acronyms.comp revision 1.161
1$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.161 2016/03/22 17:41:26 ginsbach Exp $
23WHS	three-way handshake
38VSB	8-state vestigial side band modulation
4AA	anti-aliasing
5AAA	authentication, authorization, [and] accounting
6AAT	average access time
7ABI	application binary interface
8ABR	available bit rate
9AC	alternating current
10ACI	adjacent channel interferer
11ACID	atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability
12ACK	Amsterdam compiler kit
13ACK	acknowledgement
14ACL	access control list
15ACL	active current loop
16ACP	auxillary control {process,program}
17ACPI	advanced configuration and power interface
18ACS	access control set
19ACU	automatic calling unit
20ADB	Apple desktop bus
21ADC	analog [to] digital converter
22ADD	acronym driven development
23ADO	active data objects
24ADP	automatic data processing
25ADPCM	adaptive differential pulse code modulation
26ADS	alternate data stream
27ADSL	asymmetric digital subscriber line
28ADT	abstract data type
29AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
30AFS	Andrew File System
31AGC	automatic gain control
32AGP	accelerated graphics port
33AI	analog input
34AI	artificial intelligence
35AL	access list
36AL	active link
37ALE	address latch enable
38ALS	ambient light sensor
39ALU	arithmetic and logical unit
40ALUA	asymmetric logical unit access
41AM	access method
42AM	alignment mask
43AM	amplitude modulation
44AMI	alternate mark inversion
45AMQP	advanced message queuing protocol
46AMT	active management technology
47AN	Arabic number
48ANSI	American National Standards Institute
49AO	analog output
50AOL	Alert-on-LAN
51AOS	add or subtract
52AP	access point
53AP	application processor
54API	application programming interface
55APIC	advanced programmable interrupt controller
56APIPA	automatic private IP addressing
57APT	advanced persistent threat
58AQM	active queue management
59ARAT	always running APIC timer
60ARC	adaptive replacement cache
61ARM	Advanced RISC Machines
62ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
63ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency
64ARQ	automatic repeat request
65ARR	address range register
66ARU	audio response unit
67AS	autonomous system
68ASC	advanced smart cache
69ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
70ASD	agile software development
71ASE	advanced software environment
72ASIC	application-specific integrated circuit
73ASK	amplitude shif keying
74ASLR	address space layout randomization
75ASN	autonomous system number
76ASPM	active state power management
77ASQ	automated software quality
78ASR	address space register
79AST	abstract syntax tree
80AST	asynchronous trap
81AT	access time
82AT	advanced technology
83ATA	advanced technology attachment
84ATAPI	advanced technology attachment packet interface
85ATC	address translation cache
86ATM	asynchronous transfer mode
87ATX	advanced technology extended
88AV	anti virus
89AVL	Adelson-Velsky-Landis
90AVX	advanced vector extensions
91BA	byte align
92BAL	basic assembly language
93BAR	base address register
94BBS	bulletin board system
95BCC	blind carbon copy
96BCD	binary coded decimal
97BCR	byte count register
98BCS	base configuration space
99BD	baud
100BDD	binary decision diagram
101BDI	bit deinterleave
102BDUF	big design up front
103BEDO	burst extended data output
104BER	basic encoding rules
105BER	bit error {rate,ratio}
106BFD	binary {file,format} descriptor
107BFKL	big fscking kernel lock
108BFS	breadth-first search
109BFT	binary file transfer
110BGA	ball grid array
111BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
112BIND	Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
113BIOS	Basic Input/Output System
114BIOS	built-in operating system
115BIST	built-in self-test
116BIU	bus interface unit
117BKDG	BIOS and kernel developer's guide
118BLAS	basic linear algebra subprograms
119BLC	back light control
120BLOB	binary large object
121BM	bus master
122BMC	baseboard management controller
123BMIC	bus master interface controller
124BN	boundary neutral
125BNF	Backus-Naur form
126BO	binary output
127BOF	beginning of file
128BOM	beginning of message
129BOM	byte order mark
130BP	base pointer
131BP	boot processor
132BPB	BIOS parameter block
133BPF	Berkeley Packet Filter
134BPI	bits per inch
135BPM	business process modelling
136BPS	bits per second
137BPSK	binary phase shift keying
138BQS	Berkeley quality software
139BRE	basic regular expression
140BS	backspace
141BS	binary sequence
142BSA	basic service area
143BSD	Berkeley Software Distribution
144BSF	bit scan forward
145BSOD	blue screen of death
146BSP	binary space partition
147BSP	bootstrap processor
148BSR	bit scan reverse
149BSS	basic service set
150BSS	block started by symbol
151BSSID	basic service set identifier
152BT	BitTorrent
153BT	Bluetooth
154BT	bit test
155BTC	bit test [and] complement
156BTR	bit test [and] reset
157BTS	bit test [and] set
158BTS	bits per second
159BW	bandwidth
160BWM	block-write mode
161CA	certificate authority
162CAD	computer-aided design
163CAM	computer assisted manufacturing
164CAM	conditional access module
165CAM	content addressable memory
166CARP	Common Address Redundancy Protocol
167CAS	column address strobe
168CAS	compare and swap
169CAS	computer algebra system
170CASE	computer aided software engineering
171CAU	control access unit
172CAV	constant angular velocity
173CBC	cipher block chaining
174CBR	constant bit rate
175CC	carbon coby
176CCD	charge coupled device
177CCI	co-channel interferer
178CD	cache disable
179CD	compact disc
180CDDA	compact disc digital audio
181CDMA	code division multiple access
182CDRAM	cache dynamic random access memory
