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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hackers Acronym Chart Created for The Hacking Community By: THE INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL GUILD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3GL Third Generation Language 4GL Fourth Generation Language A Ampere AAA Aces of Ansi Art AARNET Australian Academic Resarch Network AAX Automated Attendant Exchange A&SG Accessories and Supplies Group AB2 Anarchy Burger ][ ABA American Bankers Association ABA American Bar Association ABATS Automated Bit Access Test System ABBS Apple Bulletin Board System ABHC Average Busy Hour Calls ABS Alternative Billing Service ABSBH Average Busy Season Busy Hour ABU Application Business Unit AC Alternating Current ACARB Australian Computer Abuse Research Bureau ACB Annoyance Call Bureau ACB Automatic Call-Back ACCOLC Access Overload Class ACCS Automated Calling Card Service ACD Automatic Call Distributor ACE American Council on Education ACiD ANSI Creators in Demand ACK Acknowledge ACM Association for Computing Machinery ACMS Application Control Management System ACN Area Code Number ACS Application Control Services ACS Australian Computer Society ACS Automatic Clearing Houses ACT Application Center for Technology ACTS Automated Coin Toll Service ACU Automatic Call Unit A/D Analog/Digital AD Authorized Dealers ADAPSO Association of Data Processing Services Organizations ADAS Advanced Directory Assistance System ADCCP Advanced Data Communications Control Procedure ADCI Automatic Display Call Indicator ADD Authorized Digital Dealers ADG Authorized Distributor Group ADM Add-Drop MultiPlex ADN Abbreviated Dialing Number ADS Advanced Digital System ADS Audio Distribution System ADS Auxillary Data System ADTS Automated Digital Terminal System ADU Application Definition Utility AE Ascii Express AEA American Electronics Association AFACTS Automated FACilities Test System AFADS Automatic Force Adjustment Data System AFSK Automatic Frequency Shift Keying AG/EEE Above Ground Electronic Equipment Enclosures AI Artificial Intelligence AIA Application Integration Architecture AIA Aerospace Industries Association AIC Automatic Intercept Center AICC Automatic Intercept Communications Controller AICPA American Institute of Certified Public Accountants AIDS Apple Infected Disk Syndrome AIOD Automatic Identification of Outward Dialing AIS Alarm Indication Signals AIS Automatic Intercept System AITRC Applied Information Technologies Research Center ALBO Automatic Line Build Out ALC Automatic Level Control ALFE Analog Line Front End ALGOL ALGOrhythmic Computer Language ALI Automatic Location Identification ALIT Automatic Line Insulation Testing ALRU Automatic Line Record Update ALS Automated List Service ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit AM Administrative Module AM Amplitude Modulation AMA Automatic Message Accounting AMACS Automatic Message Accounting Collection System AMARC Automatic Message Accounting Recording Center AMASE Automatic Message Accounting Standard Entry AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMATPS Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter Teleprocessing System AMC Area Management Center AMD Advanced Micro Devices AMERITECH American Information Technologies AMI American Microsystems Incorporated AMIS Atari Message and Information System AMM Area Manufacturing Manager AMP Ampere AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service AMR Automatic Meter Reading AMWI Active Message Waiting Indicator AN Aryan Nations AN Associated Number ANA Automatic Number Announcement ANC All Number Calling ANE Anarchy 'N' Explosives ANI Automatic Number Identification ANIF Automatic Number Identification Failure ANL Argonne Mational Laboratory ANN Announcement Date ANSI American National Standards Institute AOA Anarchists of America AOJ Add one and do not Jump AOM Area Operations Manager AOS Add One and do not Skip AOSS Auxillary Operator Service System AOT Art of Technology AOV Average Order Value AP Attached Processor APC AMARC Protocol Converter APF All PIN's Fail API American Pirate Industries APL A Programming Language APP Application APPC Advanced Peer to Peer Communication APPC Advanced Program to Program Communication APPIX Automated Part and Product Information Exchange APS Automatic Protection Switch APSS Automatic Protection Switching System APT Advanced Pirate Technology APT American Phone Terrorists AQS Automatic Quote System AR Alarm Report ARB Application Review Board ARC Ames Research Center ARC Audio Response Controller ARCV Association of Really Cruel Viruses ARIS Audichron Recorded Information System ARM Area Revenue Manager ARRL American Radio Relay League ARP Address Resolution Protocol ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency ARS Alternate Route Selection ARS Automatic Route Selection ARSB Automated Repair Service Bureau ARQ Automatic Repeat Request ARU Audio Response Unit ASC Average System Cost or Average System Content ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASD Advanced Semiconductor Development ASIS American Society for Industrial Security ASMP Asymmetrical Multi-Processing ASOC Administrative Service Oversight Center ASPEN Automatic System for Performance Evalution of the Network ASR Access Service Request ASV Average System Value AT Access Tandem AT Advanced Technology ATB All Trunks Busy ATC Automatic Transmission Control ATD Authorized Terminal Distributor ATH Abbreviated Trouble History ATI Automatic Test Inhibit ATI Activist's Times Incorporated ATIS Automatic Transmitter Identification System ATM Automatic Teller Machine ATMS Automated Trunk Measurement System ATP All Tests Pass ATP Available to Promise ATR Alternate Trunk Routing ATRS Automated Trouble Reporting System ATSE Application Timesharing Software Engineering ATTC Automatic Transmission Test and Control Circuit AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph Company ATTIS AT&T Information System AUDIX Audio Information Exchange AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network AUTOVON Automatic Voice network AUXF Auxillary Frame AVD Alternate Voice Data AVT Architecture Verification Test B6ZS Bipolar with 6 Zero Substitution B911 Basic 911 BAD Broken As Designed BAI Bank Administration Institute BAGS Bristol's Anti-Gay Society BAMAF Bellcore AMA Format BANCS Bell Administrative Network Communications System BAPCO Bellsouth Advertising & Publishing Company BASC Bad Austrian Swapping Crew BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BB Bad Brains BBA Budget By Account BBS Bulletin Board System BBU Battery Back-Up BCC Blocked Call Cleared BCC Boys from Company C BCD Binary Coded Decimal BCD Blocked Call Delayed BCG Business Center Group BCS Batch Change Supplement BCS British Computer Society BDS Black Dragon Society BDT Billing Data Transmitter BDCS Broadband Digital Cross-Connect System BEF Band Elimination Filter BER Bit Error Rate BERT Bit Error Rate Test BETRS Basic Exchange Telecommunications Radio Service BELLCORE Bell Communications Research BG/EEE Below Ground Electronic Equipment Enclosures BHC Busy Hour Calls BHS Black Hand Society BI Backplane Interconnect or Beginning Inventory BIM Basic Industry Marketing BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIOS Basic Input Output System BISP Business Information System Program BIT Binary Digit BITNET Because Its Time Network BITNIC BITNET Network Information Center BIX Byte Information Exchange BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics B/L Backlog BLAH Big Long and Hairy BLF Busy Line Field BLS Business Listing Service BLV Busy Line Verification BMC Basic Monthly Charge BMEWS Ballistic Missle Early Warning System BNF Backus-Naur Form BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory BNR Bell National Research BNS Billed Number Screening BOA Bill of Aggregation BOA Blanket Order Agreement BOC Bell Operating Company BOD Board of Directors (Budget) BOIS Business Office Information Systems BOM Bill of Materials BOO Bill of Organization BOR Basic Output Report BORSCHT Battery,Overvoltage,Ringing,Supervision,Coding,Hybrid,Test BOS Business and Office Systems BOS Business Office Supervisor BOSE Business and Office Systems Engineering BOSS Billing and Order Support System BOT Beginning Of Tape BOTE Brothers of the Eye BPI Bits Per Inch BPM Business Planning Manager or Base Product Marketing BPN Comstar Business Plan BPOC Bell Point Of Contact BPS Bits Per Second BPSS Basic Packet Switching Service BQS Berkeley Quality Software BRATS Business Residence Account Tracking System BRCS Business Residence Customer Service BRI Basic Rate Interface BRM Basic Remote Module BRS Bibliographic Research Service BRS Big Red Switch BS Banded Signaling BSA Basic Service Arrangements BSA Business Software Association BSBH Busy Season Busy Hour BSC Binary Synchronous Communication BSC Business Service Center BSCM BiSynchronous Communications Module BSD Berkeley Software Distribution BSD Berkely System Distribution BSE Basic Service Elements BSF Bell Shock Force BSOC Bell Systems Operating Company BSP Bell Systems Practice BSRFS Bell Systems Frequency Reference Standard BST Basic Services Teminal BSTJ Bell Systems Technical Journal BT Bus Terminator BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Message BTL Bell Telephone Laboratories BTN Billing Telephone Number BTU British Thermal Unit BVA Billing Validation Application BVAPP Billing Verification and Authorization for Payment Process BVC Billing Validation Center BWM Broadcast Warning Message BWQ Buzz Word Quotient BWT Broadcast Warning TWX BWTS BandWidth Test Set C Centigrade or Celsius C-STEP Cultural,Societal,Technological,Economic,Political CA Cable CAA Chaotic Ansi Artists CABS Carrier Access Billing System CAC Calling-card Authorization Center CAC Carrier Access Code CAC Carrier Administration Center CAC Circuit Administration Center CAD Computer Aided Design CAD Computer Aided Dispatch CAD Computer Aided Drafting CADV Combined Alternate Data/Voice CAEM Computer Aided Engineering and Manufacturing CAFD Controllers Automatic Message Accounting Format Description CAFM Computer Aided Facilities Management CAI Call Assembly Index CAIS Colocated Automatic Intercept System CALRS Centralized Automatic Loop Reporting System CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing CAMA Centralized Automatic Message Accounting CAROT Centralized Automatic Reporting On Trunks CAS Circuit Associated Signaling CAS Column Address Strobe CAS Computerized Autodial System CAS Customer Administrative Services CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering CAT Computer-aided Test CAT Craft Access Terminal CATLAS Centralized Automatic Trouble Locating & Analysis System CAU Computer Anarchists Underground CBBS Computerized Bulletin Board System CBC Cipher Block Chaining CBS Common Bom System CBS CrossBar Switching CBI Computer-based Instruction CBM Commodore Business Machines CBX Computerized Branch Exchange CBX Computerized Business Exchange CC Calling Card CC Carbon Copy CC Central Control CC Common Control CC Cost Center CC Country Code CC Courtesy Copy CC Credit Card CC Cryptic Criminals CCC Central Control Complex CCC Chaos Computer Club CCC Clear Channel Capability CCC Community Computer Center CCC Computer Control Center CCD Customer Configuration Document CCEP Commercial Communications Endorsement Program CCH Connections per Circuit per Hour CCI Cyber Crime International CCIR Comite Consultif Internationale des Radio Communications CCIS Common Channel Interoffice Signalling CCITT Committee Consultative International Telegraph and Telephone CCITT Committee Consultif Internationale Telegraph et Telephonie CCM Customer Control Management CCNC Common Channel Network Controller CCNC Computer Communications Network Center CCOO Comprehensive Cost of Ownership CCR Customer Controlled Reconfiguration CCS Calling Card Service CCS Common Channel Signaling CCSA Common Central Switching Arrangement CCSA Common Control Switching Arrangement CCSS Common Channel Signalling System CCT Central Control Terminal CCT Cumulative Cycle Time CCTAC Computer Communications Trouble Analysis Center CCU COLT Computer Unit CCUTF Corrupt Computer Underground Taskforce CCV Calling Card Validation CD Compact Disk CDA Call Data Accumulator CDA Coin Detection and Announcement CDA Compound Document Architecture CDA Crash Dump Analyzer CDAR Customer Dialed Account Recording CDC Clark Development Company CDC Cult of the Dead Cat (Virus) CDC Cult of the Dead Cow (Text) CDCF Cumalative Discounted Cash Flow CDD Common Data Dictionary CDI Circle Digit Identification CDO Community Dial Office CDPR Customer Dial Pulse Receiver CDR Call Dial Routing CDR Compact Disk Reader CDS Circuit Design System CDS Craft Dispatch System CDUGD Computer Down Under Ground Digest CEF Cable Entrance Facility CEI Comparably Efficient Interconnection CERT Certified Order CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CES Computer Election Systems