acronyms.comp revision 1.228
1$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.228 2019/01/28 12:17:28 sevan 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
9ABRT	automatic bug reporting tool
10AC	alternating current
11ACI	adjacent channel interferer
12ACID	atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability
13ACK	Amsterdam compiler kit
14ACK	acknowledgement
15ACL	access control list
16ACL	active current loop
17ACL	asynchronous connection less
18ACP	auxiliary control {process,program}
19ACPI	advanced configuration and power interface
20ACS	access control set
21ACU	automatic calling unit
22ADB	Apple desktop bus
23ADC	analog [to] digital converter
24ADD	acronym driven development
25ADO	active data objects
26ADP	automatic data processing
27ADPCM	adaptive differential pulse code modulation
28ADS	alternate data stream
29ADSL	asymmetric digital subscriber line
30ADT	abstract data type
31AER	advanced error reporting
32AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
33AFP	Apple Filing Protocol
34AFS	Andrew File System
35AGC	automatic gain control
36AGP	accelerated graphics port
37AI	analog input
38AI	artificial intelligence
39AL	access list
40AL	active link
41ALE	address latch enable
42ALS	ambient light sensor
43ALU	arithmetic and logical unit
44ALUA	asymmetric logical unit access
45AM	access method
46AM	alignment mask
47AM	amplitude modulation
48AMD	Advanced Micro Devices Inc
49AMDD	Agile model-driven development
50AMI	alternate mark inversion
51AMP	asymmetric multiprocessing
52AMQP	advanced message queuing protocol
53AMT	active management technology
54AN	Arabic number
55ANR	application not responding
56ANSI	American National Standards Institute
57AO	analog output
58AOL	Alert-on-LAN
59AOS	add or subtract
60AP	access point
61AP	application processor
62API	application programming interface
63APEI	ACPI platform error interface
64APIC	advanced programmable interrupt controller
65APIPA	automatic private IP addressing
66APM	advanced power management
67APM	application performance management
68APU	accelerated processing unit
69APT	advanced persistent threat
70AQM	active queue management
71ARAT	always running APIC timer
72ARC	adaptive replacement cache
73ARC	Advanced RISC Computing
74ARC	automatic reference counting
75ARM	Advanced RISC Machines
76ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
77ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency
78ARQ	automatic repeat request
79ARR	address range register
80ARU	audio response unit
81AS	autonomous system
82ASA	Adaptive Security Appliance
83ASAN	Address Sanitizer
84ASC	advanced smart cache
85ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
86ASD	agile software development
87ASE	advanced software environment
88ASF	alert standard format
89ASIC	application-specific integrated circuit
90ASK	amplitude shift keying
91ASLR	address space layout randomization
92ASN	autonomous system number
93ASPM	active state power management
94ASQ	automated software quality
95ASR	address space register
96AST	abstract syntax tree
97AST	asynchronous system trap
98AT	access time
99AT	advanced technology
100ATA	advanced technology attachment
101ATAPI	advanced technology attachment packet interface
102ATC	address translation cache
103ATM	asynchronous transfer mode
104ATX	advanced technology extended
105AV	anti virus
106AVL	Adelson-Velsky-Landis
107AVX	advanced vector extensions
108BA	byte align
109BAL	basic assembly language
110BAR	base address register
111BBS	bulletin board system
112BCC	blind carbon copy
113BCD	binary coded decimal
114BCR	byte count register
115BCS	base configuration space
116BD	baud
117BDD	binary decision diagram
118BDI	bit deinterleave
119BDUF	big design up front
120BEDO	burst extended data output
121BER	basic encoding rules
122BER	bit error {rate,ratio}
123BERT	boot error record table
124BFD	binary {file,format} descriptor
125BFKL	big fscking kernel lock
126BFS	breadth-first search
127BFT	binary file transfer
128BGA	ball grid array
129BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
130BGPSEC	BGP Security
131BIND	Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
132BIOS	Basic Input/Output System
133BIOS	built-in operating system
134BIST	built-in self-test
135BIU	bus interface unit
136BKDG	BIOS and kernel developer's guide
137BLAS	basic linear algebra subprograms
138BLC	back light control
139BLOB	binary large object
140BM	bus master
141BMC	baseboard management controller
142BMIC	bus master interface controller
143BN	boundary neutral
144BNF	Backus-Naur form
145BO	binary output
146BOF	beginning of file
147BOM	beginning of message
148BOM	byte order mark
149BP	base pointer
150BP	boot processor
151BPB	BIOS parameter block
152BPDU	bridge protocol data unit
153BPF	Berkeley Packet Filter
154BPI	bits per inch
155BPM	business process modelling
156BPS	bits per second
157BPSK	binary phase shift keying
158BQS	Berkeley quality software
159BRE	basic regular expression
160BS	backspace
161BS	binary sequence
162BSA	basic service area
163BSD	Berkeley Software Distribution
164BSDP	Boot Service Discovery Protocol
165BSF	bit scan forward
166BSOD	blue screen of death
167BSP	binary space partition
168BSP	board support package
169BSP	bootstrap processor
170BSR	bit scan reverse
171BSS	basic service set
172BSS	block started by symbol
173BSSID	basic service set identifier
174BT	BitTorrent
175BT	Bluetooth
176BT	bit test
177BTC	bit test [and] complement
178BTR	bit test [and] reset
179BTS	bit test [and] set
180BTS	bug tracking system
181BW	bandwidth
182BWM	block-write mode
183BUAG	big ugly ASCII graphic
184CA	certificate authority
185CAD	computer-aided design
186CAM	computer assisted manufacturing
187CAM	conditional access module
188CAM	content addressable memory
189CARP	Common Address Redundancy Protocol
190CAS	column address strobe
191CAS	compare and swap
192CAS	computer algebra system
193CASE	computer aided software engineering
194CAU	control access unit
195CAV	constant angular velocity
196CBC	cipher block chaining
197CBR	constant bit rate
198CC	carbon copy
199CCD	charge coupled device
200CCI	co-channel interferer
201CCNUMA	cache-coherent non-uniform memory access
202CD	cache disable
203CD	compact disc
204CDDA	compact disc digital audio
205CDMA	code division multiple access
206CDP	Cisco Discovery Protocol
207CDRAM	cache dynamic random access memory
208CER	canonical encoding rules
209CF	compact flash
210CFB	cipher feedback
211CFG	context-free grammar
212CFG	control-flow graph
213CFI	control-flow integrity sanitizer
214CG	control gate
215CGA	Color Graphics Adapter
216CGI	common gateway interface
217CGN	Carrier-Grade NAT
218CHAP	Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
219CHS	cylinder/head/sector