183CER	canonical encoding rules
184CF	compact flash
185CFG	context-free grammar
186CFG	control-flow graph
187CG	control gate
188CGA	Color Graphics Adapter
189CGI	common gateway interface
190CGN	Carrier-Grade NAT
191CHAP	Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
192CHS	cylinder/head/sector
193CI	continuous integration
194CI	{common,component} interface
195CIDR	Classless Inter-Domain Routing
196CIFS	Common Internet File System
197CIL	common intermediate language
198CIR	carrier-to-interference ratio
199CIS	contact image sensor
200CISC	complex instruction set {computer,computing}
201CJK	Chinese, Japanese, [and] Korean
202CLF	common log format
203CLI	command line interface
204CLR	common language runtime
205CLTT	closed loop thermal throttling
206CLUT	color look-up table
207CLV	constant linear velocity
208CM	configuration management
209CMA	concert multithread architecture
210CMI	control management interface
211CMI	control method interface
212CMOS	complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
213CMP	chip multi-processing
214CMS	content management system
215CMYK	cyan magenta yellow black
216CN	{common,canonical} name
217CNC	computer numerical control
218CNR	carrier-to-noise ratio
219COF	current operating frequency
220COFDM	coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
221COFF	common object file format
222COM	component object model
223COMA	cache-only memory architecture
224CORBA	common object request broker architecture
225COW	copy-on-write
226CP	continuous pilot
227CPB	core performance boost
228CPE	common phase error
229CPG	clock pulse generator
230CPL	current privilege level
231CPLD	complex programmable logic device
232CPP	C preprocessor
233CPS	characters per second
234CPT	command pass through
235CPU	central processing unit
236CR	carriage return
237CRC	cyclic redundancy check
238CRL	carrier recovery loop
239CRLF	carriage return line feed
240CRT	cathode ray tube
241CS	cable select
242CS	chip select
243CS	code segment
244CS	computer science
245CSI	channel state information
246CSI	common system interface
247CSMA	carrier sense multiple access
248CSMA/CA	carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
249CSMA/CD	carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
250CSR	control [and] status registers
251CSRG	Computer Systems Research Group
252CSS	cascading style sheets
253CSV	comma-separated values
254CTM	close to metal
255CTS	clear to send
256CUA	common user access
257CUT	coordinated universal time
258CV	control voltage
259CVS	Concurrent Versions System
260DA	destination address
261DAA	distributed application architecture
262DAB	digital audio broadcasting
263DAC	digital [to] analog converter
264DAC	discretionary access control
265DAD	duplicate address detection
266DANE	DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities
267DAO	disk at once
268DAP	Directory Access Protocol
269DAT	digital audio tape
270DAT	dynamic acceleration technology
271DB	database
272DBA	database administrator
273DBA	dynamic bandwidth allocation
274DBB	data bus buffer
275DBC	design by contract
276DBL	dynamic buffer limiting
277DBMS	database management system
278DBS	database server
279DC	direct current
280DCC	Direct Client-to-Client
281DCC	direct cable connect
282DCD	data carrier detect
283DCE	data control equipment
284DCE	distributed computing environment
285DCOM	distributed component object model
286DCOP	Desktop COmmunication Protocol
287DCS	data collection systems
288DCT	discrete cosine transform
289DCU	data cache unit
290DDC	display data channel
291DDE	dynamic data exchange
292DDK	device driver kit
293DDL	data description language
294DDR	double data rate
295DDS	direct digital sound
296DDWG	Digital Display Working Group
297DE	debugging extensions
298DE	desktop environment
299DEA	data encryption algorithm
300DEK	data encryption key
301DEP	data execution prevention
302DER	distinguished encoding rules
303DES	Data Encryption Standard
304DF	don't fragment
305DFA	deterministic finite automaton
306DFC	data flow control
307DFS	depth first search
308DFS	distributed file system
309DFT	diagnostic function test
310DFT	discrete Fourier transform
311DGL	data generation language
312DH	Diffie-Hellman
313DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
314DIFS	distributed inter-frame space
315DIMM	dual inline memory module
316DIRT	design in real time
317DL	diode logic
318DL	discrete logarithm
319DL	download
320DLE	data link escape
321DLL	dynamic link library
322DLP	discrete logarithm problem
323DMA	direct memory access
324DMI	desktop management interface
325DMS	document management system
326DMT	discrete multitone modulation
327DNARD	Digital network appliance reference design
328DND	drag and drop
329DNS	Domain Name System
330DNSSEC	DNS Security Extensions
331DOE	distributed object environment
332DOF	data over fibre
333DOM	document object model
334DOS	denial of service
335DOS	disk operating system
336DP	DisplayPort
337DPC	deferred procedure call
338DPCM	differential pulse code modulation
339DPD	dead peer detection
340DPI	deep packet inspection
341DPI	dots per inch
342DPL	descriptor privilege level
343DPS	Display PostScript
344DPST	display power savings technology
345DRAM	dynamic random access memory
346DRI	direct rendering infrastructure
347DRM	digital rights management
348DRRS	display refresh rate switching
349DS	debug store
350DSA	digital signature algorithm
351DSB	double-sideband modulation
352DSDT	differentiated system descriptor table
353DSL	digital subscriber line
354DSL	domain specific language
355DSLAM	digital subscriber line access multiplexer
356DSN	delivery status notification
357DSO	dynamic shared object
