Drivers Abbreviations

Look through 632 acronyms and abbreviations related to Drivers:

2000	version 5.0 of Microsoft Windows
4WD	Forward
A/V	Audio/Video
A2DP	Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
AAF	Advanced Authoring Format
AC-3	Advanced Cluster Computer Consortium
ACCM	Asynchronous Control Character Map
ACE	Access Control Entry
ACK	ACKnowledgment
ACL	Access Control List
ACM	Audio Compression Manager
ACPI	Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACPM	Active State Power Management
ACR	Advanced Communication Riser
AD	Active Directory
ADD	Additional Driver Discovery
ADF	automatic document feeder
ADS	Automated Deployment Services
AEC	Acoustic Echo Cancellation
AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
AGC	Automatic Gain Control
AGP	Accelerated Graphics Port
AHCI	Advanced Host Controller Interface
ALPC	Adaptive Link Power Control
AMD	Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (producer of computer chips)
AMR	Audio Modem Riser
AP	access point
APC	Asynchronous Procedure Call
APIC	Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
APS	Advanced Photographic System
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol (ATM)
ASL	ACPI Source Language
ASP	Active Server Page
AT	Advanced Technology
ATA	Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAPI	Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
ATC	Address Translation Control
ATIS	Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATSC	Advanced Television Systems Committee
AU	Automatic Updates
AV/C	Audio/Video Control
AVCTP	Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol
AVDTP	Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol
AVRCP	Audio/Video Remote Control Profile
BAR	Base Address Register
BCB	Buffer Control Block
BCD	Binary-Coded Decimal
BCD	Boot Configuration Data
BDA	Broadcast Driver Architecture

BE	Best Effort
BLOB	Binary Large Object
BMC	Baseboard Management Controller
BPP	Bits per Pixel Pixel
bps	bits per second
BRM	Big Real Mode
BSP	Board Support Package
CBLID	CaBLe IDentification
CCC	Catalyst Control Center
CDFS	Compact Disc File System
CMY	Cyan-Magenta-Yellow
CMYK	Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
DDMA	Digital-Direct Memory Access
DGD	Dworkin's Generic Driver
DIFxAPP	Driver Install Framework for APPlications
DIRQL	Device Interrupt Request Level
DIX	Dec Intel Xerox
DLL	Dynamic Link Library (computer file)
DMO	DirectX Media Object
DO	Device Object
DOCSIS	Data-over-Cable Service Interface Specifications
DOS	Disk Operating System
DPC	Deferred Procedure Call
DPI	Dots per inch.
DPInst	Driver Package Installer
DPWS	Devices Profile for Web Services
DRM	Digital Rights Management
DRS	Driver Reliability Signature
DSDT	Differentiated System Description Table
DSF	Device Simulation Framework
DSK	Driver Speed Kit
DSL	Digital Subscriber Line
DSM	Data Source Manager
DSP	Digital Signal Processor
DTE	Data Terminal Equipment
DTM	Driver Test Manager
DTV	Digital Television
DUN	Dial-Up Networking
DV	Digital Video
DVB	Digital Video Broadcasting
DVD	Digital Video Disc
DVI	Digital Video Interface
DVR	Digital Video Recorder
DWG	Device Working Group
DXGI	Directx Graphics Infrastructure
DXVA	DirectX Video Acceleration
E-DDC	Extended Display Data Channel
E-EDID	Enhanced Extended Display Identification Data
EAP	Extensible Authentication Protocol
EC	Embedded Controller

ECC	Error Correction Code (Error Checking And Correction)
ECP	Extended Capabilities Port
EDD	Enhanced Disk Drive Services
EDID	Extended Display Identification Data
EFI	Extensible Firmware Interface
EFW	Engine Fault Workshop
EGA	Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EHCI	Enhanced Host Controller Interface
EMF	Enhanced Metafile Format
EPT	Extended Page Table
ESCD	Extended System Configuration Database
ETW	Event Tracing for Windows
EULA	End User License Agreement (usually in reference to software)
EXIF	Exchangeable Image File
FACS	Firmware ACPI Control Structure
FADT	Fixed ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Description Table
FC	Fibre Channel
FCP	Fibre Channel Protocol
FDC	Floppy Disk Controller
FDO	Functional Device Object
FIS	Frame Information Structure
FM	frequency modulation
FQDN	Fully Qualified Domain Name
FS	File System
FS	Full Scale
FSCTL	File System Control
FUA	Force Unit Access
GART	Graphics Address Remapping Table
GDI	Graphics Device Interface
GDT	Global Descriptor Table
GFX	Global Effects
GMO	Guest Memory Operation
GPA	Guest Physical Address
GPADL	Guest Physical Address Descriptor List
GPDPT	Guest Page Directory Pointer Table
GPDT	Guest Page Directory Table
GPE	General-Purpose Event
GPIO	General - Purpose Input/Output
GPML4T	Guest Page Map Level 4 Table
GPO	Group Policy Object
GPRS	General Packet Radio Service
GPT	GUID Partition Table
GPU	Graphics Processing Unit
GQOS	Generic Quality of Service
GRE	Generic Routing Encapsulation
GTF	Generalized Timing Formula
GUI	Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
GXC	GDI-to-XPS Conversion
HAL	Hardware Abstraction Layer
HBA	Host Bus Adapter

