acronyms.comp revision 1.74
11.72Shubertf$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.72 2007/01/19 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 201.70SwizASCII american standard code for information interchange 211.53SjmmvASN autonomous system number 221.18SjmmvAT advanced technology 231.1SjmmvATA advanced technology attachment 241.70SwizATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface 251.62SeladATC address translation cache 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 351.70SwizBQS berkeley quality software 361.1SjmmvBSD berkeley software distribution 371.19SjmmvCAD computer-aided design 381.72ShubertfCARP common address redundancy protocol 391.20SmycroftCAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV) 401.48SjmmvCCD charge coupled device 411.9SkeihanCD compact disc 421.48SjmmvCDDA compact disc digital audio 431.16SjmmvCDRAM cache dynamic random access memory 441.55SkleinkCER canonical encoding rules 451.72ShubertfCGA color graphics {array,adapter} 461.30SjmmvCGI common gateway interface 471.1SjmmvCHS cylinder/head/sector 481.11SkeihanCIDR classless inter-domain routing 491.48SjmmvCIS contact image sensor 501.1SjmmvCLI command line interface 511.60SuweCLUT color look-up table 521.20SmycroftCLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV) 531.50SsaloCMYK cyan magenta yellow black 541.37SgrantCOFF common object file format 551.58SkleinkCOW copy-on-write 561.24SkeihanCPU central processing unit 571.1SjmmvCRLF carriage return line feed 581.19SjmmvCRT cathode ray tube 591.53SjmmvCSMA carrier sense multiple access 601.53SjmmvCSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance 611.53SjmmvCSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection 621.1SjmmvCSS cascading style sheets 631.53SjmmvCTS clear to send 641.10SkeihanCVS concurrent versions system 651.26SwennmachDAC digital [to] analog converter 661.53SjmmvDCE data control equipment 671.53SjmmvDCE distributed computing environment 681.48SjmmvDCT discrete cosine transform 691.19SjmmvDDC display data channel 701.16SjmmvDDR double data rate 711.19SjmmvDDWG digital display working group 721.55SkleinkDER distinguished encoding rules 731.48SjmmvDFT discrete fourier transform 741.30SjmmvDHCP dynamic host configuration protocol 751.53SjmmvDIFS distributed inter-frame space 761.53SjmmvDLE data link escape 771.5SjmmvDMA direct memory access 781.8SkeihanDNS domain name system 791.53SjmmvDOS denial of service 801.49SwizDPCM differential pulse code modulation 811.63SeladDPD dead peer detection 821.48SjmmvDPI dots per inch 831.16SjmmvDRAM dynamic random access memory 841.9SkeihanDSL digital subscriber line 851.53SjmmvDSSS direct sequence spread spectrum 861.1SjmmvDTD document type definition 871.53SjmmvDTE data terminal equipment 881.53SjmmvDTE dumb terminal emulator 891.9SkeihanDVD digital versatile disc 901.19SjmmvDVI digital visual interface 911.70SwizE-XER extended XML encoding rules 921.71SsaloEAP extensible authentication protocol 931.18SjmmvECP enhanced capability port 941.19SjmmvEDID extended display identification data 951.16SjmmvEDO extended data out 961.16SjmmvEEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory 971.72ShubertfEFI extensible firmware interface 981.48SjmmvEFM eight to fourteen modulation 991.72ShubertfEGA enhanced graphics {array,adapter} 1001.54SjmmvEGP exterior gateway protocol 1011.1SjmmvEISA extended industry standard architecture 1021.37SgrantELF executable and linking format 1031.66SrpauloEOF end of file 1041.66SrpauloEOT end of transmission 1051.18SjmmvEPP enhanced parallel port 1061.51SjmmvEPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood 1071.16SjmmvEPROM erasable programmable read