358DSP	digital signal processor
359DSSS	direct sequence spread spectrum
360DTD	document type definition
361DTE	data terminal equipment
362DTE	dumb terminal emulator
363DTL	diode-transistor logic
364DTLS	datagram transport layer security
365DTS	digital thermal sensor
366DUT	device under test
367DVB	digital video broadcasting
368DVCS	distributed version control system
369DVD	digital versatile disc
370DVFS	dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
371DVI	device independent
372DVI	Digital Visual Interface
373DVR	digital video recorder
374E-XER	extended XML encoding rules
375EABI	embedded-application binary interface
376EAI	Email Address Internationalization
377EAI	Enterprise Application Integration
378EAP	Extensible Authentication Protocol
379EBCDIC	Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
380EBR	extended boot record
381EC	elliptical curve
382ECC	error correction code
383ECDL	elliptical curve discrete logarithm
384ECDSA	elliptical curve digital signature algorithm
385ECL	emitter-coupled logic
386ECN	explicit congestion notification
387ECP	enhanced capability port
388ECS	enhanced chip set
389ECS	extended configuration space
390EDAT	enhanced dynamic acceleration technology
391EDGE	explicit data graph execution
392EDID	extended display identification data
393EDO	extended data out
394EDS	electronical data sheet
395EEPROM	electrically erasable programmable read only memory
396EFI	extensible firmware interface
397EFL	emitter follower logic
398EFM	eight to fourteen modulation
399EGA	Enhanced Graphics Adapter
400EGP	exterior gateway protocol
401EH	extension header
402EIDE	enhanced IDE
403EISA	extended industry standard architecture
404ELF	executable and linking format
405ELS	entry level system
406EMI	electro-magnetic interference
407EMP	electro-magnetic pulse
408EMR	electro-magnetic radiation
409EOF	end of file
410EOI	end of interrupt
411EOL	end of line
412EOT	end of transmission
413EPIC	explicitly parallel instruction computing
414EPP	enhanced parallel port
415EPRML	extended partial response, maximum likelihood
416EPROM	erasable programmable read only memory
417ERD	emergency recovery disk
418ERD	entity relationship diagram
419ERE	extended regular expression
420ESDRAM	enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
421ESS	electronic switching system
422ESS	extended service set
423ESSID	extended service set identifier
424EST	enhanced speedstep
425ETL	extract, transform, load
426EU	execution unit
427EULA	end user license agreement
428FAT	file allocation table
429FBRAM	frame buffer random access memory
430FCL	fiber channel loop
431FCS	frame check sequence
432FDC	floppy disk controller
433FDD	floppy disk drive
434FDDI	fiber distributed data interface
435FDE	full disk encryption
436FEA	finite element analysis
437FEC	forward error correction
438FET	field-effect transistor
439FF	form feed
440FFH	functional fixed hardware
441FFI	foreign function interface
442FFM	focus follows mouse
443FFS	Fast File System
444FFS	find first set
445FFT	fast Fourier transform
446FG	floating gate
447FHSS	frequency hop spread spectrum
448FID	frequency identifier
449FIFO	first in, first out
450FILO	first in, last out
451FIR	fast infrared
452FLOPS	floating [point] operations per second
453FLOSS	free/libre/open source software
454FM	frequency modulation
455FMR	false match rate
456FOSS	free/open source software
457FPGA	field programmable gate array
458FPM	fast page mode
459FPR	floating point register
460FPU	floating point unit
461FQDN	fully qualified domain name
462FRR	false rejection rate
463FRU	field replaceable unit
464FS	file system
465FSB	front side bus
466FSCK	file system check
467FSF	Free Software Foundation
468FSK	frequency shift keying
469FSM	finite-state machine
470FTA	fault tree analysis
471FTL	flash translation layer
472FTP	File Transfer Protocol
473FTPS	File Transfer Protocol Secure
474FUS	fast user switching
475FWH	firmware hub
476FWS	folding white space
477GAL	generic array logic
478GAS	generic address structure
479GC	garbage collector
480GCR	group-coded recording
481GDT	global descriptor table
482GEM	graphics environment manager
483GEM	graphics execution manager
484GENA	general event notification architecture
485GHC	Glasgow Haskell compiler
486GID	group identifier
487GIF	graphics interchange format
488GMCH	graphics and memory controller hub
489GNU	GNU's Not Unix
490GOP	graphics output protocol
491GOT	global offset table
492GPE	general purpose event
493GPF	general protection fault
494GPG	GNU Privacy Guard
495GPL	[GNU] General Public License
496GPR	general purpose register
497GPS	generalized processor sharing
498GPT	GUID partition table
499GPU	graphics processing unit
500GR	golden ratio
501GRE	generic routing encapsulation
502GSI	global system interrupt
503GUI	graphical user interface
504GUID	globally unique identifier
505HA	high availability
506HAL	hardware abstraction layer
507HAT	hashed array tree
508HBA	host bus adapter
509HCF	halt and catch fire
510HCI	host controller interface
511HCI	human-computer interaction
512HCL	hardware compatibility list
513HDCP	High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
514HDD	hard disk drive
515HDL	hardware description language
516HDMI	High-Definition Multimedia Interface
517HDTV	high-definition television
518HF	high frequency
519HFM	highest frequency mode
520HID	human interface device
521HLL	high-level language
522HMA	high memory area
523HMI	human-machine interface
524HOOD	hierarchical object oriented design
525HP	Hewlett-Packard
526HPC	high performance computing
527HPET	high precision event timer
528HSM	hardware security module
529HSM	hierarchical storage management 
