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A
A-D Analog to Digital
AA Author's Alteration
AA Auto Answer
AAL5 ATM Adaption Layer 5
ABEND Abnormal End
ABI Application Binary Interface
ABR Available Bit Rate
AC97 Audio Codec 97
ACB Access method Control Block
ACDS Active Control Data Set
ACE Asynchronous Communications Element
ACF Advanced Communication Facility
ACIA Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter
ACK Acknowledge
ACS Asynchronous Connection Server
ACS Automatic Class Selection
ACSE Application Control Service Element
ACT Application Control Table
ACU Automatic Calling Unit
ADC Analog Digital Converter
ADDMD Administrative Directory Management Domain
ADMD Administrative Management Domain
ADO ActiveX Data Object
ADSL Asymetric Digital Subscriber Line
AEA Activity End Acknowledge
AEI Application Entity Invocation
AF Application Framework
AFP Advanced Function Printing
AGP Accellerated Graphics Port
AGS Advanced Graphics System
AI Artificial Intelligence
AIU Application Interface Unit
AIX Advanced Interactive eXecutive
AIX Alternate IndeX
ALGOL ALGOrithmic Language
ALS Application Layer Structure
ALS Automatic Line Switching
ALT Application Load Table
ALU Arithmetic and Logic Unit
AM Access Method
AMH Automated Material Handling
AMI Alternate Mark Inversion
AMIS Audio Messaging Interchange Specification
AMR Audio Modem Riser
AMS Access Method Services
ANR Automatic Network Routing
ANS Advanced Network Services
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment
AOW Asian and Oceanic Workshop for open systems
AP Access Point
AP Automation Protocol
APA All Points Addressable
APDU Application Protocol Data Unit
API Application Programming Interface
APIA API Association
APL A Programming Language
APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetwork(ing)
APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Network(ing)
APS Advanced Production System
AR Attention Routine
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ARU Audio Response Unit
AS Activity Start
AS Autonomous System
ASC Accredited Standards Committee
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASE Application Service Element
ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASN Abstract Syntax Notation
ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One
ASO Application Service Object
ASR Automatic Speech Recognition
ASTs Asynchronous System Traps
AT Advanced Technology
ATM Adobe Type Manager
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM Automatic Teller Machine
ATMP Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol
ATSF Alert Transport Service Facility
AU Access Unit
AVR Automatic Volume Recognition
AWG American Wire Gauge
B
B8ZS Binary Eight Zero Substitution
BABT British Approvals Board for Telecommunications
BAL Business Application Language
BAM Basic Access Methods
BAS Basic Activity Subset
BASH Bourne-Again SHell
BASIC Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruktion Code
BBS Bulletin Board System
BCC Block Check Character
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BCF Bridge Control Facility
BCPL Basic Combined Programming Language
BCS Basic Catalog Structure
BCS Basic Combined Subset
BDAM Basic Direct Access Method
BDR Basic Density Range
BEL Bell
BER Bit Error Rate
BES Bursty Errored Seconds
BG BackGround
BHT Branch History Table
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BIS Business Information System
BISYNC Binary Synchronous Communication
BIT Binary Digit
BITNIC Bitnet Network Information Center
BLOB Binary Large Object
BMIC Bus Master Interface Controller
BMP BitMaP
BMS Basic Mapping Support
BNN Boundary Network Node
BOC Bell Operating Companies
BOT Begin Of Tape
BP Base Pointer
BPAM Basic Partitioned Access Method
BPI Bytes Per Inch
BPS Bites Per Second
BRA Basic Rate Access
BRI Basic Rate Interface
BS Backspace / British Standard
BSA Basic Service Area
BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method
BSC Binary Synchronous Communication
BSD Berkeley Software Distribution
BSDS BootStrap Data Set
BSI British Standards Institute
BSS Basic Synchronous Subset
BTAC Branch Target Address Cache
BTAM Basic Teleprocessing Access Method
BTA-ES Basic Teleprocessing Access Method - Extended Storage
BYP Bypass
C
CA Collision Avoidance
CA... Computer Aided ...
CAA Computer Aided Architecture
CAD Computer Aided Design
CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting
CADIS Computer Aided Design Interactive System
CAE Common Application Environment
CAE Computer Assisted Education, Computer Aided Engineering = CAD +
CAP + CAQ
CAH Computer Aided Handling
CAI Computer Aided Instruction = CIM + CAO
CAISE Computer Aided Integrated Software Engineering
CALS Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistic Support
CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing / Content Adressable Memory
CAMAC Computer Automated MeAsurement Control
CAN Cancel
CAO Computer Aided Office
CAP Computer Aided Planning / Computer Aided Publishing
CAPP Computer Aided Production Planning
CAPPC Computer Aided Production Planning and Control
CAPSC Computer Aided Production Scheduling and Control
CAQ Computer Aided Quality Assurance
CAR Computer Aided Roboting
CAR Computer Assisted Radiology
CAS Computer Aided Selling
CASE Common Application Service Elements
CASE Computer Aided Software-Engineering
CAT Computer Aided Testing
CATV CAble TeleVision
CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data Service
CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers' Association
CBR Constant Bit Rate
CBT Computer Based Training
CCD Charge-Coupled Device
CCETT Centre Commun d'Etudes de Telediffusion et Telecommunications
CCIR International Radio Consultative Committee
CCITT Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique
CCR Committment, Concurrency and Recovery
CCS Common Communication Support
CCTA Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency
CCU Communication Control Unit
CCW Channel Command Word
CD Collision Detection
CD Compact Disk
CDB Command Descriptor Block
CDC Century Date Change
CDDA Compact Disk - Digital Audio
CDDI Copper Data Distribution Interface
CDE Common Desktop Environment
CDG Compact Disk - Graphic
CDI Compact Disk Interactive
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDR Copy Density Range
CDROM Compact Disk ROM
CDTV Commodore Total Vision
CDXA Copmact Disk eXtended Architecture
CEC Commission of European Communities
CEFIC Conseil Européen des Federations de l'Industrie Chimique
CELP Code Excited Linear Prediction
CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation
CENELEC Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
CEO Comprehensive Electronic Office
CEPT Conference Européenne des Administrations des Postes et
des Telecommunications
CERN Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
CF Call Forwarding
CF Carry Flag
CF Control Function
CFV Call For Votes
CGA Colour Graphics Adapter
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CGI Computer Graphics Interface
CGM Computer Graphics Metafile
CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHL-I CHanneL Interface
CHPID CHannel Path IDentifier
CI Computer Interconnect
CI Control Interval
CIAM Computer Integrated and Automated Manufacturing
CIB Computer Integrated Business
CICS Customer Information Control System
CID Configuration, Installation and Distribution
CIF Cells In Frames
CIF Common Intermediate Format
CIF Computer Integrated Factory = CIO + CIM
CIM Computer Input by Microfilm
CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing = PPS + CAE + CAM
CIO Computer Integrated Office
CIR Committed Information Rate
CIS Card Information Structure
CISC Complex (Complete) Instruction Set Computer
CIT Computer Integrated Telephony
CIV Conversation Verb Interface
CKD Count Key Data
CL Core Image Library
CL Connectionless
CLI Call Level Interface
CLIM Compaq/Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
CLNS Connectionless Network Service
CM/2 Communication Manager / 2
CMC Communication Management Configuration
CMEA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
CMIP Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS Common Management Information Service
CMOS Cellular Management Operation System
CMOS Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMOT Common Management Information Protocol (CMOT) Over TCP/IP
CMR Communications Resource Manager
CMS Conversational Monitor System
CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
CN Corporate Network
CNC Computerized Numerical Control
CNLP Connectionless Network Protocol
CNM Communication Network Management
CNMA Communication Network for Manufacturing Applications
CNR Carrier-to-Noise-Ratio
COBOL COmmon Business Oriented Language
COCOM Coordinating Comittee on Multilateral Export Controls
CODASYL COnference on DAta SYstems Languages
Codec Coder/Decoder
COFF Common Object File Format
COM Common Object Model
COM Computer Output on Microfilm
COMAL COMmon Algorithmic Language
COMREG Communication Region
CONS Connection-Oriented Network Service
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
COS Corporation for Open Systems
COSE Common Open Software Environment
COSINE Cooperation for OSI Networking in Europe
COSS Cross Operating System Service
CP Control Program
CP-SVR Control Point to Server
CP/M Control Program/Monitor (for Microcomputer)
CPE Customer Premises Equipment
CPI Characters Per Inch
CPI Common Programming Interface
CPI Computer to PABX Interface
CPIC Common Programming Interface for Communications
CPL Current Privilege Level
CPR Computerized Patient Record
CPS Characters Per Second
CPU Central Processing Unit
CR Carriage Return
CR Communication Region
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRJE Conversational Remote Job Entry
CRS Computer Reservation System
CRS Configuration Report Server
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CS Communications Server
CSA Common System Area
CSC Cross System Consistency
CSDN Circuit Switched Data Network
CSECT Control Section
CSI Consolidated Software Inventory
CSLIP Compressed SLIP
CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
CSP Control Sequence Prefix
CSP Cross System Product
CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network
CST Computer Supported Telephony
CSU Channel Service Unit
CSU/DSU Channel Service Unit / Data Service Unit
CT Continuous Tone
CT2T Continuous Tone To Tape
CTC Channel To Channel
CTC CICS To CICS
CTS Clear To Send
CTS Conformance Test System
CTS-WAN Conformance Testing Services for WAN
CU Control Unit
CUA Common User Access
CUT Control Unit Terminal
CVOL Control VOLume
CWS Coalition for Working Systems
D
D/A Digital/Analog
DA Desk Accessory
DAC Digital Analog Converter
DAC Dual Attachment Concentrator
DAI Distributed Artificial Intelligence
DAM Direct Access Method
DAP Directory Access Protocol
DAP Document Application Profile
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAS Dual Attachment Station
DASD Direct Access Storage Device
DAT Digital Audio Tape
