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Personal Computer Acronyms and Definition
ACRONYM | DEFINITION | ACRONYM | DEFINITION | |
2D | Double Density | 2DD | Double-side Double density | |
2GL | Second Generation Language | 2HD | Double-side High Density | |
2S2D | Double Side, Double Density | 2SHD | Double Sided, High Density | |
3D | Three Dimensional | 3GL | Third Generation Language | |
3D DDI | 3D Device Dependent Interface | 4GT | 4 GB Ram Tuning | |
4GL | 4th generation language | A3D | Aureal 3-Dimensional | |
ABI | application binary interface | ACE | Advanced Computing Environment | |
ABS | Apple Business Systems (Apple) | ACPI | Advanced Configuration and Power Interface | |
ACSM | Application Control State Machine | ADB | Apple Desktop Bus | |
ADO | ActiveX Data Objects | ADSI | Active Directory Service Interfaces | |
AGP | Accelerated Graphics Port | AIFF | Audio Interchange File Format | |
ALU | Arithmetic Logical Unit | AML | ACPI Machine Language | |
AMR | Audio/Modem Riser | ANSI | American National Standards Institute | |
API | application programming interface | APIC | Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller | |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange | ARP | Address Resolution Protocol | |
APM | Advanced Power Management | ASF | Active Streaming Format | |
ASP | active server page | ASPI | Advanced SCSI Programming Interface | |
ATA | Advanced Technology Attachment | ATAPI | AT Attachment Packet Interface | |
ATM | asynchronous transfer mode | ATX | Advanced Technology eXtended | |
AUI | Attachment Unit Interface | AVGA | Advanced Video Graphics Array | |
AVI | Audio Video Interleave | BASIC | Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code | |
Cc | Carbon Copy (Mail) | BCC | Blind Carbon Copy (Mail) | |
BDC | Backup Domain Controller | BIOS | Basic input/output system | |
BMP | Bitmap | BOF | Beginning Of File | |
BOOTP | Bootstrap Protocol | BPB | BIOS Parameter Blocks | |
BPI | Bits Per Inch (HDD) | CAD | Computer Aided Design | |
CAL | Common Application Language | CAM | Computer Aided Manufacturing | |
CAM | Content Addressable Memory | CASE | Computer Aided Software Engineering | |
CAT | Continuous Asynchronous Transmission | CDE | Common Desktop Environment | |
CD | Compact Disc | CD-R | Compact Disc Recordable | |
CD-ROM | Compact Disc Read-Only Memory | CD-RW | Compact Disc Re-Writable | |
CDFS | Compact Disc File System | CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access | |
CDF | Channel Definition Format | CG | computer graphics | |
CGA | Color Graphics Adapter | CGA | Column Grid Array | |
CGI | Computer Graphics Interface | CGI | Common Gateway Interface | |
CHRP | Common Hardware Reference Platform (AIM) | CHS | Cylinder Head Sector | |
CIFS | Common Internet File System (TCP/IP) | CIM | computer integrated manufacturing | |
CIM | Common Information Model | CMC | Computer Numeric Control | |
CNR | Communications and Network Riser | COBOL | Common Business-Oriented Language | |
COM | Component Object Model (Programming) | COM | Commercial (networking) | |
CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture | COSE | Common Open Software Environment | |
COSS | Common Object Service Specification | CPN | central processing node | |
CRC | Cyclic redundancy check | CRL | Certificate Revocation List | |
CPU | Central Processing Unit | CSEL | Cable SELect (EIDE, HD) | |
CSMA/CA | Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance | CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection | |
CSN | Card Select Number (PNP) | CSS | Cascading Style Sheets | |
CTI | Computer Telephony Integration | CTS | Clear To Send | |
D/A | Digital-to-Analog | DAA | Digest Access Authentication (HTTP) | |
DAA | Data Access Arrangement | DAC | DAC – Digital to Analog Converter | |
