acronyms.comp revision 1.88
11.88Stsutsui$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.88 2008/08/30 10:04:29 tsutsui 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 71.78SdhollandADB Apple desktop bus 81.26SwennmachADC analog [to] digital converter 91.49SwizADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation 101.53SjmmvADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line 111.78SdhollandAFS Andrew file system 121.15SkeihanAGP accelerated graphics port 131.51SjmmvAM amplitude modulation 141.52SjmmvAMI alternate mark inversion 151.41SkeihanANSI american national standards institute 161.53SjmmvAP access point 171.8SkeihanAPI application programming interface 181.40SkeihanAPIC advanced programmable interrupt controller 191.30SjmmvARP address resolution protocol 201.53SjmmvARQ automatic repeat request 211.53SjmmvAS autonomous system 221.70SwizASCII american standard code for information interchange 231.77SdhollandASLR address space layout randomization 241.53SjmmvASN autonomous system number 251.79SdhollandAST abstract syntax tree 261.79SdhollandAST asynchronous trap 271.18SjmmvAT advanced technology 281.1SjmmvATA advanced technology attachment 291.70SwizATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface 301.62SeladATC address translation cache 311.35SgrantATM asynchronous transfer mode 321.18SjmmvATX advanced technology extended 331.78SdhollandBAR base address register 341.16SjmmvBEDO burst extended data output 351.54SjmmvBER basic encoding rules 361.53SjmmvBER bit error rate 371.87SdhollandBFD binary formats descriptor 381.83SeladBFKL big fscking kernel lock 391.24SkeihanBGP border gateway protocol 401.1SjmmvBIOS basic input/output system 411.2SjmmvBLOB binary large object 421.48SjmmvBPS bits per second 431.70SwizBQS berkeley quality software 441.1SjmmvBSD berkeley software distribution 451.19SjmmvCAD computer-aided design 461.72ShubertfCARP common address redundancy protocol 471.20SmycroftCAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV) 481.48SjmmvCCD charge coupled device 491.9SkeihanCD compact disc 501.48SjmmvCDDA compact disc digital audio 511.16SjmmvCDRAM cache dynamic random access memory 521.55SkleinkCER canonical encoding rules 531.84SdhollandCFG context-free grammar 541.84SdhollandCFG control-flow graph 551.72ShubertfCGA color graphics {array,adapter} 561.30SjmmvCGI common gateway interface 571.1SjmmvCHS cylinder/head/sector 581.11SkeihanCIDR classless inter-domain routing 591.48SjmmvCIS contact image sensor 601.1SjmmvCLI command line interface 611.60SuweCLUT color look-up table 621.20SmycroftCLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV) 631.50SsaloCMYK cyan magenta yellow black 641.37SgrantCOFF common object file format 651.58SkleinkCOW copy-on-write 661.24SkeihanCPU central processing unit 671.1SjmmvCRLF carriage return line feed 681.19SjmmvCRT cathode ray tube 691.53SjmmvCSMA carrier sense multiple access 701.53SjmmvCSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance 711.53SjmmvCSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection 721.1SjmmvCSS cascading style sheets 731.53SjmmvCTS clear to send 741.10SkeihanCVS concurrent versions system 751.26SwennmachDAC digital [to] analog converter 761.53SjmmvDCE data control equipment 771.53SjmmvDCE distributed computing environment 781.48SjmmvDCT discrete cosine transform 791.19SjmmvDDC display data channel 801.16SjmmvDDR double data rate 811.19SjmmvDDWG digital display working group 821.55SkleinkDER distinguished encoding rules 831.48SjmmvDFT discrete fourier transform 841.30SjmmvDHCP dynamic host configuration protocol 851.53SjmmvDIFS distributed inter-frame space 861.53SjmmvDLE data link escape 871.5SjmmvDMA direct memory access 881.8SkeihanDNS domain name system 891.53SjmmvDOS denial of service 901.49SwizDPCM differential pulse code modulation 911.63SeladDPD dead peer detection 921.48SjmmvDPI dots per inch 931.16SjmmvDRAM dynamic random access memory 941.9SkeihanDSL digital subscriber line 951.53SjmmvDSSS direct sequence spread spectrum 961.1SjmmvDTD document type definition 971.53SjmmvDTE data terminal equipment 981.53SjmmvDTE dumb terminal emulator 991.9SkeihanDVD digital versatile disc 1001.19SjmmvDVI digital visual interface 1011.70SwizE-XER extended XML encoding rules 1021.71SsaloEAP extensible authentication protocol 