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I16L32P16
     Integer 16 [bit], Long 32 [bit], Pointer 16 [bit] (BIT)

I16LP32
     Integer 16 [bit], Long and Pointer 32 [bit] (BIT)

I2C
     Inter Integrated Circuit [bus]

I2O
     Intelligent Input/Output (Intel), http://www.i2osig.org

I2O
     Intelligent Input/Output [bus]

I32LP64
     Integer 32 [bit], Long and Pointer 64 [bit] (BIT)

I3C
     International Imaging Industry Association (org., PIMA,
     successorr), http://www.i3a.org/

I3DL2
     Interactive 3D Audio Level 2 (audio)

I4DL
     Interface, Inheritance, Implementation, Installation Definition
     Language (DME, OSF)

I4L
     ISDN for Linux (Linux, ISDN)

IA
     Identification and Authentication, "I & A"

IA32
     Intel Architecture - 32 [BIT] (Intel, BIT), "IA-32"

IA32E
     Intel Architecture - 32 [BIT] Enhanced (Intel, IA32), "IA32e"

IA64
     Intel Architecture - 64 [BIT] (Intel, BIT), "IA-64"

IAA
     Initial Address Acknowledgment

IAA
     Intel Application Accelerator

IAAIL
     International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law
     (org., AI), http://nathan.gmd.de/iaail/iaail.html

IAB
     Internet Activities / Architecture Board (RFC 1160/1601,
     Internet), http://www.iab.org,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1160.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1601.txt

IAC
     InterApplication Communication (Apple)

IAC
     International Association for Cybernetics (org.)

IACT
     International Alliance for Compatible Technology (org.),
     http://pages.cthome.net/iact

IAE
     ISDN AnschlussEinheit (ISDN, DTAG)

IAF
     Internet Address Finder (WWW), http://www.iaf.net

IAFNAB
     It's A Feature, Not A Bug (slang, Cygwin)

IAHC
     Internet Ad Hoc Committee (org., Internet), http://www.iahc.org

IAI
     Institut fuer Angewandte Informatik (org.), http://idtsun1.kfk..de

IAK
     Internet explorer Administrator Kit (MS, Internet)

IAK2
     Internet Access Kit / 2 (IBM, OS/2), "IAK/2"

IAL
     Intel Architecture Labs (Intel)

IAM
     Identity and Access Management

IAM
     Initial Address Message

IAMT
     Intel Active Management Technology (Intel), "iAMT"

IANA
     Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (Internet), http://www.iana.org

IANACE
     I Am Not A Cygwin Expert (slang, Cygwin)

IANAL
     I Am Not A Lawyer (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IANS
     Intel Advanced Networking Services, "iANS"

IANW
     International Academic Networkshops (Konferenz)

IAO
     [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation
     (org., Stuttgart, Germany), http://www.iao.fhg.de

IAOG
     International ADMD Operators Group (org., ADMD, X.400)

IAONA
     Industrial Automation Open Networking Alliance (org., Europe),
     http://www.iaona-eu.com

IAP
     In-App Purchase

IAP
     Internet Access Provider (Internet)

IAPC
     Instantly Available Personal Computer (Intel, PC)

IAPC
     Intel Architecture Personal Computer (PC, Intel), "IA-PC"

IAPP
     Inter Access Point Protocol (AP, WLAN, IEEE 802.11f)

IAPR
     International Association on Pattern Recognition (org.),
     http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/html/iapr.html

IAR
     Initial Address Reject

IARP
     International Advanced Robotic Program (org.)

IAS
     Interactive Application System (DEC)

IAS
     Internet Authentication Server (MS, Windows)

IASA
     IETF Administrative Support Activity (IETF, RFC 4071/4371),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4071.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4371.txt

IAT
     Information Access Technology (Provider)

IAUG
     International AIX User Group (org., Unix, AIX, user group)

IAW
     In Accordance With (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IAX
     Inter Asterisk eXchange (VoIP, OSS)

IB
     In Band (S-ATA)

IB4J
     Instant BASIC for Java (Java, BASIC)

IBA
     Infini-Band Architecture (Intel, Infiniband)

IBAN
     International Bank Account Number (banking)

IBASES
     Intel Baseline AGP System Evaluation Suite (AGP, Intel)

IBC
     InterBase Components (Borland, Delphi, InterBase)

IBCN
     Integrated Broadband Communication Network

IBCS2
     Intel Binary Compatibilty Specification 2 [emulator], "iBCS2"

IBEX
     International Business EXchange (network)

IBFI
     Internationales Begegnungs- und Forschungszentrum fuer Informatik
     (org., GI), http://www.dagstuhl.de/

IBFN
     Integriertes BreitbandFernmeldeNetz

IBGP
     Internal Border Gateway Protocol (BGP, eBGP), "iBGP"

IBM
     International Business Machines (manufacturer, IBM),
     http://www.ibm.com, http://www.ibm.de

IBMS
     Integrated Broadband Mobile System

IBN
     Integrated Business Network

IBO
     InterBase Objects (Borland, InterBase)

IBSS
     Independent Basic Service Set (IEEE 802.11i, WLAN)

IBTA
     InfiniBand Trade Association (org., IBM, HP, Compaq, Sun, Dell,
     MS, ...)

IC
     Integrated Circuit

ICA
     Independent Computing Architecture (Cytrix, Windows NT, ASP)

ICA
     Information Connection Architecture (SGI)

ICA
     Integrated Chameleon Architecture (SGML)

ICA
     Integrated Communications Architecture

ICA
     Intelligent Communication Adapter (Banyan, VINES)

ICA
     International Communications Association (org.),
     http://www.icanet.com

ICADD
     International Committee for Accessible Document Design (org.)

ICAL
     Internet CALendar [protocol], "iCAL"

ICALP
     International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming
     (EATCS, conference)

ICAN
     Individual Customer Access Network

ICAN
     Integrated Composite Application Network (Seebeyond, Java)

ICANN
     Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (org.,
     Internet, ICANN), http://www.icann.org

ICAP
     Internet Calendar Access Protocol (TCP/IP, Lotus)

ICARA
     International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents

ICAT
     Interactive Code Analysis Tool [debugger] (IBM, Java)

ICC
     Intelligent Communications Control

ICC
     Intergrated Circuit Card (ICC)

ICC
     International Color Committee (org., DTP), http://www.color.org

ICC
     International Conference on Communications (Konferenz)

ICC
     Internode Communication Channel (SMP, Scalis)

ICC
     Interrupt Controller Communications [bus] (PC)

ICCAD
     International Conference on Computer Aided Design (IEEE,
     conference)

ICCB
     Internet Control and Configuration Board (IAB, predecessor)

ICCC
     InterClient Communication Convention (X-windows)

ICCC
     International Conference on Computer Communication (Konferenz)

ICCC
     International Council on Computer Communication (org.)

ICCCM
     InterClient Communication Convention Manual (X-Windows)

ICCD
     International Conference on Computer Design (IEEE, conference)

ICCI
     International Conference on Computing and Information (Konferenz),
     http://phoenix.trentu.ca/ici/icci/icci.html

ICCIMA
     International Conference on Computational Intelligence and
     Multimedia Applications (AI, conference)

ICCP
     Inter Control Center Protocol (TASE)

ICCS
     Integrated Communications Cabling System (SNI)

ICD
     Installable Client Driver (OpenGL)

ICD
     International Code Designator (ATM)

ICDA
     Integrated Cached Disk-Arrays

ICDB
     Integrated Communications DataBase (DB)

ICDCS
     International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (INRIA,
     IEEE-CS)

ICE
     Image Correction Enhancement (Minolta, Nikon, Scanner)

ICE
     In-Circuit-Emulation

ICE
     Information and Content Exchange [protocol] (XML),
     http://www.icestandard.org

ICE
     Insane Creator Enterprise, "iCE"

ICE
     Internal Compiler Error (GCC)

ICF
     Integrated Coupling Facility (IBM, PU)

ICF
     International Cryptographic Framework (HP, cryptography)

ICH
     I/O Controller Hub [aka Southbridge] (Intel, I/O, GMCH)

ICH
     Intelligent Connection Handling (BIG)

ICI
     Industrial Computing Initiative (LLNL, LANL, Cray, ..., HPC, MPP)

ICIA
     International Communications Industries Association (org.),
     http://www.usa.net/icia

ICIAI
     International Communications Industries Association Inc. (org.)

ICIE
     International Center for Information Ethics (org.)

ICIEA
     IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (IEEE)

ICL
     International Computers Limited (manufacturer, UK, USA, Japan,
     Fujitsu), http://www.icl.com, http://www.icl.co.uk

ICM
     Image Color Matching (MS, Windows 95, API)

ICMB
     Intelligent Chassis Management Bus (IPMI)

ICMC
     International Computer Music Conference (fair)

ICMP
     Internet Control Message Protocol [version 4] (TCP/IP, RFC 792,
     Internet), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc792.txt

ICMPV6
     Internet Control Message Protocol Version 6 (Internet, IPV6, RFC
     1885), "ICMPv6", ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1885.txt

ICMX
     Interface for Communications Manager uniX (Unix, CMX)

ICONZ
     Internet Company Of New Zealand (org., Usenet)

ICOT
     Institute for new generation COmputer Technology (org., Japan,
     FGCS), http://www.icot.or.jp

ICP
     Independent Content Provider (MSN)

ICP
     Intelligent Computer Peripherals (manufacturer),
     http://www.icp-vortex.com

ICP
     Interface Change Proposal

ICP
     International Client Pack (MS)

ICP
     Internet Caching Protocol (Internet)

ICPS
     Image et Calcul Parallele de Scientifique (org., France, HPC),
     http://icps.u-strasbg.fr

ICPS
     Informatique et Calcul Parallele de Strasbourg [old term] (org.,
     France, HPC)

ICQ
     [I seek you] (Internet, ICQ, IM), http://www.icq.com

ICR
     Intelligent Character Recognition

ICRA
     International Conference on Robotics and Automation

ICRA
     Internet Content Rating Association (Internet, org., IBM, MS, AOL,
     ...), http://www.icra.org

ICRC
     Invariant Cyclic Redundancy Check (Infiniband), "I-CRC"

ICS
     IBM Cabling System

ICS
     International Classification for Standards (ISO)

ICS
     Internet Connection Sharing (MS, IE, DHCP)

ICS
     Irish Computer Society (org., Irland), http://www.ics.ie

ICSC
     Intelligent Channel/Storage Control, "IC/SC"

ICSI
     International Computer Science Institute (org., USA),
     http://http.icsi.berkeley.edu

ICSS
     Internet Connection Secure Server (IBM, WWW)

ICST
     International Conference on Sensing Technology

ICT
     Image Constraint Token (DOT)

ICT
     Information and Communications Technologies

ICT
     Institute of Computing Technology (org., China),
     http://www.ict.ac.cn

ICTF
     Internet Content Task Force (org., Internet)

ICTS
     [Champion] Integrated Cached Tape Subsystem (EMC, AS/400)

ICU
     Instruction Cache Unit (CPU, POWER)

ICU
     Interactive Chart Utility (IBM, GDDM)

ICU
     International Components for Unicode (IBM, API, Unicode)

ICU
     ISA Configuration Utility (BIOS, PNP, ISA)

ICURYY
     I see you are too wise (slang)

ID
     IDentification

IDA
     Interchange of Data between Administrations (org., Europe),
     http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/

IDA
     Interface for Distributed Automation (TCP/IP),
     http://www.ida-group.org/

IDAC
     Infobus Data Access Component (Lotus, Java)

IDAPI
     Integrated Database API (DB, IBM, Novell, Borland, predecessor,
     BDE, API)

IDAS
     Interchange DAta Structure

IDB
     Integrated DataBase (DB)

IDBEF
     Integrated DataBase Extract Format (IDB, DB)

IDBTF
     Integrated DataBase Transaction Format (IDB, DB)

IDC
     Inter-Device Communication (IBM, OS/2)

IDC
     International Data Corporation, http://www.idc.com

IDCT
     Inverse Discrete Cosine Transformation (DCT)

IDDD
     International Direct Distance Dialing

IDE
     Integrated Development Environment

IDE
     Integrated Drive Electronics (HDD)

IDEA
     International Data Encryption Algorithm (cryptography)

IDEA
     Internet Design, Engineering, and Analysis notes (IETF)

IDEF
     Integrated [CAM] DEFinition (CAM)

IDES
     International Demonstration and Education System (R/3, SAP)

IDES
     Intrusion Detection Expert System (IBM, IDS, XPS)

IDF
     Intel Developer Forum (Intel, conference)

IDF
     International DOI Foundation (org., DOI), http://www.doi.org

IDG
     International Data Group (org.), http://www.idg.com

IDI
     Initial Domain Identifier (NSAP, IDP)

IDIS
     Integrated Dealer and Importer System (MBAG)

IDL
     Interactive Data Language (Research Systems)

IDL
     Interface Definition Language (DCE, CORBA, Java)

IDLC
     ISDN Data Link Control (ISDN)

IDLE
     Integrated DeveLopment Environment (Python)

IDLE
     International Date Line, East [+1200] (TZ)

IDLW
     International Date Line, West [-1200] (TZ)

IDMR
     Inter-Domain Multicast Routing (IETF, WG, Multicast),
     http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/idmr-charter.html

IDMT
     [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Digitale MedienTechnologie (org.)

IDN
     Integrated Digital Network

IDN
     Internationalized Domain Names (Domain, Internet)

IDNA
     Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (Domain),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3490.txt

IDOC
     Intermediate DOCuments (ALE, SAP)

IDOMENEUS
     Information and Data on Open MEdia for NEtworks of USers (WWW, Uni
     Hamburg, Germany), http://idom-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de

IDP
     Initial Domain Part (NSAP)

IDP
     Internet Datagram Protocol (XNS)

IDP
     Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDS)

IDRC
     Improved Data Recovery Capability (Datenkompression)

IDS
     Information Delivery System

IDS
     Informix Dynamic Server (Informix, DB)

IDS
     Intelligent Decision Server (IBM)

IDS
     Inter Data Systems [gmbh] (manufacturer)

IDS
     Internal Directory System

IDS
     Intrusion Detection System (IDS, IPS)

IDSA
     Interactive Digital Software Association (org., Nintendo, Sony,
     MS, ...), http://idsa.com

IDSS
     Interoperability Decision Support System

IDT
     Integrated Device Technology (manufacturer), http://www.idt.com

IDT
     Interrupt Descriptor Table

IDTRC
     Interrupt Descriptor Table Register Cache (IDT, CPU, Intel)

IDU
     Interface Data Unit

IDUPGSSAPI
     Independent Data Unit Protection Generic Security Service API
     (GSS, API), "IDUP-GSS-API"

IDV
     Individuelle DatenVerarbeitung

IDVC
     Integrated Data/Voice Channel

IE
     Informal Exceptions (HDD, SCSI)

IE
     Information Element (ATM, ISDN)

IE
     Information Engineering

IEAAIE
     [international conference on] Industrial and Engineering
     Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert systems
     (conference, ISAI, ..., AI), "IEA/AIE"

IEC
     Inter-Exchange Carrier (AT&T, MCI, LEC)

IEC
     International Electrotechnical Commission (org., Switzerland),
     http://www.iec.ch

IECC
     Informix Enterprise Command Center (Informix)

IED
     Intelligent Electronic Device

IEDM
     International Electron Device Meeting (Konferenz)

IEE
     Institute of Electrical Engineers (org., UK)

IEEE
     Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (org., USA),
     http://www.ieee.org

IEEECS
     Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - Computer
     Society (org., IEEE), "IEEE-CS", http://www.computer.org

IEEJ
     Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (org., Japan)

IEF
     Information Engineering Facility

IEICE
     Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
     (org., Japan)

IEMMC
     Internet EMail Marketing Council (Internet, org., spam),
     http://www.iemmc.org

IEMSI
     Interactive Electronic Mail Standard Identification

IEN
     Internet Engineering Notes

IEN
     Internet Experiment Notebook (predecessor, RFC)

IEPA
     Individual Expert Participation Agreement (Sun)

IEPG
     Internet Engineering and Planning Group (Internet, RFC 1690),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1690.txt

IEPRC
     International Electronic Publishing Research Centre (org., PIRA)

IERAT
     Instruction cache Effective to Real Address Translation [table]
     (Power4, IBM, CPU, ERAT)

IES
     Integrated Engineering Station (Toshiba, TOSMAP-DS)

IES
     Intelligent Emulation Switching (Epson)

IESE
     [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Experimentelles Software Engineering
     (org.), http://www.iese.fraunhofer.de

IESG
     Internet Engineering Steering Group (IETF),
     http://www.ietf.org/iesg.html

IETF
     Internet Engineering Task Force (org., IAB, Internet, RFC
     1603/2418/3233), http://www.ietf.org,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3233.txt

IETFWG
     Internet Engineering Task Force - Working Group (RFC 1603, IETF),
     "IETF-WG", ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1603.txt

IETM
     Interactive Electronic Technical Manual

IETS
     Interim European Telecommunications Standards (GSM, mobile-systems)

IEW
     Information Engineering Workbench (IBM)

IF
     Information Flow (IN)

IFAC
     International Federation for Automatic Control (org., Austria)

IFAD
     Institute of Applied Computer Science (org., Denmark),
     http://www.ifad.dk

IFAR
     Instruction Fetch Address Register (Power4, IBM, CPU)

IFC
     Industry Foundation Classes (CAD)

IFC
     InterFace Clear (GPIB)

IFC
     Internet FAQ Consortium (Internet, FAQ, org.),
     http://www.faqs.org/faqs

IFC
     Internet Foundation Classes (ONE, Netscape, Java)

IFCM
     Independent Flow Control Messages (SSP)

IFCP
     Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (SAN, FC, IP), "iFCP"

IFD
     Information Flow Diagram (IRM)

IFE
     Internet Forum Europe (fair)

IFEO
     Image File Execution Options (MS)

IFIOM
     Intelligent FDDI Input Output Module (SMC, ES/1, FDDI)

IFIP
     International Federation of Information Processing societies
     (org.), http://www.ifip.or.at

IFL
     Integrated Facility for Linux (IBM)

IFMP
     Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol (IP),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1953.txt

IFNA
     International FidoNet Association (org., Fido)

IFP
     Instruction Fetch Pipeline (Motorola, CPU)

IFR
     Interleaved Frame Recording (video)

IFROSS
     Institut fuer Rechtsfragen der Freien und Open Source Software
     Org., OSS, Germany, "ifrOSS", http://www.ifross.de

IFS
     ICOT Free Software (ICOT)

IFS
     Installable File System (OS/2, DOS)

IFS
     Intelligent Fax System (Ricoh)

IFS
     InterFrame Space (MAC, 802.11a)

IFS
     Internal Field Separator (Unix, AWK)

IFS
     Internet File System (Oracle, DB, Internet)

IFX
     Interactive Financial eXchange (USA, banking)

IGBT
     Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IC)

IGC
     Institute for Global Communications (USA)

IGD
     [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung (org.,
     Darmstadt, Germany)

IGD
     Internet Gateway Device (Internet)

IGES
     Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (ANSI, USA, CIM, CAD)

IGMP
     Internet Group Management / Multicast Protocol (RFC 1112/2236, IP,
     Multicast), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2236.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1112.txt

IGN
     IBM Global Network (network)

IGOS
     Indonesia Goes Open Source [initiative] (OSS)

IGOSS
     Industry/Government Open System Specification

IGP
     Integrated Graphics Processor (IC, Nvidia)

IGP
     Interior Gateway Protocol

IGRP
     Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IPX, Novell)

IGS
     IBM Global Services (IBM)

IGZO
     Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (LCD)

IHS
     Integrated Heat Spreader (CPU)

IHV
     Independent Hardware Vendor

IIA
     Information Industry Association (org.)

IIASA
     International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (org.,
     Austria), http://www.iiasa.ac.at

IICM
     Institute for Information processing and Computer supported new
     Media (org., OEstereich)

IID
     Interface IDentifier (COM)

IIF
     Incoming InterFace (PIM, OIF, Multicast)

IIF
     Internal Internegotiation Function (ETSI, ES 201671)

IIIR
     Integration of Internet Information Resources (IETF)

IIIS
     International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (org., USA)

IIL
     Integrated Injection Logic

IIM
     Internet Identified Mail (Cisco, SPAM)

IIN
     Integrated Information Network

IIOP
     Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (CORBA, Internet, ONE, GIOP, TCP/IP)

IIP
     Interoperability Improvement Panel

IIR
     Infinite Impulse Response (DSP)

IIRC
     If I Remember/Recall Correctly (Usenet, IRC, slang)

IIRWIIR
     It Is Ready When It Is Ready (slang, IRC, Usenet)

IIS
     [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Integrierte Schaltungen (org.),
     http://www.iis.fhg.de

IIS
     Intelligence Information System (mil.)

IIS
     Internet Information Server / Services (MS)

IISP
     Interim Inter-Switch Signaling Protocol (P-NNI, ATM)

IIT
     Integrated Information Technology

IITF
     Information Infrastructure Task Force (org., USA),
     http://iitf.doc.gov

IIUC
     If I Understand Correctly (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IJCAI
     International Joint Committee / Conference on Artificial
     Intelligence (conference, org., AI), http://www.ijcai.org

IJH
     Initial Java Heap (Java)

IJIE
     International Journal of Information Ethics [old term] (ICIE)

IKD
     Integrated Kernel Debugger (Linux)

IKE
     IBM Kiosk for Education (IBM),
     http://ike.engr.washington.de/ike.html

IKE
     Internet Key Exchange [protocol] (IPSEC, IPV6)

IKP
     Internet Keyed Payment [protocols] (IBM, WWW), "iKP"

IKWUM
     I Know What You Mean (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IKYABWAI
     I know You Are But What Am I? (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IL
     Instruction List

IL32P64
     Integer and Long 32 [bit], Pointer 64 [bit] (BIT)

ILEC
     Independent Local Exchange Carrier

ILETS
     International Law Enforcement Telecom Seminars (ETSI)

ILFA
     Integrierte Logische Funktionen fuer Anwendungen (IWBS, Uni
     Karlsruhe, Germany, Uni Duisburg, Germany)

ILLIGAL
     ILLinois Genetic Algorithm Laboratory (org., Uni Illinois, USA),
     "IlliGAL", http://gal4.ge.uiuc.edu/illigal.home.html

ILLINET
     ILlinois LIbrary NETwork (network, USA)

ILM
     Information Lifecycle Management (HSM)

ILMI
     Interim Link / Local Management Interface (ATM)

ILO
     Integrated Lights Out (HP, JAVA), "iLO"

ILP
     Instruction Level Parallelism (CPU)

ILP32
     Integer, Long and Pointer 32 [bit] (BIT)

ILPNET
     [european] Inductive Logic Programming scientific NETwork,
     http://www-ai.ijs.si/ilpnet.html

ILS
     Intelligente LernSysteme

ILS
     Internet Locator Service (MS)

ILT
     [Linux] Instructor Led Training (Linux, Caldera)

ILVU
     InterLeaved Video Units (VOB, DVD, video)

IM
     Information Management

IM
     Instant Messaging (IM)

IM
     Interface Module

IMA
     Integrated Modular Avionics (Airbus, A380)

IMA
     Interactive Multimedia Association (org.), http://www.ima.org

IMA
     International MIDI Association (org.)

IMA
     Internationalized e-Mail Address

IMAC
     Isochronous Media Access Control (FDDI), "I-MAC"

IMACS
     International Association for Mathematics and Computers in
     Simulation (org.)

IMAIL
     Intelligent MAIL

IMAL
     Integrated Media Architecture Laboratory (Bell, org., USA)

IMAO
     In My Arrogant Opinion (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IMAP
     Internet Message Access Protocol (RFC 2060),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2060.txt

IMAPI
     Image Mastering Applications Programming Interface (API)

IMAV
     IT Management Added Value (IT)

IMB
     Intel Media Bench

IMC
     Information Management and Communication (org., UK, Liverpool Hope
     University), "IM&C"

IMC
     Information Management Concept

IMC
     Information, Management und Consulting [GmbH] Germany

IMCC
     InterMediate Code Compiler (PERL)

IMCO
     In My Considered Opinion (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IMD
     Integrated Management Display (Compaq)

IMD
     Internet Multimedia Development (Internet)

IMDB
     Internet Movie DataBase (Internet, WWW, DB), "IMDb",
     http://www.imdb.com

IME
     Input Method Editor (MS, Windows)

IMEI
     International Mobile Equipment Identity (MS, GSM, mobile-systems)

IMG
     IMplementation Guide (R/3, SAP)

IMHO
     In My Humble Opinion (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IMIA
     International Medical Informatics Association

IML
     Initial Machine Load

IMLE
     Intelligent Mechatronic Solution Elements (Uni Paderborn, Germany)

IMMD
     Institut fuer Mathematische Maschinen und Datenverarbeitung (org.,
     Uni Erlangen, Germany), http://www.informatik.uni-erlangen.de

IMNSCO
     In My Not So Considered Opinion (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IMNSHO
     In My Not So Humble / Honest Opinion (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IMO
     In My Opinion (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IMP
     Interface Message Processors (ARPANET, MILNET)

IMPACT
     Information Market Policy ACTions (ECHO),
     http://www.echo.lu/impact/en/impacthome.html

IMPP
     Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol (IETF, IM),
     http://www.imppwg.org/

IMR
     Information Management Representitive (IM)

IMR
     Internet Monthly Report (Internet)

IMR
     Interrupt Mask Register (IC)

IMS
     [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Mikroelektronische Schaltungen und
     systeme (org., Dresden, Germany), http://www.imsdd.fhg.de

IMS
     Information Management System (IBM)

IMS
     Integrated Management System

IMS
     Integrated Measurement Systems [inc] (manufacturer),
     http://www.ims.com

IMS
     Intelligent Manufacturing System (MITI)

IMS
     International Meta Systems (manufacturer)

IMS
     Internet Multimedia Subsystem (Internet, 3GPP)

IMS
     IP Multimedia Subsystem (PoC, IP)

IMSESA
     Information Management System/Enterprise Systems Architecture
     (IBM), "IMS/ESA"

IMSI
     International Mobile Subscriber Identity (MM, GSM, mobile-systems)

IMSO
     Integrated Micro Systems Operation (Intel)

IMSP
     Internet Message Support Protocol (Internet)

IMSVS
     Information Management System/Virtual Storage, "IMS/VS"

IMT2000
     International Mobile Telecommunications [at] 2000 [Mhz]
     (mobile-systems), "IMT-2000"

IMTC
     International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium (org., MS,
     Intel, Apple, IBM, SNI, AT&T, ...), http://www.imtc.org/imtc

IMUNE
     Intrusion Mitigation Unified Network Engine (Symantec, IDS)

IMVP
     Intel Mobile Voltage Positioning (Intel)

IMY
     I Miss You (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IN
     Individual Network [e.v.] (org., ISP), http://www.in-berlin.de

IN
     Intelligent Network (ITU-T, Q.1200)

INA
     Intelligent Network Architecture (IN)

INAP
     Intelligent Network Application Protocol (IN)

INCM
     Intelligent Network Conceptual Model (IN)

INCORE
     INternet COntent Rating for Europe (org., Internet),
     http://www.incore.org

INDC
     [international conference on] Information Networks and Data
     Communication (IFIP, conference)

INET
     International NETworking conference (Konferenz), "iNET"

INGRES
     INteractive Graphic REtrieval System

INHOPE
     INternet HOtline Providers in Europe (org., ISP)

INL
     Inter Node Link

INMS
     Integrated Network Management System

INN
     Inter Node Network

INNC
     International Neural Network Conference (INNS, conference, NN)

INNS
     International Neural Network Society (org., AI, NN)

INOC
     Internet Network Operations Center

INPOL
     INformationssystem der POLizei

INRIA
     Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
     (org., France), http://zenon.inria.fr:8003

INSITS
     INternational Symposium on IT Standardization (conference, IFIP,
     GI)

INST
     INformation Standards and technology Standardization

INTA
     International Trademark Association (org.), http://www.inta.org

INTAP
     Interoperability Technology Association for Information Processing
     (org.)

INTEL
     INtegriertes TEileLogistiksystem (MBAG)

INTERNIC
     Inter Network Information Center (org., Internet), "InterNIC",
     http://www.internic.net

INTP
     INTercom Profile (Bluetooth), "IntP"

INX
     INformation eXchange

INXS
     INternet eXchange Service (ECRC)

IO
     Input/Output, "I/O"

IOAT
     Input/Output Acceleration Technology (Intel, Xeon), "I/OAT"

IOC
     Initial Operational Capability

IOC
     Input / Output Controller

IOC
     Input/Output Cluster (Cray, I/O)

IOCCC
     International Obfuscated C Code Contest

IOCS
     Input Output Control System (OS, IBM 7090)

IOCTL
     I/O ConTroL (I/O)

IOM
     Integrated Object Model

IOMMU
     Input Output Memory Management Unit (AMD, Athlon)

ION
     Internetworking Over NBMA (LIS, LAG, ATM, NBMA)

IONL
     Internal Organization of the Network Layer (OSI)

IOOC
     Integrated Optics and Optical fiber Communication (Konferenz)

IOP
     Input / Output Processor

IOPL
     Input Output Privilege Level

IOPLL
     IO Phase Lock Loop (IO, Intel, CPU)

IOPS
     Input Output Per Second

IOS
     Internetworking Operating System (Cisco, OS)

IOS
     InterOrganizational Systems

IOT
     Index Organized Table (Oracle, DB)

IOT
     Internet Of Things (Internet), "IoT"

IOTE
     Initial Operational Test and Evaluation, "IOT & E"

IOTTMCO
     Intuitively Obvious To The Most Casual Observer (slang, Usenet,
     IRC)

IOUG
     International Oracle Users Group (org., DB, Oracle, user group)

IOW
     In Other Words (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

IP
     Information Provider

IP
     Instruction Pointer [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)

IP
     Intellectual Property

IP
     Intelligent Peripheral (IN)

IP
     Intelligent Peripheral

IP
     intercept Point

IP
     Internet Protocol [version 4] (RFC 791),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc791.txt

IP16
     Integer and Pointer 16 [bit] (BIT)

IPA
     [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Produktionstechnik und Automation
     (org., Stuttgart, Germany), http://www.ipa.fhg.de

IPA
     Information Processing promotion Agency (org., MITI, Japan)

IPC
     Integrated Polymer Circuit (IC)

IPC
     Internet Privacy Coalition (Internet), http://www.privacy.org/ipc

IPC
     InterProcess Communications [protocol]

IPCE
     InterProcess Communication Environment

IPCP
     [PPP] Internet Protocol Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1332),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1332.txt

IPCR
     International Conference on Pattern Recognition (conference, IAPR)

IPCS
     Interactive Problem Control System

IPD
     Intelligent Printer Data

IPDC
     Internet Protocol Device Control (MGCP)

IPDS
     IBM Personal Dictation System (IBM, voice processing)

IPDS
     Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IBM, CCS)

IPDU
     Internet Protocol Data Unit (PDU)

IPDVMRP
     IP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (RFC 1075, IP,
     Multicast), "IP-DVMRP",
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1075.txt

IPE
     Integrated Programming Environment

IPES
     Improved Proposed Encryption Standard (IDEA, PES, cryptography)

IPFC
     Information Presentation Facility Compiler (IBM, OS/2)

IPFFS
     IPod Free File Sync, "iPFFS"

IPG
     International Programmers Guild (org.), http://www.ipgnet.com

IPG
     InterPacket Gap (IPX, IP (???))

