Annotation of src/share/misc/acronyms.comp, Revision 1.149
1.149 ! rodent 1: $NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.148 2015/02/06 14:48:24 ginsbach Exp $
1.53 jmmv 2: 3WHS three-way handshake
1.127 jruoho 3: 8VSB 8-state vestigial side band modulation
1.120 jruoho 4: AA anti-aliasing
1.131 wiz 5: AAA authentication, authorization, [and] accounting
1.120 jruoho 6: AAT average access time
1.6 jschauma 7: ABI application binary interface
1.121 jruoho 8: ABR available bit rate
1.120 jruoho 9: AC alternating current
1.127 jruoho 10: ACI adjacent channel interferer
1.117 jruoho 11: ACID atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability
1.131 wiz 12: ACK Amsterdam compiler kit
1.120 jruoho 13: ACK acknowledgement
1.53 jmmv 14: ACL access control list
1.120 jruoho 15: ACL active current loop
1.131 wiz 16: ACP auxillary control {process,program}
1.18 jmmv 17: ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
1.121 jruoho 18: ACS access control set
19: ACU automatic calling unit
1.78 dholland 20: ADB Apple desktop bus
1.26 wennmach 21: ADC analog [to] digital converter
1.122 jruoho 22: ADD acronym driven development
1.121 jruoho 23: ADO active data objects
24: ADP automatic data processing
1.49 wiz 25: ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
1.122 jruoho 26: ADS alternate data stream
1.53 jmmv 27: ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
1.131 wiz 28: ADT abstract data type
1.96 dholland 29: AES Advanced Encryption Standard
30: AFS Andrew File System
1.121 jruoho 31: AGC automatic gain control
1.15 keihan 32: AGP accelerated graphics port
1.121 jruoho 33: AI analog input
1.120 jruoho 34: AI artificial intelligence
35: AL access list
36: AL active link
1.109 ahoka 37: ALE address latch enable
1.126 jruoho 38: ALS ambient light sensor
1.94 jruoho 39: ALU arithmetic and logical unit
1.120 jruoho 40: AM access method
1.131 wiz 41: AM alignment mask
1.51 jmmv 42: AM amplitude modulation
1.52 jmmv 43: AMI alternate mark inversion
1.133 ginsbach 44: AMQP advanced message queuing protocol
1.120 jruoho 45: AMT active management technology
1.121 jruoho 46: AN Arabic number
1.96 dholland 47: ANSI American National Standards Institute
1.121 jruoho 48: AO analog output
1.131 wiz 49: AOL Alert-on-LAN
1.121 jruoho 50: AOS add or subtract
1.53 jmmv 51: AP access point
1.120 jruoho 52: AP application processor
1.8 keihan 53: API application programming interface
1.40 keihan 54: APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller
1.129 ginsbach 55: APIPA automatic private IP addressing
1.145 riz 56: APT advanced persistent threat
1.126 jruoho 57: AQM active queue management
1.110 jruoho 58: ARAT always running APIC timer
1.102 jruoho 59: ARC adaptive replacement cache
1.96 dholland 60: ARM Advanced RISC Machines
1.131 wiz 61: ARP Address Resolution Protocol
1.96 dholland 62: ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
1.53 jmmv 63: ARQ automatic repeat request
1.122 jruoho 64: ARR address range register
1.121 jruoho 65: ARU audio response unit
1.53 jmmv 66: AS autonomous system
1.122 jruoho 67: ASC advanced smart cache
1.131 wiz 68: ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
1.122 jruoho 69: ASD agile software development
70: ASE advanced software environment
1.120 jruoho 71: ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
1.121 jruoho 72: ASK amplitude shif keying
1.77 dholland 73: ASLR address space layout randomization
1.131 wiz 74: ASN autonomous system number
1.122 jruoho 75: ASPM active state power management
76: ASQ automated software quality
1.121 jruoho 77: ASR address space register
1.79 dholland 78: AST abstract syntax tree
79: AST asynchronous trap
1.120 jruoho 80: AT access time
1.18 jmmv 81: AT advanced technology
1.1 jmmv 82: ATA advanced technology attachment
1.70 wiz 83: ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface
1.62 elad 84: ATC address translation cache
1.35 grant 85: ATM asynchronous transfer mode
1.18 jmmv 86: ATX advanced technology extended
1.122 jruoho 87: AV anti virus
88: AVL Adelson-Velsky-Landis
89: AVX advanced vector extensions
1.127 jruoho 90: BA byte align
1.120 jruoho 91: BAL basic assembly language
1.78 dholland 92: BAR base address register
1.120 jruoho 93: BBS bulletin board system
1.121 jruoho 94: BCC blind carbon copy
1.94 jruoho 95: BCD binary coded decimal
1.141 dholland 96: BCR byte count register
1.108 jruoho 97: BCS base configuration space
1.120 jruoho 98: BD baud
1.122 jruoho 99: BDD binary decision diagram
1.127 jruoho 100: BDI bit deinterleave
1.122 jruoho 101: BDUF big design up front
1.16 jmmv 102: BEDO burst extended data output
1.54 jmmv 103: BER basic encoding rules
1.131 wiz 104: BER bit error {rate,ratio}
105: BFD binary {file,format} descriptor
1.83 elad 106: BFKL big fscking kernel lock
1.117 jruoho 107: BFS breadth-first search
1.121 jruoho 108: BFT binary file transfer
1.105 jruoho 109: BGA ball grid array
1.131 wiz 110: BGP Border Gateway Protocol
1.96 dholland 111: BIND Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
1.138 jdf 112: BIOS Basic Input/Output System
113: BIOS built-in operating system
1.108 jruoho 114: BIST built-in self-test
1.121 jruoho 115: BIU bus interface unit
1.107 jruoho 116: BKDG BIOS and kernel developer's guide
1.102 jruoho 117: BLAS basic linear algebra subprograms
1.131 wiz 118: BLC back light control
1.2 jmmv 119: BLOB binary large object
1.121 jruoho 120: BM bus master
1.101 jruoho 121: BMC baseboard management controller
1.121 jruoho 122: BMIC bus master interface controller
123: BN boundary neutral
124: BNF Backus-Naur form
125: BO binary output
126: BOF beginning of file
1.131 wiz 127: BOM beginning of message
1.121 jruoho 128: BOM byte order mark
1.107 jruoho 129: BP base pointer
1.120 jruoho 130: BP boot processor
1.122 jruoho 131: BPB BIOS parameter block
1.131 wiz 132: BPF Berkeley Packet Filter
1.121 jruoho 133: BPI bits per inch
1.122 jruoho 134: BPM business process modelling
1.48 jmmv 135: BPS bits per second
1.127 jruoho 136: BPSK binary phase shift keying
1.95 wiz 137: BQS Berkeley quality software
1.126 jruoho 138: BRE basic regular expression
1.140 dholland 139: BS backspace
1.126 jruoho 140: BS binary sequence
1.135 jdf 141: BSA basic service area
1.131 wiz 142: BSD Berkeley Software Distribution
1.121 jruoho 143: BSF bit scan forward
1.94 jruoho 144: BSOD blue screen of death
1.112 dholland 145: BSP binary space partition
1.126 jruoho 146: BSP bootstrap processor
1.121 jruoho 147: BSR bit scan reverse
1.135 jdf 148: BSS basic service set
1.91 matt 149: BSS block started by symbol
1.135 jdf 150: BSSID basic service set identifier
1.131 wiz 151: BT BitTorrent
1.95 wiz 152: BT Bluetooth
1.122 jruoho 153: BT bit test
154: BTC bit test [and] complement
155: BTR bit test [and] reset
156: BTS bit test [and] set
1.120 jruoho 157: BTS bits per second
158: BW bandwidth
1.121 jruoho 159: BWM block-write mode
1.122 jruoho 160: CA certificate authority
1.19 jmmv 161: CAD computer-aided design
1.103 dholland 162: CAM computer assisted manufacturing
1.131 wiz 163: CAM conditional access module
1.102 jruoho 164: CAM content addressable memory
1.131 wiz 165: CARP Common Address Redundancy Protocol
166: CAS column address strobe
167: CAS compare and swap
1.102 jruoho 168: CAS computer algebra system
1.122 jruoho 169: CASE computer aided software engineering
1.121 jruoho 170: CAU control access unit
1.131 wiz 171: CAV constant angular velocity
1.121 jruoho 172: CBC cipher block chaining
173: CBR constant bit rate
1.131 wiz 174: CC carbon coby
1.48 jmmv 175: CCD charge coupled device
1.127 jruoho 176: CCI co-channel interferer
1.131 wiz 177: CD cache disable
1.9 keihan 178: CD compact disc
1.48 jmmv 179: CDDA compact disc digital audio
