10Base2 Ethernet coaxial thin-net, 10 Mbps, 200 m segments
10Base5 Ethernet coaxial thick-net, 10 Mbps, 500 m segments
10BaseF Ethernet Fiber optic, 10 Mbps, 2 km segments
10BaseT Ethernet Twisted pair, 10 Mbps, 100 m segments
100BaseT Fast Ethernet 100 Mbps
1TBS One True Brace Style
2
2D 2-Dimensional
3
3COM Computer, Communications and Compatibility
3D 3-Dimensional
3DMF 3D Meta File
3GL 3rd Generation Language
3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
4
4GL 4th Generation Language
4WCD 4 Wire Conditioned Diphase
6
6DOF Six Degrees Of Freedom
8
802.3 Ethernet protocol
802.4 Token Bus protocol
802.5 Token Ring protocol
9
AUCUNE ENTREE
A
AAAI American Association for Artificial Intelligence
AAL ATM Adaptation Layer
AAP Applications Access Point
AAT Average Access Time
AARP AppleTalk ARP
AAUI Apple Attachment Unit Interface
ABC Atanasoff-Berry Computer
ABEL Advanced Boolean Expression Language
ABI Application Binary Interface
ABIST Automatic Built-In Self-Test
ABR Available Bit Rate
ABVS Audit Bureau of Verification Services
AC Alternating Current
AC Ante Christum
ACA American Cryptogram Association
ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol
ACC Aera Communication Controller
ACC Audio Communications Controller
ACCM Asynchronous Character Control Map
ACD Automatic Call Distribution
ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface
ACE Advanced Computing Environment
ACF Access Control File
ACH Automated Clearing House
ACID Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
ACIS American Committee for Interoperable Systems
ACK Acknowledge
ACL Access Control List
ACL Advanced CMOS Logic
ACM Advanced Computer Modeling
ACM Association for Computing Machinery
ACM Audio Compression Manager
ACME Application Creation Made Easy
ACS Access Control System
ACS Advanced Communications System
ACS Asynchronous Communication Server
ACSE Association Control Service Element
ACTS Advanced Communication Technologies and Services
ACTS Automatic Coin Telephone Service
ACTS Automated Computer Time Service
ACTT Advanced Communications Timekeeping Technology
ACU Automatic Calling Unit
A/D Analog to Digital
ADA Automatic Data Acquisition
ADABAS Adaptable Database System
ADAM Affordable Desktop Application Manager
ADAPT Architecture, Design, Analysis and Planning Tool
ADB Apple Desktop Bus
ADC Adaptive Data Compression
ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Procedure
ADD Automatic Document Detection
ADDMD Administration Directory Management Domain
ADE Adaptable Development Environment
ADEV AppleTalk Device
ADF Adapter Description File
ADF Automatic Document Feeder
ADI AutoCad Device Interface
ADI AUTODIN-DISN Interface
ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression
ADLC Asynchronous Data Link Control
ADMD Administration Management Domain
ADN Advanced Digital Network
ADP Automated Data Processing
ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADS Application Development System
ADS Audio Distribution System
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADSM ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager
ADSP AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol
ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
ADT Abstract Data Typing
ADU Automatic Dialing Unit
AEC Architectural, Engineering, and Construction
AE Above or Equal
AEB Analog Expansion Bus
AF Audio Frequency
AFAIK As Far As I Know
AFAMPE Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange
AFC Application Foundation Classes
AFC Automatic Font Change
AFCAC Air Force Computer Acquisition Center
AFDDN Air Force Defense Data Network
AFEB African Edifact Board
AFI Authority and Format Indicator
AFII Association for Font Information Interchange
AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System
AFJ April Fool's Joke
AFK Away From the Keyboard
AFM Adobe Font Metrics
AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalisation
AFOTEC Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
AFP AppleTalk Filing Protocol
AFPI Association Francaises des Profesionnels Internet
AFS Andrew File System
AFTP Anonymous File Transfer Protocol
AFUU Association Francaise des Utilisateurs d'Unix
AGL Atelier de Génie Logiciel
AGLOO Atelier de Génie Logiciel Orienté Objet
AGRAS Antiglare, Antireflective, Antistatic
AGT AUTODIN Gateway Terminal
AHDL Analog Hardware Description Language
AI Analog Input
AI Artificial Intelligence
AIA Applications Integration Architecture
AIAG Automotive Industry Action Group
AIC AIXwindows Interface Composer
AID AUTODIN Interface Device
AIDS Apple Infected Disk Syndrome
AIF Audio Interchange Format
AIFF Audio Interchange File Format
AIG Address Indicator Group
AIIM Association for Information and Image Management
AIN Advanced Intelligent Network
AIS Automated Information System
AISP Association of Information Systems Professionals
AIT Advanced Intelligent Tape
AIT AUTODIN Interface Terminal
AIUG Armenian Internet Users Group
AIX Advanced Interactive Executive
AKA Also Known As
AL Address List
ALAP AppleTalk-LocalTalk Link Access Protocol
ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuits
ALDSSCS All-Defense Special Security Communications System
ALE Application Link Enabling
ALEP Advanced Language Engineering Platform
ALERT Advice and problem Location European Road Traffic
ALGOL Algorithmic Language
ALIBI Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases of Info
ALIWEB Archie-Like Indexing in the Web
ALM Asynchronous Line Multiplexer
ALR Advanced Logic Research
ALU Arithmetic and Logic Unit
AM Accounting Management
AM Amplitude Modulation
AM Attribute Mark
AMD Active Matrix Display
AMD Advanced Micro Devices
AMF Abbreviated Message Format
AMH Application Message Handling
AMH Automated Message Handler
AMHA A Mon Humble Avis
AMHS Automated Message Handling System
AMI Alternate Mark Inversion
AMIS Audio Message Interchange Standard
AML Atelier de Maintenance Logiciel
AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture
AMME Automated Multi-Media Exchange
AMN Abstract Machine Notation
AMPE Automated Message Processing Exchange
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
AMS Automated Management Station
AMS AUTODIN Mail Server
ANA Article Numbering Association
ANI Automatic Number Identification
ANS Advanced Network and Services
ANSI American National Standard Institute
AO Active Open
AO Analog Output
AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment
AOD Audio On Demand
AOE Application Operating Environment
AOL America On Line
AOO Approche Orientée Objet
AOW Asia and Oceania Workshop
AP Advanced Pick
APA Arithmetic Processing Accelerator
APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report
APC AMARC Protocol Converter
APCT AUTODIN PC Terminal
APCUG Association of PC User Groups
APD Aldus Printer Description
APDA Apple Programmers and Developers Association
APDU Application Protocol Data Unit
API Application Programming Interface
APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
APL A Programming Language
APM Advanced Power Management
APM Aldus Placeable Metafile
APNIC Asian-Pacific NIC
APP Agence pour la Protection des Programmes
APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking
APPC Advance Program-to-Program Communication
APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
APS Advanced Photo System
APS Asynchronous Protocol Specification
APT Address Pass Through
ARA Apple Remote Access
ARAP Apple Remote Access Protocol
ARC Advanced RISC Computing
ARC Audio Response Controller
ARCA Advanced RISC Computing Architecture
ARCnet Attached Resource Computer Network
AREV Advanced Revelation
ARIN American Registry for Internet Numbers
ARL Access Rights List
ARL Adjusted Ring Length
ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited
ARM Advanced RISC Machine
ARMM Automated Retroactive Minimal Moderation
ARM Asynchronous Response Mode
ARN Assistance et Realisations Nouvelles
ARO After Receipt Of Order
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPAnet ARPA Network
ARQ Automatic Request for Retransmission
ART Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications
ARU Audio Response Unit
AS Autonomous System
AS3AP ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable
ASAP As Soon As Possible
ASC AUTODIN Switching Center
