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$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.47 2004/11/11 08:42:27 grant Exp $
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ABI application binary interface
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ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
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ADC analog [to] digital converter
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AGP accelerated graphics port
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ANSI american national standards institute
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API application programming interface
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APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller
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ARP address resolution protocol
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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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ATM asynchronous transfer mode
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ATX advanced technology extended
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BEDO burst extended data output
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BGP border gateway protocol
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BIOS basic input/output system
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BLOB binary large object
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BSD berkeley software distribution
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CAD computer-aided design
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CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
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CD compact disc
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CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
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CGA color graphics array
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CGI common gateway interface
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CHS cylinder/head/sector
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CIDR classless inter-domain routing
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CLI command line interface
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CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
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COFF common object file format
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CPU central processing unit
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CRLF carriage return line feed
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CRT cathode ray tube
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CSS cascading style sheets
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CVS concurrent versions system
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DAC digital [to] analog converter
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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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DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
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DMA direct memory access
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DNS domain name system
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DRAM dynamic random access memory
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DSL digital subscriber line
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DTD document type definition
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DVD digital versatile disc
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DVI digital visual interface
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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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EGA enhanced graphics array
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EISA extended industry standard architecture
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ELF executable and linking format
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EPP enhanced parallel port
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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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FAT file allocation table
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FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
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FDDI fiber distributed data interface
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FFS fast file system
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FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
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FPM fast page mode
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FQDN fully qualified domain name
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FTP file transfer protocol
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GC garbage collector
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GIF graphics interchange format
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GNU gnu's not unix
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GPL gnu/general public license
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GPU graphics processing unit
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GUI graphics user interface
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HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection
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HTML hyper-text markup language
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HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol
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I2O intelligent input/output
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IANA internet assigned number authority
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IC integrated circuit
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ICB internet citizen's band
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ICMP internet control message protocol
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IDE integrated drive electronics
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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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IKE internet key exchange
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IMAP internet mail access protocol
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INCITS international committee on information technology standards
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IPC interprocess communication
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IO input/output
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IOCTL input/output control
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IP internet protocol
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IPNG internet protocol, next generation
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IPSEC internet protocol security
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IRC internet relay chat
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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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ISDN integrated services digital network
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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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JPEG joint photographic experts group
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KVA kernel virtual address
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LAN local area network
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LBA logical block addressing
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LCD liquid crystal display
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LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
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LED light emitting diode
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LIR local internet registry
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LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
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LUN logical unit number
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MAC media access control
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MBR master boot record
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MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory
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MIDI musical instrument digital interface
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MIME multipurpose internet mail extensions
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MIPS million instructions per second
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MMU memory management unit
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MPEG moving picture experts group
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MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
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MTA mail transfer agent
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MTU maximum transmission unit
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MUA mail user agent
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NAT network address translation
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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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NUMA non uniform memory access
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OEM original equipment manufacturer
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OSF open software foundation
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OSI open systems interconnection
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OTP one time password
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PAM pluggable authentication modules
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PAX portable archive exchange
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PCI peripheral component interconnect
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PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association
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PDP page descriptor page
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PERL practical extraction [and] report language
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PGP pretty good privacy
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PIC programmable interrupt controller
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PID process id
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PIO programmed input/output
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PNG portable network graphics
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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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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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PROM programmable read only memory
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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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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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RCS revision control system
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RFC request for comments
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RGB red green blue
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RISC reduced instruction set computing
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ROM read only memory
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RPM revolutions per minute
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RTF rich text format
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S/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface
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SACD super audio compact disc
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SAM serial access memory
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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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SCSI small computer system interface
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SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
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SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
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SIP Session Initiation Protocol
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SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
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SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
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SMP symmetric multiprocessing
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SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
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SNMP simple network management protocol
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SPD serial presence detect
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SRAM static random access memory
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SSH secure shell
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SSL secure sockets layer
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STP shielded twisted pair
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SVGA super video graphics array
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TCL tool command language
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TCP transmission control protocol
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TDD test driven development
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TFT thin film transistor
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TIFF tagged image file format
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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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TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
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TTY teletype
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TZ time zone
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UC uncacheable
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UDP user datagram protocol
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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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USB universal serial bus
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USWC uncacheable speculative write combining
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UTP unshielded twisted pair
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UUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol
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VAX virtual address extension
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VCM virtual channel memory
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VESA video electronics standards association
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VGA video graphics array
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VM virtual memory
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VPN virtual private network
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VRAM video random access memory
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WAN wide area network
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WAP wireless application protocol
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WRAM window random access memory
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WWW world wide web
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XGA extended graphics array
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XML extensible markup language
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XSL extensible stylesheet language
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XT extended technology
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