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1 $NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.127 2011/08/29 16:28:38 jruoho Exp $
3 3WHS three-way handshake
4 8VSB 8-state vestigial side band modulation
5 AA anti-aliasing
6 AAA authentication, authorization, accounting
7 AAT average access time
8 ABI application binary interface
9 ABR available bit rate
10 AC alternating current
11 ACI adjacent channel interferer
12 ACID atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability
13 ACK acknowledgement
14 ACK Amsterdam compiler kit
15 ACL access control list
16 ACL active current loop
17 ACP auxillary control {program, process}
18 ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
19 ACS access control set
20 ACU automatic calling unit
21 ADB Apple desktop bus
22 ADC analog [to] digital converter
23 ADD acronym driven development
24 ADP automatic data processing
25 ADT abstract data type
26 ADO active data objects
27 ADP automatic data processing
28 ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
29 ADS alternate data stream
30 ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
31 AES Advanced Encryption Standard
32 AFS Andrew File System
33 AGC automatic gain control
34 AGP accelerated graphics port
35 AI analog input
36 AI artificial intelligence
37 AL access list
38 AL active link
39 ALE address latch enable
40 ALS ambient light sensor
41 ALU arithmetic and logical unit
42 AM access method
43 AM amplitude modulation
44 AM alignment mask
45 AMI alternate mark inversion
46 AMT active management technology
47 AN Arabic number
48 ANSI American National Standards Institute
49 AO analog output
50 AOL alert on LAN
51 AOS add or subtract
52 AP access point
53 AP application processor
54 API application programming interface
55 APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller
56 AQM active queue management
57 ARAT always running APIC timer
58 ARC adaptive replacement cache
59 ARM Advanced RISC Machines
60 ARP address resolution protocol
61 ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
62 ARQ automatic repeat request
63 ARR address range register
64 ARU audio response unit
65 AS autonomous system
66 ASC advanced smart cache
67 ASCII American standard code for information interchange
68 ASD agile software development
69 ASE advanced software environment
70 ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
71 ASK amplitude shif keying
72 ASLR address space layout randomization
73 ASPM active state power management
74 ASN autonomous system number
75 ASQ automated software quality
76 ASR address space register
77 AST abstract syntax tree
78 AST asynchronous trap
79 AT access time
80 AT advanced technology
81 ATA advanced technology attachment
82 ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface
83 ATC address translation cache
84 ATM asynchronous transfer mode
85 ATX advanced technology extended
86 AV anti virus
87 AVL Adelson-Velsky-Landis
88 AVX advanced vector extensions
89 AWK Aho, Werner, and Kernighan
90 BA byte align
91 BAL basic assembly language
92 BAR base address register
93 BBS bulletin board system
94 BCC blind carbon copy
95 BCD binary coded decimal
96 BCR byte counte register
97 BCS base configuration space
98 BD baud
99 BDD binary decision diagram
100 BDI bit deinterleave
101 BDUF big design up front
102 BEDO burst extended data output
103 BER basic encoding rules
104 BER bit error {rate, ratio}
105 BFD binary {file, format} descriptor
106 BFKL big fscking kernel lock
107 BFS breadth-first search
108 BFT binary file transfer
109 BGA ball grid array
110 BGP border gateway protocol
111 BIND Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
112 BIOS basic input/output system
113 BIST built-in self-test
114 BIU bus interface unit
115 BKDG BIOS and kernel developer's guide
116 BLAS basic linear algebra subprograms
117 BLOB binary large object
118 BLC back light control
119 BM bus master
120 BMC baseboard management controller
121 BMIC bus master interface controller
122 BN boundary neutral
123 BNF Backus-Naur form
124 BO binary output
125 BOF beginning of file
126 BOM byte order mark
127 BOM beginning of message
128 BP base pointer
129 BP boot processor
130 BPB BIOS parameter block
131 BPF Berkeley packet filter
132 BPI bits per inch
133 BPM business process modelling
134 BPS bits per second
135 BPSK binary phase shift keying
136 BQS Berkeley quality software
137 BRE basic regular expression
138 BS binary sequence
139 BSD Berkeley software distribution
140 BSF bit scan forward
141 BSOD blue screen of death
142 BSP binary space partition
143 BSP bootstrap processor
144 BSR bit scan reverse
145 BSS block started by symbol
146 BT Bluetooth
147 BT BitTorrent
148 BT bit test
149 BTC bit test [and] complement
150 BTR bit test [and] reset
151 BTS bit test [and] set
152 BTS bits per second
153 BW bandwidth
154 BWM block-write mode
155 CA certificate authority
156 CAD computer-aided design
157 CAM computer assisted manufacturing
158 CAM content addressable memory
159 CAM conditional access module
160 CARP common address redundancy protocol
161 CAS (atomic) compare and swap
162 CAS computer algebra system
163 CAS column address strobe
164 CASE computer aided software engineering
165 CAU control access unit
