acronyms.comp revision 1.240
1$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.240 2019/04/02 11:26:53 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
8ABNF	augmented backus-naur form
9ABR	available bit rate
10ABRT	automatic bug reporting tool
11AC	alternating current
12ACI	adjacent channel interferer
13ACID	atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability
14ACK	Amsterdam compiler kit
15ACK	acknowledgement
16ACL	access control list
17ACL	active current loop
18ACL	asynchronous connection less
19ACP	auxiliary control {process,program}
20ACPI	advanced configuration and power interface
21ACS	access control set
22ACU	automatic calling unit
23ADB	Apple desktop bus
24ADC	analog [to] digital converter
25ADD	acronym driven development
26ADO	active data objects
27ADP	automatic data processing
28ADPCM	adaptive differential pulse code modulation
29ADS	alternate data stream
30ADSL	asymmetric digital subscriber line
31ADT	abstract data type
32AER	advanced error reporting
33AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
34AFP	Apple Filing Protocol
35AFS	Andrew File System
36AGC	automatic gain control
37AGP	accelerated graphics port
38AI	analog input
39AI	artificial intelligence
40AL	access list
41AL	active link
42ALE	address latch enable
43ALS	ambient light sensor
44ALU	arithmetic and logical unit
45ALUA	asymmetric logical unit access
46AM	access method
47AM	alignment mask
48AM	amplitude modulation
49AMD	Advanced Micro Devices Inc
50AMDD	Agile model-driven development
51AMI	alternate mark inversion
52AMP	asymmetric multiprocessing
53AMQP	advanced message queuing protocol
54AMT	active management technology
55AN	Arabic number
56ANR	application not responding
57ANSI	American National Standards Institute
58AO	analog output
59AOL	Alert-on-LAN
60AOS	add or subtract
61AP	access point
62AP	application processor
63API	application programming interface
64APEI	ACPI platform error interface
65APIC	advanced programmable interrupt controller
66APIPA	automatic private IP addressing
67APM	advanced power management
68APM	application performance management
69APU	accelerated processing unit
70APT	advanced persistent threat
71AQM	active queue management
72ARAT	always running APIC timer
73ARC	adaptive replacement cache
74ARC	Advanced RISC Computing
75ARC	automatic reference counting
76ARM	Advanced RISC Machines
77ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
78ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency
79ARQ	automatic repeat request
80ARR	address range register
81ARU	audio response unit
82AS	autonomous system
83ASA	Adaptive Security Appliance
84ASAN	Address Sanitizer
85ASC	advanced smart cache
86ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
87ASD	agile software development
88ASE	advanced software environment
89ASF	alert standard format
90ASIC	application-specific integrated circuit
91ASK	amplitude shift keying
92ASLR	address space layout randomization
93ASN	autonomous system number
94ASP	active server pages
95ASP	auxiliary storage pool
96ASPM	active state power management
97ASQ	automated software quality
98ASR	address space register
99AST	abstract syntax tree
100AST	asynchronous system trap
101AT	access time
102AT	advanced technology
103ATA	advanced technology attachment
104ATAPI	advanced technology attachment packet interface
105ATC	address translation cache
106ATM	asynchronous transfer mode
107ATX	advanced technology extended
108AV	anti virus
109AVB	audio video bridging
110AVL	Adelson-Velsky-Landis
111AVX	advanced vector extensions
112BA	byte align
113BAL	basic assembly language
114BAR	base address register
115BBS	bulletin board system
116BCC	blind carbon copy
117BCD	binary coded decimal
118BCR	byte count register
119BCS	base configuration space
120BD	baud
121BDD	binary decision diagram
122BDI	bit deinterleave
123BDUF	big design up front
124BEDO	burst extended data output
125BER	basic encoding rules
126BER	bit error {rate,ratio}
127BERT	boot error record table
128BFD	binary {file,format} descriptor
129BFKL	big fscking kernel lock
130BFS	breadth-first search
131BFT	binary file transfer
132BGA	ball grid array
133BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
134BGPSEC	BGP Security
135BIND	Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
136BIOS	Basic Input/Output System
137BIOS	built-in operating system
138BIST	built-in self-test
139BIU	bus interface unit
140BKDG	BIOS and kernel developer's guide
141BLAS	basic linear algebra subprograms
142BLC	back light control
143BLOB	binary large object
144BM	bus master
145BMC	baseboard management controller
146BMIC	bus master interface controller
147BN	boundary neutral
148BNF	Backus-Naur form
149BO	binary output
150BOF	beginning of file
151BOM	beginning of message
152BOM	byte order mark
153BP	base pointer
154BP	boot processor
155BPB	BIOS parameter block
156BPDU	bridge protocol data unit
157BPF	Berkeley Packet Filter
158BPI	bits per inch
159BPM	business process modelling
160BPS	bits per second
161BPSK	binary phase shift keying
162BQS	Berkeley quality software
163BRE	basic regular expression
164BS	backspace
165BS	binary sequence
166BSA	basic service area
167BSD	Berkeley Software Distribution
168BSDP	Boot Service Discovery Protocol
169BSF	bit scan forward
170BSOD	blue screen of death
171BSP	binary space partition
172BSP	board support package
173BSP	bootstrap processor
174BSR	bit scan reverse
175BSS	basic service set
176BSS	block started by symbol
177BSSID	basic service set identifier
178BT	BitTorrent
179BT	Bluetooth
180BT	bit test
181BTC	bit test [and] complement
182BTM	bus transport mechanism
183BTR	bit test [and] reset
184BTS	bit test [and] set
185BTS	bug tracking system
186BW	bandwidth
187BWM	block-write mode
188BUAG	big ugly ASCII graphic
189CA	certificate authority
190CAD	computer-aided design
191CAM	computer assisted manufacturing
192CAM	conditional access module
193CAM	content addressable memory
194CARP	Common Address Redundancy Protocol
195CAS	column address strobe
196CAS	compare and swap
197CAS	computer algebra system
198CASE	computer aided software engineering
199CAU	control access unit
200CAV	constant angular velocity
201CBC	cipher block chaining
202CBR	constant bit rate
203CC	carbon copy
204CCD	charge coupled device
205CCI	co-channel interferer
206CCNUMA	cache-coherent non-uniform memory access
207CD	cache disable
208CD	compact disc
209CDDA	compact disc digital audio
210CDMA	code division multiple access
211CDP	Cisco Discovery Protocol
212CDRAM	cache dynamic random access memory
213CER	canonical encoding rules
214CF	compact flash
215CFB	cipher feedback
216CFG	context-free grammar
217CFG	control-flow graph
218CFI	control-flow integrity sanitizer
219CG	control gate
220CGA	Color Graphics Adapter
221CGI	common gateway interface
222CGN	Carrier-Grade NAT
