1MW 1 Microsoft Way 1TBS 1 True Brace Style 21D teach yourself ___ in 21 Days 3COM COMputer, COMmunication, COMpatibility 3Dwm 3-Dimensional Window Manager 3G 3rd Generation 3GIO 3rd Generation Input/Output 3GL 3rd Generation Language 3LD 3rd-Level Domain {IANA} 3NF 3rd Normal Form (databases) 3W World Wide Web 4GL 4th Generation Language 4WCD 4 Wire Conditioned Diphase A/D Analog/Digital A/UX Apple UniX A2A Application TO Application AA Administrative Authority AA AntiAliasing AAA Administration, Authorization, and Authentication (security) AAA Asp Application Aggregator AAAI American Association for Artificial Inelligence AAB All-to-All Broadcast AAC Advanced Audio Coding AAEPS Anywhere Anytime Email Proxy Server AAF Advanced Authoring Format AAL Atm Abstraction Layer AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact {chat} AAP Application Access Point AARP Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol {Apple} AART Aggregate Average Response Time AAS All-to-All Scatter AAS Auto Area Segmentation AASE Associate Accredited Systems Engineer {Compaq} AASP Ascii Asynchronous Support Package AAT Average Access Time AAUI Apple Attachment Unit Interface {Apple} ABA Address Book Archive ABAP Advanced Business Application Programming ABC A Bit Cypher ABC Atanasoff-Berry Computer ABCPP ABC PreProcessor ABEL Advanced Boolean Expression Language ABEND ABnormal END ABGP ABI Abstract Binary Interface ABI Adaptive Brain Interface ABI Application Binary Interface ABIOS Advanced Basic Input/Output System ABIST Automatic Built-In Self Test ABLE Adaptive Battery Life Extender ABM Anything But Microsoft ABM Asynchronous Balanced Mode ABNF Augmented Backus Normal Form ABNF Augmented Backus-Naur Form ABR Area Border Router ABR Auto Band Rate ABR Available Bit Rate ABRS Automated Book Request System ABS Address Book Synchronization abs Arch Build System {Arch Linux} ABS Automated Backup System ABTS Ascii Block Terminal Services AC Alternating Current AC Asheron's Call (game) {Microsoft} AC Audio Codec AC Authentication Center AC Automatic Computer ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol (directory service) ACC Audio Communications Controller ACC Authorization Contract for Containers (Java) ACCLAIM Advanced Concurrent Constraint Languages: Application, Implementation and Methodology ACCM Asynchronous Character Control Map ACCRC Alameda County Computer Resource Center ACD Advanced Communication Design ACD Automatic Call Distribution ACDB AutoCad DataBase {AutoCAD} ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface ACDK Artefaktur Component Development Kit ACE Access Control Entry {AutoCAD} ACE Adaptive Communication Environment ACE Adobe Certified Expert {Adobe} ACE Advanced Certified Engineer {Caldera} ACE Advanced Computing Environment ACE Adverse Channel Enhancements ACE Automatic Computing Engine ACEI Autorité Canadienne pour les Enregistrements Internet ACF Access Control Field ACF Access Control File ACF Advanced Communications Function ACF Application Configuration File ACG Autocad Customization Guide {AutoCAD} ACGE AutoCad GEometry {AutoCAD} ACGI AutoCad Graphics Interface {AutoCAD} ACH Association for Computers in the Humanities ACH Automated Clearing House ACI Autocad Color Index {AutoCAD} ACIA Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter ACIAS Automated Calibration Interval Analysis System ACID Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases ACID Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability (transactions) ACIRI ACIS Advanced Computer Investigative Services ACIS Alan Charles Ian Spatial {AutoCAD} ACIS American Committee for Interoperable Systems ACL Access Control List ACL Advanced Cmos Logic ACL Allegro Common Lisp ACL Asynchronous ConnectionLess ACM Advanced Computer Modeling ACM Afp Conversion Module ACM Association for Computing Machinery ACM Audio Compression Manager ACMB ACME Application Creation Made Easy ACMS Application Control Management System ACNM Application-Centric Network Management ACNS Automated Copyright Notice System {MPAA} ACO Access Control Object ACO Alarm Cut Off ACO Alternate Checksum Option ACP Active Code Page ACP Ancillary Control Program ACP Auxiliary Control Process ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface {MS/Intel/Toshiba} ACR Advanced Communication Router ACR Allowed Cell Rate ACR Applied Computer Research ACR AutoCad Reference {AutoCAD} ACR Available Cell Rate ACROSS Automated Cargo Release and Operations Service System ACRX AutoCad Runtime eXtension {AutoCAD} ACS Access Control Server ACS Access Control Set ACS Access Control System ACS Admission Control Service {Microsoft} ACS Advanced Communications System ACS Advanced Computer System ACS Arsdigita Community System ACS Asynchronous Communications Server ACS Automatic Class Selection ACS Automatic Contrast Selection ACSE Association Control Service Element ACSM Application-Centric Storage Management ACSS Aural Cascading Style Sheets ACT Anti-Censorship Tools ACT Anti-Clogging Token ACT Application Center Test ACT Application Compatibility Toolkit ACT Association for Competitive Technology (Microsoft-sponsored) ACTS Advanced Communication Technologies and Services ACTS Automatic Coin Telephone Service ACTS Automated Computer Time Service ACTT Advanced Communications Timekeeping Technology ACVC Ada Compiler Validation Capacity AD Active Desktop {Microsoft} AD Active Directory {Microsoft} AD Administrative Domain AD Application Development ADA Adobe Developers Association {Adobe} ADA Automatic Data Acquisition ADABAS Adaptable DAtaBAse System ADAM Active Directory Application Mode {Microsoft} ADAM Affordable Desktop Application Manager ADAPT Architecture, Design, Analysis and Planning Tool ADB Apple Desktop Bus {Apple} ADBS Advanced Data Broadcast System ADC Active Directory Connector {Microsoft} ADC Adaptive Data Compression {Hayes} ADC ADd with Carry (assembly programming) ADC Advanced Data Connector ADC Advanced Data Control ADC Analog to Digital Converter ADC Apple Developers Conference {Apple} ADC Apple Display Connector {Apple} ADC Application Delete Certificate ADC Application Development Consultant ADCCP Advanced Data Communications Control Procedure ADD Adapter Device Driver ADD Automated Daily Desktop ADD Automatic Document Detection ADDMD ADministrative Directory Management Domain ADE Adaptable Development Environment ADE Application Data Export {Oracle} ADE Autocad Data Extension {AutoCAD} ADEV Appletalk DEVice {Apple} ADF Adapter Description File ADF Adaptive Database Frontend ADF Automatic Document Feeder ADF Automatically Defined Function ADH Anonymous Diffie-Hellman key exchange ADI Autodesk Device Interfaces {AutoDesk} ADIOS Automated Download and Installation of Operating Systems ADK Appliance Development Kit ADL Abstract Data Layer (XML tool) ADL Address Data Latch ADL Advanced Digital Logic ADL Advances in Digital Libraries {IEEE} ADL Adventure Description Language ADL Architecture Description Language ADL Autodesk Display List driver {AutoDesk} ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression ADLC Asynchronous Data Link Control ADM Application Distribution and Management ADMACS Apple Document Management And Control System {Apple} ADMD ADministration Management Domain ADML Application Description Markup Language ADMS Adstar Distributed Management System ADMT Active Directory Migration Tool {Microsoft} ADN Advanced Digital Network ADN Any Day Now {chat} ADN Autodesk Developer Network {AutoDesk} ADO Activex Data Object {Microsoft} ADODB Activex Data Object DataBase {Microsoft} ADOMD Activex Data Object Multi-Dimensional {Microsoft} ADOX Activex Data Object eXtensions {Microsoft} ADP Abstract Design Processor ADP Access Database Project {Microsoft} ADP Aol Dynamic Pages {AOL} ADP Autodesk Data Publishing {AutoDesk} ADP Automatic Data Processing ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation ADR Advanced Digital Recording ADS Active Directory Service {Microsoft} ADS Advanced Digital System ADS Application Development Solutions {AT&T} ADS Application Development System ADS Astrophysics Data System ADS Audio Distribution System ADS Authoritative Directory Service ADS Autocad Development System {AutoCAD} ADS Automated Deployment Services {Microsoft} ADS Automatic Distribution System ADS/O Application Development System / Online ADSC Adobe Document Structuring Conventions {Adobe} ADSI Active Directory Service Interfaces {Microsoft} ADSI Analog Display Services Interface ADSL Advanced Digital Subscriber Line {Netspeed} ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ADSM Adstar Distributed Storage Manager ADSM Advanced Data Storage Management ADSP Appletalk Data Stream Protocol {Apple} ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release ADSS Asset Disposition and Support Services {IBM} ADSU Atm Data Service Unit ADT Abstract Data Type ADT Access Developer Toolkit {Microsoft} ADT Application Development Trends (magazine) ADT Asynchronous Data Transfer ADTG Advanced Data TableGram (file format) AdTI Alexis De Toqueville Institution ADU Automatic Dialing Unit ADW Advanced Docking Window ADW Application Development Workbench AE Above or Equal AE Adaptive Enterprise {HP} AE Application Engineer AE Application Entity AEA American Electronics Association AEB Analog Expansion Bus AEBPR Advanced E-Book PRocessor {ElcomSoft} AEC Architecture, Engineering and Construction AEGIS Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System AEI Application Enabling Interface AEM Asynchronous Event Mechanism AEP Appletalk Echo Protocol {Apple} AES Advanced Encryption Standard AESA Atm End System Address AF Assured Forwarding AF Attribute Format AF Audio Frequency AFA Accelerated File Access AFAIAA As Far As I Am Aware {chat} AFAIC As Far As I'm Concerned {chat} AFAICR As Far As I Can Remember {chat} AFAICS As Far As I Can See {chat} AFAICT As Far As I Can Tell {chat} AFAIK As Far As I Know {chat} AFAIR As Far As I Remember {chat} AFAIUI As Far As I Understand It {chat} AFAMPE Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange AFC AntiFerromagnetically-Coupled {IBM} AFC Application Foundation Classes AFC Automatic Font Change AFC Automatic Frequency Control AFCAC Air Force Computer Acquisition Center AFCEE Association Francaise pour les Echanges et le Commmerce Electronique AFCET Association Francaise pour la Cybernetique Economique et Technique AFD Automatic File Distribution AFD Automatic File Distributor AFDDN Air Force Defense Data Network AFDW Active Framework for Data Warehousing {Microsoft} AFE Apple File Exchange {Apple} AFEB AFrican Edifact Board AFEHCT Association For Electronic Health Care Transactions AFFS Amiga Fast File System {Amiga} AFI Authority and Format Identifier AFI Authority and Format Indicator AFII Association for Font Information Interchange AFIRM Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match AFIT Air Force Institute of Technology AFJ April Fools Joke {usenet} AFK Away From Keyboard {chat} AFLCD AntiFerroelectric Liquid Crystal Display AFM Adobe Font Metrics {Adobe} AFO Alien Front Online AFP Advanced Function Presentation {IBM} AFP Advanced Function Printing AFP Appletalk Filing Protocol {Apple} AFPI Association Francaises des Profesionnels Internet AFPL Alladin Free Public License AFPR Alternate-Font-Prompt-Reduction AFR Alternate Frame Rendering AFR Annualized Failure Rate AFS Andrew File System {CMU} AFSDB Andrew File System DataBase {CMU} AFT Adapter Fault Tolerance AFT Almost Free Text (documentation tool) AFTP Anonymous File Transfer Protocol AFUU Association Française des Utilisateurs d'Unix AFUP Association Française des Utilisateurs de Php AGA Advanced Graphics Adapter AGA Advanced Graphics Architecture AGARAS AntiGlare, AntiReflective, AntiStatic AGC Automatic Gain Control AGCC Advanced Graph and Chart Collection AGDA AGE Amorphium Graphics Engine AGE Autocad development Group Europe {AutoCAD} AGIL Adventure Game Interpreter for Linux AGLR AntiGlare, Low Reflection AGP Accelerated Graphics Port {Diamond Multimedia} AGP Advanced Graphics Protocol AGT AGU Address Generation Unit Ah Ampere Hour AH Authentication Header AHA Adaptec Host Adapter {Adaptec} aha Archi's Homepagehoster Admintool AHBL Abusive Hosts Blocking List AHDL Analog Hardware Description Language AHFG Atm-attached Host Functional Group AHIP Arpanet Host-Imp Protocol AHIP-E Arpanet Host-Imp Protocol, Enhanced AHS Abstract Handle Specification AI Analog Input AI Artificial Intelligence AIA Applications Integration Architecture {DEC} AIAP Alternative Interface Access Protocol AIC Aixwindows Interface Composer {IBM} AIC Aixwindows Interface Controller {IBM} AIC Application Interchange Components AICCSA Acs/ieee International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications AID Application IDentifier AIDE Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment AIF Audio Interchange Format AIFF Audio Interchange File Format {Apple} AIG Address Indicator Group AIH Asia Internet Holding company AII Active Input Interface AIIM Association for Information and Image Management AIISC Artificial Intelligence Interface Standards Committee {IGDA} AIM Aol Instant Messenger {AOL} AIM Apple, Ibm, Motorola AIM Application Integration Module AIM Application Interface Module AIM Atm Inverse Multiplexer AIMACO AIr MAterial COmmand compiler AIML Artificial Intelligence Markup Language AIML Astronomical Instrument Markup Language AIMS Action Item Management System AIN Advanced Intelligent Network AIO All-In-One AIO Asynchronous Input/Output AIOCP All-In-One Control Panel AIOP All In One Program AIP Application Infrastructure Provider AIP Asp Infrastructure Provider AIP Atm Interface Protocol AIPA Authority for Information technology in the Public Administration (Italy) AIR Annals of Improbable Research AIR Architecture Implementation Review AIR As I Recall {chat} AIR As I Remember {chat} AIS Address Information System {USPS} AIS Alarm Indication Signal AIS Association for Information Systems AIS Automated Information System AISB Application Integration Service Bus AISB As I Said Before {chat} AISB Association of Imaging Service Bureaus AISI As I See It {chat} AISP Association of Information Systems Professionals AIT Advanced Intelligent Tape AIT Autocad Iges Translator {AutoCAD} AITO Association Internationale pour les Technologies Objets AIUG Armenian Internet Users Group AIUI As I Understand It {chat} AIUP Acceptable Internet Use Policy AIW As It Was {chat} AIX Advanced Interactive eXecutive {IBM} AJDT AspectJ Development Tools AJP Apache Jserv Protocol AK TPDU AcKnowledge TPDU {ISO} AL Address List ALA A List Apart ALAC At-Large Advisory Committee {ICANN} ALAP Appletalk Link Access Protocol {Apple} ALAT Advanced Load Address Table ALB Advanced Load Balancing ALC Airline Link Control ALC Application Load Certificate ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuits ALC Automatic Level Control ALDC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression {IBM} ALE Account Level Equivalence ALE Address Latch Enable ALE Annualized Loss Expectancy ALE Apple Lossless Encoding {Apple} ALE Application Launch and Embedding ALE Application Link Enabling ALEC Alternative Local Exchange Carrier ALEP Advanced Language Engineering Platform ALEPH A Language Encouraging Program Hierarchy ALF Abstract Large File ALG Application Layer Gateway Algol ALGOrithmic Language ALIBI Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases of Information ALICE Advanced Linux Installation and Configuration Environment {SuSE} ALICE Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity ALINA At Least It's Not Access (DBMS) ALINK Active LINK ALIWEB Archie-Like Indexing in the WEB ALM Application Lifecycle Management ALM Asynchronous Line Multiplexer ALN Asynchronous Learning Network ALOA A Lint Output Analyzer ALP Apple List Price {Apple} ALP Association for Logic Programming ALP Automatic Language Processing ALPINE ALR Advanced Logic Research ALS Annual Linux Showcase ALS Atlanta Linux Showcase {ALUG} ALSA Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA Architectures of Large Systems of Agents ALSO At-Large Supporting Organization {ICANN} ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit ALUG Atlanta Linux User Group AM Account Management AM Agile Modeling AM Alert Manager (system notifications) AM Amplitude Modulation AM Application Model AM Attribute Mark AMA Autoconf Macro Archive AMA Automatic Message Accounting AMANDA Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver AMAP As Many As Possible {chat} AMAS Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences (computer animation) AMASS Archival Management And Storage System