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11.59Sgrant$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.59 2005/02/22 12:24:44 grant 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 511.58SkleinkCOW copy-on-write 521.24SkeihanCPU central processing unit 531.1SjmmvCRLF carriage return line feed 541.19SjmmvCRT cathode ray tube 551.53SjmmvCSMA carrier sense multiple access 561.53SjmmvCSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance 571.53SjmmvCSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection 581.1SjmmvCSS cascading style sheets 591.53SjmmvCTS clear to send 601.10SkeihanCVS concurrent versions system 611.26SwennmachDAC digital [to] analog converter 621.53SjmmvDCE data control equipment 631.53SjmmvDCE distributed computing environment 641.48SjmmvDCT discrete cosine transform 651.19SjmmvDDC display data channel 661.16SjmmvDDR double data rate 671.19SjmmvDDWG digital display working group 681.55SkleinkDER distinguished encoding rules 691.48SjmmvDFT discrete fourier transform 701.30SjmmvDHCP dynamic host configuration protocol 711.53SjmmvDIFS distributed inter-frame space 721.53SjmmvDLE data link escape 731.5SjmmvDMA direct memory access 741.8SkeihanDNS domain name system 751.53SjmmvDOS denial of service 761.49SwizDPCM differential pulse code modulation 771.48SjmmvDPI dots per inch 781.16SjmmvDRAM dynamic random access memory 791.9SkeihanDSL digital subscriber line 801.53SjmmvDSSS direct sequence spread spectrum 811.1SjmmvDTD document type definition 821.53SjmmvDTE data terminal equipment 831.53SjmmvDTE dumb terminal emulator 841.9SkeihanDVD digital versatile disc 851.19SjmmvDVI digital visual interface 861.18SjmmvECP enhanced capability port 871.19SjmmvEDID extended display identification data 881.16SjmmvEDO extended data out 891.16SjmmvEEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory 901.48SjmmvEFM eight to fourteen modulation 911.19SjmmvEGA enhanced graphics array 921.54SjmmvEGP exterior gateway protocol 931.1SjmmvEISA extended industry standard architecture 941.37SgrantELF executable and linking format 951.18SjmmvEPP enhanced parallel port 961.51SjmmvEPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood 971.16SjmmvEPROM erasable programmable read only memory 981.16SjmmvESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory 991.55SkleinkE-XER extended XML encoding rules 1001.30SjmmvFAT file allocation table 1011.16SjmmvFBRAM frame buffer random access memory 1021.58SkleinkFCS frame check sequence 1031.39SjschaumaFDDI fiber distributed data interface 1041.10SkeihanFFS fast file system 1051.53SjmmvFHSS frequency hop spread spectrum 1061.57SwizFIR fast infrared 1071.9SkeihanFLOPS floating [point] operations per second 1081.51SjmmvFM frequency modulation 1091.17SjmmvFPM fast page mode 1101.15SkeihanFQDN fully qualified domain name 1111.1SjmmvFTP file transfer protocol 1121.44SjmmvGC garbage collector 1131.58SkleinkGCR group-coded recording 1141.5SjmmvGIF graphics interchange format 1151.1SjmmvGNU gnu's not unix 1161.1SjmmvGPL gnu/general public license 1171.24SkeihanGPU graphics processing unit 1181.53SjmmvGRE generic routing encapsulation 1191.1SjmmvGUI graphics user interface 1201.19SjmmvHDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection 1211.1SjmmvHTML hyper-text markup language 1221.1SjmmvHTTP hyper-text transfer protocol 1231.1SjmmvI2O intelligent input/output 1241.1SjmmvIANA internet assigned number authority 1251.24SkeihanIC integrated circuit 1261.9SkeihanICB internet citizen's band 1271.10SkeihanICMP internet control message protocol 1281.1SjmmvIDE integrated drive electronics 1291.53SjmmvIDRP inter-domain routing protocol 1301.41SkeihanIEC international electrotechnical commission 1311.9SkeihanIEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers 1321.15SkeihanIESG internet engineering steering group 1331.9SkeihanIETF internet engineering task force 1341.53SjmmvIGP interior gateway protocol 1351.10SkeihanIKE internet key exchange 1361.10SkeihanIMAP internet mail access protocol 1371.41SkeihanINCITS international