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1371 lines
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$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.143 2014/08/20 16:05:03 ginsbach Exp $
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3WHS three-way handshake
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8VSB 8-state vestigial side band modulation
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AA anti-aliasing
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AAA authentication, authorization, [and] accounting
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AAT average access time
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ABI application binary interface
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ABR available bit rate
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AC alternating current
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ACI adjacent channel interferer
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ACID atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability
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ACK Amsterdam compiler kit
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ACK acknowledgement
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ACL access control list
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ACL active current loop
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ACP auxillary control {process,program}
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ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
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ACS access control set
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ACU automatic calling unit
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ADB Apple desktop bus
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ADC analog [to] digital converter
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ADD acronym driven development
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ADO active data objects
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ADP automatic data processing
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ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
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ADS alternate data stream
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ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
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ADT abstract data type
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AES Advanced Encryption Standard
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AFS Andrew File System
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AGC automatic gain control
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AGP accelerated graphics port
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AI analog input
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AI artificial intelligence
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AL access list
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AL active link
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ALE address latch enable
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ALS ambient light sensor
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ALU arithmetic and logical unit
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AM access method
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AM alignment mask
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AM amplitude modulation
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AMI alternate mark inversion
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AMQP advanced message queuing protocol
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AMT active management technology
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AN Arabic number
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ANSI American National Standards Institute
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AO analog output
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AOL Alert-on-LAN
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AOS add or subtract
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AP access point
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AP application processor
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API application programming interface
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APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller
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APIPA automatic private IP addressing
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AQM active queue management
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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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ARR address range register
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ARU audio response unit
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AS autonomous system
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ASC advanced smart cache
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ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
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ASD agile software development
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ASE advanced software environment
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ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
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ASK amplitude shif keying
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ASLR address space layout randomization
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ASN autonomous system number
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ASPM active state power management
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ASQ automated software quality
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ASR address space register
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AST abstract syntax tree
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AST asynchronous trap
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AT access time
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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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AV anti virus
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AVL Adelson-Velsky-Landis
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AVX advanced vector extensions
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BA byte align
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BAL basic assembly language
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BAR base address register
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BBS bulletin board system
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BCC blind carbon copy
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BCD binary coded decimal
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BCR byte count register
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BCS base configuration space
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BD baud
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BDD binary decision diagram
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BDI bit deinterleave
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BDUF big design up front
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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,ratio}
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BFD binary {file,format} descriptor
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BFKL big fscking kernel lock
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BFS breadth-first search
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BFT binary file transfer
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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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BIOS built-in operating system
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BIST built-in self-test
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BIU bus interface unit
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BKDG BIOS and kernel developer's guide
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BLAS basic linear algebra subprograms
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BLC back light control
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BLOB binary large object
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BM bus master
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BMC baseboard management controller
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BMIC bus master interface controller
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BN boundary neutral
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BNF Backus-Naur form
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BO binary output
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BOF beginning of file
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BOM beginning of message
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BOM byte order mark
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BP base pointer
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BP boot processor
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BPB BIOS parameter block
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BPF Berkeley Packet Filter