CEV Control Environmental Vault CF Coin First CFB Cipher Feedback CFCA Communications Fraud Control Association CFM Cubic Feet per Minute CFO Chief Financial Officer CFR Code of Federal Regulations CGA Color Graphics Adapter CGN Concentrator Group Number CHINA Communist Hackers In North America CHIPS Clearing House Interbank Payments System CI Cluster Interconnect or Computer Interconnect CIA Central Intelligence Agency CIC Carrier Identification Codes CIC CSNET Information Center CICS Customer Information Control System CII Call Identity Index CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIMT Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Technology CIR Computer Intergrated Research CIRU Computer Industry Research Unit CIS Compuserve Information Service CIS Commercial Instruction Set CIS Customer Intercept Service CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor CISC Complex Instruction Set Computing C&ISM Consultant and Information Systems Marketing Group CISSD Canadian International Society for Social Deviancy CIT Computer Integrated Telephony CKS Celestial Knights CLASS Centralized Local Area Selective Signaling CLASS Custom Local Area Signaling Service CLDN Calling Line Directory Number CLEI Common Language Equipment Identification CLI Calling Line Ident CLID Calling Line Identification CLLI Common Language Location Identification CLM Career Limiting Move CLP Country List Price CMAC Centralized Maintenance and Administration Center CMAS Central Massachusetts Administrative Services CMC Carry-in Monthly Charge CMC Cellular Mobile Carrier CMC Construction Maintenance Center CMDF Combined Main Distributing Frame CMDS Centralized Message Data System CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor(Silicon) CMP Cooperative Marketing Program or Partner CMS Call Management System CMS Circuit Maintenance System CMS Communications Management Subsystem CMS Conversational Monitoring System CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone CN Change Notice CN/A Customer Name & Address CNA Communications Network Application CNAB Customer Name Address Bureau CNCC Customer Network Control Center CNI Common Network Interface CNMS Cylink Network Management System CNS Central Nervous System CNS Complimentary Network Service CO Central Office COAM Customer Owned and Maintained COBOL Common Business Oriented Language COC Circuit Order Control COC Corporate Operations Committee COCOT Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephone COD Career Opportunity Days COD Cash on Delivery CODCF Central Office Data Connecting Facility CODE Crackers of Digital Equipment CODEC Coder-Decoder COE Central Office Equipment COEES Central Office Equipmet Engineering System COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer COLT Central Office Line Tester COM Computer Output MicroFilm COMSAT Communications Satellite COMSEC Communications Security COMSTAR Common System for Technical Analysis & Reporting CON Central Office News CONN Connector CONTAC Central Office Network Access CONUS Continental United States COPIS Corporate Planning Information System CORNET Corporate Network COS Class Of Service COSMIC Common Systems Main InterConnection COSMOS Computerized System for Mainframe Operations COT Central Office Terminal CP Control Program CPA Centralized/Bulk Power Architecture CBPXI Computer Private Branch Exchange Interface CPC Cellular Phone Company CPC Circuit Provisioning Center CPD Central Pulse Distributor CPE Customer Premises Equipment CPH Cost Per Hour CPI Characters Per Inch CPI Corrupt Programming International CP/M Control Program Master CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers CPM Cost-Per-Minute CPMP Carrier Performance Measurement Plan CPO Corporate Product Operations CPP Corporate Planning Process CPS Characters Per Second CPSR Computer Profressionals for Social Responsibility CPU Central Processing Unit CRAS Cable Repair Administrative System CRC Customer Record Center CRC Customer Return Center CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check CREG Concentrated Range Extension & Gain CREN Corporation for Research and Educational Networking CRFMP Cable Repair Force Management Plan CRG Central Resource Group CRIS Customer Record Information System CRS Centralized Results System CRSAB Centralized Repair Service Answering Bureau CRT Cathode Ray Tube CSA Carrier Servicing Area CSA Confederate States of America CSA Covenant,Sword,and Arm of the Lord CSACC Customer Service Administration Control Center CSAR Centralized System for Analysis Reporting CSC Cell Site Controller CSC Customer Support Center CSDC Circuit Switched Digital Capability CSDN Chineese Software Distribution Network CSG Corporate Systems Group CSNET Computer Science network CSO Central Services Organization CSO Complimentary Solutions Organization CSP Coin Sent Paid CSM Computer Systems Manufacturing CSM Corrupt Society Magazine CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collission Detection CSNET Computer and Science Research Network CSR Customer Service Records CSS Computer Special Systems CSS Computer Sub-System CSSE Computer Services System Engine CSSG Customer Service Solutions Group CSU Channel Service Unit CT Current Transformer CTC Central Test Center CTM Contac Trunk Module CTMS Carrier Transmission Measuring System CTO Call Transfer Outside CTS Clear to Send CTS Configuration Technical Specialists CTSS Compatible Time Sharing System CTSS Cray Time Sharing System CTT Cartridge Tape Transport CTTC Cartridge Tape Transport Controller CTTN Cable Trunk Ticket Number CTY Console TeleType CU Computer Underground CU Control Unit CU Customer Unit CUCRIT Capital Utilization Criteria CUD Celerity Utilities Division CUD Computer Underground Digest CUM Cult of the Uncircumcised Masterbater CUNY City University of New York CVR Compass Voice Response CW Cyber Warriors CWC City Wide Centrex CWD Call Waiting Deluxe D/A Digital/Analog DA Directory Assistance DACC Directort Assistance Call Completion DACS Digital Access Cross-Connect System DACS Directory Assistance Charging System DAG Defense Agencies Group DAIS Distributed Automatic Intercept System DAMP Demand Analysis Manufacturing Planning DAO Directory Assistance Operator DAP Document Application Profile DARC Division Alarm Recording Center DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARU Distributed Automatic Response Unit DAS Device Access Software DAS Directory Assistance System DAS Distributor And Scanner DAS Dual Attachment Station DASD Direct