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The 88 Acronyms beginning with A


The 43 Acronyms beginning with B


The 104 Acronyms beginning with C


The 88 Acronyms beginning with D


The 59 Acronyms beginning with E


The 41 Acronyms beginning with F


The 23 Acronyms beginning with G


The 25 Acronyms beginning with H


The 81 Acronyms beginning with I


The 6 Acronyms beginning with J


The 7 Acronyms beginning with K


The 36 Acronyms beginning with L


The 82 Acronyms beginning with M


The 48 Acronyms beginning with N


The 42 Acronyms beginning with O


The 85 Acronyms beginning with P


The 4 Acronyms beginning with Q


The 63 Acronyms beginning with R


The 77 Acronyms beginning with S


The 48 Acronyms beginning with T


The 17 Acronyms beginning with U


The 48 Acronyms beginning with V


The 19 Acronyms beginning with W


The 7 Acronyms beginning with X


The 7 Acronyms beginning with Y


The 5 Acronyms beginning with Z


The 3 Acronyms beginning with a Number


The 3 Acronyms beginning with a Symbol


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This "Help file" is a semi-comprehensive list of computer and computer-related acronyms. This second version contains approximately 1,200 acronyms. This list will be updated quarterly with new and newly-discovered acronyms.

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The 88 Acronyms beginning with A

A	Ampere

A/UX	Apple UniX

AA	Auto Answer
Add Accelerator

AACE	Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

AARP	AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol

ABIOS	Advanced BIOS

ABP	Alternate BiPolar

AC	Alternating Current

ACDI	Asynchronous Communication Device Interface

ACID	Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, Durable

ACK	ACKnowledgement

ACL	Access Control List

ACM	Association of Computing Machinery
Audio Compression Manager

ACS	Asynchronous Communication Server

ACTLU	ACTivate Logical Unit

ACTPU	ACTivate Physical Unit

ACTT	Advanced Communications and Timekeeping Technology

ACU	Access Control Units

AD	Administrative Domain

ADF	Automatically Deferred Function

ADPCM	Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation

ADSP	AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol

ADSS	Apple Data Stream Protocol

AEP	AppleTalk Echo Protocol

AFI	Authority and Format Indicator

AFM	Added Font Metrics

AFP	Apple Filing Protocol

AFRP	Arcnet Fragmentation Protocol

AFS	Andrew File System

AGS	Asynchronous Gateway Server

AGU	Address Generation Units

AI	Artificial Intelligence

AIR	Apple Internet Router

AIX	Advanced Interactive EXecutive

ALGOL	ALGOrithmic Language

ALMS	Appware Loadable ModuleS

ALU	Arithmetic Logic Unit

AM	Active Monitor

AMD	Advanced Micro Devices

AMI	Alternate Mark Inversion

AMP	Apple Management Protocol

AMT	Address Mapping Table

ANS	Advanced Network System

ANSI	American National Standards Institute

AO/S	Agents Object System

AOCE	Apple Open Collaboration Environment

AOL	America OnLine

APA	All Points Addressable

API	Application Programming Interface

APL	A Programming Language

APM	Advanced Power Management

APPC	Advanced Program-to-Program Communications

APPN	Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking

ARA	Apple Remote Access

ARAP	AppleTalk Remote Access Protocol

ARCNET	Attached Resource Computer NETwork

ARE	All Routes Explorer

ARI	Address Recognized Indicator Bit

ARIES	ATM Research & Industrial Enterprise Study

ARP	Address Resolution Protocol

ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency

ARPANET	Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork

AS	Autonomous System

ASAD	Association of Software Authors and Distributors

ASC	Advanced Software Concepts

ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASI	Adapter Support Interface

ASIC	Application-Specific Integrated Circuit

ASN.1	Abstract Syntax Notation 1

ASP	Association of Shareware Professionals
Association of Shareware Programmers
AppleTalk Session Protocol

ASPI	Advanced SCSI Programming Interface

AST	Automatic Scheduled Testing

ASTRAL	Alliance for Strategic Token Ring Advancement and Leadership

AT	Advanced Technology

AT&T	American Telephone & Telegraph

ATDT	ATtention Dial Tone

ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Adobe Type Manager

ATOB	ASCII TO Binary

ATP	AppleTalk Transaction Protocol

ATT	Automatic Toll Ticketing

AUI	Attachment Unit Interface

AUP	Acceptable Use Policy

AURP	Apple Update Routing Protocol

AVI	Audio Video Interleave

AWG	American Wire Gauge

AWK	Ano, Weinberger and Kernighan


The 43 Acronyms beginning with B

B8ZS	Bipolar with 8 Zero Substitution

BAPI	Bridge Application Program Interface

BASH	Bourne Again SHell

BASIC	Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BB	Bye Bye

BBS	Bulletin Board System
Bulletin Board Service

BC	Block Check

bcc	blind carbon copy

BCD	Binary Coded Decimal

BCS	Business Communication Services

BDE	Borland Database Engine

BDOS	Basic Disk Operating System

BER	Basic Encoding Rules

BEV	Blacksburg Electronic Village

bg	background

BGP	Border Gateway Protocol

BHA	ButtHead Astronomer

BIC	Borland International Conference

BIND	Berkeley Internet Name Domain

BIOS	Basic Input/Output System

BIPS	Billion Instructions Per Second

BITNET	Because Its Time NETwork

BIU	Basic Information Unit

BIV	Built-In Video

BIX	Byte Information EXchange

BLOB	Binary Large OBject

BMUG	Berkeley Macintosh Users Group

BOC	Bell Operating Company

BOF	Birds Of a Feather

BOOTP	BOOTstrap Protocol

BPDU	Bridge Protocol Data Unit

BPR	Business Process Re-engineering

bps	bits per second

BPV	BiPolar Violations

BRI	Basic Rate Interface

BRS	Bibliographic Retrieval Service

BSC	Binary Synchronous Communication

BSD	Berkeley Software Division

BTB	Branch Target Buffer

BTU	Basic Transmission Unit

BTW	By The Way

BVD	Battery Voltage Detect


The 104 Acronyms beginning with C

CAD	Computer-Aided Design

CADD	Computer-Aided Design and Drafting

CADE	Computer-Aided Document Engineering

CAE	Computer-Aided Engineering

CAI	Computer-Aided Instruction

CALS	Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistic Support
Continuous Acquisition and Lifecycle Support