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interch
ASDSP Application-Specific Digital Signal Processor
ASE Application Service Element
ASEB Asia Edifact Board
ASEMH Army Standard Electronic Mail Host
ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASIS Application Software Installation Server
ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology
ASL Adaptive Speed Levelling
ASM Alternate Stimulus Mode Protocol
ASN Autonomous System Number
ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One
ASP Abstract Service Primitive
ASP Active Server Page
ASP Advanced Signal Processing
ASP AppleTalk Session Protocol
ASP Association of Shareware Professionals
ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System
ASR Automatic Speech Recognition
ASSIST Automated Special Security Info Sys Terminal
AST AUTODIN Subscriber Terminal
AST AST Research : Albert, Safi, Thomas
ASTW Agency Standard Terminal Workstations
ASVD Analog Simultaneous Voice and Data
AT Advanced Technology
AT&T American Telegraph and Telephone
ATA Advanced Technology Attachment
ATA Alcatel TITN Answare
ATAPI Advanced Technology AttachmentPeripheralInterface
ATC Abstract Test Case
ATDP Attention Dial Pulse
ATDT Attention Dial Tone
ATE Automated Test Equipment
ATG Advanced Technology Group
ATM Adobe Type Manager
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM Automated Teller Machine
ATMS Assumption-based Truth Maintainance System
ATP AppleTalk Transaction Protocol
ATP Area Time Product
ATP2 AppleTalk Phase 2
ATPS AppleTalk Print Services
ATS Abstract Test Suite
ATS Apple Terminal Services
AU Access Unit
AUDIX Audio Information eXchange
AUI Association des Utilisateurs d'Internet
AUI Attachment Unit Interface
AUP Acceptable Use Policy
AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network
AV Auxiliary Vector
AUX Apple UniX
AV Audio Visual
AVA Audio Visual Authoring
AVC Audio Visual Connection
AVI Audio Visual Interleaved
AVP Attached Virtual Processor
AVR Automatic Voice Recognition
AVSSCS Audio Visual Service Specific Convergence Sublayer
AWG American Wire Gauge
AWG Architectural Working Group
AWK Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan
AZEB Australia/New Zealand Edifact
B
B4 Before
BAD Broken As Designed
BAFO Best And Final Offer
BAK Binary Adaptation Kit
BAL Basic Assembly Language
BAL Boite Aux Lettres
BAR Backbone Access Router
BARTS Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing
BASIC Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BAT Block Address Translation
BATCH Block Allocation Transfer Channel
BAUD Bit per second
BAUD Bit At Unity Density
BBL Be Back Later
BBN Bolt Beranek and Newman
BBS Bulletin Board System
BCC Base Communications Center
BCC Blind Carbon Copy
BCC Block Check Character
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BCDIC Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
BCHU Be Seeing You
BCL Batch Command Language
BCP Binary Communications Protocol
BCP Bulk Copy Program
BCPL Basic Computer Programming Language
BCR Byte Count Register
BDA Bios Data Area
BDAM Basic Direct Access Method
BDF Bitmap Description Format
BDE Borland Database Engine
BED Bulk Encryption Device
BELLCORE Bell Communications Research
BER Basic Encoding Rules
BERT Bit Error Tester
BEST Borland Enhanced Support and Training
BFBI Brute Force and Bloody Ignorance
BFF Binary File Format
BFI Brute Force and Ignorance
BFMI Brute Force and Massive Ignorance
BFT Binary File Transfer
BGI Borland Graphic Interface
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BGP4 Border Gateway Protocol version 4
BiCMOS Bipolar CMOS
BIM Beginning of Information Marker
BIM Business Information Modeling
BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BINHEX BINary HEXadecimal
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BIS Boundary Intermediate System
BIS Business Information System
BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BIST Built-In Self-Test
BIT Binary Digit
BIT Built-In Test
BITNET Because It's Time Network
BITNIC Bitnet Network Information Center
BITS Base Information Transfer System
BIU Bus Interface Unit
BIX Byte Information Exchange
BLADES Base Level AUTODIN to DISN Exchange System
BLAST Blocked Asynchronous Transmission
BLMC Buried Logic Macrocell
BLOB Binary Large Object
BLT Block Transfer
BMH Base Message Host
BMIC BusMaster Interface Controller
BML Blackbird Markup Language
BMP Batch Message Processing Program
BMP Bitmap Picture
BMTA Backbone MTA
BNC Barrel Network Connector
BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman
BNC British National Connector
BNCC Base Network Control Center
BNF Backus-Naur Form
BOAMP Bulletin Officiel des Annonces des MArchés Publics
BOC Bell Operating Company
BOF Birds Of a Feather
BOFH Bastard Operator From Hell
BOGSAT Bunch Of Guys Sitting Around a Table
BOM Beginning Of Message
BOND Bandwidth on Demand
BONDING Bandwidth on Demand Interoperability Group
BOOM Binocular Omni-Oriented Monitor
BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol
BOS Basic Operating System
BOSIX Biin Open System Interface eXtension
BP Base Pointer
BP Break Point
BPB BIOS Parameter Block
BPF BSD Packet Filter
BPI Bit Per Inch
BPI Business Process Improvements
BPR Business Process Reengineering
BPS Bits Per Second
BPS Bytes Per Second
BQS Berkeley Quality Software
BRB Be Right Back
BRGC Binary Reflected Gray Code
BRI Basic Rate Interface
BRIO Bâtiment Réseaux Inter Opérateurs
BRIM Bridge Router Interface Module
BRS Big Red Switch
BS Back Space
BSA Business Software Alliance
BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method
BSC Binary Synchronous Communication
BSCS Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
BSD Berkeley Software Distribution
BSF Bit Scan Forward
BSI British Standards Institute
BSMTP Batched SMTP
BSP Binary Space Partition
BSP Board Support Package
BSP Bulk-Synchronous Parallel
BSS Block Started by Symbol
BSR Basic Semantic Repository
BSR Bit Scan Reverse
BSS Block Started by Symbol
BSU Basic Semantic Unit
BSYNC Binary Synchronous Communications
BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method
BTOL Better Than Open Look
BTP Batch Transfer Program
BTW By The Way
BTX BildschirmTeXt
BUAF Big Ugly ASCII Font
BUAG Big Ugly ASCII Graphic
BWM Block-Write Mode
BWQ Buzz Word Quotient
C
C C Programming Language
C2 C2 Security Level
C3I Command Control Communications and Intelligence
C3I Command Control Communications and Intelligence
C4I Command Control Communications Computers & Intel
CA Cellular Automata
CA Certificate Authority
CA Collision Avoidance
CAD Collective Address Designator
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAD/A Computer Aided Design/analysis
CADD Computer Aided Drafting And Design
CADE Computer Aided Document Engineering
CAE Computer Aided Engineering
CAGD Computer Aided Graphics Design
CAI Computer Aided Instruction
CALL Computer Aided Language Learning
CALS Computer Aided Logistics Support
CALS Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support
CALS Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support
CAM Cellular Automata Machine
CAM Categorical Abstract Machine
CAM Common Access Method
CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAML Categorical Abstract Machine Language
CAN Convertisseur Analogique-Numerique
CAN Controller Area Network
CANARIE Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research
CAO Conception Assistee par Ordinateur
CAP Carrierless Amplitude and Phase
CAP Computer Aided Publishing
CAP Columbia AppleTalk Package
CAPD Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities
CAPI Common ISDN API
CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
CARO Computer Antivirus Research Organisation
CAS Communication Application System
CAS Computer Aided Styling
CAS Cost Accounting Standards
CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering
CASL Crosstalk Application Scripting Language
CAT Computer Aided Testing
CATI Computer-Aided Telephone Interview
CATS Commodore Amiga Technical Support
CATS Computer Assisted Training System
CAU Controlled Access Unit
CAVE Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
CBC Cipher Block Chaining
CBD Commerce Business Daily
CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Ass
CBI Computer Based Instruction
