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 3NF 3rd Normal Form (databases) 3W World Wide Web 4GL 4th Generation Language 4WCD 4 Wire Conditioned Diphase AA Administrative Authority AAA Administration, Authorization, and Authentication (security) AAAI American Association for Artificial Inelligence AAEPS Anywhere Anytime Email Proxy Server AAL Atm Abstraction Layer AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact {chat} AAP Application Access Point AARP Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol {Apple} AASE Associate Accredited Systems Engineer {Compaq} AAT Average Access Time AAUI Apple Attachment Unit Interface {Apple} ABC A Bit Cypher ABC Atanasoff-Berry Computer ABEL Advanced Boolean Expression Language ABGP ABI Abstract Binary Interface ABI Adaptive Brain Interface ABI Application Binary Interface ABIST Automatic Built-In Self Test ABM Anything But Microsoft ABM Asynchronous Balanced Mode ABR Area Border Router ABR Auto Band Rate ABR Available Bit Rate AC Alternating Current AC Asheron's Call (game) {Microsoft} ACC Audio Communications Controller ACCLAIM Advanced Concurrent Constraint Languages: Application, Implementation and Methodology ACCM Asynchronous Character Control Map ACCRC Alameda County Computer Resource Center ACD Automatic Call Distribution ACDB AutoCad DataBase {AutoCAD} ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface ACE Access Control Entry {AutoCAD} ACE Adaptive Communication Environment ACE Advanced Certified Engineer {Caldera} ACE Advanced Computing Environment ACF Access Control File ACF Advanced Communications Function ACG Autocad Customization Guide {AutoCAD} ACGE AutoCad GEometry {AutoCAD} ACGI AutoCad Graphics Interface {AutoCAD} ACH Automated Clearing House ACI Autocad Color Index {AutoCAD} 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 ACM Advanced Computer Modeling ACM Association for Computing Machinery ACM Audio Compression Manager ACMB ACME Application Creation Made Easy ACP ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface {MS/Intel/Toshiba} ACR Allowed Cell Rate ACR Applied Computer Research ACR AutoCad Reference {AutoCAD} ACRX AutoCad Runtime eXtension {AutoCAD} ACS Access Control System ACS Advanced Communications System ACS Arsdigita Community System ACS Asynchronous Communications Server ACSE Association Control Service Element ACT Anti-Clogging Token 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 AD Active Desktop {Microsoft} AD Active Directory {Microsoft} AD Administrative Domain ADA Automatic Data Acquisition ADABAS Adaptable DAtaBAse System ADAM Affordable Desktop Application Manager ADAPT Architecture, Design, Analysis and Planning Tool ADB Apple Desktop Bus {Apple} ADC Active Directory Connector {Microsoft} ADC Adaptive Data Compression ADC Analog to Digital Converter ADC Apple Developers C___ {Apple} ADCCP Advanced Data Communications Control Procedure ADD Automatic Document Detection ADDMD ADministrative Directory Management Domain ADE Adaptable Development Environment ADE Autocad Data Extension {AutoCAD} ADEV Appletalk DEVice {Apple} ADF Adapter Description File ADF Automatic Document Feeder ADI Autodesk Device Interfaces {AutoDesk} ADL Advances in Digital Libraries {IEEE} ADL Autodesk Display List driver {AutoDesk} ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression ADLC Asynchronous Data Link Control ADMD ADministration Management Domain ADMT Active Directory Migration Tool {Microsoft} ADN Advanced Digital Network ADN Any Day Now {chat} ADN Autodesk Developer Network {AutoDesk} ADO Active Data Object {Microsoft} ADODB ADP Autodesk Data Publishing {AutoDesk} ADP Automatic Data Processing ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation ADS Active Directory Service {Microsoft} ADS Application Development System ADS Astrophysics Data System ADS Audio Distribution System ADS Autocad Development System {AutoCAD} ADSI Active Directory Service Interfaces {Microsoft} ADSL Advanced Digital Subscriber Line {Netspeed} ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ADSM Adstar Distributed Storage Manager ADSP Appletalk Data Stream Protocol {Apple} ADSS Asset Disposition and Support Services {IBM} ADSU Atm Data Service Unit ADT Abstract Data Type ADT Asynchronous Data Transfer AE Above or Equal AE Application Engineer AE Application Entity AEB Analog Expansion Bus AEBPR Advanced E-Book PRocessor {ElcomSoft} AEC Architecture, Engineering and Construction AEP Appletalk Echo Protocol {Apple} AES Advanced Encryption Standard 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 Application Foundation Classes AFC Automatic Font Change 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 AFDDN Air Force Defense Data Network AFE Apple File Exchange {Apple} AFEB AFrican Edifact Board AFEHCT Association For Electronic Health Care Transactions AFI Authority and Format Indicator AFII Association for Font Information Interchange AFJ April Fools Joke {usenet} AFK Away From Keyboard {chat} AFM Adobe Font Metrics {Adobe} AFP Appletalk Filing Protocol {Apple} AFPI Association Francaises des Profesionnels Internet AFPR Alternat-Font-Prompt-Reduction AFS Andrew File System {CMU} AFSDB Andrew File System DataBase {CMU} 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 AGDA AGE Autocad development Group Europe {AutoCAD} AGIL Adventure Game Interpreter for Linux AGP Accelerated Graphics Port {Diamond Multimedia} AGP Advanced Graphics Protocol AH Authentication Header AHDL Analog Hardware Description Language AHIP Arpanet Host-Imp Protocol AHIP-E Arpanet Host-Imp Protocol, Enhanced AI Analog Input AI Artificial Intelligence AIA Applications Integration Architecture AIC Aixwindows Interface Controller {IBM} AIDE Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment AIF Audio Interchange Format AIFF Audio Interchange File Format AIG Address Indicator Group AIH Asia Internet Holding company AIIM Association for Information and Image Management AIM Aol Instant Messenger {AOL} AIN Advanced Intelligent Network AIO AIP Atm Interface Protocol AIR Annals of Improbable Research AIR As I Recall {chat} AIR As I Remember {chat} AIS Alarm Indication Signal AIS Association for Information Systems AIS Automated Information System AISB Application Integration Service Bus AISB As I Said Before {chat} 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} AK TPDU AcKnowledge TPDU {ISO} AL Address List ALAP Appletalk Link Access Protocol {Apple} ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuits ALE Annualized Loss Expectancy ALE Application Link Enabling ALEP Advanced Language Engineering Platform 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 ALIWEB Archie-Like Indexing in the WEB ALM Asynchronous Line Multiplexer ALP Association for Logic Programming APLINE ALR Advanced Logic Research ALS Annual Linux Showcase ALS Atlanta Linux Showcase {ALUG} ALSA Advanced Linux Sound Architecture 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 Application Model AM Attribute Mark AMA Autoconf Macro Archive AMAP As Many As Possible {chat} AMaViS A MAil VIrus Scanner AMD Active Matrix Display AMD Advanced Micro Devices AMD Autodesk Mechanical Division {AutoDesk} 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 AMHS Automated Message Handling System AMI Alternate Mark Inversion AMI American Megatrends, Inc AMIS Audio Message Interchange Standard AML Atelier de Maintenance Logiciel AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture AMME Automated Multi-Media Exchange AMN Abstract Machine Notation AMPE Automated Message Processing Exchange AMPLE An MP3 LEnder AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone System AMS Automated Management Station AMV Advanced Maillist Verify ANA Article Numbering Association 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 ANS Advanced Network and Services ANSI American National Standards Institute ANSNET AO Active Open AO Analog Output AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment {Apple} AOD Audio On Demand AOE Application Operating Environment AOL America OnLine AOO Approche OrientÈe Objet (OOP) AOP Aspect-Oriented Programming {PARC} AOSG Advanced Operating Systems Group {MIT} AOTC American Open Technology Consortium AOW Asia and Oceania Workshop AP Advanced Pick (database) AP Application Process APA Arithmetic Processing Accelerator APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report APaRT Automatic PAcket Recognition/Translation APC Amarc Protocol Converter APC Asynchronous Procedure Call APCT Autodin Personal Computer Terminal APCUG Association of Personal Computer User Groups 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} API Accredited Platform Integrator {Compaq} API Application Programming Interface APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APL A Programming Language APM Advanced Power Management APM Aldus Placeable Metafile APNIC Asia-Pacific Network Information Center APOP APP Agence pour la Protection des Programmes APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communication APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking {IBM} APS Accredited Platform Specialist {Compaq} APS Advanced Patching System APS Advanced Photo System APS Asynchronous Protocol Specification APSC Autodesk Premier Support Center {AutoDesk} APSL Apple Public Source License {Apple} APT Address Pass Through AR Augmented Reality ARA Appletalk Remote Access {Apple} ARAP Apple Remote Access Protocol {Apple} 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} AROS Amiga Research Operating System ARP Address Resolution Protocol ARP Autodesk Retail Products ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency {US DOD} ARQ Automatic Repeat reQuest aRts Analog Real Time Synthesizer {KDE} ARU Audio Response Unit ARX Autocad Runtime eXtension {AutoCAD} AS Application System {IBM} AS Authentication Server AS Autonomous System AS3AP Ansi Sql Standard Scalable And Portable ASAP American Society for Automation in Pharmacy 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 ASDSP Application-Specific Digital Signal Processor 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 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 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 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 ASSIST Automated Special Security Information System Terminal 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 ASVD Analog Simultaneous Voice and Data AT Advanced Technology {IBM} AT AppleTalk {Apple} AT-Net AppleTalk NETwork {Apple} ATA Advanced Technology Attachment {ANSI} 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 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 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 Andrew ToolKit ATL Activex Template Library {Microsoft} ATL Americans for Technology Leadership (Microsoft-sponsored) ATLA Another Three Letter Acronym 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} ATPS AppleTalk Print Services {Apple} ATS Abstract Test Suite ATS Apple Terminal Services {Apple} 