acronyms.comp revision 1.66
11.66Srpaulo$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.66 2006/03/20 12:22:08 rpaulo 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 981.66SrpauloEOF end of file 991.66SrpauloEOT end of transmission 1001.18SjmmvEPP enhanced parallel port 1011.51SjmmvEPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood 1021.16SjmmvEPROM erasable programmable read only memory 1031.16SjmmvESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory 1041.55SkleinkE-XER extended XML encoding rules 1051.30SjmmvFAT file allocation table 1061.16SjmmvFBRAM frame buffer random access memory 1071.58SkleinkFCS frame check sequence 1081.39SjschaumaFDDI fiber distributed data interface 1091.10SkeihanFFS fast file system 1101.53SjmmvFHSS frequency hop spread spectrum 1111.57SwizFIR fast infrared 1121.9SkeihanFLOPS floating [point] operations per second 1131.51SjmmvFM frequency modulation 1141.17SjmmvFPM fast page mode 1151.15SkeihanFQDN fully qualified domain name 1161.1SjmmvFTP file transfer protocol 1171.44SjmmvGC garbage collector 1181.58SkleinkGCR group-coded recording 1191.5SjmmvGIF graphics interchange format 1201.1SjmmvGNU gnu's not unix 1211.1SjmmvGPL gnu/general public license 1221.24SkeihanGPU graphics processing unit 1231.53SjmmvGRE generic routing encapsulation 1241.1SjmmvGUI graphics user interface 1251.19SjmmvHDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection 1261.1SjmmvHTML hyper-text markup language 1271.1SjmmvHTTP hyper-text transfer protocol 1281.1SjmmvI2O intelligent input/output 1291.1SjmmvIANA internet assigned number authority 1301.24SkeihanIC integrated circuit 1311.9SkeihanICB internet citizen's band 1321.10SkeihanICMP internet control message protocol 1331.1SjmmvIDE integrated drive electronics 1341.53SjmmvIDRP inter-domain routing protocol 1351.41SkeihanIEC international electrotechnical commission 1361.9SkeihanIEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers 1371.15SkeihanIESG internet engineering steering group 1381.9SkeihanIETF internet engineering task force 1391.53SjmmvIGP interior gateway protocol 1401.10SkeihanIKE internet key exchange 1411.10SkeihanIMAP internet mail access protocol 1421.41SkeihanINCITS international committee on information technology standards 1431.43SjschaumaIPC interprocess communication 1441.1SjmmvIO input/output 1451.9SkeihanIOCTL input/output control 1461.1SjmmvIP internet protocol 1471.9SkeihanIPNG internet protocol, next generation 1481.9SkeihanIPSEC internet protocol security 1491.9SkeihanIRC internet relay chat 1501.9SkeihanIRQ interrupt request 1511.9SkeihanIRTF internet research task force 1521.3SjmmvISA industry standard architecture 1531.9SkeihanISDN integrated services digital network 1541.53SjmmvISI inter-symbol interference 1551.53SjmmvISM industrial, scientific and medical 1561.53SjmmvISN initial serial number 1571.41SkeihanISO international standards organization 1581.9SkeihanISOC internet society 1591.8SkeihanISP internet service provider 1601.1SjmmvJPEG joint photographic experts group 1611.12SwizKVA kernel virtual address 1621.9SkeihanLAN local area network 1631.9SkeihanLBA logical block addressing 1641.19SjmmvLCD liquid crystal display 1651.53SjmmvLCP link control protocol 1661.10SkeihanLDAP lightweight directory access protocol 1671.30SjmmvLED light emitting diode 1681.34SkeihanLIR local internet registry 1691.53SjmmvLLC logical link control 1701.48SjmmvLRC longitudinal redundancy check 1711.25SwennmachLSB least significant bit [or: byte] 1721.9SkeihanLUN logical unit number 1731.49SwizLZW Lempel Ziv Welch 1741.53SjmmvMAC medium access control 1751.9SkeihanMBR master boot record 1761.16SjmmvMDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory 1771.51SjmmvMFM modified frequency modulation 1781.29SjmmvMIDI musical instrument digital interface 1791.30SjmmvMIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 1801.9SkeihanMIPS million instructions per second 1811.27SjschaumaMMU memory management unit 1821.32SjmmvMPEG moving picture experts group 1831.25SwennmachMSB most significant bit [or: byte] 1841.48SjmmvMSF minutes seconds frames 1851.53SjmmvMSS maximum segment size 1861.14SkeihanMTA mail transfer agent 1871.14SkeihanMTU maximum transmission unit 1881.14SkeihanMUA mail user agent 1891.48SjmmvMWE module width encoding 1901.5SjmmvNAT network address translation 1911.53SjmmvNAV network allocation vector 1921.53SjmmvNCP network control protocol 1931.36SgrantNFS network file system 1941.11SkeihanNIC network interface card 1951.10SkeihanNIS network information service 1961.49SwizNRZ non-return to zero 1971.7SjschaumaNUMA non uniform memory access 1981.56SjmmvOCL object constraint language 1991.48SjmmvOCR optical character recognition 2001.30SjmmvOEM original equipment manufacturer 2011.53SjmmvOFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 2021.35SgrantOSF open software foundation 2031.39SjschaumaOSI open systems interconnection 2041.27SjschaumaOTP one time password 2051.34SkeihanPAM pluggable authentication modules 2061.48SjmmvPAM pulse amplitude modulation 2071.53SjmmvPAT port address translation 2081.10SkeihanPAX portable archive exchange 2091.48SjmmvPC personal computer 2101.1SjmmvPCI peripheral component interconnect 2111.48SjmmvPCM pulse