AMaViS A MAil VIrus Scanner AMBA Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture AMD Active Matrix Display AMD Advanced Micro Devices AMD Autodesk Mechanical Division {AutoDesk} AME Advanced Metal Evaporation AME Advanced Modeling Extension AMF Abbreviated Message Format AMF Adios, Mother F***er {chat} AMF Adios, My Friend {chat} AMH Application Message Handling AMH Automated Message Handler AMHA Advanced macro Heuristic Analysis {Dr. Solomon} AMHIK Ask Me How I Know {chat} AMHS Automated Message Handling System AMI Alternate Mark Inversion AMI American Megatrends, Inc AMI Application Messaging Interface AMI Authentication Management Infrastructure AMIS Adaptive Multimedia Information System AMIS Audio Message Interchange Standard AML Atelier de Maintenance Logiciel AMLCD Active-Matrix Liquid Crystal Display AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture AMME Automated Multi-Media Exchange AMN Abstract Machine Notation AMP Alceri Multimedia Player AMP Asymmetric MultiProcessing AMP Attached Media Processor AMPE Automated Message Processing Exchange AMPLE An MP3 LEnder AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone System AMQRS Audio Master Quality Recording System AMR Audio Modern Riser AMS Address Management System {USPS} AMS Advanced Mass Sender (spamware) AMS Advanced Microcomputer System AMS Automated Management Station Amstrad Alan Michael Sugar TRADing AMV Advanced Maillist Verify ANA Article Numbering Association AND AutoNiceDaemon ANDaCon-Da Automated Network Discovery And CONfiguration ANDF Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format ANFAWFOS And Now For A Word From Our Sponsors {chat} ANFSCD And Now For Something Completely Different {chat} ANI Automatic Number Identification ANL Argonne National Laboratory ANN Artificial Neural Network ANS Advanced Network and Services ANS Apple Network Server {Apple} ANS Atm Name Service ANSI American National Standards Institute ANSNET ANT Advanced Network Tools ANT Another Neat Tool (compiler helper) AO Active Open AO Analog Output AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment {Apple} AOD Audio On Demand AODV Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector AOE Application Operating Environment AOI Active Output Interface AOL America OnLine AOM Adaptive Object-Models AOM Authoring Object Model AOO Approche OrientÈe Objet (OOP) AOP Aspect-Oriented Programming {PARC} AOS Academic Operating System {IBM} AOSD Aspect-Oriented Software Development AOSG Advanced Operating Systems Group {MIT} AOTC American Open Technology Consortium AOW Asia and Oceania Workshop AP Access Point AP Advanced Pick (database) AP Application Process APA Arithmetic Processing Accelerator APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report APaRT Automatic PAcket Recognition/Translation APC Alternative Php Cache APC Amarc Protocol Converter APC Asynchronous Procedure Call APCT Autodin Personal Computer Terminal APCUG Association of Personal Computer User Groups APD Advanced Php Debugger APD Aldus Printer Description APDA Apple Programmers and Developers Association {Apple} APDU Application Protocol Data Unit APG Advanced Product Groups APG Automated Password Generator APH Arpanet Protocol Handbook {ARPA} Aphid Apache/Perl Http Installation Daemon API Accredited Platform Integrator {Compaq} API Application Programming Interface APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APIGSS All Party Internet Group Spam Summit APL A Programming Language APM Advanced Power Management APM Aldus Placeable Metafile APNIC Asia-Pacific Network Information Center APOP APOS Advanced Point Of Sale (POS software application) APP Agence pour la Protection des Programmes APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communication APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking APPID APPlication IDentifier {COM} APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking {IBM} APPN Advanced Program to Program Networking {IBM} APR Apache Portable Runtime {Apache} APS Accredited Platform Specialist {Compaq} APS Advanced Patching System APS Advanced Photo System APS Asynchronous Protocol Specification APS Authorization Proxy Server APSC Autodesk Premier Support Center {AutoDesk} APSL Apple Public Source License {Apple} APT Address Pass Through APT Almost Plain Text APTCA Allow Partially Trusted Callers Attribute APUMS AntePenUltimate MineSweeper APWG Anti-Phishing Working Group AR Augmented Reality ARA Appletalk Remote Access {Apple} aradis Attachment Ripper And DIsplacement System ARAP Apple Remote Access Protocol {Apple} ARB Architecture Review Board ARC Advanced Risc Computing ARC Audio Response Controller ARCA Advanced Risc Computing Architecture ARCNET Attached Resource Computer NETwork ARIN American Registry for Internet Numbers ARIS ARL Access Rights List ARL Adjusted Ring Length ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited ARM Advanced Risc Machine ARM Annotated Reference Manual {C++} ARM Asynchronous Response Mode ARM Autocad Reference Manual {AutoCAD} ARMM Automated Retroactive Minimal Moderation {usenet} ARO Access Request Object AROS Amiga Research Operating System ARP Address Resolution Protocol ARP Autodesk Retail Products ARPA Address and Routing Parameter Area {IANA} ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency {US DOD} ARQ Automatic Repeat reQuest ARRG-RG Authority Recognition Research Group Research Group {GGF} ARSCIF Asynchronous Remote Script Callback Invocation (sic) ART Abuse Response Team (antispammers) ART Average Response Time aRts Analog Real Time Synthesizer {KDE} ARU Audio Response Unit ARX Autocad Runtime eXtension {AutoCAD} AS Application Server AS Application System {IBM} AS Authentication Server AS Autonomous System AS3AP Ansi Sql Standard Scalable And Portable ASAP American Society for Automation in Pharmacy ASAP Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors ASB Advanced System Buffering {Intel} ASBR Autonomous System Boundary Router ASC Accredited Standards Committee ASC Autodesk Systems Center {Autodesk} ASCI Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCP Alpha Sign Communications Protocol ASDSP Application-Specific Digital Signal Processor ASDI Automated Software Distribution Interface ASE Accredited Systems Engineer {Compaq} ASE Advanced Sql Editor {the Kompany} ASE Application Service Element ASE Autocad Sql Extension {AutoCAD} ASEB ASia Edifact Board ASEMH Army Standard Electronic Mail Host ASF Advanced Streaming Format {Microsoft} ASF Apache Software Foundation {Apache} ASI Autocad Sql Interface {AutoCAD} ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ASIN Amazon Standard Identification Number {Amazon} ASIS&T American Society for Information Science AND Technology ASIS American Society for Information Science and technology ASIS Application Software Installation Server ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology ASK Active Spam Killer ASL Astaro Security Linux ASM Alternate Stimulus Mode protocol ASM Association for Systems Management ASMP ASymmetric MultiProcessing ASN Abstract Syntax Notation ASN Autonomous System Number ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation 1 ASP Abstract Service Primitive ASP Active Server Page {Microsoft} ASP Appletalk Session Protocol {Apple} ASP Application Service Provider ASP Association of Shareware Professionals Aspen Acquisition Signal Processing ENgine {HP} ASPI Advanced Scsi Programming Interface ASPLOS ASPN ActiveState Programmer Network {ActiveState} ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System asr Alt.Sysadmin.Recovery {usenet} ASR Automatic Speech Recognition ASRG Anti-Spam Research Group {IETF} ASSIST Automated Special Security Information System Terminal ASSP Application Server Software Platform AST Abstract Syntax Tree AST Albert, Safi, Thomas {AST Research} AST Asynchronous System Trap AST Automatic Spanning Tree ASTA Advanced Software Technology and Algorithms ASTIR Amateur Station Tracking and Information Reporting ASTW Agency Standard Terminal Workstations ASUS ASV Action Script Viewer ASVD Analog Simultaneous Voice and Data AT Advanced Technology {IBM} AT AppleTalk {Apple} AT Assistive Technology AT-Net AppleTalk NETwork {Apple} ATA Advanced Technology Attachment {ANSI} ATA Alliance for Technology Access ATAG Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines ATAP Association of Tech Act Projects ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface ATC Abstract Test Case ATC Advanced Transfer Cache {Intel} ATC Autodesk Training Center {AutoDesk} ATCP AppleTalk Control Protocol ATD Aix Termination Date {SCO} atd AT Daemon ATD Atmospheric Technology Division {NCAR} ATD Attention To Detail (UK game developer house) ATDM Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing ATDP ATtention Dial Pulse ATDT ATtention Dial Tone ATE Asynchronous Terminal Emulation ATE Atm Terminating Equipment ATE Automated Test Equipment ATF Application Transparent Failover ATG Address Translation Gateway ATG Advanced Technology Group ATI Associated Technologies, Inc. ATICA Agency for Technologies of Information and Communication in Administration atk Accessibility ToolKit ATK Andrew ToolKit ATL Activex Template Library {Microsoft} ATL Americans for Technology Leadership (Microsoft-sponsored) ATLA Another Three Letter Acronym ATLAS Automatically Tuned Linear Algebra Software ATM Adobe Type Manager {Adobe} ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM At The Moment {chat} ATM Automated Teller Machine ATMM Asynchronous Transfer Mode Management ATMS Assumption-based Truth Maintainance System ATP Advanced Technology Program ATP Agent Transport Protocol ATP Appletalk Transaction Protocol {Apple} ATP2 AppleTalk Phase 2 {Apple} ATPG Automatic Test Pattern Generation ATPS AppleTalk Print Services {Apple} ATRAC Adaptive TRansformation Acoustic Coding {Sony} ATS Abstract Test Suite ATS Apple Terminal Services {Apple} ATSG Antispam Technology and Strategy Group {Microsoft} ATSQL atsr Alt.Tech-Support.Recovery {usenet} ATTENS AT&T Enhanced Network Services {AT&T} ATW Aol-Time-Warner ATX AU Access Unit AUDIX AUDio Information eXchange AUG Autocad User's Guide {AutoCAD} AUI Association des Utilisateurs d'Internet AUI Attachment Unit Interface AUIML Abstract User Interface Markup Language {IBM} AUO Active User Object AUP Acceptible Use Policy AURP Appletalk Update-based Routing Protocol {Apple} AUTODIN AUTOmatic DIgital Network AutoFSM AUTOmated Finite State Machine AUUG Australian Unix User's Group AUX Apple UniX {Apple} AV AntiVirus AV Array Variable (Perl internal data type) AV AutoVisual {AutoDesk} AV Auxiliary Vector AV3D Audio/Video 3-Dimensional library AVA Audio Visual Authoring AVC Audio Visual Connection AVCSW Audio Video Coding Standards Workgroup AVE Autocad Visualization Extension {AutoCAD} AVERT AntiVirus Emergency Response Team {McAfee} AVEX Audio Video EXchange {BionicFX} AVFS A Virtual File System AVI Audio Video Interleave {Microsoft} AVOIR African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources AVP Attached Virtual Processor AVR Automatic Voice Recognition AVS Audio Video coding Standard AVSR Audio Visual Speech Recognition AVSS Advanced Video and Signal-based Surveillance AVSSCS Audio Visual Service Specific Convergence Sublayer AVT AWC Autodesk Work Center {AutoDesk} AWCIGO And Where Can I Get One {chat} AWCP Austin Wireless City Project AWE Address Windowing Extensions AWE Autocad Windows Extension {AutoCAD} AWF Adaptive Website Framework AWG American Wire Gauge AWG Architectural Working Group AWGTHTGTATA Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This Again? {chat} AWGTHTGTTA Are We Going To Have To To Through This Again? {chat} AWHFY Are We Having Fun Yet? {chat} awk Aho, Weinberger, Kernighan AWR Advanced Web Ranking AWS Amazon Web Services {Amazon} AWStats Advanced Web STATisticS AWT Abstract Windows Toolkit {Sun} Axiom Advanced eXpress I/O Module {ATI} AYB All Your Base AYOR At Your Own Risk {chat} AYT Are You There? {chat} AZEB Australia/new Zealand Edifact Board AZERTY B2B Business TO Business B2B2C Business TO Business TO Consumer B2Bi Business TO Business Integration B2C Business TO Consumer B8ZS Binary 8-Zero Substitution BABS British Airways Booking System BAD Broken As Designed BAK Back At Keyboard {chat} BAK Binary Adaptation Kit BAL Basic Assembly Language BAR Backbone Access Router BARTS Bell Atlantic Regional TimeSharing BASDA Business and Accounting Software Developers Association BASH Bourne Again SHell BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BASPRA Bay Area Software Professionals for Responsibility and Accountability BAT Block Address Translation BATCH Block Allocation Transfer CHannel BAUD Bit At Unit Density BB&N Bolt, Beranek and Newman BBC Bootable Business Card {LinuxCare} BBC British Broadcasting Company BBDB Big Brother DataBase BBL Be Back Later {chat} BBN Bolt, Beranek and Newman BBNNTP Bulletin Board Network News Transfer Protocol BBS Be Back Soon {chat} BBS Bulletin Board System BBU Battery Backup Unit BC4J Business Components FOR Java BCB Borland C++ Builder {Borland} BCC Base Communications Center BCC Blind Carbon Copy BCC Block Check Character BCD Binary Coded Decimal BCDIC Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code BCG Boston Consulting Group BCIP Brainbench Certified Internet Professional {Brainbench} BCL Base Class Library BCL Batch Command Language BCNF Boyce-Codd Normal Form (databases) BCP Best Current Practices BCP Binary Communications Protocol BCP Bulk Copy Program BCPL Basic Combined Programming Language BCPL Basic Computer Programming Language BCR Byte Count Register BD Blu-ray Disc BDA Bios Data Area BDAM Basic Direct Access Method BDB Berkeley DataBase BDC Backup Domain Controller {Microsoft} BDD Binary Decision Diagram BDE Borland database Engine {Borland} BDF Binary Data Fonts {Microsoft} BDF Bitmap Description Format BDFQ Big Document Full of Questions BDM Backward Dawg Matching (algorithms) BDM Background Debug Mode {GHS} BDM Business Development Manager {Microsoft} BDNM Backward Dawg Nondeterministic Matching (algorithms) BDUF Big Design Up Front BE Back End BEAST BEdeviled Audio SysTem BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification BED Bruteforce Exploit Detector BED Bulk Encryption Device BEEP Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol BeFS BE File System {Be} BEG Big Evil Grin {chat} BeIA BE Internet Appliance {Be} BEJY BELLCORE BELL COmmunications REsearch BENIDS BEneficial Network Intrusion Detection System BeOS BE Operating System {Be} BER Basic Encoding Rules BER Bit Error Rate BERT Bit Error Rate Transfer BERT Bit ERror Tester BEST Borland Enhanced Support and Training {Borland} BFBI Brute Force and Bloody Ignorance BFC Biztalk Framework Compliant BFF Binary File Format BFG Big Friendly Grin {chat} BFG Big F***ing Grin {chat} BFG Big F***ing Gun (FPS games) BFI Brute Force and Ignorance BFM Business Flow Manager (B2B system) BFMI Brute Force and Massive Ignorance BFN Bye For Now {chat} BFP BFS Breadth-First Search BFS Boot File System BFT Binary File Transfer BFTP Background File Transfer Program {ISI} BG BackGround BG Big Grin {chat} BGA Ball Grid Array BGI Borland Graphics Interface {Borland} BGL Boost Graph Library {Boost} (c++ programming) BGP Border Gateway Protocol {Cisco/IBM} BGP4 Border Gateway Protocol version 4 BHL from Brut to Html and Latex (document processing) BI Briedbart Index {usenet} BI Business Intelligence BICK Bootable Iso Construction Kit BiCMOS BIpolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor BiDi BIDIrectional BIE Business Integration Engine BIF Build It Fast BIFF Binary Interchange File Format {Microsoft} Big Sam Built-In Guestbook Stand-Alone Module BIGA Bus Interface Gate Array BIM Beginning of Information Marker BIM Business Information Modeling BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain {BSD} BINHEX BINary HEXadecimal BINOP BINary OPerator BINS BION Believe It Or Not {chat} BIOS Basic Input/Output System BIPS Billions of Instructions Per Second BIRT Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools BIS Binary Intermediate System BIS Binary Information System BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network BISF Business Integration Server Foundation BIST Built-In Self Test BIT BInary digiT BIT Built-In Test BIT Business Internet Trends BITBLT BIT BLock Transfer bitches Build In True CHroot Environment System BITNET Because It's There NETwork BITNET Because It's Time NETwork BITNIC BITnet Network Information Center BITS Base Information Transfer System BIU Bus Interface Unit BIX Byte Information eXchange BJT Bipolar Junction Transistor BKFTP