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V.E.R.A. - Verzeichnis EDV-Relevanter Akronyme [1/1]

Von: Oliver Heidelbach (ohei@nospam.snafu.de) [Profil]
Datum: 06.03.2007 19:50
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Verzeichnis EDV-Relevanter Akronyme 7.3
Teil 1 0-Z
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**** 0 ****
100VG        100 Voice Grade [technology]
10GE         10 GigaBIT Ethernet (Ethernet, BIT)
1D2B         1 D-channel 2 B-channels (BRI, ISDN)
2B1D         2 B-channels 1 D-channel (BRI, ISDN)
2S2D         Double Sided - Double Density (FDD)
3DC          3D Consortium (Org., Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, ...)
3DDDI        3D Device Dependent Interface (MS), "3D DDI"
3DRAM        3 Dimensional Random Access Memory (RAM)
3GIO         Third Generation Input/Output (PCIe)
3GIP         3rd Generation . Internet Protocol (Org., IP, GPRS, WLAN,
Mobile-Systems), "3G.IP"
3GL          3rd Generation Language
3GPP         Third Generation Partnerships Projects (Org.)
3PCC         Third Party Call Control (SIP, RFC 3725)
4GL          4th Generation Language
4GT          4 GB [RAM] Tuning (RAM, GB)
4MV          4 Motion Vector
5GL          5th Generation Language
7E1          7 [bits], Even [parity], 1 [stop bit] (MODEM, BIT)
80211HR      802.11 High Rate (IEEE, WLAN), "802.11/HR"
8B10B        8 bit / 10 bit [encoding] (IBM, FC, BIT), "8B/10B"
8N1          8 [bits], No [parity bit], 1 [stop bit] (MODEM, BIT)
8PSK         8 Phase Shift Keying (EDGE, Mobile-Systems)
8VSB         8-Vestigial Side Band, "8-VSB"
**** A ****
A2DP         Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (Bluetooth)
A4C          Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, Auditing and
Charging
AA           Auto Answer (MODEM)
AAA          Authentication, Authorization and Accounting [= Triple A]
AAAAA        Anonym Association Against Acronym Abuse (DFUE-Slang)
AAAI         American Association for Artificial Intelligence (Org., AI,
USA)
AAAS         American Association for the Advancement of Science (Org., USA)
AAC          Advanced Audio Coding (IIS, MPEG, AT&T, Dolby, Sony, ...)
AAC          Authorization and Access Control (IETF)
AACLC        Advanced Audio Coding - Low Complexity [profile] (AAC),
"AAC-LC"
AACLTP       Advanced Audio Coding - Long Term Production (AAC), "AAC-LTP"
AAD          Authorized AutoCAD Dealer (AutoCAD, CAD)
AADN         American Association of DOMAIN Names (Org., USA, Internet)
AAE          Allgemeine AnschaltErlaubnis (DTAG)
AAF          Advanced Authoring Format (MS)
AAIM         Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia (Org.)
AAIS         Allied command europe ACCIS Implementation Strategy (ACCIS,
NATO, Mil.)
AAL          ATM Adaption Layer (ATM)
AAL          Authentication Assurance Level (CC)
AAM          Automatic Acoustic Management (ATA, HDD)
AAMOF        As A Matter Of Fact (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
AAMSI        American Association for Medical Systems Informatics (Org.,
USA)
AAP          Address Allocation Protocol (Multicast)
AAP          Applications Access Point
AAP          Association of American Publishers (Org., USA)
AARP         Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
AASP         ASCII Asynchronous Support Package (ASCII)
AAT          Average Access Time
AATP         Authorized Academic Training Program (MS, MCSD)
AAUI         Apple Attachment Unit Interface (Apple, AppleTalk)
ABA          American Bankers Association (Org., USA, Banking)
ABAP4        Advanced Business Application Programming/4 (SAP, R/3,
4GL), "ABAP/4"
ABATS        Automatic Bit Access Test System (BIT)
ABBS         Apple Bulletin Board System (Apple)
ABC          Atanasoff-Berry-Computer
ABCD         Altavista Business Card Directory (WWW)
ABEL         Advanced Boolean Expression Language
ABEND        ABnormal END (Netware)
ABI          Aktionsbuendnis fuer Barrierefreie Informaionstechnik
(Org., Deutschland)
ABI          Application Binary Interface (POE)
ABIOS        Advanced Basic Input Output System (IBM)
ABIST        Automatic Built In Self Test (IBM)
ABM          Asynchronous Balanced Mode
ABNF         Augmented Backus-Naur Form (BNF, RFC 733/2234)
ABP          Address Book Provider (Internet)
ABR          Available Bit Rate (ATM, CBR, VBR, UBR, QOS, BIT)
ABS          Albatron BIOS Security (BIOS)
ABS          Apple Business Systems (Apple)
ABUI         Association of Banyan Users International (Org., Banyan,
VINES, User group, Vorlaeufer, ENA)
AC           Access Concentrator (PPPoE, ADSL)
AC           Access Control (Token Ring, ...)
AC           Amiga Club (Org., User group, Amiga)
AC           Area Code
AC           Automatic Computer
AC3          [digital] Audio Compression - 3 (Dolby, DVD, Digital
Audio), "AC-3"
AC97         Audio CODEC 97 (Intel, CODEC)
ACA          Asynchronous Communications Adapter
ACAD         AutoCAD (AutoCAD, CAD)
ACAS         Application Control Architecture Services (DEC)
ACAU         Automatic Calling and Answering Unit
ACC          Adaptive Cruise Control (Auto)
ACC          Area Communication Controller (MODACOM)
ACC          Atari Competence Center
ACCIS        Automated Command and Control Information System (Mil., USA)
ACCM         Asynchronous Character Control Map (PPP)
ACCS         Army Command and Control System (Mil., USA)
ACCU         Association of C and C++ Users (Org., UK)
ACD          Automated Call Distribution (CTI)
ACDC         Alternating Current/Direct Current, "AC/DC"
ACDI         Asynchronous Communications Device Interface (IBM, CM/2)
ACE          Access Control Entry (AD, ACL)
ACE          Actuator Control Electronics (Airbus, A380)
ACE          Adobe Color Engine (Adobe)
ACE          Advanced Computing Environment (Hersteller)
ACE          ASCII Compatible Encoding (ASCII, Internet, DOMAIN)
ACE          Autonomous Computer Engine (WD)
ACES         APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulation (Org.,
Australia, China, Japan, USA)
ACF          Access Control Field
ACF          Advanced Communications Function (IBM)
ACF          Apple Communications Framework (Apple)
ACFC         Address and Control Field Compression (PPP)
ACFNCP       Advanced Communication Function / Network Control Program
(IBM, ACF), "ACF/NCP"
ACFTCAM      Advanced Communication Function / Telecommunications Access
Method (IBM, ACF), "ACF/TCAM"
ACFVTAM      Advanced Communication Function / Virtual
Telecommunications Access Method (IBM, ACF), "ACF/VTAM"
ACH          Association for Computers and the Humanities (Org., USA)
ACIA         Associacio Catalana d'Intelligencia Artificial (Org.,
Spanien, AI)
ACIA         Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter
ACID         Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (IDS, CERT)
ACID         Atomicity - Consistency - Isolation - Durability (DB, TP)
ACIS         American Committee for Interoperable Systems (Org., USA)
ACL          [MS] Access Compatibility Layer (MS, DB)
ACL          Access Control List (DCE, DFS, NDS, AD)
ACL          Advanced CMOS Logic
ACL          Agent Control Language (Agents)
ACL          Association for Computational Linguistics (Org., USA)
ACL          Asynchronous ConnectionLess (HCI, Bluetooth)
ACL          Autodesk Campus License (Autodesk)
ACLF         Access Control List Facility (DCE)
ACM          Address Complete Message (ATM)
ACM          Association for Computing Machinery (Org., USA)
ACMC         Australian CEFACT Management Committee (Australien, Org.,
CEFACT)
ACME         A Company that Makes Everything (Slang)
ACMS         Application Control Management System
ACNS         Application and Content Networking System (Cisco)
ACO          AMP Communications Outlet
ACOPS        Automatic CPU Overheating Prevention System (GigaByte),
"A-COPS"
ACOT         Apple Classrooms Of Tomorrow (Apple)
ACP          Active Configuration Profile (MODEM)
ACP          Analog Content Protection (WPE)
ACP          Auxillary Control Process
ACPA         Audio Capture and Playback Adapter (IBM)
ACPC         Apple Communications Protocol Card (Apple)
ACPI         Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (Intel, MS,
Toshiba, ACPI, OSPM, BIOS)
ACPICA       Advanced Configuration and Power Interface - Component
Architecture (ACPI, Intel), "ACPI-CA"
ACPT         Automated Corporate Planning Tool
ACR          Adobe Camera Raw
ACR          Anonymous Call Rejection
ACR          Artificial Content Recognition (Puresight, WWW, AI)
ACR          Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio (Kabel)
ACR          Automatic Call Recording
ACRONYM      Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning (Slang)
ACRONYM      Abbreviation by CROping Names that Yield Meaning (Slang)
ACS          Access Control System (DISA)
ACS          Advanced Communications System
ACS          Advanced Console Server (Cyclades)
ACS          Alternate Character Set
ACS          Architekten, Computer, Systeme (Messe)
ACS          Asynchronous Communication Server
ACS          Australian Computer Science
ACS          Australian Computer Society (Org., Australien)
ACS          Auto Configuration Server (ISP, DSL, CPE)
ACSAC        Annual Computer Security Applications Conference
ACSE         Association Control Service Element (OSI, ISO, DIS 8649)
ACSI         Advanced/Atari Computer System Interface (Atari)
ACSMIB       ATM Circuit Steering Management Information Base (ATM,
MIB), "ACS-MIB"
ACSNET       Academic Computing Services NETwork
ACSS         Aural Cascading Style Sheets (CSS, HTML, WWW)
ACT          Application Compatibility Toolkit (MS, Windows, Vista)
ACT          Architecture Characterization Template (DISA)
ACTA         America's Carriers Telecommunications Association (USA)
ACTEF        ACcess TEchnologies Forum (Org.)
ACTP         Adobe Certified Training Provider (Adobe)
ACTPU        ACTivate Physical Unit (SNA)
ACTS         Advanced Communications Technologies and Services (EU, ACTS)
ACU          Automatic Calling Unit
ACU          Automatic Client Update (Novell, Netware)
ACUTA        Association of College and University Telecommunication
Administrators (Org., USA)
ACUTE        Airbus Cockpit Universal Thrust Emulator (Airbus, A380)
AD           Active Directory (MS, Windows, AD, DS)
AD           Analog-to-Digital (D/A), "A/D"
AD           Authorized Distributor (DEC)
AD           Autonomous DOMAIN
ADA          Automatic Data Acquisitions
ADAPSO       Association of Data Processing Service Organisation (Org., USA)
ADAPT        Architecture Design, Analysis, and Planning Tool
ADATP        Allied DATa processing Publication (Mil., USA)
ADB          A DeBugger (Unix)
ADB          Apple Desktop Bus (Apple)
ADBS         Advanced Data Broadcasting System (DirecPC)
ADC          Adaptive Data Compression (MODEM)
ADC          Analog to Digital Converter
ADC          Apple Display Connector (Apple)
ADC          Apple Distribution Center (Apple)
ADC          Automatic Data Capture
ADCCP        Advanced Data Communications Control Procedure (ANSI)
ADD          Adapter Device Driver (OS/2)
ADD          AGP Digital Display [adapter] (AGP)
ADDC         Automatic Data Direction Control (RS-485)
ADDDC        Automatic Direct Distance Dialing System
ADE          Application Development Environment
ADE          Aufforderung zur DatenEingabe (BTX)
ADEPT        Administrative Data Entry for Processing Transmission
(Mil., USA)
ADES         Automatic Digital Encoding System
ADEW         Andrew Development Environment Workbench (ATK, Unix)
ADF          Access control Decision Function (Mil., USA)
ADF          Automatic Document Feeder
ADG          [RAID] Advanced Data Guarding (RAID, HP)
ADI          Autocad Device Interface (CAD, AutoCAD)
ADI          AUTODIN-to-DISN Interface (AUTODIN, DISN, Mil., USA)
ADIMM        Asynchronous Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM, IC, Leadtek)
ADIRU        Air Data Inertial Reference Unit (Airbus, A380, Honeywell)
ADK          Additional Decryption Key (PGP)
ADL          [international conference on the] Advances in Digital
Libraries (IEEE)
ADL          Adventure Description Language
ADLC         Asynchronous Data Link Control
ADM          Add-Drop-Multiplexer
ADMA         Area Division Multiple Access (Mobile-Systems)
ADMD         ADministration Management DOMAIN (X.400)
ADMF         ADMinistration Function (UMTS)
ADMS         Access Device Messaging Specification (Banking, Visa)
ADMT         Active Directory Migration Tool (MS, AD)
ADO          ActiveX Data Objects (ASP, ODBC, MS, IIS)
ADODB        ActiveX Data Objects DataBase [library] (ADO, PHP), "ADOdb"
ADONIS       ADvanced On-Screen Information System, "AdonIS"
ADP          Administrative Data Processing
ADP          Advanced Data Processing
ADP          Automatic Data Processing (ADP)
ADPCM        Adaptive Delta Pulse Code Modulation
ADPE         Automatic Data Processing Equipment (ADP)
ADPLO        Automated Data Processing Liaison Office (ADP)
ADPS         Automatic Data Processing System (ADP)
ADPT         Automated Data Processing/Telecommunications (ADP), "ADP/T"
ADR          Advanced Digital Recording (Streamer, Philips, OnStream)
ADR          Automated Distance Regulation (Auto)
ADS          Active Directory Services (MS)
ADS          Advanced Digital System
ADS          Application Development System
ADS          Automatic Distribution System
ADS          Automatic Documenting System (LAN)
ADS          Auxiliary Data System
ADSA         Advanced Driver Software Architecture (C-Media, audio)
ADSI         Active Directory Service Interface (MS, COM, AD)
ADSIA        Allied Data Systems Interoperability Agency (Org., NATO, Mil.)
ADSL         Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line [technology] (BELLCORE,
AT&T, DSL, ADSL)
ADSL         Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop [modulation]
ADSP         Advanced Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
ADSP         Appletalk Data Stream Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
ADSR         Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release [generator] (VCA, Audio)
ADSU         ATM Data Service Unit (ATM)
ADT          Abstract Data Type
ADT          Access Developer's Toolkit (MS, DB, Windows)
ADT          Application Data Type
ADT          Application Development Tools (IBM, AS/400)
ADT          Atlantic Daylight Time [-0300] (TZ, AST)
ADU          Automatic Dialing Unit
ADUA         Administrative Directory User Agent
ADV          Automatisierte DatenVerarbeitung
ADV          staatliche Akademie fuer DatenVerarbeitung (Org., Uni
Boeblingen)
ADVS         Automatisiertes DatenVerarbeitungsSystem
ADX          Automatic Data eXchange
AE           Apple Events (Apple)
AE           Application Entity / Environment / Execution / Engineering
(APE)
AEA          American Electronics Association (Org., USA)
AEA          Asynchroner EmulationsAdapter (IBM)
AEB          Analog Expansion Bus
AEC          Advanced Error Correction (CD)
AECBF        Acoustic Echo Cancellation / Beam Forming (Audio), "AEC/BF"
AEF          Access control Enforcement Function
AEGIS        Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System
AEI          Application Enabling Interface (IBM)
AEI          Automatic Equipment Identification
AEIMP        Apple Event Interprocess Messaging Protocol (Apple)
AEL          Asterisk Extension Language (VoIP)
AEM          Automatic Emulation Management (Brother)
AEOM         Apple Events Object Model (Apple)
AEPIA        Asociacion Espanola Para la Inteligencia Artificial (Org.,
Spanien, AI)
AERO         Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, Open (MS, Windows, Vista,
GUI)
AES          Advanced Encryption Standard (Verschluesselung)
AES          Application Environment Service / Specification (OSF)
AES          Automatic Emulation Switching (Lexmark)
AESCCMP      AES Counter mode CBC MAC Protocol (AES, CBC, MAC,
Verschluesselung, IEEE 802.11i, WLAN), "AES-CCMP"
AESEBU       Auto Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union
(Digital Audio), "AES/EBU"
AETE         Apple Event Terminology Extension (Apple)
AETIC        Asociacion de empresas de Electronica, Tecnologias de la
Informacion y teleComunicaciones de espana (Org., Spanien)
AEUT         Apple Event User Terminology (Apple)
AF           Anisotropic Filter
AF           Auxiliary carry Flag (Assembler)
AFA          Association Fournisseur d'Access et service internet (Org.,
ISP, Frankreich)
AFAIC        As Far As I'm Concerned (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
AFAICR       As Far As I Can Recall (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
AFAICT       As Far As I Can Tell (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
AFAIK        As Far As I Know (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
AFAIR        As Far As I Recall / Remember (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
AFAMPE       [u.s.] Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange
(Org., USA. Mil.)
AFC          Alkaline Fuel Cell
AFC          AntiFerromagnetically Coupled [technology] (IBM, HDD)
AFC          Application Foundation Classes (MS, GUI, Java)
AFC          Automatic Font Change
AFCET        Association Francaise pour la Cybernetique Economique et
Technique (Org., Frankreich)
AFD          Automatic File Distribution
AFDX         Avionics Full DupleX switched ethernet system (Airbus,
A380, Ethernet)
AFE          Apple File Exchange (Apple)
AFEB         AFrican EDIFACT Board (Org., EDIFACT), "AF/EB"
AFF          Antigen File Filtering (Sybari)
AFFS         Advanced Fringe Field Switching (LCD, IPS), "A-FFS"
AFH          Adaptive Frequency Hopping (Bluetooth)
AFI          Authority and Format Indicator (NSAP, IDP)
AFI          Authority Frame Identifier
AFII         Association for Font Information Interchange (Org., USA)
AFIN         Air Force Information Network (Netzwerk, USA, Mil.)
AFIS         AutomatisiertesFingerabdruck-InformationsSystem (INPOL)
AFK          Away from Keyboard (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
AFM          Atomic Force Microscopy [technology] (HDD, MEMS)
AFN          Advanced Fiber Network
AFNET        Air Force Network (Netzwerk, USA, Mil.)
AFP          Advanced Function Presentation (IBM)
AFP          Appletalk Filing Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
AFPA         Advanced Function Printing Architecture (IBM)
AFPDS        Advanced Function Printing Data Stream (IBM)
AFPL         Aladdin Free Public License
AFPL         Artifex Free Public License
AFR          Annualized Failure Rate (Maxtor, HDD)
AFS          Andrew File System (IBM, Unix)
AFT          Authenticated Firewall Traversal (IETF)
AFTP         Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
AFUU         Association Francaise des Utilisateurs d'Unix (Org.,
Frankreich, Unix)
AGA          Advanced Graphics Adapter
AGC          Automatic Gain Control (Audio)
AGCH         Access Grant CHannel (GSM, CCCH, Mobile-Systems)
AGE          Adobe Graphics Engine (Adobe)
AGEP         ArbeitsGemeinschaft Elektronisches Publizieren [e.v.]
(Org., DTP), "AgEP"
AGF          Arbeitsgemeinschaft der GrossForschungseinrichtungen
[deutschlands] (Org.)
AGFMB        ArbeitsGemeinschaft Freier MailBoxen (Org.)
AGI          Asterisk Gateway Interface (VoIP)
AGNS         AT&T Global Network Services (AT&T)
AGNULA       A GNU/Linux Audio distribution (GNU, Linux, Europe)
AGP          Advanced / Accelerated Graphics Port (Intel, MMX, AGP)
AGPS         Advanced / Assisted Global Positioning System (GPS), "A-GPS"
AH           [IP] Authentication Header (IPSEC, IPV6, RFC 1826, VPN)
AHB          Advanced High performance Bus (AMBA, ARM)
AHCI         Advanced Host Controller Interface (SATA)
AHFG         ATM-attached Host Functional Group (ATM, MPOA)
AHIMA        American Health Information Management Association (Org., USA)
AHP          Analytical Hierachy Process
AHPCRC       Army High Performance Computing Research Center (Org., USA,
HPC)
AI           Adobe Illustrator (Adobe)
AI           Artificial Intelligence
AIA          Application Integration Architecture
AIAF         Artificial Intelligence AutoFocus (AI, Canon)
AIBO         Artificial Intelligence roBOt (Sony, AI)
AIC          [SRI] Artificial Intelligence Center (SRI, AI)
AIC          AIX windows Interface Composer (AIX, IBM)
AICA         Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo
Automatico (Org., Italien)
AID          Application IDentifier (APDU)
AID          Attention Interrupt Device [key] (IBM)
AID          AUTODIN Interface Device (AUTODIN, Mil., USA)
AIDA         Aktuelle Informationen in Deutsch zum Amiga (AC, Amiga)
AIDAT        African Internet Development Action Team (Org., Internet)
AIDS         Automatic Installation and Diagnostic Service
AIFF         Audio Interchange File Format
AIFS         Arbitrary InterFrame Space (MAC, PCF, IFS, WLAN)
AIGLX        Accelerated Indirect OpenGL extension for the X window
system (GLX, X-Wondows, RedHat)
AII          Active Input Interface (UNI, PMD, FDDI)
AIIA         Associazione Italiana per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (Org.,
Italien, AI)
AIIM         Association for Information and Image Management (Org., USA)
AIK          Attestation Identity Key (TCPA)
AIM          Advanced Invar Mask (Display, ViewSonic)
AIM          Alternate Input Method (OS/2)
AIM          AOL Instant Messenger [protocol] (AOL, IM)
AIM          Apple, IBM, Motorola [consortium] (Apple, IBM, Motorola, Org.)
AIM          Association of Imaging Manufacturers (Org.)
AIM          ATM / Ascend Inverse Multiplexing [protocol] (ATM)
AIM          Automatic Interface Management (Brother)
AIMD         Additive-Increase Multiplicative-Decrease (TCP)
AIMS         Apple Internet Mail Server (Apple)
AIMSRCF      Advanced Information Manager/Shared Resource Control
Facility (Fujitsu), "AIM/SRCF"
AIN          Advanced Intelligent Network (IN)
AIN          Auto Insert Notification (CD-R)
AIO          Asynchronous Input/Output
AIP          Association of Internet Professionals (Org., Internet)
AIP          Associazione Informatici Professionisti (Org., Italien)
AIP          ATM Interface Processor (ATM)
AIR          Automatic Image Refinement (Canon), "A.I.R."
AIRTC        [international symposium on] Artificial Intelligence in
Real-Time Control (IFAC, IFIP, IMACS, Conference)
AIS          Account Information Security
AIS          Alarm Indication Signal (UNI, ATM, OAM, DS3/E3)
AIS          Application Information Service (MS, Windows, Vista)
AIS          Applied Information Sciences (Hersteller)
AIS          Applied Information Systems (Hersteller)
AIS          Arbeitgeber-Informations-Service (WWW)
AIS          Automated Information System
AIS          Autonomous Intelligent System
AISB         Association of Imaging Service Bureaus (Org.)
AISE         Alarm Indication Signal-External (UNI, ATM), "AIS-E"
AISIG        [south australian] Artificial Intelligence Special Interest
Group (Org., Australien, AI)
AISP         Association for Internet Service Providers (Org., USA, ISP)
AISP         Association of Information Systems Professionals (Org., USA)
AISSO        Automated Information Systems Security Officer (Mil., USA)
AIST         Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (Org., Japan)
AIT          Advanced Intelligent Tape (Sony, Streamer)
AIT          Angewandte InformationsTechnik [verlags gmbh] (Hersteller)
AITEC        [research institute for] Advanced Information TEChnology
(Org., Japan)
AITO         Association Internationale pour les Technologies Objets (Org.)
AIUI         As I Understand It (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
AIW          All In Wonder [graphic card] (ATI)
AIW          APPN Implementers Workshop (Org., APPN)
AIX          Advanced Interactive eXecutive (IBM, Unix, OS)
AIXESA       Advanced Interactive eXecutive/Enterprise Systems
Architecture (IBM, AIX), "AIX/ESA"
AJAX         Asynchronous Javascript And XML (XML, XHTML, CSS, XSLT)
AJBS         Association of Japanese Business Studies (Org., Japan)
AK           Application Kit (NextStep, OpenStep, Apple, Rhapsody)
AKA          Also Known As
AKI          Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen KI Institute (Org., KI)
AL           Artificial Life
AL           Assembly Language
ALAN         Audio Local Area Network (Audio), "A-LAN"
ALAP         Appletalk Link Access Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
ALAP         As Late As Possible (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
ALAS         Asociacion Latinoamericana de Seguridad (Org.)
ALC          Adaptation Layer Controller (ATM)
ALC          Arithmetic and Logic Circuits (IC)
ALC          Automatic Level Control
ALDC         Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (IBM)
ALE          Address Lifetime Expectation (Org., IETF, IP)
ALE          Application Link Enabling (R/3, SAP)
ALE          Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (Org., Linux, User group)
ALE          Atomic Layer Epitaxy (IC)
ALEC         Authorized Linux Education Center (Linux, Caldera)
ALGOL        ALGOrithmic Language
ALIWEB       Archie Like Indexing in the WEB (WWW)
ALK          Automatisierte LiegenschaftsKarte (ALTIS)
ALM          Application / Appware Loadable Module (Novell, Netware)
ALM          Application Life cycle Management
ALM          Asynchronous Line Module
ALM          Asynchronous Line Multiplexer
ALOE         Apple Library for Object Embedding (Apple, OpenDoc)
ALP          Access Linux Platform (Linux, PDA, Palm)
ALP          Assembly Language Processor (IBM)
ALPA         Association de Lutte contre la Piraterie Audiovisuelle
(Org., Frankreich)
ALR          Advanced Logic Research, inc (Hersteller)
ALS          Adjacent Link Station (IBM)
ALSA         Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (Linux, Audio)
ALSI         Associazione nazionale Laureati in Scienze
dell'informazione e Informatica (Org., Italien)
ALTEL        Association of Long-distance TELephone companies (Org., USA)
ALTERNIC     ALTERnative Network Information Center (Internet, USA)
ALTPSM       ALTernating Phase Shift Mask [lithography]
ALTS         Association for Local Telecommunications Services (Org., USA)
ALU          Arithmetic and Logic Unit (CPU)
AM           Active Matrix (LCD)
AM           Amplitude Modulation
AM           Asynchronous Mode
AMA          Automatic Message Accounting
AMACS        AMA Collection System (AMA)
AMAP         As Much As Possible (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
AMARC        AMA Recording Center (AMA)
AMASE        AMA Standard Entry (AMA)
AMAT         AMA Transmitter (AMA)
AMATPS       AMA TeleProcessing System (AMA)
AMB          Advanced Memory Buffer (IC, RAM, FB-DIMM)
AMBA         Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (ARM, AMBA)
AMCD         Active Matrix Color Display (AMD, LCD)
AMCD         Activity Monitoring Completion Detection
AMD          Active Matrix Display (LCD)
AMD          Advanced MicroDevices [inc.] (Hersteller)
AMD          AutoMounterDAEMON (Macintosh, Apple)
AME          Advanced Metal Evaporated [tape] (Seagate, Streamer, Sony)
AME          Advanced Modeling Extension (AutoCAD)
AMEL         Active Matrix Electro Luminescent (AMD, LCD)
AMF          Action Message Format (Macromedia, Flash)
AMH          Automated Material Handling
AMHS         Automated Message Handling System (MHS)
AMI          Alternate Mark Inversion [encoding] (ISDN, T1)
AMI          American Megatrends Incorporation (Hersteller)
AMI          ATM Management Interface (ForeRunner)
AMIA         American Medical Informatics Association (Org., USA)
AMIA         Australian Medical Informatics Association (Org., Australien)
AMIC         Apple Memory-mapped I/O Controller (Apple)
AMIC         Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration (USA, Org.),
"AMI-C"
AMIGADE      Amiga Digital Environment (Amiga), "AmigaDE"
AMIGOS       Advanced Mobile Integration in General Operating Systems
AMIS         Audio Message Interface Standard
AML          ACPI Machine Language (ACPI, ASL, BIOS)
AMLCD        Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMD, LCD)
AMMA         Advanced Memory Management Architecture
AMME         Automated Multi-Media Exchange
AMNET        Allgemeines Mailbox NETzwerk (BBS, Netzwerk)
AMOK         A Modular Operating Kernel (OS, Cray)
AMOR         Amusing Misuse of Resources (Linux, KDE)
AMOS         Alpha Microsystems Operating System (OS)
AMP          Airwave Management Platform (Linux)
AMP          Asymmetric MultiProcessor [system] (SMP)
AMPE         Automated Message Processing Exchange
AMPS         Advanced Mobile Phone Service (Mobile-Systems, Motorola)
AMPSK        Amplitude Modulation with Phase Shift Keying, "AM/PSK"
AMR          Audio MODEM Riser [slot] (Intel)
AMS          Advanced Monitor System (OS, DEC, PDP 9, PDP 15)
AMS          American Mathematical Society (Org., USA)
AMS          Andrew Mail / Message System (Unix)
AMS          Asymmetric Multiprocessing System
AMS          AUTODIN Mail Server (AUTODIN, Mil., USA)
AMSDOS       AMStrad Disk Operating System (Amstrad, OS), "AMS-DOS"
AMT          Active Management Technology (Intel)
AMT          Active Matrix Technology (AMD, LDC)
AMT          Apple Media Toolkit (Apple)
AMTC         Advanced Mask Technology Center (Org., EUVL, Infineon, AMD,
...)
AMTF         Average Modulation Transfer Function
AMTFT        Active Matrix Thin Film Transistor (AMD, LCD, TFT)
AMTPE        Apple Media Tool Programming Environment (Apple), "AMT PE"
AMWG         Architecture Methodology Working Group (Org., DISA)
AN           Access Node
AN           Alternating Network
ANAIS        Architecture Not Allowed In Source (Linux, Debian, Slang)
ANAT         Alternative Network Address Types
ANBU         ANlagenBUchhaltung
ANCS         AT&T Netware Connect Services (AT&T, Netware)
ANDF         Architecture Neutral Distribution Format (OSF)
ANFSCD       And Now For Something Completely Different (DFUE-Slang,
Usenet, IRC)
ANHR         Access Node Hub Router (AN)
ANI          Automatic Number Identification
ANI          Automatische Netzwerk Installation
ANIEL        Asociacion Nacional de Industrias Electronicas y de
teLecomunicaciones (Org., Spanien, AETIC, Vorlaeufer)
ANMA         Apple Network Managers Association (Org., Apple)
ANMP         Account Network Management Program
ANMP         Ad hoc Network Management Protocol
ANN          Artificial Neural Networks (NN)
ANO          Advanced Network Option (CA)
ANR          Access Node Router
ANS          Advanced Network & Services Inc. (IBM, MCI. Merit, NFSnet)
ANS          American National Standard (ANSI, ISO, USA)
ANSA         Advanced Networked Systems Architecture (ISA)
ANSI         American National Standard Institute (Org., USA)
ANSN         Advertised Neighbor Sequence Number (OLSR)
ANSPAG       Advanced Network System Performance and Application Group
(RDN-CRC)
ANT          Another Neat Tool (Java)
ANTC         Advanced Networking Test Center (Org., USA, AMD, FDDI)
ANTLR        ANother Tool for Language Recognition, "Antlr"
ANTS         Advanced .NET Testing System (.NET, Red-Gate)
ANTS         AT&T Novell Telephone Services (AT&T, Novell), "A/NTS"
ANUML        Australian National University Meta Language, "ANU ML"
AO           Arvutikasutaja Oskustunnistus (Org, Estonia)
AOA          American Optometric Association (Org., USA)
AOAC         Always On, Always Connected (NBS)
AOCD         Advice Of Charge, During the call
AOCE         Advice Of Charge, at the End of the call
AOCE         Apple Open Collaboration Environment (Apple)
AOCS         Attitude and Orbit Control System (ESA, Venus-Express)
AOD          Advanced Optical Disc (HD-DVD, Vorlaeufer)
AODI         Always On / Dynamic ISDN (ISDN, ACTEF), "AO/DI"
AOE          Application Operating Environment (AT&T)
AOI          Active Output Interface (UNI, PMD, FDDI)
AOL          Alert On LAN (LAN, Intel, IBM, BIOS), "AoL"
AOL          America OnLine (Netzwerk, AOL)
AOP          Aspect Orientated Programming
AOS          [LambdaRouter] All Optical Switch (Lucent, LambdaXtreme)
AOS          Advanced Operating System (OS)
AOS          Algebraic Operating System (IBM)
AOSS         Airstation One-touch Secure System (WLAN)
AOTC         Australian Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (Org.,
Australien)
AOU          Arithmetic Output Unit
AOW          Asia and Oceania Workshop (OSI)
AP           Access Point (WLAN)
AP           Access Provider (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
AP           Application Processor
AP           Auto Precharge (SDRAM)
AP           Automatic Pagination
APA          Adaptive Packet Assembly
APA          All Points Addressable
APA          Arithmetic Processing Accelerator
APACI        APache AutoConf-style Interface (HTTP, Apache)
APAR         Authorized Program Analysis Report (IBM)
APB          Advanced Peripheral Bus (AMBA, ARM)
APC          American Power Conversion (Hersteller, UPS)
APC          ArbeitsPlatz Computer (SNI)
APC          Association for Progressive Communications (Org., Netzwerk)
APCUG        Association of Personal Computer User Groups (Org.)
APD          Additional Product Documentation
APDA         Apple Programmers and Developers Association (Org., Apple)
APDPR        Advanced PDF Password Recovery (PDF)
APDU         Application Protocol Data Unit (OSI, PDU, OSI/RM, APDU, ICC)
APE          Adaptable Persistence Engine (ZOPE)
APE          APplication Engineering
APEL         A Portable EMACS Library (EMACS, GNU)
APEX         Advanced Packet EXchange
APF          Advanced Printer Function (IBM, ADT)
API          Application Program Interface (API)
API          Associacao Portuguesa de Informatica (Org., Portugal)
APIC         Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (Intel, PIC)
APIPA        Automatic Private IP Addressing (MS, IP)
APIS         Arbeitsdatei PIOS Innere Sicherheit (INPOL, PIOS)
APL          A Perspicuous Language / Alles Parallel Loesbar (APL, Slang)
APL          A Programming Language (IBM)
APLSF        A Programming Language with Shared Files (CMU, DEC)
APLSF        A Programming Language with Shared Variables (IBM)
APLV         Arbeitsdatei PIOS LandesVerrat (INPOL, PIOS)
APM          Advanced Power Management
APM          Application Programming Model (J2EE)
APM          Automated Precision Manufacturing
APMS         Automated Program Management information System
APN          Access Point Name (GPRS, Mobile-Systems)
APNIC        Asian Pacific Network Information Center (Org., Internet)
APO          Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP, SCM)
APOC         A Single Point Of Control (Sun, Linux)
APOK         Arbeitsdatei PIOS Organisierte Kriminalitaet (INPOL, PIOS)
APOP         Authenticated Post Office Protocol (Internet, POP, RFC 1734)
APP          Application Portability Profile
APPC         Advanced Peer-to-Peer Communications (IBM, SNA, LU 6.2)
APPC         Advanced Program to Program Communication (IBM)
APPC         Application Program to Program Converter (IBM)
APPCM        Access Protection and Priority Control Mechanism (DQDB)
APPCP        Advanced Program to Program Communications Protocol (APPC, IBM)
APPEL        A P3P Preference Exchange Language (P3P)
APPI         Advanced Peer to Peer Internetworking (Cisco)
APPN         Advanced Peer to Peer Networking (IBM)
APPS         Application Packaging Problems & Solutions (Cygwin)
APR          Apache Portable Runtime (Apache)
APR          Arbeitsdatei PIOS Rauschgift (INPOL, PIOS)
APS          Active Pixel Sensor
APS          Application Page Server
APS          Application Service Provider (WAN)
APS          Asynchronous Protocol Specification
APSE         Ada Programming Support Environment
APSE         Agfa Publishing Systems Environment (Agfa, DTP)
APSL         Apple Public Source License (Apple)
APT          Address Pass Through
APT          Advanced Package Tool (Linux, Debian)
APT          Advanced Photoscale Technology (Brother)
APT          Automatically Programmed Tools
APTC         Advanced Processor Temperature Control (Chaintech)
APTM         Application Program to Transaction Manager (TP)
APU          Auxiliary Processing Unit
APVE         [Parhelia] Audio, Photo, Video, Express (Matrox), "APVe"
APW          Arbeitsdatei PIOS Waffen (INPOL, PIOS)
APWG         Anti-Pishing Working Group (Org.)
AQM          Active Queue Management
AR           Administrative Request [message] (LFAP)
AR           Aperture Ratio (DVD)
AR           Augmented Reality
ARA          Administrative Request Acknowledge [message] (LFAP)
ARA          Affiliate Registration Authority (RA, PKI, ITU)
ARA          Apple[talk] Remote Access (Apple, AppleTalk)
ARAG         AntiReflection AntiGlare (ViewSonic)
ARAP         Apple Remote Access Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
ARB          Architecture Review Board (OpenGL, Hersteller, Org.)
ARC          Advanced RISC Computing [architecture] (ACE, RISC)
ARCA         Advanced RISC Computing Architecture (ACE, RISC)
ARCNET       Attached Resource Computer NETwork (Datapoint), "ARCnet"
ARD          Apple Remote Desktop (Apple, Macintosh)
ARE          All Routes Explorer (ATM)
AREXX        Amiga Restructured EXtended eXecutor [language] (Amiga,
Commodore, REXX)
ARIA         Accessible Rich Internet Applications (W3C, WAI)
ARIN         American Registry for Internet Numbers (Org., Internet, USA)
ARKD         Abuse Resistant Key Distribution (Arcade)
ARL          Access Rights List (Banyan, VINES)
ARLL         Advanced Run-Length Limited [encoding]
ARM          Advanced RISC Machines (Hersteller, Acorn, Apple, VLSI, RISC)
ARM          Annotated [c++] Reference Manual
ARM          Application Response Measurement [working group]
ARM          Asynchronous Response Mode
ARMA         Association of Records Managers and Administrators, inc. (Org.)
ARMS         Architecture for Reliable Managed Storage (Cheyenne)
ARMS         Automation Resources Management System
ARNS         Appletalk Remote Network Server (Apple, AppleTalk)
ARO          Affiliate Registration Organization (RA, PKI, ITU)
AROM         Alterable Read Only Memory (ROM)
ARP          Address Resolution Protocol (Internet, RFC 826)
ARPA         Advanced Research Projects Agency (Org., USA)
ARPANET      Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork (USA, Netzwerk)
ARPDP        Association of Rehabilitation Programs in Data Processing
(Org., USA)
ARQ          Automatic Re-transmission reQuest (MODEM)
ARQAPDU      Associate ReQuest Application Protocol Data Unit (APDU)
ARRA         Announced Retransmission Random Access (MAC)
ART          Adaptive Resonance Theory (NN)
ART          Advanced Resolution Technology (Minolta)
ARTS         Accelerated Ray-Tracing System (Raytracing)
ARTS         Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server
ARTT         Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal
AS           [Red Hat Enterprise Linux] Advanced Server (RedHat, Linux,
RHEL)
AS           Advanced Server (MS, Windows, NT)
AS           Authentication Service (DCE)
AS           Autonomous System (IP, Internet, RFC 1930)
AS400        Application System/400 (IBM), "AS/400"
ASA          Adaptive Security Appliance (Cisco)
ASA          Advanced SCSI Architecture (SCSI)
ASA          American Standards Association (Org., USA, ANSI, Vorlaeufer)
ASAP         As Soon As Possible (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
ASAP         Automatic Switching And Processing
ASB          Advanced System Bus (AMBA, ARM)
ASBR         Autonomous System Border / Boundary Router (AS)
ASC          Accredited Standards Committee (Org., ANSI)
ASC          Additional Sense Code
ASC          American Society for Cybernetics (Org., USA)
ASC          Authorized Support Center
ASC          Automatic Contrast Selection (FAX)
ASCC         Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (IBM)
ASCI         Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative
ASCI         Agent to Server Communication Interval (McAfee, ePolicy)
ASCII        American Standard Code of Information Interchange
ASCSI        Advanced Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI)
ASD          Architecture Summary Design
ASDSP        Application-Specific Digital Signal Processor
ASE          Active Storage Element (GigaB, IP-Router)
ASE          Aladdin Smartcard Environment (Fast, Aladdin)
ASE          Amplified Spontaneous Emission (FO, EDFA)
ASE          Application Service Element (ATM)
ASEB         ASian EDIFACT Board (Org., EDIFACT), "AS/EB"
ASEMH        Army Standards Electronic Mail Host (Mil., USA)
ASES         Application Software Entity Security
ASES         Australian Solid Earth Simulator (ACES)
ASF          Advanced Streaming Format (MS)
ASF          Apache Software Foundation (Org., Apache)
ASH          Almquist SHell (BSD, Unix, Shell), "ash"
ASHLI        Advanced Shading Language Interface (ATI)
ASI          Adapter Support Interface (IBM, LAN)
ASI          Advanced Switching Interconnect
ASI          Amorphous SIlicon drum (Kyocera), "aSI"
ASI          Aquarius Systems International (Hersteller)
ASI          Asynchronous SCSI Interface
ASI          Automatic System Installation
ASIC         Application Specific Integrated Circuit (IC, RL)
ASIM         Arbeitskreis Simulation und Kuenstliche Intelligenz (Org., GI)
ASIO         Audio Stream Input/Output
ASIP         Application Specific Instruction-set Processor (IC)
ASIS         American Society for Information Science (Org.)
ASISIG       Advanced Switching Interconnect Special Interest Group
(Org., SIG), "ASI SIG"
ASK          Akademische Software Kooperation (Org., Karlsruhe)
ASK          Amplitude Shift Keying
ASKSAM       Access Stored Knowledge via Symbolic Access Method (DB),
"askSam"
ASL          ACPI Source Language (ACPI, AML)
ASL          Adaptive Speed Levelling (US Robotics)
ASL          Astaro Security Linux (Linux)
ASLR         Address Space Layout Randomization
ASLT         Advanced Solid Logic Technology (IC)
ASM          Advanced Server Management (Acer)
ASM          Association of Systems Management (Org.)
ASM          Automatic Storage Management (DB, Oracle)
ASMA         Administratively Scoped IP Multicast (RFC 2365, Multicast)
ASMA         Asus System Monitoring Agent (Asus, ASWM)
ASMO         Advanced Storage Magneto Optical [disk] (Hitachi, Maxell,
Matsushita, Fujitsu, Olympus, Philips, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, LG Electronics)
ASMP         ASymetric MultiProcessing [system]
ASMP         ASymmetrisches MultiProzessor [system]
ASN1         Abstract Syntax Notation One (OSI, ISO, IS 8824), "ASN.1"
ASNM         AdvanceStack Network Management (HP)
ASO          Address Supporting Organization (Internet)
ASP          Abstract Service Primitive (OSI)
ASP          Active Server Pages (HTTP, MS)
ASP          Advanced Signal Processing / Processor
ASP          Advanced Simple Profile
ASP          Appletalk Session Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
ASP          Application Service Provider / Providing (ISP, Internet)
ASP          Association of Shareware Professionals (Org., USA)
ASP          Authorized Service Provider (Sun)
ASPEC        Advanced SPectre Entropy Coding (MPEG, Digital Audio)
ASPEN        Automatic System for Performance Evaluation of the Network
ASPI         Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (Adaptec, API, SCSI)
ASPIC        Advanced SCSI Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC, SCSI)
ASPIK        Algebraic Specifications and Implementations ??? (ISDV)
ASPL3        Advanced Simple Profile @ Level 3 (MPEG, CIF), "ASP@L3"
ASPP         Application Specific Programmable Product (ASIC, ASSP,
FPGA, RL)
ASPS         Advanced Signal Processing System
ASQ          Automated Software Quality
ASQC         American Society of Quality Control (Org., USA)
ASQF         Arbeitskreis Software-Qualitaet Franken [e.V.] (Org.,
Deutschland)
ASR          Automated System Recovery (MS, Windows, XP)
ASR          Automatic Server Restart (HP)
ASR          Automatic Speech Recognition
ASSERT       ADEPT Subsystem for Scanning of Electronic Received Traffic
(ADEPT, Mil., USA)
ASSIST       Automated Special Security Information System Terminal
(Mil., USA)
ASSP         Application Specific Standard Product (RL)
ASSPA        ASsociation Suisse pour l'Automatique (Org., Schweiz)
ASSR         Agreed Set of Security Rules (Mil., USA)
ASSUME       Association of Statistics Specialists Using Microsoft Excel
(Org., User group)
AST          Abstract Syntax Tree (GCC)
AST          Atlantic Standard Time [-0400] (TZ, ADT)
ASTA         Advanced Software Technology and Agorithms (HPCC)
ASTRAL       Alliance fuer Strategic Token Ring Advancement and
Leadership (Hersteller)
ASU          Asynchron-Synchron Umsetzer
ASV          Adobe SVG Viewer (Adobe, SVG)
ASV          Advanced Super-View (LCD, Sharp, MVA)
ASVD         Analog Simultaneous Voice and Data (MODEM)
ASWM         Asus System Web-based Management (Asus, DMI, SNMP, ASMA)
AT           Advanced Technology (IBM, PC)
ATA          Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA, HDD)
ATA          Analog Telephone Adaptor (VoIP)
ATAG         Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (WAI)
ATAP         ARM Technology Access Program (ARM)
ATAPI        Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface (ATA)
ATASPI       Advanced Technology Attachment Software Programming
Interface (ATA)
ATC          Address Translation Cache (CPU)
ATC          Address Translation Controller (ATM)
ATC          Advanced Thermo Concept (Cooler-Master)
ATC          Authorized Testing Center (MS)
ATC          Automatic Transmission Control
ATCA         Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (Intel)
ATCA         Allied Tactical Communications Agency (Org., NATO, Mil.)
ATCP         [PPP] AppleTalk Control Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk, PPP,
NCP, RFC 1378)
ATD          Asynchronous Time Division (ATM)
ATDM         Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexer (ATD)
ATDMA        Asynchronous Time Division Multiple Access (ATD)
ATDP         ATtention Dial Pulse (MODEM)
ATDT         ATtention Dial Tone (MODEM)
ATE          Asynchronous Terminal Emulation (Banyan, VINES)
ATE          ATM Terminating Equipment (SONET, ATM)
ATEC         Authorized Training and Education Center (MS,  MOCS, MCSD,
ATEC)
ATES         Advanced Techniques integration into Efficient scientific
Software (ESPRIT, CASE)
ATF          Automatic Track Finding (DDS)
ATH          Absolute Threshold of Hearing (MP3)
ATH          ATtention Hang up (MODEM)
ATI          Advanced Telecomunications Institute (Org., USA)
ATI          Asociacion de Tecnicos de Informatica (Org., Spanien)
ATIP         Absolute Time In Pregroove (CD)
ATIS         Alliance  for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (Org., USA)
ATK          Andrew ToolKit (Unix)
ATKIS        Amtliches Topographisch-Kartographisches InformationsSystem
ATL          Activex Template Library (MS, ActiceX, MSVC)
ATL          Adaptive Threshold Learning (Neuronale Netze)
ATM          Abstract Test Method (ISO 9646-1)
ATM          Adobe Type Manager
ATM          Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
ATM          At The Moment (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
ATM          Automatic Teller Machine
ATMARP       ATM Address Resolution Protocol (ATM, ARP)
ATMP         Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol (Ascend, RFC 2107)
ATMS         Assumption based Truth Maintenance System (AI)
ATN          Augmented Transition Network
ATOB         ASCII TO Binary (ASCII)
ATOMM        Advanced super Thinlayer and high-Output Metal Media (Fuji)
ATP          [Macromedia] Authorized Training Program (Macromedia)
ATP          Advanced Technology Partner
ATP          Appletalk Transaction Protocol (Apple)
ATP          Application Transaction Program (IBM, APPC)
ATP          Available To Promise (SCM)
ATP2         AppleTalk Phase 2 (Apple, AppleTalk)
ATPS         AppleTalk Printing Services (AppleTalk, Apple)
ATR          Advanced Telecommunications Research laboratory (Org., Japan)
ATR          Answer To Reset
ATR          Automatic Terminal Recognition
ATRAC        Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding (Sony, Digital Audio, CODEC)
ATS          Abstract Test Suite
ATS          Adaptive Tape Speed (HP, Streamer, LTO)
ATS          Administrative Terminal System
ATS          Apple Terminal Services (Apple, AppleTalk)
ATSPI        Assistive Technology - Service Provider Interface (GNOME),
"AT-SPI"
ATSUI        Apple Text Services for Unicode Imaging (Apple, Unicode)
ATT          American Telephone and Telegraph, "AT&T"
ATUS         A Toolkit for Usable Security (Uni Freiburg)
ATVEF        Advanced TV Enhancement Forum (Org.)
ATX          Advanced Technology eXtended [form factor]
AU           Access Unit
AUAI         Association for Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
(Org., AI)
AUC          AUthentication Center (GSM, Mobile-Systems), "AuC"
AUDIT        AUtomated Data Input Terminal
AUDIUS       AUssenDIenstUnterstuetzungsSystem (CAS)
AUE          Andrew User Environment (Unix)
AUGCE        Autodesk User Group Central Europe (Org., User group)
AUGE         Apple User Group Europe (Org., Apple, User group)
AUI          Access Unit Interface
AUI          Asociacion de Usuarios de Internet (Internet, User group,
Spanien, Org.)
AUI          Attachment Unit Interface (Ethernet)
AUI          Audible User Interface (UI)
AUIS         Andrew User Interface System (Unix, UI)
AUP          Acceptable Use Policy (NFSNet)
AURP         Appletalk Update-based Routing Protocol (Apple, Appletalk,
RFC 1504)
AUT          Application Under Test
AUTODIN      AUTOmatic DIgital Network (DMS, DISA)
AUTOSAR      AUTomotive Open Systems Architecture [initiative] (Org.)
AUTOSEVOCOM  AUTOmated SEcure VOice COMmunications (Vorlaeufer, SVIP,
Mil., USA)
AUTOVON      AUTOmatic VOice Network (Vorlaeufer, DSN, DISA)
AUU          ATM User-to-User (ATM)
AUX          Apple UniX (Apple, Unix), "A/UX"
AUX          Auxiliary Power Unit (Airbus, A380)
AV           Audio/Video, "A/V"
AV           AudioVisual [macintosh] (Apple)
AVA          Audio-Visual Authoring
AVAS         teile-Auftragserfassungs-, Verwaltungs- und AbrufSystem (MBAG)
AVATAR       Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and Recreator (BBS)
AVC          Access Vector Cache
AVC          Advanced Video Coding (VCEG, Video)
AVC          Audio-Visual Connection
AVCD         Audio-Visual Computer Display
AVD          Advanced Video Disk [veraltet/old term] (China, EVD)
AVD          Alternation Voice/Data
AVDL         Application Vulnerability Description Language (OASIS, XML)
AVE          AutoCAD Visualization Extension (AutoCAD)
AVERT        Anti-Virus Emergency Response Team (McAfee)
AVGA         Advanced Video Graphics Array (VGA)
AVI          Audio Video Interleaved (MS)
AVIS         AuftragsVerwaltungs- und InformationsSYstem (MBAG)
AVL          Adelson, Veslkij and Laudis [tree]
AVM          AudioVisuelles Marketing und computersysteme [gmbh]
(Hersteller)
AVPD         Anchor Volume Descriptor Pointer (CD-R, UDF, ISO 9660)
AVR          Automatic Voice Recognition
AVR          Automatic Voltage Regulation (USV)
AVS          Address Verification System
AVS          Adult Verification System (WWW)
AWAC         Audio Waveform Amplifier and Converter (Apple)
AWADO        Automatischer Wechselschalter in der AnschlussDose
AWD          Automatische Waehleinrichtung fuer Datenverbindungen
AWE          Address Windowing Extensions (API, PAE)
AWE          Autocad Windows Extension (AutoCAD)
AWG          American Wire Gauge (Kabel)
AWK          al Aho, peter Weinberger, brian Kernighan (Unix)
AWL          AnWeisungsListe (DIN 19239)
AWOL         Absent WithOut Leave (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
AWP          Association of Web Professionals (Org., WWW)
AWS          Amazon Web Services (XML, API)
AWS          Apple Workgroup Server (Appletalk, Apple)
AWT          Abstract Window Toolkit (Java, Sun)
AWTAPI       Abstract Windows Toolkit-Application Programmer Interface
(AWT, API, Java)
AXE          Application eXecution Environment
AXIS         Apache eXtensible Interaction System (Apache, SOAP)
AYS          Are You Sure (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
AZEB         Australian/new Zealand EDIFACT Board (Org., EDIFACT), "AZ/EB"
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B2B          Business to Business
B2C          Business to Customer
B2E          Business to Employee
B8ZS         Binary 8 Zero Suppression [encoding] (ISDN, T1)
BAARF        Battle Against Any RAID Five (HDD, RAID)
BAC          Basic Air Control (RFID)
BACNET       Building Automation and Control NETwork, "BACnet"
BACP         Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (BAP, RFC 2125)
BAD          Broken As Designed (Slang)
BADW         Bayerische Akademie Der Wissenschaften (Org.)
BAGEL        Bay Area GNU Enthusiasts League (GNU, Org., User group)
BAI          Basic Access Interface (ISDN)
BALUN        BALanced-UNbalanced [adapter] (Kabel), "Balun"
BAM          Bidirectional Associative Memory (Neuronale Netze)
BAM          Block-Availability-Map
BAM          Bundesanstalt fuer Materialpruefung (Org., Berlin)
BAMP         BSD, Apache, MySQL, PHP (BSD, Apache, PHP, DB)
BAP          [PPP] Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (PPP, RFC 2125, BACP)
BAPC         [PPP] Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (PPP, BAP, RFC
2125)
BAPCO        Business Application Performance COrporation (Benchmark,
Org., Compaq, Dell, HP, IBM, MS, Lotus, Intel, ...), "BAPCo"
BAPI         Biometric Application Program Interface (API, MS, ...)
BAPI         Business Application Programmer's Interface (SAP, R/3, API)
BAPT         BundesAmt fuer Post und Telefon (Org.)
BAR          Base Address Register (IC)
BARRNET      Bay Area Regional Research NETwork (Netzwerk), "BARRNet"
BART         Basic Application RunTime (OS/2, IBM)
BARWAN       Bay Area Research Wireless Access Network (Netzwerk, USA)
BAS          Basic Activity Subset
BASH         Bourne-Again SHell (Unix, Shell)
BASIC        Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BASIN        Bundesweites Alternatives Studentisches
InformationsNetzwerk (WWW, Org.)
BAT          Baby Advanced Technology [board] (AT)
BAT          Bouquet Association Table (DVB)
BAT          Browser-based Application Toolkit (IBM, WWW)
BATV         Bounce Address Tag Validation (SMTP)
BAYSIS       BAY networks' Switched Internetworking Services, "BaySIS"
BB           BridgeBoard (Amiga, Commodore)
BBA          Big Brother Awards (DFUE, Internet)
BBC          Broadband Bearer Capability (B-ISDN)
BBIAB        [I'll] Be Back In A Bit (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
BBIAM        Be Back In A Minute (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
BBIAS        Bye, Back In A Second (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
BBL          Be Back Later (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
BBN          Bolt, Beranek and Newman (Hersteller)
BBNS         BroadBand Network Services
BBR          Back Bone Ring
BBS          Bulletin Board System (DFUE)
BCAM         Basic Communication Access Method
BCBDS        Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer Service (B-ISDN)
BCC          Base Communications-computer Center (Mil., USA)
BCC          Blind Carbon Copy (DFUE)
BCC          Block Check Character
BCCH         Broadcast Control CHannel (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
BCD          Binary Coded Decimal
BCDBS        Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer Service (ATM)
BCDIC        Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
BCDMA        Broadband Code Division Multiple Access (Interdigital, SNI,
Samsung), "B-CDMA"
BCF          Base station Control Function (BS, BTS, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
BCI          Batibus Club International (Org.)
BCI          Brain Computer Interface
BCM          Basic Control Monitor (OS, Xerox, Xerox 530)
BCN          Backbone Concentrator Node (Wellfleet)
BCOB         Broadband Class of Bearer (B-ISDN)
BCP          [Internet] Best Current Practice (Internet, RFC)
BCP          [PPP] Bridging Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1638)
BCP          Basic Call Process (IN)
BCP          Binary Communications Protocol
BCP          Binary Control Protocol (Adobe, PS)
BCPL         Basic / BBN  Combined Programming Language (BBN)
BCRFS        Bell System Reference Frequency Standard
BCS          Banking Communication Standard (Banking)
BCS          Basic Combined Subset
BCS          Basic Control System (OS, HP, HP 2100)
BCS          Binary Compatibility Standard (Motorola)
BCS          Block Check Sequenz (GPRS, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
BCS          British Computer Society (Org., UK)
BCSM         Basic Call State Model (IN)
BCU          Bus Controller Unit
BCV          Business Continuance Volumes (EMC)
BD           Blu-ray Disk (BD, Sony, Panasonic, TDK)
BDA          BIOS Data Area (BIOS)
BDA          Borland DAtabase (Borland, DB)
BDA          BundesDatenAutobahn [e.v] (Org., ISP)
BDAM         Basic Direct Access Method (DAM)
BDB          Berkely DataBase (DB)
BDC          Backup DOMAIN Controller (MS, Windows, NT, PDC)
BDD          Binary Decision Diagram
BDE          BetriebsDatenErfassung
BDE          Bit-lock Drive Encryption (MS, WPE)
BDE          Borland Database Engine (Borland, Delphi, DB)
BDF          Bitmap Description / Display Format (Adobe, Fonts)
BDK          [java]Beans Development Kit (Java)
BDOS         Basic Disk Operating System (CP/M)
BDPP         Biometric Device Protection Profile (UK, CESG)
BDR          Blu-ray Disk - Recordable (BD), "BD-R"
BDR          Bus Device Request (SCSI)
BDRE         Blu-ray Disk - RErecordable (BD), "BD-RE"
BDROM        Blu-ray Disk - Read Only Memory (BD), "BD-ROM"
BDSG         BundesDatenSchutzGesetz (Deutschland)
BEAT         Best Enhanced Advanced Technology (Trident, AT)
BEB          Binary Exponential Backoff (CSMA/CD, LIB)
BEC          Back-End-Chip (DVR)
BECEEP       BErlin Continuing Engineering Education Program, "BeCEEP"
BECN         Backward Explicit Congestion Notification (ATM)
BED          Bookmark Exploring Dabbler (VRML)
BEDO         Burst EDO [DRAM] (EDO, RAM, DRAM, IC, Micron)
BEDODRAM     Burst Extended Data Out DRAM (RAM, DRAM, IC), "BEDO-DRAM"
BEEP         Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (RFC 3080)
BEEV         Bundesverband der Elektronik- und ElektroschrottVerwerter
(Org.)
BEF          Brightness Enhancement Foile (LCD)
BELLCORE     BELL COmmunications REsearch (Org., USA), "Bellcore"
BEN          BEstaetigungsNummer (Banking)
BEOS         Be Operating System (OS), "BeOS"
BER          Basic Encoding Rules [for ASN.1] (ASN.1, OSI, ISO, IS 8825)
BER          Bit Error Rate (BIT)
BERKOM       BERliner KOMmunikationssystem (Netzwerk)
BERT         Bit Error Rate Test (BIT)
BES          Block Ended by Symbol (IBM, Assembler)
BES          Bursty Errored Seconds (DS1/E1)
BEST         Borland Enhanced Support and Training (Borland)
BEST         Business Executive System for Timesharing (OS, Qantel)
BEVU         Bundesvereinigung mittelstaendischer Elektro- und
elektronikgeraete entsorgungs- und VerwertungsUnternehmen (Org.,
Deutschland)
BEW          Business Engineering Workbench (R/3, SAP)
BF           Bus Fraction [pin] (Intel, Pentium, CPU)
BFD          Binary File Descriptor (Unix)
BFN          Bye For Now (DFUE-Slang, IRC, Usenet)
BFOC         Bayonet Fiber Optic Connector
BFT          Binary File Transfer (DFUE)
BGA          Ball Grid Array (IC, CPU)
BGI          Borland Graphics Interface (Borland)
BGP          Border Gateway Protocol (RFC 1267/1771, IP)
BGT          Broadcast and Group Translators
BHCA         Busy Hour Call Attempts
BHLI         Broadband High Layer Information, "B-HLI"
BHN          Bayerisches Hochschulnetz (Netzwerk)
BHO          Browser Helper Objects (MS, IE)
BHT          Branch History Table (CPU)
BI           Breidbart-Index (Usenet, ECP, EMP)
BIAB         Back In A Bit (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
BIB          Bild in Bild (PIP, Video)
BIB          Bus Interface Board
BIC          Bank Identifier Code (Banking)
BIC          Bit Independence Criterion (Verschluesselung, BIT)
BIC          Bus Interface Chip (DVR)
BICI         Broadband InterCarrier Interface (B-ISDN), "B-ICI"
BID          Bugtraq IDentification (Securityfocus)
BIDI         BIDirectional
BIDS         Borland International Data Structures (Borland)
BIF          Benchmark Interchange Format (PLB)
BIF          Built In Function (REXX)
BIG          Bionet Intelligent Gateway (BioData)
BIGFON       Breitbandiges Integriertes Glasfaser-Fernmelde-OrtsNetz
BIICS        Business Integration - Information Conformance Statements
(XML), "BI-ICS"
BIK          Barrierefrei Informieren und Kommunizieren (Internet)
BIKA         Barrierefreie Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie
fuer Alle (FIT)
BIKOS        BueroInformations- und KOmmunikationsSysteme (Org., GI)
BIM          Broadband Interface Module
BIMA         British Interactive Multimedia Association (Org., UK)
BIND         Berkeley Internet Name DOMAIN [software] (Unix)
BIOS         Basic Input Output System / Support (PC)
BIP          Bit Interleaved Parity (SONET, ..., BIT)
BIPV         Bit Interleaved Parity Violation (BIT)
BIRA         Belgian Institute for Automatic Control (Org., Belgien)
BIS          Business Information System
BISDN        Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (ATM), "B-ISDN"
BISP         Business Information System Program
BISSI        Broadband Inter-Switching System Interface (B-ISDN), "B-ISSI"
BIST         Built-In Self Test (Power4, IBM)
BISUP        Broadband ISDN User's Part (B-ISDN), "B-ISUP"
BISYNC       Binary SYNchronous Communications (IBM)
BIT          Basic Interconnection Test (ISO 9646-1)
BIT          Binary digIT
BITNET       Because It's Time NETwork (Netzwerk)
BITS         Background Intelligent Transfer Service (MS, Windows)
BITV         Barrierefreie InformationsTechnik Verordnung (Deutschland,
WCAG)
BIU          Bus Interface Unit
BIX          Byte Information eXchange
BJT          Bipolar Junction Transistor (IC)
BK           Buero Kommunikation
BKS          BenutzerKoordinatenSystem (CAD)
BL           Blue Lightning [processor family] (Intel)
BLADE        Basic Linear Algebra for Distributed Environments
BLAS         Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines
BLAST        Bell Labs Layered Space Time
BLAST        BLocked ASynchronous Transmission
BLER         BLock Error Rate (CD)
BLERA        BLock Error Rate After [recording] (DVD), "BLERa"
BLERB        BLock Error Rate Before [recording] (DVD), "BLERb"
BLLI         Broadband Low Layer Information (BISDN), "B-LLI"
BLM          Bayerische Landeszentrale fuer neue Medien (Org.)
BLMX         Board-Level Multitasking eXecutive (OS)
BLOB         Binary Large OBject
BLOROB       BLOck based ROBot
BLSM         Base Level System Modernization
BLT          BLock Transfer
BMBF         BundesMinisterium fuer Bildung und Forschung (Org.)
BMBW         BundesMinisterium fuer Bildung und Wissenschaft (Org.)
BMC          Baseboard Management Controller (IPMI)
BMDP         Bio-Medical Data Package
BMECAT       Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik
CATalog data exchange format (XML), "BMEcat"
BMFT         BundesMinisterium fuer Forschung und Technik (Org.)
BML          Bean Markup Language (Java)
BML          Business Management Layer (TMN)
BMOS         Bipolar Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
BMP          Basic Multilingual Plane (UCS)
BMP          Bean Managed Persistence (Java, EJB, CMP)
BMS          Basic Mapping Support (CICS)
BMS          Basic Monitor System (OS, DEC, PDP 9, PDP 15)
BMS          Broadcast Message Server (PCTE)
BMT          Biel Mean Time (TZ, Internet)
BMTA         Backbone Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
BMUG         Berkeley Macintosh User Group (Org., Apple, USA, User group)
BMWI         BundesMinisterium fuer WIssenschaft und technologie (Org.)
BN           Bridge Number
BNC          Baby N Connector (Slang)
BNC          Bayonet Neill Concelman [connector]
BNC          Bayonet Nipple Connector (Slang)
BNC          Bayonet Nut Coupling
BNC          British National Connector
BNC          British Naval Connector
BND          BundesNachrichtenDienst
BNEP         Bluetooth Network Encapsulation Protocol (Bluetooth)
BNF          Backus-Naur Form (TTCN, ...)
