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You just can't get far if you're not up on the lingo. You might squeak
by in your company of technological nonexperts, but even some of
them will surprise you. These days, technical acronyms quickly
insinuate themselves into the vernacular.»
Raphael Needleman
ABIOS: Advanced Basic Input Output System ACH: Automated Clearing House
A ABIST: Automatic Built-In Self-Test ACIA: Asynchronous Communication
(IBM) Interface Adapter
ABLE: Adaptive Battery Life Extender ACIAS: Automated Calibration Interval
Analysis System
ABLE: Agent Building and Learning
Environment ACID: Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and
(IBM) Durability
(Software)
ABM: Asynchronous Balanced Mode
HDLC data transfer mode (Network) ACIS: American Committee for Interoperable
Systems
ABNF: Augmented Backus Naur Form
ACK: ACKnowledge
ABR: Available Bit Rate
A transmission control character transmitted by a station
One of five ATM Forum defined service types. Supports
as an affirmative response to the station with which the
variable bit rate data traffic with flow control, a minimum
connection has been set up. (Communication)
guaranteed data transmission rate and specified
performance parameters (Communication) ACL: Access Control List
For granting or denying access to computer resources
ABRS: Automated Book Request System
(security) (Operating systems)
ABS: ABSolute
ACL: Advanced Cmos Logic
ABS: Address Book Synchronization
ACL: Asynchronous ConnectionLess
(IBM)
(Communication)
ABS: Auto Balance System
ACM: Abstract Control Model
System to reduce vibration and noise in a peripheral
(Software)
(Hardware)
ABS: Automatic Backup System ACM: Afp Conversion Module
(Software)
ABT: ABorT
ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
ABTS: Ascii Block Terminal Services (Organizations)
AC: Access Customer ACM: Audio Compression Manager
(Communication) (Microsoft)
AC: Alternate Current ACMS: Application Control Management
AC: Audio Codec System
(Hardware) ACNM: Application Centric Network
AC: Authentication Center Management
(Software)
AC: AutoCheck
ACO: Alternate Checksum Option
AC: Automatic Computer
(Network)
ACAP: Application Configuration Access
ACP: Active Code Page
Protocol
ACP: Ancillary Control Program
ACC: ACCumulator
ACP: Auxiliary Control Process
ACC: Authorization Contract for Containers
Specification (JSR-115) that defines new ACPI: Advanced Configuration and Power
java.security.Permission classes to satisfy the Java 2 Interface
Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) authorization model (Hardware)
(Software) (Sun)
ACR: Advanced Communication Riser
ACD: Automatic Call Distribution (Hardware)
ACDI: Asynchronous Communications Device ACR: Allowed Cell Rate
Interface
ACROSS: Automated Cargo Release and
ACE: Access Control Encryption Operations Service System
ACE: Access Control Entry ACS: Access Control Server
An entry in an Access Control List (ACL). An ACE
contains a set of access rights and a security identifier
ACS: Access Control Set
(SID) that identifies a trustee for whom the rights are ACS: Access Control System
allowed, denied, or audited (Operating systems)
ACS: Admission Control Service
ACE: Adobe Certified Expert (Network) (Microsoft)
(Adobe)
ACS: Advanced Computer System
ACE: Advanced Computing Environment (IBM)
ACE: Adverse Channel Enhancements ACS: Anti Curl System
ACE: Apacer Compression Explorer ACS: Asynchronous Communication Server
ACE: Ascii Compatible Encoding ACS: Automatic Class Selection
ACE: Automatic Computing Engine ACS: Automatic Contrast Selection
ACF: Access Control Field
ACF: Advanced Communications Function
AIR: Architecture Implementation Review ALIWEB: Archie Like Indexing in the WEB
APIPA: Automatic Private Internet Protocol APSO: Audio Precision System One
Addressing (Hardware)
(Network) APT: Address Pass Through
APIS: Advanced Passenger Information APT: Advanced Package Tool
System Software download/installation tool for Debian GNU/Linux
APL: A Programming Language (Operating systems)
(Software) APT: Advanced Parallel Technology
APL: Applied Physics Laboratory APT: Automatically Programmed Tools
Advanced research facility in Skaggsville, MD.
APTC: Authorized Prometric Testing Center
APL: Average Picture Level Sylvan Prometric is a division of Sylvan Learning Systems.
Monitor quality parameter (Hardware) It is the global leader in computer-based testing for
academic assessment, professional licensure, and
APLSF: A Programming Language with
certification.
Shared Files
APTM: Application Program to Transaction
APM: Advanced Power Management
Manager
APM: Application Performance Management
APU: Audio Processing Unit
APN: Access Point Name (Hardware)
Used on GPRS as access information (Communication)
APWG: Anti Phishing Working Group
APNIC: Asia-Pacific Network Information See http://www.antiphishing.org/ (Organizations)
Center
AQ: Advanced Queueing
APOP: Authenticated Post Office Protocol (Databases) (Oracle)
APP: Applecare Protection Plan AR: Access Rate
Extended warranty (Apple) The data rate of the user access channel. The rate
(maximum) at which access devices can offer data to the
APP: APPlication
frame relay network (Communication)
File name extension
AR: Application Requester
APPC: Advanced Program to Program
(IBM)
Communication
APPCM: Access Protection and Priority ARA: Appletalk Remote Access
Control Mechanism (Communication) (Apple)
BFRS: Base File Record Segment BINL: Boot Information Negotiation Layer
(Operating systems)
BFS: Business Forecasting Software
BIOML: BIOpolymer Markup Language
BFT: Binary File Transfer XML language designed to be used for the annotation of
BFTP: Batch File Transfer Protocol biopolymer sequence information. BIOML allows the full
specification of all experimental information known about
BGA: Ball-Grid Array molecular entities composed of biopolymers, for example,
Integrated circuit (IC) packaging that uses half-spherical proteins and genes
contacts versus pins (Hardware)
BIOS: Basic Input/Output System
BGAN: Broadband Global Area Network The program a personal computer's microprocessor uses
(Network) to get the computer system started after you turn it on
BGE: Branch if Greater or Equal BIP: Bit Interleaved Parity
BGI: Borland Graphics Interface BIPM: Bureau International des Poids et des
File name extension Mesures
BGP: Border Gateway Protocol (Organizations)
An Internet routing protocol used to pass routing BIPS: Bank Internet Payment System
information between different administrative routing The BIPS specification includes a protocol for sending
domains or Autonomous Systems. BGP does not pass payment instructions to banks safely over the Internet and
explicit topology information and is often used between a payment server architecture for processing those
Internet service providers (Network) payment instructions
BGT: Branch if Greater Than BIPV: Bit Interleaved Parity Violation
BHI: Branch if HIgher BIRT: Business Intelligence and Reporting
BHIS: Branch if HIgher or Same Tools
Open source, Eclipse-based reporting system that
BHLI: Broadband High Layer Information integrates with your application to produce compelling
BHO: Browser Helper Object reports for both web and PDF. See also
(Software) (Microsoft) http://www.eclipse.org/birt/ (Software)
BOFH: Bastard Operator From Hell BPL: Broadband over Power Lines
A system administrator or technician with very little (Network)
patience who frequently does evil things to users (Net
lingo)
Bpl: Bytes Per Line
BOGOF: Buy One Get One Free BPM: Business Process Management B
Knowledge between management and information
Denotes cheap stuff that usually comes in bundled or
technology, encompassing methods, techniques and tools
packaged form; connotation is "low quality" (Net lingo)
to design, enact, control, and analyze operational business
BOHICA: Bend Over, Here It Comes Again processes (Software)
(Net lingo)
BPN: Business Partner Network
BOI: Business Object Interface BPO: Business Process Outsourcer
(Software)
bpp: Bits Per Pixel
BOL: Books OnLine
(Microsoft)
BPR: Business-Process Reengineering
CCNC: Common Channel Network Controller CCXML: Call Control eXtensible Markup
Language
CCNC: Computer/Communications Network
Is designed to provide telephony call control support for
Center
VoiceXML or other dialog systems. CCXML has been
C CCNP: Cisco Certified Network Professional designed to complement and integrate with a VoiceXML
Intermediate-level certification for IT professionals who interpreter
can install, configure, and troubleshoot local and wide area
CD: Carrier Detect
networks for enterprise organizations with networks from
Serial port signal (Communication)
100 to more than 500 nodes (Cisco)
CCP: Certified Computing Professional CD: Change Directory
CD-I: Compact Disk Interactive CD-RDx: Compact Disk - Rom Data eXchange
(Hardware)
CDRL: Contract Data Requirements List
CDIA: Certified Document Imaging Architect CD-ROM: Compact Disk Read Only Memory
CDID: Compact Disk Image Designer A form of storage characterized by high capacity (roughly
600 megabytes) and the use of laser optics rather than
CDIF: Case Data Interchange Format
magnetic means for reading data. (Hardware)
Family of standards that lays out a single architecture for
exchanging information between modelling tools, and CD-RTOS: Compact Disk - Real Time
C
between repositories, and defines the interfaces of the Operating System
components to implement this architecture
CD-RW: Compact Disk-ReWriteable
CDK: Content Development Kit (Hardware)
(Software) (Microsoft)
CDS: Cell Directory Service
CDK: Control Development Kit CDS: Correlated Double Sampling
(Software) (Microsoft)
Technology to clean the image signal during scanning
CDL: Computer Design Language (Hardware)
CLIE: Communication, Link, Information and CLTV: Constant Linear Time Velocity
Entertainment CLUI: Command Line User Interface
(Hardware) (Sony)
CLUT: Color LookUp Table
CLIM: Common Lisp Interface Manager The color options in a graphics system, arranged by index
number. Typically, the system has a default color map. The
CLIPS: C Language Integrated Production
index of colors in the color map can be reallocated,
System
however, depending on the application.