BLADES Base Level Autodin to Disn Exchange System blaim BLowfish encryption for gAIM BLAST BLocked ASynchronous Transmission BLMC Buried Logic MacroCell BLOB Binary Large OBject (databases) BLOC Brightmail Logistics and Operations Center BLT BLock Transfer BMAH Box Model Auto Hacker BMC Baseboard Management Controller {Intel} BMH Base Message Host BMIC BusMaster Interface Controller BML Bean Markup Language BMP Base Multilingual Plan BMP Batch Message Processor BMP Bean-Managed Persistence BMP BitMap Picture {Microsoft} BMPIA Business Method Patent Improvement Act BMT Bean Managed Transactions BMTA Backbone Message Transfer Agent BMW Black Marble Wombat (mailing list management) BNAVE Balance Nave Automatic Virtual Environment BNC Barrel Network Connector BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman BNC British Naval Connector (networking) BNCC Base Network Control Center BNDM Backward Nondeterministic Dawg Matching (algorithms) BNF Backus Normal Form (databases) BNF Backus-Naur Form (databases) BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory BNN Boundary Network Node BO Back Office {Microsoft} BO Back Orifice {Cult of the Dead Cow} BO Business Object BOA Basic Object Adapter {CORBA} BOADICEA British Overseas Airways Digital Indicating Computer for Electronic Automation BOBW Best Of Both Worlds {Apple} BOC Bell Operating Company BOD Business Object Documents BOEL Brian's Own Embedded Linux BOF Beginning Of File BOF Birds Of a Feather BOFH Bastard Operator From Hell BOL Books On Line {Microsoft} BOM Beginning Of Message BOM Business Operations Map BOM Byte Order Mark BOND Bandwidth ON Demand BOND Building Object Network Databases BONDING Bandwidth ON Demand INteroperability Group BONE BOOM Binocular Omni-Oriented Monitor BOOTP BOOTstrap Protocol BOPM Blitzed Open Proxy Monitor BOS Base Operating System {IBM} BOS Big Orange Switch BOS Bull Open Software {Bull} BOSIX Biin Open System Interface eXtension BOSS Business of Open Source Software {OCLUG} BOT Back On Topic {chat} BOV Business Operational View BP Base Pointer BP Break Point (debuggers) BPA Business Process Activity BPB Bios Parameter Block BPDG Broadcast Protection Discussion Group BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit BPEL Business Process Execution Language BPEL4WS Business Process Execution Language FOR Web Services BPF Berkeley Packet Filter {BSD} BPF Bsd Packet Filter {BSD} BPI Bits Per Inch BPI Business Process Improvements BPL Broadband over Power Lines BPM Business Process Management BPMI Business Process Management Initiative BPML Business Process Markup Language BPMS Business Process Management System BPP Bad Penguin Package BPR Broadband Provisioning Registrar {Cisco} BPS Bits Per Second BPS Bytes Per Second BPSS Business Process Specification Schema BQS Berkeley Quality Software BRB Be Right Back {chat} BRCI Brigade de Repression de la Criminalite Informatique BRE Barren Realms Elite (BBS game) BRE Basic Regular Expression BREW Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless {Qualcomm} BRGC Binary Reflected Gray Code BRI Basic Rate Interface BRIM Bridge Router Interface Module BRL BRS Big Red Switch {IBM} BRU BRV Business Requirements View BS BackSpace BSA Business Software Alliance BSAM Binary Sequential Access Method BSC Backup Site Controller {Microsoft} BSC Binary Synchronous Communication BSCS Bachellor of Science, Computer Science BSCW Basic Support for Cooperative Work BSD Berkeley Software Distribution BSE Bedeviled Sound Engine BSF Bean Scripting Framework BSF Bit Scan Forward BSG Big Smiling Grin {chat} BSG Broad Sweeping Generalization {chat} BSG Broadband Stakeholders Group BSG Business Systems Group {AutoDesk} BSI BlackSnow Interactive BSI British Standards Institute BSMTP Batched Simple Mail Transfer Protocol BSNPA Better Subnetwork Protocol Address BSNPAL Better Subnetwork Protocol Address Length BSOD Black Screen Of Death BSOD Blue Screen Of Death {Microsoft} BSP Binary Space Partition BSP Board Support Package BSP Bulk-Synchronous Parallel BSPHP BrainSplatPHP BSS Block Started by Symbol BSR Basic Semantic Repository BSR Bit Scan Reverse BST Binary Search Tree BSU Basic Semantic Unit BSV Business Service View BSYNC Binary SYNchronous Communications BTA Beijing Telecommunication Administration BTA But Then Again {chat} BTAIM Be That As It May {chat} BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method BTC Behavior Tech Computer BTDT Been There, Done That {chat} BTDTGTTS Been There, Done That, Got The T-Shirt {chat} BTHOM Beats The Hell Out of Me {chat} BTL Bioinformatics Template Library BTOL Better Than Open Look BTP Batch Transfer Program BTP Blood Transfer Protocol {RedBat Linux} BTP Business Transaction Protocol BTR Block Table Record {AutoCAD} BTSOOM Beats The S*** Out Of Me {chat} BTV Business Transaction View BTW By The Way {chat} BTWBO Be There With Bells On {chat} BTX Balance Technology eXtended BU Bulk Update BUAF Big, Ugly Ascii Font {alt.fan.warlord} BUAG Big, Ugly Ascii Graphic {alt.fan.warlord} BuFRS BUsiness Forms Retrieval System BUS Broadcast/Unknown Server {IBM} BVCP Banyan Vines Control Protocol BWM Block Write Mode bwmon BandWidth MONitor BWQ Buzz Word Quotient {chat} BX Builder Xcessory {ICS} BX PRO Builder Xcessory PROfessional {ICS} BXE BitfluX Editor BXXP Blocks eXtensible eXchange Protocol C/S Client/Server C-ISAM C Indexed Sequential Access Method C2B2C Consumer TO Business TO Consumer C2C Consumer TO Consumer C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence C4I2 Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence and Information CA Certificate Authority CA Collision Avoidance (networking) CA Computer Associates CAALS Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics System CabFE game emulator CABinet Front End CACM Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery {ACM} CAD Card Acceptance Device CAD Collective Address Designator CAD Computer Aided Design CAD Computer Assisted Drafting CAD Ctrl-Alt-Del CAD/A Computer Aided Design/Analysis CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting CADE Computer Aided Document Engineering CAE Computer Aided Engineering CAF Constant Applicative Form CAGD Computer Aided Geometric Design CAGD Computer Aided Graphics Design CAI Computer Assisted Instruction CAIDA Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis CAIP Canadian Association of Internet Providers CAL Client Access License {Microsoft} CAL Computer Assisted Learning CALL Computer Aided Language Learning CALS Computer Aided Logistics Support CALS Continuous Acquisition and Lifecycle Support CAM Categorical Abstract Machine CAM Cellular Automata Machine CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing CAM Content Addressable Memory CAMAC CAMD Computer Aided Molecular Design CAMFR CAvity Modeling FRamework CAMIL Computer Assisted/Managed Instructional Language CAML Categorical Abstract Machine Language CAMP Computer Architectures for Machine Perception CAN Convertisseur Analogique-Numerique CAN Controller Area Network Can Spam Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing act {US Congress} CANARIE Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industries, and Education CAOPS-WG Certificate Authority OPerationS Working Group {GGF} CAP Columbia Appletalk Package CAP Compaq Accredited Professional {Compaq} CAP Computer Aided Publishing CAP Content Acquisition Program {Yahoo} CAPD Computing To Assist Persons with Disabilities CAPI Crypto Application Programming Interface {Microsoft} CAPPS Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System {US TSA} CAPTCHA Completely Automated Public Turing tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart {CMU} CAR Certificate Authority Roots CARDIAC CARDboard Illustrative Aid to Computation {Bell Labs} CARO Computer Antivirus Research Organisation CARP Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel CART Computer Analysis Response Team CAS Code Access Security CAS Communication Application System CAS Computer Aided Styling CAS Computer Algebra System CASCADE CASE Common Application Service Element CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering CASE Computer Aided Systems Engineering CaSIE Create-A-Sim Independent Editor {EAGames} CASL Crosstalk Application Scripting Language CASM Cardiac ASseMbler {Bell Labs} CASMSIM Classic ASseMbler and SIMulator (HP calculators) CAST Center for Applied Special Technology CAT Common Authentication Technology CAT Computer Adaptive Testing CAT Computer Aided Testing CAT Computer Aided Translation CAT Computer Axial Tomography CATAI Concurrent Algorithms and data Types Animation over the Internet CATI Computer Aided Telephone Interview CATS Commodore Amiga Technical Support CATS Computer Assisted Training System CAU Controlled Access Unit CAUCE Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email CAUSE CAVE Cave Automatic Virtual Environment CAVE Character Animation Viewer for Everyone CBC Cipher Block Chaining CBCP Coffee Brewer Control Protocol CBCP Common Business Communications Protocol CBD Component-Based Development CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data Service CBDTPA Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act {US Congress} CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association cbench Compiler BENCHmark utility CBI Computer Based Instruction CBL Computer Based Learning CBM Commodore Business Machines CBMS Computer Based Mail System CBMS Computer Based Medical Systems CBN Check/Backup/Notification CBO Cost-Based Optimizer CBOS Cisco Broadband Operating System CBR Computer Based Reasoning CBR Constant Bit Rate cbs CBT Computer-Based Training CC Call Control CC Carbon Copy CC Cluster Controller CC Computational Complexity {CoRR} CC Computer Center CC/PP Composite Capability/Preference Profiles CC TPDU Connection Confirm TPDU {ISO} CCA Computer Corporation of America CCA Cooperative Content Acceleration CCA Computer Crimes Act {Virginia law} CCC Calibration, Characterization and Conversion (color management) CCC Chaos Communication Congress CCC Chaos Computer Club CCC Conference on Computational Complexity {IEEE} CCCCP Committe on Computer-Computer Communication Protocols {US DOD} CCD Charge-Coupled Device CCD Computer Crimes Division (law enforcement) CCE Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation CCEB Combined Communications Electronics Board CCF Common Connector Framework CCFL CCI Common Client Interface CCIA Computer and Communications Industry Association CCIPS Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section {US DOJ} CCIRN Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networks CCITSE Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation CCITT Comité Consultatif International Téléphonique et Télégraphique CCL Common Command Language CCL Console Command Language CCM Content and Collaboration Management CCMC Cryptologic Communications Management Center CCMS Collaborative Content Management System CCN Campus Computing Network {UCLA} CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate {Cisco} CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional {Cisco} ccNSO Country Code Names Supporting Organization {ICANN} CCP Chaos Content Provider {OpenOffice UCB} CCP Compression Control Protocol CCPP Committee on Computers and Public Policy {ACM} CCR Commitment, Concurrency, and Recovery CCR Community Contributor Representative {OOo} CCR Computer Communication Review {SIGCOMM} CCR Continuing Certification Requirements {Compaq} CCS Common Channel Signalling CCSS Cryptologic Combat Support System CCT Computer Chess Tournament ccTLD Country Code Top Level Domain CCU Component Conversion Utility CCUMC Consortium of College and University Media Centers CCW Com Callable Wrapper CD Carrier Detect CD Collision Detection (networking) CD Color Display CD Committee Draft {ISO} CD Compact Disc CD+G Compact Disc + Graphics CD-DA Compact Disc Digital Audio CD-I Compact Disc Interactive CD-MO Compact Disc Magneto Optical CD-R Compact Disc Recordable CD-RDX Compact Disc Rom Data eXchange CD-ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory CD-RTOS Compact Disc Real Time Operating System CD-SD Compact Disc Super Density CD-V Compact Disc Video CD-WO Compact Disc Write Once CD-XA Compact Disc eXtended Architecture CDA Central Design Activity CDA Communications Decency Act cda Compact Disc Audio CDA Compound Document Architecture CDA Cost Driver Attribute CDB Command Descriptor Block CDBS Connectionless Broadband Data Service CDC Caisse des Depôts et Consignations CDC Central Directory Component CDC Connected Device Configuration CDC Control Data Corporation cDc Cult of the Dead Cow CDDA Compact Disc Digital Audio CDDA Compact Disc Direct Access CDDB Compact Disc DataBase CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface CDE C Development Environment CDE Common Desktop Environment CDE Cooperative Development Environment CDF Channel Definition Format {Microsoft} CDF Comma Delimited Format CDF Common Data Form CDFS Compact Disc File System cdfw CD-rom FireWall CDICL Compact Disc Input and Control Library CDIF Case Data Interchange Format CDK Chemical Development Kit (Java classes) CDK Curses Development Kit CDK Cyberspace Development Kit CDL Clariion Disk Library {EMC} CDL Computer Design Language CDLC Channel Data Link Control CDM Code Division Multiplexing CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CDN Caldera Desktop for Network {Caldera} CDN Content Delivery Network CDO Collaboration Data Objects {Microsoft} CDO Collaborative Data Objects {Microsoft} CDOEXM Collaborative Data Objects for EXchange 2000 systems Management {Microsoft} CDONTS Collaborative Data Objects for NT Systems {Microsoft} CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System CDOWF Collaborative Data Objects for WorkFlow {Microsoft} CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol CDP Conditional Di-Phase CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data CDPR Customer Dial Pulse Receiver CDR Campaign for Digital Rights CDR Common Data Representation CDR Compact Disc Recordable CDRAM Cache Dynamic Random Access Memory CDROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CdrLin CDRecord for LINux CDRW Compact Disc ReWritable CDS Collaborative Development System CDT Call Data Transmitter CDT Center for Democracy and Technology CDU Control Display Unit CDV Compressed Digital Video CDVT Cell Delay Variation Tolerance CDW Copy Database Wizard {Microsoft} CE Cache Enable CE Collaborative Engineering CE Compact Edition {Microsoft} CE Competitive Engineering CE Computational Engineering {CoRR} CE Concurrent Engineering CE Consumer Electronics {Microsoft} CE Cooperative Engineering CEA Consumer Electronics Association CEBAF Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility CEDAR Center for Excellence in Document Analysis and Recognition (OCR software) CEC Chilling Effects Clearinghouse {EFF} CEG Continuous Edge Graphics CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference CELF Consumer Electronics Linux Forum CELP Code Excited Linear Prediction CEMA Computer Education Management Association CEMAC Circuit EMulation Access Card CEPT Conférence Européenne des Postes et des Télécommunications CERFNet California Education and Research Federation NETwork CERIAS Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security CERN Corporation for Research and Educational Networking CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CERT/CC Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center CES Consumer Electronics Show CESSL CEll Space Simulation Language CEW Computer Elements Workshop CF Compact Flash (memory) CF Configuration File CFAA Computer Fraud and Abuse Act CFB Cipher FeedBack CFD Call For Discussion {usenet} cfe Console Font Editor CFI Cad Framework Initiative CFI Common Flash Interface CFI Custom Factory Integration {Dell} cfm ColdFusion Markup CFML ColdFusion Markup Language CFP Call For Papers (conferences) CFP Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference {ACM} CFS Crypto File Systems cft Configurable File Tool CFV Call For Votes {usenet} Cg C for Graphics {NVidia} CG Computational Geometry {CoRR} CGA Color Graphics Adapter CGA Computer Graphics Array CGE Carrier Grade Edition {MontaVista Linux} CGI Common Gateway Interface CGI Computer Generated Image CGI Computer Graphics Interface CGL Carrier-Grade Linux CGM Computer Graphics Metafile CGP Character Generator Protocol CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol {NWG} CHASE CHallenges and Achievements in Software Engineering {ICSE} CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology chcp CHange Code Page chfn