BNP          Broadband Network Premises
BNT          Broadband Network Termination (B-ISDN), "B-NT"
BNU          Basic Networking Utilities (AT&T)
BO           Back Orifice (CDC)
BOA          Basic Object Adapter
BOCA         Borland Object Component Architecture (Borland)
BOD          Business Object Documents (OAG)
BOF          Birds Of a Feather (Usenix)
BOFH         Bastard Operator From Hell (DFUE-Slang)
BOM          Beginning of Message
BOM          Byte Order Mark (Unicode)
BONDING      Bandwidth ON Demand INteroperability Group (Org.,
Hersteller, AIM)
BOOTP        BOOTstrap Protocol (RFC 951)
BOPS         Billion Operations Per Second
BORE         Break Once Run Everywhere
BORSCHT      Battery, Overvoltage, Ringing, Signalling, Coding, Hybrid,
Testing [functions] (PBX)
BOS          Basic Operating System (AIX, IBM)
BOS          Basic Overseer Server (AFS)
BOS          Batch Operating System (OS, Honeywell)
BOS360       Basic Operating System / 360 (OS, S/360, IBM), "BOS/360"
BOS5         Business Operating Software /5 (OS), "BOS/5"
BOSS         Basic OS Software for BASIC (OS, BASIC)
BOSS         BSI OSS Security Suite (BSI, OSS)
BOSS         Bus Owner/Supervisor/Selector (FireWire)
BOT          Back On Topic (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
BOT          Beginning Of Tape
BOT          Broadcast Online TV
BOT          Build, Operate and Transfer (Netzwerke)
BP           Base Pointer [register] (CPU, Intel, Assembler)
BPB          BIOS Parameter Block (BIOS, DOS, HDD, FDD)
BPC          Broadcast Personal Computer (PC)
BPD          BankParameterDaten (DDBAC)
BPDU         Bridge Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
BPEL4WS      Business Process Language for Web Services (XML, XSD, SOAP,
WSDL, OASIS)
BPF          Berkeley Packet Filter (BSD, Unix)
BPI          Bits Per Inch (HDD, BIT)
BPIP         Best Play for Imperfect Player (NEC)
BPL          Business Process Language
BPL          Bytes Per Line
BPN          Back-Propagation Net (NN)
BPP          Bits Per Pixel (BIT)
BPP          Bridge Port Pair
BPS          Bits Per Second (MODEM, BIT)
BPSK         Bi-Phase Shift Keying [modulation] (HiperLAN/2, , 802.11a)
BPSS         Business Process Specification Schema (ebXML, XML)
BPU          Branch Prediction Unit (CPU, MMX, Intel)
BPU          Branch Processing Unit (CPU)
BPV          BiPolar Violation [error event] (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)
BR           Boundary Representation (CAD, CAM)
BRAIN        Berlin Research Area Information Network (Netzwerk)
BRAIN        Broadband Radio Access for IP-based Networks
BRAM         Broadcast Recognition Access Method (MAC)
BRAN         Broadband Radio Access Network (ETSI, WLAN)
BRAP         Broadcast Recognition with Alternating Priorities (MAC)
BRAS         Broadband Remote Acess Server (ISP, DSL)
BRB          Be Right Back (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
BREW         Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (CDMA, Oualcomm)
BRF          Benchmark Reporting Format (PLB)
BRI          Basic Rate Interface (ISDN)
BRI          Bridge Router Interface ??? (Banyan, VINES)
BRIEF        Basic Reconfigurable Interactive Editing Facility
BRIM         Bridge/Router Interface Module
BRS          Big Red Switch
BRT          Browser Response Time (WWW)
BRTB         Berlin Regional TestBed (WIN)
BS           BackSpace
BS           BackSpace one record (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
BS           Banded Signaling
BS           Base Station (LA, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
BS           BetriebsSystem
BS2000       BetriebsSystem 2000 (SNI, OS)
BSA          Backbone Service Area
BSA          Business Software Alliance (Org., Hersteller)
BSAM         Basic Sequential Access Method (IBM, MVS, SAM)
BSC          Balanced ScoreCard
BSC          Base Station Controller (BS, BTS, GSM, GPRS, UMTS,
Mobile-Systems)
BSC          Binary Synchronous Coded
BSC          Binary Synchronous Communications [protocol] (IBM)
BSCM         Binary Synchronous Communications Module
BSD          Berkeley System / Software Distribution (Hersteller, Unix, OS)
BSD          Blind Spot Detection (Auto)
BSDI         Berkeley Software Design Incorporated (Hersteller)
BSDL         Berkeley/San Diego License
BSI          Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Hersteller)
BSI          British Standards Institute (Org., UK)
BSI          Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (Org.,
Deutschland)
BSIC         Base Station Identification Code (BS, BCCH, GSM,
Mobile-Systems)
BSMTP        Batched Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
BSP          BetriebsSystemProzessor (Windows, NT, SMP)
BSP          Binary Space Partitioning [tree]
BSP          Bug Squashing Party (Linux, Debian)
BSR          BootStrap Router (PIM, RP, Multicast)
BSS          Base Station System / Subsystem (GPRS, BSC, BTS)
BSS          Basic Service Set (WLAN)
BSS          Basic Synchronized Subset
BSS          Block Started by Symbol (IBM, Assembler, Unix)
BSS          Block Storage Segment
BSS          Broadband Switching System
BSSMAP       Base Station System Management Application Part (RR, BS,
MTP, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
BST          Bering Strait Time [-1100] (TZ)
BST          Brazil Standard Time [-0300] (TZ)
BST          British Summer Time [+0100] (TZ, UK)
BSVC         Broadcast Switched Virtual Connections (ATM)
BT           Baghdad Time [+0200] (TZ)
BT           Bering Time [-1100] (TZ)
BT           BlueTooth
BT           British Telecom (Org.)
BT           Burst Tolerance
BT           Bus Terminator
BTAM         Basic Tape Access Method (BS2000)
BTAM         Basic Telecommunications Access Method (IBM)
BTB          Branch Target Buffer (CPU)
BTC          Biting The Carpet (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
BTC          Block Turbo Codes (WIMAX, 802.16e)
BTDT         Been There, Done That (Slang, Linux, Kernel)
BTE          Broadband Terminal Equipment (B-ISDN), "B-TE"
BTH          Base Transport Header (Infiniband)
BTL          Bell Telephone Laboratories
BTLB         Block Translation Look-aside Buffer (CPU)
BTM          Batch Time-sharing Monitor (OS)
BTM          Benchmark Timing Methodology (PLB)
BTO          Build-To-Order
BTOA         Binary TO ASCII (ASCII)
BTP          Business Transaction Protocol (OASIS)
BTRON        Business TRON (TRON)
BTS          Base Transceiver Station entities (BCF, BS, GSM, GPRS,
UMTS, Mobile-Systems)
BTS          Bug Tracking System
BTU          Basic Transmission Unit (IBM, SNA)
BTW          By The Way (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
BTX          Balanced Technology eXtended [form factor] (AT, ATX)
BTX          BildschirmTeXt (Netzwerk, Datex-J, DTAG), "Btx"
BTXVST       BildschirmTeXt-VermittlungsSTelle (BTX), "Btx-VSt"
BUI          Bus Interface Unit (DEC)
BUP          Buffer Underrun Protection (DVD, CD)
BUS          Broadcast and Unknown Server (ATM, LANE)
BV           BildVerarbeitung
BVB          Besondere VertragsBedingungen
BVB          BundesVerband fuer Buero- und informationssysteme [e.v.] (Org.)
BVCP         [PPP] Banyan VINES Control Protocol (RFC 1763, Banyan,
VINES, PPP)
BVIT         BundesVerband InformationsTechnologien [e.v.] (Org.)
BVSI         Berufsverband de Selbststaendigen in der Informatik [e.V.]
(Org., Deutschland)
BW           Business Warehouse (DWH)
BWAM         Because We Are Mean (Slang, Cygwin)
BWBM         Bandwidth Balancing Mechanism (DQDB)
BWCC         Borland Windows Custom Controls (Borland, DLL)
BWF          Broadcast Wave Format (DCI)
BZR          BefehlsZaehlRegister (IC)
BZR          Bit Zone Recording (ROD, BIT)
BZR          BundesZentralRegister (IC)
BZT          Bundesamt fuer Zulassungen in der Telekommunikation (Org.,
DTAG)
BZUE          Beleglose ZahlscheinUEberweisung (Banking)
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C128         Commodore 128 [computer] (Commodore)
C2IS         Command and Control Information Systems (Mil., USA)
C3I          Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (Mil., USA)
C3IIS        Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence
Information Systems (Mil., USA), "C3I/IS"
C4           Command, Control, Communications and Computers (Mil., USA)
C4I          Command, Control, Communications, Computers and
Intelligence (Mil., USA)
C64          Commodore 64 [computer] (Commodore)
CA           Cell Arrival (ATM)
CA           Certification Authority (Verschluesselung, PKI)
CA           Channel Adapter (Infiniband)
CA           Computer Animation
CA           Computer Associates (Hersteller)
CAAD         Computer Aided Architectural Design
CABAC        Context Based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding (AVC)
CABS         Carrier Access Billing System
CABS         Computer Aided Business Simulation
CAC          Cantilver Array Chip (IBM, HDD, MEMS)
CAC          Channel Access Code (Bluetooth)
CAC          Computer Aided Crime
CAC          Connection Admission Control (UNI, ATM)
CACEAS       Computer-Assisted Circuit Engineering and Allocating System
CACTIS       Community Automated Counter-Terrorism Intelligence System
(Mil., USA)
CAD          Computer Aided  Dispatch / Drafting
CAD          Computer Aided Design (CIM)
CADE         Computer Aided Document Engineering (Microstar)
CADR         Client Authenticated DNS Request (DNS, Internet)
CADS         Computer-Assisted Display System
CAE          Client Application Enabler (IBM, DB)
CAE          Common Application Environment (X/Open)
CAE          Computer Aided Education
CAE          Computer Aided Engineering (CIM)
CAI          Computer Aided Inspection (CIM)
CAI          Computer Aided Instruction
CAIP         Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns (Conference)
CAIS         Common APSE Interface Specification (APSE, API)
CAIT         Center for the Application of Information Technology (Org.,
USA)
CAIT         Central Academy of Information Technology (Org., MITI)
CAL          Client Access License (Lotus, MS)
CAL          Computer Aided Logistics
CAL          Computer Assisted Learning
CALEA        Communications Assistance Law Enforcement Act (USA)
CALS         Computer aided Acquisition and Logistics Support
CALS         Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support
CAM          Common Access Method (SCSI)
CAM          Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAM          Conditional Access Modul (DVB, CI)
CAM          Content Addressable Memory (Ethernet, Switch)
CAMAC        Computer Automated Measurement And Control
CAMEL        Customized Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic
(UMTS)
CAMM         Computer Assisted Material Management
CAMP         Cygwin Apache MySQL PHP (Cygwin, Apache, SQL, PHP)
CAN          Complete Area Networks (SNI)
CAN          Controller Area Network [bus] (CAN)
CAO          Client Activated Object (SAO)
CAO          Computer Aided Office
CAO          Control Area Operator (EMS)
CAP          Carrierless Amplitude Phase [modulation] (ADSL, AT&T)
CAP          Common Alerting Protocol (XML, OASIS)
CAP          Communications-electronics Accommodation Program
CAP          Component Approval Process
CAP          Computer Aided Planning (CIM)
CAP          Computer Aided Publishing
CAPE         Computer Applications in Production and Engineering
(Conference, IFIP)
CAPI         Communication Application Program Interface (ISDN, API)
CAPI         Cryptography Application Programming Interface
(Verschluesselung, API)
CAPP         Computer Aided Process Planning
CAPPEAL      Controlled Access Protection Profile / Evaluation Assurance
Level, "CAPP/EAL"
CAPSL        CAnnon Printing System Language (Canon), "CaPSL"
CAPTCHA      Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Humans from
Computers Apart (AI)
CAPWAP       Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (WAP)
CAQ          Computer Aided Quality [control]
CAR          Central Access Routing (RND)
CAR          Computer Aided Retrieval
CAR          Computer Assisted Radiology
CAR          Contents of the Address Register (IBM, ELISP, CDR)
CARCAS       Computer Aided aRchiving and Change Accounting System
CARD         Candidate Access Router Discovery (RFC 4066)
CARDS        Central Archive for Reusable Defense Software (Mil., USA)
CARDVM       Card Virtual Machine (Java, Sun), "CardVM"
CARE         Computer Assistance Resource Exchange
CARLOS       Computer Aided Real Language Orthographic System
CARP         Common Address Redundancy Protocol (BSD)
CAS          Code Access Security (VSTO, .NET, MS)
CAS          Column Address Strobe (IC, DRAM)
CAS          Communicating Applications Specification (FAX, Intel, DCA)
CAS          Computer Aided Selling
CAS          Computer Aided Styling
CAS          Computer Algebra System
CAS          Computerized Autodial System
CAS          Content Addressed Storage (EMC)
CASE         Common Application Service Element (ISO, OSI)
CASE         Computer Aided Software Engineering
CASH         Computer Aided Service Handling (Ashton-Tate), "C.A.S.H."
CASID        Condition Access System IDentification (DVB, CAT)
CAST         Carlisle Adams and Stafford Tavares (Verschluesselung)
CAST         Computer Aided Software Testing
CAT          Central Alaska Time [-1000] (TZ)
CAT          Common Authentication Technology (IETF, RFC 1511)
CAT          Computer Aided Technology (Messe)
CAT          Computer Aided Telephony
CAT          Computer Aided Testing
CAT          Condition Access Table (DVB)
CATI         Computer Aided Telephone Interviewing
CATIS        Computer-Assisted Tactical Information System (Mil., USA)
CATNIP       Common ArchiTecture for Next generation Internet Protocol
(IPNG, RFC 1707)
CATOSL       Computer Associates - Trusted Open Source License (CA),
"CA-TOSL"
CATS         CodeWarrior Analysis Tools
CAUCE        Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (Org.,
Internet, Spam, UCE)
CAV          Constant Angular Velocity (CD, HDD, MOD)
CAVE         Cave for Automated Virtual Environment (VR)
CAVLC        Context-Adaptive Variable Length Coding (AVC)
CAVO         Computer Associates - Visual Objects (CA, DB), "CA-VO"
CBASIC       Commercial Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
(BASIC)
CBC          Cipher Block Chaining [mode] (DES, DESE, RC5, Verschluesselung)
CBCMAC       Cipher Block Chaining of Message Authentication Code (CBC,
MAC, Verschluesselung, WLAN), "CBC-MAC"
CBCP         CallBack Control Protocol
CBCS         Computer Based Conversation System (BBS)
CBDF         Character Bitmap Distribution Format (Adobe)
CBDS         Connectionless Broadband Data Service (Europa)
CBDTPA       Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act
(USA, DRM)
CBE          Certified Banyan Engineer (Banyan, VINES)
CBEFF        Common Biometric Exchange Format Framework (NIST, ISO 19785)
CBEMA        Computer & Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (Org.)
CBF          Code Behind Form (MS, Access, DB)
CBGA         Ceramic Ball and Grid Array (IC, CPU)
CBIOS        Compatibility Basic Input Output System (IBM, BIOS)
CBMS         Connectionless Broadband Data Service
CBQ          Class Based Queueing
CBR          Constant Bit Rate (ATM, VBR, ABR, UBR, QOS, BIT)
CBS          Certified Banyan Specialist (Banyan, VINES)
CBS          Component Based Setup (MS, Windows)
CBSR         Candidate BootStrap Router (PIM, BSR, Multicast), "C-BSR"
CBT          Canon Buffer Transmission (Fax)
CBT          Computer-Based Training
CBT          Core Based Tree [multicast protocol] (IP, RFC 1949/2189,
ST, Multicast)
CBX          Computerized Branch eXchange (PBX)
CC           Carbon Copy
CC           Common Criteria [for IT Security Evaluation] (CC)
CC           Continuity Cell (ATM)
CC           Country Code (MS-ISDN, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
CC           Cross Connector
CCA          Cisco Clean Access (Cisco)
CCA          Clear Channel Assessment (WLAN)
CCAF         Call Control Agent Function (IN)
CCC          Cablelabs Client Configuration (DHCP)
CCC          Catalyst Control Center (ATI, Windows)
CCC          Chaos Computer Club (Org.)
CCC          Computer Control Center
CCC          Cube Connected Cycles (MP)
CCCA         Campus Computer Communication Association (Org., USA)
CCCH         Common Control CHannel (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
CCCI         Center for Cyber Communities Initiative (Org., Japan)
CCD          Charge Coupled Device
CCE          [visual basic] Control Creation Edition (VB, ActiveX, MS)
CCE          Connection Control Entity
CCETT        Centre Commun d'Etudes de Telediffusion et
Telecommunications (Org., Frankreich)
CCF          Campus Computing Facilities (Org.)
CCF          Capsulated Color Filter (NEC)
CCF          Central Computer Facility
CCF          Connection Control Function (IN)
CCF          Controller Configuration Facility
CCFL         Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (LCD)
CCFT         Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube (LCD, Display)
CCIRN        Coordinating Committee of International Networks (Org.)
CCIS         Common Channel Interoffice Signaling (AT&T)
CCITT        Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et
Telephonique (Org., ITU, Vorlaeufer)
CCL          Cerberus Central Limited (Hersteller)
CCM          Change and Configuration Management
CCM          CORBA Component Model (CORBA)
CCM          Counter with CBC-MAC (Verschluesselung, CBC, MAC, RFC 3610)
CCMDB        Change and Configuration Management DataBase (IBM, Tivoli)
CCMP         Counter mode CBC MAC Protocol (CBC, MAC, Verschluesselung,
WLAN)
CCNC         Common Channel Network Controller
CCNC         Computer / Communications Network Center
CCNUMA       Cache-Coherent Non Uniform Memory Access (SMP, NUMA), "cc-NUMA"
CCP          [PPP] Compression Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1962)
CCP          Command Console Processor (CP/M)
CCP          Communications Control Program (OS, IBM)
CCP          Compact Communication Products (TPS)
CCPP         Composite Capability / Preference Profiles (W3C, RDF), "CC/PP"
CCR          Commitment, Concurrency and Recovery (OSI)
CCR          Current Cell Rate (ATM)
CCRA         Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CC)
CCRMA        Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (Org.,
Stanford, UK)
CCS          [Conference on] Computer and Communications Security
CCS          Cambridge Cybernetic Society (Org.)
CCS          Cluster Configuration System (GFS)
CCS          Coded Character Set (CCS, Unicode)
CCS          Common Channel Signaling (IN)
CCS          Common Command Set (SCSI)
CCS          Common Communications Support (IBM, SAA)
CCS          Communications-Computer Systems, "C-CS"
CCS          Computerized Charging System
CCS          Cyprus Computer Society (Org, Zypern)
CCS7         Common Channel signaling System 7 (IN, DTAG, CCITT)
CCSID        Coded Character Set IDentification (IBM)
CCSY         Cooperative Computing System Program (HP)
CCT          China Coast Time [+0800] (TZ)
CCTA         Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (Org., UK,
Vorlaeufer, OGC)
CCTLD        Country Code Top Level DOMAIN (Internet, ICANN), "ccTLD"
CCU          Cache Control Unit (Wyse)
CCU          Customer Control Unit
CCV          C-bit Coding Violation [error event] (DS3/E3, BIT)
CCW          COM Callable Wrapper (MS, COM, Java)
CD           Carrier Detect (MODEM, RS-232)
CD           Change Directory (DOS, Unix, OS/2)
CD           Committee Draft (ISO)
CD           Compact Disk (CD)
CDA          Communications Decency Act (Internet, USA)
CDA          Compound Document Architecture (DEC)
CDATA        Character DATA (DTD, PCDATA)
CDB          Command Descriptor Block
CDBS         Connectionless Data Bearer Service
CDBX         Computerized Digital Branch eXchange (PBX)
CDC          Connected Device Configuration (JVM)
CDC          Control Data Corporation (Hersteller)
CDC          Cult of the Dead Cow (Org.), "cDc"
CDD          Component Design Document
CDDA         Compact Disk - Digital Audio (CD, Digital Audio), "CD-DA"
CDDI         Copper Distributed Data Interface (FDDI, UTP)
CDE          Certified Directory Engineer (Novell, Netware)
CDE          Common Desktop Environment
CDE          Compact Disk - Erasable (CD), "CD-E"
CDE          Cooperative Development Environment (Oracle)
CDEF         Control DEfinition Functions (Apple, MDEF)
CDF          Channel Definition Format (MS, Internet, XML)
CDF          Compound Document Framework (IBM, OLE)
CDFS         Compact Disk File System (CD, OS/2, IBM)
CDG          Compact Disk + Graphics (CD), "CD+G"
CDI          Compact Disk - Interactive (CD), "CD-I"
CDIF         CASE Data Interchange Format (CASE)
CDK          Control Development Toolkit (MS, VB)
CDM          Compressed Data Mode
CDM          Conceptional Data Model (DB, PDM, Powerdesigner)
CDMA         Code Division Multiple Access (DFUE, Mobile-Systems)
CDMIDI       Compact Disk + Musical Instruments Digital Interface (CD,
MIDI), "CD+MIDI"
CDMO         Compact Disk - Magneto Optical (CD), "CD-MO"
CDMRW        Compact Disk - Mount Rainier Washington (CD-RW, CD), "CD-MRW"
CDMS         Command and Data Management System (ESA, Venus-Express)
CDMS         Communication Driver Maintenance System (ISDN, HST)
CDMU         Command and Data Management Unit (ESA, Venus-Express, CDMS)
CDNC         Chinese DOMAIN Name Consortium (Org., Internet, DOMAIN)
CDO          Collaboration Data Objects (WSH, MS)
CDO          Common Data Objects (MS, ASP)
CDPC         Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDPD         Cellular Digital Packet Data (Mobile-Systems)
CDPN         Context Dependent Path Names (CDSL, NFS, GFS)
CDR          Compact Disk - Recordable (CD), "CD-R"
CDR          Contents of the Decrement Register (IBM, ELISP, CAR)
CDRA         Character Data Representation Architecture
CDRAM        Cached Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC)
CDRM         Cross DOMAIN Resource Manager (VTAM, SSCP, IBM)
CDROM        Compact Disk - Read Only Memory (CD, ROM), "CD-ROM"
CDROMXA      Compact Disk - ROM / eXtended Architecture (CD, MPC, ROM),
"CD-ROM/XA"
CDRW         Compact Disk - ReWritable (CD), "CD-RW"
CDS          Cell Directory Service (DCE)
CDS          Class Data Sharing (Java)
CDS          Current Directory Structure (BIOS. DOS)
CDSA         Common Data Security Architecture (HP, Verschluesselung)
CDSG         Cultural Diversity Steering Group (ISSS)
CDSL         Context Dependent Symbolic Links (CDPN, NFS, GFS)
CDSS         Creative Decision Stimulation Systems (AI, DSS)
CDT          Cambridge Display Technology (Hersteller)
CDT          Cell Delay Tolerance (ATN)
CDT          Central Daylight Time [-0500] (TZ, CST, USA)
CDT          Compressed DOMAIN Transcoder (DVD)
CDTV         Commodore Dynamic Total Vision (Commodore)
CDV          Cell Delay Variation (UNI, ATM, QOS)
CDVT         Cell Delay Variation Tolerance (UNI, ATM, CDV)
CDWO         Compact Disk - Write Once (CD), "CD-WO"
CE           Communaute / Comunique Europeenne (Europa)
CE           Communications-Electronics, "C-E"
CE           Compact Edition (MS, Windows)
CE           Connection Endpoint (UNI)
CEARCH       Cisco Educational ARCHive (Cisco, WWW)
CEBIT        welt CEntrum Buero Information Telekommunikation (Messe),
"CeBIT"
CEC          Consumer Electronics Control [protocol]
CECI         CICS Enhanced Command Interpreter (IBM, CICS)
CECMG        Central Europe Computer Measurement Group (Org., Europa),
"cecmg"
CEDA         ??? (CICS, IBM)
CEDF         CICS Execution Diagnostic Facility (CICS, IBM)
CEDR         [Microsoft Windows] Compact Edition Driver Repository (MS,
Windows, CE)
CEE          [Linux] Consumer Electronics Edition (MontaVista, Linux, PDA)
CEECEB       Central and Eastern European Countries EDIFACT Board (Org.,
EDIFACT), "CEEC/EB"
CEFACT       CEntre for Facilitation of procedures and practices in
Administration, Commerce and Transport
CEG          Continuous Edge Graphics (Grafik, IC)
CEI          Connection Endpoint Identifier (UNI)
CELL         CIP/Ethernet Library for Linux (Linux, Ethernet, CIP, PLC)
CELP         Card Edge Low Profile [socket]
CELP         Code Excited Linear Prediction
CEM          Common [IT Security] Evaluation Methodology (CC)
CEM          Contract Equipment Manufacturer
CEMT         ??? (CICS, IBM)
CEN          Comite Europeen de Normalisation (Org., Europa, Bruessel)
CENELEC      Comite Europeen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique (Org.,
CEN, Europa)
CENTR        Council of European National Top level DOMAIN Registries
(Org., TLD, DOMAIN)
CEPAC        CMOS-Ein-Platinen-Allzweck-Computer (IC, CMOS, C'T)
CEPIS        Council of European Professional Informatics Societies
(Org., Europa)
CEPT         Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications
administrations (Org., CCITT, Conference, Europa)
CER          Cell Error Ratio (ATM)
CERFNET      California Educational and Research Federation NETwork
(Netzwerk), "CERFNet"
CERN         Conseil Europeenne pour la Recherche Nucleaire (Org.,
Europa, Genf)
CERT         Computer Emergency Response Team (DARPA, CMU, Internet)
CES          C-bit Errored Seconds (DS3/E3, BIT)
CES          Character Encoding Scheme (CSS, Unicode)
CES          Circuit Emulation Service
CES          Consumer Electronics Show (Messe, USA)
CESAR        Central Employment Search And Retrieval (WWW)
CESG         Communications-Electronics Security Group (Org., UK, GCHQ)
CET          Central European Time [+0100] (TZ, MET)
CET          Centro de Estudes de Telecomunicoes (Org., Portugal)
CF           Carry Flag (Assembler)
CF           Compact Flash [card]
CF           Compact Framework (MS, .NET, PocketPC)
CFA          Center for Architecture (Org., JIEO, DISA)
CFA          Code Fields Address (Forth)
CFB          Cipher FeedBack [mode] (Verschluesselung, DES)
CFC          ColdFusion Component (WWW, HTTPD)
CFD          Call For Discussion (Internet)
CFD          Computational Fluid Dynamics [applications]
CFE          Center for Engineering (Org., JIEO, DISA)
CFF          Compact Font Format (Adobe)
CFI          CAD Framework Initiative (Org., CAD)
CFM          Clock From Master (CTM, Rambus)
CFM          Code Fragment Manager (Apple)
CFM          ConFiguration Management (FDDI, SMT)
CFMC         Committee to Fight Microsoft Corporation (Org., MS)
CFML         Cold Fusion Markup Language
CFP          Call For Papers
CFP          Computers, Freedom & Privacy [conference]
CFP          Contention Free Period (PCF, MAC)
CFS          Center for Standards (Org., JIEO, DISA)
CFS          Cryptographic FileSystem (Linux, Verschluesselung)
CFT          Call For Testers
CFV          Call For Vote (Internet, Usenet), "CfV"
CFWS         Comments / Folding White Space (RFC 1822)
CG           C for Graphics (Nvidia, MS), "Cg"
CGA          Colour Graphics Adapter
CGA          Graphics Communications Association (Org.)
CGARI        Graphics Communications Association Research Institute
(Org., CGA)
CGATS        Committee for Graphics Arts Technologies Standards (Org., ANSI)
CGDC         Computer (???) Game Developers' Conference
CGI          Common Gateway Interface (WWW)
CGI          Computer Generated Imagery
CGI          Computer Graphics Interface
CGI          Computer Graphics International (Conference)
CGL          Carrier Grade Linux (Linux, OSDL)
CGM          Computer Graphics Metafile (ISO 8632)
CGMS         Copy Generation Management System (CD)
CGMSA        Content Generation Management System - Analog (WPE), "CGMS-A"
CGRM         Computer Graphics Reference Model (ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC 11072)
CGS          Continuous Grain Silicon [technology] (Sharp, LCD)
CGVDI        Computer Graphic Virtual Device Interface, "CG-VDI"
CHAID        CHisquard Automatic Interaction Detector / Detection (SPSS)
CHAP         [PPP] Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (PPP, RFC
1334/1994)
CHCP         CHange Code Page (DOS)
CHDL         Computer Hardware Description Language (HDL)
CHEST        Computers in Higher Education Software Team (Org., UK)
CHILL        CCITT HIgh Level programming Language (CCITT)
CHRP         Common Hardware Reference Platform (AIM)
CHS          Cylinder Head Sectors (HDD, BIOS)
CHSM         C Hardware Specific Module (NEST, MLID, Novell)
CHV          Card Holder Value [aka PIN] (ICC, PIN)
CI           Check In (RCS)
CI           Coded Information
CI           Common Interface (DVB)
CI           Component Interface (DMI)
CI           Configuration Item (CM)
CI           Congestion Indicator
CIA          CAN In Automation (Org., CAN), "CiA"
CIAC         Computer Incident Advisory Capability (Org., LLNL, Internet)
CIB          Collective Intelligent Brick (IBM, HDD)
CIB          Computer Integrated Business
CIC          Carrier Identification Code
CIC          Certified IT Consultant (BVSI)
CIC          Coordination and Information Center (CSNET)
CICA         Center of Innovative Computer Applications (Org.)
CICS         Customer Information Control System (IBM, CICS, Z/OS,
OS/390, VSE/ESA)
CICSESA      Customer Information Control System/Enterprise Systems
Architecture (IBM, CICS), "CICS/ESA"
CICSTS       Customer Information Control System / Transaction Server
(IBM, VSE/ESA), "CICS/TS"
CICSVS       Customer Information Control System / Virtual Storage (IBM,
CICS), "CICS/VS"
CID          Configuration - Installation - Distribution (IBM)
CIDF         Common Intrusion Detection Framework (CIDF, IDS)
CIDR         Classless Internet DOMAIN Routing [protocol] (RFC 1519)
CIDS         Cabin Intercommunication Data System (Airbus, A380, TCP/IP)
CIE          Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (Org.)
CIF          Common Intermediate Format [352x288] (Video)
CIFS         Common Internet File System (TCP/IP)
CIL          Common Intermediation Language (CLI)
CIL          Computer Integration Laboratories (Org., Apple, IBM,
Novell, Sun, ...)
CILABS       Component Integration LABoratorieS (Org.,, OpenDoc, Apple,
IBM, Adobe, ...), CILabs
CIM          Cisco Interactive Mentor (Cisco)
CIM          Common Information Model (DMTF, XML, DMI, SAN, WBEM)
CIM          Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CIMOM        CIM Object Model (CIM, WBEM)
CIMOS        CIncinnati Milacron Operating System (OS), "CiMOS"
CIO          Cisco Information Online (Cisco, WWW)
CIP          Carrier Identification Parameter
CIP          Classical IP over ATM (IP, ATM, IETF)
CIP          Common Industrial Protocol (ODVA)
CIP          Common ISDN Profile (Bluetooth, CAPI, ISDN)
CIP          Computer Integrated Processing
CIP          Computer-Investitions-Programm
CIPA         Camera & Imaging Products Association (Org.)
CIPA         Children's Internet Protection Act (Internet, USA, COPA)
CIQ          Customer Information Quality (OASIS, TC)
CIR          Committed Information Rate (ATM)
CIRAS        (Conference on] Computational Intelligence, Robotics and
Autonomous Systems
CIRC         Cross Interleaved Reed-solomon Code (CD)
CIRCIT       Centre for International Research on Communication and
Information Technology (Org., Australien)
CIS          Card Information Structure / Space (PCMCIA)
CIS          Command Information System (Mil., USA)
CIS          Compuserve Information Systems (Netzwerk)
CIS          Contact Image Sensor
CISA         Certified Information Systems Auditor (ISACA)
CISC         Complex Instruction Set Computer (CPU)
CISE         Computer and Information Science Directorate (Org., NSF)
CISKA        [3D] Campus-InformationsSystem KArlsruhe (Uni Karlsruhe, VRML)
CISM         Certified Information Security Manager (ISACA)
CISO         Certified Information Security Officer (ISTA)
CISPR        Comite International Special des Perturbations
Radioelectriques (Org.)
CISS         Center for Information Systems Security (Org., JIEO, DISA,
Mil., USA)
CISS         Confirmation Interactive Site Server [technology]
CISSP        Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2)
CIT          Computer Integrated Telephony
CIT          Computer Intergrated Tooling
CITED        Copyright In Transmitted Electronic Documents (ESPRIT)
CIU          ??? [switch] (IBM)
CIU          Core Interface Unit (Power4, IBM, IC)
CIVIC        Cyclone Integrated Video Interfaces Controller (Apple)
CIX          Commercial Internet eXchange (ISP)
CJK          Chinese - Japanese - Korean [encoding]
CKOA         Cygwin Keeper of Acronyms (Cygwin, OLOCA)
CL           Column Address Strobe Latency (CAS, IC)
CL           ConnectionLess (CO)
CL           Control Language (IBM, OS/400)
CL           Conversion Layer (HiperLAN/2, UMTS)
CLASS        Centralized Local Area Selective Signaling
CLASS        Custom Local Area Signaling Service
CLDC         Connected Limited Device Configuration (KVM, CDC, Java)
CLE          Certified Linux Engineer (Novell, Linux)
CLE          Certified Lotus Engineer (Lotus)
CLEC         Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
CLI          Call Level Interface (DB, SAG, X/Open, Oracle, Informix,
MS, ...)
CLI          Class LIbrary (CLI)
CLI          CLear Interrupt (Assembler)
CLI          Clearly Less Intimidating (Slang, Cygwin)
CLI          Command Line Interpreter / Interface (OS)
CLI          Common Language Infrastructure (MS, .NET, ECMA, CLI)
CLIC         Chemnitzer LInux Cluster (Linux, Chemnitz), "CLiC"
CLIC         Computer Liability Insurance Coverage
CLID         Calling Line IDentification
CLIM         Common LISP Interface Manager (CLOS, LISP)
CLIW         Configurable Long Instruction Word (IC, CPU)
CLL          ConnectionLess Layer (UNI, NNI, ATM)
CLNAP        Connectionless Network Access Protocol (UNI, NNI, ATM)
CLNP         ConnectionLess Network Protocol (OSI, ISO 8473)
CLNS         ConnectionLess Network Service
CLOS         Common LISP Object System (LISP)
CLP          Cell Loss Priority (UNI, ATM, CLR)
CLR          Cell Loss Ratio (UNI, ATM, QOS)
CLR          Common Language Runtime (MS, CLI, .NET)
CLS          Card Loading Signal
CLS          Common Language Specification (OOP, CLR, MS, .NET, CLS)
CLSF         ConnectionLess Service Function
CLSID        CLasS IDentifier (COM)
CLTP         ConnectionLess Transport Protocol (OSI)
CLUG         Chemnitzer Linux User Group (Chemnitz, User group, Linux)
CLUT         Color LookUp Table (VGA)
CLV          Constant Linear Velocity (CD, MOD)
CLX          Class Library for cross platform (Delphi, Windows, Linux)
CM           Compatibility Mode (PARISC, NM)
CM           Configuration Management
CM           Configuration Manager (BIOS, PNP)
CM           Connection Management (RR, MM, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
CM2          Communication Manager /2 (IBM), "CM/2"
CM5          Connection Machine 5 (TMC)
CMAS         Cambridge Multiple Access System (OS)
CMC          Common Messaging Calls [interface] (XAPIA)
CMC          Complement Carry Flag (Assembler)
CMC          Computer Mediated Communications [studies centre] (Org., USA)
CMDS         Cambridge Model Distributed System (OS)
CME          Component Management Entity
CME          Core Managed Environment (Phoenix, MBR), "cME"
CMGA         Community of Massive Gaming Agents (Internet, Deutschland,
DTAG)
CMGS         Cyan Magenta Gelb Schwarz (Farbsystem, DTP)
CMI          Coded Mark Inversion
CMI          Connection Manager Interface (IBM, SNA)
CMIA         China Medical Informatics Association (Org., China)
CMIIW        Correct Me If I'm Wrong (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
CMIP         Common Management Information Protocol (OSI, ISO, DP 9506,
X.700)
CMIS         Common Management Information Service (OSI)
CMISE        Common Management Information Service Element (CMIS)
CMM          Color Management Method (DTP, ICM)
CMMI         Capability Maturity Model Integration
CMMU         Cache/Memory Management Unit
CMO          Chi Mei Optoelectronic (Hersteller)
CMOL         CMIP Over LLC (OSI, LLC)
CMOS         Complementary-symmetry Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
CMOT         CMIP Over TCP (OSI, RFC 1189, CMIP, TCP)
CMP          Chip MultiProcessing (IBM, HP, Sun)
CMP          Container-Managed Persistence (Java, EJB, BMP)
CMP          Cooperative Marketing Partner (DEC)
CMR          Cell Misinsertion Rate (ATM)
CMS          [Cambridge] / Conversational Monitor System (IBM, OS, VM,
VME, VM/ESA, Z/VM)
CMS          Chip Multiprocessor System
CMS          Code Management System (DEC, CM)
CMS          Color Management System
CMS          Content Management Software / System
CMS          Cryptographic Message Syntax (Verschluesselung, RFC 2630)
CMT          Connection ManagemenT (FDDI)
CMU          Carnegie-Mellon-University (Org.)
CMX          Communications Manager uniX (Unix)
CMY          Cyan Magenta Yellow (Farbsystem, DTP)
CMYK         Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK (Farbsystem, DTP)
CN           Communications Network
CN           Connection Management (Mobile-Systems)
CN           Coordination Message (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
CN           Copy Network
CN           Corporate Network
CNA          Certified Novell Administrator (Novell, Netware)
CNA          Communication Network Architecture (SEL)
CNA          Communications Network Application
CNBC         Center for Neural Basis of Cognition (Org., CMU, AI)
CNC          Communications Network Control
CNC          Computerized Numerical Control
CND          Caldera Network Desktop (Linux)
CND          Caller Number Delivery (MODEM)
CNE          Certified Netware Engineer (Novell, Netware)
CNE          Corporate Network Edition (eBlaster)
CNEPA        Certified Netware Engineers Professional Association (Org.,
Netware)
CNET         Centre Nationale d'Etudes des Telecommunications (Org.,
Frankreich)
CNI          Certified Netware Instructor (Novell, Netware)
CNI          Coalition for Networked Information (Org.)
CNI          Common Network Interface
CNIDIR       Coalition for Networked Information DIRectories (Internet)
CNM          Communications Network Management
CNM          Customer Network Management
CNMA         Communications Network for Manufacturing Applications
CNMS         Cylink Network Management System
CNNIC        China interNet Network Information Center (Org., Internet,
China)
CNP          Corporate Network Products (TPS)
CNR          Communications and Network Riser
CNRCVUUCP    Compressed News ReCeive Via UUCP
CNS          Certified Novell Salesperson (Novell, Netware)
CNS          Complimentary Network Service
CNS          Compuserve Network Services (CIS)
CNTFET       Carbon Nano-Tube Field Effect Transistor
CO           Check Out (RCS)
CO           Connection Oriented (CL)
COA          Certificate of Authenticity (MS, Windows, XP)
COACH        Component based Open source ArCHitecture for distributed
systems (CORBA)
COAS         Caldera Open Administration System (Linux)
COAST        Cache On A STick (Intel)
COAST        Computer Operations, Audit and Security Technology (Org.)
COBOL        COmmon Business Orientated Language
COBRA        COmmunication technology: Basic Research and Applications
(Org., Niederlande)
COBRA        COmmunication technology: Basic Research and Applications
COBWEB       COntent-Based image retrieval on the WEB (WWW, ESPRIT)
COCA         Cost Of Cracking Adjustment (Verschluesselung)
COCOT        Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephone
COD          Connection Oriented Data
CODASYSL     Conference On DAta Systems Languages (Conference)
CODCF        Central Office Data Connecting Facility
CODE         Client/server Open Development Environment (Powersoft)
CODE         COlor Depth Enhancement (ATI)
CODEC        COder - DECoder
COE          Central Office Equipment
COE          Common Operating Environment [certification] (DISA, Mil.)
COEES        COE Engineering System (COE)
COFDM        Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (Digital
Audio, DAB)
COFF         Common Object File Format (Unix)
COIPX        Connection Orientated Internet Packet eXchange (Novell,
Netware, IPX), "CO-IPX"
COL          Caldera Open Linux (Caldera, Linux)
COLD         Computer Output on LaserDisk
COLIBRI      COprozessor fuer LISP auf der Basis von RISC (RISC)
COM          Component Object Model (OLE, OLE2, OCX, ActiveX, MS)
COM          Computer Output on Microfilm
COM          Continuation of Message
COMA         Cache Only Memory Architecture (SMP)
COMAL        COMmon Algorithmic Language
COMDEX       COMputer Dealer's EXposition (Messe)
COMIC        COnversational Multimodal Interaction with Computers
[project] (Europe)
COMPARTS     COMputergestuetztes PARtner-TeilebestandsSystem (MBAG)
COMPTIA      COMPuting Technology Industry Association (Org.)
COMTECH      COMputer TECHnologies (Messe)
CONCERT      Communications for North Carolina Education, Research and
Technology (Netzwerk)
CONCISE      COSINE Network's Central Information Service for Europe
(COSINE, Netzwerk)
CONLAN       CONsensus LANguage (HDL)
CONS         Connection Oriented Networking Service
CONTAC       Central Office NeTwork ACcess
COOL         COBOL Object Orientated Language (OOP, COBOL)
COOP         Concurrent Object Orientated Programming (OOP)
COP          Character-Oriented Protocol
COPA         Child Online Protection Act (Internet, USA, CIPA)
COPP         Certified Output Protection Protocol (MS, RSA, WPE)
COPS         Common Open Policy Service protocol (RFC 2748)
COPS         Computer Oracle and Password System (Unix)
COPSPR       Common Open Policy Service for Policy Provisioning (COPS,
RFC 3084), "COPS-PR"
CORAN        Communication ORiented Application aNalysis
CORBA        Common Object Request Broker Architecture (OMG)
CORDIS       COmmunity Research and Development Information Service (Europa)
COS          Card Operating System (OS, ICC)
COS          Cassette Operating System (OS)
COS          Class of Service
COS          Clip On Socket (CPU)
COS          Commercial Operating System (OS, DEC, PDP 11)
COS          Concurrent Operating System (OS, UNIVAC 9200, UNIVAC 9300)
COS          Corporation for Open Systems (Org., OSI, User group)
COS          Cray Operating System (OS, Cray)
COSA         COmputerunterstuetzte SAchbearbeitung
COSA         COmputing in der Sozialen Arbeit (Org, Koeln)
COSE         Common Open Software Environment (HP, Sun, IBM, SCO, USL,
Univel)
COSINE       Cooperation for OSI Networking in Europe (Org.)
COSMOS       COmputer System for Mainframe OperationS
COSS         Common Object Services Specification
COST         COpenhagen SGML Tool (SGML), "CoST"
COT          Central Office Terminal
COTP         Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol (OSI, ISO 8073)
COTS         Commercial Off The Shelf (CC)
COTS         Connection-Oriented Transport [layer] Service
COW          Character Orientated Windows (MS, SAA, UI)
CP           Connection Processor
CP           Contention Period (DCF, MAC)
CP           Control Point (IBM, SNA)
CP           Control Program (IBM, OS, VM/ESA, VM)
CP           Coordination Point (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
CPA          Collaboration Partner Agreement (CPPA, ebXML)
CPA          Collaboration Protocol Agreements (ebXML)
CPAN         Comprehensive PERL Archive Network (PERL)
CPC          Cost Per Copy
CPCI         Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), "cPCI"
CPCM         Content Protection Copyright Management (DVB, CPTWG)
CPCS         Common Part Convergence Sublayer (ATM)
CPDP         Cellular Digital Packet Data
CPE          Continuing Professional Education
CPE          Customer Premises Equipment (ACS)
CPF          Control Program Facility (OS, IBM, S/38)
CPGA         Ceramic Pin Grid Array (IC, CPU)
CPH          Cost Per Hour
CPI          Characters Per Inch
CPI          Common Part Indicator (ATM)
CPI          Common Programming Interface (IBM, SAA)
CPI          Computer Private branch exchange Interface
CPIC         Common Programming Interface for Communications (IBM, SAA,
API), "CPI/C"
CPIO         CoPy In/Out (Unix)
CPIRR        Common Programming Interface Resource Recovery (IBM, SAA)
CPL          Combined Programming Language (DEC, PL/1)
CPL          Common Public License (IBM, IPL)
CPL          Control Panel Applet (MS, Windows, XP)
CPL          Conversational Programming Language (DEC)
CPLD         Complex Programmable Logic Device (PLD, IC, RL)
CPM          Communication Processor Module (Motorola)
CPM          Control Program for Microcomputers (OS, DR), "CP/M"
CPM          Cost Per Minute
CPM          Critical Path Method
CPMS         Central Point Management Services (Central Point)
CPN          Calling Party Number
CPN          Compuserve Packet Network (Netzwerk)
CPN          Customer Premises Network
CPNET        Control Program / NETwork (CP/M, OS), "CP/NET"
CPNOS        Control Program / ??? (CP/NET, CP/M, OS), "CP/NOS"
CPODA        Contention Priority Orientated Demand Assignment (MAC, PODA)
CPP          Collaboration Partner Profile (CPPA, ebXML)
CPP          Collaboration Protocol Profiles (ebXML)
CPPA         Collaboration Partner Profile and Agreement (ebXML, XML)
CPPS         Card / Paper tape Programming System (OS, IBM)
CPS          Central Processing System
CPS          Characters Per Second
CPSI         Configurable PostScript Interpreter
CPSR         Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (Org., USA)
CPTWG        Copyright Protection Technical Working Group (DVB, WG)
CPU          Central Processing Unit
CPUID        Central Processing Unit IDentifier (CPU)
CPW          Cross-Platform Windowing [library] (OpenGL)
CR           Carriage Return (ASCII)
CRAFT        Cray Research Adaptive FORTRAN (Cray, MPP, FORTRAN)
CRAM         Cache RAM (RAM)
CRAM         Card Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
CRAS         Cable Repair Administrative System
CRC          Cyclic Redundancy Check[sum]
CRCG         [Fraunhofer] Center for Research in Computer Graphics
(Org., USA)
CRCG         Common Routing Connection Group
CRD          Color Rendering Dictionary (PS)
CREN         Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (Netzwerk)
CRET         Color - Resolution Enhancement Technology (HP), "C-REt"
CRFVC        Connection Related Function Virtual Channel (UPC, UNI),
"CRF(VC)"
CRFVP        Connection Related Function Virtual Path (UPC, UNI), "CRF(VP)"
CRI          Cray Research, Inc. (Hersteller)
CRIMM        Continuity Rambus Inline Memory Module (RIMM, IC, Rambus)
CRIN         Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Nancy (Org., Frankreich)
CRISC        Complex-Reduced Instruction Set Computer
CRISP        Complex-Reduced Instruction Set Processor
CRISP        Cross Registry Internet Service Protocol (Internet, RFC 3707)
CRJE         Conversational Remote Job Entry (RJE)
CRL          Certificate Revocation List (Verschluesselung)
CRL          Compile-time Reconfigurable Logic (RL)
CRLF         Carriage Return - Line Feed (ASCII, DOS)
CRM          Customer Relationship Management
CRML         Customer Relationships Markup Language (xCRL, Vorlaeufer)
CRP          Candidate Rendezvous Point (PIM, RP, Multicast), "C-RP"
CRP          Common Reference Platform (PowerPC)
CRPC         Center for Research on Parallel Computation (STC)
CRS          Cell Relay Service (UNI, ATM)
CRS          CMOS Reload Switch (CMOS, Gigabyte), "C.R.S."
CRT          Cathode Ray Tube
CRT          Computer Technology Research [corporation] (Anbieter)
CRTC         Cathode Ray Tube Controller (EGA, VGA, MCGA)
CRTM         Core Root of Trust for Management (TCPA)
CS           Carrier Selection
CS           Chip Select (IC)
CS           Client/Server, "C/S"
CS           Code Segment [register] (CPU, Intel, Assembler)
CS           Coding Scheme (GPRS, Mobile-Systems)
CS           Computer Science
CS           Controlled Slip [error event] (DS1/E1)
CS           Convergence Sublayer (ATM)
CS1          Capability Set 1 (IN), "CS-1"
CS2          Capability Set 2 (IN)
CSA          Callpath Service Architecture (IBM, CTI)
CSA          Client Service Agent
CSA          Communication Streaming Architecture (Intel, MCH, DNB)
CSA          Configuration Status Accounting
CSAPI        Common Speller Application Program Interface (API)
CSC          Computer Sciences Corporation (Anbieter)
CSCC         Concurrent SuperComputing Consortium (Org.)
CSCD         Caldera Systems Curriculum Developers (Caldera)
CSCSI        Canadian Society for the Computational Studies of
Intelligence (Org., Kanada, AI)
CSCW         Computer Supported Cooperative Work
CSD          Control flow Specification Diagram (CASE)
CSD          Corrective Service Diskettes (IBM)
CSD          Customer Specific Dictionaries
CSDC         Circuit Switched Digital Capability
CSDC         Code Segment Descriptor Cache [register] (CS, Intel, CPU)
CSE          Client-Server Environment
CSEIA        [conference on] Computer Support for Environmental Impact
Assessment (IFIP, Conference)
CSEL         Cable SELect (EIDE, HD)
CSELT        Centro Studi E Laboratori Telecomunicazioni [s.p.a.] (Org.,
Italien)
CSEM         Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtecnique (Org.,
Schweiz)
CSES         C-bit Severely Errored Seconds (DS3/E3, BIT)
CSG          Constructive Solid Geometry (CAD, CAM)
CSH          C SHell (Unix, BSD, Shell)
CSH          Complementary Software House (DEC)
CSI          Common Secure Interoperability (CORBA)
CSI          Common System Interface (Intel, Xeon)
CSI          CompuServe Incorporated (ISP)
CSI          Convergence Sublayer Indication (ATM)
CSIC         Customer Specific Integrated Circuit (IC, RL)
CSID         Caller Station IDentification (Fax)
CSIDS        Central command/Southern command Integrated Data System
(Mil., USA)
CSII         Center for Systems Interoperability and Integration (Org., ???)
CSIP         Chipset Stable Image Program
CSIRO        Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organization (Org., UK)
CSIS         Central Schengen Information Systen (SIS, EU, Strasbourg)
CSKI         Ceska Spolecnost pro Kybernetiku a Informatiku (Org.,
Tschechien)
CSL          Callable Services Library (IBM, VM/ESA, CMS)
CSL          Computer SoLutions [software gmbh] (Haendler)
CSLIP        Compressed [headers] Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP, IP)
CSM          Cluster System Management (IBM)
CSMA         Carrier Sense Multiple Access
CSMACA       Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance,
"CSMA/CA"
CSMACD       Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
(IEEE 802.3, Ethernet, CSMA/CD), "CSMA/CD"
CSMS         C Specific Media Support (NEST, MLID, Novell)
CSMUX        Circuit Switching MUltipleXer (FDDI), "CS-MUX"
CSN          Card Select Number (PNP)
CSNET        Computer + Science NETwork (USA, Netzwerk, BITNET)
CSP          Centro Supercacolo Piemonte (Org., Italien, HPC)
CSP          Chip Scale Package (IC)
CSP          Communicating Sequential Processes
CSP          Cross System Product (IBM)
CSPDN        Circuit Switched Public Data Network (IN)
CSPDU        Convergence Sublayer Protocol Data Unit (ATM, PDU), "CS PDU"
CSPP         Computer Systems Policy Project [group] (Org., USA. Hersteller)
CSR          Cell misSequenced Ratio (ATM)
CSR          Cell Switch Router (Toshiba)
CSR          Certificate Signing Request (SSL)
CSRAM        Clock Synchronous Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
CSS          Cascading Style Sheets (HTML, XML, WWW,  JavaScript)
CSS          Computer Sub System
CSS          Content Scrambling System (DVD, Matsushita, IBM)
CSS          Controlled Slip Seconds (DS1/E1)
CSS          Customer Switching System
CST          Central Standard Time [-0600] (TZ, CDT, USA)
CSTA         Computer Supported Telecommunications Applications (ECMA, CTI)
CSTB         Computer Science and Technology Board (Org., NRC)
CSTC         Computer Security Technology Center (Org., CIAC)
CSTO         Computing Systems Technology Office (Org., ARPA)
CSTR         Centre for Speech Technology Research
CSTS         Computer Supported Telecommunications Standard
CSU          Channel Service Unit (ATM)
CSUNET       California State University NETwork (Netzwerk, USA)
CSV          Client SMTP Validation (SMTP, SPAM)
CSV          Comma Separated Values
CT           [magazin fuer] Computer Technik, "c't"
CT           Chipcard Terminal (ICC, CT)
CT           Chips & Technologies (Hersteller), "C&T"
CT           Clackamas Technology (Intel, Pentium, CPU)
CTAN         Comprehensive Tex Archive Network (TeX, FTP)
CTAPI        Chipcard Terminal Application Program Interface (ICC, CT,
API), "CT-API"
CTB          Communication ToolBox (Apple)
CTC          Convolutional Turbo Coding (WIMAX, 802.16e)
CTCA         Channel To Channel Adapter (IBM, System/370)
CTCP         Client To Client Protocol (IRC)
CTCPEC       Canadian Trusted Computer Product Evaluation Criteria (Canada)
CTD          Cell Transfer Delay (UNI, ATM, QOS)
CTDW         Cygwin Technical Documentation Writer (Cygwin)
CTE          Compliance Test and Evaluation, "CT & E"
CTEA         Copyright Term Extension Act (USA,  DRM)
CTEC         Certified Technical Education Center (MS)
CTERM        Command TERMinal (DEC)
CTI          Computer Telephony Integration
CTM          Clock To Master (CFM, Rambus)
CTM          Communication Trunk of Medium range (Mil., Deutschland)
CTOS         Cassette Tape Operating System (OS, Datapoint)
CTP          Community Technology Preview
CTP          Cordless Telephony Profile (Bluetooth)
CTR          [columbia university] Center for Telecommunications
Research (Org., USA)
CTR          Common Technical Regulations (Europa)
CTRON        Central TRON (TRON)
CTS          Cipher Text Stealing [mode] (Verschluesselung)
CTS          Clear To Send (MODEM, RS-232)
CTS          Common Type System (OOP, CLR, MS, .NET, CLS)
CTS          Compatibility Test Suite (Sun, J2EE)
CTS          Conformance Testing Service (OSTC)
CTS          Cut-Through-Switch (FC, PMC-Sierra)
CTSM         C Topology Specific Module (NEST, MLID, Novell)
CTSS         Compatible Time Sharing System (Unix, Vorlaeufer, OS, MIT)
CTSS         Cray TimeSharing System (OS, Cray, LLNL)
CTT          Cartridge Tape Transport
CTT          Character Translation Table
CTTC         Cartridge Tape Transport Controller
CTV          Cell Tolerance Variation (ATM)
CTY          Console teleTYpe
CU           Call Up (Unix)
CU [L]       [see you [Later]] (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
CUA          Common User Application
CUCUG        Champaign-Urbana Computer Users Group (Org., User group)
CUI          Character User Interface (UI)
CUI          Common User Interface (AMS, UI)
CUL          Computer Und Lernen (Org.)
CUP          Competitive UPgrade (MS)
CUPS         Common Unix Printing System (Unix, Drucker)
CUSI         Configurable Unified Search Interface (WWW)
CUSP         Commonly Used System Program (DEC)
CUT          Control Unit Terminal
CUU          ComputerUnterstuetzte Unterweisung
CVD          Chemical Vapor Deposition
CVE          Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (Org.)
CVF          Compressed Volume File (DOS)
CVIA         Computer Virus Industry Association (Org., USA)
CVS          Computer Vision Syndrome
CVS          Concurrent Versions System (Unix)
CVSD         Continuous Variable Delta Modulation (DFUE)
CVSELP       Codex Vector Sum Excited Linear Prediction [algorithm]
(Motorola, VOFR)
CVSS         Common Vulnerability Scoring System (NIAC)
CVW          MITRE Collaborative Virtual Workspace license
CWI          Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (Org., Niederlande)
CWIS         Campus Wide Information System
CWMI         Common Warehousing Metadata Interchange (DB, DWH)
CWP          Current Workspace Pointer (SPARC, CPU)
CWT          Character Width Table
CXFS         Clustered eXtended File System (SGI, RAID, XFS)
CXI          Common X-windows Interface (Unix)
CXML         Commerce eXtensible Markup Language (XML), "cXML"
CXTP         ConteXt Transfer Protocol (RFC 4067)
CYMK         Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, blacK (Farbsystem)
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D2B          Domestic Digital Bus
D2D2T        Disk To Disk To Tape (Streamer, LTO)
D3D          Direct3D (DirectX, MS)
D3DRM        Direct3D Retained Mode (DirectX, MS)
DA           Data Area (CD-MRW, SA)
DA           Destination [MAC] Address (SNA, Token Ring, ATM, FDDI, ...)
DA           Digital-to-Analog (D/A), "D/A"
DA11         DatenAustauschphase 11  [allgemeine bauabrechnung] (GAEB)
DA81         DatenAustauschphase 81 [leistungsverzeichnis] (GAEB)
DA82         DatenAustauschphase 82 [kostenanschlag] (GAEB)
DA83         DatenAustauschphase 83 [angebotsanforderung] (GAEB)
DA84         DatenAustauschphase 84 [angebotsabgabe] (GAEB)
DA85         DatenAustauschphase 85 [nebenangebot] (GAEB)
DA86         DatenAustauschphase 86 [zuschlag/auftragserteilung] (GAEB)
DAA          Device Access Architecture (Vireo)
DAA          Digest Access Authentication (HTTP)
DAAP         Digital Audio Access Protocol (DMAP, Apple)
DAB          Digital Audio Broadcasting
DAC          Digital to Analog Converter
DAC          Discretionary Access Control (Unix, Linux, MAC)
DAC          Dual Address Cycle (PCI)
DAC          Dual Attached Concentrator (FDDI)
DACAPO       ??? [hardware description language] (HDL)
DACL         Discretionary Access Control List (ACL)
DACNOS       Distributed Academic Computing Network Operating System
(OS, HECTOR)
DACS         Digital Access Control System (ISDN, DES, Verschluesselung)
DACS         Distributed Access Control System (Apache)
DACT         DAta Compression Technology
DAD          Desktop Application Director (WordPerfect)
DAD          Duplicate Address Detection (NDP, IPv6)
DAE          Digital Audio Extraction (CD, Audio)
DAEMON       Disk And Execution MONitor (Unix)
DAF          Distributed Application Framework (CCITT)
DAG          DatenAnschaltGeraet
DAG          Directed Acyclic Graph (NVSG)
DAI          ??? (Sun)
DAI          Device Application Interface (Novell, Netware, SMS)
DAI          Distributed Artificial Intelligence (AI)
DAIDALOS     Designing Advanced network Interfaces for the Delivery and
Administration of Location independent, Optimized personal Services (Europa)
DAINET       Deutsches AgrarInformationsNETz (WWW, Org.)
DAIS         Database Access and Integration Services (GGF, WG, grid, OGSA)
DAIS         Distributed Application Integration System (ORB)
DAISGR       Database Access and Integration Service Group Registry
(DAIS, grid)
DAL          Data Access Language (Apple)
DALI         Distributed Artificial LIfe (AI), "DALi"
DAM          Debian Account Manager (Linux, Debian)
DAM          Digital Asset Management
DAM          Direct Access Method / Mode (DAM, SAM)
DAM          Distributed Abstract Machine
DAM          Draft AMendment (ISO)
DAMLOIL      DARPA Agent Markup Language and Ontology Inference Layer
(DARPA, RDF, KM), "DAML+OIL"
DAMQAM       Dynamically Adaptive Multicarrier Quadrature Amplitude
Modulation
DANA         De.Admin.News.Announce (Usenet), "D.A.N.A."
DANTE        Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe (Org.,
Europa)
DANTE        Deutschsprachige ANwendervereinigung TEx [e.v.] (TeX, User
group, Org.)
DAO          Data Access Objects (DB)
DAO          Destination Address Omitted [flag] (CATNIP)
DAO          Disk At Once (CD-R, SAO)
DAP          Data Access Protocol (DEC, DNA)
DAP          Developers Assistance Program (IBM)
DAP          Directory Access Protocol (X.500, DS)
DAP          Directory Application Protocol (IN)
DAP          Document Application Profile (JTC1, ODIF, ODA)
DAPE         Distributed Application Programming Environment (ORB)
DAPHNE       Document Application Processing in a Heterogeneous Network
Environment
DAPIE        Developer API Extensions (IBM, OS/2, API)
DARI         Database Application Remote Interface (IBM, DB)
DARMP        Defense Automation Resources Management Program (Mil., USA)
DARPA        Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Org., USA)
DART         Dynamic Advertising Reporting & Targeting [technology]
(WWW, Doubleclick)
DAS          Database Access Service (MS, MOM)
DAS          Direct Attached Storage
DAS          Directory Assistance Service [protocol] (RFC 1202)
DAS          Disk Array Subsystem (Unix, HP-UX)
DAS          Dual Attached Station (FDDI)
DAS          Dual Attachment Station (FDDI, Schneider & Koch)
DAS          Dynamic Allocation Scheme [protocol]
DASD         Direct Access Storage Device
DASI         Dial Access Signaling Interface
DASP         Drive Active, Slave Present (IDE)
DASS         Digital Access Signaling System
DASS         Distributed Authentication Security Service (RFC 1507)
DAT          Digital Audio Tape (Digital Audio)
DATEV        DATEnVerarbeitungszentrale der steuerberatenden Berufe
(Org., Nuernberg)
DATEX        DATa EXchange
DATEXJ       DATa EXchange - Jedermann (DTAG), "DATEX-J"
DATEXL       DATa EXchange - Leitungsvermittlung
DATEXM       DATa EXchange - Multimegabit (DTAG, SMDS, BIT), "DATEX-M"
DATEXP       DATa EXchange - Packetized / Packetvermittlung (DTAG,
X.25), "DATEX-P"
DAU          Duemmster Anzunehmender User (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
DAV          [WWW] Distributed Authoring diVersioning (WWW, HTTP)
DAV          Digital Audio Video (Apple, Digital Audio)
DAVIC        Digital Audio Visual Interoperatibility Council (Org.,
Digital Audio)
DAVID        Digital Audio Video Interactive Decoder (Digital Audio)
DAVIS        DAimler-Benz Vertragspartner-InformationsSystem (MBAG)
DAWAK        DAta WArehousing and Knowledge discovery
DAWN         Defense Attache Worldwide Network (Netzwerk, Mil.)
DAX          Developer API eXtension (OS/2, IBM, API)
DB           DataBase
DB2          DataBase 2 (IBM, DB)
DB2CS        DataBase 2 Client/Server (IBM, DB2, DB), "DB2 C/S"
DB2SDK       DataBase 2 Software Development Toolkit (DB2, IBM, DB),
"DB2 SDK"
DBA          DataBase Administrator (DB)
DBA          Drei Buchstaben Akronym
DBAC         DataBase Administration Center (DB)
DBAS         DataBase Administration System (DB)
DBC          Design By Contract
DBC          Device Bay Controller
DBCS         Double-Byte Character Set
DBD          DataBase Description (IBM, DB)
DBDMA        Descriptor Based Direct Memory Access (Apple, DMA)
DBEF         Dual Brightness Enhancement Foile (LCD)
DBI          DataBase Interface (DB)
DBL          DataBase Language (DB)
DBLO         Dual Beam Landing Optimizer
DBLT         Dynamic Back Link Technology (WWW)
DBM          DataBase Manager (DB)
DBME         DataBase Management Environment (DB)
DBMS         DataBase Management System (DB)
DBOS         Disk/Drum Based Operating System (OS)
DBP          DataBase Publishing (DB)
DBP          Delay Bandwidth Product
DBRAD        Data Base Relational Application Directory (DB)
DBRM         Data Base Request Module (DB)
DBS          Demand-Based Switching (Intel, Xeon)
DBS          Deutscher Bildungs-Server (DFN, WWW)
DBS          Duplex Bus Selector
DBSC         Dynamic Beam Spot Control (Eizo)
DBTG         Data Base Task Group (CODASYL, DB)
DBVS         DatenBankVerwaltungsSystem (DB)
DC           Data Cartridge
DC           Data-to-Clock [jitter] (DVD)
DC           Device Context
DC           Dublin Core [meta data]
DCA          Data Center Automation
DCA          Defense Communications Agency (Org., USA, Mil., Vorlaeufer,
DISA)
DCA          Digital Communication Associates
DCA          Digital Controlled Amplifier (VCA)
DCA          Distributed Communication Architecture (Sperry Univac)
DCA          Document Center Architecture
DCA          Document Content Architecture (IBM, CCS)
DCA2         Dynamic Cache Architecture [level] 2
DCAF         Distributed Console Access Facility
DCAP         Data link switching Client Access Protocol (DLSW, RFC 2114)
DCB          Data Control Block
DCB          Disk Coprocessor Board (Novell, SCSI, HBA)
DCC          Data Communications Computer
DCC          Data Country Code (ATM)
DCC          Desktop Control Center (Intel)
DCC          Digital Content Creation
DCC          Direct Client to Client (IRC)
DCC          Display Combination Code
DCC          DOS Command Center
DCCA         Dependable Computing for Critical Applications (Conference)
DCCA         Distributed Component Computing Architecture (Star, C/S)
DCCH         Dedicated Control CHannel (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
DCCS         DisContiguous Shared Segments
DCD          Data Carrier Detect (MODEM, RS-232)
DCDB         DOMAIN Control DataBase (DOMAIN)
DCE          [picture publisher] Digital Camera Edition (Micrografx)
DCE          Data Circuit terminating Equipment (X.25, CCITT, IBM, HP,
DEC, Tandem, Sun)
DCE          Data Communications Equipment
DCE          Distributed Computing Environment (OSF)
DCERPC       Distributed Computing Environment / Remote Procedure Call
(DCE, RPC), "DCE/RPC" , "DCE RPC"
DCF          Design rule for Camera File system (JEIDA, photo)
DCF          Distributed Coordination Function (MAC, 802.11a, WLAN)
DCI          Data Capture Interface (UMA)
DCI          Device Control Interface
DCI          Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI, Org.)