166 CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
167 CBC cipher block chaining
168 CBR constant bit rate
169 CCD charge coupled device
170 CCI co-channel interferer
171 CC carbon coby
172 CD compact disc
173 CD cache disable
174 CDDA compact disc digital audio
175 CDMA code division multiple access
176 CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
177 CER canonical encoding rules
178 CF compact flash
179 CFG context-free grammar
180 CFG control-flow graph
181 CG control gate
182 CGA color graphics {array,adapter}
183 CGI common gateway interface
184 CHAP challenge-handshake authentication protocol
185 CHS cylinder/head/sector
186 CI {common, component} interface
187 CI continuous integration
188 CIDR classless inter-domain routing
189 CIFS common internet file system
190 CIL common intermediate language
191 CIR carrier to interference ratio
192 CIS contact image sensor
193 CJK Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
194 CLF common log format
195 CLI command line interface
196 CLR common language runtime
197 CLTT closed loop thermal throttling
198 CLUT color look-up table
199 CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
200 CM configuration management
201 CMA concert multithread architecture
202 CMI control management interface
203 CMI control method interface
204 CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
205 CMP chip multi-processing
206 CMS content management system
207 CMYK cyan magenta yellow black
208 CN {common, canonical} name
209 CNC computer numerical control
210 CNR carrier to noise ratio
211 COF current operating frequency
212 COFDM coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
213 COFF common object file format
214 COM component object model
215 COMA cache-only memory architecture
216 CORBA common object request broker architecture
217 COW copy-on-write
218 CP continuous pilot
219 CPB core performance boost
220 CPE common phase error
221 CPG clock pulse generator
222 CPL current privilege level
223 CPLD complex programmable logic device
224 CPS characters per second
225 CPT command pass through
226 CPU central processing unit
227 CR carriage return
228 CRC cyclic redundancy check
229 CRL carrier recovery loop
230 CRLF carriage return line feed
231 CRT cathode ray tube
232 CS computer science
233 CS cable select
234 CS chip select
235 CS code segment
236 CSI common system interface
237 CSI channel state information
238 CSMA carrier sense multiple access
239 CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
240 CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
241 CSR control [and] status registers
242 CSS cascading style sheets
243 CSV comma-separated values
244 CTM close to metal
245 CTS clear to send
246 CUA common user access
247 CUT coordinated universal time
248 CV control voltage
249 CVS concurrent versions system
250 DA destination address
251 DAA distributed application architecture
252 DAB digital audio broadcasting
253 DAC discretionary access control
254 DAC digital [to] analog converter
255 DAO disk at once
256 DAP directory access protocol
257 DAT digital audio tape
258 DAT dynamic acceleration technology
259 DB database
260 DBA dynamic bandwidth allocation
261 DBB data bus buffer
262 DBC design by contract
263 DBL dynamic buffer limiting
264 DBMS database management system
265 DBS database server
266 DC direct current
267 DCC direct client [to] client
268 DCC direct cable connect
269 DCD data carrier detect
270 DCE data control equipment
271 DCE distributed computing environment
272 DCOM distributed component object model
273 DCOP desktop communication protocol
274 DCS data collection systems
275 DCT discrete cosine transform
276 DCU data cache unit
277 DDC display data channel
278 DDE dynamic data exchange
279 DDK device driver kit
280 DDL data description language
281 DDR double data rate
282 DDS direct digital sound
283 DDWG digital display working group
284 DE desktop environment
285 DE debugging extensions
286 DEA data encryption algorithm
287 DEK data encryption key
288 DEP data execution prevention
289 DER distinguished encoding rules
290 DES Data Encryption Standard
291 DF don't fragment
292 DFA deterministic finite automaton
293 DFC data flow control
294 DFS depth first search
295 DFS distributed file system
296 DFT discrete Fourier transform
297 DFT diagnostic function test
298 DGL data generation language
299 DH Diffie-Hellman
300 DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
301 DIFS distributed inter-frame space
302 DIMM dual inline memory module
303 DIRT design in real time
304 DL download
305 DL diode logic
306 DLE data link escape
307 DLL dynamic link library
308 DMA direct memory access
309 DMI desktop management interface
310 DMS document management system
311 DMT discrete multitone modulation
312 DNARD Digital network appliance reference design
313 DNS domain name system
314 DOE distributed object environment
315 DOF data over fibre
316 DOM document object model
317 DOS denial of service
318 DOS disk operating system
319 DPC deferred procedure call
320 DPCM differential pulse code modulation
321 DPD dead peer detection
322 DPI dots per inch
323 DPI deep packet inspection
324 DPL descriptor privilege level
325 DPST display power savings technology
326 DRAM dynamic random access memory