223CHAP	Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
224CHS	cylinder/head/sector
225CI	continuous integration
226CI	{common,component} interface
227CIDR	Classless Inter-Domain Routing
228CIF	common intermediate format
229CIFS	Common Internet File System
230CIL	common intermediate language
231CIR	carrier-to-interference ratio
232CIS	contact image sensor
233CISC	complex instruction set {computer,computing}
234CJK	Chinese, Japanese, [and] Korean
235CLF	common log format
236CLI	command line interface
237CLR	common language runtime
238CLTT	closed loop thermal throttling
239CLUT	color look-up table
240CLV	constant linear velocity
241CM	configuration management
242CMA	concert multithread architecture
243CMC	chassis management controller
244CMC	corrected machine check
245CMS	{configuration,content,course} management system
246CMI	control {management,method} interface
247CMOS	complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
248CMP	chip multi-processing
249CMS	content management system
250CMYK	cyan magenta yellow black
251CN	{common,canonical} name
252CNC	computer numerical control
253CNR	carrier-to-noise ratio
254COF	current operating frequency
255COFDM	coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
256COFF	common object file format
257COM	component object model
258COM	computer on module
259COMA	cache-only memory architecture
260CORBA	common object request broker architecture
261COS	class of service
262COW	copy-on-write
263CP	continuous pilot
264CPB	core performance boost
265CPC	central processor complex
266CPC	cpu performance counters
267CPE	common phase error
268CPE	common platform enumeration
269CPER	common platform error record
270CPG	clock pulse generator
271CPI	cycles per instruction
272CPL	current privilege level
273CPLD	complex programmable logic device
274CPP	C preprocessor
275CPS	characters per second
276CPT	command pass through
277CPU	central processing unit
278CR	carriage return
279CRC	cyclic redundancy check
280CRL	carrier recovery loop
281CRLF	carriage return line feed
282CRT	cathode ray tube
283CRUD	create, read, update, and delete
284CS	cable select
285CS	chip select
286CS	code segment
287CS	computer science
288CSDL	{common,conceptual} schema definition language
289CSI	channel state information
290CSI	common system interface
291CSMA	carrier sense multiple access
292CSMA/CA	carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
293CSMA/CD	carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
294CSR	control [and] status registers
295CSRG	Computer Systems Research Group
296CSS	cascading style sheets
297CSV	comma-separated values
298CTF	compact c type format
299CTM	close to metal
300CTR	counter [mode]
301CTS	clear to send
302CUA	common user access
303CUT	coordinated universal time
304CV	control voltage
305CVE	common vulnerabilities and exposures
306CVS	Concurrent Versions System
307DA	destination address
308DAA	distributed application architecture
309DAB	digital audio broadcasting
310DAC	digital [to] analog converter
311DAC	discretionary access control
312DAD	duplicate address detection
313DANE	DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities
314DAO	disk at once
315DAP	Directory Access Protocol
316DAT	digital audio tape
317DAT	dynamic acceleration technology
318DB	database
319DBA	database administrator
320DBA	dynamic bandwidth allocation
321DBB	data bus buffer
322DBC	design by contract
323DBL	dynamic buffer limiting
324DBMS	database management system
325DBS	database server
326DC	direct current
327DCC	Direct Client-to-Client
328DCC	direct cable connect
329DCD	data carrier detect
330DCE	data control equipment
331DCE	distributed computing environment
332DCIM	data center infrastructure management
333DCIM	digital camera images
334DCL	Digital Command Language
335DCOM	distributed component object model
336DCOP	Desktop COmmunication Protocol
337DCS	data collection systems
338DCT	discrete cosine transform
339DCU	data cache unit
340DDC	display data channel
341DDE	dynamic data exchange
342DDK	device driver kit
343DDL	data description language
344DDR	double data rate
345DDS	direct digital sound
346DDWG	Digital Display Working Group
347DE	debugging extensions
348DE	desktop environment
349DEA	data encryption algorithm
350DEC	Digital Equipment Corporation
351DEK	data encryption key
352DEP	data execution prevention
353DER	distinguished encoding rules
354DES	Data Encryption Standard
355DF	don't fragment
356DFA	deterministic finite automaton
357DFC	data flow control
358DFS	depth first search
359DFS	distributed file system
360DFSAN	Data Flow Sanitizer
361DFT	diagnostic function test
362DFT	discrete Fourier transform
363DGL	data generation language
364DH	Diffie-Hellman
365DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
366DIFS	distributed inter-frame space
367DIMM	dual inline memory module
368DIRT	design in real time
369DL	diode logic
370DL	discrete logarithm
371DL	download
372DLE	data link escape
373DLL	dynamic link library
374DLP	discrete logarithm problem
375DMA	direct memory access
376DMI	desktop management interface
377DMS	document management system
378DMT	discrete multitone modulation
379DMU	data management layer
380DNARD	Digital network appliance reference design
381DND	drag and drop
382DNLC	directory name lookup cache
383DNS	Domain Name System
384DNSSEC	DNS Security Extensions
385DOE	distributed object environment
386DOF	data over fibre
387DOM	document object model
388DOS	denial of service
389DOS	disk operating system
390DP	DisplayPort
391DPC	deferred procedure call
392DPCM	differential pulse code modulation
393DPD	dead peer detection
394DPI	deep packet inspection
395DPI	dots per inch
396DPL	descriptor privilege level
397DPS	Display PostScript
398DPST	display power savings technology
399DRAAS	disaster recovery as a service
400DRAM	dynamic random access memory
401DRBG	deterministic random bit generator
402DRI	direct rendering infrastructure
403DRM	digital rights management
404DRRS	display refresh rate switching
405DS	debug store
406DSA	digital signature algorithm
407DSAP	destination service access point
408DSB	double-sideband modulation
409DSDT	differentiated system descriptor table
410DSL	dataset and snapshot layer
411DSL	digital subscriber line
412DSL	domain specific language
413DSLAM	digital subscriber line access multiplexer
414DSN	delivery status notification
415DSO	dynamic shared object
416DSP	digital signal processor
417DSSS	direct sequence spread spectrum
418DTD	document type definition
419DTE	data terminal equipment
420DTE	dumb terminal emulator
421DTL	diode-transistor logic
422DTLS	datagram transport layer security
423DTS	digital thermal sensor
424DUT	device under test
425DVB	digital video broadcasting
426DVCS	distributed version control system
427DVD	digital versatile disc
428DVFS	dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
