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11.62Selad$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.62 2006/01/13 16:50:31 elad 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 241.62SeladATC address translation cache 251.18SjmmvATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface 261.35SgrantATM asynchronous transfer mode 271.18SjmmvATX advanced technology extended 281.16SjmmvBEDO burst extended data output 291.54SjmmvBER basic encoding rules 301.53SjmmvBER bit error rate 311.24SkeihanBGP border gateway protocol 321.1SjmmvBIOS basic input/output system 331.2SjmmvBLOB binary large object 341.48SjmmvBPS bits per second 351.1SjmmvBSD berkeley software distribution 361.19SjmmvCAD computer-aided design 371.20SmycroftCAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV) 381.48SjmmvCCD charge coupled device 391.9SkeihanCD compact disc 401.48SjmmvCDDA compact disc digital audio 411.16SjmmvCDRAM cache dynamic random access memory 421.55SkleinkCER canonical encoding rules 431.19SjmmvCGA color graphics array 441.30SjmmvCGI common gateway interface 451.1SjmmvCHS cylinder/head/sector 461.11SkeihanCIDR classless inter-domain routing 471.48SjmmvCIS contact image sensor 481.1SjmmvCLI command line interface 491.60SuweCLUT color look-up table 501.20SmycroftCLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV) 511.50SsaloCMYK cyan magenta yellow black 521.37SgrantCOFF common object file format 531.58SkleinkCOW copy-on-write 541.24SkeihanCPU central processing unit 551.1SjmmvCRLF carriage return line feed 561.19SjmmvCRT cathode ray tube 571.53SjmmvCSMA carrier sense multiple access 581.53SjmmvCSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance 591.53SjmmvCSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection 601.1SjmmvCSS cascading style sheets 611.53SjmmvCTS clear to send 621.10SkeihanCVS concurrent versions system 631.26SwennmachDAC digital [to] analog converter 641.53SjmmvDCE data control equipment 651.53SjmmvDCE distributed computing environment 661.48SjmmvDCT discrete cosine transform 671.19SjmmvDDC display data channel 681.16SjmmvDDR double data rate 691.19SjmmvDDWG digital display working group 701.55SkleinkDER distinguished encoding rules 711.48SjmmvDFT discrete fourier transform 721.30SjmmvDHCP dynamic host configuration protocol 731.53SjmmvDIFS distributed inter-frame space 741.53SjmmvDLE data link escape 751.5SjmmvDMA direct memory access 761.8SkeihanDNS domain name system 771.53SjmmvDOS denial of service 781.49SwizDPCM differential pulse code modulation 791.48SjmmvDPI dots per inch 801.16SjmmvDRAM dynamic random access memory 811.9SkeihanDSL digital subscriber line 821.53SjmmvDSSS direct sequence spread spectrum 831.1SjmmvDTD document type definition 841.53SjmmvDTE data terminal equipment 851.53SjmmvDTE dumb terminal emulator 861.9SkeihanDVD digital versatile disc 871.19SjmmvDVI digital visual interface 881.18SjmmvECP enhanced capability port 891.19SjmmvEDID extended display identification data 901.16SjmmvEDO extended data out 911.16SjmmvEEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory 921.48SjmmvEFM eight to fourteen modulation 931.19SjmmvEGA enhanced graphics array 941.54SjmmvEGP exterior gateway protocol 951.1SjmmvEISA extended industry standard architecture 961.37SgrantELF executable and linking format 971.18SjmmvEPP enhanced parallel port 981.51SjmmvEPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood 991.16SjmmvEPROM erasable programmable read only memory 1001.16SjmmvESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory 1011.55SkleinkE-XER extended XML encoding rules 1021.30SjmmvFAT file allocation table 1031.16SjmmvFBRAM frame buffer random access memory 1041.58SkleinkFCS frame check sequence 1051.39SjschaumaFDDI fiber distributed data interface 1061.10SkeihanFFS fast file system 1071.53SjmmvFHSS frequency hop spread spectrum 1081.57SwizFIR fast infrared 1091.9SkeihanFLOPS floating [point] operations per second 1101.51SjmmvFM frequency modulation 1111.17SjmmvFPM fast page mode 1121.15SkeihanFQDN fully qualified domain name 1131.1SjmmvFTP file transfer protocol 1141.44SjmmvGC garbage collector 1151.58SkleinkGCR group-coded recording 1161.5SjmmvGIF graphics interchange format 1171.1SjmmvGNU gnu's not unix 1181.1SjmmvGPL gnu/general public license 1191.24SkeihanGPU graphics processing unit 1201.53SjmmvGRE generic routing encapsulation 1211.1SjmmvGUI graphics user interface 1221.19SjmmvHDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection 1231.1SjmmvHTML hyper-text markup language 1241.1SjmmvHTTP hyper-text transfer protocol 1251.1SjmmvI2O intelligent input/output 1261.1SjmmvIANA internet assigned number authority 1271.24SkeihanIC integrated circuit 1281.9SkeihanICB internet citizen's band 1291.10SkeihanICMP internet control message protocol 1301.1SjmmvIDE integrated drive electronics 1311.53SjmmvIDRP inter-domain routing protocol 1321.41SkeihanIEC international electrotechnical commission 1331.9SkeihanIEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers 1341.15SkeihanIESG internet engineering steering group 1351.9SkeihanIETF internet engineering task force 1361.53SjmmvIGP interior gateway protocol 1371.10SkeihanIKE internet key exchange 1381.10SkeihanIMAP internet mail access protocol 1391.41SkeihanINCITS international committee on information technology standards 1401.43SjschaumaIPC interprocess communication 1411.1SjmmvIO input/output 1421.9SkeihanIOCTL input/output control 1431.1SjmmvIP internet protocol 1441.9SkeihanIPNG internet protocol, next generation 1451.9SkeihanIPSEC internet protocol security 1461.9SkeihanIRC internet relay chat 1471.9SkeihanIRQ interrupt request 1481.9SkeihanIRTF internet research task force 1491.3SjmmvISA industry standard architecture 1501.9SkeihanISDN integrated services digital network 1511.53SjmmvISI inter-symbol interference 1521.53SjmmvISM industrial, scientific and medical 1531.53SjmmvISN initial serial number 1541.41SkeihanISO international standards organization 1551.9SkeihanISOC internet society 1561.8SkeihanISP internet service provider 1571.1SjmmvJPEG joint photographic experts group 1581.12SwizKVA kernel virtual address 1591.9SkeihanLAN local area network 1601.9SkeihanLBA logical block addressing 1611.19SjmmvLCD liquid crystal display 1621.53SjmmvLCP link control protocol 1631.10SkeihanLDAP lightweight directory access protocol 1641.30SjmmvLED light emitting diode 1651.34SkeihanLIR local internet registry 1661.53SjmmvLLC logical link control 1671.48SjmmvLRC longitudinal redundancy check 1681.25SwennmachLSB least significant bit [or: byte] 1691.9SkeihanLUN logical unit number 1701.49SwizLZW Lempel Ziv Welch 1711.53SjmmvMAC medium access control 1721.9SkeihanMBR master boot record 1731.16SjmmvMDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory 1741.51SjmmvMFM modified frequency modulation 1751.29SjmmvMIDI musical instrument digital interface 1761.30SjmmvMIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 1771.9SkeihanMIPS million instructions per second 1781.27SjschaumaMMU memory management unit 1791.32SjmmvMPEG moving picture experts group 1801.25SwennmachMSB most significant bit [or: byte] 1811.48SjmmvMSF minutes seconds frames 1821.53SjmmvMSS maximum segment size 1831.14SkeihanMTA mail transfer agent 1841.14SkeihanMTU maximum transmission unit 1851.14SkeihanMUA mail user agent 1861.48SjmmvMWE module width encoding 1871.5SjmmvNAT network address translation 1881.53SjmmvNAV network allocation vector 1891.53SjmmvNCP network control protocol 1901.36SgrantNFS network file system 1911.11SkeihanNIC network interface card 1921.10SkeihanNIS network information service 1931.49SwizNRZ non-return to zero 1941.7SjschaumaNUMA non uniform memory access 1951.56SjmmvOCL object constraint language 1961.48SjmmvOCR optical character recognition 1971.30SjmmvOEM original equipment manufacturer 1981.53SjmmvOFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 1991.35SgrantOSF open software foundation 2001.39SjschaumaOSI open systems interconnection 2011.27SjschaumaOTP one time password 2021.34SkeihanPAM pluggable authentication modules 2031.48SjmmvPAM pulse amplitude modulation 2041.53SjmmvPAT port address translation 2051.10SkeihanPAX portable archive exchange 2061.48SjmmvPC personal computer 2071.1SjmmvPCI peripheral component interconnect 2081.48SjmmvPCM pulse code modulation 2091.41SkeihanPCMCIA personal computer memory card international association 2101.53SjmmvPDU protocol data unit 2111.15SkeihanPDP page descriptor page 2121.55SkleinkPER packed encoding rules 2131.8SkeihanPERL practical extraction [and] report language 2141.10SkeihanPGP pretty good privacy 2151.18SjmmvPIC programmable interrupt controller 2161.10SkeihanPID process id 2171.48SjmmvPIN personal identification number 2181.18SjmmvPIO programmed input/output 2191.54SjmmvPLL phase locked loop 2201.48SjmmvPMT photo-multiplier tube 2211.1SjmmvPNG portable network graphics 2221.10SkeihanPOP post office protocol 