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$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.114 2010/11/22 23:05:22 dholland Exp $
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3WHS three-way handshake
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ABI application binary interface
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ACL access control list
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ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
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ADB Apple desktop bus
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ADC analog [to] digital converter
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ADT abstract data type
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ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
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ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
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AES Advanced Encryption Standard
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AFS Andrew File System
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AGP accelerated graphics port
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ALE address latch enable
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ALU arithmetic and logical unit
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AM amplitude modulation
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AMI alternate mark inversion
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ANSI American National Standards Institute
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AP access point
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API application programming interface
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APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller
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ARAT always running APIC timer
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ARC adaptive replacement cache
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ARM Advanced RISC Machines
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ARP address resolution protocol
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ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
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ARQ automatic repeat request
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AS autonomous system
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ASCII American standard code for information interchange
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ASLR address space layout randomization
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ASN autonomous system number
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AST abstract syntax tree
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AST asynchronous trap
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AT advanced technology
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ATA advanced technology attachment
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ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface
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ATC address translation cache
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ATM asynchronous transfer mode
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ATX advanced technology extended
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AWK Aho, Werner, and Kernighan
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BAR base address register
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BCD binary coded decimal
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BCS base configuration space
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BEDO burst extended data output
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BER basic encoding rules
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BER bit error rate
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BFD binary formats descriptor
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BFKL big fscking kernel lock
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BGA ball grid array
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BGP border gateway protocol
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BIND Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
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BIOS basic input/output system
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BIST built-in self-test
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BKDG BIOS and kernel developer's guide
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BLAS basic linear algebra subprograms
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BLOB binary large object
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BMC baseboard management controller
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BP base pointer
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BPF Berkeley packet filter
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BPS bits per second
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BQS Berkeley quality software
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BSD Berkeley software distribution
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BSOD blue screen of death
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BSP binary space partition
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BSP boot strap processor
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BSS block started by symbol
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BT Bluetooth
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BT BitTorrent
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CAD computer-aided design
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CAM computer assisted manufacturing
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CAM content addressable memory
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CARP common address redundancy protocol
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CAS (atomic) compare and swap
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CAS computer algebra system
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CAS column address strobe
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CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
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CCD charge coupled device
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CD compact disc
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CDDA compact disc digital audio
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CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
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CER canonical encoding rules
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CFG context-free grammar
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CFG control-flow graph
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CG control gate
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CGA color graphics {array,adapter}
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CGI common gateway interface
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CHAP challenge-handshake authentication protocol
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CHS cylinder/head/sector
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CIDR classless inter-domain routing
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CIFS common internet file system
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CIS contact image sensor
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CJK Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
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CLI command line interface
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CLUT color look-up table
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CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
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CMI control management interface
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CMI control method interface
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CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
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CMYK cyan magenta yellow black
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COF current operating frequency
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COFF common object file format
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COMA cache-only memory architecture
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COW copy-on-write
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CPL current privilege level
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CPU central processing unit
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CR carriage return
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CRLF carriage return line feed
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CRT cathode ray tube
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CS computer science
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CS cable select
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CS chip select
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CS code segment
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CSI common system interface
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CSMA carrier sense multiple access
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CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
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CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
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CSS cascading style sheets
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CTS clear to send
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CVS concurrent versions system
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DAC discretionary access control
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DAC digital [to] analog converter
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DB database
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DCC direct client [to] client
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DCE data control equipment
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DCE distributed computing environment
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DCT discrete cosine transform
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DDC display data channel
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DDR double data rate
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DDWG digital display working group
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DE desktop environment
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DE debugging extensions
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DEP data execution prevention
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DER distinguished encoding rules
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DES Data Encryption Standard
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DFS depth first search
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DFS distributed file system
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DFT discrete Fourier transform
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DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
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DIFS distributed inter-frame space
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DIMM dual inline memory module
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DL diode logic
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DLE data link escape
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DLL dynamic link library
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DMA direct memory access
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DMI desktop management interface
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DNARD Digital network appliance reference design
