acronyms.comp revision 1.57
11.57Swiz$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.57 2005/01/14 14:20:46 wiz 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 1041.57SwizFIR fast infrared 1051.9SkeihanFLOPS floating [point] operations per second 1061.51SjmmvFM frequency modulation 1071.17SjmmvFPM fast page mode 1081.15SkeihanFQDN fully qualified domain name 1091.1SjmmvFTP file transfer protocol 1101.44SjmmvGC garbage collector 1111.5SjmmvGIF graphics interchange format 1121.1SjmmvGNU gnu's not unix 1131.1SjmmvGPL gnu/general public license 1141.24SkeihanGPU graphics processing unit 1151.53SjmmvGRE generic routing encapsulation 1161.1SjmmvGUI graphics user interface 1171.19SjmmvHDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection 1181.1SjmmvHTML hyper-text markup language 1191.1SjmmvHTTP hyper-text transfer protocol 1201.1SjmmvI2O intelligent input/output 1211.1SjmmvIANA internet assigned number authority 1221.24SkeihanIC integrated circuit 1231.9SkeihanICB internet citizen's band 1241.10SkeihanICMP internet control message protocol 1251.1SjmmvIDE integrated drive electronics 1261.53SjmmvIDRP inter-domain routing protocol 1271.41SkeihanIEC international electrotechnical commission 1281.9SkeihanIEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers 1291.15SkeihanIESG internet engineering steering group 1301.9SkeihanIETF internet engineering task force 1311.53SjmmvIGP interior gateway protocol 1321.10SkeihanIKE internet key exchange 1331.10SkeihanIMAP internet mail access protocol 1341.41SkeihanINCITS international committee on information technology standards 1351.43SjschaumaIPC interprocess communication 1361.1SjmmvIO input/output 1371.9SkeihanIOCTL input/output control 1381.1SjmmvIP internet protocol 1391.9SkeihanIPNG internet protocol, next generation 1401.9SkeihanIPSEC internet protocol security 1411.9SkeihanIRC internet relay chat 1421.9SkeihanIRQ interrupt request 1431.9SkeihanIRTF internet research task force 1441.3SjmmvISA industry standard architecture 1451.9SkeihanISDN integrated services digital network 1461.53SjmmvISI inter-symbol interference 1471.53SjmmvISM industrial, scientific and medical 1481.53SjmmvISN initial serial number 1491.41SkeihanISO international standards organization 1501.9SkeihanISOC internet society 1511.8SkeihanISP internet service provider 1521.1SjmmvJPEG joint photographic experts group 1531.12SwizKVA kernel virtual address 1541.9SkeihanLAN local area network 1551.9SkeihanLBA logical block addressing 1561.19SjmmvLCD liquid crystal display 1571.53SjmmvLCP link control protocol 1581.10SkeihanLDAP lightweight directory access protocol 1591.30SjmmvLED light emitting diode 1601.34SkeihanLIR local internet registry 1611.53SjmmvLLC logical link control 1621.48SjmmvLRC longitudinal redundancy check 1631.25SwennmachLSB least significant bit [or: byte] 1641.9SkeihanLUN logical unit number 1651.49SwizLZW Lempel Ziv Welch 1661.53SjmmvMAC medium access control 1671.9SkeihanMBR master boot record 1681.16SjmmvMDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory 1691.51SjmmvMFM modified frequency modulation 1701.29SjmmvMIDI musical instrument digital interface 1711.30SjmmvMIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 1721.9SkeihanMIPS million instructions per second 1731.27SjschaumaMMU memory management unit 1741.32SjmmvMPEG moving picture experts group 1751.25SwennmachMSB most significant bit [or: byte] 1761.48SjmmvMSF minutes seconds frames 1771.53SjmmvMSS maximum segment size 1781.14SkeihanMTA mail transfer agent 1791.14SkeihanMTU maximum transmission unit 1801.14SkeihanMUA mail user agent 1811.48SjmmvMWE module width encoding 1821.5SjmmvNAT network address translation 1831.53SjmmvNAV network allocation vector 1841.53SjmmvNCP network control protocol 1851.36SgrantNFS network file system 1861.11SkeihanNIC network interface card 1871.10SkeihanNIS network information service 1881.49SwizNRZ non-return to zero 1891.7SjschaumaNUMA non uniform memory access 1901.56SjmmvOCL object constraint language 1911.48SjmmvOCR optical character recognition 1921.30SjmmvOEM original equipment manufacturer 1931.53SjmmvOFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 1941.35SgrantOSF open software foundation 1951.39SjschaumaOSI open systems interconnection 1961.27SjschaumaOTP one time password 1971.34SkeihanPAM pluggable authentication modules 1981.48SjmmvPAM pulse amplitude modulation 1991.53SjmmvPAT port address translation 2001.10SkeihanPAX portable archive exchange 2011.48SjmmvPC personal computer 2021.1SjmmvPCI peripheral component interconnect 2031.48SjmmvPCM pulse code modulation 2041.41SkeihanPCMCIA personal computer memory card international association 2051.53SjmmvPDU protocol data unit 2061.15SkeihanPDP page descriptor page 2071.55SkleinkPER packed