$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.43 2004/04/29 02:29:24 jschauma Exp $ ABI application binary interface ACPI advanced configuration and power interface ADC analog [to] digital converter AGP accelerated graphics port ANSI american national standards institute API application programming interface APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller ARP address resolution protocol AT advanced technology ATA advanced technology attachment ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface ATM asynchronous transfer mode ATX advanced technology extended BEDO burst extended data output BGP border gateway protocol BIOS basic input/output system BLOB binary large object BSD berkeley software distribution CAD computer-aided design CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV) CD compact disc CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory CGA color graphics array CGI common gateway interface CHS cylinder/head/sector CIDR classless inter-domain routing CLI command line interface CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV) COFF common object file format CPU central processing unit CRLF carriage return line feed CRT cathode ray tube CSS cascading style sheets CVS concurrent versions system DAC digital [to] analog converter DDC display data channel DDR double data rate DDWG digital display working group DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol DMA direct memory access DNS domain name system DRAM dynamic random access memory DSL digital subscriber line DTD document type definition DVD digital versatile disc DVI digital visual interface ECP enhanced capability port EDID extended display identification data EDO extended data out EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory EGA enhanced graphics array EISA extended industry standard architecture ELF executable and linking format EPP enhanced parallel port EPROM erasable programmable read only memory ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory FAT file allocation table FBRAM frame buffer random access memory FDDI fiber distributed data interface FFS fast file system FLOPS floating [point] operations per second FPM fast page mode FQDN fully qualified domain name FTP file transfer protocol GIF graphics interchange format GNU gnu's not unix GPL gnu/general public license GPU graphics processing unit GUI graphics user interface HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection HTML hyper-text markup language HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol I2O intelligent input/output IANA internet assigned number authority IC integrated circuit ICB internet citizen's band ICMP internet control message protocol IDE integrated drive electronics IEC international electrotechnical commission IEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers IESG internet engineering steering group IETF internet engineering task force IKE internet key exchange IMAP internet mail access protocol INCITS international committee on information technology standards IPC interprocess communication IO input/output IOCTL input/output control IP internet protocol IPNG internet protocol, next generation IPSEC internet protocol security IRC internet relay chat IRQ interrupt request IRTF internet research task force ISA industry standard architecture ISDN integrated services digital network ISO international standards organization ISOC internet society ISP internet service provider JPEG joint photographic experts group KVA kernel virtual address LAN local area network LBA logical block addressing LCD liquid crystal display LDAP lightweight directory access protocol LED light emitting diode LIR local internet registry LSB least significant bit [or: byte] LUN logical unit number MAC media access control MBR master boot record MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory MIDI musical instrument digital interface MIME multipurpose internet mail extensions MIPS million instructions per second MMU memory management unit MPEG moving picture experts group MSB most significant bit [or: byte] MTA mail transfer agent MTU maximum transmission unit MUA mail user agent NAT network address translation NFS network file system NIC network interface card NIS network information service NUMA non uniform memory access OEM original equipment manufacturer OSF open software foundation OSI open systems interconnection OTP one time password PAM pluggable authentication modules PAX portable archive exchange PCI peripheral component interconnect PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association PDP page descriptor page PERL practical extraction [and] report language PGP pretty good privacy PIC programmable interrupt controller PID process id PIO programmed input/output PNG portable network graphics POP post office protocol POSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix POST power on self test POTS plain old telephone system PPP point-to-point protocol PPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet PROM programmable read only memory PTE page table entry PTLA pseudo top level aggregator PTP page table page RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks RAM random access memory RCS revision control system RFC request for comments RGB red green blue RISC reduced instruction set computing ROM read only memory RPM revolutions per minute RTF rich text format S/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface SACD super audio compact disc SAM serial access memory SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) SATA serial advanced technology attachment SCSI small computer system interface SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology SMP symmetric multiprocessing SMTP simple mail transfer protocol SNMP simple network management protocol SPD serial presence detect SRAM static random access memory SSH secure shell SSL secure sockets layer STP shielded twisted pair SVGA super video graphics array TCL tool command language TCP transmission control protocol TFT thin film transistor TIFF tagged image file format TLA top level aggregator TLB transition lookaside buffer TLD top level domain TMDS transition minimized differential signaling TTY teletype TZ time zone UC uncacheable UDP user datagram protocol UPS uninterruptible power supply URI uniform resource identifier URL uniform resource locator USB universal serial bus USWC uncacheable speculative write combining UTP unshielded twisted pair UUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol VAX virtual address extension VCM virtual channel memory VESA video electronics standards association VGA video graphics array VM virtual memory VPN virtual private network VRAM video random access memory WAN wide area network WAP wireless application protocol WRAM window random access memory WWW world wide web XGA extended graphics array XML extensible markup language XSL extensible stylesheet language XT extended technology