AA Auto Answer AAB All-to-All Broadcast AAL Asynchronous

AA
Auto Answer
Advanced Communications Function
AAB
All-to-All Broadcast
ACH
AAL
Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaption Layer
ACIAS
AAP
Applications Access Point [DEC]
ACIS
American Committee for Interoperable Systems
Automated Clearing House
Automated Calibration Interval Analysis System
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
ABEND
Abnormal End
ACP
Ancillary Control Program + Auxilary Control Process
ABI
Application Binary Interface
ACPI
Advanced Configuration Power Interface
ABIOS
Advanced BIOS
ACROSS
ABIST
Automatic Built-In Self-Test [IBM]
ABLE
Adaptive Battery Life Extender
ABR
Available Bit Rate
ABRS
Automated Book Request System [British Library]
ABS
Address Book Synchronization [IBM] + Absolute
ABT
Abort
ACTS
Automated Computer Time Service
ABTS
ASCII Block Terminal Services
ACTT
Advanced Communication and Timekeeping
AC
Autocheck + Automatic Computer + Alternating Current
ACAP
Application Configuration Access Protocol
ACU
ACC
Accumulator
A/D
ACD
Automatic Call Distribution
ADA
ACDI
Asynchronous Communications Device Interface
ACE
Access Control Entry +
ADB
Apple Desktop Bus
Advanced Computing Environment [SCO] +
ADC
Adaptive Data Compression (protocol) [Hayes] +
ACF
Access Control Field +
Automated Cargo Release and Operations
Service System
ACS
Access + Access Control Set +
Access Control System +
* Advanced Computer System [IBM] +
Asynchronous Communication Server
Technology [Seiko]
Automatic Calling Unit
Analog to Digital
Automatic Data Acquisitions + Programming
Language named after Augusta Ada Lovelace)
Adverse Channel Enhancements [Microcom] +
* Automatic Computing Engine
Application Control Management System
Add with Carry + Analog to Digital Converter
ADCCP
ADD
Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures
Automatic Document Detection [WordPerfect]
ADF
Automatic Document Feeder +
Automatically Defined Function
.ADF
Adapter Description File (file name extension)
AFA
Accelerated File Access
AFC
Automatic Font Change + Automatic Frequency Control
AFD
Automatic File Distribution
ADI
AutoCad/AutoDesk Device Interface (driver)
AFDW
ADL
Address Data Latch
AFII
Active Framework for Data Warehousing [Microsoft]
Association for Font Information Interchange
ADLAT
Adaptive Lattice Filter
AFIRM
ADLC
Adaptive Lossless Data Compression [IBM] +
AFIS
Automated Fingerprint Identification System
.AFM
Adobe Font Metrics (file name extension) [Adobe Systems]
AFP
Advanced Function Presentation [IBM] +
Asynchronous Data Link Control
ADMACS
ADMD
Apple Document Mangagement And Conrol System
Administrative Management Domain [X.400]
.ADN
Add In Utility (file name extension)
[Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match
Appletalk Filing Protocol [Macintosh]
AFS
Andrew File System (protocols)
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
Automatic Distribution System
AIA
Applications Integration Architecture [DEC]
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]
ADSC
Address Status Changed +
Analog Input + Artificial Intelligence
ADT
Abstract Data Type + Application Data Types
AISB
Association of Imaging Service Bureaus
ADU
Automatic Dialing Unit
AISP
Association of Information Systems Professionals
AE
AEB
AF
Above or Equal
Analog Expansion Bus [Dialogic]
Auxiliary carry Flag
AIT
Advanced Intelligent Tape [Sony]
AIX
Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM]
ALC
Arithmetic and Logic Circuits +
Automatic Level Control
ALE
Address Latch Enable +
Application Linking and Embedding
ALGOL
ALIBI
ANX
Automotive Network Exchange [Chrysler/Ford/General Motors]
AO
Analog Output
AOCE
Apple Open Collaboration Environment
Algorithmic Oriented Language (see IAL)
AOE
Application Operating Environment [AT&T]
Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases
AOL
America Online
AOS
Add Or Subtract
of Information
ALINK
Active Link [HTML]
ALIWEB
Archie Like Indexing in the Web [Internet]
AP
Adjunct Processor + Application Processor
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
ALU
Arithmetic Logic Unit
APAREN
Address Parity Enable [IBM]
AMA
Automatic Message Accounting
APCUG
Association of PC User Groups
Authorized Program Analysis Report [IBM]
AMANDDA Automated Messaging and Directory Assistance
API
AMD
Active Matrix Display +
APIC
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (bus) [Intel]
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
APIS
Advanced Passenger Information System
AMI
American Megatrends, Inc.
AMMA
Advanced Memory Management Architecture
[Everex Systems]
AMPS
Advanced Mobile Phone Service
ANCOVA
ANDF
Analysis of Covariance
Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format
Application Program Interface
APL
* A Programming Language (Mathematics)
APM
Advanced Power Management [IBM]
APOP
Authenticated Post Office Protocol
.APP
APPC
APPI
Application (file name extension) [R:Base]
Advanced Program-to-Program Communications [IBM]
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
Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing
ANN
Artificial Neural Network
APRP
.ANN
Annotations (file name extension) [IBM]
APS
ANOVA
ANSI
Analysis Of Variance
American National Standards Institute
Advanced Photo System + Advanced Printing Service [IBM]
Asynchronous Protocol Specification
APSE
ADA Programming Support Environment
APT
Address Pass Through +
ASAP
Advanced Parallel Technology +
Automatically Programmed Tools
A/R
Accounts Receivable
ARA
AppleTalk Remote Access
As Soon As Possible +
Automatic Switching And Processing
AS3AP
ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable
.ASC
ASCII text (file name extension)
ASCC
* Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator [IBM]
ARAG
Antireflective-Antiglare
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ARAS
Antireflective-Antistatic
ASF
Active Streaming Format [Microsoft]
ASIC
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
.ARC
Archive (file name extension)
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
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
ARP
Association of Records Managers and Administrators
Asymmetric Multprocessing
Authorized Service Provider +
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
ARTIC
A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor [IBM]
ASR
ARTS
Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server
.ARTS
Cultual Groups (Domain Name) [Internet]
ARTT
Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal
ARQ
Automatic Repeat Request
AS/U
ARU
Audio Response Unit
ASYNC
AS
ASAI
Autonomous System [Internet]
Adjunct Switch Application Interface [AT&T]
Advanced Signal Processing System
Address Space Register + Automatic Send-Receive +
Automatic Speech Recognition
AST
AST Research, Inc. (named from first initials of
the founders: Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey, Thomas Yuen)
AS/400
AT
Advanced Server for Unix
Asynchronous
Application System/400 [IBM]
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
Applied Voice Technology
ATE
Automated Test Equipment
AVT
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
ATM
Adobe Typeface Manager + Asynchronous Transfer Mode +
Automated Teller Machine
ATPS
AppleTalk Printing Services [Macintosh]
ATR
Automatic Terminal Recognition
ATS
Administrative Terminal System +
Al Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan)
AWS
Advanced Workstations and Systems (group) [IBM]
AWT
Abstract Window Toolkit [Java]
AX
Architecture Extended + Automatic Transmission
B...
Apple Terminal Services
AT&T
American Telephone and Telegraph
ATTN
Attention
ATTRIB
ATZ
Attribute (also ATR)
Attention Restore configuration profile from
nonvolatile RAM (Modem command)
.AU
AUDIT
AUI
AUP
AUTO
Audio (file name extension)
Automated Data Input Terminal
Attachment/Autonomous Unit Interface
Acceptable Use Policy [Internet]
Automatic
AUTOEXEC Automatic Execution
AUX
AV
Auxiliary + (First Serial Port)
Audio/Video + Audiovisual + Authenticity Verification
AVA
Audio Visual Authoring [IBM]
AVC
Audio Visual Connection [IBM]
AVD
Alternating Voice and Data
BACP
Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
BAK
Binary Adaptation Kit [Microsoft]
.BAK
Backup (file name extension)
BAL
Basic Assembly Language
BALUN
BAM
BARTS
.BAS
Balanced Unbalanced (device)
Boyan Action Module
Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing
Basic Language (file name extension)
BASH
Bourne Again Shell [Unix]
BASIC
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BASM
Built-In Assembler
BAT
Block Address Translation
.BAT
Batch Processing (file name extension)
BBS
Bulletin Board System
BCC
Block Check Character
BCC:
Blind Carbon Copy
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
BCPL
Basic Computer Programming Language
BHIS
BCR
Byte Count Register
BI
BCS
Bar Code Sorter
.BIB
Bibliography (file name extension)
BDA
Bios Data Area
BiDi
Bi-Directional
BDC
Backup Domain Controller
BIFET
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)
Branch if Higher
Branch if Higher or Same
Binary Input
Bipolar Field Effect Transistor
BDR
Bus Device Request
BINAC * Binary Automatic Computer
BDSL
Broadband ADSL
BIND
BE
Below or Equal
BINHEX
BECN
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
BIOS
BEDO
Burst Extended Data Out
BIS
BEL
Bell
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
Basic Input/Output System
Business Information System
BISDN
Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BELLCORE Bell Communications Research
BIST
BER
BiSYNC
BERT
Basic Encoding Rules + Bit Error Rate
Bit Error Rate Test/Tester
BIT
Binary Hexadecimal
Built-In Self-Test
(See BSYNC)
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
BGE
BKSP
Branch if Greater or Equal
Backup (file name extension)
Backspace
BL
Backlit + Bit Line
BLAST
Blocked Asynchronous Transmission (protocol)
[Communications Research Group]
BORQU
BOS
Basic Operating System
BOT
Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape + Robot
.BLD
BASIC Bload Graphics (file name extension)
BP
BLE
Branch if Less or Equal
BPB
BLER
Block Error
BLK
Block
Borland Quattro
BPDU
Base Pointer
BIOS Parameter Block
Bridge Protocol Data Unit
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
BMI
Branch if Minus
BRGC
Bad Register
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
BNC
Bayonet Neill-Concelman (connector used with
BSC
Binary Synchronous Communication
.BSC
Boyan Script (file name extension) [Boyan Communications]
coaxial cable invented by Mr. Neill-Concelman)
Basic Sequential Access Method
BNE
Branch if Not Equal
BSCS
BNF
Backus-Naur Form (also Backus-Normal Form) [developed by
BSD
Berkely Software/Standard Distribution
BSF
Bit Scan Forward
John Backus and Peter Naur]
BNS
Backbone Network Service
BSI
Bachelor of Science (Degree) in Computer Science
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
BOOTP
BOPS
BORPQU
Bandwidth On Demand
Bootstrap Protocol [Internet]
Billion Operations Per Second
Borland Pro Quattro
BSYNC
BT
BTAM
BTB
Binary Synchronous Communications (protocol)
Bit Test
Basic Telecommunications Access Method [IBM]
Branch Target Buffer
BTC
Bit Test and Complement
BTOA
CAM
Binary To ASCII
Common Access Method + Computer Aided Manufacturing +
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
BUS
Broadcast and Unknown Server
.CAP
BVH
Base Video Handler
CAPD
BWM
Block-Write Mode
B2X
Binary To Hexadecimal [REXX]
BYTE
Computer Aided Publishing
Capture (file name extension)
Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities [Johns
Hopkins University]
CAPS
Binary Element String
Capitals (Upper Case Letters) +
Cassette Programming System
CARL
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries [Internet]
C..
CAS
C
C Programming Language
.C
C source code (file name extension) [C]
CA
Collision Avoidance
.CAB
Cabinet (file name extension) [Microsoft]
CAD
Computer Aided Design
CADD
Computer Aided Design and Drafting
CADE
Client/server Application Development Environment
CAE
Communications Application Specification +
Computer Aided Styling
CASE
Computer Aided Software Engineering
CASL
Crosstalk Application Scripting Language [DCA]
CASS
Computer Assisted Search Service
CASSIS
CAT
CAG
Column Address Generator
CAI
Computer Aided Instruction
CAL
Calendar + Computer Aided Learning
CALS
Computer-Aided Acquisition in Logistic Support
Computer Adaptive Test + Computer Aided Testing +
Computer Aided Transcription + Concatenate
Common Applications Environment + Computer Aided Engineering
Computer Aided Exploration
Classified and Search Support Information System
Computer Aided Tomography +
Client Application Enabler +
CAEX
Column Address Select +
.CAT
CATS
Catalog (file name extension)
Computer Assisted Training System
CAT SCAN Computerized Axial Tomography Scan
CATV
Community Antenna Television (this was the original
name for what is now known as Cable TV)
CAU
Controlled Access Unit
.CCS
CAV
Constant Angular Velocity
CCSD
CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
CD
CBCR
Channel Byte Count Register
CBDS
Connectionless Broadband Data Service
CBEMA
Computer and Business Equipment
Manufacturers Association
CBGA
Ceramic Ball Grid Array
Color Calibration System (file name extension)
Cellular Circuit-Switched Data
Carrier Detect + Change Directory +
Collision Detection + Color Display + Compact Disk
C/D
Control Data
C2D
Character To Decimal [REXX]
CDA
Compound Document Architecture [DEC]
CDC
Control Data Corporation
CBI
Computer Based Instruction
CD_CHRDY Card Channel Ready [IBM]
CBL
Computer Based Learning
CD-DA
.CBL
COBOL source code (file name extension)
CDDI
Copper Distributed Data Interface
CDE
Common Desktop Environment + Complex Data Entry
CBMS
Computer-Based Mail System
Compact Disk -Digital Audio
CBR
Case Based Reasoning + Constant Bit Rate
CD-E
Compact Disk - Erasable
CBT
Computer Based Training
CDF
Channel Definition Format
Comma Delimited Format (file name extension)
CBW
Convert Byte to Word
.CDF
CBX
Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange
CDFS
Compact Disc File System [Microsoft]
Compact Disk plus Graphics
CC
Cluster Controller
CD+G
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
CCITT
Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et
CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access
CDMF
Commercial Data Masking Facility [IBM]
CD-MO
Compact Disk - Magneto Optical
CDOS
Concurrent Disk Operating System
CDPD
Cellular Digital Packet Data
Telephonique/
Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone
CCL
Connection/Cursor Control Language
CCP
Console Command Processor
CCS
Common Command Set + Common Communications Services
+
CDR
Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording
CD-R
Compact Disk - Recordable
Common Communications Support +
CD-RDx
Continuous Composite Servo
CDRL
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard
Contract Data Requirements List
CD-ROM
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CD-RTOS Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System
CD-RW
CDS
Common Graphics Environment
CGI
Compact Disk - Re-Writable
Current Directory Structure
CDSA
CGE
Common Gateway Interface + Computer Generated Images +
Computer Graphics Interface
.CGM
Common Data Security Architecture
Computer Graphics Metafile (file name extension) +
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
CHAT
Conversational Hypertext Access Technology [Internet]
CHCK
Channel Check
CHCP
Change Code Page
CHDIR
Change Directory
CHFN
Change Finger [Unix]
CD-WO
.CDX
Compact Disk - Write Once
Compound Index (file name extension) [Fox Pro]
CD-XA
CE
Compact Disk - Extended Architecture
Cache Enable + Chip Enable + Collision Elimination +
Convert Enable
CEG
Continuous Edge Graphics
CEI
Conducted Electromagnetic Interference
CHGRP
Change Group
.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
CERN
The European Particle Physics Laboratory (initials
originally from Conseil European pour la Recherche Nucleaire)
CERT
Computer Emergency Response Team
CHP
Chapter
CHR
Character
CHRP
CHS
Common Hardware Reference Platform
Cylinder Head Sector
CFB
Cipher Feedback + Configurable Function Block
CI
.CFG
Configuration (file name extension)
CIA
CFM
Code Fragment Manager [Macintosh]
CIAC
CFR
Computerized Facial Recognition
CICS/VS Customer Information Control System/
CFS
Caching/Common File System
CFV
Call For Votes [Bitnet]
CG
Control Gate
CGA
Color Graphics Adapter
Component Interface
Current Instruction Address
Computer Incident Advisory Capability
Virtual Storage [IBM]
CID
Charge-Injection Device +
Configuration/Installation/Distribution
CIDR
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
CIF
Common Interchange/Intermediate Format +
Crystallographic Information File +
CLD
Clear Direction Flag
CLI
Customer Information Feed
Call-Level Interface + Clear Interrupt Flag +
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
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CIOCS
Communication Input/Output Control System
Clock
CLNP
Connectionless Network Protocol
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]
CLS
Clear Screen
CIRC
Circular Reference +
Cross-Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code
CLTP
Connectionless Transport Protocol
CLTS
Clear Task Switch Flag
CompuServe Information Service +
CLUI
Command Line User Interface
Computer Information Systems + Contact Image Sensor +
CLUT
Customer Information System
CLV
Constant Linear Velocity
CM
Centimeter + Control Mark + Corrective Maintenance
CIS
Card Information Structure + Client Information System +
CISC
Complex Instruction Set Computer
CIT
Computer-Integrated Telephony
CIVR
Computer and Interactive Voice Response
CIX
CMA
Concert Multi-thread Architecture
CMC
Common Mail Calls + Common Messaging Calls +
Commercial Internet Exchange +
Communication Management Configuration +
Compulink Information Exchange
CJLI
Color Look-Up Table
Complement Carry Flag +
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)
CMF
Creative Music Format
CLASS
Client Access to Systems and Services +
Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services +
CNIDR
Custom Local-Area Signaling Services
CLC
Clear Carry Flag
Clearinghouse for Network Information and
Discovery and Retrieval [Internet]
CMIP
Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS
Common Management Information Services/System
CNVT
CML
Conceptual Modelling Language +
CNX
Computer Managed Learning + Current Mode Logic
CMM
Capability Maturity Model
Convert
Certified Network Expert
CO
Central Office + Command Output + Convert Out
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
CMOV
Conditional Move
.COD
CMP
Compare + Computer
CMPS
CMS
Conversation Monitor System
Code List (file name extension)
CODASYL * Conference on Data System Languages (Group that
Compare word String
Code Management System + Compiler Monitor System +
Common Business-oriented Language (See HLL)
designed COBOL)
CODE
Client-Server Open Development Environment
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
CMYK
CNA
CNAPS
Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model)
Certified NetWare Administrator [Novell]
Co-Processing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems
CNC
Computerized Numerical Control
CNE
Certified NetWare Engineer
.CNF
Configuration (file name extension)
CNG
Calling (tone)
CNI
CNIDR
Certified Novell Instructor [Novell]
Clearinghouse for Networked Information and Retrieval
COL
Coordinate Geometry (Programming Language)
Collision + Computer Oriented Language
COLD
Computer Output to Laser Disk
COLL
Collision
COM
Common Object Model [Microsoft] +
Computer Output Microfilm
.COM
Command (file name extension) +
Commercial Business (Domain Name0 [Internet]
COM1
First serial Port (asynchronous port)
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
.CNT
Contents (file name extension)
COMET
CNV
Conventional (pertaining to Memory)
COMP
Computer Dealers Exposition
Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator
Compare + Communications
COMP.