committee on information technology standards 1381.43SjschaumaIPC interprocess communication 1391.1SjmmvIO input/output 1401.9SkeihanIOCTL input/output control 1411.1SjmmvIP internet protocol 1421.9SkeihanIPNG internet protocol, next generation 1431.9SkeihanIPSEC internet protocol security 1441.9SkeihanIRC internet relay chat 1451.9SkeihanIRQ interrupt request 1461.9SkeihanIRTF internet research task force 1471.3SjmmvISA industry standard architecture 1481.9SkeihanISDN integrated services digital network 1491.53SjmmvISI inter-symbol interference 1501.53SjmmvISM industrial, scientific and medical 1511.53SjmmvISN initial serial number 1521.41SkeihanISO international standards organization 1531.9SkeihanISOC internet society 1541.8SkeihanISP internet service provider 1551.1SjmmvJPEG joint photographic experts group 1561.12SwizKVA kernel virtual address 1571.9SkeihanLAN local area network 1581.9SkeihanLBA logical block addressing 1591.19SjmmvLCD liquid crystal display 1601.53SjmmvLCP link control protocol 1611.10SkeihanLDAP lightweight directory access protocol 1621.30SjmmvLED light emitting diode 1631.34SkeihanLIR local internet registry 1641.53SjmmvLLC logical link control 1651.48SjmmvLRC longitudinal redundancy check 1661.25SwennmachLSB least significant bit [or: byte] 1671.9SkeihanLUN logical unit number 1681.49SwizLZW Lempel Ziv Welch 1691.53SjmmvMAC medium access control 1701.9SkeihanMBR master boot record 1711.16SjmmvMDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory 1721.51SjmmvMFM modified frequency modulation 1731.29SjmmvMIDI musical instrument digital interface 1741.30SjmmvMIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 1751.9SkeihanMIPS million instructions per second 1761.27SjschaumaMMU memory management unit 1771.32SjmmvMPEG moving picture experts group 1781.25SwennmachMSB most significant bit [or: byte] 1791.48SjmmvMSF minutes seconds frames 1801.53SjmmvMSS maximum segment size 1811.14SkeihanMTA mail transfer agent 1821.14SkeihanMTU maximum transmission unit 1831.14SkeihanMUA mail user agent 1841.48SjmmvMWE module width encoding 1851.5SjmmvNAT network address translation 1861.53SjmmvNAV network allocation vector 1871.53SjmmvNCP network control protocol 1881.36SgrantNFS network file system 1891.11SkeihanNIC network interface card 1901.10SkeihanNIS network information service 1911.49SwizNRZ non-return to zero 1921.7SjschaumaNUMA non uniform memory access 1931.56SjmmvOCL object constraint language 1941.48SjmmvOCR optical character recognition 1951.30SjmmvOEM original equipment manufacturer 1961.53SjmmvOFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 1971.35SgrantOSF open software foundation 1981.39SjschaumaOSI open systems interconnection 1991.27SjschaumaOTP one time password 2001.34SkeihanPAM pluggable authentication modules 2011.48SjmmvPAM pulse amplitude modulation 2021.53SjmmvPAT port address translation 2031.10SkeihanPAX portable archive exchange 2041.48SjmmvPC personal computer 2051.1SjmmvPCI peripheral component interconnect 2061.48SjmmvPCM pulse code modulation 2071.41SkeihanPCMCIA personal computer memory card international association 2081.53SjmmvPDU protocol data unit 2091.15SkeihanPDP page descriptor page 2101.55SkleinkPER packed encoding rules 2111.8SkeihanPERL practical extraction [and] report language 2121.10SkeihanPGP pretty good privacy 2131.18SjmmvPIC programmable interrupt controller 2141.10SkeihanPID process id 2151.48SjmmvPIN personal identification number 2161.18SjmmvPIO programmed input/output 2171.54SjmmvPLL phase locked loop 2181.48SjmmvPMT photo-multiplier tube 2191.1SjmmvPNG portable network graphics 2201.10SkeihanPOP post office protocol 2211.10SkeihanPOSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix 2221.19SjmmvPOST power on self test 2231.42SsimonbPOTS plain old telephone system 2241.9SkeihanPPP point-to-point protocol 2251.35SgrantPPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM 2261.9SkeihanPPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet 2271.51SjmmvPRML partial response, maximum likelihood 