429DVI	device independent
430DVI	Digital Visual Interface
431DVR	digital video recorder
432E-XER	extended XML encoding rules
433EABI	embedded-application binary interface
434EAI	Email Address Internationalization
435EAI	Enterprise Application Integration
436EAP	Extensible Authentication Protocol
437EAPOL	EAP over Lan
438EBCDIC	Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
439EBDA	Extended BIOS Data Area
440EBNF	extended backus-naur form
441EBR	extended boot record
442EC	elliptic curve
443ECC	elliptic curve cryptography
444ECC	error correction code
445ECDH	elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman
446ECDL	elliptic curve discrete logarithm
447ECDLP	elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem
448ECDSA	elliptic curve digital signature algorithm
449ECL	emitter-coupled logic
450ECN	explicit congestion notification
451ECP	enhanced capability port
452ECS	enhanced chip set
453ECS	extended configuration space
454EDAC	error detection and correction
455EDAT	enhanced dynamic acceleration technology
456EdDSA	Edwards curve digital signature algorithm
457EDGE	explicit data graph execution
458EDID	extended display identification data
459EDO	extended data out
460EDS	electronical data sheet
461EEE	energy efficient ethernet
462EEPROM	electrically erasable programmable read only memory
463EFI	extensible firmware interface
464EFL	emitter follower logic
465EFM	eight to fourteen modulation
466EGA	Enhanced Graphics Adapter
467EGP	exterior gateway protocol
468EH	extension header
469EIDE	enhanced IDE
470EISA	extended industry standard architecture
471EINJ	error injection table
472ELF	executable and linking format
473ELS	entry level system
474EMI	electro-magnetic interference
475EMP	electro-magnetic pulse
476EMR	electro-magnetic radiation
477EMACS	Editor MACroS
478EOF	end of file
479EOI	end of interrupt
480EOIS	end of interactive support
481EOL	end of life
482EOL	end of line
483EOT	end of transmission
484EPIC	explicitly parallel instruction computing
485EPP	enhanced parallel port
486EPRML	extended partial response, maximum likelihood
487EPROM	erasable programmable read only memory
488ERD	emergency recovery disk
489ERD	entity relationship diagram
490ERE	extended regular expression
491ERST	error record serialization table
492ESAN	Efficiency Sanitizer
493ESB	enterprise service bus
494ESDI	enhanced small disk interface
495ESDRAM	enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
496ESI	enclosure services interface
497ESS	electronic switching system
498ESS	extended service set
499ESSID	extended service set identifier
500EST	enhanced speedstep
501ETL	extract, transform, load
502EU	execution unit
503EULA	end user license agreement
504FAT	file allocation table
505FBRAM	frame buffer random access memory
506FCIF	full common intermediate format
507FCL	fiber channel loop
508FCS	frame check sequence
509FDC	floppy disk controller
510FDD	floppy disk drive
511FDDI	fiber distributed data interface
512FDE	full disk encryption
513FDT	flattened device tree
514FEA	finite element analysis
515FEC	forward error correction
516FET	field-effect transistor
517FF	finite field
518FF	form feed
519FFDH	finite-field Diffie-Hellman
520FFH	functional fixed hardware
521FFI	foreign function interface
522FFM	focus follows mouse
523FFS	Fast File System
524FFS	find first set
525FFT	fast Fourier transform
526FG	floating gate
527FHSS	frequency hop spread spectrum
528FID	frequency identifier
529FIFO	first in, first out
530FILO	first in, last out
531FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standards
532FIR	fast infrared
533FLOPS	floating [point] operations per second
534FLOSS	free/libre/open source software
535FM	frequency modulation
536FMR	false match rate
537FOSS	free/open source software
538FPGA	field programmable gate array
539FPM	fast page mode
540FPR	floating point register
541FPU	floating point unit
542FQDN	fully qualified domain name
543FRR	false rejection rate
544FRU	field replaceable unit
545FS	file system
546FSB	front side bus
547FSCK	file system check
548FSF	Free Software Foundation
549FSK	frequency shift keying
550FSM	finite-state machine
551FTA	fault tree analysis
552FTL	flash translation layer
553FTP	File Transfer Protocol
554FTPS	File Transfer Protocol Secure
555FUS	fast user switching
556FWH	firmware hub
557FWS	folding white space
558GAL	generic array logic
559GAS	generic address structure
560GC	garbage collector
561GCM	Galois counter mode
562GCR	group-coded recording
563GDI	Graphics Device Interface
564GDT	global descriptor table
565GEM	graphics environment manager
566GEM	graphics execution manager
567GENA	general event notification architecture
568GHC	Glasgow Haskell compiler
569GHES	generic hardware error source
570GIC	generic interrupt controller
571GID	group identifier
572GIF	graphics interchange format
573GMCH	graphics and memory controller hub
574GNU	GNU's Not Unix
575GOP	graphics output protocol
576GOT	global offset table
577GPE	general purpose event
578GPF	general protection fault
579GPG	GNU Privacy Guard
580GPL	[GNU] General Public License
581GPR	general purpose register
582GPS	generalized processor sharing
583GPT	GUID partition table
584GPU	graphics processing unit
585GR	golden ratio
586GRE	generic routing encapsulation
587GSI	global system interrupt
588GUI	graphical user interface
589GUID	globally unique identifier
590GVFS    git virtual file system
591HA	high availability
592HAL	hardware abstraction layer
593HAT	hashed array tree
594HATEOAS	hypermedia as the engine of application state
595HBA	host bus adapter
596HCF	halt and catch fire
597HCI	host controller interface
598HCI	human-computer interaction
599HCL	hardware compatibility list
600HDCP	High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
601HDD	hard disk drive
602HDL	hardware description language
603HDMI	High-Definition Multimedia Interface
604HDTV	high-definition television
605HECI	host embedded controller interface
606HEST	hardware error source table
607HF	high frequency
608HFM	highest frequency mode
609HID	human interface device
610HKP	HTTP Keyserver Protocol
611HLL	high-level language
612HMA	high memory area
613HMI	human-machine interface
614HOOD	hierarchical object oriented design
615HP	Hewlett-Packard
616HPC	high performance computing
617HPET	high precision event timer
618HSM	hardware security module
619HSM	hierarchical storage management 
620HT	hyper-threading
621HTC	hardware thermal control
622HTCC	high temperature co-fired ceramic
623HTML	HyperText Markup Language
624HTT	hyper-threading technology
625HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
626HTTPS	Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
627HVM	hardware virtual machine
628HVDS	High-Voltage Differential Signaling
629HWASAN	Hardware-assisted Address Sanitizer
630HZ	Hertz
