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100b-fx |
100 Base-Fx |
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100B-FX |
100BASE-FX |
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100B-T |
100BASE-T |
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100b-t |
100 Base-tT |
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100B-TX |
100BASE-TX |
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100b-tx |
100 Base-Tx |
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100bvg |
100 Basevg |
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100BVG |
100BASE-VG |
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10B-F |
10BASE-F |
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10b-f |
10 Base-FF |
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10B-FB |
10BASE-FB |
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10b-fb |
10 Base-Fb |
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10B-FL |
10BASE-FL |
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10b-fl |
10 Base-Fl |
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10B-FP |
10BASE-FP |
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10b-fp |
10 Base-Fp |
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10b-t |
10 Base-tT |
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10B-T |
10BASE-T |
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10B2 |
10BASE-2 |
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10b2 |
10 Base2 |
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10b5 |
10 Base5 |
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10B5 |
10BASE-5 |
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1gl |
First-Generation Programming Language |
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1NF |
First Normal Form |
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286 |
Intel 80286 processor |
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2B1Q |
2 Binary 1 Quaternary |
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2gl |
Second-Generation Programming Language |
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2NF |
Second Normal Form |
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386 |
Intel 80386 processor |
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3gl |
Third-Generation Programming Language |
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3GPP |
mobile broadband "3G" Partnership Project |
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3NF |
Third Normal Form |
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486 |
Intel 80486 processor |
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4B5BLF |
4 Byte 5 Byte Local Fiber |
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4GL |
Fourth-generation Programming Language |
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4NF |
Fourth Normal Form |
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5gl |
Fifth-Generation Programming Language |
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5NF |
Fifth Normal Form |
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6NF |
Sixth Normal Form |
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8b10blf |
8 Byte 10 Byte Local Fiber |
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AA |
Anti-Aliasing |
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AAA |
Authentication Authorization, Accounting |
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AABB |
Axis-Aligned Bounding Box |
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AAC |
Advanced Audio Coding |
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AAL |
ATM Adaptation Layer |
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AALC |
ATM Adaptation Layer Connection |
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AAMOF |
As A Matter Of Fact |
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AARP |
Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol |
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AAT |
Average Access Time |
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ABCL |
Actor-Based Concurrent Language |
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ABEND |
Abnormal End |
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ABI |
Application Binary Interface |
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ABM |
Asynchronous Balanced Mode |
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ABR |
Area Border Router |
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ABR |
Available Bitrate |
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abr |
AutoBaud Rate |
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ABR |
Available Bit Rate |
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AC |
Acoustic Coupler |
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AC |
Alternating Current |
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ACD |
Automatic Call Distributor |
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ACE |
Advanced Computing Environment |
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ACF |
Advanced Communications Function (IBM) |
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ACID |
Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability |
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ACK |
Amsterdam Compiler Kit |
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ACK |
Acknowledge (telecommunications; Cf. NAK) |
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ACK |
ACKnowledgment |
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ACL |
Active Current Loop |
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ACL |
Access Control List |
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ACM |
Association for Computing Machinery |
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ACME |
Automated Classification of Medical Entities |
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ACP |
Airline Control Program |
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ACPI |
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface |
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ACR |
Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio |
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ACR |
Allowed Cell Rate |
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AD |
Administrative Domain |
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AD |
Active Directory |
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ADB |
Apple Desktop Bus |
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ADC |
Analog-Digital Converter |
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ADC |
Apple Display Connector |
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ADCCP |
Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures |
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ADF |
automatic document feeder |
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ADO |
ActiveX Data Objects (Microsoft) |
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ADSL |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
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ADT |
Abstract Data Type |
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AE |
Adaptive Equalizer |
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AES |
Advanced Encryption Standard |
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AF |
Anisotropic Filtering |
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AFAICR |
As Far As I Can Remember |
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AFAIK |
As Far As I Know |
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AFK |
Away From Keyboard (Internet Chat Abbreviation) |
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AFP |
Apple Filing Protocol |
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AGP |
Accelerated Graphics Port |
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AH |
Active Hub |
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AI |
Artificial Intellegence |
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AIFF |
Audio Interchange File Format |
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AIX |
Advanced Interactive Executive (IBM) |
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AJAX |
Asynchronous Javascript and XML |
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AL |
Active Link |
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AL |
Access List |
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ALAC |
Apple Lossless Audio Codec |
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ALGOL |
Algorithmic Language |
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ali |
Acer Labs Incorporated |
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ALSA |
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture |
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ALU |
Arithmetic Logic Unit |
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ALU |
Arithmetic and Logical Unit |
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AM |
Allied Mastercomputer |
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AM |
Active Monitor |
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AM |
Amplitude Modulation |
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AM |
Access Method |
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AM |
Active Matrix |
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AMD |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (producer of computer chips) |
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AMD |
Advanced MicroDevices |
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AMOLED |
Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode |
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AMQP |
Advanced Message Queuing Protocol |
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AMR |
Audio Modem Riser |
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ANN |
Artificial Neural Network |
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ANSI |
American National Standards Institute, Inc. |
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ANT |
Another Neat Tool |
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AoE |
ATA Over Ethernet |
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AOL |
America on line |
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AOP |
Aspect-Oriented Programming |
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APC |
American Power Conversion |
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APCI |
Application-Layer Protocol Control Information |
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API |
Application Programming Interface |
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APIC |
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller |
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APIPA |
Automatic Private IP Address |
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APL |
Ada Programming Language |
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APR |
Apache Portable Runtime |
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APS |
Accunet Packet Service |
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APU |
Accelerated Processing Unit |
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ARC |
Advanced RISC Computing |
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ARC |
Adaptive Replacement Cache |
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ARIN |
American Registry for Internet Numbers |
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ARM |
Advanced RISC Machines Ltd |
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AROS |
AROS Research Operating System |
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ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol (ATM) |
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ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency (made early internet) |
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ARPA |
Address and Routing Parameter Area |
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ARPANET |
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet) |
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AS |
Access Server |
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ASCII |
American National Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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ASG |
Abstract Semantic Graph |
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ASIC |
application-specific integration circuit |
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ASIMO |
Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility |
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ASLR |
