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4GL- 4th Generation Language
AARP- Apple-Talk Address Resolution Protocol
AAUI- Apple Attachment Unit Interface
ABBH- Average Bouncing Busy Hour
AC- Alternating Current
ACD- Automatic Call Distributor
ACeS- Asia Cellular Satellite System
ACID- Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability
AD- Active Directory
ACL- Access Control List
ACM- Association for Computing Machinery
ACPI- Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACTS- Automatic Coin Telephone System
ADC-  Analog to Digital Conversion
ADO- ActiveX Data Objects
ADPCM- Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation
ADSI- Analog Display Services Interface
ADSL- Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AES/EBU- Audio Engineers Society/European Broadcasting Union
AF- Audio Frequency
AFP- Advanced Function Printing
AFS- Andrew file system
AGP- Accelerated Graphics Port
AI- Artificial Intelligence
AIFF- Audio Interchange File Format
AIN- Advanced Intelligent Network
AIX- Unix variant
ALU- Arithmetic Logic Unit
AM- Amplitude Modulation
AMIBIOS- American Megatrends Basic Input/Output System
AMPS- Advanced Mobile Phone Service
AMR- Audio/Modem Riser
ANI- Automatic Number Identification
ANSI- American National Standards Institute
AOL- America Online
AOP- Aspect-Oriented Programming
APAR- Authorized Program Analysis Report
API- Application Program Interface
APIPA- Automatic Private IP Addressing
APL- A Programming Language
ARCNET- Attached Resource Computer Network
ARIN- American Registry of Internet Numbers
ARP- Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA- Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPANET- Advanced Research Projects Agency
ASIC- Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASIO- Audio Stream Input/Output
ASIS- American Society for Information Science
ASP- Active Server Page
ASP- Application Service Provider
ASCII- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATM- Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATU-R- ADSL Terminal Unit - Remote
ATV- Advanced Television
ATX- A Motherboard Specification
AUI- Attachment Unit Interface
AUP- Acceptable Use Policy
AVI- Audio Visual Interleaved file
AWG- American Wire Gauge
B2B- Business-to-Business
B2C- Business-to-Client
BASIC- Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BBS- Bulletin Board System
BCC- Blind Carbon Copy
BEDO DRAM- Burst Extended Data Output DRAM
BER- Bit Error Rate
BGP- Border Gateway Protocol
BI- Business Intelligence
BIA- Business Internet Analytics
BIOS- Basic Input Output System
BISDN- Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BITNET- "Because It's Time" NET
BLOB- Binary Large Object
BMAN- Broadband Metropolitan Area Network
BO- Back Office
BOC- Bell Operating Company
BOOTP- Bootstrap Protocol
BOTEC- Back-of-The-Envelope Calculation
BPCS- Business Planning and Control System
BPR- Business Process Redesign
BRI- Basic Rate Interface in ISDN
BSD- Berkeley Software Distribution
BSRAM- Burst Static Random Access Memory)
CA- Certificate Authority
CAD- Computer Aided Design
CAM- Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAPI- Common Application Programming Interface
CAS- Column Address Strobe OR Channel Associated Signaling
CASE- Computer-Aided Software Engineering
CATV- Community Access Television
CCITT- Consultative Committee on International Telephone and Telegraphy
CCNA- Ceritified Cisco Network Administrator
CCTV- Closed Circuit Television
CD- Compact Disc
CDF- Channel Definition Format
CDM- Custom Device Module
CDMA- Code Division Multiple Access
CDO- Collaboration Data Objects
CDPD- Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDR- Computed Dental Radiography
CD-R-  Compact Disc-Recordable
CD-ROM- Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CEO- Chief Executive Officer
CERN- Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleair
CERT- Computer Emergency Response Team
CGA- Color Graphics Adapter
CGI- Common Gateway Interface
CHAP- Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIA- Crackers In Action
CIDR- Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CIFS- Common Internet File System
CIO- Chief Information Officer
CIR- Committed Information Rate
CICS- Customer Information Control System
CISC- Complex Instruction Set Computer
