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Computer
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B
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A-D Analog to
Digital
AA Author's Alteration
AA Auto Answer
AAL5 ATM
Adaption Layer 5
ABEND Abnormal End
ABI Application Binary
Interface
ABR Available Bit Rate
AC97 Audio Codec 97
ACB
Access method Control Block
ACDS Active Control Data Set
ACE
Asynchronous Communications Element
ACF Advanced Communication
Facility
ACIA Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter
ACK
Acknowledge
ACS Asynchronous Connection Server
ACS Automatic Class
Selection
ACSE Application Control Service Element
ACT Application
Control Table
ACU Automatic Calling Unit
ADC Analog Digital
Converter
ADDMD Administrative Directory Management Domain
ADMD
Administrative Management Domain
ADO ActiveX Data Object
ADSL
Asymetric Digital Subscriber Line
AEA Activity End Acknowledge
AEI
Application Entity Invocation
AF Application Framework
AFP
Advanced Function Printing
AGP Accellerated Graphics Port
AGS
Advanced Graphics System
AI Artificial Intelligence
AIU
Application Interface Unit
AIX Advanced Interactive eXecutive
AIX
Alternate IndeX
ALGOL ALGOrithmic Language
ALS Application Layer
Structure
ALS Automatic Line Switching
ALT Application Load Table
ALU Arithmetic and Logic Unit
AM Access Method
AMH Automated
Material Handling
AMI Alternate Mark Inversion
AMIS Audio
Messaging Interchange Specification
AMR Audio Modem Riser
AMS
Access Method Services
ANR Automatic Network Routing
ANS Advanced
Network Services
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AOCE
Apple Open Collaboration Environment
AOW Asian and Oceanic Workshop
for open systems
AP Access Point
AP Automation Protocol
APA
All Points Addressable
APDU Application Protocol Data Unit
API
Application Programming Interface
APIA API Association
APL A
Programming Language
APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetwork(ing)
APPN Advanced
Peer-to-Peer Network(ing)
APS Advanced Production System
AR
Attention Routine
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA Advanced
Research Projects Agency
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency
Network
ARU Audio Response Unit
AS Activity Start
AS
Autonomous System
ASC Accredited Standards Committee
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASE Application
Service Element
ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASN
Abstract Syntax Notation
ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One
ASO
Application Service Object
ASR Automatic Speech Recognition
ASTs
Asynchronous System Traps
AT Advanced Technology
ATM Adobe Type
Manager
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM Automatic Teller
Machine
ATMP Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol
ATSF Alert
Transport Service Facility
AU Access Unit
AVR Automatic Volume
Recognition
AWG American Wire Gauge
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D
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D/A Digital/Analog
DA Desk Accessory
DAC
Digital Analog Converter
DAC Dual Attachment Concentrator
DAI Distributed Artificial Intelligence
DAM Direct Access
Method
DAP Directory Access Protocol
DAP Document
Application Profile
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency
DAS Dual Attachment Station
DASD Direct Access
Storage Device
DAT Digital Audio Tape
DAT Dynamic Address
Translation
DB Database
DBCS Double Byte Character Set
DBMS DataBase Management System
DBRT Directed Beam Refresh
Terminal
DC Data Cartridge
DC Data Communication
DCA
Document Content Architecture
DCAF Distributed Console Access
Facility
DCB Data Control Block
DCB Disk Coprocessor Board
DCC Diskette Controller Chip
DCE Data Circuit terminating
Equipment
DCE Data Communications Equipment
DCE Distributed
Computing Environment
DCI Display Control Interface
DCL
Digital Command Language
DCS Desktop Color Separation
DCT
Destination Control Table
DCT Discrete Cosine Transform
DD
Data Definition
DDCMP Digital Data Communications Message
Protocol
DDCS Distributed Database Connecion Services/2
DDE
Dynamic Data Exchange
DDES Digital Data Exchange Specifications
DDI Device Driver Interface
DDK Driver Development Kit
DDL Data Definition Language
DDL Document Description
Language
DDM Distributed Data Management
DDN Defense Data
Network
DDP Distributed Data Processing
DDRM Device driver
interface/Driver kernel interface
Reference Manual
DDS
Dataphone Digital Service
DDS Decision Support System
DECT Digital European Cordless Telephone
DECUS Digital
Equipment Computer Users Society
DEL Delete
DES Data
Encryption Standard
DF Direction Flag
DFC Distributed
Coordination Function
DFDSS Data Facility Data Set Services
DFHSM Data Facility Hierarchical Storage Manager
DFP Data
Facility Product
DFR Document Filing and Retrival
DFS
Distributed File System
DFSMS Data Facility Storage Management
Subsystem
DFSORT Data Facility Sort
DFT Distributed Function
Terminal
DFWMAC Distributed Foundation Wireless Media Access
Control
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIA
Document Interchange Architecture
DIB Data Input Bus
DIB
Device Independent Bitmap
DIFS Distributed coordination function
InterFrame Space
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
DIP Dual
Inline Package
DIS Draft International Standard
DISSOS
Distributed Office Support System
DIT Directory Information Tree
DKI Driver Kernel Interface
DL Data Length
DL Directory
Listing
DL/1 Data Language 1
DLBL Disk Label
DLCI Data
Linc Connection Identifier
DLE Data Link Escape
DLL Dynamic
Link Library
DLS Device Level Selection
DLSE Device Level
Selection Enhanced
DLSw Data Link Switching
DLUR Dependent
LU Requester
DLUR/S Dependent LU Requester / Server
DLUS
Dependent LU Server
DMA Direct Memory Access
DMCI Direct
Memory Communications Interface
DMD Directory Management Domain
DMI Digital Multiplexed Interface
DML Data(base)
Manipulation Language
DMNL Direct Multi Network Link
DMP Dot
Matrix Printer
DN Distinguished Name
DNA Digital Network
Architecture
DNS Domain Name Service
DOC Display Operator
Console
DOE Distributed Objects Everywhere
DOMF Distributed
Object Management Facility
DOS Declaration Of Support
DOS
Disk Operating System
DOS/VS Disk Operating System / Virtual
Storage
DOS/VSE Disk Operating System / Virtual Storage Extended
DP Data Processing
DP Draft Proposal
DPA Document
Printing Application
DPF Data Private Facility
DPI Dots Per
Inch
DPL Descriptor Privilege Level
DPMS Display Power
Management Signaling
DPS Dynamic Path Selection
DQDB
