acronyms.comp revision 1.376
1$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.376 2023/10/26 13:43:17 jschauma Exp $
23WHS	three-way handshake
38VSB	8-state vestigial side band modulation
4AA	anti-aliasing
5AAA	authentication, authorization, [and] accounting
6AAT	average access time
7ABE	attribute-based encryption
8ABI	application binary interface
9ABNF	augmented backus-naur form
10ABR	available bit rate
11ABRT	automatic bug reporting tool
12AC	alternating current
13ACI	adjacent channel interferer
14ACID	atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability
15ACK	Amsterdam compiler kit
16ACK	acknowledgement
17ACL	access control list
18ACL	active current loop
19ACL	asynchronous connection less
20ACP	auxiliary control {process,program}
21ACPI	advanced configuration and power interface
22ACS	access control set
23ACU	automatic calling unit
24ADB	Apple desktop bus
25ADC	analog [to] digital converter
26ADD	acronym driven development
27ADDDC	adaptive double DRAM device correction
28ADO	active data objects
29ADP	automatic data processing
30ADPCM	adaptive differential pulse code modulation
31ADS	alternate data stream
32ADSL	asymmetric digital subscriber line
33ADT	abstract data type
34AEAD	authenticated encryption with associated data
35AEDC	advanced error detection and correction
36AER	advanced error reporting
37AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
38AFP	Apple Filing Protocol
39AFS	Andrew File System
40AGC	automatic gain control
41AGP	accelerated graphics port
42AI	analog input
43AI	artificial intelligence
44AL	access list
45AL	active link
46ALE	address latch enable
47ALPN	application-layer protocol negotiation
48ALS	ambient light sensor
49ALSA	advanced Linux sound architecture
50ALU	arithmetic and logical unit
51ALUA	asymmetric logical unit access
52AM	access method
53AM	alignment mask
54AM	amplitude modulation
55AMD	Advanced Micro Devices Inc
56AMDD	Agile model-driven development
57AMI	alternate mark inversion
58AMP	asymmetric multiprocessing
59AMQP	advanced message queuing protocol
60AMT	active management technology
61AN	Arabic number
62ANR	application not responding
63ANSI	American National Standards Institute
64AO	analog output
65AOC	add-on card
66AOL	Alert-on-LAN
67AOS	add or subtract
68AOT	ahead of time
69AP	access point
70AP	application processor
71APFS	Apple file system
72API	application programming interface
73APEI	ACPI platform error interface
74APIC	advanced programmable interrupt controller
75APIPA	automatic private IP addressing
76APM	advanced power management
77APM	application performance management
78APU	accelerated processing unit
79APT	advanced persistent threat
80AQM	active queue management
81ARAT	always running APIC timer
82ARC	adaptive replacement cache
83ARC	Advanced RISC Computing
84ARC	automatic reference counting
85ARM	Advanced RISC Machines
86ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
87ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency
88ARQ	automatic repeat request
89ARR	address range register
90ARU	audio response unit
91AS	autonomous system
92ASA	Adaptive Security Appliance
93ASAN	Address Sanitizer
94ASC	advanced smart cache
95ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
96ASD	agile software development
97ASE	advanced software environment
98ASF	alert standard format
99ASIC	application-specific integrated circuit
100ASK	amplitude shift keying
101ASLR	address space layout randomization
102ASN	autonomous system number
103ASP	active server pages
104ASP	auxiliary storage pool
105ASPM	active state power management
106ASQ	automated software quality
107ASR	address space register
108ASR	Apple software restore
109AST	abstract syntax tree
110AST	asynchronous system trap
111AT	access time
112AT	advanced technology
113ATA	advanced technology attachment
114ATAPI	advanced technology attachment packet interface
115ATC	address translation cache
116ATF	ARM trusted firmware
117ATF	automated testing framework
118ATM	asynchronous transfer mode
119ATX	advanced technology extended
120AV	anti virus
121AVB	audio video bridging
122AVL	Adelson-Velsky-Landis
123AVX	advanced vector extensions
124AWDL	Apple wireless direct link
125BA	byte align
126BAL	basic assembly language
127BAR	base address register
128BBS	bulletin board system
129BCC	blind carbon copy
130BCD	binary coded decimal
131BCH	boot console handler
132BCR	byte count register
133BCS	base configuration space
134BD	baud
135BDD	binary decision diagram
136BDI	bit deinterleave
137BDUF	big design up front
138BEDO	burst extended data output
139BER	basic encoding rules
140BER	bit error {rate,ratio}
141BERT	boot error record table
142BFD	bidirectional forwarding detection
143BFD	binary {file,format} descriptor
144BFKL	big fscking kernel lock
145BFS	breadth-first search
146BFT	binary file transfer
147BGA	ball grid array
148BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
149BGPSEC	BGP Security
150BIND	Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
151BIOS	Basic Input/Output System
152BIOS	built-in operating system
153BIST	built-in self-test
154BIU	bus interface unit
155BKDG	BIOS and kernel developer's guide
156BLAS	basic linear algebra subprograms
157BLC	back light control
158BLE	Bluetooth low energy
159BLOB	binary large object
160BM	bus master
161BMC	baseboard management controller
162BMP	basic multilingual plane
163BMP	bitmap image file
164BMIC	bus master interface controller
165BN	boundary neutral
166BNF	Backus-Naur form
167BO	binary output
168BOF	beginning of file
169BOM	beginning of message
170BOM	byte order mark
171BP	base pointer
172BP	boot processor
173BPB	BIOS parameter block
174BPDU	bridge protocol data unit
175BPF	Berkeley Packet Filter
176BPI	bits per inch
177BPM	business process modelling
178BPS	bits per second
179BPSK	binary phase shift keying
180BQP	bounded-error quantum polynomial time
181BQS	Berkeley quality software
182BRE	basic regular expression
183BS	backspace
184BS	binary sequence
185BSA	basic service area
186BSD	Berkeley Software Distribution
187BSDP	Boot Service Discovery Protocol
188BSF	bit scan forward
189BSOD	blue screen of death
190BSP	binary space partition
191BSP	board support package
192BSP	bootstrap processor
193BSR	bit scan reverse
194BSS	basic service set
195BSS	block started by symbol
196BSSID	basic service set identifier
197BT	BitTorrent
198BT	Bluetooth
199BT	bit test
200BTC	bit test [and] complement
201BTM	bus transport mechanism
202BTR	bit test [and] reset
203BTS	bit test [and] set
204BTS	bug tracking system
205BW	bandwidth
206BWM	block-write mode
207BUAG	big ugly ASCII graphic
208CA	certificate authority
209CAC	cryptographic access control
210CACLS	change access control lists
211CAD	computer-aided design
212CAM	computer assisted manufacturing
213CAM	conditional access module
214CAM	content addressable memory
215CAN	controller area network
216CARP	Common Address Redundancy Protocol
217CAS	column address strobe
218CAS	compare and swap
219CAS	computer algebra system
220CASE	computer aided software engineering
221CAU	control access unit
222CAV	constant angular velocity
223CBC	cipher block chaining
224CBR	constant bit rate
225CC	carbon copy
226CCC	Chaos Computer Club
227CCD	charge coupled device
228CCI	co-channel interferer
229CCNUMA	cache-coherent non-uniform memory access
230CCTL	command completion time limit
231CD	cache disable
232CD	compact disc
233CDDA	compact disc digital audio
234CDL	compiler description language
235CDMA	code division multiple access
236CDN	content delivery network
237CDP	Cisco Discovery Protocol
238CDRAM	cache dynamic random access memory
239CER	canonical encoding rules
240CERT	computer emergency response team
241CE	customer edge
242CET	control flow enforcement technology
243CF	compact flash
244CFB	cipher feedback
245CFG	context-free grammar
246CFG	control-flow graph
247CFI	control-flow integrity
248CG	control gate
249CGA	Color Graphics Adapter
250CGI	common gateway interface
251CGN	Carrier-Grade NAT
252CHAP	Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
253CHFS	chip file system
254CHS	cylinder/head/sector
255CI	continuous integration
256CI	{common,component} interface