IPI
     Intelligent Peripheral Interface [protocol]

IPI
     Inter-Processor Interrupt (CPU, SMP)

IPL
     IBM Public License

IPL
     Initial Program Load

IPL
     Ionenstrahl-ProjektionsLithographie

IPM
     Impulses Per Minute

IPM
     InterPersonal Messaging

IPM
     Interruptions Per Minute

IPMB
     Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMI, BMC)

IPMI
     Intelligent Platform Management Interface (Intel, HP, DELL)

IPMS
     InterPersonal Messaging System

IPN
     Info Pool Network (ISP)

IPNG
     Internet Protocol Next Generation (IP, RFC 1550/1752), "IPng",
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1550.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1752.txt

IPOC
     Interim Policy Oversight Committee (Internet, TLD),
     http://www.gltd-mou.org

IPP
     Intel Primitive Performance [library] (Intel)

IPP
     Internet Peering Point (Internet, IXP, ISP)

IPP
     Internet Presence Provider (Internet)

IPP
     Internet Printing Protocol (IBM, OS/400, RFC 2639/3196),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3196.txt

IPPM
     Internet Protocol Performance Metrics (IP)

IPS
     Inches Per Second

IPS
     Information Processing Standards

IPS
     InPlane Switching [technology] (LCD, Sony, Philips, NEC, Iiyama,
     Eizo, Dell, BenQ, Apple)

IPS
     Intrusion Protection System (IDS)

IPSE
     Integrated Programming Support Environment (CASE)

IPSEC
     Internet Protocol SECurity (org., Internet, IETF, DES), "IPSec"

IPSJ
     Information Processing Society of Japan (org., Japan)

IPSP
     Internet Protocol Security Protocol

IPSP
     IP Security Policy (IP, Internet, IPSec, RFC 3586),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3586.txt

IPTC
     International Press Telecommunications Council (org.),
     http://www.xe.net/iptc

IPTD
     [microsoft] Internet Platform and Tools Division (MS)

IPTO
     Information Processing Techniques Office (ARPA)

IPTV
     Internet Protocol TeleVision (IP)

IPU
     Intelligent Processing Unit

IPU
     ISDN-datex-P-Umsetzer

IPV6
     Internet Protocol Version 6 (IP, RFC 1883/1884), IPv6,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1883.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1884.txt

IPVR
     Institut fuer Parallele und Verteilte Rechensysteme (org., Uni
     Stuttgart, Germany)

IPW
     Incremental Packet Writing (CD-R)

IPX
     Internet Packet eXchange (Novell, Netware)

IPXCP
     [PPP] Internetwork Packet eXchange Control Protocol (PPP, RFC
     1552), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1552.txt

IPXODI
     IPX Open Datalink Interface (Novell, Netware)

IPXSPX
     IPX / Sequenced Packet eXchange (Novell, Netware), "IPX/SPX"

IPXWAN
     Internet Packet eXchange over various WAN media (Novell, IPX, WAN,
     RFC 1634), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1634.txt

IR
     Information Retrieval

IR
     Interface Repository (ORB)

IR
     Internet Registry

IRC
     InformationsRessourcen Controlling (IM)

IRC
     Internet Relay Chat [protocol] (RFC 1459, Internet),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1459.txt

IRCS
     Institute for Research in Cognitive Science (org., Uni
     Pennsylvania, USA), http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~ircs/homepage.html

IRD
     Integrated Resource Director (IBM)

IRDA
     InfraRed Data Association (org., manufacturer, IRDA), "IrDA" ,
     http://www.irda.com

IRDP
     ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (ICMP),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1256.txt

IRDS
     Information Resource Dictionary System (ANSI, ISO, IM)

IRF
     Integer Register File (DEC, Alpha, CPU)

IRIE
     International Review of Information Ethics (ICIE),
     http://www.i-r-i-e..net

IRIS
     Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (org., Canada)

IRIS
     Internet Registry Information Service (XML, Internet)

IRL
     In Real Life (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IRL
     Industrial Robot Language (HLL)

IRLAN
     InfraRed Local Area Network (IRDA, LAN, TTP), "IrLAN"

IRLAP
     InfraRed Link Access Protocol (IRDA, IRLAP), "IrLAP"

IRLMP
     InfraRed Link Management Protocol (IRDA, IRLAP), "IrLMP"

IRLMPTP
     InfraRed Link Management Protocol/Transport Protocol (IRDA,
     IRLMP), "IrLMP/TP"

IRLPT
     InfraRed Line PrinTer (IRDA, LPT, TTP), "IrLPT"

IRM
     Information Resources Management

IRMX
     Intel Real time Multitasking eXecutive (OS, Intel), "iRMX"

IROBEX
     InfraRed OBject EXchange protocol (IRDA, TTP), "IrOBEX"

IRP
     I/O Request Packet (I/O)

IRQ
     Interrupt ReQuest

IRR
     Interrupt Request Register (IC)

IRRP
     Inter-Domain Routing Protocol (ISO 10747)

IRSG
     Internet Research Steering Group (org., Internet)

IRT
     Interrupt Response Time

IRTF
     Internet Research Task Force (IAB, Internet), http://www.irtf.org

IRTP
     Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol (RFC 938),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc938.txt

IRTRANP
     InfraRed TRANsfer Picture (IRDA)

IRV
     International Reference Version [character set] (ISO, IS 646)

IS
     Intermediate System (ATM)

IS
     International Standard (ISO)

IS
     International Supplement (ODT)

ISA
     Industry Standard Architecture (PC)

ISA
     Instruction Set Architecture (CPU)

ISA
     Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation society (org.),
     http://www.isa.org

ISA
     Integrated Systems Architecture (ESPRIT, ANSA)

ISA
     Interactive Services Association (org., USA)

ISA
     Internet Security and Acceleration server (MS, Firewall)

ISACA
     Information Systems Audit and Control Association (org.),
     http://www.isaca.org

ISADS
     International Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized Systems
     (IEEE-CS, conference)

ISAGAT
     Industry Standard Architecture - Guaranteed Access Time (ISA, DMA,
     PCI)

ISAKMP
     Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol

ISAM
     Index-Sequential Access Mode (DB, SAM)

ISAPI
     Internet Server Application Programmer's Interface (MS, C/S, WWW,
     API)

ISBN
     International Standard Book Number

ISC
     Intelligent Screen Cognition

ISC
     International Supercomputer Conference

ISC
     Internet Service Center (ISP)

ISC
     Internet Software Consortium (org., Internet),
     http://www.isc.org/isc

ISC2
     International Information Systems Security Certification
     Consortium (org.), http://www.isc2.org

ISCA
     International Society for Computers and their Applications (org.,
     AI), http://www.isca-hg.org/isca

ISCSI
     Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI, SAN, IETF, RFC
     3720/3721/3722), "iSCSI",
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3720.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3721.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3722.txt

ISD
     Integrated Sensor Device (Wacom, LCD)

ISD
     Interface Summary Design

ISDBC
     ISAM to SQL DataBase Connectivity (DB, ISAM, SQL)

ISDN
     Integrated Services Digital Network (ITU)

ISDNUP
     ISDN User Part (ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems), "ISDN-UP"

ISDV
     Integrated Software Development and Verification

ISE
     Instant Secure Erase (Seagate)

ISEE
     Information System Engineering Environment (Westmount, CASE)

ISEE
     Integrated Software Engineering Environment [reference model]
     (NIST, ECMA, CASE)

ISFUG
     Integrated Software Federal User Group (org., user group)

ISH
     Information SuperHighway

ISI
     [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung
     (org.)

ISI
     Information Sciences Institute (org., USA)

ISI
     Information Society Initiative (UK)

ISIL
     Internet Search Interface Language (Internet, Sherlock, Apple)

ISIS
     Image and Scanner Interface Specification

ISIS
     Industrial Signature Interoperability Specification (cryptography)

ISIS
     Integrated Systems and Information Services (OS, Intel)

ISIS
     Intermediate System to Intermediate System [protocol / routing]
     (OSI, RFC 1195), "IS-IS",
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1195.txt

ISIT
     [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer SiliziumTechnologie (org., Itzehoe,
     Germany), "ISiT"

ISKO
     International Society for Knowledge Organisation (org.)

ISL
     Inter-Switch Link (FC)

ISLM
     Integrated Services Line Module

ISLN
     Integrated Services Local Network

ISLU
     Integrated Services Line Unit

ISM
     Industrial, Science, Medical [ = 2,4 GHz ] (WLAN)

ISM
     Intel Server Management (Intel)

ISMA
     Internet Streaming Media Alliance (org., Internet, Apple, Cisco,
     IBM, Philips, ...), http://www.isma.tv

ISML
     Interface Specification Meta-Language

ISMS
     Integrated Security Model for SNMP (SNMP)

ISMS
     Inventory Sampling Measurememt System (CC)

ISN
     Information Systems Network

ISN
     Initial Segment / Sequence Number (TCP/IP)

ISN
     Integrated Systems Network

ISN
     Internet Shopping Network (network, WWW), http://www.isn.com

ISNS
     Internet Storage Name Service (RFC 4171), "iSNS",
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4171.txt

ISO
     International Standards Organisation [International Organization
     for Standardization] (org.), http://www.iso.org

ISOC
     Internet SOCiety (org., Internet), http://www.isog.org,
     http://www.isog.de

ISODE
     ISO Development Environment (OSI)

ISOE
     ISCSI Offload Engine (ISCSI), "iSOE"

ISONET
     ISO information NETwork (ISO, network)

ISP
     Image Synthesis Processor (IC, graphics, TSP)

ISP
     Integrated System Peripheral control (Wyse)

ISP
     Interactive String Processor (BS2000)

ISP
     International Standardized Profiles (ISO)

ISP
     Internet Service Provider (Internet)

ISPA
     Internet Service Provider Austria (org., ISP)

ISPA
     ISDN PAcket [driver] (ISDN)

ISPC
     Internet Service Providers' Consortium (ISP, IPP, org.), "ISP/C",
     http://www.ispc.org

ISPF
     Interactive System Productivity Facility (IBM)

ISPN
     International Standard Program Number

ISPO
     Information Society Project Office [of the european commission]
     (org., Europe, ECHO), http://www.ispo.cec.be

ISPS
     Instruction Set Processor Specifications (HDL)

ISQI
     International Software Quality Institute (org.), "iSQI",
     http://www.isqi.org

ISQL
     Interactive Structured Query Language

ISR
     Interrupt Service Register (IC)

ISR
     Interrupt Service Request

ISR
     Interrupt Service Routine

ISRC
     International Standard Recording Code

ISS
     Internet Security Systems (manufacturer), http://www.iss.net

ISSAC
     International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation
     (ACM, conference)

ISSCC
     International Solid State Circuits Conference (Konferenz)

ISSE
     Internet Streaming SIMD Extension (Intel, Pentium, Katmai, SIMD)

ISSN
     Integrated Special Services Network

ISSN
     International Standard Serial Number

ISSRE
     International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
     (IEEE-CS, conference)

ISSS
     Information Society Standardization System (CEN, org.),
     http://www.cenorm.be/ISSS/

ISST
     [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Software- und SystemTechnik (org.,
     Dortmund, Germany), http://www.isst.fhg.de

IST
     Immerse System Technology (VR)

IST
     Indian Standard Time [+0530] (TZ)

IST
     Initial System Test

ISTA
     International Security Tuition Association (org.),
     http://www.ista.org

ISTM
     It Seems To Me (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

ISTO
     Information Science and Technology Office (org., DARPA)

ISTQB
     International Software Testing Qualification Board (iSQI)

ISTR
     I Seem To Recall / Remember (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

ISUP
     Integrated Services User Part (ISDN)

ISV
     Independent Software Vendor

ISV
     Independent Solution Vendor (DEC)

ISV
     Information Service Vendor

IT
     Information Technology

IT
     Iran Time [+0300] (TZ)

ITA
     Interim Type Approval

ITAA
     Information Technology Association of America (org., USA)

ITAC
     Information Technology Association of Canada (org., Canada),
     http://www.itac.com

ITAF
     International Teletext Art Festival

ITAM
     Information Technology Asset Management

ITAN
     Indizierte TransaktionsNummer (banking), "iTAN"

ITCM
     Instruction Tightly Coupled Memory (IC)

ITE
     InformationsTechnische Einrichtungen

ITESFA1EHS
     Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - Function Area 1 -
     Enterprise Hardware Solutions (mil., USA), "ITES-FA1-EHS"

ITG
     InformationsTechnische Gesellschaft (org., VDE), http://www.vde.de

ITIL
     Information Technology Infrastructure Library (CCTA, OGC)

ITLB
     Instruction Translation Look-aside Buffer (CPU)

ITM
     Information Technology Management

ITMA
     Information Technology Management Association (org., USA)

ITMS
     Immediate check Truth Maintenance System (AI)

ITMS
     ITunes Music Store (WWW), "iTMS"

ITOT
     ISO Transport service on TCP/IP (ISO, TCP/IP, RFC 2126),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2126.txt

ITP
     Intend / Intent To Package (slang, Cygwin)

ITP
     Intent to Package (Linux, Debian)

ITR
     International Telecommunication Regulations (ITU)

ITR
     Internet Talk Radio (Internet)

ITRC
     Information Technology Research Centre (org., Canada),
     http://www.itrc.on.ca

ITRON
     Industrial TRON (TRON, OS)

ITRS
     International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors

ITS
     Incompatible Time-sharing System (DEC)

ITS
     International Telecommunications Society (org.),
     http://morse.colorado.edu/~its

ITSDN
     Integrated Tactical/Strategic Data Network (mil., USA, network)

ITSEC
     [european] Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria
     (Europe)

ITSEM
     Information Technology Security Evaluation Manual / Methodology
     (ITSEC)

ITSP
     Internet Telephony Service Provider (Internet, CAT)

ITSPO
     Information Technology Standards Program Office (org., USA)

ITT
     International Telegraph and Telephone (org.)

ITTI
     Information Technology Training Initiative (org., UK),
     http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/itti

ITTM
     Institut Telekomunikasi dan Teknologi Maklumat (org., Malaysia)

ITU
     Information Transport Utility

ITU
     International Telecommunications Union (org.), http://www.itu.int

ITUR
     International Telecommunications Union - Radiocommunications
     sector (ITU, org.), "ITU-R", http://www.itu.int/ITU-R

ITUSA
     Information Technology Users Standards Association (org., USA)

ITUT
     ITU Telecommunications [standards group] (org., successorr,
     CCITT), "ITU-T", http://www.itu.int/ITU-T

ITUTSS
     International Telecommunications Union Telecommunication Standards
     Sector (ITU)

ITW
     In The Wild [viruses]

ITX
     ??? Technology eXtended [form factor]

ITYM
     I Think You Meant (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

IU
     Integer Unit (CPU)

IUCV
     Inter-User Communications Vehicle (IBM, TCP/IP, API, VM/ESA, CP)

IUK
     Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik, "IuK"

IUKDG
     Informations- Und KommunikationsDiensteGesetz telecommunication,
     Germany

IUMA
     Internet Underground Music Archive (WWW), http://www.iuma.com

IUP
     Interim Update Package (3COM)

IUR
     International User Requirements (ETSI, TS 101331)

IUT
     Implementation Under Test

IUTSUT
     Implementation Under Test - System Under Test, "IUT-SUT"

IV
     InformationsVerarbeitung

IV
     Initialisation Vector (cryptography)

IVA
     International Voice Association (org.)

IVC
     Integrated Visual Computing [architecture] (SGI)

IVDENIC
     InteressenVerbund DEutsches Network Information Center (org.,
     Internet), "IV-DENIC", http://www.nic.de/iv-denic.html

IVDLAN
     Integrated Voice and Data Local Area Network

IVM
     Internet Voice Messaging (Internet),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4239.txt

IVR
     Interactive Voice Response (CTI)

IVS
     IBM Verkabelungs-System

IVS
     Interactive Visualization Systems

IVTS
     International Video Teleconferencing Service

IWA
     International Webmasters Association (org., WWW),
     http://www.iwanet.org

IWAM
     Internet server Web Application Manager (MS, Windows, Internet)

IWBS
     Institut fuer WissensBasierte Systeme (org., IBM)

IWC
     Inside Wire Cable

IWF
     InterWorking Function (IN, GSM, ...)

IWFM
     It Works for Me (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

IWS
     Intelligent Work-Station

IWT
     International Workshop on Telematics (conference, IEEE-CS, SEE)

IWU
     InterWorking Unit (IN)

IWV
     ImpulsWahlVerfahren (MODEM)

IXA
     Integrated Xseries Adapter [= Integrated xSeries Adapter] (IBM)

IXC
     IntereXchange Carrier (FCC, LATA)

IXP
     Internet eXchange Point (Internet, IPP, ISP)

IXS
     Integrated Xseries Server [= Integrated xSeries Server] (IBM)

IYSWIM
     If You See What I Mean (slang, Usenet, IRC)

IZM
     [Fraunhofer] Institut fuer Zuverlaessigkeit und Mikrointegration
     (org., Berlin, Germany)



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J2EE
     Java 2 Enterprise Edition (Java, Sun)

J2ME
     Java 2 Micro Edition (Java, Sun)

J2SE
     Java 2 Standard Edition (Java, Sun)

JAAS
     Java Authentication and Authorization Service (Java, API)

JACK
     Java Application Component Kit (Java)

JACM
     Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

JAD
     Joint Application Development

JADE
     Jasmine Application Development Environment (Jasmine, DB, CA)

JAE
     Java Application Environment (Java, Sun, JDK)

JAIN
     Java API for Integrated Networks (Java, API)

JANET
     Joint Academic NETwork (network, UK)

JAOO
     Java and Object Orientation [conference], http://www.jaoo.dk

JAP
     Java Anon Proxy (Java)

JAPH
     Just Another PERL Hacker (PERL)

JAR
     Java ARchive (Java)

JARS
     Java Applet Rating Service (Java, WWW), http://www.jars.com

JASS
     Javascript-Accessable Style Sheets (HTML, WWW, JavaScript)

JASS
     Jumpstart Architecture and Security Scripts (Sun, Solaris)

JAVAOS
     Java Operating System (Java), "JavaOS"

JAX
     [Konferenz fuer] Java, Apache, XML (conference, Java, Apache, XML)

JAX
     Java API for XML (Java, API, XML)

JAXB
     Java API for XML Binding (Java, API, XML)

JAXM
     Java API for XML Messaging (Java, XML, API)

JAXP
     Java API for XML Processing (Java, API, XML, JSR 206)

JAXR
     Java API for XML Registries (Java, XML, API), "JAX-R"

JAXRPC
     Java API for XML-based Remote Procedure Calls (Java, API, XML,
     RPC), "JAX-RPC"

JAXWS
     Java API for XML-based Web Services (JAX-RPC, Java), "JAX-WS"

JBB
     Java Business Benchmark (SPEC, Java)

JBC
     J# Browser Controls (MS, .NET, Java)

JBI
     Java Business Integration (Java, JSR 208)

JBIG
     Joint Bi-level Image expert Group (org., JTC1)

JBOD
     Just a Bunch Of Disks (HDD)

JCA
     Java Cryptography Architecture (Java, API, cryptography)

JCALS
     Joint Computer-Aided Logistics System (CAL)

JCB
     Job Control Block (BS2000)

JCDW
     Java Callable Data Wrapper (Java)

JCE
     Java Cryptographic / Cryptography Extension (Java, JCA)

JCF
     JESSI Common Framework

JCK
     Java Compatibility Kit (Java, Sun)

JCL
     Job Control Language (IBM, OS/360)

JCO
     Java COnnector (SAP, R/3, Java, JNI)

JCP
     Java Community Process (Java, Sun), http://jcp.org

JCR
     Java Content Repository (Java, API, JSR 170)

JCSS
     ??? (org.)

JCW
     Java Callable Wrapper (MS, Java, VM, COM)

JDBC
     Java standard DataBase Connectivity (DB, Java, Sun, Borland, ODBC,
     API)

JDK
     Java Development Kit (Sun, Java)

JDO
     Java Data Objects (Java, JSR 12)

JDOM
     Java Document Object Model (Java), http://www.jdom.org

JDS2
     Java Desktop System 2 (Sun, Linux, Java)

JDT
     Java Development Tooling (Java, Eclipse)

JDWP
     Java Debug Wire Protocol (Java)

JECL
     Jabber External Component Libraries (Jabber, API)

JEDEC
     Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council (org.),
     http://www.jedec.org

JEE
     Java Enterprise Edition (J2EE, Java, Sun)

JEIDA
     Japan Electronics Industry Development Association (org., Japan)

JEITA
     Japan Electronics and Information Technology industries
     Association (org. Japan), http://www.jeita.or.jp/english/

JELD
     Java Event List Daemon (Java)

JEM
     Java Eclipse Modeling Framework Model (Java, EMF, Eclipse, WTP)

JEMS
     Jboss Enterprise Middleware System

JES
     Java Enterprise System (Sun, Java)

JES
     Job Entry Subsystem (IBM)

JESS
     Java Expert System Shell (Java, Shell)

JESSI
     Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative (Org, Europe)

JET
     Java Emitter Templates (Java, EMF)

JET
     Joint Engineering Team

JFC
     Java Foundation Classes (Java, API, AWT)

JFET
     Junction Field Effect Transistor (IC, FET)

JFFS
     Journaling Flash File System (FS, Flash)

JFIF
     JPEG File Interchange Format (JPEG)

JFS
     Journaled File System (IBM, HP)

JFS
     Journalized File System

JFT
     Job File Table (DOS)

JICST
     Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (org., Japan)

JIEO
     Joint Interoperability Engineering Organization (org., DISA, mil.,
     USA)

JIF
     JPEG Interchange Format (JPEG)

JIG
     Jabber Interest Group (Jabber)

JIPDEC
     Japan Information Processing DEvelopment Center (org., Japan)

JIPS
     JANET Internet Protocol Service (JANET)

JIS
     Japanese Institute of Standards (org., Japan)

JISC
     Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (org., Japan),
     http://www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/ikeda/JIS/index.html

JIT
     Just In Time [compiler]

JITC
     Joint Interoperability Technology Center (org., DISA, mil.)

JK
     Just Kidding (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

JLCA
     Java Language Conversion Assistant (MS, Java, .NET)

JM
     Joint Model (AVC)

JMAPI
     Java Management API (Java, API)

JMF
     Java Media Format (Java)

JMI
     Java Metadata Interface (Java)

JMM
     Java Memory Model (Java)

JMS
     Java Messages Service (Java, API)

JMSC
     Japanese MIDI Standard Committee (org., Japan)

JMSWG
     Joint Multi-TADIL Standards Working Group (org., mil., TADIL)

JMX
     Java Management eXtensions (Java)

JND
     Just Noticeable Difference (video)

JNDI
     Java Naming and Directory Interface (JavaSoft, API, Java)

JNI
     Java Native method Interface (Java, API)

JNSS
     ??? (org.)

JNT
     Java Network Technology (Java, Informatec)

JODS
     Jasmine Object Database Server (Jasmine, DB, CA)

JOHNNIAC
     JOHN von Neumann Integrator and Automatic Computer

JOL
     Journal of Online Law (WWW), http://www.wm.edu/law/publications/jol

JOLT
     Java OnLine Transactions (Java, Bea, OLTP)

JOOP
     Journal of Object Orientated Programming (OOP)

JOSL
     Jabber Open Source License (Jabber)

JOSS
     JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (OS, JOHNNIAC)

JOSS
     Joint Object Services Submission

JOTS
     Joint Operational Tactical System (mil.)

JOVE
     Jonathan's Own Version of EMACS (EMACS)

JPA
     Java Persistence API (Java, API, JEE, EJB)

JPEG
     Joint Photographics Expert Group (org., JTC1, RFC 1521, JPEG),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1521.txt, http://wwwjpeg.org

JPLDIS
     Jet Propulsion Laboratory Display Information System

JPM
     Java Package Manager (MS, Java, VM)

JPS
     Java Print Service (Java)

JRE
     Java Runtime Environment (Java)

JRMP
     Java Remote Method Protocol (Java)

JSA
     Japanese Standards Association (org., Japan)

JSA
     Juristische StandardAntwort (slang, Usenet)

JSAI
     Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (org., Japan)

JSAN
     Joint Staff Automation of the Nineties (mil.)

JSD
     Jackson System Development (JSP)

JSDK
     Java Servlet Development Kit (Java, Sun)

JSF
     JavaServer Faces (Java, J2EE)

JSME
     Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering (org., Japan)

JSP
     Jackson Structured Programming (JSD)

JSP
     Java Server Pages (Java, Sun, JSP)

JSPA
     Java Specification Participation Agreement (Java, JCP)

JSPE
     Japan Society of Professional Engineers (org., Japan)

JSR
     Java Specification Request (Java, JCP)

JSSA
     Japan Society for System Audits (org., JIPDEC, Japan)

JSSE
     Java Secure Socket Extension (Java, API)

JST
     Japan Standard Time [+0900] (TZ)

JSTL
     JSP Standard Tag Library (Java, JSP, WSDP)

JT
     Java Time [+0730] (TZ)

JTA
     Java Transaction API (Java, API)

JTA
     Joint Technical Architecture (JIEO, mil.)

JTAG
     Joint Test Action Group (org., IC)

JTB
     Jump Trace Buffer (CPU)

JTBP
     Job To Be Processed [block] (BS2000)

JTBPX
     Job To Be Processed [block] eXtension (BS2000)

JTC1
     Joint Technical Committee 1 (ISO, IEC, IT), http://www.jtc1.org

JTM
     Job Transfer and Manipulation (ISO 8831/32)

JTMS
     Justification based Truth Maintenance System (AI)

JTS
     Java Transaction Services (Java, API)

JTSSG
     Joint Telecommunications Standards Steering Group (mil.)

JTWI
     Java Technology for Wireless Industry (Java, JSR-185)

JUGHEAD
     Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation And Display

JUMBO
     Java Universal Molecular Browser for Objects (XML)

JUMP
     JUelich MultiProcessor (IBM)

JUNET
     Japan Unix NETwork (network, Unix)

JURIS
     JURistisches InformationsSystem

JV
     JobVariablen (BS2000)

JVC
     J++ Visual Compiler (MS, Java)

JVIDS
     Joint Visually Integrated Display System (mil.)

JVM
     Java Virtual Machine (Java)

JVMPI
     Java Virtual Machine Profiling Interface (Java, JDK)

JVMTI
     Java Virtual Machine Tool Interface (Java, JVM, J2SE)

JVT
     Joint Video Team (ITU-T, ISO, IEC, MPEG)

JWICS
     Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (mil.)

JWS
     Java Web Services (Java)

JWS
     Java Web Start (Java, IBM)

JWS
     Javadoc extensions for Web Services (BEA, Java)



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KAN
     KriminalAktenNachweis (INPOL)

KARL
     KAiserslautern Register transfer Language [version II/III] (HDL)

KARL
     KArlsruhe Register transfer Language [version I] (HDL)

KB
     KiloByte

KBPS
     KiloBits Per Second (BIT)

KBS
     Knowledge-Based System

KCC
     Knowledge Consistency Checker (AD)

KCCU
     Keyboard Cursor Control Unit (Airbus, A380)

KCGI
     Kyocera ??? (Kyocera)

KCGL
     KyoCera Graphic Language (Kyocera)

KCMS
     Kodak Color Management System (Kodak, DTP)

KDC
     Kerberos Domain Controller (Kerberos)

KDC
     Key Distribution Center (cryptography)

KDD
     Kokusai Denshin Denwa (org., Japan)

KDE
     K Destop Environment (Linux, KDE, GUI), http://www.kde.org

KDM
     K Display Manager (KDE)

KDM
     Key Delivery Message (DCI)

KDT
     Keyboard Display Terminal

KERMIT
     Kl-10 Error-free Reciprocal Micro Interconnect over Tty lines

KES
     Key Escrow System (cryptography)

KFM
     K File Manager (KDE)

KGEM
     Kernel Generalized Event Management (CA, GPL, Linux)

KGRZ
     Kommunales GebietsRechenzentrum Giessen (org.)

KHG
     Kernel Hacking Guide (Linux)

KI
     Kuenstliche Intelligenz

KIBI
     KIloBInary [(2^10)^1] (IEC)

KIF
     Konferenz der Informatik Fachschaften (Konferenz)

KIO
     K Input / Output (KDE)

KIPI
     KDE Image Plugin Interface (KDE)

KIPS
     Kilo Instructions Per Second

KIR
     Kyocera Image Refinement (Kyocera)

KISS
     Keep It Simple, Stupid (slang, Usenet, IRC)

KIT
     Kernel software for Intelligent Terminals (T-Online, DTAG, BTX)

KK
     Konnectivity Koordination (DE-NIC)

KLICK
     Karlsruher LIChtleiter-Kommunikationsnetz (Uni Karlsruhe, Germany)

KLIPS
     Kernel IPSec (Linux, IPSEC)

KLIPS
     Kilo Logical Inferences Per Second (AI, KI, XPS)

KLT
     Karhunen Loeve Transformation

KLT
     Kernel Latency Time

KM
     Knowledge Management

KMDF
     Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (UMDF, MS, Windows, Vista)

KMDL
     Knowledge Modeling and Description Language

KML
     Keyhole Markup Language (XML, Google)

KMOS
     Kernel of a Multiprocess Operating System (OS)

KMS
     Key Management Server (AD)

KMS
     Knowledge Management Systeme

KNI
     Katmai New Instructions (Intel, ISSE, predecessor)

KNN
     Kuenstliche Neuronale Netze (neural nets)

KNOOM
     KNowledge Orientated Office Model

KOLIBRI
     KOpal LIBrary for Retrieval and Ingest (KOPAL), "koLibRi"

KOPAL
     KoOPerativer Aufbau eines Langzeitarchivs

KORE
     ???