327 DRI direct rendering infrastructure
328 DRM digital rights management
329 DRRS display refresh rate switching
330 DS debug store
331 DSB double-sideband modulation
332 DSDT differentiated system descriptor table
333 DSL digital subscriber line
334 DSL domain specific language
335 DSLAM digital subscriber line access multiplexer
336 DSN delivery status notification
337 DSO dynamic shared object
338 DSP digital signal processor
339 DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum
340 DTD document type definition
341 DTE data terminal equipment
342 DTE dumb terminal emulator
343 DTL diode-transistor logic
344 DTS digital thermal sensor
345 DUT device under test
346 DVB digital video broadcasting
347 DVCS distributed version control system
348 DVD digital versatile disc
349 DVFS dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
350 DVR digital video recorder
351 DVI digital visual interface
352 E-XER extended XML encoding rules
353 EABI embedded-application binary interface
354 EAP extensible authentication protocol
355 EBR extended boot record
356 ECC error correction code
357 ECL emitter-coupled logic
358 ECN explicit congestion notification
359 ECP enhanced capability port
360 ECS enhanced chip set
361 ECS extended configuration space
362 EDAT enhanced dynamic acceleration technology
363 EDGE explicit data graph execution
364 EDID extended display identification data
365 EDO extended data out
366 EDS electronical data sheet
367 EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
368 EFI extensible firmware interface
369 EFL emitter follower logic
370 EFM eight to fourteen modulation
371 EGA enhanced graphics {array,adapter}
372 EGP exterior gateway protocol
373 EH extension header
374 EIDE enchanced IDE
375 EISA extended industry standard architecture
376 ELF executable and linking format
377 ELS entry level system
378 EMI electro-magnetic interference
379 EMP electro-magnetic pulse
380 EMR electro-magnetic radiation
381 EOF end of file
382 EOI end of interrupt
383 EOL end of line
384 EOL end of life
385 EOT end of transmission
386 EPIC explicitly parallel instruction computing
387 EPP enhanced parallel port
388 EPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood
389 EPROM erasable programmable read only memory
390 ERD emergency recovery disk
391 ERE extended regular expression
392 ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
393 ESS electronic switching system
394 EST enhanced speedstep
395 ETL extract, transform, load
396 EU execution unit
397 EULA end user license agreement
398 FAT file allocation table
399 FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
400 FCL fiber channel loop
401 FCFS first come, first served
402 FCS frame check sequence
403 FDC floppy disk controller
404 FDD floppy disk drive
405 FDDI fiber distributed data interface
406 FDE full disk encryption
407 FEA finite element analysis
408 FEC forward error correction
409 FET field-effect transistor
410 FFH functional fixed hardware
411 FFI foreign function interface
412 FFM focus follows mouse
413 FFS fast file system
414 FFS find first set
415 FFT fast Fourier transform
416 FG floating gate
417 FHSS frequency hop spread spectrum
418 FID frequency identifier
419 FIFO first in, first out
420 FILO first in, last out
421 FIR fast infrared
422 FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
423 FLOSS free / libre / open source software
424 FM frequency modulation
425 FMR false match rate
426 FOSS free / open source software
427 FPGA field programmable gate array
428 FPM fast page mode
429 FPR floating point register
430 FPU floating point unit
431 FQDN fully qualified domain name
432 FRR false rejection rate
433 FRU field replaceable unit
434 FS file system
435 FSB front side bus
436 FSCK file system check
437 FSK frequency shift keying
438 FSM finite-state machine
439 FTA fault tree analysis
440 FTP file transfer protocol
441 FTPS file transfer protocol, secure
442 FUS fast user switching
443 FWH firmware hub
444 FWS folding white space
445 GAL generic array logic
446 GAS generic address structure
447 GC garbage collector
448 GCR group-coded recording
449 GDT global descriptor table
450 GEM graphics execution manager
451 GEM graphics environment manager
452 GENA general event notification architecture
453 GHC Glasgow Haskell compiler
454 GID group identifier
455 GIF graphics interchange format
456 GMCH graphics and memory controller hub
457 GNU GNU's not Unix
458 GOT global offset table
459 GPE general purpose event
460 GPF general protection fault
461 GPL GNU/general public license
462 GPR general purpose register
463 GPS generalized processor sharing
464 GPT GUID partition table
465 GPU graphics processing unit
466 GR golden ratio
467 GRE generic routing encapsulation
468 GSI global system interrupt
469 GUI graphics user interface
470 GUID globally unique identifier
471 HA high availability
472 HAL hardware abstraction layer
473 HAT hashed array tree
474 HBA host bus adapter
475 HCI host controller interface
476 HCI human-computer interaction
477 HCL hardware compatibility list
478 HCF halt and catch fire
479 HDD hard disk drive
480 HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection
481 HDL hardware description language