257CIA	confidentiality, integrity, availability
258CIDR	Classless Inter-Domain Routing
259CIF	common intermediate format
260CIFS	Common Internet File System
261CIL	common intermediate language
262CIR	carrier-to-interference ratio
263CIS	contact image sensor
264CISC	complex instruction set {computer,computing}
265CJK	Chinese, Japanese, [and] Korean
266CLF	common log format
267CLI	command line interface
268CLI	common language infrastructure
269CLR	common language runtime
270CLS	common language specification
271CLTT	closed loop thermal throttling
272CLUT	color look-up table
273CLV	constant linear velocity
274CM	configuration management
275CMA	concert multithread architecture
276CMC	chassis management controller
277CMC	corrected machine check
278CMC	certificate management over CMS
279CMS	{configuration,content,course} management system
280CMS	cryptographic message syntax
281CMI	control {management,method} interface
282CMOS	complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
283CMP	chip multi-processing
284CMS	content management system
285CMYK	cyan magenta yellow black
286CN	{common,canonical} name
287CNA	CVE Numbering Authority
288CNC	computer numerical control
289CNR	carrier-to-noise ratio
290COA	change of authority
291COF	current operating frequency
292COFDM	coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
293COFF	common object file format
294COM	component object model
295COM	computer on module
296COMA	cache-only memory architecture
297CORBA	common object request broker architecture
298COS	class of service
299COW	copy-on-write
300CP	continuous pilot
301CPA	chosen-plaintext attack
302CPB	core performance boost
303CPC	central processor complex
304CPC	cpu performance counters
305CPE	common phase error
306CPE	common platform enumeration
307CPER	common platform error record
308CPG	clock pulse generator
309CPI	cycles per instruction
310CPL	current privilege level
311CPLD	complex programmable logic device
312CPP	C preprocessor
313CPS	characters per second
314CPS	continuation-passing style
315CPT	command pass through
316CPU	central processing unit
317CR	carriage return
318CRC	cyclic redundancy check
319CRDT	conflict-free replicated data type
320CRL	carrier recovery loop
321CRQC	cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer
322CRLF	carriage return line feed
323CSIRT	computer security incident response team
324CSPM	cloud security posture management
325CSRF	cross-site request forgery
326CSU	C start up
327CRT	cathode ray tube
328CRTP	curiously recurring template pattern
329CRUD	create, read, update, and delete
330CS	cable select
331CS	chip select
332CS	code segment
333CS	computer science
334CSDL	{common,conceptual} schema definition language
335CSI	channel state information
336CSI	common system interface
337CSMA	carrier sense multiple access
338CSMA/CA	carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
339CSMA/CD	carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
340CSP	communicating sequential processes
341CSP	content security policy
342CSP	constrain satisfaction problems
343CSP	cryptographic service provider
344CSR	control [and] status registers
345CSRG	Computer Systems Research Group
346CSS	cascading style sheets
347CST	common spanning tree
348CSV	comma-separated values
349CTF	compact c type format
350CTM	close to metal
351CTR	counter [mode]
352CTS	clear to send
353CTS	common type system
354CUA	common user access
355CUT	coordinated universal time
356CV	control voltage
357CVE	common vulnerabilities and exposures
358CVS	Concurrent Versions System
359CVSS	Common Vulnerability Scoring System
360DA	destination address
361DAA	distributed application architecture
362DAAP	digital audio access protocol
363DAB	digital audio broadcasting
364DAC	digital [to] analog converter
365DAC	discretionary access control
366DAD	duplicate address detection
367DAE	deterministic authenticated encryption
368DANE	DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities
369DAO	disk at once
370DAP	Directory Access Protocol
371DAT	digital audio tape
372DAT	dynamic acceleration technology
373DB	database
374DBA	database administrator
375DBA	dynamic bandwidth allocation
376DBB	data bus buffer
377DBC	design by contract
378DBL	dynamic buffer limiting
379DBMS	database management system
380DBS	database server
381DC	data center
382DC	direct current
383DCC	Direct Client-to-Client
384DCC	direct cable connect
385DCD	data carrier detect
386DCE	data control equipment
387DCE	distributed computing environment
388DCIM	data center infrastructure management
389DCIM	digital camera images
390DCL	Digital Command Language
391DCOM	distributed component object model
392DCOP	Desktop COmmunication Protocol
393DCS	data collection systems
394DCT	discrete cosine transform
395DCU	data cache unit
396DDC	display data channel
397DDE	dynamic data exchange
398DDI	device drivers interface
399DDK	device driver kit
400DDL	data description language
401DDR	double data rate
402DDS	direct digital sound
403DDWG	Digital Display Working Group
404DE	debugging extensions
405DE	desktop environment
406DEA	data encryption algorithm
407DEC	Digital Equipment Corporation
408DEK	data encryption key
409DEP	data execution prevention
410DER	distinguished encoding rules
411DES	Data Encryption Standard
412DF	don't fragment
413DFA	deterministic finite automaton
414DFC	data flow control
415DFS	depth first search
416DFS	distributed file system
417DFSAN	Data Flow Sanitizer
418DFT	diagnostic function test
419DFT	discrete Fourier transform
420DFZ	default-free zone
421DGL	data generation language
422DGEMM	double precision general matrix multiply
423DH	Diffie-Hellman
424DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
425DIA	dedicated Internet access
426DIB	device independent bitmap
427DIFS	distributed inter-frame space
428DIMM	dual inline memory module
429DIRT	design in real time
430DKI	driver/kernel interface
431DL	diode logic
432DL	discrete logarithm
433DL	download
434DLCI	data link connection identifier
435DLE	data link escape
436DLL	dynamic link library
437DLNA	digital living network alliance
438DLP	discrete logarithm problem
439DMA	direct memory access
440DMB	data memory barrier (Arm)
441DMI	desktop management interface
442DMS	document management system
443DMT	discrete multitone modulation
444DMU	data management layer
445DNARD	Digital network appliance reference design
446DND	drag and drop
447DNLC	directory name lookup cache
448DNS	Domain Name System
449DNSBL   Domain Name System Block List
450DNSSEC	DNS Security Extensions
451DOE	distributed object environment
452DOF	data over fibre
453DOH	DNS over HTTPS
454DOM	document object model
455DOQ	DNS over QUIC
456DOS	denial of service
457DOS	disk operating system
458DOT	DNS over TLS
459DP	DisplayPort
460DPAA	data path acceleration architecture
461DPC	deferred procedure call
462DPCM	differential pulse code modulation
463DPD	dead peer detection
464DPDK	data plane development kit
465DPI	deep packet inspection
466DPI	dots per inch
467DPL	descriptor privilege level
468DPS	Display PostScript
469DPST	display power savings technology
470DRAAS	disaster recovery as a service
471DRAM	dynamic random access memory
472DRBG	deterministic random bit generator
473DRI	direct rendering infrastructure
474DRM	digital rights management
475DRM	direct rendering manager
476DRN	Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers
477DRRS	display refresh rate switching
478DS	debug store
479DS	differentiated services
480DS9000	DeathStation 9000
481DS9K	DeathStation 9000
482DSA	digital signature algorithm
483DSAP	destination service access point
484DSB	double-sideband modulation
485DSB	data synchronization barrier (Arm)
486DSCP	differentiated services code point
487DSDT	differentiated system descriptor table
488DSF	device special file
489DSL	dataset and snapshot layer
490DSL	digital subscriber line
491DSL	domain specific language
492DSLAM	digital subscriber line access multiplexer
493DSN	delivery status notification
494DSO	dynamic shared object
495DSP	digital signal processor
496DSSS	direct sequence spread spectrum
497DTB	device tree blob
498DTC	device tree compiler
499DTD	document type definition
500DTE	data terminal equipment
