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TOP DN to B BOTTOM AA AAA AAB AAC AACS AAL AAM AAP AARP AAS AASP AAT AATP .ABA ABAP ABC Auto Answer Authentication, Authorization and Accounting All-to-All Broadcast Advanced Audio Coding Advanced Access Control System Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaption Layer Automatic Acoustic Management Applications Access Point [DEC] AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol All-to-All Scatter ASCII Asynchronous Support Package Average Access Time Authorized Academic Training Program [Microsoft] Address Book Archive (file name extension) [Palm] Advanced Business Application Programming [SAP] * Atanasoff-Berry Computer (First digital calculating machine that used vacuum tubes) ABEND Abnormal End ABI Application Binary Interface ABIOS Advanced BIOS ABIST Automatic Built-In Self-Test [IBM] ABLE Adaptive Battery Life Extender + Agent Building and Learning Environment [IBM] ABM Asynchronous Balanced Mode ABR Available Bit Rate ABRD Automatic Baud Rate Detection ABRS Automated Book Request System [British Library] ABS Address Book Synchronization [IBM] + Absolute ABT Abort ABTS ASCII Block Terminal Services AC Autocheck + Automatic Computer + Alternating Current ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol ACC Accumulator ACCMAIL Accessing the Internet Via Email ACD Automatic Call Distribution ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface ACE Access Control Encryption/Entry + Adobe Certified Expert + Advanced Composition Explorer [JHUAPL] + Advanced Computing Environment [SCO] + Adverse Channel Enhancements [Microcom] + * Automatic Computing Engine ACF Access Control Field + Advanced Communications Function ACH Automated Clearing House ACIAS Automated Calibration Interval Analysis System ACIS American Committee for Interoperable Systems ACK Acknowledgment ACL Access Control List + Asynchronous Connection-Less (link) ACM Association for Computing Machinery Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft] ACMS Application Control Management System

ACP ACPI ACR ACROSS

Ancillary Control Program + Auxiliary Control Process Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Allowed Cell Rate Automated Cargo Release and Operations Service System ACS Access + Access Control Set + Access Control System + * Advanced Computer System [IBM] + Anti Curl System + Asynchronous Communication Server ACSS Audio Cascading Style Sheets ACTLU Active Logical Unit ACTPU Active Physical Unit ACTS Automated Computer Time Service ACTT Advanced Communication and Timekeeping Technology [Seiko] ACU Automatic Calling Unit ACVC Ada Compiler Validation Capacity A/D Analog to Digital ADA Automatic Data Acquisitions + (Programming Language named after Augusta Ada Lovelace) ADB Apple Desktop Bus ADC Adaptive Data Compression (protocol) [Hayes] + Add with Carry + Analog to Digital Converter ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures/Protocol ADD Automatic Document Detection [WordPerfect] ADF Automatic Document Feeder + Automatically Defined Function .ADF Adapter Description File (file name extension) ADI AutoCad/AutoDesk Device Interface (driver) ADIOS Automated Download and Installation of Operating Systems [Queensland U.] ADL Address Data Latch ADLAT Adaptive Lattice Filter ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression [IBM] + Asynchronous Data Link Control ADMACS Apple Document Management And Conrol System ADMD Administrative Management Domain [X.400] .ADN Add In Utility (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] ADO ActiveX Data Objects ADP AOLserver Dynamic Pages + Automatic Data Processing ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation ADR Address ADS Application Development Solutions [AT&T] + Application Development System + Automatic Distribution System ADSC Address Status Changed + Adobe Document Structuring Conventions ADSI Active Directory Service Interface [Microsoft] + Analog Display Services Interface ADSL (See DSL) ADSP AppleTalk Datastream Protocol ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release ADT Abstract Data Type + Application Data Types ADU Automatic Dialing Unit AE Above or Equal AEB Analog Expansion Bus [Dialogic] AEC Architecture, Engineering, Construction AEM Asynchronous Event Mechanism .AERO Aviation Industry (Domain Name) [Internet] AES Advanced Encryption Standard AESA ATM End System Address

AF AFA AFC AFD AFDW AFI AFII AFIRM AFIS .AFM AFP AFS AFTP AGA AGC AGP AGRAS AGU AH AHS AI AIA AIC AIFF AIIM AIM AIN AIO AIP AIR AIS AISB AISP AIT AIX AJAX ALAT ALC ALE ALGOL ALIBI ALICE ALINK ALIWEB ALM ALN ALOS ALP ALR ALT ALT. ALU AM

Auxiliary carry Flag Accelerated File Access Antiferro-Magnetically Coupled (media) [IBM] + Automatic Font Change + Automatic Frequency Control Automatic File Distribution Active Framework for Data Warehousing [Microsoft] Authority and Format Identifier Association for Font Information Interchange Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match Automated Fingerprint Identification System Adobe Font Metrics (file name extension) [Adobe Systems] Advanced Function Presentation [IBM] + Advanced Function Printing + Appletalk Filing Protocol [Macintosh] Andrew File System (protocols) Advanced/Anonymous File Transfer Protocol Advanced Graphics Adapter Automatic Gain Control Accelerated/Advanced Graphics Port Antiglare-Antireflective-Antistatic Address-Generation Unit Authentication Header (protocol) Automated Highway Systems Analog Input + Artificial Intelligence Applications Integration Architecture [DEC] AIXwindows Interface Composer [IBM] Audio Interchange File Format Association for Information and Image Management AOL Instant Messenger Advanced Intelligent Network [Bell Atlantic] All-In-One Application Infrastruture Provider Architecture Implementation Review Automated Identification System [NCIC] + Automated Information Systems Association of Imaging Service Bureaus Association of Information Systems Professionals Advanced Intelligent Tape (drive) [Sony] Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM] Asynchronous JavaScript and XML Advanced Load Address Table Arithmetic and Logic Circuits + Automatic Level Control Address Latch Enable + Application Linking and Embedding Algorithmic Oriented Language (see IAL) Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases of Information Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity Active Link [HTML] Archie Like Indexing in the Web [Internet] Asset Liability Management Asynchronous Learning Network Alternate Lighting Of Surfaces Automatic Language Processing Advanced Logic Research, Inc. Alternate (mode) Alternate lifestyle [USENET Newsgroup Category] Arithmetic Logic Unit Amplitude Modulation

AMA AMANDDA AMASS AMD AMDD AMI

Automatic Message Accounting Automated Messaging and Directory Assistance Archival Management and Storage System Active Matrix Display + Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Agile Modelling Driven Development Alternate Mark Inversion + American Megatrends, Inc. + Application Messaging Interface AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture [Everex Systems] AMPL Algebraic/Applied Mathematical Programming Language AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service + Amplifiers AMR Audio Modem Riser ANCOVA Analysis of Covariance ANDF Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format ANI Automatic Number Identification .ANI Animated Cursor (file name extension) [Microsoft] ANN Artificial Neural Network .ANN Annotations (file name extension) [IBM] ANOVA Analysis Of Variance ANSI American National Standards Institute ANX Automotive Network Exchange [Chrysler/Ford/ General Motors] AO Analog Output AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment AO/DI Always On/Dynamic ISDN AODV Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector AOE Application Operating Environment [AT&T] AOL America Online AOS Add Or Subtract AP Adjunct Processor + Application Processor A/P Accounts Payable APA Adaptive Packet Assembly + All Points Addressable + Arithmetic Processing Accelerator APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report [IBM] APAREN Address Parity Enable [IBM] APCUG Association of PC User Groups APDU Application Protocol Data Units API Application Program Interface APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (bus) [Intel] APIPA Automatic Private Interenet Protocol Addressing APIS Advanced Passenger Information System APL * A Programming Language (Mathematics) APM Advanced Power Management [IBM] APNIC Asia-Pacific Network Information Center [Internet] APOP Authenticated Post Office Protocol .APP Application (file name extension) [R:Base] APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communications [IBM] APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking APPLETS Applications APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking [IBM] APPS Applications APR Annual Percentage Rate APRP Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing APS Active Pixel Sensor + Advanced Photo System + Advanced Printing Service [IBM] + Asynchronous Protocol Specification APSE ADA Programming Support Environment APT Address Pass Through + Advanced Parallel Technology + Automatically Programmed Tools

A/R ARA ARAG ARAS ARC .ARC ARCA ARCnet .ARJ ARL ARLL ARM

Accounts Receivable AppleTalk Remote Access Antireflective-Antiglare Antireflective-Antistatic Acoustic Resonance Control Archive (file name extension) Advanced RISC Computing Architecture Attached Resource Computer Network Compressed File (file name extension) [Jung] Adjusted Ring Length Advanced Run Length Limited Advanced RISC Machine (processor) + Annotated Reference Manual + Asynchronous Response Mode ARMA Association of Records Managers and Administrators ARP Address Resolution Protocol [Novell] ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ARPL Adjust Requested Privilege Level ARS Activity Reporting System [Unisys] ART Adaptive Resonance Theory (algorithm) ARTA Apple Real Time Architecture ARTIC A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor [IBM] ARTS Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server .ARTS Cultural Groups (Domain Name) [Internet] ARTT Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal ARQ Automatic Repeat Request ARU Audio Response Unit + Average Retail Value AS Autonomous System [Internet] ASAI Adjunct Switch Application Interface [AT&T] ASAP As Soon As Possible + Automatic Switching And Processing AS3AP ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable ASB Advanced System Buffering [Intel] .ASC ASCII text (file name extension) ASCC * Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator [IBM] ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASD Application Structure Database [Microsoft] + Automatic Skip Driver [Microsoft] ASF Active Streaming Format [Microsoft] + Advanced Systems Format [Microsoft] ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology ASL Adaptive Speed Levelling ASLM Apple Shared Library Manager [Macintosh] .ASM Assembler Source Language (file name extension) ASMP Asymmetric Multprocessing ASN Abstract Syntax Notation + Autonomous System Number ASO Automated Systems Operations ASP Active Server Page [Microsoft] + Application/Authorized Service Provider + Aspect Oriented Programming + Association of Shareware Professionals .ASP Active Server Page (file name extension) ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface [Adaptec] ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System ASR Address Space Register + Automatic Send-Receive + Automatic Speech Recognition + Automatic System Recovery ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy + Application-Specific Standard Product

AST

AST Research, Inc. (named from first initials of the founders: Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey, Thomas Yuen) AS/U Advanced Server for Unix ASYNC Asynchronous AS/400 Application System/400 [IBM] AT Advanced Technology + Attention ATA Advanced Technology Attachment + Analog Terminal Adapter ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface ATC Advanced Transfer Cache ATDP Attention Dial Pulse ATDT Attention Dial Tone ATE Automated Test Equipment ATG Advanced Technology Group + All-Terrain Grade [Dell] ATH Attention Hang-Up (Modem command) ATL Active Template Library ATM Adobe Typeface Manager + Air Traffic Management + Asynchronous Transfer Mode + Automated Teller Machine ATPS AppleTalk Printing Services [Macintosh] ATR Automatic Terminal Recognition ATS Administrative Terminal System + Apple Terminal Services AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph ATTN Attention ATTRIB Attribute (also ATR) ATX Advanced Technology Extended [Intel] ATZ Attention Restore configuration profile from nonvolatile RAM (Modem command) .AU Audio (file name extension) AUDIT Automated Data Input Terminal AUI Attachment/Autonomous Unit Interface AUP Acceptable Use Policy [Internet] AUTO Automatic AUTOEXEC Automatic Execution AUX Auxiliary + (First Serial Port) AV Audio/Video + Audio/Visual + Authenticity Verification AVA Audio Visual Authoring [IBM] AVC Audio Visual Connection [IBM] AVD Alternating Voice and Data AVG Average AVI Audio Video Interleave [Microsoft] AVL AVL Tree (named after its founders: Adelson, Veiskii and Landis AVP Attribute-Value Pair AVR Automatic Voice Recognition AVS Advanced Visual Systems AVT Applied Voice Technology AVVID Architecture for Voice Video & Integrated Data [Cisco] AWE Advanced Wave Effects [Creative Lab] AWG American Wire Gage AWK (Unix language named after its authors... Al Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan) AWS Advanced Workstations and Systems (group) [IBM] AWT Abstract Window Toolkit [Java] AX Architecture Extended + Automatic Transmission B... TOP UP to A DN to C BOTTOM

BA BACP BAK .BAK BAL BALUN BAM BAPI BARTS .BAS BASH BASIC BASM BAT .BAT B2B BBS B2C BCC BCC: BCD B-CHANNEL BCL BCN BCNF BCP BCPL BCR BCS BDA BDC BDE BDLS BDOS BDR BDSL BE B2E BECN BEDO BEEP BEL BELLCORE BER BERT BF B/F .BFC BFF BFT BFTP BGA BGCOLOR BGE .BGI BGP BGT BHI BHIS BHO

Bell Atlantic (company) Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol Binary Adaptation Kit [Microsoft] Backup (file name extension) Basic Assembly Language Balanced Unbalanced (device) Boyan Action Module Business Application Programming Interface [SAP] Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing Basic Language (file name extension) Bourne Again Shell [Unix] Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Built-In Assembler Block Address Translation Batch Processing (file name extension) Business-To-Business Bulletin Board System Business To Consumer Block Check Character Blind Carbon Copy Binary Coded Decimal Bearer Channel Base Class Libraries + Batch Command Language Beacon Boyce-Codd Normal Form Best Current Practice + Bulk Copy Program Basic Computer Programming Language Byte Count Register Bar Code Sorter Bios Data Area Backup Domain Controller Borland Database Engine [Borland] Bidirectional Loop Switching Basic Disk Operating System Bus Device Request (See DSL) Below or Equal Business To Employees Backward Explicit Congestion Notification Burst Extended Data Out Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol Bell Bell Communications Research Basic Encoding Rules + Bit Error Rate Bit Error Rate Test/Tester Bad Flag Background/Foreground Briefcase (file name extension) [Microsoft] Binary File Format [IBM] Binary File Transfer Batch FTP Ball Grid Array Background Color [HTML] Branch if Greater or Equal Borland Graphic Interface (file name extension) Border Gateway Protocol Branch if Greater Than Branch if Higher Branch if Higher or Same Browser Helper Object [Spybot]

BI Binary Input .BIB Bibliography (file name extension) BiDi Bi-Directional BIFET Bipolar Field Effect Transistor BIFF Binary Interchange File Format BIM Beginning of Information Marker .BIN Binary (file name extension) BINAC * Binary Automatic Computer BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain BINHEX Binary Hexadecimal BIOS Basic Input/Output System BIS Business Information System BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network BIST Built-In Self-Test BiSYNC (See BSYNC) BIT Binary Digit BITNET Because It's Time Network BITNIC Bitnet Network Information Center BIU Bus Interface Unit BIW Business Intelligence Warehouse [SAP] BIX Byte Information Exchange (BBS) .BIZ Businesses (Domain Name) [Internet] .BK! Backup (file name extension) [WordPerfect] .B~K Backup (file name extension) BKSP Backspace BL Backlit + Bit Line BLAS Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines BLAST Bell Labs Layered Space Time + Blocked Asynchronous Transmission (protocol) [Communications Research Group] .BLD BASIC Bload Graphics (file name extension) BLE Branch if Less or Equal BLER Block Error BLI Business Logic Integration [Microsoft] BLK Block BLMC Buried Logic Macrocell BLOB Binary Large Object BLOG Web Log BLOS Branch if Lower Or Same BMI Branch if Minus BMIC BusMaster Interface Controller [Intel] BMP Basic Mapping Support + Basic Multilingual Plane + Batch Message Processing Program .BMP Bitmap (file name extension) [Paintbrush Format] BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman (connector used with coaxial cable invented by Mr. Neill-Concelman) + British Naval Connector BNE Branch if Not Equal BNF Backus-Naur Form (also Backus-Normal Form) [developed by John Backus and Peter Naur] BNS Backbone Network Service BO Binary Output BOA Basic Object Adapter BOB Break-out Box BOC Basic Operator Console BOF Beginning Of File BOM Basic Online Memory [IBM] + Beginning Of Message BOND Bandwidth On Demand BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol [Internet] BOPS Billion Operations Per Second

BORPQU BORQU BOS BOT BP BPB BPDU BPI BPL BPM BPP BPR BPS BPSK BR BRGC BRI BS BSAM BSC .BSC BSCS BSD BSF BSI BSM BSP BSR BS-RAM BSS BST BSY BSYNC BT BTAM BTB BTC BTI BTOA BTP BTR BTS BU BUBL BUF BUS BVH BWM B2X BYTE C... TOP C .C CA CAB .CAB

Borland Pro Quattro Borland Quattro Basic Operating System Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape + Robot Base Pointer BIOS Parameter Block Bridge Protocol Data Unit Berkeley Packet Filter Bits Per Inch Branch If Plus + Broadband Over Power Lines Business Process Management [Microsoft] Bits Per Pixel Business Process Re-engineering [Linux] Bits Per Second + Bytes Per Second Binary Phase Shift Keying Bad Register Binary Reflected Gray Code Basic Rate Interface + Brain Response Interface Backspace Basic Sequential Access Method Base Station Controller + Binary Synchronous Communication Boyan Script (file name extension) [Boyan Communications] Bachelor of Science (Degree) in Computer Science Berkely Software/Standard Distribution Bit Scan Forward British Standards Institute Basic Storage Module [IBM] Bulk Synchronous Parallelism Bit Scan Reverse Burst Static RAM Block Started by Symbol Binary Search Tree Busy Binary Synchronous Communications (protocol) Bit Test Basic Telecommunications Access Method [IBM] Branch Target Buffer Bit Test and Complement Business Type Identifier Binary To ASCII Batch Transfer Program Bit Test and Reset Base Transceiver Station + Bit Test and Set Branch Unit Bulletin Board for Libraries [Janet] Buffer Broadcast and Unknown Server Base Video Handler Block-Write Mode Binary To Hexadecimal [REXX] Binary Element String UP to B DN to D BOTTOM

C Programming Language C source code (file name extension) [C] Certification Authority + Collision Avoidance Compressed Application Binary [Microsoft] Cabinet (file name extension) [Microsoft]

CACLS CAD CADD CADE CAE

Command-Line Access Control Lists [Microsoft] Computer Aided Design Computer Aided Design and Drafting Client/server Application Development Environment Client Application Enabler + Common Applications Environment + Computer Aided Engineering CAEN Chemically Assembled Electronic Nanocomputer CAEX Computer Aided Exploration CAG Column Address Generator CAI Computer Aided Instruction CAIRN Collaborative Advanced Interagency Research Network CAL Calendar + Client Access License + Computer Aided Learning CALS Computer-Aided Acquisition in Logistic Support CAM Common Access Method + Computer Aided Manufacturing + Contents Addressable Memory CAN Cancel + Controller Area Network CANBUS Conroller Area Network Bus CAP Carrierless Amplitude and Phase-Modulation + Central Arbitration Point + Communication Application Platform + Competitive Access Provider + Computer Aided Publishing .CAP Capture (file name extension) CAPD Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities [Johns Hopkins University] CAPE Concurrent Art-to-Product Environment CAPS Capitals (Upper Case Letters) + Cassette Programming System CAPTCHA Completely Automatic Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart CAR Committed Access Rate [Cisco] CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries [Internet] CART Computer-Assisted Radar Tomography CAS Column Address Select/Strobe + Communications Application Specification + Computer Aided Styling CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering CASL Crosstalk Application Scripting Language [DCA] CASS Computer Assisted Search Service CASSIS Classified and Search Support Information System CAT Computer Adaptive Test + Computer Aided Testing + Computer Aided Tomography + Computer Aided Transcription + Concatenate .CAT Catalog (file name extension) CATS Computer Assisted Training System CAT5E (Cat 5e) Category 5e (cables) CAT SCAN Computerized Axial Tomography Scan CATV Community Antenna Television (this was the original name for what is now known as Cable TV) CAU Controlled Access Unit CAV Constant Angular Velocity CAVE Computer Automatic Virtual Environment CBC Cipher Block Chaining CBCR Channel Byte Count Register CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data Service CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association CBGA Ceramic Ball Grid Array CBI Computer Based Instruction\Instrumentation

CBL .CBL CBMS CBN CBR CBT CBW CBX CC CC: CCD CCFT CCI CCIE CCITT

Computer Based Learning COBOL source code (file name extension) Computer-Based Mail System Community Based Networks Case Based Reasoning + Constant Bit Rate Computer Based Training Convert Byte to Word Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange Cluster Controller Carbon Copy Charged-Coupled Device Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube Common Client Interface + Copy Control Information Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert [Cisco] Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique/ Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone CCL Connection/Cursor Control Language CCM Corba Component Mode + Crystal Configuration Manager [Microsoft] CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional CCP Certified Computing Professional + Console Command Processor CC/PP Composite Capabilities/Preference Profile CCS Common Command Set + Common Communications Services + Common Communications Support + Continuous Composite Servo + Cryptographic Checksum .CCS Color Calibration System (file name extension) CCSIS Coded Character Set ID CCSD Cellular Circuit-Switched Data CCTLD Country Code Top-Level Domain CD Carrier Detect + Change Directory + Collision Detection + Color Display + Compact Disk C/D Control Data C2D Character To Decimal [REXX] CDA Compound Document Architecture [DEC] .CDA CD Audio-Track (file name extension) CDBT Compact Disk-Based Training CDC Connected Device Configuration + Control Data Corporation CD_CHRDY Card Channel Ready [IBM] CD-DA Compact Disk - Digital Audio CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface CDE Common Desktop Environment + Complex Data Entry CD-E Compact Disk - Erasable CDF Channel Definition Format .CDF Comma Delimited Format (file name extension) CDFS Compact Disc File System [Microsoft] CD+G Compact Disk plus Graphics CD-I Compact Disk - Interactive CDIA Certified Document Imaging Architect CDL Computer Design Language CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CDMF Commercial Data Masking Facility [IBM] CD-MO Compact Disk - Magneto Optical CDO Collaboration Data Objects [Microsoft] CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System CDP * Certificate In Data Processing (First certification for Computer Professionals) CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data

CDR

Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording + Common Data Representation .CDR CorelDRAW (file name extension) [Corel] CD-R Compact Disk - Recordable CD-RAM Cached RAM CD-RDX Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory CD-ROM-XA CD-ROM Extended Architecture CD-RTOS Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System CD-RW Compact Disk - Rewritable CDS Current Directory Structure CDSA Common Data Security Architecture CDSL (See DSL) .CDT Corel Draw Template (file name extension) CD-V Compact Disk - Video CD-WO Compact Disk - Write Once .CDX Compound Index (file name extension) [Fox Pro] CD-XA Compact Disk - Extended Architecture CE Cache Enable + Chip Enable + Collision Elimination + Consumer Elecronics + Convert Enable CEB Conditional End Bracket CEC Certified E-Commerce Consultant CEG Continuous Edge Graphics CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference CELP Card Edge Low Profile (socket) [Intel] CEMS Constituent Electronic Mail System CEOP Conditional End Of Page CER Canonical Encoding Rules CERN The European Particle Physics Laboratory (initials originally from Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire) CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CFB Cipher Feedback + Configurable Function Block CF Compact Flash (camera) .CFG Configuration (file name extension) CFM Code Fragment Manager [Macintosh] + Cubic Feet Per Minute CFML ColdFusion Markup Language CFP Call For Proposal CFR Computerized Facial Recognition CFS Caching/Common File System CFV Call For Votes [Bitnet] CG Control Gate CGA Color Graphics Adapter CGE Common Graphics Environment CGI Computer Generated Images + Computer Graphics Interface CGI-BIN Common Gateway Interface - Binary .CGM Computer Graphics Metafile (file name extension) + Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] CGMS Copy Generation Management System CGS Continuous-Grain Silicon CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAR Character CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology [Internet] CHCK Channel Check CHCP Change Code Page CHDIR Change Directory CHFN Change Finger [Unix] CHGRP Change Group