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BPI bits per inch
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BPM business process modelling
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BPS bits per second
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BPSK binary phase shift keying
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BQS Berkeley quality software
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BRE basic regular expression
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BS backspace
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BS binary sequence
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BSA basic service area
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BSD Berkeley Software Distribution
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BSF bit scan forward
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BSOD blue screen of death
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BSP binary space partition
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BSP bootstrap processor
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BSR bit scan reverse
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BSS basic service set
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BSS block started by symbol
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BSSID basic service set identifier
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BT BitTorrent
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BT Bluetooth
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BT bit test
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BTC bit test [and] complement
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BTR bit test [and] reset
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BTS bit test [and] set
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BTS bits per second
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BW bandwidth
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BWM block-write mode
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CA certificate authority
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CAD computer-aided design
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CAM computer assisted manufacturing
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CAM conditional access module
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CAM content addressable memory
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CARP Common Address Redundancy Protocol
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CAS column address strobe
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CAS compare and swap
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CAS computer algebra system
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CASE computer aided software engineering
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CAU control access unit
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CAV constant angular velocity
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CBC cipher block chaining
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CBR constant bit rate
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CC carbon coby
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CCD charge coupled device
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CCI co-channel interferer
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CD cache disable
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CD compact disc
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CDDA compact disc digital audio
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CDMA code division multiple access
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CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
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CER canonical encoding rules
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CF compact flash
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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 Adapter
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CGI common gateway interface
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CGN Carrier-Grade NAT
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CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
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CHS cylinder/head/sector
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CI continuous integration
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CI {common,component} interface
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CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing
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CIFS Common Internet File System
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CIL common intermediate language
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CIR carrier-to-interference ratio
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CIS contact image sensor
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CISC complex instruction set {computer,computing}
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CJK Chinese, Japanese, [and] Korean
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CLF common log format
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CLI command line interface
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CLR common language runtime
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CLTT closed loop thermal throttling
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CLUT color look-up table
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CLV constant linear velocity
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CM configuration management
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CMA concert multithread architecture
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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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CMP chip multi-processing
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CMS content management system
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CMYK cyan magenta yellow black
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CN {common,canonical} name
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CNC computer numerical control
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CNR carrier-to-noise ratio
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COF current operating frequency
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COFDM coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
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COFF common object file format
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COM component object model
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COMA cache-only memory architecture
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CORBA common object request broker architecture
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COW copy-on-write
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CP continuous pilot
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CPB core performance boost
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CPE common phase error
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CPG clock pulse generator
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CPL current privilege level
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CPLD complex programmable logic device
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CPP C preprocessor
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CPS characters per second
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CPT command pass through
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CPU central processing unit
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CR carriage return
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CRC cyclic redundancy check
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CRL carrier recovery loop
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CRLF carriage return line feed
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CRT cathode ray tube
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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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CS computer science
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CSI channel state information
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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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CSR control [and] status registers
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CSRG Computer Systems Research Group
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CSS cascading style sheets
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CSV comma-separated values
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CTM close to metal
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CTS clear to send
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CUA common user access
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CUT coordinated universal time
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CV control voltage
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CVS Concurrent Versions System
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DA destination address
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DAA distributed application architecture