220CI	continuous integration
221CI	{common,component} interface
222CIDR	Classless Inter-Domain Routing
223CIF	common intermediate format
224CIFS	Common Internet File System
225CIL	common intermediate language
226CIR	carrier-to-interference ratio
227CIS	contact image sensor
228CISC	complex instruction set {computer,computing}
229CJK	Chinese, Japanese, [and] Korean
230CLF	common log format
231CLI	command line interface
232CLR	common language runtime
233CLTT	closed loop thermal throttling
234CLUT	color look-up table
235CLV	constant linear velocity
236CM	configuration management
237CMA	concert multithread architecture
238CMC	chassis management controller
239CMC	corrected machine check
240CMS	{configuration,content,course} management system
241CMI	control {management,method} interface
242CMOS	complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
243CMP	chip multi-processing
244CMS	content management system
245CMYK	cyan magenta yellow black
246CN	{common,canonical} name
247CNC	computer numerical control
248CNR	carrier-to-noise ratio
249COF	current operating frequency
250COFDM	coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
251COFF	common object file format
252COM	component object model
253COMA	cache-only memory architecture
254CORBA	common object request broker architecture
255COS	class of service
256COW	copy-on-write
257CP	continuous pilot
258CPB	core performance boost
259CPC	central processor complex
260CPC	cpu performance counters
261CPE	common phase error
262CPE	common platform enumeration
263CPER	common platform error record
264CPG	clock pulse generator
265CPI	cycles per instruction
266CPL	current privilege level
267CPLD	complex programmable logic device
268CPP	C preprocessor
269CPS	characters per second
270CPT	command pass through
271CPU	central processing unit
272CR	carriage return
273CRC	cyclic redundancy check
274CRL	carrier recovery loop
275CRLF	carriage return line feed
276CRT	cathode ray tube
277CRUD	create, read, update, and delete
278CS	cable select
279CS	chip select
280CS	code segment
281CS	computer science
282CSDL	{common,conceptual} schema definition language
283CSI	channel state information
284CSI	common system interface
285CSMA	carrier sense multiple access
286CSMA/CA	carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
287CSMA/CD	carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
288CSR	control [and] status registers
289CSRG	Computer Systems Research Group
290CSS	cascading style sheets
291CSV	comma-separated values
292CTM	close to metal
293CTR	counter [mode]
294CTS	clear to send
295CUA	common user access
296CUT	coordinated universal time
297CV	control voltage
298CVE	common vulnerabilities and exposures
299CVS	Concurrent Versions System
300DA	destination address
301DAA	distributed application architecture
302DAB	digital audio broadcasting
303DAC	digital [to] analog converter
304DAC	discretionary access control
305DAD	duplicate address detection
306DANE	DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities
307DAO	disk at once
308DAP	Directory Access Protocol
309DAT	digital audio tape
310DAT	dynamic acceleration technology
311DB	database
312DBA	database administrator
313DBA	dynamic bandwidth allocation
314DBB	data bus buffer
315DBC	design by contract
316DBL	dynamic buffer limiting
317DBMS	database management system
318DBS	database server
319DC	direct current
320DCC	Direct Client-to-Client
321DCC	direct cable connect
322DCD	data carrier detect
323DCE	data control equipment
324DCE	distributed computing environment
325DCIM	data center infrastructure management
326DCIM	digital camera images
327DCL	Digital Command Language
328DCOM	distributed component object model
329DCOP	Desktop COmmunication Protocol
330DCS	data collection systems
331DCT	discrete cosine transform
332DCU	data cache unit
333DDC	display data channel
334DDE	dynamic data exchange
335DDK	device driver kit
336DDL	data description language
337DDR	double data rate
338DDS	direct digital sound
339DDWG	Digital Display Working Group
340DE	debugging extensions
341DE	desktop environment
342DEA	data encryption algorithm
343DEC	Digital Equipment Corporation
344DEK	data encryption key
345DEP	data execution prevention
346DER	distinguished encoding rules
347DES	Data Encryption Standard
348DF	don't fragment
349DFA	deterministic finite automaton
350DFC	data flow control
351DFS	depth first search
352DFS	distributed file system
353DFSAN	Data Flow Sanitizer
354DFT	diagnostic function test
355DFT	discrete Fourier transform
356DGL	data generation language
357DH	Diffie-Hellman
358DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
359DIFS	distributed inter-frame space
360DIMM	dual inline memory module
361DIRT	design in real time
362DL	diode logic
363DL	discrete logarithm
364DL	download
365DLE	data link escape
366DLL	dynamic link library
367DLP	discrete logarithm problem
368DMA	direct memory access
369DMI	desktop management interface
370DMS	document management system
371DMT	discrete multitone modulation
372DMU	data management layer
373DNARD	Digital network appliance reference design
374DND	drag and drop
375DNLC	directory name lookup cache
376DNS	Domain Name System
377DNSSEC	DNS Security Extensions
378DOE	distributed object environment
379DOF	data over fibre
380DOM	document object model
381DOS	denial of service
382DOS	disk operating system
383DP	DisplayPort
384DPC	deferred procedure call
385DPCM	differential pulse code modulation
386DPD	dead peer detection
387DPI	deep packet inspection
388DPI	dots per inch
389DPL	descriptor privilege level
390DPS	Display PostScript
391DPST	display power savings technology
392DRAAS	disaster recovery as a service
393DRAM	dynamic random access memory
394DRBG	deterministic random bit generator
395DRI	direct rendering infrastructure
396DRM	digital rights management
397DRRS	display refresh rate switching
398DS	debug store
399DSA	digital signature algorithm
400DSAP	destination service access point
401DSB	double-sideband modulation
402DSDT	differentiated system descriptor table
403DSL	dataset and snapshot layer
404DSL	digital subscriber line
405DSL	domain specific language
406DSLAM	digital subscriber line access multiplexer
407DSN	delivery status notification
408DSO	dynamic shared object
409DSP	digital signal processor
410DSSS	direct sequence spread spectrum
411DTD	document type definition
412DTE	data terminal equipment
413DTE	dumb terminal emulator
414DTL	diode-transistor logic
415DTLS	datagram transport layer security
416DTS	digital thermal sensor
417DUT	device under test
418DVB	digital video broadcasting
419DVCS	distributed version control system
420DVD	digital versatile disc
421DVFS	dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
