Fast, Aladdin)
ASE: Application Service Element (ATM)
ASEB: ASian EDIFACT Board (org., EDIFACT), "AS/EB"
ASEMH: Army Standards Electronic Mail Host (mil., USA)
ASF: Advanced Streaming Format (MS)
ASF: Apache Software Foundation (org., Apache)
ASH: Almquist SHell (BSD, Unix, Shell), "ash"
ASI: Adapter Support Interface (IBM, LAN)
ASI: Amorphous SIlicon drum (Kyocera), "aSI"
ASI: Aquarius Systems International (manufacturer)
ASI: Asynchronous SCSI Interface
ASI: Automatic System Installation
ASIC: Application Specific Integrated Circuit (IC, RL)
ASIM: Arbeitskreis Simulation und Kuenstliche Intelligenz (org., GI)
ASIO: Audio Stream Input/Output
ASIS: American Society for Information Science (org.)
ASK: Akademische Software Kooperation (org., Karlsruhe, Germany)
ASK: Amplitude Shift Keying
ASKSAM: Access Stored Knowledge via Symbolic Access Method (DB), "askSam"
ASL: ACPI Source Language (ACPI, AML)
ASL: Adaptive Speed Levelling (US Robotics)
ASLT: Advanced Solid Logic Technology (IC)
ASM: Advanced Server Management (Acer)
ASM: Association of Systems Management (org.)
ASMA: Administratively Scoped IP Multicast (RFC 2365, Multicast)
ASMO: Advanced Storage Magneto Optical [disk] (Hitachi, Maxell, Matsushita, Fujitsu, Olympus, Philips, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, LG Electronics)
ASMP: ASymetric MultiProcessing [system]
ASMP: ASymmetrisches MultiProzessor [system]
ASN1: Abstract Syntax Notation One (OSI, ISO, IS 8824), "ASN.1"
ASNM: AdvanceStack Network Management (HP)
ASO: Address Supporting Organization (Internet)
ASP: Abstract Service Primitive (OSI)
ASP: Active Server Pages (HTTP, MS)
ASP: Advanced Signal Processing / Processor
ASP: Appletalk Session Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
ASP: Application Service Provider / Providing (ISP, Internet)
ASP: Association of Shareware Professionals (org., USA)
ASP: Authorized Service Provider (Sun)
ASPEC: Advanced SPectre Entropy Coding (MPEG, Digital audio)
ASPEN: Automatic System for Performance Evaluation of the Network
ASPI: Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (Adaptec, API, SCSI)
ASPIC: Advanced SCSI Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC, SCSI)
ASPIK: Algebraic Specifications and Implementations ??? (ISDV)
ASPP: Application Specific Programmable Product (ASIC, ASSP, FPGA, RL)
ASPS: Advanced Signal Processing System
ASQ: Automated Software Quality
ASQC: American Society of Quality Control (org., USA)
ASR: Automatic Server Restart (HP)
ASR: Automatic Speech Recognition
ASSERT: ADEPT Subsystem for Scanning of Electronic Received Traffic (ADEPT, mil., USA)
ASSIST: Automated Special Security Information System Terminal (mil., USA)
ASSP: Application Specific Standard Product (RL)
ASSPA: ASsociation Suisse pour l'Automatique (org., Switzerland)
ASSR: Agreed Set of Security Rules (mil., USA)
ASSUME: Association of Statistics Specialists Using Microsoft Excel (org., user group)
AST: Atlantic Standard Time [-0400] (TZ, ADT)
ASTA: Advanced Software Technology and Agorithms (HPCC)
ASTRAL: Alliance fuer Strategic Token Ring Advancement and Leadership (manufacturer)
ASU: Asynchron-Synchron Umsetzer
ASVD: Analog Simultaneous Voice and Data (MODEM)
AT: Advanced Technology (IBM, PC)
ATA: Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA, HDD)
ATAG: Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (WAI)
ATAP: ARM Technology Access Program (ARM)
ATAPI: Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface (ATA)
ATASPI: Advanced Technology Attachment Software Programming Interface (ATA)
ATC: Address Translation Cache (CPU)
ATC: Address Translation Controller (ATM)
ATC: Advanced Thermo Concept (Cooler-Master)
ATC: Authorized Testing Center (MS)
ATC: Automatic Transmission Control
ATCA: Allied Tactical Communications Agency (org., NATO, mil.)
ATCP: [PPP] AppleTalk Control Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk, PPP, NCP, RFC 1378)
ATD: Asynchronous Time Division (ATM)
ATDM: Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexer (ATD)
ATDMA: Asynchronous Time Division Multiple Access (ATD)
ATDP: ATtention Dial Pulse (MODEM)
ATDT: ATtention Dial Tone (MODEM)
ATE: Asynchronous Terminal Emulation (Banyan, VINES)
ATE: ATM Terminating Equipment (SONET, ATM)
ATEC: Authorized Training and Education Center (MS, MOCS, MCSD, ATEC)
ATES: Advanced Techniques integration into Efficient scientific Software (ESPRIT, CASE)
ATF: Automatic Track Finding (DDS)
ATH: ATtention Hang up (MODEM)
ATI: Advanced Telecomunications Institute (org., USA)
ATI: Asociacion de Tecnicos de Informatica (org., Spain)
ATIP: Absolute Time In Pregroove (CD)
ATIS: Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (org., USA)
ATK: Andrew ToolKit (Unix)
ATKIS: Amtliches Topographisch-Kartographisches InformationsSystem
ATL: Activex Template Library (MS, ActiceX, MSVC)
ATL: Adaptive Threshold Learning (neural nets)
ATM: Abstract Test Method (ISO 9646-1)
ATM: Adobe Type Manager
ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
ATM: At The Moment (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
ATM: Automatic Teller Machine
ATMARP: ATM Address Resolution Protocol (ATM, ARP)
ATMP: Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol (Ascend, RFC 2107)
ATMS: Assumption based Truth Maintenance System (AI)
ATN: Augmented Transition Network
ATOB: ASCII TO Binary (ASCII)
ATOMM: Advanced super Thinlayer and high-Output Metal Media (Fuji)
ATP: [Macromedia] Authorized Training Program (Macromedia)
ATP: Advanced Technology Partner
ATP: Appletalk Transaction Protocol (Apple)
ATP: Application Transaction Program (IBM, APPC)
ATP: Available To Promise (SCM)
ATP2: AppleTalk Phase 2 (Apple, AppleTalk)
ATPS: AppleTalk Printing Services (AppleTalk, Apple)
ATR: Advanced Telecommunications Research laboratory (org., Japan)
ATR: Answer To Reset
ATR: Automatic Terminal Recognition
ATRAC: Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding (Sony, Digital audio, CODEC)
ATS: Abstract Test Suite
ATS: Administrative Terminal System
ATS: Apple Terminal Services (Apple, AppleTalk)
ATSUI: Apple Text Services for Unicode Imaging (Apple, Unicode)
ATT: American Telephone and Telegraph, "AT&T"
ATVEF: Advanced TV Enhancement Forum (org.)
ATX: Advanced Technology eXtended [format]
AU: Access Unit
AUAI: Association for Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (org., AI)
AUC: AUthentication Center (GSM, mobile-systems), "AuC"
AUDIT: AUtomated Data Input Terminal
AUDIUS: AUssenDIenstUnterstuetzungsSystem (CAS)
AUE: Andrew User Environment (Unix)
AUGE: Apple User Group Europe (org., Apple, user group)
AUI: Access Unit Interface
AUI: Asociacion de Usarios de Internet (Internet, user group, Spain, org.)
AUI: Attachment Unit Interface (ethernet)
AUI: Audible User Interface (UI)
AUIS: Andrew User Interface System (Unix, UI)
AUP: Acceptable Use Policy (NFSNet)
AURP: Appletalk Update-based Routing Protocol (Apple, Appletalk, RFC 1504)
AUT: Application Under Test
AUTODIN: AUTOmatic DIgital Network (DMS, DISA)
AUTOSEVOCOM: AUTOmated SEcure VOice COMmunications (predecessor, SVIP, mil., USA)
AUTOVON: AUTOmatic VOice Network (predecessor, DSN, DISA)
AUU: ATM User-to-User (ATM)
AUX: Apple UniX (Apple, Unix), "A/UX"
AV: Audio/Video, "A/V"
AV: AudioVisual [macintosh] (Apple)
AVA: Audio-Visual Authoring
AVAS: teile-Auftragserfassungs-, Verwaltungs- und AbrufSystem (MBAG)
AVATAR: Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and Recreator (BBS)
AVC: Audio-Visual Connection
AVCD: Audio-Visual Computer Display
AVD: Alternation Voice/Data
AVE: AutoCAD Visualization Extension (AutoCAD)
AVERT: Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (McAfee)
AVGA: Advanced Video Graphics Array (VGA)
AVI: Audio Video Interleaved (MS)
AVIS: AuftragsVerwaltungs- und InformationsSYstem (MBAG)
AVL: Adelson, Veslkij and Laudis [tree]
AVM: AudioVisuelles Marketing und computersysteme [gmbh] (manufacturer)
AVPD: Anchor Volume Descriptor Pointer (CD-R, UDF, ISO 9660)
AVR: Automatic Voice Recognition
AVR: Automatic Voltage Regulation (USV)
AVS: Address Verification System
AVS: Adult Verification System (WWW)
AWAC: Audio Waveform Amplifier and Converter (Apple)
AWADO: Automatischer Wechselschalter in der AnschlussDose
AWD: Automatische Waehleinrichtung fuer Datenverbindungen
AWE: Address Windowing Extensions (API, PAE)
AWE: Autocad Windows Extension (AutoCAD)
AWG: American Wire Gauge (cable)
AWK: al Aho, peter Weinberger, brian Kernighan (Unix)
AWL: AnWeisungsListe (DIN 19239)
AWOL: Abesent WithOut Leave (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
AWP: Association of Web Professionals (org., WWW)
AWS: Apple Workgroup Server (Appletalk, Apple)
AWT: Abstract Windows Toolkit (Java, Sun)
AWTAPI: Abstract Windows Toolkit-Application Programmer Interface (AWT, API, Java)
AXE: Application eXecution Environment
AZEB: Australian/new Zealand EDIFACT Board (org., EDIFACT), "AZ/EB"

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B2B: Business to Business
B2C: Business to Customer
B8ZS: Binary 8 Zero Suppression [encoding] (ISDN, T1)
BACP: Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BAP, RFC 2125)
BAD: Broken As Designed (slang)
BADW: Bayerische Akademie Der Wissenschaften (org.)
BAGEL: Bay Area GNU Enthusiasts League (GNU, org., user group)
BAI: Basic Access Interface (ISDN)
BALUN: BALanced-UNbalanced [adapter] (cable), "Balun"
BAM: Bidirectional Associative Memory (neural nets)
BAM: Block-Availability-Map
BAM: Bundesanstalt fuer Materialpruefung (org., Berlin, Germany)
BAP: [PPP] Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (PPP, RFC 2125, BACP)
BAPC: [PPP] Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (PPP, BAP, RFC 2125)
BAPCO: Business Application Performance COrporation (org., Compaq, Dell, HP, IBM, MS, Lotus, Intel, ...), "BAPCo"
BAPI: Business Application Programmer's Interface (SAP, R/3, API)
BAPT: BundesAmt fuer Post und Telefon (org.)
BAR: Base Address Register (IC)
BARRNET: Bay Area Regional Research NETwork (network), "BARRNet"
BART: Basic Application RunTime (OS/2, IBM)
BARWAN: Bay Area Research Wireless Access Network (network, USA)
BAS: Basic Activity Subset
BASH: Bourne-Again SHell (Unix, Shell)
BASIC: Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BASIN: Bundesweites Alternatives Studentisches InformationsNetzwerk (WWW, org.)
BAT: Baby Advanced Technology [board] (AT)
BAYSIS: BAY networks' Switched Internetworking Services, "BaySIS"
BB: BridgeBoard (Amiga, Commodore)
BBC: Broadband Bearer Capability (B-ISDN)
BBIAB: [I'll] Be Back In A Bit (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
BBIAM: Be Back In A Minute (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
BBL: Be Back Later (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
BBN: Bolt, Beranek and Newman (manufacturer)
BBNS: BroadBand Network Services
BBR: Back Bone Ring
BBS: Bulletin Board System (telecommunication)
BCAM: Basic Communication Access Method
BCBDS: Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer Service (B-ISDN)
BCC: Base Communications-computer Center (mil., USA)
BCC: Blind Carbon Copy (telecommunication)
BCC: Block Check Character
BCCH: Broadcast Control CHannel (GSM, mobile-systems)
BCD: Binary Coded Decimal
BCDBS: Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer Service (ATM)
BCDIC: Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
BCDMA: Broadband Code Division Multiple Access (Interdigital, SNI, Samsung), "B-CDMA"
BCF: Base station Control Function (BS, BTS, GSM, mobile-systems)
BCI: Batibus Club International (org.)
BCI: Brain Computer Interface
BCM: Basic Control Monitor (OS, Xerox, Xerox 530)
BCN: Backbone Concentrator Node (Wellfleet)
BCOB: Broadband Class of Bearer (B-ISDN)
BCP: [Internet] Best Current Practice (Internet, RFC)
BCP: [PPP] Bridging Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1638)
BCP: Basic Call Process (IN)
BCP: Binary Communications Protocol
BCP: Binary Control Protocol (Adobe, PS)
BCPL: Basic / BBN Combined Programming Language (BBN)
BCRFS: Bell System Reference Frequency Standard
BCS: Banking Communication Standard (banking)
BCS: Basic Combined Subset
BCS: Basic Control System (OS, HP, HP 2100)
BCS: Binary Compatibility Standard (Motorola)
BCS: Block Check Sequenz (GPRS, GSM, mobile-systems)
BCS: British Computer Society (org., UK)
BCSM: Basic Call State Model (IN)
BCU: Bus Controller Unit
BDA: BIOS Data Area (BIOS)
BDA: Borland DAtabase (Borland, DB)
BDA: BundesDatenAutobahn [e.v] (org., ISP)
BDAM: Basic Direct Access Method (DAM)
BDC: Backup DOMAIN Controller (MS, Windows NT, PDC)
BDE: BetriebsDatenErfassung
BDE: Borland Database Engine (Borland, Delphi, DB)
BDF: Bitmap Description / Display Format (Adobe, Fonts)
BDK: [java]Beans Development Kit (Java)
BDOS: Basic Disk Operating System (CP/M)
BDR: Bus Device Request (SCSI)
BDSG: BundesDatenSchutzGesetz Germany
BEAT: Best Enhanced Advanced Technology (Trident, AT)
BEB: Binary Exponential Backoff (CSMA/CD, LIB)
BEC: Back-End-Chip (DVR)
BECEEP: BErlin Continuing Engineering Education Program, "BeCEEP"
BECN: Backward Explicit Congestion Notification (ATM)
BED: Bookmark Exploring Dabbler (VRML)
BEDO: Burst EDO [DRAM] (EDO, RAM, DRAM, IC, Micron)
BEDODRAM: Burst Extended Data Out DRAM (RAM, DRAM, IC), "BEDO-DRAM"
BEEP: Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (RFC 3080)
BEEV: Bundesverband der Elektronik- und ElektroschrottVerwerter (org.)
BEF: Brightness Enhancement Foile (LCD)
BELLCORE: BELL COmmunications REsearch (org., USA), "Bellcore"
BEOS: Be Operating System (OS), "BeOS"
BER: Basic Encoding Rules [for ASN.1] (ASN.1, OSI, ISO, IS 8825)
BER: Bit Error Rate
BERKOM: BERliner KOMmunikationssystem (network)
BERT: Bit Error Rate Test
BES: Block Ended by Symbol (IBM, assembler)
BES: Bursty Errored Seconds (DS1/E1)
BEST: Borland Enhanced Support and Training (Borland)
BEST: Business Executive System for Timesharing (OS, Qantel)
BEVU: Bundesvereinigung mittelstaendischer Elektro- und elektronikgeraete entsorgungs- und VerwertungsUnternehmen Org., Germany
BEW: Business Engineering Workbench (R/3, SAP)
BF: Bus Fraction [pin] (Intel, Pentium, CPU)
BFD: Binary File Descriptor (Unix)
BFN: Bye For Now (telecommunication-slang, IRC, Usenet)
BFOC: Bayonet Fiber Optic Connector
BFT: Binary File Transfer (telecommunication)
BGA: Ball Grid Array (CPU, IC)
BGI: Borland Graphics Interface (Borland)
BGP: Border Gateway Protocol (RFC 1267/1771, IP)
BGT: Broadcast and Group Translators
BHCA: Busy Hour Call Attempts
BHLI: Broadband High Layer Information, "B-HLI"
BHN: Bayerisches Hochschulnetz (network)
BHT: Branch History Table (CPU)
BI: Breidbart-Index (Usenet, ECP, EMP)
BIAB: Back In A Bit (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
BIB: Bus Interface Board
BIC: Bank Identifier Code (banking)
BIC: Bit Independence Criterion (cryptography)
BIC: Bus Interface Chip (DVR)
BICI: Broadband InterCarrier Interface (B-ISDN), "B-ICI"
BIDI: BIDirectional
BIDS: Borland International Data Structures (Borland)
BIF: Benchmark Interchange Format (PLB)
BIF: Built In Function (REXX)
BIG: Bionet Intelligent Gateway (BioData)
BIGFON: Breitbandiges Integriertes Glasfaser-Fernmelde-OrtsNetz
BIKOS: BueroInformations- und KOmmunikationsSysteme (org., GI)
BIM: Broadband Interface Module
BIMA: British Interactive Multimedia Association (org., UK)
BIND: Berkeley Internet Name DOMAIN [software] (Unix)
BIOS: Basic Input Output System / Support (PC)
BIP: Bit Interleaved Parity (SONET, ...)
BIPV: Bit Interleaved Parity Violation
BIRA: Belgian Institute for Automatic Control (org., Belgium)
BIS: Business Information System
BISDN: Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (ATM), "B-ISDN"
BISP: Business Information System Program
BISSI: Broadband Inter-Switching System Interface (B-ISDN), "B-ISSI"
BISUP: Broadband ISDN User's Part (B-ISDN), "B-ISUP"
BISYNC: Binary SYNchronous Communications (IBM)
BIT: Basic Interconnection Test (ISO 9646-1)
BIT: Binary digIT
BITNET: Because It's Time NETwork (network)
BIU: Bus Interface Unit
BIX: Byte Information eXchange
BJT: Bipolar Junction Transistor (IC)
BK: Buero Kommunikation
BKS: BenutzerKoordinatenSystem (CAD)
BL: Blue Lightning [processor family] (Intel)
BLADE: Basic Linear Algebra for Distributed Environments
BLAS: Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines
BLAST: BLocked ASynchronous Transmission
BLER: BLock Error Rate (CD)
BLLI: Broadband Low Layer Information (BISDN), "B-LLI"
BLM: Bayerische Landeszentrale fuer neue Medien (org.)
BLMX: Board-Level Multitasking eXecutive (OS)
BLOB: Binary Large OBject
BLOROB: BLOck based ROBot
BLSM: Base Level System Modernization
BLT: BLock Transfer
BMBF: BundesMinisterium fuer Bildung und Forschung (org.)
BMBW: BundesMinisterium fuer Bildung und Wissenschaft (org.)
BMDP: Bio-Medical Data Package
BMECAT: Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik CATalog data exchange format (XML), "BMEcat"
BMFT: BundesMinisterium fuer Forschung und Technik (org.)
BML: Bean Markup Language (Java)
BML: Business Management Layer (TMN)
BMOS: Bipolar Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
BMS: Basic Mapping Support (CICS)
BMS: Basic Monitor System (OS, DEC, PDP 9, PDP 15)
BMS: Broadcast Message Server (PCTE)
BMT: Biel Mean Time (TZ, Internet)
BMTA: Backbone Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
BMUG: Berkeley Macintosh User Group (org., Apple, USA, user group)
BMWI: BundesMinisterium fuer WIssenschaft und technologie (org.)
BN: Bridge Number
BNC: Baby N Connector (slang)
BNC: Bayonet Neill Concelman [connector]
BNC: Bayonet Nipple Connector (slang)
BNC: Bayonet Nut Coupling ???
BNC: British Naval Connector
BND: BundesNachrichtenDienst
BNEP: Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Protocol (Bluetooth)
BNF: Backus-Naur Form (TTCN, ...)
BNP: Broadband Network Premises
BNT: Broadband Network Termination (B-ISDN), "B-NT"
BNU: Basic Networking Utilities (AT&T)
BO: Back Orifice (CDC)
BOA: Basic Object Adapter
BOCA: Borland Object Component Architecture (Borland)
BOD: Business Object Documents (OAG)
BOF: Birds Of a Feather (Usenix)
BOM: Beginning of Message
BOM: Byte Order Mark (Unicode)
BONDING: Bandwidth ON Demand INteroperability Group (org., manufacturer, AIM)
BOPS: Billion Operations Per Second
BORSCHT: Battery, Overvoltage, Ringing, Signalling, Coding, Hybrid, Testing [functions] (PBX)
BOS: Basic Operating System (AIX, IBM)
BOS: Batch Operating System (OS, Honeywell)
BOS360: Basic Operating System / 360 (OS, S/360, IBM), "BOS/360"
BOS5: Business Operating Software /5 (OS), "BOS/5"
BOSS: Basic OS Software for BASIC (OS, BASIC)
BOT: Back On Topic (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
BOT: Beginning Of Tape
BOT: Broadcast Online TV
BOT: Build, Operate and Transfer (networke)
BP: Base Pointer [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)
BPB: BIOS Parameter Block (BIOS, DOS, HDD, FDD)
BPC: Broadcast Personal Computer (PC)
BPD: BankParameterDaten (DDBAC)
BPDU: Bridge Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
BPF: Berkeley Packet Filter (BSD, Unix)
BPI: Bits Per Inch (HDD)
BPIP: Best Play for Imperfect Player (NEC)
BPL: Bytes Per Line
BPN: Back-Propagation Net (NN)
BPP: Bits Per Pixel
BPP: Bridge Port Pair
BPS: Bits Per Second (MODEM)
BPSK: Bi-Phase Shift Keying [modulation] (HiperLAN/2, , 802.11a)
BPU: Branch Prediction Unit (CPU, MMX, Intel)
BPU: Branch Processing Unit (CPU)
BPV: BiPolar Violation [error event] (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)
BR: Boundary Representation (CAD, CAM)
BRAIN: Berlin Research Area Information Network (network)
BRAM: Broadcast Recognition Access Method (MAC)
BRAN: Broadband Radio Access Network (ETSI, WLAN)
BRAP: Broadcast Recognition with Alternating Priorities (MAC)
BRB: Be Right Back (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
BREW: Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (CDMA, Oualcomm)
BRF: Benchmark Reporting Format (PLB)
BRI: Basic Rate Interface (ISDN)
BRI: Bridge Router Interface ??? (Banyan, VINES)
BRIEF: Basic Reconfigurable Interactive Editing Facility
BRIM: Bridge/Router Interface Module
BRS: Big Red Switch
BRTB: Berlin Regional TestBed (WIN)
BS: BackSpace
BS: BackSpace one record (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
BS: Banded Signaling
BS: Base Station (LA, GSM, mobile-systems)
BS: BetriebsSystem
BS2000: BetriebsSystem 2000 (SNI, OS)
BSA: Backbone Service Area
BSA: Business Software Alliance (org., manufacturer)
BSAM: Basic Sequential Access Method (IBM, MVS, SAM)
BSC: Balanced ScoreCard
BSC: Base Station Controller (BS, BTS, GSM, GPRS, mobile-systems)
BSC: Binary Synchronous Coded
BSC: Binary Synchronous Communications [protocol] (IBM)
BSCM: Binary Synchronous Communications Module
BSD: Berkeley System / Software Distribution (manufacturer, Unix, OS)
BSDI: Berkeley Software Design Incorporated (manufacturer)
BSDL: Berkeley/San Diego License
BSI: Bentley Systems, Incorporated (manufacturer)
BSI: British Standards Institute (org., UK)
BSI: Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik Org., Germany
BSIC: Base Station Identification Code (BS, BCCH, GSM, mobile-systems)
BSMTP: Batched Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
BSP: BetriebsSystemProzessor (Windows NT, SMP)
BSP: Binary Space Partioning [tree]
BSP: Bug Squashing Party (Linux, Debian)
BSR: BootStrap Router (PIM, RP, Multicast)
BSS: Base Station System / Subsystem (GPRS, BSC, BTS)
BSS: Basic Service Set (WLAN)
BSS: Basic Synchronized Subset
BSS: Block Started by Symbol (IBM, assembler, Unix)
BSS: Block Storage Segment
BSS: Broadband Switching System
BSSMAP: Base Station System Management Application Part (RR, BS, MTP, GSM, mobile-systems)
BST: Bering Strait Time [-1100] (TZ)
BST: Brazil Standard Time [-0300] (TZ)
BST: British Summer Time [+0100] (TZ, UK)
BSVC: Broadcast Switched Virtual Connections (ATM)
BT: Baghdad Time [+0200] (TZ)
BT: Bering Time [-1100] (TZ)
BT: BlueTooth
BT: British Telecom (org.)
BT: Burst Tolerance
BT: Bus Terminator
BTAM: Basic Tape Access Method (BS2000)
BTAM: Basic Telecommunications Access Method (IBM)
BTB: Branch Target Buffer (CPU)
BTC: Biting The Carpet (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
BTDT: Been There, Done That (slang, Linux, Kernel)
BTE: Broadband Terminal Equipment (B-ISDN), "B-TE"
BTL: Bell Telephone Laboratories
BTLB: Block Translation Look-aside Buffer (CPU)
BTM: Batch Time-sharing Monitor (OS)
BTM: Benchmark Timing Methodology (PLB)
BTOA: Binary TO ASCII (ASCII)
BTP: Business Transaction Protocol (OASIS)
BTRON: Business TRON (TRON)
BTS: Base Transceiver Station entities (BCF, BS, GSM, GPRS, mobile-systems)
BTS: Bug Tracking System
BTU: Basic Transmission Unit (IBM, SNA)
BTW: By The Way (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
BTX: BildschirmTeXt (network, Datex-J, Telekom), "Btx"
BTXVST: BildschirmTeXt-VermittlungsSTelle (BTX), "Btx-VSt"
BUI: Bus Interface Unit (DEC)
BUS: Broadcast and Unknown Server (ATM, LANE)
BV: BildVerarbeitung
BVB: BundesVerband fuer Buero- und informationssysteme [e.v.] (org.)
BVCP: [PPP] Banyan VINES Control Protocol (RFC 1763, Banyan, VINES, PPP)
BVIT: BundesVerband InformationsTechnologien [e.v.] (org.)
BW: Business Warehouse (DWH)
BWBM: Bandwidth Balancing Mechanism (DQDB)
BWCC: Borland Windows Custom Controls (Borland, DLL)
BZR: BefehlsZaehlRegister (IC)
BZR: Bit Zone Recording (ROD)
BZR: BundesZentralRegister (IC)
BZT: Bundesamt fuer Zulassungen in der Telekommunikation (org., Telekom)

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C128: Commodore 128 [computer] (Commodore)
C2IS: Command and Control Information Systems (mil., USA)
C3I: Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (mil., USA)
C3IIS: Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Information Systems (mil., USA), "C3I/IS"
C4: Command, Control, Communications and Computers (mil., USA)
C4I: Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (mil., USA)
C64: Commodore 64 [computer] (Commodore)
CA: Cell Arrival (ATM)
CA: Certification Authority (cryptography, PKI)
CA: Computer Animation
CA: Computer Associates (manufacturer)
CAAD: Computer Aided Architectural Design
CABS: Carrier Access Billing System
CABS: Computer Aided Business Simulation
CAC: Channel Access Code (Bluetooth)
CAC: Computer Aided Crime
CAC: Connection Admission Control (UNI, ATM)
CACEAS: Computer-Assisted Circuit Engineering and Allocating System
CACTIS: Community Automated Counter-Terrorism Intelligence System (mil., USA)
CAD: Computer Aided Dispatch / Drafting
CAD: Computer Aided Design (CIM)
CADE: Computer Aided Document Engineering (Microstar)
CADS: Computer-Assisted Display System
CAE: Client Application Enabler (IBM, DB)
CAE: Common Application Environment (X/Open)
CAE: Computer Aided Education
CAE: Computer Aided Engineering (CIM)
CAI: Computer Aided Inspection (CIM)
CAI: Computer Aided Instruction
CAIP: Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (conference)
CAIS: Common APSE Interface Specification
CAIT: Center for the Application of Information Technology (org., USA)
CAIT: Central Academy of Information Technology (org., MITI)
CAL: Client Access License (Lotus, MS)
CAL: Computer Aided Logistics
CAL: Computer Assisted Learning
CALEA: Communications Assistance Law Enforcement Act (USA)
CALS: Computer aided Acquisition and Logistics Support
CALS: Continuous Aquisition and Life-cycle Support
CAM: Common Access Method (SCSI)
CAM: Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAMAC: Computer Automated Measurement And Control
CAMM: Computer Assisted Material Management
CAN: Complete Area Networks (SNI)
CAN: Controller Area Network
CAO: Computer Aided Office
CAP: Carrierless Amplitude Phase [modulation] (ADSL, AT&T)
CAP: Communications-electronics Accommodation Program
CAP: Component Approval Process
CAP: Computer Aided Planning (CIM)
CAP: Computer Aided Publishing
CAPE: Computer Applications in Production and Engineering (conference, IFIP)
CAPI: Communication Application Program Interface (ISDN, API)
CAPI: Cryptography Application Programming Interface (cryptography, API)
CAPP: Computer Aided Process Planning
CAPSL: CAnnon Printing System Language (Canon), "CaPSL"
CAQ: Computer Aided Quality [control]
CAR: Central Access Routing (RND)
CAR: Computer Aided Retrieval
CAR: Computer Assisted Radiology
CARCAS: Computer Aided aRchiving and Change Accounting System
CARDS: Central Archive for Reusable Defense Software (mil., USA)
CARDVM: Card Virtual Machine (Java, Sun), "CardVM"
CARE: Computer Assistance Resource Exchange
CARLOS: Computer Aided Real Language Orthographic System
CAS: Column Address Strobe (IC, DRAM)
CAS: Communicating Applications Specification (FAX, Intel, DCA)
CAS: Computer Aided Selling
CAS: Computer Algebra System
CAS: Computerized Autodial System
CASE: Common Application Service Element (ISO, OSI)
CASE: Computer Aided Software Engineering
CASH: Computer Aided Service Handling (Ashton-Tate), "C.A.S.H."
CAST: Carlisle Adams and Stafford Tavares (cryptography)
CAST: Computer Aided Software Testing
CAT: Central Alaska Time [-1000] (TZ)
CAT: Common Authentication Technology (IETF, RFC 1511)
CAT: Computer Aided Technology (fair)
CAT: Computer Aided Telephony
CAT: Computer Aided Testing
CATI: Computer Aided Telephone Interviewing
CATIS: Computer-Assisted Tactical Information System (mil., USA)
CATNIP: Common ArchiTecture for Next generation Internet Protocol (IPNG, RFC 1707)
CATS: CodeWarrior Analysis Tools
CAUCE: Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (org., Internet, spam, UCE)
CAV: Constant Angular Velocity (CD, HDD, MOD)
CAVE: Cave for Automated Virtual Environment (VR)
CAVO: Computer Associates - Visual Objects (CA, DB), "CA-VO"
CBASIC: Commercial Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC)
CBC: Cipher Block Chaining [mode] (DES, DESE, RC5, cryptography)
CBCP: CallBack Control Protocol
CBCS: Computer Based Conversation System (BBS)
CBDF: Character Bitmap Distribution Format (Adobe)
CBDS: Connectionless Broadband Data Service (Europe)
CBE: Certified Banyan Engineer (Banyan, VINES)
CBEMA: Computer & Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (org.)
CBF: Code Behind Form (MS, Access, DB)
CBGA: Ceramic Ball and Grid Array (IC)
CBIOS: Compatibility Basic Input Output System (IBM, BIOS)
CBMS: Connectionless Broadband Data Service
CBQ: Class Based Queueing
CBR: Constant Bit Rate (ATM, VBR, ABR, UBR, QOS)
CBS: Certified Banyan Specialist (Banyan, VINES)
CBSR: Candidate BootStrap Router (PIM, BSR, Multicast), "C-BSR"
CBT: Canon Buffer Transmission (Fax)
CBT: Computer-Based Training
CBT: Core Based Tree [multicast protocol] (IP, RFC 1949/2189, ST, Multicast)
CBX: Computerized Branch eXchange (PBX)
CC: Carbon Copy
CC: Continuity Cell (ATM)
CC: Country Code (MS-ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems)
CC: Cross Connector
CCAF: Call Control Agent Function (IN)
CCC: Chaos Computer Club (org.)
CCC: Computer Control Center
CCC: Cube Connected Cycles (MP)
CCCA: Campus Computer Communication Association (org., USA)
CCCH: Common Control CHannel (GSM, mobile-systems)
CCCI: Center for Cyber Communities Initiative (org., Japan)
CCD: Charge Coupled Device
CCE: [visual basic] Control Creation Edition (VB, ActiveX, MS)
CCE: Connection Control Entity
CCETT: Centre Commun d'Etudes de Telediffusion et Telecommunications (org., France)
CCF: ??? (org.)
CCF: Capsulated Color Filter (NEC)
CCF: Central Computer Facility
CCF: Connection Control Function (IN)
CCF: Controller Configuration Facility
CCFL: Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (LCD)
CCFT: Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube (LCD, Display)
CCIRN: Coordinating Committee of International Networks (org.)
CCIS: Common Channel Interoffice Signaling (AT&T)
CCITT: Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique (org., ITU, predecessor)
CCL: Cerberus Central Limited (manufacturer)
CCM: Change Configuration Management
CCM: CORBA Component Model (CORBA)
CCNC: Common Channel Network Controller
CCNC: Computer / Communications Network Center
CCNUMA: Cache-Coherent Non Uniform Memory Access (SMP, NUMA), "cc-NUMA"
CCP: [PPP] Compression Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1962)
CCP: Command Console Processor (CP/M)
CCP: Communications Control Program (OS, IBM)
CCP: Compact Communication Products (TPS)
CCR: Commitment, Concurrency and Recovery (OSI)
CCR: Current Cell Rate (ATM)
CCRMA: Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (org., Stanford, UK)
CCS: Cambridge Cybernetic Society (org.)
CCS: Coded Character Set (CCS, Unicode)
CCS: Common Channel Signaling (IN)
CCS: Common Command Set (SCSI)
CCS: Common Communications Support (IBM, SAA)
CCS: Communications-Computer Systems, "C-CS"
CCS: Cyprus Computer Society (Org, Zypern)
CCS7: Common Channel signaling System 7 (IN, Telekom, CCITT)
CCSID: Coded Character Set IDentification (IBM)
CCSY: Cooperative Computing System Program (HP)
CCT: China Coast Time [+0800] (TZ)
CCTA: Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (org., UK)
CCTLD: Country Code Top Level DOMAIN (Internet, ICANN), "ccTLD"
CCU: Cache Control Unit (Wyse)
CCU: Customer Control Unit
CCV: C-bit Coding Violation [error event] (DS3/E3)
CCW: COM Callable Wrapper (MS, COM, Java)
CD: Carrier Detect (MODEM, RS-232)
CD: Change Directory (DOS, Unix, OS/2)
CD: Committee Draft (ISO)
CD: Compact Disk (CD)
CDA: Communications Decency Act (Internet, USA)
CDA: Compound Document Architecture (DEC)
CDATA: Character DATA (XML, PCDATA)
CDB: Command Descriptor Block
CDBS: Connectionless Data Bearer Service
CDBX: Computerized Digital Branch eXchange (PBX)
CDC: Connected Device Configuration (JVM)
CDC: Control Data Corporation (manufacturer)
CDC: Cult of the Dead Cow (org.), "cDc"
CDD: Component Design Document
CDDA: Compact Disk - Digital Audio (CD, Digital audio), "CD-DA"
CDDI: Copper Distributed Data Interface (FDDI, UTP)
CDE: Certified Directory Engineer (Novell, Netware)
CDE: Common Desktop Environment
CDE: Compact Disk - Erasable (CD), "CD-E"
CDE: Cooperative Development Environment (Oracle)
CDEF: Control DEfinition Functions (Apple, MDEF)
CDF: Channel Definition Format (MS, Internet, XML)
CDF: Compound Document Framework (IBM, OLE)
CDFS: Compact Disk File System (CD, OS/2, IBM)
CDG: Compact Disk + Graphics (CD), "CD+G"
CDI: Compact Disk - Interactive (CD), "CD-I"
CDIF: CASE Data Interchange Format (CASE)
CDK: Control Development Toolkit (MS, VB)
CDM: Compressed Data Mode
CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access (telecommunication, mobile-systems)
CDMIDI: Compact Disk + Musical Instruments Digital Interface (CD, MIDI), "CD+MIDI"
CDMO: Compact Disk - Magneto Optical (CD), "CD-MO"
CDMS: Communication Driver Maintenance System (ISDN, HST)
CDNC: Chinese DOMAIN Name Consortium (org., Internet, DOMAIN)
CDO: Collaboration Data Objects (WSH, MS)
CDO: Common Data Objects (MS, ASP)
CDPC: Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDPD: Cellular Digital Packet Data (mobile-systems)
CDR: Compact Disk - Recordable (CD), "CD-R"
CDRA: Character Data Representation Architecture
CDRAM: Cached Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC)
CDRM: Cross DOMAIN Resource Manager (VTAM, SSCP, IBM)
CDROM: Compact Disk - Read Only Memory (CD, ROM), "CD-ROM"
CDROMXA: Compact Disk - ROM / eXtended Architecture (CD, MPC, ROM), "CD-ROM/XA"
CDRW: Compact Disk - ReWritable (CD), "CD-RW"
CDS: Cell Directory Service (DCE)
CDS: Current Directory Structure (BIOS. DOS)
CDSA: Common Data Securuty Architecture (HP, cryptography)
CDSS: Creative Decision Stimulation Systems (AI, DSS)
CDT: Cell Delay Tolerance (ATN)
CDT: Central Daylight Time [-0500] (TZ, CST, USA)
CDTV: Commodore Dynamic Total Vision (Commodore)
CDV: Cell Delay Variation (UNI, ATM, QOS)
CDVT: Cell Delay Variation Tolerance (UNI, ATM, CDV)
CDWO: Compact Disk - Write Once (CD), "CD-WO"
CE: Communaute / Comunique Europeenne (Europe)
CE: Communications-Electronics, "C-E"
CE: Compact Edition (MS, Windows)
CE: Connection Endpoint (UNI)
CEARCH: Cisco Educational ARCHive (Cisco, WWW)
CEBIT: welt CEntrum Buero Information Telekommunikation (fair), "CeBIT"
CECI: CICS Enhanced Command Interpreter (IBM, CICS)
CEDA: ??? (CICS, IBM)
CEDR: [Microsoft Windows] Compact Edition Driver Repository (MS, Windows, CE)
CEECEB: Central and Eastern European Countries EDIFACT Board (org., EDIFACT), "CEEC/EB"
CEFACT: CEntre for Facilitation of procedures and practices in Administration, Commerce and Transport
CEG: Continuous Edge Graphics (Grafik, IC)
CEI: Connection Endpoint Identifier (UNI)
CELP: Card Edge Low Profile [socket]
CELP: Code Excited Linear Prediction
CEM: Contract Equipment Manufacturer
CEMT: ??? (CICS, IBM)
CEN: Comite Europeen de Normalisation (Europe, Brussels)
CENELEC: Comite Europeen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique (org., CEN, Europe)
CENTR: Council of European National Top level DOMAIN Registries
CEPAC: CMOS-Ein-Platinen-Allzweck-Computer (IC, CMOS, C'T)
CEPIS: Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (org., Europe)
CEPT: Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications administrations (org., CCITT, conference, Europe)
CER: Cell Error Ratio (ATM)
CERFNET: California Educational and Research Federation NETwork (network), "CERFNet"
CERN: Conseil Europeenne pour la Recherche Nucleaire (org., Europe, Geneva)
CERT: Computer Emergency Response Team (DARPA, CMU, Internet)
CES: C-bit Errored Seconds (DS3/E3)
CES: Character Encoding Scheme (CSS, Unicode)
CES: Circuit Emulation Service
CES: Consumer Electronics Show (fair, USA)
CESAR: Central Employment Search And Retrieval (WWW)
CESG: Communications-Electronics Security Group (org., UK, GCHQ)
CET: Central European Time [+0100] (TZ, MET)
CET: Centro de Estudes de Telecomunicoes (org., Portugal)
CF: Carry Flag (assembler)
CF: Compact Flash [card]
CF: Compact Framework (MS, .NET)
CFA: Center for Architecture (org., JIEO, DISA)
CFA: Code Fiels Address (Forth)
CFB: Cipher FeedBack [mode] (cryptography, DES)
CFD: Call For Discussion (Internet)
CFD: Computational Fluid Dynamics [applications]
CFE: Center for Engineering (org., JIEO, DISA)
CFF: Compact Font Format (Adobe)
CFI: CAD Framework Initiative (org., CAD)
CFM: Clock From Master (CTM, Rambus)
CFM: Code Fragment Manager (Apple)
CFM: ConFiguration Management (FDDI, SMT)
CFMC: Committee to Fight Microsoft Corporation (org., MS)
CFML: Cold Fusion Markup Language
CFP: Call For Papers
CFP: Contention Free Period (PCF, MAC)
CFS: Center for Standards (org., JIEO, DISA)
CFS: Cryptographic FileSystem (Linux, cryptography)
CFV: Call For Vote (Internet, Usenet), "CfV"
CGA: Colour Graphics Adapter
CGA: Graphics Communications Association (org.)
CGARI: Graphics Communications Association Research Institute (org., CGA)
CGDC: Computer (???) Game Developers' Conference
CGI: Common Gateway Interface (WWW)
CGI: Computer Generated Imagery
CGI: Computer Graphics Interface
CGI: Computer Graphics International (conference)
CGM: Computer Graphics Metafile (ISO 8632)
CGMS: Copy Generation Management System (CD)
CGRM: Computer Graphics Reference Model (ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC 11072)
CGVDI: Computer Graphic Virtual Device Interface, "CG-VDI"
CHAID: CHisquard Automatic Interaction Detector / Detection (SPSS)
CHAP: [PPP] Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (PPP, RFC 1334/1994)
CHCP: CHange Code Page (DOS)
CHDL: Computer Hardware Description Language (HDL)
CHEST: Computers in Higher Education Software Team (org., UK)
CHILL: CCITT HIgh Level programming Language (CCITT)
CHRP: Common Hardware Reference Platform (AIM)
CHS: Cylinder Head Sectors
CHSM: C Hardware Specific Module (NEST, MLID, Novell)
CHV: Card Holder Value [aka PIN] (ICC, PIN)
CI: Check In (RCS)
CI: Coded Information
CI: Component Interface (DMI)
CI: Configuration Item (CM)
CI: Congestion Indicator
CIAC: Computer Incident Advisory Capability (org., LLNL, Internet)
CIB: Computer Integrated Business
CIC: Carrier Identification Code
CIC: Coordination and Information Center (CSNET)
CICA: Center of Innovative Computer Applications (org.)
CICS: Customer Information Control System (IBM, CICS)
CICSESA: Customer Information Control System/Enterprise Systems Architecture (IBM, CICS), "CICS/ESA"
CICSTS: Customer Information Control System / Transaction Server (IBM, VSE/ESA), "CICS/TS"
CICSVS: Customer Information Control System / Virtual Storage (IBM, CICS), "CICS/VS"
CID: Configuration - Installation - Distribution (IBM)
CIDF: Common Intrusion Detection Framework (CIDF, IDS)
CIDR: Classless Internet DOMAIN Routing [protocol] (RFC 1519)
CIE: Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (org.)
CIFS: Common Internet File System (TCP/IP)
CIL: Computer Integration Laboratories (org., Apple, IBM, Novell, Sun, ...)
CILABS: Component Integration LABoratorieS (org.,, OpenDoc, Apple, IBM, Adobe, ...), CILabs
CIM: Cisco Interactive Mentor (Cisco)
CIM: Common Information Model (DMTF, XML, DMI)
CIM: Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CIMOM: CIM Object Model (CIM)
CIMOS: CIncinnati Milacron Operating System (OS), "CiMOS"
CIO: Cisco Information Online (Cisco, WWW)
CIP: Carrier Identification Parameter
CIP: Classical IP over ATM (IP, ATM, IETF)
CIP: Computer Integrated Processing
CIP: Computer-Investitions-Programm
CIPA: Children's Internet Protection Act (Internet, USA, COPA)
CIQ: Customer Information Quality (OASIS, TC)
CIR: Committed Information Rate (ATM)
CIRC: Cross Interleaved Reed-solomon Code (CD)
CIRCIT: Centre for International Research on Communication and Information Technology (org., Australia)
CIS: Card Information Structure / Space (PCMCIA)
CIS: Command Information System (mil., USA)
CIS: Compuserve Information Systems (network)
CIS: Contact Image Sensor
CISC: Complex Instruction Set Computer (CPU)
CISE: Computer and Information Science Directorate (org., NSF)
CISKA: [3D] Campus-InformationsSystem KArlsruhe (Uni Karlsruhe, Germany, VRML)
CISPR: Comite International Special des Perturbations Radioelectriques (org.)
CISS: Center for Information Systems Security (org., JIEO, DISA, mil., USA)
CIT: Computer Integrated Telephony
CIT: Computer Intergrated Tooling
CITED: Copyright In Transmitted Electronic Documents (ESPRIT)
CIU: ??? [switch] (IBM)
CIVIC: Cyclone Integrated Video Interfaces Controller (Apple)
CIX: Commercial Internet eXchange (ISP)
CL: Column Address Strobe Latency (CAS, IC)
CL: ConnectionLess (CO)
CL: Control Language (IBM, OS/400)
CL: Conversion Layer (HiperLAN/2, UMTS)
CLASS: Centralized Local Area Selective Signaling
CLASS: Custom Local Area Signaling Service
CLDC: Connected Limited Device Configuration (KVM, CDC)
CLE: Certified Lotus Engineer (Lotus)
CLEC: Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
CLI: Call Level Interface (DB, SAG, X/Open, Oracle, Informix, MS, ...)
CLI: CLear Interrupt (assembler)
CLI: Command Line Interpreter / Interface (OS)
CLI: Common Language Infrastructure (MS, .NET, ECMA)
CLIC: Chemnitzer LInux Cluster (Linux, Chemnitz), "CLiC"
CLIC: Computer Liability Insurance Coverage
CLID: Calling Line IDentification
CLIM: Common LISP Interface Manager (CLOS, LISP)
CLIW: Configurable Long Instruction Word (IC, CPU)
CLL: ConnectionLess Layer (UNI, NNI, ATM)
CLNAP: Connectionless Network Access Protocol (UNI, NNI, ATM)
CLNP: ConnectionLess Network Protocol (OSI, ISO 8473)
CLNS: ConnectionLess Network Service
CLOS: Common LISP Object System (LISP)
CLP: Cell Loss Priority (UNI, ATM, CLR)
CLR: Cell Loss Ratio (UNI, ATM, QOS)
CLR: Common Language Runtime (MS, CLI, .NET)
CLS: Card Loading Signal
CLS: Common Language Specification (OOP, CLR, MS, .NET)
CLSF: ConnectionLess Service Function
CLSID: CLasS IDentifier (COM)
CLTP: ConnectionLess Transport Protocol (OSI)
CLUG: Chemnitzer Linux User Group (Chemnitz, user group, Linux)
CLUT: Color LookUp Table (VGA)
CLV: Constant Linear Velocity (CD, MOD)
CLX: Class Library for cross platform (Delphi, Windows, Linux)
CM: Compatibility Mode (PARISC, NM)
CM: Configuration Management
CM: Configuration Manager (BIOS, PNP)
CM: Connection Management (RR, MM, GSM, mobile-systems)
CM2: Communication Manager /2 (IBM), "CM/2"
CM5: Connection Machine 5 (TMC)
CMAS: Cambridge Multiple Access System (OS)
CMC: Common Messaging Calls [interface] (XAPIA)
CMC: Complement Carry Flag (assembler)
CMC: Computer Mediated Communications [studies centre] (org., USA)
CMDS: Cambridge Model Distributed System (OS)
CME: Component Management Entity
CMGA: Community of Massive Gaming Agents Internet, Germany, Telekom
CMGS: Cyan Magenta Gelb Schwarz (color system, DTP)
CMI: Coded Mark Inversion
CMI: Connection Manager Interface (IBM, SNA)
CMIA: China Medical Informatics Association (org., China)
CMIP: Common Management Information Protocol (OSI, ISO, DP 9506, X.700)
CMIS: Common Management Information Service (OSI)
CMISE: Common Management Information Service Element (CMIS)
CMM: Color Management Method (DTP, ICM)
CMMU: Cache/Memory Management Unit
CMO: Chi Mei Optoelectronic (manufacturer)
CMOL: CMIP Over LLC (OSI, LLC)
CMOS: Complementary-symmetry Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
CMOT: CMIP Over TCP (OSI, RFC 1189, CMIP, TCP)
CMP: Container-Managed Persistence [beans] (Java, EJB)
CMP: Cooperative Marketing Partner (DEC)
CMR: Cell Misinsertion Rate (ATM)
CMS: [Cambridge] / Conversational Monitor System (IBM, OS, VM, VME, VM/ESA, Z/VM)
CMS: Chip Multiprocessor System
CMS: Code Management System (DEC, CM)
CMS: Color Management System
CMS: Content Management Software / System
CMS: Cryptographic Message Syntax (cryptography, RFC 2630)
CMT: Connection ManagemenT (FDDI)
CMU: Carnegie-Mellon-University (org.)
CMY: Cyan Magenta Yellow (color system, DTP)
CMYK: Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK (color system, DTP)
CN: Communications Network
CN: Connection Management (mobile-systems)
CN: Coordination Message (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
CN: Copy Network
CN: Corporate Network
CNA: Certified Novell Administrator (Novell, Netware)
CNA: Communication Network Architecture (SEL)
CNA: Communications Network Application
CNBC: Center for Neural Basis of Cognition (org., CMU, AI)
CNC: Communications Network Control
CNC: Computerized Numerical Control
CND: Caldera Network Desktop (Linux)
CND: Caller Number Delivery (MODEM)
CNE: Certified Netware Engineer (Novell, Netware)
CNEPA: Certified Netware Engineers Professional Association (org., Netware)
CNET: Centre Nationale d'Etudes des Telecommunications (org., France)
CNI: Certified Netware Instructor (Novell, Netware)
CNI: Common Network Interface
CNIDIR: Coalition for Networked Information DIRectories (Internet)
CNM: Communications Network Management
CNM: Customer Network Management
CNMA: Communications Network for Manufacturing Applications
CNMS: Cylink Network Management System
CNNIC: China interNet Network Information Center (org., Internet, China)
CNP: Corporate Network Products (TPS)
CNR: Communications and Network Riser
CNRCVUUCP: Compressed News ReCeive Via UUCP
CNS: Certified Novell Salesperson (Novell, Netware)
CNS: Complimentary Network Service
CNS: Compuserve Network Services (CIS)
CO: Check Out (RCS)
CO: Connection Oriented (CL)
COAS: Caldera Open Administration System (Linux)
COAST: Cache On A STick (Intel)
COAST: Computer Operations, Audit and Security Technology (org.)
COBOL: COmmon Business Orientated Language
COBRA: ??? (org., Netherlands)
COBRA: COmmunication technology: Basic Research and Applications
COBWEB: COntent-Based image retrieval on the WEB (WWW, ESPRIT)
COCA: Cost Of Cracking Adjustment (cryptography)
COCOT: Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephone
COD: Connection Oriented Data
CODASYSL: Conference On DAta Systems Languages (conference)
CODCF: Central Office Data Connecting Facility
CODE: Client/server Open Development Environment (Powersoft)
CODE: COlor Depth Enhancement (ATI)
CODEC: COder - DECoder
COE: Central Office Equipment
COEES: COE Engineering System (COE)
COFDM: ??? (Digital audio)
COFF: Common Object File Format (Unix)
COIPX: Connection Orientated Internet Packet eXchange (Novell, Netware, IPX), "CO-IPX"
COL: Caldera Open Linux (Caldera, Linux)
COLD: Computer Output on LaserDisk
COLIBRI: COprozessor fuer LISP auf der Basis von RISC (RISC)
COM: Component Object Model (OLE, OLE2, OCX, ActiveX, MS)
COM: Computer Output on Microfilm
COM: Continuation of Message
COMA: Cache Only Memory Architecture (SMP)
COMAL: COMmon Algorithmic Language
COMDEX: COMputer Dealer's EXposition (fair)
COMPARTS: COMputergestuetztes PARtner-TeilebestandsSystem (MBAG)
COMTECH: COMputer TECHnologies (fair)
CONCERT: Communications for North Carolina Education, Research and Technology (network)
CONCISE: COSINE Network's Central Information Service for Europe (COSINE, network)
CONLAN: ??? [hardware description language] (HDL)
CONS: Connection Oriented Networking Service
CONTAC: Central Office NeTwork ACcess
COOL: COBOL Object Orientated Language (OOP, COBOL)
COOP: Concurrent Object Orientated Programming (OOP)
COP: Character-Oriented Protocol
COPA: Child Online Protection Act (Internet, USA, CIPA)
COPS: Common Open Policy Service protocol (RFC 2748)
COPSPR: Common Open Policy Service for Policy Provisioning (COPS, RFC 3084), "COPS-PR"
CORAN: Communication ORiented Application aNalysis
CORBA: Common Object Request Broker Architecture (OMG)
CORDIS: COmmunity Research and Development Information Service (Europe)
COS: Card Operating System (OS, ICC)
COS: Cassette Operating System (OS)
COS: Class of Service
COS: Clip On Socket (CPU)
COS: Commercial Operating System (OS, DEC, PDP 11)
COS: Concurrent Operating System (OS, UNIVAC 9200, UNIVAC 9300)
COS: Corporation for Open Systems (org., OSI, user group)
COS: Cray Operating System (OS, Cray)
COSA: COmputerunterstuetzte SAchbearbeitung
COSA: COmputing in der Sozialen Arbeit (Org, Koeln, Germany)
COSE: Common Open Software Environment (HP, Sun, IBM, SCO, USL, Univel)
COSINE: Cooperation for OSI Networking in Europe (org.)
COSMOS: COmputer System for Mainframe OperationS
COSS: Common Object Services Specification
COST: COpenhagen SGML Tool (SGML), "CoST"
COT: Central Office Terminal
COTP: Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol (OSI, ISO 8073)
COTS: Connection-Oriented Transport [layer] Service
COW: Character Orientated Windows (MS, SAA, UI)
CP: Connection Processor
CP: Contention Period (DCF, MAC)
CP: Control Point (IBM, SNA)
CP: Control Program (IBM, OS, VM/ESA, VM)
CP: Coordination Point (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
CPA: Collaboration Protocol Agreements (ebXML)
CPAN: Comprehensive PERL Archive Network (PERL)
CPC: Cost Per Copy
CPCS: Common Part Convergence Sublayer (ATM)
CPDP: Cellular Digital Packet Data
CPE: Customer Premises Equipment
CPF: Control Program Facility (OS, IBM, S/38)
CPGA: Ceramic Pin Grid Array (CPU)
CPH: Cost Per Hour
CPI: Characters Per Inch
CPI: Common Part Indicator (ATM)
CPI: Common Programming Interface (IBM, SAA)
CPI: Computer Private branch exchange Interface
CPIC: Common Programming Interface for Communications (IBM, SAA, API), "CPI/C"
CPIO: CoPy In/Out (Unix)
CPIRR: Common Programming Interface Resource Recovery (IBM, SAA)
CPL: Combined Programming Language (DEC, PL/1)
CPL: Conversational Programming Language (DEC)
CPLD: Complex Programmable Logic Device (PLD, IC, RL)
CPM: Control Program for Microcomputers (OS, DR), "CP/M"
CPM: Cost Per Minute
CPM: Critical Path Method
CPMS: Central Point Management Services (Central Point)
CPN: Calling Party Number
CPN: Compuserve Packet Network (network)
CPN: Customer Premises Network
CPNET: Control Program / NETwork (CP/M, OS), "CP/NET"
CPNOS: Control Program / ??? (CP/NET, CP/M, OS), "CP/NOS"
CPODA: Contention Priority Orientated Demand Assignment (MAC, PODA)
CPP: Collaboration Protocol Profiles (ebXML)
CPPS: Card / Paper tape Programming System (OS, IBM)
CPS: Central Processing System
CPS: Characters Per Second
CPSI: Configurable PostScript Interpreter
CPSR: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (org., USA)
CPU: Central Processing Unit
CPUID: Central Processing Unit IDentifier (CPU)
CR: Carriage Return (ASCII)
CRAFT: Cray Research Adaptive FORTRAN (Cray, MPP, FORTRAN)
CRAM: Cache RAM (RAM)
CRAM: Card Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
CRAS: Cable Repair Administrative System
CRC: Cyclic Redundancy Check[sum]
CRCG: [fraunhofer] Center for Research in Computer Graphics (org., USA)
CRCG: Common Routing Connection Group
CRD: Color Rendering Dictionary (PS)
CREN: Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (network)
CRET: Color - Resolution Enhancement Technology (HP), "C-REt"
CRFVC: Connection Related Function Virtual Channel (UPC, UNI), "CRF(VC)"
CRFVP: Connection Related Function Virtual Path (UPC, UNI), "CRF(VP)"
CRI: Cray Research, Inc. (manufacturer)
CRIMM: Continuity Rambus Inline Memory Module (RIMM, IC, Rambus)
CRIN: Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Nancy (org., France)
CRISC: Complex-Reduced Instruction Set Computer
CRISP: Complex-Reduced Instruction Set Processor
CRJE: Conversational Remote Job Entry (RJE)
CRL: Certificate Revocation List
CRL: Compile-time Reconfigurable Logic (RL)
CRLF: Carriage Return - Line Feed (ASCII, DOS)
CRM: Customer Relationship Management
CRML: Customer Relationships Markup Language (xCRL, predecessor)
CRP: Candidate Rendezvous Point (PIM, RP, Multicast), "C-RP"
CRP: Common Reference Platform (PowerPC)
CRPC: Center for Research on Parallel Computation (STC)
CRS: Cell Relay Service (UNI, ATM)
CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
CRT: Computer Technology Research [corporation] (provider)
CRTC: Cathode Ray Tube Controller (EGA, VGA, MCGA)
CS: Carrier Selection
CS: Chip Select (IC)
CS: Client/Server, "C/S"
CS: Code Segment [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)
CS: Coding Scheme (GPRS, mobile-systems)
CS: Computer Science
CS: Controlled Slip [error event] (DS1/E1)
CS: Convergence Sublayer (ATM)
CS1: Capability Set 1 (IN), "CS-1"
CS2: Capability Set 2 (IN)
CSA: Callpath Service Architecture (IBM, CTI)
CSA: Client Service Agent
CSA: Configuration Status Accounting
CSAPI: Common Speller Application Program Interface (API)
CSC: Computer Sciences Corporation (provider)
CSCC: Concurrent SuperComputing Consortium (org.)
CSCD: Caldera Systems Curriculum Developers (Caldera)
CSCSI: Canadian Society for the Computational Studies of Intelligence (org., Canada, AI)
CSCW: Computer Supported Cooperative Work
CSD: Control flow Specification Diagram (CASE)
CSD: Corrective Service Diskettes (IBM)
CSD: Customer Specific Dictionaries
CSDC: Circuit Switched Digital Capability
CSDC: Code Segment Descriptor Cache [register] (CS, Intel, CPU)
CSE: Client-Server Environment
CSEIA: [conference on] Computer Support for Environmental Impact Assessment (IFIP, conference)
CSEL: Cable SELect (EIDE, HD)
CSELT: Centro Studi E Laboratori Telecomunicazioni [s.p.a.] (org., Italy)
CSEM: Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtecnique (org., Switzerland)
CSES: C-bit Severely Errored Seconds (DS3/E3)
CSG: Constructive Solid Geometry (CAD, CAM)
CSH: C SHell (Unix, BSD, Shell)
CSH: Complementary Software House (DEC)
CSI: CompuServe Incorporated (ISP)
CSI: Convergence Sublayer Indication (ATM)
CSIC: Customer Specific Integrated Circuit (IC, RL)
CSID: Caller Station IDentification (Fax)
CSIDS: Central command/Southern command Integrated Data System (mil., USA)
CSII: Center for Systems Interoperability and Integration (org., ???)
CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (org., UK)
CSIS: Central Schengen Information Systen (SIS, Europe, Strasbourg)
CSKI: Ceska Spolecnost pro Kybernetiku a Informatiku (org., Tschechien)
CSL: Callable Services Library (IBM, VM/ESA, CMS)
CSL: Computer SoLutions [software gmbh] (Haendler)
CSLIP: Compressed [headers] Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP, IP)
CSMA: Carrier Sense Multiple Access
CSMACA: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance, "CSMA/CA"
CSMACD: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (IEEE 802.3, ethernet, CSMA/CD), "CSMA/CD"
CSMS: C Specific Media Support (NEST, MLID, Novell)
CSMUX: Circuit Switching MUltipleXer (FDDI), "CS-MUX"
CSN: Card Select Number (PNP)
CSNET: Computer + Science NETwork (USA, network, BITNET)
CSP: Centro Supercacolo Piemonte (org., Italy, HPC)
CSP: Chip Scale Package (IC)
CSP: Communicating Sequential Processes
CSP: Cross System Product (IBM)
CSPDN: Circuit Switched Public Data Network (IN)
CSPDU: Convergence Sublayer Protocol Data Unit (ATM, PDU), "CS PDU"
CSPP: Computer Systems Policy Project [group] (org., USA. manufacturer)
CSR: Cell misSequenced Ratio (ATM)
CSR: Cell Switch Router (Toshiba)
CSRAM: Clock Synchronous Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets (HTML, XML, WWW, JavaScript)
CSS: Computer Sub System
CSS: Content Scrambling System (DVD, Matsushita, IBM)
CSS: Controlled Slip Seconds (DS1/E1)
CSS: Customer Switching System
CST: Central Standard Time [-0600] (TZ, CDT, USA)
CSTA: Computer Supported Telecommunications Applications (ECMA, CTI)
CSTB: Computer Science and Technology Board (org., NRC)
CSTC: Computer Security Technology Center (org., CIAC)
CSTO: Computing Systems Technology Office (org., ARPA)
CSTR: Centre for Speech Technology Research
CSTS: Computer Supported Telecommunications Standard
CSU: Channel Service Unit (ATM)
CSUNET: California State University NETwork (network, USA)
CSV: Comma Separated Values
CT: [magazin fuer] Computer Technik, "c't"
CT: Chipcard Terminal (ICC, CT)
CT: Chips & Technologies (manufacturer), "C&T"
CTAN: Comprehensive Tex Archive Network (TeX, FTP)
CTAPI: Chipcard Terminal Application Program Interface (ICC, CT, API), "CT-API"
CTB: Communication ToolBox (Apple)
CTCA: Channel To Channel Adapter (IBM, System/370)
CTCP: Client To Client Protocol (IRC)
CTCPEC: Canadian Trusted Computer Product Evaluation Criteria (Canada)
CTD: Cell Transfer Delay (UNI, ATM, QOS)
CTE: Compliance Test and Evaluation, "CT & E"
CTERM: Command TERMinal (DEC)
CTI: Computer Telephony Integration
CTM: Clock To Master (CFM, Rambus)
CTM: Communication Trunk of Medium range Mil., Germany
CTOS: Cassette Tape Operating System (OS, Datapoint)
CTR: [columbia university] Center for Telecommunications Research (org., USA)
CTR: Common Technical Regulations (Europe)
CTRON: Central TRON (TRON)
CTS: Cipher Text Stealing [mode] (cryptography)
CTS: Clear To Send (MODEM, RS-232)
CTS: Common Type System (OOP, CLR, MS, .NET)
CTS: Conformance Testing Service (OSTC)
CTSM: C Topology Specific Module (NEST, MLID, Novell)
CTSS: Compatible Time Sharing System (Unix, predecessor, OS, MIT)
CTSS: Cray TimeSharing System (OS, Cray, LLNL)
CTT: Cartridge Tape Transport
CTT: Character Translation Table
CTTC: Cartridge Tape Transport Controller
CTV: Cell Tolerance Variation (ATM)
CTY: Console teleTYpe
CU: Call Up (Unix)
CU: [L] [see you [Later]] (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
CUA: Common User Application
CUCUG: Champaign-Urbana Computer Users Group (org., user group)
CUI: Character User Interface (UI)
CUI: Common User Interface (AMS, UI)
CUP: Competitive UPgrade (MS)
CUSI: Configurable Unified Search Interface (WWW)
CUSP: Commonly Used System Program (DEC)
CUT: Control Unit Terminal
CUU: ComputerUnterstuetzte Unterweisung
CVD: Chemical Vapor Deposition
CVE: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
CVF: Compressed Volume File (DOS)
CVIA: Computer Virus Industry Association (org., USA)
CVS: Computer Vision Syndrome
CVS: Concurrent Versions System (Unix)
CVSD: Continuous Variable Delta Modulation (telecommunication)
CVSELP: Codex Vector Sum Excited Linear Prediction [algorithm] (Motorola, VOFR)
CVW: MITRE Collaborative Virtual Workspace license
CWI: Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (org., Netherlands)
CWIS: Campus Wide Information System
CWMI: Common Warehousing Metadata Interchange (DB, DWH)
CWP: Current Workspace Pointer (SPARC, CPU)
CWT: Character Width Table
CXI: Common X-windows Interface (Unix)
CXML: Commerce eXtensible Markup Language (XML), "cXML"
CYMK: Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, blacK (color system)