Productive development and delivery expert system tool
which provides a complete environment for the CLV: Constant Linear Velocity
construction of rule and/or object based expert systems (Hardware)
(Software)
CM: Communication Manager
CLIST: Command LIST (Communication)
CLK: CLocK CM: Configuration Managment
(Hardware) (Software)
CLL: ConnectionLess Layer CM: Content Management
CLLI: Common Language Location CM: Control Mark
Identification
CM: Corrective Maintenance
(Communication)
CM2: Communication Manager/2
CLNAP: ConnectionLess Network Access
Protocol CMA: Concert Multi-thread Architecture
CLNP: ConnectionLess Network Protocol CMAK: Connection Manager Administration Kit
The International Organization for Standardization's open (Microsoft)
systems interconnection (OSI) protocol for providing the
CMB: Comment Me Back
OSI Connectionless Network Service (datagram service).
(Net lingo)
CLNP is the OSI equivalent to Internet IP, and is
sometimes called ISO IP. CMC: Calypso Message Center
CLNS: ConnectionLess Network Service CMC: Common Mail Calls
CLO: Chief Learning Officer CMC: Common Messaging Call
CLOB: Character Large OBject CMC: Communication Management
(Databases) Configuration
CLOS: Common Lisp Object System CMC: Complement Carry Flag
(Software)
CMC: Computer-Mediated Communication
CLP: Cell Loss Priority
CMD: Circuit Mode Data
In ATM cells, a bit that specifies whether a cell can be
discarded, if necessary; for example, if network congestion CMD: CoMmanD
or policing occurs (Communication) File name extension
CLP: CLiPboard CMF: Creative Music Format
File name extension
CMGM: Cisco Media Gateway Manager
CLP: Command Line Processor (Software) (Cisco)
CLP: Constraint Logic Programming CMI: Control and Management Interface
CLR: Cell Loss Ratio (Communication)
In an ATM network, the ratio of lost ATM Cells to CMIP: Common Management Information
transmitted cells; measures the percentage of cells lost Protocol
between two points in the network. Cell loss is typically The International Organization for Standardization's open
caused by severe network congestion; it can also result systems interconnection (OSI) network management
from bit errors in the cell header (Network) protocol. (Communication)
CLR: Common Language Runtime CMIS: Common Management Information
(Software) (Microsoft) System
CLR: Compensating Log Record CMISE: Common Management Information
CLS: CLear Screen Service Element
CLS: Closed Loop Solution CML: Chemical Markup Language
CML: Computer Managed Learning
COSMOS: COmputer System for Mainframe CPIC: Common Programming Interface for
OperationS Communications
(IBM)
COSS: Common Object Services Specification
CPI-C: Common Programming Interface for
COT: Central Office Terminal Communications
COTS: Commercial Off-The-Shelf (IBM)
Software or hardware products that are ready-made and CPIO: CoPy In/Out
available for sale to the general public. They are often used
as alternatives to in-house developments (Software) CPL: Combined Programming Language
CSLIP: Compressed Serial Line Interface CSRG: Computer Systems Research Group
Protocol (Organizations)
CSM: Cluster Systems Management CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
(Operating systems) (IBM) CSS: Central Structure Store
CSM: Code Set Map The CSS is an editable hierarchy of structures composed
of elements, attributes, and transformations. CSS elements
CSM: Communications Services Manager are drawing primitives such as lines and polygons and CSS
CSM: Control Strip Module attributes are qualities such as color and style.
DAT: Digital Audio Tape DBIS: Dun & Bradstreet Information Services
(Hardware)
DBK: DocBooK
DAT: Disk Array Technology File name extension
DATEX: DATa EXchange DBLIB: DataBase LIBrary
DAV: Data AVailable (Databases) (Microsoft)
DPDT: Double Pole Double Throw DQDB: Distributed Queue Dual Bus
DSIMM: Dual Single Inline Memory Module DSP: Directory Synchronization Protocol
(Lotus)
DSIS: Distributed Support Information
Standard DSP: Document Services for Printing
DSL: Dialogue Scripting Language DSP: Domain-Specific Part
(Network)
DSL: Digital Subscriber Line
(Communication) DSPT: Display Station Pass-Thru
(IBM)
DSL: Distributed Service Logic
DSQD: Double Sided, Quad Density
DSL: Domain Specific Language
A programming languge created to solve a specific type of DSR: Data Set Ready
problem (Software) Serial port signal (Communication)
E3: Electronic Entertainement Expo EARS: Explicit Archive and Retrieval System
E4X: Ecmacript For Xml EAS: Enterprise Access Server
set of programming language extensions adding native EAS: Enterprise Agreement for S/390
XML support to ECMAScript. See also http://www.ecma-
(Software) (IBM)
international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-357.htm
(Software) EASI: Enhanced Asynchronous Scsi Interface
EA: Effective Address EAST: East Australian Standard Time
EA: Enterprise Agreement Timezone: GMT +10:00
Licensing scheme (Microsoft) EAT: End Around Test
EA: Escrowed Authenticator Also known as a wrap test, returns output signal to input
line (Hardware)
E EA: Extended Attribute
EATA: Enhanced Advanced Technology bus
(IBM)
Attachment
EAB: Enterprise Application Builder
EAX: Environmental Audio eXtensions
(Software)
(Hardware) (Creative Labs)
EADAS: Engineering and Administrative Data
Acquisition System EB: ExaByte
1024 petabytes
EADASNM: Engineering and Administrative
Data Acquisition System Network EBASIC: Extended Beginners All-purpose
Management Symbolic Instruction Code
Programming language (Software)
EADT: East Australian Daylight Time
Timezone: GMT +10:00
EBC: Eisa Bus Controller
E-ADT: Extended Abstract Data Type EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal
Interchange Code
(Software)
Charachter encoding scheme (IBM)
EAGLES: Expert Advisory Group on Language
Engineering Standards EBCT: Electron Beam Computed Tomography
Character encoding scheme
EAI: Enterprise Application Integration
EBD: Emergency Boot Disk
EAM: Enterprise Asset Management
(Software)
EBDI: Enhanced Background Debug Interface
(Hardware) (Motorola)
EAM: Evanescent Access Method
EBDS: Enhanced Background Debug Software
EAN: European Article Number
Bar code standards family
EBF: Emergency Bug Fix
(Software)
EAP: Early Adopter Program
EBF: Engineering Bug Fix
EAP: Enterprise Application Platform (Sybase)
(Software)
EBI: Equivalent Background Input
EAP: Extensible Authentication Protocol
(Security)
EBI: Extended Background Investigation
ETS: Econometric Time Series EWOS: European Workshop for Open Systems
The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Implementors
ETS: Ethernet Terminal Servers workshop for Europe.
