AA Auto Answer Advanced Communications Function
AAB All-to-All Broadcast ACH Automated Clearing House
AAL Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaption Layer ACIAS Automated Calibration Interval Analysis System
AAP Applications Access Point [DEC] ACIS American Committee for Interoperable Systems
AAS All-to-All Scatter ACK Acknowledgment
AASP ASCII Asynchronous Support Package ACL Access Control List
AAT Average Access Time ACM Association for Computing Machinery
ABC * Atanasoff-Berry Computer (First digital Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft]
calculating machine that used vacuum tubes) ACMS Application Control Management System
ABEND Abnormal End ACP Ancillary Control Program + Auxilary Control Process
ABI Application Binary Interface ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface
ABIOS Advanced BIOS ACROSS Automated Cargo Release and Operations
ABIST Automatic Built-In Self-Test [IBM] Service System
ABLE Adaptive Battery Life Extender ACS Access + Access Control Set +
ABR Available Bit Rate Access Control System +
ABRS Automated Book Request System [British Library] * Advanced Computer System [IBM] +
ABS Address Book Synchronization [IBM] + Absolute Asynchronous Communication Server
ABT Abort ACTS Automated Computer Time Service
ABTS ASCII Block Terminal Services ACTT Advanced Communication and Timekeeping
AC Autocheck + Automatic Computer + Alternating Current Technology [Seiko]
ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol ACU Automatic Calling Unit
ACC Accumulator A/D Analog to Digital
ACD Automatic Call Distribution ADA Automatic Data Acquisitions + Programming
ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface Language named after Augusta Ada Lovelace)
ACE Access Control Entry + ADB Apple Desktop Bus
Advanced Computing Environment [SCO] + ADC Adaptive Data Compression (protocol) [Hayes] +
Adverse Channel Enhancements [Microcom] + Add with Carry + Analog to Digital Converter
* Automatic Computing Engine ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures
ACF Access Control Field + ADD Automatic Document Detection [WordPerfect] ADF Automatic Document Feeder + AFA Accelerated File Access
Automatically Defined Function AFC Automatic Font Change + Automatic Frequency Control
.ADF Adapter Description File (file name extension) AFD Automatic File Distribution
ADI AutoCad/AutoDesk Device Interface (driver) AFDW Active Framework for Data Warehousing [Microsoft]
ADL Address Data Latch AFII Association for Font Information Interchange
ADLAT Adaptive Lattice Filter AFIRM Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match
ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression [IBM] + AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System
Asynchronous Data Link Control .AFM Adobe Font Metrics (file name extension) [Adobe Systems]
ADMACS Apple Document Mangagement And Conrol System AFP Advanced Function Presentation [IBM] +
ADMD Administrative Management Domain [X.400] Appletalk Filing Protocol [Macintosh]
.ADN Add In Utility (file name extension) AFS Andrew File System (protocols)
[Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] AFTP Anonymous File Transfer Protocol
ADO Active Data Objects AGC Automatic Gain Control
ADP Automatic Data Processing AGP Accelerated/Advanced Graphics Port
ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation AGRAS Antiglare-Antireflective-Antistatic
ADR Address AGU Address-Generation Unit
ADS Application Development Solutions [AT&T] + AHS Automated Highway Systems
Application Development System + AI Analog Input + Artificial Intelligence
Automatic Distribution System AIA Applications Integration Architecture [DEC]
ADSC Address Status Changed + AIC AIXwindows Interface Composer [IBM]
Adobe Document Structuring Conventions AIF Audio Interchange Format
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AIIM Association for Information and Image Management
ADSP Apple Datastream Protocol AIN Advanced Intelligent Network [Bell Atlantic]
ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release AIS Automated Identification System [NCIC]
ADT Abstract Data Type + Application Data Types AISB Association of Imaging Service Bureaus
ADU Automatic Dialing Unit AISP Association of Information Systems Professionals
AE Above or Equal AIT Advanced Intelligent Tape [Sony]
AEB Analog Expansion Bus [Dialogic] AIX Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM]
AF Auxiliary carry Flag ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuits + Automatic Level Control ANX Automotive Network Exchange [Chrysler/Ford/General Motors]
ALE Address Latch Enable + AO Analog Output
Application Linking and Embedding AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment
ALGOL Algorithmic Oriented Language (see IAL) AOE Application Operating Environment [AT&T]
ALIBI Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases AOL America Online
of Information AOS Add Or Subtract
ALINK Active Link [HTML] AP Adjunct Processor + Application Processor
ALIWEB Archie Like Indexing in the Web [Internet] A/P Accounts Payable
ALN Asynchronous Learning Network APA Adaptive Packet Assembly +
ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc. All Points Addressable +
ALT Alternate (mode) Arithmetic Processing Accelerator
ALT. Alternate lifestyle [USENET Newsgroup Category] APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report [IBM]
ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit APAREN Address Parity Enable [IBM]
AMA Automatic Message Accounting APCUG Association of PC User Groups
AMANDDA Automated Messaging and Directory Assistance API Application Program Interface
AMD Active Matrix Display + APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (bus) [Intel]
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. APIS Advanced Passenger Information System
AMI American Megatrends, Inc. APL * A Programming Language (Mathematics)
AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture APM Advanced Power Management [IBM]
[Everex Systems] APOP Authenticated Post Office Protocol
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service .APP Application (file name extension) [R:Base]
ANCOVA Analysis of Covariance APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communications [IBM]
ANDF Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking
ANI Automatic Number Identification APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking [IBM]
.ANI Animated Cursor (file name extension) [Microsoft] APPS Applications
ANN Artificial Neural Network APRP Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing
.ANN Annotations (file name extension) [IBM] APS Advanced Photo System + Advanced Printing Service [IBM]
ANOVA Analysis Of Variance Asynchronous Protocol Specification
ANSI American National Standards Institute APSE ADA Programming Support Environment APT Address Pass Through + ASAP As Soon As Possible +
Advanced Parallel Technology + Automatic Switching And Processing
Automatically Programmed Tools AS3AP ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable
A/R Accounts Receivable .ASC ASCII text (file name extension)
ARA AppleTalk Remote Access ASCC * Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator [IBM]
ARAG Antireflective-Antiglare ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ARAS Antireflective-Antistatic ASF Active Streaming Format [Microsoft]
.ARC Archive (file name extension) ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ARCA Advanced RISC Computing Architecture ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology
ARCnet Attached Resource Computer Network ASL Adaptive Speed Levelling
.ARJ Compressed File (file name extension) [Jung] ASLM Apple Shared Library Manager [Macintosh]
ARL Adjusted Ring Length .ASM Assembler Source Language (file name extension)
ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited ASMP Asymmetric Multprocessing
ARM Advanced RISC Machine (processor) + ASN Abstract Syntax Notation + Autonomous System Number
Annotated Reference Manual + ASO Automated Systems Operations
Asynchronous Response Mode ASP Active Server Page [Microsoft] +
ARMA Association of Records Managers and Administrators Authorized Service Provider +
ARP Address Resolution Protocol [Novell] Association of Shareware Professionals
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network .ASP Active Server Page (file name extension)
ARPL Adjust Requested Privilege Level ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface [Adaptec]
ARTA Apple Real Time Architecture ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System
ARTIC A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor [IBM] ASR Address Space Register + Automatic Send-Receive +
ARTS Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server Automatic Speech Recognition
.ARTS Cultual Groups (Domain Name) [Internet] AST AST Research, Inc. (named from first initials of
ARTT Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal the founders: Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey, Thomas Yuen)
ARQ Automatic Repeat Request AS/U Advanced Server for Unix
ARU Audio Response Unit ASYNC Asynchronous
AS Autonomous System [Internet] AS/400 Application System/400 [IBM]
ASAI Adjunct Switch Application Interface [AT&T] AT Advanced Technology + Attention ATA Advanced Technology Attachment AVG Average
ATDP Attention Dial Pulse AVI Audio Visual Interleave [Microsoft]
ATDT Attention Dial Tone AVR Automatic Voice Recognition
ATE Automated Test Equipment AVT Applied Voice Technology
ATG Advanced Technology Group AWG American Wire Gage
ATH Attention Hang-Up (Modem command) AWK (Unix language named after its authors...
ATL Active Template Library Al Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan)
ATM Adobe Typeface Manager + Asynchronous Transfer Mode + AWS Advanced Workstations and Systems (group) [IBM]
Automated Teller Machine AWT Abstract Window Toolkit [Java]
ATPS AppleTalk Printing Services [Macintosh] AX Architecture Extended + Automatic Transmission
ATR Automatic Terminal Recognition
B... ATS Administrative Terminal System +
Apple Terminal Services BACP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph BAK Binary Adaptation Kit [Microsoft]
ATTN Attention .BAK Backup (file name extension)
ATTRIB Attribute (also ATR) BAL Basic Assembly Language
ATZ Attention Restore configuration profile from BALUN Balanced Unbalanced (device)
nonvolatile RAM (Modem command) BAM Boyan Action Module
.AU Audio (file name extension) BARTS Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing
AUDIT Automated Data Input Terminal .BAS Basic Language (file name extension)
AUI Attachment/Autonomous Unit Interface BASH Bourne Again Shell [Unix]
AUP Acceptable Use Policy [Internet] BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
AUTO Automatic BASM Built-In Assembler
AUTOEXEC Automatic Execution BAT Block Address Translation
AUX Auxiliary + (First Serial Port) .BAT Batch Processing (file name extension)
AV Audio/Video + Audiovisual + Authenticity Verification BBS Bulletin Board System
AVA Audio Visual Authoring [IBM] BCC Block Check Character
AVC Audio Visual Connection [IBM] BCC: Blind Carbon Copy
AVD Alternating Voice and Data BCD Binary Coded Decimal B-CHANNEL Bearer Channel .BGI Borland Graphic Interface (file name extension)
BCL Batch Command Language BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BCN Beacon BGT Branch if Greater Than
BCP Best Current Practice + Bulk Copy Program BHI Branch if Higher
BCPL Basic Computer Programming Language BHIS Branch if Higher or Same
BCR Byte Count Register BI Binary Input
BCS Bar Code Sorter .BIB Bibliography (file name extension)
BDA Bios Data Area BiDi Bi-Directional
BDC Backup Domain Controller BIFET Bipolar Field Effect Transistor
BDE Borland Database Engine [Borland] BIFF Binary Interchange File Format
BDLS Bidirectional Loop Switching BIM Beginning of Information Marker
BDOS Basic Disk Operating System .BIN Binary (file name extension)
BDR Bus Device Request BINAC * Binary Automatic Computer
BDSL Broadband ADSL BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BE Below or Equal BINHEX Binary Hexadecimal
BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BEDO Burst Extended Data Out BIS Business Information System
BEL Bell BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BELLCORE Bell Communications Research BIST Built-In Self-Test
BER Basic Encoding Rules + Bit Error Rate BiSYNC (See BSYNC)
BERT Bit Error Rate Test/Tester BIT Binary Digit
BF Bad Flag BITNET Because It's Time Network
B/F Background/Foreground BITNIC Bitnet Network Information Center
BFF Binary File Format [IBM] BIU Bus Interface Unit
BFT Binary File Transfer BIX Byte Information Exchange (BBS)
BFTP Batch FTP BIZ. Business [USENET Newsgroup Category]
BGA Ball Grid Array .BK! Backup (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
BGCOLOR Background Color [HTML] .B~K Backup (file name extension)
BGE Branch if Greater or Equal BKSP Backspace BL Backlit + Bit Line BORQU Borland Quattro
BLAST Blocked Asynchronous Transmission (protocol) BOS Basic Operating System
[Communications Research Group] BOT Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape + Robot
.BLD BASIC Bload Graphics (file name extension) BP Base Pointer
BLE Branch if Less or Equal BPB BIOS Parameter Block
BLER Block Error BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit
BLK Block BPI Bits Per Inch
BLMC Buried Logic Macrocell BPL Branch if Plus
BLOB Binary Large Object BPS Bits Per Second + Bytes Per Second
BLOS Branch if Lower Or Same BR Bad Register
BMI Branch if Minus BRGC Binary Reflected Gray Code
BMIC BusMaster Interface Controller [Intel] BRI Basic Rate Interface + Brain Response Interface
BMP Basic Mapping Support + Batch Message Processing Program BS Backspace
.BMP Bitmap (file name extension) [Paintbrush Format] BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method
BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman (connector used with BSC Binary Synchronous Communication
coaxial cable invented by Mr. Neill-Concelman) .BSC Boyan Script (file name extension) [Boyan Communications]
BNE Branch if Not Equal BSCS Bachelor of Science (Degree) in Computer Science
BNF Backus-Naur Form (also Backus-Normal Form) [developed by BSD Berkely Software/Standard Distribution
John Backus and Peter Naur] BSF Bit Scan Forward
BNS Backbone Network Service BSI British Standards Institute
BO Binary Output BSP Bulk Synchronous Parallelism
BoB Break-out Box BSR Bit Scan Reverse
BOC Basic Operator Console BSS Block Started by Symbol
BOF Beginning Of File BSV BASIC Bsave Graphics (file name extension)
BOM Beginning Of Message BSY Busy
BOND Bandwidth On Demand BSYNC Binary Synchronous Communications (protocol)
BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol [Internet] BT Bit Test
BOPS Billion Operations Per Second BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method [IBM]
BORPQU Borland Pro Quattro BTB Branch Target Buffer BTC Bit Test and Complement CAM Common Access Method + Computer Aided Manufacturing +
BTOA Binary To ASCII Contents Addressable Memory
BTP Batch Transfer Program CAN Cancel
BTR Bit Test and Reset CAP Carrierless Amplitude and Phase-Modulation +
BTS Bit Test and Set Central Arbitration Point +
BU Branch Unit Communication Application Platform +
BUBL Bulletin Board for Libraries [Janet] Competitive Access Provider +
BUF Buffer Computer Aided Publishing
BUS Broadcast and Unknown Server .CAP Capture (file name extension)
BVH Base Video Handler CAPD Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities [Johns
BWM Block-Write Mode Hopkins University]
B2X Binary To Hexadecimal [REXX] CAPS Capitals (Upper Case Letters) +
BYTE Binary Element String Cassette Programming System
CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries [Internet]
C.. CAS Column Address Select +
Communications Application Specification + C C Programming Language
Computer Aided Styling .C C source code (file name extension) [C]
CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering CA Collision Avoidance
CASL Crosstalk Application Scripting Language [DCA] .CAB Cabinet (file name extension) [Microsoft]
CASS Computer Assisted Search Service CAD Computer Aided Design
CASSIS Classified and Search Support Information System CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting
CAT Computer Adaptive Test + Computer Aided Testing + CADE Client/server Application Development Environment
Computer Aided Tomography + CAE Client Application Enabler +
Computer Aided Transcription + Concatenate Common Applications Environment + Computer Aided Engineering
.CAT Catalog (file name extension) CAEX Computer Aided Exploration
CATS Computer Assisted Training System CAG Column Address Generator
CAT SCAN Computerized Axial Tomography Scan CAI Computer Aided Instruction
CATV Community Antenna Television (this was the original CAL Calendar + Computer Aided Learning
name for what is now known as Cable TV) CALS Computer-Aided Acquisition in Logistic Support CAU Controlled Access Unit .CCS Color Calibration System (file name extension)
CAV Constant Angular Velocity CCSD Cellular Circuit-Switched Data
CBC Cipher Block Chaining CD Carrier Detect + Change Directory +
CBCR Channel Byte Count Register Collision Detection + Color Display + Compact Disk
CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data Service C/D Control Data
CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment C2D Character To Decimal [REXX]
Manufacturers Association CDA Compound Document Architecture [DEC]
CBGA Ceramic Ball Grid Array CDC Control Data Corporation
CBI Computer Based Instruction CD_CHRDY Card Channel Ready [IBM]
CBL Computer Based Learning CD-DA Compact Disk -Digital Audio
.CBL COBOL source code (file name extension) CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface
CBMS Computer-Based Mail System CDE Common Desktop Environment + Complex Data Entry
CBR Case Based Reasoning + Constant Bit Rate CD-E Compact Disk - Erasable
CBT Computer Based Training CDF Channel Definition Format
CBW Convert Byte to Word .CDF Comma Delimited Format (file name extension)
CBX Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange CDFS Compact Disc File System [Microsoft]
CC Cluster Controller CD+G Compact Disk plus Graphics
CC: Carbon Copy CD-I Compact Disk - Interactive
CCD Charged-Coupled Device CDIA Certified Document Imaging Architect
CCFT Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube CDL Computer Design Language
CCI Common Client Interface CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CCITT Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et CDMF Commercial Data Masking Facility [IBM] Telephonique/ CD-MO Compact Disk - Magneto Optical Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System CCL Connection/Cursor Control Language CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data CCP Console Command Processor CDR Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording CCS Common Command Set + Common Communications Services + CD-R Compact Disk - Recordable
Common Communications Support + CD-RDx Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard
Continuous Composite Servo CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory CGE Common Graphics Environment
CD-RTOS Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System CGI Common Gateway Interface + Computer Generated Images +
CD-RW Compact Disk - Re-Writable Computer Graphics Interface
CDS Current Directory Structure .CGM Computer Graphics Metafile (file name extension) +
CDSA Common Data Security Architecture Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
.CDT Corel Draw Template (file name extension) CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CD-V Compact Disk - Video CHAR Character
CD-WO Compact Disk - Write Once CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology [Internet]
.CDX Compound Index (file name extension) [Fox Pro] CHCK Channel Check
CD-XA Compact Disk - Extended Architecture CHCP Change Code Page
CE Cache Enable + Chip Enable + Collision Elimination + CHDIR Change Directory
Convert Enable CHFN Change Finger [Unix]
CEG Continuous Edge Graphics CHGRP Change Group
CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference .CHK CHKDSK (file name extension)
CELP Card Edge Low Profile (socket) [Intel] CHKDSK Check Disk
CEMS Constituent Electronic Mail System CHMOD Change Mode
CEOP Conditional End Of Page CHOWN Change Owner
CER Canonical Encoding Rules CHP Chapter
CERN The European Particle Physics Laboratory (initials CHR Character
originally from Conseil European pour la Recherche Nucleaire) CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform
CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CHS Cylinder Head Sector
CFB Cipher Feedback + Configurable Function Block CI Component Interface
.CFG Configuration (file name extension) CIA Current Instruction Address
CFM Code Fragment Manager [Macintosh] CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability
CFR Computerized Facial Recognition CICS/VS Customer Information Control System/
CFS Caching/Common File System Virtual Storage [IBM]
CFV Call For Votes [Bitnet] CID Charge-Injection Device +
CG Control Gate Configuration/Installation/Distribution
CGA Color Graphics Adapter CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIF Common Interchange/Intermediate Format + CLD Clear Direction Flag
Crystallographic Information File + CLI Call-Level Interface + Clear Interrupt Flag +
Customer Information Feed Client Library Interface + Command Line Interface
CIFS Common Internet File System CLIB C Library
CIM Common Information Model + CLID Calling Line Identification
CompuServe Information Manager + CLIST Command List
Computer Integrated Manufacturing CLK Clock
CIO Chief Information Officer CLNP Connectionless Network Protocol
CIOCS Communication Input/Output Control System CLOS Common Lisp Object System
CIP Command Interface Port CLP Cell Loss Priority + Constraint Logic Programming
CIR Committed Information Rate .CLP Clipboard (file name extension) [Windows]
CIRC Circular Reference + CLS Clear Screen
Cross-Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code CLTP Connectionless Transport Protocol
CIS Card Information Structure + Client Information System + CLTS Clear Task Switch Flag
CompuServe Information Service + CLUI Command Line User Interface
Computer Information Systems + Contact Image Sensor + CLUT Color Look-Up Table
Customer Information System CLV Constant Linear Velocity
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer CM Centimeter + Control Mark + Corrective Maintenance
CIT Computer-Integrated Telephony CMA Concert Multi-thread Architecture
CIVR Computer and Interactive Voice Response CMC Common Mail Calls + Common Messaging Calls +
CIX Commercial Internet Exchange + Communication Management Configuration +
Compulink Information Exchange Complement Carry Flag +
CJLI Command Job Language Interpreter Computer-Mediated Communication [Internet]
CKD Count Key Data (device) CMD Circuit Mode Data
CLAR Channel Local Address Register .CMD Command (file name extension)
CLASS Client Access to Systems and Services + CMF Creative Music Format
Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services + CNIDR Clearinghouse for Network Information and
Custom Local-Area Signaling Services Discovery and Retrieval [Internet]
CLC Clear Carry Flag CMIP Common Management Information Protocol CMIS Common Management Information Services/System CNVT Convert
CML Conceptual Modelling Language + CNX Certified Network Expert
Computer Managed Learning + Current Mode Logic CO Central Office + Command Output + Convert Out
CMM Capability Maturity Model COAX Coaxial Cable
CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management Software COB Chip-On-Board
CMMU Cache/Memory Management Unit [Motorola] .COB COBOL source code (file name extension)
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor COBOL Common Business-oriented Language (See HLL)
CMOV Conditional Move .COD Code List (file name extension)
CMP Compare + Computer CODASYL * Conference on Data System Languages (Group that
CMPS Compare word String designed COBOL)
CMS Code Management System + Compiler Monitor System + CODE Client-Server Open Development Environment
Conversation Monitor System CODEC Coder/Decoder + Compression/Decompression
CMVC Configuration Management Version Control [IBM] COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer
CMW Compartmented Mode Workstation COFF Common Object File Format [Unix]
CMY Cyan-Magenta-Yellow (color model) COGO Coordinate Geometry (Programming Language)
CMYK Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model) COL Collision + Computer Oriented Language
CNA Certified NetWare Administrator [Novell] COLD Computer Output to Laser Disk
CNAPS Co-Processing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems COLL Collision
CNC Computerized Numerical Control COM Common Object Model [Microsoft] +
CNE Certified NetWare Engineer Computer Output Microfilm
.CNF Configuration (file name extension) .COM Command (file name extension) +
CNG Calling (tone) Commercial Business (Domain Name0 [Internet]
CNI Certified Novell Instructor [Novell] COM1 First serial Port (asynchronous port)
CNIDR Clearinghouse for Networked Information and Retrieval COM2 Second serial Port
CNN Composite Network Node COM3 Third serial Port
CNR Carier to Noise Ratio COM4 Fourth serial Port
CNSS Core Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet] COMDEX Computer Dealers Exposition
.CNT Contents (file name extension) COMET Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator
CNV Conventional (pertaining to Memory) COMP Compare + Communications COMP. Computers [USENET Newsgroup Category] Common Programming Interface [IBM]
COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation .CPI Code Page Information (file name extension) [MS-DOS]
CON Console (includes Keyboard and Screen) CPI-C Common Programming Interface for Communications [IBM]
COND Condition CPIO Copy In and Out [Unix]
CONFIG Configuration CPL Current Privilege Level
CONS Connection-Oriented Network Service .CPL Control Panel (file name extension)
CONTONE Continuous Tone CPM Critical Path Method
COPICS Communications Oriented Production Information CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers [Digital Research]
and Control System [IBM] CPS Characters Per Second + Cycles Per Second
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture CPT Command Pass Through
CoREN Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network CPU Central Processing Unit
COS Compatible Operating System CR Carriage Return