CIW- Certified Internet Webmaster
CLEC- Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
CLI- Command Line Interface
CMIP- Common Management Information Protocol
CMOS- Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS- Conversational Monitor System
CMYK- Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
CNA- Certified Novell Administrator
CNE- Certified Novell Engineer
CO- Central Office
Codec- COmpressor/DECompressor
COBOL- Common Business Oriented Language
COM- Component Object Model
CORBA- Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CoS- Class of Service
COSMIS- Customer Order Services Management Information Systems
COTS- Commercial Off-The-Shelf
CPM- Cost Per Thousand
CPNI- Customer Proprietary Network Information
CPU- Central Processing Unit
CRC- Cyclic Redundancy Checking
CRM- Customer Relationship Management
CRT- Cathode Ray Tube
CSMA/CD- Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
CSS- Cascading Style Sheet
CSU- Channel Service Unit
CTD- Cumulative Trauma Disorder
CVS- Computer Vision Syndrome
CVS- Concurrent Versions System
DAA- Data Access Arrangement
DAC- Digital to Analog Conversion
D-AMPS- Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Service
DASDs- Direct Access Storage Devices
DAO- Data Access Objects
DARPA- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASD- Direct Access Storage Device
DAT- Digital Audio Tape
DBA- Database Administrator
DBMS- DataBase Management System
DC- Direct Current
DC- Don't Compress
DCE- Distributed Computing Environment OR Data Communication Equipment
DCIT- Digital Compression of Increased Transmission
DCOM- Distributed Component Object Model
DDE- Dynamic Data Exchange
DEC- Digital Equipment Corporation
DD- Double Density (Disk)
DDK- Driver Development Kit
DDR SDRAM- Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
DDS- Digital Data Storage
DECT- Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
DES- Data Encryption Standard
DFD- Data Flow Diagram
DHCP- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHTML- Dyanmic HTML
DICOM- Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DID- Direct Inward Dialing
DIMM- Dual In-Line Memory Module
DIP- Dual In-line Pin
DLC- Data Link Control
DLL- Dynamic Link Library
DMA- Direct Memory Access
DME- Document Management Extensions
DMI- Desktop Management Interface
DMZ- Demilitarized Zone
DNA- Distributed interNet Applications Architecture
DNIS- Dialed Number Identification Service
DNS- Domain Name System
DOI- Digital Object Identifier
DOM- Document Object Model
DOS- Disk Operating System
DPL- Digital Powerline
DPMI- DOS Protected Mode Interface
DRAM- Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRDRAM- Direct Rambus
DS0, DS1, ETC- Digital Signal X
DS- Double Sided (Disk)
DS- Differentiated Services
DSL- Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM- Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DSN- Deep Space Network
DSP- Digital Signal Processing
DSS- Decision Support System
DSS- Digital Satellite Service
DSSSL- Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
DSU- Data Service Unit
DTD- Document Type Definition
DTE- Data Terminal Equipment
DTMF- Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
DTV- Digital Television
DVD- Digital Video Disk
DWDM- Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
EAI- Enterprise Application Integration
EBCDIC- Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBITDA- Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
ECC- Error Correction Code
ECP- Enhanced Capability Port
EDGE- Enhanced Data GSM Environment
EDI- Electronic Data Interchange
EDM- Electronic Document Management
EDO- Extended Data Out
EDRAM- Enhanced Dynamic Random Access Memory
EDVAC- Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
EEPROM- Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EFF- Electronic Frontier Foundation
EGP- Exterior Gateway Protocol
EIDE- Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics
EISA- Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EJB- Enterprise JavaBeans
ELF- Extremely Low Frequency
EMF- Enhanced MetaFile
EMI- Electromagnetic Interference
ENIAC- 
EPROM- Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPP- Enhanced Parallel Port
ERM- Enterprise Resource Management
ERM- Enterprise Relationship Management
ERM- Environmental Resource Management
ERM- Exchange Rate Mechanism