DAT Dynamic Address Translation
DB Database
DBCS Double Byte Character Set
DBMS DataBase Management System
DBRT Directed Beam Refresh Terminal
DC Data Cartridge
DC Data Communication
DCA Document Content Architecture
DCAF Distributed Console Access Facility
DCB Data Control Block
DCB Disk Coprocessor Board
DCC Diskette Controller Chip
DCE Data Circuit terminating Equipment
DCE Data Communications Equipment
DCE Distributed Computing Environment
DCI Display Control Interface
DCL Digital Command Language
DCS Desktop Color Separation
DCT Destination Control Table
DCT Discrete Cosine Transform
DD Data Definition
DDCMP Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
DDCS Distributed Database Connecion Services/2
DDE Dynamic Data Exchange
DDES Digital Data Exchange Specifications
DDI Device Driver Interface
DDK Driver Development Kit
DDL Data Definition Language
DDL Document Description Language
DDM Distributed Data Management
DDN Defense Data Network
DDP Distributed Data Processing
DDRM Device driver interface/Driver kernel interface
Reference Manual
DDS Dataphone Digital Service
DDS Decision Support System
DECT Digital European Cordless Telephone
DECUS Digital Equipment Computer Users Society
DEL Delete
DES Data Encryption Standard
DF Direction Flag
DFC Distributed Coordination Function
DFDSS Data Facility Data Set Services
DFHSM Data Facility Hierarchical Storage Manager
DFP Data Facility Product
DFR Document Filing and Retrival
DFS Distributed File System
DFSMS Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem
DFSORT Data Facility Sort
DFT Distributed Function Terminal
DFWMAC Distributed Foundation Wireless Media Access Control
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIA Document Interchange Architecture
DIB Data Input Bus
DIB Device Independent Bitmap
DIFS Distributed coordination function InterFrame Space
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
DIP Dual Inline Package
DIS Draft International Standard
DISSOS Distributed Office Support System
DIT Directory Information Tree
DKI Driver Kernel Interface
DL Data Length
DL Directory Listing
DL/1 Data Language 1
DLBL Disk Label
DLCI Data Linc Connection Identifier
DLE Data Link Escape
DLL Dynamic Link Library
DLS Device Level Selection
DLSE Device Level Selection Enhanced
DLSw Data Link Switching
DLUR Dependent LU Requester
DLUR/S Dependent LU Requester / Server
DLUS Dependent LU Server
DMA Direct Memory Access
DMCI Direct Memory Communications Interface
DMD Directory Management Domain
DMI Digital Multiplexed Interface
DML Data(base) Manipulation Language
DMNL Direct Multi Network Link
DMP Dot Matrix Printer
DN Distinguished Name
DNA Digital Network Architecture
DNS Domain Name Service
DOC Display Operator Console
DOE Distributed Objects Everywhere
DOMF Distributed Object Management Facility
DOS Declaration Of Support
DOS Disk Operating System
DOS/VS Disk Operating System / Virtual Storage
DOS/VSE Disk Operating System / Virtual Storage Extended
DP Data Processing
DP Draft Proposal
DPA Document Printing Application
DPF Data Private Facility
DPI Dots Per Inch
DPL Descriptor Privilege Level
DPMS Display Power Management Signaling
DPS Dynamic Path Selection
DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRQ Data ReQuest
DS Digit Select
DS Directory System
DSA Directory System Agent
DSA Distributed Systems Architecture
DSA Dynamic Storage Area
DSF Device Support Facility
DSL Direct Swift Link
DSN DataSetName
DSN Distributed Systems Network
DSNL Direct Swift Network Link
DSOM Distributed System Object Model
DSP Digital Signal Processor
DSP Directory System Protocol
DSR Data Set Ready
DSSI Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
DSU Data Service Unit
DTAM Document Transfer, Access and Manipulation
DTD Document Type Definition
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DTI Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
DTP DeskTop Publishing
DTR Data Terminal Ready
DU Data Unit
DUA Directory User Agent
DUN Dispatch Unit Number
DVI Digital Video Interface
DVST Direct View Bistable Storage
DXI Data eXchange Interface
E
E1 2,048 Mbps
E3 34 Mbps
EARN European Academic and Research Network
EB Error Bell
EB ExaByte (1,152,921,504,606846,976 bytes)
EBAM Electronic Beam-Addressable Memory
EBCD Extended Binary Coded Decimal
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
ECC Error Checking and Correction
ECC Error Correction Code
ECE Economic Commission for Europe
ECF Enhanced Connectivity Facility
ECITC European Committee fo IT Testing and Certification
ECKD Extended Count-Key Data
ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECTUA European Counsil for Telecommunications Users Association
EDC Enterprise Database Connectivity
EDF Execution Diagnostic Facility
EDG Electronic Dot Generation
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EDICON EDI Community for the Construction Industry (UK)
EDIF Electronic Design Interchange Format
EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and
Transport
EDIM Electronic Data Interchange Message
EDIMS EDI Messaging System
EDM Engineering Data Management
EDP Electronic Data Processing
EDR Early Device Release
EEMA European Electronic Mail Association
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
EHLLAPI Emulator High Level Language Applications Programming Interface
EIB Execute Interface Block
EIP Execute Interface Program
EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EIT Encoding Information Type
EIUF European ISDN User Forum
ELAN European LAN
ELAN Extended LAN
ELAN Emulated LAN
EM End of Medium
EMA Enterprise Management Architecture
EMS Expanded Memory Specification
EMUG European MAP Users Group
EN European Norme
ENE Enterprise Network Event
ENP Enable Presentation
ENQ Enquiry
EO Eight Ones
EOB End of Block
EOC End of Cylinder
EOF End of File
EOJ End of Job
EOP End of Procedure
EOT End of Transmission
EOV End of Volume
EP Emulation Program
EPDE Electronic Product Data Exchange
EPOW Emergency Power Off Warning
EPROM Eraseable Programable Read Only Memory
EPS Encapsulated PostScript
EPSF Encapsulated PostScript Format
ER Entity Relationship
ERDS Error Recording Data Set
EREP Environmental Record Editing and Printing program
ES Errored Second
ESA Extended Service Area
ESC Escape
ESCON Enterprise System Connection Architecture
ESD Electronic Software Distribution
ESD External Symbol Dictionary
ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESDS Entry Sequenced Data Set
ESF Extended SuperFrame
ESPRIT European Strategic Programme for Research and development in
Information Technology
ESQA Extended System Queue Area
ETB End of Transmission Block
ETCOM European Testing and Certification for Office and
Manufacturing protocols
ETS European Telecommunication Standard
ETSI European Telecommunication Standards Institute
ETX End of Text
EUnet European Unix Network
EUUG European Unix User Group
EVI EVent Information
EWOS European Workshop for Open Systems
EXCP EXecute Channel Program
EZ Excessive Zeros
F
F/STP Foil STP
FA Foreign Agent
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FAST Federation Against Software Theft
FAT File Allocation Table
FBA Fix Block Architecture
FBA Fixed Blocked ANSI-defined printer control characters
FBM Fix Block Modus
FC File Control
FCB Format Control Buffer
FCP File Control Program
FCS Frame-Check Sequence
FCT File Control Table
FDD Fixed Disk Drive
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FEAL Fast Data Encipherment Algorithm
FEP Front-End Processor
FF Formfeed
FH Frame Handler
FIFO First In, First Out
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard
FLOPS Floating-point operations per second
FMLI Forms and Menu Language Interpreter
FOB Form Overlay Buffer
FOND Font family descriptor
FORTRAN FORmula TRANslator
FPU Floating Point Unit
FRAD Frame Relay Access Device
FROM Factory ROM
FRU Field Replaceable Unit
FS Field Separator
FS File Separator
FSB Front Side Bus
FSF Free Software Foundation
FSK Frequency Shift Keying
FT Fault Tolerant
FTAM File Transfer and Access Method
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FTP Foil Twisted Pair
FTTC Fibre To The Curb
FTTH Fibre To The Home
FTTP Fibre To The Building
FUP Funktionsplan
G
GAL Global Address List
GATF Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
GB GigaByte (1,073,741,824 bytes)
GCR Group Coded Recording
GDG Generation Data Group
GDS Global Directory Service
GDT Global Descriptor Table
GDTR Global Descriptor Table Register
GE Graphic Escape
GETVIS GET VIrtual Storage
GID Group ID
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GIS Generalized Information System
GIX Global Internet Exchange
GKS Graphical Kernel System
GML Generalized Markup Language
GOSIP Government OSI Profile
GP General Protection
GPIB General-Purpose Interface Bus
GRS Global Resource Serialization
GS Group Separator
GTF Generalized Trace Facility
GUI Graphical User Interface
GUIP Graphical User Interface for Blind people
GUUG German Unix User Group
H
H&J Hyphenation and Justification
HA Home Address
HA Host Agent
HADA High Availability Disk Array
HCL Hue, Chroma, and Luminance
HDA Head-Disk Assembl
HDBV Host Data Base View
HDLC High Level Data Link Communications
HDSL High-bit rate Digital Subscriber Loop
HDTV High Definition TV
HE High End (system)
HGC Hercules Graphics Card
HIC Host Interface Computer
HLL High Level Language
HLS Hue-Lightness-Saturation
HMD Head-Mounted Display
HMMP HyperMedia Management Protocol
HMMS HyperMedia Management Schema
HPCL Hewlett-Packard Control Language
HPFS High Performance File System
HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphical Language
HPR High Performance Routing
HR Horizontal Rule
HSB Hue-saturation-brightness
HSELAN High Speed ELAN
HSI Hue-Saturation-Intensity
HSLAN High Speed LAN
HSSI High Speed Serial Interface
HSV Hue-Saturation-Value
HT Horizontal Tab
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Hz Hertz
I
I-Net Intranet
I/O Input/Output
I/O Input/Output
IA5 International Alphabet Five
IAB Internet Activities Board
IC Integrated Circuit
ICEM Integrated Computer Engineering and Manufacturing
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ID Identifier
IDA Indirect Data Addressing
IDA Intelligent Drive Array
IDE Integrated Drive Electronics
IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDL Interfacce Definition Language
IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table
IEC InterExchange Carrier
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IF Interrupt Flag
IFF Interchange File Format
IFIP International Federation of Information Processing
IFS Interchange File Separator
IFS InterFrame Space
IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
IGMP Internet Group Membership Protocol
IGS Interchange Group Separator
II Interactive Interface
IISP Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol
IKT Informatione- und Kommunikationstechnik
ILC InterLanguage Communication
IML Initial Microcode Load
IMPL Initial Microprogram Load
IMR Interrupt Mask Registers
IMS Information Management System
