Computer's  Acronyms and more...

Additional references:

• Internet Dictionary of the NetLingo

• Roedy Green's Computer Buyer's  Glossary

• General Computing Terms of the Whatis?com

• Smart Computing Dictionary/Encyclopedia

 

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A
AC	Alternating current
ACL	Access Control List
ACP	Acceptance Test Procedure
ACPI	Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface
ADC	Advanced Data Connector
ADC	Analog-to-digital  Converter
ADF	Automatic Document Feeder
ADO	ActiveX Data Objects
ADP	Automated Data Processing
ADR	Advanced Digital Recording  technology,
AFP	Apple Filling Protocol
AGP	Accelerated Graphics Port
AIS	Automated Information Systems
AIT	Analysis and Integration Team
AIT	Advanced Intelligent Tape
AMC	Active Movie Control
AMR	Audio Modem Riser
ANA	Automatic Network Analyzer
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
APD	Advanced Product Development
API	Applications Programming Interface
APIC	Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
APM	Advanced Power Management
APS	Analog Protection System
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASD	Automatic Skip Driver
ASDL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ASIC	Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASM	Application Specific Memory
ASP	Active Server Pages
ATA	Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAPI	Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
ATE	Automated Test Equipment
ATM	Automatic Test Method
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM	Automatic Teller Machine
ATMH	Automated Text Message Handling
ATX	Advanced Technology Extended
AUI	Attachment Unit Interface
AUP	Acceptable Use Policy
A/V	Audio/Video
AVGA	Advanced VGA
AWK	Aho, Weinberger, Kerninghan( Pattern Scanning Language)
B
BALI	BackWeb Authoring Language Interface
BDC	Backup Domain Controller
BIOS	Basic Input/Output System
BNC	Barrel Nut Connector (coaxial networking)
BOB	Bag of bites
BW	Bandwidth
BWTP	BackWEB Transport Protocol
C
CA	Certificate Authority
CAD	Computer-Aided Design
CAE	Computer Aided Engineering
CASE	Computer Aided Software Engineering
CAV	Constant Angular Velocity
CBA-IPI	CMM-Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement
CBM	Component Management system
CCD	Charge Couple Devices
CD	Compact Disk
CDF	Channel Definition Format
CDP	Certificate in Data Processing
CD-ROM	Compact Disk Read-Only Memory
CERT	Computer Emergency Response Team
CGI	Common Gateway Interface
CHAP	Challenge Hand Shake Authentication Protocol
CIFS	Common Internet File System
CIM	Common Information Model
CIS	Contact Image  Sensor
CIX	Commercial Internet Exchange
CLI	Call-Level Interface
CLV	Constant Linear Velocity
CM	Content Management
CM	Configuration Management
CMCTL	Connection Manager Control Utility
CMOS	Complementary Metal-oxide Semiconductor
CODEC	Code/Decode
COM	Component Object Method
COM	Computer Object Model Technology
CORBA	Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CPAN	Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
CPM	Critical Path Method
CPS	Certification Authority Practice Statement
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CRC	Cyclic Redundancy Check Character
CRISD	Computer Resource Integrated Support Document
CRT	Cathode-Ray Tube
CS	Customer Service
CSC	Computer Software Component
CSC	Customer Service Center
CSCI	Computer Software Configuration Item
CSI	Customer Support Identification
CSMA/CA	Carrier Sense Multiple access with Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD	Carrier Sense Multiple access with Collision Detection
CSR	Control and Status Register
CSS	Cascading Styles Sheets
CSU	Computer Software Unit
CSU/DSU	Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
D
D/A	Digital to Analog
DAA	Data Access Arrangement
DAC	Discretionary Access Control
DAC	Digital to Analog Converter
DAO	Date Access Object
DAQ	Data Acquisition
DAS	Data Acquisition System
DAS	Direct Attached Storage
DASD	Direct-Access Storage Device
DAT	Digital Audio Tape