631I2O	intelligent input/output
632IA	information assurance
633IAAS	infrastructure as a service
634IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
635IBC	iterated block cipher
636IBM	International Business Machines
637IBS	instruction based sampling
638IBSS	independent basic service set
639IC	integrated circuit
640ICA	independent computer architecture
641ICB	Internet Citizen's Band
642ICE	in-circuit emulator
643ICE	internal compiler error
644ICH	I/O controller hub
645ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
646ICT	information and communications technology
647ICW	initialization command word
648IDA	Intel dynamic acceleration
649IDCMP	Intuition direct communication message port
650IDE	integrated development environment
651IDE	integrated drive electronics
652IDPS	intrusion detection [and] prevention system
653IDRP	inter-domain routing protocol
654IDS	intrusion detection system
655IDT	interrupt descriptor table
656IE	Internet Explorer
657IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
658IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
659IESG	Internet Engineering Steering Group
660IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
661IF	intermediate frequency
662IFCM	isochronous flow control mode
663IFF	Interchange File Format
664IFS	internal field separator
665IGD	Internet gateway device
666IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
667IGP	interior gateway protocol
668IHV	independent hardware vendor
669IKE	Internet key exchange
670ILM	internal loopback mode
671ILOM	integrated lights-out management
672ILP	instruction level parallelism
673IM	instant messaging
674IMAP	Internet Message Access Protocol
675IMC	integrated memory controller
676IMCR	interrupt mode configuration register
677IMR	interrupt mask register
678IMS	information management system
679IMSI	international mobile subscriber identity
680INCITS	InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
681IO	input/output
682IOCTL	input/output control
683IOM	input/output managers
684IOMMU	input/output memory management unit
685IOT	Internet of Things
686IP	Internet Protocol
687IP	intellectual property
688IPC	instructions per cycle
689IPC	interprocess communication
690IPCF	interprocess communication facility
691IPE	integrated programming environment
692IPI	intelligent peripheral interface
693IPI	interprocessor interrupt
694IPL	Initial Program Load
695IPL	Interrupt Priority Level
696IPMB	Intelligent Platform Management Bus
697IPMI	Intelligent Platform Management Interface
698IPNG	Internet Protocol, Next Generation
699IPS	in-plane switching
700IPS	intrusion prevention system
701IPSEC	Internet Protocol Security
702IRC	Internet Relay Chat
703IRDA	infrared data association
704IRQ	interrupt request
705IRQL	interrupt request level
706IRR	interrupt request register
707IRTF	Internet Research Task Force
708IS	information system
709ISA	industry standard architecture
710ISA	instruction set architecture
711ISDN	integrated services digital network
712ISI	inter-symbol interference
713ISM	industrial, scientific, [and] medical
714ISN	initial serial number
715ISO	International Standards Organization
716ISOC	Internet Society
717ISP	Internet service provider
718ISR	in-service register
719ISR	interrupt service routine
720IST	interrupt stack table
721ISV	independent software vendor
722IT	information technology
723ITB	Intel Turbo Boost
724ITIL	information technology infrastructure library
725ITP	in-target probe
726ITSM	IT service management
727IV	initialization vector
728IVT	interrupt vector table
729JBOD	just a bunch of disks
730JCL	Job Control Language
731JFET	junction [gate] field-effect transistor
732JIT	just in time
733JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
734JRE	Java Runtime Environment
735JSON	JavaScript Object Notation
736JTAG	joint test action group
737KASLR	kernel address space layout randomization
738KB	keyboard
739KB	kilobyte
740KBD	keyboard
741KBD	kilobaud
742KCS	keyboard controller style
743KLOC	thousand lines of code
744KMS	kernel-mode setting
745KPI	kernel programming interface
746KVA	kernel virtual address
747KVM	kernel virtual machine
748KVM	kernel virtual memory
749KVM	keyboard, video, [and] mouse
750LAMP	Linux Apache MySQL {Perl,PHP,Python}
751LAN	local area network
752LAPIC	local advanced programmable interrupt controller
753LAR	load access rights
754LBA	logical block addressing
755LBS	location-based service
756LCD	liquid crystal display
757LCP	link control protocol
758LDA	local delivery agent
759LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
760LDR	light-dependent resistor
761LDT	local descriptor table
762LE	logical extent
763LED	light emitting diode
764LELL	low energy link layer
765LER	label edge router
766LF	line feed
767LF	low frequency
768LFM	lowest frequency mode
769LFN	long file names
770LFO	low-frequency oscillation
771LFS	log-structured file system
772LFU	least frequently used
773LHP	loop heat pipe
774LIFO	last in, first out
775LILO	LInux LOader
776LILO	last in, last out
777LINT	local interrupt
778LIR	local Internet registry
779LISP	LISt Processor
780LISP	Locator/ID Separation Protocol
781LKM	{Linux,loadable} kernel module
782LKML	Linux kernel mailing list
783LL	load linked
784LL/SC	load linked/store conditional
785LLC	logical link control
786LLDP	link layer discovery protocol
787LLF	low level format
788LLMNR	link-local multicast name resolution
789LLVM	Low Level Virtual Machine
790LM	long mode
791LMM	link management mode
792LMP	link management protocol
793LNO	loop nest optimization
794LOC	lines of code
795LOM	lights-out management
796LPE	Linux performance events
797LPC	low pin count
798LPS	local positioning system
799LRC	longitudinal redundancy check
800LRM	left-to-right mark
801LRO	left-to-right override
802LRU	least recently used
803LSAN	Leak Sanitizer
804LSB	Linux standards base
805LSB	least significant {bit,byte}
806LSI	large scale integration
807LSL	load segment limit
808LSM	log structured merge
809LSN	Large Scale NAT
810LSN	log sequence number
811LSR	label switch router
812LTCC	low temperature co-fired ceramic
813LTO	linear tape-open
814LTO	link time optimization
815LTR	left to right
816LTR	load task register
817LTR	letter(-sized paper)
818LTS	long term support
819LUA	Lua Uppercase Accident
820LUN	logical unit number
821LV	logical volume
822LVM	logical volume management
823LVT	local vector table
824LVDS	Low-Voltage Differential Signaling
825LWP	light-weight process
826LZW	Lempel Ziv Welch
827MAC	mandatory access control
828MAC	{media,medium} access control
829MAC	message authentication {check,code}
830MADT	multiple APIC descriptor table
831MB	megabyte
832MBA	multi-boot agent
833MBR	master boot record
834MBS	megabits per second
835MC	memory controller
836MCA	machine check architecture
837MCA	MicroChannel architecture