Access Storage Device DASP Digital Assisted Services Program DAS-WAT Distributor And Scanner - Watch Dog Timer DAT Digital Audio Tape DAV Data Above Voice DB Decibels DBA Data Base Administrator DBA Digital Business Architecture DBAC Data Base Administration Center DBAS Data Base Administration System DBC Digital Business Center DBM Database Manager DBMS Data Base Management System DBOD Distribution Board of Directors DBS Duplex Bus Selector DC Direct Current DCA Defense Communications Agency DCASR Defense Contract Administration Services Region DCC Data Collection Computer DCC Digital Compact Cassette DCC Digital Customer Center DCSS Discontiguous Shared Segments DCE Data Circuit Terminal Equipment DCE Data Communications Equipment DCL Digital Command Language DCLU Digital Carrier Line Unit DCM Digital Carrier Module DCMS Distributed Call Measurement System DCMU Digital Concentrator Measurement Unit DCO-CS Digital Central Office-Carrier Switch DCP Demand for Critical Parts DCP Duplex Central Processor DCS Digital Cross-Connect System DCSS Digital Customized Support Services DCT Digital Carrier Trunk DCTN Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network DCTS Dimension Custom Telephone Service DCU Digital Credit Union DDA Disk Drive Adaptor DDD Direct Distance Dialing DDE Dynamic Data Exchange DDH Digital Distributed Hardware DDIF Digital Document Interchange Format DDN Defense Data Network DDOV Digital Data Over Voice DDS Dataphone Digital Service DDS Digital Data Service DDS Digital Data System DDS Digital Distributed Software DDT DEC Debugging Tape DEA Drug Enforcement Agency DEC Digital Equipment Corporation DECdtm Digital Distributed Transaction Manager DECnms Digital Network Measurement System DECtp Digital Transaction Processing DECUS Digital Equipment Corporation User's Society DEN Digital Echo News DEPBA Digital Exchange Pirate Board Alliance DES Data Encryption Standard DF Distributing Frame DFA Design for Assembly DFP Digital Free Press DFP District Focus Person DFM Design for Manufacturing DFT Design for Test DIA Defense Intelligence Agency DIAL Digital Idle Asset Listing DIBOL Digital Business Oriented Language DID Direct Inward Dialing DIM Demand Integration Meeting DIMA Data Information Management Architecture DIN Deutsche Ingineering Normilization DINS Digital Information Network Service DIS Digital Information Systems or Defense Investigative Service DISER Digital Information Systems External Resources DL Direct Labor DLC Digital Loop Carrier DLN Digital Library Network DLOC Dark Lords Of Chaos DLS Dial Line Service DM Dead Memory DM Delta Modulation DMA Direct Memory Access DMCL Digital Modem Command Language DME Digital Management Education DMM Digital Multimeter DMM District Manufacturing Manager DMS Data Management Services DMS Diskless Management Service DMSS Distribution, Marketing, Sales and Service DMT Design Maturity Test DN Directory Numbers DNA Defense Nuclear Agency DNA Digital Named Accounts DNA Digital Network Architecture DNA Digital Noise Alliance DNR Dialed Number Recorder DNS Domain Name System DOA Dead On Arrival DOA Distributors of Anarchy DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DOJ Department of Justice DOM District Operations Manager DOS Disk Operating System DOV Data Over Voice DP Data Processing DPA Distributed Power Architecture DPI Dots Per Inch DPMA Data Processing Management Association DPP District Partner Program DQT Design Quality Test DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DRC Data Resource Center DRP Distribution Resource Planning DSA Digital Storage Architecture or Decimal Shift and Add Algorithm DSI Data Subscriber Interface DSIN Digital Software Information DSL Digital Subscriber Line DSLA Digital Software Licensing Architecture DSM Distributed Systems Manufacturing DSMC Digital Service Monthly Charge DSN Digital Services Network DSTAR Digital System Technical Architecture Research DS0 Digital Signal ZER0 DSO Days Sales Outstanding DSO Digital Storage Oscilloscope DSM Distributed Systems Manufacturing DSM District Sales Manager DSM Digital Standard MUMPS DSR Data Send Ready DSR Data Set Ready DSRI Digital Standard Relational Interface DSSI Digital Small Storage Interconnect DSU Data Service Unit DSU Digital Service Unit DSUWG Data Systems Users Working Group DSX Digital Signal Cross-Connect DT Dial Tone DTE Data Terminal Equipment DTF Dial Tone First DTG Direct Trunk Group DTI Dark Towers International DTI Digital Trunk Interface DTIF Digital Tabular Interchange Format DTMF Dual Tone Multi-Frequency DTN Digital Telephone Network DTP Desktop Publishing DTR Data Terminal Ready DTS Digital Termination System DTST Dial Tone Speed Test DUA Dallas Underground Association DVI Digital Video Interactive DVM Data Voice Multiplexor DVN Digital Video Network DVT Design Verification Test DWCI DecWindows Compiler Interface DWI Doc Writers Incorporated DWIM Do What I Mean EA Electronic Arts EAAT Equal Access Alternative Technologies EADAS Engineering and Administrative Acquisition System EAP Employee Assistance Program EAR Export Administration Regulations EARN European Academic Research Network EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code EBDI Electronic Business Data Interchange EC Exchange Carriers ECAD Engineering Computer Aided Design ECC East Coast Crackers ECC Enter Cable Change ECC Error Correction Code ECFA Electronic Communications Forwarding Act ECL Error Code Logging ECO Engineering Change Order EDC Engineering Data Center EDC Error Detection Code EDC Error Detection and Correction EDI Electronic Document Interchange or Electronic Data Interchange EDP Electronic Data Processing EDRS Engineering Data Resources Services EDU Education Computer Systems EDWG ESnet DECnet Working Group EE End to End Signaling EEC Electronic Equipment EEE Electronic Equipment Enclosures EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation EFT Electronic Fund Transfer EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter EI Ending Inventory EIA Electronic Industries Association EIES Electronic Information Exchange System EIS Enterprise Integration Services EISA Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture EIU Extended Interface Unit EJS Elite Justice Society EKTS Electonic Key Telephone Service EL Electroluminescent ELD Electroluminescent Displays ELDS Exchange Line Data Service ELF Employee Locator Facility EMA Electronic Mail Association EMA Enterprise Management Architecture EMACS Ediding Macros EMC ElectroMagnetic Capability EMI