COSE Combined Office Standard Environment + CRAM Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement
Common Open Software/Systems Environment CRAYON Create Your Own Newspaper
COSMIC Computer Software Management and Information CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
Center [NASA] .CRD Cardfile (file name extension) +
COSMOS Computer System for Mainframe Operations Chord (music file name extension)
COSS Common Object Services Specification CREN Computer Research Education Network +
COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf Corporation for Research and Education Networking
CP Copy Protected CRF Cable Retransmission Facility + Cross Reference File
CPA Certified Public Accountant CRI Color Reproduction Indices
CPC Constant Point Calculation CR/LF Carriage Return/Line Feed
CPCS Check Processing Control System [IBM] CROM Control Read Only Memory
CPE Central Processing Element + CRT Cathode Ray Tube
Customer Premises Equipment + CRTC CRT Controller
Customer Provided Equipment CS Chip Select + Clear to Send + Code Segment
.CPE Cover Page (file name extension) C/S Client/Server
CPG Clock Pulse Generator CSA Calendaring and Scheduling API [IBM]
CPI Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction + CSAR Channel System Address Register CSCW Computer Supported Cooperative Work CSSM Client-Server Systems Management [IBM]
CSD Circuit-Switched Data + CS/SS Card Service/Socket Service
Computer Services Department + CSTA Computer-Supported Telephony Applications
Corrective Service Diskette [IBM] CSU Channel Service Unit
CSDS Circuit Switched Data Service CSV Circuit-Switched Voice +
CSE Certified System Engineer Comma-Separated Value/Variable +
CSFI Communication Subsystem For Interconnection Common Services Verbs (interface) [Microsoft]
CSG Constructive Solid Geometry + C&T Chips and Technologies
Consulting Services Group [Lotus] CTB Cipher Type Byte
CSI Command Sequence Introducer + CompuServe Incorporated CTC Channel To Channel
CSID Call Subscriber ID CTCP Client-To-Client Protocol
CSL Computer Sensitive Language CTI Computer-Telephony Integration
CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol [Internet] CTOS Computerized Tomography Operating System +
CSM Code Set Map (file) + Communications Services Manager Convergent Technologies Operating System
CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Avoidance CTPA Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Detection CTRCO * Calculating,Tabulating,Recording Company (The name of
CSMS Customer Support Management System this company was changed to "International Business
CSN Card-Select Number Machines" by Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
CSNET Computer Science Network CTRL Control
CSO Central Services Organization CTS Clear To Send + Customer Telephone System
CSP Certified Systems Professional + CTSS * Compatible Time Sharing System
Commercial Subroutine Package + CUA Common User Access [IBM]
CompuCom Speed Protocol [CompuCom] + CUB Cursor Backward
Communicating Sequential Processes + CUD Cursor Down
Cross System Product [IBM] CUE Custom Updates and Extras (card) [Egghead Software]
CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network CUF Cursor Forward
CSS * Continuous System Simulator (Language) CUI Character-Oriented User Interface +
CSS Cascading Style Sheets [Microsoft] + Common User Interface [IBM]
Contact Start-Stop CUP Cursor Position CUPID Completely Universal Processor I/O Design [AST] DAL Data Access Language [Apple Computer] +
.CUR Cursor (file name extension) Disk Access Lockout
CUSIP Committee for Uniform Security Identification DAM Data Acquisition and Monitoring
Procedures [U.S. Treasury] DAMPS Digital AMPS
CUT Control Unit Terminal DAO Data Access Object [Microsoft]
CUTE Clarkston University Terminal Emulator DAP Data Access Protocol [DEC] +
CUU Cursor Up Developer Assistance Program
CVF Compressed Volume File DAPIE Developers Application Programming Interface Extensions
CVGA Color Video Graphics Array DARI Database Application Remote Interface [IBM]
CVIA Computer Virus Industry Association DARMS Digital Alternate Realization of Musical Symbols
CVT Convert DART Digital Audio Reconstruction Technology
CVW CodeView for Windows DAS Decimal Adjust for Subtraction +
CWD Convert Word to Double Word + Dual-Attached Station
Change Working Directory [Internet] DASD Direct Access Storage Device [IBM]
CWIS Campus Wide Information Service/System [Internet] + DAT Digital Audio Tape + Disk Array Technology
Community Wide Information Service/System [Internet] .DAT Data (file name extension)
C2X Character To Hexadecimal [REXX] DATACOM Data Communications
CYL Cylinder DAV Digital Audio-Video
CYMK Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black (color model) DAVIC Digital Audio-Visual Council
dB Decibel
D... DB Data Base + Data Buffer
dBA Adjusted Decibel D/A Digital to Analog
DBCS Delivery Bar Code Sorter + Double-Byte Character Set DAA Data Access Arrangement +
.DBF Database (file name extension) Decimal Adjust for Addition
DBIS Dun & Bradstreet Information Services DAC Data Acquisition and Control +
DBM Data Base Manager Digital to Analog Converter +
DBMS Data Base Management System Dual Attachment Concentrator
DBS Data Base Server DAD Desktop Application Director [Borland]
DBV Digital Broadcast Video DAI Distributed Artificial Intelligence DB2 Database 2 DCS Data Collection System + Data Control System +
DC Data Collection + Data Communication + Data Control + Desktop Color Separation + Distributed Control System
Device Control + Direct Current DCT Discrete Cosine Transform
D2C Decimal To Character [REXX] .DCT Dictionary (file name extension)
DCA Digital Communications Associates + DCU Data-Cache Unit
Document Content Architecture [IBM] DD Day + Digital Display + Double Density
DCAF Distributed Console Access Facility [IBM] DDA Distributed Data Access + Domain-Defined Attribute
DCAM Direct Chip Attach Module DDB Device Dependent Bitmap + Device Descriptor Block
DCB Device Control Block + Disk Coprocessor Board [Novell] DDC Digital Data Channel [VESA] + Display Data Channel
DCC Digital Command Control + Digital Compact Cassette + DDCMP Digital Data Communications Message Protocol [DEC]
Direct Cable/Client Connection + Display Combination Code DDC1 Display Data Channel One
DCD Data Carrier Detect DDCS Distributed Database Connection Services [IBM]
DCE Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment + DDD Data Definition Language + Direct Distance Dialing
Data Communications Equipment + DDE Direct Data Entry + Dynamic Data Exchange [Microsoft]
Distributed Computing Environment [OSF] + DDEML Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library [Microsoft]
Distributed Computing Equipment DDF Display Data Channel + Dynamic Data Formatting [IBM]
DCED Distributed Computing Environment Daemon DDI Device Driver Interface + Direct Dial In
DCF Data Communication Facility [IBM] + DDK Device Driver Kit [Microsoft Windows]
Data Compression Facility + DDL Data Definition Language + Data Description Language
Data Count Field [IBM] + DDM Distributed Data Management
Driver Configuration File [Lotus] DDN Defense Data Network
D-CHANNEL Data Channel DDNS Dynamic Domain Naming System
DCI Display Control Interface DDP Distributed Data Processing
DCL Data Control Language + Declaration + DDS Digital Dataphone Service [AT&T] + Design Data Sheet +
DEC Command Language [DEC] + Digital Data Storage + Distributed Database Services
Device Clear + Digital Control Logic + DDX Digital Data Exchange
Digital Command Language [Digital] DE Device End
DCOM Distributed Component Object Model DEC Decrement + Device Clear + Digital Equipment Corporation
DCP Digital Light Processing [TI] DECNET Digital Equipment Corporation Networking (protocol) DEF Desktop Functional Equivalent [Compaq] DIA Document Interchange Architecture [IBM]
.DEF Definitions + Defaults (file name extensions) DIB Device Independent Bitmap +
DEFRAG Defragment Directory Information Base +
DEK Data Encryption Key Dual Independent Bus [Intel]
DEL Delete DIBOL DEC Business Oriented Language
DELSTR Delete String [REXX] .DIC Dictionary (file name extension)
.DEM Demonstration (file name extension) DID Direct Inward Dialing
DEN Document Enabled Networking [Novell-Xerox] DIDS Distributed Intrusion Detection System
DER Distinguished Encoding Rules DIF Data Interchange Format
DES Data Encryption Standard + Data Entry Sheet DIFFSENS Differential Sense
.DES Description (file name extension) DIIP Direct Interrupt Identification Port
DET Device Execute Trigger DIMM Dual In-Line Memory Module
DEV Device DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm (German equivalent of EIA)
DF Data Field + Destination Field + Device Flag + DIO Data Input-Output
Double Flag DIP Dialup Internet Protocol [Internet] +
DFC Data Flow Control Digital Imaging Processing +
DFM Design For Manufacturability [IBM] Dual In-line Package + Dual In-line Pin
DFS Distributed File System DIR Directory (file)
DFSMS Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem [IBM] DIS Draft International Standard +
DFT Design For Testability + Diagnostic Function Test + Dynamic Impedance Stabilization [CompuCom]
Discrete Fourier Transform + DISA Data Interchange Standards Association
Distributed Function Terminal DISP Displacement (offset)
DFU Data File Utility DIT Directory Information Tree
DGIS Direct Graphics Interface Standard DIV Divide
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DIVE Direct Interface Video Extension [OS/2 Warp]
DHL Dynamic Head Loading DIW D-Inside Wire [AT&T]
.DHP Dr. Halo PIC (file name extension) .DIZ Description In Zip (file name extension)
DHTML Dynamic HTML DL Download (also D/L)
DI Data In + Destination Index DL/1 Data Manipulation Language 1 [IBM] DMSS Distributed Mass Storage System DLC Data Link Control (protocol) [IBM] + DMT Digital/Discrete Multi-Tone Distributed Loop Carrier DMTF Desktop Management Task Force DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier DMY Day Month Year DLD Display List Driver DN Down DLE Data Link Escape DNC Direct Numerical Control DLL Dynamic Link Library DNIC Data Network Identification Code DLM Distributed Lock Manager + Dynamic Link Module DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service DLP Digital Light Processing [TI] DNS Domain Naming System DLR DOS LAN Requester DO Data Out + Distributed Objects DLS Data Link Switching [IBM] .DOC Document + Documentation (file name extensions) DLT Digital Linear Tape DOCSV Data Over Circuit-Switched Voice DM Distributed Memory DOE Distributed Objects Everywhere DMA Direct Memory Access/Addressing DOIP Dial Other Internet Providers [IBM] DMAC DMA Controller DO-IT Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and DMACS Distributed Manufacturing Automation & Control Software Technology DMD Digital Micromirror Device [TI] DOM Document Object Model DME Distributed Management Environment DOMF Distributed Object Management Facility DMF Distribution Media Format [Microsoft] DOS Disk Operating System DMI Desktop Mangement Interface DOSEM DOS Emulation DML Data Manipulation Language DOV Data Over Voice DMM Digital Multimeter DOW Day Of Week DMMS Dynamic Memory Management System DP Data Processing DMOS Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor DPA Demand Protocol Architecture [3Com] + DMP Dot Matrix Printer Document Printing Architecture DMPC Distributed Memory Parallel Computer DPAM Demand Priority Access Method DMQS Display Mode Query and Set [IBM] DPAREN Data Parity Enable [IBM] DMS Data Management Software + Data/Document Management System DPB Drive Parameter Block
DMSD Digital Multistandard Decoding DPC Direct Program Control DPI Distributed Protocol Interface + Dots Per Inch D/S Dhrystone Per Second
DPL Descriptor Privilege Level DSA Directory System Agent
DPM Digital Panel Meter DSAP Destination Service Access Point
DPMA Data Processing Management Association DSDD Double Sided, Double Density (diskette)
DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface [Microsoft] DSE Data Storage Equipment
DPMS Display Power Management Support DSEA Display Station Emulation Adapter
DPO Data Phase Optimization DSECT Dummy Control Section
DPS Document Processing System DSHD Double Sided, High Density (diskette)
DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying DSIS Distributed Support Information Standard
DPtoTP Display Coordinates to Tablet Coordinates DSL Digital Subscriber Line +
(converting) Dynamic Simulation Language
DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DQL Data Query Language DSMA Digital Sense Multiple Access
DR Data Received DSOM Distributed System Object Model
D/R Direct or Reverse DSP Digital Signal Processing/Processor +
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory Directory Synchronization Protocol [Lotus]
DRAW Direct Read After Write DSQD Double Sided, Quad Density (diskette)
DR.BOND Dial-up Router Bandwidth On Demand [NEC] DSR Data Set Ready + Device Status Register +
DRDA Distributed Relational Database Architecture [IBM] Device Status Report
DR-DOS Digital Research-Disk Operating System DSS Decision Support System + Digital Signature Standard
DRDW Direct Read During Write DSSI Digital Standard Systems Interconnect [DEC]
DRI Digital Research Incorporated DSSS Direct-Sequencing Spread Spectrum
DRO Data Request Output + Destructive Read-Out DSTN Double Supertwisted Nematic
DRS Document Registration System DSU Data Service Unit + Digital Service Unit
.DRS Driver Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect] DSVD Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data
DRV Drive DSW Data Status Word + Device Status Word
.DRV Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DVR) DSX Digital Signals Cross-Connect
.DRW Draw + Drawing (file name extensions) D2T2 Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (printing)
DS Data Segment + Data Send + Data Server + Double Sided DTA Disk Transfer Area .DTA Data (file name extension) DXC Data Exchange Control
DTC Desktop Conferencing DXF Drawing Exchange Format
DTD Document Type Definition DXI Data Exchange Interface
DTE Data Terminal Equipment + Dumb Terminal Emulator
E... DTF Distributed Test Facility
DTL Dialogue Tag Language [IBM] + Diode-Transistor Logic EA Effective Address + Extended Attribute [OS/2]
DTMF Data Tone Multiple Frequency + Dual Tone Multifrequency EAR External Access Register
DTP Desktop Publishing + Distributed Transaction Process EARN European Academic Research Network
DTR Data Terminal Ready + Data Transfer Rate EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
DTV Desktop Video EARS Electronic Access to Reference Services +
DTVC Desktop Video Conferencing Electronic Authoring and Routing System [DEC] +
DU Disk Usage Explicit Archive and Retrieval System [Langley Research]
DUA Directory User Agent EATA Enhanced AT Bus Attachment
DUAT Direct User Access Terminal EBC EISA Bus Controller
DUN Dial-Up Networking [Microsoft] EBCT Electron Beam Computed Tomography
DUNCE Dial Up Network Connection Enhancement EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code [IBM]
.DV DESQview Script (file name extension) EBI Equivalent Background Input +
DVC Desktop Video Conferencing Extended Background Investigation
DVD Digital Video Disk EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer
DVE Digital Video Effect EC Electronic Commerce + Error Control
DVI Digital Video Interactive ECAL Enjoy Computing And Learn
.DVI Device Independent (file name extension) ECAT Electronic Card Assembly and Test [IBM]
DVMRP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol [Internet] ECB Electronic Codebook + Event Control Block
.DVR Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DRV) ECC Elliptic Curve Crypto + Error Check Code +
DWG Drawing Error Checking and Correction + Error Correction Code
DWMT Discrete Wavelet Multitone ECD Enhanced Color Display + Enhanced Compact Disk
D2X Decimal To Hexadecimal [REXX] ECHO European Commission Host Organization [Internet]
.DXB Drawing Interchange Binary (file name extension) ECI External Call Interface
[AutoCAD] ECL Emitter Coupled Logic ECM Electronic Control Module .EDU Educational Institutions (Domain Name) [Internet]
ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association EDVAC * Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
ECNE Enterprise Certified NetWare Engineer [Novell] (First stored-program digital computer)
ECP Enhanced/Extended Capabilities Port [Microsoft] EE Extended Edition [IBM]
ECTL Electronic Communal Temporal Lobe EEC Extended Error Correction
ECU EISA Configuration Utility EEG Electroencephalogram
ED Erase Display EEL Epsilon Extension Language
EDA Electronic Design Automation + EEM Extended Memory Management
Embedded Document Architecture [Go Corporation] EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
EDC Electronic Digital Computer + EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
Enhanced Data Correction + EES Escrow Encryption Standard
Error Detection and Correction EFA Extended File Attribute
EDDC Extended Distance Data Cable EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation
EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval EFI Electromechanical Frequency Interference +
EDI Electronic Data Interchange + Electronics For Imaging
Electronic Document Interchange [DEC] EFL Emitter Follower Logic
EDIFACT EDI for Administration Commerce and Transport E-FORM Electronic Form
EDL Edit Decision List EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System
EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EDLIN Editor (Line Text) EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
EDMS Electronic Document Management System EGREP Extended Global Regular Expression Print [Unix]
EDO Extended Data Out EHLLAPI Emulator High Level Language Application
EDOS Enhanced DOS for Windows Programming Interface [IBM]
EDP Electronic Data Processing EIA Electronic Industries Association
EDPM Electronic Data Processing Machine EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EDRAM Extended Dynamic Random Access Memory EIS Executive Information System
EDS Electronic Data Systems (corporation) EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EDSAC * Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer EL Electroluminescent (display) + Erase Line
EDSI Enhanced Small Device Interface ELAN Emulated Local Area Network ELC Embedded Linking and Control ENSS Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet]
ELF Executable and Linking Format + EOA End Of Address
Extremely Low Frequency EOB End Of Block
ELS Entry Level System EOC End Of Conversion
EM Electronic Mail + Emphasized + End of Medium + EOF End Of File + Enterprise Objects Framework [Next Computer]
Expanded Memory EOI End Of Interrupt + End Or Identify
EMA Electronic Mail Association + EOJ End Of Job
Enterprise Management Architecture EOL End Of Line + End Of List
EMACS Editing Macros [Unix] EOM End Of Message
E-MAIL Electronic Mail EOR Exclusive OR (Also XOR)
EMB Extended Memory Block [LIM/AST] EOS Earth Observing System [NASA] + End Of String
EMBARC Electronic Mail Broadcast to a Roaming Computer EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System [NASA] [Motorola] EOT End Of Table + End Of Tape (marker) + End Of Text + EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility + Enhanced Memory Chip + End Of Transmission E-Mail Connection + Extended Math Coprocessor EP Electrophotographic Engine EMI Electromagnetic Interference EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing .EML Electronic Mail (file name extension) EPL Effective Privilege Level EMM Expanded Memory Manager EPLD Electrically Programmable Logic Device EMR Electro-Magnetic Radiation + EPM Enhanced Editor for Presentation Manager [IBM] + Enhanced Metafile Record Enterprise Process Management [IBM] EMS Electronic Mail System + Electronic Message Service + EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Expanded Memory Specification [LIM] EPROM Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory + EMWAC European Microsoft Windows NT Academic Centre Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory .ENC Encoded (file name extension) .EPS Encapsulated PostScript (file name extension) ENDEC Encoder/Decoder EPSF Encapsulated PostScript Files ENDS Ends Segment ERA Extended Registry Attributes ENIAC * Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and ERAS Electronic Routing and Approval System [Hughes Aircraft] Computer (First fully electronic digital computer) ERD Emergency Repair Disk ENQ Enquiry ERIC Educational Resources Information Center [Internet] ERLL Enhanced Run Length Limited ETACS Extended Total Access Communication System [IBM]
ERMA * Electronic Recording Method, Accounting [General Electric] ETANN Electrically Trainable Analog Neural
EROM Erasable Read Only Memory Network (chip) [Intel]
EROS Earth Resources Observation System [U.S. Geological Survey] ETB End of Transmission Block
ERR Error ETC Electronic Toll Collection +
ER/RC Extended Result/Response Code Enhanced Throughput Cellular (modem protocol) [AT&T]
ERU Emergency Recovery Utility [Microsoft] ETOM Electron-Trapping Optical Memory
ES Extra Segment ETPL Endorsed Tempest Products List
ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture [IBM] + ETS Econometric Time Series
European Space Agency ETX End Of Text
ESC EISA System Component + Escape EU Execution Unit
ESCM Extended Services Communications Manager [IBM] EUC End User Computing + Extended Unix Code [IBM]
ESCON Enterprise System Connection (Architecture) [IBM] EUI End-User Interface
ESC/P Epson Standard Code for Printers EVE Extensible VAX Editor
ESD Electronic Software Distribution + EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array +
Electrostatic Discharge Extended Video Graphics Adapter
ESDI Enhanced Small/System Device Interface EWAN Emulator Without A Good Name [Internet]
ESF Extended Superframe EWS Employee Written Software [IBM]
ESI Enhanced Serial Interface (specification) [Hayes] ExCA Exchangeable Card Architecture [Intel]
ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio .EXE Executable (file name extension)
ESN Electronic Security Number EXE2BIN Program used to convert an (.EXE) file to binary
ESP Emulation Sensing Processor + format (.COM) file
Encapsulating Security Payload (header) + EXM Enterprise Messaging Exchange [Lotus]
Enhanced Serial Port [Hayes] + Enhanced Service Provider + EXP Exponent
Estimated Selling Price EXT External
ESR Event Service Routine EXTRN External Reference
ESS Electronic Switching System E-ZINE Electronic Magazine
ESU Electro-Static Unit
F... ET Enhancement Technology FAB Computer-Chip Fabrication Plant FDX Full Duplex
FAC File Access Code FECN Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
FAMOS Floating Gate Avalanche MOS FED Field Emission/Emitter Display
FANS Future Air Navigation System FEFO First-Ended, First-Out
FAP File Access Protocol FEP Front End Processor
FAPI Family Application Program Interface FEPI Front End Programming Interface
FAQ Frequently Asked Question FEPROM Flash EPROM
FARNET Federation of American Research Networks [Internet] FeRAM Ferroelectric RAM
FASIC Function and Algorithm-Specific Integrated Circuit FESDK Far East Software Development Kit [Microsoft]
FAT File Allocation Table FET Field Effect Transistor
FAX Facsimile FF Flip-Flop + Form Feed
.FAX Fax (file name extension) FFDC First Failure Data Capture [IBM]
FC/AL Fiber Channel/Arbitrated Loop FFS Fast File System
FCB File Control Block FFST First Failure Support Technology [IBM]
FCC Federal Communications Commission FFT Fast Fourier Transform + Final Form Text [IBM]
FCC: File Carbon Copy FG Floating Gate
FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for FGREP Fixed Global Regular Expression Print [Unix]
Science, Engineering and Technology FHSS Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum
FC/EL Fiber Channel/Enhanced Loop FIF Fractal Image Format
FCI Flux Changes per Inch FIFO First-In, First-Out
FCR FIFO Control Register FILO First-In, Last-Out
FCS Fiber Channel Standard + Frame Check Sequence FIP File Processor Buffering
FD Floppy Disk + Floppy Drive + Full Duplex FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard
FDC Floppy Disk Controller FIR Fast Infrared + Finite Impulse Response
FDDI Fiber Digital Device Interface + .FIRM Business or Firm (Domain Name) [Internet]
Fiber Distributed Data Interface FIRST Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
FDISK Fixed Disk FIU Fingerprint Identification Unit [Sony]
FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing FIX Federal Internet Exchange
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access FLA Four Letter Acronym FLC Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal FPS Favorite Picture Selection + Frames Per Second
FLD Field FPT Forced Perfect Termination
FLL FoxPro Link Library [Microsoft Fox Pro] FPU Floating Point Unit
FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name [Internet]
.FLR Folder (file name extension) FRAD Frame Relay Access Device +
FMS Forms Management System Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler
FMT Format FRAG Fragment + Fragmentation
FMV Full Motion Video FRAM Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory
FNT Font FRC Funtional Redundancy Checking
FOCUS Forum of Control Data Users FRED Frame Editor + Front-End to Dish
FOD Fax On Demand FRPI Flux Reversals Per Inch
FOG First Osborne Group .FRS WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension)
FOIRL Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link [IEEE] FS File Separator
FOLDOC Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing FSD File System Driver [OS/2]
.FON Font + Phone + Phone Directory (all file name FSE Full Screen Editor
extensions) FSF Free Software Foundation [Internet]
.FOR Fortran source code (file name extension) FSK Frequency Shift Keying
FORTH (Programming Language)(See HLL) FSN Full Service Network
FORTRAN Formula Translator (Programming Language)(See HLL) FSP File Service Protocol
FOSE Federal Office Systems Exposition FSR Free System Resources
FOSI Format Option Specification Instance FST Flat Square Tube (monitor)
FOSSIL Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer F/T Full Time
FPC Floating Point Calculation FTAM File Transfer, Access and Management +
FPCE Floating-Point C Extension (specification) File Transfer and Access Method
FPGA Field Programmable Gate-Array FTL Flash Transition Layer [Intel]
FPLA Field Programmable Logic-Array FTM Flat Tension Mask [Zenith]
FPM Fast Page Mode FTP File Transfer Protocol [Internet]