Address Space Layout Randomization |
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ASM |
Algorithmic State Machine |
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ASMP |
Asymmetric Multiprocessing |
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ASN.1 |
Abstract Syntax Notation 1 |
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ASP |
Application Service Provider |
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ASP |
Active Server Page |
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ASPI |
Advanced SCSI Programming Interface |
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ASR |
Asynchronous Signal Routine |
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ASSP |
Application-specific standard product |
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AST |
Abstract Syntax Tree |
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AT |
Access Time |
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AT |
Advanced Technology |
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AT |
Active Terminator |
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ATA |
Advanced Technology Attachment |
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ATAG |
Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines |
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ATAPI |
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface |
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ATI |
ATI Technologies Inc. |
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ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
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ATX |
Advanced Technology Extended [Intel] |
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AUP |
Acceptable Use Policy |
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AVC |
Advanced Video Coding |
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AVI |
Audio Video Interleave |
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AWK |
Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan |
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AWT |
Abstract Windowing Toolkit |
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AWT |
Abstract Window Toolkit (Java) |
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B TAM |
Basic Telecommunications Access Method |
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BAK |
Back At Keyboard |
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BAL |
Basic Assembly Language (Cf. ALC) |
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BAM |
Block Availability Map |
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Bash |
Bourne-again shell |
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BASIC |
Beginners Allpurpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
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BASIC |
Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
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BBFN |
Bye Bye For Now |
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BBIAB |
Be Back In A Bit |
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BBIAF |
Be Back In A Few |
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BBIAFM |
Be Back in A Few Minutes |
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BBIAM |
Be Back In A Minute |
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BBL |
Be Back Later |
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BBP |
Baseband Processor |
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BBS |
Be back soon |
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BBS |
Bulletin Board System |
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BCC |
Blind Carbon Copy |
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BCD |
Binary-Coded Decimal |
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BCNF |
Boyce–Codd normal form |
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BEEP |
Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol |
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BER |
Bit-Error Rate |
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BFD |
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection |
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BFD |
Binary File Descriptor |
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BFG |
BFG Technologies |
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BFN |
Bye for Now |
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BFS |
Breadth-First Search Algorithm |
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BFT |
Byzantine Fault Tolerant |
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BGP |
Border Gateway Protocol (routing protocol) |
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BI |
Business Intelligence |
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BIDI |
Bidirectional |
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BIDI |
Bi-Directional |
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BIDI |
Bidirectional Display |
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BIN |
Binary |
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BINAC |
Binary Automatic Computer, Nachfolger des ENIAC |
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BIND |
Berkeley Internet Name Domain |
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BIND |
Berkeley Internet Name Daemon |
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BIOS |
Basic Input Output System |
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BIT |
Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1) |
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BJT |
Bipolar Junction Transistor |
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BLOB |
Binary Large Object |
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BLOG |
Web Log |
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BMP |
Bitmap Format (Windows) |
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BMP |
Basic Multilingual Plane |
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BNC |
Barrel Nut Connector |
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BNC |
Bayonet Neill Concelman |
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BOINC |
Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing |
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BOM |
Byte Order Mark |
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BOOTP |
Bootstrap Protocol |
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BPDU |
Bridge Protocol Data Unit |
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BPEL |
Business Process Execution Language |
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BPM |
Business Process Modeling |
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bps |
bits per second |
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BRB |
Be right back |
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BRM |
Business Reference Model |
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brms |
Business Rule Management System |
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BRR |
Business Readiness Rating |
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BSA |
Business Software Alliance |
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BSB |
Backside Bus |
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BSD |
Berkeley Software Distribution |
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BSOD |
Blue Screen Of Death |
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BSS |
Block Started by Symbol |
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BT |
BlueTooth |
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BT |
BitTorrent |
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bt |
Bluetooth Tablet |
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BTAM |
Basic Telecommunications Access Method |
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BTS |
Bug Tracking System |
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BTW |
By The Way |
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BW |
Bandwidth |
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BYKT |
But You Knew That |
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BYOD |
Bring Your Own Device |
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CA |
Certificate Authority |
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CAD |
Computer-Aided Design |
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cad |
Computer Aided Designer |
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CAE |
Computer-Aided Engineering |
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CAI |
Computer-Aided Instruction |
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CAID |
Computer-Aided Industrial Design |
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CAM |
computer aided manufacturing |
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CAPTCHA |
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart |
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CAQ |
Computer-Aided Quality |
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CAQ |
Computer-Aided Quality Assurance |
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CAS |
Column Address Signal |
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CAT |
Computer-Aided Translation |
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CC |
Carbon Copy |
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CC |
C Compiler |
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CCD |
Charged Coupled Device |
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CD |
Compact Disc |
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CD-R |
CD-Recordable |
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CD-R |
Compact Disc-Recordable |
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CD-ROM |
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory |
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CD-ROM |
CD Read-Only Memory |
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CD-RW |
CD-Rewritable |
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CD-RW |
Compact Disc Re-Writable |
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CDE |
Common Desktop Environment |
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CDFS |
Compact Disc File System |
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CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access (voice/data transmission) |
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CDN |
Content Delivery Network |
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CDP |
Continuous Data Protection |
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CDR |
Compact Disk Recorder |
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CDR |
Compact Disc Recordable |
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CDROM |
compact disc read-only memory |
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CDRW |
Compact Disc - ReWritable |
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CDRW |
Compact Disk Re-Writer |
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CDSA |
Common Data Security Architecture |
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CERT |
Computer Emergency Response Team |
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CES |
Consumer Electronics Show |
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CF |
Compact Flash |
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CFD |
computational fluid dynamics |
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CFG |
Control Flow Graph |
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CFG |
Context-Free Grammar |
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CFM |
Cubic Feet per Minute |
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CG |
Computer Graphics |
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CGA |
Color Graphics Array |
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CGI |
Computer-Generated Imagery |
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CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
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CGT |
Computational Graph Theory |
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CHAP |
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (ATM) |
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CHAP |
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (PPP) |
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CHS |
Cylinder-Head-Sector addressing |
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CHS |
Cylinder Head Sector |
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CIDR |
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (ATM) |
