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AA Auto Answer Advanced Communications Function AAB All-to-All Broadcast ACH Automated Clearing House AAL Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaption Layer ACIAS Automated Calibration Interval Analysis System AAP Applications Access Point [DEC] ACIS American Committee for Interoperable Systems AAS All-to-All Scatter ACK Acknowledgment AASP ASCII Asynchronous Support Package ACL Access Control List AAT Average Access Time ACM Association for Computing Machinery ABC * Atanasoff-Berry Computer (First digital Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft] calculating machine that used vacuum tubes) ACMS Application Control Management System ABEND Abnormal End ACP Ancillary Control Program + Auxilary Control Process ABI Application Binary Interface ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface ABIOS Advanced BIOS ACROSS Automated Cargo Release and Operations ABIST Automatic Built-In Self-Test [IBM] Service System ABLE Adaptive Battery Life Extender ACS Access + Access Control Set + ABR Available Bit Rate Access Control System + ABRS Automated Book Request System [British Library] * Advanced Computer System [IBM] + ABS Address Book Synchronization [IBM] + Absolute Asynchronous Communication Server ABT Abort ACTS Automated Computer Time Service ABTS ASCII Block Terminal Services ACTT Advanced Communication and Timekeeping AC Autocheck + Automatic Computer + Alternating Current Technology [Seiko] ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol ACU Automatic Calling Unit ACC Accumulator A/D Analog to Digital ACD Automatic Call Distribution ADA Automatic Data Acquisitions + Programming ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface Language named after Augusta Ada Lovelace) ACE Access Control Entry + ADB Apple Desktop Bus Advanced Computing Environment [SCO] + ADC Adaptive Data Compression (protocol) [Hayes] + Adverse Channel Enhancements [Microcom] + Add with Carry + Analog to Digital Converter * Automatic Computing Engine ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures ACF Access Control Field + ADD Automatic Document Detection [WordPerfect] ADF Automatic Document Feeder + AFA Accelerated File Access Automatically Defined Function AFC Automatic Font Change + Automatic Frequency Control .ADF Adapter Description File (file name extension) AFD Automatic File Distribution ADI AutoCad/AutoDesk Device Interface (driver) AFDW Active Framework for Data Warehousing [Microsoft] ADL Address Data Latch AFII Association for Font Information Interchange ADLAT Adaptive Lattice Filter AFIRM Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression [IBM] + AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System Asynchronous Data Link Control .AFM Adobe Font Metrics (file name extension) [Adobe Systems] ADMACS Apple Document Mangagement And Conrol System AFP Advanced Function Presentation [IBM] + ADMD Administrative Management Domain [X.400] Appletalk Filing Protocol [Macintosh] .ADN Add In Utility (file name extension) AFS Andrew File System (protocols) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] AFTP Anonymous File Transfer Protocol ADO Active Data Objects AGC Automatic Gain Control ADP Automatic Data Processing AGP Accelerated/Advanced Graphics Port ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation AGRAS Antiglare-Antireflective-Antistatic ADR Address AGU Address-Generation Unit ADS Application Development Solutions [AT&T] + AHS Automated Highway Systems Application Development System + AI Analog Input + Artificial Intelligence Automatic Distribution System AIA Applications Integration Architecture [DEC] ADSC Address Status Changed + AIC AIXwindows Interface Composer [IBM] Adobe Document Structuring Conventions AIF Audio Interchange Format ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AIIM Association for Information and Image Management ADSP Apple Datastream Protocol AIN Advanced Intelligent Network [Bell Atlantic] ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release AIS Automated Identification System [NCIC] ADT Abstract Data Type + Application Data Types AISB Association of Imaging Service Bureaus ADU Automatic Dialing Unit AISP Association of Information Systems Professionals AE Above or Equal AIT Advanced Intelligent Tape [Sony] AEB Analog Expansion Bus [Dialogic] AIX Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM] AF Auxiliary carry Flag ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuits + Automatic Level Control ANX Automotive Network Exchange [Chrysler/Ford/General Motors] ALE Address Latch Enable + AO Analog Output Application Linking and Embedding AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment ALGOL Algorithmic Oriented Language (see IAL) AOE Application Operating Environment [AT&T] ALIBI Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases AOL America Online of Information AOS Add Or Subtract ALINK Active Link [HTML] AP Adjunct Processor + Application Processor ALIWEB Archie Like Indexing in the Web [Internet] A/P Accounts Payable ALN Asynchronous Learning Network APA Adaptive Packet Assembly + ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc. All Points Addressable + ALT Alternate (mode) Arithmetic Processing Accelerator ALT. Alternate lifestyle [USENET Newsgroup Category] APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report [IBM] ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit APAREN Address Parity Enable [IBM] AMA Automatic Message Accounting APCUG Association of PC User Groups AMANDDA Automated Messaging and Directory Assistance API Application Program Interface AMD Active Matrix Display + APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (bus) [Intel] Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. APIS Advanced Passenger Information System AMI American Megatrends, Inc. APL * A Programming Language (Mathematics) AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture APM Advanced Power Management [IBM] [Everex Systems] APOP Authenticated Post Office Protocol AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service .APP Application (file name extension) [R:Base] ANCOVA Analysis of Covariance APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communications [IBM] ANDF Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking ANI Automatic Number Identification APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking [IBM] .ANI Animated Cursor (file name extension) [Microsoft] APPS Applications ANN Artificial Neural Network APRP Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing .ANN Annotations (file name extension) [IBM] APS Advanced Photo System + Advanced Printing Service [IBM] ANOVA Analysis Of Variance Asynchronous Protocol Specification ANSI American National Standards Institute APSE ADA Programming Support Environment APT Address Pass Through + ASAP As Soon As Possible + Advanced Parallel Technology + Automatic Switching And Processing Automatically Programmed Tools AS3AP ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable A/R Accounts Receivable .ASC ASCII text (file name extension) ARA AppleTalk Remote Access ASCC * Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator [IBM] ARAG Antireflective-Antiglare ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ARAS Antireflective-Antistatic ASF Active Streaming Format [Microsoft] .ARC Archive (file name extension) ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ARCA Advanced RISC Computing Architecture ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology ARCnet Attached Resource Computer Network ASL Adaptive Speed Levelling .ARJ Compressed File (file name extension) [Jung] ASLM Apple Shared Library Manager [Macintosh] ARL Adjusted Ring Length .ASM Assembler Source Language (file name extension) ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited ASMP Asymmetric Multprocessing ARM Advanced RISC Machine (processor) + ASN Abstract Syntax Notation + Autonomous System Number Annotated Reference Manual + ASO Automated Systems Operations Asynchronous Response Mode ASP Active Server Page [Microsoft] + ARMA Association of Records Managers and Administrators Authorized Service Provider + ARP Address Resolution Protocol [Novell] Association of Shareware Professionals ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network .ASP Active Server Page (file name extension) ARPL Adjust Requested Privilege Level ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface [Adaptec] ARTA Apple Real Time Architecture ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System ARTIC A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor [IBM] ASR Address Space Register + Automatic Send-Receive + ARTS Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server Automatic Speech Recognition .ARTS Cultual Groups (Domain Name) [Internet] AST AST Research, Inc. (named from first initials of ARTT Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal the founders: Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey, Thomas Yuen) ARQ Automatic Repeat Request AS/U Advanced Server for Unix ARU Audio Response Unit ASYNC Asynchronous AS Autonomous System [Internet] AS/400 Application System/400 [IBM] ASAI Adjunct Switch Application Interface [AT&T] AT Advanced Technology + Attention ATA Advanced Technology Attachment AVG Average ATDP Attention Dial Pulse AVI Audio Visual Interleave [Microsoft] ATDT Attention Dial Tone AVR Automatic Voice Recognition ATE Automated Test Equipment AVT Applied Voice Technology ATG Advanced Technology Group AWG American Wire Gage ATH Attention Hang-Up (Modem command) AWK (Unix language named after its authors... ATL Active Template Library Al Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan) ATM Adobe Typeface Manager + Asynchronous Transfer Mode + AWS Advanced Workstations and Systems (group) [IBM] Automated Teller Machine AWT Abstract Window Toolkit [Java] ATPS AppleTalk Printing Services [Macintosh] AX Architecture Extended + Automatic Transmission ATR Automatic Terminal Recognition B... ATS Administrative Terminal System + Apple Terminal Services BACP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph BAK Binary Adaptation Kit [Microsoft] ATTN Attention .BAK Backup (file name extension) ATTRIB Attribute (also ATR) BAL Basic Assembly Language ATZ Attention Restore configuration profile from BALUN Balanced Unbalanced (device) nonvolatile RAM (Modem command) BAM Boyan Action Module .AU Audio (file name extension) BARTS Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing AUDIT Automated Data Input Terminal .BAS Basic Language (file name extension) AUI Attachment/Autonomous Unit Interface BASH Bourne Again Shell [Unix] AUP Acceptable Use Policy [Internet] BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code AUTO Automatic BASM Built-In Assembler AUTOEXEC Automatic Execution BAT Block Address Translation AUX Auxiliary + (First Serial Port) .BAT Batch Processing (file name extension) AV Audio/Video + Audiovisual + Authenticity Verification BBS Bulletin Board System AVA Audio Visual Authoring [IBM] BCC Block Check Character AVC Audio Visual Connection [IBM] BCC: Blind Carbon Copy AVD Alternating Voice and Data BCD Binary Coded Decimal B-CHANNEL Bearer Channel .BGI Borland Graphic Interface (file name extension) BCL Batch Command Language BGP Border Gateway Protocol BCN Beacon BGT Branch if Greater Than BCP Best Current Practice + Bulk Copy Program BHI Branch if Higher BCPL Basic Computer Programming Language BHIS Branch if Higher or Same BCR Byte Count Register BI Binary Input BCS Bar Code Sorter .BIB Bibliography (file name extension) BDA Bios Data Area BiDi Bi-Directional BDC Backup Domain Controller BIFET Bipolar Field Effect Transistor BDE Borland Database Engine [Borland] BIFF Binary Interchange File Format BDLS Bidirectional Loop Switching BIM Beginning of Information Marker BDOS Basic Disk Operating System .BIN Binary (file name extension) BDR Bus Device Request BINAC * Binary Automatic Computer BDSL Broadband ADSL BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain BE Below or Equal BINHEX Binary Hexadecimal BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification BIOS Basic Input/Output System BEDO Burst Extended Data Out BIS Business Information System BEL Bell BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network BELLCORE Bell Communications Research BIST Built-In Self-Test BER Basic Encoding Rules + Bit Error Rate BiSYNC (See BSYNC) BERT Bit Error Rate Test/Tester BIT Binary Digit BF Bad Flag BITNET Because It's Time Network B/F Background/Foreground BITNIC Bitnet Network Information Center BFF Binary File Format [IBM] BIU Bus Interface Unit BFT Binary File Transfer BIX Byte Information Exchange (BBS) BFTP Batch FTP BIZ. Business [USENET Newsgroup Category] BGA Ball Grid Array .BK! Backup (file name extension) [WordPerfect] BGCOLOR Background Color [HTML] .B~K Backup (file name extension) BGE Branch if Greater or Equal BKSP Backspace BL Backlit + Bit Line BORQU Borland Quattro BLAST Blocked Asynchronous Transmission (protocol) BOS Basic Operating System [Communications Research Group] BOT Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape + Robot .BLD BASIC Bload Graphics (file name extension) BP Base Pointer BLE Branch if Less or Equal BPB BIOS Parameter Block BLER Block Error BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit BLK Block BPI Bits Per Inch BLMC Buried Logic Macrocell BPL Branch if Plus BLOB Binary Large Object BPS Bits Per Second + Bytes Per Second BLOS Branch if Lower Or Same BR Bad Register BMI Branch if Minus BRGC Binary Reflected Gray Code BMIC BusMaster Interface Controller [Intel] BRI Basic Rate Interface + Brain Response Interface BMP Basic Mapping Support + Batch Message Processing Program BS Backspace .BMP Bitmap (file name extension) [Paintbrush Format] BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman (connector used with BSC Binary Synchronous Communication coaxial cable invented by Mr. Neill-Concelman) .BSC Boyan Script (file name extension) [Boyan Communications] BNE Branch if Not Equal BSCS Bachelor of Science (Degree) in Computer Science BNF Backus-Naur Form (also Backus-Normal Form) [developed by BSD Berkely Software/Standard Distribution John Backus and Peter Naur] BSF Bit Scan Forward BNS Backbone Network Service BSI British Standards Institute BO Binary Output BSP Bulk Synchronous Parallelism BoB Break-out Box BSR Bit Scan Reverse BOC Basic Operator Console BSS Block Started by Symbol BOF Beginning Of File BSV BASIC Bsave Graphics (file name extension) BOM Beginning Of Message BSY Busy BOND Bandwidth On Demand BSYNC Binary Synchronous Communications (protocol) BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol [Internet] BT Bit Test BOPS Billion Operations Per Second BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method [IBM] BORPQU Borland Pro Quattro BTB Branch Target Buffer BTC Bit Test and Complement CAM Common Access Method + Computer Aided Manufacturing + BTOA Binary To ASCII Contents Addressable Memory BTP Batch Transfer Program CAN Cancel BTR Bit Test and Reset CAP Carrierless Amplitude and Phase-Modulation + BTS Bit Test and Set Central Arbitration Point + BU Branch Unit Communication Application Platform + BUBL Bulletin Board for Libraries [Janet] Competitive Access Provider + BUF Buffer Computer Aided Publishing BUS Broadcast and Unknown Server .CAP Capture (file name extension) BVH Base Video Handler CAPD Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities [Johns BWM Block-Write Mode Hopkins University] B2X Binary To Hexadecimal [REXX] CAPS Capitals (Upper Case Letters) + BYTE Binary Element String Cassette Programming System CARL C.. CAS Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries [Internet] Column Address Select + C C Programming Language Communications Application Specification + .C C source code (file name extension) [C] CASE Computer Aided Styling CA Collision Avoidance Computer Aided Software Engineering .CAB Cabinet (file name extension) [Microsoft] CASL Crosstalk Application Scripting Language [DCA] CAD Computer Aided Design CASS Computer Assisted Search Service CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting CASSIS Classified and Search Support Information System CADE Client/server Application Development Environment CAT Computer Adaptive Test + Computer Aided Testing + CAE Client Application Enabler + Computer Aided Tomography + Common Applications Environment + Computer Aided Engineering .CAT Computer Aided Transcription + Concatenate CAEX Computer Aided Exploration Catalog (file name extension) CAG Column Address Generator CATS Computer Assisted Training System CAI Computer Aided Instruction CAT SCAN Computerized Axial Tomography Scan CAL Calendar + Computer Aided Learning CATV Community Antenna Television (this was the original CALS Computer-Aided Acquisition in Logistic Support name for what is now known as Cable TV) CAU Controlled Access Unit .CCS Color Calibration System (file name extension) CAV Constant Angular Velocity CCSD Cellular Circuit-Switched Data CBC Cipher Block Chaining CD Carrier Detect + Change Directory + CBCR Channel Byte Count Register Collision Detection + Color Display + Compact Disk CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data Service C/D Control Data CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment C2D Character To Decimal [REXX] Manufacturers Association CDA Compound Document Architecture [DEC] CBGA Ceramic Ball Grid Array CDC Control Data Corporation CBI Computer Based Instruction CD_CHRDY Card Channel Ready [IBM] CBL Computer Based Learning CD-DA Compact Disk -Digital Audio .CBL COBOL source code (file name extension) CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface CBMS Computer-Based Mail System CDE Common Desktop Environment + Complex Data Entry CBR Case Based Reasoning + Constant Bit Rate CD-E Compact Disk - Erasable CBT Computer Based Training CDF Channel Definition Format CBW Convert Byte to Word .CDF Comma Delimited Format (file name extension) CBX Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange CDFS Compact Disc File System [Microsoft] CC Cluster Controller CD+G Compact Disk plus Graphics CC: Carbon Copy CD-I Compact Disk - Interactive CCD Charged-Coupled Device CDIA Certified Document Imaging Architect CCFT Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube CDL Computer Design Language CCI Common Client Interface CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CCITT Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et CDMF Commercial Data Masking Facility [IBM] Telephonique/ CD-MO Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone CDOS CCL Connection/Cursor Control Language CDPD CCP Console Command Processor CDR CCS + Common Command Set + Common Communications Services CD-R Compact Disk - Recordable Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording Cellular Digital Packet Data Concurrent Disk Operating System Compact Disk - Magneto Optical Common Communications Support + CD-RDx Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard Continuous Composite Servo CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory CGE Common Graphics Environment CD-RTOS Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System CGI Common Gateway Interface + Computer Generated Images + CD-RW Compact Disk - Re-Writable Computer Graphics Interface CDS Current Directory Structure .CGM Computer Graphics Metafile (file name extension) + CDSA Common Data Security Architecture Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] .CDT Corel Draw Template (file name extension) CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol CD-V Compact Disk - Video CHAR Character CD-WO Compact Disk - Write Once CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology [Internet] .CDX Compound Index (file name extension) [Fox Pro] CHCK Channel Check CD-XA Compact Disk - Extended Architecture CHCP Change Code Page CE Cache Enable + Chip Enable + Collision Elimination + CHDIR Change Directory Convert Enable CHFN Change Finger [Unix] CEG Continuous Edge Graphics CHGRP Change Group CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference .CHK CHKDSK (file name extension) CELP Card Edge Low Profile (socket) [Intel] CHKDSK Check Disk CEMS Constituent Electronic Mail System CHMOD Change Mode CEOP Conditional End Of Page CHOWN Change Owner CER Canonical Encoding Rules CHP Chapter CERN The European Particle Physics Laboratory (initials CHR Character originally from Conseil European pour la Recherche Nucleaire) CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CHS Cylinder Head Sector CFB Cipher Feedback + Configurable Function Block CI Component Interface .CFG Configuration (file name extension) CIA Current Instruction Address CFM Code Fragment Manager [Macintosh] CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability CFR Computerized Facial Recognition CICS/VS Customer Information Control System/ CFS Caching/Common File System Virtual Storage [IBM] CFV Call For Votes [Bitnet] CID Charge-Injection Device + CG Control Gate Configuration/Installation/Distribution CGA Color Graphics Adapter CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIF Common Interchange/Intermediate Format + CLD Clear Direction Flag Crystallographic Information File + CLI Call-Level Interface + Clear Interrupt Flag + Customer Information Feed Client Library Interface + Command Line Interface CIFS Common Internet File System CLIB C Library CIM Common Information Model + CLID Calling Line Identification CompuServe Information Manager + CLIST Command List Computer Integrated Manufacturing CLK Clock CIO Chief Information Officer CLNP Connectionless Network Protocol CIOCS Communication Input/Output Control System CLOS Common Lisp Object System CIP Command Interface Port CLP Cell Loss Priority + Constraint Logic Programming CIR Committed Information Rate .CLP Clipboard (file name extension) [Windows] CIRC Circular Reference + CLS Clear Screen Cross-Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code CLTP Connectionless Transport Protocol CIS Card Information Structure + Client Information System + CLTS Clear Task Switch Flag CompuServe Information Service + CLUI Command Line User Interface Computer Information Systems + Contact Image Sensor + CLUT Color Look-Up Table Customer Information System CLV Constant Linear Velocity CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer CM Centimeter + Control Mark + Corrective Maintenance CIT Computer-Integrated Telephony CMA Concert Multi-thread Architecture CIVR Computer and Interactive Voice Response CMC Common Mail Calls + Common Messaging Calls + CIX Commercial Internet Exchange + Communication Management Configuration + Compulink Information Exchange Complement Carry Flag + CJLI Command Job Language Interpreter Computer-Mediated Communication [Internet] CKD Count Key Data (device) CMD Circuit Mode Data CLAR Channel Local Address Register .CMD Command (file name extension) CLASS Client Access to Systems and Services + CMF Creative Music Format Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services + CNIDR Clearinghouse for Network Information and Custom Local-Area Signaling Services Discovery and Retrieval [Internet] CLC Clear Carry Flag CMIP Common Management Information Protocol CMIS Common Management Information Services/System CNVT Convert CML Conceptual Modelling Language + CNX Certified Network Expert Computer Managed Learning + Current Mode Logic CO Central Office + Command Output + Convert Out CMM Capability Maturity Model COAX Coaxial Cable CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management Software COB Chip-On-Board CMMU Cache/Memory Management Unit [Motorola] .COB COBOL source code (file name extension) CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor COBOL Common Business-oriented Language (See HLL) CMOV Conditional Move .COD Code List (file name extension) CMP Compare + Computer CODASYL * Conference on Data System Languages (Group that CMPS Compare word String designed COBOL) CMS Code Management System + Compiler Monitor System + CODE Client-Server Open Development Environment Conversation Monitor System CODEC Coder/Decoder + Compression/Decompression CMVC Configuration Management Version Control [IBM] COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer CMW Compartmented Mode Workstation COFF Common Object File Format [Unix] CMY Cyan-Magenta-Yellow (color model) COGO