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DAB digital audio broadcasting
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DAC digital [to] analog converter
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DAC discretionary access control
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DAD duplicate address detection
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DAO disk at once
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DAP Directory Access Protocol
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DAT digital audio tape
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DAT dynamic acceleration technology
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DB database
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DBA database administrator
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DBA dynamic bandwidth allocation
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DBB data bus buffer
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DBC design by contract
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DBL dynamic buffer limiting
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DBMS database management system
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DBS database server
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DC direct current
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DCC Direct Client-to-Client
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DCC direct cable connect
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DCD data carrier detect
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DCE data control equipment
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DCE distributed computing environment
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DCOM distributed component object model
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DCOP Desktop COmmunication Protocol
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DCS data collection systems
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DCT discrete cosine transform
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DCU data cache unit
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DDC display data channel
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DDE dynamic data exchange
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DDK device driver kit
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DDL data description language
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DDR double data rate
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DDS direct digital sound
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DDWG Digital Display Working Group
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DE debugging extensions
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DE desktop environment
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DEA data encryption algorithm
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DEK data encryption key
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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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DF don't fragment
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DFA deterministic finite automaton
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DFC data flow control
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DFS depth first search
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DFS distributed file system
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DFT diagnostic function test
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DFT discrete Fourier transform
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DGL data generation language
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DH Diffie-Hellman
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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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DIRT design in real time
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DL diode logic
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DL discrete logarithm
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DL download
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DLE data link escape
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DLL dynamic link library
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DLP discrete logarithm problem
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DMA direct memory access
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DMI desktop management interface
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DMS document management system
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DMT discrete multitone modulation
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DNARD Digital network appliance reference design
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DND drag and drop
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DNS Domain Name System
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DOE distributed object environment
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DOF data over fibre
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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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DP DisplayPort
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DPC deferred procedure call
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DPCM differential pulse code modulation
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DPD dead peer detection
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DPI deep packet inspection
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DPI dots per inch
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DPL descriptor privilege level
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DPS Display PostScript
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DPST display power savings technology
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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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DRRS display refresh rate switching
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DS debug store
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DSA digital signature algorithm
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DSB double-sideband modulation
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DSDT differentiated system descriptor table
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DSL digital subscriber line
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DSL domain specific language
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DSLAM digital subscriber line access multiplexer
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DSN delivery status notification
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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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DTS digital thermal sensor
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DUT device under test
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DVB digital video broadcasting
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DVCS distributed version control system
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DVD digital versatile disc
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DVFS dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
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DVI device independent
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DVI Digital Visual Interface
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DVR digital video recorder
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E-XER extended XML encoding rules
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EABI embedded-application binary interface
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EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
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EBR extended boot record
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EC elliptical curve
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ECC error correction code
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ECDL elliptical curve discrete logarithm
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ECDSA elliptical curve digital signature algorithm
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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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ECS enhanced chip set
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ECS extended configuration space
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EDAT enhanced dynamic acceleration technology
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EDGE explicit data graph execution
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EDID extended display identification data
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EDO extended data out
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EDS electronical data sheet
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EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
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EFI extensible firmware interface
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EFL emitter follower logic
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EFM eight to fourteen modulation
