Terminos Computacion e Informatica: Acronimos, Abreviaciones y Siglas
Category: Informatica Tags: Significado & Definición
Encuentre aquí una lista de siglas y abreviaturas informáticas importantes:
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| Abreviacion | Significado en Ingles |
| 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 | Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability |
| ACK | Acknowledgment |
| ACL | 1) Access Control List 2) Asynchronous Connectionless Type |
| ACPI | Advanced Configuration and Power Interface |
| ACSE | Association 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 Online 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 | Asynchronous 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – 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 Synchronous 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| CA | 1) Certification Authority 2) Computer Associates |
| 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 Writable |
| 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – 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 | Differential GPS |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – 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 |
| 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – 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 | Floating 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – 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 Connectivity |
| 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| Kb | KiloBits |
| KB | KiloBytes |
| Kbps | KiloBits Per Second |
| KHz | Kilohertz |
| KNI | Katmai New Instructions |
| KPA | Key Process Area |
| KSH | Korn Shell |
| KW | KiloWatt |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – 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 |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – 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 |
| NOS | Network Operating System |
| NR | Negative Response |
| nrt-VBR | Non-Real-Time Variable Bit Rate |
| ns | nanosecond |
| NSA | National Security Agency (USA) |
| NSAPI | Netscape Server Application Programming Interface |
| NSF | National Science foundation |
| NSFNET | National Science foundation Network |
| NSP | Network Services Protocol |
| NT | Windows NT |
| NTFS | NT File System |
| NTLM | NT LAN Manager |
| NTONC | National Transparent Optical Network Consortium |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| NTS | Windows NT Server |
| NTSC | National Transmission Standards Committee |
| NU | Norton Utilities |
| NVP | Network Voice Protocol |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| OAI | Open Archives Initiative |
| OASIS | Organization for Advancement Structured Information Sciences |
| OC | Optical Carrier |
| OC3 | Optical Carrier 3 |
| OC12 | Optical Carrier 12 |
| OC48 | Optical Carrier 48 |
| OCA | Open Communication Architectures |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
| OCSP | Online Certificate Status Protocol |
| OCX | OLE Control Extension |
| ODBC | Open DataBase Conectivity |
| ODF | Open Document Format |
| ODI | 1) Open Device Interface 2) Open Data link Interface |
| ODM | Original Design Manufacturing |
| ODMG | Object Database Management Group |
| ODU | Outdoor Unit |
| OE | Outlook Express |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturing |
| OID | Object Identifier |
| OIL | Ontology Interchange Language |
| OKI | Open Knowledge Initiative |
| OL | 1) On-Line 2) Open Learning 3) Ordered List |
| OLAP | On Line Analitical Processing |
| OLE | Object Linking and Embedding |
| OLED | Organic Light-Emitting Diode |
| OLL | Online Learning |
| OLRT | Online Real Time |
| OLT | Online Transactions |
| OLTP | On Line Transaction Processing |
| OMA | Object Management Architecture |
| OMG | Object Management Group |
| OMR | Optical Mark Reader |
| OMT | 1) Object Model Template 2) Object Modeling Technology u Object Modeling Technique |
| ONA | Open Network Architecture |
| ONG | Organización No Gubernamental |
| OO | Object-Oriented |
| OOA | Object-Oriented Analysis |
| OOD | Object-Oriented Design |
| OODB | Object-Oriented Database |
| OODBMS | Object Oriented DBMS |
| OOP | Object Oriented Programming |
| OPAC | Online Payment and Collection |
| OPAC | Online Public Access Catalog |