ERP- Enterprise Resource Planning
ESCD- Extended System Configuration Data
ESDI- Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESDRAM- Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic DRAM
EUTELSAT- European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
EUVL- Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography
EWSD- Electronic Worldwide Switch Digital
FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions
FAT- File Allocation Table
FC-AL- Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
FCC- Federal Communications Commission
FDDI- Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDM- Frequency-Division Multiplexing
FDMA- Frequency Division Multiple Access
FED- Field Emission Display
FET- Field-Effect Transistor
FIFO- First-In, First-Out
FIP- Fair Information Practices
FIPS- Federal Information Processing Standard
FITCE- Federation of Telecommunications Engineers of the European Community
FORTRAN- FORmula TRANslator
FPM DRAM- Fast Page Mode DRAM
FPU- Floating Point Unit
FQDN- Fully Qualified Domain Name
FRAD- Frame Relay Access Device
FSB- Front Side Bus
FSK- Frequency-Shift Keying
FTC- Federal Trade Commission
FTP- File Transfer Protocol
FTTC- Fiber To The Curb
FUBAR- Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition
FUD- Fear, Uncertainly, and Doubt
FYI- For Your Information
GB- Gigabyte
Gbps- Gigabytes per second
GDMO- Guidelines for Definition of Managed Objects
GEO- Geosynchronous Orbit
Ghz- Gigahertz
GID- Group ID
GIF- Graphics Interchange Format
GIS- Geographic Information System
GML- Generalized Markup Language
GMT- Greenwich Mean Time
GNU- GNU's Not UNIX
GPRS- General Packet Radio Service
GPS- Global Positioning System
GSM- Global System for Mobile communication
GUI- Graphical User Interface
GUID- Global Unique Identifier
HALO- High Altitude Long Operation
HAM- Host Adapter Module
HCI- Human Computer Interaction
HD- Hard Drive
HDD- High Density Disk
HDLC- High-Level Data Link Control
HDML- Handheld Devices Markup Language
HDSL- High bit-rate DSL
HDTV- High Definition Television
HFC- Hybrid Fiber Coaxial Cable
HIPPI- High-Performance Parallel Interface
HR- Human Resources
HSCSD- High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data
HSM- Hierarchical Storage Management
HSSI- High-Speed Serial Interfac
HTML- HyperText Markup Language
HTTP- HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS- Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Hz- Hertz
I/O- Input/Output
IAB- Internet Architecture Board
IAB- Internet Advertising Bureau
IANA- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IAP- Internet access provider
IBM- International Business Machines
IC- Integrated Circuit
IC- Immediate Compress
ICANN- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICCP- Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals
ICMP- Internet Control Message Protoco
ICQ- I Seek You
IDE- Integrated Drive Electronics
IDEA- International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDF- Intermediate Distribution Frame
IDL- Interface Definition Language
IDL- Interactive Data Language
IDL- Interactive Distance Learning
IE- Internet Explorer
IEAK- Internet Explorer Administration Kit
IEC- International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF- Internet Engineering Task Force
IFD- Interface Device
IGMP- Internet Group Management Protocol
IGP- Interior Gateway Protocol
IIOP- Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
IIS- Internet Information Services
ILEC- Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
IMAP- Internet Message Access Protocol
IN- Intelligent Network
InterNIC- Internet Network Information Center
IOS- Input/Output Supervisor
IOTP- Internet Open Trading Protocol
IP- Internet Protocol
IPC- Interprocess Communication
IPI- Intelligent Peripheral Interface
IPL- Initial Program Load
IPO- Initial Public Offering
IPP- Internet Presence Provider
IPPP- Internet Presence Provider and Promoter
IPSec- Internet Protocol Security protocol
IPX- Internetwork Packet Exchange
IR- Infrared OR Infrared Radiation
IRC- Internet Relay Chat
IrDA- Infrared Data Association
IRQ- Interrupt Request
IRTF- Internet Research Task Force
IRU- Indefeasible Right of Use
IS- Information Systems
ISA- Industry Standard Architecture
ISAPI- Internet Server Application Program Interface