CHange FiNger chgrp CHange GRouP CHILL Ccitt HIgh Level Language CHIN Community Hospital Information Network CHMIS Community Health Management Information Systems chmod CHange MODe CHOP CHannel OPerator CHR Constraint Handling Rule CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform {IBM} CHS Cylinder Head Sector CHSM Concurrent Hierarchical State Machine CHTML Compact HyperText Markup Language CI Check In (code repository systems) CI Cluster Infrastructure for linux CIA China Internet Association CIA Current Instruction Address CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability CICA Center for Innovative Computer Applications CICC Center of International Cooperation for Computerization CICS Customer Information Control System {IBM} CICS/VS Customer Information Control System Virtual Storage {IBM} CICT Centre Informatique de Calcul de Toulouse CID Configuration, Installation and Distribution cid Content IDentifier {NWG} CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIDS Computer Intrusion Detection System CIDX Chemical Industry Data eXchange CIE Commission Internationale d'Eclairage (color printer standards) CIF Codepage Independent Format CIF Common Intermediate Format CIFS Common Internet File System {Microsoft} CIFS VFS Common Internet File System Virtual File System CIH CII Call Identity Index CIK Crypto-Ignition Key CIL Common Intermediate Language CIL Computer Integrated Logistic CIM Common Information Model CIM Compuserve Information Manager {CompuServe} CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIM Corporate Information Management CIMD Computer Interface for Messaging Distribution CIMOM CIM Object Manager Cimon CIsco MONitor CIO Chief Information Officer CIOCS Communication Input/Output Control System CIP Certified Internet Professional CIP Channel Interface Processor CIP Command Interface Port CIP Commerce Interchange Pipeline {Microsoft} CIP Common Indexing Protocol {IETF} CIPA Children's Internet Protection Act {US Congress} CIPE Crypto IP Encapsulation CIPM Commerce Interchange Pipeline Manager {Microsoft} CIPSO CIPX Compressing Internetwork Packet eXchange CIR Committed Information Rate CIRA Canadian Internet Registration Authority CIS Center for Internet and Society CIS Center for Internet Security CIS Common Infrastructure Services {UPS} CIS Compuserve Information Service CIS Computer Information System CIS Computing Infrastructure Support CIS Contact Image Sensor CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer CISS Center for Information Systems Security CISSP CIT California Institute of Technology CIT Computer-Integrated Telephony CITI Center for Information Technology Integration {Univ of Michigan} CITRI Committee for Information Technology Reconstruction in Iraq CITS Combat Information Transport System CIU Cryptologic Interface Unit CIW Center for Information Work {Microsoft} CIX Commercial Internet eXchange CJK Chinese, Japanese, Korean characters CJLI Command Job Language Interpreter CKD Count Key Data CKL Certificate Key List CKS Cryptonet Key Server CL Computation and Language {CoRR} CL CoreLinux CLAM Caldera Loadable Administration Module {Caldera} CLAN Comprehensive Linux Archive Network CLAR Channel Local Address Register CLASS Consular Lockout And Support System {US Dept of State} CLASS Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services CLAW Common Link Access for Workstations CLB Component Load Balancing CLC Cell Line Card CLDAP Connectionless Lightweight Directory Access Protocol CLDC Connected Limited Device Configuration CLE Certified Linux Engineer {Novell} CLE Chinese Linux Extension CLEC Competitive Local Exchange Center CLEE Center for Lifelong Engineering Education {UT} CLEI Common Language Equipment Identification CLEX CLF Common Log Format clfw {CoreLinux} CLH Content Length Header CLI Call Level Interface CLI Calling Line Identification CLI Command Line Interface CLI Common Language Infrastructure {Microsoft} CLI Cross Language Interoperability CLIG Command Line Interpreter Generator CLIPS C Language Integrated Production System CLisp Common Lisp CLLI Common Language Location Identification CLM Career Limiting Move CLNP ConnectionLess Network Protocol CLNS ConnectionLess Network Service CLO Command Line Options CLOB Character Large OBject {databases} CLOBS CLOS Common Lisp Object System CLP Cell Loss Priority CLP Constraint Logic Programming CLP(PB) Pseudo-Boolean Constraint Logic Programming CLR Common Language Runtime {Microsoft} cls CLear Screen CLS Common Language Specification CLSID CLasS IDentifier {COM} CLTP ConnectionLess Transport Protocol CLU Command Line Utility CluClo CLUster CLOner CLUE Command Line User Environment CLUGS CLosed User Group library Systems CLUI Command Line User Interface CLV Constant Linear Velocity (storage) CLX clxmms CLient of X MultiMedia System CM Configuration Management CM Control Mark CM Corrective Maintenance cmail Count MAIL CMAN Connection MANager CMB Cmb Message Board CMC Common Mail Call CMC Computer-Mediated Communication CME Common Message Environment {UPS} CMF Content Management Framework CMF Creative Music Format CMHC Computer Museum History Center CMI Coded Mark Inversion CMI Common Message Interface {IBM} CMIIW Correct Me If I'm Wrong {chat} CMIP Common Management Information Protocol {ISO} CMIS Common Management Information Services CMIS Common Management Information System CMISE Common Management Information Service Element CML Chemical Markup Language CML Cognitive Modeling Language CML Computer Mechanics Laboratory CML Conceptual Modeling Language CML Concurrent ML CML Configuration Menu Language CMM Capability Maturity Model CMM Capacity Maturity Model CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management Software CMMU Cache/Memory Management Unit CMNS Connection Mode Network Service CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CMOT Common Management information services and protocol Over Tcp/ip CMP Container Managed Persistence CMR Container Managed Relationships CMS Code Management System CMS Content Management Server {Microsoft} CMS Content Management System CMT Connection ManagemenT CMT Container Managed Transactions {EJB} CMU Carnegie-Mellon University CMW Compartmented Mode Workstation CMY Cyan, Magenta, Yellow CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK CMYK Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Key CN Common Name CNA Certified Netware Administrator {Novell} CNAPS Coprocessing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems CNC Computer Numerical Controlled CND Caldera Network Desktop {Caldera} CNE Certified Netware Engineer {Novell} CNFET Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor CNI Coalition for Networked Information CNI Compiled Native Interface CNIDR Clearinghouse for Network Information, Discovery and Retrieval CNIL Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes CNL C Numerical Library {Visual Numerics} CNMAT Center for New Music and Audio Technologies CNP Card Not Present CNPS Computer Noise Prevention System CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNSS Core Nodal Switching Subsystem CNX Certified Network eXpert CO Check Out (code repositories) COAL Caldera Open Access License {Caldera} COAS Caldera Open Administration System {Caldera} COB Chip-On-Board COB Cruising On Broadway (game) COBOL COmmon Business-Oriented Language CoC Call Of Cthulu (gaming) COCOMO COnstructive COst MOdel CODASYL Conference On DAta SYstem Languages CODE Client-server Open Development Environment Codec COder/DECoder COE Common Operating Environment COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer COFF Common Object File Format COG COnfigurator for Gnome COG Cycon Online Gaming COIN Common Optimization INterface COIN-OR COmputational INfractructure for Operations Research COL Computer-Oriented Language COLA Certificate Of License Authority cola Comp.Os.Linux.Advocacy {Usenet} cola Comp.Os.Linux.Announce {Usenet} COLD Computer Output to Laser Disk COM Common Object Model COM Component Object Model {Microsoft} COM Component Oriented Middleware COM Computer Output to Microfilm COMDEX COMputer Dealers EXhibition CompTIA COMPuter Technology Industry Association COMTI Component Object Model Transaction Integrator {Microsoft} COMU CONNIX CONNecticut Internet eXchange CONP Connection-Oriented Network Protocol CONS Connection-Oriented Network Service COO Cell Of Origin COOP C++ Object Oriented Programming COOTS Conference on Object-Oriented Technologies and Systems COP Character-Oriented Protocol COP Cpu Overheating Protection COPA Child's Online Protection Act {US Congress} COPIES Child Online Pornographic Image Eradication System COPS Computer Oracle Password System CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture {OMG} CORE Centrally Operated Risc Environment CoRR COmputing Research Repository COS Card Operating System COS Class Of Service COS Common Object Service {CORBA} COS Compatible Operating System COS Corporation for Open Systems COSE Combined Office Standard Equipment COSE Common Open Software Environment COSI Clarkson Open Source Institute COSINE Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Networking in Europe COSMIC COmputer Software Management and Information Center COT Centre for Object Technology COTFLGOHAHA Crawling On The Floor Laughing Guts Out, Having A Heart Attack COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf COTSS Classified Operational Telecommunications Switching System COW Cache Objects for the Web COW Copy-On-Write COW Cow Outputs Waves (sound processing) CP Control Point CP Copy Protect CP Crypto Peripheral CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers CP/M Control Program/Monitor CPA Collaboration Protocol Agreements CPA Computer Press Association CPAN Comprehensive Perl Archive Network CPC Collaborative Product Commerce CPC Constant Point Calculation CPCI Computer Program Configuration Items CPCS Check Processing Control System CPCS Common Part Convergence Sublayer CPDP Computer Program Development Plan CPE Customer Premises Equipment CPFDA Citizens' Protection in Federal Databases Act {US Congress} CPG Clock Pulse Generator CPG Comu Privacy Guard CPI Characters Per Inch CPI Code Page Information CPI-C Common Programming Interface for Communications CPIP Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol {RFC 1149} CPL Common Public License CPL Combined Programming Language CPL Current Privilege Level CPML Call Policy Markup Language CPP C Plus Plus CPP Collaboration Protocol Profiles CPR Computer-based Patient Record CPRI Computer-based Patient Records Institute CPRM Content Protection for Recordable Media CPS Call Processing System CPS Certification Practices Statement CPS Characters Per Second CPS Collaborative Portal Server {Nuxeo} CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility CPT Command Pass Through CPTWG Copyright Protection Technology Working Group CPU Cap Processor Usage CPU Central Processing Unit CPU Change Password Utility CPXe Common Picture eXchange Environment CQS Content Query System CR Carriage Return CR Code-Red (internet worm) CR II Code-Red version 2 (internet worm) CR III Code-Red version 3 (internet worm) CR TPDU Connection Request TPDU {ISO} CRAM Card Random Access Memory CRAM Content Rotation And Management CRAMFS CRAN Comprehensive R Archive Network CRC Career Resource Center {ACM} CRC Class, Responsibility, Collaboration CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check CRD Content Review Document CREN Computer Research Education Network CREN Corporation for Research and Educational Networking CRF Content Reference Forum CRF Cross Reference File CRI Collective Routing Indicators CRI4J Common Rfc Interface FOR Java CRISP-DM CRoss-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining CRL Certificate Revocation List {Verisign} CRLF Carriage Return, Line Feed CRM Communication Resource Manager CRM Controllable Regex Mutilator CRM Customer Relationship Management CROM Control Read Only Memory CRPG Character Role Playing Game CRS Change Request System CRS Content Replication Service CRT Cathode Ray Tube CRT C RunTime {Microsoft} CRTC Cathode Ray Tube Controller CRTI Cyberlink Rural Telecommunications, Inc CRU Customer Replaceable Unit CRUD Create Read Update Delete CRv2 Code-Red Version 2 (internet worm) CS CheckSum CS Clear to Send CS Code Segment (assembly language) CS CompuServe CS Computer Science CS Convergence Sublayer CSA Canadian Standards Association CSA Certified Solaris Administrator {Sun} CSA Chief Software Architect {Microsoft} CSA Common System Area CSAM CSAR Channel System Address Register CSC Computer Services Corporation CSCI Computer Software Configuration Item CSCL Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning CSCR Consortium for Slow Commotion Research CSCW Computer-Supported Cooperative Work CSD Circuit Switched Data CSD Corrective Service Diskette CSDP Certified Software Development Professional {IEEE} CSDP Conceptual Schema Design Procedure CSE Certified System Engineer CSE Component Services Explorer CSEA Cyber Security Enhancement Act {US Congress} CSFW Computer Security Foundations Workshop CSG Consultable Services Group CSH C SHell CSH Color Super Homeotropic CSI Common Secure Interoperability {OMG} CSIA Cyber Security Industry Alliance CSIDC Computer Society Internation Design Competition {IEEE} CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) CSL Computer Sensitive Language CSLH Crafty Syntax Live Help CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol CSLU Center for Spoken Language Understanding CSM Cluster Systems Management CSM Communication Services Manager CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection CSN Card Select Number CSN Circuit Switched Network CSN Consortium for School Networking CSNET Computer+Science NETwork CSNP Complete Sequence Number Packet data unit CSNW Client Service for NetWare {Microsoft} CSO Central Services Organization CSP C Server Pages CSP Certified Systems Professional CSP Commercial Service Provider CSP Communications Support Processor CSP Compucom Speed Protocol CSP Cryptographic Service Provider CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network CSPP Computer Systems Policy Project CSR Certificate Signing Request CSRC Computer Security Resource Center CSRDA Cyber Security Research and Development Act {US Congress} CSRF Common Source Routing File CSRFS Common Source Routing File System CSRI Coordinated Spam Reduction Initiative {Microsoft} CSS Cascading Style Sheets {Microsoft} CSS Closed Source Software CSS Content Scrambling System {MPAA} CSS Continuous System Simulator CSS Core System Software CSS Crm Sparse Spectra CSS Cross-Site Scripting CSSA Caldera Systems Security Advisory {Caldera} CSTA Computer-Supported Telecommunications Applications CSTA Computer-Supported Telephony Applications CSU Channel Service Unit CSV Comma Separated Values {Microsoft} CSV Common Services Verbs CT Communications Terminal CT Configuration Timer CTAN Comprehensive Tex Archive Network CTBD Component Technology Business Division CTC Cut The Cookie (web browser cleaner) CTCP Client-To-Client Protocol CTE Compliance Test and Evaluation CTEA Copyright Term Extension Act CTG Cics Transaction Gateway CTG Computer Task Group (consultants) CTG Core Technology Group CTI Computer Telephone Integration CTI Couplage Telephonie Informatique CTIA Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association CTIA Computing Technology Industry Association CTL Complex Text Layout CTmaiL CTO Chief Technology Officer CTP Conformance Testing Program CTPA Coax-to-Twisted Pair Adapter CTRC Cooling Technologies Research Consortium CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome CTS Center for Technology Studies {PRI} CTS Clear To Send CTS Common Transport Semantic CTS Common Type System {Microsoft} CTS Compatibility Test Suite {J2EE} CTSS Compatible Time-Sharing System {MIT} CTTS Cost and Time Tracking System CUA Common User Access CUA Commonly Used Acronyms CUDIX Common User Digital Information eXchange CUE Collaborative User Experience {IBM} CUE Common User Environment CUED Cambridge University Engineering Department CUI Common User Interface CUJ C Users Journal CUN Critical Update Notification {Microsoft} CUPID Completely Universal Processor I/o Design CUPS Common Unix Printing System CURL Client URL library CUSA Certified Unix System Administrator {Caldera} CUSI Configurable Unified Search Index CUSP Commonly Used System Program CUT Control Unit Terminal CUTE Clarkston University Terminal Emulator CUTE Common Unix and x Terminal Environment CUTE Cute User-friendly Text Editor CV Computer Vision {CoRR} CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures {cve.mitre.org} CVF Compressed Volume File CVGA Color Video Graphics Array CVIA Computer Virus Industry Association CVM C language Virtual Machine CVN Compression Video Numerique CVP Circuits Virtuels Permanents CVPR Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition CVS Computer Vision Syndrome CVS Concurrent Version System cvsfs Concurrent Version System File System CVSIM Customizable Versatile System Interactive Monitor CVSps Concurrent Version System PatchSet CVSQ Concurrent Version System Queued CVW CodeView for Windows CWIS Campus Wide Information System CWM Common Warehouse Metamodel CWP Certified Web Professional {IWA} CWYL Chat With You Later {chat} CxC C for Parallel Computing CXD Coherity Xml Database cXML Commerce XML CybOrg CYBercafe ORGanizer CYE Count Your Euros (cash flow analysis software) CYMK Cyan, Yellow, Magenta, blacK D/A Digital to Analog D/CAS Data CASsette D-AMPS Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service D-H Diffie-Hellman (cryptography) D-ISAM D2D Developer TO Developer D2W Direct TO Web DA Design Analysis DA Destination Address DAA Digest Access Authentication DAAS Defense Automatic Addressing System DAASC Defense Automatic Addressing System Center DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting DAC Data Access Component DAC Digital-to-Analog Converter DAC Discretionary Access Control DAC Dual-Attached Concentrator DACL Discretionary Access Control List DACS Digital Access and Cross-connect System DACT Dynamic Adaptive Compression Tool DAD Desktop Application Director DAD Document Access Definition {DB2} DAFS Direct Access File System DAG Design Automation Group DAG Directed Acyclic Graph (data structures) DAI Distributed Artificial Intelligence DAISY Dynamically Architected Instruction Set from Yorktown DAKOSY DAta KOmmunications SYstem DAKS Data And Knowledge System DAL Data Access Language DAL Data Application Layer DAL Database Abstraction Layer DAL Destination Address Length DALP Database Access Libraries for Pdas DAM Data Acquisition and Monitoring DAM Digital Asset Management DAMES Daasc Automated Message Entry System DAML Darpa Agent Markup Language DAN Desktop Advertising Network DANTE Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe DANUP Dispositif d'Acces Numeris a Usage Partage DAO Data Access Object DAO Disk-At-Once (CDR write mode) DAoC Dark Age Of Camelot (game title) {Mythic Software} DAP Data Access Processor DAP Data Access Protocol DAP Directory Access Protocol DAP Document Application Profile dar Disk ARchive DARI Database Application Remote Interface DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency {US DOD} DART Data, Applications, Reports and Transactions DAS Dual-Attached Station DAS Dynamic content Administration System DASCo Distributed Applications with Separation of COncerns DASD Direct Access Storage Device DASS Distributed Authentication Security Service {DEC} DAT Destination Address Type DAT Detailed Architecture Team DAT Digital Audio Tape DAT Disk Array Technology DATAR Digital Automated Tracking And Resolving DATAS Delta Automated Travel Account System DAU Dümmster Anzunehmender User DAV Data Above Voice Dav Dav Ain't Vi DAV Digital Audio-Video DAV Distributed Authoring and Versioning {IETF} DAVIC Digital Audio VIsual Council DAVID Digital Audio VIdeo Decoder DAW Digital Audio Workstation DAWG Deterministic Acyclic Word Graph DAXFi DB DataBase DB Data Bus DB DocBook DB2 DataBase 2 db4o DataBase FOR Objects DBA DataBase Administrator DBAC DataBase Administration Center dbacl Digramic BAyesian text CLassifier DBAS DataBase Administration System DBCA DataBase Configuration Assistant DBCC DataBase Consistency Checker {Microsoft} DBCS Double-Byte Character Set {ANSI} DBD DataBase Driver DBF DataBase File DBCS Double Byte Character Support DBF DBase Format DBH Disk Based Hashtables DBI DataBase Interface DBI/DBD DBL Define Bits Lossless files DBLP DBM DataBase Manager DBME DataBase Management Environment DBMGUI DataBase Manager Graphical User Interface DBMJUI DataBase Manager Java User Interface DBMS DataBase Management System DBRI Dual Basic Rate Interface DBS DataBase Server DBT Defect-Based Testing DC Data Collection DC Direct Current DC Display Controller DC Distributed Computing {CoRR} DC Domain Controller {Microsoft} DC Dublin Core DC TPDU Disconnect Confirm TPDU {ISO} DC-GUI Direct Connect Graphical User Interface DCA Defense Communications Agency {US DOD} DCA Defense Communications Associates DCA Document Content Architecture DCAC Defense Communications Agency Circular DCAF Distributed Console Access Facility DCAM Direct Chip Attach Module DCB Decimal Code Binaire DCB Disk Coprocessor Board DCC Data Country Code DCC Digital Command Control (model railroad control) DCC Digital Compact Cassette DCC Direct Cable Connection DCC Direct Client-to-Client protocol DCC Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse DCCA Dvd Copy Control Association DCD Data Carrier Detect DCD Document Content Description DCE Data Circuit-terminating Equipment DCE Data Communications Equipment DCE Distributed Computing Environment {IBM} DCE/DFS DCF Data Communication Facility DCF Data Compression Facility DCF Data Count Field DCF Driver Configuration File DCG Data elements Coordination Group DCH Direct Connect Hub DCI Display Control Interface DCIA Distributed Computing Industry Association {Sharman Networks} DCIMA Database and collections of Information Misappropriation Act {US Congress} DCL Data Center Linux DCL Data Control Language DCL Dialog Control Language DCL Digital Command Language DCL Digital Control Logic DCLLC Dot Cooperation LLC DCM Dimensional Constraint Manager {AutoCAD} DCM Distributed Computing Manager DCMES Dublin Core Metadata Element Set DCMI Dublin Core Metadata Initiative DCML Data Center Markup Language DCN Distributed Computer Network {NWG} DCOM Distributed Component Object Model {Microsoft} DCOP Desktop COmmunications Protocol DCP DCPS Data Communications Protocol Standards DCRKA Digital Consumer Right to Know Act {US Congress} DCS Data Collection System DCS Defense Communications System DCS Desktop Color Separation DCS Digital Camera System DCS Digital Cloning System {QWC} DCS Direct Communications System DCS Distributed Communications System DCS Dual Channel Switch DCS Dynamic Channel Selection DCSC Distributed Computing Standards Coalition DCT Data Communications Terminal DCT Destination Control Table DCT Discrete Cosine Transform DCTC Direct Connect Text Client DCW Digital Chart of the World DD Deployment Descriptor DD Digital Display DD Double Density DDA Domain-Defined Attribute DDA Dynamic Data Access DDB Device Dependent Bitmap DDB Device Driver Block DDBMS Distributed DataBase Management System DDC Digital Data Channel DDC Display Data Channel DDC1 Display Data Channel 1 DDCMP Digital Data Communications Message Protocol DDCS Distributed Database Connection Services DDD Data Display Debugger DDDS Defense Data Dictionary System DDE Dynamic Data Exchange {Microsoft} DDECS Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems DDEML Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library DDES Digital Data Exchange Specification DDF Dynamic Data Formatting DDI Device Driver Interface DDJ Dr. Dobbs Journal DDK Device Driver Kit DDK Driver Development Kit DDL Data Definition Language DDL Data Description Language DDL Document Description Language DDLC Database Development Life Cycle DDM Device Driver Module DDM Distributed Data Management DDML Document Definition Markup Language DDN Defense Data Network {US DOD} DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Service DDO Dynamic Device Overlay DDO Dynamic Drive Overlay DDOS Distributed Denial Of Service DDP Datagram Delivery Protocol DDP Desktop Data Processing DDPO Debian Developer's Packages Overview DDQ Data-Driven Query DDR Double Data Rate DDS Database Design Studio DDS Design Data Sheet DDS Digital Data Service DDS Digital Data Storage DDS Distributed Directory Services DDSA Direct Digitally Synthesized Audio DDSR Deleted Data Space Release DDSSA Digital Distributed System Security Architecture {DEC} DDT Dec Debugging Tape {DEC} DDT Dynamic Debugging Technique DDT Dynamic Dns Tools DDV Dialog Data Validation DDX Dialog Data eXchange DE Dashboard Edition {Candle Corp.} DE Desktop Edition {eZ Publish} DE Desktop Environment DEA Data Encryption Algorithm DEA Directory-Enabled Application {Microsoft} DEC Digital Entertainment Center {HP} DEC Digital Equipment Corporation DECnet Digital Equipment Corporation NETwork {DEC} DED Dark Emitting Diode DED Data Environment Designer {Microsoft} DED Dialog EDitor DEDIST Data Element DISTribution DEG Data Exchange Group DEIS Defense Enterprise Integration Services DEK Data Encryption Key DEL Decode Encode Language {NWG} DEL Diode ElectroLuminescente DELORES DEfeasible LOgic REasoning System DeLUGE DEMMA Direct Electronic Mail Marketing Association DeMuDi DEbian MUltimedia DIstribution DEN Directory-Enabled Networking {Microsoft} DEP Data Extension Products DEREC Daewoo Electronic Research Center DERF Data Element Request Form DES D&d Equipment Selector DES Data Encryption Standard DES Data Entry Sheet DES Digital Encryption Standard {IBM} DET Data Entry Terminal DET Device Execute Trigger DET Directory Entry Table DEU Dumb End User devfs DEVice File System devfsd DEVice File System Daemon DevIL DEVeloper's Image Library DEXEC Diagnostic EXECutive {Sun} DFA Deterministic Finite Automaton DFC Data Flow Control DFC Digital Future Coalition DFC Display File Compiler DFD Data Flow Diagram DFE Desktop Functional Equivalent DFM Distributed File Manager {IBM} DFS Depth First Search DFS Distributed File System DFS Dynamic File System {Sun} DFSG Debian Free Software Guide DFSMS/MVS Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem for MVS {IBM} DFT Diagnostic Function Test DFT Discrete Fourier Transform DFT Distributed Function Terminal DFU Data File Utility DG Data General DGA Direct Graphics Access DGAV DansGuardian Anti-Virus DGC Distributed Garbage Collector DGIS Direct Graphics Interface Standard DGP Dissimilar Gateway Protocol dhcmp Dump Heap CoMPare {Microsoft} DHCP Dynamic Host Connection Protocol dhcpcd Dynamic Host Connection Protocol Client Daemon DHT Distributed Hash Table DHTML Dynamic HyperText Markup Language DI Data In DI Destination Index DI Directeur Informatique di Disk Information DIA Defense Intelligence Agency {US DOD} DIA Document Interchange Architecture DIAA Distributed Internet Applications Architecture {Microsoft} DIAPM Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale - Politecnico di Milano DIB Device Independent Bitmap {Microsoft} DIB Directory Information Base DIBOL DIgital Business Oriented Language DIBS Distributed Internet Backup System DICE Distributed Image Capture Engine DID Data Item Description DIG Data Intelligence Gatherer DIGEST DIgital Geographic Exchange STandard DIGIC DIGital Imaging Core {Canon} DII Defense Information Infrastructure DII Dynamic Invocation Interfaces DII COE Defence Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment DIICC Defense Information Infrastructure Control Concept DIICC Defense Information Infrastructure Command and Control DIIK Damned If I Know {chat} DIIP Direct Interrupt Identification Port DIIVL Defense Information Infrastructure Virtual Laboratory DILLIGAD Do I Look Like I Give A Darn? {chat} DILLIGAF Do I Look Like I Give A F***? {chat} DIME Direct Internet Message Encapsulation DIME DIrect Memory Execution DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DIO Data Input/Output DIOTA DIP Dependency Inversion Principle DIP Dialup Internet Protocol DIP Digital Imaging Processing DIP Dual Inline Package DIS Distributed Interactive Simulation DIS Draft International Standard DIS Dynamic Impedance Stabilization DISA Data Interchange Standards Association DISA Defense Information Systems Agency {US DOD} DISC Digital Interactive Systems Corp. DISDBIS DISsertationen zu DatenBanken und InformationsSystemen DISN Defense Information Systems Network {US DOD} DISP Directory Information Shadowing Protocol Dispair DISPlay Arichives In Realtime DISSI Delegation Interministerielle pour la Securite des Systemes d'Information DIT Directory Information Tree DITA Darwin Information Typing Architecture DITEN Direction de l'Information et des TEchnologies Nouvelles DIVAN Digital Mail's International Value Added Network DIVE Direct Interface Video Extension DIVE Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment DIX Dec, Intel, Xerox DIZ Description In Zip DJ Document Juggler DK Donkey Kong {Nintendo} DK Don't Know {chat} DKE Data & Knowledge Engineering DKI Driver Kernel Interface DKMS Dynamic Kernel Module Support DKNF Domain Key Normal Form DKS Distributed Knowledge Systems DL DataLang DL Digital Libraries {CoRR} DL Digital Library {ACM} DL DownLoad DLB Dispatcher Load Balancing DLC Data Link Control DLC Desktop Linux Consortium DLCC Desktop Linux Consortium Conference DLC Digital Light and Color DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier DLD Desktop Linux Directory DLD Display List Driver DLE Data Link Escape DLG Devilish Little Grin {chat} DLG Digital Line Graph DLI Data Link Interface DLL Data Link Layer DLL Dynamic Link Library {Microsoft} DLLP Data Link Layer Protocol DLM Dan's Location Manager DLM Distributed Lock Manager DLM Dynamic Link Module DLPI Data Link Provider Interface {Apple} DLR Dos Lan Requester DLS Data Link Switching DLS Directory Locator Service DLSAP Data Link Service Access Point DLSw Data Link SWitching DLT Digital Linear Tape DLT Divisible Load Theory DLU Dependent Logical Unit DLUR Dependent Logical Unit Requestor DLUS Dependent Logical Unit Server DLWG Desktop Linux Working Group {OSDL} DM Data Mark {NWG} DM Discrete Mathematics {CoRR} DM Distributed Memory DMA Direct Marketing Association DMA Direct Memory Access DMAC Direct Media Access Control DMAC Direct Memory Access Controller DMB Data Maintenance Ballot DMB Domain Master Browser {Microsoft} DMCA Digital Millenium Copyright Act {US Congress} DMCRA Digital Media Consumer Rights Act {US Congress} DMD Digital Micromirror Device DMD Directory Management Domain DME Dii Migration Environment DME Distributed Management Environment DMF Distribution Media Format {Microsoft} DMI DMK DML Data Manipulation Language DMLE Dungeon Master Linux Edition DMMIS Deport Maintenance Management Information System DMMS Dynamic Memory Management System DMO Direct Media Object {Microsoft} DMO Distributed Management Objects DMOS Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor DMP Data Movement Processor DMP Dot Matrix Printer DMPC Distributed Memory Parallel Computer DMQS Display Mode Query and Set DMR Data Management System DMR Dennis M Ritchie DMS Defense Message System DMS Delegated Management Services {Netegrity} DMSD Digital MultiStandard Decoding DMT DataMining Toolkit DMT Digital MultiTone DMTF Desktop Management Task Force DMTF Distributed Management Task Force DMU Data Manipulation Unit DMY Day Month Year (date format) DMZ DeMilitarized Zone (firewalls) DN Distinguished Name {LDAP} DNA Digital Network Architecture DNA Direct Network Access DNA Distributed Network Architecture {Microsoft} DNA Dynamic Network Administration {Ericsson} DNA Dynamic Network Analyzer {Lucent} DNA Dynamic Network Architecture DNAS Distributed Network Audio Server {Shoutcast} DNAT Destination Network Address Translation DNC Direct Numerical Control DNCP DecNet phase iv Control Protocol DNCP DNa phase iv routing Control Protocol {NWG} DNF Duke Nukem Forever {3-D Realms} (gaming) DNG Digital Negative Specification {Adobe} DNIC Data Network Identification Code DNPM Darn Near Pissed Myself {chat} DNS Dna Naming Service {NWG} DNS Domain Name Server DNS Domain Name System DNSBL Domain Name System BlackList DNSIX Defense Network System for Information eXchange DNSO Domain Name Supporting Organization {IANA} DNSSEC Domain Name System SECurity DO Data Out DO Distributed Objects DO-IT Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology DocDW DOCument Delivery for Windows {USPTO} DOD DrinkOrDie (warez group) DODIIS Department Of Defense Intelligence Information System {US DOD} DODS Data Object Design Studio DOE Distributed Objects Everywhere {Sun} DOG Design Object Group DOI Digital Object Identifer DOI Domain Of Interpretation DOJ Department Of Justice DOM Document Object Model DOM Domino Object Model {Lotus} DOMF Distributed Object Management Facility {Sun/HP} DOML DON Disque Optique Numerique DOOW Database of Our Owlish Wisdom DOS Denial Of Service DOS Disc Operating System {Microsoft} dosemu DOS EMUlator DOV Data