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D2B: Domestic Digital Bus
D3D: Direct3D (DirectX, MS)
D3DRM: Direct3D Retained Mode (DirectX, MS)
DA: Destination [MAC] Address (SNA, Token Ring, ATM, FDDI, ...)
DA: Digital-to-Analog (D/A), "D/A"
DA11: DatenAustauschphase 11 [allgemeine bauabrechnung] (GAEB)
DA81: DatenAustauschphase 81 [leistungsverzeichnis] (GAEB)
DA82: DatenAustauschphase 82 [kostenanschlag] (GAEB)
DA83: DatenAustauschphase 83 [angebotsanforderung] (GAEB)
DA84: DatenAustauschphase 84 [angebotsabgabe] (GAEB)
DA85: DatenAustauschphase 85 [nebenangebot] (GAEB)
DA86: DatenAustauschphase 86 [zuschlag/auftragserteilung] (GAEB)
DAA: Device Access Architecture (Vireo)
DAA: Digest Access Authentication (HTTP)
DAB: Digital Audio Broadcasting
DAC: Digital to Analog Converter
DAC: Discretionary Access Control
DAC: Dual Address Cycle (PCI)
DAC: Dual Attached Concentrator (FDDI)
DACAPO: ??? [hardware description language] (HDL)
DACNOS: Distributed Academic Computing Network Operating System (OS, HECTOR)
DACS: Digital Access Control System (ISDN, DES, cryptography)
DACT: DAta Compression Technology
DAD: Desktop Application Director (WordPerfect)
DAE: Digital Audio Extraction (CD, audio)
DAEMON: Disk And Execution MONitor (Unix)
DAF: Distributed Application Framework (CCITT)
DAG: DatenAnschaltGeraet
DAI: ??? (Sun)
DAI: Device Application Interface (Novell, Netware, SMS)
DAI: Distributed Artificial Intelligence (AI)
DAINET: Deutsches AgrarInformationsNETz (WWW, org.)
DAIS: Distributed Application Integration System (ORB)
DAL: Data Access Language (Apple)
DALI: Distributed Artificial LIfe (AI), "DALi"
DAM: Direct Access Method / Mode (DAM, SAM)
DAM: Distributed Abstract Machine
DAM: Draft AMendment (ISO)
DAMLOIL: DARPA Agent Markup Language and Ontology Inference Layer (DARPA, RDF, KM), "DAML+OIL"
DAMQAM: Dynamically Adaptive Multicarrier Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
DANA: De.Admin.News.Announce (Usenet), "D.A.N.A."
DANTE: Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe (org., Europe)
DANTE: Deutschsprachige ANwendervereinigung TEx [e.v.] (TeX, user group)
DAO: Data Access Objects (DB)
DAO: Destination Address Omitted [flag] (CATNIP)
DAO: Disk At Once (CD-R)
DAP: Data Access Protocol (DEC, DNA)
DAP: Developers Assistance Program (IBM)
DAP: Directory Access Protocol (X.500, DS)
DAP: Directory Application Protocol (IN)
DAP: Document Application Profile (JTC1, ODIF, ODA)
DAPE: Distributed Application Programming Environment (ORB)
DAPHNE: Document Application Processing in a Heterogeneous Network Environment
DAPIE: Developer API Extensions (IBM, OS/2, API)
DARI: Database Application Remote Interface (IBM, DB)
DARMP: Defense Automation Resources Management Program (mil., USA)
DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (org., USA)
DART: Dynamic Advertising Reporting & Targeting [technology] (WWW, Doubleclick)
DAS: Directory Assistance Service [protocol] (RFC 1202)
DAS: Disk Array Subsystem (Unix, HP-UX)
DAS: Dual Attached Station (FDDI)
DAS: Dual Attachment Station (FDDI, Schneider & Koch)
DAS: Dynamic Allocation Scheme [protocol]
DASD: Direct Access Storage Device
DASI: Dial Access Signaling Interface
DASP: Drive Active, Slave Present (IDE)
DASS: Distributed Authentication Security Service (RFC 1507)
DAT: Digital Audio Tape (Digital audio)
DATEV: DATEnVerarbeitungszentrale der steuerberatenden Berufe (org., Nuernberg, Germany)
DATEX: DATa EXchange
DATEXJ: DATa EXchange - Jedermann ??? (Telekom), "DATEX-J"
DATEXL: DATa EXchange - Leitungsvermittlung
DATEXM: DATa EXchange - Multimegabit (Telekom, SMDS), "DATEX-M"
DATEXP: DATa EXchange - Packetized / Packetvermittlung (Telekom, X.25), "DATEX-P"
DAU: Duemmster Anzunehmender User (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
DAV: [WWW] Distributed Authoring diVersioning (WWW)
DAV: Digital Audio Video (Apple, Digital audio)
DAVIC: Digital Audio Visual Interoperatibility Council (org., Digital audio)
DAVID: Digital Audio Video Interactive Decoder (Digital audio)
DAVIS: DAimler-Benz Vertragspartner-InformationsSystem (MBAG)
DAWN: Defense Attache Worldwide Network (network, mil.)
DAX: Developer API eXtension (OS/2, IBM, API)
DB: DataBase
DB2: DataBase 2 (IBM, DB)
DB2CS: DataBase 2 Client/Server (IBM, DB2, DB), "DB2 C/S"
DB2SDK: DataBase 2 Software Development Toolkit (DB2, IBM, DB), "DB2 SDK"
DBA: DataBase Administrator (DB)
DBA: Drei Buchstaben Akronym
DBAC: DataBase Administration Center (DB)
DBAS: DataBase Administration System (DB)
DBC: Device Bay Controller
DBCS: Double-Byte Character Set
DBD: DataBase Description (IBM, DB)
DBDMA: ??? Direct Memory Access (Apple)
DBEF: Dual Brightness Enhancement Foile (LCD)
DBI: DataBase Interface (DB)
DBL: DataBase Language (DB)
DBLO: Dual Beam Landing Optimizer
DBLT: Dynamic Back Link Technology (WWW)
DBM: DataBase Manager (DB)
DBME: DataBase Management Environment (DB)
DBMS: DataBase Management System (DB)
DBOS: Disk/Drum Based Operating System (OS)
DBP: DataBase Publishing (DB)
DBP: Delay Bandwidth Product
DBRAD: Data Base Relational Application Directory (DB)
DBRM: Data Base Request Module (DB)
DBS: Deutscher Bildungs-Server (DFN, WWW)
DBS: Duplex Bus Selector
DBSC: Dynamic Beam Spot Control (Eizo)
DBTG: Data Base Task Group (CODASYL, DB)
DBVS: DatenBankVerwaltungsSystem (DB)
DC: Data Cartridge
DC: Device Context
DC: Dublin Core [meta data]
DCA: Data Center Automation
DCA: Defense Communications Agency (org., USA, mil., predecessor, DISA)
DCA: Digital Communication Associates
DCA: Digital Controlled Amplifier (VCA)
DCA: Distributed Communication Architecture (Sperry Univac)
DCA: Document Center Architecture
DCA: Document Content Architecture (IBM, CCS)
DCA2: Dynamic Cache Architecture [level] 2
DCAF: Distributed Console Access Facility
DCAP: Data link switching Client Access Protocol (DLSW, RFC 2114)
DCB: Data Control Block
DCB: Disk Coprocessor Board (Novell, SCSI, HBA)
DCC: Data Communications Computer
DCC: Data Country Code (ATM)
DCC: Direct Client to Client (IRC)
DCC: Display Combination Code
DCC: DOS Command Center
DCCA: Dependable Computing for Critical Applications (conference)
DCCA: Distributed Component Computing Architecture (Star, C/S)
DCCH: Dedicated Control CHannel (GSM, mobile-systems)
DCCS: DisContiguous Shared Segments
DCD: Data Carrier Detect (MODEM, RS-232)
DCDB: DOMAIN Control DataBase (DOMAIN)
DCE: [picture publisher] Digital Camera Edition (Micrografx)
DCE: Data Circuit terminating Equipment (X.25, CCITT, IBM, HP, DEC, Tandem, Sun)
DCE: Data Communications Equipment
DCE: Distributed Computing Environment (OSF)
DCERPC: Distributed Computing Environment / Remote Procedure Call (DCE, RPC), "DCE/RPC" , "DCE RPC"
DCF: Distributed Coordination Function (MAC, 802.11a)
DCI: Data Capture Interface (UMA)
DCI: Device Control Interface
DCI: Display Control Interface (MS, Windows, Intel)
DCL: Data Control Language
DCL: DEC Control Language (DEC)
DCL: Digital Command [scripting] Language (DEC, VMS)
DCLU: Digital Carrier Line Unit
DCLZ: Data Compression Lempel-Ziv
DCM: Digital Carrier Module
DCME: Digital Circuit Multiplication Equipment
DCNA: Data Communication Network Architecture
DCO: Digital Controlled Oscillator
DCOM: Distributed Component Object Model (COM, MS, OLE, ActiveX)
DCOP: Desktop COmmunication Protocol (Linux, KDE)
DCP: Data Compression Protocol (Motorola)
DCPS: Data Communications Protocol Standards
DCR: Design Change Request (AIX, IBM)
DCRC: Digital Cellular Radio Conference (GSM, conference, mobile-systems)
DCS: Data sharing Control System (NEC)
DCS: Defense Communications System (mil., USA)
DCS: Desktop Color Separation
DCS: Digital Cellular System (mobile-systems)
DCS: Digital Colour System (Adobe, Photoshop)
DCS: Digital Control System (NEC)
DCS: Digital Cross-connect System (DEC)
DCSDFS: Dynamic Channel Selection/Dynamic Frequency Selection (HiperLAN/2), "DCS/DFS"
DCT: ??? (CICS, IBM)
DCT: Data Collection Terminator (BTX)
DCT: Discrete Cosine Transformation (MPEG, JPEG)
DCTN: Defense Commercial Telephone Network (mil., USA, network)
DCU: Data Cache Unit (CPU, POWER)
DD: Dansk Dataforening (org., Denmark)
DD: Data Dictionary (SA, CASE, DB)
DD: Depacketization Delay
DD: Double Density [disks] (FDD)
DDA: DOMAIN Defined Attribute (DOMAIN)
DDBAC: Data-Design HBCI Banking Application Components (HBCI)
DDBMS: Distributed DataBase Management System (DBMS, DB)
DDC: Device Color Characterization (XCMS)
DDC: Display Data Channel (VESA)
DDC2B: Device Data Channel [standard], level 2B (DDC)
DDCD: Double Density Compact Disk (CD, Sony)
DDCDR: Double Density Compact Disk - Read (Sony, CD), "DDCD-R"
DDCDRW: Double Density Compact Disk - Read Write (Sony, CD), "DDCD-RW"
DDCMP: Digital Data Communication Message Protocol
DDCS2: Distributed Database Connection Services /2 (IBM, DB, DRDA), "DDCS/2"
DDD: Data Display Debugger (GNU)
DDE: DatenenDEinrichtung
DDE: Dynamic Data Exchange
DDES: Digital Data Exchange System (ANSI)
DDF: Data Decryption Field (cryptography)
DDI: Device Dependent Interface
DDI: Device Driver Interface
DDIMM: Dual [RAS] Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM, RAS), "D-DIMM"
DDK: Device Development / Driver Kit (MS)
DDL: Data Definition Language
DDL: Document Description Language
DDM: Distributed Data Management (IBM, CCS)
DDML: Display Driver Management Layer
DDN: Defense Data Network (USA, network, mil.)
DDNS: Distributed DOMAIN Naming Service (TCP/IP)
DDNS: Dynamic DOMAIN Name Service (OS/2, IBM)
DDO: Dynamic Drive Overlay (HDD, Ontrack)
DDOS: Distributed Denial Of Service [attack], "DDoS"
DDP: Datagram Delivery Protocol (AppleTalk)
DDP: Distributed Data Processing
DDR: Double Data Rate (SDR, QDR)
DDR: Dynamic Desktop Router (Cogent)
DDRS: Defense Data Repository System (mil., USA)
DDRSDRAM: Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM, RAM, IC), "DDR-SDRAM"
DDRSRAM: Double Data Rate Static Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
DDS: Digital Data Service / System
DDS: Digital Data Storage (Sony, HP, DAT, ISO, ANSI, ECMA, Streamer)
DDS: Direct Digital Sampling (CD-RW, SCSI)
DDS: Distributed Directory Service (DCE)
DDSA: Digital Data Service Adapter
DDSDC: Digital Data Storage - Data Compression (DDS, DCLZ), "DDS-DC"
DDSS: Double Dynamic Suspension System (Asus, CD-ROM)
DDT: Dynamic Debugging Tool (DEC)
DDU: Dialog Data Unit (BTX)
DDV: DatenDirektVerbindung (Telekom)
DDV: DES-DES-Verfahren (cryptography, HBCI)
DDV: Dialog Data Validation
DDVS: Daimler-benz DatenVerbundSystem (MBAG)
DDVT: Dynamic Dispatch Virtual Tables
DDWG: Digital Display Working Group (org., LCD)
DDX: Distributed Data eXchange
DE: DatenElement (HBCI)
DEA: Deterministischer Endlicher Automat
DEBI: DMA Extended Bus Interface (Acorn, DMA)
DEC: Digital Equipment Corporation (manufacturer)
DECIX: DEutscher Commercial Internet eXchange (Internet), "DE-CIX"
DECNET: Digital Equipment Corporation NETwork (DEC)
DECS: Domino Enterprise Connection Services (Lotus)
DECT: Digital European Cordless Telecommunications (telecommunication)
DECUS: Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (org., DEC, user group)
DEE: DatenEndEinrichtung
DEG: DatenElementGruppen (HBCI)
DELNI: Digital Ethernet Local Network Interconnect (ethernet)
DELQA: Digital Ethernet Lowpower Q-bus network Adapter (ethernet)
DELTA: Developing European Learning through Technology Advance
DELUA: Digital Ethernet Lowpower Unibus network Adapter (ethernet)
DELUG: DEutsche Linux User Group (org., user group, Linux)
DEMARC: Distributed Enterprise Management ARChitecture (Banyan, VINES), "DeMarc"
DEMPR: Digital Ethernet Multi-Port Repeater (ethernet)
DEN: Directory Enabled Networking (MS)
DEN: Document Enabled Networking (Novell, Xerox)
DENIC: DEutsches Network Information Center, (org., Internet), "DE-NIC"
DEPCA: Digital Ethernet Personal Computer-bus Adapter (ethernet)
DEQNA: Digital Ethernet Q-bus Network Adapter (ethernet)
DEREP: Digital Ethernet REPeater (ethernet)
DES: Data Encryption Standard (cryptography, NIST, IBM)
DES: Destination End System
DESCBC: Data Encryption Standard/Cipher Block Chaining (DES), "DES/CBC"
DESE: [PPP] Data Encryption Standard Encryption protocol (PPP, RFC 1969)
DESIRE: DEsign by Simulation and REndering om parallel architectures [project] (ESPRIT)
DESP: Data Element Standardization Program
DESPR: Digital Ethernet Single Port Repeater (ethernet)
DESRT: DEStek [group] Real Time (OS, Destek Group), "DES RT"
DESTA: Digital Ethernet thin-wire STation Adapter (ethernet)
DETEBERKOM: DEutsche TElekom BERliner KOMmunikationssystem, "DeTeBerkom"
DEUNA: Digital Ethernet Unibus Network Adapter (ethernet)
DEVFS: DEVice File System (Linux, DRI), "DevFS"
DF: Direction Flag (assembler)
DF: Disk Free (Unix)
DFD: Data Flow Diagram / DatenFlussDiagramm (CASE, SA)
DFD: Deutsches FernerkundungsDatenzentrum (org.)
DFDSM: Data Facility Distributed Storage Management (IBM)
DFG: Deutsche ForschungsGemeinschaft (org.)
DFI: Digital Facility Interface
DFKI: Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz (org., KI)
DFN: Deutsches ForschungsNetz [e.V.] (org., ISP)
DFNCERT: Deutsches ForschungsNetz Computer Emergency Response Team (DFN, Internet), "DFN CERT"
DFP: Data Facility Product
DFP: Digital Flat Panel [group / port] (LCD, org., Compaq, Acer, Fujitsu, ATI, Matrox, Samsung, ...)
DFP: Distributed Functional Plane (IN)
DFPP: Digital Flat Panel Port (LCD, DFP)
DFS: Direct File System (Novell, Oracle)
DFS: Distributed File System (DCE)
DFSA: Direct File System Access
DFSG: Debian Free Software Guildlines (Linux, Dabian)
DFT: Discrete Fourier Transformation
DFT: Distributed Function Terminal (IBM)
DFT: Drive Fitness Test (IBM, IDE, HDD)
DFU: Data File Utility (IBM, ADT)
DFUE: DatenFernUebertragung
DFV: DatenFernVerarbeitung
DGA: Direct Graphics Access (XAA, X-Windows)
DGCC: DISA Global Control Center (DISA)
DGD: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Dokumentation [e.v.] (org.)
DGIS: Direct Graphics Interface Standard
DGP: Dissimilar Gateway Protocol
DGPS: Differential Global Positioning System (GPS)
DGS: Display GhostScript (GNU, GNUStep, PS)
DGSA: Defense Goal Security Architecture (mil., USA)
DGUX: Data General / UniX (Unix), "DG/UX"
DHCF: Distributed Host Command Facility (IBM, CCS)
DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (TCP/IP, IETF, RFC 2131)
DHIS: Distributed Heterogeneous Information Systems
DHTML: Dynamic HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
DI: Destination Index [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)
DIA: Deutsche Informatik Akademie (org.)
DIA: Document Interchange Architecture (IBM, CCS)
DIAMOND: Development and Integration of Accurate Mathematical Operations in Numerical Data-processing (ESPRIT)
DIANE: DIrect Access Network for Europe
DIB: Defense Information Base (mil., USA)
DIB: Device Independent Bitmap
DIB: Directory Information Base (X.500, DS)
DIB: DOS Info Block (BIOS, DOS)
DIB: Dual Independent Bus
DIBL: Drain Induced Barrier Lowering (IC, MOSFET)
DIC: Digital Interface Controller
DICE: Delivering Information in a Cellular Environment (SNI, Internet)
DICF: Dictionary InterChange Format (DICT)
DICOM: Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine
DID: Digital Image Design
DIESEL: Dumb Interpretatively Evaluated String Expression Language (AutoCAD)
DIF: Document Interchange Format
DIFMOS: Double Injection Floating Gate MOS
DIFS: Distributed Coordination Function - InterFrame Space (MAC, 802.11a, DCF, IFS)
DIGI: Deutsche InteressenGemeinschaft Internet [e.v.] (org., ISP)
DII: Defense Information Infrastructure (mil., USA, DISA)
DII: Dynamic Invocation Interface
DIICC: Defense Information Infrastructure Control Concept (mil., USA)
DIICOE: Defense Info Infrastructure Common Operating Environment (DISA, mil., USA), "DII COE"
DIL: Dual InLine
DIME: Desktop Integrated Media Environment (COSE)
DIME: DIrect Memory Execute (AGP)
DIMM: Dual Inline Memory Module (IC)
DIMSS: DSN Integrated Management Support System (DSN, mil., USA)
DIN: Deutsches Institut fuer Normung (org.)
DINAH: Desktop INterface to AUTODIN Host (AutoDIN, mil., USA)
DINO: Deutsches InterNet Organisationssystem (WWW, Uni Goettingen, Germany)
DIP: Dial-up Internet Protocol (Linux)
DIP: Dual In-line Package (IC, DRAM)
DIRMU: DIstributed and Reconfigurable MUltiprocessor (MP)
DIS: Defense Information System (mil., USA)
DIS: Digital Identification Signal (HDLC)
DIS: Draft International Standard (ISO)
DISA: Data Interchange Standards Association (org.)
DISA: Defense Information Systems Agency (org., mil., USA)
DISAIS: DISA Information System (mil., USA), "DISA-IS"
DISANET: DISA Information Network (mil., USA, DISA, network), "DISANet"
DISC: Defense Information System Council (mil., USA)
DISK: Deutschsprachige Internationale SAS-benutzer Konferenz
DISN: Defense Information Systems Network (mil., USA)
DISNET: Defense Integrated Secure Network (network, mil., USA, predecessor, DSNET)
DISNNT: Defense Information Systems Network - Near Term (DISN, mil., USA), "DISN-NT"
DISOSS: DIStributed Office Support System (IBM, MVS)
DISP: Directory Information Shadowing Protocol
DISP: Draft International Standardized Profiles (ISO)
DISP: Dutch Independent Shareware Programmer (org., Netherlands), "D.I.S.P."
DISSP: Defense Information System Security Program (mil., USA)
DIT: Directory Information Tree (X.500)
DITA: Darwin Information Typing Architecture (XML)
DITCO: Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (org., mil., DISA, USA)
DIU: Digital Interface Unit
DIVE: Direct Interface Video Extensions (IBM, MMPM/2)
DIVX: DIgital Video eXpress (DVD), "Divx"
DIX: DEC, Intel, Xerox (ethernet, DEC, Intel, Xerox)
DKE: Deutsche Elektrotechnische Kommission (org., DIN, VDE)
DKRZ: Deutsches KlimaRechenZentrum (org.)
DL: Distribution List
DLC: Data Link Control
DLCI: Data Link Connection Identifier (ATM)
DLD: Deutsche Linux Distribution (Linux)
DLE: Data Link Escape
DLG: Digital Line Graph
DLKL: ??? (DB)
DLL: Delay / Digitally Locked Loop (GDR-SDRAM)
DLL: Dynamic Link Library
DLL: Dynamic Link Loader (BS2000)
DLP: Digital Light Processing (TI)
DLP: Discrete Logarithmic Problem
DLPI: Data Link Provider Interface (X/Open)
DLR: Dynamic Link Routine
DLS: DOS LAN Services (IBM, LAN Server)
DLS: DownLoadable Sounds
DLSW: Data Link SWitching (APPN, MPTN, RFC 1795, SNA, NETBIOS), "DLSw"
DLT: Digital Line Tape (DEC, Streamer)
DM: Delta Modulation
DM: DeMilitarisierte zone (Firewall)
DM: Development Machine (Corel)
DM: Disconnect Mode (LAPB)
DMA: Direct Memory Access (DMA)
DMAC: Direct Memory Access Controller
DMAP: DECT Multimeda Access Protocol (DECT)
DMB: Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (Telekom, Blaupunkt, DAB)
DMC: Desktop Multimedia Conferencing
DMCA: Digital Millennium Copyright Act (USA)
DMD: Device Manager Driver (OS/2)
DMD: Differential Mode Delay (Gigabit-, ethernet)
DMD: Digital Micromirror Device (IC, DLP, TI)
DMD: Directory Management DOMAIN (OSI, DS)
DMDAC: Dual MAC Dual Attached Concentrator (FDDI, DAC)
DMDD: Distributed Multiplexing Distributed Demultiplexing
DMDF: Distributed Management Data Facility (DCE, DME)
DME: Direct Memory Execution
DME: Distributed Management Environment (OSF)
DMERT: Duplex Multiple Environment, Real Time (OS, MERT)
DMF: Digest Message Format (Internet, RFC 1153)
DMF: Distribution Media Format [diskette] (FDD)
DMI: Definition of Management Information (OSI)
DMI: Desktop Management Interface (DTMF, DMI, BIOS)
DMI: Digital Multiplexed Interface
DML: Data Manipulation Language
DML: Data Manipulation Logic
DML: Distributed Mode Loudspeaker (audio)
DMOS: Diffusion Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
DMP: Dot Matrix Printer
DMS: Data Management System
DMS: Defense Message System (mil., USA)
DMS: Digital Multiplexed System
DMS: Disk Monitor System (OS, IBM)
DMS: Distributed Media Services (COSE)
DMS: Document Management System
DMSCMS: Display Management System/Conversional Monitor System, "DMS/CMS"
DMSIG: Defense Message System Implementation Group (org., DMS, mil., USA)
DMSP: Distributed Mail System Protocol (Internet)
DMSTWG: Defense Message System Transition Working Group (org., DMS, mil., USA)
DMT: Discrete Monitor Timings (VESA)
DMT: Discrete Multitone Technology (ADSL, Amati Communications, ANSI)
DMTF: Desktop Management Task Force
DMTU: Default Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), "D-MTU"
DMU: Data Manipulation Unit
DMV: Daten- und MedienVerlag
DMV: Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung (org.)
DMZ: DeMilitarized Zone (LAN, Internet)
DN: Distinguished Name (X.500)
DN: Distribution Network
DNA: Digital Network Architecture (DEC)
DNA: Direct Network Attach (Xyratex, RAID)
DNA: Distributed Network Architecture (NCR)
DNAE: DatenNetz-AnschlussEinrichtung (Telekom)
DNAT: Dynamic Network Address Translation
DNC: Direct Numerical Control (CNC)
DNC: Dynamic Network Controller
DNCMPE: Direct Numerical Control / ??? (CNC), "DNC/MPE"
DNCP: [PPP] DECNet phase iv Control Protocol (RFC 1762, DECNET, PPP)
DNCRI: Division of Networking and Communication Research and Infrastructure
DND: Den Norske Dataforening (org., Norway)
DNHR: Dynamic Non Hierarchical Routing
DNI: De.Newusers.Info (Usenet)
DNI: DECnet Network Interface
DNIC: Data Network Identification Code (X.121)
DNQ: De.Newusers.Questions (Usenet)
DNR: Digital Noise Reduction
DNS: DOMAIN Name System (Internet, RFC 1034/1035, DNS)
DNSO: Defense Network Systems Organization (org., USA, mil.)
DNSO: Domain Name Supporting Organization (org., ICANN)
DNSTAN: Digitale NebenSTellenANlagen (Telekom), "DNStAn"
DNUG: Deusche Notes User Group [e.v.] (org., user group, Lotus)
DNX: Departmental Network eXchange [bridging router] (SNA, SDLC, Proteon)
DO: Distributed Objects (NeXT)
DOAM: Distributed Office Applications Model (ISO, IEC, DIS 10031-1 f.)
DOC: De.Org.CCC (Usenet, CCC)
DOCC: DISA Operations Control Complex (DISA, mil., USA)
DOCSIS: Data Over Cable System Interface Specification
DODISS: Department Of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards (mil., USA)
DOE: Depends On Experience
DOE: Distributed Objects Everywhere (Sun)
DOM: Disk On Module
DOM: Document Object Model (MS)
DOM: Document Object Module (HTML, XML, API)
DOMAIN: Distributed Operating Multi Access Interactive Network (Apollo, Internet)
DOME: Distributed Object Management Environment (ORB)
DOMF: Distributed Object Management Facility (Sun)
DOOM: Decentralised Object Orientated Machine
DOP: Directory Operational binding management Protocol
DOS: Denial Of Service [attack], "DoS"
DOS: Disk Operating System (OS, IBM, MS, ..., PC, Apple, RCA Spectra 70)
DOS15: Disk Operating System - 15 (OS, DEC, PDP 15), "DOS-15"
DOS360: Disk ??? Operating System / 360 (OS, IBM S/360), "DOS/360"
DOSS: Dedicated Office Systems and Services
DOSVS: Disk ??? Operating System / Virtual Storage (OS, IBM S/370), "DOS/VS"
DOSVSE: Disk ??? Operating System / Virtual Storage Extended (OS, IBM 43XX, DOS/VS, VSE), "DOS/VSE"
DOV: Data Over Voice [MODEM]
DOW: Direct OverWrite (MO, ...)
DP: Data Processing
DP: Detection Point (IN)
DP: Draft Proposal (ISO)
DPA: Distributed Password Authentication
DPB: Drive Parameter Block (DOS, BIOS, FDD, HDD)
DPC: Database Promotion Center (org., Japan, DB)
DPCL: [Linux] Dynamic Probe Class Library (Linux)
DPD: Differential Phase Detection
DPE: Distributed Processing Environment (IN)
DPF: Discrete Packet Format (VXA, Streamer)
DPG: Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (org.)
DPI: [SNMP] Distributed Program Interface (SNMP, RFC 1228)
DPI: [SNMP] Distributed Protocol Interface (SNMP, RFC 1592)
DPI: Data Processing Installation
DPI: Dots Per Inch
DPL: Debian Project Leader (Linux, Debian)
DPL: Descriptor Privilege Level (OS/2, NT)
DPM: Defects Per Million
DPMA: Data Processing Management Association (org.)
DPMA: Demand Priority Access Method
DPMI: DOS Protected Mode Interface (DOS, MS, Intel)
DPMS: Display Power Management Signalling [standard] (VESA)
DPMS: DOS Protected Mode Services (Novell, DOS)
DPN: Data Packet Network (Nortel)
DPN: Data Processing Node (MODEM)
DPN: Deutsches Provider Network (ISP)
DPNPH: Data Packet Network-Packet Handler, "DPN-PH"
DPNSS: Digital Private Network Signaling System (British Telecom)
DPOF: Digital Print Order Format
DPP: Distributed Parallel Processing
DPQ: Data Processing Quality
DPRL: Digital Property Rights Language (Xerox)
DPS: Display PostScript (NeXT, GUI, NextStep, DPS)
DPSE: Display PostScript Engine (DPS, NextStep, OpenStep, Apple, Rhapsody)
DPSK: Differential Phase Shift Keying (telecommunication)
DPT: Distributed Processing Technology (manufacturer)
DPT: Drive Parameter Table
DPT: Dynamic Packet Transport (Cisco)
DPV: DatenPaketVermittlung[srechner]
DPV: Delegated Path Validation (cryptography)
DQDB: Distributed Queue Dual Bus (ISO, IEC, IS 8802/6, IEEE 802.6)
DQL: Database Query Language (DB)
DQP: Distributed Queueing Protocol
DQS: Distributed Queueing System (Cluster)
DR: Designated Router (PIM, Multicast)
DR: Developer Release (Linux, Apple, ...)
DR: Digital Research (manufacturer)
DRACO: DECT Radio Communications Controller (DECT, Hagenuk, University of Manchester)
DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
DRB: DRAM Row Boundary [register] (DRAM, PCI)
DRC: Design Rule Checks (CAD)
DRD: Data Reading Device
DRDA: Distributed Relational Database Architecture (IBM, DB)
DRDAAS: Distributed Relational Database Architecture Application Server (IBM, DB), "DRDA AS"
DRDOS: Digital Research Disk Operating System (DR, OS), "DR-DOS"
DREN: Defense Research and Engineering Network (network)
DRF: Data Recovery Field
DRG: Developer Relations Group (MS)
DRI: Defense Research Internet (ARPANET, successorr, network)
DRI: Direct Rendering Infrastructure (XFree86)
DRL: Dynamically Reconfigurable Logic (RL)
DRM: Destination Release Mechanism (DQDB)
DRM: Digital Rights Management (MS)
DRMU: Digital Remote Measurement Unit
DRP: DECnet Routing Protocol (DEC)
DRSN: Defense Red Switch Network [hopefully no traffic ever] (network, mil. USA)
DS: Data Segment [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)
DS: Deutschsprachige Shareware (org.)
DS: Digital Services [level]
DS: Directory Service (OSI, ISO, DP 9594)
DS: Distribution Services (SNA)
DS: Distribution System (WLAN)
DS: Double Sided [disks] (FDD)
DS0: Digital Signal level 0 (ISDN, T1), "DS-0"
DS1: Digital Signal level 1 (ISDN, T1), "DS-1"
DS1E1: ??? (RFC 1406), "DS1/E1"
DS2: Digital Signal level 2, "DS-2"
DS3: Digital Signal level 3 (T3), "DS-3"
DS3: Digital Signal level 3, "DS-3"
DS3E3: ??? (RFC 1407), "DS3/E3"
DSA: Data Service Adapter
DSA: Debian Security Announcement (Linux, Debian)
DSA: Debian System Administration (Linux, Debian)
DSA: Digital Signature Algorithm (cryptography, NIST)
DSA: Digital Storage Architecture
DSA: Directory System Agent (X.500, DSA)
DSA: Distributed Systems Architecture (Bull)
DSA: Dynamic Scalable Architecture (DB, Informix)
DSAP: Destination link Service Access Point (SAP, LLC)
DSAT: Deep Shit Alert Table (Apple, MACOS)
DSBAM: Double-SideBand Amplitude Module
DSC: Document Structuring Conventions (Adobe)
DSD: Data Structure Diagram (CASE)
DSD: Direct Stream Digital (Sony, Philips)
DSDC: Data Segment Descriptor Cache [register] (DS, Intel, CPU)
DSDL: Data Storage Definition ??? Language (DB)
DSDT: Differentiated System Description Table (ACPI)
DSE: Data Switching Equipment (X.25, CCITT)
DSE: Distributed Systems Environment (Honeywell, Bull)
DSEA: DataStation Emulation Adapter (IBM, AS/400, ...)
DSEE: Distributed Software Engineering Environment ??? (Apollo, CM)
DSH: Desperately Seeking Help (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
DSI: Defense Simulation Internet (network, mil., USA)
DSI: Dial Services Interface [API] (API, IBM)
DSI: Digital Speech Interpolation (VOFR)
DSI: Dynamic Skeleton Interface (CORBA, ORB, OA)
DSID: Destination Signaling IDentifier
DSIMM: Dual [RAS] Single Inline Memory Module (IC), "D-SIMM"
DSL: Dialogue Scripting Language (DCE, UIL)
DSL: Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
DSL: Digital system Specification Language (HDL)
DSL: Distributed Service Logic (IN)
DSLAM: Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSL, ADSL)
DSLCP: Dynamically Switched Link Control Protocol (RFC 1307)
DSM: [TWAIN] Data Source Manager (MS, Windows)
DSML: Directory Services Markup Language (OASIS)
DSMN: Directory Service Manager for Netware (MS, Windows NT, FPNW)
DSN: Defense Switched Network (mil., USA)
DSN: Delivery Status Notification
DSN: Developer Support News (IBM, OS/2)
DSN: Distributed Systems Network (HP)
DSNET: Defense Secure NETwork (mil., USA)
DSOM: Distributed System Object Model (IBM)
DSP: Digital Signal Processing / Processor (audio, video, RL, DSP)
DSP: Directory System Protocol (X.500, DS)
DSP: Document Services for Printing (Xerox), "DS/P"
DSP: DOMAIN Specific Part (NSAP, IDL)
DSR: Data Set Ready (MODEM, RS-232)
DSR: Device Status Report
DSR: Digital Signal Richtfunk Mil., Germany
DSRI: Digital Standard Relational Interface
DSRS: Defense Software Repository System (mil., USA)
DSS: Decision Support System (IM)
DSS: Defense Switched Services (mil., USA)
DSS: Digital Signature Standard (NIST, cryptography)
DSS: Directory and Security Services (DCE, IBM, LAN)
DSS: Distributed Security Service (DCE)
DSS2: [setup] Digital Subscriber Signaling #2
DSSCS: Defense Special Security Communications System (mil., USA)
DSSI: Digital Storage Systems Interconnect (VAX, DEC)
DSSS: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (WLAN)
DSSSL: [standard] Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (DTD, ISO, IEC, DIS 10179)
DST: Daylight Saving Time (TZ)
DSTN: Double SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD)
DSU: Data Secure Unix (Unix, OS, UCLA)
DSU: Digital Service Unit (ATM)
DSU: Distribution Service Unit (IBM, SNADS)
DSV: Digital Signal Verbindung Mil., Germany
DSVD: Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data (MODEM)
DT: Display Terminal
DT: Distributed graphical user interface Toolkit (IBM, GUI, VM/ESA)
DTA: Direct Tape Access (Seagate)
DTA: Disk Transfer Area (DOS)
DTAG: Deutsche Telekom AG Germany, ISP
DTAM: Document Transfer, Access and Manipulation (CCITT, T.400, ODIF)
DTAP: Direct Transfer Application Part (MS, MM, MTP)
DTC: Design Time Controls (MS)
DTC: DeskTop Conferencing
DTC: Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS, SQL Server, DB)
DTD: Document Type Definition (SGML, XML. HTML, DTD)
DTE: Data Terminal Equipment (X.25, CCITT)
DTE: DatenTransferEinrichtung
DTH: DialogTestHilfe (BS2000)
DTK: Deception ToolKit
DTLB: Dual Translation Lookaside Buffer (CPU)
DTMF: DeskTop Management task Force (Intel)
DTMF: Dual Tone Multi Frequency
DTMP: DCPS Management Panel (DCPS)
DTMS: Document Transfer and Manipulation Services (CCITT, T.400)
DTP: DeskTop Publishing
DTP: Distributed Transaction Processing (X/Open, OLTP)
DTP: Document Transfer Profile (SPAC, ODA, DAP, predecessor)
DTR: Data Terminal Ready (MODEM, RS-232)
DTR: DeskTop Reproduction (DTP)
DTR: Document Filing and Retrieval (DOAM, ISO, IEC, DIS 10166-1 f.)
DTR: Draft Technical Report
DTRT: Do The Right Thing (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
DTS: Digital Theatre Sound (audio)
DTS: Direct To SOM
DTS: Distributed Time Server
DTS: Distributed Time Service (DCE)
DTSS: Dartmouth Time-Sharing System (OS)
DTU: Demand Transmission Unit
DU: Disk Used (Unix)
DU: Distribution Unit (MS, MSIE)
DUA: Directory User Agent (X.500, DS)
DUEE: DatenUebertragungsEinrichtung
DUEE: DatenUebertragungsEinrichtung (Telekom)
DUN: Dial Up Networking (Bluetooth, ...)
DUOW: Distributed Unit Of Work (DRDA, IBM), "DUoW"
DUP: Distribution Unit Profile (MS, OSD, DU, MSIE)
DV: DatenVerarbeitung
DV: Digital Video
DVA: DatenVerarbeitungsAnlage
DVB: Digital Video Broadcasting (Europe, DVB)
DVBC: Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable (DVB), "DVB-C"
DVBNIP: Digital Video Broadcasting - ? (DVB), "DVB-NIP"
DVBRC: Digital Video Broadcasting - ? (DVB), "DVB-RC"
DVBRCGSM: Digital Video Broadcasting - ? (DVB), "DVB-RCGSM"
DVBRCT: Digital Video Broadcasting - ? (DVB), "DVB-RCT"
DVBS: Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite (DVB), "DVB-S"
DVBT: Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestic (DVB), "DVB-T"
DVC: Digital Video Compression (video)
DVD: Deutsche Vereinigung fuer Datenschutz [e.V.] (org.)
DVD: Digital Versatile Disk (CD, MPEG, DVD)
DVD: Digital Video Disk [old term] (DVD)
DVDCCA: DVD Copy Control Association (DVD, org.), "DVD CCA"
DVDMRW: Digital Versatile Disk + Mount rainier ReWritable (DVD, DVD+RW, MS), "DVD+MRW"
DVDR: Digital Versatile Disk + Recodable (DVD), "DVD+R"
DVDR: Digital Versatile Disk - Recodable (DVD), "DVD-R"
DVDRA: Digital Versatile Disk - Read (Authoring) (DVD-R, DVD), "DVD-R(A)"
DVDRAM: Digital Versatile Disk Random Access Memory (DVD), "DVD-RAM"
DVDRG: Digital Versatile Disk - Read (General use) (DVD-R, DVD), "DVD-R(G)"
DVDROM: Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory (DVD, ROM), "DVD-ROM"
DVDRW: Digital Versatile Disk + ReWritable (PC-RW, DVD, Sony, Philips, HP, Mitsubishi, Ricoh, Yamaha), "DVD+RW"
DVDRW: Digital Versatile Disk - ReWritable (DVD), "DVD-RW"
DVI: DeVice Independent
DVI: Digital Video Interactive (LCD, Intel, IBM, Lotus, HP, Compaq, ...)
DVID: Digital Video Interactive - Digital (LCD), "DVI-D"
DVL: Digital Video Link
DVMA: Direct Virtual Memory Access
DVMRP: Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (IP, Multicast)
DVPT: Deutscher Verbandes fuer Post und Telekommunikation (org.)
DVR: ??? (DTP, Truevision)
DVS: DatenVerwaltungsSystem (BS2000)
DVS: Digital Video Systems (manufacturer)
DVST: DatenVermittlungsSTelle (Telekom)
DVSTP: DatenVermittlungsSTelle mit Paketvermittlung (Telekom), "DVST-P"
DVT: Deutscher Verband Technisch-wissenschaftlicher vereine (org.)
DVX: Digital Voice eXchange
DWANGO: Dialup Wide-Area Network Game Organization (IVS Corporation)
DWDM: Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing [protocol]
DWF: Drawing Web Format (AutoCAD)
DWH: Data WareHouse (DB)
DWH: DISA Western Hemisphere (DISA, mil., USA)
DWIM: Do What I Mean (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
DWM: Diskless Workstation Management (AIX, IBM)
DWMT: Discrete Wavelet MultiTone [modulation]
DWT: Discrete Wavelet Transformation
DXA: Directory eXchange Agent
DXI: Data eXchange Interface
DXJ: Datex J (Telekom), "DxJ"
DXJVST: Datex J VermittlungsSTelle (Telekom), "DxJ VSt
DXL: Domino XML Language (XML, Lotus, DTD)
DXS: Directory eXchange Server

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E1: European digital transmission format 1 [2.048 Mbps]
E2: European digital transmission format 2 [8.448 Mbps]
E3: End-to-End Encryption (cryptography)
E3: European digital transmission format 3 [34.368 Mbps]
E4: European digital transmission format 4 [139.264 Mbps]
E5: European digital transmission format 5 [565.148 Mbps]
EA: [Visio for] Enterprise Architects (MS, .NET)
EA: Eingabe/Ausgabe, "E/A"
EA: Enterprise Agreement (MS)
EA: Escrowed Authenticator (cryptography, EES)
EA: Extended Attribute (OS/2)
EAB: Enterpreise Access Builder (IBM, Java)
EADAS: Engineering and Administrative Data Acquisition System (EADAS)
EADASNM: EADAS/Network Management (EADAS), "EADAS/NM"
EADF: Elliptical Aperture with Dynamic Focus
EAI: Enterprise Application Integration
EAI: External Authoring Interface (VRML)
EAM: Evanescent Access Method (BS2000)
EAN: European Article Numbering [system]
EANTC: European Advanced Networking Test Center (org., Berlin, Germany, ANTC, FDDI)
EAP: Extensible Authentication Protocol (Cisco, cryptography, RADIUS)
EARN: European Academic Research Network (network)
EAROM: Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC)
EAS: Enterprise Access System (Dynatech)
EAS: Enterprise Agreement Subscription (MS, OSL)
EASE: Easy Access System Europe (Novell, FTP)
EASI: Enhanced Asynchronous SCSI Interface
EATA: Enhanced AT Bus Attachment
EATCS: European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (org., Europe)
EAX: ??? (audio)
EAZ: EndgeraeteAuswahlZiffer (ISDN)
EB: Electronic Banking (banking)
EBA: Electronic Business Assurance, "eBA"
EBAM: Electronic Beam-Addressable Memory (IC)
EBAS: Elektronisches teile-BestellAbwicklungsSystem (MBAG)
EBC: EISA Bus Controller (Wyse)
EBCDIC: Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBCOT: Embedded Block Coding with Optimal Truncation (JPEG)
EBCS: European Committee for Banking Standards (org., Europe, banking)
EBGA: Enhanced Ball Grid Array (BGA, CPU, IC)
EBNF: Extended Backus-Naur-Form
EBR: Enterprise Backup and Restore (ENS, Banyan, VINES)
EBR: Extended Boot Record (MBR)
EBROM: Electronic Book - Read Only Memory (ROM), "EB-ROM"
EBU: European Broadcasting Union (org., Europe)
EBUS: Elektronisches teile-BUchungsSystem (MBAG)
EBV: Elektronische BildVerarbeitung
EBXML: Electronic Business eXtensible Markup Language (XML, OASIS, UN/CEFACT), "ebXML"
EC: Electronic Commerce
EC: Error Correction (MODEM)
ECAI: European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (conference, AI, ECCAI, Europe)
ECB: Electronic CodeBook [mode] (cryptography, DES)
ECB: Event Control Block (IPX)
ECC: Electrical Connectivity Checks (CAD)
ECC: Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (Certicom, cryptography)
ECC: Error Checking and Correction
ECC: Error Correction Circuit (CPU, POWER)
ECC: Error Correction Code (CD)
ECCAI: European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (org., AI, Europe)
ECCO: Execute with Correct Checksum Only
ECCRAM: Error Checking and Correction ??? Random Access Memory (RAM)
ECD: Energy Conversion Devices (manufacturer, OUM)
ECDC: Electronic Comerce for Developing Countries (ITU)
ECDL: European Computer Driving License
ECEDI: Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange (EC, EDI), "EC/EDI"
ECF: Enhanced Connectivity Facilities (IBM)
ECHO: European Community Host Organisation (org., Europe)
ECHT: European Conference on Hypermedia Technology (INRIA, conference)
ECI: Efficient Channel Integration (ADC, EDI)
ECL: EClectic Language (Harvard, TOPS)
ECL: Emitter Coupled Logic
ECM: Entity Coordination Management (FDDI, SMT)
ECM: Error Correction / Correcting Mode (FAX, HDLC)
ECMA: European Computer Manufacturers Association (org., Europe)
ECN: European Counter Network
ECN: Explicit Congestion Notification (IP, RFC 2481)
ECNE: Enterprise Certified Novell Engineer (Novell, Netware)
ECOC: European Conference on Optical Communications (conference)
ECOM: Electronic Computer Originated Mail, "E-COM"
ECOOP: European Conference on Object Orientated Programming (OOP, conference)
ECP: [PPP] Encryption Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1968)
ECP: Enhanced Capability Port (MS)
ECP: Enhanced Communication Port / Protocol
ECP: Exessive CrossPosting (Usenet, EMP, spam)
ECPA: Electronic Communications Privacy Act (USA)
ECR: Engineering Change Request (PCI)
ECRC: [cable & wireless] European Computer industry Research Centre [gmbh] (ISP, org.)
ECRM: Electronic Customer Relationship Management (Internet), "eCRM"
ECS: EComStation (OS/2), "eCS"
ECS: Elitegroup Computer Systems (manufacturer, Taiwan)
ECS: Enhanced Chip Set (Amiga, Commodore)
ECSA: Exchange Carriers Standards Association (org.)
ECSC: European Customer Support Centre (HP)
ECSD: Enhanced Circuit Switched Data (8-PSK, mobile-systems)
ECTS: European Computer Trade Show (fair, London)
ECU: EISA Configuration Utility (EISA)
ED: End Delimiter (FDDI, Token Ring)
ED: Enhanced Density
EDA: Electronic Design Automation (RL, IC)
EDAC: Electromechanical Digital Adapter Circuit
EDAC: European Conference on Design Automation (IEEE-CS, conference)
EDBS: Einheitliche DatenBank-Schnittstelle (DB)
EDC: Error Detection Code (CD)
EDCF: Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function (MAC, 802.11a, DCF, QOS)
EDD: Enterprise Data Distribution (ENS, Banyan, VINES)
EDGAR: Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval [system] (DB, Internet)
EDGE: Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution (GSM, mobile-systems)
EDI: Electronic Data Interchange (GOSIP)
EDID: Extended Display Identification Data [standard] (VESA, DDC)
EDIF: Electronic Design Interchange Format
EDIFACT: Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport
EDLC: Ethernet Data Link Control (ethernet)
EDM: Engineering Data Management
EDM: Extended Data Message
EDMCC: European Distributed Memory Computing Conference (GI, ITG, IFIP, conference)
EDMS: Engineering Document Management System
EDO: Extended Data Out [ram] (RAM, DRAM, IC)
EDODRAM: Extended Data Out Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM), "EDO-DRAM"
EDORAM: Extended Data Out Random Access Memory (RAM, IC), "EDO-RAM"
EDOS: Elektronisches DateiOrganisationsSystem (MBAG)
EDP: Electronic Data Processing
EDP: Electronic Data Processing
EDP: Enhanced Dot Pitch (Hitachi)
EDPS: Electronic Data Processing System
EDR: External Developer Release
EDRAM: Enhanced Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC)
EDS: Electronic Data Systems [corporation] (provider, USA)
EDSAC: Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
EDSRA: Earth Data System Reference Application (ISH, USA)
EDT: Eastern Daylight Time [-0400] (TZ, EST, USA)
EDV: Elektronische DatenVerarbeitung
EDVAC: Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
EDX: Event-Driven eXecutive (OS, IBM)
EE: Emotion Engine (Sony, Playstation)
EEAG: Elektro- und ElektronikAltGeraete
EEE: [UDB] Enterprise Extended Edition (IBM, DB2, DB, UDB)
EEI: Equipment to Equipment Interface
EEI: External Environment Interface (mil., USA)
EELS: Engineering Electronic Library, Sweden (org., WWW, Sweden)
EEM: External Expansion Module (Sun)
EEMS: Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
EEP: Early Experience Program (Borland)
EEP: Entry Exit Procedure (R:Base, DB)
EEPROM: Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC, RL, EPROM)
EES: Escrowed Encryption Standard (cryptography, NSA)
EESC: European EDIF Steering Committee (org., EDIF, Europe)
EET: Eastern European Time [+0200] (TZ)
EET: Edge Enhancement Technology (Seikosha, Itoh)
EFAKS: Elektronisches FAKturierungs- und abrechnungsSystem (MBAG)
EFCI: Explicit Forward Congestion Indication (ATM)
EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation (Internet, org.)
EFI: Electronics For Imaging (manufacturer)
EFI: Extensible Fimware Interface (Intel, MS)
EFL: Eiffel Forum License (Eiffel)
EFL: Emitter Follower Logic (IC)
EFM: Eight-to-Fourteen-Modulation (CD)
EFS: Encrypting File System (cryptography)
EFSM: Extended Finite State Machine (TTCN, ...)
EFT: Electronic Funds Transfer
EFT: Euro-FileTransfer (ISDN, ETS 300 075)
EFTPOS: Electronic Funds Transfer at the Point-Of-Sale (EFT, banking), "EFT-POS"
EFTS: Electronic Funds Transfer System
EFUE: EmmissionsdatenFernUebertragung (telecommunication)
EG: Evil Grin (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
EGA: Enhanced Graphics Adapter (predecessor, VGA)
EGB: Elektrostatisch gefaehrdete Bauelemente
EGD: Entropy Gathering Daemon (Unix, GNU, GnuPG)
EGG: Elektronischer Geschaeftsverkehr-Gesetz Germany
EGP: Exterior Gateway Protocol (RFC 904)
EGPA: Erlangen General Purpose Array (MP)
EGPRS: Enhanced General Packet Radio Service (8-PSK, mobile-systems)
EGREP: Extended Global Regular Expression Print (Unix, GREP)
EGS: Enhanced Graphics System (Commodore)
EHF: Encoding Header Field (Internet, RFC 1154)
EHKP: Einheitliche Hoehere KommunikationsProtokolle (BTX, ER, Telekom)
EHLLAPI: Emulator High Level Language API (IBM, 3270, API)
EHS: European Home Systems [concept]
EHSA: European Home Systems Association (org., Europe)
EHW: Evolvable HardWare
EIA: Electronics Industry Association (USA, org.)
EIB: European Installation Bus
EIBA: European Installation Bus Association (org., Europe)
EICAVR: European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (org., Europe)
EICL: European Informatics Continuous Learning (CEPIS)
EIDE: Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (HDD, IDE), "E-IDE"
EIGRP: Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP)
EINE: EINE Is Not EMACS (EMACS, LISP)
EIO: Enhanced Input/Output [architecture] (HP)
EIP: Extended Internet Protocol (Internet, RFC 1385)
EIS: Electronic Information Systems (manufacturer)
EIS: European Information System (Europe)
EIS: Executive Information System (IM)
EISA: Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture (ISA)
EISA: European Imaging and Sound Association (org., Europe)
EISB: Electronic Imaging Standards Board (org.)
EISS: Europaeisches Institut fuer SystemSicherheit (org., Karlsruhe, Germany, Europe)
EIT: Encoded Information Type
EITS: Eesti InfoTehnoloogia Seltsi (org., Estland)
EJB: Enterprise Java Beans (Java, Sun)
EJC: Electronic Journal of Communication
EKMS: Electronic Key Management System (cryptography)
EKOS: Elektronisches KOmmunikationsSystem (MBAG)
EL: Electro Luminescent [display]
EL1: Extensible Language one (ECLogic)
ELAN: Education LANguage
ELAN: Emulated Local Area Network (ATM, LANE)
ELAP: Ethernet Link Access Protocol (LAP, ethernet)
ELF: Executable and Linkable Format (Unix, OS/2)
ELH: Entity Life History (DB)
ELI: Embedded LISP Interpreter (Andrew mail system)
ELK: Extension Language Kit (Scheme)
ELLIS: EuLisp LInda System (LISP)
ELM: ELectronic Mailer (Unix)
ELO: Elektronischer Leitz Ordner (OA)
ELOD: Erasable Laser Optical Disk (OD)
ELP: Equational Logic Programming [language]
ELRAD: [magazin fuer] ELektronik und technische RechnerAnwenDungen
ELS: Entry Level System ??? (Novell, Netware)
EM: Extensions Manager (Apple)
EMA: Electronic Messaging Association (org., USA)
EMA: Enterprise Management Architecture (DEC)
EMA: Extended Mercury Autocode
EMACS: Editing MACroS (GNU)
EMAS: Edinburgh Multi-Access System (OS, ICL 4-75)
EMB: Enhanced Master Burst (EISA)
EMC: ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
EMEA: [IBM] Europe, Middle East, Africa (IBM)
EMI: ElectroMagnetic Interference
EMI: External Machine Interface [protocol] (SMS)
EMISA: EntwicklungsMethoden fuer InformationsSysteme und deren Anwendung (org., GI)
EML: Element Management Layer (TMN)
EMM: Expanded Memory Manager
EMMA: European MultiMedia Award
EMP: Excessive Multiple Posting (Usenet, ECP, spam)
EMR: Electro-Magnetic Radiation
EMS: Enhanced Messaging Service (mobile-systems)
EMS: European Mathematical Society (org.)
EMS: Expanded Memory Specification (DOS, Intel)
EMSC: Electronic Mail Standards Committee (org.)
EMV: ElektroMagnetische Vertraeglichkeit (EN 55022, DIN, VDE 0878)
EMX: Enterprise Messaging eXchange [switch]
EN: Europa Norm (Europe)
ENA: Electronic Networking Association (org., Internet)
ENA: Enterprise Networking Association (Banyan, VINES, user group, org.)
ENA: European Networking Associates (org., Europe)
ENA: Extended Network Addressing (IBM, SNA)
ENDC: European Network Design Center (3COM)
ENDIVE: Enhanced Direct Interface Video Extensions (OS/2, MMPM/2, IBM), "EnDIVE"
ENF: Embedded NAS Firmware (RAID, NAS, ArtStor)
ENIAC: Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
ENP: Embedded NPrinter (NEST, Novell)
ENS: Enterprise Network Services (Banyan, VINES)
ENSIQ: ENS - Information Query (Banyan, VINES, ENS), "ENS IQ"
ENSMT: ENS - Management Tool (ENS, Banyan, VINES), "ENS-MT"
EO: Europe Online (network)
EOA: End Of Address
EOB: End Of Block
EOCB: Electrical Optical Circuit Board [project] (Bosch, Siemens, IZM, ...)
EOD: End Of Discussion (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
EOD: Erasable Optical Disk (OD)
EOF: End Of File
EOF: Enterprise Objects Framework (NeXT)
EOI: End Of Input
EOI: End Of Interrupt
EOI: End Or Identify (GPIB)
EOJ: End Of Job
EOL: End Of Line
EOM: End Of Message
EON: Enhanced Other Networks (RDS)
EOP: End Of Procedure (Fax)
EOS: Electrical OverStress
EOS: Extended Operating System (OS)
EOT: End Of Text
EOT: End Of Thread (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
EOT: End Of Transmission
EOTD: Enhanced Observed Time Difference (LBS)
EOUG: European Oracle User Group (org., DB, Oracle, user group, Europe)
EOWG: [WAI] Education and Outreach Working Group (WAI)
EP3: [the] Extensible PERL PreProcessor (PERL)
EPA: Enhanced Performance Architecture
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency (USA, org.)
EPAC: Ein-Platinen-Allzweck-Computer (IC, C'T)
EPAC: Electronic Packaging and Assembly Concept
EPBR: Extended Partition Boot Record (PowerQuest)
EPDF: Embedded Portable Document Format (Adobe, PDF, HTML)
EPG: Electronic Program Guide
EPH: Electronic Payment Handling (banking)
EPHOS: European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems
EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center (cryptography)
EPIC: European Public sector Information systems Conference
EPIC: Explicit Parallelism Instruction Computing (Intel)
EPIM: Ethernet Port Interface Module (ethernet)
EPIX: Enhanced Performance unIX (Unix), "EP/IX"
EPK: Ereignisgesteuerte ProzessKette
EPLD: Erasable Programmable Logic Device
EPN: Electronic-highway Platform Netherlands (ISP, Netherlands)
EPOC: [not an acronym] (Psion, OS, PDA)
EPP: Education Purchase Plan (Adobe)
EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port / Protocol (Intel, Zenith, Xircom, IEEE 1284)
EPROM: Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC, RL, EPROM)
EPS: Electronic Publishing Systems
EPS: Embedded PServer (NEST, Novell)
EPSA: Early Page Space Allocation (AIX, IBM)
EPSI: Encapsulated PostScript Interchange
EPSIG: Electronic Publishing Special Interest Group (org.)
ER: Externer Rechner (T-Online)
ERCIM: European Research Consortium for Information and Mathematics (org., GMD, INRIA, CWI, RAL, ..., Europe)
ERD: Entity-Relationship Diagram
ERIN: Environmental Resources Information Network (Australia, network)
ERM: Enterprise Resource Management
ERM: Entity Relationship Model (DB)
ERO: European Radiocommunications Office (org., Europe, CEPT)
EROM: Erasable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC)
ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning [software]
ERS: Enterprise Resource Sharing (ENS, Banyan, VINES)
ERS: Error Report Suppression [flag] (CATNIP)
ES: End System (ATM)
ES: Errored Seconds (DS1/E1)
ES: European Standard (ETSI)
ES: Extended Services (OS/2)
ES: Extra Segment [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)
ES1: EliteSwitch/1 (SMC, FDDI), "ES/1"
ESA: Enterprise Systems Architecture (IBM, MVS/XA, VM, CMS)
ESANN: European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (conference, NN)
ESAXA: Enterprise Systems Architecture / eXtended Architecture (IBM, ESA, XC), "ESA/XA"
ESAXC: Enterprise Systems Architecture / eXtended Configuration (IBM, ESA, XA), "ESA/XC"
ESCD: Extended System Configuration Data (BIOS, PNP)
ESCON: Enterprise Systems CONnect (IBM)
ESCP2: Epson Specific Code / Protocol 2 (Drucker), "ESC/P2"
ESD: Electronic Software Distribution
ESD: ElectroStatic Discharge
ESDC: Extra Segment Descriptor Cache [register] (ES, Intel, CPU)
ESDI: Enhanced Standard Device Interface
ESDS: Entry Sequenced Data Set (VSAM)
ESE: Extensible Storage Engine (AD, MS)
ESEC: European Software Engineering Conference (GI, BCS, AFCET, AICA, OeGI, SI, conference)
ESER: Einheitliches System dEr Rechentechnik (GDR)
ESF: Extended Super Frame (ISDN, T1)
ESI: End System IDentifier (ATM)
ESIOP: Environment Specific Inter-ORB Protocol (OMG, CORBA, ORB, DCE)
ESIS: Element Structure Information Set (SGML)
ESIS: End System to Intermediate System [protocol / routing] (OSI), "ES-IS"
ESM: External Storage Module (Sun)
ESMD: Embedded Storage Module Disk
ESMD: Enhanced Storage Module Device
ESMTP: Extended Simple Message Transport Protocol (SMTP, RFC 1425/1869)
ESN: Electronic Serial Number
ESN: Electronic Switched Network
ESNET: Energy Sciences NETwork (network, USA, Internet)
ESORICS: European Symposium On Research In Computer Security (conference)
ESP: [IP] Encapsulating Security Payload (IPSEC, IP, RFC 1825/1827, VPN)
ESP: EFI System Partition (EFI)
ESP: Emulation Sensing Processor (QMS)
ESP: Ethernet Serial Port (ethernet)
ESP: Extreme Support through Personalization (IBM)
ESPCM: Electronic Speech systems Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
ESPRIT: European Strategic Program of Research and Development in Information Technology (Europe)
ESR: Event Service Routine (IPX)
ESS: Extended Service Set (WLAN)
ESSI: European Software and Systems Initiative
EST: Eastern Standard Time [-0500] (TZ, EDT, USA)
ESTO: Electronic Systems Technology Office (org., ARPA)
ETAI: Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
ETANN: Electrically Trainable Analog Neural Network (NN)
ETAS: Elektronisches Teile-AuskunftsSystem (MBAG)
ETB: Elektronisches TelefonBuch (T-Online)
ETB: End of Transmission Blank / Block
ETC: European Test Conference (VDE, IEEE-CS, conference)
ETE: End-To-End
ETG: Enterprise Transaction Gateway (EDI, NT)
ETH: Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule
ETHZ: Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich (org., Switzerland)
ETK: Embedded ToolKit [for Windows CE] (MS, Windows, CE)
ETL: Extraction, Transformation and Loading
ETLA: Extended Three Letter Acronym
ETO: Essentials - Tools - Objects (Apple), "E.T.O."
ETR: Early Token Release (Token Ring)
ETS: Embedded ToolSuite (Phar Lap)
ETS: European Telecommunication Standard (ETSI)
ETS: Executable Test Suite (ISO 9646-1)
ETSI: European Telecommunication Standards Institute (org., Europe, ETSI)
ETX: End of Transmission teXt
EU: Execution Unit (CPU)
EUC: Extended Unix Code (Unix, AT&T)
EULA: End User License Agreement (MS)
EUNET: European Unix NETwork (network, Internet, ISP, Unix)
EUS: EntscheidungsUnterstuetzende Systeme
EUSIDIC: ??? [European Association of Information Services] (org., Europe)
EUSUVP: EntscheidungsUnterstuetzendes System UmweltVertraeglichkeitsPruefung (EuropeS, XPS, Uni Hamburg, Germany)
EUUG: European Unix User Group (org., user group, Unix, Europe)
EV: EtagenVerteiler (cable, EN 50 173)
EVC: Enhanced Video Connector (VESA)
EVE: Extended Virtual Environment
EVMS: Enterprise Volume Management System (OSS, IBM)
EVN: EinzelVerbindungsNachweis (Telekom)
EWAS: Elektronisches WareneingangsAbwicklungsSystem (MBAG)
EWIKO: [verein zur foerderung] Elektronischer WIssenschaftsKOmmunikation (org.)
EWOS: European Workshop for Open Systems (OSI, ODA)
EWS: Employee Written Software (IBM)
EWS: European Workshop on SGML (org., SGML)
EXCA: EXchangeable Card Architecture, "ExCA"
EXFCB: EXtended File Control Block
EXTRA: EXecutionTRace Analyser (IBM, OS/2)
EXUG: European X Users Group (org., user group, Europe)
EXZ: EXcessive Zeros [error event] (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)
EZ: EchtZeit (fair)