IMS/VS Information Management System / Virtual Storage
INP Inhibit Presentation
INT INTerrupt
IOC ISDN Ordering Code
IOCP Input/Output Configuration Program
IOCS Input/Output Control System
IOGEN Input/Output device GENeration
IOPL Input/Output Privilege Level
IOS Input/Output Supervisor
IP Internet Protocol
IPL Initial Program Load
IPM InterPersonal Message
IPSE Integrated Project Support Environment
IPX Internet Packet Exchange
IR Index Return
IRC Internet Relay Chat
IRDS Information Resource Dictionary System
IRQ Interrupt ReQuest
IRS Interchange Recors Separator
IS Information System
IS Intermediate System
IS International Standard
ISA Industry Standard Architecture
ISAM Indexed Sequential Access Method
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISFMS Indexed Sequential File Management System
ISMF Interactive Storage Management Facility
ISO International Standardization Organisation
ISO IEC ISO International Electrotechnical Commitee
ISODE ISO Development Environment
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISPF Interactive System Produvtivity Facility
ISPF/PDF ISPF Program Development Facility
ISR Information Storage and Retrieval
ISR Intermediate Session Routing
ISSE Intel SIMD Sreaming Extension
ISV Independent Software Vendor
IT Indent Tab
ITB Intermediate Transmission Block
ITLD International Top-Level Domain
ITRC Information Technology Requirements Council
ITU International Comunication Union (ehem. CCITT)
ITV Interactive TeleVision
IUS Interchange Unit Separator
IWS Intelligent WorkStation
J
JCC Job Control Command
JCL Job Control Language
JCS Job Control Statement
JCT JES Control Table
JCT Journal Control Table
JECL Job Entry Control Language
JEIDA Japan Electronics Industry Development Association
JES Job Entry Subsystem
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
K
K Kilobyte
KB KiloByte (1,024 Bytes)
KBPS KiloBits Per Second
kHz KiloHertz
KIP Kinetics Internet Protocol
KIPS Kilo Instructions per second
KL Key Length
KOPS Kilo Operations per second
KSDS Key Sequenced Data Set
KVA KiloVolt Ampere
L
L2F Layer 2 Forwarding
L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
LAN Local Area Network
LAPS LAN Adapter Protocol Support Program
LBL Label
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LCS Lotus Communication Server
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDMF Librarian Disc Master File
LDS Linear Data Set
LDT Local Descriptor Table
LE Low End (system)
LEC LAN Emulation Client
LEC Local Exchange Carrier
LED Light Emitting Diode
LF Linefeed
LIC Line Interface Computer
LIFO Last In, First Out
LILO Last In, Last Out
LILO Linux Loader
LIM-EMS Lotus Intel Microsoft EMS
LIOCS Logical Input/Output Control System
LISP List Programming
LLC2 Logical Link Control Layer 2
LOC Lines Of Code
LOS Local Operator System
LPI Lines Per Inch
LRC Longitudinal Redundancy Checking
LRU Least Recently Used
LSD Least Significant Digit
LSI Large Scale Integration -> VLSI
LU Logical Unit
LUB Logical Unit Block
LUT Look Up Table
LVT Light Valve Technology
LW Line Work
LZ Lempel-Ziv
LZW Lempel-Ziv-Welch
M
MAC Media Access Control
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MAP Maintenance Analysis Procedure
MAP Manufacturing Automation Protocol
MAPI Messaging Applications Programming Interface
MB MegaByte (1,048,576 bytes)
MBCS Multiple Byte Character Set
MBONE Multicast Backbone
MBPS MegaBits Per Second
MCA Micro Channel Architecture
MCBF Mean Cycles Between Failures
MCCOI Multimedia Communications Community of Interest
MCGA MultiColour Graphics Array
MCI Media Control Interface
MD Management Domain
MD5 Message Digest 5
MDA Monochrome Display Adapter
MEB Memory Expansion Board
MFA Modify Field Attribute
MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes
MFKS Multifunktionales Konferenzsystem
MFLOPS Million Floating-Point Operations Per Second
MFM Modified Frequency Modulation
MFV Multi File Volume
MFWS MultiFunction WorkStation
MGA Monochrome Graphic Adapter
MH Mobile Host
MHS Message Handling System
MI Multiple Inheritance
MIB Management Information Database
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Reader
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second
MISC Minimum Instruction Set Computer -> CISC, RISC
MLPPP MultiLink PPP
MMDF Multi-Channel Memorandum Distribution Facility
MMDS Multi-Megabit Data Services
MMFS Manufacturing Manage Format Standard
MMX Multi Media eXtensions
MNP Microcom Network Protocol
MODEM MOdulator/DEModulator
MOPS Mega Operations per second
MOTIS Message-Oriented Text Interchange Systems
MP Multiprocessing
MPC Multimedia PC
MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group
MPOA MultiProtocol Over Asynchronous transfer mode
MPSD MultiPath Storage Director
MPX multiplex
MS Message Store
MS-DOS Microsoft Disk Operating System
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area
MSD Most Significant Digit
MSG Message
MSM MultiSession Monitor
MSW Machine Status Word
MTA Message Transfer Agent
MTBF MeanTime Between Failures
MTDA Mean Time Data Availability
MTS Message Transfer System
MUD Multi-User Dungeon
MULTICS MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service
MUMPS Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programmings System
MUMPS Multi-User Multi-ProgrammingSystem
MVS Multiple Virtual System
MVS/ESA Multiple Virtual System / Extended System Architecture
MVS/XA Multiple Virtual System / Extended Architecture
MVSCP MVS Configuration Program
N
NAC Network Adapter Card
NAK Negative Acknowledgement
NAP Network Access Point
NAS Network Access Server
NAT Network Address Translation
NAU Network Addressable Unit
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NBS Numeric BackSpace
NC Numeric Control
NCCF Network Communication Control Facility
NCP Network Control Processor
NCP Network Control Program
NCP/VS Network Control Program/Virtual Storage
NDIS Network Driver Interface Specification
NetSP Network Security Program
NFNT New font numbering table
NFS Network File System
NHRP Next Hop Routing Protocol
NIC Network Interface Card
NIC Network Information Center
NIS Network Information Service
NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology
NJE Network Job Entry
NL New Line
NLQ Near Letter Quality
NLT Nucleus Load Table
NMI NonMaskable Interrupt
NNTP Network News Transport Protocol
NSA National Security Agency
NSC1 Network Systems Cypher One
NSP Numeric Space
NSS NATURAL Security-System
NT Network Termination
NTS/2 Network Transport Services/2
NTSC National Television System Committee
NUI Network User Identification
NUL Null
NUMA Non-Uniform Memory Access
NVOD Near Video On Demand
NVRAM NonVolatile Random Access Memory
NVS NonVolatile Storage
O
O/R Originator / Recipient
OC3 155 Mbit/s
OCR Optical Character Recognition
OCX OLE Control Extension
ODA Open Document Architecture
ODSI Open Directory Service Interfaces
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OI Object Interface
OLE Object Linking and Embedding
OLTEP On-Line Test Executive Program
OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing
OMG Object Management Group
OMR Optical Mark Recognition
OO Objektorientierung
OOA Objektorientierte Analyse
OODBMS Object Oriented DBMS
OOP Objektorientierte Programmierung
OOPL Object Oriented Programming Language
OOPS Object Oriented Programming System
OP Operator Panel
OPI Open Prepress Interface
ORB Object Request Broker
OS Operating System
OS/2 Operating System/2
OSA Office Systems Architecture
OSA Open System Architecture
OSF Open Software Foundation
OSI Open Systems Interconnection
OSI/RM OSI Reference Model
OSNS Open Systems Network Support
OSPF Open Shortest Path First
OSTC Open System Testing Consortium
OTPROM One Time Programable ROM
OWL Object Windows Library
P
PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAD Packet Assembly Disassembly
PAL Phase Alternating Line
PAL Programmable Array Logic
PAM Partitioned Access Method
PAP Password Authentication Protocol
PB PetaByte (1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes)
PBX Private Branch Exchange
PC Personal Computer
PC Personal Computing
PC Program Control
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCB Program Control Block
PCI Peripheral Component Interface
PCI Program Controlled Interuption
PCIL Private Core Image Library
PCL Printer Control Language
PCM Plug Compatible Manufacturers
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCN Personal Communication Network
PCP Program Control Program
PCS Personal Communication Services
PCT Private Communication Technology
PCT Program Control Table
PD Public Domain
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDAD Proposed Draft Addendum
PDAU Physical Data Access Unit
PDF Program Development Facility
PDL Page Description Language
PDO Portable Distributed Objects
PDS Partitioned Data Set
PDS Premise Distribution System
PDS Processor Direct Slot
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PDX Printer Description Extension
PE Printer's error
PE Protection Enabled
PEARL Processor and Experiment Automation Realtime Language
PEM Privacy Enhanced Mail
PEP Partitioned Emulation Program
PER Program Event Recording
PERL Practical Extraction and Report language
PF Parity Flag
PFK Program Function Key(board)
PFM Printer Font Metric
PGA Professional graphics adapter
PGP Pretty Good Privacy
PIB Program Information Block
PID Process ID
PIFS Point InterFrame Space
PIM Personal Information Management
PIN Personal Identification Number
PIOCS Physical Input/Output Control System
PL Procedure Library
PL/1 Programming Language 1
PLI Programming Language 1
PLPA Pageable Link Pack Area
PLT Program List Table
PLU Primary Logical Unit
PMMU Paged memory management unit
PMS Pantone Matching System
PMS Project Management System
PMT Photomechanical Transfer (photostat)
PMT Photomultiplier Tube
PNNI Private Network-to-Network Interface
POC Program-Operator Communication
POP Point Of Presence
POP Post Office Protocol
POSIX Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX
POTS Plain Old Telephone System
POWER Priority Output Writer, Execution processors and input Readers
PP Presentation Position
PPD PostScript Printer Description
PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPM Pages Per Minute
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
PPT Processing Program Table
PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PPV Pay Per View
PRDMD Private Directory Management Domain
PRL Private Relocatable Library
PRMD Private Management Domain
PROM Programable Read Only Memory
PSB Program Specification Block
PSDN Packet Swiched Data Network
PSRAM Pseudo SRAM
PSSL Private Source Statement Library
PSTN Public Swiched Telephone Network
PSW Program Status Word
PTF Program Temporary Fix
PTR PoinTeR
PU Physical Unit
PUB Physical Unit Block
PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit
PVP Packet Video Processor
PWB Printed Wire Board
PWS Programmable WorkStation
Q
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QBE Query By Example
QCIF Quater Common Intermediate Format
QIC Quarter-Inch Cartridge