CHIPS .CHK CHKDSK CHMOD CHOWN CHP CHR CHRP CHS CHTML CI CIA CIAC CICS/VS CID CIDR CIF CIFS CIL CIM CIO CIOCS CIP CIR CIRC CIS

CISC CIT CIVR CIW CIX CJLI CKD CLAR CLASS CLC CLD CLDC CLEC CLI CLIB CLID CLIST CLK CLNP

Clearinghouse Interbank Payments System CHKDSK (file name extension) Check Disk Change Mode Change Owner Chapter Character Common Hardware Reference Platform Cylinder Head Sector Compact/Compressed HTML Component Interface Current Instruction Address Computer Incident Advisory Capability Customer Information Control System/ Virtual Storage [IBM] Charge-Injection Device + Configuration/Installation/Distribution Classless Inter-Domain Routing Common Interchange/Intermediate Format + Crystallographic Information File + Customer Information Feed Common Internet File System Common Intermediate Language [ECMA] Common Information Model + CompuServe Information Manager + Computer Integrated Manufacturing Chief Information Officer Communication Input/Output Control System Command Interface Port + Common Indexing Protocol Committed Information Rate Circular Reference + Cross-Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code Card Information Structure + Client Information System + CompuServe Information Service + Computer Information Systems + Contact Image Sensor + Customer Information System Complex Instruction Set Computing Computer-Integrated Telephony Computer and Interactive Voice Response Certified Internet Webmaster Commercial Internet Exchange + Compulink Information Exchange Command Job Language Interpreter Count Key Data (device) Channel Local Address Register Client Access to Systems and Services + Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services + Custom Local-Area Signaling Services Clear Carry Flag Clear Direction Flag Connected Limited Device Configuration Competitive Local Exchange Carrier Call-Level Interface + Clear Interrupt Flag + Client Library Interface + Command Line Interface + Common Language Infrastructure/Interface C Library Calling Line Identification Command List Clock Connectionless Network Protocol

CLOS CLP .CLP CLR CLS CLSID CLTP CLTS CLTV CLUI CLUT CLV CM CMA CMAK CMC

CMD .CMD CMF CNIDR CMIP CMIS CML CMM CMMS CMMU CMOS CMOV CMP CMPS CMS

CMTS CMVC CMW CMY CMYK CNA CNAPS CNC CNE .CNF CNG CNI CNIDR CNN CNR CNSS CNT .CNT

Common Lisp Object System Cell Loss Priority + Constraint Logic Programming Clipboard (file name extension) [Microsoft] Common Language Runtime [Microsoft] Clear Screen + Common Language Support Class Identifier Connectionless Transport Protocol Clear Task Switch Flag Constant Linear Time Velocity Command Line User Interface Color Look-Up Table Constant Linear Velocity Centimeter + Control Mark + Corrective Maintenance Concert Multi-thread Architecture Connection Manager Administration Kit [Microsoft] Common Mail Calls + Common Messaging Calls + Communication Management Configuration + Complement Carry Flag + Computer-Mediated Communication [Internet] Circuit Mode Data Command (file name extension) Creative Music Format Clearinghouse for Network Information and Discovery and Retrieval [Internet] Common Management Information Protocol Common Management Information Services/System Chemical Markup Language + Conceptual Modelling Language + Computer Managed Learning + Current Mode Logic Capability Maturity Model Computerized Maintenance Management Software Cache/Memory Management Unit [Motorola] Coats-Mellon Operational Specification + Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Conditional Move Compare + Computer Compare Word String Call Management Server + Code Management System + Compiler Monitor System + Content Management System + Conversation Monitor System Cable Modem Termination System Configuration Management Version Control [IBM] Compartmented Mode Workstation Cyan-Magenta-Yellow (color model) Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model) Certified NetWare/Network Administrator Co-Processing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems Computerized Numerical Control Certified NetWare Engineer Configuration (file name extension) Calling (tone) Certified Novell Instructor [Novell] Clearinghouse for Networked Information and Discovery and Retrieval [Internet] Composite Network Node Carrier to Noise Ratio + Communication Network Riser Core Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet] Carbon Nanotube Contents (file name extension)

CNV CNVT CNX CO COAST COAX COB .COB COBOL .COD CODASYL * CODE CODEC COE COEM COFF COGO COL COLD COLL COM .COM COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 COMDEX COMET COMM COMMAT COMP COMP. COMSAT CON COND CONFIG CONS CONTONE .COOP COPICS COR CORBA COREN COS COSE COSMIC COSMOS COSS COTS CP CPA

Conventional (pertaining to Memory) Convert Certified Network Expert Central Office + Command Output + Convert Out Card On A Stick (module) Coaxial Cable Chip-On-Board COBOL source code (file name extension) Common Business-oriented Language (See HLL) Code List (file name extension) Conference on Data System Languages (Group that designed COBOL) Client-Server Open Development Environment Coder/Decoder + Compression/Decompression Common Operating Environment Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer Common Object File Format [Unix] Coordinate Geometry (Programming Language) Collision + Computer Oriented Language Computer Output to Laser Disk Collision Component Object Model [Microsoft] + Computer Output Microfilm Command (file name extension) + Commercial Business (Domain Name) [Internet] First serial Port (asynchronous port) Second serial Port Third serial Port Fourth serial Port Computer Dealers Exposition Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator Communications In Morse Code (.--.-.)(dot dash dash dot dash dot), name of the sign to denote the Commercial At symbol "@". (Adopted by the ITU in December 2003) Compare Computers [USENET Newsgroup Category] Communications Satellite Corporation Console (includes Keyboard and Screen) Condition Configuration Connection-Oriented Network Service Continuous Tone Cooperatives-Business (Domain Name) [Internet] Communications Oriented Production Information and Control System [IBM] Common Object Runtime Common Object Request Broker Architecture Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network Compatible Operating System + Customer Order Specification [Kodak/Fuji] Combined Office Standard Environment + Common Open Software/Systems Environment Computer Software Management and Information Center [NASA] Computer System for Mainframe Operations Common Object Services Specification Commercial Off-The-Shelf (software) Copy Protected Certified Public Accountant + Cost Per Action

CPAN CPC CPCS CPE .CPE CPFR CPG CPI .CPI CPI-C CPIO CPL .CPL CPLD CPM CP/M CPO CPRM CPS CPT CPU CPW CR CRAM CRAYON CRC .CRD CREN CRF CRI CRISM CRISP CRL CR/LF CRM CROM CRT CRTC CRUD CS C/S CSA CSAR CSCW CSD CSDS CSE CSFI CSG CSI

Comprehensive Perl Archive Network Constant Point Calculation + Cost Per Click Check Processing Control System [IBM] Central Processing Element + Customer Premises Equipment + Customer Provided Equipment Cover Page (file name extension) Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment Clock Pulse Generator Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction + Common Programming Interface [IBM] Code Page Information (file name extension) [MS-DOS] Common Programming Interface for Communications [IBM] Copy In and Out [Unix] Current Privilege Level Control Panel (file name extension) Complex Programmable Logic Device Critical Path Method + Cryptography Provider Manager Control Program for Microcomputers [Digital Research] Chief Privacy Officer Content Protection for Recordable Media Certification Practice Statement + Characters Per Second + Cycles Per Second Command Pass Through Central Processing Unit Commercial Processing Workload [IBM] Carriage Return Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism + Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement Create Your Own Newspaper Cyclic Redundancy Check Cardfile (file name extension) + Chord (music file name extension) Computer Research Education Network + Corporation for Research and Education Networking Cable Retransmission Facility + Cross Reference File Color Reproduction Indices Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars C Reduced Instruction Set Processor [AT&T Bell Labs] Certificate Revocation List Carriage Return/Line Feed Customer Relationship Management Control Read Only Memory Cathode Ray Tube CRT Controller Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete Chip Select + Clear to Send + Code Segment Client/Server Calendaring and Scheduling API [IBM] Channel System Address Register Computer Supported Cooperative Work Circuit-Switched Data + Computer Services Department + Corrective Service Diskette [IBM] Circuit Switched Data Service Certified System Engineer Communication Subsystem For Interconnection Constructive Solid Geometry + Consulting Services Group [Lotus] Code Sequence Identification +

Command Sequence Introducer + CompuServe Incorporated CSID Called Subscriber Identification CSL Computer Sensitive Language CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol [Internet] CSM Code Set Map (file) + Communications Services Manager + Control Strip Module [Macintosh] CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Detection CSMS Customer Support Management System CSN Card-Select Number CSNET Computer Science Network CSO Central Services Organization CSP Certified Systems Professional + Chip-Scale Packaging + Commercial Service Provider + Commercial Subroutine Package + CompuCom Speed Protocol [CompuCom] + Communicating Sequential Processes + Cross System Product [IBM] CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network CSRAM Custom Static RAM CSS * Continuous System Simulator (Language) CSS Cascading Style Sheet [Microsoft] + Contact Start-Stop + Content Scrambling System CSSM Client-Server Systems Management [IBM] CS/SS Card Service/Socket Service CSTA Computer-Supported Telephony Applications CSU Channel Service/Switching Unit CSV Circuit-Switched Voice + Comma-Separated Value/Variable + Common Services Verbs (interface) [Microsoft] C2T Cable Changing Technology C&T Chips and Technologies CTB Cipher Type Byte CTC Channel To Channel + Counter/Timer Chip CTCP Client-To-Client Protocol CTI Computer-Telephony Integration CTL Complex Text Layout CTOS Cassette Tape Operating System + Computerized Tomography Operating System + Convergent Technologies Operating System CTP Community Technology Preview [Microsoft] CTPA Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter CTRCO * Calculating,Tabulating,Recording Company (The name of this company was changed to "International Business Machines" by Thomas J. Watson, Sr.) CTRL Control CTS Clear To Send + Computer Telephony Solution [IBM] + Customer Telephone System CTSS * Compatible Time Sharing System CUA Common User Access [IBM] CUB Cursor Backward CUD Cursor Down CUE Custom Updates and Extras (card) [Egghead Software] CUF Cursor Forward CUI Character-Oriented User Interface + Common User Interface [IBM] CUP Cursor Position CUPID Completely Universal Processor I/O Design [AST]

.CUR CUSIP CUT CUTE CUU CVE CVF CVGA CVIA .CVR CVS CVT CVW CWA CWD CWIS C2X CXML CYL CYMK D... TOP D/A DAA DAB DAC DACL DACTLU DAD DAE DAF DAI DAL DAM DAMA DAMPS DAO DAP DAPIE DARI DARMS DART DAS DASD DAT .DAT DATACOM DAV

Cursor (file name extension) Committee for Uniform Security Identification Procedures [U.S. Treasury] Control Unit Terminal Clarkston University Terminal Emulator Cursor Up Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures [US-CERT] Compressed Volume File Color Video Graphics Array Computer Virus Industry Association Cover Page (file name extension) Computer Vision Syndrome + Concurrent Versions System Convert CodeView for Windows Competitive Web Analysis Convert Word to Double Word + Change Working Directory [Internet] Campus Wide Information Service/System [Internet] + Community Wide Information Service/System [Internet] Character To Hexadecimal [REXX] Commerce Extensible Markup Language Cylinder Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black (color model) UP to C DN to E BOTTOM

Digital to Analog Data Access Arrangement + Decimal Adjust for Addition Digital Audio Broadcasting Data Acquisition and Control + Device Access Code + Digital to Analog Converter + Dual Attachment Concentrator Discretionary Access Control List Deactive Logical Unit Desktop Application Director [Borland] Digital Audio Extraction Destination Address Field Distributed Artificial Intelligence Data Access Language [Apple Computer] + Data Access Layer + Disk Access Lockout Data Acquisition and Monitoring Demand Assigned Multiple Access Digital AMPS Data Access Object [Microsoft] + Disk At Once Data/Directory Access Protocol + Developer Assistance Program + Dynamic Application Partitioning [IBM] Developers Application Programming Interface Extensions Database Application Remote Interface [IBM] Digital Alternate Realization of Musical Symbols Digital Audio Reconstruction Technology Decimal Adjust for Subtraction + Dual-Attached Station Direct Access Storage Device [IBM] Digital Audio Tape + Disk Array Technology Data (file name extension) Data Communications Digital Audio-Video +

Distributed Authoring and Versioning Digital Audio-Visual Council Decibel Data Base + Data Buffer + Device Bay Adjusted Decibel Date Book Archive (file name extension) [Palm] Dynamic Bass Boot System Device Bay Controller Delivery Bar Code Sorter + Double-Byte Character Set Database Format (file name extension) Dun & Bradstreet Information Services Docbook (format) (file name extension) Decibels to a Milliwatt Data Base Manager Data Base Management System DOS Boot Record Data Base Server + Direct (to home) Broadcast (satellite) System DBV Digital Broadcast Video DBWR Database Writer [Oracle] DB2 Database 2 DC Data Collection + Data Communication + Data Control + Device Control + Direct Current D2C Decimal To Character [REXX] DCA Digital Communications Associates + Document Content Architecture [IBM] DCAF Distributed Console Access Facility [IBM] DCAM Digital Camera + Direct Chip Attach Module DCB Device Control Block + Disk Coprocessor Board [Novell] DCC Data Country Code + Digital Command Control + Digital Compact Cassette + Direct Cable/Client Connection + Display Combination Code DCD Data Carrier Detect DCE Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment + Data Communications Equipment + Distributed Computing Environment [OSF] + Distributed Computing Equipment DCED Distributed Computing Environment Daemon DCF Data Communication Facility [IBM] + Data Compression Facility + Data Count Field [IBM] + Design Rule for Camera File Systems + Driver Configuration File [Lotus] D-CHANNEL Data Channel DCI Digital Camera Images + Display Control Interface DCIM Duscrete Complex Image Method DCL Data Control Language + Declaration + DEC Command Language [DEC] + Device Clear + Digital Control Logic + Digital Command Language [Digital] DCML Dynamic Configuration Markup Language DCOM Distributed Component Object Model DCP Device Control Protocol + Digital Light Processing [TI] DCS Data Collection System + Data Control System + Desktop Color Separation + Distributed Control System DCT Discrete Cosine Transform .DCT Dictionary (file name extension) DCU Data-Cache Unit DD Day + Digital Display + Double Density DAVIC dB DB dBA .dba DBBS DBC DBCS .DBF DBIS .DBK dBm DBM DBMS DBR DBS

DDA DDB DDC DDCMP DDC1 DDCS DDD DDE DDEML DDF DDI

Distributed Data Access + Domain-Defined Attribute Device Dependent Bitmap + Device Descriptor Block Digital Data Channel [VESA] + Display Data Channel Digital Data Communications Message Protocol [DEC] Display Data Channel One Distributed Database Connection Services [IBM] Direct Distance Dialing Direct Data Entry + Dynamic Data Exchange [Microsoft] Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library [Microsoft] Display Data Channel + Dynamic Data Formatting [IBM] Device Driver Interface + Digital Document Interchange + Direct Dial In DDK Device Driver Kit [Microsoft Windows] DDL Data Definition Language + Data Description Language DDM Distributed Data Management DDN Defense Data Network DDNS Dynamic Domain Naming System DDOS Distributed Denial Of Service DDP Datagram Delivery Protocol + Distributed Data Processing DDR Dynamic Document Review [Symantec] DDR-SDRAM Double Data Rate-SDRAM DDS Data Description Specification + Digital Dataphone Service [AT&T] + Design Data Sheet + Digital Data Storage + Direct Digital Synthesis + Distributed Database Services DDX Digital Data Exchange DE Device End DEA Data Encryption Algorithm + Disposable Email Address DEC Decrement + Device Clear + Digital Equipment Corporation DECNET Digital Equipment Corporation Networking (protocol) DEF Desktop Functional Equivalent [Compaq] .DEF Definitions + Defaults (file name extensions) DEFRAG Defragment DEK Data Encryption Key DEL Delete DELSTR Delete String [REXX] .DEM Demonstration (file name extension) DEN Directory Enabled Network + Document Enabled Networking [Novell-Xerox] DEP Data Execution Protection [Microsoft] DER Distinguished Encoding Rules DES Data Encryption Standard + Data Entry Sheet .DES Description (file name extension) DET Device Execute Trigger DEV Device DF Data Field + Default + Destination Field + Device Flag + Double Flag DFC Data Flow Control DFD Data Flow Diagram DFDR Digital Flight Data Recorder DFM Design For Manufacturability [IBM] DFP Digital Flat Panel DFS Distributed File System DFSMS Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem [IBM] DFT Design For Testability + Diagnostic Function Test + Discrete Fourier Transform + Distributed Function Terminal DFU Data File Utility DGIS Direct Graphics Interface Standard

DHCP DHL .DHP DHTML DI DIA DIAD DIB

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Dynamic Head Loading Dr. Halo PIC (file name extension) Dynamic HTML Data In + Destination Index Document Interchange Architecture [IBM] Delivery Information Acquisition Device [UPS] Device Independent Bitmap + Directory Information Base + Dual Independent Bus [Intel] DIBOL DEC Business Oriented Language .DIC Dictionary (file name extension) DICOM Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine DID Direct Inward Dialing DIDS Distributed Intrusion Detection System DIF Data Interchange Format DIFFSENS Differential Sense DIIP Direct Interrupt Identification Port DILA Direct-Drive Image Light Amplifier DIME Direct Internet Message Encapsulation DIMM Dual In-Line Memory Module DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm (German equivalent of EIA) DIO Data Input-Output DIP Dialup Internet Protocol [Internet] + Digital Imaging Processing + Dual In-line Package + Dual In-line Pin DIR Directory (file) DIS Distributed Interactive Simulation + Draft International Standard + Dynamic Impedance Stabilization [CompuCom] DISA Data Interchange Standards Association + Direct Inward System Access DISP Displacement (offset) DIST Digital Image Scaling Technology DIT Directory Information Tree DIV Divide DIVE Direct Interface Video Extension [OS/2 Warp] DIVX Digital Video Express DIW D-Inside Wire [AT&T] DIX Digital-Intel-Xerox (Original Ethernet Standard) .DIZ Description In Zip (file name extension) DL Download (also D/L) DL/1 Data Manipulation Language 1 [IBM] DLB Dynamic Load Balancing DLC Data Link Control (protocol) [IBM] + Distributed Loop Carrier DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier DLD Display List Driver DLE Data Link Escape DLL Dynamic Link Library DLM Distributed Lock Manager + Dynamic Link Module DLP Digital Light Processing DLPI Data Link Provider Interface DLR DOS LAN Requester DLS Data Link Switching [IBM] + Downloadable Sounds DLT Digital Linear Tape DM Distributed Memory DMA Direct Memory Access/Addressing + Document Management Alliance DMAC DMA Controller

DMACS DMD DME DMF DMI DML DMM DMMS DMOS DMP DMPC DMPP DMQS DMS DMSD DMSDK DMSS DMT DMTF DMY DMZ DN DNA DNC DNIC DNIE DNIS DNS DO DOA .DOC DOCSIS DOCSV DOE DOIP DO-IT DOLAP DOM DOMF DOS DOSEM .DOT DOV DOW DP DPA DPAM DPAREN DPB DPC DPI DPL DPM DPMA

Distributed Manufacturing Automation & Control Software Digital Micromirror Device [TI] Direct Memory Execution + Distributed Management Environment Distribution Media Format [Microsoft] Desktop Management Interface Data Manipulation Language + Dialog Markup Language [W3C] Digital Multimeter Dynamic Memory Management System Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Dot Matrix Printer Distributed Memory Parallel Computer Distributed Memory Parallel Processor Display Mode Query and Set [IBM] Data Management Software + Data/Document Management System Digital Multistandard Decoding Digital Media Software Development Kit [SGI] Distributed Mass Storage System Digital/Discrete Multi-Tone Desktop Management Task Force Day Month Year Demilitarized Zone Down Deoxyribonucleic Acid Direct Numerical Control Data Network Identification Code Digital Natural Image Engine Dialed Number Identification Service Domain Naming System Data Out + Distributed Objects Dead On Arrival Document + Documentation (file name extensions) Data Over Cable-Service Interface Specification Data Over Circuit-Switched Voice Distributed Objects Environment/Everywhere Dial Other Internet Providers [IBM] Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology Desktop OLAP Document Object Model [W3C] Distributed Object Management Facility Denial Of Service + Disk Operating System DOS Emulation Document Template (file name extension) Data Over Voice Day Of Week Data Processing + Dot Pitch Demand Protocol Architecture [3Com] + Document Printing Architecture Demand Priority Access Method Data Parity Enable [IBM] Drive Parameter Block Direct Program Control Distributed Protocol Interface + Dots Per Inch Dedicated Public License + Descriptor Privilege Level Digital Panel Meter Data Processing Management Association

DPMI DPMS DPO DPOF DPS DPSK DPtoTP DQDB DQL DR D/R DRAM DRAW DR.BOND DRCMF DRDA DR-DOS DRDW DRE DRI DRM DRO DRS .DRS DRV .DRV .DRW DS D/S DS3 DSA DSAP DSD DSDD DSE DSEA DSECT DSHD DSIG DSIS DSL

DSL DSLAM

DOS Protected Mode Interface [Microsoft] Digital Power Management Signaling + Display Power Management Support Data Phase Optimization Digital Print Order Format Document Processing System Differential Phase Shift Keying Display Coordinates to Tablet Coordinates (converting) Distributed Queue Dual Bus Data Query Language Data Received Direct or Reverse Dynamic Random Access Memory Direct Read After Write Dial-up Router Bandwidth On Demand [NEC] Digital Reality Creation Multi Function [Sony] Distributed Relational Database Algorithm/Architecture [IBM] Digital Research-Disk Operating System Direct Read During Write Direct Recording Electronic (voting systems) Declarative Referential Integrity + Digital Research Incorporated Digital Rights/Distributed Resource Management Data Request Output + Destructive Read-Out Document Registration System Driver Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect] Drive Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DVR) Draw + Drawing (file name extensions) Data Segment + Data Send + Data Server + Double Sided Dhrystone Per Second Digital Signal Level 3 Digital Signature Algorithm + Directory System Agent Destination Service Access Point Direct Stream Digital [Sony-Philips] Double Sided, Double Density (diskette) Data Storage Equipment Display Station Emulation Adapter Dummy Control Section Double Sided, High Density (diskette) Digital Signature Distributed Support Information Standard Digital Subscriber Line ADSL Asymmetric DSL BDSL Broadband DSL CDSL Consumer DSL [Rockwell] FDSL Fixed Directory Subscriber List HDSL High-Bit-Rate DSL + High-Data-Rate DSL IDSL Integrated Services Digital Network DSL RDSL Rate-Adaptive DSL SDSL Single-Line DSL + Symmetric DSL VDSL Very-High-Bit-Rate DSL VADSL Very-High-Rate Asymmetric DSL VDSL Very-High-Data-Rate DSL Domain Specific Language + Dynamic Simulation Language Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer

D-SLR DSM DSMA DSML DSN DSO DSOM DSP

DSPT DSQD DSR DSS DSSA DSSI DSSS DSSSL DSTN DSU DSVD DSW DSX D2T2 DTA .DTA DTC DTCP DTD DTE DTF DTL DTM DTMF DTP DTR DTS DTSS DTV DTVC DU DUA DUAT DUN DUNCE DV .DV DVC DVD DVD-A DVD-AR DVD-R DVD-RAM

Digital Single Lens Reflex (camera) Distributed Shared Memory + Domain-Specific Modeling Digital Sense Multiple Access Directory Services Markup Language Data Source Name + Delivery Service Notification Dynamic Shared Object Distributed System Object Model Delivery Service Partner + Digital Signal Processing/Processor + Digital Sound Processor + Directory Synchronization Protocol [Lotus] Display Station Pass-Thru [IBM] Double Sided, Quad Density (diskette) Data Set Ready + Device Status Register + Device Status Report Decision Support System + Digital Signature Standard + Digital Spread Spectrum + Direct Station Selector Domain Specific Software Architecture Digital Standard Systems Interconnect [DEC] Direct-Sequencing Spread Spectrum Document Style Semantics and Specifications Language Double Supertwisted Nematic Data Service/Switching Unit + Digital Service Unit Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data Data Status Word + Device Status Word Digital Signals Cross-Connect Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (printing) Digital Terminal Adapter + Disk Transfer Area Data (file name extension) Desktop Conferencing Digital Transmission Copy Protection [Hitachi, Intel, Panasonic, Sony, Toshiba] Document Type Definition Data Terminal Equipment + Dumb Terminal Emulator Distributed Test Facility Dialogue Tag Language [IBM] + Diode-Transistor Logic Digital Terrain Mapping Data Tone Multiple Frequency + Dual Tone Multifrequency Desktop Publishing + Distributed Transaction Process Data Terminal Ready + Data Transfer Rate Digital Theatre Systems + Digital Transceiving System Distributed Traffic Shaping [Cisco] Dartmouth Time Sharing System Desktop Video + Digital Television Desktop Video Conferencing Disk Usage Directory User Agent Direct User Access Terminal Dial-Up Networking [Microsoft] Dial Up Network Connection Enhancement Digital Video DESQview Script (file name extension) Desktop Video Conferencing + Digital Video Camera + Digital Video Cassette + Dual Voice Coil Digital Video Disk Digital Video Disk-Audio Digital Video Disk-Audio Recording Digital Video Disk-Recordable Digital Versatile Disc-RAM

DVD-ROM DVD-SR DVD-VR DVE DVI .DVI DVM DVMRP DVOF DVR .DVR DW DWDM DWG DWMT DWT D2X .DXB DXC DXF DXI DYNSLT DYNSRC E... TOP EA EAI EAP EAR EARN EAROM EARS EATA EAX EB EBASIC EBC EBCT EBCDIC EBI EBNF EBOOK EBPP EBR EBS EBT EBXM EC ECAL ECAT ECB ECC

Digital Versatile Disc-ROM Digital Video Disk-Stream Recording Digital Video Disk-Video Recording Digital Video Effect Digital Video Interactive + Digital Visual Interface Device Independent (file name extension) Digital Video Manager + Digital Volt Meter Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol [Internet] Digital Video Over Fiber Digital Video/Voice Recorder Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DRV) Data Warehousing Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexer Drawing Discrete Wavelet Multitone Discrete Wavelet Transform Decimal To Hexadecimal [REXX] Drawing Interchange Binary (file name extension) [AutoCAD] Data Exchange Control Data Exchange File + Drawing Exchange Format Data Exchange Interface Dynamic Select [IBM] Dynamic Source UP to D DN to F BOTTOM

Effective Address + Extended Attribute [OS/2] Enterprise Application Integration Extensible Authentification Protocol Enterprise Archive + External Access Register European Academic Research Network Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory Electronic Access to Reference Services + Electronic Authoring and Routing System [DEC] + Explicit Archive and Retrieval System [Langley Research] Enhanced AT Bus Attachment Environmental Audio Extensions [Creative] Exabyte (1,024 petabytes) (One Billion Billion characters of information) Extended BASIC EISA Bus Controller Electron Beam Computed Tomography Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code [IBM] Equivalent Background Input + Extended Background Investigation Extended Backus-Naur Form Electronic Book Electric Bill Presentment and Payment Extended Boot Record Event-Based Sampling Electronic Benefits Transfer Electronic Business XML Electronic Commerce + Error Control Enjoy Computing And Learn Electronic Card Assembly and Test [IBM] Electronic Codebook + Event Control Block Elliptic Curve Crypto + Error Check Code + Error Checking and Correction + Error Correction Code

ECD ECDL ECHO ECI ECL ECM ECMA ECN ECNE ECP ECS ECTL ECU ED EDA

Enhanced Color Display + Enhanced Compact Disk European Computer Driving Licence European Commission Host Organization [Internet] External Call Interface Emitter Coupled Logic Electronic Control Module European Computer Manufacturers Association Electronic Communications Network Enterprise Certified NetWare Engineer [Novell] Enhanced/Extended Capabilities Port [Microsoft] Enhanced Chip Set Electronic Communal Temporal Lobe EISA Configuration Utility Erase Display Electronic Design Automation + Embedded Document Architecture [Go Corporation] EDB Embedded Database EDC Electronic Digital Computer + Enhanced Data Correction + Error Detection and Correction EDDC Extended Distance Data Cable EDE Encrypt-Decrypt-Encrypt EDG Electronic Program Guide EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval EDGE Enhanced Data-Rates for Global Evolution EDI Electronic Data Interchange + Electronic Document Interchange [DEC] EDIF Electronic Design Interchange Format EDIFACT EDI for Administration Commerce and Transport EDL Edit Decision List EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control EDLIN Editor (Line Text) EDMS Electronic Document Management System EDO Extended Data Out EDOS Enhanced DOS for Windows EDP Electronic Data Processing EDPM Electronic Data Processing Machine EDR Enhanced Data Rate EDRAM Enhanced/Eraseable/Extended Dynamic Random Access Memory EDS Electronic Data Systems (corporation) EDSAC * Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator EDTV Enhanced Definition Television .EDU Educational Institutions (Domain Name) [Internet] EDVAC * Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (First stored-program digital computer) EE Extended Edition [IBM] EEC Extended Error Correction EEDID Enhanced-Extended Display Identification Data EEG Electroencephalogram EEL Epsilon Extension Language EEM Extended Memory Management EEMAC Electrical & Electronic Manufacturers of Canada EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification EEPI Electronic Entertainment Policy Initiative EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory EES Escrow Encryption Standard EFA Extended File Attribute EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation EFI Electromechanical Frequency Interference + Electronics For Imaging +

Extensible Firmware Interface English, French, Italian, German, Spanish Emitter Follower Logic Electronic Form Encrypting File System Electronic Funds Transfer System Enhanced Graphics Adapter Exterior Gateway Protocol Extended Global Regular Expression Print [Unix] Enhanced Host Controller Interface Emulator High Level Language Application Programming Interface [IBM] EIA Electronic Industries Association EICAS Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics EIM Electronic Image Management EIS Enterprise/Executive Information System EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture EJB Enterprise JavaBeans EL Electroluminescent (display) + Erase Line ELAN Emulated Local Area Network ELC Embedded Linking and Control ELD Electronic License Distribution ELEC Enterprise Local Exchange Carrier ELF Executable and Linking Format + Extremely Low Frequency ELOS Embedded-Objects Linked Across Systems ELPH Entr Level PowerShot [Canon] ELS Entry Level System EM Electronic Mail + Emphasized + End of Medium + Expanded Memory EMA Electronic Mail Association + Enterprise Management/Memory Architecture EMACS Editing Macros [Unix] E-MAIL Electronic Mail EMB Extended Memory Block [LIM/AST] EMBARC Electronic Mail Broadcast to a Roaming Computer [Motorola] EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility + Enhanced Memory Chip + E-Mail Connection + Extended Math Coprocessor EMCC * Eckert-Mauchly Computer Company (World's first computer company, founded by Presper Eckart and John Mauchly, who invented and built the first UNIVAC) EMF Extended Metafile Format [Microsoft] EMI Electromagnetic Interference .EML Electronic Mail (file name extension) EMM Expanded Memory Manager EMP Electro-Magnetic Pulse EMR Electro-Magnetic Radiation + Enhanced Metafile Record EMS Electronic Mail System + Electronic Message Service + Energy Management System + Enhanced Messaging Service + Expanded Memory Specification [LIM] EMSAPI Extended Messaging Services Application Programming Interface EMWAC European Microsoft Windows NT Academic Centre .ENC Encoded (file name extension) ENDEC Encoder/Decoder EFIGS EFL E-FORM EFS EFTS EGA EGP EGREP EHCI EHLLAPI

ENDS ENIAC

Ends Segment * Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer (First fully electronic digital computer) ENQ Enquiry ENSS Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet] EOA End Of Address EOB End Of Block EOC End Of Conversion EOF End Of File + Enterprise Objects Framework [Next Computer] EOI End Of Interrupt + End Or Identify EOJ End Of Job EOL End Of Line + End Of List EOM End Of Message EOR Exclusive OR (Also XOR) EOS Earth Observing System [NASA] + Electro-Optical System [Canon] + End Of String + Error Correction Code on SIMM EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System [NASA] EOT Embedded Open Type (format) [Microsoft] + End Of Table + End Of Tape (marker) + End Of Text + End Of Transmission EP Electrophotographic Engine EPC Electronic Product Code EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (chip) [Intel] EPG Electronic Program Guide EPL Effective Privilege Level EPLD Electrically Programmable Logic Device EPM Enhanced Editor for Presentation Manager [IBM] + Enterprise Process Management [IBM] EPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPROCESS Executive Process EPROM Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory + Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory .EPS Encapsulated PostScript (file name extension) EPSF Encapsulated PostScript Files ERA Extended Registry Attributes ERAS Electronic Routing and Approval System [Hughes Aircraft] ERD Emergency Repair Disk + Entity Relationship Diagram ERIC Educational Resources Information Center [Internet] ERLL Enhanced Run Length Limited ERMA * Electronic Recording Method, Accounting [General Electric] EROM Erasable Read Only Memory EROS Earth Resources Observation System [U.S. Geological Survey] ERP Effective Radiated Power + Enterprise Resource Planning ERR Error ER/RC Extended Result/Response Code ERU Emergency Recovery Utility [Microsoft] ES Extra Segment ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture [IBM] + European Space Agency ESB Enterprise Service Bus ESC EISA System Component + Escape ESCD Extended System Configuration Data ESCM Extended Services Communications Manager [IBM] ESCO Extemded Synchronous Connections ESCON Enterprise System Connection (Architecture) [IBM]

ESC/P ESD ESDI ESDRAM ESF ESI ESMR ESMTP ESN ESP

ESR ESS ESSENCE ESSID ESU ET ETACS ETANN ETB ETC E-TEXT ETF ETOM ETPL ETS ETX EU .EU EUC EUDC EUDORA EUI EULA EUVL EVDO EVE EVGA EWAN EWS EWTS EXCA .EXE EXE2BIN EXIF EXM EXP EXT EXTRN

Epson Standard Code for Printers Electronic Software Distribution + Electrostatic Discharge + Emergency Startup Disk Enhanced Small/System Device Interface Enhanced SDRAM Extended Superframe End System Identifier + Enhanced Serial Interface (specification) [Hayes] Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Electronic Security/Serial Number Emulation Sensing Processor + Encapsulating Security Payload (header) + Enhanced Serial Port [Hayes] + Enhanced Service Provider + Enterprise System Platcorm + Estimated Selling Price + Eudora Sharing Protocol [Qualcomm] Event Service Routine Electronic Switching System Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics [Johns Hopkins University] Extended Service Set Identifier Electro-Static Unit Enhancement Technology Extended Total Access Communication System [IBM] Electrically Trainable Analog Neural Network (chip) [Intel] End of Transmission Block Electronic Toll Collection + Enhanced Throughput Cellular (modem protocol) [AT&T] Electronic Text Enriched Text Format Electron-Trapping Optical Memory Endorsed Tempest Products List Econometric Time Series End Of Text Execution Unit European Union (Domain Name) [Internet] End-User Computing + Extended Unix Code [IBM] End-User Defined Character (Named after author of story: "Why I Live at the P.O.", Ms. Eudora Welty) End-User Interface End-User License Agreement Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Evolution Data Only/Optimized Extensible VAX Editor Extended Video Graphics Array + Extended Video Graphics Adapter Emulator Without A Good Name [Internet] Employee Written Software [IBM] Enterprise Web Training System Exchangeable Card Architecture [Intel] Executable (file name extension) Program used to convert an (.EXE) file to binary format (.COM) file Exchangeable Image File Format Enterprise Messaging Exchange [Lotus] Exponent External External Reference

E-ZINE F... TOP FAB FAC FAMOS FANS FAP FAPI FAQ FARNET FASIC FAT FAX .FAX FBC FC/AL FCB FCC FCC: FCCSET FC/EL FCI FCL FCPGA FCR FCRAM FCS FD FDC FDDI FDHD FDIR FDISK FDM FDMA FDSL FDX FEC FECN FED FEFO FEP FEPI FEPROM FERAM FESDK FET FF FFD FFDC FFS FFST FFT FG FGREP

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Computer-Chip Fabrication Plant File Access Code Floating Gate Avalanche MOS Future Air Navigation System File Access Protocol Family Application Program Interface Frequently Asked Question Federation of American Research Networks [Internet] Function and Algorithm-Specific Integrated Circuit File Allocation Table Facsimile Fax (file name extension) Find By Content Fiber Channel/Arbitrated Loop File Control Block Federal Communications Commission File Carbon Copy Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology Fiber Channel/Enhanced Loop Flux Changes per Inch Fibre Channel Loop Flip Chip Pin Grid Array [Intel] FIFO Control Register Fast-Cycle RAM Fiber Channel Standard + Frame Check Sequence Floppy Disk + Floppy Drive + Full Duplex Floppy Disk Controller Fiber Digital Device Interface + Fiber Distributed Data Interface Floppy Drive High Density Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery Fixed Disk Frequency Division Multiplexing Frequency Division Multiple Access (See DSL) Full Duplex Forward Error Correction Forward Explicit Congestion Notification Field Emission/Emitter Display First-Ended, First-Out Front End Processor Front End Programming Interface Flash EPROM Ferroelectric RAM Far East Software Development Kit [Microsoft] Field Effect Transistor Flip-Flop + Form Feed Full Funtion Device First Failure Data Capture [IBM] Fast File System First Failure Support Technology [IBM] Fast Fourier Transform + Final Form Text [IBM] Floating Gate Fixed Global Regular Expression Print [Unix]

FHS FHSS FIA FIB FIF FIFO FILO FINDSTR FIOS FIP FIPS FIR .FIRM FIRST FITS FIU FIX FK FLA FLC FLD FLIR FLL FLOPS .FLR FLV FM FMD FMRI FMS FMT FMV FNT FOCUS FOD FOG FOIP FOIRL FOLDOC FOM .FON .FOR FORTH FORTRAN FOSE FOSI FOSSIL FPC FPCE FPGA FPLA FPM FPP FPR FPS FPT FPU FPX

Fan Heat-Sink Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum File Integrity Assessment Forwarding Information Base Fractal Image Format First-In, First-Out First-In, Last-Out Find Strings (FiOS) Fiber Optic Services [Verizon] File Processor Buffering Federal Information Processing Standard Fast Infrared + Finite Impulse Response Business or Firm (Domain Name) [Internet] Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams Flexible Image Transport System Fingerprint Identification Unit [Sony] Federal Internet Exchange Foreign Key Four Letter Acronym Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal Field Forward Looking Infrared (system) FoxPro Link Library [Microsoft Fox Pro] Floating Point Operations Per Second Folder (file name extension) Flash Video Frequency Modulation Fluorescent Multilayer Disk Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Forms Management System Format Full Motion Video Font Forum of Control Data Users Fax On Demand First Osborne Group Fax Over Internet Protocol Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link [IEEE] Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing Fiber Optics Modem Font + Phone + Phone Directory (all file name extensions) Fortran source code (file name extension) (Programming Language)(See HLL) Formula Translator (Programming Language)(See HLL) Federal Office Systems Exposition Format Option Specification Instance Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer Flexible Printed Circuit + Floating Point Calculation Floating-Point C Extension (specification) Field Programmable Gate-Array Field Programmable Logic-Array Fast Page Mode Fixed Path Protocol + Floating Point Processor Floating-Point Register Favorite Picture Selection + Frames Per Second Forced Perfect Termination Floating Point Unit FlashPix (format) [Kodak]

FQDN FRAD FRAG FRAM FRC FRED FRMR FRPI FRS .FRS FS FSB FSD FSE FSF FSK FSN FSO FSP FSR FST F/T FTAM FTL FTM FTP FTPD FTTB FTTC FTTN FTS FTX FUI FUNC FUS FUSE FVT FWTK FXP FYI G... TOP GA GAAP GAC GAL GAMS GAPI GART GATT GAWD Gb GB GCC

Fully Qualified Domain Name [Internet] Frame Relay Access Device + Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler Fragment + Fragmentation Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory Functional Redundancy Checking Frame Editor + Front-End to Dish Frame Reject Flux Reversals Per Inch Family Radio Service WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension) File Separator Front Side Bus File System Driver [OS/2] Full Screen Editor Free Software Foundation [Internet] Frequency Shift Keying Full Service Network Free Space Optics File Service Protocol Free System Resources Flat Square Tube (monitor) Full Time File Transfer, Access and Management + File Transfer and Access Method Flash Transition Layer [Intel] Flat Tension Mask [Zenith] File Transfer Protocol [Internet] File Transfer Protocol Daemon Fiber To The Basement Fiber To The Curb Fiber To The Neighborhood Federal Telecommunication System Fault Tolerant Unix File Update Information Function Fast User Switching Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer [JHUAPL] Full Video Translation Firewall Toolkit File Exchange Protocol For Your Information UP to F DN to H BOTTOM

General Availability Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Global Assembly Cache Generic Array Logic General Algebraic Mathematical System Gateway Application Programming Interface Graphics Address Relocation Table Graphics Address Translation Table Global Access Wireless Database Gigabit (1,024 megabits) + (One Billion Bits of Information) Gigabyte (1,024 megabytes) + (One Billion Characters of Information) GNU C-Compiler [Unix]

GCCD GCR GDA GDB GDDM GDG GDI GDLC GDP GDR GDT GECOS GEIS GEM GENIE GEO GEOS GEOS GET GFDL GFI GGP GHZ .GID .GIF GIG-E GIGO GII GILS GIMP GIMPS GINA GIS GIX GKS GL G/L GLIS GLL GLM GLOBE .GLY GMDI GML GMP GMR GMRS GMS GMT GND GNN GNU GNOME GOAD

Glass-Passivated Ceramic Chip Diode Group Code Recording Global Data Area + GNOME Data Access GNU Debugger Graphics Data Display Manager Generation Data Group [IBM] Graphical Device Interface Generic Data Link Control [IBM] Graphic Draw Primitive Gas Discharge Arrestor Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing + Global Descriptor Table + Graphics Development Toolkit General Electric Comprehensive Operating System General Electric Information Service (company) Graphics Environment Manager (DRI Program) General Electric Network for Information Exchange Geostationary Earth Orbit Global Entity Ordering System + Graphic Environment Operating System [Geoworks] Get Execute Trigger GNU Free Documentation License General Format Identifier + Ground-Fault Interceptor Gateway-Gateway Protocol [Internet] Gigahertz Topics (file name extension) [Microsoft] Graphics Interchange Format (file name extension) Gigabit Ethernet Garbage In, Garbage Out Global Information Infrastructure Government Information Locator Service GNU Image Manipulation Program Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search Graphical Identification and Authentication Geographic Information System + Global Information Solutions [AT&T] Global Internet Exchange [Internet] Graphical Kernel System Graphics Language General Ledger Global Land Information System [US Geological Survey] Geograpic Position-Latitude/Longitude General Linear Models Global Learning by Observations to Benefit the Environment [Internet] Glossary (file name extension) [Microsoft Word] Gigabit Media-Dependent Interface Generalized Markup Language Global Mobile Professional Giant Magneto-Resistive (read head technology) General Mobile Radio Service Global Management System + Global Messaging Service [Novell] Greenwich Mean Time Ground (signal/system) Global Network Navigator Gnu's Not Unix (operating system) GNU Network Object Model Environment GNOME Object Activation Directory

GOS GOSIP .GOV GP GPF GPI GPIB GPIO GPL GPR GPRC GPRS GPS

Grade Of Service Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile Governmental (Domain Name) [Internet] Gas Plasma + General Purpose General Protection Fault Graphics Programming Interface General Purpose Information/Interface Bus General Purpose Input/Output General Public License General Purpose Register [IBM] Glass Passivated Rectifier Chip General Packet Radio Service Global Positioning Satellite/System + Global Product Specification GPSS * General Purpose Systems Simulator (language) GPU Graphics Processing Unit GRADD Graphics Adapter Device Driver [IBM] GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation + Graphics Engine GREP Global Regular Expression Print .GRF Graph (file name extension) .GRP Group (file name extension) GS Group Separator GSI General Server Interface GSM Global Shared Memory + Global System for Mobile-Communications (network) GSNW Gateway Service for NetWare [Microsoft] GSP Generic Server Passer + Global Service Provider GSR Gigabit Switch Router GSTN General Switched Telephone Network GTE General Telephone Electronics (corporation) GTF Generalized Timing Format GTL Graphic Template Library + Gunning Transceiver Logic GTO Guide To Operations [IBM] GTP * Geometry Theorem Prover GTS Generic Traffic Shaping [Cisco] GUI Graphical User Interface GUID Globally Unique Identifier + Global Universal Identifier GVT Global Virtual Time GW-BASIC Gee Whiz BASIC GWES Graphic, Windowing and Event Subsystem .gz Compressed file (compressed filename extension using GNU gzip compression/decompression program) [Unix] GZIP GNU Zip H... TOP .H HACMP HAL UP to G DN to I BOTTOM

Header (file name extension) [C] High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing [IBM] Hard Array Logic + Hardware Abstraction Layer + House-Programmed Array Logic HAL * Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic (computer) [from 1968 movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"] HAP Host Access Protocol HARP-MRI Harmonic Phase MRI HASP Houston Automatic Spooling Priority (System) HBA Host Bus Adapter HCL Hardware Compatibility List