only memory 1081.16SjmmvESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory 1091.30SjmmvFAT file allocation table 1101.16SjmmvFBRAM frame buffer random access memory 1111.58SkleinkFCS frame check sequence 1121.39SjschaumaFDDI fiber distributed data interface 1131.10SkeihanFFS fast file system 1141.53SjmmvFHSS frequency hop spread spectrum 1151.57SwizFIR fast infrared 1161.9SkeihanFLOPS floating [point] operations per second 1171.51SjmmvFM frequency modulation 1181.17SjmmvFPM fast page mode 1191.15SkeihanFQDN fully qualified domain name 1201.1SjmmvFTP file transfer protocol 1211.72ShubertfFTPS file transfer protocol, secure 1221.44SjmmvGC garbage collector 1231.58SkleinkGCR group-coded recording 1241.5SjmmvGIF graphics interchange format 1251.1SjmmvGNU gnu's not unix 1261.1SjmmvGPL gnu/general public license 1271.24SkeihanGPU graphics processing unit 1281.53SjmmvGRE generic routing encapsulation 1291.1SjmmvGUI graphics user interface 1301.19SjmmvHDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection 1311.1SjmmvHTML hyper-text markup language 1321.1SjmmvHTTP hyper-text transfer protocol 1331.72ShubertfHTTPS hyper-text transfer protocol, secure 1341.1SjmmvI2O intelligent input/output 1351.1SjmmvIANA internet assigned number authority 1361.24SkeihanIC integrated circuit 1371.9SkeihanICB internet citizen's band 1381.10SkeihanICMP internet control message protocol 1391.1SjmmvIDE integrated drive electronics 1401.53SjmmvIDRP inter-domain routing protocol 1411.41SkeihanIEC international electrotechnical commission 1421.9SkeihanIEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers 1431.15SkeihanIESG internet engineering steering group 1441.9SkeihanIETF internet engineering task force 1451.53SjmmvIGP interior gateway protocol 1461.10SkeihanIKE internet key exchange 1471.10SkeihanIMAP internet mail access protocol 1481.41SkeihanINCITS international committee on information technology standards 1491.1SjmmvIO input/output 1501.9SkeihanIOCTL input/output control 1511.1SjmmvIP internet protocol 1521.70SwizIPC interprocess communication 1531.9SkeihanIPNG internet protocol, next generation 1541.9SkeihanIPSEC internet protocol security 1551.9SkeihanIRC internet relay chat 1561.9SkeihanIRQ interrupt request 1571.9SkeihanIRTF internet research task force 1581.3SjmmvISA industry standard architecture 1591.9SkeihanISDN integrated services digital network 1601.53SjmmvISI inter-symbol interference 1611.53SjmmvISM industrial, scientific and medical 1621.53SjmmvISN initial serial number 1631.41SkeihanISO international standards organization 1641.9SkeihanISOC internet society 1651.8SkeihanISP internet service provider 1661.1SjmmvJPEG joint photographic experts group 1671.69SeladKPI kernel programming interface 1681.12SwizKVA kernel virtual address 1691.72ShubertfKVM keyboard, video, mouse switch 1701.9SkeihanLAN local area network 1711.9SkeihanLBA logical block addressing 1721.19SjmmvLCD liquid crystal display 1731.53SjmmvLCP link control protocol 1741.10SkeihanLDAP lightweight directory access protocol 1751.30SjmmvLED light emitting diode 1761.34SkeihanLIR local internet registry 1771.72ShubertfLKM {linux, loadable} kernel module 1781.53SjmmvLLC logical link control 1791.48SjmmvLRC longitudinal redundancy check 1801.25SwennmachLSB least significant bit [or: byte] 1811.72ShubertfLSB linux standards base 1821.9SkeihanLUN logical unit number 1831.49SwizLZW Lempel Ziv Welch 1841.53SjmmvMAC medium access control 1851.9SkeihanMBR master boot record 1861.16SjmmvMDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory 1871.51SjmmvMFM modified frequency modulation 1881.29SjmmvMIDI musical instrument digital interface 