KOS
     Kent On-Line System (OS)

KPCMS
     Kodak Precision Color Management System (Kodak, DTP)

KPDL
     Kyocera Page Description Language (Kyocera)

KPI
     Kernel Programming Interface (Unix, API)

KPM
     Kyocera PrintMonitor (Kyocera)

KPOP
     Kerberized Post Office Protocol (POP3)

KPT
     Kai's PowerTools (DTP)

KQML
     Knowledge Query Manipulation Language (AI),
     http://www.cs.umbc.edu/kqml

KR
     [brian] Kernighan & [dennis] Ritchie [c standard], "K&R"

KR
     Knowledge Representation (AI)

KRA
     Key Recovery Alliance (org., cryptography), http://www.kra.org

KSA
     Kalman Saffran Associates (manufacturer), http://www.ksa1.com

KSA
     KommunikationsStrukturAnalyse (OA, TUB)

KSDS
     Key Sequenced Data Set (VSAM)

KSH
     Key Strokes per Hour

KSH
     Korn SHell (Unix, Shell)

KSIG
     Khronos Special Interest Group

KSK
     Key Signing Key (ZSK)

KSLNRC
     Knowledge Systems Laboratory of the National Research Council
     (org., Canada, AI), http://ai.iit.nrc.ca/home_page.html

KSOS
     Kernelized Secure Operating System (OS)

KSPM
     KeyStrokes Per Minute

KSR
     Keyboard Send Receive

KSS
     Kilo-Samples per Second

KUTGW
     Keep Up The Good Work (slang, Usenet, IRC)

KV
     KabelVerzweiger

KV
     Karnaugh Veitch diagram

KVM
     Kernel-based Virtual Machine (Linux, VM)

KVM
     Keyboard, Video, Mouse

KVM
     Kilobyte Virtual Machine (Java, Sun, MIDP)

KWM
     K Window Manager (KDE)



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L1
     Level 1 [cache]

L2
     Level 2 [cache]

L2F
     Layer 2 Forwarding [protocol] (Shiva, Cisco, IP, IPX, LLC)

L2TP
     Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (PPP, VPN, IP, RFC 2661),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2661.txt

L3VPN
     Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (VPN)

LA
     [MPEG] Licensing Administration (MPEG)

LA
     Limited Availability (IBM, OS/2)

LA
     Location Area (MSC, GSM, mobile-systems)

LAC
     Lotus Authorized Consultants (Lotus)

LACNIC
     Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (org.,
     Internet), http://lacnic.net

LACP
     Link Aggregation Control Protocol (IEEE 802.3ad)

LADSPA
     Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plug-in API (Linux, API)

LADT
     Lexikon der Abkuerzungen in der Datentechnik und Telekommunikation
     (WWW), http://www.ladt.de

LADT
     Local Access Data Transport

LAEC
     Lotus Authorized Education Center (Lotus)

LAG
     Logical Address Group (ION)

LAM
     Local Area Multicomputer (Parallel Computing)

LAME
     LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder (MP3)

LAMP
     Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (Linux, Apache, PHP, DB, SQL)

LAMPP
     Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP and PERL (Linux, Apache, DB, SQL, PHP,
     PERL)

LAN
     Local Area Network (LAN)

LANANA
     Linux Assigned Names And Numbers Authority (Linux, org.),
     http://www. lanana.org

LANCE
     LAN Controller for Ethernet (LAN)

LANE
     Local Area Network Emulation [over ATM specification] (ATM)

LANL
     Los Alamos National Laboratory (org., USA), http://www.lanl.gov

LAP
     LAN Access Profile (Bluetooth, SPP, LAN)

LAP
     Link Access Procedure / Protocol (CCITT, X.25)

LAPACK
     Linear Algebra PACKage (FORTRAN), http://www.netlib.org/lapack/

LAPB
     Link Access Procedure - Balanced (CCITT, LAP, X.25)

LAPD
     Link Access Procedure on the D channel (X.21, ISDN, TA)

LAPIC
     Local Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)

LAPM
     Link Access Procedure for Modem

LAPS
     LAN Adapter and Protocol Support

LASER
     Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

LASS
     Local Area Signaling Service

LAT
     Local Area Transport (DEC)

LATA
     Local Access Transport Area

LATM
     Local Asynchronous Transfer Mode

LAVAS
     LAger- und VersandAbwicklungsSystem (MBAG)

LAVC
     Local Area VAX Cluster (VAX, DEC)

LAW
     Local Authority Workstation

LAWN
     Local Area Wireless Network

LBA
     Logical Block Addressing (EIDE)

LBAC
     Label Based Access Control (DB2, Informix, DB)

LBCAST
     Lateral Buried Charge Accumulator and Sensing Transistor array
     (Nikon, photo)

LBM
     Local Bus Master

LBN
     Logical Block Number (LBA)

LBR
     Last Branch Recording (Intel, CPU, IC)

LBS
     Location Based Service (mobile-systems)

LBT
     Local Bus Targets

LBX
     Low-Band with X

LC
     Linux Computer (Corel)

LC
     Loopback Capability (UNI, ATM, OAM)

LCA
     [Sair] Linux [and GNU] Certified Administrator (Linux, GNU, Unix)

LCA
     Logic Cell Array

LCC
     Local Control Center

LCCM
     LAN Client Control Manager (IBM, LAN)

LCD
     Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD)

LCD
     LISP Code Directory (EMACS),
     ftp://cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive

LCD
     Loss of Cell Delineation (UNI, ATM)

LCGI
     Local Common Graphics Interface (CGI, WWW)

LCM
     LEAF Creation Method (EES, cryptography)

LCN
     Local Control Network (Issendorf)

LCN
     Logical Channel Numbers

LCOS
     Liquid Crystal On Silicon (LCD)

LCP
     [PPP] Link Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1570),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1570.txt

LCP
     [Sair] Linux [and GNU] Certified Professional (Linux, GNU, Unix)

LCR
     Least Cost Routing

LCS
     Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT)

LCS
     Linux Compatibility Standard (Linux)

LCS
     Liquid Crystal Shutter

LCS
     Lotus Communication Server

LCSS
     Liquid Crystal Stereoscopic Shutter [display]

LCT
     Last Compliance Time (GCRA)

LCU
     LAN CID Utility (LAN, CID, IBM)

LCV
     Line Coding Violation [error event] (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)

LD
     LAN Destination (ATM)

LDA
     Local Delivery Agent

LDAP
     Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (RFC 1777, X.500, DS, AD,
     CORBA), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1777.txt

LDAPAPI
     Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Application Program
     Interface (LDAP, RFC 1823, API), "LDAP API",
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1823.txt

LDCM
     LANDesk Client Manager

LDD
     Lightly Doped Drain (IC, MOSFET)

LDDM
     Longhorn Display Driver Model (MS, Windows, Vista)

LDID
     Logical Disk IDentifier (MS)

LDP
     Label Distribution Protocol (IETF, RFC 3036, MPLS),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3036.txt

LDP
     Linux Documentation Project (Linux)

LDP
     Loader Debugger Protocol (RFC 909),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc909.txt

LDPC
     Low Density Parity Check Codes (WIMAX, 802.16e)

LDR
     Light Detect Resistor

LDS
     	Lightweight Directory Services (AD, MS)

LDT
     Lightning Data Transfer [bus] (AMD)

LDT
     Local Descriptor Table (CPU, Intel)

LDTR
     Load Descriptor Table Register (CPU, Intel, assembler, IC)

LDTRC
     Local Descriptor Table Register Cache (LDT, Intel, CPU)

LDVA
     LaenderDatenVerareitungsAnlage

LDW
     Lane Departure Warning (car)

LE
     LAN Emulation (LANE, ATM)

LEA
     Law Enforcement Agency (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)

LEAF
     Law Enforcement Access Field (EES, cryptography)

LEAP
     Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (Cisco, EAP,
     cryptography, WLAN)

LEARP
     LAN Emulation Address Resolution Protocol (LANE, ARP, ATM),
     "LE-ARP"

LEAS
     LATA Equal Access System

LEC
     LAN Emulation Client (LANE, ATM)

LEC
     Layered Error Correction (CD)

LEC
     Local Exchange Carrier (FCC, LATA, IEC)

LECID
     LAN Emulation Client IDentifier (LANE, ATM, LEC)

LECS
     Local area network Emulation Configuration Server (ATM, LANE, LEC)

LED
     Light-Emitting Diode

LEDBAT
     Low Extra Delay BAckground Transport

LEI
     Lotus Enterprise Integrator (Lotus)

LEL
     Link, Embed and Launch (UNIX)

LELA
     Linksys EasyLink Advisor

LEMP
     Lightning ElectroMagnetic Pulse

LEN
     Loi pour la confiance dans l'Economie Numerique (France)

LEN
     Low Entry Networking (IBM, SNA, PU)

LENS
     Laser Engineered Net-Shaping

LEO
     LeitungsEndgeraet, Optisch Mil., Germany

LEO
     Link Everything Online (WWW, TUM), http://www.leo.org

LER
     Last Exception Record (MSR, Intel, CPU)

LES
     LAN Emulation Server (LANE, ATM)

LES
     Line Errored Seconds (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)

LF
     Line Feed (ASCII)

LF
     Login Facility (DCE)

LFA
     Link Field Address (Forth)

LFA
     Local Feature Analysis

LFAP
     Light-weight Flow Admission Protocol (Cabletron, RFC 2124),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2124.txt

LFB
     Linear Frame Buffer (CPU, VESA)

LFCC
     Linux Federation for Commercial Customers (Linux)

LFE
     Low Frequency Effect (audio)

LFG
     Looking For Group (MMORPG, slang, GLF)

LFN
     Long File Names

LFNBK
     Long File Name BacKup (MS)

LFO
     Low Frequency Oscillator

LFS
     Linux From Scratch (Linux, org.), http://www.linuxfromscratch.org

LFS
     Log-Structured File System (FS)

LFS
     Loopback File System

LFSR
     Linear Feedback Shift Register (IC)

LFU
     Least Frequently Used

LG
     Liebe Gruesse (slang, Usenet, IRC)

LGMR
     Laser Guided Magnetic Recording

LGPL
     Lesser General Public License (GPL, GNU)

LGPO
     Local Group Policy Object (AD, GPO)

LGX
     Linux/GNU/X [distribution] (Yggdrasil, Linux, GNU)

LHS
     Left Hand Side (NGSCB, MS, Palladium)

LI
     Lawful Interception (ETSI)

LIB
     Linear Incremental Backoff (CSMA/CD, BEB)

LIC
     Licensed Internal Code

LICCC
     Licensed Internal Code Configuration Control (IBM)

LID
     Local IDentifier (Infiniband)

LIDO
     LInux cluster DOrtmund, "LiDO"

LIF
     Low Insertion Force (IC)

LIFD
     Last In First Drop

LIFE
     Laboratory for International Fuzzy Engineering [research] (MITI)

LIFE
     Logistics Interface For manufacturing Environment

LIFO
     Last In First Out

LIJP
     Leaf Initiated Join Parameter

LIKS
     Lietuvos kompiuterininko Sajunga (org., Litauen),
     http://www.liks.lt

LILO
     LInux [boot] LOader (Linux)

LIM
     Lotus - Intel - Microsoft (manufacturer)

LIMAD
     Linear MAgnetic Drive [technology]

LIMDOW
     Laser / Light Intensity Modulation, Direct OverWrite (MOD)

LIMEMS
     Lotus - Intel - Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification (Lotus,
     Intel, MS, EMS), "LIM EMS"

LIMS
     Lawful Interception Management System (Utimaco)

LIN
     Local Interconnect Network [bus]

LINCAT
     LINux Compatibility Assurance Toolkit (Linux, Sun, Solaris)

LINQ
     Language INtegrated Query (MS, VB, C#)

LIP
     Large Internet Packet

LIP
     Loop Initialization Primitive (SCSI)

LIPKEY
     Low Infrastructure Public KEY [meachanism],
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2847.txt

LIPS
     Logical Inferences Per Second (AI, KI, XPS)

LIR
     Link Incident Report (Cisco)

LIR
     Local Internet Registry (Internet)

LIRC
     Linux Infrared Remote Control (Linux)

LIS
     Logical IP Subnet (RFC 1577, ION),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1577.txt

LISA
     Linux Installation & System Administration (Linux, LST)

LISA
     Localization Industry Standards Association (org.)

LISP
     LISt Processor (LISP)

LISP
     Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses (LISP, slang)

LISUAF
     [thueringer] LandesInformationsSystem Umwelt, Agrar und Forst
     (UIS), "LIS-UAF"

LITA
     Library and Information Technology Association (org., USA)

LITTA
     Latvijas Informacijas Tehnologiju un Telekomunikaciju Asociacija
     (org., Lettland), http://www.litta.lv

LIU
     Line Interface Unit

LIV
     Link Integrity Verification

LIVE
     LInux VErband (Linux, org.), http://linux-verband.de

LIVID
     Language Identification and Voice IDentification

LIW
     Long Instruction Word (CPU)

LKI
     Labor fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz (org., KI, Hamburg, Germany),
     http://lki-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de

LLAP
     Localtalk Link Access Protocol (AppleTalk, LAP)

LLATMI
     Lower Layer ATM Interface (ATM)

LLB
     Local Location Broker (NCS)

LLC
     Logical Link Control (IEEE 802.2, ISO, OSI)

LLCSNAP
     Logical Link Control/SubNetwork Access Protocol (LLC, SNAP),
     "LLC/SNAP"

LLMNR
     Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (IP, TCP, UDP)

LLN
     Line Link Network

LLNL
     Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (org., USA),
     http://www.llnl.gov

LLP
     Link Level Protocol (BTX)

LLP64
     Long [32 bit], Long [32 bit], Pointer 64 [bit] (BIT)

LLVM
     Low Level Virtual Machine (veraltet) (GCC)

LMAO
     Laughing My Ass Off (slang, Usenet, IRC)

LMDS
     Local Multi-point Distribution System

LME
     Large Memory Enabled [devices and drivers] (DAC)

LME
     Layer Management Entity (OSI)

LMFAO
     Laughing My Fucking Ass Off (Usenet, IRC, slang)

LMI
     Layer Management Interface (ATM)

LMML
     Learning Material Markup Language

LMQ
     Load Miss Queue (Power4, IBM, CPU)

LMS
     Library Maintenance System (BS2000)

LMU
     LAN Manager for Unix (Unix), "LM/U"

LMX
     LAN Manager for uniX (LAN, Unix, MS), "LM/X"

LNA
     Low Noise Amplifier (GPS)

LNB
     Line Number Block

LNN
     Lotus Notes Network (Lotus)

LOC
     LAN Operations Center (LAN)

LOC
     Lines Of Code

LOC
     Loss of Cell delineation (UNI, ATM)

LOCIS
     Library Of Congress Information System (Internet)

LOCT
     Layered Open Crypto Toolkit (RSA, cryptography)

LOD
     Level Of Detail (3D)

LOF
     Loss of Frame (UNI, ATM, DS3/E3)

LOL
     Laughing Out Loud (slang, Usenet, IRC)

LOLITA
     Language for the On-Line Investigation and Transformation of
     Abstractions

LOM
     Laminated Object Manufacturing

LOM
     LAN On Motherboard (LAN)

LON
     Local Operation Network

LOOPS
     LISP Object Oriented Programming System (Xerox, OOP, LISP)

LOP
     Language Orientated Programming

LOP
     Loss of Pointer (UNI)

LOPEC
     Large-area, Organic & Printed Electronics Convention, "LOPE-C",
     http://www.lope-c.com/

LOS
     Line Of Sight (WIMAX, NLOS)

LOS
     Local Operating System

LOS
     Loss of Signal (UNI, ATM)

LOSP
     LOw SPeed channel connector (Cray, I/O)

LOV
     List Of Values (DB, Oracle, Java)

LOVIS
     LagerOrtVerwaltungs- und InformationsSystem (MBAG)

LP
     Line Printer (Unix)

LP
     Linear Programming

LP
     Logical Partition (LVM)

LP32
     Long and Pointer 32 [bit] (BIT)

LPAE
     Large Physical Address Extension

LPAN
     Logical Processing Area Network

LPAR
     [conference on] Logic for Programming, Artificial intelligence and
     Reasoning (AI, conference)

LPB
     [S3] Local Peripheral Bus

LPC
     Linear Predictive Coding (voice processing)

LPC
     Low Pin Count [interface] (ICH)

LPD
     Line Printer DAEMON

LPDA
     Link Problem Determination Aid

LPDP
     Line Printer DAEMON Protocol (RFC 1179),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1179.txt

LPDU
     Link Protocol Data Unit

LPEX
     Live Parsing eXtensible Editor (IBM, OS/2)

LPF
     League for Programming Freedom (org.), http://www.lpf.org

LPI
     Lines Per Inch

LPI
     Linux Professional Institute (Linux, org.), http://www.lpi.org

LPP
     Licensed Program Product (IBM)

LPPB
     Land Pre Pit level Before [recording] (DVD-R)

LPPL
     Latex Project Public License

LPR
     Line Printer Remote / Request (printing)

LPR
     Low Priority Request (VUMA)

LPS
     Lines Per Second

LPS
     Lotus Professional Services (Lotus)

LPT
     Line PrinTer

LPX
     Lean Packet eXchange (Ximeta, IDE, LAN)

LPX
     Low Profile eXtended [motherboard/form factor]

LQ
     Letter Quality

LQM
     Link Quality Monitoring (PPP)

LR
     Location Register (LA, GSM, mobile-systems)

LRBNI
     Larrabee New Instructions (Intel)

LRC
     Longitudinal Redundancy Check

LRDIMM
     Load-Reduced-DIMM (DIMM, IC), "LR-DIMM"

LRH
     Local Route Header (Infiniband)

LRPC
     Lightweight Remote Procedure Calls (OLE)

LRQ
     Load Reorder Queue (Power4, IBM, CPU)

LRS
     Line Repeater Station

LRU
     Least Recently Used

LRZ
     Leibniz RechenZentrum (org., BADW), http://www.lrz.de

LS
     LAN Server (IBM)

LSA
     Link State Advertisement (OSPF)

LSA
     Lotus Solution Architecture (Lotus)

LSAPI
     Licensed Services Application Program Interface (MS, API)

LSASS
     Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (MS, Windows)

LSB
     Least Significant Bit (BIT)

LSB
     Linux Standard Base (Linux, FSG), http://www.linuxbase.org

LSDU
     Link Service Data Unit

LSE
     Linux Scalability Effort (Linux)

LSE
     Local Subscriber Environment

LSF
     Load Sharing Facility

LSI
     Large Scale Integration

LSI
     Latent Semantic Indexing

LSL
     Link Support Layer (ODI)

LSM
     Linux Security Modules (Linux)

LSM
     Linux Software Map (Linux), http://www.execpc.com/lsm

LSN
     Logical Sector Numbers (OS-9)

LSO
     Linux Standards Organization (org., Linux),
     http://www.linux.standards.org

LSP
     Label Switched Path

LSP
     Layered Service Provider (MS, Windows, TCP, UDP, NetBIOS)

LSPP
     Labeled Security Protection Profile (CC, SELinux)

LSR
     Leaf Setup Request

LST
     Linux Support Team [distribution] (Linux)

LSU
     LAN Service Unit (LAN)

LSU
     Load/Store Unit (Power4, IBM, CPU)

LT
     Lagrande Technology (Intel, Pentium, CPU)

LT
     Line Termination (ADSL)

LT
     Logical Terminal (IBM)

LT
     Lower Tester (ISO 9646-1)

LTC
     Line Termination Coordinator

LTC
     Linux Technology Center (Linux, Unix, IBM)

LTC
     Longitudinal Time Code (video)

LTE
     Line Terminating Equipment (SONET)

LTERM
     Logical TERMinal (IBM), "LTerm"

LTID
     Logical Terminal IDentifier (IBM)

LTO
     Linear Tape Open (Streamer, IBM, HP, Seagate),
     http://www.lto-technology.com

LTPS
     Low Temperature PolySilicon (LCD)

LTPSTFT
     Low Temperature PolySilicon Thin Film Transistor (TFT, LCD)

LTS
     Long Time Support

LTSS
     Lawrence TimeSharing System (OS, LLNL)

LU
     Logical Unit (NAU)

LU62
     Logical Unit 6.2 (IBM), "LU6.2"

LUA
     Least-priviledged User Account [old term] (MS, Windows, Vista, UAP)

LUG
     Local Users Group

LUN
     Logical Unit Number (SCSI)

LUNA
     Leuchtendatei fuer UnfallfluchtNAchforschungen (INPOL)

LUNI
     LANE User Network Interface (LANE, ATM)

LUP
     Language UPgrade (MS)

LUT
     Look-Up Table (RAMDAC, FPGA, RL)

LV
     Logical Volume (LVM)

LV
     Low Voltage

LVD
     Low Voltage Differential [technology] (SCSI, Symbois Logic)

LVDS
     Low Voltage Differential Signal (TI, NSC)

LVE
     Live Video Extension (video)

LVM
     Logical Volume Manager (AIX, HP/UX, OSF/1, HDD)

LVN
     LandesVerwaltungsNetz (Baden-Wuerttemberg)

LVS
     Layout Versus Schematic [check] (DRC, IC)

LVTTL
     Low Voltage Transistor Transistor Level (IC)

LW
     Living Worlds (VRML)

LWC
     Last Working Configuration (ESCD, PNP, BIOS)

LWE
     LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (Linux, Europe)

LWL
     LichtWellenLeiter (cable)

LWP
     Library for WWW in PERL (PERL, WWW)

LWP
     Light Weight Process (Sun, OS)

LX
     Linear eXecutable (OS/2)

LZS
     Lempel-Ziv-Stac [compression]

LZSDCP
     [PPP] Lempel-Ziv-Stac - Data Compression Protocol (PPP, RFC 1967),
     "LZS-DCP", ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1967.txt

LZW
     Lempel-Ziv-Welch [compression]



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M2C
     Model To Code (M2M, MDSD)

M2M
     Machine To Machine [protocol]

M2M
     Model To Model (M2C, MDSD)

MAC
     Mandatory Access Control (MLS, DAC)

MAC
     Media Access Control (ISO, OSI, LAN, , WLAN, ...)

MAC
     Membership Advisory Committee (ICANN)

MAC
     Message Authentication Code (SSL, SRT, cryptography)

MACH
     Multilayer ACtuator Head

MACID
     Media Access Control IDentifier, "MAC-ID"

MACOS
     MACintosh Operating System (Apple, OS), "MacOS"

MACS
     Manufacturing Application Control System (SNI)

MACS
     MODEM Access Control System (MODEM, DES, cryptography), "M.A.C.S."

MACSBUG
     Motorola Advanced Computer Symbolic deBUGger (Motorola)

MAD
     Memory Address Driver strength (BIOS)

MAD
     Message Address Directory

MAD
     Militaerischer AbschirmDienst (mil., org.)

MADCAP
     Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (RFC 2730,
     Multicast), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2730.txt

MADE
     Multimedia Application Development Environment (CWI),
     http://www.cwi.nl/cwi/projects/made.html

MADK
     Microsoft Activex Development Kit (ActiveX, MS)

MADT
     Multiple APIC Description Table (ACPI, APIC)

MAE
     Macintosh Application Environment (Apple, Sun, HPUX),
     http://www.mae.apple.com

MAE
     Metropolitan Area Exchange (Internet)

MAEC
     Malware Attribute Enumeration and Characterization,
     http://maec.mitre.org/

MAINSAIL
     MAchine INdependent SAIL (SAIL)

MAJC
     Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing [pronounced
     'magic'] (Sun, Java)

MAJOUR
     Modular Application for JOURnals (EWS, SGML)

MAM
     Multi Access Module

MAME
     Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, "M.A.M.E."

MAN
     Metropolitan Area Network

MANET
     Mobile Ad-hoc NETwork (Internet)

MAP
     Maintenance Analysis Procedure (IBM)

MAP
     Manufacturing Automation Protocol (General Motors)

MAP
     Microsoft Academic Program (MS)

MAP
     Mobile Application Part (MSC, GSM, mobile-systems)

MAP27
     Mobile Access Protocol [for MPT 1327] (MPT 1327), "MAP 27"

MAPASE
     Mobile Application Part - Application Service Elements (MAP, MSC,
     GSM, mobile-systems), "MAP-ASE"

MAPEC
     Multimedia APplications in Education Conference, "MApEC"

MAPI
     Messaging Application Program Interface (MS, WOSA, API)

MAPOS
     Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH (SONET, SDH, RFC 2171),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2171.txt

MAPP
     Microsoft Active Protections Program (MS)

MAPS
     Microsoft Active Protection System (MS, MSE)

MAPS
     Multiple Airflow Pass-through Structure (Scythe), M.A.P.S.

MAPTOP
     Manufacturing Automation Protocol/Technical Office Protocol,
     "MAP/TOP"

MAR
     Microprogram Address Register (IC)

MAR
     Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher [program] (MS)

MARC
     MAchine Readable Cataloging [record]

MARID
     MTA Authorization Records in DNS (MTA, DNS, SPAM, IETF, WG)

MAS
     Multi Agent Systems (AI)

MAS90
     Mittelstands-Anwendungs-System 90 (IBM)

MASC
     Multicast Address-Set Claim [protocol] (RFC 2909, Multicast),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2909.txt

MASE
     Message Administration Service Element

MASM
     Microsoft ASseMbler (MS, assembler)

MASS
     Message Authentication Signature Standards (MTA, SPAM, WG)

MAU
     Medium Access Unit

MAU
     Medium Attachment Unit (IEEE 802.3, Transceiver)

MAU
     Multistation Access Unit (Token Ring, Hub)

MAUS
     Muensters Apple User Service (BBS, network), "M.A.U.S.",
     http://www.maus.de

MAW
     Microsoft At Work

MAWI
     MAterialWIrtschaft

MAX
     MAssively parallel uniX (Cray, OS, MIMD, MPP, Unix)

MAX
     Media Access Exchange (Ascend)

MAX
     Multimodaler AssemblierungseXperte (VR, Uni Bielefield)

MB
     MailBox

MB
     MegaByte

MBA
     Memory Bus Adapter

MBAG
     Mercedes-Benz AktienGesellschaft (user)

MBC
     Multi Bit Cell (IC, PCMCIA, Flash, AMD, BIT)

MBCMS
     Mercedes-Benz-Computer-Mikrofilm-System (MBAG), "MB-CMS"

MBE
     Molecular Beam Epitaxy (IC; MOSFET)

MBIT
     Mega Binary digIT (BIT), "MBit"

MBM
     Media Bandwidth Management (DSL, Zyxel)

MBOA
     MultiBand OFDM Alliance (org., OFDM), http://www.multibandofdm.org

MBPS
     MegaBits Per Second (BIT)

MBR
     Master Boot Record

MBS
     Maximum Burst Size

MBSA
     Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MS, Windows)

MBUS
     Module BUS [standard] (Sun, SPARC), "MBus"

MCA
     Micro Channel Architecture (IBM, PS/2)

MCA
     Mission Critical Applications

MCA
     Model Centric Architecture (Skynamics)

MCAD
     Mechanical CAD (carCAD, CAD)

MCAV
     Modified Constant Angular Velocity

MCB
     Memory Control Block (DOS, TPA)

MCBF
     Mean Cycle Between Failure

MCC
     Manchester Code Converter

MCC
     Manchester Computing Centre (Linux)

MCC
     Mitteldeutsches Communication Center (Leipzig)

MCC
     Monitor and Control Center (Bundeswehr)

MCC
     Multichannel Communication Controller (SCC, FCC)

MCD
     Mini Client Driver (MS, Windows NT)

MCD
     Multimedia Cartridge Drive (Nomai)

MCE
     Machine Check Exception (Intel, CPU)

MCE
     Media Center Edition (MS, Windows, XP, OEM)

MCEB
     Military Communications-Electronics Board (org., mil., USA)

MCERT
     Mittelstand Computer Emergency Response Team Germany,
     http://www.mcert.de

MCF
     Meta Content Framework / Format (Apple, WWW),
     http://mcf.research.apple.com

MCF
     MOM Connector Framework (MS, MOM)

MCGA
     Multi Color Graphics Adapter (IBM, PS/2)

MCH
     Memory Controller Hub [aka Northbridge] (Intel)

MCI
     Measurement Layer Interface (UMA)

MCI
     Media Control Interface

MCI
     Microwave Communications Incorporated, http://www.mci.com

MCL
     Media Communication Lab (org., Uni Boston, USA),
     http://spiderman.bu.edu

MCM
     Multi Carrier Modulation

MCM
     MultiChip Module (CPU)

MCN
     Metropolitan Campus Network

MCNE
     Master Certified Netware Engineer (Novell, Netware),
     http://www.novell.com/education/mcne/

MCNS
     Multimedia Cable Network System (org.)

MCP
     Master Control Program (OS)

MCP
     Media and Communications Processor (IC)

MCP
     Merlin Convenience Pack (IDB, OS/2)

MCP
     Multiple-Chip Product (Intel)

MCP
     Multiport / Multiprotocol Communication Processor

MCPAS
     Master Control Program/Advanced System, "MCP/AS"

MCPC
     Multi Channel Per Carrier

MCPS
     Microsoft Certified Product Specialist (MS, ATEC)

MCR
     Minimum Cell Rate (UNI, ATM, PCR, ABR)

MCS
     Material Control System

MCS
     Message Conversion System

MCS
     Modulation and Coding Scheme (EGPRS, mobile-systems)

MCS
     MultiCast Server

MCS
     Multi-Category Security (SELinux)

MCS
     Multichannel Communications System (Mac)

MCS
     Multivender Customer Services (DEC)

MCSD
     Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MS, ATEC)

MCSE
     Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MS, ATEC)

MCSMP
     Message Conversion System Message Processor (MCS)

MCSS
     Mitac Computer Security System (Mitac)

MCT
     Microsoft Certified Trainer (MS, ATEC)

MCTD
     Mean Cell Transfer Delay (UNI, ATM)

MCTS
     Multiple Console Time Sharing System (OS, CAD)

MCU
     Management & Cascade Unit (Hub)

MCU
     Master Control Unit (Nokia, OS)

MCU
     Micro Controller Unit (SIA, RL)

MCU
     Multipoint Controller Unit (VoiP)

MCVA
     Modified Constant Angular Velocity (Optical Disk)

MD
     Make Directory (DOS, OS/2)

MD
     Management Domain

MD
     Mini Disk (Sony)

MD2
     Message Digest [algorithm] 2 (RFC 1115/1319),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1319.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1115.txt

MD4
     Message Digest [algorithm] 4 (RFC 1320),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1320.txt

MD5
     Message Digest [algorithm] 5 (RFC 1321),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1321.txt

MDA
     Mail Delivery Agent

MDA
     Medicated Digest Authentication (HTTP)

MDA
     Mobile Digital Assistant (T-Mobile, PDA)

MDA
     Model Driven Architecture (CASE, OMG)

MDA
     Monochrome Display Adapter (IBM, PC)

MDAC
     Microsoft Data Access Components (MS)

MDBMS
     Multidimensional DataBase Management System (DBMS, DB)

MDBS
     Micro Data Base System (DB)

MDC
     Message conversion system directory Component (MCS)

MDC
     Meta Data Coalition

MDCT
     Modified Discrete Cosine Transformation

MDD
     Model Driven Design (MDS)

MDDB
     MultiDimensional DataBase (DB)

MDE
     Mobile DatenErfassung, "mDE"

MDEF
     Menu DEfinition Functions (Apple, CDEF)

MDI
     Medium Dependent Interface (ethernet)

MDI
     Mobile Data Initiative (org., GSM, mobile-systems),
     http://www.gsmdata.com

MDI
     Multiple Document Interface (MS, Windows)

MDI
     Multiplex Device Interface

MDIS
     MetaData Interchange Specification

MDIX
     Medium Dependent Interface - crossed (MDI), "MDI-X"

MDK
     MODEM Developers Kit (MODEM, MS)

MDL
     Microstation Development Language (CAD)

MDM
     Master Data Management

MDM
     MicroDiskModule

MDM
     Mobile Device Management (CA, Unicenter)

MDOP
     Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MS, Windows)

MDRAM
     Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC)

MDRC
     Manufacturing Design Rule Checker

MDS
     Manufacturing Design System

MDS
     Microsoft Deployment Solution (MS, Windows, Vista)

MDSD
     Model Driven Software Development

MDSE
     Message Delivery Service Element

MDSP
     Mobile Device Sync Protocol (Lotus)

MDT
     Mechanical DeskTop (SGI)

MDT
     Message Distribution Terminal

MDT
     Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MS)

MDT
     Mittlere DatenTechnik

MDT
     Mountain Daylight Time [-0600] (TZ, MST, USA)

ME
     Mapping Entity

ME
     Millennium Edition (MS, Windows)

MEBI
     MEgaBInary [(2^10)^2] (IEC)

MEC
     Memory Expansion Card

MEF
     Managed Extensibility Framework (MS)

MEG
     Mega Evil Grin (slang, Usenet, IRC)

MEGA
     MessdatenErfassung und Graphische Auswertung

MEI
     Matsushita Electronics Incorporated (manufacturer, Japan)

MEL
     Maya Embedded Language (Maya)

MEMS
     Micro-ElectroMechanical System

MERS
     Most Economic Route Selection

MERT
     Multiple Environment, Real Time (OS)

MES
     Manufacturing Execution System

MES
     Menue-EntwicklungsSystem (Sinix, SNI)

MES
     Minimum European Set (UTF, ISO 10646)

MESA
     MetaEmailSearchAgent (WWW, Internet),
     http://mesa.rrzn.uni-hannover.de/

MESCH
     Multi-WAIS Engine for Searching Commercial Hosts (WAIS, WWW)

MESFET
     MEtal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (IC, FET)

MESH
     Macintosh Enhanced SCSI Hardware (Apple, SCSI)

MESI
     Modified - Exclusive - Shared - Invalid (SMP)

MESN
     Media Event Status Notification

MESZ
     MittelEuropaeische SommerZeit [+0200] (TZ)

MET
     Memory Enhancement Technology (HP), "MEt"

MET
     Micro Exposure Tool (Intel, EuropeV)

MET
     Middle European Time [+0100] (TZ, CET, METDST, MEZ)

METAL
     Machine Evaluation and Translation Language (Siemens)

METAL
     Macro Expansion Template Attribute Language (TAL, ZPT, ZOPE)

METDST
     Middle European Time Daylight Saving Time [+0200] (TZ, MET, MEZ)

MEU
     Multiformat Engine Unit (LCD, Sony)

MEWDE
     My EMACS Web Development Environment (EMACS, WWW),
     http://mewde.blogspot.com

MEZ
     MittelEuropaeische [sommer] Zeit [+0200] (TZ)

MF
     Multi Frequency

MFAST
     Mwave Folded Array Signal Transform [DSP] (IBM, DSP),
     http://watson.mbb.sfu.ca

MFC
     Memory Flow Controller (SPE, Cell, IBM)

MFC
     Microsoft Foundation Classes (MS)

MFC
     Music Feature Card (IBM, Yamaha, MIDI)

MFD
     Multi-Functional Display (Airbus, A380)

MFENET
     Magnetic Fusion Energy NETwork

MFG
     Mit Freundlichen Gruessen [= best wishes]

MFG
     Multi-Function Gateway

MFI
     MainFrame Interactive (IBM)

MFII
     Multi-Functional [keyboard] II (IBM)

MFIP
     Multi-Function Interoperability Processor

MFKS
     MultiFunktionales KonferenzSystem

MFLOPS
     Million FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU)

MFM
     Modified Frequency Modulation

MFP
     MultiFunction Product (HP)

MFS
     Macintosh File System (Apple)

MFS
     Message Format Service (IBM, IMS)

MFS
     Mobile File Sync (IBM)

MFS
     MOSIX File System (MOSIX, DFSA)

MFT
     Master File Table (NTFS)

MFT
     Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks (IBM, OS, OS/MFT,
     OS/MVT)

MFV
     MehrFrequenzwahlVerfahren

MGA
     Matrox Graphics Adapter (Matrox)

MGA
     Monochrome Graphics Adapter

MGCP
     Media Gateway Control Protocol (VoIP, RFC 2705),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2705.txt

MGI
     Multi-Function Interpreter

MGM
     Memory Grant Manager (Informix, DB)

MH
     Mobile Host (MHP)

MH
     Modified Huffman (Fax)

MHDL
     MIMIC Hardware Description Language

MHEG
     Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group (JTC1,
     ISO)

MHL
     Mobile High-definition Link

MHP
     [columbia] Mobile Host Protocol

MHP
     Multimedia Home Platform (ETSI), http://www.mhp-forum.de

MHPCC
     Maui High Performance Computing Center (org., USA)

MHS
     Message Handling System (GOSIP, X.400, Novell, SPX, IPX)

MHTML
     Messaging HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

MHTML
     MIME [e-mail encapsulation of aggregate documents, such as] HTML
     (MIME, HTML, RFC 2110),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2110.txt

MI
     Management Interface

MIA
     Missing In Action (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

MIAW
     Movie In A Window

MIB
     Management Information Base (OSI, SNMP)

MIC
     Media Interface Connector (FDDI, PMD)

MIC
     Memory in Cassette (Seagate, EEPROM, Streamer, AIT)

MIC
     Memory Interface Controller (IBM, Cell)

MIC
     Message Integrity Check / Code

MIC
     Model-Integrated Computing

MIC
     Multiple Interface Connection (Kyocera)

MICA
     MODEM ISDN Channel Integration (Telebit, MODEM, ISDN)

MICE
     Modular Integrated Communications Environment

MICO
     MICO Is CORBA (ORB, CORBA, Uni Frankfurt),
     http://diamant-atm.vsb.cs.uni-frankfurt.de/~mico

MID
     Message IDentifier (ATM)

MID
     Mobile Information Device

MID
     Multiple Interface Declaration (OLSR)

MIDI
     Musical Instruments Digital Interface (MIDI), http://www.midi.org

MIDL
     Microsoft Interface Definition Language (NT)

MIDP
     Mobile Information Device Profile (J2ME, Java, JSR-118)

MIDPEG
     Mobile Information Device Profile Expert Group (Sun, AOL,
     Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Palm, Samsung, Sharp, ...)