Electromagnetic Interference EMS Expanded Memory Specification ENET Ethernet ENG Engineering ENQ Enquire EO End Office EOF End Of File EOL End Of Life EOTT End of Toll Trunking EPA Elite Programming Association EPG External Products Group EPLS Engineering Price List System EPP Executive Partner Program EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory ERF Emergency Restoration Facility ES ElektroShok ESA European Space Agency ESB Emergency Service Bureau (911) ESB Entry Systems Business ESD Electronic Systems Development ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface ESDP Educational Services Development and Publshing ESF Extended SuperFrame Format ESG Engineering Systems Group ESLF Eastern Seaboard Liberation Front ESN Electronic Serial Number ESO Engineering Support Operations ESOC European Space Operations Center ESP Ecstatic Sound Productions ESP Enhanced Serial Port ESP Enhanced Service Providers ESRIN European Space Research Institute ESS Electronic Switching System ESVN Executive Secure Voice Network ET&Q Engineering, Technology and Quality ETS Electronic Translation System EU End User EUPOT End User-Point of Termination EUSR End User EVGA Expanded Video Graphics Array EXCOM Executive Committee F Fahrenheit F & A Finance and Accounting or Finance and Administration FA&T Final Assembly and Test FABS Financial and Administration Business Systems FAST Federation Against Software Theft FBI Federal Bureau of Investigations FBOD Finance Board of Directors FCC Federal Communications Commission FCC Federal Cracking Consortium FCO Field Change Order FCS First Customer Ship FCST Forecast FDI Feeder/Distribution Interfaces FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing FDX Full Duplex F/G Finished Goods FIFO First In First Out FIMG Finance Industry Marketing Group FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard FiRM Five-O is Rigor Mortis FIRM First In Releasing Most (Incorrect Acro) FISG Financial Industries Systems Group Five-O Cracking group, formerly the Imperial Warlords FLT Fairlight FM Frequency Modulation FMAP Field Manufacturing Automated Process FMC Financial Management Center FMEA Failure Modes and Effects Analysis FMIC Field Manufacturing Information Center FMMC Field Manufacturing Management Committee FMP Field Manufacturing Plan FNAL Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory FOA Fiber Optic Adapter FOA First Office Application FOAF Friend Of A Friend FOD Finger of Death FOE Fucking Operator Error FOMC Field Operations Management Committee FPA Floating Point Adapter FPM Feet Per Minute FPP Floating Point Processor FRPS Field Reliability Performance Studies FRS First Revenue Ship FRU Field Replaceable Unit FS Field Service FS Full Scale FSF Free Software Foundation FSG Financial Systems Group FSK Frequency Shift Keying FSL Field Service Logistics FT Field Test FTG Final Trunk Group FTP File Transfer Protocol FTPD File Transfer Protocol Daemon FTS Federal Telecommunications service FUBAR Failed UniBus Address Register FUBAR Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition FUD Fear,Uncertainty,and Doubt FVC First Volume Commit FY Fiscal Year FZG Folo Zone Gang GAO Government Accounting Office GB Gigabyte GCOS Gods Chosen Operating System GECOS General Electric Comprehensive Operating System GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter GFR Grim File Reaper GIA General International Area GIF Graphics Interchange Format GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out GIM Group Identification Mark GIPS Giga Instructions Per Second GKS Graphics Kernal System GLIB Gay and Lesbian Information Bureau GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile GOVT Government GMG Government Manufacturing Group GNU GNU's Not Unix GOD Givers of Destruction GOP Grand Old Pirates GPD Gas Plasma Display GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus GPL General Public License GPS Global Positioning System GPV General Public Virus GPX Graphics Processor Accelerator GS Games Society GSA General Services Administration GSB General Systems Business GSG Government Systems Group GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center GSIM General Services Industry Marketing Group GSSP General Systems Security Principles GTS Gamma Transfer Service GURPS Generic Universal Roleplaying Systems H/M Hotel/Motel HA Horn Alert HAGS Herbally Aroused Gynecogical Squad HALE Hacker's Against Law Enforcement HATE Highly Artistically Talented Enterprises HBO Home Box Office HCDS High Capacity Digital Service HCF Halt and Catch Fire HCIG Health Care Industry Group HDA Head Disk Assembly HDK Hippy Dippy Klub HDSC High-density Signal Carrier HDTV High Definition Television HEPNET High Energy Physics Network HF Hands Free HIT Hackers In Touch HLI High-speed LAN Interconnect HLL High Level Language HP Hewlett Packard HPA Hacker/Phreakers Association HPS Hardware Product Services HPS High Performance Systems HQ Headquarters HRU Hackers 'R' Us HSC Hierarchical Storage Controller HST High Speed Technology HUTG High Usage Trunk Group HVM High Volume Manufacturing HW Hardware HZ Hertz I/O Input output IBM Inferior But Marketable IBM Insidious Black Magic IBM International Business Machines IBM Its Been Malfunctioning IBM Its Better Manually IC Inner Circle IC InterExchange Carriers IC Integrated Circuit ICE Inner Circle Elite ICE Insane Creator Enterprises ICE International Communications Echomail ICE Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics ICH International Call Handling ICM Integrated Call Management ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol ICN Interconnecting Network ICPOT InterExchange Carrier-Point of Termination ICR Inductance,Capacitance,Resistance ICS Italian Cracking Service ICST Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology ICUG International Closed User Groups ICVT InComing Verification Trunk IDA Integrated Digital Access IDC Information Distribution Companies IDH Inpherno Data Haven IDI Intergalactic Dismantiling Incorporated IDCI Interim Defined Central Office Interface IDDD International Direct Distance Dialing IDECUS Internal Digital Equipment Corporation User's Society IDLC Integrated Digital Loop Carrier IDN Integrated Digital Networks IEC International ElectroTechnical Commission IED International Engineering Development IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEG Internal Equipment Group IFIP International Federation for Information Processing IHA International Hackers Association IIRG International Information