CAM	Computer-Aided Manufacturing
Common Access Method

CAN	Campus Area Network

CARL	Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries

CAS	Communications Application Specification

CASE	Computer-Aided Systems Engineering
Computer-Aided Software Engineering

CAT	Computer Adaptive Testing

CATV	CAble TeleVision

CAVE	Cave Automatic Virtual Environment

CB	Create Button
Citizen's Band

CBB	Change Button Binding

CBE	Computer-Based Education

CBET	Computer Based Education and Training

CBIOS	Compatibility BIOS

CBM	Commodore Business Machines

CBT	Computer-Based Training

CCD	Charge-Coupled Device
Charge-Coupled Diode

CCIRN	Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networks

CCIS	Common Channel Interoffice Signaling

CCITT	Comite Consultatif International
de Telegraphique et Telephonique

CCL	Connection Control Language

CCR	Commitment, Concurrency and Recovery

CCS	Common Command Set

CD	Compact Disk
Change Directory
Carrier Detect

CD-I	Compact Disk Interactive

CD-R	Compact Disk Recordable

CD-ROM	Compact Disk Read Only Memory

CDE	Common Desktop Environment

Cdev	Control Panel DEVice

CDK	Control Development Kit

CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access

CDPU	Cellular Digital Packet Data

CDR	Constant Density Recording

CERT	Computer Emergency Response Team

CES	Consumer Electronics Show

CFR	Computerized Facial Recognition

CFV	Call For Votes

CGA	Color Graphics Adapter

CGI	Common Gateway Interface

CGM	Computer Graphics Metafile

CI	Check Item

CIB	Change Item Binding

CICS	Customer Information Communication System

CIE	Commercial Internet Exchange
Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage

CIM	CompuServe Information Manager

CIS	Card Information Structure
Compuserve Information Service

CISC	Complex Instruction Set Computer

CIX	Commercial Internet EXchange

CLASS	Custom Local-Area Signaling Services

CLC	Color Laser Copier

CLI	Call-Level Interface

CLNS	ConnectionLess Network Services
ConnectionLess-mode Network Services

CLTP	ConnectionLess Transport Protocol

CMC	Common Messaging Calls

CMIP	Common Management Information Protocol

CMIS	Common Management Information Services

CMOL	CMIP On IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control

CMOS	Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CMOT	Common Management Information Protocol Over TCP/IP

CMS	Conversational Monitor System

CMY	Cyan Magenta Yellow

CMYK	Cyan Magenta Yellow BlacK

CNI	Coalition for Networked Information

CNIDR	Clearinghouse for Networked Information
Discovery and Retrieval

COBOL	COmmon Business Oriented Language

CODE	Client/server Open Development Environment

CODEC	COmpression DECompression

COM	Common Object Model

CONS	COnnection-mode Network Services

CORBA	Common Object Request Broker Architecture

COS	Corporation for Open Systems

CoSN	Consortium for School Networking

CP/M	Control Program for Microcomputers

CPE	Customer Premises Equipment
Convergence Protocol Entity

CPN	Compuserve Packet Network

CPR	Computerized Patient Records

CPS	Cycles Per Second

CPU	Central Processing Unit

CRC	Cyclic Redundancy Check
Computer Records Center

CREN	Corporation for Research and Networking

CRS	Configuration Report Server

CRT	Cathode Ray Tube

CS	Clear to Send

CSD	Computer Services Organization

CSLIP	Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol

CSMA/CD	Carrier-Sense Multiple-Access/Collision-Detect(ion)

CSNET	Computer+Science NETwork

CSU	Channel Service Unit

CSU/DSU	Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
Channel Service Unit/Digital Service Unit

CSV	Comma-Separated Values

CTB	Communications ToolBox

CTERM	Communications TERMinal Protocol
Command TERMinal Protocol

CTI	Computer/Telephony Interconnect

CTS	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Clear To Send

CUA	Common User Access

CUI	Common User Interface

CWIS	Campus Wide Information System


The 88 Acronyms beginning with D

D-R	Disconnect and Reconnect

DAC	Digital to Analog Controller

DAD	Desktop Application Director

DAEMON	Disk And Execution MONitor

DAL	Data Access Language

DAP	Data Access Protocol

DARPA	Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DAT	Digital Audio Tape
Duplicate Address Test

DB	Destroy Button

DBA	DataBase Administrator

DBMS	DataBase Management System

DC	Direct Current

DCA	Defense Communications Agency

DCC	Direct Cable Connection

DCD	Data Carrier Detect

DCE	Data Communications Equipment
Data Circuit-Terminating 	Equipment
Device-Control Entries
Distributed Computing Environment