Over Voice DP Data Processing DP Distributed Proofreading DP Domaine Public DP Dynamic Programming DPA Demand Protocol Architecture DPA Distributed Password Authentication DPAM Demand Priority Access Method DPAPI Data Protection Application Programming Interface DPAREN Data PARity ENable DPAW Danger, Penguins At Work DPB Drive Parameter Block DPC Direct Program Control DPCL Dynamic Probe Class Library {IBM} DPE Design Patterns Explained DPE Distributed Processing Environment DPI Distributed Program Interface DPI Dots Per Inch DPL Descriptor Privilege Level DPM Debian Policy Manual DPM Digital Panel Meter DPMA Dynamic Power Management Architecture DPMI Dos Protected Mode Interface {Microsoft} DPMS Data Processing and Management System {Bell Labs} DPMS Display Power Management System DPMS Dos Protected Mode Services {Microsoft} DPOF Digital Print Order Format {Canon/Kodak/Fuji/Matsushita} DPOF Direct Print Order Format Dprobes Dynamic PROBES DPS Display PostScript DPS Display Processing Software DPS Document Processing System DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying DPU Display Processing Unit DQA Data Quality Act {US Congress} DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus DQL Dataease Query Language DR Digital Research DR-BOND Dial-up Router Bandwidth ON Demand DR-DOS Digital Research Disk Operating System {DR} DR TPDU Disconnect Request TPDU {ISO} DRA Don't Recognize Acronyms {chat} DRA Dynamic Routing Architecture DRAGON Ddr sdram, Raid, Audio, Graphics, Overclocking and Networking {Soyo} DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DRAW Dynamic Read After Write DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device DRBL Distributed Real Black List (antispam) DRC Digital Room Correction DRCS Dynamically Redefinable Character Set DRDA Distributed Relational Database Architecture {IBM} DRDW Direct Read During Write DRG Data Reference Group DRI Declarative Referential Integrity DRI Digital Research Incorporated DRI Direct Rendering Infrastructure {XFree86} DRM Digital Rights Management {Adobe} DRM Digital Road Map DRMP Digital Rights Management Passport DRO Destructive Read-Out DRoE Domain Registry Of Europe DRP Decnet Routing Protocol DRP Direct Response Protocol DRP Distribution and Replication Protocol DRS Document Registration System DRS Document Repository System DS Data Structures {CoRR} DS Directory Services {Sun} DS Double Sided DS4U Data Solutions FOR yoU DS/DD Double Sided Double Density DS-0 Digital Signal level 0 DS-3 Digital Signal level 3 DSA Data Systems Architecture DSA Debian Security Advisory DSA Debian Security Announcement DSA Digital Signature Algorithm DSA Directory Service Agent {Microsoft} DSA Directory System Agent DSA Dynamic Scalable Architecture DSAP Destination Service Access Point DSBE Differential Scsi Buffered Ethernet card DSBL Distributed Server Boycott List (antispam) DSD Data Schema Designer DSD Document Structure Description DSDD Double Sided Double Density DSDM Dynamic Systems Development Method DSDV Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector DSE Data Storage Equipment DSEA Display Station Emulation Adapter DSEA Domestic Security Enhancement Act {US Congress} DSF Device Simulator Framework DSHD Double Sided High Density DSI Data Storage Institute DSI Directeur des Systemes d'Information DSI Distributed Security Infrastructure DSI Dynamic Skeleton Interfaces DSI Dynamic Systems Initiative {Microsoft} DSIS Distributed Support Information Standard DSK Down Stream Keyer DSL Damn Small Linux DSL Digital Subscriber Line DSL Dynamic Simulation Language DSM Distributed Security Module DSM Distributed Shared Memory DSMA Digital Sense Multiple Access DSML Directory Services Markup Language DSMN Directory Services Manager for Netware {Novell} DSN Data Source Name DSN Delivery Status Notification DSN Dependable Systems and Networks DSN Distributed Sensor Network DSO Data Source Object DSO Decision Support Object DSO Distributed Security Officer DSO Dynamic Shared Object DSOM Distributed System Object Model DSP Digital Signal Processing DSP Directory System Protocol DSP Domain Specific Part DSP DweebSpeak Primer DSQD Double Sided Quad Density DSR Data Set Ready DSR Device Status Register DSR Dynamic Source Routing DSS Decision Support System DSS Digital Signature Standard DSSA Digital Software Security Act {California Legislature} DSSA Distributed System Security Architecture {DEC} DSSD Double Sided, Simple Density DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSSL Document Style Semantics and Specification Language DST Data Storage Tape DSTN Double SuperTwisted Nematic DSU Data Service Unit DSU Digital Service Unit DSVD Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data DT Digital Think DT TPDU DaTa TPDU {ISO} DT4DTD DataType FOR Document Type Definition DTA Disk Transfer Area DTA Document Tracking and Activity DTAUS DatenTrägerAUStausch DTC Distributed Transaction Coordinator DTC Domain Technologie Control DTCA Digital Tech Corps Act DTCB Distributed Trusted Computing Base DTCP Digital Transmission Content Protection {Sony, Intel} DTD Data Type Document DTD Document Type Definition DTDDECL DTE Data Terminal Equipment DTE Developmental Test and Evaluation DTE Dumb Terminal Emulator DTF Distributed Terascale Facility {NSF} DTL Diode-Transistor Logic DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency DTML Document Template Markup Language DTP Data Transfer Protocol DTP DeskTop Publishing DTP Distributed Transaction Processing DTP Distributed Transaction Protocol DTP Dynamic Threat Protection {ISS} DTR Data Terminal Ready DTR Data Transfer Rate DTS Data Transformation Services DTS Dna Time Service {NWG} DTS IM Data Transformation Services Information Model DTV DeskTop Video DTVC DeskTop Video Conferencing du Disk Usage DUA Directory User Agent DUAL Diffusing Update ALgorithm DUART Dual UART DUAT Direct User Access Terminal DUD Driver Update Disc DUK Dead Upon Keyboard {chat} DUL Dialup User List DUN Dial-Up Networking {Microsoft} DUNS Data Universal Numbering System {Dun & Bradstreet} DUNS Dun Unique Numerical Symbol {Microsoft} DV Digital Video DVB Digital Video Broadcast DVB-MHP Digital Video Broadcast's Multimedia Home Platform DVC Desktop Video Conferencing DVD Digital Versatile Disc DVD Digital Video Disc DVD CCA Digital Video Disc Copy Control Association DVDF DVD Forum DVE Digital Video Effect DVI Digital Video Interactive DVI Digital Video Interface DVMRP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol {NWG} DVP Digital Video Producer dW Developer Works {IBM} DWF Data Warehousing Framework DWIM Do What I Mean {usenet} DWIMC Do What I Mean, Correctly {usenet} DX Data eXplorer {IBM} DX Database Xcessory {ICS} DXB Drawing eXchange Binary format {AutoCAD} DXC Data eXchange Control DXF Drawing eXchange Format {AutoCAD} DXI Data eXchange Interface DXI Digital eXchange Interface DXPC Differential X Protocol Compressor Dzt E Enlightenment (window manager) E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo E-COM Electronic Computer-Originated Mail {USPS} E-GADS Electronic Ground search and rescue Administrative Database System e-LAP Embedded Linux Application Platform {IBM} e-MPS EMail Preference Service {DMA} E-SMTP Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol EA Electronic Arts EA Enterprise Administrator EA Enterprise Agreement {Microsoft} EA Extended Attribute EA TPDU Expedited Acknowledge TPDU {ISO} EAB Enterprise Access Builders EAD Enterprise Application Design EAD Enterprise Architecture Document EAGLES Expert Advisory Group on Language Engineering Standards EAI Enterprise Application Integration EAL Evaluation Assurance Level {ISO} EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol EAR Enterprise ARchitecture EAR External Access Register EARN European Academic Research Network EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory EARS Electronic Access to Reference Services EAS Enhydra Application Service EATA Enhanced AT bus Attachment EATCS European Association for Theoretical Computer Science EB ExaByte EBC Eisa Bus Controller EBC Electronic Business Communication EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code {IBM} EBG Emerging Business Group {AutoDesk} EBI EBusiness Integration suite EBI Equivalent Background Input ebMS EBxml Messaging Service EBN Extended Border Node EBNF Extended Backus-Naur Form EBNF Extended Backus Normal Form EBONE ebRS EBxml RegiStry EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer EBT Enduring Business Theme ebXML Electronic Busines eXtensible Modeling Language {IBM} EC Electronic Commerce EC Error Control EC/EDI Electronic Commerce / Electronic Data Interchange EC4S Electronic Commerce FOR Software conference ECAT Electronic Card Assembly and Test ECB Electronic Code Book ECBS Engineering of Computer-Based Systems ECC Elliptic Curve Cryptography ECC Error Check Code ECC Error Correcting Code ECCC Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity ECD Enhanced Color Display ECDL European Computer Driver's License ECDL European Conference on Digital Libraries ECHO European Commission Host Organization ECHT European Conference on Hypermedia Technology ECI External Call Interface ECL Emitter-Coupled Logic ECM Electronic Control Module ECM Element Content Model ECM Enterprise Change Management ECMA European Computer Manufacturer's Association ECML European Conference on Machine Learning ECN Explicit Congestion Notification (networking) ECNE Enterprise Certified Netware Engineer {Novell} ECO Engineering Change Order ECOL Es.Comp.Os.Linux {usenet} ECOOP European Conference for Object-Oriented Programming ECP Encryption Control Protocol ECP Engineering Change Proposal ECP Enhanced Capabilities Port ECP European Computer Publishers ECP Excessive Cross-Posting {usenet} ECPA Electronic Communications Privacy Act ECS Element Construction Set ECT Enhanced Cluster Tools ECTRA Electronic Communication Transactional Records Act {US Congress} ECTS European Computer Trade Show ECU Eisa Configuration Utility ED TPDU Expedited Data TPDU {ISO} EDA Electronic Data Automation EDA Electronic Design Architecture EDA Electronic Design Automation EDA Embedded Document Architecture EDA Ethernet Device Adapter EDA Extended Data Architecture EDA External Device Access {Nortel} EDB Enhanced DeBugger {Intel} EDB Execution Disable Bit EDC Enhanced Data Correction EDC Error Detection and Correction EDCARS Engineering Data Control Automated Retrieval System EDDC Extended Distance Data Cable EDDI Environnement de Developpement et de Debogage Integre EDDP EDG Edison Design Group EDGE Enhanced Data rates for Gsm Evolution EDH Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman key exchange EDI Electronic Data Interchange EDI Electronic Document Interchange EDIA Electronic Data Interchange Association EDICA Electronic Data Interchange Council of Australia EDICC Electronic Data Interchange Council of Canada EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transportation EDIFICAS Electronic Data Interchange in the Financial Information, Cost, Accounting and Social EDIFICE Electronic Data Interchange Forum for Compagnies with Interest in Computing and Electronics EDIRA Electronic Data Interchange Registration Authorities EDIWI Electronic Data Interchange World Institute EDK Embedded Development Kit EDL Edit Decision List EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control EDM Elysium Download Manager EDMD EDifact Message Directory EDMF EDifact Message Frameworks EDO Enhanced Data Out EDO Extended Data Out EDO-RAM Enhanced Data Out Random Access Memory EDOC Enterprise Distributed Objects Conference EDOC Extended Distributed Object Computing {OMG} EDOS Enhanced Disk Operating System EDP Electronic Data Processing EDP Electronic Design Process EDR Electronic Data Recorder EDS Electronic Data Systems corp. EDSAC EDSD Electronic data interchange Data Segment Directory EDUCOM EE Electronics Engineer EE End-to-End EE Enterprise Edition EEC Extended Error Correction EED Extended Entity Data EEE Extended Enterprise Edition {IBM DB2} EEEB Eastern European Edifact Board EEL Epsilon Extension Language EEMA European Electronic Messaging Association EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EES Escrow Encryption Standard EET Electrical Engineer Times EFA Electronic Frontiers Australia EFA Extended File Attribute EFF Electronic Frontiers Foundation EFI Electromechanical Frequency Interference EFI Extensible Firmware Interface {Intel} Efisto Easy FIle Send TO EFL Emitter Follower Logic EFLA Extended Four Letter Acronym EFS Encrypting File System {Microsoft} EFT Electronic Funds Transfer EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System EG Evil Grin {chat} EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter EGD Entropy Gathering Daemon EGOVOS E-GOVernment Operating System EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol {BBN} EHLLAPI Emulator High Level Language Application Programming Interface EHS Embedded Http Server EI Enterprise Integration EIA Electronic Industries Alliance EIA Electronic Industries Association EIA Enhanced Identification and Authentication EIA Enterprise Information Architecture EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics {ANSI} EIES Enterprise Integration Evaluation System EIF Exercise In Futility EIGRP Enhanced Internet Gateway Routing Protocol {Cisco} EIM Enterprise Integration Middleware EIP Enterprise Information Portal EIP Ethernet Interface Processor EIP Extended Internet Protocol {UCL} EIR Extended Information Rate EIS Executive Information System EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture EISS European Intelligence Support System EIT Electronic and Information Technology EITC European Information Technology Conference EIU Economist Intelligence Unit EJB Enterprise Java Beans {Sun} EJB QL Enterprise Java Beans cmp finder Query Language {Sun} EJBCA Enterprise Java Bean Certificate Authority EL Eternal Lands (MMORPG) ELAN Emulated Local Area Network {IBM} ELB Extremely Low Budget {Apple} ELC Embedded Linux Consortium ELCPS Embedded Linux Consortium Platform Specification {ELC} ELF Enterprise Linux Forum ELF Executable and Linking Format ELJ Embedded Linux Journal ELKS ELM Elan License Manager ELOG Electronic LOGbook ELPIF E-Logistics Processes Integration Framework ELPS Excessive Language Proliferation Syndrome ELS Entry Level System ELSNet European Language and Speech NETwork EM Enterprise Manager EMA Electronic Messaging Association EMA EMarketers America EMA Enterprise Management Architecture Emacs Editing MACroS {GNU} EMB Extended Memory Block EMBARC Electronic Mail Broadcast to A Roaming Computer EMC Electronic Medical Claims EMC Enhanced Machine Controller EMC Extended Math Coprocessor EMEDI European Medical Electronic Data Interchange EMF Enhanced Metafile Format EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference EMIF Enterprise system connection Multiple Image Facility EMM Expanded Memory Manager EMP ElectroMagnetic Pulse EMP Emergency Management Port EMP Encrypted Messaging Program EMP Excessive MultiPosting {usenet} empy EMbedded PYthon EMR Enhanced Metafile Record EMRS Electronic Medical Records System EMS EMail Shorthand EMS Enterprise Messaging Server EMS Expanded Memory Specification EMWAC European Microsoft Windows nt Academy Center ENBD Enhanced Network Block Device ENDEC ENcoder/DECoder ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator ENSS Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem ENTCS Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science EO Enterprise Objects EOA End Of Address EOB End Of Block EOB Enterprise Object Broker EOC End Of Conversion EOD End Of Discussion {chat} EOF End Of File EOF Enterprise Objects Framework EOFB End Of Facsimile Block EOI End Of Identity EOJ End Of Job EOL End Of Lecture {usenet} EOL End Of Life EOL End Of Line EOL End Of List EOM End Of Message EON EOS End Of String EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System EOT End Of Tape EOT End Of Text EOT End Of Thread {usenet} EOT End Of Transmission EOT End Of Tsdu (TPDU field) EOU End Of User EPC Electronic Publishers Commission EPCA Electronic Privacy Communications Act {US Congress} EPFL École Polutechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPHOS European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems EPI External Presentation Interface EPIC Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing {Intel/HP} EPITA Ecole Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancees EPL Effective Privilege Level EPL Electronic switching system Programming Language EPLD Electronically Programmable Logic Device EPM Easy