Retrieval Guild IISF International Information Security Foundation IL Indirect Labor IMM Idle Material Management IMS Integrated Management Systems IMTS Improved Mobile Telephone Service IM&T Information and Technology Management IN Inch IN/1 Intelligent Network/1 INAP Intelligent Network Access Point INC International Network of Crackers INS Information Network System INTT Incoming No Test Trunks INV Inventory INWATS Inward Wide Area Telecommunications Service I/O Input/Output IO Independent Option or Input/Output IOCC International Overseas Completion Center IOP Input Output Processor IP Intermediate Point IP Internet Protocol IPCH Initial Paging Channel IPDP Industrial Peripheral Data Processing IPDS Intelligent Printer Data Stream IPG Image Processing Group IPLS InterLATA Private Line Services IPM Interruptions Per Minute IPMO Industry Program Management Office IPS Inches Per Second IPSG Internal Product Strategies Group IPT Inventory Program Team IRC Internet Relay Chat IRG International Rogues Guild IRR Internal Rate of Return IRQ Interrupt Request IS Information Systems ISA Industry Standard Architecture ISBS Information Systems Business Segment ISC Inter-Nation Switching Center ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network ISF Information Security Foundation ISM Installed Systems Marketing ISO International Standards Organization ISPN INFO Security Product News ISPS Information System Production Systems ISS Initial System Sale or Internal Special Systems ISSA Information Systems Security Association ISSM Information Systems Security Monitor ISSN Integrated Special Services Network ISU Integrated Service Unit ISWS Internal Software Services IT Information Technology ITAP Information and Technology Architecture Plan ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulation ITS Incompatible Time-Sharing System ITS Internal Theft Syndicate IUD INC Utilities Division IVIS Interactive Video Interface System IVPC International Virus Prevention Conference IW Imperial Warlords JANET Joint Academic Network JCL Job Control Language JEC Job Evaluation Classification JIS Jurisdictional Interstate Services JIT Just In Time JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JSC Johnson Space Center K Kilo or Kilobyte KB Kilobyte KBPS Kilobits per second KKHPAC Ku Klux Hackers Phreakers Anarchists of Connecticut KKX Ku Klux Connecticut KKK Ku Klux Klan KOS Knights of Shadow KP Key Pulse KPL Kit Parts List KSR Keyboard Send Receive LADS Local Area Data Service LADT Local Area Data Transport LAN Local Area Network LANL Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratories LAP Link Access Protocol LAPB Link Access Protocol Balanced LASS Local Area Switching Service LAST Local Area System Transport LAT Local Area Transport LATA Local Access Transport Area LAVC Local Area Vax Cluster LAW Lyrical Association of Writers LB Pounds LBL Lawrence Berkely Laboratory LBRV Low Bit Rate Voice LCC Leadless Chip Carrier LCD Liquid Crystal Display LCDN Last Call Directory Number LD Long Distance LDM Limited Distance Modem LDP Laboratory Data Products LDS Local Digital Switch LEBC Low End Business Center LEC Local Exchange Carrier LED Light Emitting Diode LEDS Low End Disk Systems LEEP Large Expanse Extra Perspective LEGSS Low End Graphics Sub-System LEN Low End Networks LEST Low End Systems and Technologies LIDB Line Information Database LIFO Last In First Out LLC Logical Link Control LLI Lunatic Labs Incorporated LMF License Management Facility or Low Magnetic Field LMF Low Magnetic Field LMI Local Memory Interconnect LMOS Loop Maintenance and Operations System LMOS Loop Maintenence Operating System LOD Legion of Doom LOD/H Legion of Doom/Hackers LOL Legion of Lucifer LOTSAB Legion Opposed to Stupid Asshole Bottanists LPM Lines Per Minute LRP Long Range Plan LSD Least Significant Digit LSE Language Sensitive Editor LSI Large Scale Integration LU Local Use LVM Line Verification Module M2 Mondo 2000 MA Ma Bell MAC Macintosh Computer MAC Media Access Control MAC Message Authentication MAC Multi Access Computers MAI Masters of Abstractions and Illusions MAN Metropolitan Area Network MARCOM Marketing Communications MAP Manufacturing Automation Protocol MASS Mid-Atlantic and Southern States MATAC Material Acquisition MAU Multistation Access Unit MB Megabyte MBOD Manufacturing Board of Directors MBPS Mega-Bits Per Second MBU Manufacturing Business Unit MCA Micro Channel Architecture MCAM Manufacturing Corporate Account Manager MCESS Mechanical Component Engineering Support Service MCGA Multi-Color Graphics Array or (Adaptor) MCP Master Control Program MCS Multinational Character Set MCT Manufacturing Cycle Time MCU Multi Chip Unit MDA Monochrome Display Adapter MDDS Media and Documentation Update Service MDR Message Detail Record MDS Message Design Systems ME Mechanical Engineering MEM Manufacturing Engineering and Marketing MF MultiFrequency MFG Manufacturing MFLOPS Millions of Floating Point Operations Per Second MFM Modified Frequency Modulation MHZ Mega-Hertz MI Machine Interface MIC Management Information Center MIDAS Master Integrated Distribution Subcontracting Agreement MIF Master Item File MIMG Media Industry Marketing Group MINX Multimedia Information Network Exchange MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second MIR Material Increase Request MIS Management Information Systems MISG Market Information Services Group MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy MJU MultiPoint Junction Unit MLDS Medium Large Disk Systems MLHG Multiline Hunt Group MLP Maynard List Price MLPC Model Level planning Committee MLT Mechanized Loop Testing MMC Micky Mouse Club MNP Microcom Networking Protocol MOB Men of Business MoD Master's of Destruction MoD Master's of Disaster MOF Master Order Form MOS Metal Oxide Semiconductor or Material Order System MP Multi-Processor MPEG Motion Pictures Experts Group MPME Manufacturing Process and Material Engineering MPS Master Production Schedule MPSC Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems MRC Manufacturing Resource Center or Management Response Center or Market Research Center MSD Most Significant Digit MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center MT Mitel MTB Magnetic Tape Billing MTBSI Mean Time Between System Interruptions MTS Message Transport Service MTS Mobile Telephone Service MRAA Meter Reading Access Arrangement MRP Manufacturing Resource Planning MS Milli-Seconds MSCP Mass Storage Control Protocol MSB Mid-Range Systems Business MSD Micro