A
A.........Ampere
A/D.......Analog to Digital
A/UX......Apple UniX
AA........Add Accelerator
AA........Auto Answer
AACE......Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
AARP......AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
ABC.......Automatic Bass Compensator
ABCA......American Business Communication Associations
ABIOS.....Advanced BIOS
ABP.......Alternate BiPolar
AC........Alternating Current
ACC.......Automatic Contrast Control
ACCESS....Automated Catalog of Computer Equipment & Software System
ACDI......Asynchronous Communication Device Interface
ACIA......Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter
ACID......Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, Durable
ACK.......ACKnowledgement
ACL.......Access Control List
ACM.......Association for Computing Machinery
ACM.......Association of Computing Machinery
ACM.......Audio Compression Manager
ACS.......Asynchronous Communication Server
ACTLU.....ACTivate Logical Unit
ACTPU.....ACTivate Physical Unit
ACTT......Advanced Communications & Timekeeping Technology
ACU.......Access Control Units
AD........Administrative Domain
ADC.......Analog to Digital Converter
ADCCP.....Advanced Data Communications Control Protocol
ADF.......Automatically Deferred Function
ADI.......American Documentation Institute
ADLC......Advanced Data Link Controller
ADSL......Asymetrical Digital Subscriber Lines
ADP.......Advanced Data Processing
ADP.......Automatic Data Processing
ADPCM.....Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADRES.....Army Data REtrieval System
ADRS......Automatic Document Request Service
ADSP......AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol
ADSS......Apple Data Stream Protocol
AE........Applications Engineer
AECT......Association for Educational Communications & Technology
AEDS......Association for Educational Data Systems
AEP.......AppleTalk Echo Protocol
AEWIS.....Army Electronic Warfare Information Societies
AF........Audio Frequency
AFC.......Automatic Frequency Control
AFI.......Authority & Format Indicator
AFIPS.....American Federation of Information Processing Societies
AFM.......Added Font Metrics
AFP.......Apple Filing Protocol
AFRP......Arcnet Fragmentation Protocol
AFS.......Andrew File System
AGP.......Accelerated Graphics Port
AGP.......Advanced Graphics Processor
AGS.......Asynchronous Gateway Server
AGU.......Address Generation Units
AI........Artificial Intelligence
AIDS......Aerospace Intelligence Data System
AIFF......Audio Interchange File Format
AIR.......Apple Internet Router
AIRS......Automatic Image Retrieval System
AIX.......Advanced Interactive EXecutive
AKWIC.....Author & Key Word In Context
ALA.......American Library Association
ALAS......Automated Literature Alerting System
ALGOL.....ALGOrithmic Language
ALIS......Automated Library Information System
ALMS......Appware Loadable ModuleS
ALPAC.....Automated Language Processing Advisory Committee
ALU.......Arithmetic & Logic Unit
ALU.......Arithmetic Logic Unit
AM........Active Monitor
AM........Amplitude Modulation
AMD.......Advanced Micro Devices
AMD.......Advanced Micro Devices
AMFIS.....Automatic MicroFilm Information System
AMI.......Alternate Mark Inversion
AMI.......American Megatrends Inc.
AMLCD.....Adive Matrix LCD
AMP.......Apple Management Protocol
AMR.......Automatic Message Routing
AMT.......Address Mapping Table
AMTD......Automatic Magnetic Tape Dissemination
ANA.......Article Numbering Association
ANS.......Advanced Network System
ANSI......American National Standards Institute
AOCE......Apple Open Collaboration Environment
AOL.......America OnLine
AOS.......Agents Object System
AP........Attached Processor
APA.......All Points Addressable
APC.......Automatic Phase Control
APF.......Apple talk File Protocol
API.......Application Programming Interface
API.......Application Programming Interface
APL.......A Programming Language
APL.......A Programming Language
APM.......Advanced Power Management
APPC......Advanced Program-to-Program Communications
APPN......Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
APS.......Advanced Photo System
APT.......Automatically Programmed Tools
APU.......Audio Processing Unit
AR........Address Register
ARA.......Apple Remote Access
ARAP......AppleTalk Remote Access Protocol
ARC.......Automatic Record Changer
ARCNET....Attached Resource Computer NETwork
ARE.......All Routes Explorer
ARI.......Address Recognized Indicator Bit
ARIES.....ATM Research & Industrial Enterprise Study
ARP.......Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA......Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPANET...Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork
ARQ.......Automatic ReQuest for repeat
ARU.......Audio Response Unit
AS........Autonomous System
ASA.......American Standards Association
ASAD......Association of Software Authors & Distributors
ASC.......Advanced Software Concepts
ASC.......Automatic Sequence Control
ASCAP.....American Society of Composers Authors & Publishers
ASCII.....American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASI.......Adapter Support Interface
ASI.......American Statistics Index
ASIC......Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASIS......American Society for Information Science
ASN.......Abstract Syntax Notation
ASP.......Advanced Signal Processor
ASP.......AppleTalk Session Protocol
ASP.......Association of Shareware Professionals
ASP.......Association of Shareware Programmers
ASPI......Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
ASR.......Answer Send & Receive
AST.......Automatic Scheduled Testing
ASTRAL....Alliance for Strategic Token Ring Advancement & Leadership
AT&T......American Telephone & Telegraph
AT........Advanced Technology
ATA.......Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAPI.....Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
ATAPI.....Advanced Technology Attachment Programming Interface
ATASFF....ATA Small Form Factor committee
ATDM......Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing
ATDT......ATtention Dial Tone
ATE.......Automatic Test Equipment
ATG.......Automatic Test Generation
ATM.......Adobe Type Manager
ATM.......Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATOB......ASCII TO Binary
ATP.......AppleTalk Transaction Protocol
ATR.......Antenna Transmit Receive
ATRAC.....Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding
ATS.......Application Technology Satellite
ATT.......Automatic Toll Ticketing
ATX.......Advanced Technology eXtensions
AUI.......Attached Unit Interface
AUP.......Acceptable Use Policy
AURP......Apple Update Routing Protocol
AV........Audio - Video
AVC.......Audio Video Connection
AVC.......Automatic Volume Control
AVI.......Audio Video Interleave
AWG.......American Wire Gauge
 

B
B8ZS......Bipolar with 8 Zero Substitution
BAPI......Bridge Application Program Interface
BASH......Bourne Again SHell
BASIC.....Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BBC.......British Broadcasting Corporation
BBS.......Bulletin Board Service
BBS.......Bulletin Board System
BC........Block Check
BCC.......Blind Carbon Copy
BCC.......Block Check Character
BCD.......Binary Coded Decimal
BCI.......BroadCast Interference
BCPA......British Copyright Protection Association
BCS.......Basic Control System
BCS.......British Computer Society
BCS.......Business Communication Services
BDE.......Borland Database Engine
BDOS......Basic Disk Operating System
BE........Back End
BEDO......Burst Extended Data Out
BER.......Basic Encoding Rules
BER.......Bit Error Rate
BEV.......Blacksburg Electronic Village
BFT.......Binary File Transfer
BG........BackGround
BGP.......Border Gateway Protocol
BHA.......ButtHead Astronomer
BIC.......Borland International Conference
BICMOS....Bipolar Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
BIMOS.....BIpolar Metal Oxide Semiconductor
BIND......Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BIOS......Basic Input-Output System
BIPS......Billion Instructions Per Second
BITNET....Because Its Time NETwork
BIU.......Basic Information Unit
BIV.......Built-In Video
BIX.......Byte Information EXchange
BLOB......Binary Large OBject
BLT.......Boundary BLock Transfer
BMMG......British Microcomputer Manufacturers' Group
BMUG......Berkeley Macintosh Users Group
BNC.......Bayonet Nut Connector
BNF.......Backus Naur Form
BOC.......Bell Operating Company
BOF.......Birds Of a Feather
BOOTP.....BOOTstrap Protocol
BPDU......Bridge Protocol Data Unit
BPI.......Bits Per Inch
BPR.......Business Process Re-engineering
BPS.......Bits Per Second
bps.......Bits Per Second
BPS.......Bytes Per Second
BPV.......BiPolar Violations
BRI.......Basic Rate Interface
BRS.......Bibliographic Retrieval Service
BSA.......Buisiness Software Alliance
BSC.......Binary Synchronous Communication
BSD.......Berkeley Software Division
BSD.......Berkeley Standard Distribution
BSE.......Broadcast Satellite Experiment
BSI.......British Standards Institution
BSP.......Bulk Synchronous Paralle (processing)
BTAM......Basic Telecommunication Access Method
BTAM......Basic Terminal Access Method
BTB.......Branch Target Buffer
BTC.......Behavior Tech Computer
BTU.......Basic Transmission Unit
BTU.......British Thermal Units
BTW.......By The Way
BVD.......Battery Voltage Detect