CBL Computer Based Learning
CBM Commodore Business Machine
CBMS Computer-Based Mail System
CBR Computer Based Reasoning
CBR Constant Bit Rate
CBT Computer Based Training
CC Call Control
CC Carbon Copy
CC Cluster Controller
CC Computer Center
CCD Charge-Coupled Device
CCE Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation
CCEB Combined Communications Electronics Board
CCEP Commercial COMSEC Endorsement Program
CCFT Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube
CCI Common Client Interface
CCITT Consultative Committee for Internat Telegraph and Tel
CCL Console Command Language
CCL Common Command Language
CCMC Cryptologic Communications Management Center
CCR Commitment Concurrency and Recovery
CCSS Cryptologic Combat Support System
CD Carrier Detect
CD Change Directory
CD Collision Detection
CD Color Display
CD Compact Disk
CD+G Compact Disk plus Graphics
CD-I Compact Disk - Interactive
CD-MO Compact Disk - Magneto Optical
CD-R Compact Disk - Recordable
CD-RDx Compact Disk - ROM Data exchange
CD-ROM Compact Disk - ROM
CD-RTOS Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System
CD-SD Compact Disk - Super Density
CD-V Compact Disk - Video
CD-WO Compact Disk - Write Once
CD-XA Compact Disk - Extended Architecture
CDA Central Design Activity
CDA Communications Decency Act
CDA Compound Document Architecture
CDB Command Descriptor Block
CDBS Connectionless Broadband Data Service
CDC Central Directory Component
CDC Control Data Corporation
CDDA CDROM Direct Access
CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface
CDF Channel Data Format
CDF Comma Delimited Format
CDFS Compact Disk File System
CDIF Case Data Interchange Format
CDL Computer Design Language
CDLC Channel Data Link Control
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDMP Cellular Digital Messaging Protocol
CDN Caldera Desktop for Network
CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System
CDP Conditional Di-Phase
CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDPR Customer Dial Pulse Receiver
CDRL Contract Data Requirements List
CDRAM Cache Dynamic Random Access Memory
CDROM Compact Disk ROM
CDT Call Data Transmitter
CDU Control Display Unit
CE Cache Enable
CEA Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
CEG Continuous Edge Graphics
CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference
CELP Code Excited Linear Prediction
CEN Comité Europeen de Normalisation
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CERN Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire
CERT Computer Emergency Response Team
CES Common Elements of Service
CES Consumer Electronics Show
CET Central European Time
CF Central Facility
CF Configuration File
CFB Cipher Feedback
CFD Call For Discussion
CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFHT Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
CFV Call For Votes
CGA Color Graphics Adapter
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CGI Computer Generated Images
CGI Computer Graphics Interface
CGM Computer Graphics Metafile
CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology
CHCP Change Code Page
CHFN Change Finger
CHGRP Change Group
CHILL CCITT High Level Language
CHMOD Change Mode
CHOP Channel Operator
CHOWN Change Owner
CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform
CHS Cylinder Head Sector
CI Check In
CI Circuit Integre
CI Control In
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIA Current Instruction Address
CICA Center for Innovative Computer Applications
CICC Center of International Cooperation for Computerization
CICS Customer Information Control System
CICS/VS Customer Information Control System/Virtual Storage
CICT Centre Informatique de Calcul de Toulouse
CID Configuration, Installation, Distribution
CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CIF Common Intermediate Format
CIFS Common Internet File System
CII Call Identity Index
CIK Crypto-Ignition Key
CIL Computer Integrated Logistic
CIM CompuServe Information Manager
CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CIM Corporate Information Management
CINC Commander-IN-Chief
CIO Chief Information Officer
CIOCS Communication Input/Output Control System
CIP Command Interface Port
CIR Committed Information Rate
CIRST Computer Incident Response and Security Team
CIS CompuServe Information Service
CIS Computer Information Systems
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer
CISS Center for Information Systems Security
CIT Computer-Integrated Telephony
CITIS Combat Information Transport System
CIU Cryptologic Interface Unit
CIX Commercial Internet eXchange
CIX Compulink Information eXchange
CJLI Command Job Language Interpreter
CKD Count Key Data
CKL Certificate Key Lists
CLAR Channel Local Address Register
CLASS Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services
CLEI Common Language Equipment Identification
CLI Calling Line Identification
CLI Command Line Interface
CLK CLocK
CLIN Contract Line Item Number
CLIPS C Language Integrated Production System
CLLI Common Language Location Identification
CLM Career Limiting Move
CLNP ConnectionLess Network Protocol
CLNS Connectionless Network Service
CLOS Common Lisp Object System
CLS Clear Screen
CLTP ConnectionLess Transport Protocol
CLUI Command Line User Interface
CM Centimeter
CM Configuration Management
CM Control Mark
CM Corrective Maintenance
CMC Common Mail Call
CMC Computer Mediated Communication
CMF Creative Music Format
CMIB Cellular Message Information Block
CMIP Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS Common Management Information System
CML Conceptual Modelling Language
CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management Software
CMM Capacity Maturity Model
CMMU Cache/Memory Management Unit
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMOT CMIP Over TCP/IP
CMS Code Management System
CMS Composant pour Montage en Surface
CMS Conversational Monitor System
CMU Carnegie Mellon University
CMW Compartmented Mode Workstation
CMY Cyan Magenta Yellow
CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
CNA Certified Netware Administrator
CNAM Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers
CNAPS Co-Processing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems
CNC Computerized Numerical Control
CNE Certified Netware Engineer
CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
CNET Centre National d'Etude en Telecommunications
CNIDR Clearinghouse Network Information Discovery Retrieval
CNIL Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes
CNMAT Center for New Music and Audio Technologies
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
CNSS Core Nodal Switching Subsystem
CNUCED Conference des Nations-Unies pour le Commerce et le Dev
CNUDCI Conference des Nations-Unies sur le Droit Commercial Int
CNUSC Centre National Universitaire Sud de Calcul
CNX Certified Network Expert
CO Central Office
CO Check Out
CO Control Out
COB Chip-On-Board
COBOL Common Business-Oriented Language
CODASYL Conference On Data System Languages
CODE Client-server Open Development Environment
CODEC Coder/Decoder
CODEC Compression/Decompression
COE Common Operating Environment
COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer
COFF Common Object File Format
COGO Coordinate Geometry
COL Computer Oriented Language
COLD Computer Output to Laser Disk
COM Common Object Model
COM Computer Output Microfilm
COMDEX Computer Dealers Exposition
COMET Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator
COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation
CONNIX Connecticut Internet Exchange
CONS Connection Oriented Network Service
CONUS Continental United States
COP Character-Oriented Protocol
COPS Computer Oracle Password System
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CORE Centrally Operated Risc Environment
CORE Council of Registrars
COS Card Operating System
COS Compatible Operating System
COS Corporation for Open Systems
COSE Combined Office Standard Environment
COSE Common Open Software Open Environment
COSINE Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Net in Europe
COSMIC Computer Software Management and Information Center
COST Cooperation Scientifique et Technique
COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf
COTSS Classified Operational Telecommunications Switching System
CP Copy Protection
CP Crypto Peripheral
CP8 Carte a Puce 8
CPA Certified Public Accountant
CPA Code Parasite Autopropageable
CPAN Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
CPC Constant Point Calculation
CPCI Computer Program Configuration Items
CPCS Check Processing Control System
CPE Customer Premise Equipment
CPG Clock Pulse Generator
CPI Characters Per Inch
CPI Code Page Information
CPI-C Common Programming Interface for Communications
CPL Current Privilege Level
CP/M Control Program/Monitor
CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers
CPS Call Processing System
CPS Characters Per Second
CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
CPT Command Pass Through
CPU Central Processing Unit
CR Carriage Return
CRAM Card RAM
CRAM Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CREN Computer Research Education Network
CREN Corporation for Research and Education Networking
CRIM Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal
CRIN Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Nancy
CRF Cable Retransmission Facility
CRF Cross Reference File
CRI Collective Routing Indicators
CRI Color Reproduction Indices
CRIM Centre de Recherches en Informatique de Montréal
CROM Control Read Only Memory
CSCI Computer Software Configuration Item
CRL Certificate Revocation List
CRT Cathodic Ray Tube
CRTC CRT Controller
C/S Client/Server
CS Clear to Send
CS Code Segment
CSA Certified Solaris Administrator
CSA Common System Area
CSAR Channel System Address Register
CSD Corrective Service Diskette
CSG Consultable Services Group
CSE Certified System Engineer
CSG Constructive Solid Geometry
CSG Consulting Services Group
CSH C Shell
CSH Color Super Homeotropic
CSL Computer Sensitive Language
CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Internetworking Protocol
CSLU Center for Spoken Language Understanding
CSM Communication Services Manager
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
CSN Card-Select Number
CSN Consortium for School Networking
CSNET Computer Science Network
CSO Central Services Organization
CSN Circuit Switched Network
CSP Certified Systems Professional
CSP Communications Support Processor
CSP CompuCom Speed Protocol
CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network
CSRF Common Source Routing File
CSRFS CSRF System
CSS Continuous System Simulator
CST Conseil Superieur de la Telematique
CSTA Computer-Supported Telecommunications Applications
CSTA Computer-Supported Telephony Applications
CSU Channel Service Unit
CSV Comma-Separated Values
CSV Common Services Verbs
CT Communications Terminal
CTA Conseil de la Telematique Anonyme
CTB Centre de Traitement Bancaire
CTE Compliance Test and Evaluation
CTI Computer Telephone Integration
CTI Couplage Telephonie Informatique
CTCP Client To Client Protocol
CTPA Coax-to-Twisted Pair Adapter
CTS Clear To Send
CTSS Compatible Time-Sharing System
CTY Console TTY
CUA Common User Access
CUBE Club des Utilisateurs Bull Europeens
CUDIX Common User Digital Information Exchange System
CUI Common User Interface
CUL See You Later
CUPID Completely Universal Processor I/O Design
CUSI Configurable Unified Search Index
CUT Control Unit Terminal
CUTE Clarkston University Terminal Emulator
CUTE Common Unix and X Terminal Environment
CVF Compressed Volume File
CVGA Color Video Gaphics Array
CVIA Computer Virus Industry Association
CVN Compression Video Numerique
CVP Circuits Virtuels Permanents
CVW CodeView for Windows
CWIS Campus Wide Information Service
CY Calendar Year
CYMK Cyan Yellow Magenta blacK
D
D/A Digital to Analog
DA Department of the Army
DAAS Defense Automatic Addressing System
DAASC DAAS Center
DAB Defense Acquisition Board
DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting
DAB Distributeur Automatique de Billets
DAC Digital to Analog Converter
DAC Discretionary Access Control
DACS Digital Access and Cross-Connect System
DAD Desktop Application Director
DAD DMS AUTODIN Directory
DAMES DAASC Automated Message Entry System
DANTE Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe
DANUP Dispositif d'Acces Numeris a Usage Partage
DAO Dessin Assiste par Ordinateur
DAP Data Access Processor
DAP Directory Access Protocol
DAP Document Application Profile
DEREC Daewoo Electronic Research Center
DAI Distributed Artificial Intelligence
DAKOSY Data Kommunications System
DAL Data Access Language
DAM Data Acquisition and Monitoring
DAO Data Access Object
DAP Data Access Protocol
DAP Directory Access Protocol
DARI Database Application Remote Interface
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAS Dual-Attached Station
DASD Direct Access Storage Device
DAT Detailed Architecture Team
DAT Digital Audio Tape
DAT Disk Array Technology
DAV Digital Audio-Video
DAVIC Digital Audio Visual Council
DAVID Digital Audio Video Decoder
DAW Digital Audio Workstation
DB Database
DB Decibel
DB2 Database 2
DBA Database Administrator
DBA Decibel Adjusted
DBAC Database Administration Center
DBAS Database Administration System
DBCS Double-Byte Character Set
DBF dBase Format
DBM Database Manager
DBME Database Management Environment
DBMS Database Management System
DBME Database Management Environment
DBRI Dual Basic Rate Interface
DBS Database Server
DC Data Collection
DCA Defense Communications Agency
DCAC Defense Communications Agency Circular
DCA Digital Communications Associates
DCA Document Content Architecture
DCAF Distributed Console Access Facility
DCAM Direct Chip Attach Module
DCB Decimal Code Binaire
DCB Disk Coprocessor Board
DCC Digital Command Control
DCC Digital Compact Cassette
DCC Direct Cable Connection
DCD Data Carrier Detect
DCE Data Communications Equipment
DCE Distributed Computing Environment
DCF Data Communication Facility
DCF Data Compression Facility
DCF Data Count Field
DCF Driver Configuration File
DCG Data elements Coordination Group
DCI Display Control Interface
DCS Desktop Color Separation
DCS Digital Camera System
DCL Digital Command Language
DCL Digital Control Logic
DCOM Distributed Component Object Model
DCM Distributed Computing Manager
DCPS Data Communications Protocol Standards
DCS Data Collection System
DCS Defense Communications System
DCS Desktop Color Separation
DCS Distributed Communications System
DCS Dual Channel Switch
DCT Data Communications Terminal
DCT Destination Control Table
DCT Discrete Cosine Transform
DCTF DMC COOP Test Facility
DD Digital Display
DD Double Density
DDA Domain-Defined Attribute
DDA Dynamic Data Access
DDB Device Dependent Bitmap
DDB Device Driver Block
DDC Digital Data Channel
DDBMS Distributed Database Management System
DDC Display Data Channel
DDC1 Display Data Channel One
DDCMP Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
DDCS Distributed Database Connection Services
DDD Direct Distance Dialing
DDDS Defense Data Dictionary System
DDE Data Dynamic Exchange
DDEML Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library
DDES Digital Data Exchange Specification
DDF Dynamic Data Formatting
DDI Device Driver Interface
DDK Device Driver Kit
DDL Data Definition Language
DDL Data Description Language
DDL Document Description Language
DDLC Database Development Life Cycle
DDM Distributed Data Management
DDN Defense Data Network
DDO Dynamic Device Overlay
DDP Datagram Delivery Protocol
DDS Design Data Sheet
DDS Digital Data Service
DDS Digital Data Storage
DDS Digital Dataphone Service
DDS Distributed Directory Services
DDSA Direct Digitally Synthesized Audio
DDT DEC Debugging Tape
DDT Dynamic Debugging Technique
DDTT Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer
DEA Data Encryption Algorithm
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation
DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
DED Dark-Emitting Diode
DEDIST Data Element Distribution
DEF Desktop Functional Equivalent
DEFSMAC Defense Special Missile and Astronautics Center
DEIS Defense Enterprise Integration Services Contract
DEK Data Encryption Key
DEL Diode ElectroLuminescente
DEMMA Direct Electronic Mail Marketing Association
DES Data Encryption Standard
DES Data Entry Sheet
DET Device Execute Trigger
DET Directory Entry Table
DFC Data Flow Control
DFD Data Flow Diagram
DFM Design For Manufacturability
DFS Distributed File System
DFT Design For Testability