501DTE	dumb terminal emulator
502DTL	diode-transistor logic
503DTLS	datagram transport layer security
504DTS	device tree source
505DTS	digital thermal sensor
506DUT	device under test
507DVB	digital video broadcasting
508DVCS	distributed version control system
509DVD	digital versatile disc
510DVFS	dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
511DVI	device independent
512DVI	Digital Visual Interface
513DVR	digital video recorder
514DWARF	Debugging With Attributed Record Formats
515E-XER	extended XML encoding rules
516EABI	embedded-application binary interface
517EAI	Email Address Internationalization
518EAI	Enterprise Application Integration
519EAP	Extensible Authentication Protocol
520EAPOL	EAP over Lan
521EAV	entity-attribute-value model
522EAV	ethernet audio/video bridging
523EBCDIC	Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
524EBDA	Extended BIOS Data Area
525EBNF	extended backus-naur form
526EBR	extended boot record
527EC	elliptic curve
528ECC	elliptic curve cryptography
529ECC	error correction code
530ECDH	elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman
531ECDL	elliptic curve discrete logarithm
532ECDLP	elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem
533ECDSA	elliptic curve digital signature algorithm
534ECL	emitter-coupled logic
535ECN	explicit congestion notification
536ECP	enhanced capability port
537ECS	enhanced chip set
538ECS	extended configuration space
539EDAC	error detection and correction
540EDAT	enhanced dynamic acceleration technology
541EdDSA	Edwards curve digital signature algorithm
542EDGE	explicit data graph execution
543EDID	extended display identification data
544EDO	extended data out
545EDS	electronical data sheet
546EDSAC	electronic delay storage automatic calculator
547EDVAC	electronic discrete variable automatic computer
548EEE	energy efficient ethernet
549EEE	embrace, extend, extinguish
550EEPROM	electrically erasable programmable read only memory
551EFI	extensible firmware interface
552EFL	emitter follower logic
553EFM	eight to fourteen modulation
554EFS	extent file system
555EGA	Enhanced Graphics Adapter
556EGP	exterior gateway protocol
557EH	extension header
558EIDE	enhanced IDE
559EISA	extended industry standard architecture
560EINJ	error injection table
561ELF	executable and linking format
562ELS	entry level system
563EMI	electro-magnetic interference
564EMP	electro-magnetic pulse
565EMR	electro-magnetic radiation
566EMACS	Editor MACroS
567ENIAC	electronic numerical integrator and computer
568EOF	end of file
569EOI	end of interrupt
570EOIS	end of interactive support
571EOL	end of life
572EOL	end of line
573EOT	end of transmission
574EPIC	explicitly parallel instruction computing
575EPP	enhanced parallel port
576EPP	extensible provisioning protocol (RFC5730)
577EPRML	extended partial response, maximum likelihood
578EPROM	erasable programmable read only memory
579EPT	extended page tables
580ERC	error recovery control
581ERD	emergency recovery disk
582ERD	entity relationship diagram
583ERE	extended regular expression
584ERST	error record serialization table
585ESAN	Efficiency Sanitizer
586ESB	enterprise service bus
587ESDI	enhanced small disk interface
588ESDRAM	enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
589ESI	enclosure services interface
590ESS	electronic switching system
591ESS	extended service set
592ESSID	extended service set identifier
593EST	enhanced speedstep
594ETL	extract, transform, load
595EU	execution unit
596EULA	end user license agreement
597FAT	file allocation table
598FBRAM	frame buffer random access memory
599FCIF	full common intermediate format
600FCL	fiber channel loop
601FCS	frame check sequence
602FDC	floppy disk controller
603FDD	floppy disk drive
604FDDI	fiber distributed data interface
605FDE	full disk encryption
606FDT	flattened device tree
607FEA	finite element analysis
608FEC	forward error correction
609FET	field-effect transistor
610FF	finite field
611FF	form feed
612FFDH	finite-field Diffie-Hellman
613FFH	functional fixed hardware
614FFI	foreign function interface
615FFM	focus follows mouse
616FFS	Fast File System
617FFS	find first set
618FFT	fast Fourier transform
619FG	floating gate
620FHRP	first hop redundancy protocol
621FHSS	frequency hop spread spectrum
622FID	frequency identifier
623FIFO	first in, first out
624FILO	first in, last out
625FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standards
626FIR	fast infrared
627FLOPS	floating [point] operations per second
628FLOSS	free/libre/open source software
629FM	frequency modulation
630FMR	false match rate
631FOSS	free/open source software
632FPGA	field programmable gate array
633FPM	fast page mode
634FPR	floating point register
635FPU	floating point unit
636FQDN	fully qualified domain name
637FRR	false rejection rate
638FRU	field replaceable unit
639FS	file system
640FSB	front side bus
641FSCK	file system check
642FSF	Free Software Foundation
643FSK	frequency shift keying
644FSM	finite-state machine
645FTA	fault tree analysis
646FTL	flash translation layer
647FTP	File Transfer Protocol
648FTPS	File Transfer Protocol Secure
649FTTH	fiber to the home
650FUS	fast user switching
651FWH	firmware hub
652FWS	folding white space
653GAL	generic array logic
654GARP	generic attribute registration protocol
655GAS	generic address structure
656GC	garbage collector
657GCC	GNU Compiler Collection
658GCM	Galois counter mode
659GCR	group-coded recording
660GDI	Graphics Device Interface
661GDT	global descriptor table
662GECOS	general comprehensive operating supervisor
663GEM	graphics environment manager
664GEM	graphics execution manager
665GEMM	general matrix multiply
666GENA	general event notification architecture
667GHC	Glasgow Haskell compiler
668GHES	generic hardware error source
669GIC	generic interrupt controller
670GID	group identifier
671GIF	graphics interchange format
672GLBP	gateway load balancing protocol
673GMCH	graphics and memory controller hub
674GNU	GNU's Not Unix
675GOP	graphics output protocol
676GOT	global offset table
677GPE	general purpose event
678GPF	general protection fault
679GPG	GNU Privacy Guard
680GPL	[GNU] General Public License
681GPR	general purpose register
682GPS	generalized processor sharing
683GPT	GUID partition table
684GPU	graphics processing unit
685GR	golden ratio
686GRE	generic routing encapsulation
687GRO	generic receive offload
688GSI	global system interrupt
689GSO	generic send offload
690GUI	graphical user interface
691GUID	globally unique identifier
692GUS	Gravis UltraSound
693GVFS    git virtual file system
694HA	high availability
695HAL	hardware abstraction layer
696HAT	hashed array tree
697HATEOAS	hypermedia as the engine of application state
698HBA	host bus adapter
699HCC	Home Cable Computer
700HCCA	Home Cable Computer Adaptor
701HCF	halt and catch fire
702HCI	host controller interface
703HCI	human-computer interaction
704HCL	hardware compatibility list
705HDCP	High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
706HDD	hard disk drive
707HDL	hardware description language
708HDMI	High-Definition Multimedia Interface
709HDTV	high-definition television
710HECI	host embedded controller interface
711HEST	hardware error source table
712HEVC	high efficiency video coding
713HF	high frequency
714HFM	highest frequency mode
715HFS	hierarchical file system
716HID	human interface device
717HKDF	HMAC-based key derivation function
718HKP	HTTP Keyserver Protocol
719HLE	hardware lock elision (Intel)
720HLL	high-level language
721HMA	high memory area
722HMI	human-machine interface
723HOOD	hierarchical object oriented design
724HOTP	HMAC-based one time password
725HP	Hewlett-Packard
726HPC	high performance computing
727HPD	hot plug detection
728HPET	high precision event timer
729HSM	hardware security module
730HSM	hierarchical storage management
731HSRP	hot standby router protocol
732HT	hyper-threading
733HTC	hardware thermal control
734HTCC	high temperature co-fired ceramic
735HTML	HyperText Markup Language
736HTT	hyper-threading technology
737HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
738HTTPS	Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
