NetBSD/share/misc/acronyms.comp
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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
GC garbage collector
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
SIP Session Initiation Protocol
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
TDD test driven development
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