DFT Diagnostic Funtion Test
DFT Discrete Fourier Transform
DFT Distributed Function Terminal
DFU Data File Utility
DGIS Direct Graphics Interface Standard
DGP Dissimilar Gateway Protocol
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHP Dr. Halo PIC
DI Data In
DI Destination Index
DI Directeur Informatique
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DIA Document Interchange Architecture
DIB Device Independent Bitmap
DIB Directory Information Base
DIB Double Bus Independant
DIBOL Digital Business Oriented Language
DID Data Item Description
DID Direct Inward Dialing
DII Defense Information Infrastructure
DIICC Defense Information Infrastructure Control Concept
DIICC Defense Information Infrastructure Command and Control
DIIP Direct Interrupt Identification Port
DIIVL Defense Information Infrastructure Virtual Laboratory
DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module
DIN Deutsche Institute für Normung
DIO Data Input-Output
DIP Dialup Internet Protocol
DIP Digital Imaging Processing
DIP Dual In-line Pin
DIS Distributed Interactive Simulation
DIS Draft International Standard
DIS Dynamic Impedance Stabilization
DISA Data Interchange Standards Association
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DISN Defense Information Systems Network
DISP Directory Information Shadowing Protocol
DIT Directory Information Tree
DIVAN Digital Mail's International Value Added Network
DIVE Direct Interface Video Extension
DIVE Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment
DIW D-Inside Wire
DIX DEC, Intel, Xerox
DIY Do It Yourself
DIZ Description In Zip
DJIA Dow Jones Industrial Average
DKI Driver Kernel Interface
DL Download
DL/1 Data manipulation Language
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DLSAP Datalink Service Access Point
DLC Data Link Control
DLC Digital Light and Color
DLD Display List Driver
DLE Data Link Escape
DLI Data Link Interface
DLL Dynamic Link Library
DLL Data Link Layer
DLLP Data Link Layer Protocol
DLM Distributed Lock Manager
DLM Dynamic Link Module
DLR DOS LAN Requester
DLT Digital Linear Tape
DM Distributed Memory
DMA Defense Mapping Agency
DMA Direct Memory Access
DMAC DMA Controller
DMC Defense Megacenter
DMD Digital Micromirror Device
DME DII Migration Environment
DME Distributed Management Environment
DMF Distribution Media Format
DMI Desktop Mangement Interface
DML Data Manipulation Language
DMM Digital Multimeter
DMMIS Deport Maintenance Management Information System
DMMS Dynamic Memory Management System
DMOS Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
DMP Dot Matrix Printer
DMPC Distributed Memory Parallel Computer
DMQS Display Mode Query and Set
DMR Data Maintenance Request
DMS Data Management System
DMS Defense Message System
DMSD Digital Multistandard Decoding
DMT Digital Multi-Tone
DMTF Desktop Management Task Force
DMY Day Month Year
DNA Digital Network Architecture
DNC Direct Numerical Control
DNIC Data Network Identification Code
DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service
DNS Domain Name Services
DO Data Out
DO Distributed Objects
DO-IT Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking & Technology
DoC Department of Communications
DOCIMEL Document CIM Electronique
DoD Department of Defense
DoDD Department of Defense Directive
DoDISS Department of Defense Index of Specifications & Standards
DOE Distributed Objects Everywhere
DOMF Distributed Object Management Facility
DON Disque Optique Numerique
DOS Disk Operating System
DOS Disk Operating System
DOV Data Over Voice
DOW Day Of Week
DP Data Processing
DP Domaine Public
DPA Demand Protocol Architecture
DPAM Demand Priority Access Method
DPAREN Data Parity Enable
DPB Drive Parameter Block
DPC Direct Program Control
DPI Dot Per Inch
DPL Descriptor Privilege Level
DPM Digital Panel Meter
DPMA Dynamic Power Management Architecture
DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface
DPMS Display Power Management Support
DPMS DOS Protected Mode Service
DPS Display PostScript
DPS Document Processing System
DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying
DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus
DQL DataEase Query Language
DRAM Dynamic RAM
DRAW Direct Read After Write
DR-BOND Dial-up Router Bandwidth On Demand
DR-DOS Digital Research-Disk Operating System
DRCS Dynamically Redefinable Character Set
DRDA Distributed Relational Database Architecture
DRDW Direct Read During Write
DRG Data Reference Group
DRI Digital Research Incorporated
DRM Digital Road Map
DRO Destructive Read-Out
DRP DECnet Routing Protocol
DRS Document Registration System
D/S Dhrystone Per Second
DS Double Sided
DS-0 Digital Signal level 0
DS-3 Digital Signal level 3
DSA Digital Signature Algorithm
DSA Dynamic Scalable Architecture
DSA Directory System Agent
DSAP Destination Service Access Point
DSBE Differential SCSI Buffered Ethernet card
DSDD Double Sided, Double Density
DSE Data Storage Equipment
DSEA Display Station Emulation Adapter
DSHD Double Sided, High Density
DSI Directeur des Systemes d'Information
DSIS Distributed Support Information Standard
DSSD Double Sided, Simple Density
DSK Down Stream Keyer
DSL Dynamic Simulation Language
DSMA Digital Sense Multiple Access
DSOM Distributed System Object Model
DSMN Directory Services Manager for Netware
DSN Delivery Status Notification
DSO Days Sales Outstanding
DSP Digital Signal Processor
DSP Directory System Protocol
DSP Domain Specific Part
DSQD Double Sided, Quad Density
DSR Data Set Ready
DSR Device Status Register
DSS Decision Support System
DSS Digital Signature Standard
DSSS Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum
DSSSL Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
DST Data Storage Tape
DST Departement Securite du Territoire
DSTN Double Supertwisted Nematic
DSU Digital Service Unit
DSVD Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data
DTA Disk Transfer Area
DTD Document Type Definition
DTE Developmental Test and Evaluation
DTE Dumb Terminal Emulator
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DTL Diode-Transistor Logic
DTMF Dual Tone Multiple Frequency
DTP Desktop Publishing
DTP Distributed Transaction Protocol
DTR Data Terminal Ready
DTR Data Transfer Rate
DTV Desktop Video
DTVC Desktop Video Conferencing
DU Disk Usage
DUA Directory User Agent
DUART Dual UART
DUAT Direct User Access Terminal
DUN Dial-Up Networking
DUNS Data Universal Numbering System
DUNS Dun Unique Numerical Symbol
DUSD Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
DVB Digital Video Broadcast
DVC Desktop Video Conferencing
DVD Digital Video Disk
DVE Digital Video Effect
DVI Digital Video Interactive
DVMRP Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
DVP Digital Video Producer
DWIM Do What I Mean
DXC Data eXchange Control
DXF Drawing Exchange Format
DXI Digital Exchange Interface
E
EA Extended Attribute
EAN International Article Numbering
EAR External Access Register
EAGLES Expert Advisory Group on Language Engineering Standards
EARN European Academic Research Network
EAROM Electrically Alterable ROM
EARS Electronic Access to Reference Services
EATA Enhanced AT Bus Attachment
EAZ EndgerateAuswahlZiffer
EBC EISA Bus Controller
EBC Electronic Business Communication
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBI Equivalent Background Input
EBN Extended Border Node
EBNF Extended Bachus-Naur Form
EBONE European Backbone
EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer
EC Electronic Commerce
EC Error Control
EC/EDI Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange
ECAT Electronic Card Assembly and Test
ECB Electronic Codebook
ECC Error Check Code
ECC Error Correction Code
ECD Enhanced Color Display
ECE Economic Commission for the Europe
ECHO European Commission Host Organization
ECHT European Conference on Hypermedia Technology
ECL Emitter Coupled Logic
ECM Electronic Control Module
ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECMWF European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasting
ECNE Enterprise Certified Netware Engineer
ECP Emergency Command Precedence
ECP Engineering Change Proposal
ECP Enhanced Capabilities Port
ECP European Computer Publishers
ECPA Electronic Communications Privacy Act
ECTL Electronic Communal Temporal Lobe
ECU EISA Configuration Utility