DCI	Display Control Interface

DCL	Delphi Component Library

DCU	Delphi Compiled Unit

DDA	Digital Differential Analyzer

DDB	Device Descriptor Block

DDC	Display Data Channel

DDCMP	Digital Data Communications Message Protocol

DDE	Dynamic Data Exchange

DDK	Device Driver Kit

DDN	Defense Data Network

DDP	Datagram Delivery Protocol

DDS	Digital Data Standard
Digital Data Storage

DEC	Digital Equipment Corporation

DECmcc	DEC management control center

DEK	Data Encryption Key

DEMPR	DEC MultiPort Repeater

DEN	Document-Enabled Network

DES	Data Encryption Standard

DG	Data General

DI	Disable Item

DIB	Device Independent Bitmap

DID	Direct Inward Dial

DIF	Data Interchange Format

DIP	Document Insert Protocol

DIP	Dual In-line Package

DIX	Digital, Intel and Xerox

DL	Data Link

DLC	Data Link Control

DLCI	Data Link Connection Identifier

DLL	Dynamic Link Library

DLT	Digital Linear Tape

DMA	Direct Memory Access

DMI	Desktop Management Interface

DMT	Delphi Menu Template

DNS	Domain Name System

DOJ	Department Of Justice

dot	document template

DP	Dial Pulse

DPA	Demand Protocol Architecture

DPL	Descriptor Privilege Level

DPMI	DOS Protected Mode Interface

DPP	Distributed Parallel Processing

DPR	Delphi PRoject

DPT	Distributed Processing Technology

DQDB	Distributed Queue Dual Bus

DR-DOS	Digital Research Disk Operating System

DRAM	Dynamic Random Access Memory

DRDA	Distributed Relational Database Architecture

DRP	DECnet Routing Protocol

DS0	Digital Signal Level 0

DS1	Digital Signal Level 1

DS3	Digital Signal Level 3

DSA	Directory System Agent

DSAP	Destination Service Access Point

DSM	Distributed System Management

DSOM	Distributable System Object Model

DSP	Digital Signal Processor
Domain Specific Point

DSR	Data Set Ready

DSSS	Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

DSTN	Dual-Scan Twisted Nematic

DSU	Data Service Unit

DSU/CSU	Data Service Unit/Channel Service Unit

DTD	Document Type Definition

DTE	Data Terminal Equipment

DTP	DeskTop Publishing

DTR	Data Transmit Ready
Data Terminal Ready

DTSX	Data Transport Station for X.25

DUA	Directory User Agent

DVI	Digital Video Interactive

DXF	Drawing EXchange Format

PI	Dots Per Inch


The 59 Acronyms beginning with E

E-IDE	Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics

EAP	Enterprise Architecture Planning

EARN	European Academic and Research Network

EAROM	Electronically Alterable Read Only Memory

EB	Enable Button

EBCDIC	Extended-Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code

EBIOS	Extended BIOS

ECC	Error Checking and Correcting

ECCs	Error Correction Codes

ECD	Energy Conversion Devices

ECL	End Communication Layer

ECMA	European Computer Manufacturers Association

ECP	Extended Capability Port

ECSA	Exchange Carriers Standards Association

ED	Extended Disk

EDC	Error Detection Code

EDI	Electronic Data Interchange

EDL	Edit Decision List

EDLIN	EDitor of LINes

EDM	End Of Message

EDO	Extended Data Out

EE	Extended Edition

EEPROM	Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

EFF	Electronic Frontier Foundation

EFLA	Extended Four-Letter Acronym

EGA	Enhanced Graphics Array
Exterior Gateway Protocol

EGP	Exterior Gateway Protocol

EI	Enable Item

EIA	Electronics Industries Association

EIA/TIA	Electronic Industries Association/Telecommunication
 	Industries Association

