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Computer Term English Meaning
AAC Advanced Audio Coding

AAL

ATM Adaptation Layer

AARP

Apple Talk Address Resolution Protocol

AAUI

Apple Attachment Unit Interface

ABA

 

ABC

Atanasoff-Berry Computer

ABM

Asynchronous Balanced Mode

ABR

Available Bit Rate

AC

Alternating Current

AC3 Audio Compression 3

ACF

Advanced Communications Function

ACF/NCP

Advanced Communications Function / Network Control Program

ACID Automicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability

ACK

Acknowledgement

ACL

1) Access Control List
2) Asynchronous Connectionless Type

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

ACSE

Asociation Control Service Element

ACTSAI

Advanced Communications Technology Satellite ATM Internetwork

AD

1) Administrative Domain
2) Active Directory

ADC

Analog-to-Digital Conversion

ADCCP

Advanced Data Communications Control Protocol

ADDMD

Administrative Directory Management Domain

ADF

Automatic Document Feeder

ADMD

Administration Management Domain

ADO ActiveX Data Objects
ADP Authoritative Data Producer

ADPCM

Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation

ADS Authoritative Data Source
ADSI Active Directory Services Interface

ADSL

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

ADSM

ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager

ADSP

Apple Talk Data Stream Protocol

AEP

Apple Talk Echo Protocol

ADT Abstract Data Type

AET

Application Entity Title

AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System

AFP

Apple Talk Filing Protocol

AGP

Advanced Graphics Port

AGS

Advanced Gateway Server

AGS+

Advanced Gateway Server Plus

AI Artificial Intelligence
AIDC Automatic Identification and Data Capture
AIFF Audio Interchange File Format
AIML Artificial Intelligence Markup Language

AIS

Alarm Indication Signal

AJAX Asynchronous Javascript and XML

AKA

Also Known As

ALGOL

Algorithmic Language

ALU

Arithmetic-Logic Unit

AMA Active Member Address

AMD

Advanced Micro Devices

AMI

American Megatrends Inc.

AMF Action Message Format
AMG Architecture Management Group

AMP

Active Monitor Present

AN

Access Node

ANI Automatic Number Identification

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

AoE ATA over Ethernet

AOL

America On-Line

AOP

Association of On-line Professionals

APDU Application Protocol Data Unit

API

Application Programming Interface

ARD Application Requirements Document

APM

Advanced Power Management

APP

Applications

APPC

Advanced Peer-to-Peer Communications

APPC/PC

Advanced Peer-to-Peer Communications for Personal Computers

APPN

Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking

APS

Automatic Protection Switching

ARCNET

Attached Resource Computer Network

ARM

Asynchronours Response Mode

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol

ARPA

Advanced Research Projects Agency

ARPANET

ARPA Net

ARQ

Automatic Repeat Request

ARU Audio Response Unit

AS

Autonomous System

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASF Advanced Streaming Format
ASF Apache Software Foundation

ASIC

Application-Specific Integrated Circuit

ASN.1

Abstract Syntax Notation One

ASP

1) Apple Talk Session Protocol
2) Active Server Pages
3) Application Service Provider