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EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
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EGP exterior gateway protocol
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EH extension header
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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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ELS entry level system
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EMI electro-magnetic interference
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EMP electro-magnetic pulse
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EMR electro-magnetic radiation
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EOF end of file
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EOI end of interrupt
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EOL end of line
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EOT end of transmission
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EPIC explicitly parallel instruction computing
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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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ERD emergency recovery disk
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ERD entity relationship diagram
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ERE extended regular expression
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ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
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ESS electronic switching system
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ESS extended service set
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ESSID extended service set identifier
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EST enhanced speedstep
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ETL extract, transform, load
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EU execution unit
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EULA end user license agreement
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FAT file allocation table
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FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
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FCL fiber channel loop
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FCS frame check sequence
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FDC floppy disk controller
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FDD floppy disk drive
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FDDI fiber distributed data interface
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FDE full disk encryption
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FEA finite element analysis
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FEC forward error correction
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FET field-effect transistor
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FF form feed
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FFH functional fixed hardware
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FFI foreign function interface
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FFM focus follows mouse
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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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FILO first in, last out
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FIR fast infrared
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FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
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FLOSS free/libre/open source software
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FM frequency modulation
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FMR false match rate
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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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FPR floating point register
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FPU floating point unit
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FQDN fully qualified domain name
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FRR false rejection rate
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FRU field replaceable unit
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FS file system
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FSB front side bus
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FSCK file system check
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FSF Free Software Foundation
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FSK frequency shift keying
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FSM finite-state machine
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FTA fault tree analysis
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FTL flash translation layer
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FTP File Transfer Protocol
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FTPS File Transfer Protocol Secure
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FUS fast user switching
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FWH firmware hub
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FWS folding white space
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GAL generic array logic
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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 environment manager
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GEM graphics execution manager
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GENA general event notification architecture
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GHC Glasgow Haskell compiler
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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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GPG GNU Privacy Guard
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GPL [GNU] General Public License
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GPR general purpose register
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GPS generalized processor sharing
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GPT GUID partition table
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GPU graphics processing unit
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GR golden ratio
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GRE generic routing encapsulation
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GSI global system interrupt
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GUI graphical 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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HAT hashed array tree
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HBA host bus adapter
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HCF halt and catch fire
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HCI host controller interface
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HCI human-computer interaction
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HCL hardware compatibility list
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HDCP High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
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HDD hard disk drive
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HDL hardware description language
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HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface
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HDTV high-definition television
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HF high frequency
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HFM highest frequency mode
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HID human interface device
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HLL high-level language
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HMA high memory area
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HMI human-machine interface
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HOOD hierarchical object oriented design
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HP Hewlett-Packard
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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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HTCC high temperature co-fired ceramic
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HTML HyperText Markup Language
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HTT hyper-threading technology
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HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
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HVM hardware virtual machine
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HZ Hertz
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I2O intelligent input/output
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IA information assurance
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IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
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IBC iterated block cipher
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IBM International Business Machines
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IBS instruction based sampling
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IBSS independent basic service set