ISBN- International Standard Book Number
ISDN- Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO- International Organization for Standardization
ISP- Internet Service Provider
ISV- Independent Software Vendor
IT- Information Technology
ITU-T- International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector
IVR- Interactive Voice Response
IXC- Interexchange Character
JAD- Joint Application Development
JANET- Joint Academic Network
JAR- Java ARchive
JCL- Job Control Language
JDBC- Java Database Connectivity
JEDEC SDRAM- Joint Electron Device Engineering Council Synchronous Dynamic RAM
JHTML- Java within Hypertext Markup Language
JIT- Just-In-Time Compiler
JPEG- Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSP- Java Server Page
JVM- Java Virtual Machine
KB- Kilobyte
Kbps- Kilobits Per Second
Khz- Kilohertz
L2TP- Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
LAN- Local Area Network
LAT- Local Area Transport
LATA- Local Access and Transport Area
LBA- Logical Block Addressing
LCD- Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDCM- LANDesk Client Manager
LEC- Local Exhange Carrier
LED- Light Emitting Diode
LEO- Low Earth Orbit
LIDB- Line Information Database
LIP- Large Internet Packets
LISP- LISt Processor
LMDS- Local Multipoint Distribution System
LNP- Local Number Portability
LPT- Line Print Terminal
LRN- Location Routing Number
LU- Logical Unit
MAC- Macintosh
MAC- Media Access Control
MacOS- Macintosh Operating System
MAE- Metropolitan Area Exchange
MAN- Metropolitan Area Network
MAPI- Messaging Application Program Interface
MAU- Multistation Access Unit
MB- Megabyte
MBR- Master Boot Record
MCA- Micro Channel Architecture
MCDBA- Microsoft Certified DataBase Administrator
MCP- Microsoft Certified Professional
MCSD- Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
MCSE- Microsoft Certified Service Engineer
MCT- Microsoft Certified Trainer
MCTEC- Microsoft Certified Technical Education Centers
MDI- Multiple Document Interface
MDRAM- Multibank Dynamic RAM
MEMS- Micro-EelectroMechanical Systems
MFC- Microsoft Foundation Class
MHz- Megahertz
MIB- Management Information Base
MIDI- Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIME- Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIPS- Million Instructions Per Second
MIS- Management Information System
MMC- Microsoft Management Console
MMS- Microsoft Metadirectory Service
MOC- Microsoft Official Cirriculum
MOO- MUD Object Oriented
MOSE- Microsoft Office Server Extensions
MOUS- Microsoft Office User Specialist
MPEG- Motion Picture Experts Group
MPG- Multi-Player Game
MPK- Multi-Processor Kernel
MPP- Massively Parallel Processing
MPPE- Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption
MP3- MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
ms- Milliseconds
MSAU- Multi-Station Access Unit
MS-DOS- Microsoft Disk Operating System
MSDSS- Microsoft's Directory Synchronization Service
MSIE- Microsoft Internet Explorer
MSCS- Microsoft Cluster Server
MSP- Management Service Provider
MT- Machine Translation
MTBF- Mean Time Between Failures
MTS- Microsoft Transaction Server
MUD- Multi User Dimension
MUMP- Multi-User MEMS Processes
MUX- Multiplexer
MVS- Multiple Virtual Storage
NAP- Network Access Point
NAP- Network Access Provider
NARA- National Archives and Records Administration
NAS- Network Attached Storage
NAT- Network Address Translation
NC- Network Computer
NCP- Network Communications Protocol
NCSA- National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NDIS- Network Driver Interface Specification
NDPS- Novell Distributed Print Services
NDS- Novell Directory Services
NFS- Network File System
NIC- Network Interface Card
NIS- Network Information System
NIST- National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLM- NetWare Loadable Module
NNTP- Network News Transfer Protocol
NOC- Network Operations Center
NOS- Network Operating System
NSAPI- Netscape Server Application Program Interface
NSF- National Science Foundation
NSP- Network Service Provider
NSS- Novell Storage Services
NT- New Technology
NTFS- New Technology File System
NUMA- Non-Uniform Access Memory
NVRAM- Non-Volative Random Access Memory
OBI- Open Buying on the Internet
OCR- Optical Character Recognition
OCX- OLE custom control
ODBC- Open Database Connectivity
ODBMS- Object Database Management System