EIS	Executive Information System

EISA	Extended Industry Standard Architecture

EL	ElectroLuminescent

ELAP	EtherTalk Link Access Protocol

ELF	Extremely Low Frequency Radiation

EM	Expanded Memory

EMACS	Editor MACroS

EMI	Electro-Magnetic Interference

EMM	Expanded Memory Manager

EMS	Extended Memory System
Expanded Memory Specification

EMWAC	European Microsoft Windows NT Academic Consortium

ENIAC	Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator

EOF	End Of File

EOI	End Of Interrupt

EOT	End Of Transmission

EP	Execute Program

EPA	Environmental Protection Agency

EPP	Enhanced Parallel Port

EPROM	Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

EPS	Encapsulated PostScript

EPSF	Encapsulated PostScript File

ES-IS	End System to Intermediate System Protocol

ESC	Educational Software Cooperative

ESCD	Extended System Configuration Data

ESD	ElectroStatic Discharge

ESDI	Enhanced Small Device Interface

ESF	Extended Superframe Format

ETLA	Extended Three-Letter Acronym

ew	embedded window


The 41 Acronyms beginning with F

FAL	File Access Listener

FAQ	Frequently Asked Question

FAQs	Frequently Asked Questions

FAT	File Allocation Table

FCBS	File Control BlockS

FCC	Federal Communications Commission

FCI	Frame Copied Indicator Bit

FCS	Frame Check Sequence

FDDI	Fiber Data Distributed Interface
Fiber Distributed Data Interconnect

FDM	Frequency Division Multiplexing

FET	Field-Effect Transistor

fg	foreground

FHSS	Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum

FID	Format IDentifier

FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standard

FIX	Federal Information EXchange

FM	Function Management

FMD	Function Management Data

FNC	Federal Networking Council

FOIM	Field Office Information Management System

FORTRAN	FORmula TRANslation

FOSI	Format Output Specification Instance

FPO	For Position Only

fps	frames per second

FPU	Floating -Point Unit

FQDN	Fully Qualified Domain Name

FRC	Functional Redundancy Check

FSF	Free Software Foundation

FSK	Frequency Shift Keying

FSN	Full Service Network

FSR	Free System Resources

FSU	File Support Utility

FT-1	Fractional T-1

FTA	Floptical Technology Association

FTAM	File Transfer Access and Management

ftp	file transfer protocol
file transfer program

FTS	Federal Telecommunications System

FWIW	For What It's Worth

FYA	For Your Amusement

FYI	For Your Information


The 23 Acronyms beginning with G

G	Gigabyte

g,d & r	grinning, ducking and running

GA	Go Ahead

GB	GigaByte

Gbps	Gigabit per second

GDI	Graphical Device Interface

GEM	Graphics Environment Manager

GHz	GigaHerz

GIF	Graphics Interchange Format

GIGO	Garbage In Garbage Out

GMR	Giant Magneto-Resistive

GNN	Global Network Navigator

GNU	GNU is Not Unix

GOSIP	Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile

GPF	General Protection Fault

GPR	General Purpose Register

GPR	General-Purpose Registers

GPS	Global Positioning System

GQL	Graphical Query Language

Grep	Globally search for a Regular Expression
and Print all lines containing it

GSH	Global School House

GSM	Global Standard for Mobile communications

GUI	Graphical User Interface


The 25 Acronyms beginning with H

H	Hexadecimal

HALs	Hardware Abstraction Layers

HCI	Human-Computer Interaction

HCSS	High Capacity Storage System

HDLC	High-level Data Link Control

HDTV	High-Definition TeleVision

HFC	Hybrid Fiber Coax

hhos	ha ha only serious

HLLAPI	High Level Language Applications Programming Interface

HMA	High Memory Area

HMD	Head-Mounted Display

HMOS	High-speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor

HP	Hewlett-Packard

HPCA	High Performance Computing Act

HPCC	High Performance Computing and Communication

HPFS	High-Performance File System

HPPCL	Hewlett-Packard Printer Command Language

HPPI	High Performance Parallel Interface

HS	High Speed

HSM	Hierarchical Storage Management

HSV	Hue Saturation and Value

HTML	HyperText Markup Language

HTTP	HyperText Transfer Protocol

HYTELNET	HYpertext Browser for TELNET-accessible sites

Hz	Herz


The 81 Acronyms beginning with I

I-CASE	Integrated Computer-Assisted Software Engineering

I-D	Internet Draft

I/G	Individual/Group

I/O	Input/Output

IAB	Internet Architecture Board
Internet Activities Board

IAC	Interpret As Command
Inter-Application Communications

IAFA	Internet Anonymous ftp Archives

IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

IANAD	I Am Not A Doctor

IANAL	I Am Not A Lawyer

IAP	Internet Access Provider

IBA	Internet Business Association

IBM	International Business Machines

IC	Integrated Circuit

ICE	In-Circuit Emulator

ICM	Independent Color Matching

ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol

ICP	Internet Control Protocol

ICW	Initialization Command Word

IDAPI	Independent Database Application Programming Interface

IDE	Integrated Drive Electronics
Integrated Development Environment

IDEA	International Data Encryption Algorithm

IDI	Initial Domain Indicator

IDL	Interface Definition Language

IDMS	Integrated Data Management System

IDP	Internetwork Datagram Protocol
Initial Domain Part

IDT	Interrupt Descriptor Table

IE	Interrupt Enable

IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEN	Internet Experiment Note