739HVM	hardware virtual machine
740HVDS	High-Voltage Differential Signaling
741HWASAN	Hardware-assisted Address Sanitizer
742HZ	Hertz
743I2O	intelligent input/output
744IA	information assurance
745IAAS	infrastructure as a service
746IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
747IAB	Internet Architecture Board
748IBC	iterated block cipher
749IBM	International Business Machines
750IBPI	international blinking pattern interpretation
751IBS	instruction based sampling
752IBSS	independent basic service set
753IBT	indirect branch tracking
754IC	integrated circuit
755ICA	independent computer architecture
756ICACLS	integrity control access control lists
757ICB	Internet Citizen's Band
758ICE	in-circuit emulator
759ICE	internal compiler error
760ICH	I/O controller hub
761ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
762ICT	information and communications technology
763ICW	initialization command word
764IDA	Intel dynamic acceleration
765IDCMP	Intuition direct communication message port
766IDCT	inverse discrete cosine transform
767IDE	integrated development environment
768IDE	integrated drive electronics
769IDPS	intrusion detection [and] prevention system
770IDRP	inter-domain routing protocol
771IDS	intrusion detection system
772IDT	interrupt descriptor table
773IE	Internet Explorer
774IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
775IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
776IESG	Internet Engineering Steering Group
777IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
778IF	intermediate frequency
779IFCM	isochronous flow control mode
780IFF	Interchange File Format
781IFS	internal field separator
782IGD	Internet gateway device
783IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
784IGP	interior gateway protocol
785IHV	independent hardware vendor
786IKE	Internet key exchange
787ILM	internal loopback mode
788ILOM	integrated lights-out management
789ILP	instruction level parallelism
790IM	instant messaging
791IME	input method editor
792IMAP	Internet Message Access Protocol
793IMC	integrated memory controller
794IMCR	interrupt mode configuration register
795IMR	interrupt mask register
796IMS	information management system
797IMSI	international mobile subscriber identity
798INCITS	InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
799INODE	index node
800IO	input/output
801IOCTL	input/output control
802IOM	input/output managers
803IOMMU	input/output memory management unit
804IOT	Internet of Things
805IP	Internet Protocol
806IP	intellectual property
807IPC	instructions per cycle
808IPC	interprocess communication
809IPCF	interprocess communication facility
810IPE	integrated programming environment
811IPI	intelligent peripheral interface
812IPI	interprocessor interrupt
813IPL	Initial Program Load
814IPL	Interrupt Priority Level
815IPMB	Intelligent Platform Management Bus
816IPMI	Intelligent Platform Management Interface
817IPNG	Internet Protocol, Next Generation
818IPS	in-plane switching
819IPS	intrusion prevention system
820IPSEC	Internet Protocol Security
821IRC	Internet Relay Chat
822IRDA	infrared data association
823IRDP	ICMP Router Discovery Protocol
824IR	intermediate representation
825IRQ	interrupt request
826IRQL	interrupt request level
827IRR	interrupt request register
828IRTF	Internet Research Task Force
829IS	information system
830ISA	industry standard architecture
831ISA	instruction set architecture
832ISB	instruction synchronization barrier (Arm)
833ISE	instant secure erase
834ISDN	integrated services digital network
835ISI	inter-symbol interference
836ISL	initial system load
837ISM	industrial, scientific, [and] medical
838ISMS	information system management system
839ISN	initial serial number
840ISO	International Standards Organization
841ISOC	Internet Society
842ISP	Internet service provider
843ISR	in-service register
844ISR	interrupt service routine
845IST	internal spanning tree
846IST	interrupt stack table
847ISV	independent software vendor
848IT	information technology
849ITB	Intel Turbo Boost
850ITIL	information technology infrastructure library
851ITP	in-target probe
852ITSM	IT service management
853IV	initialization vector
854IVT	interrupt vector table
855JBOD	just a bunch of disks
856JCL	Job Control Language
857JFET	junction [gate] field-effect transistor
858JIT	just in time
859JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
860JRE	Java Runtime Environment
861JSON	JavaScript Object Notation
862JTAG	joint test action group
863KASAN	Kernel Address Sanitizer
864KASLR	kernel address space layout randomization
865KB	keyboard
866KB	kilobyte
867KBD	keyboard
868KBD	kilobaud
869KCS	keyboard controller style
870KEK	key encryption key
871KEM	key encapsulation mechanism
872KLOC	thousand lines of code
873KMS	kernel-mode setting
874KPI	kernel programming interface
875KVA	kernel virtual address
876KVM	kernel virtual machine
877KVM	kernel virtual memory
878KVM	keyboard, video, [and] mouse
879L2CAP	link layer control and adaptation protocol
880LAG	link aggregation group
881LAMP	Linux Apache MySQL {Perl,PHP,Python}
882LAN	local area network
883LAPIC	local advanced programmable interrupt controller
884LAR	load access rights
885LBA	logical block addressing
886LBNF	labeled backus-naur form
887LBS	location-based service
888LCD	liquid crystal display
889LCP	link control protocol
890LDA	local delivery agent
891LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
892LDR	light-dependent resistor
893LDT	local descriptor table
894LE	logical extent
895LED	light emitting diode
896LELL	low energy link layer
897LER	label edge router
898LF	line feed
899LF	low frequency
900LFM	lowest frequency mode
901LFN	long file names
902LFO	low-frequency oscillation
903LFS	log-structured file system
904LFU	least frequently used
905LHP	loop heat pipe
906LIF	logical interchange format
907LIFO	last in, first out
908LILO	LInux LOader
909LILO	last in, last out
910LINT	local interrupt
911LIR	local Internet registry
912LISP	LISt Processor
913LISP	Locator/ID Separation Protocol
914LKM	{Linux,loadable} kernel module
915LKML	Linux kernel mailing list
916LL	load linked
917LL/SC	load linked/store conditional
918LLC	logical link control
919LLD	low-level design
920LLDD	low-level design document
921LLDP	link layer discovery protocol
922LLF	low level format
923LLMNR	link-local multicast name resolution
924LLVM	Low Level Virtual Machine
925LM	long mode
926LMCE	local machine check exception
927LMI	local management interface
928LMM	link management mode
929LMP	link management protocol
930LNO	loop nest optimization
931LOC	lines of code
932LOM	lights-out management
933LPE	Linux performance events
934LPC	low pin count
935LPS	local positioning system
936LRC	longitudinal redundancy check
937LRM	left-to-right mark
938LRO	Large Receive Offload
939LRO	left-to-right override
940LRU	least recently used
941LS	link state
942LSAN	Leak Sanitizer
943LSB	Linux standards base
944LSB	least significant {bit,byte}
945LSI	large scale integration
946LSL	load segment limit
947LSM	log structured merge
948LSN	Large Scale NAT
949LSN	log sequence number
950LSO	large send offload
951LSR	label switch router
952LTCC	low temperature co-fired ceramic
953LTO	linear tape-open
954LTO	link time optimization
955LTR	left to right
956LTR	load task register
957LTR	letter(-sized paper)
958LTS	long term support
959LUA	Lua Uppercase Accident
960LUN	logical unit number
961LV	logical volume
962LVM	logical volume management
963LVT	local vector table
964LVDS	Low-Voltage Differential Signaling
965LWP	light-weight process
966LZSS	Lempel Ziv Storer Szymanski
967LZW	Lempel Ziv Welch
968MAB	MAC authentication bypass
969MAC	mandatory access control
970MAC	{media,medium} access control
971MAC	message authentication {check,code}
972MADT	multiple APIC descriptor table
973MAMR	microwave-assisted magnetic recording
974MB	megabyte
975MBA	multi-boot agent
976MBR	master boot record
977MBS	megabits per second
978MC	memory controller
979MCA	machine check architecture
980MCA	MicroChannel architecture
981MCC	multiversion concurrency control
982MCE	machine check exception
983MCGA	Multi-Color Graphics Array
984MCH	memory controller hub