ECU European Currency Unit
EDA Electronic Design Automation
EDA Embedded Document Architecture
EDC Enhanced Data Correction
EDC Error Detection and Correction
EDCARS Engineering Data Control Automated Retrieval System
EDCD Edifact Composite Data Elements Directory
EDDC Extended Distance Data Cable
EDDI Environnement de Developpement et de Debogage Integre
EDI Echange de Données Informatisé
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EDI Electronic Document Interchange
EDIA Electronic Data Interchange Association
EDICA EDI Council of Australia
EDICC EDI Council of Canada
EDIFACT EDI For Administration, Commerce and Transport
EDIFICAS EDI in the Financial Information Cost Accounting & Social
EDIFICE EDI Forum for Compagnies with Interest Computing & Elect
EDIRA EDI Registration Authorities
EDIWI EDI World Institute
EDL Edit Decision List
EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control
EDMD Edifact Message Directory
EDMF Edifact Message Frameworks
EDO-RAM Enhanced Data Out RAM
EDONI Echange de Données Négoce-Industrie
EDOS Enhanced DOS
EDP Electronic Data Processing
EDRAM Enhanced Dynamic RAM
EDSD EDI Data Segment Directory
EDSI Echange de Données Sociales Informatisé
EDT Echanges de Données Techniques
EEC Extended Error Correction
EEEB Eastern European Edifact Board
EEG ElectroEncephaloGram
EEL Epsilon Extension Language
EEMA European Electronic Messaging Association
EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM
EES Escrow Encryption Standard
EFA Extended File Attribute
EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFI Electromechanical Frequency Interference
EFL Emitter Follower Logic
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System
EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
EHF Extremely High Frequency
E-IDE Enhanced IDE
EI Enterprise Integration
EIA Electronic Industries Association
EIA Enhanced Identification and Authentication
EIAS Enterprise Integration Evaluation System
EIAO Enseignement Intelligemment Assiste par Ordinateur
EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
EIR Extended Information Rate
EIS Executive Information System
EISA Extended Industrial Standard Architecture
EISS European Intelligence Support System
EITC European Information Technology Conference
ELF Executable and Linking Format
ELF Extremely Low Frequency
ELS Entry Level System
ELSNET European Language and Speech Network
EMA Enterprise Management Architecture
EMACS Editing MACroS
EMACS Escape-Meta-Alt-Control-Shift
E-MAIL Electronic Mail
EMB Extended Memory Block
EMBARC Electronic Mail Broadcast to a Roaming Computer
EMC Extended Math Coprocessor
EMEDI European Medical EDI
EMF Enhanced Metafile Format
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EMM Expanded Memory Manager
EMP Electromagnetic Pulse
EMR Electro-Magnetic Radiation
EMR Enhanced Metafile Record
EMS Expanded Memory Specification
EMWAC European Microsoft Windows NT Academy Center
ENDEC Encoder/Decoder
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer
ENSS Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem
ENQ Enquire
EOA End of Address
EOB End of Block
EOC End of Conversion
EOF End Of File
EOF Enterprise Objects Framework
EOI End or Identify
EOJ End of Job
EOL End Of Life
EOL End Of Line
EOL End Of List
EOF End Of File
EOM End of Message
EOS Earth Observing System
EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System
EOS End Of String
EOT End Of Tape
EOT End Of Text
EOT End Of Transmission
EOU End Of User
EPA Etablissement Public national à caractère Administratif
EPHOS European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems
EPIC Eletronic Privacy Information Center
EPITA Ecole Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancees
EPL Effective Privilege Level
EPL Electronic switching system Programming Language
EPLD Electrically Programmable Logic Device
EPM Enhanced Editor for Presentation Manager
EPM Enterprise Process Management
EPN Etablissement Public National
EPP Enhanced Parallel Port
EPROM Electrically Programmable ROM
EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM
EPS Encapsulated PostScript
EPSF Encapsulated PostScript Files
ERAS Electronic Routing and Approval System
ERIC Educational Resources Information Center
ERLL Enhanced Run Length Limited
ERMES European Radio MEssaging System
EROM Erasable Read Only Memory
EROS Earth Resources Observation System
ER/RC Extended Result/Response Code
ERS European Remote Sensing satellite
ES Extended Services
ES Extra Segment
ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture
ESA European Space Agency
ESAO Experience Scientifique Assistee par Ordinateur
ESC EISA System Component
ESCM Extended Services Communications Manager
ESCON Enterprise System Connection
ESC/P Epson Standard Code for Printers
ESD Electro-Static Discharge
ESD Electronic Software Distribution
ESDA Electronic System Design Automation
ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESF Extended Superframe Format
ESI Enhanced Serial Interface
ESIOP Environment Specific Inter-ORB Protocol
ESIS End System-Intermediate System
ESMTP Extended SMTP
ESN Electronic Security Number
ESO European Southern Observatory
ESP Enhanced Serial Port
ESP Emulation Sensing Processor
ESP Estimated Selling Price
ESS Electronic Switching System
ESU Electro-Static Unit
ETANN Electrically Trainable Analog Neural Network
ETB End of Transmission Block
ETC Enhanced Throughput Cellular
ETC Executable Test Case
ETOx EPROM Tunnel Oxyde
ETPL Endorsed Tempest Products List
ETS Econometric Time Series
ETS Executable Test Suite
ETSI European Telecommunication Standards Institute
ETX End of Text
EU End User
EU Execution Unit
EUNet European UNIX Network
EUTELSAT European Telecommunications Satellite organization
EUUG European UNIX Users Group
EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array
EWAN Emulator Without A Good Name
EWOS European Workshop for Open Systems
EWS Employee Written Software
ExCA Exchangeable Card Architecture
EXCH Exchange
EXE Executable
E-ZINE Electronic Magazine
F
FAC File Access Code
FAIL Fast Artificial Intelligence Language
FAMOS Floating Gate Avalanche MOS
FAO Fabrication Assistee par Ordinateur
FAP File Access Protocol
FAPI Family Application Program Interface
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FAQL Frequently Asked Questions List
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation
FARNet Federation of American Research Networks
FAT File Allocation Table
FAX Fac Simile
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FC Fiber Channel
FC-AL Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop
FC-EL Fiber Channel Enhanced Loop
FCA Functional Configuration Audit
FCB File Control Block
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for Science Engineering & Tech
FCI Flux Changes per Inch
FCP Fiber Channel Protocol
FCS First Customer Shipment
FCS Frame Check Sequence
FCT File Control Table
FDC Floppy Disk Controller
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDM Frequency-Division Multiplexing
FDX Full Duplex
FED Field Emission Display
FEFO First-Ended, First-Out
FEM Finite-Element Method
FEP Front End Processor
FEPI Front End Programming Interface
FESDK Far East Software Development Kit
FET Field Effect Transistor
FF Flip-Flop
FF Form Feed
FFP Firm Fixed Price
FFS Fast File System
FFST First Failure Support Technology
FFT Fast Fourier Transform
FFT Final Form Text
FH Frame Handler
FIDO Finite Domains
FIF Fractal Image Format
FIFO First In, First Out
FILO First In, Last Out
FIP File Processor Buffering
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards
FIR Finite Impulse Response
FIRN Florida Information Resource Network
FIRST Forum of Incident Response and Security Team
FITNR Fixed In The Often Next Release
FIX Federal Internet Exchange
FLC Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal
FLIT Flexowriter Interrogation Tape
FLL FoxPro Link Library
FLOP Floating Point Operation
FLOPS Floating Point Operation Per Second
FLP Fast Link Pulse
FM Facilities Management
FM Frequency Modulation
FMS Forms Management System
FMV Full Motion Video
FNAC Federation Nationale d'Achat des Cadres
FNC Federal Networking Council
FOAF Friend Of A Friend
FOD Finger of Death
FOG First Osborne Group
FOIRL Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link
