A/D:Analog to Digital
A/S/L:Age/Sex/Location
A/V Professional:Audio Video Professional
AA:Auto Answer
AAA:ASCII Adjust after Addition
AAB:All-to-All Broadcast
AAD:ASCII Adjust before Division
AAM:ASCII Adjust After Multiply
AAS:ASCII Adjust After Subtraction
AASP:ASCII Asynchronous Support Package
AAT:Average Access Time
ABC:Activity Based Costing
ABC:Atanasoff-Berry Computer
ABEND:ABnormal END
ABF:Applications By Forms
ABI:Application Binary Interface
ABIOS:Advanced BIOS
ABIST:Automatic Built-In Self-Test
ABLE:Adaptive Battery Life Extender
ABR:Available Bit Rate
ABS:Address Book Synchronization
AC:Alternating Current
ACB:Adapter Control Block
ACC:accumulator
ACC:Automation Classification Code
ACE:Adverse Channel Enhancements
ACE:Automatic Contrast Enhancement
ACK:ACKnowledge character
ACL:Access Control List
ACM:Audio Compression Manager
ACO:Additional Call Option
ACPI:Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACS:Access Control Set
ACS:Access Control System
ACS:Advanced Computer System
ACS:Asynchronous Communication Server
ACSE:Association Control Service Element
ACTS:Automated Computer Time Service
ACU:Address Computation Unit
AD:Analog/digital
ADA:Automatic Data Acquisition
ADAC:Analog-Digital Analog Converter
ADC:Adaptive Data Compression
ADC:ADd with Carry
ADC:Analog to Digital Converter
ADC:Apple Display Connector
ADD:Automatic Document Detection
ADE:Advanced Drafting Extensions
ADE:Automatic Design Engineering
ADF:Automatic Document Feeder
ADL:Animation Description Language
ADLC:Adaptive Lossless Data Compression
ADO:Active Data Objects
ADP:Association of Database Producers
ADP:Automatic Data Processing
ADP:Airborne Data Processor
ADPC:Automatic Data Processing Center
ADPCM:Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADPE:Automatic Data Processing Equipment
ADS:Active Directory Services
ADSL:Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines
ADT:Advanced Droplet Technology
ADX:Automatic Data Exchange
AE:Above or Equal
AE:Absolute Error
AEC:Architecture, Engineering, Construction
AES:Advanced Encryption Standard
AF:Audio Frequency
AF:Auxiliary carry Flag
AFC:Automatic Font Change
AFC:Automatic Frequency Control
AFIS:Automated Fingerprint Identification System
AFK:Away from keyboard
AFS:Andrew File System
AGA:Advanced Graphics Adapter
AGC:Automatic Gain Control
AGP:Accelerated Graphics Port
AGRAS:AntiGlare-antiReflective-AntiStatic
AGU:Address Generation Unit
AH:Accumulator High-order byte
AHAH:Asynchronous HTML and HTTP
AI:Artificial Intelligence
AICK:Apple Internet Connection Kit
AIF:Audio Interchange Format
AIG:Application Instruction Guide
AIM:Access Isolation Mechanism
AIMS:Apple Internet Mail Server
AIMS:Auto-Indexing Mass Storage
AIP:Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Interface Processor
AIS:Accredited Integration Specialist
AISP:Association of Information Systems Professionals
AISS:Apple Internet Server Solution
AIT:Average Instruction Time
AIX:Advanced Interactive Executive
AJAX:Asynchronous Javascript and XML
AL:Accumulator Low-order byte
AL:Average Latency
ALC:Automatic Level Control
ALGOL:ALGorithmic Oriented Language
ALIWEB:Archie Like Indexing in the Web
ALN:Asynchronous Learning Network
ALU:Arithmetic and Logic Unit
AM:Amplitude Modulation
AMA:Automatic Message Accounting
AMD:Active Matrix Display
AMFD:Advanced Micro fine Droplet
AMS:Asymmetric Multiprocessing System
AN:Access Network
ANI:Automatic Number Identification
ANN:Artificial Neural Network
ANOVA:Analysis Of Variance
ANS:Apple Network Server
ANSA:Adaptive Network Security Alliance
ANSI:American National Standards Institute
AO:Analog Output
AO/DI:Always On/Dynamic ISDN
AOD:Advanced Optical Disc
AOS:Add-Or-Subtract
AP:Access Points
AP:Attached Processor
APA:Adaptive Packet Assembly
APA:Arithmetic Processing Accelerator
APBS:AirPort Base Station
APC:Accredited Presales Consultant
APC:Automatic priority grouping
APCO:Association of Public Safety Communications Officials
API:Application Program Interface
APIC:Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
APIS:Advanced Passenger Information System
APL:A Programming Language
APM:Advanced Power Management
APNIC:Asia-Pacific Network Information Center
APP:Accredited Presales Professional
APRP:Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing
APS:Accredited Platform Specialist
APS:Adobe Post Script
APS:Advanced Photo System
APS:Advanced Printing Service
APS:Asynchronous Protocol Specification
APS:Attached Processor System
APSE:Ada Programming Support Environment
APT:Automatic Picture Transmission
APT:Automatically Programming Tools
AQ:Any Quantity
AQL:Acceptable Quality Level
AR:Access Rate
AR:Address Register
ARA:AppleTalk Remote Access
ARAG:Antireflective-Antiglare
ARAS:Antireflective-Antistatic
ARIN:American Registry for Internet Numbers
ARM:Advanced RISC Machine
ARM:Asynchronous Response Mode
AROS:Research Operating System
ARP:Address Resolution Protocol
ARPANET:Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ARPL:Adjust Requested Privilege Level
ARQ:Automatic ReQuest for repetition
ARTA:Apple Real Time Architecture
ARU:Audio Response Unit
AS:Add-Subtract
AS:Application Sharing
AS:Autonomous System
AS/U:Advanced Server for Unix
ASAP:As Soon As Possible
ASAP scheme:Automatic Self Allocating Processor scheme
ASC:Accredited Sales Consultant
ASC:American Society for Cybernetics
ASCII:American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASE:Accredited Systems Engineer
ASET:Adaptive Subband Excited Transform
ASF:Active Streaming Format
ASIC:Application-specific integrated circuit
ASIS:American Society for Information Science
ASK:Amplitude Shift Keying
ASLM:Apple Shared Library Manager
ASM:Associative Storage Memory
ASMP:Asymmetric Multiprocessing
ASP:Accredited Sales Professional
ASP:Active Server Pages
ASP:Application Service Provider
ASP:Association of Shareware Professionals
ASP:Authorized Service Provider
ASR:Automatic Send-Receive
ASR:Automatic Speech Recognition
AST:Average Seek Time
ASV:Arithmetic Simple Variable
ASV:Automatic Self Verification
ASYNC:Asynchronous
AT:Access Time
AT:Advanced Technology
AT:Artificial Intelligence
AT:Automatic Translation
ATA:Advanced Technology Attachment
ATC:Advanced Transfer Cache
ATL:Active Template Library
ATM:Adobe Typeface Manager
ATM:Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM:Automated Teller Machine
ATSU:Association Time Sharing Users
ATX:Advanced Technology Extended
AU:Arithmetic unit
AU:Attachment Unit
AuC:Authentication Center