Computers [USENET Newsgroup Category]
COMSAT
CON
Communications Satellite Corporation
Console (includes Keyboard and Screen)
Common Programming Interface [IBM]
.CPI
Code Page Information (file name extension) [MS-DOS]
CPI-C
Common Programming Interface for Communications [IBM]
CPIO
Copy In and Out [Unix]
CPL
Current Privilege Level
.CPL
Control Panel (file name extension)
CONTONE Continuous Tone
CPM
Critical Path Method
COPICS
CP/M
Control Program for Microcomputers [Digital Research]
CPS
Characters Per Second + Cycles Per Second
COND
Condition
CONFIG
Configuration
CONS
Connection-Oriented Network Service
Communications Oriented Production Information
and Control System [IBM]
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
COSE
Combined Office Standard Environment +
Common Open Software/Systems Environment
COSMIC
Computer Software Management and Information
Center [NASA]
COSMOS
Common Object Services Specification
COTS
Commercial Off-The-Shelf
Copy Protected
Carriage Return
CRAM
Cyclic Redundancy Check
.CRD
Cardfile (file name extension) +
Chord (music file name extension)
CREN
CRF
CRI
CPC
Constant Point Calculation
CR/LF
CPE
Central Processing Element +
CROM
CRT
Cable Retransmission Facility + Cross Reference File
Color Reproduction Indices
Carriage Return/Line Feed
Control Read Only Memory
Cathode Ray Tube
Customer Premises Equipment +
CRTC
Customer Provided Equipment
CS
Chip Select + Clear to Send + Code Segment
Client/Server
.CPE
Cover Page (file name extension)
C/S
CPG
Clock Pulse Generator
CSA
CPI
Computer Research Education Network +
Corporation for Research and Education Networking
Certified Public Accountant
Check Processing Control System [IBM]
Create Your Own Newspaper
CRC
CPA
CPCS
Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement
CRAYON
Computer System for Mainframe Operations
COSS
CP
CR
Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction +
CSAR
CRT Controller
Calendaring and Scheduling API [IBM]
Channel System Address Register
CSCW
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
CSSM
Client-Server Systems Management [IBM]
CS/SS
Card Service/Socket Service
Computer Services Department +
CSTA
Computer-Supported Telephony Applications
Corrective Service Diskette [IBM]
CSU
Channel Service Unit
CSV
Circuit-Switched Voice +
CSD
Circuit-Switched Data +
CSDS
Circuit Switched Data Service
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
CTC
Channel To Channel
CSI
Command Sequence Introducer + CompuServe Incorporated
CSID
Call Subscriber ID
CTCP
CSL
Computer Sensitive Language
CTI
CSLIP
Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol [Internet]
CSM
Code Set Map (file) + Communications Services Manager
Client-To-Client Protocol
Computer-Telephony Integration
CTOS
Computerized Tomography Operating System +
Convergent Technologies Operating System
CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Avoidance
CTPA
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Detection
CTRCO * Calculating,Tabulating,Recording Company (The name of
CSMS
Customer Support Management System
CSN
this company was changed to "International Business
Card-Select Number
CSNET
Computer Science Network
Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter
Machines" by Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
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]
Circuit Switched Public Data Network
CUF
Cursor Forward
* Continuous System Simulator (Language)
CUI
CSPDN
CSS
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets [Microsoft] +
Contact Start-Stop
Character-Oriented User Interface +
Common User Interface [IBM]
CUP
Cursor Position
CUPID
.CUR
Completely Universal Processor I/O Design [AST]
DAL
Cursor (file name extension)
CUSIP
Committee for Uniform Security Identification
Procedures [U.S. Treasury]
CUT
Control Unit Terminal
CUTE
Clarkston University Terminal Emulator
CUU
Cursor Up
CVF
Compressed Volume File
CVGA
Color Video Graphics Array
Data Access Language [Apple Computer] +
Disk Access Lockout
DAM
Data Acquisition and Monitoring
DAMPS
DAO
Data Access Object [Microsoft]
DAP
Data Access Protocol [DEC] +
Developer Assistance Program
DAPIE
Developers Application Programming Interface Extensions
DARI
Database Application Remote Interface [IBM]
CVIA
Computer Virus Industry Association
DARMS
CVT
Convert
DART
CVW
CodeView for Windows
CWD
Convert Word to Double Word +
Change Working Directory [Internet]
CWIS
Campus Wide Information Service/System [Internet] +
Community Wide Information Service/System [Internet]
Digital AMPS
Digital Alternate Realization of Musical Symbols
Digital Audio Reconstruction Technology
DAS
Decimal Adjust for Subtraction +
Dual-Attached Station
DASD
Direct Access Storage Device [IBM]
DAT
Digital Audio Tape + Disk Array Technology
.DAT
Data (file name extension)
C2X
Character To Hexadecimal [REXX]
DATACOM Data Communications
CYL
Cylinder
DAV
CYMK
Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black (color model)
DAVIC
Digital Audio-Video
Digital Audio-Visual Council
dB
Decibel
DB
Data Base + Data Buffer
dBA
Adjusted Decibel
D...
D/A
DAA
Digital to Analog
Data Access Arrangement +
Decimal Adjust for Addition
DAC
Data Acquisition and Control +
Digital to Analog Converter +
Dual Attachment Concentrator
DAD
DAI
Desktop Application Director [Borland]
Distributed Artificial Intelligence
DBCS
Delivery Bar Code Sorter + Double-Byte Character Set
.DBF
Database (file name extension)
DBIS
Dun & Bradstreet Information Services
DBM
Data Base Manager
DBMS
Data Base Management System
DBS
Data Base Server
DBV
Digital Broadcast Video
DB2
Database 2
DC
Data Collection + Data Communication + Data Control +
Device Control + Direct Current
DCS
Data Collection System + Data Control System +
Desktop Color Separation + Distributed Control System
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
Digital Data Channel [VESA] + Display Data Channel
DCB
Device Control Block + Disk Coprocessor Board [Novell]
DDC
DCC
Digital Command Control + Digital Compact Cassette +
DDCMP
Direct Cable/Client Connection + Display Combination Code
Digital Data Communications Message Protocol [DEC]
DDC1
Display Data Channel One
Distributed Database Connection Services [IBM]
DCD
Data Carrier Detect
DDCS
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
Distributed Computing Equipment
DDF
DCED
Display Data Channel + Dynamic Data Formatting [IBM]
DDI
Device Driver Interface + Direct Dial In
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
DCF
Distributed Computing Environment Daemon
Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library [Microsoft]
Data Communication Facility [IBM] +
D-CHANNEL Data Channel
DDNS
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] +
DCP
Digital Data Storage + Distributed Database Services
Device Clear + Digital Control Logic +
DDX
Digital Command Language [Digital]
DE
DCOM
Distributed Component Object Model
Digital Light Processing [TI]
Dynamic Domain Naming System
DEC
Digital Data Exchange
Device End
Decrement + Device Clear + Digital Equipment Corporation
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
DEK
Data Encryption Key
DEL
Delete
DELSTR
Delete String [REXX]
Directory Information Base +
Dual Independent Bus [Intel]
DIBOL
DEC Business Oriented Language
.DIC
Dictionary (file name extension)
Direct Inward Dialing
.DEM
Demonstration (file name extension)
DID
DEN
Document Enabled Networking [Novell-Xerox]
DIDS
DER
Distinguished Encoding Rules
DIF
DES
Data Encryption Standard + Data Entry Sheet
DIFFSENS Differential Sense
.DES
Description (file name extension)
DIIP
DET
Device Execute Trigger
DIMM
DEV
Device
DIN
Deutsche Industrie Norm (German equivalent of EIA)
DIO
Data Input-Output
DIP
Dialup Internet Protocol [Internet] +
DF
Data Field + Destination Field + Device Flag +
Double Flag
Distributed Intrusion Detection System
Data Interchange Format
Direct Interrupt Identification Port
Dual In-Line Memory Module
DFC
Data Flow Control
Digital Imaging Processing +
DFM
Design For Manufacturability [IBM]
Dual In-line Package + Dual In-line Pin
DFS
Distributed File System
DFSMS
DFT
Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem [IBM]
DIR
Directory (file)
DIS
Draft International Standard +
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]
D-Inside Wire [AT&T]
DHL
Dynamic Head Loading
DIW
.DHP
Dr. Halo PIC (file name extension)
.DIZ
Description In Zip (file name extension)
DL
Download (also D/L)
DL/1
Data Manipulation Language 1 [IBM]
DHTML
DI
Dynamic HTML
Data In + Destination Index
DMSS
DLC
Distributed Mass Storage System
Data Link Control (protocol) [IBM] +
DMT
Digital/Discrete Multi-Tone
Distributed Loop Carrier
DLCI
Data Link Connection Identifier
DLD
Display List Driver
DLE
Data Link Escape
DLL
Dynamic Link Library
DLM
Distributed Lock Manager + Dynamic Link Module
DLP
Digital Light Processing [TI]
DLR
DOS LAN Requester
DLS
Data Link Switching [IBM]
DLT
Digital Linear Tape
DM
Distributed Memory
DMTF
Desktop Management Task Force
DMY
Day Month Year
DN
Down
DNC
Direct Numerical Control
DNIC
Data Network Identification Code
DNIS
Dialed Number Identification Service
DNS
Domain Naming System
DO
Data Out + Distributed Objects
.DOC
Document + Documentation (file name extensions)
DOCSV
DMA
DMAC
DMACS
Data Over Circuit-Switched Voice
DOE
Distributed Objects Everywhere
DOIP
Dial Other Internet Providers [IBM]
DO-IT
Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and
Direct Memory Access/Addressing
DMA Controller
Distributed Manufacturing Automation & Control Software
Technology
DMD
Digital Micromirror Device [TI]
DME
Distributed Management Environment
DMF
Distribution Media Format [Microsoft]
DOM
Document Object Model
DOMF
Distributed Object Management Facility
DOS
DMI
Desktop Mangement Interface
DML
Data Manipulation Language
DMM
Digital Multimeter
Disk Operating System
DOSEM
DMMS
Dynamic Memory Management System
DMOS
Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
DOV
Data Over Voice
DOW
Day Of Week
DP
Data Processing
DPA
DMP
DOS Emulation
Demand Protocol Architecture [3Com] +
Dot Matrix Printer
Document Printing Architecture
DMPC
Distributed Memory Parallel Computer
DMQS
Display Mode Query and Set [IBM]
DPAM
Demand Priority Access Method
DPAREN
DMS
System
DMSD
Data Parity Enable [IBM]
Data Management Software + Data/Document Management
Digital Multistandard Decoding
DPB
Drive Parameter Block
DPC
Direct Program Control
DPI
Distributed Protocol Interface + Dots Per Inch
D/S
DPL
Descriptor Privilege Level
DSA
DPM
Digital Panel Meter
DSAP
Destination Service Access Point
DSDD
Double Sided, Double Density (diskette)
DPMA
Data Processing Management Association
DPMI
DOS Protected Mode Interface [Microsoft]
DPMS
Display Power Management Support
Dhrystone Per Second
Directory System Agent
DSE
Data Storage Equipment
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)
DQDB
Distributed Queue Dual Bus
DQL
Data Query Language
Dynamic Simulation Language
DSLAM
Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DSMA
Digital Sense Multiple Access
Distributed System Object Model
DR
Data Received
DSOM
D/R
Direct or Reverse
DSP
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRAW
Direct Read After Write
DR.BOND Dial-up Router Bandwidth On Demand [NEC]
DRDA
Digital Signal Processing/Processor +
Directory Synchronization Protocol [Lotus]
DSQD
DSR
Distributed Relational Database Architecture [IBM]
Double Sided, Quad Density (diskette)
Data Set Ready + Device Status Register +
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]
Digital Research Incorporated
DSSS
Direct-Sequencing Spread Spectrum
Double Supertwisted Nematic
DRI
DRO
Data Request Output + Destructive Read-Out
DSTN
DRS
Document Registration System
DSU
.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)
DTA
Disk Transfer Area
DS
Data Segment + Data Send + Data Server + Double Sided
Data Service Unit + Digital Service Unit
.DTA
Data (file name extension)
DXC
Data Exchange Control
DTC
Desktop Conferencing
DXF
Drawing Exchange Format
DTD
Document Type Definition
DXI
DTE
Data Terminal Equipment + Dumb Terminal Emulator
DTF
Distributed Test Facility
DTL
Dialogue Tag Language [IBM] + Diode-Transistor Logic
Data Exchange Interface
E...