(Hardware)
EWS: Early Warning Status
ETS: European Telecommunications Standard System that alerts the host system if drive performance
ETSI: European Telecommunication approaches unacceptable reliability levels (Hardware)
Standards Institute EWS: Employee Written Software
(Organizations) (IBM)
FACS: Facility fir Access Control and Security FC: Functional Component
(Software)
FAIL: Fast Artificial Intelligence Language
FC/AL: Fiber Channel/Arbitrated Loop
FAMOS: Floating gate Avalanche Metal Oxide
Semiconductor FC/EL: Fiber Channel/Enhanced Loop
(Hardware) FCA: Flow Control Acknowledge
FANS: Future Air Navigation System FC-AL: Fiber Channel - Arbitrated Loop
FAP: File Access Protocol (Hardware)
FHSS: Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FLOPS: FLoating-point Operations Per Second
(Communication) A measure of the speed at which a computer can operate.
(Hardware)
FIA: File Integrity Assessment
FLTK: Fast Light Toolkit
FIB: Forwarding Information Base
Pronounced "fulltick", is a cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit
FICON: FIber CONnection for UNIX/Linux (X11), Microsoft Windows® and MacOS X.
(IBM) FLTK provides modern GUI functionality without the bloat
and supports 3D graphics via OpenGL and its built-in
FID: Filtering IDentifier GLUT emulation (Software)
(Communication)
FM: Fault Management
FIF: Fractal Image Format A series of information flows at the physical and ATM layer
FIFO: First In First Out designed to identify the location and cause of a fault within
the network (Communication)
(Hardware)
FIFOFS: First In First Out File System FM: Frequency Modulation
Named pipe files that give processes common access to FMA: Fused Multiply-Add
data. (Operating systems) CPU instruction type
FILO: First In Last Out FMD: Fluorescent Multilayer Disk
FIN: Functional Identification Number (Hardware)
FOAD: F*** Off And Die FPDU: Ftam Protocol Data Unit
(Net lingo)
FPE: Floating Point Engine
FOC: Fiber Optic Cable FPGA: Field Programmable Gate Array
FOCUS: FOrum of Control data USers An integrated circuit containing an array of logic circuits in
which the connections between the individual circuits can
FOD: Fax On Demand be programmed after manufacture, typically at the time of
FOD: Flexible Optical Disk installation (in the field). (Hardware)
FOOBAR: Ftp Operation Over Big Address FPM: Fast Packet Multiplexing
Records A multiplexing technique that sends data packets over the
network and requires error detection/correction only at the
FOOT: Forum for Object Oriented Technology destination node (Communication)
FPM: Fast Page Mode
(Hardware)
HD-ROM: High Density Read Only Memory HIC: Hybrid Integrated Circuit
(Hardware) HID: High-Intensity Discharge
HDSC: High Density Signal Carrier Light bulb technology used mainly in projectors (Hardware)
(DEC) HID: Human Interface Device
HDSL: High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line (Hardware)
(Communication) HIDS: Host-based Intrusion Detection System
(Security)
HPW: High Performance Workstation HSSDS: High Speed Switched Digital Service
(Sun) HSSI: High Speed Serial Interface
HQ: HeadQuarter HST: Hawaii Standard Time
HR: High-Rate Timezone: GMT -10:00
IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access method HST: High Speed Technology
(Communication) (3Com)
HR: Horizontal Rule HST: HiSTory
HTML Tag
HST: HoST
HR: Human Resource
HSV: Hue, Saturation, Value
ICCB: Internet Configuration Control Board ICLID: Incoming Call Line IDentification
(Organizations)
ICM: Image Color Management
ICCC: InterClient Communication Convention (Software)
ICCCM: Inter-Client Communication ICM: Image Color Matching
Conventions Manual (Kodak)
The document that describes the conventions for the
ICM: InComing Message
communication between X clients. This includes such
conventions as client-to-client, client-to-window manager, ICM: Internet Call Manager
client-to-session manager, and color characterization
ICMC: International Computer Music
communication. (Operating systems)
Conference
ICCD: International Conference on Computer
ICMF: Integrated Coupling Migration Facility
Design
ICCF: Interactive Computing and Control ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol
Facility The protocol used that handles errors and control
messages at the Internet Protocol layer. For example, the
Program development and testing environment (Software)
ping command is an implementation of the ICMP. ICMP
(IBM)
occurs on the IP (network) level of the TCP/IP protocol
ICCP: Institute for the Certification of suite. (Communication)
Computing Professionals ICO: ICOn
ICCS: Integrated Communications Cabling File name extension
System iCOMP: Intel COmparative Microprocessor
ICD: Installable Client Driver Performance I
(Intel)
ICD: International Code Designator
ICDA: Integrated Cached Disk Array ICP: Image CoProcessor
(Hardware)
ICDL: International Computer Driving Licence
ICP: Independent Content Provider
The ICDL Foundation works to promote an International
certification of industry-standard computing skills. See (Network)
http://www.ecdl.com (Organizations) ICP: Integrated Channel Processor
ICDS: I-data Compressed Data Stream ICP: Intelligent Communication Protocol
An i-data/MPI Tech architected bi-directional host-to- (Network)
printer data stream that contains both data and controls.