FORTRAN Formula Translator
FOSE Federal Office Systems Exposition
FOSI Format Option Specification Instance
FOSSIL Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer
FPA Floating Point Accelerator
FPC Floating Point Calculation
FPD Flat Panel Display
FPDI Flat Panel Display Interface
FPDU FTAM Protocol Data Unit
FPGA Field Programmable Gate-Array
FPLA Field Programmable Logic-Array
FPLL Fractional Phase-Lock Loops
FPM Fast Page Mode
FPP Floating Point Processor
FPS Frames Per Second
FPSNW File and Print Server for NetWare
FPU Floating Point Unit
FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name
FR Frame Relay
FR-NIC French NIC
FRAM Ferroelectric RAM
FRC Funtional Redundancy Checking
FRICC Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee
FRPI Flux Reversals Per Inch
FRS Freely Redistributable Software
FRU Field Replaceable Unit
FS File Separator
FS File System
FSA Finite State Automaton
FSBE Fast SCSI Buffered Ethernet card
FSD File System Driver
FSE Full Screen Editor
FSF Free Software Foundation
FSK Frequency Shift Keying
FSM Finite State Machine
FSN Full Service Network
FSP File Service Protocol
FSR Free System Resources
FSSP Firing Squad Synchronization Problem
FST Flat Square Tube
FT France Telecom
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FTAM File Transfer, Access, and Management
FTM Flat Tension Mask
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FTS Federal Telecommunication System
FTSE Financial Times Stock Exchange
FUBAR Failed UniBus Address Register
FUBAR Fucked Up Beyond All Repair
FUDD Frequently Updated Distributed Data
FUI File Update Information
FVT Full Video Translation
FWD Free World Dial-up
FWI Frequently Wanted Information
FWIW For What It's Worth
FWNTUG French Windows NT User Group
FX Field Exchange
FXO Foreign Exchange Office
FXS Foreign Exchange Subscriber
FY Fiscal Year
FYA For Your Amesuement
FYI For Your Information
G
GA General Availability
GA Genetic Algorithm
GA Go Ahead
GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAAS Gallium Arsenide
GAB Gichet Automatique de Banque
GAB Group Audio Bridging
GAK Government Access to Key
GAL Generic Array Logic
GAN Global Area Network
GAP Generateur Automatique de Programmes
GAPI Gateway Application Programming Interface
GB GigaByte
GB Graphics Buffer
GC Garbage Collector
GCCS Global Command and Control Systems
GCD Ground Controlled Descent
GCL Graphics Command Language
GCR Group Code Recording
GDA Global Data Area
GDB Genome Database
GDDM Graphics Data Display Manager
GDI Graphics Device Interface
GDLC Generic Data Link Control
GDMO Guidelines for Definition of Managed Objects
GDMS Global Data Management System
GDP Graphic Draw Primitive
GDR Geophysical Data Records
GDT Global Descriptor Table
GECOS General Electric Comprehensive Operating System
GED Gestion Electronique de Documents
GEIS General Electric Information Service
GEM Graphics Environment Manager
GENCOD Groupement d'Etude de Normalisation et de Codifications
GENIE General Electric Network for Information Exchange
GenLock Generator Locking device
GEOS Graphic Environment Operating System
GET Get Execute Trigger
GFE Government Furnished Equipment
GFII Groupement Français de l'Industrie et de l'Information
GFR Grim File Reaper
GGP Gateway to Gateway Protocol
GHZ Gigahertz
GID Group Identifier
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GII Global Information Infrastructure
GILC Global Internet Liberty Campaign
GIPS Giga-Instructions per Second
GIS Geographic Information System
GIS Global Information Solutions
GIX Global Internet eXchange
GKS Graphical Kernel System
GLIS Global Land Information System
GLM General Linear Models
GLOBE Global Learning by Observations to Benefit the Environment
GM General MIDI
GMAO Gestion de Maintenance Assistee par Ordinateur
GML General Modeling Language
GMS Global Messaging Service
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GND GrouND
GNN Global Network Navigator
GNU GNU is Not Unix
GNUMACS GNU EMACS
GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
GOSMACS Gosling EMACS
GOTS Government-Off-The-Shelf
GP General Purpose
GP Graphics Processor
GPAO Gestion de Production Assistee par Ordinateur
G-PC Green PC
GPF General Protection Fault
GPI Graphics Programming Interface
GPIB General Purpose Instrument Bus
GPL General Public License
GPL Graphics Programming Language
GPO Government Printing Office
GPR General Purpose Register
GPS Global Positioning System
GPDR Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
GPSS General Purpose Systems Simulator
GPV General Public Virus
GQL Graphical Query Language
GRGS Groupement de Recherche de Géodesie Spatiale
GS General Standard
GS Group Separator
GSA Government Services Administration
GDSB Genome Sequence Database
GSM Global System for Mobile communications
GSTS Ground-based Surveillance and Tracking System
GTF Group of Terrestrial Freight Forwarders
GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic
GVT Global Virtual Time
GVU Graphic Visualization and Usability lab
H
H324 Video Conferencing standard
HACMP High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing
HAKMEM Hacks Memo
HAL Hard Array Logic
HAP Host Access Protocol
HASP Houston Automatic Spooling Priority
HBA Host Bus Adapter
HCF Halt and Catch Fire
HCU Home Computer User
HD Hard Disk
HD High Density
HDBV Host Database View
HDCD High Definition Compatible Digital
HDF Hierarchical Data Format
HDI Head to Disk Interference
HDI Help Desk Institute
HDLC High-level Data Link Control
HDSC High Density Signal Carrier
HDSL High-rate Digital Subscriber Link
HDTV High Definition Television
HDX Half Duplex
HEP High Energy Physics
HF Hawthorne Farms
HF High Frequency
HFS Hierarchical File System
HGA Hercules Graphics Adapter
HGCP Hercules Graphics Card Plus
HGML Hypertext General Markup Language
HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding
HHOS Ha Ha Only Serious
HIFD High-density Floppy Disk
HIL Human Interface Link
HIPO Hierarchy Input Process Output
HIPPI High Performance Parallel Interface
HIROS Hitachi Industrial Realtime Operating System
HLCO High Low Close Open
HLL High Level Language
HLLAPI High Level Language Application Programming
HLQ High Level Qualifier
HLR Home Location Register
HLS Hue, Luminance, Saturation
HMA High Memory Area
HMA Hub Management Architecture
HMD Head Mounted Display
HMOS High Density Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
HMOS High Speed Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
HMP Host Monitoring Protocol
HOL High Order Language
HOOD Hierarchical Object Oriented Design
HP Hewlett Packard
HPC High Performance Computing
HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications
HPDJ Hewlett-Packard Desk Jet
HPFS High Performance File System
HPG Hewlett-Packard Graphics
HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HPIB Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
HPLJ Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet
HPLT High Productivity Languages/Tools
HPM Hyper Page Mode
HPPA Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture
HPR High Performance Routing
HPUX Hewlett-Packard Unix
HPW High Performance Workstation
HQX BinHex file extension
HRG High Resolution Graphics
HRIS Human Resource Information System
HRMS Human Resource Management System
HS High Speed
HSC High Speed Channel
HSI High Speed Interface
HSI Hue Saturation Intensity
HSL Hue Saturation Lightness
HSM Hierarchical Storage Management
HSP High Speed Printer
HSSI High Speed Serial Interface
HST High Speed Technology
HSV Hue Saturation Value
HST Hyper Sonic Transport
HT Horizontal Tab
HTCIA High-Tech Crime Investigation Association
HTH Hope This Helps
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS HyperText Transport Protocol Server
HUD Head Up Display
HUP Hang-UP
HVC Hue Value Chroma
HVP Horizontal & Vertical Position
HWCP Hardware Code Page
HWDMS Hazardous Waste Data Management System
HYTIME Hypermedia and Time based
HYVIS Hypermedia and Visual Information System
Hz Hertz
I
IA Intelligence Artificielle
IA Interchange Agreement
IAB Internet Architecture Board
IAC Inter-Application Communication
IACR International Association for Cryptologic Research
IAFA Internet Anonymous FTP Archives
IAHC International Ad Hoc Committee