2231.10SkeihanPOSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix 2241.19SjmmvPOST power on self test 2251.42SsimonbPOTS plain old telephone system 2261.9SkeihanPPP point-to-point protocol 2271.35SgrantPPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM 2281.9SkeihanPPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet 2291.51SjmmvPRML partial response, maximum likelihood 2301.16SjmmvPROM programmable read only memory 2311.12SwizPTE page table entry 2321.24SkeihanPTLA pseudo top level aggregator 2331.12SwizPTP page table page 2341.53SjmmvPSTN public switched telephone network 2351.48SjmmvPWM pulse width modulation 2361.47SgrantQOS quality of service 2371.1SjmmvRAID redundant array of inexpensive disks 2381.9SkeihanRAM random access memory 2391.10SkeihanRCS revision control system 2401.8SkeihanRFC request for comments 2411.24SkeihanRGB red green blue 2421.59SgrantRIFF Resource Interchange File Format 2431.53SjmmvRIP routing information protocol 2441.54SjmmvRIR regional internet registry 2451.9SkeihanRISC reduced instruction set computing 2461.48SjmmvRLE run length encoding 2471.51SjmmvRLL run length limited 2481.9SkeihanROM read only memory 2491.1SjmmvRPM revolutions per minute 2501.9SkeihanRTF rich text format 2511.53SjmmvRTS request to send 2521.48SjmmvRTT round time trip 2531.18SjmmvS/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface 2541.32SjmmvSACD super audio compact disc 2551.16SjmmvSAM serial access memory 2561.41SkeihanSASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) 2571.9SkeihanSATA serial advanced technology attachment 2581.21SmycroftSCSI small computer system interface 2591.16SjmmvSDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 2601.16SjmmvSGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 2611.53SjmmvSIFS short inter-frame space 2621.53SjmmvSIP session initiation protocol 2631.57SwizSIR slow infrared 2641.16SjmmvSLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory 2651.28SsketchSMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology 2661.7SjschaumaSMP symmetric multiprocessing 2671.8SkeihanSMTP simple mail transfer protocol 2681.31SkeihanSNMP simple network management protocol 2691.18SjmmvSPD serial presence detect 2701.16SjmmvSRAM static random access memory 2711.48SjmmvSSFDC solid state floppy disc card 2721.9SkeihanSSH secure shell 2731.9SkeihanSSL secure sockets layer 2741.40SkeihanSTP shielded twisted pair 2751.19SjmmvSVGA super video graphics array 2761.9SkeihanTCL tool command language 2771.15SkeihanTCP transmission control protocol 2781.45SjmmvTDD test driven development 2791.19SjmmvTFT thin film transistor 2801.33SgrantTIFF tagged image file format 2811.24SkeihanTLA top level aggregator 2821.30SjmmvTLB transition lookaside buffer 2831.10SkeihanTLD top level domain 2841.61SjschaumaTLS transport layer security 2851.19SjmmvTMDS transition minimized differential signaling 2861.53SjmmvTR token ring 2871.48SjmmvTTL time to live 2881.9SkeihanTTY teletype 2891.9SkeihanTZ time zone 2901.53SjmmvUART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2911.18SjmmvUC uncacheable 2921.48SjmmvUDO ultra density optical (storage) 2931.1SjmmvUDP user datagram protocol 2941.48SjmmvUFS unix file system 2951.56SjmmvUML unified modeling language 2961.10SkeihanUPS uninterruptible power supply 2971.10SkeihanURI uniform resource identifier 2981.10SkeihanURL uniform resource locator 2991.53SjmmvUSART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter 3001.9SkeihanUSB universal serial bus 3011.18SjmmvUSWC uncacheable speculative write combining 3021.40SkeihanUTP unshielded twisted pair 3031.10SkeihanUUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol 3041.30SjmmvVAX virtual address extension 3051.16SjmmvVCM virtual channel memory 3061.19SjmmvVESA video electronics standards association 3071.19SjmmvVGA video graphics array 3081.53SjmmvVLAN virtual local area network 3091.48SjmmvVLSM variable length subnetting mask 3101.30SjmmvVM virtual memory 3111.9SkeihanVPN virtual private network 3121.16SjmmvVRAM video random access memory 3131.30SjmmvWAN wide area network 3141.30SjmmvWAP wireless application protocol 3151.53SjmmvWLAN wireless local area network 3161.16SjmmvWRAM window random access memory 3171.15SkeihanWWW world wide web 3181.55SkleinkXER XML encoding rules 3191.19SjmmvXGA extended graphics array 3201.1SjmmvXML extensible markup language 3211.1SjmmvXSL extensible stylesheet language 3221.18SjmmvXT extended technology 3231.58SkleinkZFOD zero-filled on demand 324