acronyms.comp revision 1.35
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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
14ATM	asynchronous transfer mode
15ATX	advanced technology extended
16BEDO	burst extended data output
17BGP	border gateway protocol
18BIOS	basic input/output system
19BLOB	binary large object
20BSD	berkeley software distribution
21CAD	computer-aided design
22CAV	constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
23CD	compact disc
24CDRAM	cache dynamic random access memory
25CGA	color graphics array
26CGI	common gateway interface
27CHS	cylinder/head/sector
28CIDR	classless inter-domain routing
29CLI	command line interface
30CLV	constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
31CPU	central processing unit
32CRLF	carriage return line feed
33CRT	cathode ray tube
34CSS	cascading style sheets
35CVS	concurrent versions system
36DAC	digital [to] analog converter
37DDC	display data channel
38DDR	double data rate
39DDWG	digital display working group
40DHCP	dynamic host configuration protocol
41DMA	direct memory access
42DNS	domain name system
43DRAM	dynamic random access memory
44DSL	digital subscriber line
45DTD	document type definition
46DVD	digital versatile disc
47DVI	digital visual interface
48ECP	enhanced capability port
49EDID	extended display identification data
50EDO	extended data out
51EEPROM	electrically erasable programmable read only memory
52EGA	enhanced graphics array
53EISA	extended industry standard architecture
54EPP	enhanced parallel port
55EPROM	erasable programmable read only memory
56ESDRAM	enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
57FAT	file allocation table
58FBRAM	frame buffer random access memory
59FFS	fast file system
60FLOPS	floating [point] operations per second
61FPM	fast page mode
62FQDN	fully qualified domain name
63FTP	file transfer protocol
64GIF	graphics interchange format
65GNU	gnu's not unix
66GPL	gnu/general public license
67GPU	graphics processing unit
68GUI	graphics user interface
69HDCP	high-bandwidth digital content protection
70HTML	hyper-text markup language
71HTTP	hyper-text transfer protocol
72I2O	intelligent input/output
73IANA	internet assigned number authority
74IC	integrated circuit
75ICB	internet citizen's band
76ICMP	internet control message protocol
77IDE	integrated drive electronics
78IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
79IEEE	institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers
80IESG	internet engineering steering group
81IETF	internet engineering task force
82IKE	internet key exchange
83IMAP	internet mail access protocol
84INCITS	InterNational Committee on Information Technology Standards
85IO	input/output
86IOCTL	input/output control
87IP	internet protocol
88IPNG	internet protocol, next generation
89IPSEC	internet protocol security
90IRC	internet relay chat
91IRQ	interrupt request
92IRTF	internet research task force
93ISA	industry standard architecture
94ISDN	integrated services digital network
95ISO	International Standards Organization
96ISOC	internet society
97ISP	internet service provider
98JPEG	joint photographic experts group
99KVA	kernel virtual address
100LAN	local area network
101LBA	logical block addressing
102LCD	liquid crystal display
103LDAP	lightweight directory access protocol
104LED	light emitting diode
105LIR	local internet registry
106LSB	least significant bit [or: byte]
107LUN	logical unit number
108MAC	media access control
109MBR	master boot record
110MDRAM	multibank dynamic random access memory
111MIDI	musical instrument digital interface
112MIME	multipurpose internet mail extensions
113MIPS	million instructions per second
114MMU	memory management unit
115MPEG	moving picture experts group
116MSB	most significant bit [or: byte]
117MTA	mail transfer agent
118MTU	maximum transmission unit
119MUA	mail user agent
120NAT	network address translation
121NFS	networking file system
122NIC	network interface card
123NIS	network information service
124NUMA	non uniform memory access
125OEM	original equipment manufacturer
126OSF	open software foundation
127OTP	one time password
128PAM	pluggable authentication modules
129PAX	portable archive exchange
130PCI	peripheral component interconnect
131PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
132PDP	page descriptor page
133PERL	practical extraction [and] report language
134PGP	pretty good privacy
135PIC	programmable interrupt controller
136PID	process id
137PIO	programmed input/output
138PNG	portable network graphics
139POP	post office protocol
140POSIX	portable operating system interface [for] unix
141POST	power on self test
142PPP	point-to-point protocol
143PPPOA	point-to-point protocol over ATM
144PPPOE	point-to-point protocol over ethernet
145PROM	programmable read only memory
146PTE	page table entry
147PTLA	pseudo top level aggregator
148PTP	page table page
149RAID	redundant array of inexpensive disks
150RAM	random access memory
151RCS	revision control system
152RFC	request for comments
153RGB	red green blue
154RISC	reduced instruction set computing
155ROM	read only memory
156RPM	revolutions per minute
157RTF	rich text format
158S/PDIF	sony/phillips digital interface
159SACD	super audio compact disc
160SAM	serial access memory
161SASI	Shugart Associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
162SATA	serial advanced technology attachment
163SCSI	small computer system interface
164SDRAM	synchronous dynamic random access memory
165SGRAM	synchronous graphics random access memory
166SLDRAM	synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
167SMART	self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
168SMP	symmetric multiprocessing
169SMTP	simple mail transfer protocol
170SNMP	simple network management protocol
171SPD	serial presence detect
172SRAM	static random access memory
173SSH	secure shell
174SSL	secure sockets layer
175SVGA	super video graphics array
176TCL	tool command language
177TCP	transmission control protocol
178TFT	thin film transistor
179TIFF	tagged image file format
180TLA	top level aggregator
181TLB	transition lookaside buffer
182TLD	top level domain
183TMDS	transition minimized differential signaling
184TTY	teletype
185TZ	time zone
186UC	uncacheable
187UDP	user datagram protocol
188UPS	uninterruptible power supply
189URI	uniform resource identifier
190URL	uniform resource locator
191USB	universal serial bus
192USWC	uncacheable speculative write combining
193UUCP	unix-to-unix copy protocol
194VAX	virtual address extension
195VCM	virtual channel memory
196VESA	video electronics standards association
197VGA	video graphics array
198VM	virtual memory
199VPN	virtual private network
200VRAM	video random access memory
201WAN	wide area network
202WAP	wireless application protocol
203WRAM	window random access memory
204WWW	world wide web
205XGA	extended graphics array
206XML	extensible markup language
207XSL	extensible stylesheet language
208XT	extended technology
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