DAT	Data Analysis Tool
DATR	Design Approval Test Report
DBMS	Database Management System
DBS	Direct Broadcast System
DC	Direct Current
DCC	Document Control Center
DCE	Data Communication Equipment
DCL	Data Control Language
DCOM	Distributed Component Object Model
DCS	Distributed Control System
DDE	Direct Data Entry
DDE	Dynamic Data Exchange
DDI	Device Driver Interface
DDK	Device Driver Kit
DDL	Data Definition Language
DDR SDRAM	Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic RAM
DES	Data Encryption Standard
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DI	Data Item
DIB	Device-Independent Bitmap
DID	Data Item Description
DIMM	Dual-In-Line Memory Module
DIO	Digital Input/Output
DLL	Dynamic-Link Library
DLT	Digital Linear Tape
DLP	Digital Light Processing
DMA	Direct Memory Access
DMI	Desktop Management Interface
DMTF	Distributed Management Task
DML	Data Manipulation Language
DNA	Distributed Internet Applications
DNS	Domain Name System
DOM	Document Object Model
DOS	Disk Operating System
DP	Data Processing
DPF	Discrete Packet Format
DPMS	Display Power Management Software
DRAM	Direct Random Access Memory
DSL	Digital Subscriber Line
DSP	Digital Signal Processor
DSPL	DS Presentation Layer
DSU	Data Storage Unit
DSU	Device Switching Unit
DSU	Digital Synchronization Unit
DSU	Disk Storage Unit
DSVD	Digital Simultaneous Voice/data
DTV	Digital Television
DVB	Digital Video Broadcast
DVC	Digital Video Compression
DVD	Digital Video Disk
E
e-BOB	encrypted BOB
EC	Error Correction
ECP	Extended Capabilities Port
EDP	Electronic Data Processing
EFT	Electronic Funds Transfer
EIS	Executive Information System
EGA	Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EISA	Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EMI	Electromagnetic Interference
EPP	Enhanced Parallel Port
ERD	Emergency Repair Disk
ESD	Electronic Software Distribution
ESD	Electro Static Discharge
ESDI	Enhanced System Device Interface
ETCI	European Telecommunications  Standards Institute
EULA	End-User License Agreement
F
FAQ	Frequently Asked Question
FAST	Final Acceptance System Test
FAT	File Allocation Table
FCA	Functional Configuration Audit
FDC	Floppy Disk Controller
FDDI	Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FFA	Free For All
FFOP	Failure Free Operating Period
FIFO	First-in-first-out
FM	Frequency Modulation
FP	Floating Point
FPU	Floating Point Unit
FR	Failure Rate
FTC	Federal Trade Commission
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
G
GDI	Graphics Device Interface
GIF	Graphical Interchange Format
GPIB	General Purpose Interface Bus
GPL	Graphical Programming Language
GSM	Global System for Mobile Communications
GSX	Global Solutions Exchange
GUI	Graphical User Interface
H
HCI	Human Computer Interface
HCL	Hardware Compatibility List
HCSS	High-Capacity Storage System
HF	High Frequency
HFC	Hybrid Fiber-coax
HDD	Hard Disk Drive
HDTV	High Definition Television
HID	Human Interface Device
HIPO	Hierarchical Input Process Output
HP	Hewlett-Packard Corp.
HPI	Host Processor Interface
HTML	Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP	Hypertext Transport Protocol
HUD	Heads Up Display
I
I/O	Input/Output
IAB	Internet Activity Board (TCP/IP)
IAC	Interapplication Communication Protocol
IACI	International Association of the Computer Impaired
IBM	International Business Machines Corp.
ICA	Independent Computing Architecture
ICC	International Color Consortium
ICM	Image Color Matching
ICP	Industrial Computer Product
ICUS	Intelligent Content Update System
IDE	Integrated Device  Electronics
IDEA	International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDENT	Identification Protocol
IDD	Interface Design Document
IDL	Interface Definition Language
IE	Internet Explorer
IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE	Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IFFT	Intelligent Fault-tolerant File Transfer system
IFS	Internet File System
IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
IGES	Initial (International) Graphics Exchange Specification