FPP Fixed Path Protocol + Floating Point Processor FTPD File Transfer Protocol Daemon
FPR Floating-Point Register FTTC Fiber To The Curb FTS Federal Telecommunication System GECOS General Electric Comprehensive Operating System
FTX Fault Tolerant Unix GEIS General Electric Information Service (company)
FUI File Update Information GEM Graphics Environment Manager (DRI Program)
FUNC Function GENIE General Electric Network for
FVT Full Video Translation Information Exchange
FYI For Your Information GEO Geostationary Earth Orbit
GEOS Graphic Environment Operating System [Geoworks]
G... GET Get Execute Trigger
GGP Gateway-Gateway Protocol [Internet] GA General Availability
GHZ Gigahertz GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
.GID Topics (file name extension) [Microsoft] GAL Generic Array Logic
.GIF Graphics Interchange Format (file name extension) GAPI Gateway Application Programming Interface
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out GART Graphics Address Relocation Table
GII Global Information Infrastructure GATT Graphics Address Translation Table
GILS Government Information Locator Service Gb Gigabit (1,024 megabits) +
GIS Geographic Information System + (One Billion Bits of Information)
Global Information Solutions [AT&T] GB Gigabyte (1,024 megabytes) +
GIX Global Internet Exchange [Internet] (One Billion Characters of Information)
GKS Graphical Kernel System GCC GNU C-Compiler [Unix]
GL Graphics Language GCR Group Code Recording
G/L General Ledger GDA Global Data Area
GLIS Global Land Information System [US Geological Survey] GDDM Graphics Data Display Manager
GLM General Linear Models GDG Generation Data Group [IBM]
GLOBE Global Learning by Observations to Benefit GDI Graphical Device Interface
the Environment [Internet] GDLC Generic Data Link Control [IBM]
.GLY Glossary (file name extension) [Microsoft Word] GDP Graphic Draw Primitive
GML Generalized Markup Language GDT Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing +
GMP Global Mobile Professional Global Descriptor Table +
GMR Giant Magneto-Resistive Graphics Development Toolkit GMS Global Management System + GTO Guide To Operations [IBM]
Global Messaging Service [Novell] GTP * Geometry Theorem Prover
GMT Greenwich Mean Time GUI Graphical User Interface
GND Ground (signal/system) GUID Globally Unique Identifier +
GNN Global Network Navigator Global Universal Identifier
GNU Gnu's Not Unix (operating system) GVT Global Virtual Time
GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile GW-BASIC Gee Whiz BASIC
.GOV Governmental (Domain Name) [Internet] .gz Compressed file (compressed filename extension -
GP Gas Plasma + General Purpose using GNU gzip compression/decompression program) [Unix]
GPF General Protection Fault GZIP GNU Zip
GPI Graphics Programming Interface
H... GPIB General Purpose Information/Interface Bus
GPR General Purpose Register [IBM] .H Header (file name extension) [C]
GPS Global Positioning Satellite/System HACMP High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing [IBM]
GPSS * General Purpose Systems Simulator (language) HAL Hard Array Logic + Hardware Abstraction Layer +
GRADD Graphics Adapter Device Driver [IBM] House-Programmed Array Logic
GRE Graphics Engine HAL * Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic (computer)
GREP Global Regular Expression Print [from 1968 movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"]
.GRF Graph (file name extension) HAP Host Access Protocol
.GRP Group (file name extension) HASP Houston Automatic Spooling Priority (System)
GS Group Separator HBA Host Bus Adapter
GSI General Server Interface HCL Hardware Compatibility List
GSM Global Shared Memory + HCSS High Capacity Storage System
Global System for Mobile-Communications (network) HCU Home Computer User
GSNW Gateway Service for NetWare [Microsoft] HD Hard Disk + High Density
GSP Generic Server Passer HDA Head Disk Assembly
GSTN General Switched Telephone Network HDCD High Definition Compatible Digital
GTE General Telephone Electronics (corporation) HDF Hierarchical Data Format [NCSA]
GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic HDI Head to Disk Interference HDLC High-Level Data Link Control HLQ High Level Qualifier
HDM Hardware Device Module HLS Hue, Luminance, Saturation (color model)
HDR Header HLT Halt
HDSC High Density Signal Carrier [DEC] HMA High Memory Area [Microsoft] +
HDSL High-Data-Rate Digital Subscriber Line Hub Management Architecture
HDSS Holographic Data Storage System HMD Head Mounted Display
HDT Host Digital Terminal HMM Hidden Markov Model
HDTV High Definition Television HMMP Hyper-Media Management Protocol
HDVD High Definition Volumetric Display HMOS High Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor +
HDW Hardware High Speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HDX Half Duplex HMP Host Monitoring Protocol
HERC Hercules HOTT Hot Off The Tree (electronic newsletter)
HEX Hexadecimal HP Hewlett-Packard (Company)
HFC Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial HPC Handheld Personal Computer
HFS Hierarchical File System [Macintosh] HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications
HFT High Function Terminal [IBM] HPDJ Hewlett-Packard Desk Jet
HGA Hercules Graphics Adapter HPFS High-Performance File System
HGCP Hercules Graphics Card Plus HPG Hewlett-Packard Graphics
HH Hour HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HHLAPI High-Level Language Application Programming Interface HPIB Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
HIF Hyper-G Interchange Format HPLJ Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet
HIFD High-Density Floppy Disk HPPA Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture
HIL Human Interface Link [HP] HPPI High Performance Parallel Interface
HIMEM High Memory HPR High Performance Routing [IBM]
HIPPI High Performance Parallel Interface HPUX Hewlett-Packard Unix
HLCO High Low Close Open HPW High Performance Workstation [Sun]
HLL High Level Language .HQX BinHex (file name extension) [Macintosh]
HLLAPI High Level Language Application Programming Interface HRIS Human Resource Information System
.HLP Help (file name extension) HRG High Resolution Graphics HRMS Human Resource Management System IAG Instruction Address Generation
HRTF Head Related Transfer Function IAK Internet Access Kit [IBM]
HS High Speed IAL * International Algebraic Language
HSB Hue, Saturation, Brightness (color model) (ALGOL was first called IAL)
HSC Hierarchical Storage Controller + High Speed Channel IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority [Internet]
HSI Hue, Saturation, Intensity IAP Internet Access Provider [Internet]
HSM Hierarchical Storage Management IAT Import Address Table
HSP High Speed Printer IAUP Internet User Account Provider [Internet]
HSSI High Speed Serial Interface IBC Instrument Bus Computer
HST High Speed Technology [U.S. Robotics] iBCS Intel Binary Compatibility Specification
.HST History + Host (file name extensions) IBM International Business Machines (Corporation)
HSV Hue Saturation Value IBM-GL IBM Graphics Language
HTML HyperText Markup Language IC Input Circuit + Integrated Circuit + Interrupt Controller
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol ICA Intelligent Console Architecture +
HTTP-NG HTTP Next Generation Intra-application Communications Area
HUD Heads Up Display ICAP Internet Calendar Access Protocol [Lotus]
HUT Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope ICAS Intel Communicating Applications Specifications
H/V Horizontal/Vertical ICB Internet Citizen's Band
HVP Horizontal & Vertical Position ICCP Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals
H/W Hardware ICE In-Circuit Emulator [Intel] +
HWCP Hardware Code Page Integrated Computing Environment [Langley Research]
HWD Height-Width-Depth ICES Interference-Causing Equipment Standard
.HYP Hyphenation (file name extension) ICI Image Component Information
HYTELNET Hypertext-browser for Telnet Accessible Sites ICL Interface Clear
Hz Hertz ICLID Incoming-Call Line Identification
ICM Image Color Matching [Kodak]
I... ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol [Novell]
.ICO Icon (file name extension) IAB Internet Architecture Board [Internet]
iCOMP Intel Comparative Microprocessor Performance [Intel] IAC Inter-Application Communication [Macintosh] ICP Integrated Channel Processor .IDX Index (file name extension)
ICR Intelligent Character Recognition IE Internet Explorer [Microsoft]
ICS Intuitive Command Structure IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
ICSAPI Internet Connection Services API IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ICU ISA Configuration Utility + Instruction-Cache Unit IEF Information Engineering Facility
ID Identification + Identifier IEMSI Interactive Electronic Mail Standard
IDA Integrated Digital Access + Intelligent Disk Array + Identification
Intelligent Drive Array IEN Internet Engineering Notes
IDAPI Integrated Database Application Programming Interface IETF Internet Engineering Task Force [Internet]
IDC Integrated Database Connector + IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group [Inernet]
Integrated Desktop Connector + I/F Interface
Internet Database Connector [Microsoft] IFC Internet Foundation Classes
IDDE Integrated Development & Debugging Environment [Symantec] IFD Image File Directory
IDE Imbedded Drive Electronics + IFF Interchangeable File Format [Amiga]
Integrated Development Environment [Borland] + IFG Incoming Fax Gateway
Integrated Drive Electronics + IFP Instruction Fetch Pipeline
Intelligent Drive Electronics + IFS Installable File System
Interactive Design and Engineering + IFSM Information Systems Management
Interface Design Enhancement IGA Integrated Graphics Array
IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm IGC Integrated Graphics Controller
IDF Intermediate Distribution Frame IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Standard
IDIV Integer Divide IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol [Internet]
IDL Interactive Data Language + IGP Interior Gateway Protocol
Interface Definition Language IGRP Interior Gateway Routing Protocol [Cisco]
IDMS Integrated Data Base Management System IGS Internet Go Server [Internet]
IDNX Integrated Digital Network Exchange [IBM] IHD Integrated Help Desk [IBM]
IDP Integrated Data Processing IHV Independent Hardware Vendor
IDR Intelligent Document Recognition IIF Immediate Interface
IDT Interface Design Tool + Interrupt Descriptor Table III Interstate Identification Index [NCIC] IIOP Internet Inter-Operability Protocol .INI Initialize (file name extension)
IIR Immediate Impulse Response INIT Initialization + Initialize
IIS Internet Information Server [Microsoft] INM Integrated Network Management
IITF Information Infrastructure Task Force INND Internet News Daemon
IKP Internet Keyed Payments [IBM] INS Input String + Integrated Network Server
ILA Image Light Amplifier INT Integer + Internal + Interrupt +
ILS International Language Support International (organization Domain name) [Internet]
IMACS Image Management and Communication System INTA Interrupt Acknowledge
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol [Internet] InterNIC Internet Network Information Center [Internet]
IMAX Maximum Image INTO Interrupt if Overflow occurs
IMDS Image Data Stream (format) [IBM] I/O Input/Output
IME Input Method Editor IOC Inter-Office Channel
IMG Image IOCC Input/Output Channel Converter +
IML Initial Microcode Load [IBM] Input/Output Controller Chip
IMP Information/Interface Message Processor IOCS Input/Output Control System
IMPA Intelligent Multi-Port Adapter [DCA] IOCTL Input/Output Control
IMR Internet Monthly Report [Internet] IODE Integrated Development and Debugging Environment [Symantec] IMS Information Management System + IOP Input/Output Processor Intermediate Maintenance Standards IOPL Input/Output Privilege Level IMSP Internet Message Support Protocol IOSGA Input/Output Support Gate Array IMTC International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium IP Instruction Pointer + Internet Protocol IMTV Interactive Multimedia Television IPC Instructions Per Clock + Interprocess Communication IMUL Integer Multiply IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol IMUX Inverse Multiplexer IPDS IBM Personal Dictation System [IBM] + IN Input Intelligent Printer Data Stream [IBM] INC Increment IPFC Information Presentation Facility Compiler [IBM] .IND Index (file name extension) IPI Intelligent Peripheral Interface .INF Information (file name extension) IPL Initial Program Load/Loader + .INFO Information Services (Domain Name0 [Internet] Ion Projection Lithography ISC Instruction Set Computer + Inter-Systems Communication [IBM]
IPL * Information Programming Language ISD Image Section Descriptor +
IPM Interpersonal Message Instructional Systems Design
IPng Internet Protocol, next generation ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
IPSE Integrated Project Support Environment ISH Information Super Highway
IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council ISI Internally Specified Index
IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange [Novell] ISIS Integrated Systems and Information Services
IQL Interactive Query Language ISKM Internet Starter Kit for the Macintosh
IR Infrared ISL Interactive System Language
IRC Internet Relay Chat [Internet] ISM Internet Service Manager [Mircrosoft]
IRD Integrated Receiver/Descrambler ISMF Interactive Storage Management Facility
IRDA Infrared Data Association ISOC Internet Society
IRDS Information Resource Dictionary System ISO International Organization for Standardization
IRET Interrupt Return ISP Internet Service Provider [Internet] +
IRF Intermediate Routing Function + Interrupt Stack Pointer + Interrupt Status Port
Inheritance Rights Filter [Novell] ISPF Interactive System Programming Facility
IRL Interactive Reader Language + Inter-Repeater Link ISR Information Storage and Retrieval +
IRLAP Infrared Link Access Protocol Interrupt Service Routine +
IRLED Infrared Light Emitting Diode Interrupt Status Register
IRM Information Resource Management + Inherent Rights Mask ISSN International Standard Serial Number
IRQ Interrupt Request ISV Independent Software Vendor
IRTF Internet Research Task Force [Internet] IT Information Technology
IRX Information Retrieval Experiment ITB Information Technology Branch + Intermediate Text Block
IS Information System + Interrupt Status ITC International Typeface Corporation
ISA Industry Standard Architecture + ITE Information Technology Equipment
Instruction-Set Architecture ITF Interactive Test Facility
ISAM Indexed Sequential-Access Management/Method ITN Identification Tasking and Networking
ISAPI Internet Servier API [Microsoft] ITR Internet Talk Radio
ISBN International Standard Book Number ITU International Telecommunication Union ITUG International Telecommunications User Group JE Jump if Equal
ITU-TIES ITU-Telecom Information Exchange Services JEDEC Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council
ITU-TSS ITU-Telecommunication Standards Section JEIDA Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association
ITV Interactive Television JES Job Entry System
ITX Intermediate Text Block JFC Java Foundation Classes
IU Integer Unit JFET Junction Field Effect Transistor
IUAP Internet User Account Provider [Internet] JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format
IUS/ITB Interchange Unit Separator/Intermediate Transmission JFS Journaled File System [IBM]
Block JG Jump if Greater
IVIS Interactive Video Information System JGE Jump if Greater or Equal
IVL Independent Vendor League + Intel Verification Lab JIPS JANET Internet Protocol Service
IVR Interactive Voice Response JIT Just-In-Time (compiler)
IVS Interactive Videodisk System JL Jump if Less
IVT Interrupt Vector Table JLE Jump if Less than or Equal to
IV&V Independent Verification & Validation JMAPI Java Management Application Program Interface
I-WAY Information Highway JMP Jump
IXC Interchange Carrier JNA Jump if Not Above
JNAE Jump if Not Above or Equal
J... JNB Jump if Not Below
JNBE Jump if Not Below or Equal JA Jump Address + Jump if Above
JNG Jump if Not Greater JAD Joint Application Design
JNGE Jump if Not Greater or Equal JAE Jump if Above or Equal
JNI Java Native Interface JANET Joint Academic Network
.JNK Junk (file name extension) JAR Java Archive File (format)
JNLE Jump if Not Less or Equal JBE Jump if Below or Equal
JNO Jump if No Overflow JC Jump if Carry set
JNP Jump if No Parity JCL Job Control Language
JNS Jump if No Sign JDBC Java Database Connectivity
JOE Java Objects Everywhere JDK Java Development Kit JOHNNIAC* John Neumann Integrator and KEYBCZ Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia
Automatic Computer [Rand Corp.] (Czech)
JOSS * Johnniac Open Shop System [Rand Corp.] KEYBDK Foreign language KEYBoard program - Denmark
JPE Jump if Parity Even KEYBFR Foreign language KEYBoard program - France
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group KEYBGR Foreign language KEYBoard program - Germany
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory KEYBHU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Hungary
JPO Jump if Parity Odd KEYBIT Foreign language KEYBoard program - Italy
JS Jump if Sign KEYBLA Foreign language KEYBoard program - Latin America
JZ Jump if Zero KEYBNL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Netherlands
JNZ Jump if Not Zero KEYBNO Foreign language KEYBoard program - Norway
JSS Java-Script Style Sheet KEYBPL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Poland
JUGHEAD Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy KEYBPO Foreign language KEYBoard program - Portugal
Excavation and Display [Internet] KEYBSF Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-French
JVM Java Virtual Machine KEYBSG Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-German
KEYBSL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia
K... (Slovak)
KEYBSP Foreign language KEYBoard program - Spain K-12 Kindergarten through 12th Grade [US Education System]
KEYBSU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Finland KAM Keep Alive Memory
KEYBSV Foreign language KEYBoard program - Sweden Kb Kilobit
KEYBUK Foreign language KEYBoard program - United Kingdom KB Keyboard + Kilobyte (1,024 bytes)
KEYBUS Foreign language KEYBoard program - United States KBD Keyboard (also KEYB)
KEYBYU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Yugoslavia KBD$ Keyboard [OS/2]
KHz Kilohertz Kbps Kilobits Per Second
KIF Knowledge Interchange Format KBps Kilobytes Per Second
KIS Knowbot Information Service [Internet] KDT Key Definition Table
KPI Kernel Programming Interface KEFIR Key Findings Reporter [GTE]
KQML Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language KEYBBE Foreign language KEYBoard program - Belgium
KSH Korn Shell (program) [Unix] KEYBBR Foreign language KEYBoard program - Brazil
KSPH Keystrokes Per Hour KEYBCF Foreign language KEYBoard program - Canadian-French KSR Keyboard Send Receive LBX Local Bus Accelerator
KRS Knowledge Retrieval System LCA Lotus Communications Architecture [Lotus]
LCC Leadless Chip Carrier
L... LCD Liquid Crystal Display + Lowest Common Denominator
LCF Low Cost Fiber L2F Layer Two Forwarding [Cisco]
LCK Library Construction Kit [Microsoft FoxPro] L2TP Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
LCP Link Control Protocol LADDR Layered Device Driver Architecture [Microsoft]
LCR Line Control Register LALL Longest Allowed Lobe Length
LCU Last Cluster Used LAN Local Area Network
LDA Logical Device Address LANACS Local Area Network Asynchronous Connection Server
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [IBM] LANDP LAN Distributed Platform
LDC Lotus Development Corporation LANE Local Area Network Emulation
LDDS Long Distance Discount Services (company) LAPB Link Access Procedure Balanced (protocol)
LDM Long Distance Modem LAPD Link Access Procedure Direct (protocol)
LDT Local Descriptor Table LAPM Link Access Procedure for Modems
LE Less or Equal LAR Load Access Rights
LEA Load Effective Address LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LEAF Law Enforcement Access Field LASTport Local Area Storage Transport (protocol) [DEC]
LEC Local Area Network Emulation Client + LAT Local Access Terminal +
Local Exchange Carrier Local Area Transport [DEC]
LED Light Emitting Diode LATA Local Access and Transport Area
LEL Link, Embed and Launch-to-edit [Lotus] LAVC Local Area VAX Cluster
LEM Language Extension Module LAWN Local Area Wireless Network
LEN Low Entry Networking LB Left Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse)
LES Local Area Network Emulation Server LBA Logical Block Addressing
.LET Letter (file name extension) LBL Label
LEX Lexicon LBR Librarian
LF Line Feed .LBR Library (file name extension)
LFI Last File Indicator LBT Listen Before Talk LFN Long File Name LMBCS Lotus Multi-Byte Character Set [Lotus]
LFT Low Function Terminal [IBM] LMDS Local Multipoint Distribution Service
LFU Least Frequently Used LMI Local Management Interface
LGA Leadless Grid Array LMS Lotus Messaging Switch [Lotus]
LGDT Load Global Descriptor Table LMSW Load Machine Status Word
LIAS Library Information Access System LMU LAN Management Utilities [IBM] +
.LIB Library (file name extension) LAN Manager for Unix
LIC Line Interface Coupler [IBM] LN Load Number + Logarithm (Natural)
LICS Lotus International Character Set [LDC] LN:DI Lotus Notes:Document Imaging
LIDT Load Interrupt Descriptor Table LNK Link
LIEP Large Internet Exchange Packet [Novell] LOAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LIF Low Insertion Force LOC Lines Of Code + Loop On-Line Control
LIFO Last In, First Out LOCIS Library of Congress Information System
LILO Last In, Last Out LOD Level Of Detail
LIM Lotus/Intel/Microsoft LODSB Load String Byte
LIMA Lotus/Intel/Microsoft/AST LOG Logarithm (Base 10)
LIMDO Light Intensity Modulation Direct Overwrite LOGO (Programming Language)(See HLL)
LIMM Light Intensity Modulation Method LON Local Operating Network
LIMS Library Information Management System LOOPE Loop while Equal
LINUX (Operating system named after Linus Torvalds) LOOPNE Loop while Not Equal
LIP Large Internet Packet LOOPNZ Loop while Not Zero
LIPS Lightweight Internet Person Schema + LOOPZ Loop while Zero
Logical Inferences Per Second LORE Line Oriented Editor
LISP List Processing (Language)(See HLL) LPAR Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning
LISTSERV List Server [Internet] LPC Local Procedure Call
LLC Logical Link Control LPD Line Printer Daemon (protocol) [Berkley]
LLDT Load Local Descriptor Table LPI Lines Per Inch
LLF Low Level Format LPL Lotus Programming Language [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
LMB Left Mouse Button LPM Lines Per Minute LPN Logical Page Number LUI Local User Input
LPR Line Printer Remote LUIS Library User Information Service
LPS Low-Power Schottky LUN Logical Unit Number
LPT Line Printer LUT Lookup Table
LPT1 First Parallel Printer Port LV Logical Volume [IBM]
LPT2 Second Parallel Printer Port LVM Logical Volume Management [IBM]
LPT3 Third Parallel Printer Port LW Lazy Write
LQ Letter Quality .LYR Lyrics (music file name extension)
LQM Link Quality Monitoring (protocol) LZW Lempel-Ziv-Welch (algorithm)
LR Link Register
M... LRC Local Register Cache +
Longitudinal Redundancy Check mA Milliampere
LRL Least Recently Loaded Mac Macintosh (Apple Macintosh Computer)
LRM Language Reference Manual + Least Recently-Used Master MAC Media/Medium Access Control
.LRS Language Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect] .MAC MacPaint (file name extension) +
LRU Least Recently Used Macro (file name extension)
LSA LAN and SCSI Adapter [IBM] + Line Sharing Adapter + MACH Multilayer Actuator Head [Epson]
Local Security Authority [Microsoft] MADE Manufacturing and Automated Design Engineering
LSAPI License Services Application Program Interface MADYMO Mathematical Dynamic Modeling [TNO]
LSB Least Significant Bit MAE Metropolitan Area Ethernet
LSC Least Significant Character MAh Milliampere-Hour
LSD Least Significant Digit MAI Multiple Applications Interface
LSI Large Scale Integration .MAI Mail (file name extension)
LSL Link Support Layer + Load Segment Limit MAN Manual [Unix] + Metropolitan Area Network
LST List MANIAC * Mathematical Analyzer Numerical
.LST List (file name extension) Integrator and Computer
LTR Left-To-Right + Letter + Load Task Register MANPAGE Manual Page [Unix]
LU Logical Unit (Also LUN) MAP Maintenance Analysis Procedures +
LUA Logical Unit Application (interface) Manufacturing Automation Protocol + Memory Allocation Map original company - Microwave Communications, Inc.) +
.MAP Linker Map (file name extension) Media Control Interface [Microsoft]
MAPI Mail/Messaging Applications Programming MCL Microsoft Compatibility Labs [Microsoft]
Interface [Microsoft] MCM Multi-Chip Module
MAPICS Manufacturing, Accounting and Production MCNE Master Certified Novell Engineer [Novell]
Information Control System [IBM] MC-PGA Metallized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array
MARVEL Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual MCPS Microsoft Certified Product Specialist [Microsoft]
Electronic Library [Library of Congress] MC-QFP Metallized Ceramic - Quad Flat Pack
MASM Macro Assembler [Microsoft] MCR Modem Control Register
MASS Maximum Availability and Support MCU Microcontroller Unit + Multi-Chip Unit [DEC] +
Subsystem [Parallan] Multipoint Control Unit
MAT Maintenance Access Terminal MD Make Directory + Mini Disk [Sony] + Monochrome Display
MAU Media Access/Adapter Unit + Multistation Access Unit MDA Monochrome Display Adapter +
MAVDM Multiple Application VDM Multidimensional Analysis
MAX Maximum MDDBMS Multidimensional Data Base Management System
MB Megabyte (1,024 kilobytes) + .MDF Menu Definition File (file name extension)
Middle Button (of 3 button Mouse) MDI Memory Display Interface +
MBASIC Microsoft BASIC [Microsoft] Multiple Document Interface
MBCS Multi-Byte Character Set [IBM] MDIC Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip [AT&T]
MBONE Multicast Backbone [Internet] MDK Multimedia Developers Kit [Microsoft]
MBps Megabytes Per Second MDLP Modile Data Link Protocol
Mbps Megabits Per Second MDR Minimum Design Requirement
MBR Master Boot Record MDY Month Day Year
MBX Mailbox .ME Opening Information (file name extension) (As in READ.ME)
MCA Micro Channel Adapter/Architecture [IBM] MEB Memory Expansion Board
MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MEG Megabyte
MCB Memory Control Block MEM Memory