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 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 AutoVisual {AutoDesk} AV Auxiliary Vector AV3D Audio/Video 3-Dimensional library AVA Audio Visual Authoring AVC Audio Visual Connection AVE Autocad Visualization Extension {AutoCAD} AVERT AntiVirus Emergency Response Team {McAfee} AVFS A Virtual File System AVI Audio Video Interleave {Microsoft} AVP Attached Virtual Processor AVR Automatic Voice Recognition AVSSCS Audio Visual Service Specific Convergence Sublayer AVT AWC Autodesk Work Center {AutoDesk} AWCIGO And Where Can I Get One {chat} 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 AWT Abstract Windows Toolkit 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 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 BASH Bourne Again SHell BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code 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 BBS Be Back Soon {chat} BBS Bulletin Board System BBU Battery Backup Unit 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 BCIP Brainbench Certified Internet Professional {Brainbench} 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 BDA Bios Data Area BDAM Basic Direct Access Method BDC Backup Domain Controller {Microsoft} BDD Binary Decision Diagram BDE Borland database Engine {Borland} BDF Binary Data Fonts {Microsoft} BDF Bitmap Description Format BDM Backward Dawg Matching (algorithms) BDM Background Debug Mode {GHS} BDNM Backward Dawg Nondeterministic Matching (algorithms) BDUF Big Design Up Front BE Back End BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification BED Bulk Encryption Device BeFS BE File System {Be} BEG Big Evil Grin {chat} BeIA BE Internet Appliance {Be} BEJY BELLCORE BELL COmmunications REsearch 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 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 BFMI Brute Force and Massive Ignorance BFN Bye For Now {chat} BFP 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} BGP Border Gateway Protocol {Cisco/IBM} BGP4 Border Gateway Protocol version 4 BI Briedbart Index {usenet} BiCMOS BIpolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor BiDi BIDIrectional BIFF Binary Interchange File Format {Microsoft} BIGA Bus Interface Gate Array BIM Beginning of Information Marker BIM Business Information Modeling BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain {BSD} BINHEX BINary HEXadecimal BINS BION Believe It Or Not {chat} BIOS Basic Input/Output System BIPS Billions of Instructions Per Second BIS Binary Intermediate System BIS Binary Information System BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network BIST Built-In Self Test BIT BInary digiT BIT Built-In Test BITBLT BIT BLock Transfer 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 BLADES Base Level Autodin to Disn Exchange System BLAST BLocked ASynchronous Transmission BLMC Buried Logic MacroCell BLOB Binary Large OBject (databases) BLT BLock Transfer BMC Baseboard Management Controller {Intel} BMH Base Message Host BMIC BusMaster Interface Controller BMP Base Multilingual Plan BMP Batch Message Processor BMP BitMap Picture {Microsoft} BMPIA Business Method Patent Improvement Act 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 BOADICEA British Overseas Airways Digital Indicating Computer for Electronic Automation BOBW Best Of Both Worlds {Apple} BOC Bell Operating Company BOEL Brian's Own Embedded Linux BOF Beginning Of File BOF Birds Of a Feather BOFH Bastard Operator From Hell BOM Beginning Of Message BOM Byte Order Mark BOND Bandwidth ON Demand 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 BOSIX Biin Open System Interface eXtension BOSS Business of Open Source Software {OCLUG} BOT Back On Topic {chat} BP Base Pointer BP Break Point (debuggers) BPB Bios Parameter Block BPDG Broadcast Protection Discussion Group BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit BPF Bsd Packet Filter {BSD} BPI Bits Per Inch BPI Business Process Improvements BPM BPP Bad Penguin Package BPS Bits Per Second BPS Bytes Per Second BQS Berkeley Quality Software BRB Be Right Back {chat} BRCI Brigade de Repression de la Criminalite Informatique BRE Barren Realms Elite (BBS game) 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 BS BackSpace BSA Business Software Alliance BSAM Binary Sequential Access Method BSC Binary Synchronous Communication BSCS Bachellor of Science, Computer Science BSD Berkeley Software Distribution BSF Bit Scan Forward BSG Big Smiling Grin {chat} BSG Broad Sweeping Generalization {chat} 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 BSS Block Started by Symbol BSR Basic Semantic Repository BSR Bit Scan Reverse BST Binary Search Tree BSU Basic Semantic Unit 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 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} BTR Block Table Record {AutoCAD} BTSOOM Beats The S*** Out Of Me {chat} BTW By The Way {chat} BTWBO Be There With Bells On {chat} BUAF Big, Ugly Ascii Font {alt.fan.warlord} BUAG Big, Ugly Ascii Graphic {alt.fan.warlord} BUS Broadcast/Unknown Server {IBM} BVCP Banyan Vines Control Protocol BWM Block Write Mode BWQ Buzz Word Quotient {chat} C/S Client/Server C-ISAM C Indexed Sequential Access Method 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 CACM Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery {ACM} 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 CAGD Computer Aided Geometric Design CAGD Computer Aided Graphics Design CAI Computer Assisted Instruction CAIDA Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis CAL Client Access License {Microsoft} CAL Computer Assisted Learning CALL Computer Aided Language Learning CALS Computer Aided Logistics Support CAM Categorical Abstract Machine CAM Cellular Automata Machine CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing CAM Content Addressable Memory CAMAC CAMD Computer Aided Molecular Design CAML Categorical Abstract Machine Language CAN Convertisseur Analogique-Numerique CAN Controller Area Network CANARIE Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research, Industries, and Education CAP Columbia Appletalk Package CAP Compaq Accredited Professional {Compaq} CAP Computer Aided Publishing CAPD Computing To Assist Persons with Disabilities CARO Computer Antivirus Research Organisation CARP Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel CART Computer Analysis Response Team CAS Communication Application System CAS Computer Aided Styling CAS Computer Algebra System CASCADE CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering CASL Crosstalk Application Scripting Language 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 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 CBI Computer Based Instruction CBL Computer Based Learning CBM Commodore Business Machines CBMS Computer Based Mail System CBN Check/Backup/Notification CBOS Cisco Broadband Operating System CBR Computer Based Reasoning CBR Constant Bit Rate CBT Computer-Based Training CC Call Control CC Carbon Copy CC Cluster Controller CC Computational Complexity {CoRR} CC Computer Center CC TPDU Connection Confirm TPDU {ISO} CCA Computer Corporation of America CCC Calibration, Characterization and Conversion (color management) 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 & Communications Industry Association 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 CCMC Cryptologic Communications Management Center CCN Campus Computing Network {UCLA} CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate {Cisco} CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional {Cisco} CCP Chaos Content Provider {OpenOffice UCB} CCP Compression Control Protocol CCPP Committee on Computers and Public Policy {ACM} CCR Commitment, Concurrency, and Recovery CCR Computer Communication Review {SIGCOMM} CCR Continuing Certification Requirements {Compaq} CCS Common Channel Signalling CCSS Cryptologic Combat Support System CCT Computer Chess Tournament 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 CDB Command Descriptor Block CDBS Connectionless Broadband Data Service CDC Central Directory Component CDC Control Data Corporation cDc Cult of the Dead Cow CDDA Compact Disc Direct Access CDDB Compact Disc DataBase CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface CDE Common Desktop Environment CDF Channel Definition Format {Microsoft} CDF Comma Delimited Format CDFS Compact Disc File System CDIF Case Data Interchange Format CDK Curses Development Kit CDK Cyberspace Development Kit 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 CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System 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 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 CE Cache Enable CE Collaborative Engineering CE Compact Edition {Microsoft} CE Competitive Engineering CE Computational Engineering {CoRR} CE Concurrent Engineering CE Cooperative Engineering CEA Consumer Electronics Association CEBAF Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility CEG Continuous Edge Graphics CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference 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 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 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 Computational Geometry {CoRR} CGA Color Graphics Adapter CGA Computer Graphics Array CGI Common Gateway Interface CGI Computer Generated Image CGI Computer Graphics Interface 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 CI Check In (code repository systems) CI Cluster Infrastructure for linux 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 CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIE Commission Internationale d'Eclairage (color printer standards) CIF Codepage Independent Format CIF Common Intermediate Format CIFS Common Internet File System CIH CII Call Identity Index CIK Crypto-Ignition Key CIL Computer Integrated Logistic CIM Compuserve Information Manager {CompuServe} CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIM Corporate Information Management CIMOM CIM Object Manager 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} CIPSO CIPX Compressing Internetwork Packet eXchange CIR Committed Information Rate CIS Center for Internet Security 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} CITS Combat Information Transport System CIU Cryptologic Interface Unit CIX Commercial Internet eXchange 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} CLAR Channel Local Address Register CLASS Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services CLAW Common Link Access for Workstations CLC Cell Line Card CLDC Connected Limited Device Configuration CLEC Competitive Local Exchange Center CLEI Common Language Equipment Identification CLEX clfw {CoreLinux} CLI Calling Line Identification CLI Command Line Interface CLI Common Language Infrastructure {Microsoft} 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 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 CLTP ConnectionLess