C
CAD.......Computer Aided Design
CADD......Computer Aided Design & Drafting
CADE......Computer Aided Document Engineering
CAE.......Computer Aided Education
CAE.......Computer Aided Engineering
CAE.......Computer Assisted Education
CAI.......Computer Aided Instrucion
CAI.......Computer Aided Instruction
CAI.......Computer Assisted Instruction
CAL.......Computer Aided Learning
CAL.......Computer Assisted Learning
CALS......Computer Aided Acquisition & Logistic Support
CALS......Continuous Acquisition & Lifecycle Support
CAM.......Common Access Method
CAM.......Computer Addressed Memory
CAM.......Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAM.......Content Addressable Memory
CAN.......Campus Area Network
CARL......Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
CARO......Computer Antivirus Research Organization
CAS.......Column Address Strobe
CAS.......Communications Application Specification
CASE......Computer Aided Software Engineering
CASE......Computer Aided Systems Engineering
CASE......Computer Assisted Software Engineering
CAT.......Computer Adaptive Testing
CAT.......Computer Aided Translation
CAT.......Computer Aided Typesetting
CAT.......Computer Assisted Teaching
CAT.......Computer Assisted Training
CAT.......Computerized Axial Tomography
CATV......CAble TeleVision
CATV......Community Antenna TeleVision
CAV.......Constant Angular Velocity
CAVE......Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
CB........Citizen's Band
CB........Create Button
CBB.......Change Button Binding
CBE.......Computer Based Education
CBET......Computer Based Education & Training
CBIOS.....Compatibility BIOS
CBM.......Commodore Business Machines
CBMS......Computer Based Message System
CBT.......Computer Basic Training
CBX.......Common Branch eXtender
CCD.......Charge Coupled Device
CCD.......Charge Coupled Diode
CCIR......Committee Consultation International Radiocommunications
CCIRN.....Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networks
CCIS......Command & Control Information Systems
CCIS......Common Channel Interoffice Signaling
CCITT.....Comite Consultatif International de Telegraphique et Telephonique
CCITT.....Consultative Committee of International Telephony & Telegraphy
CCL.......Connection Control Language
CCR.......Commitment, Concurrency & Recovery
CCS.......Common Command Set
CCTV......Closed Circuit TeleVision
CCU.......Communications Control Unit
CD........Carrier Detect
CD........Change Directory
CD........Compact Disk
CDC.......Control Data Corporation
CDDI......Copper Distributed Data Interface
CDE.......Common Desktop Environment
Cdev......Control Panel DEVice
CDI.......Compact Disc Interactive
CDK.......Control Development Kit
CDMA......Code Division Multiple Access
CDPU......Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDR.......Compact Disc Recordable
CDR.......Constant Density Recording
CDROM.....Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CDS.......Cell Directory Services
CDV.......Compact Disc Video
CDWORM....Compact Disc Write-Once / Read-Many
CE........Community Europe
CEPT......Conference Europeenne des Postes et des Telecommunications
CERT......Computer Emergency Response Team
CES.......Consumer Electronics Show
CFR.......Computerized Facial Recognition
CFV.......Call For Votes
CGA.......Color Graphics Adaptor
CGI.......Common Gateway Interface
CGI.......Computer Graphics Interface
CGM.......Computer Graphics Metafile
CHKDSK....CHecK DiSK
CHS.......Cylinder-Head-Sector
CI........Check Item
CIA.......Central Intelligence Agency
CIB.......Change Item Binding
CICS......Customer Information Communication System
CICS......Customer Information Control System
CIE.......Centre International d' Eclairege
CIE.......Commercial Internet Exchange
CIE.......Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage
CIM.......CompuServe Information Manager
CIME......Computer Integrated Manufacturing & Engineering
CIRC......Cross-Iinterleaved Reed-solomon Code
CIS.......Card Information Structure
CIS.......Compuserve Information Service
CISC......Complex Instruction Set Computer
CIX.......Commercial Internet EXchange
CLA.......Carry Lookahead Adder
CLASS.....Custom Local-Area Signaling Services
CLC.......Color Laser Copier
CLI.......Call-Level Interface
CLNS......ConnectionLess Network Services
CLS.......Clear Screen
CLTP......ConnectionLess Transport Protocol
CLUT......Color Look Up Table
CLV.......Constant Linear Velocity
CM........Communications Multiplexor
CM........Control Monitor
CMC.......Code for Magnetic Characters
CMC.......Common Messaging Calls
CMIP......Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS......Common Management Information Services
CMN.......Communication Network Management
CMOL......CMIP On IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control
CMOS......Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMOT......Common Management Information Protocol Over TCP/IP
CMS.......Conversational Monitor System
CMY.......Cyan-Magenta-Yellow
CMYK......Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-blacK
CNAPS.....Co-Processing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems
CNC.......Computerised Numerical Control
CNI.......Coalition for Networked Information
CNIDR.....Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery & Retrieval
COBOL.....COmmon Business Oriented Language
CODE......Client/server Open Development Environment
CODEC.....COmpression DECompression
COM.......Common Object Model
COM.......Componet Object Model
COMSAT....COMmunication SATellite corporation
COMTEC....COmputer Micrographics & TEChnology
CONS......COnnection-mode Network Services
CORBA.....Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CORE......COuncil of REgistrars
COS.......Corporation for Open Systems
CoSN......Consortium for School Networking
CP........Control Program
CP/M......Control Program for Microcomputers
CPC.......Computer Power Centre
CPE.......Central Processing Element
CPE.......Convergence Protocol Entity
CPE.......Customer Premises Equipment
CPI.......Characters Per Inch
CPI.......Clocks Per Instruction
CPI.......Conference Papers Index
CPN.......Compuserve Packet Network
CPR.......Computerized Patient Records
CPS.......Characters Per Second
CPS.......Cycles Per Second
CPU.......Central Processing  Unit
CPU.......Central Processing Unit
CQFP......Ceramic Quad-FlatPack
CR........Carriage Return
CRC.......Computer Records Center
CRC.......Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRC.......Cyclical Redundancy Check
CREN......Corporation for REsearch & Networking
CRESS.....Computer Reader Enquiry Service System
CROM......Control Read Only Memory
CRQ.......Command Response Queue
CRS.......Configuration Report Server
CRT.......Cathode Ray Tube
CS........Chip Select
CS........Clear to Send
CSD.......Computer Services Organization
CSL.......Context-Sensitive Languages
CSLIP.....Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol
CSMA......Carrier Sense Multiple Access
CSMA/CD...Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detect(ion)
CSNET.....Computer Science NETwork
CSNW......Client Services for NetWare
CSR.......Command Status Register
CSS.......Cascading Style Sheets
CSU.......Channel Service Unit
CSV.......Comma Separated Values
CTB.......Communications ToolBox
CTERM.....Command TERMinal Protocol
CTERM.....Communications TERMinal Protocol
CTI.......Computer / Telephony Interconnect
CTS.......Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
CTS.......Clear To Send
CTS.......Communication Technology Satellite
CTV.......Cable TeleVision
CUA.......Common User Access
CUI.......Common User Interface
CVF.......Compressed Volume File
CVS.......Composite Video Signal
CW........Continuous Waves
CWIS......Campus Wide Information System