ICDS is generated by EPM and PSS host applications ICP: Internet Cache Protocol
(Network)
ICE: Image Correction and Enhancement
Film scanner technology ICP: Internet Content Provider
ICE: In-Circuit Emulation ICP: Internet Control Pack
(Hardware) (Network) (Microsoft)
ICSC: Intelligent Channel/Storage Control IDE: Integrated Drive (or Device) Electronics
ICSE: International Conference on Software Bus architecture (Hardware)
Engineering IDE: Interactive Design and Engineering
ICSF: Internet Connection Sharing and IDE: Interface Design Enhancement
Firewall
IDEA: International Data Encryption
Makes it possible for home and small office users to create
Algorithm
and manage private networks in which multiple computers
share a single connection to the Internet (Operating IDEA: Internet Design, Engineering, and
systems) (Microsoft) Analysis notes
ICSW: Internet Connection Sharing Wizard IDEMA: International Disk drive Equipment
(Network) (Microsoft) and Materials Association
ICT: Information and Communications International not-for-profit trade association that
represents the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) industry and its
Technology
infrastructure. See also http://www.idema.org/
A broader definition of Information Technology (IT)
(Organizations)
including communications
IDEN: Integrated Data Enhanced Network
ICTSB: Information and Communications
(Network)
Technology Standards Board
Initiative from the three recognized European standards IDF: Intermediate Distribution Frame
I organizations with the participation of specification
IDFK: I Don't F***ing Know
providers as partners to co-ordinate specification
(Net lingo)
activities in the field of Information and Communications
Technologies (ICT) (Organizations) IDGA: International Game Developers
ICU: Instruction-Cache Unit Association
(Organizations)
ICU: Intel Configuration Utility
(Microsoft)
IDI: Initial Domain Identifier
(Network)
ICU: Interactive Chart Utility
IDIOT: Intrusion Detection In Our Time
ICU: Internet Communication Utilities Project to develop a new approach to efficient misuse
(Communication) detection methods. Its design made use of a new
ICU: Isa Configuration Utility classification of intrusion methods based on complexity of
matching and temporal characteristics (Security)
ICW: Internet Connection Wizard
(Software) (Microsoft)
IDIV: Integer DIVide
iDCT: Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform IDRAM: Integrated Dynamic Random Access
Memory
IDDD: International Distance Direct Dialing (Hardware)
(Communication)
IDRC: Improved Data Recording Capacity
IDDE: Integrated Development & Debugging (Hardware)
Environment
(Symantec)
IDS: Information Delivery System
IDS: Internal Directory System
IDSL: Isdn Digital Subscriber Line IFCC: Internet Fraud Complaint Center
(Communication) (Organizations)
IDT: Integrated Device Technologies IFCM: Independent Flow Control Messages
(IDT)
IFD: Image File Directory
IDT: Interface Design Tool IFD: Information Flow Diagram
IDT: Interrupt Descriptor Table i-FED: Intelligent Field Emitting Display
IDTS: I Don't Think So (Hardware)
(Net lingo) IFF: Interchange File Format
IDU: Interface Data Unit IFG: Incoming Fax Gateway
IDUG: International Db2 Users Group IFIP: International Federation of
(Databases) (IBM) Information Processing societies
IDUP-GSS-API: Independent Data Unit IFITL: Integrated Fiber In The Loop
Protection Generic Security Service Enables Internet access through a technology known as
Application Programming Interface Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). (Network)
IDVC: Integrated Data/Voice Channel IFMP: Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol
IDX: InDeX IFNA: International FidoNet Association
File name extension I
IFP: Instruction Fetch Pipeline
IE: Information Element
IFPI: International Federation of
IE: Information Engineering Phonographic Industry
IE: Internet Explorer (Organizations)
(Software) (Microsoft) IFPUG: International Function Point User
IEAK: Internet Explorer Administrator Kit Group
(Software) (Microsoft) Promotes and encourages the effective management of
application software development and maintenance
IEC: InterExchange Carrier activities through the use of Function Point Analysis (FPA)
IEC: International Electrotechnical and other software measurement techniques
Commission (Organizations)
(Organizations) IFR: Interleaved Frame Recording
IEE: Institute of Electrical Engineers IFS: Installable File System
IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics (Operating systems)
Engineers IFS: Internal Field Separator
(Organizations)
IFS: Internal Field Seperator
IEF: Information Engineering Facility
IFS: Internet File System
IEG: Information Exchange Group (Operating systems)
IEMSI: Interactive Electronic Mail Standard IFSM: InFormation Systems Management
Identification
IFSMgr: Installable File System ManaGeR
IEN: Internet Engineering Notes (Operating systems)
IEN: Internet Experiment Notebook IFT: Inverse fast Fourier Transform
IEP: Initial Experience Predictor IFX: Interactive Financial eXchange
IEPA: Individual Expert Participation IGA: Integrated Graphics Array
Agreement
IGC: Institute for Global Communications
(Sun)
IGC: Integrated Graphics Controller
IESG: Internet Engineering Steering Group
The executive committee of the IETF (Organizations) IGES: Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
File format for graphics interchange
IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force
An engineering and protocol standards body that develops IGFET: Insulated-Gate Field Effect Transistor
and specifies protocols and Internet standards, generally IGFOS: International Government Forum for
in the network layer and above. See www.ietf.org
Open Systems
(Organizations)
(Organizations)
IETFWG: Internet Engineering Task Force
Working Group IGMP: Internet Group Management Protocol
The TCP/IP protocol that permits Internet hosts to take
IEW: Information Engineering Workbench part in IP multicasting. It is an efficient means of
IF: Information Flow broadcasting messages to groups of end-stations
(Network)
IF: Inner Firewall
IGN: Ibm Global Network
(Security)
IGP: Integrated Graphics Processor
IFB: Internet Free/Busy
(Hardware)
Microsoft Outlook feature (Software) (Microsoft)
IPSI: Internet Protocol Server Interface IrLAN: InfraRed Local Area Network
(Hardware) IrLAP: InfraRed Link Access Protocol
(Communication)
IPSRA: Internet Protocol Security Remote
Access IRLED: InfraRed Light Emitting Diode
(Security)
IrLMP: InfraRed Link Management Protocol
IPTC: International Press (Communication)
Telecommunications Council
IRM: Information Resource Management
IPTV: Internet Protocol TeleVision
IRM: Inherent Rights Mask
IPv: Internet Protocol, Version
IRP: I/o Request Packet
(Communication)
Data structure used by Windows to communicate to kernel-
IPWG: Internet Privacy Working Group mode device drivers. (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Organizations) IRQ: Interrupt ReQuest
IPX: Internetwork Packet eXchange A signal that a device requires CPU attention (Hardware)
(Network) (Novell) IRQL: Interrupt ReQuest Level
IPX/SPX: Internet Packet IRR: Internal Rate of Return
eXchange/Sequenced Packet eXchange
IRS: Internal Revenue Service
IPXCP: Internetworking Packet eXchange
Control Protocol IRSG: Internet Research Steering Group
(Network) IRTF: Internet Research Task Force
IPXODI: Internet Packet eXchange Open The task force of the Internet Activities Board that
Datalink Interface addresses research and development of the Internet
Protocol suite (Organizations)
IQL: Interactive Query Language
IRTOS: I2o Real Time Operating System
IR: InfraRed (Operating systems)
(Hardware)
JVMDI: Java Virtual Machine Debug Interface KCC: Knowledge Consistency Checker
(Sun) A domain service that creates and modifies the replication
topology of Active Directory (Network) (Microsoft)
JVMPI: Java Virtual Machine Profiler Interface
KCS: Kansas City Standard
JVMTI: Java Virtual Machine Tool Interface
Recording standard (Hardware)
JVS: Java Validation Suite
KCS: Kiva C++ Server
(Software)
(Software) (Netscape)
jwcid: Java Web Component IDentifier
KD: Kernel Debugger
(Software)
(Operating systems)
JWS: Java Web Server
KDC: Key Distribution Center
(Sun)
KDE: K Desktop Environment
JWS: Java Web Start
Gives you the power to launch full-featured applications KDS: Knowledge Discovery Server
with a single click from your Web browser. You can now (Lotus)
download and launch applications without going through
KDT: Key Definition Table
complicated installation procedures (Software) (Sun)
KEA: Key Exchange Algorithm
JWSDL: Java Web Service Description
(Security)
Language
Provides a standard set of APIs for representing and KEFIR: KEy FIndings Reporter
manipulating services described by Web Service
KERMIT: Kl-10 Error-free Reciprocal Micro
Description Language (WSDL) documents (Sun)
Interconnect over Tty lines
JWSDP: Java Web Services Developer Pack
KES: Key Escrow System
The Java Web Services Developer Pack is an all-in-one
J download containing key technologies to simplify building KFM: K FIle Manager
of web services using the Java 2 Platform (Software) (Sun)
KFX: KoFaX
K JXTA: JuXTApose File Format for fax transmission
Started as a research project at Sun Microsystems, its
KHG: Kernel Hacking Guide
goal is to explore a vision of distributed network computing
using peer-to-peer topology, and to develop basic building KHz: KiloHertZ
blocks and services that would enable innovative