ASPX Active Server Page Framework
ASR Automatic Speech Recognition

AT

1) Advanced Technology
2) Asynchronous Transmission

ATA

1) Advanced Technology Architecture
2) Analog Terminal Adapter

ATAPI

ATA Packet Interface

ATDM

Asynchronous Time DeMultiplexing

ATDNet

Advanced Technology Demonstration Network

ATG

Address Translation Gateway

ATL Active Template Library

ATM

1) Asynchronous Transfer Mode
2) Automatic Teller Machine
3) Adobe Type Manager

ATM25

ATM at 25 Mbps

ATMF

ATM Forum

ATP

Apple Talk Transaction Protocol

ATX

AT Extended

AT&T

American Telephone & Telegraph Company

AUI

Attachment Unit Interface

AURP

Apple Talk Update-Based Routing Protocol

AV

Anti Virus

AVI

Audio Video Interleaved

AVL Automatic Vehicle Location
AVS Address Verification System

AWG

American Wire Gauge

AWT

Abstract Window Toolkit / Alternative Window Toolkit / Applet Widget Toolkit

A&E Architectural and Engineering

A/D

Analog to Digital

A/V

Audio / Video

Computer Term English Meaning

B Channel

Bearer Channel

BASH Bourne Again Shell

BDCs

Backup Domain Controllers

BARRNET

Bay Area Regional Research NETwork

BASIC

Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BBS

Bulletin Board System

BCD Binary Coded Decimal

BCNF

Boyce Codd Normal Form

BCS Battery Computer System

BER

1) Base Encoding Rules
2) Bit-Error Rate

BERT

Bit-Error-Rate Tester

BGA

Ball Grid Array

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain

BIOS

Basic Input-Output System

BISDN

Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network

BISYNK

Binary Synchronous Communication Protocol

BIT

BInary digiT

BITNET

Because It's Time NETwork

BIU

Basic Information Unit

BLERT

Block-Error-Rate Test

BMP

Bit MaP

BNC

Bayonet Connectors

BNF Backus Normal Form

BOOTP

BOOTstrapProtocol

BOOTPROM

Boot Programmable Read-Only Memory

BPDU

Bridge Protocol Data Unit

BPEL4WS Business Process Execution Language for Web Services
BPML Business Process Modeling Language

BPR

Business-Process Reengineering

bps

Bits Per Second

BRI

Basic Rate Interface

BPSS Business Process Specification Schema

BSC

Binary Sinchronous Communication

BSD

Berkeley Software Distribution

BSH Bourne Shell

BTO

Build-To-Order

BTR

Betting The Ranch

BYTE Binary Term

B2B

Business to Business

B2C

Business to Customer

Computer Term English Meaning

CA

1) Certification Authority
2) Computer Asociates

CAD

Computer Aided Design

CAD Tools

Computer Aided Design Tools

CAE

1) Computer Aided Engineering
2) Common Applications Environment

CAI

Computer-Aided Instruction o Computer-Assisted Instruction

CAIRN

Collaborative Advanced Interagency Research Network

CAL Client Access License

CAM

Computer Aided Manufacturing

CAN

1) Campus Area Network
2) Controller Area Network

CANet

CAnadian Net

CAP

Carrierless Amplitude and Phase modulation

CAR Courtesy Amount Recognition
CAS 1) Central Authentication Service Collision
2) Communicating Applications Specification
CASE Computer Aided Software (o System) Engineering
CAT Computer Aided Translation

CATV

Community Antenna TeleVision

CAU

Controller Access Unit

CAVE

Computer-Assisted Virtual Environment

CAVERN

Computer-Assisted Virtual Environment Research Network

CBASIC

Compiled BASIC

CBC Cipher Block Chaining
CBEFF Common Biometric Exchange File Format
CBI Computer-Based Instruction

CBR

Constant Bit Rate

CBT

Computer Based Training

CCD

Charge-Coupled Device

CCITT

Consultative Committee on International Telephone and Telegraph

CCT Closed-Circuit Television

CCS

Common Channel Signaling

CCV Credit Card Verification

CD

Compact Disk

CD-I

CD Interactive

CDBS Common Database Server
CDF Channel Definition Format
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDP CRL Distribution Point

CD-R

CD Recordable

CDROM

Compact Disc ROM

CD-ROM

ver CDROM

CD-ROM/XA Compact Disc - Read-Only Memory / Extended Architecture

CD-RW

CD ReWritable

CD-W

CD Writtable

CDDI

Copper Distributed Data Interconnection

CDE

Common Desktop Environment

CDPD

Cellular Digital Packed Data

CDS Common Data Server

CDSL

Consumer DSL

CE Conformité Européenne
CELP Code-Excited Linear Prediction

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CERN

Centre Européen de Recherche Nuclair

CERT Computer Emergency Response Team

CF

Compact Flash

CGA

Color Graphics Adapter

CGI

Common Gateway Interface

CICS

Customer Information Control System

CIDR

Classless Inter-Domain Routing

CIFS Common Internet File System
CIL Common Language Infrastructure

CIM

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

CIO Chief Information Officer
CISC Complex Instruction Set of Commands

CIR

Committed Information Rate

CIS

Contact Image Sensing

CISC

Complex Instruction Set Computer

CIX

Commercial Internet eXchange

CLUF

.