985MCLAG	multi-chassis link aggregation group
986MCM	multi-chip module
987MCQ	memory controlled queue
988MD	machine-dependent
989MD	MiniDisc
990MD-SAL	model-driven service abstraction layer
991MDA	mail delivery agent
992MDA	Monochrome Display Adapter
993MDC	Management Data Clock
994MDI	Medium Dependent Interface
995MDI-X	Medium Dependent Interface Crossover
996MDIO	Management Data Input/Output
997MDMX	MIPS Digital Media eXtension
998MDRAM	multibank dynamic random access memory
999MDS	microarchitectural data sampling
1000MESI	modified, exclusive, shared, invalid
1001MFC	merge from current
1002MFC	Microsoft Foundation Classes
1003MFM	modified frequency modulation
1004MFU	most frequently used
1005MGCP	media gateway control protocol
1006MHU	message handling unit
1007MI	machine-independent
1008MI	machine interface
1009MIB	management information base
1010MIC	message integrity {check,code}
1011MID	mobile Internet device
1012MIDI	musical instrument digital interface
1013MIF	management information format
1014MII	media independent interface
1015MIM	man in the middle
1016MIMD	multiple instruction, multiple data
1017MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
1018MIMO	multiple input multiple output
1019MIPS	million instructions per second
1020MIPS	Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
1021MISD	multiple instruction, single data
1022MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1023MITM	man in the middle
1024ML	machine language
1025ML	machine learning
1026ML	mailing list
1027ML	markup language
1028ML	maximum likelihood
1029MLAG	multi-chassis link aggregation group
1030MLC	multi-level cell
1031MLD	multicast listener discovery
1032MLHP	micro loop heat pipe
1033MLIR	multi-level intermediate representation
1034MLO	MMC loader
1035MMC	multi-media card
1036MMF	multi-mode fiber
1037MMIC	monolithic microwave integrated circuit
1038MMIO	memory mapped input/output
1039MMORPG	massive multiplayer online role playing game
1040MMRP	multiple MAC registration protocol
1041MMU	memory management unit
1042MMX	matrix math extension
1043MMX	multimedia extension
1044MMX	multiple math extension
1045MO	magneto-optical
1046MOESI	modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid
1047MOF	maximum operating frequency
1048MOSFET	metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
1049MOSI	modified, owned, shared, invalid
1050MP	multi-platform
1051MP	multiplayer
1052MP	{multiprocessing,multiprocessor}
1053MPEG	moving picture experts group
1054MPI	message passing interface
1055MPLS	Multiprotocol Label Switching
1056MPP	massively parallel processor
1057MPS	memory pool system
1058MPS	multiprocessor specification
1059MQTT	Message Queuing Telemetry Transport
1060MR	modem ready
1061MRO	method resolution order
1062MRP	multiple registration protocol
1063MRU	most recently used
1064MS	Microsoft
1065MSAN	Memory Sanitizer
1066MSB	most significant {bit,byte}
1067MSC	message sequence chart
1068MSE	mean square error
1069MSF	minutes seconds frames
1070MSI	message signaled interrupt
1071MSI	modified, shared, invalid
1072MSR	{machine state,model-specific} register
1073MSS	maximum segment size
1074MSTP	Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
1075MT	machine translation
1076MTA	mail transfer agent
1077MTBF	mean time between failures
1078MTP	media transfer protocol
1079MTRR	memory type range register
1080MTTF	mean time to failure
1081MTU	maximum transmission unit
1082MUA	mail user agent
1083MUD	multi-user domain
1084MVCC	multiversion concurrency control
1085MVR	multicast VLAN registration
1086MVRP	multiple VLAN registration protocol
1087MWE	module width encoding
1088MX	mail exchange
1089NACK	negative acknowledgement
1090NAK	negative acknowledgement
1091NAN	neighbor awareness networking
1092NAN	not a number
1093NAPT	Network Address Port Translation
1094NAS	network attached storage
1095NAT	network address translation
1096NAV	network allocation vector
1097NC	numerical control
1098NC-SI	network controller sideband interface
1099NCO	numerically-controlled oscillator
1100NCP	Network Control Protocol
1101NCSI	network connectivity status indicator
1102NCQ	native command queuing
1103ND	neighbor discovery
1104NDFA	nondeterministic finite automaton
1105NDIS	network driver interface specification
1106NE	numeric error
1107NEWS	Network extensible Window System
1108NFA	nondeterministic finite automaton
1109NFC	near-field communication
1110NFCI	no functional change intended
1111NFS	network file system
1112NFV	network function virtualization
1113NHACP	NABU HCCA Application Communication Protocol
1114NIA	next instruction address
1115NIC	network information center
1116NIC	network interface card
1117NIDS	network intrusion detection system
1118NIP	network interface protocol
1119NIPS	network intrusion prevention system
1120NIS	network information service
1121NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
1122NLS	native language support
1123NMI	non-maskable interrupt
1124NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol
1125NMR	nonce-misuse resistance
1126NOC	network operations center
1127NOP	no operation
1128NOS	network operating system
1129NP	nondeterministic polynomial time
1130NRND	not recommended for new designs
1131NRZ	non-return to zero
1132NSA	nation-state adversary
1133NSA	no such agency
1134NSA	National Security Agency
1135NTM	non-deterministic Turing machine
1136NTP	Network Time Protocol
1137NUMA	non-uniform memory access
1138NURBS	non-uniform rational basis spline
1139NVMM	NetBSD Virtual Machine Monitor
1140NVMM	non-volatile main memory
1141NVRAM	non-volatile random access memory
1142NW	not write-through
1143NX	no execute
1144OAEP	optimal asymmetric encryption padding
1145OAM	operations, administration, and {management,maintenance}
1146OBO	off by one
1147OBOE	off by one error
1148OCL	object constraint language
1149OCR	optical character recognition
1150ODBC	Open Database Connectivity
1151ODE	offline device environment
1152ODI	open data-link interface
1153ODM	object data manager
1154ODCM	on-demand clock modulation
1155ODMR	on-demand mail relay
1156ODT	on-die termination
1157OEM	original equipment manufacturer
1158OFB	output feedback
1159OFDM	orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
1160OFET	organic field-effect transistor
1161OLAP	online analytical processing
1162OLE	object linking and embedding
1163OLTP	online transaction processing
1164ONCE	on-{chip,circuit} emulation
1165ONFI	open nand flash interface
1166OO	OpenOffice
1167OO	object oriented
1168OOB	out of band
1169OOE	out of order execution
1170OOM	out of memory
1171OOO	OpenOffice.org
1172OOP	object oriented programming
1173OOPS	object oriented programming systems
1174OOSE	object oriented software engineering
1175OPM	operations per minute
1176OPS	operations per second
1177OQL	Object Query Language
1178ORB	object request broker
1179ORM	object-relational mapping
1180OS	operating system
1181OSD	object-based storage device
1182OSD	open source definition
1183OSF	open software foundation
1184OSI	Open Source Initiative
1185OSI	open systems interconnection
1186OSPF	open shortest path first
1187OSPM	OS power management
1188OSS	open sound system
1189OSS	open source software
1190OSVW	operating system visible workarounds
1191OTP	one time password
1192OTP	open telecom platform
1193OU	organizational unit
1194OUI	organizationally unique identifier
1195OWASP	Open Web Application Security Project
1196OWL	Web Ontology Language
1197P2P	PCI to PCI
1198P2P	peer to peer
1199PA	phase accumulator
1200PA	physical address
1201PAAS	platform as a service
1202PAC	phase-amplitude converter
1203PAE	physical address extension
1204PAGP	port aggregation protocol
1205PAL	phase alternating line
1206PAL	programmable array logic
1207PAM	pluggable authentication modules
1208PAM	pulse amplitude modulation
1209PAP	password authentication protocol
1210PAT	page attribute table
1211PAT	port address translation
1212PATA	parallel ATA
1213PAX	portable archive exchange
1214PBE	pending break encoding
1215PBE	programming by example
1216PBR	partition boot record
1217PBX	private branch exchange
1218PC	personal computer
1219PC	program counter
1220PCB	printed circuit board