1031.18SjmmvECP enhanced capability port 1041.19SjmmvEDID extended display identification data 1051.16SjmmvEDO extended data out 1061.16SjmmvEEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory 1071.72ShubertfEFI extensible firmware interface 1081.48SjmmvEFM eight to fourteen modulation 1091.72ShubertfEGA enhanced graphics {array,adapter} 1101.54SjmmvEGP exterior gateway protocol 1111.1SjmmvEISA extended industry standard architecture 1121.37SgrantELF executable and linking format 1131.66SrpauloEOF end of file 1141.66SrpauloEOT end of transmission 1151.18SjmmvEPP enhanced parallel port 1161.51SjmmvEPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood 1171.16SjmmvEPROM erasable programmable read only memory 1181.16SjmmvESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory 1191.30SjmmvFAT file allocation table 1201.16SjmmvFBRAM frame buffer random access memory 1211.58SkleinkFCS frame check sequence 1221.39SjschaumaFDDI fiber distributed data interface 1231.86StnnFFI foreign function interface 1241.10SkeihanFFS fast file system 1251.87SdhollandFFS find first set 1261.53SjmmvFHSS frequency hop spread spectrum 1271.57SwizFIR fast infrared 1281.9SkeihanFLOPS floating [point] operations per second 1291.51SjmmvFM frequency modulation 1301.17SjmmvFPM fast page mode 1311.15SkeihanFQDN fully qualified domain name 1321.1SjmmvFTP file transfer protocol 1331.72ShubertfFTPS file transfer protocol, secure 1341.44SjmmvGC garbage collector 1351.58SkleinkGCR group-coded recording 1361.5SjmmvGIF graphics interchange format 1371.1SjmmvGNU gnu's not unix 1381.1SjmmvGPL gnu/general public license 1391.24SkeihanGPU graphics processing unit 1401.53SjmmvGRE generic routing encapsulation 1411.1SjmmvGUI graphics user interface 1421.78SdhollandHA high availability 1431.82StnnHBA host bus adapter 1441.81StnnHCI host controller interface 1451.81StnnHCI human-computer interaction 1461.19SjmmvHDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection 1471.1SjmmvHTML hyper-text markup language 1481.1SjmmvHTTP hyper-text transfer protocol 1491.72ShubertfHTTPS hyper-text transfer protocol, secure 1501.1SjmmvI2O intelligent input/output 1511.1SjmmvIANA internet assigned number authority 1521.24SkeihanIC integrated circuit 1531.9SkeihanICB internet citizen's band 1541.76StsutsuiICE internal compiler error 1551.78SdhollandICE in-circuit emulator 1561.10SkeihanICMP internet control message protocol 1571.1SjmmvIDE integrated drive electronics 1581.53SjmmvIDRP inter-domain routing protocol 1591.41SkeihanIEC international electrotechnical commission 1601.9SkeihanIEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers 1611.15SkeihanIESG internet engineering steering group 1621.9SkeihanIETF internet engineering task force 1631.53SjmmvIGP interior gateway protocol 1641.10SkeihanIKE internet key exchange 1651.10SkeihanIMAP internet mail access protocol 1661.41SkeihanINCITS international committee on information technology standards 1671.1SjmmvIO input/output 1681.9SkeihanIOCTL input/output control 1691.1SjmmvIP internet protocol 1701.70SwizIPC interprocess communication 1711.9SkeihanIPNG internet protocol, next generation 1721.9SkeihanIPSEC internet protocol security 1731.9SkeihanIRC internet relay chat 1741.9SkeihanIRQ interrupt request 1751.9SkeihanIRTF internet research task force 1761.3SjmmvISA industry standard architecture 1771.9SkeihanISDN integrated services digital network 1781.53SjmmvISI inter-symbol interference 1791.53SjmmvISM industrial, scientific and medical 1801.53SjmmvISN initial serial number 1811.41SkeihanISO international standards organization 1821.9SkeihanISOC internet society 1831.8SkeihanISP internet service provider 1841.1SjmmvJPEG joint photographic experts group 1851.78SdhollandKLOC thousand lines of code 1861.69SeladKPI kernel programming interface 1871.12SwizKVA kernel virtual address 1881.78SdhollandKVM kernel virtual memory 1891.72ShubertfKVM keyboard, video, mouse switch 1901.9SkeihanLAN local area network 1911.9SkeihanLBA logical block addressing 1921.19SjmmvLCD liquid crystal display 1931.53SjmmvLCP link control protocol 1941.10SkeihanLDAP lightweight directory access protocol 1951.30SjmmvLED light emitting diode 1961.34SkeihanLIR local internet registry 1971.72ShubertfLKM {linux, loadable} kernel module 1981.53SjmmvLLC logical link control 