D
D-R.......Disconnect & Reconnect
D/A.......Digital to Analog
DAA.......Data Access Arrangement
DAA.......Decimal Adjust Accumulator
DAA.......Direct Access Arrangement
DAC.......Digital to Analog Controller
DAC.......Digital to Analog Converter
DAD.......Desktop Application Director
DAEMON....Disk And Execution MONitor
DAL.......Data Access Language
DAL.......Data Access Lines
DAP.......Data Access Protocol
DARPA.....Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DASD......Direct Access Storage Device
DAT.......Digital Audio Tape
DAT.......Duplicate Address Test
DAVID.....Digital Audio-Video Inderactive Decoder
db........DeciBel
DB........Destroy Button
DBA.......DataBase Administrator
DBAM......DataBase Access Mathod
DBI.......DataBase Index
DBMS......DataBase Management System
DBOS......Disk-Based Operating System
DBR.......Dos Boot Record
DC........Data Conversion
DC........Direct Current
DCA.......Defense Communications Agency
DCC.......Digital Compact Cassette
DCC.......Direct Cable Connection
DCD.......Data Carrier Detect
DCE.......Data Circuit-terminating Equipment
DCE.......Data Communications Equipment
DCE.......Device Control Entries
DCE.......Distributed Computing Environment
DCI.......Display Control Interface
DCL.......Delphi Component Library
DCOM......Distributed Common Object Model
DCP.......Display Control Program
DCR.......Data Conversion Receiver
DCR.......Digital Conversion Receiver
DCS.......Data Carrier System
DCS.......Digital Cellular System
DCTL......Direct Coupled Transistor Logic
DCU.......Delphi Compiled Unit
DD........Double Density
DDA.......Digital Differential Analyzer
DDB.......Device Descriptor Block
DDC.......Digital Display Channel
DDC.......Direct Digital Control
DDC.......Display Data Channel
DDCE......Digital Data Conversion Equipment
DDCMP.....Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
DDD.......Direct Distance Dialing
DDE.......Dynamic Data Exchange
DDK.......Device Driver Kit
DDL.......Data Definition Language
DDN.......Defense Data Network
DDP.......Datagram Delivery Protocol
DDR.......Double Data Rate
DDS.......Digital Data Standard
DDS.......Digital Data Storage
DEA.......Data Encription Algorithm
DEC.......Digital Equipment Corporation
DEK.......Data Encryption Key
DEN.......Document-Enabled Network
DES.......Data Encryption Standard
DF........Direction Finder
DFD.......Data Flow Diagram
DG........Data General
DHCP......Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DI........Disable Item
DIB.......Data Input Bus
DIB.......Device Independent Bitmap
DID.......Direct Inward Dialling
DID.......Direct Inward Dial
DIF.......Data Interchange Format
DIGICOM...DIGItal COMmunications system
DIMM......Dual Inline Memory Module
DIN.......Deutsche Industrie Norm
DIP.......Document Insert Protocol
DIP.......Dual In-line Package
DIS.......Draft International Standard
DISOSS....DIStributed Office Supported System
DIX.......Digital, Intel & Xerox
DL........Data Link
DLC.......Data Link Control
DLCI......Data Link Connection Identifier
DLL.......Dynamic Link Library
DLP.......Digital Light Processing
DLS.......Digital Line Subscriber
DLT.......Digital Linear Tape
DMA.......Direct Memory Access
DMD.......Digital Micromirror Devices
DMF.......Disrubution Media Format
DMI.......Desktop Management Interface
DML.......Data Manipulation Language
DMMP......Distributed Memory, Message Processing
DMOS......Double-diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor
DMSV......Distributed Memory, Shared Variables
DMT.......Delphi Menu Template
DNC.......Direct Numerical Control
DNS.......Domain Name Server
DNS.......Domain Name Service
DOJ.......Department Of Justice
DOR.......Digital Optical Recording
DOS.......Denial Of Service
DOS.......Disk Operating System
DOT.......DOcument Template
DOW.......Direct OverWrite
DP........Data Processing
DP........Dial Pulse
DPA.......Demand Protocol Architecture
DPCM......Differential Pulse Code Modulation
DPE.......Data Parity Error
dpi.......Dots Per Intch
DPL.......Descriptor Privilege Level
DPMA......Data Processing Management Association
DPMI......DOS Protected Mode Interface
DPP.......Distributed Parallel Processing
DPR.......Delphi PRoject
DPS.......Data Processing System
DPSK......Differential Phase Shift Keying
DPT.......Distributed Processing Technology
DQDB......Distributed Queue Dual Bus
DR-DOS....Digital Research Disk Operating System
DRAM......Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRAW......Direct Read After Write
DRDA......Distributed Relational Database Architecture
DRP.......DECnet Routing Protocol
DS........Double Sided
DS0.......Digital Signal level 0
DS1.......Digital Signal level 1
DSA.......Data Set Adapter
DSA.......Digital Signal Algorithm
DSA.......Directory System Agent
DSA.......Distributed Systems Architecture
DSAP......Destination Service Access Point
DSD.......Direct Stream Digital
DSL.......Digital Subscriber Lines
DSM.......Distributed System Management
DSOM......Distributable System Object Model
DSP.......Digital Signal Processing
DSP.......Digital Signal Processor
DSP.......Domain Specific Point
DSR.......Data Set Ready
DSS.......Decision Support System
DSS.......Digital Satellite System
DSSS......Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
DSTN......Dual-Scan Twisted Nematic
DSU.......Data Service Unit
DSU.......Digital Service Unit
DTC.......Data Terminal Controller
DTD.......Document Type Definition
DTE.......Data Terminal Equipment
DTE.......Data Terminating Equipment
DTL.......Diode Transistor Logic
DTMA......Time Division Multiple Access
DTMF......Dual-Tone MultiFrequency
DTP.......DeskTop Publishing
DTR.......Data Terminal Ready
DTR.......Data Transmit Ready
DTS.......Distributed Time Services
DTSX......Data Transport Station for X.25
DUA.......Directory User Agent
DUV.......Data Under Voice
DVB.......Digital Video Broadcasting
DVD.......Digital Video Disc
DVI.......Digital Video Interactive
DXF.......Drawing EXchange Format

E
EAN.......European Article Numbering
EAP.......Enterprise Architecture Planning
AEPROM....Electrically Alterable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EARN......European Academic & Research Network
EAROM.....Electrically Alterable Read-Only Memory
EB........Enable Button
EBCDIC....Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBIOS.....Extended BIOS
EBONE.....European BackbOne NEtwork
EBR.......Electron Beam Recording
EBU.......European Broadcasting Union
ECC.......Emitter Coupled Circuits
ECC.......Error Checking & Correction
ECC.......Error Correction Code
ECCM......Electronic Counter Counter Measures
ECCs......Error Correction Codes
ECD.......Energy Conversion Devices
ECHO......European Commission Host Organization
ECL.......Emitter Coupled Logic
ECL.......End Communication Layer
ECM.......Electronic Counter Measures
ECMA......European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECO.......Electron Coupled Oscillator
ECO.......Engineering Change Order
ECP.......Extended Capabilities Port
ECS.......European Communications Satellite
ECS.......Experimental Communications Satellite
ECSA......Exchange Carriers Standards Association
ECU.......EISA Configuration Utility
ED........Extended Disk
EDC.......Error Detection Code
EDI.......Electronic Data Interchange
EDL.......Edit Decision List
EDLIN.....EDitor of LINes
EDM.......End Of Message
EDO.......Extended Dada Out
EDP.......Electronic Data Processing
EDPM......Electronic Data Processing Machine
EDPS......Electronic Data Processing System
EDPT......Enhanced Drive Parameter Table
EDS.......Electronic Data Systems
EE........Extended Edition
EEPROM....Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EEROM.....Electrically Erasable Read-Only Memory
EFF.......Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFLA......Extended Four-Letter Acronym
EFM.......Eight to Forteen Modulation
EFTS......Electronic Funds Transfer System
EGA.......Enhanced Graphics Adaptor
EGA.......Enhanced Graphics Array
EGP.......Exterior Gateway Protocol
EHF.......Extremely High Frequency
EHOG......European Host Operators Group
EI........Enable Item
EIA.......Electronic Industries Association
EIA.......Electronics Industries Association
EIAR......European Institute for Antivirus Research
EIDE......Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics
EIS.......Executive Information System
EISA......Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EL........ElectroLuminescent
ELAP......EtherTalk Link Access Protocol
ELF.......Extremely Low Frequency
EM........Expanded Memory
EMF.......Electro-Magnetic Force
EMF.......ElectroMotive Force
EMF.......Enhanced MetaFile
EMI.......Electro-Magnetic Interference
EMM.......Expanded Memory Manager
EMS.......Electronic Message System
EMS.......Expanded Memory Specification
EMS.......Extended Memory System
EMWAC.....European Microsoft Windows Academic Consortium
ENIAC.....Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
EOB.......End Of Block
EOF.......End Of File
EOI.......End Of Interrupt
EOL.......End Of Line
EOM.......End Of Message
EOR.......End Of Record
EOR.......Exlusive OR
EOS.......Electrical Overstress
EOT.......End Of Transmission
EP........Execute Program
EPA.......Environmental Protection Agency
EPP.......Enhanced Parallel Port
EPROM.....Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPS.......Emulation Sensing Processor
EPS.......Encapsulated PostScript
EPSF......Encapsulated PostScript File
ERU.......Emergency Recovery Utility
ES-IS.....End System to Intermediate System Protocol
ESA.......European Space Agency
ESC.......Educational Software Cooperative
ESC.......EScape Character
ESCD......Extended System Configuration Data
ESD.......ElectroStatic Discharge
ESDI......Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESF.......Extended Superframe Format
ETB.......End of Transmission Block
ETLA......Extended Three-Letter Acronym
ETX.......End of TeXt
EW........Embedded Window
EXT.......EXTernal

F
FAL.......File Access Listener
FAQ.......Frequently Asked Question
FAQs......Frequently Asked Questions
FAT.......File Allocation Table
FAX.......FACSimile (C+S=X)
FCBS......File Control BlockS
FCC.......Federal Communications Commission
FCC.......Federal Communications Committee
FCFS......First Come-First Served
FCI.......Frame Copied Indicator Bit
FCS.......Facsimile Communications System
FCS.......Frame Check Sequence
FD........Full Duplex
FDD.......Fixed Disk Drive
FDD.......Floppy Disk Drive
FDDI......Fiber Data Distributed Interface
FDDI......Fiber Distributed Data Interconnect
FDDI......Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDM.......Frequency Division Multiplexing
FDMA......Frequency Division Multiple Access
FDOS......Floppy Disk Operating System
FDX.......Full-Duplex Transmission
FE........Front End
FED.......Field Emission Display
FEP.......Front End Processor
FET.......Field Effect Transistor
FF........Fast Forword
FF........Form Feed
FFT.......Fast Fourier Transform
FG........ForeGround
FHD.......Fixed Head Disk
FHSS......Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
FID.......Format IDentifier
FIFO......First-In First-Out
FILO......First-In Last-Out
FINTEL....FINancial Times ELectronic
FIPS......Federal Information Processing Standard
FIX.......Federal Information eXchange
FM........Frequency Modulation
FM........Function Management
FMD.......Function Management Data
FMV.......Full Motion Video
FNC.......Federal Networking Council
FOIM......Field Office Information Management System
FORTH.....FORmula THough
FORTHNET..Foundation Of Research & Technology Herakleion NETwork
FORTRAN...FORmula TRANslation
FOSI......Format Output Specification Instance
FPGA......Field Programmable Gate Array
FPLA......Field Programmable Logic Array
FPM.......Fast Page Mode
FPO.......For Position Only
FPNW......File and Print for NetWare
FPS.......Frames Per Pecond
FPU.......Floating Point Unit
FQDN......Fully Qualified Domain Name
FRC.......Functional Redundancy Check
FRU.......Field-Replaceable Unit
FSC.......Frequency Shift Codead
FSF.......Free Software Foundation
FSK.......Frequency Shift Keying
FSM.......Frequency Shift Modulation
FSN.......Full Service Network
FSR.......Free System Resources
FSTN......Film Super Twisted Nematic
FSU.......File Support Utility
FT-1......Fractional T-1
FTA.......Floptical Technology Association
FTAM......File Transfer Access & Management
FTP.......File Transfer Program
FTP.......File Transfer Protocol
FTS.......Federal Telecommunications System
FWIW......For What It's Worth
FYA.......For Your Amusement
FYI.......For Your Information