530HT	hyper-threading
531HTC	hardware thermal control
532HTCC	high temperature co-fired ceramic
533HTML	HyperText Markup Language
534HTT	hyper-threading technology
535HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
536HTTPS	Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
537HVM	hardware virtual machine
538HZ	Hertz
539I2O	intelligent input/output
540IA	information assurance
541IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
542IBC	iterated block cipher
543IBM	International Business Machines
544IBS	instruction based sampling
545IBSS	independent basic service set
546IC	integrated circuit
547ICA	independent computer architecture
548ICB	Internet Citizen's Band
549ICE	in-circuit emulator
550ICE	internal compiler error
551ICH	I/O controller hub
552ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
553ICT	information and communications technology
554ICW	initialization command word
555IDA	Intel dynamic acceleration
556IDCMP	Intuition direct communication message port
557IDE	integrated development environment
558IDE	integrated drive electronics
559IDPS	intrusion detection [and] prevention system
560IDRP	inter-domain routing protocol
561IDS	intrusion detection system
562IDT	interrupt descriptor table
563IE	Internet Explorer
564IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
565IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
566IESG	Internet Engineering Steering Group
567IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
568IF	intermediate frequency
569IFCM	isochronous flow control mode
570IFF	Interchange File Format
571IGD	Internet gateway device
572IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
573IGP	interior gateway protocol
574IHV	independent hardware vendor
575IKE	Internet key exchange
576ILM	internal loopback mode
577ILOM	integrated lights-out management
578ILP	instruction level parallelism
579IM	instant messaging
580IMAP	Internet Message Access Protocol
581IMC	integrated memory controller
582IMCR	interrupt mode configuration register
583IMR	interrupt mask register
584IMS	information management system
585INCITS	InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
586IO	input/output
587IOCTL	input/output control
588IOMMU	input/output memory management unit
589IOT	Internet of Things
590IP	Internet Protocol
591IP	intellectual property
592IPC	interprocess communication
593IPE	integrated programming environment
594IPI	interprocessor interrupt
595IPNG	Internet Protocol, Next Generation
596IPS	in-plane switching
597IPS	intrusion prevention system
598IPSEC	Internet Protocol Security
599IRC	Internet Relay Chat
600IRDA	infrared data association
601IRQ	interrupt request
602IRQL	interrupt request level
603IRR	interrupt request register
604IRTF	Internet Research Task Force
605IS	information system
606ISA	industry standard architecture
607ISA	instruction set architecture
608ISDN	integrated services digital network
609ISI	inter-symbol interference
610ISM	industrial, scientific, [and] medical
611ISN	initial serial number
612ISO	International Standards Organization
613ISOC	Internet Society
614ISP	Internet service provider
615ISR	in-service register
616ISR	interrupt service routine
617IST	interrupt stack table
618ISV	independent software vendor
619IT	information technology
620ITB	Intel Turbo Boost
621IV	initialization vector
622IVT	interrupt vector table
623JBOD	just a bunch of disks
624JFET	junction [gate] field-effect transistor
625JIT	just in time
626JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
627JRE	Java Runtime Environment
628JTAG	joint test action group
629KB	keyboard
630KB	kilobyte
631KBD	keyboard
632KBD	kilobaud
633KLOC	thousand lines of code
634KMS	kernel-mode setting
635KPI	kernel programming interface
636KVA	kernel virtual address
637KVM	kernel virtual machine
638KVM	kernel virtual memory
639KVM	keyboard, video, [and] mouse
640LAMP	Linux Apache MySQL {Perl,PHP,Python}
641LAN	local area network
642LAPIC	local advanced programmable interrupt controller
643LAR	load access rights
644LBA	logical block addressing
645LBS	location-based service
646LCD	liquid crystal display
647LCP	link control protocol
648LDA	local delivery agent
649LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
650LDR	light-dependent resistor
651LDT	local descriptor table
652LE	logical extent
653LED	light emitting diode
654LER	label edge router
655LF	line feed
656LF	low frequency
657LFM	lowest frequency mode
658LFN	long file names
659LFO	low-frequency oscillation
660LFS	log-structured file system
661LFU	least frequently used
662LHP	loop heat pipe
663LIFO	last in, first out
664LILO	LInux LOader
665LILO	last in, last out
666LINT	local interrupt
667LIR	local Internet registry
668LKM	{Linux,loadable} kernel module
669LKML	Linux kernel mailing list
670LL	load linked
671LL/SC	load linked/store conditional
672LLC	logical link control
673LLDP	link layer discovery protocol
674LLF	low level format
675LLMNR	link-local multicast name resolution
676LLVM	Low Level Virtual Machine
677LM	long mode
678LMM	link management mode
679LNO	loop nest optimization
680LOC	lines of code
681LOM	lights-out management
682LPC	low pin count
683LPS	local positioning system
684LRC	longitudinal redundancy check
685LRM	left-to-right mark
686LRO	left-to-right override
687LRU	least recently used
688LSB	Linux standards base
689LSB	least significant {bit,byte}
690LSI	large scale integration
691LSL	load segment limit
692LSN	Large Scale NAT
693LSN	log sequence number
694LSR	label switch router
695LTCC	low temperature co-fired ceramic
696LTO	link time optimization
697LTR	left to right
698LTR	load task register
699LTR	letter(-sized paper)