838MCC	multiversion concurrency control
839MCE	machine check exception
840MCGA	Multi-Color Graphics Array
841MCH	memory controller hub
842MCM	multi-chip module
843MCQ	memory controlled queue
844MD	machine-dependent
845MD-SAL	model-driven service abstraction layer
846MDA	mail delivery agent
847MDA	Monochrome Display Adapter
848MDC	Management Data Clock
849MDI	Medium Dependent Interface
850MDI-X	Medium Dependent Interface Crossover
851MDIO	Management Data Input/Output
852MDMX	MIPS Digital Media eXtension
853MDRAM	multibank dynamic random access memory
854MESI	modified, exclusive, shared, invalid
855MFC	merge from current
856MFC	Microsoft Foundation Classes
857MFM	modified frequency modulation
858MFU	most frequently used
859MI	machine-independent
860MI	machine interface
861MIB	management information base
862MIC	message integrity {check,code}
863MID	mobile Internet device
864MIDI	musical instrument digital interface
865MIF	management information format
866MII	media independent interface
867MIM	man in the middle
868MIMD	multiple instruction, multiple data
869MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
870MIMO	multiple input multiple output
871MIPS	million instructions per second
872MIPS	Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
873MISD	multiple instruction, single data
874MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
875MITM	man in the middle
876ML	machine language
877ML	machine learning
878ML	mailing list
879ML	markup language
880ML	maximum likelihood
881MLC	multi-level cell
882MLD	multicast listener discovery
883MLHP	micro loop heat pipe
884MMF	multi-mode fiber
885MMIC	monolithic microwave integrated circuit
886MMIO	memory mapped input/output
887MMORPG	massive multiplayer online role playing game
888MMU	memory management unit
889MMX	matrix math extension
890MMX	multimedia extension
891MMX	multiple math extension
892MO	magneto-optical
893MOESI	modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid
894MOF	maximum operating frequency
895MOSFET	metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
896MOSI	modified, owned, shared, invalid
897MP	multi-platform
898MP	multiplayer
899MP	{multiprocessing,multiprocessor}
900MPEG	moving picture experts group
901MPI	message passing interface
902MPLS	Multiprotocol Label Switching
903MPP	massively parallel processor
904MPS	memory pool system
905MPS	multiprocessor specification
906MQTT	Message Queuing Telemetry Transport
907MR	modem ready
908MRU	most recently used
909MS	Microsoft
910MSAN	Memory Sanitizer
911MSB	most significant {bit,byte}
912MSC	message sequence chart
913MSE	mean square error
914MSF	minutes seconds frames
915MSI	message signaled interrupt
916MSI	modified, shared, invalid
917MSR	{machine state,model-specific} register
918MSS	maximum segment size
919MSTP	Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
920MT	machine translation
921MTA	mail transfer agent
922MTBF	mean time between failures
923MTP	media transfer protocol
924MTRR	memory type range register
925MTTF	mean time to failure
926MTU	maximum transmission unit
927MUA	mail user agent
928MUD	multi-user domain
929MVCC	multiversion concurrency control
930MWE	module width encoding
931MX	mail exchange
932NACK	negative acknowledgement
933NAK	negative acknowledgement
934NAN	not a number
935NAPT	Network Address Port Translation
936NAS	network attached storage
937NAT	network address translation
938NAV	network allocation vector
939NC	numerical control
940NCO	numerically-controlled oscillator
941NCP	Network Control Protocol
942NCQ	native command queuing
943ND	neighbor discovery
944NDFA	nondeterministic finite automaton
945NE	numeric error
946NEWS	Network extensible Window System
947NFA	nondeterministic finite automaton
948NFC	near-field communication
949NFCI	no functional change intended
950NFS	network file system
951NFV	network function virtualization
952NIA	next instruction address
953NIC	network information center
954NIC	network interface card
955NIDS	network intrusion detection system
956NIP	network interface protocol
957NIPS	network intrusion prevention system
958NIS	network information service
959NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
960NLS	native language support
961NMI	non-maskable interrupt
962NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol
963NOC	network operations center
964NOP	no operation
965NOS	network operating system
966NP	nondeterministic polynomial time
967NRND	not recommended for new designs
968NRZ	non-return to zero
969NSA	nation-state adversary
970NSA	no such agency
971NSA	National Security Agency
972NTM	non-deterministic Turing machine
973NTP	Network Time Protocol
974NUMA	non-uniform memory access
975NVRAM	non-volatile random access memory
976NW	not write-through
977NX	no execute
978OAEP	optimal asymmetric encryption padding
979OAM	operations, administration, and {management,maintenance}
980OBO	off by one
981OBOE	off by one error
982OCL	object constraint language
983OCR	optical character recognition
984ODCM	on-demand clock modulation
985ODT	on-die termination
986OEM	original equipment manufacturer
987OFB	output feedback
988OFDM	orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
989OFET	organic field-effect transistor
990OLAP	online analytical processing
991OLE	object linking and embedding
992OLTP	online transaction processing
993ONFI	open nand flash interface
994OO	OpenOffice
995OO	object oriented
996OOB	out of band
997OOE	out of order execution
998OOM	out of memory
999OOO	OpenOffice.org
1000OOP	object oriented programming
1001OOPS	object oriented programming systems
1002OOSE	object oriented software engineering
1003OPM	operations per minute
1004OPS	operations per second
1005OQL	Object Query Language
1006ORB	object request broker
1007ORM	object-relational mapping
1008OS	operating system
1009OSD	open source definition
1010OSF	open software foundation
1011OSI	Open Source Initiative
1012OSI	open systems interconnection
1013OSPF	open shortest path first
1014OSPM	OS power management
1015OSS	open sound system
1016OSS	open source software
1017OSVW	operating system visible workarounds
1018OTP	one time password
1019OTP	open telecom platform
1020OU	organizational unit
1021OUI	organizationally unique identifier
1022OWL	Web Ontology Language
1023P2P	PCI to PCI
1024P2P	peer to peer
1025PA	phase accumulator
1026PA	physical address
1027PAAS	platform as a service
1028PAC	phase-amplitude converter
1029PAE	physical address extension
1030PAL	phase alternating line
1031PAL	programmable array logic
1032PAM	pluggable authentication modules
1033PAM	pulse amplitude modulation
1034PAP	password authentication protocol
1035PAT	page attribute table
1036PAT	port address translation
1037PATA	parallel ATA
1038PAX	portable archive exchange
1039PBE	pending break encoding
1040PBE	programming by example