1.126 jruoho 180: CDMA code division multiple access
1.16 jmmv 181: CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
1.55 kleink 182: CER canonical encoding rules
1.120 jruoho 183: CF compact flash
1.84 dholland 184: CFG context-free grammar
185: CFG control-flow graph
1.110 jruoho 186: CG control gate
1.138 jdf 187: CGA Color Graphics Adapter
1.30 jmmv 188: CGI common gateway interface
1.131 wiz 189: CGN Carrier-Grade NAT
190: CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
1.1 jmmv 191: CHS cylinder/head/sector
1.126 jruoho 192: CI continuous integration
1.131 wiz 193: CI {common,component} interface
194: CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing
195: CIFS Common Internet File System
1.117 jruoho 196: CIL common intermediate language
1.131 wiz 197: CIR carrier-to-interference ratio
1.48 jmmv 198: CIS contact image sensor
1.140 dholland 199: CISC complex instruction set {computer,computing}
1.131 wiz 200: CJK Chinese, Japanese, [and] Korean
1.122 jruoho 201: CLF common log format
1.1 jmmv 202: CLI command line interface
1.120 jruoho 203: CLR common language runtime
1.122 jruoho 204: CLTT closed loop thermal throttling
1.60 uwe 205: CLUT color look-up table
1.131 wiz 206: CLV constant linear velocity
1.122 jruoho 207: CM configuration management
208: CMA concert multithread architecture
1.104 jruoho 209: CMI control management interface
210: CMI control method interface
1.110 jruoho 211: CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
1.121 jruoho 212: CMP chip multi-processing
1.120 jruoho 213: CMS content management system
1.50 salo 214: CMYK cyan magenta yellow black
1.131 wiz 215: CN {common,canonical} name
1.120 jruoho 216: CNC computer numerical control
1.131 wiz 217: CNR carrier-to-noise ratio
1.108 jruoho 218: COF current operating frequency
1.127 jruoho 219: COFDM coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
1.37 grant 220: COFF common object file format
1.126 jruoho 221: COM component object model
1.107 jruoho 222: COMA cache-only memory architecture
1.126 jruoho 223: CORBA common object request broker architecture
1.58 kleink 224: COW copy-on-write
1.127 jruoho 225: CP continuous pilot
1.121 jruoho 226: CPB core performance boost
1.127 jruoho 227: CPE common phase error
1.121 jruoho 228: CPG clock pulse generator
1.110 jruoho 229: CPL current privilege level
1.126 jruoho 230: CPLD complex programmable logic device
1.140 dholland 231: CPP C preprocessor
1.120 jruoho 232: CPS characters per second
1.121 jruoho 233: CPT command pass through
1.24 keihan 234: CPU central processing unit
1.94 jruoho 235: CR carriage return
1.120 jruoho 236: CRC cyclic redundancy check
1.127 jruoho 237: CRL carrier recovery loop
1.1 jmmv 238: CRLF carriage return line feed
1.19 jmmv 239: CRT cathode ray tube
1.94 jruoho 240: CS cable select
1.108 jruoho 241: CS chip select
1.107 jruoho 242: CS code segment
1.131 wiz 243: CS computer science
244: CSI channel state information
1.107 jruoho 245: CSI common system interface
1.53 jmmv 246: CSMA carrier sense multiple access
247: CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
248: CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
1.127 jruoho 249: CSR control [and] status registers
1.140 dholland 250: CSRG Computer Systems Research Group
1.1 jmmv 251: CSS cascading style sheets
1.122 jruoho 252: CSV comma-separated values
1.120 jruoho 253: CTM close to metal
1.53 jmmv 254: CTS clear to send
1.120 jruoho 255: CUA common user access
1.122 jruoho 256: CUT coordinated universal time
257: CV control voltage
1.131 wiz 258: CVS Concurrent Versions System
1.122 jruoho 259: DA destination address
260: DAA distributed application architecture
1.127 jruoho 261: DAB digital audio broadcasting
1.131 wiz 262: DAC digital [to] analog converter
1.94 jruoho 263: DAC discretionary access control
1.132 plunky 264: DAD duplicate address detection
1.120 jruoho 265: DAO disk at once
1.131 wiz 266: DAP Directory Access Protocol
1.120 jruoho 267: DAT digital audio tape
1.121 jruoho 268: DAT dynamic acceleration technology
1.94 jruoho 269: DB database
1.140 dholland 270: DBA database administrator
1.126 jruoho 271: DBA dynamic bandwidth allocation
1.127 jruoho 272: DBB data bus buffer
1.126 jruoho 273: DBC design by contract
274: DBL dynamic buffer limiting
1.117 jruoho 275: DBMS database management system
1.121 jruoho 276: DBS database server
1.120 jruoho 277: DC direct current
1.131 wiz 278: DCC Direct Client-to-Client
1.121 jruoho 279: DCC direct cable connect
280: DCD data carrier detect
1.53 jmmv 281: DCE data control equipment
282: DCE distributed computing environment
1.126 jruoho 283: DCOM distributed component object model
1.131 wiz 284: DCOP Desktop COmmunication Protocol
1.121 jruoho 285: DCS data collection systems
1.48 jmmv 286: DCT discrete cosine transform
1.121 jruoho 287: DCU data cache unit
1.19 jmmv 288: DDC display data channel
1.120 jruoho 289: DDE dynamic data exchange
1.121 jruoho 290: DDK device driver kit
1.124 dholland 291: DDL data description language
1.16 jmmv 292: DDR double data rate
1.121 jruoho 293: DDS direct digital sound
1.138 jdf 294: DDWG Digital Display Working Group
1.131 wiz 295: DE debugging extensions
1.104 jruoho 296: DE desktop environment
1.122 jruoho 297: DEA data encryption algorithm
1.121 jruoho 298: DEK data encryption key
1.110 jruoho 299: DEP data execution prevention
1.55 kleink 300: DER distinguished encoding rules
1.96 dholland 301: DES Data Encryption Standard
1.124 dholland 302: DF don't fragment
1.117 jruoho 303: DFA deterministic finite automaton
1.121 jruoho 304: DFC data flow control
1.94 jruoho 305: DFS depth first search
306: DFS distributed file system
1.131 wiz 307: DFT diagnostic function test
1.96 dholland 308: DFT discrete Fourier transform
1.122 jruoho 309: DGL data generation language
310: DH Diffie-Hellman
1.131 wiz 311: DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
1.53 jmmv 312: DIFS distributed inter-frame space
1.94 jruoho 313: DIMM dual inline memory module
1.122 jruoho 314: DIRT design in real time
1.131 wiz 315: DL diode logic
1.139 agc 316: DL discrete logarithm
1.120 jruoho 317: DL download
1.53 jmmv 318: DLE data link escape
1.94 jruoho 319: DLL dynamic link library
1.139 agc 320: DLP discrete logarithm problem
1.5 jmmv 321: DMA direct memory access
1.110 jruoho 322: DMI desktop management interface
1.122 jruoho 323: DMS document management system
1.127 jruoho 324: DMT discrete multitone modulation
1.95 wiz 325: DNARD Digital network appliance reference design
1.140 dholland 326: DND drag and drop
1.131 wiz 327: DNS Domain Name System
1.122 jruoho 328: DOE distributed object environment
1.121 jruoho 329: DOF data over fibre
1.94 jruoho 330: DOM document object model
1.53 jmmv 331: DOS denial of service
1.110 jruoho 332: DOS disk operating system
1.138 jdf 333: DP DisplayPort
1.116 jruoho 334: DPC deferred procedure call
1.49 wiz 335: DPCM differential pulse code modulation
1.63 elad 336: DPD dead peer detection
1.131 wiz 337: DPI deep packet inspection
1.48 jmmv 338: DPI dots per inch
1.110 jruoho 339: DPL descriptor privilege level
1.140 dholland 340: DPS Display PostScript
1.122 jruoho 341: DPST display power savings technology
1.16 jmmv 342: DRAM dynamic random access memory
1.94 jruoho 343: DRI direct rendering infrastructure
1.110 jruoho 344: DRM digital rights management
1.122 jruoho 345: DRRS display refresh rate switching
1.104 jruoho 346: DS debug store
1.139 agc 347: DSA digital signature algorithm
1.122 jruoho 348: DSB double-sideband modulation
1.105 jruoho 349: DSDT differentiated system descriptor table
1.9 keihan 350: DSL digital subscriber line
1.120 jruoho 351: DSL domain specific language
1.94 jruoho 352: DSLAM digital subscriber line access multiplexer