Coordinate Geometry (Programming Language) CMYK Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model) COL Collision + Computer Oriented Language CNA Certified NetWare Administrator [Novell] COLD Computer Output to Laser Disk CNAPS Co-Processing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems COLL Collision CNC Computerized Numerical Control COM Common Object Model [Microsoft] + CNE Certified NetWare Engineer Computer Output Microfilm .CNF Configuration (file name extension) .COM Command (file name extension) + CNG Calling (tone) Commercial Business (Domain Name0 [Internet] CNI Certified Novell Instructor [Novell] COM1 First serial Port (asynchronous port) CNIDR Clearinghouse for Networked Information and Retrieval COM2 Second serial Port CNN Composite Network Node COM3 Third serial Port CNR Carier to Noise Ratio COM4 Fourth serial Port CNSS Core Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet] COMDEX Computer Dealers Exposition .CNT Contents (file name extension) COMET Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator CNV Conventional (pertaining to Memory) COMP Compare + Communications COMP. Computers [USENET Newsgroup Category] Common Programming Interface [IBM] COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation .CPI Code Page Information (file name extension) [MS-DOS] CON Console (includes Keyboard and Screen) CPI-C Common Programming Interface for Communications [IBM] COND Condition CPIO Copy In and Out [Unix] CONFIG Configuration CPL Current Privilege Level CONS Connection-Oriented Network Service .CPL Control Panel (file name extension) CONTONE Continuous Tone CPM Critical Path Method COPICS Communications Oriented Production Information CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers [Digital Research] and Control System [IBM] CPS Characters Per Second + Cycles Per Second CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture CPT Command Pass Through CoREN Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network CPU Central Processing Unit COS Compatible Operating System CR Carriage Return COSE Combined Office Standard Environment + CRAM Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement Common Open Software/Systems Environment CRAYON Create Your Own Newspaper COSMIC Computer Software Management and Information CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check Center [NASA] .CRD Cardfile (file name extension) + COSMOS Computer System for Mainframe Operations Chord (music file name extension) COSS Common Object Services Specification CREN Computer Research Education Network + COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf Corporation for Research and Education Networking CP Copy Protected CRF Cable Retransmission Facility + Cross Reference File CPA Certified Public Accountant CRI Color Reproduction Indices CPC Constant Point Calculation CR/LF Carriage Return/Line Feed CPCS Check Processing Control System [IBM] CROM Control Read Only Memory CPE Central Processing Element + CRT Cathode Ray Tube Customer Premises Equipment + CRTC CRT Controller Customer Provided Equipment CS Chip Select + Clear to Send + Code Segment .CPE Cover Page (file name extension) C/S Client/Server CPG Clock Pulse Generator CSA Calendaring and Scheduling API [IBM] CPI Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction + CSAR Channel System Address Register CSCW Computer Supported Cooperative Work CSSM Client-Server Systems Management [IBM] CSD Circuit-Switched Data + CS/SS Card Service/Socket Service Computer Services Department + CSTA Computer-Supported Telephony Applications Corrective Service Diskette [IBM] CSU Channel Service Unit CSDS Circuit Switched Data Service CSV Circuit-Switched Voice + CSE Certified System Engineer Comma-Separated Value/Variable + CSFI Communication Subsystem For Interconnection Common Services Verbs (interface) [Microsoft] CSG Constructive Solid Geometry + C&T Chips and Technologies Consulting Services Group [Lotus] CTB Cipher Type Byte CSI Command Sequence Introducer + CompuServe Incorporated CTC Channel To Channel CSID Call Subscriber ID CTCP Client-To-Client Protocol CSL Computer Sensitive Language CTI Computer-Telephony Integration CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol [Internet] CTOS Computerized Tomography Operating System + CSM Code Set Map (file) + Communications Services Manager Convergent Technologies Operating System CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Avoidance CTPA Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Detection CTRCO * Calculating,Tabulating,Recording Company (The name of CSMS Customer Support Management System this company was changed to "International Business CSN Card-Select Number Machines" by Thomas J. Watson, Sr.) CSNET Computer Science Network CTRL Control CSO Central Services Organization CTS Clear To Send + Customer Telephone System CSP Certified Systems Professional + CTSS * Compatible Time Sharing System Commercial Subroutine Package + CUA Common User Access [IBM] CompuCom Speed Protocol [CompuCom] + CUB Cursor Backward Communicating Sequential Processes + CUD Cursor Down Cross System Product [IBM] CUE Custom Updates and Extras (card) [Egghead Software] CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network CUF Cursor Forward CSS * Continuous System Simulator (Language) CUI Character-Oriented User Interface + CSS Cascading Style Sheets [Microsoft] + Common User Interface [IBM] Contact Start-Stop CUP Cursor Position CUPID Completely Universal Processor I/O Design [AST] DAL Data Access Language [Apple Computer] + .CUR Cursor (file name extension) Disk Access Lockout CUSIP Committee for Uniform Security Identification DAM Data Acquisition and Monitoring Procedures [U.S. Treasury] DAMPS Digital AMPS CUT Control Unit Terminal DAO Data Access Object [Microsoft] CUTE Clarkston University Terminal Emulator DAP Data Access Protocol [DEC] + CUU Cursor Up Developer Assistance Program CVF Compressed Volume File DAPIE Developers Application Programming Interface Extensions CVGA Color Video Graphics Array DARI Database Application Remote Interface [IBM] CVIA Computer Virus Industry Association DARMS Digital Alternate Realization of Musical Symbols CVT Convert DART Digital Audio Reconstruction Technology CVW CodeView for Windows DAS Decimal Adjust for Subtraction + CWD Convert Word to Double Word + Dual-Attached Station Change Working Directory [Internet] DASD Direct Access Storage Device [IBM] CWIS Campus Wide Information Service/System [Internet] + DAT Digital Audio Tape + Disk Array Technology Community Wide Information Service/System [Internet] .DAT Data (file name extension) C2X Character To Hexadecimal [REXX] DATACOM Data Communications CYL Cylinder DAV Digital Audio-Video CYMK Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black (color model) DAVIC Digital Audio-Visual Council dB D... DB Decibel Data Base + Data Buffer D/A Digital to Analog dBA Adjusted Decibel DAA Data Access Arrangement + DBCS Delivery Bar Code Sorter + Double-Byte Character Set Decimal Adjust for Addition .DBF Database (file name extension) DAC Data Acquisition and Control + DBIS Dun & Bradstreet Information Services Digital to Analog Converter + DBM Data Base Manager Dual Attachment Concentrator DBMS Data Base Management System DAD Desktop Application Director [Borland] DBS Data Base Server DAI Distributed Artificial Intelligence DBV Digital Broadcast Video DB2 Database 2 DCS Data Collection System + Data Control System + DC Data Collection + Data Communication + Data Control + Desktop Color Separation + Distributed Control System Device Control + Direct Current DCT Discrete Cosine Transform D2C Decimal To Character [REXX] .DCT Dictionary (file name extension) DCA Digital Communications Associates + DCU Data-Cache Unit Document Content Architecture [IBM] DD Day + Digital Display + Double Density DCAF Distributed Console Access Facility [IBM] DDA Distributed Data Access + Domain-Defined Attribute DCAM Direct Chip Attach Module DDB Device Dependent Bitmap + Device Descriptor Block DCB Device Control Block + Disk Coprocessor Board [Novell] DDC Digital Data Channel [VESA] + Display Data Channel DCC Digital Command Control + Digital Compact Cassette + DDCMP Digital Data Communications Message Protocol [DEC] Direct Cable/Client Connection + Display Combination Code DDC1 Display Data Channel One DCD Data Carrier Detect DDCS Distributed Database Connection Services [IBM] DCE Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment + DDD Data Definition Language + Direct Distance Dialing Data Communications Equipment + DDE Direct Data Entry + Dynamic Data Exchange [Microsoft] Distributed Computing Environment [OSF] + DDEML Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library [Microsoft] Distributed Computing Equipment DDF Display Data Channel + Dynamic Data Formatting [IBM] DCED Distributed Computing Environment Daemon DDI Device Driver Interface + Direct Dial In DCF Data Communication Facility [IBM] + DDK Device Driver Kit [Microsoft Windows] Data Compression Facility + DDL Data Definition Language + Data Description Language Data Count Field [IBM] + DDM Distributed Data Management Driver Configuration File [Lotus] DDN Defense Data Network D-CHANNEL Data Channel DDNS Dynamic Domain Naming System DCI Display Control Interface DDP Distributed Data Processing DCL Data Control Language + Declaration + DDS Digital Dataphone Service [AT&T] + Design Data Sheet + DEC Command Language [DEC] + Digital Data Storage + Distributed Database Services Device Clear + Digital Control Logic + DDX Digital Data Exchange Digital Command Language [Digital] DE Device End DCOM Distributed Component Object Model DEC Decrement + Device Clear + Digital Equipment Corporation DCP Digital Light Processing [TI] DECNET Digital Equipment Corporation Networking (protocol) DEF Desktop Functional Equivalent [Compaq] DIA Document Interchange Architecture [IBM] .DEF Definitions + Defaults (file name extensions) DIB Device Independent Bitmap + DEFRAG Defragment Directory Information Base + DEK Data Encryption Key Dual Independent Bus [Intel] DEL Delete DIBOL DEC Business Oriented Language DELSTR Delete String [REXX] .DIC Dictionary (file name extension) .DEM Demonstration (file name extension) DID Direct Inward Dialing DEN Document Enabled Networking [Novell-Xerox] DIDS Distributed Intrusion Detection System DER Distinguished Encoding Rules DIF Data Interchange Format DES Data Encryption Standard + Data Entry Sheet DIFFSENS Differential Sense .DES Description (file name extension) DIIP Direct Interrupt Identification Port DET Device Execute Trigger DIMM Dual In-Line Memory Module DEV Device DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm (German equivalent of EIA) DF Data Field + Destination Field + Device Flag + DIO Data Input-Output Double Flag DIP Dialup Internet Protocol [Internet] + DFC Data Flow Control Digital Imaging Processing + DFM Design For Manufacturability [IBM] Dual In-line Package + Dual In-line Pin DFS Distributed File System DIR Directory (file) DFSMS Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem [IBM] DIS Draft International Standard + DFT Design For Testability + Diagnostic Function Test + Dynamic Impedance Stabilization [CompuCom] Discrete Fourier Transform + DISA Data Interchange Standards Association Distributed Function Terminal DISP Displacement (offset) DFU Data File Utility DIT Directory Information Tree DGIS Direct Graphics Interface Standard DIV Divide DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DIVE Direct Interface Video Extension [OS/2 Warp] DHL Dynamic Head Loading DIW D-Inside Wire [AT&T] .DHP Dr. Halo PIC (file name extension) .DIZ Description In Zip (file name extension) DHTML Dynamic HTML DL Download (also D/L) DI Data In + Destination Index DL/1 Data Manipulation Language 1 [IBM] DMSS DLC Data Link Control (protocol) [IBM] + DMT Distributed Loop Carrier DMTF DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier DMY DLD Display List Driver DN DLE Data Link Escape DNC DLL Dynamic Link Library DNIC DLM Distributed Lock Manager + Dynamic Link Module DNIS DLP Digital Light Processing [TI] DNS DLR DOS LAN Requester DO DLS Data Link Switching [IBM] .DOC DLT Digital Linear Tape DOCSV DM Distributed Memory DOE DMA Direct Memory Access/Addressing DOIP DMAC DMA Controller DO-IT DMACS Distributed Manufacturing Automation & Control Software Distributed Mass Storage System Digital/Discrete Multi-Tone Desktop Management Task Force Day Month Year Down Direct Numerical Control Data Network Identification Code Dialed Number Identification Service Domain Naming System Data Out + Distributed Objects Document + Documentation (file name extensions) Data Over Circuit-Switched Voice Distributed Objects Everywhere Dial Other Internet Providers [IBM] Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology DMD Digital Micromirror Device [TI] DOM DME Distributed Management Environment DOMF DMF Distribution Media Format [Microsoft] DOS DMI Desktop Mangement Interface DOSEM DML Data Manipulation Language DOV DMM Digital Multimeter DOW DMMS Dynamic Memory Management System DP DMOS Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor DPA DMP Dot Matrix Printer Document Printing Architecture DMPC Distributed Memory Parallel Computer DPAM DMQS Display Mode Query and Set [IBM] DPAREN DMS System Data Management Software + Data/Document Management DPB Drive Parameter Block Data Parity Enable [IBM] Demand Priority Access Method Demand Protocol Architecture [3Com] + Data Processing Day Of Week Data Over Voice DOS Emulation Disk Operating System Distributed Object Management Facility Document Object Model DMSD Digital Multistandard Decoding DPC Direct Program Control DPI Distributed Protocol Interface + Dots Per Inch D/S Dhrystone Per Second DPL Descriptor Privilege Level DSA Directory System Agent DPM Digital Panel Meter DSAP Destination Service Access Point DPMA Data Processing Management Association DSDD Double Sided, Double Density (diskette) DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface [Microsoft] DSE Data Storage Equipment DPMS Display Power Management Support DSEA Display Station Emulation Adapter DPO Data Phase Optimization DSECT Dummy Control Section DPS Document Processing System DSHD Double Sided, High Density (diskette) DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying DSIS Distributed Support Information Standard DPtoTP Display Coordinates to Tablet Coordinates DSL Digital Subscriber Line + (converting) Dynamic Simulation Language DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer DQL Data Query Language DSMA Digital Sense Multiple Access DR Data Received DSOM Distributed System Object Model D/R Direct or Reverse DSP Digital Signal Processing/Processor + DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory Directory Synchronization Protocol [Lotus] DRAW Direct Read After Write DSQD Double Sided, Quad Density (diskette) DR.BOND Dial-up Router Bandwidth On Demand [NEC] DSR Data Set Ready + Device Status Register + DRDA Distributed Relational Database Architecture [IBM] Device Status Report DR-DOS Digital Research-Disk Operating System DSS Decision Support System + Digital Signature Standard DRDW Direct Read During Write DSSI Digital Standard Systems Interconnect [DEC] DRI Digital Research Incorporated DSSS Direct-Sequencing Spread Spectrum DRO Data Request Output + Destructive Read-Out DSTN Double Supertwisted Nematic DRS Document Registration System DSU Data Service Unit + Digital Service Unit .DRS Driver Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect] DSVD Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data DRV Drive DSW Data Status Word + Device Status Word .DRV Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DVR) DSX Digital Signals Cross-Connect .DRW Draw + Drawing (file name extensions) D2T2 Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (printing) DS Data Segment + Data Send + Data Server + Double Sided DTA Disk Transfer Area .DTA Data (file name extension) DXC Data Exchange Control DTC Desktop Conferencing DXF Drawing Exchange Format DTD Document Type Definition DXI Data Exchange Interface DTE Data Terminal Equipment + Dumb Terminal Emulator E... DTF Distributed Test Facility DTL Dialogue Tag Language [IBM] + Diode-Transistor Logic EA Effective Address + Extended Attribute [OS/2] DTMF Data Tone Multiple Frequency + Dual Tone Multifrequency EAR External Access Register DTP Desktop Publishing + Distributed Transaction Process EARN European Academic Research Network DTR Data Terminal Ready + Data Transfer Rate EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory DTV Desktop Video EARS Electronic Access to Reference Services + DTVC Desktop Video Conferencing Electronic Authoring and Routing System [DEC] + DU Disk Usage Explicit Archive and Retrieval System [Langley Research] DUA Directory User Agent EATA Enhanced AT Bus Attachment DUAT Direct User Access Terminal EBC EISA Bus Controller DUN Dial-Up Networking [Microsoft] EBCT Electron Beam Computed Tomography DUNCE Dial Up Network Connection Enhancement EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code [IBM] .DV DESQview Script (file name extension) EBI Equivalent Background Input + DVC Desktop Video Conferencing Extended Background Investigation DVD Digital Video Disk EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer DVE Digital Video Effect EC Electronic Commerce + Error Control DVI Digital Video Interactive ECAL Enjoy Computing And Learn .DVI Device Independent (file name extension) ECAT Electronic Card Assembly and Test [IBM] DVMRP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol [Internet] ECB Electronic Codebook + Event Control Block .DVR Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DRV) ECC Elliptic Curve Crypto + Error Check Code + DWG Drawing Error Checking and Correction + Error Correction Code DWMT Discrete Wavelet Multitone ECD Enhanced Color Display + Enhanced Compact Disk D2X Decimal To Hexadecimal [REXX] ECHO European Commission Host Organization [Internet] .DXB Drawing Interchange Binary (file name extension) ECI External Call Interface [AutoCAD] ECL Emitter Coupled Logic ECM Electronic Control Module .EDU Educational Institutions (Domain Name) [Internet] ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association EDVAC * Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer ECNE Enterprise Certified NetWare Engineer [Novell] (First stored-program digital computer) ECP Enhanced/Extended Capabilities Port [Microsoft] EE Extended Edition [IBM] ECTL Electronic Communal Temporal Lobe EEC Extended Error Correction ECU EISA Configuration Utility EEG Electroencephalogram ED Erase Display EEL Epsilon Extension Language EDA Electronic Design Automation + EEM Extended Memory Management Embedded Document Architecture [Go Corporation] EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification EDC Electronic Digital Computer + EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory Enhanced Data Correction + EES Escrow Encryption Standard Error Detection and Correction EFA Extended File Attribute EDDC Extended Distance Data Cable EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval EFI Electromechanical Frequency Interference + EDI Electronic Data Interchange + Electronics For Imaging Electronic Document Interchange [DEC] EFL Emitter Follower Logic EDIFACT EDI for Administration Commerce and Transport E-FORM Electronic Form EDL Edit Decision List EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter EDLIN Editor (Line Text) EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol EDMS Electronic Document Management System EGREP Extended Global Regular Expression Print [Unix] EDO Extended Data Out EHLLAPI Emulator High Level Language Application EDOS Enhanced DOS for Windows Programming Interface [IBM] EDP Electronic Data Processing EIA Electronic Industries Association EDPM Electronic Data Processing Machine EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics EDRAM Extended Dynamic Random Access Memory EIS Executive Information System EDS Electronic Data Systems (corporation) EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture EDSAC * Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer EL Electroluminescent (display) + Erase Line EDSI Enhanced Small Device Interface ELAN Emulated Local Area Network ELC Embedded Linking and Control ENSS Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet] ELF Executable and Linking Format + EOA End Of Address Extremely Low Frequency EOB End Of Block ELS Entry Level System EOC End Of Conversion EM Electronic Mail + Emphasized + End of Medium + EOF End Of File + Enterprise Objects Framework [Next Computer] Expanded Memory EOI End Of Interrupt + End Or Identify EMA Electronic Mail Association + EOJ End Of Job Enterprise Management Architecture EOL End Of Line + End Of List EMACS Editing Macros [Unix] EOM End Of Message E-MAIL Electronic Mail EOR Exclusive OR (Also XOR) EMB Extended Memory Block [LIM/AST] EOS Earth Observing System [NASA] + End Of String EMBARC Electronic Mail Broadcast to a Roaming Computer EOSDIS [NASA] Earth Observing System Data and Information System [Motorola] EOT EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility + Enhanced Memory Chip + End Of Transmission E-Mail Connection + Extended Math Coprocessor EP EMI Electromagnetic Interference EPIC .EML Electronic Mail (file name extension) EPL EMM Expanded Memory Manager EPLD EMR Electro-Magnetic Radiation + EPM Enhanced Metafile Record Enterprise Process Management [IBM] EMS Electronic Mail System + Electronic Message Service + EPP Expanded Memory Specification [LIM] EPROM EMWAC European Microsoft Windows NT Academic Centre Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory .ENC Encoded (file name extension) .EPS ENDEC Encoder/Decoder EPSF ENDS Ends Segment ERA ENIAC * Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and ERAS Computer (First fully electronic digital computer) ERD ENQ Enquiry ERIC Educational Resources Information Center [Internet] Emergency Repair Disk Electronic Routing and Approval System [Hughes Aircraft] Extended Registry Attributes Encapsulated PostScript Files Encapsulated PostScript (file name extension) Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory + Enhanced Parallel Port Enhanced Editor for Presentation Manager [IBM] + Electrically Programmable Logic Device Effective Privilege Level Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing Electrophotographic Engine End Of Table + End Of Tape (marker) + End Of Text + ERLL Enhanced Run Length Limited ETACS Extended Total Access Communication System [IBM] ERMA * Electronic Recording Method, Accounting [General Electric] ETANN Electrically Trainable Analog Neural EROM Erasable Read Only Memory Network (chip) [Intel] EROS Earth Resources Observation System [U.S. Geological Survey] ETB End of Transmission Block ERR Error ETC Electronic Toll Collection + ER/RC Extended Result/Response Code Enhanced Throughput Cellular (modem protocol) [AT&T] ERU Emergency Recovery Utility [Microsoft] ETOM Electron-Trapping Optical Memory ES Extra Segment ETPL Endorsed Tempest Products List ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture [IBM] + ETS Econometric Time Series European Space Agency ETX End Of Text ESC EISA System Component + Escape EU Execution Unit ESCM Extended Services Communications Manager [IBM] EUC End User Computing + Extended Unix Code [IBM] ESCON Enterprise System Connection (Architecture) [IBM] EUI End-User Interface ESC/P Epson Standard Code for Printers EVE Extensible VAX Editor ESD Electronic Software Distribution + EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array + Electrostatic Discharge Extended Video Graphics Adapter ESDI Enhanced Small/System Device Interface EWAN Emulator Without A Good Name [Internet] ESF Extended Superframe EWS Employee Written Software [IBM] ESI Enhanced Serial Interface (specification) [Hayes] ExCA Exchangeable Card Architecture [Intel] ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio .EXE Executable (file name extension) ESN Electronic Security Number EXE2BIN Program used to convert an (.EXE) file to binary ESP Emulation Sensing Processor + format (.COM) file Encapsulating Security Payload (header) + EXM Enterprise Messaging Exchange [Lotus] Enhanced Serial Port [Hayes] + Enhanced Service Provider + EXP Exponent Estimated Selling Price EXT External ESR Event Service Routine EXTRN External Reference ESS