DCI          Display Control Interface (MS, Windows, Intel)
DCL          Data Center Linux (Linux, OSDL)
DCL          Data Control Language
DCL          DEC Control Language (DEC)
DCL          Digital Command [scripting] Language (DEC, VMS)
DCLU         Digital Carrier Line Unit
DCLZ         Data Compression Lempel-Ziv
DCM          Digital Carrier Module
DCM          DOMAIN Controller Master (Debian, Univention)
DCM          Dual Chip Modul
DCM          Dual Core Modul (IBM, QCM)
DCME         Digital Circuit Multiplication Equipment
DCNA         Data Communication Network Architecture
DCO          Digital Controlled Oscillator
DCOF         Digital Print Order Format
DCOM         Distributed Component Object Model (COM, MS, OLE, ActiveX)
DCOP         Desktop COmmunication Protocol (Linux, KDE)
DCP          Data Compression Protocol (Motorola)
DCP          Digital Cinema Package (DCI)
DCPS         Data Communications Protocol Standards
DCR          Design Change Request (AIX, IBM)
DCRC         Digital Cellular Radio Conference (GSM, Conference,
Mobile-Systems)
DCS          Damage Cleanup Service (Firewall, TrendMicro)
DCS          Data sharing Control System (NEC)
DCS          Defense Communications System (Mil., USA)
DCS          Desktop Color Separation
DCS          Digital Cellular System (Mobile-Systems)
DCS          Digital Colour System (Adobe, Photoshop)
DCS          Digital Control System (NEC)
DCS          Digital Cross-connect System (DEC)
DCS          Distributed Control System
DCS          Dogital Camera System
DCSDFS       Dynamic Channel Selection/Dynamic Frequency Selection
(HiperLAN/2, WLAN), "DCS/DFS"
DCT          Data Collection Terminator (BTX)
DCT          Defect-and-Change-Management (CICS, IBM)
DCT          Discrete Cosine Transformation (MPEG, JPEG)
DCTN         Defense Commercial Telephone Network (Mil., USA, Netzwerk)
DCU          Data Cache Unit (CPU, POWER)
DD           Dansk Dataforening (Org., Daenemark)
DD           Data Dictionary (SA, CASE, DB)
DD           Depacketization Delay
DD           Double Density [disks] (FDD)
DDA          DOMAIN Defined Attribute (DOMAIN)
DDBAC        Data-Design HBCI Banking Application Components (HBCI)
DDBMS        Distributed DataBase Management System (DBMS, DB)
DDC          Device Color Characterization (XCMS)
DDC          Display Data Channel (VESA)
DDC2B        Device Data Channel [standard], level 2B (DDC)
DDCD         Double Density Compact Disk (CD, Sony)
DDCDR        Double Density Compact Disk - Read (Sony, CD), "DDCD-R"
DDCDRW       Double Density Compact Disk - Read Write (Sony, CD), "DDCD-RW"
DDCMP        Digital Data Communication Message Protocol
DDCS2        Distributed Database Connection Services /2 (IBM, DB,
DRDA), "DDCS/2"
DDD          Data Display Debugger (GNU)
DDD          DOMAIN Driven Design (MDA, DOMAIN)
DDDS         Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (ENUM, RFC
3401/3402/3403/3404/3405)
DDE          DatenenDEinrichtung
DDE          Dynamic Data Exchange
DDES         Digital Data Exchange System (ANSI)
DDF          Data Decryption Field (Verschluesselung)
DDI          Device Dependent Interface
DDI          Device Driver Interface
DDIMM        Dual [RAS] Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM, RAS), "D-DIMM"
DDK          Device Development / Driver Kit (MS)
DDL          Data Definition Language
DDL          Document Description Language
DDM          Distributed Data Management (IBM, CCS)
DDML         Display Driver Management Layer
DDN          Defense Data Network (USA, Netzwerk, Mil.)
DDNS         Distributed DOMAIN Naming Service (TCP/IP)
DDNS         Dynamic DOMAIN Name Service (OS/2, IBM)
DDO          Dynamic Drive Overlay (HDD, Ontrack)
DDOS         Distributed Denial Of Service [attack], "DDoS"
DDP          Datagram Delivery Protocol (AppleTalk)
DDP          Distributed Data Processing
DDR          Double Data Rate (SDR, QDR, ODR)
DDR          Dynamic Desktop Router (Cogent)
DDRAID       Distributed Data RAID (GFS, RAID, HDD), "DDRaid"
DDRS         Defense Data Repository System (Mil., USA)
DDRSDRAM     Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
(DRAM, RAM, IC), "DDR-SDRAM"
DDRSRAM      Double Data Rate Static Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
DDS          Digital Data Service / System
DDS          Digital Data Storage (Sony, HP, DAT, ISO, ANSI, ECMA, Streamer)
DDS          Direct Digital Sampling (CD-RW, SCSI)
DDS          Distributed Directory Service (DCE)
DDSA         Digital Data Service Adapter
DDSDC        Digital Data Storage - Data Compression (DDS, DCLZ), "DDS-DC"
DDSS         Double Dynamic Suspension System (Asus, CD-ROM)
DDT          Dynamic Debugging Tool (DEC)
DDU          Dialog Data Unit (BTX)
DDV          DatenDirektVerbindung (DTAG)
DDV          DES-DES-Verfahren (Verschluesselung, HBCI)
DDV          Dialog Data Validation
DDVS         Daimler-benz DatenVerbundSystem (MBAG)
DDVT         Dynamic Dispatch Virtual Tables
DDWG         Digital Display Working Group (Org., LCD)
DDX          Distributed Data eXchange
DE           DatenElement (HBCI)
DEA          Deterministischer Endlicher Automat
DEBI         DMA Extended Bus Interface (Acorn, DMA)
DEC          Digital Equipment Corporation (Hersteller)
DECIX        DEutscher Commercial Internet eXchange (Internet), "DE-CIX"
DECNET       Digital Equipment Corporation NETwork (DEC)
DECS         Domino Enterprise Connection Services (Lotus)
DECT         Digital European Cordless Telecommunications (DFUE)
DECUS        Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (Org., DEC, User
group)
DEE          DatenEndEinrichtung
DEG          DatenElementGruppen (HBCI)
DELNI        Digital Ethernet Local Network Interconnect (Ethernet)
DELQA        Digital Ethernet Lowpower Q-bus network Adapter (Ethernet)
DELTA        Developing European Learning through Technology Advance
DELUA        Digital Ethernet Lowpower Unibus network Adapter (Ethernet)
DELUG        DEutsche Linux User Group (Org., User group, Linux)
DEMARC       Distributed Enterprise Management ARChitecture (Banyan,
VINES), "DeMarc"
DEMPR        Digital Ethernet Multi-Port Repeater (Ethernet)
DEMUDI       DEbian MUltimedia DIstribution (Debian, Linux), "DeMuDi"
DEN          Directory Enabled Networking (MS)
DEN          Document Enabled Networking (Novell, Xerox)
DENIC        DEutsches Network Information Center, (Org., Internet),
"DE-NIC"
DENIM        Directory-Enabled Net Infrastructure Model (Novell)
DEP          Data Execution Prevention (MS, Windows, XP, SP2)
DEPCA        Digital Ethernet Personal Computer-bus Adapter (Ethernet)
DEQNA        Digital Ethernet Q-bus Network Adapter (Ethernet)
DER          Distinguished Encoding Rules
DERAT        Data cache Effective to Real Address Translation [table]
(Power4, IBM, CPU, ERAT)
DEREP        Digital Ethernet REPeater (Ethernet)
DES          Data Encryption Standard (Verschluesselung, NIST, IBM)
DES          Destination End System
DESCBC       Data Encryption Standard/Cipher Block Chaining (DES), "DES/CBC"
DESE         [PPP] Data Encryption Standard Encryption protocol (PPP,
RFC 1969)
DESIRE       DEsign by Simulation and REndering om parallel
architectures [project] (ESPRIT)
DESP         Data Element Standardization Program
DESPR        Digital Ethernet Single Port Repeater (Ethernet)
DESRT        DEStek [group] Real Time (OS, Destek Group), "DES RT"
DESTA        Digital Ethernet thin-wire STation Adapter (Ethernet)
DESX         Data Encryption Standard eXtended (DES, Verschluesselung)
DET          Directory Entry Table (Novell, Netware)
DETEBERKOM   DEutsche TElekom BERliner KOMmunikationssystem, "DeTeBerkom"
DEUNA        Digital Ethernet Unibus Network Adapter (Ethernet)
DEVFS        DEVice File System (Linux, DRI), "DevFS"
DEXA         [conference on] Database and EXpert systems Applications
DF           Direction Flag (Assembler)
DF           Disk Free (Unix)
DFCL         Debian Free Content License (Debian, Linux)
DFD          Data Flow Diagram / DatenFlussDiagramm (CASE, SA)
DFD          Deutsches FernerkundungsDatenzentrum (Org.)
DFDSM        Data Facility Distributed Storage Management (IBM)
DFG          Deutsche ForschungsGemeinschaft (Org.)
DFI          Digital Facility Interface
DFKI         Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz
(Org., KI, AI)
DFM          Dynamic Frequency Management (PDA)
DFN          Deutsches ForschungsNetz [e.V.] (Org., ISP)
DFNCERT      Deutsches ForschungsNetz Computer Emergency Response Team
(DFN, Internet), "DFN CERT"
DFP          Data Facility Product
DFP          Digital Flat Panel [group / port] (LCD, Org., Compaq, Acer,
Fujitsu, ATI, Matrox, Samsung, ...)
DFP          Distributed Functional Plane (IN)
DFPP         Digital Flat Panel Port (LCD, DFP)
DFS          Direct File System (Novell, Oracle)
DFS          Distributed File System (DCE)
DFS          Dynamic Frequency Selection (WLAN)
DFS          Dynamic Frequency Selection (WLAN)
DFSA         Direct File System Access
DFSG         Debian Free Software Guidelines (Linux, Debian)
DFT          Discrete Fourier Transformation
DFT          Distributed Function Terminal (IBM)
DFT          Drive Fitness Test (IBM, IDE, HDD)
DFU          Data File Utility (IBM, ADT)
DFUE          DatenFernUEbertragung
DFV          DatenFernVerarbeitung
DGA          Direct Graphics Access (XAA, X-Windows)
DGCC         DISA Global Control Center (DISA)
DGD          Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Dokumentation [e.v.] (Org.)
DGIS         Direct Graphics Interface Standard
DGP          Dissimilar Gateway Protocol
DGPS         Differential Global Positioning System (GPS)
DGS          Display GhostScript (GNU, GNUStep, PS)
DGSA         Defense Goal Security Architecture (Mil., USA)
DGUX         Data General / UniX (Unix), "DG/UX"
DHCF         Distributed Host Command Facility (IBM, CCS)
DHCP         Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (TCP/IP, IETF, RFC 2131)
DHES         Direct Heat Exhaust System
DHIS         Distributed Heterogeneous Information Systems
DHT          Distribution Hash Table (P2P)
DHTML        Dynamic HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
DI           Destination Index [register] (CPU, Intel, Assembler)
DIA          Deutsche Informatik Akademie (Org.)
DIA          Document Interchange Architecture (IBM, CCS)
DIAMOND      Development and Integration of Accurate Mathematical
Operations in Numerical Data-processing (ESPRIT)
DIANE        DIrect Access Network for Europe
DIAS         Digital Information Archiving System (IBM, Niederlande)
DIB          Defense Information Base (Mil., USA)
DIB          Device Independent Bitmap (MS, Windows)
DIB          Director Interface Board (Airbus, A380, CIDS)
DIB          Directory Information Base (X.500, DS)
DIB          DOS Info Block (BIOS, DOS)
DIB          Dual Independent Bus [architecture] (PC)
DIBL         Drain Induced Barrier Lowering (IC, MOSFET)
DIC          Digital Interface Controller
DICE         Delivering Information in a Cellular Environment (SNI,
Internet)
DICF         Dictionary InterChange Format (DICT)
DICOM        Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine
DID          Digital Image Design
DIESEL       Dumb Interpretatively Evaluated String Expression Language
(AutoCAD)
DIF          Directory Interoperability Forum (Org.,  IBM, Lotus,
Novell, Oracle, ...)
DIF          Document Interchange Format
DIFMOS       Double Injection Floating Gate MOS
DIFS         Distributed Coordination Function - InterFrame Space (MAC,
802.11a, DCF, IFS)
DIGI         Deutsche InteressenGemeinschaft Internet [e.v.] (Org., ISP)
DII          Defense Information Infrastructure (Mil., USA, DISA)
DII          Dynamic Invocation Interface
DIICC        Defense Information Infrastructure Control Concept (Mil., USA)
DIICOE       Defense Info Infrastructure Common Operating Environment
(DISA, Mil., USA), "DII COE"
DIL          Dual InLine
DILA         Digital Direct Drive Image Light Amplifier (JVC, CMOS,
LCOS, HDTV), "D-ILA"
DIME         Desktop Integrated Media Environment (COSE)
DIME         DIrect Memory Execute (AGP)
DIMM         Dual Inline Memory Module (IC)
DIMSS        DSN Integrated Management Support System (DSN, Mil., USA)
DIN          Deutsches Institut fuer Normung (Org.)
DINAH        Desktop INterface to AUTODIN Host (AutoDIN, Mil., USA)
DINI         Deutsche Initiative fuer Netzwerkinformation (Org.,
Deutschland)
DINO         Deutsches InterNet Organisationssystem (WWW, Uni Goettingen)
DIO          Direct Input Output (I/O, HDD, SCSI)
DIP          Dial-up Internet Protocol (Linux)
DIP          Dual In-line Package (IC, DRAM)
DIRMU        DIstributed and Reconfigurable MUltiprocessor (MP)
DIS          Defense Information System (Mil., USA)
DIS          Digital Identification Signal (HDLC)
DIS          Draft International Standard (ISO)
DISA         Data Interchange Standards Association (Org.)
DISA         Defense Information Systems Agency (Org., Mil., USA)
DISAIS       DISA Information System (Mil., USA), "DISA-IS"
DISANET      DISA Information Network (Mil., USA, DISA, Netzwerk), "DISANet"
DISC         Defense Information System Council (Mil., USA)
DISK         Deutschsprachige Internationale SAS-benutzer Konferenz
DISN         Defense Information Systems Network (Mil., USA)
DISNET       Defense Integrated Secure Network (Netzwerk, Mil., USA,
Vorlaeufer, DSNET)
DISNNT       Defense Information Systems Network - Near Term (DISN,
Mil., USA), "DISN-NT"
DISOSS       DIStributed Office Support System (IBM, MVS)
DISP         Directory Information Shadowing Protocol
DISP         Draft International Standardized Profiles (ISO)
DISP         Dutch Independent Shareware Programmer (Org., Niederlande),
"D.I.S.P."
DISSP        Defense Information System Security Program (Mil., USA)
DIT          Directory Information Tree (X.500, LDAP)
DITA         Darwin Information Typing Architecture (XML, IBM, OASIS)
DITCO        Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (Org.,
Mil., DISA, USA)
DIU          Digital Interface Unit
DIVE         Direct Interface Video Extensions (IBM, MMPM/2)
DIVX         DIgital Video eXpress (DVD), "Divx"
DIX          DEC, Intel, Xerox (Ethernet, DEC, Intel, Xerox)
DJGCC        DJ's GNU C Compiler (GNU, DOS, GCC)
DJGPP        DJ's GNU Programming Platform (GNU, DOS, GPP)
DKE          Deutsche Kommission Deutsche Kommission Elektrotechnik,
elektronik, informationstechnik (Org., DIN, VDE)
DKRZ         Deutsches KlimaRechenZentrum (Org.)
DL           Distribution List
DL           Double Layer (DVD)
DLC          Data Link Control
DLCI         Data Link Connection Identifier (ATM)
DLD          Deutsche Linux Distribution (Linux)
DLE          Data Link Escape
DLG          Digital Line Graph
DLHP         Deutsche Linux Howto Project (Linux)
DLJ          Distro License for Java (JRE, Linux)
DLKL         ??? (DB)
DLL          Delay / Digitally Locked Loop (DDR-SDRAM)
DLL          Dynamic Link Library
DLL          Dynamic Link Loader (BS2000)
DLM          Distributed Lock Manager (Linux, RedHat, GFS)
DLMZB        Determine Left Most Zero Byte (IBM, PowerPC)
DLNA         Digital Living Network Alliance (Org.)
DLP          Digital Light Processing (TI)
DLP          Discrete Logarithmic Problem
DLPI         Data Link Provider Interface (X/Open)
DLR          Dynamic Link Routine
DLS          DOS LAN Services (IBM, LAN Server)
DLS          DownLoadable Sounds
DLSW         Data Link SWitching (APPN, MPTN, RFC 1795, SNA, NETBIOS),
"DLSw"
DLT          Digital Line Tape (DEC, Streamer)
DM           Delta Modulation
DM           DeMilitarisierte zone (Firewall)
DM           Development Machine (Corel)
DM           Disconnect Mode (LAPB)
DMA          Direct Memory Access (DMA)
DMAC         Direct Memory Access Controller
DMAP         DECT Multimeda Access Protocol (DECT)
DMAP         Digital Media Access Protocol (Apple)
DMB          Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DTAG, Blaupunkt, DAB, MPEG)
DMC          Desktop Multimedia Conferencing
DMCA         Digital Millennium Copyright Act (USA, DRM)
DMD          Device Manager Driver (OS/2)
DMD          Differential Mode Delay (Gigabit-, Ethernet)
DMD          Digital Mars D [compiler]
DMD          Digital Micromirror Device (IC, DLP, TI)
DMD          Digital Multilayer Disk
DMD          Directory Management DOMAIN (OSI, DS)
DMDAC        Dual MAC Dual Attached Concentrator (FDDI, DAC)
DMDD         Distributed Multiplexing Distributed Demultiplexing
DMDF         Distributed Management Data Facility (DCE, DME)
DME          Direct Memory Execution
DME          Distributed Management Environment (OSF)
DMERT        Duplex Multiple Environment, Real Time (OS, MERT)
DMF          Digest Message Format (Internet, RFC 1153)
DMF          Distribution Media Format [diskette] (FDD)
DMFC         Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
DMI          Definition of Management Information (OSI)
DMI          Desktop Management Interface (DTMF, DMI, BIOS)
DMI          Digital Multiplexed Interface
DML          Data Manipulation Language
DML          Data Manipulation Logic
DML          Distributed Mode Loudspeaker (Audio)
DMMV         Deutscher MultiMedia Verband (Org.)
DMOS         Diffusion Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
DMP          Designated Mailers Protocol (SPAM)
DMP          Dot Matrix Printer
DMS          Data Management System
DMS          Data Management System (ESA, Venus-Express)
DMS          Defense Message System (Mil., USA)
DMS          Digital Multiplexed System
DMS          Disk Monitor System (OS, IBM)
DMS          Distributed Media Services (COSE)
DMS          Document Management System
DMS          Document Management System (CMS)
DMSCMS       Display Management System/Conversional Monitor System,
"DMS/CMS"
DMSIG        Defense Message System Implementation Group (Org., DMS,
Mil., USA)
DMSP         Distributed Mail System Protocol (Internet)
DMSTWG       Defense Message System Transition Working Group (Org., DMS,
Mil., USA)
DMT          Discrete Monitor Timings (VESA)
DMT          Discrete Multitone Technology (ADSL, Amati Communications,
ANSI)
DMTF         Desktop Management Task Force
DMTF         Distributed Management Task Force
DMTU         Default Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), "D-MTU"
DMU          Data Manipulation Unit
DMU          Digital Mock-Up
DMV          Daten- und MedienVerlag
DMV          Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung (Org.)
DMX          Distributed Multihead X (X-Windows)
DMZ          DeMilitarized Zone (LAN, Internet)
DN           Distinguished Name (X.500, LDAP)
DN           Distribution Network
DNA          Digital Network Architecture (DEC)
DNA          Direct Network Attach (Xyratex, RAID)
DNA          Distributed Network Architecture (NCR)
DNAE         DatenNetz-AnschlussEinrichtung (DTAG)
DNAT         Dynamic Network Address Translation
DNB          Dedicated Network Bus (Intel, MCH, CSA)
DNC          Direct Numerical Control (CNC)
DNC          Dynamic Network Controller
DNCMPE       Direct Numerical Control / ??? (CNC), "DNC/MPE"
DNCP         [PPP] DECNet phase iv Control Protocol (RFC 1762, DECNET, PPP)
DNCRI        Division of Networking and Communication Research and
Infrastructure
DND          Den Norske Dataforening (Org., Norwegen)
DNHR         Dynamic Non Hierarchical Routing
DNI          De.Newusers.Info (Usenet)
DNI          DECnet Network Interface
DNIC         Data Network Identification Code (X.121)
DNP          Distributed Network Protocol
DNQ          De.Newusers.Questions (Usenet)
DNR          Digital Noise Reduction
DNS          DOMAIN Name System (Internet, RFC 1034/1035, DNS)
DNSO         Defense Network Systems Organization (Org., USA, Mil.)
DNSO         Domain Name Supporting Organization (Org., ICANN)
DNSRR        DOMAIN Name Service Round Robbing (DNS, DOMAIN)
DNSTAN       Digitale NebenSTellenANlagen (DTAG), "DNStAn"
DNUG         Deusche Notes User Group [e.v.] (Org., User group, Lotus)
DNX          Departmental Network eXchange [bridging router] (SNA, SDLC,
Proteon)
DO           Distributed Objects (NeXT)
DOAG         Deutsche Oracle AnwenderGruppe [e.V.] (Oracle, User group,
Org.)
DOAM         Distributed Office Applications Model (ISO, IEC, DIS
10031-1 f.)
DOAP         Description of a Project (XML)
DOC          De.Org.CCC (Usenet, CCC)
DOCC         DISA Operations Control Complex (DISA, Mil., USA)
DOCSIS       Data Over Cable System Interface Specification
DODISS       Department Of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards
(Mil., USA)
DOE          Depends On Experience
DOE          Distributed Objects Everywhere (Sun)
DOM          Disk On Module
DOM          Document Object Model (MS, Java)
DOM          Document Object Module (HTML, XML, API)
DOMAIN       Distributed Operating Multi Access Interactive Network
(Apollo, Internet)
DOME         Distributed Object Management Environment (ORB)
DOMF         Distributed Object Management Facility (Sun)
DOOM         Decentralised Object Orientated Machine
DOP          Directory Operational binding management Protocol
DOS          Denial Of Service [attack], "DoS"
DOS          Disk Operating System (OS, IBM, MS, ..., PC, Apple, RCA
Spectra 70)
DOS15        Disk Operating System - 15 (OS, DEC, PDP 15), "DOS-15"
DOS360       Disk ??? Operating System / 360 (OS, IBM S/360), "DOS/360"
DOSS         Dedicated Office Systems and Services
DOSVS        Disk ??? Operating System / Virtual Storage (OS, IBM
S/370), "DOS/VS"
DOSVSE       Disk ??? Operating System / Virtual Storage Extended (OS,
IBM 43XX, DOS/VS, VSE), "DOS/VSE"
DOT          Digital Only Token
DOT          Dynamic Overclocking Technology (FSB, MCI), "D.O.T."
DOT          Dynamic Overclocking Tool (graphic, MSI), "D.O.T."
DOV          Data Over Voice [MODEM]
DOW          Direct OverWrite (MO, ...)
DP           [RAID] Double Parity (RAID, Network Appliance, HP)
DP           Data Processing
DP           Detection Point (IN)
DP           Draft Proposal (ISO)
DPA          Distributed Password Authentication
DPB          Drive Parameter Block (DOS, BIOS, FDD, HDD)
DPC          Database Promotion Center (Org., Japan, DB)
DPCL         [Linux] Dynamic Probe Class Library (Linux)
DPD          Dead Peer Detection (Internet, Firewall)
DPD          Differential Phase Detection
DPE          Distributed Processing Environment (IN)
DPF          Discrete Packet Format (Exabyte, VXA, Streamer)
DPG          Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (Org.)
DPI          [SNMP] Distributed Program Interface (SNMP, RFC 1228)
DPI          [SNMP] Distributed Protocol Interface (SNMP, RFC 1592)
DPI          Data Processing Installation
DPI          Dots Per Inch
DPL          Debian Project Leader (Linux, Debian)
DPL          Descriptor Privilege Level (OS/2, NT)
DPM          Defects Per Million
DPMA         Data Processing Management Association (Org.)
DPMA         Demand Priority Access Method
DPMI         DOS Protected Mode Interface (DOS, MS, Intel)
DPMS         Display Power Management Signalling [standard] (VESA)
DPMS         DOS Protected Mode Services (Novell, DOS)
DPN          Data Packet Network (Nortel)
DPN          Data Processing Node (MODEM)
DPN          Deutsches Provider Network (ISP)
DPNPH        Data Packet Network-Packet Handler, "DPN-PH"
DPNSS        Digital Private Network Signaling System (British Telecom)
DPOF         Digital / Direct Print Order Format (Drucker)
DPP          Data Parallel Processor (ATI)
DPP          Distributed Parallel Processing
DPQ          Data Processing Quality
DPRL         Digital Property Rights Language (Xerox)
DPS          Display PostScript (NeXT, GUI, NextStep, DPS)
DPS          Distributed Path Selection (FC)
DPS          Dual Power System (Gigabyte)
DPSE         Display PostScript Engine (DPS, NextStep, OpenStep, Apple,
Rhapsody)
DPSK         Differential Phase Shift Keying (DFUE)
DPT          Distributed Processing Technology (Hersteller)
DPT          Drive Parameter Table
DPT          Dynamic Packet Transport (Cisco)
DPV          DatenPaketVermittlung[srechner]
DPV          Delegated Path Validation (Verschluesselung)
DPWS         Devices Profile for Web Services (WWW)
DQDB         Distributed Queue Dual Bus (ISO, IEC, IS 8802/6, IEEE 802.6)
DQL          Database Query Language (DB)
DQP          Distributed Query Processing (OGSA-DAI, grid)
DQP          Distributed Queueing Protocol
DQS          Distributed Queueing System (Cluster)
DR           Designated Router (PIM, Multicast)
DR           Developer Release (Linux, Apple, ...)
DR           Digital Research (Hersteller)
DR           Dynamic Reconfiguration (Solaris, Sun)
DRACO        DECT Radio Communications Controller (DECT, Hagenuk,
University of Manchester)
DRAM         Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
DRB          Distributed RuBy (Ruby), "DRb"
DRB          DRAM Row Boundary [register] (DRAM, PCI)
DRC          Design Rule Check (CAD, LVS)
DRD          Data Reading Device
DRDA         Distributed Relational Database Architecture (IBM, DB)
DRDAAS       Distributed Relational Database Architecture Application
Server (IBM, DB), "DRDA AS"
DRDOS        Digital Research Disk Operating System (DR, OS), "DR-DOS"
DRE          Direct Recording Electronic
DREN         Defense Research and Engineering Network (Netzwerk)
DRF          Data Recovery Field (Verschluesselung)
DRG          Developer Relations Group (MS)
DRI          Defense Research Internet (ARPANET, Nachfolger, Netzwerk)
DRI          Direct Rendering Infrastructure (XFree86)
DRIM         DResden Identity Management
DRIP         Designated Relays Inquiry Protocol (SPAM)
DRL          Document Revocation List (TCPA)
DRL          Dynamically Reconfigurable Logic (RL)
DRM          Destination Release Mechanism (DQDB)
DRM          Digital Radio Mondiale
DRM          Digital Rights Management (MS, DRM)
DRMU         Digital Remote Measurement Unit
DRP          DECnet Routing Protocol (DEC)
DRP          Dynamic Resource Pool (Solaris, Sun)
DRPM         Dynamic Rotations Per Minute (HDD)
DRS          Data Retrieval and Storage
DRS          Development Requirement Specification
DRS          Double-Ring-with-Star [topology]
DRSN         Defense Red Switch Network [hopefully no traffic ever]
(Netzwerk, Mil. USA)
DS           [Netweaver] Developer Studio
DS           Data Segment [register] (CPU, Intel, Assembler)
DS           Data Structure (Typo3)
DS           Deutschsprachige Shareware (Org.)
DS           Digital Services [level]
DS           Directory Service (OSI, ISO, DP 9594)
DS           Distribution Services (SNA)
DS           Distribution System (WLAN)
DS           Double Sided [disks] (FDD)
DS0          Digital Signal level 0 (ISDN, T1), "DS-0"
DS1          Digital Signal level 1 (ISDN, T1), "DS-1"
DS1E1        ??? (RFC 1406), "DS1/E1"
DS2          Digital Signal level 2, "DS-2"
DS3          Digital Signal level 3 (T3), "DS-3"
DS3E3        ??? (RFC 1407), "DS3/E3"
DSA          Data Service Adapter
DSA          Debian Security Announcement (Linux, Debian)
DSA          Debian System Administration (Linux, Debian)
DSA          Digital Signature Algorithm (Verschluesselung, NIST)
DSA          Digital Storage Architecture
DSA          Directory System Agent (X.500, DSA)
DSA          Distributed Systems Architecture (Bull)
DSA          Dynamic Scalable Architecture (DB, Informix)
DSAG         Deutsche SAP AnwenderGruppe (SAP, User group)
DSAP         Destination link Service Access Point (SAP, LLC)
DSAT         Deep Shit Alert Table (Apple, MACOS)
DSBAM        Double-SideBand Amplitude Module
DSBL         Distributed Server Boycott List (SPAM)
DSC          Document Structuring Conventions (Adobe)
DSCQS        Double Stimulus Continuous Quality Scale (ITU-R BT.500-7)
DSD          Data Structure Diagram (CASE)
DSD          Direct Stream Digital (Sony, Philips)
DSDC         Data Segment Descriptor Cache [register] (DS, Intel, CPU)
DSDL         Document Schema Definition Language (DB)
DSDT         Differentiated System Description Table (ACPI)
DSE          Data Switching Equipment (X.25, CCITT)
DSE          Distributed Systems Environment (Honeywell, Bull)
DSEA         DataStation Emulation Adapter (IBM, AS/400, ...)
DSEE         DOMAIN Software Engineering Environment (Apollo, CM, DOMAIN)
DSH          Desperately Seeking Help (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
DSI          Defense Simulation Internet (Netzwerk, Mil., USA)
DSI          Dial Services Interface [API] (API, IBM)
DSI          Digital Speech Interpolation (VOFR)
DSI          Dynamic Skeleton Interface (CORBA, ORB, OA)
DSI          Dynamic Systems Initiative (MS, MCF)
DSID         Destination Signaling IDentifier
DSIMM        Dual [RAS] Single Inline Memory Module (IC), "D-SIMM"
DSL          Dialogue Scripting Language (DCE, UIL)
DSL          Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
DSL          Digital system Specification Language (HDL)
DSL          Distributed Service Logic (IN)
DSL          DOMAIN Specific Language (DOMAIN)
DSLAM        Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSL, ADSL)
DSLCP        Dynamically Switched Link Control Protocol (RFC 1307)
DSM          [TWAIN] Data Source Manager (MS, Windows)
DSMCC        Digital Media Storage - Command and Control (DVB), "DSM-CC"
DSML         Directory Services Markup Language (OASIS)
DSMN         Directory Service Manager for Netware (MS, Windows, NT, FPNW)
DSN          Data Source Names (ODBC, DB)
DSN          Defense Switched Network (Mil., USA)
DSN          Delivery Status Notification
DSN          Developer Support News (IBM, OS/2)
DSN          Distributed Systems Network (HP)
DSNET        Defense Secure NETwork (Mil., USA)
DSO          Dynamic Shared Object
DSOM         Distributed System Object Model (IBM)
DSP          Digital Signal Processing / Processor (Audio, Video, RL, DSP)
DSP          Direct Socket Protocol (Infiniband)
DSP          Directory System Protocol (X.500, DS)
DSP          Document Services for Printing (Xerox), "DS/P"
DSP          DOMAIN Specific Part (NSAP, IDL)
DSR          Data Set Ready (MODEM, RS-232)
DSR          Device Status Report
DSR          Digital Signal Richtfunk (Mil., Deutschland)
DSRI         Digital Standard Relational Interface
DSRS         Defense Software Repository System (Mil., USA)
DSS          Decision Support System (IM)
DSS          Defense Switched Services (Mil., USA)
DSS          Digital Signature Standard (NIST, Verschluesselung)
DSS          Directory and Security Services (DCE, IBM, LAN)
DSS          Distributed Security Service (DCE)
DSS2         [setup] Digital Subscriber Signaling #2
DSSCS        Defense Special Security Communications System (Mil., USA)
DSSI         Digital Storage Systems Interconnect (VAX, DEC)
DSSS         Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (WLAN)
DSSSL        [standard] Document Style Semantics and Specification
Language (DTD, ISO, IEC, DIS 10179)
DST          Daylight Saving Time (TZ)
DSTN         Double SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD)
DSU          Data Secure Unix (Unix, OS, UCLA)
DSU          Digital Service Unit (ATM)
DSU          Digital Storage Unit
DSU          Distribution Service Unit (IBM, SNADS)
DSV          Digital Signal Verbindung (Mil., Deutschland)
DSVD         Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data (MODEM)
DT           Display Terminal
DT           Distributed graphical user interface Toolkit (IBM, GUI, VM/ESA)
DTA          Direct Tape Access (Seagate)
DTA          Disk Transfer Area (DOS)
DTAG         Deutsche Telekom AG (Deutschland, ISP)
DTAM         Document Transfer, Access and Manipulation (CCITT, T.400, ODIF)
DTAP         Direct Transfer Application Part (MS, MM, MTP)
DTAZV        DatenTraegeraustausch, belegloser AuslandsZahlungsVerkehr
(Banking)
DTC          Design Time Controls (MS)
DTC          DeskTop Conferencing
DTC          Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS, SQL Server, DB)
DTCSA        Digital Transition Content Security Act (USA)
DTD          Document Type Definition (SGML, XML. HTML, DTD)
DTE          Data Terminal Equipment (X.25, CCITT)
DTE          DatenTransferEinrichtung
DTE          DOMAIN and Type Enforcement (TE, DOMAIN)
DTH          DialogTestHilfe (BS2000)
DTK          Deception ToolKit
DTLB         Dual Translation Lookaside Buffer (CPU)
DTMF         DeskTop Management task Force (Intel)
DTMF         Dual Tone Multi Frequency
DTML         Document Template Markup Language (ZOPE)
DTMP         DCPS Management Panel (DCPS)
DTMS         Document Transfer and Manipulation Services (CCITT, T.400)
DTOS         Distributed Trusted Operating System (OS, DTE)
DTP          DeskTop Publishing
DTP          Distributed Transaction Processing (X/Open, OLTP)
DTP          Document Transfer Profile (SPAC, ODA, DAP, Vorlaeufer)
DTR          Data Terminal Ready (MODEM, RS-232)
DTR          DeskTop Replacement [notebook]
DTR          DeskTop Reproduction (DTP)
DTR          Document Filing and Retrieval (DOAM, ISO, IEC, DIS 10166-1 f.)
DTR          Draft Technical Report
DTRT         Do The Right Thing (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
DTS          Digital Theatre Sound (Audio)
DTS          Direct To SOM
DTS          Distributed Time Server
DTS          Distributed Time Service (DCE)
DTSS         Dartmouth Time-Sharing System (OS)
DTT          Dual Transformer Technology (Tangan)
DTU          Demand Transmission Unit
DU           Disk Used (Unix)
DU           Distribution Unit (MS, MSIE)
DUA          Directory User Agent (X.500, DS)
DUEE          DatenUEbertragungsEinrichtung
DUEE          DatenUEbertragungsEinrichtung (DTAG)
DUMP         Dial-Up Network Profile (Bluetooth, SPP, DUN)
DUN          Dial Up Networking (Bluetooth, ...)
DUNDI        Distributed Universal Number DIscovery (VoiP), "DUNDi"
DUOW         Distributed Unit Of Work (DRDA, IBM), "DUoW"
DUP          Distribution Unit Profile (MS, OSD, DU, MSIE)
DV           DatenVerarbeitung
DV           Digital Video
DVA          DatenVerarbeitungsAnlage
DVA          Dynamic Vibration Absorber (CD, DVD, Samsung)
DVB          Digital Video Broadcasting (Europa, DVB)
DVBC         Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable (DVB), "DVB-C"
DVBH         Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld (DVB), "DVB-H"
DVBNIP       Digital Video Broadcasting - ? (DVB), "DVB-NIP"
DVBRC        Digital Video Broadcasting - ? (DVB), "DVB-RC"
DVBRCGSM     Digital Video Broadcasting - ? (DVB), "DVB-RCGSM"
DVBRCT       Digital Video Broadcasting - ? (DVB), "DVB-RCT"
DVBS         Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite (DVB), "DVB-S"
DVBT         Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestic (DVB), "DVB-T"
DVC          Digital Video Compression (Video)
DVD          Deutsche Vereinigung fuer Datenschutz [e.V.] (Org.)
DVD          Digital Versatile Disk (CD, MPEG, DVD)
DVD          Digital Video Disk [veraltet/old term] (DVD)
DVDCCA       DVD Copy Control Association (DVD, Org.), "DVD CCA"
DVDMRW       Digital Versatile Disk + Mount rainier ReWritable (DVD,
DVD+RW, MS), "DVD+MRW"
DVDR         Digital Versatile Disk + Recordable (DVD), "DVD+R"
DVDR         Digital Versatile Disk - Recordable (DVD), "DVD-R"
DVDRA        Digital Versatile Disk - Read (Authoring) (DVD-R, DVD),
"DVD-R(A)"
DVDRAM       Digital Versatile Disk Random Access Memory (DVD), "DVD-RAM"
DVDRG        Digital Versatile Disk - Read (General use) (DVD-R, DVD),
"DVD-R(G)"
DVDROM       Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory (DVD, ROM), "DVD-ROM"
DVDRW        Digital Versatile Disk + ReWritable (PC-RW, DVD, Sony,
Philips, HP, Mitsubishi, Ricoh, Yamaha), "DVD+RW"
DVDRW        Digital Versatile Disk - ReWritable (DVD), "DVD-RW"
DVI          DeVice Independent
DVI          Digital Video Interactive  [veraltet/old term] (LCD, Intel,
IBM, Lotus, HP, Compaq, ...)
DVI          Digital Visual Interface (DVD, Video)
DVID         Digital Video Interactive - Digital (LCD), "DVI-D"
DVID         Dynamic - Voltage IDentification (Intel, CPU), "D-VID"
DVL          Digital Video Link
DVM          Dynamic Visual Mode (NEC, Mitsubishi, LCD)
DVM          Dynamic Voltage Management (PDA)
DVMA         Direct Virtual Memory Access
DVMRP        Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (IP, Multicast)
DVPT         Deutscher Verbandes fuer Post und Telekommunikation (Org.)
DVR          ??? (DTP, Truevision)
DVS          DatenVerwaltungsSystem (BS2000)
DVS          Digital Video Systems (Hersteller)
DVST         DatenVermittlungsSTelle (DTAG)
DVSTP        DatenVermittlungsSTelle mit Paketvermittlung (DTAG), "DVST-P"
DVT          Deutscher Verband Technisch-wissenschaftlicher vereine (Org.)
DVX          Digital Voice eXchange
DWANGO       Dialup Wide-Area Network Game Organization (IVS Corporation)
DWDM         Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing [protocol]
DWF          Drawing Web Format (AutoCAD)
DWH          Data WareHouse (DB)
DWH          DISA Western Hemisphere (DISA, Mil., USA)
DWIM         Do What I Mean (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
DWM          Diskless Workstation Management (AIX, IBM)
DWMT         Discrete Wavelet MultiTone [modulation]
DWS          Delphi Web Script (Delphi, Borland, WWW)
DWS          Digital World Services (ISP)
DWT          Discrete Wavelet Transformation
DXA          Directory eXchange Agent
DXI          Data eXchange Interface
DXJ          Datex J (DTAG), "DxJ"
DXJVST       Datex J VermittlungsSTelle (DTAG), "DxJ VSt
DXL          Domino XML Language (XML, Lotus, DTD)
DXS          Directory eXchange Server
**** E ****
E1           European digital transmission format 1 [2.048 Mbps]
E2           European digital transmission format 2 [8.448 Mbps]
E2E          End To End
E3           End-to-End Encryption (Verschluesselung)
E3           European digital transmission format 3 [34.368 Mbps]
E4           European digital transmission format 4 [139.264 Mbps]
E4X          Ecmascript for XML (ECMA, XML)
E5           European digital transmission format 5 [565.148 Mbps]
EA           [Visio for] Enterprise Architects (MS, .NET)
EA           Effective Address (Power4, IBM, CPU)
EA           Eingabe/Ausgabe, "E/A"
EA           Enterprise Agreement (MS)
EA           Escrowed Authenticator (Verschluesselung, EES)
EA           Extended Attribute (OS/2, Apple)
EAB          Enterprise Access Builder (IBM, Java)
EAC          Enhanced Audio CODEC (EVD, CODEC)
EACEM        European Association of Consumer Electronics Manufacturers
(Org., Europa)
EAD          Encoded Archival Description (SGML)
EADAS        Engineering and Administrative Data Acquisition System (EADAS)
EADASNM      EADAS/Network Management (EADAS), "EADAS/NM"
EADF         Elliptical Aperture with Dynamic Focus
EAI          Enterprise Application Integration
EAI          External Authoring Interface (VRML)
EAL          Evaluation Assurance Level (CC)
EAM          Evanescent Access Method (BS2000)
EAN          European Article Numbering [system]
EANTC        European Advanced Networking Test Center (Org., Berlin,
ANTC, FDDI)
EAP          Extensible Authentication Protocol (Cisco,
Verschluesselung, RADIUS, WPA)
EAPAKA       Extensible Authentication Protocol method for 3rd
generation Authentication and Key Management (EAP, RFC 4187), "EAP-AKA"
EAPD         External Amplifier Power Down
EAPMD5       Extensible Authentication Protocol - Message Digest 5 (EAP,
Verschluesselung), "EAP-MD5"
EAPOL        Extensible Authentication Protocol Over LAN (EAP, LAN,
Verschluesselung), "EAPoL"
EAPOW        Extensible Authentication Protocol Over Wireless (EAP,
WLAN, Verschluesselung), "EAPoW"
EAPS         Ethernet Automatic Protection Switching (LAN, MAN, RFC 3619)
EAPTLS       TLS over EAP (TLS, EAP, WLAN), "EAP-TLS"
EAPTTLS      Extensible Authentication Protocol - Tunneled Transport
Layer Security (EAP, Verschluesselung), "EAP-TTLS"
EAPTTSL      Tunneled Transport Layer Security EAP (TTSL, EAP,
Verschluesselung, WLAN), "EAP-TTSL"
EAR          Enterprise ARchive (IBM, WBISF)
EARN         European Academic Research Network (Netzwerk)
EAROM        Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC)
EAS          Enterprise Access System (Dynatech)
EAS          Enterprise Agreement Subscription (MS, OSL)
EASE         Easy Access System Europe (Novell, FTP)
EASI         Enhanced Asynchronous SCSI Interface
EASY         ErmittlungsAbhaengiges SYstem (Bayern)
EATA         Enhanced AT Bus Attachment
EATCS        European Association for Theoretical Computer Science
(Org., Europa)
EATX         Extended Advanced Technology eXtended [form factor] (ATX),
"E-ATX"
EAX          Environmental Audio eXperience ??? (Audio)
EAZ          EndgeraeteAuswahlZiffer (ISDN)
EB           Electronic Banking (Banking)
EBA          Electronic Business Assurance, "eBA"
EBAM         Electronic Beam-Addressable Memory (IC)
EBAS         Elektronisches teile-BestellAbwicklungsSystem (MBAG)
EBC          EISA Bus Controller (Wyse)
EBCDIC       Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBCOT        Embedded Block Coding with Optimal Truncation (JPEG)
EBCS         European Committee for Banking Standards (Org., Europa,
Banking)
EBGA         Enhanced Ball Grid Array (BGA, CPU, IC)
EBGP         External Border Gateway Protocol (BGP, iBGP), "eBGP"
EBMS         ebXML Message Service (ebXML, XML), "ebMS"
EBNF         Extended Backus-Naur-Form
EBR          Enterprise Backup and Restore (ENS, Banyan, VINES)
EBR          Extended Boot Record (MBR)
EBR          External Backup Restore (IDS, Informix, DB)
EBROM        Electronic Book - Read Only Memory (ROM), "EB-ROM"
EBU          European Broadcasting Union (Org., Europa)
EBUS         Elektronisches teile-BUchungsSystem (MBAG)
EBV          Elektronische BildVerarbeitung
EBXML        Electronic Business eXtensible Markup Language (XML, OASIS,
UN/CEFACT, B2B), "ebXML"
EC           Electronic Commerce
EC           Error Correction (MODEM)
ECAI         European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Conference,
AI, ECCAI, Europe)
ECAL         European Conference on Artificail Life (Europe, AI)
ECASO        Enhanced Cooling After System Off
ECB          Electronic CodeBook [mode] (Verschluesselung, DES)
ECB          Event Control Block (IPX)
ECC          Electrical Connectivity Checks (CAD)
ECC          Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (Certicom, Verschluesselung)
ECC          Error Checking and Correction
ECC          Error Correction Circuit (CPU, POWER)
ECC          Error Correction Code (CD, EDC)
ECCAI        European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence
(Org., AI, Europa)
ECCO         Execute with Correct Checksum Only
ECCRAM       Error Checking and Correction ??? Random Access Memory (RAM)
ECD          Energy Conversion Devices (Hersteller, OUM)
ECDC         Electronic Commerce for Developing Countries (ITU)
ECDL         European Computer Driving License
ECEDI        Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange (EC, EDI),
"EC/EDI"
ECF          Enhanced Connectivity Facilities (IBM)
ECHO         European Community Host Organisation (Org., Europa)
ECHT         European Conference on Hypermedia Technology (INRIA,
Conference)
ECI          Efficient Channel Integration (ADC, EDI)
ECI          European Color Initiative (Org., Europa, DTP)
ECIS         European Committee for Interoperable Systems (Org.)
ECL          EClectic Language (Harvard, TOPS)
ECL          Emitter Coupled Logic
ECM          Enterprise Content Management
ECM          Entity Coordination Management (FDDI, SMT)
ECM          Error Correction / Correcting Mode (FAX, HDLC)
ECMA         European Computer Manufacturers Association (Org., Europa)
ECMP         Electroning Commerce Modeling Language (RFC 4112)
ECMS         Enterprise Content Management System (CMS)
ECN          European Counter Network
ECN          Explicit Congestion Notification (IP, RFC 2481)
ECNE         Enterprise Certified Novell Engineer (Novell, Netware)
ECOC         European Conference on Optical Communications (Conference)
ECOM         Electronic Computer Originated Mail, "E-COM"
ECOOP        European Conference on Object Orientated Programming (OOP,
Conference)
ECP          [PPP] Encryption Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1968)
ECP          Enhanced Capability Port (MS)
ECP          Enhanced Communication Port / Protocol
ECP          Excessive CrossPosting (Usenet, EMP, Spam)
ECPA         Electronic Communications Privacy Act (USA)
ECR          Engineering Change Request (PCI)
ECRC         [cable & wireless] European Computer industry Research
Centre [gmbh] (ISP, Org.)
ECRM         Electronic Customer Relationship Management (Internet), "eCRM"
ECS          EComStation (OS/2), "eCS"
ECS          Elitegroup Computer Systems (Hersteller, Taiwan)
ECS          Enhanced Chip Set (Amiga, Commodore)
ECSA         Exchange Carriers Standards Association (Org.)
ECSC         European Customer Support Centre (HP)
ECSD         Enhanced Circuit Switched Data (8-PSK, Mobile-Systems)
ECTS         European Computer Trade Show (Messe, London)
ECU          EISA Configuration Utility (EISA)
ED           End Delimiter (FDDI, Token Ring)
ED           Enhanced Density
EDA          Electronic Design Automation (RL, IC)
EDAC         Electromechanical Digital Adapter Circuit
EDAC         European Conference on Design Automation (IEEE-CS, Conference)
EDBS         Einheitliche DatenBank-Schnittstelle (DB)
EDC          Error Detection Code (CD, ECC)
EDCF         Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function (MAC, 802.11a,
DCF, QOS)
EDD          Enhanced Disk Device [polling] (BIOS, Linux)
EDD          Enterprise Data Distribution (ENS, Banyan, VINES)
EDFA         Erbuim Doped Fiber Amplifier (FO)
EDGAR        Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval [system]
(DB, Internet)
EDGE         Enhanced Data rate for GSM / Global Evolution (GSM,
Mobile-Systems)
EDI          Electronic Data Interchange (GOSIP)
EDID         Extended Display Identification Data [standard] (VESA, DDC)
EDIF         Electronic Design Interchange Format
EDIFACT      Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce
and Transport
EDL          Edit Decision List (Video)
EDLC         Ethernet Data Link Control (Ethernet)
EDM          Engineering Data Management
EDM          Extended Data Message
EDMCC        European Distributed Memory Computing Conference (GI, ITG,
IFIP, Conference)
EDMS         Engineering Document Management System
EDO          Extended Data Out [RAM] (RAM, DRAM, IC)
EDODRAM      Extended Data Out Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM),
"EDO-DRAM"
EDORAM       Extended Data Out Random Access Memory (RAM, IC), "EDO-RAM"
EDOS         Elektronisches DateiOrganisationsSystem (MBAG)
EDP          Electronic Data Processing
EDP          Electronic Data Processing
EDP          Enhanced Dot Pitch (Hitachi)
EDPS         Electronic Data Processing System
EDPS         European Data Protection Supervisor
EDR          External Developer Release
EDRAM        Enhanced Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC)
EDS          Electronic Data Systems [corporation] (Anbieter, USA)
EDSAC        Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator
EDSRA        Earth Data System Reference Application (ISH, USA)
EDT          Eastern Daylight Time  [-0400] (TZ, EST, USA)
EDV          Elektronische DatenVerarbeitung
EDVAC        Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
EDX          Event-Driven eXecutive (OS, IBM)
EE           Emotion Engine (Sony, Playstation)
EEAG         Elektro- und ElektronikAltGeraete
EEE          [UDB] Enterprise Extended Edition (IBM, DB2, DB, UDB)
EEI          Equipment to Equipment Interface
EEI          External Environment Interface (Mil., USA)
EELS         Engineering Electronic Library, Sweden (Org., WWW, Schweden)
EEM          External Expansion Module (Sun)
EEMS         Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
EEP          Early Experience Program (Borland)
EEP          Entry Exit Procedure (R:Base, DB)
EEPROM       Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM,
IC, RL, EPROM)
EES          Escrowed Encryption Standard (Verschluesselung, NSA)
EESA         Enterprise Extensions SMART Accessed (WD, ATA)
EESC         European EDIF Steering Committee (Org., EDIF, Europa)
EESSI        European Electronic Signature Standardization Initiative
(Org., ETSI)
EET          Eastern European Time [+0200] (TZ)
EET          Edge Enhancement Technology (Seikosha, Itoh)
EFAKS        Elektronisches FAKturierungs- und abrechnungsSystem (MBAG)
EFB          Electronic Flight Bag (Airbus, A380)
EFCI         Explicit Forward Congestion Indication (ATM)
EFF          Electronic Frontier Foundation (Internet, Org.)
EFI          Electronics For Imaging (Hersteller)
EFI          Extensible Firmware Interface (Intel, MS)
EFL          Eiffel Forum License (Eiffel)
EFL          Emitter Follower Logic (IC)
EFM          Eight-to-Fourteen-Modulation (CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD)
EFS          Encrypting File System (Verschluesselung, Windows, MS, DESX)
EFSM         Extended Finite State Machine (TTCN, ...)
EFT          Electronic Funds Transfer
EFT          Euro-FileTransfer (ISDN, ETS 300 075)
EFTPOS       Electronic Funds Transfer at the Point-Of-Sale (EFT,
Banking), "EFT-POS"
EFTS         Electronic Funds Transfer System
EFUE          EmmissionsdatenFernUEbertragung (DFUE)
EG           Evil Grin (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
EGA          Enhanced Graphics Adapter (Vorlaeufer, VGA)
EGA          Enterprsie Grid Alliance (Org., grid, EMC, FSC, HP, Intel,
Oracle, ...)
EGB          Elektrostatisch gefaehrdete Bauelemente
EGD          Entropy Gathering Daemon (Unix, GNU, GnuPG)
EGD          Ethernet Global Data
EGEE         Enabling Grids for E-sciencE (Europa, EU)
EGG          Elektronischer Geschaeftsverkehr-Gesetz (Deutschland)
EGMS         E-Government Metadata Standard (RSS, Grossbritannien)
EGO          Enterprsie Grid Orchestrator
EGOV         Electronic GOVernment
EGP          Exterior Gateway Protocol (RFC 904)
EGPA         Erlangen General Purpose Array (MP)
EGPRS        Enhanced General Packet Radio Service (8-PSK, Mobile-Systems)
EGREP        Extended Global Regular Expression Print (Unix, GREP)
EGS          Enhanced Graphics System (Commodore)
EHCI         Enhanced Host Controller Interface (USB, Intel)
EHDI         Environmental Human Interface Devices
EHF          Encoding Header Field (Internet, RFC 1154)
EHKP         Einheitliche Hoehere KommunikationsProtokolle (BTX, ER, DTAG)
EHLLAPI      Emulator High Level Language API (IBM, 3270, API)
EHS          European Home Systems [concept]
EHSA         European Home Systems Association (Org., Europa)
EHW          Evolvable HardWare
EIA          Electronics Industry Association (USA, Org.)
EIB          Element Interconnect Bus (IBM, Cell)
EIB          European Installation Bus
EIBA         European Installation Bus Association (Org., Europa)
EICAVR       European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (Org.,
Europa)
EICL         European Informatics Continuous Learning (CEPIS)
EICTA        European Information & Communications Technology Industry
Association [veraltet/old term] (Org., Europa)
EIDE         Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (HDD, IDE), "E-IDE"
EIEIO        Enforce In-order Execution of Input/Output (PowerPC, I/O, CPU)
EIF          Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (MS)
EIFS         Extended InterFrame Space (MAC, PCF, IFS, WLAN)
EIGRP        Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP)
EINE         EINE Is Not EMACS (EMACS, LISP)
EIO          Enhanced Input/Output [architecture] (HP)
EIP          Extended Instruction Pointer  [register] (CPU, Intel,
Assembler)
EIP          Extended Internet Protocol (Internet, RFC 1385)
EIRP         Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (Bluetooth)
EIS          Electronic Information Systems (Hersteller)
EIS          Enterprise Information System
EIS          European Information System (EU)
EIS          Executive Information System (IM)
EISA         Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture (ISA)
EISA         European Imaging and Sound Association (Org., Europa)
EISB         Electronic Imaging Standards Board (Org.)
EISS         Europaeisches Institut fuer SystemSicherheit (Org.,
Karlsruhe, Europa)
EIST         Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology (Intel, Pentium)
EIT          Encoded Information Type
EIT          Event Information Table (DVB, EPG)
EITS         Eesti InfoTehnoloogia Seltsi (Org., Estland)
EJB          Enterprise Java Beans (Java, Sun, CORBA)
EJC          Electronic Journal of Communication
EKMS         Electronic Key Management System (Verschluesselung)
EKO          Every Known Optimization [compiler] (PathScale)
EKOS         Elektronisches KOmmunikationsSystem (MBAG)
EL           Electro Luminescent [display]
EL1          Extensible Language one (ECLogic)
ELAN         Education LANguage
ELAN         Emulated Local Area Network (ATM, LANE)
ELAP         Embedded Linux Applications Platform (Linux, PDA), "e-LAP"
ELAP         Ethernet Link Access Protocol (LAP, Ethernet)
ELF          Executable and Linkable Format (Unix, OS/2)
ELH          Entity Life History (DB)
ELI          Embedded LISP Interpreter (Andrew mail system)
ELK          Extension Language Kit (Scheme)
ELLIS        EuLisp LInda System (LISP)
ELM          ELectronic Mailer (Unix)
ELO          Elektronischer Leitz Ordner (OA)
ELOD         Erasable Laser Optical Disk (OD)
ELP          Equational Logic Programming [language]
ELRAD        [magazin fuer] ELektronik und technische RechnerAnwenDungen
ELS          Entry Level System ??? (Novell, Netware)
EM           Extensions Manager (Apple)
EM64T        Extended Memory [64] Technology (Intel)
EMA          Electronic Messaging Association (Org., USA)
EMA          Enterprise Management Architecture (DEC)
EMA          Extended Mercury Autocode
EMACS        Editing MACroS (GNU)
EMACS        Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping (Slang, EMACS)
EMAS         Edinburgh Multi-Access System (OS, ICL 4-75)
EMB          Enhanced Master Burst (EISA)
EMBI         Excuse My Butting In (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
EMC          [Richard J.] Egan [Roger] Marino Company [unconfirmed]
(EMC, Hersteller)
EMC          ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
EMEA         [IBM] Europe, Middle East, Africa (IBM)
EMF          Eclipse Modelling Framework (Eclipse)
EMI          ElectroMagnetic Interference
EMI          External Machine Interface [protocol] (SMS)
EMISA        EntwicklungsMethoden fuer InformationsSysteme und deren
Anwendung (Org., GI)
EML          Element Management Layer (TMN)
EMM          Expanded Memory Manager
EMMA         European MultiMedia Award
EMP          Excessive Multiple Posting (Usenet, ECP, Spam)
EMR          Electro-Magnetic Radiation
EMRL         EMbedded RAID Logic (Adaptec, RAID)
EMS          Energy Management System
EMS          Enhanced Messaging Service (Mobile-Systems)
EMS          European Mathematical Society (Org.)
EMS          Expanded Memory Specification (DOS, Intel)
EMSC         Electronic Mail Standards Committee (Org.)
EMV          ElektroMagnetische Vertraeglichkeit (EN 55022, DIN, VDE 0878)
EMX          Enterprise Messaging eXchange [switch]
EN           Europa Norm (Europa)
ENA          Electronic Networking Association (Org., Internet)
ENA          Enterprise Networking Association (Banyan, VINES, User
group, Org.)
ENA          European Networking Associates (Org., Europa)
ENA          Extended Network Addressing (IBM, SNA)
ENDC         European Network Design Center (3COM)
ENDIVE       Enhanced Direct Interface Video Extensions (OS/2, MMPM/2,
IBM), "EnDIVE"
ENF          Embedded NAS Firmware (RAID, NAS, ArtStor)
ENIAC        Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
ENISA        European Network and Information Security Agency (Org.)
ENP          Embedded NPrinter (NEST, Novell)
ENS          Enterprise Network Services (Banyan, VINES)
ENSA         Enterprise Network Storage Architecture (HP)
ENSIQ        ENS - Information Query (Banyan, VINES, ENS), "ENS IQ"
ENSMT        ENS - Management Tool (ENS, Banyan, VINES), "ENS-MT"
ENUM         tElephone NUmber Mapping (VoiP)
EO           Europe Online (Netzwerk)
EOA          End Of Address
EOB          End Of Block
EOCB         Electrical Optical Circuit Board [project] (Bosch, Siemens,
IZM, ...)
EOD          End Of Discussion (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
EOD          Erasable Optical Disk (OD)
EOF          End Of File
EOF          End Of Frame (S-ATA)
EOF          Enterprise Objects Framework (NeXT)
EOI          End Of Input
EOI          End Of Interrupt
EOI          End Or Identify (GPIB)
EOJ          End Of Job
EOL          End Of Line
EOM          End Of Message
EON          Enhanced Other Networks (RDS)
EOP          End Of Procedure (Fax)
EOS          Electrical OverStress
EOS          Extended Operating System (OS)
EOT          End Of Text
EOT          End Of Thread (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
EOT          End Of Transmission
EOTD         Enhanced Observed Time Difference (LBS, GPS), "E-OTS"
EOUG         European Oracle User Group (Org., DB, Oracle, User group,
Europa)
EOWG         [WAI] Education and Outreach Working Group (WAI)
EP           Enterprise Portal (SAP)
EP3          [the] Extensible PERL PreProcessor (PERL)
EPA          Enhanced Performance Architecture
EPA          Environmental Protection Agency (USA, Org.)
EPAC         Ein-Platinen-Allzweck-Computer (IC, C'T)
EPAC         Electronic Packaging and Assembly Concept
EPAL         Enterprise Privacy Authorization Language (W3C)
EPBR         Extended Partition Boot Record (PowerQuest)
EPC          Electronic Product Code (RFID)
EPCC         Edinburgh Parallel Computing Center (Org., UK, HPC)
EPDF         Embedded Portable Document Format (Adobe, PDF, HTML)
EPG          Electronic Program Guide (DVB)
EPH          Electronic Payment Handling (Banking)
EPHOS        European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems
EPIA         ??? [motherboard] (VIA)
EPIC         Eclipse PERL Integration Project (Eclipse, PERL)
EPIC         Electronic Privacy Information Center (Verschluesselung)
EPIC         Embedded Platform for Industrial Computing
EPIC         European Public sector Information systems Conference
EPIC         Explicit Parallelism Instruction Computing (Intel, CPU)
EPIM         Ethernet Port Interface Module (Ethernet)
EPIX         Enhanced Performance unIX (Unix), "EP/IX"
EPK          Ereignisgesteuerte ProzessKette
EPL          Elektronenstrahl-ProjektionsLithographie
EPLD         Erasable Programmable Logic Device
EPN          Electronic-highway Platform Netherlands (ISP, Niederlande)
EPOC         [not an acronym] (Psion, OS, PDA)
EPP          Education Purchase Plan (Adobe)
EPP          Enhanced Parallel Port / Protocol (Intel, Zenith, Xircom,
IEEE 1284)
EPP          Enhanced Performance Profiles (Nvidia)
EPP          Extensible Provisioning Protocol (RFC
3730/3731/3732/3733/3734/3735)
EPROM        Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC, RL, EPROM)
EPS          Electronic Publishing Systems
EPS          Embedded PServer (NEST, Novell)
EPS          Enterprise Protection Strategy (TrendMicro)
EPSA         Early Page Space Allocation (AIX, IBM)
EPSI         Encapsulated PostScript Interchange
EPSIG        Electronic Publishing Special Interest Group (Org.)
ER           Enterprise Replication (IDS, Informix, DB)
ER           Externer Rechner (T-Online)
ERAT         Effective to Real Address Translation [table] (Power4, IBM,
CPU, EA, RA)
ERC          European Radiocommunications Committee (WLAN)
ERCIM        European Research Consortium for Information and
Mathematics (Org., GMD, INRIA, CWI, RAL, ..., Europa)
ERD          Entity-Relationship Diagram
ERIN         Environmental Resources Information Network (Australien,
Netzwerk)
ERL          Electronic Research Lab (Volkswagen, USA)
ERM          Enterprise Resource Management
ERM          Entity Relationship Model (DB)
ERO          European Radiocommunications Office (Org., Europa, CEPT)
EROM         Erasable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC)
ERP          Enterprise Resource Planning [software]
ERS          Enterprise Resource Sharing (ENS, Banyan, VINES)
ERS          Error Report Suppression [flag] (CATNIP)
ES           [Red Hat Enterprise Linux] Enterprise Server (RedHat,
Linux, RHEL)
ES           Embedded Systems
ES           End System (ATM)
ES           Errored Seconds (DS1/E1)
ES           European Standard (ETSI)
ES           Extended Services (OS/2)
ES           Extra Segment [register] (CPU, Intel, Assembler)
ES1          EliteSwitch/1 (SMC, FDDI), "ES/1"
ESA          Enterprise Systems Architecture (IBM, MVS/XA, VM, CMS)
ESANN        European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks
(Conference, NN)
ESAXA        Enterprise Systems Architecture / eXtended Architecture
(IBM, ESA, XC), "ESA/XA"
ESAXC        Enterprise Systems Architecture / eXtended Configuration
(IBM, ESA, XA), "ESA/XC"
ESB          Enterprise Service Bus (Iona, OSS, IBM, SOA)
ESCD         Extended System Configuration Data (BIOS, PNP)
ESCO         Enhanced Synchronous Connection Orientated (Bluetooth)
ESCON        Enterprise Systems CONnect(ion) (IBM, I/O)
ESCP2        Epson Specific/Standard Code / Protocol 2 (Drucker), "ESC/P2"
ESD          Electronic Software Distribution
ESD          ElectroStatic Discharge
ESDC         Extra Segment Descriptor Cache [register] (ES, Intel, CPU)
ESDI         Enhanced Standard Device Interface
ESDS         Entry Sequenced Data Set (VSAM)
ESE          Extensible Storage Engine (AD, MS)
ESEC         European Software Engineering Conference (GI, BCS, AFCET,
AICA, OEGI, SI, Conference)
ESER         Einheitliches System dEr Rechentechnik (DDR)
ESF          Extended Super Frame (ISDN, T1)
ESI          End System IDentifier (ATM)
ESIOP        Environment Specific Inter-ORB Protocol (OMG, CORBA, ORB, DCE)
ESIS         Element Structure Information Set (SGML)
ESIS         End System to Intermediate System [protocol / routing]
(OSI), "ES-IS"
ESK          [Fraunhofer] Einrichtung Systeme der Kommunikationstechnik
(Org.)
ESM          External Storage Module (Sun)
ESMD         Embedded Storage Module Disk
ESMD         Enhanced Storage Module Device
ESMTP        Extended Simple Message Transport Protocol (SMTP, RFC
1425/1869)
ESN          Electronic Serial Number
ESN          Electronic Switched Network
ESNET        Energy Sciences NETwork (Netzwerk, USA, Internet)
ESORICS      European Symposium On Research In Computer Security
(Conference)
ESP          [IP] Encapsulating Security Payload (IPSEC, IP, RFC
1825/1827/2406, VPN)
ESP          Easy Software Products (Hersteller, CUPS)
ESP          EFI System Partition (EFI)
ESP          Electronic Stability Program (Auto)
ESP          Emulation Sensing Processor (QMS)
ESP          Ethernet Serial Port (Ethernet)
ESP          Extreme Support through Personalization (IBM)
ESPCM        Electronic Speech systems Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
ESPRIT       European Strategic Program of Research and Development in
Information Technology (EU)
ESR          Event Service Routine (IPX)
ESRAM        ??? Static Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, RL), "eSRAM"
ESS          Embedded Security System (IBM, TPM)
ESS          Extended Service Set (WLAN)
ESSI         European Software and Systems Initiative
EST          Eastern Standard Time [-0500] (TZ, EDT, USA)
ESTO         Electronic Systems Technology Office (Org., ARPA)
ETA          Estimated Time of Arrival (SCP)
ETAI         Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
ETANN        Electrically Trainable Analog Neural Network (NN)
ETAS         Elektronisches Teile-AuskunftsSystem (MBAG)
ETB          Elektronisches TelefonBuch (T-Online)
ETB          End of Transmission Blank / Block
ETC          European Test Conference (VDE, IEEE-CS, Conference)
ETE          End-To-End
ETG          Enterprise Transaction Gateway (EDI, NT)
ETH          Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule
ETHZ         Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich (Org., Schweiz)
ETK          Embedded ToolKit [for Windows CE] (MS, Windows, CE)
ETL          Extraction, Transformation and Loading
ETLA         Extended Three Letter Acronym
ETNO         European Telecommunications Network Operators Association
(Org., ISP)
ETO          Essentials - Tools - Objects (Apple), "E.T.O."