IESG	Internet Engineering Steering Group

IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force

IFD	Image File Directory

IGES	Initial Graphics Exchange Specification

IGP	Interior Gateway Protocol

IGRP	Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

IGS	Internet Go Server

IINREN	Interagency Interim National Research and Education Network

IMCO	In My Considered Opinion

IMHO	In My Humble Opinion

IMNSHO	In My Not-So-Humble Opinion

IMO	In My Opinion

IMPS	Interface Message ProcessorS

IMR	Internet Monthly Report

IOC	Inter-Office Channel

IOW	In Other Words

IP	Instruction Pointer
Internet Protocol

IPC	InterProcess Communication

IPng 	Internet Protocol next generation

IPUMS	Integrated Public Use Microdata Series

IPv6	Internet Protocol version 6

IPX	Internetwork Packet EXchange

IR	Internet Router

IRC	Internet Relay Chat

IrDA	Infrared Data Association

IREQ	Interrupt REQuest

IRQ	Interrupt ReQuest

IRSG	Internet Research Steering Group

IRTF	Internet Research Task Force

IS	Intermediate System

IS-IS	Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System Protocol

ISA	Industry Standard Architecture

ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network

ISI	Information Sciences Institute

ISIS	Investigative Support Information System

ISM	Industrial Scientific and Medical

ISO	International Standards Organization

ISO/OSI	International Standards Organization/Open
System Interconnection model

ISOC	Internet SOCiety

ISODE	International Standards Organization Development Environment

ISP	Internet Service Provider

ISR	Interrupt Service Routine

ISV	Independent Software Vendor

ITL	International Telecommunications Union

ITT	International Telephone and Telegraph

ITU	International Telecommunication Union

IU	Integer Units

IVHS	Intelligent Vehicle Highway System

IWM	Integrated Woz Machine

IXC	IntereXchange Carrier


The 6 Acronyms beginning with J

JC	Jump Context

JEIDA	Japanese Electronic Industry Development Association

JI	Jump ID

JK	Jump Keyword

JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group

JPL	Jet Propulsion Laboratory


The 7 Acronyms beginning with K

K12Net	Kindergarten-12th Grade Network

KB	KiloByte

Kbps	Kilo bits per second

KHz	KiloHerz

KIF	Knowledge Interchange Format

KIS	Knowbot Information Services

KQML	Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language


The 36 Acronyms beginning with L

LAA	Locally Administered Address

LAN	Local Area Network

LAP	Link Access Protocol
Link Access Procedure

LAPB	Link Access Procedure Balanced

LAPD	Link Access Procedure D Channel

LAT	Local Area Transport

LATA	Local Access and Transport Area

LAVC	Local Area VAX Cluster

LCC	Leaded Chip Carriers
LAN Control Center

LCD	Liquid Crystal Display

LDT	Local Descriptor Table

LEC	Local Exchange Carrier

LED	Light Emitting Diode

LF	Largest Frame

LFN	Long File Name

LFO	Low Frequency Oscillator

LIF	Low Insertion Force

LIFO	Last In First Out

LIM	Lotus Intel Microsoft

LIM/EMS	Lotus Intel Microsoft/Expanded Memory Specification

LISP	LISt Processing language

LLAP	LocalTalk Link Access Protocol

LLC	Logical Link Control

LMMP	LAN/MAN Management Protocol

LMMS	LAN/MAN Management Service

LN:DI	Lotus Notes: Document Imaging

LOL	Laughing Out Loud

LP	Line Printer

LPM	Lines Per Minute

LR	List Recursive

LRU	Least Recently Used

LSB	Least Significant Bit
Least Significant Byte

LSI	Large Scale Integration

LSL	Link Support Layer

LU	Logical Unit

LZW	Lempel-Ziv-Welch


The 82 Acronyms beginning with M

M&A	Mergers & Acquisitions

MAC	Media Access Control
Medium Access Control

MADN	Multiple Appearance Directory Number

MAN	Metropolitan Area Network

MAP	Manufacturing Automation Protocol

MAPI	Microsoft Mail Application Programming Interface

MARC	MAchine Readable Cataloging

MAU	Multistation Access Units

MB	MegaByte

MBASIC	Microsoft BASIC

Mbps	Mega bits per second

MCA	Micro Channel Architecture

MCGA	Monochrome Graphics Adapter

MCI	Media Command Interface
Media Control Interface

MCS	Microsoft Consulting Services

MD	Make Directory

MDA	Monochrome Display Adapter

MDI	Multiple Document Interface

MEPS	Multi-language Electronic Phototypesetting System

MFC	Microsoft Foundation Classes

MFF	MIDI File Format

MFM	Modified Frequency Modulation

MHS	Message Handling Service

MHz	MegaHerz

MIB	Management Information Base

MIDI	Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MILNET	MILitary NETwork

MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

MIPS	Million Instructions Per Second

MIS	Management Information Systems

MLID	Multiple Link Interface Driver

MMAC	Multi Media Access Center

MMM	Multiple Master Metrics

MMU	Memory Management Unit

MNP	Microcom Networking Protocol

MO	Magnetic Orientation
Magneto-Optical

MODEM	MOdulation DEModulation

MOM	Message-Oriented Middleware

MOMspider	Multi-Owner Maintenance spider

MOO	MUD Oriented Objects

MOP	Maintenance Operations Protocol

MOS	Mass Optical Storage
Metal Oxide Semiconductor

MOST	Mass Optical Storage Technologies

MP/M	MultiProgram monitor for Microcomputers

MPC	Multimedia PC

MPEG	Motion Picture Experts Group

MPP	Massively Parallel Processing

MPU	MicroProcessor Unit

MR	Modem Ready

MRBC	Multiple-Resolution Bitmap Compiler

ms	millisecond

MS-BASIC	MicroSoft BASIC

MS-DOS	MicroSoft DOS

MSAU	MultiStation Access Unit

MSB	Most Significant Byte

MSDN	MicroSoft Developer Network

MSI	Medium Scale Integration

MSN	MicroSoft Network

MSP	Master Stack Pointer

MSRP	Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price

MTA	Message Transfer Agent

MTBF	Mean Time Between Failures

MTF	Modular Transfer Function

MTTR	Mean Time To Repair

MTU	Maximum Transmission Unit

MUD	Multi-User Dungeon
Multi-User Dimension
Multi-User Dialogue
Multi-User Domain

MULTICS	MULTI-User Interactive Computer System
MULTIplexed Information and Computing Service

MUNG	Mung Until No Good

MUSE	Multi-User Simulation Environment

MUSH	Multi-User Shared Hallucination

MUSIC	MUlti Session In Community

MUX	MUltipleX, MUltipleXor

MVC	Model-View-Controller

MVDMS	Multiple Virtual DOS Machines

MVL	Multi-Valued Logic

MVP	Multimedia Video Processor

MVS	Multiple Virtual Storage

MX	Mail EXchange Record


The 48 Acronyms beginning with N

NACS	NetWare Asynchronous Communications Server

NAK	Negative AcKnowledgement

NASI	Network Asynchronous Services Interface
NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface

NAU	Network Addressable Unit

NAUN	Nearest Active Upstream Neighbor

NBP	Name Binding Protocol

NCIC	National Crime Information Computer

NCP	Network Control Program

NCS	Network Connect Services

NCSA	National Center for Supercomputing Applications

NCSI	Network Communications Services Interface

NDIS	Network Driver Interface Standard

NEARNET	New England Academic and Research NETwork

NED	NASA Extragalactic Database

NEP	Network Entry Point

NEST	Novell Embedded Systems Technology

NetBEUI	NetBIOS Extended User Interface

NETBIOS	NETwork Basic Input/Output System

NEXT	Near End Cross (X) Talk

NFS	Network File System

NIC	Network Interface Card
Network Interface Controller
Network Information Center

NICE	Network Information and Control Exchange

NII	National Information Infrastructure

NIS	Network Information Services
Names Information Socket

NISO	National Information Standards Organization

NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology

NLM	Network Loadable Module
NetWare Loadable Module

NLSP	Network Link Services Protocol

NMI	NonMaskable Interrupt

NMS	Network Management Station

nn	no news is good news

NNTP	Net News Transport Protocol
Network News Transport Protocol

NOC	Network Operations Center

NOS	Network Operating System

NPTN	National Public Telecommunications Network
National Public Telecomputing Network