CLR Common Language Runtime

CLUT

Color Look-Up Table

CM Configuration Management
CMI Computer Managed Instruction
CMM Capability Maturity Model
CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration

CMOS

Complementary Metal Oxide Conductor

CMS Content Management System

CMYK

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and blacK

CNAC Closed Network Acces Control

CO

Central Office

COBOL

Common Bussines-Oriented Language

CODEC

Compression / Decompression

COM

Component Object Model

COO

Chief Operational Officer

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CORDRA Content Object Repository Discovery and Registration Architecture
COSS Common Object Services Specification
COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf
CP Communication Processor

CPE

Customer Premises Equipment

CPI

.

cps

characters per second

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CP/M

Control Program for Microcomputers

CQL

1) Common Query Language
2) Continuous Query Language

CR

1) Carriage Return
2) Change Request

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

CREN

Corporation for Research and Educational Networking

CRL Certificate Revocation List
CRM Customer Relationship Management
CRT Cathode Ray Tube

CRS

Content Replication Service

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

CS

1) Convergence Sublayer
2) CompuServe

CSA Common Service Area
CSC Computer Software Component
CSCI Computer Software Configuration Item
CSH C Shell
CSI Called Subscriber Identifier

CSMA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection

CSNET

Computer + Science NETwork

CSP Cryptographic Service Provider

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets

CSU Computer Software Unit
CSV Comma Separated Values
CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

CVP

Content Vectoring Protocol

CVS Concurrent Versioning System
CVSD Continuously Variable Slope Differential Modulation
Computer Term English Meaning

D Channel

Data Channel

DA Data Administrator
DA Data Analysis
DAA Digest Access Authentication
DAML DARPA Agent Markup Language
DAO Data Access Objects

DAO

Data Access Objects

DAP

Directory Access Protocol

DAQ Data Acquisition

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DAT Digital Audio Tape
DAWG Data Access Working Group
dB Decibels

DB

DataBase

DB-25

DB-25

DBA

DataBase Administrator

dBm Decibels Per Meter

DBMS

DataBase Management System

DBS

DataBase System

DC

Direct Current

DCA

Document Content Architecture

DCC

Direct Cable Connection

DCD Data Carrier Detect

DCE

1) Data Communications Equipment
2) Data Circuit-terminating Equipment

DCL

Data Control Language

DCOM

Distributed COM

DDBMS

Distributed DataBase Management System

DDE

Dynamic Data Exchange

DDL

1) Data Description Language
2) Document Description Language
3) Direct Data Link

DDMA

Distributed Direct Memory Access

DDoS Distributed Denial of Service
DDP Datagram Delivery Protocol
DDR Double Data Rate

DDR DRAM

Double-Data-Rate DRAM

DDS

Digital Data Service

DEC

Digital Equipment Corporation

DECnet

Digital Equipment Corporation Network

DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications

DES

Data Encryption Standard

DFA Deterministic Finite Automata
DFC Data Flow Control

DFD

Data Flow Diagram

DGPS

Diferential GPS

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Prtocol

DHTML

Dynamic HTML

DIB

Device Independent Bitmap

DID Direct Inward Dialing
DIF Data Interchange Format

DIMM

Double In-Line Memory Module

DIN

Deutsche Industrie Norm

DIP

Dual In-Line Package

DIS Draft International Standard
DITA Darwin Information Typing Architecture
DL DownLoad

DLCI

Data Link Connection Identifier

DLL

Dynamic Link Library

DMA

1) Direct Memory Access
2) Digital Message Device

DMD

Directory Management Domain

DML Data Manipulation Language
DMS Document Management System
DMZ Demilitarized Zone
DN Distinguished Name
DNA

1) Digital Network Architecture
2) Distributed Internet Applications/Architecture

DLP

Digital Light Processing

DML

Data Manipulation Language

DMT

Discrete Multitone

DNA

Digital Network Architecture

DNS

Domain Naming Service

DoD

Department of Defense

DOM

Document Object Model

DoS

Denial of Services

DOS

Disk Operating System

dp

Dot Pitch

DPA

Demand Priority Architecture

dpi

dots per inch

DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface
DPMS Display Power Management Signaling
DQE Data Quality Engineering

