$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.93 2009/08/09 14:04:43 jakllsch Exp $

3WHS	three-way handshake

ABI	application binary interface

ACL	access control list

ACPI	advanced configuration and power interface

ADB	Apple desktop bus

ADC	analog [to] digital converter

ADPCM	adaptive differential pulse code modulation

ADSL	asymmetric digital subscriber line

AFS	Andrew file system

AGP	accelerated graphics port

AM	amplitude modulation

AMI	alternate mark inversion

ANSI	american national standards institute

AP	access point

API	application programming interface

APIC	advanced programmable interrupt controller

ARP	address resolution protocol

ARQ	automatic repeat request

AS	autonomous system

ASCII	american standard code for information interchange

ASLR	address space layout randomization

ASN	autonomous system number

AST	abstract syntax tree

AST	asynchronous trap

AT	advanced technology

ATA	advanced technology attachment

ATAPI	advanced technology attachment packet interface

ATC	address translation cache

ATM	asynchronous transfer mode

ATX	advanced technology extended

BAR	base address register

BEDO	burst extended data output

BER	basic encoding rules

BER	bit error rate

BFD	binary formats descriptor

BFKL	big fscking kernel lock

BGP	border gateway protocol

BIOS	basic input/output system

BLOB	binary large object

BPS	bits per second

BQS	berkeley quality software

BSD	berkeley software distribution

BSS	block started by symbol

CAD	computer-aided design

CARP	common address redundancy protocol

CAV	constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)

CCD	charge coupled device

CD	compact disc

CDDA	compact disc digital audio

CDRAM	cache dynamic random access memory

CER	canonical encoding rules

CFG	context-free grammar

CFG	control-flow graph

CGA	color graphics {array,adapter}

CGI	common gateway interface

CHS	cylinder/head/sector

CIDR	classless inter-domain routing

CIS	contact image sensor

CLI	command line interface

CLUT	color look-up table

CLV	constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)