NREN	Nationals Research and Education Network

NRZ	Non-Return to Zero

ns	nanosecond

NSF	National Science Foundation

NSIC	National Storage Industry Consortium

NSP	Network Services Protocol
Native Signal Processing

NSS	Nodal Switching Station

NSTL	National Software Testing Laboratories

NT	Network Termination
Nested Task

NTP	Network Time Protocol

NTSC	National Television Standards Committee

NVEs	Network Visible Entities

NVRAM	Non-Volatile Random Access Memory


The 42 Acronyms beginning with O

OB	OBligatory Joke

OBI	Online Book Initiative

OBJ	OBligatory Joke

OC1	Optical Carrier Level 1

OCIS	Organized Crime Information Systems

OCLC	Online Computer Learning Center

OCR	Optical Character Recognition

OCW	Operation Command Word

OCXs	OLE Custom Controls (X stands for Control in this instance)

ODA	Open Document Architecture
Office Document Architecture

ODAPI	Open Database Application Programming Interface

ODBC	Open DataBase Connectivity

ODI	Open Data Link Interface

ODMA	Open Document Management API

OE	Output Enable

OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer

OF	Overflow Flag

OH	Off Hook

OIC	Oh I See (C)

OLAP	On-Line Analytical Processing

OLE	Object Linking and Embedding

OLTP	OnLine Transaction Processing

OMG	Object Management Group

OOBE	Out Of Box Experience

OOP	Object Oriented Programming

OOUI	Object-Oriented User Interface

OPC	Organic Photoconducting Cartridge

OPM	Other People's Money

ORAM	Optical Random Access Memory

ORB	Object Request Broker

OS	Operating System

OSDF	Open Shortest Data First

OSF	Open Systems Function
Open Software Foundation

OSI	Open Systems Interconnection

OSPF	Open Shortest Path First

OTF	On The Floor

OTOH	On The Other Hand

OTPROM	One-Time Programmable Read-Only Memory

OTTH	On The Third Hand

OUI	Organizationally Unique Identifier

OUTP	OUTput to Port

OWL	Object Window Library


The 85 Acronyms beginning with P

PABX	Private Automatic Branch EXchange

PAD	Packet Assembler and Disassembler

PADA	Packet Assembler/DisAssembler

PAHI	Public Access Internet Host

PAIS	Public Access Internet Site

PAL	Programmable Array Logic
Phase Alternating Line
Paradox Application Language

PAP	Printer Access Protocol

PAR	Positive Acknowledgment with Retransmission

PARC	Palo Alto Research Center

PAX	Private Automatic EXchange

PBX	Public Branch EXchange

PC	Personal Computer
Popup Context

PCAMI	PC Assets Manager Institute

PCCA	Portable Computer and Communications Association

PCD	Photo Compact Disk

PCI	Protocol Control Information
Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCL	Printer Control Language

PCM	Pulse Code Modulation

PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PCS	Personal Communication Services
Personal Conferencing Specification