422DVI	device independent
423DVI	Digital Visual Interface
424DVR	digital video recorder
425E-XER	extended XML encoding rules
426EABI	embedded-application binary interface
427EAI	Email Address Internationalization
428EAI	Enterprise Application Integration
429EAP	Extensible Authentication Protocol
430EAPOL	EAP over Lan
431EBCDIC	Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
432EBDA	Extended BIOS Data Area
433EBR	extended boot record
434EC	elliptic curve
435ECC	elliptic curve cryptography
436ECC	error correction code
437ECDH	elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman
438ECDL	elliptic curve discrete logarithm
439ECDLP	elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem
440ECDSA	elliptic curve digital signature algorithm
441ECL	emitter-coupled logic
442ECN	explicit congestion notification
443ECP	enhanced capability port
444ECS	enhanced chip set
445ECS	extended configuration space
446EDAC	error detection and correction
447EDAT	enhanced dynamic acceleration technology
448EdDSA	Edwards curve digital signature algorithm
449EDGE	explicit data graph execution
450EDID	extended display identification data
451EDO	extended data out
452EDS	electronical data sheet
453EEE	energy efficient ethernet
454EEPROM	electrically erasable programmable read only memory
455EFI	extensible firmware interface
456EFL	emitter follower logic
457EFM	eight to fourteen modulation
458EGA	Enhanced Graphics Adapter
459EGP	exterior gateway protocol
460EH	extension header
461EIDE	enhanced IDE
462EISA	extended industry standard architecture
463EINJ	error injection table
464ELF	executable and linking format
465ELS	entry level system
466EMI	electro-magnetic interference
467EMP	electro-magnetic pulse
468EMR	electro-magnetic radiation
469EMACS	Editor MACroS
470EOF	end of file
471EOI	end of interrupt
472EOIS	end of interactive support
473EOL	end of life
474EOL	end of line
475EOT	end of transmission
476EPIC	explicitly parallel instruction computing
477EPP	enhanced parallel port
478EPRML	extended partial response, maximum likelihood
479EPROM	erasable programmable read only memory
480ERD	emergency recovery disk
481ERD	entity relationship diagram
482ERE	extended regular expression
483ERST	error record serialization table
484ESAN	Efficiency Sanitizer
485ESB	enterprise service bus
486ESDI	enhanced small disk interface
487ESDRAM	enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
488ESI	enclosure services interface
489ESS	electronic switching system
490ESS	extended service set
491ESSID	extended service set identifier
492EST	enhanced speedstep
493ETL	extract, transform, load
494EU	execution unit
495EULA	end user license agreement
496FAT	file allocation table
497FBRAM	frame buffer random access memory
498FCIF	full common intermediate format
499FCL	fiber channel loop
500FCS	frame check sequence
501FDC	floppy disk controller
502FDD	floppy disk drive
503FDDI	fiber distributed data interface
504FDE	full disk encryption
505FDT	flattened device tree
506FEA	finite element analysis
507FEC	forward error correction
508FET	field-effect transistor
509FF	finite field
510FF	form feed
511FFDH	finite-field Diffie-Hellman
512FFH	functional fixed hardware
513FFI	foreign function interface
514FFM	focus follows mouse
515FFS	Fast File System
516FFS	find first set
517FFT	fast Fourier transform
518FG	floating gate
519FHSS	frequency hop spread spectrum
520FID	frequency identifier
521FIFO	first in, first out
522FILO	first in, last out
523FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standards
524FIR	fast infrared
525FLOPS	floating [point] operations per second
526FLOSS	free/libre/open source software
527FM	frequency modulation
528FMR	false match rate
529FOSS	free/open source software
530FPGA	field programmable gate array
531FPM	fast page mode
532FPR	floating point register
533FPU	floating point unit
534FQDN	fully qualified domain name
535FRR	false rejection rate
536FRU	field replaceable unit
537FS	file system
538FSB	front side bus
539FSCK	file system check
540FSF	Free Software Foundation
541FSK	frequency shift keying
542FSM	finite-state machine
543FTA	fault tree analysis
544FTL	flash translation layer
545FTP	File Transfer Protocol
546FTPS	File Transfer Protocol Secure
547FUS	fast user switching
548FWH	firmware hub
549FWS	folding white space
550GAL	generic array logic
551GAS	generic address structure
552GC	garbage collector
553GCM	Galois counter mode
554GCR	group-coded recording
555GDI	Graphics Device Interface
556GDT	global descriptor table
557GEM	graphics environment manager
558GEM	graphics execution manager
559GENA	general event notification architecture
560GHC	Glasgow Haskell compiler
561GHES	generic hardware error source
562GIC	generic interrupt controller
563GID	group identifier
564GIF	graphics interchange format
565GMCH	graphics and memory controller hub
566GNU	GNU's Not Unix
567GOP	graphics output protocol
568GOT	global offset table
569GPE	general purpose event
570GPF	general protection fault
571GPG	GNU Privacy Guard
572GPL	[GNU] General Public License
573GPR	general purpose register
574GPS	generalized processor sharing
575GPT	GUID partition table
576GPU	graphics processing unit
577GR	golden ratio
578GRE	generic routing encapsulation
579GSI	global system interrupt
580GUI	graphical user interface
581GUID	globally unique identifier
582GVFS    git virtual file system
583HA	high availability
584HAL	hardware abstraction layer
585HAT	hashed array tree
586HATEOAS	hypermedia as the engine of application state
587HBA	host bus adapter
588HCF	halt and catch fire
589HCI	host controller interface
590HCI	human-computer interaction
591HCL	hardware compatibility list
592HDCP	High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
593HDD	hard disk drive
594HDL	hardware description language
595HDMI	High-Definition Multimedia Interface
596HDTV	high-definition television
597HECI	host embedded controller interface
598HEST	hardware error source table
599HF	high frequency
600HFM	highest frequency mode
601HID	human interface device
602HKP	HTTP Keyserver Protocol
603HLL	high-level language
604HMA	high memory area
605HMI	human-machine interface
606HOOD	hierarchical object oriented design
607HP	Hewlett-Packard
608HPC	high performance computing
609HPET	high precision event timer
610HSM	hardware security module
611HSM	hierarchical storage management 
612HT	hyper-threading
613HTC	hardware thermal control
614HTCC	high temperature co-fired ceramic
615HTML	HyperText Markup Language
616HTT	hyper-threading technology
617HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
618HTTPS	Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
619HVM	hardware virtual machine
620HVDS	High-Voltage Differential Signaling
621HWASAN	Hardware-assisted Address Sanitizer