ODI- Open Data-Link Interface
ODL- Open and Distance Learning
ODL- Object Description Language
ODL- Object Design Language
ODMA- Open Document Management API
OEM- Original Equipment Manufacturer
OLAP- Online Analytical Processing
OLE- Object Linking and Embedding
OLTP- Online Transaction Processing
OMG- Object Management Group
OODB- Object Oriented Databases
OODBMS- Object Oriented Database Management System
OOP- Object Oriented Programming
OPAC- Online Public Access Catalog
OPS- Open Profiling Standard
ORB- Object Request Broker
OS-  Operating System
OSF- Open Software Foundation
OSGi- Open Service Gateway Initiative
OSHA- 
OSI- Open Systems Interconnection
OSP- Online Service Provider
OSPF- Open Shortest Path First
OSR2- Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2
P2P- Peer-to-Peer
PABX- Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAL- Phase Alternation Line
PAP- Password Authentication Protocol
PAP- Packet-Level Procedure
PBX- Private Branch Exchange
PC- Personal Computer
PC-DOS- Personal Computer - Disk Operating System
PCI- Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI-X- Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
PCL- Printer Control Language
PCM- Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA- Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCS- Personal Communications Services
PDA- Personal Digital Assistant (Palmtop)
PDF- Portable Document Format
PERL- Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
PGA- Pin-Grid Array
PGP- Pretty Good Privacy
PHP- Personal Home Page
PHS- Personal Handyphone System
PIO- Programmed Input/Output
PKCS- Public-Key Cryptography System
PKE- Public Key Encryption
PKI- Public Key Infrastructure
PNG- Portable Network Graphics
PnP- Plug-and-Play
POP- Point-Of-Presence
POP3- Post Office Protocol 3
POS- Point Of Sale
POSIX- Portable Operating System Interface
POST- Power On Self-Test
POTS- Plain Old Telephone Service
PPP- Point to Point Protocol
PPTP- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PRAM- Parameter RAM
PRI- Primary Rate Interface in ISDN
PRM- Partner Relationship Management
PROM- Programmable Read Only Memory
PS- Postscript
PSK- Phase-Shift Keying
PSN- Processor Serial Number
PSTN- Public Switched Telephone Network
PU- Physical Unit
PVC- Permanent Virtual Circuit
P3P- Platform for Privacy Preferences Project
QBE- Query By Example
QDOS- Quick and Dirty Operating System
QIC- Quarter-Inch Cartridge
QoS- Quality of Service
RA- Registration Authority
RACF- Resource Access Control Facility
RAD- Rapid Application Development
RADIUS- Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RADSL- Rate-Adaptive DSL
RAID- Reduntant Array of Independent Disks
RAM- Random Access Memory
RAMDAC- Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter
RARP- Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RAS- Remote Access Server
RBOC- Regional Bell Operating Company
RDBMS- Relational Database Management System
RDF- Resource Description Framework
RDO- Remote Data Objects
RDRAM- RamBus Dynamic RAM
REXX- Restructured Extended Executor
RF- Radio Frequency
RFC- Request For Comment
RFP- Request For Proposal
RFQ- Request For Quotation
RGB- Red, Green, Blue
RIP- Routing Information Protocol
RIS- Remote Installation Services
RISC- Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RMI- Remote Method Invocation
RMON- Remote Network Monitoring
RMS- Root-Mean-Square
RNAAP- Remote Network Access Application
RNIS- Réseau Numérique à Intégration de Services
ROI- Return On Investment
ROM- Read Only Memory
RPC- Remote Procedure Call
RPG- Role-Player Game
RSA- Rivest-Shamir-Adleman
RSVP- Resource Reservation Protocol
RTC- Real Time Clock
RTF- Rich Text Format
RTOS- Real-Time Operating System
S4L- Spam For Life
SA- Systems Analyst
SAA- Systems Application Architecture
SAN- Storage Area Network
SAP- Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing
SAPI- Speech Application Programming Interface
SAX- Simple API for XML
SCSA- Signal Computing System Architecture
SCSI- Small Computer System Interface
SDII- Sound Designer II
SDH- Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDK- Software Developer's Kit
SDLC- System Development Life Cycle
SDRAM- Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SEC- Single Edge Contact
SECAM- Sequential Couleur avec Memoire
SET- Secure Electronic Transaction