HCI	Host Controller Interface
HCL	Hardware Compatibility List
HCT	Hardware Compatibility Test
HDA	High Definition Audio
HDC	Hard Disk Controller
HDD	Hard Disk Drive
HDK	Hardware Development Kit
HDLC	High-Level Data Link Control
HDMI	High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HFP	Hands-Free Profile
HFS	Hardware Functionality Scan
HID	Human Interface Device
HPC	High-Performance Computing
HPD	Hot Plug Detect
HPET	High Precision Event Timer
HPNA	Home Phone Network Adapter
HTML	Hyper-Text Markup Language
HWA	Host Wire Adapter
I2C	Inter-Integrated Circuit
I2O	Intelligent Input/Output
IA-PC	Intel Architecture Personal Computer
IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ICC	International Color Consortium
ICM	Image Color Management
ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
Id	IDentifier
IDE	Integrated Drive Electronics
IDT	Interrupt Dispatch Table
IE	Information Element
IFS	Installable File System Manager
IFSC	Information Field Size Integrated Circuit Card
IFSD	Information Field Size Device
IGD	Internet Gateway Device
IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
IHV	Independent Hardware Vendor
IKE	Internet Key Exchange
IM	Intermediate Missile
IM	Intermediate Maintenance
IM	Intermediate Modulus
IM	intermediate metabolizer
IM	Intermediate Moisture
IM	Intermediate Modeling
IM	Intermediate Modulation
IM	intermediate mesoderm
IM	intermediate megaloblast
IM	intermediate myosin
INCITS	International Committee for Information Technology Standards
INI	Initialization file
IO/MMIO	Input/Output or Memory - Mapped Input/Output
IOCTL	Input/Output Control

IP	Internet Protocol
IPMI	Intelligent Platform Management Interface
IPV6	Internet Protocol Version 6
IPX/SPX	Internet work packet exchange/sequenced packet exchange
IR	Infrared
IrDA	Infrared Data Association
IRLAP	InfraRed Link Access Protocol
IRLMP	InfraRed Link Management Protocol
IRP	I/O (Input/Output) Request Packet
IrPHY	Infrared Physical Layer Link Specification
IrPnP	Irda Plug And Play extension
IRQ	Interrupt Request
IRQL	Interrupt Request Level
IrTINYTP	Infrared Tiny Transport Protocol
ISA	Industry Standard Architecture
ISC	Interconnect Standard Consortium
iSCSI	Internet Small Computer System Interface
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
iSER	iSCSI Extensions for RDMA
iSNS	Internet Server Name Service
ISP	Internet Service Provider
ISR	Interrupt Service Routine
IST	Interrupt Service Thread
ITU	International Telecommunication Union
IU	Internet update
IVMS	Interactive Virtual Machine Session
JEITA	Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association
JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group (24-bit image storage format)
KCS	Keyboard Controller Style
KMCL	Kernel-Mode Client Library
KMDF	Kernel Mode Driver Framework
KS	Kernel Streaming
KVM	SwitchKeyboard, Video, And Mouse Switch
LAN	Local Area Network
LAPM	Link Access Protocol for Modems
LBN	Logical Block Number
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LCP	Link Control Protocol
LEAP	Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
LFE	Low-Frequency Effects
LFX	Local Effects
LLD	Logic Level Driver
LLD2	Link Layer Discovery and Diagnostics
LMI	Local Management Interface
LPC	Local Procedure Call
LPD	Line Printer Daemon
lpr	Line Print
LPT	Line Printer
LSB	least-significant bit
LSO	Large Send Offload