AUDIT:Automated Data Input Terminal
AUI:Attachment Unit Interface
AUP:Acceptable Use Policy
AUTOSEVOCOM:Automatic Secure Voice Communications
AV:Audio/Video
AV:Audiovisual
AV:Authenticity Verification
AVA:Accelerated Video Adapter
AVC:Audio Visual Connection
AVI:Audio Visual Interleave
AVR:Automatic Voice Recognition
AVS:Application Visualization System
AVVID:Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data
AWS:Apple Workstation Server
AWT:Abstract Windowing Toolkit
AX:Accumulator heX
AXAH:Asynchronous XHTML and HTTP
B/F:Background/Foreground
B2B:business to business
B2C:business to consumer
B2X:Binary To Hexadecimal
BA:Binary Add
BAC:Binary Analog Conversion
BAK:Back At Keyboard
BAL:Basic Assembly Language
BALUN:Balanced Unbalanced
BAMP:BSD/Linux Apache MySQL PHP
BAPI:Biometrics API
BAS:BAsic Source
BASH:Bourne Again Shell
BASIC:Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BASICA:BASIC Advance
BASM:Built-In Assembler
BAT:Block Address Translation
BAV:Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana
BBIAF:BeBack In A Flash
BBL:BeBack Later
BC:Binary Code
BCC:Blind Carbon Copy
BCC:Business Continuity Configuration
BCD:Binary Coded Decimal
BCH:Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem
BCI:Binary Code Instrumentation
BCI:Binary Coded Information
BCN:Beacon
BCP:Best Current Practice
BCPL:Basic Computer Programming Language
BCS:Bar Code Sorter
BCW:Buffer Control Word
BDA:Bios Data Area
BDA:Blu-ray Disc Association
BDAM:Basic Direct Access Method
BDC:Backup Domain Controller
BDE:Borland Database Engine
BDOS:Basic Disk Operating System
BDP:Business Data Processing
BDR:Burst Data Rate
BDR:Bus Device Request
BDU:Basic Display Unit
BE:Below or Equal
BE:Boolean Expression
BEAMOS:Beam-addressed MOS
BEDO:Burst Extended Data Out
BER:Basic Encoding Rules
BF:Bad Flag
BFF:Binary File Format
BFS:BeOS File System
BFS:Breadth First Search
BFT:Binary File Transfer
BGA:Ball Grid Array
BGCOLOR:Background Color
BGE:Branch if Greater or Equal
BGP:Border Gateway Protocol
BGT:Branch if Greater Than
BH:Base High-order Byte
BHI:Branch if HIgher
BHIS:Branch if HIgher or Same
BI:Binary Input
BIB:Backward Indicator Bit
bidec:BInary to DEcimal Conversation
BIFET:Bipolar Field Effect Transistor
BIFF:Binary Interchange File Format
BIGFET:Bipolar Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor
BIM:Beginning of Information Marker
BINAC:BINary Automatic Computer
BIND:Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BinHex:Binary Hexadecimal
BIOS:Basic Input Output System
BIPS:Billion Instructions Per Second
BIS:Business Information System
BISAM:Basic Indexed Sequential Access Method
B-ISDN:Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BIST:Built In Self Test
BISYNC:BInary SYNchronous Communications protocol
BITBLT:Bit-Aligned block Transfer / Bit Aligned block Transfer
BITNET:Because It's Time Network
BITNIC:Bitnet Network Information Center
BIX:Binary Information eXchange
BIX:Byte Information Exchange
BKSP:Backspace
BL:Base Low-order Byte
BLAISE:British Library Automated Information Service
BLE:Branch if Less or Equal
BLOS:Branch if Lower Or Same
BMA:burst mode access
BMC:Block Multiplexer Channel
BMI:Branch if Minus
BMIC:Bus Master Interface Controller
BMM:Black Matrix Mask
BN:Binary Number
BNC:Bayonet Neill Concelman
BNE:Branch if Not Equal
BNF:Backus Normal Form
BNF:Backus-Naur Form
BNS:Backbone Network Service
BO:Binary Output
BoB:Break out Box
BOC:Basic Operator Console
BOF:Begin Of File
BOM:Beginning Of Message
BOM:Byte Order Mark
BOND:Bandwidth On Demand
BootP:Bootstrap Protocol
bootstrap:bootstrap (boot)
BOPS:Billion Operations Per Second
BORAM:Block Oriented Random Access Memory
BOS:Basic Operating System
BOT:Beginning Of Table
BOT:Beginning Of Type
BP:Base Pointer
BPI:Bits Per Inch
BPL:Branch if Plus
BPR:business process re-engineering
BPS:Bits Per Second
BPS:Bytes Per Second
BR:Bad Register
BRA:Basic Rate Access
BRB:Be Right Back
B-REP:Boundary REPresentation
BRI:Basic Rate Interface
BRSI:Basic Rate Interface
BS:Binary Subtract
BSA:Business Software Alliance
BSC:Basic Switching Center
BSC:Binary Synchronous Communication
BSD:Berkeley Software Distribution
BSV:Basic Save Graphics
BT:Bit Test
BTAM:Basic Telecommunications Access Method
BTOA:Binary To ASCII
BTOS:Burroughs version of CTOS
BTR:Bit Test and Reset
BTS:Base Transceiver Station
BTS:Bit Test and Sets
BTW:By The Way
BU:Branch Unit
BUBL:BUlletin Board for Libraries
BX:Base heX
BXXP:Block eXtensible eXchange Protocol
C/D:Control Data
C/S:Client/Server
C2D:Character To Decimal
C2X:Character To Hexadecimal
CA:Collision Avoidance
CA:Communication Adapter
CA:Certificate Authoricity
CACE:Computer Aided Control Engineering
CACSD:Computer Aided Control System Design
CAD:Card Acceptance Device
CAD:Computer Aided Design
CADD:Computer Aided Design and Drafting
CAE:Client Application Enabler
CAE:Common Applications Environment
CAE:Computer Aided Engineering
CAFS:Content Addressable File Store
CAI:Computer Assisted Instruction
CAL:Client Access License
CAL:Computer Aided Learning
CAM:Common Access Method
CAM:Communication Access Method
CAM:Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAM:Conditional Access Module
CAM:Contents Addressable Memory
CAMAC:Computer Aided Measurement And Control
CAN:Controller Area Network
CAP:Competitive Access Provider
CAP:Computer Aided Planning
CAP:Carrierless Amplitude and Phase-Modulation
CAPS:CAPital letterS
CAPS:Cassette Programming System
CAR:Committed Access Rate
CARAM:Content Addressable Random Access Memory
CARP:Cache Array Routing Protocol
CAS:Column Address Strobe
CAS:Communications Application Specification
CAS:Computer Aided Styling
CAS:Conditional Access System
CAS:Column Address Select
CASE:Computer Aided Software Engineering
CAT:Computer Aided Testing
CAT:Concatenate
CAT SCAN:Computerized Axial Tomography Scan
CATC:Cisco Academy Training Center
CATV:Community Antenna Television
CAU:Controlled Access Unit
CAV:Constant Angular Velocity
CBA:Consumers Behaviour and Preferences
CBC:Cipher Block Chaining
CBGA:Ceramic Ball Grid Array
CBI:Computer Based Instrumentation
CBL:Computer Based Learning
CBMS:Computer Based Mail System
CBR:Constant Bit Rate
CBT:Computer Based Training
CBW:Convert Byte to Word
CC:Carriage Control
CC:Central Computer
CC:Control Change
CC::Carbon Copy
CCD:Charged-Coupled Device
CCE:Control Creation Edition
CCFT:Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube
CCGA:Ceramic Column Grid Array
CCH:Channel Check Handler
CCI:Common Client Interface