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DNS domain name system
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DOM document object model
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DOS denial of service
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DOS disk operating system
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DPCM differential pulse code modulation
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DPD dead peer detection
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DPI dots per inch
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DPI deep packet inspection
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DPL descriptor privilege level
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DRAM dynamic random access memory
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DRI direct rendering infrastructure
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DRM digital rights management
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DS debug store
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DSDT differentiated system descriptor table
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DSL digital subscriber line
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DSLAM digital subscriber line access multiplexer
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DSO dynamic shared object
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DSP digital signal processor
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DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum
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DTD document type definition
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DTE data terminal equipment
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DTE dumb terminal emulator
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DTL diode-transistor logic
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DVB digital video broadcasting
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DVD digital versatile disc
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DVFS dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
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DVR digital video recorder
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DVI digital visual interface
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E-XER extended XML encoding rules
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EAP extensible authentication protocol
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ECL emitter-coupled logic
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ECN explicit congestion notification
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ECP enhanced capability port
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EDID extended display identification data
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EDO extended data out
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EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
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EFI extensible firmware interface
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EFM eight to fourteen modulation
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EGA enhanced graphics {array,adapter}
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EGP exterior gateway protocol
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EIDE enchanced IDE
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EISA extended industry standard architecture
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ELF executable and linking format
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EOF end of file
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EOL end of line
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EOL end of life
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EOT end of transmission
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EPP enhanced parallel port
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EPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood
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EPROM erasable programmable read only memory
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ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
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EST enhanced speedstep
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FAT file allocation table
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FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
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FCS frame check sequence
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FDDI fiber distributed data interface
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FEC forward error correction
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FFH functional fixed hardware
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FFI foreign function interface
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FFS fast file system
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FFS find first set
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FFT fast Fourier transform
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FG floating gate
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FHSS frequency hop spread spectrum
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FID frequency identifier
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FIFO first in first out
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FIR fast infrared
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FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
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FM frequency modulation
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FOSS free / open source software
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FPGA field programmable gate array
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FPM fast page mode
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FPU floating point unit
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FQDN fully qualified domain name
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FRU field replaceable unit
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FSB front side bus
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FTP file transfer protocol
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FTPS file transfer protocol, secure
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FWH firmware hub
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GAS generic address structure
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GC garbage collector
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GCR group-coded recording
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GDT global descriptor table
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GEM graphics execution manager
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GEM graphics environment manager
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GID group identifier
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GIF graphics interchange format
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GMCH graphics and memory controller hub
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GNU GNU's not Unix
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GOT global offset table
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GPE general purpose event
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GPF general protection fault
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GPL GNU/general public license
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GPU graphics processing unit
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GRE generic routing encapsulation
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GSI global system interrupt
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GUI graphics user interface
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GUID globally unique identifier
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HA high availability
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HAL hardware abstraction layer
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HBA host bus adapter
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HCI host controller interface
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HCI human-computer interaction
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HCF halt and catch fire
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HDD hard disk drive
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HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection
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HFM highest frequency mode
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HID human interface device
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HMA high memory area
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HPC high performance computing
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HPET high precision event timer
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HT hyper-threading
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HTC hardware thermal control
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HTML hyper-text markup language
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HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol
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HTTPS hyper-text transfer protocol, secure
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HZ Hertz
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I2O intelligent input/output
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IANA Internet assigned number authority
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IBS instruction based sampling
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IC integrated circuit
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ICB Internet citizen's band
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ICH I/O controller hub
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ICE internal compiler error
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ICE in-circuit emulator
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ICMP Internet control message protocol
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IDE integrated drive electronics
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IDE integrated development environment
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IDRP inter-domain routing protocol
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IDS intrusion detection system
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IDT interrupt descriptor table
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IE Internet Explorer
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IEC international electrotechnical commission
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IEEE Institute [of] Electrical [and] Electronics Engineers
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IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group
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IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
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IFCM isochronous flow control mode
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IGMP Internet group management protocol
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IGP interior gateway protocol
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IKE Internet key exchange
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ILP instruction level parallelism
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IMC integrated memory controller
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IMAP Internet mail access protocol
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INCITS international committee on information technology standards
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IO input/output
