Annotation of src/share/misc/acronyms.comp, Revision 1.49
1.49 ! wiz 1: $NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.48 2005/01/08 18:48:56 jmmv Exp $
1.4 jmmv 2:
1.6 jschauma 3: ABI application binary interface
1.18 jmmv 4: ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
1.26 wennmach 5: ADC analog [to] digital converter
1.49 ! wiz 6: ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
1.15 keihan 7: AGP accelerated graphics port
1.41 keihan 8: ANSI american national standards institute
1.8 keihan 9: API application programming interface
1.40 keihan 10: APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller
1.30 jmmv 11: ARP address resolution protocol
1.18 jmmv 12: AT advanced technology
1.1 jmmv 13: ATA advanced technology attachment
1.18 jmmv 14: ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface
1.35 grant 15: ATM asynchronous transfer mode
1.18 jmmv 16: ATX advanced technology extended
1.16 jmmv 17: BEDO burst extended data output
1.24 keihan 18: BGP border gateway protocol
1.1 jmmv 19: BIOS basic input/output system
1.2 jmmv 20: BLOB binary large object
1.48 jmmv 21: BPS bits per second
1.1 jmmv 22: BSD berkeley software distribution
1.19 jmmv 23: CAD computer-aided design
1.20 mycroft 24: CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
1.48 jmmv 25: CCD charge coupled device
1.9 keihan 26: CD compact disc
1.48 jmmv 27: CDDA compact disc digital audio
1.16 jmmv 28: CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
1.19 jmmv 29: CGA color graphics array
1.30 jmmv 30: CGI common gateway interface
1.1 jmmv 31: CHS cylinder/head/sector
1.11 keihan 32: CIDR classless inter-domain routing
1.48 jmmv 33: CIS contact image sensor
1.1 jmmv 34: CLI command line interface
1.20 mycroft 35: CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
1.37 grant 36: COFF common object file format
1.24 keihan 37: CPU central processing unit
1.1 jmmv 38: CRLF carriage return line feed
1.19 jmmv 39: CRT cathode ray tube
1.1 jmmv 40: CSS cascading style sheets
1.10 keihan 41: CVS concurrent versions system
1.48 jmmv 42: CYMK cyan yellow magenta black
1.26 wennmach 43: DAC digital [to] analog converter
1.48 jmmv 44: DCT discrete cosine transform
1.19 jmmv 45: DDC display data channel
1.16 jmmv 46: DDR double data rate
1.19 jmmv 47: DDWG digital display working group
1.48 jmmv 48: DFT discrete fourier transform
1.30 jmmv 49: DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
1.5 jmmv 50: DMA direct memory access
1.8 keihan 51: DNS domain name system
1.49 ! wiz 52: DPCM differential pulse code modulation
1.48 jmmv 53: DPI dots per inch
1.16 jmmv 54: DRAM dynamic random access memory
1.9 keihan 55: DSL digital subscriber line
1.1 jmmv 56: DTD document type definition
1.9 keihan 57: DVD digital versatile disc
1.19 jmmv 58: DVI digital visual interface
1.18 jmmv 59: ECP enhanced capability port
1.19 jmmv 60: EDID extended display identification data
1.16 jmmv 61: EDO extended data out
62: EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
1.48 jmmv 63: EFM eight to fourteen modulation
1.19 jmmv 64: EGA enhanced graphics array
1.1 jmmv 65: EISA extended industry standard architecture
1.37 grant 66: ELF executable and linking format
1.18 jmmv 67: EPP enhanced parallel port
1.16 jmmv 68: EPROM erasable programmable read only memory
69: ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
1.30 jmmv 70: FAT file allocation table
1.16 jmmv 71: FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
1.39 jschauma 72: FDDI fiber distributed data interface
1.10 keihan 73: FFS fast file system
1.9 keihan 74: FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
1.17 jmmv 75: FPM fast page mode
1.15 keihan 76: FQDN fully qualified domain name
1.1 jmmv 77: FTP file transfer protocol
1.44 jmmv 78: GC garbage collector
1.5 jmmv 79: GIF graphics interchange format
1.1 jmmv 80: GNU gnu's not unix
81: GPL gnu/general public license
1.24 keihan 82: GPU graphics processing unit
1.1 jmmv 83: GUI graphics user interface