DTMF
Data Tone Multiple Frequency + Dual Tone Multifrequency
DTP
Desktop Publishing + Distributed Transaction Process
DTR
Data Terminal Ready + Data Transfer Rate
DTV
Desktop Video
DTVC
EA
EAR
Directory User Agent
DUAT
Direct User Access Terminal
DUN
Dial-Up Networking [Microsoft]
DUNCE
.DV
Dial Up Network Connection Enhancement
DESQview Script (file name extension)
DVC
Desktop Video Conferencing
DVD
Digital Video Disk
DVE
Digital Video Effect
DVI
Digital Video Interactive
.DVI
Device Independent (file name extension)
DVMRP
.DVR
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol [Internet]
Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DRV)
DWG
EARS
Discrete Wavelet Multitone
D2X
Decimal To Hexadecimal [REXX]
.DXB
Drawing Interchange Binary (file name extension)
[AutoCAD]
Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
Electronic Access to Reference Services +
Electronic Authoring and Routing System [DEC] +
Explicit Archive and Retrieval System [Langley Research]
EATA
Enhanced AT Bus Attachment
EBC
EISA Bus Controller
EBCT
Electron Beam Computed Tomography
EBCDIC
EBI
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code [IBM]
Equivalent Background Input +
Extended Background Investigation
EBT
Electronic Benefits Transfer
EC
Electronic Commerce + Error Control
ECAL
Enjoy Computing And Learn
ECAT
Electronic Card Assembly and Test [IBM]
ECB
Electronic Codebook + Event Control Block
ECC
Elliptic Curve Crypto + Error Check Code +
Drawing
DWMT
European Academic Research Network
EAROM
Disk Usage
DUA
External Access Register
EARN
Desktop Video Conferencing
DU
Effective Address + Extended Attribute [OS/2]
Error Checking and Correction + Error Correction Code
ECD
ECHO
Enhanced Color Display + Enhanced Compact Disk
European Commission Host Organization [Internet]
ECI
External Call Interface
ECL
Emitter Coupled Logic
ECM
Electronic Control Module
ECMA
European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECNE
Enterprise Certified NetWare Engineer [Novell]
.EDU
Educational Institutions (Domain Name) [Internet]
EDVAC * Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
(First stored-program digital computer)
ECP
Enhanced/Extended Capabilities Port [Microsoft]
EE
ECTL
Electronic Communal Temporal Lobe
EEC
Extended Error Correction
ECU
EISA Configuration Utility
EEG
Electroencephalogram
EEL
Epsilon Extension Language
EEM
Extended Memory Management
ED
Erase Display
EDA
Electronic Design Automation +
Embedded Document Architecture [Go Corporation]
EDC
Electronic Digital Computer +
Extended Edition [IBM]
EEMS
Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
Enhanced Data Correction +
EES
Escrow Encryption Standard
Error Detection and Correction
EFA
Extended File Attribute
EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EDDC
Extended Distance Data Cable
EDGAR
EDI
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
EFI
Electronic Data Interchange +
Electronic Document Interchange [DEC]
Electromechanical Frequency Interference +
Electronics For Imaging
EFL
Emitter Follower Logic
EDIFACT EDI for Administration Commerce and Transport
E-FORM
EDL
EFTS
Electronic Funds Transfer System
Edit Decision List
Electronic Form
EDLC
Ethernet Data Link Control
EGA
Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EDLIN
Editor (Line Text)
EGP
Exterior Gateway Protocol
EDMS
Electronic Document Management System
EGREP
EDO
EDOS
EDP
EDPM
EDRAM
EDS
Extended Data Out
EHLLAPI Emulator High Level Language Application
Enhanced DOS for Windows
Electronic Data Processing
Electronic Data Processing Machine
Extended Dynamic Random Access Memory
Electronic Data Systems (corporation)
Programming Interface [IBM]
EIA
EIDE
EIS
EISA
EDSAC * Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
EL
EDSI
ELAN
Enhanced Small Device Interface
Extended Global Regular Expression Print [Unix]
Electronic Industries Association
Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
Executive Information System
Extended Industry Standard Architecture
Electroluminescent (display) + Erase Line
Emulated Local Area Network
ELC
Embedded Linking and Control
ENSS
ELF
Executable and Linking Format +
EOA
End Of Address
EOB
End Of Block
Extremely Low Frequency
Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet]
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
EMA
Electronic Mail Association +
Enterprise Management Architecture
EMACS
Editing Macros [Unix]
E-MAIL
Electronic Mail
EMB
Extended Memory Block [LIM/AST]
EMBARC
Electronic Mail Broadcast to a Roaming Computer
EOI
End Of Interrupt + End Or Identify
EOJ
End Of Job
EOL
End Of Line + End Of List
EOM
End Of Message
EOR
Exclusive OR (Also XOR)
EOS
Earth Observing System [NASA] + End Of String
EOSDIS
Earth Observing System Data and Information System
[NASA]
[Motorola]
EOT
EMC
End Of Table + End Of Tape (marker) + End Of Text +
Electromagnetic Compatibility + Enhanced Memory Chip +
End Of Transmission
E-Mail Connection + Extended Math Coprocessor
EP
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
.EML
Electronic Mail (file name extension)
EMM
Expanded Memory Manager
EMR
Electro-Magnetic Radiation +
Electrophotographic Engine
EPIC
Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
EPL
Effective Privilege Level
EPLD
Electrically Programmable Logic Device
EPM
Enhanced Editor for Presentation Manager [IBM] +
Enhanced Metafile Record
Enterprise Process Management [IBM]
EMS
Electronic Mail System + Electronic Message Service +
EPP
Enhanced Parallel Port
Expanded Memory Specification [LIM]
EPROM
EMWAC
Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory +
European Microsoft Windows NT Academic Centre
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
.ENC
Encoded (file name extension)
.EPS
ENDEC
ENDS
Encapsulated PostScript (file name extension)
Encoder/Decoder
EPSF
Encapsulated PostScript Files
ERA
Extended Registry Attributes
Ends Segment
ENIAC * Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and
ERAS
Electronic Routing and Approval System [Hughes Aircraft]
Computer (First fully electronic digital computer)
ENQ
ERD
Emergency Repair Disk
ERIC
Educational Resources Information Center [Internet]
Enquiry
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
EROS
Earth Resources Observation System [U.S. Geological Survey]
ERR
Error
ER/RC
Emergency Recovery Utility [Microsoft]
Extra Segment
ESA
Enterprise Systems Architecture [IBM] +
European Space Agency
ESC
EISA System Component + Escape
ESCM
ESCON
ESC/P
ESD
ETB
End of Transmission Block
ETC
Electronic Toll Collection +
Extended Result/Response Code
ERU
ES
Network (chip) [Intel]
Enhanced Throughput Cellular (modem protocol) [AT&T]
ETOM
ETPL
Endorsed Tempest Products List
ETS
Econometric Time Series
ETX
End Of Text
EU
Execution Unit
Extended Services Communications Manager [IBM]
EUC
Enterprise System Connection (Architecture) [IBM]
EUI
Epson Standard Code for Printers
Electronic Software Distribution +
Electron-Trapping Optical Memory
End User Computing + Extended Unix Code [IBM]
End-User Interface
EVE
Extensible VAX Editor
EVGA
Electrostatic Discharge
Extended Video Graphics Array +
Extended Video Graphics Adapter
ESDI
Enhanced Small/System Device Interface
EWAN
ESF
Extended Superframe
EWS
Employee Written Software [IBM]
ExCA
Exchangeable Card Architecture [Intel]
.EXE
Executable (file name extension)
ESI
Enhanced Serial Interface (specification) [Hayes]
ESMR
Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
ESN
Electronic Security Number
ESP
Emulation Sensing Processor +
Emulator Without A Good Name [Internet]
EXE2BIN Program used to convert an (.EXE) file to binary
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
FAC
File Access Code
FECN
FAMOS
Floating Gate Avalanche MOS
FANS
Future Air Navigation System
Full Duplex
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
FED
Field Emission/Emitter Display
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
FARNET
FASIC
Federation of American Research Networks [Internet]
Function and Algorithm-Specific Integrated Circuit
Flash EPROM
FeRAM
Ferroelectric RAM
FESDK
Far East Software Development Kit [Microsoft]
FAT
File Allocation Table
FET
FAX
Facsimile
FF
.FAX
Fax (file name extension)
FFDC
Field Effect Transistor
Flip-Flop + Form Feed
First Failure Data Capture [IBM]
FC/AL
Fiber Channel/Arbitrated Loop
FFS
FCB
File Control Block
FFST
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FFT
Fast Fourier Transform + Final Form Text [IBM]
FCC:
File Carbon Copy
FG
Floating Gate
FCCSET
Federal Coordinating Council for
Science, Engineering and Technology
FC/EL
FCI
Fiber Channel/Enhanced Loop
FGREP
FHSS
FIF
Fast File System
First Failure Support Technology [IBM]
Fixed Global Regular Expression Print [Unix]
Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum
Fractal Image Format
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
FD
Floppy Disk + Floppy Drive + Full Duplex
FIPS
File Processor Buffering
Federal Information Processing Standard
FDC
Floppy Disk Controller
FIR
FDDI
Fiber Digital Device Interface +
.FIRM
Business or Firm (Domain Name) [Internet]
FIRST
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
Fast Infrared + Finite Impulse Response
FDISK
Fixed Disk
FIU
Fingerprint Identification Unit [Sony]
FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing
FIX
Federal Internet Exchange
FLA
Four Letter Acronym
FDMA
Frequency Division Multiple Access
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]
FRAD
Frame Relay Access Device +
.FLR
Folder (file name extension)
FMS
Forms Management System
FMT
Format
FRAG
Fragment + Fragmentation
FMV
Full Motion Video
FRAM
Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory
FNT
Font
FRC
FOCUS
Forum of Control Data Users
Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler
FRED
Funtional Redundancy Checking
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
FOLDOC
FSD
File System Driver [OS/2]
FSE
Full Screen Editor
FSF
Free Software Foundation [Internet]
FSK
Frequency Shift Keying
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)
.FON
Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing
File Separator
Font + Phone + Phone Directory (all file name
extensions)
.FOR
FORTH
FOSSIL
FPC
Fortran source code (file name extension)
(Programming Language)(See HLL)
Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer
Floating Point Calculation
F/T
FTAM
Full Time
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
FTX
Fault Tolerant Unix
GEIS
General Electric Information Service (company)
FUI
File Update Information
GEM
Graphics Environment Manager (DRI Program)
GENIE
General Electric Network for
FUNC
FVT
Function
Full Video Translation
FYI
For Your Information
General Electric Comprehensive Operating System
Information Exchange
GEO
Geostationary Earth Orbit
GEOS
Graphic Environment Operating System [Geoworks]
G...
GA
General Availability
GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAL
Generic Array Logic
GAPI
Gateway Application Programming Interface
GART
Graphics Address Relocation Table
GATT
Graphics Address Translation Table
Gb
Gigabit (1,024 megabits) +
(One Billion Bits of Information)
GB
GET
Get Execute Trigger
GGP
Gateway-Gateway Protocol [Internet]
GHZ
Gigahertz
.GID
Topics (file name extension) [Microsoft]
.GIF
Graphics Interchange Format (file name extension)
GIGO
GII
GCC
GNU C-Compiler [Unix]
GCR
Group Code Recording
GDA
Global Data Area
GDDM
GDG
Graphics Data Display Manager
Generation Data Group [IBM]
GDI
Graphical Device Interface
GDLC
Government Information Locator Service
GIS
Geographic Information System +
Global Information Solutions [AT&T]
GIX
Graphic Draw Primitive
GDT
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing +
Global Descriptor Table +
Graphics Development Toolkit
Global Internet Exchange [Internet]
GKS
Graphical Kernel System
GL
Graphics Language
G/L
General Ledger
GLIS
Global Land Information System [US Geological Survey]
GLM
General Linear Models
GLOBE
Global Learning by Observations to Benefit
the Environment [Internet]
Generic Data Link Control [IBM]
GDP
Global Information Infrastructure
GILS
Gigabyte (1,024 megabytes) +
(One Billion Characters of Information)
Garbage In, Garbage Out
.GLY
Glossary (file name extension) [Microsoft Word]
GML
Generalized Markup Language
GMP
Global Mobile Professional
GMR
Giant Magneto-Resistive
GMS
Global Management System +
GTO
Guide To Operations [IBM]
Global Messaging Service [Novell]
GTP
* Geometry Theorem Prover
Graphical User Interface
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GUI
GND
Ground (signal/system)
GUID
GNN
Global Network Navigator
GNU
Gnu's Not Unix (operating system)
GOSIP
.GOV
Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
Governmental (Domain Name) [Internet]
GP
Global Universal Identifier
GVT
General Protection Fault
GPI
Global Virtual Time
GW-BASIC Gee Whiz BASIC
.gz
Gas Plasma + General Purpose
GPF
Globally Unique Identifier +
Compressed file (compressed filename extension -
using GNU gzip compression/decompression program) [Unix]
GZIP
GNU Zip
Graphics Programming Interface
H...
GPIB
General Purpose Information/Interface Bus
GPR
General Purpose Register [IBM]
GPS
Global Positioning Satellite/System
GPSS
* General Purpose Systems Simulator (language)
GRADD
GRE
Graph (file name extension)
.GRP
Group (file name extension)
GS
Group Separator
GSI
General Server Interface
GSM
Global Shared Memory +
Global System for Mobile-Communications (network)
GSNW
GSP
GSTN
HAL
Gateway Service for NetWare [Microsoft]
Generic Server Passer
General Switched Telephone Network
GTE
General Telephone Electronics (corporation)
GTL
Gunning Transceiver Logic
High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing [IBM]
Hard Array Logic + Hardware Abstraction Layer +
House-Programmed Array Logic
HAL
Global Regular Expression Print
.GRF
Header (file name extension) [C]
HACMP
Graphics Adapter Device Driver [IBM]
Graphics Engine
GREP
.H
* Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic (computer)
[from 1968 movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"]
HAP
HASP
Host Access Protocol
Houston Automatic Spooling Priority (System)
HBA
Host Bus Adapter
HCL
Hardware Compatibility List
HCSS
HCU
HD
HDA
HDCD
HDF
HDI
High Capacity Storage System
Home Computer User
Hard Disk + High Density
Head Disk Assembly
High Definition Compatible Digital
Hierarchical Data Format [NCSA]
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]
HDSL
High-Data-Rate Digital Subscriber Line
HDSS
Holographic Data Storage System
HDT
Host Digital Terminal
HMA
High Memory Area [Microsoft] +
Hub Management Architecture
HMD
Head Mounted Display
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
HDX
Half Duplex
HMP
Host Monitoring Protocol
Hercules
HOTT
Hot Off The Tree (electronic newsletter)
HERC
High Speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HEX
Hexadecimal
HP
HFC
Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial
HPC
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
HPG
Hewlett-Packard Graphics
HPGL
Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HGCP
Hercules Graphics Card Plus
HH
Hour
HHLAPI
HIF
HIFD
HIL
HIMEM
HIPPI
HLCO
HLL
HLLAPI
.HLP
High-Level Language Application Programming Interface
Hewlett-Packard (Company)
Handheld Personal Computer
HPIB
Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
HPLJ
Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet
High-Density Floppy Disk
HPPA
Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture
Human Interface Link [HP]
HPPI
High Performance Parallel Interface
HPR
High Performance Routing [IBM]
Hyper-G Interchange Format
High Memory
High Performance Parallel Interface
High Low Close Open
High Level Language
High Level Language Application Programming Interface
Help (file name extension)
HPUX
Hewlett-Packard Unix
HPW
High Performance Workstation [Sun]
.HQX
BinHex (file name extension) [Macintosh]
HRIS
Human Resource Information System
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
HSB
Hue, Saturation, Brightness (color model)
HSC
Hierarchical Storage Controller + High Speed Channel
HSI
Hue, Saturation, Intensity
IAL
* International Algebraic Language
(ALGOL was first called IAL)
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority [Internet]
IAP
Internet Access Provider [Internet]
Import Address Table
HSM
Hierarchical Storage Management
IAT
HSP
High Speed Printer
IAUP
HSSI
High Speed Serial Interface
IBC
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
HTML
HyperText Markup Language
IC
HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
ICA
HTTP-NG HTTP Next Generation
Internet User Account Provider [Internet]
Instrument Bus Computer
IBM Graphics Language
Input Circuit + Integrated Circuit + Interrupt Controller
Intelligent Console Architecture +
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
HVP
Horizontal & Vertical Position
ICCP
H/W
Hardware
ICE
HWCP
HWD
.HYP
Hardware Code Page
Height-Width-Depth
Hyphenation (file name extension)
Internet Citizen's Band
Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals
In-Circuit Emulator [Intel] +
Integrated Computing Environment [Langley Research]
ICES
Interference-Causing Equipment Standard
ICI
Image Component Information
HYTELNET Hypertext-browser for Telnet Accessible Sites
ICL
Interface Clear
Hz
ICLID
Incoming-Call Line Identification
ICM
Image Color Matching [Kodak]
Hertz
I...
ICMP
IAB
Internet Architecture Board [Internet]
IAC
Inter-Application Communication [Macintosh]
.ICO
iCOMP
Internet Control Message Protocol [Novell]
Icon (file name extension)
Intel Comparative Microprocessor Performance [Intel]
ICP
Integrated Channel Processor
.IDX
ICR
Intelligent Character Recognition
IE
ICS
Intuitive Command Structure
IEC
ICSAPI
ICU
ID
IDA
Internet Connection Services API
ISA Configuration Utility + Instruction-Cache Unit
Identification + Identifier
IDC
IDDE
IDE
IDEA
IEF
IEMSI
Integrated Digital Access + Intelligent Disk Array +
Intelligent Drive Array
IDAPI
IEEE
Integrated Database Application Programming Interface
Integrated Database Connector +
Index (file name extension)
Internet Explorer [Microsoft]
International Electrotechnical Commission
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Information Engineering Facility
Interactive Electronic Mail Standard
Identification
IEN
Internet Engineering Notes
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force [Internet]
IESG
Internet Engineering Steering Group [Inernet]
Integrated Desktop Connector +
I/F
Internet Database Connector [Microsoft]
IFC
Internet Foundation Classes
IFD
Image File Directory
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
Interface Design Enhancement
IGA
Integrated Graphics Array
IGC
Integrated Graphics Controller
Integrated Development & Debugging Environment [Symantec]
Imbedded Drive Electronics +
International Data Encryption Algorithm
Interface
Information Systems Management
IDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame
IGES
Initial Graphics Exchange Standard
IDIV
Integer Divide
IGMP
Internet Group Multicast Protocol [Internet]
IDL
Interactive Data Language +
IGP
Interface Definition Language
IGRP
Interior Gateway Protocol
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]
Independent Hardware Vendor
IDP
Integrated Data Processing
IHV
IDR
Intelligent Document Recognition
IIF
IDT
Interface Design Tool + Interrupt Descriptor Table
III
Immediate Interface
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
IKP
Internet Keyed Payments [IBM]
INS
Input String + Integrated Network Server
ILA
Image Light Amplifier
INT
Integer + Internal + Interrupt +
ILS
International Language Support
IMACS
Image Management and Communication System
Internet News Daemon
International (organization Domain name) [Internet]
INTA
Interrupt Acknowledge
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol [Internet]
InterNIC Internet Network Information Center [Internet]
IMAX
Maximum Image
INTO
IMDS
Image Data Stream (format) [IBM]
I/O
IME
Input Method Editor
IOC
IMG
Image
IOCC
IML
Initial Microcode Load [IBM]
IMP
Information/Interface Message Processor
IMPA
IMR
Intelligent Multi-Port Adapter [DCA]
Internet Monthly Report [Internet]
Interrupt if Overflow occurs
Input/Output
Inter-Office Channel
Input/Output Channel Converter +
Input/Output Controller Chip
IOCS
Input/Output Control System
IOCTL
Input/Output Control
IODE
Integrated Development and Debugging Environment
[Symantec]
IMS
Information Management System +
IOP
Input/Output Processor
IOPL
Input/Output Privilege Level
Intermediate Maintenance Standards
IMSP
Internet Message Support Protocol
IMTC
International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium
IMTV
Interactive Multimedia Television
IMUL
Integer Multiply
IMUX
Inverse Multiplexer
IOSGA
IP
IPC
IN
Input/Output Support Gate Array
Instruction Pointer + Internet Protocol
Instructions Per Clock + Interprocess Communication
IPCP
Internet Protocol Control Protocol
IPDS
IBM Personal Dictation System [IBM] +
Input
Intelligent Printer Data Stream [IBM]
INC
Increment
.IND
Index (file name extension)
.INF
Information (file name extension)
IPFC
.INFO
Information Services (Domain Name0 [Internet]
Information Presentation Facility Compiler [IBM]
IPI
Intelligent Peripheral Interface
IPL
Initial Program Load/Loader +
Ion Projection Lithography
ISC
Instruction Set Computer + Inter-Systems Communication [IBM]
* Information Programming Language
ISD
Image Section Descriptor +
IPL
IPM
Interpersonal Message
Instructional Systems Design
IPng
Internet Protocol, next generation
ISDN
IPSE
Integrated Project Support Environment
ISH
IPTC
International Press Telecommunications Council
ISI
IPX
Internetwork Packet Exchange [Novell]
ISIS
IQL
Interactive Query Language
ISKM
IR
Infrared
Integrated Services Digital Network
Information Super Highway
Internally Specified Index
Integrated Systems and Information Services
Internet Starter Kit for the Macintosh
ISL
Interactive System Language
Internet Service Manager [Mircrosoft]
IRC
Internet Relay Chat [Internet]
ISM
IRD
Integrated Receiver/Descrambler
ISMF
Interactive Storage Management Facility
Internet Society
IRDA
Infrared Data Association
ISOC
IRDS
Information Resource Dictionary System
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
IRET
Interrupt Return
ISP
Internet Service Provider [Internet] +
IRF
Intermediate Routing Function +
Inheritance Rights Filter [Novell]
IRL
Interactive Reader Language + Inter-Repeater Link
Interrupt Stack Pointer + Interrupt Status Port
ISPF
Interactive System Programming Facility
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
IRQ
Interrupt Request
ISV
IRTF
Internet Research Task Force [Internet]
IT
IRX
Information Retrieval Experiment
ITB
Information Technology Branch + Intermediate Text Block
ITC
International Typeface Corporation
ITE
Information Technology Equipment
ITF
Interactive Test Facility
IS
ISA
Information System + Interrupt Status
Industry Standard Architecture +
Instruction-Set Architecture
International Standard Serial Number
Independent Software Vendor
Information Technology
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
ITU-TSS ITU-Telecommunication Standards Section
JEIDA
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]
IUS/ITB Interchange Unit Separator/Intermediate Transmission
Block
Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council
Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association
JFIF
JPEG File Interchange Format
JFS
Journaled File System [IBM]
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
IV&V
I-WAY
IXC
Independent Verification & Validation
Information Highway
Interchange Carrier
JMAPI
Jump if Less than or Equal to
Java Management Application Program Interface
JMP
Jump
JNA
Jump if Not Above
JNAE
Jump if Not Above or Equal
J...