MCGA Multicolor Graphics Array .MEN Menu (file name extension)
MCI MCI Communications Corp. (name from initials of MERCI Multimedia European Research Conferencing Integration MES Manufacturing Execution System MII Microsoft/IBM/Intel
MESI Modified, Exclusive, Shared and Invalid (protocol) MIL Machine Interface Layer [Go Corporation] +
MET Memory Enhancement Technology [Hewlitt-Packard] .MIL Military (Domain name) [Internet]
.MET Metafile (file name extension) MIM Metal-Insulator-Metal (screen)
MFC Microsoft Foundation Class [Microsoft] MIMD Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor)
MFFS Microsoft Flash File System [Microsoft] MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension [Internet]
MFLOPS Million Floating Point Operations Per Second MI/MIC Mode Indicate/Mode Indicate Common
MFM Modified Frequency Modulation MIN Minimum + Mobile Identification Number
MFP Multi-Function Peripheral/Product MINUET Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tools [Internet]
MFPI Multifunction Peripheral Interface MIPS Million Instructions Per Second
MFS Macintosh File System [Macintosh] + MIS Management Information System +
Magnetic Tape Field Search + Memory File System Multimedia Information Sources [Internet]
Modified Filing System [Revelation Technologies] MISC Miscellaneous
MFT Master File Table + MIX Member Information Exchange
Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks MKDIR Make Directory
MGA Monochrome Graphics Adapter ML Machine Language + Meta Language
MGE Modular GIS Environment MLAPI Multilingual Application Programming Interface
MGET Multiple Get [Unix] MLC Multilayer Ceramic +
MGR Manager Multilevel Cell (program) [Internet]
MHS Message Handling Service + Message Handling System MLE Multi-Line Editor
MHz Megahertz MLID Multi-Link Interface Driver
MI Management Interface MLM Mailing List Manager [Internet]
MIB Management Information Base MM Minutes + Month
MICRO One-millionth MMA Microcomputer Managers Association
MICS Macro Interpretive Commands MMC Matched Memory Cycle + Microcomputer Marketing Council +
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface Microsoft Management Console [Microsoft]
MIF Management Information Format MMCD MultiMedia Compact Disk
.MIF Management Information Files (file name extension) MMCX Multimedia Communication Exchange [Lucent Technologies]
MIG Metal In Gap MMI Man-Machine Interface MMIS Materials Manager Information System MPE Multiple Programming Executive [HP]
MMPM Multi Media Presentation Manager MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group
MMU Memory Management Unit MPI Message Passing Interface + Multiprecision Integer
MMVF Multimedia Video File [NEC] MPM Message Passing Library [IBM]
MMX Matrix Manipulation Extensions [Intel] + MPMD Multiple Processor/Multiple Data
Multimedia Extensions MPOA Multi-Protocol over Asynchronous-Transfer-Mode
MNOS Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor MPP Massively Parallel Processing +
MNP Microcom Networking Protocol [Microcom] Message Posting Protocol + Message Processing Program
.MNU Menu (fine name extension) MPQP Multi-Protocol Quad Port [IBM]
MO Magneto-Optical (disk drive) MPR Multipart Repeater + Multi Protocol Router [Novell]
MOB Memory-Order Buffer MPS Multiprocessor Specification
MOBO Mother Board MPTN Multi-Protocol Transport Network
MOD Module + Modulus MPTS Multi-Protocol Transport Services
MODEM Modulator Demodulator MPU Microprocessor Unit
MOHLL Machine Oriented High Level Language MQI Message Queue Interface
MOLAP Multidimensional On-Line Analytical Processing MR Magnetoresistive + Modem Ready
MOM Microsoft Office Manager [Microsoft] MRCF Microsoft Realtime Compression Format
MONO Monaural MRCI Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface
MOO MUD, Object Oriented [Internet] MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MOP Maintenance Operations Protocol MRM Most Recently-Used Master
MOS Magneto-Optic Storage + Mean Opinion Score + MRO Multi-Region Operation
Metal Oxide Semiconductor MRP Materials Requirement Planning
MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor MRPL Main Ring Path Length
MOTD Message Of The Day MRS Media Recognition System
MOV Metal Ocide Varistor + Move MRT Mean Repair Time
MOVS Move String MRU Maximum Receive Unit
MP Massively Parallel (processing) + Multiple Processors MS Memory System + Message Store + Microsecond +
MPC Multimedia Personal Computer + Multipath Channel Microsoft Corporation + Millisecond
MPCS Mission Planning and Control Station (Software) MSACM Microsoft Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft] MSAU Multi-Station Access Unit Modulation Transfer Function
MSAV Microsoft Anti Virus [Microsoft] MTS Message Transfer Service/System +
MSB Most Significant Bit Microsoft Transaction Server [Microsoft] +
MSBF Mean Swaps Between Failures Multichannel Television Sound
MSCDEX Microsoft Compact Disc Extensions [Microsoft] MTT Multi-Transaction Timer
MSD Mass Storage Device + Most Significant Digit + MTTD Mean Time To Diagnose
Microsoft System Diagnostics [Microsoft] MTTF Mean Time To Failure
MSDN Microsoft Developer Network [Microsoft] MTTR Mean Time To Repair
MS-DOS Microsoft - Disk Operating System [Microsoft] MTU Maximum Transmission Unit
MSDR Multiplexed Streaming Data Request MUA Mail User Agent
MSDS Microsoft Developer Support [Microsoft] MUD Multi-User Dialogue/Dimension/Domain/Dungeon [Internet]
MSFR Minimum Security Function Requirements [IBM] MUL Multiply
MSG Message MUMPS Massachusetts General Hospital Utility
.MSG Program Message (file name extension) Multi-Programming System (Programming Language)
MSI Medium Scale Integration MUSE Multi-User Shared Environment
MSIE Microsoft Internet Explorer [Microsoft] MUT Monitor Under Test
MSL Map Specification Library + Mirrored Server Link MUX Multiplexer
MSN Microsoft Network [Microsoft] MV Millivolt
MSO Multiple-Systems Operator MVB Multimedia Viewer Book
.MSP Microsoft Paint (file name extension) [Microsoft] MVC Multimedia Viewer Compiler
MSRP Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price MVDM Multiple Virtual DOS Machines
MSS Mass Storage System + MVGA Monochrome Video Graphics Array
Multiprotocol Switched Services [IBM] MVIP Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol
MSW Machine Status Word MVP Multimedia Video Processor
MTA Message Transfer Agent + Multiple Terminal Access MVS Multiple Virtual Storage
MTBB Mean Time Between Breakdowns MVT Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures MX Mail Exchanger [Internet]
MTBJ Mean Time Between Jams MXS Microsoft Exchange Server [Microsoft]
MTF Microsoft Tape Format [Microsoft] + MZR Multiple Zone Recording N... .NCF Netware Command File [Novell]
NAC Network Adapter Card NCGA National Computer Graphics Association
NACD National Association of Computer Dealers NCIC National Crime Information Center
NACS National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors NCMT * Numerical Control for Machine Tools
NAE Not Above or Equal NCOS Network Computer Operating System
NAK Negative Acknowledgment NCP NetWare Core Protocol + Not Copy Protected +
NAM Number Assignment Module Network Control Processor/Program/Protocol
NAMPS Narrow-Band Analog Mobile Phone Service [Motorola] NCR National Cash Register (Company)
NANO One thousand-millionth NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NAP Network Access Point NCSC National Computer Security Center
NAPLPS North American Presentation Level Protocol NCSI Network Communications Services
Syntax (graphics) Interface [Network Products Corp.]
NAS Network Access Server + Network Application Support [DEC] NDB Non-Directional Beacon
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NDDK Network Device Development Kid [Microsoft]
NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers NDEF Not to be Defined
Automatic Quotation NDIS Network Device/Driver Interface Specification
NASI NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface [Novell] NDN Non-Delivery Notice
NASIRC NASA Automated Systems Internet Response Capability NDP Numeric Data Processor
NASKER NASA Ames Kernel (benchmark) NDR Network Data Representation
NAU Network Addressable Unit NDRO Non-Destructive Read Out
NAWS Negotiate About Window Size NDS NetWare Directory Service [Novell]
NBE Not Below or Equal .NDX Index (file name extension)
NBI Nothing But Initials NEC Nippon Electric Company
NBS National Bureau of Standards + Numeric Backspace NED NASA Extragalactic Database [NASA]
NC Network Computer + No Carry + Numerical Control NEG Negative + Negate
NCA Network Communications Adapter + NEP Network Entry Point
Network Computing Architecture [Oracle] NES National Education Supercomputer
NCC Network Control Center NEST Novell Embedded Systems Technology [Novell]
NCD Network Computing Device .NET Networks (Domain Name) [Internet] NetBIOS Network Basic Input/Output System [IBM] NIS Network Information Service [Unix]
NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface [IBM] N-ISDN Narrowband ISDN + National ISDN
NETMON Network Monitor NISO National Information Standards Organization
.NEW New Information (file name extension) NISP Networked Information Services Project
NEWS NetWare Early Warning System [Frye Computer] + NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology
Network Extensible Window System NITC National Information Technology Center
NEWS. Current events [USENET Newsgroup Category] NIU Network Interface Unit
NEXT Near-End Crosstalk NJE Network Job Entry (protocol) [IBM]
NFF No Fault Found NL New Line
NFS Network File System [Sun] NLE Not Less or Equal
NG No Good NLM NetWare Loadable Module [Netware]
NGE Not Greater or Equal NLP Natural-Language Processing
NHC National Hurricane Center NLQ Near Letter Quality
NHR National Handwriting Recognition NLSFUNC National Language Support Function
NHRP Next Hop Resolution Protocol NLV National Language Version [IBM]
N/I Non-Interlaced NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
NIA Next Instruction Address NMM NetWare Management Map [NetWare]
NIC Network Information Center [Internet] + NMOS Negative Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
Network Interface Card + NMP Network Management Protocol [AT&T]
Numeric Intensive Computing NMS Network Management System [Novell]
NICAD Nickel-Cadmium NN Network Node + No News [Internet]
NICOLAS Network Information Center OnLine Aid System [NASA] NNI Network-Network Interface
NID New Interactive Display [NEC] + Next ID NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol [Internet]
NII National Information Infrastructure NOC Network Operations Center
NIM Network Installation Management [IBM] .NOM Individual with Personal Site (Domain Name) [Internet]
NIMH Nickel-Metal Hydride NOP No Operation
NIO Native Input/Output NOPAC Network OPAC
NIPS Network I/Os Per Second NOR Not Or
NIR Network Information Retrieval NOS Network Operating System NT-1 Network Terminator Type 1 NPA Network Printer Alliance NTAS NT Advamced Server [Microsoft] NPI Network Printer Interface NTF No Trouble Found NPL Nonprocedural Language NTFS New Technology File System [Microsoft] NPS Novell Productivity Specialist [Novell] NTIA National Telecommunications and NPTN National Public Telecomputing Network Information Administration NPU Natural Processing Unit NTIS National Technical Information Service NPX Numeric Processor Extension NTRAS NT Remote Access Services [Microsoft] NQS Network Queing System [Cray] NTSA NetWare Telephony Services Architecture [Novell] NRC National Research Council (Canada) NTSC National Television Standards Committee NREN National Research and Education Network NUI Network User Identification + NRZ Not Return to Zero Network User Interface + NRZI Non Return to Zero Inverted Notebook User Interface [Go Corporation] NS Nanosecond + National Semiconductor (as in Ns16550 UART) + NUL Null + (dummy device) + (no device) Network Supervisor + Non Stop NUMA Non-Uniform Memory Access NSAP Network Service Access Point NV No Overflow NSAPI Netscape Server API [Netscape] NVM Non-Volatile Memory NSA POLY National Security Agency Polygraph NVOD Near-Video On Demand NSERC National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) NVP Nominal Velocity of Propagation
NSF National Science Foundation NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
NSFNET National Science Foundation Network NVT Network Virtual Terminal +
NSI NASA Science Internet Novell Virtual Terminal [Novell]
NSLOOKUP Name Server Lookup [Unix] NWS NetWare Web Server [Netware]
NSM Netscape Server Manager [Netscape] NYM Anonymous
NSP Native Signal Processing [Intel] + Network Service Provider
O... NSSC NASA Standard Spacecraft Computer
NSTC National Science and Technology Council OAB One-to-All Broadcast
NSTL National Software Testing Labs OAD Open Architecture Driver [Bernoulli]
NT New Technology [Microsoft] OAG Official Airline Guide + Online Air Guide OAI Open Applications Interface OEP Operand Execution Pipeline
OAS One-to-All Scatter OF Overflow Flag
OBD On Board Diagnostics OFB Output Feedback (mode)
OBEX Object Exchange [Borland] OFMT Output Format for Numbers
OBJ Object OFS Object File System [Microsoft] + Output Field Separator
OC Optical Carrier OH Off Hook
OCE Open Collaborative Environment [Apple] OIDL Object Interface Definition Language
OCF Objects Components Framework [Borland] OIS Office Information Systems
OCL Operation Control Language + Operator Control Language OLAP On-Line Analytical Processing
OCR Optical Character Recognition .OLD Old version (file name extension)
OCS On-Card Sequencer OLE Object Linking and Embedding [Microsoft]
OCX OLE Custom Control OLGA On-Line Guitar Archive
ODA Office Document Architecture OLI Optical Line Interface [AT&T]
ODAPI Open Database Application Programming OLMC Output Logic Macrocell
Interface [Borland] OLSP On-Line Service Provider
ODBC Object-Oriented Database Connectivity + OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing
Open Data Base Connectivity [Microsoft] OM Object Manager
ODBMS Object-Oriented Database Management System (also OMA Object Management Architecture [Microsoft]
see OODMS) OME Open Messaging Environment (protocol)
ODI Open Datalink Interface [Novell] + OMF Object Module Format [Microsoft] +
Open Device Interconnect [NetWare] Open Media Framework + Open Message Format
ODM Object Data Manager [IBM] + OMG Object Management Group
Optimized Distribution Model [Compaq] OMI Open Messaging Interface [Lotus]
ODMA Open Document Management API OMNS Open Network Management System
ODP Open Distributed Processing OMR Optical Mark Recognition
ODS Open Data Services [Microsoft] ONC Open Network Computing [Sun]
ODSI Open Directory Service Interface [Microsoft] ONDS Open Network Distribution Services [IBM]
ODT Open Desktop ONE Open Network Environment [Netscape]
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer ONU Optical Network Unit OODB Object-Oriented Database OS Operating System
OODMS Object-Oriented Database Management System (also OS/2 Operating System/2 [IBM]
see ODBMS) OSA Open Scripting/System Architecture
OOL Object-Oriented Language OS/E Operating System/Environment
OOOS Object-Oriented Operating System OSF Open Software Foundation
OOPL Object-Oriented Programming Language OSI Open Systems Interconnection
OOPS Object Oriented Programming and Systems OSM Off-Screen Model
OOS Object-Oriented Systems + OSP On-Screen Programming + Optical Storage Processor
Off-line Operating Simulator OSPF Open Shortest Path First
OOT Object-Oriented Technology OSQL Object Structured Query Language
OOUI Object Oriented User Interface OSR2 OEM Service Release 2 [Microsoft]
OP Operation + Optical + Output OT Object Technology
OPAC Online Public Access Catalog [Internet] OTA Operation-Triggered Architecture
OPC Organic/Optical Photoconductor OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
OPCODE Operational Code OTF Open Token Foundation
OPD Operand OTP One-Time Programmable
OPI Open Prepress Interface OURS Open Users Recommended Solutions
OPM Operations Per Minute .OUT Outlines (file name extension)
OPS Open Profiling Standard + Operations OUTS Output String
OPT Open Protocol Technology OV Overflow
.OPT Options (file name extension) OVAL Object-Based Virtual Application Language [Psion]
OPUS Octal Program Updating System .OVL Program Overlay (file name extension)
ORACLE On-Line Inquiry and Report Generator (Unix DB program) .OVR Program Overlay (file name extension)
ORB Object Request Broker [Microsoft] OWL Object/Open Windows Library [Borland]
ORDVAC * Ordnance Variable Automatic Computer
P... .ORG Non-Profit Organizations (Domain name) [Internet]
ORI Online Retrieval Interface PAB Personal Address Book
.ORI Original (file name extension) PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
ORS Output Record Separator PACE Priority Access Control Enabled [3Com] PACS Picture Archiving and Communication System PC Personal Computer + Printed Circuit + Program Counter
PACS-L Public Access Computer Systems List [Internet] PCACIAS Personal Computer Automated Calibration Interval
PAD Packet Assembler/Disassembler Analysis System
PADS Pen Application Development System [Slate Corporation] PCB Printed Circuit Board + Program Control Block
PAIH Public-Access Internet Host [Internet] PCBC Plain Cipher Block Chaining
PAIS Public-Access Internet Site [Internet] PCD Photo Compact Disk
.PAK Packed (compressed file name extension) [NoGate PC-DOS Personal Computer - Disk Operating System [IBM]
Consulting] PCEB PCI to EISA Bridge [Intel]
PAL Paradox Applications Language [Borland] + PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect/Interface
Phase Alternating Line + Programmed Array Logic + PCIC PC-Card Interrupt Controller
Programming Assembly Language PC-I/O Program Controlled I/O
.PAL Palette (file name extension) PCL Printer Command Language [HP] + Process Control Language
PALC Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal (display) PCM Personal Computer Manufacturer +
PALS Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System Printer Cartridge Metric [HP] +
PAM Pulse Amplitude Modulation Pulse Code Modulation
PAP Packet-level Procedure + PCMC PCI, Cache, Memory Controller [Intel]
Password Authentication Protocol + PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
Printer Access Protocol PCMIM Personal Computer Media Interface Module
PAR Personal Animation Recorder + Parallel PCN Personal Computer Network
PARA Paragraph PCNFS Personal Computer Network File System
PARC Palo Alto Research Center [XEROX] PCO Point of Control and Observation
.PAS PASCAL source code (file name extension) PCS Patchable Control Store +
PASCAL (Programming Language named for Blaise Pascal) Personal Communication Services/System +
.PAT Patch + Pattern (file name extensions) Personal Conferencing Specification +
PATN Promotional Port Access Telephone Number Planning Control Sheet + Print Contrast Signal +
PAX Portable Archive Exchange [Unix] Process Control Systems + Program Counter Store +
PBE Prompt By Example Programmable Drive Table + Project Control System
PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array PCT Private Communications Technology
PBX Private Branch Exchange .PCT Picture (file name extension) .PCX Picture Image (file name extension) PEM Privacy-Enhanced Mail [Internet]
PD Phase-Change Dual + Public Domain PEN SDK Pen Computing Software Development Kit
PDA Personal Digital Assistant PEP Packet Exchange Protocol +
PDC Primary Domain Controller Packetized Ensemble Protocol [Telebit]
PDD Physical Device Driver + Portable Digital Document PERL Practical Extraction and Report Language [Unix]
PDF Package Definition File + Portable Document Format + PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique
Portable Document File + Processor Defined Function + PES Positioning Error Signal + Processor Enhancement Socket
Program Development Facility Processor Upgrade Socket
.PDF Printer Description (file name extension)[Borland,Lotus] PET Print Enhancement Technology [Compaq]
PDIAL Public Dialup Internet Access List [Internet] .PFB Printer Font Binary (file name extension)
PDL Page Description Language + Program Description Language PFE Programmer's File Editor
+ Program Design Language .PFM Printer Font Metrics (file name extension) [Windows]
PDM Product Data Management PFR Power-Fail Restart
PDN Public Data Network PGA Pin Grid Array + Professional Graphics Adapter [IBM]
PDO Portable Distributed Objects [Next] PGC Program Group Control [Microsoft]
PDP Plasma Display Panel + Programmable Data Processor + PGDN Page Down
(DEC Computer System Designation, i.e. PDP-8, PDP-11) .PGL Graphics (file name extension) [Hewlett-Packard]
PDS Packet Driver Specification + Partitioned Data Set + PGM Program
Planetary Data System + Portable Document Software + PGP Pretty Good Privacy (name of encryption program)
Processor Direct Slot [Macintosh] .PGP ProGram Parameter (file name extension) [AutoCAD]
PDSS Post Development and Software Support PGUP Page Up
PDT Performance Diagnostic Tool [IBM] + PHIGS Programmers' Hierarchial Interactive Graphics
Programmable Drive Table Standards
PDU Plug Distribution Unit .PHO Phone List (file name extension)
.PDX Paradox files (file name extension) [Borland] + PHS Personal Handyphone System
Printer Description Extension (file name extension) PI Program Interruption
PE Parity Even + Processing Element + Protect Enable PIA Peripheral Interface Adapter
PEA Pocket Ethernet Adapter PIC Personal Information Carrier +
PEL Picture Element [IBM] Personal Intelligent Communicator + Priority Interrupt Controller + PLC Programmable Logic Controller
Program Interrupt Controller PLCC Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier
PICS Platform for Internet Content Selection PLD Programmable Logic Device
PICT Picture PLDS Pilot Land Data System [NASA]
PID Process Identification Number + PLL Phase Locked Loop
Proportional, Integral, Derivative .PLL Prelinked Library (file name extension) [Clipper]
PIER Procedures for Internet/Enterprise Renumbering PL/M Programming Language for Micros
PIF Picture Interchange Format File + PLS Primary Link Station
Program Information File PLV Production Level Video
PII Program Integrated Information PL/1 * Programming Language One
PILOT Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching PM Presentation Manager [IBM] +
PilotACE* Pilot Automatic Computing Engine Preventative Maintenance + Process Manager
PIM Personal Information Manager + P-MAIL Paper Mail
Primary Interface Module PMD Packet Mode Data
PIN Personal Identification Number + PMMU Paged Memory Management Unit
Process Identification Number [Unix] PMOS Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PINE Pine Is Not Elm (original usage) + PMR Problem Management Report [IBM]
Program for Internet News & Email (present usage) PMS Policy Management System
PING Packet Internet Groper PN Processing Node
PIO Parallel Input/Output + Processor Input/Output + PNA Programmable Network Access
Programmed Input/Output PNG Portable Network Graphics
PIP Picture In Picture + Problem Isolation Procedure + PNP Plug And Play
Programmable Interconnect Point PO Parity Odd
PIPO Parallel In, Parallel Out POC Point Of Contact
PIT Programmable Interval Timer POE Power Open Environment
PIXEL Picture Element POH Power-On Hours
PL Plus POL Problem Oriented Language
PLA Programmable Logic-Array POP Point Of Presence [MCI] + Pop from Stack +
PLATO Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations Post Office Protocol POPA Pop All Registers PRI Primary-Rate Interface
POPF Pop Flags PRINTF Print with Formatting [C Programming Language]
POR Power-On-Reset PRISM Photo-Refractive Information Storage Material
POS Point Of Sale + Positive + Programmable Object Select .PRJ Project (file name extension) [Borland]
POSIX Portable Operating System Interface for Unix PRMD Private Mangement Domain [X.400]
POST Power-On Self Test PRML Partial-Response Maximum-Likelihood
POSTNET Postal Numeric Encoding Technique .PRO Profile (file name extension)
POTS Plain Old Telephone Service PROC Procedure
POWER Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC [IBM] PROFS Professional Office System [IBM]
PowerPC Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC-Performance PROG Program + Programmer
Computing PROLOG Programming In Logic (Programming Language)(See HLL)
PP Parallel Port PROM Programmable Read Only Memory
.PPD PostScript Printer Description (file name extension) PRN Printer
PPDS Personal Printer Data Stream [IBM] .PRS Printer (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array PRTSC Print Screen
PPM Pages Per Minute PS Proportional Spacing
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol [Internet] .PS PostScript (file name extension)
PPS Packets Per Second + Power Personal Systems [IBM] PS/2 Programming System 2 [IBM]
PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol [Microsoft] PSC Personal Super Computer + Print Server Command +
PQFP Plastic Quad Flat Pack Product Service Center
PRACSA Public Remote Access Computer Standards Association PSDN Packet-Switched Data Network
PRAM Parallel Random-Access Machine + PSDS Packet-Switched Data Service
Parameter Random Access Memory PSERVER Print Server [NetWare]
.PRD Printer Driver (file name extension) [Word] PSF Permanent Swap File
PRE Preformatted [HTML] PSID PostScript Image Data
PReP Power PC Reference Platform [IBM/Motorola] PSM Printing Systems Manager
PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency PSN Packet Switching Network
.PRF Preferences (file name extension) [Grammatik IV] PSP Personal Software Products (group) [IBM] +
.PRG Program (file name extension) Program Segment Prefix PSPDN Packet-Switched Public Data Network .PX Primary Index (file name extension) [Paradox]
P-SRAM Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory
Q... PSRT PostScript Round Table [GEnie]
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network QA Quality Assurance
PSU Power Supply Unit QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
PSW Program Status Word QBE Query By Example
.ps.Z Compressed PostScript (file name extension) [Unix] QBF Query by Form
PT Page Table QBIC Query By Image Content [IBM]
P/T Part Time QC Quality Control
PTD Parallel Transfer Disk Drive QD Querty/Dvorak
PTF Problem Temporary/Trouble Fix [IBM] QDOS Quick and Dirty Operating System
PUB Public (directory) [Internet] + Publish .QDI Quicken Dictionary (file name extension) [Intuit]
.PUB Publication (file name extension) [Ventura] .QDT Quicken Data (file name extension) [Intuit]
PUN Physical Unit Number QEMM Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager [Quarterdeck Corp.]