ETR          Early Token Release (Token Ring)
ETR          Evaluation Technical Report (CC)
ETS          Embedded ToolSuite (Phar Lap)
ETS          Emergency Telecommunication Service (RFC 3689)
ETS          European Telecommunication Standard (ETSI)
ETS          Executable Test Suite (ISO 9646-1)
ETSI         European Telecommunication Standards Institute (Org.,
Europa, ETSI)
ETX          End of Transmission teXt
EU           Execution Unit (CPU)
EUC          Extended Unix Code (Unix, AT&T)
EUD          End User Development
EUDC         EMACS Unified Directory Client (EMACS)
EULA         End User License Agreement (MS,  DRM)
EUNET        European Unix NETwork (Netzwerk, Internet, ISP, Unix)
EURID        European Registry of Internet DOMAIN names (Org., Internet,
Europa)
EUROISPA     EUROpean Internet Service Provider Association (Org., ISP),
"EuroISPA"
EUS          EntscheidungsUnterstuetzende Systeme
EUSES        End Users Shaping Effective Software [initiative] (USA)
EUSIDIC      ??? [European Association of Information Services] (Org.,
Europa)
EUSUVP       EntscheidungsUnterstuetzendes System
UmweltVertraeglichkeitsPruefung (EUS, XPS, Uni Hamburg)
EUUG         European Unix User Group (Org., User group, Unix, Europa)
EUV          Extreme UltraViolet
EUVL         Extreme UltraViolet Lithography
EV           EtagenVerteiler (Kabel, EN 50 173)
EVA          [StorageWorks] Enterprise Virtual Array (HP, HDD)
EVBIT        Ergaenzende VertragsBedingugen - InformationsTechnik, "EVB-IT"
EVC          Enhanced Video Connector (VESA)
EVD          Enhanced Versatile Disk (China)
EVE          Extended Virtual Environment
EVMS         Enterprise Volume Management System (OSS, IBM)
EVN          EinzelVerbindungsNachweis (DTAG)
EVP          Enhanced Virus Protection (AMD, CPU)
EWAS         Elektronisches WareneingangsAbwicklungsSystem (MBAG)
EWD          Engine and Warming Display (Airbus, A380), "E/WD"
EWIKO        [verein zur foerderung] Elektronischer
WIssenschaftsKOmmunikation (Org.)
EWOS         European Workshop for Open Systems (OSI, ODA)
EWS          Employee Written Software (IBM)
EWS          European Workshop on SGML (Org., SGML)
EXBI         EXaBInary [(2^10)^6] (IEC)
EXCA         EXchangeable Card Architecture, "ExCA"
EXFCB        EXtended File Control Block
EXIF         Exchangeable Image File Format (DCF, photo, CIPA)
EXSLT        Enhanced eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
(XSL, XML, XSLT)
EXTRA        EXecutionTRace Analyser (IBM, OS/2)
EXUG         European X Users Group (Org., User group, Europa)
EXZ          EXcessive Zeros [error event] (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)
EZ           EchtZeit (Messe)
**** F ****
F2C          FORTRAN to C [converter]
F2F          Frequency - Double Frequency
FA           FernmeldeAmt (DTAG)
FAA          Flow Admission Acknowledge [message] (LFAP)
FABS         Fast Access Btree Structure
FAC          Final Assembly Code (IMEI, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
FACCH        Fast Associated Control CHannel (GSM, DCCH, Mobile-Systems)
FACE         Framed Access Command Environment (Unix, SVR4)
FACS         Firmware ACPI Control Structure (ACPI)
FADOS        Fast Amsterdam Distributed (???) Operating System (OS, FAMP)
FADT         Fixed ACPI Description Table (ACPI)
FADU         File Access Data Unit (FTAM)
FAE          Field Application Engineer
FAG          FernmeldeAnlagenGesetz (DFUE, Deutschland)
FAI          Fully Automatic Installation
FAID         Flash Authority Identification Data (EEPROM)
FAIS         Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society (Org., Finnland, AI)
FAL          File Access Listener (DEC, DNA)
FAME         FORMEX Applied to Multilingualism in Europe (SGML, Europa)
FAMOS        Floating gate Avalanche injection Metal Oxide Semiconductor
(IC)
FAMP         Fast Amsterdam MultiProcessor
FANP         Flow Attribute Notification Protocol (Toshiba, RFC 2129)
FAP          Flight Attendant Panel (Airbus, A380, CIDS, LCD)
FAPI         Family Application Programmer Interface (DOS, VDM, API)
FAQ          Frequently Asked Questions (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
FAR          False Acception Rate
FAR          Fixed Alternative Routing (SNI)
FAR          Flow Admission Request [message] (LFAP)
FARE         Film Automatic Retouching and Enhancement (Canon, Scanner)
FARNET       Federation of American Research NETworks (Netzwerk)
FAS          Flow Admission Service
FASMI        Fast Analysis of Shared Multidimensional Information (OLAP)
FAST         Fast ARM Solutions Toolkit (ARM, Palm, PDA)
FAST         First Application System Test
FAST         Forschungsinstitut fuer Angewandte Software-Technologie
[e.v.] (Org.)
FAT          File Allocation Table (DOS)
FATA         Fibre-Attached Technology Adapted (HP, SATA, HDD)
FAU          Flow Admission Update [message] (LFAP)
FAU          Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet (Org., Erlangen, Nuernberg)
FAW          Forschungsinstitut fuer Anwendungsorientierte
Wissensverarbeitung (Org., KI, Ulm)
FAXP         FAX Profile (Bluetooth, SPP), "FaxP"
FB           Fiber optic Backbone
FBAS         FarbBild-AustastSystem / Farb-Bild-Austast-Synchron-signal
(Video)
FBDIMM       Fully Buffered Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM, IC, RAM),
"FB-DIMM"
FBL          Frame Burst error Length (CD)
FBM          Flexible Buffer Management (QMS)
FBPP         Federal Biometeric Protection Profile (NIAP)
FBS          Flexible Bandwidth Service (ATM, SDH)
FC           Federal Criteria [for information technology security]
(NIST, USA)
FC           Feedback Control
FC           Fibre Channel (FC)
FC           Frame Control (FDDI, Token Ring)
FCA          Flow Control Ack (DLSW)
FCAL         Fibre Channel - Arbitrated Loop, "FC-AL"
FCAPS        Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security
[management areas]
FCB          File Control Block (DOS)
FCBS         File Control BlockS (DOS)
FCC          Fast Communication Controller (SCC, MCC)
FCC          Federal Communications Commission (Org., USA)
FCC          Forward Carbon Copy (DFUE)
FCCH         Frequency Correction CHannel (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
FCCN         Fundacao para a Computacao Cientifica Nacional (Org., Portugal)
FCD          Floating Car Data
FCDAE        Fibre Channel Disk Array Enclosure (FC), "FC-DAE"
FCFS         First Come, First Served
FCGC         Flight Control and Guidance Computer (Airbus, A380)
FCGS4        Fibre Channel Generic Service 4 (FC, SAN, ANSI), "FC-GS-4"
FCH          Frame Control Channel (HiperLAN/2)
FCI          Fibre Channel Interface
FCI          Flow Control Indicator (DLSW)
FCI          Forward Cache Identifier (CATNIP)
FCIP         Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol (SAN, FC, IP)
FCL          Framework Class Library (MS, .NET)
FCMI         Fibre Channel Methodology for Interconnects (FC, SAN,
ANSI), "FC-MI"
FCO          Flow Control Operator Bits (DLSW, BIT)
FCP          [SCSI-3] Fibre Channel Protocol (SAM)
FCPGA        Flip Chip Pin Grid Array (IC, CPU), "FC-PGA"
FCPH         Fibre Channel PHysical and signaling interface (SAM), "FC-PH"
FCR          Flow Change Request [message] (LFAP)
FCS          Fast Circuit Switching
FCS          First Customer Ship (IBM)
FCS          Frame Check Sequence (FDDI, Token Ring)
FCS          Frame Check Sum (MODEM)
FCSAN        Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (FC, SAN)
FCSC         Flight Control Secondary Computer (Airbus, A380)
FDA          FORTRAN Design Aid (FORTRAN)
FDAD         Functional Data ADministrator
FDC          Floppy Disk Controller (FDD)
FDCT         Fast Discrete Cosine Transformation (DCT)
FDD          Floppy Disk Drive
FDD          Frequency Division Duplex (Mobile-Systems)
FDDI         Fiber Distributed Data Interface (ANSI, ISO 8314)
FDDITPPMD    FDDI Twisted Pair-Physical layer, Medium Dependent, "FDDI
TP-PMD"
FDE          Full Duplex Ethernet (Ethernet)
FDES         Full Duplex EtherSwitch (Kalpana)
FDI          [fachverband der ] Fuehrungskraefte der Druckindustrie und
Informationsverarbeitung (Org.)
FDIS         Final Draft International Standard (MPEG)
FDL          File Definition Language
FDL          Free Documentation License (GNU)
FDM          Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)
FDMA         Frequency Division Multiple Access (Mobile-Systems)
FDO          Functional Device Object
FDT          Formal Description Technique
FDTDMA       Frequency Division/Time Division Multiple Access
(Mobile-Systems, GSM), "FD/TDMA"
FDX          Full DupleX
FE           Focus Error (DVD)
FE           Forschung und Entwicklung, "F&E"
FE           Functional Entity (IN)
FEA          Functional Entity Action (IN, UNI)
FEAL         Fast Data Encipherment Algorithm (DES, Verschluesselung)
FEAST        Fast Data Enciphering Algorithm (Verschluesselung)
FEBE         Far End Block Error (SONET)
FEC          Forward Error Correction (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
FECN         Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (ATM)
FEFCO        ???
FEIT         Fujitsu Enhanced Imaging Technology (Fujitsu)
FEK          File Encryption Key (Verschluesselung)
FEM          Finite Elemente Methode
FEN          Free-net Erlangen/Nuernberg
FEP          Firewall Enhancement Protocol (RFC 3093)
FEP          Flight Envelope Protection (Airbus, A380)
FEP          Front End Processor
FER          Forward Error Correction (Satellit)
FERF         Far End Receive Failure (UNI, ATM, SONET, OAM)
FESI         Federacion Espanola de Sociedades de Informatica (Org.,
Spanien)
FET          Field Effect Transistor
FF           Form(ular) Feed
FFAPI        File Format API (MS, API)
FFC          Fully Formed Character [printer]
FFDC         First Failure Data Capture
FFDT         FDDI Full Duplexing Technology (FDDI)
FFII         Foerderverein fuer Freie Informationelle Infrastruktur (Org.)
FFOL         FDDI Follow-On-LAN
FFS          Fallback Fault-tolerant Server (IBM, OS/2)
FFS          Fast File System (Unix, Amiga, Commodore)
FFS          Fast Filing System (BSD, Unix)
FFS          Flexible Fertigungs-Systeme
FFST2        First Failure Support Technology /2 (IBM), "FFST/2"
FFT          Final Form Text
FGA          Future Graphics Adapter (Spea)
FGCS         Fifth Generation Computer Systems [project] (ICOT)
FGREP        Fixed Global Regular Expression Print (Unix, GREP)
FHGS         FreeHand Graphics Studio (Macromedia, DTP)
FHS          File system Hierarchy Standard (Linux, LSB)
FHSS         Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (WLAN)
FIA          Fiberoptic Industry Association (Org.)
FIB          Forwarding Information Base (router, LAN, Internet)
FIBU         FInanzBUchhaltung
FIC          First International Computer [inc.] (Hersteller)
FICS         Free Internet Chess Server
FID          File IDentifier (APDU)
FID          File Identifier Descriptor (UDF, CD-R)
FIDO         FIlter Device Object, "FiDO"
FIF          Fractal Interchange Format
FIFF         Forum Informatikerinnen Fuer den Frieden (Org.)
FIFO         First In First Out (CPU)
FIG          Forth Interest Group (Org., Forth)
FIGLET       Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters (ASCII, fonts)
FILE         Free Internet Lexicon and Encyclopedia (WWW, DICT)
FILO         First In Last Out
FIMAS        Financial Institution Message Authentication Standard
(Banking, ANSI)
FINTS        FINancial Transaction Services (Banking, HBCI), "FinTS"
FIOC         Frame Input/Output Controller
FIP          Facility Interface Processor
FIP          Factory Instrumentation Protocol
FIP          Fluorescent Indicator Panel
FIPA         Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (Org., Agents)
FIPS         Federal Information Processing Standard (NIST, USA)
FIQ          Fast Interrupt reQuest (ARM, RISC)
FIR          Fast IRDA (IRDA)
FIR          Finite Impulse Response (DSP)
FIRE         Flexible Intelligent Routing Engine (3Com)
FIRMR        Federal Information Resources Management Regulations (USA)
FIRP         Federal Internet Requirements Panel (Internet, USA)
FIRS         Federated Internet Registry Service (LDAP, Internet)
FIRST        ForschungsInstitut fuer Rechnerarchitektur und
SoftwareTechnik (Org., GMD, Berlin)
FIRST        Forum of Incident Response and SecuriTy (Org., NIST)
FIS          FachInformationsSystem
FIS          FuehrungsInformationsSysteme
FISH         FIle transfer with a SHell, "FiSH"
FIT          Failures In Time
FIT          Fraunhofer institut fuer angewandte InformationsTechnik (Org.)
FITS         Functional Interpolating Transformation System
FITUG        Foerderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft [e.V.]
(Org.)
FIU          Fingerprint Identification Unit (Sony)
FIZ          FachInformationsZentrum karlsruhe (Org., Deutschland)
FK           Foundation Kit (NextStep, OpenStep, Apple, Rhapsody)
FKS          Fernmelde-Klein-Steckverbindung (Westernstecker)
FL           Fiber optic Link
FLAC         Free Lossless Audio CODEC (CODEC, audio)
FLACC        Full Level Algol Checkout Compiler
FLAME        FLexible API for Module-based Environments (RL, API)
FLASK        FLux Advanced Security Kernel (DTOS)
FLC          Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal
FLEA         Four Letter Extended Acronym
FLEXIP       FLEXible Internet Protocol (Novell, Netware), "FLeX/IP"
FLIM         Faithful Library about Internet Message (EMACS, GNU)
FLOPS        FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU)
FLOWR        For, Let, Order by, Where, Return [principle] (DB, XML)
FLP          Fast Link Pulse (Ethernet, LAN, NLP)
FLS          ???
FM           Frequenz-Modulation
FMA          Federated Management Architecture (Java)
FMA          Fused Multiply Add [operation]
FMB          Flexible MotherBoard [design]
FMM          Flash Memory Manager (Intel)
FMO          Flexible Macroblock Ordering (AVC, Video)
FMS          FernMeldeSystem
FMS          FORTRAN Monitor System (OS, IBM 709)
FMTEYEWTK    Far More Than Everything You Ever Wanted To Know (Slang, PERL)
FNC          Federal Networking Council (Org., USA)
FNI          FachNormenausschuss Informationsverarbeitung [1962-1987]
(DIN, NI, Vorlaeufer)
FO           Fiber Optic
FOA          Fiber Optic Association (Org.)
FOAF         Friend Of A Friend [vocabulary] (RDF)
FOC          Fiber Optic Cable / Communications
FOCS         [symposium on] Foundations Of Computer Science (Conference)
FOD          Flexible Optical Disk (OD)
FODA         Formal specification of ODA document structures (ODA, ISO)
FODO         [international conference on] Foundations Of Data
Organization and algorithms (Conference, INRIA)
FOEBUD       [verein zur] Foerderung des OEffentlichen Bewegten und
Unbewegten Datenverkehrs [e.v.] (Org.), "FoeBuD"
FOIRL        Fiber Optic InterRepeater Link (OWG)
FOKUS        Forschungszentrum fuer Offene KommUnikationsSysteme (Org.,
GMD, Berlin)
FOLDOC       Free OnLine Dictionary Of Computing (WWW, UK)
FOLED        Flexible Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED)
FOMA         Freedom Of Multimedia Access (Japan, Mobile-Systems)
FOMAU        Fiber Optic MAU (Ethernet, MAU)
FON          Fiber Optics Network
FOO          Friends Of O'reilly [meeting]
FOOBAR       FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (RFC 1639, FTP)
FOOT         Forum for Object Oriented Technology (CERN, OOP)
FOP          Formatting Object Processor (Apache, XSL-FO)
FORMEX       FORMalised EXchange of electronic publications (SGML, Europa)
FORML        Formal Object Role Modelling Language
FORTRAN      FORmula TRANslation
FORTWIHR     FORschungsverbund fuer Technisch-WIssenschaftliches
HochleistungsRechnen (Org., Bayern)
FORWISS      bayerisches FORschungszentrum fuer WISsensbasierte Systeme
(Org., KI)
FOSI         Format Output Specification Instance (SGML, CALS)
FOSS         Free and Open Source Software
FOSSIL       Fido Opus Seadog Standard Interface Layer
FOT          Fiber Optic Transceiver
FOTE         Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation, "FOT & E"
FOUC         Flash Of Unstyled Content (CSS)
FOURCC       FOUR Character Code (RIFF, TIFF, VFW, DivX)
FOV          Field Of View (VRML)
FOX          Field Operational X.500
FPA          Fast Packet Adaption (FPS, FPR)
FPA          Floating Point Accelerator
FPAA         Field Programmable ALU Array (IC, ALU, RL)
FPBGA        Fine Pitch Ball Grid Array (IC, CPU)
FPC          Floating Point Coprocessor
FPDI         Flat Panel Display Interface (VESA)
FPDU         FTAM Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
FPE          Floating Point Engine
FPFA         Field Programmable Function Array
FPGA         Field Programmable Gate Array (RL)
FPI          Flux Changes per Inch (HDD)
FPI          Formal Public Identifier (DTD, SGML, SI)
FPI          Functional Process Improvement
FPK          Fast Packet Keying (WLAN, WEP, RSA, Verschluesselung)
FPLA         Field Programmable Logic Array
FPLMTS       Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications System (IN,
Mobile-Systems)
FPM          Fast Page Mode [DRAM] (RAM, DRAM)
FPM          Fast Page Mode [ram] (RAM, DRAM, IC)
FPMDRAM      Fast Page Mode DRAM (RAM, DRAM, IC), "FPM-DRAM"
FPMPMI       Flat Panel Monitor Physical Mounting Interface [standard]
(LCD, VESA)
FPNW         File and Print service for NetWare (MS, Windows, NT, DSMN)
FPODA        Fixed Priority Orientated Demand Assignment (MAC, PODA)
FPP          Fast-Parallel-Port
FPP          Floating Point Processor
FPP          FORTRAN Pre-Processor (FORTRAN)
FPP          Full Packaged Product (MS)
FPR          Fast Packet Relay (FPS, FPA)
FPR          Floating Point Register (FPU)
FPS          Fast Packet Switching (X.25, Datex-J)
FPS          First Person Shooter [game]
FPS          Frames Per Second
FPU          Floating Point Unit (CPU)
FQDN         Fully Qualified DOMAIN Name (Internet)
FRAD         Frame Relay Access Device
FRAM         Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
FRC          Frame Rate Control (PDP)
FRD          Functional Requirements Description
FRF          Floatingpoint Register File (DEC, Alpha, CPU)
FRICC        Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee (Org.)
FRL          Frame Representation Language (AI)
FRMR         FRaMe Reject (HDLC, LAPB, SDLC)
FROM         Factory Read Only Memory (ROM)
FRR          False Rejection Rate
FRR          Functional Recovery Routine
FRS          Flexible Route Selection
FRS          Frame Relay Service (ATM, UNI)
FS           File System (LVM)
FS           Frame Status (FDDI, Token Ring)
FSAG         Free Software Association of Germany (Org.)
FSB          For Small Business (Novell)
FSB          Front Side Bus
FSC          Fujitsu Siemens Computer (Hersteller)
FSCK         File System Consistency checK (Unix)
FSD          File System Driver
FSF          Free Software Foundation (Org., GNU)
FSFE         Free Software Foundation Europe (Org., FSF)
FSG          Free Standards Group (Org.)
FSH          File System Hierarchy (Linux, LSB)
FSIP         Full Scale InPut (FSOP)
FSK          Frequency Shift Keying (DFUE)
FSM          Finite State Machine (TTCN, ...)
FSM          Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia (Org., Deutschland)
FSMGDOS      Font Scaling Manager - Graphics Device Operating System
(OS, Atari), "FSM-GDOS"
FSO          [scripting runtime library] File System Objects (MS, WSH)
FSOP         Full Scale OutPut (FSIP)
FSOS         Free Standing Operating System (OS)
FSP          File Slurping Protocol
FSRTL        File System RunTime Library
FSS          Fair Share Scheduler (Solaris, Sun)
FSS          Fast System Switch (Unix)
FSSUTF       FileSystem Safe UCS Transformation Format (UCS, Unicode),
"FSS-UTF"
FST          Flat Square Technology (Hitachi)
FSTN         Film SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD)
FSTP         Foiled Shielded Twisted Pair [cable] (STP, TP), "F/STP"
FSU          Free Software Union (Org.)
FSV          Flexible Sender Validation (SPAM)
FT1          Fractional T1 (ISDN, T1, DS-0, DS-1)
FTA          Floptical Technology Association (3M u.a.)
FTAM         File Transfer, Access  and Management (GOSIP, ISO 8571/8572)
FTBFS        Fails To Build From Source (Linux, Debian, Slang)
FTC          Federal Trade Commission (Org., USA)
FTE          [DCOM] For The Enterprise (DCOM, SAG)
FTM          File Transfer Manager (PDA, Casio)
FTN          Fido Technology Network (FidoNet)
FTNA         File Transfer Access and Management
FTNEA        File Transfer NEtwork Architecure (SNI)
FTOS         File Transfer Open Systems
FTOS         File Transfer OSI Support
FTP          File Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 959)
FTP          Foiled Twisted Pair [cable] (UTP, TP)
FTPD         File Transfer Protocol DAEMON (FTP)
FTR          Full Text Retrieval
FTS          Fidonet Technical Standard
FTS2000      Federal Telecommunications Services - 2000 (USA), "FTS-2000"
FTSC         Federal Telecommunications Standards Committee (Org., USA)
FTSC         Fidonet Technical Standard Conference (Conference)
FTTC         Fiber To The Curb
FTTH         Fibre To The Home
FTZ          FernmeldeTechnische Zentralamt / Zulassung (DTAG, ZZF,
Vorlaeufer)
FUA          Flow Update Acknowledge [message] (LFAP)
FUB          Freie Universitaet Berlin (Org.)
FUBAB        Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Belief (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
FUBAR        Failed UniBus Address Register (VAX)
FUBAR        Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition / Repair
(DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
FUD          Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt (Slang, IBM)
FUN          Flow Update Notification [message] (LFAP)
FUNI         Frame User Network Interface
FUEV          Fernmeldeanlagen-UEberwachungsVerordnung
FVD          Forward Versatile Disc (China, WMV)
FWH          FirmWare Hub (BIOS, Intel)
FWIW         For What It's Worth (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
FWS          Folding White Space (RFC 1822)
FWT          Fast Wavelet Transformation
FXO          Foreign eXchange Office (FXS)
FXS          Foreign Exchange System / Subscriber (FXO)
FXU          FiXed point Unit (POWER, CPU)
FYI          For Your Information (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
FZA          ??? [compression]
FZI          ForschungsZentrum Informatik (Org., Uni Karlsruhe)
**** G ****
GA           General Availability (OS/2)
GA           Genetic Algorithm(s)
GAA          General Application Area (CD-MRW)
GABELN       Gruppe Area Brett Echo Liste Newsgroup (DFUE-Slang, Usenet,
BBS)
GABRIEL      GAteway and BRIdge to Europe's national Libraries
GAC          Global Assembly Cache (MS, .NET)
GAC          Government Advisory Council (ICANN)
GADK         Global Application Developers Kit (Sun)
GAE          Generic Application Environment
GAEB         Gemeinsamer Ausschuss fuer Elektronik im Bauwesen (Org.)
GAFCON       German AirForce Communication Network (Mil., Deutschland,
Netzwerk)
GAFDIN       German AirForce Digital Network (Mil., Deutschland, Netzwerk)
GAIA         GUI Application Interoperability Architecture (OSF)
GAIN         Gator Advertising and Information Network
GAIN         German Advanced Integrated Network (IBM)
GAK          Governmental Accessed Keys (Verschluesselung)
GAL          Generic Array celL / Logic
GAL          Global Address List (MS, Windows, Exchange)
GAN          Global Area Network
GAN          GrenzAktenNachweis (INPOL)
GAP          Generic Access Profile (DECT, Europa, Bluetooth)
GAP          Generic Address Parameter
GARP         Gratious Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), "gARP"
GART         Graphics Address Remapping Table (AGP)
GASH         Group Admin SHell (Unix, Shell)
GATOR        GATeway OrientierungsRatgeber (Internet)
GAWK         GNU AWK (GNU, AWK)
GB           GigaByte
GB           GuoBao [codepage]
GBIC         GigaBIT Interface Converter
GBIP         General Purpose Interface Bus
GBIT         Giga BIT (BIT), "GBit"
GBM          Generalised Bitmap Module (DLL, Windows, Linux, OS/2)
GBPS         GigaBits Per Second (BIT)
GC           Global Catalog (MS, AD)
GC           Graphic Context (X-Windows)
GCA          General Communications Architecture (Ingres)
GCAD         Geographical Computer Aided Design System
GCATT        Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology
(Org., USA)
GCC          GNU C Compiler / GNU Compiler Collection (GNU)
GCCS         Global Command and Control System (DISA, Mil.)
GCCS         Government Code and Cipher School (UK, Mil.), "GC&CS"
GCF          Generic Connection Framework (Java, J2ME)
GCFW         GIAC Certified FireWall analyst (GIAC, GSE)
GCHQ         Government Communications HeadQuarters (Mil., UK)
GCIA         GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GIAC, GSE)
GCID         Global Call IDentifier
GCIDIE       Global Call IDentifier- Information Element (GCID), "GCID-IE"
GCIH         GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GIAC, GSE)
GCJ          GNU Compiler for Java (GNU, Java)
GCL          GNU Common LISP (GNU, LISP)
GCL          Graphics Command Language
GCM          Galois/Counter Mode
GCOS         General Comprehensive Operating System (Honeywell, OS,
Honeywell Series 60, Honeywell Series 6000)
GCR          Gray Component Replacement (RGB, CYMK, DTP)
GCR          Group Coded Recording
GCRA         Generic Cell Rate Algorithm (UNI, ATM)
GCS          Greek Computer Society (Org., Griechenland)
GCS          Group Control System (IBM, VM, VME, VM/ESA)
GCT          Group Completion Table (Power4, IBM, CPU)
GCUX         GIAC Certified UniX security administrator (GIAC, GSE)
GCWN         GIAC Certified WiNdows security administrator (GIAC, GSE)
GCWS         [ServerWorks] Grand Champion WorksStation [chipset], "GC-WS"
GDA          Global Directory Agent (DCE)
GDAP         Government Document Application Profile
GDB          GNU DeBugger (GNU)
GDBM         GNU Data Base Manager (DB, GNU)
GDC          GCC D Compiler (GCC)
GDD          Gesellschaft fuer Datenschutz und Datensicherung (Org.)
GDDM         Graphical Data Display Manager (IBM)
GDDR2        Graphics Double Data Rate 2 (SDRAM, IC, Samsung)
GDH          Grid Data Handle (grid)
GDI          Graphical Device / Display Interface
GDL          Geometric Description Language
GDM          Grid Data Management (Grid)
GDMI         Generic Definition of Management Information
GDMO         Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects (OSI)
GDOP         Geometrical Dilution Of Precision (GPS)
GDOS         Graphics Device Operating System (OS, Atari)
GDOUG        Greater Detroit OS/2 User Group (Org., User group, OS/2, USA)
GDPDU        Grundsaetze zum Datenzugriff und zur Pruefbarkeit Digitaler
Unterlagen (BMF), "GDPdU"
GDQS         Grid Distributed Query Service (DQP, OGSA-DAI, grid)
GDR          Grid Data Reference (grid)
GDROM        GigaDisk Read Only Memory (Sega, ROM), "GD-ROM"
GDS          Generalized Data Stream (IBM, APPC)
GDS          Global Directory Service (DCE)
GDS          Grid Data Service (grid)
GDSF         Grid Data Service Factory (GDS, grid)
GDT          Global Descriptor Table
GDT          Grid Data Transport (grid)
GDTD         Grid Data Transport Depot (GDT, grid)
GDTRC        Global Descriptor Table Register Cache (GDT, Intel, CPU)
GDTS         Grid Data Translation / Transformation Service (grid)
GE           General Electric (Hersteller, GE)
GE           GigaBIT Ethernet (Ethernet, BIT)
GEAM         GEAM Encrypts All Mails (Verschluesselung)
GECOS        General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor /
System (OS, GE, GCOS, Vorlaeufer, Honeywell)
GEDCOM       GEnealogical Data COMmunication [format], "GeDCom"
GEF          Graphical Editing Framework (Java, SWT, WTP)
GEGL         GEneral Graphic Library (GIMP)
GEI          Gesellschaft fuer Elektronische Informationsverarbeitung
[mbh] (Hersteller, Aachen)
GEIST        German Encyclopedic Internet Service Terminal (Org.)
GEM          Generalized Executive for realtime Multiprocessor
applications (OS)
GEM          Graphics Environment Manager (DR, PC)
GENA         General Event Notification Architecture (UPnP)
GENIE        General Electric Network for Information Exchange
(Netzwerk, GE)
GEOS         Graphic Environment Operating System (OS)
GERAN        GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GSM, EDGE, Mobile-Systems)
GESIP        GESellschaft fuer Informatik in der Pharmazie [e.v.] (Org.)
GETS         Government Emergency Telecommunications System (USA)
GFC          Generic Flow Control (ATM)
GFC          Going For Coffee (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
GFDL         GNU Free Documentation License (GNU)
GFLOPS       Giga FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU)
GFP          Global Functional Plane (IN)
GFS          Global File System (GFS, Unix)
GFSK         Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying (DFUE)
GGF          Global Grid Forum (Org., grid, EMC, FSC, HP, Intel, Oracle,
...)
GGI          General Graphics Interface
GGP          Gateway to Gateway Protocol (RFC 823)
GGS          GueteGemeinschaft Software [e.v.] (Org.)
GGSN         Gateway GPRS Support Node (GPRS, Mobile-Systems)
GHOST        Goal Hierarchy and Objectives Structuring Technique (TUB)
GHTSTN       Guest Host Technique SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD), "GHT-STN"
GI           Gesellschaft fuer Informatik (Org.)
GIAC         Global Information Assurance Certification (Org.)
GIBI         GIgaBInary [(2^10)^3] (IEC)
GID          Group ID
GIDAS        Grafisch-Interaktives DatenAnalyseSystem
GIDEI        General Input Device Emulation Interface
GIDO         General Intrusion Detection Object (CIDF)
GIFT         GNU Image Finding Tool (GNU)
GIGO         Garbage In Garbage Out
GII          General Input Interface
GIL          Gesellschaft fuer Informatik in der Land-, forst- und
ernaehrungswirtschaft [e.v.] (Org.)
GIM          Gesellschaft fuer informationstechnik und
InformationsManagement [mbh] (ISC, Bremen)
GIMP         General / GNU Image Manipulation Program (Linux, Graphik, GNU)
GIMPS        Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (Internet)
GINA         Generische INteraktive Anwendung (GMD)
GINA         Graphic Identification and Authentication
GIOP         General Inter-ORB Protocol (OMG, CORBA, ORB, IIOP)
GIPS         Giga Instructions Per Second (CPU)
GIRL         Generalized Information Retrieval Language
GIS          Geographic Information System
GISF         GIAC Information Security Fundamentals (GIAC)
GIT          GNU Interactive Tools (GNU)
GITS         Government Information Technology Service (USA)
GIUA         German Ingres User Association (Org., User group, DBMS, DB)
GJSP         GNU Java Server Pages (GNU, Java, JSP)
GKDC         Group Key Distribution Centre (KDC, CBT)
GKHI         Generalized Kernel Hook Infrastructure (Linux, IBM)
GKMP         Group Key Management Protocol
GKS          Graphic Kernel System
GLDV         Gesellschaft fuer Linguistische DatenVerarbeitung (Org.)
GLGPL        GNU Lesser General Public License (GNU)
GLI          Graphics Link Interface
GLM          Generalized Markup Language
GLOCOM       [center for] GLObal COMmunications (Org., Japan)
GLSL         openGL Shading Language (OpenGL)
GLTSD        Global Logging Target Save Disabled (HDD, SCSI)
GLU          openGL Utility Library (OpenGL, GLU)
GLUT         openGL Utility library Toolkit (OpenGL, GLU)
GLX          openGL extension for the X window system (OpenGL, X-WIndows)
GM           General MIDI [standard] (MIDI)
GMA          Gesellschaft fuer Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik (Org., VDI)
GMC          Global Motion Compensation (DivX, Video)
GMCH         Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (Intel, ICH)
GMD          Gesellschaft fuer Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (Org.,
St. Augustin)
GMDS         deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Medizinische Dokumentation,
informatik und Statistik [e.v.] (Org.)
GME          Gesellschaft MikroElektronik (Org., VDE, VDI)
GMGPL        GNAT Modified GNU Public License (GNAT, GNU, GPL)
GMI          Generic Management Information (OSI)
GMK          Group Master Key (RSN, Verschluesselung)
GML          General Markup Language
GML          Geography Markup Language (XML, OGC)
GML          Graph Modeling Language
GMOEOR        Gesellschaft ??? (Org.)
GMP          GNU Multi-Precision [library] (GNU)
GMPLS        Generalized MultiProtocol Label Switching
GMR          Giant Magneto-Resistive [heads] (HDD, IBM, Toshiba)
GMSC         Gateway Mobile services Switching Center (Mobile-Systems)
GMSK         Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
GMT          Greenwich Mean Time [+0000] (TZ, UTC, UK)
GNA          Global Network Academy (Internet)
GNAT         GNU Ada Translator (GNU)
GNBD         Global Network Block Device (GFS)
GNFS         General Number Field Sieve (Verschluesselung)
GNI          GayNet International (Netzwerk)
GNIUs        GSM Network for Improved access to Universal Services (GSM,
Europa)
GNMP         Government Network Management Profile (USA)
GNN          Global Network Navigator (Internet, WWW)
GNOME        GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNU, GNOME, GUI)
GNU          GNU's Not Unix (rekursiv!, Unix, GNU, OS)
GNUPG        GNU Privacy Guard (GNU, Verschluesselung), "GnuPG"
GNV          GNU is Not VMS (HP, VMS, GNU)
GNX400       Gateway Network eXchange 400 (Proteon, SNA, SDLC), "GNX 400"
GOCA         Graphic Object Content Architecture (IBM, MO:DCA)
GOD          Global OutDial
GOD          Grundsaetze ordnungsmaessiger Datenverarbeitung, "GoD"
GOEP         Generic Object Exchange Profile (Bluetooth, SPP)
GOK          GNOME On-screen Keyboard (GNOME)
GOMS         Goals, Operators, Methods, Selection [theory]
GOP          Group Of Pictures (Video, VOBU, DVD)
GOPS         Giga Operations Per Second
GOSIP        Government Open Systems Interconnections Profile (USA, UK)
GOT          Global Offset Table
GP           Generative Programming
GPA          GNU Privacy Assistant (GNU, GnuPG)
GPC          General-Purpose Computation
GPC          GNU Pascal Compiler (GNU)
GPC          Graphics Performance Characterization [committee] (Org.,
HP, IBM, DEC, SGI, Sun,...)
GPC          Graphics Performance Council (SPEC)
GPC          Group Policy Container (AD, GPO)
GPCI         Graphics Processor Command Interface
GPF          General Protection Fault (Windows)
GPFS         General Parallel File System (IBM)
GPG          GNU Privacy Guard (GNU)
GPGPU        General Purpose computation on Graphics Processing Units (GPU)
GPI          Graphics Programming Interface
GPIB         General-Purpose Interface Bus (IEEE 488, GPIB)
GPIO         General Purpose Input Output
GPL          General Public Licence (GNU)
GPL          Graphics Programming Language
GPM          Gesellschaft fuer ProjektManagement [e.v.] (Org.)
GPMC         Group Policy Management Console (MS, Windows, XP, .NET)
GPO          Group Policy Objects (AD, GPO)
GPOS         General Purpose Operation System
GPP          [SCSI-3] Generic Packetized Protocol (SAM)
GPP          GNU [C] Plus Plus [compiler] (GNU)
GPR          General Purpose Register (CPU)
GPRS         General Packet Radio Service / System (ETSI, GSM, TCP/IP,
GPRS, Mobile-Systems)
GPS          Global Positioning System (GPS)
GPSI         Graphics Processor Software Interface
GPT          Group Policy Template (AD, GPO)
GPT          GUID Partition Table (EFI, GUID)
GPU          Graphics Processing Unit
GPV          General Public Virus
GQES         Grid Query Evaluation Service (DQP, OGSA-DAI, grid)
GRADD        GRaphics Adapter Device Driver (OS/2, IBM)
GRAPHML      GRAPH Markup Language
GRAPHXML     GRAPH eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
GRASP        Graphic Animation System for Professionals
GRAW         Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
GRC          Generic Reference Configuration
GRE          Generic Routing Encapsulation (RFC 1701, VPN)
GREP         Global Regular Expression Print (Unix)
GRH          Global Route Header (Infiniband)
GRIC         Global Research Internet Connection (Org., ISP)
GRINS        GRaphical iNterface to SMIL (SMIL, Oratix), "GRiNS"
GRPS         General Packet Radio Service (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
GRUB         GRand Unified Bootloader (GNU)
GS           General Standard (MIDI)
GS           Gepruefte Sicherheit
GSA          Global mobile Suppliers Association (Org., Mobile-Systems)
GSDK         Game Software Development Kit (Linux, GGI, OpenGL)
GSDS         Genealogy Software Distribution System
GSE          GIAC Security Expert (GIAC)
GSEC         GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GIAC)
GSER         Generic String Encoding Rules (ASN1, RFC 3641/342)
GSH          Grid Service Handle (OGSI, grid)
GSL          Graphics Software Labs (AT&T)
GSLC         GIAC Certified Security Leadership (GIAC)
GSM          Global System for Mobile communications
GSM          Groupe Speciale Mobile (Org. , CEPT)
GSMP         General Switch Management Protocol (DEC, Sprint)
GSNA         GIAC Systems and Network Auditor
GSNW         Gateway Service for NetWare (MS, Windows, NT)
GSP          GNU Server Pages (GNU, Java, JSP)
GSR          Grid Service Reference (OGSI, grid)
GSS          Generic Security Service (IETF, GSS-API)
GSS          Group Support System
GSSAPI       Generic Security Service API (RFC 2078, API), "GSS-API"
GST          Guam Standard Time [+1000] (TZ)
GSUG         German Smalltalk Users Group (User group, Smalltalk, Org.)
GSX          Graphics System eXtension
GTDM         Group Time Division Multiplexing [protocol]
GTF          Generalized Timing Format (VESA)
GTG          Good To Go (Slang, Cygwin)
GTK          [GNU] GIMP ToolKit (GNU, GUI)
GTK          Group Transient Key (RSN, Verschluesselung, WLAN)
GTL          Gunning Tranceiver Logic+ [bus] (Intel, SMP), "GTL+"
GTLD         Generic Top Level DOMAIN (Internet, ICANN), "gTLD"
GTP          GPRS Tunnel Protocol (GPRS, Mobile-Systems)
GTS          GigaTexel Shading
GTS          Global Telecommunication System
GTSM         Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (TTL, RFC 3682)
GUI          Graphical User Interface (UI)
GUID         Global[ly] Unique IDentifier (COM)
GUIDE        Graphical User Interface Design Editor (Sun)
GUILE        GNU's Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extension (GNU)
GULM         Global Universal Lock Manager / Grand Unified Lock Manager
(GFS)
GUS          Guide to the Use of Standards (SPAG)
GUUG         German Unix User Group (Org., User group, Unix)
GV           GebaeudeVerteiler (Kabel, EN 50 173)
GVBA         Global Village Business Association (Org., USA)
GVC          GNU Volunteer Coordinators (GNU)
GVV          German Volunteer Votetakers (Usenet, DANA)
GWAI         German Workshop on Artificial Intelligence (Conference, AI)
GWBASIC      Graphics and Windows Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic
Instruction Code (BASIC, MS-DOS), "GW-Basic"
GWDG         Gesellschaft fuer Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung
Goettingen [mbH] (Org.)
GWS          Gesellschaft fuer Wirtschafts- und Sozialkybernetik (Org.,
Uni Marburg)
GWS          Graphics WorkShop
GWT          Google Web Toolkit (Google, WWW, Java, AJAX)
GXA          Global XML Architecture (MS, IBM, Verisign, Verschluesselung)
GYVE         GNU Yellow Vector Editor (GNU)
**** H ****
H2U          Higher capacity to UMTS (UMTS, WLAN)
H4P          High Performance Parallel Processing Project (ICI)
HAAPI        Human Authentication Application Program Interface (API),
"HA-API"
HACL         Host Access Class Library (HOD, API)
HACMP        High Availability Clustered Multi Processing (IBM, RS/6000,
Bull), "HA/CMP"
HADR         High Availability Disaster Recovery (Informix, DB2, DB)
HAL          Hackers At Large (Org.)
HAL          Hard Array Logic
HAL          Hardware Abstraction Layer (Windows, NT)
HAL          Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer (2001)
HALPC        Houston Area League of PC-Users, "HAL-PC"
HAMPS        Host AUTODIN Message Processing System (AUTODIN, Mil.)
HAND         Have A Nice Day (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
HANFS        Highly Available Network File System
HAP          Host Access Protocol (RFC 907/1221)
HARQ         Hybrid Automatic Re-transmission reQuest (WIMAX)
HAS          High Availability Subsystem (Bull)
HAT          Hashed Address Table
HAV          High AVailability
HAVI         Home Audio Video Interoperability (Org., Grundig, Hitachi,
Matsushita, Philips, Sharp, Sony, Thomson, Toshiba)
HBA          Host Bus Adapter (SCSI)
HBCI         HomeBanking Computer Interface [veraltet/old term]
(Internet, Banking, Deutschland, HBCI)
HBT          Hetero Bipolar Transistor (IBM, IC)
HC           Handler Compiler (SAX, XML)
HCA          Host Channel Adapter (Infiniband)
HCF          Hybrid Coordination Function (MAC, 802.11a)
HCI          Host Controller Interface (Bluetooth, Linux)
HCI          Human Computer Interaction (BCS, Conference)
HCL          Hardware Certification List (TCPA)
HCL          Hardware Compatibility List (MS, Windows)
HCL          Host Control Links
HCSDS        High Capacity Satellite Digital Service
HCSS         High Capacity Storage System (Novell, Netware)
HCT          Hamburger ComputerTage (Messe)
HCT          High-speed CMOS [logic] with TTT-compatible [logic] levels
(IC, MOS)
HCTDS        High-Capacity Terrestrial Digital Service
HD           High Density
HDA          High Definition Audio (Intel, Audio)
HDAM         Hierarchical Direct Access Method (DAM)
HDB          HoneyDanBer [standard] (Unix)
HDB3         High Density Bipolar 3
HDBMS        Hierarchical DataBase Management System (DBMS, DB)
HDC          Hard Disk Controller
HDCD         High Density Compact Disk (CD, Sony, Phillips)
HDCP         High-bandwidth Digital Copy Protection (DRM, HDMI,
Verschluesselung)
HDD          Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
HDD          Highly Doped Drain (IC, MOSFET)
HDDV         High Definition Digital Video (video)
HDDVD        High Density Digital Versatile Disk (DVD, NEC, Toshiba),
"HD-DVD"
HDF          Hierarchical Data Format (NCSA)
HDH          HDLC Distant Host
HDI          HOOPS Device Interface (VAGI)
HDIT         High Bandwidth Differential Interconnect Technology [bus] (VIA)
HDL          Hardware Description Language (ASIC)
HDLC         High-level Data Link Control (ISO)
HDM          Hardware Device Module (I2O)
HDMI         High Definition Multimedia Interface (DVI, HDTV)
HDML         Handheld Device Markup Language (Mobile-Systems, HDTP)
HDN          Hochgeschwindigkeits-DatenNetz
HDOP         Horizontal Dilution Of Precision (GPS)
HDOS         Heath Disk Operating System (OS, Heath)
HDR          High availability Data Replication (Informix, DB)
HDR          High Dynamic Range
HDS          Hitachi Data Systems (Hersteller)
HDSL         High data / bit rate Digital Subscriber Line (BELLCORE,
AT&T, DSL, BIT)
HDSL         High-level Data Specification Language
HDTP         Handheld Device Transport Protocol (Mobile-Systems)
HDTV         High Definition TeleVision
HDX          Half DupleX
HE           HoehenEinheit [1HE = 19"]
HEA          Hyundai Electronics of America (Hersteller)
HEC          Header Error Check
HEC          Header Error Control (ATM)
HECTOR       HEterogeneous Computer TOgetheR (IBM, Uni Karlsruhe)
HEL          Hardware Emulation Layer
HEL          Header Extension Length
HEMT         High Electron Mobility Transistor
HEPNET       High Energy Physics NETwork (Netzwerk)
HERMES       Heuristic Emergency Response Management Expert System (XPS)
HERODE       Handling the Electronic Representation of mixed text -
image Office Documents based on ECMA standard 101 (ESPRIT, SNI, TITN,
ECMA, ODA)
HES          Home Electronic System (SNI)
HES          Honeywell Executive System (OS, Honeywell 800)
HF           Have Fun (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
HFC          Hybrid Fiber Coax [network]
HFD          Hauptanschluss fuer Direktruf / Datenleitung (DTAG), "HfD"
HFDS         Highly Functional Distributed System (MTRON)
HFP          Hands Free Profile (Bluetooth, SPP)
HFS          Hierachical File System (Apple, CD, MACOS)
HFT          High Function Terminal (AIX, IBM)
HGA          Hercules Graphics Adapter
HGC          Hercules Graphics Card
HHI          Heinrich Hertz Institut (Org., Deutschland)
HI           Hochschulverband Informationswissenschaften (Org.)
HI1          Handover Interface 1 (ETSI, ES 201671)
HI2          Handover Interface 2 (ETSI, ES 201671)
HI3          Handover Interface 3 (ETSI, ES 201671)
HIC          Human Interaction Component
HIC          Hybrid Integrated Circuit
HID          Human Interface Device (MS)
HIDAM        Hierarchical Indexed Direct Access Method (DAM)
HIFD         HIgh capacity Floppy Disk (Sony, Fuji), "HiFD"
HIFI         Hypertext Interface For Information (ESPRIT)
HIFIVE       HIgh Fidelity Interactive Visual Environment (DEC), "Hi-FIVE"
HIFT         Hardware Implemented Fault Tolerance (SIFT)
HIGGENS      Human Interface Graphical GENeration System (Uni Colorado)
HINT         Hierarchical INTegration [benchmark]
HIPERLAN     HIgh PErformance Radio Local Area Network (LAN, ETSI, EN
300 652)
HIPPI        HIgh Performance Parallel Interface
HIPPI        High Performance Peripheral Interface
HIRD         HURD of Interfaces Representing Depth (GNU, HURD)
HIS          HerstellerInitiative Software (Org., Deutschland)
HISAM        Hierarchical Indexed Sequential Access Method (SAM)
HISP         HIgh SPeed channel connector (Cray, I/O)
HKS          Horowitz Key Server (PGP, GPG, PKS, SKS)
HLL          High Level Language
HLLAPI       High Level Language Application Programming Interface (IBM,
API)
HLP          High Latency Profile (Video, AVC)
HLPI         Higher Layer Protocol Identifier
HLR          Home Location Register (LR, GSM, GPRS, Mobile-Systems)
HLRB         HoechstLeistungsRechenzentrum Bayern (Org.)
HLS          Hue, Luminance, Saturation (Farbsystem, DTP)
HLSL         High Level Shader Language (DirectX)
HM           HyperMemory (graphics)
HMA          High Memory Area
HMAC         keyed-Hashing for Message AuthentiCation (Verschluesselung,
RFC 2104)
HMC          Hardware Management Console (IBM, Linux)
HMC          Highspeed Memory Controller (Apple)
HMD          Head Mounted Display (VR)
HMI          Human-Machine Interface
HMMP         HyperMedia Management Protocol (MS, Intel, Cisco, WWW, HMMS)
HMMS         HyperMedia Management Schema (MS, Intel, Cisco, WWW)
HMOS         High performance Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
HMP          Host Monitoring Protocol (RFC 869)
HMUX         Hybrid MUltipleXer (FDDI), "H-MUX"
HNA          Host and Network Association [message] (OLSR)
HNF          Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum (Org., Paderborn)
HNI          Heinz Nixdorf Institut (Org., ZIT)
HOD          Host On Demand (IBM, HOD)
HOL          Head Of Line
HOLAP        Hybrid OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP, DB)
HOMERF       Home Radio Frequency (WLAN), "HomeRF"
HOOPS        Hierarchical Object Orientated Picture System (Ithaca,
Autodesk, OOP)
HOP          Homecast Open Protocol (WLAN, Alation Systems)
HOPP         Half Object Plus Protocol
HOS          High Order Surfaces (3D)
HP           Hewlett Packard (Hersteller)
HPA          High Performance Architecture (HP)
HPBIDS       Hewlett Packard Broadband Internet Delivery System (HP,
Internet), "HP BIDS"
HPC          Handheld Personal Computer (PC), "H/PC"
HPC          High Performance Computing
HPCC         High Performance Computing and Communication
HPCS         High Performance Communication Server (Tobit, NLM, Netware)
HPCS         High Productivity Computing System (DARPA, Cray, IBM, Sun, ...)
HPET         High Precision Event Timer (IC, Intel, MS)
HPF          High Performance FORTRAN (FORTRAN)
HPFS         High Performance FileSystem (OS/2)
HPGL         Hewlett Packard Graphics Language (CAD, CAM, HP)
HPIB         Hewlett Packard Interface Bus (GPIB)
HPLIP        Hewlett Packard Linux Imaging and Printing (HP, Linux)
HPM          Hyper Page Mode
HPMI         Hewlett Packard Model Interface (CAD, HP), "HP-MI"
HPNA         ???
HPOFS        High Performance Optical File System (IBM, OS/2, MOD)
HPPA         Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture (HP, RISC)
HPPCL        Hewlett Packard Printer Control Language
HPR          High Performance Routing
HPR          High Priority Request (VUMA)
HPRILOE      ??? - Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition, "HP-RILOE"
HPS          Hardware Product Services
HPS          High Performance Switch (IBM)
HPTS         High Performance Transaction Systems
HPUX         Hewlett Packard / UniX (Unix), "HP/UX"
HPVEE        Hewlett-Packard Visual Engineering Environment (HP, GUI),
"HP VEE"
HPVUE        Hewlett Packard - Visual User Environment (HP, GUI), "HP-VUE"
HQL          Hibernate Query Language
HR           High Rate (IEEE 802.11)
HRC          Hybrid Ring Control (FDDI)
HRFWG        Home Radio Frequency Working Group (WLAN, HOMERF)
HRMS         Human Resource Management System (Peoplesoft)
HRTF         Head Related Transfer Function
HS           High Speed (MODEM)
HSA          High Speed Access
HSB          Hue Saturation Brightness (DTP)
HSC          Hierarchical Storage Controller
HSC          HTML Sucks Completely (HTML, Amiga)
HSCDS        High Speed Cable Data Services
HSCSD        High Speed Circuit Switched Data (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
HSD          Host Storage DOMAIN (HDS)
HSDPA        High Speed Downlink Packet Access (UMTS, HSUPA)
HSDRAM       High-speed Synchronous Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC)
HSFS         High Sierra File System
HSI          High Speed Interconnect (Nvidia, AGP, PCIe)
HSI          High Speed Interface
HSI          Hue, Saturation, Intensity (DTP)
HSIE         Homeland Security Information Exchange (Expertelligence,
Grid), "HS/IE"
HSIS         ??? High Speed Interface / SNA, "HSI/S"
HSLAN        High Speed Local Area Network, "HS-LAN"
HSLFX        Hierarchical Specification Language - Function Extension
(HDL, NTT, LSI), "HSL-FX"
HSLN         High Speed Local Network
HSM          Hardware Specific Module (ODI)
HSM          Hierarchical Storage Management
HSM          Hierarchisches SpeicherManagement
HSMD         High Speed Mobile Data (HSCSD, Deutschland, E-Plus)
HSP          [UUNet] HighSpeed Peering
HSP          Host Signal Processing (DFUE, WinModem)
HSR          Hidden Surface Removal (3D)
HSRP         Hot Standby Router Protocol (Cisco, IOS)
HSSDS        High-Speed Switched Digital Service
HSSI         High Speed Serial Interface
HSSM         Hicommand Storage Services Manager (HDS)
HSSN         HighSpeed Switching Network (Cray, ATM)
HST          Hawaiian Standard Time [-1030] (TZ)
HST          High Soft Tech (Hersteller, ISDN)
HST          High Speed Technology (US Robotics)
HSUPA        High Speed Uplink Packet Access (UMTS, HSDPA)
HT           Horizontal Tab
HT           Hyper-Threading (Intel, Pentium, SMT, CPU)
HTA          HTML Applications (MS, HTML)
HTC          HTML Components (MS, OWA, WWW, HTML)
HTDM         Hybrid Time Division Multiplexing [protocol]
HTF          Hyper-g Text Format (Hyper-G)
HTH          Hope This Helps (DFUE-Slang)
HTML         HyperText Markup Language (Internet, WWW, SGML, RFC
1866/1942, HTML)
HTPC         Home Theater Personal Computer (PC)
HTPS         High Temperature PolySilicon
HTSI         Host Transport Service Interface (ICC, CT-API)
HTTP         HyperText Transfer Protocol (WWW, RFC 2068/2616)
HTTPD        HyperText Transfer Protocol DAEMON (WWW, HTTP)
HTTPNG       HyperText Transfer Protocol - Next Generation (WWW), "HTTP-NG"
HTTPR        HyperText Transfer Protocol - Reliable (HTTP, IBM)
HTTPS        HyperText Transfer Protocol [SSL] Secured (HTTP, SSL, WWW)
HUD          Head-Up Display (AG)
HUGO         Holland User Group for OS/2 (Org., User group, OS/2,
Niederlande)
HUMAINE      HUman-MAchine Interaction Network on Emotion [project] (Europe)
HURD         HIRD of Unix-Replacing DAEMONs (GNU, HIRD)
HVC          Holografic Versatile Card
HVC          Hue-Value-Chroma [model] (Tektronic, DTP)
HVD          High Voltage Differential [technology] (SCSI)
HVD          Holografic Versatile Disc
HWMC         HardWare Motion Compensation
HYCH         Hope You Can Help (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
HYTEA        HYperText Environment for Authoring (ESPRIT)
HYTIME       Hypermedia/Time-based structuring language (SGML, ISO, IEC,
IS 10744), "HyTime"
HYTM         HyTime Topic Map (SGML, KM), "HyTM"
**** I ****
I16L32P16    Integer 16 [bit], Long 32 [bit], Pointer 16 [bit] (BIT)
I16LP32      Integer 16 [bit], Long and Pointer 32 [bit] (BIT)
I2C          Inter Integrated Circuit [bus]
I2O          Intelligent Input/Output (Intel)
I2O          Intelligent Input/Output [bus]
I32LP64      Integer 32 [bit], Long and Pointer 64 [bit] (BIT)
I3C          International Imaging Industry Association (Org., PIMA,
Nachfolger)
I3DL2        Interactive 3D Audio Level 2 (Audio)
I4DL         Interface, Inheritance, Implementation, Installation
Definition Language (DME, OSF)
I4L          ISDN for Linux (Linux, ISDN)
IA           Identification and Authentication, "I & A"
IA32         Intel Architecture - 32 [BIT] (Intel, BIT), "IA-32"
IA32E        Intel Architecture - 32 [BIT] Enhanced (Intel, IA32), "IA32e"
IA64         Intel Architecture - 64 [BIT] (Intel, BIT), "IA-64"
IAA          Initial Address Acknowledgment
IAA          Intel Application Accelerator
IAAIL        International Association for Artificial Intelligence and
Law (Org., AI)
IAB          Internet Activities / Architecture Board (RFC 1160/1601,
Internet)
IAC          InterApplication Communication (Apple)
IAC          International Association for Cybernetics (Org.)
IACT         International Alliance for Compatible Technology (Org.)
IAE          ISDN AnschlussEinheit (ISDN, DTAG)
IAF          Internet Address Finder (WWW)
IAFNAB       It's A Feature, Not A Bug (Slang, Cygwin)
IAHC         Internet Ad Hoc Committee (Org., Internet)
IAI          Institut fuer Angewandte Informatik (Org.)
IAK          Internet explorer Administrator Kit (MS, Internet)
IAK2         Internet Access Kit / 2 (IBM, OS/2), "IAK/2"
IAL          Intel Architecture Labs (Intel)
IAM          Identity and Access Management
IAM          Initial Address Message
IAMT         Intel Active Management Technology (Intel), "iAMT"
IANA         Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (Internet)
IANACE       I Am Not A Cygwin Expert (Slang, Cygwin)
IANAL        I Am Not A Lawyer (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IANS         Intel Advanced Networking Services, "iANS"
IANW         International Academic Networkshops (Conference)
IAO          [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Arbeitswirtschaft und
Organisation (Org., Stuttgart)
IAOG         International ADMD Operators Group (Org., ADMD, X.400)
IAONA        Industrial Automation Open Networking Alliance (Org., Europe)
IAP          Internet Access Provider (Internet)
IAPC         Instantly Available Personal Computer (Intel, PC)
IAPC         Intel Architecture Personal Computer (PC, Intel), "IA-PC"
IAPR         International Association on Pattern Recognition (Org.)
IAR          Initial Address Reject
IARP         International Advanced Robotic Program (Org.)
IAS          Interactive Application System (DEC)
IAS          Internet Authentication Server (MS, Windows)
IASA         IETF Administrative Support Activity (IETF, RFC 4071/4371)
IAT          Information Access Technology (Provider)
IAUG         International AIX User Group (Org., Unix, AIX, User group)
IAW          In Accordance With (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IAX          Inter Asterisk eXchange (VoIP, OSS)
IB           In Band (S-ATA)
IB4J         Instant BASIC for Java (Java, BASIC)
IBA          Infini-Band Architecture (Intel, Infiniband)
IBAN         International Bank Account Number (Banking)
IBASES       Intel Baseline AGP System Evaluation Suite (AGP, Intel)
IBC          InterBase Components (Borland, Delphi, InterBase)
IBCN         Integrated Broadband Communication Network
IBCS2        Intel Binary Compatibilty Specification 2 [emulator], "iBCS2"
IBEX         International Business EXchange (Netzwerk)
IBFI         Internationales Begegnungs- und Forschungszentrum fuer
Informatik (Org., GI)
IBFN         Integriertes BreitbandFernmeldeNetz
IBGP         Internal Border Gateway Protocol (BGP, eBGP), "iBGP"
IBM          International Business Machines (Hersteller, IBM)
IBMS         Integrated Broadband Mobile System
IBN          Integrated Business Network
IBO          InterBase Objects (Borland, InterBase)
IBSS         Independent Basic Service Set (IEEE 802.11i, WLAN)
IBTA         InfiniBand Trade Association (Org., IBM, HP, Compaq, Sun,
Dell, MS, ...)
IC           Integrated Circuit
ICA          Independent Computing Architecture (Cytrix, Windows, NT, ASP)
ICA          Information Connection Architecture (SGI)
ICA          Integrated Chameleon Architecture (SGML)
ICA          Integrated Communications Architecture
ICA          Intelligent Communication Adapter (Banyan, VINES)
ICA          International Communications Association (Org.)
ICADD        International Committee for Accessible Document Design (Org.)
ICAL         Internet CALendar [protocol], "iCAL"
ICALP        International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and
Programming (EATCS, Conference)
ICAN         Individual Customer Access Network
ICAN         Integrated Composite Application Network (Seebeyond, Java)
ICANN        Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Org.,
Internet, ICANN)
ICAP         Internet Calendar Access Protocol (TCP/IP, Lotus)
ICARA        International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents
ICAT         Interactive Code Analysis Tool [debugger] (IBM, Java)
ICC          Intelligent Communications Control
ICC          Intergrated Circuit Card (ICC)
ICC          International Color Committee (Org., DTP)
ICC          International Conference on Communications (Conference)
ICC          Internode Communication Channel (SMP, Scalis)
ICC          Interrupt Controller Communications [bus] (PC)
ICCAD        International Conference on Computer Aided Design (IEEE,
Conference)
ICCB         Internet Control and Configuration Board (IAB, Vorlaeufer)
ICCC         InterClient Communication Convention (X-windows)
ICCC         International Conference on Computer Communication (Conference)
ICCC         International Council on Computer Communication (Org.)
ICCCM        InterClient Communication Convention Manual (X-Windows)
ICCD         International Conference on Computer Design (IEEE, Conference)
ICCI         International Conference on Computing and Information
(Conference)
ICCIMA       International Conference on Computational Intelligence and
Multimedia Applications (AI, Conference)
ICCP         Inter Control Center Protocol (TASE)
ICCS         Integrated Communications Cabling System (SNI)
ICD          Installable Client Driver (OpenGL)
ICD          International Code Designator (ATM)
ICDA         Integrated Cached Disk-Arrays
ICDB         Integrated Communications DataBase (DB)
ICDCS        International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
(INRIA, IEEE-CS)
ICE          Image Correction Enhancement (Minolta, Nikon, Scanner)
ICE          In-Circuit-Emulation
ICE          Information and Content Exchange [protocol] (XML)
ICE          Internal Compiler Error (GCC)
ICF          International Cryptographic Framework (HP, Verschluesselung)
ICH          I/O Controller Hub [aka Southbridge] (Intel, I/O, GMCH)
ICH          Intelligent Connection Handling (BIG)
ICI          Industrial Computing Initiative (LLNL, LANL, Cray, ...,
HPC, MPP)
ICIA         International Communications Industries Association (Org.)
ICIAI        International Communications Industries Association Inc. (Org.)
ICIE         International Center for Information Ethics (Org.)
ICL          International Computers Limited (Hersteller, UK, USA,
Japan, Fujitsu)
ICM          Image Color Matching (MS, Windows 95, API)
ICMB         Intelligent Chassis Management Bus (IPMI)
ICMC         International Computer Music Conference (Messe)
ICMP         Internet Control Message Protocol  [version 4] (TCP/IP, RFC
792, Internet)
ICMPV6       Internet Control Message Protocol  Version 6 (Internet,
IPV6, RFC 1885), "ICMPv6"
ICMX         Interface for Communications Manager uniX (Unix, CMX)
ICONZ        Internet Company Of New Zealand (Org., Usenet)
ICOT         Institute for new generation COmputer Technology (Org.,
Japan, FGCS)
ICP          Independent Content Provider (MSN)
ICP          Intelligent Computer Peripherals (Hersteller)
ICP          Interface Change Proposal
ICP          International Client Pack (MS)
ICP          Internet Caching Protocol (Internet)
ICPS         Image et Calcul Parallele de Scientifique (Org.,
Frankreich, HPC)
ICPS         Informatique et Calcul Parallele de Strasbourg
[veraltet/old term] (Org., Frankreich, HPC)
ICQ          [I seek you] (Internet, ICQ, IM)
ICR          Intelligent Character Recognition
ICRA         Internet Content Rating Association (Internet, Org., IBM,
MS, AOL, ...)
ICRC         Invariant Cyclic Redundancy Check (Infiniband), "I-CRC"
ICS          IBM Cabling System
ICS          International Classification for Standards (ISO)
ICS          Internet Connection Sharing (MS, IE, DHCP)
ICS          Irish Computer Society (Org., Irland)
ICSC         Intelligent Channel/Storage Control, "IC/SC"
ICSI         International Computer Science Institute (Org., USA)
ICSS         Internet Connection Secure Server (IBM, WWW)
ICT          Image Constraint Token (DOT)
ICT          Information and Communications Technologies
ICTF         Internet Content Task Force (Org., Internet)
ICTS         [Champion] Integrated Cached Tape Subsystem (EMC, AS/400)
ICU          Instruction Cache Unit (CPU, POWER)
ICU          Interactive Chart Utility (IBM, GDDM)
ICU          International Components for Unicode (IBM, API, Unicode)
ICU          ISA Configuration Utility (BIOS, PNP, ISA)
ICURYY       I see you are too wise (Slang)
ID           IDentification
IDA          Interchange of Data between Administrations (Org., Europa)
IDA          Interface for Distributed Automation (TCP/IP)
IDAC         Infobus Data Access Component (Lotus, Java)
IDAPI        Integrated Database API (DB, IBM, Novell, Borland,
Vorlaeufer, BDE, API)
IDAS         Interchange DAta Structure
IDB          Integrated DataBase (DB)
IDBEF        Integrated DataBase Extract Format (IDB, DB)
IDBTF        Integrated DataBase Transaction Format (IDB, DB)
IDC          Inter-Device Communication (IBM, OS/2)
IDC          International Data Corporation
IDCT         Inverse Discrete Cosine Transformation (DCT)
IDDD         International Direct Distance Dialing
IDE          Integrated Development Environment
IDE          Integrated Drive Electronics (HDD)
IDEA         International Data Encryption Algorithm (Verschluesselung)
IDEA         Internet Design, Engineering, and Analysis notes (IETF)
IDEF         Integrated [CAM] DEFinition (CAM)
IDES         International Demonstration and Education System (R/3, SAP)
IDES         Intrusion Detection Expert System (IBM, IDS, XPS)
IDF          Intel Developer Forum (Intel, Conference)
IDG          International Data Group (Org.)
IDI          Initial DOMAIN Identifier (NSAP, IDP)
IDIS         Integrated Dealer and Importer System (MBAG)
IDL          Interactive Data Language (Research Systems)
IDL          Interface Definition Language (DCE, CORBA, Java)
IDLC         ISDN Data Link Control (ISDN)
IDLE         Integrated DeveLopment Environment (Python)
IDLE         International Date Line, East [+1200] (TZ)
IDLW         International Date Line, West [-1200] (TZ)
IDMR         Inter-DOMAIN Multicast Routing (IETF, WG, Multicast)
IDMT         [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Digitale MedienTechnologie (Org.)