HCSS HCT HCU HD HDA HDC HDCD HDCP HDD HDF HDI HDL HDLC HDM HDMI HDML HDR .HDR HDSC HDSL HDSS HDT HDTV HDVD HDW HDX HEOS HERC HEX HFC HFS HFT HGA HGCP HGP HH HID HIDS HIF HIFD HIL HIMEM HIPPI HLA HLCO HLL HLLAPI .HLP HLQ HLS HLT HMA HMD HMI HMM HMMP HMOS

High Capacity Storage System Hardware Compatibility Test Home Computer User Hard Disk + High Density Head Disk Assembly High Dependability Computing [Carnegie Mellon] High Definition Compatible Digital High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection + High Definition Copy Protection Hard Disk Drive Hierarchical Data Format [NCSA] Head to Disk Interference Hardware Description Language High-Level Data Link Control Hardware Device Module High-Definition Multimedia Interface Handheld Device Markup Language Header + High Data Rate + High Dynamic Range (photography) Header Data (file name extension) High Density Signal Carrier [DEC] (See DSL) Holographic Data Storage System Host Digital Terminal High Definition Television High Definition Volumetric Display Hardware Half Duplex High Earth Orbiting Satellite Hercules Hexadecimal Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial Hierarchical File System [Macintosh] High Function Terminal [IBM] Hercules Graphics Adapter Hercules Graphics Card Plus Human Genome Project Hour Human Interface Device Host-Based Intrusion Detection System Hyper-G Interchange Format High-Density Floppy Disk Human Interface Link [HP] High Memory High Performance Parallel Interface High Level Architecture High Low Close Open High Level Language High Level Language Application Programming Interface Help (file name extension) High Level Qualifier Hue, Luminance, Saturation (color model) Halt High Memory Area [Microsoft] + Hub Management Architecture Head Mounted Display Human-Machine Interface Hidden Markov Model Hyper-Media Management Protocol High Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor +

HMP HOL HOLAP HOTT HOV HP HPC HPCC HPDJ HPFS HPG HPGL HPIB HPLJ HPNA HPOM HPPA HPPI HPR HPSB HPTL HPUX HPW .HQX HRIS HRG HRMS HRTF HS HSB HSC HSDPA HSI HSM HSP HSSI HST .HST HSV HTL HTML HTTP HTTP-NG HTTPS HUD HUT H/V HVD HVP H/W HWCP HWD HWDM .HYP HYTELNET Hz I... TOP

High Speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor Host Monitoring Protocol High Order Logic Hybrid OLAP Hot Off The Tree (electronic newsletter) High Occupancy Vehicle Hewlett-Packard (Company) Handheld Personal Computer High Performance Computing and Communications Hewlett-Packard Desk Jet High-Performance File System Hewlett-Packard Graphics Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet Home Phoneline Networking Alliance Home Page Objects Model [Microsoft] Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture High Performance Parallel Interface High Performance Routing [IBM] High Performance Serial Bus High Performance Technical Computing Hewlett-Packard Unix High Performance Workstation [Sun] BinHex (file name extension) [Macintosh] Human Resource Information System High Resolution Graphics Human Resource Management System Head Related Transfer Function High Speed Hue, Saturation, Brightness (color model) Hierarchical Storage Controller + High Speed Channel High Speed Download Packet Access Hue, Saturation, Intensity Hierarchical Storage Management High Speed Printer/Processor High Speed Serial Interface High Speed Technology [U.S. Robotics] History + Host (file name extensions) Hue Saturation Value Human In The Loop HyperText Markup Language HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTP Next Generation HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure Heads Up Display Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope Horizontal/Vertical Holographic Versatile Disc Horizontal & Vertical Position Hardware Hardware Code Page Height-Width-Depth Hyperfine Wave Division Multiplexing Hyphenation (file name extension) Hypertext-browser for Telnet Accessible Sites Hertz UP to H DN to J BOTTOM

IA IAB IAC IAD IAEC IAFIS

Intel Architecture [Intel] Internet Architecture Board Inter-Application Communication [Macintosh] Integrated Access Device International Address Element Code Integrated Automatic Fingerprint Identification System IAG Instruction Address Generation IAK Internet Access Kit [IBM] IAL * International Algorithmic Language (ALGOL was first called IAL) IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IAP Internet Access Provider IAS Internet Access Server IAT Import Address Table IAUP Internet User Account Provider IBC Instrument Bus Computer IBCS Intel Binary Compatibility Specification IBIP Information Based Indicia Program [U.S. Postal Service] IBL Inbound Links [Google] IBM International Business Machines (Corporation) IBM-GL IBM Graphics Language IC Input Circuit + Integrated Circuit + Interrupt Controller ICA Intelligent Console Architecture + Intra-application Communications Area ICANN International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICAP Internet Calendar Access Protocol [Lotus] ICAS Intel Communicating Applications Specifications ICB Internet Citizen's Band ICCP Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals ICD International Code Designator ICE In-Circuit Emulator [Intel] + Integrated Computing Environment [Langley Research] + Internal Compiler Error ICES Interference-Causing Equipment Standard ICF Internet Connection Firewall [Microsoft] ICI Image Component Information + Inter-CPU Interrupts ICL Interface Clear ICLID Incoming-Call Line Identification ICM Image Color Matching [Kodak] + Incoming Message .ICM Image Color Management (file name extension) ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol [Novell] .ICO Icon (file name extension) ICOMP (iCOMP)Intel Comparative Microprocessor Performance [Intel] ICP Image Coprocessor + Integrated Channel Processor ICQ I Seek You (messaging program0 ICR Intelligent Character Recognition ICS Internet Connection Sharing [Microsoft] + Intuitive Command Structure ICSAPI Internet Connection Services API ICU Instruction-Cache Unit + Intel Configuration Utility [Microsoft] + ISA Configuration Utility ID Identification + Identifier IDA Integrated Digital Access + Intelligent Disk Array + Intelligent Drive Array IDAPI Integrated Database Application Programming Interface

IDC IDDE IDE

IDEA IDEN IDF IDI IDIV IDL IDM IDMS IDNX IDP IDR IDS IDSL IDT .IDX IE IEC IEEE IEF IEMSI IEN IETF IESG I/F IFC IFD IFF IFG IFP IFS IFSM IGA IGC IGES IGFET IGMP IGP IGRP IGS IHD IHV IIF III IIOP IIR IIS IITF IKE

Integrated Database/Desktop Connector + Internet Database Connector [Microsoft] + Internet Data Center Integrated Development & Debugging Environment [Symantec] Imbedded Drive Electronics + Integrated Development Environment [Borland] + Integrated Device/Drive Electronics + Intelligent Drive Electronics + Interactive Design and Engineering + Interface Design Enhancement International Data Encryption Algorithm Integrated Data Enhanced Network Intermediate Distribution Frame Initial Domain Identifier Integer Divide Interactive Data Language + Interface Definition Language Integrated Document Management Integrated Data Base Management System Integrated Digital Network Exchange [IBM] Integrated Data Processing Intelligent Document Recognition Image Display System + Intrusion Detection System (See DSL) Interface Design Tool + Interrupt Descriptor Table Index (file name extension) Internet Explorer [Microsoft] International Electrotechnical Commission Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Information Engineering Facility Interactive Electronic Mail Standard Identification Internet Engineering Notes Internet Engineering Task Force Internet Engineering Steering Group Interface Internet Foundation Classes Image File Directory Interchangeable File Format [Amiga] Incoming Fax Gateway Instruction Fetch Pipeline Installable/Integated File System Information Systems Management Integrated Graphics Array Integrated Graphics Controller Initial Graphics Exchange Standard Insulated-Gate Field Effect Transistor Internet Group Management/Multicast Protocol Interior Gateway Protocol Interior Gateway Routing Protocol [Cisco] Internet Go Server Integrated Help Desk [IBM] Independent Hardware Vendor Immediate Interface Interstate Identification Index [NCIC] Internet Inter-ORB Protocol Immediate Impulse Response Internet Information Server/Services [Microsoft] Information Infrastructure Task Force Internet Key Exchange

IKMP IKP ILA ILE ILEC ILM ILP ILS IM IMAC IMACS IMAP

Internet Key Management Protocol Internet Keyed Payments [IBM] Image Light Amplifier Integrated Language Environment [IBM] Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier Information Life-Cycle Management Instruction-Level Parallelism International Language Support Instant Messenger Internet Macintosh [Apple] Image Management and Communication System Interactive Mail Access Protocol + Internet Message Access Protocol IMAX Maximum Image IMDB In-Memory Database IMDS Image Data Stream (format) [IBM] IME Input Method Editor/Engine IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identifier IMG Image .IMG Image Data (file name extension) IML Initial Microcode Load [IBM] IMP Information/Interface Message Processor + Internet/Intranet Input Method Protocol IMPA Intelligent Multi-Port Adapter [DCA] IMPI Interoperable Message Passing Interface IMPP Internet Messaging and Presence Protocol IMR Internet Monthly Report IMS Information Management System + Intermediate Maintenance Standards IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identifier IMSP Internet Message Support Protocol IMTC International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium IMTV Interactive Multimedia Television IMUL Integer Multiply IMUX Inverse Multiplexer IN Input INC Increment .IND Index (file name extension) .INF Information (file name extension) .INFO Information Services (Domain Name) [Internet] INFS Internet Network File System .INI Initialize (file name extension) INIT Initialization + Initialize INM Integrated Network Management INND Internet News Daemon INS Input String + Integrated Network Server INT Integer + Internal + Interrupt + .INT International Organization (Domain name) [Internet] INTA Interrupt Acknowledge INTEL Integrated Electronics (company) INTERNIC (InterNIC)Internet Network Information Center INTO Interrupt if Overflow occurs I2O Intelligent Input/Output I/O Input/Output IOC Inter-Office Channel IOCC Input/Output Channel Converter + Input/Output Controller Chip IOCS Input/Output Control System IOCTL Input/Output Control IODE Integrated Development and Debugging

Environment [Symantec] Infrared Optical Film Input/Output Processor Input/Output Privilege Level Interoperable Object Reference Internet Operating System Input/Output Support Gate Array Instruction Pointer + Intellectual Property + Internet Protocol IPBF Installed Peripheral Base Flexibility IPC Instructions Per Clock + Interprocess Communication IPCMOS Interlocked Pipeline CMOS [IBM] IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol IPCS Integrated PC Server IPDC Internet Protocol Device Control IPDS IBM Personal Dictation System [IBM] + Intelligent Printer Data Stream [IBM] IPF Invalid Page Format IPFC Information Presentation Facility Compiler [IBM] IPI Intelligent Peripheral Interface IPL Initial Program Load/Loader + Ion Projection Lithography IPL * Information Programming Language IPM Images Per Minute + Interpersonal Message IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPNG Internet Protocol, next generation IPP Integrated Performance Primitives [Intel] + Internet Printing Protocol IPR Intellectual Property Rights IPSE Integrated Project Support Environment IPSEC Internet Protocol Security IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council IPTV Internet Protocol Television IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange [Novell] IQL Interactive Query Language IR Infrared IRC Internet Relay Chat IRD Integrated Receiver/Descrambler IRDA (IrDA)Infrared Data Association IRDS Information Resource Dictionary System IRET Interrupt Return IRF Intermediate Routing Function + Inheritance Rights Filter [Novell] IRL Interactive Reader Language + Inter-Repeater Link IRLAP Infrared Link Access Protocol IRLED Infrared Light Emitting Diode IRM Information Resource Management + Inherent Rights Mask IRP I/O Request Packet IRQ Interrupt Request IRQL Interrupt Request Level IRTF Internet Research Task Force IRX Information Retrieval Experiment IS Information System + Interrupt Status ISA Industry Standard Architecture (bus) [IBM] + Instruction-Set Architecture ISAKMP Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol ISAM Indexed Sequential-Access Management/Method ISAPI Internet Server API [Microsoft] ISAPS Intelligent Scene Analysis based on Photographic Space [Canon] IOF IOP IOPL IOR IOS IOSGA IP

ISBN ISC

International Standard Book Number Instruction Set Computer + Inter-Systems Communication [IBM] ISCSI (iSCSI) Internet SCSI ISD Image Section Descriptor + Instructional Systems Design ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network ISH Information Super Highway ISI Internally Specified Index ISIS Integrated Systems and Information Services ISKM Internet Starter Kit for the Macintosh ISL Interactive System Language + Inter Switch Link [Cisco] ISM Integrated Services Model [IETF] + Internet Service Manager [Microsoft] ISMF Interactive Storage Management Facility ISOC Internet Society ISO International Organization for Standardization ISP Internet Service Provider + Interrupt Stack Pointer + Interrupt Status Port ISPF Interactive System Programming Facility ISR Information Storage and Retrieval + Interrupt Service Routine + Interrupt Status Register ISRC International Standard Recording Code ISS Internet Sharing Software ISSN International Standard Serial Number ISV Independent Software Vendor IT Information Technology ITB Information Technology Branch + Intermediate Text Block ITC International Typeface Corporation ITE Information Technology Equipment ITF Interactive Test Facility ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library ITN Identification Tasking and Networking ITP Internet Transaction Processing ITR Information Technology Research [NSF] + Input Transaction Record + Internet Talk Radio ITSM Information Technology Service Management ITU International Telecommunications Union ITUG International Telecommunications User Group ITU-TIES ITU-Telecom Information Exchange Services ITU-TSS ITU-Telecommunication Standards Section ITV Interactive Television ITX Intermediate Text Block IU Integer Unit IUAP Internet User Account Provider IUS/ITB Interchange Unit Separator/Intermediate Transmission Block IVDS Integrated Voice and Data Systems IVIS Interactive Video Information System IVL Independent Vendor League + Intel Verification Lab IVR Interactive Voice Recognition/Response IVS Interactive Videodisk System IVT Interrupt Vector Table IV&V Independent Verification & Validation I-WAY Information Highway IXC Interexchange Carrier J...

TOP JA JAD JADE JAE JANET JAR JAVAME JAXM JBE JC JCA JCE JCL JDBC JDF JDK JDSL JE JEDEC JEIDA JEPI JES JFC JFET JFIF JFS JG JGE JHUAPL

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Jump Address + Jump if Above Joint Application Design/Development Java Addition to the Default System Jump if Above or Equal Joint Academic Network Java Archive (file format) Java Platform Micro Edition Java API for XML Messaging Jump if Below or Equal Jump if Carry set Java Cryptography Architecture Java Cryptography Extension Job Control Language Java Database Connectivity Job Description format Java Development Kit Java Data Structures Library Jump if Equal Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association Joint Electronic Payment Initiative Job Entry System Java Foundation Classes Junction Field Effect Transistor JPEG File Interchange Format Journaled File System [IBM] Jump if Greater Jump if Greater or Equal Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory JIPS JANET Internet Protocol Service JIT Just-In-Time (compiler) JL Jump if Less JLE Jump if Less than or Equal to JLIP Joint Level Interface Protocol JMAPI Java Management Application Program Interface J2ME Java 2 Platform Micro Edition JMF Java Media Framework [Sun] JMI Java Metadata Interface JMP Jump JMS Java Message Service JMX Java Management Extensions JNA Jump if Not Above JNAE Jump if Not Above or Equal JNB Jump if Not Below JNBE Jump if Not Below or Equal JNG Jump if Not Greater JNGE Jump if Not Greater or Equal JNI Java Native Interface .JNK Junk (file name extension) JNLE Jump if Not Less or Equal JNO Jump if No Overflow JNP Jump if No Parity JNS Jump if No Sign JOE Java Objects Everywhere JOHNNIAC* John Neumann Integrator and Automatic Computer [Rand Corp.] JOSS * Johnniac Open Shop System [Rand Corp.]

JOVIAL JPE JPEG JPL JPNF JPO JRE JS JSP JSR JSSE JTAG JTAPI JZ JNZ JSS JUGHEAD JVM K... TOP K-12 KAM Kb KB KBD KBD$ KBE Kbps KBps KDE KDT KEFIR KEYBBE KEYBBR KEYBCF KEYBCZ (Czech) KEYBDK KEYBFR KEYBGR KEYBHU KEYBIT KEYBLA KEYBNL KEYBNO KEYBPL KEYBPO KEYBSF KEYBSG KEYBSL (Slovak) KEYBSP KEYBSU KEYBSV KEYBUK KEYBUS

Jules' Own Version of the International Algorithmic Language Jump if Parity Even Joint Photographic Experts Group Jet Propulsion Laboratory Join-Projection Normal Form Jump if Parity Odd Java Runtime Environment Jump if Sign Java Server Page Java Specification Request Java Secure Socket Extension Joint Test Action Group [IEEE] Java Telephony Application Programming Interface Jump if Zero Jump if Not Zero Java-Script Style Sheet Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation and Display [Internet] Java Virtual Machine UP to J DN to L BOTTOM Education System]

Kindergarten through 12th Grade [US Keep Alive Memory Kilobit Keyboard + Kilobyte (1,024 bytes) Keyboard (also KEYB) Keyboard [OS/2] Knowledge Based Engineering Kilobits Per Second Kilobytes Per Second K Desktop Environment Key Definition Table Key Findings Reporter [GTE] Foreign language KEYBoard program Foreign language KEYBoard program Foreign language KEYBoard program Foreign language KEYBoard program Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign language language language language language language language language language language language language language language language language language language KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard KEYBoard program program program program program program program program program program program program program program program program program program -

Belgium Brazil Canadian-French Czechoslovakia Denmark France Germany Hungary Italy Latin America Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Swiss-French Swiss-German Czechoslovakia Spain Finland Sweden United Kingdom United States

KEYBYU KHz KIF KIPS KIS KMZ KPI KQML KRS KSDS KSH KSPH KSR KVM L... TOP L2F L2TP LADDR LALL LAN LANACS LANDP LANE LANG LAP LAPB LAPD LAPM LAR LASER LASTport LAT LATA LAVC LAWN LB LBA LBL LBR .LBR LBT LBX LCA LCC LCCM LCD LCF LCK LCOS LCP LCR LCS LCSD LCU LDA

Foreign language KEYBoard program - Yugoslavia Kilohertz Knowledge Interchange Format Kodak Internet Print Service [Kodak] Knowbot Information Service [Internet] Keyhole Markup Language Kernel Programming Interface Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language Knowledge Retrieval System Keyed Sequential Data Set Korn Shell (program) [Unix] Keystrokes Per Hour Keyboard Send Receive Keyboard, Video, Mouse (switch) + Kilobyte Virtual Machine UP to K DN to M BOTTOM

Layer Two Forwarding [Cisco] Layer Two Tunneling Protocol Layered Device Driver Architecture [Microsoft] Longest Allowed Lobe Length Local Area Network Local Area Network Asynchronous Connection Server LAN Distributed Platform Local Area Network Emulation Language Linux Application Platform Link Access Procedure Balanced (protocol) Link Access Procedure on the D-Channel (protocol) Link Access Procedure for Modems Load Access Rights Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Local Area Storage Transport (protocol) [DEC] Local Access Terminal + Local Area Transport [DEC] Local Access and Transport Area Local Area VAX Cluster Local Area Wireless Network Left Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse) Logical Block Addressing Label Librarian Library (file name extension) Listen Before Talk Local Bus Accelerator Lotus Communications Architecture [Lotus] Leadless Chip Carrier LAN Client Control Manager [IBM] Liquid Crystal Display + Lowest Common Denominator Low Cost Fiber Library Construction Kit [Microsoft FoxPro] (LCoS) Liquid Crystal on Silicon Link Control Protocol Least Cost Routing + Line Control Register Link Connection Subsystem Laminate Chip Signal Diode Last Cluster Used Logical Device Address

LDAP LDC LDDS LDM LDP LDT LE LEA LEAD LEAF LEC

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [IBM] Lotus Development Corporation Long Distance Discount Services (company) Logical Disk Manager + Long Distance Modem Label Distribution Protocol Local Descriptor Table Less or Equal Load Effective Address Live Early Adoption and Demonstration [W3C] Law Enforcement Access Field Local Area Network Emulation Client + Local Exchange Carrier LED Light Emitting Diode LEL Link, Embed and Launch-to-edit [Lotus] LEM Language Extension Module LEN Low Entry Networking LEO Low Earth Orbit LEP Light-Emitting Polymers LES Local Area Network Emulation Server .LET Letter (file name extension) LEX Lexicon LF Line Feed L2F Layer 2 Forwarding (protocol) [Cisco] LFAP Lightweight Flow Admission Protocol LFE Low Frequency Effects LFI Last File Indicator LFM Log File Monitor LFN Long File Name LFT Low Function Terminal [IBM] LFU Least Frequently Used LGA Leadless Grid Array LGDT Load Global Descriptor Table LGPL Lesser General Public License [GNU] LIAS Library Information Access System .LIB Library (file name extension) LIC Line Interface Coupler [IBM] LICS Lotus International Character Set [LDC] LIDT Load Interrupt Descriptor Table LIEP Large Internet Exchange Packet [Novell] LIF Low Insertion Force LIFO Last In, First Out LILO Last In, Last Out LIM Lotus/Intel/Microsoft LIMA Lotus/Intel/Microsoft/AST LIMDO Light Intensity Modulation Direct Overwrite LIMM Light Intensity Modulation Method LIMS Library Information Management System LINQ Language Integrated Query LINUX (Operating system named after Linus Torvalds) LIP Large Internet Packet LIPO (LiPo) Lithium Polymer (battery) LIPS Lightweight Internet Person Schema + Logical Inferences Per Second LISP List Processing (Language)(See HLL) LISTSERV List Server [Internet] LIU LAN Interface Unit LIW Long Instruction Word LLC Logical Link Control LLDT Load Local Descriptor Table LLF Low Level Format

LLTD LMB LMBCS LMD LMDS LMI LMOS LMR LMS LMSW LMU LN LNA LN:DI LNK LOB LOC LOCIS LOD LODSB LOG LOGO LON LOOPE LOOPNE LOOPNZ LOOPZ LORE LPAR LPC LPD LPDU LPI LPL LPM LPN LPR LPS LPT LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 LQ LQM LR LRC LRL LRM .LRS LRU LSA LSAPI LSASS LSB LSC LSD LSI