1221PCB	process control block
1222PCB	Protocol Control Block
1223PCBC	propagating cipher block chaining
1224PCC	Portable C Compiler
1225PCD	page-level cache disable
1226PCE	path computation element
1227PCE	performance-monitor counter enable
1228PCEP	Path Computation Element Protocol
1229PCH	platform controller hub
1230PCI	peripheral component interconnect
1231PCM	phase change memory
1232PCM	pulse code modulation
1233PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
1234PCP	Port Control Protocol
1235PD	public domain
1236PDA	personal digital assistant
1237PDA	pushdown automaton
1238PDAG	propositional directed acyclic graph
1239PDB	power distribution board
1240PDF	portable document format
1241PDM	pulse-duration modulation
1242PDN	pull-down network
1243PDP	page {descriptor,directory} page
1244PDS	product data sheet
1245PDU	protocol data unit
1246PE	protection enable
1247PE	provider edge
1248PE	portable executable
1249PEAP	Protected EAP
1250PECI	platform environment control interface
1251PEP	protocol extension protocol
1252PER	packed encoding rules
1253PFS	perfect forward secrecy
1254PGAS	partitioned global address space
1255PGE	page global enable
1256PGO	profile guided optimization
1257PGP	Pretty Good Privacy
1258PHB	PCI host bridge
1259PHP	PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
1260PIC	performance instrumentation counters
1261PIC	position independent code
1262PIC	programmable interrupt controller
1263PICNIC	problem in chair, not in computer
1264PID	process id
1265PIE	position independent executable
1266PIL	Priority Interrupt Level
1267PIM	personal information manager
1268PIM	platform-independent model
1269PIO	programmed input/output
1270PIPT	physically indexed, physically tagged
1271PIR	private information retrieval
1272PIQ	prefetch input queue
1273PIT	programmable interrupt timer
1274PIV	personal identity verification
1275PIX	Private Internet eXchange
1276PKCS	public-key cryptography standards
1277PKI	public key infrastructure
1278PLC	programmable logic controller
1279PLD	programmable logic device
1280PLL	phase locked loop
1281PLRU	pseudo LRU
1282PLT	procedure linkage table
1283PLTM	package level thermal management
1284PM	power management
1285PM	{phase,pulse} modulation
1286PMC	performance monitoring counters
1287PME	power management event
1288PMEG	page map entry group
1289PMI	performance monitoring infrastructure
1290PMI	platform management interrupt
1291PMIC	power management integrated circuit
1292PMIO	port-mapped input/output
1293PMT	photo-multiplier tube
1294PMU	performance monitoring units
1295PMU	power management unit
1296PNG	portable network graphics
1297PNP	plug and play
1298POE	power over ethernet
1299POF	probability of failure
1300POP	Post Office Protocol
1301POP	power on password
1302POR	plan of record
1303POSIX	Portable Operating System Interface [for Unix]
1304POST	power on self test
1305POTS	plain old telephone system
1306POWER	Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC
1307POWERPC	Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC - Performance Computing
1308PP	pair programming
1309PPB	PCI [to] PCI bridge
1310PPC	PowerPC
1311PPC	Power Performance Computing
1312PPI	pixels per inch
1313PPM	pages per minute
1314PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
1315PPPOA	Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
1316PPPOE	Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
1317PPR	processor programming reference
1318PPT	powerpoint
1319PPT	punched paper tape
1320PPU	physics processing unit
1321PQC	post-quantum cryptography
1322PRAM	Parameter RAM
1323PRBS	pseudorandom bit sequence
1324PRG	pseudorandom generator
1325PRF	pseudorandom function [family]
1326PRML	partial response, maximum likelihood
1327PRN	pseudorandom {noise,number}
1328PRNG	pseudorandom number generator
1329PROM	programmable read only memory
1330PRP	pseudorandom permutation
1331PRU	Programmable Realtime Unit
1332PS	PostScript
1333PSD	power spectral density
1334PSE	page size extensions
1335PSK	phase shift keying
1336PSK	pre-shared key
1337PSTN	public switched telephone network
1338PSW	program status word
1339PTE	page table entry
1340PTLA	pseudo top level aggregator
1341PTP	page table page
1342PTV	perceived target value
1343PU	processing unit
1344PUC	personal unblocking code
1345PUN	physical unit number
1346PV	physical volume
1347PVC	permanent virtual circuit
1348PVG	physical volume group
1349PVI	protected-mode virtual interrupt
1350PVRST	Per-VLAN rapid spanning tree
1351PVST	Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
1352PWM	pulse width modulation
1353PXE	preboot execution environment
1354QA	quality assurance
1355QAM	quadrature amplitude modulation
1356QAM	quality assurance management
1357QBE	query by example
1358QC	quality control
1359QDI	quasi delay insensitive
1360QCIF	quarter common intermediate format
1361QOI	quality of implementation
1362QOI	quick order interface
1363QUIC	Quick UDP Internet Connections
1364QOS	quality of service
1365QVL	qualified vendor list
1366R/O	read only
1367R/W	read/write
1368RA	receiver address
1369RA	remote assistance
1370RA	resource affinity
1371RA	router advertisement
1372RAD	rapid application development
1373RADIUS	remote authentication dial-in user service
1374RAID	redundant array of {independent,inexpensive} disks
1375RAII	resource acquisition is initialization
1376RAM	random access memory
1377RAS	reliability, availability and serviceability
1378RAS	remote access service
1379RAS	restartable atomic sequence
1380RAS	row address strobe
1381RAT	register allocation table
1382RAT	remote access trojan
1383RBF	radial basis function
1384RBL     reputation block list
1385RBL     real-time blackhole list
1386RBNF	routing backus-naur form
1387RBT	red-black tree
1388RC	release candidate
1389RC	remote control
1390RC	run commands
1391RCS	Revision Control System
1392RCU	read, copy, update
1393RDB	Rigid Disk Block
1394RDBMS	relational database management system
1395RDF	Resource Description Framework
1396RDM	relational data model
1397RDMA	remote direct memory access
1398RDP	remote desktop protocol
1399RDRAM	Rambus DRAM
1400RE	regular expression
1401REPL	read, evaluate, print, loop
1402REST	representational state transfer
1403RF	radio frequency
1404RFB	remote frame buffer
1405RFI	radio frequency interference
1406RFO	request for ownership
1407RFU	reserved for future use
1408RGB	red green blue
1409RGBA	red green blue alpha
1410RGMII	reduced gigabit media independent interface
1411RH	read hit
1412RHEL	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1413RHL	Red Hat Linux
1414RIB	routing information base
1415RIFF	Resource Interchange File Format
1416RIP	Raster Image Processor
1417RIP	Routing Information Protocol
1418RIR	regional Internet registry
1419RISC	reduced instruction set {computer,computing}
1420RKM	ROM Kernel Manual
1421RLE	run length encoding
1422RLL	run length limited
1423RLO	right-to-left override
1424RM	read miss
1425RMCP	Remote Management Control Protocol
1426RMI	remote method invocation
1427RMO	Relaxed Memory Ordering
1428RMPM	rapid memory power management
1429RMS	root mean square
1430RMW	read, modify, write
1431RNG	random number generator
1432ROM	read only memory
1433ROP	return-oriented programming
1434RPC	remote procedure call
1435RPG	Report Program Generator
1436RPKI	resource PKI
1437RPL	requested privilege level
1438RPM	revolutions per minute
1439RPN	reverse Polish notation
1440RPVST	Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
1441RR	random replacement
1442RR	round robin
1443RS	relay station
1444RSA	Rivest, Shamir, [and] Adleman
1445RSC	Receive Segment Coalescing
1446RSIP	Realm Specific IP
1447RSN	Robust Secure Network
1448RSS	really simple syndication
1449RSS	Receive Side Scaling
1450RSS	residual sum of squares
1451RSTP	Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
1452RT	real time
1453RTC	real time clock
1454RTC	real time computing
1455RTF	rich text format
1456RTL	register transfer language
1457RTL	resistor-transistor logic
1458RTL	right to left
1459RTM	restricted transactional memory (Intel)
1460RTOS	real time operating system
1461RTP	Real-time Transport Protocol