applications for peer groups (Software)
KiB: KibIByte
Unit of measurement, introduced by the International
JZ: Jump if Zero Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), correspondig to 1024
bytes
K KIF: Knowledge Interchange Format
k: Kilo KIPS: Kilo Instruction Per Second
Prefix for 10 power 3 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 10) Processing speed
K&R: Kernighan And Ritchie KIR: Kyocera Image Refinement
"Traditional" or "classic" C language specification, named (Hardware)
after its authors, Brian Kerninghan and Dennis Ritchie
(Software) KIS: Knowbot Information Service
KAM: Keep Alive Memory KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid
KAS: Kiva Administrative Server KIT: Kernel software for Intelligent Terminals
(Software) (Netscape) KJS: Kiva Java Server
KB: KeyBoard (Software) (Netscape)
(Hardware) KM: Keyboard Monitoring
kb: KiloBit KM: Knowledge Management
kB: KiloByte KMA: Kiss My A**
1024 bytes (Net lingo)
KB: Knowledge Base KML: Keyhole Markup Language
KBD: KeyBoarD XML grammar and file format for modeling and storing
geographic features such as points, lines, images,
KBE: Knowledge Based Engineering polygons, and models for display in Google Earth and
KBMS: KeyBoard/MouSe Google Maps. You can use KML to share places and
information with other users
Connector. It's simply a duplicate of the PS/2 ports and
it's used to connect other devices that use the PS/2 KMS: Key Management Server
without having to give up the keyboard and mouse, and Mostly used in Microsoft Exchange to issue security
also is convenient for things that you need to mount certificates (Security) (Microsoft)
internally (Hardware)
KNI: Katmai New Instruction
kbps: KiloBits Per Second (Intel)
Transfer Speed (Communication)
KOS: Kill On Site
kBps: KiloBytes Per Second (Games)
Transfer Speed (Communication)
KPA: Key Process Area
KBS: Knowledge-Based System (Software)
KPCMS: Kodak Precision Color Management LACP: Link Aggregation Control Protocol
System Part of an IEEE specification (802.3ad) that allows to
(Software) (Kodak) bundle several physical ports together to form a single
logical channel (Network)
KPDL: Kyocera Page Description Language
(Hardware) LADDR: LAyered Device DRiver
(Microsoft)
KPF: Kerio Personal Firewall
(Security) LADT: Local Access Data Transport
L&H: Lernout And Hauspie LAPM: Link Access Procedure for Modems
L1: Level 1 LAPS: Lan Adapter and Protocol Support
(Hardware)
LAR: Load Access Rights
L2: Level 2 LART: Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool
(Hardware)
LASER: Light Amplification by the Stimulated
L2CAP: Logical Link Control and Adaptation Emission of Radiation
Protocol
LASS: Local Area Signaling Service
L2F: Layer 2 Forwarding
(Network) (Cisco)
LASTport: Local Area Storage TransPORT
Protocol (DEC)
L2TP: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
(Network)
LAT: Local Access Terminal
LATA: Local Access and Transport Area LCP: Link Control Protocol
Local telephone company's geographical area Part of the point-to-point protocol (PPP) to establish,
(Communication) configure, and test data link connections (Network)
LPDU: Logical Protocol Data Unit LRSN: Log Record Sequence Number
(Databases)
LPF: League for Programming Freedom
LRU: Least Recently Used
lpi: Lines Per Inch
LS: Laser Servo
LPI: Linux Professional Insitute (Hardware) (Compaq)
Serves the community of Linux and open source software
users vendors and developers, in the interest of increasing LS: Library Server
and supporting professional use of such software LS: License Server
throughout world. See also http://www.lpi.org/
(Organizations) LS: Login Server
(Security)
LPL: Logical Page List
(Databases) LSA: Lan and Scsi Adapter
(IBM)
LPL: Lotus Programming Language
(Lotus) LSA: Line Sharing Adapter
lpm: Lines Per Minute LSA: Link State Advertisement
Printing speed (Hardware) (Network)
LSASS: Local Security Authority Subsystem LTSS: Long Term Station Statistics
Service
LU: Logical Unit
Provides an interface for managing local security, domain
authentication, and Active Directory processes. The LU6.2: Logical Unit 6.2
Security Accounts Manager, Net Logon and Protected
LUA: Logical Unit Application
Storage services are components of LSA (Security)
(Microsoft) LUG: Linux User Group
LSB: Least Significant Bit (or Byte) LUG: Local Users Group
LSC: Least Significant Character LUI: Local User Input
LSD: Least Significant Digit LUIS: Library User Information Service
LSE: Language Sensitive Editor LUN: Logical Unit Number
SCSI subaddressing (Hardware)
LSI: Large Scale of Integration
IC manufacturing integration level: it's the process of LUNI: Lane User Network Interface
placing from 3,000 to 100,000 transistors on one chip
LUS: LookUp Service
(Hardware)
Provides the functionality to discover and register services
LSL: Link Support Layer (Software)
LSL: Load Segment Limit LUT: LookUp Table
LSMS: Lucent Security Management Server LUW: Logical Unit of Work
(Lucent)
LV: Logical Volume
LSN: Log Sequence Number (IBM)
LSN: Logical Sector Number LV: Low Voltage
LSNP: Loop Service with Number Portability (Hardware)
(Communication) LVCS: Logility Value Chain Solution
LSP: Label Switched Path (Software)
MOC: Microsoft Official Curriculum MOSPF: Multicast Open Shortest Path First
(Microsoft) (Communication)
MOCA: Microsoft Online Crash Analysis MOSS: Microsoft Office Server System
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) (Software) (Microsoft)
MOD: Microsoft Office 2000 Developer MOSTL: Microsoft Office Smart Tag List
(Software) (Microsoft) Tool that makes it easy for Office developers to build and
update XML lists of terms to recognize (Software) M
MOD: MODulus (Microsoft)
Reminder of the integer division
MOT: Multimedia Object Transfer
MODEM: MOdulator/DEModulator
MOTD: Message Of The Day
MOF: Managed Object Format
MOTIS: Message-Oriented Text Interchange
(Microsoft)
Systems
MOF: Meta-Object Facility MOTO: Master Of The Obvious
Standard interfaces that can be used to define and
(Net lingo)
manipulate a set of interoperable metamodels and their
corresponding models MOTOS: Member Of The Other Sex
(Net lingo)
MOF: Microsoft Operations Framework
Provides technical guidance that enables organizations to MOTSS: Member Of The Same Sex
achieve mission-critical system reliability, availability, (Net lingo)
supportability, and manageability of Microsoft products and
technologies (Microsoft) MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
NDE: News Development Environment NetBIOS: NETwork Basic Input Output System
(Network)
NDEF: Not DEFined
NDIS: Network Driver Interface Specification NETBLT: NETwork BLock Transfer
(Network) NETCDF: NETwork Common Data Format
NDL: Network Database Language NETMON: NETwork MONitor
(Databases)
NEWS: Netware Early Warning System
NDM: Network Data Manager NEWS: Network Extensible Window System
On-line storage service A window system based on PostScript that Sun developed
NDMP: Network Data Management Protocol and licenses (Operating systems) (Sun)
(Network) NEWT: NEWs Terminal
NDMS: Netware Distributed Management NEXT: Near-End CrossTalk
Services
NeXT: NEw eXtended Technology
NDN: Non-Delivery Notice
NF: Naturally Flat
NDP: Numeric Data Processor Crt technology (Hardware) (Mitsubishi)
NDPS: Novell Distributed Print Services NFAS: Non-Facility Associated Signaling
(Network) (Novell) In ISDN, a single D-channel can control multiple PRIs
NDR: Network Data Representation (Network)
(Network) NFE: Net Future Expectation
NDR: Non-Delivery Report NFF: No Fault Found
NDRO: Non Destructive ReadOut NFI: Near Field Imaging
NDS: Netware Directory Service Touch screen where the screen itself is the sensor. NFI
uses a sophisticated sensing circuit that can detect a
(Network) (Novell)
conductive object - a finger or conductive stylus - through
NDT: Non Destructive Testing a layer of glass, as well as through gloves or other
potential barriers (Hardware)
NE: Network Element
(Network) NFI: No F***ing Idea
(Net lingo)
NE: Not Equal
(Software) NFM: No Further Messages
End of script, ie: you dont want to talk to this person
anymore (Net lingo)
NSTL: National Software Testing Labs NTSC: National Television Systems Committee
The group that proposed a method of composite color
NT: Network Terminator
encoding based on quadrature modulation of I and Q color
NT: New Technology difference components onto a color subcarrier and adding
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) the resulting chroma signal to luminance (Organizations)
OTDR: Optical Time Domain Reflectometer O-WORM: Optical Write Once Read Many
OTF: Open Token Foundation OWT: Open source Windowing Toolkit
OTI: Object Technology International OXC: Optical Cross Connect
(Communication)
OTM: Object Transaction Monitor
(Software)
P
OTM: Optical Translation Measurement
(Hardware) P: Paragraph
HTML tag
OTML: Offline Tagging Markup Language
P: Peta
OTN: Oracle Technology Network
Prefix for 10 power 15 (or, in IT parlance, 2 power 50)
(Oracle)
p: Pico
OTOH: On The Other Hand
Prefix for 10 power -12
(Net lingo)
P&D: Plug & Display
OTP: One-Time Password authentication
(Hardware)
(Security)
P&M: Personalization & Membership
OTP: One-Time Programmable
(Microsoft)
OTP: Open Trading Protocol P&S: Point And Shoot
The Internet Open Trading Protocol (OTP) provides an
Digital camera type (Hardware)
interoperable framework for Internet commerce. It is
payment system independent and encapsulates payment P&S: Publish & Subscribe
systems such as SET, Mondex, CyberCash, DigiCash,
P/N: Part Number
GeldKarte, etc.
