acronyms.comp revision 1.64
11.64Selad$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.64 2006/01/21 15:05:24 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 791.63SeladDPD dead peer detection 801.48SjmmvDPI dots per inch 811.16SjmmvDRAM dynamic random access memory 821.9SkeihanDSL digital subscriber line 831.53SjmmvDSSS direct sequence spread spectrum 841.1SjmmvDTD document type definition 851.53SjmmvDTE data terminal equipment 861.53SjmmvDTE dumb terminal emulator 871.9SkeihanDVD digital versatile disc 881.19SjmmvDVI digital visual interface 891.18SjmmvECP enhanced capability port 901.19SjmmvEDID extended display identification data 911.16SjmmvEDO extended data out 921.16SjmmvEEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory 931.48SjmmvEFM eight to fourteen modulation 941.19SjmmvEGA enhanced graphics array 951.54SjmmvEGP exterior gateway protocol 961.1SjmmvEISA extended industry standard architecture 971.37SgrantELF executable and linking format 981.18SjmmvEPP enhanced parallel port 991.51SjmmvEPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood 1001.16SjmmvEPROM erasable programmable read only memory 1011.16SjmmvESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory 1021.55SkleinkE-XER extended XML encoding rules 1031.30SjmmvFAT file allocation table 1041.16SjmmvFBRAM frame buffer random access memory 1051.58SkleinkFCS frame check sequence 1061.39SjschaumaFDDI fiber distributed data interface 1071.10SkeihanFFS fast file system 1081.53SjmmvFHSS frequency hop spread spectrum 1091.57SwizFIR fast infrared 1101.9SkeihanFLOPS floating [point] operations per second 1111.51SjmmvFM frequency modulation 1121.17SjmmvFPM fast page mode 1131.15SkeihanFQDN fully qualified domain name 1141.1SjmmvFTP file transfer protocol 1151.44SjmmvGC garbage collector 1161.58SkleinkGCR group-coded recording 1171.5SjmmvGIF graphics interchange format 1181.1SjmmvGNU gnu's not unix 1191.1SjmmvGPL gnu/general public license 1201.24SkeihanGPU graphics processing unit 1211.53SjmmvGRE generic routing encapsulation 1221.1SjmmvGUI graphics user interface 1231.19SjmmvHDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection 1241.1SjmmvHTML hyper-text markup language 1251.1SjmmvHTTP hyper-text transfer protocol 1261.1SjmmvI2O intelligent input/output 1271.1SjmmvIANA internet assigned number authority 1281.24SkeihanIC integrated circuit 1291.9SkeihanICB internet citizen's band 1301.10SkeihanICMP internet control message protocol 1311.1SjmmvIDE integrated drive electronics 1321.53SjmmvIDRP inter-domain routing protocol 1331.41SkeihanIEC international electrotechnical commission 1341.9SkeihanIEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers 1351.15SkeihanIESG internet engineering steering group 1361.9SkeihanIETF internet engineering task force 1371.53SjmmvIGP interior gateway protocol 1381.10SkeihanIKE internet key exchange 1391.10SkeihanIMAP internet mail access protocol 1401.41SkeihanINCITS international committee on information technology standards 1411.43SjschaumaIPC interprocess communication 1421.1SjmmvIO input/output 1431.9SkeihanIOCTL input/output control 1441.1SjmmvIP internet protocol 1451.9SkeihanIPNG internet protocol, next generation 1461.9SkeihanIPSEC internet protocol security 1471.9SkeihanIRC internet relay chat 1481.9SkeihanIRQ interrupt request 1491.9SkeihanIRTF internet research task force 1501.3SjmmvISA industry standard architecture 1511.9SkeihanISDN integrated services digital network 1521.53SjmmvISI inter-symbol interference 1531.53SjmmvISM industrial, scientific and medical 1541.53SjmmvISN initial serial number 1551.41SkeihanISO international standards organization 1561.9SkeihanISOC internet society 1571.8SkeihanISP internet service