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1 $NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.91 2008/11/11 03:55:40 matt Exp $
3 3WHS three-way handshake
4 ABI application binary interface
5 ACL access control list
6 ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
7 ADB Apple desktop bus
8 ADC analog [to] digital converter
9 ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
10 ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
11 AFS Andrew file system
12 AGP accelerated graphics port
13 AM amplitude modulation
14 AMI alternate mark inversion
15 ANSI american national standards institute
16 AP access point
17 API application programming interface
18 APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller
19 ARP address resolution protocol
20 ARQ automatic repeat request
21 AS autonomous system
22 ASCII american standard code for information interchange
23 ASLR address space layout randomization
24 ASN autonomous system number
25 AST abstract syntax tree
26 AST asynchronous trap
27 AT advanced technology
28 ATA advanced technology attachment
29 ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface
30 ATC address translation cache
31 ATM asynchronous transfer mode
32 ATX advanced technology extended
33 BAR base address register
34 BEDO burst extended data output
35 BER basic encoding rules
36 BER bit error rate
37 BFD binary formats descriptor
38 BFKL big fscking kernel lock
39 BGP border gateway protocol
40 BIOS basic input/output system
41 BLOB binary large object
42 BPS bits per second
43 BQS berkeley quality software
44 BSD berkeley software distribution
45 BSS block started by symbol
46 CAD computer-aided design
47 CARP common address redundancy protocol
48 CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
49 CCD charge coupled device
50 CD compact disc
51 CDDA compact disc digital audio
52 CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
53 CER canonical encoding rules
54 CFG context-free grammar
55 CFG control-flow graph
56 CGA color graphics {array,adapter}
57 CGI common gateway interface
58 CHS cylinder/head/sector
59 CIDR classless inter-domain routing
60 CIS contact image sensor
61 CLI command line interface
62 CLUT color look-up table
63 CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
64 CMYK cyan magenta yellow black
65 COFF common object file format
66 COW copy-on-write
67 CPU central processing unit
68 CRLF carriage return line feed
69 CRT cathode ray tube
70 CSMA carrier sense multiple access
71 CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
72 CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
73 CSS cascading style sheets
74 CTS clear to send
75 CVS concurrent versions system
76 DAC digital [to] analog converter
77 DCE data control equipment
78 DCE distributed computing environment
79 DCT discrete cosine transform
80 DDC display data channel
81 DDR double data rate
82 DDWG digital display working group
83 DER distinguished encoding rules
84 DFT discrete fourier transform
85 DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
86 DIFS distributed inter-frame space
87 DLE data link escape
88 DMA direct memory access
89 DNS domain name system
90 DOS denial of service
91 DPCM differential pulse code modulation
92 DPD dead peer detection
93 DPI dots per inch
94 DRAM dynamic random access memory
95 DSL digital subscriber line
96 DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum
97 DTD document type definition
98 DTE data terminal equipment
99 DTE dumb terminal emulator
100 DVD digital versatile disc
101 DVI digital visual interface
102 E-XER extended XML encoding rules
103 EAP extensible authentication protocol
104 ECP enhanced capability port
105 EDID extended display identification data
106 EDO extended data out
107 EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
108 EFI extensible firmware interface
109 EFM eight to fourteen modulation
110 EGA enhanced graphics {array,adapter}
111 EGP exterior gateway protocol
112 EISA extended industry standard architecture
113 ELF executable and linking format
114 EOF end of file
115 EOT end of transmission
116 EPP enhanced parallel port
117 EPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood
118 EPROM erasable programmable read only memory
119 ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
120 FAT file allocation table
121 FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
122 FCS frame check sequence
123 FDDI fiber distributed data interface
124 FFI foreign function interface
125 FFS fast file system
126 FFS find first set
127 FHSS frequency hop spread spectrum
128 FIR fast infrared
129 FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
130 FM frequency modulation
131 FOSS free / open source software
132 FPM fast page mode
133 FQDN fully qualified domain name