Transport Protocol CLU Command Line Utility CLUGS CLosed User Group library Systems CLUI Command Line User Interface CLX clxmms CLient of X MultiMedia System CM Configuration Management CM Control Mark CM Corrective Maintenance CMB Cmb Message Board CMC Common Mail Call CMC Computer-Mediated Communication CMF Creative Music Format CMHC Computer Museum History Center CMI Coded Mark Inversion 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 Configuration Menu Language CMM Capability Maturity Model CMM Capacity Maturity Model 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 CMS Code Management System CMS Content Management Server {Microsoft} CMT Connection ManagemenT CMU Carnegie-Mellon University CMW Compartmented Mode Workstation CMY Cyan, Magenta, Yellow CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK CN Common Name CNA Certified Netware Administrator {Novell} CNAPS Coprocessing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems CNC Computer Numerical Controlled CNE Certified Netware Engineer {Novell} CNI Coalition for Networked Information 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 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 COBOL COmmon Business-Oriented Language 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 Cycon Online Gaming COIN Common Optimization INterface COL Computer-Oriented Language COLA Certificate Of License Authority 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 Computing Technology Industry Association CONNIX CONNecticut Internet eXchange CONP Connection-Oriented Network Protocol CONS Connection-Oriented Network Service COOP C++ Object Oriented Programming COOTS Conference on Object-Oriented Technologies and Systems COP Character-Oriented Protocol COPA Child's Online Protection Act 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 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 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 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 CPG Clock Pulse Generator CPI Characters Per Inch CPI Code Page Information CPI-C Common Programming Interface for Communications CPIP Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol {RFC 1149} CPL Combined Programming Language CPL Current Privilege Level CPP C Plus Plus CPR Computer-based Patient Record CPRI Computer-based Patient Records Institute CPRM Content Protection for Recordable Media CPS Call Processing System CPS Characters Per Second CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility CPT Command Pass Through CPTWG Copyright Protection Technology Working Group CPU Central Processing Unit CPU Change Password Utility CPXe Common Picture eXchange Environment 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 CRC Career Resource Center {ACM} CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check CREN Computer Research Education Network CREN Corporation for Research and Educational Networking CRF Cross Reference File CRI Collective Routing Indicators CRL Certificate Revocation List CRLF Carriage Return, Line Feed CRM Customer Relationship Management CROM Control Read Only Memory CRPG Character Role Playing Game CRS Change Request System CRT Cathode Ray Tube CRT C RunTime {Microsoft} CRTC Cathode Ray Tube Controller CRTI Cyberlink Rural Telecommunications, Inc CRU Customer Replaceable Unit 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 Common System Area CSAR Channel System Address Register CSC Computer Services Corporation CSCI Computer Software Configuration Item CSCR Consortium for Slow Commotion Research CSD Corrective Service Diskette CSE Certified System Engineer CSG Consultable Services Group CSH C SHell CSH Color Super Homeotropic CSL Computer Sensitive Language CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol CSLU Center for Spoken Language Understanding 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 CSO Central Services Organization CSP Certified Systems Professional CSP Commercial Service Provider CSP Communications Support Processor CSP Compucom Speed Protocol CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network CSPP Computer Systems Policy Project CSRC Computer Security Resource Center CSRF Common Source Routing File CSRFS Common Source Routing File System CSS Cascading Style Sheets {Microsoft} CSS Content Scrambling System {RIAA} CSS Continuous System Simulator 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 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 Computing Technology Industry Association CTL CTO Chief Technology Officer CTPA Coax-to-Twisted Pair Adapter CTRC Cooling Technologies Research Consortium CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome CTS Clear To Send CTS Common Transport Semantic 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 Common User Environment CUED Cambridge University Engineering Department CUI Common User Interface CUJ C Users Journal CUPID Completely Universal Processor I/o Design CUPS Common Unix Printing System 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 CV Computer Vision {CoRR} CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVF Compressed Volume File CVGA Color Video Graphics Array CVIA Computer Virus Industry Association CVN Compression Video Numerique CVP Circuits Virtuels Permanents CVS Computer Vision Syndrome CVS Concurrent Version System 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} 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 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 Digital-to-Analog Converter DAC Discretionary Access Control DAC Dual-Attached Concentrator DACS Digital Access and Cross-connect System DACT DAD Desktop Application Director 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 DAL Data Access Language DAL Destination Address Length DALP Database Access Libraries for Pdas DAM Data Acquisition and Monitoring DAMES Daasc Automated Message Entry System 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 DARI Database Application Remote Interface DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency {US DOD} DAS Dual-Attached Station 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 DAVIC Digital Audio VIsual Council DAVID Digital Audio VIdeo Decoder DAW Digital Audio Workstation DAWG Deterministic Acyclic Word Graph DB DataBase DB Data Bus DB DocBook DB2 DataBase 2 DBA DataBase Administrator DBAC DataBase Administration Center DBAS DataBase Administration System DBF DataBase File DBCS Double Byte Character Support DBF DBase Format DBI DataBase Interface DBI/DBD DBLP DBM DataBase Manager DBME DataBase Management Environment DBMS DataBase Management System DBRI Dual Basic Rate Interface DBS DataBase Server DC Data Collection DC Direct Current DC Display Controller DC Distributed Computing {CoRR} DC TPDU Disconnect Confirm TPDU {ISO} 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 DCC Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse DCCA Dvd Copy Control Association DCD Data Carrier Detect 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 DCL Dialog Control Language DCL Digital Command Language DCL Digital Control Logic DCM Dimensional Constraint Manager {AutoCAD} DCM Distributed Computing Manager DCMES Dublin Core Metadata Element Set DCMI Dublin Core Metadata Initiative DCN Distributed Computer Network {NWG} DCOM Distributed Component Object Model {Microsoft} DCOP Desktop COmmunications Protocol DCP DCPS Data Communications Protocol Standards DCS Data Collection System DCS Defense Communications System DCS Desktop Color Separation DCS Digital Camera System DCS Direct Communications System DCS Distributed Communications System DCS Dual Channel Switch DCT Data Communications Terminal DCT Destination Control Table DCT Discrete Cosine Transform DCTC Direct Connect Text Client DCW Digital Chart of the World 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 DDDS Defense Data Dictionary System DDE Dynamic Data Exchange 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 DDN Defense Data Network {US DOD} DDO Dynamic Device Overlay DDOS Distributed Denial Of Service DDP Datagram Delivery Protocol DDP Desktop Data Processing DDR Double Data Rate DDS Design Data Sheet DDS Digital Data Service DDS Digital Data Storage DDS Distributed Directory Services DDSA Direct Digitally Synthesized Audio DDSSA Digital Distributed System Security Architecture {DEC} DDT Dec Debugging Tape {DEC} DDT Dynamic Debugging Technique DDT Dynamic Dns Tools DE Dashboard Edition {Candle Corp.} 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 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 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 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 DFA Deterministic Finite Automaton DFC Data Flow Control DFC Digital Future Coalition DFC Display File Compiler DFD Data Flow Diagram DFE Desktop Functional Equivalent DFS Distributed File System DFSG Debian Free Software Guide DFT Diagnostic Function Test DFT Discrete Fourier Transform DFT Distributed Function Terminal DFU Data File Utility DG Data General DGA Direct Graphics Access DGIS Direct Graphics Interface Standard DGP Dissimilar Gateway Protocol DHCP Dynamic Host Connection Protocol dhcpcd Dynamic Host Connection Protocol Client Daemon DI Data In DI Destination Index DI Directeur Informatique 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 DID Data Item Description DIGEST DIgital Geographic Exchange STandard DII Defense Information Infrastructure 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 Memory Execution DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DIO Data Input/Output 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} DISDBIS DISsertationen zu DatenBanken und InformationsSystemen DISN Defense Information Systems Network {US DOD} DISP Directory Information Shadowing Protocol DISSI Delegation Interministerielle pour la Securite des Systemes d'Information DIT Directory Information Tree 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 DK Don't Know {chat} DKE Data & Knowledge Engineering DKI Driver Kernel Interface DL Digital Libraries {CoRR} DL Digital Library {ACM} DL DownLoad DLC Data Link Control 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 Distributed Lock Manager DLM Dynamic Link Module DLR Dos Lan Requester DLS Data Link Switching DLSAP Data Link Service Access Point DLSw Data Link SWitching DLT Digital Linear Tape DLU Dependent Logical Unit DLUR Dependent Logical Unit Requestor DLUS Dependent Logical Unit Server 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 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 DMMIS Deport Maintenance Management Information System DMMS Dynamic Memory Management System 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 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 DNA Digital Network Architecture DNA Direct Network Access DNA Distributed Network Architecture {Microsoft} DNAT Destination Network Address Translation DNC Direct Numerical Control DNCP DecNet phase iv Control Protocol DNCP DNa phase iv routing