1891.30SjmmvMIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 1901.9SkeihanMIPS million instructions per second 1911.27SjschaumaMMU memory management unit 1921.32SjmmvMPEG moving picture experts group 1931.72ShubertfMPLS multiprotocol label switching 1941.25SwennmachMSB most significant bit [or: byte] 1951.48SjmmvMSF minutes seconds frames 1961.53SjmmvMSS maximum segment size 1971.14SkeihanMTA mail transfer agent 1981.14SkeihanMTU maximum transmission unit 1991.14SkeihanMUA mail user agent 2001.48SjmmvMWE module width encoding 2011.5SjmmvNAT network address translation 2021.53SjmmvNAV network allocation vector 2031.53SjmmvNCP network control protocol 2041.72ShubertfNCQ native command queuing 2051.36SgrantNFS network file system 2061.11SkeihanNIC network interface card 2071.10SkeihanNIS network information service 2081.49SwizNRZ non-return to zero 2091.7SjschaumaNUMA non uniform memory access 2101.56SjmmvOCL object constraint language 2111.48SjmmvOCR optical character recognition 2121.30SjmmvOEM original equipment manufacturer 2131.53SjmmvOFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 2141.35SgrantOSF open software foundation 2151.39SjschaumaOSI open systems interconnection 2161.72ShubertfOSI open-source initiative 2171.72ShubertfOSPF open shortest path first 2181.27SjschaumaOTP one time password 2191.34SkeihanPAM pluggable authentication modules 2201.48SjmmvPAM pulse amplitude modulation 2211.53SjmmvPAT port address translation 2221.10SkeihanPAX portable archive exchange 2231.48SjmmvPC personal computer 2241.1SjmmvPCI peripheral component interconnect 2251.48SjmmvPCM pulse code modulation 2261.41SkeihanPCMCIA personal computer memory card international association 2271.70SwizPDP page descriptor page 2281.53SjmmvPDU protocol data unit 2291.55SkleinkPER packed encoding rules 2301.8SkeihanPERL practical extraction [and] report language 2311.64SeladPFS perfect forward secrecy 2321.10SkeihanPGP pretty good privacy 2331.18SjmmvPIC programmable interrupt controller 2341.10SkeihanPID process id 2351.48SjmmvPIN personal identification number 2361.18SjmmvPIO programmed input/output 2371.54SjmmvPLL phase locked loop 2381.48SjmmvPMT photo-multiplier tube 2391.1SjmmvPNG portable network graphics 2401.10SkeihanPOP post office protocol 2411.10SkeihanPOSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix 2421.19SjmmvPOST power on self test 2431.42SsimonbPOTS plain old telephone system 2441.9SkeihanPPP point-to-point protocol 2451.35SgrantPPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM 2461.9SkeihanPPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet 2471.51SjmmvPRML partial response, maximum likelihood 2481.16SjmmvPROM programmable read only memory 2491.71SsaloPSK pre-shared key 2501.70SwizPSTN public switched telephone network 2511.12SwizPTE page table entry 2521.24SkeihanPTLA pseudo top level aggregator 2531.12SwizPTP page table page 2541.48SjmmvPWM pulse width modulation 2551.47SgrantQOS quality of service 2561.1SjmmvRAID redundant array of inexpensive disks 2571.9SkeihanRAM random access memory 2581.10SkeihanRCS revision control system 2591.24SkeihanRGB red green blue 2601.59SgrantRIFF Resource Interchange File Format 2611.53SjmmvRIP routing information protocol 2621.54SjmmvRIR regional internet registry 2631.9SkeihanRISC reduced instruction set computing 2641.48SjmmvRLE run length encoding 2651.51SjmmvRLL run length limited 2661.9SkeihanROM read only memory 2671.1SjmmvRPM revolutions per minute 2681.9SkeihanRTF rich text format 2691.53SjmmvRTS request to send 2701.48SjmmvRTT round time trip 2711.18SjmmvS/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface 2721.32SjmmvSACD super audio compact disc 2731.65SeladSAD security association database 