PCWG	Personal Conferencing WorkGroup

PD	Public Domain

PDC	Primary Domain Controller

PDF	Portable Document Format

PDIAL	Public Dialup Internet Access List

PDL	Page Description Language

PDN	Public Data Network

PDO	Portable Distributed Objects

PDP	Parallel Distributed Processes

PDS	Processor Direct Slot
Personal Display System

PDU	Protocol Data Unit

PEM	Privacy-Enhanced Mail

PEP	Packetized Ensemble Protocol
Packet Exchange Protocol

PET	Personal Electronic Transactor

PFB	Printer Font Binary

PFM	Printer Font Metrics

PGA	Pin Grid Array
Professional Graphics Adapter
Programmable Gate Array

PGP	Pretty Good Privacy

PI	Popup ID

PIC	Programmable Interrupt Controller

PIF	Program Information File

PIM	Personal Information Manager

PIN	Processor Independent Network

PINE	Pine Is Not Elm

PING	Packet InterNet Gopher

PIO	Program's Input/Output

PK	Phil Katz

PL/1	Programming Language 1

PL/M	Programming Language for Microcomputers

PLA	Programmable Logic Array

PLE	Public Local Exchange

PLP	Presentation Level Protocol

PM	Presentation Manager

PMJI	Pardon Me for Jumping In

PMS	Pantone Matching System

PMT	Photo Multiplier Tube

PnP	Plug 'n' Play

POP	Post Office Protocol
Point Of Presence

POSIX	Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX

POST	Power On Self Test

POTS	Plain Old Telephone System
Plain Old Telephone Service

PPC	Power PC

PPD	Printer Page Description

PPN	Project-Programmer Number

PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol

PPS	Pulses Per Second

PRAM	Parameter Random Access Memory

PREP	Power PC REference Platform

PRI	Primary Rate Interface

PROFS	PRofessional OFfice System

PROM	Programmable Read-Only Memory

PSC	Personal Super Computer

PSN	Packet Switch Node

PSP	Program Segment Prefixes
Presentation Services Process

PSPDN	Packet Switched Public Data Network

PSRAM	Pseudo Static Random Access Memory

PSTN	Public Switched Telephone Network

PTP	Point To Point

PUC	Public Utility Commission

PVC	Private Virtual Circuit
Permanent Virtual Circuit

pwd	print working directory

PWM	Pulse Width Modulator


The 4 Acronyms beginning with Q

QBE	Query By Example

QDOS	Quick and Dirty Operating System

QIC	Quarter-Inch Cartridge
Quarter-Inch Cassette

QLLC	Qualified Logical Link Control


The 63 Acronyms beginning with R

R&D	Research & Development

RAD	Rapid Application Development

RAID	Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

RAM	Random Access Memory

RARE	Reseaux Associes par la Recherche Europeenne

RARP	Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

RAS	Remote Access Services

RAT	Register Alias Table

RBOC	Regional Bell Operating Companies

RBSE	Repository-Based Software Engineering

RC	Routing Control

RCP	Remote Copy Program

RD	Referenced Documents
Received Data
Route Descriptor

RDA	Remote Database Access

RDBMS	Relational DataBase Management System

REM	Ring Error Monitor

REPOUT	REPeater OUTput to Port

REXX	Restructured EXtended EXecutor

RFC	Request For Comments

RFI	Radio Frequency Interference

RFP	Request For Proposal

RFS	Remote File System

RGB	Red Green Blue

RH	Request Header
Response Header

RHost	Remote Host

RI	Ring Indicator
Routing Information

RII	Routing Information Indicator

RIP	Remote Imaging Protocol
Routing Information Protocol

RIPE	Reseaux IP Europeenne

RISC	Reduced Instruction Set Computer

RJ	Registered Jack

RJE	Remote Job Entry

RLA	Remote LAN Access

RLC	Run Length Coding

RLIN	Research Library Information Network

RLL	Run-Length Limited

rn	readnews

ROB	ReOrder Buffer

ROFL	Rolling On Floor Laughing

ROI	Return On Investment

ROM	Read-Only Memory

ROSE	Remote Operations Service Element

rot13	rotate 13

ROTFL	Rolling On The Floor Laughing

RPC	Remote Procedure Call

RPS	Ring Parameter Service

RR	Register Routine

RRF	Retirement Register File

RSAC	Recreational Software Advisory Council

RSI	Repetitive Stress Injury

RSN	Real Soon Now

RSX	Real-time resource-Sharing EXecutive

RT	Routing Type

RTC	Real-Time Controller

RTF	Rich Text Format

RTFM	Read The Fine Manual

RTM	Run-Time Manager

RTMP	Routing Table Maintenance Protocol

RTPC	RISC Technology Personal Computer

RTS	Request To Send

RTT	Round-Trip Time

RU	Request Unit
Response Unit

RUIP	Remote User Information Program


The 77 Acronyms beginning with S

SAA	Systems Application Architecture

SABME	Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Extended

SAP	Service Access Point
Service Advertising Protocol

SATAN	Security Analysis Tool for Auditing Networks

SCAM	SCSI Configuration AutoMagic
SCSI Configured AutoMatically

SCC	Serial Communications Controller

SCMS	Serial Copy Management System

SCO	Santa Cruz Operations

SCS	System Communication Services

SCSI	Small Computer Systems Interface

SD	Send Data

SDC	Secondary Domain Controller

SDD	Software Description Database

SDI	Single Document Interface

SDK	System Design Kit
System Development Kit

SDLC	Synchronous Data-Link Control

sea	self-extracting archive

SEAM	Saber Enterprise Application Manager

SED	Stream EDitor

SEF	Source Explicit Forwarding

SGI	Silicon Graphics Incorporated

SGML	Standard Generalized Markup Language

SGMP	Simple Gateway Management Protocol

shar	shell archives

SHED	Segmented Hypergraphics EDitor

SHG	Segmented HyperGraphics

SIG	Special Interest Group

SIMM	Single In-line Memory Module

SIPS	SMDS Interface Protocol

SIR	Serial InfraRed

SLIP	Serial Line Internet Protocol

SM	Standby Monitor

SMART	Software Metering and Resource Tracking

SMB	Server Message Block

SMDS	Switched Multimedia Data Services
Switched Multimegabit Data Service

SMFA	Specific Management Functional Area

SMI	Structure of Management Information

SMP	Symmetric MultiProcessing

SMS	Storage Management Services
Systems Management Server

SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNA	Systems Network Architecture

SNADS	Systems Network Architecture Distribution Services

SNAP	Sub-Network Access Protocol

SNI	Subscriber Network Interface

SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol

SOH	Start Of Header

SOHO	Small Office Home Office

SOM	System Object Model

SONET	Synchronous Optical NETwork

SP	Stack Pointer

SPA	Software Publishing Association

SPARC	Scaleable Performance ARChitecture

SPEC	Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative

SPOOL	Simultaneous Peripheral Operations Off-Line

SPP	Sequenced Packet Protocol

SPR	Statistical Pattern Recognition

SPX	Sequenced Packet EXchange

SQL	Structured Query Language

SR	Source Routing

SRAM	Static Random Access Memory

SRBs	Source Routing Bridges

SRF	Specifically Routed Frame

SRI	Stanford Research Institute

SRT	Source Routing Transparent

SSAP	Source Service Access Point

SSL	Security Systems Layer

STAR	Shareware Trade Association and Resources

STE	Spanning Tree Explorer

STID	STation ID

STN	Super-Twisted Nematic

STP	Shielded Twisted Pair

SUA	Stored Upstream Address

SVC	Switched Virtual Circuit

SVD	Simultaneous Voice and Data

SVGA	Super Video Graphics Array

SWAIS	Single Wide-Area Information System


The 48 Acronyms beginning with T

T&C	Terms & Conditions

TA	Terminal Adapter

TAC	Terminal Access Controller

TANSTAAFL	There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

TAP	Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol
Technological Assistance Program

TAPI	Telephony Application Programming Interface

tar	tape archiver

TB	TeraByte
Transparent Bridging

TCB	Transmission Control Block

TCL	Tool Command Language

TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TDM	Time Division Multiplexing

