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$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.72 2007/01/19
3WHS three-way handshake
ABI application binary interface
ACL access control list
ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
ADC analog [to] digital converter
ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
AGP accelerated graphics port
AM amplitude modulation
AMI alternate mark inversion
ANSI american national standards institute
AP access point
API application programming interface
APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller
ARP address resolution protocol
ARQ automatic repeat request
AS autonomous system
ASCII american standard code for information interchange
ASN autonomous system number
AT advanced technology
ATA advanced technology attachment
ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface
ATC address translation cache
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
ATX advanced technology extended
BEDO burst extended data output
BER basic encoding rules
BER bit error rate
BGP border gateway protocol
BIOS basic input/output system
BLOB binary large object
BPS bits per second
BQS berkeley quality software
BSD berkeley software distribution
CAD computer-aided design
CARP common address redundancy protocol
CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
CCD charge coupled device
CD compact disc
CDDA compact disc digital audio
CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
CER canonical encoding rules
CGA color graphics {array,adapter}
CGI common gateway interface
CHS cylinder/head/sector
CIDR classless inter-domain routing
CIS contact image sensor
CLI command line interface
CLUT color look-up table
CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
CMYK cyan magenta yellow black
COFF common object file format
COW copy-on-write
CPU central processing unit
CRLF carriage return line feed
CRT cathode ray tube
CSMA carrier sense multiple access
CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
CSS cascading style sheets
CTS clear to send
CVS concurrent versions system
DAC digital [to] analog converter
DCE data control equipment
DCE distributed computing environment
DCT discrete cosine transform
DDC display data channel
DDR double data rate
DDWG digital display working group
DER distinguished encoding rules
DFT discrete fourier transform
DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
DIFS distributed inter-frame space
DLE data link escape
DMA direct memory access
DNS domain name system
DOS denial of service
DPCM differential pulse code modulation
DPD dead peer detection
DPI dots per inch
DRAM dynamic random access memory
DSL digital subscriber line
DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum
DTD document type definition
DTE data terminal equipment
DTE dumb terminal emulator
DVD digital versatile disc
DVI digital visual interface
E-XER extended XML encoding rules
EAP extensible authentication protocol
ECP enhanced capability port
EDID extended display identification data
EDO extended data out
EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
EFI extensible firmware interface
EFM eight to fourteen modulation
EGA enhanced graphics {array,adapter}
EGP exterior gateway protocol
EISA extended industry standard architecture
ELF executable and linking format
EOF end of file
EOT end of transmission
EPP enhanced parallel port
EPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood
EPROM erasable programmable read only memory
ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
FAT file allocation table
FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
FCS frame check sequence
FDDI fiber distributed data interface
FFS fast file system
FHSS frequency hop spread spectrum
FIR fast infrared
FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
FM frequency modulation
FPM fast page mode
FQDN fully qualified domain name
FTP file transfer protocol
FTPS file transfer protocol, secure
GC garbage collector
GCR group-coded recording
GIF graphics interchange format
GNU gnu's not unix
GPL gnu/general public license
GPU graphics processing unit
GRE generic routing encapsulation
GUI graphics user interface
HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection
HTML hyper-text markup language
HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol
HTTPS hyper-text transfer protocol, secure
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
IDRP inter-domain routing protocol
IEC international electrotechnical commission
IEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers
IESG internet engineering steering group
IETF internet engineering task force
IGP interior gateway protocol
IKE internet key exchange
IMAP internet mail access protocol
INCITS international committee on information technology standards
IO input/output
IOCTL input/output control
IP internet protocol
IPC interprocess communication
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
ISI inter-symbol interference
ISM industrial, scientific and medical
ISN initial serial number
ISO international standards organization
ISOC internet society
ISP internet service provider
JPEG joint photographic experts group
KPI kernel programming interface
KVA kernel virtual address
KVM keyboard, video, mouse switch
LAN local area network
LBA logical block addressing
LCD liquid crystal display