1.122 jruoho 353: DSN delivery status notification
1.107 jruoho 354: DSO dynamic shared object
1.110 jruoho 355: DSP digital signal processor
1.53 jmmv 356: DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum
1.1 jmmv 357: DTD document type definition
1.53 jmmv 358: DTE data terminal equipment
359: DTE dumb terminal emulator
1.110 jruoho 360: DTL diode-transistor logic
1.122 jruoho 361: DTS digital thermal sensor
1.126 jruoho 362: DUT device under test
1.104 jruoho 363: DVB digital video broadcasting
1.122 jruoho 364: DVCS distributed version control system
1.9 keihan 365: DVD digital versatile disc
1.105 jruoho 366: DVFS dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
1.138 jdf 367: DVI device independent
368: DVI Digital Visual Interface
1.94 jruoho 369: DVR digital video recorder
1.70 wiz 370: E-XER extended XML encoding rules
1.126 jruoho 371: EABI embedded-application binary interface
1.131 wiz 372: EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
1.122 jruoho 373: EBR extended boot record
1.139 agc 374: EC elliptical curve
1.121 jruoho 375: ECC error correction code
1.139 agc 376: ECDL elliptical curve discrete logarithm
377: ECDSA elliptical curve digital signature algorithm
1.110 jruoho 378: ECL emitter-coupled logic
1.94 jruoho 379: ECN explicit congestion notification
1.18 jmmv 380: ECP enhanced capability port
1.121 jruoho 381: ECS enhanced chip set
382: ECS extended configuration space
383: EDAT enhanced dynamic acceleration technology
1.127 jruoho 384: EDGE explicit data graph execution
1.19 jmmv 385: EDID extended display identification data
1.16 jmmv 386: EDO extended data out
1.121 jruoho 387: EDS electronical data sheet
1.16 jmmv 388: EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
1.72 hubertf 389: EFI extensible firmware interface
1.121 jruoho 390: EFL emitter follower logic
1.48 jmmv 391: EFM eight to fourteen modulation
1.138 jdf 392: EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
1.54 jmmv 393: EGP exterior gateway protocol
1.122 jruoho 394: EH extension header
1.94 jruoho 395: EIDE enchanced IDE
1.1 jmmv 396: EISA extended industry standard architecture
1.37 grant 397: ELF executable and linking format
1.121 jruoho 398: ELS entry level system
1.122 jruoho 399: EMI electro-magnetic interference
1.121 jruoho 400: EMP electro-magnetic pulse
1.122 jruoho 401: EMR electro-magnetic radiation
1.66 rpaulo 402: EOF end of file
1.126 jruoho 403: EOI end of interrupt
1.96 dholland 404: EOL end of line
1.66 rpaulo 405: EOT end of transmission
1.120 jruoho 406: EPIC explicitly parallel instruction computing
1.18 jmmv 407: EPP enhanced parallel port
1.51 jmmv 408: EPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood
1.16 jmmv 409: EPROM erasable programmable read only memory
1.121 jruoho 410: ERD emergency recovery disk
1.140 dholland 411: ERD entity relationship diagram
1.126 jruoho 412: ERE extended regular expression
1.16 jmmv 413: ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
1.121 jruoho 414: ESS electronic switching system
1.135 jdf 415: ESS extended service set
416: ESSID extended service set identifier
1.104 jruoho 417: EST enhanced speedstep
1.120 jruoho 418: ETL extract, transform, load
1.121 jruoho 419: EU execution unit
1.120 jruoho 420: EULA end user license agreement
1.30 jmmv 421: FAT file allocation table
1.16 jmmv 422: FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
1.121 jruoho 423: FCL fiber channel loop
1.58 kleink 424: FCS frame check sequence
1.120 jruoho 425: FDC floppy disk controller
426: FDD floppy disk drive
1.39 jschauma 427: FDDI fiber distributed data interface
1.122 jruoho 428: FDE full disk encryption
429: FEA finite element analysis
1.110 jruoho 430: FEC forward error correction
1.122 jruoho 431: FET field-effect transistor
1.140 dholland 432: FF form feed
1.110 jruoho 433: FFH functional fixed hardware
1.86 tnn 434: FFI foreign function interface
1.127 jruoho 435: FFM focus follows mouse
1.131 wiz 436: FFS Fast File System
1.87 dholland 437: FFS find first set
1.110 jruoho 438: FFT fast Fourier transform
439: FG floating gate
1.53 jmmv 440: FHSS frequency hop spread spectrum
1.108 jruoho 441: FID frequency identifier
1.121 jruoho 442: FIFO first in, first out
443: FILO first in, last out
1.57 wiz 444: FIR fast infrared
1.9 keihan 445: FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
1.131 wiz 446: FLOSS free/libre/open source software
1.51 jmmv 447: FM frequency modulation
1.122 jruoho 448: FMR false match rate
1.131 wiz 449: FOSS free/open source software
1.94 jruoho 450: FPGA field programmable gate array
1.17 jmmv 451: FPM fast page mode
1.120 jruoho 452: FPR floating point register
1.94 jruoho 453: FPU floating point unit
1.15 keihan 454: FQDN fully qualified domain name
1.122 jruoho 455: FRR false rejection rate
1.94 jruoho 456: FRU field replaceable unit
1.122 jruoho 457: FS file system
1.105 jruoho 458: FSB front side bus
1.115 dholland 459: FSCK file system check
1.131 wiz 460: FSF Free Software Foundation
1.122 jruoho 461: FSK frequency shift keying
1.117 jruoho 462: FSM finite-state machine
1.122 jruoho 463: FTA fault tree analysis
1.134 dholland 464: FTL flash translation layer
1.131 wiz 465: FTP File Transfer Protocol
466: FTPS File Transfer Protocol Secure
1.122 jruoho 467: FUS fast user switching
1.101 jruoho 468: FWH firmware hub
1.120 jruoho 469: FWS folding white space
1.126 jruoho 470: GAL generic array logic
1.101 jruoho 471: GAS generic address structure
1.44 jmmv 472: GC garbage collector
1.58 kleink 473: GCR group-coded recording
1.100 jruoho 474: GDT global descriptor table
1.131 wiz 475: GEM graphics environment manager
1.110 jruoho 476: GEM graphics execution manager
1.126 jruoho 477: GENA general event notification architecture
478: GHC Glasgow Haskell compiler
1.94 jruoho 479: GID group identifier
1.5 jmmv 480: GIF graphics interchange format
1.101 jruoho 481: GMCH graphics and memory controller hub
1.131 wiz 482: GNU GNU's Not Unix
1.107 jruoho 483: GOT global offset table
1.105 jruoho 484: GPE general purpose event
1.113 dholland 485: GPF general protection fault
1.131 wiz 486: GPG GNU Privacy Guard
487: GPL [GNU] General Public License
1.120 jruoho 488: GPR general purpose register
1.126 jruoho 489: GPS generalized processor sharing
1.120 jruoho 490: GPT GUID partition table
1.24 keihan 491: GPU graphics processing unit
1.122 jruoho 492: GR golden ratio
1.53 jmmv 493: GRE generic routing encapsulation
1.105 jruoho 494: GSI global system interrupt
1.131 wiz 495: GUI graphical user interface
1.94 jruoho 496: GUID globally unique identifier
1.78 dholland 497: HA high availability
1.94 jruoho 498: HAL hardware abstraction layer
1.120 jruoho 499: HAT hashed array tree
1.82 tnn 500: HBA host bus adapter
1.131 wiz 501: HCF halt and catch fire
1.81 tnn 502: HCI host controller interface
503: HCI human-computer interaction
1.120 jruoho 504: HCL hardware compatibility list
1.138 jdf 505: HDCP High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
1.94 jruoho 506: HDD hard disk drive
1.126 jruoho 507: HDL hardware description language
1.138 jdf 508: HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface
1.127 jruoho 509: HDTV high-definition television
1.120 jruoho 510: HF high frequency
1.105 jruoho 511: HFM highest frequency mode
1.94 jruoho 512: HID human interface device
1.121 jruoho 513: HLL high-level language
1.107 jruoho 514: HMA high memory area
1.120 jruoho 515: HMI human-machine interface
1.131 wiz 516: HOOD hierarchical object oriented design
1.121 jruoho 517: HP Hewlett-Packard
1.102 jruoho 518: HPC high performance computing
1.105 jruoho 519: HPET high precision event timer
1.96 dholland 520: HT hyper-threading
1.108 jruoho 521: HTC hardware thermal control
1.122 jruoho 522: HTCC high temperature co-fired ceramic