DRAM

Dynamic RAM

DRC

Domains Relational Calculus

DRDA

1) Distributed Relational
2) Database Architecture

DRM

1) Device Relationship Management
2) Digital Rights Management

DRDA

Distributed Relational DataBase Architecture

DSA Directory Service Agent
DSD

Data Structure Definition

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DSN Data Source Number

DSP

1) Digital Signal Processor
2) Directory Service Protocol

DSR Data Set Ready
DSS Digital Signature Standard
DSSSL Document Style Semantics and Specification Language

DSU/CSU

Data Service Unit / Channel Service Unit

DTD

Document Type Definition

DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency

DTE

Data Terminal Equipment

DTP

DeskTop Publisher

DTR Data Terminal Ready
DUA Directory User Agent

DUN

Dial-Up Networking

DV Digital Video
DVB Digital Video Broadcast(ing)

DVD

Digital Video Disk / Digital Versatile Disk

DVD-RAM

Digital Video Disk RAM

DVD-ROM

Digital Video Disk ROM

DVD+RW

Digital Video Disc ReWritable

DVI

1) Digital Video Input
2) Digital Video Interface

DW

Data Warehouse

D/A

Digital to Analog

Computer Term English Meaning

E/S

ver I/O

EAN

European Association for Numeration or Articles

EAO

ver CAI

EAS Electronic Article Surveillance
ECB Electronic CodeBook

EBCDIC

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

ECC

Error-Correcting Code

ECM Enterprise Content Management
ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Asociation
ECTF Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EDO RAM

Extended Data Out RAM

EDSM Event-Driven State Machine

EDVAC

Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer

EEI External Environment Interface

EFS

Encrypted File System

EFTS Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification

EGA

Enhanced Graphics Adapter

EGP

External Gateway Protocol

EIA Electronic Industries Association

EICAR

European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research

EIDE

Enhanced IDE

EISA

Extended ISA

EJB Enterprise Java Bean
EMA Enterprise Management Architecture

email

Electronic Mail

EMBM

Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping

EMF Enhanced Metafile

EMI

Electro-Magnetic Interference

EMM

Expand Memory Manager

EMS

Expand Memory Specification

ENIAC

Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer

EOM End Of Message
EOT End Of Transmission

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPC Electronic Product Code

EPROM

Erasable Programmable ROM

EPS

Encapsulated Postscript

EPSF

Encapsulated PostScript Format

EPSS Employee Performance Support System
E-R Entity-Relationship

ERD

Entity - Relationship Diagram

ERM

Entity - Relationship Model

ERP

Exterior Routing Protocol

ES

End System

ESA Enterprise System Architecture
ESD Electronic Software Delivery
ESP External Service Provider
ETB End of Text Block

EthIR

Ethernet Infra Red

ETR Early Token Release
ETX End of Text
EULA End-User License Agreement
EXIF Exchangeable Image File
Computer Term English Meaning

F SCSI

Fast SCSI

F W SCSI

Fast-Wide SCSI

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FAR False Accept Rate

FAT

File Attribute Table

FAT16

File Attribute Table - 16 bits

FAT32

File Attribute Table - 32 bits

FC

Fibre Channel

FC-AL

Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

FCS

Frame Check Sequence

FDC

Floppy Disk Controller

FDD

Floppy Disk Drive

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interconnect

FDM Frequency Division Modulation o Multiplexing
FDX Full Duplex

FEC

Fast Ethernet Channel

FIFO

First In First Out

FIR

Fast ethernet Infra Red

FIT Fingerprint Identification Technology

FLOPS

Floting point Operation Per Second

FLV Flash Video
FM Frequency Modulation
FO

1) Fiber-Optic
2) Formatting Object

FOSS Free and Open Source Software

FORTRAN

FORmula TRANslation

FP Floating Point

FPGA

Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

FQHN Fully Qualified Host Name

FPU

Floating Point Unit

FRAD Frame Relay Access Device

FRF

Frame Relay Forum

FRFH Frame Relay Frame Handler
FRSE Frame Relay Switching Equipment
FRTE Frame Relay Terminal Equipment
FSE

1) Fast Software Encryption
2) Foundations of Software Engineering

FSK Frequency-Shift Keying
FSM Finite-State Machine
FTAM File Transfer and Access Management

FTS

Full-Text Search

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FXO Foreign Exchange Office
FXS Foreign Exchange Subscriber
Computer Term English Meaning