QSAM Queued Sequential Access Method
QTAM Queued Teleprocessing Access Method
R
R0 Record zero
RACF Resource Access Control Facility
RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM Random Access Memory
RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RBA Relative Byte Adresse
RC Robot Control
RCP Remote Communication Processor
RCS Revision Control System
RDA Remote Data Access
RDBMS Relational DataBase Management System
RDN Relative Distinguished Name
RES Restore
RF Resume Flag
RFC Request For Comments
RFF Required Form Feed
RFS Remote File System
RGB Red, Green, Blue
RGM Red, Green, Blue (Monitor)
RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
RIP Raster Image Processor
RIP Router Information Protocol
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RJE Remote Job Entry
RL Relocatable Library
RLD Relocation Dictionary
RLE Run Length Encoded file
RLL Run Length Limited
RMF Resource Management Facility
RNL Required New Line
ROM Read Only Memory
RPC Remote Procedure Call
RPG Report Program Generator
RPL Requestor's Privilege Level
RPL Research Programming Language
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
RPS Rotational Position Sensing
RPT Repeat
RRDS Relative Record Data Set
RRED Right Reading Emulsion Down
RREU Right Reading Emulsion Up
RS Record Separator
RSP Required Space
RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol
RTC Real Time Clock
RTCP Realtime Transport Control Protocol
RTF Rich Text Format
RTM/SF Realtime Monitor / Systems Facility
RTP Realtime Transport Protocol
RTSE Reliable Transfer Service Element
RWSI Remote Workstation Interface
S
S.W.I.F.T. Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
S/STP Shielded STP
SA Set Attribute
SAA Storage Accounting Area
SAA System Application Architecture
SAM Sequential Access Method
SAP Service Access Point
SAP Service Advertising Protocol
SAR Segmentation And Reassembly
SBCS Single Byte Character Set
SBS Subscript
SC Storage Control
SCA Shared Control Array
SCCS Source Code Control System
SCDS Source Control Data Set
SCI Scalable Coherent Interconnect
SCODL Scanned Conversion Object Description Language
SCP Storage Control Program
SCP System Control Program
SCRAM Static Column Random Access Memory
SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDK Software Development Kit
SDL System Directory List
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
SDRAM Synchronous DRAM
SDSF System Display and Search Facility
SE Software Entwicklung
SE System Engineer
SECC Single Edge Contact Connector
SECAM Sequential Couleur a'Memorie
SEL Select
SEPP Single Edge Processor Package
SET Software-Engineering-Technology
SF Sign Flag
SF Support Facility
SFA Salesforce Automation
SFBI Shared Frame Buffer Interconnect
SFE Start Field Extended
SFT System Fault Tolerance
SFTP Shielded Foil Twisted Pair
SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language
SHTTP Secure HTTP
SHY Syllable Hyphen
SI Shift In
SI Single Inheritance
SI Standard Interface
SIFS Short InterFrame Space
SIFT Stanford Information Filtering Tool
SIG Special Interest Group
SIM Service Information Message
SIMD Single Instruction Multiple Data
SIMM Single In-line Memory Module
SIRDS Single Image Random Dot Stereogram
SIT System Initialization Table
SL Source Statement Library
SLD Structured Logic Design
SLED Single Large Expensive Disk
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
SLR Service Level Reporter
SLU Secondary Logical Unit
SM Set Mode
SMDS Switched Multimegabit Data Service
SMF System Management Facility
SML MVS Storage Management Library
SMLI Stateful MultiLayer Inspection
SMP Symetric MultiProcessing
SMP System Modification Program
SMS Storage Management Subsystem
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA System Network Architecture
SNADS SNA Distribution Services
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SNOBOL String Oriented Symbolic Language
SNT Sign-On Table
SO Shift Out
SOD Service On Demand
SOH Start Of Heading
SOM System Object Model
SOS Start Of Significance
SP Space
SPA Software Publishers Association
SPARC Scalar Processor ARChitecture
SPDU Session Protocol Data Unit
SPM System Performance Monitor/2
SPOOL Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line
SPP Scalable Parallel Processing
SPS Superscript
SPX Sequenced Packet eXchange
SQL Structured Query Language
SQL/DS Structured Query Language / Data System
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
SRT System Recovery Table
SRU Shared Resource Unit
SS Single Sided
SS Stack Segment
SSCP System Service Control Point
SSID SubSystem IDentifier
SSL Secure Socket Layer
STM Synchronous Transfer Mode
STP Shielded Twisted Pair
STT Secure Transaction Technology
STX Start of Text
SUB Substitute
SV Storage Violation
SVA Shared Virtual Area
SVC Supervisor Call
SVC Switched Virtual Circuit
SVGA Super-VGA
SW Switch
SWOP Specifications for Web Offset Printing
SYN Synchronous Idle
SYSOP System Operator
T
T1 1.544 Mbit/s
T3 45 Mbit/s
TARGA Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter
TB TeraByte (1,099,511,627,776 bytes)
TC Terminal Control
TCA Task Control Area
TCAM Telecommunications Access Method
TCB Task Control Block
TCL Tool Command Language
TCM Thermal Conduction Module
TCO Triple Capacity Option
TCP Terminal Control Program
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCT Terminal Control Table
TCTTE Terminal Control Table Terminal Entry
TCU Transmission Control Unit
TD Transient Data
TDIA Transient Data Input Area
TDM Time-Division Multiplexing
TDOA Transient Data Output Area
TDP Transient Data Program
TEO Technical Electronic Office
TF Trap Flag
TIC Technical Integrity Check
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
TIOA Terminal Input/Output Area
TLB Translation Lookaside Buffer
TLBL Tape Label
TMO Thermo-Magneto-Optic technology
TNEF Transport-Neutral Encapsulation Format
TOC Table Of Contents
TOP Technical Office Protocol
TPDU Transport Protocol Data Unit
TPF Transaction Processing Facility
TPI Tracks Per Inch
TPM Third-Party Maintenance
TPS Transactions Per Second
TRN Transparent
TS Telecommunication System
TS Temporary Storage
TSIOA Temporary Storage Input/Output Area
TSO Time Sharing Option
TSP Temporary Storage Program
TSR Terminate and Stay Resident
TTA Teletex Attachment (Teletexzusatz)
TTL Transistor Transistor Logic
TTR Track Record
TTY TeleTYpe
TWA Transaction Work Area
TWA Two-Way Alternate
TWS Two-Way Simultaneous
TX Telex
TXT Text
U
UA User Agent
UAE Unrecoverable Application error
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UBR Undefined Bit Rate
UBS Unit Backspace
UCB Unit Control Block
UCR Undercolor removal
UCS Universal Character Set
UCSB Universal Character Set Buffer
UCW Unit Control Word
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UI User Interface
UID User ID
UMB Upper Memory Block
UNC Universal Naming Convention
UNC Universal Network Convention
UPC Universal Product Code
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply
UPSI User Program Switch Indicator
UR Unit Record
URL Uniform Resource Locator
US Unit Separator
USART Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USENET USEr NETwork
USM UnSharp Masking
USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USV Unterbrechungsfreie StromVersorgung
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair
UUCP Unix-to-Unix Copy Program
V
VAD Value Added Dealer
VAN Value Added Network
VAP Value Added Process
VAR Value Added Reseller
VAST Virtual Archive Storage Technology
VB Visual Basic
VBA Visual Basic for Applications
VBR Variable Bit Rate
VBN Vermitteltes Breitbandnetz
VC Virtual Circuit
VC-SDRAM Virtual Channel SDRAM
VCC Virtual Circuit Connection
VCI Virtual Circuit Identifier
VCNA Vtam Communication Network Application
VCPI Virtual Control Program Interface
VDAC Video Digital Analog Converter
VDI Video Display Interface
VDT Video Display Terminal
VDU Visual Display Unit
VERONICA Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide Index to Computerized Archives
VGA Video Graphics Array
VGC Video Graphics Controller
VGM Video Graphics Monitor
VHDSL Very High-bit rate Digital Subscriber Loop
VHLL Very High-Level Language
VHS Video Home System
VIO Video Input/Output
VIO Virtual Input/Output
VIPA Virtual IP Addressing
VLAN Virtual LAN
VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
VM Virtual Machine
VM/SP Virtual Machine / System Product
VMMAP VM Monitor Analysis Program
VMOS Vertical MOS
VMPPF VM Performance Planning Facility
VMPRF VM Performance Reporting Facility
VMS Virtual Management System
VOD Video On Demand
VPD Vital Product Data
VPDN Virtual Private Data Network
VPI Virtual Path Identifier
VPN Virtual Private Network
VR Virtual Reality
VRAM Video RAM
VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VRC Vertical Redundancy Checking
VS Virtual Storage
VSAM Virtual Storage Access Method
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
VSM Virtual Storage Management
VSN Volume Serial Number
VT Vertical Tab
VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
VTOC Volume Table of Contents
VTP Virtual Terminal Protocol
VTP Virtual Terminal Program
VTX VideoTeXt
VVDS VSAM Volume Data Set
W
W3 World Wide Web
W4WG Windows for Workgroups
WABI Windows Application Binary Interface
WAIS Wide Area Information Service
WAN Wide Area Network
WATM Wireless ATM
WATS Wide Area Telecommunications Service
WHAT Wireless Hybrid Asynchronous Time-bounded
WIMP Windows, Icons, Mice and Pointers
WINS Windows Internet Name Service
WMAC Wireless Media Access Control
WMF Windows metafile
WORM Write Once, Read Many times
WOSA Windows Open Services/Systems Architecture
WRED Wrong Reading Emulsion Down
WREU Wrong Reading Emulsion Up
WS WorkStation
WTO Write To Operator
WUS Word Underscore
WWW World Wide Web
WXTRN Weak External Reference
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
X
XA EXtended Architecture
XIP Execute In Place
XLT Transaction List Table
XMS Extended Memory Specification
XT eXtended Technology
Y
Y2K Year 2000
YIQ (color components in NTSC color space)
YUV (color components in SECAM and PAL color spaces)
Z
ZBR Zero Bug Release
ZD Zero Defects
ZF Zero Flag
2GL Second Generation Languages (Basic, Fortran, Cobol, C, etc.)
3GL Third Generation Languages (Pascal, C++, QBasic, etc.)
4GL Fourth Generation Language (Java, HotMetal, Page Mill, etc. - visual languages)
AAB All to All Broadcast
AAL Asynchronous tranfer mode Adaption Layer
AAT Average Access Time
ABEND ABnormal END of program (mainframe and programming terminology)
ABI Application Binary Interface
ABIST Automatic Built In Self Test
AC 1. Alternating Current
AC 2. Automatic Computer
ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol
ACE Access Control Entry
ACL Access Control List
ACM Association of Computer Machinery
ACM Audio Compression Manager (Microsoft)
ACS Access Control System
ACS Asynchronous Communication Server (similar to file server for modems)
ACT 1. Information manager program by Symantec
ACT 2. All Computer Technology (notebook/computer Co.)