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F2C: FORTRAN to C [converter]
F2F: Frequency - Double Frequency
FA: FernmeldeAmt (Telekom)
FAA: Flow Admission Acknowledge [message] (LFAP)
FABS: Fast Access Btree Structure
FAC: Final Assembly Code (IMEI, GSM, mobile-systems)
FACCH: Fast Associated Control CHannel (GSM, DCCH, mobile-systems)
FACE: Framed Access Command Environment (Unix, SVR4)
FACS: Firmware ACPI Control Structure (ACPI)
FADOS: Fast Amsterdam Distributed (???) Operating System (OS, FAMP)
FADT: Fixed ACPI Description Table (ACPI)
FADU: File Access Data Unit (FTAM)
FAE: Field Application Engineer
FAG: FernmeldeAnlagenGesetz telecommunication, Germany
FAIS: Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society (org., Finland, AI)
FAL: File Access Listener (DEC, DNA)
FAME: FORMEX Applied to Multilingualism in Europe (SGML, Europe)
FAMOS: Floating gate Avalanche injection Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
FAMP: Fast Amsterdam MultiProcessor
FANP: Flow Attribute Notification Protocol (Toshiba, RFC 2129)
FAPI: Family Application Programmer Interface (DOS, VDM, API)
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
FAR: False Acception Rate
FAR: Fixed Alternative Routing (SNI)
FAR: Flow Admission Request [message] (LFAP)
FARNET: Federation of American Research NETworks (network)
FAS: Flow Admission Service
FASMI: Fast Analysis of Shared Multidimensional Information (OLAP)
FAST: First Application System Test
FAST: Forschungsinstitut fuer Angewandte Software-Technologie [e.v.] (org.)
FAT: File Allocation Table (DOS)
FAU: Flow Admission Update [message] (LFAP)
FAU: Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet (org., Erlangen, Germany, Nuernberg, Germany)
FAW: Forschungsinstitut fuer Anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung (org., KI, Ulm)
FB: Fiber optic Backbone
FBAS: FarbBild-AustastSystem / Farb-Bild-Austast-Synchron-signal (video)
FBL: Frame Burst error Length (CD)
FBM: Flexible Buffer Management (QMS)
FBS: Flexible Bandwidth Service (ATM, SDH)
FC: Federal Criteria [for information technology security] (NIST, USA)
FC: Feedback Control
FC: Fibre Channel
FC: Frame Control (FDDI, Token Ring)
FCA: Flow Control Ack (DLSW)
FCAL: Fibre Channel - Arbitrated Loop, "FC-AL"
FCAPS: Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security [management areas]
FCB: File Control Block (DOS)
FCBS: File Control BlockS (DOS)
FCC: Federal Communications Commission (org., USA)
FCC: Forward Carbon Copy (telecommunication)
FCCH: Frequency Correction CHannel (GSM, mobile-systems)
FCCN: Fundacao para a Computacao Cientifica Nacional (org., Portugal)
FCD: Floating Car Data
FCFS: First Come, First Served
FCH: Frame Control Channel (HiperLAN/2)
FCI: Fibre Channel Interface
FCI: Flow Control Indicator (DLSW)
FCI: Forward Cache Identifier (CATNIP)
FCO: Flow Control Operator Bits (DLSW)
FCP: [SCSI-3] Fibre Channel Protocol (SAM)
FCPGA: Flip Chip Pin Grid Array (CPU), "FC-PGA"
FCPH: Fibre Channel PHysical and signaling interface (SAM), "FC-PH"
FCR: Flow Change Request [message] (LFAP)
FCS: Fast Circuit Switching
FCS: First Customer Ship (IBM)
FCS: Frame Check Sequence (FDDI, Token Ring)
FCS: Frame Check Sum (MODEM)
FDA: FORTRAN Design Aid (FORTRAN)
FDAD: Functional Data ADministrator
FDC: Floppy Disk Controller (FDD)
FDCT: Fast Discrete Cosine Transformation (DCT)
FDD: Floppy Disk Drive
FDD: Frequency Division Duplex (mobile-systems)
FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface (ANSI, ISO 8314)
FDDITPPMD: FDDI Twisted Pair-Physical layer, Medium Dependent, "FDDI TP-PMD"
FDE: Full Duplex Ethernet (ethernet)
FDES: Full Duplex EtherSwitch (Kalpana)
FDI: [fachverband der ] Fuehrungskraefte der Druckindustrie und Informationsverarbeitung (org.)
FDL: File Definition Language
FDL: Free Documentation License (GNU)
FDM: Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)
FDMA: Frequency Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems)
FDO: Functional Device Object
FDT: Formal Description Technique
FDTDMA: Frequency Division/Time Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems, GSM), "FD/TDMA"
FDX: Full DupleX
FE: Forschung und Entwicklung, "F&E"
FE: Functional Entity (IN)
FEA: Functional Entity Action (IN, UNI)
FEAL: Fast Data Encipherment Algorithm (DES, cryptography)
FEAST: Fast Data Enciphering Algorithm (cryptography)
FEBE: Far End Block Error (SONET)
FEC: Forward Error Correction (GSM, mobile-systems)
FECN: Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (ATM)
FEFCO: ???
FEIT: Fujitsu Enhanced Imaging Technology (Fujitsu)
FEK: File Encryption Key (cryptography)
FEM: Finite Elemente Methode
FEN: Free-net Erlangen/Nuernberg
FEP: Firewall Enhancement Protocol (RFC 3093)
FEP: Front End Processor
FER: Forward Error Correction (satellite)
FERF: Far End Receive Failure (UNI, ATM, SONET, OAM)
FESI: Federacion Espanola de Sociedades de Informatica (org., Spain)
FET: Field Effect Transistor
FF: Form(ular) Feed
FFAPI: File Format API (MS, API)
FFC: Fully Formed Character [printer]
FFDC: First Failure Data Capture
FFDT: FDDI Full Duplexing Technology (FDDI)
FFOL: FDDI Follow-On-LAN
FFS: Fallback Fault-tolerant Server (IBM, OS/2)
FFS: Fast File System (Amiga, Commodore)
FFS: Fast Filing System (BSD, Unix)
FFS: Flexible Fertigungs-Systeme
FFST2: First Failure Support Technology /2 (IBM), "FFST/2"
FFT: Final Form Text
FGA: Future Graphics Adapter (Spea)
FGCS: Fifth Generation Computer Systems [project] (ICOT)
FGREP: Fixed Global Regular Expression Print (Unix, GREP)
FHGS: FreeHand Graphics Studio (Macromedia, DTP)
FHSS: Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (WLAN)
FIA: Fiberoptic Industry Association (org.)
FIB: Forwarding Information Base (router, LAN, Internet)
FIBU: FInanzBUchhaltung
FIC: First International Computer [inc.] (manufacturer)
FID: File IDentifier (APDU)
FID: File Identifier Descriptor (UDF, CD-R)
FIDO: FIlter Device Object, "FiDO"
FIF: Fractal Interchange Format
FIFF: Forum Informatikerinnen Fuer den Frieden (org.)
FIFO: First In First Out (CPU)
FIG: Forth Interest Group (org., Forth)
FIGLET: Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters (ASCII, fonts)
FILE: Free Internet Lexicon and Encyclopedia (WWW, DICT)
FILO: First In Last Out
FIMAS: Financial Institution Message Authentication Standard (banking, ANSI)
FIOC: Frame Input/Output Controller
FIP: Facility Interface Processor
FIP: Factory Instrumentation Protocol
FIP: Fluorescent Indicator Panel
FIPA: Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (org., Agents)
FIPS: Federal Information Processing Standard (NIST, USA)
FIQ: Fast Interrupt reQuest (ARM, RISC)
FIR: Fast IRDA (IRDA)
FIR: Finite Impulse Response (DSP)
FIRE: Flexible Intelligent Routing Engine (3Com)
FIRMR: Federal Information Resources Management Regulations (USA)
FIRP: Federal Internet Requirements Panel (Internet, USA)
FIRST: ForschungsInstitut fuer Rechnerarchitektur und SoftwareTechnik (org., GMD, Berlin, Germany)
FIRST: Forum of Incident Response and SecuriTy (org., NIST)
FIS: FachInformationsSystem
FIS: FuehrungsInformationsSysteme
FIT: Failures In Time
FITS: Functional Interpolating Transformation System
FIU: Fingerprint Identification Unit (Sony)
FIZ: FachInformationsZentrum karlsruhe Org., Germany
FK: Foundation Kit (NextStep, OpenStep, Apple, Rhapsody)
FKS: Fernmelde-Klein-Steckverbindung (Westernstecker)
FL: Fiber optic Link
FLACC: Full Level Algol Checkout Compiler
FLAME: FLexible API for Module-based Environments (RL, API)
FLC: Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal
FLEA: Four Letter Extended Acronym
FLEXIP: FLEXible Internet Protocol (Novell, Netware), "FLeX/IP"
FLIM: Faithful Library about Internet Message (EMACS, GNU)
FLOPS: FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU)
FLP: Fast Link Pulse (ethernet, LAN, NLP)
FLS: ???
FM: Frequenz-Modulation
FMA: Federated Management Architecture (Java)
FMM: Flash Memory Manager (Intel)
FMS: FernMeldeSystem
FMS: FORTRAN Monitor System (OS, IBM 709)
FMTEYEWTK: Far More Than Everything You Ever Wanted To Know (slang, PERL)
FNC: Federal Networking Council (org., USA)
FO: Fiber Optic
FOA: Fiber Optic Association (org.)
FOC: Fiber Optic Cable / Communications
FOCS: [symposium on] Foundations Of Computer Science (conference)
FOD: Flexible Optical Disk (OD)
FODA: Formal specification of ODA document structures (ODA, ISO)
FODO: [international conference on] Foundations Of Data Organization and algorithms (conference, INRIA)
FOEBUD: [verein zur] Foerderung des OEffentlichen Bewegten und Unbewegten Datenverkehrs [e.v.] (org.), "FoeBud"
FOIRL: Fiber Optic InterRepeater Link (OWG)
FOKUS: Forschungszentrum fuer Offene KommUnikationsSysteme (org., GMD, Berlin, Germany)
FOLDOC: Free OnLine Dictionary Of Computing (WWW, UK)
FOLED: Flexible Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED)
FOMAU: Fiber Optic MAU (ethernet)
FON: Fiber Optics Network
FOOBAR: FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (RFC 1639, FTP)
FOOT: Forum for Object Oriented Technology (CERN, OOP)
FOP: Formatting Object Processor (Apache)
FORMEX: FORMalised EXchange of electronic publications (SGML, Europe)
FORML: Formal Object Role Modelling Language
FORTRAN: FORmula TRANslation
FORTWIHR: FORschungsverbund fuer Technisch-WIssenschaftliches HochleistungsRechnen (org., Bavaria)
FORWISS: bayerisches FORschungszentrum fuer WISsensbasierte Systeme (org., KI)
FOSI: Format Output Specification Instance (SGML, CALS)
FOSSIL: Fido Opus Seadog Standard Interface Layer
FOT: Fiber Optic Transceiver
FOTE: Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation, "FOT & E"
FOURCC: FOUR Character Code (RIFF, TIFF)
FOV: Field Of View (VRML)
FOX: Field Operational X.500
FPA: Fast Packet Adaption (FPS, FPR)
FPA: Floating Point Accelerator
FPAA: Field Programmable ALU Array (IC, ALU, RL)
FPC: Floating Point Coprocessor
FPDI: Flat Panel Display Interface (VESA)
FPDU: FTAM Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
FPE: Floating Point Engine
FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array (RL)
FPI: Flux Changes per Inch (HDD)
FPI: Formal Public Identifier (DTD, SGML)
FPI: Functional Process Improvement
FPK: Fast Packet Keying (WLAN, WEP, RSA, cryptography)
FPLA: Field Programmable Logic Array
FPLMTS: Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications System (IN, mobile-systems)
FPM: Fast Page Mode [DRAM] (RAM, DRAM)
FPM: Fast Page Mode [ram] (RAM, DRAM, IC)
FPMDRAM: Fast Page Mode DRAM (RAM, DRAM, IC), "FPM-DRAM"
FPMPMI: Flat Panel Monitor Physical Mounting Interface [standard] (LCD, VESA)
FPNW: File and Print service for NetWare (MS, Windows NT, DSMN)
FPODA: Fixed Priority Orientated Demand Assignment (MAC, PODA)
FPP: Fast-Parallel-Port
FPP: Floating Point Processor
FPP: FORTRAN Pre-Processor (FORTRAN)
FPP: Full Packaged Product (MS)
FPR: Fast Packet Relay (FPS, FPA)
FPR: Floating Point Register (FPU)
FPS: Fast Packet Switching (X.25, Datex-J)
FPS: Frames Per Second
FPU: Floating Point Unit (CPU)
FQDN: Fully Qualified DOMAIN Name (Internet)
FRAD: Frame Relay Access Device
FRAM: Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
FRD: Functional Requirements Description
FRF: Floatingpoint Register File (DEC, Alpha, CPU)
FRICC: Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee (org.)
FRL: Frame Representation Language (AI)
FRMR: FRaMe Reject (HDLC, LAPB, SDLC)
FROM: Factory Read Only Memory (ROM)
FRR: False Rejection Rate
FRR: Functional Recovery Routine
FRS: Flexible Route Selection
FRS: Frame Relay Service (ATM, UNI)
FS: File System (LVM)
FS: Frame Status (FDDI, Token Ring)
FSAG: Free Software Association of Germany (org.)
FSB: For Small Business (Novell)
FSB: Front Side Bus
FSC: Fujitsu Siemens Computer (manufacturer)
FSCK: File System Consistency checK (Unix)
FSD: File System Driver
FSF: Free Software Foundation (org., GNU)
FSH: File System Hierarchy (Linux, LSB)
FSIP: Full Scale InPut (FSOP)
FSK: Frequency Shift Keying (telecommunication)
FSM: Finite State Machine (TTCN, ...)
FSM: Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia Org., Germany
FSMGDOS: ??? Graphics Device Operating System (OS, Atari)
FSO: [scripting runtime library] File System Objects (MS, WSH)
FSOP: Full Scale OutPut (FSIP)
FSOS: Free Standing Operating System (OS)
FSP: File Slurping Protocol
FSRTL: File System RunTime Library
FSS: Fast System Switch (Unix)
FSSUTF: FileSystem Safe UCS Transformation Format (UCS, Unicode), "FSS-UTF"
FST: Flat Square Technology (Hitachi)
FSTN: Film SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD)
FSTP: Foiled Shielded Twisted Pair [cable] (STP, TP), "F/STP"
FSU: Free Software Union (org.)
FT1: Fractional T1 (ISDN, T1, DS-0, DS-1)
FTA: Floptical Technology Association (3M u.a.)
FTAM: File Transfer, Access and Management (GOSIP, ISO 8571/8572)
FTBFS: Fails To Build From Source (Linux, Debian, slang)
FTC: Federal Trade Commission (org., USA)
FTE: [DCOM] For The Enterprise (DCOM, SAG)
FTN: Fido Technology Network (FidoNet)
FTNA: File Transfer Access and Management
FTNEA: File Transfer NEtwork Architecure (SNI)
FTOS: File Transfer Open Systems
FTOS: File Transfer OSI Support
FTP: File Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 959)
FTP: Foiled Twisted Pair [cable] (UTP, TP)
FTPD: File Transfer Protocol DAEMON (FTP)
FTR: Full Text Retrieval
FTS: Fidonet Technical Standard
FTS2000: Federal Telecommunications Services - 2000 (USA), "FTS-2000"
FTSC: Federal Telecommunications Standards Committee (org., USA)
FTSC: Fidonet Technical Standard Conference (conference)
FTZ: FernmeldeTechnische Zentralamt / Zulassung (Telekom, ZZF, predecessor)
FUA: Flow Update Acknowledge [message] (LFAP)
FUB: Freie Universitaet Berlin (org.)
FUBAB: Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Belief (slang, Usenet, IRC)
FUBAR: Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition / Repair (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
FUD: Fear, Uncertainty, & Doubt (slang, IBM)
FUN: Flow Update Notification [message] (LFAP)
FUNI: Frame User Network Interface
FUEV: Fernmeldeanlagen-UeberwachungsVerordnung
FWH: FirmWare Hub (BIOS, Intel)
FWIW: For What It's Worth (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
FWT: Fast Wavelet Transformation
FXU: FiXed point Unit (POWER, CPU)
FYI: For Your Information (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
FZA: ??? [compression]
FZI: ForschungsZentrum Informatik (org., Uni Karlsruhe, Germany)

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GA: General Availability (OS/2)
GA: Genetic Algorithm(s)
GABELN: Gruppe Area Brett Echo Liste Newsgroup (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, BBS)
GABRIEL: GAteway and BRIdge to Europe's national Libraries
GAC: Global Assembly Cache (MS, .NET)
GAC: Government Advisory Council (ICANN)
GADK: Global Application Developers Kit (Sun)
GAE: Generic Application Environment
GAEB: Gemeinsamer Ausschuss fuer Elektronik im Bauwesen (org.)
GAFCON: German AirForce Communication Network Mil., Germany, Netzwerk
GAFDIN: German AirForce Digital Network Mil., Germany, Netzwerk
GAIA: GUI Application Interoperability Architecture (OSF)
GAIN: German Advanced Integrated Network (IBM)
GAK: Governmental Accessed Keys (cryptography)
GAL: Generic Array celL / Logic
GAN: Global Area Network
GAN: GrenzAktenNachweis (INPOL)
GAP: Generic Access Profile (DECT, Europe)
GAP: Generic Address Parameter
GART: Graphics Address Remapping Table (AGP)
GASH: Group Admin SHell (Unix, Shell)
GATOR: GATeway OrientierungsRatgeber (Internet)
GAWK: GNU AWK (GNU, AWK)
GB: GigaByte
GB: GuoBao [codepage]
GBIP: General Purpose Interface Bus
GBPS: GigaBits Per Second
GC: Global Catalog (MS, AD)
GCA: General Communications Architecture (Ingres)
GCAD: Geographical Computer Aided Design System
GCATT: Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (org., USA)
GCC: GNU C Compiler (GNU)
GCCS: Global Command and Control System (DISA, mil.)
GCCS: Government Code and Cipher School (UK, mil.), "GC&CS"
GCHQ: Government Communications HeadQuarters (mil., UK)
GCID: Global Call IDentifier
GCIDIE: Global Call IDentifier- Information Element (GCID), "GCID-IE"
GCL: GNU Common LISP (GNU, LISP)
GCL: Graphics Command Language
GCOS: General Comprehensive Operating System (Honeywell, OS, Honeywell Series 60, Honeywell Series 6000)
GCR: Gray Component Replacement (RGB, CYMK, DTP)
GCR: Group Coded Recording
GCRA: Generic Cell Rate Algorithm (UNI, ATM)
GCS: Greek Computer Society (org., Griechenland)
GCS: Group Control System (IBM, VM, VME, VM/ESA)
GDA: Global Directory Agent (DCE)
GDAP: Government Document Application Profile
GDB: GNU DeBugger (GNU)
GDBM: GNU Data Base Manager (DB, GNU)
GDD: Gesellschaft fuer Datenschutz und Datensicherung (org.)
GDDM: Graphical Data Display Manager (IBM)
GDI: Graphical Device / Display Interface
GDMI: Generic Definition of Management Information
GDMO: Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects (OSI)
GDOS: Graphics Device Operating System (OS, Atari)
GDOUG: Greater Detroit OS/2 User Group (org., user group, OS/2, USA)
GDPDU: Grundsaetze zum Datenzugriff und zur Pruefbarkeit Digitaler Unterlagen (BMF), "GDPdU"
GDROM: ??? Read Only Memory (Sega, ROM), "GD-ROM"
GDS: Generalized Data Stream (IBM, APPC)
GDS: Global Directory Service (DCE)
GDT: Global Descriptor Table
GDTRC: Global Descriptor Table Register Cache (GDT, Intel, CPU)
GE: General Electric (manufacturer, GE)
GEAM: GEAM Encrypts All Mails (cryptography)
GECOS: General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor / System (OS, GE, GCOS, predecessor, Honeywell)
GEI: Gesellschaft fuer Elektronische Informationsverarbeitung [mbh] (manufacturer, Aachen)
GEIST: German Encyclopedic Internet Service Terminal (org.)
GEM: Generalized Executive for realtime Multiprocessor applications (OS)
GEM: Graphics Environment Manager (DR, PC)
GENIE: General Electric Network for Information Exchange (network, GE)
GEOS: Graphic Environment Operating System (OS)
GERAN: GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GSM, EDGE, mobile-systems)
GESIP: GESellschaft fuer Informatik in der Pharmazie [e.v.] (org.)
GETS: Government Emergency Telecommunications System (USA)
GFC: Generic Flow Control (ATM)
GFC: Going For Coffee (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
GFDL: GNU Free Documentation License (GNU)
GFLOPS: Giga FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU)
GFP: Global Functional Plane (IN)
GFS: ??? File System
GFSK: Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying (telecommunication)
GGI: General Graphics Interface
GGP: Gateway to Gateway Protocol (RFC 823)
GGS: GueteGemeinschaft Software [e.v.] (org.)
GGSN: Gateway GPRS Support Node (GPRS, mobile-systems)
GHOST: Goal Hierarchy and Objectives Structuring Technique (TUB)
GHTSTN: Guest Host Technique SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD), "GHT-STN"
GI: Gesellschaft fuer Informatik (org.)
GID: Group ID
GIDAS: Grafisch-Interaktives DatenAnalyseSystem
GIDEI: General Input Device Emulation Interface
GIDO: General Intrusion Detection Object (CIDF)
GIGO: Garbage In Garbage Out
GII: General Input Interface
GIL: Gesellschaft fuer Informatik in der Land-, forst- und ernaehrungswirtschaft [e.v.] (org.)
GIM: Gesellschaft fuer informationstechnik und InformationsManagement [mbh] (ISC, Bremen)
GIMP: General / GNU Image Manipulation Program (Linux, Graphik, GNU)
GIMPS: Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (Internet)
GINA: Generische INteraktive Anwendung (GMD)
GINA: Graphic Identification and Authentication
GIOP: General Inter-ORB Protocol (OMG, CORBA, ORB, IIOP)
GIPS: Giga Instructions Per Second (CPU)
GIRL: Generalized Information Retrieval Language
GIS: Geographic Information System
GIT: GNU Interactive Tools (GNU)
GITS: Government Information Technology Service (USA)
GJSP: GNU Java Server Pages (GNU, Java, JSP)
GKDC: Group Key Distribution Centre (KDC, CBT)
GKMP: Group Key Management Protocol
GKS: Graphic Kernel System
GLDV: Gesellschaft fuer Linguistische DatenVerarbeitung (org.)
GLGPL: GNU Lesser General Public License (GNU)
GLM: Generalized Markup Language
GLOCOM: [center for] GLObal COMmunications (org., Japan)
GLU: openGL Utility Library (OpenGL, GLU)
GLUT: openGL Utility library Toolkit (OpenGL, GLU)
GM: General MIDI [standard] (MIDI)
GMA: Gesellschaft fuer Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik (org., VDI)
GMCH: Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (Intel, ICH)
GMD: Gesellschaft fuer Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (org., St. Augustin)
GMDS: deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Medizinische Dokumentation, informatik und Statistik [e.v.] (org.)
GME: Gesellschaft MikroElektronik (org., VDE, VDI)
GMGPL: GNAT Modified GNU Public License (GNAT, GNU, GPL)
GMI: Generic Management Information (OSI)
GML: General Markup Language
GMOEOR: Gesellschaft ??? (org.)
GMP: GNU Multi-Precision [library] (GNU)
GMR: Giant Magneto-Resistive [heads] (HDD, IBM, Toshiba)
GMSK: Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time [+0000] (TZ, UTC, UK)
GNA: Global Network Academy (Internet)
GNAT: GNU Ada Translator (GNU)
GNI: GayNet International (network)
GNIUS: GSM Network for Improved access to Universal Services (GSM, Europe)
GNMP: Government Network Management Profile (USA)
GNN: Global Network Navigator (Internet, WWW)
GNOME: GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNU)
GNU: GNU's Not Unix (rekursiv!, Unix, GNU, OS)
GNUPG: GNU Privacy Guard (GNU, cryptography), "GnuPG"
GNX400: Gateway Network eXchange 400 (Proteon, SNA, SDLC), "GNX 400"
GOCA: Graphic Object Content Architecture (IBM, MO:DCA)
GOD: Global OutDial
GOD: Grundsaetze ordnungsmaessiger Datenverarbeitung, "GoD"
GOP: Group Of Pictures (video, VOBU, DVD)
GOPS: Giga Operations Per Second
GOSIP: Government Open Systems Interconnections Profile (USA, UK)
GPA: GNU Privacy Assistant (GNU, GnuPG)
GPC: General-Purpose Computation
GPC: GNU Pascal Compiler (GNU)
GPC: Graphics Performance Characterization [committee] (org., HP, IBM, DEC, SGI, Sun,...)
GPC: Group Policy Container (AD, GPO)
GPCI: Graphics Processor Command Interface
GPF: General Protection Fault (Windows)
GPG: GNU Privacy Guard (GNU)
GPI: Graphics Programming Interface
GPIB: General-Purpose Interface Bus (IEEE 488, GPIB)
GPIO: General Purpose Input Output
GPL: General Public Licence (GNU)
GPL: Graphics Programming Language
GPM: Gesellschaft fuer ProjektManagement [e.v.] (org.)
GPO: Group Policy Objects (AD, GPO)
GPP: [SCSI-3] Generic Packetized Protocol (SAM)
GPR: General Purpose Register (CPU)
GPRS: General Packet Radio Service / System (ETSI, GSM, TCP/IP, GPRS, mobile-systems)
GPS: Global Positioning System
GPSI: Graphics Processor Software Interface
GPT: Group Policy Template (AD, GPO)
GPT: GUID Partition Table (EFI, GUID)
GPU: Graphics Processing Unit
GPV: General Public Virus
GRADD: GRaphics Adapter Device Driver (OS/2, IBM)
GRASP: Graphic Animation System for Professionals
GRC: Generic Reference Configuration
GRE: Generic Routing Encapsulation (RFC 1701, VPN)
GREP: Global Regular Expression Print (Unix)
GRIC: Global Research Internet Connection (org., ISP)
GRINS: GRaphical iNterface to SMIL (SMIL, Oratix), "GRiNS"
GRPS: General Packet Radio Service (GSM, mobile-systems)
GRUB: GRand Unified Bootloader (GNU)
GS: General Standard (MIDI)
GS: Gepruefte Sicherheit
GSDK: Game Software Development Kit (Linux, GGI, OpenGL)
GSDS: Genealogy Software Distribution System
GSL: Graphics Software Labs (AT&T)
GSM: Global System for Mobile communications
GSM: Groupe Speciale Mobile (org. , CEPT)
GSMP: General Switch Management Protocol (DEC, Sprint)
GSNW: Gateway Service for NetWare (MS, Windows NT)
GSP: GNU Server Pages (GNU, Java, JSP)
GSS: Generic Security Service (IETF, GSS-API)
GSS: Group Support System
GSSAPI: Generic Security Service API (RFC 2078, API), "GSS-API"
GST: Guam Standard Time [+1000] (TZ)
GSX: Graphics System eXtension
GTDM: Group Time Division Multiplexing [protocol]
GTF: Generalized Timing Format (VESA)
GTK: [GNU] GIMP ToolKit (GNU, GUI)
GTL: Gunning Tranceiver Logic+ [bus] (Intel, SMP), "GTL+"
GTLD: Generic Top Level DOMAIN (Internet, ICANN), "gTLD"
GTP: GPRS Tunnel Protocol (GPRS, mobile-systems)
GTS: GigaTexel Shading
GUI: Graphical User Interface (UI)
GUID: Global[ly] Unique IDentifier (COM)
GUIDE: Graphical User Interface Design Editor (Sun)
GUILE: GNU's Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extension (GNU)
GUS: Guide to the Use of Standards (SPAG)
GUUG: German Unix User Group (org., user group, Unix)
GV: GebaeudeVerteiler (cable, EN 50 173)
GVBA: Global Village Business Association (org., USA)
GVV: German Volunteer Votetakers (Usenet, DANA)
GWAI: German Workshop on Artificial Intelligence (conference, AI)
GWBASIC: Graphics and Windows Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC, MS-DOS), "GW-Basic"
GWDG: Gesellschaft fuer Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Goettingen [mbH] (org.)
GWS: Gesellschaft fuer Wirtschafts- und Sozialkybernetik (org., Uni Marburg)
GWS: Graphics WorkShop

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H2U: Higher capacity to UMTS (UMTS, WLAN)
H4P: High Performance Parallel Processing Project (ICI)
HACL: Host Access Class Library (HOD, API)
HACMP: High Availability Clustered Multi Processing (IBM, RS/6000, Bull), "HA/CMP"
HAL: Hard Array Logic
HAL: Hardware Abstraction Layer (Windows NT)
HAL: Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer (2001)
HALPC: Houston Area League of PC-Users, "HAL-PC"
HAMPS: Host AUTODIN Message Processing System (AUTODIN, mil.)
HAND: Have A Nice Day (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
HANFS: Highly Available Network File System
HAP: Host Access Protocol (RFC 907/1221)
HAS: High Availability Subsystem (Bull)
HAT: Hashed Address Table
HAV: High AVailability
HAVI: Home Audio Video Interoperability (org., Grundig, Hitachi, Matsushita, Philips, Sharp, Sony, Thomson, Toshiba)
HBA: Host Bus Adapter (SCSI)
HBCI: HomeBanking Computer Interface Internet, banking, Germany, HBCI
HBT: Hetero Bipolar Transistor (IBM, IC)
HC: Handler Compiler (SAX, XML)
HCF: Hybrid Coordination Function (MAC, 802.11a)
HCI: Host Controller Interface (Bluetooth, Linux)
HCI: Human Computer Interaction (BCS, conference)
HCL: Hardware Compatibility List (MS, Windows)
HCL: Host Control Links
HCSDS: High Capacity Satellite Digital Service
HCSS: High Capacity Storage System (Novell, Netware)
HCT: Hamburger ComputerTage (fair)
HCT: High-speed CMOS [logic] with TTT-compatible [logic] levels (IC, MOS)
HCTDS: High-Capacity Terrestrial Digital Service
HD: High Density
HDAM: Hierarchical Direct Access Method (DAM)
HDB: HoneyDanBer [standard] (Unix)
HDB3: High Density Bipolar 3
HDBMS: Hierarchical DataBase Management System (DBMS, DB)
HDC: Hard Disk Controller
HDCD: High Density Compact Disk (CD, Sony, Phillips)
HDD: Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
HDD: Highly Doped Drain (IC, MOSFET)
HDF: Hierarchical Data Format (NCSA)
HDH: HDLC Distant Host
HDI: HOOPS Device Interface (VAGI)
HDIT: High Bandwidth Differential Interconnect Technology [bus] (VIA)
HDL: Hardware Description Language (ASIC)
HDLC: High-level Data Link Control (ISO)
HDM: Hardware Device Module (I2O)
HDML: Handheld Device Markup Language (mobile-systems, HDTP)
HDN: Hochgeschwindigkeits-DatenNetz
HDOS: Heath Disk Operating System (OS, Heath)
HDR: High availability Data Replication (Informix, DB)
HDR: High Dynamic Range
HDSL: High data / bit rate Digital Subscriber Line (BELLCORE, AT&T, DSL)
HDSL: High-level Data Specification Language
HDTP: Handheld Device Transport Protocol (mobile-systems)
HDX: Half DupleX
HE: HoehenEinheit [1HE = 19"]
HEA: Hyundai Electronics of America (manufacturer)
HEC: Header Error Check
HEC: Header Error Control (ATM)
HECTOR: HEterogeneous Computer TOgetheR (IBM, Uni Karlsruhe, Germany)
HEL: Hardware Emulation Layer
HEL: Header Extension Length
HEMT: High Electron Mobility Transistor
HEPNET: High Energy Physics NETwork (network)
HERMES: Heuristic Emergency Response Management Expert System (XPS)
HERODE: Handling the Electronic Representation of mixed text - image Office Documents based on ECMA standard 101 (ESPRIT, SNI, TITN, ECMA, ODA)
HES: Home Electronic System (SNI)
HES: Honeywell Executive System (OS, Honeywell 800)
HF: Have Fun (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
HFC: Hybrid Fiber Coax [network]
HFD: Hauptanschluss fuer Direktruf / Datenleitung (Telekom), "HfD"
HFDS: Highly Functional Distributed System (MTRON)
HFS: Hierachical File System (Apple, CD)
HFT: High Function Terminal (AIX, IBM)
HGA: Hercules Graphics Adapter
HGC: Hercules Graphics Card
HHI: Heinrich Hertz Institut Org., Germany
HI: Hochschulverband Informationswissenschaften (org.)
HI1: Handover Interface 1 (ETSI, ES 201671)
HI2: Handover Interface 2 (ETSI, ES 201671)
HI3: Handover Interface 3 (ETSI, ES 201671)
HIC: Human Interaction Component
HIC: Hybrid Integrated Circuit
HID: Human Interface Device (MS)
HIDAM: Hierarchical Indexed Direct Access Method (DAM)
HIFD: HIgh capacity Floppy Disk (Sony, Fuji), "HiFD"
HIFI: Hypertext Interface For Information (ESPRIT)
HIFIVE: HIgh Fidelity Interactive Visual Environment (DEC), "Hi-FIVE"
HIFT: Hardware Implemented Fault Tolerance (SIFT)
HIGGENS: Human Interface Graphical GENeration System (Uni Colorado)
HINT: Hierarchical INTegration [benchmark]
HIPERLAN: HIgh PErformance Radio Local Area Network (LAN, ETSI, EN 300 652)
HIPPI: HIgh Performance Parallel Interface
HIPPI: High Performance Peripheral Interface
HIRD: HURD of Interface Representing Depth (GNU, HURD)
HISAM: Hierarchical Indexed Sequential Acess Method (SAM)
HISP: HIgh SPeed channel connector (Cray, I/O)
HLL: High Level Language
HLLAPI: High Level Language Application Programming Interface (IBM, API)
HLPI: Higher Layer Protocol Identifier
HLR: Home Location Register (LR, GSM, GPRS, mobile-systems)
HLS: Hue, Luminance, Saturation (color system, DTP)
HMA: High Memory Area
HMAC: keyed-Hashing for Message AuthentiCation (cryptography, RFC 2104)
HMC: Highspeed Memory Controller (Apple)
HMD: Head Mounted Display (VR)
HMI: Human-Machine Interface
HMMP: HyperMedia Management Protocol (MS, Intel, Cisco, WWW, HMMS)
HMMS: HyperMedia Management Schema (MS, Intel, Cisco, WWW)
HMOS: High performance Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
HMP: Host Monitoring Protocol (RFC 869)
HMUX: Hybrid MUltipleXer (FDDI), "H-MUX"
HNF: Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum (org., Paderborn, Germany)
HNI: Heinz Nixdorf Institut (org., ZIT)
HOD: Host On Demand (IBM, HOD)
HOL: Head Of Line
HOLAP: Hybrid OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP, DB)
HOMERF: Home Radio Frequency (WLAN), "HomeRF"
HOOPS: Hierarchical Object Orientated Picture System (Ithaca, Autodesk, OOP)
HOP: Homecast Open Protocol (WLAN, Alation Systems)
HP: Hewlett Packard (manufacturer)
HPA: High Performance Architecture (HP)
HPBIDS: Hewlett Packard Broadband Internet Delivery System (HP, Internet), "HP BIDS"
HPC: Handheld Personal Computer (PC), "H/PC"
HPC: High Performance Computing
HPCC: High Performance Computing and Communication
HPCS: High Performance Communication Server (Tobit, NLM, Netware)
HPF: High Performance FORTRAN (FORTRAN)
HPFS: High Performance FileSystem (OS/2)
HPGL: Hewlett Packard Graphics Language (CAD, CAM, HP)
HPIB: Hewlett Packard Interface Bus (GPIB)
HPM: Hyper Page Mode
HPMI: ??? [Schnittstelle] (CAD), "HP-MI"
HPNA: ???
HPOFS: High Performance Optical File System (IBM, OS/2, MOD)
HPPA: Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture (HP, RISC)
HPPCL: Hewlett Packard Printer Control Language
HPR: High Performance Routing
HPR: High Priority Request (VUMA)
HPTS: High Performance Transaction Systems
HPUX: Hewlett Packard / UniX (Unix), "HP/UX"
HPVEE: Hewlett-Packard Visual Engineering Environment (HP, GUI), "HP VEE"
HPVUE: Hewlett Packard - Visual User Environment (HP, GUI), "HP-VUE"
HR: High Rate (IEEE 802.11)
HRC: Hybrid Ring Control (FDDI)
HRFWG: Home Radio Frequency Working Group (WLAN, HOMERF)
HRTF: Head Related Transfer Function
HS: High Speed (MODEM)
HSA: High Speed Access
HSB: Hue Saturation Brightness (DTP)
HSC: Hierarchical Storage Controller
HSC: HTML Sucks Completely (HTML, Amiga)
HSCDS: High Speed Cable Data Services
HSCSD: High Speed Circuit Switched Data (GSM, mobile-systems)
HSDRAM: ??? Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC)
HSFS: High Sierra File System
HSI: High Speed Interface
HSI: Hue, Saturation, Intensity (DTP)
HSIS: ??? High Speed Interface / SNA, "HSI/S"
HSLAN: High Speed Local Area Network, "HS-LAN"
HSLFX: ??? [hardware description language] (HDL, NTT, LSI), "HSL-FX"
HSLN: High Speed Local Network
HSM: Hardware Specific Module (ODI)
HSM: Hierarchical Storage Management
HSM: Hierarchisches SpeicherManagement
HSMD: High Speed Mobile Data HSCSD, Germany, E-Plus
HSP: [UUNet] HighSpeed Peering
HSP: Host Signal Processing (telecommunication, WinModem)
HSRP: Hot Standby Router Protocol (Cisco, IOS)
HSSDS: High-Speed Switched Digital Service
HSSI: High Speed Serial Interface
HSSN: HighSpeed Switching Network (Cray, ATM)
HST: Hawaiian Standard Time [-1030] (TZ)
HST: High Soft Tech (manufacturer, ISDN)
HST: High Speed Technology (US Robotics)
HT: Horizontal Tab
HTC: HTML Components (MS, OWA, WWW, HTML)
HTDM: Hybrid Time Division Multiplexing [protocol]
HTF: Hyper-g Text Format (Hyper-G)
HTH: Hope This Helps (telecommunication-slang)
HTML: HyperText Markup Language (Internet, WWW, SGML, RFC 1866/1942, HTML)
HTPS: High Temperature PolySilicon
HTSI: Host Transport Service Interface (ICC, CT-API)
HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol (WWW, RFC 2068)
HTTPD: HyperText Transfer Protocol DAEMON (WWW, HTTP)
HTTPNG: HyperText Transfer Protocol - Next Generation (WWW), "HTTP-NG"
HTTPR: HyperText Transfer Protocol - Reliable (HTTP, IBM)
HTTPS: HyperText Transfer Protocol [SSL] Secured (HTTP, SSL, WWW)
HUGO: Holland User Group for OS/2 (org., user group, OS/2, Netherlands)
HURD: HIRD of Unix-Replacing DAEMONs (GNU, HIRD)
HVC: Hue-Value-Chroma [model] (Tektronic, DTP)
HVD: High Voltage Differential [technology] (SCSI)
HWMC: HardWare Motion Compensation
HYCH: Hope You Can Help (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
HYTEA: HYperText Environment for Authoring (ESPRIT)
HYTIME: Hypermedia/Time-based structuring language (SGML, ISO, IEC, IS 10744), "HyTime"
HYTM: HyTime Topic Map (SGML, KM), "HyTM"

