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1 $NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.92 2009/06/06 06:46:42 dholland 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 DNARD Digital network appliance reference design
90 DNS domain name system
91 DOS denial of service
92 DPCM differential pulse code modulation
93 DPD dead peer detection
94 DPI dots per inch
95 DRAM dynamic random access memory
96 DSL digital subscriber line
97 DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum
98 DTD document type definition
99 DTE data terminal equipment
100 DTE dumb terminal emulator
101 DVD digital versatile disc
102 DVI digital visual interface
103 E-XER extended XML encoding rules
104 EAP extensible authentication protocol
105 ECP enhanced capability port
106 EDID extended display identification data
107 EDO extended data out
108 EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
109 EFI extensible firmware interface
110 EFM eight to fourteen modulation
111 EGA enhanced graphics {array,adapter}
112 EGP exterior gateway protocol
113 EISA extended industry standard architecture
114 ELF executable and linking format
115 EOF end of file
116 EOT end of transmission
117 EPP enhanced parallel port
118 EPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood
119 EPROM erasable programmable read only memory
120 ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
121 FAT file allocation table
122 FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
123 FCS frame check sequence
124 FDDI fiber distributed data interface
125 FFI foreign function interface
126 FFS fast file system
127 FFS find first set
128 FHSS frequency hop spread spectrum
129 FIR fast infrared
130 FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
131 FM frequency modulation
132 FOSS free / open source software
133 FPM fast page mode
134 FQDN fully qualified domain name
135 FTP file transfer protocol
136 FTPS file transfer protocol, secure
137 GC garbage collector
138 GCR group-coded recording
139 GIF graphics interchange format
140 GNU gnu's not unix
141 GPL gnu/general public license
142 GPU graphics processing unit
143 GRE generic routing encapsulation
144 GUI graphics user interface
145 HA high availability
146 HBA host bus adapter
147 HCI host controller interface
148 HCI human-computer interaction
149 HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection
150 HTML hyper-text markup language
151 HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol
152 HTTPS hyper-text transfer protocol, secure
153 I2O intelligent input/output
154 IANA internet assigned number authority
155 IC integrated circuit
156 ICB internet citizen's band
157 ICE internal compiler error
158 ICE in-circuit emulator
159 ICMP internet control message protocol
160 IDE integrated drive electronics
161 IDRP inter-domain routing protocol
162 IEC international electrotechnical commission
163 IEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers
164 IESG internet engineering steering group
165 IETF internet engineering task force
166 IGP interior gateway protocol
167 IKE internet key exchange
168 IMAP internet mail access protocol
169 INCITS international committee on information technology standards
170 IO input/output
171 IOCTL input/output control
172 IP internet protocol
173 IPC interprocess communication
174 IPNG internet protocol, next generation
175 IPSEC internet protocol security
176 IRC internet relay chat
177 IRQ interrupt request
178 IRTF internet research task force
179 ISA industry standard architecture
180 ISDN integrated services digital network
181 ISI inter-symbol interference
182 ISM industrial, scientific and medical
183 ISN initial serial number
184 ISO international standards organization
185 ISOC internet society
186 ISP internet service provider
187 JPEG joint photographic experts group
188 KLOC thousand lines of code
189 KPI kernel programming interface
190 KVA kernel virtual address
191 KVM kernel virtual memory
192 KVM keyboard, video, mouse switch
193 LAN local area network
194 LBA logical block addressing
195 LCD liquid crystal display
196 LCP link control protocol
197 LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
198 LED light emitting diode
199 LIR local internet registry
200 LKM {linux, loadable} kernel module
201 LLC logical link control
202 LOC lines of code
203 LRC longitudinal redundancy check
204 LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
205 LSB linux standards base
206 LSI large scale integration
207 LUN logical unit number
208 LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
209 MAC medium access control
210 MBR master boot record
211 MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory
212 MFC merge from current
213 MFM modified frequency modulation
214 MIDI musical instrument digital interface
215 MIME multipurpose internet mail extensions
216 MIPS million instructions per second
217 MMU memory management unit
218 MPEG moving picture experts group
219 MPLS multiprotocol label switching
220 MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
221 MSF minutes seconds frames
222 MSS maximum segment size
223 MTA mail transfer agent
224 MTU maximum transmission unit
225 MUA mail user agent
226 MWE module width encoding
227 NAT network address translation
228 NAV network allocation vector
229 NCP network control protocol
230 NCQ native command queuing
231 NFS network file system
232 NIC network interface card
233 NIS network information service
234 NRZ non-return to zero
235 NUMA non uniform memory access
236 OCL object constraint language
237 OCR optical character recognition
238 OEM original equipment manufacturer
239 OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