G
G.........Giga - (10^9)
G.........Giga
GA........Go Ahead
GAS.......Gallium Arsenide
GB........GigaByte
Gbps......GigaBit Per Second
GCR.......Grey Componet Replacement
GCS.......Greek Computer Society
GDI.......Graphics Device Interface
GDS.......Global Directory Services
GDT.......Graphic Display Terminal
GEM.......Graphics Environment Manager
GFLOPS....Giga of FLoating point Operations Per Second
GHz.......GigaHerz
GIF.......Graphics Interchange Format
GIGO......Garbage In Garbage Out
GIRL......Generalized Information Retrieval Language
GIS.......Geographic Information System
GKS.......Graphics Kernel System
GMMP......Global Memory, Message Passing
GMR.......Giant Magneto-Resistive
GMSK......Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying
GMSV......Global Memory, Shared Variables
GNN.......Global Network Navigator
GNU.......GNU Is Not Unix
GNU.......Gnu's Not Unix
GOSIP.....Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
GPC.......General Purpose Computer
GPF.......General Protection Fault
GPI.......General Purpose Interface
GPIA......General Purpose Interface Adapter
GPO.......General Post Office
GPR.......General Purpose Registers
GPS.......Global Positioning System
GPS.......Global System Position
GQL.......Graphical Query Language
GREP......Globally search for a Regular Expression & Print all lines containing It
GSI.......Graphic Structure Input
GSM.......Global Shared Memory
GSM.......Global System for Mobile communications GSNW......Gateway Services for NetWare
GTA.......Ground To Air
GTLD-MOU..Generic Top Level Domain - Memorandum of Understanding
GUI.......Graphical User Interface
GVT.......Global Virtual Time

H
H.........Hexadecimal
HAL.......Hardware Abstraction Layer
HCI.......Human-Computer Interaction
HCSS......High Capacity Storage System
HD........Half Duplex
HD........Hard Disk
HD........High Density
HDCD......High Dencity Compact Disc
HDD.......Hard Disk Drive
HDLC......High Level Data Link Control
HDLS......High speed Digital Subscriber Lines
HDTV......High Definition TeleVision
HDX.......Half DupleX
HEL.......Hardware Emulation Layer
HFC.......Hybrid Fiber Coax
HFS.......Hierarchical File System
Hi-Fi.....Hlgh Fidelity
HIPO......Hierarchy Input, Process, Output
HISAM.....Hierarchical Indexed Sequential Access Method
HLL.......High-Level Language
HLLAPI....High Level Language Applications Programming Interface
HLR.......Home Location Register
HLS.......Hue-Luminance-Saturation
HMA.......High Memory Area
HMD.......Head-Mounted Display
HMOS......High-density Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HMOS......High-speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HP........Hewlett-Packard
HPC.......Handheld PC
HPCA......High Performance Computing Act
HPCC......High Performance Computing & Communication
HPFS......High Performance File System
HPGL......Hewlett Packard Graphics Language
HPPCL.....Hewlett-Packard Printer Command Language
HPPI......High Performance Parallel Interface
HS........Helical Scan
HS........High Speed
HSM.......Hierarchical Storage Management
HSM.......High-Speed Memory
HSV.......Hue Saturation & Value
HSV.......Hue-Saturation-Value
HTL.......High Threshold Logic
HTML......HyperText Markup Language
HTTP......HyperText Transfer Protocol
HYTELNET..HYpertext browser for TELNET-accessible sites
Hz........Hertz

I
I/G.......Individual / Group
I/O.......Input / Output
IAA.......International Aerospace Abstracts
IAB.......Internet Activities Board
IAB.......Internet Architecture Board
IAC.......Inter-Application Communications
IAC.......Interpret As Command
IAFA......Internet Anonymous ftp Archives
IAHC......International Ad Hoc Committee
IAL.......International Algebraic Language
IANA......Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IAP.......Internet Access Provider
IBA.......Independent Broadcating Authority
IBA.......Internet Business Association
IBI.......Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics
IBM.......International Business Machines
IBVA......Interactive Brainwave Visual Analyser
IC........In Certain
IC........Instruction Counter
IC........Integrated Circuit
ICASE.....Integrated Computer Assisted Software Engineering
ICE.......In-Circuit Emulator
ICIC......International Copyright Information Centre
ICL.......International Computer Laboratories
ICM.......Independent Color Matching
ICMP......Internet Control Message Protocol
ICP.......Internet Control Protocol
ICRP......International Commission on Radiological Protection
ICW.......Initialization Command Word
ID........IDentification
ID........Internet Draft
IDAPI.....Independent Database Application Programming Interface
IDC.......Insulation Displacement Connector
IDD.......International Direct Distance dialling
IDDS......International Digital Data Service
IDE.......Integrated Development Environment
IDE.......Integrated Device Electronics
IDE.......Integrated Drive Electronics
IDEA......International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDI.......Initial Domain Indicator
IDL.......Interface Definition Language
IDMS......Integrated Data Management System
IDO.......Interpolated Dynamic Oversampling
IDP.......Initial Domain Part
IDP.......Internetwork Datagram Protocol
IDT.......Interrupt Descriptor Table
IE........Interrupt Enable
IEC.......International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE-CS...IEEE Computer Society
IEEE......Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
IEN.......Internet Experiment Note
IERE......Institution of Electronic & Radio Engineers
IESG......Internet Engineering Steering Group
IETF......Internet Engineering Task Force
IF........Intermediate Frequency
IFD.......Image File Directory
IFIP......International Federation for Information Processing
IFIPS.....International Federation of Information Processing Societies
IFS.......Iteration Function Systems
IGES......Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
IGFET.....Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor
IGN.......IBM Global Network
IGP.......Interior Gateway Protocol
IGRP......Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
IGS.......Internet Go Server
IIC.......International Institude of Communications
IINREN....Interagency Interim National Research & Education Network
IIS.......Internet Information Server
IKBS......Intelligent Knowledge Based System
IMDS......International Microform Distribution Service
IMIA......International Medical Informatics Association
IMP.......Interface Message Processor
IMPS......Interface Message ProcessorS
IMR.......Internet Monthly Report
INTELSAT..INternational TELecomunication SATellite
INTR......INTerrupt Request
IOC.......Inter-Office Channel
IOCS......Input / Output Control System
IOI.......International Olympiad in Informatics
IP........Information Provider
IP........Instruction Pointer
IP........Internet Protocol
IP........Internet Provider
IPC.......InterProcess Communication
IPL.......Information Processing Language
IPL.......Initial Program Loader
IPNG......Internet Protocol Next Generation
IPSS......International Packet Switching Service
IPUMS.....Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
IPX.......Internet Packet eXchange
IPX.......Internetwork Packet EXchange
IR........Internet Router
IRC.......Internet Realy Chat
IrDA......Infrared Data Association
IRE.......Institute of Radio Engineers
IREQ......Interrupt REQuest
IRG.......Inter Record Gap
IRL.......Information Retrieval Language
IRQ.......Interrupt ReQuest
IRSG......Internet Research Steering Group
IRT.......Institute of Reprographic Technology
IRTF......Internet Research Task Force
IS-IS.....Intermediate System - to - Intermediate System protocol
IS........Intermediate System
ISA.......Industry Standard Architecture
ISAM......Indexed Sequential Access Method
ISBD......International Standard Bibliographic Description
ISDN......Integrated Services Digital Network
ISDN......Integrates Services Data Network
ISI.......Information Sciences Institute
ISI.......Institute for Scientific Information
ISIS......Investigative Support Information System
ISM.......Industrial Scientific & Medical
ISO.......International Standards Organization
ISOC......Internet SOCiety
ISODE.....International Standards Organization Development Environment
ISP.......Internet Service Provider
ISR.......Information Storage & Retrieval
ISR.......Interrupt Service Routine
ISSN......International Standard Serial Number
ISV.......Independent Software Vendor
IT........Information Technologies
ITDM......Intelligent Time Division Multiplexing
ITL.......International Telecommunications Union
ITM.......Information Transfer Module
ITT.......International Telephone & Telegraph
ITU.......International Telecommunications Union
ITV.......Industrial TeleVision
IU........Integer Units
IV........Interactive Video
IVHS......Intelligent Vehicle Highway System
IWM.......Integrated Woz Machine
IXC.......IntereXchange Carrier

J
JC........Jump Context
JCL.......Job Control Language
JDK.......Java Derelopers Kit
JEIDA.....Japanese Electronic Industry Development Association
JET.......Joint Engine Technology
JFET......Junction Field Effect Transistor
JFS.......Journaled File System
JI........Jump ID
JICST.....Japan Information Center of Science & Technology
JIT.......Just-In-Time
JK........Jump Keyword
JOIS......Japanese On-line Information System
JPEG......Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPL.......Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JVM.......Java Virtual Machine