| OPC | OLE for Process Control |
| OPSEC | Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity |
| OQL | Object Query Language |
| ORB | Object Request Broker |
| ORBD | Object Relational Database |
| ORDBMS | Object Relational DBMS |
| OS | Operating System |
| OSCAR | Open Standards for Container/Content Allowing Re-use |
| OSD | Open Software Description |
| OSE | Office Server Extensions |
| OSF | Open Software Foundation |
| OSI | 1) Open Systems Interconnection 2) Open Source Initiative |
| OSP | Open Settlement Protocol |
| OSPF | Open Shortest Path First |
| OSS | Open Source Software |
| OSS | Operations Support System |
| OSTG | Open Source Technology Group |
| OTG | On-The-Go |
| OWL | Web Ontology Language |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| P | Parallel port |
| PABX | Private Automatic Branch eXchange |
| PAL | 1) Phase Alternating Line 2) Programmable Array Logic |
| PAN | Personal Area Network |
| PAS | Pascal Source Code (file extension) |
| PAT | Port Address Translation |
| PBD | Power Builder Dynamic Library |
| PBE | Password-Based Encryption |
| PBKDF | Password-Based Key Derivation Function |
| PBX | Private Branch eXchange |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| PC Card | Personal Computer Card |
| PC/PCI | Personal Computer / PCI |
| PCB | Printed Circuit Board |
| PCI | 1) Personal Computer Interface 2) Program Controlled Interruption |
| PCL | Printer Control Language |
| PCM | Personal Computer Memory |
| PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
| PCT | Private Communications Technology |
| PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
| Portable Document Format | |
| PDIP | Plastic Dual-In-line Package |
| PDM | Product Data Management |
| PDN | Public Data Network |
| PDP | Programmable Data Processor |
| PDU | Protocol Data Unit |
| PENS | Package Exchange Notification Services |
| PEP | Packet Exchange Protocol |
| PER | Packed Encoding Rules |
| PET | Positron Emission Tomography |
| PGP | Pretty Good Privacy |
| PHP | PHP Hypertext Preprocessor |
| PICMG | PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group |
| PICS | Plataform for Internet Content Selection |
| PID | 1) Packet Identifier 2) Process Identifier |
| PIM | 1) Protocol – Independent Multicast 2) Personal Information Manager |
| PIN | Personal Identification Number |
| PING | Packet InterNet Groper |
| PIO | Pin Input/Output |
| PKC | Public Key Criptosystem |
| PKCS | Public Key Cryptography Standard |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| PL | Perl (file extension) |
| PLA | Programmable Logic Array |
| PLC | Packet-Loss Concealment |
| PLC | Programmable Logic Controller |
| PLD | Programmable Logic Device |
| PL/SQL | Procedural Language SQL |
| PMA | Passive Member Address |
| PN | Part Number |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
| PnP | Plug and Play |
| POE | Power Over Ethernet |
| POP | 1) Post Office Protocol 2) Point Of Presence |
| POP3 | Post Office Protocol version 3 |
| POS | Point Of Sale |
| POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface |
| POTS | Plain Old Telephone Service |
| ppm | Pages Per Minute |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
| ppp | . |
| PPPoE | PPP over Ethernet |
| PPS | Precise Positioning Service |
| PPT | Power Point (file extension) |
| PPTP | Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
| PQF | Prefix Query Format |
| PR | Problem Report |
| PRF | Pseudo-Random Function |
| PRN | Printer |
| PROM | Programmable ROM |
| PS | 1) PostScript 2) Presentation Services |
| PSDN | Packet-Switched Data Network |
| PSE | Personal Secure Environment |
| PSN | Packet-Switched Network |
| PSP | Program Segment Prefix |
| PSQL | Procedural SQL |
| PSR | PowerSoft Report |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| PSW | Program Status Word |
| PSYC | Protocol for SYnchronous Conferencing |
| PTN | Public Telephone Network |
| PTR | Pointer |
| PU | Physical Unit |
| PVC | Permanent Virtual Circuit |
| PVD | Positive Voice Detection |
| PWI | Public Windows Interface |
| PWR | Power |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QA&C | Quality Assurance and Control |
| QBASIC | Quick Basic |
| QC | Quality Control |
| QDOS | Quick and Dirty Operating System |
| QE | Quality Engineer |
| QEB | Quality Engineering Branch |