Systems Development MSPM Manufacturing System Program Manager MSSC Marketing Sales Strategy Committee MTBF Mean Time Between Failures MTS Message Telephone Service MTTR Mean Time to Repair MTU Maintenence Termination Unit MUX Multiplexer MVB MicroVax Business MWI Message Waiting Indicator NAC Networks and Communications NAC New Age Crackers NACM Networks and Communications Marketing NAM Number Assignment Module NAPE National Pirate Exchange NAPLPS North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax NAPPA Northern American Phreakers/Piraters Association NARC Nuclear Phreakers/Hackers/Carders NAS Network Application Support NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASM Named Account Sales Manager NAS Network Application Support NBS National Bureau of Standards NC Network Channel NCC Norweigan Cracking Company NCI Network Channel Interface NCIC National Crime Information Center NCS Network Computing System NCP Network Control Program NCSA National Computer Security Association NCSC National Computer Security Center NCTE Network Channel Terminating Equipment NDA Network Delivery Access NDC Network Data Collection NDIS Network Device Interface Specification NDN National Distribution Network NDS Network Data System NDU Network Device Utility NE Network Element NEAS Northeast Atlantic States NEBS Network Equipment Building System NEC Nippon Electronic Company NES Net Equipment Sales NESC National Electric Safety Code NEUA National Elite Underground Alliance NFS Network File System NFSP National Federation of Software Pirates NFT Network File Transfer NH Nazi Hackers NHAS New Hampshire Administrative Services NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NI Network Interconnect NI Network Interface NIA Network Information Access NIC Network Information Center NIDL Network Interface Definition Language NIH National Institutes of Health NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NJE Network Job Entry NLM Netware Loadable Modules NMI Nautilus Memory Interconnect NMR Normal Mode Rejection NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration NOF Network Operations Forum NOR Net Operating Revenue NOT! Nation Of Thieves NPA National Phreaker's Alliance NPA Northern Phreaker's Alliance NPA Number Planning Area NPC Northern Phun Company NPIP New Product Integration Process NPO New Product Operations NPSU New Product Start Up NPSS NASA Packet Switching System NRC National Research Council NRCS National Replacement Character Set NRZ Non Return to Zero NS Nano-Seconds NSA National Security Agency NSA National Security Anarchists NSC National Security Council NSC National Semiconductor NSDD National Security Decision Directive NSF National Science Foundation NT New Technology NTA Nokturnal Trading Alliance NTE Network Terminal Equipment NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration NTISSC National Telecommunications and Information SystemsSteering Committee NUA Network User Address NUI Network User ID NVN National Videtex Network NWSS Networks & Site Services NYC New York Crackers NYSHII New York Safehouse II OA Order Administration or Office Automation OAGEE Official Airlines Guide Electronic Edition OBU Option Business Unit OCRC Option Change Review Committee ODA Office Document Architecture ODI Open Data Interface OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer OFG Originally Funny Guys OGVT OutGoing Verification Trunk OIP Opportunity Investment Planning OIS Office and Information Systems OLTP On-Line Transaction Processing OMC Office of Munitions Control ONI Operator Number Identification OOD Office of Development (Central Engineering) OOFNet Our Own Fucking Net OP Option OPAL On-line Presentation Access Library OPCR Operator Actions Program OPEN Open Protocol Enhanced Networks OPM Outage Performance Monitoring OPOM Organizational Program Office Manager OPS Operations O/S Operating System OSF Open Software Foundation OSI Open System Interconnection OSP Office of Sales Programs OSS Operator Services System OST Originating Station Treatment OTA Office of Technology Assessment OTC Operating Telephone Company OTD Off the Dock OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometers OTP Order Transaction Processing OTR Operational Trouble Report OTS Off The Shelf OUTWATS Outward Wide Area Telecommunications Service PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange PAC Pricing and Announcement Committee PAD Packet Assembler/Dissasembler PADSX Partially Automated Digital Signal Cross-Connect PAG Phreak's Against Geeks PAIN Pirating Artistically Intrepid Newsmongers PAL Programmable Array Logic PAM Pulse Amplitude Modulation PAPAG Phreak's Against Phreak's Against Geeks PASI Production, Availability, Shipments, Inventory PAW Pirates Analyze Warez PAX Private Automatic Exchange PB Pacific Brigade PBM Product Business Manager PBT Profit Before Tax PBU Product Business Unit PBX Personal Branch Exchange PBX Private Branch Exchange PBX Product Branch Exchange PC Personal Computer PC Primary Center PC Production Control PCB Printed Circuit Board PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect PCM Plug Compatible Manufacturer PCM Profit Contribution Margin PCM Product Capacity Manager PCM Pulse Code Modulation PCP PC Pursuit PCP Pyscho Corporate Productions PCR Personal Computer Rats PCR Post Call Ratio PCSA Personal Computing System Architecture PCSG Personal Computing Systems Group PD Public Domain PDP Peripheral Data Processing PE Public Enemy PEP Performance Enhancement Package or Personal Enrichment Program PFM Pulse Frequency Modulation PGA Pin Grid Array P/H/A Phreaker's/Hacker's/Anarchist's PHACT Phreakers/Hackers/Anarchists/Cyberpunks/Technologists PHANTSY Phantasy Magazine PhD Phreak/Hacker Destroyers PHUCK Phone Hackers United Crash Kill PHUN Phreaker Hackers Underground Network PI Physical Inventory PI Pirate Incorporated PIC Polyolefin Insulated Cables PID Proprietary Information Disclosure PIL Pirates In Legion PIN Personal Identification Number PITS Pie In The Sky P&L Profit and Loss PLA Programmed Logic Array PLCC Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier PLD Programmable Logic Device PLS Programmable Logic Sequencer PMG Product Marketing Group PMI Private Memory Interconnect PMR Poor Mans Routing PMS Paranoid Media Scrutizination PMS Peoples Message Service PMT Planning Methodology Team PO Purchase Order POC Point of Contact POD Piece of Data POM Point of Manufacturing POP Point of Presence POOR Protector's Of Our Rights POT Point of Termination