ACT 3. Asynchronous Communication Terminal
ADC 1.Analog to Digital Converter
ADC 2.Advanced Data Connector (database caching w/IIS server)
ADI American Documentation Institute
ADIS Automatic Data Interchange System
ADO Active Data Objects
ADP 1. Application Development Programming
ADP 2. Automatic Data Processing
AED Automated Engineered Design system
AFP Appletalk File Protocol
AFTP Anonymous File Transfer Protocol
AGA Advanced Graphic Adapter
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AGP Accelerated Graphics Port
AI Artificial Intelligence
AIX Advanced Interactive eXecutive (IBM's version of UNIX)
ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit
AM Amplitude Modulation
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (competitor to Intell and Cyrex process chip co.)
AMD Auto-Mounter Daemon
AMD Active Matrix Desplay
AMI American Megatrends Inc. (BIOS manufactures ref: Pheonix, Award)
ANI ANImated cursors - (file extension used with Windows 95 instead of multiple .cur files)
ANI Automatic Numbering Identification
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AOL America On Line (Internet Service Provider)
AP Attached Processor
APA All Points Addressable (mode in which user has control over all aspects of display)
API Application Programming Interface
APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (Intel)
APL Automatic Programming Language
APPC Advanced Program to Program Communications
AQL Acceptable Quality Level
ARA Appletalk Remote Access
ARAMP Application RAM Performance
ARC ARChived file: Older compression file used by PKZIP
ARCnet Attached Resource Computer network (uses star, or bus token passing technolgy - slow)
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (the beginning of the internet)
ARU Automatic Responce Unit
ASAP Application Asscessment And Planning package (Lotus migration application)
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange (usually refering to generic text)
ASK Amplitude Shif Keying
ASMP Asymetric Multi-Processing
ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (communication port technology)
AT 1. Asynchronous Transmission
AT 2. Advanced Technology
ATA AT Attachment interface
ATM 1. Adobe Type Manager (see True Type Font)
ATM 2. Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUI Adapter Unit Interface
AUP Acceptable Use Policy
AV Authentication Verification
AVI Audio Visual Interleave
AWE Advanced Wave Effects
B
b2b Business To Business
BAD Broken As Designed (Referes to inferior products that will require constant upgrades)
bash Borne Again SHell (2nd Generation Linux command shell)
BASIC Beginner All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (programming language)
BASM Built in ASseMbler
BAT Batch (file extension)
BAUD Rate which information is exchanged (modems: Binary Assembly Un-assembly of Data)
BBS Bulletin Board System
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BCL Batch Command Language
BCP Bulk Copy Program
BDC Back up Domain Controller (Type of server on an NT Microsoft Network)
BDE Borland Database Engine
BER Bit Error Rate
BERT Bit Error Rate Testing
BFI Bytes From Index (how HD heads find FAT entries)
BFT Binary File Transfer
BGI Borland Graphical Interface (Programming environment used by Borland languages)
BGP Borland Graphic Protocol
BIM Business Information Managers (software)
BIND Berkley Internet Name Domain (early version of DNS servers)
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BIT BInary digiT
BITNET Because It's Time Network
BLOB Binary Large OBject (a field defination for databases such a paradox)
BMIC Bus Master Interface Controler
BN Backbone Network
BNC British National Connector (terminator for cableing)
BNS Backbone Network Service
BOF Beginning Of File
BOOP Bill and the Office Of the President (Microsoft slang for management brain-storming)
BOS Basic Operating System
BOSS Business Organizer Scheduling System (one of the original hand-held organizers)
BOWEP Best Of Windows Entertainment Pack
BPI Library files used by exe files and device drivers in Windows 95 (dll format)
BPB BIOS Parameter Block (Disk technology)
bps Bits Per Second
BSD Berkley Software Distribution (released version and add-on's of/for UNIX)
BSOD Blue Screen Of Death (a Windows or NT crash)
BTP Batch Transfer Program
BUD Bring Up Diagnostics (NIC PC's use for setups)
BYOA Bring Your Own Access (access the Internet via telnet & your own ISP)
C
CAD Computer Aided Design
CAL Computer Aided Learning
CAM Common Access Method (SCSI type drivers for accessing devices)
CAD/CAM Computer Aided Design / Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAT Continuous Asynchronous Transmission
CAT5 Category 5 (refers to thickness and quality of wiring)
CATV Community Antenna Television
CAU Control Access Unit
CBT Computer Based Training
CCD Charge Coupled Device (integrated internal circuit inside computer)
CCS Common Command Set (instructions for SCSI interface)
CD 1. Compact Disk (Holds approx.630 Mb of info)
CD 2. Change Directory (DOS command)
CD 3. Carrier Dis-connect (modem talk)
CD 4. Carrier Detect (modem talk)
CD - DA Compact Disk - Digital Audio
CD-R Compact Disk Recordable (drives that write (or burn) information to a CD)
CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CD-RW Compact Disk - Re -Writable (can be used or writen to more than once)
CDB Common Dialog Box
CDE Common Desktop Environment (a UNIX windowed environment)
CDFS Compact Disk File System (similar to the FAT on a hard disk)
CDFS Compact Disk File System
CDRAM Cached Dynamic RAM
CDS 1. Comprehensive Display System
CDS 2. Compatable Duplex System
CE The operating system used by the new palm size computers.
CGA 1. Color Graphics Adapter
CGA 2. Computer Graphics Architecture
CGE Common Graphics Environment
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CGM Computer Graphics Metafile (file extension)
CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology ("talking" in real time over the internet)
CHS Cylinder / Head / Sector
CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability (US govt. computer investigation agency)
CICA Center for Innovative Computing Applications
CICS Customer Information Control System
CIDR Classless Inter Domain Routing. Routers that, instead of maintaining large list of IP addresses, contain list of other backbone providers and services that do have the addresses, URL's, etc.)
CIFS Common Internet File System
CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CIM Common Information Model
CIS Computer Information Systems (course: Computer Information Science)
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer (refers to a processor, pentium)
CLI Command Line Interface
CLP 1. CLiP art
CLP 2. windows clipboard file extension
CLS CLear the Screen (DOS command)
CMIP Common Management Information Protocol
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMY Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK
CNA Certified Network (NetWare) Administrator
CNE Certified Network (NetWare) Engineer
CNT Certified Network (NetWare) Technician
COAST Card On A STick
COBOL COmmon Business Oriented Language (programming language)
COBRA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CODASYL Conference On DAta SYstem Logic
COM 1. COMmand (file extension) 3. COMmon
COM 2. Component Object Module
COM 3. COMmon object.
COMM1-4 COMMunication port
CON CONsole
COO Cost Of Ownership (the expence of attaining and maintaining particular computer needs)
CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers (first OS for PC's before DOS)
CPR Central Processor Recovery
CPS Clusters Per Sector (depends on the OS, AND the size of the disk partition)
cps Characters Per Second
CPU Central Processing Unit
CR 1. Carriage Return
CR 2. Carrier Response
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check (similar to but not identical to check-sum)
CREN Corporation for Research and Educational Network (merge of BITNET and CSNET)
CRS Special display effects (wipe, slide fade, ex. screen savers, and/or presentation programs)
CRT Cathode Ray Tube (antiquated terminology for monitors - mainframe talk)
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection (Ethernet communication)
CSNET Computer + Science NETwork
CSS1 Cascading Style Sheets level 1 (specifications for layouts and design of WWW pages)
CSI Command Sequence Introducer
CSI CompuServe Inc.
CST Certified Systems Technician
CSU Channel Service Unit (also DSU: Digital Service Unit, and a router. A CSU/DSU is the modem that connects to the phone line)
CTI Computer Telephone Integrated
CUA Common User Access
CUE Custom Updates and Extras (Egghead discount plan)
CUR CURsor (file extension)
CVRAM Cached Video RAM
CWP Communicating Word Processor
D
DA Destination Address (network terminology)
DAC Digital to Analog Converters
DAD Desktop Application Director (Word Perfect / Corel Perfect Office button bar)
DAO Data Access Objects (Visual Basic & Access terminology)
DASD Direct Access Storage Device (mainframe terminology - pronounced "daz-dee")
DAT 1. DATa (file extension)
DAT 2. Digital to Analog Converter
dB 1. DataBase
Db or dB 2. decibel
DBF DataBase File (file extension)
DBMS DataBase Management System
DBR DOS Boot Record (Information at track 0 sector 0 of a disk which allows PC to disk communication. Other items include the MBR, the Partition Table, and the FAT)
DC 1. Direct Couple (hook 2 computers or pieces togeather directly)
DC 2. Data Conversion
DC 3. Direct Cycle
DC 4. Direct Current (battery vs. 110 house electricity)
DC 5. Display Console (monitor)
DC 6. Design Change
DCC Direct Cable Connection
DCE Distributed Computing Environment
DCE Data Communications Equipment (hardware that does the communication, usually modems, routers, network cards, etc.)
DCI Display Control Interface (video display technology)
DCOM Distributed Component Object Model
DCS Data Control Systems
DCS Data Collection Systems
DCS Distributed Control Systems
DD Double Density (type of disk format - more than single density, less than High Density)
DDE Dynamic Data Exchange (predesesor to OLE in earlier versions of Windows)
DDK Device Driver Kit (Microsoft)
DDN Defense Data Network
DDS Direct Digital Sound
DEC Digital Equipment (Electronics) Corporation
DECnet Digital Equipment Corporation (proprietary networking protocols)
DEK Data Encryption Key (digital key to unlock encrypted files)
DEN Directory Enabled Network
DES Data Encryption Standard (security methods used for transmitting data)
DFS Distributable File System (Delphi, VB, BDE, etc.)
DFT Diagnostic Function Test
DGIS Direct Graphics Interface Standard
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHTML Dynamic HyperText Markup Language
DIF Data Interchange Format
DIM 1. DIMention
DIM 2. Dynamic Information Manager (shared contact information database)
DIM 3. Desktop Information Manager (Microsoft's information exchange)
DIM 4. "declares variables in Visual Basic programming language"
DIN Translated from German it stands for German National Connector
DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module (new processors or RAM slots hooked togeather)
D I/O Data Input / Output
DIP Dual In-line Package (the little on/off switches inside of computers, modems, etc.)
DIX DEC, Intel, and Xerox
DLC Data Link Control (a low-level protocol)
DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier
DLL Dynamic Link Library (file extension) (sometimes called a "dumb little library")
DMA Dynamic Memory Access (software equivalant to a harware intrupt)
DMAK DMa request AKnowledgement
DMF Distributable Media Format (a Microsoft disk formatting that allows 1.77 Meg of info to be placed on a 3.5 disk that normally holds only 1.44 Meg
DMI Desktop Management Interface (keeping personal PC settings stored in a central location, (eg. server) Then where ever you login looks and acts like your PC (near future Technology) Networks running NT and 95 from server location are now doing this.