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I2C: Inter Integrated Circuit [bus]
I2O: Intelligent Input/Output (Intel)
I2O: Intelligent Input/Output [bus]
I3C: International Imaging Industry Association (org., PIMA, successorr)
I3DL2: Interactive 3D Audio Level 2 (audio)
I4DL: Interface, Inheritance, Implementation, Installation Definition Language (DME, OSF)
I4L: ISDN for Linux (Linux, ISDN)
IA: Identification and Authentication, "I & A"
IA64: Intel Architecture - 64 BIT (Intel), "IA-64"
IAA: Initial Address Acknowledgment
IAA: Intel Application Accelerator
IAAIL: International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law (org., AI)
IAB: Internet Activities / Architecture Board (RFC 1160/1601, Internet)
IAC: InterApplication Communication (Apple)
IAC: International Association for Cybernetics (org.)
IACT: International Alliance for Compatible Technology (org.)
IAE: ISDN AnschlussEinheit (ISDN, Telekom)
IAF: Internet Address Finder (WWW)
IAHC: Internet Ad Hoc Committee (org., Internet)
IAI: Institut fuer Angewandte Informatik (org.)
IAK: Internet explorer Administrator Kit (MS, Internet)
IAK2: Internet Access Kit / 2 (IBM, OS/2), "IAK/2"
IAL: Intel Architecture Labs (Intel)
IAM: Initial Address Message
IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (Internet)
IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
IANS: Intel Advanced Networking Services, "iANS"
IANW: International Academic Networkshops (conference)
IAO: [fraunhofer] Institut fuer Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation (org., Stuttgart, Germany)
IAOG: International ADMD Operators Group (org., ADMD, X.400)
IAP: Internet Access Provider (Internet)
IAPC: Intel Architecture Personal Computer (PC, Intel), "IA-PC"
IAPR: International Association on Pattern Recognition (org.)
IAR: Initial Address Reject
IARP: International Advanced Robotic Program (org.)
IAS: Interactive Application System (DEC)
IAT: Information Access Technology (Provider)
IAUG: International AIX User Group (org., Unix, AIX, user group)
IAW: In Accordance With (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
IB4J: Instant BASIC for Java (Java, BASIC)
IBAN: International Bank Account Number (banking)
IBASES: Intel Baseline AGP System Evaluation Suite (AGP, Intel)
IBC: InterBase Components (Borland, Delphi, InterBase)
IBCN: Integrated Broadband Communication Network
IBEX: International Business EXchange (network)
IBFI: Internationales Begegnungs- und Forschungszentrum fuer Informatik (org., GI)
IBFN: Integriertes BreitbandFernmeldeNetz
IBM: International Business Machines (manufacturer, IBM)
IBMS: Integrated Broadband Mobile System
IBN: Integrated Business Network
IBO: InterBase Objects (Borland, InterBase)
IC: Integrated Circuit
ICA: Independent Computing Architecture (Cytrix, Windows NT, ASP)
ICA: Information Connection Architecture (SGI)
ICA: Integrated Chameleon Architecture (SGML)
ICA: Integrated Communications Architecture
ICA: Intelligent Communication Adapter (Banyan, VINES)
ICA: International Communications Association (org.)
ICADD: International Committee for Accessible Document Design (org.)
ICALP: International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming (EATCS, conference)
ICAN: Individual Customer Access Network
ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (org., Internet, ICANN)
ICAP: Internet Calendar Access Protocol (TCP/IP, Lotus)
ICAT: Interactive Code Analysis Tool [debugger] (IBM, Java)
ICC: Intelligent Communications Control
ICC: Intergrated Circuit Card (ICC)
ICC: International Color Committee (org.)
ICC: International Conference on Communications (conference)
ICC: Internode Communication Channel (SMP, Scalis)
ICCAD: International Conference on Computer Aided Design (IEEE, conference)
ICCC: InterClient Communication Convention (X-windows)
ICCC: International Conference on Computer Communication (conference)
ICCC: International Council on Computer Communication (org.)
ICCCM: InterClient Communication Convention Manual (X-Windows)
ICCD: International Conference on Computer Design (IEEE, conference)
ICCI: International Conference on Computing and Information (conference)
ICCIMA: International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications (AI, conference)
ICCS: Integrated Communications Cabling System (SNI)
ICD: Installable Client Driver (OpenGL)
ICD: International Code Designator (ATM)
ICDA: Integrated Cached Disk-Arrays
ICDB: Integrated Communications DataBase (DB)
ICDCS: International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (INRIA, IEEE-CS)
ICE: In-Circuit-Emulation
ICE: Information and Content Exchange [protocol] (XML)
ICF: International Cryptographic Framework (HP, cryptography)
ICH: I/O Controller Hub [aka Southbridge] (Intel, I/O, GMCH)
ICH: Intelligent Connection Handling (BIG)
ICI: Industrial Computing Initiative (LLNL, LANL, Cray, ..., HPC, MPP)
ICIA: International Communications Industries Association (org.)
ICL: International Computers Limited (manufacturer, UK, USA, Japan, Fujitsu)
ICM: Image Color Matching (MS, Windows 95, API)
ICMC: International Computer Music Conference (fair)
ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol [version 4] (TCP/IP, RFC 792, Internet)
ICMPV6: Internet Control Message Protocol Version 6 (Internet, IPV6, RFC 1885), "ICMPv6"
ICMX: ??? [transport level interface standard]
ICONZ: Internet Company Of New Zealand (org., Usenet)
ICOT: Institute for new generation COmputer Technology (org., Japan, FGCS)
ICP: Independent Content Provider (MSN)
ICP: Intelligent Computer Peripherals (manufacturer)
ICP: Interface Change Proposal
ICP: Internet Caching Protocol (Internet)
ICQ: [I seek you] (Internet, ICQ)
ICR: Intelligent Character Recognition
ICRA: Internet Content Rating Association (Internet, org., IBM, MS, AOL, ...)
ICS: IBM Cabling System
ICS: International Classification for Standards (ISO)
ICS: Internet Connect Sharing (MS, IE, DHCP)
ICS: Irish Computer Society (org., Irland)
ICSC: Intelligent Channel/Storage Control, "IC/SC"
ICSI: International Computer Science Institute (org., USA)
ICSS: Internet Connection Secure Server (IBM, WWW)
ICTF: Internet Content Task Force (org., Internet)
ICU: Instruction Cache Unit (CPU, POWER)
ICU: Interactive Chart Utility (IBM, GDDM)
ICU: ISA Configuration Utility (BIOS, PNP, ISA)
ICURYY: I see you are too wise (slang)
ID: IDentification
IDA: Interchange of Data between Administrations (org., Europe)
IDAC: Infobus Data Access Component (Lotus, Java)
IDAPI: Integrated Database API (DB, IBM, Novell, Borland, predecessor, BDE, API)
IDAS: Interchange DAta Structure
IDB: Integrated DataBase (DB)
IDBEF: Integrated DataBase Extract Format (IDB, DB)
IDBTF: Integrated DataBase Transaction Format (IDB, DB)
IDC: Inter-Device Communication (IBM, OS/2)
IDC: International Data Corporation
IDCT: Inverse Discrete Cosine Transformation (DCT)
IDDD: International Direct Distance Dialing
IDE: Integrated Development Environment
IDE: Integrated Drive Electronics (HDD)
IDEA: International Data Encryption Algorithm (cryptography)
IDEA: Internet Design, Engineering, and Analysis notes (IETF)
IDEF: Integrated [CAM] DEFinition (CAM)
IDES: International Demonstration and Education System (R/3, SAP)
IDES: Intrusion Detection Expert System (IBM, IDS, XPS)
IDF: Intel Developer Forum (Intel, conference)
IDG: International Data Group (org.)
IDI: Initial DOMAIN Identifier (NSAP, IDP)
IDIS: Integrated Dealer and Importer System (MBAG)
IDL: Interactive Data Language (Research Systems)
IDL: Interface Definition Language (DCE, CORBA)
IDLC: ISDN Data Link Control (ISDN)
IDLE: International Date Line, East [+1200] (TZ)
IDLW: International Date Line, West [-1200] (TZ)
IDMR: Inter-DOMAIN Multicast Routing (IETF, WG, Multicast)
IDN: Integrated Digital Network
IDOC: Intermediate DOCuments (ALE, SAP)
IDOMENEUS: Information and Data on Open MEdia for NEtworks of USers (WWW, Uni Hamburg, Germany)
IDP: Initial DOMAIN Part (NSAP)
IDP: Internet Datagram Protocol (XNS)
IDRC: ??? Redundancy Check (Datenkompression)
IDS: Information Delivery System
IDS: Intelligent Decision Server (IBM)
IDS: Inter Data Systems [gmbh] (manufacturer)
IDS: Internal Directory System
IDS: Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
IDSA: Interactive Digital Software Association (org., Nintendo, Sony, MS, ...)
IDSS: Interoperability Decision Support System
IDT: Integrated Device Technology (manufacturer)
IDT: Interrupt Descriptor Table
IDTRC: Interrupt Descriptor Table Register Cache (IDT, CPU, Intel)
IDU: Interface Data Unit
IDUPGSSAPI: Independent Data Unit Protection Generic Security Service API (GSS, API), "IDUP-GSS-API"
IDV: Individuelle DatenVerarbeitung
IDVC: Integrated Data/Voice Channel
IE: Information Element (ATM, ISDN)
IE: Information Engineering
IEAAIE: [international conference on] Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert systems (conference, ISAI, ..., AI), "IEA/AIE"
IEC: Inter-Exchange Carrier (AT&T, MCI, LEC)
IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission (org., Switzerland)
IECC: Informix Enterprise Command Center (Informix)
IEDM: International Electron Device Meeting (conference)
IEE: Institute of Electrical Engineers (org., UK)
IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (org., USA)
IEEECS: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - Computer Society (org., IEEE), "IEEE-CS"
IEEJ: ??? (org.)
IEF: Information Engineering Facility
IEICE: ??? (org.)
IEMMC: Internet EMail Marketing Council (Internet, org., spam)
IEMSI: Interactive Electronic Mail Standard Identification
IEN: Internet Engineering Notes
IEN: Internet Experiment Notebook (predecessor, RFC)
IEPG: Internet Engineering and Planning Group (Internet, RFC 1690)
IEPRC: International Electronic Publishing Research Centre (org., PIRA)
IES: Intelligent Emulation Switching (Epson)
IESE: [fraunhofer] Institut fuer Experimentelles Software Engineering (org.)
IESG: Internet Engineering Steering Group (IETF)
IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force (org., IAB, Internet, RFC 1603/2418/3233)
IETFWG: Internet Engineering Task Force - Working Group (RFC 1603, IETF), "IETF-WG"
IETM: Interactive Electronic Technical Manual
IETS: Interim European Telecommunications Standards (GSM, mobile-systems)
IEW: Information Engineering Workbench (IBM)
IF: Information Flow (IN)
IFAC: International Federation for Automatic Control (org., Oesterreich)
IFAD: Institute of Applied Computer Science (org., Denmark)
IFC: InterFace Clear (GPIB)
IFC: Internet FAQ Consortium (Internet, FAQ, org.)
IFC: Internet Foundation Classes (ONE, Netscape, Java)
IFCM: Independent Flow Control Messages (SSP)
IFD: Information Flow Diagram (IRM)
IFE: Internet Forum Europe (fair)
IFIOM: Intelligent FDDI Input Output Module (SMC, ES/1, FDDI)
IFIP: International Federation of Information Processing societies (org.)
IFMP: Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol (IP)
IFNA: International FidoNet Association (org., Fido)
IFP: Instruction Fetch Pipeline (Motorola, CPU)
IFR: Interleaved Frame Recording (video)
IFS: ICOT Free Software (ICOT)
IFS: Installable File System (OS/2, DOS)
IFS: Intelligent Fax System (Ricoh)
IFS: InterFrame Space (MAC, 802.11a)
IFS: Internal Field Separator (Unix, AWK)
IFS: Internet File System (Oracle, DB, Internet)
IFX: Interactive Financial eXchange (USA, banking)
IGBT: Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IC)
IGC: Institute for Global Communications (USA)
IGD: [fraunhofer] Institut fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung (org., Darmstadt, Germany)
IGES: Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (ANSI, USA, CIM, CAD)
IGMP: Internet Group Management / Multicast Protocol (RFC 1112/2236, IP, Multicast)
IGN: IBM Global Network (network)
IGOSS: Industry/Government Open System Specification
IGP: Interior Gateway Protocol
IGRP: Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IPX, Novell)
IGS: IBM Global Services (IBM)
IHS: Integrated Heat Spreader
IHV: Independent Hardware Vendor
IIA: Information Industry Association (org.)
IIASA: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (org., Oesterreich)
IICM: Institute for Information processing and Computer supported new Media (org., Oestereich)
IID: Interface IDentifier (COM)
IIF: Incoming InterFace (PIM, OIF, Multicast)
IIF: Internal Internegotiation Function (ETSI, ES 201671)
IIIR: Integration of Internet Information Ressources (IETF)
IIIS: International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (org., USA)
IIL: Integrated Injection Logic
IIN: Integrated Information Network
IIOP: Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (CORBA, Internet, ONE, GIOP, TCP/IP)
IIP: Interoperability Improvement Panel
IIR: Infinite Impulse Response (DSP)
IIRC: If I Remember/Recall Correctly (Usenet, IRC, telecommunication-slang)
IIS: [fraunhofer] Institut fuer Integrierte Schaltungen (org.)
IIS: Intelligence Information System (mil.)
IIS: Internet Information Server (MS)
IISP: Interim Inter-Switch Signaling Protocol (P-NNI, ATM)
IIT: Integrated Information Technology
IITF: Information Infrastructure Task Force (org., USA)
IIUC: If I Understand Correctly (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
IJCAI: International Joint Committee / Conference on Artificial Intelligence (conference, org., AI)
IJH: Initial Java Heap (Java)
IKE: IBM Kiosk for Education (IBM)
IKP: Internet Keyed Payment [protocols] (IBM, WWW), "iKP"
IKYABWAI: I know You Are But What Am I? (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
ILEC: Independent Local Exchange Carrier
ILETS: International Law Enforcment Telecom Seminars (ETSI)
ILFA: Integrierte Logische Funktionen fuer Anwendungen (IWBS, Uni Karlsruhe, Germany, Uni Duisburg, Germany)
ILLIGAL: ILLinois Genetic Algorithm Laboratory (org., Uni Illinois, USA), "IlliGAL"
ILLINET: ILlinois LIbrary NETwork (network, USA)
ILMI: Interim Link / Local Management Interface (ATM)
ILPNET: [european] Inductive Logic Programming scientific NETwork
ILS: Intelligente LernSysteme
ILT: [Linux] Instructor Led Training (Linux, Caldera)
ILVU: InterLeaved Video Units (VOB, DVD, video)
IM: Information Management
IM: Interface Module
IMA: Interactive Multimedia Association (org.)
IMA: International MIDI Association (org.)
IMAC: Isochronous Media Access Control (FDDI), "I-MAC"
IMACS: International ??? (org.)
IMAIL: Intelligent MAIL
IMAL: Integrated Media Architecture Laboratory (Bell, org., USA)
IMAO: In My Arrogant Opinion (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMAP: Internet Message Access Protocol (RFC 2060)
IMB: Intel Media Bench
IMC: ??? (org.), "IM&C"
IMC: Information Management Concept
IMCO: In My Considered Opinion (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMDB: Internet Movie DataBase (Internet, WWW, DB)
IME: Input Method Editor (MS, Windows)
IMEI: International Mobile Equipment Identity (MS, GSM, mobile-systems)
IMG: IMplementation Guide (R/3, SAP)
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMIA: International Medical Informatics Association
IML: Initial Machine Load
IMMD: Institut fuer Mathematische Maschinen und Datenverarbeitung (org., Uni Erlangen, Germany)
IMNSCO: In My Not So Considered Opinion (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMNSHO: In My Not So Humble / Honest Opinion (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMO: In My Opinion (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMP: Interface Message Processors (ARPANET, MILNET)
IMPACT: Information Market Policy ACTions (ECHO)
IMR: Information Management Representitive (IM)
IMR: Internet Monthly Report (Internet)
IMR: Interrupt Mask Register (IC)
IMS: [fraunhofer] Institut fuer Mikroelektronische Schaltungen und systeme (org., Dresden, Germany)
IMS: Information Management System (IBM)
IMS: Integrated Management System
IMS: Integrated Measurement Systems [inc] (manufacturer)
IMS: Intelligent Manufacturing System (MITI)
IMS: International Meta Systems (manufacturer)
IMSESA: Information Management System/Enterprise Systems Architecture (IBM), "IMS/ESA"
IMSI: International Mobile Subscriber Identity (MM, GSM, mobile-systems)
IMSO: Integrated Micro Systems Operation (Intel)
IMSP: nternet Message Support Protocol (Internet)
IMSVS: Information Management System/Virtual Storage, "IMS/VS"
IMT2000: International Mobile Telecommunications [at] 2000 [Mhz] (mobile-systems), "IMT-2000"
IMTC: International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium (org., MS, Intel, Apple, IBM, SNI, AT&T, ...)
IN: Individual Network [e.v.] (org., ISP)
IN: Intelligent Network (ITU-T, Q.1200)
INA: Intelligent Network Architecture (IN)
INAP: Intelligent Network Application Protocol (IN)
INCM: Intelligent Network Conceptual Model (IN)
INCORE: INternet COntent Rating for Europe (org., Internet)
INDC: [international conference on] Information Networks and Data Communication (IFIP, conference)
INET: International NETworking conference (conference), "iNET"
INGRES: INteractive Graphic REtrieval System
INHOPE: INternet HOtline Providers in Europe (org., ISP)
INL: Inter Node Link
INMS: Integrated Network Management System
INN: Inter Node Network
INNC: International Neural Network Conference (INNS, conference, NN)
INNS: International Neural Network Society (org., AI, NN)
INOC: Internet Network Operations Center
INPOL: INformationssystem der POLizei
INRIA: Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (org., France)
INSITS: INternational Symposium on IT Standardization (conference, IFIP, GI)
INST: INformation Standards and technology Standardization
INTA: International Trademark Association (org.)
INTAP: Interoperability Technology Association for Information Processing (org.)
INTEL: INtegriertes TEileLogistiksystem (MBAG)
INTERNIC: Inter Network Information Center (org., Internet), "InterNIC"
INX: INformation eXchange
INXS: INternet eXchange Service (ECRC)
IO: Input/Output, "I/O"
IOC: Initial Operational Capability
IOC: Input / Output Controller
IOC: Input/Output Cluster (Cray, I/O)
IOCCC: International Obfuscated C Code Contest
IOCS: Input Output Control System (OS, IBM 7090)
IOCTL: I/O ConTroL (I/O)
IOM: Integrated Object Model
ION: Internetworking Over NBMA (LIS, LAG, ATM, NBMA)
IONL: Internal Organization of the Network Layer (OSI)
IOOC: Integrated Optics and Optical fiber Communication (conference)
IOP: Input / Output Processor
IOPL: Input Output Privilege Level
IOS: Internetworking Operating System (Cisco, OS)
IOS: InterOrganizational Systems
IOTE: Initial Operational Test and Evaluation, "IOT & E"
IOUG: International Oracle Users Group (org., DB, Oracle, user group)
IOW: In Other Words (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
IP: Information Provider
IP: Instruction Pointer [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)
IP: Intellectual Property
IP: Intelligent Peripheral (IN)
IP: Intelligent Peripheral
IP: Internet Protocol [version 4] (RFC 791)
IPA: [fraunhofer] Institut fuer Produktionstechnik und Automation (org., Stuttgart, Germany)
IPA: Information Processing promotion Agency (org., MITI, Japan)
IPC: Internet Privacy Coalition (Internet)
IPC: InterProcess Communications [protocol]
IPCE: InterProcess Communication Environment
IPCP: [PPP] Internet Protocol Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1332)
IPCR: International Conference on Pattern Recognition (conference, IAPR)
IPCS: Informatique et Calcul Parallele de Strasbourg (org., France, HPC)
IPCS: Interactive Problem Control System
IPD: Intelligent Printer Data
IPDS: IBM Personal Dictation System (IBM, voice processing)
IPDS: Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IBM, CCS)
IPDU: Internet Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
IPDVMRP: IP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (RFC 1075, IP, Multicast), "IP-DVMRP"
IPE: Integrated Programming Environment
IPES: Improved Proposed Encryption Standard (IDEA, PES, cryptography)
IPFC: Information Presentation Facility Compiler (IBM, OS/2)
IPG: International Programmers Guild (org.)
IPG: InterPacket Gap (IPX, IP (???))
IPI: Intelligent Peripheral Interface [protocol]
IPL: Initial Program Load
IPM: Impulses Per Minute
IPM: InterPersonal Messaging
IPM: Interruptions Per Minute
IPMI: Intelligent Platform Management Interface (Intel, HP, DELL)
IPMS: InterPersonal Messaging System
IPN: Info Pool Network (ISP)
IPNG: Internet Protocol Next Generation (IP, RFC 1550/1752), "IPng"
IPOC: Interim Policy Oversight Committee (Internet, TLD)
IPP: Internet Presence Provider (Internet)
IPP: Internet Printing Protocol (IBM, OS/400, RFC 2639/3196)
IPS: Information Processing Standards
IPS: InPlane Switching [technology] (LCD)
IPSE: Integrated Programming Support Environment (CASE)
IPSEC: Internet Protocol SECurity (org., Internet, IETF, DES)
IPSJ: Information Processing Society of Japan (org., Japan)
IPSP: Internet Protocol Security Protocol
IPTC: International Press Telecommunications Council (org.)
IPTD: [microsoft] Internet Platform and Tools Division (MS)
IPU: Intelligent Processing Unit
IPU: ISDN-datex-P-Umsetzer
IPV6: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IP, RFC 1883/1884), IPv6
IPVR: Institut fuer Parallele und Verteilte Rechensysteme (org., Uni Stuttgart, Germany)
IPW: Incremental Packet Writing (CD-R)
IPX: Internet Packet eXchange (Novell, Netware)
IPXCP: [PPP] Internetwork Packet eXchange Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1552)
IPXODI: IPX Open Datalink Interface (Novell, Netware)
IPXSPX: IPX / Sequenced Packet eXchange (Novell, Netware), "IPX/SPX"
IPXWAN: Internet Packet eXchange over various WAN media (Novell, IPX, WAN, RFC 1634)
IR: Information Retrieval
IR: Interface Repository (ORB)
IR: Internet Registry
IRC: InformationsRessourcen Controlling (IM)
IRC: Internet Relay Chat [protocol] (RFC 1459, Internet)
IRCS: Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (org., Uni Pennsylvania, USA)
IRDA: InfraRed Data Association (org., manufacturer, IRDA), "IrDA"
IRDS: Information Resource Dictionary System (ANSI, ISO, IM)
IRF: Integer Register File (DEC, Alpha, CPU)
IRIS: Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (org., Canada)
IRL: In Real Life (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
IRLAN: InfraRed Local Area Network (IRDA, LAN, TTP), "IrLAN"
IRLAP: InfraRed Link Access Protocol (IRDA, IRLAP), "IrLAP"
IRLMP: InfraRed Link Management Protocol (IRDA, IRLAP), "IrLMP"
IRLMPTP: InfraRed ??? (IRDA), "IrMLP/TP"
IRLPT: InfraRed Line PrinTer (IRDA, LPT, TTP), "IrLPT"
IRM: Information Resources Management
IRMX: Intel Real time Multitasking eXecutive (OS, Intel), "iRMX"
IROBEX: InfraRed OBject EXchange protocol (IRDA, TTP), "IrOBEX"
IRP: I/O Request Packet (I/O)
IRQ: Interrupt ReQuest
IRR: Interrupt Request Register (IC)
IRRP: Inter-DOMAIN Routing Protocol (ISO 10747)
IRSG: Internet Research Steering Group (org., Internet)
IRT: Interrupt Response Time
IRTF: Internet Research Task Force (IAB, Internet)
IRTP: Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol (RFC 938)
IRTRANP: InfraRed TRANsfer Picture (IRDA)
IRV: International Reference Version [character set] (ISO, IS 646)
IS: Intermediate System (ATM)
IS: International Standard (ISO)
IS: International Supplement (ODT)
ISA: Industry Standard Architecture (PC)
ISA: Instruction Set Architecture (CPU)
ISA: Integrated Systems Architecture (ESPRIT, ANSA)
ISA: Interactive Services Association (org., USA)
ISADS: International Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized Systems (IEEE-CS, conference)
ISAGAT: Industry Standard Architecture - Guaranteed Access Time (ISA, DMA, PCI)
ISAKMP: Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
ISAM: Index-Sequential Access Mode (DB, SAM)
ISAPI: Internet Server Application Programmer's Interface (MS, C/S, WWW, API)
ISBN: International Standard Book Number
ISC: Intelligent Screen Cognition
ISC: Internet Service Center (ISP)
ISC: Internet Software Consortium (org., Internet)
ISCA: International Society for Computers and their Applications (org., AI)
ISD: Integrated Sensor Device (Wacom, LCD)
ISD: Interface Summary Design
ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network (ITU)
ISDNUP: ISDN User Part (ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems), "ISDN-UP"
ISDV: Integrated Software Development and Verification
ISEE: Information System Engineering Environment (Westmount, CASE)
ISEE: Integrated Software Engineering Environment [reference model] (NIST, ECMA, CASE)
ISFUG: Integrated Software Federal User Group (org., user group)
ISH: Information SuperHighway
ISI: [fraunhofer] Institut fuer Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung (org.)
ISI: Information Sciences Institute (org., USA)
ISI: Information Society Initiative (UK)
ISIL: Internet Search Interface Language (Internet, Sherlock, Apple)
ISIS: ??? (OS, Intel)
ISIS: Industrial Signature Interopeability Specification (cryptography)
ISIS: Intermediate System to Intermediate System [protocol / routing] (OSI, RFC 1195), "IS-IS"
ISIT: [fraunhofer] Institut fuer SiliziumTechnologie (org., Itzehoe, Germany), "ISiT"
ISKO: International Society for Knowledge Organisation (org.)
ISLM: Integrated Services Line Module
ISLN: Integrated Services Local Network
ISLU: Integrated Services Line Unit
ISM: Industrial, Science, Medical [ = 2,4 GHz ] (WLAN)
ISML: Interface Specification Meta-Language
ISN: Information Systems Network
ISN: Initial Segment / Sequence Number (TCP/IP)
ISN: Integrated Systems Network
ISN: Internet Shopping Network (network, WWW)
ISO: International Standards Organisation [International Organization for Standardization] (org.)
ISOC: Internet SOCiety (org., Internet)
ISODE: ISO Development Environment (OSI)
ISONET: ISO information NETwork (ISO, network)
ISP: Image Synthesis Processor (IC, Graphik, TSP)
ISP: Integrated System Peripheral control (Wyse)
ISP: Interactive String Processor (BS2000)
ISP: International Standardized Profiles (ISO)
ISP: Internet Service Provider (Internet)
ISPA: Internet Service Provider Austria (org., ISP)
ISPA: ISDN PAcket [driver] (ISDN)
ISPC: Internet Service Providers' Consortium (ISP, IPP, org.), "ISP/C"
ISPF: Interactive System Productivity Facility (IBM)
ISPN: International Standard Program Number
ISPO: Information Society Project Office [of the european commission] (org., Europe, ECHO)
ISPS: ??? [hardware description language] (HDL)
ISQL: Interactive Structured Query Language
ISR: Interrupt Service Register (IC)
ISR: Interrupt Service Request
ISR: Interrupt Service Routine
ISRC: International Standard Recording Code
ISSAC: International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ACM, conference)
ISSCC: International Solid State Circuits Conference (conference)
ISSE: Internet Streaming SIMD Extension (Intel, Pentium, Katmai, SIMD)
ISSN: Integrated Special Services Network
ISSN: International Standard Serial Number
ISSRE: International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (IEEE-CS, conference)
ISST: [fraunhofer] Institut fuer Software- und SystemTechnik (org., Dortmund, Germany)
IST: Immerse System Technology (VR)
IST: Indian Standard Time [+0530] (TZ)
IST: Initial System Test
ISTM: It Seems To Me (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
ISTO: Information Science and Technology Office (org., DARPA)
ISTR: I Seem To Recall / Remember (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
ISUP: Integrated Services User Part (ISDN)
ISV: Independent Software Vendor
ISV: Independent Solution Vendor (DEC)
ISV: Information Service Vendor
IT: Information Technology
IT: Iran Time [+0300] (TZ)
ITA: Interim Type Approval
ITAA: Information Technology Association of America (org., USA)
ITAC: Information Technology Association of Canada (org., Canada)
ITE: InformationsTechnische Einrichtungen
ITG: InformationsTechnische Gesellschaft (org., VDE)
ITLB: Instruction Translation Look-aside Buffer (CPU)
ITM: Information Technology Management
ITMA: Information Technology Management Association (org., USA)
ITMS: Immediate check Truth Maintenance System (AI)
ITOT: ISO Transport service on TCP/IP (ISO, TCP/IP, RFC 2126)
ITP: Intent to Package (Linux, Debian)
ITR: Internet Talk Radio (Internet)
ITRC: Information Technology Research Centre (org., Canada)
ITRON: Industrial TRON (TRON, OS)
ITS: Incompatible Time-sharing System (DEC)
ITS: International Telecommunications Society (org.)
ITSDN: Integrated Tactical/Strategic Data Network (mil., USA, network)
ITSEC: [european] Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria (Europe)
ITSEM: Information Technology Security Evaluation Manual / Methodology (ITSEC)
ITSP: Internet Telephony Service Provider (Internet, CAT)
ITSPO: Information Technology Standards Program Office (org., USA)
ITT: International Telegraph and Telephone (org.)
ITTI: Information Technology Training Initiative (org., UK)
ITTM: ??? [institute of telecommunications and information technology] (org., Malaysia)
ITU: Information Transport Utility
ITU: International Telecommunications Union (org.)
ITUR: International Telecommunications Union - Radiocommunications sector (ITU, org.), "ITU-R"
ITUSA: Information Technology Users Standards Association (org., USA)
ITUT: ITU Telecommunications [standards group] (org., successorr, CCITT), "ITU-T"
ITUTSS: International Telecommunications Union Telecommunication Standards Sector (ITU)
ITYM: I Think You Meant (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
IU: Integer Unit (CPU)
IUCV: Inter-User Communications Vehicle (IBM, TCP/IP, API, VM/ESA, CP)
IUK: Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik, "IuK"
IUKDG: Informations- Und KommunikationsDiensteGesetz telecommunication, Germany
IUMA: Internet Underground Music Archive (WWW)
IUP: Interim Update Package (3COM)
IUR: International User Requirements (ETSI, TS 101331)
IUT: Implementation Under Test
IUTSUT: Implementation Under Test - System Under Test, "IUT-SUT"
IV: InformationsVerarbeitung
IV: Initialisation Vector (cryptography)
IVA: International Voice Association (org.)
IVC: Integrated Visual Computing [architecture] (SGI)
IVDENIC: InteressenVerbund DEutsches Network Information Center (org., Internet), "IV-DENIC"
IVDLAN: Integrated Voice and Data Local Area Network
IVR: Interactive Voice Response (CTI)
IVS: IBM Verkabelungs-System
IVS: Interactive Visualization Systems
IVTS: International Video Teleconferencing Service
IWA: International Webmasters Association (org., WWW)
IWBS: Institut fuer WissensBasierte Systeme (org., IBM)
IWC: Inside Wire Cable
IWF: InterWorking Function (IN, GSM, ...)
IWFM: It Works for Me (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
IWS: Intelligent Work-Station
IWT: International Workshop on Telematics (conference, IEEE-CS, SEE)
IWU: InterWorking Unit (IN)
IWV: ImpulsWahlVerfahren (MODEM)
IXC: IntereXchange Carrier (FCC, LATA)
IYSWIM: If You See What I Mean (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
IZM: [fraunhofer] Institut fuer Zuverlaessigkeit und Mikrointegration (org., Berlin, Germany)

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J2EE: Java 2 Enterprise Edition (Java, Sun)
J2ME: Java 2 Micro Edition (Java, Sun)
J2SE: Java 2 Standard Edition (Java, Sun)
JAAS: Java Authentication and Authorization Service (Java, API)
JACM: Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
JAD: Joint Application Development
JADE: Jasmine Application Development Environment (Jasmine, DB, CA)
JANET: Joint Academic NETwork (network, UK)
JAP: Java Anon Proxy (Java)
JAPH: Just Another PERL Hacker (PERL)
JAR: Java Archive (Java)
JARS: Java Applet Rating Service (Java, WWW)
JASS: Javascript-Accessable Style Sheets (HTML, WWW, JavaScript)
JAVAOS: Java Operating System (Java), "JavaOS"
JAXP: Java API for XML Processing (Java, API, XML)
JBIG: Joint Bi-level Image expert Group (org., JTC1)
JBOD: Just a Bunch Of Disks
JCALS: Joint Computer-Aided Logistics System (CAL)
JCB: Job Control Block (BS2000)
JCDW: Java Callable Data Wrapper (Java)
JCE: Java Cryptographic Extension (Java, API)
JCF: JESSI Common Framework
JCL: Job Control Language (IBM, OS/360)
JCSS: ??? (org.)
JCW: Java Callable Wrapper (MS, Java, VM, COM)
JDBC: Java standard DataBase Connectivity (DB, Java, Sun, Borland, ODBC, API)
JDK: Java Development Kit (Sun, Java)
JECL: Jabber External Component Libraries (Jabber, API)
JEDEC: Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council (org.)
JEIDA: Japan Electronics Industry Development Association (org., Japan)
JES: Job Entry Subsystem (IBM)
JESS: Java Expert System Shell (Java, Shell)
JFC: Java Foundation Classes (Java, API)
JFET: Junction Field Effect Transistor (IC, FET)
JFIF: JPEG File Interchange Format (JPEG)
JFS: Journaled File System (LVM)
JFT: Job File Table (DOS)
JICST: Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (org., Japan)
JIEO: Joint Interoperability Engineering Organization (org., DISA, mil., USA)
JIF: JPEG Interchange Format (JPEG)
JIG: Jabber Interest Group (Jabber)
JIPDEC: Japan Information Processing DEvelopment Center (org., Japan)
JIPS: JANET Internet Protocol Service (JANET)
JIS: Japanese Institute of Standards (org., Japan)
JISC: Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (org., Japan)
JIT: Just In Time [compiler]
JITC: Joint Interoperability Technology Center (org., DISA, mil.)
JK: Just Kidding (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
JMI: Java Metadata Interface (Java)
JMSC: Japanese MIDI Standard Committee (org., Japan)
JMSWG: Joint Multi-TADIL Standards Working Group (org., mil., TADIL)
JNDI: Java Naming and Directory Interface (JavaSoft, API, Java)
JNI: Java Native method Interface (Java, API)
JNSS: ??? (org.)
JNT: Java Network Technology (Java, Informatec)
JODS: Jasmine Object Database Server (Jasmine, DB, CA)
JOHNNIAC: JOHN von Neumann Integrator and Automatic Computer
JOL: Journal of Online Law (WWW)
JOLT: Java OnLine Transactions (Java, Bea, OLTP)
JOOP: Journal of Object Orientated Programming (OOP)
JOSL: Jabber Open Source License (Jabber)
JOSS: JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (OS, JOHNNIAC)
JOSS: Joint Object Services Submission
JOTS: Joint Operational Tactical System (mil.)
JOVE: Jonathan's Own Version of EMACS (EMACS)
JPEG: Joint Photographics Expert Group (org., JTC1, RFC 1521, JPEG)
JPLDIS: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Display Information System
JPM: Java Package Manager (MS, Java, VM)
JPS: Java Print Service (Java)
JRE: Java Runtime Environment (Java)
JRMP: Java Remote Method Protocol (Java)
JSA: Japanese Standards Association (org., Japan)
JSA: Juristische StandardAntwort (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
JSAI: ??? (org.)
JSAN: Joint Staff Automation of the Nineties (mil.)
JSD: Jackson System Development (JSP)
JSDK: Java Servlet Development Kit (Java, Sun)
JSME: ??? (org.)
JSP: Jackson Structured Programming (JSD)
JSP: Java Server Pages (Java, Sun, JSP)
JSPE: ??? (org.)
JSSA: Japan Society for System Audits (org., JIPDEC, Japan)
JSSE: Java Secure Socket Extension (Java, API)
JST: Japan Standard Time [+0900] (TZ)
JT: Java Time [+0730] (TZ)
JTA: Java Transaction API (Java, API)
JTA: Joint Technical Architecture (JIEO, mil.)
JTAG: Joint Test Action Group (org., Philips, IC)
JTB: Jump Trace Buffer (CPU)
JTBP: Job To Be Processed [block] (BS2000)
JTBPX: Job To Be Processed [block] eXtension (BS2000)
JTC1: Joint Technical Committee 1 (ISO, IEC, IT)
JTM: Job Transfer and Manipulation (ISO 8831/32)
JTMS: Justification based Truth Maintenance System (AI)
JTSSG: Joint Telecommunications Standards Steering Group (mil.)
JUGHEAD: Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation And Display
JUMBO: Java Universal Molecular Browser for Objects (XML)
JUNET: Japan Unix NETwork (network, Unix)
JURIS: JURistisches InformationsSystem
JV: JobVariablen (BS2000)
JVC: J++ Visual Compiler (MS, Java)
JVIDS: Joint Visually Integrated Display System (mil.)
JVM: Java Virtual Machine (Java)
JWICS: Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (mil.)

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KAN: KriminalAktenNachweis (INPOL)
KARL: ??? [hardware description language] (HDL)
KB: KiloByte
KBPS: KiloBits Per Second
KBS: Knowledge-Based System
KCC: Knowledge Consistency Checker (AD)
KCGI: Kyocera ??? (Kyocera)
KCGL: KyoCera Graphic Language (Kyocera)
KCMS: Kodak Color Management System (Kodak, DTP)
KDC: Key Distribution Center, Verschluesselung
KDD: Kokusai Denshin Denwa (org., Japan)
KDE: K Destop Environment (Linux, KDE)
KDM: K Display Manager (KDE)
KDT: Keyboard Display Terminal
KERMIT: Kl-10 Error-free Reciprocal Micro Interconnect over Tty lines
KES: Key Escrow System (cryptography)
KFM: K File Manager (KDE)
KGRZ: Kommunales GebietsRechenzentrum Giessen (org.)
KHG: Kernel Hacking Guide (Linux)
KI: Kuenstliche Intelligenz
KIF: Konferenz der Informatik Fachschaften (conference)
KIPS: Kilo Instructions Per Second
KIR: Kyocera Image Refinement (Kyocera)
KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
KIT: Kernel software for Intelligent Terminals (T-Online, Telekom, BTX)
KK: Konnectivity Koordination (DE-NIC, DOMAIN)
KLICK: Karlsruher LIChtleiter-Kommunikationsnetz (Uni Karlsruhe, Germany)
KLIPS: Kilo Logical Inferences Per Second (AI, KI, XPS)
KLT: Karhunen Loeve Transformation
KLT: Kernel Latency Time
KM: Knowledge Management
KMOS: Kernel of a Multiprocess Operating System (OS)
KMS: Knowledge Management Systeme
KNI: Katmai New Instructions (Intel, ISSE, predecessor)
KNN: Kuenstliche Neuronale Netze (neural nets)
KNOOM: KNowledge Orientated Office Model
KORE: ???
KOS: Kent On-Line System (OS)
KPCMS: Kodak Precision Color Management System (Kodak, DTP)
KPDL: Kyocera Page Description Language (Kyocera)
KPI: Kernel Programming Interface (Unix, API)
KPM: Kyocera PrintMonitor (Kyocera)
KPOP: Kerberized Post Office Protocol (POP3)
KPT: Kai's PowerTools (DTP)
KQML: Knowledge Query Manipulation Language (AI)
KR: [brian] Kernighan & [dennis] Ritchie [c standard], "K&R"
KR: Knowledge Representation (AI)
KRA: Key Recovery Alliance (org., cryptography)
KSA: Kalman Saffran Associates (manufacturer)
KSA: KommunikationsStrukturAnalyse (OA, TUB)
KSDS: Key Sequenced Data Set (VSAM)
KSH: Key Strokes per Hour
KSH: Korn SHell (Unix, Shell)
KSIG: Khronos Special Interest Group
KSLNRC: Knowledge Systems Laboratory of the National Research Council (org., Canada, AI)
KSOS: Kernelized Secure Operating System (OS)
KSPM: KeyStrokes Per Minute
KSR: Keyboard Send Receive
KSS: Kilo-Samples per Second
KUTGW: Keep Up The Good Work (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
KV: KabelVerzweiger
KV: Karnaugh Veitch diagram
KVM: Keyboard, Video, Mouse
KVM: Kilobyte Virtual Machine (Java, Sun, MIDP)
KWM: K Window Manager (KDE)

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L1: Level 1 [cache]
L2: Level 2 [cache]
L2F: Layer 2 Forwarding [protocol] (Shiva, Cisco, IP, IPX, LLC)
L2TP: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (PPP, VPN, IP, RFC 2661)
LA: Limited Availability (IBM, OS/2)
LA: Location Area (MSC, GSM, mobile-systems)
LAC: Lotus Authorized Consultants (Lotus)
LADT: Local Access Data Transport
LAEC: Lotus Authorized Education Center (Lotus)
LAG: Logical Address Group (ION)
LAM: Local Area Multicomputer (Parallel Computing)
LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (Linux, Apache, PHP)
LAN: Local Area Network (LAN)
LANCE: LAN Controller for Ethernet (LAN)
LANE: Local Area Network Emulation [over ATM specification] (ATM)
LANL: Los Alamos National Laboratory (org., USA)
LAP: Link Access Procedure / Protocol (CCITT, X.25)
LAPB: Link Access Procedure - Balanced (CCITT, LAP, X.25)
LAPD: Link Access Procedure on the D channel (X.21, ISDN, TA)
LAPIC: Local Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)
LAPM: Link Access Procedure for Modem
LAPS: LAN Adapter and Protocol Support
LASER: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LASS: Local Area Signaling Service
LAT: Local Area Transport (DEC)
LATA: Local Access Transport Area
LATM: Local Asynchronous Transfer Mode
LAVAS: LAger- und VersandAbwicklungsSystem (MBAG)
LAVC: Local Area VAX Cluster (VAX, DEC)
LAW: Local Authority Workstation
LAWN: Local Area Wireless Network
LBA: Logical Block Addressing (EIDE)
LBM: Local Bus Master
LBN: Logical Block Number (LBA)
LBS: Location Based Service (mobile-systems)
LBT: Local Bus Targets
LBX: Low-Band with X
LC: Linux Computer (Corel)
LC: Loopback Capability (UNI, ATM, OAM)
LCA: [Sair] Linux [and GNU] Certified Administrator (Linux, GNU, Unix)
LCA: Logic Cell Array
LCC: Local Control Center
LCCM: LAN Client Control Manager (IBM, LAN)
LCD: Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD)
LCD: LISP Code Directory (EMACS)
LCD: Loss of Cell Delineation (UNI, ATM)
LCGI: Local Common Graphics Interface (CGI, WWW)
LCM: LEAF Creation Method (EES, cryptography)
LCN: Logical Channel Numbers
LCOS: Liquid Crystal On Silicon (LCD)
LCP: [PPP] Link Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1570)
LCP: [Sair] Linux [and GNU] Certified Professional (Linux, GNU, Unix)
LCR: Least Cost Routing
LCS: Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT)
LCS: Linux Compatibility Standard (Linux)
LCS: Liquid Crystal Shutter
LCS: Lotus Communication Server
LCSS: Liquid Crystal Stereoscopic Shutter [display]
LCT: Last Compliance Time (GCRA)
LCU: LAN CID Utility (LAN, CID, IBM)
LCV: Line Coding Violation [error event] (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)
LD: LAN Destination (ATM)
LDA: Local Delivery Agent
LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (RFC 1777, X.500, DS, AD)
LDAPAPI: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Application Program Interface (LDAP, RFC 1823, API), "LDAP API"
LDCM: LANDesk Client Manager
LDD: Lightly Doped Drain (IC, MOSFET)
LDID: Logical Disk IDentifier (MS)
LDP: Label Distribution Protocol (IETF, RFC 3036, MPLS)
LDP: Linux Document Projects (Linux)
LDP: Loader Debugger Protocol (RFC 909)
LDR: Light Detect Resistor
LDT: Lightning Data Transfer [bus] (AMD)
LDT: Local Descriptor Table (CPU, Intel)
LDTR: Load Descriptor Table Register (CPU, Intel, assembler, IC)
LDTRC: Local Descriptor Table Register Cache (LDT, Intel, CPU)
LDVA: LaenderDatenVerareitungsAnlage
LE: LAN Emulation (LANE, ATM)
LEA: Law Enforcement Agency (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
LEAF: Law Enforcement Access Field (EES, cryptography)
LEARP: LAN Emulation Address Resolution Protocol (LANE, ARP, ATM), "LE-ARP"
LEAS: LATA Equal Access System
LEC: LAN Emulation Client (LANE, ATM)
LEC: Layered Error Correction (CD)
LEC: Local Exchange Carrier (FCC, LATA, IEC)
LECID: LAN Emulation Client IDentifier (LANE, ATM, LEC)
LECS: Local area network Emulation Configuration Server (ATM, LANE, LEC)
LED: Light-Emitting Diode
LEI: Lotus Enterprise Integrator (Lotus)
LEL: Link, Embed and Launch (UNIX)
LEMP: Lightning ElectroMagnetic Pulse
LEN: Low Entry Networking (IBM, SNA, PU)
LEO: LeitungsEndgeraet, Optisch Mil., Germany
LEO: Link Everything Online (WWW, TUM)
LES: LAN Emulation Server (LANE, ATM)
LES: Line Errored Seconds (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)
LF: Line Feed (ASCII)
LF: Login Facility (DCE)
LFA: Link Field Address (Forth)
LFA: Local Feature Analysis
LFAP: Leight weight Flow Admission Protocol (Cabletron, RFC 2124)
LFB: Linear Frame Buffer (CPU, VESA)
LFCC: Linux Federation for Commercial Customers (Linux)
LFE: Low Frequency Effect (audio)
LFN: Long File Names
LFNBK: Long File Name BacKup (MS)
LFO: Low Frequency Oscillator
LFS: Loopback File System
LFSR: Linear Feedback Shift Register (IC)
LGPL: Lesser General Public License (GPL, GNU)
LGPO: Local Group Policy Object (AD, GPO)
LGX: Linux/GNU/X [distribution] (Yggdrasil, Linux, GNU)
LI: Lawful Interception (ETSI)
LIB: Linear Incremental Backoff (CSMA/CD, BEB)
LIC: Licensed Internal Code
LIF: Low Insertion Force (IC)
LIFD: Last In First Drop
LIFE: Laboratory for International Fuzzy Engineering [research] (MITI)
LIFE: Logistics Interface For manufacturing Environment
LIFO: Last In First Out
LIJP: Leaf Initiated Join Parameter
LIKS: Lietuvos kompiuterininko Sajunga (org., Litauen)
LILO: LInux [boot] LOader (Linux)
LIM: Lotus - Intel - Microsoft (manufacturer)
LIMAD: Linear MAgnetic Drive [technology]
LIMDOW: Laser / Light Intensity Modulation, Direct OverWrite (MOD)
LIMEMS: Lotus - Intel - Microsoft Expamded Memory Specification (Lotus, Intel, MS, EMS), "LIM EMS"
LIP: Large Internet Packet
LIPS: Logical Inferences Per Second (AI, KI, XPS)
LIS: Logical IP Subnet (RFC 1577, ION)
LISA: Linux Installation & System Administration (Linux, LST)
LISP: LISt Processor (LISP)
LISP: Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses (LISP, slang)
LISUAF: [thueringer] LandesInformationsSystem Umwelt, Agrar und Forst (UIS), "LIS-UAF"
LITA: Library and Information Technology Association (org., USA)
LITTA: Latvijas Informacijas Tehnologiju un Telekomunikaciju Asociacija (org., Lettland)
LIU: Line Interface Unit
LIV: Link Integrity Verification
LIVE: LInux VErband (Linux, org.)
LIVID: Language Identification and Voice IDentification
LIW: Long Instruction Word (CPU)
LKI: Labor fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz (org., KI, Hamburg, Germany)
LLAP: Localtalk Link Access Protocol (AppleTalk, LAP)
LLATMI: Lower Layer ATM Interface (ATM)
LLB: Local Location Broker (NCS)
LLC: Logical Link Control (IEEE 802.2, ISO, OSI)
LLCSNAP: Logical Link Control/SubNetwork Access Protocol (LLC, SNAP), "LLC/SNAP"
LLN: Line Link Network
LLNL: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (org., USA)
LLP: Link Level Protocol (BTX)
LMDS: Local Multi-point Distribution System
LME: Large Memory Enabled [devices and drivers] (DAC)
LME: Layer Management Entity (OSI)
LMFAO: Laughing My Fucking Ass Off (Usenet, IRC, telecommunication-slang)
LMI: Layer Management Interface (ATM)
LMML: Learning Material Markup Language
LMS: Library Maintenance System (BS2000)
LMU: LAN Manager for Unix (Unix), "LM/U"
LMX: LAN Manager for uniX (LAN, Unix, MS), "LM/X"
LNN: Lotus Notes Network (Lotus)
LOC: LAN Operations Center (LAN)
LOC: Lines Of Code
LOC: Loss of Cell delineation (UNI, ATM)
LOCIS: Library Of Congress Information System (Internet)
LOCT: Layered Open Crypto Toolkit (RSA, cryptography)
LOD: Level Of Detail (3D)
LOF: Loss of Frame (UNI, ATM, DS3/E3)
LOL: Laughing Out Loud (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
LOLITA: Language for the On-Line Investigation and Transformation of Abstractions
LOOPS: LISP Object Oriented Programming System (Xerox, OOP, LISP)
LOP: Loss of Pointer (UNI)
LOS: Local Operating System
LOS: Loss of Signal (UNI, ATM)
LOSP: LOw SPeed channel connector (Cray, I/O)
LOV: List Of Values (DB, Oracle, Java)
LOVIS: LagerOrtVerwaltungs- und InformationsSystem (MBAG)
LP: Line Printer (Unix)
LP: Linear Programming
LP: Logical Partition (LVM)
LPB: [S3] Local Peripheral Bus
LPC: Linear Predictive Coding (voice processing)
LPC: Low Pin Count [interface] (ICH)
LPD: Line Printer DAEMON
LPDA: Link Problem Determination Aid
LPDP: Line Printer DAEMON Protocol (RFC 1179)
LPDU: Link Protocol Data Unit
LPEX: Live Parsing eXtensible Editor (IBM, OS/2)
LPF: League for Programming Freedom (org.)
LPI: Lines Per Inch
LPI: Linux Professional Institute (Linux, org.)
LPP: Licensed Program Product (IBM)
LPPL: Latex Project Public License
LPR: Low Priority Request (VUMA)
LPS: Lines Per Second
LPS: Lotus Professional Services (Lotus)
LPT: Line PrinTer
LPX: Low Profile eXtended [motherboard]
LQ: Letter Quality
LQM: Link Quality Monitoring (PPP)
LR: Location Register (LA, GSM, mobile-systems)
LRC: Longitudinal Redundancy Check
LRPC: Lightweight Remote Procedure Calls (OLE)
LRS: Line Repeater Station
LRU: Least Recently Used
LRZ: Leibniz RechenZentrum (org., BADW)
LS: LAN Server (IBM)
LSA: Link State Advertisement (OSPF)
LSA: Lotus Solution Architecture (Lotus)
LSAPI: Licensed Services Application Program Interface (MS, API)
LSB: Least Significant Bit
LSB: Linux Standard Base (Linux)
LSDU: Link Service Data Unit
LSE: Local Subscriber Environment
LSF: Load Sharing Facility
LSI: Large Scale Integration
LSI: Latent Semantic Indexing
LSL: Link Support Layer (ODI)
LSM: Linux Software Map (Linux)
LSN: Logical Sector Numbers (OS-9)
LSO: Linux Standards Organization (org., Linux)
LSR: Leaf Setup Request
LST: Linux Support Team [distribution] (Linux)
LSU: LAN Service Unit (LAN)
LT: Line Termination (ADSL)
LT: Logical Terminal (IBM)
LT: Lower Tester (ISO 9646-1)
LTC: Line Termination Coordinator
LTC: Linux Technology Center (Linux, Unix, IBM)
LTC: Longitudinal Time Code (video)
LTE: Line Terminating Equipment (SONET)
LTERM: Logical TERMinal (IBM), "LTerm"
LTID: Logical Terminal IDentifier (IBM)
LTO: Linear Tape Open (Streamer, IBM, HP, Seagate)
LTPS: Low Temperature PolySilicon
LTPSTFT: Low Temperature PolySilicon Thin Film Transistor (TFT, LCD)
LTSS: Lawrence TimeSharing System (OS, LLNL)
LU: Logical Unit (NAU)
LU62: Logical Unit 6.2 (IBM), "LU6.2"
LUG: Local Users Group
LUN: Logical Unit Number (SCSI)
LUNA: Leuchtendatei fuer UnfallfluchtNAchforschungen (INPOL)
LUNI: LANE User Network Interface (LANE, ATM)
LUP: Language UPgrade (MS)
LUT: Look-Up Table (RAMDAC, FPGA, RL)
LV: Logical Volume (LVM)
LV: Low Voltage
LVD: Low Voltage Differential [technology] (SCSI, Symbois Logic)
LVDS: Low Voltage Differential Signal (TI, NSC)
LVE: Live Video Extension (video)
LVM: Logical Volume Manager (AIX, HP/UX, OSF/1, HDD)
LVN: LandesVerwaltungsNetz (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
LVTTL: Low Voltage Transistor Transistor Level (IC)
LW: Living Worlds (VRML)
LWC: Last Working Configuration (ESCD, PNP, BIOS)
LWL: LichtWellenLeiter (cable)
LWP: Light Weight Process (Sun, OS)
LX: Linear eXecutable (OS/2)
LZS: Lempel-Ziv-Stac [compression]
LZSDCP: [PPP] Lempel-Ziv-Stac - Data Compression Protocol (PPP, RFC 1967), "LZS-DCP"
LZW: Lempel-Ziv-Welch [compression]

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MAC: Mandatory Access Control (MLS)
MAC: Media Access Control (ISO, OSI, LAN, , WLAN, ...)
MAC: Membership Advisory Committee (ICANN)
MAC: Message Authentication Code (SSL, SRT, cryptography)
MACH: Multilayer ACtuator Head
MACID: Media Access Control IDentifier, "MAC-ID"
MACOS: MACintosh Operating System (Apple, OS), "MacOS"
MACS: Manufacturing Application Control System (SNI)
MACS: MODEM Access Control System (MODEM, DES, cryptography), "M.A.C.S."
MACSBUG: Motorola Advanced Computer Symbolic deBUGger (Motorola)
MAD: Memory Address Driver strength (BIOS)
MAD: Message Address Directory
MAD: Militaerischer AbschirmDienst (mil., org.)
MADCAP: Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (RFC 2730, Multicast)
MADE: Multimedia Application Development Environment (CWI)
MADK: Microsoft Activex Development Kit (ActiveX, MS)
MADT: Multiple APIC Description Table (ACPI, APIC)
MAE: Macintosh Application Environment (Apple, Sun, HPUX)
MAINSAIL: MAchine INdependent SAIL (SAIL)
MAJC: Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing [pronounced 'magic'] (Sun, Java)
MAJOUR: Modular Application for JOURnals (EWS, SGML)
MAM: Multi Access Module
MAME: Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, "M.A.M.E."
MAN: Metropolitan Area Network
MAP: Maintenance Analysis Procedure (IBM)
MAP: Manufacturing Automation Protocol (General Motors)
MAP: Mobile Application Part (MSC, GSM, mobile-systems)
MAP27: Mobile Access Protocol [for MPT 1327] (MPT 1327), "MAP 27"
MAPASE: Mobile Application Part - Application Service Elements (MAP, MSC, GSM, mobile-systems), "MAP-ASE"
MAPI: Messaging Application Program Interface (MS, WOSA, API)
MAPTOP: Manufacturing Automation Protocol/Technical Office Protocol, "MAP/TOP"
MAR: Microprogram Address Register (IC)
MARC: MAchine Readable Cataloging [record]
MAS: Multi Agent Systems (AI)
MAS90: Mittelstands-Anwendungs-System 90 (IBM)
MASC: Multicast Address-Set Claim [protocol] (RFC 2909, Multicast)
MASE: Message Administration Service Element
MASM: Microsoft ASseMbler (MS, assembler)
MAU: Medium Access Unit
MAU: Medium Attachment Unit (IEEE 802.3, Transceiver)
MAU: Multistation Access Unit (Token Ring, Hub)
MAUS: Muensters Apple User Service (BBS, network), "M.A.U.S."
MAW: Microsoft At Work
MAWI: MAterialWIrtschaft
MAX: MAssively parallel uniX (Cray, OS, MIMD, MPP, Unix)
MAX: Media Access Exchange (Ascend)
MB: MailBox
MB: MegaByte
MBAG: Mercedes-Benz AktienGesellschaft (user)
MBCMS: Mercedes-Benz-Computer-Mikrofilm-System (MBAG), "MB-CMS"
MBE: Molecular Beam Epitaxy (IC; MOSFET)
MBPS: MegaBits Per Second
MBR: Master Boot Record
MBS: Maximum Burst Size
MBUS: Module BUS [standard] (Sun, SPARC), "MBus"
MCA: Micro Channel Architecture (IBM, PS/2)
MCA: Mission Critical Applications
MCAD: Mechanical CAD (AutoCAD, CAD)
MCAV: Modified Constant Angular Velocity
MCB: Memory Control Block (DOS, TPA)
MCBF: Mean Cycle Between Failure
MCC: Manchester Code Converter
MCC: Manchester Computing Centre (Linux)
MCC: Mitteldeutsches Communication Center (Leipzig)
MCD: Mini Client Driver (MS, Windows NT)
MCD: Multimedia Cartridge Drive (Nomai)
MCEB: Military Communications-Electronics Board (org., mil., USA)
MCF: Meta Content Framework / Format (Apple, WWW)
MCGA: Multi Color Graphics Adapter (IBM, PS/2)
MCH: Memory Controller Hub [aka Northbridge] (Intel)
MCI: Measurement Layer Interface (UMA)
MCI: Media Control Interface
MCI: Microwave Communications Incorporated
MCL: Media Communication Lab (org., Uni Boston, USA)
MCM: Multi Carrier Modulation
MCM: MultiChip Module (CPU)
MCN: Metropolitan Campus Network
MCNE: Master Certified Netware Engineer (Novell, Netware)
MCNS: ??? [cable modem standard] (org.)
MCP: Master Control Program (OS)
MCP: Merlin Convenience Pack (IDB, OS/2)
MCP: Multiport / Multiprotocol Communication Processor
MCPAS: Master Control Program/Advanced System, "MCP/AS"
MCPC: Multi Channel Per Carrier
MCPS: Microsoft Certified Product Specialist (MS, ATEC)
MCR: Minimum Cell Rate (UNI, ATM, PCR, ABR)
MCS: Material Control System
MCS: Message Conversion System
MCS: Modulation and Coding Scheme (EGPRS, mobile-systems)
MCS: MultiCast Server
MCS: Multichannel Communications System (Mac)
MCS: Multivender Customer Services (DEC)
MCSD: Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MS, ATEC)
MCSE: Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MS, ATEC)
MCSMP: Message Conversion System Message Processor (MCS)
MCSS: Mitac Computer Security System (Mitac)
MCT: Microsoft Certified Trainer (MS, ATEC)
MCTD: Mean Cell Transfer Delay (UNI, ATM)
MCTS: Multiple Console Time Sharing System (OS, CAD)
MCU: Management & Cascade Unit (Hub)
MCU: Micro Controller Unit (SIA, RL)
MCU: Multipoint Control Unit
MCVA: Modified Constant Angular Velocity (Optical Disk)
MD: Make Directory (DOS, OS/2)
MD: Management DOMAIN
MD: Mini Disk (Sony)
MD2: Message Digest [algorithm] 2 (RFC 1115/1319)
MD4: Message Digest [algorithm] 4 (RFC 1320)
MD5: Message Digest [algorithm] 5 (RFC 1321)
MDA: Mail Delivery Agent
MDA: Medicated Digest Authentication (HTTP)
MDA: Model Driven Architecture (CASE)
MDA: Monochrome Display Adapter (IBM, PC)
MDAC: Microsoft Data Access Components (MS)
MDBMS: Multidimensional DataBase Management System (DBMS, DB)
MDBS: Micro Data Base System (DB)
MDC: Message conversion system directory Component (MCS)
MDC: Meta Data Coalition
MDCT: Modified Discrete Cosine Transformation
MDDB: MultiDimensional DataBase (DB)
MDE: ??? DatenErfassung
MDEF: Menu DEfinintion Functions (Apple, CDEF)
MDI: Medium Dependent Interface (ethernet)
MDI: Mobile Data Initiative (org., GSM, mobile-systems)
MDI: Multiple Document Interface (MS, Windows)
MDI: Multiplex Device Interface
MDIS: MetaData Interchange Specification
MDK: MODEM Developers Kit (MODEM, MS)
MDL: Microstation Development Language (CAD)
MDM: MicroDiskModule
MDM: Mobile Device Management (CA, Unicenter)
MDRAM: Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC)
MDRC: Manufacturing Design Rule Checker
MDS: Manufacturing Design System
MDSE: Message Delivery Service Element
MDSP: Mobile Device Sync Protocol (Lotus)
MDT: Mechanical DeskTop (SGI)
MDT: Message Distribution Terminal
MDT: Mittlere DatenTechnik
MDT: Mountain Daylight Time [-0600] (TZ, MST, USA)
ME: Mapping Entity
ME: Millennium Edition (MS, Windows)
MEG: Mega Evil Grin (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
MEGA: MessdatenErfassung und Graphische Auswertung
MEI: Matsushita Electronics Incorporated (manufacturer, Japan)
MEL: Maya Embedded Language (Maya)
MEMS: Micro-ElectroMechanical System
MERS: Most Economic Route Selection
MERT: Multiple Environment, Real Time (OS)
MES: Manufacturing Execution System
MES: Menue-EntwicklungsSystem (Sinix, SNI)
MES: Minimum European Set (UTF, ISO 10646)
MESA: MetaEmailSearchAgent (WWW, Internet)
MESCH: Multi-WAIS Engine for Searching Commercial Hosts (WAIS, WWW)
MESFET: MEtal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (IC, FET)
MESH: Macintosh Enhanced SCSI Hardware (Apple, SCSI)
MESI: Modified - Exclusive - Shared - Invalid (SMP)
MESN: Media Event Status Notification
MESZ: MittelEuropaeische SommerZeit [+0200] (TZ)
MET: Memory Enhancement Technology (HP), "MEt"
MET: Middle European Time [+0100] (TZ, CET, METDST, MEZ)
METAL: Machine Evaluation and Translation Language (Siemens)
METDST: Middle European Time Daylight Saving Time [+0200] (TZ, MET, MEZ)
MEZ: MittelEuropaeische [sommer] Zeit [+0200] (TZ)
MF: Multi Frequency
MFAST: Mwave Folded Array Signal Transform [DSP] (IBM, DSP)
MFC: Microsoft Foundation Classes
MFC: Music Feature Card (IBM, Yamaha, MIDI)
MFENET: Magnetic Fusion Energy NETwork
MFG: Mit Freundlichen Gruessen [= best wishes]
MFG: Multi-Function Gateway
MFI: MainFrame Interactive (IBM)
MFII: Multi-Functional [keyboard] II (IBM)
MFIP: Multi-Function Interoperability Processor
MFKS: MultiFunktionales KonferenzSystem
MFLOPS: Million FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU)
MFM: Modified Frequency Modulation
MFP: MultiFunction Product
MFS: Macintosh File System (Apple)
MFS: Message Format Service (IBM, IMS)
MFS: Mobile File Sync (IBM)
MFS: MOSIX File System (MOSIX, DFSA)
MFT: Master File Table (NTFS)
MFT: Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks (IBM, OS, OS/MFT, OS/MVT)
MFV: MehrFrequenzwahlVerfahren
MGA: Matrox Graphics Adapter (Matrox)
MGA: Monochrome Graphics Adapter
MGI: Multi-Function Interpreter
MGM: Memory Grant Manager (Informix, DB)
MH: Mobile Host (MHP)
MH: Modified Huffman (Fax)
MHDL: MIMIC Hardware Description Language
MHEG: Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group (JTC1, ISO)
MHP: [columbia] Mobile Host Protocol
MHP: Multimedia Home Platform (ETSI)
MHPCC: Maui High Performance Computing Center (org., USA)
MHS: Message Handling System (GOSIP, X.400, Novell, SPX, IPX)
MHTML: Messaging HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
MHTML: MIME [e-mail encapsulation of aggregate documents, such as] HTML (MIME, HTML, RFC 2110)
MI: Management Interface
MIA: Missing In Action (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
MIAW: Movie In A Window
MIB: Management Information Base (OSI, SNMP)
MIC: Media Interface Connector (FDDI, PMD)
MIC: Memory in Cassette (Seagate, EEPROM, Streamer, AIT)
MIC: Message Integrity Check / Code
MIC: Multiple Interface Connection (Kyocera)
MICA: MODEM ISDN Channel Integration (Telebit, MODEM, ISDN)
MICE: Modular Integrated Communications Environment
MICO: MICO Is CORBA (ORB, CORBA, Uni Frankfurt)
MID: Message IDentifier (ATM)
MID: Mobile Information Device
MIDI: Musical Instruments Digital Interface (MIDI)
MIDL: Microsoft Interface Definition Language (NT)
MIDP: Mobile Information Device Profile (J2ME)
MIDPEG: Mobile Information Device Profile Expert Group (Sun, AOL, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Palm, Samsung, Sharp, ...)
MIF: Module Interconnection Facility (Proteus)
MIG: Mach Interface Generator (Mach)
MII: Media Independent Interface
MIL: Matrox Imaging Library
MILNET: MILitary NETwork (USA, mil., network)
MILOS: Maschinelle Indizierung auf Linguistischer Grundlage fuer OPAC Systeme (OPAC)
MILSTAR: Military Strategic TActical Relay (mil., USA)
MILSTD: Military STandarD (mil., USA), "MIL-STD"
MIMD: Multiple Instruction [stream], Multiple Data [stream] (CPU)
MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (RFC 2045/2046/2047/2048/2049, IETF)
MIMOLA: Machine Independent MicrOprogramming LAnguage (HDL)
MIN: Multistage Interconnection Networks
MINC: Multilingual Internet Names Consortium (org., Internet, DOMAIN)
MINISTREL: Models for INformatIon STorage and REtrievaL (OA, BIS, ESPRIT)
MINT: Mint is Not TOS (Atari), "MiNT"
MINT: Multimedia-kommunikation aif Integrierten Netzen und Terminals
MINX: Multimedia Information Network eXchange
MIO: Memory Input/Output (Motorola)
MIO: Modular Input/Output [architecture] (HP)
MIP: Multimission Interactive Picture
MIP: Multum In Parvo (3D, SAT)
MIPS: Microprocessor without Interlocked Piped Stages
MIPS: Million Instructions Per Second (CPU)
MIR: Maximum Information Rate
MIR: Micro-Instruction Register (IC)
MIS: Management Information System
MIS: Mega Iterations per Second
MISD: Multiple Instruction [stream], Single Data [stream] (CPU)
MISS: Mecklenburg Internet Service System (ISP)
MISSI: Multilevel Information System Security Initiative (org.)
MISX: Metered Services Information eXchange (Internet)
MIT: Management Information Tree
MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (org., USA)
MJ: Modular Jack
MKS: Mortice Kern Systems (manufacturer)
MKT: Multifunktionelles KartenTerminal (CT, ICC)
ML: Mail List
ML: Meta Language
MLA: Mail List Agent
MLA: Micro Lens Array
MLC: MultiLevel Cell (IC, PCMCIA, Flash, Intel)
MLE: MultiLine Entry field (IBM, OS/2)
MLI: Measurement Layer Interface (UMA)
MLI: Multiple Link Interface (ODI)
MLIA: [symposium on] Machine Learning in Information Access (AAAI, AI, conference)
MLID: Multiple Link Interface Driver (ODI, LAN)
MLM: Mailing List Manager [software]
MLMA: Multi-Level Multi-Access (MAC)
MLP: Meridian Lossless Packaging (DVD, audio)
MLP: MultiLink Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
MLR: Multi-channel Linear Recording [technology] (Tandberg, Streamer)
MLS: MultiLevel Secure [operating systems / platforms]
MLT: Master Lower Tester (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
MLT3: MuLTilevel-3 [encoding] (Schneider & Koch, FDDI), "MLT-3"
MM: Media Manager (Novell, Netware, SMS)
MM: Military Message (mil.)
MM: Mobile Management (RR, CM, GSM, mobile-systems)
MMA: Microcomputer Managers Association (org., USA)
MMA: MIDI Manufacturer Association (org., IMA)
MMC: Microsoft Management Console (MS, Windows NT)
MMC: MIDI Machine Control
MMC: MultiMedia Commands (SAM)
MMC: MultiMediaCard
MMCD: MultiMedia Compact Disk (Sony, Philips, CD)
MMCDE: MultiMedia Compact Disk - Erasable (Sony, Philips, CD), "MMCD-E"
MMCF: MultiMedia Communications Forum (org.)
MMDO: Magnetic Modulation Direct Overwrite
MMDS: Multi-channel, Multi-point Distribution System
MMF: Make Money Fast (Usenet, ECP, EMP)
MMF: Memory Mapped File (Windows 95, Windows NT)
MMF: Multimode Fiberoptic cable
MMFS: Manufacturing Message Format Standard (MAP)
MMHID: MultiMedia Human Interface Device
MMHS: Military Message Handling System (mil., MHS)
MMI: Mixed Mode Interpreter (JIT, IBM, Java)
MMIO: Memory Mapped I/O (I/O)
MML: Maker Markup Language (FrameMaker)
MMP: Multilink Multichasis PPP (PPP)
MMPM2: MultiMedia Presentation Manager /2 (IBM, OS/2), "MMPM/2"
MMR: Modified Modified Read (Fax)
MMS: Manufacturing Message Specifications / Standard (MAP, EIA, RS-511, ISO, DIS 9506)
MMS: Maximum Message Size
MMS: Module Making System (VMS)
MMS: Multilevel Mail Server
MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service (mobile-systems)
MMU: Mass Memory Unit
MMU: Memory Management Unit
MMVF: MultiMedia Video File [disk] (NEC, DVD)
MMWM: MultiMedia Window Manager (X-Windows)
MMX: MultiMedia eXtensions (Intel, CPU)
MNG: Multiple-image Network Graphics [format]
MNOS: Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
MNP: Microcom Networking Protocol
MO: Management Object (OSI)
MOCS: Microsoft Official Curriculum Seminar (MS, ATEC, MCSD)
MOD: Magneto-Optical Disk (OD)
MODACOM: MObile DAta COMmunication
MODCA: Mixed Object Document Content Architecture (IBM), "MO:DCA"
MODEM: MOdulator DEModulator
MOE: Measure of Effectiveness
MOES: Molekulare Optisch-Elektrische Schaltungstraeger
MOESI: Modified - Owner - Exclusive - Shared - Invalid (AMD)
MOF: Managed Object Format (CIM, DMTF)
MOF: Meta Object Facility
MOLAP: Multidimensional OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP)
MOLED: Molecule Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED)
MOLI: Microsoft OnLine Institute (MS)
MOLP: Microsoft Open Licence Pack (MS)
MOM: Message Orientated Middleware (IBM)
MONALISA: MOdelling NAturaL Images for Synthesis and Animation, "MONA LISA"
MONET: high data rate MObile interNET (network)
MOO: MUD Object Orientated (Internet, OOP, MUD)
MOP: Maintenance Operations Protocol (DEC)
MOP: Meta Object Protocol (CLOS)
MOP: Multiple Original Prints
MOPS: Million Operations Per Second
MOS: Master Operating System (OS, Varian)
MOS: Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
MOS: Minimum Operating System (OS, UNIVAC 9200, UNIVAC 9300)
MOS: Multiprogramming Operating System (OS, NCR)
MOSES: Major Open Systems Environment Standards
MOSFET: Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (IC, FET)
MOSIX: Multiprocessor ??? Operating System for unIX (Unix, Cluster)
MOSP: Microsoft Online Services Partnership (MSN)
MOSPF: Multicast [extensions to ] Open Shortest Path First [routing] (IP, OSPF, RFC 1584)
MOSRO: MObiles-Sicherheits-ROboter-System
MOST: Media Orientated Systems Transport
MOST: Mobile Open Systems Technologies (UK, Uni Lancaster)
MOT: Means of Test
MOTIS: Message-Orientated Text Interchange System (ISO 10021, JTC1)
MOTSS: More Of The Sameold Sameold (Usenet)
MOU: Memorandum Of Understanding (IPOC, TLD, Internet)
MOUS: Microsoft Office User Specialist (MS, Windows)
MOVE: Microsoft Overlay Virtual Environment (MS)
MOVI: [projekt] MObile VIsualisierung (DFG)
MOWORM: Magneto-Optical Write Once Read Many, "MO-WORM"
MP: [PPP] Multilink Protocol (MPPP, RFC 1990)
MP: Multi Processor
MP: MultiProtocol
MP3: MPEG audio layer 3 (MPEG, audio, IIS, ISO)
MPC: MPOA Client (MPOA, ATM)
MPC: Multimedia Personal Computer
MPD: Message Preparation Directory
MPDA: MultiPlatform DiskArray
MPDU: Message Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
MPE: Multi-Programming Executive (OS, HP, HP 3000)
MPEG: Motion Picture Expert Group [old term] (MPEG)
MPEG: Moving Picture Expert Group (org., ISO 11172-1, JTC1)
MPEXL: ??? (HP), "MPE/XL"
MPI: Message Passing Interface (SMP, Cluster)
MPI: Multiprocessor Interconnect Bus
MPIF: Message Passing Interface Forum (manufacturer)
MPL: Mozilla Public License (Netscape)
MPLS: Multi-Protocol Label Switching (RFC 3031)
MPM: Metra Potential Method
MPM: Multi-user ??? Program for Microcomputers (CP/M, OS, DR), "MP/M"
MPM2: MultiMedia Presentation Manager/2 (OS/2, IBM), "MPM/2"
MPML: Main Profile @ Main Level (MPEG), "MP@ML"
MPNET: Multi-user ??? Program / NETwork (MP/M, CP/NET, OS), "MP/NET"
MPNOS: Multi-user ??? Program / ??? (MP/NET, CP/NOS, OS), "MP/NOS"
MPOA: Multi-Protocol Over ATM (ATM)
MPOW: Multiple Purpose Operator Workstation
MPP: Massive Parallel Processor / Processing (MPP)
MPP: Message Posting Protocol (RFC 1204)
MPP: Message Processing Program
MPPC: Microsoft Point-to-Point Compression (MS, RFC 2118)
MPPD: Multi Purpose Peripheral Device
MPPE: Microsoft Point to Point Encryption (MS, cryptography, RFC 3078)
MPPP: Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP, RFC 1990, MP, Ascend)
MPR: [National Board for Metrology and Testing] (org., Sweden)
MPS: Megabytes Per Second
MPS: MPOA Server (MPOA, ATM)
MPS: MultiPage Signal (Fax)
MPS: MultiProzessor Spezifikation (SMP)
MPSX: Mathematical Programming System eXtended (IBM)
MPT: Ministery of Post and Telecommunications (org., Japan)
MPT: MultiPort Transceiver
MPT1327: ???
MPTA: Multi Protocol Transport Architecture (IBM, SNA)
MPTN: Multi Protocol Transport Networking (IBM)
MPTS: Multi Protocol Transport Services (IBM, MPTN)
MPTS2: Multi Protocol Transport Services / 2 (IBM, OS/2), "MPTN/2"
MPU: MicroProcessor Unit (SIA, RL)
MPU401: MIDI Processing Unit 401 (Roland, MIDI), "MPU 401"
MPW: Macintosh Programmers Workshop (Apple)
MPX: MultiProgramming eXecutive (IBM, OS, IBM 1800)
MPX: MultiProgramming eXecutive (OS)
MQI: Message Queueing Interface (IBM)
MQUIPS: Million QUality Improvements Per Second
MR: Magneto - Resistive (HDD)
MR: MODEM Ready (MODEM)
MR: Modified Read (Fax)
MRA: Multi Resolutions Analysis
MRAM: Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (IC, RAM)
MRB: Method Request Broker (OMG)
MRBC: Multiple Resolution Bitmap Compiler (MS, Windows)
MRCF: Microsoft Realtime Compression Format (MS)
MRCI: Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface (MS)
MRCS: Multi-Rate Circuit Switching
MRH: Memory Repeater Hub (Intel)
MRJ: Macintosh / MacOS Runtime for Java (Java, Apple)
MRJSDK: Macintosh Runtime for Java Software Developer Kit (Apple, Java), "MRJ SDK"
MRM: Multi Resolution Meshes (Intel, 3D)
MRNET: Minnesota Regional NETwork (network, USA)
MRO: Mandatory Router Option [flag] (CATNIP)
MROC: Multicommand Required Operational Capability
MROM: ??? Read Only Memory (ROM)
MRP: Material / Manufacturing Resource Planning
MRP: Material Requirement Planning (PPS, CIM)
MRS: Media Recognition System (DAT)
MRSE: Message Retrieval Service Element
MRTG: Multi Router Traffic Grapher
MRU: Maximum Receive Unit [size] (SLIP, PPP)
MRU: Most Recently Used
MRX: MagnetoResistive eXtended [technology] (HDD)
MS: Memory Stick
MS: Message Store
MS: Meta Signaling (ATM, ???)
MS: MicroSoft (manufacturer, MS)
MS: Mobile Station (GSM, mobile-systems)
MSA: Management Service Architecture
MSAP: Management Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)
MSAP: Mini Slotted Alternating Priorities (MAC)
MSB: Most Significant Bit
MSC: MicroSoft C
MSC: Mobile services Switching Center (PLMN, GSM, GPRS, mobile-systems)
MSCDEX: MicroSoft Compact Disk EXtensions (CD)
MSCHAP: MicroSoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS), "MS-CHAP"
MSCM: Multiple Slots on Continuation Mechanism (DQDB)
MSCP: Mass Storage Control Protocol
MSCS: MicroSoft Cluster Server [Wolfpack] (MS, Cluster)
MSD: Most Significant Digit
MSDE: MicroSoft Data Engine (MS, DB)
MSDE: Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MS, SQL)
MSDL: MicroSoft Download Library (MS)
MSDN: Macintosh Software Distribution Network (FidoNet, Apple)
MSDN: MicroSoft Developer Network (Internet, MS)
MSDN: MicroSoft Developer Network (MS)
MSDOS: MicroSoft Disk Operating System (MS, OS, PC)
MSE: MicroSoft Exchange server (MS)
MSEN: Media Status Event Notification
MSFIS: MicroSoft Fax Information Service (MS)
MSFP: Management Service Focal Point (IBM)
MSI: Medium Scale Integration
MSI: Micro-Star International (manufacturer, Taiwan)
MSIE: MicroSoft Internet Explorer (MS, WWW, MSIE)
MSIL: MicroSoft Intermediate Language (MS, .NET, CLI)
MSISDN: Mobile Station ISDN Number (PLMN, GSM, mobile-systems), "MS-ISDN"
MSIX: Metered Services Information eXchange [protocol] (Internet, ISP)
MSL: Maximum Segment Lifetime (TCP/IP)
MSL: Microsoft Software Library (Internet, MS)
MSL: Mirrored Server Link
MSM: Media Support Module (ODI)
MSM: Metal Semiconductor Metal (IC)
MSMQ: MicroSoft Message Queue [server] (MS)
MSN: Microsoft Support Network (Internet, MS)
MSN: Monitoring cell Sequence Number (UNI, ATM)
MSN: Multiple Subscriber Number (Euro-, ISDN)
MSNF: Multiple Systems Networking Facility (IBM)
MSOS: Mass storage Operating System (OS, CDC)
MSP: Media Signal Processor (Samsung, MMX, ARM)
MSP: Message Security Protocol
MSP: Message Send Protocol (RFC 1159)
MSP: Multitasking System Program (OS, Hemenway)
MSP7: Modular System Program /7 (OS, IBM), "MSP/7"
MSPI: M&T Software Partner International [gmbh]
MSR: Machine Specific Register (IC)
MSR: Mess-, Steuer- und Regelungssysteme
MSR: Mobile Support Router (MHP)
MSR: Model Specific Register (Intel, Pentium, IC)
MSRN: Mobile Station Roaming Number (MM, HLR, MS-ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems)
MSRPC: MicroSoft Remote Procedure Call (MS, DCOM), "MS-RPC"
MSS: Maximum Segment Size (TCP, ADSL)
MSS: MIMOLA Software System (MIMOLA)
MSSE: Message Submission Service Element
MST: Mountain Standard Time [-0700] (TZ, MDT, USA)
MSVC: Meta-Signaling Virtual Channel (ATM)
MSVC: MicroSoft Visual C++ (MS)
MSW: Machine Status Word
MT: Machine [assisted] Translation
MT: Mannesmann Tally [gmbh] (manufacturer)
MT: Message Transfer / Type
MT: Mobile Termination (GSM, mobile-systems)
MT: Moluccas Time [+0830] (TZ)
MTA: Mail Transport Agent (SMTP)
MTA: Message Transfer Agent (MTS, OSI, X.400)
MTBF: Mean Time Between Failure
MTBRP: Mean-Time-Between-Parts-Replacement
MTC: Master Test Component (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
MTC: MIDI Time Code (MIDI)
MTD: Memory Technology Driver (IBM, PC-DOS)
MTDA: Mean Time Data Availability
MTDS: Magnetic Tape Operating System (OS)
MTE: MuTating Engine (Viren), "MtE"
MTEC: Motorola Training and Education Center (org., Chicago)
MTF: Message Text Formats
MTF: Microsoft Tape Format (MS)
MTF: Modulation Transfer Function
MTH: Memory Translator Hub (Intel)
MTI: MIPS Technologies Inc. (manufacturer, SGI)
MTJ: Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MRAM)
MTOS: Magnetic Tape Operating System (OS, Datapoint)
MTP: Message Transfer Part (ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems)
MTRR: Memory Type Range Register (CPU, Pentium Pro, IC)
MTS: Magnetic Tape System (OS, HP, HP 2100)
MTS: Message Transfer System (MHS)
MTS: Michigan Terminal System (OS)
MTS: Microsoft Transaction Server (MS, DB, WSH, COM)
MTT: MailTrusT (cryptography)
MTTF: Mean Time To Failure
MTTFF: Mean Time To First Failure
MTTR: Mean Time to Recovery / Repair / React
MTTR: Mean Time Trouble Repair
MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit (SLIP, PPP, IP, PPPoE)
MTU: Message Transfer Unit
MUA: Mail User Agent
MUBIS: MUltimediales BueroInformationsSystem (OA, BIS, TU Braunschweig), "MuBIS"c
MUCK: Multi-User Chat Kingdom (MUD)
MUD: Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)
MUGD: MUMPS User Group Deutschland (MUMPS, user group), "MUG-D"
MUI: Management User Interface (OMF, UI)
MUI: Multimedia User Interface (SGI, UI)
MULDEM: MULtiplexer-DEMultiplexer
MULE: MULtilingual Enhancement of GNU EMACS (EMACS, GNU)
MULTICS: MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service (OS)
MULTOS: MULtimedia Office Server (OA, BIS, ESPRIT)
MUMPS: Massachusetts general hospital Multi-Programming System
MUMPS: Multi-User Multi-Programming System ??? (OS, DEC)
MUPAD: Multi Processing Algebra Data [tool] (Uni Paderborn, Germany, CAS), "MuPAD"
MUSH: Multi-User Shared Hallucination (MUD)
MUSICAM: Masking-pattern adapted Universal Subband Integrated Coding And Multiplexing (MPEG, Digital audio)
MUT: Master Upper Tester (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
MUTOS: MultiUser-/multitasking Operating System (GDR, OS)
MUEW: eW MonopolUebertragungsWeg, "MueW"
MUX: MUltipleXer
MVA: Multi Vendor Architecture
MVA: Multidomain Vertical Alignment [technology] (LCD, Fujitsu)
MVC: Model View Controller (Smalltalk, GUI)
MVI: Motion Video Instructions (DEC, CPU, Alpha)
MVIF: Multi-Vendor Interacting Forum (org., IN)
MVP: Most Valuable Professional [bonus program] (MS)
MVRCA: Magnalink Variable Resource Compression Algorithm (PPP, RFC 1975)
MVS: Multiple Virtual Storage (IBM, OS, OS/MVS)
MVS: Multiple Virtual System (OS)
MVSESA: Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended System Architecture (IBM), "MVS/ESA"
MVSESASP: Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended System Architecture System Product (IBM), "MVS/ESA SP"
MVSSP: Multiple Virtual Storage/System Product, "MVS/SP"
MVSTSO: Multiple Virtual Storage/Time Sharing Option (IBM), "MVS/TSO"
MVSXA: Multiple Virtual Storage/eXtended Architecture, "MVS/XA"
MVT: Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks (IBM, OS/MVT, OS)
MWS: Management WorkStation
MWS: Matsushita White Skipping (Fax)
MX: Mail eXchange (Unix)
MXB: Multimedia eXension Board (SNI)
MXC: Multimedia eXtension Connector
MZ: Mark Zbikowski (MS-DOS, MCB)
MZAP: Multicast-scope Zone Announcement Protocol (RFC 2776, Multicast)