provider 1581.1SjmmvJPEG joint photographic experts group 1591.12SwizKVA kernel virtual address 1601.9SkeihanLAN local area network 1611.9SkeihanLBA logical block addressing 1621.19SjmmvLCD liquid crystal display 1631.53SjmmvLCP link control protocol 1641.10SkeihanLDAP lightweight directory access protocol 1651.30SjmmvLED light emitting diode 1661.34SkeihanLIR local internet registry 1671.53SjmmvLLC logical link control 1681.48SjmmvLRC longitudinal redundancy check 1691.25SwennmachLSB least significant bit [or: byte] 1701.9SkeihanLUN logical unit number 1711.49SwizLZW Lempel Ziv Welch 1721.53SjmmvMAC medium access control 1731.9SkeihanMBR master boot record 1741.16SjmmvMDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory 1751.51SjmmvMFM modified frequency modulation 1761.29SjmmvMIDI musical instrument digital interface 1771.30SjmmvMIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 1781.9SkeihanMIPS million instructions per second 1791.27SjschaumaMMU memory management unit 1801.32SjmmvMPEG moving picture experts group 1811.25SwennmachMSB most significant bit [or: byte] 1821.48SjmmvMSF minutes seconds frames 1831.53SjmmvMSS maximum segment size 1841.14SkeihanMTA mail transfer agent 1851.14SkeihanMTU maximum transmission unit 1861.14SkeihanMUA mail user agent 1871.48SjmmvMWE module width encoding 1881.5SjmmvNAT network address translation 1891.53SjmmvNAV network allocation vector 1901.53SjmmvNCP network control protocol 1911.36SgrantNFS network file system 1921.11SkeihanNIC network interface card 1931.10SkeihanNIS network information service 1941.49SwizNRZ non-return to zero 1951.7SjschaumaNUMA non uniform memory access 1961.56SjmmvOCL object constraint language 1971.48SjmmvOCR optical character recognition 1981.30SjmmvOEM original equipment manufacturer 1991.53SjmmvOFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 2001.35SgrantOSF open software foundation 2011.39SjschaumaOSI open systems interconnection 2021.27SjschaumaOTP one time password 2031.34SkeihanPAM pluggable authentication modules 2041.48SjmmvPAM pulse amplitude modulation 2051.53SjmmvPAT port address translation 2061.10SkeihanPAX portable archive exchange 2071.48SjmmvPC personal computer 2081.1SjmmvPCI peripheral component interconnect 2091.48SjmmvPCM pulse code modulation 2101.41SkeihanPCMCIA personal computer memory card international association 2111.53SjmmvPDU protocol data unit 2121.15SkeihanPDP page descriptor page 2131.55SkleinkPER packed encoding rules 2141.8SkeihanPERL practical extraction [and] report language 2151.64SeladPFS perfect forward secrecy 2161.10SkeihanPGP pretty good privacy 2171.18SjmmvPIC programmable interrupt controller 2181.10SkeihanPID process id 2191.48SjmmvPIN personal identification number 2201.18SjmmvPIO programmed input/output 2211.54SjmmvPLL phase locked loop 2221.48SjmmvPMT photo-multiplier tube 2231.1SjmmvPNG portable network graphics 2241.10SkeihanPOP post office protocol 2251.10SkeihanPOSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix 2261.19SjmmvPOST power on self test 2271.42SsimonbPOTS plain old telephone system 2281.9SkeihanPPP point-to-point protocol 2291.35SgrantPPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM 2301.9SkeihanPPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet 2311.51SjmmvPRML partial response, maximum likelihood 2321.16SjmmvPROM programmable read only memory 2331.12SwizPTE page table entry 2341.24SkeihanPTLA pseudo top level aggregator 2351.12SwizPTP page table page 2361.53SjmmvPSTN public switched telephone network 2371.48SjmmvPWM pulse width modulation 2381.47SgrantQOS quality of service 2391.1SjmmvRAID redundant array of inexpensive disks 2401.9SkeihanRAM random access memory 2411.10SkeihanRCS