482 HDTV high-definition television
483 HF high frequency
484 HFM highest frequency mode
485 HID human interface device
486 HLL high-level language
487 HMA high memory area
488 HMI human-machine interface
489 HP Hewlett-Packard
490 HOOD hierarchical object oriented design
491 HPC high performance computing
492 HPET high precision event timer
493 HT hyper-threading
494 HTC hardware thermal control
495 HTCC high temperature co-fired ceramic
496 HTML hyper-text markup language
497 HTT hyper-threading technology
498 HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol
499 HTTPS hyper-text transfer protocol, secure
500 HVM hardware virtual machine
501 HZ Hertz
502 I2O intelligent input/output
503 IA information assurance
504 IANA Internet assigned numbers authority
505 IBC iterated block cipher
506 IBM International Business Machines
507 IBS instruction based sampling
508 ICA independent computer architecture
509 IC integrated circuit
510 ICB Internet citizen's band
511 ICE in-circuit emulator
512 ICH I/O controller hub
513 ICE internal compiler error
514 ICE in-circuit emulator
515 ICMP Internet control message protocol
516 ICT information and communications technology
517 ICW initialization command word
518 IDA Intel dynamic acceleration
519 IDE integrated drive electronics
520 IDE integrated development environment
521 IDPS intrusion detection [and] prevention system
522 IDRP inter-domain routing protocol
523 IDS intrusion detection system
524 IDT interrupt descriptor table
525 IE Internet Explorer
526 IEC international electrotechnical commission
527 IEEE Institute [of] Electrical [and] Electronics Engineers
528 IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group
529 IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
530 IF intermediate frequency
531 IFCM isochronous flow control mode
532 IGD Internet gateway device
533 IGMP Internet group management protocol
534 IGP interior gateway protocol
535 IHV independent hardware vendor
536 IKE Internet key exchange
537 ILM internal loopback mode
538 ILP instruction level parallelism
539 IM instant messaging
540 IMC integrated memory controller
541 IMCR interrupt mode configuration register
542 IMAP Internet mail access protocol
543 IMR interrupt mask register
544 IMS information management system
545 INCITS international committee on information technology standards
546 IO input/output
547 IOCTL input/output control
548 IOMMU input/output memory management unit
549 IP Internet Protocol
550 IP intellectual property
551 IPC interprocess communication
552 IPE integrated programming environment
553 IPI interprocessor interrupt
554 IPNG Internet protocol, next generation
555 IPS intrusion prevention system
556 IPS in-plane switching
557 IPSEC Internet protocol security
558 IRC Internet relay chat
559 IRDA infrared data association
560 IRQ interrupt request
561 IRQL interrupt request level
562 IRR interrupt request register
563 IRTF Internet research task force
564 IS information system
565 ISA industry standard architecture
566 ISA instruction set architecture
567 ISDN integrated services digital network
568 ISI inter-symbol interference
569 ISM industrial, scientific and medical
570 ISN initial serial number
571 ISO international standards organization
572 ISOC Internet society
573 ISP Internet service provider
574 ISR interrupt service routine
575 ISR in-service register
576 IST interrupt stack table
577 ISV independent software vendor
578 IT information technology
579 ITB Intel turbo boost
580 IV initialization vector
581 IVT interrupt vector table
582 JBOD just a bunch of disks
583 JFET junction [gate] field-effect transistor
584 JIT just in time
585 JPEG joint photographic experts group
586 JRE Java runtime environment
587 JTAG joint test action group
588 KB keyboard
589 KB kilobyte
590 KBD keyboard
591 KBD kilobaud
592 KLOC thousand lines of code
593 KMS kernel-mode setting
594 KPI kernel programming interface
595 KVA kernel virtual address
596 KVM kernel virtual memory
597 KVM keyboard, video, mouse switch
598 LAMP Linux Apache MySQL {Perl,PHP,Python}
599 LAN local area network
600 LAPIC local advanced programmable interrupt controller
601 LAR load access rights
602 LBA logical block addressing
603 LBS location-based service
604 LCD liquid crystal display
605 LCP link control protocol
606 LDA local delivery agent
607 LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
608 LDR light-dependent resistor
609 LDT local descriptor table
610 LE logical extent
611 LED light emitting diode
612 LER label edge router
613 LF line feed
614 LF low frequency
615 LFM lowest frequency mode
616 LFN long file names
617 LFO low-frequency oscillation
618 LFS log-structured file system
619 LFU least frequently used
620 LHP loop heat pipe
621 LIFO last in, first out
622 LILO last in, last out
623 LILO Linux loader
624 LINT local interrupt
625 LIR local Internet registry
626 LKM {Linux, loadable} kernel module
627 LKML Linux kernel mailing list
628 LL load linked
629 LL/SC load linked / store conditional
630 LLC logical link control
631 LLF low level format
632 LLMNR link-local multicast name resolution
633 LLVM Low Level Virtual Machine
634 LM long mode
635 LMM link management mode
636 LNO loop nest optimization
637 LOC lines of code
638 LPC low pin count