622HZ	Hertz
623I2O	intelligent input/output
624IA	information assurance
625IAAS	infrastructure as a service
626IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
627IBC	iterated block cipher
628IBM	International Business Machines
629IBS	instruction based sampling
630IBSS	independent basic service set
631IC	integrated circuit
632ICA	independent computer architecture
633ICB	Internet Citizen's Band
634ICE	in-circuit emulator
635ICE	internal compiler error
636ICH	I/O controller hub
637ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
638ICT	information and communications technology
639ICW	initialization command word
640IDA	Intel dynamic acceleration
641IDCMP	Intuition direct communication message port
642IDE	integrated development environment
643IDE	integrated drive electronics
644IDPS	intrusion detection [and] prevention system
645IDRP	inter-domain routing protocol
646IDS	intrusion detection system
647IDT	interrupt descriptor table
648IE	Internet Explorer
649IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
650IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
651IESG	Internet Engineering Steering Group
652IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
653IF	intermediate frequency
654IFCM	isochronous flow control mode
655IFF	Interchange File Format
656IFS	internal field separator
657IGD	Internet gateway device
658IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
659IGP	interior gateway protocol
660IHV	independent hardware vendor
661IKE	Internet key exchange
662ILM	internal loopback mode
663ILOM	integrated lights-out management
664ILP	instruction level parallelism
665IM	instant messaging
666IMAP	Internet Message Access Protocol
667IMC	integrated memory controller
668IMCR	interrupt mode configuration register
669IMR	interrupt mask register
670IMS	information management system
671IMSI	international mobile subscriber identity
672INCITS	InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
673IO	input/output
674IOCTL	input/output control
675IOMMU	input/output memory management unit
676IOT	Internet of Things
677IP	Internet Protocol
678IP	intellectual property
679IPC	instructions per cycle
680IPC	interprocess communication
681IPE	integrated programming environment
682IPI	intelligent peripheral interface
683IPI	interprocessor interrupt
684IPL	Initial Program Load
685IPL	Interrupt Priority Level
686IPMB	Intelligent Platform Management Bus
687IPMI	Intelligent Platform Management Interface
688IPNG	Internet Protocol, Next Generation
689IPS	in-plane switching
690IPS	intrusion prevention system
691IPSEC	Internet Protocol Security
692IRC	Internet Relay Chat
693IRDA	infrared data association
694IRQ	interrupt request
695IRQL	interrupt request level
696IRR	interrupt request register
697IRTF	Internet Research Task Force
698IS	information system
699ISA	industry standard architecture
700ISA	instruction set architecture
701ISDN	integrated services digital network
702ISI	inter-symbol interference
703ISM	industrial, scientific, [and] medical
704ISN	initial serial number
705ISO	International Standards Organization
706ISOC	Internet Society
707ISP	Internet service provider
708ISR	in-service register
709ISR	interrupt service routine
710IST	interrupt stack table
711ISV	independent software vendor
712IT	information technology
713ITB	Intel Turbo Boost
714ITIL	information technology infrastructure library
715ITP	in-target probe
716ITSM	IT service management
717IV	initialization vector
718IVT	interrupt vector table
719JBOD	just a bunch of disks
720JFET	junction [gate] field-effect transistor
721JIT	just in time
722JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
723JRE	Java Runtime Environment
724JSON	JavaScript Object Notation
725JTAG	joint test action group
726KASLR	kernel address space layout randomization
727KB	keyboard
728KB	kilobyte
729KBD	keyboard
730KBD	kilobaud
731KCS	keyboard controller style
732KLOC	thousand lines of code
733KMS	kernel-mode setting
734KPI	kernel programming interface
735KVA	kernel virtual address
736KVM	kernel virtual machine
737KVM	kernel virtual memory
738KVM	keyboard, video, [and] mouse
739LAMP	Linux Apache MySQL {Perl,PHP,Python}
740LAN	local area network
741LAPIC	local advanced programmable interrupt controller
742LAR	load access rights
743LBA	logical block addressing
744LBS	location-based service
745LCD	liquid crystal display
746LCP	link control protocol
747LDA	local delivery agent
748LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
749LDR	light-dependent resistor
750LDT	local descriptor table
751LE	logical extent
752LED	light emitting diode
753LELL	low energy link layer
754LER	label edge router
755LF	line feed
756LF	low frequency
757LFM	lowest frequency mode
758LFN	long file names
759LFO	low-frequency oscillation
760LFS	log-structured file system
761LFU	least frequently used
762LHP	loop heat pipe
763LIFO	last in, first out
764LILO	LInux LOader
765LILO	last in, last out
766LINT	local interrupt
767LIR	local Internet registry
768LISP	LISt Processor
769LISP	Locator/ID Separation Protocol
770LKM	{Linux,loadable} kernel module
771LKML	Linux kernel mailing list
772LL	load linked
773LL/SC	load linked/store conditional
774LLC	logical link control
775LLDP	link layer discovery protocol
776LLF	low level format
777LLMNR	link-local multicast name resolution
778LLVM	Low Level Virtual Machine
779LM	long mode
780LMM	link management mode
781LMP	link management protocol
782LNO	loop nest optimization
783LOC	lines of code
784LOM	lights-out management
785LPE	Linux performance events
786LPC	low pin count
787LPS	local positioning system
788LRC	longitudinal redundancy check
789LRM	left-to-right mark
790LRO	left-to-right override
791LRU	least recently used
792LSAN	Leak Sanitizer
793LSB	Linux standards base
794LSB	least significant {bit,byte}
795LSI	large scale integration
796LSL	load segment limit
797LSM	log structured merge
798LSN	Large Scale NAT
799LSN	log sequence number
800LSR	label switch router
801LTCC	low temperature co-fired ceramic
802LTO	linear tape-open
803LTO	link time optimization
804LTR	left to right
805LTR	load task register
806LTR	letter(-sized paper)
807LTS	long term support
808LUA	Lua Uppercase Accident
809LUN	logical unit number
810LV	logical volume
811LVM	logical volume management
812LVT	local vector table
813LVDS	Low-Voltage Differential Signaling
814LWP	light-weight process
815LZW	Lempel Ziv Welch
816MAC	mandatory access control
817MAC	{media,medium} access control
818MAC	message authentication {check,code}
819MADT	multiple APIC descriptor table
820MB	megabyte
821MBA	multi-boot agent
822MBR	master boot record
823MBS	megabits per second
824MC	memory controller
825MCA	machine check architecture