1041PC	personal computer
1042PC	program counter
1043PCB	printed circuit board
1044PCB	process control block
1045PCB	Protocol Control Block
1046PCC	Portable C Compiler
1047PCD	page-level cache disable
1048PCE	path computation element
1049PCE	performance-monitor counter enable
1050PCEP	Path Computation Element Protocol
1051PCH	platform controller hub
1052PCI	peripheral component interconnect
1053PCM	phase change memory
1054PCM	pulse code modulation
1055PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
1056PCP	Port Control Protocol
1057PD	public domain
1058PDA	personal digital assistant
1059PDA	pushdown automaton
1060PDAG	propositional directed acyclic graph
1061PDB	power distribution board
1062PDF	portable document format
1063PDM	pulse-duration modulation
1064PDN	pull-down network
1065PDP	page {descriptor,directory} page
1066PDS	product data sheet
1067PDU	protocol data unit
1068PE	protection enable
1069PEAP	Protected EAP
1070PECI	platform environment control interface
1071PEP	protocol extension protocol
1072PER	packed encoding rules
1073PFS	perfect forward secrecy
1074PGAS	partitioned global address space
1075PGE	page global enable
1076PGP	Pretty Good Privacy
1077PHB	PCI host bridge
1078PHP	PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
1079PIC	performance instrumentation counters
1080PIC	position independent code
1081PIC	programmable interrupt controller
1082PICNIC	problem in chair, not in computer
1083PID	process id
1084PIE	position independent executable
1085PIL	Priority Interrupt Level
1086PIM	personal information manager
1087PIM	platform-independent model
1088PIO	programmed input/output
1089PIPT	physically indexed, physically tagged
1090PIQ	prefetch input queue
1091PIT	programmable interrupt timer
1092PIV	personal identity verification
1093PIX	Private Internet eXchange
1094PKCS	public-key cryptography standards
1095PKI	public key infrastructure
1096PLC	programmable logic controller
1097PLD	programmable logic device
1098PLL	phase locked loop
1099PLRU	pseudo LRU
1100PLTM	package level thermal management
1101PM	power management
1102PM	{phase,pulse} modulation
1103PMC	performance monitoring counters
1104PME	power management event
1105PMEG	page map entry group
1106PMI	performance monitoring infrastructure
1107PMI	platform management interrupt
1108PMIC	power management integrated circut
1109PMIO	port-mapped input/output
1110PMT	photo-multiplier tube
1111PMU	performance monitoring units
1112PMU	power management unit
1113PNG	portable network graphics
1114PNP	plug and play
1115POE	power over ethernet
1116POF	probability of failure
1117POP	Post Office Protocol
1118POP	power on password
1119POSIX	Portable Operating System Interface [for Unix]
1120POST	power on self test
1121POTS	plain old telephone system
1122POWER	Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC
1123POWERPC	Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC - Performance Computing
1124PP	pair programming
1125PPB	PCI [to] PCI bridge
1126PPC	PowerPC
1127PPC	Power Performance Computing
1128PPI	pixels per inch
1129PPM	pages per minute
1130PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
1131PPPOA	Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
1132PPPOE	Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
1133PPU	physics processing unit
1134PRAM	Parameter RAM
1135PRBS	pseudorandom bit sequence
1136PRG	pseudorandom generator
1137PRF	pseudorandom function [family]
1138PRML	partial response, maximum likelihood
1139PRN	pseudorandom {noise,number}
1140PRNG	pseudorandom number generator
1141PROM	programmable read only memory
1142PRP	pseudorandom permutation
1143PRU	Programmable Realtime Unit
1144PS	PostScript
1145PSD	power spectral density
1146PSE	page size extensions
1147PSK	phase shift keying
1148PSK	pre-shared key
1149PSTN	public switched telephone network
1150PSW	program status word
1151PTE	page table entry
1152PTLA	pseudo top level aggregator
1153PTP	page table page
1154PTV	perceived target value
1155PU	processing unit
1156PUC	personal unblocking code
1157PUN	physical unit number
1158PV	physical volume
1159PVG	physical volume group
1160PVI	protected-mode virtual interrupt
1161PVST	Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
1162PWM	pulse width modulation
1163PXE	preboot execution environment
1164QA	quality assurance
1165QAM	quadrature amplitude modulation
1166QAM	quality assurance management
1167QBE	query by example
1168QC	quality control
1169QDI	quasi delay insensitive
1170QCIF	quarter common intermediate format
1171QOS	quality of service
1172QVL	qualified vendor list
1173R/O	read only
1174R/W	read/write
1175RA	receiver address
1176RA	remote assistance
1177RA	resource affinity
1178RA	router advertisement
1179RAD	rapid application development
1180RAID	redundant array of {independent,inexpensive} disks
1181RAM	random access memory
1182RAS	reliability, availability and serviceability
1183RAS	remote access service
1184RAS	restartable atomic sequence
1185RAS	row address strobe
1186RBF	radial basis function
1187RBNF	routing backus-naur form
1188RBT	red-black tree
1189RC	release candidate
1190RC	remote control
1191RC	run commands
1192RCS	Revision Control System
1193RCS	revision control system
1194RCU	read, copy, update
1195RDB	Rigid Disk Block
1196RDBMS	relational database management system
1197RDF	Resource Description Framework
1198RDM	relational data model
1199RDMA	remote direct memory access
1200RDRAM	Rambus DRAM
1201RE	regular expression
1202REST	representational state transfer
1203RF	radio frequency
1204RFI	radio frequency interference
1205RFO	request for ownership
1206RGB	red green blue
1207RGBA	red green blue alpha
1208RGMII	reduced gigabit media independent interface
1209RH	read hit
1210RHEL	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1211RHL	Red Hat Linux
1212RIB	routing information base
1213RIFF	Resource Interchange File Format
1214RIP	Raster Image Processor
1215RIP	Routing Information Protocol
1216RIR	regional Internet registry
1217RISC	reduced instruction set {computer,computing}
1218RKM	ROM Kernel Manual
1219RLE	run length encoding
1220RLL	run length limited
1221RLO	right-to-left override
1222RM	read miss
1223RMCP	Remote Management Control Protocol
1224RMI	remote method invocation
1225RMO	Relaxed Memory Ordering
1226RMPM	rapid memory power management
1227RMS	root mean square
1228RMW	read, modify, write
1229RNG	random number generator
1230ROM	read only memory
1231RPC	remote procedure call
1232RPKI	resource PKI
1233RPL	requested privilege level
1234RPM	revolutions per minute
1235RPN	reverse Polish notation
1236RPVST	Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
1237RR	random replacement
1238RR	round robin
1239RS	relay station
1240RSA	Rivest, Shamir, [and] Adleman
1241RSIP	Realm Specific IP
1242RSN	Robust Secure Network
1243RSS	really simple syndication