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CIFS |
Common Internet Filesystem |
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CIFS |
Common Internet File System |
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CIM |
Computationally Independent Model |
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CIM |
Common Information Model |
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CIR |
Committed Information Rate (Frame Relay) |
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CISC |
Complex Instruction Set Computing |
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CISC |
Complex Instruction Set Computer |
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CJK |
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean |
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CJKV |
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese |
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CLI |
Command line Interface (Cabletron) |
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CLOB |
Character Large Object |
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CLR |
Common Language Runtime |
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CM |
Configuration Management |
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CM |
Content Management |
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CMIIW |
Correct Me If I'm Wrong |
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CMMI |
Capability Maturity Model Integration |
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CMOS |
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
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CMOS |
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductors |
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CMS |
Content Management System |
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CMYK |
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black |
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CN |
Canonical Name |
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CN |
Common Name |
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CNC |
Computer Numerical Control |
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CNR |
Communications and Networking Riser |
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COBOL |
Common Business-Oriented Language |
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COM |
Component Object Model |
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COMPUTER |
Common Operating Machine Particularly Used For Trade Education And Research |
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CORBA |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
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COTS |
Commercial Off the Shelf Software |
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CP/M |
Control Program/Monitor |
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CPA |
Control Panel Applet |
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CPA |
Cell Processor Architecture |
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CPA |
Converged Packet Access |
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CPA |
Cost Per Action |
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CPAN |
Comprehensive PERL Archive Network |
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CPC |
Cost Per Click-through |
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CPL |
Cost Per Lead |
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CPM |
Cost Per 1,000 Impressions |
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CPRI |
Common Public Radio Interface |
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CPS |
Classroom Performance System |
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CPS |
characters per second |
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CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
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CR |
Carriage Return |
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CRAN |
Comprehensive R Archive Network |
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CRC |
Contrôle de Redondance Cyclique (French: Cyclic Redundancy Check) |
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CRLF |
Carriage Return Line Feed |
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crm |
Customer Relationship Management |
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CRS |
Computer Reservations System |
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CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV) |
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CRUD |
Create, Read, Update and Delete |
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CS |
Computer Science |
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CS |
Cable Select |
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CSE |
Computer Science and Engineering Department (University of Washington) |
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CSI |
Common System Interface |
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CSP |
Communicating Sequential Processes |
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CSP |
Cloud Service Provider |
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CSRF |
Cross-Site Request Forgery |
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CSS |
Content Scramble System |
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CSS |
Closed Source Software |
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css |
Cross-Site Scripting and Script |
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CSS |
Cascade Style Sheet |
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CSV |
Comma-Separated Values |
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CSV |
Comma Separated Value(s) |
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CT |
Computerised Axial Tomography |
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CTAN |
Comprehensive TeX Archive Network |
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CTCP |
Client-To-Client Protocol |
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CTI |
Computer Telephony Integration |
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CTL |
Computational Tree Logic |
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CTM |
Close To Metal |
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CTP |
Composite Theoretical Performance |
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CTS |
Clear To Send |
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CTSS |
Compatible Time-Sharing System |
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CTSS |
Compatible Time Sharing System |
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CTX |
Commited to Excellence |
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CU |
See You |
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CUA |
Common User Access |
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CUL |
See You Later |
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CUL8R |
See You Later |
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CVS |
Concurrent Versions System |
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DAC |
Digital-To-Analog Converter |
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dac |
Digital to Analog Converter-Audio |
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DAC |
Discretionary Access Control |
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DAL |
Database Abstraction Layer |
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DAO |
Disk-At-Once |
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DAO |
Data Access Object |
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DAP |
Directory Access Protocol |
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DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US) |
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DAT |
Digital Audio Tape |
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DAW |
Digital Audio Workstation |
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DB |
Database |
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DBA |
Database Administrator |
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DBCS |
Double-Byte Character Set |
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DBMS |
Database Management System |
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DCC |
Direct Client to Client |
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DCC |
Digital Command Control |
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DCCA |
Debian Common Core Alliance |
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DCCP |
Datagram Congestion Control Protocol |
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DCIM |
Digital Camera Images |
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DCL |
Data Control Language |
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DCMI |
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (Online Computer Library Center) |
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DCOM |
Distributed Component Object Model |
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DD |
Double Density |
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DDE |
Dynamic Data Exchange (in software parlance) |
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DDL |
Data Definition Language |
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DDOS |
Distributed Denial of Service |
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DDR |
Double Data Rate |
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DDR-SDRAM |
Double Data Rate - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory |
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DDR2 |
Double Data Rate 2 |
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DDR3 |
Double Data Rate Type 3 |
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DEC |
Digital Equipment Corporation |
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DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
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DEV |
Development |
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DEV |
Devices |
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DFA |
Deterministic Finite Automaton |
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DFD |
Data Flow Diagram |
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DFI |
DFI Inc. (Design for Innovation) |
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DFS |
Distributed File System |
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DFS |
Depth-First Search |
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DGD |
Dworkin's Game Driver |
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DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
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DHTML |
Dynamic HyperText Markup Language |
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DIF |
Data Integrity Field |
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DIMM |
Dual Inline Memory Module |
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DIMM |
Dual In-line Memory Module (computing) |
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DIN |
Deutsches Institut für Normung. |
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DIP |
Dual In-line Package (electronics) |
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DIVX |
Digital Video Express |
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DIY |
Do-It-Yourself |
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DKIM |
Domain Keys Identified Mail |
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DL |
Download |
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DLC |
Downloadable Content |
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DLL |
Dynamic Link Library (computer file) |
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DLNA |
Digital Living Network Alliance |
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DLP |
Digital Light Processing |
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DMA |
direct memory access (computer term) |
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DMCA |
Digital Millennium Copyright Act |
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DMI |
Direct Media Interface |
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DML |
Definitive Media Library |
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DML |
Data Manipulation Language |
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DMR |
Dennis M Ritchie |
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DN |
Distinguished Name |
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DND |