PUP PARC Universal Packet (protocol) QFA Quick File Access
PUS Processor Upgrade Socket QFE Quick-Fix Engineering [Microsoft]
PUSHA Push All Registers QFP Quad Flat Pack
PUSHF Push Flags QIC Quality Information Using Cycle Time [Hewlett-Packard] +
PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit + Polyvinyl Chloride Quarter-Inch Cartridge
PVM Parallel Virtual Machine + .QIF Quicken Import File/Interchange Format (file name extension)
Pass-through Virtual Machine (protocol) [IBM] .QMT Quicken Memorized List (file name extension) [Intuit]
PVP Parallel Vector Processing .QNX Quicken Indexes to Data (file name extension) [Intuit]
PVS Parallel Visualization Server QOS Quality Of Service
PW Password QPG Quantum Phase Gate
PWB Printed Wire Board + QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
Programmer's Workbench [Microsoft] QTC Quicktime Conferencing [Macintosh]
PWD Print Working Directory [Unix]
R... PWR Power
PWSCS Programmable Workstation Communication Services [IBM] RA Return Authorization .RA Real Audio (file name extension) RB Right Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse)
RACF Resource Access Control Facility RBBS Remote Bulletin Board System
RAD Rapid Application Development RBCS Remote Bar Code System
RADAR Rights, Availabilities, Distribution Analysis RBOC Regional Bell Operating Company
and Reporting [Disney] RCL Rotate Carry Left
RADB Routing Arbiter Data Base RCP Remote Control Panel + Remote Copy [Internet] +
Restore Cursor Position
RADSL Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line RCR Rotate Carry Right
RAG Row Address Generator RCS Records Communications Switching System +
RAID Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks + Revision Control System [Unix]
Redundant Arrays of Independent Drives + RD Receive Data + Remove Directory
Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks R&D Research and Development
RAIS Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Systems RDA Remote Database Access
RALU Register Arithmetic Logic Unit RDB Receive Data Buffer + Relational Database
RAM Random Access Memory RDBMS Relational Database Management System
RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog RDCLK Received Timing Clock
Converter [Sierra] RDO Remote Data Object
RAMP Remote Access Maintenance Protocol [Internet] RDP Reliable Datagram Protocol
RAND Random RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RAP Rapid Application Prototyping RDSR Receiver Data Service Request
RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RDTO Receive Data Transfer Offset [IBM]
RAS Random Access Storage + .REC Recorder (file name extension) +
Reader Admission System [British Library] + Recreational or Entertainment Activities (Domain
Reliability, Availability and Serviceability + Name) [Internet]
Remote Access Service + Row Address Select REC. Recreation [USENET Newsgroup Category]
RASAPI Remote Access Service Application Programming .REF Reference (file name extension)
Interface [Microsoft] REG Register
.RAT Rating (file name extension) REGAL Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate
RAVE Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine [Apple Computer] RELSECT Relative Sector REM Remark + Remote + Ring Error Monitor RIME RelayNet International Message Exchange
REN Rename RIP Raster Image Processor + Remote Imaging Protocol +
REP Repeat Routing Information Protocol [Novell]
REPE Repeat while Equal RIPEM Riordan's Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail
REPNE Repeat while Not Equal RIPS Raster Image Processing System
REPNZ Repeat while Not Zero RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing
REPZ Repeat while Zero RIT Raw Input Thread [Microsoft]
REQ Request RJE Remote Job Entry
REREG Re-Register RLD Received Line Detect
RES Remote Execution Service + Reset + Resolution RLE Run Length Encoded
.RES Resource (file name extension) RLL Run Length Limited
RET Resolution Enhancement Technology [HP] + Return RLN Remote LAN Node [DCA]
RETR Retrieve RLOGIN Remote Login
REX Relocatable Executable RLSD Received Line Signal Detected
REXEC Remote Execution RLSI * Ridiculously Large-Scale Integration
REXX Restructured Extended Executor (language) [IBM] RM Reset Mode
RF Radio Frequency RMA Return Material Authorization +
RFC Request For Comments [Internet] Return to Manufacturer Authorization
RFD Request for Discussion [Internet] RMB Right Mouse Button
RFI Radio Frequency Interference + Request for Information RMDIR Remove Directory
RFP Request for Proposal RMI Remote Method Invocation [Sun]
RFQ Request for Quotation RMON Remote Monitor/Monitoring
RFS Remote File Sharing + Remote File System RMP Remote Maintenance Processor [IBM]
RFT Revisable Form Text + Rich Text Format RMS Record Management Services + Root Mean Square
RFU Reserved For Future Use RMW Read-Modify-Write
RGB Red-Green-Blue (color model) RN Read News [Internet]
RI Referential Integrity + Ring Indicate RND Random
RIFF Resource Interchange File Format [Microsoft] RNG Random Number Generator
RIM Remote Installation and Maintenance [Microsoft] RNP Regional Network Provider R-O Read Only RSD Route Server Daemon
ROB Reorder Buffer [Intel] RSH Remote Shell
ROL Rotate Left RSL Request-and-Status Link
ROLAP Relational On-Line Analytical Processing RSP Required Space Character
ROM Read Only Memory RSPX Remote Sequenced Packet Exchange
ROOM Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling RST Reset + Restart
ROP Raster Operation + RISC Operation RSTS Resource Sharing Time Sharing [Digital]
ROR Rotate Right RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol
ROS Read-Only Storage [IBM] RSX Real Time Resource Sharing Executive
ROT Running Object Table RT Real Time + RISC Technology + Run Time
RPC Remote Procedure Call R/T Receive/Transmit
RPG Report Program Generator (Programming Language) RTAM Remote Terminal Access Method
RPL Resident Programming Language + RTC Real-Time Clock
Requested Privilege Level RTDM Real-Time Data Migration
RPN Real Page Number + Reverse Polish Notation RTEL Reverse Telnet [Internet]
RPRINTER Remote Printer [NetWare] RTF Rich Text Format
RPPROM Reprogrammable PROM RTL Register Transfer Language/Level +
RPT Repeat Resistor Transistor Logic + Right-To-Left +
RPQ Request for Price Quotation Run Time Library
RQBE Relational Query By Example [Fox Pro] RTM Response Time Monitor + Runtime Manager [Borland]
RR Real Reality RTMP Routing Table Maintenance Protocol
RS Radio Shack + RTOS Real-Time Operating System
Recommended Standard (as in RS-232) [EIA] + RTP Rapid Transport Protocol + Real-Time Protocol
Record Separator + Request to Send RTS Remote Takeover System + Request To Send
RSA129 (129 digit cryptographic security number named after RTSP Real-Time Streaming Protocol
its inventors: Drs. Ronald L. Rivest, Adi Shamir and RTTI Runtime Type Information
Leonard M. Adelman) RTTY Radio Teletypewriter (Communications)
RSAC Recreational Software Advisory Council RTV Real Time Video
RSCS Remote Spooling Communications System RVA Relative Virtual Address RVI Reverse Interrupt SASI Shugert Associates System Interface (SCSI originated
R/W Read/Write from SASI)
RWM Read-Write Memory SATAN Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks
RX Receiver .SAV Saved (file name extension)
RXD Receive Data SAVDM Single Application VDM
SB Sound Blaster [Creative Labs] + Sound Board
S... SBA Scene Balance Algorithms [Kodak]
SBB Subtract With Borrow SA Selective Availability
SBC Single-Board Computer SAA Systems Application Architecture [IBM]
SBCS Single-Byte Character Set SAC Single Attachment Concentrator
SBI Sound Blaster Instrument SADL Synchronous Data Link Control [Racal-Vadic]
.SBR Source Browser (file name extension) [Borland] SAINT * Symbolic Automatic Integrator
.SC Script (file name extension) SAL Shift Arithmetic Left
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Aquisition SAM Serial Access Memory + Sequential Access Method +
SCAM SCSI Configuration Automatically Security Accounts Manager [Microsoft] +
SCAS Scan String Single Application Mode [Microsoft]
SCB Subsystem Control Block [IBM] SAN System Area Network
SCC Serial Communications Controllers + SANE Standard Apple Numeric Environment
Serial Controller Chip + SAP Second Audio Program + Service Access Point [DEC] +
Synchronous Channel Check [IBM] Service Advertising Protocol +
SCCS Source Code Control System * Symbolic Assembly Program +
SCD Standard Color Display Systems, Applications and Products (company)
S-CDMA Synchronous Code-Division Multiple Access SAPI Speech Application Program Interface [Microsoft]
SCF System Control Facility SAR Segmentation and Reassembly +
SCI Scalable Coherent Interface Shift Arithmetic Right +
SCI. Science [USENET Newsgroup Category] Successive Approximation Register +
SCLM Softwre Configuration and Library Management [IBM] Synthetic Aperature Radar
SCM ScreenCam Format [Lotus] + SAS Sales Accounting System + Single Attached Station +
Software Configuration Management + Station Class Mark Single Audio System + Statistical Analysis System SCO Santa Cruz Operation (Software Company) SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SCOPE Simple Communications Programming Environment SD-ROM Super Density ROM
[Hayes] SDS Sysops Distribution System
SCP Save Cursor Position + Subsystem Control Port + SDSL Single-Line Digital Subscriber Line
System Control Program SD_STB Streaming Data Strobe [IBM]
SCR Silicon Controlled Rectifier SDV Switched Digital Video [AT&T]
.SCR Script (file name extension) SDX Storage Data Acceleration
SCRN Screen (video display) SEA Standard Extended Attribute [OS/2]
SCRS Scalable Cluster of RISC Systems .SEA Self Extracting Archive (file name extension) [Macintosh]
SCSA Signal Computing System Architecture [Dialogic] SEAC * Name of first computer to use transistors, built by
SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface (National Bureau of) Standards Eastern Automatic
SD Send Data + Super Density Calculator (Also see SWAC)
SDA Software Disk Array + Source Data Automation + SEAL Segmentation and Reassembly Layer (protocol) +
System Display Architecture [Digital] Screening External Access Link [Digital-DEC]
SDB Symbolic Debugger [Unix] SEC Single Error Correction
SDD Software Description Database [Internet] SECAM Sequentiel Couleur Avec Memoire
SDF Space Delimited File + Space Delimited Format (Sequential Color With Memory)
.SDF Standard Data Format (file name extension) SED Stream Editor + Stream-Oriented Editor
SDH Synchronous Digital Hieararchy SEG Segment
SDI Selective Dissemination of Information + SEH Structured Exception Handling
Single Document Interface SEL Select
Software Development Interface [Mosaic] SEM Scanning Electron Microscope +
SDK Software Developer's Kit [Microsoft] Standard Electronic Module
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control (protocol) SEPP Secure Encryption Payment Protocol
SDM System Development Multitasking SER Serial
SDMS SCSI Device Management System [NCR] SET Secure Electronic Transaction +
SDN Software Defined Network [AT&T] Softwave Engineering Technology
SDNS Secure Data Network Service .SET Driver Set (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] +
SDR Streaming Data Request Image Settings (file name extension) [Paradox] SETEXT Structure Enhanced Text [Internet] Symbolic Interactive Debugger
SEU Smallest Executable Unit SIDF System Independent Data Format
SF Sign Flag SIDH System Identification for Home Systems
SFD Start Frame Delimiter SIDT Store Interrupt Descriptor Table
SFQL Structured Full-text Query Language SIFT Stanford Information Filtering Tool
SFS System File Server SIG Special Interest Group
SFT System Fault Tolerance SIGCAT Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications
SFX Sound Effect(s) and Technology
SGEN Signal Generator + System Generator SIM Simulator
SGDT Store Global Descriptor Table SIMD Single Instruction Multiple Data-stream (processor)
SGI Silicon Graphics, Inc. SIMM Single In-line Memory Module
SGM Shaded Graphics Modeling SIMTEL Simulation and Teleprocessing
SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language SIMULA Simulation (language)
SGR Set Graphics Rendition SIO Serial Input/Output (communications driver)
SGRAM Synchronous Graphics RAM SIP Single In-line Package
S/H Sample and Hold SIPC Simply Interactive Personal Computer [Microsoft]
SHA Secure Hash Algorithm [NSA] SIPO Serial In, Parallel Out
SHAR Shell Archive SIPP Single In-line Pin Package
SHED Segmented Hypergraphic Editor SIR Serial Infrared [Hewlett-Packard]
SHG Segmented Hypergraphics SIRDS Single-Image Random Dot Stereogram
SHL Shift Logical Left SI/SO Serial In/Serial Out + Shift In/Shift Out
SHR Shift Logical Right SIT Special Information Tones
S-HTTP Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol .SIT Stuff-It (compressed file name extension) [Macintosh]
.SHW Show (file name extension) SIU System Interface Unit
SI Shift-In + Source Index + System Information + SKIP Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocols [Sun]
System Integration SKU# Stock Keeping Unit Number
SIC Standard Industrial Code SLDT Store Local Descriptor Table
SID Security Identifier + Serial Input Data + SLED Single Large Expensive Disk
Station Identification [AT&T] + SLIC System Level Integration Circuit SMS Small Messaging System + SLIP Serial Line Interface Protocol Storage Management Services [NetWare] + SLM Spatial Light Modulator Storage Management Subsystem/System + SLMR Silly Little Modem Reader Systems Management Server [Microsoft] SLOSH Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricane (program) SMSW Store Machine Status Word SLSI Super Large-Scale Integration SMT Station Management (protocol) + SLSS Systems Library Subscription Service [IBM] Surface-Mount Technology SLU Spoken Language Understanding SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SM Set Mode + Shared Memory SMU System Management Utility SMART Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SN Serial Number SMB Server Message Block (protocol) [MII] S/N Signal-to-Noise (Ratio) SMD Surface Mounted Device SNA Systems Network Architecture [IBM] SMDR Station Message Detail Recording SNAP Sub-Network Access Protocol SMDS Switched Multimedia/Multi-Megabit Data Service SND Sound SMF Single Mode Fiber + System Manager Facility [Compaq] SNEWS Secure News Server [Internet] SMI System Management Interrupt [Intel] SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SMIF Standard Mechanical Interface SNOBOL String Oriented Symbolic Language (Programming S-MIME Secure MIME Language)
SMIT System Management Interface Tool [IBM] SNP Serial Number/Password [Omen Technology]
SMK Software Migration Kit [Microsoft] SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SML Standard Meta Language SOA Start Of Authority
SMM System Management Mode [Intel] SOC System On a Chip
SMOBC Solder Mask Over Bare Copper SOC. Social Issues [USENET Newsgroup Category]
SMP Simple Management Protocol + Symbolic Manipulation Program SOCKS Socket Secure (server) [Internet] + SO-DIMM Small Outline DIMM Symmetrical Multi-Processing + Symmetric Multiprocessor SOE Standard Operating Environment .SMP Sample (file name extension) SOH Start of Header SMPC Shared Memory Parallel Computer SOHO Small Office/Home Office SMPS Switching Mode Power Supply SOL Simulation Oriented Language SMRAM System Management Random Access Memory SOM Start of Message + System Object Model [IBM] SONET Synchronous Optical Network SPR Special Purpose Register + Statistical Pattern Recognition
SOP Standard Operating Procedures SPREAD * Systems Programming, Research, Engineering
SOS Silicon On Sapphire + Sophisticated Operating System + and Development [IBM]
Standards and Open Systems SPS Standby Power System
SOTA State Of The Art SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
SOX Sound Exchange SPT Sectors Per Track
SP Service Pack [IBM] + Stack Pointer + System Product SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange [Novell]
SPA Software Publishers Association SQ Squeezed (files)
SPAN Space Physics Analysis Network SQE Signal Quality Error (test)
SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture SQL/DS Structured Query Language/Data System [IBM]
SPC Small Peripheral Controller + Statistical Process Control SQRT Square Root
SPCL Spectrum Cellular Corporation SR Shift Register
SPCS Stored Program Controlled Switch SRAM Shadow Random Access Memory +
SPEC Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative Static Random Access Memory
SPF Shortest Path First + System Programming Facility SRAPI Speech Recognition API
SPI Security Parameters Index + Service Provider Interface + SRB Source-Route Bridge
SCSI Parallel Interface .SRC Source (file name extension)
SPID Service Profile/Provider Identifier SRD Screen Reader System
SPIKE Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-Based SRDRAM Self-Refreshed DRAM
Environment [STScI] SRGB Sustained RGB (values)
SPIRES Stanford Public Information Retrieval System SRM Security Reference Monitor
[Stanford University] SRO Sharable and Read Only
SPL Spooler + System Programming Language [HP] SRP Suggested Retail Price
.SPL Spell Checker (file name extension) .SRP Script (file name extension)
SPM System Performance Monitor [IBM] SRPI Server-Requester Programming Interface
SPOOL Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line SRQ Service Request
SPOT Shared Product Object Tree [IBM] SRR Serially Reusable Resource
SPP Sequenced Packet Protocol SRS Sound Retrieval System
SPPS Scalable Power Parallel System [IBM] SS Stack Segment + Single Sided + Seconds SSA Serial Storage Architecture S/TK Sectors Per Track
SSAP Source Service Access Point STL Standard Template Library
SSCP Systems Service Control Point [IBM] STN Super-Twist Nematic
SSD Solid State Disk .STORE Businesses Offering Goods (Domain Name) [Internet]
SSEC * Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator [IBM] STOS Store String
SSGA System Suppport Gate Array STP Secure Transfer Protocol + Shielded Twisted Pair (cable) +
SSI Server Side Includes + Single System Image + Signal Transfer Point + Synchronized Transaction Processing
Small Scale Integration STR Store Task Register + Synchronous Transmitter Receiver
SSL Secure Sockets Layer STRESS Structural Engineering System Solver (Programming
SSPI Security Service Provider Interface [Microsoft] Language)
SSRP Simple Server Redundance Protocol [Cisco] STRUDL Structural Design Language (Programming Language)
SST Spread-Spectrum Technology + STScI Space Telescope Science Institute
Systems Services and Technology STT Secure Transaction Technology [Microsoft]
STA Spanning Tree Algorithm STX Start of Text
STAR Self Defining Text Archival .STY Style (file name extension) [Ventura, Word, WordPerfect]
STB Strobe SUB Subroutine + Substitute + Subtract
STC Set Carry Flag SUN Sun Microsystems, Inc.