240 OOB out of band
241 OOM out of memory
242 OS operating system
243 OSD open source definition
244 OSF open software foundation
245 OSI open systems interconnection
246 OSI open-source initiative
247 OSPF open shortest path first
248 OSS open source software
249 OTP one time password
250 PA physical address
251 PAE physical address extension
252 PAM pluggable authentication modules
253 PAM pulse amplitude modulation
254 PAT port address translation
255 PAX portable archive exchange
256 PC personal computer
257 PCI peripheral component interconnect
258 PCM pulse code modulation
259 PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association
260 PDP page descriptor page
261 PDU protocol data unit
262 PER packed encoding rules
263 PERL practical extraction [and] report language
264 PFS perfect forward secrecy
265 PGP pretty good privacy
266 PIC programmable interrupt controller
267 PIC position independent code
268 PID process id
269 PIE position independent executable
270 PIN personal identification number
271 PIO programmed input/output
272 PLL phase locked loop
273 PMT photo-multiplier tube
274 PNG portable network graphics
275 POP post office protocol
276 POSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix
277 POST power on self test
278 POTS plain old telephone system
279 PPP point-to-point protocol
280 PPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM
281 PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet
282 PRML partial response, maximum likelihood
283 PRNG pseudo random number generator
284 PROM programmable read only memory
285 PSK pre-shared key
286 PSTN public switched telephone network
287 PTE page table entry
288 PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
289 PTP page table page
290 PWM pulse width modulation
291 QOS quality of service
292 RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks
293 RAM random access memory
294 RAS restartable atomic sequence
295 RCS revision control system
296 RGB red green blue
297 RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
298 RIP routing information protocol
299 RIR regional internet registry
300 RISC reduced instruction set computing
301 RLE run length encoding
302 RLL run length limited
303 RNG random number generator
304 ROM read only memory
305 RPC remote procedure call
306 RPM revolutions per minute
307 RTF rich text format
308 RTS request to send
309 RTT round time trip
310 S/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface
311 SACD super audio compact disc
312 SAD security association database
313 SAM serial access memory
314 SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
315 SATA serial advanced technology attachment
316 SB sound blaster
317 SCM software configuration management
318 SCM source code management
319 SCSI small computer system interface
320 SCTP stream control transmission protocol
321 SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
322 SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
323 SIFS short inter-frame space
324 SIP session initiation protocol
325 SIR slow infrared
326 SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
327 SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
328 SMP symmetric multiprocessing
329 SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
330 SNMP simple network management protocol
331 SPD security policy database
332 SPD serial presence detect
333 SRAM static random access memory
334 SSFDC solid state floppy disc card
335 SSH secure shell
336 SSL secure sockets layer
337 STP shielded twisted pair
338 STP spanning-tree protocol
339 SVGA super video graphics {array,adapter}
340 TCB trusted computing base
341 TCL tool command language
342 TCP transmission control protocol
343 TCQ tagged command queueing
344 TDD test driven development
345 TFT thin film transistor
346 TFTP trivial file transfer protocol
347 TIAS try it and see
348 TIFF tagged image file format
349 TITS try it to see
350 TLA top level aggregator
351 TLB transition lookaside buffer
352 TLD top level domain
353 TLS transport layer security
354 TLS thread-local storage
355 TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
356 TR token ring
357 TRNG true random number generator
358 TTL time to live
359 TTY teletype
360 TZ time zone
361 UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
362 UC uncacheable
363 UDO ultra density optical (storage)
364 UDP user datagram protocol
365 UFS unix file system
366 UML unified modeling language
367 UPS uninterruptible power supply
368 URI uniform resource identifier
369 URL uniform resource locator
370 USART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
371 USB universal serial bus
372 USWC uncacheable speculative write combining
373 UTP unshielded twisted pair
374 UUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol
375 UUOC useless use of cat
376 VA virtual address
377 VAX virtual address extension
378 VCM virtual channel memory
379 VESA video electronics standards association
380 VGA video graphics {array,adapter}
381 WIFI wireless fidelity
382 VLAN virtual local area network
383 VLSI very large scale integration
384 VLSM variable length subnet mask
385 VM virtual {machine,memory}
386 VPN virtual private network
387 VRAM video random access memory
388 VRRP virtual router redundancy protocol
389 WAN wide area network
390 WAP wireless application protocol
391 WEP wired equivalent privacy
392 WLAN wireless local area network
393 WPA wi-fi protected access
394 WRAM window random access memory
395 WWW world wide web
396 XER XML encoding rules
397 XGA extended graphics {array,adapter}
398 XML extensible markup language
399 XSL extensible stylesheet language
400 XT extended technology
401 ZFOD zero-filled on demand