639 LPS local positioning system
640 LRC longitudinal redundancy check
641 LRM left-to-right mark
642 LRO left-to-right override
643 LRU least recently used
644 LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
645 LSB Linux standards base
646 LSI large scale integration
647 LSL load segment limit
648 LSR label switch router
649 LTCC low temperature co-fired ceramic
650 LTR left to right
651 LTR load task register
652 LUN logical unit number
653 LV logical volume
654 LVM logical volume management
655 LVT local vector table
656 LWP light-weight process
657 LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
658 MAC medium access control
659 MAC mandatory access control
660 MADT multiple APIC descriptor table
661 MB megabyte
662 MBR master boot record
663 MBS megabits per second
664 MC memory controller
665 MCA machine check architecture
666 MCC multiversion concurrency control
667 MCE machine check exception
668 MCGA multicolor graphics adapter
669 MCH memory controller hub
670 MCM multi-chip module
671 MCQ memory controlled queue
672 MD machine-dependent
673 MDA mail delivery agent
674 MDA monochrome display adapter
675 MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory
676 MESI modified, exclusive, shared, invalid
677 MFC merge from current
678 MFM modified frequency modulation
679 MI machine-independent
680 MIB management information base
681 MID mobile internet device
682 MIDI musical instrument digital interface
683 MIF management information format
684 MIMD multiple instruction stream, multiple data stream
685 MIME multipurpose Internet mail extensions
686 MIMO multiple input multiple output
687 MIPS million instructions per second
688 MISD multiple instruction, single data
689 MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
690 ML mailing list
691 ML machine language
692 ML machine learning
693 ML markup language
694 ML maximum likelihood
695 MLC multi-level cell
696 MLHP micro loop heat pipe
697 MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit
698 MMIO memory mapped input/output
699 MMU memory management unit
700 MMX multimedia extension
701 MMX multiple math extension
702 MMX matrix math extension
703 MO magneto-optical
704 MOESI modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid
705 MOF maximum operating frequency
706 MOSFET metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
707 MOSI modified, owned, shared, invalid
708 MP multiprocessor
709 MP multiprocessing
710 MP multi-platform
711 MP multiplayer
712 MPEG moving picture experts group
713 MPI message passing interface
714 MPLS multiprotocol label switching
715 MPP massively parallel processor
716 MPS multiprocessor specification
717 MPS memory pool system
718 MR modem ready
719 MRU most recently used
720 MS Microsoft
721 MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
722 MSE mean square error
723 MSF minutes seconds frames
724 MSI message signaled interrupt
725 MSI modified, shared, invalid
726 MSR machine state register
727 MSS maximum segment size
728 MT machine translation
729 MTA mail transfer agent
730 MTBF mean time between failures
731 MTRR memory type range register
732 MTTF mean time to failure
733 MTU maximum transmission unit
734 MUA mail user agent
735 MUD multi-user domain
736 MVCC multiversion concurrency control
737 MWE module width encoding
738 MX mail exchange
739 NACK negative acknowledgement
740 NAN not a number
741 NAS network attached storage
742 NAT network address translation
743 NAV network allocation vector
744 NC numerical control
745 NCO numerically-controlled oscillator
746 NCP network control protocol
747 NCQ native command queuing
748 ND neighbor discovery
749 NE numeric error
750 NFA nondeterministic finite automaton
751 NFS network file system
752 NIA next instruction address
753 NIC network interface card
754 NIP network interface protocol
755 NIS network information service
756 NLS native language support
757 NMI non-maskable interrupt
758 NNTP network news transfer protocol
759 NOP no operation
760 NP nondeterministic polynomial time
761 NRZ non-return to zero
762 NSA National Security Agency
763 NTM non-deterministic Turing machine
764 NTP network time protocol
765 NUMA non-uniform memory access
766 NVRAM non-volatile random access memory
767 NW not write-through
768 NX no execute
769 OAEP optimal asymmetric encryption padding
770 OBO off by one
771 OBOE off by one error
772 OCL object constraint language
773 OCR optical character recognition
774 ODCM on-demand clock modulation
775 ODT on-die termination
776 OEM original equipment manufacturer
777 OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
778 OFET organic field-effect transistor
779 OLE object linking and embedding
780 ONFI open nand flash interface
781 OO object oriented
782 OO OpenOffice
783 OOB out of band
784 OOE out of order execution
785 OOM out of memory
786 OOP object oriented programming
787 OOSE object oriented software engineering
788 OPS operations per second
789 OPM operations per minute
790 OQL object query language
791 ORM object-relational mapping
792 OS operating system
793 OSD open source definition
794 OSF open software foundation
795 OSI open systems interconnection
796 OSI open-source initiative
797 OSPF open shortest path first