DAC | Dual Attached Concentrator (FDDI) | DAP | Directory Access Protocol | |
DAS | Dynamic Allocation Scheme (protocol) | DAS | Digital Analog Simulator | |
DASD | Direct-Access Storage Device | DB | Database | |
DBA | DataBase Administrator | DBC | Device Bay Controller | |
DBM | Dual Bit Map | DBM | DataBase Manager (DB) | |
DBMS | Database Management System | DCD | Data Carrier Detect | |
DCE | Data Communication Equipment | DCE | Distributed Computing Environment | |
DCI | Display Control Interface | DCOM | Distributed Component Object Model | |
DDE | Dynamic Data Exchange | DDF | Data Description Field | |
DDK | Device Development / Driver Kit (MS) | DDL | data definition language | |
DDM | Distributed Data Management | DDML | Display Driver Management Layer | |
DDoS | Distributed Denial Of Service | DEF | Design Exchange Format | |
DES | Data Encryption Standard | DIM | Device Interface Module | |
DLC | Data Link Control | DLCI | Data Link Connection Identifier | |
DLL | Dynamic Link Library | DMI | Desktop Management Interface | |
DML | Data Manipulation Language | DNS | Domain Name System | |
DOM | Document Object Model | DOMF | Distributed Object Management Facility | |
DOP | Directory Operational Protocol | DOS | Disk Operating System | |
DPI | Dot per inch | DPMI | DOS protected mode interface | |
DPMS | Display Power Management Signaling | DRC | Design Rule Checks (CAD) | |
DRDA | Distributed Relational Database Architecture | DRF | Data Recovery Field | |
DRM | Digital Rights Management | DS | Directory Service | |
DSA | Digital Signature Algorithm | DSM | Digital Storage Media | |
DTR | Data Terminal Ready | DVO | Digital Video Output | |
DXF | Drawing Exchange Format | EA | Extended Attribute (OS/2) | |
EAB | Enterpreise Access Builder (IBM, Java) | EASI | Enhanced Asynchronous SCSI Interface | |
EBCDIC | xtended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code | EDA | Electronic Design Automation (RL, IC) | |
EDD | Enhanced Disk Drive | EDD | Enterprise Data Distribution (ENS, Banyan, VINES) | |
EDI | Electronic Data Interchange | EDID | Extended Display Identification Data (VESA, DDC) | |
EDIF | Electronic Design Interchange Format | EDO | Extended Data Out (RAM, DRAM, IC) | |
EDP | Electronic Data Processing | EGA | Extended Color Graphics Array | |
EGA | Enhanced Graphics Adapter | EHCI | Enhanced Host Controller Interface | |
EIDE | Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics | EIO | Extended InputI/Output | |
EISA | Extended Industry Standard Architecture | ELF | Executable and Linkable Format (Unix, OS/2) | |
EMB | Extended Memory Block | EMC | Electromagnetic Compatibility | |
EMF | Extended metafile | EOF | End Of File | |
EPP | Enhanced Parallel Port | ESDI | Enhanced Small Disk Interface | |
ESDI | Enhanced Standard Device Interface | EUI | Extended Unique Identifier | |
EVC | Enhanced Video Connector | FAT | File Allocation Table | |
FCB | File Control Block | FD | Floppy Disc | |
FDC | Floppy Disk Drive Controller | FDD | Floppy Disc Drive | |
FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface | FDO | Functional Device Object | |
FoIP | FAX over Internet Protocol | FPA | Floating-Point Accelerator (Hardware) | |
FPA | Function Point Analysis (programming) | FPU | Floating Point Unit (CPU) | |
FR | Frame Relay | FSB | Front Side Bus | |
FSD | File System Driver | FSRTL | File System RunTime Library | |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol | FTS | Fault Tolerant System | |
GART | Graphic Address Re-mapping Table | GDI | Graphical Device Interface | |
GDT | Global Descriptor Table | GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | |
GKS | Graphical Kernel System | GNL | General Public License | |
GPIB | General-Purpose Interface Bus | GPIO | General Purpose Input/Output | |