700LTS	long term support
701LUA	Lua Uppercase Accident
702LUN	logical unit number
703LV	logical volume
704LVM	logical volume management
705LVT	local vector table
706LWP	light-weight process
707LZW	Lempel Ziv Welch
708MAC	mandatory access control
709MAC	medium access control
710MAC	message authentication {check,code}
711MADT	multiple APIC descriptor table
712MB	megabyte
713MBA	multi-boot agent
714MBR	master boot record
715MBS	megabits per second
716MC	memory controller
717MCA	machine check architecture
718MCA	MicroChannel architecture
719MCC	multiversion concurrency control
720MCE	machine check exception
721MCGA	Multi-Color Graphics Array
722MCH	memory controller hub
723MCM	multi-chip module
724MCQ	memory controlled queue
725MD	machine-dependent
726MDA	mail delivery agent
727MDA	Monochrome Display Adapter
728MDRAM	multibank dynamic random access memory
729MESI	modified, exclusive, shared, invalid
730MFC	merge from current
731MFC	Microsoft Foundation Classes
732MFM	modified frequency modulation
733MI	machine-independent
734MIB	management information base
735MIC	message integrity {check,code}
736MID	mobile Internet device
737MIDI	musical instrument digital interface
738MIF	management information format
739MIM	man in the middle
740MIMD	multiple instruction, multiple data
741MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
742MIMO	multiple input multiple output
743MIPS	million instructions per second
744MISD	multiple instruction, single data
745MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
746MITM	man in the middle
747ML	machine language
748ML	machine learning
749ML	mailing list
750ML	markup language
751ML	maximum likelihood
752MLC	multi-level cell
753MLHP	micro loop heat pipe
754MMIC	monolithic microwave integrated circuit
755MMIO	memory mapped input/output
756MMORPG	massive multiplayer online role playing game
757MMU	memory management unit
758MMX	matrix math extension
759MMX	multimedia extension
760MMX	multiple math extension
761MO	magneto-optical
762MOESI	modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid
763MOF	maximum operating frequency
764MOSFET	metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
765MOSI	modified, owned, shared, invalid
766MP	multi-platform
767MP	multiplayer
768MP	{multiprocessing,multiprocessor}
769MPEG	moving picture experts group
770MPI	message passing interface
771MPLS	Multiprotocol Label Switching
772MPP	massively parallel processor
773MPS	memory pool system
774MPS	multiprocessor specification
775MR	modem ready
776MRU	most recently used
777MS	Microsoft
778MSB	most significant {bit,byte}
779MSE	mean square error
780MSF	minutes seconds frames
781MSI	message signaled interrupt
782MSI	modified, shared, invalid
783MSR	machine state register
784MSS	maximum segment size
785MT	machine translation
786MTA	mail transfer agent
787MTBF	mean time between failures
788MTP	media transfer protocol
789MTRR	memory type range register
790MTTF	mean time to failure
791MTU	maximum transmission unit
792MUA	mail user agent
793MUD	multi-user domain
794MVCC	multiversion concurrency control
795MWE	module width encoding
796MX	mail exchange
797NACK	negative acknowledgement
798NAN	not a number
799NAPT	Network Address Port Translation
800NAS	network attached storage
801NAT	network address translation
802NAV	network allocation vector
803NC	numerical control
804NCO	numerically-controlled oscillator
805NCP	Network Control Protocol
806NCQ	native command queuing
807ND	neighbor discovery
808NDFA	nondeterministic finite automaton
809NE	numeric error
810NFA	nondeterministic finite automaton
811NFC	near-field communication
812NFS	network file system
813NIA	next instruction address
814NIC	network information center
815NIC	network interface card
816NIDS	network intrusion detection system
817NIP	network interface protocol
818NIPS	network intrusion prevention system
819NIS	network information service
820NLS	native language support
821NMI	non-maskable interrupt
822NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol
823NOC	network operations center
824NOP	no operation
825NOS	network operating system
826NP	nondeterministic polynomial time
827NRZ	non-return to zero
828NSA	National Security Agency
829NTM	non-deterministic Turing machine
830NTP	Network Time Protocol
831NUMA	non-uniform memory access
832NVRAM	non-volatile random access memory
833NW	not write-through
834NX	no execute
835OAEP	optimal asymmetric encryption padding
836OBO	off by one
837OBOE	off by one error
838OCL	object constraint language
839OCR	optical character recognition
840ODCM	on-demand clock modulation
841ODT	on-die termination
842OEM	original equipment manufacturer
843OFDM	orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
844OFET	organic field-effect transistor
845OLAP	online analytical processing
846OLE	object linking and embedding
847OLTP	online transaction processing
848ONFI	open nand flash interface
849OO	OpenOffice
850OO	object oriented
851OOB	out of band
852OOE	out of order execution
853OOM	out of memory
854OOO	OpenOffice.org
855OOP	object oriented programming
856OOPS	object oriented programming systems
857OOSE	object oriented software engineering
858OPM	operations per minute
859OPS	operations per second
860OQL	Object Query Language
861ORB	object request broker
862ORM	object-relational mapping
863OS	operating system
864OSD	open source definition
865OSF	open software foundation
866OSI	Open Source Initiative
867OSI	open systems interconnection
868OSPF	open shortest path first
869OSPM	OS power management
870OSS	open sound system
871OSS	open source software
872OSVW	operating system visible workarounds
873OTP	one time password