Package Manager {ESP} EPM Enhanced edito for Presentation Manager EPM Enterprise Process Management EPM Esp Package Manager EPMI Ericsson Project Management Institute {Ericsson} EPO Embedded Protocol Objects {RedHat} EPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EPS Electronic Permitting Service EPS Email Processing System EPS Encapsulated PostScript EPSF Encapsulated PostScript File EPSI Encapsulated PostScript Interchange {Adobe} EQ English Query EQ EverQuest (game) {Sony} EQD English Query Domain (file format) ER/RC Extended Result / Response Code ERA Electronic Remittance Advise ERAS Electronic Routing and Approval System ERCIM European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics ERD Entity Relationship Diagram (databases) ERI Embedded Reasoning Institute {SNL} ERIC Educational Resources Information Center ERLL Enhanced Run Length Limited EROM Erasable Read Only Memory ERP Enterprise Resource Planning ERR TPDU ERRor TPDU {ISO} ERSP Evolution Robotics Software Platform ERW Edwares Report Writer ERW Entities and Relationships on the Web ES End System {ANSI} ES Extended Services ES Extra Segment (assembly language) ES-IS End System to Intermediate System {ANSI} ES5 Earth Station 5 (P2P client) ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture {IBM} ESA Entertainment Software Association ESB ESC Eisa System Component ESC Embedded Systems Conference ESC Engineering Steering Committee {OpenOffice.org} ESC European Software Center ESC/P Epson Standard Code for Printers {Epson} ESCC Esnet Site Coordinating Committee {ESnet} ESCM Extended Services Communication Manager ESCON Enterprise System CONnection ESCON Enterprise Systems CONnectivity ESD Electronic Software Distribution ESD ElectroStatic Discharge ESDA Electronic System Design Automation ESDI Enhanced Small Drive Interface ESE {Microsoft} ESF Extended Superframe Format ESH PDU End System Hello Protocol Data Unit {ANSI} ESI Edge Side Includes ESI Enhanced Serial Interface ESIOP Environment-Specific Inter-Object request broker Protocol eSKUeL ESM End System Multicast ESMTP Enhanced Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ESMTP Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ESN Electronic Security Number ESnet Energy Sciences NETwork ESP Easy Software Productions ESP Embedded Support Partner {SGI} ESP Emulation Sensing Processor ESP Encapsulating Security Payload ESP Enhanced Serial Port ESP Enhanced Service Provider ESPC Email Service Provider Coalition ESR Eric S Raymond (Open Source evangelist) ESRF European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ESS Electronic Switching System ESS Enterprise Storage Server {IBM} ESU ElectroStatic Unit ESX ETANN Electrically Trainable Analog Neural Network ETB End of Transmission Block ETC Executable Test Case ETD Element Type Declarations ETFTP Enhanced Trivial File Transfer Protocol ETL Extract, Transform and Load ETLA Enhanced Three Letter Acronym ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym ETOx Eprom Tunnel OXide ETR EText Reader ETS Easy Template System ETS Executable Test Suite ETSI European Telecommunication Standards Institute ETTK Emerging Technologies ToolKit {IBM} ETV Enhanced TeleVision ETW European Test Workshop ETX End of TeXt EU End User EU Execution Unit EUC Extended Unix Code EUCD European Union Copyright Directive EULA End User License Agreement {Microsoft} EUnet European Unix NETwork EUP Enterprise Unified Process EUUG European Unix User Group EUV Extreme-UltraViolet EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array EVMS Enterprise Volume Management System {IBM} EVMS EVidentiary Metadata System {FBI} EWAN Emulator Without A Name ewmh Extended Window Manager Hints EWG Egoistic Wordlist Generator EWMH Extended Window Manager Hints EWOS European Workshop for Open Systems EWS Employee Written Software EXIF EXchangeable Image File ExCA EXchangeable Card Architecture ExTra EXpert system for TRAvel planning EXUG European X User Group fa From Arpanet {usenet} FAC File Access Code FADS Fast Autocad Development System {AutoCAD} FAFF Fast Advantage File Format FAFWOA For A Friend WithOut Access {chat} FAGS Free AudioGalaxy Satellite FAIL Fast Artificial Intelligence Language FAM File Alteration Monitoring FAME FAMOS Floating gate Avalanche Metal Oxide Semiconductor FAP File Access Protocol FAPI Family Application Programming Interface FAQ Frequently Asked Question FAQL Frequently Asked Questions List FARNET Federation of American Research NETworks FASMI Fast Analysis of Shared Multi-dimensional Information FAST Future Administrative Systems Team {Univ. of Houston} FAT File Allocation Table {Microsoft} FATA Fiber Attached Technology Adapted {HP} FBA Faceless Background Application FBGA Fine-pitch Ball Grid Array fbv FrameBuffer Viewer FC Fiber Channel FC Fedora Core (linux) FC1 Fedora Core version 1 FC2 Fedora Core version 2 FC-AL Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop FC-EL Fiber Channel Enhanced Loop FCA Functional Configuration Audit FCB File Control Block FCC Federal Communications Commission FCCM Field-programmable Custom Computing Machines FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology FCF Feature Control Frame FCFS First Come, First Served FCGI Fast Common Gateway Interface FCL Framework Class Library FCOL For Crying Out Loud {chat} FCP Fiber Channel Protocol FCS Frame Check Sequence FCS Frame CheckSum FCT File Control Table FD Floppy Disk FDB Fluid Dynamic Bearing {Western Digital} FDB Font Definition Block FDC Floppy Disk Controller FDD Floppy Disk Drive FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDF Forms Data Format {Adobe} FDI Flash Data Integrator FDK From Data to Knowledge FDL Free Documentation License FDL Freebsd Documentation Library {FreeBSD} FDLLUG Fond Du Lac Linux Users Group (Wisconsin) FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing FDMA FDML Flow Description Markup Language FDROTFL Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing {chat} FDT Feature Development Team FDU Font DeUglification {LDP} FDX Full DupleX FE Field Engineer FE Front End FECN Forward Explicit Congestion Notification FED Field Emission Display Fedora Flexible Extensible Digital Object and Repository Architecture FEFO First Ended First Out FEGURM Fill, Edit, GetChanges, Update, Refresh and Merge FEIP Fast Ethernet Interface Processor FEM Finite Element Method FEP Front End Processor FEPG Federal networking council (FNC) Engineering and Planning Group FEPI Front End Programming Interface FEPROM Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory FERM For Easy Rule Making (firewalls) FESDK Far East Software Development Kit FET Field Effect Transistor FF Final Fantasy (gaming) FF Flip-Flop FF Form Feed FFII Förderverein für eine Freie Informationelle Infrastruktur FFII Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure {FSFE} FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center FFS Fast File Search FFS Fast File System FFS Flash File System FFST First Failure Support Technology FFT Fast Fourier Transform FFT Final Form Text FG ForeGround FGAC Fine Grained Access Control FH Frame Handler FHS Filesystem Hierarchy Standard {LSB} FHSS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FIA Form Interpretation Algorithm FIAIF Fiaif Is An Intelligent Firewall FIB Forwarding Information Base {Cisco} FICON FICS Free Internet Chess Server FIDO FInite DOmains FIDONET FInite DOmains NETwork FIF Fractal Image Format FIFO First In, First Out FILO First In, Last Out FIN Freedom to Innovate Network {Microsoft} FINEID FINnish Electronic IDentity FIP Fddi Interface Processor FIPR Foundation for Information Policy Research FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS First non-destructive Interactive Partition Splitting program FIR Finite Impulse Response FIRMPoC Federal Information Resource Management POlicy Council FIRN Florida Information Resource Network FIRST For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology FIRST Forum of Incident Response and Security Team FiSC Fisc Is Scientific Computing FISH First In, Still Here FISO Fast-In Slow-Out FITB Fill In The Blank {chat} FITNR Fixed In The Next Release FITS Flexible Image Transfer System FIX Federal Information eXchange FIX Federal Internet eXchange FIX Financial Information eXchange FIZ FachInformationsZentrum FJCC Fall Joint Computer Conference FLA Five Letter Acronym FLA Four Letter Acronym FLAC Free Lossless Audio Codec FLAVIO Flow Loader And Virtual Information Output FLC Ferro-electric Liquid Crystam flc File Listing Creator FLEA Four Letter Extended Acronym flex Fast LEXical analyzer FLF Fluent Laser Font FLINT Fuzzy Logic INferencing Toolkit FLIT FLexowriter Interrogation Tape Fljud Flexible Ldap Jabber User Directory FLL Foxpro Link Library FLOP FLoating point OPeration FLOPS FLoating point Operations Per Second FLOSS Free/Libre/Open Source Software FLP Fast Link Pulse FLT Fuzzy Logic Toolkit fltdj Fast Light - The Daily Journal FLTK Fast Light ToolKit FLUID Fast Light User Interface Developer FLWR For Let Where Return FMAC Floating-point Multiply ACcumulator FMS Forms Management System FMTEYWTKA Far More Than Everything You Wanted To Know About (Perl) FMV Full Motion Video FNAL Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory FNC Federal Networking Council fnews Forward NEWS FNN Flat Neighborhood Network FNS Federated Naming Service FNSI Fiber Network Solutions, Inc. FO Forward Observer {CSCR} FOAD F*** Off And Die {chat} FOAF Friend Of A Friend {chat} FOAL F*** Off And Live {chat} FOCS Foundations Of Computer Science {IEEE} FOD Finger Of Death FOG First Osborne Group FOGE FOrm GEnerator FoIP Fax Over IP FOIRL Fiber-Optic InterRepeater Link FOLDOC Free On Line Dictionary Of Computing FOLK Functionally-Overloaded Linux Kernel {http://folk.sourceforge.net} FOOBAR Ftp Operation Over Big Address Records FOP Formatting Objects to Pdf {Adobe} FOR For Obvious Reasons {chat} FORMAC FORTRAN FORmula TRANslation FOSDEM Free and Open Source software Developers European Meeting FOSE Federal Office Systems Exposition FOSI Format Option Specification Instance FoSP Frontiers Of Software Practice {ICSE} FOSS Free and Open Source Software FOSSFA Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Africa FOSSIL Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer FOT Full Of Tripe {chat} FOTCL Falling Off The Chair Laughing {chat} fou4s Fast Online Update FOR Suse FP First Post {Slashdot} FP FontPlay {alt.binaries.fonts} FP Front Page {Microsoft} FP Functional Programming FPA Floating Point Accelerator FPC Floating Point Calculation FPC Frequently Posted Comment FPD Flat Panel Display FPDI Flat Panel Display Interface FPDU File transfer, access and management Protocol Data Unit FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array FPI Formal Public Identifier FPLA Field Programmable Logic Array FPLL Fractional Phase Lock Loops FPM Fast Page Mode FPML Financial Products Markup Language FPO For Position Only FPP Floating Point Processor FPS First-Person Shooter (gaming) FPS Frames Per Second FPSNW File and Print Server for NetWare {Novell} FPU Field Processing Unit FPU Floating Point Unit FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name FR Frame Relay FR-NIC FRench Network Information Center FRAD Frame Relay Access Device FRAM Ferroelectric Random Access Memory FRAS Frame Relay Access Support FRC Functional Redundancy Checking FRE Frequently Requested Enhancement FRED File Reader, Editor and Debugger FRED F***ing Ridiculous Electronic Device FREE Free Referenda and Elections Electronically FREE FRont End Engineering FReq File REQuest {FidoNet} FRICC Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee Frox Ftp pROXy FRS File Replication Services {Microsoft} FRS Freely Redistributable Software FRSN Flow Reduction Sequence Number FRU Field-Replaceable Unit FS Field Separator FS File Separator FS FileSystem FSA Finite State Automaton FSB Front-Side Bus FSBE Fast Scsi Buffered Ethernet FSD FileSystem Driver FSDN Free Software Development Network FSE Full-Screen Editor FSF Free Software Foundation {GNU} FSFE Free Software Foundation Europe FSG Free Standards Group FSIP Fast Serial Interface Processor FSK Frequency Shift Keying FSM Finite State Machine FSM Free Software Magazine FSMC Finite State Machine Compiler FSN Full Service Network FSP File Service Protocol FSR Free System Resource FSS Finite State System FSSP Firing Squad Synchronization Problem FST Fast Sequenced Transport FST Flat Square Tube FSU Florida State University fsv FileSystem Viewer FSV Functional Service View FTAM File Transfer, Access, and Management FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet {chat} FTDCS Future Trends in Distributed Computing Systems ftest Firewall TESTer ftestd Firewall TESTer Daemon FTF Face To Face {chat} FTF Free The Film {warez} FTL Faster Than Light {chat} FTL Functor Template Library (c++) FTP File Transfer Protocol FTPD File Transfer Protocol Daemon FTS Full-Text Search FU Fouled Up FUBAR Failed UniBus Address Register FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition FUBB Fouled Up Beyond Belief FUD Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt {IBM} FUDD Frequently Updated Distributed Data FUI File Update Information FURTB Full Up, Ready To Burst (drive space availability) FUS Fast User Switching {Microsoft} FUSE Filesystem in User SpacE FVT Full Video Translation FVWM Free Virtual Window Manager fwdown FireWall DOWN FWI Frequently Wanted Information FWIW For What It's Worth {chat} fwmon FireWall MONitor FWNTUG French Windows NT Users Group fwup FireWall UP FX Field eXchange fx2sx Flat Xml TO Structured Xml FXO Foreign eXchange Office FXP FXS Foreign eXchange Subscriber FYA For Your Amusement {email} FYI For Your Information FZA (compression) G Grin {chat} G2 Gnutella2 {Shareaza} GA Genetic Algorithm GAB Gichet Automatique de Banque GAB Group Audio Bridging GAC Generic Artifical Consciousness GAC Get A Clue {chat} GAC Global Assembly Cache GAFIA Get Away From It All {chat} GAIL Gnome Accessibility Implementation Library GAIM Gnu Aol Instant Messenger GAIN Gator Advertising and Information Network GAK Government Access to Key GAL Generic Array Logic GAM Global Allocation Map {Microsoft} GAN Global Area Network {Inmarsat} GAP Generateur Automatique de Programmes GAP Groups Algorithms and Programming GAPI Gateway Application Programming Interface GART Graphics Address Remapping Table GAU Grösster Anzunehmender Unfall GAUL Genetic Algorithm Utility Library GAWK Gnu AWK GB GameBoy {Nintendo} GB GigaByte GB Graphics Buffer GBA GameBoy Advanced {Nintendo} GBB Gbb Bulletin Board GBLUG Glen Burnie Linux Users Group GBPS GigaBytes Per Second GC Garbage Collection (reclaiming program's memory) GCAD Generic CAD GCC Gnu C Compiler (deprecated expansion) GCC Gnu Compiler Collection GCCS Global Command and Control System GCF Generic Connection Framework GCGI Gnu Common Gateway Interface GCI Global Commerce Initiative GCJ Gnu Compiler for Java GCL General Class Library (c++) GCL Gnu Component License {FSF} GCL Graphics Command Language GCMP Gateway Connected Music Player {Gateway} GCN Government Computer News GCODE Gtk+ C++ Object Development Environment GCOS General Comprehensive Operating System {GE} GCR Group Code Recording GDA Global Data Area gdb Gnu DeBugger {FSF} GDD Game Design Document GDDL Graph Data Description Language GDDM Graphics Data Display Manager GDF Gnutella Developers Forum GDH Grinning, Ducking and Hiding {chat} GDI Graphics Device Interface GDK Graphics Device Kit GDL GDLC Generic Data Link Control GDM Gnome Desktop Manager GDM Gnome Display Manager GDMO Guidelines for Definition of Managed Objects GDMS Global Data Management System GDP Gateway Discovery Protocol GDP Graphic Draw Primitive GDR Geophysical Data Records GDR Grinning, Ducking and Running {chat} GDRF Grinning, Ducking and Running Fast {chat} GDRVVF Grinning, Ducking and Running Very, Very Fast {chat} GDT Global Descriptor Table GDW Grinning, Ducking and Weaving {chat} GE General Electric GECOS General Electric Comprehensive Operating System gEDA Gnu Electronic Design Automation Gedafe GEneric DAtabase Front End GEF Graphical Editing Framework GENIE General Electric Network for Information Exchange GEOS Graphic Environment Operating System GEST Generic Expert System Tool GET Get Execute Trigger GETOX Gnome Editor for Text Oriented Xml GF Gnome Foundation {GNOME} GFA Geeks For America GFAK Go Fly A Kite {chat} GFDD Gnutemberg Free Documentation Database GFDL Gnu Free Documentation License {GNU} GFII Groupement FranÁais de l'Industrie et de l'Information GFLOPS Giga FLoating point Operations Per Second GFR Grim File Reaper GFS Global