CMYK	cyan magenta yellow black

COFF	common object file format

COW	copy-on-write

CPU	central processing unit

CRLF	carriage return line feed

CRT	cathode ray tube

CSMA	carrier sense multiple access

CSMA/CA	carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance

CSMA/CD	carrier sense multiple access with collision detection

CSS	cascading style sheets

CTS	clear to send

CVS	concurrent versions system

DAC	digital [to] analog converter

DCE	data control equipment

DCE	distributed computing environment

DCT	discrete cosine transform

DDC	display data channel

DDR	double data rate

DDWG	digital display working group

DER	distinguished encoding rules

DFT	discrete fourier transform

DHCP	dynamic host configuration protocol

DIFS	distributed inter-frame space

DLE	data link escape

DMA	direct memory access

DNARD	Digital network appliance reference design

DNS	domain name system

DOS	denial of service

DPCM	differential pulse code modulation

DPD	dead peer detection

DPI	dots per inch

DRAM	dynamic random access memory

DSL	digital subscriber line

DSSS	direct sequence spread spectrum

DTD	document type definition

DTE	data terminal equipment

DTE	dumb terminal emulator

DVD	digital versatile disc

DVI	digital visual interface

E-XER	extended XML encoding rules

EAP	extensible authentication protocol

ECP	enhanced capability port

EDID	extended display identification data

EDO	extended data out

EEPROM	electrically erasable programmable read only memory

EFI	extensible firmware interface

EFM	eight to fourteen modulation

EGA	enhanced graphics {array,adapter}

EGP	exterior gateway protocol

EISA	extended industry standard architecture

ELF	executable and linking format

EOF	end of file

EOT	end of transmission

EPP	enhanced parallel port

EPRML	extended partial response, maximum likelihood

EPROM	erasable programmable read only memory

ESDRAM	enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory

FAT	file allocation table

FBRAM	frame buffer random access memory

FCS	frame check sequence

FDDI	fiber distributed data interface

FFI	foreign function interface

FFS	fast file system

FFS	find first set

FHSS	frequency hop spread spectrum

FIR	fast infrared

FLOPS	floating [point] operations per second

FM	frequency modulation

FOSS	free / open source software

FPM	fast page mode

FQDN	fully qualified domain name

FTP	file transfer protocol

FTPS	file transfer protocol, secure

GC	garbage collector

GCR	group-coded recording

GIF	graphics interchange format

GNU	gnu's not unix

GPL	gnu/general public license

GPU	graphics processing unit

GRE	generic routing encapsulation

GUI	graphics user interface

HA	high availability

HBA	host bus adapter

HCI	host controller interface

HCI	human-computer interaction

HDCP	high-bandwidth digital content protection

HTML	hyper-text markup language

HTTP	hyper-text transfer protocol

HTTPS	hyper-text transfer protocol, secure

I2O	intelligent input/output

IANA	internet assigned number authority

IC	integrated circuit

ICB	internet citizen's band

ICE	internal compiler error

ICE	in-circuit emulator

ICMP	internet control message protocol

IDE	integrated drive electronics

IDRP	inter-domain routing protocol

IEC	international electrotechnical commission

IEEE	institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers

IESG	internet engineering steering group

IETF	internet engineering task force

IGP	interior gateway protocol

IKE	internet key exchange

IMAP	internet mail access protocol

INCITS	international committee on information technology standards

IO	input/output

IOCTL	input/output control

IP	internet protocol

IPC	interprocess communication

IPNG	internet protocol, next generation

IPSEC	internet protocol security

IRC	internet relay chat

IRQ	interrupt request

IRTF	internet research task force

ISA	industry standard architecture

ISDN	integrated services digital network

ISI	inter-symbol interference

ISM	industrial, scientific and medical

ISN	initial serial number

ISO	international standards organization

ISOC	internet society

ISP	internet service provider

JPEG	joint photographic experts group

KLOC	thousand lines of code

KPI	kernel programming interface

KVA	kernel virtual address

KVM	kernel virtual memory

KVM	keyboard, video, mouse switch

LAN	local area network

LBA	logical block addressing

LCD	liquid crystal display

LCP	link control protocol

LDAP	lightweight directory access protocol

LED	light emitting diode

LIR	local internet registry

LKM	{linux, loadable} kernel module

LLC	logical link control

LOC	lines of code

LRC	longitudinal redundancy check

LSB	least significant bit [or: byte]

LSB	linux standards base

LSI	large scale integration

LUN	logical unit number

LZW	Lempel Ziv Welch

MAC	medium access control

MBR	master boot record

MDRAM	multibank dynamic random access memory

MFC	merge from current

MFM	modified frequency modulation

MIDI	musical instrument digital interface

MIME	multipurpose internet mail extensions

MIPS	million instructions per second

MMU	memory management unit

MPEG	moving picture experts group

MPLS	multiprotocol label switching

MSB	most significant bit [or: byte]