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NAARS: National Automated Accounting Research System (USA)
NAB: National Association of Broadcasters (org., USA)
NAB: Netware Asynchronous Board (Novell, Netware)
NABTS: North American Basic Teletext ? (USA)
NAC: Network Administration Center
NAC: Networks and Communications
NAC: Null Attached Concentrator (FDDI)
NACLP: North American Conference on Logic Programming (USA)
NACM: Networks And Communications Marketing
NACS: National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors (org., USA)
NACS: Netware Asynchronous Communication Server (Novell, Netware)
NACS: Network Access Control System (Netware, DES, cryptography)
NACSIS: National Academic Center for Science Information Systems (org., USA)
NACT: Neural Adaptive Control Technology [project] (NN)
NAD: Network Access Device
NADB: National Archeological DataBase (DB, USA)
NAEC: Novell Authorized Education Center (Novell, Netware)
NAG: National Algorithms Group [ltd] (UK, org., predecessor), "NAg"
NAG: Network Architecture Group (org.)
NAG: Numerical Algorithms Group (UK, org.), "NAg"
NAI: Netzwerk Arbeitswelt Informatik (manufacturer)
NAL: Netware Application Launcher (Novell, Netware, NAM)
NALIS: Nevada Academic Libraries Information System
NAM: Netware Application Manager (Novell, Netware, NAL)
NAMS: National Association of Multimedia Shareware (org., USA)
NAP: Network Access Point (IN)
NAPLPS: North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (BBS)
NAPT: ???
NARP: Non-Broadcast Multiple Access Address Resolution Protocol (RFC 1735)
NAS: Netware Access Services (Novell, Netware)
NAS: Network Application Services (DEC)
NAS: Network Application Support
NAS: Network Attached Storage
NASI: Netware Asynchronous Service Interface (Novell, Netware)
NAT: [IP] Network Address Translator (RFC 1631, IP)
NATOA: National Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors (org., USA)
NAU: Network Addressable Unit (IBM, SNA, OSI)
NAU: Network Attachment Unit (GigaB, IP-router)
NAUN: Nearest Active Upstream Neighbour (MAC)
NAVNET: NAVy NETwork (mil., USA, network)
NB: Nota bene (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
NBAR: Network-Based Application Recognition
NBCD: Natural Binary Coded Decimal
NBDD: NetBIOS Datagram Distribution [server] (NETBIOS)
NBE: Not-Below-or-Equal
NBFCE: NETBIOS Frames Control Program (NETBIOS)
NBFCP: [PPP] NETBIOS Frames Control Protocol (PPP, NETBIOS, RFC 2097)
NBFM: Narrow Band Frequency Modulation
NBMA: Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (UNI, ATM)
NBNS: NetBIOS Name Server (NETBIOS)
NBP: Name Binding Protocol (AppleTalk)
NBS: Narrow Band Socket (Intel, Nokia)
NBS: National Bureau of Standards (org., predecessor, NIST)
NBT: NETBIOS on TCPIP (MS)
NC: Network Channel / Connect / Control
NC: Network Co-ordinator (FidoNet)
NC: Network Computer [reference profile] (Apple, IBM, Netscape, Oracle, Sun, Internet)
NC: Norton Commander (Symantec)
NC: Numerical Control
NCA: Network Communications Adapter
NCA: Network Computing Architecture (Oracle)
NCA: Network Control Analysis
NCA: Novell Certification Alliance (Novell, Netware)
NCAIR: National Center for Automated Information Research (org., USA)
NCAM: National Center for Accessible Media (org., USA)
NCB: Network Control Block (LAN)
NCC: Network Control / Coordination Center
NCC: Network Control Computer
NCCF: Network Communications Control Facility (IBM)
NCCS: NASA Center for Computational Sciences (org., NASA)
NCD: Network Computing Devices (manufacturer)
NCD: Norton Change Directory (DOS)
NCE: Nomadic Computing Environment (Tadpole)
NCGA: National Computer Graphics Association (org., USA)
NCHPC: National Consortium for High Performance Computing (org., HPC, USA)
NCI: Network Channel Interface
NCI: Non Coded Information
NCIA: Native Client Interface Architecture (IOS)
NCIP: Novell Certified Internet Professional (Novell, WWW, CNA)
NCITS: National Committee for Information Technology Standards (org., USA)
NCL: Null Convention Logic (CPU)
NCMOS: N-channel [Silicon Gate Reversed] CMOS
NCN: Nixdorf Communications Network
NCOHPCC: National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications (org., USA, HPC), "NCO/HPCC"
NCOS: Network Computer Operating System (OS, Oracle, Internet)
NCOS: Non-Concurrent Operating System (OS, UNIVAC 9200, UNIVAC 9300)
NCP: Netware Core Protocol (Novell, IPX)
NCP: Network Control Processor
NCP: Network Control Program (BBN, ARPANET)
NCP: Network Control Program / Point (IBM)
NCP: Non-Carbon Paper
NCP: Not Copy-Protected
NCPE: Netware Core Protocol Extension (NCP, Netware, IPX)
NCPIE: National Council on Patient Information and Education (org., USA)
NCR: National Cash Registers (manufacturer, AT&T)
NCS: National Communications System (USA)
NCS: Network Computing System (HP, Apollo)
NCS: Network Control System
NCSA: National Center for Supercomputing Applications (org., USA)
NCSC: National Computer Security Center (org., USA)
NCSC: North Carolina Supercomputing Center (org., USA)
NCSI: Network Communications Service Interface (NMP)
NCSL: National Computer Systems Laboratory (NIST, org., USA)
NCSL: National Conference of Standards Laboratories (org., USA)
NCSNDR: Network Computing System Network Data Representation (HP, Apollo), "NCS NDR"
NCSS: Non Commentary Sources Statements (LOC)
NCSS: Number Crunching Statistical System
NCSTRL: Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (WWW)
NCT: Network Control and Timing
NCTE: Network Channel-Terminating Equipment
NCTL: National Computer and Telecommunications Laboratory (org., USA)
NDA: Network Delivery Access
NDA: Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDA: Norddeutsche DatenAutobahn (network)
NDBMS: Network DataBase Management System (DB)
NDBS: Non-standard DataBase System (DB)
NDC: National Destination Code (MS-ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems)
NDC: Network Data Collection
NDC: Node Data Controller (Zenith)
NDCC: Network Data Collection Center
NDD: Norton Disk Doctor [software]
NDDL: Neutral Data Definition Language (DDL)
NDE: NeWS Development Environment
NDI: Network Distributed ISDN [for windows NT] (AVM, ISDN, Windows NT)
NDIS: Network Driver Interface Specification (3COM, MS)
NDL: Network Database Language (DB, 4GL)
NDM: Normal Disconnected Mode (IRDA, IRLAP, NRM)
NDMP: Network Data Management Protocol
NDMS: Netware Distributed Management Services (Novell, Netware)
NDP: Numeric Data Processor
NDPA: Network Problem Determination Application
NDR: Network Data Representation (NCS, DCE)
NDR: Network Data Representation service (DCE/RPC)
NDR: Non-Destructive Read
NDRO: Non-Destructive ReadOut
NDS: Netware Directory Services (Novell, Netware)
NDS: Network Data System
NDT: Net Data Throughput
NDT: Newfoundland Daylight Time (TZ, NFT)
NDT: Non-Destructive Testing
NDU: Network Device Utility
NE: Network Element
NEA: ??? [protocol stack on OSI transport layer]
NEAR: National Electronic Accounting and Reporting
NEARNET: New England Academic and Research NETwork (USA, network), "NEARnet"
NEAT: New Enhanced Advanced Technology (AT)
NEAT: Novell Easy Administration Tool (Novell, Netware)
NEBS: Network Equipment Building System
NEC: National Electrical Code (USA)
NEC: Nippon Electronic Corporation (manufacturer)
NED: NASA Extragalactic Database (DB)
NEDO: New Energy and industrial technology Development Organization (org., Japan)
NEFS: Network Extensible File System, "NeFS"
NEII: National Engineering Information Initiative (org., USA)
NEM: Nothing Else Matters (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
NEP: Never-Ending Program
NEREN: NEbraska Research and Education Network (USA, network)
NES: News Electronic Service
NESPINN: NEurocomputer fuer Spikende Neuronale Netze (TUB)
NEST: Netware Embedded Systems Technology (Novell, Netware)
NET: Network Entity Title
NETBEUI: NETBIOS Extended User Interface (UI)
NETBIOS: NETwork Basic Input Output System (IBM, RFC 1001/1002), "NetBIOS"
NETBLT: NETwork BLock Transfer (IP)
NETBT: NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NETBIOS, TCP/IP), "NetBT"
NETCDF: NETwork Common Data Format, "NetCDF"
NETDA: NETwork Design and Analysis
NETPARS: NETwork Performing Analysis Reporting System
NETSS: National Electronic Telecommunication Surveillance System (USA)
NEWS: Netware Early Warning System (Novell, Netware)
NEWS: Networked Extensible Windowing System (Sun), "NeWS"
NEWT: NeWS Terminal, "NeWT"
NEXT: NEw eXtended Technology, "NeXT"
NFA: Name Field Address (Forth)
NFA: Non-determistic Finite-state Automation
NFAIS: National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (org., USA)
NFAS: Non Facilities-Associated Signaling (ISDN, PRI)
NFR: Near Field Recording [technology]
NFS: Network Facilities Services
NFS: Network File System (Sun, Unix, RFC 1094/1813/3010)
NFSP: Netware File Service Protocol (Novell, Netware)
NFT: Network File Transfer (DNA, DEC)
NFT: NewFoundland Time [-0330] (TZ, NDT)
NGDD: New Generation Desktop Design (Mitsubishi)
NGE: Not-Greater-or-Equal
NGI: Nederlands Genootschap for Informatica (org., Netherlands)
NGIO: Next Generation Input / Output (I/O)
NGPT: Next Generation POSIX Threading (POSIX)
NGS: Non-Government Standard (USA)
NGSB: Non-Government Standards Body
NHRP: [NBMA] Next Hop Resolution Protocol (X.25, ATM, NBMA, IETF)
NHSE: National HPCC Software Exchange (USA)
NI: Network Interconnect / Interface
NI: Normenausschuss Informationsverarbeitungssysteme (org., DIN)
NIA: Network Information Access
NIAS: Netware Internet Access Server (Novell, Netware)
NIC: Network Information Center (Internet, org.)
NIC: Network Interface Card / Controller
NIC: Numeric Intensive Computing
NICAM: Near-Instantaneously Companded Audio Multiplex (audio)
NICD: NIckel CaDmium [batterie], "NiCd"
NICE: Network Information and Control Exchange (DECNET)
NICOL: Network Information Center On-Line
NICOLAS: Network Information Center On-Line Aid System
NID: Namespace IDentifier (URN)
NIDOS: NIxdorf Disk Operating System (OS, SNI)
NIDR: Network Information Discover and Retrieval
NIDX: Network Intrusion Detection eXpert system (BELLCORE, XPS)
NIE: Newton Internet Enabler (Apple, PDA)
NIFTP: Network Independent File Transfer Program (FTP)
NIHCL: National Institute of Health [c++] Class Library (PD)
NII: National Information Infrastructure [program] (USA, org.)
NIIT: National Information Infrastructure Testbed (ISH, USA)
NIMH: NIckel Metal Hybrid [batterie], "NiMH"
NIMT: National Institute for Management Technology (org., Irland)
NIPT: [international symposium on] New Information Processing Technologies (conference, MITI)
NIR: Network Information Registry / Retrieval
NIS: Network Information Service (NSF)
NIS: Network Information System (Unix)
NISC: Network Information and Support Center
NISDN: Narrowband Integrated-Services Digital Network (ISDN), "N-ISDN"
NISI: Network Information Services Infrastructure
NISO: National Information Standards Organization (org., USA)
NISS: National Information on Software and Services (USA)
NISSPAC: NISS Public Access Collections (NISS)
NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology (org., USA)
NISYP: Network Information System / Yellow Pages, "NIS/yp"
NITF: National Imagery Transmission Format
NITOL: Norway-net with IT for Open Learning (network)
NITS: Network Independent Transport Service
NIU: Network Interface Unit
NIU: North american ISDN Users (USA, ISDN)
NIUF: North american ISDN Users Forum (USA, user group, ISDN)
NJC: Nordic Journal of Computing (Finland)
NJE: Network Job Entry (BITNET, RSCS)
NJE: Network Job Entry
NJSZT: Neumann Janos SZamitogep-tudomanyi Tarsasag (org., Ungarn)
NKS: Network Knowledge Server
NKSR: Non-Kernel Security Related (Unix)
NL: Network Layer (ISO, OSI)
NL: New Line (ASCII)
NL: Number Lines (Unix)
NLB: Network Load Balancing (MS, Windows)
NLDM: Network Logical Data Manager (IBM)
NLE: Not-Less-or-Equal
NLM: Netware Loadable Module (Novell, Netware)
NLP: Natural Language Processing
NLP: Non-Linear Programming
NLP: Normal Link Pulse (ethernet, LAN)
NLPID: Network Layer Protocol IDentifier (ATM, OSI)
NLQ: Near Letter Quality
NLRI: Network Layer Reachability Information
NLS: Native Language Support (HP)
NLS: Native Language System (OSF)
NLS: Network License Server
NLSP: Netware Link Services Protocol (Novell, Netware, IPX)
NLSP: Network Layer Security Protocol (ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC 11557)
NLV: National Language Version (IBM, OS/2, ...)
NM: Native Mode (PARISC, CM)
NM: Network Management
NMA: Network Management Architecture (SNA)
NMAA: National Multimedia Association of America (org., USA)
NMC: Network Management Center
NMCP: Network Management Communication Protocol
NMCS: National Military Command System (mil., USA)
NMEA: National Marine Electronics Association [protocol] (org., USA, GPS)
NMF: Network Management Forum
NMI: Non-Maskable Interrupt
NML: National Media Laboratory (org., USA)
NML: Natural Mapping Language (XPP, MPP)
NML: Network Management Layer (TMN)
NMOS: Negative-channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
NMP: Network MODEM Program
NMPF: Network Management Productivity Facility (IBM)
NMPL: Netscape/Mozilla Public License (Netscape), "N/MPL"
NMS: Network Management Station / System (Novell, Netware)
NMS: Network Monitoring Station
NMSU: New Mexico State University (org.)
NMT: Nordic Mobile Telephone (mobile-systems)
NMU: Non-Maintainer Upload (Linux, Debian)
NMVT: Network Management Vector Transport
NN: Neural Network (NN)
NNI: Network Node Interface (ATM)
NNI: Network to Network Interface
NNS: Netware Named Services (Novel, Netware)
NNSC: NSF Network Service Center (org., NSF)
NNTP: Network News Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 977, Usenet)
NNTPS: Network News Transfer Protocol - Secured ??? (NNTP, Internet, Usenet)
NNX: Network Numbering eXchange
NOA: Net On Air (Internet)
NOC: Network Operations Center
NOCS: Network Operations Center System
NODIS: NSSDC Online Data and Information Service (NSSDC)
NOI: Node Operator Interface
NOKOS: NOKia Open Source license (Nokia)
NOMA: National Online Media Association (org., USA)
NORGEN: Network Operations Report GENerator
NORMA: NO Remote Memory Access (OSF/1, Multi-Server)
NOS: Network Operating System
NOSA: Netlabs Open Source Archive
NOSAC: Netlabs Open Source Archive Client (NOSA)
NOTIS: Network Operator Trouble Information System
NOW: Network Of Workstations (Cluster)
NP: Network Performance
NP: No Problem (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
NPA: Network Performance Analyzer
NPA: Network Printer Alliance (IEEE 1284, IBM, Lexmark, Xerox)
NPA: Network Professional Association (org., USA)
NPA: Numbering Plan Area
NPAC: Northeast Parallel Architectures Center (org., USA, HPC)
NPC: Network Parameter Control
NPD: Network Products Division (Toshiba)
NPDA: Network Problem Determination Application (IBM)
NPH: Non Parse Headers (HTTPD, CGI)
NPI: Network Printer Interface
NPL: Netscape Public License (Netscape)
NPL: Non-Procedural Language
NPM: Network Performance Monitor
NPMS: Named Pipes / Mail Slots (MS)
NPSI: NCP Packet Switching Interface (IBM, NCP)
NPSI: Network Protocol Service Interface
NPSS: NASA Packet Switch System (NASA)
NPTN: National Public Telecomputing Network (network, USA)
NPV: Net Present Value
NQS: Network Queuing System
NRC: National Research Council (org., USA)
NRCLSE: National Resource for Computers in Life Science Education (USA)
NREN: National Research and Education Network (USA, network)
NRFD: Not Ready for Data
NRM: Network Resource Management
NRM: Normal Response Mode (IRDA, IRLAP, NDM)
NRN: National Research Network (USA, network)
NRN: No Reply Necessary (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
NROFF: New Run-OFF (Unix)
NRS: Name Registration System
NRS: Novell Replication Services (Novell, Netware)
NRT: Non-Requesting Terminal
NRTVBR: Non-RealTime Variable Bit Rate (VBR, ATM), "nrt-VBR"
NRZ: Non-Return-to-Zero [recording]
NRZI: Non-Return-to-Zero, Invert to ones [encoding]
NS: Name Server (DNS, Unix)
NS: National Standard
NSA: National Security Agency (org., USA)
NSAI: National Standards Authority of Ireland (org., Irland)
NSAP: Network Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)
NSAPA: Network Service Access Point Address (OSI, NSAP)
NSAPI: Netscape Server Application Programmer's Interface (Netscape, WWW, C/S, API)
NSB: National Science Board (USA, org.)
NSBD: Not-So-Bad Distribution (Bell)
NSC: National Security Council (org., USA)
NSC: National SemiConductor (manufacturer)
NSC: Network Service Center
NSCA: National institute for Supercomputing Applications
NSD: National Security Directive (USA)
NSE: Network Support Encyclopedia (Novell)
NSEC: Network Switching Engineering Center
NSERC: Natural Sciences and Research Council (org., USA)
NSF: National Science Foundation (org., USA)
NSF: Norges StandardiseringsForbund (org., Norway)
NSFIP: NextStep Fuer IntelProzessoren, "NSfIP"
NSFNET: National Science Foundation NETwork (network, USA, Internet), "NSFnet"
NSG: Network Services Group
NSI: Name Service Independent (DCE/RPC, CDS)
NSI: NASA Science Internet (NASA, network)
NSIS: National Schengen Information System (SIS, Europe)
NSN: NASA Science Network (USA, network)
NSP: Name Service Protocol (DNS)
NSP: Native Signal Processing (Intel, CPU)
NSP: Network Service Point
NSP: Network Service Provider
NSP: Network Services Protocol (DNA)
NSPMP: Network Switching Performance Measurement Plan
NSPR: NetScape Portable Runtime (Netscape, API)
NSR: Non-Source Routed
NSRD: National Software Reuse Directory (USA)
NSS: Namespace Specific String (URN)
NSS: Nodal Switching Subsystem (NSFNET)
NSS: Novell Storage System (Novell, Netware)
NSSA: Not So Stubby Area (OSPF, RFC 1587)
NSSDC: National Space Science Data Center (org., USA)
NST: Newfoundland Standard Time (TZ)
NST: North Sumatra Time [+0630] (TZ)
NSTAN: NebenSTellenANlagen (Telekom, CBX), "NStAn"
NSTC: National Science and Technology Council (org., USA)
NSTL: National Software Testing Lab (org., USA)
NSTS: National Secure Telephone System
NSTX: ??? [protocol]
NSW: National Software Works (OS)
NT: [Windows] New Technology (MS, OS, Windows)
NT: Netzwerk Terminator, Network Terminator (ISDN)
NT: Nome Time [-1100] (TZ)
NT1: Network Termination [unit] 1 (ISDN)
NTAS: NT Advanced Server (MS, Windows NT)
NTBA: Network Termination for Basic Access (ISDN)
NTC: National Telecommunications Conference (conference, USA)
NTDS: [Windows] NT Directory Services (MS, Windows NT, DS)
NTE: Network Terminal Equipment
NTFS: [windows] New Technology File System
NTIA: National Telecommunications and Information Administration / Agency (org., USA)
NTK: Need-To-Know (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
NTK: Newton ToolKit (Apple)
NTLM: [Windows] NT LAN Manager (MS, Windows NT, LAN)
NTN: National Telecommunications Network
NTO: Network Terminal Option
NTP: Network Time Protocol (Internet, RFC 1119/1305)
NTS: Network Technical Support
NTS: Network Test System
NTS: New Typesetting System (TeX, DANTE)
NTS2: Network Transport Services /2 (IBM), "NTS/2"
NTSA: Netware Telephony Services Architecture
NTSC: National Television Standards Committee (org., USA)
NTSC: Never The Same Color (slang)
NTSE: [Windows] NT Server / Enterprise edition (MS, Windows NT), "NTS/E"
NTT: Nippon Telephone & Telegraph (org., Japan)
NUA: Network User Address
NUI: Network User Identification (Datex-P)
NUISSH: Natur- und UmweltInformationsSystem Schleswig-Holstein (UIS), "NUIS-SH"
NUMA: Non Uniform Memory Access (SMP)
NURB: Non Uniform Rational B-spline
NURBS: Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline (CAD, Animation)
NUS: National University of Singapore (org.)
NUTEK: [National Board for Industrial and Technical Development] (org., Sweden)
NVDM2: NetView Distribution Manager /2 (OS/2, IBM), "NVDM/2"
NVN: National Videotex Network (USA, network)
NVP: Network Voice Protocol
NVRAM: Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
NVS: NachrichtenVermittlungsSystem (INPOL)
NVT: Network Virtual Terminal (Telnet, Internet)
NWCS: Netware Workstation Compatible Service (Netware, Windows NT)
NWIP: NetWare Internet Protocol (Novell, Netware)
NWNET: NorthWestern states NETwork (network, USA), "NWNet"
NWO: NetWork Operator (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
NYSERNET: New York State Education and Research NETwork (network, USA), "NYSERNet"
NZCS: New Zealand Computer Society (org., Neuseeland)
NZT: New Zealand Time [+1130] (TZ)
NZUSUGI: New Zealand Unix System User Group, Inc. (org., Unix, user group)

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OA: Object Adapter (ORB, IDL)
OA: Office Automation
OA: Open Access (SPI, DB)
OAA: Open Arcade Architecture (Intel)
OACIS: Oregon Advanced Computing InStitute (org.)
OAD: Open Architecture Driver (Iomega)
OADG: Open Architecture Development Group (org.)
OAG: Online Airline Guide (CIS)
OAG: Open Application Group (org., USA)
OAI: Open Applications Interface
OAK: Object Application Kernel (Java, predecessor, Sun)
OAM: Object Attribute Memory (Gameboy)
OAM: Operations, Administration and Management [cell] (ATM)
OARNET: Ohio Academic Resources NETwork (network, USA), "OARnet"
OAS: Office Automation System
OASF: Office Automation System Facilities (OA)
OASIS: Online Application System Interactive Software
OASIS: Open And Secure Information Systems (Eureka)
OASIS: Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Statndards (org.)
OASYS: Office Automation SYStem
OATS: Office Automation Technology and Services (OA)
OAW: Optically Assisted Winchester (HDD, Seagate)
OBAK: OBjektAbbildungskatalog (ATKIS)
OBD: Online Bugs Database (Sun, DB)
OBEX: OBject EXchange (WordPerfect)
OBI: Open Buying on the Internet (Internet, WWW)
OBS: Online Book Store (Internet, WWW)
OBST: OBject management system of STONE (STONE)
OBTWIAVBP: OBligatory The World Is A Very Big Place (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC), "ObTWIAVBP"
OC: Object Class (OOP)
OC1: Optical Carrier level 1 [51,48 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-1"
OC12: Optical Carrier level 12 [622,08 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-12"
OC24: Optical Carrier level 24 [1244,16 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-24"
OC3: Optical Carrier level 3 [155,52 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-3"
OC48: Optical Carrier level 48 [2488,32 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-48"
OCC: Operations Control Center
OCC: Other Common Carrier
OCCA: Open Cooperative Computing Architecture
OCD: Out-of-Cell Delineation (UNI)
OCE: Open Collaborative Environment (Apple)
OCF: Open Clustering Framework
OCF: Open Computing Facility
OCG: Oestereichische Computer Gesellschaft (org., Oesterreich)
OCL: Object Constraint Language (DB, OO, UML, CASE)
OCL: Open Content License (OPL)
OCL: Operation Control Language
OCL: OS/2 inside Class Library (OS/2)
OCLC: Online Computer Library Center (org., Internet, USA)
OCO: Object Code Only (OOP)
OCPA: Open Content Platform Association (org., Amiga, Sharp, JVC, Kyocera, ...)
OCR: Optical Character Recognition
OCS: Object Compatibility Standard (Motorola)
OCS: Open Cabling System
OCSP: Online Certificate Status Protocol
OCX: OLE Control eXtensions (MS)
OD: Optical Disk
ODA: Office Document Architecture [protocol] (RFC 1197, ISO 8613, JTC1, ECMA)
ODA: Open Document Architecture (CCITT T.410)
ODAPI: Open Database Application Programming Interface (Borland, DB, API), "Odapi"
ODBC: Open DataBase Connectivity (WOSA, DB, API)
ODBMS: Object orientated Database Management System (DBMS, DB)
ODC: Optical Disc Corporation (manufacturer)
ODD: Operator Distance-Dialing
ODE: Object Database and Environment (AT&T, DB)
ODE: Online Data Entry
ODETTE: Organization for Data Exchange by Tele-Transmission in Europe (org., Europe)
ODF: Opendoc Development Framework (Apple, OpenDoc)
ODF: Opendoc Part Framework (OpenDoc)
ODI: Open Data link Interface (Novell)
ODI: Open Device Interconnect
ODIA: Object ??? (Apple, ALOE)
ODIF: Office Document Interchange Format (ISO 8613, ASN.1, ODA)
ODIN: Optimale Datenmodelle und algorithmen fuer Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften [auf hochleistungsrechnern] (Uni Karlsruhe, Germany, SNI)
ODINSUP: Open Data link Interface - Network driver interface specification SUPport (ODI, NDIS)
ODISS: Optical Digital Image Storage System
ODK: Office Develoment Kit
ODL: Object Description Language
ODL: Open Document Language (ODA, SGML)
ODLI: Open Data Link Interface
ODM: Object Database Manager (AIX, IBM)
ODM: Original Design Manufacturer
ODMA: Open Document Management API (API)
ODMG: Object Database Management Group (org., DB)
ODP: Open Directory Project (WWW, Netscape)
ODP: Open Distributed Processing (ISO)
ODP: OverDrive Processor (Intel)
ODPR: OverDrive Processor Replacement (Intel)
ODR: Ontrack Data Recovery (Ontrack, Software, Netware)
ODR: Optimized Dynamic Routing (SNI)
ODS: Offenes Deutsches Schulnetz (network)
ODS: Office Dialog System (OA)
ODS: Open Data Services
ODS: Optical Data Systems [inc.] (manufacturer)
ODS: Output Delivery Database
ODS: Overhead Data Stream
ODSI: Open Directory Service Interfaces (MS, Windows NT)
ODSPE: Optical-based Digital Signal Processing Engine (DSP)
ODT: Online Debugging Technique
ODT: Open DeskTop (SCO, GUI)
OE: Outlook Express (MS, Internet)
OEB: Open eBook [standard] (MS, NuvoMedia, ...)
OECOS: Organizational Engineering for Communications and Organizational Systems (SNI, OA)
OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
OEP: Operand Execution Pipelines (Motorola, CPU)
OES: Olivetti EntsorgungsService (Olivetti)
OF: Overflow Flag (assembler)
OFA: Optimal Flexible Architecture (Oracle)
OFC: Open Financial Connectivity (MS, banking)
OFDM: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)
OFFIS: Oldenburg Forschungsinstitut Fuer Informatikwerkzeuge und -Systeme (org., Uni Oldenburg)
OFS: Object File System
OFS: Output Field Separator (AWK)
OFTA: OFfice of the Telecommunications Authority (org., Hongkong)
OFTP: ODETTE File Transfer Protocol (ODETTE)
OFX: Open Financial eXchange (banking, Intuit, MS, Checkfree, USA)
OGRAN: OpenGate - Router Access Node ??? (RND), "OG-RAN"
OH: Off-Hook (MODEM)
OHCI: ? Host Controller Interface (USB, Compaq, OPTI, Apple, UHCI)
OIA: Operator Information Area (IBM)
OIC: Oh, I See (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
OID: Object IDentifier (OSI)
OIDL: Object Interface Definition Language
OIDP: Oracle Internet Development Pack (Oracle, Internet)
OIF: Outgoing InterFace (PIM, IIF, Multicast)
OII: Operations-Intelligence Interface (mil.)
OIIC: Optically Interconnected Integrated Circuits [project] (ESPRIT)
OIL: Operator Identification Language (ELI)
OIM: Open Information Model
OIP: Open Internet Platform (Caldera, Linux, SCO)
OIW: Open Information Warehouse (SAP, R/3)
OIW: OSI Implementors Workshop (OSI)
OLAP: OnLine Analytical Processing (DB)
OLE: Object Linking and Embedding
OLED: Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED)
OLEDB: ??? (DB)
OLEDS: Object Linking and Embedding Directory Services (ODSI, MS), "OLE DS"
OLEO: Open Linking and Embedding of Objects (OLE, OpenDoc)
OLEP: Organic Light-Emitting Polymer [display]
OLI: Originating Line Information
OLIS: Oxford Library Information System
OLIT: OpenLook Interface Toolkit (OpenLook)
OLIVR: OnLine Interactive Virtual Reality, "OLiVR"
OLLI: OnLine Library Information
OLM: OnLine Monitor
OLMC: Output Logic Macro Cell (GAL)
OLPS: OnLine Programming System
OLRT: OnLine Real-Time
OLS: Online Library System
OLTEP: OnLine Test Executive Program
OLTM: Optical Line Terminating Multiplexer, "O-LTM"
OLTP: OnLine Transaction Processing
OLWM: OpenLook Window Manager (OpenLook)
OM1: Open MPEG consortium 1 (org., MPEG), "OM-1"
OMA: Object Management Architecture (OMG)
OMAP: Open Multimedia Application Platform (TI)
OMC: Operation and Maintenance Center (PLMN, GSM, mobile-systems)
OME: Open Messaging Environment (Novell)
OMF: Object Management Framework (DME)
OMF: Object Module Format (IBM, MS)
OMF: Open Media Framework (org.)
OMFI: Open Media Framework Interchange (OMF)
OMG: Object Management Group (IBM, HP, DEC, Tandem, Sun, org.)
OMI: Open Messaging Interface
OMISTN: Optical Mode Interface SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD), "OMI-STN"
OMN: Open Network Management
OMR: Optical Mark Reader (Fax)
OMR: Optical Mark Recognition
OMS: Object Management System
OMS: Open Music System (MIDI, Opcode Systems)
OMT: Object Management Technique (Westmount, CASE)
OMT: Object Modelling Technique (CASE)
ONA: Open Network Architecture
ONAC: Operations Network Administration Center
ONAL: Off Network Access Line
ONC: Open Network Computing (Sun)
ONCXDR: Open Network Computing eXternal Data Representation (Sun), "ONC XDR"
ONE: Open Network Environment (Netscape)
ONI: Operator Number Identification
ONIX: ONline Information eXchange [guidelines]
ONMS: Open-Network Management System
OO: Object Orientated
OOA: Object Orientated [system] Analysis (OOP)
OOAD: Object Orientated Analysis and Design (OOP)
OOCTG: Object Orientated COBOL Task Group (CODASYL, org., OOP)
OOD: Object-Oriented Design
OODB: Object Oriented Data Base (OOP, DB)
OODBMS: Object Orientated Database Management System (DBMS, DB)
OODL: Object Orientated Dynamic Language (OOP)
OOF: Office of The Future (OA)
OOF: Out of Frame (DS3/E3)
OOL: Object-Oriented Language (OOP)
OOL: Open Objects Library (OS/2)
OOM: Object-Oriented Methodology (OOP)
OOM: Out Of Memory
OOP: Object Orientated Programming (OOP)
OOPL: Object-Oriented Programming Language (OOP)
OOPS: Object Oriented Program Support (OOP)
OOPS: Object-Oriented Programming System (OOP)
OOPSLA: [conference on] Object Orientated Programming Systems, Languages and Applications (ACM, OOP, conference)
OOPSTAD: Object Orientated Programming for SmallTalk Application Development association (org., OOP)
OOS: Object-Oriented Systems
OOS: Out-Of-Sequence
OOSA: Object Orientated System Analysis (OOP)
OOSH: Object-Oriented SHell (OOP, Shell)
OOT: Object-Oriented Technology (OOP)
OP: Original Poster (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
OPA: Open Publishing Architecture
OPAC: Online Public Access Catalogue (Internet)
OPC: OLE for Process Control (OLE)
OPC: OpenGL Performance Characterization [project group] (OpenGL, org.)
OPC: Optical Proximity Correction
OPC: Organic Photo Conductor
OPC: Overall Performance Category
OPCR: Original Program Clock Reference
OPDU: Operation Protocol Data Units
OPEN: Open Protocol Enhanced Networks
OPENGL: OPEN Graphics Language (OpenGL), "OpenGL"
OPENHCI: Open Host Controller Interface (USB), "OpenHCI"
OPI: Open Prepress Interface (DTP)
OPK: OEM Pre-installation Kit (MS, Windows, OEM)
OPL: Open Publication License (OCL)
OPL: Organizer Programming Language (Psion, PDA)
OPM: Operations-Per-Minute
OPS: Operations Per Second (CPU)
OPS: Oracle Parallel Server (Oracle)
OPSEC: Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity (org., manufacturer, IDS)
OPT: Open Protocol Technology
OQL: Object Query Language (ODMG)
OR: Originator / Recipient (X.400, MOTIS), "O/R"
ORAIS: Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligent Systems (conference, GI)
ORB: Object Request Broker (OMA, OMG, CORBA, ORB)
ORCA: Online Resource Control Aid
ORDBMS: Object Relational Database Management System (DBMS, DB)
ORK: Office Resource Kit (MS, Windows)
ORM: Object Role Modeling (OO, DB)
ORM: Optical Remote Module
OROM: Optical Read Only Memory (ROM), "O-ROM"
ORS: Output Record Separator (AWK)
ORT: Ongoing Reliability Test
OS: Operating System
OS2: Operating System /2 (IBM, OS), "OS/2"
OS200: Operating System 200 (Honeywell), "OS/200"
OS2000: Operating System 2000 (Honeywell), "OS/2000"
OS3: Oregon State Open Shop Opearating System (OS, CDC 3300), "OS-3"
OS32MT: Operating System /32 - Multitasking Time (OS, Interdata), "OS/32-MT"
OS32ST: Operating System /32 - Serial Time (OS, Interdata), "OS/32-ST"
OS360: Operating System /360 (IBM, OS), "OS/360"
OS4: Operating System /4 (OS, UNIVAC 9700), "OS/4"
OS400: Operating System /400 (IBM, OS), "OS/400"
OS7: Operating System /7 (OS, UNIVAC 9700), "OS/7"
OS700: Operating System /700 (OS, Honeywell), "OS/700"
OS8: Operating System /8 (OS, DEC, PDP 8), "OS/8"
OS9: Operating System - 9 (Microware, OS), "OS-9"
OSA: Object System Adaptor (SOM)
OSA: Office Systems Administrator (OA)
OSA: Open Scripting Architecture (Apple, OS/2)
OSAC: Operator Services Assistance Center
OSAK: Open Systems Application Kernel
OSAM: Overflow Sequential Access Method (SAM)
OSAR: Optical Storage and Retrieval
OSC: Ohio Supercomputer Center (org., USA)
OSCAR: OnScreen Configuration & Activity Reporting (Apex)
OSCRL: Operating System Command Response Language
OSD: OnScreen Display
OSD: Open Software Description [manifest / standard] (MS, Marimba, XML, DU, DUP, MSIE)
OSDL: Open Source Development Lab (org.)
OSDN: Open Source Development Network (OSS, Network)
OSDS: Operating System for Distributed Switching
OSE: Open Software / System Environment
OSEIA: Open System Environment profile for Imminent Acquisitions (OSE), "OSE/IA"
OSF: Open Software Foundation (HP, DEC, IBM, org.)
OSF: Operations System Function (IN)
OSF: Oppose Sun Forever [ aka Open Software Foundation] (slang, org.)
OSF1: Open Software Foundation [system] /1 (OSF, OS, DEC), "OSF/1"
OSG: Open Systems Group (org.)
OSI: Open Systems Interconnection (ISO 9646-1)
OSICS: OSI Communication Systems (OSI)
OSID: Origination Signaling IDentifier
OSINLCP: [PPP] OSI Network Layer Control Protocol (OSI, PPP, RFC 1377)
OSIRM: Open Systems Interconnection/Reference Model (ISO), "OSI/RM"
OSKA: ObjektSchluesselKAtalog (ATKIS)
OSL: Open Subscription License
OSM: Operating system Service Module (I2O)
OSM: Optical Storage Manager (ARMS)
OSME: Open Systems Message Exchange
OSMFT: Operating System / Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks (OS, IBM S/360), "OS/MFT"
OSMVS: Operating System / Multiple Virtual Space (OS, IBM, S/370, OS/MVT, successorr, OS/VS-2), "OS/MVS"
OSMVT: Operating System / Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks (OS, IBM, S/360, S/370), "OS/MVT"
OSN: Office System Node (IBM, DIA, OA)
OSN: Open Systems Network
OSO: OverScan Operation (VXA, Streamer)
OSP: Optical Storage Processor
OSP: OrganisationStrukturPlan
OSPCP: Operating System / Primary Control Program (IBM, OS, OS/360, predecessor), "OS/PCP"
OSPF: Open Shortest Path First [protocol / routing] (Internet, IGP, RFC 1583)
OSPM: Operating System directed [configuration and] Power Management
OSQL: Object-Structured Query Language (DB, SQL, OODBMS)
OSR: Optical Scanning Recognition
OSRT: Operating System / Real Time (OS, Destek Group), "OS/RT"
OSS: Open Source Software (OSS)
OSS: Operator Service System
OSSVS: Operating System / Single Virtual Space (OS, IBM, S/370, OS/VS2), "OS/SVS"
OSTA: Optical Storage Technology Association (org.)
OSTC: Open System Test Consortium (org., OSTC)
OSTP: Office of Science and Technology Policy (org., USA)
OSVS1: Operating System / Virtual System - 1 (OS, IBM, S/370), "OS/VS-1"
OSVS2: (IBM, MVS), "OS/VS2"
OSVS2: Operating System / Virtual System - 2 (OS, IBM, S/370), "OS/VS-2"
OSWL2: OS-9 Windows / Level 2, "OSW/L2"
OSWS: Operating System Work Station
OT: Object Technology
OT: Off Topic (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
OT: Open Transport (Apple)
OTA: Office of Technology Assessment (org., IBM, HP, AEG, AT&T, SNI, ...)
OTDR: Optical Time DOMAIN Reflectometer (cable)
OTM: Object Transaction Monitor (COM, MTS)
OTOH: On The Other Hand (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
OTP: One Time Password
OTP: One Time Programmable [chip] (IC)
OTPPP: Open Transport/Point-to-Point Protocol (Apple, OT, PPP), "OT/PPP"
OTPROM: One Time Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC)
OTS: Office TeleSystem (OA)
OU: Organizational Unit (MS, Windows NT, AD)
OUCL: Oxford University Computing Laboratory
OUG: Occam User Group (org., user group)
OUI: Organization Unique Identifier (IEEE)
OUI: Organizational Unit Identifier
OUM: Ovonic Unified Memory (ECD)
OUTWATS: OUTward Wide Area Telephone Service
OVID: Object, View, and Interaction Design
OVST: OrtsVermittlungsSTelle (Telekom)
OWA: Outlook Web Access (MS, WWW)
OWF: Object World Frankfurt (fair)
OWG: Optical WaveGuide (LWL)
OWL: Object Windows Library (Borland, API)
OWL: Open Windows Library (API)
OWORM: Optical Write Once Read Many, "O-WORM"

