$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.16 2003/10/01 20:11:11 jmmv Exp $ ABI application binary interface AGP accelerated graphics port API application programming interface ATA advanced technology attachment BEDO burst extended data output BIOS basic input/output system BLOB binary large object BSD berkeley software distribution CD compact disc CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory CHS cylinder/head/sector CIDR classless inter-domain routing CLI command line interface CRLF carriage return line feed CSS cascading style sheets CVS concurrent versions system DDR double data rate 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 EDO extended data out EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory EISA extended industry standard architecture EPROM erasable programmable read only memory ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory FBRAM frame buffer random access memory FFS fast file system FLOPS floating [point] operations per second FQDN fully qualified domain name FTP file transfer protocol GIF graphics interchange format GNU gnu's not unix GPL gnu/general public license GUI graphics user interface HTML hyper-text markup language HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol I2O intelligent input/output IANA internet assigned number authority ICB internet citizen's band ICMP internet control message protocol IDE integrated drive electronics 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 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 ISOC internet society ISP internet service provider JPEG joint photographic experts group KVA kernel virtual address LAN local area network LBA logical block addressing LDAP lightweight directory access protocol LUN logical unit number MBR master boot record MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory MIPS million instructions per second MTA mail transfer agent MTU maximum transmission unit MUA mail user agent NAT network address translation NIC network interface card NIS network information service NUMA non uniform memory access PAX portable archive exchange PCI peripheral component interconnect PDP page descriptor page PERL practical extraction [and] report language PGP pretty good privacy PID process id PNG portable network graphics POP post office protocol POSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix PPP point-to-point protocol PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet PROM programmable read only memory PTE page table entry PTP page table page RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks RAM random access memory RCS revision control system RFC request for comments RISC reduced instruction set computing ROM read only memory RPM revolutions per minute RTF rich text format SAM serial access memory SATA serial advanced technology attachment SCSI small computer standard interface SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory SMP symmetric multiprocessing SMTP simple mail transfer protocol SRAM static random access memory SSH secure shell SSL secure sockets layer TCL tool command language TCP transmission control protocol TLD top level domain TTY teletype TZ time zone UDP user datagram protocol UPS uninterruptible power supply URI uniform resource identifier URL uniform resource locator USB universal serial bus UUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol VCM virtual channel memory VPN virtual private network VRAM video random access memory WRAM window random access memory WWW world wide web XML extensible markup language XSL extensible stylesheet language