| QED | Quod Erat Demonstrandum |
| QEM | Quality Engineering Memorandum |
| QFD | Quality Function Deployment |
| QNH | Atmospheric Pressure at Nautical Height |
| QNTY | Quantity |
| QOS | Quality of Service |
| QSXGA | Quad Super XGA |
| QTI | Question and Test Interoperability |
| QT | Quick Time |
| QVGA | Quarter VGA |
| QWERTY | Q, W, E, R, T, Y |
| QXGA | Quad Extended Graphics Array |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RA | Relational Algebra |
| RAD Tools | Rapid Application Development Tools |
| RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
| RADSL | Rate-Adaptive DSL |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
| RAID-0 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 0 |
| RAID-1 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 1 |
| RAID-2 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 2 |
| RAID-3 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 3 |
| RAID-4 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 4 |
| RAID-5 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 5 |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| RAND | 1) Random 2) Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory |
| RAS | Remote Access Server |
| RCE | Radio Control Equipment |
| RCL | Radio Communications Link |
| RCS | Revision Control System |
| RCST | Return Channel Satellite Terminal |
| RDA | Remote Database Access |
| RDB | Reverse-Engineering Data Base |
| RDBMS | Relational DataBase Management System |
| RDF | 1) Resource Description Format 2) Resource Description Framework |
| RDO | Remote Data Objects |
| RDRAM | Rambus DRAM |
| RDSI | see ISDN |
| RE | Reverse Engineering |
| REST | Representational State Transfer |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| RFC | Request For Comments |
| RFCOMM | Radio Frequency Communication |
| RFDC | Radio Frequency Data Communication |
| RFID | Radio Frequency Identification |
| RFM | Radio Frequency Monitor |
| RFP | Request For Proposal |
| RGB | Red, Green, and Blue |
| RI | Ring Indicator |
| RIA | Rich Internet Application |
| RIFF | Resource Interchange File Format |
| RIP | Routing Internet Protocol |
| RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
| RJE | Remote Job Entry |
| RIP | 1) Routing Information Protocol 2) Raster Image Processor |
| RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
| RM | 1) Reference Model 2) Resource Manager |
| RMI | Remote Method Invocation |
| RNR | Receive Not Ready |
| ROI | Return On Investment |
| ROLAP | Relational On-Line Analytical Processing |
| ROM | Read Only Memory |
| ROR | Ruby on Rails |
| RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
| RPM | Revolutions per minute |
| RPN | Reverse Polish Notation |
| RR | Receive Ready |
| RRD | Round Robin Database |
| RS | 1) RISC System 2) Recommended Standard |
| RS/6000 | RISC System 6000 |
| RSA | Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman |
| RSS | Rich Site Summary |
| RSVP | Resource reSerVation Protocol |
| RTC | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| RTCP | Real-Time Control Protocol |
| RTF | Rich Text Format |
| RTLS | Real-Time Locating Systems |
| RTM | Response-Time Monitor |
| RTOS | Real-Time Operating System |
| RTP | 1) Real-time Transport Protocol 2) Real-Time Protocol |
| RTR | Ready To Receive |
| RTS | 1) Real-Time Strategy 2) Ready To Send 2) Request To Send |
| RTSP | Real-Time Streaming Protocol |
| RTTP | Real-Time Transaction Processing |
| rt-VBR | Real-Time Variable Bit Rate |
| RU | Request (o Response) Unit |
| RX | Receiver (o Receive) Data |
| RZ | Return-to-Zero |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| S56 | Switchet 56 |
| S-HTTP | Secure HTTP |
| S/M | SyncMaster |
| S/MIME | Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| S/N | 1) Signal-to-Noise ratio 2) Serial Number |
| S2K | Serials 2000 |
| S | Serial port |
| SA | 1) Security Association 2) System Administration |
| SAA | System Applications Architecture |
| SACD | Super Audio CD |
| SACK | Selective ACK |
| SALT | Speech Application Language Tags |
| SAM | Security Accounts Manager |
| SAMBA | Session Message Block |
| SAML | Security Assertions Markup Language |
| SAN | Storage Area Network |
| SAP | Service Access Point |
| SAR | Segmentation and Reassembly Layer |
| SAS | Serial Attached SCSI |