IAK Internet Access Kit
IAL International Algebraic Language
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer,
IAO Ingenierie Assistee par Ordinateur
IAP Internet Access Provider
IAPX Intel Advanced Processor Architecture
IAT Import Address Table
IATA International Air Transport Association
IAW In Accordance With
IBC Instrument Bus Computer
IBCS Intel Binary Compatibility Specification
IBM International Business Machines
IBM-GL IBM Graphics Language
IC Integrated Circuit
IC Interrupt Controller
ICA Intelligent Communication Adapter
ICA Intra-application Communications Area
ICALP International Conference Automata Languages & Programming
ICAS Intel Communicating Applications Specifications
ICASE Integrated Computer-Aided Software Environment
ICASE International Council Associations for Science Education
ICB Internet Citizen's Band
ICBM Intercontinental Cruise Balistic Missile
ICC International Chamber of Commerce
ICCP Institute for the Certification Computing Professionals
ICE In-Circuit Emulator
ICE Inter-Client Exchange protocol
ICE International Cryptography Experiment
ICI Image Component Information
ICL International Computers Limited
ICLID Incomming-Call Line Identification
ICM Image Color Matching
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICOMP Intel Comparative Microprocessor
ICP Integrated Channel Processor
ICP Internet Cache Protocol
ICP Inventory Control Point
ICR Intelligent Character Recognition
ICU ISA Configuration Utility
ID Identifier
IDA Integrated Digital Access
IDA Intelligent Disk Array
IDAPI Integrated Database Application Programming Interface
IDBMS Integrated Database Management System
IDC International Data Corporation
IDC Internet Database Connector
IDCT Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform
IDE Integrated Disk Embedded
IDE Intelligent Drive Electronics
IDE Interactive Design and Engineering
IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDF Intermediate Distributing Frame
IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity
IDL Interactive Data Language
IDL Interface Description Language
IDP Internet Datagram Protocol
IDMS Integrated Data Base Management System
IDP Integrated Data Processing
IDRP Inter-Domain Routing Protocol
IDSL ISDN Digital Subscriber Line
IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table
IDU Interface Data Unit
IE Information Engineering
IE Intel Ethernet
IEC Inter Exchange Carrier
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEDI Interactive Electronic Data Interchange
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEF Information Engineering Facility
IEMSI Interactive Electronic Mail Standard Identification
IEN Internet Engineering Notes
IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IF Intermediate Frequency
IFB Invitation For Bid
IFD Image File Directory
IIF Interactive Image Format
IFF Interchangeable File Format
IFG Incoming Fax Gateway
IFS Input Field Separator
IFS Installable File System
IFS Iterated Function System
IGA Integrated Graphics Array
IGBT Insulated Gate Based Transistor
IGD Integrated Genomic Database
IGDR Interim Geophysical Data Records
IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
IGES International Grafic Exchange Standard
IGL Index-Guided Laser
IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol
IGP Interior Gateway Protocol
IGRP Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
IGS Internet Go Server
IHL Internet Header Length
IHPEG Information Highway Parental Enpowerment Group
IHM Interface Homme-Machine
IHMNSO In My Not-So Humble Opinion
IHV Independent Hardware Vendor
IIC Inter-Integrated Cicuit
IIF Immediate IF
IIOP Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
IIR Immediate Impulse Response
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IISP Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol
IITF Information Infrastructure Task Force
IJG Independent JPEG Group
ILP Inductive Logic Programming
ILS Instrument Landing System
IMACS Image Management and Communication System
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
IMAP Interactive Mail Access Protocol
IMAP3 Interactive Mail Access Protocol version 3
IMDS Image Data Stream
IME Input Method Editor
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
IML Ingenierie de Maintenance Logiciel
IML Initial Microcode Load
IMO In My Opinion
IMO International Maritime Organization
IMP Interface Message Processor
IMPA Intelligent Multi-Port Adapter
IMR Internet Monthly Report
IMS Information Management System
IMS Inventory Management Specialists
IMTC International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium
IMTV Interactive Multimedia Television
IN Intelligent Network
INDEO Intel Video
INN InterNet News
INM Integrated Network Management
INMARSAT International Mobile Satellite organization
INOVERT International Overlanded Transport
INS Integrated Network Server
INTA International Trademark Association
INTAP Interoperability Techn Association Information Processing
INTEL Integrated Electronics
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite consortium
INTERNET Inter Network
InterNIC Internet Network Information Center
IO Input/Output
IOCC Input/Output Channel Converter
IOCCC International Obfuscated C Code Contest
IOCTL Input/Output Control
IODE Integrated Development and Debugging Environment
IOH Integrated Open Hypermedia
IOP Interoperabilty
IOPL Input/Output Priviledge Level
IONL Internal Organization of the Network Layer
IOSGA Input/Output Support Gate Array
IOTE Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
IP Instruction Pointer
IP Internet Protocol
IP4 Internet Protocol version 4
IP6 Internet Protocol version 6
IPC Instructions Per Clock
IPC Inter-Process Communication
IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol
IPDS IBM Personal Dictation System
IPDS Intelligent Printer Data Stream
IPE Internal Processing Error
IPF Information Presentation Facility
IPI Initial Protocol Identifier
IPL Information Programming Language
IPL Initial Program Loader
IPL Ion Projection Lithography
IPNG Internet Protocol Next Generation
IPNNI Integrated Private Network-to-Network Interface
IPP Internet Printing Protocol
IPR In Process Review
IPSE Integrated Project Support Environment
IPT Informatique Pour Tous
IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council
IPV4 Internet Protocol Version 4
IPX Internetwork Packet eXchange
IQL Interactive Query Language
IR Index Register
IR Infra Red
IR Internetwork Router
IRBM Intelligent Repeater Bridge Module
IRC Internet Relay Chat
IRCAM Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique
IRD Integrated Receiver/Descrambler
IRDA Infrared Data Association
IRDS Information Resource Dictionary System
IRF Inheritance Rights Filter
IRISA Institut de Recherche en Informatique Systèmes Aléatoires
IRL In Real Life
IRL Inter-Repeater Link
IRL Interactive Reader Language
IRLE Interconnexion de Reseaux Locaux d'Entreprise
IRLED Infrared Light Emitting Diode
IRM Intelligent Repeater Module
IRM Inherent Rights Mask
IRQ Interrupt Request
IRS Input Record Separator
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IRTF Internet Research Task Force
IRX Information Retrieval Experiment
IS-IS Intermediate System to Intermediate System
ISA Industrial Standard Architecture
ISAM Indexed Sequential Access Method
ISAPI Internet Services Application Programing Interface
ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISC Instruction Set Computer
ISD Image Section Descriptor
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISH Information Super Highway
ISI Internally Specified Index
ISIS Integrated Systems and Information Services
ISIS Intermediate System to Intermediate System
ISL Interactive System Language
ISM Integrated System Management
ISMF Interactive Storage Management Facility
ISN Initial Sequence Number
ISN-LAN Information System Network-Local Area Network
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISOC Internet Society
ISODE ISO Development Environment
ISOM Interpreted System Object Model
ISONET Isochronous Ethernet
ISP Implementation Support Plan
ISP Index Sequential Processor
ISP Information Security Program
ISP Information System Plan
ISP Integrated Support Plan
ISP Information
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