Link Layer Topology Discovery (protocol) Left Mouse Button Lotus Multi-Byte Character Set [Lotus] Last Modification Date Local Multipoint Distribution Service Link/Local Management Interface Leave Mail On Server Land Mobile Radio Lotus Messaging Switch [Lotus] Load Machine Status Word LAN Management Utilities [IBM] + LAN Manager for Unix Load Number + Logarithm (Natural) Local Network Administrator Lotus Notes:Document Imaging Link Line of Business Lines Of Code + Loop On-Line Control Library of Congress Information System Letter Of Destruction + Level Of Detail Load String Byte Logarithm (Base 10) (Programming Language)(See HLL) Local Operating Network Loop while Equal Loop while Not Equal Loop while Not Zero Loop while Zero Line Oriented Editor Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning Local Procedure Call Line Printer Daemon (protocol) [Berkley] Logical Protocol Data Unit Lines Per Inch Lotus Programming Language [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] Lines Per Minute Logical Page Number Line Printer + Line Printer Remote Low-Power Schottky Line Printer Terminal First Parallel Printer Port Second Parallel Printer Port Third Parallel Printer Port Letter Quality Link Quality Monitoring (protocol) Link Register Local Register Cache + Longitudinal Redundancy Check Least Recently Loaded Language Reference Manual + Least Recently-Used Master Language Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect] Least Recently Used LAN and SCSI Adapter [IBM] + Line Sharing Adapter + Local Security Authority [Microsoft] License Services Application Program Interface Local Security Authority Subsystem Service [Microsoft] Least Significant Bit Least Significant Character Least Significant Digit Large Scale Integration

LSL LSP LSPR LST .LST LTO L2TP LTPS LTR LU LUA LUI LUIS LUN LUT LV LVDS LVM LW .LYR LZW M... TOP mA MAC

Link Support Layer + Load Segment Limit Layered Service Provider [Spybot] Logistics System Program Review List List (file name extension) Linear Tape Open Layer 2 Transport/Tunneling Protocol Low-Temperature Polysilicon Left-To-Right + Letter + Load Task Register Logical Unit (Also LUN) Logical Unit Application (interface) Local User Input Library User Information Service Logical Unit Number Lookup Table Logical Volume [IBM] Low-Voltage Differential Signaling Logical Volume Management [IBM] Lazy Write Lyrics (music file name extension) Lempel-Ziv-Welch (algorithm) UP to L DN to N BOTTOM

Milliampere Macintosh (Apple Macintosh Computer) + Mandatory/Media/Medium Access Control + Message Authentication Code MAC * Multiple Access Computers .MAC MacPaint (file name extension) + Macro (file name extension) MACH Multilayer Actuator Head [Epson] MADE Manufacturing and Automated Design Engineering MADYMO Mathematical Dynamic Modeling [TNO] MAE Merit Access Exchange + Metropolitan Area Ethernet MAGMA Minimal Architecture for Generalized Markup Applications MAH (mAh)Milliampere-Hour MAI Multiple Applications Interface .MAI Mail (file name extension) MAJC Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing [Sun] MALWARE Malicious Software MAN Manual [Unix] + Metropolitan Area Network MANIAC * Mathematical Analyzer Numerical Integrator and Computer MANPAGE Manual Page [Unix] MAP Maintenance Analysis Procedures + Manufacturing Automation Protocol + Memory Allocation Map .MAP Linker Map (file name extension) MAPI Mail/Messaging Applications Programming Interface [Microsoft] MAPICS Manufacturing, Accounting and Production Information Control System [IBM] MARC Machine Readable Cataloging + Multi-Technology Automated Reader Card MARVEL Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual Electronic Library [Library of Congress] MASM Macro Assembler [Microsoft] MASS Maximum Availability and Support

Subsystem [Parallan] Maintenance Access Terminal Media Access/Adapter Unit + Multistation Access Unit Multiple Application VDM Maximum Megabyte (1,024 kilobytes) + Middle Button (of 3 button Mouse) MBASIC Microsoft BASIC [Microsoft] MBCS Multi-Byte Character Set [IBM] MBONE Multicast Backbone [Internet] MBps Megabytes Per Second Mbps Megabits Per Second MBR Master Boot Record MBX Mailbox MCA Micro Channel Adapter/Architecture [IBM] MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MCB Memory Control Block MCF Meta Content Framework + Microsoft Connector Framework [Microsoft] MCGA Multicolor Graphics Array MCH Memory Controller Hub [Intel] MCI MCI Communications Corp. (name from initials of original company - Microwave Communications, Inc.) + Media Control Interface [Microsoft] MCL Microsoft Compatibility Labs [Microsoft] MCM Multi-Chip Module MCNE Master Certified Novell Engineer [Novell] MC-PGA Metallized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array MCPS Microsoft Certified Product Specialist [Microsoft] MC-QFP Metallized Ceramic - Quad Flat Pack MCR Modem Control Register MCSD Microsoft Certified Systems Developer [Microsoft] MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer [Microsoft] MCU Microcontroller Unit + Multi-Chip Unit [DEC] + Multipoint Control Unit MD Make Directory + Mini Disk [Sony] + Monochrome Display MDA Mail Delivery Agent + Model Drive Architecture + Monochrome Display Adapter + Multidimensional Analysis MDDBMS Multidimensional Data Base Management System .MDF Menu Definition File (file name extension) MDI Memory Display Interface + Multiple Document Interface MDIC Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip [AT&T] MDK Multimedia Developers Kit [Microsoft] MDLP Mobile Data Link Protocol MDR Metadata Repository + Minimum Design Requirement MDX Multi-Dimensional Expressions MDY Month Day Year .ME Opening Information (file name extension) (As in READ.ME) MEB Memory Expansion Board MED Minimum Expected Delay MEG Megabyte MEM Memory MEMS Micro-Electro-Mechanical System .MEN Menu (file name extension) MERCI Multimedia European Research Conferencing Integration MES Manufacturing Execution System MESI Modified, Exclusive, Shared and Invalid (protocol) MESSENGER Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging [JHUAPL] MAT MAU MAVDM MAX MB

MET .MET MFC MFFS MFI MFIOP MFLOPS MFM MFP MFPI MFS MFT MGA MGCP MGE MGET MGML MGR MHS MHz MI MIB MIC MICR MICRO MICS MID MIDI MIDP MIF .MIF MIG MII MIL .MIL MIM MIMD MIME MI/MIC MIMO MIN MIND MINUET MIPS MIR MIRAM MIS MISC MIX .MIX MKDIR MKL ML MLAPI MLC

Memory Enhancement Technology [Hewlett-Packard] Metafile (file name extension) Microsoft Foundation Class [Microsoft] Microsoft Flash File System [Microsoft] Multifunction Interpreter Multifunction I/O Processor Million Floating Point Operations Per Second Modified Frequency Modulation Multi-Function Peripheral/Printer/Product Multifunction Peripheral Interface Macintosh File System [Macintosh] + Magnetic Tape Field Search + Memory File System Modified Filing System [Revelation Technologies] Master File Table + Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks Monochrome Graphics Adapter Media Gateway Control Protocol Modular GIS Environment Multiple Get [Unix] Minimal Generalized Markup Language Manager Message Handling Service + Message Handling System Megahertz Management Interface Management Information Base Message Integrity Check + Microphone Magnetic Ink Character Recognition One-millionth Macro Interpretive Commands Mobile Information Device Musical Instrument Digital Interface Mobile Information Device Profile Management Information Format Management Information Files (file name extension) Metal In Gap Microsoft/IBM/Intel Machine Interface Layer [Go Corporation] + Military (Domain name) [Internet] Map Image Metafile + Metal-Insulator-Metal (screen) Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor) Multimedia Internet Message Extensions + Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Mode Indicate/Mode Indicate Common Multiple Input, Multiple Output Minimum + Mobile Identification Number Microsoft Internet Developer [Microsoft] Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tools [Internet] Million Instructions Per Second Music Information Retrieval Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory Management Information System + Multimedia Information Sources [Internet] Miscellaneous Member Information Exchange Microsoft Picture It! (format) Make Directory Math Kernal Library [Intel] Machine Language + Meta Language Multilingual Application Programming Interface Multilayer Ceramic +

MLE MLI MLID MLM MLP MLPPP MM MMA MMC MMCD MMCX MMDS MMF MMI MMIS MMPM MMS MMU MMVF MMX MNOS MNP .MNU MO MOB MOBO MOD MODEM MOHLL MOLAP MOM MONET MONO MOO MOP MOPS MOS MOSFET MOSPF MOTD MOV MOVS MP MP3 .MPA MPC MPCS MPE MPEG MPI MPLS MPM

Multilevel Cell (program) [Internet] Multi-Line Editor Mobile Linux Initiative Multi-Link Interface Driver Mailing List Manager [Internet] Meridian Lossless Packing Multilink PPP Minutes + Month Microcomputer Managers Association Matched Memory Cycle + Microcomputer Marketing Council + Microsoft Management Console [Microsoft] + MultiMedia Card MultiMedia Compact Disk Multimedia Communication Exchange [Lucent Technologies] Multi-channel Multipoint Distribution Service Multi Mode Fiber (cable) Man-Machine Interface Materials Manager Information System Multi Media Presentation Manager Multimedia Messaging Service Memory Management Unit Multimedia Video File [NEC] Matrix Manipulation Extensions [Intel] + Multimedia Extensions Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor Microcom Networking Protocol [Microcom] Menu (fine name extension) Magneto-Optical (disk drive) Memory-Order Buffer Mother Board Module + Modulus Modulator/Demodulator Machine Oriented High Level Language Multidimensional On-Line Analytical Processing Manufacturing Operations Management + Message-Oriented Middleware + Microsoft Office/Operations Manager [Microsoft] Multiwavelength Optical Networking Monaural MUD, Object Oriented [Internet] Maintenance Operations Protocol Million Operations Per Second Magneto-Optic Storage + Mean Opinion Score + Metal Oxide Semiconductor Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor Multicast Open Shortest Path First Message Of The Day Metal Oxide Varistor + Move Move String Massively Parallel (processing) + Megapixel + Multiple Processors MPEG Audio Layer 3 Memo Pad Archive (file name extension) [Palm] Multimedia Personal Computer + Multipath Channel Mission Planning and Control Station (Software) Multiple Programming Executive [HP] Moving Picture Experts Group Message Passing Interface + Multiprecision Integer Multi Protocol Label Switching Message Passing Library [IBM]

MPMD MPOA MPP MPQP MPR MPS MPTN MPTS MPU MQI MR MRAM MRCF MRCI MRI MRM MRO MRP MRPL MRS MRT MRU MS MSACM MSAU MSAV MSB MSBF MSC MSCDEX MSCE MSCHAP MSCL MSCS MSD MSDE MSDN MS-DOS MSDR MSDS MSFR MSG .MSG MSGINA MSI MSIE MSIMN MSL MSLU MSMQ MSN MSO .MSP

Multiple Processor/Multiple Data Multi-Protocol over Asynchronous-Transfer-Mode Massively Parallel Processing/Processors + Message Posting Protocol + Message Processing Program Multi-Protocol Quad Port [IBM] Multipart Repeater + Multi Protocol Router [Novell] Multiprocessor Specification Multi-Protocol Transport Network Multi-Protocol Transport Services Microprocessor Unit Messaging and Queuing Interface [IBM] Magneto Resistive + Modem Ready Magnetic Random Access Memory Microsoft Realtime Compression Format Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface Magnetic Resonance Imaging Most Recently-Used Master Multi-Region Operation Manufacturing Resources Planning + Materials Requirement Planning Main Ring Path Length Media Recognition System Mean Repair Time Maximum Receive Unit + Most Recently Used Memory System + Message Store + Microsecond + Microsoft Corporation + Millisecond Microsoft Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft] Multi-Station Access Unit Microsoft Anti Virus [Microsoft] Most Significant Bit Mean Swaps Between Failures Mobile Switching Center Microsoft Compact Disc Extensions [Microsoft] Microsoft Certified Software Engineer [Microsoft] Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol [Microsoft] Microsoft Community License [Microsoft] Microsoft Cluster Server [Microsoft] Mass Storage Device + Most Significant Digit + Microsoft System Diagnostics [Microsoft] Microsoft Data Engine [Microsoft1) Microsoft Developer Network [Microsoft] Microsoft - Disk Operating System [Microsoft] Multiplexed Streaming Data Request Microsoft Developer Support [Microsoft] Minimum Security Function Requirements [IBM] Message Program Message (file name extension) Microsoft Graphical Identification and Authentication [Microsoft] Medium Scale Integration Microsoft Internet Explorer [Microsoft] Microsoft Internet Mail and News [Microsoft] Map Specification Library + Master Subsidy Lockcode + Mirrored Server Link Microsoft Layer for Unicode [Microsoft] Microsoft Message Queue-Server [Microsoft] Microsoft Network [Microsoft] Multiple Service/Systems Operator Microsoft Paint (file name extension) [Microsoft]

MSPL MSQL MSR MSRL MSRP MSS MSTS MSW MSXML MTA MTBB MTBF MTBJ MTF MTH MTOM MTRP MTS

MTSO MTST MTT MTTD MTTF MTTR MTU MUA MUD MUG MUI MUL MULTICS MUMPS MUSE .MUSEUM MUSIC MUT MUX mV MVB MVC MVD MVDM MVGA MVIP MVP MVS MVT MX MXS MZR

Microsoft Permissive License [Microsoft] Mini SQL Microsoft Reserved Partition [Microsoft] Microsoft Reference License [Microsoft] Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price Mass Storage System + Multiprotocol Switched Services [IBM] Microsoft Terminal Server [Microsoft] Machine Status Word Microsoft XML [Microsoft] Mail Transport Agent + Message Transfer Agent + Multimedia Terminal Adapter + Multiple Terminal Access + Multithreaded Architecture Mean Time Between Breakdowns Mean Time Between Failures Mean Time Between Jams Microsoft Tape Format [Microsoft] + Modulation Transfer Function Memory Translator Hub Message Transformation Optimization Mechanism Maximum Transfer Rate Performance Message Transfer Service/System + Microsoft Transaction Server [Microsoft] + Mobile Telephone Sysem + Multichannel Television Sound Mobile Telephone Switching Office Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter [IBM] Multi-Transaction Timer Mean Time To Diagnose Mean Time To Failure Mean Time To Repair Maximum Transfer/Transmission Unit Mail User Agent Multi-User Dialogue/Dimension/Domain/Dungeon [Internet] Multiuser Game Multilingual User Interface [Microsoft] Multiply Multiplexed Information and Computing Service Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System (Programming Language) Multi-User Shared Environment Museums (Domain Name) [Internet] Multiparty Multimedia Session Control Monitor Under Test Multiplexer Millivolt Multimedia Viewer Book Multimedia Viewer Compiler Multivalued Dependencies Multiple Virtual DOS Machines Monochrome Video Graphics Array Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol Multimedia Video Processor Multiple Virtual Storage Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks Mail Exchanger [Internet] Microsoft Exchange Server [Microsoft] Multiple Zone Recording

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NAC NACD NACS NAE NAK NAKA NAL NAM .NAME NAMPS NAND NANO NANOMETER NAP NAPLPS NAS NASA NASDAQ NASI NASIRC NASKER NAT NAU NAV NAVSTAR NAWS NBE NBI NBMA NBS NC NCA NCC NCD .NCF NCGA NCIC NCMT NCOS NCP NCR NCSA NCSC NCSI NDB NDDK NDEF NDIS NDL NDMP

Network Adapter Card National Association of Computer Dealers National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors Not Above or Equal Negative Acknowledgment Not Acknowledge Novell Application Launcher [Novell] Number Assignment Module Names-Individuals (Domain Name) [Internet] Narrow-Band Analog Mobile Phone Service [Motorola] Not And One thousand-millionth One billionith of a meter Network Access Point North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (graphics) Network Access Server + Network Application Support [DEC] + Network Attached Storage National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface [Novell] NASA Automated Systems Internet Response Capability NASA Ames Kernel (benchmark) Network Address Transformation/Translation Network Addressable Unit Navigator Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging Negotiate About Window Size Not Below or Equal Nothing But Initials Non-Broadcast Multi Access Narrowband Socket + National Bureau of Standards + Numeric Backspace Network Computer + No Carry + Numerical Control Network Communications Adapter + Network Computing Architecture [Oracle] Network Control Center Network Computing Device Netware Command File [Novell] National Computer Graphics Association National Crime Information Center * Numerical Control for Machine Tools Network Computer Operating System NetWare Core Protocol + Not Copy Protected + Network Control Panel/Processor/Program/Protocol National Cash Register (Company) National Center for Supercomputing Applications National Computer Security Center Network Communications Services Interface [Network Products Corp.] Non-Directional Beacon Network Device Development Kid [Microsoft] Not to be Defined Network Device/Driver Interface Specification Network Data Language Network Data Management Protocol

NDN NDP NDR NDRO NDS .NDX NEC NED NEG NEMA NEP NES NEST .NET NetBIOS NetBEUI NETMON .NEW NEWS NEWS. NEXT NFF NFS NG NGE NGI NHC NHR NHRP N/I NIA NIC NICAD NICOLAS NID NIDS NII NIM NIMH NIO NIPS NIR NIS N-ISDN NISO NISP NIST NITC NIU NJE NL NLB NLE NLM NLP NLQ NLSFUNC

Non-Delivery Notice Numeric Data Processor Network Data Representation Non-Destructive Read Out NetWare Directory Service [Novell] Index (file name extension) Nippon Electric Company NASA Extragalactic Database [NASA] Negative + Negate National Electrical Manufacturers Association Network Entry Point National Education Supercomputer Novell Embedded Systems Technology [Novell] Networks (Domain Name) [Internet] Network Basic Input/Output System [IBM] NetBIOS Extended User Interface [IBM] Network Monitor New Information (file name extension) NetWare Early Warning System [Frye Computer] + Network Extensible Window System Current events [USENET Newsgroup Category] Near-End Crosstalk No Fault Found Network File System [Sun] No Good Not Greater or Equal Next-Generation Internet National Hurricane Center National Handwriting Recognition Next Hop Resolution Protocol Non-Interlaced Next Instruction Address Network Information Center [Internet] + Network Interface Card + Numeric Intensive Computing Nickel-Cadmium Network Information Center OnLine Aid System [NASA] New Interactive Display [NEC] + Next ID Network Intrusion Detection System [Unisys] National Information Infrastructure Network Installation Management [IBM] (NiMH) Nickel-Metal Hydride Native Input/Output + New Input/Output Network I/Os Per Second Network Information Retrieval Network Information Service [Unix] Narrowband ISDN + National ISDN National Information Standards Organization Networked Information Services Project National Institute for Standards and Technology National Information Technology Center Network Interface Unit Network Job Entry (protocol) [IBM] New Line Network Load Balancing [Microsoft] Not Less or Equal NetWare Loadable Module [Netware] Natural-Language Processing Near Letter Quality National Language Support Function

NLV NMI NMM NMOS NMP NMS NN NNI NNM NNTP NOAA NOC .NOM NOP NOPAC NOR NOS NPA NPI NPL NPN NPS NPT NPTN NPU NPX NQS N(r) NRC NREN NRM NRZ NRZI NS

National Language Version [IBM] Non-Maskable Interrupt NetWare Management Map [NetWare] Negative Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Network Management Protocol [AT&T] Network Management System [Novell] Network Node + No News [Internet] Network to Network Interface Network Node Manager Network News Transfer Protocol [Internet] National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Network Operations Center Individual with Personal Site (Domain Name) [Internet] No Operation Network OPAC Not Or Network Operating System Network Printer Alliance + Numbering Plan Area Network Printer Interface Nonprocedural Language Negative Positive Negative (bipolar transistor) Novell Productivity Specialist [Novell] Non-Programmable Terminal National Public Telecomputing Network Natural Processing Unit Numeric Processor Extension Network Queuing System [Cray] Number Returned National Research Council (Canada) National Research and Education Network Network Resource Manager + Normal Response Mode Not Return to Zero Non Return to Zero Inverted Nanosecond (one-billionth of a second) + National Semiconductor (as in Ns16550 UART) + Network Supervisor + Non Stop NSAP Network Service Access Point NSAPI Netscape Server API [Netscape] NSA POLY National Security Agency Polygraph NSERC National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) NSF National Science Foundation NSFNET National Science Foundation Network NSI NASA Science Internet NSLOOKUP Name Server Lookup [Unix] NSM Netscape Server Manager [Netscape] NSP Native Signal Processing [Intel] + Network Service Provider NSSC NASA Standard Spacecraft Computer NSTC National Science and Technology Council NSTL National Software Testing Labs NT New Technology [Microsoft] NT-1 Network Terminator Type 1 NTAS NT Advanced Server [Microsoft] NTF No Trouble Found NTFS New Technology File System [Microsoft] NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration NTIS National Technical Information Service NTLDR New Technology Loaders [Microsoft]

NTP NTRAS NTSA NTSC NTU NUI NUL NUMA NV NVM NVOD NVP NVRAM NVT NWS NYM O... TOP OAB OAD OAG OAI OAS OASIS OBD OBEX OBJ OC OCE OCF OCL OCR OCS OCSP OCX ODA ODAPI ODBC ODBMS ODI ODIF ODL ODM ODMA ODP ODS

Network Time Protocol NT Remote Access Services [Microsoft] NetWare Telephony Services Architecture [Novell] National Television Standards Committee Network Termination Unit Network User Identification + Network User Interface + Notebook User Interface [Go Corporation] Null + (dummy device) + (no device) Non-Uniform Memory Access No Overflow Non-Volatile Memory Near-Video On Demand Nominal Velocity of Propagation Non-Volatile Random Access Memory Network Virtual Terminal + Novell Virtual Terminal [Novell] NetWare Web Server [Netware] Anonymous UP to N DN to P BOTTOM

One-to-All Broadcast Open Architecture Driver [Bernoulli] Official Airline Guide + Online Air Guide Open Applications Interface One-to-All Scatter Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards On Board Diagnostics Object Exchange [Borland] Object Optical Carrier Open Collaborative Environment [Apple] Objects Components Framework [Borland] Object Constaint Language + Operation Control Language + Operator Control Language Optical Character Recognition On-Card Sequencer Online Certificate Status Protocol OLE Custom Control Open Document Architecture Open Database Application Programming Interface [Borland] Object-Oriented Database Connectivity + Open Database Computing + Open Data Base Connectivity [Microsoft] Object-Oriented Database Management System (also see OODMS) Open Datalink Interface [Novell] + Open Device Interconnect [NetWare] Open Document Interchange Format Object Definition Language Object Data Manager [IBM] + Optimized Distribution Model [Compaq] Open Document Management API Open Distributed Processing Open Data Services [Microsoft] + Operational Data Store

ODSI ODT OEL OEM OEP OF OFB OFDM OFMT OFS OFX OGSA OGSI OH OHCI OID OIDL OIS OLAP OLCP .OLD OLE OLED OLGA OLI OLMC OLSP OLTP OM OMA OME OMF OMG OMI OML OMR ONC ONDS ONE ONMS ONU OOAD OOB OODB OODMS OOL OOOS OOPL OOPS OOS OOT OOUI OP OPAC OPC OPCODE