Drag-and-Drop |
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DNS |
Domain Name System |
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DOCSIS |
Data over Cable Service Interface Specification |
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DOM |
Document Object Model |
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DOS |
Denial Of Service |
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DOS |
Disk Operating System |
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DP |
Dot Pitch |
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DPC |
Deferred Procedure Call |
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DPI |
Dots per inch. |
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DPI |
Deep Packet Inspection |
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DPMI |
DOS Protected Mode Interface |
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DPMS |
Display Power Management Signaling |
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DR-DOS |
Digital Research Disk Operating System |
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DRAM |
Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing) |
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DRI |
Direct Rendering Infrastructure |
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DRM |
Direct Rendering Manager |
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DRM |
Digital Rights Management |
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DSDL |
Document Schema Definition Languages |
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DSDM |
Dynamic Systems Development Method, Ltd |
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DSL |
Domain-Specific Language |
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DSL |
Domain Specific Language |
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DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
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DSLAM |
Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (Module) |
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DSN |
Database Source Name |
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DSN |
Data Set Name |
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DSP |
Digital Signal Processor |
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DSSSL |
Document Style Semantics and Specification Language |
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DTD |
Document Type Definition (XML) |
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DTE |
Data Terminal Equipment |
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DTP |
Desktop Publishing |
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DTR |
Data Terminal Ready |
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DV |
Digital Video |
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DVD |
Digital Versatile Disc |
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DVD |
Digital Video Disc |
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DVD R |
Digital Versatile Disc Recordable |
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DVD RW |
Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable |
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DVD-R |
Digital Versatile Disc Recordable |
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DVD-R |
DVD-Recordable |
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DVD-RAM |
Digital Versatile Disk - Random Access Memory |
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DVD-RAM |
Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory |
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DVD-ROM |
DVD-Read Only Memory |
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DVD-RW |
Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable |
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DVD-RW |
DVD-ReWritable |
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DVDR |
Digital Versatile Disc Recordable |
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DVDRAM |
Digital Versatile Disc - Random Access Memory |
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DVDRW |
Digital Versatile Disk - ReWritable |
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DVI |
Digital Video Interface |
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DVI |
Digital Visual Interface |
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DVR |
Digital Video Recorder |
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E-MAIL |
Electronic Mail |
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EAI |
Enterprise Application Integration |
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EAP |
Extensible Authentication Protocol |
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EBCDIC |
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced Eb-see-dik) (cf. BCD) |
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EBCDIC |
Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
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EBML |
Extensible Binary Meta Language |
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ECC |
Error Correction Code (Error Checking And Correction) |
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ECC |
Elliptic Curve Cryptography |
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ECMA |
European Computer Manufacturer's Association |
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ECN |
Explicit Congestion Notification |
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ECOS |
Embedded Configurable Operating System |
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ECRS |
Expense & Cost Recovery System |
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ECS |
Elitegroup Computer Systems |
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EDA |
Electronic Design Automation |
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EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange |
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EDO |
Extended Data Output |
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EDSAC |
Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator |
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EDSAC |
Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer |
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EDVAC |
Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer |
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EEPROM |
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
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EEPROM |
Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
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EFF |
Electronic Frontier Foundation |
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EFI |
Extensible Firmware Interface |
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EFM |
Eight-to-Fourteen-Modulation |
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EFM |
Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation |
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EGA |
Enhanced Graphics Array |
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EGP |
Exterior Gateway Protocol |
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eID |
electronic ID card |
|
EIDE |
Enhanced IDE |
|
EIDE |
Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics |
|
EIGRP |
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
|
EISA |
Extended Industry-Standard Architecture |
|
EISA |
Extended Industry Standard Architecture |
|
ELF |
Executable Linking Format |
|
ELF |
Extremely Low Frequency |
|
Elm |
Electronic Mail for UNIX |
|
EMACS |
Editor MACroS |
|
EMS |
Expanded Memory Specification |
|
ENIAC |
Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer |
|
EOD |
End Of Day |
|
EOF |
End Of File |
|
EOL |
End Of Line |
|
EOM |
End Of Message |
|
EPIC |
Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing |
|
EPROM |
Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory |
|
EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
|
EPS |
Encapsulated Postscript |
|
ERD |
Entity-Relationship Diagram |
|
ERM |
Entity-Relationship Model |
|
ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
|
ERP |
Emergency Response Plan |
|
ESB |
Enterprise Service Bus |
|
ESCON |
Enterprise Systems Connection |
|
ESD |
Electrostatic Discharge |
|
ESR |
Eric Steven Raymond |
|
ETL |
Extract, Transform, Load |
|
ETLA |
Extended Three Letter Acronym |
|
EUC |
Extended Unix Code |
|
EULA |
End User License Agreement (usually in reference to software) |
|
EUP |
Enterprise Unified Process |
|
EVGA |
EVGA Corporation |
|
EWMH |
Extended Window Manager Hints |
|
EXIF |
Exchangeable Image File |
|
EXT |
EXTended file system |
|
FAP |
FORTRAN Assembly Program |
|
FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak) |
|
FASM |
Flat Assembler |
|
FAT |
File Allocation Table |
|
FBDIMM |
Fully Buffered Dual Inline Memory Module |
|
FC-AL |
Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop |
|
FC-AL |
Fiber Channel - Arbitrated Loop |
|
FC-PGA |
Flip Chip Pin Grid Array |
|
FCB |
File Control Block |
|
FCS |
Frame check sequence (Ethernet) |
|
FDC |
Floppy Disk Controller |
|
FDD |
Floppy Disk Drive |
|
FDDI |
Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
|
FDMA |
Frequency-Division Multiple Access |
|
FDMA |
Frequency Division Multiple Access |
|
FDS |
Fedora Directory Server |
|
FEC |
Forward Error Correction |
|
FEMB |
Front-End Motherboard |
|
FET |
Field Effect Transistor |
|
FHS |
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard |
|
FHS |
File System Hierarchy Standard |
|
FICON |
Fiber Connectivity |
|
FIFO |
First In, First Out |
|
FILO |
First In, Last Out |
|
FiOS |
Fiber Optic Services |
|
FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standard |
|
FITB |
Fill In The Blank |
|
FL |
Function Level |
|
FLAC |
Free Lossless Audio Codec |
|
FLOPS |
FLoating-Point Operations Per Second |
|
FLOSS |
Free/Libre/Open Source Software |
|
FMC |
Fixed Mobile Convergence "Mobile UC or Unified Communications over Wireless" |
|
foad |
F'k Off And Die |
|
FOAF |
Friend Of A Friend |
|
FOLDOC |
Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing |
|
FOSDEM |
Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting |
|
FOSI |
Formatted Output Specification Instance |
|
FOSS |
Free and Open Source Software |
|
FOTCL |
Falling out the chair laughing |
|
FP |
Function Programming |
|
FPGA |
Field-Programmable Gate Array |
|
FPS |
Frame Per Second |
|
FPS |
Frames per second. |
|
FPS |
Floating Point Systems Ltd. |
|
FPU |
Floating Point Unit |
|
FQDN |
Fully Qualified Domain Name |
|
FRU |
Field Replaceable Unit |
|
FS |
File System |
|
FS |
For Sale |
|
FSAA |
Full Screen Anti-Aliasing |
|
FSB |
Front-Side Bus |
|
FSB |
Frontside Bus |
|
FSCK |
File System Check |
|
FSF |
Free Software Foundation |
|
FSM |
Finite State Machine |
|
FTF |
modes--face-to-face |
|
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
|
FTTC |
Fiber To The Curb光纤到路边 |
|
FTTH |
Fiber To The Home |
|
FTTP |
Fiber To The Premises |
|
FUBAR |
Fuked up beyond all recognition |
|
FUD |
Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt |
|
FWIW |
For What It's Worth |
|
FWS |
Folding White Space |
|
FXP |
File Exchange Protocol |
|
FYA |
For Your Amusement |
|
FYI |
For Your Information |
|
G11N |
Globalization |
|
GAS |
GNU ASsembler |
|
Gb |
Gigabit |
|
GB |
Gigabyte |
|
GBps |
Gigabytes per second |
|
GBps |
Gigabits per second |
|
GCC |
GNU Compiler Collection |
|
GCJ |
GNU Compiler for Java |
|
GCR |
Group Code Recording |
|
GDB |
GNU Debugger |
|
GDI |
Graphical Device Interface |
|
GFDL |
GNU Free Documentation License |
|
GFY |
Go Fuck Yourself |
|
GHz |
Gigahertz |
|
GIF |
Graphic Interchange Format |
|
GIGO |
Garbage In Garbage Out (computing) |
|
GIMP |
GNU Image Manipulation Program |
|
GIMPS |
Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search |
|
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
|
GLUT |
OpenGL Utility Toolkit |
|
GML |
Geography Markup Language |
|
GMTA |
Great Minds Think Alike |
|
GNOME |
GNU Network Object Model Environment |
|
GNU |
GNU's Not UNIX (a Recursive Acronym) |
|
GOMS |
Goals, Operators, Methods and Selection Rules |
|
GPASM |
GNU PIC ASseMbler |
|
GPFS |
General Parallel File System |
|
GPG |
GNU Privacy Guard |
|
GPGPU |
General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units |
|
GPIB |
General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus |
|
GPIO |
General Purpose Input/Output |
|
GPL |
General-Purpose Language |
|
GPL |
General Public License |
|
GPRS |
General Packet Radio Service |
|
GPS |
Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR) |
|
GPT |
GUID Partition Table |
|
GPU |
