CAVSI, Computer Terms, Computing, Acronyms, Abbreviations

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

Computer Terms: Acronyms & Abbreviations

CAVSI shows the descriptions of the most important Computer Terms Acronyms and Abbreviations.


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