code modulation 2121.41SkeihanPCMCIA personal computer memory card international association 2131.53SjmmvPDU protocol data unit 2141.15SkeihanPDP page descriptor page 2151.55SkleinkPER packed encoding rules 2161.8SkeihanPERL practical extraction [and] report language 2171.64SeladPFS perfect forward secrecy 2181.10SkeihanPGP pretty good privacy 2191.18SjmmvPIC programmable interrupt controller 2201.10SkeihanPID process id 2211.48SjmmvPIN personal identification number 2221.18SjmmvPIO programmed input/output 2231.54SjmmvPLL phase locked loop 2241.48SjmmvPMT photo-multiplier tube 2251.1SjmmvPNG portable network graphics 2261.10SkeihanPOP post office protocol 2271.10SkeihanPOSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix 2281.19SjmmvPOST power on self test 2291.42SsimonbPOTS plain old telephone system 2301.9SkeihanPPP point-to-point protocol 2311.35SgrantPPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM 2321.9SkeihanPPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet 2331.51SjmmvPRML partial response, maximum likelihood 2341.16SjmmvPROM programmable read only memory 2351.12SwizPTE page table entry 2361.24SkeihanPTLA pseudo top level aggregator 2371.12SwizPTP page table page 2381.53SjmmvPSTN public switched telephone network 2391.48SjmmvPWM pulse width modulation 2401.47SgrantQOS quality of service 2411.1SjmmvRAID redundant array of inexpensive disks 2421.9SkeihanRAM random access memory 2431.10SkeihanRCS revision control system 2441.8SkeihanRFC request for comments 2451.24SkeihanRGB red green blue 2461.59SgrantRIFF Resource Interchange File Format 2471.53SjmmvRIP routing information protocol 2481.54SjmmvRIR regional internet registry 2491.9SkeihanRISC reduced instruction set computing 2501.48SjmmvRLE run length encoding 2511.51SjmmvRLL run length limited 2521.9SkeihanROM read only memory 2531.1SjmmvRPM revolutions per minute 2541.9SkeihanRTF rich text format 2551.53SjmmvRTS request to send 2561.48SjmmvRTT round time trip 2571.18SjmmvS/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface 2581.32SjmmvSACD super audio compact disc 2591.65SeladSAD security association database 2601.16SjmmvSAM serial access memory 2611.41SkeihanSASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) 2621.9SkeihanSATA serial advanced technology attachment 2631.21SmycroftSCSI small computer system interface 2641.16SjmmvSDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 2651.16SjmmvSGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 2661.53SjmmvSIFS short inter-frame space 2671.53SjmmvSIP session initiation protocol 2681.57SwizSIR slow infrared 2691.16SjmmvSLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory 2701.28SsketchSMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology 2711.7SjschaumaSMP symmetric multiprocessing 2721.8SkeihanSMTP simple mail transfer protocol 2731.31SkeihanSNMP simple network management protocol 2741.65SeladSPD security policy database 2751.18SjmmvSPD serial presence detect 2761.16SjmmvSRAM static random access memory 2771.48SjmmvSSFDC solid state floppy disc card 2781.9SkeihanSSH secure shell 2791.9SkeihanSSL secure sockets layer 2801.40SkeihanSTP shielded twisted pair 2811.19SjmmvSVGA super video graphics array 2821.9SkeihanTCL tool command language 2831.15SkeihanTCP transmission control protocol 2841.45SjmmvTDD test driven development 2851.19SjmmvTFT thin film transistor 2861.33SgrantTIFF tagged image file format 2871.24SkeihanTLA top level aggregator 2881.30SjmmvTLB transition lookaside buffer 2891.10SkeihanTLD top level domain 2901.61SjschaumaTLS transport layer security 2911.19SjmmvTMDS transition minimized differential signaling 2921.53SjmmvTR token ring 2931.48SjmmvTTL time to live 2941.9SkeihanTTY teletype 2951.9SkeihanTZ time zone 2961.53SjmmvUART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter 2971.18SjmmvUC uncacheable 2981.48SjmmvUDO ultra density optical (storage) 2991.1SjmmvUDP user datagram protocol 3001.48SjmmvUFS unix file system 3011.56SjmmvUML unified modeling language 3021.10SkeihanUPS uninterruptible power supply 3031.10SkeihanURI uniform resource identifier 3041.10SkeihanURL uniform resource locator 3051.53SjmmvUSART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter 3061.9SkeihanUSB universal serial bus 3071.18SjmmvUSWC uncacheable speculative write combining 3081.40SkeihanUTP unshielded twisted pair 3091.10SkeihanUUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol 3101.30SjmmvVAX virtual address extension 3111.16SjmmvVCM virtual channel memory 3121.19SjmmvVESA video electronics standards association 3131.19SjmmvVGA video graphics array 3141.53SjmmvVLAN virtual local area network 3151.48SjmmvVLSM variable length subnetting mask 3161.30SjmmvVM virtual memory 3171.9SkeihanVPN virtual private network 3181.16SjmmvVRAM video random access memory 3191.30SjmmvWAN wide area network 3201.30SjmmvWAP wireless application protocol 3211.53SjmmvWLAN wireless local area network 3221.16SjmmvWRAM window random access memory 3231.15SkeihanWWW world wide web 3241.55SkleinkXER XML encoding rules 3251.19SjmmvXGA extended graphics array 3261.1SjmmvXML extensible markup language 3271.1SjmmvXSL extensible stylesheet language 3281.18SjmmvXT extended technology 3291.58SkleinkZFOD zero-filled on demand 330