CCI:Common Content Inspection
CCITT:Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone
CCL:Cursor Control Language
CCNA:Cisco Certified Networking Associate
CCNP:Cisco Certified Networking Professional
CCP:Channel Control Processor
CCP:Console Command Processor
CCS:Call Control Server
CCS:Card and Socket Services
CCS:Cartesian Coordinate System
CCS:Common Channel Signaling
CCS:Common Command Set
CCS:Common Communications Support
CCT:Croma Clear Tube
CD:Carrier Detect
CD:Change Directory
CD:Clock Driver
CD:Collision Detection
CD:Color Display
CD:Compact Disk
CD EXTRA:Enhanced CD
CD+G:Compact Disk plus Graphics
CDA:Compound Document Architecture
CDB:Command Descriptor Block
CD-DA:Compact Disk-Digital Audio
CDE:Common Desktop Environment
CDE:Complex Data Entry
CDE:Cooperative Development Environment
CD-E:Compact Disk - Erasable
CDF:Channel Definition Format
CDF:Compound Document Framework
CDF:Cumulative Distribution Function
CDFS:Compact Disc File System
CD-I:Compact Disk - Interactive
CDL:Computer Design Language
CDM:Code Division Multiplex
CDMA:Code Division Multiple Access
CD-MO:Compact Disk - Magneto Optical
CDP:Continuous Data Protection
CDPD:Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDQ:Convert Double Quad
CDR:Call Detail Record
CDR:Committed Delivery Rate
CD-R:Compact Disk - Recordable
CD-R/RW:Compact Disk - Recordable/Re-Writable
CDRAM:Cache DRAM
CD-RDx:Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard
CDRL:Contract Data Requirements List
CD-ROM:Compact Disk Read-Only Memory
CD-RW:Compact Disk - Re-Writable
CDS:Color Display System
CDSA:Common Data Security Architecture
CDV:Cell Delay Variation
CDV:Compact Disk Video
CD-WO:Compact Disk - Write Once
CE:Collision Elimination
CeBIT:Centrum der Büro und Informationstechnik
CentOS:Community ENTerprise Operating System
CENTR:Council of European National Top-Level Registries
CEOP:Conditional End Of Page
CER:Canonical Encoding Rules
CERN:The European Particle Physics Laboratory (Conseil European pour la Recherche Nucleaire)
CERT:Computer Emergency Response Team
CF:Carry Flag
CF:Compact Flash
CFB:Cipher Feed Back
CFD:Contract for Difference
CFL:Context Free Language
CFM:Cubic Feet Per Minute
CFO:Chief Finance Officer
CFR:Computerized Facial Recognition
CGA:Color Graphics Adapter
CGI:Computer Generated Images
CGI:Computer Graphics Interface
CGI:Common Gateway Interface
CGI script:Common Gateway Interface script
CGM:Computer Graphics Metafile
CH:Count High (order byte)
CHAP:Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHAT:Conversational Hypertext Access Technology
CHCK:Channel Check
CHCP:Change Code Page
CHDIR:Change Directory
CHKDSK:Check Disk
CHMOD:Change Mode
CHRP:Common Hardware Reference Platform
CHS:Cylinder Head Sector
CHTML:Compact HTML
CI:Component Interface
CIA:Current Instruction Address
CIAO:Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office
CIDR:Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CIE:Commission Internationale de I'Eclairage
CIF:Common Interchange/Intermediate Format
CIM:Common Information Model
CIO:Chief Information Officer
CIP:Channel Interface Processor
CIR:Committed Information Rate
CIRC:Circular Reference
CIS:Card Identification Structure
CIS:Card Information Structure
CIS:Computer Information Systems
CIS:Customer Information System
CIS:Customer Interaction System
CIS:Contact Image Sensor
CIS (CI$):CompuServe Information Service
CISC:Complex Instruction Set Computing
CIX:Commercial Internet Exchange
CL:Count Low-order byte
CLAR:Channel Local Address Register
CLASP:Connecting Link for Applications and Source Peripherals
CLC:CLear Carry flag
CLC:Color Laser Copier
CLC:Cholesteric Liquid Crystals
CLD:CLear Direction flag
CLG:Circuit-Level Gateway
CLI:Calling Line Identifier
CLI:CLear Interrupt flag
CLI:Command Line Interface
CLIP:Caller Line Identity Presentation
CLIP:Component Library Integration Package
CLIR:Caller Line Identity Restriction
CLIST:Command List
CLP:Certified Lotus Professional
CLR:Cell Loss Ratio
CLR:Common Language Runtime
CLS:CLear Screen
CLU:Central Logic Unit
CLUI:Command Line User Interface
CLV:Constant Linear Velocity
CM:Control Mark
CMC:Call Modification Completed message
CMC:Common Mail Calls
CMC:CoMplement Carry Flag
CMD:Code Memory Driver
CMMU:Cache Memory Management Unit
CMOS:Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMOS 95:Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMOU:Certified Microsoft Office User Program
CMOV:Conditional MOVe
CMP:Cellular Multi Processing
CMP:CoMPare two operands
CMPS:CoMPare String
CMPSD:CoMPare String Double words
CMPSW:CoMPare String Word
CMR:Call Modification Request Message
CMS:Color Management Systems
CMS:Content Management System
CMTS:Cable Modem Termination System
CMY:Cyan-Magenta-Yellow
CMYK:Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK
CN:Control Number
CNA:Certified NetWare Administrator
CNAME:Canonical Name
CNC:Computerized Numerical Control
CNE:Certified NetWare Engineer
CNG:Comfort Noise Generation
CNI:Certified Novell Instructor (Novell)
CNV:Conventional
CNX:Certified Network Expert
CO:Central Office
CO:Common Overhead
COAST:Card On A Stick
COB:Chip-On-Board
COBOL:COmmon Business Oriented Language
COBOS:Clients Order-Book Online System
COD:Cash on Delivery
CODASYL:COnference on DAta SYstem Languages
CODEC:Coder/Decoder
CODEC:Compression/Decompression
COFF:Common Object File Format
COL:Computer Oriented Language
COLP/CLIP:Connected Line Identification Presentation /Calling Line Identification Presentation
COLR/CLIR:Connected Line Identification Restriction/Connected Line Identification Restriction
COM:Component Object Model
COMDEX:Computer Dealers Exposition
COMET:Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator
CONTONE:Continuous Tone
CORBA:Common Object Request Broker Architecture
COS:Compatible Operating System
CP:Copy Protected
CP/CMS:Control Program/Conversational Monitor System
CPA:Certified Public Accountant
CPA:Cost Per Action
CPAN:Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
CPC:Cost Per Click
CPCS:Check Processing Control System
CPD:Computer Products Distribution
CPE:Customer Premises Equipment
CPG:Clock Pulse Generator
CPI:Characters Per Inch
CPI:Clock Per Instruction
CPI:Cost Per Impression
CPL:Combined Programming Language
CPL:Cost Per Lead
CPL:Current Privilege Level
CPLD:Complex Programmable Logic Device
cpm:copies per minute
CPP:Crystal Pigment Phosphor
CPS:Character Per Second
CPS:Cost Per Sale
CPS:Cycle Per Second
CPSR:Current Program Status Register