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IC integrated circuit
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ICA independent computer architecture
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ICB Internet Citizen's Band
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ICE in-circuit emulator
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ICE internal compiler error
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ICH I/O controller hub
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ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
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ICT information and communications technology
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ICW initialization command word
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IDA Intel dynamic acceleration
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IDCMP Intuition direct communication message port
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IDE integrated development environment
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IDE integrated drive electronics
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IDPS intrusion detection [and] prevention system
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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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IF intermediate frequency
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IFCM isochronous flow control mode
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IFF Interchange File Format
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IGD Internet gateway device
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IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
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IGP interior gateway protocol
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IHV independent hardware vendor
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IKE Internet key exchange
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ILM internal loopback mode
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ILOM integrated lights-out management
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ILP instruction level parallelism
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IM instant messaging
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IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
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IMC integrated memory controller
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IMCR interrupt mode configuration register
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IMR interrupt mask register
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IMS information management system
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INCITS InterNational Committee for 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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IPE integrated programming environment
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IPI interprocessor interrupt
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IPNG Internet Protocol, Next Generation
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IPS in-plane switching
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IPS intrusion prevention system
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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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IRQL interrupt request level
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IRR interrupt request register
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IRTF Internet Research Task Force
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IS information system
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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 in-service register
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ISR interrupt service routine
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IST interrupt stack table
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ISV independent software vendor
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IT information technology
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ITB Intel Turbo Boost
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IV initialization vector
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IVT interrupt vector table
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JBOD just a bunch of disks
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JFET junction [gate] field-effect transistor
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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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KB keyboard
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KB kilobyte
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KBD keyboard
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KBD kilobaud
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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 machine
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KVM kernel virtual memory
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KVM keyboard, video, [and] mouse
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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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LAR load access rights
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LBA logical block addressing
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LBS location-based service
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LCD liquid crystal display
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LCP link control protocol
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LDA local delivery agent
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LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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LDR light-dependent resistor
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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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LER label edge router
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LF line feed
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LF low frequency
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LFM lowest frequency mode
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LFN long file names
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LFO low-frequency oscillation
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LFS log-structured file system
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LFU least frequently used
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LHP loop heat pipe
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LIFO last in, first out
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LILO LInux LOader
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LILO last in, last out
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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 load linked
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LL/SC load linked/store conditional
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LLC logical link control
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LLF low level format
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LLMNR link-local multicast name resolution
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LLVM Low Level Virtual Machine
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LM long mode
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LMM link management mode
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LNO loop nest optimization
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LOC lines of code
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LOM lights-out management
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LPC low pin count
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LPS local positioning system
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LRC longitudinal redundancy check
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LRM left-to-right mark
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LRO left-to-right override
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LRU least recently used
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LSB Linux standards base
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LSB least significant {bit,byte}
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LSI large scale integration
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LSL load segment limit
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LSN Large Scale NAT
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LSN log sequence number
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LSR label switch router
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LTCC low temperature co-fired ceramic
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LTR left to right
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LTR load task register
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LTR letter(-sized paper)
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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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LWP light-weight process
|
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LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