Distributed Queue Dual Bus
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRQ Data ReQuest
DS Digit Select
DS Directory System
DSA Directory System Agent
DSA Distributed Systems
Architecture
DSA Dynamic Storage Area
DSF Device Support
Facility
DSL Direct Swift Link
DSN DataSetName
DSN
Distributed Systems Network
DSNL Direct Swift Network Link
DSOM Distributed System Object Model
DSP Digital Signal
Processor
DSP Directory System Protocol
DSR Data Set Ready
DSSI Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
DSU Data Service
Unit
DTAM Document Transfer, Access and Manipulation
DTD
Document Type Definition
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DTI
Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
DTP DeskTop Publishing
DTR Data Terminal Ready
DU Data Unit
DUA Directory User
Agent
DUN Dispatch Unit Number
DVI Digital Video Interface
DVST Direct View Bistable Storage
DXI Data eXchange
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E1 2,048 Mbps
E3 34 Mbps
EARN European
Academic and Research Network
EB Error Bell
EB ExaByte
(1,152,921,504,606846,976 bytes)
EBAM Electronic
Beam-Addressable Memory
EBCD Extended Binary Coded Decimal
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
ECC
Error Checking and Correction
ECC Error Correction Code
ECE
Economic Commission for Europe
ECF Enhanced Connectivity
Facility
ECITC European Committee fo IT Testing and
Certification
ECKD Extended Count-Key Data
ECMA European
Computer Manufacturers Association
ECTUA European Counsil for
Telecommunications Users Association
EDC Enterprise Database
Connectivity
EDF Execution Diagnostic Facility
EDG
Electronic Dot Generation
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EDICON EDI Community for the Construction Industry (UK)
EDIF
Electronic Design Interchange Format
EDIFACT Electronic Data
Interchange For Administration, Commerce and
Transport
EDIM
Electronic Data Interchange Message
EDIMS EDI Messaging System
EDM Engineering Data Management
EDP Electronic Data
Processing
EDR Early Device Release
EEMA European Electronic
Mail Association
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
EGA Enhanced
Graphics Adapter
EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol
EHLLAPI
Emulator High Level Language Applications Programming Interface
EIB Execute Interface Block
EIP Execute Interface Program
EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EIT Encoding
Information Type
EIUF European ISDN User Forum
ELAN European
LAN
ELAN Extended LAN
ELAN Emulated LAN
EM End of Medium
EMA Enterprise Management Architecture
EMS Expanded Memory
Specification
EMUG European MAP Users Group
EN European
Norme
ENE Enterprise Network Event
ENP Enable Presentation
ENQ Enquiry
EO Eight Ones
EOB End of Block
EOC End
of Cylinder
EOF End of File
EOJ End of Job
EOP End of
Procedure
EOT End of Transmission
EOV End of Volume
EP
Emulation Program
EPDE Electronic Product Data Exchange
EPOW
Emergency Power Off Warning
EPROM Eraseable Programable Read
Only Memory
EPS Encapsulated PostScript
EPSF Encapsulated
PostScript Format
ER Entity Relationship
ERDS Error
Recording Data Set
EREP Environmental Record Editing and
Printing program
ES Errored Second
ESA Extended Service Area
ESC Escape
ESCON Enterprise System Connection Architecture
ESD Electronic Software Distribution
ESD External Symbol
Dictionary
ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESDS Entry
Sequenced Data Set
ESF Extended SuperFrame
ESPRIT European
Strategic Programme for Research and development in
Information
Technology
ESQA Extended System Queue Area
ETB End of
Transmission Block
ETCOM European Testing and Certification for
Office and
Manufacturing protocols
ETS European
Telecommunication Standard
ETSI European Telecommunication
Standards Institute
ETX End of Text
EUnet European Unix
Network
EUUG European Unix User Group
EVI EVent Information
EWOS European Workshop for Open Systems
EXCP EXecute Channel
Program
EZ Excessive Zeros |
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I-Net Intranet
I/O Input/Output
I/O
Input/Output
IA5 International Alphabet Five
IAB Internet
Activities Board
IC Integrated Circuit
ICEM Integrated
Computer Engineering and Manufacturing
ICMP Internet Control
Message Protocol
ID Identifier
IDA Indirect Data Addressing
IDA Intelligent Drive Array
IDE Integrated Drive Electronics
IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDL Interfacce
Definition Language
IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table
IEC
InterExchange Carrier
IEEE Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IF
Interrupt Flag
IFF Interchange File Format
IFIP
International Federation of Information Processing
IFS
Interchange File Separator
IFS InterFrame Space
IGES Initial
Graphics Exchange Specification
IGMP Internet Group Membership
Protocol
IGS Interchange Group Separator
II Interactive
Interface
IISP Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol
IKT
Informatione- und Kommunikationstechnik
ILC InterLanguage
Communication
IML Initial Microcode Load
IMPL Initial
Microprogram Load
IMR Interrupt Mask Registers
IMS
Information Management System
IMS/VS Information Management
System / Virtual Storage
INP Inhibit Presentation
INT
INTerrupt
IOC ISDN Ordering Code
IOCP Input/Output
Configuration Program
IOCS Input/Output Control System
IOGEN
Input/Output device GENeration
IOPL Input/Output Privilege Level
IOS Input/Output Supervisor
IP Internet Protocol
IPL
Initial Program Load
IPM InterPersonal Message
IPSE
Integrated Project Support Environment
IPX Internet Packet
Exchange
IR Index Return
IRC Internet Relay Chat
IRDS
Information Resource Dictionary System
IRQ Interrupt ReQuest
IRS Interchange Recors Separator
IS Information System
IS Intermediate System
IS International Standard
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture
ISAM Indexed Sequential Access
Method
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISFMS
Indexed Sequential File Management System
ISMF Interactive
Storage Management Facility
ISO International Standardization
Organisation
ISO IEC ISO International Electrotechnical Commitee
ISODE ISO Development Environment
ISP Internet Service
Provider
ISPF Interactive System Produvtivity Facility
ISPF/PDF ISPF Program Development Facility
ISR Information
Storage and Retrieval
ISR Intermediate Session Routing
ISSE
Intel SIMD Sreaming Extension
ISV Independent Software Vendor
IT Indent Tab
ITB Intermediate Transmission Block
ITLD
International Top-Level Domain
ITRC Information Technology
Requirements Council
ITU International Comunication Union (ehem.