CPT:Computer to Plate Technology
CPU:Central Processing Unit
CR:Call Request
CR:Carriage Return
CR/LF:Carriage Return/Line Feed
CRAYON:Create Your Own Newspaper
CRC:Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRL:Certificate Revocation List
CRLF:Cartridge Return Line Feed
CRM:Citizen Relationship Management
CRM:Compensating Resource Manager
CRM:Customer Relationship Management
CRT:Cathode Ray Tube
CRTC:CRT Controller
CS:Clear to Send
CS:Code Segment
CSA:Certified Systems Administrator
CSA:Communication Streaming Architecture
CSAD:Common Security Architecture Data
CSC:Critical System Configuration
CSCW:Computer Supported Cooperative Work
CSD:Corrective Service Diskette
CSE:Certified System Engineer
CSG:Constructive Solid Geometry
CSID:Call Subscriber ID
CSMA/CD:Carrier Sense Multiple Access and Collision Detection
CSNET:Computer Science NETwork
CSP:Certified Systems Professional
CSP:Chip Scale Packages
CSP:Chip Size Packages
CSP:Commercial Subroutine Package
CSP:Cryptographic Service Provider
CSR:Certificate Signing Request
CSS:Cascading Style Sheets
CSS:Connection Successful Signal
CSS:Contact Start-Stop
CSS:Content Scrambling System
CSS:Continuous System Simulator
CSSM:Client-Server Systems Management
CSTA:Computer-Supported Telephony Applications
CSV:Circuit-Switched Voice
CSV:Comma-Separated Value/Variable
CTC:Conditional Transfer of Control
CTC:Cornell Theory Center
CTCP:Client-To-Client Protocol
CTD:Cell Transfer Delay
CTEC:Certified Technical Education Center
CTF:Charge Trap Flash
CTF:Common Tape Family
CTI:Computer Telephony Integration
CTPA:Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter
CTR:click-through rate
CTS:Clear to Send
CTS:Common Type System
CTS:Customer's Telephone System
CTSe:Communication Transport System Europe
CU:Control Unit
CUA:Common User Access
CUB:Cursor Backward
CUD:Cursor Down
CUF:Cursor Forward
CUG:Closed User Group
CUI:Character User Interface
CUI:Common User Interface
CUP:Component Utility Payment
CUP:Cursor Position
CUSI:Configurable Unified Search Interface
CUT:Control Unit Terminal
CUTE:Clarkston University Terminal Emulator
CUU:Cursor Up
CVF:Compressed Volume File
CVGA:Color Video Graphics Array
CVIA:Computer Virus Industry Association
CVS:Concurrent Versions System
CVT:Convert
CVW:CodeView for Windows
CW:Clock Wise
CWD:Change Working Directory
CWD:Compare Word to Double
CWD:Convert Word to Double Word
CWIS:Campus Wide Information Service/System
CWM:Common Warehouse Metamodel
CWP:Current Window Pointer
CX:Count heX
CxF:Color eXchange Format
cXML:Commerce XML
CYMK:Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black
D/A:Digital to Analog
D/R:Direct or Reverse
D2C:Decimal To Character
D2T2:Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer
D2X:Decimal To Hexadecimal
D3D:Direct 3D
DA:Data Available
DA:Define Area
DA:Digital to Analog
DA:Decimal Addition
DAA:Data Access Arrangement
DAA:Decimal Adjust after Addition
DAB:Digital Audio Broadcasting
DAC:Data Acquisition and Control
DAC:Design Augmented by Computer
DAC:Digital to Analog Converter
DAC:Discretionary Access Control
DAC:Dual Attached Co_centrator
DACL:Discretionary Access Control Lists
DAL:Data Access Language
DAL:Disk Access Lockout
DAM:Direct Access Method
DAMPS:Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service
DAO:Data Access Object
DAO:Disk-At-Once
DAP:Data Access Pages
DAP:Data Access Protocol
DAS:Data Acquisition System
DAS:Decimal Adjust after Subtraction
DAS:Dual Attached Station
DASD:Direct Access Storage Device
DASE:DTV Application Software Environment
DAT:Digital Audio Type
DATACOM:Data Communications
DAU:Data Acquisition Unit
DAV:Digital Audio-Video
DAVIC:Digital Audio-Visual Council
DB:Digital Block
DB:DataBase
DB2:Database 2
DBA:DataBase Accelerator
DBA:DataBase Administrator
DBCL:DataBase Control Language
DBCS:Double-Byte Character Set
DBM:Data Base Manager
DBM:Dense Based Modeling
DBMS:DataBase Management System
DBR:DOS Boot Record
DBS:Data Base Server
DBS:Debug Service
DBS:Direct Broadcast Satellite
DBTG:Date Base Task Group
DC:Data Channel
DC:Data Communication
DC:Data Control
DC:Device Control
DC:Digital Comparator
DC:Digital Computer
DC:Direct Current
DC:Domain Controller
DC:Double Conversion
DC/SS:Delphi Client/Server Suite
DCA:Digital Communications Associates
DCA:Document Conferencing Application
DCA:Direct Chip Attach
DCC:Data Communication Channel
DCC:Direct Cable Connection
DCC:Dual Channel Controller
DCD:Data Carrier Detect (CD)
DCD:Distributed Cache Directory
DCE:Data Communications Equipment
DCE:Distributed Computing Environment
DCF:Data Compression Facility
D-CHANNEL:Data Channel
DCL:Data Control Language
DCL:DEC Command Language
DCL:Declaration
DCL:Digital Control Logic
DCN:Distributed Computer Network
DCOM:Distributed Component Object Model
DCP:Display Control Panel
DCS:Desktop Color Separation
DCS:Damage Cleanup Services
DCS 1800:Digital Communications System
DCT:Discrete Cosine Transform
DCTL:Direct Coupled Transistor Logic
DCTU:Dominant Certified Telecommunications Utility
DD:Data Demand
DD:Day
DD:Digital Data
DD:Digital Display
DD:Double Density
DDA:Distributed Data Access
DDA:Dolby Digital Audio
DDBMS:Distributed DataBase Management System
DDC:Digital Data Channel
DDC1:Display Data Channel One
DDCS:Distributed Database Connection Services
DDD:Data Definition Language
DDE:Dynamic Data Exchange
DDI:Direct Dial In
DDK:Device Driver Kit
DDL:Data Definition Language
DDM:Distributed Data Management
DDNS:Dynamic Domain Naming System
DDP:Distributed Data Processing
DDR:Double Data Rate SDRAM
DDS:Digital Data Storage
DDS:Design Data Sheet
DDS:Distributed Database Services
DDX:Digital Data Exchange
DE:Device End
DEA:Data Encryption Algorithm
DECT:Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephony
DEFRAG:defragment
DEK:Data Encryption Key
DELSTR:Delete String
DEM:Data Entry Message
DEQ:Double Ended Queue
DER:Distinguished Encoding Rules
DES:Data Encryption Standard
DET:Device Execute Trigger
DEV:Device
DF:Direction Flag
DF:Document Feeders
DFA:Deterministic Finate-state Automaton
DFP:Digital Flat Panel
DFS:Dept First Search
DFT:Drive Fitness Test
DH:Data High-order byte
DHCP:Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHTML:Dynamic HTML
DI:Destination Index
DIB:Dual Independent Bus
DIBOL:DEC Business Oriented Language
DIC:Digital Integrated Circuit
DID:Direct Inward Dialing
DIF:Data Interchange Format
DIFFSENS:Differential Sense
DIMM:Dual In-line Memory Modules
DIN:Deutsche Industry Norm
DIP:Dual In-line Package