JNB
JA
Jump Address + Jump if Above
JAD
Joint Application Design
JAE
Jump if Above or Equal
JANET
Joint Academic Network
JAR
Java Archive File (format)
JBE
Jump if Below or Equal
JC
Jump if Carry set
JCL
Job Control Language
JDBC
JDK
Java Database Connectivity
Java Development Kit
Jump if Not Below
JNBE
Jump if Not Below or Equal
JNG
Jump if Not Greater
JNGE
JNI
Jump if Not Greater or Equal
Java Native Interface
.JNK
Junk (file name extension)
JNLE
Jump if Not Less or Equal
JNO
Jump if No Overflow
JNP
Jump if No Parity
JNS
Jump if No Sign
JOE
Java Objects Everywhere
JOHNNIAC* John Neumann Integrator and
Automatic Computer [Rand Corp.]
KEYBCZ
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia
(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
KEYBGR
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Germany
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Hungary
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
KEYBHU
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
KEYBPO
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Portugal
KEYBSF
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-French
KEYBSG
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-German
KEYBSL
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia
JUGHEAD Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy
Excavation and Display [Internet]
JVM
Java Virtual Machine
K...
(Slovak)
K-12
Kindergarten through 12th Grade [US Education System]
KAM
Keep Alive Memory
Kb
Kilobit
KB
Keyboard + Kilobyte (1,024 bytes)
KBD
Keyboard (also KEYB)
KBD$
Keyboard [OS/2]
Kbps
Kilobits Per Second
KBps
Kilobytes Per Second
KDT
Key Definition Table
KEFIR
Key Findings Reporter [GTE]
KEYBBE
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Belgium
KEYBBR
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Brazil
KEYBCF
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Canadian-French
KEYBSP
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Spain
KEYBSU
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Finland
KEYBSV
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Sweden
KEYBUK
Foreign language KEYBoard program - United Kingdom
KEYBUS
Foreign language KEYBoard program - United States
KEYBYU
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Yugoslavia
KHz
Kilohertz
KIF
Knowledge Interchange Format
KIS
Knowbot Information Service [Internet]
KPI
Kernel Programming Interface
KQML
KSH
KSPH
Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language
Korn Shell (program) [Unix]
Keystrokes Per Hour
KSR
Keyboard Send Receive
LBX
Local Bus Accelerator
KRS
Knowledge Retrieval System
LCA
Lotus Communications Architecture [Lotus]
LCC
Leadless Chip Carrier
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display + Lowest Common Denominator
LCF
Low Cost Fiber
LCK
Library Construction Kit [Microsoft FoxPro]
LCP
Link Control Protocol
LCR
Line Control Register
LCU
Last Cluster Used
LDA
Logical Device Address
L...
L2F
Layer Two Forwarding [Cisco]
L2TP
Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
LADDR
Layered Device Driver Architecture [Microsoft]
LALL
Longest Allowed Lobe Length
LAN
Local Area Network
LANACS
LANDP
Local Area Network Asynchronous Connection Server
LAN Distributed Platform
LANE
Local Area Network Emulation
LAPB
Link Access Procedure Balanced (protocol)
LAPD
Link Access Procedure Direct (protocol)
LAPM
Link Access Procedure for Modems
LAR
Load Access Rights
LASER
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LASTport Local Area Storage Transport (protocol) [DEC]
LAT
Local Access Terminal +
LDAP
LDC
Local Access and Transport Area
LAVC
Local Area VAX Cluster
LAWN
Local Area Wireless Network
LB
Left Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse)
LBA
Logical Block Addressing
LBL
Label
LBR
Librarian
.LBR
Library (file name extension)
LBT
Listen Before Talk
Lotus Development Corporation
LDDS
Long Distance Discount Services (company)
LDM
Long Distance Modem
LDT
Local Descriptor Table
LE
LEA
Less or Equal
Load Effective Address
LEAF
Law Enforcement Access Field
LEC
Local Area Network Emulation Client +
Local Exchange Carrier
Local Area Transport [DEC]
LATA
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [IBM]
LED
Light Emitting Diode
LEL
Link, Embed and Launch-to-edit [Lotus]
LEM
Language Extension Module
LEN
Low Entry Networking
LES
Local Area Network Emulation Server
.LET
Letter (file name extension)
LEX
Lexicon
LF
Line Feed
LFI
Last File Indicator
LFN
Long File Name
LMBCS
LFT
Low Function Terminal [IBM]
LMDS
LFU
Least Frequently Used
LMI
LGA
Leadless Grid Array
LMS
LGDT
Load Global Descriptor Table
LIAS
Library Information Access System
.LIB
Library (file name extension)
LIC
Line Interface Coupler [IBM]
Lotus Multi-Byte Character Set [Lotus]
Local Multipoint Distribution Service
Local Management Interface
Lotus Messaging Switch [Lotus]
LMSW
Load Machine Status Word
LMU
LAN Management Utilities [IBM] +
LAN Manager for Unix
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
LIF
Low Insertion Force
LOC
LIFO
Last In, First Out
LOCIS
LILO
Last In, Last Out
LOD
LIM
Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
LODSB
LIMA
Lotus/Intel/Microsoft/AST
LIMDO
Light Intensity Modulation Direct Overwrite
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Lines Of Code + Loop On-Line Control
Library of Congress Information System
Level Of Detail
Load String Byte
LOG
Logarithm (Base 10)
LOGO
(Programming Language)(See HLL)
LIMM
Light Intensity Modulation Method
LON
LIMS
Library Information Management System
LOOPE
LINUX
LIP
LIPS
(Operating system named after Linus Torvalds)
Large Internet Packet
Lightweight Internet Person Schema +
Logical Inferences Per Second
LISP
List Processing (Language)(See HLL)
Local Operating Network
Loop while Equal
LOOPNE
Loop while Not Equal
LOOPNZ
Loop while Not Zero
LOOPZ
Loop while Zero
LORE
Line Oriented Editor
LPAR
Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning
LISTSERV List Server [Internet]
LPC
Local Procedure Call
LLC
LPD
Line Printer Daemon (protocol) [Berkley]
LLDT
LLF
LMB
Logical Link Control
Load Local Descriptor Table
Low Level Format
Left Mouse Button
LPI
Lines Per Inch
LPL
Lotus Programming Language [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
LPM
Lines Per Minute
LPN
Logical Page Number
LUI
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
LPT2
Second Parallel Printer Port
LVM
Logical Volume Management [IBM]
LPT3
Third Parallel Printer Port
LW
Lazy Write
.LYR
Lyrics (music file name extension)
LZW
Lempel-Ziv-Welch (algorithm)
LQ
Letter Quality
LQM
Link Quality Monitoring (protocol)
LR
Local User Input
Logical Volume [IBM]
Link Register
M...
LRC
Local Register Cache +
Longitudinal Redundancy Check
LRL
Least Recently Loaded
LRM
Language Reference Manual + Least Recently-Used Master
.LRS
Language Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
LRU
Least Recently Used
LSA
LAN and SCSI Adapter [IBM] + Line Sharing Adapter +
Local Security Authority [Microsoft]
LSAPI
License Services Application Program Interface
LSB
Least Significant Bit
LSC
Least Significant Character
LSD
Least Significant Digit
LSI
Large Scale Integration
LSL
Link Support Layer + Load Segment Limit
LST
List
.LST
List (file name extension)
LTR
Left-To-Right + Letter + Load Task Register
LU
LUA
Logical Unit (Also LUN)
Logical Unit Application (interface)
mA
Milliampere
Mac
Macintosh (Apple Macintosh Computer)
MAC
Media/Medium Access Control
.MAC
MacPaint (file name extension) +
Macro (file name extension)
MACH
Multilayer Actuator Head [Epson]
MADE
Manufacturing and Automated Design Engineering
MADYMO
Mathematical Dynamic Modeling [TNO]
MAE
Metropolitan Area Ethernet
MAh
Milliampere-Hour
MAI
Multiple Applications Interface
.MAI
Mail (file name extension)
MAN
Manual [Unix] + Metropolitan Area Network
MANIAC * Mathematical Analyzer Numerical
Integrator and Computer
MANPAGE Manual Page [Unix]
MAP
Maintenance Analysis Procedures +
Manufacturing Automation Protocol +
Memory Allocation Map
.MAP
Linker Map (file name extension)
MAPI
Mail/Messaging Applications Programming
Interface [Microsoft]
MAPICS
Manufacturing, Accounting and Production
Information Control System [IBM]
MARVEL
Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual
Electronic Library [Library of Congress]
original company - Microwave Communications, Inc.) +
Media Control Interface [Microsoft]
MCL
Microsoft Compatibility Labs [Microsoft]
MCM
Multi-Chip Module
MCNE
Master Certified Novell Engineer [Novell]
MC-PGA
Metallized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array
MCPS
Microsoft Certified Product Specialist [Microsoft]
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
MAU
Media Access/Adapter Unit + Multistation Access Unit
MDA
MAVDM
Multiple Application VDM
MAX
Maximum
MB
Megabyte (1,024 kilobytes) +
Middle Button (of 3 button Mouse)
MBASIC
MBCS
MBONE
Make Directory + Mini Disk [Sony] + Monochrome Display
Monochrome Display Adapter +
Multidimensional Analysis
MDDBMS
.MDF
Menu Definition File (file name extension)
MDI
Microsoft BASIC [Microsoft]
Multidimensional Data Base Management System
Memory Display Interface +
Multiple Document Interface
Multi-Byte Character Set [IBM]
MDIC
Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip [AT&T]
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
MCA
Micro Channel Adapter/Architecture [IBM]
MEB
Memory Expansion Board
MEG
Megabyte
MEM
Memory
.MEN
Menu (file name extension)
MCAD
MCB
MCGA
MCI
Mechanical Computer Aided Design
Memory Control Block
Multicolor Graphics Array
MCI Communications Corp. (name from initials of
MERCI
Opening Information (file name extension) (As in READ.ME)
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]
MI/MIC
Mode Indicate/Mode Indicate Common
MFLOPS
Million Floating Point Operations Per Second
MFM
Modified Frequency Modulation
MIN
MFP
Multi-Function Peripheral/Product
MINUET
MFPI
Multifunction Peripheral Interface
MIPS
MFS
Macintosh File System [Macintosh] +
MIS
Magnetic Tape Field Search + Memory File System
Modified Filing System [Revelation Technologies]
MFT
Master File Table +
Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks
Minimum + Mobile Identification Number
Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tools [Internet]
Million Instructions Per Second
Management Information System +
Multimedia Information Sources [Internet]
MISC
Miscellaneous
MIX
Member Information Exchange
MKDIR
MGA
Monochrome Graphics Adapter
ML
MGE
Modular GIS Environment
MLAPI
Make Directory
Machine Language + Meta Language
MGET
Multiple Get [Unix]
MGR
Manager
MHS
Message Handling Service + Message Handling System
MLE
Multi-Line Editor
MHz
Megahertz
MLID
Multi-Link Interface Driver
MLM
Mailing List Manager [Internet]
MM
Minutes + Month
MI
MIB
MICRO
MICS
Management Interface
Management Information Base
One-millionth
Macro Interpretive Commands
MLC
Multilingual Application Programming Interface
Multilayer Ceramic +
Multilevel Cell (program) [Internet]
MMA
Microcomputer Managers Association
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
MMPM
Multi Media Presentation Manager
MPE
MPEG
MMU
Memory Management Unit
MPI
MMVF
Multimedia Video File [NEC]
MPM
MMX
Matrix Manipulation Extensions [Intel] +
Multimedia Extensions
MNOS
Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor
MNP
Microcom Networking Protocol [Microcom]
.MNU
Menu (fine name extension)
MO
Magneto-Optical (disk drive)
MOB
Memory-Order Buffer
MOBO
Mother Board
MOD
Module + Modulus
MODEM
Modulator Demodulator
Multiple Programming Executive [HP]
Motion Picture Experts Group
Message Passing Interface + Multiprecision Integer
Message Passing Library [IBM]
MPMD
Multiple Processor/Multiple Data
MPOA
Multi-Protocol over Asynchronous-Transfer-Mode
MPP
Massively Parallel Processing +
Message Posting Protocol + Message Processing Program
MPQP
Multi-Protocol Quad Port [IBM]
MPR
Multipart Repeater + Multi Protocol Router [Novell]
MPS
Multiprocessor Specification
MPTN
Multi-Protocol Transport Network
MPTS
Multi-Protocol Transport Services
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]
MONO
Monaural
MRCF
Microsoft Realtime Compression Format
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
MRP
Materials Requirement Planning
MRPL
Main Ring Path Length
MRS
Media Recognition System
MRT
Mean Repair Time
MRU
Maximum Receive Unit
Metal Oxide Semiconductor
MOSFET
MOTD
MOV
MOVS
MP
MPC
MPCS
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
Message Of The Day
Metal Ocide Varistor + Move
Move String
Massively Parallel (processing) + Multiple Processors
Multimedia Personal Computer + Multipath Channel
Mission Planning and Control Station (Software)
MS
Memory System + Message Store + Microsecond +
Microsoft Corporation + Millisecond
MSACM
Microsoft Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft]
MSAU
Multi-Station Access Unit
MSAV
Microsoft Anti Virus [Microsoft]
MSB
Modulation Transfer Function
MTS
Most Significant Bit
MSBF
Microsoft Transaction Server [Microsoft] +
Mean Swaps Between Failures
MSCDEX
MSD
Microsoft Compact Disc Extensions [Microsoft]
Mass Storage Device + Most Significant Digit +
Microsoft System Diagnostics [Microsoft]
MSDN
Microsoft Developer Network [Microsoft]
MS-DOS
Microsoft - Disk Operating System [Microsoft]
Message Transfer Service/System +
Multichannel Television Sound
MTT
Multi-Transaction Timer
MTTD
Mean Time To Diagnose
MTTF
Mean Time To Failure
MTTR
Mean Time To Repair
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
.MSG
Program Message (file name extension)
MSI
Medium Scale Integration
Massachusetts General Hospital Utility
Multi-Programming System (Programming Language)
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
MSO
Multiple-Systems Operator
MVB
Multimedia Viewer Book
.MSP
Microsoft Paint (file name extension) [Microsoft]
MVC
Multimedia Viewer Compiler
MSRP
MSS
Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price
Mass Storage System +
Multiprotocol Switched Services [IBM]
MSW
MTA
Machine Status Word
Message Transfer Agent + Multiple Terminal Access
Millivolt
MVDM
Multiple Virtual DOS Machines
MVGA
Monochrome Video Graphics Array
MVIP
Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol
MVP
Multimedia Video Processor
MVS
Multiple Virtual Storage
Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks
MTBB
Mean Time Between Breakdowns
MVT
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
MX
MTBJ
Mean Time Between Jams
MXS
Microsoft Exchange Server [Microsoft]
MTF
Microsoft Tape Format [Microsoft] +
MZR
Multiple Zone Recording
Mail Exchanger [Internet]
N...