874OTP	open telecom platform
875OU	organizational unit
876OUI	organizationally unique identifier
877OWL	Web Ontology Language
878P2P	PCI to PCI
879P2P	peer to peer
880PA	phase accumulator
881PA	physical address
882PAC	phase-amplitude converter
883PAE	physical address extension
884PAL	phase alternating line
885PAL	programmable array logic
886PAM	pluggable authentication modules
887PAM	pulse amplitude modulation
888PAP	password authentication protocol
889PAT	page attribute table
890PAT	port address translation
891PATA	parallel ATA
892PAX	portable archive exchange
893PBE	pending break encoding
894PBE	programming by example
895PC	personal computer
896PC	program counter
897PCB	printed circuit board
898PCC	Portable C Compiler
899PCD	page-level cache disable
900PCE	performance-monitor counter enable
901PCI	peripheral component interconnect
902PCM	phase change memory
903PCM	pulse code modulation
904PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
905PCP	Port Control Protocol
906PD	public domain
907PDA	personal digital assistant
908PDA	pushdown automaton
909PDAG	propositional directed acyclic graph
910PDB	power distribution board
911PDF	portable document format
912PDM	pulse-duration modulation
913PDN	pull-down network
914PDP	page {descriptor,directory} page
915PDS	product data sheet
916PDU	protocol data unit
917PE	protection enable
918PECI	platform environment control interface
919PEP	protocol extension protocol
920PER	packed encoding rules
921PFS	perfect forward secrecy
922PGAS	partitioned global address space
923PGE	page global enable
924PGP	Pretty Good Privacy
925PHB	PCI host bridge
926PHP	PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
927PIC	position independent code
928PIC	programmable interrupt controller
929PICNIC	problem in chair, not in computer
930PID	process id
931PIE	position independent executable
932PIM	personal information manager
933PIM	platform-independent model
934PIO	programmed input/output
935PIPT	physically indexed, physically tagged
936PIQ	prefetch input queue
937PIT	programmable interrupt timer
938PIV	personal identity verification
939PKCS	public-key cryptography standards
940PKI	public key infrastructure
941PLC	programmable logic controller
942PLD	programmable logic device
943PLL	phase locked loop
944PLRU	pseudo LRU
945PLTM	package level thermal management
946PM	power management
947PM	{phase,pulse} modulation
948PME	power management event
949PMI	platform management interrupt
950PMIO	port-mapped input/output
951PMT	photo-multiplier tube
952PMU	power management unit
953PNG	portable network graphics
954PNP	plug and play
955POE	power over ethernet
956POF	probability of failure
957POP	Post Office Protocol
958POP	power on password
959POSIX	Portable Operating System Interface [for Unix]
960POST	power on self test
961POTS	plain old telephone system
962PP	pair programming
963PPB	PCI [to] PCI bridge
964PPC	PowerPC
965PPI	pixels per inch
966PPM	pages per minute
967PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
968PPPOA	Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
969PPPOE	Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
970PPU	physics processing unit
971PRBS	pseudo-random bit sequence
972PRML	partial response, maximum likelihood
973PRN	pseudo random {noise,number}
974PRNG	pseudo random number generator
975PROM	programmable read only memory
976PSD	power spectral density
977PSE	page size extensions
978PSK	phase shift keying
979PSK	pre-shared key
980PSTN	public switched telephone network
981PSW	program status word
982PTE	page table entry
983PTLA	pseudo top level aggregator
984PTP	page table page
985PTV	perceived target value
986PU	processing unit
987PUN	physical unit number
988PV	physical volume
989PVG	physical volume group
990PVI	protected-mode virtual interrupt
991PWM	pulse width modulation
992PXE	preboot execution environment
993QA	quality assurance
994QAM	quadrature amplitude modulation
995QAM	quality assurance management
996QBE	query by example
997QC	quality control
998QDI	quasi delay insensitive
999QOS	quality of service
1000R/O	read only
1001R/W	read/write
1002RA	receiver address
1003RA	remote assistance
1004RA	resource affinity
1005RA	router advertisement
1006RAD	rapid application development
1007RAID	redundant array of {independent,inexpensive} disks
1008RAM	random access memory
1009RAS	reliability, availability and serviceability
1010RAS	remote access service
1011RAS	restartable atomic sequence
1012RAS	row address strobe
1013RBF	radial basis function
1014RBT	red-black tree
1015RC	release candidate
1016RC	remote control
1017RCS	Revision Control System
1018RCS	revision control system
1019RCU	read, copy, update
1020RDB	Rigid Disk Block
1021RDBMS	relational database management system
1022RDF	Resource Description Framework
1023RDM	relational data model
1024RDMA	remote direct memory access
1025RE	regular expression
1026REST	representational state transfer
1027RF	radio frequency
1028RFI	radio frequency interference
1029RFO	request for ownership
1030RGB	red green blue
1031RGBA	red green blue alpha
1032RH	read hit
1033RHEL	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1034RHL	Red Hat Linux
1035RIB	routing information base
1036RIFF	Resource Interchange File Format
1037RIP	Routing Information Protocol
1038RIR	regional Internet registry
1039RISC	reduced instruction set {computer,computing}
1040RKM	ROM Kernel Manual
1041RLE	run length encoding
1042RLL	run length limited
1043RLO	right-to-left override
1044RM	read miss
1045RMI	remote method invocation
1046RMPM	rapid memory power management
1047RMS	root mean square
1048RMW	read, modify, write
1049RNG	random number generator