K
K.........Kelvin
K.........Kilo - (10^3)
K12Net....Kindergarten 12th grade Network
Kb........Kilobit
KB........KiloByte
Kbps......KiloBits Per Second
KHz.......KiloHerz
KIF.......Knowledge Interchange Format
KIS.......Knowbot Information Services
KIT.......Key Issue Tracking
KQML......Knowledge Query & Manipulation Language
KSR.......Keyboard Send-Receive
KVA.......Kilo Volt-Amperes
KW........Kilo Watt
KWH.......Kilo WattHour
KWIC......KeyWords In Contex

L
LAA.......Locally Administered Address
LAN.......Local Area Network
LAP.......Link Access Procedure
LAP.......Link Access Protocol
LAPB......Link Access Procedure Balanced
LAPD......Link Access Procedure D Channel
LAPM......Link Access Procedure M
LASER.....Light Amplification by Stimulation of Emission of Radiation
LAT.......Local Area Transport
LATA......Local Access & Transport Area
LAVC......Local Area VAX Cluster
LBA.......Linear Block Array
LBA.......Logical Block Address(ing)
LCC.......LAN Control Center
LCC.......Leaded Chip Carriers
LCD.......Liquid Crystal Display
LD........Laser Disc
LDMOS.....Lateral Double diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor
LDT.......Local Descriptor Table
LEC.......Local Exchange Carrier
LED.......Light Emitting Diode
LEXIS.....LEXicography Information Service
LF........Largest Frame
LF........Line Feed
LF........Low Frequency
LFN.......Long File Name
LFNBK.....Long FileName BacKup
LFO.......Low Frequency Oscillator
LIF.......Low Insertion Force
LIFO......Last-In First-Out
LIM.......Lotus-Intel-Microsoft
LIPL......Linear Information Programming Language
LIPS......Logical Inferences Per Second
LISP......LISt Processing language
LLAP......LocalTalk Link Access Protocol
LLC.......Logical Link Control
LLN.......Low Level Network
LMDS......Local Multipoint Distribution Service
LMMP......LAN/MAN Management Protocol
LMMS......LAN/MAN Management Service
LNDI......Lotus Notes: Document Imaging
LO........Local Oscillator
LP........Line Printer
LP........Linear Programmaing
LP........Long Play
LPC.......Linear Predictive Coding
lpi.......Lines Per Inch
lpm.......Lines Per Minute
lps.......Lines Per Second
LQ........Letter Quality
LR........List Recursive
LRC.......Longitudinal Redundancy Check
LRU.......Least Recently Used
LSb.......Least Significant Bit
LSB.......Least Significant Byte
LSD.......Least Significent Digit
LSI.......Large Scale Integration
LSL.......Link Support Layer
LT........Low Tension
LU........Logical Unit
LUN.......Logical Unit Number
LZW.......Lempel-Ziv-Welch

M
M.........Mega - (10^6)
M&A.......Mergers & Acquisitions
MAC.......Machine-Aided Cognition
MAC.......Media Access Control
MAC.......Medium Access Control
MAC.......Multi-Access Computing
MAC.......Multiplexed Analog Components
MAD.......Michigan Algorithmic Decoder
MADN......Multiple Appearance Directory Number
MAN.......Metropolitan Area Network
MAP.......Manufacturing Automation Protocol
MAP.......Microprocessor Application Project
MAPI......Messaging Application Programming Interface
MAPI......Microsoft Mail Application Programming Interface
MARC......MAchine Readable Cataloging
MAT.......Machine-Aided Translation
MAU.......Multistation Access Units
Mb........Megabit
MB........MegaByte
MBASIC....Microsoft BASIC
Mbps......Mega Bits Per Second
MBR.......Master Boot Record
MCA.......Micro Channel Architecture
MCC.......Management Control Center
MCGA......Monochrome Graphics Adapter
MCGA......Multi-Color Graphics Array
MCI.......Media Command Interface
MCI.......Media Control Interface
MCM.......Multi-Chip Module
MCS.......Microsoft Consulting Services
MD........Make Directory
MDA.......Monochrome Display Adapter
MDI.......Magnetic Direction Indicator
MDI.......Multiple Document Interface
MDRAM.....Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory
MDS.......Multipoint Distribution System
MEPS......Multi-language Electronic Phototypesetting System
MF........Medium Frequency
MFC.......Microsoft Foundation Classes
MFF.......MIDI File Format
MFLOPS....Mega of FLOating Point Operations per Second
MFM.......Modified Frequency Modulation
MHS.......Message Handling Service
MHS.......Message Handling Systems
MHz.......MegaHerz
MIB.......Management Information Base
MIC.......Medical Information Centre
MICR......Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MICRO.....Multiple Indexing & Console Retrival Operations
MIDAS.....Multimade International Data Acquisition Service
MIDI......Musical Instrument Data Interface
MIDI......Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MILNET....MILitary NETwork
MIMD......Multiple-Instruction Multiple-Data
MIME......Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MINE......Multipart Internet Mail Extension
MIPS......Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
MIPS......Millions of Instructions Per Second
MIS.......Management Information System
MISD......Multiple-Instruction Single-Data
MIT.......Massachusets Institure of Technology
MLA.......Modern Language Association
MLB.......MultiLayer Board
MLID......Multiple Link Interface Driver
MLS.......Medium Level Systems
MM........MultiMedia
MMAC......Multi Media Access Center
MMM.......Multiple Master Metrics
MMU.......Memory Management Unit
MMX.......MultiMedia eXtensions
MNP.......Microcom Network Protocol
MO........Magnetic Orientation
MO........Magneto-Optical
MODEM.....MOdulator / DEModulator
MOM.......Message-Oriented Middleware
MOM.......Multi-Owner Maintenance
MOO.......MUD Oriented Objects
MOP.......Maintenance Operations Protocol
MOPS......Millions of Operations Per Second
MOS.......Mass Optical Storage
MOS.......Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
MOSFET....Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MOST......Mass Optical Storage Technologies
MP........MultiProcessor
MP/M......MultiProgram Monitor for Microcomputers
MPC.......Multimedia PC
MPC.......Multimedia Personal Computer
MPEG......Motion Picture Experts Group
MPP.......Massively Parallel Processing
MPR.......MultiPort Repeater
MPU.......Main Processing Unit
MPU.......MicroProcessor Unit
MR........Modem Ready
MRBC......Multiple-Resolution Bitmap Compiler
MRP.......Manufacturing Resource Planning
MS-BASIC..MicroSoft BASIC
MS-DOS....MicroSoft Disk Operating System
ms........MilliSecond
MSAU......MultiStation Access Unit
MSb.......Most Significant bit
MSB.......Most Significant Byte
MSD.......Most Significant Digit
MSDN......MicroSoft Developer Network
MSDOS.....MicroSoft Disk Operating System
MSI.......Medium Scale Integration
MSN.......MicroSoft Network
MSP.......Master Stack Pointer
MSRP......Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
MTA.......Message Transfer Agent
MTBF......Mean Time Between Failures
MTBM......Mean Time Between Maintenance
MTF.......Modular Transfer Function
MTF.......Modulation Transfer Function
MTS.......Message Transfer System
MTTF......Mean Time To Failure
MTTR......Mean Time To Recovery
MTTR......Mean Time To Repair
MTU.......Maximum Transmission Unit
MUD.......Multi-User Dialogue
MUD.......Multi-User Dimension
MUD.......Multi-User Domain
MUD.......Multi-User Dungeon
MULTICS...MULTi-user Interactive Computer System
MULTICS...MULTiplexed Information & Computing Service
MUMPS.....MUltiplex MicroProcessor System
MUNG......Mung Until No Good
MUSE......Multi-User Simulation Environment
MUSH......Multi-User Shared Hallucination
MUSIC.....MUlti-Session In Community
MUX.......MUltipleX(er)
MVC.......Model View Controller
MVDMS.....Multiple Virtual DOS Machines
MVL.......Multi-Valued Logic
MVP.......Multimedia Video Processor
MVS.......Multiple Virtual Storage
MX........Mail EXchange Record

N
N/A.......Not Available
N/C.......Not Connected
NACS......NetWare Asynchronous Communications Server
NAK.......Negative AcKnowledgement (character)
NAM.......Network Access Machine
NAND......Not AND
NASA......National Aeronautics & Space Administration
NASI......NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface
NAU.......Network Addressable Unit
NAUN......Nearest Active Upstream Neighbor
NBP.......Name Binding Protocol
NBS.......National Bureau of Standards
NC........Numerical Control
NCIC......National Crime Information Computer
NCP.......Network Control Program
NCS.......Network Connect Services
NCSA......National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NCSI......Network Communications Services Interface
NDCS......Normalized Device Coordinate System
NDIS......Network Driver Interface Standard
NDR.......Network Data Represantation
NDS.......Netware Directory Service
NEARNET...New England Academic & Research NETwork
NED.......NASA Extragalactic Database
NEMA......National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NEP.......Network Entry Point
NEST......Novell Embedded Systems Technology
NETBEUI...NETBios Extended User Interface
NETBIOS...NETwork Basic Input/Output System
NEXT......Near End Cross (X) Talk
NFM.......Network File Manager
NFS.......Network File System
NFU.......Not-Frequently Used
NIC.......Network Information Center
NIC.......Network Interface Card
NIC.......Network Interface Controller
NICE......Network Information & Control Exchange
NII.......National Information Infrastructure
NIS.......Names Information Socket
NIS.......Network Information Services
NISO......National Information Standards Organization
NIST......National Institute of Standards & Technology
NLM.......NetWare Loadable Module
NLQ.......Near Letter Quality
NLSP......Network Link Services Protocol
NMI.......Non-Maskable Interrupt
NMOS......Negative-channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
NMR.......Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
NMS.......Network Management Station
NNTP......Net News Transport Protocol
NNTP......Network News Transport Protocol
NO-OP.....NO-OPeration Instruction
NOC.......Network Operations Center
NOP.......No OPeration
NOR.......Not OR
NOS.......Network Operating System
NPTN......National Public Telecommunications Network
NREN......Nationals Research & Education Network
NRFM......Non-volatile Ram File Manager
NRU.......Not-Recently Used
NRZ.......Non-Return to Zero
ns........NanoSecond
NSA.......National Security Agency
NSF.......National Science Foundation
NSIC......National Storage Industry Consortium
NSP.......Native Signal Processing
NSP.......Network Services Protocol
NSS.......Nodal Switching Station
NSTL......National Software Testing Laboratories
NT........Nested Task
NT........Network Termination
NT........New Technology
NTC.......Negative Temperature Coefficient
NTFS......New Technology File System
NTP.......Network Time Protocol
NTSC......National Television Standards Committee
NUI.......Network User Identification
NUMA......Non Uniform Memory Access
NVEs......Network Visible Entities
NVRAM.....Non-Volatile Random Access Memory