134 FTP file transfer protocol
135 FTPS file transfer protocol, secure
136 GC garbage collector
137 GCR group-coded recording
138 GIF graphics interchange format
139 GNU gnu's not unix
140 GPL gnu/general public license
141 GPU graphics processing unit
142 GRE generic routing encapsulation
143 GUI graphics user interface
144 HA high availability
145 HBA host bus adapter
146 HCI host controller interface
147 HCI human-computer interaction
148 HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection
149 HTML hyper-text markup language
150 HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol
151 HTTPS hyper-text transfer protocol, secure
152 I2O intelligent input/output
153 IANA internet assigned number authority
154 IC integrated circuit
155 ICB internet citizen's band
156 ICE internal compiler error
157 ICE in-circuit emulator
158 ICMP internet control message protocol
159 IDE integrated drive electronics
160 IDRP inter-domain routing protocol
161 IEC international electrotechnical commission
162 IEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers
163 IESG internet engineering steering group
164 IETF internet engineering task force
165 IGP interior gateway protocol
166 IKE internet key exchange
167 IMAP internet mail access protocol
168 INCITS international committee on information technology standards
169 IO input/output
170 IOCTL input/output control
171 IP internet protocol
172 IPC interprocess communication
173 IPNG internet protocol, next generation
174 IPSEC internet protocol security
175 IRC internet relay chat
176 IRQ interrupt request
177 IRTF internet research task force
178 ISA industry standard architecture
179 ISDN integrated services digital network
180 ISI inter-symbol interference
181 ISM industrial, scientific and medical
182 ISN initial serial number
183 ISO international standards organization
184 ISOC internet society
185 ISP internet service provider
186 JPEG joint photographic experts group
187 KLOC thousand lines of code
188 KPI kernel programming interface
189 KVA kernel virtual address
190 KVM kernel virtual memory
191 KVM keyboard, video, mouse switch
192 LAN local area network
193 LBA logical block addressing
194 LCD liquid crystal display
195 LCP link control protocol
196 LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
197 LED light emitting diode
198 LIR local internet registry
199 LKM {linux, loadable} kernel module
200 LLC logical link control
201 LOC lines of code
202 LRC longitudinal redundancy check
203 LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
204 LSB linux standards base
205 LSI large scale integration
206 LUN logical unit number
207 LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
208 MAC medium access control
209 MBR master boot record
210 MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory
211 MFC merge from current
212 MFM modified frequency modulation
213 MIDI musical instrument digital interface
214 MIME multipurpose internet mail extensions
215 MIPS million instructions per second
216 MMU memory management unit
217 MPEG moving picture experts group
218 MPLS multiprotocol label switching
219 MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
220 MSF minutes seconds frames
221 MSS maximum segment size
222 MTA mail transfer agent
223 MTU maximum transmission unit
224 MUA mail user agent
225 MWE module width encoding
226 NAT network address translation
227 NAV network allocation vector
228 NCP network control protocol
229 NCQ native command queuing
230 NFS network file system
231 NIC network interface card
232 NIS network information service
233 NRZ non-return to zero
234 NUMA non uniform memory access
235 OCL object constraint language
236 OCR optical character recognition
237 OEM original equipment manufacturer
238 OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
239 OOB out of band
240 OOM out of memory
241 OS operating system
242 OSD open source definition
243 OSF open software foundation
244 OSI open systems interconnection
245 OSI open-source initiative
246 OSPF open shortest path first
247 OSS open source software
248 OTP one time password
249 PA physical address
250 PAE physical address extension
251 PAM pluggable authentication modules
252 PAM pulse amplitude modulation
253 PAT port address translation
254 PAX portable archive exchange
255 PC personal computer
256 PCI peripheral component interconnect
257 PCM pulse code modulation
258 PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association
259 PDP page descriptor page
260 PDU protocol data unit
261 PER packed encoding rules
262 PERL practical extraction [and] report language
263 PFS perfect forward secrecy
264 PGP pretty good privacy
265 PIC programmable interrupt controller
266 PIC position independent code
267 PID process id