SETI- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
SGML- Standard Generalized Markup Language
SGRAM- Synchronous Graphics RAM
SIC- Standard Industrial Classification
SIG- Special Interest Group of the Association for Computing Machinery
SIMD- Single Instruction Multiple Data
SIMM- Single In-Line Memory Module
SKU- Stockkeeping Unit
SLA- Service Level Agreement
SLD- Second Level Domain
SLDRAM- SyncLink Dynamic RAM
SLIP- Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMB- Server Message Block protocol
SMDS- Switched Multimegabit Data Service
SME- Society of Manufacturing Engineers
SME- Small to Medium Enterprise
SMIL- Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
SMP- Symmetric MultiProcessing
SMPTE- Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SMS- Short Message Service
SMS- Storage Management Services
SMTP- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
S/N- Signal to Noise Ratio
SNA- Systems Network Architecture
SNAFU- Situation Normal, All Fucked Up
SNMP- Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR- Signal to Noise Ratio
SOAP- Simple Object Access Protocol
SOE- Standard Operating Environment
SOHO- Small Office Home Office
SONET- Synchronous Optical Network
SPARC- Scalable Processor Architecture
SPID- Service Profile Identifier
SPX- Sequenced Packet Exchange
SQL- Structured Query Language
SRAM- Static Random Access Memory
SSADM- Structured Systems Analysis & Design Method
SSH- Secure Shell
SSI- Server-Side Include
SSL- Secure Sockets Layer
STP- Shielded Twisted Pair
SVC- Supervisor Call
SVC- Switched Virtual Circuit
TACACS- Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
TAPI- Telephony Application Program Interface
TB- Terabyte
Tcl- Tool Command Language
TCO- Total Cost of Ownership
TCP- Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDM- Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA- Time Division Multiple Access
TFT- Thin Film Transistor
TFTP- Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TIFF- Tag Image File Format
TLD- Top-Level Domain
TMN- Telecommunications Management Network
TPS- Transaction Processing System
TQM- Total Quality Management
TSR- Terminate and Stay Resident
TTL- Time-To-Live
TTS- Text-To-Speech
TTY- Teletypewriter
UART- Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UCT- Coordinated Universal Time
UDA- Universal Data Access
UDDI- Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
UDP- User Datagram protocol
UIML- User Interface Markup Language
UML- Universal Modeling Language
UMTS- Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UNIVAC- 
URI- Uniform Resource Identifier
URL- Uniform Resource Locator
URN- Uniform Resource Name
UPS- Uninterruptible Power Supply
USB- Universal Serial BUS
UTP- Unshielded Twisted Pair
UUCP- Unix-to-Unix Protocol
VAN- Virtual Area Network
VAR- Value Added Reseller
VAX- Virtual Address eXtension
VB- Visual Basic
VBI- Vertical Blanking Interval
vBNI- very high-speed Backbone Network Service
VDSL- Very high data rate DSL
VDT- Video Display Terminal
VESA- Video Electronics Standards Association Local Bus
VFAT- Virtual File Allocation Table
VGA- Video Graphics Array
VHE- Virtual Home Environment
VIS- Viewable Image Size
VLAN- virtual LAN
VLDB- Very Large Database
VLSI- Very Large Scale Integration
VM- Virtual Machine
VMS- Virtual Memory System
VPD- Vital Product Data
VPN- Virtual Private Network
VRAM- Video RAM
VRM- Voltage Regulator Module
VRRP- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
VRML- Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VSAM- Virtual Storage Access Method
VSAT- Very Small Aperture Terminal
VTAM- Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
W3C- World Wide Web Consortium
WAIS- Wide Area Information Servers
WAN- Wide Area Network
WAP- Wireless Access Protocol
WDM- dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
WINS- Windows Internet Naming Service
WLBS- Windows NT Load Balancing Service
WML- Wireless Markup Language
WORM- Write Once Read Many
WRAM- Window RAM
WSDL- Web Services Description Language
WWW- World Wide Web
WYSIWYG- What You See Is What You Get
XMI- XML Metadata Interchange
XML- Extensible Markup Language
XQL- XML Query Language
XSL- Extensible Stylesheet Language
Y2K- Year 2000
ZIF- Zero Insertion Force socket



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