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IOCTL input/output control
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IOMMU input/output memory management unit
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IP Internet Protocol
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IP intellectual property
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IPC interprocess communication
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IPI interprocessor interrupt
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IPNG Internet protocol, next generation
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IPS intrusion prevention system
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IPS in-plane switching
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IPSEC Internet protocol security
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IRC Internet relay chat
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IRDA infrared data association
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IRQ interrupt request
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IRTF Internet research task force
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ISA industry standard architecture
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ISA instruction set architecture
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ISDN integrated services digital network
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ISI inter-symbol interference
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ISM industrial, scientific and medical
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ISN initial serial number
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ISO international standards organization
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ISOC Internet society
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ISP Internet service provider
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ISR interrupt service routine
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IST interrupt stack table
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IVT interrupt vector table
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JBOD just a bunch of disks
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JIT just in time
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JPEG joint photographic experts group
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JRE Java runtime environment
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JTAG joint test action group
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KLOC thousand lines of code
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KMS kernel-mode setting
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KPI kernel programming interface
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KVA kernel virtual address
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KVM kernel virtual memory
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KVM keyboard, video, mouse switch
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LAMP Linux Apache MySQL {Perl,PHP,Python}
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LAN local area network
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LAPIC local advanced programmable interrupt controller
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LBA logical block addressing
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LCD liquid crystal display
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LCP link control protocol
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LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
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LDT local descriptor table
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LE logical extent
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LED light emitting diode
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LFM lowest frequency mode
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LFS log-structured file system
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LFU least frequently used
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LIFO last in first out
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LILO last in last out
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LILO Linux loader
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LINT local interrupt
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LIR local Internet registry
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LKM {Linux, loadable} kernel module
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LKML Linux kernel mailing list
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LL/SC load linked / store conditional
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LLC logical link control
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LOC lines of code
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LPC low pin count
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LRC longitudinal redundancy check
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LRU least recently used
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LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
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LSB Linux standards base
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LSI large scale integration
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LTR load task register
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LUN logical unit number
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LV logical volume
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LVM logical volume management
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LVT local vector table
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LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
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MAC medium access control
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MAC mandatory access control
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MADT multiple APIC descriptor table
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MBR master boot record
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MC memory controller
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MCA machine check architecture
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MCE machine check exception
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MCGA multicolor graphics adapter
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MCH memory controller hub
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MCQ memory controlled queue
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MDA mail delivery agent
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MDA monochrome display adapter
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MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory
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MFC merge from current
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MFM modified frequency modulation
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MIB management information base
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MID mobile internet device
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MIDI musical instrument digital interface
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MIF management information format
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MIME multipurpose Internet mail extensions
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MIMO multiple input multiple output
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MIPS million instructions per second
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MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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MLC multi-level cell
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MMIO memory mapped input/output
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MMU memory management unit
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MMX multimedia extension
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MMX multiple math extension
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MMX matrix math extension
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MPEG moving picture experts group
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MPLS multiprotocol label switching
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MPS multiprocessor specification
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MPS memory pool system
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MRU most recently used
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MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
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MSF minutes seconds frames
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MSI message signaled interrupt
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MSR machine state register
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MSS maximum segment size
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MTA mail transfer agent
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MTRR memory type range register
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MTU maximum transmission unit
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MUA mail user agent
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MWE module width encoding
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NAS network attached storage
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NAT network address translation
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NAV network allocation vector
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NCP network control protocol
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NCQ native command queuing
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NFS network file system
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NIC network interface card
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NIS network information service
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NLS native language support
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NMI non-maskable interrupt
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NNTP network news transfer protocol
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NOP no operation
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NRZ non-return to zero
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NSA National Security Agency
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NTP network time protocol
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NUMA non-uniform memory access
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NVRAM non-volatile random access memory
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NX no execute
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OAEP optimal asymmetric encryption padding
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OBO off by one
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OBOE off by one error
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OCL object constraint language
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OCR optical character recognition
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ODCM on-demand clock modulation
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OEM original equipment manufacturer
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OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
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ONFI open nand flash interface
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OO object oriented
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OO OpenOffice
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OOB out of band
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OOE out of order execution
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OOM out of memory
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OOP object oriented programming