STD Set Direction Flag + Standard .SUP Supplemental Dictionary (file name extension)
STDA StreetTalk Directory Assistance [Banyan] [WordPerfect]
STDAUX Standard Auxillary SVC Switched Virtual Circuit
STDERR Standard Error SVF Simple Vector Format
STDIN Standard Input SVGA Super Video Graphics Array
STDIO.H Standard Input/Output Header [C Programming Language] S-VHS Super VHS
STDM Statistical Time Division Multiplexer SVM System Virtual Machine [Microsoft]
STDOUT Standard Output SVN Switched Virtual Network [IBM]
STDPRN Standard Printer SVR Server
STEP Standard for Exchange of Product SVR# System V Release Number [AT&T]
.STF Structured File (file name extension) [Lotus Agenda] S/W Software
STI Set Interrupt Flag SWAC * Mobile version of SEAC, built for deployment to White Sands, and named Standards Western Automatic Calculator .tar.Z Compressed Archived files (file name extension) [Unix]
SWAIS Simple Wide Area Information Server [Internet] TAS Telephone Access Server
SWISH Simple Web Indexing System for Humans TASM Turbo Assembler [Borland]
SWP Simple Web Printing TAXI Transparent Asynchronous Transceiver/Receiver Interface
.SWP Swap (file name extension) TB Terabyte (1,024 gigabytes)
.SYL Syllabus (file name extension) T/B Top and Bottom
SYLK Symbolic Link TBBS The Bread Board System (BBS)
.SYM Symbols (file name extension) TBGA Tape Ball Grid Array
.SYN Synonym (file name extension) .TBK Toolbook (file name extension)
SYNC Synchronous TBU Tape Backup Unit
SYS System TC Test Control + Transmission Control
.SYS System Configuration (file name extension) + TCL Tool Command Language
System Device Driver (file name extension) TCM Trellis-Coded Modulation
SYSADMIN System Administrator TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
SYSGEN System Generator TD Transmit Data
SYSLOG System Log TDD Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
SYSMOD System Modification TDtoDP Tablet Coordinates to Display Coordinates
SYSOP System Operator (converting)
SYSREQ System Request TDE Terminal Display Editor
SZ Send ZModem [Unix] .TDF Trace Definition File (file name extension) [OS/2] +
Typeface Definition File (file name extension)
T... TDI Transport Device Interface
TDM Technical Document Management + TACS Total Access Communication System
Time Division Multiplexing TAD Telephone Answering Device
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TAP Telelocator Alphanumeric Protoco
TDMS Terminal Display Management System TAPCIS The Access Program for the CompuServe
TDP Tag Distribution Protocol [Cisco] + Information Service
Telelocator Data Protocol TAPI Telephony Applications Programming Interface
TDSR Transmitter Data Service Request .tar Tape Archive (archived file name extension) [Unix] TDR Time Domain Reflectometry TIFF Tagged Image File Format
TE/2 Terminal Emulator/2 [Oberon] TIGA Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
TEB Thread Environment Block TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding
TEC Tokyo Electronics Corporation and Referencing
TED Tiny Editor TIIAP Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure
TEI Terminal Endpoint Identifier Assistance Program [NII]
TELCO Telephone Company TIM Technical Information Memo [Compaq]
TEML Turbo Editor Macro Language [Borland] TIMEZONES AST - Atlantic Standard Time
TEMP Temporary AHD - Alaska-Hawaii Daylight
TER Thermal Eclipse Reading [Sony] AHS - Alaska-Hawaii Standard
TERMPWR Terminator Power BST - British Summer Time
TFDD Text File Device Driver CDT - Central Daylight Time
TFEL Thin-Film Electroluminescent CST - Central Standard Time
.TFM Tagged Font Metric (file name extension) EAD - Eastern Australia Daylight
TFT Thin-Film Transistor (screens) EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol EMT - Eastern Mediterranean
THD Total Harmonic Distortion EST - Eastern Standard Time
.THD Thread (file name extension) JST - Japanese Standard Time
THOMAS The (U.S.) House (of Representatives) Open Multimedia MDT - Mountain Daylight Time
Access System MST - Mountain Standard Time
THOR Tandy High-Performance Optical Recording MTS - Moscow Time Standard
THR Transmit Holding Register MTD - Moscow Time Daylight
.THS Thesaurus (file name extension) PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
TI Texas Instruments, Inc. PST - Pacific Standard Time
TIA Telecommunications Industry Association + WED - Western Europe Daylight
The Internet Adapter [Internet] WES - Western Europe Standard
TID Target ID YDT - Yukon Daylight Time
TIES Time Independent Escape Sequence YST - Yukon Standard Time
.TIF Tagged Image File (filename extension) TIMI Technology Independent Machine Interface [IBM] TIMS Text Information Management Systems TPW Turbo Pascal for Windows
TINA Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture TQFP Thin Quad Flat Pack
TIP Terminal Interface Processor TQM Total Quality Management
TK/TK Track to Track TR Terminal Ready
TLA Three-Letter Acronym T/R Transmit/Receive
TLB Translation Lookaside Buffer TRADIC * Transistorized Airborne Digital Computer
.TLB Table (file name extension) (Name of first computer to be entirely
TLD Top Level Domain transistorized)
TLI Transport Layer Interface .TRM Terminal (file name extension)
TLU Table Lookup TRN Threaded Read News [Internet] + Token Ring Network
.TLX Telex (file name extension) TRON The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus
TM Trademark TS Top Secret
.TML Template (file name extension) TSA Target Service Agent + Technical Support Alliance
TMP Temporary TSAPI Telephony Services Application Program
TN Twisted Nematic Interface [AT&T + Novell]
TNC Terminal Node Controller TSB Termination Status Block
TNO The Netherlands Organization TSE The Semware Editor
ToC Table Of Contents TSO Time Sharing Option
TOD Time Of Day TSR Terminate and Stay Resident
TOP Technical and Office Protocol TSS Task State Segment + Time Sharing System
TPC Transaction-Processing Performance Council TS/SI Top Secret/Sensitive Information
TPF Transactions Processing Facility [IBM] .TST Test (file name extension)
TPI Tracks Per Inch TSTN Triple Supertwisted Nematic
TPL Table Producing Language + TSV Tab Separated Values
Transaction Processing Language TT Typewriter Text
TPM Transactions Per Minute TTA Transport-Triggered Architecture
TPORT Twisted Pair Port Transceiver [AT&T] TTCN Tree and Tabular Combined Notation
TPS Transactions Per Second + .TTF TrueType Font (file name extension)
Transaction Processing System TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic TTP Thermal-Transfer Printing User Coordinate System
TTS Text-To-Speech + Transaction Tracking System UCT Universal Coordinated Time
TTY Teletype UDC User Defined Commands
TUCOWS The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software UDE Universal Data Exchange
TUI Text-Based User Interface [WordPerfect] UDEC * Universal Digital Electronic Computer [Burroughs]
TUMS Table Update and Management System [Stanford University] UDF Universal Disk Format + User Defined Functions
.TUT Tutorial (file name extension) UDG User Defined Gateway
TVF Table of contents Verbosely from File [Unix] UDP User Datagram Protocol
TVFS Toronto Virtual File System [IBM] UDT Uniform Data Transfer
TVI Television Interference UFS Unix File System
TVOL Television On-Line UG User Group
TWAIN Technology Without Any Interesting Name UI Unix International + User Interface
(connection between application and scanner software) UIC User Identification Code
TWX Teletypewriter Exchange Service UID User Identifier
TXD Transmit Data UIMS User Interface Management System
.TXF Tax Exchange Format (file name extension) UL Underwriters Laboratories +
TXT Text Unordered List + Upload
TXT2STF Text To Structured File [Lotus Agenda] ULA Uncommitted Logic Array
TZ Time Zone [Unix] ULN Universal Link Negotiation
ULSI Ultra Large Scale Integration
U... UMA Unified Memory Architecture
UMB Upper Memory Block [LIM/AST] UA User Agent + User Area
UNC Universal Naming Convention + UAE Unrecoverable Application Error
Uuencoded Netnews Collator [Unix] UAM User Authentication Method
UNCOL Universal Computed Oriented Language UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UNI User-Network Interface .UC2 Compressed File (file name extension) [UltraCompressor]
UNICOM Universal Integrated Communication (System) UCE Unsolicited Commercial Email
UNICOS Universal Compiler FORTRAN compatible UCL Universal Communications Language
UNII Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure UCS Unicode Conversion Support + Universal Character Set + UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer UTI Universal Text Interchange/Interface
Unix (AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System) UTP Unshielded Twisted-Pair (cable)
UNMA Unified Network Management Architecture UU Uuencode/Uudecode
UP Uniprocessor UUCP Unix-To-Unix Copy Program
UPC Universal Product Code UUD UUDecoding [Unix]
UPG Upgrade UUE UUEncoding [Unix]
UPL User Program Language UUI User-To-User Information [AT&T]
UPM Unix Programmer's Manual + UUID Universal Unique Identifier
User Profile Management [IBM] UV Ultraviolet
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply +
V... Uninterruptible Power System
URC Uniform Resource Characteristics + VA Virtual Address + Visual Age [IBM]
Uniform Resource Citation VAD Value Added Dealer
UREP Unix RSCS Emulation Protocol (protocol) VADD Value Added Disk Driver
URI Uniform Resource Identifier VADSL Very-High-Rate Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
URL Uniform Resource Locator VAL Value + Voice Application Language
URN Uniform Resource Name/Number .VAL Validity Checks (file name extension) [Paradox]
US Unit Separator VAM Virtual Access Method
USART Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Reciever/Transmitter VAN Value Added Network
USB Universal Serial Bus [Intel] VAP Value Added Process
USENET User's Network [Internet] VAR Value Added Reseller + Value Added Retailer + Variable
USERID User Identification VAST Variable Array Storage Technology
USOC Universal Service Ordering Code VAX/VMS Virtual Address Extension/Virtual Memory System [DEC]
USQ Unsqueezed (files) VB Variable Block + Visual Basic [Microsoft]
USR US Robotics (corporation) VBA Visual Basic for Applications [Microsoft]
USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter VBE/AI Vesa Bios Extension/Audio Interface
USSA User Supported Software Association (United Kingdom) vBNS Very High Speed Backbone Network Service [MCI + NSF]
UT User Terminal VBR Variable Bit Rate
UTC Coordinated Universal Time VBRUN Visual Basic Runtime .VBX Visual Basic Extension (file name extension) VFAT Virtual File Allocation Table [Microsoft]
VCC Virtual Channel Connection V.FC Version.First Class (communications standard)
VCD Virtual Communications Driver VFD Vacuum Fluorescent Display
VCI Virtual Circuit Identifier VFW Video For Windows [Microsoft]
VCL Visual Component Library VGA Video Graphics Array
VCOS Visual Caching Operating System [AT&T] VGC Video Graphics Controller
VCPI Virtual Control Program Interface VHDL VHSIC Hardware Description Language
VCR Video Cassette Recorder VHS Very High Speed + Video Home System +
VDD Virtual Device Driver Virtual Host Storage
VDDM Virtual Device Driver Manager VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
VDE Video Display Editor + Visual Development Environment VI Visual Interactive (editor) [Unix]
VDISK Virtual Disk VIE Virtual Information Environment
VDM Virtual DOS Machine [IBM] VIF Virtual Interface + Virtual Interrupt Flag
VDMAD Virtual Direct Memory Access Device [Microsoft] VIM Vendor Independent Mail +
VDS Virtual DMA Services Vendor Independent Messaging + Video Interface Module
VDSL Very-High-Data-Rate Digital Subscriber Line VIO Video Input/Output + Virtual Input/Output
VDT Video Dial Tone + Video Display Terminal VINES Virtual Networking System [Banyan]
VDU Video Display Unit + Visual Display Unit ViP Visual Programming [Lotus]
VEGA Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter [Video-7, Inc.] VIP Variable Information Processing +
VEMM Virtual Expanded Memory Manager Video Information Provider +
VEMMI Versatile Multimedia Interface Virtual Interrupt Pending
VER Verify + Version VIPER Verifiable Integrated Processor for
VERONICA Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to Enhanced Reliability
Computer Archives [Internet] VIS Video Information System [Tandy] +
VERR Verify Read Access Visual Instruction Set [Sun] +
VERW Verify Write Access Voice Information System
VES Video Encoding Standard [Oracle] VJ HEADER Van Jacobsen Header (compression) [Unix]
VESA Video Electronics Standards Association VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
VF Virtual Floppy VL-BUS Vesa Local-Bus [VESA] VLD Variable-Length Decoder VPE Video Port Extensions [Microsoft] +
VLF Very Low Frequency Visual Programming Environment
VLINK Visited Link [HTML] VPL Virtual Programming Language
VLIW Very Large Instruction Word VPM Video Port Manager
VLM Virtual Loadable Module VPN Virtual Page Number + Virtual Private Network
VLSI Very Large Scale Integration VPS Voice Processing System
VLSIPS Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis VPSC Vault, Process, Structure, Configuration
VLT Variable List Table VPT Virtual Print Technology [Dataproducts]
VM Virtual Machine + Virtual Memory VR Virtual Reality + Voltage Regulated/Regulator
VMA Virtual Memory Address VRAM Video Random Access Memory
VMB Virtual Machine Boot VRE Voltage Regulated Extended
VME Versa Module Eurocard + VRM Voltage Regulator Module
Virtual Memory Environment VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VMM Virtual Machine/Memory Manager (originally named Virtual Reality Markup Language)
VMOS Vertical MOS VROOMM Virtual Real-time Object Oriented
VMP Virtual Modem Protocol Memory Manager [Borland]
VMS Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System .VRS WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension)
VMT Virtual Memory Technique VRT Voltage Regulation Technology [Intel]
VNA Virtual Network Architecture VRU Voice Response Unit
VOC Creative Voice (format) [Sound Blaster] VS Virtual Storage
VOD Video On Demand VSAM Virtual Storage Access Method
VOL Volume VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
VOM Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter VSE Virtual Storage Extended
VOR Visions Of Reality VSF Vertical Scanning Frequency
VOS Verbal/Voice Operating System VSI Virtual Socket Interface
VP Virtual Path VSIO Virtual Serial Input Output
VPD Virtual Printer Device + Vital Product Data [IBM] VSLI Very Large Scale Integration
VPDN Virtual Private Data Network VSM Virtual Shared Memory + Virtual Storage Management +
VPDS Virtual Private Data Service [MCI] Visual System Management [IBM] VSN Volume Serial Number WC Word Count
VSOS Virtual Storage Operating System WCS World Coordinate System
VSYNC Vertical Sync WDL Windows Driver Library [Microsoft]
VT Vertical Tab WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexing
VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method [IBM] WDRAM Windows Dynamic Random Access Memory
VTNS Virtual Telecommunications Network Service .WEB Entities Emphasizing the WWW (Domain Name) [Internet]
VUI Video User Interface WebNFS Web Network File System [Sun]
VUP VAX Unit of Performance WELL Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (BBS)
VMS Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System WFM Wired For Management [Intel]
VWB Visual WorkBench [Microsoft] WFW Windows For Workgroups [Microsoft]
VxD Virtual Extended Driver [Microsoft] WGS Work Group System
.VXD Virtual Device (file name extension) [Microsoft] WHAM Waveform Hold and Modify [Microsoft]
V&V Verification and Validation WHC Workstation Host Connection
WINE Windows Emulator
W... WINForum Wireless Information Networks Forum
WINS Windows-Internet Naming Service [Microsoft] W/ With
WINSOCK Windows Open Systems Architecture [Microsoft] + W3 (see WWW)
Windows Sockets W3A World Wide Web Applets
WINWORD Word For Windows [Microsoft] W3C World Wide Web Consortium
WISE WordPerfect Information System Environment W4 What-Works-With-What
WIT Web Interactive Talk [Internet] WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System
.WKB Workbook (file name extension) [WordPerfect] WABI Windows Application Binary Interface [SunSoft]
.WKE Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] WAI Web Application Interface [Netscape]
.WKQ Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU] WAIS Wide Area Information Server
.WKS Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] WAITS Wide Area Information Transfer System
.WKZ Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU] WAN Wide Area Network
.WK1 Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] WATS Wide Area Telecommunications Service
WL Word Line .WAV Waveform Audio (file name extension)
WMC Workflow Management Coalition WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management .WMF Windows Metafile Format (file name extension) [Microsoft] WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
WNIC Wide-Area Network Interface Co-Processor
X... WNIM Wide-Area Network Interface Module
W/O Without XA Extended Architecture + Extended Attribute
WORM Write Once, Read Many XAPIA X.400 Application Program Interface Association
WOS Workstation Operating System X2B Hexadecimal to Binary [REXX]
WOSA Windows Open Services/Systems Architecture [Microsoft] .XBM X-Windows Bitmaps (file name extension) (black and white)
WP WordPerfect + Word Processing + Write Protected .XPM X-Windows Pixelmaps (file name extension) (color)
.WPD Windows Printer Description (file name extension) X2C Hexadecimal to Character [REXX]
.WPG WordPerfect Graphics (file name extension) XCHG Exchange
WPHD Write-Protect Hard Disk XCMD External Command
.WPK Keyboard (file name extension) [WordPerfect] XCOPY Extended Copy
WPM Words Per Minute X2D Hexadecimal to Decimal [REXX]
.WPM Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect] XDF Extended Density Format [IBM]
WPOS Workplace Operating System XDR Extended/External Data Representation
WPS Windows Printing System [Microsoft] + XFCN External Function
Workplace Shell [OS2] XGA Extended Graphics Array [IBM]
WPVM Windows Parallel Virtual Machine XID Exchange Identifier
.WQ1 Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU] XIOS Extended Input/Output System
.WQ! Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU] XLAT Translate
WRAM Windows Random Access Memory XLM Excel Macro Language [Microsoft]
.WRI Write (file name extension) XMIT Transmit
WRK Windows Resource Kit [Microsoft] XML Extensible Markup Language
WS WordStar + Workstation XMM Extended Memory Manager [LIM/AST]
WSAPI Web Site Application Program Interface [O'Reilly] XMS Extended Memory Specification [LIM/AST]
WT Write Through XNS Xerox Network System (protocol) [Xerox]
WWIS World Wide Information System [Internet] XOFF Transmitter Off
WWW World-Wide Web [Internet] XON Transmitter On
WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It XOR Exclusive OR (Also EOR) XPRM Xerox Print Resources Manager [Xerox] ZPV Zoomed Port Video [Toshiba]
XRT Extensions for Real-Time ZSL Zero Slot LAN
XSMD Extended Storage Module Drive (interface) ~ Tilde
XSSI Extended Server Side Includes * Wildcard character (asterisk)
XTAL Crystal *.* Star-Dot-Star (represents
XTCLK External Transmit Clock Any file name.Any file name extension)
.$$$ Temporary File (file name extension)
Y... 1GL First General Language (machine language)
286 80286 (microprocessor) YAM Yet Another Modem [Omen Technology]
2GL Second Generation Language (assembly language) YAHOO Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle [Internet]
386 80386 (microprocessor) Y2K Year 2000
3COM 3 Com Corporation (The 3 Coms are (Y/N)? (Asks for a YES or NO decision)
Computer, Communications and Compatibility) YTD Year To Date
3GL Third Generation Language (programming language)
Z... 486 80486 (microprocessor)
.z Packed file (file name extension - using Pack/Unpack 4GL Fourth Generation Language (descriptive language)
program)..lower case z..[Unix] 6DOF Six Degrees Of Freedom
.Z Compressed file (file name extension - using
Compress/Uncompress program)..upper case Z..[Unix]
ZAW Zero Administration for Windows [Microsoft]
ZBR Zone-Bit Recording [IBM]
Z-CAV Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
ZDL Zero Delay Lockout
COUNTRY DOMAIN NAMES ZDS Zenith Data Systems
ZIF Zero-Insertion Force (socket)
ZIP Zigzag In-Line Package + At the present time there are over 200 recognized Country Domain
Zone Improvement Plan (ZIPcode) names. Two-letter abbreviations that represent the country names are
.ZIP Compressed File (file name extension) [PKWare] used in addresses seen on the Internet. The following names
.ZOO Compressed File (file name extension) [Dhesi] (117 to date) represent the country of origin from where someone has downloaded BABEL (babel.html). This list should be useful when .cz Czech Republic checking the origin of your own mail. .de Germany
.dk Denmark
.ae United Arab Emirates .dm Dominica
.ag Antigua and Barbuda .do Dominican Republic
.al Albania .ec Ecuador
.am Armenia .ee Estonia
.ar Argentina .eg Egypt
.at Austria .es Spain
.au Australia .fi Finland
.aw Aruba .fo Faroe Islands
.ba Bosnia and Herzegowina .fr France
.be Belgium .gb Great Britian
.bg Bulgaria .ge Georgia
.bh Bahrain .gl Greenland
.bm Bermuda .gr Greece
.bn Brunei Darussalam .gt Guatemala
.bo Bolivia .gu Guam
.br Brazil .gy Guyana
.bs Bahamas .hk Hong Kong
.by Belarus .hn Honduras
.ca Canada .hr Croatia
.ch Switzerland .hu Hungary
.ci Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) .id Indonesia
.cl Chile .ie Ireland
.cn China .il Israel
.co Colombia .in India
.cr Costa Rica .is Iceland
.cy Cyprus .it Italy .jm Jamaica .om Oman
.jo Jordan .pa Panama
.jp Japan .pe Peru
.ke Kenya .pf Polynesia (French)
.kr Korea (South) .ph Phillipines
.kw Kuwait .pk Pakistan
.kz Kazakhstan .pl Poland
.lb Lebanon .pt Portugal
.lc Saint Lucia .py Paraguay
.li Liechtenstein .qa Qatar
.lk Sri Lanka .ro Romania
.lt Lithuania .ru Russian Federation
.lu Luxembourg .se Sweden
.lv Latvia .sg Singapore
.ma Morocco .si Slovenia
.mc Monaco .sk Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
.md Moldova .su USSR (former)
.mk Macedonia .sv El Salvador
.mn Mongolia .th Thailand
.mo Macau .tn Tunisia
.mt Malta .tr Turkey
.mu Mauritius .tt Trinidad and Tobago
.my Malaysia .tw Taiwan
.mx Mexico .uk United Kingdom
.ni Nicaragua .us United States
.nl Netherlands .uy Uruguay
.no Norway .uz Uzbekistan
.np Nepal .ve Venezuela
.nz New Zealand .ye Yemen appraisal: estimación.
.yu Yugoslavia archive: archivo, paquete (como ``archivo'' es muy usado también para traducir ``file'', puede ser necesario aclarar de que tipo de archivo se trata).
.za South Africa archive (v): archivar, empaquetar.
.zw Zimbabwe archivo: español, que es un archivo, definicion de un archivo, archivo, definicion de un, archivo.
argument: argumento, parámetro.
array: arreglo, formación, estructura, matriz, vector (``arreglo'' es considerada Términos que comienzan por A: por algunos una mala traducción, pero su uso ya está bastante generalizado). abort: fracaso, interrupción. Artificial Intelligence (AI): inteligencia artificial. abort (v): abortar, fracasar, interrumpir, cancelar (fuera del contexto ascender: ascendente. informático, podrá ser también abortar).
ASCII-Armoured text: texto con armadura ASCII, ASCII blindado. ac current: Corriente, Intensidad.
