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.
full data journaling: registro completo de datos (cf. sistema de
ficheros/archivos transaccional, ext3).
fully qualified domain name: nombre de dominio completo.
harden: bastionar (fortificar con bastiones). Término utilizado para indicar que
se han implementado todas las medidas de seguridad posibles para proteger un
sistema..
hardware: hardware, máquina, equipo, dispositivo, soporte físico, que es el
hardware, que es el hardware, definicion de hardware, definicion de hardware,
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).
journaling file system: sistema de ficheros 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
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.