G

Graphics port

GAP Gateway Access Protocol

GARP

Group Address Registration Protocol

Gb

Gigabit

GB

Gigabyte

GBICs

Gigabit Interface Connectors

Gbps

GigaBits Per Second

GCF Generic Connection Framework
GCS Global Coordinate System
GDBM GNU DataBase Manager
GDDM Graphical Data Display Manager

GDI

1) Graphics Device Interface
2) Graphical 2D/3D Interface

GHz Gigahertz

GIF

Graphical Interchange Format

GigaPOP

Gigabit Point of Presence

GINA

Graphical Identification aNd Authentication

GIOP Generalized Inter-ORB Protocol

GIS

Geographical Information System

GHz

Gigahertz

GMR

Giant MagnetoResistive technology

GMS Global Mobile System
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
GND Ground
GNU Gnu is Not Unix
GPL General Public License
GPRS

1) General Packet Radio Service
2) Global Packet Radio Service

GPS

Global Positioning Satellite

GPU

Graphics Processing Unit

GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
GTLD Generic Top Level Domain
GUI Graphical User Interface
GUID Globally Unique Identifier
Computer Term English Meaning
HACP HTTP AICC CMI Protocol

HAL

Hardware Abstraction Layer

HAN House Area Network
HANA High Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance
HBA Host Bus Adapter
HCE Hub Common Equipment

HCL

Hardware Compatibility List

HCRP Hardcopy Cable Replacement Profile
HCV High Capacity Voice

HD

1) High Density
2) HDD

HDC Hard Disk Controller

HDD

Hard Disk Drive

HDLC

High-level Data Link Control Protocol

HDML

Handheld Devices Markup Language

HDSL

High-bit rate DSL

HDTV

High Definition TV

HDX Half Duplex Transmission

HF

High Frecuency

HFDF High Frequency Direction Finder

HFS

Hierarchical File System

HG

Harvard Graphics

HID Human Interface Devices

HiFD

High capacity Floppy Disk

HLA High Level Architecture

HLS

Hue, Lightness and Saturation

HMAC Hashed Message Authentication Code
HMI Human Machine Interface

HMMs

Hidden Markov Models

HOLAP Hybrid OLAP

HP

Hewlett-Packard

HPC

Handheld Personal Computer

HPGL

Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language

HPOM

Home Page Object Model

HQA Hardware Quality Assurance

HSL

Hue, Saturation and Lightness

HSM

Hierarchical Storage Management

HTML

HyperText Markup Language

HSV Hue Saturation Value

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol

HTTPD Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Daemon
HTTPS Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
HUXGA Hex Ultra XGA
HVAC Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

HWD

Height, Width and Depth

Hz

Hertz

H/PC

Handheld PC

Computer Term English Meaning
I&T Integration and Testing

I/O

Input/Output

IA

.

IAB

Internet Architecture Board

IAFIS Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System

IANA

Internet Assigner Number Authority

IAX Inter-Asterisk Exchange

IBM

International Business Machines

IC Integrated Circuit
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAP Internet Content Adaptation Protocol
ICE In-Circuit Emulator