Aspect-oriented programming: programación orientada a aspectos. AC Drive: Variador.
assapps: applet, archivos pps. accounting: auditoría.
assembler: 1. ensamblador (lenguaje de programacion). 2. montador o ACTIVAR: ACTIVAR. ensamblador (persona que monta ordenadores). add-on: añadido. assembly: lenguaje ensamblador, ensamblar. addon: añadido. assessment: estimación, juicio, impresión. address: dirección. asset (econ.): activo, ASSET.
Advanced Power Management (APM): gestión avanzada de potencia, gestión assignment: asignación. avanzada de energía.
associative array: vector asociativo, arreglo asociativo (array es en ocasiones age: edad, antigüedad. utilizado como arreglo, a pesar de que algunos no concuerden). alias: alias, acceso directo. assume (v): suponer. allocate (v): asignar, reservar. Asymmetric Digital Suscriber Line (ADSL): línea digital asimétrica de abonado. allocation group: grupo asignado (cf. sistema de ficheros/archivo XFS). attach (v): adjuntar, anexar, anexionar. alphanumeric: alfanumérico. attachment: documento adjunto, anexo. ambiente de la web: ambiente de la web, (AMBIENT GRAFICO). attribute: atributo. ampersand: y (caracter empleado en programación C para señalar direcciones de memoria, y en html para codificar otros caracteres extraños a la lengua authentication: autenticación, autentificación. inglesa, del latín ``et'', al).
autoprobe: autocomprobacion. anchor: ancla, áncora, anclaje (enlace).
Términos que comienzan por B: anchor (v): anclar.
back end: BACK-END. anti-aliasing: suavizado de bordes, antisolapamiento.
back-end: motor (de un compilador o programa), dorsal. append (v): juntar, unir, concatenar, añadir.
backbone: eje principal, red troncal, estructura principal. applet: miniaplicación, aplique, applet (programa en Java, ejecutable por un navegador; dicese tambien de cualquier pequeño programa que se acopla al sistema). backend: BACK-END. appliance: dispositivo. background: segundo plano, trasfondo.
Application Program Interface (API): interfaz de programación de backslash: barra invertida, contrabarra. aplicaciones..
backup: copia de seguridad, , copia de respaldo, salvaguarda. backup (v): respaldar, hacer copias de respaldo. broadcast: difusión, broadcast. backward compatible: compatible con anteriores. broadcast (v): anunciar, difundir.
BAISC: BASIC, ALGOL. browse(v): navegar, ojear, revisar. bandwith: amplitud de banda, ancho de banda. browser: navegador, visualizador, ojeador (navegador es más usada cuando se trata de hipertexto y visualizador en otros casos. Existe alguna polémica acerca de ``visualizador'' y han sido propuestas otras posibilidades como visor o banner: pancarta, aviso. examinador, que no son muy usadas). baseline: línea de base, directrices (condiciones generales que un programa, brush: pincel, brocha. proceso o producto debe cumplir).
bubble sort: ordenación por el método de la burbuja. batch: lote.
buffer: búfer, memoria tampón, memoria intermedia, BUFFER. batch processing: procesamiento por lotes, procesamiento en lotes.
bug: error, fallo, gazapo (gazapo ha sido propuesta por algunos especialistas, batch-scan: sondeo por lotes. pero no es muy usada), bicho (Es una traducción textual, pero el origen de la palabra lo justifica, ¿por quié en inglés no dicen simplemente 'error'? ). batcher: procesador por lotes. bug-fix: corrección de fallo. baud: baudio (unidad de medida de la velocidad de transmisión de información). built in: incorporado, incluido. baud rate: tasa de baudio. Bulletin Board System (BBS): tablón de anuncios electrónico, foros, sistema de foros. benchmark: banco de pruebas, prueba comparativa, hito, (hito no es correcto se debio confudir con landmark). bundle(v): Incluir (Ej.: Bundled software -> Software incluido en el sistema). big-endian: byte más significativo primero, byte, byte. burst page: página en bruto, página de separación (página añadida por muchos gestores de impresión para separar los trabajos). bind (v): enlazar, ligar.
bus: bus, línea de datos, cable de datos. binding: enlace, ligadura.
byte: byte, octeto (unidad de información compuesta por ocho bits; una variable bit: bit (unidad elemental de información, consistente en una variable booleana, de 1 byte puede contener 256 valores diferentes). con valores 0 o 1).
Términos que comienzan por C: bit mask: máscara de bits.
cache: almacén, deposito (algunos usan caché que suena parecido mas no bitmap: mapa de bits. traduce bien su significado). bitrate: tasa de bits. cache memory: antememoria, memoria inmediata, memoria cache (ver cache), cache, chipset. bitstream: flujo de bits. callback: retrollamada, devolución de llamada, llamada de retorno. block: bloque. camel caps: mayúsculas mediales. block (v): bloquear (impedir el acceso). camera ready: preparado para cámara, preparado para su publicación (se usa para indicar la manera de mandar artículos a una revista listos para su blur (v): tornar más difuso, emborronar, difuminar. publicación). bookmark: marcador, marcapáginas. canvas: lienzo, tapiz. boot: arranque, inicio, proceso de arranque. capability: capacidad. boot (v): arrancar, iniciar. caps: letras mayúsculas. boot loader: gestor de arranque. card: tarjeta. bootrom: ROM de inicio, (memoria rom). cardinality: cardinalidad. bootstrap: rutina de arranque, arranque autónomo, marca de inicio en los caret: circunflejo (el símbolo o acento ^ usado para mostrar que algo va a ser carretes de cinta. insertado en material escrito o impreso en el lugar en el que se encuentra.). bot: final, robot (usado en AI). case sensitive: distingue mayúsculas de minúsculas. breakpoint: punto de ruptura, punto de corte. cast: molde, plantilla. catch-up (v): actualizarse, ponerse al día. cluster: grupo, cúmulo. cellular automata: autómata celular. cluster (v): agrupar. channel: canal. coder: programador, codificador, codificador, coder. character set: conjunto de caracteres (conjunto de signos que se representan cold boot: arranque en frío. mediante un código. El más conocido de estos códigos es el ASCII, que utiliza los 256 caracteres que se pueden representar con un byte). colon: dos puntos (signo de puntuación :). chat: chat, charla, tertulia. command: comando, orden, instrucción, mandato (el uso de ``comando'' está bastante generalizado, aunque algunos lo consideren erróneo). chat (v): chatear, conversar, charlar.
command line: línea de comando, comando iniciado al escribir su nombre en un check button: botón de verificación, casilla de verificación. terminal. check out (v): descargar. commit (v): enviar, comprometer, aplicar, llevar a cabo, efectuar. checkbox: caja de selección, casilla de selección. Common Gateway Interface (CGI): interfaz común de acceso (un estándar para elaborar pequeños programas que permiten la interacción entre un navegador y un servidor web). checker: 1. corrector. 2. cuadrado de un tablero de ajedrez. 3. cajero..
compile (v): compilar. checkpoint: punto de control.
compiler: compilador. checksum: suma de control, suma de verificación, suma de comprobación.
compliant: en conformidad, conforme con, compatible. chess: ajedrez.
compose (v): redactar. chief architect: desarrollador jefe.
composer: 1. redactor (de correo, por ejemplo). 2. compositor (de música).. child process: proceso hijo.
compress (v): comprimir. chip: chip, circuito integrado.
compression: compresión. chipset: chipset, conjunto de chips, conjunto de chips que se utilizan para comunicar el procesador con los diferentes componentes del motherboard. compromised: violentado (cuando se refiere a un equipo/sistema en el que ha entrado un intruso). choke: 1. obturador, estrangulador. 2. sofocamiento.
computable: calculable. chroot: cambio de directorio raíz.
computer: computadora, ordenador, computador. class: clase.
Computer Aided Design (CAD): diseño asistido por ordenador (computadora). clause: cláusula.
computer nerd: empollón informático. clean: limpio.
concatenate (v): concatenar, nat. clean (v): limpiar, despejar.
concurrency: concurrencia, simultaneidad (término usado para expresar la clear (v): borrar. capacidad de realizar varias tareas a la vez). click: click, pulsación. conjunction: conjunción (conector lógico de dos proposiciones que en castellano se expresa mediante la conjunción "y"; el valor de la conjunción de dos proposiciones es cierto cuando las dos proposiciones son ciertas; en los otros click (v): hacer clic, pulsar, pinchar. tres casos, el valor de la conjunción es falso). clickstream: secuencia de pulsaciones de los botones del ratón (clicks). connect (v): conectar. client: cliente. connected graph: grafo conexo. clipboard: portapapeles. cons: contras. clock rate: velocidad de reloj. constraint: restricción, constante. clone: clon. constructor: constructor. closure: clausura, cierre. context: contexto. clumsy: torpe, difícil de manejar. converse: contrario, opuesto. converse (v): conversar. cursor: cursor. converter: convertidor, conversor. customize: personalizar. convex hull: envoltura convexa, cierre convexo. cut and paste (v): cortar y pegar. cookbook: recetario. cyber: cíber (prefijo griego. Todo aquello relacionado con la comunicación empleando medios electrónicos). cookie: galleta (mensaje enviado por un servidor web a un navegador para que éste lo guarde en el ordenador del usuario y sea enviado de nuevo al servidor, cyberspace: ciberespacio (es decir, el espacio de la comunicación). cada vez que el usuario consulta una de sus páginas).
Términos que comienzan por D: coprocessor: coprocesador.
daemon: demonio, proceso en segundo plano, duende (proceso de ejecución copyleft: copyleft, derecho de copia. independiente). copyright: copyright, derechos de autor. daisy chain: conexión en serie. copyrighted: sujeto a derechos de autor. daisywheel printer: impresora de margarita. cordless: inalámbrico. dash: raya. core: corazón, núcleo, motor (program core: motor del programa; ver también data: datos, (pointers). ``core file'').
data mining: minería de datos. core dump: volcado de memoria.
database: base de datos. core dump (v): Hacer un volcado de memoria (cuando un programa acaba de forma inesperada). datagram: datagrama. core file: archivo (fichero) core, archivo (fichero) imagen de memoria, archivo (fichero) de volcado de memoria. date: fecha, cambio de hora. core voltage: voltaje interno. de facto standard: estándar de hecho, norma de facto, regulación de facto. corrupted: dañado. dead lock: bloqueo mutuo, abrazo mortal. counter: contador. deadlock: interbloqueo. courseware: software de apoyo (a cursos de formación). debug (v): depurar, corregir errores (en un programa). cover: portada. debugger: depurador.
Central Processing Unit (CPU): unidad central de proceso. declarative language: lenguaje declarativo. crack (v): invadir, penetrar. decode (v): decodificar, descodificar. cracker: cracker, maleante informático. decoder: decodificador, descodificador. crash: ruptura, caída (del sistema). decrypt: descifrar. crash (v): colgarse (un ordenador), fallar (un programa). default: por omisión, de manera predeterminada, predefinido, por definición, por defecto. crawler: gateador, bot, cliente automatizado. default file: archivo predeterminado, fichero predeterminado. cross-assembler: ensamblador cruzado. deferral: posposición. cross-compiler: compilador cruzado. deflate (v): deshinchar. cross-platform: multiplataforma. defragment (v): desfragmentar. cross-post: envío cruzado, envío múltiple, correo con destinatarios múltiples (envío de un mismo mensaje a múltiples grupos de noticias). delay: demora, retardo. crypt: cifrar. delete (v): borrar, eliminar. cue point: punto de referencia. delimiter: delimitador, separador. current: 1. actual, en vigor, en curso. 2. corriente (por ejemplo eléctrica). demo: demo, demostración, demos. demodulate (v): desmodular, traducir tonos a señales digitales (en un modem), domain name system, dns: sistema nominal de dominios. demodular (desmodular incorrecto).
doorstop: tope (de una puerta). denial of service: rechazo de servicio, denegación de servicio.
dot: punto (cuando se refiere al punto de las URL). deny (v): denegar, recusar.
dot matrix printer: impresora de matriz de puntos. deploy: despliegue, desplegar.
down: fuera de servicio. DESARROLLO: ESPAÑOL, development.
downgrade: versión anterior, builtin. descender: descendente.
downgrade (v): 1. menoscabar, disminuir. 2. instalar una versión anterior. descriptor: descriptor.
download (v): descargar, transferir, recibir, bajar, obtener. desktop: escritorio.
downsizing: reducción, disminución. detach (v): descolgar, desenganchar, separar.
downstream: flujo descendente. developer: desarrollador.
downstream port: puerto de recepción.. device: dispositivo, device , Device.
downtime: tiempo de inactividad. devise (v): inventar, diseñar, planear.
draft: borrador. dial-up link: enlace telefónico, enlace por red telefónica.
drag and drop: arrastrar y soltar. dial-up login: ingreso por red telefónica.
drill: ejercicio, entrenamiento. dialog box: cuadro de diálogo, caja de diálogo.
driver: controlador, manejador, gestor, driver (driver de video, driver de diff: comparar, o fichero de diferencias (hace referencia al uso del programa sonido), circuito de gobierno. 'diff'),.
dumb: sin procesamiento, bobo, pantalla tonta. diffusion: difusión.
dumb terminal: terminal sin procesamiento. digest: recopilación, resumen, sintesis.
dummy: mudo, vacio. dike (v): contener.
dump: volcado, vuelco. directory: directorio.
dungeon: mazmorra. disable (v): inhabilitar.
Términos que comienzan por E: discard: deshacer.
e-mail: correo electrónico, mensaje (send me an e-mail: envíame un mensaje). disclaimer: renuncia de responsabilidades, descargo.
e.g.: por ejemplo (del latín exemplia gratia; en castellano se usa v.g. del latín discuss (v): comentar, tratar (un tema). verbi gratia.). discussion groups: grupos de debate. edge: límite, borde. dispatch (v): despachar, enviar. electronic mail: correo electrónico. display: pantalla, visualizar, visualizador. elevation grids: mapas de elevación. display (v): mostrar, visualizar. ellipse: elipse. display menu: menú de visualización. embed (v): empotrar, embeber, incrustar. disposable: desechable. embedded: empotrado, embebido. distribution: distribución. emerge: emerge. dithering: difuminado. enable (v): activar. documentation: documentación. enable (v): habilitar. enabling: habilitación. fault: fallo. encode (v): codificar. feature: 1. funcionalidad, característica. 2. dispositivo. encoder: codificador. feed: fuente, suministro. encryption: cifrado, encripción, encriptación, (nota: encriptación no existe a feed (v): suministrar. menos que quieras 'meter en una cripta').
feedback: realimentación, comentarios y sugerencias, retroalimentación. endian: vease ``big-endian'' y ``little-endian''.
fetch (v): obtener. endless: interminable.
FIB (Forwarding Information Base): tabla de rutas, tabla de encaminamiento. enhancement: mejora.
field: campo. enlarge (v): ampliar.
file: archivo, fichero (la mayoría de las personas usan exclusivamente una o la entity: entidad. otra). entries: entradas, líneas, renglones. file (v): archivar. environment: entorno, ambiente. file erase: archivos borrados. erase (v): borrar. file system: sistema de archivos, sistema de ficheros, file system, vfat. error: error. filehandle: identificador de ficheros (programación), descriptor de archivos (ficheros), manejador de archivos (ficheros) , descriptor de fichero, manejo de archivos (las traducciones aportadas corresponderían a filehandler), gestor de escape (v): escapar, preceder con escape, exceptuar. ficheros (filehandler), descriptor de archivo en uso. El "filehandle" contiene la información necesaria para tener acceso a la información del archivo desde un programa. .(falta espaci, referencia lógica o física (por contexto) a fichero , estrategema: español. archivo, datos, fluppy disk, ancho de banda, gestor (de archivos), manipulador de archivos. evaluator: evaluador. filesystem metadata: metadatos del sistema de ficheros/archivos. event: evento, suceso. fill rate: tasa de relleno. event-driven: basado o gestionado por eventos, orientado a eventos, dirigido por eventos. filter: filtro. executable: ejecutable. fingerprint: huella dactilar, huella digital. execute (v): ejecutar. firewall: cortafuegos. expire time: tiempo de caducidad. firmware: microcódigo, soporte lógico incorporado. ext.2: particion de linux. fix: enmienda, corrección. ext2: ext2, ext2, (sistema de ficheros de linux). fix (v): 1. corregir, arreglar, reparar, enmendar. 2. fijar. ext3: sistema de ficheros/archivos transaccional basado en ext3, sistema de flag: bandera, indicador, parámetro. ficheros/archivos transaccional basado en ext2, (sólo la segunda definición!).
flame: llama, insulto destructivo, comentario airado, crítica destructiva, soflama. extrication: liberación, rescate, extricación.
flanger: desdoblador. Términos que comienzan por F:
flat shading: sombreado plano. facility: instalación, equipo.
flip (v): voltear. fade in: comienzo gradual.
floating: flotante. fade out: final gradual.
floating point: punto flotante, coma flotante (en diferentes países se usa el punto fade (v): atenuar, desvanecer. o la comapara separar dígitos enteros y decimales). failure: fallo. floppy disk: disquete, disco flexible. fake: falso. flow chart: diagrama de flujo. fan: ventilador, FANCOOLER. flush (v): vaciar. flux: flujo. Términos que comienzan por G: folder: carpeta, directorio. gateway: pasarela, portal, compuerta, puerta de enlace. folding (v): plegado. gaussian blur: desenfoque gausiano. follow-up (v): responder (a un grupo de noticias). getting started: primeros pasos. font: tipo de letra (algunos usan ``fuente'', por su parecido con el término inglés, glob: englobador, el caracter englobador es *, abreviatura de todos. que no traduce bien su significado).
glyph: glifo. footprint: huella, rastro.
grab (v): capturar. foreground: primer plano, interactivo.
graph: grafo, gráfico. foreign agent: agente externo.
graphic display: representación gráfica. Foreign key: Clave foránea.
Graphical User Interface (GUI): interfaz gráfica de usuario. fork: bifurcación.
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF): formato para intercambio de gráficas. fork (v): bifurcar, desdoblar.
grid: rejilla, grilla, cuadrícula. format: formato, Es un chunche que sirve para dar forma a las personas o cosas.
guidelines: directivas. format (v): dar formato, formatear.
gzipped: comprimidos con gzip, comprimidos, compactados. forum: foro.
Términos que comienzan por H: forward (v): 1. reenviar, remitir, redireccionar. 2. adelantar.
hack: solución chapucera, alteración (``a quick hack''). fqdn: cf. fully qualified domain name.
hack (v): cargar (``hack a program''). fragmentation: fragmentación, partición.
hacker: hacker, genio de la informática (no confundir con ``cracker''), experto frame: 1. marco. 2. fotograma. en informática , pirata informático. frame buffer: memoria de imagen, marco de memoria intermedia. handheld: de mano. frame relay: conmutación de tramas. handle (v): manipular. frames: cuadros, marcos. handler: manipulador, gestor. framework: infraestructura, armazón. handover: traspaso (de un nodo móvil desde una subred a otra). free: libre como en libertad de expresión, gratis como en barra libre. handshaking: asentimiento, negociación, sincronismo. frequency: frecuencia. hang (v): colgar, colgarse, bloquearse. front end: entorno, interfaz, fachada, frontal, FRONT PAGE. hard disk: disco duro, disco rígido, disco fijo. front-end: FRONT END. hard link: enlace físico, enlace rígido, enlace duro. frontend: FRONT-END. harden: bastionar (fortificar con bastiones). Término utilizado para indicar que se han implementado todas las medidas de seguridad posibles para proteger un sistema.. full data journaling: registro completo de datos (cf. sistema de ficheros/archivos transaccional, ext3). hardware: hardware, máquina, equipo, dispositivo, soporte físico, que es el hardware, que es el hardware, definicion de hardware, definicion de hardware, fully qualified domain name: nombre de dominio completo. que es el hardware. function: función. hash: 1. resumen criptográfico, picadillo. 2. arreglo asociativo (Perl). function inlining: expansión de funciones (se copia la función entera en lugar hash table: tabla de dispersión, tabla de referencias, tabla hash. de hacer una referencia a la misma)..
hassle: lío, enredo, complicación. further: consiguiente, posterior, más extenso, más avanzado.
hassle (v): molestar, confundir. fuzzy: difuso. hcl: hardware compatibility list. Términos que comienzan por I: header: 1. cabecera (header file). 2. encabezado, encabezamiento (page header).. i.e.: esto es, o sea (del latín id est). heap: montón. icon: icono, ícono. heuristic: heurístico. iconize (v): miniaturizar, iconizar, minimizar. hex-viewer: visor hexadecimal. idle: ocioso, inactivo. hi-color: ver 'high-color'. illustrator: ilustrador. hi-tech: ver 'high-tech'. imaging: proceso de imágenes, trabajo con imágenes, diseño gráfico, diseño de imagen, generación de imagen, ilustración, figurandose(v), creación de hide (v): esconder, esconderse. imagenes. hierarchy: jerarquía. implement (v): implementar. high-color: color de alta densidad. inbox: bandeja de entrada. high-tech: tecnología de punta. indent (v): sangrar (empezar un renglón más adentro que los otros). highlight: realce, destaque. indentation: sangría. highlight (v): realzar, destacar, resaltar. index: índice. hint: consejo. indexed: indexado. hint (v): definir (característica aplicada a la visualizacion correcta de fuentes inflate (v): inflar (descomprimir). tipográfica digitales).
ingles español: suds, suds. hit: 1. golpe. 2. éxito, acierto. 3. visita (a una página web).
inherit (v): heredar. hits: golpes, accesos (en una web).
inheritance: herencia. home: casa, portada (ver también home page).
init: sistema, método o esquema de inicio de sistema operativo. home agent: agente local.
inkjet: inyección de tinta, INKJET. home directory: directorio del usuario, directorio principal del usuario.
inode: nodo i, inodo. home page: página principal, página inicial.
inodos: quiero saber que es?. Home, like in Home page: No se como se dice en Español.
input encoding: codificación. honeynet: sistema trampa (red de sistemas que simulan una red real pero han sido desplegados para engañar a posibles intrusos). installer: instalador, asesor para la instalación, linux red hat 7.2. honeypot: tarro de miel. Término utilizado comúnmente para denominar a un sistema/máquina "trampa" utilizado para atraer a posibles intrusos.. instance: instancia, ejemplar. host: anfitrión, máquina anfitriona, puesto. Integrated Development Enviroment (IDE): Entorno de desarrollo integrado, (es Environment). host (v): alojar. Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN: Red Digital de Servicios Integrados (RDSI). hostname: nombre de anfitrión.
interactive: interactivo. hosts: ingles.
interface: interfaz (femenino), definición de gestion de hardware, interface. hotkey: tecla rápida.
interlace (v): entrelazar, interfoliar. hub: concentrador, distribuidor, concentrador, DEFINE HUB, fedinicion de hub.
interlaced: entrelazado. hyphen: guión.
Internet: Internet, Internet, internet, Internet. hyphenate: enguionar, cortar palabras incorporando guiones, n-a-t.
Internet Protocol (IP): protocolo Internet, iptables, protocol, (iptables incorrecto) (protocolo de la capa de red). interpolation: interpolación. key pair: par de claves. interrupt: interrupción. keyboard: teclado.