CCITT)
ITV Interactive TeleVision
IUS Interchange Unit
Separator
IWS Intelligent WorkStation |
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MAC Media Access Control
MAN Metropolitan Area
Network
MAP Maintenance Analysis Procedure
MAP Manufacturing
Automation Protocol
MAPI Messaging Applications Programming
Interface
MB MegaByte (1,048,576 bytes)
MBCS Multiple Byte
Character Set
MBONE Multicast Backbone
MBPS MegaBits Per
Second
MCA Micro Channel Architecture
MCBF Mean Cycles
Between Failures
MCCOI Multimedia Communications Community of
Interest
MCGA MultiColour Graphics Array
MCI Media Control
Interface
MD Management Domain
MD5 Message Digest 5
MDA
Monochrome Display Adapter
MEB Memory Expansion Board
MFA
Modify Field Attribute
MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes
MFKS
Multifunktionales Konferenzsystem
MFLOPS Million Floating-Point
Operations Per Second
MFM Modified Frequency Modulation
MFV
Multi File Volume
MFWS MultiFunction WorkStation
MGA
Monochrome Graphic Adapter
MH Mobile Host
MHS Message
Handling System
MI Multiple Inheritance
MIB Management
Information Database
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Reader
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIME Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions
MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second
MISC Minimum Instruction Set Computer -> CISC, RISC
MLPPP
MultiLink PPP
MMDF Multi-Channel Memorandum Distribution
Facility
MMDS Multi-Megabit Data Services
MMFS Manufacturing
Manage Format Standard
MMX Multi Media eXtensions
MNP
Microcom Network Protocol
MODEM MOdulator/DEModulator
MOPS
Mega Operations per second
MOTIS Message-Oriented Text
Interchange Systems
MP Multiprocessing
MPC Multimedia PC
MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group
MPOA MultiProtocol Over
Asynchronous transfer mode
MPSD MultiPath Storage Director
MPX multiplex
MS Message Store
MS-DOS Microsoft Disk
Operating System
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area
MSD Most
Significant Digit
MSG Message
MSM MultiSession Monitor
MSW Machine Status Word
MTA Message Transfer Agent
MTBF
MeanTime Between Failures
MTDA Mean Time Data Availability
MTS Message Transfer System
MUD Multi-User Dungeon
MULTICS MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service
MUMPS
Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programmings System
MUMPS Multi-User Multi-ProgrammingSystem
MVS Multiple
Virtual System
MVS/ESA Multiple Virtual System / Extended System
Architecture
MVS/XA Multiple Virtual System / Extended
Architecture
MVSCP MVS Configuration Program |
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PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAD
Packet Assembly Disassembly
PAL Phase Alternating Line
PAL
Programmable Array Logic
PAM Partitioned Access Method
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
PB PetaByte
(1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes)
PBX Private Branch Exchange
PC
Personal Computer
PC Personal Computing
PC Program Control
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PCB Program Control Block
PCI
Peripheral Component Interface
PCI Program Controlled
Interuption
PCIL Private Core Image Library
PCL Printer
Control Language
PCM Plug Compatible Manufacturers
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCN
Personal Communication Network
PCP Program Control Program
PCS Personal Communication Services
PCT Private
Communication Technology
PCT Program Control Table
PD Public
Domain
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDAD Proposed Draft
Addendum
PDAU Physical Data Access Unit
PDF Program
Development Facility
PDL Page Description Language
PDO
Portable Distributed Objects
PDS Partitioned Data Set
PDS
Premise Distribution System
PDS Processor Direct Slot
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
PDX Printer Description Extension
PE
Printer's error
PE Protection Enabled
PEARL Processor and
Experiment Automation Realtime Language
PEM Privacy Enhanced
Mail
PEP Partitioned Emulation Program
PER Program Event
Recording
PERL Practical Extraction and Report language
PF
Parity Flag
PFK Program Function Key(board)
PFM Printer Font
Metric
PGA Professional graphics adapter
PGP Pretty Good
Privacy
PIB Program Information Block
PID Process ID
PIFS Point InterFrame Space
PIM Personal Information
Management
PIN Personal Identification Number
PIOCS Physical
Input/Output Control System
PL Procedure Library
PL/1
Programming Language 1
PLI Programming Language 1
PLPA
Pageable Link Pack Area
PLT Program List Table
PLU Primary
Logical Unit
PMMU Paged memory management unit
PMS Pantone
Matching System
PMS Project Management System
PMT
Photomechanical Transfer (photostat)
PMT Photomultiplier Tube
PNNI Private Network-to-Network Interface
POC
Program-Operator Communication
POP Point Of Presence
POP
Post Office Protocol
POSIX Portable Operating System Interface
for UNIX
POTS Plain Old Telephone System
POWER Priority
Output Writer, Execution processors and input Readers
PP
Presentation Position
PPD PostScript Printer Description
PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPM Pages Per Minute
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
PPT Processing Program Table
PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PPV Pay Per View
PRDMD
Private Directory Management Domain
PRL Private Relocatable
Library
PRMD Private Management Domain
PROM Programable Read
Only Memory
PSB Program Specification Block
PSDN Packet
Swiched Data Network
PSRAM Pseudo SRAM
PSSL Private Source
Statement Library
PSTN Public Swiched Telephone Network