H/W | Hardware | HCI | Host controller Interface | |
HDC | Hard Disk Controller | HDD | Hard Disk Drive | |
HDL | Hardware Description Language | HDLC | High-level Data Link Control (ISO) | |
HDT | Host Digital Terminal | HEC | Header Error Control | |
HID | Human Interface Device | HIPPI | High Performance Parallel Interface | |
HMA | High Memory Area | HMI | Human-Machine Interface | |
HPFS | High Performance File System | HRTF | Head Related Transfer Function | |
HSFS | High-Sierra File System | HSM | Hierarchical Storage Management | |
HSSI | High-Speed Serial Interface | HSTP | High Speed Transport Protocol | |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol | HTPC | Home Theater Personal Computers | |
ICC | Integrated Communication Controller | ICU | ISA Configuration Utility | |
IDE | Integrated Drive Electronics (HDD) | IE | Internet Explorer | |
Indeo | Intel Video Technology | IP | Internet Protocol | |
IPI | Intelligent Peripheral Interface | IrLAP | Infrared Link Access Protocol | |
IrLMP | Iinfrared Link Management Protocol | IRP | I/O Request Packet | |
IRQ | Interrupt Request | ISA | Industry Standard Architecture | |
ISM | Interface Subscriber Module | ISO | International Standards Organization | |
ISR | Interrupt Service Routine | IT | Information Technology | |
JAM | Java administration server | KDT | Keyboard Definition Table | |
LAN | Local Area Network | LBA | Logical Block Address | |
LFN | Long File Name | LP | Laser Printer | |
LP | Logical Partition | LPT | Line PrinTer | |
LU | Logical Unit | LUN | Logical Unit Number | |
MAC | Media Access Control | MADK | Microsoft ActiveX Development Kit | |
MAPI | Messaging Application Programming Interface | MAS | Multiple-Address Space | |
MCA | Micro Channel Architecture | MCGA | Multi Color Graphics Array | |
MCI | Media Control Interface | MCI | Multimedia Control Interface | |
MDK | MODEM Developers Kit | MDL | Memory Descriptor List | |
MFP | Multi-function Peripheral | MFT | Master File Table | |
MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface | MIS | Management Information System | |
MMC | Microsoft Management Console | MMHID | MultiMedia Human Interface Device | |
MMIO | Memory Mapped I/O | MMU | Memory Management Unit | |
MPIC | Multiprocessor Interrupt Controller | MPPE | Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption | |
MRCI | Microsoft Real-time Compression Interface | MSCDEX | Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions | |
MSCS | Microsoft Cluster Server | MSDL | Microsoft Download Library | |
MSDN | Microsoft Developer Network | MS-DOS | Microsoft disk operating system | |
MSMQ | Microsoft Message Queue Server | MTD | Memory Technology Driver | |
MTS | Microsoft Transaction Server | MTU | Maximum Transmission Unit | |
MTU | Maximum Transfer Unit | NBNS | NetBIOS name server | |
NC | Network Computer | NCB | Network Control Block (LAN) | |
NCP | Netware Core Protocol | NCS | Network Computing System | |
NCU | Network Control Unit | NDIS | Network Device Interface Specification | |
NDS | Netware Directory Service | NDS | Novell Directory Service | |
NetBEUI | NetBIOS Extended User Interface | NETBIOS | Network Basic Input/Outputs System | |
NFS | Network File System | NGIO | Next Generation Input / Output | |
NIC | Network Interface Card | NIT | Network Information Table | |
NIU | Network Interface Unit | NNI | Network Node Interface | |
NOS | Network Operating System | NPI | Network Printer Interface | |
NT | New Technology | NTDS | Windows NT Directory Service | |
NTFS | New Technology File System | NTLM | Windows New Technology LAN Manager | |
NTP | Network Time Protocol | NTS/E | Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition | |
OCX | OLE Control eXtensions (MS) | ODAPI | Open Database Application Programming Interface | |