revision control system 2421.8SkeihanRFC request for comments 2431.24SkeihanRGB red green blue 2441.59SgrantRIFF Resource Interchange File Format 2451.53SjmmvRIP routing information protocol 2461.54SjmmvRIR regional internet registry 2471.9SkeihanRISC reduced instruction set computing 2481.48SjmmvRLE run length encoding 2491.51SjmmvRLL run length limited 2501.9SkeihanROM read only memory 2511.1SjmmvRPM revolutions per minute 2521.9SkeihanRTF rich text format 2531.53SjmmvRTS request to send 2541.48SjmmvRTT round time trip 2551.18SjmmvS/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface 2561.32SjmmvSACD super audio compact disc 2571.16SjmmvSAM serial access memory 2581.41SkeihanSASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) 2591.9SkeihanSATA serial advanced technology attachment 2601.21SmycroftSCSI small computer system interface 2611.16SjmmvSDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 2621.16SjmmvSGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 2631.53SjmmvSIFS short inter-frame space 2641.53SjmmvSIP session initiation protocol 2651.57SwizSIR slow infrared 2661.16SjmmvSLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory 2671.28SsketchSMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology 2681.7SjschaumaSMP symmetric multiprocessing 2691.8SkeihanSMTP simple mail transfer protocol 2701.31SkeihanSNMP simple network management protocol 2711.18SjmmvSPD serial presence detect 2721.16SjmmvSRAM static random access memory 2731.48SjmmvSSFDC solid state floppy disc card 2741.9SkeihanSSH secure shell 2751.9SkeihanSSL secure sockets layer 2761.40SkeihanSTP shielded twisted pair 2771.19SjmmvSVGA super video graphics array 2781.9SkeihanTCL tool command language 2791.15SkeihanTCP transmission control protocol 2801.45SjmmvTDD test driven development 2811.19SjmmvTFT thin film transistor 2821.33SgrantTIFF tagged image file format 2831.24SkeihanTLA top level aggregator 2841.30SjmmvTLB transition lookaside buffer 2851.10SkeihanTLD top level domain 2861.61SjschaumaTLS transport layer security 2871.19SjmmvTMDS transition minimized differential signaling 2881.53SjmmvTR token ring 2891.48SjmmvTTL time to live 2901.9SkeihanTTY teletype 2911.9SkeihanTZ time zone 2921.53SjmmvUART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2931.18SjmmvUC uncacheable 2941.48SjmmvUDO ultra density optical (storage) 2951.1SjmmvUDP user datagram protocol 2961.48SjmmvUFS unix file system 2971.56SjmmvUML unified modeling language 2981.10SkeihanUPS uninterruptible power supply 2991.10SkeihanURI uniform resource identifier 3001.10SkeihanURL uniform resource locator 3011.53SjmmvUSART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter 3021.9SkeihanUSB universal serial bus 3031.18SjmmvUSWC uncacheable speculative write combining 3041.40SkeihanUTP unshielded twisted pair 3051.10SkeihanUUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol 3061.30SjmmvVAX virtual address extension 3071.16SjmmvVCM virtual channel memory 3081.19SjmmvVESA video electronics standards association 3091.19SjmmvVGA video graphics array 3101.53SjmmvVLAN virtual local area network 3111.48SjmmvVLSM variable length subnetting mask 3121.30SjmmvVM virtual memory 3131.9SkeihanVPN virtual private network 3141.16SjmmvVRAM video random access memory 3151.30SjmmvWAN wide area network 3161.30SjmmvWAP wireless application protocol 3171.53SjmmvWLAN wireless local area network 3181.16SjmmvWRAM window random access memory 3191.15SkeihanWWW world wide web 3201.55SkleinkXER XML encoding rules 3211.19SjmmvXGA extended graphics array 3221.1SjmmvXML extensible markup language 3231.1SjmmvXSL extensible stylesheet language 3241.18SjmmvXT extended technology 3251.58SkleinkZFOD zero-filled on demand 326