PAWS: Protect Against Wrapped Sequences PC-DOS: Personal Computer - Disk Operating
(Network) System
(IBM)
PAX: Portable Archive eXchange
PCEB: PCi to Eisa Bridge
PB: PetaByte
(Intel)
2 to the 50th power bytes. Is equal to 1024 terabytes
PCF: Packet Control Function
PB: Pipeline Burst
(Communication)
Cache memory architecture (Hardware)
PBA: Printed Board Assembly PCFS: Personal Computer FIle System
A file system specification that provides the capability to
PBC: Port Bypass Circuit read and write files in DOS format on the SPARC
(Hardware) (Operating systems) (Sun)
PBCAK: Problem Between Chair And Keyboard PCI: Peripheral Component Interconnect
It's when the problem is the computer user (Net lingo) A 32-bit bus providing a maximum 132 Mbyte/sec data
transfer rate. PCI devices have autoconfiguration
PBD: PowerBuilder Dynamic library
capabilities and do not have to be configured by users
(Databases) (Sybase) (Hardware)
PBE: Prompt By Example PCI: Protocol Control Information
PBGA: Plastic Ball Grid Array PC-I/O: Program Controlled Input/Output
(Hardware)
PCIC: Pc-Card Interrupt Controller
PBI: Phone Based Interface
PCI-E: Peripheral Component Interconnect -
PBM: Play By Mail Express
PBOT: Physical Beginning of Tape New interface replacing PCI and AGP, max bandwidth of
(Hardware) 500MB/sec (Hardware)
PCS: Personal Conferencing Specification PDIAL: Public Dialup Internet Access List
PCS: Physical Code Sublayer PDK: Product Development Kit
(Network) (Network) (Intel)
PCS: Planning Control Sheet PDL: Page Description Language
PCS: Print Contrast Signal PDL: Program Description Language
PCS: Process Control Systems PDL: Program Design Language
PCS: Program Counter Store PDM: Product Data Management
PCS: Project Control System PDM: Program Development Manager
PCSA: Personal Computing Systems PDN: Public Data Network
Architecture (Network)
PCT: PiCTure PDO: Portable Distributed Objects
File name extension (Operating systems)
PCT: Private Communication Technology PDOM: Persistent Document Object Model
(Communication)
PDP: Parallel Data Processing
PCTE: Portable Common Tool Environment PDP: Plasma Display Panel
PCX: PiCture eXchange (Hardware)
File name extension
PDP: Policy Decision Point
PD: Personal Display The point where policy decisions are made, responsible for
(Hardware) handling policy decisions on behalf of PEPs (Network)
PD-CD: Phase-change Dual Compact Disk PDSN: Packet Data Serving Node
(Hardware) Provides access to the Internet, intranets and applications
servers for mobile stations utilizing a cdma2000 Radio
PDD: Physical Device Driver Access Network (RAN)
PDD: Portable Digital Document PDSP: Peripheral Data Storage Processor
PDE: Plug-in Development Environment PDSS: Post Development and Software
Project extending the Platform and the JDT to provide Support
views and editors that make it easier to build plug-ins for
Eclipse. See www.eclipse.org (Software) PDT: Pacific Daylight Time
Timezone: GMT -8:00
PDES: Product Data Exchange Specification
PDT: Performance Diagnostic Tool
PDF: Package Definition File
(IBM)
PDF: Portable Document Format
PDT: Pliable Display Technology
File format for document interchange (Adobe)
(Hardware)
PDF: Printer Description File
PDT: Programmable Drive Table
File name extension (Borland)
PDU: Plug Distribution Unit
PDF: Processor Defined Function
PDU: Protocol Data Unit
PDF: Program Development Facility
The ISO/OSI term for packet. A PDU is a data object
PDH: Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy exchanged by protocol machines (entities) within a given
(Communication) layer. PDUs consist of both protocol control information
(PCI) and user data
PDI: Personal Data Interchange
(Software) PDW: Package and Deployment Wizard
(Microsoft)
PDI: Power and Data Interface
PINX: Private Integrated services Network PL/IP: Parallel Line Internet Protocol
eXchange PL/M: Programming Language for
(Communication) Microcomputers
PIO: Parallel Input/Output (Microsoft)
PLDI: Programming Language Design and PMAC: Peripheral Module Access Controller
Implementation
PMC: Pci Mezzanine Card
PLDS: Pilot Land Data System (Hardware)
(NASA)
PMC: Project Management Committee
PLE: Programmable Logic Element (Software)
(Hardware)
PMD: Packet Mode Data
pLED: Polymeric Light Emitting Diode PMD: Physical Media Dependence
(Hardware)
(Network)
PLF: Pluggable Look and Feel
PME: Power Management Event
(Software)
Feature that allows most LAN devices to wake up from
PLIP: Parallel Line Internet Protocol standby states (S1 or S3) (Hardware)
(Communication) PMFJI: Pardon Me For Jumping In
PLL: Phase-Locked Loop (Net lingo)
Today's current difficulty with software (or hardware) POS: Parent Over Shoulder
POSYBL: PrOgramming SYstem for distriButed PPPoA: Point-to-Point Protocol Over Atm
appLications (Network)
PSMG: Play Streaming Media Group PTMC: Pci Telecom Mezzanine Card
(Hardware)
(Organizations)
PSN: Packet Switching Network PTML: Proxicom Template Markup Language
A node in the ARPANET and MILNET, formerly called an PtMP: Point-To-MultiPoint
interface message processor (IMP) (Network) (Communication)
PSN: Processor Serial Number PTOCA: Presentation Text Object Content
(Hardware) Architecture
PSO: Personal Service Organization PtP: Point-To-Point
PSP: PaintShop Pro (Communication)
(Software) PTR: Point-in-Time Repair
PSP: Personal Software Product Backup disaster recovery procedure (Software)
(IBM) PTT: Postal Telegraph and Telephone
PSP: PlayStation Portable (Organizations)
Game console (Hardware) (Sony) PTT: Push To Talk
PSP: Preventive Service Planning Functionality in the group communication terminal device.
