acronyms.comp revision 1.16
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3ABI	application binary interface
4AGP	accelerated graphics port
5API	application programming interface
6ATA	advanced technology attachment
7BEDO	burst extended data output
8BIOS	basic input/output system
9BLOB	binary large object
10BSD	berkeley software distribution
11CD	compact disc
12CDRAM	cache dynamic random access memory
13CHS	cylinder/head/sector
14CIDR	classless inter-domain routing
15CLI	command line interface
16CRLF	carriage return line feed
17CSS	cascading style sheets
18CVS	concurrent versions system
19DDR	double data rate
20DMA	direct memory access
21DNS	domain name system
22DRAM	dynamic random access memory
23DSL	digital subscriber line
24DTD	document type definition
25DVD	digital versatile disc
26EDO	extended data out
27EEPROM	electrically erasable programmable read only memory
28EISA	extended industry standard architecture
29EPROM	erasable programmable read only memory
30ESDRAM	enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
31FBRAM	frame buffer random access memory
32FFS	fast file system
33FLOPS	floating [point] operations per second
34FQDN	fully qualified domain name
35FTP	file transfer protocol
36GIF	graphics interchange format
37GNU	gnu's not unix
38GPL	gnu/general public license
39GUI	graphics user interface
40HTML	hyper-text markup language
41HTTP	hyper-text transfer protocol
42I2O	intelligent input/output
43IANA	internet assigned number authority
44ICB	internet citizen's band
45ICMP	internet control message protocol
46IDE	integrated drive electronics
47IEEE	institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers
48IESG	internet engineering steering group
49IETF	internet engineering task force
50IKE	internet key exchange
51IMAP	internet mail access protocol
52IO	input/output
53IOCTL	input/output control
54IP	internet protocol
55IPNG	internet protocol, next generation
56IPSEC	internet protocol security
57IRC	internet relay chat
58IRQ	interrupt request
59IRTF	internet research task force
60ISA	industry standard architecture
61ISDN	integrated services digital network
62ISOC	internet society
63ISP	internet service provider
64JPEG	joint photographic experts group
65KVA	kernel virtual address
66LAN	local area network
67LBA	logical block addressing
68LDAP	lightweight directory access protocol
69LUN	logical unit number
70MBR	master boot record
71MDRAM	multibank dynamic random access memory
72MIPS	million instructions per second
73MTA	mail transfer agent
74MTU	maximum transmission unit
75MUA	mail user agent
76NAT	network address translation
77NIC	network interface card
78NIS	network information service
79NUMA	non uniform memory access
80PAX	portable archive exchange
81PCI	peripheral component interconnect
82PDP	page descriptor page
83PERL	practical extraction [and] report language
84PGP	pretty good privacy
85PID	process id
86PNG	portable network graphics
87POP	post office protocol
88POSIX	portable operating system interface [for] unix
89PPP	point-to-point protocol
90PPPOE	point-to-point protocol over ethernet
91PROM	programmable read only memory
92PTE	page table entry
93PTP	page table page
94RAID	redundant array of inexpensive disks
95RAM	random access memory
96RCS	revision control system
97RFC	request for comments
98RISC	reduced instruction set computing
99ROM	read only memory
100RPM	revolutions per minute
101RTF	rich text format
102SAM	serial access memory
103SATA	serial advanced technology attachment
104SCSI	small computer standard interface
105SDRAM	synchronous dynamic random access memory
106SGRAM	synchronous graphics random access memory
107SLDRAM	synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
108SMP	symmetric multiprocessing
109SMTP	simple mail transfer protocol
110SRAM	static random access memory
111SSH	secure shell
112SSL	secure sockets layer
113TCL	tool command language
114TCP	transmission control protocol
115TLD	top level domain
116TTY	teletype
117TZ	time zone
118UDP	user datagram protocol
119UPS	uninterruptible power supply
120URI	uniform resource identifier
121URL	uniform resource locator
122USB	universal serial bus
123UUCP	unix-to-unix copy protocol
124VCM	virtual channel memory
125VPN	virtual private network
126VRAM	video random access memory
127WRAM	window random access memory
128WWW	world wide web
129XML	extensible markup language
130XSL	extensible stylesheet language
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