Control Protocol {NWG} DNIC Data Network Identification Code DNPM Darn Near Pissed Myself {chat} DNS Dna Naming Service {NWG} DNS Domain Name Server DNS Domain Name System DNSIX Defense Network System for Information eXchange DNSSEC Domain Name System SECurity DO Data Out DO Distributed Objects DO-IT Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology DocDW DOCument Delivery for Windows {USPTO} DODIIS Department Of Defense Intelligence Information System {US DOD} DODS Data Object Design Studio DOE Distributed Objects Everywhere DOG Design Object Group 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 Domaine Public DP Dynamic Programming DPA Demand Protocol Architecture DPAM Demand Priority Access Method 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 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} DPS Display PostScript DPS Document Processing System DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying DPU Display Processing Unit 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} DRAGON Ddr sdram, Raid, Audio, Graphics, Overclocking and Networking {Soyo} DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DRAW Dynamic Read After Write DRCS Dynamically Redefinable Character Set DRDA Distributed Relational Database Architecture DRDW Direct Read During Write DRG Data Reference Group DRI Digital Research Incorporated DRI Direct Rendering Infrastructure {XFree86} DRM Digital Rights Management {Adobe} DRM Digital Road Map DRO Destructive Read-Out DRP Decnet Routing Protocol DRP Direct Response Protocol DRS Document Registration System DS Data Structures {CoRR} DS Double Sided 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 DSA Directory System Agent DSA Dynamic Scalable Architecture DSAP Destination Service Access Point DSBE Differential Scsi Buffered Ethernet card DSDD Double Sided Double Density DSDM Dynamic Systems Development Method DSE Data Storage Equipment DSEA Display Station Emulation Adapter DSHD Double Sided High Density DSI Directeur des Systemes d'Information DSIS Distributed Support Information Standard DSK Down Stream Keyer DSL Digital Subscriber Line DSL Dynamic Simulation Language DSMA Digital Sense Multiple Access DSMN Directory Services Manager for Netware {Novell} DSN Delivery Status Notification DSO Dynamic Shared Object DSOM Distributed System Object Model DSP Digital Signal Processing DSP Directory System Protocol DSP Domain Specific Part DSQD Double Sided Quad Density DSR Data Set Ready DSR Device Status Register DSS Decision Support System DSS Digital Signature Standard 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 TPDU DaTa TPDU {ISO} DTA Disk Transfer Area DTAUS DatenTrägerAUStausch DTC Distributed Transaction Coordinator 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 DTP Data Transfer Protocol DTP DeskTop Publishing DTP Distributed Transaction Protocol DTR Data Terminal Ready DTR Data Transfer Rate DTS Dna Time Service {NWG} 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 Dun Unique Numerical Symbol {Microsoft} 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} DWIM Do What I Mean {usenet} DWIMC Do What I Mean, Correctly {usenet} 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 E Enlightenment (window manager) e-MPS EMail Preference Service {DMA} EA Electronic Arts EA Extended Attribute EA TPDU Expedited Acknowledge TPDU {ISO} EAB Enterprise Access Builders EAGLES Expert Advisory Group on Language Engineering Standards EAI Enterprise Application Integration EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol 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 Equivalent Background Input EBN Extended Border Node EBNF Extended Backus-Naur Form EBNF Extended Backus Normal Form EBONE 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 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 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 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 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} 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 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 EDL Edit Decision List EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control EDMD EDifact Message Directory EDMF EDifact Message Frameworks EDO Enhanced Data Out EDO Extended Data Out EDO-RAM Enhanced Data Out Random Access Memory EDOS Enhanced Disk Operating System EDP Electronic Data Processing EDS Electronic Data Systems corp. EDSAC EDSD Electronic data interchange Data Segment Directory EDUCOM EE Electronics Engineer EE End-to-End 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 Extended File Attribute EFF Electronic Frontiers Foundation EFI Electromechanical Frequency Interference EFL Emitter Follower Logic EFLA Extended Four Letter Acronym EFT Electronic Funds Transfer EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System EG Evil Grin {chat} EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter 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 EITC European Information Technology Conference EJB Enterprise Java Beans {Sun} ELAN Emulated Local Area Network {IBM} ELB Extremely Low Budget {Apple} ELC Embedded Linux Consortium ELF Executable and Linking Format ELJ Embedded Linux Journal ELKS ELM Elan License Manager ELOG Electronic LOGbook ELS Entry Level System ELSNet European Language and Speech NETwork EMA Electronic Messaging Association 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} EMR Enhanced Metafile Record EMS EMail Shorthand EMS Enterprise Messaging Server EMS Expanded Memory Specification EMWAC European Microsoft Windows nt Academy Center ENDEC ENcoder/DECoder ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator ENSS Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem ENTCS Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science 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 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 Enhanced edito for Presentation Manager EPM Enterprise Process Management EPMI Ericsson Project Management Institute {Ericsson} EPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EPS Encapsulated PostScript EPSF Encapsulated PostScript File EQ EverQuest (game) {Sony} 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) 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 ES End System {ANSI} ES Extended Services ES Extra Segment (assembly language) ES-IS End System to Intermediate System {ANSI} ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture ESB ESC Eisa System Component ESC Embedded Systems Conference 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 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 Enhanced Serial Interface ESIOP Environment-Specific Inter-Object request broker Protocol ESMTP Enhanced Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ESMTP Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ESN Electronic Security Number ESnet Energy Sciences NETwork ESP Embedded Support Partner {SGI} ESP Emulation Sensing Processor ESP Encapsulating Security Payload ESP Enhanced Serial Port ESP Enhanced Service Provider 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 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 ETS Executable Test Suite ETSI European Telecommunication Standards Institute ETV Enhanced TeleVision 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 EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array EVMS Enterprise Volume Management System {IBM} EWAN Emulator Without A Name EWMH Extended Window Manager Hints EWOS European Workshop for Open Systems EWS Employee Written Software ExCA EXchangeable Card Architecture 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} FAIL Fast Artificial Intelligence Language 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 FAT File Allocation Table {Microsoft} FBA Faceless Background Application fbv FrameBuffer Viewer FC Fiber Channel FC-AL Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop FC-EL Fiber Channel Enhanced Loop FCA Functional Configuration Audit FCB File Control Block FCC Federal Communications Commission FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology FCF Feature Control Frame FCFS First Come, First Served FCOL For Crying Out Loud {chat} FCP Fiber Channel Protocol FCS Frame Check Sequence FCS Frame CheckSum FCT File Control Table FD Floppy Disk FDC Floppy Disk Controller FDD Floppy Disk Drive FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDF Forms Data Format {Adobe} FDK From Data to Knowledge FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing FDMA 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 FEFO First Ended First Out 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 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 FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center FFS Fast File System FFST First Failure Support Technology FFT Fast Fourier Transform FFT Final Form Text FG ForeGround FH Frame Handler FHS Filesystem Hierarchy Standard {LSB} FHSS FIB Forwarding Information Base {Cisco} FICON 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 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 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 FIZ FachInformationsZentrum FLA Five Letter Acronym FLA Four Letter Acronym FLC Ferro-electric Liquid Crystam flc File Listing Creator FLEA Four Letter Extended Acronym FLF Fluent Laser Font FLINT Fuzzy Logic INferencing Toolkit FLIT FLexowriter Interrogation Tape FLL Foxpro Link Library FLOP FLoating point OPeration FLOPS FLoating point Operations Per Second FLP Fast Link Pulse FLT Fuzzy Logic Toolkit FLTK Fast Light ToolKit FLUID Fast Light User Interface Developer FMS Forms Management System FMV Full Motion Video FNAL Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory FNC Federal Networking Council fnews Forward NEWS FNN Flat Neighborhood Network 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 FOIRL Fiber-Optic InterRepeater Link FOLK Functionally-Overloaded Linux Kernel {http://folk.sourceforge.net} FOOBAR Ftp Operation Over Big Address Records FOP 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} FOSSIL Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer FOT Full Of Tripe {chat} FOTCL Falling Off The Chair Laughing {chat} 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 FPLA Field Programmable Logic Array FPLL Fractional Phase Lock Loops FPM Fast Page Mode 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 F***ing Ridiculous Electronic Device FREE Free Referenda and Elections Electronically FREE FRont End Engineering FRICC Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee Frox Ftp pROXy 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} FSIP Fast Serial Interface Processor FSK Frequency Shift Keying FSM Finite State Machine FSM Free Software Magazine 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 FTAM File Transfer, Access, and Management FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet {chat} FTF Face To Face {chat} FTL Faster Than Light {chat} FTP File