IDN          Integrated Digital Network
IDN          Internationalized DOMAIN Names (DOMAIN, Internet)
IDNA         Internationalized DOMAIN Names in Applications
IDOC         Intermediate DOCuments (ALE, SAP)
IDOMENEUS    Information and Data on Open MEdia for NEtworks of USers
(WWW, Uni Hamburg)
IDP          Initial DOMAIN Part (NSAP)
IDP          Internet Datagram Protocol (XNS)
IDP          Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDS)
IDRC         Improved Data Recovery Capability (Datenkompression)
IDS          Information Delivery System
IDS          Informix Dynamic Server (Informix, DB)
IDS          Intelligent Decision Server (IBM)
IDS          Inter Data Systems [gmbh] (Hersteller)
IDS          Internal Directory System
IDS          Intrusion Detection System (IDS, IPS)
IDSA         Interactive Digital Software Association (Org., Nintendo,
Sony, MS, ...)
IDSS         Interoperability Decision Support System
IDT          Integrated Device Technology (Hersteller)
IDT          Interrupt Descriptor Table
IDTRC        Interrupt Descriptor Table Register Cache (IDT, CPU, Intel)
IDU          Interface Data Unit
IDUPGSSAPI   Independent Data Unit Protection Generic Security Service
API (GSS, API), "IDUP-GSS-API"
IDV          Individuelle DatenVerarbeitung
IDVC         Integrated Data/Voice Channel
IE           Informal Exceptions (HDD, SCSI)
IE           Information Element (ATM, ISDN)
IE           Information Engineering
IEAAIE       [international conference on] Industrial and Engineering
Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert systems (Conference,
ISAI, ..., AI), "IEA/AIE"
IEC          Inter-Exchange Carrier (AT&T, MCI, LEC)
IEC          International Electrotechnical Commission (Org., Schweiz)
IECC         Informix Enterprise Command Center (Informix)
IED          Intelligent Electronic Device
IEDM         International Electron Device Meeting (Conference)
IEE          Institute of Electrical Engineers (Org., UK)
IEEE         Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (Org., USA)
IEEECS       Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - Computer
Society (Org., IEEE), "IEEE-CS"
IEEJ         Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (Org., Japan)
IEF          Information Engineering Facility
IEICE        Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication
Engineers (Org., Japan)
IEMMC        Internet EMail Marketing Council (Internet, Org., Spam)
IEMSI        Interactive Electronic Mail Standard Identification
IEN          Internet Engineering Notes
IEN          Internet Experiment Notebook (Vorlaeufer, RFC)
IEPA         Individual Expert Participation Agreement (Sun)
IEPG         Internet Engineering and Planning Group (Internet, RFC 1690)
IEPRC        International Electronic Publishing Research Centre (Org.,
PIRA)
IERAT        Instruction cache Effective to Real Address Translation
[table] (Power4, IBM, CPU, ERAT)
IES          Integrated Engineering Station (Toshiba, TOSMAP-DS)
IES          Intelligent Emulation Switching (Epson)
IESE         [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Experimentelles Software
Engineering (Org.)
IESG         Internet Engineering Steering Group (IETF)
IETF         Internet Engineering Task Force (Org., IAB, Internet, RFC
1603/2418/3233)
IETFWG       Internet Engineering Task Force - Working Group (RFC 1603,
IETF), "IETF-WG"
IETM         Interactive Electronic Technical Manual
IETS         Interim European Telecommunications Standards (GSM,
Mobile-Systems)
IEW          Information Engineering Workbench (IBM)
IF           Information Flow (IN)
IFAC         International Federation for Automatic Control (Org.,
OEsterreich)
IFAD         Institute of Applied Computer Science (Org., Daenemark)
IFAR         Instruction Fetch Address Register (Power4, IBM, CPU)
IFC          Industry Foundation Classes (CAD)
IFC          InterFace Clear (GPIB)
IFC          Internet FAQ Consortium (Internet, FAQ, Org.)
IFC          Internet Foundation Classes (ONE, Netscape, Java)
IFCM         Independent Flow Control Messages (SSP)
IFCP         Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (SAN, FC, IP), "iFCP"
IFD          Information Flow Diagram (IRM)
IFE          Internet Forum Europe (Messe)
IFIOM        Intelligent FDDI Input Output Module (SMC, ES/1, FDDI)
IFIP         International Federation of Information Processing
societies (Org.)
IFMP         Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol (IP)
IFNA         International FidoNet Association (Org., Fido)
IFP          Instruction Fetch Pipeline (Motorola, CPU)
IFR          Interleaved Frame Recording (Video)
IFS          ICOT Free Software (ICOT)
IFS          Installable File System (OS/2, DOS)
IFS          Intelligent Fax System (Ricoh)
IFS          InterFrame Space (MAC, 802.11a)
IFS          Internal Field Separator (Unix, AWK)
IFS          Internet File System (Oracle, DB, Internet)
IFX          Interactive Financial eXchange (USA, Banking)
IGBT         Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IC)
IGC          Institute for Global Communications (USA)
IGD          [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung
(Org., Darmstadt)
IGD          Internet Gateway Device (Internet)
IGES         Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (ANSI, USA, CIM, CAD)
IGMP         Internet Group Management / Multicast Protocol (RFC
1112/2236, IP, Multicast)
IGN          IBM Global Network (Netzwerk)
IGOS         Indonesia Goes Open Source [initiative] (OSS)
IGOSS        Industry/Government Open System Specification
IGP          Integrated Graphics Processor (IC, Nvidia)
IGP          Interior Gateway Protocol
IGRP         Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IPX, Novell)
IGS          IBM Global Services (IBM)
IHS          Integrated Heat Spreader (CPU)
IHV          Independent Hardware Vendor
IIA          Information Industry Association (Org.)
IIASA        International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Org.,
OEsterreich)
IICM         Institute for Information processing and Computer supported
new Media (Org., OEstereich)
IID          Interface IDentifier (COM)
IIF          Incoming InterFace (PIM, OIF, Multicast)
IIF          Internal Internegotiation Function (ETSI, ES 201671)
IIIR         Integration of Internet Information Resources (IETF)
IIIS         International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (Org.,
USA)
IIL          Integrated Injection Logic
IIM          Internet Identified Mail (Cisco, SPAM)
IIN          Integrated Information Network
IIOP         Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (CORBA, Internet, ONE, GIOP,
TCP/IP)
IIP          Interoperability Improvement Panel
IIR          Infinite Impulse Response (DSP)
IIRC         If I Remember/Recall Correctly (Usenet, IRC, DFUE-Slang)
IIRWIIR      It Is Ready When It Is Ready (DFUE-Slang, IRC, Usenet)
IIS          [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Integrierte Schaltungen (Org.)
IIS          Intelligence Information System (Mil.)
IIS          Internet Information Server / Services (MS)
IISP         Interim Inter-Switch Signaling Protocol (P-NNI, ATM)
IIT          Integrated Information Technology
IITF         Information Infrastructure Task Force (Org., USA)
IIUC         If I Understand Correctly (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IJCAI        International Joint Committee / Conference on Artificial
Intelligence (Conference, Org., AI)
IJH          Initial Java Heap (Java)
IJIE         International Journal of Information Ethics [veraltet/old
term] (ICIE)
IKD          Integrated Kernel Debugger (Linux)
IKE          IBM Kiosk for Education (IBM)
IKE          Internet Key Exchange [protocol] (IPSEC, IPV6)
IKP          Internet Keyed Payment [protocols] (IBM, WWW), "iKP"
IKWUM        I Know What You Mean (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IKYABWAI     I know You Are But What Am I? (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IL           Instruction List
IL32P64      Integer and Long 32 [bit], Pointer 64 [bit] (BIT)
ILEC         Independent Local Exchange Carrier
ILETS        International Law Enforcement Telecom Seminars (ETSI)
ILFA         Integrierte Logische Funktionen fuer Anwendungen (IWBS, Uni
Karlsruhe, Uni Duisburg)
ILLIGAL      ILLinois Genetic Algorithm Laboratory (Org., Uni Illinois,
USA), "IlliGAL"
ILLINET      ILlinois LIbrary NETwork (Netzwerk, USA)
ILM          Information Lifecycle Management (HSM)
ILMI         Interim Link / Local Management Interface (ATM)
ILO          Integrated Lights Out (HP, JAVA), "iLO"
ILP          Instruction Level Parallelism (CPU)
ILP32        Integer, Long and Pointer 32 [bit] (BIT)
ILPNET       [european] Inductive Logic Programming scientific NETwork
ILS          Intelligente LernSysteme
ILS          Internet Locator Service (MS)
ILT          [Linux] Instructor Led Training (Linux, Caldera)
ILVU         InterLeaved Video Units (VOB, DVD, Video)
IM           Information Management
IM           Instant Messaging (IM)
IM           Interface Module
IMA          Integrated Modular Avionics (Airbus, A380)
IMA          Interactive Multimedia Association (Org.)
IMA          International MIDI Association (Org.)
IMA          Internationalized e-Mail Address
IMAC         Isochronous Media Access Control (FDDI), "I-MAC"
IMACS        International Association for Mathematics and Computers in
Simulation (Org.)
IMAIL        Intelligent MAIL
IMAL         Integrated Media Architecture Laboratory (Bell, Org., USA)
IMAO         In My Arrogant Opinion (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMAP         Internet Message Access Protocol (RFC 2060)
IMAV         IT Management Added Value (IT)
IMB          Intel Media Bench
IMC          Information Management and Communication (Org., UK,
Liverpool Hope University), "IM&C"
IMC          Information Management Concept
IMC          Information, Management und Consulting [GmbH] (Deutschland)
IMCC         InterMediate Code Compiler (PERL)
IMCO         In My Considered Opinion (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMD          Integrated Management Display (Compaq)
IMD          Internet Multimedia Development (Internet)
IMDB         Internet Movie DataBase (Internet, WWW, DB), "IMDb"
IME          Input Method Editor (MS, Windows)
IMEI         International Mobile Equipment Identity (MS, GSM,
Mobile-Systems)
IMG          IMplementation Guide (R/3, SAP)
IMHO         In My Humble Opinion (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMIA         International Medical Informatics Association
IML          Initial Machine Load
IMLE         Intelligent Mechatronic Solution Elements (Uni Paderborn)
IMMD         Institut fuer Mathematische Maschinen und Datenverarbeitung
(Org., Uni Erlangen)
IMNSCO       In My Not So Considered Opinion (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMNSHO       In My Not So Humble / Honest Opinion (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMO          In My Opinion (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IMP          Interface Message Processors (ARPANET, MILNET)
IMPACT       Information Market Policy ACTions (ECHO)
IMPP         Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol (IETF, IM)
IMR          Information Management Representitive (IM)
IMR          Internet Monthly Report (Internet)
IMR          Interrupt Mask Register (IC)
IMS          [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Mikroelektronische Schaltungen
und systeme (Org., Dresden)
IMS          Information Management System (IBM)
IMS          Integrated Management System
IMS          Integrated Measurement Systems [inc] (Hersteller)
IMS          Intelligent Manufacturing System (MITI)
IMS          International Meta Systems (Hersteller)
IMS          Internet Multimedia Subsystem (Internet, 3GPP)
IMS          IP Multimedia Subsystem (PoC, IP)
IMSESA       Information Management System/Enterprise Systems
Architecture (IBM), "IMS/ESA"
IMSI         International Mobile Subscriber Identity (MM, GSM,
Mobile-Systems)
IMSO         Integrated Micro Systems Operation (Intel)
IMSP         Internet Message Support Protocol (Internet)
IMSVS        Information Management System/Virtual Storage, "IMS/VS"
IMT2000      International Mobile Telecommunications [at] 2000 [Mhz]
(Mobile-Systems), "IMT-2000"
IMTC         International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium (Org.,
MS, Intel, Apple, IBM, SNI, AT&T, ...)
IMUNE        Intrusion Mitigation Unified Network Engine (Symantec, IDS)
IN           Individual Network [e.v.] (Org., ISP)
IN           Intelligent Network (ITU-T, Q.1200)
INA          Intelligent Network Architecture (IN)
INAP         Intelligent Network Application Protocol (IN)
INCM         Intelligent Network Conceptual Model (IN)
INCORE       INternet COntent Rating for Europe (Org., Internet)
INDC         [international conference on] Information Networks and Data
Communication (IFIP, Conference)
INET         International NETworking conference (Conference), "iNET"
INGRES       INteractive Graphic REtrieval System
INHOPE       INternet HOtline Providers in Europe (Org., ISP)
INL          Inter Node Link
INMS         Integrated Network Management System
INN          Inter Node Network
INNC         International Neural Network Conference (INNS, Conference, NN)
INNS         International Neural Network Society (Org., AI, NN)
INOC         Internet Network Operations Center
INPOL        INformationssystem der POLizei
INRIA        Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et
Automatique (Org., Frankreich)
INSITS       INternational Symposium on IT Standardization (Conference,
IFIP, GI)
INST         INformation Standards and technology Standardization
INTA         International Trademark Association (Org.)
INTAP        Interoperability Technology Association for Information
Processing (Org.)
INTEL        INtegriertes TEileLogistiksystem (MBAG)
INTERNIC     Inter Network Information Center (Org., Internet), "InterNIC"
INTP         INTercom Profile (Bluetooth), "IntP"
INX          INformation eXchange
INXS         INternet eXchange Service (ECRC)
IO           Input/Output, "I/O"
IOAT         Input/Output Acceleration Technology (Intel, Xeon), "I/OAT"
IOC          Initial Operational Capability
IOC          Input / Output Controller
IOC          Input/Output Cluster (Cray, I/O)
IOCCC        International Obfuscated C Code Contest
IOCS         Input Output Control System (OS, IBM 7090)
IOCTL        I/O ConTroL (I/O)
IOM          Integrated Object Model
IOMMU        Input Output Memory Management Unit (AMD, Athlon)
ION          Internetworking Over NBMA (LIS, LAG, ATM, NBMA)
IONL         Internal Organization of the Network Layer (OSI)
IOOC         Integrated Optics and Optical fiber Communication (Conference)
IOP          Input / Output Processor
IOPL         Input Output Privilege Level
IOS          Internetworking Operating System (Cisco, OS)
IOS          InterOrganizational Systems
IOT          Index Organized Table (Orcale, DB)
IOTE         Initial Operational Test and Evaluation, "IOT & E"
IOTTMCO      Intuitively Obvious To The Most Casual Observer
(DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IOUG         International Oracle Users Group (Org., DB, Oracle, User group)
IOW          In Other Words (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
IP           Information Provider
IP           Instruction Pointer [register] (CPU, Intel, Assembler)
IP           Intellectual Property
IP           Intelligent Peripheral (IN)
IP           Intelligent Peripheral
IP           Internet Protocol [version 4] (RFC 791)
IP16         Integer and Pointer 16 [bit] (BIT)
IPA          [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Produktionstechnik und
Automation (Org., Stuttgart)
IPA          Information Processing promotion Agency (Org., MITI, Japan)
IPC          Integrated Polymer Circuit (IC)
IPC          Internet Privacy Coalition (Internet)
IPC          InterProcess Communications [protocol]
IPCE         InterProcess Communication Environment
IPCP         [PPP] Internet Protocol Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1332)
IPCR         International Conference on Pattern Recognition
(Conference, IAPR)
IPCS         Interactive Problem Control System
IPD          Intelligent Printer Data
IPDC         Internet Protocol Device Control (MGCP)
IPDS         IBM Personal Dictation System (IBM, Sprachverarbeitung)
IPDS         Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IBM, CCS)
IPDU         Internet Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
IPDVMRP      IP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (RFC 1075,
IP, Multicast), "IP-DVMRP"
IPE          Integrated Programming Environment
IPES         Improved Proposed Encryption Standard (IDEA, PES,
Verschluesselung)
IPFC         Information Presentation Facility Compiler (IBM, OS/2)
IPFFS         IPod Free File Sync, "iPFFS"
IPG          International Programmers Guild (Org.)
IPG          InterPacket Gap (IPX, IP (???))
IPI          Intelligent Peripheral Interface [protocol]
IPI          Inter-Processor Interrupt (CPU, SMP)
IPL          IBM Public License
IPL          Initial Program Load
IPL          Ionenstrahl-ProjektionsLithographie
IPM          Impulses Per Minute
IPM          InterPersonal Messaging
IPM          Interruptions Per Minute
IPMB         Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMI, BMC)
IPMI         Intelligent Platform Management Interface (Intel, HP, DELL)
IPMS         InterPersonal Messaging System
IPN          Info Pool Network (ISP)
IPNG         Internet Protocol Next Generation (IP, RFC 1550/1752), "IPng"
IPOC         Interim Policy Oversight Committee (Internet, TLD)
IPP          Intel Primitive Performance [library] (Intel)
IPP          Internet Peering Point (Internet, IXP, ISP)
IPP          Internet Presence Provider (Internet)
IPP          Internet Printing Protocol (IBM, OS/400, RFC 2639/3196)
IPPM         Internet Protocol Performance Metrics (IP)
IPS          Information Processing Standards
IPS          InPlane Switching [technology] (LCD, Sony, Philips, NEC,
Iiyama, Eizo, Dell, BenQ, Apple)
IPS          Intrusion Protection System (IDS)
IPSE         Integrated Programming Support Environment (CASE)
IPSEC        Internet Protocol SECurity (Org., Internet, IETF, DES), "IPSec"
IPSJ         Information Processing Society of Japan (Org., Japan)
IPSP         Internet Protocol Security Protocol
IPSP         IP Security Policy (IP, Internet, IPSec, RFC 3586)
IPTC         International Press Telecommunications Council (Org.)
IPTD         [microsoft] Internet Platform and Tools Division (MS)
IPTV         Internet Protocol TeleVision (IP)
IPU          Intelligent Processing Unit
IPU          ISDN-datex-P-Umsetzer
IPV6         Internet Protocol Version 6 (IP, RFC 1883/1884), IPv6
IPVR         Institut fuer Parallele und Verteilte Rechensysteme (Org.,
Uni Stuttgart)
IPW          Incremental Packet Writing (CD-R)
IPX          Internet Packet eXchange (Novell, Netware)
IPXCP        [PPP] Internetwork Packet eXchange Control Protocol (PPP,
RFC 1552)
IPXODI       IPX Open Datalink Interface (Novell, Netware)
IPXSPX       IPX / Sequenced Packet eXchange (Novell, Netware), "IPX/SPX"
IPXWAN       Internet Packet eXchange over various WAN media (Novell,
IPX, WAN, RFC 1634)
IR           Information Retrieval
IR           Interface Repository (ORB)
IR           Internet Registry
IRC          InformationsRessourcen Controlling (IM)
IRC          Internet Relay Chat [protocol] (RFC 1459, Internet)
IRCS         Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (Org., Uni
Pennsylvania, USA)
IRD          Integrated Resource Director (IBM)
IRDA         InfraRed Data Association (Org., Hersteller, IRDA), "IrDA"
IRDP         ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (ICMP)
IRDS         Information Resource Dictionary System (ANSI, ISO, IM)
IRF          Integer Register File (DEC, Alpha, CPU)
IRIE         International Review of Information Ethics (ICIE)
IRIS         Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (Org., Canada)
IRIS         Internet Registry Information Service (XML, Internet)
IRL          In Real Life (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IRL          Industrial Robot Language (HLL)
IRLAN        InfraRed Local Area Network (IRDA, LAN, TTP), "IrLAN"
IRLAP        InfraRed Link Access Protocol (IRDA, IRLAP), "IrLAP"
IRLMP        InfraRed Link Management Protocol (IRDA, IRLAP), "IrLMP"
IRLMPTP      InfraRed Link Management Protocol/Transport Protocol (IRDA,
IRLMP), "IrLMP/TP"
IRLPT        InfraRed Line PrinTer (IRDA, LPT, TTP), "IrLPT"
IRM          Information Resources Management
IRMX         Intel Real time Multitasking eXecutive (OS, Intel), "iRMX"
IROBEX       InfraRed OBject EXchange protocol (IRDA, TTP), "IrOBEX"
IRP          I/O Request Packet (I/O)
IRQ          Interrupt ReQuest
IRR          Interrupt Request Register (IC)
IRRP         Inter-DOMAIN Routing Protocol (ISO 10747)
IRSG         Internet Research Steering Group (Org., Internet)
IRT          Interrupt Response Time
IRTF         Internet Research Task Force (IAB, Internet)
IRTP         Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol (RFC 938)
IRTRANP      InfraRed TRANsfer Picture (IRDA)
IRV          International Reference Version [character set] (ISO, IS 646)
IS           Intermediate System (ATM)
IS           International Standard (ISO)
IS           International Supplement (ODT)
ISA          Industry Standard Architecture (PC)
ISA          Instruction Set Architecture (CPU)
ISA          Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation society (Org.)
ISA          Integrated Systems Architecture (ESPRIT, ANSA)
ISA          Interactive Services Association (Org., USA)
ISA          Internet Security and Acceleration server (MS, Firewall)
ISACA        Information Systems Audit and Control Association (Org.)
ISADS        International Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized Systems
(IEEE-CS, Conference)
ISAGAT       Industry Standard Architecture - Guaranteed Access Time
(ISA, DMA, PCI)
ISAKMP       Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
ISAM         Index-Sequential Access Mode (DB, SAM)
ISAPI        Internet Server Application Programmer's Interface (MS,
C/S, WWW, API)
ISBN         International Standard Book Number
ISC          Intelligent Screen Cognition
ISC          International Supercomputer Conference
ISC          Internet Service Center (ISP)
ISC          Internet Software Consortium (Org., Internet)
ISC2         International Information Systems Security Certification
Consortium (Org.)
ISCA         International Society for Computers and their Applications
(Org., AI)
ISCSI        Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI, SAN, IETF,
RFC 3720/3721/3722), "iSCSI"
ISD          Integrated Sensor Device (Wacom, LCD)
ISD          Interface Summary Design
ISDN         Integrated Services Digital Network (ITU)
ISDNUP       ISDN User Part (ISDN, GSM, Mobile-Systems), "ISDN-UP"
ISDV         Integrated Software Development and Verification
ISEE         Information System Engineering Environment (Westmount, CASE)
ISEE         Integrated Software Engineering Environment [reference
model] (NIST, ECMA, CASE)
ISFUG        Integrated Software Federal User Group (Org., User group)
ISH          Information SuperHighway
ISI          [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Systemtechnik und
Innovationsforschung (Org.)
ISI          Information Sciences Institute (Org., USA)
ISI          Information Society Initiative (UK)
ISIL         Internet Search Interface Language (Internet, Sherlock, Apple)
ISIS         Industrial Signature Interoperability Specification
(Verschluesselung)
ISIS         Integrated Systems and Information Services (OS, Intel)
ISIS         Intermediate System to Intermediate System [protocol /
routing] (OSI, RFC 1195), "IS-IS"
ISIT         [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer SiliziumTechnologie (Org.,
Itzehoe), "ISiT"
ISKO         International Society for Knowledge Organisation (Org.)
ISL          Inter-Switch Link (FC)
ISLM         Integrated Services Line Module
ISLN         Integrated Services Local Network
ISLU         Integrated Services Line Unit
ISM          Industrial, Science, Medical [ = 2,4 GHz ] (WLAN)
ISM          Intel Server Management (Intel)
ISMA         Internet Streaming Media Alliance (Org., Internet, Apple,
Cisco, IBM, Philips, ...)
ISML         Interface Specification Meta-Language
ISMS         Inventory Sampling Measurememt System (CC)
ISN          Information Systems Network
ISN          Initial Segment / Sequence Number (TCP/IP)
ISN          Integrated Systems Network
ISN          Internet Shopping Network (Netzwerk, WWW)
ISNS         Internet Storage Name Service (RFC 4171), "iSNS"
ISO          International Standards Organisation [International
Organization for Standardization] (Org.)
ISOC         Internet SOCiety (Org., Internet)
ISODE        ISO Development Environment (OSI)
ISOE         ISCSI Offload Engine (ISCSI), "iSOE"
ISONET       ISO information NETwork (ISO, Netzwerk)
ISP          Image Synthesis Processor (IC, Graphik, TSP)
ISP          Integrated System Peripheral control (Wyse)
ISP          Interactive String Processor (BS2000)
ISP          International Standardized Profiles (ISO)
ISP          Internet Service Provider (Internet)
ISPA         Internet Service Provider Austria (Org., ISP)
ISPA         ISDN PAcket [driver] (ISDN)
ISPC         Internet Service Providers' Consortium (ISP, IPP, Org.),
"ISP/C"
ISPF         Interactive System Productivity Facility (IBM)
ISPN         International Standard Program Number
ISPO         Information Society Project Office [of the european
commission] (Org., Europa, ECHO)
ISPS         Instruction Set Processor Specifications (HDL)
ISQI         International Software Quality Institute (Org.), "iSQI"
ISQL         Interactive Structured Query Language
ISR          Interrupt Service Register (IC)
ISR          Interrupt Service Request
ISR          Interrupt Service Routine
ISRC         International Standard Recording Code
ISS          Internet Security Systems (Hersteller)
ISSAC        International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic
Computation (ACM, Conference)
ISSCC        International Solid State Circuits Conference (Conference)
ISSE         Internet Streaming SIMD Extension (Intel, Pentium, Katmai,
SIMD)
ISSN         Integrated Special Services Network
ISSN         International Standard Serial Number
ISSRE        International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(IEEE-CS, Conference)
ISSS         Information Society Standardization System (CEN, Org.)
ISST         [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Software- und SystemTechnik
(Org., Dortmund)
IST          Immerse System Technology (VR)
IST          Indian Standard Time [+0530] (TZ)
IST          Initial System Test
ISTA         International Security Tuition Association (Org.)
ISTM         It Seems To Me (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
ISTO         Information Science and Technology Office (Org., DARPA)
ISTQB        International Software Testing Qualification Board (iSQI)
ISTR         I Seem To Recall / Remember (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
ISUP         Integrated Services User Part (ISDN)
ISV          Independent Software Vendor
ISV          Independent Solution Vendor (DEC)
ISV          Information Service Vendor
IT           Information Technology
IT           Iran Time [+0300] (TZ)
ITA          Interim Type Approval
ITAA         Information Technology Association of America (Org., USA)
ITAC         Information Technology Association of Canada (Org., Kanada)
ITAM         Information Technology Asset Management
ITAN         Indizierte TransaktionsNummer (Banking), "iTAN"
ITCM         Instruction Tightly Coupled Memory (IC)
ITE          InformationsTechnische Einrichtungen
ITESFA1EHS   Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - Function Area
1 - Enterprise Hardware Solutions (Mil., USA), "ITES-FA1-EHS"
ITG          InformationsTechnische Gesellschaft (Org., VDE)
ITIL         Information Technology Infrastructure Library (CCTA, OGC)
ITLB         Instruction Translation Look-aside Buffer (CPU)
ITM          Information Technology Management
ITMA         Information Technology Management Association (Org., USA)
ITMS         Immediate check Truth Maintenance System (AI)
ITMS         ITunes Music Store (WWW), "iTMS"
ITOT         ISO Transport service on TCP/IP (ISO, TCP/IP, RFC 2126)
ITP          Intend / Intent To Package (Slang, Cygwin)
ITP          Intent to Package (Linux, Debian)
ITR          Internet Talk Radio (Internet)
ITRC         Information Technology Research Centre (Org., Canada)
ITRON        Industrial TRON (TRON, OS)
ITRS         International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
ITS          Incompatible Time-sharing System (DEC)
ITS          International Telecommunications Society (Org.)
ITSDN        Integrated Tactical/Strategic Data Network (Mil., USA,
Netzwerk)
ITSEC        [european] Information Technology Security Evaluation
Criteria (Europa)
ITSEM        Information Technology Security Evaluation Manual /
Methodology (ITSEC)
ITSP         Internet Telephony Service Provider (Internet, CAT)
ITSPO        Information Technology Standards Program Office (Org., USA)
ITT          International Telegraph and Telephone (Org.)
ITTI         Information Technology Training Initiative (Org., UK)
ITTM         Institut Telekomunikasi dan Teknologi Maklumat (Org., Malaysia)
ITU          Information Transport Utility
ITU          International Telecommunications Union (Org.)
ITUR         International Telecommunications Union -
Radiocommunications sector (ITU, Org.), "ITU-R"
ITUSA        Information Technology Users Standards Association (Org., USA)
ITUT         ITU Telecommunications [standards group] (Org., Nachfolger,
CCITT), "ITU-T"
ITUTSS       International Telecommunications Union Telecommunication
Standards Sector (ITU)
ITW          In The Wild [viruses]
ITX          ??? Technology eXtended [form factor]
ITYM         I Think You Meant (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
IU           Integer Unit (CPU)
IUCV         Inter-User Communications Vehicle (IBM, TCP/IP, API,
VM/ESA, CP)
IUK          Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik, "IuK"
IUKDG        Informations- Und KommunikationsDiensteGesetz (DFUE,
Deutschland)
IUMA         Internet Underground Music Archive (WWW)
IUP          Interim Update Package (3COM)
IUR          International User Requirements (ETSI, TS 101331)
IUT          Implementation Under Test
IUTSUT       Implementation Under Test - System Under Test, "IUT-SUT"
IV           InformationsVerarbeitung
IV           Initialisation Vector (Verschluesselung)
IVA          International Voice Association (Org.)
IVC          Integrated Visual Computing [architecture] (SGI)
IVDENIC      InteressenVerbund DEutsches Network Information Center
(Org., Internet), "IV-DENIC"
IVDLAN       Integrated Voice and Data Local Area Network
IVM          Internet Voice Messaging (Internet)
IVR          Interactive Voice Response (CTI)
IVS          IBM Verkabelungs-System
IVS          Interactive Visualization Systems
IVTS         International Video Teleconferencing Service
IWA          International Webmasters Association (Org., WWW)
IWAM         Internet server Web Application Manager (MS, Windows, Internet)
IWBS         Institut fuer WissensBasierte Systeme (Org., IBM)
IWC          Inside Wire Cable
IWF          InterWorking Function (IN, GSM, ...)
IWFM         It Works for Me (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
IWS          Intelligent Work-Station
IWT          International Workshop on Telematics (Conference, IEEE-CS, SEE)
IWU          InterWorking Unit (IN)
IWV          ImpulsWahlVerfahren (MODEM)
IXA          Integrated Xseries Adapter [= Integrated xSeries Adapter] (IBM)
IXC          IntereXchange Carrier (FCC, LATA)
IXP          Internet eXchange Point (Internet, IPP, ISP)
IXS          Integrated Xseries Server [= Integrated xSeries Server] (IBM)
IYSWIM       If You See What I Mean (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
IZM          [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Zuverlaessigkeit und
Mikrointegration (Org., Berlin)
**** J ****
J2EE         Java 2 Enterprise Edition (Java, Sun)
J2ME         Java 2 Micro Edition (Java, Sun)
J2SE         Java 2 Standard Edition (Java, Sun)
JAAS         Java Authentication and Authorization Service (Java, API)
JACM         Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
JAD          Joint Application Development
JADE         Jasmine Application Development Environment (Jasmine, DB, CA)
JAE          Java Application Environment (Java, Sun, JDK)
JAIN         Java API for Integrated Networks (Java, API)
JANET        Joint Academic NETwork (Netzwerk, UK)
JAP          Java Anon Proxy (Java)
JAPH         Just Another PERL Hacker (PERL)
JAR          Java ARchive (Java)
JARS         Java Applet Rating Service (Java, WWW)
JASS         Javascript-Accessable Style Sheets (HTML, WWW, JavaScript)
JASS         Jumpstart Architecture and Security Scripts (Sun, Solaris)
JAVAOS       Java Operating System (Java), "JavaOS"
JAX          [Konferenz fuer] Java, Apache, XML (conference, Java,
Apache, XML)
JAX          Java API for XML (Java, API, XML)
JAXB         Java API for XML Binding (Java, API, XML)
JAXM         Java API for XML Messaging (Java, XML, API)
JAXP         Java API for XML Processing (Java, API, XML, JSR 206)
JAXR         Java API for XML Registries (Java, XML, API), "JAX-R"
JAXRPC       Java API for XML-based Remote Procedure Calls (Java, API,
XML, RPC), "JAX-RPC"
JAXWS        Java API for XML-based Web Services (JAX-RPC, Java), "JAX-WS"
JBB          Java Business Benchmark (SPEC, Java)
JBC          J# Browser Controls (MS, .NET, Java)
JBI          Java Business Integration (Java, JSR 208)
JBIG         Joint Bi-level Image expert Group (Org., JTC1)
JBOD         Just a Bunch Of Disks (HDD)
JCA          Java Cryptography Architecture (Java, API, Verschluesselung)
JCALS        Joint Computer-Aided Logistics System (CAL)
JCB          Job Control Block (BS2000)
JCDW         Java Callable Data Wrapper (Java)
JCE          Java Cryptographic / Cryptography Extension (Java, JCA)
JCF          JESSI Common Framework
JCK          Java Compatibility Kit (Java, Sun)
JCL          Job Control Language (IBM, OS/360)
JCO          Java COnnector (SAP, R/3, Java, JNI)
JCP          Java Community Process (Java, Sun)
JCR          Java Content Repository (Java, API, JSR 170)
JCSS         ??? (Org.)
JCW          Java Callable Wrapper (MS, Java, VM, COM)
JDBC         Java standard DataBase Connectivity (DB, Java, Sun,
Borland, ODBC, API)
JDK          Java Development Kit (Sun, Java)
JDO          Java Data Objects (Java, JSR 12)
JDOM         Java Document Object Model (Java)
JDS2         Java Desktop System 2 (Sun, Linux, Java)
JDT          Java Development Tooling (Java, Eclipse)
JECL         Jabber External Component Libraries (Jabber, API)
JEDEC        Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council (Org.)
JEIDA        Japan Electronics Industry Development Association (Org.,
Japan)
JELD         Java Event List Daemon (Java)
JEM          Java Eclipse Modeling Framework Model (Java, EMF, Eclipse, WTP)
JEMS         Jboss Enterprise Middleware System
JES          Java Enterprise System (Sun, Java)
JES          Job Entry Subsystem (IBM)
JESS         Java Expert System Shell (Java, Shell)
JET          Java Emitter Templates (Java, EMF)
JET          Joint Engineering Team
JFC          Java Foundation Classes (Java, API, AWT)
JFET         Junction Field Effect Transistor (IC, FET)
JFFS         Journaling Flash File System (FS, Flash)
JFIF         JPEG File Interchange Format (JPEG)
JFS          Journaled File System (IBM, HP)
JFS          Journalized File System
JFT          Job File Table (DOS)
JICST        Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (Org.,
Japan)
JIEO         Joint Interoperability Engineering Organization (Org.,
DISA, Mil., USA)
JIF          JPEG Interchange Format (JPEG)
JIG          Jabber Interest Group (Jabber)
JIPDEC       Japan Information Processing DEvelopment Center (Org., Japan)
JIPS         JANET Internet Protocol Service (JANET)
JIS          Japanese Institute of Standards (Org., Japan)
JISC         Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (Org., Japan)
JIT          Just In Time [compiler]
JITC         Joint Interoperability Technology Center (Org., DISA, Mil.)
JK           Just Kidding (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
JLCA         Java Language Conversion Assistant (MS, Java, .NET)
JM           Joint Model (AVC)
JMAPI        Java Management API (Java, API)
JMF          Java Media Format (Java)
JMI          Java Metadata Interface (Java)
JMM          Java Memory Model (Java)
JMS          Java Messages Service (Java, API)
JMSC         Japanese MIDI Standard Committee (Org., Japan)
JMSWG        Joint Multi-TADIL Standards Working Group (Org., Mil., TADIL)
JMX          Java Management eXtensions (Java)
JND          Just Noticeable Difference (Video)
JNDI         Java Naming and Directory Interface (JavaSoft, API, Java)
JNI          Java Native method Interface (Java, API)
JNSS         ??? (Org.)
JNT          Java Network Technology (Java, Informatec)
JODS         Jasmine Object Database Server (Jasmine, DB, CA)
JOHNNIAC     JOHN von Neumann Integrator and Automatic Computer
JOL          Journal of Online Law (WWW)
JOLT         Java OnLine Transactions (Java, Bea, OLTP)
JOOP         Journal of Object Orientated Programming (OOP)
JOSL         Jabber Open Source License (Jabber)
JOSS         JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (OS, JOHNNIAC)
JOSS         Joint Object Services Submission
JOTS         Joint Operational Tactical System (Mil.)
JOVE         Jonathan's Own Version of EMACS (EMACS)
JPEG         Joint Photographics Expert Group (Org., JTC1, RFC 1521, JPEG)
JPLDIS       Jet Propulsion Laboratory Display Information System
JPM          Java Package Manager (MS, Java, VM)
JPS          Java Print Service (Java)
JRE          Java Runtime Environment (Java)
JRMP         Java Remote Method Protocol (Java)
JSA          Japanese Standards Association (Org., Japan)
JSA          Juristische StandardAntwort (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
JSAI         Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (Org., Japan)
JSAN         Joint Staff Automation of the Nineties (Mil.)
JSD          Jackson System Development (JSP)
JSDK         Java Servlet Development Kit (Java, Sun)
JSF          JavaServer Faces (Java, J2EE)
JSME         Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering (Org., Japan)
JSP          Jackson Structured Programming (JSD)
JSP          Java Server Pages (Java, Sun, JSP)
JSPA         Java Specification Participation Agreement (Java, JCP)
JSPE         Japan Society of Professional Engineers (Org., Japan)
JSR          Java Specification Request (Java, JCP)
JSSA         Japan Society for System Audits (Org., JIPDEC, Japan)
JSSE         Java Secure Socket Extension (Java, API)
JST          Japan Standard Time [+0900] (TZ)
JSTL         JSP Standard Tag Library (Java, JSP, WSDP)
JT           Java Time [+0730] (TZ)
JTA          Java Transaction API (Java, API)
JTA          Joint Technical Architecture (JIEO, Mil.)
JTAG         Joint Test Action Group (Org., Philips, IC)
JTB          Jump Trace Buffer (CPU)
JTBP         Job To Be Processed [block] (BS2000)
JTBPX        Job To Be Processed [block] eXtension (BS2000)
JTC1         Joint Technical Committee 1 (ISO, IEC, IT)
JTM          Job Transfer and Manipulation (ISO 8831/32)
JTMS         Justification based Truth Maintenance System (AI)
JTS          Java Transaction Services (Java, API)
JTSSG        Joint Telecommunications Standards Steering Group (Mil.)
JUGHEAD      Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation And Display
JUMBO        Java Universal Molecular Browser for Objects (XML)
JUMP         JUelich MultiProcessor (IBM)
JUNET        Japan Unix NETwork (Netzwerk, Unix)
JURIS        JURistisches InformationsSystem
JV           JobVariablen (BS2000)
JVC          J++ Visual Compiler (MS, Java)
JVIDS        Joint Visually Integrated Display System (Mil.)
JVM          Java Virtual Machine (Java)
JVMPI        Java Virtual Machine Profiling Interface (Java, JDK)
JVT          Joint Video Team (ITU-T, ISO, IEC, MPEG)
JWICS        Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (Mil.)
JWS          Java Web Services (Java)
JWS          Java Web Start (Java, IBM)
JWS          Javadoc extensions for Web Services (BEA, Java)
**** K ****
KAN          KriminalAktenNachweis (INPOL)
KARL         KAiserslautern Register transfer Language [version II/III]
(HDL)
KARL         KArlsruhe Register transfer Language [version I] (HDL)
KB           KiloByte
KBPS         KiloBits Per Second (BIT)
KBS          Knowledge-Based System
KCC          Knowledge Consistency Checker (AD)
KCCU         Keyboard Cursor Control Unit (Airbus, A380)
KCGI         Kyocera ??? (Kyocera)
KCGL         KyoCera Graphic Language (Kyocera)
KCMS         Kodak Color Management System (Kodak, DTP)
KDC          Kerberos DOMAIN Controller (Kerberos, DOMAIN)
KDC          Key Distribution Center (Verschluesselung)
KDD          Kokusai Denshin Denwa (Org., Japan)
KDE          K Destop Environment (Linux, KDE, GUI)
KDM          K Display Manager (KDE)
KDM          Key Delivery Message (DCI)
KDT          Keyboard Display Terminal
KERMIT       Kl-10 Error-free Reciprocal Micro Interconnect over Tty lines
KES          Key Escrow System (Verschluesselung)
KFM          K File Manager (KDE)
KGEM         Kernel Generalized Event Management (CA, GPL, Linux)
KGRZ         Kommunales GebietsRechenzentrum Giessen (Org.)
KHG          Kernel Hacking Guide (Linux)
KI           Kuenstliche Intelligenz
KIBI         KIloBInary [(2^10)^1] (IEC)
KIF          Konferenz der Informatik Fachschaften (Conference)
KIO          K Input / Output (KDE)
KIPS         Kilo Instructions Per Second
KIR          Kyocera Image Refinement (Kyocera)
KISS         Keep It Simple, Stupid (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
KIT          Kernel software for Intelligent Terminals (T-Online, DTAG, BTX)
KK           Konnectivity Koordination (DE-NIC, DOMAIN)
KLICK        Karlsruher LIChtleiter-Kommunikationsnetz (Uni Karlsruhe)
KLIPS        Kernel IPSec (Linux, IPSEC)
KLIPS        Kilo Logical Inferences Per Second (AI, KI, XPS)
KLT          Karhunen Loeve Transformation
KLT          Kernel Latency Time
KM           Knowledge Management
KMDF         Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF, MS, Windows, Vista)
KML          Keyhole Markup Language (XML, Google)
KMOS         Kernel of a Multiprocess Operating System (OS)
KMS          Knowledge Management Systeme
KNI          Katmai New Instructions (Intel, ISSE, Vorlaeufer)
KNN          Kuenstliche Neuronale Netze (Neuronale Netze)
KNOOM        KNowledge Orientated Office Model
KOLIBRI      KOpal LIBrary for Retrieval and Ingest (KOPAL), "koLibRi"
KOPAL        KoOPerativer Aufbau eines Langzeitarchivs
KORE         ???
KOS          Kent On-Line System (OS)
KPCMS        Kodak Precision Color Management System (Kodak, DTP)
KPDL         Kyocera Page Description Language (Kyocera)
KPI          Kernel Programming Interface (Unix, API)
KPM          Kyocera PrintMonitor (Kyocera)
KPOP         Kerberized Post Office Protocol (POP3)
KPT          Kai's PowerTools (DTP)
KQML         Knowledge Query Manipulation Language (AI)
KR           [brian] Kernighan & [dennis] Ritchie [c standard], "K&R"
KR           Knowledge Representation (AI)
KRA          Key Recovery Alliance (Org., Verschluesselung)
KSA          Kalman Saffran Associates (Hersteller)
KSA          KommunikationsStrukturAnalyse (OA, TUB)
KSDS         Key Sequenced Data Set (VSAM)
KSH          Key Strokes per Hour
KSH          Korn SHell (Unix, Shell)
KSIG         Khronos Special Interest Group
KSLNRC       Knowledge Systems Laboratory of the National Research
Council (Org., Canada, AI)
KSOS         Kernelized Secure Operating System (OS)
KSPM         KeyStrokes Per Minute
KSR          Keyboard Send Receive
KSS          Kilo-Samples per Second
KUTGW        Keep Up The Good Work (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
KV           KabelVerzweiger
KV           Karnaugh Veitch diagram
KVM          Keyboard, Video, Mouse
KVM          Kilobyte Virtual Machine (Java, Sun, MIDP)
KWM          K Window Manager (KDE)
**** L ****
L1           Level 1 [cache]
L2           Level 2 [cache]
L2F          Layer 2 Forwarding [protocol] (Shiva, Cisco, IP, IPX, LLC)
L2TP         Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (PPP, VPN, IP, RFC 2661)
L3VPN        Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (VPN)
LA           [MPEG] Licensing Administration (MPEG)
LA           Limited Availability (IBM, OS/2)
LA           Location Area (MSC, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
LAC          Lotus Authorized Consultants (Lotus)
LADT         Lexikon der Abkuerzungen in der Datentechnik und
Telekommunikation (WWW)
LADT         Local Access Data Transport
LAEC         Lotus Authorized Education Center (Lotus)
LAG          Logical Address Group (ION)
LAM          Local Area Multicomputer (Parallel Computing)
LAME         LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder (MP3)
LAMP         Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (Linux, Apache, PHP, DB, SQL)
LAMPP        Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP and PERL (Linux, Apache, DB, SQL,
PHP, PERL)
LAN          Local Area Network (LAN)
LANANA       Linux Assigned Names And Numbers Authority (Linux, Org.)
LANCE        LAN Controller for Ethernet (LAN)
LANE         Local Area Network Emulation [over ATM specification] (ATM)
LANL         Los Alamos National Laboratory (Org., USA)
LAP          LAN Access Profile (Bluetooth, SPP, LAN)
LAP          Link Access Procedure / Protocol (CCITT, X.25)
LAPB         Link Access Procedure - Balanced (CCITT, LAP, X.25)
LAPD         Link Access Procedure on the D channel (X.21, ISDN, TA)
LAPIC        Local Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)
LAPM         Link Access Procedure for Modem
LAPS         LAN Adapter and Protocol Support
LASER        Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LASS         Local Area Signaling Service
LAT          Local Area Transport (DEC)
LATA         Local Access Transport Area
LATM         Local Asynchronous Transfer Mode
LAVAS        LAger- und VersandAbwicklungsSystem (MBAG)
LAVC         Local Area VAX Cluster (VAX, DEC)
LAW          Local Authority Workstation
LAWN         Local Area Wireless Network
LBA          Logical Block Addressing (EIDE)
LBCAST       Lateral Buried Charge Accumulator and Sensing Transistor
array (Nikon, photo)
LBM          Local Bus Master
LBN          Logical Block Number (LBA)
LBS          Location Based Service (Mobile-Systems)
LBT          Local Bus Targets
LBX          Low-Band with X
LC           Linux Computer (Corel)
LC           Loopback Capability (UNI, ATM, OAM)
LCA          [Sair] Linux [and GNU] Certified Administrator (Linux, GNU,
Unix)
LCA          Logic Cell Array
LCC          Local Control Center
LCCM         LAN Client Control Manager (IBM, LAN)
LCD          Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD)
LCD          LISP Code Directory (EMACS)
LCD          Loss of Cell Delineation (UNI, ATM)
LCGI         Local Common Graphics Interface (CGI, WWW)
LCM          LEAF Creation Method (EES, Verschluesselung)
LCN          Local Control Network (Issendorf)
LCN          Logical Channel Numbers
LCOS         Liquid Crystal On Silicon (LCD)
LCP          [PPP] Link Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1570)
LCP          [Sair] Linux [and GNU] Certified Professional (Linux, GNU,
Unix)
LCR          Least Cost Routing
LCS          Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT)
LCS          Linux Compatibility Standard (Linux)
LCS          Liquid Crystal Shutter
LCS          Lotus Communication Server
LCSS         Liquid Crystal Stereoscopic Shutter [display]
LCT          Last Compliance Time (GCRA)
LCU          LAN CID Utility (LAN, CID, IBM)
LCV          Line Coding Violation [error event] (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)
LD           LAN Destination (ATM)
LDA          Local Delivery Agent
LDAP         Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (RFC 1777, X.500, DS,
AD, CORBA)
LDAPAPI      Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Application Program
Interface (LDAP, RFC 1823, API), "LDAP API"
LDCM         LANDesk Client Manager
LDD          Lightly Doped Drain (IC, MOSFET)
LDDM         Longhorn Display Driver Model (MS, Windows, Vista)
LDID         Logical Disk IDentifier (MS)
LDP          Label Distribution Protocol (IETF, RFC 3036, MPLS)
LDP          Linux Documentation Project (Linux)
LDP          Loader Debugger Protocol (RFC 909)
LDPC         Low Density Parity Check Codes (WIMAX, 802.16e)
LDR          Light Detect Resistor
LDT          Lightning Data Transfer [bus] (AMD)
LDT          Local Descriptor Table (CPU, Intel)
LDTR         Load Descriptor Table Register (CPU, Intel, Assembler, IC)
LDTRC        Local Descriptor Table Register Cache (LDT, Intel, CPU)
LDVA         LaenderDatenVerareitungsAnlage
LDW          Lane Departure Warning (Auto)
LE           LAN Emulation (LANE, ATM)
LEA          Law Enforcement Agency (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
LEAF         Law Enforcement Access Field (EES, Verschluesselung)
LEAP         Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (Cisco, EAP,
Verschluesselung, WLAN)
LEARP        LAN Emulation Address Resolution Protocol (LANE, ARP, ATM),
"LE-ARP"
LEAS         LATA Equal Access System
LEC          LAN Emulation Client (LANE, ATM)
LEC          Layered Error Correction (CD)
LEC          Local Exchange Carrier (FCC, LATA, IEC)
LECID        LAN Emulation Client IDentifier (LANE, ATM, LEC)
LECS         Local area network Emulation Configuration Server (ATM,
LANE, LEC)
LED          Light-Emitting Diode
LEI          Lotus Enterprise Integrator (Lotus)
LEL          Link, Embed and Launch (UNIX)
LEMP         Lightning ElectroMagnetic Pulse
LEN          Loi pour la confiance dans l'Economie Numerique (Frankreich)
LEN          Low Entry Networking (IBM, SNA, PU)
LENS         Laser Engineered Net-Shaping
LEO          LeitungsEndgeraet, Optisch (Mil., Deutschland)
LEO          Link Everything Online (WWW, TUM)
LES          LAN Emulation Server (LANE, ATM)
LES          Line Errored Seconds (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)
LF           Line Feed (ASCII)
LF           Login Facility (DCE)
LFA          Link Field Address (Forth)
LFA          Local Feature Analysis
LFAP         Light-weight Flow Admission Protocol (Cabletron, RFC 2124)
LFB          Linear Frame Buffer (CPU, VESA)
LFCC         Linux Federation for Commercial Customers (Linux)
LFE          Low Frequency Effect (Audio)
LFN          Long File Names
LFNBK        Long File Name BacKup (MS)
LFO          Low Frequency Oscillator
LFS          Linux From Scratch (Linux, Org.)
LFS          Loopback File System
LFSR         Linear Feedback Shift Register (IC)
LFU          Least Frequently Used
LGPL         Lesser General Public License (GPL, GNU)
LGPO         Local Group Policy Object (AD, GPO)
LGX          Linux/GNU/X [distribution] (Yggdrasil, Linux, GNU)
LHS          Left Hand Side (NGSCB, MS, Palladium)
LI           Lawful Interception (ETSI)
LIB          Linear Incremental Backoff (CSMA/CD, BEB)
LIC          Licensed Internal Code
LID          Local IDentifier (Infiniband)
LIDO         LInux cluster DOrtmund, "LiDO"
LIF          Low Insertion Force (IC)
LIFD         Last In First Drop
LIFE         Laboratory for International Fuzzy Engineering [research]
(MITI)
LIFE         Logistics Interface For manufacturing Environment
LIFO         Last In First Out
LIJP         Leaf Initiated Join Parameter
LIKS         Lietuvos kompiuterininko Sajunga (Org., Litauen)
LILO         LInux [boot] LOader (Linux)
LIM          Lotus - Intel - Microsoft (Hersteller)
LIMAD        Linear MAgnetic Drive [technology]
LIMDOW       Laser / Light  Intensity Modulation, Direct OverWrite (MOD)
LIMEMS       Lotus - Intel - Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification
(Lotus, Intel, MS, EMS), "LIM EMS"
LIN          Local Interconnect Network [bus]
LINCAT       LINux Compatibility Assurance Toolkit (Linux, Sun, Solaris)
LINQ         Language INtegrated Query (MS, VB, C#)
LIP          Large Internet Packet
LIP          Loop Initialization Primitive (SCSI)
LIPKEY       Low Infrastructure Public KEY [meachanism]
LIPS         Logical Inferences Per Second (AI, KI, XPS)
LIR          Link Incident Report (Cisco)
LIR          Local Internet Registry (Internet)
LIRC         Linux Infrared Remote Control (Linux)
LIS          Logical IP Subnet (RFC 1577, ION)
LISA         Linux Installation & System Administration (Linux, LST)
LISA         Localization Industry Standards Association (Org.)
LISP         LISt Processor (LISP)
LISP         Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses (LISP, Slang)
LISUAF       [thueringer] LandesInformationsSystem Umwelt, Agrar und
Forst (UIS), "LIS-UAF"
LITA         Library and Information Technology Association (Org., USA)
LITTA        Latvijas Informacijas Tehnologiju un Telekomunikaciju
Asociacija (Org., Lettland)
LIU          Line Interface Unit
LIV          Link Integrity Verification
LIVE         LInux VErband (Linux, Org.)
LIVID        Language Identification and Voice IDentification
LIW          Long Instruction Word (CPU)
LKI          Labor fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz (Org., KI, Hamburg)
LLAP         Localtalk Link Access Protocol (AppleTalk, LAP)
LLATMI       Lower Layer ATM Interface (ATM)
LLB          Local Location Broker (NCS)
LLC          Logical Link Control (IEEE 802.2, ISO, OSI)
LLCSNAP      Logical Link Control/SubNetwork Access Protocol (LLC,
SNAP), "LLC/SNAP"
LLN          Line Link Network
LLNL         Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Org., USA)
LLP          Link Level Protocol (BTX)
LLP64        Long [32 bit], Long [32 bit], Pointer 64 [bit] (BIT)
LMDS         Local Multi-point Distribution System
LME          Large Memory Enabled [devices and drivers] (DAC)
LME          Layer Management Entity (OSI)
LMFAO        Laughing My Fucking Ass Off (Usenet, IRC, DFUE-Slang)
LMI          Layer Management Interface (ATM)
LMML         Learning Material Markup Language
LMQ          Load Miss Queue (Power4, IBM, CPU)
LMS          Library Maintenance System (BS2000)
LMU          LAN Manager for Unix (Unix), "LM/U"
LMX          LAN Manager for uniX (LAN, Unix, MS), "LM/X"
LNA          Low Noise Amplifier (GPS)
LNB          Line Number Block
LNN          Lotus Notes Network (Lotus)
LOC          LAN Operations Center (LAN)
LOC          Lines Of Code
LOC          Loss of Cell delineation (UNI, ATM)
LOCIS        Library Of Congress Information System (Internet)
LOCT         Layered Open Crypto Toolkit (RSA, Verschluesselung)
LOD          Level Of Detail (3D)
LOF          Loss of Frame (UNI, ATM, DS3/E3)
LOL          Laughing Out Loud (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
LOLITA       Language for the On-Line Investigation and Transformation
of Abstractions
LOM          Laminated Object Manufacturing
LOM          LAN On Motherboard (LAN)
LON          Local Operation Network
LOOPS        LISP Object Oriented Programming System (Xerox, OOP, LISP)
LOP          Loss of Pointer (UNI)
LOS          Line Of Sight (WIMAX, NLOS)
LOS          Local Operating System
LOS          Loss of Signal (UNI, ATM)
LOSP         LOw SPeed channel connector (Cray, I/O)
LOV          List Of Values (DB, Oracle, Java)
LOVIS        LagerOrtVerwaltungs- und InformationsSystem (MBAG)
LP           Line Printer (Unix)
LP           Linear Programming
LP           Logical Partition (LVM)
LP32         Long and Pointer 32 [bit] (BIT)
LPAN         Logical Processing Area Network
LPAR         [conference on] Logic for Programming, Artificial
intelligence and Reasoning (AI, conference)
LPB          [S3] Local Peripheral Bus
LPC          Linear Predictive Coding (Sprachverarbeitung)
LPC          Low Pin Count [interface] (ICH)
LPD          Line Printer DAEMON
LPDA         Link Problem Determination Aid
LPDP         Line Printer DAEMON Protocol (RFC 1179)
LPDU         Link Protocol Data Unit
LPEX         Live Parsing eXtensible Editor (IBM, OS/2)
LPF          League for Programming Freedom (Org.)
LPI          Lines Per Inch
LPI          Linux Professional Institute (Linux, Org.)
LPP          Licensed Program Product (IBM)
LPPB         Land Pre Pit level Before [recording] (DVD-R)
LPPL         Latex Project Public License
LPR          Line Printer Remote / Request (Drucker)
LPR          Low Priority Request (VUMA)
LPS          Lines Per Second
LPS          Lotus Professional Services (Lotus)
LPT          Line PrinTer
LPX          Lean Packet eXchange (Ximeta, IDE, LAN)
LPX          Low Profile eXtended [motherboard/form factor]
LQ           Letter Quality
LQM          Link Quality Monitoring (PPP)
LR           Location Register (LA, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
LRC          Longitudinal Redundancy Check
LRH          Local Route Header (Infiniband)
LRPC         Lightweight Remote Procedure Calls (OLE)
LRQ          Load Reorder Queue (Power4, IBM, CPU)
LRS          Line Repeater Station
LRU          Least Recently Used
LRZ          Leibniz RechenZentrum (Org., BADW)
LS           LAN Server (IBM)
LSA          Link State Advertisement (OSPF)
LSA          Lotus Solution Architecture (Lotus)
LSAPI        Licensed Services Application Program Interface (MS, API)
LSASS        Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (MS, Windows)
LSB          Least Significant Bit (BIT)
LSB          Linux Standard Base (Linux, FSG)
LSDU         Link Service Data Unit
LSE          Linux Scalability Effort (Linux)
LSE          Local Subscriber Environment
LSF          Load Sharing Facility
LSI          Large Scale Integration
LSI          Latent Semantic Indexing
LSL          Link Support Layer (ODI)
LSM          Linux Security Modules (Linux)
LSM          Linux Software Map (Linux)
LSN          Logical Sector Numbers (OS-9)
LSO          Linux Standards Organization (Org., Linux)
LSP          Label Switched Path
LSP          Layered Service Provider (MS, Windows, TCP, UDP, NetBIOS)
LSPP         Labeled Security Protection Profile (CC, SELinux)
LSR          Leaf Setup Request
LST          Linux Support Team [distribution] (Linux)
LSU          LAN Service Unit (LAN)
LSU          Load/Store Unit (Power4, IBM, CPU)
LT           Lagrande Technology (Intel, Pentium, CPU)
LT           Line Termination (ADSL)
LT           Logical Terminal (IBM)
LT           Lower Tester (ISO 9646-1)
LTC          Line Termination Coordinator
LTC          Linux Technology Center (Linux, Unix, IBM)
LTC          Longitudinal Time Code (Video)
LTE          Line Terminating Equipment (SONET)
LTERM        Logical TERMinal (IBM), "LTerm"
LTID         Logical Terminal IDentifier (IBM)
LTO          Linear Tape Open (Streamer, IBM, HP, Seagate)
LTPS         Low Temperature PolySilicon (LCD)
LTPSTFT      Low Temperature PolySilicon Thin Film Transistor (TFT, LCD)
LTSS         Lawrence TimeSharing System (OS, LLNL)
LU           Logical Unit (NAU)
LU62         Logical Unit 6.2 (IBM), "LU6.2"
LUA          Least-priviledged User Account [veraltet/old term] (MS,
Windows, Vista, UAP)
LUG          Local Users Group
LUN          Logical Unit Number (SCSI)
LUNA         Leuchtendatei fuer UnfallfluchtNAchforschungen (INPOL)
LUNI         LANE User Network Interface (LANE, ATM)
LUP          Language UPgrade (MS)
LUT          Look-Up Table (RAMDAC, FPGA, RL)
LV           Logical Volume (LVM)
LV           Low Voltage
LVD          Low Voltage Differential [technology] (SCSI, Symbois Logic)
LVDS         Low Voltage Differential Signal (TI, NSC)
LVE          Live Video Extension (Video)
LVM          Logical Volume Manager (AIX, HP/UX, OSF/1, HDD)
LVN          LandesVerwaltungsNetz (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
LVS          Layout Versus Schematic [check] (DRC, IC)
LVTTL        Low Voltage Transistor Transistor Level (IC)
LW           Living Worlds (VRML)
LWC          Last Working Configuration (ESCD, PNP, BIOS)
LWE          LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (Linux, Europa)
LWL          LichtWellenLeiter (Kabel)
LWP          Library for WWW in PERL (PERL, WWW)
LWP          Light Weight Process (Sun, OS)
LX           Linear eXecutable (OS/2)
LZS          Lempel-Ziv-Stac [compression]
LZSDCP       [PPP] Lempel-Ziv-Stac - Data Compression Protocol (PPP, RFC
1967), "LZS-DCP"
LZW          Lempel-Ziv-Welch [compression]
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MAC          Mandatory Access Control (MLS, DAC)
MAC          Media Access Control (ISO, OSI, LAN, , WLAN, ...)
MAC          Membership Advisory Committee (ICANN)
MAC          Message Authentication Code (SSL, SRT, Verschluesselung)
MACH         Multilayer ACtuator Head
MACID        Media Access Control IDentifier, "MAC-ID"
MACOS        MACintosh Operating System (Apple, OS), "MacOS"
MACS         Manufacturing Application Control System (SNI)
MACS         MODEM Access Control System (MODEM, DES, Verschluesselung),
"M.A.C.S."
MACSBUG      Motorola Advanced Computer Symbolic deBUGger (Motorola)
MAD          Memory Address Driver strength (BIOS)
MAD          Message Address Directory
MAD          Militaerischer AbschirmDienst (Mil., Org.)
MADCAP       Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (RFC
2730, Multicast)
MADE         Multimedia Application Development Environment (CWI)
MADK         Microsoft Activex Development Kit (ActiveX, MS)
MADT         Multiple APIC Description Table (ACPI, APIC)
MAE          Macintosh Application Environment (Apple, Sun, HPUX)
MAE          Metropolitan Area Exchange (Internet)
MAINSAIL     MAchine INdependent SAIL (SAIL)
MAJC         Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing [pronounced
'magic'] (Sun, Java)
MAJOUR       Modular Application for JOURnals (EWS, SGML)
MAM          Multi Access Module
MAME         Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, "M.A.M.E."
MAN          Metropolitan Area Network
MANET        Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork (Internet)
MAP          Maintenance Analysis Procedure (IBM)
MAP          Manufacturing Automation Protocol (General Motors)
MAP          Microsoft Academic Program (MS)
MAP          Mobile Application Part (MSC, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
MAP27        Mobile Access Protocol [for MPT 1327] (MPT 1327), "MAP 27"
MAPASE       Mobile Application Part - Application Service Elements
(MAP, MSC, GSM, Mobile-Systems), "MAP-ASE"
MAPEC        Multimedia APplications in Education Conference, "MApEC"
MAPI         Messaging Application Program Interface (MS, WOSA, API)
MAPOS        Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH (SONET, SDH, RFC 2171)
MAPTOP       Manufacturing Automation Protocol/Technical Office
Protocol, "MAP/TOP"
MAR          Microprogram Address Register (IC)
MARC         MAchine Readable Cataloging [record]
MARID        MTA Authorization Records in DNS (MTA, DNS, SPAM, IETF, WG)
MAS          Multi Agent Systems (AI)
MAS90        Mittelstands-Anwendungs-System 90 (IBM)
MASC         Multicast Address-Set Claim [protocol] (RFC 2909, Multicast)
MASE         Message Administration Service Element
MASM         Microsoft ASseMbler (MS, Assembler)
MASS         Message Authentication Signature Standards (MTA, SPAM, WG)
MAU          Medium Access Unit
MAU          Medium Attachment Unit (IEEE 802.3, Transceiver)
MAU          Multistation Access Unit (Token Ring, Hub)
MAUS         Muensters Apple User Service (BBS, Netzwerk), "M.A.U.S."
MAW          Microsoft At Work
MAWI         MAterialWIrtschaft
MAX          MAssively parallel uniX (Cray, OS, MIMD, MPP, Unix)
MAX          Media Access Exchange (Ascend)
MAX          Multimodaler AssemblierungseXperte (VR, Uni Bielefield)
MB           MailBox
MB           MegaByte
MBAG         Mercedes-Benz AktienGesellschaft (Anwender)
MBC          Multi Bit Cell (IC, PCMCIA, Flash, AMD, BIT)
MBCMS        Mercedes-Benz-Computer-Mikrofilm-System (MBAG), "MB-CMS"
MBE          Molecular Beam Epitaxy (IC; MOSFET)
MBIT         Mega Binary digIT (BIT), "MBit"
MBOA         MultiBand OFDM Alliance (Org., OFDM)
MBPS         MegaBits Per Second (BIT)
MBR          Master Boot Record
MBS          Maximum Burst Size
MBSA         Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MS, Windows)
MBUS         Module BUS [standard] (Sun, SPARC), "MBus"
MCA          Micro Channel Architecture (IBM, PS/2)
MCA          Mission Critical Applications
MCA          Model Centric Architecture (Skynamics)
MCAD         Mechanical CAD (AutoCAD, CAD)
MCAV         Modified Constant Angular Velocity
MCB          Memory Control Block (DOS, TPA)
MCBF         Mean Cycle Between Failure
MCC          Manchester Code Converter
MCC          Manchester Computing Centre (Linux)
MCC          Mitteldeutsches Communication Center (Leipzig)
MCC          Multichannel Communication Controller (SCC, FCC)
MCD          Mini Client Driver (MS, Windows, NT)
MCD          Multimedia Cartridge Drive (Nomai)
MCE          Media Center Edition (MS, Windows, XP, OEM)
MCEB         Military Communications-Electronics Board (Org., Mil., USA)
MCERT        Mittelstand Computer Emergency Response Team (Deutschland)
MCF          Meta Content Framework / Format (Apple, WWW)
MCF          MOM Connector Framework (MS, MOM)
MCGA         Multi Color Graphics Adapter (IBM, PS/2)
MCH          Memory Controller Hub [aka Northbridge] (Intel)
MCI          Measurement Layer Interface (UMA)
MCI          Media Control Interface
MCI          Microwave Communications Incorporated
MCL          Media Communication Lab (Org., Uni Boston, USA)
MCM          Multi Carrier Modulation
MCM          MultiChip Module (CPU)
MCN          Metropolitan Campus Network
MCNE         Master Certified Netware Engineer (Novell, Netware)
MCNS         Multimedia Cable Network System (Org.)