File System GG GarageGames ggc Gnu Gluco Control GGF Global Grid Forum (grid computing) GGI General Graphics Interface GGN Gotta Go Now {chat} GGP Gateway-Gateway Protocol ggv Gnome GhostView GGZ GHC Glasgow Haskell Compiler GHS Green Hills Software GIAC Global Incident Analysis Center GID Global Information Distribution GID Group IDentifier GIDD Global Information Distribution Daemon GIF Graphics Interchange Format {Unisys} GIFA Global Internet Freedom Act {US Congress} GIFT Gnu Image Finding Tool {GNU} GIG Global Information Grid {US DOD} GIG Gnome Installation Guide GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out GII Global Information Infrastructure GILT GiMan Generic Information MANager {Strix} GIMP Gnu Image Manipulation Program GIMPS Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search GiNaC Ginac Is Not A Cas (Computer Algebra System) GInX Grasp INterpreter for X windows GIOP General Inter-Object request broker Protocol GIPS Giga-Instructions Per Second Giram Giram Is Really A Monitor GIS Geographic Information System GIS Given, Initial, Surname GIS Global Information Solutions GIST Generic Information Server Toolkit GIT Gnu Interactive Tools {GNU} GITD Global Internet-Telephony Directory {ICANN} GITK Generalized Interface Tool Kit GIWIST Gee, I Wish I Said That {chat} GIX Global Internet eXchange GJAL Generic Java Algebra Library GkACPI GKrellm ACPI monitor GKMP Group Key Management Protocol GKS Graphical Kernel System GKS Graphics Kernel System GL General Literature {CoRR} GL Geometry Library GL Graphics Library GLAME Gnu/Linux Audio MEchanics GLBCC Gnu/Liberty Basic Compiler Collection GLG Goofy Little Grin {chat} GLIMPSE GLobal IMPlicit SEarch GLIS Global Land Information System GLiv openGL Image Viewer GLM General Linear Models GLOBE Gloriad GLObal RIng network for advance Application Development GLPK Gnu Linear Programming Kit GLPK Gnu Linux Programming Kit gLSB GLUE Groups of Linux Users Everywhere GLUT GM General Midi GML General Modeling Language GML Generalized Markup Language GML Gui Markup Language GMP Gnome Media Project {GNOME} GMP Gnu MultiPrecision library {GNU} gmp3 Gnome MP3 GMS Global Messaging Service GMT Greenwich Mean Time GMTA Great Minds Think Alike {chat} gMUDix GNADE GNu Ada Database Environment GNIS Geographical Names Information System GNN Global Network Navigator gnocl GNOme extensions for tCL GNOME Gnu Network Object Model Environment GNR Global Name Registry GNS Get Nearest Server GNU Gnu's Not Unix GNUMP3d GNU MP3 Daemon GnuPG GNU Privacy Guard GNUTLS GNU Transport Layer Security GO-MHS Global Open Message Handling System gob Gtk+ Object Builder gocr Gnu Optical Character Recognition {GNU} GOD Gathering Of Developers GOF Gang Of Four {Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides} GOLUM Group Of Linux Users in Memphis GOM Gallery-O-Matic (web site generator) GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile {US DOD} GOST GOTFIA Groaning On The Floor In Agony {chat} GotW Guru Of The Week {comp.lang.c++} GOWI Get On With It {chat} GP Graphics Processor gpa Gnu Privacy Assistant {GNU} gpc General Polygon Clipper gpc Gnu Pascal Compiler {GNU} GPDR Global Positioning Demonstration Receiver GPE General Program Exception {Microsoft} GPF General Protection Fault {Microsoft} GPFS General Parallel File System GPG Gnu Privacy Guard GPI Graphical Programming Interface GPIB GPIO General Purpose Input/Output GPL General Public License {GNU} GPL Gnu Public License {GNU} GPL Graphics Programming Library GPLIGC General Public License IGC analyzer GPMC Group Policy Management Console {Microsoft} GPO Group Policy Object GPR General Purpose Register GPRS General Packet Radio Service GPRS General Packet Radio Switching GPS Global Positioning System {USAF} gps Graphical Process Statistics GPSI General Purpose Serial Interface GPSS General Purpose Systems Simulator GPU Graphics Processing Unit GQL Graphical Query Language GRAAL General Recursive Applicative and Algorithmic Language GRAB Greg's Rpm Application Builder GRACE Graduate Robot Attending ConferencE GRASS Geographic Resources Analysis Support System GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation grep Global, Regular Expression, Print GRP Gentoo Reference Program GRUB GRand Unified Bootloader {GNU} GRX GS Group Separator gsar Generalized Search And Replace GSCC Government Securities Clearing Corporation GSF Gnome Structured File GSI Grid Security Infrastructure GSID Global Server IDentifier GSL Gnu Scientific Library {FSF} GSL Grammar Specification Language GSM Global System for Mobile communications GSMP General Sound Manipulation Program GSMP General Switch management Protocol {Ipsilon} GSP Global Service Provider GSS Generic Security Service {NWG} GSS-API Generic Security Service Application Program Interface {NWG} GST Gnome System Tools GSX GTABO Get That A** Back On (after ROFLMAO) {chat} GTG Got To Go {chat} GTK Gimp ToolKit GtkGLExt Gnome ToolKit openGL EXTensions GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic gTLD Generic Top-Level Domain {IANA} GTML Gnu Text Markup Language GUAM Graphical User Administrator for Mysql GUGU Gurus of Unix Group of Users {DDJ, June 84} GUI Globally Unique Identifier {Microsoft} GUI Graphical User Interface GUID Global Unique IDentifier GUILE Gnu's Ubiquitous Intelligent Language Extension GUMM Gurus of Unix Meeting of Minds {DDJ, June 84} gup Group Update Program GUS Guide to the Use of Standards {SPAG} Gv4l Gnu Video FOR Linux GVT Global Virtual Time GVU Graphic Visualization and Usability lab GWCC Gnome Workstation Command Center gwp Gnome Word Processor GXA Global Xml services Architecture GXL Gyach Gtk+-based YAhoo CHat client GZ Gnu Zip H&J Hyphenation and Justification (desktop publishing) H4H Hackers FOR Hackers H-FP Host-Front end Protocol {US DOD} H/PC Handheld Personal Computer HA High Availability HACL Host Access Client Library HACMP High Availability Cluster MultiProcessing HAD HyperActive Directory HAK Hugs And Kisses {chat} HAL Hackers At Large (conference) HAL Hard Array Logic HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer HAL Human Activity Logger HALO halog Human Activity LOGger HAND Have A Nice Day {chat} HAP Host Access Protocol hardmon HARDware MONitor HASP Houston Automatic Spooling Priority HAVAL HAWHAW Html And Wml Hybrid Adapted Webserver HBA Host Bus Adapter HBCI HomeBanking Computer Interface HBP Hypertext Bibliography Project hc High Compiler {MetaWare} HC Human-Computer interface {CoRR} HCB Holy Cow, Batman! {chat} HCC Harry's Character Converter HCC Homebrew Computer Club HCF Halt, Catch Fire HCI Host Controller Interface HCI Human-Computer Interaction HCI Human-Computer Interface HCL Hardware Compatibility List HCM Habeas Compliant Message HCM Hardware Cryptographic Module HCMT HCR Hkey_Classes_Root {Microsoft} HCU Hkey_Current_User {Microsoft} HCU Home Computer User HD Hard Disk HD High Density HD-PLC High Definition Power Line Communication {Panasonic} HDBV Host DataBase View HDCD High Definition Compatible Digital HDCP High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection HDD Hard Disk Drive HDF Hierarchical Data Format HDI Head to Disk Interference HDI Help Desk Institute HDI Hoops Device Interface HDKTT HDK Time Tracker HDL Hardware Description Language HDLC High-level Data Link Control HDM Hardware Device Module HDML Handheld Device Markup Language {Unwired Planet} hdparm Hard Drive PARaMeter HDPS Henson Digital Performance Studio {Jim Henson's Creature Shop} HDSC High Density Signal Carrier HDSL High rate Digital Subscriber Line HDTV High Definition TeleVision hdup Hard Drive backUP HDVL Hardware Design Verification Language HDX Half DupleX HEDIC Health Electronic Data Interchange Corporation HEMP High-level Entity Management Protocol {Stanford} HEMS High-level Entity Management System {Stanford} HEPNet High-Energy Physics NETwork HESSLA Hacktivismo's Enhanced-Source Software License Agreement HFEP Host Front End Protocol HFS Hierarchical File System {Apple} HGA Hercules Graphics Adapter HGF Harbour Gui Framework HGCP Hercules Graphics Card Plus HGML Hypertext General Markup Language HHG HitchHiker's Guide HHGTTG HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy hhm Html Help Maker HHOJ Ha Ha, Only Joking {chat} HHOK Ha Ha, Only Kidding {chat} HHOS Ha Ha, Only Serious {chat} HIDS HIFD HIgh density Floppy Disk HIG Human Interface Guide {GNOME} HIL Human Interface Link HIM Hypertext, Information retrieval, Multimedia HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society HIPO Hierarchy Input Process Output HIPPI HIgh-Performance Parallel Interface {ANSI} HIROS Hitachi Industrial Realtime Operating System {Hitachi} HIS Hospital Information System HIS Host Information Server {Microsoft} HITAB Hwg-Iwa Transition Advisory Board {HWG/IWA} HITV Hardware-independent Interactive TeleVision HLA High Level Assembly language HLB Hardware Load Balancing HLCO High Low Close Open HLD High Level Design HLL High Level Language HLLAPI High Level Language Application Programming Interface HLM Hkey_Local_Machine {Microsoft} HLQ High Level Qualifier HLR Home Location Register HLS Hue, Luminescence and Saturation HLSD High Level Software Design HLUG Houston Linux User Group (Texas) HLUG Huskers Linux User Group (Nebraska) HLV Hasta La Vista {chat} HLVB Hasta La Vista, Baby {chat} HMA High Memory Area {Microsoft} HMA Hub Management Architecture HMAC Hashed Message Authentication Code HMD Head-Mounted Device HMD Head-Mounted Display HME Height Map Editor HML Human Markup Language {OASIS} HMOS High density Metal Oxide Semiconductor HMOS High speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor HMP Host Monitoring Protocol {ARPA} HN Hungarian Notation HOAP Humanoid Open Access Platform (robotics) HOL High Order Language HOLAP Hybrid On Line Analytical Processing HOOD Hierarchical Object Oriented Design HOOPS Hierarchical Object Oriented Programming System HOPE Hackers On Planet Earth (computer security conference) HOPP Hird Of Php Parts HORDE HOSEF Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation HOTT Hands On Technology Transfer (computer training company) HP Hewlett-Packard HP Home Page HP-GL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language HP-UX Hewlett-Packard UniX {HP} HPC High Performance Computing HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications HPCL HPCMP High Performance Computing Modernization Program {US DoD} HPCS High Performance Computing Systems HPCNG High Performance Computing and Networking Group HPDJ Hewlett-Packard DeskJet {HP} HPFS High Performance File System {IBM} HPG Hewlett-Packard Graphics {HP} HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language {HP} HPIB Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus {HP} HPLJ Hewlett-Packard Laser Jet {HP} HPLT High Productivity Language/Tools HPPA Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture {HP} HPPA HomePlug Powerline Alliance (networking) HPR High Performance Routing HPR Home Page Reader {IBM} HPW High Performance Workstation HQR High Quality Rendering HR-XML Human Resources eXtensible Markup Language HREF Hypertext REFerence HRG High Resolution Graphics HRIS Human Resource Information System HRMS Human Resource Management System HRRC Home Recording Rights Coalition HS High Speed HSAC High Speed Access Corporation HSACD Hybrid Super Audio Compact Disc HSB Hue, Saturation and Brightness HSC High Speed Channel HSC Html Sucks Completely (HTML editor) HSCI High-Speed Communications Interface HSCSD High Speed Circuit Switched Data HSFTP High Security File Transfer Protocol HSI High Speed Interface HSI Hue, Saturation and Intensity (graphics) HSIK How Should I Know? {chat} HSL Hue, Saturation and Lightness (graphics) HSM Hierarchical Storage Management HSP High Speed Printer HSRP Hot Standby Router Protocol {Cisco} HSSF HSSI High-Speed Serial Interface HST High Speed Technology HSV Hue, Saturation and Value HT Holding Timer HT Horizontal Tab HT Hyper-Threading {Intel} HT HyperTransport HTA HyperText Applications {Microsoft} HTB Heavens To Betsy {chat} HTC HyperText Components {Microsoft} HTCIA High Tech Crime Investigation Association HTE Host Table Editor HTFSIK How The F*** Should I Know? {chat} HTH Hope This Helps {chat} HTML HyperText Markup Language HTPC Home Theater Personal Computer HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTP-NG HyperText Transfer Protocol Next Generation HTTPD HyperText Transfer Protocol Daemon HTTPS HyperText Transfer Protocol, Secure HTTPS HyperText Transfer Protocol Server HUD Heads-Up Display HUGS Haskell User's Gofer System HULCC High-Utility, Low-Cost Cabinet {Sun} HumanML Human Markup Language {OASIS} HV Hash Variable (perl) HVC Hue, Value, Chroma (graphics) HVP Horizontal/Vertical Position HW HardWare HWCP HardWare Code Page HWDMS Hazardous Waste Data Management System HWG Html Writers Guild HZ HanZi (data format) I18N InternationalizatioN (I followed by 18 letters then an N) I2O Intelligent Input/Output I4L Isdn FOR Linux I&A Identification and Authentication {IBM} I-D Internet-Draft I-DEAS I-IS-IS Integrated Intermediate System to Intermediate System I-PAC Interface for Pc to Arcade Controls I.C Internet.Com I/O Input/Output I/P Integrated Package IA Information Architecture IA Intel Architecture {Intel} IA Intelligence Artificielle IA Intelligent Assistant IA Interchange Agreement IA Internet Appliance IAAA I Am An Accountant {chat} IAAL I Am A Lawyer {chat} IAB Interactive Advertising Bureau IAB Internet Activities Board IAB Internet Architecture Board IAC Inter-Application Communication IACR International Association for Cryptologic Research IAE In Any Event {chat} IAFA Internet Anonymous Ftp Archives IAHC International Ad-Hoc Committee IAI Industry Alliance for Interoperability IAI Internet Application Integration IAIP Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection {US DHS} IAK Internet Access Kit IAM Index Allocation Map {Microsoft} IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IANAA I Am Not An Accountant {chat} IANAC I Am Not A Cpa {chat} IANAC I Am Not A Crook {chat} IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer {chat} IAP Internet Access Provider IAPX Intel Advanced Processor architecture {Intel} iAS Internet Application Server {Oracle} IAT Import Access Table IAT Intelligent Agent Technology IAYF Information At Your Fingertips IBC Instrument Bus Computer IBCS Intel Binary Compatibility Specification {Intel} IBGP IBM International Business Machines IBM-GL International Business Machines Graphics Language IBP International Beacon Project IBGP IBM International Business Machines IBM-GL International Business Machines Graphics Language IBP International Beacon Project IBTD I Beg To Differ {chat} IC Integrated Circuit IC Interrupt Controller ICA Intelligent Communication Adapter ICA Intra-application Communications Area ICAIL International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law {ACM} ICALP International Conference on Automata, Languages and Programming ICALT International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICAS Intel Communicating Applications Specifications {Intel} ICASE Integrated Computer-Aided Software Environment ICASE International Council of Associations for Science Education ICAT ICB Internet Citizen's Band ICC Internet Chess Club ICC Internet Content Coalition ICCD International Conference on Computer Design {IEEE} ICCP Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals ICCV International Conference on Computer Vision ICD International Code Designator ICDCS International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems ICDE International Conference on Data Engineering {IEEE} ICE In-Circuit Emulator ICE Information and Content Exchange ICE Integrated Cooling Engine ICE Inter-Client Exchange protocol ICE Interface Controlled Environment ICE International Cryptography Experiment ICE Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics ICF Internet Connection Firewall {Microsoft} ICFP International Conference on Functional Programming ICI Image Component Information ICI International Cryptography Institute Ick Import ChecK ICL Input Command Language ICL International Computers Limited ICLP International Conference on Logic Programming ICM Image Color Matching ICME International Conference on Multimedia and Expo ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol ICOMP Intel COmparative MultiProcessor {Intel} ICP Initial Connection Protocol {NWG} ICP Integrated Channel Processor ICP Internet Cache Protocol ICP Internet Content Provider ICP Inventory Control Point ICP Island Computer Products ICPLD Internet Connection Performance Logging Daemon ICPP In