MIF
     Module Interconnection Facility (Proteus)

MIG
     Mach Interface Generator (Mach)

MII
     Media Independent Interface

MIIS
     Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MS)

MIKEY
     Multimedia Internet KEYing (cryptography, VoIP)

MIL
     Matrox Imaging Library

MILNET
     MILitary NETwork (USA, mil., network)

MILOS
     Maschinelle Indizierung auf Linguistischer Grundlage fuer OPAC
     Systeme (OPAC)

MILSTAR
     Military Strategic TActical Relay (mil., USA)

MILSTD
     Military STandarD (mil., USA), "MIL-STD"

MIMD
     Multiple Instruction [stream], Multiple Data [stream] (CPU)

MIME
     Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (RFC
     2045/2046/2047/2048/2049, IETF),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2045.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2046.txt

MIMO
     Multiple Input, Multiple Output (WLAN)

MIMO
     Multiple Input, Multiple Output (Agere-Systems, WLAN, Bell)

MIMOLA
     Machine Independent MicrOprogramming LAnguage (HDL)

MIN
     Multistage Interconnection Networks

MINC
     Multilingual Internet Names Consortium (org., Internet)

MINISTREL
     Models for INformatIon STorage and REtrievaL (OA, BIS, ESPRIT)

MINT
     Mint is Not TOS (Atari), "MiNT"

MINT
     Multimedia-kommunikation aif Integrierten Netzen und Terminals

MINX
     Multimedia Information Network eXchange

MIO
     Memory Input/Output (Motorola)

MIO
     Modular Input/Output [architecture] (HP)

MIP
     Main Information Packet (CD-MRW)

MIP
     Multimission Interactive Picture

MIP
     Multum In Parvo (3D, SAT)

MIPS
     Microprocessor without Interlocked Piped Stages

MIPS
     Million Instructions Per Second (CPU)

MIR
     Maximum Information Rate

MIR
     Micro-Instruction Register (IC)

MIS
     Management Information System

MIS
     Mega Iterations per Second

MIS
     Micro Instruction Sequencer (Intel, CPU)

MIS
     Mounting Interface Standard (VESA)

MISD
     Multiple Instruction [stream], Single Data [stream] (CPU)

MISO
     Multiple Input, Single Output (WLAN)

MISRA
     Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (UK)

MISS
     Mecklenburg Internet Service System (ISP), http://www.miss.net

MISSI
     Multilevel Information System Security Initiative (org.)

MISX
     Metered Services Information eXchange (Internet),
     http://www.msix.org

MIT
     Management Information Tree

MIT
     Massachusetts Institute of Technology (org., USA),
     http://www.lcs.mit.edu, http://www.ai.mit.edu

MIT
     Mobile Internet Toolkit (MS, .NET)

MJ
     Modular Jack

MKS
     Mortice Kern Systems (manufacturer), http://www.mks.com

MKT
     Multifunktionelles KartenTerminal (CT, ICC)

ML
     Mail List

ML
     Maintenance Lead (JCP)

ML
     Meta Language

ML2
     MaskLess Lithography

MLA
     Mail List Agent

MLA
     Micro Lens Array

MLC
     Multi Level Cell (IC, PCMCIA, Flash, Intel, SLC)

MLD
     Multicast Listener Discovery [protocol] (IPV6, Multicast, RFC
     2710), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2710.txt

MLE
     MultiLine Entry field (IBM, OS/2)

MLI
     Measurement Layer Interface (UMA)

MLI
     Multiple Link Interface (ODI)

MLIA
     [symposium on] Machine Learning in Information Access (AAAI, AI,
     conference), http://www.parc.xerox.com/istl/projects/mlia

MLID
     Multiple Link Interface Driver (ODI, LAN)

MLM
     Mailing List Manager [software]

MLMA
     Multi-Level Multi-Access (MAC)

MLP
     Meridian Lossless Packaging (DVD, audio)

MLP
     Mozilla Localization Project (Mozilla)

MLP
     MultiLink Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

MLR
     Multi-channel Linear Recording [technology] (Tandberg, Streamer)

MLS
     MultiLevel Secure [operating systems / platforms] (SELinux)

MLT
     Master Lower Tester (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)

MLT3
     MuLTilevel-3 [encoding] (Schneider & Koch, FDDI), "MLT-3"

MM
     Media Manager (Novell, Netware, SMS)

MM
     Military Message (mil.)

MM
     Mobile Management (RR, CM, GSM, mobile-systems)

MMA
     Microcomputer Managers Association (org., USA), http://www.midi.org

MMA
     MIDI Manufacturer Association (org., IMA)

MMAPI
     Mobile Media API (Java, Sun, JMF, API, JSR-135)

MMC
     Microsoft Management Console (MS, Windows NT, XP)

MMC
     MIDI Machine Control

MMC
     MultiMedia Commands (SAM)

MMC
     MultiMediaCard

MMCA
     MultiMediaCard Association (org.)

MMCD
     MultiMedia Compact Disk (Sony, Philips, CD)

MMCDE
     MultiMedia Compact Disk - Erasable (Sony, Philips, CD), "MMCD-E"

MMCF
     MultiMedia Communications Forum (org.), http://www.mmcf.org

MMDO
     Magnetic Modulation Direct Overwrite

MMDS
     Multi-channel, Multi-point Distribution System

MMF
     Make Money Fast (Usenet, ECP, EMP)

MMF
     Memory Mapped File (Windows 95, Windows NT)

MMF
     Multimode Fiberoptic cable (SMF)

MMFS
     Manufacturing Message Format Standard (MAP)

MMHID
     MultiMedia Human Interface Device

MMHS
     Military Message Handling System (mil., MHS)

MMI
     Mixed Mode Interpreter (JIT, IBM, Java)

MMIO
     Memory Mapped I/O (I/O)

MML
     Maker Markup Language (FrameMaker)

MMOG
     Massive Multiplayer Online Games

MMORPG
     Massive Multiplayer Online RolePlaying Games

MMP
     Multilink Multichasis PPP (PPP)

MMPM2
     MultiMedia Presentation Manager /2 (IBM, OS/2), "MMPM/2"

MMR
     Modified Modified Read (Fax)

MMRSG
     Mobile Multi-hop Relay Study Group (IEEE), "MMR SG"

MMS
     Manufacturing Message Specifications / Standard (MAP, EIA, RS-511,
     ISO, DIS 9506), http://icawww.epfl.ch/MMS/

MMS
     Maximum Message Size

MMS
     Microsoft Media Server [protocol] (MS, Internet)

MMS
     Module Making System (VMS)

MMS
     Multilevel Mail Server

MMS
     Multimedia Messaging Service (mobile-systems)

MMU
     Mass Memory Unit

MMU
     Memory Management Unit

MMVF
     MultiMedia Video File [disk] (NEC, DVD)

MMWM
     MultiMedia Window Manager (X-Windows)

MMX
     Mobile Module PCI eXpress [specificiation] (Nvidia, PCIe)

MMX
     MultiMedia eXtensions (Intel, CPU)

MNG
     Multiple-image Network Graphics [format]

MNOS
     Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor (IC)

MNP
     Microcom Networking Protocol

MO
     Machine Object (PO)

MO
     Management Object (OSI)

MOB
     Memory Ordering Buffer (Intel, CPU)

MOBA
     Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (ARTS, RTS)

MOCS
     Microsoft Official Curriculum Seminar (MS, ATEC, MCSD)

MOD
     Magneto-Optical Disk (OD)

MODACOM
     MObile DAta COMmunication

MODCA
     Mixed Object Document Content Architecture (IBM), "MO:DCA"

MODEM
     MOdulator DEModulator

MOE
     Measure of Effectiveness

MOES
     Molekulare Optisch-Elektrische Schaltungstraeger

MOESI
     Modified - Owned - Exclusive - Shared - Invalid (AMD)

MOF
     Managed Object Format (CIM, DMTF)

MOF
     Meta Object Facility (OMG, UML)

MOF
     Microsoft Operations Framework (MS)

MOLAP
     Multidimensional OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP)

MOLED
     Molecule Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED)

MOLI
     Microsoft OnLine Institute (MS)

MOLP
     Microsoft Open Licence Pack (MS)

MOM
     Message Orientated Middleware (IBM)

MOM
     Microsoft Operations Manager (MS, SMS)

MONALISA
     MOdelling NAturaL Images for Synthesis and Animation, "MONA LISA"

MONET
     high data rate MObile interNET (network)

MOO
     MUD Object Orientated (Internet, OOP, MUD)

MOP
     Maintenance Operations Protocol (DEC)

MOP
     Meta Object Protocol (CLOS)

MOP
     Multiple Original Prints

MOPRIA
     MObile PRinting Alliance (org., Canon, HP, Samsung, Xerox),
     http://www.mopria.org/

MOPS
     Million Operations Per Second

MOR
     Mining Object Repository (OP, Oracle, DB)

MOS
     Master Operating System (OS, Varian)

MOS
     Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)

MOS
     Minimum Operating System (OS, UNIVAC 9200, UNIVAC 9300)

MOS
     Multiprogramming Operating System (OS, NCR)

MOSES
     Major Open Systems Environment Standards

MOSFET
     Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (IC, FET)

MOSIX
     Multicomputer Operating System for UnIX (Unix, Cluster, MOSIX),
     http://www.mosix.org

MOSP
     Microsoft Online Services Partnership (MSN)

MOSPF
     Multicast [extensions to ] Open Shortest Path First [routing] (IP,
     OSPF, RFC 1584), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1584.txt

MOSRO
     MObiles-Sicherheits-ROboter-System

MOST
     Media Orientated Systems Transport

MOST
     Mobile Open Systems Technologies (UK, Uni Lancaster),
     http://www.lancs.ac.uk/computing/research/mpq/projects.html#MOST

MOT
     Means of Test

MOTIS
     Message-Orientated Text Interchange System (ISO 10021, JTC1)

MOTSS
     More Of The Sameold Sameold (Usenet)

MOU
     Memorandum Of Understanding (IPOC, TLD, Internet)

MOUS
     Microsoft Office User Specialist (MS, Windows)

MOVE
     Microsoft Overlay Virtual Environment (MS)

MOVI
     [projekt] MObile VIsualisierung (DFG)

MOWORM
     Magneto-Optical Write Once Read Many, "MO-WORM"

MP
     [PPP] Multilink Protocol (MPPP, RFC 1990),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1990.txt

MP
     Management Pack (MS, MOM)

MP
     MegaPIXEL (PIXEL, photo)

MP
     Multi Processor

MP
     MultiProtocol

MP3
     MPEG audio layer 3 (MPEG, audio, IIS, ISO), http://www.mp3.com

MPC
     Modular Port Concentrator

MPC
     MPOA Client (MPOA, ATM)

MPC
     Multimedia Personal Computer

MPD
     Message Preparation Directory

MPDA
     MultiPlatform DiskArray

MPDU
     Message Protocol Data Unit (PDU)

MPE
     Multi Protocol Encapsulation (DVB)

MPE
     Multi-Programming Executive (OS, HP, HP 3000)

MPEG
     Motion Picture Expert Group [old term] (MPEG)

MPEG
     Moving Picture Expert Group (org., ISO 11172-1, JTC1),
     http://www.cselt.it/mpeg

MPEGTS
     Moving Picture Expert Group - Transport Stream (MPEG, TS), MPEG-TS

MPEV
     Multiple Programming Executive/V (HP), "MPE/V"

MPEXL
     Multiple Programming Executive/XL (HP), "MPE/XL"

MPF1
     MikroProFessor 1, "MPF 1"

MPI
     Message Passing Interface (SMP, Cluster)

MPI
     Multiprocessor Interconnect Bus

MPIF
     Message Passing Interface Forum (manufacturer)

MPL
     Mozilla Public License (Netscape)

MPLS
     Multi-Protocol Label Switching (RFC 3031),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3031.txt

MPM
     Metra Potential Method

MPM
     Multi Processing Modul (Apache)

MPM
     Multi-user ??? Program for Microcomputers (CP/M, OS, DR), "MP/M"

MPM2
     MultiMedia Presentation Manager/2 (OS/2, IBM), "MPM/2"

MPML
     Main Profile @ Main Level (MPEG), "MP@ML"

MPNET
     Multi-user ??? Program / NETwork (MP/M, CP/NET, OS), "MP/NET"

MPNOS
     Multi-user ??? Program / ??? (MP/NET, CP/NOS, OS), "MP/NOS"

MPOA
     Multi-Protocol Over ATM (ATM)

MPOW
     Multiple Purpose Operator Workstation

MPP
     Massive Parallel Processor / Processing (MPP)

MPP
     Message Posting Protocol (RFC 1204),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1204.txt

MPP
     Message Processing Program

MPPC
     Microsoft Point-to-Point Compression (MS, RFC 2118),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2118.txt

MPPD
     Multi Purpose Peripheral Device

MPPE
     Microsoft Point to Point Encryption (MS, cryptography, RFC 3078),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3078.txt

MPPP
     Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP, RFC 1990, MP, Ascend),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1990.txt

MPR
     Maet- och Provningsradet [National Board for Measurement and
     Testing] (org., Sweden, SWEDAC)

MPR
     MultiPoint Relay (OLSR)

MPS
     Megabytes Per Second

MPS
     MPOA Server (MPOA, ATM)

MPS
     Multi Processor Specification (BIOS, HT, MS, Windows)

MPS
     MultiPage Signal (Fax)

MPS
     MultiProcessor Specification (SMP, Intel)

MPSX
     Mathematical Programming System eXtended (IBM)

MPT
     Memory Performance Technology (BIOS, MSI)

MPT
     Ministery of Post and Telecommunications (org., Japan)

MPT
     MultiPort Transceiver

MPT1327
     [British] Ministry of Post and Telecommunications [standard] 1327

MPTA
     Multi Protocol Transport Architecture (IBM, SNA)

MPTCP
     MultiPath TCP (TCP)

MPTN
     Multi Protocol Transport Networking (IBM)

MPTS
     Multi Protocol Transport Services (IBM, MPTN)

MPTS2
     Multi Protocol Transport Services / 2 (IBM, OS/2), "MPTN/2"

MPU
     MicroProcessor Unit (SIA, RL)

MPU401
     MIDI Processing Unit 401 (Roland, MIDI), "MPU 401"

MPW
     Macintosh Programmers Workshop (Apple)

MPX
     MultiProgramming eXecutive (IBM, OS, IBM 1800)

MPX
     MultiProgramming eXecutive (OS)

MQI
     Message Queueing Interface (IBM)

MQUIPS
     Million QUality Improvements Per Second

MR
     Magneto - Resistive (HDD)

MR
     MODEM Ready (MODEM)

MR
     Modified Read (Fax)

MRA
     Multi Resolutions Analysis

MRAM
     Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (IC, RAM)

MRB
     Method Request Broker (OMG)

MRBC
     Multiple Resolution Bitmap Compiler (MS, Windows)

MRC
     MOSIX Research the Clouds (MOSIX)

MRCF
     Microsoft Realtime Compression Format (MS)

MRCI
     Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface (MS)

MRCS
     Multi-Rate Circuit Switching

MRH
     Memory Repeater Hub (Intel)

MRIB
     Multicast RPF Routing Information Base (RPF, Multicast, PIM, MSDP)

MRJ
     Macintosh / MacOS Runtime for Java (Java, Apple)

MRJSDK
     Macintosh Runtime for Java Software Developer Kit (Apple, Java),
     "MRJ SDK"

MRM
     Multi Resolution Meshes (Intel, 3D)

MRML
     Multimedia Retrieval Markup Language (Multimedia, Internet, XML),
     http://www.mrml.net

MRNET
     Minnesota Regional NETwork (network, USA)

MRO
     Mandatory Router Option [flag] (CATNIP)

MROC
     Multicommand Required Operational Capability

MROM
     Macrocode Mask Read Only Memory (ROM)

MROM
     Mask Read Only Memory (ROM)

MROMB
     Modular RAID On MotherBoard (Intel, RAID, ZCR), "MRO MB"

MRP
     Material / Manufacturing Resource Planning

MRP
     Material Requirement Planning (PPS, CIM)

MRS
     Media Recognition System (DAT)

MRSE
     Message Retrieval Service Element

MRTD
     Machine Readable Travel Document(s)

MRTG
     Multi Router Traffic Grapher

MRU
     Maximum Receive Unit [size] (SLIP, PPP)

MRU
     Most Recently Used

MRX
     MagnetoResistive eXtended [technology] (HDD)

MS
     Memory Stick

MS
     Message Store

MS
     Meta Signaling (ATM, ???)

MS
     MicroSoft (manufacturer, MS), http://www.microsoft.com,
     http://www.microsoft.de

MS
     Mobile Station (GSM, mobile-systems)

MSA
     Management Service Architecture

MSA
     MicroService Architecture (SOA)

MSA
     MultiSource Assignment

MSAP
     Management Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)

MSAP
     Mini Slotted Alternating Priorities (MAC)

MSATA
     Mini Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA), "mSATA"

MSB
     Most Significant Bit (BIT)

MSBA
     Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MS)

MSC
     MicroSoft C

MSC
     Mobile services Switching Center (PLMN, GSM, GPRS, mobile-systems)

MSCDEX
     MicroSoft Compact Disk EXtensions (CD)

MSCHAP
     MicroSoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (MS),
     "MS-CHAP"

MSCM
     Multiple Slots on Continuation Mechanism (DQDB)

MSCP
     Mass Storage Control Protocol

MSCS
     MicroSoft Cluster Server [Wolfpack] (MS, Cluster)

MSCT
     Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit (MS)

MSD
     Most Significant Digit

MSDE
     MicroSoft Data Engine (MS, DB)

MSDE
     Microsoft SQL server Desktop Engine / Environment (MS, SQL)

MSDL
     MicroSoft Download Library (MS)

MSDN
     Macintosh Software Distribution Network (FidoNet, Apple)

MSDN
     MicroSoft Developer Network (MS)

MSDNAA
     MicroSoft Developer Network Academic Alliance (MS)

MSDOS
     MicroSoft Disk Operating System (MS, OS, PC)

MSDP
     Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (Internet, PIM-SM, Multicast,
     RFC 3618), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3618.txt

MSE
     Mean Squared Error

MSE
     MicroSoft Exchange server (MS)

MSE
     Microsoft Security Essentials (MS)

MSE
     Multimedia Software Engineering (Multimedia)

MSEN
     Media Status Event Notification

MSFIS
     MicroSoft Fax Information Service (MS)

MSFP
     Management Service Focal Point (IBM)

MSFTEU
     Maximum Surprise For The End User (slang, Cygwin)

MSH
     Microsoft SHell (MS)

MSI
     Medium Scale Integration

MSI
     MicroSoft Installer (MS, WIndows)

MSI
     Micro-Star International (manufacturer, Taiwan),
     http://www.msi.com.tw

MSIE
     MicroSoft Internet Explorer (MS, WWW, MSIE)

MSIL
     MicroSoft Intermediate Language (MS, .NET, CLI)

MSISDN
     Mobile Station ISDN Number (PLMN, GSM, mobile-systems), "MS-ISDN"

MSIX
     Metered Services Information eXchange [protocol] (Internet, ISP),
     http://www.msix.org

MSJVM
     MicroSoft Java Virtual Machine (MS, Java)

MSL
     Maximum Segment Lifetime (TCP/IP)

MSL
     Microsoft Software Library (Internet, MS)

MSL
     Mirrored Server Link

MSM
     Media Support Module (ODI)

MSM
     Metal Semiconductor Metal (IC)

MSMQ
     MicroSoft Message Queue [server / services] (MS)

MSN
     Microsoft Support Network (Internet, MS)

MSN
     Monitoring cell Sequence Number (UNI, ATM)

MSN
     Multiple Subscriber Number (Euro-, ISDN)

MSNF
     Multiple Systems Networking Facility (IBM)

MSOS
     Mass storage Operating System (OS, CDC)

MSP
     Media Signal Processor (Samsung, MMX, ARM)

MSP
     Message Security Protocol

MSP
     Message Send Protocol (RFC 1159),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1159.txt

MSP
     Multitasking System Program (OS, Hemenway)

MSP7
     Modular System Program /7 (OS, IBM), "MSP/7"

MSPI
     M&T Software Partner International [gmbh]

MSPL
     MicroSoft Public License (MS, Ms-RL), "Ms-PL"

MSR
     Machine Specific Register (IC)

MSR
     Mess-, Steuer- und Regelungssysteme

MSR
     Mobile Support Router (MHP)

MSR
     Model Specific Register (Intel, Pentium, IC)

MSRL
     MicroSoft Reciprocal License (MS, Ms-PL), "Ms-RL"

MSRN
     Mobile Station Roaming Number (MM, HLR, MS-ISDN, GSM,
     mobile-systems)

MSRPC
     MicroSoft Remote Procedure Call (MS, DCOM), "MS-RPC"

MSRT
     Malicious Software Removal Tool (MS)

MSS
     Maximum Segment Size (TCP, ADSL)

MSS
     Microsoft Speech Server (MS)

MSS
     MIMOLA Software System (MIMOLA)

MSS
     Mobile Synchronisation Services (mobile-systems)

MSSE
     Message Submission Service Element

MST
     Mountain Standard Time [-0700] (TZ, MDT, USA)

MSTSC
     MicroSoft Terminal Services Client (MS)

MSU
     Millions of Service Unit (IBM, TC)

MSVC
     Meta-Signaling Virtual Channel (ATM)

MSVC
     MicroSoft Visual C++ (MS)

MSW
     Machine Status Word

MSXML
     Microsoft XML core services (MS, COM, XML,)

MT
     Machine [assisted] Translation

MT
     Mannesmann Tally [gmbh] (manufacturer)

MT
     Message Transfer / Type

MT
     Mobile Termination (GSM, mobile-systems)

MT
     Moluccas Time [+0830] (TZ)

MTA
     Mail Transport Agent (SMTP)

MTA
     Main Table Area (CD-MRW)

MTA
     Message Transfer Agent (MTS, OSI, X.400)

MTBF
     Mean Time Between Failure (HDD, ...)

MTBRP
     Mean-Time-Between-Parts-Replacement

MTC
     Master Test Component (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)

MTC
     MIDI Time Code (MIDI)

MTD
     Memory Technology Driver (IBM, PC-DOS)

MTDA
     Mean Time Data Availability

MTDS
     Magnetic Tape Operating System (OS)

MTE
     MuTating Engine (Viren), "MtE"

MTEC
     Motorola Training and Education Center (org., Chicago)

MTF
     Message Text Formats

MTF
     Microsoft Tape Format (MS)

MTF
     Modulation Transfer Function

MTH
     Memory Translator Hub (Intel)

MTI
     MIPS Technologies Inc. (manufacturer, SGI), http://www.mips.com

MTJ
     Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MRAM)

MTOS
     Magnetic Tape Operating System (OS, Datapoint)

MTP
     Media Transfer Protocol (Windows, MCE)

MTP
     Memory Translation and Protection (Infiniband)

MTP
     Message Transfer Part (ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems)

MTR
     Mining Table Repository (OP, Oracle, DB)

MTRJ
     Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack

MTRR
     Memory Type Range Register (CPU, Pentium Pro, IC)

MTS
     Magnetic Tape System (OS, HP, HP 2100)

MTS
     Message Transfer System (MHS)

MTS
     Michigan Terminal System (OS)

MTS
     Microsoft Transaction Server (MS, DB, WSH, COM)

MTT
     MailTrusT (cryptography)

MTTF
     Mean Time To Failure

MTTFF
     Mean Time To First Failure

MTTR
     Mean Time to Recovery / Repair / React

MTTR
     Mean Time Trouble Repair

MTU
     Maximum Transmission Unit (SLIP, PPP, IP, PPPoE)

MTU
     Message Transfer Unit

MUA
     Mail User Agent

MUBIS
     MUltimediales BueroInformationsSystem (OA, BIS, TU Braunschweig),
     "MuBIS"c

MUCK
     Multi-User Chat Kingdom (MUD)

MUD
     Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)

MUGD
     MUMPS User Group Deutschland (MUMPS, user group, Org), "MUG-D"

MUI
     Management User Interface (OMF, UI)

MUI
     Multimedia User Interface (SGI, UI)

MULDEM
     MULtiplexer-DEMultiplexer

MULE
     MULtilingual Enhancement of GNU EMACS (EMACS, GNU)

MULTICS
     MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service (OS, MIT, Bell)

MULTOS
     MULtimedia Office Server (OA, BIS, ESPRIT)

MUMPS
     Massachusetts general hospital Multi-Programming System

MUMPS
     Multi-User Multi-Programming System ??? (OS, DEC)

MUPAD
     Multi Processing Algebra Data [tool] (Uni Paderborn, Germany,
     CAS), "MuPAD", http://math-www.uni.paderborn.de/~cube

MUSH
     Multi-User Shared Hallucination (MUD)

MUSICAM
     Masking-pattern adapted Universal Subband Integrated Coding And
     Multiplexing (MPEG, Digital audio)

MUT
     Master Upper Tester (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)

MUTIOI
     ???, "MuTIOI"

MUTOS
     MultiUser-/multitasking Operating System (GDR, OS)

MUEW
     eW MonopolUEbertragungsWeg, "MueW"

MUX
     MUltipleXer

MVA
     Multi Vendor Architecture

MVA
     Multidomain Vertical Alignment [technology] (LCD, Fujitsu)

MVC
     Model View Controller (Smalltalk, GUI)

MVC
     Multi-View-CODEC (Blu-ray, 3D)

MVCC
     MultiVersion Concurrency Control [system] (PostgeSQL, DB)

MVI
     Motion Video Instructions (DEC, CPU, Alpha)

MVIF
     Multi-Vendor Interacting Forum (org., IN)

MVP
     Most Valuable Professional [bonus program] (MS)

MVRCA
     Magnalink Variable Resource Compression Algorithm (PPP, RFC 1975),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1975.txt

MVS
     Multiple Virtual Storage (IBM, OS, OS/MVS)

MVS
     Multiple Virtual System (OS)

MVSESA
     Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended System Architecture (IBM),
     "MVS/ESA"

MVSESASP
     Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended System Architecture System
     Product (IBM), "MVS/ESA SP"

MVSSP
     Multiple Virtual Storage/System Product, "MVS/SP"

MVSTSO
     Multiple Virtual Storage/Time Sharing Option (IBM), "MVS/TSO"

MVSXA
     Multiple Virtual Storage/eXtended Architecture, "MVS/XA"

MVT
     Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks (IBM, OS/MVT, OS)

MWC
     Mobile World Congress (mobile-systems, conference)

MWCM
     Molecular Wire Crossbar Memory (RAM, IC, HP)

MWI
     Media Wearout Indicator (SSD)

MWS
     Management WorkStation

MWS
     Matsushita White Skipping (Fax)

MX
     Mail eXchange (Unix)

MXB
     Multimedia eXension Board (SNI)

MXC
     Multimedia eXtension Connector

MXM
     Mobile PCI eXpress Module (Nvidia, PCI)

MXML
     Macromedia Flex Markup Language (Macromedia, XML)

MYDP
     MobilitY DisplayPort, "MyDP"

MZ
     Mark Zbikowski (MS-DOS, MCB)

MZAP
     Multicast-scope Zone Announcement Protocol (RFC 2776, Multicast),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2776.txt



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NAARS
     National Automated Accounting Research System (USA)

NAB
     National Association of Broadcasters (org., USA)

NAB
     Netware Asynchronous Board (Novell, Netware)

NABTS
     North American Broadcast Teletext Standard (USA)

NAC
     Network Administration Center

NAC
     Network Admission Control (Cisco)

NAC
     Networks and Communications

NAC
     Null Attached Concentrator (FDDI)

NACLP
     North American Conference on Logic Programming (USA)

NACM
     Networks And Communications Marketing

NACS
     National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors (org., USA)

NACS
     Netware Asynchronous Communication Server (Novell, Netware)

NACS
     Network Access Control System (Netware, DES, cryptography)

NACSIS
     National Academic Center for Science Information Systems (org.,
     USA)

NACT
     Neural Adaptive Control Technology [project] (NN),
     http://www.mech.gla.ac.uk/~nactftp/nact.html

NAD
     Network Access Device

NADB
     National Archaeological DataBase (DB, USA)

NAEC
     Novell Authorized Education Center (Novell, Netware)

NAG
     National Algorithms Group [ltd] (UK, org., predecessor), "NAg"

NAG
     Network Architecture Group (org.)