PSW
Program Status Word
PTF Program Temporary Fix
PTR PoinTeR
PU Physical Unit
PUB Physical Unit Block
PVC Permanent
Virtual Circuit
PVP Packet Video Processor
PWB Printed Wire
Board
PWS Programmable WorkStation |
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T1 1.544 Mbit/s
T3 45 Mbit/s
TARGA
Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter
TB TeraByte
(1,099,511,627,776 bytes)
TC Terminal Control
TCA Task
Control Area
TCAM Telecommunications Access Method
TCB Task
Control Block
TCL Tool Command Language
TCM Thermal
Conduction Module
TCO Triple Capacity Option
TCP Terminal
Control Program
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol
TCT Terminal Control Table
TCTTE Terminal Control
Table Terminal Entry
TCU Transmission Control Unit
TD
Transient Data
TDIA Transient Data Input Area
TDM
Time-Division Multiplexing
TDOA Transient Data Output Area
TDP Transient Data Program
TEO Technical Electronic Office
TF Trap Flag
TIC Technical Integrity Check
TIFF Tagged
Image File Format
TIOA Terminal Input/Output Area
TLB
Translation Lookaside Buffer
TLBL Tape Label
TMO
Thermo-Magneto-Optic technology
TNEF Transport-Neutral
Encapsulation Format
TOC Table Of Contents
TOP Technical
Office Protocol
TPDU Transport Protocol Data Unit
TPF
Transaction Processing Facility
TPI Tracks Per Inch
TPM
Third-Party Maintenance
TPS Transactions Per Second
TRN
Transparent
TS Telecommunication System
TS Temporary Storage
TSIOA Temporary Storage Input/Output Area
TSO Time Sharing
Option
TSP Temporary Storage Program
TSR Terminate and Stay
Resident
TTA Teletex Attachment (Teletexzusatz)
TTL
Transistor Transistor Logic
TTR Track Record
TTY TeleTYpe
TWA Transaction Work Area
TWA Two-Way Alternate
TWS
Two-Way Simultaneous
TX Telex
TXT Text |
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UA User Agent
UAE Unrecoverable Application
error
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UBR
Undefined Bit Rate
UBS Unit Backspace
UCB Unit Control Block
UCR Undercolor removal
UCS Universal Character Set
UCSB
Universal Character Set Buffer
UCW Unit Control Word
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UI User Interface
UID User ID
UMB
Upper Memory Block
UNC Universal Naming Convention
UNC
Universal Network Convention
UPC Universal Product Code
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
UPSI User Program Switch Indicator
UR Unit Record
URL Uniform Resource Locator
US Unit
Separator
USART Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter
USENET USEr NETwork
USM UnSharp Masking
USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USV
Unterbrechungsfreie StromVersorgung
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair
UUCP Unix-to-Unix Copy Program |
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W3 World Wide Web
W4WG Windows for Workgroups
WABI Windows Application Binary Interface
WAIS Wide Area
Information Service
WAN Wide Area Network
WATM Wireless ATM
WATS Wide Area Telecommunications Service
WHAT Wireless
Hybrid Asynchronous Time-bounded
WIMP Windows, Icons, Mice and
Pointers
WINS Windows Internet Name Service
WMAC Wireless
Media Access Control
WMF Windows metafile
WORM Write Once,
Read Many times
WOSA Windows Open Services/Systems Architecture
WRED Wrong Reading Emulsion Down
WREU Wrong Reading Emulsion
Up
WS WorkStation
WTO Write To Operator
WUS Word
Underscore
WWW World Wide Web
WXTRN Weak External Reference
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Ge |
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XA EXtended Architecture
XIP Execute In Place
XLT Transaction List Table
XMS Extended Memory Specification
XT eXtended Technology |
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Y
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Y2K Year 2000
YIQ (color components in NTSC
color space)
YUV (color components in SECAM and PAL color
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ZBR Zero Bug Release
ZD Zero Defects
ZF
Zero Flag
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B8ZS Binary Eight
Zero Substitution
BABT British Approvals Board for Telecommunications
BAL Business Application Language
BAM Basic Access Methods
BAS
Basic Activity Subset
BASH Bourne-Again SHell
BASIC Beginners
All-Purpose Symbolic Instruktion Code
BBS Bulletin Board System
BCC Block Check Character
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BCF Bridge
Control Facility
BCPL Basic Combined Programming Language
BCS
Basic Catalog Structure
BCS Basic Combined Subset
BDAM Basic
Direct Access Method
BDR Basic Density Range
BEL Bell
BER Bit
Error Rate
BES Bursty Errored Seconds
BG BackGround
BHT Branch
History Table
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
BIS Business
Information System
BISYNC Binary Synchronous Communication
BIT
Binary Digit
BITNIC Bitnet Network Information Center
BLOB Binary
Large Object
BMIC Bus Master Interface Controller
BMP BitMaP
BMS Basic Mapping Support
BNN Boundary Network Node
BOC Bell
Operating Companies
BOT Begin Of Tape
BP Base Pointer
BPAM
Basic Partitioned Access Method
BPI Bytes Per Inch
BPS Bites Per
Second
BRA Basic Rate Access
BRI Basic Rate Interface
BS
Backspace / British Standard
BSA Basic Service Area
BSAM Basic
Sequential Access Method
BSC Binary Synchronous Communication
BSD
Berkeley Software Distribution
BSDS BootStrap Data Set
BSI British
Standards Institute
BSS Basic Synchronous Subset
BTAC Branch
Target Address Cache
BTAM Basic Teleprocessing Access Method
BTA-ES Basic Teleprocessing Access Method - Extended Storage
BYP
Bypass
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CA Collision Avoidance
CA... Computer Aided ...