| SASDK | Speech Application SDK |
| SASL | Simple Authentication and Security Layer |
| SATA | Serial ATA |
| SAX | Simple API for XML |
| SB | Sound Blaster |
| SBC | Single Board Computer |
| SBC | Sub Band Codec |
| SBCS | Single-Byte Character Set |
| SC | Standard connector |
| SCA | System Communication Architecture |
| SCADA | System Control And Data Acquisition |
| SCB | Session Control Block |
| SCC | Serial Communications Controller |
| SCM | 1) Session Control Manager 2) Source Control Management |
| SCO | 1) Sharable Content Object 2) Synchronous Connection Oriented |
| SCORM | 1) Shareable Content Object Reference Model 2) Shareable Courseware Object Reference Model |
| SCP | Session Control Point |
| SCS | Safety Computer System |
| SCSA | Signal Computing System Architecture |
| SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
| SCSI-2 | SCSI-2 |
| SCSI-3 | SCSI-3 |
| SD | Super Density |
| SDDI | Shielded Distributed Data Interface |
| SDH | Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
| SDI | Single Document Interface |
| SDIF | Standard Document Interchange Format |
| SDIO | Secure Digital Input/Output |
| SDK | Software Development Kit |
| SDKJ | Software Development Kit for Java |
| SDL | System Description Language |
| SDLC | Synchronous Data Link Control protocol |
| SDN | Software-Defined Network |
| SDP | Service Discovery Protocol |
| SDRAM | Synchronous Dynamic RAM |
| SDSL | Single-Line Digital Subscriber Line / Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| SEC | Single Edge Contact |
| SET | Secure Electronic Transaction |
| SFS | Shared File System |
| SFT | System Fault Tolerance |
| SGI | Silicon Graphics Inc. |
| SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language |
| SGRAM | Synchronous Graphics RAM |
| SHA | Secure Hash Algorithm |
| SHTTP | Secure HTTP |
| SIG | Special Interest Group |
| SIMD | Single Instruction Multiple Data |
| SIMM | Single In-Line Memory Module |
| SIMPLE | SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions |
| SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
| SIPC | Simply Interactive PC |
| SIS | Silicon Integrated Systems |
| SISA | Simulation-based Intelligent Training and Assessment |
| SISO | Single Input, Single Output |
| SKAP | Strong Key Management and Authentication Protocol |
| SKIP | Simple Key Management for Internet Protocol |
| SKOS | Simple Knowledge Organization System |
| SLAs | Service-Level Agreements |
| SLI | Scan-Line Interlacing |
| SLIP | Serial Line Interface Protocol |
| SLR | Single-Lens Reflex |
| SM | Session Manager |
| SMB | Session Message Block |
| SMDS | Synchronous Multimegabit Data Service |
| SMP | Symmetric Multiprocessing |
| SMPTE | Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers |
| SMS | System Managed Storage |
| SMT | 1) Surface Mount Technology 2) Symmetric Multi-Threading |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SNA | Systems Network Architecture |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SNPP | Simple Network Paging Protocol |
| SNR | Signal/Noise Ratio |
| SOA | Start of Authority |
| SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol |
| SOE | Standard Operating Environment |
| SOHO | Small Office Home Office |
| SOI | Signals of Interest |
| SOIC | Small-Outline Integrated Circuit |
| SOM | Schema Object Model |
| SONET | Synchronous Optical NETwork |
| SPARQL | Simple Protocol and RDF Query Language |
| SPEC | Specification |
| SPEC_95 | Specification 95 |
| SPF | Sender Policy Framework |
| SPIDs | Service Profile IDentifiers |
| SPP | Scalable Parallel Processing |
| SPS | Standard Positioning Service |
| SPX | Sequenced Packet eXchange |
| SQA | Software Quality Assurance |
| SQAP | Software Quality Assurance Plan |
| SQE | Software Quality Engineer |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| SRAM | Static RAM |
| SRM | 1) Software Reference Manual 2) System Resource Manager |
| SRS | 1) Sender Rewriting Scheme 2) Software Requirements Specification |
| SRW | Search and Retrieval for the Web |
| SS7 | Signaling System No. 7 |
| SS | Spread Spectrum |
| SSA | Serial Storage Architecture |
| SSE | Streaming SIMD Extensions |
| SSH | Secure Shell |
| SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
| SSML | Speech Synthesis Markup Language |
| SSOP | 1) Security Standard Operating Procedures 2) Shrink Small Outline Package |