1050ROM	read only memory
1051RPC	remote procedure call
1052RPL	requested privilege level
1053RPM	revolutions per minute
1054RPN	reverse Polish notation
1055RR	random replacement
1056RR	round robin
1057RS	relay station
1058RSA	Rivest, Shamir, [and] Adleman
1059RSIP	Realm Specific IP
1060RSS	really simple syndication
1061RSS	residual sum of squares
1062RT	real time
1063RTC	real time clock
1064RTC	real time computing
1065RTF	rich text format
1066RTL	register transfer language
1067RTL	resistor-transistor logic
1068RTL	right to left
1069RTOS	real time operating system
1070RTS	request to send
1071RTT	round trip time
1072RUP	rational unified process
1073RWM	read-write memory
1074RX	{receive,receiver}
1075S/PDIF	Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
1076SA	security advisory
1077SA	security association
1078SA	source address
1079SA	structured analysis
1080SAAS	software as a service
1081SACD	super audio compact disc
1082SAD	security association database
1083SAL	system abstraction layer
1084SAM	serial access memory
1085SAM	sum addressed memory
1086SAN	storage area network
1087SAPIC	streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
1088SASD	structured analysis, structured design
1089SASI	Shugart Associates System Interface
1090SASL	simple authentication [and] security layer
1091SATA	serial advanced technology attachment
1092SB	sound blaster
1093SBU	standard build unit
1094SC	store conditional
1095SCA	source code analyzer
1096SCADA	supervisory control and data acquisition
1097SCC	single chip cloud
1098SCC	source code control
1099SCCS	Source Code Control System
1100SCI	scalable coherent interface
1101SCI	system control interrupt
1102SCM	software configuration management
1103SCM	source code management
1104SCM	storage-class memory
1105SCP	secure copy
1106SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
1107SCTP	Stream Control Transmission Protocol
1108SDI	symbol deinterleave
1109SDK	software development kit
1110SDL	Simple Declarative Language
1111SDL	Simple Direct-media Layer 
1112SDRAM	synchronous dynamic random access memory
1113SDT	syntax-directed translation
1114SEGV	segmentation violation
1115SEO	search engine optimization
1116SFC	sequential function chart
1117SFI	simple firmware interface
1118SFI	software fault isolation
1119SFTP	SSH File Transfer Protocol
1120SFTP	Serial File Transfer Protocol
1121SFTP	Simple File Transfer Protocol
1122SGRAM	synchronous graphics random access memory
1123SIFS	short inter-frame space
1124SIMD	single instruction, multiple data
1125SIMM	single inline memory module
1126SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
1127SIR	signal-to-interference ratio
1128SIR	slow infrared
1129SISD	single instruction, single data
1130SLC	single-level cell
1131SLDRAM	synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
1132SLED	single large expensive disk
1133SLI	scalable link interface
1134SLI	scan-line interleave
1135SLOC	source lines of code
1136SLRU	segmented LRU
1137SMA	smart memory access
1138SMAF	system management action field
1139SMART	self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
1140SMBIOS	System Management BIOS
1141SMC	system management controller
1142SMI	structure of management information
1143SMI	system management interrupt
1144SMM	system management mode
1145SMP	symmetric multiprocessing
1146SMT	simultaneous multithreading
1147SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
1148SMU	system management unit
1149SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
1150SNR	signal-to-noise ratio
1151SOA	service oriented architecture
1152SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
1153SOC	system on chip
1154SOF	start of frame
1155SOH	start of header
1156SOHO	small office/home office
1157SOL	serial over LAN
1158SP	service pack
1159SP	stack pointer
1160SPARC	scalable processor architecture
1161SPARQL	SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
1162SPD	security policy database
1163SPD	serial presence detect
1164SPDIF	Sony/Philips digital interface format
1165SPI	serial peripheral interface
1166SPI	stateful packet inspection
1167SPMD	single process, multiple data
1168SPR	special purpose register
1169SPT	sectors per track
1170SQA	software quality assurance
1171SQL	Structured Query Language
1172SRAM	static random access memory
1173SRC	sample rate conversion
1174SS	self-snoop
1175SS	stack segment
1176SSB	single-sideband modulation
1177SSD	solid state drive
1178SSE	streaming SIMD extensions
1179SSFDC	solid state floppy disc card
1180SSH	secure shell
1181SSI	server side includes
1182SSID	service set identifier
1183SSL	secure sockets layer
1184SSP	stack smashing protection
1185STC	software thermal control
1186STD	state transition diagram
1187STP	Spanning Tree Protocol
1188STP	shielded twisted pair
1189SUS	Single Unix Specification
1190SUT	system under test
1191SVG	scalable vector graphics
1192SVGA	Super Video Graphics Array
1193SVM	secure virtual machine
1194SVM	support vector machine
1195SVR	System V Release
1196SWF	Shockwave Flash
1197SWIG	simplified wrapper [and] interface generator
1198SYR	symbol timing recovery
1199TA	test assertion
1200TA	transmitter address
1201TAI	international atomic time
1202TAO	track at once
1203TAOCP	The Art of Computer Programming
1204TAP	Test Anything Protocol
1205TAS	test and set
1206TB	terabyte
1207TCB	trace capture buffer
1208TCB	trusted computing base
1209TCC	thermal control circuit
1210TCL	tool command language
1211TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
1212TCQ	tagged command queueing
1213TDC	time [to] digital converter
1214TDD	test driven development
1215TDD	time division duplex
