acronyms.comp revision 1.55
11.55Skleink$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.55 2005/01/13 17:37:59 kleink 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 411.55SkleinkCER canonical encoding rules 421.19SjmmvCGA color graphics array 431.30SjmmvCGI common gateway interface 441.1SjmmvCHS cylinder/head/sector 451.11SkeihanCIDR classless inter-domain routing 461.48SjmmvCIS contact image sensor 471.1SjmmvCLI command line interface 481.20SmycroftCLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV) 491.50SsaloCMYK cyan magenta yellow black 501.37SgrantCOFF common object file format 511.24SkeihanCPU central processing unit 521.1SjmmvCRLF carriage return line feed 531.19SjmmvCRT cathode ray tube 541.53SjmmvCSMA carrier sense multiple access 551.53SjmmvCSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance 561.53SjmmvCSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection 571.1SjmmvCSS cascading style sheets 581.53SjmmvCTS clear to send 591.10SkeihanCVS concurrent versions system 601.26SwennmachDAC digital [to] analog converter 611.53SjmmvDCE data control equipment 621.53SjmmvDCE distributed computing environment 631.48SjmmvDCT discrete cosine transform 641.19SjmmvDDC display data channel 651.16SjmmvDDR double data rate 661.19SjmmvDDWG digital display working group 671.55SkleinkDER distinguished encoding rules 681.48SjmmvDFT discrete fourier transform 691.30SjmmvDHCP dynamic host configuration protocol 701.53SjmmvDIFS distributed inter-frame space 711.53SjmmvDLE data link escape 721.5SjmmvDMA direct memory access 731.8SkeihanDNS domain name system 741.53SjmmvDOS denial of service 751.49SwizDPCM differential pulse code modulation 761.48SjmmvDPI dots per inch 771.16SjmmvDRAM dynamic random access memory 781.9SkeihanDSL digital subscriber line 791.53SjmmvDSSS direct sequence spread spectrum 801.1SjmmvDTD document type definition 811.53SjmmvDTE data terminal equipment 821.53SjmmvDTE dumb terminal emulator 831.9SkeihanDVD digital versatile disc 841.19SjmmvDVI digital visual interface 851.18SjmmvECP enhanced capability port 861.19SjmmvEDID extended display identification data 871.16SjmmvEDO extended data out 881.16SjmmvEEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory 891.48SjmmvEFM eight to fourteen modulation 901.19SjmmvEGA enhanced graphics array 911.54SjmmvEGP exterior gateway protocol 921.1SjmmvEISA extended industry standard architecture 931.37SgrantELF executable and linking format 941.18SjmmvEPP enhanced parallel port 951.51SjmmvEPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood 961.16SjmmvEPROM erasable programmable read only memory 971.16SjmmvESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory 981.55SkleinkE-XER extended XML encoding rules 991.30SjmmvFAT file allocation table 1001.16SjmmvFBRAM frame buffer random access memory 1011.39SjschaumaFDDI fiber distributed data interface 1021.10SkeihanFFS fast file system 1031.53SjmmvFHSS frequency hop spread spectrum 1041.9SkeihanFLOPS floating [point] operations per second 1051.51SjmmvFM frequency modulation 1061.17SjmmvFPM fast page mode 1071.15SkeihanFQDN fully qualified domain name 1081.1SjmmvFTP file transfer protocol 1091.44SjmmvGC garbage collector 1101.5SjmmvGIF graphics interchange format 1111.1SjmmvGNU gnu's not unix 1121.1SjmmvGPL gnu/general public license 1131.24SkeihanGPU graphics processing unit 1141.53SjmmvGRE generic routing encapsulation 1151.1SjmmvGUI graphics user interface 1161.19SjmmvHDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection 1171.1SjmmvHTML hyper-text markup language 1181.1SjmmvHTTP hyper-text transfer protocol 1191.1SjmmvI2O intelligent input/output 1201.1SjmmvIANA internet assigned number authority 1211.24SkeihanIC integrated circuit 1221.9SkeihanICB internet citizen's band 1231.10SkeihanICMP internet control message protocol 1241.1SjmmvIDE integrated drive electronics 1251.53SjmmvIDRP inter-domain routing protocol 1261.41SkeihanIEC international electrotechnical commission 1271.9SkeihanIEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers 1281.15SkeihanIESG