IIOP	Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
ILK	Intellectual Property Long Key
IM	Instant Messaging
IMAP	Internet  Message  Access Protocol
IP	Internet Protocol
IPO	Input, Processing and Output
IPP	Intellectual Property Provider
IPX	NetWare Transport Protocol
IR	Infrared
IRC	Internet Relay Chat
IRQ	Interrupt Request
IRS	Interface Requirements Specification
IS	Information Service
ISA	Industry Standard Architecture
ISAPI	Internet Server Application Programming Interface
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO	International Standard's Organization
ISP	Internet Service Provider
ISV	Independent Software Vendor
ITR	Internet Talk Radio
IVR	Interactive Voice Response
IWB	Interactive Whiteboard
J
JDBC	Java Data Base Connectivity
JES	Java Embedded Server Technology
JPEG	Joint Photographic Engineering Group
JRE	Java Runtime Engine
JVM	Java Virtual Machine
K
KB	Knowledge Base
KB	Keyboard
KU	Keyboard Unit
KVM	Keyboard + Video(Monitor) + Mouse
L
LAN	Local Area Network
LBA	Logical Block Addressing
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP	LightWeight Directory Access Protocol
LDT	Local Descriptor Table
LIFO	Last-in-first-out
LLC	Logical Link Control
LTO	Linear Tape-Open  technology
M
MAC	Media Access Control
MAU	Multistation Access Unit
MFC	Microsoft Foundation Class
MFTP	Multi-Cast File Transfer Protocol
MIB	Management Information Base
MIDI	Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIL-STD	Military Standard
MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
MIS	Management of Information System
MICR	Magnetic-ink character recognition
MMC	Microsoft Management Console
MMU	Memory Management Unit
MOTO	Mail Order/Telephone order
MPEG	Moving Picture Expert Group
MPT	Maximum Processing Time
MRD	Marketing Requirements Document
MS	Microsoft
MSAU	Multistation Access Unit
MSD	Microsoft Diagnostics
MSDE	Microsoft Data Engine
MTA	Mail Transport Agent
MTBF	Mean Time Between Failures
MTS	Microsoft Transaction Server
MTTF	Mean Time to Failure
MTU	Maximum Transfer Unit
MUA	Mail User Agent
N
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NAT	Network Address Translation
NCA	Network Computing Architecture
NCP	NetWare Core Protocol
NDIS	Network Driver Interface Specification
NDS	NetWare Directory Services
NetBIOS	Networked Basic Input-Output System
NFS	Network File System
NIC	Network Information Center
NIC	Network Interface Card
NIS	Network Information System
NLM	Netware Loadable Module
NN	Neural Network
NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol
NOS	Network Operating System
NREN	National Research and Education Network
NSSN	National Standard Systems Network
NTFS	NT File System
O
OAM	Operation and Maintenance
OCR	Optical character recognition
ODBC	Open Database Connectivity
ODI	Open Data Link Interface Specification
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer
OFA	Optimal Flexible Architecture
OLAP	On-line Analytical Processing
OLE	Object Linking and Embedding
OLTP	On-line Transaction Processing
OMR	Optical mark recognition
OMT	Object Modeling Technique
OPP	Order Process Pipeline
ORB	Object-request Broker
OS	Operating System
OSI	Open System Interconnection
OSO	OverScan Operation
P
PAL	Phase Alternation Line
PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PC	Personal Computer
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI	Peripheral Component Interface
PCM	Pulse Code Modulation
PCN	Process Change Notice
PDA	Personal Digital Assistant
PDC	Primary Domain Controller
PDES	Product Data Exchange specification
PDP	Plasma Display Panel
PERL	Practical Extraction and Report Language
PIC	Programmable Interrupt Controller
PIO	Programmed I/O
PMON	Processing Monitor
PnP	Plug-and Play
PNG	Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
POP	Post Office Protocol
POSIX	Portable Open Systems Interconnect
POSIX	Portable Operating System Interface for Computing Environments
PPA	Product Price Applet
PPM	Perl Package Manager
PPP	Point-to-point Protocol
PPTP	Point-to-Point  Tunneling Protocol
PS/2	Personal System/2
