acronyms.comp revision 1.54
11.54Sjmmv$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.54 2005/01/13 17:03:03 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 281.54SjmmvBER basic encoding rules 291.53SjmmvBER bit error rate 301.24SkeihanBGP border gateway protocol 311.1SjmmvBIOS basic input/output system 321.2SjmmvBLOB binary large object 331.48SjmmvBPS bits per second 341.1SjmmvBSD berkeley software distribution 351.19SjmmvCAD computer-aided design 361.20SmycroftCAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV) 371.48SjmmvCCD charge coupled device 381.9SkeihanCD compact disc 391.48SjmmvCDDA compact disc digital audio 401.16SjmmvCDRAM cache dynamic random access memory 411.19SjmmvCGA color graphics array 421.30SjmmvCGI common gateway interface 431.1SjmmvCHS cylinder/head/sector 441.11SkeihanCIDR classless inter-domain routing 451.48SjmmvCIS contact image sensor 461.1SjmmvCLI command line interface 471.20SmycroftCLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV) 481.50SsaloCMYK cyan magenta yellow black 491.37SgrantCOFF common object file format 501.24SkeihanCPU central processing unit 511.1SjmmvCRLF carriage return line feed 521.19SjmmvCRT cathode ray tube 531.53SjmmvCSMA carrier sense multiple access 541.53SjmmvCSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance 551.53SjmmvCSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection 561.1SjmmvCSS cascading style sheets 571.53SjmmvCTS clear to send 581.10SkeihanCVS concurrent versions system 591.26SwennmachDAC digital [to] analog converter 601.53SjmmvDCE data control equipment 611.53SjmmvDCE distributed computing environment 621.48SjmmvDCT discrete cosine transform 631.19SjmmvDDC display data channel 641.16SjmmvDDR double data rate 651.19SjmmvDDWG digital display working group 661.48SjmmvDFT discrete fourier transform 671.30SjmmvDHCP dynamic host configuration protocol 681.53SjmmvDIFS distributed inter-frame space 691.53SjmmvDLE data link escape 701.5SjmmvDMA direct memory access 711.8SkeihanDNS domain name system 721.53SjmmvDOS denial of service 731.49SwizDPCM differential pulse code modulation 741.48SjmmvDPI dots per inch 751.16SjmmvDRAM dynamic random access memory 761.9SkeihanDSL digital subscriber line 771.53SjmmvDSSS direct sequence spread spectrum 781.1SjmmvDTD document type definition 791.53SjmmvDTE data terminal equipment 801.53SjmmvDTE dumb terminal emulator 811.9SkeihanDVD digital versatile disc 821.19SjmmvDVI digital visual interface 831.18SjmmvECP enhanced capability port 841.19SjmmvEDID extended display identification data 851.16SjmmvEDO extended data out 861.16SjmmvEEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory 871.48SjmmvEFM eight to fourteen modulation 881.19SjmmvEGA enhanced graphics array 891.54SjmmvEGP exterior gateway protocol 901.1SjmmvEISA extended industry standard architecture 911.37SgrantELF executable and linking format 921.18SjmmvEPP enhanced parallel port 931.51SjmmvEPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood 941.16SjmmvEPROM erasable programmable read only memory 951.16SjmmvESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory 961.30SjmmvFAT file allocation table 971.16SjmmvFBRAM frame buffer random access memory 981.39SjschaumaFDDI fiber distributed data interface 991.10SkeihanFFS fast file system 1001.53SjmmvFHSS frequency hop spread spectrum 1011.9SkeihanFLOPS floating [point] operations per second 1021.51SjmmvFM frequency modulation 1031.17SjmmvFPM fast page mode 1041.15SkeihanFQDN fully qualified domain name 1051.1SjmmvFTP file transfer protocol 1061.44SjmmvGC garbage collector 1071.5SjmmvGIF graphics interchange format 1081.1SjmmvGNU gnu's not unix 1091.1SjmmvGPL gnu/general public license 1101.24SkeihanGPU graphics processing unit 1111.53SjmmvGRE generic routing encapsulation 1121.1SjmmvGUI graphics user interface 1131.19SjmmvHDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection 1141.1SjmmvHTML hyper-text markup language 1151.1SjmmvHTTP hyper-text transfer protocol 1161.1SjmmvI2O intelligent input/output 1171.1SjmmvIANA internet assigned number authority 1181.24SkeihanIC integrated circuit 1191.9SkeihanICB internet citizen's band 1201.10SkeihanICMP