ODB | Object-oriented Database | ODBC | Open Database Connectivity | |
ODI | Open Datalink Interface | ODSI | Open Directory Services Interface | |
OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer | ODA | Open Document Architecture | |
OEX | OLE System Control | OHCI | Open Host Controller Interface | |
OLE | Object Linking & Embedding | OMAP | Open Multimedia Application Platform | |
OMT | Object Modelling Technique | OOA | object-oriented analysis | |
OOAD | Object-oriented Analysis And Design | OOD | Object-oriented Design | |
OODB | Object-oriented Database | OOP | Object-oriented Programming | |
OS | Operating System | OSA | Open Scripting Architecture | |
OSF | Open Software Foundation | OSI | Open System Interface | |
OSI | Open Systems Interconnection | PABX | Private Automatic Branch eXchange | |
PAC | Privilege Attribute Certificate (DCE) | PC | Personal Computer | |
PC-DOS | Personal Computer-Disk Operating System | PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect | |
PCI PM | PCI Power Management [specification] | PCIC | PC Card I/O Cards | |
PCP | Printer Control Protocol | PDA | Personal Digital Assistant | |
PDC | primary domain controller | Portable Document File | ||
PDK | Peripheral Developers Kit (MS) | PDL | Page Description Language | |
PDO | Physical Device Object | PIC | Programmable Interrupt Controller | |
PIC MIcro | Peripheral Interface Controller Microcontroller | PID | Process Identifier | |
PIF | Program Information File | PIO | Programmed Input/Output | |
PIT | Programmable Interrupt Timer | PKT | Partition Knowledge Table | |
PLI | Programming Language Interface | PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol | |
PPTP | Point-to Point Tunneling Protocol | PS/2 | Personal System/2 | |
PVC | Permanent Virtual Circuit | PVM | Parallel Virtual Machine | |
PVP | Packet Video Protocol | QRSL | Quad Rambus Signal Level | |
QVGA | Quarter Video Graphic Array | RAID | Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks | |
RAW | Read and Write | RDA | Remote Database Access | |
RFID | Radio Frequency Identification | RIFF | Resource Interchange File Format | |
RIMM | Rambus Inline Memory Module | RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer | |
RPC | Remote Procedure Call | RSX | Realistic Sound eXperience (Intel, audio) | |
RT | Remote Terminal | RT | Real-Time | |
RTC | Real-Time Clock | RTF | Rich Text Format | |
RTOS | Real Time Operating System | RTS | Request To Send | |
RWS | Remote WinSock (Windows, TCP/IP) | S/PDIF | Sony Philips Digital Interface | |
S/W | Software | SA | Structured Analysis | |
SAA | Systems Application Architecture | SAM | SCSI-3 Architecture Model | |
SAP | Service Advertising Protocol (protocol) | SAP | Service Access Point (networking) | |
SBP | Serial Bus Protocol | SCAM | SCSI Configured AutoMatically (SCSI) | |
SCID | Service Channel ID | SCM | Software Configuration Management | |
SCP | System Control Program (OS) | SCSI | Small Computer System Interface | |
SD | Structured Design | SD | Shared Disk | |
SDK | Software Developer’s Kit | SDLC | Synchronous Data Link Control | |
SDP | Service Discovery Protocol | SDU | Service Data Unit | |
SETP | Stream Environment Transport Protocol | SIPC | Simply Interactive Personal Computer | |
SIR | Serial Infrared | SMART | Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology | |
SMB | System Management Bus | SMI | System Management Interrupt | |
SNA | Systems Network Architecture | SPI | Serial Peripheral Interface | |
SPID | Service Profile Identifier | SPS | Shock Protection System | |
SPX | Sequenced Packet Exchange | SQL | Structured Query Language | |
SSA | Serial Storage Architecture | SSI | Small Scale Integration | |
SSI | Server-Side Include | SSL | Secure Socket Layer | |
SSP | Serial Storage Protocol | STD | Suspend To Disk (BIOS, ACPI) | |
SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics | SVGA | Super Video Graphics Array | |
SVID | System Vendor Interface Definition (IDentification) | SXGA | Super Extended Graphic Array | |
SXVGA | Super Extended Video Graphics Array | TD-CDMA | Time Division-Code Division Multiple Access | |
TDI | Transport Driver Interface | TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol | |
TIFF | Tagged Image File Format | TLD | Top Level DOMAIN (Internet, ICANN) | |
TMDS | Transmission Minimized Digital Signal | TREC | Texture and Rendering Engine Compression | |
TSR | Terminate and Stay Resident | TWAIN | Technology Without An Important Name | |
TXD | Transmission Data | UAS | User Account System | |
UDP | User Datagram Protocol (Internet) | UFS | Unix File System (Unix) | |
UHCI | Universal Host Controller Interface | UI | User Interface | |
UIMS | User Interface Management System | ULP | Upper Layer Protocols | |
UML | Unified Modeling Language | UNC | Universal Naming Convention | |
UNI | User Network Interface | UPC | Usage Parameter Control | |
UPS | Unix Print Services (Unix) | UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply | |
URB | USB Request Block (USB) | URL | Uniform Resource Locator | |
USB | Universal Serial Bus | VAFC | VESA Advanced Feature Connector | |
VB | Visual Basic | VBA | Visual BASIC for Applications | |
VBE | Visual BASIC Editor (MS, VB) | VBE | VESA BIOS Extension | |
VBX | Visual Basic Extension | VC | Virtual Channel | |
VCD | Video Compact Disk | VDD | Virtual Device Driver | |
VDIF | Video display Information Format | VDM | Virtual DOS Machine | |
VDM | Virtual Device Manager | VDMA | Virtual Direct Memory Access | |
VDMAD | Virtual Direct Memory Access Device | VESA | Video Electronics Standard Association | |
VFS | Virtual File System | VGA | Video Graphics Array | |
VHDL | VHSIC Hardware Description Language | VIP | Video Information Provider | |
VM | Virtual Machine | VMS | Virtual Memory System | |
VMTP | Versatile Message Transaction Protocol | VOD | Video On Demand | |
VPE | Video Port Extension | VPI | Virtual Path Identifier | |
VpicD | Virtual Programmable Interrupt Controller Device (PIC) | VRML | Virtual Reality Modeling Language | |
VSAM | Virtual Storage Access Method | VSD | Vendor Specific Driver | |
VUDA | VESA Unified Graphics Architecture | VUMA | VESA Unified Memory Architecture | |
VVIDD | VESA Video Interface for Digital Display | VxD | Virtual Device Driver | |
VXI | VMEbus Extension for Instrumentation | WAIS | Wide Area Information Server | |
WDL | Windows Driver Library | WDM | Windows / Win32 Driver Model | |
WDS | Wireless Distribution System (Joint Common Database) | WDS | Windows Deployment Services (Microsoft) | |
WDMCSA | Windows Driver Model Connection and Streaming Architecture | WHIIG | Windows Hardware Instrumentation Implementation Guideline | |
WHQL | Windows Hardware Quality Laboratory | WIA | Windows Image Acquisition | |
WINS | Windows Internet Naming Service | WinSock | Windows Sockets | |
WLL | Wireless Local Loop | WMA | Windows Media Audio | |
WMF | Windows Meta-File | WMI | Windows Management Instrumentation / Interface (MS, Windows, WMI, CIM) | |
WORM | Write-Once Read-Many | WOSA | Windows Open System Architecture (MS) | |
WPS | Windows Printing System | WRAM | Windows Random Access Memory | |
WS | Workstation | WSH | Windows Scripting Host | |
WSP | WinSock Proxy | WSS | Windows Sound System | |
XCOFF | eXtended Common Object File Format (Unix) | XGA | eXtended Graphics Array | |
XHTML | eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language | XMS | eXtended Multiprocessor operating System (OS) | |
XMS | Extended Memory Specification | ZAK | Zero Administration Kit (Microsoft) | |
ZAW | Zero Administration for Windows | ZTAT | Zero Turnaround Time (Hitachi) |