MCP          Master Control Program (OS)
MCP          Media and Communications Processor (IC)
MCP          Merlin Convenience Pack (IDB, OS/2)
MCP          Multiple-Chip Product (Intel)
MCP          Multiport / Multiprotocol Communication Processor
MCPAS        Master Control Program/Advanced System, "MCP/AS"
MCPC         Multi Channel Per Carrier
MCPS         Microsoft Certified Product Specialist (MS, ATEC)
MCR          Minimum Cell Rate (UNI, ATM, PCR, ABR)
MCS          Material Control System
MCS          Message Conversion System
MCS          Modulation and Coding Scheme (EGPRS, Mobile-Systems)
MCS          Multi-Category Security (SELinux)
MCS          MultiCast Server
MCS          Multichannel Communications System (Mac)
MCS          Multivender Customer Services (DEC)
MCSD         Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MS, ATEC)
MCSE         Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MS, ATEC)
MCSMP        Message Conversion System Message Processor (MCS)
MCSS         Mitac Computer Security System (Mitac)
MCT          Microsoft Certified Trainer (MS, ATEC)
MCTD         Mean Cell Transfer Delay (UNI, ATM)
MCTS         Multiple Console Time Sharing System (OS, CAD)
MCU          Management & Cascade Unit (Hub)
MCU          Master Control Unit (Nokia, OS)
MCU          Micro Controller Unit (SIA, RL)
MCU          Multipoint Controller Unit (VoiP)
MCVA         Modified Constant Angular Velocity (Optical Disk)
MD           Make Directory (DOS, OS/2)
MD           Management DOMAIN
MD           Mini Disk (Sony)
MD2          Message Digest [algorithm] 2 (RFC 1115/1319)
MD4          Message Digest [algorithm] 4 (RFC 1320)
MD5          Message Digest [algorithm] 5 (RFC 1321)
MDA          Mail Delivery Agent
MDA          Medicated Digest Authentication (HTTP)
MDA          Model Driven Architecture (CASE, OMG)
MDA          Monochrome Display Adapter (IBM, PC)
MDAC         Microsoft Data Access Components (MS)
MDBMS        Multidimensional DataBase Management System (DBMS, DB)
MDBS         Micro Data Base System (DB)
MDC          Message conversion system directory Component (MCS)
MDC          Meta Data Coalition
MDCT         Modified Discrete Cosine Transformation
MDD          Model Driven Design (MDS)
MDDB         MultiDimensional DataBase (DB)
MDE          Mobile DatenErfassung, "mDE"
MDEF         Menu DEfinition Functions (Apple, CDEF)
MDI          Medium Dependent Interface (Ethernet)
MDI          Mobile Data Initiative (Org., GSM, Mobile-Systems)
MDI          Multiple Document Interface (MS, Windows)
MDI          Multiplex Device Interface
MDIS         MetaData Interchange Specification
MDIX         Medium Dependent Interface - crossed (MDI), "MDI-X"
MDK          MODEM Developers Kit (MODEM, MS)
MDL          Microstation Development Language (CAD)
MDM          Master Data Management
MDM          MicroDiskModule
MDM          Mobile Device Management (CA, Unicenter)
MDRAM        Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC)
MDRC         Manufacturing Design Rule Checker
MDS          Manufacturing Design System
MDSD         Model Driven Software Development
MDSE         Message Delivery Service Element
MDSP         Mobile Device Sync Protocol (Lotus)
MDT          Mechanical DeskTop (SGI)
MDT          Message Distribution Terminal
MDT          Mittlere DatenTechnik
MDT          Mountain Daylight Time [-0600] (TZ, MST, USA)
ME           Mapping Entity
ME           Millennium Edition (MS, Windows)
MEBI         MEgaBInary [(2^10)^2] (IEC)
MEC          Memory Expansion Card
MEG          Mega Evil Grin (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
MEGA         MessdatenErfassung und Graphische Auswertung
MEI          Matsushita Electronics Incorporated (Hersteller, Japan)
MEL          Maya Embedded Language (Maya)
MEMS         Micro-ElectroMechanical System
MERS         Most Economic Route Selection
MERT         Multiple Environment, Real Time (OS)
MES          Manufacturing Execution System
MES          Menue-EntwicklungsSystem (Sinix, SNI)
MES          Minimum European Set (UTF, ISO 10646)
MESA         MetaEmailSearchAgent (WWW, Internet)
MESCH        Multi-WAIS Engine for Searching Commercial Hosts (WAIS, WWW)
MESFET       MEtal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (IC, FET)
MESH         Macintosh Enhanced SCSI Hardware (Apple, SCSI)
MESI         Modified - Exclusive - Shared - Invalid (SMP)
MESN         Media Event Status Notification
MESZ         MittelEuropaeische SommerZeit [+0200] (TZ)
MET          Memory Enhancement Technology (HP), "MEt"
MET          Micro Exposure Tool (Intel, EUV)
MET          Middle European Time [+0100] (TZ, CET, METDST, MEZ)
METAL        Machine Evaluation and Translation Language (Siemens)
METAL        Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language (TAL, ZPT, ZOPE)
METDST       Middle European Time Daylight Saving Time [+0200] (TZ, MET,
MEZ)
MEU          Multiformat  Engine Unit (LCD, Sony)
MEZ          MittelEuropaeische [sommer] Zeit [+0200] (TZ)
MF           Multi Frequency
MFAST        Mwave Folded Array Signal Transform [DSP] (IBM, DSP)
MFC          Microsoft Foundation Classes (MS)
MFC          Music Feature Card (IBM, Yamaha, MIDI)
MFD          Multi-Functional Display (Airbus, A380)
MFENET       Magnetic Fusion Energy NETwork
MFG          Mit Freundlichen Gruessen [= best wishes]
MFG          Multi-Function Gateway
MFI          MainFrame Interactive (IBM)
MFII         Multi-Functional [keyboard] II (IBM)
MFIP         Multi-Function Interoperability Processor
MFKS         MultiFunktionales KonferenzSystem
MFLOPS       Million FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU)
MFM          Modified Frequency Modulation
MFP          MultiFunction Product (HP)
MFS          Macintosh File System (Apple)
MFS          Message Format Service (IBM, IMS)
MFS          Mobile File Sync (IBM)
MFS          MOSIX File System (MOSIX, DFSA)
MFT          Master File Table (NTFS)
MFT          Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks (IBM, OS,
OS/MFT, OS/MVT)
MFV          MehrFrequenzwahlVerfahren
MGA          Matrox Graphics Adapter (Matrox)
MGA          Monochrome Graphics Adapter
MGCP         Media Gateway Control Protocol (VoIP, RFC 2705)
MGI          Multi-Function Interpreter
MGM          Memory Grant Manager (Informix, DB)
MH           Mobile Host (MHP)
MH           Modified Huffman (Fax)
MHDL         MIMIC Hardware Description Language
MHEG         Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group
(JTC1, ISO)
MHP          [columbia] Mobile Host Protocol
MHP          Multimedia Home Platform (ETSI)
MHPCC        Maui High Performance Computing Center (Org., USA)
MHS          Message Handling System (GOSIP, X.400, Novell, SPX, IPX)
MHTML        Messaging HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
MHTML        MIME [e-mail encapsulation of aggregate documents, such as]
HTML (MIME, HTML, RFC 2110)
MI           Management Interface
MIA          Missing In Action (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
MIAW         Movie In A Window
MIB          Management Information Base (OSI, SNMP)
MIC          Media Interface Connector (FDDI, PMD)
MIC          Memory in Cassette (Seagate, EEPROM, Streamer, AIT)
MIC          Memory Interface Controller (IBM, Cell)
MIC          Message Integrity Check / Code
MIC          Multiple Interface Connection (Kyocera)
MICA         MODEM ISDN Channel Integration (Telebit, MODEM, ISDN)
MICE         Modular Integrated Communications Environment
MICO         MICO Is CORBA (ORB, CORBA, Uni Frankfurt)
MID          Message IDentifier (ATM)
MID          Mobile Information Device
MID          Multiple Interface Declaration (OLSR)
MIDI         Musical Instruments Digital Interface (MIDI)
MIDL         Microsoft Interface Definition Language (NT)
MIDP         Mobile Information Device Profile (J2ME, Java)
MIDPEG       Mobile Information Device Profile Expert Group (Sun, AOL,
Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Palm, Samsung, Sharp, ...)
MIF          Module Interconnection Facility (Proteus)
MIG          Mach Interface Generator (Mach)
MII          Media Independent Interface
MIIS         Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MS)
MIKEY        Multimedia Internet KEYing (Verschluesselung, VoIP)
MIL          Matrox Imaging Library
MILNET       MILitary NETwork (USA, Mil., Netzwerk)
MILOS        Maschinelle Indizierung auf Linguistischer Grundlage fuer
OPAC Systeme (OPAC)
MILSTAR      Military Strategic TActical Relay (Mil., USA)
MILSTD       Military STandarD (Mil., USA), "MIL-STD"
MIMD         Multiple Instruction [stream], Multiple Data [stream] (CPU)
MIME         Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (RFC
2045/2046/2047/2048/2049, IETF)
MIMO         Multiple Input, Multiple Output (Agere-Systems, WLAN, Bell)
MIMO         Multiple Input, Multiple Output (WLAN)
MIMOLA       Machine Independent MicrOprogramming LAnguage (HDL)
MIN          Multistage Interconnection Networks
MINC         Multilingual Internet Names Consortium (Org., Internet, DOMAIN)
MINISTREL    Models for INformatIon STorage and REtrievaL (OA, BIS, ESPRIT)
MINT         Mint is Not TOS (Atari), "MiNT"
MINT         Multimedia-kommunikation aif Integrierten Netzen und Terminals
MINX         Multimedia Information Network eXchange
MIO          Memory Input/Output (Motorola)
MIO          Modular Input/Output [architecture] (HP)
MIP          Main Information Packet (CD-MRW)
MIP          Multimission Interactive Picture
MIP          Multum In Parvo (3D, SAT)
MIPS         Microprocessor without Interlocked Piped Stages
MIPS         Million Instructions Per Second (CPU)
MIR          Maximum Information Rate
MIR          Micro-Instruction Register (IC)
MIS          Management Information System
MIS          Mega Iterations per Second
MISD         Multiple Instruction [stream], Single Data [stream] (CPU)
MISO         Multiple Input, Single Output (WLAN)
MISRA        Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (UK)
MISS         Mecklenburg Internet Service System (ISP)
MISSI        Multilevel Information System Security Initiative (Org.)
MISX         Metered Services Information eXchange (Internet)
MIT          Management Information Tree
MIT          Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Org., USA)
MIT          Mobile Internet Toolkit (MS, .NET)
MJ           Modular Jack
MKS          Mortice Kern Systems (Hersteller)
MKT          Multifunktionelles KartenTerminal (CT, ICC)
ML           Mail List
ML           Maintenance Lead (JCP)
ML           Meta Language
ML2          MaskLess Lithography
MLA          Mail List Agent
MLA          Micro Lens Array
MLC          MultiLevel Cell (IC, PCMCIA, Flash, Intel)
MLD          Multicast Listener Discovery [protocol] (IPV6, Multicast,
RFC 2710)
MLE          MultiLine Entry field (IBM, OS/2)
MLI          Measurement Layer Interface (UMA)
MLI          Multiple Link Interface (ODI)
MLIA         [symposium on] Machine Learning in Information Access
(AAAI, AI, conference)
MLID         Multiple Link Interface Driver (ODI, LAN)
MLM          Mailing List Manager [software]
MLMA         Multi-Level Multi-Access (MAC)
MLP          Meridian Lossless Packaging (DVD, Audio)
MLP          Mozilla Localization Project (Mozilla)
MLP          MultiLink Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
MLR          Multi-channel Linear Recording [technology] (Tandberg,
Streamer)
MLS          MultiLevel Secure [operating systems / platforms] (SELinux)
MLT          Master Lower Tester (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
MLT3         MuLTilevel-3 [encoding] (Schneider & Koch, FDDI), "MLT-3"
MM           Media Manager (Novell, Netware, SMS)
MM           Military Message (Mil.)
MM           Mobile Management (RR, CM, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
MMA          Microcomputer Managers Association (Org., USA)
MMA          MIDI Manufacturer Association (Org., IMA)
MMAPI        Mobile Media API (Java, Sun, JMF, API)
MMC          Microsoft Management Console (MS, Windows, NT, XP)
MMC          MIDI Machine Control
MMC          MultiMedia Commands (SAM)
MMC          MultiMediaCard
MMCA         MultiMediaCard Association (Org.)
MMCD         MultiMedia Compact Disk (Sony, Philips, CD)
MMCDE        MultiMedia Compact Disk - Erasable (Sony, Philips, CD),
"MMCD-E"
MMCF         MultiMedia Communications Forum (Org.)
MMDO         Magnetic Modulation Direct Overwrite
MMDS         Multi-channel, Multi-point Distribution System
MMF          Make Money Fast (Usenet, ECP, EMP)
MMF          Memory Mapped File (Windows 95, Windows, NT)
MMF          Multimode Fiberoptic cable (SMF)
MMFS         Manufacturing Message Format Standard (MAP)
MMHID        MultiMedia Human Interface Device
MMHS         Military Message Handling System (Mil., MHS)
MMI          Mixed Mode Interpreter (JIT, IBM, Java)
MMIO         Memory Mapped I/O (I/O)
MML          Maker Markup Language (FrameMaker)
MMOG         Massive Multiplayer Online Games
MMORPG       Massive Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Games
MMP          Multilink Multichasis PPP (PPP)
MMPM2        MultiMedia Presentation Manager /2 (IBM, OS/2), "MMPM/2"
MMR          Modified Modified Read (Fax)
MMRSG        Mobile Multi-hop Relay Study Group (IEEE), "MMR SG"
MMS          Manufacturing Message Specifications / Standard (MAP, EIA,
RS-511, ISO, DIS 9506)
MMS          Maximum Message Size
MMS          Microsoft Media Server [protocol] (MS, Internet)
MMS          Module Making System (VMS)
MMS          Multilevel Mail Server
MMS          Multimedia Messaging Service (Mobile-Systems)
MMU          Mass Memory Unit
MMU          Memory Management Unit
MMVF         MultiMedia Video File [disk] (NEC, DVD)
MMWM         MultiMedia Window Manager (X-Windows)
MMX          Mobile Module PCI eXpress [specificiation] (Nvidia, PCIe)
MMX          MultiMedia eXtensions (Intel, CPU)
MNG          Multiple-image Network Graphics [format]
MNOS         Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
MNP          Microcom Networking Protocol
MO           Machine Object (PO)
MO           Management Object (OSI)
MOCS         Microsoft Official Curriculum Seminar (MS, ATEC, MCSD)
MOD          Magneto-Optical Disk (OD)
MODACOM      MObile DAta COMmunication
MODCA        Mixed Object Document Content Architecture (IBM), "MO:DCA"
MODEM        MOdulator DEModulator
MOE          Measure of Effectiveness
MOES         Molekulare Optisch-Elektrische Schaltungstraeger
MOESI        Modified - Owned - Exclusive - Shared - Invalid (AMD)
MOF          Managed Object Format (CIM, DMTF)
MOF          Meta Object Facility (OMG, UML)
MOF          Microsoft Operations Framework (MS)
MOLAP        Multidimensional OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP)
MOLED        Molecule Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED)
MOLI         Microsoft OnLine Institute (MS)
MOLP         Microsoft Open Licence Pack (MS)
MOM          Message Orientated Middleware (IBM)
MOM          Microsoft Operations Manager (MS, SMS)
MONALISA     MOdelling NAturaL Images for Synthesis and Animation, "MONA
LISA"
MONET        high data rate MObile interNET (Netzwerk)
MOO          MUD Object Orientated (Internet, OOP, MUD)
MOP          Maintenance Operations Protocol (DEC)
MOP          Meta Object Protocol (CLOS)
MOP          Multiple Original Prints
MOPS         Million Operations Per Second
MOR          Mining Object Repository (OP, Oracle, DB)
MOS          Master Operating System (OS, Varian)
MOS          Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
MOS          Minimum Operating System (OS, UNIVAC 9200, UNIVAC 9300)
MOS          Multiprogramming Operating System (OS, NCR)
MOSES        Major Open Systems Environment Standards
MOSFET       Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (IC, FET)
MOSIX        Multicomputer Operating System for UnIX (Unix, Cluster)
MOSP         Microsoft Online Services Partnership (MSN)
MOSPF        Multicast [extensions to ] Open Shortest Path First
[routing] (IP, OSPF, RFC 1584)
MOSRO        MObiles-Sicherheits-ROboter-System
MOST         Media Orientated Systems Transport
MOST         Mobile Open Systems Technologies (UK, Uni Lancaster)
MOT          Means of Test
MOTIS        Message-Orientated Text Interchange System (ISO 10021, JTC1)
MOTSS        More Of The Sameold Sameold (Usenet)
MOU          Memorandum Of Understanding (IPOC, TLD, Internet)
MOUS         Microsoft Office User Specialist (MS, Windows)
MOVE         Microsoft Overlay Virtual Environment (MS)
MOVI         [projekt] MObile VIsualisierung (DFG)
MOWORM       Magneto-Optical Write Once Read Many, "MO-WORM"
MP           [PPP] Multilink Protocol (MPPP, RFC 1990)
MP           Management Pack (MS, MOM)
MP           MegaPIXEL (PIXEL, photo)
MP           Multi Processor
MP           MultiProtocol
MP3          MPEG audio layer 3 (MPEG, Audio, IIS, ISO)
MPC          MPOA Client (MPOA, ATM)
MPC          Multimedia Personal Computer
MPD          Message Preparation Directory
MPDA         MultiPlatform DiskArray
MPDU         Message Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
MPE          Multi Protocol Encapsulation (DVB)
MPE          Multi-Programming Executive (OS, HP, HP 3000)
MPEG         Motion Picture Expert Group [old term] (MPEG)
MPEG         Moving Picture Expert Group (Org., ISO 11172-1, JTC1)
MPEGTS       Moving Picture Expert Group - Transport Stream (MPEG, TS),
MPEG-TS
MPEV         Multiple Programming Executive/V (HP), "MPE/V"
MPEXL        Multiple Programming Executive/XL (HP), "MPE/XL"
MPI          Message Passing Interface (SMP, Cluster)
MPI          Multiprocessor Interconnect Bus
MPIF         Message Passing Interface Forum (Hersteller)
MPL          Mozilla Public License (Netscape)
MPLS         Multi-Protocol Label Switching (RFC 3031)
MPM          Metra Potential Method
MPM          Multi Processing Modul (Apache)
MPM          Multi-user ??? Program for Microcomputers (CP/M, OS, DR),
"MP/M"
MPM2         MultiMedia Presentation Manager/2 (OS/2, IBM), "MPM/2"
MPML         Main Profile @ Main Level (MPEG), "MP@ML"
MPNET        Multi-user ??? Program / NETwork (MP/M, CP/NET, OS), "MP/NET"
MPNOS        Multi-user ??? Program / ??? (MP/NET, CP/NOS, OS), "MP/NOS"
MPOA         Multi-Protocol Over ATM (ATM)
MPOW         Multiple Purpose Operator Workstation
MPP          Massive Parallel Processor / Processing (MPP)
MPP          Message Posting Protocol (RFC 1204)
MPP          Message Processing Program
MPPC         Microsoft Point-to-Point Compression (MS, RFC 2118)
MPPD         Multi Purpose Peripheral Device
MPPE         Microsoft Point to Point Encryption (MS, Verschluesselung,
RFC 3078)
MPPP         Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP, RFC 1990, MP, Ascend)
MPR          Maet- och Provningsradet [National Board for Measurement
and Testing] (Org., Schweden, SWEDAC)
MPR          MultiPoint Relay (OLSR)
MPS          Megabytes Per Second
MPS          MPOA Server (MPOA, ATM)
MPS          Multi Processor Specification (BIOS, HT, MS, Windows)
MPS          MultiPage Signal (Fax)
MPS          MultiProcessor Specification (SMP, Intel)
MPSX         Mathematical Programming System eXtended (IBM)
MPT          Memory Performance Technology (BIOS, MSI)
MPT          Ministery of Post and Telecommunications (Org., Japan)
MPT          MultiPort Transceiver
MPT1327      [British] Ministry of Post and Telecommunications
[standard] 1327
MPTA         Multi Protocol Transport Architecture (IBM, SNA)
MPTN         Multi Protocol Transport Networking (IBM)
MPTS         Multi Protocol Transport Services (IBM, MPTN)
MPTS2        Multi Protocol Transport Services / 2 (IBM, OS/2), "MPTN/2"
MPU          MicroProcessor Unit (SIA, RL)
MPU401       MIDI Processing Unit 401 (Roland, MIDI), "MPU 401"
MPW          Macintosh Programmers Workshop (Apple)
MPX          MultiProgramming eXecutive (OS)
MPX          MultiProgramming eXecutive (IBM, OS, IBM 1800)
MQI          Message Queueing Interface (IBM)
MQUIPS       Million QUality Improvements Per Second
MR           Magneto - Resistive (HDD)
MR           MODEM Ready (MODEM)
MR           Modified Read (Fax)
MRA          Multi Resolutions Analysis
MRAM         Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (IC, RAM)
MRB          Method Request Broker (OMG)
MRBC         Multiple Resolution Bitmap Compiler (MS, Windows)
MRCF         Microsoft Realtime Compression Format (MS)
MRCI         Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface (MS)
MRCS         Multi-Rate Circuit Switching
MRH          Memory Repeater Hub (Intel)
MRIB         Multicast RPF Routing Information Base (RPF, Multicast,
PIM, MSDP)
MRJ          Macintosh / MacOS Runtime for Java (Java, Apple)
MRJSDK       Macintosh Runtime for Java Software Developer Kit (Apple,
Java), "MRJ SDK"
MRM          Multi Resolution Meshes (Intel, 3D)
MRML         Multimedia Retrieval Markup Language (Multimedia, Internet,
XML)
MRNET        Minnesota Regional NETwork (Netzwerk, USA)
MRO          Mandatory Router Option [flag] (CATNIP)
MROC         Multicommand Required Operational Capability
MROM         Macrocode Mask Read Only Memory (ROM)
MROM         Mask Read Only Memory (ROM)
MROMB        Modular RAID On MotherBoard (Intel, RAID, ZCR), "MRO MB"
MRP          Material / Manufacturing Resource Planning
MRP          Material Requirement Planning (PPS, CIM)
MRS          Media Recognition System (DAT)
MRSE         Message Retrieval Service Element
MRTD         Machine Readable Travel Document(s)
MRTG         Multi Router Traffic Grapher
MRU          Maximum Receive Unit [size] (SLIP, PPP)
MRU          Most Recently Used
MRX          MagnetoResistive eXtended [technology] (HDD)
MS           Memory Stick
MS           Message Store
MS           Meta Signaling (ATM, ???)
MS           MicroSoft (Hersteller, MS)
MS           Mobile Station (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
MSA          Management Service Architecture
MSA          MultiSource Assignment
MSAP         Management Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)
MSAP         Mini Slotted Alternating Priorities (MAC)
MSB          Most Significant Bit (BIT)
MSBA         Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MS)
MSC          MicroSoft C
MSC          Mobile services Switching Center (PLMN, GSM, GPRS,
Mobile-Systems)
MSCDEX       MicroSoft Compact Disk EXtensions (CD)
MSCHAP       MicroSoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS),
"MS-CHAP"
MSCM         Multiple Slots on Continuation Mechanism (DQDB)
MSCP         Mass Storage Control Protocol
MSCS         MicroSoft Cluster Server [Wolfpack] (MS, Cluster)
MSCT         Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit (MS)
MSD          Most Significant Digit
MSDE         MicroSoft Data Engine (MS, DB)
MSDE         Microsoft SQL server Desktop Engine / Environment (MS, SQL)
MSDL         MicroSoft Download Library (MS)
MSDN         Macintosh Software Distribution Network (FidoNet, Apple)
MSDN         MicroSoft Developer Network (MS)
MSDNAA       MicroSoft Developer Network Academic Alliance (MS)
MSDOS        MicroSoft Disk Operating System (MS, OS, PC)
MSDP         Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (Internet, PIM-SM,
Multicast, RFC 3618)
MSE          Mean Squared Error
MSE          MicroSoft Exchange server (MS)
MSE          Multimedia Software Engineering (Multimedia)
MSEN         Media Status Event Notification
MSFIS        MicroSoft Fax Information Service (MS)
MSFP         Management Service Focal Point (IBM)
MSFTEU       Maximum Surprise For The End User (Slang, Cygwin)
MSH          Microsoft SHell (MS)
MSI          Medium Scale Integration
MSI          Micro-Star International (Hersteller, Taiwan)
MSI          MicroSoft Installer (MS, WIndows)
MSIE         MicroSoft Internet Explorer (MS, WWW, MSIE)
MSIL         MicroSoft Intermediate Language (MS, .NET, CLI)
MSISDN       Mobile Station ISDN Number (PLMN, GSM, Mobile-Systems),
"MS-ISDN"
MSIX         Metered Services Information eXchange [protocol] (Internet,
ISP)
MSJVM        MicroSoft Java Virtual Machine (MS, Java)
MSL          Maximum Segment Lifetime (TCP/IP)
MSL          Microsoft Software Library (Internet, MS)
MSL          Mirrored Server Link
MSM          Media Support Module (ODI)
MSM          Metal Semiconductor Metal (IC)
MSMQ         MicroSoft Message Queue [server / services] (MS)
MSN          Microsoft Support Network (Internet, MS)
MSN          Monitoring cell Sequence Number (UNI, ATM)
MSN          Multiple Subscriber Number (Euro-, ISDN)
MSNF         Multiple Systems Networking Facility (IBM)
MSOS         Mass storage Operating System (OS, CDC)
MSP          Media Signal Processor (Samsung, MMX, ARM)
MSP          Message Security Protocol
MSP          Message Send Protocol (RFC 1159)
MSP          Multitasking System Program (OS, Hemenway)
MSP7         Modular System Program /7 (OS, IBM), "MSP/7"
MSPI         M&T Software Partner International [gmbh]
MSR          Machine Specific Register (IC)
MSR          Mess-, Steuer- und Regelungssysteme
MSR          Mobile Support Router (MHP)
MSR          Model Specific Register (Intel, Pentium, IC)
MSRN         Mobile Station Roaming Number (MM, HLR, MS-ISDN, GSM,
Mobile-Systems)
MSRPC        MicroSoft Remote Procedure Call (MS, DCOM), "MS-RPC"
MSS          Maximum Segment Size (TCP, ADSL)
MSS          Microsoft Speech Server (MS)
MSS          MIMOLA Software System (MIMOLA)
MSSE         Message Submission Service Element
MST          Mountain Standard Time [-0700] (TZ, MDT, USA)
MSVC         Meta-Signaling Virtual Channel (ATM)
MSVC         MicroSoft Visual C++ (MS)
MSW          Machine Status Word
MT           Machine [assisted] Translation
MT           Mannesmann Tally [gmbh] (Hersteller)
MT           Message Transfer / Type
MT           Mobile Termination (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
MT           Moluccas Time [+0830] (TZ)
MTA          Mail Transport Agent (SMTP)
MTA          Main Table Area (CD-MRW)
MTA          Message Transfer Agent (MTS, OSI, X.400)
MTBF         Mean Time Between Failure (HDD, ...)
MTBRP        Mean-Time-Between-Parts-Replacement
MTC          Master Test Component (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
MTC          MIDI Time Code (MIDI)
MTD          Memory Technology Driver (IBM, PC-DOS)
MTDA         Mean Time Data Availability
MTDS         Magnetic Tape Operating System (OS)
MTE          MuTating Engine (Viren), "MtE"
MTEC         Motorola Training and Education Center (Org., Chicago)
MTF          Message Text Formats
MTF          Microsoft Tape Format (MS)
MTF          Modulation Transfer Function
MTH          Memory Translator Hub (Intel)
MTI          MIPS Technologies Inc. (Hersteller, SGI)
MTJ          Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MRAM)
MTOS         Magnetic Tape Operating System (OS, Datapoint)
MTP          Media Transfer Protocol (Windows, MCE)
MTP          Memory Translation and Protection (Infiniband)
MTP          Message Transfer Part (ISDN, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
MTR          Mining Table Repository (OP, Oracle, DB)
MTRR         Memory Type Range Register (CPU, Pentium Pro, IC)
MTS          Magnetic Tape System (OS, HP, HP 2100)
MTS          Message Transfer System (MHS)
MTS          Michigan Terminal System (OS)
MTS          Microsoft Transaction Server (MS, DB, WSH, COM)
MTT          MailTrusT (Verschluesselung)
MTTF         Mean Time To Failure
MTTFF        Mean Time To First Failure
MTTR         Mean Time to Recovery / Repair / React
MTTR         Mean Time Trouble Repair
MTU          Maximum Transmission Unit (SLIP, PPP, IP, PPPoE)
MTU          Message Transfer Unit
MUA          Mail User Agent
MUBIS        MUltimediales BueroInformationsSystem (OA, BIS, TU
Braunschweig), "MuBIS"c
MUCK         Multi-User Chat Kingdom (MUD)
MUD          Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)
MUGD         MUMPS User Group Deutschland (MUMPS, User group, Org), "MUG-D"
MUI          Management User Interface (OMF, UI)
MUI          Multimedia User Interface (SGI, UI)
MULDEM       MULtiplexer-DEMultiplexer
MULE         MULtilingual Enhancement of GNU EMACS (EMACS, GNU)
MULTICS      MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service (OS, MIT, Bell)
MULTOS       MULtimedia Office Server (OA, BIS, ESPRIT)
MUMPS        Massachusetts general hospital Multi-Programming System
MUMPS        Multi-User Multi-Programming System ??? (OS, DEC)
MUPAD        Multi Processing Algebra Data [tool] (Uni Paderborn, CAS),
"MuPAD"
MUSH         Multi-User Shared Hallucination (MUD)
MUSICAM      Masking-pattern adapted Universal Subband Integrated Coding
And Multiplexing (MPEG, Digital Audio)
MUT          Master Upper Tester (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
MUTIOI       ???, "MuTIOI"
MUTOS        MultiUser-/multitasking Operating System (DDR, OS)
MUEW          eW MonopolUEbertragungsWeg, "MueW"
MUX          MUltipleXer
MVA          Multi Vendor Architecture
MVA          Multidomain Vertical Alignment [technology] (LCD, Fujitsu)
MVC          Model View Controller (Smalltalk, GUI)
MVCC         MultiVersion Concurrency Control [system] (PostgeSQL, DB)
MVI          Motion Video Instructions (DEC, CPU, Alpha)
MVIF         Multi-Vendor Interacting Forum (Org., IN)
MVP          Most Valuable Professional [bonus program] (MS)
MVRCA        Magnalink Variable Resource Compression Algorithm (PPP, RFC
1975)
MVS          Multiple Virtual Storage (IBM, OS, OS/MVS)
MVS          Multiple Virtual System (OS)
MVSESA       Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended System Architecture
(IBM), "MVS/ESA"
MVSESASP     Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended System Architecture
System Product (IBM), "MVS/ESA SP"
MVSSP        Multiple Virtual Storage/System Product, "MVS/SP"
MVSTSO       Multiple Virtual Storage/Time Sharing Option (IBM), "MVS/TSO"
MVSXA        Multiple Virtual Storage/eXtended Architecture, "MVS/XA"
MVT          Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks (IBM,
OS/MVT, OS)
MWCM         Molecular Wire Crossbar Memory (RAM, IC, HP)
MWS          Management WorkStation
MWS          Matsushita White Skipping (Fax)
MX           Mail eXchange (Unix)
MXB          Multimedia eXension Board (SNI)
MXC          Multimedia eXtension Connector
MXML         Macromedia Flex Markup Language (Macromedia, XML)
MZ           Mark Zbikowski (MS-DOS, MCB)
MZAP         Multicast-scope Zone Announcement Protocol (RFC 2776,
Multicast)
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NAARS        National Automated Accounting Research System (USA)
NAB          National Association of Broadcasters (Org., USA)
NAB          Netware Asynchronous Board (Novell, Netware)
NABTS        North American Broadcast Teletext Standard (USA)
NAC          Network Administration Center
NAC          Network Admission Control (Cisco)
NAC          Networks and Communications
NAC          Null Attached Concentrator (FDDI)
NACLP        North American Conference on Logic Programming (USA)
NACM         Networks And Communications Marketing
NACS         National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors (Org., USA)
NACS         Netware Asynchronous Communication Server (Novell, Netware)
NACS         Network Access Control System (Netware, DES, Verschluesselung)
NACSIS       National Academic Center for Science Information Systems
(Org., USA)
NACT         Neural Adaptive Control Technology [project] (NN)
NAD          Network Access Device
NADB         National Archaeological DataBase (DB, USA)
NAEC         Novell Authorized Education Center (Novell, Netware)
NAG          National Algorithms Group [ltd] (UK, Org., Vorlaeufer), "NAg"
NAG          Network Architecture Group (Org.)
NAG          Numerical Algorithms Group (UK, Org.), "NAg"
NAI          Netzwerk Arbeitswelt Informatik (Hersteller)
NAIIN        No Abuse In InterNet (Org.)
NAL          Netware Application Launcher (Novell, Netware, NAM)
NALIS        Nevada Academic Libraries Information System
NAM          Netware Application Manager (Novell, Netware, NAL)
NAMP         Netware, Apache, MySQL, PHP (Novell, Netware, Apache, PHP, DB)
NAMS         National Association of Multimedia Shareware (Org., USA)
NAP          Network Access Point (IN)
NAP          Network Access Protection (MS, Windows, Vista)
NAPLPS       North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (BBS)
NAPT         Network Address and Protocol Translator (IP)
NAPTR        Naming Authority PoinTeR (Enum, DNS)
NARP         Non-Broadcast Multiple Access Address Resolution Protocol
(RFC 1735)
NAS          Netware Access Services (Novell, Netware)
NAS          Network Application Services (DEC)
NAS          Network Application Support
NAS          Network Attached Storage (NFS, CIFS, HDD)
NASI         Netware Asynchronous Service Interface (Novell, Netware)
NAT          [IP] Network Address Translator (RFC 1631, IP)
NATOA        National Association of Telecommunications Officers &
Advisors (Org., USA)
NAU          Network Addressable Unit (IBM, SNA, OSI)
NAU          Network Attachment Unit (GigaB, IP-Router)
NAUN         Nearest Active Upstream Neighbour (MAC)
NAVNET       NAVy NETwork (Mil., USA, Netzwerk)
NB           Nota bene (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
NBAR         Network-Based Application Recognition
NBCD         Natural Binary Coded Decimal
NBDD         NetBIOS Datagram Distribution [server] (NETBIOS)
NBE          Not-Below-or-Equal
NBFCE        NETBIOS Frames Control Program (NETBIOS)
NBFCP        [PPP] NETBIOS Frames Control Protocol (PPP, NETBIOS, RFC 2097)
NBFM         Narrow Band Frequency Modulation
NBIC         Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno [initiative] (USA)
NBIS         Network Based Information Systems, "NBiS"
NBMA         Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (UNI, ATM)
NBNS         NetBIOS Name Server (NETBIOS)
NBP          Name Binding Protocol (AppleTalk)
NBS          Narrow Band Socket (Intel, Nokia)
NBS          National Bureau of Standards (Org., Vorlaeufer, NIST)
NBT          NETBIOS on TCPIP (MS)
NC           Network Channel / Connect / Control
NC           Network Co-ordinator (FidoNet)
NC           Network Computer [reference profile] (Apple, IBM, Netscape,
Oracle, Sun, Internet)
NC           Norton Commander (Symantec)
NC           Numerical Control
NCA          Network Communications Adapter
NCA          Network Computing Architecture (Oracle)
NCA          Network Control Analysis
NCA          Nexus Computing Agent (NGSCB, MS, Palladium)
NCA          Nexus Computing Agent (MS, Palladium)
NCA          Novell Certification Alliance (Novell, Netware)
NCAIR        National Center for Automated Information Research (Org., USA)
NCAM         National Center for Accessible Media (Org., USA)
NCB          Network Control Block (LAN)
NCC          Network Control / Coordination Center
NCC          Network Control Computer
NCCF         Network Communications Control Facility (IBM)
NCCS         NASA Center for Computational Sciences (Org., NASA)
NCD          Network Computing Devices (Hersteller)
NCD          Norton Change Directory (DOS)
NCDMA        Narrowband - Code Division Multiple Access (DFUE,
Mobile-Systems, CDMA), "N-CDMA"
NCE          Nomadic Computing Environment (Tadpole)
NCGA         National Computer Graphics Association (Org., USA)
NCHPC        National Consortium for High Performance Computing (Org.,
HPC, USA)
NCI          Network Channel Interface
NCI          Non Coded Information
NCIA         Native Client Interface Architecture (IOS)
NCIP         Novell Certified Internet Professional (Novell, WWW, CNA)
NCITS        National Committee for Information Technology Standards
(Org., USA)
NCL          Null Convention Logic (CPU)
NCLP         Novell Certified Linux Professional (Noell, Linux)
NCMOS        N-channel [Silicon Gate Reversed] CMOS
NCN          Nixdorf Communications Network
NCOHPCC      National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing
and Communications (Org., USA, HPC), "NCO/HPCC"
NCOS         Network Computer Operating System (OS, Oracle, Internet)
NCOS         Non-Concurrent Operating System (OS, UNIVAC 9200, UNIVAC 9300)
NCP          Netware Core Protocol (Novell, IPX)
NCP          Network Control Processor
NCP          Network Control Program (BBN, ARPANET)
NCP          Network Control Program / Point (IBM)
NCP          Non-Carbon Paper
NCP          Not Copy-Protected
NCPE         Netware Core Protocol Extension (NCP, Netware, IPX)
NCPIE        National Council on Patient Information and Education
(Org., USA)
NCR          National Cash Registers (Hersteller, AT&T)
NCS          National Communications System (USA)
NCS          Network Computing System (HP, Apollo)
NCS          Network Control System
NCSA         National Center for Supercomputing Applications (Org., USA)
NCSC         National Computer Security Center (Org., USA)
NCSC         North Carolina Supercomputing Center (Org., USA)
NCSI         Network Communications Service Interface (NMP)
NCSL         National Computer Systems Laboratory (NIST, Org., USA)
NCSL         National Conference of Standards Laboratories (Org., USA)
NCSNDR       Network Computing System Network Data Representation (HP,
Apollo), "NCS NDR"
NCSS         Non Commentary Sources Statements (LOC)
NCSS         Number Crunching Statistical System
NCSTRL       Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (WWW)
NCT          Network Control and Timing
NCTE         Network Channel-Terminating Equipment
NCTL         National Computer and Telecommunications Laboratory (Org., USA)
NCU          Non-Cacheable Units
ND           Navigation Display (Airbus, A380)
NDA          Network Delivery Access
NDA          Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDA          Norddeutsche DatenAutobahn (Netzwerk)
NDAS         Network Direct Attached Storage (HDD)
NDBMS        Network DataBase Management System (DB)
NDBS         Non-standard DataBase System (DB)
NDC          National Destination Code (MS-ISDN, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
NDC          Network Data Collection
NDC          Node Data Controller (Zenith)
NDCC         Network Data Collection Center
NDD          Norton Disk Doctor [software]
NDDL         Neutral Data Definition Language (DDL)
NDE          NeWS Development Environment
NDI          Network Distributed ISDN [for windows NT] (AVM, ISDN,
Windows, NT)
NDIS         Network Driver Interface Specification (3COM, MS)
NDL          Network Database Language (DB, 4GL)
NDM          Normal Disconnected Mode (IRDA, IRLAP, NRM)
NDMP         Network Data Management Protocol
NDMS         Netware Distributed Management Services (Novell, Netware)
NDP          Neighbor Discovery Protocol (RFC 2462)
NDP          Numeric Data Processor
NDPA         Network Problem Determination Application
NDR          Network Data Representation (NCS, DCE)
NDR          Network Data Representation service (DCE/RPC)
NDR          Non-Delivery Report (SMTP)
NDR          Non-Destructive Read
NDRO         Non-Destructive ReadOut
NDS          Netware Directory Services (Novell, Netware)
NDS          Network Data System
NDT          Net Data Throughput
NDT          Newfoundland Daylight Time (TZ, NFT)
NDT          Non-Destructive Testing
NDU          Network Device Utility
NDV          Non DSL Village (WIMAX, DSL)
NE           Network Element
NE           Netzebene (DTAG)
NEA          [Siemens] NEtzwerkArchitektur (NEA, Siemens)
NEAB         NEA Benutzerebenenprotokoll (NEA, Siemens)
NEAN         NEA Netzwerkebenenprotokoll (NEA, Siemens)
NEAR         National Electronic Accounting and Reporting
NEARNET      New England Academic and Research NETwork (USA, Netzwerk),
"NEARnet"
NEAT         New Enhanced Advanced Technology (AT)
NEAT         Novell Easy Administration Tool (Novell, Netware)
NEATE        NEA Transportebenenprotokoll (NEA, Siemens)
NEBS         Network Equipment Building System
NEC          National Electrical Code (USA)
NEC          Nippon Electronic Corporation (Hersteller)
NED          NASA Extragalactic Database (DB)
NEDO         New Energy and industrial technology Development
Organization (Org., Japan)
NEFS         Network Extensible File System, "NeFS"
NEII         National Engineering Information Initiative (Org., USA)
NEM          Nothing Else Matters (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
NEMS         Nanoelektromechanische Speicher (IC, RAM)
NEP          Never-Ending Program
NEREN        NEbraska Research and Education Network (USA, Netzwerk)
NERO         Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives [project]
NES          News Electronic Service
NESC         National E-Science Centre (Org., UK), "NeSC"
NESPINN      NEurocomputer fuer Spikende Neuronale Netze (TUB)
NEST         Netware Embedded Systems Technology (Novell, Netware)
NET          Network Entity Title
NETBEUI      NETBIOS Extended User Interface (UI)
NETBIOS      NETwork Basic Input Output System (IBM, RFC 1001/1002),
"NetBIOS"
NETBLT       NETwork BLock Transfer (IP)
NETBT        NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NETBIOS, TCP/IP), "NetBT"
NETCDF       NETwork Common Data Format, "NetCDF"
NETDA        NETwork Design and Analysis
NETPARS      NETwork Performing Analysis Reporting System
NETSS        National Electronic Telecommunication Surveillance System (USA)
NEWS         Netware Early Warning System (Novell, Netware)
NEWS         Networked Extensible Windowing System (Sun), "NeWS"
NEWT         NeWS Terminal, "NeWT"
NEXT         NEw eXtended Technology, "NeXT"
NFA          Name Field Address (Forth)
NFA          Non-determistic Finite-state Automation
NFAIS        National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services
(Org., USA)
NFAS         Non Facilities-Associated Signaling (ISDN, PRI)
NFGM         Nano-Floating Gate Memory (RAM, IC)
NFR          Near Field Recording [technology]
NFS          Network Facilities Services
NFS          Network File System (Sun, Unix, RFC 1094/1813/3010)
NFSP         Netware File Service Protocol (Novell, Netware)
NFT          Network File Transfer (DNA, DEC)
NFT          NewFoundland Time [-0330] (TZ, NDT)
NG           NewsGroup (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
NGDD         New Generation Desktop Design (Mitsubishi)
NGE          Not-Greater-or-Equal
NGI          Nederlands Genootschap for Informatica (Org., Niederlande)
NGIO         Next Generation Input / Output (I/O, Intel)
NGPP         Next Generation Print Path [veraltet/old term] (MS,
Windows, Vista, XPS)
NGPT         Next Generation POSIX Threading (POSIX, IBM)
NGS          Non-Government Standard (USA)
NGSB         Non-Government Standards Body
NGSBC        Next Generation Secure Computing Base (MS, Windows, XP)
NGSCB        Next Generation Secure Computing Base (MS, Palladium)
NHRP         [NBMA] Next Hop Resolution Protocol (X.25, ATM, NBMA, IETF)
NHSE         National HPCC Software Exchange (USA)
NI           Network Interconnect / Interface
NI           Normenausschuss Informationstechnik (Din, Org.)
NI           Normenausschuss Informationsverarbeitungssysteme
[1987-1995] (DIN, Vorlaeufer, NI)
NIA          Network Information Access
NIAC         National Infrastructure Advisory Council (Org., USA)
NIAHGB       Normenausschuss Informationstechnik - Ad-Hoc Gruppe
Biometrie (NI, DIN), "NI-AHGB"
NIAP         National Information Assurance Partnership (Org., NIST, NSA)
NIAS         Netware Internet Access Server (Novell, Netware)
NIC          Network Information Center (Internet, Org.)
NIC          Network Interface Card / Controller
NIC          Numeric Intensive Computing
NICAM        Near-Instantaneously Companded Audio Multiplex (Audio)
NICD         NIckel CaDmium [batterie], "NiCd"
NICE         Network Information and Control Exchange (DECNET)
NICOL        Network Information Center On-Line
NICOLAS      Network Information Center On-Line Aid System
NID          Namespace IDentifier (URN)
NIDOS        NIxdorf Disk Operating System (OS, SNI)
NIDR         Network Information Discover and Retrieval
NIDX         Network Intrusion Detection eXpert system (BELLCORE, XPS)
NIE          Newton Internet Enabler (Apple, PDA)
NIFTP        Network Independent File Transfer Program (FTP)
NIHCL        National Institute of Health [c++] Class Library (PD)
NII          National Information Infrastructure [program] (USA, Org.)
NIIT         National Information Infrastructure Testbed (ISH, USA)
NIMH         NIckel Metal Hydride [battery], "NiMH"
NIMT         National Institute for Management Technology (Org., Irland)
NIPC         National Infrastructure Protection Center (Org., USA)
NIPT         [international symposium on] New Information Processing
Technologies (Conference, MITI)
NIR          Network Information Registry / Retrieval
NIS          Network Information Service (NSF)
NIS          Network Information System (Unix)
NISC         Network Information and Support Center
NISCC        National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre (Org.,
Grossbritannien)
NISDN        Narrowband Integrated-Services Digital Network (ISDN), "N-ISDN"
NISI         Network Information Services Infrastructure
NISO         National Information Standards Organization (Org., USA)
NISS         National Information on Software and Services (USA)
NISSPAC      NISS Public Access Collections (NISS)
NIST         National Institute of Standards and Technology (Org., USA)
NISYP        Network Information System / Yellow Pages, "NIS/yp"
NIT          Network Information Tabel (DVB)
NITF         National Imagery Transmission Format
NITOL        Norway-net with IT for Open Learning (Netzwerk)
NITS         Network Independent Transport Service
NIU          Network Interface Unit
NIU          North american ISDN Users (USA, ISDN)
NIUF         North american ISDN Users Forum (USA, User group, ISDN, Org.)
NJC          Nordic Journal of Computing (Finnland)
NJE          Network Job Entry (BITNET, RSCS)
NJE          Network Job Entry
NJSZT        Neumann Janos SZamitogep-tudomanyi Tarsasag (Org., Ungarn)
NKS          Network Knowledge Server
NKSR         Non-Kernel Security Related (Unix)
NL           Network Layer (ISO, OSI)
NL           New Line (ASCII)
NL           Number Lines (Unix)
NLB          Network Load Balancing (MS, Windows)
NLDM         Network Logical Data Manager (IBM)
NLE          Not-Less-or-Equal
NLKD         Novell Linux Kernel Debugger (Novell, Linux)
NLM          Netware Loadable Module (Novell, Netware)
NLOS         Non Line Of Sight (WIMAX, LOS)
NLP          Natural Language Processing
NLP          Non-Linear Programming
NLP          Normal Link Pulse (Ethernet, LAN)
NLPID        Network Layer Protocol IDentifier (ATM, OSI)
NLQ          Near Letter Quality
NLRI         Network Layer Reachability Information
NLS          Native Language Support (HP)
NLS          Native Language System (OSF)
NLS          Network License Server
NLS          oNLine System
NLSP         Netware Link Services Protocol (Novell, Netware, IPX)
NLSP         Network Layer Security Protocol (ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC 11557)
NLUUG        NetherLand Unix User Group (Org., User group)
NLV          National Language Version (IBM, OS/2, ...)
NM           Native Mode (PARISC, CM)
NM           Network Management
NMA          Network Management Architecture (SNA)
NMAA         National Multimedia Association of America (Org., USA)
NMAS         Novell Modular Authentication Services (Novell, Netware)
NMC          Network Management Center
NMCP         Network Management Communication Protocol
NMCS         National Military Command System (Mil., USA)
NMEA         National Marine Electronics Association [protocol] (Org.,
USA, GPS)
NMEO         NetWorker Module for EMC Symmetrix for Oracle (Oracle, EMC, DB)
NMF          Network Management Forum
NMI          Non-Maskable Interrupt
NML          National Media Laboratory (Org., USA)
NML          Natural Mapping Language (XPP, MPP)
NML          Network Management Layer (TMN)
NMM          Netzwerk-integrierte Multimedia Middleware
NMOS         Negative-channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
NMP          Network MODEM Program
NMPF         Network Management Productivity Facility (IBM)
NMPL         Netscape/Mozilla Public License (Netscape), "N/MPL"
NMS          Network Management Station / System (Novell, Netware)
NMS          Network Monitoring Station
NMSU         New Mexico State University (Org.)
NMT          Nordic Mobile Telephone (Mobile-Systems)
NMU          Non-Maintainer Upload (Linux, Debian)
NMVT         Network Management Vector Transport
NN           Neural Network (NN)
NNI          Network Node Interface (ATM)
NNI          Network to Network Interface
NNS          Netware Named Services (Novel, Netware)
NNSC         NSF Network Service Center (Org., NSF)
NNTP         Network News Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 977, Usenet)
NNTPS        Network News Transfer Protocol - Secured ??? (NNTP,
Internet, Usenet)
NNTR         No Need To Reply (Slang, Cygwin)
NNX          Network Numbering eXchange
NOA          Net On Air (Internet)
NOC          Network Operations Center
NOCS         Network Operations Center System
NODIS        NSSDC Online Data and Information Service (NSSDC)
NOI          Node Operator Interface
NOKOS        NOKia Open Source license (Nokia)
NOMA         National Online Media Association (Org., USA)
NORGEN       Network Operations Report GENerator
NORMA        NO Remote Memory Access (OSF/1, Multi-Server)
NOS          Network Operating System
NOSA         Netlabs Open Source Archive
NOSAC        Netlabs Open Source Archive Client (NOSA)
NOTA         None Of The Above (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
NOTIS        Network Operator Trouble Information System
NOW          Network Of Workstations (Cluster)
NP           Network Performance
NP           No Problem (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
NPA          Network Performance Analyzer
NPA          Network Printer Alliance (IEEE 1284, IBM, Lexmark, Xerox)
NPA          Network Professional Association (Org., USA)
NPA          Numbering Plan Area
NPAC         Northeast Parallel Architectures Center (Org., USA, HPC)
NPC          Network Parameter Control
NPC          Non-Player Character (MMORPG)
NPD          Network Products Division (Toshiba)
NPDA         Network Problem Determination Application (IBM)
NPES         National Printing Equipment Association (Org., USA)
NPH          Non Parse Headers (HTTPD, CGI)
NPI          Network Printer Interface
NPL          Netscape Public License (Netscape)
NPL          Non-Procedural Language
NPM          Network Performance Monitor
NPMS         Named Pipes / Mail Slots (MS)
NPSI         NCP Packet Switching Interface (IBM, NCP)
NPSI         Network Protocol Service Interface
NPSS         NASA Packet Switch System (NASA)
NPTL         Native POSIX Thread Library (POSIX)
NPTN         National Public Telecomputing Network (Netzwerk, USA)
NPV          Net Present Value
NQS          Network Queuing System
NRC          National Research Council (Org., USA)
NRCLSE       National Resource for Computers in Life Science Education (USA)
NREN         National Research and Education Network (USA, Netzwerk)
NRFD         Not Ready for Data
NRIP         Novell Routing Information Protocol (Novell, Netware), "nRIP"
NRM          Network Resource Management
NRM          Normal Response Mode (IRDA, IRLAP, NDM)
NRN          National Research Network (USA, Netzwerk)
NRN          No Reply Necessary (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
NROFF        New Run-OFF (Unix)
NRPC         Notes Remote Procedure Call (Lotus)
NRPE         Nagios Remote Plug-in Executor (Nagios)
NRPE         Nagios Remote Plugin Executor
NRS          Name Registration System
NRS          Novell Replication Services (Novell, Netware)
NRT          Non-Requesting Terminal
NRTVBR       Non-RealTime Variable Bit Rate (VBR, ATM, BIT), "nrt-VBR"
NRZ          Non-Return-to-Zero [recording]
NRZI         Non-Return-to-Zero, Invert to ones [encoding]
NS           Name Server (DNS, Unix)
NS           National Standard
NSA          National Security Agency (Org., USA)
NSAI         National Standards Authority of Ireland (Org., Irland)
NSAP         Network Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)
NSAPA        Network Service Access Point Address (OSI, NSAP)
NSAPI        Netscape Server Application Programmer's Interface
(Netscape, WWW, C/S, API)
NSB          National Science Board (USA, Org.)
NSBD         Not-So-Bad Distribution (Bell)
NSC          National Security Council (Org., USA)
NSC          National SemiConductor (Hersteller)
NSC          Network Service Center
NSC          Network Storage Corporation
NSCA         Nagios Service Check Acceptor (Nagios)
NSCA         National institute for Supercomputing Applications
NSD          National Security Directive (USA)
NSD          Network Shared Disk (GPFS, HDD)
NSE          Network Support Encyclopedia (Novell)
NSEC         Network Switching Engineering Center
NSERC        Natural Sciences and Research Council (Org., USA)
NSF          National Science Foundation (Org., USA)
NSF          Norges StandardiseringsForbund (Org., Norwegen)
NSF          Notes Storage Facility (Lotus)
NSFIP        NextStep Fuer IntelProzessoren, "NSfIP"
NSFNET       National Science Foundation NETwork (Netzwerk, USA,
Internet), "NSFnet"
NSG          Network Services Group
NSI          Name Service Independent (DCE/RPC, CDS)
NSI          NASA Science Internet (NASA, Netzwerk)
NSIS         National Schengen Information System (SIS, EU)
NSIS         Next Steps In Signaling (RFC 4080)
NSN          NASA Science Network (USA, Netzwerk)
NSP          Name Service Protocol (DNS)
NSP          Native Signal Processing (Intel, CPU)
NSP          Network Service Point
NSP          Network Service Provider
NSP          Network Services Protocol (DNA)
NSPMP        Network Switching Performance Measurement Plan
NSPR         NetScape Portable Runtime (Netscape, API)
NSR          Non-Source Routed
NSRD         National Software Reuse Directory (USA)
NSS          Namespace Specific String (URN)
NSS          Network Security Services (Mozilla, Internet)
NSS          Network Server System (Airbus, A380)
NSS          Network Storage Solutions (Hersteller)
NSS          Nodal Switching Subsystem (NSFNET)
NSS          Novell Storage System (Novell, Netware)
NSSA         Not So Stubby Area (OSPF, RFC 1587)
NSSDC        National Space Science Data Center (Org., USA)
NST          Network Security Toolkit
NST          Newfoundland Standard Time (TZ)
NST          North Sumatra Time [+0630] (TZ)
NSTAN        NebenSTellenANlagen (DTAG, CBX), "NStAn"
NSTC         National Science and Technology Council (Org., USA)
NSTL         National Software Testing Lab (Org., USA)
NSTS         National Secure Telephone System
NSTX         Name Server Tunnel Exchange [protocol]
NSW          National Software Works (OS)
NT           [Windows] New Technology (MS, OS, Windows)
NT           Netzwerk Terminator, Network Terminator (ISDN)
NT           Nome Time [-1100] (TZ)
NT1          Network Termination [unit] 1 (ISDN)
NTAS         NT Advanced Server (MS, Windows, NT)
NTBA         Network Termination for Basic Access (ISDN)
NTBBA        Netzwerk-Terminationspunkt BreitBandAngebot (DTAG, DSL)
NTC          National Telecommunications Conference (Conference, USA)
NTDS         [Windows] NT Directory Services (MS, Windows, NT, DS)
NTE          Network Terminal Equipment
NTFS         [windows] New Technology File System
NTI          Network Termination Interface
NTIA         National Telecommunications and Information Administration
/ Agency (Org., USA)
NTK          Need-To-Know (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
NTK          Newton ToolKit (Apple)
NTLM         [Windows] NT LAN Manager (MS, Windows, NT, LAN)
NTN          National Telecommunications Network
NTO          Network Terminal Option
NTP          Network Time Protocol (Internet, RFC 1119/1305)
NTS          Network Technical Support
NTS          Network Test System
NTS          New Typesetting System (TeX, DANTE)
NTS2         Network Transport Services /2 (IBM), "NTS/2"
NTSA         Netware Telephony Services Architecture
NTSC         National Television Standards Committee (Org., USA)
NTSC         Never The Same Color (Slang)
NTSE         [Windows] NT Server / Enterprise edition (MS, Windows, NT),
"NTS/E"
NTT          Nippon Telephone & Telegraph (Org., Japan)
NUA          Network User Address
NUI          Network User Identification (Datex-P)
NUISSH       Natur- und UmweltInformationsSystem Schleswig-Holstein
(UIS), "NUIS-SH"
NUMA         Non Uniform Memory Access (SMP)
NURB         Non Uniform Rational B-spline
NURBS        Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline (CAD, Animation)
NUS          National University of Singapore (Org.)
NUTEK        [National Board for Industrial and Technical Development]
(Org., Schweden)
NVDM2        NetView Distribution Manager /2 (OS/2, IBM), "NVDM/2"
NVN          National Videotex Network (USA, Netzwerk)
NVP          Network Voice Protocol
NVRAM        Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
NVS          NachrichtenVermittlungsSystem (INPOL)
NVSG         NVidia SceneGraph [SDK] (Nvidia, SDK)
NVT          Network Virtual Terminal (Telnet, Internet)
NWCS         Netware Workstation Compatible Service (Netware, Windows, NT)
NWIP         NetWare Internet Protocol (Novell, Netware)
NWNET        NorthWestern states NETwork (Netzwerk, USA), "NWNet"
NWO          NetWork Operator (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)
NWP          Numeric Weather Modelling
NX           No eXecute (AMD, Athlon)
NYSERNET     New York State Education and Research NETwork (Netzwerk,
USA), "NYSERNet"
NZCS         New Zealand Computer Society (Org., Neuseeland)
NZT          New Zealand Time [+1130] (TZ)
NZUSUGI      New Zealand Unix System User Group, Inc. (Org., Unix, User
group)
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OA           Object Adapter (ORB, IDL)
OA           Office Automation
OA           Open Access (SPI, DB)
OAA          Open Arcade Architecture (Intel)
OACIS        Oregon Advanced Computing InStitute (Org.)
OAD          Open Architecture Driver (Iomega)
OADG         Open Architecture Development Group (Org.)
OAG          Online Airline Guide (CIS)
OAG          Open Application Group (Org., USA)
OAI          Open Applications Interface
OAI          Open Archives Initiative (Org.)
OAIS         Open Archival Information System (ISO 14721)
OAK          Object Application Kernel (Java, Vorlaeufer, Sun)
OAM          Object Attribute Memory (Gameboy)
OAM          Operations, Administration and Management [cell] (ATM)
OARNET       Ohio Academic Resources NETwork (Netzwerk, USA), "OARnet"
OAS          Office Automation System
OASF         Office Automation System Facilities (OA)
OASIS        Online Application System Interactive Software
OASIS        Open And Secure Information Systems (Eureka)
OASIS        Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards (Org.)
OASYS        Office Automation SYStem
OATS         Office Automation Technology and Services (OA)
OAW          Optically Assisted Winchester (HDD, Seagate)
OBAK         OBjektAbbildungskatalog (ATKIS)
OBD          Online Bugs Database (Sun, DB)
OBDH         On-Board Data Handling (ESA, Venus-Express)
OBDR         One Button Disaster Recovery (HP, Streamer)
OBEX         OBject EXchange (WordPerfect)
OBGA         Organic Ball Grid Array (BGA, IC, CPU)
OBI          Open Buying on the Internet (Internet, WWW)
OBM          Original Brand Manufacturer
OBS          Online Book Store (Internet, WWW)
OBST         OBject management system of STONE (STONE)
OBTWIAVBP    OBligatory The World Is A Very Big Place (DFUE, Usenet,
IRC), "ObTWIAVBP"
OBU          On-Board-Unit
OC           Object Class (OOP)
OC1          Optical Carrier level 1 [51,48 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-1"
OC12         Optical Carrier level 12 [622,08 Mbps] (SONET, STM-4), "OC-12"
OC18         Optical Carrier level 18 [933,12 Mbps] (SONET, STM-6), "OC-18"
OC24         Optical Carrier level 24 [1244,16 Mbps] (SONET, STM-8), "OC-24"
OC3          Optical Carrier level 3 [155,52 Mbps] (SONET, STM-1), "OC-3"
OC36         Optical Carrier level 36 [1866,24 Mbps] (SONET, STM-12),
"OC-36"
OC48         Optical Carrier level 48 [2488,32 Mbps] (SONET, STM-16),
"OC-48"
OC768        Optical Carrier level 768 [39813,12 Mbps] (SONET, STM-256),
"OC-768"
OC9          Optical Carrier level 9 [466,56 Mbps] (SONET, STM-3), "OC-9"
OC96         Optical Carrier level 96 [4976,64 Mbps] (SONET, STM-32),
"OC-96"
OCC          Operations Control Center
OCC          Other Common Carrier
OCCA         Open Cooperative Computing Architecture
OCD          Off-Chip-Driver [calibration]
OCD          Out-of-Cell Delineation (UNI)
OCE          Open Collaborative Environment (Apple)
OCF          Open Clustering Framework
OCF          Open Computing Facility
OCFS         Oracle Cluster File System (Oracle, DB)
OCG          OEstereichische Computer Gesellschaft (Org., OEsterreich)
OCL          Object Constraint Language (DB, OO, UML, CASE)
OCL          Open Content License (OPL)
OCL          Operation Control Language
OCL          OS/2 inside Class Library (OS/2)
OCLC         Online Computer Library Center (Org., Internet, USA)
OCO          Object Code Only (OOP)
OCPA         Open Content Platform Association (Org., Amiga, Sharp, JVC,
Kyocera, ...)
OCR          Optical Character Recognition
OCS          Object Compatibility Standard (Motorola)
OCS          Open Cabling System
OCSP         Online Certificate Status [revocation] Protocol
(Verschluesselung)
OCX          OLE Control eXtensions (MS)
OD           Optical Disk
ODA          Office Document Architecture [protocol] (RFC 1197, ISO
8613, JTC1, ECMA)
ODA          Open Document Architecture (CCITT T.410)
ODAPI        Open Database Application Programming Interface (Borland,
DB, API), "Odapi"
ODBC         Open DataBase Connectivity (WOSA, DB, API)
ODBMS        Object orientated Database Management System (DBMS, DB)
ODC          Optical Disc Corporation (Hersteller)
ODD          Operator Distance-Dialing
ODE          Object Database and Environment (AT&T, DB)
ODE          Online Data Entry
ODE          Open Dynamics Engine
ODETTE       Organization for Data Exchange by Tele-Transmission in
Europe (Org., Europa)
ODF          Open Document Format [for Office Applications] (OASIS,
ISO/IEC 26300)
ODF          Opendoc Development Framework (Apple, OpenDoc)
ODF          Opendoc Part Framework (OpenDoc)
ODI          Open Data link Interface (Novell)
ODI          Open Device Interconnect
ODIA         OpenDoc Internet Adapter (Apple, ALOE, Vorlaeufer)
ODIF         Office Document Interchange Format (ISO 8613, ASN.1, ODA)
ODIN         Optimale Datenmodelle und algorithmen fuer Ingenieur- und
Naturwissenschaften [auf hochleistungsrechnern] (Uni Karlsruhe, SNI)
ODINSUP      Open Data link Interface - Network driver interface
specification SUPport (ODI, NDIS)
ODISS        Optical Digital Image Storage System
ODK          Office Development Kit
ODL          Object Description Language
ODL          Open Document Language (ODA, SGML)
ODLI         Open Data Link Interface
ODM          Object Database Manager (AIX, IBM)
ODM          Original Design Manufacturer (OEM)
ODMA         Open Document Management API (API)
ODMG         Object Database Management Group (Org., DB)
ODP          Open Directory Project (WWW, Netscape)
ODP          Open Distributed Processing (ISO)
ODP          OverDrive Processor (Intel)
ODPR         OverDrive Processor Replacement (Intel)
ODR          Octal Data Rate (SDR, DDR, QDR)
ODR          Ontrack Data Recovery (Ontrack, Software, Netware)
ODR          Optimized Dynamic Routing (SNI)
ODS          Offenes Deutsches Schulnetz (Netzwerk)
ODS          Office Dialog System (OA)
ODS          Open Data Services
ODS          Optical Data Systems [inc.] (Hersteller)
ODS          Output Delivery Database
ODS          Overhead Data Stream
ODSI         Open Directory Service Interfaces (MS, Windows, NT)
ODSPE        Optical-based Digital Signal Processing Engine (DSP)
ODT          On-Die-Termination
ODT          Online Debugging Technique
ODT          Open DeskTop (SCO, GUI)
ODVA         Open DeviceNet Vendor Association (Org.)
OE           Outlook Express (MS, Internet)
OEB          Open eBook [standard] (MS, NuvoMedia, ...)
OECOS        Organizational Engineering for Communications and
Organizational Systems (SNI, OA)
OEM          Original Equipment Manufacturer (ODM)
OEP          Operand Execution Pipelines (Motorola, CPU)
OES          Olivetti EntsorgungsService (Olivetti)
OES          Open Enterprise Server (Novell, Linux)
OF           Overflow Flag (Assembler)
OFA          Optimal Flexible Architecture (Oracle)
OFC          Open Financial Connectivity (MS, Banking)
OFDM         Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM, DVB-T, WIMAX)
OFDMA        Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (WIMAX)
OFET         Organic Field Effect Transistor
OFFIS        Oldenburg Forschungsinstitut Fuer Informatikwerkzeuge und
-Systeme (Org., Uni Oldenburg)
OFFSAP       Oracle Fusion For SAP (Oracle, SAP)
OFS          Object File System
OFS          Output Field Separator (AWK)
OFTA         OFfice of the Telecommunications Authority (Org., Hongkong)
OFTP         ODETTE File Transfer Protocol (ODETTE)
OFX          Open Financial eXchange (Banking, Intuit, MS, Checkfree, USA)
OGC          Office of Government Commerce (Org., UK)
OGM          Ogg Media Streams (DivX, Video)
OGRAN        OpenGate - Router Access Node ??? (RND), "OG-RAN"
OGSA         Open Grid Services Architecture (grid, GGF)
OGSADAI      Open Grid Services Architecture - Database Access and
Integration (OGSA, grid, IBM, Oracle), "OGSA-DAI"
OGSI         Open Grid Service Infrastructure (OGSA, GGF, WG, grid)
OH           Off-Hook (MODEM)
OHCI         Open Host Controller Interface (USB, Compaq, OPTI, Apple, UHCI)
OIA          Operator Information Area (IBM)
OIC          Oh, I See (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
OID          Object IDentifier (OSI)
OIDL         Object Interface Definition Language
OIDP         Oracle Internet Development Pack (Oracle, Internet)
OIF          Outgoing InterFace (PIM, IIF, Multicast)
OII          Operations-Intelligence Interface (Mil.)
