acronyms.comp revision 1.17
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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
34FPM	fast page mode
35FQDN	fully qualified domain name
36FTP	file transfer protocol
37GIF	graphics interchange format
38GNU	gnu's not unix
39GPL	gnu/general public license
40GUI	graphics user interface
41HTML	hyper-text markup language
42HTTP	hyper-text transfer protocol
43I2O	intelligent input/output
44IANA	internet assigned number authority
45ICB	internet citizen's band
46ICMP	internet control message protocol
47IDE	integrated drive electronics
48IEEE	institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers
49IESG	internet engineering steering group
50IETF	internet engineering task force
51IKE	internet key exchange
52IMAP	internet mail access protocol
53IO	input/output
54IOCTL	input/output control
55IP	internet protocol
56IPNG	internet protocol, next generation
57IPSEC	internet protocol security
58IRC	internet relay chat
59IRQ	interrupt request
60IRTF	internet research task force
61ISA	industry standard architecture
62ISDN	integrated services digital network
63ISOC	internet society
64ISP	internet service provider
65JPEG	joint photographic experts group
66KVA	kernel virtual address
67LAN	local area network
68LBA	logical block addressing
69LDAP	lightweight directory access protocol
70LUN	logical unit number
71MBR	master boot record
72MDRAM	multibank dynamic random access memory
73MIPS	million instructions per second
74MTA	mail transfer agent
75MTU	maximum transmission unit
76MUA	mail user agent
77NAT	network address translation
78NIC	network interface card
79NIS	network information service
80NUMA	non uniform memory access
81PAX	portable archive exchange
82PCI	peripheral component interconnect
83PDP	page descriptor page
84PERL	practical extraction [and] report language
85PGP	pretty good privacy
86PID	process id
87PNG	portable network graphics
88POP	post office protocol
89POSIX	portable operating system interface [for] unix
90PPP	point-to-point protocol
91PPPOE	point-to-point protocol over ethernet
92PROM	programmable read only memory
93PTE	page table entry
94PTP	page table page
95RAID	redundant array of inexpensive disks
96RAM	random access memory
97RCS	revision control system
98RFC	request for comments
99RISC	reduced instruction set computing
100ROM	read only memory
101RPM	revolutions per minute
102RTF	rich text format
103SAM	serial access memory
104SATA	serial advanced technology attachment
105SCSI	small computer standard interface
106SDRAM	synchronous dynamic random access memory
107SGRAM	synchronous graphics random access memory
108SLDRAM	synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
109SMP	symmetric multiprocessing
110SMTP	simple mail transfer protocol
111SRAM	static random access memory
112SSH	secure shell
113SSL	secure sockets layer
114TCL	tool command language
115TCP	transmission control protocol
116TLD	top level domain
117TTY	teletype
118TZ	time zone
119UDP	user datagram protocol
120UPS	uninterruptible power supply
121URI	uniform resource identifier
122URL	uniform resource locator
123USB	universal serial bus
124UUCP	unix-to-unix copy protocol
125VCM	virtual channel memory
126VPN	virtual private network
127VRAM	video random access memory
128WRAM	window random access memory
129WWW	world wide web
130XML	extensible markup language
131XSL	extensible stylesheet language
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