LU	Logical Unit
LUN	Logical Unit Number
LUT	Lookup Table
LVDS	Low-Voltage Differential Signalling
MAC	Media Access Control
MADT	Multiple APIC Description Table
MBE	Memory Block Entry
MBP	Memory Block Page
Mbps	Megabits per second
MCCS	Monitor Control Command Set
MCI	Multimedia Control Interface
MCX	Media Center Extender
MD4	Message Direct 4
MDA	Monochrome Display Adapter
MDF	Microsoft Meta-Data Framework
MDK	MODEM Developers Kit
MDL	Memory Descriptor List
mf	Multi-Function
MF	Multi-Functional
MFP	Multifunction Printer
MFT	Master File Table
MIB	Management Information Base (ATM)
MIDI	Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIMO	Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
MMC	MultiMedia Card
MMC	Microsoft Management Console (Microsoft)
MMIO	Memory-Mapped Input/Output
MMU	Memory Management Unit
MO	Magneto-optic
MOM	Microsoft Operations Manager
MPEG	Motion Picture Experts Group
MSAS	Multiple-Shadow Address Space
MSB	Most Significant Bit
MSC	Most-Significant Character
MSI	Message-Signaled Interrupt
MSR	Microsoft Reserved Partition
MTBF	Mean Time Between Failures
MTP	Media Transfer Protocol
MTS	Multichannel Television Sound
MTU	Maximum Transmission Unit
MUFS	Multi-User File System
MUI	Multilingual User Interface (Microsoft)
MUX	Multiplexer
MXC	Media Center Extender
MXDW	Microsoft XPS Document Writer
NABTS	North American Basic Teletext Specification
NAK	Negative Acknowledgment
NAP	Network Access Protection
NAS	Network-Attached Storage
NAT	Network Address Translation

NAVI-D	New Analog Video Interface - Digital
NAVI-P	New Analog Video Interface - Portable
NAVI-V	New Analog Video Interface
NCQ	Native Command Queuing
NDIS	Network Driver Interface Specification (Microsoft Windows NT)
NIC	Network Interface Card
NLA	Network Location Awareness
NLB	Network Load Balancing
NPZ	no problem/IT MEENZ 'NO POZESSION'
NS	Noise Suppression
NTFS	New Technology File System (Windows NT)
NTLDR	Windows Nt Loader
NTSC	National Television System Committee video standard
NUMA	Nonuniform Memory Access
NVRAM	Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
OAL	OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) Adaptation Layer
OCA	Online Crash Analysis
OCUR	Opencable Unidirectional Receivers
ODI	Overall Driver Index
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
OHCI	Open Host Controller Interface
OID	Object Identifier
OOBE	Out-of-Box Experience
OPK	Open Product Key
OPM	Output Protection Management
OS	Operating System
OSI	Open Systems Interconnection (iso Standard)
OSPM	Operating System - Directed Power Management
OSTA	Optical Storage Technology Association
OUI	Organizationally Unique Identifier
PA	Physical Address
PAE	Physical Address Extension
PAL	Phase Alternating Line
PAL	Platform Abstraction Layer
PAN	Personal Area Network
PATA	Parallel Ata
PAWS	Protection Against Wrapping Sequence
PCB	printed circuit board
PCI	Peripheral Component Interface
PCIe	PCI Express
PCIIO	Pci I/O
PCL	Printer Control Language
PCM	Pulse-Code Modulation
PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PD	Phase Dual
PDA	Personal Digital Assistant
PDB	Parallel Data Base
PDL	Page Description Language
PDML	Page Discrimination Markup Language
PDO	Physical Device Object

PE	Protected Environment
PES	Packetized Elementary Stream
PFD	PREfast for Drivers
PGA	Professional graphics adapter
PHY	Physical Layer
PIC	Programmable Interrupt Controller
PIM	Personal Information Manager
PIMA	Photographic And Imaging Manufacturers Association
PIN	Personal Identification Number
PIO	Programmed Input/Output
PM	Power Management And Distribution
PME	Power Management Event
PmP	Protected Media Path
PnP	Plug aNd Play
PnP-X	Plug And Play Extensions
POS	Point Of Sale.Retail term, being the physical point at which products are displayed on shelves or paid for at the checkout, as in the EPOS acronym.
POS	Programmable Option Select
POST	power-on self test
POTS	Plain Old Telephone Service (FCW)
PPI	Points per Inch
PPM	Parent Partition Mapping
PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
PRCB	Processor Control Block
PRCS	Proactive Reporting and Correcting Safeguard
PSK	Product Service Key
PSS	Product Support Services
PSTN	Public Switched Telephone Network
PTE	Page Table Entry
PTEC	Page Table Edit Control
PTP	Picture Transfer Protocol
PTS	Presentation Time Stamps (MPEG systems)
PTS	Page Table Shadowing
PU	Partition Unit
PUMA	Protected User - Mode Audio
PVP	Protected Video Path
PVR	Personal Video Recorder
PXE	Preboot Execution Environment
QAM	quadrature amplitude modulation
QFE	Quick Fix Engineering
QIC	Quarter Inch Cartridge
QNF	Quadro New Feature
qWAVE	Quality Windows Audio/Video Experience
RADIUS	Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RAID	Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM	random-access memory
RBC	Reduced Block Command
RCA	Radio Corporation of America
RDMA	Remote Direct Memory Access
RDP	Remote Desktop Protocol