1462RTS	request to send
1463RTT	round trip time
1464RTTI	run-time type information
1465RUP	rational unified process
1466RW	Rabin-Williams
1467RWM	read-write memory
1468RX	{receive,receiver}
1469S/PDIF	Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
1470SA	security advisory
1471SA	security association
1472SA	source address
1473SA	structured analysis
1474SAAS	software as a service
1475SABRE	Semi-automated business research environment
1476SACD	super audio compact disc
1477SAD	security association database
1478SAF-TE	SCSI accessed fault-tolerant enclosure
1479SAGE	Semi-automated ground environment
1480SAL	{service,system} abstraction layer
1481SAM	serial access memory
1482SAM	sum addressed memory
1483SAML	security assertion markup language
1484SAN	storage area network
1485SAP	service access point
1486SAPIC	streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
1487SASD	structured analysis, structured design
1488SASI	Shugart Associates System Interface
1489SASL	simple authentication [and] security layer
1490SATA	serial advanced technology attachment
1491SAX	simple API for XML
1492SB	sound blaster
1493SBSA	server base system architecture
1494SBU	standard build unit
1495SC	store conditional
1496SCA	source code analyzer
1497SCADA	supervisory control and data acquisition
1498SCC	single chip cloud
1499SCC	source code control
1500SCCP	skinny call control protocol
1501SCCS	Source Code Control System
1502SCI	scalable coherent interface
1503SCI	system control interrupt
1504SCIM	smart common input method
1505SCM	software configuration management
1506SCM	source code management
1507SCM	storage-class memory
1508SCO	synchronous connection orientated
1509SCP	secure copy
1510SCP	system control processor
1511SCPI	system control and power interface
1512SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
1513SCTP	Stream Control Transmission Protocol
1514SDDC	software defined data center
1515SDEI	software delegated exception interface
1516SDI	symbol deinterleave
1517SDK	software development kit
1518SDL	Simple Declarative Language
1519SDL	Simple Direct-media Layer
1520SDLC	{software,system,systems} development life cycle
1521SDN	software defined networking
1522SDP	Session Description Protocol
1523SDR	software defined radio
1524SDRAM	synchronous dynamic random access memory
1525SDS	software defined storage
1526SDT	syntax-directed translation
1527SEA	synchronous external abort
1528SEGV	segmentation violation
1529SED	self-encrypting drive
1530SED	stream editor
1531SEMB	serial ATA enclosure management bridge
1532SEO	search engine optimization
1533SES	SCSI enclosure services
1534SFC	sequential function chart
1535SFI	simple firmware interface
1536SFI	software fault isolation
1537SFP	small form-factor pluggable
1538SFTP	SSH File Transfer Protocol
1539SFTP	Serial File Transfer Protocol
1540SFTP	Simple File Transfer Protocol
1541SGI	Silicon Graphics, Inc
1542SGI	software generated interrupt
1543SGMII	serial gigabit media independent interface
1544SGPIO	serial general purpose input/output
1545SGRAM	synchronous graphics random access memory
1546SHA	secure hash algorithm
1547SICP	structure and interpretation of computer programs
1548SIDH	supersingular isogeny Diffie-Hellman
1549SIEM	security information and event management
1550SIF	source input format
1551SIFS	short inter-frame space
1552SIM	subscriber identity module
1553SIMD	single instruction, multiple data
1554SIMM	single inline memory module
1555SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
1556SIR	signal-to-interference ratio
1557SIR	slow infrared
1558SIRT	security incident response team
1559SISD	single instruction, single data
1560SIV	synthetic intialization vector
1561SLAAC	stateless address auto-configuration
1562SLC	single-level cell
1563SLDRAM	synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
1564SLED	single large expensive disk
1565SLI	scalable link interface
1566SLI	scan-line interleave
1567SLIC	system license internal code
1568SLOC	source lines of code
1569SLRU	segmented LRU
1570SMA	smart memory access
1571SMAF	system management action field
1572SMAP	Simple Mail Access Protocol
1573SMAP	supervisor mode access prevention
1574SMART	self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
1575SMB	Server Message Block
1576SMB	system management bus
1577SMBIOS	System Management BIOS
1578SMC	system management controller
1579SMD	storage module device
1580SMEP	supervisor mode execution protection
1581SMF	single mode fiber
1582SMI	structure of management information
1583SMI	system management interrupt
1584SMM	system management mode
1585SMP	serial management protocol
1586SMP	symmetric multiprocessing
1587SMR	shingled magnetic recording
1588SMR	state machine replication
1589SMT	simultaneous multithreading
1590SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
1591SMU	system management unit
1592SNA	systems network architecture
1593SNAP	Sub-Network Access Protocol
1594SNIA	Storage Networking Industry Association
1595SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
1596SNR	signal-to-noise ratio
1597SOC	security operations center
1598SOA	service oriented architecture
1599SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
1600SOC	system on chip
1601SOF	start of frame
1602SOH	start of header
1603SOHO	small office/home office
1604SOL	serial over LAN
1605SOM	system on module
1606SP	service pack
1607SP	stack pointer
1608SPA	storage pool allocator
1609SPAN	switched port analyzer
1610SPARC	scalable processor architecture
1611SPARQL	SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
1612SPD	security policy database
1613SPD	serial presence detect
1614SPDIF	Sony/Philips digital interface format
1615SPI	serial peripheral interface
1616SPI	stateful packet inspection
1617SPIR	standard portable intermediate representation
1618SPL	secondary program loader
1619SPL	spinlock
1620SPL	system interrupt priority level
1621SPMD	single process, multiple data
1622SPR	special purpose register
1623SPT	sectors per track
1624SQA	software quality assurance
1625SQCIF	sub quarter common intermediate format
1626SQL	Structured Query Language
1627SRAM	static random access memory
1628SRC	sample rate conversion
1629SRP	SCSI RDMA protocol
1630SRR	shaped round robin
1631SRTP	Secure Real-time Transport Protocol
1632SS	self-snoop
1633SS	stack segment
1634SSA	static single assignment
1635SSAP	source service access point
1636SSB	single-sideband modulation
1637SSB	speculative store bypass
1638SSBB	speculative store bypass barrier (Arm)
1639SSBD	speculative store bypass disable (Intel)
1640SSC	spread spectrum clock
1641SSD	solid state drive
1642SSE	streaming SIMD extensions
1643SSFDC	solid state floppy disc card
1644SSH	secure shell
1645SSI	server side includes
1646SSID	service set identifier
1647SSRF	server-side request forgery
1648SSTP 	secure socket tunneling protocol
1649SSL	secure sockets layer
1650SSP	stack smashing protection
1651STC	software thermal control
1652STD	state transition diagram
1653STM	software transactional memory
1654STOMP	Streaming Text Oriented Messaging Protocol
1655STP	Spanning Tree Protocol
1656STP	shielded twisted pair
1657STRG	spanning tree root guard
1658SUN	Stanford University Network
1659SUS	Single Unix Specification
1660SUT	system under test
1661SVC	switched virtual circuit
1662SVG	scalable vector graphics
1663SVGA	Super Video Graphics Array
1664SVI	{switch,switched} virtual interface
1665SVM	secure virtual machine
1666SVM	support vector machine
1667SVR	System V Release
1668SVS	Separate Virtual Space
1669SWF	Shockwave Flash
1670SWIG	simplified wrapper [and] interface generator
1671SYR	symbol timing recovery
1672TA	test assertion
1673TA	transmitter address
1674TAA	transactional asynchronous abort (Intel)
1675TACACS	terminal access controller access-control system
1676TAI	international atomic time
1677TAO	track at once
1678TAOCP	The Art of Computer Programming
1679TAP	Test Anything Protocol
1680TAS	test and set
1681TB	terabyte
1682TBNF	transitional backus-naur form
1683TCB	trace capture buffer
1684TCB	trusted computing base
1685TCC	thermal control circuit
1686TCL	tool command language
1687TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