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P2CC2P: PCI to CPU / CPU tp PCI [concurrency] (BIOS, PC, PCI, CPU), "P2C/C2P"
P2P: Peer to Peer [net]
P3P: Platform for Privacy Preferences (WWW)
PA: Precision Architecture (HP)
PABX: Private Automatic Branch eXchange
PAC: Privilege Attribute Certificate (DCE)
PACE: Priority Access Control Enabled (3Com, ethernet)
PACER: Public Access to Court Electronic Records
PACS: Picture Archiving and Communications Systems
PACS: Public-Access Computing Systems
PACT: Partnership in Advanced Computing Technologies (org. UK)
PACT: Personal Air Communications Technology, "pACT"
PACT: Production Analyses Control Technique
PACX: Private Automatic Computer eXchange
PAD: Packet Assembling Disassembling (CCITT, X.3, X.28, X.29, PSDN)
PADS: Programmer's Advanced Debuging System
PAE: Physical Address Extension (Intel, Pentium, PAE)
PAEB: Pan American EDIFACT Board (org., EDIFACT), "PA/EB"
PAEB: Pan American EDIFACT Board (UN/EDIFACT)
PAI: Process After Input (R/3)
PAL: Paradox Application Language (Borland, DB)
PAL: Phase Alternating Line
PAL: Privileged Architecture Library (DEC, Alpha)
PAL: Programmable Array Logic
PALCD: Plasma Addressable Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
PAM: Paging Area Memory
PAM: Pluggable Authentication Module (Linux, LISA)
PAM: Primary Access Method (BS2000)
PAM: Programmable Attribute Maps (DRAM, PCI)
PAM: Pulse Amplification Modulation
PAML: Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists (Internet, BBS)
PAN: Personal Account Number
PAN: Personal Area Networking [profile] (Bluetooth)
PANDORA: Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia
PANIX: Public Access internet/uNIX [system] (Unix, Internet, network)
PAP: Password Authentication Protocol (RFC 1334)
PAP: Printer Access Protocol (AppleTalk)
PAP: ProgrammAblaufPlan (DIN 66001)
PAPI: PC voice API (API, PC)
PAR: Positive Acknowledgement with Retransmission [protocols]
PAR: Project Authorization Request (IEEE)
PARC: Palo Alto Research Center (org., USA, Xerox)
PARISC: Precision Architecture, Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC, HP), "PA-RISC"
PARLE: [conference on] Parallel ARchitecture and Languages Europe (ECRC, conference)
PARTS: Parts Assembly and Reuse Tool Set (Visual Smalltalk)
PAS: Publicly Available Specifications (ISO)
PAS2: Personal Application System /2 (IBM, DB2/2), "PAS/2"
PASC: Portable Application Standards Committee (org., IEEE)
PAT: Port and Address Translation (IOS, Cisco, LAN, IP)
PAUSE: PERL Authors Upload SErver (PERL, CPAN)
PAWS: Protection Against Wrapped Sequence space (TCP, satellite)
PAX: Pixel Addressing eXtensions (Intel, RISC, CPU)
PAX: Portable Archive eXchange (SCO, Unix)
PAX: Private Automatic eXchange
PB: Pipeline Burst [cache]
PBC: Peripheral Bus Computer
PBE: Prompt By Example
PBI: Pacific Bell Internet (ISP)
PBI: Phone Based Interface
PBM: Play By Mail [game]
PBO: Process Before Output (R/3)
PBX: Private Branch eXchange (Nebenstellenanlage)
PC: Personal Computer
PC: Printed Circuit (IC)
PC: Priority Control
PC: Protocol Control
PC: Punched Card
PC97: Personal Computer 97 (MS), "PC 97"
PCA: Policy Certification Authority (DFN, PGP)
PCA: Power Calibration Area (CD)
PCAT: Personal Computer - Advanced Technology, "PC-AT"
PCB: Printed Circuit Board
PCB: Process Control Block (BS2000)
PCB: Program Communication Block (IBM)
PCB: Protocol Control Block (TCP)
PCC: Portable C Compiler
PCCA: Personal Computer Communications Associations (org., USA)
PCD: Photo CD (Kodak, CD)
PCD: Process Control Device
PCDA: Program Controlled Data Acquisition
PCDATA: Parsed Character DATA (XML, CDATA)
PCDOS: Personal Computer DOS (OS, DOS, IBM, PC), "PC-DOS"
PCERT: Purdue Computer Emergency Response Team
PCF: Point Coordination Function (MAC, 802.11a)
PCF: Portable Compiled Font
PCH: Paging CHannel (GSM, CCCH, mobile-systems)
PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
PCI: Protocol Control Information (OSI, ETSI)
PCIA: Personal Communications Industry Association (org., USA, SMS)
PCIC: PC card I/O Card (PCMCIA, I/O)
PCIE: Permis de Conduire Informatique Europeen (ECDL)
PCIPM: PCI Power Management [specification] (PCI), "PCI PM"
PCIS: Portable Common Interface Set
PCISIG: Peripheral Component Interconnect - Special Interest Group (org., PCI, SIG), "PCI-SIG"
PCIX: Personal Computer / unIX (IBM, PC), "PC/IX"
PCIXF: Personal Computer Integrated eXchange Format (OS/2), "PC/IXF"
PCL: Portable Common LOOPS (CLOS)
PCL: Printer Control Language (HP)
PCL: Programmable Command Language (CMU, DEC, TOPS)
PCM: Personal Computer Manufacturer
PCM: Physical Connection Management (FDDI, SMT)
PCM: Plug Compatible Machine
PCM: Pulse Coded Modulation
PCMCIA: People Can't Memorize Computer Industries Acronyms (slang)
PCMCIA: Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (org.)
PCMS: Project & Configuration Management System
PCMT: Personal Computer Message Terminal
PCN: Personal Communications Network
PCN: Public Communications Network (mobile-systems)
PCNFS: Personal Computer Network File System
PCNOS: Personal Computer / Network Operating System (OS, MS-DOS, CP/M), "PC/NOS"
PCO: Point of Control and Observation (ISO 9646-1, IUT)
PCP: Primary Control Program (IBM, OS, OS/PCP)
PCP: Printer Control Protocol
PCPC: Personal Computers Peripheral Corporation (manufacturer)
PCR: Peak Cell Rate (UNI, ATM, SCR)
PCR: Processor Configuration Register (Motorola, CPU)
PCR: Program Clock Reference
PCRW: Phase Change ReWritable (DVD, EMCA), "PC-RW"
PCS: Personal Communication System (Sony, Panasonic, Motorola)
PCS: Personal Communications Services
PCS: Programmable Communications Subsystem
PCS: Punched Card System (PC)
PCSA: Personal Computing Systems Architecture [= Pathworks] (DEC, NOS)
PCSC: Personal Computer / Smard Card (PC, PCMCIA), "PC/SC"
PCSD: Printer Control Sequence Description
PCSI: Pacific Communication Sciences, Inc. (manufacturer)
PCT: Private Communication Technology (Internet, MS, Visa)
PCT: Probe Control Table (FFST/2)
PCTCP: Personal Computer/Transmission Control Protocol, "PC/TCP"
PCTE: Portable Common Tool Environment (CASE, ESPRIT)
PCTS: POSIX Compliance Test Suite (POSIX)
PCV: P-bit Coding Violation [error event] (DS3/E3)
PCV: Path Coding Violation [error event] (DS1/E1)
PCXT: Personal Computer - eXtended Technology, "PC-XT"
PD: Packetization Delay
PD: Plug & Display [standard] (LCD, VESA), "P&D"
PD: Public DOMAIN
PDA: Personal Digital Assistant
PDC: Personal Digital Cellular [network] (GSM)
PDC: Power Disk Cartridge (ECMA)
PDC: Primary DOMAIN Controller (MS, Windows NT, BDC)
PDC: PROLOG Development Center (manufacturer, Denmark, PROLOG)
PDE: Partial Differential Equation
PDE: Personal Digital Entertainment
PDES: Product Data / Definition Exchange Standards (USA, STEP, CIM)
PDF: Portable Document Format (Adobe)
PDF: Program Development Facility (IBM)
PDH: Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (ATM)
PDI: Power and Data Interface
PDK: Patterns Development Kit (WWW, IBM)
PDK: Peripheral Developers Kit (MS)
PDL: Page / Program Description / Design Language
PDL: PERL Data Language (PERL)
PDL: Program Development Language
PDLT: Process Dispatch Latency Time
PDM: Program Development Manager (IBM, ADT)
PDN: Programmer's Distribution Network (Fido)
PDN: Public Data Network (mobile-systems)
PDO: Portable Distributed Objects (NeXT)
PDOS: Parallel and Distributed Operating System (OS, MIT)
PDP: Parallel Distributed Processing (AI)
PDP: Peripheral Data Processing
PDP: Plasma Display Panel
PDP: Programmable Data Processor (DEC)
PDQ: Parallel Data Query (Informix, DB)
PDS: Partitioned Data Set
PDS: Portable Display Shell (Shell)
PDS: Processor Direct Slot / Socket (Motorola, Apple)
PDS: Professional Development System (MS)
PDS: Public DOMAIN Software (PD)
PDSP: Peripheral Data Storage Processor
PDSS: Post Development and Software Support
PDT: Pacific Daylight Time [-0700] (TZ, PST, USA)
PDTR: Proposed Draft Technical Report
PDU: Packet Data Unit
PDU: Product Development Unit
PDU: Protocol Data Unit (OSI)
PDV: Photorealistic Data Visualization
PDV: ProzessDatenVerarbeitung
PE: Phase Encoding
PE: Portable eXecutable (Win32, Java)
PE: Processing Element (MPP)
PEA: Pocket Ethernet Adapter (LAN, ethernet)
PEARL: Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language
PEBCAK: Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard (slang)
PEBKAC: Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
PEC: Program Execution Control (IBM, OS/2)
PEDS: Planning, programming, budget, and execution Electronic Delivery System
PEEK: Partners Early Experience Kit (Taligent)
PEF: Preferred Executable Format (CFM, Apple)
PEL: Picture ELement
PEM: Privacy Enhanced Mail (PSRG, RFC 1421/1422/1423/1424)
PEN: Public Education Network
PEP: Packetized Ensemble Protocol (Telebit)
PEP: Personal Exam Prep (MS, ATEC)
PER: Packed Encoding Rules (ASN.1)
PER: Program Event Recording
PERL: Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister (slang)
PERL: Practical Extraction and Report Language (PERL)
PERM: Pre-Embossed Rigid Magnetic (Sony, HDD)
PERMIS: PERManentes InventurabwicklungsSystem (MBAG)
PEROM: Programmable Erasable Read Only Memory (IC)
PERPOS: PERpetual Processing Operating System (OS, Unix)
PERT: Program Evaluation / Evolution and Review Technique
PES: P-bit Errored Seconds (DS3/E3)
PES: Photo-Electric Scanning (DTP)
PES: Programmed Electrical Stimulation
PES: Proposed Encryption Standard (cryptography)
PEST: Parameter Estimation by Sequential Testing
PET: Personal Electronic Translator
PET: Print Enhancement Technology (Compaq)
PET: Progressive Educational Technology
PEX: PHIGS Extension for X (X-Windows, PHIGS)
PFA: Parameter Field Address (Forth)
PFA: Predictive Failure Analysis (HDD)
PFC: Power Factor Correction
PFC: Protocol Field Compression (PPP)
PFE: Page Fault Error (Windows, MS)
PFK: Program Function Key
PFM: Printer Font Metrics (Adobe)
PFN: Page Frame Number (Linux, VPFN)
PFPU: Processor Frame Power Unit
PFR: Portable Font Resource (Netscape)
PFRAM: Polymeric Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
PFWG: [WAI] Protocols and Formats Working Group (WAI)
PGA: Pin Grid Array (IC, CPU)
PGA: Professional Graphics Adapter (IBM)
PGC: Professional Graphics Controller
PGC: ProGram Chain (DVD)
PGFNA: Prince George Free-Net Association (org., USA)
PGI: Parameter Group Identifier (SPDU)
PGM: Practical General Multicast (Cisco, Multicast)
PGML: Precision Graphics Markup Language (XML, IBM, Netscape, Sun, Adobe)
PGO: Profile Guided Optimization (Intel)
PGP: Pretty Good Privacy
PGS: Program Generation System
PHIGS: Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System
PHIGSPLUS: PHIGS Plus Lumiere and Surfaces (PHIGS), "PHIGS-PLUS"
PHIPS: Professional High-Resolution Image Processing System (CA)
PHOTON: paneuropean PHOtonic Transport Overlay Network (ACTS)
PHP: PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP/FI, HTML, CGI, successorr)
PHPFI: Personal Home Page [construction kit]/Form Interpreter (HTML, CGI, PHP, Verlaeufer), "PHP/FI"
PHUN: Phreakers and Hackers Underground Network (network)
PHY: PHYsical Layer Control (FDDI)
PI: Placement and Interconnect [system] (VLSI, MIT)
PIA: Peripheral Interface Adapter
PIA: Plug-In Administrator
PIC: Personal Intelligent Communicator
PIC: Point in Call (IN)
PIC: Primary Independent Carrier
PIC: Priority Interrupt Controller (IC)
PIC: Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)
PICG: PCTE Interface Control Group (org., PCTE)
PICS: Platform for Internet Content Selection (org., Internet)
PICS: Plug-in Inventory Control System
PICS: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements
PICSDCPR: PICS Detailed Continuing Property Record, "PICS/DCPR"
PICU: Priority Interrupt Control Unit
PID: Process IDentification number (Unix)
PID: Protocol IDentifier [governing connection types]
PIE: Personal Interactive Electronics [division] (Apple)
PIFS: Point Coordination Function - InterFrame Space (MAC, 802.11a, PCF, IFS)
PIG: Psion Interest Group (Psion)
PIIX: PCI IDE/ISA Xcelerator (Intel IC)
PIKT: Problem Informant/Killer Tool (GNU, Linux)
PIM: Parallel Inference Machine (FGCS, AI)
PIM: Personal Information Manager
PIM: Protocol Independent Multicast (ACM, Multicast)
PIMA: Photographic & Imaging Manufacturers Association (org., predecessor, I3C)
PIMB: PCTE Interface Management Board (org., PCTE)
PIMDM: Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode [protocol] (PIM, ACM, Multicast), "PIM-DM"
PIMF: Paar [kabel] In MetallFolie (VDE, STP), "PiMF"
PIMS: Project Information Management System
PIMSM: Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode [protocol] (RFC 2117/2362, PIM, ACM, SM, Multicast), "PIM-SM"
PIN: Personal Identification Number (banking, ICC)
PIN: Personal Internet Name (RFC 3042)
PIN: Processor Independent Netware (Novell, HP, DEC, Apple, Sun)
PINE: Program for Internet News and Email / PINE Is No longer ELM
PINET: Physicians Information NETwork (network, USA)
PING: Packet InterNet Groper (ICMP, TCP/IP)
PINT: PSTN INTernet Interworking [group] (PSTN, IETF)
PIO: Parallel / Programmed Input/Output
PIOS: Personen, Institutionen, Objekte, Sachen (INPOL)
PIP: Packet Interface Port
PIP: Paper Impact Printing
PIP: Peripheral Interchange Program
PIP: Personal Information Processor
PIP: Picture In Picture (video)
PIP: Plug-In Protocol (ZOC)
PIPS: Parallel Information Processing System (GNU)
PIPS: Pattern Information Processing Systems
PIRA: Printing Industries Research Association (org.)
PISA: Portable InformationsSystem Architecture (DB, infodas, PISA)
PISABG: PISA/Business Graphics (PISA), "PISA/BG"
PISADB: PISA/Data Base (PISA, DB), "PISA/DB"
PISADD: PISA/Data Dictionary (PISA), "PISA/DD"
PISADK: PISA/ ??? (PISA), "PISA/DK"
PISAMP: PISA/Menue Processor (PISA), "PISA/MP"
PISANT: PISA/ ??? (PISA), "PISA/NT"
PISAPPS: PISA/ProduktionsPlanung und -Steuerungssystem (PISA), "PISA/PPS"
PISAQL: PISA/Query Language (PISA), "PISA/QL"
PISARG: PISA/Report Generator (PISA), "PISA/RG"
PISW: Process Interrupt Status Word (CPU, assembler)
PIT: Programmable Interval Timer
PITA: Pain In The Anatomy / Ass (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
PIU: Path Information Unit (IBM, SNA)
PIU: Plug-In Unit
PIXEL: PIcture ELement
PIXIT: Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
PK: Public Key (cryptography)
PKCS: Public Key Cryptography Standards (org., USA, cryptography)
PKI: Public Key Infrastructure (cryptography, Internet, ITU, PKI)
PKS: Polizeiliche KriminalStatistik (INPOL)
PKT: Partition Knowledge Table
PL: Physical Layer (ISO, OSI)
PLA: Program License Agreement (IBM)
PLA: Programmable Logic Array
PLATO: Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations
PLB: Picture Level Benchmark (GPC)
PLBSI: Picture Level Benchmark Sample Implementation (GPC)
PLC: Programmable Logic Controller (IC)
PLCC: Plastic Leaded [/ Leadless] Chip Carrier
PLCP: Physical Layer Convergence Procedure / Protocol (UNI, DS-3)
PLD: Programmable Logic Device (IC, RL)
PLDA: Private Loop Direct Attach
PLDM: Power Line Disturbance Monitor
PLE: Personal Learning Edition (Maya)
PLI: Programming Language One (DEC), "PL/I"
PLIP: Parallel Line Internet Protocol (IP), "PL/IP"
PLL: Phase Locked Loop
PLM: Programming Language for Microcomputers
PLMN: Public Land Mobile Network (mobile-systems, GSM)
PLONK: Please Leave Our Newsgroup, Kid (Usenet, telecommunication-slang)
PLOU: Physical Layer Overhead Unit (UNI), "PL-OU"
PLP: Packet Layer Protocol (X.25)
PLP: Party Line Protocol
PLP: Presentation Level Protocol
PLS: Personal Library Systems (manufacturer)
PLS: PhysicaL Signaling
PLS: Programmable Logic Sequencer
PLT: Procedure Linkage Table
PLV: Presentation Level Video (DVI, Intel)
PM: Performance Management
PM: Peripheral Module
PM: Personal Message (BBS)
PM: Physical Medium
PM: Presentation Manager (OS/2)
PM: Privileged Mode (HP, MPE)
PM: Protected Mode (Intel, CPU)
PMA: Physical Medium Attachment
PMA: Policy Management Architecture (Netmanage, Internet)
PMA: Program Memory Area (CD)
PMAC: Packet Media Access Control (FDDI), "P-MAC"
PMAC: Peripheral Module Access Controller
PMBR: PIM Multicast Border Router (PIM, Multicast)
PMC: Pseudo-Machine Code
PMD: Physical layer, Medium Dependant [sub-layer] (FDDI, UNI)
PMDRAM: Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC), "PM-DRAM"
PME: Pattern Matching Engine
PMJI: Pardon Me for Jumping In (telecommunication-slang)
PMMU: Paged Memory Management Unit
PMOS: Positive-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
PMP: Point to MultiPoint (UNI)
PMP: Preventive Maintenance Package (AIX, IBM)
PMR: Poor Man's Routing
PMR: Problem Management Report (IBM)
PMS: Personal Mailing System
PMS: Processor Memory Switch
PMS: Project Management System
PMS: Public Message System
PMSP: Preliminary Message Security Protocol
PMU: PowerMeter Unit
PMW: Project Manager Workbench
PMX: Packet MultipleXer (MUX)
PMX: Presentation Manager for the X window system, "PM/X"
PNG: Portable Network Graphics [format] (RFC 2083)
PNNI: [phase 0] Public Network Node Interface [protocol] (ATM)
PNNI: Private Network to Network Interface (ATM), "P-NNI"
PNP: Plug 'N Play (PNP), "PnP"
PNPBIOS: Plug and Play Basic Input Output System (PNP, BIOS), "PnP BIOS"
PNPN: Positive Negative Positive Negative [devices]
PNS: PeaceNet Sweden (network)
PNW: Personal NetWare (Novell, Netware)
POACH: PC-On-A-Chip (PC)
POC: Proof of Concept
POCSAG: Post Office Code Standard Advisory Group (org., SMS)
POD: Plain Old Document [format]
POD: Print / Publishing On Demand, "PoD"
PODA: Piloting of ODA (ESPRIT, SNI, Bull, TITN, ICL, Olivetti, ODA)
PODA: Priority Orientated Demand Assignment (MAC, TDM)
POE: PowerOpen Association (Apple, IBM, Motorola, ..., org.)
POEM: Portable Object-orientated Entity Manager (SGML)
POEMS: Platinum Open Enterprise Management System
POEP: Primary Operand Execution Pipeline (Motorola, CPU), "pOEP"
POF: Plastic Optical Fiber (OWG)
POGO: Programmer-Oriented Graphics Operation
POH: Path OverHead (SONET)
POI: Path Overhead Indicator (SONET)
POI: Point Of Information
POI: Point Of Interaction (IN)
POL: Problem / Procedure / Process Oriented Language
PON: Passive Optical Network
POOL: Parallel Object Orientated Language (DOOM, OOP)
POP: Package for Online Programming
POP: Point Of Presence (Internet, ISP)
POP3: Post Office Protocol 3 (Internet, RFC 1939)
POR: Point Of Return (IN)
POR: Power-On Reset (BIOS)
POS: Piece Of Shit (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
POS: Primary Operating System (OS, RCA Spectra 70)
POS: Professional Operating System (OS, DEC), "P/OS"
POS: Programmable Object Select
POSE: Palm Operating System Emulator (Palm)
POSI: Promoting conference for OSI (Japan, org., conference)
POSIX: Portable Operating System for unIX (OS, IEEE 1003, ISO 9945, PASC, Unix)
POST: Power-On Self-Test
POSYBL: PrOgramming SYstem for distriButed appLications
POTS: Plain Old Telephone System (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
POV: Persistence of Vision (raytracing)
POWER: Power Optimization With Enhanced RISC [chip] (IBM, Apple, Motorola)
PP: Physical Partition (LVM)
PP: Physical Plane (IN)
PP: Pre-Processor
PPA: Parallel Port Adapter
PPC: PowerPC (Apple)
PPC: Program to Program Communication (Apple)
PPDS: Personal Printer Data Stream
PPDU: Presentation Protocol Data Unit (PDU, OSI, ISO 8823, OSI/RM)
PPE: Packet Processing Engine (Hub)
PPGA: Plastic Pin Grid Array (CPU)
PPI: Parallel Port Interface
PPI: Pixels Per Inch
PPI: Programmable Peripheral Interface
PPID: Parent Process IDentification number (Unix)
PPK: Per Packet Key (FPK)
PPL: Pcboard Programming Language (BBS)
PPL: Polymorphic Programming Language (Harvard, Xerox, PARC)
PPM: Pages Per Minute
PPM: Pulse Position Modulation (MMVF)
PPMI: PCI bus Power Management Interface (PCI)
PPMS: Professional Productivity Management System
PPN: Project Programmer Number
PPN: Public Packet Switching
PPOP: Plain Paper Optimized Printing (Canon), "P-POP"
PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol (Internet, PPP, RFC 1171/1661)
PPPD: Point-to-Point Protocol Deamon (PPP)
PPPOE: Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet [protocol] (ADSL, RFC 2516), "PPPoE"
PPS: Packets Per Second
PPS: Parallel Processing System
PPS: ProduktionsPlanung und -Steuerung
PPS: Public Packet Switching [network]
PPSN: Public Packet-Switched Network
PPSU: Personal Printer Spooling Utility
PPTP: Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (MS, Ascend, IP)
PPU: Peripheral Processing Unit
PQET: Print Quality Enhancement Technology (Lexmark)
PQFP: Plastic Quad Flat Package (CPU)
PR: Packet Radio
PR: Pattern Recognition
PR: Pentium Rating (AMD)
PR: Placement & Routing (RL, IC), "P&R"
PRACSA: Public Remote-Access Computer Standards Association (org., USA)
PRAM: Parameter Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Apple), "P-RAM"
PRCS: Project Revision Control System (GNU)
PREP: PowerPC REferenz Plattform (IBM, Apple), "PReP"
PREPNET: Pennsylvania Research and Economic Partnership NETwork (network, USA), "PREPnet"
PRF: Problem Report Form (IBM)
PRI: Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)
PRIDE: PRofitable Information by DEsign (IRM)
PRISM: Parallel Reduced Instruction Set Multiprocessing
PRISM: PRogrammed Integrated System Maintenance
PRMD: PRivate Management DOMAIN (X.400, MHS)
PRML: Partial Response - Maximum Likelihood (HDD)
PRN: Pseudo Random Noise [code] (GPS)
PRNG: Pseudo Random Numer Generator
PRO: Precision RISC Organization (org.)
PROFIBUS: PROcess FIeld BUS
PROFS: PRofessional OFfice System (IBM, VM)
PROLOG: PROgramming in LOGic
PROM: Partial Read Only Memory (ROM), "P-ROM"
PROM: Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC)
PROMATS: PROgrammable Magnetic Tape System
PROPAL: PROgrammed PAL
PROS: ??? [protocol]
PROTEL: PRocedure Oriented Type Enforcing Language
PRPQ: Programming Request for Price Quotation
PRS: Pattern-Recognition System (PR)
PRT: Portable Remote Terminal
PRT: Program Reference Table
PRTM: Printing Response Time Monitor
PS: PostScript (Adobe)
PS: Power Supply
PS: Privilege Service (DCE)
PS: Process Status (Unix)
PS2: Personal System /2, "PS/2"
PSA: Python Software Activity (Python)
PSAP: Presentation Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)
PSB: Program Specification Block (IBM)
PSC: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (org., USA)
PSCNET: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center NETwork (network, USA), "PSCnet"
PSD: Printer Sharing Device
PSD: Programmer's Supplementary Documents (BSD, Unix)
PSDC: Public Switched Digital Capability
PSDN: Packet-Switching Data Network
PSDS: Public-Switched Digital Service
PSE: Packet Switch Exchange
PSE: Port Switched Ethernet (Bytex, VLAN, ethernet)
PSES: P-bit Severely Errored Seconds (DS3/E3)
PSF: Permanent Swap File
PSF: Print Services Facility (IBM)
PSF: Python Software Foundation (org., Python)
PSI: Performance Systems International, inc.
PSI: Published Subject Indicator (XTM)
PSID: Presentation Space IDentifier (IBM)
PSIPU: PostScript - Intelligent Processing Unit (Canon, Adobe, CLC), "PS-IPU"
PSIU: Packet Switch Interface Unit
PSK: Phase Shift Keying (telecommunication)
PSL: PD Service Lage (Haendler)
PSL: Public Software Library
PSM: Persistent Storage Manager (Maxtor)
PSM: Persistent Stored Modules (SQL)
PSM: Personal Software Marketing (IBM)
PSN: Packet / Public Switched Network
PSN: Packet Switch Node (ARPANET, MILNET)
PSOM: Persistency framework in SOMobjects (IBM, DSOM)
PSOS: Provably Secure Operating System (OS)
PSP: Personal Software Products (IBM)
PSP: Program Segment Prefix (DOS)
PSP: ProjektStrukturPlan
PSPDN: Packet Switched Public Data Network (IN)
PSR: Phase Shift Register (IC)
PSR: Program Support Representative
PSRG: Privacy and Security Research Group (IRTF)
PSRO: Professional Standards Review Organization
PSS: Packet Switch Services / Stream
PSSF: Personal System Support Family (IBM)
PST: Pacific Standard Time [-0800] (TZ, PDT, USA)
PSTN: Public Switched Telephone Network (IN)
PSU: Portable Storage Unit
PSU: Primary Sampling Unit
PSU: Program Storage Unit
PSW: Program Status Word
PT: Payload Type (ATM)
PTAL: Payment Transaction Application Layer (Internet, banking)
PTAT: Private Trans-Atlantic Telecommunications
PTB: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (org.)
PTC: Pacific Telecommunications Council (org.)
PTC: Parallel Test Component (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
PTD: Parallel Transfer Disk / Drive
PTE: Packet Transport Equipment
PTE: Path Terminating Equipment (SONET)
PTERM: Physical TERMinal (IBM), "PTerm"
PTF: Program Temporary Fix (IBM)
PTH: Plated-Through-Hole
PTI: Payload Type Identifier (ATM, PT)
PTI: Polskie Towarzystwo Informatyczne (org., Poland)
PTM: Packet Transfer Mode (ATM)
PTMSC: Point-To-Multipoint Service Center (GPRS, mobile-systems, Multicast), "PTM-SC"
PTO: Patent and Trademark Office (org., USA)
PTOCA: Presentation Text Object Content Architecture (IBM, MO:DCA)
PTOS: Paper Tape Operating System (OS)
PTP: Paper Tape Punch
PTP: Picture Transfer Protocol (PIMA 15740)
PTR: Paper Tape Reader
PTSS: People's Time Sharing System (OS; CDC 6600)
PTT: Postes, Telegraphe et Telephone (org., Switzerland)
PTTP: Point-to-PoinT Tunneling Protocol
PTW: Primary Translation Word
PTY: Pseudo-Terminal driver
PU: Physical Unit (NAU)
PU: Power Unit
PU: Processing Unit
PUA: Profiling User Agent
PUB: Physical Unit Block
PUC: Peripheral Unit Controller
PUC: Public Utilities Commission
PUCP: Physical Unit Control Point (IBM, SNA)
PUFFT: Purdue University Fast FORTRAN compiler (FORTRAN)
PUID: Physical Unit IDentifier (IBM)
PUK: Personal / PIN Unblocking Key (PIN)
PUMA: Power User's Macintosh Association (org., Apple)
PUMA: Processor Upgradable Modular Architecture
PUMA: Programmable Universal Micro Accelerator
PUMS: Physical Unit Management Services
PUP: PARC Universal packet Protocol (PARC)
PUP: Product UPgrade (MS)
PURL: Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (URL, WWW)
PUT: Program Update Tape
PV: Physical Volume (LVM, HDD)
PVA: Packetized Video Audio
PVC: Permanent Virtual Circuit (SVC)
PVC: Permanent Virtual Circuit / Channel / Connection (ATM)
PVCC: Permanent Virtual Channel Connection (ATM)
PVCS: Polytron Version Control System
PVD: Primary Volume Descriptor (CD, IS 9660)
PVITL: Program-Variation-In-The-Large (SCM)
PVITS: Program-Variation-In-The-Small (SCM)
PVM: Parallel Virtual Machine (SMP, Cluster)
PVN: Private Virtual Network
PVP: Packet Video Protocol
PVPC: Permanent Virtual Path Connection (ATM)
PWB: Printer Wire Board
PWB: Programmers Work Bench (MS)
PWD: Print Working Directory (Unix)
PWM: Pulse Width Modulation (DVD)
PWN: Peacenet World News
PWSCS: Programmable WorkStation Communication Services
PWV: Pulse-Wave Velocity
PXE: Preboot eXecution Environment (Intel)
PY: Person Years
PZDF: Phil Zimmermann Defense Fund (PGP)
PZE: ???

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QA: Quality Assurance
QA: Question & Answers, "Q&A"
QA: Quick Arbitration (HD)
QAM: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (HiperLAN/2, 802.11a)
QAP: Quality-Assurance Program (QA)
QAPI: Quality-Assurance Program Inspections (QA)
QAPI: Queue Application Program Interface (SAP, API)
QAPP: Quality-Assurance Program Plan (QA)
QAS: Quasi-Associated Signaling
QBASIC: Quick Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC, DOS)
QBBS: Quick Bulletin Board System (BBS)
QBE: Query By Example (DB)
QBF: Query By Forms (DB)
QBIC: Query By Image Content (IBM)
QCB: Queue Control Block
QCDP: Quality Color Dithering Modus
QCIF: Quarter Common Interchange Format
QD: Queueing Delay
QDL: Quadri Data Layer [CD] (CD)
QDOS: Quick and Dirty Operating System (OS, PC, MS-DOS, predecessor)
QDR: Quad Data Rate (SDR, GDR)
QEMM: Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager (EMM, Quarterdeck)
QF: Query Filter (DB)
QFA: Quick File Access
QFE: Quick Fix Engineering (MS)
QFP: Quad Flat Pack
QIC: Quarter Inch Committee (org., Streamer)
QICSC: Quarter Inch Cartridge Standards Committee (QIC)
QICW: Quarter Inch Cartridge Wide (QIC)
QIS: Quality Information System
QL: Query Language
QLD: Queuing Literature Database (DB)
QLI: Query Language Interpreter
QLLC: Qualified Logical Link Control [protocol] (IBM)
QMB: Quad Band Memory (IC)
QMC: Quine McCluskey approach
QMF: Query Management Facility (IBM)
QMR: Quarterly Maintenance Releases (Lotus)
QMS: Queue Management Service (Netware)
QOS: Quality Of Service (ATM, CLR, CTD, CDV), "QoS"
QPA: Quality Program Analysis
QPL: Q Public License
QPS: Quark Publishing System (DTP)
QPSK: Quadri Phase Shift Keying [modulation] (HiperLAN/2, , 802.11a)
QPSX: Queue Packet and Synchronous circuit Exchange
QPU: Quick Pascal Units (MS)
QSAM: Queued Sequential Access Method (SAM)
QTAM: Queued Terminal Access Method
QUEX: Query Update by EXample
QUICC: QUad Integrated Communications Controller (Motorola)
QUIP: QUad In-line Package
QUIPS: QUality Improvements Per Second
QXGA: ??? Graphics Array [2048 x 1536]
QXI: Queue eXecutive Interface

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RA: Registration Authority (PKI, ITU, cryptography)
RA: Remote Access (BBS)
RAC: Random Access Channel (HiperLAN/2)
RACE: Research and technology development in Advanced Communications technologies in Europe (Europe, predecessor, CORDIS)
RACE: Rowbased ASCII Compatible Encoding (ASCII, Internet, DOMAIN, VeriSign/NSI)
RACF: Resource Access Control Facility (IBM, MVS/ESA)
RACH: Random Access CHannel (GSM, CCCH, mobile-systems)
RAD: Rapid Access Disk
RAD: Rapid Application Development [toolkit] (Delphi, Borland)
RAD: Research And Development [data communications] (manufacturer)
RADIUS: Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RFC 2865)
RADSL: Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
RAI: Remote Alarm Indication (DS3/E3)
RAID: Redundant Array of Independent / Inexpensive Disks (HDD, RAID)
RAIR: Random Access Information Retrieval
RAL: ReichsAusschuss fuer Lieferbedingungen (IEC 12119)
RAL: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (org., UK)
RAM: Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
RAM: Rarely Adequate Memory (slang)
RAMDAC: Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter (RAM)
RAMIS: Rapid Access Management Information System
RAMP: Remote Access Maintenance Protocol
RAMS: Record Archival Management System
RAND: Rural Area Network Design
RAP: [internet] Route Access Protocol (RFC 1476, Internet)
RAP: Remote Access Point
RAPID: Resource And Performance Interactive Display system
RAPS: Real Application on Parallel Systems
RARE: Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne (org.)
RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (Internet, RFC 903)
RAS: Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (IBM)
RAS: Remote Access Software
RAS: Row Address Strobe (IC, DRAM)
RATP: Reliable Asynchronous Transfer Protocol (RFC 916)
RATS: Radio-Amateur Telecommunications Society (org., USA)
RAVE: Relational Advanced Visual Environment
RBA: Relative Byte Address
RBBS: Remote Bulletin Board System (BBS)
RBF: Random Block Filemanager (OS-9)
RBH: Remote Bridge Hub
RBL: Realtime Blackhole List (Internet, SPAM)
RBM: Realtime Batch Monitor (OS, Xerox)
RBMS: Remote Bridge Management Software
RBOC: Regional Bell Operating Company (USA)
RC: Reconfigurable Computer / Computing (RL)
RC: Region Co-ordinator (FidoNet)
RC: Release Candidate (MS)
RC: Return Code (REXX, ...)
RC: Routing Control
RC2: Rivest Cipher / Ron's Code 2 (cryptography)
RC4: Rivest Cipher / Ron's Code 4 (cryptography)
RC5: Rivest Cipher 5 (RFC 2040, cryptography)
RCAS: Reserve Component Automation System
RCC: Radio Common Carrier
RCC: Regional Control Center
RCC: Remote Cluster Controller
RCC: Routing Control Center
RCD: Receiver-Carrier Detector
RCE: Regional Code Enhancement (DVD)
RCE: Resident Command Extension (DOS)
RCF: Reader's Comment Form (IBM)
RCF: Remote Call-Forwarding
RCGI: Remote Common Gateway Interface (CGI, WWW, Novell)
RCL: Runtime Control Library
RCM: Remote Carrier Module
RCP: Remote Copy Program
RCS: Reloadable Control Storage
RCS: Remote Connection Service (IBM, OS/2, LAN)
RCS: Resource Construction Set
RCS: Revision Control System (Unix, CM, GNU)
RCTC: Rewritable Consumer Time Code (video)
RCTL: Resistor-Capacitor-Transistor Logic
RD: Receive Data (MODEM)
RD: Recursive Design (CASE)
RD: Remove Directory (DOS, OS/2)
RD: Research and Development, "R&D"
RD: Route Descriptor
RDA: Remote Database Access (ISO, OSI)
RDB: Receive Data Buffer
RDB: Relational DataBase (DB)
RDB: Rigid Disk Block (Amiga, Commodore)
RDBMS: Relational DataBase Management System (DBMS, DB)
RDBMSMIB: Relational DataBase Management System - Management Information Base (DB), "RDBMS-MIB"
RDC: Remote Data Connector
RDD: Random Digital Dial
RDD: Replaceable Database Driver (Clipper, CA-VO, DB)
RDE: Received Data Enable
RDES: Remote Data Entry System
RDF: Rate Decrease Factor
RDF: Record Definition Field
RDF: Resource Description Framework (IBM, Netscape, MS, ..., WWW)
RDH: RSA-DES-Hybridverschluesselung (cryptography, HBCI)
RDI: Remote Defect Identification / Indicator (UNI)
RDL: Relational Database Language (DB)
RDL: Remote Digital Loopback
RDLAP: Radio Data Link Access Protocol (MODACOM), "RD-LAP"
RDM: Relational Data Modeler
RDM: Reliably Delivered Message
RDN: Relative Distinguished Name (X.500)
RDNCRC: Research Data Network Cooperative Research Centre (org., Australia)
RDO: ??? (CICS, IBM)
RDO: ??? (CICS, IBM)
RDO: Remote Data Objects (DB)
RDP: Reliable Datagram Protocol
RDP: Remote Desktop Protocol (MS)
RDP: Remote Display Protocol (MS, Windows NT, ASP)
RDR: Request Data with Reply (Feldbus)
RDRAM: Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Rambus)
RDRN: Rapidly Deployable Radio Networks (USA, Uni Kansas)
RDS: Radio Digital System
RDS: Rapid Development System (DB, Informix)
RDS: Remote Data Services
RDSN: Region Digital Switched Network
RDT: Radio Digital Terminal
RDT: Restricted Data Transmissions
RE: Research and Engineering, "R&E"
REACH: Research and Educational Applications of Computers in the Humanities
READ: Relative Element Address Designate (cryptography)
REGEX: REGular EXpressions (GREP, EMACS, ...)
REGIS: REmote Graphics Instruction Set
REGTP: REGulierungsbehoerde fuer Telekommunikation und Post Org., Germany, "RegTP"
REM: Remote Equipment Module
REM: Ring Error Monitor
REMIS: Real Estate Management Information System
REMOS: Resources Management On-Line System
RES: Remote Entry Services
RESTENA: RESeau Teleinformatique de l'Education NAtionale et de la recherce (network, Luxembourg)
RET: Report Engine Technology (CA, DB)
RET: Resolution Enhancement Technology (HP), "REt"
RETM: Rare Earth / Transition Metal (MO), "RE/TM"
REXX: Restructured EXtended eXecutor [language] (IBM, SAA, ANSI)
RF: Radio Frequency (mobile-systems)
RFA: Request for Assistance (Internet)
RFB: Remote FrameBuffer [protocol]
RFC: Remote Function Call (SAP, CPIC)
RFC: Request For Comments (Internet, RFC)
RFD: Ready-For-Data
RFD: Report Fragmentation Done [bit] (CATNIP)
RFD: Request For Discussion (Internet, Usenet), "RfD"
RFE: Request For Enhancement (Internet)
RFI: Radio Frequency Interference
RFI: Request For Information (Internet)
RFIC: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (IC)
RFID: Radio Frequency IDentification (ANSI, NCITS)
RFMS: Remote File Management System
RFNM: Request For Next Message (IMP)
RFP: Request for Package (Linux, Debian)
RFP: Request For Proposal (Internet)
RFQ: Request for Quatation
RFS: Remote File Sharing (AT&T, Unix)
RFS: Remote File System
RFS: REXX File System (REXX, CICS, VSAM, IBM)
RFT: Request For Technology (OSF)
RFT: Revisable Form Text
RFTS: Remote File Transfer System (DDVS)
RGB: Rot Gruen Blau / Red Green Blue (color system, DTP)
RGP: Raster Graphics Processor
RGP: Remote Graphics Processor
RH: Request Header
RI: Ring Indicator (RS-232, MODEM)
RI: Routing Information
RIACS: Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (org.)
RID: Relative IDentifier
RIDE: Research Issues in Data Engineering (IEEE-CS)
RIE: Reactive Ion Etching (IC)
RIF: Routing Information Field (Token Ring)
RIFF: Resource Interchange File Format (MS, IBM, MM)
RIG: Related Interest Group
RIG: Rochester Intelligent Gateway (OS)
RII: Routing Information Indicator
RIM: Registry Information Model (ebXML)
RIM: Remote Installation and Maintenance
RIME: Relaynet International Message Exchange
RIMM: Rambus Inline Memory Module (Rambus, IC)
RIO: Redistributed Internet Objects (S3, VRML, Internet)
RIOCP: ??? (OS), "RIO/CP "
RIP: Raster Image Processor (DTP)
RIP: Remote Imaging Protocol (BBS)
RIP: Routing Information Protocol (BSD, IGP, RFC 1721, IP)
RIPE: Reseaux IP Europeenne (Europenet)
RIPL: Remote Initial Program Load (IBM)
RIPNG: Routing Information Protocol Next Generation (RIP, IPV6, RFC 2080), "RIPng"
RIPS: Raster Image Processing Systems corporation (manufacturer)
RIS: Remote Installation Service
RISC: Reduced Instruction Set Code (CPU)
RISC: Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (org., Oesterreich)
RISCOS: RISC Operating System (MIPS, Acorn, OS), "RISC OS"
RISLU: Remote Integrated Services Line Unit
RITECH: Resolution Improvement TECHnology (Epson)
RITSEC: Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center
RJ45: Registered Jack 45 (cable)
RJE: Remote Job Entry (IBM, Internet, RFC 407)
RJEF: Remote Job Entry Function
RJP: Remote Job Processing
RKRM: ROM Kernel Reference Manual (Amiga, Commodore)
RL: Real Life (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
RL: Reconfigurable Logic (RL)
RLC: Radio Link Control (GPRS, mobile-systems)
RLE: Run-Length Encoded
RLIN: Research Libraries Information Network (network)
RLL: Run Length Limited [encoding]
RLN: Remote LAN Nodes (LAN)
RLP: Radio Link Protocol (GSM, mobile-systems)
RLP: Resource Location Protocol (Internet, RFC 887)
RLS: Received Line Signal
RLSD: Received Line Signal Detector
RLSFB: Read Last Spool File Buffer (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RLT: Remote Line Test
RLV: RingLeitungsVerteiler
RM: Resource Management
RMAS: Remote Memory Administration System
RMATS: Remote Maintenance Administration and Traffic
RMC: Rambus Memory Controller (Rambus)
RMCOS: Ryan-McFarland COBOL (????) Operating System (OS, COBOL), "RM/COS"
RMF: Resource Measurement Facility (IBM, MVS)
RMI: Remote Method Invocation (Java, API)
RMM: Ring Management Module (Token Ring)
RMON: Remote MONitoring
RMOS: Realtime Multitasking Operating System (SNI, OS)
RMS: ??? [bus]
RMS: Reason Maintenance System (AI)
RMS: Richard Matthew Stallman (FSF, EMACS)
RMT: Raw Magnetic Tape (Unix)
RMT: Reliable Multicast Transport (IETF, WG, Multicast)
RMT: REXXware Migration Tool (Simware, REXX)
RMT: Ring ManagemenT (FDDI, SMT)
RNA: Remote Network Access
RNC: Radio Network Controller (mobile-systems, UMTS)
RND: RAD Network Devices (RAD, manufacturer)
RNI: Raw Native Interface (MS, Java)
RNOC: Regional Network Operations Center
RNPRSFP: Read Next PRint Spool File Block (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RNPUFSB: Read Next PUnch Spool File Block (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RNR: Receive Not Ready (LAPB)
RNSB: Read Next Spool Buffer (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RNUI: Remote Network User Identification (Datex-P)
RO: Read-Only (I/O)
ROAMS: Reusable Object Access and Management System
ROC: RAID On a Chip (RAID)
ROCF: Remote Object Class Factory
ROD: Rewritable Optical Disk (OD)
ROFL: Roar Out From Laughing (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
ROHC: RObust Header Compression (RFC 3095, RTP, UDP, ESP)
ROLAP: Relational OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP, DB)
ROLC: Routing Over Large Clouds
ROM: Read Only Memory (ROM)
ROMBIOS: Read-Only Memory - Basic Input Output System (ROM, BIOS), "ROM-BIOS"
ROMC: Required Operational Messaging Characteristics
ROP: Remote Operations Service (IBM, OS/2)
ROS: Read-Only Storage
ROS: Resident Operating System (OS)
ROSE: Remote Operations Service Element (OSI, RPC)
ROTFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
ROTFLBTC: Rolling On The Floor Laughing and Biting The Carpet (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
ROTFLMAO: Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
RP: Relay Party (IRC)
RP: Rendezvous Point (PIM, Multicast)
RPA: Remote Phrase Authentication
RPC: Region Playback Control (DVD)
RPC: Remote Procedure Call (Sun, Xerox, OSF, ECMA, RFC 1831)
RPC2: Region code Playback Control phase 2 (DVD), "RPC-2"
RPCL: Remote Procedure Call Language (ONC, Sun)
RPE: Remote Peripheral Equipment
RPELTP: Regular Pulse Excitation with Long-Term Prediction [loop] (LPC), "RPE-LTP"
RPF: RePeat active File (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RPF: Reverse Path Forwarding (PIM, Multicast)
RPG: Report Program Generator
RPL: Remote Program Load
RPL: Requested Privilege Level
RPL: Resident Programming Language
RPM: Radio Packet Modem (Motorola)
RPM: Redhat Package Manager (Linux)
RPM: Remote Port Module (Ascend)
RPN: Reverse Polish Notation
RPP: Relative Processor Performance (CPU, Cray)
RPS: Realtime Programming System (OS, IBM)
RQBE: Relational Query By Example (DB, QBE)
RR: Radio Resource management (MM, CM, GSM, mobile-systems)
RRAS: Routing and Remote Access Service (MS, Windows NT)
RRCM: Reservation Request Control Mechanism (DQDB)
RRDS: Relative Record Data Set (VSAM)
RRIP: Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol (CD, Unix)
RRZE: Regionales RechenZentrum Erlangen (org.)
RRZN: Regionales RechenZentrum fuer Niedersachsen (org.)
RS: Recommended Standard
RS: Registry Service (DCE, ebXML, ...)
RSA: Random Scheduling Algorithm [protocol]
RSA: Reference System Architecture
RSA: Reusable Software Assets
RSA: Rivest, Shamir and Adleman (cryptography, RSA)
RSAC: Recreational Software Advisory Council (org.)
RSAP: Remote Service Access Point (SAP)
RSAT: Reliability and System Architecture Testing
RSCS: Remote Source Control System
RSCS: Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem (IBM, VM, NJE)
RSDP: Root System Description Pointer (ACPI)
RSDT: Root System Description Table (ACPI)
RSE: Removable Storage Elements
RSE: Research and Systems Engineering
RSF: Remote Support Facility
RSF: ReStart active File (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RSFD: Retrieve Subsequent File Descriptor (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RSFDNPR: Retrieve Subsequent File Descriptor Not Previously Retrieved (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RSH: Remote SHell (Unix, BSD, Shell)
RSH: Restricted SHell (Unix, Shell)
RSI: Repetitive Strain Injury
RSIS: Relocateable Screen Interface Specification
RSLM: Remote Subscriber Line Module
RSM: Remote Switching Module
RSN: Real Soon Now (telecommunication-slang)
RSP: Reality Signal Processor (Nintendo)
RSPC: Reed Solomon Product Code (SDD), "RS-PC"
RSS: Rich Site Summary (XML)
RSSCP: Remote System Services Control Point (SSCP)
RSTS: Resource Sharing Time Sharing (DEC)
RSTSE: Resource System Time Sharing/Enhanced (DEC), "RSTS/E"
RSU: Remote Software Update (IBDM, OS/2, ...)
RSU: Remote Switching Unit
RSVP: Resource reSerVation Protocol (IP)
RSX: Realistic Sound eXperience (Intel, audio)
RSX11: Resource Sharing eXecutive - 11 (DEC, OS, PDP 11), "RSX-11"
RSX3D: Realistic Sound eXperience - 3D (Intel, audio, VRML), "RSX-3D"
RT: Register Transfer
RT: Remote Terminal
RT: Research and Technology, "R&T"
RT: Routing Type
RTA: Rapid Thermal Annealling (IC, MOSFET)
RTA: Real-Time Accelerator
RTAM: Remote Teleprocessing Access Method
RTB: Read Tape Binary
RTBM: Real Time Bit Mapping
RTC: Real Time Clock
RTC: Real-Time Command
RTCP: Real Time Control Protocol (RTP)
RTCS: Real Time Computer System
RTCU: Real Time Control Unit
RTD: Real Time Display
RTDAT: RealTime Deformation And Tessellation [engine] (3D, Shiny), "RT-DAT"
RTDHS: Real Time Data Handling System
RTE: Real Time Execution
RTE: Real Time Executive (OS, HP, HP 2000)
RTE: Remote Terminal Emulation
RTE: Run Time Environment
RTE6VM: Real Time Executive - 6 / Virtual Memory (OS, HP, RTE, HP 1000), "RTE-6/VM"
RTEX: Real Time EXecutive (OS, Interdata)
RTF: Rich Text Format
RTFF: Read The Fucking FAQ (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
RTFM: Read The Flaming / Fucking Manual (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
RTG: Real Time Gambling
RTG: Real Time Geometry (manufacturer)
RTG: Routing Table Generator
RTI: ReTurn from Interrupt
RTL: Real Time Language
RTL: Register Transfer Language (GCC)
RTL: Resistor-Transistor Logic
RTL: RunTime Library
RTLINUX: Real-Time Linux (Linux)
RTM: Registered Transfer Module
RTM: Release To Manufacture / Market
RTM: Remote Test Module
RTMOS: Real Time Multiprogramming Operating System (OS, GE)
RTMP: Routing Table Maintenance Protocol (AppleTalk)
RTMS: Real Time Multiprogramming System (???) (OS)
RTOS: Real Time Operating System (OS, Interdata, Prime, ...)
RTOS16: Real Time Operating System - 16 (OS, Digico), "RTOS-16"
RTOS360: Real Time Operating System /360 (IBM, OS, S/360), "RTOS/360"
RTOSUH: Real Time Operating System - Universitaet Hannover (OS), "RTOS-UH"
RTP: Real Time Protocol (Internet, RFC 1889/1890, RTCP)
RTS: Real Time System
RTS: Reliable Transfer Service (OSI)
RTS: Request To Send (MODEM, RS-232)
RTS: Residual Time Stamp
RTSE: Reliable Transfer Service Element (OSI)
RTSM: RealTime System Manager
RTSP: Real Time Streaming Protocol (TV, WWW, UDP, TCP/IP, RDP, Multicast)
RTT: Round-Trip Time
RTTI: Run-Time Type Identification (ANSI)
RTTM: Round-Trip Time Measurements (TCP, satellite)
RTTS: Real Time Task Scheduler (OS, August Systems)
RTTY: Radio Tele TYpe
RTU: Real Time Unix (Unix)
RTUX: Real Time UniX (OS, Emerge Systems)
RTV: Real Time Video
RTVBR: RealTime Variable Bit Rate (VBR, ATM), "rt-VBR"
RTX: Real Time eXecutive (OS)
RTX16: Real Time eXecutive - 16 (OS, Honeywell, ...), "RTX-16"
RUA: Remote User Agent
RUAC: Remote User Access Centers
RUI: Reality User Interface
RUOW: Remote Unit Of Work (DRDA, IBM), "RUoW"
RUS: Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Stuttgart (org., Uni Stuttgart, Germany)
RVD: Remote Virtual Disk
RW: Read/Write (I/O), "R/W"
RWCP: Real World Computing Partnership (org., Japan)
RWPPI: ReWritable Product Promotion Initiative (org., DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD)
RWS: Remote WinSock (Windows, TCP/IP)
RZ: RechenZentrum
RZ: Return-to-Zero [recording]
RZG: RechenZentrum Garching