| ST | Standard Type |
| STD | Standard |
| STL | Standard Template Library |
| STM | Synchronous Transfer Mode |
| STP | Shielded Twisted Pair |
| STX | Start of Text |
| SVAPI | Speaker Verification API |
| SVC | Switched Virtual Circuit |
| SVD | Simultaneous Voice Data |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics |
| SVGA | Super VGA |
| SVH | Spin Valve Head |
| SWOP | Standard Web Off-set Press |
| SWT | Standard Widget Toolkit |
| SXGA | Super XGA |
| SYN | Synchronization |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| T1 | T-carrier channel 1 |
| T2 | T-carrier channel 2 |
| T3 | T-carrier channel 3 |
| T4 | T-carrier channel 4 |
| T-carrier | T-carrier channel |
| T&E | Test and Evaluation |
| T/R | Transmit/Receive |
| TAM | Telephone Answering Machine |
| TAP | Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol |
| TAPI | Telephony Application Programming Interface |
| TAR | 1) Tape Archive 2) True Accept Rate |
| TAS | TotalNet Advanced Server |
| TBD | To Be Determined o To Be Done |
| TCM | Time-Compression Multiplexing |
| TCO | Total Cost of Ownership |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol |
| TDM | Time Division Multiplexing |
| TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access |
| TDP | Tag Distribution Protocol |
| TDS | Tabular Data Stream |
| TE | Terminal Equipment |
| TELNET | Tele Network |
| TFT | Thin Film Transistor |
| TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| TI | . |
| TIA | Telecommunications Industry Association |
| TID | Terminal Identification Number |
| TIFF | Tag Image File Format |
| TLD | 1) Top Level Design 2) Top Level Domain |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security |
| TM | TradeMark |
| TMX | Translation Memory eXchange |
| TP | Transaction Processing |
| TQFP | Thin Quad Flat Pack |
| TR | 1) Technical Report 2) Token Ring |
| TRA | Token Ring Adapter |
| TRC | Tuples Relational Calculus |
| TRIP | Telephony Routing over IP |
| TS | Transaction Services |
| TSOP | Thin Small-Outline Package |
| TSP | Telephony Service Providers |
| TSR | Terminate and Stay Resident |
| TSS | Telecommunications Standard Sector |
| TTL | Time To Live |
| TTL | Transistor to Transistor Logic |
| TTS | Text To Speech |
| TTY | Terminal Type |
| TWX | Teletypewriter Exchange |
| TX | Transmitter o Transmit Data |
| TZ | Time Zone |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| U SCSI | Ultra SCSI |
| U W SCSI | Ultra Wide SCSI |
| UART | Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter |
| UBR | Unspecified Bit Rate |
| UCAID | University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development |
| UCB | Unit Control Block |
| UCC | Uniform Code Council |
| UCE | Unsolicited Commercial Email |
| UDDI | Universal Discovery Description Integration |
| UDF | Universal Disk Format |
| UDI | Unrestricted Digital Information |
| UDMA | Ultra Direct Memory Access |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UDT | Universal Development Tool |
| UFDA | USB Flash Drive Alliance |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| UI | User Interface |
| UID | Unique Identification Number |
| UID | User Identification |
| UL | 1) Unordered Lists 2) UpLoad |
| UML | Unified Modeling Language |
| UMS | USB Mass Storage |
| UNI | User Network Interface |
| UNIVAC | UNIVersal Automatic Computer |
| UPC | Universal Product Code |
| UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
| URL | Universal Resource Locator |
| URN | Uniform Resource Name |
| USART | Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| UTC | Coordinated Universal Time / Temp Universel Coordonné |
| UTF | Unicode Transformation Format |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| UTP | Unshielded Twisted Pair |
| UVGA | Ultra VGA |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| V.90 | V.90 Standard |
| V&V | Verification and Validation |
| V. | CCITT Code Designation |
| V | Version |
| VA | Visual Age |
| VAR | 1) Value-Added Reseller 2) Variable |
| VB | Visual Basic |
| VBNS | Very-high-speed Backbone Network Service Very-high Bandwidth Network Service |
| VBR | Variable Bit Rate |
| VBX | Visual Basic ControlS |
| VC | Virtual Channel |
| VCC | Virtual Channel Connections |
| VCD | Video CD |
| VCI | Virtual Channel Identifier |