Electronic Switching System E-ZINE Electronic Magazine ESU Electro-Static Unit F... ET Enhancement Technology FAB Computer-Chip Fabrication Plant FDX Full Duplex FAC File Access Code FECN Forward Explicit Congestion Notification FAMOS Floating Gate Avalanche MOS FED Field Emission/Emitter Display FANS Future Air Navigation System FEFO First-Ended, First-Out FAP File Access Protocol FEP Front End Processor FAPI Family Application Program Interface FEPI Front End Programming Interface FAQ Frequently Asked Question FEPROM Flash EPROM FARNET Federation of American Research Networks [Internet] FeRAM Ferroelectric RAM FASIC Function and Algorithm-Specific Integrated Circuit FESDK Far East Software Development Kit [Microsoft] FAT File Allocation Table FET Field Effect Transistor FAX Facsimile FF Flip-Flop + Form Feed .FAX Fax (file name extension) FFDC First Failure Data Capture [IBM] FC/AL Fiber Channel/Arbitrated Loop FFS Fast File System FCB File Control Block FFST First Failure Support Technology [IBM] FCC Federal Communications Commission FFT Fast Fourier Transform + Final Form Text [IBM] FCC: File Carbon Copy FG Floating Gate FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for FGREP Fixed Global Regular Expression Print [Unix] Science, Engineering and Technology FHSS Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum FC/EL Fiber Channel/Enhanced Loop FIF Fractal Image Format FCI Flux Changes per Inch FIFO First-In, First-Out FCR FIFO Control Register FILO First-In, Last-Out FCS Fiber Channel Standard + Frame Check Sequence FIP File Processor Buffering FD Floppy Disk + Floppy Drive + Full Duplex FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard FDC Floppy Disk Controller FIR Fast Infrared + Finite Impulse Response FDDI Fiber Digital Device Interface + .FIRM Business or Firm (Domain Name) [Internet] Fiber Distributed Data Interface FIRST Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams FDISK Fixed Disk FIU Fingerprint Identification Unit [Sony] FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing FIX Federal Internet Exchange FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access FLA Four Letter Acronym FLC Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal FPS Favorite Picture Selection + Frames Per Second FLD Field FPT Forced Perfect Termination FLL FoxPro Link Library [Microsoft Fox Pro] FPU Floating Point Unit FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name [Internet] .FLR Folder (file name extension) FRAD Frame Relay Access Device + FMS Forms Management System Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler FMT Format FRAG Fragment + Fragmentation FMV Full Motion Video FRAM Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory FNT Font FRC Funtional Redundancy Checking FOCUS Forum of Control Data Users FRED Frame Editor + Front-End to Dish FOD Fax On Demand FRPI Flux Reversals Per Inch FOG First Osborne Group .FRS WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension) FOIRL Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link [IEEE] FS File Separator FOLDOC Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing FSD File System Driver [OS/2] .FON Font + Phone + Phone Directory (all file name FSE Full Screen Editor extensions) FSF Free Software Foundation [Internet] .FOR Fortran source code (file name extension) FSK Frequency Shift Keying FORTH (Programming Language)(See HLL) FSN Full Service Network FORTRAN Formula Translator (Programming Language)(See HLL) FSP File Service Protocol FOSE Federal Office Systems Exposition FSR Free System Resources FOSI Format Option Specification Instance FST Flat Square Tube (monitor) FOSSIL Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer F/T Full Time FPC Floating Point Calculation FTAM File Transfer, Access and Management + FPCE Floating-Point C Extension (specification) File Transfer and Access Method FPGA Field Programmable Gate-Array FTL Flash Transition Layer [Intel] FPLA Field Programmable Logic-Array FTM Flat Tension Mask [Zenith] FPM Fast Page Mode FTP File Transfer Protocol [Internet] FPP Fixed Path Protocol + Floating Point Processor FTPD File Transfer Protocol Daemon FPR Floating-Point Register FTTC Fiber To The Curb FTS Federal Telecommunication System GECOS General Electric Comprehensive Operating System FTX Fault Tolerant Unix GEIS General Electric Information Service (company) FUI File Update Information GEM Graphics Environment Manager (DRI Program) FUNC Function GENIE General Electric Network for FVT Full Video Translation Information Exchange FYI For Your Information GEO Geostationary Earth Orbit GEOS G... GET Graphic Environment Operating System [Geoworks] Get Execute Trigger GA General Availability GGP Gateway-Gateway Protocol [Internet] GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GHZ Gigahertz GAL Generic Array Logic .GID Topics (file name extension) [Microsoft] GAPI Gateway Application Programming Interface .GIF Graphics Interchange Format (file name extension) GART Graphics Address Relocation Table GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out GATT Graphics Address Translation Table GII Global Information Infrastructure Gb Gigabit (1,024 megabits) + GILS Government Information Locator Service (One Billion Bits of Information) GIS Geographic Information System + GB Gigabyte (1,024 megabytes) + GIX Global Information Solutions [AT&T] (One Billion Characters of Information) Global Internet Exchange [Internet] GCC GNU C-Compiler [Unix] GKS Graphical Kernel System GCR Group Code Recording GL Graphics Language GDA Global Data Area G/L General Ledger GDDM Graphics Data Display Manager GLIS Global Land Information System [US Geological Survey] GDG Generation Data Group [IBM] GLM General Linear Models GDI Graphical Device Interface GLOBE Global Learning by Observations to Benefit GDLC Generic Data Link Control [IBM] .GLY the Environment [Internet] GDP Graphic Draw Primitive Glossary (file name extension) [Microsoft Word] GDT Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing + GML Generalized Markup Language Global Descriptor Table + GMP Global Mobile Professional Graphics Development Toolkit GMR Giant Magneto-Resistive GMS Global Management System + GTO Guide To Operations [IBM] Global Messaging Service [Novell] GTP * Geometry Theorem Prover GMT Greenwich Mean Time GUI Graphical User Interface GND Ground (signal/system) GUID Globally Unique Identifier + GNN Global Network Navigator Global Universal Identifier GNU Gnu's Not Unix (operating system) GVT Global Virtual Time GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile GW-BASIC Gee Whiz BASIC .GOV Governmental (Domain Name) [Internet] .gz Compressed file (compressed filename extension - GP Gas Plasma + General Purpose using GNU gzip compression/decompression program) [Unix] GPF General Protection Fault GZIP GNU Zip GPI Graphics Programming Interface H... GPIB General Purpose Information/Interface Bus GPR General Purpose Register [IBM] .H Header (file name extension) [C] GPS Global Positioning Satellite/System HACMP High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing [IBM] GPSS * General Purpose Systems Simulator (language) HAL Hard Array Logic + Hardware Abstraction Layer + GRADD Graphics Adapter Device Driver [IBM] House-Programmed Array Logic GRE Graphics Engine HAL * Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic (computer) GREP Global Regular Expression Print [from 1968 movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"] .GRF Graph (file name extension) HAP Host Access Protocol .GRP Group (file name extension) HASP Houston Automatic Spooling Priority (System) GS Group Separator HBA Host Bus Adapter GSI General Server Interface HCL Hardware Compatibility List GSM Global Shared Memory + HCSS High Capacity Storage System Global System for Mobile-Communications (network) HCU Home Computer User GSNW Gateway Service for NetWare [Microsoft] HD Hard Disk + High Density GSP Generic Server Passer HDA Head Disk Assembly GSTN General Switched Telephone Network HDCD High Definition Compatible Digital GTE General Telephone Electronics (corporation) HDF Hierarchical Data Format [NCSA] GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic HDI Head to Disk Interference HDLC High-Level Data Link Control HLQ High Level Qualifier HDM Hardware Device Module HLS Hue, Luminance, Saturation (color model) HDR Header HLT Halt HDSC High Density Signal Carrier [DEC] HMA High Memory Area [Microsoft] + HDSL High-Data-Rate Digital Subscriber Line Hub Management Architecture HDSS Holographic Data Storage System HMD Head Mounted Display HDT Host Digital Terminal HMM Hidden Markov Model HDTV High Definition Television HMMP Hyper-Media Management Protocol HDVD High Definition Volumetric Display HMOS High Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor + HDW Hardware High Speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor HDX Half Duplex HMP Host Monitoring Protocol HERC Hercules HOTT Hot Off The Tree (electronic newsletter) HEX Hexadecimal HP Hewlett-Packard (Company) HFC Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial HPC Handheld Personal Computer HFS Hierarchical File System [Macintosh] HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications HFT High Function Terminal [IBM] HPDJ Hewlett-Packard Desk Jet HGA Hercules Graphics Adapter HPFS High-Performance File System HGCP Hercules Graphics Card Plus HPG Hewlett-Packard Graphics HH Hour HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language HHLAPI High-Level Language Application Programming Interface HPIB Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus HIF Hyper-G Interchange Format HPLJ Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet HIFD High-Density Floppy Disk HPPA Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture HIL Human Interface Link [HP] HPPI High Performance Parallel Interface HIMEM High Memory HPR High Performance Routing [IBM] HIPPI High Performance Parallel Interface HPUX Hewlett-Packard Unix HLCO High Low Close Open HPW High Performance Workstation [Sun] HLL High Level Language .HQX BinHex (file name extension) [Macintosh] HLLAPI High Level Language Application Programming Interface HRIS Human Resource Information System .HLP Help (file name extension) HRG High Resolution Graphics HRMS Human Resource Management System IAG Instruction Address Generation HRTF Head Related Transfer Function IAK Internet Access Kit [IBM] HS High Speed IAL * International Algebraic Language HSB Hue, Saturation, Brightness (color model) (ALGOL was first called IAL) HSC Hierarchical Storage Controller + High Speed Channel IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority [Internet] HSI Hue, Saturation, Intensity IAP Internet Access Provider [Internet] HSM Hierarchical Storage Management IAT Import Address Table HSP High Speed Printer IAUP Internet User Account Provider [Internet] HSSI High Speed Serial Interface IBC Instrument Bus Computer HST High Speed Technology [U.S. Robotics] iBCS Intel Binary Compatibility Specification .HST History + Host (file name extensions) IBM International Business Machines (Corporation) HSV Hue Saturation Value IBM-GL IBM Graphics Language HTML HyperText Markup Language IC Input Circuit + Integrated Circuit + Interrupt Controller HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol ICA Intelligent Console Architecture + HTTP-NG HTTP Next Generation Intra-application Communications Area HUD Heads Up Display ICAP Internet Calendar Access Protocol [Lotus] HUT Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope ICAS Intel Communicating Applications Specifications H/V Horizontal/Vertical ICB Internet Citizen's Band HVP Horizontal & Vertical Position ICCP Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals H/W Hardware ICE In-Circuit Emulator [Intel] + HWCP Hardware Code Page Integrated Computing Environment [Langley Research] HWD Height-Width-Depth ICES Interference-Causing Equipment Standard .HYP Hyphenation (file name extension) ICI Image Component Information HYTELNET Hypertext-browser for Telnet Accessible Sites ICL Interface Clear Hz Hertz ICLID Incoming-Call Line Identification ICM I... ICMP Image Color Matching [Kodak] Internet Control Message Protocol [Novell] IAB Internet Architecture Board [Internet] .ICO Icon (file name extension) IAC Inter-Application Communication [Macintosh] iCOMP Intel Comparative Microprocessor Performance [Intel] ICP Integrated Channel Processor .IDX Index (file name extension) ICR Intelligent Character Recognition IE Internet Explorer [Microsoft] ICS Intuitive Command Structure IEC International Electrotechnical Commission ICSAPI Internet Connection Services API IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ICU ISA Configuration Utility + Instruction-Cache Unit IEF Information Engineering Facility ID Identification + Identifier IEMSI Interactive Electronic Mail Standard IDA Integrated Digital Access + Intelligent Disk Array + Identification Intelligent Drive Array IEN Internet Engineering Notes IDAPI Integrated Database Application Programming Interface IETF Internet Engineering Task Force [Internet] IDC Integrated Database Connector + IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group [Inernet] Integrated Desktop Connector + I/F Interface Internet Database Connector [Microsoft] IFC Internet Foundation Classes IDDE Integrated Development & Debugging Environment [Symantec] IFD Image File Directory IDE Imbedded Drive Electronics + IFF Interchangeable File Format [Amiga] Integrated Development Environment [Borland] + IFG Incoming Fax Gateway Integrated Drive Electronics + IFP Instruction Fetch Pipeline Intelligent Drive Electronics + IFS Installable File System Interactive Design and Engineering + IFSM Information Systems Management Interface Design Enhancement IGA Integrated Graphics Array IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm IGC Integrated Graphics Controller IDF Intermediate Distribution Frame IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Standard IDIV Integer Divide IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol [Internet] IDL Interactive Data Language + IGP Interior Gateway Protocol Interface Definition Language IGRP Interior Gateway Routing Protocol [Cisco] IDMS Integrated Data Base Management System IGS Internet Go Server [Internet] IDNX Integrated Digital Network Exchange [IBM] IHD Integrated Help Desk [IBM] IDP Integrated Data Processing IHV Independent Hardware Vendor IDR Intelligent Document Recognition IIF Immediate Interface IDT Interface Design Tool + Interrupt Descriptor Table III Interstate Identification Index [NCIC] IIOP Internet Inter-Operability Protocol .INI Initialize (file name extension) IIR Immediate Impulse Response INIT Initialization + Initialize IIS Internet Information Server [Microsoft] INM Integrated Network Management IITF Information Infrastructure Task Force INND Internet News Daemon IKP Internet Keyed Payments [IBM] INS Input String + Integrated Network Server ILA Image Light Amplifier INT Integer + Internal + Interrupt + ILS International Language Support International (organization Domain name) [Internet] IMACS Image Management and Communication System INTA Interrupt Acknowledge IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol [Internet] InterNIC Internet Network Information Center [Internet] IMAX Maximum Image INTO Interrupt if Overflow occurs IMDS Image Data Stream (format) [IBM] I/O Input/Output IME Input Method Editor IOC Inter-Office Channel IMG Image IOCC Input/Output Channel Converter + IML Initial Microcode Load [IBM] Input/Output Controller Chip IMP Information/Interface Message Processor IOCS Input/Output Control System IMPA Intelligent Multi-Port Adapter [DCA] IOCTL Input/Output Control IMR Internet Monthly Report [Internet] IODE Integrated Development and Debugging Environment [Symantec] IMS Information Management System + IOP Intermediate Maintenance Standards IOPL IMSP Internet Message Support Protocol IOSGA IMTC International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium IP IMTV Interactive Multimedia Television IPC IMUL Integer Multiply IPCP IMUX Inverse Multiplexer IPDS IN Input Intelligent Printer Data Stream [IBM] INC Increment IPFC .IND Index (file name extension) IPI .INF Information (file name extension) IPL .INFO Information Services (Domain Name0 [Internet] Initial Program Load/Loader + Intelligent Peripheral Interface Information Presentation Facility Compiler [IBM] IBM Personal Dictation System [IBM] + Internet Protocol Control Protocol Instructions Per Clock + Interprocess Communication Instruction Pointer + Internet Protocol Input/Output Support Gate Array Input/Output Privilege Level Input/Output Processor Ion Projection Lithography ISC Instruction Set Computer + Inter-Systems Communication [IBM] IPL * Information Programming Language ISD Image Section Descriptor + IPM Interpersonal Message Instructional Systems Design IPng Internet Protocol, next generation ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network IPSE Integrated Project Support Environment ISH Information Super Highway IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council ISI Internally Specified Index IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange [Novell] ISIS Integrated Systems and Information Services IQL Interactive Query Language ISKM Internet Starter Kit for the Macintosh IR Infrared ISL Interactive System Language IRC Internet Relay Chat [Internet] ISM Internet Service Manager [Mircrosoft] IRD Integrated Receiver/Descrambler ISMF Interactive Storage Management Facility IRDA Infrared Data Association ISOC Internet Society IRDS Information Resource Dictionary System ISO International Organization for Standardization IRET Interrupt Return ISP Internet Service Provider [Internet] + IRF Intermediate Routing Function + Interrupt Stack Pointer + Interrupt Status Port Inheritance Rights Filter [Novell] ISPF Interactive System Programming Facility IRL Interactive Reader Language + Inter-Repeater Link ISR Information Storage and Retrieval + IRLAP Infrared Link Access Protocol Interrupt Service Routine + IRLED Infrared Light Emitting Diode Interrupt Status Register IRM Information Resource Management + Inherent Rights Mask ISSN International Standard Serial Number IRQ Interrupt Request ISV Independent Software Vendor IRTF Internet Research Task Force [Internet] IT Information Technology IRX Information Retrieval Experiment ITB Information Technology Branch + Intermediate Text Block IS Information System + Interrupt Status ITC International Typeface Corporation ISA Industry Standard Architecture + ITE Information Technology Equipment Instruction-Set Architecture ITF Interactive Test Facility ISAM Indexed Sequential-Access Management/Method ITN Identification Tasking and Networking ISAPI Internet Servier API [Microsoft] ITR Internet Talk Radio ISBN International Standard Book Number ITU International Telecommunication Union ITUG International Telecommunications User Group JE Jump if Equal ITU-TIES ITU-Telecom Information Exchange Services JEDEC Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council ITU-TSS ITU-Telecommunication Standards Section JEIDA Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association ITV Interactive Television JES Job Entry System ITX Intermediate Text Block JFC Java Foundation Classes IU Integer Unit JFET Junction Field Effect Transistor IUAP Internet User Account Provider [Internet] JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format IUS/ITB Interchange Unit Separator/Intermediate Transmission JFS Journaled File System [IBM] Block JG Jump if Greater IVIS Interactive Video Information System JGE Jump if Greater or Equal IVL Independent Vendor League + Intel Verification Lab JIPS JANET Internet Protocol Service IVR Interactive Voice Response JIT Just-In-Time (compiler) IVS Interactive Videodisk System JL Jump if Less IVT Interrupt Vector Table JLE Jump if Less than or Equal to IV&V Independent Verification & Validation JMAPI Java Management Application Program Interface I-WAY Information Highway JMP Jump IXC Interchange Carrier JNA Jump if Not Above JNAE J... JNB Jump if Not Above or Equal Jump if Not Below JA Jump Address + Jump if Above JNBE Jump if Not Below or Equal JAD Joint Application Design JNG Jump if Not Greater JAE Jump if Above or Equal JNGE Jump if Not Greater or Equal JANET Joint Academic Network JNI Java Native Interface JAR Java Archive File (format) .JNK Junk (file name extension) JBE Jump if Below or Equal JNLE Jump if Not Less or Equal JC Jump if Carry set JNO Jump if No Overflow JCL Job Control Language JNP Jump if No Parity JDBC Java Database Connectivity JNS Jump if No Sign JDK Java Development Kit JOE Java Objects Everywhere JOHNNIAC* John Neumann Integrator and KEYBCZ Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia Automatic Computer [Rand Corp.] (Czech) JOSS * Johnniac Open Shop System [Rand Corp.] KEYBDK Foreign language KEYBoard program - Denmark JPE Jump if Parity Even KEYBFR Foreign language KEYBoard program - France JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group KEYBGR Foreign language KEYBoard program - Germany JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory KEYBHU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Hungary JPO Jump if Parity Odd KEYBIT Foreign language KEYBoard program - Italy JS Jump if Sign KEYBLA Foreign language KEYBoard program - Latin America JZ Jump if Zero KEYBNL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Netherlands JNZ Jump if Not Zero KEYBNO Foreign language KEYBoard program - Norway JSS Java-Script Style Sheet KEYBPL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Poland JUGHEAD Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy KEYBPO Foreign language KEYBoard program - Portugal Excavation and Display [Internet] KEYBSF Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-French JVM Java Virtual Machine KEYBSG Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-German KEYBSL K... (Slovak) Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia K-12 Kindergarten through 12th Grade [US Education System] KEYBSP Foreign language KEYBoard program - Spain KAM Keep Alive Memory KEYBSU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Finland Kb Kilobit KEYBSV Foreign language KEYBoard program - Sweden KB Keyboard + Kilobyte (1,024 bytes) KEYBUK Foreign language KEYBoard program - United Kingdom KBD Keyboard (also KEYB) KEYBUS Foreign language KEYBoard program - United States KBD$ Keyboard [OS/2] KEYBYU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Yugoslavia Kbps Kilobits Per Second KHz Kilohertz KBps Kilobytes Per Second KIF Knowledge Interchange Format KDT Key Definition Table KIS Knowbot Information Service [Internet] KEFIR Key Findings Reporter [GTE] KPI Kernel Programming Interface KEYBBE Foreign language KEYBoard program - Belgium KQML Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language KEYBBR Foreign language KEYBoard program - Brazil KSH Korn Shell (program) [Unix] KEYBCF Foreign language KEYBoard program - Canadian-French KSPH Keystrokes Per Hour KSR Keyboard Send Receive LBX Local Bus Accelerator KRS Knowledge Retrieval System LCA Lotus Communications Architecture [Lotus] LCC L... LCD Leadless Chip Carrier Liquid Crystal Display + Lowest Common Denominator L2F Layer Two Forwarding [Cisco] LCF Low Cost Fiber L2TP Layer Two Tunneling Protocol LCK Library Construction Kit [Microsoft FoxPro] LADDR Layered Device Driver Architecture [Microsoft] LCP Link Control Protocol LALL Longest Allowed Lobe Length LCR Line Control Register LAN Local Area Network LCU Last Cluster Used LANACS Local Area Network Asynchronous Connection Server LDA Logical Device Address LANDP LAN Distributed Platform LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [IBM] LANE Local Area Network Emulation LDC Lotus Development Corporation LAPB Link Access Procedure Balanced (protocol) LDDS Long Distance Discount Services (company) LAPD Link Access Procedure Direct (protocol) LDM Long Distance Modem LAPM Link Access Procedure for Modems LDT Local Descriptor Table LAR Load Access Rights LE Less or Equal LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation LEA Load Effective Address LASTport Local Area Storage Transport (protocol) [DEC] LEAF Law Enforcement Access Field LAT Local Access Terminal + LEC Local Area Network Emulation Client + Local Area Transport [DEC] LED Local Exchange Carrier LATA Local Access and Transport Area Light Emitting