O
OB........OBligatory Joke
OBI.......Online Book Initiative
OC1.......Optical Carrier Level 1
OCIS......Organized Crime Information Systems
OCLC......Online Computer Learning Center
OCR.......Optical Character Recognition
OCW.......Operation Command Word
OCX.......OLE Custom Control (X stands for Control)
ODA.......Office Document Architecture
ODA.......Open Document Architecture
ODAPI.....Open Database Application Programming Interface
ODBC......Open DataBase Connectivity
ODI.......Open Data Link Interface
ODI.......Open Datalink Interface
ODMA......Open Document Management API
OE........Output Enable
OEM.......Original Equipment Manufacturer
OF........Overflow Flag
OFS.......Object File System
OFS.......Open File System
OLAP......On-Line Analytical Processing
OLE.......Object Linking & Embedding
OLRT......On-Line Real-Time
OLTP......OnLine Transaction Processing
OMG.......Object Management Group
OOBE......Out Of Box Experience
OOP.......Object Oriented Programming
OOUI......Object-Oriented User Interface
OPC.......Organic Photo Conductor
OPC.......Organic Photoconducting Cartridge
OPEC......Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPR.......Optical Pattern Recognition
OR........Operational Research
OR........Operations Research
ORACLE....Optional Reception of Announcements by Coded Line Electronics
ORAM......Optical Random Access Memory
ORB.......Object Request Broker
ORBIT.....On-line Real-time Branch InformaTion
OS........Operating System
OSD.......On Screen Display
OSD.......Optical Scanning Device
OSDF......Open Shortest Data First
OSF.......Open Software Foundation
OSF.......Open Systems Function
OSI.......Open System Interconnection model
OSI.......Open Systems Interconnect
OSR.......OEM Service Release
OSTA......Optical Storage Technology Association
OTPROM....One-Time Programmable Read Only Memory
OUI.......Organizationally Unique Identifier
OUTP......OUTput to Port
OWL.......Object Window Library

P
PA........Public Address
PABX......Private Automatic Branch EXchange
PACC......Product Administration & Contract Control
PAD.......Packet Assembler & Disassembler
PAD.......Packet Assembler/Disassembler
PADA......Packet Assembler/DisAssembler
PAHI......Public Access Internet Host
PAIS......Public Access Internet Site
PAL.......Paradox Application Language
PAL.......Phase Alternate Line
PAL.......Phase Alternating Line
PAL.......Programmable Array Logic
PAM.......Pulse Amplitude Modulation
PANDA.....Prestel Advanced Network Design Architecture
PAP.......Printer Access Protocol
PAR.......Positive Acknowledgment with Retransmission
PARC......Palo Alto Research Center
PARD......Periodic And Random Deviation
PASCAL....Program Applique a la Selection et la Complication Automatique de la Litterature
PAX.......Private Automatic eXchange
PB........Pipeline Burst
PB........Push Button
PBSRAM....Pipeline Burst Static Random Access Memory
PBX.......Private Branch eXchange
PBX.......Public Branch eXchange
PC........Personal Computer
PC........Popup Context
PC........Program Counter
PCAMI.....PC Assets Manager Institute
PCB.......Play Control Block
PCB.......Printed Circuit Board
PCCA......Portable Computer & Communications Association
PCD.......Photo Compact Disc
PCI.......Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI.......Peripheral Component Interface
PCI.......Protocol Control Information
PCL.......Play Control List
PCL.......Printer Control Language
PCM.......Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA....Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCS.......Personal Communication Services
PCS.......Personal Conferencing Specification
PCWG......Personal Conferencing WorkGroup
PD........Public Domain
PDA.......Personal Didital Assistant
PDC.......Primary Domain Controller
PDF.......Portable Document Format
PDIAL.....Public Dialup Internet Access List
PDL.......Page Description Language
PDM.......Pulse Duration Modulation
PDN.......Public Data Network
PDO.......Portable Distributed Objects
PDP.......Parallel Distributed Processes
PDS.......Personal Display System
PDS.......Processor Direct Slot
PDU.......Protocol Data Unit
PE........Processor Element
PEM.......Privacy-Enhanced Mail
PEP.......Packet Exchange Protocol
PEP.......Packetized Ensemble Protocol
PERT......Program Evaluation & Review Technique
PET.......Personal Electronic Transactor
PF........Pulse Frequency
PFB.......Printer Font Binary
PFF.......Page Fault Frequency
PFM.......Printer Font Metrics
PFM.......Pulse Frequency Modulation
PGA.......Pin Grid Array
PGA.......Professional Graphics Adapter
PGA.......Programmable Gate Array
PGP.......Pretty Good Privacy
PH........Page Heading
PI........Dots Per Inch
PI........Popup ID
PIA.......Peripheral Interface Adapter
PIC.......Programmable Interrupt Controller
PICS......Platform for Internet Contents Specification
PIF.......Program Information File
PIM.......Personal Information Manager
PIN.......Personal Identification Number
PIN.......Processor Independent Network
PINE......Pine Is Not Elm
PING......Packet InterNet Gopher
PIO.......Processor Input / Output
PIO.......Program's Input / Output
PIO.......Programmed Input / Output
PIXEL.....PICTure ELement
PK........Phil Katz
PL1.......Programming Language 1
PLA.......Programmable Logic Array
PLCC......Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier
PLE.......Public Local Exchange
PLL.......Phase Locked Loop
PLM.......Programming Language for Microcomputers
PLP.......Presentation Level Protocol
PLUGE.....Picture Line Up GEnerator
PM........Phase Modulation
PM........Presentation Manager
PM........Preventive Maintenance
PMBX......Private Manual Branch eXchange
PMLCD.....Passive Matrix LCD
PMOS......Positive-channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
PMS.......Pantone Matching System
PMT.......Photo Multiplier Tube
PNG.......Portable Network Graphics
PNP.......Plug aNd Play
POD.......Power-On Diagnostics
POP.......Point Of Presence
POP.......Post Office Protocol
POS.......Programmable Option Select
POSIX.....Portable Operating System Interface for uniX
POST......Power-On Self Test
POTS......Plain Old Telephone Service
POTS......Plain Old Telephone System
PPC.......Power PC
PPD.......Printer Page Description
PPI.......Pixels Per Inch
PPN.......Project Programmer Number
PPP.......Point-to-Point Protocol
PPS.......Pulses Per Second
PPTP......Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PQFP......Plastic Quad-FlatPack
PRAM......Parameter Random Access Memory
PREP......Power pc REference Platform
PRI.......Primary Rate Interface
PRML......Partial Response Maximun Likelihood
PROFS.....PRofessional OFfice System
PROM......Programmable Read-Only Memory
PSC.......Personal Super Computer
PSDN......Packed Switched Data Network
PSK.......Phase Shift Keying
PSN.......Packet Switch Node
PSP.......Paint Shop Pro
PSP.......Presentation Services Process
PSP.......Program Segment Prefixes
PSPDN.....Packet Switched Public Data Network
PSRAM.....Pseudo Static Random Access Memory
PSTN......Public Switched Telephone Network
PSU.......Power Supply Unit
PSW.......Program Status Word
PTE.......Page Table Entry
PTM.......Pulse Time Modulation
PTP.......Peer To Peer
PTP.......Point To Point
PUC.......Public Utility Commission
PUK.......Personal Unblocking Key
PVC.......Permanent Virtual Circuit
PVC.......Private Virtual Circuit
PVT.......Page View Terminal
PWD.......Print Working Directory
PWM.......Pulse Width Modulation
PWM.......Pulse Width Modulator

Q
QA........Quality Assurance
QAM.......Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QAM.......Queued Access Method
QAVC......Quiet Automatic Volume Control
QBE.......Query By Example
QDOS......Quick & Dirty Operating System
QFP.......Quad-Flat Pack
QIC.......Quarter-Inch Cartridge
QIC.......Quarter-Inch Cassette
QLLC......Qualified Logical Link Control
QPSK......Quarternary Phase Shift Keying
QSAM......Queued Sequential Access Method
QTAM......Queued Telecommunications Access Method
QWERTY....the First 6 letter keys of keyboard