.NCF
NAC
Network Adapter Card
Netware Command File [Novell]
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
Network Computer Operating System
NAE
Not Above or Equal
NCOS
NAK
Negative Acknowledgment
NCP
NAM
Number Assignment Module
NAMPS
Narrow-Band Analog Mobile Phone Service [Motorola]
NANO
One thousand-millionth
NAP
Network Access Point
NAPLPS
North American Presentation Level Protocol
Network Control Processor/Program/Protocol
NCR
Network Access Server + Network Application Support [DEC]
NASA
NASDAQ
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NCSC
National Computer Security Center
NCSI
Interface [Network Products Corp.]
NAU
National Association of Securities Dealers
NDEF
Not to be Defined
NBI
NBS
NC
NCA
NASA Ames Kernel (benchmark)
Network Addressable Unit
NDIS
Network Device/Driver Interface Specification
NDN
Non-Delivery Notice
NDP
Numeric Data Processor
NDR
Network Data Representation
NDRO
Non-Destructive Read Out
NDS
NetWare Directory Service [Novell]
.NDX
Index (file name extension)
NEC
Nippon Electric Company
NED
NASA Extragalactic Database [NASA]
NEG
Negative + Negate
Network Communications Adapter +
NEP
Network Entry Point
Network Computing Architecture [Oracle]
NES
National Education Supercomputer
NAWS
NBE
Non-Directional Beacon
Network Device Development Kid [Microsoft]
NASA Automated Systems Internet Response Capability
NASKER
NDB
NDDK
NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface [Novell]
NASIRC
Network Communications Services
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Automatic Quotation
NASI
National Cash Register (Company)
NCSA
Syntax (graphics)
NAS
NetWare Core Protocol + Not Copy Protected +
Negotiate About Window Size
Not Below or Equal
Nothing But Initials
National Bureau of Standards + Numeric Backspace
Network Computer + No Carry + Numerical Control
NCC
Network Control Center
NEST
NCD
Network Computing Device
.NET
Novell Embedded Systems Technology [Novell]
Networks (Domain Name) [Internet]
NetBIOS Network Basic Input/Output System [IBM]
NIS
NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface [IBM]
N-ISDN
NETMON
NISO
National Information Standards Organization
NISP
Networked Information Services Project
NIST
National Institute for Standards and Technology
NITC
National Information Technology Center
.NEW
Network Monitor
New Information (file name extension)
NEWS
NetWare Early Warning System [Frye Computer] +
Network Extensible Window System
NEWS.
NEXT
Current events [USENET Newsgroup Category]
Near-End Crosstalk
Network Information Service [Unix]
Narrowband ISDN + National ISDN
NIU
Network Interface Unit
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
N/I
Next Hop Resolution Protocol
Non-Interlaced
NLV
National Language Version [IBM]
NMI
Non-Maskable Interrupt
NIA
Next Instruction Address
NMM
NIC
Network Information Center [Internet] +
NMOS
NetWare Management Map [NetWare]
Negative Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
Network Interface Card +
NMP
Network Management Protocol [AT&T]
Numeric Intensive Computing
NMS
Network Management System [Novell]
NICAD
NN
Network Node + No News [Internet]
NICOLAS Network Information Center OnLine Aid System [NASA]
NNI
Network-Network Interface
NID
NNTP
Network News Transfer Protocol [Internet]
NOC
Network Operations Center
.NOM
Individual with Personal Site (Domain Name) [Internet]
NOP
No Operation
NII
NIM
NIMH
Nickel-Cadmium
New Interactive Display [NEC] + Next ID
National Information Infrastructure
Network Installation Management [IBM]
Nickel-Metal Hydride
NIO
Native Input/Output
NOPAC
NIPS
Network I/Os Per Second
NOR
Not Or
NOS
Network Operating System
NIR
Network Information Retrieval
Network OPAC
NT-1
NPA
Network Printer Alliance
NPI
Network Printer Interface
NPL
Nonprocedural Language
NPS
Novell Productivity Specialist [Novell]
Network Terminator Type 1
NTAS
NT Advamced Server [Microsoft]
NTF
No Trouble Found
NTFS
New Technology File System [Microsoft]
NTIA
NPTN
National Telecommunications and
National Public Telecomputing Network
Information Administration
NPU
Natural Processing Unit
NPX
Numeric Processor Extension
NQS
Network Queing System [Cray]
NRC
National Research Council (Canada)
NTIS
National Technical Information Service
NTRAS
NREN
NT Remote Access Services [Microsoft]
NTSA
NetWare Telephony Services Architecture [Novell]
NTSC
National Television Standards Committee
National Research and Education Network
NUI
NRZ
Not Return to Zero
NRZI
Non Return to Zero Inverted
Network User Identification +
Network User Interface +
Notebook User Interface [Go Corporation]
NS
Nanosecond + National Semiconductor (as in Ns16550 UART) +
NUL
Null + (dummy device) + (no device)
Network Supervisor + Non Stop
NUMA
NSAP
Network Service Access Point
NSAPI
Netscape Server API [Netscape]
NV
Non-Uniform Memory Access
No Overflow
NVM
Non-Volatile Memory
NSA POLY National Security Agency Polygraph
NVOD
NSERC
(Canada)
NVP
NSF
NVRAM
National Science Foundation
NSFNET
NSI
Near-Video On Demand
National Sciences and Engineering Research Council
National Science Foundation Network
NVT
NASA Science Internet
Nominal Velocity of Propagation
Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
Network Virtual Terminal +
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
NSTL
National Software Testing Labs
NT
New Technology [Microsoft]
OAB
One-to-All Broadcast
OAD
Open Architecture Driver [Bernoulli]
OAG
Official Airline Guide + Online Air Guide
OAI
Open Applications Interface
OEP
OAS
One-to-All Scatter
OF
OBD
On Board Diagnostics
OFB
OBEX
Object Exchange [Borland]
Operand Execution Pipeline
Overflow Flag
Output Feedback (mode)
OFMT
Output Format for Numbers
OBJ
Object
OFS
Object File System [Microsoft] + Output Field Separator
OC
Optical Carrier
OH
Off Hook
Object Interface Definition Language
OCE
Open Collaborative Environment [Apple]
OIDL
OCF
Objects Components Framework [Borland]
OIS
OCL
Operation Control Language + Operator Control Language
OLAP
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
ODA
Office Document Architecture
OLI
ODAPI
Open Database Application Programming
Interface [Borland]
ODBC
Object-Oriented Database Connectivity +
Open Data Base Connectivity [Microsoft]
ODBMS
Object-Oriented Database Management System (also
see OODMS)
ODI
Open Datalink Interface [Novell] +
Object Data Manager [IBM] +
Optimized Distribution Model [Compaq]
ODMA
Open Document Management API
On-Line Analytical Processing
On-Line Guitar Archive
Optical Line Interface [AT&T]
OLMC
Output Logic Macrocell
OLSP
On-Line Service Provider
OLTP
On-Line Transaction Processing
OM
Object Manager
OMA
Object Management Architecture [Microsoft]
OME
Open Messaging Environment (protocol)
OMF
Object Module Format [Microsoft] +
Open Device Interconnect [NetWare]
ODM
Office Information Systems
Open Media Framework + Open Message Format
OMG
OMI
OMNS
Object Management Group
Open Messaging Interface [Lotus]
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
ODT
Open Desktop
ONE
Open Network Environment [Netscape]
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
ONU
Optical Network Unit
Open Network Distribution Services [IBM]
OODB
Object-Oriented Database
OODMS
Object-Oriented Database Management System (also
see ODBMS)
OOL
Object-Oriented Language
OS
Operating System
OS/2
Operating System/2 [IBM]
OSA
Open Scripting/System Architecture
OS/E
Operating System/Environment
Open Software Foundation
OOOS
Object-Oriented Operating System
OSF
OOPL
Object-Oriented Programming Language
OSI
OOPS
Object Oriented Programming and Systems
OSM
Off-Screen Model
OSP
On-Screen Programming + Optical Storage Processor
OOS
Object-Oriented Systems +
Off-line Operating Simulator
Open Systems Interconnection
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
OPAC
Online Public Access Catalog [Internet]
OPC
Organic/Optical Photoconductor
OPCODE
OPD
Operational Code
Operand
OT
OTA
OTDR
OTP
One-Time Programmable
OURS
OPM
Operations Per Minute
.OUT
OPS
Open Profiling Standard + Operations
OUTS
OPT
Open Protocol Technology
OV
.OPT
Options (file name extension)
OVAL
ORACLE
ORB
On-Line Inquiry and Report Generator (Unix DB program)
Object Request Broker [Microsoft]
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
Open Token Foundation
Open Prepress Interface
Octal Program Updating System
Operation-Triggered Architecture
OTF
OPI
OPUS
Object Technology
Open Users Recommended Solutions
Outlines (file name extension)
Output String
Overflow
Object-Based Virtual Application Language [Psion]
.OVL
Program Overlay (file name extension)
.OVR
Program Overlay (file name extension)
OWL
Object/Open Windows Library [Borland]
ORDVAC * Ordnance Variable Automatic Computer
P...
.ORG
Non-Profit Organizations (Domain name) [Internet]
ORI
Online Retrieval Interface
.ORI
Original (file name extension)
ORS
Output Record Separator
PAB
Personal Address Book
PABX
Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PACE
Priority Access Control Enabled [3Com]
PACS
Picture Archiving and Communication System
PACS-L
Public Access Computer Systems List [Internet]
PAD
PC
PCACIAS Personal Computer Automated Calibration Interval
Packet Assembler/Disassembler
PADS
Pen Application Development System [Slate Corporation]
Personal Computer + Printed Circuit + Program Counter
Analysis System
PCB
Printed Circuit Board + Program Control Block
PAIH
Public-Access Internet Host [Internet]
PCBC
PAIS
Public-Access Internet Site [Internet]
PCD
.PAK
Packed (compressed file name extension) [NoGate
PC-DOS
Consulting]
PCEB
PAL
PCI
Paradox Applications Language [Borland] +
Plain Cipher Block Chaining
Photo Compact Disk
Personal Computer - Disk Operating System [IBM]
PCI to EISA Bridge [Intel]
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
PCL
Printer Command Language [HP] + Process Control Language
PCM
Personal Computer Manufacturer +
.PAL
Palette (file name extension)
PALC
Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal (display)
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
PARC
Palo Alto Research Center [XEROX]
PCO
Point of Control and Observation
PCS
Patchable Control Store +
.PAS
PASCAL source code (file name extension)
PASCAL
.PAT
PATN
(Programming Language named for Blaise Pascal)
Personal Computer Network File System
Personal Communication Services/System +
Patch + Pattern (file name extensions)
Personal Conferencing Specification +
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
PBX
Plastic Ball Grid Array
PCT
Private Communications Technology
Private Branch Exchange
.PCT
Picture (file name extension)
.PCX
Picture Image (file name extension)
PD
Phase-Change Dual + Public Domain
PEM
Privacy-Enhanced Mail [Internet]
PEN SDK Pen Computing Software Development Kit
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant
PDC
Primary Domain Controller
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 +
PEP
Packetized Ensemble Protocol [Telebit]
PES
Program Development Facility
.PDF
Printer Description (file name extension)[Borland,Lotus]
PDIAL
PDL
Public Dialup Internet Access List [Internet]
Page Description Language + Program Description Language
+ Program Design Language
Packet Exchange Protocol +
Positioning Error Signal + Processor Enhancement Socket
Processor Upgrade Socket
PET
Print Enhancement Technology [Compaq]
.PFB
Printer Font Binary (file name extension)
PFE
Programmer's File Editor
.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
PDS
PDSS
PDT
Page Down
(DEC Computer System Designation, i.e. PDP-8, PDP-11)
.PGL
Graphics (file name extension) [Hewlett-Packard]
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]
Post Development and Software Support
Performance Diagnostic Tool [IBM] +
PGUP
Page Up
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)
PE
Parity Even + Processing Element + Protect Enable
PEA
Pocket Ethernet Adapter
PEL
Picture Element [IBM]
PI
Program Interruption
PIA
Peripheral Interface Adapter
PIC
Personal Information Carrier +
Personal Intelligent Communicator +
Priority Interrupt Controller +
PLC
Program Interrupt Controller
PLCC
PICS
Platform for Internet Content Selection
PLD
PICT
Picture
PLDS
PID
Process Identification Number +
Proportional, Integral, Derivative
PIER
Procedures for Internet/Enterprise Renumbering
PIF
Picture Interchange Format File +
Program Information File
PII
Program Integrated Information
PILOT
Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
Personal Information Manager +
Primary Interface Module
PIN
Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier
Programmable Logic Device
Pilot Land Data System [NASA]
PLL
Phase Locked Loop
.PLL
Prelinked Library (file name extension) [Clipper]
PL/M
Programming Language for Micros
PLS
Primary Link Station
PLV
Production Level Video
PL/1
* Programming Language One
PM
PilotACE* Pilot Automatic Computing Engine
PIM
Programmable Logic Controller
Presentation Manager [IBM] +
Preventative Maintenance + Process Manager
P-MAIL
Paper Mail
PMD
Packet Mode Data
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) +
Program for Internet News & Email (present usage)
PING
Packet Internet Groper
PIO
Parallel Input/Output + Processor Input/Output +
Programmed Input/Output
PIP
Picture In Picture + Problem Isolation Procedure +
Programmable Interconnect Point
PIPO
PIT
PIXEL
PL
PLA
PLATO
Parallel In, Parallel Out
Programmable Interval Timer
Picture Element
Plus
Programmable Logic-Array
Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations
PMR
Problem Management Report [IBM]
PMS
Policy Management System
PN
Processing Node
PNA
Programmable Network Access
PNG
Portable Network Graphics
PNP
Plug And Play
PO
Parity Odd
POC
Point Of Contact
POE
Power Open Environment
POH
Power-On Hours
POL
Problem Oriented Language
POP
Point Of Presence [MCI] + Pop from Stack +
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
POTS
PROC
Procedure
PROFS
Professional Office System [IBM]
PROG
Program + Programmer
Plain Old Telephone Service
POWER
Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC [IBM]
PowerPC Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC-Performance
Computing
PP
Parallel Port
.PPD
PostScript Printer Description (file name extension)
Profile (file name extension)
PROLOG
PROM
Programming In Logic (Programming Language)(See HLL)
Programmable Read Only Memory
PRN
Printer
Printer (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
PPDS
Personal Printer Data Stream [IBM]
.PRS
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]
PSC
Personal Super Computer + Print Server Command +
PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol [Microsoft]
PQFP
Plastic Quad Flat Pack
PRACSA
PRAM
Public Remote Access Computer Standards Association
Parallel Random-Access Machine +
Parameter Random Access Memory
Product Service Center
PSDN
Packet-Switched Data Network
PSDS
Packet-Switched Data Service
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
P-SRAM
Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory
.PX
Primary Index (file name extension) [Paradox]
Q...
PSRT
PostScript Round Table [GEnie]
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
PSU
Power Supply Unit
PSW
Program Status Word
.ps.Z
Compressed PostScript (file name extension) [Unix]
PT
Page Table
P/T
Part Time
PTD
Parallel Transfer Disk Drive
PTF
Problem Temporary/Trouble Fix [IBM]
PUB
Public (directory) [Internet] + Publish
.PUB
Publication (file name extension) [Ventura]
PUN
Physical Unit Number
PUP
PARC Universal Packet (protocol)
PUS
Processor Upgrade Socket
PUSHA
Push All Registers
PUSHF
Push Flags
PVC
Permanent Virtual Circuit + Polyvinyl Chloride
PVM
Parallel Virtual Machine +
Pass-through Virtual Machine (protocol) [IBM]
PVP
Parallel Vector Processing
PVS
Parallel Visualization Server
PW
Password
PWB
Printed Wire Board +
Programmer's Workbench [Microsoft]
PWD
Print Working Directory [Unix]
PWR
Power
PWSCS
QA
Quality Assurance
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QBE
Query By Example
QBF
Query by Form
QBIC
Query By Image Content [IBM]
QC
Quality Control
QD
Querty/Dvorak
QDOS
.QDI
Quick and Dirty Operating System
Quicken Dictionary (file name extension) [Intuit]
.QDT
Quicken Data (file name extension) [Intuit]
QEMM
Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager [Quarterdeck Corp.]
QFA
Quick File Access
QFE
Quick-Fix Engineering [Microsoft]
QFP
Quad Flat Pack
QIC
Quality Information Using Cycle Time [Hewlett-Packard] +
Quarter-Inch Cartridge
.QIF
Quicken Import File/Interchange Format (file name extension)
.QMT
Quicken Memorized List (file name extension) [Intuit]
.QNX
Quicken Indexes to Data (file name extension) [Intuit]
QOS
Quality Of Service
QPG
Quantum Phase Gate
QPSK
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
QTC
Quicktime Conferencing [Macintosh]
R...