1.131 wiz 523: HTML HyperText Markup Language
1.120 jruoho 524: HTT hyper-threading technology
1.131 wiz 525: HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
526: HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
1.122 jruoho 527: HVM hardware virtual machine
1.95 wiz 528: HZ Hertz
1.1 jmmv 529: I2O intelligent input/output
1.122 jruoho 530: IA information assurance
1.131 wiz 531: IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
1.122 jruoho 532: IBC iterated block cipher
1.121 jruoho 533: IBM International Business Machines
1.108 jruoho 534: IBS instruction based sampling
1.135 jdf 535: IBSS independent basic service set
1.131 wiz 536: IC integrated circuit
1.121 jruoho 537: ICA independent computer architecture
1.131 wiz 538: ICB Internet Citizen's Band
1.120 jruoho 539: ICE in-circuit emulator
1.131 wiz 540: ICE internal compiler error
1.101 jruoho 541: ICH I/O controller hub
1.131 wiz 542: ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
1.126 jruoho 543: ICT information and communications technology
1.127 jruoho 544: ICW initialization command word
1.121 jruoho 545: IDA Intel dynamic acceleration
1.140 dholland 546: IDCMP Intuition direct communication message port
1.131 wiz 547: IDE integrated development environment
1.1 jmmv 548: IDE integrated drive electronics
1.124 dholland 549: IDPS intrusion detection [and] prevention system
1.53 jmmv 550: IDRP inter-domain routing protocol
1.94 jruoho 551: IDS intrusion detection system
1.100 jruoho 552: IDT interrupt descriptor table
1.96 dholland 553: IE Internet Explorer
1.131 wiz 554: IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
555: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1.95 wiz 556: IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group
557: IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
1.127 jruoho 558: IF intermediate frequency
1.108 jruoho 559: IFCM isochronous flow control mode
1.140 dholland 560: IFF Interchange File Format
1.126 jruoho 561: IGD Internet gateway device
1.131 wiz 562: IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
1.53 jmmv 563: IGP interior gateway protocol
1.120 jruoho 564: IHV independent hardware vendor
1.95 wiz 565: IKE Internet key exchange
1.121 jruoho 566: ILM internal loopback mode
1.140 dholland 567: ILOM integrated lights-out management
1.110 jruoho 568: ILP instruction level parallelism
1.120 jruoho 569: IM instant messaging
1.131 wiz 570: IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
1.101 jruoho 571: IMC integrated memory controller
1.116 jruoho 572: IMCR interrupt mode configuration register
1.127 jruoho 573: IMR interrupt mask register
1.122 jruoho 574: IMS information management system
1.131 wiz 575: INCITS InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
1.1 jmmv 576: IO input/output
1.9 keihan 577: IOCTL input/output control
1.104 jruoho 578: IOMMU input/output memory management unit
1.146 plunky 579: IOT Internet of Things
1.96 dholland 580: IP Internet Protocol
1.94 jruoho 581: IP intellectual property
1.70 wiz 582: IPC interprocess communication
1.122 jruoho 583: IPE integrated programming environment
1.104 jruoho 584: IPI interprocessor interrupt
1.131 wiz 585: IPNG Internet Protocol, Next Generation
586: IPS in-plane switching
1.94 jruoho 587: IPS intrusion prevention system
1.131 wiz 588: IPSEC Internet Protocol Security
589: IRC Internet Relay Chat
1.94 jruoho 590: IRDA infrared data association
1.9 keihan 591: IRQ interrupt request
1.116 jruoho 592: IRQL interrupt request level
1.127 jruoho 593: IRR interrupt request register
1.131 wiz 594: IRTF Internet Research Task Force
1.122 jruoho 595: IS information system
1.3 jmmv 596: ISA industry standard architecture
1.107 jruoho 597: ISA instruction set architecture
1.9 keihan 598: ISDN integrated services digital network
1.53 jmmv 599: ISI inter-symbol interference
1.131 wiz 600: ISM industrial, scientific, [and] medical
1.53 jmmv 601: ISN initial serial number
1.131 wiz 602: ISO International Standards Organization
603: ISOC Internet Society
1.95 wiz 604: ISP Internet service provider
1.131 wiz 605: ISR in-service register
1.100 jruoho 606: ISR interrupt service routine
607: IST interrupt stack table
1.120 jruoho 608: ISV independent software vendor
1.126 jruoho 609: IT information technology
1.131 wiz 610: ITB Intel Turbo Boost
1.122 jruoho 611: IV initialization vector
1.100 jruoho 612: IVT interrupt vector table
1.97 dholland 613: JBOD just a bunch of disks
1.122 jruoho 614: JFET junction [gate] field-effect transistor
1.94 jruoho 615: JIT just in time
1.131 wiz 616: JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
617: JRE Java Runtime Environment
1.94 jruoho 618: JTAG joint test action group
1.120 jruoho 619: KB keyboard
620: KB kilobyte
621: KBD keyboard
622: KBD kilobaud
1.78 dholland 623: KLOC thousand lines of code
1.110 jruoho 624: KMS kernel-mode setting
1.69 elad 625: KPI kernel programming interface
1.12 wiz 626: KVA kernel virtual address
1.140 dholland 627: KVM kernel virtual machine
1.78 dholland 628: KVM kernel virtual memory
1.131 wiz 629: KVM keyboard, video, [and] mouse
1.96 dholland 630: LAMP Linux Apache MySQL {Perl,PHP,Python}
1.9 keihan 631: LAN local area network
1.105 jruoho 632: LAPIC local advanced programmable interrupt controller
1.122 jruoho 633: LAR load access rights
1.9 keihan 634: LBA logical block addressing
1.122 jruoho 635: LBS location-based service
1.19 jmmv 636: LCD liquid crystal display
1.53 jmmv 637: LCP link control protocol
1.122 jruoho 638: LDA local delivery agent
1.131 wiz 639: LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
1.122 jruoho 640: LDR light-dependent resistor
1.100 jruoho 641: LDT local descriptor table
1.110 jruoho 642: LE logical extent
1.30 jmmv 643: LED light emitting diode
1.121 jruoho 644: LER label edge router
1.120 jruoho 645: LF line feed
646: LF low frequency
1.105 jruoho 647: LFM lowest frequency mode
1.121 jruoho 648: LFN long file names
1.122 jruoho 649: LFO low-frequency oscillation
1.98 dholland 650: LFS log-structured file system
1.102 jruoho 651: LFU least frequently used
1.127 jruoho 652: LHP loop heat pipe
1.121 jruoho 653: LIFO last in, first out
1.131 wiz 654: LILO LInux LOader
1.121 jruoho 655: LILO last in, last out
1.108 jruoho 656: LINT local interrupt
1.95 wiz 657: LIR local Internet registry
1.131 wiz 658: LKM {Linux,loadable} kernel module
1.95 wiz 659: LKML Linux kernel mailing list
1.122 jruoho 660: LL load linked
1.131 wiz 661: LL/SC load linked/store conditional
1.53 jmmv 662: LLC logical link control
1.148 ginsbach 663: LLDP link layer discovery protocol
1.121 jruoho 664: LLF low level format
1.122 jruoho 665: LLMNR link-local multicast name resolution
1.117 jruoho 666: LLVM Low Level Virtual Machine
1.122 jruoho 667: LM long mode
1.121 jruoho 668: LMM link management mode
669: LNO loop nest optimization
1.78 dholland 670: LOC lines of code
1.140 dholland 671: LOM lights-out management
1.101 jruoho 672: LPC low pin count
1.122 jruoho 673: LPS local positioning system
1.48 jmmv 674: LRC longitudinal redundancy check
1.121 jruoho 675: LRM left-to-right mark
676: LRO left-to-right override
1.102 jruoho 677: LRU least recently used
1.95 wiz 678: LSB Linux standards base
1.131 wiz 679: LSB least significant {bit,byte}
1.78 dholland 680: LSI large scale integration
1.122 jruoho 681: LSL load segment limit
1.131 wiz 682: LSN Large Scale NAT
1.140 dholland 683: LSN log sequence number
1.121 jruoho 684: LSR label switch router
1.122 jruoho 685: LTCC low temperature co-fired ceramic
1.120 jruoho 686: LTR left to right
1.100 jruoho 687: LTR load task register
1.140 dholland 688: LTR letter(-sized paper)
1.9 keihan 689: LUN logical unit number
1.94 jruoho 690: LV logical volume
691: LVM logical volume management