NAG
     Numerical Algorithms Group (UK, org.), "NAg", http://www.nag.co.uk

NAI
     Netzwerk Arbeitswelt Informatik (manufacturer)

NAIIN
     No Abuse In InterNet (org.), http://www.naiin.org

NAL
     Netware Application Launcher (Novell, Netware, NAM)

NALIS
     Nevada Academic Libraries Information System

NAM
     Netware Application Manager (Novell, Netware, NAL)

NAMP
     Netware, Apache, MySQL, PHP (Novell, Netware, Apache, PHP, DB)

NAMS
     National Association of Multimedia Shareware (org., USA),
     http://www.mw3.com/nams/index.html

NAP
     Network Access Point (IN)

NAP
     Network Access Protection (MS, Windows, Vista)

NAPLPS
     North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (BBS)

NAPT
     Network Address and Protocol Translator (IP)

NAPTR
     Naming Authority PoinTeR (Enum, DNS)

NARP
     Non-Broadcast Multiple Access Address Resolution Protocol (RFC
     1735), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1735.txt

NAS
     Netware Access Services (Novell, Netware)

NAS
     Network Application Services (DEC)

NAS
     Network Application Support

NAS
     Network Attached Storage (NFS, CIFS, HDD)

NASI
     Netware Asynchronous Service Interface (Novell, Netware)

NAT
     [IP] Network Address Translator (RFC 1631, IP),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1631.txt

NATOA
     National Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors
     (org., USA), http://www.natoa.org

NAU
     Network Addressable Unit (IBM, SNA, OSI)

NAU
     Network Attachment Unit (GigaB, IP-router)

NAUN
     Nearest Active Upstream Neighbour (MAC)

NAVNET
     NAVy NETwork (mil., USA, network)

NB
     Nota bene (slang, Usenet, IRC)

NBAR
     Network-Based Application Recognition

NBCD
     Natural Binary Coded Decimal

NBDD
     NetBIOS Datagram Distribution [server] (NETBIOS)

NBE
     Not-Below-or-Equal

NBFCE
     NETBIOS Frames Control Program (NETBIOS)

NBFCP
     [PPP] NETBIOS Frames Control Protocol (PPP, NETBIOS, RFC 2097),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2097.txt

NBFM
     Narrow Band Frequency Modulation

NBIC
     Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno [initiative] (USA)

NBIS
     Network Based Information Systems, "NBiS"

NBMA
     Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (UNI, ATM)

NBN
     National Broadband Network (Australia)

NBNS
     NetBIOS Name Server (NETBIOS)

NBP
     Name Binding Protocol (AppleTalk)

NBS
     Narrow Band Socket (Intel, Nokia)

NBS
     National Bureau of Standards (org., predecessor, NIST)

NBT
     NETBIOS on TCPIP (MS)

NC
     Network Channel / Connect / Control

NC
     Network Computer [reference profile] (Apple, IBM, Netscape,
     Oracle, Sun, Internet)

NC
     Network Co-ordinator (FidoNet)

NC
     Norton Commander (Symantec)

NC
     Numerical Control

NCA
     Network Communications Adapter

NCA
     Network Computing Architecture (Oracle, Apollo)

NCA
     Network Control Analysis

NCA
     Nexus Computing Agent (NGSCB, MS, Palladium)

NCA
     Nexus Computing Agent (MS, Palladium)

NCA
     Novell Certification Alliance (Novell, Netware)

NCAIR
     National Center for Automated Information Research (org., USA)

NCAM
     National Center for Accessible Media (org., USA),
     http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam/

NCB
     Network Control Block (LAN)

NCC
     Network Control / Coordination Center

NCC
     Network Control Computer

NCCF
     Network Communications Control Facility (IBM)

NCCS
     NASA Center for Computational Sciences (org., NASA)

NCD
     Network Computing Devices (manufacturer), http://www.ncd.com

NCD
     Norton Change Directory (DOS)

NCDMA
     Narrowband - Code Division Multiple Access (telecommunication,
     mobile-systems, CDMA), "N-CDMA"

NCE
     Nomadic Computing Environment (Tadpole)

NCGA
     National Computer Graphics Association (org., USA)

NCHPC
     National Consortium for High Performance Computing (org., HPC, USA)

NCI
     Network Channel Interface

NCI
     Non Coded Information

NCIA
     Native Client Interface Architecture (IOS)

NCIP
     Novell Certified Internet Professional (Novell, WWW, CNA),
     http://www.netboss.com

NCITS
     National Committee for Information Technology Standards (org.,
     USA), http://www.ncits.org

NCL
     Null Convention Logic (CPU)

NCLP
     Novell Certified Linux Professional (Noell, Linux)

NCMOS
     N-channel [Silicon Gate Reversed] CMOS

NCN
     Nixdorf Communications Network

NCOHPCC
     National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and
     Communications (org., USA, HPC), "NCO/HPCC", http://www.hpcc.gov

NCOS
     Network Computer Operating System (OS, Oracle, Internet)

NCOS
     Non-Concurrent Operating System (OS, UNIVAC 9200, UNIVAC 9300)

NCP
     Netware Core Protocol (Novell, IPX)

NCP
     Network Control Processor

NCP
     Network Control Program (BBN, ARPANET)

NCP
     Network Control Program / Point (IBM)

NCP
     Non-Carbon Paper

NCP
     Not Copy-Protected

NCPE
     Netware Core Protocol Extension (NCP, Netware, IPX)

NCPIE
     National Council on Patient Information and Education (org., USA)

NCR
     National Cash Registers (manufacturer, AT&T), http://www.ncr.com

NCS
     National Communications System (USA)

NCS
     Network Computing System (HP, Apollo)

NCS
     Network Control System

NCSA
     National Center for Supercomputing Applications (org., USA)

NCSC
     National Computer Security Center (org., USA)

NCSC
     North Carolina Supercomputing Center (org., USA)

NCSD
     National Cyber Security Division

NCSI
     Network Communications Service Interface (NMP)

NCSL
     National Computer Systems Laboratory (NIST, org., USA)

NCSL
     National Conference of Standards Laboratories (org., USA),
     http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/ncsl/ncslpage.htm

NCSNDR
     Network Computing System Network Data Representation (HP, Apollo),
     "NCS NDR"

NCSS
     Non Commentary Sources Statements (LOC)

NCSS
     Number Crunching Statistical System

NCSTRL
     Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (WWW),
     http://www.ncstrl.org

NCT
     Network Control and Timing

NCTA
     National Cable & Telecommunications Association (org., USA),
     http://www.ncta.com

NCTE
     Network Channel-Terminating Equipment

NCTL
     National Computer and Telecommunications Laboratory (org., USA)

NCU
     Non-Cacheable Units

ND
     Navigation Display (Airbus, A380)

NDA
     Network Delivery Access

NDA
     Non-Disclosure Agreement

NDA
     Norddeutsche DatenAutobahn (network)

NDAS
     Network Direct Attached Storage (HDD)

NDBMS
     Network DataBase Management System (DB)

NDBS
     Non-standard DataBase System (DB)

NDC
     National Destination Code (MS-ISDN, GSM, mobile-systems)

NDC
     Network Data Collection

NDC
     Node Data Controller (Zenith)

NDCC
     Network Data Collection Center

NDD
     Norton Disk Doctor [software]

NDDL
     Neutral Data Definition Language (DDL)

NDE
     NeWS Development Environment

NDI
     Network Distributed ISDN [for windows NT] (AVM, ISDN, Windows NT)

NDIS
     Network Driver Interface Specification (3COM, MS)

NDL
     Network Database Language (DB, 4GL)

NDM
     Normal Disconnected Mode (IRDA, IRLAP, NRM)

NDMP
     Network Data Management Protocol, http://www.pdc.com/ndmp.htm

NDMS
     Netware Distributed Management Services (Novell, Netware)

NDP
     Neighbor Discovery Protocol (RFC 2462),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2462.txt

NDP
     Numeric Data Processor

NDPA
     Network Problem Determination Application

NDR
     Network Data Representation (NCS, DCE, Apollo)

NDR
     Network Data Representation service (DCE/RPC)

NDR
     Non-Delivery Report (SMTP)

NDR
     Non-Destructive Read

NDRO
     Non-Destructive ReadOut

NDS
     Netware Directory Services (Novell, Netware)

NDS
     Network Data System

NDT
     Net Data Throughput

NDT
     Newfoundland Daylight Time (TZ, NFT)

NDT
     Non-Destructive Testing

NDU
     Network Device Utility

NDV
     Non DSL Village (WIMAX, DSL)

NE
     Network Element

NE
     Netzebene (DTAG)

NEA
     [Siemens] NEtzwerkArchitektur (NEA, Siemens)

NEA
     Network Endpoint Assessment

NEAB
     NEA Benutzerebenenprotokoll (NEA, Siemens)

NEAN
     NEA Netzwerkebenenprotokoll (NEA, Siemens)

NEAR
     National Electronic Accounting and Reporting

NEARNET
     New England Academic and Research NETwork (USA, network), "NEARnet"

NEAT
     New Enhanced Advanced Technology (AT)

NEAT
     Novell Easy Administration Tool (Novell, Netware)

NEATE
     NEA Transportebenenprotokoll (NEA, Siemens)

NEBS
     Network Equipment Building System

NEC
     National Electrical Code (USA)

NEC
     Nippon Electronic Corporation (manufacturer), http://www.nec.com

NED
     NASA Extragalactic Database (DB)

NEDO
     New Energy and industrial technology Development Organization
     (org., Japan)

NEFS
     Network Extensible File System, "NeFS"

NEII
     National Engineering Information Initiative (org., USA)

NEM
     No-Eviction Mode (Intel, HT, CPU)

NEM
     Nothing Else Matters (slang, Usenet, IRC)

NEMS
     Nanoelektromechanische Speicher (IC, RAM)

NEP
     Never-Ending Program

NEREN
     NEbraska Research and Education Network (USA, network)

NERO
     Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives [project]

NES
     News Electronic Service

NES
     Nintendo Entertainment System

NESC
     National E-Science Centre (org., UK), "NeSC", http://www.nesc.ac.uk

NESPINN
     NEurocomputer fuer Spikende Neuronale Netze (TUB)

NEST
     Netware Embedded Systems Technology (Novell, Netware)

NET
     Network Entity Title

NETBEUI
     NETBIOS Extended User Interface (UI)

NETBIOS
     NETwork Basic Input Output System (IBM, RFC 1001/1002), "NetBIOS",
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1001.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1002.txt

NETBLT
     NETwork BLock Transfer (IP)

NETBT
     NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NETBIOS, TCP/IP), "NetBT"

NETCDF
     NETwork Common Data Format, "NetCDF"

NETDA
     NETwork Design and Analysis

NETPARS
     NETwork Performing Analysis Reporting System

NETSS
     National Electronic Telecommunication Surveillance System (USA)

NEWS
     Netware Early Warning System (Novell, Netware)

NEWS
     Networked Extensible Windowing System (Sun), "NeWS"

NEWT
     NeWS Terminal, "NeWT"

NEXT
     NEw eXtended Technology, "NeXT" , http://www.next.com

NFA
     Name Field Address (Forth)

NFA
     Non-determistic Finite-state Automation

NFAIS
     National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (org.,
     USA), http://www.nfais.org

NFAS
     Non Facilities-Associated Signaling (ISDN, PRI)

NFC
     Near Field Communication (Bluetooth)

NFC
     Normalization Form C(ompostion) (Unicode)

NFGM
     Nano-Floating Gate Memory (RAM, IC)

NFR
     Near Field Recording [technology]

NFS
     Network Facilities Services

NFS
     Network File System (Sun, Unix, RFC 1094/1813/3010),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3010.txt

NFSP
     Netware File Service Protocol (Novell, Netware)

NFT
     Network File Transfer (DNA, DEC)

NFT
     NewFoundland Time [-0330] (TZ, NDT)

NG
     NewsGroup (slang, Usenet)

NGDD
     New Generation Desktop Design (Mitsubishi)

NGE
     Not-Greater-or-Equal

NGI
     Nederlands Genootschap for Informatica (org., Netherlands),
     http://www.ngi.nl

NGIO
     Next Generation Input / Output (I/O, Intel)

NGPP
     Next Generation Print Path [old term] (MS, Windows, Vista, XPS)

NGPT
     Next Generation POSIX Threading (POSIX, IBM)

NGS
     Non-Government Standard (USA)

NGSB
     Non-Government Standards Body

NGSBC
     Next Generation Secure Computing Base (MS, Windows, XP)

NGSCB
     Next Generation Secure Computing Base (MS, Palladium)

NHRP
     [NBMA] Next Hop Resolution Protocol (X.25, ATM, NBMA, IETF)

NHSE
     National HPCC Software Exchange (USA)

NI
     Network Interconnect / Interface

NI
     Normenausschuss Informationstechnik (Din, org.),
     http://www.ni.din.de

NI
     Normenausschuss Informationsverarbeitungssysteme [1987-1995] (DIN,
     predecessor, NI)

NIA
     Network Information Access

NIAC
     National Infrastructure Advisory Council (org., USA)

NIAHGB
     Normenausschuss Informationstechnik - Ad-Hoc Gruppe Biometrie (NI,
     DIN), "NI-AHGB"

NIAP
     National Information Assurance Partnership (org., NIST, NSA),
     http:/niap.nist.gov

NIAS
     Netware Internet Access Server (Novell, Netware)

NIC
     Network Information Center (Internet, org.)

NIC
     Network Interface Card / Controller

NIC
     Numeric Intensive Computing

NICAM
     Near-Instantaneously Companded Audio Multiplex (audio)

NICD
     NIckel CaDmium [batterie], "NiCd"

NICE
     Network Information and Control Exchange (DECNET)

NICOL
     Network Information Center On-Line

NICOLAS
     Network Information Center On-Line Aid System

NID
     Namespace IDentifier (URN)

NIDL
     Network Interface Definition Language (Apollo, DOMAIN, NCA)

NIDOS
     NIxdorf Disk Operating System (OS, SNI)

NIDR
     Network Information Discover and Retrieval

NIDX
     Network Intrusion Detection eXpert system (BELLCORE, XPS)

NIE
     Newton Internet Enabler (Apple, PDA)

NIFTP
     Network Independent File Transfer Program (FTP)

NIHCL
     National Institute of Health [c++] Class Library (PD)

NII
     National Information Infrastructure [program] (USA, org.),
     http://nii.nist.gov

NIIT
     National Information Infrastructure Testbed (ISH, USA)

NILFS
     New Implementation of a Log-structured File System (FS)

NIMH
     NIckel Metal Hydride [battery], "NiMH"

NIMT
     National Institute for Management Technology (org., Irland),
     http://www.nimt.rtc-cork.ie/nimt.html

NIPC
     National Infrastructure Protection Center (org., USA)

NIPT
     [international symposium on] New Information Processing
     Technologies (conference, MITI)

NIR
     Network Information Registry / Retrieval

NIS
     Network Information Service (NSF)

NIS
     Network Information System (Unix)

NISC
     Network Information and Support Center

NISCC
     National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre (org., UK)

NISDN
     Narrowband Integrated-Services Digital Network (ISDN), "N-ISDN"

NISI
     Network Information Services Infrastructure

NISO
     National Information Standards Organization (org., USA)

NISS
     National Information on Software and Services (USA)

NISSPAC
     NISS Public Access Collections (NISS)

NIST
     National Institute of Standards and Technology (org., USA),
     http://www.nist.gov

NISYP
     Network Information System / Yellow Pages, "NIS/yp"

NIT
     Network Information Tabel (DVB)

NITF
     National Imagery Transmission Format

NITOL
     Norway-net with IT for Open Learning (network)

NITS
     Network Independent Transport Service

NIU
     Network Interface Unit

NIU
     North american ISDN Users (USA, ISDN)

NIUF
     North american ISDN Users Forum (USA, user group, ISDN, org.)

NJC
     Nordic Journal of Computing (Finland),
     http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/njc

NJE
     Network Job Entry (BITNET, RSCS)

NJE
     Network Job Entry

NJSZT
     Neumann Janos SZamitogep-tudomanyi Tarsasag (org., Ungarn),
     http://www.njszt.hu

NKS
     Network Knowledge Server

NKSR
     Non-Kernel Security Related (Unix)

NKZ
     NetzKontrollZentrum (Bundeswehr)

NL
     Network Layer (ISO, OSI)

NL
     New Line (ASCII)

NL
     Number Lines (Unix)

NLA
     Network Location Awareness (MS, Windows)

NLB
     Network Load Balancing (MS, Windows)

NLDM
     Network Logical Data Manager (IBM)

NLE
     Not-Less-or-Equal

NLKD
     Novell Linux Kernel Debugger (Novell, Linux)

NLM
     Netware Loadable Module (Novell, Netware)

NLOS
     Non Line Of Sight (WIMAX, LOS)

NLP
     Natural Language Processing

NLP
     Non-Linear Programming

NLP
     Normal Link Pulse (ethernet, LAN)

NLPID
     Network Layer Protocol IDentifier (ATM, OSI)

NLQ
     Near Letter Quality

NLRI
     Network Layer Reachability Information

NLRP
     Natural Language Retrieval Processing

NLS
     Native Language Support (HP)

NLS
     Native Language System (OSF)

NLS
     Network License Server

NLS
     oNLine System

NLSP
     Netware Link Services Protocol (Novell, Netware, IPX)

NLSP
     Network Layer Security Protocol (ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC 11557)

NLUUG
     NetherLand Unix User Group (org., user group), http://www.nluug.nl

NLV
     National Language Version (IBM, OS/2, ...)

NM
     Native Mode (PARISC, CM)

NM
     Network Management

NMA
     Network Management Architecture (SNA)

NMAA
     National Multimedia Association of America (org., USA),
     http://www.nmaa.org

NMAS
     Novell Modular Authentication Services (Novell, Netware)

NMC
     Network Management Center

NMCP
     Network Management Communication Protocol

NMCS
     National Military Command System (mil., USA)

NMEA
     National Marine Electronics Association [protocol] (org., USA,
     GPS), http://www.nmea.org

NMEO
     NetWorker Module for EMC Symmetrix for Oracle (Oracle, EMC, DB)

NMF
     Network Management Forum

NMI
     Non-Maskable Interrupt

NML
     National Media Laboratory (org., USA), http://www.nml.org

NML
     Natural Mapping Language (XPP, MPP)

NML
     Network Management Layer (TMN)

NMM
     Netzwerk-integrierte Multimedia Middleware

NMOS
     Negative-channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (IC)

NMP
     Network MODEM Program

NMPF
     Network Management Productivity Facility (IBM)

NMPL
     Netscape/Mozilla Public License (Netscape), "N/MPL"

NMS
     Network Management Station / System (Novell, Netware)

NMS
     Network Monitoring Station

NMSU
     New Mexico State University (org.), http://www.nmsu.edu

NMT
     Nordic Mobile Telephone (mobile-systems)

NMU
     Non-Maintainer Upload (Linux, Debian)

NMVT
     Network Management Vector Transport

NN
     Neural Network (NN)

NNI
     Network Node Interface (ATM)

NNI
     Network to Network Interface

NNS
     Netware Named Services (Novel, Netware)

NNSC
     NSF Network Service Center (org., NSF)

NNTP
     Network News Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 977, Usenet),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc977.txt

NNTPS
     Network News Transfer Protocol - Secured ??? (NNTP, Internet,
     Usenet)

NNTR
     No Need To Reply (slang, Cygwin)

NNX
     Network Numbering eXchange

NOA
     Net On Air (Internet)

NOC
     Network Operations Center

NOCS
     Network Operations Center System

NODIS
     NSSDC Online Data and Information Service (NSSDC)

NOI
     Node Operator Interface

NOKOS
     NOKia Open Source license (Nokia)

NOMA
     National Online Media Association (org., USA)

NORGEN
     Network Operations Report GENerator

NORMA
     NO Remote Memory Access (OSF/1, Multi-Server)

NOS
     Network Operating System

NOSA
     Netlabs Open Source Archive, http://www.netlabs.org/nosa

NOSAC
     Netlabs Open Source Archive Client (NOSA)

NOTA
     None Of The Above (slang, Usenet, IRC)

NOTIS
     Network Operator Trouble Information System

NOW
     Network Of Workstations (Cluster)

NP
     Network Performance

NP
     No Problem (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

NPA
     Network Performance Analyzer

NPA
     Network Printer Alliance (IEEE 1284, IBM, Lexmark, Xerox)

NPA
     Network Professional Association (org., USA)

NPA
     Numbering Plan Area

NPAC
     Northeast Parallel Architectures Center (org., USA, HPC),
     http://www.npac.syr.edu

NPAPI
     Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (WWW, API)

NPC
     Network Parameter Control

NPC
     Non-Player Character (MMORPG)

NPD
     Network Products Division (Toshiba)

NPDA
     Network Problem Determination Application (IBM)

NPES
     National Printing Equipment Association (org., USA),
     http://www.npes.org

NPH
     Non Parse Headers (HTTPD, CGI)

NPI
     Network Printer Interface

NPL
     Netscape Public License (Netscape)

NPL
     Non-Procedural Language

NPM
     Network Performance Monitor

NPMS
     Named Pipes / Mail Slots (MS)

NPSI
     NCP Packet Switching Interface (IBM, NCP)

NPSI
     Network Protocol Service Interface

NPSS
     NASA Packet Switch System (NASA)

NPTL
     Native POSIX Thread Library (POSIX)

NPTN
     National Public Telecomputing Network (network, USA)

NPV
     Net Present Value

NQS
     Network Queuing System

NRC
     National Research Council (org., USA)

NRCLSE
     National Resource for Computers in Life Science Education (USA)

NREN
     National Research and Education Network (USA, network)

NRFD
     Not Ready for Data

NRIP
     Novell Routing Information Protocol (Novell, Netware), "nRIP"

NRM
     Network Resource Management

NRM
     Normal Response Mode (IRDA, IRLAP, NDM)

NRN
     National Research Network (USA, network)

NRN
     No Reply Necessary (slang, Usenet)

NROFF
     New Run-OFF (Unix)

NRPC
     Notes Remote Procedure Call (Lotus)

NRPE
     Nagios Remote Plugin Executor

NRPE
     Nagios Remote Plug-in Executor (Nagios)

NRS
     Name Registration System

NRS
     Novell Replication Services (Novell, Netware)

NRT
     Non-Requesting Terminal

NRTVBR
     Non-RealTime Variable Bit Rate (VBR, ATM, BIT), "nrt-VBR"

NRZ
     Non-Return-to-Zero [recording]

NRZI
     Non-Return-to-Zero, Invert to ones [encoding]

NS
     Name Server (DNS, Unix)

NS
     National Standard

NSA
     National Security Agency (org., USA), http://www.nsa.gov/

NSAI
     National Standards Authority of Ireland (org., Irland),
     http://www.nsai.ie

NSAP
     Network Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)

NSAPA
     Network Service Access Point Address (OSI, NSAP)

NSAPI
     Netscape Server Application Programmer's Interface (Netscape, WWW,
     C/S, API)

NSB
     National Science Board (USA, org.)

NSBD
     Not-So-Bad Distribution (Bell)

NSC
     National Security Council (org., USA)

NSC
     National SemiConductor (manufacturer), http://www.network.com

NSC
     Network Service Center

NSC
     Network Storage Corporation

NSCA
     Nagios Service Check Acceptor (Nagios)

NSCA
     National institute for Supercomputing Applications

NSD
     National Security Directive (USA)

NSD
     Network Shared Disk (GPFS, HDD)

NSE
     Network Support Encyclopedia (Novell)

NSEC
     Network Switching Engineering Center

NSERC
     Natural Sciences and Research Council (org., USA)

NSF
     National Science Foundation (org., USA), http://www.nsf.gov

NSF
     Norges StandardiseringsForbund (org., Norway),
     http://www.standard.no

NSF
     Notes Storage Facility (Lotus)

NSFIP
     NextStep Fuer IntelProzessoren, "NSfIP"

NSFNET
     National Science Foundation NETwork (network, USA, Internet),
     "NSFnet"

NSFW
     Not Safe For Work (slang, WWW)

NSG
     Network Services Group

NSI
     Name Service Independent (DCE/RPC, CDS)

NSI
     NASA Science Internet (NASA, network)

NSI
     Network Store Interface (MS, Windows)

NSIS
     National Schengen Information System (SIS, Europe)

NSIS
     Next Steps In Signaling (RFC 4080),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4080.txt

NSN
     NASA Science Network (USA, network)

NSP
     Name Service Protocol (DNS)

NSP
     Native Signal Processing (Intel, CPU)

NSP
     Network Service Point

NSP
     Network Service Provider

NSP
     Network Services Protocol (DNA)

NSPMP
     Network Switching Performance Measurement Plan

NSPR
     NetScape Portable Runtime (Netscape, API)

NSR
     Non-Source Routed

NSRD
     National Software Reuse Directory (USA)

NSS
     Namespace Specific String (URN)

NSS
     Network Security Services (Mozilla, Internet)

NSS
     Network Server System (Airbus, A380)

NSS
     Network Storage Solutions (manufacturer)

NSS
     Nodal Switching Subsystem (NSFNET)

NSS
     Novell Storage System (Novell, Netware)

NSSA
     Not So Stubby Area (OSPF, RFC 1587),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1587.txt

NSSDC
     National Space Science Data Center (org., USA)

NST
     Network Security Toolkit, http://www.networksecurity.org

NST
     Newfoundland Standard Time (TZ)

NST
     North Sumatra Time [+0630] (TZ)

NSTAN
     NebenSTellenANlagen (DTAG, CBX), "NStAn"

NSTC
     National Science and Technology Council (org., USA),
     http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OSTP/NSTC/html/NSTC_Home.html

NSTL
     National Software Testing Lab (org., USA)

NSTS
     National Secure Telephone System

NSTX
     Name Server Tunnel Exchange [protocol]

NSW
     National Software Works (OS)

NT
     [Windows] New Technology (MS, OS, Windows)

NT
     Netzwerk Terminator, Network Terminator (ISDN)

NT
     Nome Time [-1100] (TZ)

NT1
     Network Termination [unit] 1 (ISDN)

NTAS
     NT Advanced Server (MS, Windows NT)

NTBA
     Network Termination for Basic Access (ISDN)

NTBBA
     Netzwerk-Terminationspunkt BreitBandAngebot (DTAG, DSL)

NTC
     National Telecommunications Conference (conference, USA)

NTDS
     [Windows] NT Directory Services (MS, Windows NT, DS)

NTE
     Network Terminal Equipment

NTFS
     [windows] New Technology File System

NTI
     Network Termination Interface

NTIA
     National Telecommunications and Information Administration /
     Agency (org., USA), http://www.ntia.doc.gov

NTK
     Need-To-Know (slang, Usenet, IRC)

NTK
     Newton ToolKit (Apple)

NTLM
     [Windows] NT LAN Manager (MS, Windows NT, LAN, SMB)

NTN
     National Telecommunications Network

NTO
     Network Terminal Option

NTP
     Network Time Protocol (Internet, RFC 1119/1305),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1305.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1119.txt

NTS
     Network Technical Support

NTS
     Network Test System

NTS
     New Typesetting System (TeX, DANTE)

NTS2
     Network Transport Services /2 (IBM), "NTS/2"

NTSA
     Netware Telephony Services Architecture

NTSC
     National Television Standards Committee (org., USA)

NTSC
     Never The Same Color (slang)

NTSE
     [Windows] NT Server / Enterprise edition (MS, Windows NT), "NTS/E"

NTT
     Nippon Telephone & Telegraph (org., Japan)

NUA
     Network User Address

NUI
     Network User Identification (Datex-P)

NUISSH
     Natur- und UmweltInformationsSystem Schleswig-Holstein (UIS),
     "NUIS-SH"

NUMA
     Non Uniform Memory Access (SMP)

NURB
     Non Uniform Rational B-spline

NURBS
     Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline (CAD, Animation)

NUS
     National University of Singapore (org.)

NUTEK
     [National Board for Industrial and Technical Development] (org.,
     Sweden)

NVD
     National Vulnerability Database (NIST, USA)

NVDM2
     NetView Distribution Manager /2 (OS/2, IBM), "NVDM/2"

NVN
     National Videotex Network (USA, network)

NVP
     Network Voice Protocol

NVRAM
     Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)

NVS
     NachrichtenVermittlungsSystem (INPOL)

NVSG
     NVidia SceneGraph [SDK] (Nvidia, SDK)

NVT
     Network Virtual Terminal (Telnet, Internet)

NWCS
     Netware Workstation Compatible Service (Netware, Windows NT)

NWIP
     NetWare Internet Protocol (Novell, Netware)

NWNET
     NorthWestern states NETwork (network, USA), "NWNet"

NWO
     NetWork Operator (ETSI, ETSI 201 671)

NWP
     Numeric Weather Modelling

NX
     No eXecute (AMD, Athlon)

NYSERNET
     New York State Education and Research NETwork (network, USA),
     "NYSERNet"

NZCS
     New Zealand Computer Society (org., Neuseeland),
     http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/nzcs/index.html

NZT
     New Zealand Time [+1130] (TZ)

NZUSUGI
     New Zealand Unix System User Group, Inc. (org., Unix, user group)



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OA
     Object Adapter (ORB, IDL)

OA
     Office Automation

OA
     Open Access (SPI, DB)

OAA
     Open Arcade Architecture (Intel)

OACIS
     Oregon Advanced Computing InStitute (org.)

OAD
     Open Architecture Driver (Iomega)

OADG
     Open Architecture Development Group (org.)

OAG
     Online Airline Guide (CIS)

OAG
     Open Application Group (org., USA)

OAGIS
     Open Applications Group Interoperability Standard

OAI
     Open Applications Interface

OAI
     Open Archives Initiative (org.)

OAIS
     Open Archival Information System (ISO 14721)

OAK
     Object Application Kernel (Java, predecessor, Sun)

OAM
     Object Attribute Memory (Gameboy)

OAM
     Operations, Administration and Management [cell] (ATM)

OARNET
     Ohio Academic Resources NETwork (network, USA), "OARnet"

OAS
     Office Automation System

OASF
     Office Automation System Facilities (OA)

OASIS
     Online Application System Interactive Software

OASIS
     Open And Secure Information Systems (Eureka)

OASIS
     Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
     Standards (org.), http://www.oasis-open.org

OASYS
     Office Automation SYStem

OATS
     Office Automation Technology and Services (OA)

OAW
     Optically Assisted Winchester (HDD, Seagate)

OBAK
     OBjektAbbildungskatalog (ATKIS)

OBD
     Online Bugs Database (Sun, DB)

OBDH
     On-Board Data Handling (ESA, Venus-Express)

OBDR
     One Button Disaster Recovery (HP, Streamer)

OBEX
     OBject EXchange (WordPerfect)

OBGA
     Organic Ball Grid Array (BGA, IC, CPU)

OBI
     Open Buying on the Internet (Internet, WWW)

OBM
     Original Brand Manufacturer

OBS
     Online Book Store (Internet, WWW)

OBS
     Opensuse Build Service (openSUSE, Linux)

OBST
     OBject management system of STONE (STONE)

OBTWIAVBP
     OBligatory The World Is A Very Big Place (telecommunication,
     Usenet, IRC), "ObTWIAVBP"

OBU
     On-Board-Unit

OC
     Object Class (OOP)

OC
     Over-Clocked

OC1
     Optical Carrier level 1 [51,48 Mbps] (SONET), "OC-1"

OC12
     Optical Carrier level 12 [622,08 Mbps] (SONET, STM-4), "OC-12"

OC18
     Optical Carrier level 18 [933,12 Mbps] (SONET, STM-6), "OC-18"

OC24
     Optical Carrier level 24 [1244,16 Mbps] (SONET, STM-8), "OC-24"

OC3
     Optical Carrier level 3 [155,52 Mbps] (SONET, STM-1), "OC-3"

OC36
     Optical Carrier level 36 [1866,24 Mbps] (SONET, STM-12), "OC-36"

OC48
     Optical Carrier level 48 [2488,32 Mbps] (SONET, STM-16), "OC-48"

OC768
     Optical Carrier level 768 [39813,12 Mbps] (SONET, STM-256),
     "OC-768"

OC9
     Optical Carrier level 9 [466,56 Mbps] (SONET, STM-3), "OC-9"

OC96
     Optical Carrier level 96 [4976,64 Mbps] (SONET, STM-32), "OC-96"

OCAML
     Objective Categorical Abstract Machine Language, "OCaml"

OCC
     Operations Control Center

OCC
     Other Common Carrier

OCCA
     Open Cooperative Computing Architecture

OCD
     Off-Chip-Driver [calibration]

OCD
     Out-of-Cell Delineation (UNI)

OCE
     Open Collaborative Environment (Apple)

OCEO
     Offensive Cyber Effects Operations

OCF
     Open Clustering Framework

OCF
     Open Computing Facility

OCFS
     Oracle Cluster File System (Oracle, DB)

OCG
     OEstereichische Computer Gesellschaft (org., Austria),
     http://www.ocg.at

OCL
     Object Constraint Language (DB, OO, UML, CASE)

OCL
     Open Content License (OPL), http://www.opencontent.org

OCL
     Operation Control Language

OCL
     OS/2 inside Class Library (OS/2)

OCLC
     Online Computer Library Center (org., Internet, USA),
     http://www.oclc.org

OCO
     Object Code Only (OOP)

OCPA
     Open Content Platform Association (org., Amiga, Sharp, JVC,
     Kyocera, ...)