Programmable Workstation Communication Services [IBM]
RA
Return Authorization
.RA
Real Audio (file name extension)
RACF
Resource Access Control Facility
RAD
Rapid Application Development
RADAR
Rights, Availabilities, Distribution Analysis
and Reporting [Disney]
RADB
Routing Arbiter Data Base
RB
Right Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse)
RBBS
Remote Bulletin Board System
RBCS
Remote Bar Code System
RBOC
Regional Bell Operating Company
RCL
Rotate Carry Left
RCP
Remote Control Panel + Remote Copy [Internet] +
Restore Cursor Position
RADSL
Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line
RAG
Row Address Generator
RAID
Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks +
RCR
Rotate Carry Right
RCS
Records Communications Switching System +
Revision Control System [Unix]
Redundant Arrays of Independent Drives +
RD
Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
R&D
Research and Development
RDA
Remote Database Access
Receive Data Buffer + Relational Database
RAIS
Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Systems
Receive Data + Remove Directory
RALU
Register Arithmetic Logic Unit
RDB
RAM
Random Access Memory
RDBMS
Relational Database Management System
RDCLK
Received Timing Clock
RAMDAC
Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog
Converter [Sierra]
RDO
Remote Data Object
Reliable Datagram Protocol
RAMP
Remote Access Maintenance Protocol [Internet]
RDP
RAND
Random
RDRAM
RAP
Rapid Application Prototyping
RARP
RAS
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
Random Access Storage +
Receiver Data Service Request
RDTO
Receive Data Transfer Offset [IBM]
.REC
Recorder (file name extension) +
Recreational or Entertainment Activities (Domain
Reliability, Availability and Serviceability +
Name) [Internet]
RASAPI
Remote Access Service Application Programming
Interface [Microsoft]
RAVE
RDSR
Reader Admission System [British Library] +
Remote Access Service + Row Address Select
.RAT
Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
Rating (file name extension)
Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine [Apple Computer]
REC.
Recreation [USENET Newsgroup Category]
.REF
Reference (file name extension)
REG
Register
REGAL
Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate
RELSECT Relative Sector
REM
Remark + Remote + Ring Error Monitor
RIME
REN
Rename
RIP
REP
Repeat
REPE
Repeat while Equal
RelayNet International Message Exchange
Raster Image Processor + Remote Imaging Protocol +
Routing Information Protocol [Novell]
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
RLD
Received Line Detect
REREG
Re-Register
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
REX
Relocatable Executable
REXEC
REXX
RF
Remote Execution
Restructured Extended Executor (language) [IBM]
Radio Frequency
RFC
Request For Comments [Internet]
RFD
Request for Discussion [Internet]
RFI
Radio Frequency Interference + Request for Information
RLOGIN
RLSD
Remote Login
Received Line Signal Detected
RLSI
* Ridiculously Large-Scale Integration
RM
Reset Mode
RMA
Return Material Authorization +
Return to Manufacturer Authorization
RMB
RMDIR
Right Mouse Button
Remove Directory
RFP
Request for Proposal
RMI
RFQ
Request for Quotation
RMON
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
RI
Referential Integrity + Ring Indicate
Remote Method Invocation [Sun]
Remote Monitor/Monitoring
Read News [Internet]
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
RSP
Required Space Character
ROLAP
Relational On-Line Analytical Processing
ROM
Read Only Memory
ROOM
Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling
RSPX
Remote Sequenced Packet Exchange
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
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
RPL
Resident Programming Language +
RTC
Requested Privilege Level
RPN
Real Page Number + Reverse Polish Notation
Real Time Resource Sharing Executive
Remote Terminal Access Method
Real-Time Clock
RTDM
RTEL
Real-Time Data Migration
Reverse Telnet [Internet]
RPRINTER Remote Printer [NetWare]
RTF
Rich Text Format
RPPROM
RTL
Register Transfer Language/Level +
Reprogrammable PROM
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
its inventors: Drs. Ronald L. Rivest, Adi Shamir and
RTTI
Leonard M. Adelman)
RTTY
Real-Time Streaming Protocol
Runtime Type Information
Radio Teletypewriter (Communications)
RSAC
Recreational Software Advisory Council
RTV
Real Time Video
RSCS
Remote Spooling Communications System
RVA
Relative Virtual Address
RVI
Reverse Interrupt
R/W
Read/Write
RWM
RX
Read-Write Memory
Receiver
RXD
Receive Data
SASI
Shugert Associates System Interface (SCSI originated
from SASI)
SATAN
Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks
.SAV
Saved (file name extension)
SAVDM
SB
Single Application VDM
Sound Blaster [Creative Labs] + Sound Board
S...
SA
Selective Availability
SAA
Systems Application Architecture [IBM]
SAC
Single Attachment Concentrator
SADL
Synchronous Data Link Control [Racal-Vadic]
SAINT * Symbolic Automatic Integrator
SAL
Shift Arithmetic Left
SAM
Serial Access Memory + Sequential Access Method +
Security Accounts Manager [Microsoft] +
Single Application Mode [Microsoft]
SAN
System Area Network
SANE
SAP
Standard Apple Numeric Environment
SBA
Scene Balance Algorithms [Kodak]
SBB
Subtract With Borrow
SBC
Single-Board Computer
SBCS
SBI
SAPI
Speech Application Program Interface [Microsoft]
SAR
Segmentation and Reassembly +
Shift Arithmetic Right +
Successive Approximation Register +
Synthetic Aperature Radar
SAS
Sales Accounting System + Single Attached Station +
Single Audio System + Statistical Analysis System
Source Browser (file name extension) [Borland]
.SC
Script (file name extension)
SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Aquisition
SCAM
SCSI Configuration Automatically
SCAS
Scan String
SCB
Subsystem Control Block [IBM]
SCC
Serial Communications Controllers +
Serial Controller Chip +
Synchronous Channel Check [IBM]
Service Advertising Protocol +
Systems, Applications and Products (company)
Sound Blaster Instrument
.SBR
Second Audio Program + Service Access Point [DEC] +
* Symbolic Assembly Program +
Single-Byte Character Set
SCCS
Source Code Control System
SCD
Standard Color Display
S-CDMA
SCF
Synchronous Code-Division Multiple Access
System Control Facility
SCI
Scalable Coherent Interface
SCI.
Science [USENET Newsgroup Category]
SCLM
Softwre Configuration and Library Management [IBM]
SCM
ScreenCam Format [Lotus] +
Software Configuration Management + Station Class Mark
SCO
Santa Cruz Operation (Software Company)
SCOPE
Simple Communications Programming Environment
[Hayes]
SCP
Save Cursor Position + Subsystem Control Port +
System Control Program
SDRAM
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SD-ROM
Super Density ROM
SDS
Sysops Distribution System
SDSL
Single-Line Digital Subscriber Line
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
SD
(National Bureau of) Standards Eastern Automatic
Send Data + Super Density
SDA
Software Disk Array + Source Data Automation +
Calculator (Also see SWAC)
SEAL
System Display Architecture [Digital]
Segmentation and Reassembly Layer (protocol) +
Screening External Access Link [Digital-DEC]
SDB
Symbolic Debugger [Unix]
SEC
SDD
Software Description Database [Internet]
SECAM
SDF
Space Delimited File + Space Delimited Format
.SDF
Standard Data Format (file name extension)
SED
Stream Editor + Stream-Oriented Editor
SDH
Synchronous Digital Hieararchy
SEG
Segment
SEH
Structured Exception Handling
Single Document Interface
SEL
Select
Software Development Interface [Mosaic]
SEM
Scanning Electron Microscope +
SDI
Selective Dissemination of Information +
SDK
Single Error Correction
Sequentiel Couleur Avec Memoire
(Sequential Color With Memory)
Software Developer's Kit [Microsoft]
Standard Electronic Module
SDLC
Synchronous Data Link Control (protocol)
SEPP
SDM
System Development Multitasking
SER
Serial
SET
Secure Electronic Transaction +
SDMS
SDN
SDNS
SDR
SCSI Device Management System [NCR]
Software Defined Network [AT&T]
Secure Data Network Service
Streaming Data Request
Secure Encryption Payment Protocol
Softwave Engineering Technology
.SET
Driver Set (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] +
Image Settings (file name extension) [Paradox]
SETEXT
SEU
Structure Enhanced Text [Internet]
Smallest Executable Unit
SF
Sign Flag
SFD
Start Frame Delimiter
SFQL
Structured Full-text Query Language
Symbolic Interactive Debugger
SIDF
System Independent Data Format
SIDH
System Identification for Home Systems
SIDT
Store Interrupt Descriptor Table
SIFT
Stanford Information Filtering Tool
Special Interest Group
SFS
System File Server
SIG
SFT
System Fault Tolerance
SIGCAT
SFX
Sound Effect(s)
Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications
and Technology
SGEN
Signal Generator + System Generator
SIM
SGDT
Store Global Descriptor Table
SIMD
Single Instruction Multiple Data-stream (processor)
SIMM
Single In-line Memory Module
SGI
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Simulator
SGM
Shaded Graphics Modeling
SIMTEL
Simulation and Teleprocessing
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language
SIMULA
Simulation (language)
SGR
Set Graphics Rendition
SGRAM
S/H
Synchronous Graphics RAM
Sample and Hold
SHA
Secure Hash Algorithm [NSA]
SIO
Serial Input/Output (communications driver)
SIP
Single In-line Package
SIPC
Simply Interactive Personal Computer [Microsoft]
SIPO
Serial In, Parallel Out
Single In-line Pin Package
SHAR
Shell Archive
SIPP
SHED
Segmented Hypergraphic Editor
SIR
Serial Infrared [Hewlett-Packard]
SHG
Segmented Hypergraphics
SIRDS
SHL
Shift Logical Left
SI/SO
SHR
Shift Logical Right
SIT
Special Information Tones
.SIT
Stuff-It (compressed file name extension) [Macintosh]
SIU
System Interface Unit
S-HTTP
.SHW
SI
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Show (file name extension)
Shift-In + Source Index + System Information +
System Integration
SKIP
Single-Image Random Dot Stereogram
Serial In/Serial Out + Shift In/Shift Out
Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocols [Sun]
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
SLM
Spatial Light Modulator
Small Messaging System +
Storage Management Services [NetWare] +
Storage Management Subsystem/System +
SLMR
Silly Little Modem Reader
Systems Management Server [Microsoft]
SLOSH
Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricane (program)
SMSW
SLSI
Store Machine Status Word
Super Large-Scale Integration
SMT
SLSS
Station Management (protocol) +
Systems Library Subscription Service [IBM]
Surface-Mount Technology
SLU
Spoken Language Understanding
SM
Set Mode + Shared Memory
SMART
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMU
System Management Utility
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
SMB
Server Message Block (protocol) [MII]
SMD
Surface Mounted Device
SN
Serial Number
S/N
Signal-to-Noise (Ratio)
SNA
SMDR
Station Message Detail Recording
SMDS
Switched Multimedia/Multi-Megabit Data Service
Systems Network Architecture [IBM]
SNAP
SND
SMF
Sub-Network Access Protocol
Sound
Single Mode Fiber + System Manager Facility [Compaq]
SNEWS
SMI
Secure News Server [Internet]
System Management Interrupt [Intel]
SNMP
SMIF
Simple Network Management Protocol
Standard Mechanical Interface
SNOBOL
S-MIME
Secure MIME
String Oriented Symbolic Language (Programming
Language)
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
Solder Mask Over Bare Copper
SOC.
Social Issues [USENET Newsgroup Category]
SMOBC
SMP
Simple Management Protocol + Symbolic Manipulation Program
SOCKS
Socket Secure (server) [Internet]
+
SO-DIMM Small Outline DIMM
Symmetrical Multi-Processing + Symmetric Multiprocessor
.SMP
SOE
Standard Operating Environment
SOH
Start of Header
Sample (file name extension)
SMPC
Shared Memory Parallel Computer
SMPS
Switching Mode Power Supply
SOHO
SMRAM
Small Office/Home Office
SOL
Simulation Oriented Language
SOM
Start of Message + System Object Model [IBM]
System Management Random Access Memory
SONET
Synchronous Optical Network
SOP
Standard Operating Procedures
SOS
Silicon On Sapphire + Sophisticated Operating System +
Standards and Open Systems
SOTA
State Of The Art
SOX
Sound Exchange
SP
Service Pack [IBM] + Stack Pointer + System Product
SPA
Software Publishers Association
SPAN
Space Physics Analysis Network
SPARC
Scalable Processor Architecture
SPR
Special Purpose Register + Statistical Pattern Recognition
SPREAD * Systems Programming, Research, Engineering
and Development [IBM]
SPS
Standby Power System
SPSS
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
SPT
Sectors Per Track
SPX
Sequenced Packet Exchange [Novell]
SQ
Squeezed (files)
SQE
Signal Quality Error (test)
SQL/DS
SPC
Small Peripheral Controller + Statistical Process Control
SQRT
SPCL
Spectrum Cellular Corporation
SR
SPCS
Stored Program Controlled Switch
SRAM
SPEC
Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative
SPF
Shortest Path First + System Programming Facility
SPI
Security Parameters Index + Service Provider Interface +
SCSI Parallel Interface
SPID
Service Profile/Provider Identifier
SPIKE
Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-Based
Environment [STScI]
SPIRES
Stanford Public Information Retrieval System
[Stanford University]
Structured Query Language/Data System [IBM]
Square Root
Shift Register
Shadow Random Access Memory +
Static Random Access Memory
SRAPI
Speech Recognition API
SRB
Source-Route Bridge
.SRC
Source (file name extension)
SRD
Screen Reader System
SRDRAM
SRGB
Self-Refreshed DRAM
Sustained RGB (values)
SRM
Security Reference Monitor
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
SRQ
Service Request
SRR
Serially Reusable Resource
SRS
Sound Retrieval System
SPOOL
SPOT
SPP
SPPS
Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line
Shared Product Object Tree [IBM]
Sequenced Packet Protocol
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
SSEC
* Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator [IBM]
STOS
SSGA
System Suppport Gate Array
SSI
Small Scale Integration
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
SSPI
Security Service Provider Interface [Microsoft]
SSRP
Simple Server Redundance Protocol [Cisco]
SST
Spread-Spectrum Technology +
Systems Services and Technology
STA
Spanning Tree Algorithm
STAR
Self Defining Text Archival
Store String
STP
Server Side Includes + Single System Image +
Businesses Offering Goods (Domain Name) [Internet]
Secure Transfer Protocol + Shielded Twisted Pair (cable) +
Signal Transfer Point + Synchronized Transaction Processing
STR
Store Task Register + Synchronous Transmitter Receiver
STRESS
Structural Engineering System Solver (Programming
Language)
STRUDL
Structural Design Language (Programming Language)
STScI
Space Telescope Science Institute
STT
Secure Transaction Technology [Microsoft]
STX
Start of Text
.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
SVM
System Virtual Machine [Microsoft]
Statistical Time Division Multiplexer
STDOUT
Standard Output
SVN
Switched Virtual Network [IBM]
STDPRN
Standard Printer
SVR
Server
SVR#
System V Release Number [AT&T]
STEP
.STF
STI
Standard for Exchange of Product
Structured File (file name extension) [Lotus Agenda]
Set Interrupt Flag
S/W
Software
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)
TBU
Tape Backup Unit
SYNC
Synchronous
SYS
System
TC
Test Control + Transmission Control
.SYS
System Configuration (file name extension) +
TCL
Tool Command Language
TCM
Trellis-Coded Modulation
SYSADMIN System Administrator
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
SYSGEN
System Generator
TD
SYSLOG
System Log
TDD
SYSMOD
System Modification
TDtoDP
System Device Driver (file name extension)
SYSOP
System Operator
SYSREQ
SZ
System Request
Send ZModem [Unix]
Transmit Data
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
Tablet Coordinates to Display Coordinates
(converting)
TDE
Terminal Display Editor
.TDF
Trace Definition File (file name extension) [OS/2] +
Typeface Definition File (file name extension)
T...
TDI
TACS
Total Access Communication System
TAD
Telephone Answering Device
TAP
Telelocator Alphanumeric Protoco
TAPCIS
The Access Program for the CompuServe
Information Service
TAPI
.tar
TDM
Technical Document Management +
Time Division Multiplexing
TDMA
Time Division Multiple Access
TDMS
Terminal Display Management System
TDP
Tag Distribution Protocol [Cisco] +
Telelocator Data Protocol
Telephony Applications Programming Interface
Tape Archive (archived file name extension) [Unix]
Transport Device Interface
TDSR
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
TEC
Tokyo Electronics Corporation
TED
Tiny Editor
TEI
and Referencing
TIIAP
Terminal Endpoint Identifier
TELCO
Telephone Company
TEML
Turbo Editor Macro Language [Borland]
TEMP
Temporary
TER
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding
Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure
Assistance Program [NII]
TIM
Technical Information Memo [Compaq]
TIMEZONES AST - Atlantic Standard Time
AHD - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight
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
THOR
MST - Mountain Standard Time
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
TIA
Texas Instruments, Inc.