CAA Computer Aided Architecture
CAD Computer Aided Design
CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting
CADIS Computer Aided
Design Interactive System
CAE Common Application Environment
CAE Computer Assisted Education, Computer Aided Engineering =
CAD +
CAP + CAQ
CAH Computer Aided Handling
CAI
Computer Aided Instruction = CIM + CAO
CAISE Computer Aided
Integrated Software Engineering
CALS Computer Aided Acquisition
and Logistic Support
CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing / Content
Adressable Memory
CAMAC Computer Automated MeAsurement Control
CAN Cancel
CAO Computer Aided Office
CAP Computer Aided
Planning / Computer Aided Publishing
CAPP Computer Aided
Production Planning
CAPPC Computer Aided Production Planning and
Control
CAPSC Computer Aided Production Scheduling and Control
CAQ Computer Aided Quality Assurance
CAR Computer Aided
Roboting
CAR Computer Assisted Radiology
CAS Computer Aided
Selling
CASE Common Application Service Elements
CASE
Computer Aided Software-Engineering
CAT Computer Aided Testing
CATV CAble TeleVision
CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data
Service
CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers'
Association
CBR Constant Bit Rate
CBT Computer Based
Training
CCD Charge-Coupled Device
CCETT Centre Commun
d'Etudes de Telediffusion et Telecommunications
CCIR
International Radio Consultative Committee
CCITT Comite
Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique
CCR
Committment, Concurrency and Recovery
CCS Common Communication
Support
CCTA Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency
CCU Communication Control Unit
CCW Channel Command Word
CD Collision Detection
CD Compact Disk
CDB Command
Descriptor Block
CDC Century Date Change
CDDA Compact Disk -
Digital Audio
CDDI Copper Data Distribution Interface
CDE
Common Desktop Environment
CDG Compact Disk - Graphic
CDI
Compact Disk Interactive
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDR Copy Density Range
CDROM Compact Disk ROM
CDTV Commodore Total Vision
CDXA
Copmact Disk eXtended Architecture
CEC Commission of European
Communities
CEFIC Conseil Européen des Federations de
l'Industrie Chimique
CELP Code Excited Linear Prediction
CEN
Comité Européen de Normalisation
CENELEC Comité Européen de
Normalisation Electrotechnique
CEO Comprehensive Electronic
Office
CEPT Conference Européenne des Administrations des Postes
et
des Telecommunications
CERN Conseil Européen pour la
Recherche Nucléaire
CF Call Forwarding
CF Carry Flag
CF
Control Function
CFV Call For Votes
CGA Colour Graphics
Adapter
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CGI Computer Graphics
Interface
CGM Computer Graphics Metafile
CHAP
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHL-I CHanneL
Interface
CHPID CHannel Path IDentifier
CI Computer
Interconnect
CI Control Interval
CIAM Computer Integrated
and Automated Manufacturing
CIB Computer Integrated Business
CICS Customer Information Control System
CID Configuration,
Installation and Distribution
CIF Cells In Frames
CIF Common
Intermediate Format
CIF Computer Integrated Factory = CIO + CIM
CIM Computer Input by Microfilm
CIM Computer Integrated
Manufacturing = PPS + CAE + CAM
CIO Computer Integrated Office
CIR Committed Information Rate
CIS Card Information
Structure
CISC Complex (Complete) Instruction Set Computer
CIT Computer Integrated Telephony
CIV Conversation Verb
Interface
CKD Count Key Data
CL Core Image Library
CL
Connectionless
CLI Call Level Interface
CLIM
Compaq/Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
CLNS Connectionless Network Service
CM/2 Communication Manager / 2
CMC Communication Management
Configuration
CMEA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
CMIP Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS Common
Management Information Service
CMOS Cellular Management
Operation System
CMOS Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMOT Common Management Information Protocol (CMOT) Over TCP/IP
CMR Communications Resource Manager
CMS Conversational
Monitor System
CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
CN
Corporate Network
CNC Computerized Numerical Control
CNLP
Connectionless Network Protocol
CNM Communication Network
Management
CNMA Communication Network for Manufacturing
Applications
CNR Carrier-to-Noise-Ratio
COBOL COmmon
Business Oriented Language
COCOM Coordinating Comittee on
Multilateral Export Controls
CODASYL COnference on DAta SYstems
Languages
Codec Coder/Decoder
COFF Common Object File Format
COM Common Object Model
COM Computer Output on Microfilm
COMAL COMmon Algorithmic Language
COMREG Communication
Region
CONS Connection-Oriented Network Service
CORBA Common
Object Request Broker Architecture
COS Corporation for Open
Systems
COSE Common Open Software Environment
COSINE
Cooperation for OSI Networking in Europe
COSS Cross Operating
System Service
CP Control Program
CP-SVR Control Point to
Server
CP/M Control Program/Monitor (for Microcomputer)
CPE
Customer Premises Equipment
CPI Characters Per Inch
CPI
Common Programming Interface
CPI Computer to PABX Interface
CPIC Common Programming Interface for Communications
CPL
Current Privilege Level
CPR Computerized Patient Record
CPS
Characters Per Second
CPU Central Processing Unit
CR
Carriage Return