OCR
     Optical Character Recognition

OCS
     Object Compatibility Standard (Motorola)

OCS
     Open Cabling System

OCSP
     Online Certificate Status [revocation] Protocol (cryptography)

OCX
     OLE Control eXtensions (MS)

OD
     Optical Disk

ODA
     Office Document Architecture [protocol] (RFC 1197, ISO 8613, JTC1,
     ECMA), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1197.txt

ODA
     Open Document Architecture (CCITT T.410)

ODAPI
     Open Database Application Programming Interface (Borland, DB,
     API), "Odapi"

ODBC
     Open DataBase Connectivity (WOSA, DB, API)

ODBMS
     Object orientated Database Management System (DBMS, DB)

ODC
     Optical Disc Corporation (manufacturer)

ODD
     Operator Distance-Dialing

ODE
     Object Database and Environment (AT&T, DB)

ODE
     Online Data Entry

ODE
     Open Dynamics Engine

ODETTE
     Organization for Data Exchange by Tele-Transmission in Europe
     (org., Europe)

ODF
     Open Document Format [for Office Applications] (OASIS, ISO/IEC
     26300)

ODF
     Opendoc Development Framework (Apple, OpenDoc)

ODF
     Opendoc Part Framework (OpenDoc)

ODI
     Open Data link Interface (Novell)

ODI
     Open Device Interconnect

ODIA
     OpenDoc Internet Adapter (Apple, ALOE, predecessor)

ODIF
     Office Document Interchange Format (ISO 8613, ASN.1, ODA)

ODIN
     Optimale Datenmodelle und algorithmen fuer Ingenieur- und
     Naturwissenschaften [auf hochleistungsrechnern] (Uni Karlsruhe,
     Germany, SNI)

ODINSUP
     Open Data link Interface - Network driver interface specification
     SUPport (ODI, NDIS)

ODISS
     Optical Digital Image Storage System

ODK
     Office Development Kit

ODL
     Object Description Language

ODL
     Open Document Language (ODA, SGML)

ODLI
     Open Data Link Interface

ODM
     Object Database Manager (AIX, IBM)

ODM
     Original Design Manufacturer (OEM)

ODMA
     Open Document Management API (API)

ODMG
     Object Database Management Group (org., DB), http://www.odmg.org

ODP
     Octal-Die-Package

ODP
     Open Directory Project (WWW, Netscape), http://www.dmoz.org/

ODP
     Open Distributed Processing (ISO)

ODP
     OverDrive Processor (Intel)

ODPR
     OverDrive Processor Replacement (Intel)

ODR
     Octal Data Rate (SDR, GDR, QDR)

ODR
     Ontrack Data Recovery (Ontrack, Software, Netware)

ODR
     Optimized Dynamic Routing (SNI)

ODS
     Offenes Deutsches Schulnetz (network)

ODS
     Office Dialog System (OA)

ODS
     Open Data Services

ODS
     Optical Data Systems [inc.] (manufacturer), http://www.ods.com

ODS
     Output Delivery Database

ODS
     Overhead Data Stream

ODSI
     Open Directory Service Interfaces (MS, Windows NT)

ODSPE
     Optical-based Digital Signal Processing Engine (DSP)

ODT
     On-Die-Termination

ODT
     Online Debugging Technique

ODT
     Open DeskTop (SCO, GUI)

ODVA
     Open DeviceNet Vendor Association (org.), http://www.odva.org

OE
     Outlook Express (MS, Internet)

OEA
     Organic and printed Electronics Association (org.), "OE-A",
     http://oe-a.vdma.org/

OEB
     Open eBook [standard] (MS, NuvoMedia, ...)

OECOS
     Organizational Engineering for Communications and Organizational
     Systems (SNI, OA)

OEM
     Original Equipment Manufacturer (ODM)

OEP
     Operand Execution Pipelines (Motorola, CPU)

OES
     Olivetti EntsorgungsService (Olivetti)

OES
     Open Enterprise Server (Novell, Linux)

OF
     Overflow Flag (assembler)

OFA
     Optimal Flexible Architecture (Oracle)

OFC
     Open Financial Connectivity (MS, banking)

OFDM
     Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM, DVB-T, WIMAX)

OFDMA
     Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (WIMAX)

OFET
     Organic Field Effect Transistor

OFFIS
     Oldenburg Forschungsinstitut Fuer Informatikwerkzeuge und -Systeme
     (org., Uni Oldenburg), http://www.offis.uni-oldenburg.de

OFFSAP
     Oracle Fusion For SAP (Oracle, SAP)

OFS
     Object File System

OFS
     Output Field Separator (AWK)

OFTA
     OFfice of the Telecommunications Authority (org., Hongkong),
     http://www.ofta.gov.hk

OFTP
     ODETTE File Transfer Protocol (ODETTE), http://www.oftp.net

OFX
     Open Financial eXchange (banking, Intuit, MS, Checkfree, USA)

OGB
     Opensolaris Governing Board (Solaris)

OGC
     Office of Government Commerce (org., UK)

OGC
     Open Geospatial Consortium (org., OWS)

OGM
     Ogg Media Streams (DivX, video)

OGRAN
     OpenGate - Router Access Node ??? (RND), "OG-RAN"

OGSA
     Open Grid Services Architecture (grid, GGF),
     http://www.gridforum.org/ogsa-wg

OGSADAI
     Open Grid Services Architecture - Database Access and Integration
     (OGSA, grid, IBM, Oracle), "OGSA-DAI", http://www.ogsadai.org.uk

OGSI
     Open Grid Service Infrastructure (OGSA, GGF, WG, grid)

OH
     Off-Hook (MODEM)

OHCI
     Open Host Controller Interface (USB, Compaq, OPTI, Apple, UHCI)

OHKO
     One Hit Knock Out (slang)

OIA
     Operator Information Area (IBM)

OIC
     Oh, I See (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

OID
     Object IDentifier (OSI)

OIDL
     Object Interface Definition Language

OIDP
     Oracle Internet Development Pack (Oracle, Internet)

OIF
     Outgoing InterFace (PIM, IIF, Multicast)

OII
     Operations-Intelligence Interface (mil.)

OIIC
     Optically Interconnected Integrated Circuits [project] (ESPRIT)

OIL
     Operator Identification Language (ELI)

OIM
     Open Information Model

OIP
     Open Internet Platform (Caldera, Linux, SCO)

OIT
     Onboard Information Terminal (Airbus, A380)

OIW
     Open Information Warehouse (SAP, R/3)

OIW
     OSI Implementors Workshop (OSI)

OLAP
     OnLine Analytical Processing (DB)

OLE
     Object Linking and Embedding

OLED
     Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED, LED)

OLEDB
     Object Linking and Embedding - DataBase (DB, OLE, MS), "OLE DB"

OLEDS
     Object Linking and Embedding Directory Services (ODSI, MS), "OLE
     DS"

OLEO
     Open Linking and Embedding of Objects (OLE, OpenDoc)

OLEP
     Organic Light-Emitting Polymer [display]

OLI
     Originating Line Information

OLIS
     Oxford Library Information System

OLIT
     OpenLook Interface Toolkit (OpenLook)

OLIVR
     OnLine Interactive Virtual Reality, "OLiVR"

OLLI
     OnLine Library Information

OLM
     OnLine Monitor

OLMC
     Output Logic Macro Cell (GAL)

OLOCA
     Official List of Cygwin Acronyms (Cygwin)

OLPS
     OnLine Programming System

OLRT
     OnLine Real-Time

OLS
     Online Library System

OLSR
     Optimized Link State Routing (MANET, OLSR, RFC 3626),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3626.txt

OLT
     Optical Line Terminal (EPON)

OLTEP
     OnLine Test Executive Program

OLTM
     Optical Line Terminating Multiplexer, "O-LTM"

OLTP
     OnLine Transaction Processing

OLWM
     OpenLook Window Manager (OpenLook)

OM1
     Open MPEG consortium 1 (org., MPEG), "OM-1",
     http://www.openmpeg.org

OMA
     Object Management Architecture (OMG)

OMA
     Open Mobile Alliance (org., mobile-systems)

OMA
     Outlock Mobile Access (mobile-systems, PDA, WAP)

OMAP
     Open Multimedia Application Platform (TI)

OMC
     Operation and Maintenance Center (PLMN, GSM, mobile-systems)

OME
     Open Messaging Environment (Novell)

OMF
     Object Management Framework (DME)

OMF
     Object Module Format (IBM, MS)

OMF
     Open Media Framework (org.), http://www.avid.com/omf

OMFI
     Open Media Framework Interchange (OMF)

OMG
     Object Management Group (IBM, HP, DEC, Tandem, Sun, org.),
     http://www.omg.org

OMG
     Oh My G-d (slang, Usenet, IRC)

OMI
     Open Messaging Interface

OMISTN
     Optical Mode Interface SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD), "OMI-STN"

OMN
     Open Network Management

OMR
     Optical Mark Reader (Fax)

OMR
     Optical Mark Recognition

OMS
     Object Management System

OMS
     Onboard Maintenance System (Airbus, A380)

OMS
     Open Music System (MIDI, Opcode Systems), http://www.opcode.com/oms

OMT
     Object Management Technique (Westmount, CASE)

OMT
     Object Modelling Technique (CASE)

OMW
     On My Way (MMORPG, slang)

ON
     Ordinary Node (Kazaa, P2P)

ONA
     Open Network Architecture

ONAC
     Operations Network Administration Center

ONAL
     Off Network Access Line

ONC
     Open Network Computing (Sun)

ONCXDR
     Open Network Computing eXternal Data Representation (Sun), "ONC
     XDR"

ONE
     Omnifunctional Networking Environment (Panasonic)

ONE
     Open Network Environment (Netscape)

ONFI
     Open NAND Flash Interface (Flash), "ONFi", http://onfi.org

ONI
     OpenNet Initiative (org.), http://opennet.net

ONI
     Operator Number Identification

ONIX
     ONline Information eXchange [guidelines],
     http://www.editeur.org/onix.html

ONMS
     Open-Network Management System

ONS
     Object Numbering System (EPC)

ONU
     Optical Network Unit

OO
     Object Orientated

OOA
     Object Orientated [system] Analysis (OOP)

OOAD
     Object Orientated Analysis and Design (OOP)

OOB
     Out Of Band (S-ATA), "OoB"

OOC
     Object-Oriented Code

OOC
     Optical Orthogonal Code [modulation]

OOCTG
     Object Orientated COBOL Task Group (CODASYL, org., OOP)

OOD
     Object-Oriented Design

OODB
     Object Oriented Data Base (OOP, DB)

OODBMS
     Object Orientated Database Management System (DBMS, DB)

OODL
     Object Orientated Dynamic Language (OOP)

OOF
     Office of The Future (OA)

OOF
     Out of Frame (DS3/E3)

OOK
     On-Off Keying

OOL
     Object-Oriented Language (OOP)

OOL
     Open Objects Library (OS/2)

OOM
     Object Orientated Modelling (OO)

OOM
     Object-Oriented Methodology (OOP)

OOM
     Out Of Memory

OOO
     Out Of Order [execution] (Intel, Pentium, CPU)

OOP
     Object Orientated Programming (OOP)

OOPL
     Object-Oriented Programming Language (OOP)

OOPS
     Object Oriented Program Support (OOP)

OOPS
     Object-Oriented Programming System (OOP)

OOPSLA
     [conference on] Object Orientated Programming Systems, Languages
     and Applications (ACM, OOP, conference), http://www.oopsla.org

OOPSTAD
     Object Orientated Programming for SmallTalk Application
     Development association (org., OOP)

OOS
     Object-Oriented Systems

OOS
     Out-Of-Sequence

OOSA
     Object Orientated System Analysis (OOP)

OOSH
     Object-Oriented SHell (OOP, Shell)

OOT
     Object-Oriented Technology (OOP)

OOTB
     Out Of The Box (slang, Cygwin)

OOUI
     Object Orientated User Interface (UI, OO, WPS)

OOXML
     Office Open XML (MS, XML)

OP
     Oracle9iAS Personalization (Oracle, DB)

OP
     Original Poster (slang, Usenet)

OPA
     Open Publishing Architecture

OPAC
     Online Public Access Catalogue (Internet)

OPC
     OLE for Process Control (OLE, HMI, SCADA),
     http://www.opcfoundation.org

OPC
     OpenGL Performance Characterization [project group] (OpenGL,
     org.), http://www.specbench.org/gpc/opc.static/

OPC
     Optical Proximity Correction [lithography]

OPC
     Organic Photo Conductor

OPC
     Overall Performance Category

OPCOS
     OPerating COuntrieS

OPCR
     Original Program Clock Reference

OPCUA
     OLE for Process Control Unified Architecture (OPC, OLE), "OPC UA"

OPDU
     Operation Protocol Data Units

OPDV
     Ordnungsmaessigkeit und Pruefung der DatenVerarbeitung (GoBS,
     banking)

OPEN
     [You-R] OPerating ENvironment (Infineon, RFID)

OPEN
     Open Protocol Enhanced Networks

OPENEXR
     OPEN EXtended Range ??? (HDR), "OpenEXR"

OPENGL
     OPEN Graphics Language (OpenGL), "OpenGL"

OPENHCI
     Open Host Controller Interface (USB), "OpenHCI"

OPENIL
     OPEN Image Library [old term] (DevIL), "OpenIL"

OPENPMF
     Open Policy Management Framework (CORBA, COACH), "OpenPMF"

OPERA
     Open PLC European Research Alliance (org., PLC, Europe),
     http://www.ist-opera.org

OPES
     Open Pluggable Edge Services

OPI
     Open Prepress Interface (DTP)

OPIE
     Open Palmtop Integrated Environment (Linux, PIM)

OPK
     OEM Pre-installation Kit (MS, Windows, OEM)

OPL
     Open Publication License (OCL), http://www.opencontent.org/openpub

OPL
     Organizer Programming Language (Psion, PDA)

OPM
     Operations-Per-Minute

OPM
     Optimized Power Management (AMD, Opteron)

OPML
     Outline Processor Markup Language (XML, RSS)

OPP
     Object Push Profile (Bluetooth)

OPQ
     Optimal Picture Quality [mode] (CRT, Iiyama)

OPREMA
     OPtik-REchenMAschine

OPS
     Operations Per Second (CPU)

OPS
     Oracle Parallel Server (Oracle)

OPS
     Outbreak Prevention Service (Firewall, TrendMicro)

OPSEC
     Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity (org.,
     manufacturer, IDS)

OPT
     Open Protocol Technology

OQL
     Object Query Language (ODMG)

OR
     Observation Report (CC)

OR
     Originator / Recipient (X.400, MOTIS), "O/R"

ORAIS
     Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligent Systems
     (conference, GI)

ORB
     Object Request Broker (OMA, OMG, CORBA, ORB)

ORCA
     Online Resource Control Aid

ORDB
     Open Relay DataBase (SPAM), http://www.ordb.org

ORDBMS
     Object Relational Database Management System (DBMS, DB)

ORK
     Office Resource Kit (MS, Windows)

ORM
     Object Role Modeling (OO, DB)

ORM
     Optical Remote Module

OROM
     Optical Read Only Memory (ROM), "O-ROM"

ORS
     Output Record Separator (AWK)

ORT
     Ongoing Reliability Test

OS
     Operating System

OS2
     Operating System /2 (IBM, OS), "OS/2"

OS200
     Operating System 200 (Honeywell), "OS/200"

OS2000
     Operating System 2000 (Honeywell), "OS/2000"

OS3
     Oregon State Open Shop Operating System (OS, CDC 3300), "OS-3"

OS32MT
     Operating System /32 - Multitasking Time (OS, Interdata),
     "OS/32-MT"

OS32ST
     Operating System /32 - Serial Time (OS, Interdata), "OS/32-ST"

OS360
     Operating System /360 (IBM, OS), "OS/360"

OS4
     Operating System /4 (OS, UNIVAC 9700), "OS/4"

OS400
     Operating System /400 (IBM, OS), "OS/400"

OS7
     Operating System /7 (OS, UNIVAC 9700), "OS/7"

OS700
     Operating System /700 (OS, Honeywell), "OS/700"

OS8
     Operating System /8 (OS, DEC, PDP 8), "OS/8"

OS9
     Operating System - 9 (Microware, OS), "OS-9"

OSA
     Object System Adaptor (SOM)

OSA
     Office Systems Administrator (OA)

OSA
     Open Scripting Architecture (Apple, OS/2)

OSAC
     Operator Services Assistance Center

OSADL
     Open Source Automation Development Lab (org., OSS),
     http://www.osadl.org

OSAIA
     Open Source And Industry Alliance (org.)

OSAK
     Open Systems Application Kernel

OSAM
     Overflow Sequential Access Method (SAM)

OSAR
     Optical Storage and Retrieval

OSBC
     Open Source Business Conference

OSC
     Ohio Supercomputer Center (org., USA)

OSCA
     Only Specifically Cygwin-list Acronyms (OLOCA, Cygwin)

OSCAR
     OnScreen Configuration & Activity Reporting (Apex)

OSCRL
     Operating System Command Response Language

OSD
     OnScreen Display

OSD
     Open Software Description [manifest / standard] (MS, Marimba, XML,
     DU, DUP, MSIE)

OSDB
     Open Source DataBase benchmark (benchmark)

OSDL
     Open Source Development Lab (org., OSS), http://www.osdl.org

OSDN
     Open Source Development Network (OSS, Network)

OSDS
     Operating System for Distributed Switching

OSE
     Open Software / System Environment

OSEIA
     Open System Environment profile for Imminent Acquisitions (OSE),
     "OSE/IA"

OSF
     Open Software Foundation (HP, DEC, IBM, org.), http://www.osf.org

OSF
     Operations System Function (IN)

OSF
     Oppose Sun Forever [ aka Open Software Foundation] (slang, org.)

OSF
     OWS Service Framework (OGC, OWS)

OSF1
     Open Software Foundation [system] /1 (OSF, OS, DEC), "OSF/1"

OSG
     Open Systems Group (org.)

OSGI
     Open Services Gateway Initiative (org., Motorola, Sun, DTAG,
     Siemens, Toshiba, ...), "OSGi", http://www.osgi.org

OSI
     Open Source Initiative (org., OSS), http://www.opensource.org

OSI
     Open Systems Interconnection (ISO 9646-1)

OSICS
     OSI Communication Systems (OSI)

OSID
     Origination Signaling IDentifier

OSINLCP
     [PPP] OSI Network Layer Control Protocol (OSI, PPP, RFC 1377),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1377.txt

OSIRM
     Open Systems Interconnection/Reference Model (ISO), "OSI/RM"

OSKA
     ObjektSchluesselKAtalog (ATKIS)

OSL
     Open Subscription License

OSM
     Operating system Service Module (I2O)

OSM
     Optical Storage Manager (ARMS)

OSME
     Open Systems Message Exchange

OSMFT
     Operating System / Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks
     (OS, IBM S/360), "OS/MFT"

OSMVS
     Operating System / Multiple Virtual Space (OS, IBM, S/370, OS/MVT,
     successorr, OS/VS-2), "OS/MVS"

OSMVT
     Operating System / Multiprogramming with a Variable number of
     Tasks (OS, IBM, S/360, S/370), "OS/MVT"

OSN
     Office System Node (IBM, DIA, OA)

OSN
     Open Systems Network

OSNR
     Optical Signal-to-Noise Relation (FO)

OSO
     OverScan Operation (VXA, Streamer)

OSP
     Optical Storage Processor

OSP
     OrganisationStrukturPlan

OSPCP
     Operating System / Primary Control Program (IBM, OS, OS/360,
     predecessor), "OS/PCP"

OSPF
     Open Shortest Path First [protocol / routing] (Internet, IGP, RFC
     1583), ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1583.txt

OSPM
     Operating System directed [configuration and] Power Management

OSQL
     Object-Structured Query Language (DB, SQL, OODBMS)

OSR
     Optical Scanning Recognition

OSRT
     Operating System / Real Time (OS, Destek Group), "OS/RT"

OSS
     Open Sound System (Linux, audio)

OSS
     Open Source Software (OSS)

OSS
     Operator Service System

OSSIM
     Open Source Security Information Management (OSS, SIM)

OSSVS
     Operating System / Single Virtual Space (OS, IBM, S/370, OS/VS2),
     "OS/SVS"

OST
     Open System Toolkit (Apollo)

OSTA
     Optical Storage Technology Association (org.)

OSTC
     Open System Test Consortium (org., OSTC)

OSTP
     Office of Science and Technology Policy (org., USA),
     http://www.whitehouse.gov/OSTP.html

OSVS1
     Operating System / Virtual System - 1 (OS, IBM, S/370), "OS/VS-1"

OSVS2
     (IBM, MVS), "OS/VS2"

OSVS2
     Operating System / Virtual System - 2 (OS, IBM, S/370), "OS/VS-2"

OSWL2
     OS-9 Windows / Level 2, "OSW/L2"

OSWS
     Operating System Work Station

OT
     Object Technology

OT
     Off Topic (slang, Usenet)

OT
     Open Transport (Apple)

OTA
     Office of Technology Assessment (org., IBM, HP, AEG, AT&T, SNI,
     ...)

OTDR
     Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (cable)

OTES
     Outside Thermal Exhaust System (Abit)

OTI
     Object Technology International (IBM)

OTM
     Object Transaction Monitor (COM, MTS)

OTN
     Oracle Technology Network (Oracle)

OTOH
     On The Other Hand (slang, Usenet, IRC)

OTP
     One Time Password

OTP
     One Time Programmable [chip] (IC)

OTPPP
     Open Transport/Point-to-Point Protocol (Apple, OT, PPP), "OT/PPP"

OTPROM
     One Time Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC)

OTS
     Object Transaction Service (CORBA)

OTS
     Office TeleSystem (OA)

OU
     Organizational Unit (MS, Windows NT, AD)

OUCL
     Oxford University Computing Laboratory

OUG
     Occam User Group (org., user group)

OUI
     Organization Unique Identifier (IEEE)

OUI
     Organizational Unit Identifier

OUM
     Ovonic Unified Memory (ECD)

OUTWATS
     OUTward Wide Area Telephone Service

OVAL
     Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (XML),
     http://oval.mitre.org

OVDC
     Oracle Virtual Desktop Client (Oracle)

OVID
     Object, View, and Interaction Design

OVMF
     Open Virtual Machine Firmware (UEFI, QEMU)

OVPI
     Open View Performance Insights (HP)

OVST
     OrtsVermittlungsSTelle (DTAG)

OWA
     Outlook Web Access (MS, WWW)

OWAMP
     One Way Active Measurement Protocol (RFC 3763),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3763.txt

OWASP
     Open Web Application Security Project (org., WWW),
     http://www.owasp.org

OWB
     Oracle Warehouse Builder (Oracle, DWH)

OWF
     Object World Frankfurt (fair)

OWG
     Optical WaveGuide (LWL)

OWL
     Object Windows Library (Borland, API)

OWL
     Ontology Web Language (WWW, W3C)

OWL
     Open Windows Library (API)

OWLDL
     Ontology Web Language Description Logic (OWL), "OWL DL"

OWORM
     Optical Write Once Read Many, "O-WORM"

OWS
     OpenGIS Web Service (OGC, Internet)



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P2CC2P
     PCI to CPU / CPU tp PCI [concurrency] (BIOS, PC, PCI, CPU),
     "P2C/C2P"

P2P
     Peer to Peer [network]

P3P
     Platform for Privacy Preferences (WWW)

P5P
     PERL 5 Porters (PERL)

P64
     Pointer 64 [bit] (BIT)

PA
     Precision Architecture (HP)

PABX
     Private Automatic Branch eXchange

PAC
     PCI AGP Controller (Intel, IC, PCI, AGP)

PAC
     Privilege Attribute Certificate (DCE)

PAC
     Proxy Auto-Config (WWW, Mozilla)

PACE
     Priority Access Control Enabled (3Com, ethernet)

PACER
     Public Access to Court Electronic Records

PACS
     Picture Archiving and Communications Systems

PACS
     Public-Access Computing Systems

PACT
     Partnership in Advanced Computing Technologies (org. UK),
     http://www.pact.srf.ac.uk

PACT
     Personal Air Communications Technology, "pACT",
     http://www.pact-forum.org

PACT
     Production Analyses Control Technique

PACX
     Private Automatic Computer eXchange

PAD
     Packet Assembling Disassembling (CCITT, X.3, X.28, X.29, PSDN)

PADI
     PPPoED Active Discovery Initiation (PPPoED)

PADS
     Programmer's Advanced Debugging System

PAE
     Physical Address Extension (Intel, Pentium, PAE)

PAEB
     Pan American EDIFACT Board (UN/EDIFACT), http://www.disa.org/paeb

PAEB
     Pan American EDIFACT Board (org., EDIFACT), "PA/EB"

PAGP
     Port AGgregation Protocol (Cisco, EtherChannel), "PAgP"

PAI
     Process After Input (R/3)

PAL
     Paradox Application Language (Borland, DB)

PAL
     Phase Alternating Line

PAL
     Privileged Architecture Library (DEC, Alpha)

PAL
     Processor Abstraction Layer

PAL
     Programmable Array Logic

PALCD
     Plasma Addressable Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

PAM
     Paging Area Memory

PAM
     Pluggable Authentication Module (Linux, LISA)

PAM
     Primary Access Method (BS2000)

PAM
     Programmable Attribute Maps (DRAM, PCI)

PAM
     Pulse Amplification Modulation

PAML
     Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists (Internet, BBS)

PAN
     Personal Account Number

PAN
     Personal Area Network (IBM, Bluetooth)

PAN
     Personal Area Networking [profile] (Bluetooth)

PANDORA
     Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of
     Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au/pandora/ldmv2.html

PANIX
     Public Access internet/uNIX [system] (Unix, Internet, network),
     http://www.panix.com

PAP
     Password Authentication Protocol (RFC 1334),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1334.txt

PAP
     Printer Access Protocol (AppleTalk)

PAP
     ProgrammAblaufPlan (DIN 66001)

PAPI
     PC voice API (API, PC)

PAR
     Portal ARchive (SAP, EP)

PAR
     Positive Acknowledgement with Retransmission [protocols]

PAR
     Project Authorization Request (IEEE)

PARC
     Palo Alto Research Center (org., USA, Xerox),
     http://www.xerox.com/parc/default.html,
     http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com

PARISC
     Precision Architecture, Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC,
     HP), "PA-RISC"

PARLE
     [conference on] Parallel ARchitecture and Languages Europe (ECRC,
     conference)

PARTS
     Parts Assembly and Reuse Tool Set (Visual Smalltalk)

PAS
     Publicly Available Specifications (ISO)

PAS2
     Personal Application System /2 (IBM, DB2/2), "PAS/2"

PASC
     Portable Application Standards Committee (org., IEEE),
     http://www.pasc.org

PASM
     Parrot ASseMbly language (PERL)

PAT
     Performance Acceleration Technique (Intel, MCH)

PAT
     Port and Address Translation (IOS, Cisco, LAN, IP)

PAT
     Program Association Table (DVB)

PAUSE
     PERL Authors Upload SErver (PERL, CPAN), http://pause.cpan.org

PAWS
     Protection Against Wrapped Sequence space (TCP, satellite)

PAX
     Pixel Addressing eXtensions (Intel, RISC, CPU)

PAX
     Portable Archive eXchange (SCO, Unix)

PAX
     Private Automatic eXchange

PB
     Pipeline Burst [cache]

PBC
     Peripheral Bus Computer

PBE
     Prompt By Example

PBI
     Pacific Bell Internet (ISP)

PBI
     Phone Based Interface

PBM
     Play By Mail [game]

PBO
     Process Before Output (R/3)

PBS
     Portable Batch System (Unix)

PBX
     Private Branch eXchange

PC
     Personal Computer

PC
     Printed Circuit (IC)

PC
     Priority Control

PC
     Protocol Control

PC
     Punched Card

PC97
     Personal Computer 97 (MS), "PC 97"

PCA
     Policy Certification Authority (DFN, PGP, cryptography)

PCA
     Power Calibration Area (CD)

PCAT
     Personal Computer - Advanced Technology, "PC-AT"

PCB
     Printed Circuit Board

PCB
     Process Control Block (BS2000)

PCB
     Program Communication Block (IBM)

PCB
     Protocol Control Block (TCP)

PCC
     Portable C Compiler

PCCA
     Personal Computer Communications Associations (org., USA)

PCD
     Photo CD (Kodak, CD)

PCD
     Portal Content Directory (SAP, EP)

PCD
     Process Control Device

PCDA
     Program Controlled Data Acquisition

PCDATA
     Parsed Character DATA (DTD, CDATA)

PCDOS
     Personal Computer DOS (OS, DOS, IBM, PC), "PC-DOS"

PCELS
     Policy Core Extension lightweight directory access protocol Schema
     (LDAP, RFC 3703/4104),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3703.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4104.txt

PCERT
     Purdue Computer Emergency Response Team

PCF
     Point Coordination Function (MAC, 802.11a, WLAN)

PCF
     Portable Compiled Font

PCH
     Paging CHannel (GSM, CCCH, mobile-systems)

PCH
     Pre-Compiled Headers

PCI
     Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)

PCI
     Protocol Control Information (OSI, ETSI)

PCIA
     Personal Communications Industry Association (org., USA, SMS),
     http://www.pcia.com

PCIAS
     Peripheral Component Interconnect Advanced Switching (PCI, PCIe,
     ASI), "PCI AS"

PCIC
     PC card I/O Card (PCMCIA, I/O)

PCIE
     Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, "PCIe"

PCIE
     Permis de Conduire Informatique Europeen (ECDL)

PCIEAS
     PCI Express Advanced Switching (PCI, ASI-SIG), "PCI-EAS"

PCIPM
     PCI Power Management [specification] (PCI), "PCI PM"

PCIS
     Portable Common Interface Set

PCISIG
     Peripheral Component Interconnect - Special Interest Group (org.,
     PCI, SIG), "PCI-SIG"

PCIX
     Peripheral Component Interconnect - eXtended (PCI), "PCI-X"

PCIX
     Personal Computer / unIX (IBM, PC), "PC/IX"

PCIXF
     Personal Computer Integrated eXchange Format (OS/2), "PC/IXF"

PCL
     Portable Common LOOPS (CLOS)

PCL
     Printer Control Language (HP, PJL)

PCL
     Programmable Command Language (CMU, DEC, TOPS)

PCM
     Personal Computer Manufacturer

PCM
     Physical Connection Management (FDDI, SMT)

PCM
     Plug Compatible Machine

PCM
     Pulse Coded Modulation

PCMCIA
     People Can't Memorize Computer Industries Acronyms (slang)

PCMCIA
     Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (org.),
     http://www.pc-card.com

PCMS
     Project & Configuration Management System

PCMT
     Personal Computer Message Terminal

PCN
     Personal Communications Network

PCN
     Public Communications Network (mobile-systems)

PCNFS
     Personal Computer Network File System

PCNOS
     Personal Computer / Network Operating System (OS, MS-DOS, CP/M),
     "PC/NOS"

PCO
     Point of Control and Observation (ISO 9646-1, IUT)

PCOIP
     Personal Computer Over Internet Protocol (PC, IP), "PCoIP"

PCP
     Primary Control Program (IBM, OS, OS/PCP)

PCP
     Printer Control Protocol

PCPC
     Personal Computers Peripheral Corporation (manufacturer)

PCR
     Peak Cell Rate (UNI, ATM, SCR)

PCR
     Platform Configuration Registers (TPM)

PCR
     Processor Configuration Register (Motorola, CPU)

PCR
     Program Clock Reference

PCRAM
     Phase-Change Random Access Memory (RAM, IC), "PC-RAM"

PCRE
     Perl Compatible Regular Expression [library] (PERL),
     http://www.pcre.org

PCRW
     Phase Change ReWritable (DVD, EMCA), "PC-RW"

PCS
     Personal Communication System (Sony, Panasonic, Motorola)

PCS
     Personal Communications Services

PCS
     Physical Coding Sublayer (PMA, PHY)

PCS
     Programmable Communications Subsystem

PCS
     Punched Card System (PC)

PCSA
     Personal Computing Systems Architecture [= Pathworks] (DEC, NOS)

PCSC
     Personal Computer / Smard Card (PC, PCMCIA), "PC/SC",
     http://www.pcscworkgroup.com

PCSD
     Printer Control Sequence Description

PCSI
     Pacific Communication Sciences, Inc. (manufacturer),
     http://www.pcsi.com

PCT
     Private Communication Technology (Internet, MS, Visa)

PCT
     Probe Control Table (FFST/2)

PCTCP
     Personal Computer/Transmission Control Protocol, "PC/TCP"

PCTE
     Portable Common Tool Environment (CASE, ESPRIT)

PCTS
     POSIX Compliance Test Suite (POSIX)

PCV
     Path Coding Violation [error event] (DS1/E1)

PCV
     P-bit Coding Violation [error event] (DS3/E3, BIT)

PCXT
     Personal Computer - eXtended Technology, "PC-XT"

PD
     Packetization Delay

PD
     Plug & Display [standard] (LCD, VESA), "P&D"

PD
     Public Domain

PDA
     Personal Digital Assistant

PDB
     Per-Domain Behaviour (Domain, Internet)

PDB
     Professional Disk for Broadcast (Sony, BD)

PDC
     Personal Digital Cellular [network] (GSM)

PDC
     Power Disk Cartridge (ECMA)

PDC
     Primary Domain Controller (MS, Windows NT, BDC)

PDC
     PROLOG Development Center (manufacturer, Denmark, PROLOG)

PDD
     PERL Design Document (PERL)

PDD
     Professional Disk for Data (Sony, BD)

PDE
     Partial Differential Equation

PDE
     Personal Digital Entertainment

PDE
     Plug-in Development Environment (Eclipse)