798 OSPM OS power management
799 OSS open source software
800 OSS open sound system
801 OSVW operating system visible workarounds
802 OTP one time password
803 OU organizational unit
804 OUI organizationally unique identifier
805 OWL Web ontology language
806 P2P peer to peer
807 P2P PCI to PCI
808 PA physical address
809 PA phase accumulator
810 PAC phase-amplitude converter
811 PAE physical address extension
812 PAL programmable array logic
813 PAL phase alternating line
814 PAM pluggable authentication modules
815 PAM pulse amplitude modulation
816 PAP password authentication protocol
817 PAT page attribute table
818 PAT port address translation
819 PATA parallel ATA
820 PAX portable archive exchange
821 PBE pending break encoding
822 PBE programming by example
823 PC personal computer
824 PC program counter
825 PCB printed circuit board
826 PCC Portable C Compiler
827 PCD page-level cache disable
828 PCE performance-monitor counter enable
829 PCI peripheral component interconnect
830 PCM phase change memory
831 PCM pulse code modulation
832 PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association
833 PD public domain
834 PDA personal digital assistant
835 PDA pushdown automaton
836 PDAG propositional directed acyclic graph
837 PDB power distribution board
838 PDF portable document format
839 PDM pulse-duration modulation
840 PDN pull-down network
841 PDP page descriptor page
842 PDS product data sheet
843 PDU protocol data unit
844 PE protection enable
845 PECI platform environment control interface
846 PEP protocol extension protocol
847 PER packed encoding rules
848 PERL practical extraction [and] report language
849 PFS perfect forward secrecy
850 PGAS partitioned global address space
851 PGE page global enable
852 PGP pretty good privacy
853 PHB PCI host bridge
854 PIC programmable interrupt controller
855 PIC position independent code
856 PID process id
857 PIE position independent executable
858 PIM personal information manager
859 PIM platform-independent model
860 PIN personal identification number
861 PIO programmed input/output
862 PIPT physically indexed, physically tagged
863 PIQ prefetch input queue
864 PIT programmable interrupt timer
865 PIV personal identity verification
866 PKI public key infrastructure
867 PKCS public-key cryptography standards
868 PLC programmable logic controller
869 PLD programmable logic device
870 PLL phase locked loop
871 PLRU pseudo LRU
872 PLTM package level thermal management
873 PM power management
874 PM {phase, pulse} modulation
875 PME power management event
876 PMI platform management interrupt
877 PMIO port-mapped input/output
878 PMT photo-multiplier tube
879 PMU power management unit
880 PNG portable network graphics
881 PNP plug and play
882 POE power over ethernet
883 POF probability of failure
884 POP post office protocol
885 POP power on password
886 POSIX portable operating system interface [for] Unix
887 POST power on self test
888 POTS plain old telephone system
889 PP pair programming
890 PPC PowerPC
891 PPB PCI [to] PCI bridge
892 PPI pixels per inch
893 PPM pages per minute
894 PPP point-to-point protocol
895 PPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM
896 PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet
897 PPU physics processing unit
898 PRBS pseudo-random bit sequence
899 PRML partial response, maximum likelihood
900 PRN pseudo random {number, noise}
901 PRNG pseudo random number generator
902 PROM programmable read only memory
903 PSD power spectral density
904 PSE page size extensions
905 PSK pre-shared key
906 PSK phase shift keying
907 PSTN public switched telephone network
908 PSW program status word
909 PTE page table entry
910 PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
911 PTP page table page
912 PTV perceived target value
913 PU processing unit
914 PUN physical unit number
915 PV physical volume
916 PVG physical volume group
917 PVI protected-mode virtual interrupt
918 PWM pulse width modulation
919 PXE preboot execution environment
920 QA quality assurance
921 QAM quality assurance management
922 QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
923 QBE query by example
924 QC quality control
925 QDI quasi delay insensitive
926 QOS quality of service
927 RA receiver address
928 RA remote assistance
929 RA router advertisement
930 RA resource affinity
931 RAD rapid application development
932 RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks
933 RAM random access memory
934 RAS restartable atomic sequence
935 RAS remote access service
936 RAS row address strobe
937 RBF radial basis function
938 RBT red-black tree
939 RC release candidate
940 RC remote control
941 RCS revision control system
942 RCU read, copy, update
943 RDF resource description format
944 RDM relational data model
945 RDMA remote direct memory access
946 RE regular expression
947 REST representational state transfer
948 RF radio frequency
949 RFI radio frequency interference
950 RFO request for ownership
951 RGB red green blue
952 RH read hit
953 RHL Red Hat Linux
954 RIB routing information base
955 RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
956 RIP routing information protocol
957 RIR regional Internet registry
958 RISC reduced instruction set computing
959 RKM ROM Kernel Manual