1.19 jmmv 84: HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection
1.1 jmmv 85: HTML hyper-text markup language
86: HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol
87: I2O intelligent input/output
88: IANA internet assigned number authority
1.24 keihan 89: IC integrated circuit
1.9 keihan 90: ICB internet citizen's band
1.10 keihan 91: ICMP internet control message protocol
1.1 jmmv 92: IDE integrated drive electronics
1.41 keihan 93: IEC international electrotechnical commission
1.9 keihan 94: IEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers
1.15 keihan 95: IESG internet engineering steering group
1.9 keihan 96: IETF internet engineering task force
1.10 keihan 97: IKE internet key exchange
98: IMAP internet mail access protocol
1.41 keihan 99: INCITS international committee on information technology standards
1.43 jschauma 100: IPC interprocess communication
1.1 jmmv 101: IO input/output
1.9 keihan 102: IOCTL input/output control
1.1 jmmv 103: IP internet protocol
1.9 keihan 104: IPNG internet protocol, next generation
105: IPSEC internet protocol security
106: IRC internet relay chat
107: IRQ interrupt request
108: IRTF internet research task force
1.3 jmmv 109: ISA industry standard architecture
1.9 keihan 110: ISDN integrated services digital network
1.41 keihan 111: ISO international standards organization
1.9 keihan 112: ISOC internet society
1.8 keihan 113: ISP internet service provider
1.1 jmmv 114: JPEG joint photographic experts group
1.12 wiz 115: KVA kernel virtual address
1.9 keihan 116: LAN local area network
117: LBA logical block addressing
1.19 jmmv 118: LCD liquid crystal display
1.10 keihan 119: LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
1.30 jmmv 120: LED light emitting diode
1.34 keihan 121: LIR local internet registry
1.48 jmmv 122: LRC longitudinal redundancy check
1.25 wennmach 123: LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
1.9 keihan 124: LUN logical unit number
1.49 ! wiz 125: LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
1.24 keihan 126: MAC media access control
1.9 keihan 127: MBR master boot record
1.16 jmmv 128: MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory
1.29 jmmv 129: MIDI musical instrument digital interface
1.30 jmmv 130: MIME multipurpose internet mail extensions
1.9 keihan 131: MIPS million instructions per second
1.27 jschauma 132: MMU memory management unit
1.32 jmmv 133: MPEG moving picture experts group
1.25 wennmach 134: MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
1.48 jmmv 135: MSF minutes seconds frames
1.14 keihan 136: MTA mail transfer agent
137: MTU maximum transmission unit
138: MUA mail user agent
1.48 jmmv 139: MWE module width encoding
1.5 jmmv 140: NAT network address translation
1.36 grant 141: NFS network file system
1.11 keihan 142: NIC network interface card
1.10 keihan 143: NIS network information service
1.49 ! wiz 144: NRZ non-return to zero
1.7 jschauma 145: NUMA non uniform memory access
1.48 jmmv 146: OCR optical character recognition
1.30 jmmv 147: OEM original equipment manufacturer
1.35 grant 148: OSF open software foundation
1.39 jschauma 149: OSI open systems interconnection
1.27 jschauma 150: OTP one time password
1.34 keihan 151: PAM pluggable authentication modules
1.48 jmmv 152: PAM pulse amplitude modulation
1.10 keihan 153: PAX portable archive exchange
1.48 jmmv 154: PC personal computer
1.1 jmmv 155: PCI peripheral component interconnect
1.48 jmmv 156: PCM pulse code modulation
1.41 keihan 157: PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association
1.15 keihan 158: PDP page descriptor page
1.8 keihan 159: PERL practical extraction [and] report language
1.10 keihan 160: PGP pretty good privacy
1.18 jmmv 161: PIC programmable interrupt controller
1.10 keihan 162: PID process id
1.48 jmmv 163: PIN personal identification number
1.18 jmmv 164: PIO programmed input/output
1.48 jmmv 165: PMT photo-multiplier tube
1.1 jmmv 166: PNG portable network graphics