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

ICRA Internet Content Rating Association
ICS

1) IEEE Computer Society
2) Internet Connection Sharing

ICSA

International Computer Security Association

ID

Identification / Identifier / Identity

IDE

1) Integrated Drive Electronics
2) Integrated Development Environment

IDU Indoor Unit

IDSL

ISDN DSL

IDT

Integrated Devices Tecnology Co

IDX Index

IE

Internet Explorer

IE5

Internet Explorer version 5

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IFMP

Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol

IGP

Internal Gateway Protocol

IIS

Internet Information Server

IKE

Internet Key Exchange

ILM Information Lifecycle Management

ILS

Internet Locator Server

ILT Instructor-Led Training

IM

Instant Messaging

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol

IMS Instructional Management System

INET

InterNet

IOP

Input/Output Processor

IP

Internet Protocol

IPng

Internet Protocol - Next Generation

IPO

1) Initial Public Offerings
2) International Purchasing Office

IPP

Internet Printing Protocol

IPSec

IP Security

IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council

IPv.6

IP version 6

IPX

Internet Packet eXchange

IQoS

Internet Quality of Service

IR

Infra Red

IRC

Internet Relay Chat

IRP

Interior Routing Protocol

IRQ

Interrupt ReQuest

IRS Interface Requirements Specification

IRTF

Internet Research Task Force

IS

Information System

IS-IS

Intermetdiate System to Intermediate System

ISA

1) Industry Standard Architecture
2) Integrated Services Architecture

ISAKMP

Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol

ISAM Index-Sequential Access Method

ISAPI

Internet Server Application Programming Interface

ISDN

Integrated Service Digital Network

ISMA Internet Streaming Media Alliance

ISO

International Standards Organization

ISO 9000

standard ISO 9000

ISO 9660

standard ISO 9660

ISP

1) Internet Service Provider
2) In-System Programming
3) International Standard Profile

ISV Independent Software Vendor

IT

Information Technology

ITC Information Technology Center
ITG Information Technology Group
ITMC Interface/Time Mission Critical

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

ITU-T

ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector

IV&V Independent Verification and Validation
IVDT Integrated Voice/Data Terminal
IVR Interactive Voice Response

IVV

Independent Verification and Validation

IWM

Integrated Woz Machine

IXC

Inter eXchange Carrier

I2O

Intelligent Input/Output

Computer Term English Meaning
J2CA J2EE Connection Architecture
J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition
J2K JPEG 2000
J2ME Java 2 Micro Edition
J2MX J2EE Management Extensions
J2SE Java 2 Standard Edition
JAAS Java Authentication and Authorization Service

JAR

Java ARchive

JAS Java Application Server
JCA Java Cryptography Architecture
JCE Java Cryptography Extension
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff

JDBC

Java DataBase Conectivity

JDK

Java Development Kit

JDT Java Development Tool
JEIDA Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association
JIDL Java Interface Definition Language

JIT

Just In Time

JMAPI

Java Management API

JMS Java Message Service
JNDI Java Naming and Directory Interface
JNI Java Native Interface

JPEG

Joints Photographic Experts Group

JS JavaScript (file extension)
JSA Java Security Architecture
JSON JavaScript Object Notation
JSP Java Server Page
JTA Java Transaction API
JTAG Joint Test Action Group
JTS Java Transaction Service

JVM

Java Virtual Machine

Computer Term English Meaning

Kb

KiloBits

KB

KiloBytes

Kbps

KiloBits Per Second

KHz

Kilohertz

KNI

Katmai New Instructions

KPA Key Process Area
KSH Korn Shell
KW KiloWatt
Computer Term English Meaning

L1

Level 1

L2

Level 2

L2CAP Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol
L2F Layer 2 Forwarding
L2TP Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
LAMP Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Python/Perl
LAMS Learning Activity Management System

LAN

Local Area Network

LAP Link Access Procedure

LAPB

Link Access Procedure - Balanced

LAPD Link Access Procedure on the D Channel

LAPF

Link Access Procedure for Frame Mode Bearer Services

LAPM Link Access Procedure for Modems
LAR Legal Amount Recognition
LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LATA Local Access and Transport Area
LBS Location Based Service

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

LCH

Luminance, Chrominance and Hue

LCN Logical Channel Number

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDDB Local Directory DataBase

LEC

LAN Emulation Client

LED

Light-Emitting Diode

LES

LAN Emulation Server

LF Line Feed
LGPL Lesser General Public License

LIFO

Last In First Out

LILO

Last In - Last Out

LISP

List Processing

LLC

Logical Link Control

LMDS

Local Multipoint Distribution Service

LMS

1) Laser Magnetic Storage
2) Learning Management System

LOM Learning Object Metadata
LOR Learning Object Repository
LPC Linear Predictive Coding

LPT

1) Line printer
2) Low Radiation

LR

1) Learning Resources
2) Linear Regression

LRC

Longitudinal Redundancy Checking

LSI

Large Scale Integration

LRN Learning Resource interchange
LSB Least Significant Bit
LSE Local System Environment
LSI Large Scale Integrated
LSP Layered Service Provider

LSSI

.