960 RLE run length encoding
961 RLL run length limited
962 RLO right-to-left override
963 RM read miss
964 RMI remote method invocation
965 RMPM rapid memory power management
966 RMS root mean square
967 RMW read, modify, write
968 RNG random number generator
969 ROM read only memory
970 RPC remote procedure call
971 RPL requested privilege level
972 RPM revolutions per minute
973 RR round robin
974 RR random replacement
975 RS relay station
976 RSA Rivest, Shamir and Adleman
977 RSS really simple syndication
978 RSS residual sum of squares
979 RT real time
980 RTC real time clock
981 RTC real time computing
982 RTF rich text format
983 RTL resistor-transistor logic
984 RTOS real time operating system
985 RTS {ready, request} to send
986 RTT round time trip
987 RUP rational unified process
988 RWM read-write memory
989 RX receive, receiver
990 S/PDIF Sony/Phillips digital interface
991 SA security advisory
992 SA security association
993 SA source address
994 SA structured analysis
995 SAAS software as a service
996 SACD super audio compact disc
997 SAD security association database
998 SAL system abstraction layer
999 SAM serial access memory
1000 SAM sum addressed memory
1001 SAN storage area network
1002 SAPIC streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
1003 SASD structured analysis, structured design
1004 SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
1005 SASL simple authentication [and] security layer
1006 SATA serial advanced technology attachment
1007 SB sound blaster
1008 SBU standard build unit
1009 SC store conditional
1010 SCA source code analyzer
1011 SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition
1012 SCC single chip cloud
1013 SCC source code control
1014 SCCS source code control system
1015 SCM software configuration management
1016 SCM source code management
1017 SCP secure copy
1018 SCI system control interrupt
1019 SCI scalable coherent interface
1020 SCSI small computer system interface
1021 SCTP stream control transmission protocol
1022 SDI symbol deinterleave
1023 SDK software development kit
1024 SDL simple declarative language
1025 SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
1026 SDT syntax-directed translation
1027 SEGV segmentation violation
1028 SFI simple firmware interface
1029 SFC sequential function chart
1030 SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
1031 SIFS short inter-frame space
1032 SIMD single instruction, multiple data
1033 SIMM single inline memory module
1034 SIP session initiation protocol
1035 SIR slow infrared
1036 SISD single instruction, single data
1037 SLC single-level cell
1038 SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
1039 SLI scalable link interface
1040 SLI scan-line interleave
1041 SLOC source lines of code
1042 SLRU segmented LRU
1043 SMA smart memory access
1044 SMAF system management action field
1045 SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
1046 SMBIOS system management BIOS
1047 SMC system management controller
1048 SMI system management interrupt
1049 SMI structure of management information
1050 SMM system management mode
1051 SMP symmetric multiprocessing
1052 SMT simultaneous multithreading
1053 SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
1054 SMU system management unit
1055 SNMP simple network management protocol
1056 SNR signal [to] noise ratio
1057 SOA service oriented architecture
1058 SOAP simple object access protocol
1059 SOC system on chip
1060 SOF start of frame
1061 SOHO small office / home office
1062 SOL serial over LAN
1063 SP stack pointer
1064 SP service pack
1065 SPARC scalable processor architecture
1066 SPARQL SPARQL protocol and RDF query language
1067 SPD security policy database
1068 SPD serial presence detect
1069 SPI serial peripheral interface
1070 SPI stateful packet inspection
1071 SPMD single process, multiple data
1072 SPR special purpose register
1073 SPT sectors per track
1074 SQA software quality assurance
1075 SQL structured query language
1076 SRAM static random access memory
1077 SRC sample rate conversion
1078 SS stack segment
1079 SS self-snoop
1080 SSB single-sideband modulation
1081 SSD solid state drive
1082 SSE streaming SIMD extensions
1083 SSFDC solid state floppy disc card
1084 SSH secure shell
1085 SSI server side includes
1086 SSL secure sockets layer
1087 SSP stack smashing protection
1088 STC software thermal control
1089 STD state transition diagram
1090 STP shielded twisted pair
1091 STP spanning-tree protocol
1092 SUS Single Unix Specification
1093 SUT system under test
1094 SVG scalable vector graphics
1095 SVGA super video graphics {array,adapter}
1096 SVM secure virtual machine
1097 SVM support vector machine
1098 SVR System V Release
1099 SWF Shockwave Flash
1100 SWIG simplified wrapper [and] interface generator
1101 SYR symbol timing recovery
1102 TA transmitter address
1103 TA test assertion
1104 TAI international atomic time
1105 TAO track at once
1106 TAOCP The Art of Computer Programming
1107 TAP test anywhere protocol
1108 TAS test and set
1109 TB terabyte
1110 TCB trace capture buffer
1111 TCB trusted computing base
1112 TCC thermal control circuit
1113 TCL tool command language
1114 TCP transmission control protocol
1115 TCQ tagged command queueing