2741.16SjmmvSAM serial access memory 2751.41SkeihanSASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) 2761.9SkeihanSATA serial advanced technology attachment 2771.72ShubertfSB sound blaster 2781.70SwizSCM software configuration management 2791.70SwizSCM source code management 2801.21SmycroftSCSI small computer system interface 2811.74SrizSCTP stream control transmission protocol 2821.16SjmmvSDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 2831.16SjmmvSGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 2841.53SjmmvSIFS short inter-frame space 2851.53SjmmvSIP session initiation protocol 2861.57SwizSIR slow infrared 2871.16SjmmvSLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory 2881.28SsketchSMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology 2891.7SjschaumaSMP symmetric multiprocessing 2901.8SkeihanSMTP simple mail transfer protocol 2911.31SkeihanSNMP simple network management protocol 2921.65SeladSPD security policy database 2931.18SjmmvSPD serial presence detect 2941.16SjmmvSRAM static random access memory 2951.48SjmmvSSFDC solid state floppy disc card 2961.9SkeihanSSH secure shell 2971.9SkeihanSSL secure sockets layer 2981.40SkeihanSTP shielded twisted pair 2991.74SrizSTP spanning-tree protocol 3001.72ShubertfSVGA super video graphics {array,adapter} 3011.9SkeihanTCL tool command language 3021.15SkeihanTCP transmission control protocol 3031.72ShubertfTCQ tagged command queueing 3041.45SjmmvTDD test driven development 3051.19SjmmvTFT thin film transistor 3061.72ShubertfTFTP trivial file transfer protocol 3071.33SgrantTIFF tagged image file format 3081.24SkeihanTLA top level aggregator 3091.30SjmmvTLB transition lookaside buffer 3101.10SkeihanTLD top level domain 3111.61SjschaumaTLS transport layer security 3121.19SjmmvTMDS transition minimized differential signaling 3131.53SjmmvTR token ring 3141.48SjmmvTTL time to live 3151.9SkeihanTTY teletype 3161.9SkeihanTZ time zone 3171.53SjmmvUART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter 3181.18SjmmvUC uncacheable 3191.48SjmmvUDO ultra density optical (storage) 3201.1SjmmvUDP user datagram protocol 3211.48SjmmvUFS unix file system 3221.56SjmmvUML unified modeling language 3231.10SkeihanUPS uninterruptible power supply 3241.10SkeihanURI uniform resource identifier 3251.10SkeihanURL uniform resource locator 3261.53SjmmvUSART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter 3271.9SkeihanUSB universal serial bus 3281.18SjmmvUSWC uncacheable speculative write combining 3291.40SkeihanUTP unshielded twisted pair 3301.10SkeihanUUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol 3311.73SjschaumaUUOC useless use of cat 3321.30SjmmvVAX virtual address extension 3331.16SjmmvVCM virtual channel memory 3341.19SjmmvVESA video electronics standards association 3351.72ShubertfVGA video graphics {array,adapter} 3361.72ShubertfWIFI wireless fidelity 3371.53SjmmvVLAN virtual local area network 3381.72ShubertfVLSM variable length subnet mask 3391.72ShubertfVM virtual {machine,memory} 3401.9SkeihanVPN virtual private network 3411.16SjmmvVRAM video random access memory 3421.72ShubertfVRRP virtual router redundancy protocol 3431.30SjmmvWAN wide area network 3441.30SjmmvWAP wireless application protocol 3451.71SsaloWEP wired equivalent privacy 3461.53SjmmvWLAN wireless local area network 3471.71SsaloWPA wi-fi protected access 3481.16SjmmvWRAM window random access memory 3491.15SkeihanWWW world wide web 3501.55SkleinkXER XML encoding rules 3511.72ShubertfXGA extended graphics {array,adapter} 3521.1SjmmvXML extensible markup language 3531.1SjmmvXSL extensible stylesheet language 3541.18SjmmvXT extended technology 3551.58SkleinkZFOD zero-filled on demand 356