Graphics Processing Unit |
|
GRUB |
Grand Unified Boot-Loader |
|
GSM |
Global System for Mobile Communications |
|
GUI |
Graphical User Interface (goo-ey) |
|
GUID |
Globally Unique Identifier |
|
GWT |
Google Web Toolkit |
|
HAL |
Hardware Abstraction Layer |
|
HBA |
Host Bus Adapter |
|
HCI |
Human Computer InteractionUsability |
|
HCL |
Hardware Compatibility List |
|
HD |
High Density |
|
hd dvd |
High Definition DVD |
|
HDD |
Hard Disk Drive |
|
HDL |
Hardware Description Language |
|
HDMI |
High-Definition Multimedia Interface |
|
HDTV |
High Definition Televsion |
|
HDV |
High-Definition Video |
|
HF |
High Frequency |
|
HFS |
Hierarchical File System |
|
HHD |
Hybrid Hard Drive |
|
HHOK |
Ha-ha, only kidding |
|
HID |
Human Interface Device |
|
HIG |
Human Interface Guidelines |
|
HIRD |
Hurd Of Interfaces Representing Depth (cf. HURD) |
|
HIS |
Hightech Information System Limited |
|
HLASM |
High Level Assembler |
|
HMA |
High Memory Area |
|
HP |
Hewlett-Packard Development Company |
|
HPC |
High-Performance Computing |
|
HPFS |
High Performance File System |
|
HSDPA |
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access |
|
HSF |
Heat Sink and Fan |
|
HSF |
Heatsink-Fan |
|
HSM |
Hierarchical Storage Management |
|
HT |
Hyper-Threading |
|
HTC |
High Tech Corporation |
|
HTH |
Hope This Helps. Email abbreviation when replying to requests. Potentially counter-productive if the recipient doesn't understand what it means... |
|
HTM |
Hierarchical Temporal Memory |
|
HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language |
|
HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
|
HTTPd |
Hypertext Transport Protocol Daemon |
|
HTTPS |
HyperText Transport Protocol Secure |
|
HTX |
HyperTransport eXpansion |
|
HURD |
Hird Of Unix-Replacing Daemons (cf. Hird) |
|
HVD |
Holographic Versatile Disc (Optware) |
|
Hz |
cycles per second (hertz) |
|
I/O |
Input/Output |
|
I18N |
Internationalization |
|
IAC |
In Any Case |
|
IAE |
In Any Event |
|
IANA |
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
|
IBCS |
Intel Binary Compatibility Standard |
|
IBM |
International Business Machines Corporation |
|
IC |
Integrated Circuit |
|
ICANN |
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers |
|
ICE |
Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics |
|
ICE |
In-Circuit Emulator |
|
ICF |
Internet Connection Firewall |
|
ICL |
In Christian Love |
|
ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
|
ICP |
Internet Cache Protocol |
|
ICS |
Internet Connection Sharing |
|
ICT |
Information and Communication Technology |
|
ICT |
Information and Communication Technologies |
|
IDE |
Integrated Drive Electronics |
|
IDE |
Integrated Device Electronics |
|
IDE |
Integrated Development Environment |
|
IDF |
Intermediate Distribution Frame |
|
IDL |
Interface Definition Language |
|
IDS |
Intrusion Detection System |
|
IE |
Internet Explorer |
|
IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
|
IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
|
IFL |
Integrated Facility for Linux |
|
IFS |
Item for Sale |
|
IGMP |
Internet Group Management Protocol |
|
IGP |
Integrated Graphics Processor |
|
IGRP |
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
|
IHV |
Independent Hardware Vendor |
|
IIOP |
Internet Inter-ORB Protocol |
|
IIS |
Internet Information Services |
|
IL |
Intermediate Language |
|
IM |
Instant Message |
|
IMAO |
In My Arrogant Opinion |
|
IMAP |
Internet Message Access Protocol |
|
IMCO |
In My Considered Opinion |
|
IME |
Input Method Editor |
|
IMHO |
In My Humble Opinion |
|
IMNSHO |
In my not-so-humble opinion |
|
IMO |
In My Opinion |
|
INFOSEC |
Information Systems Security |
|
INTERNIC |
Internet Network Information Center |
|
IO |
Input/Output |
|
IOT |
Internet of Things |
|
IOW |
In Other Words |
|
IP |
Intellectual Property |
|
IP |
Internet Protocol |
|
Ipc |
Interprocess Communication |
|
IPL |
Initial Program Load |
|
IPO |
Inter Procedural Optimization |
|
IPP |
Internet Printing Protocol |
|
IPS |
Instructions Per Second |
|
IPS |
InPlane Switching |
|
IPS |
Intrusion Prevention System |
|
IPSec |
Internet Protocol Security |
|
IPTV |
Internet Protocol Television |
|
IPX |
Internetwork Packet Exchange |
|
IR |
Intermediate Representation |
|
IRC |
Internet Relay Chat |
|
IrDA |
Infrared Data Association |
|
IRI |
Internationalized Resource Identifier |
|
IRL |
In Real Life |
|
IRP |
I/O Request Packet |
|
IRQ |
Interrupt Request |
|
IS |
International Standard |
|
ISA |
Industry Standard Architecture |
|
ISA |
Instruction Set Architecture |
|
ISAM |
Indexed Sequential Access Method |
|
ISC |
Internet Storm Center |
|
iSCSI |
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface |
|
iSCSI |
Internet Small Computer System Interface |
|
ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
|
iSNS |
Internet Storage Name Service |
|
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
|
ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
|
ISPF |
Interactive System Productivity Facility |
|
ISR |
Interrupt Service Routine |
|
ISV |
Independent Software Vendor |
|
IT |
Information Technology |
|
ITIL |
Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
|
ITL |
Interval Temporal Logic |
|
ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
|
IVR |
Interactive Voice Response (telephone technology) |
|
IVRS |
Interactive Voice Response System |
|
I²C |
Inter-Integrated Circuit |
|
J2EE |
Java 2 Enterprise Edition |
|
J2ME |
Java 2 Micro Edition |
|
j2se |
Java 2 Standard Edition |
|
JAX-RPC |
Java XML for Remote Procedure Calls |
|
JAXB |
Java Architecture For Xml Binding |
|
JAXP |
Java API for XML Processing |
|
JBL |
Jame B. Lansing |
|
JBOD |
Just a Bunch Of Disks/Drives |
|
JCE |
Java Cryptography Extension |
|
JCL |
Job Control Language |
|
JCP |
Java Community Process |
|
JDBC |
Java Database Connectivity |
|
JDK |
Java Development Kit |
|
JDS |
Java Desktop System |
|
JEE |
Java Enterprise Edition |
|
JES |
Job Entry Subsystem |
|
JFC |
Java Foundation Class |
|
JFET |
Junction Field-Effect Transistor (jay-fett) |
|
JFET |
junction field effect transistor |
|
JFS |
Journaling Filesystems Such |
|
JFS |
Journaled File System |
|
JFS |
IBM Journaling File System |
|
JINI |
Jini Is Not Initials |
|
JIT |
Just in time |
|
JIT |
Just-In-Time (inventory management) |
|
JME |
Java Micro Edition |
|
JMS |
Java Message Service |
|
JMX |
Java Management Extensions |
|
JMX |
Java Management Extentions |
|
JNDI |
Java Naming and Directory Interface |
|
JNI |
Java Native Interface |
|
JNZ |
Jump non-zero |
|
JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group (24-bit image storage format) |
|
JRE |
Java Runtime Environment |
|
JS |
JavaScript |
|
JSE |
Java Standard Edition |
|
JSF |
JavaServer Faces |
|
JSON |
JavaScript Object Notation |
|
JSP |
Java Server Page |
|
JSP |
Jackson Structured Programming |
|
JSP |
JavaServer Pages |
|
JTAG |
Joint Test Action Group |
|
JUG |
Java Users Group |
|
JVC |
JVC Company of America |
|
JVM |
Java Virtual Machine |
|
K&R |
Kernighan and Ritchie |
|
KB |
Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second |
|
KB |
Knowledge Base |
|
Kb |
Kilobit |
|
KB |
Keyboard |
|
KBps |
KiloBytes per second |
|
kbps |
kilobits per second |
|
KDE |
K Desktop Environment |
|
KHz |
kilohertz (1000 cycles per second) |
|
KISS |
Keep It Simple Stupid |
|
km |
Knowledge Machine |
|
KRL |
Knowledge Representation Language |
|
KVM |
Keyboard, Video, Mouse switch |
|
L10N |
Localization |
|
L2TP |
Layer two Tunneling Protocol |
|
L8R |
Later |
|
LAMP |
Linux Apache MySQL PHP |
|
LAMP |
Linux, Apache, Mysql, Perl |
|
LAMP |
Linux Apache MySQL and Python |
|
LAMP |
Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP |
|
LAN |
Local Area Network |
|
LBA |
Logical Block Addresses |
|
LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
|
LCD |
Liquid-crystal display |
|
LCOS |
Liquid Crystal on Silicone |
|
LCR |
Least Cost Routing |
|
LDAP |
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (pronounced Ell-dap) |
|
LDT |
Lightning Data Transport |
|
LE |
Logical Extents |
|
LED |
Light-Emitting Diode |
|
LED |
law enforcement desk; light emitting diode |
|
LF |
Low Frequency |
|
LF |
Line Feed |
|
LFS |
Linux from Scratch |
|
LG |
LG Electronics |
|
LGA |
Land Grid Array |
|
LGPL |
Lesser General Public License |
|
Lib |
Libra |
|
LIB |
Object Code Library |
|
LIF |
Low Insertion Force |
|
LIFO |
Last In, First Out |
|
LILO |
Linux Loader |
|
LISP |
List Processing Language |
|
LKML |
Linux Kernel Mailing List |
|
LM |
LAN Manager |
|
LMAO |
Laughing my arse off |
|
LOC |
Lines Of Code |
|
LPC |
Lars Pensjö C |
|
LPI |
Lines Per Inch |
|
LPI |
Linux Professional Institute |
|
LPT |
Line Print Terminal |
|
LSB |
LINUX Standard Base |
|
LSB |
least-significant byte |
|
LSI |
Large Scale Integration -> VLSI |
|
LTE |
Long Term Evolution |
|
LTL |
Linear Temporal Logic |
|
LTNS |
Long Time No See |
|
LTNT |
Long Time No Type |
|
LTR |
Left-to-Right |
|
LUG |
Linux User Group |
|
LUN |
Logical Unit Number |
|
LV |
Logical Volume |
|
LVD |
Low Voltage Differential |
|
LVM |
Logical Volume Management |
|
LZW |
Lempel-Ziv-Welch |
|
MAC |
Mandatory Access Control |
|
MAC |
Media Access Control |
|
MAMP |
Mac OS X, Apache, MySQL, and PHP |
|
MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
|
MANET |
Mobile Ad-Hoc Network |
|
MANET |
Mobile Ad Hoc Network |
|
MAPI |
Messaging Application Program Interface |
|
MB |
Motherboard |
|
MB |
Megabyte |
|
Mb |
Megabit |
|
MBCS |
Multi-Byte Character Set |
|
MBD |
Model-Based Design |
|
Mbps |
Megabits per second |
|
MBps |
Megabytes Per Second |
|
MBR |
Master Boot Record |
|
MCA |
Micro Channel Architecture |
|
MCA |
Microsoft Certified Architect |
|
MCAD |
Microsoft Certified Application Developer |
|
MCAS |
Microsoft Certified Application Specialist |
|
MCDBA |
Microsoft Certified DataBase Administrator |
|
MCDST |
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician |
|
MCITP |
Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional |
|
MCM |
Microsoft Certified Master |
|
MCP |
Microsoft Certified Professional |
|
MCPD |
Microsoft Certified Professional Developer |
|
MCSA |
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator |
|
MCSD |
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer |
|
MCSE |
Microsoft Certified System Engineer |
|
MCT |
Microsoft Certified Trainer |
|
MCTS |
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist |
|
MDA |
Monochrome Display Adapter |
|
MDA |
Mail Delivery Agent |
|
MDA |
Model-Driven Architecture |
|
MDA |
Model Driven Architecture |
|
MDD/MDSD |
Model-Driven (Software) Development |
|
MDF |
Main Distribution Frame |
|
MDI |
Multiple Document Interface |
|
ME |
Millennium Edition |
|
MF |
Medium Frequency |
|
MFC |
Microsoft Foundation Class |
|
MFM |
Modified Frequency Modulation |
|
MGB |
May God Bless |
|
MGCP |
Multimedia Gateway Control Protocol |
|
MGPT |
Machine-Generated Problem Tracking |
|
MHOTY |
My Hat's Off To You |
|
MHZ |
Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second) |
|
MIB |
Management Information Base (ATM) |
|
MICR |
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
|
MIDI |
Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
|
MIMD |
multiple instruction, multiple data (system) |
|
MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension |
|
MIMO |
Multiple-Input Multiple-Output |
|
MIMO |
Multiple Input, Multiple Output |
|
MINIX |
MIni-uNIX |
|
MIPS |
Millions of Instructions Per Second |
|
MIPS |
Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages |
|
MIS |
Management Information System (OSHA) |
|
MISD |
Multiple Instruction Single Data |
|
MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.) |
|
MMDS |
Mortality Medical Data System |
|
MMI |
Man-Machine Interface |
|
MMIO |
memory mapped I/O |
|
MMIO |
Memory-Mapped I/O |
|
MMORPG |
Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game |
|
MMS |
Multimedia Messaging Service |
|
MMU |
Memory Management Unit |
|
MMX |
Matrix Math Extensions (Multimedia Extensions) |
|
MMX |
Multi-Media Extensions |
|
MNG |
Multiple-image Network Graphics |
|
MOBO |
Motherboard |
|
Mobo |
Mother Board |
|
MOM |
Message Oriented Middleware |
|
MOO |
MUD Object Oriented |
|
MOP |
Meta-Object Protocol |
|
MOS |
Microsoft Office Specialist |
|
MOSFET |
Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
|
MOSFET |
Metal Oxide Semiconductor FET |
|
MOTAS |
Member Of The Appropriate Sex |
|
MOTD |
Message of the Day |
|
MOTOS |
Member Of The Opposite Sex |
|
MOTSS |
Member Of The Same Sex |
|
MOUS |
Microsoft Office User Specialist |
|
MP3 |
MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 |
|
MPAA |
Motion Picture Association of America |
|
MPEG |