1216TDM	time division multiplexing
1217TDMA	time division multiple access
1218TDOA	time difference of arrival
1219TDP	thermal design {point,power}
1220TECO	Text Editor and Corrector
1221TFT	thin film transistor
1222TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
1223TIAS	try it and see
1224TIFF	tagged image file format
1225TITS	try it to see
1226TK	temporal key
1227TKIP	Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
1228TLA	top level aggregator
1229TLB	translation lookaside buffer
1230TLD	top level domain
1231TLS	thread local storage
1232TLS	transport layer security
1233TM	Turing machine
1234TM	thermal monitor
1235TMDS	transition minimized differential signaling
1236TMO	timeout
1237TOD	time of day
1238TOS	terms of service
1239TOS	trusted operating system
1240TOS	type of service
1241TP	transaction processing
1242TPI	tracks per inch
1243TPM	transactions per minute
1244TPM	trusted platform module
1245TPR	task priority register
1246TPS	transactions per second
1247TPS	transmission parameters signaling
1248TR	task register
1249TR	token ring
1250TRL	timing recovery loop
1251TRNG	true random number generator
1252TS	terminal services
1253TS	time series
1254TS	time stamp
1255TS	transport stream
1256TSC	time stamp counter
1257TSD	time stamp disable
1258TSL	test, set, lock
1259TSO	time sharing option
1260TSP	Time-Stamp Protocol
1261TSP	Tunnel Setup Protocol
1262TSP	time synchronization protocol
1263TSP	traveling salesman problem
1264TSS	task state segment
1265TTL	time to live
1266TTL	transistor-transistor logic
1267TTM	translation table maps
1268TTY	teletype
1269TUI	{terminal,text-based,textual} user interface
1270TX	{transmit out,transmitter}
1271TZ	time zone
1272UAC	user {access,account} control
1273UART	universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1274UAT	user acceptance testing
1275UC	uncacheable
1276UCS	uniform-cost search
1277UDMA	ultra DMA
1278UDO	ultra density optical
1279UDP	User Datagram Protocol
1280UEFI	unified extensible firmware interface
1281UFS	Unix File System
1282UGA	universal graphics adapter
1283UI	unit interval
1284UI	user interface
1285UID	unique identifier
1286UID	user identifier
1287UL	upload
1288UMA	uniform memory access
1289UMA	upper memory area
1290UMB	upper memory block
1291UML	unified modeling language
1292UMPC	ultra-mobile PC
1293UPNP	universal plug and play
1294UPS	uninterruptible power supply
1295URI	uniform resource identifier
1296URL	uniform resource locator
1297URN	uniform resource name
1298USART	universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1299USB	universal serial bus
1300USWC	uncacheable speculative write combining
1301UT	unit test
1302UTC	coordinated universal time
1303UTP	unshielded twisted pair
1304UUCP	Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol
1305UUID	universally unique identifier
1306UUOC	useless use of cat
1307UUT	unit under test
1308UX	user experience
1309VA	vertical alignment
1310VA	virtual address
1311VA	volt-ampere
1312VAX	virtual address extension
1313VB	Visual Basic
1314VCA	variable-gain amplifier
1315VCC	common collector voltage
1316VCF	voltage-controlled filter
1317VCM	virtual channel memory
1318VCO	voltage-controlled oscillator
1319VCS	version control system
1320VESA	Video Electronics Standards Association
1321VFO	variable-frequency oscillator
1322VG	volume group
1323VGA	Video Graphics Array
1324VHDCI	very high density cable interconnect
1325VID	voltage level identifier
1326VIPT	virtually indexed, physically tagged
1327VIVT	virtually indexed, virtually tagged
1328VLAN	virtual local area network
1329VLIW	very long instruction word
1330VLSI	very large scale integration
1331VLSM	variable length subnet mask
1332VM	virtual {machine,memory}
1333VME	virtual mode extension
1334VMX	vector multimedia extensions
1335VMX	virtual machine extensions
1336VOD	video on demand
1337VPN	virtual private network
1338VR	virtual reality
1339VRAM	video random access memory
1340VRM	voltage regulator module
1341VRRP	Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
1342W	watt
1343W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
1344WAN	wide area network
1345WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
1346WAP	wireless access point
1347WDT	watchdog timer
1348WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
1349WFI	wait for interrupt
1350WFQ	weighted fair queuing
1351WH	write hit
1352WIFI	wireless fidelity
1353WLAN	wireless local area network
1354WM	write miss
1355WMI	Windows Management Instrumentation
1356WOL	Wake-on-LAN
1357WOM	Wake-on-Modem
1358WOR	Wake-on-Ring
1359WORM	write once read many
1360WP	WordPerfect
1361WP	word processor
1362WP	write protect
1363WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
1364WPA2	Wi-Fi Protected Access II
1365WPS	Wi-Fi Protected Setup
1366WRAM	window random access memory
1367WS	web services
1368WTC	write through caching
1369WWAN	wireless wide area network
1370WWW	world wide web
1371WYSIWYG	what you see is what you get
1372XBAR	crossbar
1373XDMCP	X Display Manager control protocol
1374XER	XML encoding rules
1375XGA	Extended Graphics Array
1376XIP	execute in place
1377XML	Extensible Markup Language
1378XOR	exclusive or
1379XP	extreme programming
1380XSI	X/Open System Interface
1381XSL	extensible stylesheet language
1382XSS	cross site scripting
1383XT	extended technology
1384XUL	XML user interface language
1385YACC	yet another compiler compiler
1386YAWPFAPR	you are welcome; please file a problem report
1387YP	Yellow Pages
1388YTD	year to date
1389ZBR	zone bit recording
1390ZFOD	zero-filled on demand
1391ZIF	zero insertion force
1392ZIFS	zero insertion force socket
1393ZMA	zone multicast address
1394