Transfer Protocol FTPD File Transfer Protocol Daemon 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} FVT Full Video Translation FVWM Free Virtual Window Manager FWI Frequently Wanted Information FWIW For What It's Worth {chat} fwmon FireWall MONitor FWNTUG French Windows NT Users Group FX Field eXchange FXO Foreign eXchange Office FXP FXS Foreign eXchange Subscriber FYA For Your Amusement {email} FYI For Your Information FZA (compression) G Grin {chat} GA Genetic Algorithm GAB Gichet Automatique de Banque GAB Group Audio Bridging GAC Generic Artifical Consciousness GAC Get A Clue {chat} GAFIA Get Away From It All {chat} GAIM Gnu Aol Instant Messenger GAK Government Access to Key GAL Generic Array Logic GAN Global Area Network {Inmarsat} GAP Generateur Automatique de Programmes GAPI Gateway Application Programming Interface GART Graphics Address Remapping Table GAU Grösster Anzunehmender Unfall GB GigaByte GB Graphics Buffer GBA GameBoy Advanced {Sega} GBB Gbb Bulletin Board GBPS GigaBytes Per Second GC Garbage Collection (reclaiming program's memory) GCAD Generic CAD GCC Gnu Compiler Collection GCCS Global Command and Control System GCF Generic Connection Framework GCL General Class Library (c++) GCL Gnu Component License {FSF} GCL Graphics Command Language GCMP Gateway Connected Music Player {Gateway} GCOS General Comprehensive Operating System {GE} GCR Group Code Recording GDA Global Data Area gdb Gnu DeBugger {FSF} GDDM Graphics Data Display Manager GDH Grinning, Ducking and Hiding {chat} GDI Graphics Device Interface GDK Graphics Device Kit GDL GDLC Generic Data Link Control GDM Gnome Desktop 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 Gedafe GEneric DAtabase Front End GENIE General Electric Network for Information Exchange GEOS Graphic Environment Operating System 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 GFR Grim File Reaper GFS Global File System GGN Gotta Go Now {chat} GGP Gateway-Gateway Protocol 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} GIFT Gnu Image Finding Tool {GNU} GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out GII Global Information Infrastructure 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) 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 GIT Gnu Interactive Tools {GNU} GIWIST Gee, I Wish I Said That {chat} GIX Global Internet eXchange 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 GLM General Linear Models GLPK Gnu Linux Programming Kit gLSB GLUE Groups of Linux Users Everywhere GLUT GM General Midi GML General Modeling Language GMP Gnome Media Project {GNOME} GMP Gnu MultiPrecision library {GNU} 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 GNOME Gnu Network Object Model Environment GNS Get Nearest Server GNU Gnu's Not Unix 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} GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile {US DOD} 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 GPL General Public License {GNU} GPL Gnu Public License {GNU} GPL Graphics Programming Library GPR General Purpose Register GPRS General Packet Radio Service GPS Global Positioning System {US DoD} gps Graphical Process Statistics GPSS General Purpose Systems Simulator GPU Graphics Processing Unit GQL Graphical Query Language GRAB Greg's Rpm Application Builder GRASS Geographic Resources Analysis Support System GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation grep Global, Regular Expression, Print GRX GS Group Separator gsar Generalized Search And Replace GSL Gnu Scientific Library {FSF} GSM Global System for Mobile communications GSMP General Switch management Protocol {Ipsilon} GSP Global Service Provider GSS Generic Security Service {NWG} GSS-API Generic Security Service Application Program Interface {NWG} GSX GTABO Get That A** Back On (after ROFLMAO) {chat} GTG Got To Go {chat} GTK Gimp ToolKit GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic GTML Gnu Text Markup Language GUI Globally Unique Identifier {Microsoft} GUI Graphical User Interface GUID Global Unique IDentifier GUILE Gnu's Ubiquitous Intelligent Language Extension gup Group Update Program GUS Guide to the Use of Standards {SPAG} GVT Global Virtual Time GVU Graphic Visualization and Usability lab GWCC Gnome Workstation Command Center gwp Gnome Word Processor GZ Gnu Zip H&J Hyphenation and Justification (desktop publishing) H-FP Host-Front end Protocol {US DOD} 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 {Microsoft} HALO HAND Have A Nice Day {chat} HAP Host Access Protocol hardmon HARDware MONitor HASP Houston Automatic Spooling Priority HBA Host Bus Adapter HBCI HBP Hypertext Bibliography Project 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 Interface HCL Hardware Compatibility List 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 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} 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 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 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 HHOJ Ha Ha, Only Joking {chat} HHOK Ha Ha, Only Kidding {chat} HHOS Ha Ha, Only Serious {chat} HIDS HIFD HIgh density Floppy Disk 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 HITAB Hwg-Iwa Transition Advisory Board {HWG/IWA} 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 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 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 HOL High Order Language HOOD Hierarchical Object Oriented Design HOOPS Hierarchical Object Oriented Programming System HORDE HP Hewlett-Packard HP Home Page HP-GL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language HPC High Performance Computing HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications HPCL HPCS High Performance Computing Systems 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 HPM Hyper Page Mode HPN High Performance Network HPNA Home Phoneline Networking Alliance HPPA Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture {HP} HPPA HomePlug Powerline Alliance (networking) HPR High Performance Routing HPUX Hewlett-Packard UniX {HP} 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 HS High Speed HSAC High Speed Access Corporation HSB Hue, Saturation and Brightness HSC High Speed Channel 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 HTB Heavens To Betsy {chat} HTCIA High Tech Crime Investigation Association HTFSIK How The F*** Should I Know? {chat} HTH Hope This Helps {chat} HTML HyperText Markup Language HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTPD HyperText Transfer Protocol Daemon HTTPS HyperText Transfer Protocol, Secure HTTPS HyperText Transfer Protocol Server HUD Heads-Up Display HumanML Human Markup Language {OASIS} 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) 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.C Internet.Com I/O Input/Output I/P Integrated Package IA Intel Architecture {Intel} IA Intelligence Artificielle IA Interchange Agreement IA Internet Appliance IAAA I Am An Accountant {chat} IAAL I Am A Lawyer {chat} 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 IAK Internet Access Kit 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} IAT Import Access Table 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 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 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 ICCP Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals ICD International Code Designator ICDE International Conference on Data Engineering {IEEE} ICE In-Circuit Emulator ICE Information and Content Exchange ICE Inter-Client Exchange protocol ICE Interface Controlled Environment ICE International Cryptography Experiment ICE Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics ICFP International Conference on Functional Programming ICI Image Component Information ICI International Cryptography Institute ICL Input Command Language ICL International Computers Limited ICLP International Conference on Logic Programming ICM Image Color Matching 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 ICQ I Seek You {chat} ICR Intelligent Character Recognition ICS Integrated Computer Solutions ICSA International Computer Security Association {NCSA} ICSE International Conference on Software Engineering {SIGSOFT/IEEE} ICU International Components for Unicode {IBM} ICU Isa Configuration Utility ICV Integrity Check Value ICWC International Conference on Wearable Computing ID IDentifier IDA Integrated Digital Access IDA Intelligent Disk Array IDA Interchange of Data between Administration IDA Internet Data Administration {Microsoft} IDAPI Integrated Database Application Programming Interface IDBMS Integrated DataBase Management System IDC International Data Corporation IDC Internet Database Connector IDC Internet Dynamics Corporation (ISP) IDDE Integrated Development and Debugging Environment IDE Integrated Development Environment IDE Integrated Disk Embedded IDE Integrated Drive Electronics {ANSI} IDE Intelligent Drive Electronics IDE Interactive Design and Engineering IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm IDF Intermediate Distributing Frame IDG Internet Discussion Group IDI Initial Domain Identifier IDK I Don't Know {chat} IDL Image Development Lab {AutoDesk} IDL Interactive Data Language IDL Interface Definition Language IDL Interface Description Language IDM Intranet Design Magazine IDMS Integrated Database Management System IDN International Data Number IDP Initial Domain Part IDP Integrated Data Processing IDP Internet Datagram Protocol IDP Internet Death Penalty {usenet} IDPR Inter-Domain Policy Routing {BBN} IDQ Internet Data Query {Microsoft} IDRM Internet Digital Rights Management {IETF} IDRP Inter-Domain Routing Protocol IDS Image Display System IDS Information Data System IDS Internal Data Structure IDS International Data Systems {Hill AFB} IDS Internet Delivery Services IDS Intrusion Detection System IDT Integrated Device Technology (chip maker) IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT Interrupt Dispatch Table IDTS I Don't Think So {chat} IDTT I'll Drink To That {chat} IDU Interface Data Unit IE Image Engine {AutoDesk} IE Information Engineering IE Intel Ethernet {Intel} IE Internet Explorer {Microsoft} IEC Inter-Exchange Carrier IEC International Electrotechnical Commission IEDI Interactive Electronic Data Interchange IEEE Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers IEF Information Engineering Facility IEMS Internet Exchange Messaging Server {IMA} IEMSI Interactive Electronic Mail Standard Identification IEN Internet Engineering Notes IEN Internet Experiment Note IEPG Intercontinental Engineering and Planning Group IEPG Internet Engineering and Planning Group IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group IETF Internet Engineering Task Force IFB Invitation For Bid IFBDA Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act IFC Industry Foundation Classes IFD Image File Directory IFF Interchangeable File Format IFG Incoming Fax Gateway IFIP International Federation for