1991.78SdhollandLOC lines of code 2001.48SjmmvLRC longitudinal redundancy check 2011.25SwennmachLSB least significant bit [or: byte] 2021.72ShubertfLSB linux standards base 2031.78SdhollandLSI large scale integration 2041.9SkeihanLUN logical unit number 2051.49SwizLZW Lempel Ziv Welch 2061.53SjmmvMAC medium access control 2071.9SkeihanMBR master boot record 2081.16SjmmvMDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory 2091.75SreedMFC merge from current 2101.51SjmmvMFM modified frequency modulation 2111.29SjmmvMIDI musical instrument digital interface 2121.30SjmmvMIME multipurpose internet mail extensions 2131.9SkeihanMIPS million instructions per second 2141.27SjschaumaMMU memory management unit 2151.32SjmmvMPEG moving picture experts group 2161.72ShubertfMPLS multiprotocol label switching 2171.25SwennmachMSB most significant bit [or: byte] 2181.48SjmmvMSF minutes seconds frames 2191.53SjmmvMSS maximum segment size 2201.14SkeihanMTA mail transfer agent 2211.14SkeihanMTU maximum transmission unit 2221.14SkeihanMUA mail user agent 2231.48SjmmvMWE module width encoding 2241.5SjmmvNAT network address translation 2251.53SjmmvNAV network allocation vector 2261.53SjmmvNCP network control protocol 2271.72ShubertfNCQ native command queuing 2281.36SgrantNFS network file system 2291.11SkeihanNIC network interface card 2301.10SkeihanNIS network information service 2311.49SwizNRZ non-return to zero 2321.7SjschaumaNUMA non uniform memory access 2331.56SjmmvOCL object constraint language 2341.48SjmmvOCR optical character recognition 2351.30SjmmvOEM original equipment manufacturer 2361.53SjmmvOFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 2371.87SdhollandOOB out of band 2381.78SdhollandOS operating system 2391.35SgrantOSF open software foundation 2401.39SjschaumaOSI open systems interconnection 2411.72ShubertfOSI open-source initiative 2421.72ShubertfOSPF open shortest path first 2431.27SjschaumaOTP one time password 2441.78SdhollandPA physical address 2451.79SdhollandPAE physical address extension 2461.34SkeihanPAM pluggable authentication modules 2471.48SjmmvPAM pulse amplitude modulation 2481.53SjmmvPAT port address translation 2491.10SkeihanPAX portable archive exchange 2501.48SjmmvPC personal computer 2511.1SjmmvPCI peripheral component interconnect 2521.48SjmmvPCM pulse code modulation 2531.41SkeihanPCMCIA personal computer memory card international association 2541.70SwizPDP page descriptor page 2551.53SjmmvPDU protocol data unit 2561.55SkleinkPER packed encoding rules 2571.8SkeihanPERL practical extraction [and] report language 2581.64SeladPFS perfect forward secrecy 2591.10SkeihanPGP pretty good privacy 2601.18SjmmvPIC programmable interrupt controller 2611.77SdhollandPIC position independent code 2621.10SkeihanPID process id 2631.77SdhollandPIE position independent executable 2641.48SjmmvPIN personal identification number 2651.18SjmmvPIO programmed input/output 2661.54SjmmvPLL phase locked loop 2671.48SjmmvPMT photo-multiplier tube 2681.1SjmmvPNG portable network graphics 2691.10SkeihanPOP post office protocol 2701.10SkeihanPOSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix 2711.19SjmmvPOST power on self test 2721.42SsimonbPOTS plain old telephone system 2731.9SkeihanPPP point-to-point protocol 2741.35SgrantPPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM 2751.9SkeihanPPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet 2761.51SjmmvPRML partial response, maximum likelihood 2771.88StsutsuiPRNG pseudo random number generator 2781.16SjmmvPROM programmable read only memory 2791.71SsaloPSK pre-shared key 2801.70SwizPSTN public switched telephone network 2811.12SwizPTE page table entry 2821.24SkeihanPTLA pseudo top level aggregator 2831.12SwizPTP page table page 2841.48SjmmvPWM pulse width modulation 2851.47SgrantQOS quality of service 2861.1SjmmvRAID redundant array of inexpensive disks 2871.9SkeihanRAM random access memory 2881.79SdhollandRAS restartable atomic sequence 2891.10SkeihanRCS revision control system 2901.24SkeihanRGB red green blue 2911.59SgrantRIFF Resource Interchange File Format 2921.53SjmmvRIP routing information protocol 2931.54SjmmvRIR regional internet registry 2941.9SkeihanRISC reduced instruction set computing 2951.48SjmmvRLE run length encoding 2961.51SjmmvRLL run length limited 2971.88StsutsuiRNG random