1.108 jruoho 692: LVT local vector table
1.122 jruoho 693: LWP light-weight process
1.49 wiz 694: LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
1.131 wiz 695: MAC mandatory access control
1.53 jmmv 696: MAC medium access control
1.140 dholland 697: MAC message authentication {check,code}
1.105 jruoho 698: MADT multiple APIC descriptor table
1.120 jruoho 699: MB megabyte
1.9 keihan 700: MBR master boot record
1.120 jruoho 701: MBS megabits per second
1.108 jruoho 702: MC memory controller
1.104 jruoho 703: MCA machine check architecture
1.140 dholland 704: MCA MicroChannel architecture
1.117 jruoho 705: MCC multiversion concurrency control
1.104 jruoho 706: MCE machine check exception
1.138 jdf 707: MCGA Multi-Color Graphics Array
1.101 jruoho 708: MCH memory controller hub
1.122 jruoho 709: MCM multi-chip module
1.108 jruoho 710: MCQ memory controlled queue
1.121 jruoho 711: MD machine-dependent
1.94 jruoho 712: MDA mail delivery agent
1.138 jdf 713: MDA Monochrome Display Adapter
1.16 jmmv 714: MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory
1.121 jruoho 715: MESI modified, exclusive, shared, invalid
1.75 reed 716: MFC merge from current
1.140 dholland 717: MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes
1.51 jmmv 718: MFM modified frequency modulation
1.121 jruoho 719: MI machine-independent
1.110 jruoho 720: MIB management information base
1.140 dholland 721: MIC message integrity {check,code}
1.131 wiz 722: MID mobile Internet device
1.29 jmmv 723: MIDI musical instrument digital interface
1.110 jruoho 724: MIF management information format
1.139 agc 725: MIM man in the middle
1.131 wiz 726: MIMD multiple instruction, multiple data
727: MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
1.94 jruoho 728: MIMO multiple input multiple output
1.9 keihan 729: MIPS million instructions per second
1.120 jruoho 730: MISD multiple instruction, single data
1.95 wiz 731: MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1.139 agc 732: MITM man in the middle
1.117 jruoho 733: ML machine language
734: ML machine learning
1.131 wiz 735: ML mailing list
1.117 jruoho 736: ML markup language
737: ML maximum likelihood
1.110 jruoho 738: MLC multi-level cell
1.127 jruoho 739: MLHP micro loop heat pipe
1.122 jruoho 740: MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit
1.105 jruoho 741: MMIO memory mapped input/output
1.149 ! rodent 742: MMORPG massive multiplayer online role playing game
1.27 jschauma 743: MMU memory management unit
1.131 wiz 744: MMX matrix math extension
1.104 jruoho 745: MMX multimedia extension
746: MMX multiple math extension
1.122 jruoho 747: MO magneto-optical
1.121 jruoho 748: MOESI modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid
749: MOF maximum operating frequency
1.122 jruoho 750: MOSFET metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
1.121 jruoho 751: MOSI modified, owned, shared, invalid
1.116 jruoho 752: MP multi-platform
753: MP multiplayer
1.131 wiz 754: MP {multiprocessing,multiprocessor}
1.32 jmmv 755: MPEG moving picture experts group
1.120 jruoho 756: MPI message passing interface
1.131 wiz 757: MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching
1.120 jruoho 758: MPP massively parallel processor
1.131 wiz 759: MPS memory pool system
1.105 jruoho 760: MPS multiprocessor specification
1.121 jruoho 761: MR modem ready
1.102 jruoho 762: MRU most recently used
1.120 jruoho 763: MS Microsoft
1.131 wiz 764: MSB most significant {bit,byte}
1.122 jruoho 765: MSE mean square error
1.48 jmmv 766: MSF minutes seconds frames
1.100 jruoho 767: MSI message signaled interrupt
1.121 jruoho 768: MSI modified, shared, invalid
1.104 jruoho 769: MSR machine state register
1.53 jmmv 770: MSS maximum segment size
1.120 jruoho 771: MT machine translation
1.14 keihan 772: MTA mail transfer agent
1.120 jruoho 773: MTBF mean time between failures
1.149 ! rodent 774: MTP media transfer protocol
1.104 jruoho 775: MTRR memory type range register
1.120 jruoho 776: MTTF mean time to failure
1.14 keihan 777: MTU maximum transmission unit
778: MUA mail user agent
1.121 jruoho 779: MUD multi-user domain
1.119 dholland 780: MVCC multiversion concurrency control
1.48 jmmv 781: MWE module width encoding
1.120 jruoho 782: MX mail exchange
783: NACK negative acknowledgement
784: NAN not a number
1.131 wiz 785: NAPT Network Address Port Translation
1.97 dholland 786: NAS network attached storage
1.5 jmmv 787: NAT network address translation
1.53 jmmv 788: NAV network allocation vector
1.120 jruoho 789: NC numerical control
1.122 jruoho 790: NCO numerically-controlled oscillator
1.131 wiz 791: NCP Network Control Protocol
1.72 hubertf 792: NCQ native command queuing
1.122 jruoho 793: ND neighbor discovery
1.140 dholland 794: NDFA nondeterministic finite automaton
1.122 jruoho 795: NE numeric error
1.117 jruoho 796: NFA nondeterministic finite automaton
1.36 grant 797: NFS network file system
1.121 jruoho 798: NIA next instruction address
1.140 dholland 799: NIC network information center
1.11 keihan 800: NIC network interface card
1.131 wiz 801: NIDS network intrusion detection system
1.121 jruoho 802: NIP network interface protocol
1.131 wiz 803: NIPS network intrusion prevention system
1.10 keihan 804: NIS network information service
1.94 jruoho 805: NLS native language support
1.96 dholland 806: NMI non-maskable interrupt
1.131 wiz 807: NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol
1.140 dholland 808: NOC network operations center
1.94 jruoho 809: NOP no operation
1.140 dholland 810: NOS network operating system
1.117 jruoho 811: NP nondeterministic polynomial time
1.49 wiz 812: NRZ non-return to zero
1.96 dholland 813: NSA National Security Agency
1.117 jruoho 814: NTM non-deterministic Turing machine
1.131 wiz 815: NTP Network Time Protocol
1.96 dholland 816: NUMA non-uniform memory access
817: NVRAM non-volatile random access memory
1.122 jruoho 818: NW not write-through
1.104 jruoho 819: NX no execute
1.110 jruoho 820: OAEP optimal asymmetric encryption padding
1.105 jruoho 821: OBO off by one
822: OBOE off by one error
1.56 jmmv 823: OCL object constraint language
1.48 jmmv 824: OCR optical character recognition
1.105 jruoho 825: ODCM on-demand clock modulation
1.121 jruoho 826: ODT on-die termination
1.30 jmmv 827: OEM original equipment manufacturer
1.53 jmmv 828: OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
1.122 jruoho 829: OFET organic field-effect transistor
1.140 dholland 830: OLAP online analytical processing
1.126 jruoho 831: OLE object linking and embedding
1.140 dholland 832: OLTP online transaction processing
1.109 ahoka 833: ONFI open nand flash interface
1.131 wiz 834: OO OpenOffice
1.94 jruoho 835: OO object oriented
1.87 dholland 836: OOB out of band
1.108 jruoho 837: OOE out of order execution
1.92 dholland 838: OOM out of memory
1.131 wiz 839: OOO OpenOffice.org
1.94 jruoho 840: OOP object oriented programming
1.140 dholland 841: OOPS object oriented programming systems
1.117 jruoho 842: OOSE object oriented software engineering
1.131 wiz 843: OPM operations per minute
1.121 jruoho 844: OPS operations per second
1.138 jdf 845: OQL Object Query Language
1.140 dholland 846: ORB object request broker
1.107 jruoho 847: ORM object-relational mapping
1.78 dholland 848: OS operating system
1.89 dholland 849: OSD open source definition
1.35 grant 850: OSF open software foundation
1.131 wiz 851: OSI Open Source Initiative
1.39 jschauma 852: OSI open systems interconnection
1.72 hubertf 853: OSPF open shortest path first
1.121 jruoho 854: OSPM OS power management
1.131 wiz 855: OSS open sound system
1.89 dholland 856: OSS open source software
1.106 cegger 857: OSVW operating system visible workarounds
1.27 jschauma 858: OTP one time password