LCP link control protocol
LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
LED light emitting diode
LIR local internet registry
LKM {linux, loadable} kernel module
LLC logical link control
LRC longitudinal redundancy check
LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
LSB linux standards base
LUN logical unit number
LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
MAC medium access control
MBR master boot record
MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory
MFM modified frequency modulation
MIDI musical instrument digital interface
MIME multipurpose internet mail extensions
MIPS million instructions per second
MMU memory management unit
MPEG moving picture experts group
MPLS multiprotocol label switching
MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
MSF minutes seconds frames
MSS maximum segment size
MTA mail transfer agent
MTU maximum transmission unit
MUA mail user agent
MWE module width encoding
NAT network address translation
NAV network allocation vector
NCP network control protocol
NCQ native command queuing
NFS network file system
NIC network interface card
NIS network information service
NRZ non-return to zero
NUMA non uniform memory access
OCL object constraint language
OCR optical character recognition
OEM original equipment manufacturer
OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
OSF open software foundation
OSI open systems interconnection
OSI open-source initiative
OSPF open shortest path first
OTP one time password
PAM pluggable authentication modules
PAM pulse amplitude modulation
PAT port address translation
PAX portable archive exchange
PC personal computer
PCI peripheral component interconnect
PCM pulse code modulation
PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association
PDP page descriptor page
PDU protocol data unit
PER packed encoding rules
PERL practical extraction [and] report language
PFS perfect forward secrecy
PGP pretty good privacy
PIC programmable interrupt controller
PID process id
PIN personal identification number
PIO programmed input/output
PLL phase locked loop
PMT photo-multiplier tube
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
PRML partial response, maximum likelihood
PROM programmable read only memory
PSK pre-shared key
PSTN public switched telephone network
PTE page table entry
PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
PTP page table page
PWM pulse width modulation
QOS quality of service
RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks
RAM random access memory
RCS revision control system
RGB red green blue
RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
RIP routing information protocol
RIR regional internet registry
RISC reduced instruction set computing
RLE run length encoding
RLL run length limited
ROM read only memory
RPM revolutions per minute
RTF rich text format
RTS request to send
RTT round time trip
S/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface
SACD super audio compact disc
SAD security association database
SAM serial access memory
SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
SATA serial advanced technology attachment
SB sound blaster
SCM software configuration management
SCM source code management
SCSI small computer system interface
SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
SIFS short inter-frame space
SIP session initiation protocol
SIR slow infrared
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 security policy database
SPD serial presence detect
SRAM static random access memory
SSFDC solid state floppy disc card
SSH secure shell
SSL secure sockets layer
STP shielded twisted pair
SVGA super video graphics {array,adapter}
TCL tool command language
TCP transmission control protocol
TCQ tagged command queueing
TDD test driven development
TFT thin film transistor
TFTP trivial file transfer protocol
TIFF tagged image file format
TLA top level aggregator
TLB transition lookaside buffer
TLD top level domain
TLS transport layer security
TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
TR token ring
TTL time to live
TTY teletype
TZ time zone
UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
UC uncacheable
UDO ultra density optical (storage)
UDP user datagram protocol
UFS unix file system
UML unified modeling language
UPS uninterruptible power supply
URI uniform resource identifier
URL uniform resource locator
USART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
USB universal serial bus
USWC uncacheable speculative write combining
UTP unshielded twisted pair
UUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol
UUOC useless use of cat
VAX virtual address extension
VCM virtual channel memory
VESA video electronics standards association
VGA video graphics {array,adapter}
WIFI wireless fidelity
VLAN virtual local area network
VLSM variable length subnet mask
VM virtual {machine,memory}
VPN virtual private network
VRAM video random access memory
VRRP virtual router redundancy protocol
WAN wide area network
WAP wireless application protocol
WEP wired equivalent privacy
WLAN wireless local area network
WPA wi-fi protected access
WRAM window random access memory
WWW world wide web
XER XML encoding rules
XGA extended graphics {array,adapter}
XML extensible markup language
XSL extensible stylesheet language
XT extended technology
ZFOD zero-filled on demand