TDMA	Time Division Multiple Access

TDP	Telelocator Data Protocol

telnet	telecommunications network

TEMPEST	Transient ElectroMagnetic Pulse Emanation STandard

TFT	Thin Film Transistor

TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TG	Technical Guide

TH	Transmission Header

TI	Texas Instruments

TIA	Telecommunications Industry Association

TIC	Token Ring Interface Coupling

TIFF	Tag Image File Format

TIMS	Transmission Impairment Measurement Set

TIRPC	Transport-Independent Remote Procedure Call

TLA	Three-Letter Acronym

TLAP	TokenTalk Link Access Protocol

TLI	Transport Layer Interface

TMC	Thinking Machines Corporation

TN	Twisted Nematic

TP	Transaction Processing
Transport Protocol

TQM	Total Quality Management

TR	Terminal Resistors
Terminal Ready

trn	threaded readnews

TRS	Tandy Radio Shack

TRSDOS	Tandy Radio Shack Data Operating System

TSA	Target Service Agents

TSR	Terminate and Stay Resident

TSS	Task State Segment

TTA	Transport Triggered Architecture

TTF	True Type Font

TTFN	Ta Ta For Now

TTL	Time To Live

TTY	TeleTYpewriter


The 17 Acronyms beginning with U

U/L	Universal/Local

UA	Unnumbered Acknowledgment
User Agent

UAE	Unrecoverable Application Error

UART	Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

UDP	User Datagram Protocol

UI	Uncheck Item

ULP	Upper Layer Protocols

UMB	Upper Memory Blocks

UNMA	Unified Network Management Architecture

UPS	Uninterruptable Power Supply

URL	Uniform Resource Locator

USL	Unix Systems Lab

UTC	Universal Time Coordinated

UTP	Unshielded Twisted Pair

UUCP	UNIX to UNIX Copy Program

UV-EPROM	Ultra Violet Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

UVGA	Ultra-Video Graphics Array


The 48 Acronyms beginning with V

V	Volt

VAN	Value-Added Network

VAP	Value-Added Process

VAR	Value-Added Reseller

VARP	VINES Address Resolution Protocol

VAX	Virtual Address EXtension

VBA	Visual Basic for Applications

VBK	Visual Basic Killer

VBNS	Very-High Bandwidth Network Service

VBX	Visual Basic EXtension

VCL	Visual Component Library

VCPI	Virtual Control Program Interface

VCR	VideoCassette Recorder

VCS	Version Control System

VDM	Virtual DOS Machine

VDT	Video Display Terminal

VERONICA	Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide Index to
Computerized Archives

VESA	Video Equipment Standards Association

VFRP	VINES FRagmentation Protocol

VGA	Video Graphics Array

vi	visual interactive editor

VICP	VINES Internet Control Protocol

VIM	Vendor Independent Messaging

VINES	VIrtual NEtwork Software
VIrtual NEtworking System

VIP	VINES Internet Protocol

VIPC	VINES InterProcess Communications

VL-BUS	VESA Local Bus

VLIW	Very Large Instructive Word

VLM	Virtual Loadable Module

VLSI	Very Large-Scale Integration

VM	Virtual Mode
Virtual Machine

VMB	Voice Mail Box

VMM	Virtual Memory Manager
Virtual Machine Manager

VMS	Virtual Memory System

VR	Virtual Reality

VRAM	Video Random Access Memory

VRMC	Virtual Reality Markup Language

VRTP	VINES RouTing Protocol

VRU	Voice-Response Unit

VSAM	Virtual Storage Access Method

VSAT	Very Small Aperture Terminal

VSPP	VINES Sequenced Packet Protocol

VT	Video Terminal
Virtual Terminal

VTD	Video Terminal Display

VTE	Video Transfer Engine

VXD	Virtual Device Driver (X here stands for Device)


The 19 Acronyms beginning with W

W4	WorldWide Web Wanderer

WAIS	Wide-Area Information Servers

WAN	Wide Area Network

WATS	Wide Area Telephone Service
Wide Area Telecommunications Service

wcCODE	wildcat Custom On-line Development Engine

WELL	Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link

WG	WorkGroup

WHAT	Windows Help Authoring Tools

WIMP	Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointer

WINS	Windows Internet Naming Service

WISDN	Wireless Intelligent Services Distributed Netwide

WMF	Windows Meta Files

WORM	Write Once Read Many

WRK	Windows Resource Kit

WRT	With Respect To
With Regard To

WWIS	WorldWide Information Systems

WWW	World Wide Web

WYSIWYG	What You See Is What You Get

WYSIWYP	What You See Is What You Print


The 7 Acronyms beginning with X

XBM	X BitMap

XDR	EXternal Data Representation

XGA	EXtended Graphics Adapter

XID	EXchange IDentification

XMM	EXtended Memory Manager

XMS	EXtended Memory Specification

XNS	Xerox Network System


The 8 Acronyms beginning with Y
The 7 Acronyms beginning with Y

YA	Yet Another

YACC	Yet Another Compiler Compiler

YAG	Yet Another Gizmo

YIPL	Youth International Party Line

YMMV	Your Mileage May Vary

YP	Yellow Pages

YR	Yeah, Right


The 5 Acronyms beginning with Z

ZDI	Ziff-Davis Interactive

ZIF	Zero Insertion Force

ZIP	Zone Information Protocol

ZIS	Zone Information Socket

ZIT	Zone Information Table


The 3 Acronyms beginning with a Number

2VL	2-Valued Logic

4GL	4th Generation Language

6DOF	6 Degrees Of Freedom


The 3 Acronyms beginning with a Symbol

*P*	Prodigy

<g>	grin

<vbg>	very big grin