DIP:Dual In-line Pin
DISC/RD:Disconnect / Request Disconnect
DIT:Directory Information Tree
DKS:Drum Kid Sounds
DL:Data Low-order byte
DL:Download
DLAB:Divisor Latch Access Bit
DLC:Data Link Control
DLCI:Data Link Connection Identifier
DLH:Divisor Latch High
DLL:Dynamic Link Library
DLL:Divisor Latch Low
DLP:Digital_Light Processor
DLS:Down Loadable Samples
DLT:Digital Linear Tape
DM:Data Marts
DMA:Direct Memory Access
DMAC:Direct Memory Access Controller
DMD:Digital Micromirror Device
DMI:Desktop Management Interface
DML:Data Manipulation Language
DMM:Digital Millimeter
DMOS:Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
DMP:Dot Matrix Printer
DMR:Distributed Metadata Repository
DMS:Database Management System
DMS:Defense Message System
DMT:Drop Modulation Technology
DMTF:Desktop Management Task Force
DMUX:demultiplexer
DMY:Day Month Year
DNA:Dynamic Network Administration
DNA:Distributed Internet Applications
DNF:Disjunctive normal form
DNIC:Data Network Identification Code
DNIS:Dialed Number Identification Service
DNS:Detect Network Settings
DNS:Domain Name System
DO:Data Out
DO:Distributed Objects
DOCSIS:Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
DOD:Drop On Demand
DOM:Document Object Model
DON:Digital Overlay Network
DOS:Disk Operating System
DOS:Default Operating System
DoS:Denial of Service
DOSEM:DOS Emulation
doubleword:double word
DOV:Data Over Voice
DOW:Day Of Week
DOW:Direct OverWrite
DP:Data Processing
DPA:Distributed Password Authentication
DPC:Deferred Procedure Call
DPF:Dynamic Packet Filtering
DPI:Dots Per Inch
DPM:Direct Power Management
DPMI:DOS Protected Mode Interface
DPMS:Display Power Management Support
DPO:Data Phase Optimization
DPOP:Digital Print Order Format
DPS:Data Protection System
DPtoTP:Display Coordinates to Tablet Coordinates
DQL:Data Query Language
DR:Data Received
DRAM:Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRDA:Distributed Relational Database Architecture
DR-DOS:Digital Research-Disk Operating System
Drive-TIP:Drive Temperature Indicator Processor
DRM:Digital Rights Management
DS:Data Segment
DS:Data Send
DS:Data Server
DS:Double Side
DS:Directory Services
DSA:Digital Signature Algorithm
DSCB:Data Set Control Block
DSDD:Double Sided, Double Density
DSE:Data Storage Equipment
DSHD:Double Sided, High Density
DSI:Digital Speech Interpolation
DSL:Digital Subscriber Line
DSL:Dynamic Storage Allocation
DSLAM:Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DSMIT:Distributed System Management Interface Tools
DSN:Data Source Name
DSN:Data Storage Network
DSP:Digital Signal Processor
DSQD:Double Sided, Quad Density
DSR:Data Set Ready
DSS:Digital Signature Standard
DSS:Decision Support System
DSSS:Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
DSSSL:Document Style Semantics and Specifications Language
DSTM:Data Services for Transport and Mobility Users
DSTN:Dual Super Twisted Nematic
DSVD:Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data
DT:Data Transmission
DTA:Disk Transfer Area
DTD:Document Type Definition
DTE:Data Terminal Equipment
DTL:Diode-Transistor Logic
DTP:DeskTop Publishing
DTR:Data Terminal Ready
DTR:Data Transfer Rate
D-trade:Digital Trade
DTX:Discontinuous transmission
DUAT:Direct User Access Terminal
DUN:Dial-Up Networking
DVB:Digital Video Broadcasting
DVB-H:Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld
DVB-T:Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial
DVC:Desktop Video Conferencing
DVD:Digital Video Disk
DVD+R:Digital Video Disk+Recordable
DVD-R:Digital Video Disk-Recordable
DVD-ROM:Digital Versitile Disc-ROM
DVD-RW:Digital Versitile Disc Read Write
DVI:Digital Video Interface
DW:Data Warehouse
DWG:DraWinG
DX:Data heX
DXF:Drawing Exchange Format
E/Z:equal zero
EA:Effective Address
EA:Extended Attribute
EAI:Enterprise Application Integration
EAL:Extended Access Lists
EARN:European Academic Research Network
EAROM:Electrically Alterable ROM
EAX:Accumulator heX
EBC:EISA Bus Controller
EBCDIC:Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBD:Emergency Boot Disk
EBLAMP:Extremely Business Linux Apache MySQL PHP
EBP:Base Pointer
EBX:Base heX
EC:Electronic Commerce
EC:Error Control
EC:Error Correction
ECC:Error Check Code
ECC:Error Checking and Correction
ECD:Enhanced Color Display
ECD:Enhanced Compact Disk
ECHO:European Commission Host Organization
ECI:External Call Interface
ECL:Emitter Coupled Logic
ECM:Emergency-changeover message
ECMA:European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECML:Electronic Commerce Modeling Language
ECP:Enhanced Capabilities Port
ECTS:European Computer Trade Show
ECX:Count heX
EDACS:Enhanced Digital Access Communications System
EDC:Error Detection and Correction
Eden:Electronic Distance Education Network
EDF:Enterprise Data Fabric
EDGE:Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution
EDI:Destination Index
EDI:Electronic Data Interchange
EDI:Electronic Document Interchange
EDIF:Electronic Design Interchange Format
EDIFACT:United Nations rules for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport
EDLIN:EDitor LINe
EDO:Extended Data Output
EDRAM:Enhanced DRAM
EDS:Exchangeable Disk Storage
EDSAC:Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
EDVAC:Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
EDX:Data heX
EE:External Environment
EEG:Electroencephalogram
EEM:Extended Memory Management
EEMS:Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
EEPROM:Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EFCOP:Encanced Filter COPprocessor
EFI:Electromechanical Frequency Interference
EFL:Emitter Follower Logic
EFS:Encrypting File System
EFT:Electronic Funds Transfer
EFTS:Electronic Funds Transfer System
EGA:Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EGCS:Experimental GNU Compiler System
EGF:Electronic Government Framework
EGP:External Gateway Protocol
EHD:Extra High Density
EIA:Electronic Industries Association
EIDE:Enhanced Intelligent/Integrated Drive Electronics
EII:Enterprise Information Integration
EIP:Instruction Pointer
EIP:Ethernet Interface Processor
EIPs:Enterprise Information Portals
EIR:Equipment Identity Register
EISA:Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EJB:Enterprise Java Beans
EJL:Epson Job Language
EL:Electroluminescent
EL:Erase Line
ELAN:Emulated Local Area Network
ELC:Embedded Linking and Control
ELSPA:European Leisure Software Publishers Association
EM:Electronic Mail
EM:End of Medium
EMA:Enterprise Management Architecture
EMACS:Editing Macros
EMC:Extended Math Coprocessor