R
R&D.......Research & Development
R/W.......Read / Write
RACE......Random Access Computer Equipment
RACE......Research on Advanced Communocation for Europe
RAD.......Rapid Access Disk
RAD.......Rapid Application Development
RADLS.....Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Lines
RAID......Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
RAM.......Random Access Memory
RAMDAC....Random Access Memory - Digital to Analog Converter
RARE......Reseaux Associes par la Recherche Europeenne
RARP......Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RAS.......Remorte Access Server
RAS.......Remorte Access Services
RAS.......Row Address Strobe
RAT.......Register Alias Table
RBFM......Random Block File Manager
RBOC......Regional Bell Operating Companies
RBSE......Repository-Based Software Engineering
RC........Routing Control
RCA.......Radio Corporation of America
RCC.......Routing Control Center
RCP.......Remote Copy Program
RCTL......Resistor Capacitor Transistor Logic
RD........Received Data
RD........Referenced Documents
RD........Route Descriptor
RDA.......Remote Database Access
RDBMS.....Relational DataBase Management System
RDRAM.....RAMbus Dynamic Random Access Memory
REM.......Ring Error Monitor
REP.......Resolution Enhancement Procedure
REPOUT....REPeater OUTput to Port
REXX......Restructured EXtended eXecutor
RF........Radio Frequency
RFC.......Request For Comments
RFD.......Request For Discussion
RFI.......Radio Frequency Interference
RFP.......Request For Proposal
RFS.......Remote File Service
RFS.......Remote File System
RGB.......Red-Green-Blue
RH........Request Header
RH........Response Header
RHost.....Remote Host
RI........Ring Indicator
RI........Routing Information
RIAA......Recording Institute Association of America
RIFF......Resource Interchange File Format
RII.......Routing Information Indicator
RIP.......Raster Image Processor
RIP.......Remote Imaging Protocol
RIP.......Routing Information Protocol
RIPE......Reseaux IP Europeenne
RISC......Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RJ........Registered Jack
RJE.......Remote Job Entry
RLA.......Remote LAN Access
RLC.......Run Length Coding
RLE.......Run Length Encoding
RLIN......Research Library Information Network
RLL.......Run Length Limited
RLP.......Radio Link Protocol
RMM.......Read Mostly Memory
RMS.......Root Mean Squared
RMW.......Read Modify Write
ROB.......ReOrder Buffer
ROM.......Read-Only Memory
ROM.......Read-Only Memory
ROSE......Remote Operations Service Element
RPC.......Remote Procedure Call
RPG.......Report Program Generator
RPG.......Role Playing Game
RPM.......Rotations Per Minute
RPS.......Ring Parameter Service
RR........Register Routine
RRF.......Retirement Register File
RS-232....Recommended Standard 232
RSA.......Rivest-Shamir-Adleman
RSAC......Recreational Software Advisory Council
RSI.......Repetitive Stress Injury
RSX.......Real time resource Sharing eXecutive
RT........Real Time
RT........Remote Terminal
RT........Routing Type
RTC.......Real Time Clock
RTC.......Real Time Controller
RTCA......Real Time Control Area
RTF.......Rich Text Format
RTL.......Resistor Transistor Logic
RTM.......Run Time Manager
RTMP......Routing Table Maintenance Protocol
RTP.......Real Time Processing
RTP.......Real Time Protocol
RTPC......RISC Technology Personal Computer
RTR.......Real Time Record
RTRI......Real Time Record Interpreter
RTS.......Request To Send
RTSP......Real Time Streaming Protocol
RTU.......Remote Terminal Unit
RU........Request Unit
RU........Response Unit
RUIP......Remote User Information Program
RZ........Return to Zero

S
S/PDIF....Sony/Philips - Digital Inderface Format
SAA.......Systems Application Architecture
SABME.....Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Extended
SAM.......Sequential Access Memory
SAM.......Serial Access Memory
SAP.......Service Access Point
SAP.......Service Advertising Protocol
SASI......Shugart Associates Standard Interface
SATAN.....Security Analysis Tool for Auditing Networks
SCAM......SCSI Configuration AutoMagiccal
SCAM......SCSI Configured AutoMatically
SCART.....Sosiete De Constructeurs des Apareils Radio Television
SCC.......Serial Communications Controller
SCCCD.....Surface Channel Charge Coupled Device
SCFM......Sequential Character File Manager
SCI.......Scalable Coherent Interconnect
SCMS......Serial Copy Management System
SCO.......Santa Cruz Operations
SCS.......System Communication Services
SCSI......Small Computer Systems Interface
SD........Send Data
SD........Single Density
SDC.......Secondary Domain Controller
SDD.......Software Description Database
SDI.......Single Document Interface
SDK.......System Design Kit
SDK.......System Development Kit
SDLC......Synchronous Data Link Control
SDLS......Symetrical Digital Subscriber Lines
SDRAM.....Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SE........Systems Engineer
SEA.......Self-Extracting Archive
SEAM......Saber Enterprise Application Manager
SEC.......SECond
SEC.......Single Edge Contact
SECAM.....SEquentiel Couleurs A Memoire
SED.......Stream EDitor
SEF.......Source Explicit Forwarding
SES.......Satellite Earth Station
SES.......Societe Europene des Satellites
SGI.......Silicon Graphics Incorporated
SGML......Standard Generalized Markup Language
SGMP......Simple Gateway Management Protocol
SGRAM.....Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
SHAR......SHell ARchives
SHED......Segmented Hypergraphics EDitor
SHF.......Super High Frequency
SHG.......Segmented HyperGraphics
SI........Systeme International
SIAM......Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics
SIF.......Sound Intermediate Frequency
SIG.......Special Interest Groups
SIGGRAPH..Special Interest Group for GRAPHics
SIM.......Subscriber Identification Module
SIMD......Single-Instruction Multiple-Data
SIMM......Single In-line Memory Module
SIPP......Single In-line Pinned Package
SIPS......SMDS Interface Protocol
SIR.......Serial InfraRed
SISD......Single-Instruction Single-Data
SL........Symbolic Language
SLIP......Serial Line Interface Protocol
SLIP......Serial Line Internet Protocol
SLSI......Super Large Scale Integration
SM........Standby Monitor
SMART.....Software Metering And Resource Tracking
SMB.......Server Message Block
SMD.......Surface Mount Device
SMDS......Switched Multimedia Data Services
SMDS......Switched Multimegabit Data Service
SMEG......Simulated Matamorphic Encryption Generator
SMFA......Specific Management Functional Area
SMI.......Structure of Management Information
SMI.......System Managment Innterrupt
SMM.......Shared Memory Map
SMM.......System Managment Mode
SMP.......Symmetric Multi-Processing
SMS.......Short Message Service
SMS.......Storage Management Services
SMS.......Systems Management Server
SMT.......Surface Mount Technology
SMTP......Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA.......System Network Architecture
SNADS.....System Network Architecture Distribution Services
SNAP......Sub-Network Access Protocol
SNI.......Subscriber Network Interface
SNMP......Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR.......Signal to Noise Ratio
SO........Small Outline
SOB.......Start Of Block
SODIMM....Small Outline-Dual Inline Memory Module
SOH.......Start Of Header
SOH.......Start Of Heading
SOHO......Small Office Home Office
SOIC......Small Outline Integrated Circuit
SOL.......Small OutLine
SOM.......Start Of Message
SOM.......System Object Model
SONET.....Synchronous Optical NETwork
SP........Stack Pointer
SPA.......Software Publishing Association
SPARC.....Scalable Processor ARChitecture
SPARC.....Scaleable Performance ARChitecture
SPEC......Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative
SPOOL.....Simultaneous Peripheral Operation Off-Line
SPOOL.....Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line
SPP.......Sequenced Packet Protocol
SPP.......Standard Printer Port
SPR.......Statistical Pattern Recognition
SPS.......Stand-by Power Supply
SPT.......Sectors Per Track
SPU.......Single Processor Unit
SPX.......Sequenced Packet eXchange
SQL.......Structured Query Language
SR........Source Routing
SRAM......Static Random Access Memory
SRBs......Source Routing Bridges
SRF.......Specifically Routed Frame
SRI.......Stanford Research Institute
SRT.......Source Routing Transparent
SS........Single Sided
SSA.......Serial Storage Arehitecture
SSAP......Source Service Access Point
SSB.......Single Side Band
SSC.......Station Selection Code
SSI.......Smale Scale Integration
SSL.......Secure Sockets Leyer
SSL.......Security Systems Layer
SSPI......Secure Socket Protocol Interface
SSTV......Slow Scan TeleVision
STAR......Shareware Trade Association & Resources
STDM......Synchronous Time Division Multiplexing
STE.......Spanning Tree Explorer
STID......STation ID
STN.......Super Twisted Nematic
STP.......Shielded Twisted Pair
STR.......Synchronous Transmitter-Receiver
STTCA.....Single Tuned Transformer Coupled Amplifier
STU.......Streaming Tape Unit
STX.......Start of TeXt
SUA.......Stored Upstream Address
SVC.......Switched Virtual Circuit
SVD.......Simultaneous Voice & Data
SVGA......Super Video Graphics Array
SVHS......Super Video Home System
SVR.......Super Video Recorder
SWAIS.....Single Wide-Area Information System
SWIFT.....Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
SWTL......Surface Wave Transmission Line
SYSGEN....SYStem GENeration