Open Directory Service Interface [Microsoft] Open Desktop Organic Electroluminescent (display) Original Equipment Manufacturer Operand Execution Pipeline Overflow Flag Output Feedback (mode) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Output Format for Numbers Object File System [Microsoft] + Output Field Separator Open Financial Exchange Open Grid Services Architecture Open Grid Services Infrastructure Off Hook Open Host Controller Interface Object Identifier Object Interface Definition Language Office Information System + Optical Image Stabilizer Online Analytical Processing Online Complex Processing Old version (file name extension) Object Linking and Embedding [Microsoft] Organic Light Emitting Diode Online Guitar Archive Optical Line Interface [AT&T] Output Logic Macrocell Online Service Provider Online Transaction Processing Object Manager Object Management Architecture [Microsoft] Open Messaging Environment (protocol) Object Module Format [Microsoft] + Open Media Framework + Open Message Format Object Management Group Open Messaging Interface [Lotus] Object Manipulation Language Optical Mark Recognition Open Network Computing [Sun] Open Network Distribution Services [IBM] Open Network Environment [Netscape] Open Network Management System Optical Network Unit Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Out Of Band Object-Oriented Database Object-Oriented Database Management System (also see ODBMS) Object-Oriented Language Object-Oriented Operating System Object-Oriented Programming Language Object Oriented Programming and Systems Object-Oriented Systems + Off-line Operating Simulator Object-Oriented Technology Object Oriented User Interface Operation + Optical + Output Online Public Access Catalog [Internet] Open Process Control + Organic/Optical Photoconductor Operational Code

OPD Operand OPI Open Prepress Interface OPM Operations Per Minute OPS Open Profiling Standard + Oracle Parallel Server [Oracle] OPT Open Protocol Technology .OPT Options (file name extension) OPUS Octal Program Updating System OQL Object Query Language ORACLE On-Line Inquiry and Report Generator (UNIX DB program) ORB Object Request Broker [Microsoft] ORDVAC * Ordnance Variable Automatic Computer .ORG Non-Profit Organizations (Domain name) [Internet] ORI Online Retrieval Interface .ORI Original (file name extension) ORL Optical Return Loss OROM Optical Read-Only Memory ORS Output Record Separator OS Operating System OS/2 Operating System/2 [IBM] OSA Open Scripting/System Architecture OSCAR Open Source Cluster Application Resources OSD On Screen Display + Open Software Description/Distribution OSE Office Server Extensions [Microsoft] OS/E Operating System/Environment OSF Open Software Foundation OSGI (OSGi) Open Services Gateway Initiative OSI Open Systems Interconnection OSINT Open Source Intelligence OSM Off-Screen Model OSP On-Screen Programming + Optical Storage Processor OSPF Open Shortest Path First OSQL Object Structured Query Language OSR2 OEM Service Release 2 [Microsoft] OSS Open Source Software OT Object Technology OTA Operation-Triggered Architecture + Over The Air OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometer OTF Open Token Foundation OTI Object Technology International [IBM] OTP One-Time Programmable OUI Organizational Unique Identifier OURS Open Users Recommended Solutions .OUT Outlines (file name extension) OUTS Output String OV Overflow OVAL Object-Based Virtual Application Language [Psion] + Open Vulnerability Assessment Language [US-CERT] .OVL Program Overlay (file name extension) .OVR Program Overlay (file name extension) OWA Outlook Web Access [Microsoft] OWL Object/Open Windows Library [Borland] P... TOP P3P PAB PABX PACE UP to O DN to Q BOTTOM

Platform for Privacy Preferences Project Personal Address Book Private Automatic Branch Exchange Priority Access Control Enabled [3Com]

PACS PACS-L PAD PADS PAIH PAIS .PAK PAL

.PAL PALC PALS PAM PAN PAP PAR PARA PARC PA-RISC .PAS PASCAL PAT .PAT PATA PATN PAUSE PAX PB PBA PBC PBE PBGA PBP PBR PBT PBX PC PCACIAS PCB PCBC PCC PCD PC-DOS PCEB PCI PCIC PCIE PC-I/O PCL PCM

Picture Archiving and Communication System Public Access Computer Systems List [Internet] Packet Assembler/Disassembler + Portable Application Description Pen Application Development System [Slate Corporation] Public-Access Internet Host [Internet] Public-Access Internet Site [Internet] Packed (compressed file name extension) [NoGate Consulting] Paradox Applications Language [Borland] + Phase Alternating Line + Portable Audio Laboratory + Programmed Array Logic + Programming Assembly Language Programming Assembly Language Palette (file name extension) Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal (display) Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System Pluggable Authentication Module (library) + Pulse Amplitude Modulation Personal Area Network [GTE] Packet-level Procedure + Password Authentication Protocol + Picture And Picture + Push Access Protocol + Printer Access Protocol Personal Animation Recorder + Parallel Paragraph Palo Alto Research Center [XEROX] Precision Architecture-RISC [HP] PASCAL source code (file name extension) (Programming Language named for Blaise Pascal) Port Address Translation Patch + Pattern (file name extensions) Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment Promotional Port Access Telephone Number Perl Automatic Upload Server Portable Archive Exchange [Unix] Petabyte (1,024 terabytes) (One Million Billion characters of information) Printed Board Assembly Plain-Text Block Chaining Prompt By Example Plastic Ball Grid Array Picture-By-Picture Policy-Based Routing [Cisco] Provider Backbone Transport Private Branch Exchange Personal Computer + Printed Circuit + Program Counter Personal Computer Automated Calibration Interval Analysis System Printed Circuit Board + Program Control Block Plain/Propagating Cipher Block Chaining Proof Carrying Code Photo Compact Disk Personal Computer - Disk Operating System [IBM] PCI to EISA Bridge [Intel] Peripheral Component Interconnect/Interface PC-Card Interrupt Controller PCI Express (slot) Program Controlled I/O Printer Command Language [HP] + Process Control Language Personal Computer Manufacturer + Printer Cartridge Metric [HP] +

PCMA PCMC PCMCIA PCMIM PCN PCNFS PCO PCS

PCT .PCT .PCX PD PDA .PDB PDC PDD PDF .PDF PDH PDIAL PDL PDM PDN PDO PDP PDS PDSN PDSS PDT PDU .PDX PE PEA PEB P4EE PEL PEM PEN SDK PEP PERC PERL PERT

Pulse Code Modulation Paired Carrier Multiple Access PCI, Cache, Memory Controller [Intel] Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Personal Computer Media Interface Module Personal Computer Network Personal Computer Network File System Point of Control and Observation Patchable Control Store + Personal Communication Services/System + Personal Conferencing Specification + Planning Control Sheet + Print Contrast Signal + Process Control Systems + Program Counter Store + Project Control System Private Communications Technology + Program Control Table Picture (file name extension) PC Paintbrush/Picture Image (file name extensions) Phase-Change Dual + Public Domain Personal Digital Assistant Palm Database (file name extension) + Program Database (file name extension) Primary Domain Controller Physical Device Driver + Portable Digital Document Package Definition File + Portable Document Format + Portable Document File + Processor Defined Function + Program Development Facility Printer Description (file name extension)[Borland,Lotus] Plesiosynchronous Digital Hierarchy Public Dialup Internet Access List [Internet] Page Description Language + Program Description Language + Program Design Language Product Data Management Public Data Network Portable Distributed Objects [Next] Parallel Data Processing + Plasma Display Panel + Programmable Data Processor + (DEC Computer System Designation, i.e. PDP-8, PDP-11) Packet Driver Specification + Partitioned Data Set + Planetary Data System + Portable Document Software + Processor Direct Slot [Macintosh] Packet Data Serving Node Post Development and Software Support Performance Diagnostic Tool [IBM] + Programmable Drive Table Plug Distribution Unit + Protocol Data Unit Paradox files (file name extension) [Borland] + Printer Description Extension (file name extension) Parity Even + Processing Element + Protect Enable Pocket Ethernet Adapter Personal Electronic Ballot Pentium 4 Extreme Edition [Intel] Picture Element [IBM] Privacy-Enhanced Mail [Internet] Pen Computing Software Development Kit Packet Exchange Protocol + Packetized Ensemble Protocol [Telebit] Power Edge RAID Controller Practical Extraction and Report Language [Unix] Program Evaluation and Review Technique

PES

Positioning Error Signal + Processor Enhancement Socket Processor Upgrade Socket PET Print Enhancement Technology [Compaq] .PFB Printer Font Binary (file name extension) PFE Programmer's File Editor .PFM Printer Font Metrics (file name extension) [Windows] PFN Page Frame Number PFR Portable Font Resource + Power-Fail Restart PGA Pin Grid Array + Professional Graphics Adapter [IBM] PGC Program Group Control [Microsoft] PGDN Page Down .PGL Graphics (file name extension) [Hewlett-Packard] PGM Program PGML Precision Graphics Markup Language PGP Pretty Good Privacy (name of encryption program) .PGP ProGram Parameter (file name extension) [AutoCAD] PGUP Page Up PHF Perfect Hash Function PHIGS Programmers' Hierarchical Interactive Graphics Standards .PHO Phone List (file name extension) PHP Personal Home Pages (original name of this programming language, now known as PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) PHS Personal Handyphone System PI Program Interruption PIA Peripheral Interface Adapter PIC Personal Information Carrier + Personal Intelligent Communicator + Personal Internet Communicator + Platform for Internet Content + Priority Interrupt Controller + Program Interrupt Controller PICS Platform for Internet Content Selection [W3C] PICT Picture PID Packet Identifier + Physical Interface Device + Process Identification Number + Product ID + Proportional, Integral, Derivative PIER Procedures for Internet/Enterprise Renumbering PIF Picture Interchange Format File + Program Information File PII Program Integrated Information PILOT Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching PilotACE* Pilot Automatic Computing Engine PIM Personal Information Manager + Primary Interface Module + Protocol-Independent Multicast PIN Personal Identification Number + Process Identification Number [Unix] PINE Pine Is Not Elm (original usage) + Program for Internet News & Email (present usage) PING Packet Internet Groper PIO Parallel Input/Output + Processor Input/Output + Programmed Input/Output PIP Pattern and Information Processing + Personal Identity Provider + Personal Information Portal + Picture-In-Picture + Problem Isolation Procedure + Programmable Interconnect Point PIPO Parallel In, Parallel Out

PIR PIT PIXEL PJPEG PK PKC PKE PKI PL .PL PLA PLATO PLC

Protocol Independent Routing Programmable Interval Timer Picture Element Progressive JPEG Pack + Primary Key Public Key Cryptography Public Key Enabled Public Key Infrastructure Plus Perl Language (file name extension) Programmable Logic-Array Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations Power Line Communications + Programmable Logic Controller PLCC Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier PLD Programmable Logic Device PLDS Pilot Land Data System [NASA] PLL Phase Locked Loop .PLL Prelinked Library (file name extension) [Clipper] PL/M Programming Language for Micros PLMN Public Land Mobile Network PLS Primary Link Station PLSQL Procedural Language-Extensions to SQL (Oracle) PLU Primary Logical Unit PLV Production Level Video PL/1 * Programming Language One PM Presentation Manager [IBM] + Preventative Maintenance + Process Manager .PM6 PagerMaker6 (file name extension) [Corel] P-MAIL Paper Mail PMD Packet Mode Data PMMU Paged Memory Management Unit PMOS Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor PMP Personal Media Player + Portable Multimedia Player PMR Problem Management Report [IBM] PMU Performance Monitoring Unit PMS Policy Management System PN Processing Node P/N: Part Number PNA Programmable Network Access PND Position Navigation Device PNG Portable Network Graphics PNNI Private Network-to-Network Interface PNP Plug And Play + Positive Negative Positive (bipolar transistor) PNP-X Plug And Play Extensions PO Parity Odd POA Portable Object Adapter POC Point Of Contact POC-IT Point Of Care-Information Technology [Johns Hopkins] POD Piece Of Data + Plain Old Documentation [Perl] + Plain Old Dos + Publishing On Demand POE Power Open Environment POH Power-On Hours POI Point Of Interest POL Problem Oriented Language POP Picture-Outside-Picture + Point Of Presence + Pop from Stack + Post Office Protocol POP3 Post Office Protocol, Version 3

POPA POPF POR POS POSE POSIX POST POSTNET POTS POWER PowerPC PP P2P P3P PPA .PPD PPDS PPGA PPI PPM PPML PPP PPPOE PPS .PPS PPTP PPU PQA PQFP PQO PRACSA PRAM .PRC .PRD PRE PREP PRF .PRF .PRG PRI PRINTF PRISM .PRJ PRMD PRML .PRO PROC PROFS PROG PROLOG PROM PRN PRNG .PRS PRTSC PS

Pop All Registers Pop Flags Power-On-Reset Packet Over Sonet + Point of Sale + Positive + Programmable Object Select Palm Operating System Emulator Portable Operating System Interface for Unix Power-On Self Test Postal Numeric Encoding Technique (bar code) Plain Old Telephone Service + Plain Old Time-Sharing Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC [IBM] Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC-Performance Computing Parallel Port Peer To Peer + People To People Platform for Privacy Preferences Pixel Processing Accelerator PostScript Printer Description (file name extension) Personal Printer Data Stream [IBM] Plastic Pin Grid Array Precise Pixel Interpolation Pages Per Minute Personalized Print Markup Language Point-to-Point Protocol [Internet] (PPPoE) Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet Packets Per Second + Power Personal Systems [IBM] PowerPoint Show (file name extension) [Microsoft] Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol [Microsoft] Place of Primary Use Palm Query Application Plastic Quad Flat Pack Parallel Query Option Public Remote Access Computer Standards Association Parallel Random-Access Machine + Parameter Random Access Memory Pilot Resource (file name extension) [Palm Pilot] Printer Driver (file name extension) [Microsoft] Preformatted [HTML] Power PC Reference Platform [IBM/Motorola] Pulse Repetition Frequency Preferences (file name extension) [Grammatik IV] Program (file name extension) Primary-Rate Interface Print with Formatting [C Programming Language] Photo-Refractive Information Storage Material Project (file name extension) [Borland] Private Management Domain [X.400] Partial-Response Maximum-Likelihood Professionals (Domain Name) [Internet] + Profile (file name extension) Procedure Professional Office System [IBM] Program + Programmer Programming In Logic (Programming Language)(See HLL) Programmable Read Only Memory Printer Pseudo-Random Number Generation (algorithm) Printer (file name extension) [WordPerfect] Print Screen Proportional Spacing

.PS PS/2 PSAPI PSC PSDN PSDS PSERVER PSF PSID PSINET PSK PSM PSN PSP PSPDN PSRAM PSRT PSS PSTN PSU PSW .ps.Z PT P/T PTD PTE PTF PTH PTI PTT PUB .PUB PUN PUP PURL PUS PUSHA PUSHF PVC PVM PVP PVR PVS PVT PW PWB PWD .PWL PWM PWR PWSCS .PX

PostScript (file name extension) Programming System 2 [IBM] Presentation Space Application Programming Interface Personal Super Computer + Print Server Command + Product Service Center Packet-Switched Data Network Packet-Switched Data Service Print Server [NetWare] Permanent Swap File PostScript Image Data (formerly Performance Systems International) Phase Shift Keying Platform Specific Model + Printing Systems Manager + Print Services Facility [IBM] Packet Switching Network + Processor Serial Number Personal Software Products (group) [IBM] + Play Station Portable [Sony] + Program Segment Prefix Packet-Switched Public Data Network Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory PostScript Round Table [GEnie] Process Status Structure Public Switched Telephone Network Power Supply Unit Program Status Word Compressed PostScript (file name extension) [Unix] Page Table Part Time Parallel Transfer Disk Drive Page Table Entry Problem Temporary/Trouble Fix [IBM] Plated Through Hole Packet Type Identifier Postal Telephone & Telegraph + Push To Talk Public (directory) [Internet] + Publish Publication (file name extension) [Ventura] Physical Unit Number PARC Universal Packet (protocol) + Potentially Unwanted Program Persistent URL Processor Upgrade Socket Push All Registers Push Flags Permanent Virtual Circuit + Polyvinyl Chloride Parallel Virtual Machine + Pass-through Virtual Machine (protocol) [IBM] Parallel Vector Processing Personal Video Recorder Parallel Visualization Server Position, Velocity, Time Password Printed Wire Board + Programmer's Workbench [Microsoft] Print Working Directory [Unix] Password List (file name extension) Pulse Width Modulation Power Programmable Workstation Communication Services [IBM] Primary Index (file name extension) [Paradox]

Q... TOP QA QAM QBE QBF QBIC QBITS QC QD QDA QDOS .QDI .QDT QEMM QFA QFE QFP QIC .QIF QLLC .QMT .QNX QOS QPG QPSK QSAM QTC QTVR QVGA QWAVE R... TOP RA .RA RACF RAD RADAR RADB RADIUS RADSL RAG RAID RAIS RALU RAM .RAM RAMDAC RAMP RAN

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Quality Assurance Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Query By Example Query by Form Query By Image Content [IBM] Quantum Bits Quality Control Querty/Dvorak Qualitative Data Analysis Quick and Dirty Operating System Quicken Dictionary (file name extension) [Intuit] Quicken Data (file name extension) [Intuit] Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager [Quarterdeck Corp.] Quick File Access Quick-Fix Engineering [Microsoft] Quad Flat Pack Quality Information Using Cycle Time [Hewlett-Packard] + Quarter-Inch Cartridge Quicken Import File/Interchange Format (file name extension) Qualified Logical Link Control Quicken Memorized List (file name extension) [Intuit] Quicken Indexes to Data (file name extension) [Intuit] Quality Of Service Quantum Phase Gate Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Queued Sequential Access Method Quicktime Conferencing [Macintosh] Quicktime Virtual Reality Quarter Video Graphics Array Quality Windows Audio/Video Experience [Microsoft] UP to Q DN to S BOTTOM

Remote Assistance + Return Authorization Real Audio (file name extension) Resource Access Control Facility Rapid Application Development Radio Detection And Ranging + Rights, Availabilities, Distribution Analysis and Reporting [Disney] Routing Arbiter Data Base Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line Row Address Generator Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks + Redundant Arrays of Independent Drives + Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Systems Register Arithmetic Logic Unit Random Access Memory Real Audio Metafile (file name extension) Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter [Sierra] Remote Access Maintenance Protocol [Internet] Radio Access Network + Regional Advanced Network

RAND RAP RARP RAS

RASAPI .RAT RAVE .RAW RB RBBS RBCS RBOC .RC RC1 RCD RCL RCP RCPT RCR RCS RD R&D RDA RDB RDBMS RDCLK RDF RDIF RDN RDO RDP RDR RDRAM RDSL RDSR RDTO RDX .REC REC. .REF REG REGAL REGEDIT RELSECT REM REN REP REPE REPNE REPNZ REPZ REQ

Random Rapid Application Prototyping Reverse Address Resolution Protocol Random Access Storage + Reader Admission System [British Library] + Reliability, Availability and Serviceability + Remote Access Service + Row Address Select Remote Access Service Application Programming Interface [Microsoft] Rating (file name extension) Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine [Apple Computer] Raw Data (file name extension) Right Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse) Remote Bulletin Board System Remote Bar Code System Regional Bell Operating Company Resource (file name extension) Release Candidate 1 [Microsoft] Redistribution Control Descriptor Rotate Carry Left Remote Control Panel + Remote Copy [Internet] + Restore Cursor Position + Rich Client Platform Recipient Rotate Carry Right Records Communications Switching System + Revision Control System [Unix] Receive Data + Remove Directory Research and Development Remote Database Access Receive Data Buffer + Relational Database Relational Database Management System Received Timing Clock Resource Description Framework [W3C] Radio Frequency Indentification (tag) Relative Distinguished Name Remote Data Object Reliable Datagram Protocol + Remote Desktop Protocol Remote Data Recovery Rambus DRAM (See DSL) Receiver Data Service Request Receive Data Transfer Offset [IBM] Realistic Display Mixer Recorder (file name extension) + Recreational or Entertainment Activities (Domain Name) [Internet] Recreation [USENET Newsgroup Category] Reference (file name extension) Register Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate Registry Editor [Microsoft] Relative Sector Remark + Remote + Ring Error Monitor Rename + Ringer Equivalence Number Repeat Repeat while Equal Repeat while Not Equal Repeat while Not Zero Repeat while Zero Request

REREG RES .RES RET RETR REX REXEC REXX RF RFC RFD

Re-Register Remote Execution Service + Reset + Resolution Resource (file name extension) Resolution Enhancement Technology [HP] + Return Retrieve Relocatable Executable Remote Execution Restructured Extended Executor (language) [IBM] Radio Frequency Request For Comments [Internet] Reduced Function Device + Request for Discussion [Internet] RFI Radio Frequency Interference + Request for Information RFID Radio Frequency Identification RFP Request for Proposal RFQ Request for Quotation RFS Remote File Sharing + Remote File System RFT Reliable File Transfer + Revisable Form Text + Rich Text Format RFU Reserved For Future Use RGB Red-Green-Blue (color model) RI Referential Integrity + Ring Indicate RID Relative Identifier RIFF Resource Interchange File Format [Microsoft] RIM Remote Installation and Maintenance [Microsoft] + Research In Motion (company) + Ring Indicator Monitor RIME RelayNet International Message Exchange RIP Raster Image Processor + Remote Imaging Protocol + Routing Information Protocol [Novell] RIPEM Riordan's Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail RIPS Raster Image Processing System RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing RIT Raw Input Thread [Microsoft] RJE Remote Job Entry RLD Received Line Detect RLE Run Length Encoded RLL Run Length Limited RLN Remote LAN Node [DCA] RLOGIN Remote Login RLSD Received Line Signal Detected RLSI * Ridiculously Large-Scale Integration RM Reset Mode RMA Return Material Authorization + Return to Manufacturer Authorization RMB Right Mouse Button RMC Raptor Management Console [Symantec] RMDIR Remove Directory RMI Remote Messaging Interface + Remote Method Invocation [Sun] RMON Remote Monitor/Monitoring RMP Remote Maintenance Processor [IBM] RMS Record Management Services + Root Mean Square RMW Read-Modify-Write RN Read News [Internet] RNA Remote Network Access [Microsoft] RNC Radio Network Controller RND Random RNG Random Number Generator RNP Regional Network Provider R-O Read Only

ROB ROI ROL ROLAP ROM ROOM ROP ROPES

Reorder Buffer [Intel] Return On Investment Rotate Left Relational On-Line Analytical Processing Read Only Memory Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling Raster Operation + RISC Operation Rapid Object-Oriented Process for Embedded Systems ROR Rotate Right ROS Read-Only Storage [IBM] ROSCOE Remote Operating System Conversational Online Environment ROT Running Object Table RPC Remote Procedure Call RPE Remote Program Execution RPG Report Program Generator (Programming Language) RPL Resident Programming Language + Requested Privilege Level RPM Revolutions Per Minute RPN Real Page Number + Reverse Polish Notation RPRINTER Remote Printer [NetWare] RPPROM Reprogrammable PROM RPR Relative Performance Rating RPT Repeat RPQ Request for Price Quotation RQBE Relational Query By Example [Fox Pro] RR Real Reality RRP Recommended Retail Price RS Radio Shack + Recommended Standard (as in RS-232) [EIA] + Record Separator + Request to Send RSA Rural Service Area RSA129 (129 digit cryptographic security number named after its inventors: Drs. Ronald L. Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard M. Adleman) RSAC Recreational Software Advisory Council RSCS Remote Spooling Communications System RSD Route Server Daemon RSH Remote Shell RSI Repetitive Strain Injury (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome) RSL Request-and-Status Link RSP Required Space Character + Response RSPX Remote Sequenced Packet Exchange RSS Really Simple Syndication + Reduced Space Symbology + RDF Site Summary + Rich Site Summary RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator RST Reset + Restart RSTS Resource Sharing Time Sharing [Digital] RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol RSX Realistic Sound Experience + Real Time Resource Sharing Executive RT Real Time + RISC Technology + Run Time R/T Receive/Transmit RTAM Remote Terminal Access Method RTC Real-Time Clock RTCP Real-Time Control Protocol RTDM Real-Time Data Migration RTEL Reverse Telnet [Internet] RTF Rich Text Format