internet engineering steering group 1291.9SkeihanIETF internet engineering task force 1301.53SjmmvIGP interior gateway protocol 1311.10SkeihanIKE internet key exchange 1321.10SkeihanIMAP internet mail access protocol 1331.41SkeihanINCITS international committee on information technology standards 1341.43SjschaumaIPC interprocess communication 1351.1SjmmvIO input/output 1361.9SkeihanIOCTL input/output control 1371.1SjmmvIP internet protocol 1381.9SkeihanIPNG internet protocol, next generation 1391.9SkeihanIPSEC internet protocol security 1401.9SkeihanIRC internet relay chat 1411.9SkeihanIRQ interrupt request 1421.9SkeihanIRTF internet research task force 1431.3SjmmvISA industry standard architecture 1441.9SkeihanISDN integrated services digital network 1451.53SjmmvISI inter-symbol interference 1461.53SjmmvISM industrial, scientific and medical 1471.53SjmmvISN initial serial number 1481.41SkeihanISO international standards organization 1491.9SkeihanISOC internet society 1501.8SkeihanISP internet service provider 1511.1SjmmvJPEG joint photographic experts group 1521.12SwizKVA kernel virtual address 1531.9SkeihanLAN local area network 1541.9SkeihanLBA logical block addressing 1551.19SjmmvLCD liquid crystal display 1561.53SjmmvLCP link control protocol 1571.10SkeihanLDAP lightweight directory access protocol 1581.30SjmmvLED light emitting diode 1591.34SkeihanLIR local internet registry 1601.53SjmmvLLC logical link control 1611.48SjmmvLRC longitudinal redundancy check 1621.25SwennmachLSB least significant bit [or: byte] 1631.9SkeihanLUN logical unit number 1641.49SwizLZW Lempel Ziv Welch 1651.53SjmmvMAC medium access control 1661.9SkeihanMBR master boot record 1671.16SjmmvMDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory 1681.51SjmmvMFM modified frequency modulation 1691.29SjmmvMIDI musical instrument digital interface 1701.30SjmmvMIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 1711.9SkeihanMIPS million instructions per second 1721.27SjschaumaMMU memory management unit 1731.32SjmmvMPEG moving picture experts group 1741.25SwennmachMSB most significant bit [or: byte] 1751.48SjmmvMSF minutes seconds frames 1761.53SjmmvMSS maximum segment size 1771.14SkeihanMTA mail transfer agent 1781.14SkeihanMTU maximum transmission unit 1791.14SkeihanMUA mail user agent 1801.48SjmmvMWE module width encoding 1811.5SjmmvNAT network address translation 1821.53SjmmvNAV network allocation vector 1831.53SjmmvNCP network control protocol 1841.36SgrantNFS network file system 1851.11SkeihanNIC network interface card 1861.10SkeihanNIS network information service 1871.49SwizNRZ non-return to zero 1881.7SjschaumaNUMA non uniform memory access 1891.48SjmmvOCR optical character recognition 1901.30SjmmvOEM original equipment manufacturer 1911.53SjmmvOFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 1921.35SgrantOSF open software foundation 1931.39SjschaumaOSI open systems interconnection 1941.27SjschaumaOTP one time password 1951.34SkeihanPAM pluggable authentication modules 1961.48SjmmvPAM pulse amplitude modulation 1971.53SjmmvPAT port address translation 1981.10SkeihanPAX portable archive exchange 1991.48SjmmvPC personal computer 2001.1SjmmvPCI peripheral component interconnect 2011.48SjmmvPCM pulse code modulation 2021.41SkeihanPCMCIA personal computer memory card international association 2031.53SjmmvPDU protocol data unit 2041.15SkeihanPDP page descriptor page 2051.55SkleinkPER packed encoding rules 2061.8SkeihanPERL practical extraction [and] report language 2071.10SkeihanPGP pretty good privacy 2081.18SjmmvPIC programmable interrupt controller 2091.10SkeihanPID process id 2101.48SjmmvPIN personal identification number 2111.18SjmmvPIO programmed input/output 2121.54SjmmvPLL phase locked loop 2131.48SjmmvPMT photo-multiplier tube 2141.1SjmmvPNG portable network graphics 2151.10SkeihanPOP post office protocol 2161.10SkeihanPOSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix 2171.19SjmmvPOST power on self test 2181.42SsimonbPOTS plain old telephone system 2191.9SkeihanPPP point-to-point protocol 