number generator 2981.9SkeihanROM read only memory 2991.78SdhollandRPC remote procedure call 3001.1SjmmvRPM revolutions per minute 3011.9SkeihanRTF rich text format 3021.53SjmmvRTS request to send 3031.48SjmmvRTT round time trip 3041.18SjmmvS/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface 3051.32SjmmvSACD super audio compact disc 3061.65SeladSAD security association database 3071.16SjmmvSAM serial access memory 3081.41SkeihanSASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) 3091.9SkeihanSATA serial advanced technology attachment 3101.72ShubertfSB sound blaster 3111.70SwizSCM software configuration management 3121.70SwizSCM source code management 3131.21SmycroftSCSI small computer system interface 3141.74SrizSCTP stream control transmission protocol 3151.16SjmmvSDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory 3161.16SjmmvSGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory 3171.53SjmmvSIFS short inter-frame space 3181.53SjmmvSIP session initiation protocol 3191.57SwizSIR slow infrared 3201.16SjmmvSLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory 3211.28SsketchSMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology 3221.7SjschaumaSMP symmetric multiprocessing 3231.8SkeihanSMTP simple mail transfer protocol 3241.31SkeihanSNMP simple network management protocol 3251.65SeladSPD security policy database 3261.18SjmmvSPD serial presence detect 3271.16SjmmvSRAM static random access memory 3281.48SjmmvSSFDC solid state floppy disc card 3291.9SkeihanSSH secure shell 3301.9SkeihanSSL secure sockets layer 3311.40SkeihanSTP shielded twisted pair 3321.74SrizSTP spanning-tree protocol 3331.72ShubertfSVGA super video graphics {array,adapter} 3341.78SdhollandTCB trusted computing base 3351.9SkeihanTCL tool command language 3361.15SkeihanTCP transmission control protocol 3371.72ShubertfTCQ tagged command queueing 3381.45SjmmvTDD test driven development 3391.19SjmmvTFT thin film transistor 3401.72ShubertfTFTP trivial file transfer protocol 3411.85SspzTIAS try it and see 3421.33SgrantTIFF tagged image file format 3431.85SspzTITS try it to see 3441.24SkeihanTLA top level aggregator 3451.30SjmmvTLB transition lookaside buffer 3461.10SkeihanTLD top level domain 3471.61SjschaumaTLS transport layer security 3481.19SjmmvTMDS transition minimized differential signaling 3491.53SjmmvTR token ring 3501.88StsutsuiTRNG true random number generator 3511.48SjmmvTTL time to live 3521.9SkeihanTTY teletype 3531.9SkeihanTZ time zone 3541.53SjmmvUART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter 3551.18SjmmvUC uncacheable 3561.48SjmmvUDO ultra density optical (storage) 3571.1SjmmvUDP user datagram protocol 3581.48SjmmvUFS unix file system 3591.56SjmmvUML unified modeling language 3601.10SkeihanUPS uninterruptible power supply 3611.10SkeihanURI uniform resource identifier 3621.10SkeihanURL uniform resource locator 3631.53SjmmvUSART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter 3641.9SkeihanUSB universal serial bus 3651.18SjmmvUSWC uncacheable speculative write combining 3661.40SkeihanUTP unshielded twisted pair 3671.10SkeihanUUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol 3681.73SjschaumaUUOC useless use of cat 3691.78SdhollandVA virtual address 3701.30SjmmvVAX virtual address extension 3711.16SjmmvVCM virtual channel memory 3721.19SjmmvVESA video electronics standards association 3731.72ShubertfVGA video graphics {array,adapter} 3741.72ShubertfWIFI wireless fidelity 3751.53SjmmvVLAN virtual local area network 3761.78SdhollandVLSI very large scale integration 3771.72ShubertfVLSM variable length subnet mask 3781.72ShubertfVM virtual {machine,memory} 3791.9SkeihanVPN virtual private network 3801.16SjmmvVRAM video random access memory 3811.72ShubertfVRRP virtual router redundancy protocol 3821.30SjmmvWAN wide area network 3831.30SjmmvWAP wireless application protocol 3841.71SsaloWEP wired equivalent privacy 3851.53SjmmvWLAN wireless local area network 3861.71SsaloWPA wi-fi protected access 3871.16SjmmvWRAM window random access memory 3881.15SkeihanWWW world wide web 3891.55SkleinkXER XML encoding rules 3901.72ShubertfXGA extended graphics {array,adapter} 3911.1SjmmvXML extensible markup language 3921.1SjmmvXSL extensible stylesheet language 3931.18SjmmvXT extended technology 3941.58SkleinkZFOD zero-filled on demand 395