acronyms.comp revision 1.34
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3ABI	application binary interface
4ACPI	advanced configuration and power interface
5ADC	analog [to] digital converter
6AGP	accelerated graphics port
7ANSI	American National Standards Institute
8API	application programming interface
9ARP	address resolution protocol
10APIC	advanced programmable interrupt controller
11AT	advanced technology
12ATA	advanced technology attachment
13ATAPI	advanced technology attachment packet interface
14ATX	advanced technology extended
15BEDO	burst extended data output
16BGP	border gateway protocol
17BIOS	basic input/output system
18BLOB	binary large object
19BSD	berkeley software distribution
20CAD	computer-aided design
21CAV	constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
22CD	compact disc
23CDRAM	cache dynamic random access memory
24CGA	color graphics array
25CGI	common gateway interface
26CHS	cylinder/head/sector
27CIDR	classless inter-domain routing
28CLI	command line interface
29CLV	constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
30CPU	central processing unit
31CRLF	carriage return line feed
32CRT	cathode ray tube
33CSS	cascading style sheets
34CVS	concurrent versions system
35DAC	digital [to] analog converter
36DDC	display data channel
37DDR	double data rate
38DDWG	digital display working group
39DHCP	dynamic host configuration protocol
40DMA	direct memory access
41DNS	domain name system
42DRAM	dynamic random access memory
43DSL	digital subscriber line
44DTD	document type definition
45DVD	digital versatile disc
46DVI	digital visual interface
47ECP	enhanced capability port
48EDID	extended display identification data
49EDO	extended data out
50EEPROM	electrically erasable programmable read only memory
51EGA	enhanced graphics array
52EISA	extended industry standard architecture
53EPP	enhanced parallel port
54EPROM	erasable programmable read only memory
55ESDRAM	enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
56FAT	file allocation table
57FBRAM	frame buffer random access memory
58FFS	fast file system
59FLOPS	floating [point] operations per second
60FPM	fast page mode
61FQDN	fully qualified domain name
62FTP	file transfer protocol
63GIF	graphics interchange format
64GNU	gnu's not unix
65GPL	gnu/general public license
66GPU	graphics processing unit
67GUI	graphics user interface
68HDCP	high-bandwidth digital content protection
69HTML	hyper-text markup language
70HTTP	hyper-text transfer protocol
71I2O	intelligent input/output
72IANA	internet assigned number authority
73IC	integrated circuit
74ICB	internet citizen's band
75ICMP	internet control message protocol
76IDE	integrated drive electronics
77IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
78IEEE	institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers
79IESG	internet engineering steering group
80IETF	internet engineering task force
81IKE	internet key exchange
82IMAP	internet mail access protocol
83INCITS	InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards
84IO	input/output
85IOCTL	input/output control
86IP	internet protocol
87IPNG	internet protocol, next generation
88IPSEC	internet protocol security
89IRC	internet relay chat
90IRQ	interrupt request
91IRTF	internet research task force
92ISA	industry standard architecture
93ISDN	integrated services digital network
94ISO	International Standards Organization
95ISOC	internet society
96ISP	internet service provider
97JPEG	joint photographic experts group
98KVA	kernel virtual address
99LAN	local area network
100LBA	logical block addressing
101LCD	liquid crystal display
102LDAP	lightweight directory access protocol
103LED	light emitting diode
104LIR	local internet registry
105LSB	least significant bit [or: byte]
106LUN	logical unit number
107MAC	media access control
108MBR	master boot record
109MDRAM	multibank dynamic random access memory
110MIDI	musical instrument digital interface
111MIME	multipurpose internet mail extensions
112MIPS	million instructions per second
113MMU	memory management unit
114MPEG	moving picture experts group
115MSB	most significant bit [or: byte]
116MTA	mail transfer agent
117MTU	maximum transmission unit
118MUA	mail user agent
119NAT	network address translation
120NFS	networking file system
121NIC	network interface card
122NIS	network information service
123NUMA	non uniform memory access
124OEM	original equipment manufacturer
125OTP	one time password
126PAM	pluggable authentication modules
127PAX	portable archive exchange
128PCI	peripheral component interconnect
129PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
130PDP	page descriptor page
131PERL	practical extraction [and] report language
132PGP	pretty good privacy
133PIC	programmable interrupt controller
134PID	process id
135PIO	programmed input/output
136PNG	portable network graphics
137POP	post office protocol
138POSIX	portable operating system interface [for] unix
139POST	power on self test
140PPP	point-to-point protocol
141PPPOE	point-to-point protocol over ethernet
142PROM	programmable read only memory
143PTE	page table entry
144PTLA	pseudo top level aggregator
145PTP	page table page
146RAID	redundant array of inexpensive disks
147RAM	random access memory
148RCS	revision control system
149RFC	request for comments
150RGB	red green blue
151RISC	reduced instruction set computing
152ROM	read only memory
153RPM	revolutions per minute
154RTF	rich text format
155S/PDIF	sony/phillips digital interface
156SACD	super audio compact disc
157SAM	serial access memory
158SASI	Shugart Associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
159SATA	serial advanced technology attachment
160SCSI	small computer system interface
161SDRAM	synchronous dynamic random access memory
162SGRAM	synchronous graphics random access memory
163SLDRAM	synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
164SMART	self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
165SMP	symmetric multiprocessing
166SMTP	simple mail transfer protocol
167SNMP	simple network management protocol
168SPD	serial presence detect
169SRAM	static random access memory
170SSH	secure shell
171SSL	secure sockets layer
172SVGA	super video graphics array
173TCL	tool command language
174TCP	transmission control protocol
175TFT	thin film transistor
176TIFF	tagged image file format
177TLA	top level aggregator
178TLB	transition lookaside buffer
179TLD	top level domain
180TMDS	transition minimized differential signaling
181TTY	teletype
182TZ	time zone
183UC	uncacheable
184UDP	user datagram protocol
185UPS	uninterruptible power supply
186URI	uniform resource identifier
187URL	uniform resource locator
188USB	universal serial bus
189USWC	uncacheable speculative write combining
190UUCP	unix-to-unix copy protocol
191VAX	virtual address extension
192VCM	virtual channel memory
193VESA	video electronics standards association
194VGA	video graphics array
195VM	virtual memory
196VPN	virtual private network
197VRAM	video random access memory
198WAN	wide area network
199WAP	wireless application protocol
200WRAM	window random access memory
201WWW	world wide web
202XGA	extended graphics array
203XML	extensible markup language
204XSL	extensible stylesheet language
205XT	extended technology
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