EMF:Enhanced MetaFile
EMI:Electromagnetic Interference
EMM:Expanded Memory Manager
EMR:Electro-Magnetic Radiation
EMS:Electronic Mail System
EMS:Enhanced Messaging Service
EMS:Extended Memory Specification
ENIAC:Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer
EOA:End Of Address
EOB:End Of Block
EOC:End Of Conversion
EOD:End Of Data
EOF:End Of File
EOI:End Of Interrupt
EOI:End Or Identify
EOJ:End Of Job
EOL:End Of Line
EOL:End Of List
EOM:End Of Message
EOM:End Of Medium
EOP:End Of Program
EOR:Exclusive OR
EOS:Earth Observing System
EOS:End Of String
EOSLX:E/OS LX
EOT:End Of Table
EOT:End Of Tape (marker)
EOT:End Of Text
EOT:End Of Transmission
EOV:End Of Volume
EP:Electro photographic Engine
EPI:External Presentation Interface
EPIC:Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
EPLD:Electrically Programmable Logic Device
Epoc:Electronic Piece Of Cheese
EPP:Enhanced Parallel Port
EPROM:Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EPS:Encapsulated PostScript
EPS:Encrypting File System
EPS:Ethernet Power Source
EPSF:Encapsulated PostScript Files
EPSG:European Petroleum Survey Group
ERA:Environmental Protection Agency
ERD:Emergency Repair Disk
ERM:Enterprise Resource Managing
EROM:Erasable Read Only Memory
ERP:Enterprise Resources Planning
ES:Extra Segment
ESA:European Space Agency
ESAS:Extended Sub-Audible Signaling
ESB:Electronic Service Brokers
ESC/P:Epson _tandard Code for Printers
ESD:Electronic Software Distribution
ESD:Electrostatic Discharge
ESDI:Enhanced Small/System Device Interface
ESG:Electronic Service Guide
ESGNC:Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce
ESI:Enhanced Serial Interface
ESI:Stack Index
ESLP:Enterprise Source Licensing Program
ESN:Electronic Serial Number
ESP:Enhanced Serial Port
ESP:Stack Pointer
ESU:Electro-Static Unit
ETB:End of Transmission Block
ETL:Extract, Transform, Load
ETSI:European Telecommunications Standard Institute
ETX:End Of Text
EU:Execution Unit
EULA:End-User License Agreement
EVA:Enhanced Video Adapter
EVGA:Extended Video Graphics Array
EWAN:Emulator Without A Good Name
EWLM:Enterprise Workload Manager
F/T:Full Time
FAB:Computer-Chip Fabrication Plant
FAC:File Access Code
FAMOS:Floating Gate Avalanche MOS
FANS:Future Air Navigation System
FAO:Food and Agriculture Organization
FAP:File Access Protocol
FAPI:Family Application Program Interface
FAQ:Frequently Asked Questions
FARNET:Federation of American Research Networks
FASIC:Function and Algorithm-Specific Integrated Circuit
FAT:File Allocation Table
FBGA:Fine-pitch Ball Grid Array
FBI:Fingerprinted Binary Information
FC:Fibre Channel
FCA:Fibre Channel Association
FC-AL:Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop
FCB:File Control Block
FCC:Federal Communications Commission
FCC::File Carbon Copy
FCCSET:Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
FC-EL:Fibre Channel-Enhanced Loop
FCFS:First Come First Served
FCI:Flux Changes per Inch
FCIF:Full Common Intermediate Format
FCLC:Fibre Channel Loop Community
FCP:Fibre Channel Protocol
F-CPU:Freedom CPU
FCR:FIFO Control Register
FCS:Fibre Channel Standard
FCS:Frame Check Sequence
FC-SW:Fibre Channel fabric switches
FC-XS:Fiber Channel Cross-Switched Fabric
FD:Flexible Disk
FD:Floppy Disk
FD:Floppy Drive
FD:Full Duplex
FDC:Floppy Disk Controller
FDD:Frequency Division Duplex
FDDI:Fiber Digital Device Interface
FDDI:Fibre Distributed Data Interface
FDF:Find Dead Files
FDHD:Floppy Drive High Density
FDISK:Fixed Disk
FDM:Frequency Division Multiplexing
FDMA:Frequency Division Multiple Access
FDU:Floppy Disk Unit
FDX:Full DupleX
FED:Field Emission/Emitter Display
F-EDI:Financial Electronic Data Interchange
FEFO:First Ended First Out
FEIP:Fast Ethernet Interface Processor
FEP:Front End Processor
FEPROM:Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only
FeRAM:Ferroelectric RAM
FET:Field Effect Transistor
FET:Field Emission Display
FF:Flip-Flop
FF:Form Feed
FFDC:First Failure Data Capture
FFS:Fast File System
FFST:First Failure Support Technology
FFT:Fast Fourier Transform
FFT:Final Form Text
FG:Floating Gate
FH:File Handle
FH-CDMA:Frequency Hopping – Code Division Multiple Access
FHSS:Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum
FIB:Forward Indicator Bit
FIF:Fractal Image Format
FIFO:First Input First Output
FILO:First-In, Last-Out
FIP:FDDI Interface Processor
FIP:Fluorescent Indicator Panel
FIPS:Federal Information Processing Standard
FIR:Fast Infrared
FIR:Finite Impulse Response
FIT:Fast Image Transfer
FIT:Fountain Image Transformation
FIU:Fingerprint Identification Unit
FIX:Federal Internet Exchange
FLC:Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal
FLL:FoxPro Link Library
FLOPS:Floating-Point Operations Per Second
FM:Frequency Modulation
FM:Frequency Multiplexing
FM:Phase Modulation
FMO:File Mapping Object
FMS:Flexible Manufacturing System
FMS:Forms Management System
FMTEYWTKA:Far More Than Everything You Wanted To Know About
FMV:Full Motion Video
FNMP:FreeBSD Nginx MySQL PHP
FOCC:FOrward Control Channel
FOCL:Fiber Optic Communication Line
FOD:Fax On Demand
FOIP:Fax Over Internet Protocol
FORTRAN:FORmula TRANslator
FOS:File Organization System
FOSSIL:Fido Opus Seadog Standard Interface Layer
FOTS:Fiber Optic Transmission System
FOVC:FOrward Voice Channel
FOX:Fiber Optic Link
FP:Floating Point
FPC:Floating Point Calculation
FPCE:Floating-Point C Extension
FPGA:Field Programmable Gate Array
FPIs:Formal Public Identifiers
FPLA:Field Programmable Logic-Array
FPM:Fast Page Mode
FPMH:Failures Per Million Hours
FPP:Fixed Path Protocol
FPP:Floating Point Processor
FPR:Floating-Point Register
FPS:Fortran PowerStation
FPS:Frames Per Second
FPU:Floating Point Unit
FQDN:Fully Qualified Domain Name
FR:Frame Relay
FRAD:Frame Relay Access Device
FRAD:Frame Relay Access Device
FRAM:Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory
FRC:Frame Rate Control
FRC:Functional Redundancy Checking
FRE:Fast Routing Engine
FRED:Frame Editor
Freenet:For Research, Education and Engineering
freeware:FREE of charge softWARE
FRMR:frame reject
FRNI:Frame Relay Network Interworking
FRR:False Reject Rate
FRU:Field Replicable Units
FS:File Separator
FS:file system
FSA:Finite State Automaton
FSA:Fluid Self Assembly
FSA:Full Scene Anti Aliasing
FSB:Front Side Bus
FSD:File System Driver
FSE:Full Screen Editor
FSF:Free Software Foundation
FSIP:Fast Serial Interface Processor
FSK:Frequency Shift Keying
FSK:Phase Shift Keying
FSN:Full Service Network
FSR:Free System Resources
FSS:Full Stroke Seek