Motion Pictures Experts Group |
|
MPEG |
Moving Picture Experts Group (International Standards Organisation/International Electrotechnical Commission) |
|
MPL |
Mozilla Public License |
|
MPLS |
Multiprotocol Label Switching |
|
MPU |
Microprocessor Unit |
|
MS |
Memory Stick |
|
MS |
The Company Microsoft |
|
Ms-dos |
Microsoft Dos |
|
MSA |
Mail Submission Agent |
|
MSB |
Most Significant Bit |
|
MSDN |
Microsoft Developer Network |
|
MSI |
Medium-Scale Integration |
|
MSI |
Micro-Star International |
|
MSI |
Message Signaled Interrupt |
|
MSI |
Microsoft Software Installer |
|
MT |
Machine Translation |
|
MTA |
Mail Transfer Agent |
|
MTA |
Microsoft Technology Associate |
|
MTBF |
Mean Time Before Failure |
|
MTU |
Maximum Transmission Unit |
|
MUA |
Mail User Agent (Internet email) |
|
MUD |
Multi-User Dungeon (gaming) |
|
MVC |
Model View Controller (Microsoft software design pattern) |
|
MVC |
Model-View-Controller |
|
MVP |
Most Valuable Professional |
|
MVS |
Multiple Virtual Storage |
|
MX |
Mail Exchange |
|
MXF |
Material eXchange Format |
|
NACK |
Negative ACKnowledge |
|
NAK |
Negative Acknowledge |
|
NAN |
Not A Number (computing) |
|
NAS |
Network-Attached Storage |
|
NASM |
Netwide Assembler |
|
NAT |
Network Address Translation |
|
NBD |
No Big Deal |
|
NCP |
NetWare Core Protocol |
|
NCP |
Network Control Program |
|
NCQ |
Native Command Queuing |
|
NCSA |
National Center for Supercomputing Applications |
|
NDPS |
Novell Distributed Print Services |
|
NDS |
Novell Directory Services |
|
NEC |
NEC Corporation |
|
NEP |
Network Equipment Provider |
|
NETBIOS |
Network Basic Input/Output System |
|
NEXT |
Near-end Crosstalk |
|
NFA |
Nondeterministic Finite Automaton |
|
NFC |
Near Field Communication |
|
NFS |
Network File System |
|
NGL |
aNGeL |
|
NGSCB |
Next-Generation Secure Computing Base |
|
NI |
National Instruments |
|
NIC |
Network Interface Controller |
|
NIC |
Network Interface Card |
|
NIM |
No Internal Message. Used when the entire content of the email is contained in the subject and the body remains empty. This saves the recipient's time because she then does not have to open the email. |
|
NIO |
New I/O |
|
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
|
NIST |
National Institute of Standards & Technology (US) |
|
NLP |
Natural Language Processing |
|
NLS |
Native Language Support |
|
NLS |
National Language Support |
|
NM |
Never Mind |
|
NMI |
Non-Maskable Interrupt |
|
NNTP |
Network News Transfer Protocol |
|
NOC |
Network Operations Center |
|
NOP |
No Operation |
|
NOS |
Network Operating System |
|
Np |
Nondeterministic Polynomial Time |
|
NP |
No Problem |
|
NPL |
Netscape Public License |
|
NPTL |
Native POSIX Thread Library |
|
NPU |
Network Processing Unit |
|
NRN |
No response necessary |
|
NS |
Netscape |
|
NSA |
National Security Agency |
|
NSP |
Network Service Provider |
|
NSPR |
Netscape Portable Runtime |
|
NSS |
Novell Storage Service |
|
NSS |
Network Security Services |
|
NSS |
Name Service Switch |
|
NT |
New Technology, also Windows NT |
|
NTFS |
NT Filesystem |
|
NTFS |
New Technology File System |
|
NTLM |
NT LAN Manager Protocol |
|
NTMK |
Not To My Knowledge |
|
NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
|
NUI |
Natural User Interface |
|
NUMA |
Non Uniform Memory Access |
|
NUMA |
Nonuniform Memory Access |
|
NURBS |
Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline |
|
NVR |
Network Video Recorder |
|
NVRAM |
Non-Volatile Random Access Memory |
|
OASIS |
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards |
|
OAT |
Operational Acceptance Testing |
|
OBSAI |
Open Base Station Architecture Initiative |
|
OC |
Overclock (Over Clock) |
|
OCR |
Optical Character Recognition |
|
OCZ |
OCZ Technology |
|
ODBC |
Open Database Connectivity |
|
OEM |
Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts) |
|
OES |
Open Enterprise Server |
|
OFTC |
Open and Free Technology Community |
|
OIC |
Oh I See |
|
OID |
Object Identifier |
|
OLAP |
Online Analytical Processing |
|
OLE |
Object Linking and Embedding (Microsoft communication protocol) |
|
OLED |
Organic Light-Emitting Diode |
|
OLPC |
One Laptop Per Child |
|
Oltp |
Online Transaction Processing |
|
OMF |
Object Module Format |
|
OMG |
Object Management Group |
|
OMR |
Optical Mark Recognition |
|
OO |
OpenOffice |
|
OO |
Open Office |
|
OOE |
Out-of-Order Execution |
|
OOM |
Out of Memory |
|
OOo |
Openoffice.org |
|
OoOE |
Out-of-Order Execution |
|
OOP |
Of an Object Oriented Programming |
|
OOP |
Object-Oriented Programming |
|
OOTB |
Out Of The Box |
|
OPML |
Outline Processor Markup Language |
|
ORB |
Object Request Broker |
|
ORM |
Oject-Relational Mapping |
|
OS |
Operating System |
|
OS |
Open Source |
|
OSCON |
O'Reilly Open Source Convention |
|
OSDN |
Open Source Developer Network |
|
OSI |
Open Systems Interconnection (iso Standard) |
|
OSI |
Open Source Initiative |
|
OSPF |
Open Shortest Path First (ATM) |
|
OSS |
Open Source Software |
|
OSS |
Operations Support System |
|
OSS |
Open Sound System |
|
OSS |
Open-Source Software |
|
OSTG |
Open Source Technology Group (formerly Open Source Development Network; OSDN) |
|
OTB |
Oh, to bed |
|
OTOH |
On The Other Hand |
|
OTTOMH |
Off the top of my head |
|
OTW |
On the Way |
|
OUI |
Organizationally Unique Identifier |
|
P2P |
Peer-to-peer (networking) |
|
P2P |
Peer to Peer (as in music file sharing systems like KaZaA) |
|
PaaS |
Platform-as-a-Service |
|
PAN |
Personal Area Network |
|
PAP |
Password Authentication Protocol (ATM) |
|
PARC |
Palo Alto Research Center |
|
PATA |
Parallel Ata |
|
PBS |
Portable Batch System |
|
PC |
Personal computer (host) |
|
PC DOS |
Personal Computer Disk Operating System |
|
PCB |
printed circuit board |
|
PCB |
Process Control Block |
|
PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect |
|
PCI-X |
Peripheral Component Interconnect eXtended |
|
PCIe |
PCI Express |
|
PCL |
Printer Command Language |
|
PCM |
Pulse-Code Modulation |
|
PCMCIA |
Peripheral Component Microchannel Interconnect Architecture |
|
PCMCIA |
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
|
PCMCIA |
People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms |
|
PCRE |
Perl Compatible Regular Expressions |
|
PD |
Public Domain |
|
PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
|
PDF |
Portable Document Format (created by Adobe Acrobat) |
|
PDH |
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy |
|
PDP |
Programmed Data Processor |
|
PE |
Physical Extents |
|
PEBKAC |
Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair (ditto) |
|
Pentium |
penta = five |
|
Perl |
Practical Extraction and Report Language |
|
PERL |
Practical Extraction and Reporting Language |
|
PFA |
Please Find Atachment |
|
PGA |
Pin Grid Array |
|
PGA |
Programmable Gate Array |
|
PGA |
Professional Graphics Array |
|
PGO |
Profile-Guided Optimization |
|
PGP |
Pretty Good Privacy (encryption) |
|
PHP |
PHP Hypertext Processor |
|
PHP |
Hypertext Preprocessor |
|
PIC |
Peripheral Interface Controller |
|
PIC |
Programmable Interrupt Controller |
|
PID |
Proportional, Integral, Derivative |
|
PID |
Process Identification Document |
|
PIM |
Personal Information Manager |
|
PIM |
Platform Independent Model |
|
PINE |
Program for Internet News and E-mail |
|
Ping |
Packet Inter-Network Groper |
|
PIO |
Programmed Input/Output |
|
PKCS |
Public Key Cryptography Standard |
|
PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure (cryptography) |
|
PL/I |
Programming Language One |
|
PL/M |
Programming Language for Microcomputers |
|
PL/P |
Programming Language for Prime |
|
PLC |
Programmable Logic Control |
|
PLC |
Power line communication (electricity) |
|
PLD |
Programmable Logic Device |
|
PLT |
Power Line Telecoms |
|
PM |
Private Message |
|
PMJ |
Pardon my jumping in |
|
PMM |
Post Memory Manager |
|
PMM |
Personal Memory Manager |
|
PMU |
Power Management Unit |
|
PNG |
Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension) |
|
PNP |
Plug 'N Play |
|
PnP |
Plug aNd Play |
|
PNY |
PNY Technology |
|
POD |
Plain Old Document |
|
POE |
power over ethernetinjector |
|
POID |
Persistent Object Identifier |
|
POJO |
Plain Old Java Object |
|
PON |
Passive Optical Network |
|
POP |
Point Of Presence (Internet) |
|
POP3 |
Post Office Protocol 3 (email) |
|
POSIX |
Portable Operating System Interface |
|
POST |
power-on self-test Postdoc |
|
POST |
Power On Self Test |
|
POV |
Point Of View |
|
PPC |
PowerPC |
|
PPC |
Pay Per Click (a search engine advertising model) |
|
PPGA |
Plastic Pin Grid Array |
|
PPI |
Pixels Per Inch |
|
PPL |
Pay Per Lead |
|
ppm |
pages per minute (a laser printer production rate metric) |
|
PPP |
Point-to-Point Protocol |
|
PPP |
Point to Point Protocol |
|
PPPoA |
PPP over ATM |
|
PPPoA |
Point-to-Point Protocol Over ATM |
|
PPPoE |
Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet |
|
PPPoE |
PPP over Ethernet |
|
PPS |
Pay Per Sale |
|
PPTP |
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
|
PQI |
PQI Corporation |
|
PRAM |
Parameter Random Access Memory |
|
PROM |
Programmable Read-Only Memory |
|
PS |
PostScript |
|
PS/2 |
Personal System/2 (Microsoft) |
|
PS/2 |
Personal System /2 |
|
PSA |
Professional Services Automation |
|
PSm |
Platform Specific Model |
|
PSU |
power supply unit |
|
PSVI |
Post-Schema-Validation Infoset |
|
PTS-DOS |
PhysTechSoft - Disk Operating System |
|
PUM |
Potentially Unwanted Modification |
|
PUP |
Potentially Unwanted Program |
|
PV |
Physical Volume |
|
PVG |
Physical Volume Group |
|
PVR |
Personal Video Recorder |
|
PXE |
Preboot Execution Environment |
|
PXI |
PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation |
|
Qa |
Center for Quality Assurance in International Education |
|
QBE |
Query By Example |
|
QDR |
Quad Data Rate |
|
QFP |
Quad Flat Pack |
|
QoS |
Quality of Service |
|
QOTD |
Quote of the Day |
|
Qt |
Quasar Toolkit |
|
QTAM |
Queued Teleprocessing Access Method |
|
RACF |
Resource Access Control Facility |
|
RAD |
Rapid Application Development |
|
RADIUS |
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
|
RADIUS |
Remote Authentication dial In User Service |
|
RAID |
Redundant Array of Independent Disks |
|
RAID |
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
|
RAII |
Resource Acquisition Is Initialization |
|
RAIT |
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Tapes |
|
RAM |
random-access memory |
|
RAMDAC |
Random Access Memory Digital Analog Convertor |
|
RARP |
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
|
RAS |
Remote Access Service |
|
RAS |
Reliability, Availability and Serviceability |
|
RC |
Run Commands (UNIX) |
|
RC |
Release Candidate |
|
RC |
Runtime Configuration (unix/linux configuration files) |
|
RCS |
Revision Control System |
|
RDBMS |
Relational Data Base Management System (Oracle) |
|
RDBMS |
Relational Database Management System |
|
RDC |
Remote Desktop Connection |
|
RDF |
Resource Description Framework |
|
RDM |
Relational Data Model |
|
RDOS |
Real-Time Disk Operating System |
|
RDRAM |
RAMBUS Dynamic Random Access Memory |
|
RDS |
Remote Data Services |
|
Refal |
Recursive Functions Algorithmic Language |
|
REGEX |
Regular Expression |
|
REGEXP |
Regular Expression |
|
REST |
Representational State Transfer |
|
RF |
Radio Frequency |
|
RFC |
Request For Comment |
|
RFI |
Radio Frequency Interference |
|
RFID |
Radio Frequency Identification |
|
RFID |
Radio-Frequency Identification |
|
RGB |
red-green-blue (signal) |
|
RGBA |
Red Green Blue Alpha |
|
RHEL |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
|
RHL |
Red Hat Linux |
|
RIA |
Rich Internet Application |
|
RIAA |
Recording Industry Association of America |
|
RIP |
Routing Information Protocol |
|
RIP |
Raster Image Processor |
|
RIR |
Regional Internet Registry |
|
RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
|
RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computing |
|
RISC OS |
Reduced Instruction Set Computer Operating System |
|
RJE |
Remote Job Entry |
|
RL |
Real Life - I.e. When Not Chatting |
|
RLE |
Run-Length Encoding |
|
RLL |
Run-Length Limited |
|
RLL |
Run Length Limited |
|
RMI |
Remote Method Invocation |
|
RMS |
Richard Matthew Stallman |
|
ROF |
Rolling On (the) Floor |
|
ROFL |
Rolling on the floor laughing |
|
ROFLMAO |
Rolling on the floor laughing my arse off |
|
ROM |
Read-Only Memory |
|
ROM-DOS |
Read Only Memory - Disk Operating System |
|
Romb |
Read-Out Motherboard |
|
ROTFL |
Roll On The Floor Laughing |
|
RPC |
Remote Procedure Call |
|
RPG |
Report Program Generator |
|
RPM |
Revolutions Per Minute, (Rotations Per Minute) |
|
RPM |
Revenue Per 1,000 Impressions. (M Is The Roman Numeral For 1,000) |
|
RPM |
RPM Package Manager |
|
RRAS |
Routing and Remote Access Service |