DMTF Desktop Manangment Task Force (joint effort Microsoft, Compaq, IBM, Cisco, etc. to standaradize object management on LAN)
DNS Domain Name Server (changes addresses: www.myname.com to 116.225.25.3)
DO - IT Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology
DOF Data Over Fiber
DOIP Data Over Internet Protocol
DOS Disk Operating System
DPI Dots Per Inch (printing resolution or screen resolution)
DPI Distributed Protocol Interface
DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DREQ DMA REQuest lines
DRI Digital Research Incorporated
DRV DRiVe (file extension)
DS# Drive Select (DS0, DS1, etc.) numbering starts at 0
DSDD Double Sided Double Density (type of disk format) 3.5 disks = 720 Kb
DSHD Double Sided High Density (type of disk format) most common 3.5 = 1.44 Mb
DSI Drive Select Interface
DSL Digital Subscriber Line (private sector connection for direct connect to internet)
DSLD Double Sided Low Density (old style of disk format - not used anymore)
DSP Digital Signal Processing
DTC DeskTop Conferencing
DTE Data Terminal (2. Transfer) Equipment
DTMF Dual-Tone MultiFrequency
DTP Desk-Top Publishing
DUN Dial Up Networking
DUNCE Dial Up Networking Connection Enhancement
DVD Digital Video (or Versital, Virtual) Disk (New CD technology that holds 4.3 - 17 Gb depending upon format)
DVE Digital Video Effects
DVI Digital Video Interactive
DX A type of processor that also does numeric processing (better than an SX or SLC)
E
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (8-bit code to represent 256 chars.)
EDB Embedded Data Base
EBR Enterprize Backup / Restore (UNIX tape backup utility)
ECC Error Correction Code
ECNE Enterprise Certified NetWare Engineer
ECP Extended Capabilities Port (setup in BIOS for LPT1 - faster than EPP, or SPP)
ECS Enhanced Chip Set
ECTP Ethernet Configuration Test Protocol
ED 1. External Device
ED 2. End Delimiter (network protocol terminology)
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EDLIN EDitor for LINe text
EDO Extended Data Out (new RAM and DRAM data access technology)
EDOS Enhanced DOS for windows
EDRAM Enhanced DRAM (also EDORAM, EDOSRAM, EDOVRAM)
EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation (studies impact of computers on society)
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter (Accellerator)
EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
ELS Entry Level Systems (early terminology for scaled down PC - no frills)
EMACS Editing MACroS (Linux / Unix text editor)
EMI Electro-Magnetic Interference
EMP Electro-Magnetic Pulse
EMS Expanded Memory Specification (LIM Lotus / Intel / Microsoft)
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
EOF End Of File
EOJ End Of Job (file transfer marker)
EOL End Of Line (control characters used with first generation languages)
EOM End Of Message (file transfer marker)
EOT End Of Transmission (file transfer marker)
EPBR Extended Partition Boot Record
EPP Enhanced Parallel Port (can use longer printer cable than SPP)
EPROM Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory (re-programmable ROM chips)
EEPROM Electronic Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory
EPS 1. Encapsulated PostScript (file extension)
EPS 2. Email Postal Software
EPTS Enhanced Print Trouble Shooter
ERD Emergency Recovery Disk
EROM Erasable Read Only Memory
ERU Emergency Recovery Utility (configuration backup utility with Windows 95)
ESD EletroStatic Discharge (transfer of electrical current from carrier to object)
ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface (Hard disk interface, older than SCSI, ISA, PCI newer than the ST506)
ESP Enhanced Serial Port
ESS Electronic Switching System
EULA End User Liscense Agreement
EXE Executable (file extension)
EXE2BIN PKWare program (exe2bin.exe) that converts a compression (zip. arc, lhz, etc.) file to a binary or executable file. This allows a user to decompress the file without having a copy of PK Zip
Ext2 Sometime noted as Ext2fs; this is the file system used by Linux OS's
e-Zine Electronic magaZINE
F - G
FAP File Access Protocol
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions (files often found on BBS and Internets)
FAT File Allocation Table (the map a computer stores on a disk to where everything is)
FC-AL Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop (bus technology - better/faster than SCSI)
FCBS File Control BlockS
FCI Flux Changes per Inch (drive tech. terminology)
FCL Fiber Channel Loop
FCS Frame Check Sequence (Token Ring)
FCS Fiber Channel Standard
FDOS Floppy Disk Operating System
FED Field Emmision Display (type of monitor)
FFDB Flat File DataBase
FFS Fast File System
FEP Front End Processor
FFS Fast File System (Microsoft and OS/2 first incarnation of HPFS)
FIFO First In First Out (Processing method of information on first come - first serve basis)
FILO First In Last Out (Processing Method)
Fkey Function Key
FM Frequency Modulation
FNC Federal Networking Council (governments attempt to control the internet: DoD, DARPA, NASA, etc.)
FORTRAN FORmula TRANslation language (programming language)
FPI Flux changes Per Inch
FPM Fast Page Mode (older RAM - being replaced by EDO RAM)
FRAM Ferroelectric RAM
FRM FoRM file (often a visual basic or database file)
FRPI Flux Reversals Per Inch
FSD File System Driver (OS/2 Warp)
FTP File Transfer Protocol (refers to the standard method a file is transfered from an internet to a local computer, often called downloading)
FUP Frequently Used Programs
G3 Macintosh processor
Gb (Gig) 1,000,000,000 bytes (Gigabyte)
GCC GNU C Compiler
GCR Group Code Encoding (method of encoding and securing data)
GDI Graphical Device Interface
GDT Global Descriptor Table (a database, or register, for Windows to address memory)
GEIS General Electric Information Service (Web based catalog service)
GEM Global Enterprise Manager
GENIE General Electric Network Information Exchange
GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out (computer slang)
GML Generalized Markup Language
GNN Global Network Navigator
GNU recursive acronym for GNU's Not UNIX - Linux style build of the UNIX kernal
GP General Purpose
GPC General Purpose Computer
GPF General Protection Fault (A window error message that occurs when a program crashes)
GPL GNU Public Liscense
GUI Graphical User Interface (slang - "gooey")
H
HAL Hardware Abstraction / Access Layer (NT layer of protocols to define hardware)
HCL Hardware Compatability List (what hardware works with Windows 95, a text file)
HD 1. Hard Disk 2. High Density (type of disk format)
HDA Head Disk Assembly (terminology for drive construction)
HDD Hard Disk Drive
HDML Handheld Device Markup Language (code for PDA's)
HDR Host Data Replicator (computer that stores multiple databases from various systems.)
HFS Hierarchical File System (Macintosh)
HGA Hercules Graphics Adapter
HHD Hand Held Device (pocket organizer, scanner, pager, etc.)
HLP HeLP file (file extension)
HMA High Memory Area (Architecture)
HP Hewlett Packard
HPC Hand held Personal Computer
HPFS High Performance File System (OS/2 terminology for FAT)
HPG Hewlett-Packard Graphics
HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HPPCL Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language
HS High Speed
HSTRA High Speed Token Ring Alliance (HSTR for High Speed Token Ring)
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language (programming for Internet web pages) actually a text formatting tool
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol (1 way infomation is sent over and internet. This is the primary way information travels over the phone lines from a server to a local computer, protocols are agreed upon standards or configurations that computers use)
I
I/G bit Individual / Group bit (for addressing network information)
IAHC International Ad Hoc Committee (computer group that studies and suggests standard for new and existing computer technology)
IBM International Business Machines
IC Integrated Circuit
ICA Independent Computing Architure
ICAP Internet Calander Access Protocol (Lotus Notes 4.x / Domino)
ICL ICon Library file (contains multiple icon bitmaps)
ICM Image Color Mapping (so printed colors match screen colors)
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICO ICOn bitmap file
ICPA Internet Comsumer Protection Agency
ID Internal Device
IDA Intelligent Drive / Disk Array
IDAPI Internall Database Application Programming Interface
IDC International Data Corporation
IDE 1. Integrated Development Environment
IDE 2. Integrated Drive Electronics interface (drive/device controller technology)
IDL Interface Defination Language
IDN Internet Domain Name
IDP Integrated Data Processing
IE or IE4 Internet Explorer (version 4.x) - Microsoft's Web Browser.
IEAK Internet Explorer Administration Kit (profmgr.exe)
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IFS Installable File System (Delphi, VB, BDE, etc.)