Diode LAVC Local Area VAX Cluster LEL Link, Embed and Launch-to-edit [Lotus] LAWN Local Area Wireless Network LEM Language Extension Module LB Left Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse) LEN Low Entry Networking LBA Logical Block Addressing LES Local Area Network Emulation Server LBL Label .LET Letter (file name extension) LBR Librarian LEX Lexicon .LBR Library (file name extension) LF Line Feed LBT Listen Before Talk LFI Last File Indicator LFN Long File Name LMBCS Lotus Multi-Byte Character Set [Lotus] LFT Low Function Terminal [IBM] LMDS Local Multipoint Distribution Service LFU Least Frequently Used LMI Local Management Interface LGA Leadless Grid Array LMS Lotus Messaging Switch [Lotus] LGDT Load Global Descriptor Table LMSW Load Machine Status Word LIAS Library Information Access System LMU LAN Management Utilities [IBM] + .LIB Library (file name extension) LAN Manager for Unix LIC Line Interface Coupler [IBM] LN Load Number + Logarithm (Natural) LICS Lotus International Character Set [LDC] LN:DI Lotus Notes:Document Imaging LIDT Load Interrupt Descriptor Table LNK Link LIEP Large Internet Exchange Packet [Novell] LOAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LIF Low Insertion Force LOC Lines Of Code + Loop On-Line Control LIFO Last In, First Out LOCIS Library of Congress Information System LILO Last In, Last Out LOD Level Of Detail LIM Lotus/Intel/Microsoft LODSB Load String Byte LIMA Lotus/Intel/Microsoft/AST LOG Logarithm (Base 10) LIMDO Light Intensity Modulation Direct Overwrite LOGO (Programming Language)(See HLL) LIMM Light Intensity Modulation Method LON Local Operating Network LIMS Library Information Management System LOOPE Loop while Equal LINUX (Operating system named after Linus Torvalds) LOOPNE Loop while Not Equal LIP Large Internet Packet LOOPNZ Loop while Not Zero LIPS Lightweight Internet Person Schema + LOOPZ Loop while Zero Logical Inferences Per Second LORE Line Oriented Editor LISP List Processing (Language)(See HLL) LPAR Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning LISTSERV List Server [Internet] LPC Local Procedure Call LLC Logical Link Control LPD Line Printer Daemon (protocol) [Berkley] LLDT Load Local Descriptor Table LPI Lines Per Inch LLF Low Level Format LPL Lotus Programming Language [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] LMB Left Mouse Button LPM Lines Per Minute LPN Logical Page Number LUI Local User Input LPR Line Printer Remote LUIS Library User Information Service LPS Low-Power Schottky LUN Logical Unit Number LPT Line Printer LUT Lookup Table LPT1 First Parallel Printer Port LV Logical Volume [IBM] LPT2 Second Parallel Printer Port LVM Logical Volume Management [IBM] LPT3 Third Parallel Printer Port LW Lazy Write LQ Letter Quality .LYR Lyrics (music file name extension) LQM Link Quality Monitoring (protocol) LZW Lempel-Ziv-Welch (algorithm) LR Link Register M... LRC Local Register Cache + Longitudinal Redundancy Check mA Milliampere LRL Least Recently Loaded Mac Macintosh (Apple Macintosh Computer) LRM Language Reference Manual + Least Recently-Used Master MAC Media/Medium Access Control .LRS Language Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect] .MAC MacPaint (file name extension) + LRU Least Recently Used Macro (file name extension) LSA LAN and SCSI Adapter [IBM] + Line Sharing Adapter + MACH Multilayer Actuator Head [Epson] Local Security Authority [Microsoft] MADE Manufacturing and Automated Design Engineering LSAPI License Services Application Program Interface MADYMO Mathematical Dynamic Modeling [TNO] LSB Least Significant Bit MAE Metropolitan Area Ethernet LSC Least Significant Character MAh Milliampere-Hour LSD Least Significant Digit MAI Multiple Applications Interface LSI Large Scale Integration .MAI Mail (file name extension) LSL Link Support Layer + Load Segment Limit MAN Manual [Unix] + Metropolitan Area Network LST List MANIAC * Mathematical Analyzer Numerical .LST List (file name extension) Integrator and Computer LTR Left-To-Right + Letter + Load Task Register MANPAGE Manual Page [Unix] LU Logical Unit (Also LUN) MAP Maintenance Analysis Procedures + LUA Logical Unit Application (interface) Manufacturing Automation Protocol + Memory Allocation Map original company - Microwave Communications, Inc.) + .MAP Linker Map (file name extension) Media Control Interface [Microsoft] MAPI Mail/Messaging Applications Programming MCL Microsoft Compatibility Labs [Microsoft] Interface [Microsoft] MCM Multi-Chip Module MAPICS Manufacturing, Accounting and Production MCNE Master Certified Novell Engineer [Novell] Information Control System [IBM] MC-PGA Metallized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array MARVEL Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual MCPS Microsoft Certified Product Specialist [Microsoft] Electronic Library [Library of Congress] MC-QFP Metallized Ceramic - Quad Flat Pack MASM Macro Assembler [Microsoft] MCR Modem Control Register MASS Maximum Availability and Support MCU Microcontroller Unit + Multi-Chip Unit [DEC] + Subsystem [Parallan] Multipoint Control Unit MAT Maintenance Access Terminal MD Make Directory + Mini Disk [Sony] + Monochrome Display MAU Media Access/Adapter Unit + Multistation Access Unit MDA Monochrome Display Adapter + MAVDM Multiple Application VDM Multidimensional Analysis MAX Maximum MDDBMS Multidimensional Data Base Management System MB Megabyte (1,024 kilobytes) + .MDF Menu Definition File (file name extension) Middle Button (of 3 button Mouse) MDI Memory Display Interface + MBASIC Microsoft BASIC [Microsoft] Multiple Document Interface MBCS Multi-Byte Character Set [IBM] MDIC Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip [AT&T] MBONE Multicast Backbone [Internet] MDK Multimedia Developers Kit [Microsoft] MBps Megabytes Per Second MDLP Modile Data Link Protocol Mbps Megabits Per Second MDR Minimum Design Requirement MBR Master Boot Record MDY Month Day Year MBX Mailbox .ME Opening Information (file name extension) (As in READ.ME) MCA Micro Channel Adapter/Architecture [IBM] MEB Memory Expansion Board MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MEG Megabyte MCB Memory Control Block MEM Memory MCGA Multicolor Graphics Array .MEN Menu (file name extension) MCI MCI Communications Corp. (name from initials of MERCI Multimedia European Research Conferencing Integration MES Manufacturing Execution System MII Microsoft/IBM/Intel MESI Modified, Exclusive, Shared and Invalid (protocol) MIL Machine Interface Layer [Go Corporation] + MET Memory Enhancement Technology [Hewlitt-Packard] .MIL Military (Domain name) [Internet] .MET Metafile (file name extension) MIM Metal-Insulator-Metal (screen) MFC Microsoft Foundation Class [Microsoft] MIMD Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor) MFFS Microsoft Flash File System [Microsoft] MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension [Internet] MFLOPS Million Floating Point Operations Per Second MI/MIC Mode Indicate/Mode Indicate Common MFM Modified Frequency Modulation MIN Minimum + Mobile Identification Number MFP Multi-Function Peripheral/Product MINUET Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tools [Internet] MFPI Multifunction Peripheral Interface MIPS Million Instructions Per Second MFS Macintosh File System [Macintosh] + MIS Management Information System + Magnetic Tape Field Search + Memory File System Multimedia Information Sources [Internet] Modified Filing System [Revelation Technologies] MISC Miscellaneous MFT Master File Table + MIX Member Information Exchange Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks MKDIR Make Directory MGA Monochrome Graphics Adapter ML Machine Language + Meta Language MGE Modular GIS Environment MLAPI Multilingual Application Programming Interface MGET Multiple Get [Unix] MLC Multilayer Ceramic + MGR Manager Multilevel Cell (program) [Internet] MHS Message Handling Service + Message Handling System MLE Multi-Line Editor MHz Megahertz MLID Multi-Link Interface Driver MI Management Interface MLM Mailing List Manager [Internet] MIB Management Information Base MM Minutes + Month MICRO One-millionth MMA Microcomputer Managers Association MICS Macro Interpretive Commands MMC Matched Memory Cycle + Microcomputer Marketing Council + MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface Microsoft Management Console [Microsoft] MIF Management Information Format MMCD MultiMedia Compact Disk .MIF Management Information Files (file name extension) MMCX Multimedia Communication Exchange [Lucent Technologies] MIG Metal In Gap MMI Man-Machine Interface MMIS Materials Manager Information System MPE Multiple Programming Executive [HP] MMPM Multi Media Presentation Manager MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group MMU Memory Management Unit MPI Message Passing Interface + Multiprecision Integer MMVF Multimedia Video File [NEC] MPM Message Passing Library [IBM] MMX Matrix Manipulation Extensions [Intel] + MPMD Multiple Processor/Multiple Data Multimedia Extensions MPOA Multi-Protocol over Asynchronous-Transfer-Mode MNOS Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor MPP Massively Parallel Processing + MNP Microcom Networking Protocol [Microcom] Message Posting Protocol + Message Processing Program .MNU Menu (fine name extension) MPQP Multi-Protocol Quad Port [IBM] MO Magneto-Optical (disk drive) MPR Multipart Repeater + Multi Protocol Router [Novell] MOB Memory-Order Buffer MPS Multiprocessor Specification MOBO Mother Board MPTN Multi-Protocol Transport Network MOD Module + Modulus MPTS Multi-Protocol Transport Services MODEM Modulator Demodulator MPU Microprocessor Unit MOHLL Machine Oriented High Level Language MQI Message Queue Interface MOLAP Multidimensional On-Line Analytical Processing MR Magnetoresistive + Modem Ready MOM Microsoft Office Manager [Microsoft] MRCF Microsoft Realtime Compression Format MONO Monaural MRCI Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface MOO MUD, Object Oriented [Internet] MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging MOP Maintenance Operations Protocol MRM Most Recently-Used Master MOS Magneto-Optic Storage + Mean Opinion Score + MRO Multi-Region Operation Metal Oxide Semiconductor MRP Materials Requirement Planning MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor MRPL Main Ring Path Length MOTD Message Of The Day MRS Media Recognition System MOV Metal Ocide Varistor + Move MRT Mean Repair Time MOVS Move String MRU Maximum Receive Unit MP Massively Parallel (processing) + Multiple Processors MS Memory System + Message Store + Microsecond + MPC Multimedia Personal Computer + Multipath Channel Microsoft Corporation + Millisecond MPCS Mission Planning and Control Station (Software) MSACM Microsoft Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft] MSAU Multi-Station Access Unit Modulation Transfer Function MSAV Microsoft Anti Virus [Microsoft] MTS Message Transfer Service/System + MSB Most Significant Bit Microsoft Transaction Server [Microsoft] + MSBF Mean Swaps Between Failures Multichannel Television Sound MSCDEX Microsoft Compact Disc Extensions [Microsoft] MTT Multi-Transaction Timer MSD Mass Storage Device + Most Significant Digit + MTTD Mean Time To Diagnose Microsoft System Diagnostics [Microsoft] MTTF Mean Time To Failure MSDN Microsoft Developer Network [Microsoft] MTTR Mean Time To Repair MS-DOS Microsoft - Disk Operating System [Microsoft] MTU Maximum Transmission Unit MSDR Multiplexed Streaming Data Request MUA Mail User Agent MSDS Microsoft Developer Support [Microsoft] MUD Multi-User Dialogue/Dimension/Domain/Dungeon [Internet] MSFR Minimum Security Function Requirements [IBM] MUL Multiply MSG Message MUMPS Massachusetts General Hospital Utility .MSG Program Message (file name extension) Multi-Programming System (Programming Language) MSI Medium Scale Integration MUSE Multi-User Shared Environment MSIE Microsoft Internet Explorer [Microsoft] MUT Monitor Under Test MSL Map Specification Library + Mirrored Server Link MUX Multiplexer MSN Microsoft Network [Microsoft] MV Millivolt MSO Multiple-Systems Operator MVB Multimedia Viewer Book .MSP Microsoft Paint (file name extension) [Microsoft] MVC Multimedia Viewer Compiler MSRP Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price MVDM Multiple Virtual DOS Machines MSS Mass Storage System + MVGA Monochrome Video Graphics Array Multiprotocol Switched Services [IBM] MVIP Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol MSW Machine Status Word MVP Multimedia Video Processor MTA Message Transfer Agent + Multiple Terminal Access MVS Multiple Virtual Storage MTBB Mean Time Between Breakdowns MVT Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks MTBF Mean Time Between Failures MX Mail Exchanger [Internet] MTBJ Mean Time Between Jams MXS Microsoft Exchange Server [Microsoft] MTF Microsoft Tape Format [Microsoft] + MZR Multiple Zone Recording N... .NCF Netware Command File [Novell] NAC Network Adapter Card NCGA National Computer Graphics Association NACD National Association of Computer Dealers NCIC National Crime Information Center NACS National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors NCMT * Numerical Control for Machine Tools NAE Not Above or Equal NCOS Network Computer Operating System NAK Negative Acknowledgment NCP NetWare Core Protocol + Not Copy Protected + NAM Number Assignment Module Network Control Processor/Program/Protocol NAMPS Narrow-Band Analog Mobile Phone Service [Motorola] NCR National Cash Register (Company) NANO One thousand-millionth NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications NAP Network Access Point NCSC National Computer Security Center NAPLPS North American Presentation Level Protocol NCSI Network Communications Services Syntax (graphics) Interface [Network Products Corp.] NAS Network Access Server + Network Application Support [DEC] NDB Non-Directional Beacon NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NDDK Network Device Development Kid [Microsoft] NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers NDEF Not to be Defined Automatic Quotation NDIS Network Device/Driver Interface Specification NASI NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface [Novell] NDN Non-Delivery Notice NASIRC NASA Automated Systems Internet Response Capability NDP Numeric Data Processor NASKER NASA Ames Kernel (benchmark) NDR Network Data Representation NAU Network Addressable Unit NDRO Non-Destructive Read Out NAWS Negotiate About Window Size NDS NetWare Directory Service [Novell] NBE Not Below or Equal .NDX Index (file name extension) NBI Nothing But Initials NEC Nippon Electric Company NBS National Bureau of Standards + Numeric Backspace NED NASA Extragalactic Database [NASA] NC Network Computer + No Carry + Numerical Control NEG Negative + Negate NCA Network Communications Adapter + NEP Network Entry Point Network Computing Architecture [Oracle] NES National Education Supercomputer NCC Network Control Center NEST Novell Embedded Systems Technology [Novell] NCD Network Computing Device .NET Networks (Domain Name) [Internet] NetBIOS Network Basic Input/Output System [IBM] NIS Network Information Service [Unix] NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface [IBM] N-ISDN Narrowband ISDN + National ISDN NETMON Network Monitor NISO National Information Standards Organization .NEW New Information (file name extension) NISP Networked Information Services Project NEWS NetWare Early Warning System [Frye Computer] + NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology Network Extensible Window System NITC National Information Technology Center NEWS. Current events [USENET Newsgroup Category] NIU Network Interface Unit NEXT Near-End Crosstalk NJE Network Job Entry (protocol) [IBM] NFF No Fault Found NL New Line NFS Network File System [Sun] NLE Not Less or Equal NG No Good NLM NetWare Loadable Module [Netware] NGE Not Greater or Equal NLP Natural-Language Processing NHC National Hurricane Center NLQ Near Letter Quality NHR National Handwriting Recognition NLSFUNC National Language Support Function NHRP Next Hop Resolution Protocol NLV National Language Version [IBM] N/I Non-Interlaced NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt NIA Next Instruction Address NMM NetWare Management Map [NetWare] NIC Network Information Center [Internet] + NMOS Negative Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Network Interface Card + NMP Network Management Protocol [AT&T] Numeric Intensive Computing NMS Network Management System [Novell] NICAD Nickel-Cadmium NN Network Node + No News [Internet] NICOLAS Network Information Center OnLine Aid System [NASA] NNI Network-Network Interface NID New Interactive Display [NEC] + Next ID NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol [Internet] NII National Information Infrastructure NOC Network Operations Center NIM Network Installation Management [IBM] .NOM Individual with Personal Site (Domain Name) [Internet] NIMH Nickel-Metal Hydride NOP No Operation NIO Native Input/Output NOPAC Network OPAC NIPS Network I/Os Per Second NOR Not Or NIR Network Information Retrieval NOS Network Operating System NT-1 NPA Network Printer Alliance NTAS NPI Network Printer Interface NTF NPL Nonprocedural Language NTFS NPS Novell Productivity Specialist [Novell] NTIA NPTN National Public Telecomputing Network Network Terminator Type 1 NT Advamced Server [Microsoft] No Trouble Found New Technology File System [Microsoft] National Telecommunications and Information Administration NPU Natural Processing Unit NTIS NPX Numeric Processor Extension NTRAS NQS Network Queing System [Cray] NTSA NRC National Research Council (Canada) NTSC NREN National Research and Education Network NUI NRZ Not Return to Zero Network User Interface + NRZI Non Return to Zero Inverted Notebook User Interface [Go Corporation] NS Nanosecond + National Semiconductor (as in Ns16550 UART) + NUL Network Supervisor + Non Stop NUMA NSAP Network Service Access Point NV NSAPI Netscape Server API [Netscape] NVM NSA POLY National Security Agency Polygraph NVOD NSERC (Canada) National Sciences and Engineering Research Council NVP Nominal Velocity of Propagation Near-Video On Demand Non-Volatile Memory No Overflow Non-Uniform Memory Access Null + (dummy device) + (no device) Network User Identification + National Television Standards Committee NetWare Telephony Services Architecture [Novell] NT Remote Access Services [Microsoft] National Technical Information Service NSF National Science Foundation NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory NSFNET National Science Foundation Network NVT Network Virtual Terminal + NSI NASA Science Internet Novell Virtual Terminal [Novell] NSLOOKUP Name Server Lookup [Unix] NWS NetWare Web Server [Netware] NSM Netscape Server Manager [Netscape] NYM Anonymous NSP Native Signal Processing [Intel] + Network Service Provider O... NSSC NASA Standard Spacecraft Computer NSTC National Science and Technology Council OAB One-to-All Broadcast NSTL National Software Testing Labs OAD Open Architecture Driver [Bernoulli] NT New Technology [Microsoft] OAG Official Airline Guide + Online Air Guide OAI Open Applications Interface OEP Operand Execution Pipeline OAS One-to-All Scatter OF Overflow Flag OBD On Board Diagnostics OFB Output Feedback (mode) OBEX Object Exchange [Borland] OFMT Output Format for Numbers OBJ Object OFS Object File System [Microsoft] + Output Field Separator OC Optical Carrier OH Off Hook OCE Open Collaborative Environment [Apple] OIDL Object Interface Definition Language OCF Objects Components Framework [Borland] OIS Office Information Systems OCL Operation Control Language + Operator Control Language OLAP On-Line Analytical Processing OCR Optical Character Recognition .OLD Old version (file name extension) OCS On-Card Sequencer OLE Object Linking and Embedding [Microsoft] OCX OLE Custom Control OLGA On-Line Guitar Archive ODA Office Document Architecture OLI Optical Line Interface [AT&T] ODAPI Open Database Application Programming OLMC Output Logic Macrocell Interface [Borland] OLSP On-Line Service Provider ODBC Object-Oriented Database Connectivity + OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing Open Data Base Connectivity [Microsoft] OM Object Manager ODBMS Object-Oriented Database Management System (also OMA Object Management Architecture [Microsoft] see OODMS) OME Open Messaging Environment (protocol) ODI Open Datalink Interface [Novell] + OMF Object Module Format [Microsoft] + Open Device Interconnect [NetWare] Open Media Framework + Open Message Format ODM Object Data Manager [IBM] + OMG Object Management Group Optimized Distribution Model [Compaq] OMI Open Messaging Interface [Lotus] ODMA Open Document Management API OMNS Open Network Management System ODP Open Distributed Processing OMR Optical Mark Recognition ODS Open Data Services [Microsoft] ONC Open Network Computing [Sun] ODSI Open Directory Service Interface [Microsoft] ONDS Open Network Distribution Services [IBM] ODT Open Desktop ONE Open Network Environment [Netscape] OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer ONU Optical Network Unit OODB Object-Oriented Database OS Operating System OODMS Object-Oriented Database Management System (also OS/2 Operating System/2 [IBM] see ODBMS) OSA Open Scripting/System Architecture OOL Object-Oriented Language OS/E Operating System/Environment OOOS Object-Oriented Operating System OSF Open Software Foundation OOPL Object-Oriented Programming Language OSI Open Systems Interconnection OOPS Object Oriented Programming and Systems OSM Off-Screen Model OOS Object-Oriented Systems + OSP On-Screen Programming + Optical Storage Processor Off-line Operating Simulator OSPF Open Shortest Path First OOT Object-Oriented Technology OSQL Object Structured Query Language OOUI Object Oriented User Interface OSR2 OEM Service Release 2 [Microsoft] OP Operation + Optical + Output OT Object Technology OPAC Online Public Access Catalog [Internet] OTA Operation-Triggered Architecture OPC Organic/Optical Photoconductor OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometer OPCODE Operational Code OTF Open Token Foundation OPD Operand OTP One-Time Programmable OPI Open Prepress Interface OURS Open Users Recommended Solutions OPM Operations Per Minute .OUT Outlines (file name extension) OPS Open Profiling Standard + Operations OUTS Output String OPT Open Protocol Technology OV Overflow .OPT Options (file name extension) OVAL Object-Based Virtual Application Language [Psion] OPUS Octal Program Updating System .OVL Program Overlay (file name extension) ORACLE On-Line Inquiry and Report Generator (Unix DB program) .OVR Program Overlay (file name extension) ORB Object Request Broker [Microsoft] OWL Object/Open Windows Library [Borland] ORDVAC * Ordnance Variable Automatic Computer P... .ORG Non-Profit Organizations (Domain name) [Internet] ORI Online Retrieval Interface PAB Personal Address Book .ORI Original (file name extension) PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange ORS Output Record Separator PACE Priority Access Control Enabled [3Com] PACS Picture Archiving and Communication System PC Personal Computer + Printed Circuit + Program Counter PACS-L Public Access Computer Systems List [Internet] PCACIAS Personal Computer Automated Calibration Interval PAD Packet Assembler/Disassembler Analysis System PADS Pen Application Development System [Slate Corporation] PCB Printed Circuit Board + Program Control Block PAIH Public-Access Internet Host [Internet] PCBC Plain Cipher Block Chaining PAIS Public-Access Internet Site [Internet] PCD Photo Compact Disk .PAK Packed (compressed file name extension) [NoGate PC-DOS Personal Computer - Disk Operating System [IBM] Consulting] PCEB PCI to EISA Bridge [Intel] PAL Paradox Applications Language [Borland] + PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect/Interface Phase Alternating Line + Programmed Array Logic + PCIC PC-Card Interrupt Controller Programming Assembly Language PC-I/O Program Controlled I/O .PAL Palette (file name extension) PCL Printer Command Language [HP] + Process Control Language PALC Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal (display) PCM Personal Computer Manufacturer + PALS Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System Printer Cartridge Metric [HP] + PAM Pulse Amplitude Modulation Pulse Code Modulation PAP Packet-level Procedure + PCMC PCI, Cache, Memory Controller [Intel] Password Authentication Protocol + PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Printer Access Protocol PCMIM Personal Computer Media Interface Module PAR Personal Animation Recorder + Parallel PCN Personal Computer Network PARA Paragraph PCNFS Personal Computer Network File System PARC Palo Alto Research Center [XEROX] PCO Point of Control and Observation .PAS PASCAL source code (file name extension) PCS Patchable Control Store + PASCAL (Programming Language named for Blaise Pascal) Personal Communication Services/System + .PAT Patch + Pattern (file name extensions) Personal Conferencing Specification + PATN Promotional Port Access Telephone Number Planning Control Sheet + Print Contrast Signal + PAX Portable Archive Exchange [Unix] Process Control Systems + Program Counter Store + PBE Prompt By Example Programmable Drive Table + Project Control System PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array PCT Private Communications Technology PBX Private Branch Exchange .PCT Picture (file name extension) .PCX Picture Image (file name extension) PEM Privacy-Enhanced Mail [Internet] PD Phase-Change Dual + Public Domain PEN SDK Pen Computing Software Development Kit PDA Personal Digital Assistant PEP Packet Exchange Protocol + PDC Primary Domain Controller Packetized Ensemble Protocol [Telebit] PDD Physical Device Driver + Portable Digital Document PERL Practical Extraction and Report Language [Unix] PDF Package Definition File + Portable Document Format + PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique Portable Document File + Processor Defined Function + PES Positioning Error Signal + Processor Enhancement Socket Program Development Facility Processor Upgrade Socket .PDF Printer Description (file name extension)[Borland,Lotus] PET Print Enhancement Technology [Compaq] PDIAL Public Dialup Internet Access List [Internet] .PFB Printer Font Binary (file name extension) PDL Page Description Language + Program Description Language PFE Programmer's File Editor + Program Design Language .PFM Printer Font Metrics (file name extension) [Windows] PDM Product Data Management PFR Power-Fail Restart PDN Public Data Network PGA Pin Grid Array + Professional Graphics Adapter [IBM] PDO Portable Distributed Objects [Next] PGC Program Group Control [Microsoft] PDP Plasma Display Panel + Programmable Data Processor + PGDN Page Down (DEC Computer System Designation, i.e. PDP-8, PDP-11) .PGL Graphics (file name extension) [Hewlett-Packard] PDS Packet Driver Specification + Partitioned Data Set + PGM Program Planetary Data System + Portable Document Software + PGP Pretty Good Privacy (name of encryption program) Processor Direct Slot [Macintosh] .PGP ProGram Parameter (file name extension) [AutoCAD] PDSS Post Development and Software Support PGUP Page Up PDT Performance Diagnostic Tool [IBM] + PHIGS Programmers' Hierarchial Interactive Graphics Programmable Drive Table Standards PDU Plug Distribution Unit .PHO Phone List (file name extension) .PDX Paradox files (file name extension) [Borland] + PHS Personal Handyphone System Printer Description Extension (file name extension) PI Program Interruption PE Parity Even + Processing Element + Protect Enable PIA Peripheral Interface Adapter PEA Pocket Ethernet Adapter PIC Personal Information Carrier + PEL Picture Element [IBM] Personal Intelligent Communicator + Priority Interrupt Controller + PLC Programmable Logic Controller Program Interrupt Controller PLCC Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier PICS Platform for Internet Content Selection PLD Programmable Logic Device PICT Picture PLDS Pilot Land Data System [NASA] PID Process Identification Number + PLL Phase Locked Loop Proportional, Integral, Derivative .PLL Prelinked Library (file name extension) [Clipper] PIER Procedures for Internet/Enterprise Renumbering PL/M Programming Language for Micros PIF Picture Interchange Format File + PLS Primary Link Station Program Information File PLV Production Level Video PII Program Integrated Information PL/1 * Programming Language One PILOT Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching PM Presentation Manager [IBM] + PilotACE* Pilot Automatic Computing Engine Preventative Maintenance + Process Manager PIM Personal Information Manager + P-MAIL Paper Mail Primary Interface Module PMD Packet Mode Data PIN Personal Identification Number + PMMU Paged Memory Management Unit Process Identification Number [Unix] PMOS Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor PINE Pine Is Not Elm (original usage) + PMR Problem Management Report [IBM] Program for Internet News & Email (present usage) PMS Policy Management System PING Packet Internet Groper PN Processing Node PIO Parallel Input/Output + Processor Input/Output + PNA Programmable Network Access Programmed Input/Output PNG Portable Network Graphics PIP Picture In Picture + Problem Isolation Procedure + PNP Plug And Play Programmable Interconnect Point PO Parity Odd PIPO Parallel In, Parallel Out POC Point Of Contact PIT Programmable Interval Timer POE Power Open Environment PIXEL Picture Element POH Power-On Hours PL Plus POL Problem Oriented Language PLA Programmable Logic-Array POP Point Of Presence [MCI] + Pop from Stack + PLATO Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations Post Office Protocol POPA Pop All Registers PRI Primary-Rate Interface POPF Pop Flags PRINTF Print with Formatting [C Programming Language] POR Power-On-Reset PRISM Photo-Refractive Information Storage Material POS Point Of Sale + Positive + Programmable Object Select .PRJ Project (file name extension) [Borland] POSIX Portable Operating System Interface for Unix PRMD Private Mangement Domain [X.400] POST Power-On Self Test PRML Partial-Response Maximum-Likelihood POSTNET Postal Numeric Encoding Technique .PRO Profile (file name extension) POTS Plain Old Telephone Service PROC Procedure POWER Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC [IBM] PROFS Professional Office System [IBM] PowerPC Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC-Performance PROG Program + Programmer Computing PROLOG Programming In Logic (Programming Language)(See HLL) PP Parallel Port PROM Programmable Read Only Memory .PPD PostScript Printer Description (file name extension) PRN Printer PPDS Personal Printer Data Stream [IBM] .PRS Printer (file name extension) [WordPerfect] PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array PRTSC Print Screen PPM Pages Per Minute PS Proportional Spacing PPP Point-to-Point Protocol [Internet] .PS PostScript (file name extension) PPS Packets Per Second + Power Personal Systems [IBM] PS/2 Programming System 2 [IBM] PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol [Microsoft] PSC Personal Super Computer + Print Server Command + PQFP Plastic Quad Flat Pack Product Service Center PRACSA Public Remote Access Computer Standards Association PSDN Packet-Switched Data Network PRAM Parallel Random-Access Machine + PSDS Packet-Switched Data Service Parameter Random Access Memory PSERVER Print Server [NetWare] .PRD Printer Driver (file name extension) [Word] PSF Permanent Swap File PRE Preformatted [HTML] PSID PostScript Image Data PReP Power PC Reference Platform [IBM/Motorola] PSM Printing Systems Manager PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency PSN Packet Switching Network .PRF Preferences (file name extension) [Grammatik IV] PSP Personal Software Products (group) [IBM] + .PRG Program (file name extension) Program Segment Prefix PSPDN Packet-Switched Public Data Network .PX Primary Index (file name extension) [Paradox] P-SRAM Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory Q... PSRT PostScript Round Table [GEnie] PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network QA Quality Assurance PSU Power Supply Unit QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation PSW Program Status Word QBE Query By Example .ps.Z Compressed PostScript (file name extension) [Unix] QBF Query by Form PT Page Table QBIC Query By Image Content [IBM] P/T Part Time QC Quality Control PTD Parallel Transfer Disk Drive QD Querty/Dvorak PTF Problem Temporary/Trouble Fix [IBM] QDOS Quick and Dirty Operating System PUB Public (directory) [Internet] + Publish .QDI Quicken Dictionary (file name extension) [Intuit] .PUB Publication (file name extension) [Ventura] .QDT Quicken Data (file name extension) [Intuit] PUN Physical Unit Number QEMM Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager [Quarterdeck Corp.] PUP PARC Universal Packet (protocol) QFA Quick File Access PUS Processor Upgrade Socket QFE Quick-Fix Engineering [Microsoft] PUSHA Push All Registers QFP Quad Flat Pack PUSHF Push Flags QIC Quality Information Using Cycle Time [Hewlett-Packard] + PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit + Polyvinyl Chloride Quarter-Inch Cartridge PVM Parallel Virtual Machine + .QIF Quicken Import File/Interchange Format (file name extension) Pass-through Virtual Machine (protocol) [IBM] .QMT Quicken Memorized List (file name extension) [Intuit] PVP Parallel Vector Processing .QNX Quicken Indexes to Data (file name extension) [Intuit] PVS Parallel Visualization Server QOS Quality Of Service PW Password QPG Quantum Phase Gate PWB Printed Wire Board + QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Programmer's Workbench [Microsoft] QTC Quicktime Conferencing [Macintosh] PWD Print Working Directory [Unix] R... PWR Power PWSCS Programmable Workstation Communication Services [IBM] RA Return Authorization .RA Real Audio (file name extension) RB Right Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse) RACF Resource Access Control Facility RBBS Remote Bulletin Board System RAD Rapid Application Development RBCS Remote Bar Code System RADAR Rights, Availabilities, Distribution Analysis RBOC Regional Bell Operating Company and Reporting [Disney] RCL Rotate Carry Left RADB Routing Arbiter Data Base RCP Remote Control Panel + Remote Copy [Internet] + Restore Cursor Position RADSL Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line RCR Rotate Carry Right RAG Row Address Generator RCS Records Communications Switching System + RAID Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks + Revision Control System [Unix] Redundant Arrays of Independent Drives + RD Receive Data + Remove Directory Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks R&D Research and Development RAIS Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Systems RDA Remote Database Access RALU Register Arithmetic Logic Unit RDB Receive Data Buffer + Relational Database RAM Random Access Memory RDBMS Relational Database Management System RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog RDCLK Received Timing Clock Converter [Sierra] RDO Remote Data Object RAMP Remote Access Maintenance Protocol [Internet] RDP Reliable Datagram Protocol RAND Random RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory RAP Rapid Application Prototyping RDSR Receiver Data Service Request RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RDTO Receive Data Transfer Offset [IBM] RAS Random Access Storage + .REC Recorder (file name extension) + Reader Admission System [British Library] + Recreational or Entertainment Activities (Domain Reliability, Availability and Serviceability + Name) [Internet] Remote Access Service + Row Address Select REC. Recreation [USENET Newsgroup Category] RASAPI Remote Access Service Application Programming .REF Reference (file name extension) Interface [Microsoft] REG Register .RAT Rating (file name extension) REGAL Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate RAVE Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine [Apple Computer] RELSECT Relative Sector REM Remark + Remote + Ring Error Monitor RIME RelayNet International Message Exchange REN Rename RIP Raster Image Processor + Remote Imaging Protocol + REP Repeat Routing Information Protocol [Novell] REPE Repeat while Equal RIPEM Riordan's Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail REPNE Repeat while Not Equal RIPS Raster Image Processing System REPNZ Repeat while Not Zero RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing REPZ Repeat while Zero RIT Raw Input Thread [Microsoft] REQ Request RJE Remote Job Entry REREG Re-Register RLD Received Line Detect RES Remote Execution Service + Reset + Resolution RLE Run Length Encoded .RES Resource (file name extension) RLL Run Length Limited RET Resolution Enhancement Technology [HP] + Return RLN Remote LAN Node [DCA] RETR Retrieve RLOGIN Remote Login REX Relocatable Executable RLSD Received Line Signal Detected REXEC Remote Execution RLSI * Ridiculously Large-Scale Integration REXX Restructured Extended Executor (language) [IBM] RM Reset Mode RF Radio Frequency RMA Return Material Authorization + RFC Request For Comments [Internet] Return to Manufacturer Authorization RFD Request for Discussion [Internet] RMB Right Mouse Button RFI Radio Frequency Interference + Request for Information RMDIR Remove Directory RFP Request for Proposal RMI Remote Method Invocation [Sun] RFQ Request for Quotation RMON Remote Monitor/Monitoring RFS Remote File Sharing + Remote File System RMP Remote Maintenance Processor [IBM] RFT Revisable Form Text + Rich Text Format RMS Record Management Services + Root Mean Square RFU Reserved For Future Use RMW Read-Modify-Write RGB Red-Green-Blue (color model) RN Read News [Internet] RI Referential Integrity + Ring Indicate RND Random RIFF Resource Interchange File Format [Microsoft] RNG Random Number Generator RIM Remote Installation and Maintenance [Microsoft] RNP Regional Network Provider R-O Read Only RSD Route Server Daemon ROB Reorder Buffer [Intel] RSH Remote Shell ROL Rotate Left RSL Request-and-Status Link ROLAP Relational On-Line Analytical Processing RSP Required Space Character ROM Read Only Memory RSPX Remote Sequenced Packet Exchange ROOM Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling RST Reset + Restart ROP Raster Operation + RISC Operation RSTS Resource Sharing Time Sharing [Digital] ROR Rotate Right RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol ROS Read-Only Storage [IBM] RSX Real Time Resource Sharing Executive ROT Running Object Table RT Real Time + RISC Technology + Run Time RPC Remote Procedure Call R/T Receive/Transmit RPG Report Program Generator (Programming Language) RTAM Remote Terminal Access Method RPL Resident Programming Language + RTC Real-Time Clock Requested Privilege Level RTDM Real-Time Data Migration RPN Real Page Number + Reverse Polish Notation RTEL Reverse Telnet [Internet] RPRINTER Remote Printer [NetWare] RTF Rich Text Format RPPROM Reprogrammable PROM RTL Register Transfer Language/Level + RPT Repeat Resistor Transistor Logic + Right-To-Left + RPQ Request for Price Quotation Run Time Library RQBE Relational Query By Example [Fox Pro] RTM Response Time Monitor + Runtime Manager [Borland] RR Real Reality RTMP Routing Table Maintenance Protocol RS Radio Shack + RTOS Real-Time Operating System Recommended Standard (as in RS-232) [EIA] + RTP Rapid Transport Protocol + Real-Time Protocol Record Separator + Request to Send RTS Remote Takeover System + Request To Send RSA129 (129 digit cryptographic security number named after RTSP Real-Time Streaming Protocol its inventors: Drs. Ronald L. Rivest, Adi Shamir and RTTI Runtime Type Information Leonard M. Adelman) RTTY Radio Teletypewriter (Communications) RSAC Recreational Software Advisory Council RTV Real Time Video RSCS Remote Spooling Communications System RVA Relative Virtual Address RVI Reverse Interrupt SASI Shugert Associates System Interface (SCSI originated R/W Read/Write from SASI) RWM Read-Write Memory SATAN Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks RX Receiver .SAV Saved (file name extension) RXD Receive Data SAVDM Single Application VDM SB S... SBA Sound Blaster [Creative Labs] + Sound Board Scene Balance Algorithms [Kodak] SA Selective Availability SBB Subtract With Borrow SAA Systems Application Architecture [IBM] SBC Single-Board Computer SAC Single Attachment Concentrator SBCS Single-Byte Character Set SADL Synchronous Data Link Control [Racal-Vadic] SBI Sound Blaster Instrument SAINT * Symbolic Automatic Integrator .SBR Source Browser (file name extension) [Borland] SAL Shift Arithmetic Left .SC Script (file name extension) SAM Serial Access Memory + Sequential Access Method + SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Aquisition Security Accounts Manager [Microsoft] + SCAM SCSI Configuration Automatically Single Application Mode [Microsoft] SCAS Scan String SAN System Area Network SCB Subsystem Control Block [IBM] SANE Standard Apple Numeric Environment SCC Serial Communications Controllers + SAP Second Audio Program + Service Access Point [DEC] + Serial Controller Chip + Service Advertising Protocol + Synchronous Channel Check [IBM] * Symbolic Assembly Program + SCCS Source Code Control System Systems, Applications and Products (company) SCD Standard Color Display SAPI Speech Application Program Interface [Microsoft] S-CDMA Synchronous Code-Division Multiple Access SAR Segmentation and Reassembly + SCF System Control Facility Shift Arithmetic Right + SCI Scalable Coherent Interface Successive Approximation Register + SCI. Science [USENET Newsgroup Category] Synthetic Aperature Radar SCLM Softwre Configuration and Library Management [IBM] SAS Sales Accounting System + Single Attached Station + SCM ScreenCam Format [Lotus] + Single Audio System + Statistical Analysis System Software Configuration Management + Station Class Mark SCO Santa Cruz Operation (Software Company) SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SCOPE Simple Communications Programming Environment SD-ROM Super Density ROM [Hayes] SDS Sysops Distribution System SCP Save Cursor Position + Subsystem Control Port + SDSL Single-Line Digital Subscriber Line System Control Program SD_STB Streaming Data Strobe [IBM] SCR Silicon Controlled Rectifier SDV Switched Digital Video [AT&T] .SCR Script (file name extension) SDX Storage Data Acceleration SCRN Screen (video display) SEA Standard Extended Attribute [OS/2] SCRS Scalable Cluster of RISC Systems .SEA Self Extracting Archive (file name extension) [Macintosh] SCSA Signal Computing System Architecture [Dialogic] SEAC * Name of first computer to use transistors, built by SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface (National Bureau of) Standards Eastern Automatic SD Send Data + Super Density Calculator (Also see SWAC) SDA Software Disk Array + Source Data Automation + SEAL Segmentation and Reassembly Layer (protocol) + System Display Architecture [Digital] Screening External Access Link [Digital-DEC] SDB Symbolic Debugger [Unix] SEC Single Error Correction SDD Software Description Database [Internet] SECAM Sequentiel Couleur Avec Memoire SDF Space Delimited File + Space Delimited Format (Sequential Color With Memory) .SDF Standard Data Format (file name extension) SED Stream Editor + Stream-Oriented Editor SDH Synchronous Digital Hieararchy SEG Segment SDI Selective Dissemination of Information + SEH Structured Exception Handling Single Document Interface SEL Select Software Development Interface [Mosaic] SEM Scanning Electron Microscope + SDK Software Developer's Kit [Microsoft] Standard Electronic Module SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control (protocol) SEPP Secure Encryption Payment Protocol SDM System Development Multitasking SER Serial SDMS SCSI Device Management System [NCR] SET Secure Electronic Transaction + SDN Software Defined Network [AT&T] Softwave Engineering Technology SDNS Secure Data Network Service .SET Driver Set (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] + SDR Streaming Data Request Image Settings (file name extension) [Paradox] SETEXT Structure Enhanced Text [Internet] Symbolic Interactive Debugger SEU Smallest Executable Unit SIDF System Independent Data Format SF Sign Flag SIDH System Identification for Home Systems SFD Start Frame Delimiter SIDT Store Interrupt Descriptor Table SFQL Structured Full-text Query Language SIFT Stanford Information Filtering Tool SFS System File Server SIG Special Interest Group SFT System Fault Tolerance SIGCAT Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications SFX Sound Effect(s) and Technology SGEN Signal Generator + System Generator SIM Simulator SGDT Store Global Descriptor Table SIMD Single Instruction Multiple Data-stream (processor) SGI Silicon Graphics, Inc. SIMM Single In-line Memory Module SGM Shaded Graphics Modeling SIMTEL Simulation and Teleprocessing SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language SIMULA Simulation (language) SGR Set Graphics Rendition SIO Serial Input/Output (communications driver) SGRAM Synchronous Graphics RAM SIP Single In-line Package S/H Sample and Hold SIPC Simply Interactive Personal Computer [Microsoft] SHA Secure Hash Algorithm [NSA] SIPO Serial In, Parallel Out SHAR Shell Archive SIPP Single In-line Pin Package SHED Segmented Hypergraphic Editor SIR Serial Infrared [Hewlett-Packard] SHG Segmented Hypergraphics SIRDS Single-Image Random Dot Stereogram SHL Shift Logical Left SI/SO Serial In/Serial Out + Shift In/Shift Out SHR Shift Logical Right SIT Special Information Tones S-HTTP Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol .SIT Stuff-It (compressed file name extension) [Macintosh] .SHW Show (file name extension) SIU System Interface Unit SI Shift-In + Source Index + System Information + SKIP Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocols [Sun] System Integration SKU# Stock Keeping Unit Number SIC Standard Industrial Code SLDT Store Local Descriptor Table SID Security Identifier + Serial Input Data + SLED Single Large Expensive Disk Station Identification [AT&T] + SLIC System Level Integration Circuit SMS SLIP Serial Line Interface Protocol Small Messaging System + Storage Management Services [NetWare] + SLM Spatial Light Modulator Storage Management Subsystem/System + SLMR Silly Little Modem Reader Systems Management Server [Microsoft] SLOSH Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricane (program) SMSW SLSI Super Large-Scale Integration SMT SLSS Systems Library Subscription Service [IBM] Surface-Mount Technology SLU Spoken Language Understanding SMTP SM Set Mode + Shared Memory SMU SMART Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SN SMB Server Message Block (protocol) [MII] S/N SMD Surface Mounted Device SNA SMDR Station Message Detail Recording SNAP SMDS Switched Multimedia/Multi-Megabit Data Service SND SMF Single Mode Fiber + System Manager Facility [Compaq] SNEWS SMI System Management Interrupt [Intel] SNMP SMIF Standard Mechanical Interface SNOBOL S-MIME Secure MIME Language) String Oriented Symbolic Language (Programming Simple Network Management Protocol Secure News Server [Internet] Sound Sub-Network Access Protocol Systems Network Architecture [IBM] Signal-to-Noise (Ratio) Serial Number System Management Utility Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Station Management (protocol) + Store Machine Status Word SMIT System Management Interface Tool [IBM] SNP Serial Number/Password [Omen Technology] SMK Software Migration Kit [Microsoft] SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio SML Standard Meta Language SOA Start Of Authority SMM System Management Mode [Intel] SOC System On a Chip SMOBC Solder Mask Over Bare Copper SOC. Social Issues [USENET Newsgroup Category] SMP + Simple Management Protocol + Symbolic Manipulation Program SOCKS Socket Secure (server) [Internet] SO-DIMM Small Outline DIMM Symmetrical Multi-Processing + Symmetric Multiprocessor SOE .SMP Sample (file name extension) SOH SMPC Shared Memory Parallel Computer SOHO SMPS Switching Mode Power Supply SOL SMRAM System Management Random Access Memory SOM Start of Message + System Object Model [IBM] Simulation Oriented Language Small Office/Home Office Start of Header Standard Operating Environment SONET Synchronous Optical Network SPR Special Purpose Register + Statistical Pattern Recognition SOP Standard Operating Procedures SPREAD * Systems Programming, Research, Engineering SOS Silicon On Sapphire + Sophisticated Operating System + and Development [IBM] Standards and Open Systems SPS Standby Power System SOTA State Of The Art SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SOX Sound Exchange SPT Sectors Per Track SP Service Pack [IBM] + Stack Pointer + System Product SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange [Novell] SPA Software Publishers Association