internet control message protocol 1211.1SjmmvIDE integrated drive electronics 1221.53SjmmvIDRP inter-domain routing protocol 1231.41SkeihanIEC international electrotechnical commission 1241.9SkeihanIEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers 1251.15SkeihanIESG internet engineering steering group 1261.9SkeihanIETF internet engineering task force 1271.53SjmmvIGP interior gateway protocol 1281.10SkeihanIKE internet key exchange 1291.10SkeihanIMAP internet mail access protocol 1301.41SkeihanINCITS international committee on information technology standards 1311.43SjschaumaIPC interprocess communication 1321.1SjmmvIO input/output 1331.9SkeihanIOCTL input/output control 1341.1SjmmvIP internet protocol 1351.9SkeihanIPNG internet protocol, next generation 1361.9SkeihanIPSEC internet protocol security 1371.9SkeihanIRC internet relay chat 1381.9SkeihanIRQ interrupt request 1391.9SkeihanIRTF internet research task force 1401.3SjmmvISA industry standard architecture 1411.9SkeihanISDN integrated services digital network 1421.53SjmmvISI inter-symbol interference 1431.53SjmmvISM industrial, scientific and medical 1441.53SjmmvISN initial serial number 1451.41SkeihanISO international standards organization 1461.9SkeihanISOC internet society 1471.8SkeihanISP internet service provider 1481.1SjmmvJPEG joint photographic experts group 1491.12SwizKVA kernel virtual address 1501.9SkeihanLAN local area network 1511.9SkeihanLBA logical block addressing 1521.19SjmmvLCD liquid crystal display 1531.53SjmmvLCP link control protocol 1541.10SkeihanLDAP lightweight directory access protocol 1551.30SjmmvLED light emitting diode 1561.34SkeihanLIR local internet registry 1571.53SjmmvLLC logical link control 1581.48SjmmvLRC longitudinal redundancy check 1591.25SwennmachLSB least significant bit [or: byte] 1601.9SkeihanLUN logical unit number 1611.49SwizLZW Lempel Ziv Welch 1621.53SjmmvMAC medium access control 1631.9SkeihanMBR master boot record 1641.16SjmmvMDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory 1651.51SjmmvMFM modified frequency modulation 1661.29SjmmvMIDI musical instrument digital interface 1671.30SjmmvMIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 1681.9SkeihanMIPS million instructions per second 1691.27SjschaumaMMU memory management unit 1701.32SjmmvMPEG moving picture experts group 1711.25SwennmachMSB most significant bit [or: byte] 1721.48SjmmvMSF minutes seconds frames 1731.53SjmmvMSS maximum segment size 1741.14SkeihanMTA mail transfer agent 1751.14SkeihanMTU maximum transmission unit 1761.14SkeihanMUA mail user agent 1771.48SjmmvMWE module width encoding 1781.5SjmmvNAT network address translation 1791.53SjmmvNAV network allocation vector 1801.53SjmmvNCP network control protocol 1811.36SgrantNFS network file system 1821.11SkeihanNIC network interface card 1831.10SkeihanNIS network information service 1841.49SwizNRZ non-return to zero 1851.7SjschaumaNUMA non uniform memory access 1861.48SjmmvOCR optical character recognition 1871.30SjmmvOEM original equipment manufacturer 1881.53SjmmvOFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 1891.35SgrantOSF open software foundation 1901.39SjschaumaOSI open systems interconnection 1911.27SjschaumaOTP one time password 1921.34SkeihanPAM pluggable authentication modules 1931.48SjmmvPAM pulse amplitude modulation 1941.53SjmmvPAT port address translation 1951.10SkeihanPAX portable archive exchange 1961.48SjmmvPC personal computer 1971.1SjmmvPCI peripheral component interconnect 1981.48SjmmvPCM pulse code modulation 1991.41SkeihanPCMCIA personal computer memory card international association 2001.53SjmmvPDU protocol data unit 2011.15SkeihanPDP page descriptor page 2021.8SkeihanPERL practical extraction [and] report language 2031.10SkeihanPGP pretty good privacy 2041.18SjmmvPIC programmable interrupt controller 2051.10SkeihanPID process id 2061.48SjmmvPIN personal identification number 2071.18SjmmvPIO programmed input/output 2081.54SjmmvPLL phase locked loop 2091.48SjmmvPMT photo-multiplier tube 2101.1SjmmvPNG portable network graphics 2111.10SkeihanPOP post office protocol 2121.10SkeihanPOSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix 2131.19SjmmvPOST power on self test 2141.42SsimonbPOTS plain old telephone system 2151.9SkeihanPPP point-to-point protocol 2161.35SgrantPPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM 2171.9SkeihanPPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet 2181.51SjmmvPRML partial response, maximum likelihood 2191.16SjmmvPROM programmable read only memory 2201.12SwizPTE page table entry 2211.24SkeihanPTLA pseudo top level aggregator 2221.12SwizPTP page table page 2231.53SjmmvPSTN public switched telephone network 2241.48SjmmvPWM pulse width modulation 2251.47SgrantQOS quality of service 2261.1SjmmvRAID redundant array of inexpensive disks 2271.9SkeihanRAM random access memory 2281.10SkeihanRCS revision control system 2291.8SkeihanRFC request for comments 2301.24SkeihanRGB red green blue 2311.53SjmmvRIP routing information protocol 2321.54SjmmvRIR regional internet registry 2331.9SkeihanRISC reduced instruction set computing 2341.48SjmmvRLE run length encoding 2351.51SjmmvRLL run length limited 2361.9SkeihanROM read only memory 2371.1SjmmvRPM revolutions per minute 2381.9SkeihanRTF rich text format 2391.53SjmmvRTS request to send 2401.48SjmmvRTT round time trip 2411.18SjmmvS/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface 2421.32SjmmvSACD super audio compact disc 2431.16SjmmvSAM serial access memory 2441.41SkeihanSASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) 2451.9SkeihanSATA serial advanced technology attachment 2461.21SmycroftSCSI small computer system interface 2471.16SjmmvSDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 2481.16SjmmvSGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 2491.53SjmmvSIFS short inter-frame space 2501.53SjmmvSIP session initiation protocol 2511.16SjmmvSLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory 2521.28SsketchSMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology 2531.7SjschaumaSMP symmetric multiprocessing 2541.8SkeihanSMTP simple mail transfer protocol 2551.31SkeihanSNMP simple network management protocol 2561.18SjmmvSPD serial presence detect 2571.16SjmmvSRAM static random access memory 2581.48SjmmvSSFDC solid state floppy disc card 2591.9SkeihanSSH secure shell 2601.9SkeihanSSL secure sockets layer 2611.40SkeihanSTP shielded twisted pair 2621.19SjmmvSVGA super video graphics array 2631.9SkeihanTCL tool command language 2641.15SkeihanTCP transmission control protocol 2651.45SjmmvTDD test driven development 2661.19SjmmvTFT thin film transistor 2671.33SgrantTIFF tagged image file format 2681.24SkeihanTLA top level aggregator 2691.30SjmmvTLB transition lookaside buffer 2701.10SkeihanTLD top level domain 2711.19SjmmvTMDS transition minimized differential signaling 2721.53SjmmvTR token ring 2731.48SjmmvTTL time to live 2741.9SkeihanTTY teletype 2751.9SkeihanTZ time zone 2761.53SjmmvUART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2771.18SjmmvUC uncacheable 2781.48SjmmvUDO ultra density optical (storage) 2791.1SjmmvUDP user datagram protocol 2801.48SjmmvUFS unix file system 2811.10SkeihanUPS uninterruptible power supply 2821.10SkeihanURI uniform resource identifier 2831.10SkeihanURL uniform resource locator 2841.53SjmmvUSART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2851.9SkeihanUSB universal serial bus 2861.18SjmmvUSWC uncacheable speculative write combining 2871.40SkeihanUTP unshielded twisted pair 2881.10SkeihanUUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol 2891.30SjmmvVAX virtual address extension 2901.16SjmmvVCM virtual channel memory 2911.19SjmmvVESA video electronics standards association 2921.19SjmmvVGA video graphics array 2931.53SjmmvVLAN virtual local area network 2941.48SjmmvVLSM variable length subnetting mask 2951.30SjmmvVM virtual memory 2961.9SkeihanVPN virtual private network 2971.16SjmmvVRAM video random access memory 2981.30SjmmvWAN wide area network 2991.30SjmmvWAP wireless application protocol 3001.53SjmmvWLAN wireless local area network 3011.16SjmmvWRAM window random access memory 3021.15SkeihanWWW world wide web 3031.19SjmmvXGA extended graphics array 3041.1SjmmvXML extensible markup language 3051.1SjmmvXSL extensible stylesheet language 3061.18SjmmvXT extended technology 307