IIS Internet Information Server
ILS Internet Locator Service (component of NT 4.0 +)
IM Instant Messaging (real time chat)
IMAU Intelligent Multi-Access Unit
INF INformation File (file extension)
INI Initialization (file extension)
IO Input / Output
IOE Input Output Errors (95 terminology for GPF's and Application Errrors)
IOP Input Output Processors
IOS Internetwork Operating System
IP Internet Protocol
IPC Inter-Processes Communications
IPL Initial Program Loading
IPS Internet Personalization Service (component of NT 4.0+)
IPSec Internet Protocol Security
IPX Internet Package eXchange (how computers with different OS's transfer data)
IPX / SPX Internetwork Packet eXchange / Sequential Packet eXchange
IRC Internet Relay Chat
IRL Information Retreival Language
IRP I/O Request Packet (NT Server terminology)
IRQ Interrupt ReQuest
IrDA Infrared Data Association
IS Information Services
ISA Industry Standard Arcetechure
ISAM Indexed Sequential Access Method (database acceess protocols, Btrieve and Pardox)
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network (Internet connection: faster than a modem, but slower than a dedicated T-1 or T-10 connection.- Allows digital and voice data to share the same line)
ISM Informations Services Manager
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISP Internet Service Provider
IT Information Technology (replacing the term IS for Information Systems)
J - K
J++ Microsoft's Java programming language
JCL Job Control Language (mainframe programming language)
JIT Just In Time (compiler / translator that only runs code when needed)
JNI Java Native Interface
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group (file extension JPG)
JUG Joint Users Group (group of dedicated, perhaps proprietary computers)
JVM Java Virtual Machine
Kb Kilobyte (1024 bytes)
Kbps Kilobytes per second
L
L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
L-zone Landing zone for the read/write heads on a disk
LADDR LAyered Device Driver Architecture (SCSI type drivers for accessing devices)
LAN Local Area Network
LBA Local Bus Addressing (how BIOS can read HD larger than 504 Mb)
LBA Sometimes considered Logical Block Addressing
LCC Leadless Chip Carrier
LCD Liquid Crystal Display (often found on laptops)
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (one way server(s) manipulate multiple disks / users / and access levels)
LDF Logical Disk Format (the formatting done from a users level)
LDP Linux Documentation Projection (on going effort to document Linux OS)
LDT Local Descriptor Table (Table of contents Windows uses to address memory)
LED Light Emitting Diode
LF Line Feed
LFN Long File Names
LH Load High (a command in MS-DOS)
LILO LInux boot LOader
LIM Lotus / Intel / Microsoft
LIMA Lotus / Intell / Microsoft / AST standards (extended memory management software)
LIMS Library Information Management System
LISP LISt Processing (John McCarthy - 1961)
LLC Logical Link Control
LLDF Low Level Drive Format (done at factory)
LLF Low Level Format
LPC Local Proceedure Call (NT Server terminology)
LPM Lines Per Minute (How fast a printer prints)
LPT Local Parallel Transmission (the printer ports)
LPT1 Line Printer porT
LQ Letter Quality
LRU Least Reacently Used (How Windows decides which information to flush from cache)
LSB Least Significant Byte
LUG Linux Users Group
LUN Logical Unit Number
LZ Landing Zone (where the read/write heads go on a disk to read information)
M
MAC Media Access Control
MAD Master Account Domain (NT Server terminology)
MAN Metropolitan Area Network (several LAN's connected togeather in a similar geographical region. Hospitals and Colleges use these often to share resources)
MAN MANual pages (Unix help files)
MANIAC Mathmatical Analyzer Numerical Integrator and Computer (early mainframe)
MAPI Mail messaging Application Programing Interface
MASM Microsoft ASseMbler language
MAU Multi- Access Unit (patch panel for IBM to tie to server)
Mb (Meg) 1,000,000 bytes (Megabyte)
Mbps Megabytes per second (or Mega-bits Pers Second)
MBR Master Boot Record (Part of the information starting at track 0 sector 0 of a disk which allows a computer to 'communicate' with that disk. Other items include the DOS Boot Record, the Partition Table, and the FAT)
MCI Media Control Interface
MCIS Microsoft Commercial Internet System
MCL Microsoft Compatability List
MCSE Microsoft Certified System Engineer
MCSD Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer
MCP Microsoft Certified Professional
MCPS Microsoft Certified Product Specialist
MCST Microsoft Certified Systems Technician
MCT Microsoft Certified Trainer
MD Make Directory (DOS command)
MDA Monochrome Display Adapter
MDB Microsoft DataBase (file extension)
MDI Multiple Document Interface (ie. Word can open 2 files at once vs. notepad)
MEt Memory Enhancement technology (HP Lazerjet memory technology)
MFC Microsoft Foundation Class (backbone of database architecture for Access)
MFM Modified Frequency Modulation encoding (old disk drive technology)
MFT Master File Table (sort of a master FAT that NT uses to recover from errors)
MFTP Multicast File Transfer Protocol (used for data streaming)
MHS Message Handling System (how email handles electronic information addressing)
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIME Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions (address conventions for internet e-mail)
MIO Modular Input Output
MIPS Million of Instructions Per Second
MIS Management Information Systems
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MLP Microsoft Liscense Pack (refered to for multi-user applications)
MMC Multi - Media Cloaking (frees memory for other applications)
MMCD Multi - Media Compact Disk
MMS Microsoft Merchant Server
MMS Microsoft Membership System
MMU Memory Management Unit
MMX Multi-Media eXchange: (New Pentium micro-processor by Intell that improves 3D rendering, although Intel and Microsoft claim the letters don't stand for anything in particular)
MODEM MODulate / DEModulate
MOF Managed Object Format
MOL Machine Oriented Language
MOM Microsoft Office Manager (The MS Office button bar)
MPC Multi-media Personal Computers
MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group (file extension MPG)
MPR Multi-Protocol Routing
MPS MicroProcessor System
MPU MicroProcessor Unit
MR Modem Ready
MRUP Most Recently Used Program
MS MicroSoft (That little company up in Redmond, Washington)
MSAU Multi-Station Access Unit
MSB Most Significant Byte
MSCDEX MicroSoft Compact Disk EXecutable (file driver for CD-ROM, often refered to as the messey ducks)
MSD MicroSoft Diagnostics (program that comes with DOS)
MS-DMF MicroSoft Distributable Media Format (see DMF)
MSDN MicroSoft Developers Network (Microsoft software developers forum)
MSN MicroSoft Network
MSNBC MicroSoft National Broadcasting Company
MSO Multiple Systems Operator
MTA Mail Transport Agents
MUD Multi-User Domain (Dungeon) - multiple persons play games in real time via Internet)
MVS Multiple Virtual Systems
N
NAI Network Associates Incorporated (combined company including McAfee Inc.)
NAS Network Attached Storage.
NBT NetBIOS over TCP/IP (method of transporting Microsoft's NetBIOS protocols over multiple networks using TCP/IP protocol suites.
NC Network Computer
NC Network Card
NCC Network Control Center
NCR National Cash Register (pre IBM)
NCSA National Computer Security Association
NDIS Network Device Interface Specification
NDS Network Direct Services
NEC Nippon Electric Company (Company that makes computer equipment)
NET Network
Net BEUI Network BIOS Extended User Interface
NetBIOS Network Basic Input Output System
NFS Network File System (Sun Microsystem's Network Operating System)
NIC Network Interface Card
NIP Network Interface Protocol
NIS Network Information Services.
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLQ Near Letter Quality (printer terminology - usually old 24-pin dot matrix)
NMM Network Management Module
NMS Network Management System
NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol
NOS Network Operating System
NPTN National Public Telecomputing Network (public network based in Cleveland, OH.)
NPU Numeric Processing Unit
NRZ Non Return to Zero (programming code return terminology)
NSTL National Software Testing Labratories
NT New Technology (Microsoft's networking software - version 3.1 was first release)
NT Sun coined the phrase "Not There" for the new Microsoft technology
NT IBM coined the phrase "Nice Try" for the new Microsoft technology
NTFS New Technology File System (WFW 3.11 and Windows 95)
O
OAA Open Agent Architecture (new interface architecture for human/PC interaction including hand written, typed , and spoken commands - being developed by SRI International)
OADB Open Architure Data Base (like supporting standards like SQL)
ObjectPAL Object oriented Program Application Language (Bundled with Borland/Paradox/Corel)
OCR Optical Character Recognition (scanner terminology for software)
ODAPI Open DataBase Application Programming Interface
ODBC Open DataBase Connectivity (2. Components) (Microsofts shared data connections)
ODI Open Datalink Interface
OEM Original Equipment Manufacture
OLAP OnLine Analytical Processing (32 bit applications with links to ActiveX and Java Beans)
OLE Object Linking and Embedding
OLE DB Database that supports objects, linking, and embedding.
OM Original Manufacture
OOP Object Oriented Programming
OOPS Object Oriented Programming System
OOP/ED Object Oriented Programming / Event Driven
OpenDOC Open Document file system (MAC/Apple- and NT-4.0 terminology for FAT that will allow the 2 to share files)
ORACLE On-line Inquiry and Report Generator (Unix db)
ORB Object Request Broker
OS Operating System
OS/2 IBM graphical operating system
OSI Open Systems Interconnection (Suite of standard protocols for internet communication)
OSR Original Service Release
OSR microsoft Office Service Release (patch and upgrade to Office 97)
OTM Object Transaction Monitor
P
P2P Peer To Peer ... computers connecting over the internet (Kazaa, Napster etc are examples)
PAL Phase Alteration Line
PAP Password Authentication Protocol
PARC Palo Alto Research Center (where a lot of todays technology was developed)
PBX Private Branch Network
PC Personal Computer
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCI 1. Personal Computer Interface
PCI 2. Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCL 1. Printer Control Language
PCL 2. Print Code Language
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms (coined take off of original)
PCS Personal Computer System
PCT Personal Computer Tools (commonly known as PC Tools, a utility package)
PCT Private Communication Technology
PDA Personal Desktop Assistant (hand held computer)
PDC Primary Domain Controller
PDN Public Data Network (fore-father to the Internet)
PDP Plasma Display Pannel (laptops)
PDS Premises Distribution System (AT&T cabeling standards for networks)
PERL Practical Extraction and Report Language (found with flavors of UNIX / Linux) programming language - more precisely text reader and generator
PERT Program Evaluation and Review Techniques
PGA Pin Grid Array (AMD mother board terminology)
PGA Professional Graphics Adapter
PGP Pretty Good Privacy (refers to network and email security)
PIC Prioritized Interupt Controller
PID Process IDentification (number assigned by OS kernal to a process)
PIF Program Information File (file extension for Windows 3.x)
PILOT Programmed Inquiry for Learning or Teaching (rumor:) Also a popular 3-com PDA
PIM Personal Information Manager
PIN Personal Identification Number
PING Packet INternet Gopher (request sent to another computer; waits for answers)
PIO Programmed Input / Output
PJL Print Job Language (HP printer language)
PKI Public Key Infrastructure (topology for coding data)
PLCC Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (Pentium socket on Mother Board)
PLLC Plastic LeadLess Chip (The Penitum Chip)
PnP Plug aNd Play (new technology that allows a computer to "read" your hardware)
PNRP Palm Name Recognitiion Protocol (Palmpilot communication with desktop protocol)
POC Point Of Contact
PODC Pentium OverDrive Chip
POP Power On Password
POP 1. Post Office Protocol (how PC's get email from internet)
POP 2. Point Of Presence (internet and WWW terminology for location of server)
POS Point Of Sale (the scanners you see in supermarkets)
POST Power On Self Test
POSIX Protable Operating System Interface based on uniX
POTS Plain Old Telephone System
PPI Pay Per Incident: Tech service term, pay for each call to help desk
PPM Pages Per Minute (printer terminology)
PPN Peer to Peer Networking (2 computers hooked togeather)
PPP Point to Point Protocol
PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
PQFP Plastic Quad Flat Pack (AMD motherboard terminology)
PROM Programmable Read Only Memory
PSP Personal Software Products (division of IBM)
PST Power on Self Test
PT Partition Table (Part of the information starting at track 0 sector 0 of a disk which allows a computer to 'communicate' with the disk. Other items include the MBR, DBR, & FAT)
PTPC Palm-Top Personal Computer (new hand held computers)
PUD Power Up Diagnostics
PUP Power Up Password
PUN Physical Unit Number (method of defining equipment of a computer)
PVC Permanent Virtual Circuits
PVN Private Virtual Network
PWL PassWord List (can refer to network profiles or Windows profiles)
PWS 1. Personal Web Server
PWS 2. Peer Web Server
Q-R
QBE Querry By Example
QDOS Quick and Dirty Operating System (often used by bootable floppy diagnostic software due to low overhead, and small files size.)