1244RSS	residual sum of squares
1245RSTP	Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
1246RT	real time
1247RTC	real time clock
1248RTC	real time computing
1249RTF	rich text format
1250RTL	register transfer language
1251RTL	resistor-transistor logic
1252RTL	right to left
1253RTOS	real time operating system
1254RTS	request to send
1255RTT	round trip time
1256RUP	rational unified process
1257RW	Rabin-Williams
1258RWM	read-write memory
1259RX	{receive,receiver}
1260S/PDIF	Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
1261SA	security advisory
1262SA	security association
1263SA	source address
1264SA	structured analysis
1265SAAS	software as a service
1266SACD	super audio compact disc
1267SAD	security association database
1268SAL	{service,system} abstraction layer
1269SAM	serial access memory
1270SAM	sum addressed memory
1271SAML	security assertion markup language
1272SAN	storage area network
1273SAP	service access point
1274SAPIC	streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
1275SASD	structured analysis, structured design
1276SASI	Shugart Associates System Interface
1277SASL	simple authentication [and] security layer
1278SATA	serial advanced technology attachment
1279SAX	simple API for XML
1280SB	sound blaster
1281SBU	standard build unit
1282SC	store conditional
1283SCA	source code analyzer
1284SCADA	supervisory control and data acquisition
1285SCC	single chip cloud
1286SCC	source code control
1287SCCS	Source Code Control System
1288SCI	scalable coherent interface
1289SCI	system control interrupt
1290SCM	software configuration management
1291SCM	source code management
1292SCM	storage-class memory
1293SCO	synchronous connection orientated
1294SCP	secure copy
1295SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
1296SCTP	Stream Control Transmission Protocol
1297SDEI	software delegated exception interface
1298SDI	symbol deinterleave
1299SDK	software development kit
1300SDL	Simple Declarative Language
1301SDL	Simple Direct-media Layer 
1302SDLC	{software,system,systems} development life cycle
1303SDN	software defined networking
1304SDP	Session Description Protocol
1305SDRAM	synchronous dynamic random access memory
1306SDS	software defined storage
1307SDT	syntax-directed translation
1308SEA	synchronous external abort
1309SEGV	segmentation violation
1310SEO	search engine optimization
1311SES	SCSI enclosure services
1312SFC	sequential function chart
1313SFI	simple firmware interface
1314SFI	software fault isolation
1315SFTP	SSH File Transfer Protocol
1316SFTP	Serial File Transfer Protocol
1317SFTP	Simple File Transfer Protocol
1318SGMII	serial gigabit media independent interface
1319SGRAM	synchronous graphics random access memory
1320SHA	secure hash algorithm
1321SIDH	supersingular isogeny Diffie-Hellman
1322SIEM	security information and event management
1323SIF	source input format
1324SIFS	short inter-frame space
1325SIM	subscriber identity module
1326SIMD	single instruction, multiple data
1327SIMM	single inline memory module
1328SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
1329SIR	signal-to-interference ratio
1330SIR	slow infrared
1331SISD	single instruction, single data
1332SLAAC	stateless address auto-configuration
1333SLC	single-level cell
1334SLDRAM	synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
1335SLED	single large expensive disk
1336SLI	scalable link interface
1337SLI	scan-line interleave
1338SLIC	system license internal code
1339SLOC	source lines of code
1340SLRU	segmented LRU
1341SMA	smart memory access
1342SMAF	system management action field
1343SMAP	Simple Mail Access Protocol
1344SMAP	supervisor mode access prevention
1345SMART	self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
1346SMB	Server Message Block
1347SMB	system management bus
1348SMBIOS	System Management BIOS
1349SMC	system management controller
1350SMD	storage module device
1351SMEP	supervisor mode execution protection
1352SMF	single mode fiber
1353SMI	structure of management information
1354SMI	system management interrupt
1355SMM	system management mode
1356SMP	symmetric multiprocessing
1357SMT	simultaneous multithreading
1358SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
1359SMU	system management unit
1360SNA	systems network architecture
1361SNAP	Sub-Network Access Protocol
1362SNIA	Storage Networking Industry Association
1363SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
1364SNR	signal-to-noise ratio
1365SOA	service oriented architecture
1366SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
1367SOC	system on chip
1368SOF	start of frame
1369SOH	start of header
1370SOHO	small office/home office
1371SOL	serial over LAN
1372SOM	system on module
1373SP	service pack
1374SP	stack pointer
1375SPA	storage pool allocator
1376SPARC	scalable processor architecture
1377SPARQL	SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
1378SPD	security policy database
1379SPD	serial presence detect
1380SPDIF	Sony/Philips digital interface format
1381SPI	serial peripheral interface
1382SPI	stateful packet inspection
1383SPL	system interrupt priority level
1384SPL	spinlock
1385SPMD	single process, multiple data
1386SPR	special purpose register
1387SPT	sectors per track
1388SQA	software quality assurance
1389SQCIF	sub quarter common intermediate format
1390SQL	Structured Query Language
1391SRAM	static random access memory
1392SRC	sample rate conversion
1393SRP	SCSI RDMA protocol
1394SS	self-snoop
1395SS	stack segment
1396SSA	static single assignment
1397SSAP	source service access point
1398SSB	single-sideband modulation
1399SSD	solid state drive
1400SSE	streaming SIMD extensions
1401SSFDC	solid state floppy disc card
1402SSH	secure shell
1403SSI	server side includes
1404SSID	service set identifier
1405SSL	secure sockets layer
1406SSP	stack smashing protection
1407STC	software thermal control
1408STD	state transition diagram
1409STOMP	Streaming Text Oriented Messaging Protocol
1410STP	Spanning Tree Protocol
1411STP	shielded twisted pair
1412SUN	Stanford University Network
1413SUS	Single Unix Specification
1414SUT	system under test
1415SVG	scalable vector graphics
1416SVGA	Super Video Graphics Array
1417SVI	{switch,switched} virtual interface
1418SVM	secure virtual machine
1419SVM	support vector machine
1420SVR	System V Release
1421SVS	Separate Virtual Space
1422SWF	Shockwave Flash
1423SWIG	simplified wrapper [and] interface generator
1424SYR	symbol timing recovery
1425TA	test assertion
1426TA	transmitter address
1427TAI	international atomic time
1428TAO	track at once
1429TAOCP	The Art of Computer Programming
1430TAP	Test Anything Protocol
1431TAS	test and set
1432TB	terabyte
1433TCB	trace capture buffer
1434TCB	trusted computing base
1435TCC	thermal control circuit
1436TCL	tool command language