826MCA	MicroChannel architecture
827MCC	multiversion concurrency control
828MCE	machine check exception
829MCGA	Multi-Color Graphics Array
830MCH	memory controller hub
831MCM	multi-chip module
832MCQ	memory controlled queue
833MD	machine-dependent
834MD-SAL	model-driven service abstraction layer
835MDA	mail delivery agent
836MDA	Monochrome Display Adapter
837MDC	Management Data Clock
838MDI	Medium Dependent Interface
839MDI-X	Medium Dependent Interface Crossover
840MDIO	Management Data Input/Output
841MDMX	MIPS Digital Media eXtension
842MDRAM	multibank dynamic random access memory
843MESI	modified, exclusive, shared, invalid
844MFC	merge from current
845MFC	Microsoft Foundation Classes
846MFM	modified frequency modulation
847MI	machine-independent
848MIB	management information base
849MIC	message integrity {check,code}
850MID	mobile Internet device
851MIDI	musical instrument digital interface
852MIF	management information format
853MII	media independent interface
854MIM	man in the middle
855MIMD	multiple instruction, multiple data
856MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
857MIMO	multiple input multiple output
858MIPS	million instructions per second
859MIPS	Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
860MISD	multiple instruction, single data
861MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
862MITM	man in the middle
863ML	machine language
864ML	machine learning
865ML	mailing list
866ML	markup language
867ML	maximum likelihood
868MLC	multi-level cell
869MLD	multicast listener discovery
870MLHP	micro loop heat pipe
871MMF	multi-mode fiber
872MMIC	monolithic microwave integrated circuit
873MMIO	memory mapped input/output
874MMORPG	massive multiplayer online role playing game
875MMU	memory management unit
876MMX	matrix math extension
877MMX	multimedia extension
878MMX	multiple math extension
879MO	magneto-optical
880MOESI	modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid
881MOF	maximum operating frequency
882MOSFET	metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
883MOSI	modified, owned, shared, invalid
884MP	multi-platform
885MP	multiplayer
886MP	{multiprocessing,multiprocessor}
887MPEG	moving picture experts group
888MPI	message passing interface
889MPLS	Multiprotocol Label Switching
890MPP	massively parallel processor
891MPS	memory pool system
892MPS	multiprocessor specification
893MQTT	Message Queuing Telemetry Transport
894MR	modem ready
895MRU	most recently used
896MS	Microsoft
897MSAN	Memory Sanitizer
898MSB	most significant {bit,byte}
899MSC	message sequence chart
900MSE	mean square error
901MSF	minutes seconds frames
902MSI	message signaled interrupt
903MSI	modified, shared, invalid
904MSR	{machine state,model-specific} register
905MSS	maximum segment size
906MSTP	Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
907MT	machine translation
908MTA	mail transfer agent
909MTBF	mean time between failures
910MTP	media transfer protocol
911MTRR	memory type range register
912MTTF	mean time to failure
913MTU	maximum transmission unit
914MUA	mail user agent
915MUD	multi-user domain
916MVCC	multiversion concurrency control
917MWE	module width encoding
918MX	mail exchange
919NACK	negative acknowledgement
920NAN	not a number
921NAPT	Network Address Port Translation
922NAS	network attached storage
923NAT	network address translation
924NAV	network allocation vector
925NC	numerical control
926NCO	numerically-controlled oscillator
927NCP	Network Control Protocol
928NCQ	native command queuing
929ND	neighbor discovery
930NDFA	nondeterministic finite automaton
931NE	numeric error
932NEWS	Network extensible Window System
933NFA	nondeterministic finite automaton
934NFC	near-field communication
935NFCI	no functional change intended
936NFS	network file system
937NFV	network function virtualization
938NIA	next instruction address
939NIC	network information center
940NIC	network interface card
941NIDS	network intrusion detection system
942NIP	network interface protocol
943NIPS	network intrusion prevention system
944NIS	network information service
945NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
946NLS	native language support
947NMI	non-maskable interrupt
948NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol
949NOC	network operations center
950NOP	no operation
951NOS	network operating system
952NP	nondeterministic polynomial time
953NRND	not recommended for new designs
954NRZ	non-return to zero
955NSA	nation-state adversary
956NSA	no such agency
957NSA	National Security Agency
958NTM	non-deterministic Turing machine
959NTP	Network Time Protocol
960NUMA	non-uniform memory access
961NVRAM	non-volatile random access memory
962NW	not write-through
963NX	no execute
964OAEP	optimal asymmetric encryption padding
965OAM	operations, administration, and {management,maintenance}
966OBO	off by one
967OBOE	off by one error
968OCL	object constraint language
969OCR	optical character recognition
970ODCM	on-demand clock modulation
971ODT	on-die termination
972OEM	original equipment manufacturer
973OFB	output feedback
974OFDM	orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
975OFET	organic field-effect transistor
976OLAP	online analytical processing
977OLE	object linking and embedding
978OLTP	online transaction processing
979ONFI	open nand flash interface
980OO	OpenOffice
981OO	object oriented
982OOB	out of band
983OOE	out of order execution
984OOM	out of memory
985OOO	OpenOffice.org
986OOP	object oriented programming
987OOPS	object oriented programming systems
988OOSE	object oriented software engineering
989OPM	operations per minute
990OPS	operations per second
991OQL	Object Query Language
992ORB	object request broker
993ORM	object-relational mapping
994OS	operating system
995OSD	open source definition
996OSF	open software foundation
997OSI	Open Source Initiative
998OSI	open systems interconnection
999OSPF	open shortest path first
1000OSPM	OS power management
1001OSS	open sound system
1002OSS	open source software
1003OSVW	operating system visible workarounds
1004OTP	one time password
1005OTP	open telecom platform
1006OU	organizational unit
1007OUI	organizationally unique identifier
1008OWL	Web Ontology Language
1009P2P	PCI to PCI
1010P2P	peer to peer
1011PA	phase accumulator
1012PA	physical address
1013PAAS	platform as a service
1014PAC	phase-amplitude converter
1015PAE	physical address extension
1016PAL	phase alternating line
1017PAL	programmable array logic
1018PAM	pluggable authentication modules
1019PAM	pulse amplitude modulation
1020PAP	password authentication protocol
1021PAT	page attribute table
1022PAT	port address translation
1023PATA	parallel ATA
1024PAX	portable archive exchange
1025PBE	pending break encoding