PDES
     Product Data / Definition Exchange Standards (USA, STEP, CIM)

PDF
     Portable Document Format (Adobe)

PDF
     Program Development Facility (IBM)

PDFX
     Portable Document Format / eXchange (PDF, CGATS, DTP), "PDF/X"

PDH
     Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (ATM)

PDI
     Power and Data Interface

PDK
     Patterns Development Kit (WWW, IBM)

PDK
     Peripheral Developers Kit (MS)

PDK
     Portal Development Kit (SAP, EP)

PDL
     Page Description Language (printing)

PDL
     PERL Data Language (PERL)

PDL
     Program Design Language

PDL
     Program Development Language

PDLT
     Process Dispatch Latency Time

PDM
     Physical Data Model (DB, CDM, Powerdesigner)

PDM
     Program Development Manager (IBM, ADT)

PDN
     Programmer's Distribution Network (Fido)

PDN
     Public Data Network (mobile-systems)

PDO
     Portable Distributed Objects (NeXT)

PDOP
     Positional Dilution Of Precision (GPS)

PDOS
     Parallel and Distributed Operating System (OS, MIT),
     http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu

PDP
     Parallel Distributed Processing (AI)

PDP
     Peripheral Data Processing

PDP
     Plasma Display Panel

PDP
     Programmable Data Processor (DEC)

PDQ
     Parallel Data Query (Informix, DB)

PDS
     Partitioned Data Set

PDS
     Portable Display Shell (Shell)

PDS
     Processor Direct Slot / Socket (Motorola, Apple)

PDS
     Professional Development System (MS)

PDS
     Public Domain Software (PD)

PDSP
     Peripheral Data Storage Processor

PDSS
     Post Development and Software Support

PDT
     Pacific Daylight Time [-0700] (TZ, PST, USA)

PDTB
     Protected Digital Talking Book specification (DAISY)

PDTR
     Proposed Draft Technical Report

PDU
     Packet Data Unit

PDU
     Product Development Unit

PDU
     Protocol Data Unit (OSI)

PDV
     Photorealistic Data Visualization

PDV
     ProzessDatenVerarbeitung

PE
     Phase Encoding

PE
     Portable eXecutable (Win32, Java)

PE
     Preinstallation Environment (MS, Windows, XP)

PE
     Processing Element (MPP)

PEA
     Pocket Ethernet Adapter (LAN, ethernet)

PEAK
     Python Enterprise Application Kit (Python)

PEAP
     Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP, WPA, WLAN)

PEAR
     PHP Extension and Application Repository (PHP)

PEARL
     Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language

PEBCAK
     Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard (slang)

PEBI
     PEtaBInary [(2^10)^5] (IEC)

PEBKAC
     Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair (telecommunication,
     Usenet, IRC)

PEBS
     Precise Event Based Sampling (Intel, CPU)

PEC
     Program Execution Control (IBM, OS/2)

PECI
     Platform Environmental Control Interface (Intel)

PECL
     PHP Extension Code Library (PHP, PEAR)

PED
     Personen-Erkenntnis-Datei (police)

PEDS
     Planning, programming, budget, and execution Electronic Delivery
     System

PEEK
     Partners Early Experience Kit (Taligent)

PEF
     Preferred Executable Format (CFM, Apple)

PEG
     PCI Express for Graphics (PCIe, Intel)

PEG
     Platform European Grid [conference] (grid)

PEL
     Picture ELement

PEM
     Privacy Enhanced Mail (PSRG, RFC 1421/1422/1423/1424),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1421.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1422.txt

PEM
     Proton Exchange Membrane fuel cell

PEN
     Public Education Network

PEP
     Packetized Ensemble Protocol (Telebit)

PEP
     Personal Employee Portal (IBM)

PEP
     Personal Exam Prep (MS, ATEC)

PEP
     Polymer Electronic Printing

PEP
     Python Enhancement Proposal (Python), http://www.python.org/peps/

PER
     Packed Encoding Rules (ASN.1)

PER
     Program Event Recording

PERCS
     Productive, Easy-to use, Reliable Comouting Systems (IBM)

PERL
     Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister (slang)

PERL
     Practical Extraction and Report Language (PERL),
     http://www.perl.org

PERM
     Pre-Embossed Rigid Magnetic (Sony, HDD)

PERMIS
     PERManentes InventurabwicklungsSystem (MBAG)

PEROM
     Programmable Erasable Read Only Memory (IC)

PERPOS
     PERpetual Processing Operating System (OS, Unix)

PERT
     Program Evaluation / Evolution and Review Technique

PES
     Packetized Elementary Stream (DVB, ISO, IEC 13818-2/13818-3)

PES
     P-bit Errored Seconds (DS3/E3, BIT)

PES
     Photo-Electric Scanning (DTP)

PES
     Programmed Electrical Stimulation

PES
     Proposed Encryption Standard (cryptography)

PEST
     Parameter Estimation by Sequential Testing

PET
     Personal Electronic Translator

PET
     Print Enhancement Technology (Compaq)

PET
     Privacy Enhancement Technology

PET
     Progressive Educational Technology

PEX
     PHIGS Extension for X (X-Windows, PHIGS)

PFA
     Parameter Field Address (Forth)

PFA
     Predictive Failure Analysis (HDD)

PFC
     Power Factor Correction

PFC
     Protocol Field Compression (PPP)

PFD
     Primary Flight Display (Airbus, A380)

PFE
     Page Fault Error (Windows, MS)

PFK
     Program Function Key

PFM
     Printer Font Metrics (Adobe)

PFN
     Page Frame Number (Linux, VPFN)

PFPU
     Processor Frame Power Unit

PFR
     Portable Font Resource (Netscape)

PFRAM
     Polymeric Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)

PFS
     Perfect Forward Secrecy

PFWG
     [WAI] Protocols and Formats Working Group (WAI)

PGA
     Patches Gratefully Accepted (slang, Cygwin, PTC)

PGA
     Pin Grid Array (IC, CPU)

PGA
     Professional Graphics Adapter (IBM)

PGC
     Professional Graphics Controller

PGC
     ProGram Chain (DVD)

PGD
     Page Global Directory

PGFNA
     Prince George Free-Net Association (org., USA)

PGI
     Parameter Group Identifier (SPDU)

PGM
     Practical General Multicast (Cisco, Multicast)

PGM
     Pragmatic General Multicast (MS, Multicast)

PGML
     Precision Graphics Markup Language (XML, IBM, Netscape, Sun,
     Adobe, SVG)

PGO
     Profile Guided Optimization (Intel)

PGP
     Pretty Good Privacy

PGS
     Program Generation System

PHB
     PCI Host Bridge (Power4, IBM)

PHBT
     Pseudomorphic Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor

PHIGS
     Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System

PHIGSPLUS
     PHIGS Plus Lumiere and Surfaces (PHIGS), "PHIGS-PLUS"

PHIPS
     Professional High-Resolution Image Processing System (CA)

PHLAK
     Professional Hackers Linux Assault Kit (Linux),
     http://www.phlak.org

PHOTON
     paneuropean PHOtonic Transport Overlay Network (ACTS)

PHP
     PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP/FI, HTML, CGI, successorr),
     http://www.php.net

PHPFI
     Personal Home Page [construction kit]/Form Interpreter (HTML, CGI,
     PHP, predecessor), "PHP/FI"

PHUN
     Phreakers and Hackers Underground Network (network)

PHY
     PHYsical Layer Control (FDDI)

PI
     Placement and Interconnect [system] (VLSI, MIT)

PI
     Portable Interceptor (CORBA)

PIA
     Peripheral Interface Adapter

PIA
     Plug-In Administrator

PIA
     Primary Interop Assembly (VSTO, MS)

PIC
     Personal Intelligent Communicator

PIC
     Point in Call (IN)

PIC
     Position Independent Code (DLL)

PIC
     Primary Independent Carrier

PIC
     Priority Interrupt Controller (IC)

PIC
     Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)

PICC
     Proximity Integrated Circuit Card (RFID)

PICG
     PCTE Interface Control Group (org., PCTE)

PICMG
     PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (org., PCI),
     http://www.picmg.org

PICS
     Platform for Internet Content Selection (org., Internet, POWDER)

PICS
     Plug-in Inventory Control System

PICS
     Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements

PICSDCPR
     PICS Detailed Continuing Property Record, "PICS/DCPR"

PICU
     Priority Interrupt Control Unit

PID
     Packet IDentification (DVB)

PID
     Process IDentification number (Unix)

PID
     Protocol IDentifier [governing connection types]

PIE
     Personal Interactive Electronics [division] (Apple)

PIE
     Position Independent Executable

PIF
     Parity Inner Failure (DVD)

PIFS
     Point Coordination Function - InterFrame Space (MAC, 802.11a, PCF,
     IFS, WLAN)

PIG
     Psion Interest Group (Psion)

PIIX
     PCI IDE/ISA eXcelerator (Intel, IC, PCI, IDE, ISA)

PIKT
     Problem Informant/Killer Tool (GNU, Linux)

PIL
     Python Imaging Library (Python)

PIM
     Parallel Inference Machine (FGCS, AI)

PIM
     Personal Information Manager / Management

PIM
     Platform Independent Model (MDA)

PIM
     Protocol Independent Multicast (ACM, Multicast)

PIMA
     Photographic & Imaging Manufacturers Association (org.,
     predecessor, I3C), http://www.pima.net/

PIMB
     PCTE Interface Management Board (org., PCTE)

PIMDM
     Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode [protocol] (PIM, ACM,
     Multicast), "PIM-DM"

PIMF
     Paar [kabel] In MetallFolie (VDE, STP), "PiMF"

PIMS
     Project Information Management System

PIMSM
     Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode [protocol] (RFC
     2117/2362, PIM, ACM, SM, Multicast), "PIM-SM",
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2362.txt

PIN
     Personal Identification Number (banking, ICC)

PIN
     Personal Internet Name (RFC 3042),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3042.txt

PIN
     Processor Independent Netware (Novell, HP, DEC, Apple, Sun)

PINE
     Program for Internet News and Email / PINE Is No longer ELM

PINET
     Physicians Information NETwork (network, USA)

PING
     Packet InterNet Groper (ICMP, TCP/IP)

PINT
     PSTN INTernet Interworking [group] (PSTN, IETF)

PIO
     Parallel / Programmed Input/Output

PIOS
     Personen, Institutionen, Objekte, Sachen (INPOL)

PIP
     Packet Interface Port

PIP
     Paper Impact Printing

PIP
     Peripheral Interchange Program

PIP
     Personal Information Processor

PIP
     Picture In Picture (video)

PIP
     Plug-In Protocol (ZOC)

PIPS
     Parallel Information Processing System (GNU)

PIPS
     Pattern Information Processing Systems

PIRA
     Printing Industries Research Association (org.)

PIRQ
     Peripheral Component Interconnect Interrupt ReQuest (PCI, IRQ)

PISA
     Portable InformationsSystem Architecture (DB, infodas, PISA)

PISABG
     PISA/Business Graphics (PISA), "PISA/BG"

PISADB
     PISA/Data Base (PISA, DB), "PISA/DB"

PISADD
     PISA/Data Dictionary (PISA), "PISA/DD"

PISADK
     PISA/ ??? (PISA), "PISA/DK"

PISAMP
     PISA/Menue Processor (PISA), "PISA/MP"

PISANT
     PISA/ ??? (PISA), "PISA/NT"

PISAPPS
     PISA/ProduktionsPlanung und -Steuerungssystem (PISA), "PISA/PPS"

PISAQL
     PISA/Query Language (PISA), "PISA/QL"

PISARG
     PISA/Report Generator (PISA), "PISA/RG"

PISN
     Private Integrated Services Network (ECMA)

PISW
     Process Interrupt Status Word (CPU, assembler)

PIT
     Point In Time (DB)

PIT
     Programmable Interval Timer

PITA
     Pain In The Anatomy / Ass (slang, Usenet, IRC)

PIU
     Path Information Unit (IBM, SNA)

PIU
     Plug-In Unit

PIXEL
     PIcture ELement

PIXIT
     Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing

PJL
     Print Job Language (HP, PCL, printing)

PK
     Public Key (cryptography)

PKARC
     Phil Katz ARC

PKCS
     Public Key Cryptography Standards (org., USA, cryptography)

PKI
     Public Key Infrastructure (cryptography, Internet, ITU, PKI)

PKIX
     Public Key Infrastructure X.509 (PKI, cryptography)

PKS
     Polizeiliche KriminalStatistik (INPOL)

PKS
     Public Key Server (PGP, GPG, SKS, HKS)

PKT
     Partition Knowledge Table

PKWARE
     Phil Katz softWARE (manufacturer)

PL
     Physical Layer (ISO, OSI)

PLA
     Program License Agreement (IBM)

PLA
     Programmable Logic Array

PLATO
     Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations

PLB
     Picture Level Benchmark (GPC)

PLBSI
     Picture Level Benchmark Sample Implementation (GPC)

PLC
     PowerLine Communications [adapter]

PLC
     Programmable Logic Controller (IC)

PLCC
     Plastic Leaded [/ Leadless] Chip Carrier

PLCP
     Physical Layer Convergence Procedure / Protocol (UNI, DS-3)

PLD
     Programmable Logic Device (IC, RL)

PLDA
     Private Loop Direct Attach

PLDM
     Power Line Disturbance Monitor

PLE
     Personal Learning Edition (Maya)

PLE
     Property List Editor (Apple, Macintosh)

PLED
     Polymer Light Emitting Display (LED)

PLI
     Programming Language One (DEC), "PL/I"

PLIP
     Parallel Line Internet Protocol (IP), "PL/IP"

PLL
     Phase Locked Loop

PLM
     Programming Language for Microcomputers

PLMN
     Public Land Mobile Network (mobile-systems, GSM)

PLONK
     Please Leave Our Newsgroup, Kid (Usenet, slang)

PLOU
     Physical Layer Overhead Unit (UNI), "PL-OU"

PLP
     Packet Layer Protocol (X.25)

PLP
     Party Line Protocol

PLP
     Presentation Level Protocol

PLRS
     Power Line Remote Switch

PLS
     Personal Library Systems (manufacturer), http://www.pls.com

PLS
     PhysicaL Signaling

PLS
     Programmable Logic Sequencer

PLT
     Procedure Linkage Table

PLV
     Presentation Level Video (DVI, Intel)

PM
     Performance Management

PM
     Peripheral Module

PM
     Personal Message (BBS)

PM
     Physical Medium

PM
     Port Multiplier (SATA)

PM
     Presentation Manager (OS/2)

PM
     Privileged Mode (HP, MPE)

PM
     Protected Mode (Intel, CPU)

PMA
     Physical Medium Attachment (PCS, PHY)

PMA
     Policy Management Architecture (Netmanage, Internet)

PMA
     Program Memory Area (CD)

PMAC
     Packet Media Access Control (FDDI), "P-MAC"

PMAC
     Peripheral Module Access Controller

PMBR
     PIM Multicast Border Router (PIM, Multicast)

PMC
     [Zen] Portable Media Center

PMC
     Print Management Console (MS, Windows, Vista)

PMC
     Pseudo-Machine Code

PMD
     Page Middle Directory

PMD
     Physical layer, Medium Dependant [sub-layer] (FDDI, UNI)

PMDRAM
     Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC), "PM-DRAM"

PME
     Pattern Matching Engine

PME
     Power Management Event (BIOS)

PMI
     Product Manufacturing Information

PMJI
     Pardon Me for Jumping In (slang)

PMK
     Pairwise Master Key (RSN, cryptography)

PMMU
     Paged Memory Management Unit

PMO
     Program Management Office (Sun, JCP)

PMOS
     Positive-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC)

PMP
     Point to MultiPoint (UNI)

PMP
     Preventive Maintenance Package (AIX, IBM)

PMPO
     Peak Music Power Output

PMR
     Poor Man's Routing

PMR
     Problem Management Report (IBM)

PMS
     Personal Mailing System

PMS
     Processor Memory Switch

PMS
     Project Management System

PMS
     Public Message System

PMSP
     Preliminary Message Security Protocol

PMT
     Program Map Table (DVB, PAT)

PMT
     Program Map Table (DVB)

PMTU
     Path MTU Recovery (MTU, TCP/IP)

PMU
     PowerMeter Unit

PMW
     Project Manager Workbench

PMX
     Packet MultipleXer (MUX)

PMX
     Presentation Manager for the X window system, "PM/X"

PNA
     Personal Navigation Assistant (GPS, PDA)

PNG
     Portable Network Graphics [format] (RFC 2083),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2083.txt

PNI
     Prescott New Instruction set (Intel, Pentium)

PNNI
     [phase 0] Public Network Node Interface [protocol] (ATM)

PNNI
     Private Network to Network Interface (ATM), "P-NNI"

PNP
     Plug 'N Play (PNP), "PnP"

PNPBIOS
     Plug and Play Basic Input Output System (PNP, BIOS), "PnP BIOS"

PNPN
     Positive Negative Positive Negative [devices]

PNS
     PeaceNet Sweden (network)

PNW
     Personal NetWare (Novell, Netware)

PO
     Portable Object (MO)

POA
     Portable Object Adapter (CORBA, .NET)

POACH
     PC-On-A-Chip (PC)

POC
     Proof of Concept

POC
     Push to talk Over Cellular (GPRS), "PoC"

POCSAG
     Post Office Code Standard Advisory Group (org., SMS)

POD
     Plain Old Document [format]

POD
     Print / Publishing On Demand, "PoD"

PODA
     Piloting of ODA (ESPRIT, SNI, Bull, TITN, ICL, Olivetti, ODA)

PODA
     Priority Orientated Demand Assignment (MAC, TDM)

POE
     PERL Object Environment (PERL)

POE
     Power Over Ethernet (LAN), "PoE"

POE
     PowerOpen Association (Apple, IBM, Motorola, ..., org.)

POEM
     Portable Object-orientated Entity Manager (SGML)

POEMS
     Platinum Open Enterprise Management System

POEP
     Primary Operand Execution Pipeline (Motorola, CPU), "pOEP"

POF
     Parity Outer Failure (DVD)

POF
     Plastic Optical Fiber (OWG)

POGO
     Programmer-Oriented Graphics Operation

POH
     Path OverHead (SONET)

POI
     Path Overhead Indicator (SONET)

POI
     Point Of Information

POI
     Point Of Interaction (IN)

POJI
     Plain Old Java Interfaces (Java, POJO)

POJO
     Plain Old Java Object (Java, POJI)

POL
     Problem / Procedure / Process Oriented Language

POM
     Project Object Model (Maven)

PON
     Passive Optical Network

POOL
     Parallel Object Orientated Language (DOOM, OOP)

POOM
     Pocket Outlook Object Model (MS)

POP
     Package for Online Programming

POP
     Point Of Presence (Internet, ISP)

POP3
     Post Office Protocol 3 (Internet, RFC 1939),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1939.txt

POR
     Point Of Return (IN)

POR
     Power-On Reset (BIOS)

POS
     Piece Of Shit (slang, Usenet, IRC)

POS
     Primary Operating System (OS, RCA Spectra 70)

POS
     Professional Operating System (OS, DEC), "P/OS"

POS
     Programmable Object Select

POSE
     Palm Operating System Emulator (Palm)

POSI
     Promoting conference for OSI (Japan, org., conference)

POSIX
     Portable Operating System for unIX (OS, IEEE 1003, ISO 9945, PASC,
     Unix)

POST
     Power-On Self-Test

POSYBL
     PrOgramming SYstem for distriButed appLications

POT
     Plenty of Torrents

POTS
     Plain Old Telephone System (slang, Usenet, IRC)

POV
     Persistence of Vision (raytracing)

POWDER
     Protocol fOr Web DEscription Resources (Org,, WG, W3C, PICS)

POWER
     Power Optimization With Enhanced RISC [chip] (IBM, Apple,
     Motorola, RISC)

PP
     Physical Partition (LVM)

PP
     Physical Plane (IN)

PP
     Pre-Processor

PP
     Protection Profile (CC)

PPA
     Parallel Port Adapter

PPA
     Personal Package Archives (Linux, Ubuntu)

PPA
     PicoPeeringAgreement (network), http://www.picopeer.net

PPB
     Push Pull Before [recording] (DVD), "PPb"

PPBDV
     Push Pull Before [recording] Disc Variation (DVD), "PPb DV"

PPC
     PowerPC (Apple)

PPC
     Program to Program Communication (Apple)

PPD
     Postscript Printer Definition (DTP)

PPDS
     Personal Printer Data Stream

PPDU
     Presentation Protocol Data Unit (PDU, OSI, ISO 8823, OSI/RM)

PPE
     Packet Processing Engine (Hub)

PPE
     Power Processor Element (IBM, Cell, SPE)

PPGA
     Plastic Pin Grid Array (IC, CPU)

PPI
     Parallel Port Interface

PPI
     Pixels Per Inch

PPI
     Programmable Peripheral Interface

PPID
     Parent Process IDentification number (Unix)

PPK
     Per Packet Key (FPK)

PPL
     Pcboard Programming Language (BBS)

PPL
     Polymorphic Programming Language (Harvard, Xerox, PARC)

PPM
     Pages Per Minute

PPM
     Post Programmable Memory (Nokia)

PPM
     Pulse Position Modulation (MMVF)

PPMI
     PCI bus Power Management Interface (PCI)

PPMS
     Professional Productivity Management System

PPN
     Project Programmer Number

PPN
     Public Packet Switching

PPOP
     Plain Paper Optimized Printing (Canon), "P-POP"

PPP
     Point-to-Point Protocol (Internet, PPP, RFC 1171/1661),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1661.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1171.txt

PPPD
     Point-to-Point Protocol DAEMON (PPP)

PPPOE
     Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet [protocol] (ADSL, RFC 2516,
     PPP, ethernet), "PPPoE",
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2516.txt

PPPOED
     Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet DAEMON (PPPoE), "PPPoED"

PPS
     Packets Per Second

PPS
     Parallel Processing System

PPS
     ProduktionsPlanung und -Steuerung

PPS
     Public Packet Switching [network]

PPSN
     Public Packet-Switched Network

PPSU
     Personal Printer Spooling Utility

PPTP
     Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (MS, Ascend, IP)

PPU
     Peripheral Processing Unit

PPU
     Physical Processing Unit (Ageia)

PPVPN
     Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Network (VPN)

PQET
     Print Quality Enhancement Technology (Lexmark)

PQFP
     Plastic Quad Flat Package (CPU)

PR
     Packet Radio

PR
     Pattern Recognition

PR
     Pentium Rating (AMD)

PR
     Placement & Routing (RL, IC), "P&R"

PRA
     Purported Responsible Address [algorithm] (MS, SPAM)

PRACSA
     Public Remote-Access Computer Standards Association (org., USA)

PRAM
     Parameter Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Apple), "P-RAM"

PRAM
     Phase-change Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Intel)

PRCS
     Project Revision Control System (GNU),
     ftp://ftp.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/pub/prcs

PREP
     PowerPC REferenz Plattform (IBM, Apple), "PReP"

PREPNET
     Pennsylvania Research and Economic Partnership NETwork (network,
     USA), "PREPnet"

PRF
     Physical Ref file (CPU, Intel)

PRF
     Problem Report Form (IBM)

PRI
     Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)

PRIDE
     PRofitable Information by DEsign (IRM)

PRISM
     Parallel Reduced Instruction Set Multiprocessing

PRISM
     Portable, Reusable, Integrated Software Modules

PRISM
     PRogrammed Integrated System Maintenance

PRMD
     PRivate Management Domain (X.400, MHS)

PRML
     Partial Response - Maximum Likelihood (HDD, HD-DVD)

PRN
     Pseudo Random Noise [code] (GPS)

PRNG
     Pseudo Random Number Generator

PRO
     Precision RISC Organization (org.)

PROFIBUS
     PROcess FIeld BUS

PROFS
     PRofessional OFfice System (IBM, VM)

PROLOG
     PROgramming in LOGic

PROM
     Partial Read Only Memory (ROM), "P-ROM"

PROM
     Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC)

PROMATS
     PROgrammable Magnetic Tape System

PROPAL
     PROgrammed PAL

PROS
     ??? [protocol]

PROTEL
     PRocedure Oriented Type Enforcing Language

PRPQ
     Programming Request for Price Quotation

PRS
     Pattern-Recognition System (PR)

PRSM
     Processor Resource/System Manager (IBM)

PRT
     Portable Remote Terminal

PRT
     Portal RunTime (SAP, EP)

PRT
     Program Reference Table

PRTM
     Printing Response Time Monitor

PS
     Port Selector (SATA)

PS
     PostScript (Adobe, PDL, printing)

PS
     Power Supply

PS
     PowerShell (MS, Windows)

PS
     Privilege Service (DCE)

PS
     Process Status (Unix)

PS2
     Personal System /2, "PS/2"

PS3
     Playstation 3 (Sony)

PS4
     Playstation 4 (Sony)

PSA
     Python Software Activity (Python)

PSAP
     Presentation Service Access Point (OSI, OSI/RM, SAP)

PSB
     Processor System Bus (Intel, FSB)

PSB
     Program Specification Block (IBM)

PSC
     Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (org., USA)

PSCNET
     Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center NETwork (network, USA), "PSCnet"

PSD
     Printer Sharing Device

PSD
     Programmer's Supplementary Documents (BSD, Unix)

PSDC
     Public Switched Digital Capability

PSDN
     Packet-Switching Data Network

PSDS
     Public-Switched Digital Service

PSE
     Packet Switch Exchange

PSE
     Port Switched Ethernet (Bytex, VLAN, ethernet)

PSES
     P-bit Severely Errored Seconds (DS3/E3, BIT)

PSF
     Permanent Swap File

PSF
     Print Services Facility (IBM)

PSF
     Python Software Foundation (org., Python),
     http://www.python.org/psf

PSG
     Personal Systems Group (HP)

PSI
     Performance Systems International, inc.

PSI
     Power Status Indicator (Intel, CPU)

PSI
     Published Subject Indicator (XTM)

PSID
     Presentation Space IDentifier (IBM)

PSIG
     Platform Special Interest Group (SIG, OMG)

PSIPU
     PostScript - Intelligent Processing Unit (Canon, Adobe, CLC),
     "PS-IPU"

PSIU
     Packet Switch Interface Unit

PSK
     Phase Shift Keying (telecommunication)

PSK
     Pre-Shared Key (cryptography, PSS)

PSL
     PD Service Lage (Haendler)

PSL
     Public Software Library

PSLC
     Parallel Sysplex License Charge (IBM, WLC)

PSM
     Persistent Storage Manager (Maxtor)

PSM
     Persistent Stored Modules (SQL)

PSM
     Personal Scrum Master (Scrum)

PSM
     Personal Security Manager (Mozilla, Internet, cryptography)

PSM
     Personal Software Marketing (IBM)

PSM
     Platform Specific Model (MDA)

PSN
     Packet / Public Switched Network

PSN
     Packet Sequence Number (OLSR)

PSN
     Packet Switch Node (ARPANET, MILNET)

PSNR
     Peak Signal to Noise Ratio

PSOM
     Persistency framework in SOMobjects (IBM, DSOM)

PSOS
     Provably Secure Operating System (OS)

PSP
     Personal Software Products (IBM)

PSP
     PlayStation Portable (Sony)

PSP
     Program Segment Prefix (DOS)

PSP
     ProjektStrukturPlan

PSPDN
     Packet Switched Public Data Network (IN)

PSR
     Phase Shift Register (IC)

PSR
     Program Support Representative

PSRG
     Privacy and Security Research Group (IRTF)

PSRO
     Professional Standards Review Organization

PSS
     Packet Switch Services / Stream

PSS
     Pre-Shared Secret (cryptography, PSK, WLAN)

PSSF
     Personal System Support Family (IBM)

PST
     Pacific Standard Time [-0800] (TZ, PDT, USA)

PST
     PWM Sharing Technology (Arctic Cooling)

PSTN
     Public Switched Telephone Network (IN)

PSU
     Portable Storage Unit

PSU
     Primary Sampling Unit

PSU
     Program Storage Unit

PSW
     Program Status Word

PT
     Pass Through (HTTPD, Apache)

PT
     Payload Type (ATM)

PTAL
     Payment Transaction Application Layer (Internet, banking)

PTAT
     Private Trans-Atlantic Telecommunications

PTB
     Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (org.), http://www.ptb.de

PTC
     Pacific Telecommunications Council (org.), http://www.ptc.org

PTC
     Parallel Test Component (ISO 9646-3, TTCN)

PTC
     Patches Thoughtfully Considered (slang, Cygwin, PGA)

PTD
     Parallel Transfer Disk / Drive

PTE
     Packet Transport Equipment

PTE
     Page Table Entry

PTE
     Path Terminating Equipment (SONET)

PTERM
     Physical TERMinal (IBM), "PTerm"

PTF
     Program Temporary Fix (IBM)

PTH
     Plated-Through-Hole

PTI
     Payload Type Identifier (ATM, PT)

PTI
     Polskie Towarzystwo Informatyczne (org., Poland),
     http://www.pti.org.pl

PTK
     Pairwise Transient Key (RSN, cryptography)

PTM
     Packet Transfer Mode (ATM)

PTMP
     Point to MultiPoint [communication]

PTMSC
     Point-To-Multipoint Service Center (GPRS, mobile-systems,
     Multicast), "PTM-SC"

PTO
     Patent and Trademark Office (org., USA)

PTOCA
     Presentation Text Object Content Architecture (IBM, MO:DCA)

PTOS
     Paper Tape Operating System (OS)

PTP
     Paper Tape Punch

PTP
     Picture Transfer Protocol (PIMA 15740)

PTR
     Paper Tape Reader

PTS
     	Presentation Time Stamp (MPEG)

PTS
     Package Tracking System (Debian)

PTS
     Parallel Transaction System (IBM)

PTS
     Protocol Type Selection (ISO)

PTSS
     People's Time Sharing System (OS, CDC 6600)

PTT
     Postes, Telegraphe et Telephone (org., Switzerland)

PTTP
     Point-to-PoinT Tunneling Protocol

PTW
     Primary Translation Word

PTY
     Pseudo-Terminal driver

PU
     Physical Unit (NAU)

PU
     Power Unit

PU
     Processing Unit

PUA
     Profiling User Agent

PUB
     Physical Unit Block

PUC
     Peripheral Unit Controller

PUC
     Public Utilities Commission

PUCP
     Physical Unit Control Point (IBM, SNA)

PUFFT
     Purdue University Fast FORTRAN compiler (FORTRAN)

PUID
     Physical Unit IDentifier (IBM)

PUK
     Personal / PIN Unblocking Key (PIN)

PUMA
     Power User's Macintosh Association (org., Apple)

PUMA
     Processor Upgradable Modular Architecture

PUMA
     Programmable Universal Micro Accelerator

PUMA
     Protected User-Mode Audio (MS, WPE)

PUMS
     Physical Unit Management Services

PUP
     PARC Universal packet Protocol (PARC)

PUP
     Product UPgrade (MS)

PURL
     Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (URL, WWW)

PUT
     Program Update Tape

PV
     Physical Volume (LVM, HDD)

PVA
     Packetized Video Audio

PVA
     Patterned Vertical Alignment (LCD, Sun, Samsung, MVA)

PVC
     Permanent Virtual Circuit (SVC)

PVC
     Permanent Virtual Circuit / Channel / Connection (ATM)

PVCC
     Permanent Virtual Channel Connection (ATM)

PVCS
     Polytron Version Control System

PVD
     Primary Volume Descriptor (CD, IS 9660)

PVE
     Player Versus Environment (MMORPG, PvP), PvE

PVFS
     Parallel Virtual File System

PVITL
     Program-Variation-In-The-Large (SCM)

PVITS
     Program-Variation-In-The-Small (SCM)

PVM
     Parallel Virtual Machine (SMP, Cluster)

PVN
     Private Virtual Network

PVP
     Packet Video Protocol

PVP
     Player Versus Player (MMORPG, PvE), PvP

PVP
     Protected Video Path (MS, WPE)

PVPC
     Permanent Virtual Path Connection (ATM)

PWB
     Printer Wire Board

PWB
     Programmers Work Bench (MS)

PWD
     Print Working Directory (Unix)

PWG
     Printer Working Group (org., IPP, printing)

PWM
     Pulse Width Modulation (DVD)

PWN
     Peacenet World News

PWP
     Phase Wobble Pre-pit (DVD)

PWSCS
     Programmable WorkStation Communication Services

PWV
     Pulse-Wave Velocity

PXE
     Preboot eXecution Environment (Intel)

PY
     Person Years

PZDF
     Phil Zimmermann Defense Fund (PGP)