|
RSA |
Rivest-Shamir-Adleman |
|
RSA |
Rivest Shamir Adleman |
|
RSI |
Repetitive Strain Injury |
|
RSN |
Real Soon Now [which may be a long time coming] |
|
RSS |
Really Simple Syndication |
|
RSS |
Rich Site Summary |
|
RSS |
RDF Site Summary |
|
RSS |
Radio Service Software (Motorola) |
|
RTAI |
Real-Time Application Interface |
|
RTC |
Real Time Clock |
|
RTE |
Real-Time Enterprise |
|
RTE |
Runtime Environment |
|
RTEMS |
Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems |
|
RTF |
Rich Text Format |
|
RTF |
Rich Text Fomat |
|
RTFM |
Read the fking manual |
|
RTL |
Right-to-Left |
|
RTM |
Read the manual (meaning «don’t ask stupid questions before read existing information») |
|
RTOS |
Real-Time Operating System |
|
RTP |
Real-Time Transport Protocol |
|
RTS |
Ready To Send |
|
RTSP |
Real Time Streaming Protocol |
|
RTTI |
Runtime Type Information |
|
RUP |
Rational Unified Process |
|
S/MIME |
Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
|
S/PDIF |
Sony/Philips Digital Interface |
|
SaaS |
Software as a Service |
|
SAN |
Storage Area Network |
|
SAS |
Statistical Analysis System |
|
SAS |
Serial-Attached SCSI |
|
SASID |
Self-scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display |
|
Sata |
Serial Ata |
|
SATA |
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment |
|
SAX |
Simple API for XML |
|
sbin |
superuser binary |
|
SBOD |
Spinning Beachball of Death |
|
SBP-2 |
Serial Bus Protocol 2 |
|
SBU |
Standard Build Unit |
|
SCA |
SCSI Configured Automatically |
|
SCADA |
Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition |
|
SCID |
Source Code in Database |
|
SCM |
Source Code Management |
|
SCM |
System Control Module |
|
SCP |
Secure Copy Protocol |
|
SCPI |
Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation |
|
SCSI |
Small Computer System Interface |
|
SCTP |
Stream Control Transmission Protocol |
|
SD |
Secure Digital |
|
SDDL |
Security Descriptor Definition Language |
|
SDH |
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (ATM) |
|
SDI |
Single Document Interface |
|
SDIO |
Secure Digital Input/Output |
|
SDK |
Software Development Kit (Microsoft) |
|
SDL |
Simple DirectMedia Layer |
|
SDLC |
System Development Lifecycle |
|
SDN |
Service Delivery Network |
|
SDP |
Session Description Protocol |
|
SDR |
Software Defined Radio |
|
SDR |
Software-Defined Radio |
|
SDRAM |
Synchronous dynamic random access memory |
|
SDSL |
Symmetric DSL |
|
SDSL |
Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
|
SE |
Single-Ended, Cyclindrical Boiler |
|
SE |
Single Ended |
|
SECC |
Single Edge Contact Connector |
|
SEI |
Software Engineering Institute |
|
SEO |
Search Engine Optimizer |
|
serp |
Search Engine Results Positioning |
|
Sftp |
Simple File Transfer Protocol |
|
SGI |
Silicon Graphics Incorporated |
|
SGML |
Standard Generalized Markup Language |
|
SGR |
Select Graphic Rendition |
|
SHA |
Secure Hash Algorithm |
|
SHDSL |
Single-pair High-speed Digital Subscriber Line |
|
SIFOTCN |
Sitting in front of the computer naked |
|
SIGCAT |
Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications and Technology |
|
SIGGRAPH |
Special Interest Group On Graphics Of The Association Of Computing Machinery |
|
SIMD |
Single Instruction, Multiple Data (system) (processor) |
|
SIMM |
Single In-line Memory Module |
|
SIMM |
Single Inline Memory Module |
|
SIMON |
Simulation Online |
|
SIP |
Supplementary Ideographic Plane |
|
SIP |
Session Initiation Protocol |
|
SISD |
Single Instruction Single Data |
|
SISD |
Single-instruction single-data |
|
SISO |
Single-Input and Single-Output |
|
SITD |
Still In The Dark |
|
SKU |
Stock Keeping Unit |
|
SLA |
Software License Agreement |
|
SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
|
SLED |
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop |
|
SLES |
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server |
|
SLI |
Scalable Link Interface |
|
SLIP |
Serial Line Interface Protocol |
|
SLM |
Service Level Management |
|
SLOC |
Source Lines Of Code |
|
SMA |
SubMiniature version A |
|
SMART |
Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology |
|
SMB |
Server Message Block |
|
SMBIOS |
System Management BIOS |
|
smc |
SMC Networks |
|
SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
|
SMIL |
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language |
|
SMM |
Social Media Marketing |
|
SMP |
Symmetric Multi-Processing |
|
SMP |
Supplementary Multilingual Plane |
|
SMS |
System Management Server |
|
SMS |
Short Message Service |
|
SMT |
Simultaneous Multithreading Technology |
|
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
|
SNA |
System Network Architecture |
|
SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM) |
|
SNTP |
Simple Network Time Protocol |
|
SO-DIMM |
Small Outline DIMM |
|
SO-DIMM |
Small Outline Dual In-Line Memory Module |
|
SOA |
Service-Oriented Architecture |
|
SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
|
SoC |
System-on-a-Chip |
|
SODIMM |
Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module |
|
SOE |
Standard Operating Environment |
|
SOHO |
Small Office Home Office |
|
SOHO |
Small Office/Home Office. Acronym expression for the 'virtual office' environment and characteristics found in self-employed and small businesses, that are increasingly prevalent in the modern business age. |
|
SOI |
Silicon-On-Insulator |
|
SOPA |
Stop Online Piracy Act |
|
SP |
Service Pack |
|
SPA |
single page application |
|
Sparc |
Scalable Processor Architecture Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
|
SPF |
Sender Policy Framework |
|
SPI |
Stateful Packet Inspection |
|
SPI |
Serial Peripheral Interface |
|
SPIM |
SPam sent over Instant Messaging |
|
SPM |
Software Project Management |
|
SPMD |
Single Program Multiple Data |
|
SQL |
Structured Query Language |
|
SRAM |
Static Random Access Memory (ess-ram) |
|
sRGB |
Standard Red Green Blue |
|
SSA |
Static Single Assignment |
|
SSD |
Software Specification Document |
|
SSD |
Solid State Drive |
|
ssd |
Solid-state drives |
|
SSE |
Streaming SIMD Extensions |
|
SSH |
Secure Shell (Unix program) |
|
SSH |
Secure Shell How |
|
SSH |
Secure Shell Home |
|
SSI |
Single System Image |
|
SSI |
Server Side Include |
|
SSI |
Small-Scale Integration |
|
SSI |
Single-System Image |
|
SSID |
Service set identifier (Wi-Fi) |
|
SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
|
ssp |
Supplementary Special-purpose Plane |
|
ssse |
Supplementary Streaming SIMD Extensions |
|
SU |
Superuser |
|
SUS |
Single UNIX Specification |
|
Suse |
Software Und Systementwicklung |
|
SVC |
Scalable Video Coding |
|
SVD |
Structured Vlsi Design |
|
SVG |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
|
SVGA |
Super Video Graphics Array |
|
SWF |
Shock Wave Flash |
|
SWT |
Standard Widget Toolkit |
|
SWT |
Stardard Widget Toolkit |
|
SYSOP |
System Operator |
|
TANSTAAFL |
There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (coined By Author Robert A. Heinlein In His The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress) |
|
TAO |
Track-At-Once |
|
TASM |
Turbo Assembler |
|
TB |
Terabyte |
|
Tbps |
Terabits Per Second |
|
TBps |
Terabytes per second |
|
TCL |
Tool Command Language |
|
TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
|
TCP/IP |
Transmission Control/Internet Protocol |
|
TCP/IP |
transmission control protocol/internet protocol |
|
TCPIP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
|
TCU |
Telecommunication Control Unit |
|
Tdk |
Tdk Corporation |
|
TDMA |
Time Division Multiple Access |
|
TEC |
Thermoelectric Cooler |
|
TEMP |
Temporary (worker, file, etc.) |
|
TFT |
Thin Film Transistor |
|
TFTP |
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (ATM) |
|
Ti |
Texas Instruments, Inc. |
|
TIA |
Thanks in advance |
|
Tic |
Taken Into Consideration |
|
TIFF |
Tag Image File Format |
|
TLA |
Three Letter Abbreviation |
|
TLD |
Top-Level Domain |
|
tld |
Top Level Domains |
|
TLS |
Transport Layer Security |
|
TLS |
Thread-Local Storage |
|
TLS |
Thread Local Storage |
|
TLV |
Type-Length-Value |
|
TMP |
Temporary |
|
TNC |
Terminal Node Controller |
|
TNC |
Threaded Neill-Concelman |
|
TPC |
TipidPC |
|
TPF |
Transaction Processing Facility |
|
TROFF |
Trace Off |
|
TRON |
Trace On |
|
TRON |
The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus |
|
TRS-DOS |
Tandy Radio Shack - Disk Operating System |
|
TSO |
time Sharing option (of OS/360, IBM) |
|
TSP |
Traveling Salesman Problem |
|
TSR |
Terminate and Stay Resident [software program] |
|
tta |
True Tap Audio |
|
TTF |
TrueType Font |
|
TTL |
Time To Live |
|
TTL |
Transistor-Transistor Logic |
|
TTS |
Text To Speech |
|
tts |
text-to-speech speech |
|
TTY |
Teletype Telex Machine |
|
TTYL |
Talk To You Later (Internet Slang) |
|
TUCOWS |
The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software |
|
TUG |
TeX User's Group |
|
tug |
TeX Users Groups |
|
TUX |
Torvald's Unix |
|
TWAIN |
Toolkit Without an Informative Name |
|
TWAIN |
Technology Without An Interesting Name |
|
TWAIN |
Technology Without An Important Name |
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TYVM |
Thank you very much |
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UAAG |
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines |
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UAC |
User Account Control |
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UART |
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
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UAT |
User Acceptance Test |
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UCS |
Universal Character Set |
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UDDI |
Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration |
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UDMA |
Ultra Direct Memory Access |
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UDMA |
Ultra DMA |
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UDP |
User Datagram Protocol (FDDI related) |
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UE |
User Experience |
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UEFI |
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
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UGC |
User Generated Content |
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UHF |
Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm) |
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UI |
User Interface |
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UL |
Upload |
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ULA |
Uncommitted Logic Array |
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UMA |
Upper Memory Area |
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UMB |
Upper Memory Block |
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UML |
User-Mode Linux |
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UML |
Unified Modeling Language (Object Management Group, OMG) |
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UMPC |
Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer |
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UNC |
Universal Naming Convention |
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UNIX |
Uniplexed Information and Computing System |
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UPnP |
Universal Plug and Play |
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UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
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URI |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
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URI |
Universal Resource Identifier |
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URL |
Universal Resource Locator |
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URN |
Uniform Resource Namespace |
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USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
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usr |
User |
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USR |
United States Robotics |
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UTC |
Coordinated Universal Time |
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UTF |
Unicode Transformation Format |
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UTP |
Unshieled Twisted Pair |
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UUCP |
Unix To Unix Copy Program |
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UUCP |
UNIX to UNIX Copy Package |
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UUID |
Universally Unique Identifier (see Also GUID) |
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UUN |
Universal User Name |