1026PBE	programming by example
1027PC	personal computer
1028PC	program counter
1029PCB	printed circuit board
1030PCB	process control block
1031PCB	Protocol Control Block
1032PCC	Portable C Compiler
1033PCD	page-level cache disable
1034PCE	path computation element
1035PCE	performance-monitor counter enable
1036PCEP	Path Computation Element Protocol
1037PCH	platform controller hub
1038PCI	peripheral component interconnect
1039PCM	phase change memory
1040PCM	pulse code modulation
1041PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
1042PCP	Port Control Protocol
1043PD	public domain
1044PDA	personal digital assistant
1045PDA	pushdown automaton
1046PDAG	propositional directed acyclic graph
1047PDB	power distribution board
1048PDF	portable document format
1049PDM	pulse-duration modulation
1050PDN	pull-down network
1051PDP	page {descriptor,directory} page
1052PDS	product data sheet
1053PDU	protocol data unit
1054PE	protection enable
1055PEAP	Protected EAP
1056PECI	platform environment control interface
1057PEP	protocol extension protocol
1058PER	packed encoding rules
1059PFS	perfect forward secrecy
1060PGAS	partitioned global address space
1061PGE	page global enable
1062PGP	Pretty Good Privacy
1063PHB	PCI host bridge
1064PHP	PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
1065PIC	performance instrumentation counters
1066PIC	position independent code
1067PIC	programmable interrupt controller
1068PICNIC	problem in chair, not in computer
1069PID	process id
1070PIE	position independent executable
1071PIL	Priority Interrupt Level
1072PIM	personal information manager
1073PIM	platform-independent model
1074PIO	programmed input/output
1075PIPT	physically indexed, physically tagged
1076PIQ	prefetch input queue
1077PIT	programmable interrupt timer
1078PIV	personal identity verification
1079PIX	Private Internet eXchange
1080PKCS	public-key cryptography standards
1081PKI	public key infrastructure
1082PLC	programmable logic controller
1083PLD	programmable logic device
1084PLL	phase locked loop
1085PLRU	pseudo LRU
1086PLTM	package level thermal management
1087PM	power management
1088PM	{phase,pulse} modulation
1089PMC	performance monitoring counters
1090PME	power management event
1091PMEG	page map entry group
1092PMI	performance monitoring infrastructure
1093PMI	platform management interrupt
1094PMIO	port-mapped input/output
1095PMT	photo-multiplier tube
1096PMU	performance monitoring units
1097PMU	power management unit
1098PNG	portable network graphics
1099PNP	plug and play
1100POE	power over ethernet
1101POF	probability of failure
1102POP	Post Office Protocol
1103POP	power on password
1104POSIX	Portable Operating System Interface [for Unix]
1105POST	power on self test
1106POTS	plain old telephone system
1107POWER	Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC
1108POWERPC	Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC - Performance Computing
1109PP	pair programming
1110PPB	PCI [to] PCI bridge
1111PPC	PowerPC
1112PPC	Power Performance Computing
1113PPI	pixels per inch
1114PPM	pages per minute
1115PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
1116PPPOA	Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
1117PPPOE	Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
1118PPU	physics processing unit
1119PRAM	Parameter RAM
1120PRBS	pseudorandom bit sequence
1121PRG	pseudorandom generator
1122PRF	pseudorandom function [family]
1123PRML	partial response, maximum likelihood
1124PRN	pseudorandom {noise,number}
1125PRNG	pseudorandom number generator
1126PROM	programmable read only memory
1127PRP	pseudorandom permutation
1128PRU	Programmable Realtime Unit
1129PS	PostScript
1130PSD	power spectral density
1131PSE	page size extensions
1132PSK	phase shift keying
1133PSK	pre-shared key
1134PSTN	public switched telephone network
1135PSW	program status word
1136PTE	page table entry
1137PTLA	pseudo top level aggregator
1138PTP	page table page
1139PTV	perceived target value
1140PU	processing unit
1141PUC	personal unblocking code
1142PUN	physical unit number
1143PV	physical volume
1144PVG	physical volume group
1145PVI	protected-mode virtual interrupt
1146PVST	Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
1147PWM	pulse width modulation
1148PXE	preboot execution environment
1149QA	quality assurance
1150QAM	quadrature amplitude modulation
1151QAM	quality assurance management
1152QBE	query by example
1153QC	quality control
1154QDI	quasi delay insensitive
1155QCIF	quarter common intermediate format
1156QOS	quality of service
1157QVL	qualified vendor list
1158R/O	read only
1159R/W	read/write
1160RA	receiver address
1161RA	remote assistance
1162RA	resource affinity
1163RA	router advertisement
1164RAD	rapid application development
1165RAID	redundant array of {independent,inexpensive} disks
1166RAM	random access memory
1167RAS	reliability, availability and serviceability
1168RAS	remote access service
1169RAS	restartable atomic sequence
1170RAS	row address strobe
1171RBF	radial basis function
1172RBT	red-black tree
1173RC	release candidate
1174RC	remote control
1175RC	run commands
1176RCS	Revision Control System
1177RCS	revision control system
1178RCU	read, copy, update
1179RDB	Rigid Disk Block
1180RDBMS	relational database management system
1181RDF	Resource Description Framework
1182RDM	relational data model
1183RDMA	remote direct memory access
1184RDRAM	Rambus DRAM
1185RE	regular expression
1186REST	representational state transfer
1187RF	radio frequency
1188RFI	radio frequency interference
1189RFO	request for ownership
1190RGB	red green blue
1191RGBA	red green blue alpha
1192RGMII	reduced gigabit media independent interface
1193RH	read hit
1194RHEL	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1195RHL	Red Hat Linux
1196RIB	routing information base
1197RIFF	Resource Interchange File Format
1198RIP	Raster Image Processor
1199RIP	Routing Information Protocol
1200RIR	regional Internet registry
1201RISC	reduced instruction set {computer,computing}
1202RKM	ROM Kernel Manual
1203RLE	run length encoding
1204RLL	run length limited
1205RLO	right-to-left override
1206RM	read miss
1207RMCP	Remote Management Control Protocol
1208RMI	remote method invocation
1209RMO	Relaxed Memory Ordering
1210RMPM	rapid memory power management
1211RMS	root mean square
1212RMW	read, modify, write
1213RNG	random number generator
1214ROM	read only memory
1215RPC	remote procedure call
1216RPKI	resource PKI
1217RPL	requested privilege level
1218RPM	revolutions per minute
1219RPN	reverse Polish notation
1220RPVST	Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
1221RR	random replacement
1222RR	round robin
1223RS	relay station
1224RSA	Rivest, Shamir, [and] Adleman
1225RSIP	Realm Specific IP