1116 TDC time [to] digital converter
1117 TDD test driven development
1118 TDD time division duplex
1119 TDM time division multiplexing
1120 TDMA time division multiple access
1121 TDOA time difference of arrival
1122 TDP thermal design {point, power}
1123 TECO Text Editor and Corrector
1124 TFT thin film transistor
1125 TFTP trivial file transfer protocol
1126 TIAS try it and see
1127 TIFF tagged image file format
1128 TITS try it to see
1129 TK temporal key
1130 TLA top level aggregator
1131 TLB transition lookaside buffer
1132 TLD top level domain
1133 TLS transport layer security
1134 TLS thread local storage
1135 TM Turing machine
1136 TM thermal monitor
1137 TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
1138 TMO timeout
1139 TOD time of day
1140 TOS terms of service
1141 TOS type of service
1142 TOS trusted operating system
1143 TP transaction processing
1144 TPM trusted platform module
1145 TPM transactions per minute
1146 TPR task priority register
1147 TPS transmission parameters signaling
1148 TR token ring
1149 TR task register
1150 TRL timing recovery loop
1151 TRNG true random number generator
1152 TS time stamp
1153 TS time series
1154 TS transport stream
1155 TS terminal services
1156 TSC time stamp counter
1157 TSD time stamp disable
1158 TSL test, set, lock
1159 TSO time sharing option
1160 TSP time stamp protocol
1161 TSP time synchronization protocol
1162 TSP tunnel setup protocol
1163 TSP traveling salesman problem
1164 TSS task state segment
1165 TTL time to live
1166 TTL transistor-transistor logic
1167 TTM translation table maps
1168 TTY teletype
1169 TX transmit out, transmitter
1170 TZ time zone
1171 UAC user {account, access} control
1172 UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1173 UAT user acceptance testing
1174 UC uncacheable
1175 UCS uniform-cost search
1176 UDMA ultra DMA
1177 UDO ultra density optical (storage)
1178 UDP user datagram protocol
1179 UFS Unix file system
1180 UI user interface
1181 UI unit interval
1182 UID user identifier
1183 UID unique identifier
1184 UL upload
1185 UMA uniform memory access
1186 UMA upper memory area
1187 UMB upper memory block
1188 UMPC ultra-mobile PC
1189 UML unified modeling language
1190 UPNP universal plug and play
1191 UPS uninterruptible power supply
1192 URI uniform resource identifier
1193 URL uniform resource locator
1194 URN uniform resource name
1195 USART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
1196 USB universal serial bus
1197 USWC uncacheable speculative write combining
1198 UT unit test
1199 UTC coordinated universal time
1200 UTP unshielded twisted pair
1201 UUCP Unix-to-Unix copy protocol
1202 UUID universally unique identifier
1203 UUOC useless use of cat
1204 UUT unit under test
1205 VA volt-ampere
1206 VA virtual address
1207 VA vertical alignment
1208 VAX virtual address extension
1209 VB Visual Basic
1210 VCA variable-gain amplifier
1211 VCC common collector voltage
1212 VCF voltage-controlled filter
1213 VCM virtual channel memory
1214 VCO voltage-controlled oscillator
1215 VCS version control system
1216 VESA video electronics standards association
1217 VFO variable-frequency oscillator
1218 VG volume group
1219 VGA video graphics {array,adapter}
1220 VHDCI very high density cable interconnect
1221 VID voltage level identifier
1222 VIPT virtually indexed, physically tagged
1223 VIVT virtually indexed, virtually tagged
1224 VLAN virtual local area network
1225 VLIW very long instruction word
1226 VLSI very large scale integration
1227 VLSM variable length subnet mask
1228 VOD video on demand
1229 VM virtual {machine,memory}
1230 VME virtual mode extension
1231 VMX virtual machine extensions
1232 VMX vector multimedia extensions
1233 VPN virtual private network
1234 VR virtual reality
1235 VRAM video random access memory
1236 VRM voltage regulator module
1237 VRRP virtual router redundancy protocol
1238 W Watt
1239 W3C World Wide Web Consortium
1240 WAN wide area network
1241 WAP wireless application protocol
1242 WEP wired equivalent privacy
1243 WFI wait for interrupt
1244 WFQ weighted fair queuing
1245 WH write hit
1246 WIFI wireless fidelity
1247 WLAN wireless local area network
1248 WDT watchdog timer
1249 WM write miss
1250 WMI Windows management instrumentation
1251 WOL wake on LAN
1252 WOR wake on ring
1253 WORM write once read many
1254 WP write protect
1255 WP word processor
1256 WP WordPerfect
1257 WPA wi-fi protected access
1258 WRAM window random access memory
1259 WS web services
1260 WTC write through caching
1261 WWAN wireless wide area network
1262 WWW world wide web
1263 WYSIWYG what you see is what you get
1264 XBAR crossbar
1265 XER XML encoding rules
1266 XGA extended graphics {array,adapter}
1267 XIP execute in place
1268 XML extensible markup language
1269 XOR exclusive or
1270 XP extreme programming
1271 XSL extensible stylesheet language
1272 XSS cross site scripting
1273 XT extended technology
1274 XUL XML user interface language
1275 YACC yet another compiler compiler
1276 YAWPFAPR you are welcome; please file a problem report
1277 YP yellow pages (aka NIS)
1278 YTD year to date
1279 ZBR zone bit recording
1280 ZFOD zero-filled on demand
1281 ZIF zero insertion force
1282 ZIFS zero insertion force socket
1283 ZMA zone multicast address