LTSC Learning Technology Standards Committee
LU Logical Unit
LVM Logical Volume Manager

LZW

Lempel, Ziv and Welch

Computer Term English Meaning
M&S Modeling and Simulation
M2M Mobile to Mobile

MAC

1) Medium Access Control
2) Message Authentication Code

MAP Manufacturing Automation Protocol

MAPI

Messaging Application Programming Interface

MARC Machine Readable Cataloging

MAU

Media Sccess Unit

Mb

Megabits

MB

MegaBytes

MBone

Multicasting backBone

Mbps

Megabits per second

MBR Master Boot Record

MCA

Micro Channel Architecture

MCGA

Multi-Colour Graphics Array

MCS

Microsoft Cluster Server

MCSE

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

MCU Main Control Unit

MDA

Monochrome Display Adaptor

MDBMS Megadatabase Management System

MDI

Multiple Document Interface

MDX Multi-Dimensional eXpression
MEGACO Media Gateway Control
MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes

MFLOPS

Mega FLOPS

MG Media Gateway
MGC Media Gateway Controller
MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol
MHz MegaHertz
MIB Management Information Base
MIC Microphone
MICS Management Information & Control System

MIDI

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIDP Mobile Information Device Profile

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

MIPS

Millions of Instructions per Second

MIS

Management Information System

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MITS

Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems

MHz

Megahertz

MM

Multimedia

MMC

1) Microsoft Management Console
2) Multi-Media Card
3) Multimedia Messaging Service

MME

Microsoft Mobile Explorer

MMU

1) Mass Memory Unit
2) Memory Management Unit

MMVF

Multimedia Video File

MMX

MultiMedia eXtensions

MO

Magneto-Optical

MOLAP

Multidimensional On Line Analitical Processing

MONET

Multiwavelenght Optical Networking

MOSFET

Transistor of effect of metal-oxide-semiconductor field

MOTO Mail Order/Telephone Order
MP3 MPEG Layer-3 Audio

MPC

Multimedia PC

MPEG

Moving Pictures Experts Group

MPEG-1

Moving Pictures Experts Group 1

MPEG-2

Moving Pictures Experts Group 2

MPG MPEG format file

MPOA

MultiProtocol Over ATM

MPP

Massively Parallel Processing

MPS Message Processing Service
MQ Message Queue

MR

Magneto Resistive

MRP Material Requirements Software

MS

MicroSoft

MSAV

MiscroSoft AntiVirus

MSB Most Significant Bit
MSCP Mass Storage Control Protocol

MSDOS

Microsoft Disk Operating System

MS-DOS

ver MSDOS

MSCS

Microsoft Cluster Server

MSDN

Microsoft Developer Network

MSMP Modeling and Simulation Master Plan

MSN

MicroSoft Network internet service

MSNF Multiple Systems Networking Facility
MSRR Modeling and Simulation Resource Repository

MSS

Multiprotocol Switched Services

MSTS

MicroSoft Terminal Server

MSU Mass Storage Unit

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failures

MTTR

Mean Time To Repair

MTS

Microsoft Transaction Server

MTU Maximum Transfer Unit

MVP

Most Valuable Product

MVS

Multiple Virtual Storage

MVT Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks
MX Mail Exchange
Computer Term English Meaning

N/A

Not Available

NAC Network Access Control
NACK Negative Acknowledgment

NAP

Network Access Point

NAS

Network-Attached Storage

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NAT

Network Address Translation

NC

1) Network Computers
2) Norton Comander

NCA

Network Computing Architecture

NCB Node Control Block
NCC Network Control System
NCP Network Control Program

NCSA

1) National Computer Security Association
2) National Center for Supercomputing Applications

NDD

Norton Disk Doctor

NDIS

Network Driver Interface Specification

NDS

NetWare Directory Services

NET

No Electronic Theft

NetBEUI

NetBios Extended User Interface

NetBIOS

Network Basic Input / Output System

NFS Network File System

NGI

Next-Generation Internet

NHRP

Next Hop Resolution Protocol

NI

Non-Interlaced

NIC

1) Network Interface Card
2) Network Information Center

NiCad

Nickel Cadmium

NICE

Narrative, Immersion, Constructivist/Collaborative Environment

NIF Network Information File

NII

National Information Infrastructure

NiMH

Nickel Metal Hydrate

NIS

Network Infomation Service

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technologies

NLC

Natural Language Command

NLP

Natural Language Processing

NMS Network Management System
NN Network Node

NNTP

Network News Transfer Protocol

NOC Network Operations Center