1688TCQ	tagged command queueing
1689TDC	time [to] digital converter
1690TDD	test-driven development
1691TDD	time division duplex
1692TDM	time division multiplexing
1693TDMA	time division multiple access
1694TDOA	time difference of arrival
1695TDP	thermal design {point,power}
1696TDR	time-domain reflectometry
1697TECO	Text Editor and Corrector
1698TEE	Trusted Execution Environment
1699TFT	thin film transistor
1700TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
1701TIAS	try it and see
1702TIFF	tagged image file format
1703TITS	try it to see
1704TK	temporal key
1705TKIP	Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
1706TLA	top level aggregator
1707TLB	translation lookaside buffer
1708TLD	top level domain
1709TLER	time-limited error recovery
1710TLI	transport layer interface
1711TLS	thread local storage
1712TLS	transport layer security
1713TM	Turing machine
1714TM	thermal monitor
1715TMG	transmogrifier
1716TMDS	transition minimized differential signaling
1717TMO	timeout
1718TOD	time of day
1719TOE	TCP offload engine
1720TOFU	trust on first use
1721TOS	terms of service
1722TOS	trusted operating system
1723TOS	type of service
1724TOTP	time-based one time password
1725TP	transaction processing
1726TPI	tracks per inch
1727TPM	transactions per minute
1728TPM	trusted platform module
1729TPR	task priority register
1730TPS	transactions per second
1731TPS	transmission parameters signaling
1732TR	task register
1733TR	token ring
1734TRL	timing recovery loop
1735TRNG	true random number generator
1736TS	terminal services
1737TS	time series
1738TS	time stamp
1739TS	transport stream
1740TSAN	Thread Sanitizer
1741TSC	time stamp counter
1742TSD	time stamp disable
1743TSDB	time series database
1744TSL	test, set, lock
1745TSO	time sharing option
1746TSO	TCP segmentation offload
1747TSO	Total Store Ordering
1748TSP	Time-Stamp Protocol
1749TSP	Tunnel Setup Protocol
1750TSP	time synchronization protocol
1751TSP	traveling salesman problem
1752TSS	task state segment
1753TSV	tab-separated values
1754TSX	transaction synchronization extensions (Intel)
1755TTL	time to live
1756TTL	transistor-transistor logic
1757TTM	translation table maps
1758TTY	teletype
1759TU	translation unit
1760TUI	{terminal,text-based,textual} user interface
1761TX	{transmit out,transmitter}
1762TXG	transaction group
1763TZ	time zone
1764UAC	user {access,account} control
1765UAF	use-after-free
1766UART	universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1767UAT	user acceptance testing
1768UB	undefined behavior
1769UBSAN	Undefined Behavior Sanitizer
1770UC	uncacheable
1771UCS	uniform-cost search
1772UCS	unified computing system
1773UCS	universal coded character set
1774UDI	uniform driver interface
1775UDMA	ultra DMA
1776UDO	ultra density optical
1777UDP	User Datagram Protocol
1778UDS	Unix Domain Socket
1779UEFI	unified extensible firmware interface
1780UFO	UDP fragmentation offload
1781UFS	Unix File System
1782UGA	universal graphics adapter
1783UI	unit interval
1784UI	user interface
1785UICC	universal integrated circuit card
1786UID	unique identifier
1787UID	user identifier
1788UL	upload
1789UMA	uniform memory access
1790UMA	upper memory area
1791UMB	upper memory block
1792UML	unified modeling language
1793UMPC	ultra-mobile PC
1794UPNP	universal plug and play
1795UPS	uninterruptible power supply
1796URI	uniform resource identifier
1797URL	uniform resource locator
1798URN	uniform resource name
1799USART	universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1800USB	universal serial bus
1801USWC	uncacheable speculative write combining
1802UT	unit test
1803UTC	coordinated universal time
1804UTF	unicode transformation formats
1805UTP	unshielded twisted pair
1806UTS	UNIX time-sharing
1807UUCP	Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol
1808UUID	universally unique identifier
1809UUOC	useless use of cat
1810UUT	unit under test
1811UX	user experience
1812VA	vertical alignment
1813VA	virtual address
1814VA	volt-ampere
1815VAX	virtual address extension
1816VB	Visual Basic
1817VBR	volume boot record
1818VCA	variable-gain amplifier
1819VCC	common collector voltage
1820VCCP	virtual chassis control protocol
1821VCF	voltage-controlled filter
1822VCM	virtual channel memory
1823VCO	voltage-controlled oscillator
1824VCP	virtual chassis port
1825VCS	version control system
1826VDP	vulnerability disclosure policy
1827VDPAU	Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix
1828VES	virtual execution system
1829VESA	Video Electronics Standards Association
1830VFO	variable-frequency oscillator
1831VFS	virtual file system
1832VG	volume group
1833VGA	Video Graphics Array
1834VHDCI	very high density cable interconnect
1835VID	{VLAN,voltage level} identifier
1836VIM	Vi IMproved
1837VIPT	virtually indexed, physically tagged
1838VIVT	virtually indexed, virtually tagged
1839VLAN	virtual local area network
1840VLD	variable-length decoding
1841VLIW	very long instruction word
1842VLSI	very large scale integration
1843VLSM	variable length subnet mask
1844VM	virtual {machine,memory}
1845VME	virtual mode extension
1846VMX	vector multimedia extensions
1847VMX	virtual machine extensions
1848VNC	virtual network computing
1849VOD	video on demand
1850VPD	vital product data
1851VPN	virtual private network
1852VPWS	virtual private wire service
1853VR	virtual reality
1854VRAM	video random access memory
1855VRF	virtual routing and forwarding
1856VRM	voltage regulator module
1857VROC	Virtual RAID On CPU
1858VRRP	Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
1859VSTP	VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol
1860VTP	VLAN Trunking Protocol
1861VXFS	Veritas file system
1862VXVM	Veritas volume manager
1863W	watt
1864W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
1865WAFL	write anywhere file layout
1866WAMP	Web Application Messaging Protocol
1867WAN	wide area network
1868WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
1869WAP	wireless access point
1870WDM	Windows Driver Model
1871WDDM	Windows Display Driver Model
1872WDT	watchdog timer
1873WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
1874WFI	wait for interrupt
1875WFQ	weighted fair queuing
1876WH	write hit
1877WHEA	Windows hardware error architecture
1878WIFI	wireless fidelity
1879WLAN	wireless local area network
1880WM	write miss
1881WMF	Windows meta file
1882WMI	Windows Management Instrumentation
1883WOL	Wake-on-LAN
1884WOM	Wake-on-Modem
1885WOR	Wake-on-Ring
1886WORM	write once read many
1887WP	WordPerfect
1888WP	word processor
1889WP	write protect
1890WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
1891WPA2	Wi-Fi Protected Access II
1892WPAD	web proxy auto-discovery protocol
1893WPS	Wi-Fi Protected Setup
1894WRAM	window random access memory
1895WS	web services
1896WTC	write through caching
1897WTD	weighted tail drop
1898WWAN	wireless wide area network
1899WWW	world wide web
1900WYSIAYG	what you see is all you get
1901WYSIWYG	what you see is what you get
1902XBAR	crossbar
1903XDMCP	X Display Manager control protocol
1904XER	XML encoding rules
1905XGA	Extended Graphics Array
1906XHR	XMLHttpRequest
1907XIP	execute in place
1908XML	Extensible Markup Language
1909XNA	XNA's not acronymed
1910XNS	Xerox network systems
1911XOR	exclusive or
1912XP	extreme programming
1913XSI	X/Open System Interface
1914XSL	extensible stylesheet language
1915XSLT	extensible stylesheet language transformations
1916XSS	cross site scripting
1917XT	extended technology
1918XTACACS	extended terminal access controller access-control system
1919XTI	X/Open transport interface
1920XUL	XML user interface language
1921YACC	yet another compiler compiler
1922YAML	YAML ain't markup language
1923YANG	yet another next generation
1924YAWPFAPR	you are welcome; please file a problem report
1925YP	Yellow Pages
1926YTD	year to date
1927ZAP	ZFS attribute processor
1928ZBR	zone bit recording
1929ZFOD	zero-filled on demand
1930ZFS	zettabyte file system
1931ZIF	zero insertion force
1932ZIFS	zero insertion force socket
1933ZIL	ZFS intent log
1934ZMA	zone multicast address
1935ZOI	zero one infinity
1936ZOI	zone of influence
1937ZPL	ZFS Posix layer
1938ZVOL	ZFS Volume
1939