FST:Flat Square Tube
FST:Floating STore
FSTN:Film Super Twisted Nematic
FSTP:Floating STore and Pop
FTAM:File Transfer and Access Method
FTAM:File Transfer, Access and Management
FTC:Federal Trade Commission
FTP:Foil-shielded Twisted Pair
FTP:File Transfer Protocol
FTPD:File Transfer Protocol Daemon
FTX:Fault Tolerant Unix
FUI:File Update Information
FVA:Frequent Visited Area
FVT:Full Video Translation
fvwm:Virtual Window Manager
FW:ForWoard
FWIW:For What It's Worth
FXBIN:Fixed BINary (point)
FXCH:Floating eXCHange
FXO:Foreign Exchange Office
FXS:Foreign Exchange Subscriber
FYA:For Your Amusement
FYI:For Your Information
FZP:Fast Zero Power
GAC:Governmental Advisory Committee
GCC:GNU C-Compiler
GCR:Gray Component Replacement
GCT:Greenwich Civil Time
GDA:Graphics Display Adapter
GDI:Graphic Device Interface
GDT:Global Descriptor Table
GDT:Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
GEnie:(General Electric Network for Information Exchange)
GEO:Geostationary Earth Orbit
GEOTHER:Geometry Theorem Prover
GFDL:GNU Free Documentation License
GIGO:Garbage In, Garbage Out
GII:Global Information Infrastructure
GIS:Geographic Information System
GKS:Graphical Kernel System
GL:Graphics Language
GLAMP:GNU/Linux Apache MySQL PHP
GM:General MIDI
GMCH:Graphics and AGP Memory Controller Hub
GMDSS:Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
GML:Geographical Markup Language
GMR:Giant Magneto-Resistive
GMS:Global Management System
GMT:Greenwich Mean Time
GMTL:Great Minds Think Like
GNU:Gnu's Not Unix
GP:General Purpose
GPF:General Protection Fault
GPG:GNU Privacy Guard
GPIB:General Purpose Interface Bus
GPL:General Public License
GPM:General Purpose Macro generator
GPO:Group Policy Object
GPRS:General Packed Radio Services
GPS:Global Positioning System
GPS:General Problem Solver
GPU:Graphics Processing Unit
GRID:Global Resource Information Database
GS:Group Separator
GSA:General Services Administration
GSLP:Government Source Licensing Program
GSM:Global Shared Memory
GSM:Global System for Mobile-Communications
GSM1800:Global System for Mobile-Communications
GSM1900:Global System for Mobile-Communications
GSS API:Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface
GSTN:General Switched Telephone Network
GTO:Guide To Operations
GTP:Geometry Theorem Prover
GUI:Graphical User Interface
GVS:Group Videoconferencing System
GVT:Global Virtual Time
H.245:Call Control Protocol for Multimedia_Communication
H/PC:Handheld PC
H/V:Horizontal/Vertical
H/W:HardWare
HA:Home Address
HAAPI:Human Authentication API
HAL:Hard Array Logic
HAL:Hardware Abstraction Layer
HAM:Hierarchical Access Method
HBA:Host Bus Adapter
HCL:Hardware Compatibility List
HCU:Home Computer User
HD:Hard Disk
HD:high density
HDA:Head Disk Assembly
HDCP:High Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection
HDF:Hierarchical Data Format
HDI:Head to Disk Interference
HDL:Hardware Description Language
HDLC:High Data Link Communication / High-level Data Link Control
HDM:Hardware Device Module
HDMI:High Definition Multimedia Interface
HDML:Handheld Device Markup Language
HDSL:High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line
HDSL:High-data-rate Digital Subscriber Line
HDSS:Holographic Data Storage System
HDX:Half Duplex
HFC:Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial
HFS:Hierarchical File System
HGA:Hercules Graphics Adapter
HGC:Hercules Graphics Card
HGCP:Hercules Graphics Card Plus
HHOS:Ha, Ha, only serious
HHP:Host to Host Protocol
HI:Hybrid Interface
HIFD:High-Density Floppy Disk
HIMEM:High Memory
HIP:High-Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) Interface Processor
HIPERLAN:High Performance Local Area Network
HIPPI:High Performance Parallel Interface
HJV:Hot-Java Views
HLL:High Level Language
HLLAPI:High Level Language Application Programming Interface
HLR:Home Location Register
HLS:Hue, Luminance, Saturation
HMA:High Memory Area
HMOS:High Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HOCR:Handprint Optical Character Recognition
HPA:High Performance Addressing
HPC:Handheld Personal Computer
HPDJ:Hewlett-Packard Desk Jet
HPFS:High Performance File System
HPGL:Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HPHS:Hot-Pluggable / Hot-swappable
HPIB:Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
HPLJ:Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet
HP-UX:Hewlett-Packard Unix
HR:High Resolution
HRG:High Resolution Graphics
HRTF:Head Related Transfer Function
HS:High Speed
HSB:Hue, Saturation, Brightness
HSC:High Speed Channel
HSCSD:High Speed Circuit Switched Data
HSDPA:High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSI:Hue Saturation Intensity
HSP:High Speed Printer/Processor
HSSI:High Speed Serial Interface
HST:High Speed Technology
HSV:Hue Saturation Value
HT:Horizontal Tab
HT Technology:Hyper-Threading Technology
HTML:HyperText Markup Language
HTTP:Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTPS:Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Security
Hurd:HIRD of Unix-Replacing Daemons
HVD:Holographic Versatile Disc
HWD:Height-Width-Depth
I/F:Interface
I/O:Input/Output
I2O:Intelligent Input/Output
IA:Information Appliances
IA-64:Intel Architecture-64
IAB:Internet Activities Board
IAEA:International Atomic Energy Agency
IAK:Internet Access Kit
IAL:International Algebraic Language
IANA:Internet Assigned Numbers Authority [Internet]
IAS:Internet Authentication Service
IBAN:International Bank Account Number
IBC:International Broadcasting Convention
IBE:Internet Business Exchange
IBM-GL:IBM Graphics Language
IC:Incoming Connections
IC:Integrated Circuit (chip)
ICANN:Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICAO:International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAP:Internet Calendar Access Protocol
ICC:International Color Consortium
ICCP:Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals
ICE:In Circuit Emulator
ICE:Intelligent Concept Extraction
ICH:I/O Controller Hub
ICI:Image Component Information
ICL:ICon Library
ICLID:Incoming Call Line Identification
ICM:Image Color Management
ICMC:Internet Control Message Protocol
ICMP:Internet Control Message Protocol
ICN:Information and Communication Networks
ICQ:I SeeK You
ICS:Internet Cashing System
ICSA:International Computer Security Association
ID:Item Description
IDC:Integrated Database Connecto_
IDDE:Integrated Development and Debugging Environment
IDE:Integrated (Intelligent) Drive Electronics
IDE:Integrated Development Environments