Q
QC	Quality Control
QFD	Quality Function Deployment
QIC	Quarter-inch-tape Cartridge
QSAM	Queued Sequential-Access Method
QTAM	Queued Telecommunication-Access Method
R
RAID	Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM	Random Access Memory
RARP	Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RAS	Remote Access Service
RCA	Radio Corporation of America
RCAN	Recancel Transaction
RDBMS	Relational Database Management System
RDS	Remote Data Service
RF	Radio Frequency
RIP	Routing Information Protocol
RISC	Reduced Instruction Set Computing
RMI	Remote Module Invocation
RNA	Remote Network Access
ROM	Read Only Memory
RS	Record Separator
RT	Real Time
S
SAP	Service Advertisement Protocol
SCARF	System Control Audit Review File
SCAM	SCSI Configured Automatically
SCE	Software Capability Evaluations
SCSI	Small Computer Standard Interface
SDCE	Software Development Capability Evaluation
SDK	Software Development Kit
SDLC	Software Development Life Circle
SDRAM	Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SEI	Software Engineering Institute
SET	Secure Electronic Transaction
SFT	System Fault-Tolerance
SFT	Software Fault-Tolerant
SGA	System Global Area
SHTTP	Secure HTTP
SID	System Identifier
SIMM	Single In-line Memory Module
SLIP	Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMI	Software Maturity Index Metric
SMP	Symmetric Multiprocessing
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA	System Network Architecture
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
SNPP	Simple Network Paging Protocol
SNR	Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SNTP	Simple Network Time Protocol
SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
SOHO	Small office/Home office
SPA	Software Publishers Association
SPA	Secure Password Authentication
SPDIF	Sound Pro Digital Interface
SPDIF	Sony/Philips Digital Interface
SPOOL	Simultaneous Peripheral Output On-line
SPS	Software Product specification
SPX	Sequenced Packet Exchange
SQL	Structured Query Language
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer
STP	Shielded Twisted Pair
STR	Suspend to RAM
SVGA	Super Video Graphic Adapter
T
TA	Transparency adapter
TAF	Transparent Application  Failover
TAR	Technical Assistance Request
TAM	Telephone Answering Machine
TBYB	Try Before You Buy
TCL	Transaction Data Control
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TCU	Transmission Control Unit
TDMA	Time Division Multiplexed Access
TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TIFF	Tagged Image File Format
TIMS	Technical Information Management Systems
TLD	Top Level Domain
TP	Twisted Pair
TPA	Trialware Professional Association
U
UART	Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
UCITA	Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act
UCM	Universal Cable Module
UAS	Universal Application Server
UDA	Universal Data Access
UDF	Universal Disk Format
UDP	User Datagram Protocol
UEM	Universal Enterprise Manager
UHCI	Universal Host Controller Interface
UHF	Ultra-High Frequency
UML	Unified Modeling Language
UNC	Universal Naming Convention
UPC	Universal Product Code
UPS	Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL	Uniform Resource Location
USB	Universal Serial Bus
UST	Universal Coordinated Time
UTP	Unshielded Twisted Pair
UUCP	Unix to Unix Copy Protocol
V
VAR	Value-Added Reseller
VDD	Virtual Display Driver
VESA	Video Electronics Standards Association
VGA	Video Graphics Array
VHF	Very High Frequency
VIR	Visual Information Retrieval
VLS	Virtual Library System
VMM	Virtual Memory Manager
VNS	Virtual Memory System
VP	Video Processor
VPE	Video Port Extension
VPN	Virtual Private Network
VR	Virtual Reality
VSO	Variable Speed Operation
W
WAIS	Wide Area Information Center
WAN	Wide Area Network
WDM	Win32 Driver Model (Microsoft)
Wi-Fi	Wireless fidelity (WLAN)
WINS	Windows Internet Name Service
WLAN	Wireless Local Area Network
WOM	Web Object Management
WSDL	Web Services Definition Language
WSS	Windows Sound System
WWW	World Wide Web
X
XB	Xbox
XL	Excel
XML	EXtensible Markup Language