encoding rules 2081.8SkeihanPERL practical extraction [and] report language 2091.10SkeihanPGP pretty good privacy 2101.18SjmmvPIC programmable interrupt controller 2111.10SkeihanPID process id 2121.48SjmmvPIN personal identification number 2131.18SjmmvPIO programmed input/output 2141.54SjmmvPLL phase locked loop 2151.48SjmmvPMT photo-multiplier tube 2161.1SjmmvPNG portable network graphics 2171.10SkeihanPOP post office protocol 2181.10SkeihanPOSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix 2191.19SjmmvPOST power on self test 2201.42SsimonbPOTS plain old telephone system 2211.9SkeihanPPP point-to-point protocol 2221.35SgrantPPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM 2231.9SkeihanPPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet 2241.51SjmmvPRML partial response, maximum likelihood 2251.16SjmmvPROM programmable read only memory 2261.12SwizPTE page table entry 2271.24SkeihanPTLA pseudo top level aggregator 2281.12SwizPTP page table page 2291.53SjmmvPSTN public switched telephone network 2301.48SjmmvPWM pulse width modulation 2311.47SgrantQOS quality of service 2321.1SjmmvRAID redundant array of inexpensive disks 2331.9SkeihanRAM random access memory 2341.10SkeihanRCS revision control system 2351.8SkeihanRFC request for comments 2361.24SkeihanRGB red green blue 2371.53SjmmvRIP routing information protocol 2381.54SjmmvRIR regional internet registry 2391.9SkeihanRISC reduced instruction set computing 2401.48SjmmvRLE run length encoding 2411.51SjmmvRLL run length limited 2421.9SkeihanROM read only memory 2431.1SjmmvRPM revolutions per minute 2441.9SkeihanRTF rich text format 2451.53SjmmvRTS request to send 2461.48SjmmvRTT round time trip 2471.18SjmmvS/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface 2481.32SjmmvSACD super audio compact disc 2491.16SjmmvSAM serial access memory 2501.41SkeihanSASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) 2511.9SkeihanSATA serial advanced technology attachment 2521.21SmycroftSCSI small computer system interface 2531.16SjmmvSDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 2541.16SjmmvSGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 2551.53SjmmvSIFS short inter-frame space 2561.53SjmmvSIP session initiation protocol 2571.57SwizSIR slow infrared 2581.16SjmmvSLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory 2591.28SsketchSMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology 2601.7SjschaumaSMP symmetric multiprocessing 2611.8SkeihanSMTP simple mail transfer protocol 2621.31SkeihanSNMP simple network management protocol 2631.18SjmmvSPD serial presence detect 2641.16SjmmvSRAM static random access memory 2651.48SjmmvSSFDC solid state floppy disc card 2661.9SkeihanSSH secure shell 2671.9SkeihanSSL secure sockets layer 2681.40SkeihanSTP shielded twisted pair 2691.19SjmmvSVGA super video graphics array 2701.9SkeihanTCL tool command language 2711.15SkeihanTCP transmission control protocol 2721.45SjmmvTDD test driven development 2731.19SjmmvTFT thin film transistor 2741.33SgrantTIFF tagged image file format 2751.24SkeihanTLA top level aggregator 2761.30SjmmvTLB transition lookaside buffer 2771.10SkeihanTLD top level domain 2781.19SjmmvTMDS transition minimized differential signaling 2791.53SjmmvTR token ring 2801.48SjmmvTTL time to live 2811.9SkeihanTTY teletype 2821.9SkeihanTZ time zone 2831.53SjmmvUART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2841.18SjmmvUC uncacheable 2851.48SjmmvUDO ultra density optical (storage) 2861.1SjmmvUDP user datagram protocol 2871.48SjmmvUFS unix file system 2881.56SjmmvUML unified modeling language 2891.10SkeihanUPS uninterruptible power supply 2901.10SkeihanURI uniform resource identifier 2911.10SkeihanURL uniform resource locator 2921.53SjmmvUSART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2931.9SkeihanUSB universal serial bus 2941.18SjmmvUSWC uncacheable speculative write combining 2951.40SkeihanUTP unshielded twisted pair 2961.10SkeihanUUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol 2971.30SjmmvVAX virtual address extension 2981.16SjmmvVCM virtual channel memory 2991.19SjmmvVESA video electronics standards association 3001.19SjmmvVGA video graphics array 3011.53SjmmvVLAN virtual local area network 3021.48SjmmvVLSM variable length subnetting mask 3031.30SjmmvVM virtual memory 3041.9SkeihanVPN virtual private network 3051.16SjmmvVRAM video random access memory 3061.30SjmmvWAN wide area network 3071.30SjmmvWAP wireless application protocol 3081.53SjmmvWLAN wireless local area network 3091.16SjmmvWRAM window random access memory 3101.15SkeihanWWW world wide web 3111.55SkleinkXER XML encoding rules 3121.19SjmmvXGA extended graphics array 3131.1SjmmvXML extensible markup language 3141.1SjmmvXSL extensible stylesheet language 3151.18SjmmvXT extended technology 316