acronyms.comp revision 1.53
11.53Sjmmv$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.53 2005/01/13 15:01:10 jmmv Exp $ 21.4Sjmmv 31.53Sjmmv3WHS three-way handshake 41.6SjschaumaABI application binary interface 51.53SjmmvACL access control list 61.18SjmmvACPI advanced configuration and power interface 71.26SwennmachADC analog [to] digital converter 81.49SwizADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation 91.53SjmmvADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line 101.15SkeihanAGP accelerated graphics port 111.51SjmmvAM amplitude modulation 121.52SjmmvAMI alternate mark inversion 131.41SkeihanANSI american national standards institute 141.53SjmmvAP access point 151.8SkeihanAPI application programming interface 161.40SkeihanAPIC advanced programmable interrupt controller 171.30SjmmvARP address resolution protocol 181.53SjmmvARQ automatic repeat request 191.53SjmmvAS autonomous system 201.53SjmmvASN autonomous system number 211.53SjmmvASCII american standard code for information interchange 221.18SjmmvAT advanced technology 231.1SjmmvATA advanced technology attachment 241.18SjmmvATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface 251.35SgrantATM asynchronous transfer mode 261.18SjmmvATX advanced technology extended 271.16SjmmvBEDO burst extended data output 281.53SjmmvBER bit error rate 291.24SkeihanBGP border gateway protocol 301.1SjmmvBIOS basic input/output system 311.2SjmmvBLOB binary large object 321.48SjmmvBPS bits per second 331.1SjmmvBSD berkeley software distribution 341.19SjmmvCAD computer-aided design 351.20SmycroftCAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV) 361.48SjmmvCCD charge coupled device 371.9SkeihanCD compact disc 381.48SjmmvCDDA compact disc digital audio 391.16SjmmvCDRAM cache dynamic random access memory 401.19SjmmvCGA color graphics array 411.30SjmmvCGI common gateway interface 421.1SjmmvCHS cylinder/head/sector 431.11SkeihanCIDR classless inter-domain routing 441.48SjmmvCIS contact image sensor 451.1SjmmvCLI command line interface 461.20SmycroftCLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV) 471.50SsaloCMYK cyan magenta yellow black 481.37SgrantCOFF common object file format 491.24SkeihanCPU central processing unit 501.1SjmmvCRLF carriage return line feed 511.19SjmmvCRT cathode ray tube 521.53SjmmvCSMA carrier sense multiple access 531.53SjmmvCSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance 541.53SjmmvCSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection 551.1SjmmvCSS cascading style sheets 561.53SjmmvCTS clear to send 571.10SkeihanCVS concurrent versions system 581.26SwennmachDAC digital [to] analog converter 591.53SjmmvDCE data control equipment 601.53SjmmvDCE distributed computing environment 611.48SjmmvDCT discrete cosine transform 621.19SjmmvDDC display data channel 631.16SjmmvDDR double data rate 641.19SjmmvDDWG digital display working group 651.48SjmmvDFT discrete fourier transform 661.30SjmmvDHCP dynamic host configuration protocol 671.53SjmmvDIFS distributed inter-frame space 681.53SjmmvDLE data link escape 691.5SjmmvDMA direct memory access 701.8SkeihanDNS domain name system 711.53SjmmvDOS denial of service 721.49SwizDPCM differential pulse code modulation 731.48SjmmvDPI dots per inch 741.16SjmmvDRAM dynamic random access memory 751.9SkeihanDSL digital subscriber line 761.53SjmmvDSSS direct sequence spread spectrum 771.1SjmmvDTD document type definition 781.53SjmmvDTE data terminal equipment 791.53SjmmvDTE dumb terminal emulator 801.9SkeihanDVD digital versatile disc 811.19SjmmvDVI digital visual interface 821.18SjmmvECP enhanced capability port 831.19SjmmvEDID extended display identification data 841.16SjmmvEDO extended data out 851.16SjmmvEEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory 861.48SjmmvEFM eight to fourteen modulation 871.19SjmmvEGA enhanced graphics array 881.53SjmmvEGP external gateway protocol 891.1SjmmvEISA extended industry standard architecture 901.37SgrantELF executable and linking format 911.18SjmmvEPP enhanced parallel port 921.51SjmmvEPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood 931.16SjmmvEPROM erasable programmable read only memory 941.16SjmmvESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory 951.30SjmmvFAT file allocation table 961.16SjmmvFBRAM frame buffer random access memory 971.39SjschaumaFDDI fiber distributed data interface 981.10SkeihanFFS fast file system 991.53SjmmvFHSS frequency hop spread spectrum 1001.9SkeihanFLOPS floating [point] operations per second 1011.51SjmmvFM frequency modulation 