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|
MAC mandatory access control
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MAC medium access control
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MAC message authentication {check,code}
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MADT multiple APIC descriptor table
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MB megabyte
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MBR master boot record
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|
MBS megabits per second
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|
MC memory controller
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MCA machine check architecture
|
|
MCA MicroChannel architecture
|
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MCC multiversion concurrency control
|
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MCE machine check exception
|
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MCGA Multi-Color Graphics Array
|
|
MCH memory controller hub
|
|
MCM multi-chip module
|
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MCQ memory controlled queue
|
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MD machine-dependent
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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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|
MESI modified, exclusive, shared, invalid
|
|
MFC merge from current
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|
MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes
|
|
MFM modified frequency modulation
|
|
MI machine-independent
|
|
MIB management information base
|
|
MIC message integrity {check,code}
|
|
MID mobile Internet device
|
|
MIDI musical instrument digital interface
|
|
MIF management information format
|
|
MIM man in the middle
|
|
MIMD multiple instruction, multiple data
|
|
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
|
|
MIMO multiple input multiple output
|
|
MIPS million instructions per second
|
|
MISD multiple instruction, single data
|
|
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|
|
MITM man in the middle
|
|
ML machine language
|
|
ML machine learning
|
|
ML mailing list
|
|
ML markup language
|
|
ML maximum likelihood
|
|
MLC multi-level cell
|
|
MLHP micro loop heat pipe
|
|
MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit
|
|
MMIO memory mapped input/output
|
|
MMU memory management unit
|
|
MMX matrix math extension
|
|
MMX multimedia extension
|
|
MMX multiple math extension
|
|
MO magneto-optical
|
|
MOESI modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid
|
|
MOF maximum operating frequency
|
|
MOSFET metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
|
|
MOSI modified, owned, shared, invalid
|
|
MP multi-platform
|
|
MP multiplayer
|
|
MP {multiprocessing,multiprocessor}
|
|
MPEG moving picture experts group
|
|
MPI message passing interface
|
|
MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching
|
|
MPP massively parallel processor
|
|
MPS memory pool system
|
|
MPS multiprocessor specification
|
|
MR modem ready
|
|
MRU most recently used
|
|
MS Microsoft
|
|
MSB most significant {bit,byte}
|
|
MSE mean square error
|
|
MSF minutes seconds frames
|
|
MSI message signaled interrupt
|
|
MSI modified, shared, invalid
|
|
MSR machine state register
|
|
MSS maximum segment size
|
|
MT machine translation
|
|
MTA mail transfer agent
|
|
MTBF mean time between failures
|
|
MTRR memory type range register
|
|
MTTF mean time to failure
|
|
MTU maximum transmission unit
|
|
MUA mail user agent
|
|
MUD multi-user domain
|
|
MVCC multiversion concurrency control
|
|
MWE module width encoding
|
|
MX mail exchange
|
|
NACK negative acknowledgement
|
|
NAN not a number
|
|
NAPT Network Address Port Translation
|
|
NAS network attached storage
|
|
NAT network address translation
|
|
NAV network allocation vector
|
|
NC numerical control
|
|
NCO numerically-controlled oscillator
|
|
NCP Network Control Protocol
|
|
NCQ native command queuing
|
|
ND neighbor discovery
|
|
NDFA nondeterministic finite automaton
|
|
NE numeric error
|
|
NFA nondeterministic finite automaton
|
|
NFS network file system
|
|
NIA next instruction address
|
|
NIC network information center
|
|
NIC network interface card
|
|
NIDS network intrusion detection system
|
|
NIP network interface protocol
|
|
NIPS network intrusion prevention system
|
|
NIS network information service
|
|
NLS native language support
|
|
NMI non-maskable interrupt
|
|
NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol
|
|
NOC network operations center
|
|
NOP no operation
|
|
NOS network operating system
|
|
NP nondeterministic polynomial time
|
|
NRZ non-return to zero
|
|
NSA National Security Agency
|
|
NTM non-deterministic Turing machine
|
|
NTP Network Time Protocol
|
|
NUMA non-uniform memory access
|
|
NVRAM non-volatile random access memory
|
|
NW not write-through
|
|
NX no execute
|
|
OAEP optimal asymmetric encryption padding
|
|
OBO off by one
|
|
OBOE off by one error
|
|
OCL object constraint language
|
|
OCR optical character recognition
|
|
ODCM on-demand clock modulation
|
|
ODT on-die termination
|
|
OEM original equipment manufacturer
|
|
OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
|
|
OFET organic field-effect transistor
|
|
OLAP online analytical processing
|
|
OLE object linking and embedding
|
|
OLTP online transaction processing
|
|
ONFI open nand flash interface
|
|
OO OpenOffice
|
|
OO object oriented
|
|
OOB out of band
|
|
OOE out of order execution
|
|
OOM out of memory
|
|
OOO OpenOffice.org
|
|
OOP object oriented programming
|
|
OOPS object oriented programming systems
|
|
OOSE object oriented software engineering
|
|
OPM operations per minute
|
|
OPS operations per second
|
|
OQL Object Query Language
|
|
ORB object request broker
|
|
ORM object-relational mapping
|
|
OS operating system
|
|
OSD open source definition
|
|
OSF open software foundation
|
|
OSI Open Source Initiative
|
|
OSI open systems interconnection
|
|
OSPF open shortest path first
|
|
OSPM OS power management
|
|
OSS open sound system
|
|
OSS open source software
|
|
OSVW operating system visible workarounds
|
|
OTP one time password
|
|
OTP open telecom platform
|
|
OU organizational unit
|
|
OUI organizationally unique identifier
|
|
OWL Web Ontology Language
|
|
P2P PCI to PCI
|
|
P2P peer to peer
|
|
PA phase accumulator
|
|
PA physical address
|
|
PAC phase-amplitude converter
|
|
PAE physical address extension
|
|
PAL phase alternating line
|
|
PAL programmable array logic
|
|
PAM pluggable authentication modules
|
|
PAM pulse amplitude modulation
|
|
PAP password authentication protocol
|
|
PAT page attribute table
|
|
PAT port address translation
|
|
PATA parallel ATA
|
|
PAX portable archive exchange
|
|
PBE pending break encoding
|
|
PBE programming by example
|
|
PC personal computer
|
|
PC program counter
|
|
PCB printed circuit board
|
|
PCC Portable C Compiler
|
|
PCD page-level cache disable
|
|
PCE performance-monitor counter enable
|
|
PCI peripheral component interconnect
|
|
PCM phase change memory
|
|
PCM pulse code modulation
|
|
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
|
|
PD public domain
|
|
PDA personal digital assistant
|
|
PDA pushdown automaton
|
|
PDAG propositional directed acyclic graph
|
|
PDB power distribution board
|
|
PDF portable document format
|
|
PDM pulse-duration modulation
|
|
PDN pull-down network
|
|
PDP page {descriptor,directory} page
|
|
PDS product data sheet
|
|
PDU protocol data unit
|
|
PE protection enable
|
|
PECI platform environment control interface
|
|
PEP protocol extension protocol
|
|
PER packed encoding rules
|
|
PFS perfect forward secrecy
|
|
PGAS partitioned global address space
|
|
PGE page global enable
|
|
PGP Pretty Good Privacy
|
|
PHB PCI host bridge
|
|
PHP PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
|
|
PIC position independent code
|
|
PIC programmable interrupt controller
|
|
PICNIC problem in chair, not in computer
|
|
PID process id
|
|
PIE position independent executable
|
|
PIM personal information manager
|
|
PIM platform-independent model
|
|
PIO programmed input/output
|
|
PIPT physically indexed, physically tagged
|
|
PIQ prefetch input queue
|
|
PIT programmable interrupt timer
|
|
PIV personal identity verification
|
|
PKCS public-key cryptography standards
|
|
PKI public key infrastructure
|
|
PLC programmable logic controller
|
|
PLD programmable logic device
|
|
PLL phase locked loop
|
|
PLRU pseudo LRU
|
|
PLTM package level thermal management
|
|
PM power management
|
|
PM {phase,pulse} modulation
|
|
PME power management event
|
|
PMI platform management interrupt
|
|
PMIO port-mapped input/output
|
|
PMT photo-multiplier tube
|
|
PMU power management unit
|
|
PNG portable network graphics
|
|
PNP plug and play
|
|
POE power over ethernet
|
|
POF probability of failure
|
|
POP Post Office Protocol
|
|
POP power on password
|
|
POSIX Portable Operating System Interface [for Unix]
|
|
POST power on self test
|
|
POTS plain old telephone system
|
|
PP pair programming
|
|
PPB PCI [to] PCI bridge
|
|
PPC PowerPC
|
|
PPI pixels per inch
|
|
PPM pages per minute
|
|
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
|
|
PPPOA Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
|
|
PPPOE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
|
|
PPU physics processing unit
|
|
PRBS pseudo-random bit sequence
|
|
PRML partial response, maximum likelihood
|
|
PRN pseudo random {noise,number}
|