RF	Radio Frequency
RFC	Request For Comment
RG	Residential Gateway
RGB	Red, Green, Blue
RIP	Raster Image Processor
RIRB	Response Input Ring Buffer
RIS	Remote Installation Server
RME	Real - Mode Emulator
RMS	Rights Management Services
RNDIS	Remote Network Driver Interface Specification
RPC	Remote Procedure Call
RS-423A	EIA standard for transmitting serial data
RSDP	Root System Description Pointer
RSS	receive-side scaling
RSSI	Received Signal Strength Indication
RST	Reset
RT	Real Time (R/T Preferred)
RTC	Real Time Clock
RTCP	Real-Time Control Protocol
RTP	Real-Time Transport Protocol
RW	Readable/Writable
S/PDIF	Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
S/T	Pseudo - Ternary
SAL	System Abstraction Layer
SAM	SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) Architecture Mode
SAN	Storage Area Network
SAPIC	Streamlined Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
SAS	Serial Attached SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)
SAS	Shadow Address Space
SATA	Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SBC	SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) Block Command
SBP	Serial Bus Protocol
SCI	System Control Interrupt
SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
SD	Secure Digital
SDDL	Security Descriptor Definition Language
SDIO	Secure Digital Input/Output
SDK	Software Development Kit (Microsoft)
SDO	Serial Data Output
SDP	Sockets Direct Protocol
SDRAM	Synchronous dynamic random access memory
SDTV	Standard-Definition TeleVision
SDV	Static Driver Verifier
SECAM	SEquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire
SID	Security Identifier
SIMM	Single Inline Memory Module
SIOM	Server Input/Output Module
SIR	Serial Infrared
SLAT	Second-Level Address Translation
SMART	Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology

SMBIOS	System Management Basic Input/Output System
SMC	SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) Media Changer
SMP	Symmetric Multi-Processing
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM)
SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
SoC	System-on-a-Chip
SODIMM	Serially Opened DIgital Interconnect Master (cache) Memory
SODIMM	Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module
SoftAP	Soft Access Point
SoIP	Storage-Over-Internet Protocol
SP	Service Pack
SPA	System Physical Address
SPC	SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) Primary Commands
SPDPT	Shadow Page Directory Pointer Table
SPDT	Shadow Page Directory Table
SPI	SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) Parallel Interface
SPID	Service Profile Identifier
SPML4T	Shadow Page Map Level-4 Table
SPP	Serial Port Profile
spT	Shadow Page Table
SPTD	SCSI Pass Through Direct
SRB	SCSI Request Block
sRGB	Standard Red Green Blue
SRTM	Static Root of Trust for Measurement
SSDP	Simple Service Discovery Protocol
SSID	Service set identifier (Wi-Fi)
STB	Set-Top Box
STI	Still Image Architecture
STP	Spanning Tree Protocol
SUT	System Under Test
SVGA	Super VGA
SVID	Sub-system Vendor IDentification
SVM	Secure Virtual Machine
TC	Traffic Control
TCG	Trusted Computer Group
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TCS	Trusted Configuration Space
TDI	Transport Driver Interface
TIA	Telecommunications Industry Association
TLC	Third-Level Cache
TLV	Type-Length-Value
Tmf	Trace Message Format
TMM	Transient Multimon Manager
TOE	TCP Offload Engines
TPM	Trusted Platform Module
TVAF	TeleVision Anytime Forum
UAA	Universal Audio Architecture
UAGP	Universal Accelerated Graphics Port
UAP	User Account Protection
UART	Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter

UDCR	Uni-Directional Cable Receiver
UDF	Universal Disk Format
UDMA	Ultra-Direct Memory Access
UDP	User Datagram Protocol (FDDI related)
UEFI	Unified Extended Firmware Interface
UFD	USB (Universal Serial Bus) Flash Drive
UFDA	USB (Universal Serial Bus) Flash Drive Alliance
UHCI	Universal Host Controller Interface
UI	User Interface
UMA	User-Mode Audio
UMDF	User Mode Driver Fframework
UML	Unified Modeling Language (Object Management Group, OMG)
UMV	User Mode Bus
UNIX	Uniplexed Information and Computing Service
UPnP	Universal Plug and Play
URB	Universal Request Block
URI	Uniform Resource Identifier
USB	Universal Serial Bus
USB-IF	Universal Serial Bus Implementers Forum
USN	Unique Service Name
USRT	Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UUID	Universally Unique Identifier (see Also GUID)
UVC	USB (Universal Serial Bus) Video Class
UWB	UltraWide Band
UXGA	Ultra Extended Graphics Array
VA	Video Acceleration
VA	Virtual Address
VAFC	VESA Advanced Feature Connector
VBE	VESA Bios Extension
VBI	Vertical Blanking Interval
VBR	Variable Bit Rate (ATM)
VC	Virtual Channel
VCP	Virtual Control Program
VCR	video cassette recorder/player
VDD	MicroSoft Windows Virtual Display Driver
VDS	Virtual Disk Service
VDSL	Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
VESA	Video Electronics Standards Association
VFIR	Very Fast IrDA (Infrared Data Association)
VGA	Video Graphics Array
VHD	Virtual Hard Disk
VHF	Very High Frequency
VID	Vendor IDentification
VID	Virtualization Infrastructure Driver
VL-BUS	VESA Local Bus
VLAN	Virtual Local Area Network
VM	Virtual Machine
VMBus	Virtual Machine Bus
VML	Virtual Machine Library
VMR	Video Mixing Renderer

VP	Virtual Processor
VPD	MicroSoft Windows Virtual Printer Driver
VPD	Vital Product Data
VPN	Virtual Private Network (ATM)
VSB	Vestigial SideBand
VSC	Virtualization Service Client
VSMM	Virtualization Stack Memory Manager
VSS	Volume Shadow (Copy) Service
VXD	Microsoft Windows Virtual device driver
WAN	Wide-Area Network
WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
WaveRT	Wave Real Time
WBEM	Web-Based Enterprise Management
WC	Write-Combined
WCN	Windows Connect Now
WCS	Windows Color System
WDDM	Window Display Driver Model
WDF	Windows Driver Foundation
WDK	Windows Driver Kit
WDM	Windows Driver Model
WDRT	WatchDog Resource Table
WDT	WatchDOG timer
WDTF	Windows Device Testing Framework
WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
WER	Windows Error Reporting
WFA	Wi-Fi Alliance
WFP	Windows Filtering Platform
WGF	Windows Graphics Foundation
WHCI	Wireless Host Controller Interface
WHCM	Wireless Handset Control Model
WHDC	Windows Hardware Developer Central
WHEA	Windows Hardware Error Architecture
WHQL	Windows Hardware Quality Laboratories
WIA	Windows Image Acquisition
WINIPCFG	Windows Internet Protocol Configuration file (.exe)
Winqual	Windows Quality Online Services
WINSAT	Windows System Assessment Tools
WiX	Windows Installer XML
WLAN	Wireless Local Area Network
WLP	Windows Logo Program
WMDM	Windows Media Device Manager
WMDRM	Windows Media Digital Rights Management
WME	Wireless Multimedia Extension
WMI	Windows Management Interface
WMI	Windows Management Instrumentation
WMM	Wireless Multimedia
WMV	Windows Media Video
WMX	Web Services For Management Extension
WOL	Wake-On LAN (Local Area Network support)
WOSA	Windows Open Systems Architecture

WOW64	Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit
WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPAN	Wireless Personal Area Network
WPD	Windows Portable Device
WPF	Windows Presentation Foundation
WPP	Windows Software Trace Preprocessor
WRE	Write Cache Enable
WSC	Wi-Fi Simple Configuration
WSD	Web Services for Devices
Wsdapi	Web Services for Devices Application Programming Interface
WSK	Winsock Kernel
WUSB	Wireless Universal Serial Bus
WWAN	wireless wide-area network
WYSIWYG	What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
WZC	Wireless Zero Configuration
XA	CD-ROM extended architecture
XAML	Extensible Application Markup Language
XDDM	Windows XP Display Driver Model
XGA	eXtended Graphics Adaptor
XGC	XPS - to - GDI Conversion
XID	Transaction IDentification
XML	Extensible Markup Language
XP	version 5.1 of Microsoft Windows
XPDDM	Windows XP Display Driver Model
XPS	XML Paper Specification
XQX	Driver for printers that use the HP "XQX" stream wire protocol for their print data
XSD	XML Schema Definition
XSDT	Extended System Description Table
XSP	Extender Session Protocol
XUSB	Xbox 360 Universal Serial Bus
ZJS	Zenographics ZjStream printer driver
ZJSTREAM	Zenographics ZjStream printer driver