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UVC |
Universal Virtual Computer |
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UX |
User Experience |
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VAR |
Variable |
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VAX |
Virtual Address Extension |
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VB |
Visual Basic |
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VBA |
Visual BASIC for Applications |
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VBS |
Visual Basic Script |
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VCD |
Video CD |
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VCI |
Virtual Channel Identifier |
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VCPI |
Virtual Control Program Interface |
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VCS |
Version Control System |
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VDSL |
Very High Bitrate Digital Subscriber Line |
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VDSL |
Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line |
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VDU |
Visual Display Unit |
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VESA |
Video Electronics Standards Association |
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Vfat |
Virtual Fat |
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VFAT |
Virtual File Allocation Table |
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VFS |
Virtual File System |
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VG |
Volume Group |
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VGA |
Video Graphics Array |
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VGA |
Video Graphics Adapter |
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VHF |
Very High Frequency |
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VI |
Visual |
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VIM |
Vi Improved |
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VLAN |
Virtual Local Area Network |
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VLB |
Vesa Local Bus |
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VLE |
Virtual Learning Environment |
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VLF |
Very Low Frequency |
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VLIW |
Very Long Instruction Word |
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VLSI |
Very-Large-Scale Integration |
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VLSM |
Variable Length Subnet Mask |
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VM |
Virtual Memory |
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VM |
Virtual Machine |
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VNC |
Virtual Network Computing |
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VOD |
Video On Demand |
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VOIP |
Voice Over IP (Internet Protocol) |
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VPI |
Virtual Path Identifier |
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VPN |
Virtual Private Network (ATM) |
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VPU |
Visual Processing Unit |
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VR |
Virtual Reality |
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VRAM |
Video Random Access Memory |
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VRML |
Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
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VSAM |
Virtual Storage Access Method |
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VSAT |
Very Small Aperture Terminal (satellite service) |
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VT |
Video Terminal |
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VTAM |
Virtual Telecommunication Access Method |
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W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium |
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WAFS |
Wide-Area File Services |
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WAI |
Web Access Initiative |
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WAIS |
Wide Area Information Server |
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WAMP |
Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP |
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WAN |
Wide Area Network |
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WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
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WAP |
Wireless Access Point |
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wasm |
Watcom Assembler |
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wav |
WAVEform audio format |
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WB |
Welcome Back |
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WBEM |
Web-Based Enterprise Management |
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WCAG |
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines |
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WCF |
Windows Communication Foundation |
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WDDM |
Windows Display Driver Model |
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WDM |
Wavelength-Division Multiplexing |
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WEBDAV |
WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning |
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WEP |
Wired Equivalent Privacy |
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WFI |
Wait for Interrupt |
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Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity |
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WiFi |
Wireless Fidelity |
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WiMAX |
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, Inc. |
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WIMP |
Weakly Interacting Massive Particle |
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WinFS |
Windows Future Storage |
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WINS |
Windows Internet Name Service |
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WLAN |
Wireless Local Area Network |
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WMA |
Window Media Audio |
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WMV |
Windows Media Video |
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wol |
Wake On Lan's |
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WOL |
Wake-On-LAN |
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WOM |
Wake-On-Modem |
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WOR |
Wake-On-Ring |
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WORA |
Write Once Run Anywhere |
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WORE |
Write Once Run Everywhere |
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WPA |
Wi-Fi Protected Access |
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WPAN |
Wireless Personal Area Network |
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WPF |
Windows Presentation Foundation |
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WSDL |
Web Services Description Language |
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WSFL |
Web Services Flow Language |
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WTB |
Want to Buy (a commonly used phrase in the online game "World of Warcraft") |
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WTF |
What the fk |
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WTG |
Way To Go |
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WTH |
What The Hell? |
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WUSB |
Wireless Universal Serial Bus |
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WWAN |
Wireless Wide Area Network |
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WWDC |
Apple World Wide Developer Conference |
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WWID |
World Wide Identifier |
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WWN |
World Wide Name |
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WWW |
World Wide Web |
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WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms) |
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WZC |
Wireless Zero Configuration |
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XAG |
XML Accessibility Guidelines |
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XAML |
Extensible Application Markup Language |
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xCBL |
XML Common Business Library |
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XDM |
X Window Display Manager |
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XDMCP |
X Display Manager Control Protocol |
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XFX |
XFX Graphics, a Division of Pine |
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XGA |
eXtended Graphics Array |
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XHTML |
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language |
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XILP |
X Interactive ListProc |
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XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
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XMMS |
X MultiMedia System |
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XMP |
Extensible Metadata Platform |
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XMPP |
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol |
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XMS |
Extended Memory Specification |
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XNS |
Xerox Network Services |
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XP |
Cross-Platform |
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XP |
Extreme Programming |
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XPCOM |
Cross-Platform Component Object Model |
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XPI |
XPInstall |
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Xpidl |
Cross Platform Idl |
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XPIDL |
Cross-Platform IDL |
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XPS |
XML Paper Specification |
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XSD |
XML Schema Definition |
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XSL |
eXtensible Stylesheet Language |
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XSL-FO |
eXtensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects |
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XSLT |
Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation |
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XSLT |
Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformation |
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XSLT |
XSL Transformations |
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XSS |
Cross-Site Scripting |
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XT |
Extended Technology |
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XTF |
Extensible Tag Framework |
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XTF |
Extended Triton Format |
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XUL |
XML-based User Interface Language |
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XUL |
XML User Interface Language |
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XVGA |
EXtended Video Graphics Adapter |
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Y2K |
Year Two Thousand |
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Y2K |
Year 2000 |
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YAAF |
Yet Another Application Framework |
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YACC |
Yet Another Compiler-Compiler |
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Yahoo! |
Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle |
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YAML |
YAML Ain't Markup Language(Yet Another Markup Language) |
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YAST |
Yet Another Setup Tool |
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YMMV |
Your Mileage May Vary |
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ZCAV |
Zone Constant Angular Velocity |
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ZCS |
Zero Code Suppression |
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