|
PRNG pseudo random number generator
|
|
PROM programmable read only memory
|
|
PSD power spectral density
|
|
PSE page size extensions
|
|
PSK phase shift keying
|
|
PSK pre-shared key
|
|
PSTN public switched telephone network
|
|
PSW program status word
|
|
PTE page table entry
|
|
PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
|
|
PTP page table page
|
|
PTV perceived target value
|
|
PU processing unit
|
|
PUN physical unit number
|
|
PV physical volume
|
|
PVG physical volume group
|
|
PVI protected-mode virtual interrupt
|
|
PWM pulse width modulation
|
|
PXE preboot execution environment
|
|
QA quality assurance
|
|
QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
|
|
QAM quality assurance management
|
|
QBE query by example
|
|
QC quality control
|
|
QDI quasi delay insensitive
|
|
QOS quality of service
|
|
R/O read only
|
|
R/W read/write
|
|
RA receiver address
|
|
RA remote assistance
|
|
RA resource affinity
|
|
RA router advertisement
|
|
RAD rapid application development
|
|
RAID redundant array of {independent,inexpensive} disks
|
|
RAM random access memory
|
|
RAS reliability, availability and serviceability
|
|
RAS remote access service
|
|
RAS restartable atomic sequence
|
|
RAS row address strobe
|
|
RBF radial basis function
|
|
RBT red-black tree
|
|
RC release candidate
|
|
RC remote control
|
|
RCS Revision Control System
|
|
RCS revision control system
|
|
RCU read, copy, update
|
|
RDB Rigid Disk Block
|
|
RDBMS relational database management system
|
|
RDF Resource Description Framework
|
|
RDM relational data model
|
|
RDMA remote direct memory access
|
|
RE regular expression
|
|
REST representational state transfer
|
|
RF radio frequency
|
|
RFI radio frequency interference
|
|
RFO request for ownership
|
|
RGB red green blue
|
|
RGBA red green blue alpha
|
|
RH read hit
|
|
RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux
|
|
RHL Red Hat Linux
|
|
RIB routing information base
|
|
RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
|
|
RIP Routing Information Protocol
|
|
RIR regional Internet registry
|
|
RISC reduced instruction set {computer,computing}
|
|
RKM ROM Kernel Manual
|
|
RLE run length encoding
|
|
RLL run length limited
|
|
RLO right-to-left override
|
|
RM read miss
|
|
RMI remote method invocation
|
|
RMPM rapid memory power management
|
|
RMS root mean square
|
|
RMW read, modify, write
|
|
RNG random number generator
|
|
ROM read only memory
|
|
RPC remote procedure call
|
|
RPL requested privilege level
|
|
RPM revolutions per minute
|
|
RPN reverse Polish notation
|
|
RR random replacement
|
|
RR round robin
|
|
RS relay station
|
|
RSA Rivest, Shamir, [and] Adleman
|
|
RSIP Realm Specific IP
|
|
RSS really simple syndication
|
|
RSS residual sum of squares
|
|
RT real time
|
|
RTC real time clock
|
|
RTC real time computing
|
|
RTF rich text format
|
|
RTL register transfer language
|
|
RTL resistor-transistor logic
|
|
RTL right to left
|
|
RTOS real time operating system
|
|
RTS request to send
|
|
RTT round trip time
|
|
RUP rational unified process
|
|
RWM read-write memory
|
|
RX {receive,receiver}
|
|
S/PDIF Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
|
|
SA security advisory
|
|
SA security association
|
|
SA source address
|
|
SA structured analysis
|
|
SAAS software as a service
|
|
SACD super audio compact disc
|
|
SAD security association database
|
|
SAL system abstraction layer
|
|
SAM serial access memory
|
|
SAM sum addressed memory
|
|
SAN storage area network
|
|
SAPIC streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
|
|
SASD structured analysis, structured design
|
|
SASI Shugart Associates System Interface
|
|
SASL simple authentication [and] security layer
|
|
SATA serial advanced technology attachment
|
|
SB sound blaster
|
|
SBU standard build unit
|
|
SC store conditional
|
|
SCA source code analyzer
|
|
SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition
|
|
SCC single chip cloud
|
|
SCC source code control
|
|
SCCS Source Code Control System
|
|
SCI scalable coherent interface
|
|
SCI system control interrupt
|
|
SCM software configuration management
|
|
SCM source code management
|
|
SCM storage-class memory
|
|
SCP secure copy
|
|
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
|
|
SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol
|
|
SDI symbol deinterleave
|
|
SDK software development kit
|
|
SDL Simple Declarative Language
|
|
SDL Simple Direct-media Layer
|
|
SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
|
|
SDT syntax-directed translation
|
|
SEGV segmentation violation
|
|
SEO search engine optimization
|
|
SFC sequential function chart
|
|
SFI simple firmware interface
|
|
SFI software fault isolation
|
|
SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol
|
|
SFTP Serial File Transfer Protocol
|
|
SFTP Simple File Transfer Protocol
|
|
SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
|
|
SIFS short inter-frame space
|
|
SIMD single instruction, multiple data
|
|
SIMM single inline memory module
|
|
SIP Session Initiation Protocol
|
|
SIR signal-to-interference ratio
|
|
SIR slow infrared
|
|
SISD single instruction, single data
|
|
SLC single-level cell
|
|
SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
|
|
SLED single large expensive disk
|
|
SLI scalable link interface
|
|
SLI scan-line interleave
|
|
SLOC source lines of code
|
|
SLRU segmented LRU
|
|
SMA smart memory access
|
|
SMAF system management action field
|
|
SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
|
|
SMBIOS System Management BIOS
|
|
SMC system management controller
|
|
SMI structure of management information
|
|
SMI system management interrupt
|
|
SMM system management mode
|
|
SMP symmetric multiprocessing
|
|
SMT simultaneous multithreading
|
|
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
|
|
SMU system management unit
|
|
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
|
|
SNR signal-to-noise ratio
|
|
SOA service oriented architecture
|
|
SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
|
|
SOC system on chip
|
|
SOF start of frame
|
|
SOH start of header
|
|
SOHO small office/home office
|
|
SOL serial over LAN
|
|
SP service pack
|
|
SP stack pointer
|
|
SPARC scalable processor architecture
|
|
SPARQL SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
|
|
SPD security policy database
|
|
SPD serial presence detect
|
|
SPDIF Sony/Philips digital interface format
|
|
SPI serial peripheral interface
|
|
SPI stateful packet inspection
|
|
SPMD single process, multiple data
|
|
SPR special purpose register
|
|
SPT sectors per track
|
|
SQA software quality assurance
|
|
SQL Structured Query Language
|
|
SRAM static random access memory
|
|
SRC sample rate conversion
|
|
SS self-snoop
|
|
SS stack segment
|
|
SSB single-sideband modulation
|
|
SSD solid state drive
|
|
SSE streaming SIMD extensions
|
|
SSFDC solid state floppy disc card
|
|
SSH secure shell
|
|
SSI server side includes
|
|
SSID service set identifier
|
|
SSL secure sockets layer
|
|
SSP stack smashing protection
|
|
STC software thermal control
|
|
STD state transition diagram
|
|
STP Spanning Tree Protocol
|
|
STP shielded twisted pair
|
|
SUS Single Unix Specification
|
|
SUT system under test
|
|
SVG scalable vector graphics
|
|
SVGA Super Video Graphics Array
|
|
SVM secure virtual machine
|
|
SVM support vector machine
|
|
SVR System V Release
|
|
SWF Shockwave Flash
|
|
SWIG simplified wrapper [and] interface generator
|
|
SYR symbol timing recovery
|
|
TA test assertion
|
|
TA transmitter address
|
|
TAI international atomic time
|
|
TAO track at once
|
|
TAOCP The Art of Computer Programming
|
|
TAP Test Anything Protocol
|
|
TAS test and set
|
|
TB terabyte
|
|
TCB trace capture buffer
|
|
TCB trusted computing base
|
|
TCC thermal control circuit
|
|
TCL tool command language
|
|
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
|
|
TCQ tagged command queueing
|
|
TDC time [to] digital converter
|
|
TDD test driven development
|
|
TDD time division duplex
|
|
TDM time division multiplexing
|
|
TDMA time division multiple access
|
|
TDOA time difference of arrival
|
|
TDP thermal design {point,power}
|
|
TECO Text Editor and Corrector
|
|
TFT thin film transistor
|
|
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
|
|
TIAS try it and see
|
|
TIFF tagged image file format
|
|
TITS try it to see
|
|
TK temporal key
|
|
TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
|
|
TLA top level aggregator
|
|
TLB translation lookaside buffer
|
|
TLD top level domain
|
|
TLS thread local storage
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TLS transport layer security
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TM Turing machine
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TM thermal monitor
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TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
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TMO timeout
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TOD time of day
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TOS terms of service
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TOS trusted operating system
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TOS type of service
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TP transaction processing
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TPI tracks per inch
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TPM transactions per minute
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TPM trusted platform module