PST - Pacific Standard Time
Telecommunications Industry Association +
WED - Western Europe Daylight
The Internet Adapter [Internet]
TID
WES - Western Europe Standard
Target ID
TIES
Time Independent Escape Sequence
.TIF
Tagged Image File (filename extension)
YDT - Yukon Daylight Time
YST - Yukon Standard Time
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
TQM
Total Quality Management
TIP
Terminal Interface Processor
TK/TK
Track to Track
TR
Terminal Ready
Transmit/Receive
TLA
Three-Letter Acronym
T/R
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)
Threaded Read News [Internet] + Token Ring Network
TLU
Table Lookup
TRN
.TLX
Telex (file name extension)
TRON
TM
Trademark
TS
.TML
Template (file name extension)
TSA
TMP
Temporary
TSAPI
TN
Twisted Nematic
The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus
Top Secret
Target Service Agent + Technical Support Alliance
Telephony Services Application Program
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
TPL
Table Producing Language +
TSV
Transaction Processing Language
TPM
Transactions Per Minute
TPORT
TPS
Twisted Pair Port Transceiver [AT&T]
TT
TTA
TTCN
Triple Supertwisted Nematic
Tab Separated Values
Typewriter Text
Transport-Triggered Architecture
Tree and Tabular Combined Notation
Transactions Per Second +
.TTF
TrueType Font (file name extension)
Transaction Processing System
TTL
Transistor-Transistor Logic
TTP
Thermal-Transfer Printing
TTS
Text-To-Speech + Transaction Tracking System
UCT
Universal Coordinated Time
TTY
Teletype
UDC
User Defined Commands
UDE
Universal Data Exchange
UDEC
* Universal Digital Electronic Computer [Burroughs]
UDF
Universal Disk Format + User Defined Functions
TUCOWS
TUI
The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software
Text-Based User Interface [WordPerfect]
TUMS
Table Update and Management System [Stanford University]
User Coordinate System
.TUT
Tutorial (file name extension)
UDG
User Defined Gateway
TVF
Table of contents Verbosely from File [Unix]
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UDT
Uniform Data Transfer
Television Interference
UFS
Unix File System
Television On-Line
UG
User Group
TVFS
Toronto Virtual File System [IBM]
TVI
TVOL
TWAIN
Technology Without Any Interesting Name
(connection between application and scanner software)
UI
Unix International + User Interface
UIC
User Identification Code
User Identifier
TWX
Teletypewriter Exchange Service
UID
TXD
Transmit Data
UIMS
.TXF
Tax Exchange Format (file name extension)
UL
TXT
Text
User Interface Management System
Underwriters Laboratories +
Unordered List + Upload
TXT2STF Text To Structured File [Lotus Agenda]
ULA
Uncommitted Logic Array
TZ
ULN
Universal Link Negotiation
ULSI
Ultra Large Scale Integration
UMA
Unified Memory Architecture
UMB
Upper Memory Block [LIM/AST]
UNC
Universal Naming Convention +
Time Zone [Unix]
U...
UA
User Agent + User Area
UAE
Unrecoverable Application Error
UAM
User Authentication Method
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
.UC2
Compressed File (file name extension) [UltraCompressor]
UCE
Unsolicited Commercial Email
UCL
Universal Communications Language
UCS
Unicode Conversion Support + Universal Character Set +
Uuencoded Netnews Collator [Unix]
UNCOL
UNI
Universal Computed Oriented Language
User-Network Interface
UNICOM
Universal Integrated Communication (System)
UNICOS
Universal Compiler FORTRAN compatible
UNII
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure
UNIVAC
Unix
Universal Automatic Computer
(AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System)
UNMA
UP
Unified Network Management Architecture
Uniprocessor
UTI
Universal Text Interchange/Interface
UTP
Unshielded Twisted-Pair (cable)
UU
Uuencode/Uudecode
UUCP
Unix-To-Unix Copy Program
UPC
Universal Product Code
UUD
UUDecoding [Unix]
UPG
Upgrade
UUE
UUEncoding [Unix]
UPL
User Program Language
UUI
UPM
Unix Programmer's Manual +
UUID
User Profile Management [IBM]
UPS
UV
User-To-User Information [AT&T]
Universal Unique Identifier
Ultraviolet
Uninterruptible Power Supply +
V...
Uninterruptible Power System
URC
Uniform Resource Characteristics +
Uniform Resource Citation
UREP
Unix RSCS Emulation Protocol (protocol)
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
URN
Uniform Resource Name/Number
US
Unit Separator
USART
Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Reciever/Transmitter
USB
Universal Serial Bus [Intel]
USENET
User's Network [Internet]
USERID
User Identification
USOC
Universal Service Ordering Code
USQ
Unsqueezed (files)
USR
US Robotics (corporation)
USRT
Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USSA
User Supported Software Association (United Kingdom)
UT
UTC
User Terminal
Coordinated Universal Time
VA
VAD
Virtual Address + Visual Age [IBM]
Value Added Dealer
VADD
Value Added Disk Driver
VADSL
Very-High-Rate Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
VAL
Value + Voice Application Language
.VAL
Validity Checks (file name extension) [Paradox]
VAM
Virtual Access Method
VAN
Value Added Network
VAP
Value Added Process
VAR
Value Added Reseller + Value Added Retailer + Variable
VAST
Variable Array Storage Technology
VAX/VMS Virtual Address Extension/Virtual Memory System [DEC]
VB
VBA
Variable Block + Visual Basic [Microsoft]
Visual Basic for Applications [Microsoft]
VBE/AI
Vesa Bios Extension/Audio Interface
vBNS
Very High Speed Backbone Network Service [MCI + NSF]
VBR
Variable Bit Rate
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
VGC
Video Graphics Controller
VHSIC Hardware Description Language
VCOS
Visual Caching Operating System [AT&T]
VCPI
Virtual Control Program Interface
VHDL
VCR
Video Cassette Recorder
VHS
VDD
Virtual Device Driver
VDDM
Virtual Device Driver Manager
VDE
Video Display Editor + Visual Development Environment
Very High Speed + Video Home System +
Virtual Host Storage
VHSIC
VI
Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
Visual Interactive (editor) [Unix]
VDISK
Virtual Disk
VIE
Virtual Information Environment
VDM
Virtual DOS Machine [IBM]
VIF
Virtual Interface + Virtual Interrupt Flag
VIM
Vendor Independent Mail +
VDMAD
Virtual Direct Memory Access Device [Microsoft]
VDS
Virtual DMA Services
VDSL
Very-High-Data-Rate Digital Subscriber Line
Vendor Independent Messaging + Video Interface Module
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]
VIP
Variable Information Processing +
VEGA
Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter [Video-7, Inc.]
VEMM
Virtual Expanded Memory Manager
Video Information Provider +
VEMMI
Versatile Multimedia Interface
Virtual Interrupt Pending
VER
Verify + Version
VIPER
VERONICA Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to
Computer Archives [Internet]
Verifiable Integrated Processor for
Enhanced Reliability
VIS
Video Information System [Tandy] +
VERR
Verify Read Access
Visual Instruction Set [Sun] +
VERW
Verify Write Access
Voice Information System
VES
VESA
VF
Video Encoding Standard [Oracle]
Video Electronics Standards Association
Virtual Floppy
VJ HEADER Van Jacobsen Header (compression) [Unix]
VLAN
VL-BUS
Virtual Local Area Network
Vesa Local-Bus [VESA]
VLD
Variable-Length Decoder
VLF
Very Low Frequency
VPE
Video Port Extensions [Microsoft] +
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
VMB
Virtual Machine Boot
VRE
Voltage Regulated Extended
VME
Versa Module Eurocard +
VRM
Voltage Regulator Module
VRML
Virtual Reality Modeling Language
Virtual Memory Environment
VMM
VMOS
Virtual Machine/Memory Manager
Vertical MOS
Video Random Access Memory
(originally named Virtual Reality Markup Language)
VROOMM
Virtual Real-time Object Oriented
VMP
Virtual Modem Protocol
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
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
VP
VPD
Virtual Path
Virtual Printer Device + Vital Product Data [IBM]
VPDN
Virtual Private Data Network
VPDS
Virtual Private Data Service [MCI]
Memory Manager [Borland]
Virtual Storage
Virtual Socket Interface
VSIO
Virtual Serial Input Output
VSLI
Very Large Scale Integration
VSM
Virtual Shared Memory + Virtual Storage Management +
Visual System Management [IBM]
VSN
Volume Serial Number
VSOS
Virtual Storage Operating System
VSYNC
VT
Vertical Sync
Vertical Tab
WC
Word Count
WCS
World Coordinate System
WDL
Windows Driver Library [Microsoft]
WDM
Wavelength Division Multiplexing
VTAM
Virtual Telecommunications Access Method [IBM]
WDRAM
VTNS
Virtual Telecommunications Network Service
.WEB
VUI
Video User Interface
Windows Dynamic Random Access Memory
Entities Emphasizing the WWW (Domain Name) [Internet]
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]
Work Group System
VxD
Virtual Extended Driver [Microsoft]
WGS
.VXD
Virtual Device (file name extension) [Microsoft]
WHAM
V&V
Verification and Validation
WHC
Workstation Host Connection
WINE
Windows Emulator
Waveform Hold and Modify [Microsoft]
W...
WINForum Wireless Information Networks Forum
W/
With
W3
(see WWW)
W3A
World Wide Web Applets
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
W4
WAAS
WABI
WAI
WAIS
What-Works-With-What
Wide Area Augmentation System
Windows Application Binary Interface [SunSoft]
Web Application Interface [Netscape]
Wide Area Information Server
WAITS
Wide Area Information Transfer System
WAN
Wide Area Network
WATS
Wide Area Telecommunications Service
.WAV
Waveform Audio (file name extension)
WBEM
Web-Based Enterprise Management
WINS
Windows-Internet Naming Service [Microsoft]
WINSOCK Windows Open Systems Architecture [Microsoft] +
Windows Sockets
WINWORD Word For Windows [Microsoft]
WISE
WIT
WordPerfect Information System Environment
Web Interactive Talk [Internet]
.WKB
Workbook (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
.WKE
Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
.WKQ
Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]
.WKS
Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
.WKZ
Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]
.WK1
Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
WL
WMC
Word Line
Workflow Management Coalition
.WMF
Windows Metafile Format (file name extension) [Microsoft]
WNIC
Wide-Area Network Interface Co-Processor
WNIM
Wide-Area Network Interface Module
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
X...
W/O
Without
WORM
WOS
Write Once, Read Many
Workstation Operating System
WOSA
WP
Windows Open Services/Systems Architecture [Microsoft]
WordPerfect + Word Processing + Write Protected
.WPD
Windows Printer Description (file name extension)
.WPG
WordPerfect Graphics (file name extension)
WPHD
Write-Protect Hard Disk
.WPK
Keyboard (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
WPM
Words Per Minute
.WPM
Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
WPOS
WPS
Workplace Operating System
Windows Printing System [Microsoft] +
Workplace Shell [OS2]
WPVM
Windows Parallel Virtual Machine
.WQ1
Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]
.WQ!
Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]
WRAM
.WRI
WRK
WS
WSAPI
WT
Windows Random Access Memory
Write (file name extension)
Windows Resource Kit [Microsoft]
WordStar + Workstation
Web Site Application Program Interface [O'Reilly]
Write Through
WWIS
World Wide Information System [Internet]
WWW
World-Wide Web [Internet]
WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It
XA
XAPIA
Extended Architecture + Extended Attribute
X.400 Application Program Interface Association
X2B
Hexadecimal to Binary [REXX]
.XBM
X-Windows Bitmaps (file name extension) (black and white)
.XPM
X-Windows Pixelmaps (file name extension) (color)
X2C
Hexadecimal to Character [REXX]
XCHG
Exchange
XCMD
External Command
XCOPY
Extended Copy
X2D
Hexadecimal to Decimal [REXX]
XDF
Extended Density Format [IBM]
XDR
Extended/External Data Representation
XFCN
XGA
XID
External Function
Extended Graphics Array [IBM]
Exchange Identifier
XIOS
Extended Input/Output System
XLAT
Translate
XLM
Excel Macro Language [Microsoft]
XMIT
Transmit
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XMM
Extended Memory Manager [LIM/AST]
XMS
Extended Memory Specification [LIM/AST]
XNS
Xerox Network System (protocol) [Xerox]
XOFF
Transmitter Off
XON
Transmitter On
XOR
Exclusive OR (Also EOR)
XPRM
Xerox Print Resources Manager [Xerox]
XRT
Extensions for Real-Time
XSMD
Extended Storage Module Drive (interface)
ZPV
Zoomed Port Video [Toshiba]
ZSL
Zero Slot LAN
~
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)
.$$$
Temporary File (file name extension)
1GL
First General Language (machine language)
286
80286 (microprocessor)
2GL
Second Generation Language (assembly language)
386
80386 (microprocessor)
Y...
YAM
Yet Another Modem [Omen Technology]
YAHOO
Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle [Internet]
Y2K
Year 2000
(Y/N)?
(Asks for a YES or NO decision)
YTD
Year To Date
Z...
.z
Packed file (file name extension - using Pack/Unpack
program)..lower case z..[Unix]
.Z
3COM
3 Com Corporation (The 3 Coms are
Computer, Communications and Compatibility)
3GL
Third Generation Language (programming language)
486
80486 (microprocessor)
4GL
Fourth Generation Language (descriptive language)
6DOF
Six Degrees Of Freedom
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
ZDS
Zenith Data Systems
COUNTRY DOMAIN NAMES
ZIF
Zero-Insertion Force (socket)
ZIP
Zigzag In-Line Package +
Zone Improvement Plan (ZIPcode)
.ZIP
.ZOO
Compressed File (file name extension) [PKWare]
Compressed File (file name extension) [Dhesi]
At the present time there are over 200 recognized Country Domain
names. Two-letter abbreviations that represent the country names are
used in addresses seen on the Internet. The following names
(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
.ec
Ecuador
.al
Albania
.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
.za
South Africa
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.
Términos que comienzan por A:
array: arreglo, formación, estructura, matriz, vector (``arreglo'' es considerada
por algunos una mala traducción, pero su uso ya está bastante generalizado).
abort: fracaso, interrupción.
Artificial Intelligence (AI): inteligencia artificial.
abort (v): abortar, fracasar, interrumpir, cancelar (fuera del contexto
informático, podrá ser también abortar).
ascender: ascendente.
ac current: Corriente, Intensidad.
AC Drive: Variador.
accounting: auditoría.
ASCII-Armoured text: texto con armadura ASCII, ASCII blindado.
Aspect-oriented programming: programación orientada a aspectos.
assapps: applet, archivos pps.
ACTIVAR: ACTIVAR.
assembler: 1. ensamblador (lenguaje de programacion). 2. montador o
ensamblador (persona que monta ordenadores).
add-on: añadido.
assembly: lenguaje ensamblador, ensamblar.
addon: añadido.
assessment: estimación, juicio, impresión.
address: dirección.
asset (econ.): activo, ASSET.
Advanced Power Management (APM): gestión avanzada de potencia, gestión
avanzada de energía.
assignment: asignación.
age: edad, antigüedad.
associative array: vector asociativo, arreglo asociativo (array es en ocasiones
utilizado como arreglo, a pesar de que algunos no concuerden).
alias: alias, acceso directo.
assume (v): suponer.
allocate (v): asignar, reservar.
Asymmetric Digital Suscriber Line (ADSL): línea digital asimétrica de
abonado.
allocation group: grupo asignado (cf. sistema de ficheros/archivo XFS).
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).
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.
appliance: dispositivo.
background: segundo plano, trasfondo.
Application Program Interface (API): interfaz de programación de
aplicaciones..
backslash: barra invertida, contrabarra.
backup: copia de seguridad, , copia de respaldo, salvaguarda.
backup (v): respaldar, hacer copias de respaldo.
broadcast: difusión, broadcast.
backward compatible: compatible con anteriores.
broadcast (v): anunciar, difundir.
BAISC: BASIC, ALGOL.
browse(v): navegar, ojear, revisar.
bandwith: amplitud de banda, ancho de banda.
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).
banner: pancarta, aviso.
baseline: línea de base, directrices (condiciones generales que un programa,
proceso o producto debe cumplir).
brush: pincel, brocha.
bubble sort: ordenación por el método de la burbuja.
batch: lote.
buffer: búfer, memoria tampón, memoria intermedia, BUFFER.
batch processing: procesamiento por lotes, procesamiento en lotes.
batch-scan: sondeo por lotes.
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'? ).
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).
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:
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).
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.
blur (v): tornar más difuso, emborronar, difuminar.
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).
bookmark: marcador, marcapáginas.
canvas: lienzo, tapiz.
boot: arranque, inicio, proceso de arranque.
capability: capacidad.
boot (v): arrancar, iniciar.
caps: letras mayúsculas.
boot loader: gestor de arranque.
card: tarjeta.
bootrom: ROM de inicio, (memoria rom).
cardinality: cardinalidad.
bootstrap: rutina de arranque, arranque autónomo, marca de inicio en los
carretes de cinta.
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.).
bot: final, robot (usado en AI).
case sensitive: distingue mayúsculas de minúsculas.
breakpoint: punto de ruptura, punto de corte.
cast: molde, plantilla.
catch-up (v): actualizarse, ponerse al día.
cluster: grupo, cúmulo.
cellular automata: autómata celular.
cluster (v): agrupar.
channel: canal.
coder: programador, codificador, codificador, coder.
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).
cold boot: arranque en frío.
colon: dos puntos (signo de puntuación :).
chat: chat, charla, tertulia.
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.
command line: línea de comando, comando iniciado al escribir su nombre en un
terminal.
check out (v): descargar.
commit (v): enviar, comprometer, aplicar, llevar a cabo, efectuar.
checkbox: caja de selección, casilla de selección.
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).
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.
concurrency: concurrencia, simultaneidad (término usado para expresar la
capacidad de realizar varias tareas a la vez).
click (v): hacer clic, pulsar, pinchar.
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).
clickstream: secuencia de pulsaciones de los botones del ratón (clicks).
connect (v): conectar.
client: cliente.
connected graph: grafo conexo.
clipboard: portapapeles.
cons: contras.
clock rate: velocidad de reloj.
constraint: restricción, constante.
clone: clon.
constructor: constructor.
closure: clausura, cierre.
context: contexto.
clumsy: torpe, difícil de manejar.
converse: contrario, opuesto.
click: click, pulsación.
converse (v): conversar.
cursor: cursor.
converter: convertidor, conversor.
customize: personalizar.
convex hull: envoltura convexa, cierre convexo.
cut and paste (v): cortar y pegar.
cookbook: recetario.
cyber: cíber (prefijo griego. Todo aquello relacionado con la comunicación
empleando medios electrónicos).