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S360: System /360 (IBM), "S/360"
S370: System /370 (IBM), "S/370"
SA: Software Assurance (MS)
SA: Source [MAC] Address (SNA, Token Ring, ATM, FDDI, ...)
SA: Storage Array
SA: Structured Analysis / Strukturierte Analyse (CASE)
SA: System Administrator
SA: Systems Analyst
SAA: Standard Application Architecture (IBM)
SAA: Standards Association of Australia (org., Australia)
SAAL: Signalling ATM Adaptation Layer (ATM)
SABB: Storage Array Building Block
SABM: Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode (LABM, LAPB, HDLC)
SABME: Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Extension (SABM)
SABRE: Semi-Automatic Business Related Environment (OS, IBM 7090)
SAC: Service / Special Area Code
SAC: Single Attachment Concentrator (FDDI)
SAC: Strict Avalanche Criterion (cryptography)
SACCH: Slow Associated Control CHannel (GSM, DCCH, mobile-systems)
SACT: SPARC Application Conformance Test (SI, SPARC)
SAD: Serial Analog Delay
SADF: Semi-Automatic Document Feeder
SADT: Structured Analysis and Design Techniques (SA)
SAF: Service Access Facilities (Unix)
SAFE: Security And Freedom through Encryption [law] (USA, cryptography)
SAFTE: SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclose (SCSI, RAID, Intel, NStor), "SAF-TE"
SAG: SQL Access Group (org., manufacturer, DB)
SAGE: Semi-Automatic Ground Environment system (OS, IBM AN/FSQ7, mil.)
SAGE: Software Aided Group Environment (GSS, NUS)
SAHF: Store AH Into Flags (assembler)
SAIL: Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory [language] (USA)
SAL: Security Access List
SAL: Semware Applications Language (Semware)
SAL: Symbolic Assembly Language (assembler)
SAL: System Abstraction Layer
SALT: Script Application Language for Telix
SALT: Suse Advanced Linux Technology (Suse, Linux)
SALU: Structured Assembly Language Utilities
SAM: SCSI-3 Architecture Model
SAM: Security Access Manager (MS, Windows, XP)
SAM: Security Accounts Manager
SAM: Sequential Access Method / Mode (SAM, DAM)
SAM: Sort And Merge
SAM: Standard Application Model (XTM)
SAM: Symantec Anti-virus for Macintosh (Apple)
SAM: System Activity Monitor
SAMI: Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange (MS)
SAN: Schulen ans Netz [e.v.] (org.)
SAN: Storage Area Networks
SANE: Scanner Access Now Easy (OSS)
SANE: Standard Apple Numeric Environment (Apple)
SANET: Slowak Academic NETwork (org., Network)
SAO: Source Address Omitted [flag] (CATNIP)
SAP: Service Access Point (OSI)
SAP: Service Advertising Protocol (Novell, Netware, IPX)
SAP: Session Announcement Protocol (Internet, RFC 2974)
SAP: Symbolic Assembler Program (IBM, IBM 704)
SAP: SystemAnalyse und Programmentwicklung (manufacturer, predecessor)
SAP: Systems, Applications and Products [in data processing] [ag] (manufacturer)
SAQ: Service, Access, Quality (ISP, UK)
SAR: Segmentation And Reassembly
SAR: Store Address Register (IC)
SARAH: Standard Automated Remote-to-AUTODIN Host (AUTODIN, mil.)
SARPDU: Segmentation And Reassembly Protocol Data Unit (ATM, PDU), "SAR PDU"
SART: Structured Analysis / Real Time (SA, CASE), "SA/RT"
SARTS: Switched Access Remote Test System
SAS: Session Active Screen (IBM)
SAS: Simulation Automation System
SAS: Single Attachment Station (FDDI)
SAS: Statistical Analysis System
SASE: Specific Application Service Element (ISO, OSI, CASE)
SASI: Shugart Associates System Interface
SAST: South Australia Standard Time [+0930] (TZ)
SAT: SIM Application Toolkit (SIM, GSM)
SAT: Standard AUTODIN Terminal (AUTODIN, mil.)
SAT: Summed Area Table (3D, MIP)
SATAN: Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks (Internet)
SATCOM: SATellite COMmunications
SATF: Shared Access Transport Facility
SAU: Secure Access Unit
SAX: Simple API for XML (API, XML)
SAX: SUSE Advanced X [configuration tool] (SUSE, Linux)
SB: Sound Blaster [audio card] (audio)
SB: Sytem Builder [software] (MS)
SBA: SideBand Address [port / bus] (AGP)
SBA: Standards-Based Architectures
SBA: Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation (SMT, FDDI)
SBA: System For Business Automation
SBC: SCSI Block Commands (SAM)
SBC: Single Board Computer
SBC: Small Business Computer
SBCCS: Single Byte Command Code Set [protocol]
SBCS: Single Byte Character Set (ASCII, DBCS)
SBF: Sequential Block Filemanager (OS-9)
SBH: Secure Backbone Hub (Accton)
SBI: Storage Bus Interconnect
SBI: Synchronous Bus Interface
SBIS: Sustaining Base Information System
SBL: Super BASIC Language (BASIC)
SBLC: Sustaining Base Level Computer
SBMS: Southwestern Bell Mobile Service
SBP: SCSI-3 serial Bus Protocol (SAM)
SBR: Spectral Bandwidth Replication (MP3)
SBS: Small Business Server
SBUS: Sun [i/o interface] BUS (Sun, SPARC), "SBus"
SC: SubCommittee (ISO, TC, IEC, ...)
SCA: Scalable Cooperative Architecture
SCA: Software Corporation of America (manufacturer, USA)
SCA: Synchronous Clock Adjustment
SCAF: Service Control Agent Function (IN)
SCAI: Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (conference, FAIS, AI)
SCAM: SCSI Configured AutoMatically (SCSI)
SCAMC: Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (conference)
SCAN: Switched-Circuit Automatic Network
SCB: Subsystem Control Block (OS/2, IBM)
SCC: SCSI Controller Commands (SAM)
SCC: Serial Communication Controller
SCC: Serial Controller-Chip (IC)
SCC: Softarc Certified Consulter (SoftArc)
SCC: Specialized Common Carrier
SCC: Standards Council of Canada (org., Canada)
SCC: Storage Connecting Circuit
SCCP: Signaling Connection Control Part (MSC, GSM, mobile-systems)
SCCS: Source Code Control System (Unix, AT&T, CM)
SCCS: Specialized Common Carrier Service
SCCS: Switching Control Center System
SCD: SPARC Compliance Definition (SI, SPARC)
SCDE: Significant CALS Data Elements
SCDMS: Society for Clinical Data Management Systems (org., USA)
SCE: Structure Chart Editor
SCEF: Service Creation Environment Function (IN)
SCEIO: Societe Canadienne pour l'Etude de l'Intelligence par Ordinateur (org., Canada, AI)
SCF: Selective Call-Forwarding
SCF: Sequential Character Filemanager (OS-9)
SCF: Service Control Function (IN)
SCG: Security Classification Guide
SCH: Synchronization CHannel (GSM, mobile-systems)
SCI: Scalable Coherent Interface (ANSI)
SCID: Service Channel IDentifier
SCIT: Semi-Conductor and Interconnect Technologies
SCL: System Control Language
SCM: Segment Control Module
SCM: Service Circuit Modul Mil., Germany
SCM: Service Control Manager (Windows NT)
SCM: Small Core Memory
SCM: Software Configuration Management
SCMP: Stream Control Message Protocol (ST2)
SCMS: ??? [scrambling] (DAT)
SCMS: Serial Copy Management System
SCN: Specifications Change Notice
SCNR: Sorry, Could Not Resist (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
SCO: Santa Cruz Operation (manufacturer, Unix)
SCOOPS: SCheme Object Oriented Programming System (OOP)
SCOPE: SCalable Object Processing Environment (Creamware)
SCOPE: Simple COmmunications Programming Environment (telecommunication)
SCOPE: Supervisory Control Of Program Execution (OS, CDC 6000)
SCP: Secondary Communications Processors
SCP: Service Control Point (OSI)
SCP: Standard Configuration Profile (MODEM)
SCP: System Control Program (OS)
SCPC: Single Channel Per Carrier
SCPDOS: Seattle Computer Products Dis Operating System (OS, DOS, MS-DOS, predecessor), "SCP-DOS"
SCR: Selective Call Rejection
SCR: Sustainable Cell Rate (UNI, ATM, VBR)
SCRI: Supercomputer Computations Research Institute (org., USA, HPC)
SCS: [systimax] Structured Cabling System (AT&T)
SCS: Silicon Controlled Switch
SCS: Singapore Computer Society (org., Singapur)
SCS: Small Computer System
SCS: SNA Character String (IBM)
SCS: Switch Control Software (ForeRunner, ATM)
SCSA: Signal Computing System Architecture
SCSA: Sun Common SCSI Architecture (Sun)
SCSI: Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI)
SCSL: Sun Community Source License (Sun)
SCSU: Standard Compression Scheme for Unicode (Unicode)
SCT: Subroutine Call Table
SCTP: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (IETF)
SCTS: Secondary Clear to Send
SCU: Selector Control Unit
SCU: System Control Unit (CPU, POWER)
SCVP: Simple Certificate Validation Protocol (cryptography)
SCX: Specialized Communications eXchange
SD: Secure Digital [card]
SD: Self-Describing [file] (HP)
SD: Starting Delimiter (FDDI, Token Ring)
SD: Structured Design (CASE)
SD: Super Density [disk] (CD, Toshiba, Time Warner)
SDA: Screen Design Aid (IBM, ADT)
SDA: Shared Data Architecture
SDA: Software Design Automation
SDA: Source Data Automation
SDA: Swappable Data Area (DOS)
SDA: System Display Architecture
SDAV: Systems Design Automation Vendor
SDC: Sample Data Collection
SDC: Secure Digital Card (PDA)
SDC: Software Development Control [system] (CMU, CM)
SDC: Software Distribution Center
SDCCH: Stand-alone Dedicated Control CHannel (GSM, DCCH, mobile-systems)
SDCD: Secondary Data Carrier Detect
SDD: Software Design Document
SDD: Super Density Disk (Toshiba, Time Warner, ...)
SDDAS: Southwest research Data Display and Analysis System
SDDI: Shielded Distributed Data Interface (FDDI, STP)
SDE: Software Development Environment
SDF: Screen Definition Facility
SDF: Standard Data Format
SDF: System Dialog Facility (BS2000)
SDH: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (FDDI, ATM, SDH)
SDI: Single Document Interface
SDI: Slovensko Drustvo Informatika (org., Slowakien)
SDI: Source Data Information
SDI: Standard Data Interface
SDI: Standard Disk Interconnect
SDI: Standard Disk Interface
SDI: Standard Drive Interface
SDI: Storage Device Interconnect
SDI: Storage Device Interface (Novell, Netware, SMS)
SDI: Super Data Interchange
SDIF: SGML Document Interchange Format (SGML, ISO, IS 9069)
SDIF: System Independent Data Format (Novell, SMS)
SDILINE: Selective Dissemination of Information onLINE
SDIMM: Single [RAS] Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM, RAS), "S-DIMM"
SDIS: Switched Digital Integrated Service
SDK: Software Development Kit (MS)
SDL: Specification and Description Language (CCITT)
SDL: System Design Language
SDLC: Synchronous Data Link Control (IBM, SNA)
SDLGR: Specification and Description Language / Graphical Representation, "SDL/GR"
SDLLC: Synchronous Data Link Control Conversion (SNA, IBM)
SDLP: Standard Device Level Protocol
SDM: ??? [benchmark] (DB, SPEC)
SDM: Short Data Message
SDM: Spatial Data Management
SDMA: Space Division Multiple Access
SDMA: Storage Device Migration Aid
SDMI: Secure Digital Music Initiative (org.)
SDMS: SCSI Device Management System (BIOS)
SDN: Software Defined Network
SDN: Software Distribution Net (FidoNet)
SDNS: Secure Data Network Service / System (USA, mil.)
SDOC: Selective Dynamic Overload Controls
SDOS: Software Dynamics Operating System (OS)
SDP: Service Delivery Point
SDP: Session Description Protocol (RFC 2327)
SDP: Shared Development Process (MS)
SDP: Software Development Plan
SDP: Specialized Data Point (IN)
SDP: Streaming Data Procedure
SDR: Service DiRectory [tool] (SAP)
SDR: Shared Data Research
SDR: Signal-to-Distortion Ratio
SDR: Single Data Rate (GDR, QDR)
SDR: Store Data Register (IC)
SDR: Streaming Data Request
SDR: System Design Review
SDRAM: Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC, Intel, Samsung)
SDRP: Source Demand Routing Protocol
SDRSDRAM: Single Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM, RAM, IC), "SDR-SDRAM"
SDS: SubDivision Surfaces (3D)
SDS: Switched Data Service
SDS: Synchronous Data Set
SDS: Sysops Distribution System (BBS)
SDSAF: Switched Digital Services Applications Forum (org.)
SDSC: San Diego Supercomputer Center (org., USA)
SDSC: Synchronous Data Set Controller
SDSCNET: San Diego Supercomputer Center NETwork (network, USA), "SDSCnet"
SDSL: Single line Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
SDSMA: Slotted Digital Sense Multiple Access (MODACOM), "S-DSMA"
SDSN: Secure Data System Network
SDT: Software Development Tools
SDT: Source Data Terminal
SDT: Systems Development Tool
SDTP: [PPP] Serial Data Transport Protocol (PPP, RFC 1963)
SDU: Service Data Unit (OSI)
SDU: Software Distribution Utilities (IBM, HP)
SDV: Switched Digital Video (VOD)
SDX: Storage Data ACceleration (ATAPI, WD, CD, DVD)
SE: Service / Systems Engineer
SE: Software Engineering
SE: Standard / Special Edition (IBM, OS/2)
SE: Switching Element
SE: System Extension
SEA: Self-Extracting Archive
SEA: Society for Electronic Access (org.)
SEAC: Standards Eastern Automatic Computer
SEAL: Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer (ATM)
SEAP: Service Element Access Point
SECAM: SEquentiel Couleur Avec Memoire
SECB: Severely Errored Cell Block (UNI)
SECC: Single Edge Connector Case (CPU)
SED: Stream EDitor (Unix)
SEDAS: Standardisiertes Einheitliches DatenAustauschSystem (EDI)
SEE: Societe des Electriciens et Electroniciens (org., France)
SEE: Software Engineering Environments
SEE: Systems Equipment Engineering
SEF: Source Explicit Forwarding
SEFS: Severely Errored Framing Seconds (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)
SEH: Structured Exception Header
SEI: Software Engineering Institute
SEL: Software Engineering Laboratory
SEL: Standard Elektrik Lorenz [ag] (manufacturer)
SELHPC: South East London - High Performance Computing [centre] (org.), "SEL-HPC"
SEM: Server Enhancement Module
SEM: Standard Error of the Mean
SEP: Someone Else's Problem (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
SEPP: Secure Electronic Payment Protocol (banking, IBM, Netscape, GTE)
SEQUEL: Structured English QUEry Language (IBM, DB, SQL, predecessor)
SERM: Structured Entity Relationship Model (DB, ERM)
SERT: Security Emergency Response Team (org., Australia, Internet)
SES: Security Enabling Services (IBM)
SES: Severely Errored Seconds (DS1/E1)
SESAM: Synergetische Erkennung mittels Standbild, Akustik und Motorik (IIS)
SET: Secure Electronic Transactions (IBM, Visa, MS, IBM, Mastercard, Netscape, banking)
SET: Software Engineering Technology
SET: Standard d'Echange et de Transfert (AFNOR, France)
SETA: Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance
SETL: SEt Theory Language (New York Uni.), "SetL"
SETP: Secure Electronic Transactions Process
SETP: Stream Environment Transport Protocol
SEU: Software-Entwicklungs-Umgebung (CASE)
SEU: Source Entry Utility (IBM, ADT)
SF: Service Feature (IN)
SF: Sign Flag (assembler)
SF: Standard Form
SF: Switching Fabric
SFBI: Shared Frame Buffer Interconnect
SFD: Simple Formattable Document (CCITT, MHS, X.420)
SFD: Start Frame Delimiter (ethernet)
SFD: Symbolic File Directory
SFF: Small Form Factor [committee] (org.)
SFMJI: Sorry For My Jumping In (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
SFP: System File Protection (MS, WIndows)
SFPRNSB: Select a File for Processing and Read Next Spool Buffer (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
SFPS: Secure Fast Packet Switching (Cabletron)
SFQL: Structured Full-text Query Language
SFS: Shared File System (IBM. CMS, VM/ESA)
SFS: Stepless Frequency Selection
SFS: Suomen Standardisoimisliitto [Standards Association of Finland] (org., Finland)
SFT: System Fault Tolerance (Novell)
SFT: System File Table (DOS)
SFTP: Screened Foiled Twisted Pair [cable] (UTP, TP)
SFTP: Simple File Transfer Protocol (RFC 913)
SFUG: Security Features User's Guide
SG: Signal Ground (MODEM)
SGA: Shared Global Array (DEC, VMS)
SGC: SCSI Graphic Commands (SAM)
SGI: Silicon Graphics Incorporated (manufacturer, SGI)
SGM: SeGmentation Message
SGML: Standard Generalized Markup Language (ISO 8879, JTC1, RFC 1874, SGML)
SGMLB: Standard Generalized Markup Language - Binary version (SGML), "SGML-B"
SGMP: Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol (RFC 1028)
SGRAM: Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory (DRAM, RAM)
SGSN: Serving GPRS Support Node (GPRS, mobile-systems)
SGT: Surrounding Gate Transistor (IC)
SGTSI: Semi-Graphical Tree Structure Interface
SHA: Secure Hash Algorithm (cryptography, NIST)
SHA: Super High Aperture [LCD] (LCD)
SHA1: Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (cryptography, SHA)
SHED: Segmented Hypergraphics EDitor (MS, Windows, ADT)
SHF: Super-High Frequency
SHTSI: Somebody Had To Say It (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
SHTTP: Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), "S-HTTP"
SHV: Standard High Volume [motherboard] (SMP, Intel)
SI: Schweizer Informatikergesellschaft (org., Switzerland)
SI: Skyrslutaeknifelags Islands (org., Iceland)
SI: Source Index [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)
SI: SPARC International (org., manufacturer)
SI: System Information
SIA: Semiconductor Industry Association (org., USA)
SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (org., USA)
SIB: Service Independent building Block (IN)
SIBO: SIxteen Bit Organizer or SIngle Board Organizer (Psion, PDA)
SIC: Silicon Integrated Circuit
SIC: Standard Industry Classification
SIC: Subject Indicator Code
SICE: ??? (org.)
SICS: Swedish Institute of Computer Sciences (org., Sweden)
SID: Security IDentifier
SID: Signaling IDentifier
SID: Society for Information Displays (org.)
SID: SWIFT Interface Device (SWIFT)
SID: System IDentification
SIDF: System Independent Data Format (Novell, SMS)
SIDM: Serial Impact Dot Matrix [printer]
SIDR: Service Independent Data Requester (Novell, Netware)
SIETEM: Siemens TTCN Test Manager (TTCN, Tektronix, SNI)
SIF: Significant Pel Field (MPEG)
SIFS: Short InterFrame Space (MAC, 802.11a, IFS)
SIFT: Software Implemeted Fault Tolerance (HIFT)
SIFTUFT: Sender-Initiated File Transfer/Unsolicited File Transfer (RFC 1440), "SIFT/UFT"
SIG: Special Interest Group
SIGART: [ACM] Special Interest Group on ARTificial intelligence (org., ACM, AI)
SIGBIT: Special Interest Group on Business Information Technology
SIGCAT: Special Interest Group for CD-ROM Applications Technology (CD)
SIGCPR: Special Interest Group on Computer Personal Research (org., ACM)
SIGCSE: Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (org., ACM)
SIGDA: Special Interest Group on Design Automation (org., ???)
SIGG: SIGnaturGesetz telecommunication, Germany, "SigG"
SIGL: SIGnal Line (REXX)
SIGMA: Software Industrialized Generator and Maintenance Aids system (MITI)
SIGNC: Special Internet Group Name Cache
SIGPLAN: Special Interest Group for Programming LANguages
SIGV: SIGnaturVerordnung (telecommunication), "SigV"
SIGWEB: Special Interest Group on the world wide WEB (org., UK)
SII: Static Invocation Interface
SIIA: Software and Information Industry Association (org., USA)
SILS: Secure Interoperable LAN/MAN Standard (LAN, MAN)
SILS: Standard for Interoperable LAN Security (LAN)
SIM: Signal Interface Module
SIM: Subscriber Identity Module (GSM, mobile-systems)
SIMD: Single Instruction [stream], Multiple Data [stream] (CPU)
SIMDIS: SIMulation DISposition (MBAG)
SIMIS: SIcheres MIkroprozessor System (SNI)
SIMM: Single Inline Memory Module (IC)
SIMNET: SIMulation NETwork (network)
SIO: Simultan Input Output (QMS)
SIP: SCSI-3 Interlocked Protocol (SAM)
SIP: Session Initiation Protocol (IETF, VOIP)
SIP: Simulated Input Processor
SIP: SMDS Interface Protocol (SMDS)
SIP: Strategische InformationsPlanung (IM)
SIP: Symbolic Input Program
SIPC: Simply Interactive Personal Computer
SIPO: Serial In Parallel Out
SIPP: Simple Internet Protocol Plus (IP, IPV6, RFC 1710, Internet)
SIPP: SImple Polygone Processor (Unix)
SIPP: Single Inline Package Pin (IC)
SIPRNET: Secret IP Router NETwork (DISN, mil.)
SIQ: Single Input Queue (IBM, OS/2)
SIR: Save Instruction Recognition
SIR: Selective Information Retrieval
SIR: Serial InfraRed (HP)
SIR: Sicherheit im Rechenzentrum (TPS)
SIR: Statistical Information Retrieval
SIR: Sustained Information Rate (SMDS)
SIRENE: Supplementary Information REquest at the National Entry (SIS, Europe)
SIS: Schengen Information System (police, Europe)
SIS: Silicon Integrated Systems [corp.] (manufacturer, Taiwan)
SIS: Software Information Services
SIS: Stellen-Informations-Service (WWW)
SIS: Strategic Information System
SISAL: Streams and Iteration in a Single-Assignment Language
SISD: Single Instruction [stream], Single Data [stream] (CPU)
SIT: institut fuer SIchere Telekommunikation (GMD, org.)
SITD: Still In The Dark (telecommunication-slang)
SIWPS: Simple Internet White Pages Service (Internet)
SIZ: Sparkassen-Informatik-Zentrum (org., banking)
SJF: Shortest Job First
SKIA: Secure Key Issuing Authority (TESS)
SKIP: Simple Key-management for Internet Protocols (Internet, cryptography, Sun)
SLA: Service Level Agreement
SLAM: Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling
SLC: Service Level Contract
SLC: Simple Line Code [modulation]
SLD: Second Level DOMAIN (Internet, ICANN)
SLDC: Synchronous Data Link Control
SLDRAM: SyncLink Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM, RAM)
SLE: Screen List Editing
SLED: Single Large Expensive Drive
SLES: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (Linux, SUSE)
SLFP: Shared Frame Buffer Interconnect (ATI, Intel)
SLI: Scan Line Interleave (3D)
SLIC: Serial Link and Interrupt Controller (TSMP, Wyse)
SLIC: Subscriber Line Interface Circuit (PBX)
SLIP: Serial Line Internet Protocol (Internet, RFC 1055), "SL/IP"
SLMR: Silly Little Mail Reader
SLP: Service Location Protocol (IP)
SLP: Service Logic Program (IN)
SLP: Symposium on Logic Programming (conference)
SLQ: Super Letter Quality [fonts] (Star)
SLR: Scalable Linear Recording (Streamer, Tandberg)
SLS: Softlanding Linux System (Linux)
SLS: Storage Library System
SLSI: Super Large Scale Integration
SLT: Solid-Logic Technology
SLU: Secondary Logical Unit
SLU: Serial Line Unit
SM: Smart Media [card]
SM: Sparse Mode (PIM, Multicast)
SMA: Shared Memory Architecture
SMA: Standardization Management Activity
SMAE: System Management Application Entity (OSI)
SMAF: Service Management Agent Function (IN)
SMAP: System Management Application Process (OSI)
SMART: Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (HDD, IDE, Conner, IBM, Quantum, Seagate, WD), "S.M.A.R.T."
SMASE: System Management Application Service Element (OSI)
SMB: Server Message Block [protocol] (IBM, Intel, MS)
SMB: Small Medium Business and enterprise [market]
SMB: Standards Managing Board (PIMA, I3C)
SMB: System Management Bus
SMBA: Shared Memory Buffer Architecture (Intel)
SMBP: Sever Message Block Protocol
SMC: SCSI-3 Medium changer Commands (SAM, SCSI)
SMC: Standard Microsystems Corporation (manufacturer)
SMD: Storage Module Device
SMD: Surface Mounted Device
SMD: System Management Bus (Intel)
SMDAC: Single MAC Dual Attached Concentrator (FDDI, DAC, MAC)
SMDI: Storage Module Disk Interconnect
SMDL: Standard Music Description Language (ISO, IEC, CD 10743)
SMDR: Station Message Detail Recording
SMDR: Storage Management Data Requester (Novell, Netware, SMS)
SMDS: Switched Multimegabit Data Service (BELLCORE)
SMDSCNM: SMDS Customer Network Management (SMDS), "SMDS CNM"
SME: Society of Manufacturing Engineering (org., USA)
SME: Storage Management Engine (Novell, Netware, SMS)
SMF: Service Management Function (IN)
SMF: Single Mode Fiberoptic cable (FDDI)
SMF: Standard MIDI File (MIDI)
SMFA: Special / System Management Functional Area (OSI)
SMFF: Script Mathematical Formula Formatter
SMG: Special Mobile Group (GSM, org., mobile-systems)
SMI: Structure and identification of Management Information (OSI, RFC 1155/1902)
SMI: Sun Microsystems Inc. (manufacturer)
SMI: System Management Interrupt (SMB)
SMI: System Monitoring Interface (Informix, DB)
SMIL: Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (W3C, WWW)
SMIME: Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME, MS, Lotus, Qualcomm, RSA, cryptography), "S/MIME"
SMIS: Service-Marketing-InformationsSystem (MBAG)
SMIT: System Management Interface Tool (IBM, AIX)
SMK: Software Migration Kit
SMK: Structured Meta-Knowledge
SML: Service Management Layer (TMN)
SML: Shared Memory Link (TCP/IP)
SML: Siemens Modular Link
SML: Standard Machine Language
SML: Standard Meta Language
SMLNJ: Standard Meta Language / New Jersey, "SML/NJ"
SMM: System Management Mode (CPU)
SMM: System Manager's Manual (BSD, Unix)
SMP: Software Motion Picture (DEC)
SMP: Symmetric MultiProcessor [system] (SMP)
SMP: Symmetrisches MultiProzessor [system]
SMP: System Modification Program
SMPC: Shared Memory Parallel Computer (HPC)
SMPTE: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (org.)
SMPU: Switch Module Processor Unit
SMR: Source Maintainability and Reliability
SMR: Specialized Mobile Radio [systems]
SMRT: Signal Message Rate Timing
SMS: Service Management System
SMS: Short Message Service (GSM, mobile-systems)
SMS: Storage Management Services (Novell, Netware)
SMS: System Management Server (MS)
SMS: System-Managed Storage
SMSAC: Society of Management Science and Applied Cybernetics (org., India)
SMSC: Short Message Service Center (SMS, GSM, mobile-systems)
SMSCB: Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMS), "SMS CB"
SMSCEMI: Short Message Service Center External Machine Interface [protocol] (SMS)
SMSP: Storage Management Services Protocol (Novell, SMS)
SMT: Segment Table Map
SMT: Shared Memory Transport (X-Windows)
SMT: Station ManagemenT (FDDI)
SMT: Surface-Mount Technology
SMTA: Subordinate Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (RFC 821, TCP/IP)
SMUG: Seldom Met Users Group [book] (HP, HP 3000)
SMUX: SNMP MUltipleXing protocol (SNMP, MUX, RFC 1227)
SN: Sequence Number
SN: Serial Number
SN: Subscriber Number (MS-ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems)
SNA: Systems Network Architecture (IBM)
SNAC: SNA Network Access Controller (SNA, SDLC, IDS)
SNAC: SubNetwork ACcess [functions]
SNACP: [PPP] Systems Network Architecture Control Protocol (PPP, SNA, RFC 2043)
SNACP: SubNetwork ACcess Procedure (ISO, IS 8648, SNAC), "SNAcP"
SNADS: Systems Network Architecture Distribution Service (IBM, CCS)
SNAFU: Situation Normal All Fouled Up (telecommunication-slang)
SNAIP: [advanced] Systems Network Architecture/Internet Protocol (SNA, IP, RFC 1538), "SNA/IP"
SNAP: SubNetwork Access Protocol (LAN, ethernet)
SNAP: SubNetwork Attachment Point (IEEE 802.1a)
SNAP: System and Network Administration Program
SNCP: Single Node Control Point (IBM, SNA)
SNDC: SubNetwork Dependent Convergence [functions] (OSI)
SNDCP: SubNetwork Dependent Convergence Procedure (ISO, IS 8648, OSI, SNDC)
SNEPS: Semantic NEtwork Processing System (GNU, LISP), "SNePS"
SNF: Server Natural Format (Fonts, X)
SNF: Shared Network Facilities
SNG: Satellite News Gathering
SNI: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme [AG] (manufacturer)
SNI: SNA Network Interconnection (IBM, VTAM, SNA)
SNI: Subscriber Network Interface (SMDS)
SNIA: Storage Networking Industry Association (org., NAS, SAN)
SNIC: SubNetwork Independent Convergence [functions] (OSI)
SNICP: SubNetwork Independent Convergence Procedure (ISO, IS 8648, OSI, SNIC)
SNL: Sandia National Laboratories (org., USA)
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol (RFC 1157/1902, TCP/IP, IETF)
SNNS: Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator (IPVR, NN)
SNOBOL: StriNg Orientated symBOlic Language
SNP: SubNetwork Protocol
SNPA: Sub-Network Point of Attachment
SNPP: Simple Network Paging Protocol (RFC 1861, SMS)
SNR: Serial NumbeR (IMEI, GSM, mobile-systems)
SNR: Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SNRM: Set Normal Response Mode (SDLC, HDLC, ADDCP, LAPB)
SNRME: Set Normal Response Mode Extension (SNRME)
SNS: Secure Network Server
SNTP: Simple Network Time Protocol (RFC 2030)
SOA: Start Of Authority record (DNS)
SOA: State Of the Art (slang)
SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol (W3C, XML, HTML)
SOAP: Symbolic Optimizer and Assembly Program
SOB: Start Of Block
SOC: System-On-a-Chip
SOC: Systems and Option Catalog
SOCKS: SOCKet Secure
SOCO: Service Office/Central Office, "SO/CO"
SODA: Simplified OS for Distributed Applications (OS)
SODA: System Optimization and Design Algorithm
SODIMM: Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module (DRAM, DIMM)
SODIS: SOftware Dokumentations- und InformationsSystem
SOE: Standard Operating Environment
SOE: Standards of Excellence
SOEP: Secondary Operand Execution Pipeline (Motorola, CPU), "sOEP"
SOFABED: [davenport] Standard Open Formal Architecture for Browsable Electronic Documents
SOH: Section OverHead
SOH: Start Of Header
SOHO: Small Office / Home Office [market]
SOI: Silicon-On-Insulator [technology/wafer] (IC, IBM)
SOIF: Summary Object Interchange Format (WWW)
SOJ: Small-Outline J-lead [chip] (IC, DRAM)
SOL: Simulation-Oriented Language
SOLSA: Support of Localized Service Areas (ETSI), "SoLSA"
SOM: Self-Organizing Machine
SOM: Structured Object Method
SOM: System Object Model (IBM, ORB, CORBA)
SONDS: Small Office Network Data System
SONET: Synchronous Optical NETwork (FDDI, ATM, SDH)
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
SOS: Share Operating System (OS)
SOS: Sophisticated Opearting System (OS, Apple)
SOS: Standards and Open Systems
SOS: Support On Site
SOS: Symbolic Operating System (OS)
SOSP: System Operational and Support Plan
SOTA: State of the Art (slang)
SOX: Sound EXchange [software]
SP: Service Pack (MS, Windows NT)
SP: Service Provider (DMI)
SP: Signal Processor
SP: SPare (IMEI, GSM, mobile-systems)
SP: Speculative Precomputation
SP: Speech Processing
SP: Stack Pointer [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)
SP: Structured Programming
SP: System Product
SPA: Software Publishers Association (org., USA)
SPADE: Statistical Packet Anomaly Detection Engine (Snort, IDS)
SPAG: [european] Standards Promotion and Application Group (org., manufacturer, Europe)
SPAM: Send Phenomenal Amounts of Mail (Usenet, EMP, telecommunication-slang)
SPAM: Spiced Pork and hAM (Usenet, EMP)
SPANS: Simple Protocol for ATM Network Signalling (ForeRunner, ATM)
SPAP: Secure Password Authentication Protocol
SPAP: Shiva Password Authentication Protocol (PAP, 3Com)
SPARC: Scalable Processor ARChitecture (Sun)
SPARC: Standard Planning And Requirement Committee (ANSI, org.)
SPAT: Speech Pronounciation Analysis Training (Uni Mainz), "S.P.A.T."
SPC: SCSI-3 Primary Commands (SAM, SCSI)
SPC: Solution Partner Center (IBM)
SPC: Stored Program Command
SPC: Stored Program Control
SPCF: Service Point Command Facility (IBM)
SPCS: Stored Program Control Systems
SPD: Serial Presence Detect (EEPROM, SDRAM)
SPD: Software Product Description
SPD: Software Products Division
SPDEEPROM: Serial Presence Detect - Electronical Erasable Programmable Read Only MemorySerial Presence Detect (EPROM, IC, ROM), "SPD-EEPROM"
SPDIF: Sony/Philips - Digital Interface Format (audio, Sony, Philips), "S/P-DIF"
SPDL: Standard Page Description Language (ISO, IEC, IS 10180)
SPDN: Shared Private Data Network
SPDU: Session Protocol Data Unit (OSI, PDU, OSI/RM)
SPE: Symbolic Programming Environment
SPE: Synchronous Payload Envelope
SPEC: System Performance Evaluation Corporation (org., RISC)
SPF: Structured Programming Facility
SPI: SCSI-3 Parallel Interface (SAM, SCSI)
SPI: Security Parameter Index
SPI: Serial Peripheral Interface
SPI: Service Provider Interface (WOSA)
SPI: Software in the Public Interest, inc. (org.)
SPI: Software Products International (manufacturer)
SPICE: Scalable Parallel Intelligent Communications Engine
SPICE: Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis
SPICS: Spare Parts Inventory Control System (MBAG)
SPID: Service Profile IDentifier (ISDN)
SPID: Service Protocol IDentifier
SPIN: Sponsored Programs Information Network
SPKM: Simple Public-Key [GSS-API] Mechanism (GSS, RFC 2025)
SPL: Set Priority Level (Unix)
SPL: Simple Programming Language
SPL: Sun Public License (Sun)
SPL: Systems Programming Language (HP, MPE, ALGOL, HP 3000)
SPM: Session Protocol Machine (OSI, ISO 8327)
SPM: Set Program Mask
SPM: Software Performance Monitor
SPM: Source Program Maintenance
SPM: System Performance Monitor
SPM2: System Performance Monitor /2 (IBM, OS/2), "SPM/2"
SPN: Substitution Permutation Network (cryptography)
SPOF: Single Point Of Failure
SPOOL: Simultaneous Peripheral Operations OnLine
SPP: Scalable Parallel Processing (Intel)
SPP: Sequenced Packet Protocol
SPP: Serial Port Profile (Bluetooth)
SPP: Standard Parallel Port
SPPI: Structure of Policy Provisioning Information (RFC 3159)
SPR: Software Problem Report
SPS: SpeicherProgrammierbare Steuerungstechnik
SPS: String Processing System
SPS: Symbolic Programming System
SPSL: Special-Purpose Simulation Language
SPSS: Statistical Package of the Social Sciences
SPT: Sectors Per Track
SPT: Shortest Path Tree (PIM, ST, Multicast)
SPTS: Single Program Transport Stream
SPU: System Processing Unit
SPUCDL: Serial Peripheral Unit Controller/Data Link, "SPUC/DL"
SPUD: Storage Pedestal Upgrade Disk / Drive
SPUR: Supercomputing Program for Undergraduate Research
SPX: Sequenced Packet eXchange (Novell, Netware)
SQ: Shielded Quart [cable]
SQ: Signal Quality (MODEM)
SQA: Software Quality Assurance
SQD: Signal Quality Detector
SQFP: Shrink Quad Flat Package (CPU)
SQL: Structured Query Language (ISO 9075, DB, 4GL)
SQLCLI: SQL Call Level Interface (SAG, SQL), "SQL/CLI"
SQLDA: Structured Query Language Descriptor Area (SQL)
SQLDMO: SQL Distributed Management Objects (MS, SQL Server, OLE, DB)
SQLDS: Structured Query Language/Data System (IBM, VMS), "SQL/DS"
SQLJ: Structured Query Language - Java (SQL, Java, DB, ANSI, NCITS)
SQM: Software Quality Management
SR: Source Routing [bridging]
SR: Status Register (IC, assembler)
SRAM: Static Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, RL)
SRAT: Static Resource Affinity Table (ACPI)
SRB: Stream Request Block
SRC: Semiconductor Research Council (org., USA)
SRC: Standard Context Routing (MODACOM)
SRC: System Resource Controller (AIX, IBM)
SRD: Screen Reader System
SRD: Secondary Received Data
SRD: Send and Request Data (Feldbus)
SRDF: Symmetrix Remote Data Facility
SRE: Self Routing switch Element (ATM)
SRF: Science Research Foundation (org., UK)
SRF: Service Resource Function (IN)
SRF: Specifically Routed Frame
SRGB: Standardized Red Green Blue [colorspace] (RGB, Windows)
SRI: Stanford Research Institute (org., USA)
SRM: System Resources Manager
SRN: Source/Recipient Node (IBM)
SRP: Software Reuse Program
SRP: Source Routing Protocol (IBM)
SRPI: Server Requester Programming Interface (IBM, API)
SRPM: Scalable Reverse Path Multicast (Multicast)
SRQ: Service ReQuest (GPIB)
SRS: Sound Retrieval System (Digital audio)
SRT: Secure Request Technology (banking, cryptography, Java)
SRT: Signal Requests Terminal
SRT: Source Route Transparent [bridges] (ethernet, Token Ring, IEEE 802.1D)
SRT: Speech Reception Threshold
SRTS: Synchronous Residual Time Stamp
SRVIFS: SeRVer Installable File System (IBM)
SS: Single Sided [disk] (FDD)
SS: Spread Spectrum (WLAN)
SS: Stack Segment [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)
SSA: Serial Storage Architecture (IBM)
SSADM: Structured System Analysis and Design Method (DB)
SSAP: Session Service Access Point (SAP, LLC, OSI/RM)
SSAP: Source link Service Access Point (SAP, LLC)
SSAS: Station Signaling and Announcement System
SSB: Single SideBand
SSBA: Suite Synthetique des Benchmarks de l'AFFU (MP)
SSBAM: Single SideBand Amplitude Modulation
SSC: SCSI Stream Commands (SAM, SCSI)
SSC: Specialized Systems Consultants
SSCF: Service Specific Coordination Function (ATM)
SSCOP: Service Specific Connection Orientated Protocol (ATM)
SSCP: Service Switching & Control Point (IN)
SSCP: System Services Control Point (NAU, SNA, SSCP)
SSCPNS: System Services Control Point Network Services (SSCP)
SSCS: Service Specific Convergence Sublayer (ATM)
SSD: Solid State Disk (HDD, RAM)
SSDA: Synchronous Serial Data Adapter
SSDC: Stack Segment Descriptor Cache [register] (SS, Intel, CPU)
SSDD: Single-Sided/Double-Density [disk] (FDD), "SS/DD"
SSDD: Solid State Disk Drive
SSDU: Session Service Data Unit
SSE: Simple Screen Editor
SSE: Software Support Engineer
SSE: Streaming SIMD Extentions (Intel, Pentium, SIMD)
SSF: Service Switching Function (IN)
SSFDC: Solid State Floppy Disk Card (PCMCIA)
SSH: Secure SHell (Unix, Shell)
SSI: [Schwedisches Strahlenschutzinstitut] (Sweden, org.)
SSI: Server Side Include [script] (HTTPD, CGI)
SSI: Small Scale Integration
SSI: Software Systems Interface
SSIA: Subject Says It All (telecommunication-slang)
SSIMM: Single [RAS] Single Inline Memory Module (IC, RAS), "S-SIMM"
SSL: Secure Socket Layer (Netscape, RSA, WWW, cryptography)
SSLTLS: Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security (RSA, cryptography, TLS), "SSL/TLS"
SSM: Set System Mask
SSM: Simplified Storage Management (HSM)
SSM: Source Specific Multicast (IETF, WG, Multicast)
SSP: Service Switching Point (IN)
SSP: Silicon Switch Processor (Cisco)
SSP: Standard Printer Port
SSP: Structured Support Program
SSP: Switch to Switch Protocol (DLSW, RFC 1795)
SSP: System Stack Pointer
SSP: System Support Program (OS, IBM)
SSPI: Security Support Provider Interface
SSR: Solid-State Relay
SSSD: Single-Sided/Single-Density [disk] (FDD), "SS/SD"
SSSNA: Server to Server Systems Network Architecture (Banyan, VINES), "SS/SNA"
SST: Simple SIPP Transition (Internet, SIPP)
SST: South Sumatra Time [+0700] (TZ)
SSTP: Screened Shielded Twisted Pair [cable] (STP, TP), "S/STP"
ST: Seagate Technology (HDD)
ST: Segment Table / Type
ST: Shared Tree (PIM, SPT, CBT, Multicast)
ST2: [internet] STream protocol 2 (Internet, ATM, RFC 1819, Multicast)
STA: Spanning Tree Algorithm
STACS: Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (conference)
STAIRS: STorage And Information Retrieval System
STAM: Shared-Time Allocation Manager
STAR: Shareware Trade Association and Resources (org.)
STARS: Software Technology for Adaptable Reliable Systems
STB: Software Technical Bulletin
STC: Science and Technology Center (NSF, USA)
STC: Secure Transaction Channel (banking, V-One, cryptography)
STC: SeT Carry [flag] (assembler)
STC: Standard Transmission Code
STC: Sub-Technical Committee (ETSI)
STCIUR: Sub-Technical Committee International User Requirements (ETSI), "STC IUR"
STD: Secondary Transmitted Data
STD: SeT Direction [flag] (assembler)
STD: State Transition Diagram
STD: Subscriber Trunk Dialing
STD: Suspend To Disk (BIOS, ACPI)
STDA: StreetTalk Directory Assistance (Banyan, VINES)
STDIN: STandarD INput
STDM: Synchronous Time Division Multiplexer
STDOUT: STandarD OUTput
STE: Section Terminating Equipment (SONET)
STE: Secure Terminal Equipment
STE: Spanning Tree Explorer
STE: Standard Terminal Equipment
STEP: STandard for the External representation / Exchange of Product data definition (ISO, DP 10303, CAD)
STF: Specialist Task Forces (ETSI)
STFT: Short Time Fourier Transformation
STI: SeT Interrupt [flag] (assembler)
STI: Standard Tape Interface
STII: [internet] STream protocol II (RFC 1819)
STING: Software Technology Interest Group (CERN, org.)
STIX: SmallTalk Interface to X (GNU)
STL: Standard Template Library
STLP: Secure Transport Layer Protocol
STM: Synchronous Transfer Mode (ATM, SDH)
STM: System Master Tape
STM1: Synchronous Transport Mode 1 (ATM, STM, SDH)
STN: Scientific and Technical Network (network, JICST, FIZ)
STNLCD: SuperTwisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), "STN-LCD"
STOC: Symposium on Theory Of Computing (conference)
STONE: STructured and OpeN Environment (FZI Karlsruhe, Germany)
STORM: Statistically-Oriented Matrix Program
STP: Selective Tape Print
STP: Service Transaction Program (IBM)
STP: Shielded Twisted Pair [cable] (TP)
STP: Signaling Transfer Point (IN)
STP: Software Technology Park
STP: Software Through Pictures, "StP"
STP: Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1)
STP: System Training Program
STR: Synchronous Transmit Receive
STRD: STatistical Reference Datasets (NIST), "StRD"
STS: Synchronous Time Stamps (SDH)
STS: Synchronous Transport Signal
STS3C: Synchronous Transport System - level 3 Concatenated (SDH), "STS-3c"
STT: Secure Transaction Technology (MS, banking)
STT: Surface Tunnel Tansistor (IC, DRAM, NEC)
STTL: Standard Transistor-Transistor Logic (TTL)
STU: Secure Telephone Unit
STV: Sprint Telecommunications Venture (org.)
STX: Start of TeXt
SU: Screening Units
SU: Selectable Unit
SU: Signalling Unit
SU: Storage Unit
SU: Switch User (Unix)
SUA: Single User Account [feature] (Internet, NAT)
SUDS: Software Update and Distribution System
SUG: Sun User's Group (org., Sun, user group)
SUGA: Swedish User Group of Amiga (user group, Sweden)
SUGD: Sun User's Group Deutschland (Sun, org., user group)
SUMC: Space Ultrareliable Modular Computer (RCA)
SUNET: Swedish University NETwork
SUNONE: Sun Open Network Environment (Sun, ONE)
SUNOS: SUN Operating System (Sun, OS, SPARC), "SunOS"
SUNVIEW: SUN's Visual Integrated Environment for Workstations (Sun, GUI)
SURANET: Southeastern Universities Research Association NETwork (network, USA), "SURAnet"
SURF: System Utilization Reporting Facility
SUS: Single Unix Specification (Unix)
SUSE: Software Und SystemEntwicklung [distribution] (Linux), "S.u.S.E."
SUSP: System Use Sharing Protocol
SUT: System Under Test
SUTP: Screened Unshielded Twisted Pair [cable] (UTP, TP), "S/UTP"
SUTT: Single User Test Tools
SV: StandortVerteiler (cable, EN 50 173)
SVA: Shared Virtual Area
SVABI: System V Application Binary Interface (Unix, AT&T, SCD)
SVC: SuperVisor Call (IBM, VM, VM/ESA)
SVC: Switched Virtual Circuit / Channel / Connection (ATM, PVC)
SVC: Switched Vitual Call / Circuit (IBM, X.25)
SVCD: Super Video Compact Disk (CD)
SVCI: Switched Virtual Circuit Identifier (SVC, ATM)
SVD: Schweizerische Vereinigung fuer Datenverarbeitung (org., Switzerland)
SVD: Simultaneous Voice/Data
SVD: Supplementary Volume Descriptor (CD, IS 9660)
SVE: Simple Virtual Environment
SVFS: System V File System (Unix)
SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics [format] (W3C, XML)
SVGA: Super Video Graphics Array (VGA)
SVID: System V Interface Definition (Unix, AT&T, SCD)
SVIP: Secure Voice Improvement Program
SVK: Self Voicing Kit (IBM, Java)
SVMT: System Virtual Memory Table (BS2000)
SVP: SerVice Provider (ETSI, ETSI 201 671), "SvP"
SVPC: Single Variable Per Constraint
SVPMI: Super VGA Protected Mode Interface (VESA)
SVR3: System V Release 3 (Unix, OS, AT&T)
SVR4: System V Release 4 (Unix, OS, AT&T)
SVS: Single Virtual Space (IBM, OS, OS/SVS)
SWAN: Secure WAN ??? (RSA), "S/WAN"
SWAN: Sun Wide Area Network (Sun, WAN)
SWAP: Shared Wireless Application Protocol (HomeRF Association, WAP, WLAN)
SWAP: Simple Workflow Access Protocol
SWEDAC: [Staatliches Amt fuer Technische Akkreditierung] (Sweden, org.)
SWI: SoftWare Interrupts (RISC, OS)
SWICO: Schweizerischer Wirtschaftsverband der Informations-, Communikations- und Organisationstechnik (org., Switzerland)
SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (org., banking)
SWIM: Super Woz' Integrated Machine
SWISH: Simple Web Indexing System for Humans (WAIS, WWW)
SXGA: Super eXtended Graphics Adapter / Array
SYMM: SYnchronized MultiMedia working group (WAI)
SYSAD: SYStem ADministrator, "SysAd"
SYSEX: SYStem EXecutive (OS, IBM, S/360)
SYSOP: SYStem OPerator (BBS), "SysOp"

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T1: [digital] Transmission link 1 [1.544 Mbit/s] (DS1)
T2: [digital] Transmission link 2 [6.312 Mbps] (DS2)
T3: [digital] Transmission link 3 [44.736 Mbps] (DS3)
T4: [digital] Transmission link 4 [274.176 Mbps] (DS4)
TA: TerminalAdapter (ISDN)
TA: Transmitter Address (FPK)
TAAI: Taiwanese Association for Artificial Intelligence (org., Taiwan, AI)
TAC: Technical Assistance Center (Cisco)
TAC: Terminal Access Circuit
TAC: Terminal Access Controller (ARPANET, MILNET)
TAC: Type Approval Code (IMEI, GSM, mobile-systems)
TACACS: Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (RFC 1492)
TACS: Total Access Communication Service (mobile-systems)
TACTIS: Thai API Consortium / Thai Industrial Standard [codeset] (API, TIS)
TADI: Time Assigned Data Interpolation
TADIL: TActical Digital Information Link (mil.)
TADS: Test and Debug System
TAE: Telekommunikations-AnschlussEinheit (Telekom)
TAF: Terminal Access Facility
TAFIM: Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management (JIEO, mil.)
TAG: Technical Advisory Group (PIMA, I3C)
TAIS: Technisch-Administratives InformationsSystem
TAIS: Toshiba America Information Systems [inc] (manufacturer, USA, Toshiba)
TAL: TeilnehmerAnschlussLeitung (telecommunication)
TALAE: TALigent Application Program (Taligent), "TalAE"
TALDE: TALigent Development Environment (Taligent), "TalDE"
TALISMAN: Tracing Authors' rights by Labelling Image Services and Monitoring Access Network [project] (Europe)
TALOS: TALigent Object Services (Taligent), "TalOS"
TAMINO: Transaction Architecture for Managing InterNet Objects (DBMS, DB, Internet)
TAN: Table / Total Area Network
TAN: TransAction Number (banking)
TANJ: There Ain't No Justice (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
TANSTAAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
TAO: Topics, Associations, Occurences (XTM)
TAO: Track At Once (CD-R)
TAP: Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol (SNPP, PCIA, SMS, USA)
TAP: Terminal Access Point (cable)
TAP: Test Access Port (IC, IEEE 1149.1)
TAP: The Ada Project
TAP: Transport und Archivierung Produktdefinierender daten (org., DIN, STEP, CIM)
TAPI: Telephony Application Program Interface (Intel, MS, WOSA, CTI)
TAR: Tape ARchiver (Unix)
TAS: Tag Abuse Syndrome (SGML, HTML, slang)
TASI: Time-Assigned Speech Interpolation
TASM: Turbo ASseMbler (Borland, assembler)
TAT: Theoretical Arrival Time (GCRA)
TB: Tabular Bayes' [algorithm]
TB: TeraByte
TB: Transparent Bridging
TBC: Time Base Corrector (video)
TBCP: Tagged Binary Control Protocol (Adobe, PS)
TBR: Technical Basis for Regulations (ISDN)
TC: Task Committee (IFIP)
TC: Technical Committee (ISO, OASIS, ...)
TC: Terminal Computer
TC: Terminal Controller
TC: Transaction Capabilities
TC: Transfer Control
TC: Transmission Control
TC: Transmission Convergence
TCA: information technology & TeleCommunications Association (org.)
TCA: Taipei Computer Association (org., Taiwan)
TCAF: Thin Client Application Framework (Java, LDAP, IBM)
TCAM: TeleCommunications Access Method (IBM, telecommunication)
TCAP: Transaction Capabilities Applications Part (MSC, GSM, IN, mobile-systems)
TCB: Task Control Block (BS2000)
TCC: Telecommunications Center
TCF: Transparent Computing Facility
TCFS: Transparent Cryptographic FileSystem (Linux, cryptography)
TCH: Traffic CHannel (GSM, mobile-systems)
TCI: Test Cell Input (UNI, ATM)
TCK: Test ClocK (TAP, IC)
TCL: Tool Command Language
TCLTK: Tool Command Language/ToolKit (TCL, X-Windows), "TCL/TK"
TCM: Thermal Conduction Module
TCM: Time Compression Multiplexer
TCM: Trellis Coded Modulation
TCNS: Thomas Conrad Network System (LAN)
TCO: Test Cell Output (UNI, ATM)
TCO: Tjaenstemaennens CentralOrganisation (Sweden, org.)
TCO: Total Cost of Ownership
TCOS: Telesec Chipcard Operating System (OS)
TCP: Tape Carrier Package (CPU)
TCP: Test Coordination Procedure
TCP: Transmission Control Protocol (ARPANET)
TCPACO: TCP Alternate Checksum Option (RFC 1146, TCP), "TCP-ACO"
TCPBEUI: Transmission Control Protocol BIOS Extended User Interface (NETBIOS, TCP, UI)
TCPC: The Clean Personal Computer group (org., manufacturer, Grafikkarten)
TCPIP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (RFC 793, IP), "TCP/IP"
TCPLDP: TCP extensions for Long Delay Paths (RFC 1072, TCP)
TCS: Transmission Convergence Sublayer (ATM)
TCSEC: Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (Orange Book, NCSC)
TCSH: Trustedi C SHell (Unix, Shell)
TCU: Tape Control Unit
TCU: Timing Control Unit
TCU: Transmission Control Unit
TD: Transmit Data (MODEM)
TDA: TestDatenAuswerter (IC)
TDB: Task DataBase
TDB: Track Descriptor Block (UDF, CD-R)
TDC: Tape Data Controller
TDC: Terrestrial Data Circuit
TDCC: Transportation Data Coordinating Committee (org., USA)
TDD: Telecommunications Device for Deaf
TDD: Time Division Duplex (mobile-systems)
TDDSG: TeldeDienstDatenSchutzGesetz telecommunication, IUKDG, Germany
TDED: Trade Data Elements Directory (ISO 7372)
TDG: TeleDienstGesetz telecommunication, IUKDG, Germany
TDI: Test Data Input (TAP, IC)
TDI: Trusted Database Interpretation (DB)
TDJ: Transfer Delay Jitter
TDM: Telekom Designed Networks (Telekom)
TDM: Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA: Time Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems)
TDMS: Terminal Data Management System
TDN: Telekom Designed Network
TDNN: Time Delay Neural Net (NN)
TDO: Test Data Output (TAP, IC)
TDOS: Tape and Disk Operating System (OS, RCA Spectra 70)
TDP: Telocator Data Protocol (PCIA, SMS, USA)
TDP: Triton Data Path (Intel, Triton, IC)
TDR: Time DOMAIN Reflectometer (cable)
TDS: Tabular Data Strean [protocol] (Sybase)
TDSCDMA: Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems)
TDSL: Telekom Digital Subscriber Line (Telekom, Germany), "T-DSL"
TDSV: Telekommunikation-DatenSchutzVerordnung (BMWI)
TDU: Telesoftware Data Unit (BTX)
TE: Terminal Equipment
TEA: Telekommunikations-Anschluss-Einheit (Telekom)
TEAMA: Taiwanese Electric Appliance Manufacturer's Association (org., Taiwan)
TEC: Text Encoding Converter (Apple)
TECO: Tape / Text Editor and COrrector (MIT)
TEDAX: TExt DAta eXchange [protocol] (MacOS)
TEDIS: Trade Electronic Data Interchange Systems (EDI, Europe)
TEI: Text Encoding Initiative [application] (SGML)
TELAS: TELephony Application System (CTI, SNI)
TELEVAS: Telephony Value Added Services (WAP), "TeleVAS"
TELIS: TEileLogistik-InformationsSystem (MBAG)
TELNET: TELephone NETwork (Unix, Internet, RFC 854)
TELNETD: TELephone NETwork DAEMON (Unix, TELNET, DAEMON)
TEN: TransEuropean Networks (network)
TERENA: Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association (org., Netherlands, Europe)
TERMCAP: TERMinal CAPability (Unix)
TERMINFO: TERMinal INFOrmation (Unix)
TES: Technology Enabled Marketing
TESS: The Exponential Security System (RFC 1824)
TEXEL: TEXture ELement
TF: Trace Flag (assembler)
TFCC: Task Force on Cluster Computing (IEEE, Org)
TFE: Thin Film Electronics (manufacturer, Norway, Sweden)
TFI: Terminal Facility Identifier (T-Online)
TFLOPS: Tera FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU)
TFM: Trusted Facility Manual
TFP: Tops Filing Protocol
TFS: Translucent File System
TFT: Task File Table (BS2000)
TFT: Thin Film Transistor (LCD)
TFTP: Trivial File Transfer Protocol (UDP, RFC 1350/1782/1783/1784/1785)
TFTR: Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TGC: Terminal Group Controller
THAMA: Trident Hardware-Assisted MPEG-2/AC-3 (Trident, MPEG, DVD, AC-3)
THD: Total Harmonic Distortion (audio)
THDN: Total Harmonic Distortion plus Noise (audio), "THD+N"
THE: Technische Hoogeschool Eindhoven (OS), "T.H.E."
THE: The Hessling Editor
THENET: Texas Higher Education NETwork (network, USA), "THEnet"
THT: Token Holding Timer (FDDI, Token Ring)
TI: Technical Interchange (conference, IBM)
TI: Texas Instruments (manufacturer)
TIA: Telecommunications Industries Associations (org.)
TIA: Thanks In Advance (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
TIA: The Internet Adapter [software]
TID: Technical Information Document (Novell)
TID: Touch Interactive Display
TIDL: Tool Integration Description Language (JCF)
TIE: Terminal Interface Equipment
TIES: Time Independent Escape Sequence (MODEM)
TIFF: Tag / Tagged Image File Format (Aldus)
TIGA: Texas Instruments Graphics Adapter (Texas Instruments)
TIIAP: Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (USA)
TIL: Tech Info Library (Apple, WWW)
TIM: Token Interface Module (Token Ring)
TINA: Telecommunication Information Network Agent (IN)
TINA: Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture (IN)
TINAC: TINA Consortium (org., IN, TINA), "TINA-C"
TINC: There Is No Cabal! (slang, Usenet, Linux, Debian)
TINYTP: Tiny Transport Protocol (IRDA)
TIP: Terminal Interface Processor (ARPANET)
TIP: Transputer Image Processing
TIPC: Texas Instruments Personal Computer (TI)
TIPHON: Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (ETSI, WG)
TIPS: Truevision Image Paint Software (TI)
TIS: Thai Industrial Standard
TIS: Tools Interface Standard (SCO, Unix)
TISN: Tokyo International Science Network (network)
TITN: ??? (manufacturer, France)
TK: TeleKommunikation
TK: Temporal Key (FPK)
TKIP: Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (WEP, WLAN)
TKO: TeleKommunikationsOrdnung
TKV: TeleKommunikationsVerordnung
TL: Transform and Lighting (3D), "T&L"
TLA: Three Letter Acronym (slang)
TLAP: Token ring Link Access Protocol (LAP)
TLB: Translation Lookaside Buffer (CPU)
TLD: Top Level DOMAIN (Internet, ICANN)
TLG: TeleDiensteGesetz Germany
TLI: Transport Layer Interface
TLI: Transport Level Interface (AT&T)
TLN: Trunk Line Network
TLP: Transmission Level Point
TLS: Thread Local Storage
TLS: Transport Layer Security [protocol] (SSL)
TLSP: Transport Layer Security Protocol (ISO)
TLV: Type - Length - Value
TLVTTL: Terminated Low Voltage Transistor Transistor Logic
TM: TeleMail (BBS, Berlin, Germany, telecommunication)
TM: Terminal Manager (Bull, DSA)
TM: Tools for MIME (EMACS, GNU, MIME)
TM: TradeMark
TM: Traffic Management
TM: Transaction Monitor (TP)
TM: Turing Machine
TMA: Thinfilm Micromirror Array
TMC: Taiwan Mycomp Corporation (manufacturer)
TMC: Thinking Machines Corporation (manufacturer)
TMC: Traffic Message Channel
TMCC: Time-Multiplexed Communication Channel
TMCL: Topic Map Constraint Language (XTM, TMQL)
TMDB: Tivoli Management Data Base (Tivoli, DB)
TMDS: Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (VESA, LCD)
TMDS: Transmission Minimized Digital Signal
TME: Telocator Message Entry [protocol] (SNPP)
TME: Tivoli Management Environment (Tivoli)
TMF: Tivoli Management Framework (Tivoli)
TMF: Transaction Monitoring Facility (DB, Tandem)
TMG: TestMusterGenerator (IC)
TMG: The Master Genealogist
TMN: Telecommunication Management Network (IN)
TMP: Test Management Protocol
TMPDU: Test Management Protocol Data Unit (ISO 9646-1, PDU), "TM-PDU"
TMQL: Topic Map Query Language (XTM, TMCL)
TMR: Transient Memory Record
TMR: Triple Modular Redundancy
TMS: Telecommunications / Telephone Management System
TMS: Test Mode Select (TAP, IC)
TMS: Time Multiplexed Switch
TMS: Truth Maintenance System (AI)
TMSC: Tape Mass Storage Control (DEC)
TMSCP: Tape Mass Storage Control Protocol
TMSI: Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (MM, GSM, mobile-systems)
TMSS: [LambdaManager] Terabit MultiService Switch (Lucent, LambdaXtreme)
TMTOWTDI: There's More Than One Way To Do It (slang, PERL)
TMU: Time Measurement Unit
TMUX: Transport MUltipleXing protocol (RFC 1692), "TMux"
TN: Terminal Node
TNC: Terminal Node Controller
TNC: Threaded Neill Concelman [connector]
TNEF: Transportation Neutral Encapsulation Format (MAPI, MIME, MS)
TNFS: Trusted Network File System (NFS)
TNL: Technical NewsLetter (IBM)
TNLCD: Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), "TN-LCD"
TNPC: Taiwanese New Pc Consortium (org., Taiwan)
TNS: Transit Network Selection
TNTC: Too Numerous To Count (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
TNVIP: TelNet Visual Information Projection [protocol] (TELNET, VIP, RFC 1921)
TOB: T-Online Billing (T-Online)
TOC: Table Of Contents (CD)
TODS: Transactions on Database Systems (ACM, DB)
TOEM: Technical Original Equipment Manufacturer
TOFU: Text Oben, Full-quote Unten (telecommunication-slang, Usenet)
TOKREUI: TOKen-Ring Extended User Interface (IBM, Token Ring)
TOMS: Transactions on Mathematical Software (ACM)
TOOIS: Transactions on Office Information Systems (ACM)
TOOL: [conference on] Technology of Object-Orientated Languages and Systems (OOP, conference)
TOP: Technical and Office Protocols
TOP: The OS-9 Project (OS-9)
TOPICS: Total On-Line Program and Information Control System
TOPLAS: Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (ACM)
TOPS: Timesharing / Total OPerating System (DEC, OS)
TOS: Tape Operating System (OS, RCA Spectra 70)
TOS: Teletype Operating System (OS, Microdata)
TOS: The Operating System (Atari, OS)
TOS: Tramiel Operating System (Atari, OS)
TOS: Type Of Service (IP)
TOS360: Tape ??? Operating System /360 (IBM, S/360, OS), "TOS/360"
TOT: Totally Off-Topic (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
TP: Transaction Processing
TP: Turbo Pascal (Borland)
TP: Twisted Pair [cable] (LAN)
TP0: Transport Protocol class 0 (OSI)
TP4: Transport Protocol class 4 (OSI)
TPA: Third Party Applications
TPA: Transient Program Area (DOS)
TPC: Transaction Processing Council (org., manufacturer, DB)
TPC: Transmission Power Control (HiperLAN/2)
TPCC: Third Party Call Control
TPD: Technical Product Documentation
TPDDI: Twisted Pair Distributed Data Interface (FDDI, STP, Chipcom)
TPDU: Transport Protocol Data Unit (OSI, OSI/RM, PDU, ICC)
TPE: Twisted Pair Ethernet (ethernet)
TPF: Transaction Processing Facility (IBM, MVS/XA)
TPI: Tracks Per Inch (HDD)
TPM: Transactions-Per-Minute
TPMS: Transaction Processing Management System
TPPMD: Twisted Pair Physical layer Medium Dependent (FDDI), "TP-PMD"
TPQ: True Phone Quality (CAT)
TPRM: ??? (Sun)
TPS: TeleProcessing Systeme [gmbh] (provider)
TPS: Transaction Processing System
TPS: Transactions Per Second (DB, DBMS)
TPT: Twisted Pair Transceiver
TPU: Turbo Pascal Unit (TP, Borland)
TPW: Turbo Pascal for Windows (Borland)
TR: Task Register (CPU, Intel, assembler, IC)
TRAP: Tandem Recursive Algorithm Process
TREC: Texture and Rendering Engine Compression (???)
TRIB: Transfer Rate of Information Bits
TRIF: Tiled Raster Interchange Format
TRIP: Telephony Routing over IP (IP, RFC 3219)
TRIPS: Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property rightS (GATT)
TRIZ: Teorija Reschenija Isobretatelskich Zadatsch
TRM: Technical Reference Model
TRMM: Token Ring Management Module (Token Ring)
TROFF: Typesetter New Run-OFF (Unix)
TROLI: Token Ring Optimized Link Interface (Token Ring)
TRON: The Realtime Operating system Nucleus
TRP: Token Ring serial Port
TRR: Token Ring Repeater
TRT: The Right Thing (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
TRT: Token Rotation Timer (FDDI, Token Ring)
TS: Time Slot
TS: Time Stamp
TS: Traffic Shaping
TS: Transport Stream
TS: TriState (IC)
TSA: Target Service Agent (Novell, Netware, SMS)
TSA: Telecommunication Society of Australia (org., Australia)
TSANET: Technical Support Alliance NETwork (org., manufacturer, Lotus, Oracle, HP, ...), "TSANet"
TSAP: Transport Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)
TSAPI: Telephony Server Application Programmer Interface (AT&T, Novell, API)
TSC: Triton System Controller (Intel, Triton, IC)
TSD: ??? (color system)
TSDU: Transport Service Data Unit (OSI, OSI/RM)
TSE: [Windows] Terminal Server Edition] (Windows, MS)
TSE: Technical Support Engineer (Sun)
TSE: TestSteuerEinheit (IC)
TSEE: Technical System Engineering Environment (Westmount, CASE)
TSI: Time Slot Interchanger
TSIG: Trusted Systems Interoperability Group (org.)
TSM: Text Service Manager (Apple)
TSM: Time Sharing Monitor (OS, IBM)
TSM: Topology Specific Module (ODI)
TSMC: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (manufacturer, Taiwan)
TSMP: True Symmetric MultiProcessor
TSN: Task Sequence Number (BS2000)
TSO: Telecommunications Service Order
TSO: Time Sharing Option
TSOCMS: Time Sharing Option/Conversational Monitor System (IBM, VME), "TSO/CMS"
TSOE: Time Sharing Option/ ??? (IBM), "TSO/E"
TSOP: Thin Small Outline Package (DRAM, IC)
TSP: Texture and Shading Processor (IC, Graphik)
TSP: Time Synchronization Protocol
TSP: Travelling Salesman Problem
TSP1: Test Synchronization Protocol 1+ (TTCN, ETSI), "TSP1+"
TSPI: TAPI Service Provider Interface (TAPI)
TSR: Terminate and Stay Resident
TSS: Task State Segment (Intel)
TSS: Time-Sharing System
TSSDC: Task State Segment Descriptor Cache (CPU)
TSTN: Triple SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD)
TSTS: Transaction and Switching and Transport Services (BELLCORE)
TSW: TeleSoftWare (T-Online)
TSX: TimeSharing eXecutive (OS, IBM, IBM 1800)
TTCN: the Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (OSI, IUT)
TTF: TrueType Font
TTFN: Ta-Ta For Now (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
TTL: TietoTekniikan Liitto [ry] (org., Finland)
TTL: Time To Live (IP)
TTL: Transistor Transistor Logic
TTML: Tagged-Text Markup Language (Nokia, mobile-systems)
TTP: Tiny Transmission Protocol (IRDA, IRLMP)
TTP: Trusted Third Parties (cryptography)
TTRP: Time Token Rotation Protocol (FDDI)
TTRT: Target Token Rotation Time (FDDI)
TTS: Text To Speech [system]
TTS: Transaction Tracking System (DB, Netware)
TTS: Trouble Ticketing System
TTY: TeleTYpe
TUB: Technische Universitaet Berlin (org.)
TUBA: TCP and UDP with Bigger Addresses (TCP, UDP, RFC 1347)
TUC: Total User Cell count (UNI)
TUCD: Total User Cell Difference (UNI)
TUG: TeX User's Group (org., user group, TeX)
TUI: Text-Based User Interface (UI)
TUM: Technische Universitaet Muenchen (org.)
TUNIS: Toronto UNIversity System (OS)
TUP: Telephone User Path (ISDN)
TUT: Transistor Under Test
TVOL: TV OnLine cable service (WorldGate, Internet)
TVOS: Terminal Velocity Operating System (3drealms)
TVS: Transparent Voice Signalling (VOFR)
TVST: TeilnehmerVermittlungsSTelle (Telekom), "TVSt"
TWAIN: Technology Without An Important Name
TWB: Terrestrial Wide-Band [networking]
TWINKLE: The Weizman INstitute Key Locating Engine (cryptography)
TWIP: [one] TWentIeth of a Point [1 inch = 72 points] (DTP)
TWOS: Time Warp Operating System (OS, Hypercube)
TXTRR: TXT Resource Record (DNS, RFC 1035), "TXT-RR"
TZ: Time Zone (Internet, TZ)