IDEA:International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDIV:Integer Divide
IDL:Interactive Data Language
IDL:Interface Definition Language
IDL:Internet Definition Language
IDM:Integrated Data Management
IDMEP:Intrusion Detection Message Protocol
IDN:International Data Numbers
IDP:Internet Democracy Project
IDS:Intrusion Detection System
IDSL:ISDN DSL
IDT:Interface Design Tool
IDT:Interrupt Descriptor Table
IE:Internet Explorer
IEC:International Electrotechnical Commission
IECR:Interrupt Enable Command Register
IEEE:Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IES:Intelligent Emulation Switch
IESG:Internet Engineering Steering Group
IETF:Internet Engineering Task Force
IF:Interrupt Flag
IFC:Internet Fax Exchange
IFC:Internet Foundation Classes
IFG:Incoming Fax Gateway
IFLANET:International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
IFM:Intelligent Flow Management
IFS:Installable File System
IFS:Internet File System
IGBT:Isolated Transistor
IGES:Initial Graphics Exchange Standard
IGFET:Insulated-Gate Field Effect Transistor
IGMP:Internet Group Multicast Protocol
IGP:Interior Gateway Protocol
IGRP:Interior Gateway Routing Protocol [Cisco]
IHA:Intel Hub Architecture
IHA:Internet Home Alliance
IHL:Internet Header Length
IHV:Independent Hardware Vendor
IIC:Internet Information Center
IIL:Integrated Injection Logic
IIOP:Internet Inter-Operability Protocol
IIS:Internet Information Server
IKP:Internet Keyed Payments
ILP:Instruction Level Parallelism
ILS:International Language Support
IM:Instant message
IMAP:Internet Message Access Protocol
IMAX:Maximum Image
IMEI:International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMF:Intelligent Flow Management
IMHO:In My Humble Opinion
IML:Initial Microcode Load
IMNSHO:In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO:In My Opinion
IMS:Information Management System
IMS:Internet Mail Service
IMSI:International Mobile Subscriber Identity
IMSL:International Mathematics and Statistics Library
INIT:Initialization
INN:InterNet News
INS:Input String
INS:Integrated Network Server
INS:INput from port to String
instr:instruction
INTA:INTerrupt Acknowledge
InterNIC:Internet Network Information Center
INTO:Interrupt if Overflow occurs / INTerrupt to Overflow
IOB:Input Output Block
IOCS:Input Output Control System
IODS:Ink Out Detection System
IOP:Input/Output Processor
IOP:Internet Interoperability ORB Protocol
IOPL:Input/Output Privilege Level
IORT:Input Output Recovery Time
IOS:Internetwork Operating System
IOTP:Internet Open Trading Protocol
IOW:In Other Words
IP:Instruction Pointer
IP:Internet Protocol
IP address:Internet Protocol address
IPC:Instructions Per Clock
IPC:Interprocess Communication
IPCP:Internet Protocol Control Protocol
IPDC:Internet Protocol Datacasting
IPDS:IBM Personal Dictation System
IPI:Intelligent Peripheral Interface
IPL:Information Programming Language
IPL:Initial Program Loading
IPLC:International private leased circuit
IPMI:Intelligent Platform Management Interface
IPNG:Internet Protocol, next generation
IPSec:Internet Protocol Security
IPX:Internetwork Packet Exchange
IQL:Interactive Query Language
IR:InfraRed
IRC:Internet Relay Chat
IrDA:Infrared Data Association
IRET:Interrupt RETurn
IRIX:Integrated Raster Imaging System
IRLED:Infrared Light Emitting Diode
IRM:Information Resource Management
IRQ:Interrupt Request
IRQ:Interrupt Request Query
IRQL:Interrupt Request Level
IS:Information System
ISA (AT BUS):Industrial Standard Architecture
ISAPI:Internet Server Application Program Interface
iSCSI:Internet Small Computer System Interface
ISDN:Integrated Services Digital Network
ISH:Information Super Highway
ISL:Interactive System Language
ISM:Industrial, Scientific and Medi_al
ISM:Internet Service Manager
ISM:Invar Shadow Mask
ISO:International Organization for Standardization
ISOC:Internet Society
ISP:In System Programmability
ISP:Intermediary Service Providers
ISP:Internet Service Provider
ISQ:I SeeK You
ISSCC:International Solid-State Circuits Conference
ISSN:International Standard Serial Number
ISV:Independent Software Vendor
IT:Information Technology
IT IS:In-Services IT-training
ITE:Information Technology Equipment
ITF:Interactive Test Facility
ITR:Internet Talk Radio
ITRON:Industrial The Real-time Operating system Nucleus
ITS:Integrated Transaction Service
ITSP:Internet Telephony Service Providers
ITU:International Telecommunication Union
ITV:Interactive TeleVision
ITXC:Internet Telephony eXchange Carriers
IU:Integer Unit
IUT:Intelligent User Terminal
IVIS:Interactive Video Information System
IVR:Interactive Voice Response
IVT:Interrupt Vector Table
I-WAY:Information Wide Area Year
IWF:InterWorking Function
j/k:Just Kidding
J2EE:Java 2 Enterprise Edition
JA:Jump Address
JA:Jump if Above
JAAS:Java Authentication and Authorization Service
jackplug:jack plug
JAD:Joint Application Design
JAE:Jump if Above or Equal
JAIN:Java in Advanced Intelligent Networks
JANET:Joint Academic Network
JAR:Java Archive
JBE:Jump if Below or Equal
JBOD:Just a Bunch of Discs
JC:Jump if Carry set
JCRE:Java Card Runtime Environment
JCXZ:Jump if CX is Zero
JDBC:Java DataBase Connectivity
JDK:Java Development Kit
JE:Jump if Equal
JECXZ:Jump if ECX is Zero
JEIDA:Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association
JFC:Java Foundation Classes
JFET:Junction Field Effect Transistor
JFFS2:Journaling Flash File System version 2
JFIF:JPEG File Interchange Format
JFS:Journaling File System
JG:Jump if Greater
JGE:Jump if Greater or Equal
JIT:Just-In-Time
JL:Jump if Less
JLE:Jump if Less than or Equal to
JMP:JuMP
JNA:Jump if Not Above
JNAE:Jump if Not Above or Equal
JNB:Jump if Not Below
JNBE:Jump if Not Below or Equal
JNG:Jump if Not Greater
JNGE:Jump if Not Greater or Equal
JNLE:Jump if Not Less or Equal
JNO:Jump if No Overflow
JNP:Jump if No Parity
JNS:Jump if No Sign
JNZ:Jump if Not Zero
JOHNNIAC:JOHN Neumann Integrator and Automatic Computer
JPE:Jump if Parity Even
JPEG:Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPO:Jump if Parity Odd
JSON:JavaScript Object Notation
JSP:Java Server Pages
JSS:Java-Script Style Sheet
JUGHEAD:Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation and Display
JVM:Java Virtual Machine
JZ:Jump if Zero
K-12:Kindergarten through 12th Grade
kb:KeyBoard
Kb:Kilobit
KB:Kilobyte
KBD:KEYBoard
Kbps:Kilobits Per Second
KBps:Kilobytes Per Second
KDC:Key Distribution Center
KDE:K Desktop Environment
KDM:Kernel Model Driver
KDT:Key Definition Table
KFA:Key Frame Animation
KHz:KiloHertz
KSPH:Keystrokes Per Hour