2201.35SgrantPPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM 2211.9SkeihanPPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet 2221.51SjmmvPRML partial response, maximum likelihood 2231.16SjmmvPROM programmable read only memory 2241.12SwizPTE page table entry 2251.24SkeihanPTLA pseudo top level aggregator 2261.12SwizPTP page table page 2271.53SjmmvPSTN public switched telephone network 2281.48SjmmvPWM pulse width modulation 2291.47SgrantQOS quality of service 2301.1SjmmvRAID redundant array of inexpensive disks 2311.9SkeihanRAM random access memory 2321.10SkeihanRCS revision control system 2331.8SkeihanRFC request for comments 2341.24SkeihanRGB red green blue 2351.53SjmmvRIP routing information protocol 2361.54SjmmvRIR regional internet registry 2371.9SkeihanRISC reduced instruction set computing 2381.48SjmmvRLE run length encoding 2391.51SjmmvRLL run length limited 2401.9SkeihanROM read only memory 2411.1SjmmvRPM revolutions per minute 2421.9SkeihanRTF rich text format 2431.53SjmmvRTS request to send 2441.48SjmmvRTT round time trip 2451.18SjmmvS/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface 2461.32SjmmvSACD super audio compact disc 2471.16SjmmvSAM serial access memory 2481.41SkeihanSASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) 2491.9SkeihanSATA serial advanced technology attachment 2501.21SmycroftSCSI small computer system interface 2511.16SjmmvSDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 2521.16SjmmvSGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 2531.53SjmmvSIFS short inter-frame space 2541.53SjmmvSIP session initiation protocol 2551.16SjmmvSLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory 2561.28SsketchSMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology 2571.7SjschaumaSMP symmetric multiprocessing 2581.8SkeihanSMTP simple mail transfer protocol 2591.31SkeihanSNMP simple network management protocol 2601.18SjmmvSPD serial presence detect 2611.16SjmmvSRAM static random access memory 2621.48SjmmvSSFDC solid state floppy disc card 2631.9SkeihanSSH secure shell 2641.9SkeihanSSL secure sockets layer 2651.40SkeihanSTP shielded twisted pair 2661.19SjmmvSVGA super video graphics array 2671.9SkeihanTCL tool command language 2681.15SkeihanTCP transmission control protocol 2691.45SjmmvTDD test driven development 2701.19SjmmvTFT thin film transistor 2711.33SgrantTIFF tagged image file format 2721.24SkeihanTLA top level aggregator 2731.30SjmmvTLB transition lookaside buffer 2741.10SkeihanTLD top level domain 2751.19SjmmvTMDS transition minimized differential signaling 2761.53SjmmvTR token ring 2771.48SjmmvTTL time to live 2781.9SkeihanTTY teletype 2791.9SkeihanTZ time zone 2801.53SjmmvUART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2811.18SjmmvUC uncacheable 2821.48SjmmvUDO ultra density optical (storage) 2831.1SjmmvUDP user datagram protocol 2841.48SjmmvUFS unix file system 2851.10SkeihanUPS uninterruptible power supply 2861.10SkeihanURI uniform resource identifier 2871.10SkeihanURL uniform resource locator 2881.53SjmmvUSART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2891.9SkeihanUSB universal serial bus 2901.18SjmmvUSWC uncacheable speculative write combining 2911.40SkeihanUTP unshielded twisted pair 2921.10SkeihanUUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol 2931.30SjmmvVAX virtual address extension 2941.16SjmmvVCM virtual channel memory 2951.19SjmmvVESA video electronics standards association 2961.19SjmmvVGA video graphics array 2971.53SjmmvVLAN virtual local area network 2981.48SjmmvVLSM variable length subnetting mask 2991.30SjmmvVM virtual memory 3001.9SkeihanVPN virtual private network 3011.16SjmmvVRAM video random access memory 3021.30SjmmvWAN wide area network 3031.30SjmmvWAP wireless application protocol 3041.53SjmmvWLAN wireless local area network 3051.16SjmmvWRAM window random access memory 3061.15SkeihanWWW world wide web 3071.55SkleinkXER XML encoding rules 3081.19SjmmvXGA extended graphics array 3091.1SjmmvXML extensible markup language 3101.1SjmmvXSL extensible stylesheet language 3111.18SjmmvXT extended technology 312