1.133 ginsbach 859: OTP open telecom platform
1.122 jruoho 860: OU organizational unit
1.94 jruoho 861: OUI organizationally unique identifier
1.131 wiz 862: OWL Web Ontology Language
863: P2P PCI to PCI
1.94 jruoho 864: P2P peer to peer
1.131 wiz 865: PA phase accumulator
1.78 dholland 866: PA physical address
1.122 jruoho 867: PAC phase-amplitude converter
1.79 dholland 868: PAE physical address extension
1.131 wiz 869: PAL phase alternating line
1.126 jruoho 870: PAL programmable array logic
1.34 keihan 871: PAM pluggable authentication modules
1.48 jmmv 872: PAM pulse amplitude modulation
1.110 jruoho 873: PAP password authentication protocol
1.106 cegger 874: PAT page attribute table
1.53 jmmv 875: PAT port address translation
1.94 jruoho 876: PATA parallel ATA
1.10 keihan 877: PAX portable archive exchange
1.104 jruoho 878: PBE pending break encoding
879: PBE programming by example
1.48 jmmv 880: PC personal computer
1.127 jruoho 881: PC program counter
1.110 jruoho 882: PCB printed circuit board
1.96 dholland 883: PCC Portable C Compiler
1.122 jruoho 884: PCD page-level cache disable
885: PCE performance-monitor counter enable
1.1 jmmv 886: PCI peripheral component interconnect
1.124 dholland 887: PCM phase change memory
1.48 jmmv 888: PCM pulse code modulation
1.131 wiz 889: PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
1.147 ginsbach 890: PCP Port Control Protocol
1.120 jruoho 891: PD public domain
1.94 jruoho 892: PDA personal digital assistant
1.117 jruoho 893: PDA pushdown automaton
1.122 jruoho 894: PDAG propositional directed acyclic graph
895: PDB power distribution board
1.94 jruoho 896: PDF portable document format
1.122 jruoho 897: PDM pulse-duration modulation
1.110 jruoho 898: PDN pull-down network
1.140 dholland 899: PDP page {descriptor,directory} page
1.121 jruoho 900: PDS product data sheet
1.53 jmmv 901: PDU protocol data unit
1.122 jruoho 902: PE protection enable
1.127 jruoho 903: PECI platform environment control interface
1.122 jruoho 904: PEP protocol extension protocol
1.55 kleink 905: PER packed encoding rules
1.64 elad 906: PFS perfect forward secrecy
1.121 jruoho 907: PGAS partitioned global address space
1.122 jruoho 908: PGE page global enable
1.131 wiz 909: PGP Pretty Good Privacy
1.94 jruoho 910: PHB PCI host bridge
1.131 wiz 911: PHP PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
912: PIC position independent code
1.18 jmmv 913: PIC programmable interrupt controller
1.136 pgoyette 914: PICNIC problem in chair, not in computer
1.10 keihan 915: PID process id
1.77 dholland 916: PIE position independent executable
1.121 jruoho 917: PIM personal information manager
1.122 jruoho 918: PIM platform-independent model
1.18 jmmv 919: PIO programmed input/output
1.121 jruoho 920: PIPT physically indexed, physically tagged
1.126 jruoho 921: PIQ prefetch input queue
922: PIT programmable interrupt timer
1.122 jruoho 923: PIV personal identity verification
1.131 wiz 924: PKCS public-key cryptography standards
1.94 jruoho 925: PKI public key infrastructure
1.120 jruoho 926: PLC programmable logic controller
1.126 jruoho 927: PLD programmable logic device
1.54 jmmv 928: PLL phase locked loop
1.121 jruoho 929: PLRU pseudo LRU
1.122 jruoho 930: PLTM package level thermal management
1.121 jruoho 931: PM power management
1.131 wiz 932: PM {phase,pulse} modulation
1.120 jruoho 933: PME power management event
1.105 jruoho 934: PMI platform management interrupt
1.107 jruoho 935: PMIO port-mapped input/output
1.48 jmmv 936: PMT photo-multiplier tube
1.121 jruoho 937: PMU power management unit
1.1 jmmv 938: PNG portable network graphics
1.120 jruoho 939: PNP plug and play
1.94 jruoho 940: POE power over ethernet
1.122 jruoho 941: POF probability of failure
1.131 wiz 942: POP Post Office Protocol
1.121 jruoho 943: POP power on password
1.131 wiz 944: POSIX Portable Operating System Interface [for Unix]
1.19 jmmv 945: POST power on self test
1.42 simonb 946: POTS plain old telephone system
1.122 jruoho 947: PP pair programming
1.131 wiz 948: PPB PCI [to] PCI bridge
1.96 dholland 949: PPC PowerPC
1.120 jruoho 950: PPI pixels per inch
1.121 jruoho 951: PPM pages per minute
1.131 wiz 952: PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
953: PPPOA Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
954: PPPOE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
1.110 jruoho 955: PPU physics processing unit
1.108 jruoho 956: PRBS pseudo-random bit sequence
1.51 jmmv 957: PRML partial response, maximum likelihood
1.131 wiz 958: PRN pseudo random {noise,number}
1.88 tsutsui 959: PRNG pseudo random number generator
1.16 jmmv 960: PROM programmable read only memory
1.122 jruoho 961: PSD power spectral density
1.104 jruoho 962: PSE page size extensions
1.131 wiz 963: PSK phase shift keying
1.71 salo 964: PSK pre-shared key
1.70 wiz 965: PSTN public switched telephone network
1.120 jruoho 966: PSW program status word
1.12 wiz 967: PTE page table entry
1.24 keihan 968: PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
1.12 wiz 969: PTP page table page
1.122 jruoho 970: PTV perceived target value
1.120 jruoho 971: PU processing unit
1.121 jruoho 972: PUN physical unit number
1.110 jruoho 973: PV physical volume
974: PVG physical volume group
1.122 jruoho 975: PVI protected-mode virtual interrupt
1.48 jmmv 976: PWM pulse width modulation
1.94 jruoho 977: PXE preboot execution environment
978: QA quality assurance
1.131 wiz 979: QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
1.122 jruoho 980: QAM quality assurance management
1.121 jruoho 981: QBE query by example
982: QC quality control
1.122 jruoho 983: QDI quasi delay insensitive
1.47 grant 984: QOS quality of service
1.140 dholland 985: R/O read only
986: R/W read/write
1.122 jruoho 987: RA receiver address
988: RA remote assistance
1.131 wiz 989: RA resource affinity
1.122 jruoho 990: RA router advertisement
1.120 jruoho 991: RAD rapid application development
1.138 jdf 992: RAID redundant array of {independent,inexpensive} disks
1.9 keihan 993: RAM random access memory
1.143 ginsbach 994: RAS reliability, availability and serviceability
1.131 wiz 995: RAS remote access service
1.79 dholland 996: RAS restartable atomic sequence
1.109 ahoka 997: RAS row address strobe
1.122 jruoho 998: RBF radial basis function
999: RBT red-black tree
1.110 jruoho 1000: RC release candidate
1001: RC remote control
1.131 wiz 1002: RCS Revision Control System
1.10 keihan 1003: RCS revision control system
1.122 jruoho 1004: RCU read, copy, update
1.140 dholland 1005: RDB Rigid Disk Block
1006: RDBMS relational database management system
1.138 jdf 1007: RDF Resource Description Framework
1.120 jruoho 1008: RDM relational data model
1009: RDMA remote direct memory access
1.126 jruoho 1010: RE regular expression
1.109 ahoka 1011: REST representational state transfer
1.121 jruoho 1012: RF radio frequency
1.122 jruoho 1013: RFI radio frequency interference
1.121 jruoho 1014: RFO request for ownership
1.24 keihan 1015: RGB red green blue
1.140 dholland 1016: RGBA red green blue alpha
1.121 jruoho 1017: RH read hit
1.140 dholland 1018: RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1.95 wiz 1019: RHL Red Hat Linux
1.122 jruoho 1020: RIB routing information base
1.59 grant 1021: RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
1.131 wiz 1022: RIP Routing Information Protocol
1.95 wiz 1023: RIR regional Internet registry
1.140 dholland 1024: RISC reduced instruction set {computer,computing}
1.113 dholland 1025: RKM ROM Kernel Manual
1.48 jmmv 1026: RLE run length encoding
1.51 jmmv 1027: RLL run length limited
1.121 jruoho 1028: RLO right-to-left override
1029: RM read miss
1.126 jruoho 1030: RMI remote method invocation