SQ Squeezed (files) SPAN Space Physics Analysis Network SQE Signal Quality Error (test) SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture SQL/DS Structured Query Language/Data System [IBM] SPC Small Peripheral Controller + Statistical Process Control SQRT Square Root SPCL Spectrum Cellular Corporation SR Shift Register SPCS Stored Program Controlled Switch SRAM Shadow Random Access Memory + SPEC Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative Static Random Access Memory SPF Shortest Path First + System Programming Facility SRAPI Speech Recognition API SPI Security Parameters Index + Service Provider Interface + SRB Source-Route Bridge SCSI Parallel Interface .SRC Source (file name extension) SPID Service Profile/Provider Identifier SRD Screen Reader System SPIKE Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-Based SRDRAM Self-Refreshed DRAM Environment [STScI] SRGB Sustained RGB (values) SPIRES Stanford Public Information Retrieval System SRM Security Reference Monitor [Stanford University] SRO Sharable and Read Only SPL Spooler + System Programming Language [HP] SRP Suggested Retail Price .SPL Spell Checker (file name extension) .SRP Script (file name extension) SPM System Performance Monitor [IBM] SRPI Server-Requester Programming Interface SPOOL Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line SRQ Service Request SPOT Shared Product Object Tree [IBM] SRR Serially Reusable Resource SPP Sequenced Packet Protocol SRS Sound Retrieval System SPPS Scalable Power Parallel System [IBM] SS Stack Segment + Single Sided + Seconds SSA Serial Storage Architecture S/TK Sectors Per Track SSAP Source Service Access Point STL Standard Template Library SSCP Systems Service Control Point [IBM] STN Super-Twist Nematic SSD Solid State Disk .STORE Businesses Offering Goods (Domain Name) [Internet] SSEC * Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator [IBM] STOS Store String SSGA System Suppport Gate Array STP Secure Transfer Protocol + Shielded Twisted Pair (cable) + SSI Server Side Includes + Single System Image + Signal Transfer Point + Synchronized Transaction Processing Small Scale Integration STR Store Task Register + Synchronous Transmitter Receiver SSL Secure Sockets Layer STRESS Structural Engineering System Solver (Programming SSPI Security Service Provider Interface [Microsoft] Language) SSRP Simple Server Redundance Protocol [Cisco] STRUDL Structural Design Language (Programming Language) SST Spread-Spectrum Technology + STScI Space Telescope Science Institute Systems Services and Technology STT Secure Transaction Technology [Microsoft] STA Spanning Tree Algorithm STX Start of Text STAR Self Defining Text Archival .STY Style (file name extension) [Ventura, Word, WordPerfect] STB Strobe SUB Subroutine + Substitute + Subtract STC Set Carry Flag SUN Sun Microsystems, Inc. STD Set Direction Flag + Standard .SUP Supplemental Dictionary (file name extension) STDA StreetTalk Directory Assistance [Banyan] [WordPerfect] STDAUX Standard Auxillary SVC Switched Virtual Circuit STDERR Standard Error SVF Simple Vector Format STDIN Standard Input SVGA Super Video Graphics Array STDIO.H Standard Input/Output Header [C Programming Language] S-VHS Super VHS STDM Statistical Time Division Multiplexer SVM System Virtual Machine [Microsoft] STDOUT Standard Output SVN Switched Virtual Network [IBM] STDPRN Standard Printer SVR Server STEP Standard for Exchange of Product SVR# System V Release Number [AT&T] .STF Structured File (file name extension) [Lotus Agenda] S/W Software STI Set Interrupt Flag SWAC * Mobile version of SEAC, built for deployment to White Sands, and named Standards Western Automatic Calculator .tar.Z Compressed Archived files (file name extension) [Unix] SWAIS Simple Wide Area Information Server [Internet] TAS Telephone Access Server SWISH Simple Web Indexing System for Humans TASM Turbo Assembler [Borland] SWP Simple Web Printing TAXI Transparent Asynchronous Transceiver/Receiver Interface .SWP Swap (file name extension) TB Terabyte (1,024 gigabytes) .SYL Syllabus (file name extension) T/B Top and Bottom SYLK Symbolic Link TBBS The Bread Board System (BBS) .SYM Symbols (file name extension) TBGA Tape Ball Grid Array .SYN Synonym (file name extension) .TBK Toolbook (file name extension) SYNC Synchronous TBU Tape Backup Unit SYS System TC Test Control + Transmission Control .SYS System Configuration (file name extension) + TCL Tool Command Language System Device Driver (file name extension) TCM Trellis-Coded Modulation SYSADMIN System Administrator TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol SYSGEN System Generator TD Transmit Data SYSLOG System Log TDD Telecommunications Device for the Deaf SYSMOD System Modification TDtoDP Tablet Coordinates to Display Coordinates SYSOP System Operator (converting) SYSREQ System Request TDE Terminal Display Editor SZ Send ZModem [Unix] .TDF Trace Definition File (file name extension) [OS/2] + Typeface Definition File (file name extension) T... TDI Transport Device Interface TACS Total Access Communication System TDM Technical Document Management + TAD Telephone Answering Device Time Division Multiplexing TAP Telelocator Alphanumeric Protoco TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TAPCIS The Access Program for the CompuServe TDMS Terminal Display Management System Information Service TDP Tag Distribution Protocol [Cisco] + TAPI Telephony Applications Programming Interface TDSR Telelocator Data Protocol .tar Tape Archive (archived file name extension) [Unix] Transmitter Data Service Request TDR Time Domain Reflectometry TIFF Tagged Image File Format TE/2 Terminal Emulator/2 [Oberon] TIGA Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture TEB Thread Environment Block TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding TEC Tokyo Electronics Corporation and Referencing TED Tiny Editor TIIAP Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure TEI Terminal Endpoint Identifier Assistance Program [NII] TELCO Telephone Company TIM Technical Information Memo [Compaq] TEML Turbo Editor Macro Language [Borland] TIMEZONES AST - Atlantic Standard Time TEMP Temporary AHD - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight TER Thermal Eclipse Reading [Sony] AHS - Alaska-Hawaii Standard TERMPWR Terminator Power BST - British Summer Time TFDD Text File Device Driver CDT - Central Daylight Time TFEL Thin-Film Electroluminescent CST - Central Standard Time .TFM Tagged Font Metric (file name extension) EAD - Eastern Australia Daylight TFT Thin-Film Transistor (screens) EDT - Eastern Daylight Time TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol EMT - Eastern Mediterranean THD Total Harmonic Distortion EST - Eastern Standard Time .THD Thread (file name extension) JST - Japanese Standard Time THOMAS The (U.S.) House (of Representatives) Open Multimedia MDT - Mountain Daylight Time Access System MST - Mountain Standard Time THOR Tandy High-Performance Optical Recording MTS - Moscow Time Standard THR Transmit Holding Register MTD - Moscow Time Daylight .THS Thesaurus (file name extension) PDT - Pacific Daylight Time TI Texas Instruments, Inc. PST - Pacific Standard Time TIA Telecommunications Industry Association + WED - Western Europe Daylight The Internet Adapter [Internet] WES - Western Europe Standard TID Target ID YDT - Yukon Daylight Time TIES Time Independent Escape Sequence YST - Yukon Standard Time .TIF Tagged Image File (filename extension) TIMI Technology Independent Machine Interface [IBM] TIMS Text Information Management Systems TPW Turbo Pascal for Windows TINA Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture TQFP Thin Quad Flat Pack TIP Terminal Interface Processor TQM Total Quality Management TK/TK Track to Track TR Terminal Ready TLA Three-Letter Acronym T/R Transmit/Receive TLB Translation Lookaside Buffer TRADIC * Transistorized Airborne Digital Computer .TLB Table (file name extension) (Name of first computer to be entirely TLD Top Level Domain transistorized) TLI Transport Layer Interface .TRM Terminal (file name extension) TLU Table Lookup TRN Threaded Read News [Internet] + Token Ring Network .TLX Telex (file name extension) TRON The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus TM Trademark TS Top Secret .TML Template (file name extension) TSA Target Service Agent + Technical Support Alliance TMP Temporary TSAPI Telephony Services Application Program TN Twisted Nematic Interface [AT&T + Novell] TNC Terminal Node Controller TSB Termination Status Block TNO The Netherlands Organization TSE The Semware Editor ToC Table Of Contents TSO Time Sharing Option TOD Time Of Day TSR Terminate and Stay Resident TOP Technical and Office Protocol TSS Task State Segment + Time Sharing System TPC Transaction-Processing Performance Council TS/SI Top Secret/Sensitive Information TPF Transactions Processing Facility [IBM] .TST Test (file name extension) TPI Tracks Per Inch TSTN Triple Supertwisted Nematic TPL Table Producing Language + TSV Tab Separated Values Transaction Processing Language TT Typewriter Text TPM Transactions Per Minute TTA Transport-Triggered Architecture TPORT Twisted Pair Port Transceiver [AT&T] TTCN Tree and Tabular Combined Notation TPS Transactions Per Second + .TTF TrueType Font (file name extension) Transaction Processing System TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic TTP Thermal-Transfer Printing User Coordinate System TTS Text-To-Speech + Transaction Tracking System UCT Universal Coordinated Time TTY Teletype UDC User Defined Commands TUCOWS The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software UDE Universal Data Exchange TUI Text-Based User Interface [WordPerfect] UDEC * Universal Digital Electronic Computer [Burroughs] TUMS Table Update and Management System [Stanford University] UDF Universal Disk Format + User Defined Functions .TUT Tutorial (file name extension) UDG User Defined Gateway TVF Table of contents Verbosely from File [Unix] UDP User Datagram Protocol TVFS Toronto Virtual File System [IBM] UDT Uniform Data Transfer TVI Television Interference UFS Unix File System TVOL Television On-Line UG User Group TWAIN Technology Without Any Interesting Name UI Unix International + User Interface (connection between application and scanner software) UIC User Identification Code TWX Teletypewriter Exchange Service UID User Identifier TXD Transmit Data UIMS User Interface Management System .TXF Tax Exchange Format (file name extension) UL Underwriters Laboratories + TXT Text Unordered List + Upload TXT2STF Text To Structured File [Lotus Agenda] ULA Uncommitted Logic Array TZ Time Zone [Unix] ULN Universal Link Negotiation ULSI U... UMA Ultra Large Scale Integration Unified Memory Architecture UA User Agent + User Area UMB Upper Memory Block [LIM/AST] UAE Unrecoverable Application Error UNC Universal Naming Convention + UAM User Authentication Method Uuencoded Netnews Collator [Unix] UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter UNCOL Universal Computed Oriented Language .UC2 Compressed File (file name extension) [UltraCompressor] UNI User-Network Interface UCE Unsolicited Commercial Email UNICOM Universal Integrated Communication (System) UCL Universal Communications Language UNICOS Universal Compiler FORTRAN compatible UCS Unicode Conversion Support + Universal Character Set + UNII Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer UTI Universal Text Interchange/Interface Unix (AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System) UTP Unshielded Twisted-Pair (cable) UNMA Unified Network Management Architecture UU Uuencode/Uudecode UP Uniprocessor UUCP Unix-To-Unix Copy Program UPC Universal Product Code UUD UUDecoding [Unix] UPG Upgrade UUE UUEncoding [Unix] UPL User Program Language UUI User-To-User Information [AT&T] UPM Unix Programmer's Manual + UUID Universal Unique Identifier User Profile Management [IBM] UV Ultraviolet UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply + V... Uninterruptible Power System URC Uniform Resource Characteristics + VA Virtual Address + Visual Age [IBM] Uniform Resource Citation VAD Value Added Dealer UREP Unix RSCS Emulation Protocol (protocol) VADD Value Added Disk Driver URI Uniform Resource Identifier VADSL Very-High-Rate Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line URL Uniform Resource Locator VAL Value + Voice Application Language URN Uniform Resource Name/Number .VAL Validity Checks (file name extension) [Paradox] US Unit Separator VAM Virtual Access Method USART Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Reciever/Transmitter VAN Value Added Network USB Universal Serial Bus [Intel] VAP Value Added Process USENET User's Network [Internet] VAR Value Added Reseller + Value Added Retailer + Variable USERID User Identification VAST Variable Array Storage Technology USOC Universal Service Ordering Code VAX/VMS Virtual Address Extension/Virtual Memory System [DEC] USQ Unsqueezed (files) VB Variable Block + Visual Basic [Microsoft] USR US Robotics (corporation) VBA Visual Basic for Applications [Microsoft] USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter VBE/AI Vesa Bios Extension/Audio Interface USSA User Supported Software Association (United Kingdom) vBNS Very High Speed Backbone Network Service [MCI + NSF] UT User Terminal VBR Variable Bit Rate UTC Coordinated Universal Time VBRUN Visual Basic Runtime .VBX Visual Basic Extension (file name extension) VFAT Virtual File Allocation Table [Microsoft] VCC Virtual Channel Connection V.FC Version.First Class (communications standard) VCD Virtual Communications Driver VFD Vacuum Fluorescent Display VCI Virtual Circuit Identifier VFW Video For Windows [Microsoft] VCL Visual Component Library VGA Video Graphics Array VCOS Visual Caching Operating System [AT&T] VGC Video Graphics Controller VCPI Virtual Control Program Interface VHDL VHSIC Hardware Description Language VCR Video Cassette Recorder VHS Very High Speed + Video Home System + VDD Virtual Device Driver Virtual Host Storage VDDM Virtual Device Driver Manager VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit VDE Video Display Editor + Visual Development Environment VI Visual Interactive (editor) [Unix] VDISK Virtual Disk VIE Virtual Information Environment VDM Virtual DOS Machine [IBM] VIF Virtual Interface + Virtual Interrupt Flag VDMAD Virtual Direct Memory Access Device [Microsoft] VIM Vendor Independent Mail + VDS Virtual DMA Services Vendor Independent Messaging + Video Interface Module VDSL Very-High-Data-Rate Digital Subscriber Line VIO Video Input/Output + Virtual Input/Output VDT Video Dial Tone + Video Display Terminal VINES Virtual Networking System [Banyan] VDU Video Display Unit + Visual Display Unit ViP Visual Programming [Lotus] VEGA Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter [Video-7, Inc.] VIP Variable Information Processing + VEMM Virtual Expanded Memory Manager Video Information Provider + VEMMI Versatile Multimedia Interface Virtual Interrupt Pending VER Verify + Version VIPER Verifiable Integrated Processor for VERONICA Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to Enhanced Reliability Computer Archives [Internet] VIS Video Information System [Tandy] + VERR Verify Read Access Visual Instruction Set [Sun] + VERW Verify Write Access Voice Information System VES Video Encoding Standard [Oracle] VJ HEADER Van Jacobsen Header (compression) [Unix] VESA Video Electronics Standards Association VLAN Virtual Local Area Network VF Virtual Floppy VL-BUS Vesa Local-Bus [VESA] VLD Variable-Length Decoder VPE Video Port Extensions [Microsoft] + VLF Very Low Frequency Visual Programming Environment VLINK Visited Link [HTML] VPL Virtual Programming Language VLIW Very Large Instruction Word VPM Video Port Manager VLM Virtual Loadable Module VPN Virtual Page Number + Virtual Private Network VLSI Very Large Scale Integration VPS Voice Processing System VLSIPS Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis VPSC Vault, Process, Structure, Configuration VLT Variable List Table VPT Virtual Print Technology [Dataproducts] VM Virtual Machine + Virtual Memory VR Virtual Reality + Voltage Regulated/Regulator VMA Virtual Memory Address VRAM Video Random Access Memory VMB Virtual Machine Boot VRE Voltage Regulated Extended VME Versa Module Eurocard + VRM Voltage Regulator Module Virtual Memory Environment VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language VMM Virtual Machine/Memory Manager (originally named Virtual Reality Markup Language) VMOS Vertical MOS VROOMM Virtual Real-time Object Oriented VMP Virtual Modem Protocol Memory Manager [Borland] VMS Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System .VRS WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension) VMT Virtual Memory Technique VRT Voltage Regulation Technology [Intel] VNA Virtual Network Architecture VRU Voice Response Unit VOC Creative Voice (format) [Sound Blaster] VS Virtual Storage VOD Video On Demand VSAM Virtual Storage Access Method VOL Volume VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal VOM Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter VSE Virtual Storage Extended VOR Visions Of Reality VSF Vertical Scanning Frequency VOS Verbal/Voice Operating System VSI Virtual Socket Interface VP Virtual Path VSIO Virtual Serial Input Output VPD Virtual Printer Device + Vital Product Data [IBM] VSLI Very Large Scale Integration VPDN Virtual Private Data Network VSM Virtual Shared Memory + Virtual Storage Management + VPDS Virtual Private Data Service [MCI] Visual System Management [IBM] VSN Volume Serial Number WC Word Count VSOS Virtual Storage Operating System WCS World Coordinate System VSYNC Vertical Sync WDL Windows Driver Library [Microsoft] VT Vertical Tab WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexing VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method [IBM] WDRAM Windows Dynamic Random Access Memory VTNS Virtual Telecommunications Network Service .WEB Entities Emphasizing the WWW (Domain Name) [Internet] VUI Video User Interface WebNFS Web Network File System [Sun] VUP VAX Unit of Performance WELL Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (BBS) VMS Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System WFM Wired For Management [Intel] VWB Visual WorkBench [Microsoft] WFW Windows For Workgroups [Microsoft] VxD Virtual Extended Driver [Microsoft] WGS Work Group System .VXD Virtual Device (file name extension) [Microsoft] WHAM Waveform Hold and Modify [Microsoft] V&V Verification and Validation WHC Workstation Host Connection WINE W... Windows Emulator WINForum Wireless Information Networks Forum W/ With WINS Windows-Internet Naming Service [Microsoft] W3 (see WWW) WINSOCK Windows Open Systems Architecture [Microsoft] + W3A World Wide Web Applets Windows Sockets W3C World Wide Web Consortium WINWORD Word For Windows [Microsoft] W4 What-Works-With-What WISE WordPerfect Information System Environment WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System WIT Web Interactive Talk [Internet] WABI Windows Application Binary Interface [SunSoft] .WKB Workbook (file name extension) [WordPerfect] WAI Web Application Interface [Netscape] .WKE Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] WAIS Wide Area Information Server .WKQ Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU] WAITS Wide Area Information Transfer System .WKS Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] WAN Wide Area Network .WKZ Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU] WATS Wide Area Telecommunications Service .WK1 Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] .WAV Waveform Audio (file name extension) WL Word Line WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management WMC Workflow Management Coalition .WMF Windows Metafile Format (file name extension) [Microsoft] WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get WNIC Wide-Area Network Interface Co-Processor X... WNIM Wide-Area Network Interface Module W/O Without XA Extended Architecture + Extended Attribute WORM Write Once, Read Many XAPIA X.400 Application Program Interface Association WOS Workstation Operating System X2B Hexadecimal to Binary [REXX] WOSA Windows Open Services/Systems Architecture [Microsoft] .XBM X-Windows Bitmaps (file name extension) (black and white) WP WordPerfect + Word Processing + Write Protected .XPM X-Windows Pixelmaps (file name extension) (color) .WPD Windows Printer Description (file name extension) X2C Hexadecimal to Character [REXX] .WPG WordPerfect Graphics (file name extension) XCHG Exchange WPHD Write-Protect Hard Disk XCMD External Command .WPK Keyboard (file name extension) [WordPerfect] XCOPY Extended Copy WPM Words Per Minute X2D Hexadecimal to Decimal [REXX] .WPM Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect] XDF Extended Density Format [IBM] WPOS Workplace Operating System XDR Extended/External Data Representation WPS Windows Printing System [Microsoft] + XFCN External Function Workplace Shell [OS2] XGA Extended Graphics Array [IBM] WPVM Windows Parallel Virtual Machine XID Exchange Identifier .WQ1 Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU] XIOS Extended Input/Output System .WQ! Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU] XLAT Translate WRAM Windows Random Access Memory XLM Excel Macro Language [Microsoft] .WRI Write (file name extension) XMIT Transmit WRK Windows Resource Kit [Microsoft] XML Extensible Markup Language WS WordStar + Workstation XMM Extended Memory Manager [LIM/AST] WSAPI Web Site Application Program Interface [O'Reilly] XMS Extended Memory Specification [LIM/AST] WT Write Through XNS Xerox Network System (protocol) [Xerox] WWIS World Wide Information System [Internet] XOFF Transmitter Off WWW World-Wide Web [Internet] XON Transmitter On WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It XOR Exclusive OR (Also EOR) XPRM Xerox Print Resources Manager [Xerox] ZPV Zoomed Port Video [Toshiba] XRT Extensions for Real-Time ZSL Zero Slot LAN XSMD Extended Storage Module Drive (interface) ~ Tilde XSSI Extended Server Side Includes * Wildcard character (asterisk) XTAL Crystal *.* Star-Dot-Star (represents XTCLK External Transmit Clock Any file name.Any file name extension) .$$$ Y... 1GL Temporary File (file name extension) First General Language (machine language) YAM Yet Another Modem [Omen Technology] 286 80286 (microprocessor) YAHOO Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle [Internet] 2GL Second Generation Language (assembly language) Y2K Year 2000 386 80386 (microprocessor) (Y/N)? (Asks for a YES or NO decision) 3COM 3 Com Corporation (The 3 Coms are YTD Year To Date 3GL Computer, Communications and Compatibility) Third Generation Language (programming language) Z... 486 Packed file (file name extension - using Pack/Unpack 80486 (microprocessor) .z 4GL Fourth Generation Language (descriptive language) program)..lower case z..[Unix] 6DOF Six Degrees Of Freedom .Z Compressed file (file name extension - using Compress/Uncompress program)..upper case Z..