Well, here is a list with some of them with their meaning.
You finally want to know what
all those shortenings all around the internet mean?
Well, here is a list with some of them with their meaning.
-N-
ns : nano second (1E-9 sec)
NSAPI : Netscape Server Application Development Interface
NT : (Windows NT) New Technology
NTFS : New Technologie File System
-O-
OCR : Optical Character Recognition
ODBC : Open DataBase Connectivity
OPU : Optical Pickup Unit
OSI : Open System Interconnection
-P-
PAD : Packet Assembler Dissembler
PABX : Private Automatic Branch eXchange
PBM : Portable Bitmap Monochrome
PC : Personal Computer
PCI : Peripheral Component Internet local bus
PDC : Primary Domain Controller
PDF : Portable Document Format
PGM : Portable GrayMap
PIC : Programmable Interrupt Controller
PIO : Parallel In/Out
PLP : Packet Layer Protocol
POP : Post Office Protocol
PPM : Portable PixMap
PPP : Point to Point Protocol
PPTP : Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
PROM : Programmable Read Only Memory
-R-
RAID : Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAS : Row Address Strobe (memory)
RAS : Remote Access Service (network)
RIMM : Rambus Inline Memory Module
RISC : Reduced Instruction Set Computer
ROM : Read Only Memory
RPC : Remote Procedure Call
RPM : RedHat Package Manager
RxD : Received Data
-S-
SCSI : Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM : Synchronous Dynamic Random Accessible Memory
SGRAM : Synchronous Graphics Random Accessible Memory
SHTML : Served Parsed HyperText Mark-up Language
SIMM : Single In-line Memory Module
SIPP : Single Inline Pin Package
SLI : ScanLine Interleaving
SLIP : Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMP : Symmetric MultiProcessing
SMTP : Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP : Simple Network Management Protocol
SPS : Standby Power Supply
SRAM : Static Random Accessible Memory
SSI : Server Side Includes
SSL : Secure Sockets Layer
SVGA : Super Video Graphics Adapter
STP : Shielded Twisted Pair
-T-
TAO : Track At Once
TCP/IP : Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TGA : Truevision tarGA
TIFF : Tagged Image File Format
TOC : Table Of Contents
TTL : Transistor Transistor Logic (chips)
TTL : Time To Live (network)
TxD : Transmitted Data
-U-
UART : Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UPS : Uninteruptable Power Supply
URL : Uniform Resource Locator
USB : Universal Serial Bus
UTP : Unshielded Twisted Pair
-V-
VESA : Video Electronics Standard Association
VGA : Video Graphics Adapter or Video Graphics Array
VLB : Vesa Local Bus
VRML : Virtual Reality Modelling Language
-W-
W : Width
W/ : With
WADS : Wide Area Data Service
WAIS : Wide Area Information Server/Service
WAITS : Wide Area Information Transfer System
WAN : Wide Area Network
WATS : Wide Area Telecommunications Service
.WAV : Waveform Audio (file name extension)
WB : Water Ballast
WC : Wire Center / Without Charge / Word Count
WCB : Way Control Block [GEC]
WCI : Write Controller Interface (IOM2 Monitor Command)
WCPC : Wire Center Planning Center
WCS : Writable Control Store [PERQ, and others]
WDFHP : recursive high pass filter + decimation filter
WDFLP : recursive low pass filter + decimation filter
WDM : Wavelength Division Multiplex
WDT : Watch Dog Timer
WECo : Western Electric Company [AT&T manufacturing arm]
WELL : Whole Earth Lectronic Link (BBS)
WFW : Windows For Workgroups [Microsoft]
WG : Working Group
WGS : Work Group System
WH : WarHammer
WIP : Work In Progress
WIS : WWMCCS Information System
WISE : WordPerfect Information System Environment
WITS : Washington Interagency Telecommunications System
.WK1 : Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
.WKB : Workbook (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
.WKE : Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
.WKQ : Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]
.WKS : Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
.WKZ : Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]
WM : Work Manager