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OQL object query language
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ORM object-relational mapping
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OS operating system
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OSD open source definition
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OSF open software foundation
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OSI open systems interconnection
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OSI open-source initiative
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OSPF open shortest path first
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OSS open source software
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OSS open sound system
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OSVW operating system visible workarounds
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OTP one time password
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OUI organizationally unique identifier
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OWL Web ontology language
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P2P peer to peer
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P2P PCI to PCI
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PA physical address
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PAE physical address extension
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PAM pluggable authentication modules
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PAM pulse amplitude modulation
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PAP password authentication protocol
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PAT page attribute table
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PAT port address translation
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PATA parallel ATA
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PAX portable archive exchange
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PBE pending break encoding
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PBE programming by example
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PC personal computer
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PCB printed circuit board
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PCC Portable C Compiler
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PCI peripheral component interconnect
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PCM pulse code modulation
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PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association
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PDA personal digital assistant
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PDF portable document format
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PDN pull-down network
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PDP page descriptor page
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PDU protocol data unit
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PER packed encoding rules
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PERL practical extraction [and] report language
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PFS perfect forward secrecy
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PGP pretty good privacy
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PHB PCI host bridge
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PIC programmable interrupt controller
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PIC position independent code
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PID process id
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PIE position independent executable
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PIN personal identification number
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PIO programmed input/output
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PKI public key infrastructure
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PKCS public-key cryptography standards
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PLL phase locked loop
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PMI platform management interrupt
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PMIO port-mapped input/output
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PMT photo-multiplier tube
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PNG portable network graphics
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POE power over ethernet
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POP post office protocol
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POSIX portable operating system interface [for] Unix
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POST power on self test
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POTS plain old telephone system
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PPC PowerPC
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PPB PCI [to] PCI bridge
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PPP point-to-point protocol
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PPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM
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PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet
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PPU physics processing unit
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PRBS pseudo-random bit sequence
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PRML partial response, maximum likelihood
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PRNG pseudo random number generator
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PROM programmable read only memory
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PSE page size extensions
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PSK pre-shared key
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PSTN public switched telephone network
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PTE page table entry
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PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
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PTP page table page
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PV physical volume
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PVG physical volume group
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PWM pulse width modulation
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PXE preboot execution environment
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QA quality assurance
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QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
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QOS quality of service
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RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks
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RAM random access memory
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RAS restartable atomic sequence
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RAS remote access service
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RAS row address strobe
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RC release candidate
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RC remote control
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RCS revision control system
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RCU read-copy-update
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RDF resource description format
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REST representational state transfer
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RGB red green blue
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RHL Red Hat Linux
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RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
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RIP routing information protocol
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RIR regional Internet registry
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RISC reduced instruction set computing
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RKM ROM Kernel Manual
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RLE run length encoding
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RLL run length limited
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RNG random number generator
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ROM read only memory
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RPC remote procedure call
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RPL requested privilege level
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RPM revolutions per minute
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RSA Rivest, Shamir and Adleman
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RSS really simple syndication
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RT real time
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RTC real time clock
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RTC real time computing
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RTF rich text format
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RTL resistor-transistor logic
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RTOS real time operating system
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RTS request to send
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RTT round time trip
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RX receive, receiver
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S/PDIF Sony/Phillips digital interface
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SACD super audio compact disc
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SAD security association database
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SAM serial access memory
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SAN storage area network
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SAPIC streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
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SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
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SATA serial advanced technology attachment
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SB sound blaster
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SCM software configuration management
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SCM source code management
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SCP secure copy
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SCI system control interrupt
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SCI scalable coherent interface
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SCSI small computer system interface
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SCTP stream control transmission protocol
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SDK software development kit
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SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
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SEGV segmentation violation
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SFI simple firmware interface
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SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
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SIFS short inter-frame space
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SIMD single instruction multiple data
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SIMM single inline memory module
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SIP session initiation protocol
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SIR slow infrared
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SLC single-level cell
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SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