CR Communication Region
CRC Cyclic
Redundancy Check
CRJE Conversational Remote Job Entry
CRS
Computer Reservation System
CRS Configuration Report Server
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CS Communications Server
CSA Common
System Area
CSC Cross System Consistency
CSDN Circuit
Switched Data Network
CSECT Control Section
CSI Consolidated
Software Inventory
CSLIP Compressed SLIP
CSMA/CA Carrier
Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD Carrier
Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
CSP Control
Sequence Prefix
CSP Cross System Product
CSPDN Circuit
Switched Public Data Network
CST Computer Supported Telephony
CSU Channel Service Unit
CSU/DSU Channel Service Unit / Data
Service Unit
CT Continuous Tone
CT2T Continuous Tone To Tape
CTC Channel To Channel
CTC CICS To CICS
CTS Clear To
Send
CTS Conformance Test System
CTS-WAN Conformance Testing
Services for WAN
CU Control Unit
CUA Common User Access
CUT Control Unit Terminal
CVOL Control VOLume
CWS
Coalition for Working Systems |
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F
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F/STP Foil STP
FA Foreign Agent
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FAST Federation Against Software
Theft
FAT File Allocation Table
FBA Fix Block Architecture
FBA Fixed Blocked ANSI-defined printer control characters
FBM Fix Block Modus
FC File Control
FCB Format Control
Buffer
FCP File Control Program
FCS Frame-Check Sequence
FCT File Control Table
FDD Fixed Disk Drive
FDDI Fiber
Distributed Data Interface
FEAL Fast Data Encipherment Algorithm
FEP Front-End Processor
FF Formfeed
FH Frame Handler
FIFO First In, First Out
FIPS Federal Information Processing
Standard
FLOPS Floating-point operations per second
FMLI
Forms and Menu Language Interpreter
FOB Form Overlay Buffer
FOND Font family descriptor
FORTRAN FORmula TRANslator
FPU Floating Point Unit
FRAD Frame Relay Access Device
FROM Factory ROM
FRU Field Replaceable Unit
FS Field
Separator
FS File Separator
FSB Front Side Bus
FSF Free
Software Foundation
FSK Frequency Shift Keying
FT Fault
Tolerant
FTAM File Transfer and Access Method
FTP File
Transfer Protocol
FTP Foil Twisted Pair
FTTC Fibre To The
Curb
FTTH Fibre To The Home
FTTP Fibre To The Building
FUP Funktionsplan |
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G
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GAL Global Address List
GATF Graphic Arts
Technical Foundation
GB GigaByte (1,073,741,824 bytes)
GCR
Group Coded Recording
GDG Generation Data Group
GDS Global
Directory Service
GDT Global Descriptor Table
GDTR Global
Descriptor Table Register
GE Graphic Escape
GETVIS GET
VIrtual Storage
GID Group ID
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GIS Generalized Information System
GIX Global Internet
Exchange
GKS Graphical Kernel System
GML Generalized Markup
Language
GOSIP Government OSI Profile
GP General Protection
GPIB General-Purpose Interface Bus
GRS Global Resource
Serialization
GS Group Separator
GTF Generalized Trace
Facility
GUI Graphical User Interface
GUIP Graphical User
Interface for Blind people
GUUG German Unix User Group |
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H
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H&J Hyphenation and Justification
HA Home
Address
HA Host Agent
HADA High Availability Disk Array
HCL Hue, Chroma, and Luminance
HDA Head-Disk Assembl
HDBV Host Data Base View
HDLC High Level Data Link
Communications
HDSL High-bit rate Digital Subscriber Loop
HDTV High Definition TV
HE High End (system)
HGC
Hercules Graphics Card
HIC Host Interface Computer
HLL High
Level Language
HLS Hue-Lightness-Saturation
HMD Head-Mounted
Display
HMMP HyperMedia Management Protocol
HMMS HyperMedia
Management Schema
HPCL Hewlett-Packard Control Language
HPFS
High Performance File System
HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphical
Language
HPR High Performance Routing
HR Horizontal Rule
HSB Hue-saturation-brightness
HSELAN High Speed ELAN
HSI
Hue-Saturation-Intensity
HSLAN High Speed LAN
HSSI High
Speed Serial Interface
HSV Hue-Saturation-Value
HT
Horizontal Tab
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext
Transfer Protocol
Hz Hertz |
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J
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JCC Job Control Command
JCL Job Control
Language
JCS Job Control Statement
JCT JES Control Table
JCT Journal Control Table
JECL Job Entry Control Language
JEIDA Japan Electronics Industry Development Association
JES
Job Entry Subsystem
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group |
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K
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K Kilobyte
KB KiloByte (1,024 Bytes)
KBPS
KiloBits Per Second
kHz KiloHertz
KIP Kinetics Internet
Protocol
KIPS Kilo Instructions per second
KL Key Length
KOPS Kilo Operations per second
KSDS Key Sequenced Data Set
KVA KiloVolt Ampere |
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L
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L2F Layer 2 Forwarding
L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling
Protocol
LAN Local Area Network
LAPS LAN Adapter
Protocol Support Program
LBL Label
LCD Liquid Crystal
Display
LCS Lotus Communication Server