| VCM | Virtual Channel Memory |
| VCP | Virtual Channel Path |
| VCR | Video Cassette Recorder |
| VCS | Version Control System |
| VDD | Virtual Device Driver |
| VDI | Video Device Interface |
| VDSL | Very-high-rate DSL |
| VDU | Video Display Unit |
| VESA | Video Electronics Standards Association |
| VGA | Video Graphics Array |
| VHCS | Virtual Hosting Control System |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
| VHS | Vertical Helical Scan |
| VIC | Voice Interface Card |
| VLAN | Virtual LAN |
| VLB | VESA Local Bus |
| VLE | Virtual Learning Environment |
| VLIW | Very Long Instruction Words |
| VLSI | Very Large Scale of Integration |
| VM | 1) Virtual Machine 2) Virtual Machine |
| VMD | Virtual Manufacturing Device |
| VML | Vector Markup Language |
| VMS | 1) Virtual Memory System 2) Voice Messaging System |
| VN | Virtual Network |
| VoIP | Voice over IIP |
| VoxML | Voice Markup Language |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VQFP | Very Thin Quad Flat Package |
| VR | Virtual Reality |
| VRAM | Video RAM |
| VRC | Vertical Redundancy Checking |
| VRML | Virtual Reality Markup Language |
| VRU | Voice Response Unit |
| VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminal |
| VUI | Voice User Interface |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| W3 | World Wide Web |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
| W SCSI | Wide SCSI |
| WAI | Web Accessibility Initiative |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
| WAR | Web Archive |
| WBC | WideBand Channel |
| WBEM | Web-Based Enterprise Management |
| WBT | Web-Based Training |
| WBXML | Wireless Binary XML |
| WDDX | Web Distributed Data Exchange |
| WDM | 1) Wave Division Multiplexing 2) Windows Driver Model |
| WebDAV | Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning |
| WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy |
| WEP | Wireless Encryption Protocol |
| WF | Web Farming |
| WfM | Wired For Management |
| WFW | Windows For Workgroups |
| WG | Working Group |
| WHATWG | Web Hypertext Applications Technology Working Group |
| WiFi | Wireless Fidelity (IEEE 802.11b) |
| WiMAX | Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
| WINS | Windows Internet Naming Service |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
| WMA | Windows Media Audio |
| WMF | Windows Metafile Format |
| WML | Wireless Markup Language |
| WMV | Windows Media Video |
| WORM | Write Once, Read Many |
| WP | Word Perfect |
| WPAN | Wireless Personal Area Network |
| WPG | Word Perfect Graphics |
| WRAM | Windows RAM |
| WSCI | Web Service Choreography Interface |
| WSCLE | Web Services Conversion Language |
| WSDL | Web Services Definition Language |
| WSFL | Web Services Flow Language |
| WSP | Wireless Session Protocol |
| WSQ | Wavelet Scalar Quantization |
| WVGA | Wide VGA |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| WXGA | Wide XGA |
| WYSIWYG | What You See is What You Get |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| X | X Window System |
| X. | CCITT Recommendation Designation |
| x2 | Times 2 |
| XA | Extended Architecture |
| XACML | XML Access Control Markup Language |
| XAML | Extensible Application Markup Language |
| XAP | eXtensible Ajax Platform |
| XBAP | XAML Browser Applications |
| XDR | XML Data Reduced |
| xDSL | x Digital Subscriber Line |
| XGA | Extra VGA |
| XHTML | Extensible HTML |
| XID | Exchange Identification |
| XKMS | XML Key Management Specification |
| XLANG | Web Services for Business Process Design |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
| XMP | Extensible Metadata Platform |
| XMPP | Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol |
| XP | Extreme Programming |
| XPS | XML Paper Specification |
| XQL | XML Query Language |
| XSD | XML Schema Definition |
| XSL | Extensible Stylesheet Language |
| XSLFO | XSL Formatting Objects |
| XSLT | XSL Transformations |
| XSS | Cross-Site Scripting |
| XST | Cross Site Tracing |
| XT | Extra Technology |
| XUL | Extensible User Interface Language |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| Y2K | Year 2000 |
| YACC | Yet Another Compiler Compiler |
| Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
| ZIF | Zero Insertion Force |
| ZIP | Zone Information Protocol |
| ZIS | Zone Information Socket |
| ZIT | Zone Information Table |