QEMM Quarterdeck Extended Memory Manager
QIC Quarter Inch Cartridge (refers to tape drives used for backups)
QoS Quality of Service (first used with ethernet measurment of data transfer)
R&D Research and Development
RAD Rapid Application Development
RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM Random Access Memory
RAMA Relational Access Management Association
RAS Remote Access Server / Service
RD Resource Domain (NT Server terminology)
RDB Relational Data Base
RDBMS Relational Data Base Management System
RDO Remote Data Objects
RDRAM Rambus DRAM
REM REMark (command in DOS to ignore a statement as a command)
REPO Remote Emergency Power Off
REt Resolution Enhancement technology (HP lazerjet technology)
REXX REstructured eXtended eXecutor (high level language for OS/2)
RFC Request For Comments (Similar to FAQ's in content)
RFI Radio Frequency Interference
RFP Request For Proposal
RGB Red Green Blue (type of color display and printing)
RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
RIP Routed Internetworking Protocol (Routing Information Protocol)
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer (minimal "self-processing" power to reduces cost)
RLE Run Length Encoding
RLL Run Length Limited code (method of recording digital data)
RLN Remote Lan Node
RMON Remote MONitoring
RNA Remote Network Access (by use of Dial Up Connection)
ROM Read Only Memory
RPC Remote Proceedure Calls
RPG Report Program Generator
RPG Role Playing Games (often networked)
RPM Redhat Package Manager (Bundled manager for Redhat distributed Linux)
RS Recommended Standard (ie RS-232)
RSVP Resource ReserVation Protocol
RTA Real Time Audio (music over the internet)
RTF Rich Text Format (extension for files that most windows word processors can read)
RUPL Recently Used Program List
R/W Read / Write (usually refers to the heads inside a disk drive)
S
SA Source Address
SAA System Application Architecture
SAM Security Administration / Account Module / Manager (NT profile terminology)
SAP Sybase Application Programming language
SAP Service Access Point
SAP Statistical Analysis Programming language
SAP Service Advertising Protocol (NT uses to announce available resources to Novell equip)
SAP System Applications and Products
SAP Secure Application Protocol
SCAM SCSI Configured Auto-Magically (plug-and-play SCSI cards)
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SD Super Density (a type of format for new DVD disks that allows up to 17 Gb of data to be stored on one CD)
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
SDRAM Synchrous Dynamic RAM
SEC Single Edge Card
SET Secure Electronic Transaction (software to allow monitay transactions from PC - secure)
SFD Start Frame Delimiter
SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language
SID Secruity IDentification (NT terminology)
SIM SIMmulators - software games and programs that simulate things like flying, driving, etc.
SIMM Single In-line Memory Module
SIP Single In-line Package
SLA Service Level Agreement (vendor agreement on what's under warrenty for how long)
SLC Single Line Controler (A type of processor that does not process math function seperately - and can not be upgraded) often found in older laptop computers.
SLC an IBM CPU (386 SLC) that is an Sx, Low power chip with Caching
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMB Server Message Blocks
SMD Surface Mounted Device (individual chip mounted on a PCB without leads)
SMP Symmetric Multi-Processing
SMS System Management Server
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA Systems Network Architecture
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SOHO Small Office Home Office (computer or program with enough speed or functionality for business use. May not have sound or a lot of bells and whistles)
SOM System Object Modle
SPA Software Publisher's Association
SPE System Policy Editor
SPOOL (?) Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line
SPP Standard Parellel Port
SPS Stand-by Power Supply (see UPS)
SPT Sectors Per Track
SPX Sequenced Packet eXchange
SQL Structured Query Language (database standards)
SRAM Static RAM
SRC Sample Rate Conversion
SSA Serial Storage Architecture (another communications port setup (like SCSI) that has fast data transfer but requires high demands of DMA channels)
SSDD Single Sided Double Density (type of computer disk formating)
SSHD Single Sided High Density (type of computer disk formating)
SSL Secure Sockets Layer (usually NT terminology)
SSLD Single Sided Low Density (type of computer disk formating)
ST506 Shugart Technology (old disk technology manufacture)
STP Shielded Twisted Pair
STX Start of TeXt
SUL Single User Liscense
SVGA Super video Graphics Adapter
SVRAM Synchronous VRAM
SX A type of processor that does NOT do numeric processing seperately - but a Math coprocessor chip can be added to upgrade the unit. (Better than an SLC but not as good as a DX or Pentium)
SYS System
SYSIN SYStem INput
SYSOP SYstems OPerator
T
TAPI Telephony Application Programming Interface
TAR TApe Archive
TASK Task Automation Scripting Kit
TASM Turbo ASseMbler programming language (Borland / Delphi)
TCO Total Cost of Ownership
TCP/IP Transfer Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TI Texas Instruments
TIFF Tagged Information File Format (TIF file extension)
TLA Three Letter Acronyms (I actually saw this one in publication)
TM Test Mode (modem diagnostics)
TMP TeMPorary File (file extension)
TOD Time Of Day (refers to a computers internal clock)
TOS Tape Operating System
TPI Tracks Per Inch (disk drive terminology)
TR 1. Terminal Ready (modem talk) 2. Token Ring (type of networking)
TRB Terminating Resistor Block (a DIP or SIP on end of Drive cable to terminate signal)
TRIM Training Records Information Management (software package)
TRM Terminal (file extension)
TSR Terminate and Stay Resident (programs that load into memory and stay there)
TTF True Type Font file (file extension)
TTL Transistor to Transistor Logic
TWAIN Technology Without Any Interesting Name (humorous)
TXT TeXT (file extension)
TZI Track Zero Interrupter (how a disk drive knows where to start)
U -V
U/L bit Universally / locally administered bit (for addressing network info)
UAE Unrecoverable Application Error (error message when a program crashes)
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (new chip technology that controls serial port transmission)
UCM Universal Cable Module
UDC User Defined Command (setting up macros for function keys and other keys)
UDF Universal Disk Format
UDP User Datagram Protocol (Network protocol for transfering data packets)
UI User Interface
UID User IDentification (internet, intranet, and server login accesses)
UMB Upper Memory Blocks
UML Unified Modeling Format
UNC Universal Naming Conventions
UPS Un-interruptable Power Supply
URI Uniform Resource Identification (192.55.123.22)
URL Uniform Resource Locator (The address a computer looks for to find w3 pages)
URN Uniform Resource Name (www.whoever.com)
URT Universal Receiver Transmitter
USB Universal Serial Bus (another bus architecture-reference SCSI - allows hot swaps of devices, and runs on low power (bus voltage) but slow data transfer compared to the SSA and FC-AL ports)
USART Universal Synchronous / Asynchronous Receiver / Transmiter
USR United States Robotics (merged with 3 Com)
USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitter
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair
UUCP UNIX to UNIX CoPy
VAN Value Added Network
VB Visual Basic
VBA Visual Basic for Applications (programming language bundled with MS Office, can include ActiveX- , not a full VB compiler, but can edit macros and commands)
VBP Visual Basic Project (file extension)
VBR Variable Bit Rate
VBRUN Visual Basic RUNtime library files (100, 200, 300, 400, 32) *.dll extensions
VCB Video Capture Board
VCM Virtual Channel Memory (new bus technology between RAM and CPU - late 1998)
VDD Virtual Device Driver
VDM Virtual DOS Machine
VDT Visual Display Terminal
VEGA Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adaptor
VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
VFAT Virtual File Allocation Table
VGA Video Graphics Adapter
VINES VIrtual NEtworking Software (Banyan NOS)
VIP Vines Internet Protocol
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network (term growing in popularity due to NT's domain structure)
VLB Video Local Bus (mother board bus archituture - becoming outdated for the PCI)
VM 1. Virtual Memory
VM 2. Virtual Machine
VMM Virtual Memory Manager
VMS Virtual Machine System
VMS Virtual Memory System (DEC OS)
VMS Voice Messaging System
VOD Voice Over Data
VOF Voice Over Fiber
VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPN Virtual Private Network
VR 1. Virtual Reality
VR 2. Voice Recognition
VRAM Video Random Access Memory
VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VSN Volume Serial Number (S/N assigned when disk/partition is formatted)
VSQL Visual Structured Query Language
VTAM Virtual Transmission Automated Messaging
VXB Visual Basic Library file extension
VxD Virtual eXtended Device Driver (common with the 32-bit Win 95 system) These are 32 bit protected mode drivers that allow mult-threading of applications.
W-Z
W3 Sometimes shorted from the WWW or World Wide Web
W3C World Wide Web Consortum
WABI Windows Application Binary Interface
WAIS Wide Area Information System
WAN Wide Area Network
WARM Write And Read Many times (CD-ROM technology)
WAITS Wide Area Information Tranportation System
WAV WAVe file (file extension for sound files)
WBC Write Back Caching (newer 486 CPU, and Pentium - faster cache)
WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management.
WCL Windows Compatability List
WDL Windows Driver Library
WDM Windows Device Manager
WEP Windows Entertainment Package
WFM Wired For Management (Intel hard-wire technology)
WFW Windows For Workgroups (often used for peer-to-peer networking)
WINE WINdows Emulator (program used by Unix/Linux to run Windows programs)
WINS Windows Internet Naming System (NT protocols - also used with other 32-bit MS)
WMF Windows MetaFile (file extension)
WORM 1. A type of virus (usually internet or networking)
WORM 2. Write Once Read Many (a type of disk drive ex: cd burners)
WP 1. Word Processor
WP 2. Word Perfect Corporation
WP 3. Write Precompensation (older disk reading technology)
WP 4. Write Protected
WRAM Windows RAM
WTC Write Through Caching (chip set caching for older PC's)
WWW World Wide Web ( sometimes call W3)
WWW World Wide Wait - slang
WWWC World Wide Web Consortum (governing body that proposes standards for the Web)
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get (computer slang wizzy wig)
XCOPY eXtended COPY (DOS file copy program)
XML eXtensible Markup Language
XMS eXtended Memory Specification
XNS Xerox Network System
XP eXPerience (Microsofts new version of Windows and software)
XSMD eXtended Storage Module Drive interface
XT eXtended Technology
Z Compression files that save disk space (PKZip is most popular)
ZAC Zero Administration Client
ZAK Zero Administration Kit
ZAW Zero Administration for Windows
ZBR Zone Bit Recording
ZD Ziff Davis publication company (publish large percent of compter literature)
ZDN Ziff Davis Network: formally ZDNET, computer dedicated publisher, and internet site
ZDNET Ziff Davis Network (Largest computer publication company network: www.zdnet.com)
ZDTV Ziff Davis TeleVision channel
ZIF Zero Insertion Force (CPU chips that can be removed to upgrade a PC)
ZIP Compression files that save disk space (PKZip is most popular)
ZNA Zero Network Administration (where all registration, profiles, policy kept in 1 place)
ZP Compression files that save disk space (PKZip is most popular)
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