268 PIE position independent executable
269 PIN personal identification number
270 PIO programmed input/output
271 PLL phase locked loop
272 PMT photo-multiplier tube
273 PNG portable network graphics
274 POP post office protocol
275 POSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix
276 POST power on self test
277 POTS plain old telephone system
278 PPP point-to-point protocol
279 PPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM
280 PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet
281 PRML partial response, maximum likelihood
282 PRNG pseudo random number generator
283 PROM programmable read only memory
284 PSK pre-shared key
285 PSTN public switched telephone network
286 PTE page table entry
287 PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
288 PTP page table page
289 PWM pulse width modulation
290 QOS quality of service
291 RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks
292 RAM random access memory
293 RAS restartable atomic sequence
294 RCS revision control system
295 RGB red green blue
296 RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
297 RIP routing information protocol
298 RIR regional internet registry
299 RISC reduced instruction set computing
300 RLE run length encoding
301 RLL run length limited
302 RNG random number generator
303 ROM read only memory
304 RPC remote procedure call
305 RPM revolutions per minute
306 RTF rich text format
307 RTS request to send
308 RTT round time trip
309 S/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface
310 SACD super audio compact disc
311 SAD security association database
312 SAM serial access memory
313 SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
314 SATA serial advanced technology attachment
315 SB sound blaster
316 SCM software configuration management
317 SCM source code management
318 SCSI small computer system interface
319 SCTP stream control transmission protocol
320 SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
321 SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
322 SIFS short inter-frame space
323 SIP session initiation protocol
324 SIR slow infrared
325 SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
326 SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
327 SMP symmetric multiprocessing
328 SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
329 SNMP simple network management protocol
330 SPD security policy database
331 SPD serial presence detect
332 SRAM static random access memory
333 SSFDC solid state floppy disc card
334 SSH secure shell
335 SSL secure sockets layer
336 STP shielded twisted pair
337 STP spanning-tree protocol
338 SVGA super video graphics {array,adapter}
339 TCB trusted computing base
340 TCL tool command language
341 TCP transmission control protocol
342 TCQ tagged command queueing
343 TDD test driven development
344 TFT thin film transistor
345 TFTP trivial file transfer protocol
346 TIAS try it and see
347 TIFF tagged image file format
348 TITS try it to see
349 TLA top level aggregator
350 TLB transition lookaside buffer
351 TLD top level domain
352 TLS transport layer security
353 TLS thread-local storage
354 TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
355 TR token ring
356 TRNG true random number generator
357 TTL time to live
358 TTY teletype
359 TZ time zone
360 UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
361 UC uncacheable
362 UDO ultra density optical (storage)
363 UDP user datagram protocol
364 UFS unix file system
365 UML unified modeling language
366 UPS uninterruptible power supply
367 URI uniform resource identifier
368 URL uniform resource locator
369 USART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
370 USB universal serial bus
371 USWC uncacheable speculative write combining
372 UTP unshielded twisted pair
373 UUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol
374 UUOC useless use of cat
375 VA virtual address
376 VAX virtual address extension
377 VCM virtual channel memory
378 VESA video electronics standards association
379 VGA video graphics {array,adapter}
380 WIFI wireless fidelity
381 VLAN virtual local area network
382 VLSI very large scale integration
383 VLSM variable length subnet mask
384 VM virtual {machine,memory}
385 VPN virtual private network
386 VRAM video random access memory
387 VRRP virtual router redundancy protocol
388 WAN wide area network
389 WAP wireless application protocol
390 WEP wired equivalent privacy
391 WLAN wireless local area network
392 WPA wi-fi protected access
393 WRAM window random access memory
394 WWW world wide web
395 XER XML encoding rules
396 XGA extended graphics {array,adapter}
397 XML extensible markup language
398 XSL extensible stylesheet language
399 XT extended technology
400 ZFOD zero-filled on demand