1226RSN	Robust Secure Network
1227RSS	really simple syndication
1228RSS	residual sum of squares
1229RSTP	Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
1230RT	real time
1231RTC	real time clock
1232RTC	real time computing
1233RTF	rich text format
1234RTL	register transfer language
1235RTL	resistor-transistor logic
1236RTL	right to left
1237RTOS	real time operating system
1238RTS	request to send
1239RTT	round trip time
1240RUP	rational unified process
1241RW	Rabin-Williams
1242RWM	read-write memory
1243RX	{receive,receiver}
1244S/PDIF	Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
1245SA	security advisory
1246SA	security association
1247SA	source address
1248SA	structured analysis
1249SAAS	software as a service
1250SACD	super audio compact disc
1251SAD	security association database
1252SAL	{service,system} abstraction layer
1253SAM	serial access memory
1254SAM	sum addressed memory
1255SAML	security assertion markup language
1256SAN	storage area network
1257SAP	service access point
1258SAPIC	streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
1259SASD	structured analysis, structured design
1260SASI	Shugart Associates System Interface
1261SASL	simple authentication [and] security layer
1262SATA	serial advanced technology attachment
1263SAX	simple API for XML
1264SB	sound blaster
1265SBU	standard build unit
1266SC	store conditional
1267SCA	source code analyzer
1268SCADA	supervisory control and data acquisition
1269SCC	single chip cloud
1270SCC	source code control
1271SCCS	Source Code Control System
1272SCI	scalable coherent interface
1273SCI	system control interrupt
1274SCM	software configuration management
1275SCM	source code management
1276SCM	storage-class memory
1277SCO	synchronous connection orientated
1278SCP	secure copy
1279SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
1280SCTP	Stream Control Transmission Protocol
1281SDEI	software delegated exception interface
1282SDI	symbol deinterleave
1283SDK	software development kit
1284SDL	Simple Declarative Language
1285SDL	Simple Direct-media Layer 
1286SDLC	{software,system,systems} development life cycle
1287SDN	software defined networking
1288SDP	Session Description Protocol
1289SDRAM	synchronous dynamic random access memory
1290SDS	software defined storage
1291SDT	syntax-directed translation
1292SEA	synchronous external abort
1293SEGV	segmentation violation
1294SEO	search engine optimization
1295SES	SCSI enclosure services
1296SFC	sequential function chart
1297SFI	simple firmware interface
1298SFI	software fault isolation
1299SFTP	SSH File Transfer Protocol
1300SFTP	Serial File Transfer Protocol
1301SFTP	Simple File Transfer Protocol
1302SGMII	serial gigabit media independent interface
1303SGRAM	synchronous graphics random access memory
1304SHA	secure hash algorithm
1305SIDH	supersingular isogeny Diffie-Hellman
1306SIEM	security information and event management
1307SIF	source input format
1308SIFS	short inter-frame space
1309SIM	subscriber identity module
1310SIMD	single instruction, multiple data
1311SIMM	single inline memory module
1312SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
1313SIR	signal-to-interference ratio
1314SIR	slow infrared
1315SISD	single instruction, single data
1316SLAAC	stateless address auto-configuration
1317SLC	single-level cell
1318SLDRAM	synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
1319SLED	single large expensive disk
1320SLI	scalable link interface
1321SLI	scan-line interleave
1322SLOC	source lines of code
1323SLRU	segmented LRU
1324SMA	smart memory access
1325SMAF	system management action field
1326SMAP	Simple Mail Access Protocol
1327SMAP	supervisor mode access prevention
1328SMART	self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
1329SMB	Server Message Block
1330SMB	system management bus
1331SMBIOS	System Management BIOS
1332SMC	system management controller
1333SMD	storage module device
1334SMEP	supervisor mode execution protection
1335SMF	single mode fiber
1336SMI	structure of management information
1337SMI	system management interrupt
1338SMM	system management mode
1339SMP	symmetric multiprocessing
1340SMT	simultaneous multithreading
1341SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
1342SMU	system management unit
1343SNAP	Sub-Network Access Protocol
1344SNIA	Storage Networking Industry Association
1345SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
1346SNR	signal-to-noise ratio
1347SOA	service oriented architecture
1348SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
1349SOC	system on chip
1350SOF	start of frame
1351SOH	start of header
1352SOHO	small office/home office
1353SOL	serial over LAN
1354SP	service pack
1355SP	stack pointer
1356SPA	storage pool allocator
1357SPARC	scalable processor architecture
1358SPARQL	SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
1359SPD	security policy database
1360SPD	serial presence detect
1361SPDIF	Sony/Philips digital interface format
1362SPI	serial peripheral interface
1363SPI	stateful packet inspection
1364SPL	system interrupt priority level
1365SPL	spinlock
1366SPMD	single process, multiple data
1367SPR	special purpose register
1368SPT	sectors per track
1369SQA	software quality assurance
1370SQCIF	sub quarter common intermediate format
1371SQL	Structured Query Language
1372SRAM	static random access memory
1373SRC	sample rate conversion
1374SRP	SCSI RDMA protocol
1375SS	self-snoop
1376SS	stack segment
1377SSA	static single assignment
1378SSAP	source service access point
1379SSB	single-sideband modulation
1380SSD	solid state drive
1381SSE	streaming SIMD extensions
1382SSFDC	solid state floppy disc card
1383SSH	secure shell
1384SSI	server side includes
1385SSID	service set identifier
1386SSL	secure sockets layer
1387SSP	stack smashing protection
1388STC	software thermal control
1389STD	state transition diagram
1390STOMP	Streaming Text Oriented Messaging Protocol
1391STP	Spanning Tree Protocol
1392STP	shielded twisted pair
1393SUN	Stanford University Network
1394SUS	Single Unix Specification
1395SUT	system under test
1396SVG	scalable vector graphics
1397SVGA	Super Video Graphics Array
1398SVI	{switch,switched} virtual interface
1399SVM	secure virtual machine
1400SVM	support vector machine
1401SVR	System V Release
1402SVS	Separate Virtual Space
1403SWF	Shockwave Flash
1404SWIG	simplified wrapper [and] interface generator
1405SYR	symbol timing recovery
1406TA	test assertion
1407TA	transmitter address
1408TAI	international atomic time
1409TAO	track at once
1410TAOCP	The Art of Computer Programming
1411TAP	Test Anything Protocol
1412TAS	test and set
1413TB	terabyte
1414TCB	trace capture buffer
1415TCB	trusted computing base
1416TCC	thermal control circuit