PZE
     PersonalZeitErfassung



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QA
     Quality Assurance

QA
     Question & Answers, "Q&A"

QA
     Quick Arbitration (HD)

QAM
     Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (HiperLAN/2, 802.11a)

QAP
     Quality-Assurance Program (QA)

QAPI
     Quality-Assurance Program Inspections (QA)

QAPI
     Queue Application Program Interface (SAP, API)

QAPP
     Quality-Assurance Program Plan (QA)

QAS
     Quasi-Associated Signaling

QBASIC
     Quick Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC, DOS)

QBBS
     Quick Bulletin Board System (BBS)

QBE
     Query By Example (DB)

QBF
     Query By Forms (DB)

QBH
     Query By Humming (DB, audio), "QbH"

QBIC
     Query By Image Content (IBM), http://wwwqbic.almaden.ibm.com

QC
     Quad Core (CPU)

QCA
     Quantum-dot Cellular Automata

QCB
     Queue Control Block

QCDP
     Quality Color Dithering Modus

QCIF
     Quarter Common Interchange Format [176 x 144]

QCIF
     Quarter Common Intermediate Format [176x144] (video)

QCM
     Quad Core Modul (IBM, DCM)

QD
     Queueing Delay

QDEF
     Quantum Dot Enhancment Film (3M)

QDL
     Quadri Data Layer [CD] (CD)

QDOS
     Quick and Dirty Operating System (OS, PC, MS-DOS, predecessor)

QDP
     Quad-Die -Package

QDR
     Quad Data Rate (SDR, GDR, ODR)

QEMM
     Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager (EMM, Quarterdeck)

QEMU
     Quick EMUlator (Linux), http://www.qemu.org/

QF
     Query Filter (DB)

QFA
     Quick File Access

QFE
     Quick Fix Engineering (MS)

QFHD
     Quad Full High Definition

QFP
     Quad Flat Pack

QIC
     Quarter Inch Committee (org., Streamer)

QICSC
     Quarter Inch Cartridge Standards Committee (QIC)

QICW
     Quarter Inch Cartridge Wide (QIC)

QIS
     Quality Information System

QL
     Query Language

QLD
     Queuing Literature Database (DB)

QLI
     Query Language Interpreter

QLLC
     Qualified Logical Link Control [protocol] (IBM)

QMB
     Quad Band Memory (IC)

QMC
     Quine McCluskey approach

QMF
     Query Management Facility (IBM)

QMR
     Quarterly Maintenance Releases (Lotus)

QMS
     Queue Management Service (Netware)

QOS
     Quality Of Service (ATM, CLR, CTD, CDV), "QoS"

QP
     Queue Pair (Infiniband, HCA)

QPA
     Quality Program Analysis

QPE
     Qtopia Palmtop Environment (PDA)

QPEL
     Quarter PixEL (DivX, video), "QPel"

QPI
     Quick Path Interconnect

QPI
     Quick Path Interface

QPL
     Q Public License

QPS
     Quark Publishing System (DTP)

QPSK
     Quadri Phase Shift Keying [modulation] (HiperLAN/2, , 802.11a)

QPSX
     Queue Packet and Synchronous circuit Exchange

QPU
     Quick Pascal Units (MS)

QSA
     Qt Script for Applications

QSA
     Query String Append (HTTPD, Apache)

QSAM
     Queued Sequential Access Method (SAM)

QSU
     Quatech Serial to USB [adapter] (USB)

QTAM
     Queued Terminal Access Method

QTC
     Quantum Tunneling Composite [polymer]

QTVR
     QuickTime Virtual Reality (Apple, VR)

QUEST
     Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunication Leadership
     (org.), "QuEST", http://questforum.asq.org

QUEX
     Query Update by EXample

QUICC
     QUad Integrated Communications Controller (Motorola)

QUIP
     QUad In-line Package

QUIPS
     QUality Improvements Per Second

QVGA
     Quarter Video Graphics Array [320 x 240] (VGA)

QWAVE
     Quality Windows Audio Video Experience (MS, Windows)

QXGA
     Quantum Extended Graphics Array [2048 x 1536]

QXI
     Queue eXecutive Interface



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RA
     Real Address (Power4, IBM, CPU)

RA
     Registration Authority (PKI, ITU, cryptography)

RA
     Remote Access (BBS)

RABF
     Redundant Accumulative Backhitchless Flush (IBM, Streamer)

RAC
     Random Access Channel (HiperLAN/2)

RAC
     Real Application Cluster (Oracle)

RACE
     Research and technology development in Advanced Communications
     technologies in Europe (Europe, predecessor, CORDIS)

RACE
     Rowbased ASCII Compatible Encoding (ASCII, Internet, VeriSign/NSI)

RACER
     Renamed Abox and Concept Expression Reasoner

RACF
     Resource Access Control Facility (IBM, MVS/ESA)

RACH
     Random Access CHannel (GSM, CCCH, mobile-systems)

RAD
     Rapid Access Disk

RAD
     Rapid Application Development [toolkit] (Delphi, Borland)

RAD
     Research And Development [data communications] (manufacturer),
     http://www.rad.co.il

RADIUS
     Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RFC 2865),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2865.txt

RADSL
     Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)

RAFF
     Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (WD, HDD)

RAI
     Remote Alarm Indication (DS3/E3)

RAID
     Redundant Array of Independent / Inexpensive Disks (HDD, RAID)

RAIDIOS
     RAID I/O Steering (Intel, RAID)

RAII
     Resource Acquisition Is Initialization

RAIR
     Random Access Information Retrieval

RAL
     ReichsAusschuss fuer Lieferbedingungen (IEC 12119)

RAL
     Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (org., UK)

RAM
     Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)

RAM
     Rarely Adequate Memory (slang)

RAM
     Rate Adaptive Mode (DSL)

RAMDAC
     Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter (RAM)

RAMIS
     Rapid Access Management Information System

RAMP
     Remote Access Maintenance Protocol

RAMPS
     Reliability, Availability, Manageability, Performance and
     Scalability (DB)

RAMS
     Record Archival Management System

RAN
     Radio Access Network

RAND
     Rural Area Network Design

RAP
     [internet] Route Access Protocol (RFC 1476, Internet),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1476.txt

RAP
     Remote Access Point

RAP
     Rich Ajax Platform (RCP, Eclipse)

RAPID
     Resource And Performance Interactive Display system

RAPS
     Real Application on Parallel Systems

RARE
     Reseaux Associes pour la Recherche Europeenne (org.)

RARP
     Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (Internet, RFC 903),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc903.txt

RAS
     Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (IBM)

RAS
     Remote Access Software

RAS
     Row Address Strobe (IC, DRAM)

RAT
     Register Allocation Table (Intel, CPU)

RAT
     Remote Access Tool

RAT
     Remote Access Trojan

RATP
     Reliable Asynchronous Transfer Protocol (RFC 916),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc916.txt

RATS
     Radio-Amateur Telecommunications Society (org., USA)

RATS
     Rough Auditing Tool for Security (WWW, CGI, PERL, PHP,...)

RAVE
     Relational Advanced Visual Environment

RAW
     Read-After-Write (WAW, WAR)

RBA
     Relative Byte Address

RBAC
     Role Based Access Control (SELinux)

RBBS
     Remote Bulletin Board System (BBS)

RBF
     Random Block Filemanager (OS-9)

RBH
     Remote Bridge Hub

RBL
     Realtime Blackhole / Block List (Internet, SPAM)

RBM
     Realtime Batch Monitor (OS, Xerox)

RBMS
     Remote Bridge Management Software

RBOC
     Regional Bell Operating Company (USA)

RC
     Reconfigurable Computer / Computing (RL)

RC
     Region Co-ordinator (FidoNet)

RC
     Release Candidate (MS)

RC
     Return Code (REXX, ...)

RC
     Routing Control

RC2
     Rivest Cipher / Ron's Code 2 (cryptography)

RC4
     Rivest Cipher / Ron's Code 4 (cryptography)

RC5
     Rivest Cipher 5 (RFC 2040, cryptography),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2040.txt

RCAS
     Reserve Component Automation System

RCC
     Radio Common Carrier

RCC
     Regional Control Center

RCC
     Remote Cluster Controller

RCC
     Routing Control Center

RCD
     Receiver-Carrier Detector

RCE
     Regional Code Enhancement (DVD)

RCE
     Resident Command Extension (DOS)

RCF
     Reader's Comment Form (IBM)

RCF
     Remote Call-Forwarding

RCGI
     Remote Common Gateway Interface (CGI, WWW, Novell)

RCL
     Runtime Control Library

RCM
     Remote Carrier Module

RCP
     Remote Copy Program

RCP
     Rich Client Platform (Eclipse, Java)

RCS
     Reloadable Control Storage

RCS
     Remote Connection Service (IBM, OS/2, LAN)

RCS
     Resource Construction Set

RCS
     Revision Control System (Unix, CM, GNU)

RCTC
     Rewritable Consumer Time Code (video)

RCTL
     Resistor-Capacitor-Transistor Logic

RCW
     Runtime Callable Wrapper (.NET, COM, DLL)

RD
     Receive Data (MODEM)

RD
     Recursive Design (CASE)

RD
     Remove Directory (DOS, OS/2)

RD
     Research and Development, "R&D"

RD
     Route Descriptor

RDA
     Remote Database Access (ISO, OSI)

RDB
     Receive Data Buffer

RDB
     Relational DataBase (DB)

RDB
     Rigid Disk Block (Amiga, Commodore)

RDBMS
     Relational DataBase Management System (DBMS, DB)

RDBMSMIB
     Relational DataBase Management System - Management Information
     Base (DB), "RDBMS-MIB"

RDC
     Remote Data Connector

RDD
     Random Digital Dial

RDD
     Replaceable Database Driver (Clipper, CA-VO, DB)

RDDL
     Resource Directory Description Language (XHTML, XML),
     http://www.rddl.org

RDE
     Received Data Enable

RDE
     Redundant Data Elimination (Falconstor, VTL)

RDE
     Ruby Development Environment (Ruby, IDE)

RDES
     Remote Data Entry System

RDF
     Rate Decrease Factor

RDF
     Record Definition Field

RDF
     Resource Description Framework (XML, IBM, Netscape, MS, ..., WWW)

RDFS
     Resource Description Framework Scheme (RDF)

RDH
     RSA-DES-Hybridverschluesselung (cryptography, HBCI)

RDI
     Remote Defect Identification / Indicator (UNI)

RDL
     Relational Database Language (DB)

RDL
     Remote Digital Loopback

RDLAP
     Radio Data Link Access Protocol (MODACOM), "RD-LAP"

RDM
     Relational Data Modeler

RDM
     Reliably Delivered Message

RDMA
     Remote Direct Memory Access (VI, Infiniband)

RDN
     Relative Distinguished Name (X.500)

RDNCRC
     Research Data Network Cooperative Research Centre (org., Australia)

RDO
     Remote Data Objects (DB)

RDO
     Resource Definition Online (CICS, IBM)

RDP
     Reliable Datagram Protocol

RDP
     Remote Desktop Protocol (MS)

RDP
     Remote Display Protocol (MS, Windows NT, ASP)

RDQL
     Resource Description Query Language (RDF, HP, Java)

RDR
     Remote Data Recovery (Ontrack)

RDR
     Request Data with Reply (Feldbus)

RDRAM
     Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Rambus)

RDRN
     Rapidly Deployable Radio Networks (USA, Uni Kansas),
     http://www.tisl.ukans.edu/rdrn

RDS
     Radio Digital System

RDS
     Rapid Development System (DB, Informix)

RDS
     Remote Data Services

RDSN
     Region Digital Switched Network

RDT
     Radio Digital Terminal

RDT
     Restricted Data Transmissions

RDTP
     [secure] Raw Data Transfer Protocol

RE
     RAID Edition (WD, RAID)

RE
     Recommendation Engine (OP, Oracle, DB)

RE
     Research and Engineering, "R&E"

REACH
     Research and Educational Applications of Computers in the
     Humanities

READ
     Relative Element Address Designate (cryptography)

READSL
     Reach Extended Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL, DSL), "RE
     ADSL"

REBOL
     Relative Expression Based Object Language

REGEX
     REGular EXpressions (GREP, EMACS, ...)

REGIS
     REmote Graphics Instruction Set

REGTP
     REGulierungsbehoerde fuer Telekommunikation und Post Org.,
     Germany, "RegTP"

REHMUDI
     REdHat MUltimedia Distribution (RedHat, Linux), "ReHMuDi"

REM
     Remote Equipment Module

REM
     Ring Error Monitor

REMIS
     Real Estate Management Information System

REMOS
     Resources Management On-Line System

REPL
     Read Eval Print Loop

RES
     Remote Entry Services

REST
     REpresentational State Transfer (URL, AWS)

RESTENA
     RESeau Teleinformatique de l'Education NAtionale et de la recherce
     (network, Luxembourg), http://www.restena.lu

RET
     Report Engine Technology (CA, DB)

RET
     Resolution Enhancement Technology (HP), "REt"

RETM
     Rare Earth / Transition Metal (MO), "RE/TM"

REXX
     Restructured EXtended eXecutor [language] (IBM, SAA, ANSI)

RF
     Radio Frequency (mobile-systems)

RFA
     Request for Assistance (Internet)

RFB
     Remote FrameBuffer [protocol]

RFC
     Remote Function Call (SAP, CPIC)

RFC
     Request For Change (PERL, ITIL)

RFC
     Request For Comments (Internet, RFC)

RFD
     Ready-For-Data

RFD
     Report Fragmentation Done [bit] (CATNIP, BIT)

RFD
     Request For Discussion (Internet, Usenet), "RfD"

RFE
     Request For Enhancement (Internet)

RFI
     Radio Frequency Interference

RFI
     Request For Information (Internet)

RFIC
     Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (IC)

RFID
     Radio Frequency IDentification (ANSI, NCITS)

RFMS
     Remote File Management System

RFNM
     Request For Next Message (IMP)

RFOG
     Radio Frequency Over Glass (HFC, ANSI/SCTE 174 2010), "RFoG"

RFP
     Request for Package (Linux, Debian)

RFP
     Request For Proposal (Internet)

RFQ
     Request for Quatation

RFS
     Remote File Sharing (AT&T, Unix)

RFS
     Remote File System

RFS
     Remote Forensic Software

RFS
     Request For Sponsor (Linux, Debian)

RFS
     REXX File System (REXX, CICS, VSAM, IBM)

RFT
     Request For Technology (OSF)

RFT
     Revisable Form Text

RFTS
     Remote File Transfer System (DDVS)

RGB
     Rot Gruen Blau / Red Green Blue (color system, DTP)

RGBA
     Red Green Blue Alpha-[byte] (color system, RGB)

RGBE
     Red Green Blue Emerald (color system, photo, Sony)

RGMS
     Rotated Grid MultiSampling (graphics)

RGP
     Raster Graphics Processor

RGP
     Remote Graphics Processor

RH
     Request Header

RHCE
     Red Hat Certified Engineer (RedHat, Linux)

RHCT
     Red Hat Certified Technician (RedHat, Linux)

RHCX
     Red Hat Certified eXaminer

RHEL
     Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Linux, RedHat)

RHS
     Right Hand Side (NGSCB, MS, Palladium)

RI
     Reference Implementation (JCP)

RI
     Ring Indicator (RS-232, MODEM)

RI
     Routing Information

RIA
     Rich Internet Application (WWW, Macromedia)

RIACS
     Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (org.)

RID
     Relative IDentifier (AD, SID, ACL)

RIDE
     Research Issues in Data Engineering (IEEE-CS)

RIE
     Reactive Ion Etching (IC)

RIF
     Requirements Interchange Format (HIS)

RIF
     Routing Information Field (Token Ring)

RIFF
     Resource Interchange File Format (MS, IBM, MM)

RIG
     Related Interest Group

RIG
     Rochester Intelligent Gateway (OS)

RII
     Routing Information Indicator

RIM
     Registry Information Model (ebXML)

RIM
     Remote Installation and Maintenance

RIME
     Relaynet International Message Exchange

RIML
     Renderer Independent Markup Language (XML, Consensus)

RIMM
     Rambus Inline Memory Module (Rambus, IC)

RINEX
     Receiver INdependent EXchange [format] (GPS)

RIO
     Redistributed Internet Objects (S3, VRML, Internet)

RIO
     Remote Input/Output (Power4, IBM)

RIOCP
     ??? (OS), "RIO/CP "

RIP
     Raster Image Processor (DTP)

RIP
     Remote Imaging Protocol (BBS)

RIP
     Return Instruction Pointer (CPU, RAM)

RIP
     Routing Information Protocol (BSD, IGP, RFC 1721, IP),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1721.txt

RIPE
     Reseaux IP Europeenne (Europenet), http://www.ripe.net

RIPL
     Remote Initial Program Load (IBM)

RIPNG
     Routing Information Protocol Next Generation (RIP, IPV6, RFC
     2080), "RIPng", ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2080.txt

RIPS
     Raster Image Processing Systems corporation (manufacturer)

RIR
     Regional Internet Registry (Internet)

RIS
     Remote Installation Service (MS, ADS)

RISC
     Reduced Instruction Set Code (CPU)

RISC
     Research Institute for Symbolic Computation (org., Austria)

RISCOS
     RISC Operating System (MIPS, Acorn, OS), "RISC OS"

RISLU
     Remote Integrated Services Line Unit

RISS
     [StorageWorks] Reference Information Storage System (HP)

RITECH
     Resolution Improvement TECHnology (Epson)

RITSEC
     Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center

RJ45
     Registered Jack 45 (cable)

RJE
     Remote Job Entry (IBM, Internet, RFC 407),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc407.txt

RJEF
     Remote Job Entry Function

RJP
     Remote Job Processing

RKO
     RootKey Operator (DNS)

RKRM
     ROM Kernel Reference Manual (Amiga, Commodore)

RL
     Real Life (telecommunication, Usenet, IRC)

RL
     Reconfigurable Logic (RL)

RLC
     Radio Link Control (GPRS, mobile-systems)

RLDRAM
     Reduced-Latency Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC)

RLE
     Run-Length Encoded

RLIN
     Research Libraries Information Network (network)

RLL
     Run Length Limited [encoding]

RLM
     Redundant Lock Manager (GFS)

RLN
     Remote LAN Nodes (LAN)

RLP
     Radio Link Protocol (GSM, mobile-systems)

RLP
     Resource Location Protocol (Internet, RFC 887),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc887.txt

RLPR
     Remote Line Printing Request (LPR, printing)

RLS
     Read Link error Status (FCP)

RLS
     Received Line Signal

RLSD
     Received Line Signal Detector

RLSFB
     Read Last Spool File Buffer (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)

RLT
     Remote Line Test

RLV
     RingLeitungsVerteiler

RM
     Resource Management

RM
     Retention Module

RMA
     Remote Memory Access

RMAS
     Remote Memory Administration System

RMATS
     Remote Maintenance Administration and Traffic

RMC
     Rambus Memory Controller (Rambus)

RMC
     Rational Method Composer (RUP, IBM)

RMCOS
     Ryan-McFarland COBOL (????) Operating System (OS, COBOL), "RM/COS"

RMCP
     Remote Management Control Protocol

RMF
     Resource Measurement Facility (IBM, MVS)

RMI
     Remote Method Invocation (Java, API)

RMIC
     Remote Memory In Cassette (IBM, Streamer, WORM, MIC), "R-MIC"

RMM
     Ring Management Module (Token Ring)

RMODP
     Reference Model - Open Distributed Processing (RUP), "RM-ODP"

RMON
     Remote MONitoring

RMOS
     Realtime Multitasking Operating System (SNI, OS)

RMS
     Reason Maintenance System (AI)

RMS
     Reliant Monitor Services (FSC)

RMS
     Remote Monitoring System [bus]

RMS
     Richard Matthew Stallman (FSF, EMACS)

RMS
     Rights Management Services (MS, Windows, NGSCB)

RMT
     Raw Magnetic Tape (Unix)

RMT
     Reliable Multicast Transport (IETF, WG, Multicast),
     http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/rmt-charter.html

RMT
     REXXware Migration Tool (Simware, REXX)

RMT
     Ring ManagemenT (FDDI, SMT)

RMX
     Reverse Mail eXchange (DNS, SPAM)

RNA
     Remote Network Access

RNC
     Radio Network Controller (mobile-systems, UMTS, RAN)

RND
     RAD Network Devices (RAD, manufacturer)

RNG
     Random Number Generation

RNI
     Raw Native Interface (MS, Java)

RNID
     Request Node IDentification (FCP, SNIA, HBA, API)

RNM
     Resistors Network Method (audio)

RNOC
     Regional Network Operations Center

RNPRSFP
     Read Next PRint Spool File Block (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)

RNPUFSB
     Read Next PUnch Spool File Block (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)

RNR
     Receive Not Ready (LAPB)

RNSB
     Read Next Spool Buffer (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)

RNUI
     Remote Network User Identification (Datex-P)

RO
     Read-Only (I/O)

ROAMS
     Reusable Object Access and Management System

ROC
     RAID On a Chip (RAID)

ROC
     Reconstruction Of Color (ICE, Scanner)

ROCF
     Remote Object Class Factory

ROD
     Rewritable Optical Disk (OD)

RODC
     Read-Only Domain Controller (MS, AD)

ROFL
     Roar Out From Laughing (slang, Usenet, IRC)

ROHC
     RObust Header Compression (RFC 3095/3759, RTP, UDP, ESP),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3095.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3759.txt

ROHS
     Restriction Of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in
     electrical and electronical equipment (Europe), "RoHS"

ROLAP
     Relational OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP, DB)

ROLC
     Routing Over Large Clouds

ROM
     Read Only Memory (ROM)

ROMB
     RAID On MotherBoard (RAID)

ROMBIOS
     Read-Only Memory - Basic Input Output System (ROM, BIOS),
     "ROM-BIOS"

ROMC
     Required Operational Messaging Characteristics

ROMP
     Research Office products division MultiProcessor (IBM, AIX)

ROP
     Remote Operations Service (IBM, OS/2)

ROP
     Return Orientated Programming

ROS
     Read-Only Storage

ROS
     Resident Operating System (OS)

ROSE
     Remote Operations Service Element (OSI, RPC)

ROT
     Running Object Table (MS, Windows)

ROTFL
     Rolling On The Floor Laughing (slang, Usenet, IRC)

ROTFLBTC
     Rolling On The Floor Laughing and Biting The Carpet (slang,
     Usenet, IRC)

ROTFLMAO
     Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off (slang, Usenet, IRC)

RP
     Rapid Prototyping (CNC, CAD)

RP
     Relay Party (IRC)

RP
     Rendezvous Point (PIM, Multicast)

RPA
     Remote Phrase Authentication

RPC
     Region Playback Control (DVD)

RPC
     Remote Procedure Call (Sun, Xerox, OSF, ECMA, RFC 1831),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1831.txt

RPC2
     Region code Playback Control phase 2 (DVD), "RPC-2"

RPCL
     Remote Procedure Call Language (ONC, Sun)

RPCS
     Refined Printing Command Stream (Ricoh)

RPDFP
     Remote Physical Device Finger Printing (NAT, IP)

RPE
     Remote Peripheral Equipment

RPELTP
     Regular Pulse Excitation with Long-Term Prediction [loop] (LPC),
     "RPE-LTP"

RPF
     Rendezvous Point Forwarding (PIM, MSDP, Multicast, RP)

RPF
     RePeat active File (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)

RPF
     Reverse Path Forwarding (PIM, Multicast)

RPG
     Report Program Generator

RPG
     Role Playing Game

RPL
     Remote Program Load

RPL
     Requested Privilege Level

RPL
     Resident Programming Language

RPM
     Radio Packet Modem (Motorola)

RPM
     Redhat Package Manager (Linux)

RPM
     Remote Port Module (Ascend)

RPN
     Reverse Polish Notation

RPP
     Relative Processor Performance (CPU, Cray)

RPS
     Read Port Status (FCP)

RPS
     Realtime Programming System (OS, IBM)

RQBE
     Relational Query By Example (DB, QBE)

RR
     Radio Resource management (MM, CM, GSM, mobile-systems)

RRAS
     Routing and Remote Access Service (MS, Windows NT)

RRCM
     Reservation Request Control Mechanism (DQDB)

RRDS
     Relative Record Data Set (VSAM)

RRIP
     Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol (CD, Unix)

RRO
     Radial Run Out (DVD)

RROD
     Red Ring Of Death (MS, Xbox)

RRP
     Registry Registrar Protocol (VeriSign, RFC 2832/3632),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2832.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3632.txt

RRZE
     Regionales RechenZentrum Erlangen (org.),
     http://www.rrze.uni-erlangen.de

RRZN
     Regionales RechenZentrum fuer Niedersachsen (org.)

RS
     Recommended Standard

RS
     Reconciliation Sublayer (10GE, OSI)

RS
     Registry Service (DCE, ebXML, ...)

RSA
     Random Scheduling Algorithm [protocol]

RSA
     Reference System Architecture

RSA
     Reusable Software Assets

RSA
     Rivest, Shamir and Adleman (cryptography, RSA)

RSAC
     Recreational Software Advisory Council (org.)

RSAP
     Remote Service Access Point (SAP)

RSAT
     Reliability and System Architecture Testing

RSAT
     Remote Server Administration Tools (AD)

RSB
     Remote view Service Board (FSC)

RSBAC
     Rule Set Base Access Control (Linux)

RSCN
     Registered State Change Notification (FCP)

RSCS
     Remote Source Control System

RSCS
     Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem (IBM, VM, NJE)

RSCT
     Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology (IBM)

RSD
     Really Simple Discoverability

RSDP
     Root System Description Pointer (ACPI)

RSDT
     Root System Description Table (ACPI)

RSE
     Removable Storage Elements

RSE
     Research and Systems Engineering

RSF
     Remote Service Facility (IBM)

RSF
     Remote Support Facility

RSF
     ReStart active File (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)

RSFD
     Retrieve Subsequent File Descriptor (IBM, VM/ESA, CP)

RSFDNPR
     Retrieve Subsequent File Descriptor Not Previously Retrieved (IBM,
     VM/ESA, CP)

RSFQ
     Rapid Single Flux Quantum [logic]

RSH
     Remote SHell (Unix, BSD, Shell)

RSH
     Restricted SHell (Unix, Shell)

RSI
     Repetitive Strain Injury

RSIS
     Relocateable Screen Interface Specification

RSLM
     Remote Subscriber Line Module

RSM
     Remote Switching Module

RSMMC
     Reduced Size MultiMediaCard (MMC), "RS-MMC"

RSN
     Real Soon Now (slang)

RSN
     Robust Security Network (WLAN, cryptography)

RSP
     Reality Signal Processor (Nintendo)

RSPC
     Reed Solomon Product Code (SDD, CD), "RS-PC"

RSS
     Rich / RDF Site Summary (XML, RDF)

RSSCP
     Remote System Services Control Point (SSCP)

RST
     Running Status Table (DVB)

RSTS
     Resource Sharing Time Sharing (DEC)

RSTSE
     Resource System Time Sharing/Enhanced (DEC), "RSTS/E"

RSU
     Remote Software Update (IBDM, OS/2, ...)

RSU
     Remote Switching Unit

RSVP
     Resource reSerVation Protocol (IP, RFC 2205),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2205.txt

RSX
     Realistic Sound eXperience (Intel, audio)

RSX11
     Resource Sharing eXecutive - 11 (DEC, OS, PDP 11), "RSX-11"

RSX3D
     Realistic Sound eXperience - 3D (Intel, audio, VRML), "RSX-3D"

RT
     Register Transfer

RT
     Remote Terminal

RT
     Research and Technology, "R&T"

RT
     Routing Type

RTA
     Rapid Thermal Annealling (IC, MOSFET)

RTA
     Real Time Adherence

RTA
     Real-Time Accelerator

RTAM
     Remote Teleprocessing Access Method

RTB
     Read Tape Binary

RTBM
     Real Time Bit Mapping (BIT)

RTC
     Real Time Clock

RTC
     Real-Time Command

RTCP
     Real Time Control Protocol (RTP)

RTCS
     Real Time Computer System

RTCU
     Real Time Control Unit

RTD
     Real Time Display

RTDAT
     RealTime Deformation And Tessellation [engine] (3D, Shiny),
     "RT-DAT"

RTDHS
     Real Time Data Handling System

RTE
     Real Time Execution

RTE
     Real Time Executive (OS, HP, HP 2000)

RTE
     Remote Terminal Emulation

RTE
     Run Time Environment

RTE6VM
     Real Time Executive - 6 / Virtual Memory (OS, HP, RTE, HP 1000),
     "RTE-6/VM"

RTEX
     Real Time EXecutive (OS, Interdata)

RTF
     Rich Text Format

RTFF
     Read The Fucking FAQ (slang, Usenet)

RTFM
     Read The Flaming / Fucking Manual (slang, Usenet, IRC)

RTG
     Real Time Gambling

RTG
     Real Time Geometry (manufacturer)

RTG
     Routing Table Generator

RTI
     ReTurn from Interrupt

RTIN
     Request Topology INformation (FCP, SNIA, HBA, API)

RTL
     Real Time Language

RTL
     Register Transfer Language (GCC)

RTL
     Register Transfer Level

RTL
     Resistor-Transistor Logic

RTL
     RunTime Library

RTLINUX
     Real-Time Linux (Linux)

RTM
     Registered Transfer Module

RTM
     Release To Manufacture / Market

RTM
     Remote Test Module

RTMOS
     Real Time Multiprogramming Operating System (OS, GE)

RTMP
     Routing Table Maintenance Protocol (AppleTalk)

RTMS
     Real Time Multiprogramming System (???) (OS)

RTOS
     Real Time Operating System (OS, Interdata, Prime, ...)

RTOS16
     Real Time Operating System - 16 (OS, Digico), "RTOS-16"

RTOS360
     Real Time Operating System /360 (IBM, OS, S/360), "RTOS/360"

RTOSUH
     Real Time Operating System - Universitaet Hannover (OS), "RTOS-UH"

RTP
     Real Time Protocol (Internet, RFC 1889/1890, RTCP),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1889.txt,
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1890.txt

RTS
     Real Time Strategy [game] (TBS)

RTS
     Real Time System

RTS
     Reliable Transfer Service (OSI)

RTS
     Request To Send (MODEM, RS-232)

RTS
     Residual Time Stamp

RTSE
     Reliable Transfer Service Element (OSI)

RTSM
     RealTime System Manager

RTSP
     Real Time Streaming Protocol (TV, WWW, UDP, TCP/IP, RDP,
     Multicast, VoIP, RFC 2326),
     ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2326.txt

RTT
     Resonant Tunneling Transistor

RTT
     Round-Trip Time

RTTI
     Run-Time Type Identification (ANSI)

RTTM
     Round-Trip Time Measurements (TCP, satellite)

RTTS
     Real Time Task Scheduler (OS, August Systems)

RTTY
     Radio Tele TYpe

RTU
     Real Time Unix (Unix)

RTU
     Remote Terminal Unit (ESA, Venus-Express)

RTUX
     Real Time UniX (OS, Emerge Systems)

RTV
     Real Time Video

RTVBR
     RealTime Variable Bit Rate (VBR, ATM, BIT), "rt-VBR"

RTX
     Real Time eXecutive (OS)

RTX16
     Real Time eXecutive - 16 (OS, Honeywell, ...), "RTX-16"

RUA
     Remote User Agent

RUAC
     Remote User Access Centers

RUI
     Reality User Interface

RUM
     Real User Monitoring (WWW)

RUOW
     Remote Unit Of Work (DRDA, IBM), "RUoW"

RUP
     Rational Unified Process (IBM)

RUS
     Rechenzentrum der Universitaet Stuttgart (org., Uni Stuttgart,
     Germany)

RUTE
     RUTE Users Tutorial and Exposition (Unix), "R.U.T.E."

RVD
     Remote Virtual Disk

RVPPIP
     Rendez-Vous Protocol / Presence Information Protocol (IM),
     "RVP/PIP"

RW
     Read/Write (I/O), "R/W"

RWCP
     Real World Computing Partnership (org., Japan)

RWPPI
     ReWritable Product Promotion Initiative (org., DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD)

RWS
     Remote WinSock (Windows, TCP/IP)

RWU
     Remote Wake-Up (LAN)

RXR
     Regular XML RDF (XML, RDF)

RZ
     RechenZentrum

RZ
     Return-to-Zero [recording]

RZG
     RechenZentrum Garching, http://www.rzg.mpg.de/rzg.html

RZM
     RootZone Maintainer (DNS)