1.122 jruoho 1031: RMPM rapid memory power management
1032: RMS root mean square
1033: RMW read, modify, write
1.88 tsutsui 1034: RNG random number generator
1.9 keihan 1035: ROM read only memory
1.78 dholland 1036: RPC remote procedure call
1.110 jruoho 1037: RPL requested privilege level
1.1 jmmv 1038: RPM revolutions per minute
1.140 dholland 1039: RPN reverse Polish notation
1.131 wiz 1040: RR random replacement
1.126 jruoho 1041: RR round robin
1.122 jruoho 1042: RS relay station
1.131 wiz 1043: RSA Rivest, Shamir, [and] Adleman
1044: RSIP Realm Specific IP
1.98 dholland 1045: RSS really simple syndication
1.117 jruoho 1046: RSS residual sum of squares
1.104 jruoho 1047: RT real time
1.94 jruoho 1048: RTC real time clock
1.104 jruoho 1049: RTC real time computing
1.9 keihan 1050: RTF rich text format
1.140 dholland 1051: RTL register transfer language
1.110 jruoho 1052: RTL resistor-transistor logic
1.140 dholland 1053: RTL right to left
1.94 jruoho 1054: RTOS real time operating system
1.131 wiz 1055: RTS request to send
1.141 dholland 1056: RTT round trip time
1.117 jruoho 1057: RUP rational unified process
1.121 jruoho 1058: RWM read-write memory
1.131 wiz 1059: RX {receive,receiver}
1060: S/PDIF Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
1.124 dholland 1061: SA security advisory
1062: SA security association
1.122 jruoho 1063: SA source address
1064: SA structured analysis
1.120 jruoho 1065: SAAS software as a service
1.32 jmmv 1066: SACD super audio compact disc
1.65 elad 1067: SAD security association database
1.126 jruoho 1068: SAL system abstraction layer
1.16 jmmv 1069: SAM serial access memory
1.121 jruoho 1070: SAM sum addressed memory
1.94 jruoho 1071: SAN storage area network
1.105 jruoho 1072: SAPIC streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
1.122 jruoho 1073: SASD structured analysis, structured design
1.131 wiz 1074: SASI Shugart Associates System Interface
1.126 jruoho 1075: SASL simple authentication [and] security layer
1.9 keihan 1076: SATA serial advanced technology attachment
1.72 hubertf 1077: SB sound blaster
1.120 jruoho 1078: SBU standard build unit
1.122 jruoho 1079: SC store conditional
1080: SCA source code analyzer
1.123 ginsbach 1081: SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition
1.122 jruoho 1082: SCC single chip cloud
1083: SCC source code control
1.131 wiz 1084: SCCS Source Code Control System
1085: SCI scalable coherent interface
1086: SCI system control interrupt
1.70 wiz 1087: SCM software configuration management
1088: SCM source code management
1.140 dholland 1089: SCM storage-class memory
1.94 jruoho 1090: SCP secure copy
1.131 wiz 1091: SCSI Small Computer System Interface
1092: SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol
1.127 jruoho 1093: SDI symbol deinterleave
1.94 jruoho 1094: SDK software development kit
1.131 wiz 1095: SDL Simple Declarative Language
1.140 dholland 1096: SDL Simple Direct-media Layer
1.16 jmmv 1097: SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
1.117 jruoho 1098: SDT syntax-directed translation
1.113 dholland 1099: SEGV segmentation violation
1.131 wiz 1100: SEO search engine optimization
1101: SFC sequential function chart
1.104 jruoho 1102: SFI simple firmware interface
1.140 dholland 1103: SFI software fault isolation
1.131 wiz 1104: SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol
1105: SFTP Serial File Transfer Protocol
1106: SFTP Simple File Transfer Protocol
1.16 jmmv 1107: SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
1.53 jmmv 1108: SIFS short inter-frame space
1.120 jruoho 1109: SIMD single instruction, multiple data
1.94 jruoho 1110: SIMM single inline memory module
1.131 wiz 1111: SIP Session Initiation Protocol
1112: SIR signal-to-interference ratio
1.57 wiz 1113: SIR slow infrared
1.120 jruoho 1114: SISD single instruction, single data
1.110 jruoho 1115: SLC single-level cell
1.16 jmmv 1116: SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
1.140 dholland 1117: SLED single large expensive disk
1.110 jruoho 1118: SLI scalable link interface
1119: SLI scan-line interleave
1.120 jruoho 1120: SLOC source lines of code
1.121 jruoho 1121: SLRU segmented LRU
1.122 jruoho 1122: SMA smart memory access
1.121 jruoho 1123: SMAF system management action field
1.28 sketch 1124: SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
1.138 jdf 1125: SMBIOS System Management BIOS
1.121 jruoho 1126: SMC system management controller
1.131 wiz 1127: SMI structure of management information
1.100 jruoho 1128: SMI system management interrupt
1.104 jruoho 1129: SMM system management mode
1.7 jschauma 1130: SMP symmetric multiprocessing
1.102 jruoho 1131: SMT simultaneous multithreading
1.131 wiz 1132: SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
1.121 jruoho 1133: SMU system management unit
1.131 wiz 1134: SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
1135: SNR signal-to-noise ratio
1.94 jruoho 1136: SOA service oriented architecture
1.131 wiz 1137: SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
1.122 jruoho 1138: SOC system on chip
1.127 jruoho 1139: SOF start of frame
1.140 dholland 1140: SOH start of header
1.131 wiz 1141: SOHO small office/home office
1.120 jruoho 1142: SOL serial over LAN
1.131 wiz 1143: SP service pack
1.102 jruoho 1144: SP stack pointer
1.94 jruoho 1145: SPARC scalable processor architecture
1.131 wiz 1146: SPARQL SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
1.65 elad 1147: SPD security policy database
1.18 jmmv 1148: SPD serial presence detect
1.131 wiz 1149: SPDIF Sony/Philips digital interface format
1.94 jruoho 1150: SPI serial peripheral interface
1151: SPI stateful packet inspection
1.120 jruoho 1152: SPMD single process, multiple data
1153: SPR special purpose register
1.121 jruoho 1154: SPT sectors per track
1.122 jruoho 1155: SQA software quality assurance
1.131 wiz 1156: SQL Structured Query Language
1.16 jmmv 1157: SRAM static random access memory
1.121 jruoho 1158: SRC sample rate conversion
1.131 wiz 1159: SS self-snoop
1.104 jruoho 1160: SS stack segment
1.122 jruoho 1161: SSB single-sideband modulation
1.94 jruoho 1162: SSD solid state drive
1163: SSE streaming SIMD extensions
1.48 jmmv 1164: SSFDC solid state floppy disc card
1.9 keihan 1165: SSH secure shell
1.120 jruoho 1166: SSI server side includes
1.135 jdf 1167: SSID service set identifier
1.9 keihan 1168: SSL secure sockets layer
1.94 jruoho 1169: SSP stack smashing protection
1.122 jruoho 1170: STC software thermal control
1171: STD state transition diagram
1.131 wiz 1172: STP Spanning Tree Protocol
1.40 keihan 1173: STP shielded twisted pair
1.96 dholland 1174: SUS Single Unix Specification
1.126 jruoho 1175: SUT system under test
1.94 jruoho 1176: SVG scalable vector graphics
1.138 jdf 1177: SVGA Super Video Graphics Array
1.104 jruoho 1178: SVM secure virtual machine
1179: SVM support vector machine
1.127 jruoho 1180: SVR System V Release
1.96 dholland 1181: SWF Shockwave Flash
1.126 jruoho 1182: SWIG simplified wrapper [and] interface generator
1.127 jruoho 1183: SYR symbol timing recovery
1.131 wiz 1184: TA test assertion
1.122 jruoho 1185: TA transmitter address
1186: TAI international atomic time
1.120 jruoho 1187: TAO track at once
1.121 jruoho 1188: TAOCP The Art of Computer Programming
1.131 wiz 1189: TAP Test Anything Protocol
1.122 jruoho 1190: TAS test and set
1191: TB terabyte
1.121 jruoho 1192: TCB trace capture buffer
1.78 dholland 1193: TCB trusted computing base
1.105 jruoho 1194: TCC thermal control circuit
1.9 keihan 1195: TCL tool command language
1.131 wiz 1196: TCP Transmission Control Protocol
1.72 hubertf 1197: TCQ tagged command queueing
1.122 jruoho 1198: TDC time [to] digital converter
1.45 jmmv 1199: TDD test driven development