MSF	minutes seconds frames

MSS	maximum segment size

MTA	mail transfer agent

MTU	maximum transmission unit

MUA	mail user agent

MWE	module width encoding

NAT	network address translation

NAV	network allocation vector

NCP	network control protocol

NCQ	native command queuing

NFS	network file system

NIC	network interface card

NIS	network information service

NRZ	non-return to zero

NUMA	non uniform memory access

OCL	object constraint language

OCR	optical character recognition

OEM	original equipment manufacturer

OFDM	orthogonal frequency division multiplexing

OOB	out of band

OOM	out of memory

OS	operating system

OSD	open source definition

OSF	open software foundation

OSI	open systems interconnection

OSI	open-source initiative

OSPF	open shortest path first

OSS	open source software

OTP	one time password

PA	physical address

PAE	physical address extension

PAM	pluggable authentication modules

PAM	pulse amplitude modulation

PAT	port address translation

PAX	portable archive exchange

PC	personal computer

PCI	peripheral component interconnect

PCM	pulse code modulation

PCMCIA	personal computer memory card international association

PDP	page descriptor page

PDU	protocol data unit

PER	packed encoding rules

PERL	practical extraction [and] report language

PFS	perfect forward secrecy

PGP	pretty good privacy

PIC	programmable interrupt controller

PIC	position independent code

PID	process id

PIE	position independent executable

PIN	personal identification number

PIO	programmed input/output

PLL	phase locked loop

PMT	photo-multiplier tube

PNG	portable network graphics

POP	post office protocol

POSIX	portable operating system interface [for] unix

POST	power on self test

POTS	plain old telephone system

PPP	point-to-point protocol

PPPOA	point-to-point protocol over ATM

PPPOE	point-to-point protocol over ethernet

PRML	partial response, maximum likelihood

PRNG	pseudo random number generator

PROM	programmable read only memory

PSK	pre-shared key

PSTN	public switched telephone network

PTE	page table entry

PTLA	pseudo top level aggregator

PTP	page table page

PWM	pulse width modulation

QOS	quality of service

RAID	redundant array of inexpensive disks

RAM	random access memory

RAS	restartable atomic sequence

RCS	revision control system

RGB	red green blue

RIFF	Resource Interchange File Format

RIP	routing information protocol

RIR	regional internet registry

RISC	reduced instruction set computing

RLE	run length encoding

RLL	run length limited

RNG	random number generator

ROM	read only memory

RPC	remote procedure call

RPM	revolutions per minute

RTF	rich text format

RTS	request to send

RTT	round time trip

S/PDIF	sony/phillips digital interface

SACD	super audio compact disc

SAD	security association database

SAM	serial access memory

SASI	shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)

SATA	serial advanced technology attachment

SB	sound blaster

SCM	software configuration management

SCM	source code management

SCSI	small computer system interface

SCTP	stream control transmission protocol

SDRAM	synchronous dynamic random access memory

SGRAM	synchronous graphics random access memory

SIFS	short inter-frame space

SIP	session initiation protocol

SIR	slow infrared

SLDRAM	synchronous-link dynamic random access memory

SMART	self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology

SMP	symmetric multiprocessing

SMTP	simple mail transfer protocol

SNMP	simple network management protocol

SPD	security policy database

SPD	serial presence detect

SRAM	static random access memory

SSFDC	solid state floppy disc card

SSH	secure shell

SSL	secure sockets layer

STP	shielded twisted pair

STP	spanning-tree protocol

SVGA	super video graphics {array,adapter}

TCB	trusted computing base

TCL	tool command language

TCP	transmission control protocol

TCQ	tagged command queueing

TDD	test driven development

TFT	thin film transistor

TFTP	trivial file transfer protocol

TIAS	try it and see

TIFF	tagged image file format

TITS	try it to see

TLA	top level aggregator

TLB	transition lookaside buffer

TLD	top level domain

TLS	transport layer security

TLS	thread-local storage

TMDS	transition minimized differential signaling

TR	token ring

TRNG	true random number generator

TTL	time to live

TTY	teletype

TZ	time zone

UART	universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter

UC	uncacheable

UDO	ultra density optical (storage)

UDP	user datagram protocol

UFS	unix file system

UML	unified modeling language

UPS	uninterruptible power supply

URI	uniform resource identifier

URL	uniform resource locator

USART	universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter

USB	universal serial bus

USWC	uncacheable speculative write combining

UTP	unshielded twisted pair

UUCP	unix-to-unix copy protocol

UUOC	useless use of cat

VA	virtual address

VAX	virtual address extension

VCM	virtual channel memory

VESA	video electronics standards association

VGA	video graphics {array,adapter}

WIFI    wireless fidelity

VLAN	virtual local area network

VLSI	very large scale integration

VLSM	variable length subnet mask

VM	virtual {machine,memory}

VPN	virtual private network

VRAM	video random access memory

VRRP	virtual router redundancy protocol

WAN	wide area network

WAP	wireless application protocol

WEP	wired equivalent privacy

WLAN	wireless local area network

WPA	wi-fi protected access

WRAM	window random access memory

WWW	world wide web

XER	XML encoding rules

XGA	extended graphics {array,adapter}

XML	extensible markup language

XSL	extensible stylesheet language

XT	extended technology

ZFOD	zero-filled on demand