Interrupt Request (IRQ): Solicitud de interrupción, petición de interrupción, keyboard shorcuts: métodos abreviados de teclado. direcciones de entrada/salida.
keyring: anillo de claves, archivo de claves. introducer: presentador.
keyword: palabra clave. intrusion detection system (ids): sistema de detección de intrusos (o de intrusiones). kick: expulsar, echar. iptables: iptables. kit: conjunto, juego, paquete. isochronous: isocrono (del prefijo griego iso, igual, y de la palabra griega crono, tiempo). knowbot: robot, buscador, buscador en la red (programa que busca y clasifica información automáticamente en una red, a diferencia de buscador en una base de datos propia), buscador inteligente (programa que utiliza técnicas derivadas isomorphism: isomorfismo. de la rama de inteligencia artificial para realizar búsquedas y guardar perfiles de los usuarios), robot de búsqueda, KNOMBOT, outdoor. italic: cursiva. Términos que comienzan por L: item: elemento, objeto. label: etiqueta. iteration: iteración (del latín iteratio, -onis). latency: latencia.
Términos que comienzan por J: lattice: red, trama. jabber: torrente de palabras ininteligibles. layer: capa. jabber (v): hablar mucho, hablar incoherentemente, farfullar. layers: capas. jagged picture: imagen serrada. layout: esquema, diseño, composición, gestor de geometría (en algunos programas gráficos). jigsaw puzzle: rompecabezas.
leak: fuga (de un gas o líquido por un agujero), escape, pérdida. jitter: ruido, nieve, en redes IP, variación en el retardo (RTT) de los paquetes..
leap second: segundo intercalar. job: trabajo.
legalese: condiciones legales, jerga legal. journal: base de datos transaccional (cf. sistema de ficheros/archivos transaccional). library: librería, biblioteca (cuando library se refiere al edificio donde se almacenan libros, sin lugar a dudas que la traducción correcta es biblioteca; pero journaling file system: sistema de ficheros transaccional. en el contexto informático es más usada librería, ya que además de una tienda de venta de libros, librería también es un mueble donde se guardan documentos). joystick: videomando, ludomando, mando para jugar, palanca para juegos. lightning effects: efectos de iluminación. jumper: puente, puente deslizable, puente configurable, conector. line: línea, renglón. junk-mail: correo basura. line wrap: encapsulamiento de línea, retorno automático de líneas. justify (v): alinear. link: enlace, vínculo, liga, eslabón.
Términos que comienzan por K: link (v): enlazar, conectar, vincular, crear vínculos. keepalive: latidos. linker: enlazador. kernel: núcleo. LINUX: QUE ES LINUX, que es linux. kerning: interletraje (ajuste de espacio entre ciertos pares de caracteres para que estos se impriman con un toque estético), ligadura, interletraje (ajuste de espacio Liquid Cristal Display (LCD): pantalla de cristal líquido. entre ciertos pares de caracteres para mejorar su legibilidad).
list view: lista de elementos. key: 1. llave. 2. tecla. 3. clave. 4. tono, tonalidad. 5. crucial, de importancia, significante. little-endian: byte menos significativo primero. key escrow: depósito de claves. Local Area Network (LAN): red de área local. key fingerprint: huella de clave. locale: opciones de localización, localizaciones. lock: cerrojo, candado, cerradura, bloqueo. masquerading: emmascarado, enmascaramiento, mimetización. lock (v): cerrar con llave, trancar. master: maestro, amo. lock file: fichero de bloqueo. match: concordancia (objeto o persona que se encuadra bien con otra). log: registro, bitácora. match (v): coincidir, encuadrar, encajar, concordar, emparejar. log (v): registrar. measure: medida, métrica. log in (v): ingresar, entrar en, comenzar la sesión, entrar al sistema, conectarse, merge (v): mezclar, fusionar, incorporar. registro ('log' es registro en inglés), registrarse ('log' es registro en inglés).
mesh: malla. log on (v): ver ``log in''.
message digest: condensado de mensaje. log out (v): salir de.
method: método. logger: gestor de registro de actividades.
milestone: hito, punto de referencia. login: ingreso.
mirror: réplica. login banner: mensaje de ingreso, mensaje de bienvenida.
mirror site: réplica. LOL: Meándome de risa (acrónimo), MDR (Meándome de risa, acrónimo).
mismatch: discordancia. look and feel: aspecto y funcionalidad, aspecto visual y operacional.
misplaced: extraviado. loop: ciclo, bucle.
mistake: equivocación, error. loopback: circuito cerrado.
mix (v): mezclar. lossy: con pérdida, perdida, compresión resumida, compresión con pérdida (de información), compresión por reducción, breech, breech, ARCHIVO. mixer: mezclador. luminance: luminancia. mnemotecnicos: llll, mnemotecnicos (ver www.rae.es). lvalue: valor a la izquierda, valor-l. mobile IP protocol: protocolo IP móvil.
Términos que comienzan por M: mobile node: nodo móvil, ordenador móvil. mail: correo, mensaje. modem: modem, modem, modem, configurar modem, modem, MODEM. mail (v): enviar por correo. monitor (v): supervisar, controlar. mail hub: distribuidor de correo. mount: montaje (como en un sistema de archivos). mailbox: buzón. mount (v): montar. mailer: gestor de correo, agente de correo, corresponsal, cartero. mount point: sitio para montaje (sistema de ficheros/archivo). mailing list: lista de correo, lista postal, lista de distribución. mouse: ratón, raton. mainframe: macrocomputadora, ordenador de escala superior. mute: silencio. maintainer: responsable del mantenimiento, encargado del mantenimiento, responsable, encargado. Términos que comienzan por N: map: mapa, MAPA DE BITS. name resolution: resolución nominal (cf dns). map (v): mapear, asignar. named pipes: tuberías designadas, tuberías con nombre, cauces designados. markup: marcado. namespace: espacio de nombres. mask: máscara, mascara de red. nest (v): anidar, conectar. mask (v): enmascarar, ocultar. nested: anidado. masking: enmascaramiento. netmask: máscara de red. netmount: montaje (de un sistema de archivos) a través de la red. owner: propietario. network: red. Términos que comienzan por P: new: noticias. pager: 1. buscapersonas. 2. paginador, conmutador (tal como se usa en gestores de ventanas). newbie: principiante, definicion de newbie. pan (v): mover. news feed: proveedor de noticias, fuente de noticias, suministro de noticias. panorama image: galería panorámica. newsgroups: grupos de noticias, grupos de discusión, foros de discusión. parameter: parámetro. nickname: apodo. parse (v): analizar sintácticamente. noise gate: bloqueador de ruidos. parser: intérprete, analizador. non-octet: diferente a un octeto. partition: partición, partition. notebook: agenda electrónica passphrase: contraseña, frase de paso (más de una palabra).
Términos que comienzan por O: password: contraseña, palabra de paso, palabra clave. object: objeto. patch: parche, modificación. object oriented: orientado por (a) objetos. patch (v): actualizar, parchear, emparchar.
Object-oriented programming: programación orientada a objetos. patch file: archivo (fichero) de parche. octet: octeto, byte. path: camino, trayectoria, ruta. ocurrence: aparición. pattern: patrón. ocurrences: casos. peer: vecino, conector, punto. off topic: fuera de temática, fuera de tema. peer-to-peer: entre iguales. off-line: desconectado, fuera de línea. penalty: penalización. offset: offset, desplazamiento. perform (v): realizar (una acción).
OK: aceptar. performance: rendimiento, desempeño. on the fly: sobre la marcha. period: punto. on-line: conectado, en línea. piggybacking: confirmaciones superpuestas, superposición de confirmaciones. open source: código fuente abierto, free. pin: patilla, pata, contacto. option: opción. ping: ping, chequeo de respuesta. ordered data journaling: registro ordenado de datos (cf. sistema de archivo transaccional, ext3). pipe: tubo, tubería, filtro. outline: bosquejo. pipe (v): entubar, redireccionar, derivar, redirigir la salida a. overall: por encima, en general. pipeling: redireccionamiento. overflow: desbordamiento. pitch: tono, altura. overhead: sobrecarga. pixel: píxel, punto. overload: sobrecarga. placer: posicionador. overload (v): sobrecargar. plaintext: texto llano. override (v): redefinir, reescribir, reemplazar. play: reproducir, tocar (música). player: 1. jugador. 2. reproductor (de discos compactos), intérprete (de archivos private: privado, confidencial. de sonido).
profile: perfil. playlist: lista de reproducción.
profile (v): perfilar. plotter: trazador, graficador, PLOTTER (S).
profiler: perfilador. plug and play: enchufar y usar.
profiling: parametrización, personalización, perfilado, acción de medir el plug and play (v): pinchar y listo. rendimiento de un programa, personalización (igual que customización), Customización no existe en el VCT ni en el Dic. de la RAE. Además suena horrible. diseño, ajuste, tallado; y tallar sería evaluar el rendimiento del plug and pray: pincha y reza (para que funcione; véase plug and play). programa , evaluación, valoración, ¿adaptación?. plug-in: accesorio, añadido, módulo. profiling execution: perfil de uso de recursos (del programa ejecutado). pluggable: conectable. programmer: programador. pointer: puntero, índice (de una matriz de datos). programming: programación. policy: política, normas, reglas, normativa, directrices, criterios. prompt: cursor, símbolo de espera de órdenes, punto indicativo. poligonal mesh: malla de polígonos. prompt (v): apremiar. poll: sondeo. properly : apropiadamente. poll (v): sondear. proprietary software: software de propietario, software en propiedad. polling: sondeo. provide (v): proporcionar, proveer, abastecer, habilitar. pop-up menu: menú desplegable. proxy: proxy, representante, apoderado. popup menu: menú emergente. pump: bomba. port: 1. puerto, puerta (referido al protocolo TCP/IP). 2. migración, porteo punch-in: grabación mediante el método de disparo. (versión de un programa para otra plataforma), puertos de un CPU.
purge (v): purgar, limpiar. port (v): portear, portar, adaptar (hacer una versión de un programa para otra plataforma). Términos que comienzan por Q: portable: portátil. query: consulta, pregunta, petición. portage: porteo, Portage (sistema de administración de paquetes de Gentoo). queue: cola. portscan: sondeo de puertos, escaneo de puertos. quit (v): renunciar, abandonar, finalizar, acabar. portscan (v): sondeo de puertos, escaneo de puertos. quote: 1. comilla. 2. cita (de un libro, por ejemplo). post: envío. quote (v): citar (referir textualmente). post (v): remitir, publicar (en un grupo de noticias). quoted text: texto citado. poster: autor (de un artículo o mensaje). Términos que comienzan por R: posting agent: agente de envío. race condition: condición de carrera. postmaster: administrador postal, administrador de correo, postmaster. radio button: botón de radio, botón de opción (botón dentro de un grupo en que sólo uno puede estar pulsado a la vez). postponed: pendiente.
radiosity: radiosidad. power: alimentación (energía), potencia.
random: aleatorio. preemptible: apropiable.
randomizer: generador de aleatoriedad, selector aleatorio, aleatorizador, preemptive: apropiativo, expropiativo. Generador de números aleatorios. sorteador , (v) sortear, secuenciador aleatorio, aleatorizador. preview: vista previa, visualización previa. range: margen, alcance, gama, surtido, línea, intervalo, variedad.
Primary key: Clave primaria. rank: rango. resample: remuestrear. rate: tasa. reset: reinicio. rate (v): calificar, clasificar. reset (v): reiniciar. rating: calificación, clasificación. reset button: botón de reinicio. raw: crudo, virgen. resize: redimensionar. raw mode: modo primitivo, modo directo, modo sin formato. resolution: resolución, alta, alta. ray-tracing: trazado de rayos. resolver: sistema de resolución, traductor de direcciones, resolutor. re-spawn (v): reiniciar. resume (v): reanudar, retomar. read only: sólo lectura. ripper: extractor de audio. readme: leame, leeme. root: superusuario, root, directorio raíz. realm: reino (conjunto de páginas web cubiertas con el mismo par root exploit: explotación de root. usuario/contraseña).
roster (término de Jabber): lista de contactos. realtime: en tiempo real, en vivo.
round trip time (RTT): Tiempo de ida y vuelta. reboot (v): reiniciar, rearrancar.
router: encaminador, enrutador, definicion. receiver: receptor, destinatario.
routing: encaminamiento, enrutamiento. recipient: destinatario (de una carta, mensaje, etc...).
routing table: tabla de rutas. redirect: redirigir, redirigir.
RTFM: LEJM ('Read the Fucking Manual' : 'Lee el Jodido Manual'). refresh: actualizar, actualizar, refrescar (en casos en que actualizar tenga el sentido de update). run: ejecución. refuse (v): rehusar, rechazar. run (v): ejecutar, correr. regular expression: expresión regular. run out of memory: agotar la memoria. relay: 1. repetidor, conmutador, relevador, relevo, relé. 2. reenvío, conmutación. run time: tiempo de ejecución. relay host: nodo de reenvío, conmutador. runlevel: nivel de ejecución (al iniciar o arrancar el sistema operativo). release: lanzamiento, publicación, entrega, versión, revisión. runtime library: biblioteca de ejecución. release (v): lanzar, publicar, sacar. Términos que comienzan por S: rely on (v): depender de, confiar en, delegar en. sample rate: frecuencia de muestreo. remailer: reexpedidor. scalable: redimensionable. remove (v): remover, retirar, quitar, sacar (la traducción remover desagrada a algunos, pero otras alternativas que proponen como ``borrar'' o ``desechar'' scanner: escáner, digitalizador, que es. pueden causar confusión; por ejemplo ``remove the disk'' no debe ser traducido como ``borre el disco''), extraer (se adecua al ejemplo de "remove the disk"). scanning: barrido, rastreo. rendering: síntesis de imágenes, renderizado, representación. schedule: horario. reply (v): responder (al autor de un artículo o mensaje). schedule (v): planificar, programar, organizar. repository: repositorio. scheduler: planificador, planificador de tareas. request: pedido, peticion. schema: esquema. require (v): necesitar, exigir. scratch (from): de cero, desde el principio. requirement: requisito. screen: pantalla. screen saver: salvapantallas, protector de pantallas, definición. semicolon: punto y coma (;). screenshot: captura de pantalla. sender: remitente, Remitente (de una carta, e-mail, etc...). script: guión, macro, script, archivo de comandos. sequence: secuencia, sucesión. script kiddie: aprendiz de cracker. alguien que busca romper sistemas en red sequencer: secuenciador (hardware o software destinado a grabar y reproducir con herramientas hechas por otros. música electrónica en tiempo real usando MIDI, con edición simple de las notas). scroll: desplazamiento, lista, rollo. server: servidor (de correo, noticias, HTTP, etc). scroll (v): desplazar. set: conjunto. scroll down (v): avanzar. set (v): 1. colocar. 2. definir. 3. ajustar. 4. fijar. search engine: motor de búsqueda. set up: configuración. seccion target: español. set up (v): configurar. separation of concerns: separación de asuntos. setting: configuración. server: file server, servidor. setup (v): configurar. servidor espejo: serveur miroir. shadow passwords: contraseñas ocultas. sharpen (v): enfocar. shared memory: memoria compartida. shell: shell. Interfaz de comandos. sharpen (v): 1. afilar. 2. mejorar la imagen (hacerla más nítida). shell menu: menú de sistema. shell: shell (femenino), capa, intérprete de comandos. single-stepping: seguimiento sencillo. shell script: archivo (fichero) de comandos, script de shell. slash: (/). shift: desplazamiento. slideshow: presentación con diapositivas. shift (v): levantar, desplazar. snapshot: instantánea. shortcut: atajo. snippet: snipett. shorthand: abreviado, taquigrafía. software: recreativo. shrink (v): reducir. source: re-lectura (de archivo de configuración); en la shell bash, sinónimo del comando en forma corta . (punto). shutdown: apagar, cerrar. spam: correo comercial no deseado (e-mail de propaganda). signature: 1. firma. 2. identificación. speed: velocidad. silently: sin aviso, discretamente, silenciosamente. sroll up (v): retroceder. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP): protocolo simple de transferencia de correo. scrollable: deslizable. site: sitio, local, instalación, sede, recinto, conjunto de paginas relacionads entre si por ejemplo esmas.com. search: búsqueda.
skin: carátula. search (v): buscar.
skip (v): omitir. search engine: buscador.
slash: barra. search wrapped: búsqueda reiniciada desde el comienzo.
slot: 1. ranura. 2. posición. Secure Socket Layer (SSL): capa de conexión segura.
snap (v): agregar. seek (v): buscar.
snapping: agregado. segmentation fault: violación de segmento. snapshot: 1. captura de imagen, captura de pantalla, pantallazo. 2. imagen statement: declaración, cláusula. instantánea.
stochastic: estocástico. sniffer: rastreador, escrutador.
store: almacen, depósito. snippet: recorte, retazo.
stream: corriente, flujo, secuencia (vídeo). splashscreen: pantalla de presentación.
stream (v): optimizar, Transmitir por una corriente, serializar. socket: socket, enchufe, zócalo, conexión.
stride: espaciamiento (entre elementos consecutivos de un vector). soft link: enlace lógico, enlace flexible.
string: cadena de caracteres. software: software, soporte lógico, lógica, aplicación, programa.
strip (v): despojar, desnudar (eliminar los símbolos de depuración en un sort (v): ordenar, clasificar. programa o biblioteca). sort of: tipo de, clase de, más o menos. stroke: 1. golpe. 2. ataque (he died of a stroke). 3. movimiento. 4. trazo. sound effect: efecto sonoro. stroke (v): trazar. source: 1. origen. 2. código fuente. submit: remitir, enviar. source code: código fuente. subject: asunto. spawn (v): iniciar. subnet: subrred. specification: especificación. subscript: subíndice. specs: especificaciones. superblock: superbloque (cf. sistema de ficheros/archivo). specular highlights: reflexiones especulares. supersede (v): sustituir, modificar. spell: hechizo. support: soporte, apoyo, respaldo, asesoría, (nota: soporte no es correcto castellano es un 'falso amigo'). spell (v): deletrear. support (v): apoyar, ayudar, colaborar, , permitir, aceptar, reconocer. spelling: ortografía. surfer: navegante. spike: pico (en una gráfica). surround sound: sonido envolvente. spin lock: cerrojo, spin lock. swap: intercambio. splitter: divisor. swap (v): intercambiar, swapping. sponsor (v): patrocinar. switch: interruptor, conmutador, switch. spoof (v): engañar, falsificar. symbolic link: enlace simbólico. spool: cola, lista de espera, cola de impresión. symlink: enlace simbólico. spool directory: directorio de la cola. syntax highlighting: resaltado de sintaxis, syn. spreadsheet: hoja de cálculo. system call: llamada al sistema. stack: pila. system logger: gestor de registro de actividades del sistema. staff: (sust.) Personal. Términos que comienzan por T:
Stalled: Atascado. tab: pestaña, lengüeta, tira, tabulador, ficha, solapa. standard: estándar, patrón, norma. tag: marca, coletilla, etiqueta. stat (v): verificar. tarball: archivo tar, archivo producido por el programa tar. stats: estadísticas. target: destino, objetivo. target partition: partición de destino. trade off (v): contrapesar. task: tarea. trailing spaces: espacios finales. technnical support: asistencia técnica. transactional integrity: integridad transaccional. template: plantilla. transport: transporte.
Terminal Input: Entrada. transport (v): transportar. test: prueba, test. tree view: lista jerárquica. test (v): evaluar, probar. trigger: disparador. texture mapping: aplicación de texturas. troll: trole, metepatas, bocazas. thread: hilo (hilo de mensajes en una lista, o hilo de ejecución en un programa), troll (v): meter la pata, reventar un debate. hebra.
troubleshooting: eliminación de problemas, solución de problemas. threshold: umbral.
troyanized program: programa comprometido. programa modificado con threshold level: valor umbral. código malicioso. throughput: flujo, caudal de datos, rendimiento total, productividad, tasa de trusted: confiable. transferencia.
tune (v): afinar. thumbnail: miniatura.
tutorial: guía. ticket: tiquete.
tuxtyping: no se encuentra significado. tile: baldosa, mosaico.
tweak: arreglo. tile (v): embaldosar.
tweak (v): afinar. timeout: timeout, expiración de plazo, tiempo de espera agotado.
twisted pair: par trenzado. timer: temporizador.
type: tipo. timeslice: porción de tiempo, partición de tiempo.
type (v): teclear. timestamp: marca de tiempo, fecha y hora, sello temporal.
typing: impresión (en papel, por ejemplo). tiny: diminuto.
typo: errata, , error ortográfico. tip: consejo, sugerencia.
Términos que comienzan por U: to watch: monitorizar, observar, seguir, vigilar, (v).
undefined: indefinido. toggle: conmutado, biestable.
underflow: desbordamiento por abajo. toggle (v): alternar (entre dos estados).
Uniform Resource Locator (URL): localizador, Uniform Resource Locator, token: símbolo, lexema. url, url. token ring: anillo de fichas, ethernet. unindent: desangrar (?). toolbar: barra de herramientas. Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS): sistema de alimentación ininterrumpida. toolkit: juego de herramientas, conjunto de herramientas. Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmiter (UART): receptor/transmisor asíncrono universal, syn. torque: par. up: operacional, en funcionamiento. trace: traza. update: actualización, de software. trace (v): trazar, rastrear. update (v): actualizar. trade off: contrapeso, equilibrio, balance. upgrade: mejora, versión mejorada. upgrade (v): promover, mejorar, instalar una versión mejorada, modernizar. website: sitio web. upload: subir, cargar (copiar en un servidor remoto). widget: widget, control, componente. upstream: flujo ascendente. wildcard: comodín. upstream port: puerto de envío. window manager: gestor de ventanas, administrador de ventanas. upstream version: versión original. winzip: programa para comprimir archivos. usability: ergonomía. wireless: inalámbrico. user: usuario, Usuario, Persona que accede a un sistema de internet. wizard: asistente. user friendly: fácil de usar. word wrap: ajuste de línea, encapsulamiento de palabra, retorno automático de palabras. userland: área de usuario. workaround: arreglo temporal. utility: utilidad, generalmente un programa de sistema para un uso específico. wrap (v): encapsular, forrar, envolver. utiltity: utilidad, generalmente un programa de sistema para un uso específico. wraparound: envoltura, envolvente, reciclado.
Términos que comienzan por V: wrapper: envoltura, forro, empacador, envoltorio. validity: validez.
Términos que comienzan por Z: value: valor.
zap: fulminar. variation: variación, variante, variable.
zoom in (v): acercar. verbatim: literal, textual, al pie de la letra.
zoom-out (v): alejar. verbose: prolijo, pormenorizado, detallado, verboso. vertex blending: combinación de vértices. view layout: vista de disposición. viewer: visor. volatility (econ.): volatilidad. voltaje: terminos tecnicos, concepto. vulnerability scanner: analizador de vulnerabilidades (generalmente el análisis será automático, pero a veces podría ser dirigido).
Términos que comienzan por W: wallpaper: fondo, mural, papel tapiz, fondo de pantalla, fondo de escritorio, imágen del fondo, telón de fondo, papel de empapelar, imagen de fondo, tapiz, fondo de pantalla, papel de pared, papel tapiz. warehouse: almacenamiento masivo. warning: advertencia, aviso. watchdog: perro guardián, aplicación guardiana. web: 1. web (femenino: ``búscalo en la web'', ``se encuentra en muchos sitios web''). 2. red, trama, la web, concepto, concepto.
Web Mail Folder (WMF): carpetas de correo web. webcam: cámara de videoconferencia. weblog: portal de noticias, cuaderno de bitacora, blog.