Information Processing IFL Integrated Facilities for Linux {IBM} IFS Input Field Separator IFS Installable File System IFS Iterated Function System IG Installation Guide IGA Integrated Graphics Array IGBT Insulated Gate-Based Transistor IGD Integrated Genomic Database IGDR Interim Geophysical Data Records IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification IGES International Graphics Exchange Standard IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol IGN Ibm Global Network {IBM} IGN Imagine Games Network IGP Interior Gateway Protocol IGRP Internet Gateway Routing Protocol {Cisco} IGS Internet Go Server IHL Internet Header Length {UCL} IHPC Institute of High Performance Computing IHPEG Information Highway Parental Empowement Group IHM Interface Homme-Machine IHV Independent Hardware Vendor IIA Information Industry Association IIA Internet Industry Association IIABDFI If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It {chat} IIAW Intelligent Information Agents Workshop IIC Inter-Integrated Circuit IIF Interactive Image Format IINREN Interagency Interim National Research and Education Network IIOP Internet Inter-Object request broker Protocol IIR Immediate Impulse Response IIRC If I Remember Correctly {chat} IIS Internet Information Server IISP Interim Interswitch Signalling Protocol IIT Illinois Institute of Technology IIT Indian Institute of Technology IITA Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications IITF Information Infrastructure Task Force IITYWIMWYBMAD If I Tell You What It Means Will You Buy Me A Drink? {chat} IITYWTMWYKM If I Tell You What This Means Will You Kiss Me? {chat} IIWM If It Were Me {chat} IJG Independent Jpeg Group IJNM International Journal of Network Management {ACM} IK I Know {chat} ik Install Kernel IKE Internet Key Exchange {IETF} ILLC Institute for Logic, Language and Computation ILM InterLeaved bitMap ILMI Interim Local Management Interface {IBM} ILP Inductive Logic Programming ILS Internet Launch System {Phoenix} ILSHIBAMF I Laughed So Hard I Broke All My Furniture {chat} ILUG Irish Linux Users Group ILY I Love You (emailed virus name) IM Instant Message {AOL} IMA Interactive Multimedia Association IMA International Messaging Associates IMACS Image Management And Communication System IMAHO In My Always Humble Opinion {chat} IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion {usenet} IMAP Interactive Mail Access Protocol {NWG} imap Interim Mail Access Protocol IMAP Internet Mail Access Protocol IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol IMBO In My Biased Opinion {usenet} IMCAO In My Completely Arrogant Opinion {chat} IMCO In My Considered Opinion {chat} IMDS IMage Data Stream IME In My Experience {chat} IME Input Method Editor IMHO In My Humble Opinion {chat} IML Initial Microcode Lead IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion {chat} IMO In My Opinion {chat} IMP Interface Message Processor {NWG} IMP Internet Messaging Program IMPA Intelligent MultiPort Adapter IMR Internet Monthly Report IMS Information Management System IMSL {Visual Numerics} IMTC International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium IMTV Interactive Multimedia TeleVision IMVHO In My Very Humble Opinion {chat} IN Intelligent Network InARP INverse Address Resolution Protocol inats Internet Networking Administration Tool Software INDEO INtel viDEO {Intel} iNIC Intelligent Network Interface Card INM Integrated Network Management INN Internet Network News INN InterNet News INPO In No Particular Order {chat} INOC Internet Network Operations Center INRIA Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique INS Integrated Network Server INTA INternational Trademark Association INTAP INteroperability Technology Association for information Processing Intel INTegrated ELectronics {Intel} Internic INTERnet Network Information Center IO Industrial Object IO Input/Output IOCC Input/Output Channel Converter IOCCC International Obfuscated C Code Contest IOCTL Input/Output ConTroL IOH Integrated Open Hypermedia IONL Internal Organization of the Network Layer IOP Input/Output Processor IOPL Input/Output Privilege Level IOS Internet Operating System IOS Intranet Operating System IOSGA Input/Output Support Gate Array IOTE Initial Operational Testing and Evaluation IOW In Other Words {chat} IP Instruction Pointer IP Intellectual Property IP Internet Protocol IP Interrupt Process {NWG} IP4 Internet Protocol version 4 IP6 Internet Protocol version 6 IP-E Internet Protocol on Ethernet IP-EE Internet Protocol on Experimental Ethernet IPA Intellectual Property Agreement IPAE Internet Protocol Address Encapsulation {NWG} IPC Instructions Per Clock IPC InterProcess Communication IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol IPD Integrated Product Development IPDS Ibm Personal Dictation System {IBM} IPDS Intelligent Printer Data Stream IPE Internal Processing Error IPF Information Presentation Facility IPF Invalid Page Fault {Microsoft} IPFC ipfw Internet Protocol ForWarding IPG Installation and Performance Guide IPI Initial Protocol Identifier IPI Intelligent Peripheral Interface IPIG Internet Protocol Implementer's Guide IPL Ibm Public License {IBM} IPL Information Programming Language IPL Initial Program Load IPL Internet Public Library IPL InterProcessor Link IPM InterPersonal Messaging IPMS InterPersonal Messaging System IPNG Internet Protocol Next Generation (IPv6) IPNNI Integrated Private Network-to-Network Interface IPNS Internet Patent News Service IPO Initial Public Offering IPP Internet Printing Protocol ippl IP Protocols Logger IPR Intellectual Property Rights IPRA Internet Policy Registration Authority IPS Interactive Product Simulation IPSE Integrated Project Support Environment IPSEC Internet Protocol, SECure {IETF} IPSO Internet Protocol Security Option IPT Informatique Pour Tous IPTW Internet Protocol Transmission Workbook {ARPA} IPv4 Internet Protocol Version 4 IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6 IPX Internetwork Packet eXchange {Novell} IPXCP Internetwork Packet eXchange Control Protocol IQL Interactive Querly Language IR Index Register IR Information Retrieval {CoRR} IR Internet Registry IR Internetwork Router IRBM Intelligent Repeater Bridge Module IRC Internet Relay Chat IRD Integrated Receiver/Descrambler IrDA InfraRed Data Association IRDP Icmp Router Discovery Protocol IRDS Information Resource Dictionary System IRF Inheritance Rights Filter IRISA Institut de Recherche en Informatique et SystËmes AlÈatoires IRIT Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse IRL In Real Life {chat} IRL Inter-Repeater Link IRL Interactive Reader Language IRLED InfraRed Light Emitting Diode IRM Inherent Rights Mask IRM Intelligent Repeater Module IRN Intermediate Routing Node IRP Interrupt Request Packet IRQ Interrupt ReQuest IRQL Interrupt ReQuest Level IRS Input Record Separator IRSG Internet Research Steering Group IRTF Internet Research Task Force IRTOS Intelligent Real Time Operating System IRTP Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol {ACC} IRX Information Retrieval eXperiment IS Information Services IS Information System IS Intermediate System {ANSI} IS-IS Intermediate System to Intermediate System {ANSI} ISA Industry Standard Architecture ISA Internet Security and Acceleration {Microsoft} ISAKMP Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol {NWG} ISAM Indexed Sequential Access Method ISAPI Internet Services Application Programming Interface {Microsoft} isax Improved Suse Advanced X86 configurator {SuSE} ISC Instruction Set Computer ISC Internet Software Consortium ISCA International Symposium on Computer Architecture {SIGARCH} ISCOPE International Symposium on Computing in Object-oriented Parallel Environments {ACM} ISD Image Selection Descriptor ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network ISG Integration Services Group ISH Information Super Highway ISH PDU Intermediate System Hello Protocol Data Unit {ANSI} ISI Internally Specified Index ISICAD ISIS Integrated Systems and Information Services ISIS Intermediate System to Intermediate System {ANSI} ISISD Intermediate System to Intermediate System Daemon ISL Interactive System Language ISM Integrated System Management ISM Intermediate Service Module ISMF Interactive Storage Management Facility ISMS Ibm Software Manufacturing Solutions {IBM} ISN Initial Sequence Number ISN-LAN Information System Network - Local Area Network ISO International Organization for Standardisation ISO-IP ISO Internet Protocol ISOC Internet SOCiety ISODE ISO Development Environment ISOM Interpreted System Object Model ISONET ISOchronous etherNET ISOTEC In Search Of Technical Excellence Corp. ISP Implementation Support Plan ISP Index Sequential Processor ISP Information Security Program ISP Information Strategy Plan ISP Information System Plan ISP Integrated Support Plan ISP International Standardized Plan ISP International Standardized Profile ISP Internet Service Provider ISP Interrupt Stack Pointer ISPD International Symposium on Physical Design {ACM} ISPDB ISPF Interactive System Programming Facility ISQL Interactive Structured Query Language ISR Information Storage and Retrieval ISR Intermediate Session Routing ISR Interrupt Service Routine ISS International Space Station ISS Internet Security Systems ISSA ISSAC {SIGSAM} ISSE Information System Security and Education ISSE Internet SSE ISTR I Seem To Remember {chat} ISU Iowa State University ISV Independent Software Vendor IT Information Technology IT Internet Text {eZula} ITAA Information Technology Association of America ITAC Information Technology Association of Canada ITAH Is There Anybody Here? {chat} ITB Information Technology Branch ITC Information Technology Center {CMU} ITC International Typeface Corporation ITCH Internet Technology Competitive Humor {Sun} ITEA Information Technology European Awards ITEC ITEX ITIC Information Technology Industry Council ITICSE Innovation and Technology In Computer Science Education {ACM} ITL Interval Temporal Logic ITLA Incremented Three Letter Acronym ITN Identification Tasking and Networking ITP Internet Telnet Protocol ITR Internet Talk Radio ITR Internet Traffic Report ITS Incompatible Time-sharing System {MIT} ITU International Telecommunications Union ITU-T International Telecommunications Union - Telecom ITU-TSS International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunications Standards Sector ITV Interactive TeleVision ITYM I Think You Mean {usenet} IU Integer Unit IUAP Internet User Account Provider IUCV Inter-User Communications Vehicle IUT Implementation Under Test IV Initialization Vector IVDS Interactive Video and Data Service IVES Information Vending Encryption System IVHS Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems IVIS Interactive Video Information System IVL In Virtual Life {chat} IVL Intel Verification Lab {Intel} IVM Internet Video Mobile IVR Interactive Voice Response IVS Interactive Videodisk System IVT Interrupt Vector Table IWA International Webmasters Association