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TPR task priority register
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TPS transactions per second
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TPS transmission parameters signaling
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TR task register
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TR token ring
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TRL timing recovery loop
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TRNG true random number generator
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TS terminal services
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TS time series
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TS time stamp
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TS transport stream
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TSC time stamp counter
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TSD time stamp disable
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TSL test, set, lock
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TSO time sharing option
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TSP Time-Stamp Protocol
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TSP Tunnel Setup Protocol
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TSP time synchronization protocol
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TSP traveling salesman problem
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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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TUI {terminal,text-based,textual} user interface
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TX {transmit out,transmitter}
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TZ time zone
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UAC user {access,account} control
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UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
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UAT user acceptance testing
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UC uncacheable
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UCS uniform-cost search
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UDMA ultra DMA
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UDO ultra density optical
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UDP User Datagram Protocol
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UFS Unix File System
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UI unit interval
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UI user interface
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UID unique identifier
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UID user identifier
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UL upload
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UMA uniform memory access
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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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UMPC ultra-mobile PC
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UPNP universal plug and play
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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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URN uniform resource name
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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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UT unit test
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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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UUT unit under test
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UX user experience
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VA vertical alignment
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VA virtual address
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VA volt-ampere
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VAX virtual address extension
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VB Visual Basic
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VCA variable-gain amplifier
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VCC common collector voltage
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VCF voltage-controlled filter
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VCM virtual channel memory
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VCO voltage-controlled oscillator
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VCS version control system
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VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
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VFO variable-frequency oscillator
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VG volume group
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VGA Video Graphics Array
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VHDCI very high density cable interconnect
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VID voltage level identifier
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VIPT virtually indexed, physically tagged
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VIVT virtually indexed, virtually tagged
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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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VME virtual mode extension
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VMX vector multimedia extensions
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VMX virtual machine extensions
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VOD video on demand
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VPN virtual private network
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VR virtual reality
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VRAM video random access memory
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VRM voltage regulator module
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VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
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W watt
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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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WAP wireless access point
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WDT watchdog timer
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WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
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WFI wait for interrupt
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WFQ weighted fair queuing
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WH write hit
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WIFI wireless fidelity
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WLAN wireless local area network
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WM write miss
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WMI Windows Management Instrumentation
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WOL Wake-on-LAN
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WOM Wake-on-Modem
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WOR Wake-on-Ring
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WORM write once read many
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WP WordPerfect
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WP word processor
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WP write protect
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WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
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WPA2 Wi-Fi Protected Access II
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WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup
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WRAM window random access memory
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WS web services
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WTC write through caching
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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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XDMCP X Display Manager control protocol
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XER XML encoding rules
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XGA Extended Graphics Array
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XIP execute in place
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XML Extensible Markup Language
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XOR exclusive or
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XP extreme programming
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XSI X/Open System Interface
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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
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YTD year to date
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ZBR zone bit recording
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ZFOD zero-filled on demand
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ZIF zero insertion force
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ZIFS zero insertion force socket
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ZMA zone multicast address
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