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).
cyberspace: ciberespacio (es decir, el espacio de la comunicación).
Términos que comienzan por D:
coprocessor: coprocesador.
copyleft: copyleft, derecho de copia.
daemon: demonio, proceso en segundo plano, duende (proceso de ejecución
independiente).
copyright: copyright, derechos de autor.
daisy chain: conexión en serie.
copyrighted: sujeto a derechos de autor.
daisywheel printer: impresora de margarita.
cordless: inalámbrico.
dash: raya.
core: corazón, núcleo, motor (program core: motor del programa; ver también
``core file'').
data: datos, (pointers).
data mining: minería de datos.
core dump: volcado de memoria.
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.
date: fecha, cambio de hora.
core voltage: voltaje interno.
de facto standard: estándar de hecho, norma de facto, regulación de facto.
corrupted: dañado.
dead lock: bloqueo mutuo, abrazo mortal.
counter: contador.
deadlock: interbloqueo.
courseware: software de apoyo (a cursos de formación).
debug (v): depurar, corregir errores (en un programa).
cover: portada.
debugger: depurador.
Central Processing Unit (CPU): unidad central de proceso.
declarative language: lenguaje declarativo.
crack (v): invadir, penetrar.
decode (v): decodificar, descodificar.
cracker: cracker, maleante informático.
decoder: decodificador, descodificador.
crash: ruptura, caída (del sistema).
decrypt: descifrar.
crash (v): colgarse (un ordenador), fallar (un programa).
default: por omisión, de manera predeterminada, predefinido, por definición,
por defecto.
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).
delay: demora, retardo.
crypt: cifrar.
delete (v): borrar, eliminar.
cue point: punto de referencia.
delimiter: delimitador, separador.
current: 1. actual, en vigor, en curso. 2. corriente (por ejemplo eléctrica).
demo: demo, demostración, demos.
demodulate (v): desmodular, traducir tonos a señales digitales (en un modem),
demodular (desmodular incorrecto).
domain name system, dns: sistema nominal de dominios.
doorstop: tope (de una puerta).
denial of service: rechazo de servicio, denegación de servicio.
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'),.
driver: controlador, manejador, gestor, driver (driver de video, driver de
sonido), circuito de gobierno.
dumb: sin procesamiento, bobo, pantalla tonta.
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).
e.g.: por ejemplo (del latín exemplia gratia; en castellano se usa v.g. del latín
verbi gratia.).
discussion groups: grupos de debate.
edge: límite, borde.
dispatch (v): despachar, enviar.
electronic mail: correo electrónico.
display: pantalla, visualizar, visualizador.
elevation grids: mapas de elevación.
display (v): mostrar, visualizar.
ellipse: elipse.
display menu: menú de visualización.
embed (v): empotrar, embeber, incrustar.
disposable: desechable.
embedded: empotrado, embebido.
distribution: distribución.
emerge: emerge.
dithering: difuminado.
enable (v): activar.
documentation: documentación.
enable (v): habilitar.
enabling: habilitación.
fault: fallo.
encode (v): codificar.
feature: 1. funcionalidad, característica. 2. dispositivo.
encoder: codificador.
feed: fuente, suministro.
encryption: cifrado, encripción, encriptación, (nota: encriptación no existe a
menos que quieras 'meter en una cripta').
feed (v): suministrar.
feedback: realimentación, comentarios y sugerencias, retroalimentación.
endian: vease ``big-endian'' y ``little-endian''.
fetch (v): obtener.
endless: interminable.
FIB (Forwarding Information Base): tabla de rutas, tabla de encaminamiento.
enhancement: mejora.
field: campo.
enlarge (v): ampliar.
entity: entidad.
file: archivo, fichero (la mayoría de las personas usan exclusivamente una o la
otra).
entries: entradas, líneas, renglones.
file (v): archivar.
environment: entorno, ambiente.
file erase: archivos borrados.
erase (v): borrar.
file system: sistema de archivos, sistema de ficheros, file system, vfat.
error: error.
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.
escape (v): escapar, preceder con escape, exceptuar.
estrategema: español.
evaluator: evaluador.
event: evento, suceso.
filesystem metadata: metadatos del sistema de ficheros/archivos.
fill rate: tasa de relleno.
event-driven: basado o gestionado por eventos, orientado a eventos, dirigido por
eventos.
filter: filtro.
executable: ejecutable.
fingerprint: huella dactilar, huella digital.
execute (v): ejecutar.
firewall: cortafuegos.
expire time: tiempo de caducidad.
firmware: microcódigo, soporte lógico incorporado.
ext.2: particion de linux.
fix: enmienda, corrección.
ext2: ext2, ext2, (sistema de ficheros de linux).
fix (v): 1. corregir, arreglar, reparar, enmendar. 2. fijar.
ext3: sistema de ficheros/archivos transaccional basado en ext3, sistema de
ficheros/archivos transaccional basado en ext2, (sólo la segunda definición!).
flag: bandera, indicador, parámetro.
flame: llama, insulto destructivo, comentario airado, crítica destructiva, soflama.
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.
floating point: punto flotante, coma flotante (en diferentes países se usa el punto
o la comapara separar dígitos enteros y decimales).
failure: fallo.
floppy disk: disquete, disco flexible.
fake: falso.
flow chart: diagrama de flujo.
fan: ventilador, FANCOOLER.
flush (v): vaciar.
flux: flujo.
Términos que comienzan por G:
folder: carpeta, directorio.
gateway: pasarela, portal, compuerta, puerta de enlace.
folding (v): plegado.
gaussian blur: desenfoque gausiano.
follow-up (v): responder (a un grupo de noticias).
getting started: primeros pasos.
font: tipo de letra (algunos usan ``fuente'', por su parecido con el término inglés,
que no traduce bien su significado).
glob: englobador, el caracter englobador es *, abreviatura de todos.
glyph: glifo.
footprint: huella, rastro.
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.
hacker: hacker, genio de la informática (no confundir con ``cracker''), experto
en informática , pirata informático.
frame buffer: memoria de imagen, marco de memoria intermedia.
handheld: de mano.
frame relay: conmutación de tramas.
handle (v): manipular.
frames: cuadros, marcos.
handler: manipulador, gestor.
framework: infraestructura, armazón.
handover: traspaso (de un nodo móvil desde una subred a otra).
free: libre como en libertad de expresión, gratis como en barra libre.
handshaking: asentimiento, negociación, sincronismo.
frequency: frecuencia.
hang (v): colgar, colgarse, bloquearse.
front end: entorno, interfaz, fachada, frontal, FRONT PAGE.
hard disk: disco duro, disco rígido, disco fijo.
front-end: FRONT END.
hard link: enlace físico, enlace rígido, enlace duro.
frontend: FRONT-END.
harden: bastionar (fortificar con bastiones). Término utilizado para indicar que
se han implementado todas las medidas de seguridad posibles para proteger un
sistema..
full data journaling: registro completo de datos (cf. sistema de
ficheros/archivos transaccional, ext3).
fully qualified domain name: nombre de dominio completo.
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.
function: función.
hash: 1. resumen criptográfico, picadillo. 2. arreglo asociativo (Perl).
function inlining: expansión de funciones (se copia la función entera en lugar
de hacer una referencia a la misma)..
hash table: tabla de dispersión, tabla de referencias, tabla hash.
hassle: lío, enredo, complicación.
further: consiguiente, posterior, más extenso, más avanzado.
hassle (v): molestar, confundir.
fuzzy: difuso.
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.
imaging: proceso de imágenes, trabajo con imágenes, diseño gráfico, diseño de
imagen, generación de imagen, ilustración, figurandose(v), creación de
imagenes.
hierarchy: jerarquía.
implement (v): implementar.
high-color: color de alta densidad.
inbox: bandeja de entrada.
high-tech: tecnología de punta.
indent (v): sangrar (empezar un renglón más adentro que los otros).
highlight: realce, destaque.
indentation: sangría.
highlight (v): realzar, destacar, resaltar.
index: índice.
hint: consejo.
indexed: indexado.
hint (v): definir (característica aplicada a la visualizacion correcta de fuentes
tipográfica digitales).
inflate (v): inflar (descomprimir).
ingles español: suds, suds.
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.
instance: instancia, ejemplar.
Integrated Development Enviroment (IDE): Entorno de desarrollo integrado,
(es Environment).
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).
interpolation: interpolación.
key pair: par de claves.
interrupt: interrupción.
keyboard: teclado.
Interrupt Request (IRQ): Solicitud de interrupción, petición de interrupción,
direcciones de entrada/salida.
keyboard shorcuts: métodos abreviados de teclado.
keyring: anillo de claves, archivo de claves.
introducer: presentador.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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).
Liquid Cristal Display (LCD): pantalla de cristal líquido.
list view: lista de elementos.
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.
lock: cerrojo, candado, cerradura, bloqueo.
masquerading: emmascarado, enmascaramiento, mimetización.
lock (v): cerrar con llave, trancar.
master: maestro, amo.
lock file: fichero de bloqueo.
match: concordancia (objeto o persona que se encuadra bien con otra).
log: registro, bitácora.
match (v): coincidir, encuadrar, encajar, concordar, emparejar.
log (v): registrar.
measure: medida, métrica.
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).
merge (v): mezclar, fusionar, incorporar.
mesh: malla.
log on (v): ver ``log in''.
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.
Términos que comienzan por N:
map: mapa, MAPA DE BITS.
name resolution: resolución nominal (cf dns).
map (v): mapear, asignar.
named pipes: tuberías designadas, tuberías con nombre, cauces designados.
markup: marcado.
namespace: espacio de nombres.
mask: máscara, mascara de red.
nest (v): anidar, conectar.
mask (v): enmascarar, ocultar.
nested: anidado.
masking: enmascaramiento.
netmask: máscara de red.
netmount: montaje (de un sistema de archivos) a través de la red.
owner: propietario.
network: red.
Términos que comienzan por P:
new: noticias.
pager: 1. buscapersonas. 2. paginador, conmutador (tal como se usa en gestores
de ventanas).
newbie: principiante, definicion de newbie.
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).
pipe: tubo, tubería, filtro.
outline: bosquejo.
pipe (v): entubar, redireccionar, derivar, redirigir la salida a.
overall: por encima, en general.
pipeling: redireccionamiento.
overflow: desbordamiento.
pitch: tono, altura.
overhead: sobrecarga.
pixel: píxel, punto.
overload: sobrecarga.
placer: posicionador.
overload (v): sobrecargar.
plaintext: texto llano.
override (v): redefinir, reescribir, reemplazar.
play: reproducir, tocar (música).
player: 1. jugador. 2. reproductor (de discos compactos), intérprete (de archivos
de sonido).
private: privado, confidencial.
profile: perfil.
playlist: lista de reproducción.
profile (v): perfilar.
plotter: trazador, graficador, PLOTTER (S).
profiler: perfilador.
plug and play: enchufar y usar.
plug and pray: pincha y reza (para que funcione; véase plug and play).
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?.
plug-in: accesorio, añadido, módulo.
profiling execution: perfil de uso de recursos (del programa ejecutado).
pluggable: conectable.
programmer: programador.
pointer: puntero, índice (de una matriz de datos).
programming: programación.
policy: política, normas, reglas, normativa, directrices, criterios.
prompt: cursor, símbolo de espera de órdenes, punto indicativo.
poligonal mesh: malla de polígonos.
prompt (v): apremiar.
poll: sondeo.
properly : apropiadamente.
poll (v): sondear.
proprietary software: software de propietario, software en propiedad.
polling: sondeo.
provide (v): proporcionar, proveer, abastecer, habilitar.
pop-up menu: menú desplegable.
proxy: proxy, representante, apoderado.
popup menu: menú emergente.
pump: bomba.
port: 1. puerto, puerta (referido al protocolo TCP/IP). 2. migración, porteo
(versión de un programa para otra plataforma), puertos de un CPU.
punch-in: grabación mediante el método de disparo.
plug and play (v): pinchar y listo.
purge (v): purgar, limpiar.
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.
randomizer: generador de aleatoriedad, selector aleatorio, aleatorizador,
Generador de números aleatorios. sorteador , (v) sortear, secuenciador aleatorio,
aleatorizador.
preview: vista previa, visualización previa.
range: margen, alcance, gama, surtido, línea, intervalo, variedad.
Primary key: Clave primaria.
rank: rango.
resample: remuestrear.
rate: tasa.
reset: reinicio.
rate (v): calificar, clasificar.
reset (v): reiniciar.
rating: calificación, clasificación.
reset button: botón de reinicio.
raw: crudo, virgen.
resize: redimensionar.
raw mode: modo primitivo, modo directo, modo sin formato.
resolution: resolución, alta, alta.
ray-tracing: trazado de rayos.
resolver: sistema de resolución, traductor de direcciones, resolutor.
re-spawn (v): reiniciar.
resume (v): reanudar, retomar.
read only: sólo lectura.
ripper: extractor de audio.
readme: leame, leeme.
root: superusuario, root, directorio raíz.
realm: reino (conjunto de páginas web cubiertas con el mismo par
usuario/contraseña).
root exploit: explotación de root.
roster (término de Jabber): lista de contactos.
realtime: en tiempo real, en vivo.
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").
scanner: escáner, digitalizador, que es.
scanning: barrido, rastreo.
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.
screen saver: salvapantallas, protector de pantallas, definición.
semicolon: punto y coma (;).
screenshot: captura de pantalla.
sender: remitente, Remitente (de una carta, e-mail, etc...).
script: guión, macro, script, archivo de comandos.
sequence: secuencia, sucesión.
script kiddie: aprendiz de cracker. alguien que busca romper sistemas en red
con herramientas hechas por otros.
sequencer: secuenciador (hardware o software destinado a grabar y reproducir
música electrónica en tiempo real usando MIDI, con edición simple de las
notas).
scroll: desplazamiento, lista, rollo.
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).
shutdown: apagar, cerrar.
spam: correo comercial no deseado (e-mail de propaganda).
signature: 1. firma. 2. identificación.
speed: velocidad.
silently: sin aviso, discretamente, silenciosamente.
sroll up (v): retroceder.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP): protocolo simple de transferencia de
correo.
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.
snapshot: 1. captura de imagen, captura de pantalla, pantallazo. 2. imagen
instantánea.
statement: declaración, cláusula.
stochastic: estocástico.
sniffer: rastreador, escrutador.
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.
strip (v): despojar, desnudar (eliminar los símbolos de depuración en un
programa o biblioteca).
sort of: tipo de, clase de, más o menos.
stroke: 1. golpe. 2. ataque (he died of a stroke). 3. movimiento. 4. trazo.
sound effect: efecto sonoro.
stroke (v): trazar.
source: 1. origen. 2. código fuente.
submit: remitir, enviar.
source code: código fuente.
subject: asunto.
spawn (v): iniciar.
subnet: subrred.
specification: especificación.
subscript: subíndice.
specs: especificaciones.
superblock: superbloque (cf. sistema de ficheros/archivo).
specular highlights: reflexiones especulares.
supersede (v): sustituir, modificar.
spell: hechizo.
support: soporte, apoyo, respaldo, asesoría, (nota: soporte no es correcto
castellano es un 'falso amigo').
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.
target partition: partición de destino.
trade off (v): contrapesar.
task: tarea.
trailing spaces: espacios finales.
technnical support: asistencia técnica.
transactional integrity: integridad transaccional.
template: plantilla.
transport: transporte.
Terminal Input: Entrada.
transport (v): transportar.
test: prueba, test.
tree view: lista jerárquica.
test (v): evaluar, probar.
trigger: disparador.
texture mapping: aplicación de texturas.
troll: trole, metepatas, bocazas.
thread: hilo (hilo de mensajes en una lista, o hilo de ejecución en un programa),
hebra.
troll (v): meter la pata, reventar un debate.
troubleshooting: eliminación de problemas, solución de problemas.
threshold: umbral.
threshold level: valor umbral.
throughput: flujo, caudal de datos, rendimiento total, productividad, tasa de
transferencia.
troyanized program: programa comprometido. programa modificado con
código malicioso.
trusted: confiable.
tune (v): afinar.
thumbnail: miniatura.
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.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL): localizador, Uniform Resource Locator,
url, url.
token ring: anillo de fichas, ethernet.
unindent: desangrar (?).
toolbar: barra de herramientas.
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS): sistema de alimentación ininterrumpida.
toolkit: juego de herramientas, conjunto de herramientas.
Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmiter (UART):
receptor/transmisor asíncrono universal, syn.
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.
upgrade (v): promover, mejorar, instalar una versión mejorada, modernizar.
website: sitio web.
upload: subir, cargar (copiar en un servidor remoto).
widget: widget, control, componente.
upstream: flujo ascendente.
wildcard: comodín.
upstream port: puerto de envío.
window manager: gestor de ventanas, administrador de ventanas.
upstream version: versión original.
winzip: programa para comprimir archivos.
usability: ergonomía.
wireless: inalámbrico.
user: usuario, Usuario, Persona que accede a un sistema de internet.
wizard: asistente.
user friendly: fácil de usar.
word wrap: ajuste de línea, encapsulamiento de palabra, retorno automático de
palabras.
userland: área de usuario.
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.