OIIC         Optically Interconnected Integrated Circuits [project] (ESPRIT)
OIL          Operator Identification Language (ELI)
OIM          Open Information Model
OIP          Open Internet Platform (Caldera, Linux, SCO)
OIT          Onboard Information Terminal (Airbus, A380)
OIW          Open Information Warehouse (SAP, R/3)
OIW          OSI Implementors Workshop (OSI)
OLAP         OnLine Analytical Processing (DB)
OLE          Object Linking and Embedding
OLED         Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED, LED)
OLEDB        Object Linking and Embedding - DataBase ??? (DB), "OLE DB"
OLEDS        Object Linking and Embedding Directory Services (ODSI, MS),
"OLE DS"
OLEO         Open Linking and Embedding of Objects (OLE, OpenDoc)
OLEP         Organic Light-Emitting Polymer [display]
OLI          Originating Line Information
OLIS         Oxford Library Information System
OLIT         OpenLook Interface Toolkit (OpenLook)
OLIVR        OnLine Interactive Virtual Reality, "OLiVR"
OLLI         OnLine Library Information
OLM          OnLine Monitor
OLMC         Output Logic Macro Cell (GAL)
OLOCA        Official List of Cygwin Acronyms (Cygwin)
OLPS         OnLine Programming System
OLRT         OnLine Real-Time
OLS          Online Library System
OLSR         Optimized Link State Routing (MANET, OLSR, RFC 3626)
OLTEP        OnLine Test Executive Program
OLTM         Optical Line Terminating Multiplexer, "O-LTM"
OLTP         OnLine Transaction Processing
OLWM         OpenLook Window Manager (OpenLook)
OM1          Open MPEG consortium 1 (Org., MPEG), "OM-1"
OMA          Object Management Architecture (OMG)
OMA          Open Mobile Alliance (Org., Mobile-Systems)
OMA          Outlock Mobile Access (Mobile-Systems, PDA, WAP)
OMAP         Open Multimedia Application Platform (TI)
OMC          Operation and Maintenance Center (PLMN, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
OME          Open Messaging Environment (Novell)
OMF          Object Management Framework (DME)
OMF          Object Module Format (IBM, MS)
OMF          Open Media Framework (Org.)
OMFI         Open Media Framework Interchange (OMF)
OMG          Object Management Group (IBM, HP, DEC, Tandem, Sun, Org.)
OMG          Oh My G-d (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
OMI          Open Messaging Interface
OMISTN       Optical Mode Interface SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD), "OMI-STN"
OMN          Open Network Management
OMR          Optical Mark Reader (Fax)
OMR          Optical Mark Recognition
OMS          Object Management System
OMS          Onboard Maintenance System (Airbus, A380)
OMS          Open Music System (MIDI, Opcode Systems)
OMT          Object Management Technique (Westmount, CASE)
OMT          Object Modelling Technique (CASE)
ON           Ordinary Node (Kazaa, P2P)
ONA          Open Network Architecture
ONAC         Operations Network Administration Center
ONAL         Off Network Access Line
ONC          Open Network Computing (Sun)
ONCXDR       Open Network Computing eXternal Data Representation (Sun),
"ONC XDR"
ONE          Omnifunctional Networking Environment (Panasonic)
ONE          Open Network Environment (Netscape)
ONI          Operator Number Identification
ONIX         ONline Information eXchange [guidelines]
ONMS         Open-Network Management System
ONS          Object Numbering System (EPC)
OO           Object Orientated
OOA          Object Orientated [system] Analysis (OOP)
OOAD         Object Orientated Analysis and Design (OOP)
OOB          Out Of Band (S-ATA), "OoB"
OOCTG        Object Orientated COBOL Task Group (CODASYL, Org., OOP)
OOD          Object-Oriented Design
OODB         Object Oriented Data Base (OOP, DB)
OODBMS       Object Orientated Database Management System (DBMS, DB)
OODL         Object Orientated Dynamic Language (OOP)
OOF          Office of The Future (OA)
OOF          Out of Frame (DS3/E3)
OOL          Object-Oriented Language (OOP)
OOL          Open Objects Library (OS/2)
OOM          Object Orientated Modelling (OO)
OOM          Object-Oriented Methodology (OOP)
OOM          Out Of Memory
OOO          Out Of Order [execution] (Intel, Pentium, CPU)
OOP          Object Orientated Programming (OOP)
OOPL         Object-Oriented Programming Language (OOP)
OOPS         Object Oriented Program Support (OOP)
OOPS         Object-Oriented Programming System (OOP)
OOPSLA       [conference on] Object Orientated Programming Systems,
Languages and Applications (ACM, OOP, Conference)
OOPSTAD      Object Orientated Programming for SmallTalk Application
Development association (Org., OOP)
OOS          Object-Oriented Systems
OOS          Out-Of-Sequence
OOSA         Object Orientated System Analysis (OOP)
OOSH         Object-Oriented SHell (OOP, Shell)
OOT          Object-Oriented Technology (OOP)
OOTB         Out Of The Box (Slang, Cygwin)
OOUI         Object Orientated User Interface (UI, OO, WPS)
OP           Oracle9iAS Personalization (Oracle, DB)
OP           Original Poster (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
OPA          Open Publishing Architecture
OPAC         Online Public Access Catalogue (Internet)
OPC          OLE for Process Control (OLE, HMI, SCADA)
OPC          OpenGL Performance Characterization [project group]
(OpenGL, Org.)
OPC          Optical Proximity Correction  [lithography]
OPC          Organic Photo Conductor
OPC          Overall Performance Category
OPCOS        OPerating COuntrieS
OPCR         Original Program Clock Reference
OPDU         Operation Protocol Data Units
OPEN         [You-R] OPerating ENvironment (Infineon, RFID)
OPEN         Open Protocol Enhanced Networks
OPENEXR      OPEN EXtended Range ??? (HDR), "OpenEXR"
OPENGL       OPEN Graphics Language (OpenGL), "OpenGL"
OPENHCI      Open Host Controller Interface (USB), "OpenHCI"
OPENPMF      Open Policy Management Framework (CORBA, COACH), "OpenPMF"
OPERA        Open PLC European Research Alliance (Org., PLC, Europe)
OPES         Open Pluggable Edge Services
OPI          Open Prepress Interface (DTP)
OPIE         Open Palmtop Integrated Environment (Linux, PIM)
OPK          OEM Pre-installation Kit (MS, Windows, OEM)
OPL          Open Publication License (OCL)
OPL          Organizer Programming Language (Psion, PDA)
OPM          Operations-Per-Minute
OPM          Optimized Power Management (AMD, Opteron)
OPML         Outline Processor Markup Language (XML, RSS)
OPP          Object Push Profile (Bluetooth)
OPQ          Optimal Picture Quality [mode] (CRT, Iiyama)
OPS          Operations Per Second (CPU)
OPS          Oracle Parallel Server (Oracle)
OPS          Outbreak Prevention Service (Firewall, TrendMicro)
OPSEC        Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity (Org.,
Hersteller, IDS)
OPT          Open Protocol Technology
OQL          Object Query Language (ODMG)
OR           Observation Report (CC)
OR           Originator / Recipient (X.400, MOTIS), "O/R"
ORAIS        Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligent Systems
(Conference, GI)
ORB          Object Request Broker (OMA, OMG, CORBA, ORB)
ORCA         Online Resource Control Aid
ORDB         Open Relay DataBase (SPAM)
ORDBMS       Object Relational Database Management System (DBMS, DB)
ORK          Office Resource Kit (MS, Windows)
ORM          Object Role Modeling (OO, DB)
ORM          Optical Remote Module
OROM         Optical Read Only Memory (ROM), "O-ROM"
ORS          Output Record Separator (AWK)
ORT          Ongoing Reliability Test
OS           Operating System
OS2          Operating System /2 (IBM, OS), "OS/2"
OS200        Operating System 200 (Honeywell), "OS/200"
OS2000       Operating System 2000 (Honeywell), "OS/2000"
OS3          Oregon State Open Shop Operating System (OS, CDC 3300), "OS-3"
OS32MT       Operating System /32 - Multitasking Time (OS, Interdata),
"OS/32-MT"
OS32ST       Operating System /32 - Serial Time (OS, Interdata), "OS/32-ST"
OS360        Operating System /360 (IBM, OS), "OS/360"
OS4          Operating System /4 (OS, UNIVAC 9700), "OS/4"
OS400        Operating System /400 (IBM, OS), "OS/400"
OS7          Operating System /7 (OS, UNIVAC 9700), "OS/7"
OS700        Operating System /700 (OS, Honeywell), "OS/700"
OS8          Operating System /8 (OS, DEC, PDP 8), "OS/8"
OS9          Operating System - 9 (Microware, OS), "OS-9"
OSA          Object System Adaptor (SOM)
OSA          Office Systems Administrator (OA)
OSA          Open Scripting Architecture (Apple, OS/2)
OSAC         Operator Services Assistance Center
OSADL        Open Source Automation Development Lab (Org., OSS)
OSAIA        Open Source And Industry Alliance (Org.)
OSAK         Open Systems Application Kernel
OSAM         Overflow Sequential Access Method (SAM)
OSAR         Optical Storage and Retrieval
OSBC         Open Source Business Conference
OSC          Ohio Supercomputer Center (Org., USA)
OSCA         Only Specifically Cygwin-list Acronyms (OLOCA, Cygwin)
OSCAR        OnScreen Configuration & Activity Reporting (Apex)
OSCRL        Operating System Command Response Language
OSD          OnScreen Display
OSD          Open Software Description [manifest / standard] (MS,
Marimba, XML, DU, DUP, MSIE)
OSDB         Open Source DataBase benchmark (Benchmark)
OSDL         Open Source Development Lab (Org., OSS)
OSDN         Open Source Development Network (OSS, Network)
OSDS         Operating System for Distributed Switching
OSE          Open Software / System Environment
OSEIA        Open System Environment profile for Imminent Acquisitions
(OSE), "OSE/IA"
OSF          Open Software Foundation (HP, DEC, IBM, Org.)
OSF          Operations System Function (IN)
OSF          Oppose Sun Forever [ aka Open Software Foundation] (Slang,
Org.)
OSF1         Open Software Foundation [system] /1 (OSF, OS, DEC), "OSF/1"
OSG          Open Systems Group (Org.)
OSGI         Open Services Gateway Initiative (Org., Motorola, Sun,
DTAG, Siemens, Toshiba, ...), "OSGi"
OSI          Open Source Initiative (Org., OSS)
OSI          Open Systems Interconnection (ISO 9646-1)
OSICS        OSI Communication Systems (OSI)
OSID         Origination Signaling IDentifier
OSINLCP      [PPP] OSI Network Layer Control Protocol (OSI, PPP, RFC 1377)
OSIRM        Open Systems Interconnection/Reference Model (ISO), "OSI/RM"
OSKA         ObjektSchluesselKAtalog (ATKIS)
OSL          Open Subscription License
OSM          Operating system Service Module (I2O)
OSM          Optical Storage Manager (ARMS)
OSME         Open Systems Message Exchange
OSMFT        Operating System / Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of
Tasks (OS, IBM S/360), "OS/MFT"
OSMVS        Operating System / Multiple Virtual Space (OS, IBM,  S/370,
OS/MVT, Nachfolger, OS/VS-2), "OS/MVS"
OSMVT        Operating System / Multiprogramming with a Variable number
of Tasks (OS, IBM, S/360, S/370), "OS/MVT"
OSN          Office System Node (IBM, DIA, OA)
OSN          Open Systems Network
OSNR         Optical Signal-to-Noise Relation (FO)
OSO          OverScan Operation (VXA, Streamer)
OSP          Optical Storage Processor
OSP          OrganisationStrukturPlan
OSPCP        Operating System / Primary Control Program (IBM, OS,
OS/360, Vorlaeufer), "OS/PCP"
OSPF         Open Shortest Path First [protocol / routing] (Internet,
IGP, RFC 1583)
OSPM         Operating System directed [configuration and] Power Management
OSQL         Object-Structured Query Language (DB, SQL, OODBMS)
OSR          Optical Scanning Recognition
OSRT         Operating System / Real Time (OS, Destek Group), "OS/RT"
OSS          Open Sound System (Linux, Audio)
OSS          Open Source Software (OSS)
OSS          Operator Service System
OSSIM        Open Source Security Information Management (OSS, SIM)
OSSVS        Operating System / Single Virtual Space (OS, IBM, S/370,
OS/VS2), "OS/SVS"
OSTA         Optical Storage Technology Association (Org.)
OSTC         Open System Test Consortium (Org., OSTC)
OSTP         Office of Science and Technology Policy (Org., USA)
OSVS1        Operating System / Virtual System - 1 (OS, IBM,  S/370),
"OS/VS-1"
OSVS2         (IBM, MVS), "OS/VS2"
OSVS2        Operating System / Virtual System - 2 (OS, IBM, S/370),
"OS/VS-2"
OSWL2        OS-9 Windows / Level 2, "OSW/L2"
OSWS         Operating System Work Station
OT           Object Technology
OT           Off Topic (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
OT           Open Transport (Apple)
OTA          Office of Technology Assessment (Org., IBM, HP, AEG, AT&T,
SNI, ...)
OTDR         Optical Time DOMAIN Reflectometer (Kabel)
OTES         Outside Thermal Exhaust System (Abit)
OTI          Object Technology International (IBM)
OTM          Object Transaction Monitor (COM, MTS)
OTOH         On The Other Hand (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
OTP          One Time Password
OTP          One Time Programmable [chip] (IC)
OTPPP        Open Transport/Point-to-Point Protocol (Apple, OT, PPP),
"OT/PPP"
OTPROM       One Time Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC)
OTS          Object Transaction Service (CORBA)
OTS          Office TeleSystem (OA)
OU           Organizational Unit (MS, Windows, NT, AD)
OUCL         Oxford University Computing Laboratory
OUG          Occam User Group (Org., User group)
OUI          Organization Unique Identifier (IEEE)
OUI          Organizational Unit Identifier
OUM          Ovonic Unified Memory (ECD)
OUTWATS      OUTward Wide Area Telephone Service
OVAL         Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (XML)
OVID         Object, View, and Interaction Design
OVPI         Open View Performance Insights (HP)
OVST         OrtsVermittlungsSTelle (DTAG)
OWA          Outlook Web Access (MS, WWW)
OWAMP        One Way Active Measurement Protocol (RFC 3763)
OWB          Oracle Warehouse Builder (Oracle, DWH)
OWF          Object World Frankfurt (Messe)
OWG          Optical WaveGuide (LWL)
OWL          Object Windows Library (Borland, API)
OWL          Ontology Web Language (WWW, W3C)
OWL          Open Windows Library (API)
OWLDL        Ontology Web Language Description Logic (OWL), "OWL DL"
OWORM        Optical Write Once Read Many, "O-WORM"
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P2CC2P       PCI to CPU / CPU tp PCI [concurrency] (BIOS, PC, PCI, CPU),
"P2C/C2P"
P2P          Peer to Peer [network]
P3P          Platform for Privacy Preferences (WWW)
P64          Pointer 64 [bit] (BIT)
PA           Precision Architecture (HP)
PABX         Private Automatic Branch eXchange
PAC          PCI AGP Controller (Intel, IC, PCI, AGP)
PAC          Privilege Attribute Certificate (DCE)
PAC          Proxy Auto-Config (WWW, Mozilla)
PACE         Priority Access Control Enabled (3Com, Ethernet)
PACER        Public Access to Court Electronic Records
PACS         Picture Archiving and Communications Systems
PACS         Public-Access Computing Systems
PACT         Partnership in Advanced Computing Technologies (Org. UK)
PACT         Personal Air Communications Technology, "pACT"
PACT         Production Analyses Control Technique
PACX         Private Automatic Computer eXchange
PAD          Packet Assembling Disassembling (CCITT, X.3, X.28, X.29, PSDN)
PADS         Programmer's Advanced Debugging System
PAE          Physical Address Extension (Intel, Pentium, PAE)
PAEB         Pan American EDIFACT Board (UN/EDIFACT)
PAEB         Pan American EDIFACT Board (Org., EDIFACT), "PA/EB"
PAI          Process After Input (R/3)
PAL          Paradox Application Language (Borland, DB)
PAL          Phase Alternating Line
PAL          Privileged Architecture Library (DEC, Alpha)
PAL          Programmable Array Logic
PALCD        Plasma Addressable Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
PAM          Paging Area Memory
PAM          Pluggable Authentication Module (Linux, LISA)
PAM          Primary Access Method (BS2000)
PAM          Programmable Attribute Maps (DRAM, PCI)
PAM          Pulse Amplification Modulation
PAML         Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists (Internet, BBS)
PAN          Personal Account Number
PAN          Personal Area Network (IBM, Bluetooth)
PAN          Personal Area Networking [profile] (Bluetooth)
PANDORA      Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of
Australia
PANIX        Public Access internet/uNIX [system] (Unix, Internet, Netzwerk)
PAP          Password Authentication Protocol (RFC 1334)
PAP          Printer Access Protocol (AppleTalk)
PAP          ProgrammAblaufPlan (DIN 66001)
PAPI         PC voice API (API, PC)
PAR          Portal ARchive (SAP, EP)
PAR          Positive Acknowledgement with Retransmission [protocols]
PAR          Project Authorization Request (IEEE)
PARC         Palo Alto Research Center (Org., USA, Xerox)
PARISC       Precision Architecture, Reduced Instruction Set Computing
(RISC, HP), "PA-RISC"
PARLE        [conference on] Parallel ARchitecture and Languages Europe
(ECRC, Conference)
PARTS        Parts Assembly and Reuse Tool Set (Visual Smalltalk)
PAS          Publicly Available Specifications (ISO)
PAS2         Personal Application System /2 (IBM, DB2/2), "PAS/2"
PASC         Portable Application Standards Committee (Org., IEEE)
PASM         Parrot ASseMbly language (PERL)
PAT          Performance Acceleration Technique (Intel, MCH)
PAT          Port and Address Translation (IOS, Cisco, LAN, IP)
PAT          Program Association Table (DVB)
PAUSE        PERL Authors Upload SErver (PERL, CPAN)
PAWS         Protection Against Wrapped Sequence space (TCP, Satellit)
PAX          Pixel Addressing eXtensions (Intel, RISC, CPU)
PAX          Portable Archive eXchange (SCO, Unix)
PAX          Private Automatic eXchange
PB           Pipeline Burst [cache]
PBC          Peripheral Bus Computer
PBE          Prompt By Example
PBI          Pacific Bell Internet (ISP)
PBI          Phone Based Interface
PBM          Play By Mail [game]
PBO          Process Before Output (R/3)
PBS          Portable Batch System (Unix)
PBX          Private Branch eXchange
PC           Personal Computer
PC           Printed Circuit (IC)
PC           Priority Control
PC           Protocol Control
PC           Punched Card
PC97         Personal Computer 97 (MS), "PC 97"
PCA          Policy Certification Authority (DFN, PGP, Verschluesselung)
PCA          Power Calibration Area (CD)
PCAT         Personal Computer - Advanced Technology, "PC-AT"
PCB          Printed Circuit Board
PCB          Process Control Block (BS2000)
PCB          Program Communication Block (IBM)
PCB          Protocol Control Block (TCP)
PCC          Portable C Compiler
PCCA         Personal Computer Communications Associations (Org., USA)
PCD          Photo CD (Kodak, CD)
PCD          Portal Content Directory (SAP, EP)
PCD          Process Control Device
PCDA         Program Controlled Data Acquisition
PCDATA       Parsed Character DATA (DTD, CDATA)
PCDOS        Personal Computer DOS (OS, DOS, IBM, PC), "PC-DOS"
PCELS        Policy Core Extension lightweight directory access protocol
Schema (LDAP, RFC 3703/4104)
PCERT        Purdue Computer Emergency Response Team
PCF          Point Coordination Function (MAC, 802.11a, WLAN)
PCF          Portable Compiled Font
PCH          Paging CHannel (GSM, CCCH, Mobile-Systems)
PCH          Pre-Compiled Headers
PCI          Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
PCI          Protocol Control Information (OSI, ETSI)
PCIA         Personal Communications Industry Association (Org., USA, SMS)
PCIAS        Peripheral Component Interconnect Advanced Switching (PCI,
PCIe, ASI), "PCI AS"
PCIC         PC card I/O Card (PCMCIA, I/O)
PCIE         Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, "PCIe"
PCIE         Permis de Conduire Informatique Europeen (ECDL)
PCIEAS       PCI Express Advanced Switching (PCI, ASI-SIG), "PCI-EAS"
PCIPM        PCI Power Management [specification] (PCI), "PCI PM"
PCIS         Portable Common Interface Set
PCISIG       Peripheral Component Interconnect - Special Interest Group
(Org., PCI, SIG), "PCI-SIG"
PCIX         Peripheral Component Interconnect - eXtended (PCI), "PCI-X"
PCIX         Personal Computer / unIX (IBM, PC), "PC/IX"
PCIXF        Personal Computer Integrated eXchange Format (OS/2), "PC/IXF"
PCL          Portable Common LOOPS (CLOS)
PCL          Printer Control Language (HP, PJL)
PCL          Programmable Command Language (CMU, DEC, TOPS)
PCM          Personal Computer Manufacturer
PCM          Physical Connection Management (FDDI, SMT)
PCM          Plug Compatible Machine
PCM          Pulse Coded Modulation
PCMCIA       People Can't Memorize Computer Industries Acronyms (Slang)
PCMCIA       Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (Org.)
PCMS         Project & Configuration Management System
PCMT         Personal Computer Message Terminal
PCN          Personal Communications Network
PCN          Public Communications Network (Mobile-Systems)
PCNFS        Personal Computer Network File System
PCNOS        Personal Computer / Network Operating System (OS, MS-DOS,
CP/M), "PC/NOS"
PCO          Point of Control and Observation (ISO 9646-1, IUT)
PCP          Primary Control Program (IBM, OS, OS/PCP)
PCP          Printer Control Protocol
PCPC         Personal Computers Peripheral Corporation (Hersteller)
PCR          Peak Cell Rate (UNI, ATM, SCR)
PCR          Platform Configuration Registers (TPM)
PCR          Processor Configuration Register (Motorola, CPU)
PCR          Program Clock Reference
PCRAM        Phase-Change Random Access Memory (RAM, IC), "PC-RAM"
PCRE         Perl Compatible Regular Expression Library (PERL)
PCRW         Phase Change ReWritable (DVD, EMCA), "PC-RW"
PCS          Personal Communication System (Sony, Panasonic, Motorola)
PCS          Personal Communications Services
PCS          Physical Coding Sublayer (PMA, PHY)
PCS          Programmable Communications Subsystem
PCS          Punched Card System (PC)
PCSA         Personal Computing Systems Architecture [= Pathworks] (DEC,
NOS)
PCSC         Personal Computer / Smard Card (PC, PCMCIA), "PC/SC"
PCSD         Printer Control Sequence Description
PCSI         Pacific Communication Sciences, Inc. (Hersteller)
PCT          Private Communication Technology (Internet, MS, Visa)
PCT          Probe Control Table (FFST/2)
PCTCP        Personal Computer/Transmission Control Protocol, "PC/TCP"
PCTE         Portable Common Tool Environment (CASE, ESPRIT)
PCTS         POSIX Compliance Test Suite (POSIX)
PCV          P-bit Coding Violation [error event] (DS3/E3, BIT)
PCV          Path Coding Violation [error event] (DS1/E1)
PCXT         Personal Computer - eXtended Technology, "PC-XT"
PD           Packetization Delay
PD           Plug & Display [standard] (LCD, VESA), "P&D"
PD           Public DOMAIN
PDA          Personal Digital Assistant
PDB          Per-DOMAIN Behaviour (DOMAIN, Internet)
PDB          Professional Disk for Broadcast (Sony, BD)
PDC          Personal Digital Cellular [network] (GSM)
PDC          Power Disk Cartridge (ECMA)
PDC          Primary DOMAIN Controller (MS, Windows, NT, BDC)
PDC          PROLOG Development Center (Hersteller, Daenemark, PROLOG)
PDD          PERL Design Document (PERL)
PDD          Professional Disk for Data (Sony, BD)
PDE          Partial Differential Equation
PDE          Personal Digital Entertainment
PDE          Plug-in Development Environment (Eclipse)
PDES         Product Data / Definition Exchange Standards (USA, STEP, CIM)
PDF          Portable Document Format (Adobe)
PDF          Program Development Facility (IBM)
PDFX         Portable Document Format / eXchange (PDF, CGATS, DTP), "PDF/X"
PDH          Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (ATM)
PDI          Power and Data Interface
PDK          Patterns Development Kit (WWW, IBM)
PDK          Peripheral Developers Kit (MS)
PDK          Portal Development Kit (SAP, EP)
PDL          Page Description Language (Drucker)
PDL          PERL Data Language (PERL)
PDL          Program Design Language
PDL          Program Development Language
PDLT         Process Dispatch Latency Time
PDM          Physical Data Model (DB, CDM, Powerdesigner)
PDM          Program Development Manager (IBM, ADT)
PDN          Programmer's Distribution Network (Fido)
PDN          Public Data Network (Mobile-Systems)
PDO          Portable Distributed Objects (NeXT)
PDOP         Positional Dilution Of Precision (GPS)
PDOS         Parallel and Distributed Operating System (OS, MIT)
PDP          Parallel Distributed Processing (AI)
PDP          Peripheral Data Processing
PDP          Plasma Display Panel
PDP          Programmable Data Processor (DEC)
PDQ          Parallel Data Query (Informix, DB)
PDS          Partitioned Data Set
PDS          Portable Display Shell (Shell)
PDS          Processor Direct Slot / Socket (Motorola, Apple)
PDS          Professional Development System (MS)
PDS          Public DOMAIN Software (PD)
PDSP         Peripheral Data Storage Processor
PDSS         Post Development and Software Support
PDT          Pacific Daylight Time [-0700] (TZ, PST, USA)
PDTR         Proposed Draft Technical Report
PDU          Packet Data Unit
PDU          Product Development Unit
PDU          Protocol Data Unit (OSI)
PDV          Photorealistic Data Visualization
PDV          ProzessDatenVerarbeitung
PE           Phase Encoding
PE           Portable eXecutable (Win32, Java)
PE           Preinstallation Environment (MS, Windows, XP)
PE           Processing Element (MPP)
PEA          Pocket Ethernet Adapter (LAN, Ethernet)
PEAK         Python Enterprise Application Kit (Python)
PEAP         Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP, WPA, WLAN)
PEAR         PHP Extension and Application Repository (PHP)
PEARL        Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language
PEBCAK       Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard (Slang)
PEBI         PEtaBInary [(2^10)^5] (IEC)
PEBKAC       Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
PEC          Program Execution Control (IBM, OS/2)
PECL         PHP Extension Code Library (PHP, PEAR)
PEDS         Planning, programming, budget, and execution Electronic
Delivery System
PEEK         Partners Early Experience Kit (Taligent)
PEF          Preferred Executable Format (CFM, Apple)
PEG          PCI Express for Graphics (PCIe, Intel)
PEG          Platform European Grid [conference] (grid)
PEL          Picture ELement
PEM          Privacy Enhanced Mail (PSRG, RFC 1421/1422/1423/1424)
PEM          Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell
PEN          Public Education Network
PEP          Packetized Ensemble Protocol (Telebit)
PEP          Personal Employee Portal (IBM)
PEP          Personal Exam Prep (MS, ATEC)
PEP          Polymer Electronic Printing
PEP          Python Enhancement Proposal (Python)
PER          Packed Encoding Rules (ASN.1)
PER          Program Event Recording
PERCS        Productive, Easy-to use, Reliable Comouting Systems (IBM)
PERL         Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister (Slang)
PERL         Practical Extraction and Report Language (PERL)
PERM         Pre-Embossed Rigid Magnetic (Sony, HDD)
PERMIS       PERManentes InventurabwicklungsSystem (MBAG)
PEROM        Programmable Erasable Read Only Memory (IC)
PERPOS       PERpetual Processing Operating System (OS, Unix)
PERT         Program Evaluation / Evolution and Review Technique
PES          P-bit Errored Seconds (DS3/E3, BIT)
PES          Packetized Elementary Stream (DVB, ISO, IEC 13818-2/13818-3)
PES          Photo-Electric Scanning (DTP)
PES          Programmed Electrical Stimulation
PES          Proposed Encryption Standard (Verschluesselung)
PEST         Parameter Estimation by Sequential Testing
PET          Personal Electronic Translator
PET          Print Enhancement Technology (Compaq)
PET          Privacy Enhancement Technology
PET          Progressive Educational Technology
PEX          PHIGS Extension for X (X-Windows, PHIGS)
PFA          Parameter Field Address (Forth)
PFA          Predictive Failure Analysis (HDD)
PFC          Power Factor Correction
PFC          Protocol Field Compression (PPP)
PFD          Primary Flight Display (Airbus, A380)
PFE          Page Fault Error (Windows, MS)
PFK          Program Function Key
PFM          Printer Font Metrics (Adobe)
PFN          Page Frame Number (Linux, VPFN)
PFPU         Processor Frame Power Unit
PFR          Portable Font Resource (Netscape)
PFRAM        Polymeric Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
PFWG         [WAI] Protocols and Formats Working Group (WAI)
PGA          Patches Gratefully Accepted (Slang, Cygwin, PTC)
PGA          Pin Grid Array (IC, CPU)
PGA          Professional Graphics Adapter (IBM)
PGC          Professional Graphics Controller
PGC          ProGram Chain (DVD)
PGD          Page Global Directory
PGFNA        Prince George Free-Net Association (Org., USA)
PGI          Parameter Group Identifier (SPDU)
PGM          Practical General Multicast (Cisco, Multicast)
PGM          Pragmatic General Multicast (MS, Multicast)
PGML         Precision Graphics Markup Language (XML, IBM, Netscape,
Sun, Adobe, SVG)
PGO          Profile Guided Optimization (Intel)
PGP          Pretty Good Privacy
PGS          Program Generation System
PHB          PCI Host Bridge (Power4, IBM)
PHBT         Pseudomorphic Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
PHIGS        Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System
PHIGSPLUS    PHIGS Plus Lumiere and Surfaces (PHIGS), "PHIGS-PLUS"
PHIPS        Professional High-Resolution Image Processing System (CA)
PHLAK        Professional Hackers Linux Assault Kit (Linux)
PHOTON       paneuropean PHOtonic Transport Overlay Network (ACTS)
PHP          PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP/FI, HTML, CGI, Nachfolger)
PHPFI        Personal Home Page [construction kit]/Form Interpreter
(HTML, CGI, PHP, Vorlaeufer), "PHP/FI"
PHUN         Phreakers and Hackers Underground Network (Netzwerk)
PHY          PHYsical Layer Control (FDDI)
PI           Placement and Interconnect [system] (VLSI, MIT)
PI           Portable Interceptor (CORBA)
PIA          Peripheral Interface Adapter
PIA          Plug-In Administrator
PIA          Primary Interop Assembly (VSTO, MS)
PIC          Personal Intelligent Communicator
PIC          Point in Call (IN)
PIC          Position Independent Code (DLL)
PIC          Primary Independent Carrier
PIC          Priority Interrupt Controller (IC)
PIC          Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)
PICC         Proximity Integrated Circuit Card (RFID)
PICG         PCTE Interface Control Group (Org., PCTE)
PICMG        PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (Org., PCI)
PICS         Platform for Internet Content Selection (Org., Internet)
PICS         Plug-in Inventory Control System
PICS         Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements
PICSDCPR     PICS Detailed Continuing Property Record, "PICS/DCPR"
PICU         Priority Interrupt Control Unit
PID          Packet IDentification (DVB)
PID          Process IDentification number (Unix)
PID          Protocol IDentifier [governing connection types]
PIE          Personal Interactive Electronics [division] (Apple)
PIE          Position Independent Executable
PIF          Parity Inner Failure (DVD)
PIFS         Point Coordination Function - InterFrame Space (MAC,
802.11a, PCF, IFS, WLAN)
PIG          Psion Interest Group (Psion)
PIIX         PCI IDE/ISA eXcelerator (Intel, IC, PCI, IDE, ISA)
PIKT         Problem Informant/Killer Tool (GNU, Linux)
PIL          Python Imaging Library (Python)
PIM          Parallel Inference Machine (FGCS, AI)
PIM          Personal Information Manager / Management
PIM          Platform Independent Model (MDA)
PIM          Protocol Independent Multicast (ACM, Multicast)
PIMA         Photographic & Imaging Manufacturers Association (Org.,
Vorlaeufer, I3C)
PIMB         PCTE Interface Management Board (Org., PCTE)
PIMDM        Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode [protocol] (PIM,
ACM, Multicast), "PIM-DM"
PIMF         Paar [kabel] In MetallFolie (VDE, STP), "PiMF"
PIMS         Project Information Management System
PIMSM        Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode [protocol] (RFC
2117/2362, PIM, ACM, SM, Multicast), "PIM-SM"
PIN          Personal Identification Number (Banking, ICC)
PIN          Personal Internet Name (RFC 3042)
PIN          Processor Independent Netware (Novell, HP, DEC, Apple, Sun)
PINE         Program for Internet News and Email / PINE Is No longer ELM
PINET        Physicians Information NETwork (Netzwerk, USA)
PING         Packet InterNet Groper (ICMP, TCP/IP)
PINT         PSTN INTernet Interworking [group] (PSTN, IETF)
PIO          Parallel / Programmed Input/Output
PIOS         Personen, Institutionen, Objekte, Sachen (INPOL)
PIP          Packet Interface Port
PIP          Paper Impact Printing
PIP          Peripheral Interchange Program
PIP          Personal Information Processor
PIP          Picture In Picture (Video)
PIP          Plug-In Protocol (ZOC)
PIPS         Parallel Information Processing System (GNU)
PIPS         Pattern Information Processing Systems
PIRA         Printing Industries Research Association (Org.)
PIRQ         Peripheral Component Interconnect Interrupt ReQuest (PCI, IRQ)
PISA         Portable InformationsSystem Architecture (DB, infodas, PISA)
PISABG       PISA/Business Graphics (PISA), "PISA/BG"
PISADB       PISA/Data Base (PISA, DB), "PISA/DB"
PISADD       PISA/Data Dictionary (PISA), "PISA/DD"
PISADK       PISA/ ??? (PISA), "PISA/DK"
PISAMP       PISA/Menue Processor (PISA), "PISA/MP"
PISANT       PISA/ ??? (PISA), "PISA/NT"
PISAPPS      PISA/ProduktionsPlanung und -Steuerungssystem (PISA),
"PISA/PPS"
PISAQL       PISA/Query Language (PISA), "PISA/QL"
PISARG       PISA/Report Generator (PISA), "PISA/RG"
PISN         Private Integrated Services Network (ECMA)
PISW         Process Interrupt Status Word (CPU, Assembler)
PIT          Point In Time (DB)
PIT          Programmable Interval Timer
PITA         Pain In The Anatomy / Ass (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
PIU          Path Information Unit (IBM, SNA)
PIU          Plug-In Unit
PIXEL        PIcture ELement
PIXIT        Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
PJL          Print Job Language (HP, PCL, Drucker)
PK           Public Key (Verschluesselung)
PKCS         Public Key Cryptography Standards (Org., USA, Verschluesselung)
PKI          Public Key Infrastructure (Verschluesselung, Internet, ITU,
PKI)
PKIX         Public Key Infrastructure X.509 (PKI, Verschluesselung)
PKS          Polizeiliche KriminalStatistik (INPOL)
PKS          Public Key Server (PGP, GPG, SKS, HKS)
PKT          Partition Knowledge Table
PL           Physical Layer (ISO, OSI)
PLA          Program License Agreement (IBM)
PLA          Programmable Logic Array
PLATO        Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations
PLB          Picture Level Benchmark (GPC)
PLBSI        Picture Level Benchmark Sample Implementation (GPC)
PLC          PowerLine Communications [adapter]
PLC          Programmable Logic Controller (IC)
PLCC         Plastic Leaded [/ Leadless] Chip Carrier
PLCP         Physical Layer Convergence Procedure / Protocol (UNI, DS-3)
PLD          Programmable Logic Device (IC, RL)
PLDA         Private Loop Direct Attach
PLDM         Power Line Disturbance Monitor
PLE          Personal Learning Edition (Maya)
PLE          Property List Editor (Apple, Macintosh)
PLED         Polymer Light Emitting Display (LED)
PLI          Programming Language One (DEC), "PL/I"
PLIP         Parallel Line Internet Protocol (IP), "PL/IP"
PLL          Phase Locked Loop
PLM          Programming Language for Microcomputers
PLMN         Public Land Mobile Network (Mobile-Systems, GSM)
PLONK        Please Leave Our Newsgroup, Kid (Usenet, DFUE-Slang)
PLOU         Physical Layer Overhead Unit (UNI), "PL-OU"
PLP          Packet Layer Protocol (X.25)
PLP          Party Line Protocol
PLP          Presentation Level Protocol
PLRS         Power Line Remote Switch
PLS          Personal Library Systems (Hersteller)
PLS          PhysicaL Signaling
PLS          Programmable Logic Sequencer
PLT          Procedure Linkage Table
PLV          Presentation Level Video (DVI, Intel)
PM           Performance Management
PM           Peripheral Module
PM           Personal Message (BBS)
PM           Physical Medium
PM           Port Multiplier (SATA)
PM           Presentation Manager (OS/2)
PM           Privileged Mode (HP, MPE)
PM           Protected Mode (Intel, CPU)
PMA          Physical Medium Attachment (PCS, PHY)
PMA          Policy Management Architecture (Netmanage, Internet)
PMA          Program Memory Area (CD)
PMAC         Packet Media Access Control (FDDI), "P-MAC"
PMAC         Peripheral Module Access Controller
PMBR         PIM Multicast Border Router (PIM, Multicast)
PMC          [Zen] Portable Media Center
PMC          Print Management Console (MS, Windows, Vista)
PMC          Pseudo-Machine Code
PMD          Page Middle Directory
PMD          Physical layer, Medium Dependant [sub-layer] (FDDI, UNI)
PMDRAM       Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC),
"PM-DRAM"
PME          Pattern Matching Engine
PME          Power Management Event (BIOS)
PMI          Product Manufacturing Information
PMJI         Pardon Me for Jumping In (DFUE-Slang)
PMK          Pairwise Master Key (RSN, Verschluesselung)
PMMU         Paged Memory Management Unit
PMO          Program Management Office (Sun, JCP)
PMOS         Positive-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)
PMP          Point to MultiPoint (UNI)
PMP          Preventive Maintenance Package (AIX, IBM)
PMPO         Peak Music Power Output
PMR          Poor Man's Routing
PMR          Problem Management Report (IBM)
PMS          Personal Mailing System
PMS          Processor Memory Switch
PMS          Project Management System
PMS          Public Message System
PMSP         Preliminary Message Security Protocol
PMT          Program Map Table (DVB, PAT)
PMT          Program Map Table (DVB)
PMTU         Path MTU Recovery (MTU, TCP/IP)
PMU          PowerMeter Unit
PMW          Project Manager Workbench
PMX          Packet MultipleXer (MUX)
PMX          Presentation Manager for the X window system, "PM/X"
PNA          Personal Navigation Assistant (GPS, PDA)
PNG          Portable Network Graphics [format] (RFC 2083)
PNI          Prescott New Instruction set (Intel, Pentium)
PNNI         [phase 0] Public Network Node Interface [protocol] (ATM)
PNNI         Private Network to Network Interface (ATM), "P-NNI"
PNP          Plug 'N Play (PNP), "PnP"
PNPBIOS      Plug and Play Basic Input Output System (PNP, BIOS), "PnP BIOS"
PNPN         Positive Negative Positive Negative [devices]
PNS          PeaceNet Sweden (Netzwerk)
PNW          Personal NetWare (Novell, Netware)
PO           Portable Object (MO)
POA          Portable Object Adapter (CORBA, .NET)
POACH        PC-On-A-Chip (PC)
POC          Proof of Concept
POC          Push to talk Over Cellular (GPRS), "PoC"
POCSAG       Post Office Code Standard Advisory Group (Org., SMS)
POD          Plain Old Document [format]
POD          Print / Publishing On Demand, "PoD"
PODA         Piloting of ODA (ESPRIT, SNI, Bull, TITN, ICL, Olivetti, ODA)
PODA         Priority Orientated Demand Assignment (MAC, TDM)
POE          PERL Object Environment (PERL)
POE          Power Over Ethernet (LAN), "PoE"
POE          PowerOpen Association (Apple, IBM, Motorola, ..., Org.)
POEM         Portable Object-orientated Entity Manager (SGML)
POEMS        Platinum Open Enterprise Management System
POEP         Primary Operand Execution Pipeline (Motorola, CPU), "pOEP"
POF          Parity Outer Failure (DVD)
POF          Plastic Optical Fiber (OWG)
POGO         Programmer-Oriented Graphics Operation
POH          Path OverHead (SONET)
POI          Path Overhead Indicator (SONET)
POI          Point Of Information
POI          Point Of Interaction (IN)
POJI         Plain Old Java Interfaces (Java)
POL          Problem / Procedure / Process Oriented Language
POM          Project Object Model (Maven)
PON          Passive Optical Network
POOL         Parallel Object Orientated Language (DOOM, OOP)
POP          Package for Online Programming
POP          Point Of Presence (Internet, ISP)
POP3         Post Office Protocol 3 (Internet, RFC 1939)
POR          Point Of Return (IN)
POR          Power-On Reset (BIOS)
POS          Piece Of Shit (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
POS          Primary Operating System (OS, RCA Spectra 70)
POS          Professional Operating System (OS, DEC), "P/OS"
POS          Programmable Object Select
POSE         Palm Operating System Emulator (Palm)
POSI         Promoting conference for OSI (Japan, Org., Conference)
POSIX        Portable Operating System for unIX (OS, IEEE 1003, ISO
9945, PASC, Unix)
POST         Power-On Self-Test
POSYBL       PrOgramming SYstem for distriButed appLications
POTS         Plain Old Telephone System (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
POV          Persistence of Vision (Raytracing)
POWER        Power Optimization With Enhanced RISC [chip] (IBM, Apple,
Motorola)
PP           Physical Partition (LVM)
PP           Physical Plane (IN)
PP           Pre-Processor
PP           Protection Profile (CC)
PPA          Parallel Port Adapter
PPA          PicoPeeringAgreement (Netzwerk)
PPB          Push Pull Before [recording] (DVD), "PPb"
PPBDV        Push Pull Before [recording] Disc Variation (DVD), "PPb DV"
PPC          PowerPC (Apple)
PPC          Program to Program Communication (Apple)
PPD          Postscript Printer Definition (DTP)
PPDS         Personal Printer Data Stream
PPDU         Presentation Protocol Data Unit (PDU, OSI, ISO 8823, OSI/RM)
PPE          Packet Processing Engine (Hub)
PPE          Power Processor Element (IBM, Cell, SPE)
PPGA         Plastic Pin Grid Array (IC, CPU)
PPI          Parallel Port Interface
PPI          Pixels Per Inch
PPI          Programmable Peripheral Interface
PPID         Parent Process IDentification number (Unix)
PPK          Per Packet Key (FPK)
PPL          Pcboard Programming Language (BBS)
PPL          Polymorphic Programming Language (Harvard, Xerox, PARC)
PPM          Pages Per Minute
PPM          Post Programmable Memory (Nokia)
PPM          Pulse Position Modulation (MMVF)
PPMI         PCI bus Power Management Interface (PCI)
PPMS         Professional Productivity Management System
PPN          Project Programmer Number
PPN          Public Packet Switching
PPOP         Plain Paper Optimized Printing (Canon), "P-POP"
PPP          Point-to-Point Protocol (Internet, PPP, RFC 1171/1661)
PPPD         Point-to-Point Protocol DAEMON (PPP)
PPPOE        Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet [protocol] (ADSL, RFC
2516), "PPPoE"
PPS          Packets Per Second
PPS          Parallel Processing System
PPS          ProduktionsPlanung und -Steuerung
PPS          Public Packet Switching [network]
PPSN         Public Packet-Switched Network
PPSU         Personal Printer Spooling Utility
PPTP         Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (MS, Ascend, IP)
PPU          Peripheral Processing Unit
PPU          Physical Processing Unit (Ageia)
PPVPN        Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Network (VPN)
PQET         Print Quality Enhancement Technology (Lexmark)
PQFP         Plastic Quad Flat Package (CPU)
PR           Packet Radio
PR           Pattern Recognition
PR           Pentium Rating (AMD)
PR           Placement & Routing (RL, IC), "P&R"
PRA          Purported Responsible Address [algorithm] (MS, SPAM)
PRACSA       Public Remote-Access Computer Standards Association (Org., USA)
PRAM         Parameter Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Apple), "P-RAM"
PRAM         Phase-change Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Intel)
PRCS         Project Revision Control System (GNU)
PREP         PowerPC REferenz Plattform (IBM, Apple), "PReP"
PREPNET      Pennsylvania Research and Economic Partnership NETwork
(Netzwerk, USA), "PREPnet"
PRF          Problem Report Form (IBM)
PRI          Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)
PRIDE        PRofitable Information by DEsign (IRM)
PRISM        Parallel Reduced Instruction Set Multiprocessing
PRISM        PRogrammed Integrated System Maintenance
PRMD         PRivate Management DOMAIN (X.400, MHS)
PRML         Partial Response - Maximum Likelihood (HDD, HD-DVD)
PRN          Pseudo Random Noise [code] (GPS)
PRNG         Pseudo Random Number Generator
PRO          Precision RISC Organization (Org.)
PROFIBUS     PROcess FIeld BUS
PROFS        PRofessional OFfice System (IBM, VM)
PROLOG       PROgramming in LOGic
PROM         Partial Read Only Memory (ROM), "P-ROM"
PROM         Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC)
PROMATS      PROgrammable Magnetic Tape System
PROPAL       PROgrammed PAL
PROS         ??? [protocol]
PROTEL       PRocedure Oriented Type Enforcing Language
PRPQ         Programming Request for Price Quotation
PRS          Pattern-Recognition System (PR)
PRSM         Processor Resource/System Manager (IBM)
PRT          Portable Remote Terminal
PRT          Portal RunTime (SAP, EP)
PRT          Program Reference Table
PRTM         Printing Response Time Monitor
PS           Port Selector (SATA)
PS           PostScript (Adobe, PDL, Drucker)
PS           Power Supply
PS           PowerShell (MS, Windows)
PS           Privilege Service (DCE)
PS           Process Status (Unix)
PS2          Personal System /2, "PS/2"
PSA          Python Software Activity (Python)
PSAP         Presentation Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)
PSB          Processor System Bus (Intel, FSB)
PSB          Program Specification Block (IBM)
PSC          Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (Org., USA)
PSCNET       Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center NETwork (Netzwerk, USA),
"PSCnet"
PSD          Printer Sharing Device
PSD          Programmer's Supplementary Documents (BSD, Unix)
PSDC         Public Switched Digital Capability
PSDN         Packet-Switching Data Network
PSDS         Public-Switched Digital Service
PSE          Packet Switch Exchange
PSE          Port Switched Ethernet (Bytex, VLAN, Ethernet)
PSES         P-bit Severely Errored Seconds (DS3/E3, BIT)
PSF          Permanent Swap File
PSF          Print Services Facility (IBM)
PSF          Python Software Foundation (Org., Python)
PSG          Personal Systems Group (HP)
PSI          Performance Systems International, inc.
PSI          Published Subject Indicator (XTM)
PSID         Presentation Space IDentifier (IBM)
PSIPU        PostScript - Intelligent Processing Unit (Canon, Adobe,
CLC), "PS-IPU"
PSIU         Packet Switch Interface Unit
PSK          Phase Shift Keying (DFUE)
PSK          Pre-Shared Key (Verschluesselung, PSS)
PSL          PD Service Lage (Haendler)
PSL          Public Software Library
PSM          Persistent Storage Manager (Maxtor)
PSM          Persistent Stored Modules (SQL)
PSM          Personal Security Manager (Mozilla, Internet, Verschluesselung)
PSM          Personal Software Marketing (IBM)
PSM          Platform Specific Model (MDA)
PSN          Packet / Public Switched Network
PSN          Packet Sequence Number (OLSR)
PSN          Packet Switch Node (ARPANET, MILNET)
PSNR         Peak Signal to Noise Ratio
PSOM         Persistency framework in SOMobjects (IBM, DSOM)
PSOS         Provably Secure Operating System (OS)
PSP          Personal Software Products (IBM)
PSP          PlayStation Portable (Sony)
PSP          Program Segment Prefix (DOS)
PSP          ProjektStrukturPlan
PSPDN        Packet Switched Public Data Network (IN)
PSR          Phase Shift Register (IC)
PSR          Program Support Representative
PSRG         Privacy and Security Research Group (IRTF)
PSRO         Professional Standards Review Organization
PSS          Packet Switch Services / Stream
PSS          Pre-Shared Secret (Verschluesselung, PSK, WLAN)
PSSF         Personal System Support Family (IBM)
PST          Pacific Standard Time [-0800] (TZ, PDT, USA)
PSTN         Public Switched Telephone Network (IN)
PSU          Portable Storage Unit
PSU          Primary Sampling Unit
PSU          Program Storage Unit
PSW          Program Status Word
PT           Pass Through (HTTPD, Apache)
PT           Payload Type (ATM)
PTAL         Payment Transaction Application Layer (Internet, Banking)
PTAT         Private Trans-Atlantic Telecommunications
PTB          Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Org.)
PTC          Pacific Telecommunications Council (Org.)
PTC          Parallel Test Component (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)
PTC          Patches Thoughtfully Considered (Slang, Cygwin, PGA)
PTD          Parallel Transfer Disk / Drive
PTE          Packet Transport Equipment
PTE          Page Table Entry
PTE          Path Terminating Equipment (SONET)
PTERM        Physical TERMinal (IBM), "PTerm"
PTF          Program Temporary Fix (IBM)
PTH          Plated-Through-Hole
PTI          Payload Type Identifier (ATM, PT)
PTI          Polskie Towarzystwo Informatyczne (Org., Poland)
PTK          Pairwise Transient Key (RSN, Verschluesselung)
PTM          Packet Transfer Mode (ATM)
PTMSC        Point-To-Multipoint Service Center (GPRS, Mobile-Systems,
Multicast), "PTM-SC"
PTO          Patent and Trademark Office (Org., USA)
PTOCA        Presentation Text Object Content Architecture (IBM, MO:DCA)
PTOS         Paper Tape Operating System (OS)
PTP          Paper Tape Punch
PTP          Picture Transfer Protocol (PIMA 15740)
PTR          Paper Tape Reader
PTSS         People's Time Sharing System (OS; CDC 6600)
PTT          Postes, Telegraphe et Telephone (Org., Schweiz)
PTTP         Point-to-PoinT Tunneling Protocol
PTW          Primary Translation Word
PTY          Pseudo-Terminal driver
PU           Physical Unit (NAU)
PU           Power Unit
PU           Processing Unit
PUA          Profiling User Agent
PUB          Physical Unit Block
PUC          Peripheral Unit Controller
PUC          Public Utilities Commission
PUCP         Physical Unit Control Point (IBM, SNA)
PUFFT        Purdue University Fast FORTRAN compiler (FORTRAN)
PUID         Physical Unit IDentifier (IBM)
PUK          Personal / PIN Unblocking Key (PIN)
PUMA         Power User's Macintosh Association (Org., Apple)
PUMA         Processor Upgradable Modular Architecture
PUMA         Programmable Universal Micro Accelerator
PUMA         Protected User-Mode Audio (MS, WPE)
PUMS         Physical Unit Management Services
PUP          PARC Universal packet Protocol (PARC)
PUP          Product UPgrade (MS)
PURL         Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (URL, WWW)
PUT          Program Update Tape
PV           Physical Volume (LVM, HDD)
PVA          Packetized Video Audio
PVA          Patterned Vertical Alignment (LCD, Sun, Samsung, MVA)
PVC          Permanent Virtual Circuit (SVC)
PVC          Permanent Virtual Circuit / Channel / Connection (ATM)
PVCC         Permanent Virtual Channel Connection (ATM)
PVCS         Polytron Version Control System
PVD          Primary Volume Descriptor (CD, IS 9660)
PVFS         Parallel Virtual File System
PVITL        Program-Variation-In-The-Large (SCM)
PVITS        Program-Variation-In-The-Small (SCM)
PVM          Parallel Virtual Machine (SMP, Cluster)
PVN          Private Virtual Network
PVP          Packet Video Protocol
PVP          Player Versus Player (MMORPG)
PVP          Protected Video Path (MS, WPE)
PVPC         Permanent Virtual Path Connection (ATM)
PWB          Printer Wire Board
PWB          Programmers Work Bench (MS)
PWD          Print Working Directory (Unix)
PWG          Printer Working Group (Org., IPP, Drucker)
PWM          Pulse Width Modulation (DVD)
PWN          Peacenet World News
PWP          Phase Wobble Pre-pit (DVD)
PWSCS        Programmable WorkStation Communication Services
PWV          Pulse-Wave Velocity
PXE          Preboot eXecution Environment (Intel)
PY           Person Years
PZDF         Phil Zimmermann Defense Fund (PGP)
PZE          PersonalZeitErfassung
**** Q ****
QA           Quality Assurance
QA           Question & Answers, "Q&A"
QA           Quick Arbitration (HD)
QAM          Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (HiperLAN/2, 802.11a)
QAP          Quality-Assurance Program (QA)
QAPI         Quality-Assurance Program Inspections (QA)
QAPI         Queue Application Program Interface (SAP, API)
QAPP         Quality-Assurance Program Plan (QA)
QAS          Quasi-Associated Signaling
QBASIC       Quick Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
(BASIC, DOS)
QBBS         Quick Bulletin Board System (BBS)
QBE          Query By Example (DB)
QBF          Query By Forms (DB)
QBH          Query By Humming (DB, Audio), "QbH"
QBIC         Query By Image Content (IBM)
QCA          Quantum-dot Cellular Automata
QCB          Queue Control Block
QCDP         Quality Color Dithering Modus
QCIF         Quarter Common Interchange Format [176 x 144]
QCIF         Quarter Common Intermediate Format [176x144] (Video)
QCM          Quad Core Modul (IBM, DCM)
QD           Queueing Delay
QDL          Quadri Data Layer [CD] (CD)
QDOS         Quick and Dirty Operating System (OS, PC, MS-DOS, Vorlaeufer)
QDR          Quad Data Rate (SDR, DDR, ODR)
QEMM         Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager (EMM, Quarterdeck)
QF           Query Filter (DB)
QFA          Quick File Access
QFE          Quick Fix Engineering (MS)
QFP          Quad Flat Pack
QIC          Quarter Inch Committee (Org., Streamer)
QICSC        Quarter Inch Cartridge Standards Committee (QIC)
QICW         Quarter Inch Cartridge Wide (QIC)
QIS          Quality Information System
QL           Query Language
QLD          Queuing Literature Database (DB)
QLI          Query Language Interpreter
QLLC         Qualified Logical Link Control [protocol] (IBM)
QMB          Quad Band Memory (IC)
QMC          Quine McCluskey approach
QMF          Query Management Facility (IBM)
QMR          Quarterly Maintenance Releases (Lotus)
QMS          Queue Management Service (Netware)
QOS          Quality Of Service (ATM, CLR, CTD, CDV), "QoS"
QP           Queue Pair (Infiniband, HCA)
QPA          Quality Program Analysis
QPE          Qtopia Palmtop Environment (PDA)
QPEL         Quarter PixEL (DivX, Video), "QPel"
QPL          Q Public License
QPS          Quark Publishing System (DTP)
QPSK         Quadri Phase Shift Keying [modulation] (HiperLAN/2, , 802.11a)
QPSX         Queue Packet and Synchronous circuit Exchange
QPU          Quick Pascal Units (MS)
QSA          Qt Script for Applications
QSA          Query String Append (HTTPD, Apache)
QSAM         Queued Sequential Access Method (SAM)
QSU          Quatech Serial to USB [adapter] (USB)
QTAM         Queued Terminal Access Method
QTC          Quantum Tunneling Composite [polymer]
QTVR         QuickTime Virtual Reality (Apple, VR)
QUEST        Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunication
Leadership (Org.), "QuEST"
QUEX         Query Update by EXample
QUICC        QUad Integrated Communications Controller (Motorola)
QUIP         QUad In-line Package
QUIPS        QUality Improvements Per Second
QVGA         Quarter Video Graphics Array [320 x 240] (VGA)
QXGA         Quantum Extended Graphics Array [2048 x 1536]
QXI          Queue eXecutive Interface
**** R ****
RA           Real Address (Power4, IBM, CPU)
RA           Registration Authority (PKI, ITU, Verschluesselung)
RA           Remote Access (BBS)
RABF         Redundant Accumulative Backhitchless Flush (IBM, Streamer)
RAC          Random Access Channel (HiperLAN/2)
RAC          Real Application Cluster (Oracle)
RACE         Research and technology development in Advanced
Communications technologies in Europe (Europa, Vorlaeufer, CORDIS)
RACE         Rowbased ASCII Compatible Encoding (ASCII, Internet,
DOMAIN, VeriSign/NSI)
RACER        Renamed Abox and Concept Expression Reasoner
RACF         Resource Access Control Facility (IBM, MVS/ESA)
RACH         Random Access CHannel (GSM, CCCH, Mobile-Systems)
RAD          Rapid Access Disk
RAD          Rapid Application Development [toolkit] (Delphi, Borland)
RAD          Research And Development [data communications] (Hersteller)
RADIUS       Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RFC 2865)
RADSL        Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
RAI          Remote Alarm Indication (DS3/E3)
RAID         Redundant Array of Independent / Inexpensive Disks (HDD, RAID)
RAIDIOS      RAID I/O Steering (Intel, RAID)
RAII         Resource Acquisition Is Initialization
RAIR         Random Access Information Retrieval
RAL          ReichsAusschuss fuer Lieferbedingungen (IEC 12119)
RAL          Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Org., UK)
RAM          Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
RAM          Rarely Adequate Memory (Slang)
RAMDAC       Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter (RAM)
RAMIS        Rapid Access Management Information System
RAMP         Remote Access Maintenance Protocol
RAMPS        Reliability, Availability, Manageability, Performance and
Scalability (DB)
RAMS         Record Archival Management System
RAND         Rural Area Network Design
RAP          [internet] Route Access Protocol (RFC 1476, Internet)
RAP          Remote Access Point
RAPID        Resource And Performance Interactive Display system
RAPS         Real Application on Parallel Systems
RARE         Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne (Org.)
RARP         Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (Internet, RFC 903)
RAS          Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (IBM)
RAS          Remote Access Software
RAS          Row Address Strobe (IC, DRAM)
RATP         Reliable Asynchronous Transfer Protocol (RFC 916)
RATS         Radio-Amateur Telecommunications Society (Org., USA)
RATS         Rough Auditing Tool for Security (WWW, CGI, PERL, PHP,...)
RAVE         Relational Advanced Visual Environment
RAW          Read-After-Write (WAW, WAR)
RBA          Relative Byte Address
RBAC         Role Based Access Control
RBBS         Remote Bulletin Board System (BBS)
RBF          Random Block Filemanager (OS-9)
RBH          Remote Bridge Hub
RBL          Realtime Blackhole / Block List (Internet, SPAM)
RBM          Realtime Batch Monitor (OS, Xerox)
RBMS         Remote Bridge Management Software
RBOC         Regional Bell Operating Company (USA)
RC           Reconfigurable Computer / Computing (RL)
RC           Region Co-ordinator (FidoNet)
RC           Release Candidate (MS)
RC           Return Code (REXX, ...)
RC           Routing Control
RC2          Rivest Cipher / Ron's Code 2 (Verschluesselung)
RC4          Rivest Cipher / Ron's Code 4 (Verschluesselung)
RC5          Rivest Cipher 5 (RFC 2040, Verschluesselung)
RCAS         Reserve Component Automation System
RCC          Radio Common Carrier
RCC          Regional Control Center
RCC          Remote Cluster Controller
RCC          Routing Control Center
RCD          Receiver-Carrier Detector
RCE          Regional Code Enhancement (DVD)
RCE          Resident Command Extension (DOS)
RCF          Reader's Comment Form (IBM)
RCF          Remote Call-Forwarding
RCGI         Remote Common Gateway Interface (CGI, WWW, Novell)
RCL          Runtime Control Library
RCM          Remote Carrier Module
RCP          Remote Copy Program
RCP          Rich Client Platform (Eclipse)
RCS          Reloadable Control Storage
RCS          Remote Connection Service (IBM, OS/2, LAN)
RCS          Resource Construction Set
RCS          Revision Control System (Unix, CM, GNU)
RCTC         Rewritable Consumer Time Code (Video)
RCTL         Resistor-Capacitor-Transistor Logic
RCW          Runtime Callable Wrapper (.NET, COM, DLL)
RD           Receive Data (MODEM)
RD           Recursive Design (CASE)
RD           Remove Directory (DOS, OS/2)
RD           Research and Development, "R&D"
RD           Route Descriptor
RDA          Remote Database Access (ISO, OSI)
RDB          Receive Data Buffer
RDB          Relational DataBase (DB)
RDB          Rigid Disk Block (Amiga, Commodore)
RDBMS        Relational DataBase Management System (DBMS, DB)
RDBMSMIB     Relational DataBase Management System - Management
Information Base (DB), "RDBMS-MIB"
RDC          Remote Data Connector
RDD          Random Digital Dial
RDD          Replaceable Database Driver (Clipper, CA-VO, DB)
RDDL         Resource Directory Description Language (XHTML, XML)
RDE          Received Data Enable
RDE          Ruby Development Environment (Ruby, IDE)
RDES         Remote Data Entry System
RDF          Rate Decrease Factor
RDF          Record Definition Field
RDF          Resource Description Framework (XML, IBM, Netscape, MS,
..., WWW)
RDFS         Resource Description Framework Scheme (RDF)
RDH          RSA-DES-Hybridverschluesselung (Verschluesselung, HBCI)
RDI          Remote Defect Identification / Indicator (UNI)
RDL          Relational Database Language (DB)
RDL          Remote Digital Loopback
RDLAP        Radio Data Link Access Protocol (MODACOM), "RD-LAP"
RDM          Relational Data Modeler
RDM          Reliably Delivered Message
RDMA         Remote Direct Memory Access (VI, Infiniband)
RDN          Relative Distinguished Name (X.500)
RDNCRC       Research Data Network Cooperative Research Centre (Org.,
Australien)
RDO          Remote Data Objects (DB)
RDO          Resource Definition Online (CICS, IBM)
RDP          Reliable Datagram Protocol
RDP          Remote Desktop Protocol (MS)
RDP          Remote Display Protocol (MS, Windows, NT, ASP)
RDQL         Resource Description Query Language (RDF, HP, Java)
RDR          Remote Data Recovery (Ontrack)
RDR          Request Data with Reply (Feldbus)
RDRAM        Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Rambus)
RDRN         Rapidly Deployable Radio Networks (USA, Uni Kansas)
RDS          Radio Digital System
RDS          Rapid Development System (DB, Informix)
RDS          Remote Data Services
RDSN         Region Digital Switched Network
RDT          Radio Digital Terminal
RDT          Restricted Data Transmissions
RDTP         [secure] Raw Data Transfer Protocol
RE           RAID Edition (WD, RAID)
RE           Recommendation Engine (OP, Oracle, DB)
RE           Research and Engineering, "R&E"
REACH        Research and Educational Applications of Computers in the
Humanities
READ         Relative Element Address Designate (Verschluesselung)
REGEX        REGular EXpressions (GREP, EMACS, ...)
REGIS        REmote Graphics Instruction Set
REGTP        REGulierungsbehoerde fuer Telekommunikation und Post (Org.,
Deutschland), "RegTP"
REM          Remote Equipment Module
REM          Ring Error Monitor
REMIS        Real Estate Management Information System
REMOS        Resources Management On-Line System
REPL         Read Eval Print Loop
RES          Remote Entry Services
REST         REpresentational State Transfer (URL, AWS)
RESTENA      RESeau Teleinformatique de l'Education NAtionale et de la
recherce (Netzwerk, Luxembourg)
RET          Report Engine Technology (CA, DB)
RET          Resolution Enhancement Technology (HP), "REt"
RETM         Rare Earth / Transition Metal (MO), "RE/TM"
REXX         Restructured EXtended eXecutor [language] (IBM, SAA, ANSI)
RF           Radio Frequency (Mobile-Systems)
RFA          Request for Assistance (Internet)
RFB          Remote FrameBuffer [protocol]
RFC          Remote Function Call (SAP, CPIC)
RFC          Request For Change (PERL, ITIL)
RFC          Request For Comments (Internet, RFC)
RFD          Ready-For-Data
RFD          Report Fragmentation Done [bit] (CATNIP, BIT)
RFD          Request For Discussion (Internet, Usenet), "RfD"
RFE          Request For Enhancement (Internet)
RFI          Radio Frequency Interference
RFI          Request For Information (Internet)
RFIC         Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (IC)
RFID         Radio Frequency IDentification (ANSI, NCITS)
RFMS         Remote File Management System
RFNM         Request For Next Message (IMP)
RFP          Request for Package (Linux, Debian)
RFP          Request For Proposal (Internet)
RFQ          Request for Quatation
RFS          Remote File Sharing (AT&T, Unix)
RFS          Remote File System
RFS          Request For Sponsor (Linux, Debian)
RFS          REXX File System (REXX, CICS, VSAM, IBM)
RFT          Request For Technology (OSF)
RFT          Revisable Form Text
RFTS         Remote File Transfer System (DDVS)
RGB          Rot Gruen Blau / Red Green Blue (Farbsystem, DTP)
RGBA         Red Green Blue Alpha-[byte] (Farbsystem, RGB)
RGBE         Red Green Blue Emerald (Farbsystem, photo, Sony)
RGMS         Rotated Grid MultiSampling (Graphik)
RGP          Raster Graphics Processor
RGP          Remote Graphics Processor
RH           Request Header
RHCE         Red Hat Certified Engineer (RedHat, Linux)
RHCT         Red Hat Certified Technician (RedHat, Linux)
RHCX         Red Hat Certified eXaminer
RHEL         Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Linux, RedHat)
RHS          Right Hand Side (NGSCB, MS, Palladium)
RI           Reference Implementation (JCP)
RI           Ring Indicator (RS-232, MODEM)
RI           Routing Information
RIA          Rich Internet Application (WWW, Macromedia)
RIACS        Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (Org.)