LDAP Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol
LDMF Librarian Disc Master File
LDS Linear Data Set
LDT Local Descriptor Table
LE Low
End (system)
LEC LAN Emulation Client
LEC Local Exchange
Carrier
LED Light Emitting Diode
LF Linefeed
LIC Line
Interface Computer
LIFO Last In, First Out
LILO Last In,
Last Out
LILO Linux Loader
LIM-EMS Lotus Intel Microsoft EMS
LIOCS Logical Input/Output Control System
LISP List
Programming
LLC2 Logical Link Control Layer 2
LOC Lines Of
Code
LOS Local Operator System
LPI Lines Per Inch
LRC
Longitudinal Redundancy Checking
LRU Least Recently Used
LSD
Least Significant Digit
LSI Large Scale Integration -> VLSI
LU Logical Unit
LUB Logical Unit Block
LUT Look Up Table
LVT Light Valve Technology
LW Line Work
LZ Lempel-Ziv
LZW Lempel-Ziv-Welch |
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N
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NAC Network Adapter Card
NAK Negative
Acknowledgement
NAP Network Access Point
NAS Network Access
Server
NAT Network Address Translation
NAU Network
Addressable Unit
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NBS
Numeric BackSpace
NC Numeric Control
NCCF Network
Communication Control Facility
NCP Network Control Processor
NCP Network Control Program
NCP/VS Network Control
Program/Virtual Storage
NDIS Network Driver Interface
Specification
NetSP Network Security Program
NFNT New font
numbering table
NFS Network File System
NHRP Next Hop
Routing Protocol
NIC Network Interface Card
NIC Network
Information Center
NIS Network Information Service
NIST
National Institute for Standards and Technology
NJE Network Job
Entry
NL New Line
NLQ Near Letter Quality
NLT Nucleus
Load Table
NMI NonMaskable Interrupt
NNTP Network News
Transport Protocol
NSA National Security Agency
NSC1 Network
Systems Cypher One
NSP Numeric Space
NSS NATURAL
Security-System
NT Network Termination
NTS/2 Network
Transport Services/2
NTSC National Television System Committee
NUI Network User Identification
NUL Null
NUMA
Non-Uniform Memory Access
NVOD Near Video On Demand
NVRAM
NonVolatile Random Access Memory
NVS NonVolatile Storage |
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O
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O/R Originator / Recipient
OC3 155 Mbit/s
OCR Optical Character Recognition
OCX OLE Control Extension
ODA Open Document Architecture
ODSI Open Directory Service
Interfaces
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OI Object
Interface
OLE Object Linking and Embedding
OLTEP On-Line
Test Executive Program
OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing
OMG Object Management Group
OMR Optical Mark Recognition
OO Objektorientierung
OOA Objektorientierte Analyse
OODBMS Object Oriented DBMS
OOP Objektorientierte
Programmierung
OOPL Object Oriented Programming Language
OOPS Object Oriented Programming System
OP Operator Panel
OPI Open Prepress Interface
ORB Object Request Broker
OS
Operating System
OS/2 Operating System/2
OSA Office Systems
Architecture
OSA Open System Architecture
OSF Open Software
Foundation
OSI Open Systems Interconnection
OSI/RM OSI
Reference Model
OSNS Open Systems Network Support
OSPF Open
Shortest Path First
OSTC Open System Testing Consortium
OTPROM One Time Programable ROM
OWL Object Windows
Library |
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Q
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QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QBE Query
By Example
QCIF Quater Common Intermediate Format
QIC
Quarter-Inch Cartridge
QSAM Queued Sequential Access Method
QTAM Queued Teleprocessing Access Method |
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R
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R0 Record zero
RACF Resource Access Control
Facility
RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM Random Access
Memory
RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RBA
Relative Byte Adresse
RC Robot Control
RCP Remote
Communication Processor
RCS Revision Control System
RDA
Remote Data Access
RDBMS Relational DataBase Management System
RDN Relative Distinguished Name
RES Restore
RF Resume
Flag
RFC Request For Comments
RFF Required Form Feed
RFS
Remote File System
RGB Red, Green, Blue
RGM Red, Green, Blue
(Monitor)
RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
RIP Raster
Image Processor
RIP Router Information Protocol
RISC Reduced
Instruction Set Computer
RJE Remote Job Entry
RL Relocatable
Library
RLD Relocation Dictionary
RLE Run Length Encoded
file
RLL Run Length Limited
RMF Resource Management Facility
RNL Required New Line
ROM Read Only Memory
RPC
Remote Procedure Call
RPG Report Program Generator
RPL
Requestor's Privilege Level
RPL Research Programming
Language
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
RPS Rotational Position
Sensing
RPT Repeat
RRDS Relative Record Data Set
RRED
Right Reading Emulsion Down
RREU Right Reading Emulsion Up
RS Record Separator
RSP Required Space
RSVP Resource
Reservation Protocol
RTC Real Time Clock
RTCP Realtime
Transport Control Protocol
RTF Rich Text Format
RTM/SF
Realtime Monitor / Systems Facility
RTP Realtime Transport
Protocol
RTSE Reliable Transfer Service Element
RWSI Remote
Workstation Interface |
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S