1437TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
1438TCQ	tagged command queueing
1439TDC	time [to] digital converter
1440TDD	test-driven development
1441TDD	time division duplex
1442TDM	time division multiplexing
1443TDMA	time division multiple access
1444TDOA	time difference of arrival
1445TDP	thermal design {point,power}
1446TECO	Text Editor and Corrector
1447TFT	thin film transistor
1448TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
1449TIAS	try it and see
1450TIFF	tagged image file format
1451TITS	try it to see
1452TK	temporal key
1453TKIP	Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
1454TLA	top level aggregator
1455TLB	translation lookaside buffer
1456TLD	top level domain
1457TLI	transport layer interface
1458TLS	thread local storage
1459TLS	transport layer security
1460TM	Turing machine
1461TM	thermal monitor
1462TMDS	transition minimized differential signaling
1463TMO	timeout
1464TOD	time of day
1465TOS	terms of service
1466TOS	trusted operating system
1467TOS	type of service
1468TP	transaction processing
1469TPI	tracks per inch
1470TPM	transactions per minute
1471TPM	trusted platform module
1472TPR	task priority register
1473TPS	transactions per second
1474TPS	transmission parameters signaling
1475TR	task register
1476TR	token ring
1477TRL	timing recovery loop
1478TRNG	true random number generator
1479TS	terminal services
1480TS	time series
1481TS	time stamp
1482TS	transport stream
1483TSAN	Thread Sanitizer
1484TSC	time stamp counter
1485TSD	time stamp disable
1486TSDB	time series database
1487TSL	test, set, lock
1488TSO	time sharing option
1489TSO	Total Store Ordering
1490TSP	Time-Stamp Protocol
1491TSP	Tunnel Setup Protocol
1492TSP	time synchronization protocol
1493TSP	traveling salesman problem
1494TSS	task state segment
1495TTL	time to live
1496TTL	transistor-transistor logic
1497TTM	translation table maps
1498TTY	teletype
1499TUI	{terminal,text-based,textual} user interface
1500TX	{transmit out,transmitter}
1501TXG	transaction group
1502TZ	time zone
1503UAC	user {access,account} control
1504UAF	use-after-free
1505UART	universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1506UAT	user acceptance testing
1507UB	undefined behavior
1508UBSAN	Undefined Behavior Sanitizer
1509UC	uncacheable
1510UCS	uniform-cost search
1511UDMA	ultra DMA
1512UDO	ultra density optical
1513UDP	User Datagram Protocol
1514UEFI	unified extensible firmware interface
1515UFS	Unix File System
1516UGA	universal graphics adapter
1517UI	unit interval
1518UI	user interface
1519UICC	universal integrated circuit card
1520UID	unique identifier
1521UID	user identifier
1522UL	upload
1523UMA	uniform memory access
1524UMA	upper memory area
1525UMB	upper memory block
1526UML	unified modeling language
1527UMPC	ultra-mobile PC
1528UPNP	universal plug and play
1529UPS	uninterruptible power supply
1530URI	uniform resource identifier
1531URL	uniform resource locator
1532URN	uniform resource name
1533USART	universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1534USB	universal serial bus
1535USWC	uncacheable speculative write combining
1536UT	unit test
1537UTC	coordinated universal time
1538UTP	unshielded twisted pair
1539UUCP	Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol
1540UUID	universally unique identifier
1541UUOC	useless use of cat
1542UUT	unit under test
1543UX	user experience
1544VA	vertical alignment
1545VA	virtual address
1546VA	volt-ampere
1547VAX	virtual address extension
1548VB	Visual Basic
1549VCA	variable-gain amplifier
1550VCC	common collector voltage
1551VCF	voltage-controlled filter
1552VCM	virtual channel memory
1553VCO	voltage-controlled oscillator
1554VCS	version control system
1555VESA	Video Electronics Standards Association
1556VFO	variable-frequency oscillator
1557VFS	virtual file system
1558VG	volume group
1559VGA	Video Graphics Array
1560VHDCI	very high density cable interconnect
1561VID	{VLAN,voltage level} identifier
1562VIM	Vi IMproved
1563VIPT	virtually indexed, physically tagged
1564VIVT	virtually indexed, virtually tagged
1565VLAN	virtual local area network
1566VLIW	very long instruction word
1567VLSI	very large scale integration
1568VLSM	variable length subnet mask
1569VM	virtual {machine,memory}
1570VME	virtual mode extension
1571VMX	vector multimedia extensions
1572VMX	virtual machine extensions
1573VOD	video on demand
1574VPN	virtual private network
1575VR	virtual reality
1576VRAM	video random access memory
1577VRF	virtual routing and forwarding
1578VRM	voltage regulator module
1579VRRP	Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
1580VSTP	VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol
1581VTP	VLAN Trunking Protocol
1582W	watt
1583W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
1584WAMP	Web Application Messaging Protocol
1585WAN	wide area network
1586WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
1587WAP	wireless access point
1588WDM	Windows Driver Model
1589WDDM	Windows Display Driver Model
1590WDT	watchdog timer
1591WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
1592WFI	wait for interrupt
1593WFQ	weighted fair queuing
1594WH	write hit
1595WIFI	wireless fidelity
1596WLAN	wireless local area network
1597WM	write miss
1598WMI	Windows Management Instrumentation
1599WOL	Wake-on-LAN
1600WOM	Wake-on-Modem
1601WOR	Wake-on-Ring
1602WORM	write once read many
1603WP	WordPerfect
1604WP	word processor
1605WP	write protect
1606WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
1607WPA2	Wi-Fi Protected Access II
1608WPS	Wi-Fi Protected Setup
1609WRAM	window random access memory
1610WS	web services
1611WTC	write through caching
1612WWAN	wireless wide area network
1613WWW	world wide web
1614WYSIAYG	what you see is all you get
1615WYSIWYG	what you see is what you get
1616XBAR	crossbar
1617XDMCP	X Display Manager control protocol
1618XER	XML encoding rules
1619XGA	Extended Graphics Array
1620XHR	XMLHttpRequest
1621XIP	execute in place
1622XML	Extensible Markup Language
1623XNA	XNA's not acronymed
1624XNS	Xerox network systems
1625XOR	exclusive or
1626XP	extreme programming
1627XSI	X/Open System Interface
1628XSL	extensible stylesheet language
1629XSS	cross site scripting
1630XT	extended technology
1631XTI	X/Open transport interface
1632XUL	XML user interface language
1633YACC	yet another compiler compiler
1634YAML	YAML ain't markup language
1635YANG	yet another next generation
1636YAWPFAPR	you are welcome; please file a problem report
1637YP	Yellow Pages
1638YTD	year to date
1639ZAP	ZFS attribute processor
1640ZBR	zone bit recording
1641ZFOD	zero-filled on demand
1642ZFS	zettabyte file system
1643ZIF	zero insertion force
1644ZIFS	zero insertion force socket
1645ZIL	ZFS intent log
1646ZMA	zone multicast address
1647ZPL	ZFS Posix layer
1648ZVOL	ZFS Volume
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