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SLI scalable link interface
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SLI scan-line interleave
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SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
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SMBIOS system management BIOS
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SMI system management interrupt
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SMI structure of management information
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SMM system management mode
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SMP symmetric multiprocessing
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SMT simultaneous multithreading
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SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
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SNMP simple network management protocol
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SOA service oriented architecture
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SOAP simple object access protocol
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SOHO small office / home office
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SP stack pointer
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SPARC scalable processor architecture
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SPARQL SPARQL protocol and RDF query language
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SPD security policy database
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SPD serial presence detect
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SPI serial peripheral interface
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SPI stateful packet inspection
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SQL structured query language
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SRAM static random access memory
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SS stack segment
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SSD solid state drive
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SSE streaming SIMD extensions
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SSFDC solid state floppy disc card
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SSH secure shell
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SSL secure sockets layer
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SSP stack smashing protection
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STP shielded twisted pair
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STP spanning-tree protocol
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SUS Single Unix Specification
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SVG scalable vector graphics
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SVGA super video graphics {array,adapter}
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SVM secure virtual machine
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SVM support vector machine
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SWF Shockwave Flash
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TAS test and set
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TCB trusted computing base
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TCC thermal control circuit
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TCL tool command language
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TCP transmission control protocol
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TCQ tagged command queueing
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TDD test driven development
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TDP thermal design power
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TFT thin film transistor
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TFTP trivial file transfer protocol
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TIAS try it and see
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TIFF tagged image file format
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TITS try it to see
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TLA top level aggregator
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TLB transition lookaside buffer
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TLD top level domain
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TLS transport layer security
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TLS thread local storage
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TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
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TMO timeout
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TOS terms of service
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TOS type of service
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TPM trusted platform module
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TR token ring
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TR task register
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TRNG true random number generator
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TS time stamp
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TS time series
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TS terminal services
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TSC time stamp counter
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TSP time stamp protocol
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TSP tunnel setup protocol
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TSS task state segment
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TTL time to live
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TTL transistor-transistor logic
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TTM translation table maps
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TTY teletype
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TX transmit out, transmitter
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TZ time zone
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UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
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UC uncacheable
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UDMA ultra DMA
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UDO ultra density optical (storage)
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UDP user datagram protocol
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UFS Unix file system
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UI user interface
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UI unit interval
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UID user identifier
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UID unique identifier
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UMA upper memory area
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UMB upper memory block
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UML unified modeling language
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UPS uninterruptible power supply
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URI uniform resource identifier
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URL uniform resource locator
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USART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
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USB universal serial bus
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USWC uncacheable speculative write combining
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UTC coordinated universal time
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UTP unshielded twisted pair
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UUCP Unix-to-Unix copy protocol
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UUID universally unique identifier
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UUOC useless use of cat
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VA virtual address
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VA vertical alignment
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VAX virtual address extension
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VCC common collector voltage
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VCM virtual channel memory
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VESA video electronics standards association
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VG volume group
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VGA video graphics {array,adapter}
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VHDCI very high density cable interconnect
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VID voltage level identifier
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VLAN virtual local area network
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VLIW very long instruction word
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VLSI very large scale integration
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VLSM variable length subnet mask
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VM virtual {machine,memory}
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VPN virtual private network
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VRAM video random access memory
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VRRP virtual router redundancy protocol
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W3C World Wide Web Consortium
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WAN wide area network
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WAP wireless application protocol
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WEP wired equivalent privacy
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WFI wait for interrupt
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WIFI wireless fidelity
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WLAN wireless local area network
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VMX virtual machine extensions
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VMX vector multimedia extensions
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WDT watchdog timer
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WORM write once read many
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WPA wi-fi protected access
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WRAM window random access memory
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WWAN wireless wide area network
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WWW world wide web
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WYSIWYG what you see is what you get
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XBAR crossbar
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XER XML encoding rules
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XGA extended graphics {array,adapter}
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XIP execute in place
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XML extensible markup language
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XP extreme programming
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XSL extensible stylesheet language
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XSS cross site scripting
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XT extended technology
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XUL XML user interface language
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YACC yet another compiler compiler
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YAWPFAPR you are welcome; please file a problem report
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YP yellow pages (aka NIS)
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ZFOD zero-filled on demand
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ZIFS zero insertion force socket
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