You have to push PTT-button to get the permission for
(IBM)
transmission (Communication)
PSP: Program Segment Prefix
PTW: Primary Translation Word
PSPDN: Packet-Switched Public Data Network
PTY: Pseudo-Terminal driver
PSR: PowerSoft Report
PU: Physical Unit
(Databases) (Sybase)
(Hardware)
PSRAM: PseudoStatic Random Access Memory
PUB: PUBlic
(Hardware)
PUC: Peripheral Unit Controller
P-SRAM: Pseudo-Static Random Access
Memory PUC: Public Utilities Commission
PSRG: Privacy and Security Research Group PUCP: Physical Unit Control Point
PSRT: PostScript Round Table PUMA: Protected User Mode Audio
Together with UMA, is an engine in the Windows Vista
PSS: Packet Switch Services Protected Environment that provides a safer environment
PSS: Print SubSystem for audio playback, as well as checking that the enabled
Software for IBM mainframes that provides an AFP and line outputs are consistent with what the content allows
(Operating systems) (Microsoft)
data printing solution using PCL and PostScript printers
(Software)
P
PUN: Physical Unit Number
PSS: Process Status Structure PUP: Parc Universal Packet
PSS: Product Support Service Protocol
QRSL: Quad Rambus Signaling Level RADAR: RAdio Detection And Ranging
(Hardware) RADAR: Rights, Availabilities, Distribution
QSA: Qt Script for Applications Analysis and Reporting
Multiplatform application-scripting toolkit based on Qt. RADB: Routing Arbiter Data Base
See http://www.trolltech.com/ (Software)
RADIUS: Remote Authentication Dial-In User
QSAM: Queued Sequential Access Method Service
QT: QuickTime RADSL: Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line
File Format for movies (Apple) (Communication)
Q
QTAM: Queued Teleprocessing Access Method RAG: Row Address Generator
(IBM)
RAI: Rapid Application Integration
R
QTC: QuickTime Conferencing (Software)
(Apple)
RAID: Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or
QTD: Quarter To Date Independent) Disks
Time series function (Hardware)
RAMDAC: Random Access Memory Digital to RBOC: Regional Bell Operating Company
Analog Converter The local telephone company in each of the seven U.S.
Chip on a video board that generates the analog video regions. (Communication)
signals (Hardware)
RC: Release Candidate
RAMP: Remote Access Maintenance Protocol Pre-release version of a program (Software)
(Network)
RC: Resource Compiler
RAMP: Risk Analysis and Management (Software)
Program
RCA: Radio Corporation of America
RAN: Radio Access Network (Organizations)
RAND: RANDom RCA: Readers' Choice Award
RAND: Rural Area Network Design RCC: Remote Cluster Controller
RAP: Rapid Application Prototyping RCF: Reader's Comment Form
RAPI: Remote access Application RCI: Rectal Cranial Inversion
Programming Interface When someone has things a** backward (Net lingo)
(Software) (Microsoft)
RCL: Rotate Carry Left
RAPI: Rsvp Application Programming
RCP: Remote Control Panel
Interface
An RSVP-specific API that enables applications to RCP: Remote CoPy
interface explicitly with an RSVP process (Network)
RCP: Restore Cursor Position
RAPS: Real Application on Parallel Systems RCP: Rich Client Platform
RAR: Resource Adapters aRchive Minimal set of plug-ins needed to build a rich client
application. See also
RARE: Reseaux Associés pour la Recherche
http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Rich_Client_Platform
Européenne (Software)
The European Association of Research Networks. Now
called TERENA (Network) RCR: Rotate Carry Right
RARP: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RCS: Records Communications System
(Network) RCS: Reference Color Space
RAS: Random Access Storage (Software)
RHEL: Red Hat Enterprise Linux RISLU: Remote Integrated Services Line Unit
(Operating systems) RIT: Raw Input Thread
RI: Reference Implementation (Microsoft)
(Software) RITA: Reliable Internetwork Troubleshooting
RI: Referential Integrity Agent
(Databases) (Network)
RVRAD: RendezVous Relay Agent Deamon SABM: Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode
(Network)
(Network)
S-DLT: Super Digital Linear Tape SDSL: Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
(Hardware) (Communication)
SDM: Semantic Data Model S-DSMA: Slotted Digital Sense Multiple Access
SDM: System Data Mover SDTV: StanDard Definition Television
SDM: System Development Methodology SDU: Service Data Unit
SDM: System Development Multitasking SDU: Software Distribution Utilities
SDMF: Single Data Message Format SDV: Switched Digital Video
Format used to send Caller ID information (AT&T)
(Communication)
SDX: Storage Data Acceleration
SDMI: Secure Digital Music Initiative
SDXF: Structured Data eXchange Format
SDML: Signed Document Markup Language
SE: Second Edition
SDMM: Security Domain Membership (Software)
Management
SE: Sign Extension
Specifies the interfaces supporting the elements within a
SDMM architecture which interact via SDMM mechanisms SE: Single Ended
SDMMC: Secure Digital MultiMedia Card (Hardware)
SSDP: Simple Service Discovery Protocol SSPI: Security Support Provider Interface
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) A common interface between transport-level applications,
such as Remote Procedure Call (RPC), and security
SSDU: Session Service Data Unit providers. SSPI allows a transport application to call one of
several security providers to obtain an authenticated
SSE: Software Support Engineer
connection (Security)
SSE: Streaming Simd Extensions
SSRP: Simple Server Redundancy Protocol
Xeon CPU extension to the instruction set (Hardware)
(Cisco)
(Intel)
SSEC: Selective Sequence Electronic SSS: System Support Station
Calculator (Hardware)
(IBM) SSSD: Single Sided Single Density
SSF: Service Switching Function SST: Shiva Smart Tunneling
SSFDC: Solid State Floppy Disc Card SST: Simple Sipp Transition
Also known as SmartMedia (Hardware)
SST: Spread-Spectrum Technology
SSG: Service Selection Gateway
SST: Sustained Stewardship Teraflop
(Network) (Cisco)
(IBM)
SSGA: System Support Gate Array SST: Swedish Summer Time
SSH: Secure SHell Timezone: GMT +1:00
VLIW: Very Long Instruction Word VNOS: Visual Network Operating System
VLK: Volume License Key VNS: Virtual Network Service
VPDS: Virtual Private Data Service VRRP: Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
(Network)
VPE: Video Port Extension
(Hardware) VRT: Voltage Regulation Technology
(Intel)
VPE: Visual Programming Environment
VRU: Voice Response Unit
VPI: Virtual Path Indentifier
A value in the cell header that identifies the virtual path VS: Virtual Storage
(VP) to which the cell belongs. The field is 8 bits in cells (IBM)
traversing an UNI circuit and 12 bits in cells traversing
VSA: Virtual System Architecture
network circuits (Communication)
VSA: Visual Studio Analyzer
VPIM: Voice Profile for Internet Messaging
Is a tool to help you analyze performance, isolate faults,
Defines how voice messages can be encoded as
and understand the structure of your distributed
SMTP/MIME messages for transport over Internet
applications. You can use Visual Studio Analyzer with
messaging networks (Communication)
applications and systems built with any of the Visual
VPL: Virtual Programming Language Studio tools (Software) (Microsoft)
WAMP: Windows, Apache, Mysql, PHP (or Perl WCAG: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
or Phyton) These guidelines explain how to make Web content
Web applications platform (Software) accessible to people with disabilities. The guidelines are
intended for all Web content developers and for developers
WAN: Wide Area Network of authoring tools. The primary goal of these guidelines is
A T1, T3, broadband, or other network covering an area to promote accessibility
generally larger than a city or metropolitan area network
(Network) WCCP: Web Cache Communications Protocol
(Network) (Cisco)
WAP: Wireless Access Point
Centrally connects wireless network nodes similar to a hub WCDMA: Wideband Code Division Multiple
connecting wired PCs. (Network) Access
WAP: Wireless Application Protocol W-CDMA: Wideband Code Division Multiple
Access
WAPI: Workflow Application Programming
(Communication)
Interface
Workflow Management Coalition specification to enable WCF: Windows Communication Foundation
interoperability between workflow management systems Set of .NET technologies for building and running
and applications (Software) connected systems (Software) (Microsoft)
WAR: Web ARchive WCGL: Web Content accessibility GuideLines