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UA: Unnumbered Acknowledgement
UA: Upgrade Advantage (MS)
UA: User Agent (MHS, OSI)
UAA: UnternehmensAnwendungsArchitektur (IM)
UAAG: User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (WAI)
UAB: Unix Appletalk Bridge (Apple, AppleTalk, Unix)
UAC: Universal Access Control (IBM)
UADPS: Uniform Automatic Data Processing System
UADSL: Universal Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (DSL, ADSL)
UAE: Unknown / Unrecoverable Application Error (Windows)
UAF: User Authorization File
UAPDU: User Agent Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
UART: Universal Asynchronous Receive and Transmit
UAS: UnAvailable Seconds (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)
UAWG: Universal ADSL Working Group (Org, ADSL, DSL)
UBA: UniBus Adapter (DEC)
UBE: Unsolicited Bulk Email (spam, Internet, UCE)
UBL: Universal Business Language (OASIS)
UBNI: Ungermann-Bass Network Interface
UBR: Unspecified Bit Rate (ATM, CBR, VBR, ABR, QOS)
UC: Universal Code (Internet, DOMAIN)
UCC: Uniform Commercial Code
UCE: Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (Usenet, spam, UBE)
UCI: User-Computer Interface
UCLA: University of California at Los Angeles (org., USA)
UCLAVM: UCLA Virtual Machine (OS, UCLA, VM), "UCLA VM"
UCP: Universal Computer Protocol (SMS, Europe)
UCR: Under Color Removal (DTP)
UCS: Universal [multiple-octet] coded Character Set (ISO, IEC, DIS 10646, Unicode)
UCS: Universal Classification System
UCSB: University of California at Santa Barbara (org. USA)
UCSD: University California San Diego (org., USA)
UDB: Universal DataBase [server] (IBM, DB)
UDC: Universal Decimal Classification
UDDI: Universal Description, Discovery and Integration of business for the web (org., WWW)
UDF: Universal Disc Format (CD, OSTA)
UDF: User Defined Function
UDK: UmweltDatenKatalog (NUIS-SH)
UDLI: ??? [hardware description language] (HDL), "UDL/I"
UDMA: Ultra Direct Memory Access (DMA, ATA)
UDO: User Defined Objects
UDP: Usenet Death Penalty (Usenet, spam)
UDP: User Datagram Protocol (Internet, RFC 768)
UDPIP: User Datagram Protocol / Internet Protocol, "UDP/IP"
UDRP: Uniform [DOMAIN-name] Dispute Resolution Policy (ICANN)
UDSL: Universal Digital Subscriber Line
UDT: User-defined DataType (DB)
UDVM: Universal Data Voice Multiplexer
UE: User Equipment (mobile-systems, UMTS, GSM)
UEIDE: Ultra Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE, HDD)
UEV: User End of Volume
UFS: Universal File System
UFS: Unix File System (Unix)
UFST: Universal Font Scaling Technology (Agfa)
UHA: Ultra High Aperture [ratio] (LCD, TNLCD)
UHC: United Hitech Corporation (manufacturer, Taiwan)
UHCI: Universal Host Controller Interface (USB, Intel, VIA, OHCI)
UHF: Ultra High Frequency
UHL: User Head Label
UI: Unix International (manufacturer, Unix)
UI: User Interface
UIC: User Identification Code
UID: Unit IDentifier (cryptography, EES)
UID: User IDentification
UIDL: Unique ID Listing (POP3, RFC 1939)
UIL: User Interface Language
UIMS: User Interface Management System
UIN: Universal Identification Number (ICQ)
UIS: UmweltInformationsSystem
UISRM: User Interface System Reference Model
UKERNA: United Kingdom Education and Research Networking Association (org., UK)
UKOLN: United Kingdom Office for Library and information Networking (org.)
ULA: Uncommitted Logic Array
ULANA: Unified Local Area Network Architecture
ULCC: University of London Computer Center (org., UK)
ULP: Upper Layer Protocols (FC)
ULS: User Location Interface
ULSI: Ultra Large Scale Integration
ULV: Ultra Low Voltage
UMA: Unified Memory Architecture
UMA: Universal Measurement Architecture (Unix, X/Open)
UMA: Upper Memory Area (Intel)
UMADS: Universal Measurement Architecture Data Storage (UMA)
UMB: Upper Memory Block (Intel, UMA)
UMC: United Microelectronics Corporation (manufacturer)
UME: UNI Management Entity (UNI, ILMI)
UML: Unified Method Language (CASE)
UML: Unified Modelling Language (OOP)
UMS: Unified Messaging System
UMTS: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (IN, mobile-systems)
UNA: Universal Network Architecture
UNARP: UNsolicited Address Resolution Protocol (ARP, RFC 1868)
UNC: Universal Naming Convention (IBM, MS, Novell, LAN)
UNCEFACT: United Nations CEFACT (org.), "UN/CEFACT"
UNCID: UNiform rules of Conduct for Interchange of Trade data by teletransmission (EDIFACT)
UNCLE: Unix Net for Computer security in Law Enforcement (org., USA, Unix), "U.N.C.L.E."
UNEDIFACT: United Nations EDIFACT (ISO 9735, EDIFACT), "UN/EDIFACT"
UNGTDI: United Nations Guidelines for Trade Data Interchange (UN/EDIFACT, predecessor), "UN/GTDI"
UNI: Universal Network Interface (Cogent)
UNI: User Network Interface
UNITE: Ubiquitous aNd Integrated Teamwork Environment (SIT)
UNIVAC: UNIVersal Automatic Computer
UNMA: Unified Network Management Architecture
UNSM: United Nations Standard Message, (UN/EDIFACT)
UNTDED: United Nations Trade Data Elements Directory (EDIFACT)
UNTDID: United Nations Trade Data Interchange Directory (EDIFACT)
UP: Uni Processor [system]
UPA: Ultra Port Architecture (Sun, SMP)
UPAM: User Primary Access Method (BS2000)
UPC: Universal Product Code (EAN)
UPC: Usage Parameter Control (UNI, ATM)
UPD: UserParameterDaten (DDBAC)
UPL: User Program Language
UPM: Umdrehungen Pro Minute (HDD)
UPM: User Profile Management (IBM)
UPN: Umgekehrte Polnische Notation
UPNP: Universal Plug 'N Play (PNP), "UPnP"
UPP: Universal Procedure Pointer (AE, Apple)
UPPS: Universal Portable Protocol Stack / Support (Schneider & Koch)
UPS: Uninterruptible Power Supply
UPS: Unix Print Services (Unix)
UPT: Universal Personal Telecommunications [number] (IN, mobile-systems)
UPT: Universelle Personengebundene Telekommunikation (IN)
URA: Uniform Resource Agent (WWW)
URB: USB Request Block (USB)
URC: Uniform Resource Citation (WWW)
URC: Uniform Resources Characteristics (URI, WWW)
URI: Universal Resource Identifier (WWW, RFC 1630)
URL: Uniform Resource Locator (WWW, RFC 1738)
URN: Uniform Resource Name (WWW, RFC 1737)
URSN: Unique Resource Serial Number (URI, WWW)
US: Unit Separator (BTX, VPCE)
USA: United Software Association (org., USA)
USACNII: US Advisory Council on the National Information Infrastructure (org., USA)
USART: Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter (IC)
USB: Universal Serial Bus (Intel, USB)
USBDDK: Universal Serial Bus Driver Development Kit (USB, DDK), "USB-DDK"
USCP: Unicos Station Call Processor [protocol] (Cray, MPP)
USD: User's Supplementary Documents (BSD, Unix)
USDC: Universal Switched Data Capability [consortium] (LCD, org.)
USDN: United States Digital Network
USEC: User-based SECurity [model] (SNMP)
USENET: USErs' NETwork (Internet)
USF: Uplink State Flag (GPRS, mobile-systems)
USG: Universal Subscriber Gateway (Nomadix)
USG: Unix Support Group (org., Unix)
USIM: Universal Subscriber Identity Module (mobile-systems, UMTS)
USITA: United States Independent Telephone Association (org., USA)
USL: Unix Systems Laboratories (AT&T, Unix)
USMTF: United States Message Text Format (USA)
USN: Update Sequence Number
USP: User Stack Pointer
USR: U.S. Robotics (manufacturer)
USR: User Service Routines
USRT: Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter (IC)
USSD: UnStructured Supplementary Services (GSM, mobile-systems)
USSP: User Space Serial Port (Bluetooth)
USTA: United States Telephone Association (org., USA)
USV: Unterbrechungsfreie Strom-Versorgung
USWC: Uncached Speculative Write Combining (CPU)
UT: Universal Time [+0000] (TZ, GMT)
UT: Upper Tester
UTC: Universal Time Coordinated (DCE)
UTC: Universal Time Coordinates [+0000] (TZ, GMT)
UTF: UCS Transformation Format (Unicode, UCS)
UTI: Universal Text Interchange
UTL: User Trailer Label
UTLB: Unified Translation Look-aside Buffer (CPU)
UTM: Universal Transaction Monitor
UTM: Universeller TransaktionsMonitor (BS2000, Sinix, TP)
UTMS: Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UTOPIA: Universal Test & Operations Physical layer Interface for ATM (PL, ATM)
UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair [cable] (TP)
UTRAN: UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UMTS, mobile-systems)
UTS: Universal Timesharing System
UTSL: Use The Source, Luke (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
UTTC: Universal Tape-To-Tape Converter
UUCICO: Unix to Unix Copy Incoming Copy Outgoing (Unix)
UUCP: Unix to Unix Copy Protocol (Unix)
UUG: Unix User Group (org., Unix, user group)
UUID: Universal Unique IDentifier
UUNET: Unix to Unix NETwork (org., ISP)
UUT: Unit-Under-Test
UVL: User Volume Label
UW: Ultra Wide [SCSI] (SCSI)
UXGA: Ultra eXtended Graphics Adapter

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VA: Virtual Acoustic
VAC: Visual Age C++ (IBM)
VACS: Visual Access Control System (SNI, CCD)
VAD: Value Added Driver
VAD: Voice Activity Detection (GSM, mobile-systems)
VADD: Value Added Disk Driver
VADD: VisualAge Developper Domain (IBM)
VAFC: VESA Advanced Feature Connector (VESA)
VAG: VRML Architecture Group (org., VRML)
VAGI: VESA Advanced Graphic Interface (VESA)
VAIO: Video Audio Integrated Operation (Sony)
VAJ: VisualAge for Java (Java, IBM)
VAM: Verband der Anbieter von Mobilfunkdiensten (org.)
VAMAS: Versailles project on Advanced Materials And Standards (ISO)
VAN: Value Added Network
VANS: Value Added Network Services
VAP: Value Added Process (Netware, NLM, predecessor)
VAPI: Virtual [ISDN] Application Programming Interface (ISDN, CAPI, API)
VAPI: Voyetra Applications Program Interface (API)
VAR: Value-Added Reseller
VAROS: VAriable Refraction Optical System (Canon)
VAS: Value Added Services
VASCAR: Visual Average Speed Computer And Recorder
VAST: Virtual Archive Storage Technology
VAT: [UDF] Virtual Allocation Table (UDF, CD-R)
VATM: Verband der Anbieter von Telekommunikations- und Mehrwertdiensten Org., telecommunication, Germany
VAX: Virtual Address eXtension (DEC, VAX)
VAXELN: Virtual Address eXtension ??? (OS)
VB: Visual BASIC (MS, BASIC, VB)
VBA: Visual BASIC for Applications (MS, BASIC, VB)
VBE: VGA standard BIOS Extensions (VESA, VGA, BIOS)
VBE: Visual BASIC Editor (MS, VB)
VBIDE: Visual BASIC Integrated Development Environment (MS, VB)
VBN: Vermittelndes Breitband-Netz
VBNS: Very highspeed Backbone Network Service (NSF, ATM), "vBNS"
VBR: Variable Bit Rate (ATM, CBR, ABR, UBR, QOS)
VBRNRT: Variable Bit Rate - Non Real Time (VBR, ATM), "VBR-NRT"
VBRRT: Variable Bit Rate - Real Time (VBR, ATM), "VBR-RT"
VBS: Visual Basic Script (MS, BASIC, VB)
VBX: Visual Basic eXtensions (MS)
VC: Virtual Channel / Circuit (ATM)
VC: Virtual Console
VCA: Voltage Controlled Amplifier (audio)
VCC: Virtual Channel Connection (ATM)
VCD: Video Compact Disk (CD)
VCF: Voltage Controlled Filters
VCI: Video Cursor Interface (VESA)
VCI: Virtual Channel Identifier (ATM)
VCI: Virtual Channel Identifier (ATM)
VCI: Virtual Connection Identifier (ATM)
VCL: Virtual Channel Link (UNI, ATM)
VCL: Visual Class Library (StarOffice)
VCL: Visual Component Library (Borland, Delphi)
VCM: Windows Conflict Manager (MS, Windows)
VCO: Voltage Controlled Oscillator
VCOS: Visible Caching Operating System (DSP)
VCP: Vector Control Processor
VCPI: Virtual Control Program Interface (DOS, Intel)
VCQ: Vibrant Colour Quality (Matrox)
VCS: Virtual Circuit System
VCSDRAM: Virtual Channel - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC, NEC), "VC-SDRAM"
VCSEL: Vertical-Cavity Surface Emitting LASER
VDAFS: Verband Deutscher Automobilhersteller FlaechenSchnittstelle (DIN, CIM)
VDASEDAS: Verband Deutscher Automobilhersteller / Standardisiertes Einheitliches DatenAustauschSystem (EDI), "VDA/SEDAS"
VDD: Virtual Display Driver
VDE: Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker [e.v.] (org.)
VDI: Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (org.)
VDI: Video Device Interface (Intel)
VDI: Virtual Device Interface
VDIF: VESA Display Information File (VESA)
VDM: Virtual DOS Machine (OS/2, Windows NT, DOS)
VDMA: Virtual Direct Memory Access (DMA)
VDMAD: Virtual Direct Memory Access Device (VDMA, DMA)
VDS: Virtual DMA Services (DMA)
VDSL: Very high data / bit rate Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
VDT: Video Display Terminal
VDU: Visual Display Unit
VDV: Vorbestellte DauerwaehlVerbindung (Telekom)
VE: Virtual Environment (VR)
VEC: Virtual Embedded Circuitry (IC)
VEG: Very Evil Grin (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
VERA: Just playing around, huh?
VERNET: Virginia Educational Research NETwork (network, USA), "VERnet"
VERONICA: Very Easy Rodent-Orientated Netwide Index of Computerized Archives (Internet)
VERP: Variable Envelope Return Path (SMTP)
VES: Virtual Execution System (MS, CLR, .NET)
VESA: Video Electronics Standards Association (org.)
VEST: VAX Environment Software Translator (VAX, DEC)
VF: Vacuum Flourescent [technology]
VFAT: Virtual File Allocation Table (MS, Windows 95)
VFC: V. Fast Class (MODEM), "V.FC"
VFEA: VMEbus Futurebus+ Extended Architecture
VFIR: Very Fast IRDA (IRDA)
VFS: Virtual File System [layer] (Unix, Linux, OSF/1)
VFW: Video fuer Windows (MS), "VfW"
VG: Volume Group (LVM)
VGA: Video Graphics Array (IBM)
VGB: Virtual GameBoy
VGDA: Volume Group Descriptor Area (AIX, LVM, IBM)
VGF: 100VoiceGrade anylan Forum (manufacturer)
VGI: Virtual Graphics Interface
VHDCI: Very High Density Cable Interconnect (SCSI)
VHDL: VHSIC Hardware Description Language (ASIC)
VHF: Very High Frequency
VHRCD: Very High Resolution Color Display
VHSIC: Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
VI: VIsual editor (Unix)
VIA: VAX Information Architecture (VAX, DEC)
VIAD: VESA Image Area Definition (VESA)
VIC: V.35 Interface Cable (cable)
VIC: Vendor Independent ??? (VIM)
VICE: VersatIle Commodore Emulator
VICI: Visual Interface ConsortIum (org.)
VID: Voltage IDentification
VIDL: VIrus Description Language, "ViDL"
VIF: Virtual Interrupt Flag (Intel, CPU)
VIFA: Victoria Free-Net Association (org., USA)
VILE: VI Like EMACS (Unix, VI, EMACS)
VIM: Vendor Independent Messaging (Lotus, Borland, IBM, Novell, API)
VIM: VI Improved (VI, Unix)
VIMF: Vierer [kabel] In MetallFolie (VDE, SQ), "ViMF"
VINCE: Vendor Independent Network Control Entity
VINES: VIrtual NEtwork Software (Banyan, VINES, NOS)
VIO: Virtual Input/Output
VIP: Visual Information Projection [terminal] (Bull)
VIP: VLB - ISA - PCI [board] (VLB, ISA, PCI)
VIPNET: Voice Interactive Paging Network (network, MAN), "VIP-Net"
VIQR: VIetnamese Quoted-Readable [specification] (VISCII, RFC 1456)
VIR: Visual Information Retrieval (DB, Informix)
VIROS: VIRtual memory Operating System (DEC, OS)
VIS: Verlaessliche InformationsSysteme (GI)
VIS: Virtual Instruction Set (Sun, CPU)
VIS: Visual Interactive Simulation
VISCII: VIetnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange
VISYON: Variables Intelligentes Synchrones Optisches Netz (SNI, SDH)
VITAL: VHDL Initiative Toward ASIC Libraries (ASIC, VHDL)
VITC: Vertical Interval Time Code (video)
VK: VideoKonferenz
VKI: Verteilte Kuenstliche Intelligenz (KI, DAI)
VLA: Volume Licence Agreement (Novell)
VLAN: Virtual Local Area Network (LAN, IEEE 802.1q)
VLB: VESA Local Bus (VESA)
VLD: Variable Length Decoder (MPEG)
VLDB: Very Large DataBase (DB)
VLF: Very-Low-Frequency Band
VLF: Virtual Lookaside Facility (IBM)
VLIW: Very Long Instruction Word (CPU, IC)
VLM: Virtual Loadable Module (Novell, Netware)
VLM: Volume Logical Module (IBM, OS/2)
VLR: Visitor Location Register (LR, GSM, GPRS, mobile-systems)
VLSI: Very Large Scale Integration
VLSM: Variable Length Subnet Mask (Internet)
VM: Virtual Machine (IBM, OS, IBM 370, ESA, IBM 390)
VM: Virtual Memory (OSF)
VMA: Virtual Memory Address
VMB: Virtual Machine Boot (IBM, OS/2)
VMC: VESA Media Channel (VESA)
VMCF: Virtual Machine Communications Facility (IBM, VM)
VMCMS: Virtual Machine / Conversational Monitoring System (IBM, VM), "VM/CMS"
VMD: Virtual Manufacturing Device (MMS)
VME: Virtual Machine Environment (IBM, VM)
VMESA: Virtual Machine / Enterprise Systems Architecture (IBM, VM, ESA, CMS), "VM/ESA"
VMM: Virtual Machine / Memory Manager (IBM, VM)
VMOS: Vertical Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC), "V-MOS"
VMP: Virtual MultiPorting (POWER, CPU)
VMS: Virtual Memory [operating] System (DEC, OS)
VMS: Voice Mail System (GMS)
VMS: Voice Management System
VMSP: Virtual Machine / System Product (IBM, VM), "VM/SP"
VMT: Virtual Method Table
VMTP: Versatile Message Transaction Protocol (RFC 1045)
VMTSS: Virtual Machine Time-Sharing System (IBM)
VMU: Visual Memory Unit (Sega, Dreamcast)
VNA: Virtual Network Architecture (ATM)
VNA: Virtual Network Architecture (Ungermann-Bass)
VNC: Virtual Network Computer
VNC: Virtual Network Computing (AT&T, Linux)
VNCA: VTAM Node Control Application (IBM, VTAM)
VNF: Virtual Network Feature
VNL: Via Net Loss plan
VNLF: Via Net Loss Factor
VNSM: VINES Network and Systems Management (Banyan, VINES)
VO: Virtual Organization
VOB: Video OBject [format] (DVD, video)
VOBS: Video OBject Set (VOB, DVD, video)
VOBU: Video OBject Units (ILVU, DVD, video)
VOD: Video On Demand
VOFR: Voice Over Frame Relay
VOI: Verband Optischer Informationssysteme (org.)
VOICE: Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education (OS/2, user group)
VOIP: Voice Over IP (IP, Internet, CTI)
VOL: Voice-Over-IP (IP, Internet)
VON: Voice On the Net [coalition] (USA, Internet)
VOODOO: Versions Of Outdated Documents Organized Orthogonally (Mac)
VOP: Voice Over Packet [processor] (Improv, IC), "VoP"
VORTEX: Varian Omnitasking Real Time EXecutive (???) (OS, Varian)
VOS: Virtual machine Operating System (OS, MTS)
VOS: Virtual Operating System (OS, Stratus)
VP: Virtual Path (ATM)
VP: Virtual Processor (Amiga, AMIGADE)
VPA: VAX Performance Advisor (DEC, VMS, VAX)
VPC: Virtual Path Connection (ATM, VP)
VPCD: Videotex Presentation Control Element (BTX, VPDE)
VPCI: Virtual Path Connection Identifier (VP, ATM)
VPD: Vital Product Data
VPDE: Videotex Presentation Data Element (BTX)
VPDN: Virtual Private Data Network
VPE: Video Port Extensions (video)
VPFN: Virtual Page Frame Number (Linux, PFN)
VPI: Virtual Path Identifier (ATM, VP)
VPI: Virtual Private Internet (TradeWave)
VPICD: Virtual Programmable Interrupt Controller Device (PIC), "VpicD"
VPL: Virtual Path Link (UNI, ATM)
VPL: Visual Programming Languages
VPL: Voxel Public License
VPMI: Virtual Protected Mode Interface
VPN: Virtual Private Network
VPP: Value Purchase Plan (Adobe)
VPRT: Verband Privater Rundfunk und Telekommunikation Org., Germany
VPSD: VIA Platform Solutions Devision
VPSD: VIA Platform Solutions Division
VPT: Virtual Path Terminator (UNI, ATM)
VPU: Video Processing Unit
VPU: Visual Processing Unit (IC, SIMD, 3Dlabs)
VPUG: Ventura Publishing User Group (org., DTP, user group)
VQC: Vibrant Color Quality (Matrox)
VR: Virtual Reality
VR: Virtual Route (SNA, PSDN)
VR: Virtuelle Realitaet
VRAI: Virtual Reality Annual International [symposium] (IEEE, conference)
VRAM: Volatile Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
VRC: Vertical Redundancy Check
VRD: Virtual Retinal Display (VR)
VRG: Vertical Replacement Gate (IC, MOSFET)
VRI: [Nederlandse] Vereniging van Registerinformatic (org. Netherlands)
VRM: Virtual Resource Manager
VRM: Voltage Regulation Module (IC)
VRML: Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VR, ISO/IEC 14772, W3C)
VROOMM: Virtual Realtime Object Oriented Memory Manager (OOP)
VRS: Voice Response System
VRTX: Versatile Real Time eXecutive (OS)
VS: VINES Security (Banyan, VINES)
VS1: Virtual System - 1 (IBM, OS, OS/VS-1), "VS-1"
VSA: Virtual Server Architecture
VSA: Voodoo Scalable Architecture (3dfx)
VSAM: Virtual Sequential Access Method (SAM)
VSAM: Virtual Storage Access Method
VSAT: Very Small Aperture Terminal
VSCE: Videotex Service Control Element (BTX, VPDE)
VSD: Vendor Specific Driver
VSE: Virtual Storage Extended (IBM)
VSEA: Visual Studio Enterprise Architect [edition] (MS, XML)
VSED: Visual Studio Enterprise Developer [edition] (MS, XML)
VSEESA: Virtual Storage Extended/Enterprise Systems Architecture, "VSE/ESA"
VSESP: Virtual Storage Extended/System Product (IBM), "VSE/SP"
VSI: Verband der SoftwareIndustrie deutschlands [e.v.] (org.)
VSI: Virtual Socket Interface alliance (org., ASIC, RL)
VSM: ??? (Norm f. Tastatur)
VSM: Virtual Storage Management
VSN: Volume Serial Number (BS2000)
VSO: Variable Speed Operation (VXA, Streamer)
VSP: Virtual Single Processor
VSR: Voice Storage and Retrieval
VSS: Visual Source Safe (VB, MS)
VSS: Voice Storage System
VST: VermittlungsSTelle (Telekom), "VSt"
VST: Virtual Studio Technology (Steinberg, audio)
VSU: Video Service Unit
VT: Virtual Terminal (DEC)
VT100: Virtual Terminal 100 (DEC), "VT-100"
VTAM: Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (IBM, SNA)
VTAME: Virtual Telecommunications Access Method Entry (VTAM)
VTD: Virtual Tape Device
VTI: Virtual Terminal Interface
VTM: Verband der Telekommunikationsnetz- und Mehrwertdiensteanbieter (org.)
VTOC: Volume Table of Contents
VTOS: Virtual Technology Operating System (OS, Tandy, TRS-80)
VTP: Virtual Terminal Protocol
VTS: Video Teleconferencing System
VTS: Virtual Terminal Service (OSI)
VU: Virtual User
VUD: Verband der Unterhaltungssoftwareindustrie Deutschlands (org.)
VUDA: VESA Unified Graphics Architecture (VESA)
VUE: Visual User Environment (HP)
VUI: Virtual User Interface (AMS, UI)
VUMA: VESA Unified Memory Architecture (VESA)
VUMASBE: VESA Unified Memory Architecture - System BIOS Extension (VESA), "VUMA-SBE"
VUP: VAX Units of Performance (VAX, DEC), "VUPs"
VUP: Version UPgrade (MS)
VV: Virtuelle Verbindung
VVIDD: VESA Video Interface for Digital Displays (VESA, LCD)

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W2K: Windows 2000 (Windows, MS)
W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (WWW, org.)
WABI: Windows Application Binary Interface (MS, Windows)
WAI: Web Accessibility Initiative (WWW, W3C, WAI)
WAI: Web Application Interface (WWW, Netscape)
WAIS: Wide Area Information Service (Internet)
WAITS: Westcoast Alternative to ITS
WAM: Warren Abstract Machine (PROLOG)
WAM: Web Application Manager (MS, Windows)
WAMIS: Wireless, Adaptive and Mobile Information Systems (ESTO)
WAN: Wide Area Network
WAND: Wide Area Network Distribution (WAN)
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol (mobile-systems, WLAN)
WAP: Wissenschaftliche ArbeitsPlatzrechner
WASP: Web stAndardS Project (WWW, W3C)
WAT: West Africa Time [-0100] (TZ)
WATS: Wide Area Telephone Service
WB: WorkBench (Amiga, Commodore)
WBC: Wide Band Channel (FDDI)
WBEM: Web Based Enterprise Management [protocol] (DMTF, BMC, Cisco, Compaq, Intel, MS)
WBI: Web Browser Intelligence (WWW, IBM)
WBS: WissensBasierte Systeme (KI)
WC: WildCard multicast route entry (PIM, Multicast)
WC: Word Count (Unix)
WCAG: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WAI)
WCB: Write Combining Buffer (CPU)
WCCE: World Conference on Computers in Education (IFIP, conference)
WCDMA: ??? Code Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems)
WCDMAFDD: ??? Code Division Multiple Access - Frequency Division Duplex (UMTS, mobile-systems), "WCDMA-FDD"
WCDMATDD: ??? Code Division Multiple Access - Time Division Duplex (UMTS, mobile-systems), "WCDMA-TDD"
WCGA: World Computer Graphics Association (org.)
WCMS: Web Content Management Software / System (CMS)
WCS: Writable Control Store (VAX, DEC)
WD: Western Digital [corporation] (manufacturer)
WD: Working Draft
WDK: Word Developers Kit (MS)
WDL: Windows Driver Library (MS, Windows)
WDL: World Definition Language
WDM: Wavelength Division Multiplexing [protocol]
WDM: Windows / Win32 Driver Model (MS, Windows)
WDMCSA: Windows Driver Model Connection and Streaming Architecture (MS, Windows, WDM)
WDP: WatchDog Process
WDS: WatchDog Server
WDT: Watch Dog Timer
WDT: Western [european] Daylight Time [+0100] (TZ, WET)
WEBDAV: Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WWW, HTTP, RFC 2518), "webDAV"
WECA: Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (org., WLAN, LAN)
WEEB: Western Europe EDIFACT Board (org., EDIFACT), "WE/EB"
WEFT: Web Embedding Font Tool (MS, WWW)
WELL: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Net (network)
WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WLAN)
WESTNET: WESTern regional NETwork (network, USA), "Westnet"
WET: Western European Time [+0000] (TZ, WDT)
WFC: Wait for Caller (BBS)
WFC: Windows Foundation Classes (MS, Java, API)
WFM: Wired For Management (Intel), "WfM"
WFM: Works For Me (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
WFMC: WorkFlow Management Coalition (org.), "WfMC"
WFQ: Weighted Fair Queueing (VOIP)
WFW: Windows For Workgroups (MS), "WfW"
WG: Working Group (SC, ISO, IEC, ETSI)
WHCA: White House Communications Agency (DISA)
WHIIG: Windows Hardware Instrumentation Implementation Guidelines (MS, Windows)
WHOLIS: World Health Organization Library Information System (org., UNO)
WHOSIS: World Health Organization Statistical Information System (org., UNO)
WHQL: Windows Hardware Quality Lab (MS, Windows, PC97)
WIA: Windows Image Aquisition (MS, Windows, API, DDI)
WIDD: Web InformationsDienst Deutschland (WWW, Neuss, Germany)
WIF: Web Interface Facility (WWW, MVS, OS/390)
WIFI: WIreless FIdelity [certificate] (WECA), "WiFi"
WIM: Wireless Identity Module (WAP, cryptography)
WIMAN: WIreless Metropolitan Area Network
WIMP: Window, Icon, Menu, Pointing device
WIN: WIssenschaftsNetz (network, DFN)
WINHEC: WINdows Hardware Engineering Conference (MS, Windows, conference), "WinHEC"
WINLAB: Wireless Information Network LABoratory (org., STC, USA)
WINS: Windows Internet Naming Service (MS, Windows NT)
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization (org.)
WISC: Wisconsin Integrally Synchronized Computer
WISE: World-wide Information System for r&d Efforts (WWW, IGD)
WISIA: Wissenschaftliches InformationsSystem fuer den Internationalen Artenschutz (WWW)
WISPR: Wireless ISP Roaming (WLAN, ISP, org., WECA), "WISPr"
WITT: Workstation Interactive Test Tool (IBM)
WIZOP: WIzard sysOP, "WizOp"
WKS: Well Known Services (DNS, Internet)
WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network (LAN, WLAN)
WLANA: Wireless Local Area Network Alliance (org., WLAN, LAN)
WLBS: Windows Load Balancing Service (MS, Windows NT)
WLIF: Wireless LAN Interoperability Forum (org., WLAN, LAN)
WLL: Wireless Local Loop
WLO: Windows Libraries for OS/2 (MS, IBM, API, OS/2, Windows)
WLO: Windows Library Objects
WLOG: Without Loss Of Generality
WLP: Wafer Level Packaging
WLS: White Line Skip (Fax)
WMA: Windows Media Audio [CODEC] (MS, Windows, audio, CODEC)
WMI: Windows Management Instrumentation / Interface (MS, Windows, WMI, CIM)
WML: Wireless Markup Language (mobile-systems, WAP, XML)
WMRM: Windows Media Rights Manager (MS, Windows)
WMS: Warehouse Management System (DB)
WMS: Workflow Management Systems
WMV: Windows Media Video [CODEC] (MS, Windows, video, CODEC)
WNIM: Wide area Network Interface Module
WNM: Wireless Network Management (CA, Unicenter)
WNPP: Work-Needing and Prospective Packages (Linux, Debian)
WON: World-O-Networking (BeOS)
WORDIA: WORD Internet Assistant (MS)
WORM: Write Once Read Many (CD)
WOSA: Windows Open System Architecture (MS)
WOSAXCEM: WOSA eXtensions for Control, Engineering and Manufacturing (WOSA, MS)
WOSAXFS: WOSA eXtensions for Financial Services (WOSA, MS), "WOSA X FS"
WOSAXRT: WOSA eXtensions for Real-Time market data (WOSA, MS)
WOSC: World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics (org., France)
WOW: Windows On Windows
WP: Word Perfect
WPS: Windows Printing System (MS, Windows)
WPS: Word Processing Software
WPS: WorkPlace Shell (OS/2, IBM, Shell)
WQL: WMI Query Language (MS, Windows, WMI)
WRAM: Window Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Samsung, Matrox)
WRB: Web Request Broker (Oracle, WWW)
WRT: Whitewater Resource Toolkit (Windows, TPW)
WRT: With Respect To (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
WS: Web Server (Corel)
WS4B: Web Services for Browser (WWW)
WSCM: Web Services Component Model (OASIS, WWW)
WSDL: Web Services Description Language (WWW)
WSEB: Warp Server E-Business (IBM, OS/2), "WSeb"
WSF: Work Station Feature (IBM)
WSF: Work Station Function (IN)
WSFL: Web Services Flow Language (WWW)
WSH: Windows Scripting Host (MS, Windows, COM, WSH)
WSIA: Web Services for Interactive Applications (OASIS, WWW)
WSP: Wireless Session Protocol (WAP, mobile-systems)
WSP: Workstation Security Package
WSS: Windows Sound System (Windows, audio)
WSTK: Web Service ToolKit (IBM, WWW)
WSXL: Web Services Experience Language (WWW)
WTC: Windows Terminal Controller
WTF: What / Where / Who / Why The Fuck (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
WTH: What / Where / Who / Why The Hell (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)
WTLS: Wireless Transport Layer Security [protocol] (TLS, WAP)
WTP: Wireless Transport Protocol (WAP, mobile-systems)
WTS: Web Transaction Security (WWW)
WTX: Wokstation Technology eXtended [format]
WVNET: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing (network, USA)
WVSO: WiederVerwendbare SoftwareObjekte
WWDC: World Wide Developer Conference (Apple)
WWIMS: Worldwide Warning Indicator Monitoring System (mil.)
WWMCCS: Worldwide Military Command and Control System (mil., predecessor, GCCS)
WWOLS: World Wide On-Line System (mil.)
WWW: World Wide Waiting (slang)
WWW: World Wide Web (Internet)
WYGIWYNTYH: What You Get Is What You Never Thought You Had (slang)
WYSBYGI: What You See Before You Get It (DTP)
WYSIWIS: What You See Is What I See
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get (DTP)

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X11: X window System version 11 (X-Windows)
XA: eXtended Architecture (IBM, VM, ESA, VM/ESA, XC)
XAA: Xfree86 Acceleration Architecture (X-Windows)
XACML: eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (OASIS, XML)
XACT: Xante's Accurate Calibration Technology (Xante), "X*ACT"
XAPIA: X.400 API Association (org., X.400, API)
XBP: XBase Parts (Xbase/2, OS/2, DB)
XBRL: Extensible Business Reporting Language (XFRML)
XC: eXtended Configuration (IBM, ESA, VM)
XCBL: XML Common Business Library (XML), "xCBL"
XCCI: X Common Client Interface (X-Windows), "X CCI"
XCEM: eXtensions for Control, Engineering and Manufacturing (API, MS, Windows)
XCHS: eXtended Cylinder Head Sectors (EIDE)
XCMOS: eXtended CMOS (IC, CMOS)
XCMS: X Color Management System (X-Windows), "Xcms"
XCOFF: eXtended Common Object File Format (Unix)
XCRL: extensible Customer Relationships Language (OASIS, CIQ, CRML), "xCRL"
XCUTS: X Commands and Utilities Test Suite (X/Open)
XDM: X Display Manager (X-Windows)
XDMCP: X Display Manager Control Protocol (X-Windows)
XDR: eXternal Data Representation (ONC, RPCL, Sun, RFC 1832)
XDS: Xeros Data Systems (manufacturer, Xerox)
XES: Xerox Engineering Systems (Xerox)
XFCB: Extended File Control Block
XFE: X Front End (X-Windows)
XFN: X/open Federated Naming (X/Open)
XFRML: Extensible Financial Reporting Markup Language (XBRL)
XFS: eXtended File System (JFS, SGI, Unix)
XG: eXtended General MIDI (Yamaha, MIDI)
XGA: eXtended Graphics Adapter (IBM, PS/2)
XHTML: eXtended HyperText Markup Language (HTML, WWW, XML)
XID: [SNA] eXchange IDentifier (SNA)
XIE: X Image Extension (X-Windows)
XINU: XINU Is Not Unix (OS)
XIOS: eXtended Input/Output System (Novell, Netware)
XKMS: XML Key Management Specification (XML, W3C)
XLINK: XML LINKing language (XML)
XMAPI: eXtended Messaging Application Program Interface (API)
XMF: eXtensible Music Format (MMA, MIDI)
XMI: eXtended Memory Interconnect (DEC)
XMI: XML Metadata Interchange [format]
XML: eXtensible Markup Language (WWW, XML)
XMLSS: XML Spreadsheet Scheme (XML, MS, Excel)
XMM: eXtended Memory Manager (DOS, LIM)
XMMS: X MultiMedia System (X-Windows)
XMP: X/open Management Protocol (X/Open, X-Windows)
XMS: eXtended Memory Specification (DOS, LIM)
XMS: eXtended Multiprocessor operating System (OS)
XN: eXecution Node
XNS: Xerox Network Services / Systems / Standard (Xerox, XNS)
XNSCP: [PPP] XNS IDP Control Protocol (RFC 1764, Xerox, XNS, PPP, XNS, IDP)
XNSIDP: Xerox Network Services - Internet Datagram Protocol (Xerox, Internet, XNS), "XNS-IDP"
XNSITP: Xerox Network Services/Internet ??? Protocol (Xerox, XNS), "XNS/ITP"
XOFF: eXchange OFF (MODEM)
XON: eXchange ON (MODEM)
XOT: X.25 Over TCP (Cisco, X.25, TCP, RFC 1613)
XP: [Windows] eXPerience (MS, Windows, OS)
XP: eXtreme Programming
XPC: X Performance Characterization [group] (GPC, X-Windows)
XPG: X/open Portability Guide (X/Open, X-Windows)
XPGR3: X/open Portability Guide Release 3 (X/Open, X-Windows)
XPP: eXtrem Processor Platform (MPP)
XPS: eXPert System (AI, XPS)
XPS: eXtended Parallel Server (DB, Informix)
XPSB: X - Protocol Stream Benchmark (XPC, X-Windows)
XRIP: eXtended ??? Routing Information Protocol (Novell, Netware)
XRN: eXpandable Resilient Networking (3Com, LAN)
XRT: eXtensions for Real-Time market data (API, MS, Windows)
XSD: eXtra Space Design [monitor] (Philips)
XSDT: eXtended System Description Table (ACPI)
XSL: eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XML, XSL)
XSLFO: XML Stylesheet Language - Formatting Objects (XML, XSL), "XSL-FO"
XSLT: eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSL, XML)
XSMD: eXtended Storage Module Driver interface
XT: eXtended Technology (IBM, PC)
XTI: X/open Transport Interface (X/Open, X-Windows)
XTM: XML Topic Map (XML, KM, XTM)
XTP: eXpress Transport Protocol
XUI: X-windows User Interface (UI, X-Windows)
XUIDL: X-Unique-ID-Listing. (UIDL, POP3), "X-UIDL"
XUL: XML-based User interface Language (XML, Netscape, Mozilla, AOL)
XUMA: eXpertensystem UMweltgefaehrlichkeit von Altlasten (XPS)
XVT: eXecutive Vector Table (BS2000)

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-- Y --

Y2K: [Year 2000] [problem] (slang)
YAAS: Yet Another Acronym Server (WWW)
YABA: Yet Another Bloody Acronym (slang)
YACC: Yet Another Compiler Compiler (Unix)
YADE: Yet Another DSSSL Engine (DSSSL)
YAFIYGI: You asked for it, you got it (Usenet, IRC, telecommunication-slang)
YAHOO: Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle (WWW)
YASOS: Yet Another Scheme Object System
YAST: Yet Another Setup Tool (Linux, SUSE), "YaST"
YAUN: Yet Another Unix Nerd
YAY: Yet Another YACC (YACC, Bull)
YCPS: Yale Center for Parallel Supercomputing (org., USA, HPC)
YHTWFWYWTS: You Have To Wait For What You Want To See (slang, WYSIWYG)
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary (slang)
YSM: Yourdon Structured Method
YST: Yukon Standard Time [-0900] (TZ)

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-- Z --

ZAK: Zero Administration Kit (ZAW, MS, Windows NT)
ZAPP: Zero Assignment Parallel Processor
ZAW: Zero Administration initiative for Windows (MS, Windows NT)
ZBR: Zone Bit Recording
ZC: Zone Co-ordinator (FidoNet)
ZCAV: Zone Constant Angular Velocity
ZCLV: Zoned Constant Linear Velocity (DVD, DVD-RAM)
ZCV: Zortech Class Viewer (Zortech)
ZDS: Zenith Data Systems (manufacturer)
ZDVA: Zentrale DatenVerarbeitungsAnlage [des bundes]
ZE: Zentraleinheit (CPU)
ZEAS: ZEntrales AbsatzanalyseSystem (MBAG)
ZEBES: Zentrales teile-BEstandsSteuerungssystem (MBAG)
ZEDAT: ZentralEinrichtung DATenverarbeitung (FUB, Org)
ZEDIS: ZEntrales teile-DispositionsSystem (MBAG)
ZEPRAS: ZEntrales PReisabwicklungs- und AnalyseSystem (MBAG)
ZESOD: ZEntrale teileSOrtimentDatei (MBAG)
ZEVIS: ZEntrales VerkehrsInformationsSystem (Kraftfahrzeugbundesamt)
ZIAM: Zentrum fuer Industrielle Anwendungen Massiver parallelitaet [gmbh] (org.)
ZIB: [konrad-zuse] Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Berlin (org.)
ZIF: Zero Insertion Force [socket] (IC)
ZIL: Zork Implementation Language (Infocom)
ZIP: Zigzag Inline Package (VRAM)
ZIP: Zone Information Protocol (AppleTalk)
ZISC: Zero Instruction Set Computer (CPU)
ZIT: interdisziplinaeres forschungsZentrum fuer Informatik und Technik (org., Uni Paderborn, Germany)
ZKA: Zentraler Kreditausschuss banking, Org., Germany
ZKDSG: ZugangsKontrollDiensteSchutzGesetz Germany, telecommunication
ZMH: Zone Mail Hour (FidoNet)
ZMT: Zentrum fuer Multimediale Telekommunikation (BERKOM)
ZOC: Zap-O-Comm (OS/2, telecommunication)
ZOS: Z/Operating System (IBM, Java), "z/OS"
ZPL: Zope Puplic License
ZPR: Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen (org., Uni Koeln, Germany)
ZPR: Zero Power Resistance
ZRE: Zero Rate Error
ZRZ: Zentrales RechenZentrum (org., TUB)
ZSI: Zentralstelle fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (org., BSI, predecessor)
ZSL: Zero Slot LAN (LAN)
ZV: Zoomed Video (video)
ZVM: Z/Virtual Machine (IBM, VM), "z/VM"
ZWEI: ZWEI Was EINE Initially (EINE, LISP)
ZZF: Zentralamt zur Zulassung von Fernmeldeeinrichtungen (org., Telekom, predecessor, BZT)

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About...

V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms

V.E.R.A. is a free list of acronyms all of which are used in the field of computing.

V.E.R.A. is primarily meant to be used as an online reference, although some efforts have been taken to make its TeX output looking acceptable. However I doubt that somebody would like to print it. The original release compiled to 250 pages.

This edition is a special contribution to the GNU project similar to the version 6.0 of V.E.R.A. It contains approximately 9203 acronyms.

The idea to make V.E.R.A. available in Texinfo format came after reading two other Info files both of which are available on the Internet, the Standards and the Languages file, both dealing with antique DEC mainframe environments and both distributed stand-alone; that is, both are not serving as a software manual like most of Texinfo files. I thought it would be very handy to have a list of acronyms available while using Emacs.

It may be considered only a very little contribution. However I make it to express my appreciation for the GNU project and its philosophy. This project does not only make software available free to everyone, it also seems that it sets the only standard `everyone' supports nowadays.

I started V.E.R.A. around easter 1993. The ASCII version is being posted to the German=speaking newsgroups z-netz.alt.listen and de.etc.lists every three months. It is not being posted to an international newsgroup, because the introduction as well as many internal references are only available in German.

Please note that the original version of V.E.R.A. is not related to the to the Free Software Foundation or the GNU project at all.

The list is far from being complete as dozens of new acronyms evolve every month. Also I am not an every day Unix user, so I am pretty sure that a lot of acronyms from the Unix world are missing. The same is true for the Apple world. Please don't be angry if your field of computing seems little or not represented at all. Instead please consider contributing the missing acronyms to let other people share what you know.

The shift from the original format of V.E.R.A. to Texinfo format took a whole week. Please forgive any errors which still remain. For hints how to submit corrections or to report bugs, please see History.

For a more in-depth discussion of some of the more common acronyms contained in this document you may want to consider visiting the Free Online Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC), at least if you have access to the World Wide Web. It can be found at http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc (as of June 2001).

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List format

V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms

Some notes on the systematic approach of the acronym list:

Because often acronyms are being referenced not very unique in style, the acronyms in V.E.R.A. do not contain any special characters; only characters and numbers are used. Please remember this, when you are searching for acronyms.

German umlauts are expressed with AE, ae, OE, oe, UE, ue and ss.

Examples:

ASN.1 = ASN1

OS/2 = OS2

DFUE, Foerderung, Grossforschungseinrichtung, ...

What is thought to be the common style can be found at the end of the line(s) in quotation marks.

Examples:

ASN1: Abstract Syntax Notation One (OSI), "ASN.1"
ATT: American Telephone and Telegraph, "AT&T"

Style: Style of the acronym expansions.
Alternatives: Alternative expansions.
Explanations: Additional explanations.
References: Reference tags for acronyms.
Concatenation: Concatenated acronyms.
Versions: Acronyms pointing to versions.
File extensions: A note on file extensions.
Gaps: Huh --- what is that?

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Style of the acronym expansions

The acronym expansions basically follow their acronyms in style. Exceptions are made if expansions are containing acronyms themselves. This often leads to an kind of odd or even wrong orthographical style.

Examples:

AUX: Apple UniX, "A/UX"
XT: eXtended Technology
ACL: Advanced CMOS Logic

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Alternative expansions

If alternative expansions for the same acronym are known these are separated by a slash. However that is not true for acronyms of basically different meanings.

Examples:

AE: Apple Events
AE: Application Entity / Environment / Engineering (APE)

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Additional explanations

Terms in square brackets show additional explanations, of which do not directly belong to the acronym's expansion, but rather to the acronym's meaning.

Examples:

ARM: Annotated [c++] Reference Manual
RLL: Run Length Limited [encoding]

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Reference tags for acronyms

The terms in parenthesis which often appear behind the expansions are reference links to certain topics or firms and should help you to get an idea of in which context an acronym is being used.

Examples:

WB: WorkBench (Amiga)
WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get (DTP)

Please note that the original version of V.E.R.A. is meant to be formatted in a hypertext environment. Thus some references may seem redundant in an environment which does not support such links.

Examples:

API: Application Program Interface (API)

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Concatenated acronyms

Often-used concatenated acronyms appear without the space or any special characters between them.

Examples:

AMTPE: Apple Media Tool Programming Environment (Apple), "AMT PE"
RISCOS: RISC Operating System (Acorn), "RISC OS"

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Acronyms pointing to versions

When there is a series of related acronyms differing by a number at the end, V.E.R.A. usually has just one entry, which omits the number. For example, there are many versions of MNP (Microcom Networking Protocol), distinguished by numbers; but we do not list MNP4, MNP5 or MNP10, only MNP.

So if you look for an acronym that ends in a number, and you don't find it, try leaving out the number(s).

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File extensions

Please note that file extensions are not covered by V.E.R.A. at the moment, although some exceptions were made. You will not find things like EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) or GIF (Graphics Interchange Format).

There are many such lists on the Internet if you should be looking for file extensions.

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Gaps

You will probably notice that some acronym expansions or references are tagged with three question marks (???). This indicates that an expansion or reference is still missing or uncertain.

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Acronym

An acronym is a word derived from the initial letters or groups of letters of several other words.

Popular examples are:

Laser, from "(l)ight (a)mplification by (s)timulated (e)mission of (r)adiation", Radar, from "(ra)dio (d)etecting (a)nd (r)anging" or snafu, which should politely be rendered as "(s)ituation (n)ormal, (a)ll (f)ouled (u)p".

The word acronym itself derives from the Greek words akros "the highest, the most outer" and onyma "name".

Please note that acronyms are always pronounced as the spelling indicates.

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History and other useful information

V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms

Version 6.0 (June 2002)

Version 6.0 (Texinfo release 1.9) contains about 289 acronyms more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 9203 acronyms.

Fixed some formatting bugs which had accumulated. Thanks for reporting those.

There has been a request to add a 'README' file to the distribution. I added one.

Also added a Perl search routine for V.E.R.A. from Andres Soolo <soolo [at] math . ut . ee>. You will find it in the ./contrib directory of the distribution. For bug reports please contact Andres.

Version 5.8 (December 2001)

Version 5.8 (Texinfo release 1.8) contains about 426 acronyms more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 8914 acronyms.

Version 5.5 (March 2001)

Version 5.5 (Texinfo release 1.7) contains about 320 acronyms more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 8440 acronyms.

There had been no update of the GNU version for nearly a year, which was mostly due to the lack of significant increase of acronyms.

Please note that this is the first GNU edition of V.E.R.A. to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Please also note that Bob Hilliard <hilliard [at] debian . org> now maintains the Debian vera package as well as the dict-* packages for the Debian GNU/LINUX distribution.

Version 5.2 (June 2000)

Welcome to the first GNU edition of V.E.R.A. in the year 100, eh, I mean 1900+100 :)

Version 5.2 (Texinfo release 1.6) contains about 500 acronyms more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about than 8119 acronyms.

There had been no update of the GNU version for over a year, which was mostly due to the lack of significant increase of acronyms.

Thanks to all the supporters, some of which did send huge lists with new acronyms.

Version 4.7 (March 1999)

Version 4.7 (Texinfo release 1.5) contains about 100 acronyms more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about than 7592 acronyms.

Corrected a bug in my script to replace german comments with the according english terms which led to the comment brackets being deleted in every line touched by it.

Version 4.6 (December 1998)

Version 4.6 had not been released as Texinfo version, because there was no significant increase in the count of acronyms.

Version 4.5 (September 1998)

Version 4.5 (Texinfo release 1.4) contains about 90 acronyms more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about than 7490 acronyms.

I also received a lot of spelling corrections for the acronym expansions as well as for the text of this Texinfo release. Thanks to the submitters.

Version 4.4 (June 1998)

Version 4.4 (Texinfo release 1.3) contains about 250 acronyms more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about more than 7400 acronyms.

Version 4.2 had accidently been released containing ISO 8859-1 characters. I received no complaints, but I believe not everyone can display these characters as meant to be, so I switched back to 7 bit with this version.

Recently V.E.R.A. ran into copyright/trademark problems. It's unbelievable how small the name space in the computer field went over the years. To give you an example there are acronyms in this list which have five or more different meanings. However Systems Science Inc. agreed to solve the problem by including the following sentence into the distribution: "This dictionary has nothing to do with Systems Science Inc. or its products." Please don't wonder if you surprisingly run into this sentence.

Version 4.3 (March 1998)

I found no time to release V.E.R.A. 4.3 as Texinfo version in March 1998 as I was busy with other things. As compiling the Texinfo version is always additional work to do, I thought of to spare the March version and release the next Texinfo version on the next release date (June, 1st).

Version 4.2

Version 4.2 contains about 180 acronyms more than the last release. I also received a mail from the folks who maintain the GNU catalogue. This may mean that V.E.R.A. will be included on the GNU CD-ROM distribution, but I'm not sure.

Version 4.1 (December 1997)

Version 4.1 contains about 500 acronyms more than the initial release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about more than 7000 acronyms.

Besides I wrote a script which automagically translates the German references sometimes to be found behind the acronym expansions in the original version of V.E.R.A. into the appropriate English terms. It also adds `Germany' to German locations. However I still may have missed some German terms or locations. It is kind of awful to proof-read 7000 acronym expansions. If you still spot German terms in the references, please let me know about.

Installation as Info file

If you like to install V.E.R.A. in your Info environment, there are three steps to do so:

Make an Info file from the Texinfo source, type:
makeinfo vera.texi

(The file extension may differ in your environment.)
Copy the files generated by the previous step to the directory where the Info files reside on your site.
Go to your Info directory and edit the dir file. Insert a line like the following where appropriate.
* V.E.R.A.: (vera). Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms

Bugs

This edition of V.E.R.A. has been translated from German and has not been intensively proofread. Please report bugs concerning the use of broken or unsound English used in this document to the current maintainer of this document.

If you spot any faults in the acronym chapters, these will be considered a bug too. Please report those bugs to the current maintainer of this document.

Call for submissions

This acronym list is not and will never be complete. However if you feel that something particular is missing, please submit it to the current maintainer. Your submission will be included in the next edition of V.E.R.A.

Current maintainer

The current maintainer of this document is
Oliver Heidelbach <ohei [at] snafu . de>

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Acknowledgments

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The following people contributed to this document:
(In order to block spam-robots all @ have been replaced with #.)

peterk#cbmger.de.so.commodore.com
Wolfgang Houben <castor#newswire.de>
Hans Fischer <profi#romeo.berlinet.de>
Harald Welte <h.welte#silver.nbg.sub.org>
a.lessmann#link-k.zer
Rainer Frohnhoff <r.frohnhoff#aworld.zer>
Marcus Cai Degler <m.c.degler#ithh.sh.sub.de>
Sven van der Meer <vdmeer#cs.tu-berlin.de>
elmar#peggy.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de
Patrick Hess <patrick.hess#metazoa.de>
Hans-Georg Forster <h.g.forster#parabol.cl.sub.de>
thahn#berg93.in-berlin.de
jochen#wip.mhs.compuserve.com
Stefan Rinne <s_rinne#trashcan.mcnet.de>
Wolfgang Kopp <kopp#naranek.camelot.de>
ismias#wi.uni-muenster.de
smendoza#yeti.dit.upm.es
tms#dame.shnet.org
Alexander Senne <akki#terra-i.rhein-ruhr.de>
Frank Schlueter <frs#frs.in-berlin.de>
Frank-Th. Bonnemeyer <Frank-Thomas.Bonnemeyer#eds.com>
Olaf Naumann <amandus#esrf.fr>
Keith Edgerley <edgerley#ebu.ch>
Kristian Koehntopp <kk#netuse.de>
Andreas Kempf <Andreas_Kempf#sidoun.go.germany-online.de>
Thomas Rexroth <100414.42#compuserve.com>
Christoph Lechner <Lechner#edvz.uni-linz.ac.at>
Timothy Slater <t.slater#link-m.de>
J.P. Lodge <jpl1#doc.ic.ac.uk>
Andre Torrez <andre#frontside.com>
Jeff Jewell <jcjewell#concentric.net>
Peter H. Wendt <phw#compunet.de>
Rene Caspersen <rene#sondagsavisen.dk>
Carsten Schymik <cschy#zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Noah Friedman <friedman#splode.com>
Robert Bihlmeyer <robbe#orcus.priv.at>
Matt Hillman <dhillman#netgate.net>
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David Frewen <a-davfre#microsoft.com>
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Martin Zierke <Martin.Zierke#gaia.de>
Leonard <acmeman#myriad.net>
Otto Stolz <Otto.Stolz#uni-konstanz.de>
Wolfgang Borgert
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Klaus Juettermann <Klaus.Juttermann#sitel.de>
Cecilie Rise <cecilie.rise#sbb.at>
Jeff Orrok <jeff#rt.com>
Ingo Russmann <ingo#linus.net-market.de>
John E. Hein <jhein#timing.com>
Christian Brandau <christian#cbra.de>
Ben Armstrong <synrg#sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca>
Matthias Kring <automatthias#web.de>
Matthias Hinnah <mhinnah#deloitte.de>
Axel Hornung <A.Hornung#ASC.DE>
Jakob Hirsch <jh#plonk.de>
Matt Zimmerman <mdz#csh.rit.edu>
Stephan Boldt <Stephan.Boldt#epost.de>
Pekka Lampila <medar#kapina.org>
Maurice Leone <Leone.Maurice#swm.de>
Michel Messerschmidt <9messers#informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
Chong Yidong <yidong#stanford.edu>

About 200 acronyms dealing with the ATM subject were taken from the online collection of the ATM forum. By courtesy of ATM forum.

Another batch of acronyms was taken from the freely available acronym collection "Internet Perls 22" (iperls22.zip). By courtesy of William Hogg <wmhogg#execpc.com>.

A lot of military related acronyms as well as several others were taken from the online collection of the DISA Center for Standards. By courtesy of DISA Center for Standards.

Thanks to all of them and everybody who should be missing by accident.

Also thanks to the following people:

Richard M. Stallman
For his encouraging words to get this edition done and some comments on how a Texinfo file should be formatted. Also for the efforts taken to deal with the Systems Science Inc. copyright/trademark incident in April 1998.

Horst von Brand <vonbrand#sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
For pointing to the inconsistency between the file name in @setfilename (upper case) and the suggested info entry (lower case).

Ricard Torres <root#tamino.udg.es>
For pointing to some Un*x install problems in release 1.3.

Carsten Leonhardt <leo#arioch.oche.de>
For sending in a lot of spelling corrections for the text of release 1.3. It were 17 if I counted right. What a shame.

H. Kronenberg <kronenberg#imst.de>
For submitting numerous spelling corrections for acronym expansions.

Henning Jonat <henningjonat#home.com>
For sending a long list with acronym expansions which were still missing.

Alexander Mai <st002279#hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de>
For pointing out a left over ISO character my replacing routine had ignored and for suggesting to add a 'README' file to the distributon.

Andres Soolo <soolo#math.ut.ee>
For contributing a Perl search routine for V.E.R.A.

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Disclaimer

V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms

This is a special GNU edition of V.E.R.A., a list dealing with computational acronyms. It is currently maintained by Oliver Heidelbach <ohei [at] snafu . de>.

Although V.E.R.A. has been corrected and worked over for quite a long time, no guarantee can be given for the correctness of any part of its contents. Please don't get it wrong and help to correct any faults you may find.

Please send corrections to the current maintainer.

The author suggests not to redistribute corrected versions of this document, but instead to inform the actual maintainer about corrections you might have. This would help not to confuse users because of different versions.

For a complete legal disclaimer please read GNU FDL.

Within the above restrictions the distribution of this document is explicitly encouraged and I hope you'll find it of some value.

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This dictionary has nothing to do with Systems Science Inc. or its products.

Oliver Heidelbach (original author)
<ohei [at] snafu . de>, <ohei [de] snafu . de>

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Index

0, Acronyms beginning with: 0
A, Acronyms beginning with: A
About V.E.R.A.: About
Acknowledgments: Acknowledgments
Acronym, Definition of the term: Acronym
Acronyms , Searching for (online): Format
Acronyms pointing to versions: Versions
Acronyms, Common style of: Format
Acronyms, How to submit new: History
Acronyms, Pronunciation of: Acronym
Acronyms, References for: References
Additional explanations: Explanations
Alternative expansions: Alternatives
Approach, Systematic: Format
B, Acronyms beginning with: B
Bugs, How to report: History
C, Acronyms beginning with: C
Call for submissions: History
Changes: History
Common style of acronyms: Format
Contributors: Acknowledgments
Copying policy: Disclaimer
Credits: Acknowledgments
Current maintainer: History
D, Acronyms beginning with: D
Definition of the term acronym: Acronym
Disclaimer: Disclaimer
Distribution policy: Disclaimer
E, Acronyms beginning with: E
Expansions, Alternative: Alternatives
Expansions, Missing: Gaps
Expansions, Style of: Style
Explanations, Additional: Explanations
Extensions (files): File extensions
F, Acronyms beginning with: F
FDL, GNU Free Documentation License: GNU FDL
File extensions: File extensions
Format used: Format
G, Acronyms beginning with: G
Gaps: Gaps
German umlauts: Format
H, Acronyms beginning with: H
History: History
How to install in the Info environment: History
How to report bugs: History
How to submit new acronyms: History
I, Acronyms beginning with: I
Info environment, Installation in the: History
Installation in the Info environment: History
J, Acronyms beginning with: J
K, Acronyms beginning with: K
L, Acronyms beginning with: L
Legal stuff: Disclaimer
List format: Format
M, Acronyms beginning with: M
Maintainer, Current: History
Missing expansions or references: Gaps
Modifications policy: Disclaimer
N, Acronyms beginning with: N
News: History
Numbers, Acronyms beginning with: 0
O, Acronyms beginning with: O
Online overview: TOC
Overview, Online: TOC
P, Acronyms beginning with: P
People who contributed: Acknowledgments
Printing policy: Disclaimer
Pronunciation of acronyms: Acronym
Q, Acronyms beginning with: Q
R, Acronyms beginning with: R
References for acronyms: References
References, Missing: Gaps
Release notes: History
Reporting bugs: History
Requests: History
S, Acronyms beginning with: S
Searching for acronyms (online): Format
Style of expansions: Style
Submissions, Call for: History
Systematic approach: Format
T, Acronyms beginning with: T
Translations policy: Disclaimer
U, Acronyms beginning with: U
Umlauts, German: Format
Used format: Format
V, Acronyms beginning with: V
V.E.R.A., What is it?: About
Versions, Acronyms pointing to: Versions
W, Acronyms beginning with: W
What is V.E.R.A.?: About
X, Acronyms beginning with: X
Y, Acronyms beginning with: Y
Z, Acronyms beginning with: Z

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