IWBNI It Would Be Nice If {chat} IWS Intelligent WorkStation IXF Internet eXchange Facility IXI IYFEG Insert Your Favorite Ethnic Group {usenet} J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition {Sun} J2ME Java 2 Micro Edition {Sun} J2RE Java 2 Runtime Edition {Sun} J2SE Java 2 Standard Edition {Sun} JACL Jacl Adventure Creation Language JACM Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery {ACM} JACOL JAva and COmmon Lisp JAD Joint Application Design JAD Joint Application Development JADSI Java Active Directory Service Interface {Microsoft} JAI Journal of Artificial Intelligence JAM Just A Minute {chat} JANET Joint Academic NETwork JAPC Just Another Php Coder JAPH Just Another Perl Hacker JAS Just A Second {chat} JASIS Journal of the American Society for Information Science and technology JAXB JaxLUG Jacsonville (Florida) Linux User Group JAXM JAXP Java Api for Xml Processing {Sun} JCA Java Cryptography Architecture JCALS Joint-Computer Aided Logistics System JCD Journal of Computer Documentation {SIGDOC} JCDL Joint Conference on Digital Libraries {ACM} JCE Java Cryptography Extension JCICS jCIFS Java Common Internet File System JCL Job Control Language JCP Java Community Process {Sun} JCSid JCS Image Display JDBC Java DataBase Connectivity {Sun} JDK Java Development Kit {Sun} JEA Journal of Experimental Algorithms {ACM} JEDEC Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council JEDI Joint Electronic Data Interchange JEDMICS Joint Engineering Data Management Information Control Systems JEIDA Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association JEPI Joint Electronic Payment Initiative JERIC Journal of Educational Resources In Computing {ACM} JES Job Entry Subsystem JFC Java Foundation Classes JFCL Jump if Flag then CLear (assembly programming) JFET Junction Field Effect Transistor JFF Just For Fun {email} JFIF Jpeg File Interchange Format JFS Journaled File System JFtp Java File Transfer Protocol JHDL JIASC Joint Institute for Advanced Scientific Computing JIC Just In Case {chat} JIM Jabber Instant Messenger JIPS Janet Internet Protocol Service {JANET} JIS Japanese Industry Standard JIT Just In Time (compilers) JITC Joint Interoperability Test Command JK Just Kidding {chat} JLE Japanese Language Environment JMF Java Media Framework JMI Java Metadata Interchange JMP Java Memory Profiler JMS Java Message Service JNDI Java Naming and Directory Interface {Sun} JNG JNI JNLP JOE Java Object Environment {Sun} JOE Joe's Own Editor JOVE Jules Own Version of Emacs JOVIAL Jules Own Version of the International Algorithmic Language JP1 Job management Partner 1 {Hitachi Software} JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JRE Java Runtime Environment {Sun} JRI Java Runtime Interface {Sun} jsnmp Java2 libraries for Simple Network Management Protocol JSP Java Server Page JSR Jump to SubRoutine (assembly programming) JTA JTAPI Java Telephony Application Programming Interface JTC1 Joint Technical Committee 1 JTSIN Joint Transmission Services and Information Network JUGHEAD Jonzy's Universal Gopher Hierarchy Excavation And Display JUNET Japan Unix NETwork JVM Java Virtual Machine JVMPI JvNCnet John Von Neumann Computer NETwork Jxta K&R Kernighan & Ritchie K5 Kuro5hin KAD Knowledge Aided Design KAI Kuck and Associates Inc. (Intel subsidiary) KAM Knowledge Aided Manufacturing KATE Kde Advanced Text Editor {KDE} Kb KiloBit KB KiloByte KB KnowledgeBase {Microsoft} KBE Knowledge-Based Engineering KBPS KiloBytes Per Second KBS Knowledge-Based System KC Kernel Cousin kccc Kde Cd Cover Creator kDB KDC Key Distribution Center (cryptography) KDE K Desktop Environment KDirAdm Kde DIRectory ADMinistrator KDirStat Kde DIRectory STATistics KDM Kde Desktop Manager KDT Key Definition Table kec Kde Eressea Client KEC Korean Edifact Committee KGI Kernel Graphics Interface KHTML Kde HyperText Markup Language kHTTP KIBO Knowledge In, Bulls*** Out KIF Key Index File KIPS Kilo-Instructions Per Second KIS Kernel Intrusion System (Trojan horse) KIS Knowbot Information Service KISGB Keep It Simple Guest Book KISS Keep It Simple, Stupid! kJMS KKAG KLAT2 Kentucky Linux Athlon Testbed 2 KLOC KiloLines Of Code KMLOFax Kde MicroLink Office FAX KMP KNFSD Kernel-mode Network File System Daemon KPA Key Practice Area KPI Kernel 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LAPB Link Access Procedure, Balanced LAPD Link Access Procedure Direct LAPD Link Access Procedure on the D channel LAPM Link Access Procedure for Modems LAR Load Access Rights LART Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool {atsr} LASG Linux Administrator's Security Guide LASTport Local Area Storage TransPORT LAT Local-Area Transport LAT Local Access Terminal LATA Local Access and Transport Area LAVC Local Area Vax Cluster LAWN Local Area Wireless Network LBA Large Block Addressing LBA Logical Block Addressing LBJ Light Bulb Joke {usenet} LBL Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory LBT Listen Before Talk LBX Local Bus accelerator LC Low Cost {Apple} LCA Linux.Conf.Au LCA Lotus Communications Architecture {Lotus} LCA Low Cost Apple {Apple} LCARS Library Computer Access and Retrieval System {Star Trek} LCC Leadless Chip Carrier LCC Line Control Card LCD Liquid Crystal Display LCDP Linux Cisco Discovery Protocol LCDS Linux Community Development System {IBM} LCF Low Cost Fiber LCI Logical Channel Identifier LCK Library Construction Kit LCN Logical Channel Number LCP Link Control Protocol LCP Lyris Command Protocol {Lyris} LCPC Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing Lcrzo LCS Laboratory for Computer Science {MIT} LCS Lan Channel Station LCU Last Cluster Used LDA Logical Device Address LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDC Lotus Development Corporation {Lotus} LDF Language Definition File LDF Linear Display File LDM Logical Disk Manager LDM Long Distance Modem LDP Linux Documentation Project LDP Loader-Debugger Protocol {BBN} LDPL Linux Documentation Project License LDPWN Linux Documentation Project Weekly News LDS Linux Digital Studio {IBM} LDT Local Descriptor Table LE Lance Ethernet LEA Load Effective Address LEAF Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall LEAP-CF LEC Lan Emulation Client {IBM} LEC Local Exchange Carrier LECS Lan Emulation Configuration Server {IBM} LED Light Emitting Diode LEDA Library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms LEEPL Low-Energy Electron-beam Proximity projection Lithography LEF/DEF Library Exchange Format/Design Exchange Format LEL Link, Embed and Launch LEM Language Extension Module LEN Low-Entry Networking LePUS LanguagE for Patterns' Uniform Specification LERT Linux Emergency Relief Team {LUGOD} LERT Linux Emergency Response Team {LUGOD} LES Lan Emulation Server {IBM} LES Language Engineering Services LETI Laboratoire d'Electronique, de Technologie et d'Instrumentation LF Line Feed LFB LFC LFI Last File Indicator LFN Long File Name {Microsoft} LFS Linux From Scratch {LDP} LFU Least Frequently Used LG Linux Gazette LGDT Load Global Descriptor Table LGFAQ Linux Gamers Frequently Asked Questions LGP Linux Game Publishing LGPL Limited Gnu Public License {FSF} LI Length Indicator (TPDU field) LI List Item LIC Licensed Internal Code LICQ Linux ICQ LICS Logic In Computer Science {IEEE} LICS Lotus International Character Set {Lotus} LIDB Line Information DataBase LIDN LInux Developer Network LIDS Linux Intrusion Detection System LIDT Load Interrupt Descriptor Table LIEP Large Internet Exchange Packet LIF Logical Interchange Format LIF Low Insertion Force LIFIA Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et d'Intelligence Artificielle LIFO Last In, First Out LII Linux Images Index LIISP Laboratory of Information Integration, Security and Privacy {UNC} LILO Last In, Last Out lilo LInux LOader LIM Lotus-Intel-Microsoft LIMA Lotus-Intel-Microsoft-Ast LIMM Lotus-Intel-Microsoft Memory LIMS Library Information Management System LINF Line INterFace LINX Less INsecure X LIP Language Independence Project LIP Large Internet Packet LIPS Logical Inference Per Second LIRC Linux InfraRed Control Lisa Linux Installation and System Administration {Caldera} Lisp LISt Processing LITHP LInk Type description language for Hypertext Processing LIVE London Interactive Video Educational network Lizard Linux Installation wiZARD {Caldera} LJ Linux Journal LKCD Linux Kernel Crash Dump LKI Linux Kernel Internals {LDP} LKML Linux Kernel Mailing List LLC Logical Link Control LLDT Load Local Descriptor Table LLF Low Level Format LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLTA Lots and Lots of Thunderous Applause {chat} LM/X Lan Management for uniX LMAO Laughing My A** Off {chat} LMB Local Master Browser {Microsoft} LMBCS Lotus MultiByte Character Set {Lotus} LMC Lost My Connection {chat} LMCOA Lost My Connection Once Again {chat} LMI Le Monde Informatique LMI Linux Mark Institute LMI Local Management Interface LMK Let Me Know {chat} LMS Lotus Messaging Switch {Lotus} LMSW Load Machine Status Word LMTP Local Mail Transfer Protocol LNAG Linux Newbie Administrator Guide LNAI Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence LNB Low Noise Block LNCS Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNDI Lotus Notes Document Imaging {Lotus} LNM Lan Network Manager LNO LinuxNewbie.Org LO LinuxOrbit LOA List Of Acronyms {chat} LOC Loop Online Control LOCIS Library Of Congress Information System LOE Level Of Effect LOL Laughing Out Loud {chat} LOL Lots Of Luck {chat} LOO Langage OrientÈ Objet LORD Legend Of the Red Dragon (BBS game) LORE Line ORiented Editor LOTOS Language Of Temporal Order Specification Lotos LOpo's Talker Operating System LP Linear Programming LPC Local Person Communication LPC Local Procedure Call {Microsoft} LPCM Lines Per CentiMeter LPD Line Printer Daemon LPI Lines Per Inch LPI Linux Professional Institute LPL Lotus Programming Language {Lotus} LPM Lines Per Minute LPMUD LPP LPPL Latex Project Public License {LaTeX} LPR Line PRinter LPS Low Power Schottky LPSL Logic Programming Systems Laboratory {SICS} LPT Line PrinTer LPT Line Printing Terminal LQ Letter Quality (printing) LQM Link Quality Monitoring LQR Link Quality Report LRC Local Register Cache LRF Little Rubber Feet LRL Least Recently Loaded LRM Language Reference Manual LRP Linux Router Project LRU Least Recently Used LSA Lan and Scsi Adapter LSA Line Sharing Adapter LSA Link Services Architecture LSA Link State Advertisement LSAM Loadable Security Authentication Module {IBM} LSAPI License Services Application Programming Interface LSB Least Significant Bit LSB Linux Standards Base LSC Least Significant Character LSE Langage Systeme d'Enseignement LSI Large Scale Integration lsof LiSt Open Files LSP Link State Packet LT Linux Today LT Lower Tester LTC Linux Technology Center {IBM} LTD Live Test Demo LTIP Laughing Till I Pee {chat} LTIP Laughing Till I Puke {chat} LTR Left-To-Right LTR Load Task Register LTSP Linux Terminal Server Project LU Logical Unit LUA Logical Unit Application LUG Linux User Group LUGOD Linux