WARIA: Workflow And Reengineering WCI: Web-based Customer Interaction
International Association WCM: Web Content Management
The charter of the WARIA is to identify and clarify issues
that are common to users of workflow, electronic commerce WCS: Web Communications Server
and those who are in the process of reengineering their (Hardware)
organizations. See also http://www.waria.com/
WCS: World Coordinate System
(Organizations)
WCSS: Wap Cascading Style Sheets
WARP: Web service Aggregation, Rely and
Propagation WCTL: Web Crossing Template Language
WAS: Web Application Server WD: Western Digital
(Network) (Oracle) (Hardware)
WAS: Web Application Stress WD: Working Draft
(Software) (Microsoft)
WDA: Web-Disabled Application
WASP: Wireless Application Service Provider WDATAM: What Do All The Acronyms Mean
(Software) (Net lingo)
WAST: West Australian Standard Time WDDX: Web Distributed Data eXchange
Timezone: GMT +7:00 XML-based technology that enables the exchange of
WAT: West Africa Time complex data between Web programming languages,
Timezone: GMT -1:00 creating what some refer to as 'Web syndicate networks'
WFC: Windows Foundation Classes WIMP: Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointing
(Software) (Microsoft) devices
WfM: Wired For Management WIN: Wireless Information Network
WFM: Works For Me Win2K: WINdows 2000
(Net lingo) (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
WISC: Writeable Instruction Set Computer WMRM: Write Many, Read Many
(Hardware) (Hardware)
WISE: Web-Integrated Software metrics WMT: Windows Media Technology
Environment (Operating systems) (Microsoft)
(Network)
WMV: Windows Media Video
WISE: Wordperfect Information System (Microsoft)
Environment
WNIC: Wide-area Network Interface
WISP: Wireless Internet Service Provider Coprocessor
(Network)
WNILS: Whois and Network Information
WIT: Web Interactive Talk Lookup Service
(Network)
WKB: WorKBook
File name extension WNIM: Wide-area Network Interface Module
WKS: WorKSheet WNT: Windows New Technology
File name extension (Lotus) Early acronym for NT, based on incrementing each letter of
VMS (the original NT designers came from DEC) in the
WL: Word Line
same way 2001's HAL came from "IBM" (Operating
WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network systems) (Microsoft)
(Network) WOF: Web Objects Framework
WLBS: Windows Load Balancing Service (Network)
(Operating systems) (Microsoft) WOL: Wake On Lan
WLE: WebLogic Enterprise (Hardware)
WLG: dr. Watson LoG WOLF: Web Objects for Legacy Functions
Filename extension (Microsoft) (Software)
WSRP: Web Services for Remote Portlets WTS: Web Transaction Security
Standard that will allow for the "plug-n-play" of portals, (Security)
other intermediary web applications that aggregate
content, and applications from disparate sources (Software)
WTS: Windows Terminal Server
(Microsoft)
WSRP4J: Web Services for Remote Portlets
For Java WTX: Workstation Technology eXtended
A size (max 16.75"x14" -- 425mm x 356mm, LxW) and
Apache's java implementation of WSRP. See also
form factor specification for motherboards. See also
http://ws.apache.org/wsrp4j/ (Software)
http://www.wtx.org (Hardware)
WSS: WebServices Security
WUI: Web User Interface
OASIS standard (Software)
(Network)
WSS: Windows Sharepoint Services
WUM: Wind Up Merchant
Windows 2003 integrated portfolio of collaboration and
Someone who posts messages on boards specifically to
communication services designed to connect people,
wind up other users (Net lingo)
information, processes, and systems both within and
beyond the organizational firewall (Software) (Microsoft) WUS: Windows Update Services
WS-SC: Web Services Secure Conversations An evolution of SUS, WUS is the update management
component of Windows Server (Software) (Microsoft)
(Software)
WST: Web Standard Tools WUXGA: Wide Ultra eXtended Graphics Array
Display adapter capable of a resolution of 1920 X 1200
Extension to the Eclipse platform with support for building
pixel (Hardware)
multi-tier Web applications. (Software)
WSTK: Web Services ToolKit WV: Working Voltage
(Hardware)
(Software) (IBM)
WSUI: Web Service User Interface WVGA: Wide Video Graphic Array
Video specification for a resolution of 852 X 480 pixels in
WSUS: Windows Server Update Service 256 colors (Hardware)
Free patch management tool that provides a number of new
WWD: Wireless Web Display
features including targeting of patches to specific groups of
machines, support for more produts and improved WWDC: WorldWide Developers Conference
reporting. Replaces Software Update Services (SUS) (Apple)
(Operating systems) (Microsoft)
WWIS: World Wide Information System
WSVT: Web Service Validation Tools
Project that provides a set of Eclipse plugins to validate
WWW: World Wide Web
and analyze Web services with respect to the core Web The web of systems and the data in them that is the
services specifications and their usage together (Software) Internet (Network)
WSXGA: Wide Super eXtended Graphics Array WXGA: Wide eXtended Graphics Array
Display adapter capable of a resolution of 1680 X 1050 Display adapter capable of a resolution of 1280 X 768
pixel (Hardware) pixel (Hardware)
XGMML: eXtensible Graph Markup and XMLP: eXtensible Markup Language Protocol
Modeling Language XML-QL: eXtensible Markup Language-Query
XML application based on GML which is used for graph Language
description. XGMML uses tags to describe nodes and
edges of a graph. The purpose of XGMML is to make
XMM: eXtended Memory Manager
X possible the exchange of graphs between differents XMML: eXploration and Mining Markup
authoring and browsing tools for graphs Language
XHR: XmlHttpRequest Superset of XML, specific to exploration and mining.
API that can be used by JavaScript, JScript, VBScript and XMP: eXtensible Metadata Platform
other web browser scripting languages to transfer and Provides Adobe applications and workflow partners with a
manipulate XML data to and from a web server (Software) common XML framework that standardizes the creation,
XHTML: eXtensible HyperText Markup processing, and interchange of document metadata across
Language publishing workflows (Software) (Adobe)
(Software)
XID: eXchange IDentifier
XPCOM: Cross Platform Component Object XTLA: eXtended Three Letters Acronym
Model XTM: Xml Topic Map
(Software)
XTND: Xml Transition Network Definition
XPE: eXPerience Embedded
XTR: Efficient Compact Subgroup Trace
(Operating systems) (Microsoft)
Representation
XPFE: Cross Platform Front End A crypto system that is a particularly efficient and
compact implementation of the classical Diffie-Hellman
XPG: X/open Portability Guide
scheme. See http://www.ecstr.com (Security)
(Operating systems)
XUL: Xml User interface Language
XPIDL: Cross Platform Interface Definition Mozilla's XML-based user interface language that lets you
Language build feature rich cross-platform applications that can run
(Software) connected to or disconnected from the Internet (Software)
XPM: X PixMap XVGA: eXtended Video Graphics Array
File format for bitmapped images Display standard (Hardware)
XPRM: Xerox Print Resources Manager XWB: eXtend WorkBench
(Xerox) Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE) (Software)
XPS: Xml Paper Specification XWD: X Window Dump
Paginated representation of electronic paper described in
an XML-based format (Microsoft) XWSS: Xml and WebServices Security
Provides message-level security that enables a JAX-WS or
XQL: eXtensible Query Language SAAJ application's request and response actions to be
XR: eXternal Reset secured at the level of service, port, or operation
(Software) (Sun)
(Hardware)
X
XRC: eXtended Remote Copy Y
XRCC: Xerox Research Centre of Canada Y
Y2K: Year 2000
(Organizations) (Xerox)
YACC: Yet Another Compiler Compiler
XRE: Xul Runtime Engine
Unix program (Operating systems)
Now renamed in XULRunner, is a Mozilla runtime package
that can be used to bootstrap XUL+XPCOM applications YAGNI: You Ain't Gonna Need It
that are as rich as Firefox and Thunderbird. It will provide Part of the agile programmers mantra of writing only code
mechanisms for installing, upgrading, and uninstalling that nees to be writing and not any that only might be
these applications (Software) needed (Net lingo)
Z
ZAC: Zero Administration Client
ZAI: Zero Administration Initiative
ZAK: Zero Administration Kit
(Microsoft)
ZAW: Zero Administration for Windows
(Microsoft)
ZB: ZetaByte
1024 exabytes