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S.W.I.F.T. Society for Worldwide Interbank
Financial Telecommunication
S/STP Shielded STP
SA Set
Attribute
SAA Storage Accounting Area
SAA System Application
Architecture
SAM Sequential Access Method
SAP Service Access
Point
SAP Service Advertising Protocol
SAR Segmentation And
Reassembly
SBCS Single Byte Character Set
SBS Subscript
SC Storage Control
SCA Shared Control Array
SCCS Source
Code Control System
SCDS Source Control Data Set
SCI
Scalable Coherent Interconnect
SCODL Scanned Conversion Object
Description Language
SCP Storage Control Program
SCP System
Control Program
SCRAM Static Column Random Access Memory
SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
SDH Synchronous
Digital Hierarchy
SDK Software Development Kit
SDL System
Directory List
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
SDRAM
Synchronous DRAM
SDSF System Display and Search Facility
SE
Software Entwicklung
SE System Engineer
SECC Single Edge
Contact Connector
SECAM Sequential Couleur a'Memorie
SEL
Select
SEPP Single Edge Processor Package
SET
Software-Engineering-Technology
SF Sign Flag
SF Support
Facility
SFA Salesforce Automation
SFBI Shared Frame Buffer
Interconnect
SFE Start Field Extended
SFT System Fault
Tolerance
SFTP Shielded Foil Twisted Pair
SGML Standard
Generalized Markup Language
SHTTP Secure HTTP
SHY Syllable
Hyphen
SI Shift In
SI Single Inheritance
SI Standard
Interface
SIFS Short InterFrame Space
SIFT Stanford
Information Filtering Tool
SIG Special Interest Group
SIM
Service Information Message
SIMD Single Instruction Multiple
Data
SIMM Single In-line Memory Module
SIRDS Single Image
Random Dot Stereogram
SIT System Initialization Table
SL
Source Statement Library
SLD Structured Logic Design
SLED
Single Large Expensive Disk
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
SLR Service Level Reporter
SLU Secondary Logical Unit
SM
Set Mode
SMDS Switched Multimegabit Data Service
SMF System
Management Facility
SML MVS Storage Management Library
SMLI
Stateful MultiLayer Inspection
SMP Symetric MultiProcessing
SMP System Modification Program
SMS Storage Management
Subsystem
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA System
Network Architecture
SNADS SNA Distribution Services
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SNOBOL String Oriented
Symbolic Language
SNT Sign-On Table
SO Shift Out
SOD
Service On Demand
SOH Start Of Heading
SOM System Object
Model
SOS Start Of Significance
SP Space
SPA Software
Publishers Association
SPARC Scalar Processor ARChitecture
SPDU Session Protocol Data Unit
SPM System Performance
Monitor/2
SPOOL Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line
SPP Scalable Parallel Processing
SPS Superscript
SPX
Sequenced Packet eXchange
SQL Structured Query Language
SQL/DS Structured Query Language / Data System
SRAM Static
Random Access Memory
SRT System Recovery Table
SRU Shared
Resource Unit
SS Single Sided
SS Stack Segment
SSCP
System Service Control Point
SSID SubSystem IDentifier
SSL
Secure Socket Layer
STM Synchronous Transfer Mode
STP
Shielded Twisted Pair
STT Secure Transaction Technology
STX
Start of Text
SUB Substitute
SV Storage Violation
SVA
Shared Virtual Area
SVC Supervisor Call
SVC Switched Virtual
Circuit
SVGA Super-VGA
SW Switch
SWOP Specifications for
Web Offset Printing
SYN Synchronous Idle
SYSOP System
Operator |
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V
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VAD Value Added Dealer
VAN Value Added Network
VAP Value Added Process
VAR Value Added Reseller
VAST
Virtual Archive Storage Technology
VB Visual Basic
VBA
Visual Basic for Applications
VBR Variable Bit Rate
VBN
Vermitteltes Breitbandnetz
VC Virtual Circuit
VC-SDRAM
Virtual Channel SDRAM
VCC Virtual Circuit Connection
VCI
Virtual Circuit Identifier
VCNA Vtam Communication Network
Application
VCPI Virtual Control Program Interface
VDAC
Video Digital Analog Converter
VDI Video Display Interface
VDT Video Display Terminal
VDU Visual Display Unit
VERONICA Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Netwide Index to Computerized
Archives
VGA Video Graphics Array
VGC Video Graphics
Controller
VGM Video Graphics Monitor
VHDSL Very High-bit
rate Digital Subscriber Loop
VHLL Very High-Level Language
VHS Video Home System
VIO Video Input/Output
VIO Virtual
Input/Output
VIPA Virtual IP Addressing
VLAN Virtual LAN
VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
VM Virtual Machine
VM/SP Virtual Machine / System Product
VMMAP VM Monitor
Analysis Program
VMOS Vertical MOS
VMPPF VM Performance
Planning Facility
VMPRF VM Performance Reporting Facility
VMS Virtual Management System
VOD Video On Demand
VPD
Vital Product Data
VPDN Virtual Private Data Network
VPI
Virtual Path Identifier
VPN Virtual Private Network
VR
Virtual Reality
VRAM Video RAM
VRML Virtual Reality Modeling
Language
VRC Vertical Redundancy Checking
VS Virtual Storage
VSAM Virtual Storage Access Method
VSAT Very Small Aperture
Terminal
VSM Virtual Storage Management
VSN Volume Serial
Number
VT Vertical Tab
VTAM Virtual Telecommunications
Access Method
VTOC Volume Table of Contents
VTP Virtual
Terminal Protocol
VTP Virtual Terminal Program
VTX VideoTeXt
VVDS VSAM Volume Data
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