2281.16SjmmvPROM programmable read only memory 2291.12SwizPTE page table entry 2301.24SkeihanPTLA pseudo top level aggregator 2311.12SwizPTP page table page 2321.53SjmmvPSTN public switched telephone network 2331.48SjmmvPWM pulse width modulation 2341.47SgrantQOS quality of service 2351.1SjmmvRAID redundant array of inexpensive disks 2361.9SkeihanRAM random access memory 2371.10SkeihanRCS revision control system 2381.8SkeihanRFC request for comments 2391.24SkeihanRGB red green blue 2401.59SgrantRIFF Resource Interchange File Format 2411.53SjmmvRIP routing information protocol 2421.54SjmmvRIR regional internet registry 2431.9SkeihanRISC reduced instruction set computing 2441.48SjmmvRLE run length encoding 2451.51SjmmvRLL run length limited 2461.9SkeihanROM read only memory 2471.1SjmmvRPM revolutions per minute 2481.9SkeihanRTF rich text format 2491.53SjmmvRTS request to send 2501.48SjmmvRTT round time trip 2511.18SjmmvS/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface 2521.32SjmmvSACD super audio compact disc 2531.16SjmmvSAM serial access memory 2541.41SkeihanSASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) 2551.9SkeihanSATA serial advanced technology attachment 2561.21SmycroftSCSI small computer system interface 2571.16SjmmvSDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 2581.16SjmmvSGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 2591.53SjmmvSIFS short inter-frame space 2601.53SjmmvSIP session initiation protocol 2611.57SwizSIR slow infrared 2621.16SjmmvSLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory 2631.28SsketchSMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology 2641.7SjschaumaSMP symmetric multiprocessing 2651.8SkeihanSMTP simple mail transfer protocol 2661.31SkeihanSNMP simple network management protocol 2671.18SjmmvSPD serial presence detect 2681.16SjmmvSRAM static random access memory 2691.48SjmmvSSFDC solid state floppy disc card 2701.9SkeihanSSH secure shell 2711.9SkeihanSSL secure sockets layer 2721.40SkeihanSTP shielded twisted pair 2731.19SjmmvSVGA super video graphics array 2741.9SkeihanTCL tool command language 2751.15SkeihanTCP transmission control protocol 2761.45SjmmvTDD test driven development 2771.19SjmmvTFT thin film transistor 2781.33SgrantTIFF tagged image file format 2791.24SkeihanTLA top level aggregator 2801.30SjmmvTLB transition lookaside buffer 2811.10SkeihanTLD top level domain 2821.19SjmmvTMDS transition minimized differential signaling 2831.53SjmmvTR token ring 2841.48SjmmvTTL time to live 2851.9SkeihanTTY teletype 2861.9SkeihanTZ time zone 2871.53SjmmvUART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2881.18SjmmvUC uncacheable 2891.48SjmmvUDO ultra density optical (storage) 2901.1SjmmvUDP user datagram protocol 2911.48SjmmvUFS unix file system 2921.56SjmmvUML unified modeling language 2931.10SkeihanUPS uninterruptible power supply 2941.10SkeihanURI uniform resource identifier 2951.10SkeihanURL uniform resource locator 2961.53SjmmvUSART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2971.9SkeihanUSB universal serial bus 2981.18SjmmvUSWC uncacheable speculative write combining 2991.40SkeihanUTP unshielded twisted pair 3001.10SkeihanUUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol 3011.30SjmmvVAX virtual address extension 3021.16SjmmvVCM virtual channel memory 3031.19SjmmvVESA video electronics standards association 3041.19SjmmvVGA video graphics array 3051.53SjmmvVLAN virtual local area network 3061.48SjmmvVLSM variable length subnetting mask 3071.30SjmmvVM virtual memory 3081.9SkeihanVPN virtual private network 3091.16SjmmvVRAM video random access memory 3101.30SjmmvWAN wide area network 3111.30SjmmvWAP wireless application protocol 3121.53SjmmvWLAN wireless local area network 3131.16SjmmvWRAM window random access memory 3141.15SkeihanWWW world wide web 3151.55SkleinkXER XML encoding rules 3161.19SjmmvXGA extended graphics array 3171.1SjmmvXML extensible markup language 3181.1SjmmvXSL extensible stylesheet language 3191.18SjmmvXT extended technology 3201.58SkleinkZFOD zero-filled on demand 321