1.126 jruoho 1200: TDD time division duplex
1.122 jruoho 1201: TDM time division multiplexing
1.126 jruoho 1202: TDMA time division multiple access
1.122 jruoho 1203: TDOA time difference of arrival
1.131 wiz 1204: TDP thermal design {point,power}
1.117 jruoho 1205: TECO Text Editor and Corrector
1.19 jmmv 1206: TFT thin film transistor
1.131 wiz 1207: TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
1.85 spz 1208: TIAS try it and see
1.33 grant 1209: TIFF tagged image file format
1.85 spz 1210: TITS try it to see
1.122 jruoho 1211: TK temporal key
1.135 jdf 1212: TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
1.24 keihan 1213: TLA top level aggregator
1.141 dholland 1214: TLB translation lookaside buffer
1.10 keihan 1215: TLD top level domain
1.131 wiz 1216: TLS thread local storage
1.61 jschauma 1217: TLS transport layer security
1.117 jruoho 1218: TM Turing machine
1.122 jruoho 1219: TM thermal monitor
1.19 jmmv 1220: TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
1.110 jruoho 1221: TMO timeout
1.121 jruoho 1222: TOD time of day
1.94 jruoho 1223: TOS terms of service
1.131 wiz 1224: TOS trusted operating system
1.97 dholland 1225: TOS type of service
1.117 jruoho 1226: TP transaction processing
1.140 dholland 1227: TPI tracks per inch
1.131 wiz 1228: TPM transactions per minute
1.101 jruoho 1229: TPM trusted platform module
1.116 jruoho 1230: TPR task priority register
1.140 dholland 1231: TPS transactions per second
1.127 jruoho 1232: TPS transmission parameters signaling
1.131 wiz 1233: TR task register
1.53 jmmv 1234: TR token ring
1.127 jruoho 1235: TRL timing recovery loop
1.88 tsutsui 1236: TRNG true random number generator
1.131 wiz 1237: TS terminal services
1238: TS time series
1.110 jruoho 1239: TS time stamp
1.127 jruoho 1240: TS transport stream
1.104 jruoho 1241: TSC time stamp counter
1.122 jruoho 1242: TSD time stamp disable
1243: TSL test, set, lock
1.120 jruoho 1244: TSO time sharing option
1.131 wiz 1245: TSP Time-Stamp Protocol
1246: TSP Tunnel Setup Protocol
1.127 jruoho 1247: TSP time synchronization protocol
1.120 jruoho 1248: TSP traveling salesman problem
1.100 jruoho 1249: TSS task state segment
1.48 jmmv 1250: TTL time to live
1.110 jruoho 1251: TTL transistor-transistor logic
1252: TTM translation table maps
1.9 keihan 1253: TTY teletype
1.131 wiz 1254: TUI {terminal,text-based,textual} user interface
1255: TX {transmit out,transmitter}
1.9 keihan 1256: TZ time zone
1.131 wiz 1257: UAC user {access,account} control
1.53 jmmv 1258: UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1.126 jruoho 1259: UAT user acceptance testing
1.18 jmmv 1260: UC uncacheable
1.117 jruoho 1261: UCS uniform-cost search
1.94 jruoho 1262: UDMA ultra DMA
1.131 wiz 1263: UDO ultra density optical
1264: UDP User Datagram Protocol
1265: UFS Unix File System
1266: UI unit interval
1.94 jruoho 1267: UI user interface
1.131 wiz 1268: UID unique identifier
1.96 dholland 1269: UID user identifier
1.120 jruoho 1270: UL upload
1271: UMA uniform memory access
1.107 jruoho 1272: UMA upper memory area
1273: UMB upper memory block
1.131 wiz 1274: UML unified modeling language
1.122 jruoho 1275: UMPC ultra-mobile PC
1.126 jruoho 1276: UPNP universal plug and play
1.10 keihan 1277: UPS uninterruptible power supply
1278: URI uniform resource identifier
1279: URL uniform resource locator
1.120 jruoho 1280: URN uniform resource name
1.53 jmmv 1281: USART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1.9 keihan 1282: USB universal serial bus
1.18 jmmv 1283: USWC uncacheable speculative write combining
1.122 jruoho 1284: UT unit test
1.94 jruoho 1285: UTC coordinated universal time
1.40 keihan 1286: UTP unshielded twisted pair
1.131 wiz 1287: UUCP Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol
1.97 dholland 1288: UUID universally unique identifier
1.73 jschauma 1289: UUOC useless use of cat
1.126 jruoho 1290: UUT unit under test
1.128 ginsbach 1291: UX user experience
1.131 wiz 1292: VA vertical alignment
1293: VA virtual address
1.122 jruoho 1294: VA volt-ampere
1.30 jmmv 1295: VAX virtual address extension
1.121 jruoho 1296: VB Visual Basic
1.122 jruoho 1297: VCA variable-gain amplifier
1.109 ahoka 1298: VCC common collector voltage
1.122 jruoho 1299: VCF voltage-controlled filter
1.16 jmmv 1300: VCM virtual channel memory
1.122 jruoho 1301: VCO voltage-controlled oscillator
1.124 dholland 1302: VCS version control system
1.138 jdf 1303: VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
1.122 jruoho 1304: VFO variable-frequency oscillator
1.94 jruoho 1305: VG volume group
1.138 jdf 1306: VGA Video Graphics Array
1.110 jruoho 1307: VHDCI very high density cable interconnect
1.108 jruoho 1308: VID voltage level identifier
1.121 jruoho 1309: VIPT virtually indexed, physically tagged
1310: VIVT virtually indexed, virtually tagged
1.53 jmmv 1311: VLAN virtual local area network
1.110 jruoho 1312: VLIW very long instruction word
1.78 dholland 1313: VLSI very large scale integration
1.72 hubertf 1314: VLSM variable length subnet mask
1315: VM virtual {machine,memory}
1.122 jruoho 1316: VME virtual mode extension
1.131 wiz 1317: VMX vector multimedia extensions
1.120 jruoho 1318: VMX virtual machine extensions
1.131 wiz 1319: VOD video on demand
1.9 keihan 1320: VPN virtual private network
1.120 jruoho 1321: VR virtual reality
1.16 jmmv 1322: VRAM video random access memory
1.121 jruoho 1323: VRM voltage regulator module
1.131 wiz 1324: VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
1325: W watt
1.96 dholland 1326: W3C World Wide Web Consortium
1.30 jmmv 1327: WAN wide area network
1.131 wiz 1328: WAP Wireless Application Protocol
1.135 jdf 1329: WAP wireless access point
1.131 wiz 1330: WDT watchdog timer
1331: WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
1.94 jruoho 1332: WFI wait for interrupt
1.126 jruoho 1333: WFQ weighted fair queuing
1.121 jruoho 1334: WH write hit
1.131 wiz 1335: WIFI wireless fidelity
1.53 jmmv 1336: WLAN wireless local area network
1.121 jruoho 1337: WM write miss
1.131 wiz 1338: WMI Windows Management Instrumentation
1339: WOL Wake-on-LAN
1340: WOM Wake-on-Modem
1341: WOR Wake-on-Ring
1.113 dholland 1342: WORM write once read many
1.131 wiz 1343: WP WordPerfect
1344: WP word processor
1.122 jruoho 1345: WP write protect
1.135 jdf 1346: WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
1347: WPA2 Wi-Fi Protected Access II
1348: WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup
1.16 jmmv 1349: WRAM window random access memory
1.122 jruoho 1350: WS web services
1.121 jruoho 1351: WTC write through caching
1.96 dholland 1352: WWAN wireless wide area network
1.15 keihan 1353: WWW world wide web
1.94 jruoho 1354: WYSIWYG what you see is what you get
1.108 jruoho 1355: XBAR crossbar
1.140 dholland 1356: XDMCP X Display Manager control protocol
1.55 kleink 1357: XER XML encoding rules
1.138 jdf 1358: XGA Extended Graphics Array
1.108 jruoho 1359: XIP execute in place
1.131 wiz 1360: XML Extensible Markup Language
1.117 jruoho 1361: XOR exclusive or
1.94 jruoho 1362: XP extreme programming
1.142 jnemeth 1363: XSI X/Open System Interface
1.1 jmmv 1364: XSL extensible stylesheet language
1.94 jruoho 1365: XSS cross site scripting
1.18 jmmv 1366: XT extended technology
1.94 jruoho 1367: XUL XML user interface language
1.96 dholland 1368: YACC yet another compiler compiler
1.131 wiz 1369: YAWPFAPR you are welcome; please file a problem report
1370: YP Yellow Pages
1.121 jruoho 1371: YTD year to date
1.122 jruoho 1372: ZBR zone bit recording
1.58 kleink 1373: ZFOD zero-filled on demand
1.120 jruoho 1374: ZIF zero insertion force
1.94 jruoho 1375: ZIFS zero insertion force socket
1.120 jruoho 1376: ZMA zone multicast address
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