T
T.........Tera - (10^12)
T&C.......Terms & Conditions
TA........Terminal Adapter
TAC.......Terminal Access Controller
TAP.......Technological Assistance Program
TAP.......Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol
TAPI......Telephone Application Programming Interface
TAR.......Tape Archiver
TASI......Time Assignment Speech Interpolation
TB........TeraByte
TB........Transparent Bridging
TCAM......TeleCommunications Access Method
TCB.......Transmission Control Block
TCL.......Tool Command Language
TCM.......Terminal to Computer Multiplexor
TCM.......Trellis Code Modulation
TCP.......Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP....Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TCU.......Terminal Control Unit
TDM.......Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA......Time Division Multiple Access
TDP.......Telelocator Data Protocol
TELNET....TELecommunications NETwork
TEMPEST...Transient ElectroMagnetic Pulse Emanation STandard
TFT.......Thin Film Transistor
TFTP......Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TG........Technical Guide
TH........Transmission Header
TI........Texas Instruments
TIA.......Telecommunications Industry Association
TIC.......Token Ring Interface Coupling
TIFF......Tag Image File Format
TIFF......Tagged Image File Format
TIGA......Texas Instruments Graphics Adapter
TIMS......Transmission Impairment Measurement Set
TIRPC.....Transport-Independent Remote Procedure Call
TLA.......Three-Letter Acronym
TLAP......TokenTalk Link Access Protocol
TLB.......Translation-Lookaside Buffer
TLI.......Transport Layer Interface
TMC.......Thinking Machines Corporation
TN........Twisted Nematic
TOC.......Table Of Contents
TP........Transaction Processing
TP........Transport Protocol
TPI.......Tracks Per Inch
TQM.......Total Quality Management
TR........Terminal Ready
TR........Terminal Resistors
TRS.......Tandy Radio Shack
TRSDOS....Tandy Radio Shack Data Operating System
TSA.......Target Service Agents
TSO.......Time Sharing Option
TSR.......Terminate & Stay Resident
TSS.......Task State Segment
TTA.......Transport Triggered Architecture
TTF.......True Type Font
TTL.......Time To Live
TTS.......Time Sharing System
TTY.......TeleTYpewriter
TUCOWS....The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock Software
TUV.......Technischer Ueberwachuags Verein
TWAIN.....Technology Without An Interesing Name

U
U/L.......Universal / Local
UA........User Agent
UAE.......Unrecoverable Application Error
UART......Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter
UBC.......Universal Block Channel
UCM.......Universal Cable Module
UCM.......User Communications Manager
UCR.......Under Color Removal
UCS.......Universal Character Set
UDF.......Universal Disk Format
UDLC......Universal Data Link Protocol
UDP.......User Datagram Protocol
UHF.......Ultra High Frequency
UI........Uncheck Item
UIG.......User Industry Group
ULP.......Upper Layer Protocols
ULSI......Ultra Large Scale Integration
UMA.......Unified Memory Technology
UMB.......Upper Memory Blocks
UMTS......Universal Mobile Telecommnications System
UNC.......Uniform Naming Convention
UNESCO....United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
UNISIST...United Nations Information System In Science & Technology
UNMA......Unified Network Management Architecture
UPC.......Universal Product Code
UPS.......Uninterruptable Power Supply
UPS.......Uninterrupted Power Supply
URL.......Uniform Resource Locator
URL.......Universal Resource Locators
URL.......User Requirements Language
USACII....United States of America Standard Code for Information Interchange
USART.....Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter
USASI.....United States of America Standards Institute
USB.......Universal Serial Bus
USER-ID...USER IDentification
USL.......Unix System Labs
USPO......United States Post Office
USRT......Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitter
UTC.......Universal Time Coordinated
UTOC......User Table of Contents
UTP.......Unshielded Twisted Pair
UUCP......UNIX to UNIX Copy Program
UV........Ultra Violet
UVEPROM...Ultra Violet Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
UVGA......Ultra Video Graphics Array

V
V.........Volt
VAN.......Value Added Network
VAP.......Value-Added Process
VAR.......Value-Added Reseller
VARP......VINES Address Resolution Protocol
VAX.......Virtual Address eXtension
VBA.......Visual Basic for Applications
VBK.......Visual Basic Killer
VBNS......Very-High Bandwidth Network Service
VBX.......Visual Basic eXtension
VCA.......Voltage Control Amplifier
VCF.......Voltage Control Filter
VCL.......Virus Creation Laboratory
VCL.......Visual Component Library
VCO.......Voltage Control Oscillator
VCPI......Virtual Control Program Interface
VCR.......Video Cassette Recorder
VCS.......Version Control System
VCS.......Virus Construction Set
VDD.......Virtual Device Driver
VDI.......Virtual Device Interface
VDLS......Very High speed Digital Subscriber Lines
VDM.......Virtual DOS Machine
VDMOS.....Vertical Double diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor
VDN.......Virtual Data Network
VDR.......Voltage Dependent Resistor
VDT.......Video Display Terminal
VDU.......Video Display Unit
VERONICA..Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide Index to Computerized Archives
VESA......Video Enhanced Standards Association
VESA......Video Equipment Standards Association
VF........Voice Frequency
VFAT......Virtual File Allocation Table
VFRP......VINES FRagmentation Protocol
VGA.......Video Graphics Adapter
VGA.......Video Graphics Array
VHF.......Very High Frequency
VHS-C.....Video Home System - Compact
VHS.......Very High Speed
VHS.......Video Home System
VHSIC.....Very High Integrated Circuit
VI........Visual Interactive
VICP......VINES Internet Control Protocol
VIM.......Vendor Independent Messaging
VINES.....VIrtual NEtwork Software
VINES.....VIrtual NEtworking System
VIO.......Virtual Input / Output
VIP.......VINES Internet Protocol
VIPC......VINES InterProcess Communications
VISC......Video Instruction Set Computing
VISCA.....VIdeo System Control Architecture
VLB.......VESA Local Bus
VLBUS.....VESA Local BUS
VLF.......Very Low Frequency
VLIW......Very Large Instructive Word
VLIW......Very Long Instruction Word
VLM.......Virtual Loadable Module
VLR.......Visitor Location Register
VLSI......Very Large Scale Integration
VM........Virtual Machine
VM........Virtual Memory
VM........Virtual Mode
VMB.......Voice Mail Box
VME.......Versa Module Eurocard
VMM.......Virtual Machine Manager
VMM.......Virtual Memory Manager
VMOS......V-groove Metal Oxide Semiconductor
VMS.......Virtual Memory System
VOL.......VOlume Label
VPN.......Virtual Private Network
VR........Virtual Reality
VRAM......Video Random Access Memory
VRC.......Vertical Redundancy Check
VRML......Virtual Reality Markup Language
VRML......Virtual Reality Modelling Language
VRTP......VINES RouTing Protocol
VRU.......Voice-Response Unit
VS........Virtual Storage
VSAM......Virtual Storage Access Method
VSAT......Very Small Aperture Terminal
VSM.......Virtual Shared Memory
VSPP......VINES Sequenced Packet Protocol
VT........Validation Test
VT........Video Terminal
VT........Virtual Terminal
VTAM......Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
VTD.......Video Terminal Display
VTE.......Video Transfer Engine
VTOC......Volume Table Of Contents
VTR.......Video Tape Recorder
VU........Volume Unit
VVMOS.....Vertical V-groove Metal Oxide Semiconductor
VXD.......Virtual Device Driver (X stands for Device)

W
W.........Watt
W4........WorldWide Web Wanderer
WAIS......Wide Area Information Server
WAN.......Wide Area Network
WARC......World Administration Radio Conference
WATS......Wide Area Telecommunications Service
WATS......Wide Area Telephone Service
wcCODE....wildcat Custom On-line Development Engine
WD........Western Digital
WDC.......World Data Centre
WE........Write Enable
WELL......Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
WG........WorkGroup
WHAT......Windows Help Authoring Tools
WIMP......Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointer
WINS......Windows Internet Name(ing) Service
WIPO......World Intellectual Property Organization
WISE......World Information Systems Exchange
WMF.......Windows Meta File
WMO.......World Meteorological Organization
WORM......Write Once Read Many
WP........Write Protect
WPM.......Words Per Minute
WPS.......Windows Printing System
WRAM......Windows Random Access Memory
WRC.......World Radio Conference
WRK.......Windows Resource Kit
WS........Wait State
WWIS......WorldWide Information Systems
WWW.......World Wide Web
WWW.......World Wide Web
WYSIWYG...What You See Is What You Get
WYSIWYP...What You See Is What You Print

X
XA........eXtended Architecture
XBM.......X BitMap
XCA.......eXternal Communication Adapter
XDR.......eXternal Data Representation
XGA.......eXtended Graphics Adapter
XGA.......eXtended Graphics Adapter
XID.......eXchange IDentification
XMM.......eXtended Memory Manager
XMS.......eXtended Memory Specification
XNS.......Xerox Network Services
XNS.......Xerox Network System
XOR.......eXclusive OR
XT........eXtended Technology

Y
YACC......Yet Another Compiler Compiler
YAMM......Yet Another Music Player
YP........Yellow Pages

Z
ZBR.......Zero Bit Reduction
ZBR.......Zone Bit Recording
ZDI.......Ziff-Davis Interactive
ZETA......Zeta Energy Thermonuclear Assembly
ZIF.......Zero Insertion Force
ZIP.......Zone Information Protocol
ZIS.......Zone Information Socket
ZIT.......Zone Information Table