1021.17SjmmvFPM fast page mode 1031.15SkeihanFQDN fully qualified domain name 1041.1SjmmvFTP file transfer protocol 1051.44SjmmvGC garbage collector 1061.5SjmmvGIF graphics interchange format 1071.1SjmmvGNU gnu's not unix 1081.1SjmmvGPL gnu/general public license 1091.24SkeihanGPU graphics processing unit 1101.53SjmmvGRE generic routing encapsulation 1111.1SjmmvGUI graphics user interface 1121.19SjmmvHDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection 1131.1SjmmvHTML hyper-text markup language 1141.1SjmmvHTTP hyper-text transfer protocol 1151.1SjmmvI2O intelligent input/output 1161.1SjmmvIANA internet assigned number authority 1171.24SkeihanIC integrated circuit 1181.9SkeihanICB internet citizen's band 1191.10SkeihanICMP internet control message protocol 1201.1SjmmvIDE integrated drive electronics 1211.53SjmmvIDRP inter-domain routing protocol 1221.41SkeihanIEC international electrotechnical commission 1231.9SkeihanIEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers 1241.15SkeihanIESG internet engineering steering group 1251.9SkeihanIETF internet engineering task force 1261.53SjmmvIGP interior gateway protocol 1271.10SkeihanIKE internet key exchange 1281.10SkeihanIMAP internet mail access protocol 1291.41SkeihanINCITS international committee on information technology standards 1301.43SjschaumaIPC interprocess communication 1311.1SjmmvIO input/output 1321.9SkeihanIOCTL input/output control 1331.1SjmmvIP internet protocol 1341.9SkeihanIPNG internet protocol, next generation 1351.9SkeihanIPSEC internet protocol security 1361.9SkeihanIRC internet relay chat 1371.9SkeihanIRQ interrupt request 1381.9SkeihanIRTF internet research task force 1391.3SjmmvISA industry standard architecture 1401.9SkeihanISDN integrated services digital network 1411.53SjmmvISI inter-symbol interference 1421.53SjmmvISM industrial, scientific and medical 1431.53SjmmvISN initial serial number 1441.41SkeihanISO international standards organization 1451.9SkeihanISOC internet society 1461.8SkeihanISP internet service provider 1471.1SjmmvJPEG joint photographic experts group 1481.12SwizKVA kernel virtual address 1491.9SkeihanLAN local area network 1501.9SkeihanLBA logical block addressing 1511.19SjmmvLCD liquid crystal display 1521.53SjmmvLCP link control protocol 1531.10SkeihanLDAP lightweight directory access protocol 1541.30SjmmvLED light emitting diode 1551.34SkeihanLIR local internet registry 1561.53SjmmvLLC logical link control 1571.48SjmmvLRC longitudinal redundancy check 1581.25SwennmachLSB least significant bit [or: byte] 1591.9SkeihanLUN logical unit number 1601.49SwizLZW Lempel Ziv Welch 1611.53SjmmvMAC medium access control 1621.9SkeihanMBR master boot record 1631.16SjmmvMDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory 1641.51SjmmvMFM modified frequency modulation 1651.29SjmmvMIDI musical instrument digital interface 1661.30SjmmvMIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 1671.9SkeihanMIPS million instructions per second 1681.27SjschaumaMMU memory management unit 1691.32SjmmvMPEG moving picture experts group 1701.25SwennmachMSB most significant bit [or: byte] 1711.48SjmmvMSF minutes seconds frames 1721.53SjmmvMSS maximum segment size 1731.14SkeihanMTA mail transfer agent 1741.14SkeihanMTU maximum transmission unit 1751.14SkeihanMUA mail user agent 1761.48SjmmvMWE module width encoding 1771.5SjmmvNAT network address translation 1781.53SjmmvNAV network allocation vector 1791.53SjmmvNCP network control protocol 1801.36SgrantNFS network file system 1811.11SkeihanNIC network interface card 1821.10SkeihanNIS network information service 1831.49SwizNRZ non-return to zero 1841.7SjschaumaNUMA non uniform memory access 1851.48SjmmvOCR optical character recognition 1861.30SjmmvOEM original equipment manufacturer 1871.53SjmmvOFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 1881.35SgrantOSF open software foundation 1891.39SjschaumaOSI open systems interconnection 1901.27SjschaumaOTP one time password 1911.34SkeihanPAM pluggable authentication modules 1921.48SjmmvPAM pulse amplitude modulation 1931.53SjmmvPAT port address translation 1941.10SkeihanPAX portable archive exchange 1951.48SjmmvPC personal computer 1961.1SjmmvPCI peripheral component interconnect 1971.48SjmmvPCM pulse code modulation 1981.41SkeihanPCMCIA personal computer memory card international association 1991.53SjmmvPDU protocol data unit 2001.15SkeihanPDP page descriptor page 2011.8SkeihanPERL practical extraction [and] report language 2021.10SkeihanPGP pretty good privacy 2031.18SjmmvPIC programmable