User Group Of Davis (California) LUI Linux Unattended Installation {Caldera} LUI Linux Utility for cluster Install {IBM} LUI Local User Input LUN Logical UNit LUPI Linux Universal Plug-in Interface LUT LookUp Table LV Logical Volume LVM Logical Volume Manager LVS Linux Virtual Server LWCE Linux World Conference and Expo LWN Linux Weekly News LWP LibWww-Perl LXP LXR Linux CROSS Reference LZ Lempel-Ziv 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MAPTOP Manufacturing Automation Protocol / Technical Office Protocol MARC Mailinglist ARChives MARP Multi-lan Address Resolution Protocol MARS Message Archiving and Retrieval Service {CCA} MARVEL Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual Electronic Library MAS Macintosh Application Services {Apple} MASE Master Accredited Systems Engineer {Compaq} MASM Macro ASseMbler MASS Maximum Availability and Support Subsystem MATHDI MATHematical DIdactics MATILDA Multimedia Authoring Through Intelligent Linking and Directory Assistance MAU Medium Attachment Unit {IEEE} MB MegaByte MBD Model-Build-Deploy MBONE Multicast backBONE MbPS MegaBits Per Second MBPS MegaBytes Per Second MBR Master Boot Record MBX MailBoX MC Midnight Commander MC Mouseless Commander MC-PGA Metallized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array MC-QFP Metallized Ceramic - Quad Flat Pack MCA Media Control Architecture MCA MicroChannel Architecture {IBM} MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MCB Memory Control Block MCCP Mud Client Compression Protocol (MUDs) MCDBA Microsoft Certified DataBase Adminstrator {Microsoft} MCGA MultiColor Graphics Array MCI Media Control Interface MCI Microwave Communications, Incorporated MCI Multiport Communications Interface MCIAS MultiChannel Intelligent Announcement System MCIBTY My Computer Is Better Than Yours {chat} MCL Macintosh Common Lisp {Apple} MCL Microsoft Compatibility Lab {Microsoft} MCLA Missing Child Locator Agent MCM MultiChip Module MCNE Master Computer Network Engineer {Novell} MCP MicroChannel Plate MCP Microsoft Certified Partner {Microsoft} MCP Microsoft Certified Professional {Microsoft} MCP Multiport Communications Processor MCP Myrinet Control Program {Myricom} MCP+I Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet {Microsoft} MCP+SB Microsoft Certified Professional + Site Building {Microsoft} MCR Minimum Cell Rate MCS Message Conversion System MCSD Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer {Microsoft} MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer {Microsoft} MCSE+I Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer + Internet {Microsoft} MCSP Microsoft Certified Security Partner {Microsoft} MCSPP Microsoft Certified Security Partner Program {Microsoft} MCT Microsoft Certified Trainer {Microsoft} MCU MultiChip Unit MCVS Meta-Concurrent Versions System md Make Directory MD Management Domain MD Message Digest MD Monochrome Display MD2 Message Digest version 2 MD4 Message Digest version 4 MD5 Message Digest version 5 MDA Mail Distribution Agent MDA Model Driven Architecture MDA Monochrome Display Adapter MDBS Microcomputer DataBase System MDDS Media Documentation Distribution Set MDE Microkernel Development Environment MDF Menu Definition File MDG Message Design Guidelines MDI Multiple Document Interface MDIC Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip MDK Multimedia Development Kit MDL Method Definition Language MDL Microstation Development Language MDLP Mobile Data Link Protocol MDQL MultiDimensional Query Language MDR Maximum Design Requirement MDRAM Multibank Dynamic Random Access Memory MDY Month Day Year (data format) ME Millenium Edition {Microsoft} MEB Memory Expansion Board MEDALS Material Engineering DrAwing Location System MEGO My Eyes Glaze Over {chat} MEGRIN Multipurpose European Ground Related Information Network MELODY Management Environment for Large Open Distributed sYstems MEMS MicroElectroMechanical System MERIT MES Micro Engineering Solutions {AutoDesk} MESI Modified Exclusive Shared and Invalid MET Memory Enhancement Technology MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes {Microsoft} MFCM MultiFunction Card Machine MFCS MFFS Microsoft Flash File System {Microsoft} MFI MultiFunction Interpreter MFLOP Millions of FLoating point OPerations MFLOPS Millions of FLoating point Operations Per Second MFM Modified Frequency Modulation MFP MultiFunction Peripheral MFPS MFS Macintosh File System {Apple} MFS Message Format Service MFT Master File Table MFTL My Favorite Toy Language MGA Monochrome Graphics Adapter MGA Multimedia Graphics Architecture MGCP MGE Modular Gis Environment MGE Multisynch Graphics Engine MH Mail Handler MHE Message Handling Environment MHEG Multimedia and Hypertext Experts Group MHOTY My Hat's Off To You {chat} MHS Message Handling System MHS-DS Message Handling Services Directory Services working group {IETF} MHS-MD Message Handling Services Management Domains {CCITT} MIB Management Information Base {NWG} MIC Media Interface Connector MICE Multimedia Integrated Conferencing for Europe Mice Mundungus Internet Connection Enhancer MICO MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition MICS Mvs Information Control System MID Machine Inventory Database MID Message IDentifier MID Mobile Information Device MIDAS {Borland} MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIDL Microsoft Interface Definition Language {Microsoft} MIF Maker Interchange Format MIF Management Information Format MII Media Independent Interface MII Microsoft-Ibm-Intel MIL Machine Interface Layer MILNET MILitary NETwork MIM Media Interface Module MIM Metal-Insulator-Metal MiM MiMan MetaInformation MANager {Strix} MIMD Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIN Mobile Identification Number MINUET Minnesota INternet Users Essential Tool MINX Multimedia Information Network eXchange MIO Modular Input/Output MIP Mixed Integer linear Programming MIP Multichannel Interface Processor MIPS Million Instructions Per Second MIPS Millions d'Instructions Par Seconde MIS Management Information System MIS Multimedia Information Sources MISSI Multilevel Information System Security Initiative {US DOD} MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Mobile Internet Toolkit {Microsoft} MITRE MITS MITV Microsoft Interactive TeleVision {Microsoft} MIX Member Information eXchange ML Machine Language ML MetaLanguage MLA Mail List Agent MLA MultiLicense Agreement MLA Multiple Letter Acronym MLAPI MultiLingual Application Programming Interface MLC MultiLayer Ceramic MLC Multi-Line Controller MLE MultiLanguage Environment MLFL MaiL FiLe (ftp command) MLID MutliLink Interface Driver MLL Medium Level Language MLM Mailing List Manager MLM Make Lotsa Money {spam} MLM MultiLevel Marketing {spam} MLMAP Mailing List Management and Administration Protocol MLP Mindless Link Promotion {K5} MLS MultiLevel Secure MLTNET MuLti-TelNET {BBN} MLUG Malta Linux Users Group MM MultiMedia MMA Master Management Agent MMA Microcomputer Managers Association MMC Matched Memory Cycle MMC Microcomputer Marketing Council MMC MultiMediaCard MMCD MultiMedia Compact Disk MMCODEC MultiMedia COmpression/DECompression MMDF Mutlichannel Memorandum Distribution Facility MMDS Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service MMF Make Money Fast {spam} MMHS Military Message Handling System MMIS Materials Manager Information System MML Mail Meta Language MML Maker Macro Language MMORPG Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game MMPI Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (AI test) MMPM MultiMedia Presentation Manager MMR Modified Modified Read (graphics compression format) MMS Microsoft Metadirectory Services {Microsoft} MMU Mass Memory Unit MMU Memory Management Unit MMX MultiMedia eXtensions MNA Multigrid Network Architecture MNG MNOS Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor MNP Microcom Networking Protocol MNP4 Microcom Networking Protocol class 4 MNP5 Microcom Networking Protocol class 5 MO Magneto-Optical MOB Memory-Order Buffer MOC MetaObject Compiler MOCA Music Online Competition Act MOD MODEM MOdulate/DEModulate MOF Meta Object Facility MOHLL Machine Oriented High Level Language MOM Microsoft Office Manager MONET MObile NETworks {ACM} MOO Multiuser Object Oriented MOODSS Modular Object Oriented Dynamic SpreadSheet MOP Maintenance Operation Protocol MOP Measure Of Performance MOPAC Molecular Orbital PACkage (data format) MOS Metal Oxide Semiconductor MOSAIC Multiuser Online System for Automated Information Communication MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor MOSPF Multicast Open 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MPSA Microsoft Personal Security Advisor MPSX MPTS MultiProtocol Transport Services MPU MicroProcessor Unit MQI Message Queuing Interface MR Magneto-Resistive MRC Magic Rubber Chicken MRCF Microsoft Realtime Compression Format {Microsoft} MRCI Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface {Microsoft} MRCP Mail ReCiPient (MTP command) MRD Market Requirements Document MRP Mastering the Requirements Process (book title) MRPL Main Ring Path Length MRS Media Recognition System MRSQ Mail Recipient Scheme Question (MTP command) mrt Multithreaded Routing Toolkit MRTG MultiRouter Traffic Grapher MRU Maximum Receive Unit MRU Most Recently Used MS Mathematical Software {CoRR} MS Master Server MS Message Store MS MicroSecond MS MicroSoft MS MilliSecond MS-RPC MicroSoft Remote Procedure Call {Microsoft} MSA Message Submission Agent MSAA MicroSoft Active Accessibility {Microsoft} MSACM MicroSoft Audio Compression Manager {Microsoft} MSAU MultiStation Access Unit MSAV MicroSoft AntiVirus {Microsoft} MSB Most Significant Bit MSC Message Sequence Chart MSC MicroSoft C {Microsoft} MSCDEX MicroSoft CD-rom EXtension {Microsoft} MSCP Mass Storage Control Porotocol MSD Mass Storage Device MSD Microsoft System Diagnostics {Microsoft} MSDN MicroSoft Developers Network {Microsoft} MSDOS MicroSoft Disk Operating System {Microsoft} MSDR Multiplexed Streaming Data Request MSDS MicroSoft Developer Support {Microsoft} MSDTP Message Services Data Transmission Protocol {NWG} MSF Microsoft Solutions Framework {Microsoft} MSFL MetaStock File Library MSH MultiServices Hub MSI Medium Scale Integration MSI Mobile Services Initiative MSIP Military Standard Internet Protocol MSL Map Specification Library MSMQ MSN MicroSoft Network {Microsoft} MSN TV MicroSoft Network TeleVision {Microsoft} MSNBC MicroSoft National Broadcasting Company {Microsoft/NBC} MSO Multimedia Services Operator MSO Multi-Systems Operator MSP Managed Service Provider MSP Message Security Protocol MSP MicroSoft Paint {Microsoft} MSS Maximum Segment Size MST Minimum Spanning Tree MSTCP Military Standard Transmission Control Protocol MSTD MicroSoft Transmitted Disease (antivirus research) MSVC MicroSoft Visual C {Microsoft} MSW Machine Status Word MSXML MicroSoft eXtensible Markup Language {Microsoft} MT Machine Translation MT Me Too {usenet} MTA Mail Transfer Agent MTA Mail Transport Agent MTA Message Tra