RTI RTL

RTM RTMP RTN RTOS RTP RTS RTSP RTTI RTTY RTV RTX RUN RUP RVA RVI R/W RWIN RWM RX RXD S... TOP SA SAA SAAS SABRE SAC SACD SACL SADL SAINT SAL SALT SAM SAMI SAML SAN SANE SAP

Run Time Infrastructure Raster Transfer Language + Register Transfer Language/Level + Resistor Transistor Logic + Right-To-Left + Run Time Library Release To Manufacturer + Response Time Monitor + Runtime Manager [Borland] Routing Table Maintenance Protocol Reuters Transaction Network Real-Time Operating System Rapid Transport Protocol + Real Time Protocol + Real-Time Transport Protocol Remote Takeover System + Ready/Request To Send Real-Time Streaming Protocol Runtime Type Identification/Information Radio Teletypewriter (Communications) Real Time Video Run Time Extension Rewind/Unload [IBM] Rational Unified Process [IBM] Relative Virtual Address Reverse Interrupt Read/Write Receive Window Read-Write Memory Receiver Receive Data UP to R DN to T BOTTOM

SAPI SAR

Selective Availability Systems Application Architecture [IBM] Software As A Service Semi-Automatic Business Research Environment Single Attachment Concentrator Super Audio Compact Disk System Access Control List Synchronous Data Link Control [Racal-Vadic] * Symbolic Automatic Integrator Shift Arithmetic Left + Spatial Aggregation Language + Systen Abstraction Layer Speech Application Language Tags Serial Access Memory + Sequential Access Method + Security Accounts Manager [Microsoft] + Single Application Mode [Microsoft] Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange Security Assertion Markup Language Storage/System Area Network Standard Apple Numeric Environment Second Audio Program + Service Access Point [DEC] + Session Announcement Protocol + Service Advertising Protocol + * Symbolic Assembly Program + Systems, Applications and Products (company) [SAP] Speech Application Program Interface [Microsoft] Segmentation and Reassembly + Shift Arithmetic Right + Specific Absorption Rate Successive Approximation Register + Synthetic Aperature Radar

SARG SARS SAS

Search Argument Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (virus) Sales Accounting System + Serial Attached SCSI + Single Attached Station + Single Audio System + Statistical Analysis System SASI Shugart Associates System Interface (SCSI originated from SASI) SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment SATAN Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks .SAV Saved (file name extension) SAVDM Single Application VDM SAX Simple API for XML SB Sound Blaster [Creative Labs] + Sound Board SBA Scene Balance Algorithms [Kodak] + Service Based Architecture SBAS Satellite Based Augmentation System SBB Subtract With Borrow SBC Single-Board Computer SBCS Single-Byte Character Set SBI Sound Blaster Instrument .SBR Source Browser (file name extension) [Borland] SBS Small Business Server + Smart Battery Specification [Duracell/Intel] .SC Script (file name extension) SCA Scalable Computing Architecture [HP] + Service Component Architecture SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCAM SCSI Configuration Automatically SCAS Scan String SCB Subsystem Control Block [IBM] SCC Serial Communications Controllers + Serial Controller Chip + Synchronous Channel Check [IBM] SCCP Simple Conference Control Protocol SCCS Source Code Control System SCD Standard Color Display S-CDMA Synchronous Code-Division Multiple Access SCF System Control Facility SCI Scalable Coherent Interface + Serial Communications Interface SCI. Science [USENET Newsgroup Category] SCIL Serial Control Interface Logic SCLM Software Configuration and Library Management [IBM] SCM Service Control Manager + ScreenCam Format [Lotus] + Software Configuration Management + Station Class Mark + Supply Chain Management SCO Santa Cruz Operation (Software Company) + Synchronous Connection-Oriented (link) SCOPE Simple Communications Programming Environment [Hayes] SCP Save Cursor Position + Subsystem Control Port + System Control Program SCR Silicon Controlled Rectifier .SCR Script (file name extension) SCRAM Software Configuration, Release and Management SCRAMJET Supersonic Combustion Ramjet (engine) SCRN Screen (video display) SCRS Scalable Cluster of RISC Systems SCSA Signal Computing System Architecture [Dialogic] SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface

SCTP SD SDA

Stream Control Transmission Protocol Send Data + Secure Digital + Super Density Software Delivery Agent [IBM] + Software Disk Array + Source Data Automation + System Display Architecture [Digital] SDAM Single DOS Application Mode SDB Symbolic Debugger [Unix] SDD Software Description Database [Internet] + Subscriber Data Document + System Distribution Directory SDF Space Delimited File + Space Delimited Format .SDF Standard Data Format (file name extension) SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDI Selective Dissemination of Information + Single Document Interface Software Development Interface [Mosaic] SDIO Secure Digital Input/Output SDK Software Development Kit [Microsoft] SDL Specification and Description Language SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control (protocol) SDLT Super Digital Linear Tape SDM System Development Multitasking SDMI Secure Digital Music Initiative/Interface SDMMC Secure Digital Multi Media Card SDMS SCSI Device Management System [NCR] SDN Software Defined Network [AT&T] SDNS Secure Data Network Service SDO Service Data Objects + Software Delivery Optimization [Borland] SDR Streaming Data Request SDRAM Synchronous DRAM SD-ROM Super Density ROM SDS Sysops Distribution System SDSL (See DSL) SDSM Super Digital Sound Management SD_STB Streaming Data Strobe [IBM] SDTV Standard Definition Television SDV Segment Delay Value + Switched Digital Video [AT&T] SDX Storage Data Acceleration SDXF Structured Data Exchange Format SEA Standard Extended Attribute [OS/2] .SEA Self Extracting Archive (file name extension) [Macintosh] SEAC * Name of first computer to use transistors, built by (National Bureau of) Standards Eastern Automatic Calculator (Also see SWAC) SEAL Segmentation and Reassembly Layer (protocol) + Screening External Access Link [Digital-DEC] SEC Single Error Correction SECAM Sequentiel Couleur Avec Memoire (Sequential Color With Memory) SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge SED Stream Editor + Stream-Oriented Editor SEG Segment SEH Structured Exception Handling SEL Select SEM Scanning Electron Microscope + Standard Electronic Module + Strategic Enterprise Management [SAP] SEO Search Engine Optimization SEPP Secure Encryption Payment Protocol SER Serial

SERCOS SERPS SET .SET SETEXT SEU SF SFC SFD SFDR SFI SFN SFQL SFS SFT SFX SGA SGCP SGEN SGDT SGI SGM SGML SGR SGRAM S/H SHA SHAR SHED SHG SHL SHOE SHR SHTML S-HTTP SHV .SHW SI SIC SID SIDF SIDH SIDT SIF SIFT SIG SIGCAT SIM SIMCARD SIMD SIMM SIMTEL SIMULA SIO

Serial Real-Time Communications System Search Engine Results Page [Google] Secure Electronic Transaction + Softwave Engineering Technology Driver Set (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] + Image Settings (file name extension) [Paradox] Structure Enhanced Text [Internet] Single Event Upset + Smallest Executable Unit Sign Flag System File Checker Start Frame Delimiter Spurious-Free Dynamic Range Software Fault Isolation Short File Name Structured Full-text Query Language System File Server System Fault Tolerance Self Extracting + Sound Effect(s) Shared Global Area Simple Gateway Control Protocol Signal Generator + System Generator Store Global Descriptor Table Silicon Graphics, Inc. Shaded Graphics Modeling Standard/Structured Generalized Markup Language Set Graphics Rendition Synchronous Graphics RAM Sample and Hold Secure Hash Algorithm [NSA] Shell Archive Segmented Hypergraphic Editor Segmented Hypergraphics Shift Logical Left Simple HTML Ontology Extension Shift Logical Right Server-Side Include HyperText Markup Language Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol Standard High-Volume Show (file name extension) Shift-In + Source Index + System Information + System Integration Standard Industrial Code Security Identifier + Serial Input Data + Station Identification [AT&T] + Symbolic Interactive Debugger + System ID System Independent Data Format System Identification for Home Systems Store Interrupt Descriptor Table Standard Input Format Stanford Information Filtering Tool Special Interest Group Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications and Technology Simulator + Subscriber Identity Module Subscriber Identity Module Card Single Instruction, Multiple Data-stream (processor) Single In-line Memory Module Simulation and Teleprocessing Simulation (language) Serial Input/Output (communications driver)

SIP SIPC SIPO SIPP SIR SIRDS SIS SISL SISNET SI/SO SIT .SIT SIU SIV SKIP SKU# SLA SLB SLC SLD SLDT SLED SLI SLIC SLIM SLIP SLM SLMR SLOSH SLOT SLP SLR SLSI SLSS SLU SM SMA SMART SMB SMD SMDR SMDS SME SMF SMI SMIF SMIL S-MIME SMIT SMK SML SMM SMOBC SMP .SMP SMPC SMPS

Session Initiation Protocol + Single In-line Package Simply Interactive Personal Computer [Microsoft] Serial In, Parallel Out Single In-line Pin Package Serial Infrared [Hewlett-Packard] Single-Image Random Dot Stereogram Single-Image Stereogram System Interrupt Steering Logic Signal In Space Through The Internet Serial In/Serial Out + Shift In/Shift Out Special Information Tones Stuff-It (compressed file name extension) [Macintosh] System Interface Unit System Integrity Verifier Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocols [Sun] Stock Keeping Unit Number Service Level Agreement Static Load Balancing Subscriber Line Concentrator Second-Level Domain (name) Store Local Descriptor Table Single Large Expensive Disk Session Level Interface System Level Integration Circuit + System Licensed Internal Code [IBM] Structured Language for Internet Markup Serial Line Interface Protocol Spatial Light Modulator Silly Little Mail Reader Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricane (program) Scanned Laser Output Terminal Service Location Protocol + Super Long Play Single Lens Reflex Super Large-Scale Integration Systems Library Subscription Service [IBM] Secondary Logical Unit + Spoken Language Understanding Set Mode + Shared Memory Software Migration Assistant [IBM] Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology Server Message Block (protocol) Surface Mounted Device Station Message Detail Recording Switched Multimedia/Multi-Megabit Data Service Small & Medium Sized Enterprises Single Mode Fiber + System Manager Facility [Compaq] System Management Interrupt [Intel] Standard Mechanical Interface Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language Secure MIME System Management Interface Tool [IBM] Software Migration Kit [Microsoft] Standard Meta Language System Management Mode [Intel] Solder Mask Over Bare Copper Simple Management Protocol + Symbolic Manipulation Program + Symmetrical Multi-Processing + Symmetric Multiprocessor Sample (file name extension) Shared Memory Parallel Computer Switching Mode Power Supply

SMRAM SMS

SMSW SMT SMTP SMU SN S/N SNA SNAP SNAPI SND SNEWS SNMP SNOBOL SNP SNR SNRM SOA SOAP SOC SOC. SOCKS SO-DIMM SOE SOH SOHO SOI SOIC SOJ SOL SOM SONAR SONET SOP SOS SOTA SOX SP SPA SPAN SPAP SPARC SPC SPCL SPCS SPD SPE SPEC SPF

System Management Random Access Memory Short Message Service [Sprint] + Short Messaging System + Storage Management Services [NetWare] + Storage Management Subsystem/System + Systems Management Server [Microsoft] Store Machine Status Word Station Management (protocol) + Surface-Mount Technology Simple Mail Transfer Protocol System Management Utility Serial Number Signal-to-Noise (Ratio) Systems Network Architecture [IBM] Sub-Network Access Protocol + Sub-Network Attachment Point Structured N-Dimensional Application Program Interface [Oracle] Sound Secure News Server [Internet] Simple Network Management Protocol String Oriented Symbolic Language (Programming Language) Serial Number/Password [Omen Technology] Signal-to-Noise Ratio Set Normal Response Mode Service-Oriented Architecture + Start Of Authority Simple Object Access Protocol System On a Chip Social Issues [USENET Newsgroup Category] Socket Secure (server) [Internet] Small Outline DIMM Standard Operating Environment Start of Header Small Office/Home Office Silicon-On-Insulator [IBM] Small Outline Integrated Circuit Small-Outline J-Lead Simulation Oriented Language Start of Message + System Object Model [IBM] Sound Navigation and Ranging Synchronous Optical Network Small Outline Package + Standard Operating Procedures Silicon On Sapphire + Sophisticated Operating System + Standards and Open Systems State Of The Art Sound Exchange Service Pack [IBM] + Stack Pointer + System Product Secure Password Authentication [Microsoft] + Software Publishers Association Space Physics Analysis Network Shiva Password Authentification Protocol Scalable Processor Architecture + Sun's Palo Alto Research Center Small Peripheral Controller + Statistical Process Control Spectrum Cellular Corporation Stored Program Controlled Switch Serial Presence Detect Synergistic Processing Element Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative Sender Policy Framework + Shortest Path First +

System Programming Facility Staggered Pin-Grid Array Security Parameters Index + Service Provider Interface + SCSI Parallel Interface + Stateful Packet Inspection .SPI Spool (file name extension) SPID Service Profile/Provider Identifier SPIKE Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-Based Environment [STScI] SPIRES Stanford Public Information Retrieval System [Stanford University] SPKI Simple Public Key Infrastructure SPL Software Product Line + Spooler + Structured Product Labeling [Microsoft] + System Programming Language [HP] .SPL Spell Checker (file name extension) SPLD Simple Programmable Logic Device SPM System Performance Monitor [IBM] SPOOL Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line SPOT Shared Product Object Tree [IBM] + Small Programmable Object Technology [Sun] + Smart Personal Object Technology [Microsoft] SPP Sequenced Packet Protocol + Standard Printer Port SPPS Scalable Power Parallel System [IBM] SPR Special Purpose Register + Statistical Pattern Recognition + Symmetrical Phase Recording SPREAD * Systems Programming, Research, Engineering and Development [IBM] SPS Secure Packet Shield + Shock Protection System + Standby Power System SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPT Sectors Per Track SPVA Super Patterned Vertical Alignment SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange [Novell] SQ Squeezed (files) SQE Signal Quality Error (test) SQL/DS Structured Query Language/Data System [IBM] SQOS Secure Quality Of Service SQRT Square Root SR Shift Register SRAM Shadow Random Access Memory + Static Random Access Memory SRAPI Speech Recognition API SRB Source-Route Bridge SRC System Resource Controller .SRC Source (file name extension) SRD Screen Reader System SRDRAM Self-Refreshed DRAM SRGB Sustained RGB (values) SRGS Speech Recognition Grammar Specification [W3C] SRM Security Reference Monitor SRO Sharable and Read Only SRP Suggested Retail Price .SRP Script (file name extension) SRPI Server-Requester Programming Interface SRQ Service Request SRR Serially Reusable Resource SRS Sound Retrieval System SS Stack Segment + Single Sided + Seconds SS7 Signaling System 7 [Bellcore] SPGA SPI

SSA SSAD SSAP SSCP SSD SSEC SSGA SSH SSI

Serial Storage Architecture Structured System Analysis and Design Source Service Access Point Systems Service Control Point [IBM] Solid State Disk * Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator [IBM] System Support Gate Array Secure Shell (protocol) Server Side Includes + Single System Image + Small Scale Integration SSL Secure Socket Layer SSMA Spread Spectrum Multiple Access SSML Speech Synthesis Markup Language [W3C] SSO Single Sign On SSPI Security Service Provider Interface [Microsoft] SSR Secure Socket Relay SSRP Simple Server Redundancy Protocol [Cisco] SST Spread-Spectrum Technology + Systems Services and Technology STA Spanning Tree Algorithm STAR Self Defining Text Archival STAX (StAX) Streaming API for XML STB Strobe STC Set Carry Flag STD Set Direction Flag + Standard STDA StreetTalk Directory Assistance [Banyan] STDAUX Standard Auxilary STDERR Standard Error STDIN Standard Input STDIO.H Standard Input/Output Header [C Programming Language] STDM Statistical Time Division Multiplexer STDOUT Standard Output STDPRN Standard Printer STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Math STEP Standard for Exchange of Product STEREO Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory [JHUAPL] .STF Structured File (file name extension) [Lotus Agenda] STI Set Interrupt Flag S/TK Sectors Per Track STL Standard Template Library STM Scanning Tunneling Microscope STN Super-Twist Nematic .STORE Businesses Offering Goods (Domain Name) [Internet] STOS Store String STP Secure Transfer Protocol + Shielded Twisted Pair (cable) + Signal Transfer Point + Synchronized Transaction Processing STR Store Task Register + Synchronous Transmitter Receiver STRESS Structural Engineering System Solver (Programming Language) STRUDL Structural Design Language (Programming Language) STScI Space Telescope Science Institute STT Secure Transaction Technology [Microsoft] STX Start of Text .STY Style (file name extension) [Ventura, Word, WordPerfect] SUB Subroutine + Substitute + Subtract SUN Sun Microsystems, Inc. .SUP Supplemental Dictionary (file name extension) [WordPerfect] SUPERDARN Super Dual Auroral Radar Network [JHUAPL]

SVC SVCD SVF SVG SVGA S-VHS S-VIDEO SVM

Switched Virtual Circuit Super Video Compact Disk Simple Vector Format Scalable Vector Graphics Super Video Graphics Array Super VHS Separate Video System Virtual Machine [Microsoft] + System Volume Mangement SVN Switched Virtual Network [IBM] SVR Server SVR# System V Release Number [AT&T] SVTC Secure Videoteleconference S/W Software SWAC * Mobile version of SEAC, built for deployment to White Sands, and named Standards Western Automatic Calculator SWAIS Simple Wide Area Information Server [Internet] SWAP Shared Wireless Access Protocol SWIG Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator SWISH Simple Web Indexing System for Humans SWP Simple Web Printing .SWP Swap (file name extension) SXGA Super Extended Graphics Array SXRD Silicon Crystal Reflective Display .SYL Syllabus (file name extension) SYLK Symbolic Link .SYM Symbols (file name extension) SYMPL Systems Programming Language .SYN Synonym (file name extension) SYNC Synchronous SYS System .SYS System Configuration (file name extension) + System Device Driver (file name extension) SYSADMIN System Administrator SYSGEN System Generator SYSLOG System Log SYSMOD System Modification SYSOP System Operator SYSREQ System Request SZ Send ZModem [Unix] T... TOP TAB TAC TACS TAD TAG TAI TAL TALOSS TAO TAP TAPCIS TAPI .tar .tar.Z UP to S DN to U BOTTOM

Tape Automated Bonding Title, Author, Copyright Total Access Communication System Telephone Answering Device Technical Advisory Group International Atomic Time Typed Assembly Language Three-Dimensional Advanced Localization Observation Submarine Software Track At Once Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol The Access Program for the CompuServe Information Service Telephony Applications Programming Interface Tape Archive (archived file name extension) [Unix] Compressed Archived files (file name extension) [Unix]

TAS TASM TAXI TB T/B TBBS TBGA .TBK TBS TBU TC TCL TCM TCO TCP TCPA TCP/IP TCT TD .TDA TDC TDD TDtoDP TDE .TDF TDI TDM TDMA TDMS TDP TDSR TDR TE/2 TEB TEC TED TEI TELCO TEML TEMP TER TERMPWR TFDD TFEL .TFM TFT TFTP .TGA THD .THD THINNET THOMAS

Telephone Access Server + Total Access System Turbo Assembler [Borland] Transparent Asynchronous Transceiver/Receiver Interface Terabyte (1,024 gigabytes) (One Thousand Billion characters of information) Top and Bottom The Bread Board System (BBS) Tape Ball Grid Array Toolbook (file name extension) Time-Based Sampling Tape Backup Unit Test Control + Transmission Control Tool Command Language Trellis-Coded Modulation Total Cost of Ownership Tape-Carrier Package Trusted Computing Platform Alliance [Intel] Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Terminal Control Table Transmit Data To Do Archive (file name extension) [Palm] Tabular Data Control Telecommunications Device for the Deaf + Test Driven Development Tablet Coordinates to Display Coordinates (converting) Terminal Display Editor Trace Definition File (file name extension) [OS/2] + Typeface Definition File (file name extension) Transport Device Interface Technical Document Management + Time Division Multiplexing Time Division Multiple Access Terminal Display Management System Tag Distribution Protocol [Cisco] + Telelocator Data Protocol + Thermal Design Power Transmitter Data Service Request Time Domain Reflectometry Terminal Emulator/2 [Oberon] Thread Environment Block Tokyo Electronics Corporation Technology, Entertainment and Design + Tiny Editor + Transient Electromagnetic Device Terminal Endpoint Identifier Telephone Company Turbo Editor Macro Language [Borland] Temporary Thermal Eclipse Reading [Sony] Terminator Power Text File Device Driver Thin-Film Electroluminescent Tagged Font Metric (file name extension) Thin-Film Transistor (screens) Trivial File Transfer Protocol Taga Bitmap (file name extension) Total Harmonic Distortion Thread (file name extension) Thin Ethernet The (U.S.) House (of Representatives) Open Multimedia

Access System Tandy High-Performance Optical Recording Transmit Holding Register Thesaurus (file name extension) Texas Instruments, Inc. Telecommunications Industry Association + The Internet Adapter [Internet] TIB Tag Information Base TID Target ID + Task Identification TIES Time Independent Escape Sequence .TIF Tagged Image File (filename extension) TIFF Tagged Image File Format TIGA Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing TIIAP Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program [NII] TIL Tech Info Library [Macintosh] TIM Technical Information Memo [Compaq] TIMED Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics [JHUAPL] TIMEZONES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GMT Offsets Offsets Eastward from GMT (+) Offsets Westward from GMT (-) AST - Atlantic Standard Time -4:00 AT - Azores Time -2:00 AHD - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight ::: AHS - Alaska-Hawaii Standard -10:00 BLT - Baghdad Local Time +3:00 BST - British Summer Time ::: CAT - Central Alaska Time -10:00 CCT - China Coast Time +8:00 CDT - Central Daylight Time ::: CET - Central European Time +1:00 CLT - Cairo Local Time +2:00 CST - Central Standard Time -6:00 EAD - East Australian Daylight ::: EAS - East Australian Standard +10:00 EDT - Eastern Daylight Time ::: EET - Eastern European Time +1:00 EMT - Eastern Mediterranean +2:00 EST - Eastern Standard Time -5:00 GMT - Greenwich Mean Time +0:00 HST - Hawaii Standard Time -10:00 JST - Japanese Standard Time +9:00 MDT - Mountain Daylight Time ::: MET - Middle European Time +1:00 MST - Mountain Standard Time -7:00 MTS - Moscow Time Standard +3:00 MTD - Moscow Time Daylight ::: NT - Nome Time -11:00 NZT - New Zealand Time +12:00 PDT - Pacific Daylight Time ::: PST - Pacific Standard Time -8:00 PST - Pakistan Standard Time +5:00 WAS - West Australian Standard +7:00 WAT - West Africa Time -1:00 WED - Western Europe Daylight ::: WES - Western Europe Standard +0:00 YDT - Yukon Daylight Time ::: THOR THR .THS TI TIA