1417TCL	tool command language
1418TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
1419TCQ	tagged command queueing
1420TDC	time [to] digital converter
1421TDD	test-driven development
1422TDD	time division duplex
1423TDM	time division multiplexing
1424TDMA	time division multiple access
1425TDOA	time difference of arrival
1426TDP	thermal design {point,power}
1427TECO	Text Editor and Corrector
1428TFT	thin film transistor
1429TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
1430TIAS	try it and see
1431TIFF	tagged image file format
1432TITS	try it to see
1433TK	temporal key
1434TKIP	Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
1435TLA	top level aggregator
1436TLB	translation lookaside buffer
1437TLD	top level domain
1438TLS	thread local storage
1439TLS	transport layer security
1440TM	Turing machine
1441TM	thermal monitor
1442TMDS	transition minimized differential signaling
1443TMO	timeout
1444TOD	time of day
1445TOS	terms of service
1446TOS	trusted operating system
1447TOS	type of service
1448TP	transaction processing
1449TPI	tracks per inch
1450TPM	transactions per minute
1451TPM	trusted platform module
1452TPR	task priority register
1453TPS	transactions per second
1454TPS	transmission parameters signaling
1455TR	task register
1456TR	token ring
1457TRL	timing recovery loop
1458TRNG	true random number generator
1459TS	terminal services
1460TS	time series
1461TS	time stamp
1462TS	transport stream
1463TSAN	Thread Sanitizer
1464TSC	time stamp counter
1465TSD	time stamp disable
1466TSDB	time series database
1467TSL	test, set, lock
1468TSO	time sharing option
1469TSO	Total Store Ordering
1470TSP	Time-Stamp Protocol
1471TSP	Tunnel Setup Protocol
1472TSP	time synchronization protocol
1473TSP	traveling salesman problem
1474TSS	task state segment
1475TTL	time to live
1476TTL	transistor-transistor logic
1477TTM	translation table maps
1478TTY	teletype
1479TUI	{terminal,text-based,textual} user interface
1480TX	{transmit out,transmitter}
1481TXG	transaction group
1482TZ	time zone
1483UAC	user {access,account} control
1484UAF	use-after-free
1485UART	universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1486UAT	user acceptance testing
1487UB	undefined behavior
1488UBSAN	Undefined Behavior Sanitizer
1489UC	uncacheable
1490UCS	uniform-cost search
1491UDMA	ultra DMA
1492UDO	ultra density optical
1493UDP	User Datagram Protocol
1494UEFI	unified extensible firmware interface
1495UFS	Unix File System
1496UGA	universal graphics adapter
1497UI	unit interval
1498UI	user interface
1499UICC	universal integrated circuit card
1500UID	unique identifier
1501UID	user identifier
1502UL	upload
1503UMA	uniform memory access
1504UMA	upper memory area
1505UMB	upper memory block
1506UML	unified modeling language
1507UMPC	ultra-mobile PC
1508UPNP	universal plug and play
1509UPS	uninterruptible power supply
1510URI	uniform resource identifier
1511URL	uniform resource locator
1512URN	uniform resource name
1513USART	universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1514USB	universal serial bus
1515USWC	uncacheable speculative write combining
1516UT	unit test
1517UTC	coordinated universal time
1518UTP	unshielded twisted pair
1519UUCP	Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol
1520UUID	universally unique identifier
1521UUOC	useless use of cat
1522UUT	unit under test
1523UX	user experience
1524VA	vertical alignment
1525VA	virtual address
1526VA	volt-ampere
1527VAX	virtual address extension
1528VB	Visual Basic
1529VCA	variable-gain amplifier
1530VCC	common collector voltage
1531VCF	voltage-controlled filter
1532VCM	virtual channel memory
1533VCO	voltage-controlled oscillator
1534VCS	version control system
1535VESA	Video Electronics Standards Association
1536VFO	variable-frequency oscillator
1537VG	volume group
1538VGA	Video Graphics Array
1539VHDCI	very high density cable interconnect
1540VID	{VLAN,voltage level} identifier
1541VIM	Vi IMproved
1542VIPT	virtually indexed, physically tagged
1543VIVT	virtually indexed, virtually tagged
1544VLAN	virtual local area network
1545VLIW	very long instruction word
1546VLSI	very large scale integration
1547VLSM	variable length subnet mask
1548VM	virtual {machine,memory}
1549VME	virtual mode extension
1550VMX	vector multimedia extensions
1551VMX	virtual machine extensions
1552VOD	video on demand
1553VPN	virtual private network
1554VR	virtual reality
1555VRAM	video random access memory
1556VRF	virtual routing and forwarding
1557VRM	voltage regulator module
1558VRRP	Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
1559VSTP	VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol
1560VTP	VLAN Trunking Protocol
1561W	watt
1562W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
1563WAMP	Web Application Messaging Protocol
1564WAN	wide area network
1565WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
1566WAP	wireless access point
1567WDM	Windows Driver Model
1568WDDM	Windows Display Driver Model
1569WDT	watchdog timer
1570WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
1571WFI	wait for interrupt
1572WFQ	weighted fair queuing
1573WH	write hit
1574WIFI	wireless fidelity
1575WLAN	wireless local area network
1576WM	write miss
1577WMI	Windows Management Instrumentation
1578WOL	Wake-on-LAN
1579WOM	Wake-on-Modem
1580WOR	Wake-on-Ring
1581WORM	write once read many
1582WP	WordPerfect
1583WP	word processor
1584WP	write protect
1585WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
1586WPA2	Wi-Fi Protected Access II
1587WPS	Wi-Fi Protected Setup
1588WRAM	window random access memory
1589WS	web services
1590WTC	write through caching
1591WWAN	wireless wide area network
1592WWW	world wide web
1593WYSIAYG	what you see is all you get
1594WYSIWYG	what you see is what you get
1595XBAR	crossbar
1596XDMCP	X Display Manager control protocol
1597XER	XML encoding rules
1598XGA	Extended Graphics Array
1599XHR	XMLHttpRequest
1600XIP	execute in place
1601XML	Extensible Markup Language
1602XOR	exclusive or
1603XP	extreme programming
1604XSI	X/Open System Interface
1605XSL	extensible stylesheet language
1606XSS	cross site scripting
1607XT	extended technology
1608XUL	XML user interface language
1609YACC	yet another compiler compiler
1610YAML	YAML ain't markup language
1611YANG	yet another next generation
1612YAWPFAPR	you are welcome; please file a problem report
1613YP	Yellow Pages
1614YTD	year to date
1615ZAP	ZFS attribute processor
1616ZBR	zone bit recording
1617ZFOD	zero-filled on demand
1618ZFS	zettabyte file system
1619ZIF	zero insertion force
1620ZIFS	zero insertion force socket
1621ZIL	ZFS intent log
1622ZMA	zone multicast address
1623ZPL	ZFS Posix layer
1624ZVOL	ZFS Volume
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