RID          Relative IDentifier (AD, SID, ACL)
RIDE         Research Issues in Data Engineering (IEEE-CS)
RIE          Reactive Ion Etching (IC)
RIF          Requirements Interchange Format (HIS)
RIF          Routing Information Field (Token Ring)
RIFF         Resource Interchange File Format (MS, IBM, MM)
RIG          Related Interest Group
RIG          Rochester Intelligent Gateway (OS)
RII          Routing Information Indicator
RIM          Registry Information Model (ebXML)
RIM          Remote Installation and Maintenance
RIME         Relaynet International Message Exchange
RIML         Renderer Independent Markup Language (XML, Consensus)
RIMM         Rambus Inline Memory Module (Rambus, IC)
RINEX        Receiver INdependent EXchange [format] (GPS)
RIO          Redistributed Internet Objects (S3, VRML, Internet)
RIO          Remote Input/Output (Power4, IBM)
RIOCP        ??? (OS), "RIO/CP "
RIP          Raster Image Processor (DTP)
RIP          Remote Imaging Protocol (BBS)
RIP          Return Instruction Pointer (CPU, RAM)
RIP          Routing Information Protocol (BSD, IGP, RFC 1721, IP)
RIPE         Reseaux IP Europeenne (EUnet)
RIPL         Remote Initial Program Load (IBM)
RIPNG        Routing Information Protocol Next Generation (RIP, IPV6,
RFC 2080), "RIPng"
RIPS         Raster Image Processing Systems corporation (Hersteller)
RIR          Regional Internet Registry (Internet)
RIS          Remote Installation Service
RISC         Reduced Instruction Set Code (CPU)
RISC         Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (Org., OEsterreich)
RISCOS       RISC Operating System (MIPS, Acorn, OS), "RISC OS"
RISLU        Remote Integrated Services Line Unit
RISS         [StorageWorks] Reference Information Storage System (HP)
RITECH       Resolution Improvement TECHnology (Epson)
RITSEC       Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center
RJ45         Registered Jack 45 (cable)
RJE          Remote Job Entry (IBM, Internet, RFC 407)
RJEF         Remote Job Entry Function
RJP          Remote Job Processing
RKRM         ROM Kernel Reference Manual (Amiga, Commodore)
RL           Real Life (DFUE, Usenet, IRC)
RL           Reconfigurable Logic (RL)
RLC          Radio Link Control (GPRS, Mobile-Systems)
RLE          Run-Length Encoded
RLIN         Research Libraries Information Network (Netzwerk)
RLL          Run Length Limited [encoding]
RLM          Redundant Lock Manager (GFS)
RLN          Remote LAN Nodes (LAN)
RLP          Radio Link Protocol (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
RLP          Resource Location Protocol (Internet, RFC 887)
RLPR         Remote Line Printing Request (LPR, Drucker)
RLS          Read Link error Status (FCP)
RLS          Received Line Signal
RLSD         Received Line Signal Detector
RLSFB        Read Last Spool File Buffer (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RLT          Remote Line Test
RLV          RingLeitungsVerteiler
RM           Resource Management
RM           Retention Module
RMA          Remote Memory Access
RMAS         Remote Memory Administration System
RMATS        Remote Maintenance Administration and Traffic
RMC          Rambus Memory Controller (Rambus)
RMCOS        Ryan-McFarland COBOL (????) Operating System (OS, COBOL),
"RM/COS"
RMCP         Remote Management Control Protocol
RMF          Resource Measurement Facility (IBM, MVS)
RMI          Remote Method Invocation (Java, API)
RMIC         ??? (IBM, Streamer, WORM), "R-MIC"
RMM          Ring Management Module (Token Ring)
RMODP        Reference Model - Open Distributed Processing (RUP), "RM-ODP"
RMON         Remote MONitoring
RMOS         Realtime Multitasking Operating System (SNI, OS)
RMS          Reason Maintenance System (AI)
RMS          Reliant Monitor Services (FSC)
RMS          Remote Monitoring System [bus]
RMS          Richard Matthew Stallman (FSF, EMACS)
RMS          Rights Management Services (MS, Windows, NGSCB)
RMT          Raw Magnetic Tape (Unix)
RMT          Reliable Multicast Transport (IETF, WG, Multicast)
RMT          REXXware Migration Tool (Simware, REXX)
RMT          Ring ManagemenT (FDDI, SMT)
RMX          Reverse Mail eXchange (DNS, SPAM)
RNA          Remote Network Access
RNC          Radio Network Controller (Mobile-Systems, UMTS)
RND          RAD Network Devices (RAD, Hersteller)
RNG          Random Number Generation
RNI          Raw Native Interface (MS, Java)
RNID         Request Node IDentification (FCP, SNIA, HBA, API)
RNM          Resistors Network Method (Audio)
RNOC         Regional Network Operations Center
RNPRSFP      Read Next PRint Spool File Block (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RNPUFSB      Read Next PUnch Spool File Block (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RNR          Receive Not Ready (LAPB)
RNSB         Read Next Spool Buffer (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RNUI         Remote Network User Identification (Datex-P)
RO           Read-Only (I/O)
ROAMS        Reusable Object Access and Management System
ROC          RAID On a Chip (RAID)
ROC          Reconstruction Of Color (ICE, Scanner)
ROCF         Remote Object Class Factory
ROD          Rewritable Optical Disk (OD)
RODC         Read-Only DOMAIN Controller (MS, AD)
ROFL         Roar Out From Laughing (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
ROHC         RObust Header Compression (RFC 3095/3759, RTP, UDP, ESP)
ROHS         Restriction Of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in
electrical and electronical equipment (Europa), "RoHS"
ROLAP        Relational OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP, DB)
ROLC         Routing Over Large Clouds
ROM          Read Only Memory (ROM)
ROMB         RAID On MotherBoard (RAID)
ROMBIOS      Read-Only Memory - Basic Input Output System (ROM, BIOS),
"ROM-BIOS"
ROMC         Required Operational Messaging Characteristics
ROP          Remote Operations Service (IBM, OS/2)
ROS          Read-Only Storage
ROS          Resident Operating System (OS)
ROSE         Remote Operations Service Element (OSI, RPC)
ROT          Running Object Table (MS, Windows)
ROTFL        Rolling On The Floor Laughing (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
ROTFLBTC     Rolling On The Floor Laughing and Biting The Carpet
(DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
ROTFLMAO     Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off (DFUE-Slang,
Usenet, IRC)
RP           Rapid Prototyping (CNC, CAD)
RP           Relay Party (IRC)
RP           Rendezvous Point (PIM, Multicast)
RPA          Remote Phrase Authentication
RPC          Region Playback Control (DVD)
RPC          Remote Procedure Call (Sun, Xerox, OSF, ECMA, RFC 1831)
RPC2         Region code Playback Control phase 2 (DVD), "RPC-2"
RPCL         Remote Procedure Call Language (ONC, Sun)
RPCS         Ricoh Printer ???
RPDFP        Remote Physical Device Finger Printing (NAT, IP)
RPE          Remote Peripheral Equipment
RPELTP       Regular Pulse Excitation with Long-Term Prediction [loop]
(LPC), "RPE-LTP"
RPF          Rendezvous Point Forwarding (PIM, MSDP, Multicast, RP)
RPF          RePeat active File (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RPF          Reverse Path Forwarding (PIM, Multicast)
RPG          Report Program Generator
RPL          Remote Program Load
RPL          Requested Privilege Level
RPL          Resident Programming Language
RPM          Radio Packet Modem (Motorola)
RPM          Redhat Package Manager (Linux)
RPM          Remote Port Module (Ascend)
RPN          Reverse Polish Notation
RPP          Relative Processor Performance (CPU, Cray)
RPS          Read Port Status (FCP)
RPS          Realtime Programming System (OS, IBM)
RQBE         Relational Query By Example (DB, QBE)
RR           Radio Resource management (MM, CM, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
RRAS         Routing and Remote Access Service (MS, Windows, NT)
RRCM         Reservation Request Control Mechanism (DQDB)
RRDS         Relative Record Data Set (VSAM)
RRIP         Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol (CD, Unix)
RRO          Radial Run Out (DVD)
RRP          Registry Registrar Protocol (VeriSign, RFC 2832/3632)
RRZE         Regionales RechenZentrum Erlangen (Org.)
RRZN         Regionales RechenZentrum fuer Niedersachsen (Org.)
RS           Recommended Standard
RS           Reconciliation Sublayer (10GE, OSI)
RS           Registry Service (DCE, ebXML, ...)
RSA          Random Scheduling Algorithm [protocol]
RSA          Reference System Architecture
RSA          Reusable Software Assets
RSA          Rivest, Shamir and Adleman (Verschluesselung, RSA)
RSAC         Recreational Software Advisory Council (Org.)
RSAP         Remote Service Access Point (SAP)
RSAT         Reliability and System Architecture Testing
RSB          Remote view Service Board (FSC)
RSBAC        Rule Set Base Access Control (Linux)
RSCN         Registered State Change Notification (FCP)
RSCS         Remote Source Control System
RSCS         Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem (IBM, VM, NJE)
RSCT         Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology (IBM)
RSDP         Root System Description Pointer (ACPI)
RSDT         Root System Description Table (ACPI)
RSE          Removable Storage Elements
RSE          Research and Systems Engineering
RSF          Remote Support Facility
RSF          ReStart active File (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RSFD         Retrieve Subsequent File Descriptor (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RSFDNPR      Retrieve Subsequent File Descriptor Not Previously
Retrieved (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
RSFQ         Rapid Single Flux Quantum [logic]
RSH          Remote SHell (Unix, BSD, Shell)
RSH          Restricted SHell (Unix, Shell)
RSI          Repetitive Strain Injury
RSIS         Relocateable Screen Interface Specification
RSLM         Remote Subscriber Line Module
RSM          Remote Switching Module
RSMMC        Reduced Size MultiMediaCard (MMC), "RS-MMC"
RSN          Real Soon Now (DFUE-Slang)
RSN          Robust Security Network (WLAN, Verschluesselung)
RSP          Reality Signal Processor (Nintendo)
RSPC         Reed Solomon Product Code (SDD, CD), "RS-PC"
RSS          Rich / RDF Site Summary (XML, RDF)
RSSCP        Remote System Services Control Point (SSCP)
RST          Running Status Table (DVB)
RSTS         Resource Sharing Time Sharing (DEC)
RSTSE        Resource System Time Sharing/Enhanced (DEC), "RSTS/E"
RSU          Remote Software Update (IBDM, OS/2, ...)
RSU          Remote Switching Unit
RSVP         Resource reSerVation Protocol (IP, RFC 2205)
RSX          Realistic Sound eXperience (Intel, Audio)
RSX11        Resource Sharing eXecutive - 11 (DEC, OS, PDP 11), "RSX-11"
RSX3D        Realistic Sound eXperience - 3D (Intel, Audio, VRML), "RSX-3D"
RT           Register Transfer
RT           Remote Terminal
RT           Research and Technology, "R&T"
RT           Routing Type
RTA          Rapid Thermal Annealling (IC, MOSFET)
RTA          Real Time Adherence
RTA          Real-Time Accelerator
RTAM         Remote Teleprocessing Access Method
RTB          Read Tape Binary
RTBM         Real Time Bit Mapping (BIT)
RTC          Real Time Clock
RTC          Real-Time Command
RTCP         Real Time Control Protocol (RTP)
RTCS         Real Time Computer System
RTCU         Real Time Control Unit
RTD          Real Time Display
RTDAT        RealTime Deformation And Tessellation [engine] (3D, Shiny),
"RT-DAT"
RTDHS        Real Time Data Handling System
RTE          Real Time Execution
RTE          Real Time Executive (OS, HP, HP 2000)
RTE          Remote Terminal Emulation
RTE          Run Time Environment
RTE6VM       Real Time Executive - 6 / Virtual Memory (OS, HP, RTE, HP
1000), "RTE-6/VM"
RTEX         Real Time EXecutive (OS, Interdata)
RTF          Rich Text Format
RTFF         Read The Fucking FAQ (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
RTFM         Read The Flaming / Fucking Manual (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
RTG          Real Time Gambling
RTG          Real Time Geometry (Hersteller)
RTG          Routing Table Generator
RTI          ReTurn from Interrupt
RTIN         Request Topology INformation (FCP, SNIA, HBA, API)
RTL          Real Time Language
RTL          Register Transfer Language (GCC)
RTL          Register Transfer Level
RTL          Resistor-Transistor Logic
RTL          RunTime Library
RTLinux      Real-Time Linux (Linux)
RTM          Registered Transfer Module
RTM          Release To Manufacture / Market
RTM          Remote Test Module
RTMOS        Real Time Multiprogramming Operating System (OS, GE)
RTMP         Routing Table Maintenance Protocol (AppleTalk)
RTMS         Real Time Multiprogramming System (???) (OS)
RTOS         Real Time Operating System (OS, Interdata, Prime, ...)
RTOS16       Real Time Operating System - 16 (OS, Digico), "RTOS-16"
RTOS360      Real Time Operating System /360 (IBM, OS, S/360), "RTOS/360"
RTOSUH       Real Time Operating System - Universitaet Hannover (OS),
"RTOS-UH"
RTP          Real Time Protocol (Internet, RFC 1889/1890, RTCP)
RTS          Real Time System
RTS          Reliable Transfer Service (OSI)
RTS          Request To Send (MODEM, RS-232)
RTS          Residual Time Stamp
RTSE         Reliable Transfer Service Element (OSI)
RTSM         RealTime System Manager
RTSP         Real Time Streaming Protocol (TV, WWW, UDP, TCP/IP, RDP,
Multicast, VoIP, RFC 2326)
RTT          Resonant Tunneling Transistor
RTT          Round-Trip Time
RTTI         Run-Time Type Identification (ANSI)
RTTM         Round-Trip Time Measurements (TCP, Satellit)
RTTS         Real Time Task Scheduler (OS, August Systems)
RTTY         Radio Tele TYpe
RTU          Real Time Unix (Unix)
RTU          Remote Terminal Unit (ESA, Venus-Express)
RTUX         Real Time UniX (OS, Emerge Systems)
RTV          Real Time Video
RTVBR        RealTime Variable Bit Rate (VBR, ATM, BIT), "rt-VBR"
RTX          Real Time eXecutive (OS)
RTX16        Real Time eXecutive - 16 (OS, Honeywell, ...), "RTX-16"
RUA          Remote User Agent
RUAC         Remote User Access Centers
RUI          Reality User Interface
RUOW         Remote Unit Of Work (DRDA, IBM), "RUoW"
RUP          Rational Unified Process (IBM)
RUS          Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Stuttgart (Org., Uni Stuttgart)
RVD          Remote Virtual Disk
RVPPIP       Rendez-Vous Protocol / Presence Information Protocol (IM),
"RVP/PIP"
RW           Read/Write (I/O), "R/W"
RWCP         Real World Computing Partnership (Org., Japan)
RWPPI        ReWritable Product Promotion Initiative (Org., DVD-R,
DVD-RW, DVD)
RWS          Remote WinSock (Windows, TCP/IP)
RWU          Remote Wake-Up (LAN)
RXR          Regular XML RDF (XML, RDF)
RZ           RechenZentrum
RZ           Return-to-Zero [recording]
RZG          RechenZentrum Garching
**** S ****
S360         System /360 (IBM), "S/360"
S370         System /370 (IBM), "S/370"
S5           Simple Standards-based Slide Show System (XHTML, CSS,
JavaScript)
SA           Security Associations (IPSec)
SA           Software Assurance (MS)
SA           Source [MAC] Address (SNA, Token Ring, ATM, FDDI, ...)
SA           Source Active (PIM, MSDP, Multicast)
SA           Spare Area (CD-MRW, DA)
SA           Storage Array
SA           Structured Analysis / Strukturierte Analyse (CASE)
SA           System Administrator
SA           Systems Analyst
SAA          Standard Application Architecture (IBM)
SAA          Standards Association of Australia (Org., Australien)
SAAJ         SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SOAP, Java, API)
SAAL         Signalling ATM Adaptation Layer (ATM)
SABB         Storage Array Building Block
SABM         Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode (LABM, LAPB, HDLC)
SABME        Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Extension (SABM)
SABRE        Semi-Automatic Business Related Environment (OS, IBM 7090)
SAC          Service / Special Area Code
SAC          Single Attachment Concentrator (FDDI)
SAC          Spatial Audio Coding
SAC          Strict Avalanche Criterion (Verschluesselung)
SACCH        Slow Associated Control CHannel (GSM, DCCH, Mobile-Systems)
SACRED       Securely Available CREDential (RFC 3760)
SACT         SPARC Application Conformance Test (SI, SPARC)
SAD          Security Association Database (SA, IPSec)
SAD          Serial Analog Delay
SADF         Semi-Automatic Document Feeder
SADT         Structured Analysis and Design Techniques (SA)
SAF          Service Access Facilities (Unix)
SAFE         Security And Freedom through Encryption [law] (USA,
Verschluesselung)
SAFTE        SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclose (SCSI, RAID, Intel,
NStor), "SAF-TE"
SAG          SQL Access Group (Org., Hersteller, DB)
SAGA         Standards und Architekturen fuer eGovernment Anwendungen (IDA)
SAGE         Semi-Automatic Ground Environment system (OS, IBM AN/FSQ7,
Mil.)
SAGE         Software Aided Group Environment (GSS, NUS)
SAHF         Store AH Into Flags (Assembler)
SAIL         Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory [language]
(USA, AI)
SAIT         Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (Org., Samsung)
SAIT         Super Advanced Intelligent Tape (Sony, AIT, Streamer), "S-AIT"
SAL          Security Access List
SAL          Semware Applications Language (Semware)
SAL          SQL windows Application Language (SQL, Gupta)
SAL          Symbolic Assembly Language (Assembler)
SAL          System Abstraction Layer
SALT         Script Application Language for Telix
SALT         Speech Application Language Tag (MS)
SALT         Suse Advanced Linux Technology (Suse, Linux)
SALU         Structured Assembly Language Utilities
SAM          SCSI-3 Architecture Model
SAM          Security Access Manager (MS, Windows, XP)
SAM          Security Accounts Manager
SAM          Sequential Access Method / Mode (SAM, DAM)
SAM          Sort And Merge
SAM          Standard Application Model (XTM)
SAM          Storage Application Model (Seagate)
SAM          Symantec Anti-virus for Macintosh (Apple)
SAM          System Activity Monitor
SAMI         Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange (MS)
SAML         Security Assertion Markup Language (OASIS, Verschluesselung)
SAN          Schulen ans Netz [e.v.] (Org.)
SAN          Storage Area Network
SANE         Scanner Access Now Easy (OSS)
SANE         Standard Apple Numeric Environment (Apple)
SANET        Slowak Academic NETwork (Org., Network)
SAO          Server Activated Object
SAO          Session At Once (CD)
SAO          Source Address Omitted [flag] (CATNIP)
SAP          Service Access Point (OSI)
SAP          Service Advertising Protocol (Novell, Netware, IPX)
SAP          Session Announcement Protocol (Internet, RFC 2974)
SAP          Symbolic Assembler Program (IBM, IBM 704)
SAP          SystemAnalyse und Programmentwicklung (Hersteller, Vorlaeufer)
SAP          Systems, Applications and Products [in data processing]
[ag] (Hersteller)
SAQ          Service, Access, Quality (ISP, UK)
SAR          Segmentation And Reassembly
SAR          Store Address Register (IC)
SARAH        Standard Automated Remote-to-AUTODIN Host (AUTODIN, Mil.)
SARPDU       Segmentation And Reassembly Protocol Data Unit (ATM, PDU),
"SAR PDU"
SART         Structured Analysis / Real Time (SA, CASE), "SA/RT"
SARTS        Switched Access Remote Test System
SAS          Session Active Screen (IBM)
SAS          Simulation Automation System
SAS          Single Attachment Station (FDDI)
SAS          Statistical Analysis System
SASE         Specific Application Service Element (ISO, OSI, CASE)
SASI         Shugart Associates System Interface
SASL         Simple Authentication and Security Layer
SAST         South Australia Standard Time [+0930] (TZ)
SAT          SIM Application Toolkit (SIM, GSM)
SAT          Standard AUTODIN Terminal (AUTODIN, Mil.)
SAT          Summed Area Table (3D, MIP)
SATA         Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (HDD, ATA, SATA)
SATAN        Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks (Internet)
SATCOM       SATellite COMmunications
SATF         Shared Access Transport Facility
SAU          Secure Access Unit
SAX          Simple API for XML (API, XML)
SAX          SUSE Advanced X [configuration tool] (SUSE, Linux)
SB           Sound Blaster [audio card] (Audio, Creative)
SB           System Builder [software] (MS)
SBA          SideBand Address [port / bus] (AGP)
SBA          Standards-Based Architectures
SBA          Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation (SMT, FDDI)
SBA          System For Business Automation
SBC          SCSI Block Commands (SAM)
SBC          Single Board Computer
SBC          Small Business Computer
SBC          Smart Bitrate Control (DivX, Video, BIT)
SBCCS        Single Byte Command Code Set [protocol]
SBCL         Steel Bank Common LISP (LISP)
SBCS         Single Byte Character Set (ASCII, DBCS)
SBE          System Builder Edition (MS, Windows)
SBF          Sequential Block Filemanager (OS-9)
SBF          Simple Boot Flag (Linux, POST)
SBH          Secure Backbone Hub (Accton)
SBI          Storage Bus Interconnect
SBI          Synchronous Bus Interface
SBIS         Sustaining Base Information System
SBL          Super BASIC Language (BASIC)
SBLC         Sustaining Base Level Computer
SBMS         Southwestern Bell Mobile Service
SBOD         Switched Bunch Of Disks (Xyratex, FC)
SBP          SCSI-3 serial Bus Protocol (SAM)
SBR          Spectral Bandwidth Replication (MP3, AAC, EAC)
SBS          Small Business Server (MS)
SBUS         Sun [i/o interface] BUS (Sun, SPARC), "SBus"
SC           SubCommittee (ISO, TC, IEC, ...)
SCA          Scalable Cooperative Architecture
SCA          Software Corporation of America (Hersteller, USA)
SCA          Synchronous Clock Adjustment
SCADA        Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
SCAF         Service Control Agent Function (IN)
SCAI         Scandinavian Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(Conference, FAIS, AI)
SCAM         SCSI Configured AutoMatically (SCSI)
SCAMC        Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (Conference)
SCAN         Switched-Circuit Automatic Network
SCART        Syndicat des Constructeurs d' Appareils Radiorecepteurs et
Televiseurs (Org., Video)
SCB          Subsystem Control Block (OS/2, IBM)
SCC          SCSI Controller Commands (SAM)
SCC          Serial Communication Controller (FCC, MCC)
SCC          Serial Controller-Chip (IC)
SCC          Softarc Certified Consulter (SoftArc)
SCC          Specialized Common Carrier
SCC          Standards Council of Canada (Org., Canada)
SCC          Storage Connecting Circuit
SCC          System Configuration Card (Sun)
SCCP         Signaling Connection Control Part (MSC, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
SCCP         Skinny Client Control Protocol (Cisco, VoIP, TCP)
SCCS         Source Code Control System (Unix, AT&T, CM)
SCCS         Specialized Common Carrier Service
SCCS         Switching Control Center System
SCD          SPARC Compliance Definition (SI, SPARC)
SCDE         Significant CALS Data Elements
SCDMA        Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA,
Mobile-Systems)
SCDMS        Society for Clinical Data Management Systems (Org., USA)
SCE          Structure Chart Editor
SCEF         Service Creation Environment Function (IN)
SCEIO        Societe Canadienne pour l'Etude de l'Intelligence par
Ordinateur (Org., Kanada, AI)
SCF          Selective Call-Forwarding
SCF          Sequential Character Filemanager (OS-9)
SCF          Service Control Function (IN)
SCG          Security Classification Guide
SCH          Synchronization CHannel (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
SCHWAFEL     Self Constructing Hyper Wavelet Algorithms For
Extrapolating Linguistics
SCI          Scalable Coherent Interface (ANSI)
SCID         Service Channel IDentifier
SCIT         Semi-Conductor and Interconnect Technologies
SCL          System Control Language
SCLT         Suse Certified Linux Trainer (SuSE, Linux)
SCM          Segment Control Module
SCM          Service Circuit Modul (Mil., Deutschland)
SCM          Service Configuration Manager (TR-069, ISP)
SCM          Service Control Manager (Windows, NT)
SCM          Small Core Memory
SCM          Software Configuration Management
SCM          Supply Chain Management
SCMP         Stream Control Message Protocol (ST2)
SCMS         [scrambling] (DAT)
SCMS         Serial Copy Management System
SCN          Specifications Change Notice
SCNR         Sorry, Could Not Resist (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
SCO          Santa Cruz Operation (Hersteller, Unix)
SCO          Synchronous ConnectionLess (HCI, Bluetooth)
SCOOPS       SCheme Object Oriented Programming System (OOP)
SCOPE        SCalable Object Processing Environment (Creamware)
SCOPE        Simple COmmunications Programming Environment (DFUE)
SCOPE        Supervisory Control Of Program Execution (OS, CDC 6000)
SCP          Secondary Communications Processors
SCP          Secure CoPy (SSH)
SCP          Service Control Point (OSI)
SCP          Standard Configuration Profile (MODEM)
SCP          System Control Program (OS)
SCPC         Single Channel Per Carrier
SCPDOS       Seattle Computer Products Dis Operating System (OS, DOS,
MS-DOS, Vorlaeufer), "SCP-DOS"
SCPM         SUSE Configuration Profile Management (Linux, SUSE)
SCR          Selective Call Rejection
SCR          Sustainable Cell Rate (UNI, ATM, VBR)
SCRI         Supercomputer Computations Research Institute (Org., USA, HPC)
SCS          [systimax] Structured Cabling System (AT&T)
SCS          Silicon Controlled Switch
SCS          Singapore Computer Society (Org., Singapur)
SCS          Small Computer System
SCS          SNA Character String (IBM)
SCS          Sun Control Station (Sun)
SCS          Switch Control Software (ForeRunner, ATM)
SCSA         Signal Computing System Architecture
SCSA         Sun Common SCSI Architecture (Sun)
SCSI         Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI)
SCSL         Sun Community Source License (Sun)
SCSU         Standard Compression Scheme for Unicode (Unicode)
SCT          Subroutine Call Table
SCTP         Stream Control Transmission Protocol (IETF)
SCTS         Secondary Clear to Send
SCU          Selector Control Unit
SCU          Snoop Control Unit (ARM, MPCore)
SCU          System Control Unit (CPU, POWER)
SCUMM        Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion
SCVP         Simple Certificate Validation Protocol (Verschluesselung)
SCWCD        Sun Certified Web Component Developer (Sun)
SCX          Specialized Communications eXchange
SD           Secure Digital [card]
SD           Self-Describing [file] (HP)
SD           Starting Delimiter (FDDI, Token Ring)
SD           Structured Design (CASE)
SD           Super Density [disk] (CD, Toshiba, Time Warner)
SD           System Display (Airbus, A380)
SDA          Screen Design Aid (IBM, ADT)
SDA          Shared Data Architecture
SDA          Software Design Automation
SDA          Source Data Automation
SDA          Swappable Data Area (DOS)
SDA          System Display Architecture
SDAO         Simulated Data Access Object (DAO, J2EE, Java, DB)
SDAP         Service Discovery Application Profile (Bluetooth)
SDAV         Systems Design Automation Vendor
SDC          Sample Data Collection
SDC          Secure Digital Card (PDA)
SDC          Software Development Control [system] (CMU, CM)
SDC          Software Distribution Center
SDCCH        Stand-alone Dedicated Control CHannel (GSM, DCCH,
Mobile-Systems)
SDCD         Secondary Data Carrier Detect
SDD          Software Design Document
SDD          Super Density Disk (Toshiba, Time Warner, ...)
SDDAS        Southwest research Data Display and Analysis System
SDDI         Shielded Distributed Data Interface (FDDI, STP)
SDE          Service Data Element (grid)
SDE          Software Development Engineer
SDE          Software Development Environment
SDF          Screen Definition Facility
SDF          Standard Data Format
SDF          System Dialog Facility (BS2000)
SDFI         Secure Digital Forensic Imaging
SDH          Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (FDDI, ATM, SDH)
SDHC         Secure Disk High Capacity
SDI          Single Document Interface
SDI          Slovensko Drustvo Informatika (Org., Slowakien)
SDI          Source Data Information
SDI          Standard Data Interface
SDI          Standard Disk Interconnect
SDI          Standard Disk Interface
SDI          Standard Drive Interface
SDI          Storage Device Interconnect
SDI          Storage Device Interface (Novell, Netware, SMS)
SDI          Super Data Interchange
SDIF         SGML Document Interchange Format (SGML, ISO, IS 9069)
SDIF         System Independent Data Format (Novell, SMS)
SDILINE      Selective Dissemination of Information onLINE
SDIMM        Single [RAS] Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM, RAS), "S-DIMM"
SDIO         Secure Digital Input Output (SD)
SDIS         Switched Digital Integrated Service
SDK          Software Development Kit (MS, IBM)
SDL          Simple Directmedia Layer
SDL          Specification and Description Language (CCITT)
SDL          System Design Language
SDLC         Synchronous Data Link Control (IBM, SNA)
SDLGR        Specification and Description Language / Graphical
Representation, "SDL/GR"
SDLLC        Synchronous Data Link Control Conversion (SNA, IBM)
SDLP         Standard Device Level Protocol
SDLT         Super Digital Line Tape (DLT, Streamer)
SDM          Short Data Message
SDM          Spatial Data Management
SDM          System Development Multitasking [benchmark] (DB, SPEC)
SDMA         Space Division Multiple Access
SDMA         Storage Device Migration Aid
SDMI         Secure Digital Music Initiative (Org.)
SDMS         SCSI Device Management System (BIOS)
SDN          Software Defined Network
SDN          Software Distribution Net (FidoNet)
SDNS         Secure Data Network Service / System (USA, Mil.)
SDOC         Selective Dynamic Overload Controls
SDOS         Software Dynamics Operating System (OS)
SDP          Service Delivery Point
SDP          Service Discovery Profile (Bluetooth)
SDP          Session Description Protocol (RFC 2327)
SDP          Shared Development Process (MS)
SDP          Software Development Plan
SDP          Specialized Data Point (IN)
SDP          Streaming Data Procedure
SDQ          Store Data Queue (Power4, IBM, CPU, SRQ)
SDR          Service DiRectory [tool] (SAP)
SDR          Shared Data Research
SDR          Signal-to-Distortion Ratio
SDR          Single Data Rate (DDR, QDR, ODR)
SDR          Store Data Register (IC)
SDR          Streaming Data Request
SDR          System Design Review
SDRAM        Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC,
Intel, Samsung)
SDRP         Source Demand Routing Protocol
SDRSDRAM     Single Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
(DRAM, RAM, IC), "SDR-SDRAM"
SDS          SubDivision Surfaces (3D)
SDS          Switched Data Service
SDS          Synchronous Data Set
SDS          Sysops Distribution System (BBS)
SDSAF        Switched Digital Services Applications Forum (Org.)
SDSC         San Diego Supercomputer Center (Org., USA)
SDSC         Synchronous Data Set Controller
SDSCNET      San Diego Supercomputer Center NETwork (Netzwerk, USA),
"SDSCnet"
SDSL         Single line Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
SDSMA        Slotted Digital Sense Multiple Access (MODACOM), "S-DSMA"
SDSN         Secure Data System Network
SDT          Service Description Table (DVB)
SDT          Software Development Tools
SDT          Source Data Terminal
SDT          Systems Development Tool
SDTP         [PPP] Serial Data Transport Protocol (PPP, RFC 1963)
SDU          Service Data Unit (OSI)
SDU          Software Distribution Utilities (IBM, HP)
SDV          Switched Digital Video (VOD)
SDX          Storage Data ACceleration (ATAPI, WD, CD, DVD)
SE           Security Enhanced [linux] (Linux)
SE           Service / Systems Engineer
SE           Software Engineering
SE           Standard / Special Edition (IBM, OS/2)
SE           Switching Element
SE           System Extension
SEA          Self-Extracting Archive
SEA          Society for Electronic Access (Org.)
SEAC         Standards Eastern Automatic Computer
SEAL         Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer (ATM)
SEAP         Service Element Access Point
SEB          Seat Electronic Box (Airbus, A380)
SEC          Single Edge Contact [card]
SECAM        SEquentiel Couleur Avec Memoire
SECB         Severely Errored Cell Block (UNI)
SECC         Single Edge Connector Case (CPU)
SED          Stream EDitor (Unix)
SED          Surface-conducting electron Emitter Display (Toshiba)
SEDAS        Standardisiertes Einheitliches DatenAustauschSystem (EDI)
SEDISI       Asociacion Espanola de Empresas de Tecnologias de la
Informacion (Org., Spanien, AETIC, Vorlaeufer)
SEE          Societe des Electriciens et Electroniciens (Org., Frankreich)
SEE          Software Engineering Environments
SEE          Systems Equipment Engineering
SEF          Source Explicit Forwarding
SEFS         Severely Errored Framing Seconds (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)
SEH          Structured Exception Header
SEI          Software Engineering Institute
SEL          Software Engineering Laboratory
SEL          Standard Elektrik Lorenz [ag] (Hersteller)
SEL          System Event Log (IPMI)
SELHPC       South East London - High Performance Computing [centre]
(Org.), "SEL-HPC"
SELINUX      Security Enhanced Linux (Linux, NSA), "SELinux"
SEM          Secure Extension Mode (AMD, TCB)
SEM          Security Event Management (SIM)
SEM          Server Enhancement Module
SEM          Standard Error of the Mean
SEO          Search Engine Optimization (WWW)
SEP          Someone Else's Problem (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
SEPP         Secure Electronic Payment Protocol (Banking, IBM, Netscape,
GTE)
SEQUEL       Structured English QUEry Language (IBM, DB, SQL, Vorlaeufer)
SERM         Structured Entity Relationship Model (DB, ERM)
SERT         Security Emergency Response Team (Org., Australien, Internet)
SES          SCSI Enclosure Services (SCSI)
SES          Security Enabling Services (IBM)
SES          Severely Errored Seconds (DS1/E1)
SESAM        Synergetische Erkennung mittels Standbild, Akustik und
Motorik (IIS)
SET          Secure Electronic Transactions (IBM, Visa, MS, IBM,
Mastercard, Netscape, Banking)
SET          Single Electronic Transistor
SET          Software Engineering Technology
SET          Standard d'Echange et de Transfert (AFNOR, Frankreich)
SETA         Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance
SETL         SEt Theory Language (New York Uni.), "SetL"
SETP         Secure Electronic Transactions Process
SETP         Stream Environment Transport Protocol
SEU          Software-Entwicklungs-Umgebung (CASE)
SEU          Source Entry Utility (IBM, ADT)
SF           Service Feature (IN)
SF           Sign Flag (Assembler)
SF           Standard Form
SF           Switching Fabric
SFBI         Shared Frame Buffer Interconnect
SFCC         Slat Flap Control Computer (Airbus, A380)
SFD          Simple Formattable Document (CCITT, MHS, X.420)
SFD          Start Frame Delimiter (Ethernet)
SFD          Symbolic File Directory
SFF          Small Form Factor [committee] (Org.)
SFMJI        Sorry For My Jumping In (DFUE-Slang, Usenet, IRC)
SFP          Saved Frame Pointer (CPU, RAM)
SFP          Small Form-factor Pluggable (FC)
SFP          System File Protection (MS, WIndows)
SFPRNSB      Select a File for Processing and Read Next Spool Buffer
(IBM, VM/ESA, CP)
SFPS         Secure Fast Packet Switching (Cabletron)
SFQL         Structured Full-text Query Language
SFS          Shared File System (IBM. CMS, VM/ESA)
SFS          Stepless Frequency Selection
SFS          Suomen Standardisoimisliitto [Standards Association of
Finland] (Org., Finnland)
SFT          System Fault Tolerance (Novell)
SFT          System File Table (DOS)
SFTP         Screened Foiled Twisted Pair [cable] (UTP, TP)
SFTP         Simple File Transfer Protocol (RFC 913)
SFUG         Security Features User's Guide
SG           Signal Ground (MODEM)
SGA          Shared Global Array (DEC, VMS)
SGC          SCSI Graphic Commands (SAM)
SGCP         Simple Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
SGI          Silicon Graphics Incorporated (Hersteller, SGI)
SGM          SeGmentation Message
SGML         Standard Generalized Markup Language (ISO 8879, JTC1, RFC
1874, SGML)
SGMLB        Standard Generalized Markup Language - Binary version
(SGML), "SGML-B"
SGMP         Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol (RFC 1028)
SGRAM        Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory (DRAM, RAM)
SGSN         Serving GPRS Support Node (GPRS, Mobile-Systems)
SGT          Surrounding Gate Transistor (IC)
SGTSI        Semi-Graphical Tree Structure Interface
SHA          Secure Hash Algorithm (Verschluesselung, NIST)
SHA          Super High Aperture [LCD] (LCD)
SHA1         Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (Verschluesselung, SHA)
SHED         Segmented Hypergraphics EDitor (MS, Windows, ADT)
SHF          Super-High Frequency
SHOE         Simple HTML Ontology Extensions (HTML, WWW)
SHTSI        Somebody Had To Say It (DFUE-Slang, Usenet)
SHTTP        Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), "S-HTTP"
SHV          Standard High Volume [motherboard] (SMP, Intel)
SI           Schweizer Informatikergesellschaft (Org., Schweiz)
SI           Skyrslutaeknifelags Islands (Org., Island)
SI           Source Index [register] (CPU, Intel, Assembler)
SI           SPARC International (Org., Hersteller)
SI           System Identifier (DTD, URI, SGML, FPI)
SI           System Information
SIA          Semiconductor Industry Association (Org., USA)
SIAM         Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Org., USA)
SIB          Service Independent building Block (IN)
SIBO         SIxteen Bit Organizer or SIngle Board Organizer (Psion,
PDA, BIT)
SIC          Silicon Integrated Circuit
SIC          Standard Industry Classification
SIC          Subject Indicator Code
SICE         Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (Org., Japan)
SICS         Swedish Institute of Computer Sciences (Org., Schweden)
SID          Security IDentifier (AD, RID, ACL)
SID          Signaling IDentifier
SID          Society for Information Displays (Org.)
SID          Sound Interface Device (Audio, C64)
SID          SWIFT Interface Device (SWIFT)
SID          System IDentification
SID          System Integration & Development, "SI&D"
SIDF         System Independent Data Format (Novell, SMS)
SIDM         Serial Impact Dot Matrix [printer]
SIDR         Service Independent Data Requester (Novell, Netware)
SIETEM       Siemens TTCN Test Manager (TTCN, Tektronix, SNI)
SIF          Significant Pel Field (MPEG)
SIFS         Short InterFrame Space (MAC, 802.11a, IFS, WLAN)
SIFT         Software Implemented Fault Tolerance (HIFT)
SIFTUFT      Sender-Initiated File Transfer/Unsolicited File Transfer
(RFC 1440), "SIFT/UFT"
SIG          Special Interest Group
SIGART       [ACM] Special Interest Group on ARTificial intelligence
(Org., ACM, AI)
SIGBIT       Special Interest Group on Business Information Technology
SIGCAT       Special Interest Group for CD-ROM Applications Technology (CD)
SIGCPR       Special Interest Group on Computer Personal Research (Org.,
ACM)
SIGCSE       Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (Org.,
ACM)
SIGDA        Special Interest Group on Design Automation (Org., ACM)
SIGG         SIGnaturGesetz (DFUE, Deutschland), "SigG"
SIGL         SIGnal Line (REXX)
SIGMA        Software Industrialized Generator and Maintenance Aids
system (MITI)
SIGNC        Special Internet Group Name Cache
SIGPLAN      Special Interest Group for Programming LANguages
SIGV         SIGnaturVerordnung (DFUE), "SigV"
SIGWEB       Special Interest Group on the world wide WEB (Org., UK)
SII          Static Invocation Interface
SIIA         Software and Information Industry Association (Org., USA)
SILC         Secure Internet Live Conferencing
SILS         Secure Interoperable LAN/MAN Standard (LAN, MAN)
SILS         Standard for Interoperable LAN Security (LAN)
SIM          Security Information Management (SEM)
SIM          Signal Interface Module
SIM          Subscriber Identity Module (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
SIMD         Single Instruction [stream], Multiple Data [stream] (CPU)
SIMDIS       SIMulation DISposition (MBAG)
SIMIS        SIcheres MIkroprozessor System (SNI)
SIMM         Single Inline Memory Module (IC)
SIMNET       SIMulation NETwork (Netzwerk)
SINA         Sichere Inter-Netzwerk Architektur (BSI)
SIO          Simultan Input Output (QMS)
SIP          SCSI-3 Interlocked Protocol (SAM)
SIP          Session Initiation Protocol (IETF, VoIP, ENUM, RFC 2543)
SIP          Simulated Input Processor
SIP          SMDS Interface Protocol (SMDS)
SIP          Strategische InformationsPlanung (IM)
SIP          Symbolic Input Program
SIPC         Simply Interactive Personal Computer
SIPO         Serial In Parallel Out
SIPP         Simple Internet Protocol Plus (IP, IPV6, RFC 1710, Internet)
SIPP         SImple Polygone Processor (Unix)
SIPP         Single Inline Package Pin (IC)
SIPRNET      Secret IP Router NETwork (DISN, Mil.)
SIPS         Session Initiation Protocol Secure (SIP, SSL, TCP)
SIPS         Super InPlane Switching (LCD, IPS), "S-IPS"
SIQ          Single Input Queue (IBM, OS/2)
SIR          Save Instruction Recognition
SIR          Selective Information Retrieval
SIR          Serial InfraRed (HP)
SIR          Sicherheit im Rechenzentrum (TPS)
SIR          Statistical Information Retrieval
SIR          Sustained Information Rate (SMDS)
SIRENE       Supplementary Information REquest at the National Entry
(SIS, EU)
SIS          Schengen Information System (Polizei, EU)
SIS          Silicon Integrated Systems [corp.] (Hersteller, Taiwan)
SIS          Software Information Services
SIS          Stellen-Informations-Service (WWW)
SIS          Strategic Information System
SISAL        Streams and Iteration in a Single-Assignment Language
SISD         Single Instruction [stream], Single Data [stream] (CPU)
SISO         Single Input, Single Output (WLAN)
SISSL        Sun Industry Standards Source License (Sun)
SIT          institut fuer SIchere Telekommunikation (GMD, Org.)
SITD         Still In The Dark (DFUE-Slang)
SIWPS        Simple Internet White Pages Service (Internet)
SIZ          Sparkassen-Informatik-Zentrum (Org., Banking)
SJF          Shortest Job First
SKIA         Secure Key Issuing Authority (TESS)
SKIP         Simple Key-management for Internet Protocols (Internet,
Verschluesselung, Sun)
SKS          Synchronizing Key Server (PGP, GPG, PKS, KKS)
SLA          Service Level Agreement (ITIL, SLM)
SLAD         Security Local Auditing DAEMON (BOSS, BSI)
SLAM         Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling
SLB          Segment Lookaside Buffer (CPU, Power4, IBM)
SLC          Service Level Contract
SLC          Short Length Cartridge (IBM, Streamer)
SLC          Simple Line Code [modulation]
SLD          Second Level DOMAIN (Internet, ICANN)
SLDC         Synchronous Data Link Control
SLDRAM       SyncLink Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM, RAM)
SLE          Screen List Editing
SLED         Single Large Expensive Drive
SLES         SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (Linux, SUSE)
SLFP         Shared Frame Buffer Interconnect (ATI, Intel)
SLI          Scalable Link Interface (PCIe, Nvidia)
SLI          Scan Line Interleave (3D)
SLIC         Serial Link and Interrupt Controller (TSMP, Wyse)
SLIC         Subscriber Line Interface Circuit (PBX)
SLIK         SimpLIstic sKin interface (GTK)
SLIP         Serial Line Internet Protocol (Internet, RFC 1055), "SL/IP"
SLM          Service Level Management (ITIL)
SLM          Single Lock Manager (GFS)
SLMR         Silly Little Mail Reader
SLOS         SuSE Linux Office Server (SuSE, Linux)
SLOX         SuSE Linux Open eXchange server (SuSE, Linux)
SLP          Service Location Protocol (IP)
SLP          Service Logic Program (IN)
SLP          Symposium on Logic Programming (Conference)
SLP          System Locked Preinstallation (MS, Windows, XP, OEM)
SLQ          Super Letter Quality [fonts] (Star)
SLR          Scalable Linear Recording (Streamer, Tandberg)
SLS          Softlanding Linux System (Linux)
SLS          Storage Library System
SLSI         Super Large Scale Integration
SLT          Solid-Logic Technology
SLU          Secondary Logical Unit
SLU          Serial Line Unit
SM           Smart Media [card]
SM           Sparse Mode (PIM, Multicast)
SMA          Shared Memory Architecture
SMA          Standardization Management Activity
SMAE         System Management Application Entity (OSI)
SMAF         Service Management Agent Function (IN)
SMAF         Synthetic Music Mobile Application Format (Yamaha,
Mobile-Systems)
SMAP         System Management Application Process (OSI)
SMART        Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (HDD,
IDE, Conner, IBM, Quantum, Seagate, WD), "S.M.A.R.T."
SMASE        System Management Application Service Element (OSI)
SMB          Server Message Block [protocol] (IBM, Intel, MS)
SMB          Small Medium Business and enterprise [market]
SMB          Standards Managing Board (PIMA, I3C)
SMB          System Management Bus
SMBA         Shared Memory Buffer Architecture (Intel)
SMBP         Sever Message Block Protocol
SMC          SCSI-3 Medium changer Commands (SAM, SCSI)
SMC          Standard Microsystems Corporation (Hersteller)
SMD          Storage Module Device
SMD          Surface Mounted Device
SMD          System Management Bus ??? (Intel)
SMDAC        Single MAC Dual Attached Concentrator (FDDI, DAC, MAC)
SMDI         Storage Module Disk Interconnect
SMDL         Standard Music Description Language (ISO, IEC, CD 10743)
SMDR         Station Message Detail Recording
SMDR         Storage Management Data Requester (Novell, Netware, SMS)
SMDS         Switched Multimegabit Data Service (BELLCORE, BIT)
SMDSCNM      SMDS Customer Network Management (SMDS), "SMDS CNM"
SME          Society of Manufacturing Engineering (Org., USA)
SME          Storage Management Engine (Novell, Netware, SMS)
SMF          Service Management Framework (IBM)
SMF          Service Management Function (IN)
SMF          Single Mode Fiberoptic cable (FDDI, MMF)
SMF          Standard MIDI File (MIDI)
SMF          System Management Function (MS, MOF)
SMFA         Special / System Management Functional Area (OSI)
SMFF         Script Mathematical Formula Formatter
SMG          Special Mobile Group (GSM, Org., Mobile-Systems)
SMI          Storage Management Initiative (Org., SAN, Bluetooth, SNIA)
SMI          Structure and identification of Management Information
(OSI, RFC 1155/1902)
SMI          Sun Microsystems Inc. (Hersteller)
SMI          System Management Interrupt (SMB)
SMI          System Memory Interface (Power4, IBM)
SMI          System Monitoring Interface (Informix, DB)
SMIL         Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (W3C, WWW)
SMIME        Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME, MS,
Lotus, Qualcomm, RSA, Verschluesselung), "S/MIME"
SMING        Structure of Management Information - Next Generation (RFC
3780), "SMIng"
SMIOS        System Management Basic Input Output System (DMTF, BIOS)
SMIS         Service-Marketing-InformationsSystem (MBAG)
SMIS         Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI, SAN,
WBEM, CIM, SLP, SNIA), "SMI-S"
SMIT         System Management Interface Tool (IBM, AIX)
SMK          Software Migration Kit
SMK          Structured Meta-Knowledge
SML          Service Management Layer (TMN)
SML          Shared Memory Link (TCP/IP)
SML          Siemens Modular Link
SML          Standard Machine Language
SML          Standard Meta Language
SMLNJ        Standard Meta Language / New Jersey, "SML/NJ"
SMM          System Management Mode (CPU)
SMM          System Manager's Manual (BSD, Unix)
SMOLED       Small Molecules Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED, LED)
SMP          Software Motion Picture (DEC)
SMP          Symmetric MultiProcessor [system] (SMP, AMP)
SMP          Symmetrisches MultiProzessor [system]
SMP          System Modification Program
SMPC         Shared Memory Parallel Computer (HPC)
SMPPPD       Suse Meta Point-To-Point DAEMON (SuSE, Linux, PPP, DAEMON)
SMPTE        Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (Org.)
SMPU         Switch Module Processor Unit
SMR          Source Maintainability and Reliability
SMR          Specialized Mobile Radio [systems]
SMRT         Signal Message Rate Timing
SMS          Service Management System
SMS          Short Message Service (GSM, Mobile-Systems)
SMS          Storage Management Services (Novell, Netware)
SMS          System-Managed Storage
SMS          Systems Management Server (MS, MOM)
SMSAC        Society of Management Science and Applied Cybernetics
(Org., India)
SMSC         Short Message Service Center (SMS, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
SMSCB        Short Message Service Cell Broadcast (SMS), "SMS CB"
SMSCEMI      Short Message Service Center External Machine Interface
[protocol] (SMS)
SMSP         Storage Management Services Protocol (Novell, SMS)
SMT          Segment Table Map
SMT          Shared Memory Transport (X-Windows)
SMT          Simultaneous MultiThreading (CPU)
SMT          Staroffice Migration Toolkit (Sun)
SMT          Station ManagemenT (FDDI)
SMT          Surface-Mount Technology
SMTA         Subordinate Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
SMTP         Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (RFC 821, TCP/IP)
SMUG         Seldom Met Users Group [book] (HP, HP 3000)
SMUX         SNMP MUltipleXing protocol (SNMP, MUX, RFC 1227)
SN           Sequence Number
SN           Serial Number
SN           Subscriber Number (MS-ISDN, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
SN           Super Node (Kazaa, P2P)
SNA          Systems Network Architecture (IBM)
SNAC         SNA Network Access Controller (SNA, SDLC, IDS)
SNAC         SubNetwork ACcess [functions]
SNACP        [PPP] Systems Network Architecture Control Protocol (PPP,
SNA, RFC 2043)
SNACP        SubNetwork ACcess Procedure (ISO, IS 8648, SNAC), "SNAcP"
SNADS        Systems Network Architecture Distribution Service (IBM, CCS)
SNAFU        Situation Normal All Fouled Up (DFUE-Slang)
SNAIP        [advanced] Systems Network Architecture/Internet Protocol
(SNA, IP, RFC 1538), "SNA/IP"
SNAP         SubNetwork Access Protocol (LAN, Ethernet)
SNAP         SubNetwork Attachment Point (IEEE 802.1a)
SNAP         System and Network Administration Program
SNAP         System Neutral Access Protocol (SciTech)
SNCP         Single Node Control Point (IBM, SNA)
SNDC         SubNetwork Dependent Convergence [functions] (OSI)
SNDCP        SubNetwork Dependent Convergence Procedure (ISO, IS 8648,
OSI, SNDC)
SNEPS        Semantic NEtwork Processing System (GNU, LISP), "SNePS"
SNF          Server Natural Format (Fonts, X)
SNF          Shared Network Facilities
SNG          Satellite News Gathering
SNI          Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme [AG] (Hersteller)
SNI          SNA Network Interconnection (IBM, VTAM, SNA)
SNI          Subscriber Network Interface (SMDS)
SNIA         Storage Networking Industry Association (Org., NAS, SAN)
SNIC         SubNetwork Independent Convergence [functions] (OSI)
SNICP        SubNetwork Independent Convergence Procedure (ISO, IS 8648,
OSI, SNIC)
SNL          Sandia National Laboratories (Org., USA)
SNMP         Simple Network Management Protocol (RFC 1157/1902, TCP/IP,
IETF)
SNNS         Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator (IPVR, NN)
SNOBOL       StriNg Orientated symBOlic Language
SNP          SubNetwork Protocol
SNPA         Sub-Network Point of Attachment
SNPP         Simple Network Paging Protocol (RFC 1861, SMS)
SNR          Serial NumbeR (IMEI, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
SNR          Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SNRM         Set Normal Response Mode (SDLC, HDLC, ADDCP, LAPB)
SNRME        Set Normal Response Mode Extension (SNRME)
SNS          Secure Network Server
SNTP         Simple Network Time Protocol (NTP, RFC 2030)
SNW          Storage Networking World [conference]
SOA          Service Orientated Architecture
SOA          Start Of Authority record (DNS)
SOA          State Of the Art (Slang)
SOAP         Simple Object Access Protocol (W3C, XML, HTML)
SOAP         Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program (IBM)
SOB          Start Of Block
SOBA         Service-Orientated Business Applications (SODA, SOA)
SOC          Security Operations Center
SOC          System-On-a-Chip
SOC          Systems and Option Catalog
SOCKS        SOCKet Secure
SOCO         Service Office/Central Office, "SO/CO"
SODA         Service-Orientated Developmenrt of Applications (SOA, SOBA)
SODA         Simplified OS for Distributed Applications (OS)
SODA         System Optimization and Design Algorithm
SODIMM       Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module (DRAM, DIMM)
SODIS        SOftware Dokumentations- und InformationsSystem
SOE          Standard Operating Environment
SOE          Standards of Excellence
SOEP         Secondary Operand Execution Pipeline (Motorola, CPU), "sOEP"
SOF          Start Of Frame (S-ATA)
SOFABED      [davenport] Standard Open Formal Architecture for Browsable
Electronic Documents
SOH          Section OverHead
SOH          Start Of Header
SOHO         Small Office / Home Office [market]
SOI          Silicon-On-Insulator [technology/wafer] (IC, IBM)
SOIF         Summary Object Interchange Format (WWW)
SOJ          Small-Outline J-lead [chip] (IC, DRAM)
SOL          Simulation-Oriented Language
SOLSA        Support of Localized Service Areas (ETSI), "SoLSA"
SOM          Self-Organizing Machine
SOM          Structured Object Method
SOM          System Object Model (IBM, ORB, CORBA)
SONDS        Small Office Network Data System
SONET        Synchronous Optical NETwork (FDDI, ATM, SDH)
SOOO         Star Office / Open Office, "SO/OO"
SOP          Standard Operating Procedure
SORM         Service Orientated Resource Management
SOS          Share Operating System (OS)
SOS          Sophisticated Operating System (OS, Apple)
SOS          Standards and Open Systems
SOS          Support On Site
SOS          Symbolic Operating System (OS)
SOSP         System Operational and Support Plan
SOTA         State of the Art (Slang)
SOX          Sound EXchange [software]
SP           Security Policies (IPSec)
SP           Service Pack (MS, Windows, NT, XP)
SP           Service Processor (Power4, IBM, IC)
SP           Service Processor (EMC)
SP           Service Provider (DMI)
SP           Signal Processor
SP           Simple visual Profile (MPEG)
SP           SPare (IMEI, GSM, Mobile-Systems)
SP           Speculative Precomputation
SP           Speech Processing
SP           Stack Pointer [register] (CPU, Intel, Assembler)
SP           Structured Programming
SP           Support Pack (SAP)
SP           System Product
SP1          Service Pack 1 (MS, Windows, XP)
SP2          Service Pack 2 (MS, Windows, XP)
SPA          Software Publishers Association (Org., USA)
SPADE        Statistical Packet Anomaly Detection Engine (Snort, IDS)
SPAG         [european] Standards Promotion and Application Group (Org.,
Hersteller, Europa)
SPAM         Send Phenomenal Amounts of Mail (Usenet, EMP, DFUE-Slang)
SPAM         Spiced Pork and hAM (Usenet, EMP)
SPANS        Simple Protocol for ATM Network Signalling (ForeRunner, ATM)
SPAP         Secure Password Authentication Protocol
SPAP         Shiva Password Authentication Protocol (PAP, 3Com)
SPARC        Scalable Processor ARChitecture (Sun)
SPARC        Standard Planning And Requirement Committee (ANSI, Org.)
SPAT         Speech Pronunciation Analysis Training (Uni Mainz), "S.P.A.T."
SPC          SCSI-3 Primary Commands (SAM, SCSI)
SPC          Solution Partner Center (IBM)
SPC          Stored Program Command
SPC          Stored Program Control
SPCF         Service Point Command Facility (IBM)
SPCS         Stored Program Control Systems
SPD          Security Policy Database (SP, IPSec)
SPD          Serial Presence Detect (EEPROM, SDRAM)
SPD          Software Product Description
SPD          Software Products Division
SPDEEPROM    Serial Presence Detect - Electronical Erasable Programmable
Read Only MemorySerial Presence Detect (EPROM, IC, ROM), "SPD-EEPROM"
SPDIF        Sony/Philips - Digital Interface Format (Audio, Sony,
Philips), "S/P-DIF"
SPDL         Standard Page Description Language (ISO, IEC, IS 10180)
SPDN         Shared Private Data Network
SPDU         Session Protocol Data Unit (OSI, PDU, OSI/RM)
SPE          Symbolic Programming Environment
SPE          Synchronous Payload Envelope
SPE          Synergistic Processor Elements (IBM, Cell, PPE)
SPEC         System Performance Evaluation Corporation (Org., RISC)
SPF          Sender Permitted From [veraltet/old term] (SPAM)
SPF          Sender Policy Framework (SPAM)
SPF          Structured Programming Facility
SPI          SCSI-3 Parallel Interface (SAM, SCSI)
SPI          Security Parameter Index
SPI          Serial / Synchronous Peripheral Interface
SPI          Service Provider Interface (WOSA)
SPI          Software in the Public Interest, inc. (Org.)
SPI          Software Products International (Hersteller)
SPICE        Scalable Parallel Intelligent Communications Engine
SPICE        Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis
SPICS        Spare Parts Inventory Control System (MBAG)
SPID         Service Profile IDentifier (ISDN)
SPID         Service Protocol IDentifier
SPIM         SPAM over Instant Messaging (SPAM, IM)
SPIN         Sponsored Programs Information Network
SPIT         SPAM over Internet Telephony (SPAM, VoiP)
SPKM         Simple Public-Key [GSS-API] Mechanism (GSS, RFC 2025)
SPL          Set Priority Level (Unix)
SPL          Simple Programming Language
SPL          Sound Pressure Level
SPL          Sun Public License (Sun)
SPL          Systems Programming Language (HP, MPE, ALGOL, HP 3000)
SPL1         Simple visual Profile @ Level 1 (MPEG, QCIF), "SP@L1"
SPM          Session Protocol Machine (OSI, ISO 8327)
SPM          Set Program Mask
SPM          Software Performance Monitor
SPM          Source Program Maintenance
SPM          System Performance Monitor
SPM2         System Performance Monitor /2 (IBM, OS/2), "SPM/2"
SPN          Substitution Permutation Network (Verschluesselung)
SPOF         Single Point Of Failure
SPOOL        Simultaneous Peripheral Operations OnLine
SPOT         Smart Personal Object Technology (MS, Internet)
SPP          Scalable Parallel Processing (Intel)
SPP          Sequenced Packet Protocol
SPP          Serial Port Profile (Bluetooth, GAP, SPP)
SPP          Software Protection Platform (MS, Windows, Vista)
SPP          Standard Parallel Port
SPP          System Platform Processor (Nvidia)
SPPI         Structure of Policy Provisioning Information (RFC 3159)
SPR          Software Problem Report
SPS          Semiconductor Product Sector (Motorola)
SPS          SpeicherProgrammierbare Steuerungstechnik
SPS          String Processing System
SPS          Support Package Stack (SAP, EP)
SPS          Symbolic Programming System
SPSL         Special-Purpose Simulation Language
SPSS         Statistical Package of the Social Sciences
SPT          Sectors Per Track
SPT          Shortest Path Tree (PIM, ST, Multicast)
SPTS         Single Program Transport Stream
SPU          Synergistic Processing Unit (IBM, Cell)
SPU          System Processing Unit
SPUCDL       Serial Peripheral Unit Controller/Data Link, "SPUC/DL"
SPUD         Storage Pedestal Upgrade Disk / Drive
SPUR         Supercomputing Program for Undergraduate Research
SPX          Sequenced Packet eXchange (Novell, Netware)
SQ           Shielded Quart [cable]
SQ           Signal Quality (MODEM)
SQA          Software Quality Assurance
SQD          Signal Quality Detector
SQFP         Shrink Quad Flat Package (CPU)
SQL          Structured Query Language (ISO 9075, DB, 4GL)
SQLCLI       SQL Call Level Interface (SAG, SQL), "SQL/CLI"
SQLDA        Structured Query Language Descriptor Area (SQL)
SQLDMO       SQL Distributed Management Objects (MS, SQL Server, OLE, DB)
SQLDS        Structured Query Language/Data System (IBM, VMS), "SQL/DS"
SQLJ         Structured Query Language - Java (SQL, Java, DB, ANSI, NCITS)
SQLMED       Structured Query Language / Management of External Data
(SQL, ISO, IEC), "SQL/MED"
SQLXML       Structured Query Language / eXtensible Markup Language
(SQL, XML, ISO, IEC), "SQL/XML"
SQM          Software Quality Management
SR           Sensitivity Range (Fuji, photo, CCD)
SR           Service Release (MS)
SR           Source Routing [bridging]
SR           Status Register (IC, Assembler)
SRAM         Static Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, RL)
SRAS         Secure Remote AccesS
SRAT         Static Resource Affinity Table (ACPI)
SRB          Stream Request Block
SRC          Sample Rate Converter (Audio)
SRC          Semiconductor Research Council (Org., USA)
SRC          Standard Context Routing (MODACOM)
SRC          System Resource Controller (AIX, IBM)
SRD          Screen Reader System
SRD          Secondary Received Data
SRD          Send and Request Data (Feldbus)
SRDF         Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (EMC)
SRE          Self Routing switch Element (ATM)
SRF          Science Research Foundation (Org., UK)
SRF          Service Resource Function (IN)
SRF          Specifically Routed Frame
SRGB         Standardized Red Green Blue [colorspace] (RGB, Windows)
SRI          Stanford Research Institute (Org., USA)
SRK          Storage Root Key (TPM, RSA)
SRL          Serial number revocation List (TCPA)
SRM          Security Reference Monitor (MS, Windows, ACL)
SRM          Storage Resource Management (SAN)
SRM          System Resources Manager
SRN          Source/Recipient Node (IBM)
SRP          Security Rollup Package (MS)
SRP          Software Reuse Program
SRP          Source Routing Protocol (IBM)
SRPI         Server Requester Programming Interface (IBM, API)
SRPM         Scalable Reverse Path Multicast (Multicast)
SRQ          Service ReQuest (GPIB)
SRQ          Store Reorder Queue (Power4, IBM, CPU)
SRS          Sound Retrieval System (Digital Audio)
SRT          Secure Request Technology (Banking, Verschluesselung, Java)
SRT          Signal Requests Terminal
SRT          Source Route Transparent [bridges] (Ethernet, Token Ring,
IEEE 802.1D)
SRT          Speech Reception Threshold
SRTCP        Secure Real-Time Transport Control Protocol (SRTP)
SRTP         Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (RFC 3711, RTP)
SRTS         Synchronous Residual Time Stamp
SRVIFS       SeRVer Installable File System (IBM)
SS           Single Sided [disk] (FDD)
SS           Spread Spectrum (WLAN)
SS           Stack Segment [register] (CPU, Intel, Assembler)
SS7          Signaling System 7 (ISDN)
SSA          Serial Storage Architecture (IBM)
SSADM        Structured System Analysis and Design Method (DB)
SSAP         Session Service Access Point (SAP, LLC, OSI/RM)
SSAP         Source link Service Access Point (SAP, LLC)
SSAS         Station Signaling and Announcement System
SSB          Single SideBand
SSBA         Suite Synthetique des Benchmarks de l'AFFU (MP)
SSBAM        Single SideBand Amplitude Modulation
SSC          Science Supercomputing Center (Uni Karlsruhe)
SSC          SCSI Stream Commands (SAM, SCSI)
SSC          Security Support Component (NGSCB, TCP)
SSC          Specialized Systems Consultants
SSCF         Service Specific Coordination Function (ATM)
SSCOP        Service Specific Connection Orientated Protocol (ATM)
SSCP         Service Switching & Control Point (IN)
SSCP         System Services Control Point (NAU, SNA, SSCP)
SSCP         Systems Security Certified Professional (ISC2)
SSCPNS       System Services Control Point Network Services (SSCP)
SSCS         Service Specific Convergence Sublayer (ATM)
SSD          Solid State Disk (HDD, RAM)
SSDA         Synchronous Serial Data Adapter
SSDC         Stack Segment Descriptor Cache [register] (SS, Intel, CPU)
SSDD         Single-Sided/Double-Density [disk] (FDD), "SS/DD"
SSDD         Solid State Disk Drive
SSDP         Simple Service Discovery Protocol (UPnP, UDP)
SSDU         Session Service Data Unit
SSE          Simple Screen Editor
SSE          Software Support Engineer
SSE          Streaming SIMD Extensions (Intel, Pentium, SIMD)
SSE          Structured Source Editing (Eclipse)
SSF          Service Switching Function (IN)
SSFDC        Solid State Floppy Disk Card (PCMCIA)
SSH          Secure SHell (Unix, Shell)
SSI          [Schwedisches Strahlenschutzinstitut] (Schweden, Org.)
SSI          Server Side Include [script] (HTTPD, CGI)
SSI          Small Scale Integration
SSI          Software Systems Interface
SSIA         Subject Says It All (DFUE-Slang)
SSID         Service Set IDentification (WLAN)
SSIMM        Single [RAS] Single Inline Memory Module (IC, RAS), "S-SIMM"
SSL          Secure Socket Layer (Netscape, RSA, WWW, Verschluesselung)
SSLTLS       Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security (RSA,
Verschluesselung, TLS), "SSL/TLS"
SSM          Set System Mask
SSM          Simplified Storage Management (HSM)
SSM          Source Specific Multicast (IETF, WG, Multicast, RFC 3569)
SSO          Single Sign On
SSP          Service Switching Point (IN)
SSP          Silicon Switch Processor (Cisco)
SSP          S