[Unix] ZAW Zero Administration for Windows [Microsoft] ZBR Zone-Bit Recording [IBM] Z-CAV Zoned Constant Angular Velocity ZDL Zero Delay Lockout COUNTRY DOMAIN NAMES ZDS Zenith Data Systems ZIF Zero-Insertion Force (socket) ZIP Zigzag In-Line Package + At the present time there are over 200 recognized Country Domain Zone Improvement Plan (ZIPcode) names. Two-letter abbreviations that represent the country names are .ZIP Compressed File (file name extension) [PKWare] used in addresses seen on the Internet. The following names .ZOO Compressed File (file name extension) [Dhesi] (117 to date) represent the country of origin from where someone has downloaded BABEL (babel.html). This list should be useful when .cz Czech Republic checking the origin of your own mail. .de Germany .dk Denmark .ae United Arab Emirates .dm Dominica .ag Antigua and Barbuda .do Dominican Republic .al Albania .ec Ecuador .am Armenia .ee Estonia .ar Argentina .eg Egypt .at Austria .es Spain .au Australia .fi Finland .aw Aruba .fo Faroe Islands .ba Bosnia and Herzegowina .fr France .be Belgium .gb Great Britian .bg Bulgaria .ge Georgia .bh Bahrain .gl Greenland .bm Bermuda .gr Greece .bn Brunei Darussalam .gt Guatemala .bo Bolivia .gu Guam .br Brazil .gy Guyana .bs Bahamas .hk Hong Kong .by Belarus .hn Honduras .ca Canada .hr Croatia .ch Switzerland .hu Hungary .ci Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) .id Indonesia .cl Chile .ie Ireland .cn China .il Israel .co Colombia .in India .cr Costa Rica .is Iceland .cy Cyprus .it Italy .jm Jamaica .om Oman .jo Jordan .pa Panama .jp Japan .pe Peru .ke Kenya .pf Polynesia (French) .kr Korea (South) .ph Phillipines .kw Kuwait .pk Pakistan .kz Kazakhstan .pl Poland .lb Lebanon .pt Portugal .lc Saint Lucia .py Paraguay .li Liechtenstein .qa Qatar .lk Sri Lanka .ro Romania .lt Lithuania .ru Russian Federation .lu Luxembourg .se Sweden .lv Latvia .sg Singapore .ma Morocco .si Slovenia .mc Monaco .sk Slovakia (Slovak Republic) .md Moldova .su USSR (former) .mk Macedonia .sv El Salvador .mn Mongolia .th Thailand .mo Macau .tn Tunisia .mt Malta .tr Turkey .mu Mauritius .tt Trinidad and Tobago .my Malaysia .tw Taiwan .mx Mexico .uk United Kingdom .ni Nicaragua .us United States .nl Netherlands .uy Uruguay .no Norway .uz Uzbekistan .np Nepal .ve Venezuela .nz New Zealand .ye Yemen appraisal: estimación. .yu Yugoslavia archive: archivo, paquete (como ``archivo'' es muy usado también para traducir ``file'', puede ser necesario aclarar de que tipo de archivo se trata). archive (v): archivar, empaquetar. .zw Zimbabwe archivo: español, que es un archivo, definicion de un archivo, archivo, definicion de un, archivo. argument: argumento, parámetro. array: arreglo, formación, estructura, matriz, vector (``arreglo'' es considerada por algunos una mala traducción, pero su uso ya está bastante generalizado). Artificial Intelligence (AI): inteligencia artificial. ascender: ascendente. ASCII-Armoured text: texto con armadura ASCII, ASCII blindado. Aspect-oriented programming: programación orientada a aspectos. assapps: applet, archivos pps. assembler: 1. ensamblador (lenguaje de programacion). 2. montador o ensamblador (persona que monta ordenadores). assembly: lenguaje ensamblador, ensamblar. assessment: estimación, juicio, impresión. asset (econ.): activo, ASSET. assignment: asignación. associative array: vector asociativo, arreglo asociativo (array es en ocasiones utilizado como arreglo, a pesar de que algunos no concuerden). assume (v): suponer. Asymmetric Digital Suscriber Line (ADSL): línea digital asimétrica de abonado. attach (v): adjuntar, anexar, anexionar. alphanumeric: alfanumérico. attachment: documento adjunto, anexo. ambiente de la web: ambiente de la web, (AMBIENT GRAFICO). attribute: atributo. ampersand: y (caracter empleado en programación C para señalar direcciones de memoria, y en html para codificar otros caracteres extraños a la lengua inglesa, del latín ``et'', al). anchor: ancla, áncora, anclaje (enlace). anchor (v): anclar. anti-aliasing: suavizado de bordes, antisolapamiento. append (v): juntar, unir, concatenar, añadir. applet: miniaplicación, aplique, applet (programa en Java, ejecutable por un navegador; dicese tambien de cualquier pequeño programa que se acopla al sistema). appliance: dispositivo. Application Program Interface (API): interfaz de programación de aplicaciones.. authentication: autenticación, autentificación. autoprobe: autocomprobacion. Términos que comienzan por B: back end: BACK-END. back-end: motor (de un compilador o programa), dorsal. backbone: eje principal, red troncal, estructura principal. backend: BACK-END. background: segundo plano, trasfondo. backslash: barra invertida, contrabarra. backup: copia de seguridad, , copia de respaldo, salvaguarda. .za South Africa Términos que comienzan por A: abort: fracaso, interrupción. abort (v): abortar, fracasar, interrumpir, cancelar (fuera del contexto informático, podrá ser también abortar). ac current: Corriente, Intensidad. AC Drive: Variador. accounting: auditoría. ACTIVAR: ACTIVAR. add-on: añadido. addon: añadido. address: dirección. Advanced Power Management (APM): gestión avanzada de potencia, gestión avanzada de energía. age: edad, antigüedad. alias: alias, acceso directo. allocate (v): asignar, reservar. allocation group: grupo asignado (cf. sistema de ficheros/archivo XFS). backup (v): respaldar, hacer copias de respaldo. backward compatible: compatible con anteriores. BAISC: BASIC, ALGOL. bandwith: amplitud de banda, ancho de banda. banner: pancarta, aviso. baseline: línea de base, directrices (condiciones generales que un programa, proceso o producto debe cumplir). batch: lote. broadcast: difusión, broadcast. broadcast (v): anunciar, difundir. browse(v): navegar, ojear, revisar. browser: navegador, visualizador, ojeador (navegador es más usada cuando se trata de hipertexto y visualizador en otros casos. Existe alguna polémica acerca de ``visualizador'' y han sido propuestas otras posibilidades como visor o examinador, que no son muy usadas). brush: pincel, brocha. bubble sort: ordenación por el método de la burbuja. buffer: búfer, memoria tampón, memoria intermedia, BUFFER. batch processing: procesamiento por lotes, procesamiento en lotes. batch-scan: sondeo por lotes. batcher: procesador por lotes. bug-fix: corrección de fallo. baud: baudio (unidad de medida de la velocidad de transmisión de información). built in: incorporado, incluido. baud rate: tasa de baudio. Bulletin Board System (BBS): tablón de anuncios electrónico, foros, sistema de foros. benchmark: banco de pruebas, prueba comparativa, hito, (hito no es correcto se debio confudir con landmark). bundle(v): Incluir (Ej.: Bundled software -> Software incluido en el sistema). big-endian: byte más significativo primero, byte, byte. burst page: página en bruto, página de separación (página añadida por muchos gestores de impresión para separar los trabajos). bind (v): enlazar, ligar. bus: bus, línea de datos, cable de datos. binding: enlace, ligadura. bit: bit (unidad elemental de información, consistente en una variable booleana, con valores 0 o 1). bit mask: máscara de bits. bitmap: mapa de bits. bitrate: tasa de bits. bitstream: flujo de bits. block: bloque. block (v): bloquear (impedir el acceso). blur (v): tornar más difuso, emborronar, difuminar. bookmark: marcador, marcapáginas. boot: arranque, inicio, proceso de arranque. boot (v): arrancar, iniciar. boot loader: gestor de arranque. bootrom: ROM de inicio, (memoria rom). bootstrap: rutina de arranque, arranque autónomo, marca de inicio en los carretes de cinta. bot: final, robot (usado en AI). breakpoint: punto de ruptura, punto de corte. cache: almacén, deposito (algunos usan caché que suena parecido mas no traduce bien su significado). cache memory: antememoria, memoria inmediata, memoria cache (ver cache), cache, chipset. callback: retrollamada, devolución de llamada, llamada de retorno. camel caps: mayúsculas mediales. camera ready: preparado para cámara, preparado para su publicación (se usa para indicar la manera de mandar artículos a una revista listos para su publicación). canvas: lienzo, tapiz. capability: capacidad. caps: letras mayúsculas. card: tarjeta. cardinality: cardinalidad. caret: circunflejo (el símbolo o acento ^ usado para mostrar que algo va a ser insertado en material escrito o impreso en el lugar en el que se encuentra.). case sensitive: distingue mayúsculas de minúsculas. cast: molde, plantilla. byte: byte, octeto (unidad de información compuesta por ocho bits; una variable de 1 byte puede contener 256 valores diferentes). Términos que comienzan por C: bug: error, fallo, gazapo (gazapo ha sido propuesta por algunos especialistas, pero no es muy usada), bicho (Es una traducción textual, pero el origen de la palabra lo justifica, ¿por quié en inglés no dicen simplemente 'error'? ). catch-up (v): actualizarse, ponerse al día. cellular automata: autómata celular. channel: canal. character set: conjunto de caracteres (conjunto de signos que se representan mediante un código. El más conocido de estos códigos es el ASCII, que utiliza los 256 caracteres que se pueden representar con un byte). chat: chat, charla, tertulia. cluster: grupo, cúmulo. cluster (v): agrupar. coder: programador, codificador, codificador, coder. cold boot: arranque en frío. colon: dos puntos (signo de puntuación :). command: comando, orden, instrucción, mandato (el uso de ``comando'' está bastante generalizado, aunque algunos lo consideren erróneo). chat (v): chatear, conversar, charlar. check button: botón de verificación, casilla de verificación. check out (v): descargar. checkbox: caja de selección, casilla de selección. checker: 1. corrector. 2. cuadrado de un tablero de ajedrez. 3. cajero.. compile (v): compilar. checkpoint: punto de control. compiler: compilador. checksum: suma de control, suma de verificación, suma de comprobación. compliant: en conformidad, conforme con, compatible. chess: ajedrez. compose (v): redactar. chief architect: desarrollador jefe. composer: 1. redactor (de correo, por ejemplo). 2. compositor (de música).. child process: proceso hijo. compress (v): comprimir. chip: chip, circuito integrado. compression: compresión. chipset: chipset, conjunto de chips, conjunto de chips que se utilizan para comunicar el procesador con los diferentes componentes del motherboard. compromised: violentado (cuando se refiere a un equipo/sistema en el que ha entrado un intruso). choke: 1. obturador, estrangulador. 2. sofocamiento. computable: calculable. chroot: cambio de directorio raíz. computer: computadora, ordenador, computador. class: clase. Computer Aided Design (CAD): diseño asistido por ordenador (computadora). clause: cláusula. computer nerd: empollón informático. clean: limpio. concatenate (v): concatenar, nat. clean (v): limpiar, despejar. clear (v): borrar. click: click, pulsación. click (v): hacer clic, pulsar, pinchar. clickstream: secuencia de pulsaciones de los botones del ratón (clicks). client: cliente. clipboard: portapapeles. clock rate: velocidad de reloj. clone: clon. closure: clausura, cierre. clumsy: torpe, difícil de manejar. concurrency: concurrencia, simultaneidad (término usado para expresar la capacidad de realizar varias tareas a la vez). conjunction: conjunción (conector lógico de dos proposiciones que en castellano se expresa mediante la conjunción "y"; el valor de la conjunción de dos proposiciones es cierto cuando las dos proposiciones son ciertas; en los otros tres casos, el valor de la conjunción es falso). connect (v): conectar. connected graph: grafo conexo. cons: contras. constraint: restricción, constante. constructor: constructor. context: contexto. converse: contrario, opuesto. command line: línea de comando, comando iniciado al escribir su nombre en un terminal. commit (v): enviar, comprometer, aplicar, llevar a cabo, efectuar. Common Gateway Interface (CGI): interfaz común de acceso (un estándar para elaborar pequeños programas que permiten la interacción entre un navegador y un servidor web). converse (v): conversar. converter: convertidor, conversor. convex hull: envoltura convexa, cierre convexo. cookbook: recetario. cookie: galleta (mensaje enviado por un servidor web a un navegador para que éste lo guarde en el ordenador del usuario y sea enviado de nuevo al servidor, cada vez que el usuario consulta una de sus páginas). coprocessor: coprocesador. copyleft: copyleft, derecho de copia. copyright: copyright, derechos de autor. copyrighted: sujeto a derechos de autor. cordless: inalámbrico. core: corazón, núcleo, motor (program core: motor del programa; ver también ``core file''). core dump: volcado de memoria. cursor: cursor. customize: personalizar. cut and paste (v): cortar y pegar. cyber: cíber (prefijo griego. Todo aquello relacionado con la comunicación empleando medios electrónicos). cyberspace: ciberespacio (es decir, el espacio de la comunicación). Términos que comienzan por D: daemon: demonio, proceso en segundo plano, duende (proceso de ejecución independiente). daisy chain: conexión en serie. daisywheel printer: impresora de margarita. dash: raya. data: datos, (pointers). data mining: minería de datos. database: base de datos. core dump (v): Hacer un volcado de memoria (cuando un programa acaba de forma inesperada). datagram: datagrama. core file: archivo (fichero) core, archivo (fichero) imagen de memoria, archivo (fichero) de volcado de memoria. core voltage: voltaje interno. corrupted: dañado. counter: contador. courseware: software de apoyo (a cursos de formación). cover: portada. Central Processing Unit (CPU): unidad central de proceso. crack (v): invadir, penetrar. cracker: cracker, maleante informático. crash: ruptura, caída (del sistema). crash (v): colgarse (un ordenador), fallar (un programa). crawler: gateador, bot, cliente automatizado. default file: archivo predeterminado, fichero predeterminado. cross-assembler: ensamblador cruzado. deferral: posposición. cross-compiler: compilador cruzado. deflate (v): deshinchar. cross-platform: multiplataforma. defragment (v): desfragmentar. cross-post: envío cruzado, envío múltiple, correo con destinatarios múltiples (envío de un mismo mensaje a múltiples grupos de noticias). crypt: cifrar. cue point: punto de referencia. current: 1. actual, en vigor, en curso. 2. corriente (por ejemplo eléctrica). delay: demora, retardo. delete (v): borrar, eliminar. delimiter: delimitador, separador. demo: demo, demostración, demos. date: fecha, cambio de hora. de facto standard: estándar de hecho, norma de facto, regulación de facto. dead lock: bloqueo mutuo, abrazo mortal. deadlock: interbloqueo. debug (v): depurar, corregir errores (en un programa). debugger: depurador. declarative language: lenguaje declarativo. decode (v): decodificar, descodificar. decoder: decodificador, descodificador. decrypt: descifrar. default: por omisión, de manera predeterminada, predefinido, por definición, por defecto. demodulate (v): desmodular, traducir tonos a señales digitales (en un modem), demodular (desmodular incorrecto). denial of service: rechazo de servicio, denegación de servicio. domain name system, dns: sistema nominal de dominios. doorstop: tope (de una puerta). dot: punto (cuando se refiere al punto de las URL). deny (v): denegar, recusar. dot matrix printer: impresora de matriz de puntos. deploy: despliegue, desplegar. down: fuera de servicio. DESARROLLO: ESPAÑOL, development. downgrade: versión anterior, builtin. descender: descendente. downgrade (v): 1. menoscabar, disminuir. 2. instalar una versión anterior. descriptor: descriptor. download (v): descargar, transferir, recibir, bajar, obtener. desktop: escritorio. downsizing: reducción, disminución. detach (v): descolgar, desenganchar, separar. downstream: flujo descendente. developer: desarrollador. downstream port: puerto de recepción.. device: dispositivo, device , Device. downtime: tiempo de inactividad. devise (v): inventar, diseñar, planear. draft: borrador. dial-up link: enlace telefónico, enlace por red telefónica. drag and drop: arrastrar y soltar. dial-up login: ingreso por red telefónica. drill: ejercicio, entrenamiento. dialog box: cuadro de diálogo, caja de diálogo. diff: comparar, o fichero de diferencias (hace referencia al uso del programa 'diff'),. diffusion: difusión. dumb terminal: terminal sin procesamiento. digest: recopilación, resumen, sintesis. dummy: mudo, vacio. dike (v): contener. dump: volcado, vuelco. directory: directorio. dungeon: mazmorra. disable (v): inhabilitar. Términos que comienzan por E: discard: deshacer. e-mail: correo electrónico, mensaje (send me an e-mail: envíame un mensaje). disclaimer: renuncia de responsabilidades, descargo. discuss (v): comentar, tratar (un tema). discussion groups: grupos de debate. dispatch (v): despachar, enviar. display: pantalla, visualizar, visualizador. display (v): mostrar, visualizar. display menu: menú de visualización. disposable: desechable. distribution: distribución. dithering: difuminado. documentation: documentación. e.g.: por ejemplo (del latín exemplia gratia; en castellano se usa v.g. del latín verbi gratia.). edge: límite, borde. electronic mail: correo electrónico. elevation grids: mapas de elevación. ellipse: elipse. embed (v): empotrar, embeber, incrustar. embedded: empotrado, embebido. emerge: emerge. enable (v): activar. enable (v): habilitar. driver: controlador, manejador, gestor, driver (driver de video, driver de sonido), circuito de gobierno. dumb: sin procesamiento, bobo, pantalla tonta. enabling: habilitación. encode (v): codificar. encoder: codificador. encryption: cifrado, encripción, encriptación, (nota: encriptación no existe a menos que quieras 'meter en una cripta'). endian: vease ``big-endian'' y ``little-endian''. fault: fallo. feature: 1. funcionalidad, característica. 2. dispositivo. feed: fuente, suministro. feed (v): suministrar. feedback: realimentación, comentarios y sugerencias, retroalimentación. fetch (v): obtener. endless: interminable. FIB (Forwarding Information Base): tabla de rutas, tabla de encaminamiento. enhancement: mejora. field: campo. enlarge (v): ampliar. entity: entidad. entries: entradas, líneas, renglones. environment: entorno, ambiente. erase (v): borrar. error: error. escape (v): escapar, preceder con escape, exceptuar. estrategema: español. evaluator: evaluador. event: evento, suceso. event-driven: basado o gestionado por eventos, orientado a eventos, dirigido por eventos. executable: ejecutable. execute (v): ejecutar. expire time: tiempo de caducidad. ext.2: particion de linux. ext2: ext2, ext2, (sistema de ficheros de linux). ext3: sistema de ficheros/archivos transaccional basado en ext3, sistema de ficheros/archivos transaccional basado en ext2, (sólo la segunda definición!). extrication: liberación, rescate, extricación. flanger: desdoblador. Términos que comienzan por F: flat shading: sombreado plano. facility: instalación, equipo. flip (v): voltear. fade in: comienzo gradual. floating: flotante. fade out: final gradual. fade (v): atenuar, desvanecer. failure: fallo. fake: falso. fan: ventilador, FANCOOLER. floating point: punto flotante, coma flotante (en diferentes países se usa el punto o la comapara separar dígitos enteros y decimales). floppy disk: disquete, disco flexible. flow chart: diagrama de flujo. flush (v): vaciar. file: archivo, fichero (la mayoría de las personas usan exclusivamente una o la otra). file (v): archivar. file erase: archivos borrados. file system: sistema de archivos, sistema de ficheros, file system, vfat. filehandle: identificador de ficheros (programación), descriptor de archivos (ficheros), manejador de archivos (ficheros) , descriptor de fichero, manejo de archivos (las traducciones aportadas corresponderían a filehandler), gestor de ficheros (filehandler), descriptor de archivo en uso. El "filehandle" contiene la información necesaria para tener acceso a la información del archivo desde un programa. .(falta espaci, referencia lógica o física (por contexto) a fichero , archivo, datos, fluppy disk, ancho de banda, gestor (de archivos), manipulador de archivos. filesystem metadata: metadatos del sistema de ficheros/archivos. fill rate: tasa de relleno. filter: filtro. fingerprint: huella dactilar, huella digital. firewall: cortafuegos. firmware: microcódigo, soporte lógico incorporado. fix: enmienda, corrección. fix (v): 1. corregir, arreglar, reparar, enmendar. 2. fijar. flag: bandera, indicador, parámetro. flame: llama, insulto destructivo, comentario airado, crítica destructiva, soflama. flux: flujo. folder: carpeta, directorio. folding (v): plegado. follow-up (v): responder (a un grupo de noticias). font: tipo de letra (algunos usan ``fuente'', por su parecido con el término inglés, que no traduce bien su significado). footprint: huella, rastro. Términos que comienzan por G: gateway: pasarela, portal, compuerta, puerta de enlace. gaussian blur: desenfoque gausiano. getting started: primeros pasos. glob: englobador, el caracter englobador es *, abreviatura de todos. glyph: glifo. grab (v): capturar. foreground: primer plano, interactivo. graph: grafo, gráfico. foreign agent: agente externo. graphic display: representación gráfica. Foreign key: Clave foránea. Graphical User Interface (GUI): interfaz gráfica de usuario. fork: bifurcación. Graphics Interchange Format (GIF): formato para intercambio de gráficas. fork (v): bifurcar, desdoblar. grid: rejilla, grilla, cuadrícula. format: formato, Es un chunche que sirve para dar forma a las personas o cosas. guidelines: directivas. format (v): dar formato, formatear. gzipped: comprimidos con gzip, comprimidos, compactados. forum: foro. Términos que comienzan por H: forward (v): 1. reenviar, remitir, redireccionar. 2. adelantar. hack: solución chapucera, alteración (``a quick hack''). fqdn: cf. fully qualified domain name. hack (v): cargar (``hack a program''). fragmentation: fragmentación, partición. frame: 1. marco. 2. fotograma. frame buffer: memoria de imagen, marco de memoria intermedia. frame relay: conmutación de tramas. frames: cuadros, marcos. framework: infraestructura, armazón. free: libre como en libertad de expresión, gratis como en barra libre. frequency: frecuencia. front end: entorno, interfaz, fachada, frontal, FRONT PAGE. front-end: FRONT END. frontend: FRONT-END. full data journaling: registro completo de datos (cf. sistema de ficheros/archivos transaccional, ext3). fully qualified domain name: nombre de dominio completo. function: función. function inlining: expansión de funciones (se copia la función entera en lugar de hacer una referencia a la misma).. further: consiguiente, posterior, más extenso, más avanzado. hassle (v): molestar, confundir. fuzzy: difuso. hardware: hardware, máquina, equipo, dispositivo, soporte físico, que es el hardware, que es el hardware, definicion de hardware, definicion de hardware, que es el hardware. hash: 1. resumen criptográfico, picadillo. 2. arreglo asociativo (Perl). hash table: tabla de dispersión, tabla de referencias, tabla hash. hassle: lío, enredo, complicación. hacker: hacker, genio de la informática (no confundir con ``cracker''), experto en informática , pirata informático. handheld: de mano. handle (v): manipular. handler: manipulador, gestor. handover: traspaso (de un nodo móvil desde una subred a otra). handshaking: asentimiento, negociación, sincronismo. hang (v): colgar, colgarse, bloquearse. hard disk: disco duro, disco rígido, disco fijo. hard link: enlace físico, enlace rígido, enlace duro. harden: bastionar (fortificar con bastiones). Término utilizado para indicar que se han implementado todas las medidas de seguridad posibles para proteger un sistema.. hcl: hardware compatibility list. Términos que comienzan por I: header: 1. cabecera (header file). 2. encabezado, encabezamiento (page header).. i.e.: esto es, o sea (del latín id est). heap: montón. icon: icono, ícono. heuristic: heurístico. iconize (v): miniaturizar, iconizar, minimizar. hex-viewer: visor hexadecimal. idle: ocioso, inactivo. hi-color: ver 'high-color'. illustrator: ilustrador. hi-tech: ver 'high-tech'. hide (v): esconder, esconderse. hierarchy: jerarquía. high-color: color de alta densidad. high-tech: tecnología de punta. highlight: realce, destaque. highlight (v): realzar, destacar, resaltar. hint: consejo. hint (v): definir (característica aplicada a la visualizacion correcta de fuentes tipográfica digitales). hit: 1. golpe. 2. éxito, acierto. 3. visita (a una página web). inherit (v): heredar. hits: golpes, accesos (en una web). inheritance: herencia. home: casa, portada (ver también home page). init: sistema, método o esquema de inicio de sistema operativo. home agent: agente local. inkjet: inyección de tinta, INKJET. home directory: directorio del usuario, directorio principal del usuario. inode: nodo i, inodo. home page: página principal, página inicial. inodos: quiero saber que es?. Home, like in Home page: No se como se dice en Español. input encoding: codificación. honeynet: sistema trampa (red de sistemas que simulan una red real pero han sido desplegados para engañar a posibles intrusos). installer: instalador, asesor para la instalación, linux red hat 7.2. honeypot: tarro de miel. Término utilizado comúnmente para denominar a un sistema/máquina "trampa" utilizado para atraer a posibles intrusos.. host: anfitrión, máquina anfitriona, puesto. host (v): alojar. Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN: Red Digital de Servicios Integrados (RDSI). hostname: nombre de anfitrión. interactive: interactivo. hosts: ingles. interface: interfaz (femenino), definición de gestion de hardware, interface. hotkey: tecla rápida. interlace (v): entrelazar, interfoliar. hub: concentrador, distribuidor, concentrador, DEFINE HUB, fedinicion de hub. interlaced: entrelazado. hyphen: guión. Internet: Internet, Internet, internet, Internet. hyphenate: enguionar, cortar palabras incorporando guiones, n-a-t. Internet Protocol (IP): protocolo Internet, iptables, protocol, (iptables incorrecto) (protocolo de la capa de red). instance: instancia, ejemplar. Integrated Development Enviroment (IDE): Entorno de desarrollo integrado, (es Environment). imaging: proceso de imágenes, trabajo con imágenes, diseño gráfico, diseño de imagen, generación de imagen, ilustración, figurandose(v), creación de imagenes. implement (v): implementar. inbox: bandeja de entrada. indent (v): sangrar (empezar un renglón más adentro que los otros). indentation: sangría. index: índice. indexed: indexado. inflate (v): inflar (descomprimir). ingles español: suds, suds. interpolation: interpolación. interrupt: interrupción. Interrupt Request (IRQ): Solicitud de interrupción, petición de interrupción, direcciones de entrada/salida. introducer: presentador. key pair: par de claves. keyboard: teclado. keyboard shorcuts: métodos abreviados de teclado. keyring: anillo de claves, archivo de claves. keyword: palabra clave. intrusion detection system (ids): sistema de detección de intrusos (o de intrusiones). kick: expulsar, echar. iptables: iptables. kit: conjunto, juego, paquete. isochronous: isocrono (del prefijo griego iso, igual, y de la palabra griega crono, tiempo). isomorphism: isomorfismo. italic: cursiva. Términos que comienzan por L: item: elemento, objeto. label: etiqueta. iteration: iteración (del latín iteratio, -onis). latency: latencia. Términos que comienzan por J: lattice: red, trama. jabber: torrente de palabras ininteligibles. layer: capa. jabber (v): hablar mucho, hablar incoherentemente, farfullar. layers: capas. jagged picture: imagen serrada. layout: esquema, diseño, composición, gestor de geometría (en algunos programas gráficos). jigsaw puzzle: rompecabezas. leak: fuga (de un gas o líquido por un agujero), escape, pérdida. jitter: ruido, nieve, en redes IP, variación en el retardo (RTT) de los paquetes.. leap second: segundo intercalar. job: trabajo. legalese: condiciones legales, jerga legal. journal: base de datos transaccional (cf. sistema de ficheros/archivos transaccional). journaling file system: sistema de ficheros transaccional. joystick: videomando, ludomando, mando para jugar, palanca para juegos. lightning effects: efectos de iluminación. jumper: puente, puente deslizable, puente configurable, conector. line: línea, renglón. junk-mail: correo basura. line wrap: encapsulamiento de línea, retorno automático de líneas. justify (v): alinear. link: enlace, vínculo, liga, eslabón. Términos que comienzan por K: link (v): enlazar, conectar, vincular, crear vínculos. keepalive: latidos. linker: enlazador. kernel: núcleo. LINUX: QUE ES LINUX, que es linux. kerning: interletraje (ajuste de espacio entre ciertos pares de caracteres para que estos se impriman con un toque estético), ligadura, interletraje (ajuste de espacio entre ciertos pares de caracteres para mejorar su legibilidad). key: 1. llave. 2. tecla. 3. clave. 4. tono, tonalidad. 5. crucial, de importancia, significante. little-endian: byte menos significativo primero. key escrow: depósito de claves. Local Area Network (LAN): red de área local. key fingerprint: huella de clave. locale: opciones de localización, localizaciones. Liquid Cristal Display (LCD): pantalla de cristal líquido. list view: lista de elementos. library: librería, biblioteca (cuando library se refiere al edificio donde se almacenan libros, sin lugar a dudas que la traducción correcta es biblioteca; pero en el contexto informático es más usada librería, ya que además de una tienda de venta de libros, librería también es un mueble donde se guardan documentos). knowbot: robot, buscador, buscador en la red (programa que busca y clasifica información automáticamente en una red, a diferencia de buscador en una base de datos propia), buscador inteligente (programa que utiliza técnicas derivadas de la rama de inteligencia artificial para realizar búsquedas y guardar perfiles de los usuarios), robot de búsqueda, KNOMBOT, outdoor. lock: cerrojo, candado, cerradura, bloqueo. lock (v): cerrar con llave, trancar. lock file: fichero de bloqueo. log: registro, bitácora. log (v): registrar. log in (v): ingresar, entrar en, comenzar la sesión, entrar al sistema, conectarse, registro ('log' es registro en inglés), registrarse ('log' es registro en inglés). log on (v): ver ``log in''. masquerading: emmascarado, enmascaramiento, mimetización. master: maestro, amo. match: concordancia (objeto o persona que se encuadra bien con otra). match (v): coincidir, encuadrar, encajar, concordar, emparejar. measure: medida, métrica. merge (v): mezclar, fusionar, incorporar. mesh: malla. message digest: condensado de mensaje. log out (v): salir de. method: método. logger: gestor de registro de actividades. milestone: hito, punto de referencia. login: ingreso. mirror: réplica. login banner: mensaje de ingreso, mensaje de bienvenida. mirror site: réplica. LOL: Meándome de risa (acrónimo), MDR (Meándome de risa, acrónimo). mismatch: discordancia. look and feel: aspecto y funcionalidad, aspecto visual y operacional. misplaced: extraviado. loop: ciclo, bucle. mistake: equivocación, error. loopback: circuito cerrado. mix (v): mezclar. lossy: con pérdida, perdida, compresión resumida, compresión con pérdida (de información), compresión por reducción, breech, breech, ARCHIVO. mixer: mezclador. luminance: luminancia. mnemotecnicos: llll, mnemotecnicos (ver www.rae.es). lvalue: valor a la izquierda, valor-l. mobile IP protocol: protocolo IP móvil. Términos que comienzan por M: mobile node: nodo móvil, ordenador móvil. mail: correo, mensaje. modem: modem, modem, modem, configurar modem, modem, MODEM. mail (v): enviar por correo. monitor (v): supervisar, controlar. mail hub: distribuidor de correo. mount: montaje (como en un sistema de archivos). mailbox: buzón. mount (v): montar. mailer: gestor de correo, agente de correo, corresponsal, cartero. mount point: sitio para montaje (sistema de ficheros/archivo). mailing list: lista de correo, lista postal, lista de distribución. mouse: ratón, raton. mainframe: macrocomputadora, ordenador de escala superior. mute: silencio. maintainer: responsable del mantenimiento, encargado del mantenimiento, responsable, encargado. map: mapa, MAPA DE BITS. map (v): mapear, asignar. markup: marcado. mask: máscara, mascara de red. mask (v): enmascarar, ocultar. masking: enmascaramiento. Términos que comienzan por N: name resolution: resolución nominal (cf dns). named pipes: tuberías designadas, tuberías con nombre, cauces designados. namespace: espacio de nombres. nest (v): anidar, conectar. nested: anidado. netmask: máscara de red. netmount: montaje (de un sistema de archivos) a través de la red. network: red. new: noticias. newbie: principiante, definicion de newbie. owner: propietario. Términos que comienzan por P: pager: 1. buscapersonas. 2. paginador, conmutador (tal como se usa en gestores de ventanas). pan (v): mover. news feed: proveedor de noticias, fuente de noticias, suministro de noticias. panorama image: galería panorámica. newsgroups: grupos de noticias, grupos de discusión, foros de discusión. parameter: parámetro. nickname: apodo. parse (v): analizar sintácticamente. noise gate: bloqueador de ruidos. parser: intérprete, analizador. non-octet: diferente a un octeto. partition: partición, partition. notebook: agenda electrónica passphrase: contraseña, frase de paso (más de una palabra). Términos que comienzan por O: password: contraseña, palabra de paso, palabra clave. object: objeto. patch: parche, modificación. object oriented: orientado por (a) objetos. patch (v): actualizar, parchear, emparchar. Object-oriented programming: programación orientada a objetos. patch file: archivo (fichero) de parche. octet: octeto, byte. path: camino, trayectoria, ruta. ocurrence: aparición. pattern: patrón. ocurrences: casos. peer: vecino, conector, punto. off topic: fuera de temática, fuera de tema. peer-to-peer: entre iguales. off-line: desconectado, fuera de línea. penalty: penalización. offset: offset, desplazamiento. perform (v): realizar (una acción). OK: aceptar. performance: rendimiento, desempeño. on the fly: sobre la marcha. period: punto. on-line: conectado, en línea. piggybacking: confirmaciones superpuestas, superposición de confirmaciones. open source: código fuente abierto, free. pin: patilla, pata, contacto. option: opción. ping: ping, chequeo de respuesta. ordered data journaling: registro ordenado de datos (cf. sistema de archivo transaccional, ext3). outline: bosquejo. overall: por encima, en general. overflow: desbordamiento. overhead: sobrecarga. overload: sobrecarga. overload (v): sobrecargar. override (v): redefinir, reescribir, reemplazar. pipe: tubo, tubería, filtro. pipe (v): entubar, redireccionar, derivar, redirigir la salida a. pipeling: redireccionamiento. pitch: tono, altura. pixel: píxel, punto. placer: posicionador. plaintext: texto llano. play: reproducir, tocar (música). player: 1. jugador. 2. reproductor (de discos compactos), intérprete (de archivos de sonido). playlist: lista de reproducción. private: privado, confidencial. profile: perfil. profile (v): perfilar. plotter: trazador, graficador, PLOTTER (S). profiler: perfilador. plug and play: enchufar y usar. plug and play (v): pinchar y listo. plug and pray: pincha y reza (para que funcione; véase plug and play). plug-in: accesorio, añadido, módulo. pluggable: conectable. pointer: puntero, índice (de una matriz de datos). policy: política, normas, reglas, normativa, directrices, criterios. poligonal mesh: malla de polígonos. poll: sondeo. poll (v): sondear. polling: sondeo. pop-up menu: menú desplegable. popup menu: menú emergente. port: 1. puerto, puerta (referido al protocolo TCP/IP). 2. migración, porteo (versión de un programa para otra plataforma), puertos de un CPU. port (v): portear, portar, adaptar (hacer una versión de un programa para otra plataforma). Términos que comienzan por Q: portable: portátil. query: consulta, pregunta, petición. portage: porteo, Portage (sistema de administración de paquetes de Gentoo). queue: cola. portscan: sondeo de puertos, escaneo de puertos. quit (v): renunciar, abandonar, finalizar, acabar. portscan (v): sondeo de puertos, escaneo de puertos. quote: 1. comilla. 2. cita (de un libro, por ejemplo). post: envío. quote (v): citar (referir textualmente). post (v): remitir, publicar (en un grupo de noticias). quoted text: texto citado. poster: autor (de un artículo o mensaje). Términos que comienzan por R: posting agent: agente de envío. race condition: condición de carrera. postmaster: administrador postal, administrador de correo, postmaster. radio button: botón de radio, botón de opción (botón dentro de un grupo en que sólo uno puede estar pulsado a la vez). postponed: pendiente. radiosity: radiosidad. power: alimentación (energía), potencia. random: aleatorio. preemptible: apropiable. preemptive: apropiativo, expropiativo. preview: vista previa, visualización previa. range: margen, alcance, gama, surtido, línea, intervalo, variedad. Primary key: Clave primaria. randomizer: generador de aleatoriedad, selector aleatorio, aleatorizador, Generador de números aleatorios. sorteador , (v) sortear, secuenciador aleatorio, aleatorizador. profiling: parametrización, personalización, perfilado, acción de medir el rendimiento de un programa, personalización (igual que customización), Customización no existe en el VCT ni en el Dic. de la RAE. Además suena horrible. diseño, ajuste, tallado; y tallar sería evaluar el rendimiento del programa , evaluación, valoración, ¿adaptación?. profiling execution: perfil de uso de recursos (del programa ejecutado). programmer: programador. programming: programación. prompt: cursor, símbolo de espera de órdenes, punto indicativo. prompt (v): apremiar. properly : apropiadamente. proprietary software: software de propietario, software en propiedad. provide (v): proporcionar, proveer, abastecer, habilitar. proxy: proxy, representante, apoderado. pump: bomba. punch-in: grabación mediante el método de disparo. purge (v): purgar, limpiar. rank: rango. rate: tasa. rate (v): calificar, clasificar. rating: calificación, clasificación. raw: crudo, virgen. raw mode: modo primitivo, modo directo, modo sin formato. ray-tracing: trazado de rayos. re-spawn (v): reiniciar. read only: sólo lectura. readme: leame, leeme. realm: reino (conjunto de páginas web cubiertas con el mismo par usuario/contraseña). realtime: en tiempo real, en vivo. resample: remuestrear. reset: reinicio. reset (v): reiniciar. reset button: botón de reinicio. resize: redimensionar. resolution: resolución, alta, alta. resolver: sistema de resolución, traductor de direcciones, resolutor. resume (v): reanudar, retomar. ripper: extractor de audio. root: superusuario, root, directorio raíz. root exploit: explotación de root. roster (término de Jabber): lista de contactos. round trip time (RTT): Tiempo de ida y vuelta. reboot (v): reiniciar, rearrancar. router: encaminador, enrutador, definicion. receiver: receptor, destinatario. routing: encaminamiento, enrutamiento. recipient: destinatario (de una carta, mensaje, etc...). routing table: tabla de rutas. redirect: redirigir, redirigir. RTFM: LEJM ('Read the Fucking Manual' : 'Lee el Jodido Manual'). refresh: actualizar, actualizar, refrescar (en casos en que actualizar tenga el sentido de update). run: ejecución. refuse (v): rehusar, rechazar. run (v): ejecutar, correr. regular expression: expresión regular. run out of memory: agotar la memoria. relay: 1. repetidor, conmutador, relevador, relevo, relé. 2. reenvío, conmutación. run time: tiempo de ejecución. relay host: nodo de reenvío, conmutador. runlevel: nivel de ejecución (al iniciar o arrancar el sistema operativo). release: lanzamiento, publicación, entrega, versión, revisión. runtime library: biblioteca de ejecución. release (v): lanzar, publicar, sacar. Términos que comienzan por S: rely on (v): depender de, confiar en, delegar en. sample rate: frecuencia de muestreo. remailer: reexpedidor. scalable: redimensionable. remove (v): remover, retirar, quitar, sacar (la traducción remover desagrada a algunos, pero otras alternativas que proponen como ``borrar'' o ``desechar'' pueden causar confusión; por ejemplo ``remove the disk'' no debe ser traducido como ``borre el disco''), extraer (se adecua al ejemplo de "remove the disk"). rendering: síntesis de imágenes, renderizado, representación. schedule: horario. reply (v): responder (al autor de un artículo o mensaje). schedule (v): planificar, programar, organizar. repository: repositorio. scheduler: planificador, planificador de tareas. request: pedido, peticion. schema: esquema. require (v): necesitar, exigir. scratch (from): de cero, desde el principio. requirement: requisito. screen: pantalla. scanner: escáner, digitalizador, que es. scanning: barrido, rastreo. screen saver: salvapantallas, protector de pantallas, definición. screenshot: captura de pantalla. script: guión, macro, script, archivo de comandos. script kiddie: aprendiz de cracker. alguien que busca romper sistemas en red con herramientas hechas por otros. scroll: desplazamiento, lista, rollo. semicolon: punto y coma (;). sender: remitente, Remitente (de una carta, e-mail, etc...). sequence: secuencia, sucesión. sequencer: secuenciador (hardware o software destinado a grabar y reproducir música electrónica en tiempo real usando MIDI, con edición simple de las notas). server: servidor (de correo, noticias, HTTP, etc). scroll (v): desplazar. set: conjunto. scroll down (v): avanzar. set (v): 1. colocar. 2. definir. 3. ajustar. 4. fijar. search engine: motor de búsqueda. set up: configuración. seccion target: español. set up (v): configurar. separation of concerns: separación de asuntos. setting: configuración. server: file server, servidor. setup (v): configurar. servidor espejo: serveur miroir. shadow passwords: contraseñas ocultas. sharpen (v): enfocar. shared memory: memoria compartida. shell: shell. Interfaz de comandos. sharpen (v): 1. afilar. 2. mejorar la imagen (hacerla más nítida). shell menu: menú de sistema. shell: shell (femenino), capa, intérprete de comandos. single-stepping: seguimiento sencillo. shell script: archivo (fichero) de comandos, script de shell. slash: (/). shift: desplazamiento. slideshow: presentación con diapositivas. shift (v): levantar, desplazar. snapshot: instantánea. shortcut: atajo. snippet: snipett. shorthand: abreviado, taquigrafía. software: recreativo. shrink (v): reducir. source: re-lectura (de archivo de configuración); en la shell bash, sinónimo del comando en forma corta . (punto). spam: correo comercial no deseado (e-mail de propaganda). speed: velocidad. sroll up (v): retroceder. scrollable: deslizable. site: sitio, local, instalación, sede, recinto, conjunto de paginas relacionads entre si por ejemplo esmas.com. search: búsqueda. skin: carátula. search (v): buscar. skip (v): omitir. search engine: buscador. slash: barra. search wrapped: búsqueda reiniciada desde el comienzo. slot: 1. ranura. 2. posición. Secure Socket Layer (SSL): capa de conexión segura. snap (v): agregar. seek (v): buscar. snapping: agregado. segmentation fault: violación de segmento. shutdown: apagar, cerrar. signature: 1. firma. 2. identificación. silently: sin aviso, discretamente, silenciosamente. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP): protocolo simple de transferencia de correo. snapshot: 1. captura de imagen, captura de pantalla, pantallazo. 2. imagen instantánea. sniffer: rastreador, escrutador. statement: declaración, cláusula. stochastic: estocástico. store: almacen, depósito. snippet: recorte, retazo. stream: corriente, flujo, secuencia (vídeo). splashscreen: pantalla de presentación. stream (v): optimizar, Transmitir por una corriente, serializar. socket: socket, enchufe, zócalo, conexión. stride: espaciamiento (entre elementos consecutivos de un vector). soft link: enlace lógico, enlace flexible. string: cadena de caracteres. software: software, soporte lógico, lógica, aplicación, programa. sort (v): ordenar, clasificar. sort of: tipo de, clase de, más o menos. sound effect: efecto sonoro. source: 1. origen. 2. código fuente. source code: código fuente. spawn (v): iniciar. specification: especificación. specs: especificaciones. specular highlights: reflexiones especulares. spell: hechizo. spell (v): deletrear. support (v): apoyar, ayudar, colaborar, , permitir, aceptar, reconocer. spelling: ortografía. surfer: navegante. spike: pico (en una gráfica). surround sound: sonido envolvente. spin lock: cerrojo, spin lock. swap: intercambio. splitter: divisor. swap (v): intercambiar, swapping. sponsor (v): patrocinar. switch: interruptor, conmutador, switch. spoof (v): engañar, falsificar. symbolic link: enlace simbólico. spool: cola, lista de espera, cola de impresión. symlink: enlace simbólico. spool directory: directorio de la cola. syntax highlighting: resaltado de sintaxis, syn. spreadsheet: hoja de cálculo. system call: llamada al sistema. stack: pila. system logger: gestor de registro de actividades del sistema. staff: (sust.) Personal. Términos que comienzan por T: Stalled: Atascado. tab: pestaña, lengüeta, tira, tabulador, ficha, solapa. standard: estándar, patrón, norma. tag: marca, coletilla, etiqueta. stat (v): verificar. tarball: archivo tar, archivo producido por el programa tar. stats: estadísticas. target: destino, objetivo. strip (v): despojar, desnudar (eliminar los símbolos de depuración en un programa o biblioteca). stroke: 1. golpe. 2. ataque (he died of a stroke). 3. movimiento. 4. trazo. stroke (v): trazar. submit: remitir, enviar. subject: asunto. subnet: subrred. subscript: subíndice. superblock: superbloque (cf. sistema de ficheros/archivo). supersede (v): sustituir, modificar. support: soporte, apoyo, respaldo, asesoría, (nota: soporte no es correcto castellano es un 'falso amigo'). target partition: partición de destino. task: tarea. technnical support: asistencia técnica. template: plantilla. Terminal Input: Entrada. test: prueba, test. test (v): evaluar, probar. texture mapping: aplicación de texturas. thread: hilo (hilo de mensajes en una lista, o hilo de ejecución en un programa), hebra. threshold: umbral. threshold level: valor umbral. throughput: flujo, caudal de datos, rendimiento total, productividad, tasa de transferencia. thumbnail: miniatura. trade off (v): contrapesar. trailing spaces: espacios finales. transactional integrity: integridad transaccional. transport: transporte. transport (v): transportar. tree view: lista jerárquica. trigger: disparador. troll: trole, metepatas, bocazas. troll (v): meter la pata, reventar un debate. troubleshooting: eliminación de problemas, solución de problemas. troyanized program: programa comprometido. programa modificado con código malicioso. trusted: confiable. tune (v): afinar. tutorial: guía. ticket: tiquete. tuxtyping: no se encuentra significado. tile: baldosa, mosaico. tweak: arreglo. tile (v): embaldosar. tweak (v): afinar. timeout: timeout, expiración de plazo, tiempo de espera agotado. twisted pair: par trenzado. timer: temporizador. type: tipo. timeslice: porción de tiempo, partición de tiempo. type (v): teclear. timestamp: marca de tiempo, fecha y hora, sello temporal. typing: impresión (en papel, por ejemplo). tiny: diminuto. typo: errata, , error ortográfico. tip: consejo, sugerencia. Términos que comienzan por U: to watch: monitorizar, observar, seguir, vigilar, (v). undefined: indefinido. toggle: conmutado, biestable. underflow: desbordamiento por abajo. toggle (v): alternar (entre dos estados). token: símbolo, lexema. token ring: anillo de fichas, ethernet. toolbar: barra de herramientas. toolkit: juego de herramientas, conjunto de herramientas. torque: par. up: operacional, en funcionamiento. trace: traza. update: actualización, de software. trace (v): trazar, rastrear. update (v): actualizar. trade off: contrapeso, equilibrio, balance. upgrade: mejora, versión mejorada. Uniform Resource Locator (URL): localizador, Uniform Resource Locator, url, url. unindent: desangrar (?). Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS): sistema de alimentación ininterrumpida. Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmiter (UART): receptor/transmisor asíncrono universal, syn. upgrade (v): promover, mejorar, instalar una versión mejorada, modernizar. upload: subir, cargar (copiar en un servidor remoto). upstream: flujo ascendente. upstream port: puerto de envío. upstream version: versión original. usability: ergonomía. user: usuario, Usuario, Persona que accede a un sistema de internet. user friendly: fácil de usar. userland: área de usuario. website: sitio web. widget: widget, control, componente. wildcard: comodín. window manager: gestor de ventanas, administrador de ventanas. winzip: programa para comprimir archivos. wireless: inalámbrico. wizard: asistente. word wrap: ajuste de línea, encapsulamiento de palabra, retorno automático de palabras. workaround: arreglo temporal. utility: utilidad, generalmente un programa de sistema para un uso específico. wrap (v): encapsular, forrar, envolver. utiltity: utilidad, generalmente un programa de sistema para un uso específico. wraparound: envoltura, envolvente, reciclado. Términos que comienzan por V: wrapper: envoltura, forro, empacador, envoltorio. validity: validez. Términos que comienzan por Z: value: valor. zap: fulminar. variation: variación, variante, variable. zoom in (v): acercar. verbatim: literal, textual, al pie de la letra. zoom-out (v): alejar. verbose: prolijo, pormenorizado, detallado, verboso. vertex blending: combinación de vértices. view layout: vista de disposición. viewer: visor. volatility (econ.): volatilidad. voltaje: terminos tecnicos, concepto. vulnerability scanner: analizador de vulnerabilidades (generalmente el análisis será automático, pero a veces podría ser dirigido). Términos que comienzan por W: wallpaper: fondo, mural, papel tapiz, fondo de pantalla, fondo de escritorio, imágen del fondo, telón de fondo, papel de empapelar, imagen de fondo, tapiz, fondo de pantalla, papel de pared, papel tapiz. warehouse: almacenamiento masivo. warning: advertencia, aviso. watchdog: perro guardián, aplicación guardiana. web: 1. web (femenino: ``búscalo en la web'', ``se encuentra en muchos sitios web''). 2. red, trama, la web, concepto, concepto. Web Mail Folder (WMF): carpetas de correo web. webcam: cámara de videoconferencia. weblog: portal de noticias, cuaderno de bitacora, blog.