.WMF : Windows Metafile (file name extension) [Microsoft]
WMSCR : Weather Message Switching Center Replacement
WNIC : Wide-Area Network Interface Co-Processor
WNIM : Wide-Area Network Interface Module
W/O : Without
WORM : Write Once, Read Many
WOSA : Windows Open Services Architecture [Microsoft]
WP : WordPerfect [Corel] / Word Processing / Write Protected
.WPG : WordPerfect Graphics (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
WPHD : Write-Protect Hard Disk
.WPK : Keyboard (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
WPM : Words Per Minute
.WPM : Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
WPS : Windows Printing System [Microsoft] / Workplace Shell [OS2]
.WQ! : Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]
.WQ1 : Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]
WRAM : Windows Random Accessible Memory
WS : WordStar / Workstation
WSI : Wafer Scale Integration
WT : Write Through
WTO : Write-To-Operator
WWMCCS : World-Wide Military Command and Control System
WWW : World Wide Web
WYSBYGI : What You See Before You Get It
WYSIWIS : What You See Is What I See
WYSIWYG : What You See Is What You Get
-Y-
X21 : CCITT recommendation for DCE-to-DTE interface
X25 : CCITT recommendation for packet-mode DTE to packet-mode DCE
X28 : CCITT recommendation for start/stop DTE to PAD
X29 : CCITT recommendation for packet-mode DTE to PAD
X3 : CCITT recommendation defining the PAD
X3.9 : ANS Fortran standard X3.9:1966 = Fortran IV, X3.9:1978 = Fortran
X3J3 : ANSI Fortran standard committee
XA : Extended Architecture + Extended Attribute
XA : eXtended Architecture as in MVS/XA
XAD : Transmit Adress
XAPIA : X.400 Application Program Interface Association
XB : X-Bar
XBM : eXtended Basic Mode [ICL]
XBT : X-Bar Tandem
XCF : eXperimental Computing Facility
XCHG : Exchange
XCMD : External Command
XCOPY : Extended Copy
XD : without Dividend
XDR : eXternal Data Representation
XENIX : Microsoft implementation of Unix
XFCN : External Function
XFE : X-Front End
XFER : Transfer
XFIFO : Transmit FIFO
XGA : eXtended Graphics Array [IBM]
XID : Exchange Identification (LAP-D Command/Response)
XINU : XINU Is Not UNIX
XIOS : Extended Input/Output System
XL : eXtra Large
XLAT : Translate
XMIT : Transmit
XMM : Extended Memory Manager [LIM/AST]
XMS : Extended Memory Specification [LIM/AST]
XMS : eXtended Multiprocessor operating System
XMTR : transMiTteR (the X is for trans)
XNS : Xerox Network System (protocol) [Xerox]
XO : eXecutive Officer
XOFF : ISO character DC3 ("control S") used to pause data transfer
XON : ISO character DC1 ("control Q") used to restart data transfer
XON/XOFF: a data transfer flow control software protocol on some computers
XOR : eXclusive OR (logical function)
XPL : Cross Reference Protocol Listing (PCT)
XPORT : Transport
XSECT : cross SECTion
XSMD : Extended Storage Module Drive (interface)
XTAB : survey analysis package
XTAL : crysTAL (another version of x for crys, see XMTR)
XTCLK : External Transmit Clock
XUI : X-windows User Interface
XXX : combination of X3/X28/X29 protocols
-Y-
YACC : Yet Another Compiler-Compiler [Unix]
YAM : Yet Another Modem [Omen Technology]
YB : YearBook
YOB : Year Of Birth
YP : Yellow Pages
YRS : Ysgarth Rules System
YST : Yukon Standard Time
YT : Yukon Territory / Time
YTD : Year To Date
-Z-
ZB : Zero Beat
ZBR : Zone Bit Recording
ZCAV : Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
Z-CAV : Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
ZCS : Zero Code Suppression
ZDS : Zenith Data Systems
ZETA : Zero Energy Thermonuclear Apparatus / Assembly
ZGS : Zero Gradient Synchrotron
ZI : Zonal Index
ZIF : Zero-Insertion Force (socket)
ZIP : Zigzag In-Line Package
.ZIP : Compressed File (file name extension) [PKWare]
ZMRI : Zinc Metals Research Institute
.ZOO : Compressed File (file name extension) [Dhesi]
ZPG : Zero Population Growth
ZPRSN : Zurich Provisional Relative Sunspot Number
ZSL : Zero Slot LAN
ZST : Zone Standard Time
ZT : Zone Time
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