interrupt controller 2041.10SkeihanPID process id 2051.48SjmmvPIN personal identification number 2061.18SjmmvPIO programmed input/output 2071.53SjmmvPLL phase lock loop 2081.48SjmmvPMT photo-multiplier tube 2091.1SjmmvPNG portable network graphics 2101.10SkeihanPOP post office protocol 2111.10SkeihanPOSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix 2121.19SjmmvPOST power on self test 2131.42SsimonbPOTS plain old telephone system 2141.9SkeihanPPP point-to-point protocol 2151.35SgrantPPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM 2161.9SkeihanPPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet 2171.51SjmmvPRML partial response, maximum likelihood 2181.16SjmmvPROM programmable read only memory 2191.12SwizPTE page table entry 2201.24SkeihanPTLA pseudo top level aggregator 2211.12SwizPTP page table page 2221.53SjmmvPSTN public switched telephone network 2231.48SjmmvPWM pulse width modulation 2241.47SgrantQOS quality of service 2251.1SjmmvRAID redundant array of inexpensive disks 2261.9SkeihanRAM random access memory 2271.10SkeihanRCS revision control system 2281.8SkeihanRFC request for comments 2291.24SkeihanRGB red green blue 2301.53SjmmvRIP routing information protocol 2311.53SjmmvRIR regional internet register 2321.9SkeihanRISC reduced instruction set computing 2331.48SjmmvRLE run length encoding 2341.51SjmmvRLL run length limited 2351.9SkeihanROM read only memory 2361.1SjmmvRPM revolutions per minute 2371.9SkeihanRTF rich text format 2381.53SjmmvRTS request to send 2391.48SjmmvRTT round time trip 2401.18SjmmvS/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface 2411.32SjmmvSACD super audio compact disc 2421.16SjmmvSAM serial access memory 2431.41SkeihanSASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) 2441.9SkeihanSATA serial advanced technology attachment 2451.21SmycroftSCSI small computer system interface 2461.16SjmmvSDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 2471.16SjmmvSGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 2481.53SjmmvSIFS short inter-frame space 2491.53SjmmvSIP session initiation protocol 2501.16SjmmvSLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory 2511.28SsketchSMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology 2521.7SjschaumaSMP symmetric multiprocessing 2531.8SkeihanSMTP simple mail transfer protocol 2541.31SkeihanSNMP simple network management protocol 2551.18SjmmvSPD serial presence detect 2561.16SjmmvSRAM static random access memory 2571.48SjmmvSSFDC solid state floppy disc card 2581.9SkeihanSSH secure shell 2591.9SkeihanSSL secure sockets layer 2601.40SkeihanSTP shielded twisted pair 2611.19SjmmvSVGA super video graphics array 2621.9SkeihanTCL tool command language 2631.15SkeihanTCP transmission control protocol 2641.45SjmmvTDD test driven development 2651.19SjmmvTFT thin film transistor 2661.33SgrantTIFF tagged image file format 2671.24SkeihanTLA top level aggregator 2681.30SjmmvTLB transition lookaside buffer 2691.10SkeihanTLD top level domain 2701.19SjmmvTMDS transition minimized differential signaling 2711.53SjmmvTR token ring 2721.48SjmmvTTL time to live 2731.9SkeihanTTY teletype 2741.9SkeihanTZ time zone 2751.53SjmmvUART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2761.18SjmmvUC uncacheable 2771.48SjmmvUDO ultra density optical (storage) 2781.1SjmmvUDP user datagram protocol 2791.48SjmmvUFS unix file system 2801.10SkeihanUPS uninterruptible power supply 2811.10SkeihanURI uniform resource identifier 2821.10SkeihanURL uniform resource locator 2831.53SjmmvUSART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2841.9SkeihanUSB universal serial bus 2851.18SjmmvUSWC uncacheable speculative write combining 2861.40SkeihanUTP unshielded twisted pair 2871.10SkeihanUUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol 2881.30SjmmvVAX virtual address extension 2891.16SjmmvVCM virtual channel memory 2901.19SjmmvVESA video electronics standards association 2911.19SjmmvVGA video graphics array 2921.53SjmmvVLAN virtual local area network 2931.48SjmmvVLSM variable length subnetting mask 2941.30SjmmvVM virtual memory 2951.9SkeihanVPN virtual private network 2961.16SjmmvVRAM video random access memory 2971.30SjmmvWAN wide area network 2981.30SjmmvWAP wireless application protocol 2991.53SjmmvWLAN wireless local area network 3001.16SjmmvWRAM window random access memory 3011.15SkeihanWWW world wide web 3021.19SjmmvXGA extended graphics array 3031.1SjmmvXML extensible markup language 3041.1SjmmvXSL extensible stylesheet language 3051.18SjmmvXT extended technology 306