TIMI TIMS TINA TIP TITOFET TKIP TK/TK TLA TLB .TLB TLD TLI TLS TLU .TLX TM TMDS .TML TMP TMS TN TNC TNEF TNO TOAD TOC TOD TOF TOP TOS TPC TPF TPI TPL TPM TPORT TP-PMD TPS TPW TQFP TQM TR T/R TRACERT TRADIC .TRM TRN TRON TS TSA TSAPI

YST - Yukon Standard Time -9:00 IDLE- International Date Line East +12:00 IDLW- International Date Line West -12:00 Technology Independent Machine Interface [IBM] Text Information Management Systems Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture Terminal Interface Processor + Transaction Internet Protocol Tunneling-In, Tunneling-Out Field Effect Transistor Temporal Key Integrity Protocol Track to Track Three-Letter Acronym Translation Lookaside Buffer Table (file name extension) Top Level Domain Transport Layer Interface Transport Layer Security Table Lookup Telex (file name extension) Trademark Transition Minimized Differential Signaling Template (file name extension) Temporary Traffic Management System [BA] Twisted Nematic Terminal Node Controller Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format The Netherlands Organization Tool for Application Developers Table Of Contents Time Of Day Tiny Open Firmware Technical and Office Protocol Terms Of Service Transaction-Processing Performance Council Transactions Processing Facility [IBM] Tracks Per Inch Table Producing Language + Transaction Processing Language Transactions Per Minute + Trusted Platform Module Twisted Pair Port Transceiver [AT&T] Twisted Pair-Physical Medium Dependent (cable) Transactions Per Second + Transaction Processing System Turbo Pascal for Windows Thin Quad Flat Pack Total Quality Management Terminal Ready Transmit/Receive Trace Route [Microsoft] * Transistorized Airborne Digital Computer (Name of first computer to be entirely transistorized) Terminal (file name extension) Threaded Read News [Internet] + Token Ring Network The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus Top Secret Target Service Agent + Technical Support Alliance + Telephony Services Architecture Telephony Services Application Program

TSB TSD TSE TSID TSN TSO TSOP TSP TSR TSS TS/SI .TST TSTN TSV TT TTA TTCN .TTF TTL TTP TTS TTY TUCOWS TUI TUMS .TUT TVF TVFS TVI TVOL TWAIN TWEAKUI TWIP TWX TXD .TXF TXT TXT2STF TZ U... TOP UA UAE UAM UART UAS UBE UBR .UC2 UCB UCBE UCC UCE UCL UCS

Interface [AT&T + Novell] Termination Status Block Type-Specific Driver The Semware Editor Transmitting Subscriber Identification [Microsoft] Transition Sequence Number Time Sharing Option Thin Small-Outline Package Telephony Service Provider Terminate and Stay Resident Task State Segment + Time Sharing System Top Secret/Sensitive Information Test (file name extension) Triple Supertwisted Nematic Tab Separated Values Typewriter Text Transport-Triggered Architecture Tree and Tabular Combined Notation TrueType Font (file name extension) Through The Lens + Transistor-Transistor Logic Thermal-Transfer Printing Text-To-Speech + Transaction Tracking System Teletype The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software Text-Based User Interface [WordPerfect] Table Update and Management System [Stanford University] Tutorial (file name extension) Table of contents Verbosely from File [UNIX] Toronto Virtual File System [IBM] Television Interference Television On-Line Technology Without Any Interesting Name (connection between application and scanner software) Tweak User Interface Twenty In Point (as in 20 twips/pixel) [Microsoft] Teletypewriter Exchange Service Transmit Data Tax Exchange Format (file name extension) Text Text To Structured File [Lotus Agenda] Time Zone [Unix] UP to T DN to V BOTTOM

User Agent + User Area Unrecoverable Application Error User Authentication Method Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter User Application Software Unsolicited Bulk Email Unspecified Bit Rate Compressed File (file name extension) [UltraCompressor] Universal Content Broker Unsolicited Commercial Bulk Email Uniform Commercial Code Unsolicited Commercial Email Universal Communications Language Unicode Conversion Support + Universal Character Set + User Coordinate System

UCT Universal Coordinated Time UDA Universal Data Access [Microsoft] UDB Universal Data Base UDC Universal Decimal Classification + User Defined Commands UDD User Data Document UDDI Universal Description, Discovery and Integration UD-DVD Ultra-Definition Digital Video Disk UDE Universal Data Exchange UDEC * Universal Digital Electronic Computer [Burroughs] UDF Universal Disk Format + User Defined Functions UDG User Defined Gateway UDMA Ultra Direct Memory Access UDP User Datagram Protocol UDT Uniform Data Transfer + User-Defined Type UEMS Unsolicited Electronic Mail Solicitation UFS Universal\Unix File System UG User Group UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface UHF Ultra-High Frequency UHL Universal Hypertext Link UI Unix International + User Interface UIC User Identification Code UID User Identifier UIMA Unstructured Information Management Architecture [IBM] UIMS User Interface Management System UL Underwriters Laboratories + Unordered List + Upload ULA Uncommitted Logic Array ULB Ultra Wideband ULN Universal Link Negotiation ULS Universal Licensing System ULSI Ultra Large Scale Integration UMA Unified Memory Architecture UMB Upper Memory Block [LIM/AST] UMD Universal Media Disk UML Unified Modeling Language UMPC Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer UMS User Mode Scheduler UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System UNC Universal Naming Convention + Uuencoded Netnews Collator [Unix] UNCOL Universal Computed Oriented Language UNEP Unbundled Network Platform UNI User-Network Interface UNICOM Universal Integrated Communication (System) UNICOS Universal Compiler FORTRAN compatible UNII Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer UNIX (AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System) UNMA Unified Network Management Architecture UNSPSC Universal Standard Products and Services Classification UP Uniprocessor UPC Universal Product/Program Code + User Parameter Control UPG Upgrade UPL User Program Language UPM Unix Programmer's Manual + User Profile Management [IBM] UPNP (UPnP) Universal Plug and Play UPS United Parcel Service (company) +

Uninterruptible Power Supply/System Uniform Resource Characteristics + Uniform Resource Citation UREP Unix RSCS Emulation Protocol (protocol) URI Uniform Resource Identifier URL Uniform Resource Locator URN Uniform Resource Name/Number US Unit Separator USART Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter USB Universal Serial Bus [Intel] US-CERT United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team USENET User's Network [Internet] USERID User Identification USOC Universal Service Ordering Code USQ Unsqueezed (files) USR US Robotics (corporation) USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter USSA User Supported Software Association (United Kingdom) UT User Terminal UT1 Universal Time One UTC Coordinated Universal Time UTF Unicode Transformation Format UTI Universal Text Interchange/Interface UTM Unified Threat Management + Universal Transverse Mercator (grid) UTP Unshielded Twisted-Pair (cable) UU Uuencode/Uudecode UUCP Unix-To-Unix Copy Protocol UUD UUDecoding [Unix] UUDECODE Unix-To-Unix Decoding UUE UUEncoding [Unix] UUENCODE Unix-To-Unix Encoding UUI User-To-User Information [AT&T] UUID Universal Unique Identifier UV Ultraviolet UWB Ultra-Wide Band UWR Ultra Wideband Radio UXGA Ultra Extended Graphics Array URC V... TOP VA VAD VADD VADSL VAI VAL .VAL VAM VAN VAP VAR VAST VAX/VMS VB VBA VBE/AI VBI VBNS UP to U DN to W BOTTOM

Virtual Address + Visual Age [IBM] Value Added Dealer Value Added Disk Driver (See DSL) Video As Input Value + Voice Application Language Validity Checks (file name extension) [Paradox] Virtual Access Method Value Added Network Value Added Process Value Added Reseller + Value Added Retailer + Variable Variable Array Storage Technology Virtual Address Extension/Virtual Memory System [DEC] Variable Block + Visual Basic [Microsoft] Visual Basic for Applications [Microsoft] Vesa Bios Extension/Audio Interface Vertical Blanking Interval Very High Speed Backbone Network Service [MCI + NSF]

VBR VBRUN VBS .VBX VCC VCD VCI VCL VCM VCN VCOS VCPI VCR VDD VDDM VDE VDI VDISK VDM VDMAD VDS VDSL VDT VDU VEGA VEMM VEMMI VER VERONICA VERR VERW VES VESA VF VFAT V.FC VFD VFW VGA VGC VHDL VHF VHS VHSIC VI VIA VIE VIF VIM VIN VINES VIO ViP VIP

Variable Bit Rate Visual Basic Runtime Visual Basic Script Visual Basic Extension (file name extension) Virtual Channel Connection Video Compact Disk + Virtual Communications Driver Virtual Circuit Identifier Visual Class/Component Library Virtual Channel Memory Virtual Cluster Number Visual Caching Operating System [AT&T] Virtual Control Program Interface Video Cassette Recorder Virtual Device Driver Virtual Device Driver Manager Video Display Editor + Visual Development Environment Virtual Device Interface Virtual Disk Virtual DOS Machine [IBM] Virtual Direct Memory Access Device [Microsoft] Virtual DMA Services (See DSL) Video Dial Tone + Video Display Terminal Video Display Unit + Visual Display Unit Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter [Video-7, Inc.] Virtual Expanded Memory Manager Versatile Multimedia Interface Verify + Version Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to Computer Archives [Internet] Verify Read Access Verify Write Access Video Encoding Standard [Oracle] + Virtual Execution System Video Electronics Standards Association Virtual Floppy Virtual File Allocation Table [Microsoft] Version.First Class (communications standard) Vacuum Fluorescent Display Video For Windows [Microsoft] Video Graphics Array Video Graphics Controller VHSIC Hardware Description Language Very-High Frequency Very High Speed + Video Home System + Virtual Host Storage Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Visual Interactive (editor) [UNIX] Virtual Interface Architecture [Intel] Virtual Information Environment Virtual Interface + Virtual Interrupt Flag Vendor Independent Mail + Vendor Independent Messaging + Video Interface Module Vehicle Identification Number Virtual Networking System [Banyan] Video Input/Output + Virtual Input/Output Visual Programming [Lotus] Variable Information Processing + Video Information Provider + Virtual Interrupt Pending +

Visual Interactive Parser Verifiable Integrated Processor for Enhanced Reliability VIS Video Information System [Tandy] + Viewable Image Size + Visual Instruction Set [Sun] + Voice Information System VJ HEADER Van Jacobsen Header (compression) [Unix] VLA Variable-Length Array VLAN Virtual Local Area Network VL-BUS Vesa Local-Bus [VESA] VLD Variable-Length Decoder VLF Very Low Frequency VLINK Visited Link [HTML] VLIW Very Large Instruction Word VLM Virtual Loadable Module VLSI Very Large Scale Integration VLSIPS Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis VLT Variable List Table VM Virtual Machine + Virtual Memory VMA Virtual Memory Address VMB Virtual Machine Boot VMD Video Motion Detection VME Versa Module Eurocard + Virtual Memory Environment VML Vector Markup Language [Microsoft] VMM Virtual Machine/Memory Manager VMOS Vertical MOS VMP Virtual Modem Protocol VMS Virtual Machine Storage + Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System VMT Virtual Memory Technique VNA Virtual Network Architecture VNC Virtual Network Computing VNOS Visual Network Operating System VOC Creative Voice (format) [Sound Blaster] VOD Video On Demand VOFDM Vector Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing [Cisco] VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol VOL Volume VOM Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter VOR Visions Of Reality VOS Verbal/Virtual/Voice Operating System VP Virtual Path VPD Virtual Printer Device + Vital Product Data [IBM] VPDN Virtual Private Data Network VPDS Virtual Private Data Service [MCI] VPE Video Port Extensions [Microsoft] + Visual Programming Environment VPL Virtual Programming Language VPLS Virtual Private LAN Service VPM Video Port Manager VPN Virtual Page Number + Virtual Private Network VPS Voice Processing System VPSC Vault, Process, Structure, Configuration VPT Virtual Print Technology [Dataproducts] VR Virtual Reality + Voltage Regulated/Regulator VRAM Video Random Access Memory VRD Virtual Retinal Display + Virtual Reference Desk VIPER

VRE VRM VRML VROOMM VRRP .VRS VRT VRU VS VSAM VSAT VSE VSF VSI VSIO VSM VSN VSOS VSS VST VSTO VSWR VSYNC VT VTAM VTNS VTS VUI VUP VWB VWM VXA VxD .VXD VXML V&V W... TOP W/ W3 W3A W3C W4 WAAS WABI WAE WAI WAIS WAITI WAITS WAN

Voltage Regulated Extended Vendor Relationship Management + Voltage Regulator Module Virtual Reality Modeling Language (originally named Virtual Reality Markup Language) Virtual Real-time Object Oriented Memory Manager [Borland] Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension) Voltage Regulation Technology [Intel] Voice Response Unit Virtual Storage Video Surveillance and Monitoring + Virtual Storage Access Method Very Small Aperture Terminal Virtual Storage Extended Vertical Scanning Frequency Virtual Socket/Switch Interface Virtual Serial Input Output Virtual Shared Memory + Virtual Storage Management + Visual System Management [IBM] Volume Serial Number Virtual Storage Operating System Visual SourceSafe [Microsoft] Virtual Studio Technology Visual Studio Tools [Microsoft] Voltage Standing Wave Ratio Vertical Sync Vertical Tab + Virtualization Technology [Intel] Virtual Telecommunications Access Method [IBM] Virtual Telecommunications Network Service Volume Tracking Driver Video User Interface VAX Unit of Performance Visual WorkBench [Microsoft] Virtual Window Manager Variable-Speed Architecture [Ecrix] Virtual Extended Driver [Microsoft] Virtual Device (file name extension) [Microsoft] Voice Extensible Markup Language Verification and Validation UP to V DN to X BOTTOM

With (see WWW) World Wide Web Applets World Wide Web Consortium What-Works-With-What Wide Area Augmentation System Windows Application Binary Interface [SunSoft] Wireless Application Environment Web Accessibility Initiative + Web Application Interface [Netscape] Wide Area Information Server Wait-For-Interrupt Wide Area Information Transfer System Wide Area Network

WAP WAR WARP WATS .WAV WBEM W/C WC W-CDMA WCG WCS WD-40 WDDM WDDX WDL WDM

Wireless Application Protocol Web Archive Web Service Aggregtion, Rely and Propogation Wide Area Telecommunications Service Waveform Audio (file name extension) Web-Based Enterprise Management Watts Per Channel Word Count Wideband CDMA Wide Color Gamut World Coordinate System Water Displacement-40th Attempt Windows Display Driver Model [Microsoft] Web Distributed Data Exchange Windows Driver Library [Microsoft] Wavelength Division Multiplexing + Windows Driver Model [Microsoft] WDRAM Windows Dynamic Random Access Memory WEA Web Enabled Application .WEB Entities Emphasizing the WWW (Domain Name) [Internet] WEBDAV Web Based Distributed Authoring and Versioning WEBNFS Web Network File System [Sun] WEFT Web Embedding Fonts Tool [Microsoft] WELL Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (BBS) WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy + Wireless Encription Protocol WFM Wired For Management [Intel] WFQ Weighted Fair Queuing [Cisco] WFW Windows For Workgroups [Microsoft] WGS Work Group System WHAM Waveform Hold and Modify [Microsoft] WHC Workstation Host Connection WHQL Windows Hardware Quality Labs [Microsoft] WIDEN Wideband Integrated Digital Enhancement Network WIFI (Wi-Fi) Wireless Fidelity WIKI Wikipedia (encylopedia) WIM Wireless Instant Messaging WIMP Windows, Icons, Menus and Pulldowns WIN 9.X Windows95/Windows98 WIN...CE Windows Compact Edition [Microsoft] WINDBG Windows Debugger [Microsoft] WINE Windows Emulator WINForum Wireless Information Networks Forum WIN...FS Windows Future Storage [Microsoft] WIN/MAC WIN...MCE WIN...ME WINS WIN...SE WINSOCK Windows Macintosh Windows Media Center Edition [Microsoft] Windows Millennium Edition [Microsoft] Windows Internet Naming Service [Microsoft] Windows Second Edition [Microsoft] Windows Open Systems Architecture [Microsoft] + Windows Sockets WINWORD Word For Windows [Microsoft] WIN...XP Windows The "Experience" [Microsoft] WISE WordPerfect Information System Environment WISP Wireless Internet Service Provider WIT Web Interactive Talk [Internet] .WKB Workbook (file name extension) [WordPerfect] .WKE Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] .WKQ Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]

.WKS .WKZ .WK1 WL WLAN .WLG WLL .WMA WMC WME .WMF WMFSDK WMI WML WMP WMRM WMT .WMV WNIC WNIM W/O WORM WOS WOSA WOW WP WPA .WPD .WPG WPHD .WPK WPM .WPM WPOS WPS WPVM .WQ1 .WQ! WRAM WRE .WRI WRK WS WSAPI WSDL WSE WSH WSP WSUI WT WTA WTLS WTM WWIS WWW WXGA WYSBYGI WYSIWYG

Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU] Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] Word Line Wireless Local Area Network Dr. Watson Log (file name extension) Wireless Local Loop Windows Media Audio (file name extension) [Microsoft] Workflow Management Coalition Wireless Multimedia Enhancements Windows Metafile Format (file name extension) [Microsoft] Windows Media Format Software Development Kit [Microsoft] Windows Management Instrumentation [Microsoft] Wireless Markup Language Windows Media Player [Microsoft] Write Many, Read Many Windows Media Technologies [Microsoft] Windows Video File (file name extension) [Microsoft] Wide-Area Network Interface Co-Processor Wide-Area Network Interface Module Without Write Once, Read Many Workstation Operating System Windows Open Services/Systems Architecture [Microsoft] Window On Windows [Microsoft] WordPerfect + Word Processing + Write Protected Wi-Fi/Wireless Protected Access Windows Printer Description (file name extension) WordPerfect Graphics (file name extension) Write-Protect Hard Disk Keyboard (file name extension) [WordPerfect] Words Per Minute Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect] Workplace Operating System Windows Printing System [Microsoft] + Workplace Shell [OS2] Windows Parallel Virtual Machine Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU] Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU] Windows Random Access Memory Weighted Random Early Detection [Cisco] Write (file name extension) Windows Resource Kit [Microsoft] WordStar + Workstation Web Site Application Program Interface [O'Reilly] Web Services Definition/Description Language [IBM/Microsoft] Web Services Enhancement Windows Scripting Host [Microsoft] Wireless Session Protocol Web Services User Interface Write Through Wireless Telephony Application Wireless Transport Layer Security Wired For Management World Wide Information System [Internet] World-Wide Web [Internet] Wide Extended Graphics Array What You See Before You Get It What You See Is What You Get

X... TOP XA XACML XACT XAPIA X2B .XBM XBRL X2C XCHG XCMD XCOPY X2D XDF XDR XFCN XFDL XGA XHMD XHTML XID XIOS .XLA XLAT XLF XLIFF .XLK XLL XLM .XLT XMIT XML XMM XMS XNS XOFF XON XOR XP XPATH XPCOM XPE .XPM XPRM XPS XRI XRNS XRT XSL XSLT XSMD XSSI XTAL XTCLK XUL Y... TOP

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Extended Architecture + Extended Attribute Extensible Access Control Markup Language Cross-Platform Audio Content Tool X.400 Application Program Interface Association Hexadecimal to Binary [REXX] X-Windows Bitmaps (file name extension) (black and white) Extensible Business Reporting Language Hexadecimal to Character [REXX] Exchange External Command Extended Copy Hexadecimal to Decimal [REXX] Extended Density Format [IBM] Extended/External Data Representation External Function Extensible forms Description Language Extended Graphics Array [IBM] X-Directed Horizontal Magnetic Dipole Extensible HyperText Markup Language Exchange Identifier Extended Input/Output System Add-In (file name extension) [Microsoft-Excel] Translate Exceptional Fortran [IBM] XML Localization Interchange File Format [IBM] Backup (file name extension) [Microsoft-Excel] Extensible Link Language Excel Macro Language [Microsoft] Template (file name extension) [Microsoft-Excel] Transmit Extensible Markup Language Extended Memory Manager [LIM/AST] Extended Memory Specification [LIM/AST] Xerox Network System (protocol) [Xerox] Transmitter Off Transmitter On Exclusive OR (Also EOR) Extreme Performance [Compaq] XML Path Language Cross Platform Component Object Model [Mozilla] XP Embedded (see WIN...XP) [Microsoft] X-Windows Pixelmaps (file name extension) (color) Xerox Print Resources Manager [Xerox] XML Paper Specification (file format) Extensible Resource Identifier Extensible Resource Name System Extensions for Real-Time Extensible Stylesheet Language Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation Extended Storage Module Drive (interface) Extended Server Side Includes Crystal External Transmit Clock Extensible User-Interface Language [Netscape] UP to X DN to Z BOTTOM

YAM YAHOO Y2K (Y/N)? YTD Z... TOP .z .Z ZAK ZAW ZBR Z-CAV ZDL ZDS ZIF ZIP .ZIP .ZOO ZPV ZSL ZVP @ (\) (/) (~) (_) { } [ ] ... * *.* .$$$ 1GL 24/7 286 2GL 386 3COM 3GL 486 4GL 6DOF

Yet Another Modem [Omen Technology] Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle [Internet] Year 2000 (Asks for a YES or NO decision) Year To Date UP to Y DN to APPENDIX A BOTTOM

Packed file (file name extension - using Pack/Unpack program)..lower case z..[Unix] Compressed file (file name extension - using Compress/Uncompress program)..upper case Z..[Unix] Zero Administration Kit [Microsoft] Zero Administration for Windows [Microsoft] Zone-Bit Recording [IBM] Zoned Constant Angular Velocity Zero Delay Lockout Zenith Data Systems Zero-Insertion Force (socket) Zigzag In-Line Package + Zone Improvement Plan (ZIPcode) Compressed File (file name extension) [PKWare] Compressed File (file name extension) [Dhesi] Zoomed Port Video [Toshiba] Zero Slot LAN Zoomed Video Port At + Commercial At Backslash Slash Tilde Underscore Braces Square Brackets Ellipsis Wildcard character (asterisk) Star-Dot-Star (represents Any file name.Any file name extension) Temporary File (file name extension) First Generation Language (machine language) Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Seven Days a Week 80286 (microprocessor) Second Generation Language (assembly language) 80386 (microprocessor) 3 Com Corporation (The 3 Coms are Computer, Communications and Compatibility) Third Generation Language (programming language) 80486 (microprocessor) Fourth Generation Language (descriptive language) Six Degrees Of Freedom

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