1.10 keihan 167: POP post office protocol
168: POSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix
1.19 jmmv 169: POST power on self test
1.42 simonb 170: POTS plain old telephone system
1.9 keihan 171: PPP point-to-point protocol
1.35 grant 172: PPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM
1.9 keihan 173: PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet
1.16 jmmv 174: PROM programmable read only memory
1.12 wiz 175: PTE page table entry
1.24 keihan 176: PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
1.12 wiz 177: PTP page table page
1.48 jmmv 178: PWM pulse width modulation
1.47 grant 179: QOS quality of service
1.1 jmmv 180: RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks
1.9 keihan 181: RAM random access memory
1.10 keihan 182: RCS revision control system
1.8 keihan 183: RFC request for comments
1.24 keihan 184: RGB red green blue
1.9 keihan 185: RISC reduced instruction set computing
1.48 jmmv 186: RLE run length encoding
1.9 keihan 187: ROM read only memory
1.1 jmmv 188: RPM revolutions per minute
1.9 keihan 189: RTF rich text format
1.48 jmmv 190: RTT round time trip
1.18 jmmv 191: S/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface
1.32 jmmv 192: SACD super audio compact disc
1.16 jmmv 193: SAM serial access memory
1.41 keihan 194: SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
1.9 keihan 195: SATA serial advanced technology attachment
1.21 mycroft 196: SCSI small computer system interface
1.16 jmmv 197: SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
198: SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
1.46 xtraeme 199: SIP Session Initiation Protocol
1.16 jmmv 200: SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
1.28 sketch 201: SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
1.7 jschauma 202: SMP symmetric multiprocessing
1.8 keihan 203: SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
1.31 keihan 204: SNMP simple network management protocol
1.18 jmmv 205: SPD serial presence detect
1.16 jmmv 206: SRAM static random access memory
1.48 jmmv 207: SSFDC solid state floppy disc card
1.9 keihan 208: SSH secure shell
209: SSL secure sockets layer
1.40 keihan 210: STP shielded twisted pair
1.19 jmmv 211: SVGA super video graphics array
1.9 keihan 212: TCL tool command language
1.15 keihan 213: TCP transmission control protocol
1.45 jmmv 214: TDD test driven development
1.19 jmmv 215: TFT thin film transistor
1.33 grant 216: TIFF tagged image file format
1.24 keihan 217: TLA top level aggregator
1.30 jmmv 218: TLB transition lookaside buffer
1.10 keihan 219: TLD top level domain
1.19 jmmv 220: TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
1.48 jmmv 221: TTL time to live
1.9 keihan 222: TTY teletype
223: TZ time zone
1.18 jmmv 224: UC uncacheable
1.48 jmmv 225: UDO ultra density optical (storage)
1.1 jmmv 226: UDP user datagram protocol
1.48 jmmv 227: UFS unix file system
1.10 keihan 228: UPS uninterruptible power supply
229: URI uniform resource identifier
230: URL uniform resource locator
1.9 keihan 231: USB universal serial bus
1.18 jmmv 232: USWC uncacheable speculative write combining
1.40 keihan 233: UTP unshielded twisted pair
1.10 keihan 234: UUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol
1.30 jmmv 235: VAX virtual address extension
1.16 jmmv 236: VCM virtual channel memory
1.19 jmmv 237: VESA video electronics standards association
238: VGA video graphics array
1.48 jmmv 239: VLSM variable length subnetting mask
1.30 jmmv 240: VM virtual memory
1.9 keihan 241: VPN virtual private network
1.16 jmmv 242: VRAM video random access memory
1.30 jmmv 243: WAN wide area network
244: WAP wireless application protocol
1.16 jmmv 245: WRAM window random access memory
1.15 keihan 246: WWW world wide web
1.19 jmmv 247: XGA extended graphics array
1.1 jmmv 248: XML extensible markup language
249: XSL extensible stylesheet language
1.18 jmmv 250: XT extended technology
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