POTS Plain Old Telephone Service PP Post-Pay PP&E Production, Planning, and Execution PPD Product Phase Down PPL Periodic Payment License PPM Pages Per Minute PPM Parts Per Million PPN Project Program Number PPP Point to Point Protocol PPS Public Packet Switching PPS Pulses Per Second PPSN Public Packet Switched Network PPSU Personal Printer Spooling Utility PRE Prefix PROFS Professional Office Systems PROM Programmable Read Only Memory PROMIS Prosecutors Management Information Systems PS Personal System PS Preferred Service PSAP Public Safety Answering Point (911) PSDS Public Switched Digital Service PSG Peripheral and Supplies Group or Product Shipping Guide PSS Professional Software Services PSU Portable Storage Unit PTC Part Time Crackers PTE Packet Transport Equipment PTG Physical Technology Group PTL Pirates That Live PTL Praise the Lord PTS Position and Trunk Scanner PTT Postal Telephone Telegraph PVN Private Virtual Network PWA Pirates With Attitude QBOD Quality Board of Directors QC Quality Control QDSS Q-Bus Dragon Sub-System QPA Quality Program Analysis QPSK Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying QSO QWK Support Option QSS Quality Solution Systems QVSS Q-Bus Viper Sub-System RABID Rebellion Against Big Irrepressible Dweebs RAM Random Access Memory RAMP Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Program RAO Revenue Accounting Office RBG Realtime Business Group RBOC Regional Bell Operating Company RC Reduced Cost RC Regional Center RCC Radio Comnmon Carrier RDB Relational Database RDSN Region Digital Switched Network RDT Restricted Data Transmissions RDT Remote Digital Terminal REP Reperatory Dialing REV Revenue or Revision RF Radio Frequency RFC Request For Comments RFI Radio Frequency Interference or Request for Information RFP Request for Proposal RGB Red Green Blue RH Relative Humidity RIP Revolutionizing International Piracy RIP Routing Information Protocol RIS Remote Installation Service RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer RISD Reference Information Systems Development RJE Remote Job Entry RLL Run Lenght Limited RMS Root Mean Squared RO Read Only ROA Return On Assets ROI Return On Investment ROM Read Only Memory ROT Reign of Terror ROTL Remote Office Test Lines RPC Remote Procedure Call RPE Remote Peripheral Equipment RPM Reduced Parts menu RPM Relentless Pursuit of Magnificience RPM Revolution Per Minute or Rotations Per Minute RPV Remotely Piloted Vehicle RQS The Rate Quote System RQT Reliability Quality Test RSA Reference System Architecture RSAT Reliability and System Architecture Testing RSE Removable Storage Elements RSL Remote Ship List RSS Remote Switching System RSTS/E Resource System Time Sharing/Environment RSTS/E Resource Sharing Time Sharing/Extended RSU Remote Switching Unit RSVP Rdb Solutions Vendor Program RT Real Time RTA Real-Time Accelerator RTA Remote Trunk Arrangement RTBG Real Time Business Group RTD Resistance Temperature Detector RTE Remote Terminal Emulation RTS Request to Send RX Recieve Data SxS Step-by-Step SxS Strowger Switch S-Box Skunk Box SA Storage Array SABB Storage Array Building Block SAC Special Area Code SAFE Security Awareness From Education SAIL Stanfords Artificial Intelligence Lab SAM Secure Access Multiport SAP Secondary or Separate Audio Program SARTS Switched Access Remote Test System SAS Switched Access Services SAS Single Attachment System SASE Self Addressed Stamped Envelope SASE System and Support Engineering SBA Shipping and Billing Authorization SBB System Building Block SBC Single Board Computer SBDN Southern Bell Data Network SBI Storage Bus Interconnect SBR Storage Business Review SBT Software Business Technologies SC Sectional Center SCA Strategic Capital Acquisitions SCA Swiss Cracking Association SCC Specialized Common Carriers SCC Switching Control Center SCCP Signaling Connection Control Part SCCS Switching Control Center System SCD Software Chronical Digest SCF Selective Call Forwarding SCI Strategic Computing Initiative SCIT Semi-Conductor and Interconnect Technologies SCM Station Class Mark SCMP System Cooperative Marketing Program SCO Semiconductor Operations SCP Service Control Point SCR Selective Call Rejection SCSI Small Computer Storage Interface SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface SDA Silicon Dream Artists SDA Software Design Automation SDC Software Distribution Center SDI Strategic Defense Initiative SDI Standard Disk Interconnect SDI Standard Drive Interface SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control SDNS Secure Data System Network SDS Sales and Distribution Systems SE Society Elite SEA System Enhancement Associates SEE Systems Equipment Engineering SEG Semiconductor Engineering Organization SF Single Frequency SF Supervision Control Frequency SFE Secure Front End SFI Society for the Freedom of Information SGA Sysops Guild Association SHA Swedish Hackers Association SHIBNI Shipped But Not Invoiced SIA Semiconductor Industry Association SID Satanic Incarnate of Doom SIDH System Identification Home SIG Special Interest Group SIM Service Industry Marketing SIMM Single Inline Memory Module SIT Special Information Tones SKISM Smart Kids Into Sick Methods SLA Service Level Agreement SLAC Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory SLC Service Level Contract or Software License Configurator SLE Screen List Editing SLIC Subscriber Line Interface Card SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol SLS Storage Library System SLU Serial Line Unit SMDI Storage Module Disk Interconnect SMDS Switched Multi-Megabit Data Service SME Society of Manufacturing Engineering SMI System Management Interrupt SMP Symmetrical Multi-Processing SMS Self-maintenance Services SMS Station Management System SMU Strategic Marketing Unit SNA System Network Architecture SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SNPC Software New Products Committee SO System Option SOC Systems and Option Catalog SOCC Standard Optical Cable Code SOE Standards of Excellence SOE Standrard Operating Environment SONDS Small Office Network Data System SONET Synchronous Optical Network SOP Standard Operating Procedure SOP Sum of the Pieces SOST Special Operator Service Treatment SoT The Sea of Tranquility SP Sharp Private SPA Software Publishers Association SPAN Space Physics Analysis Network SPC Stored Program Control SPCSS Stored Program Control Switching System SPD Software Product Description SPDA Supplier Data Program SPG Software Product Group SPI Safeguarding Proprietary Information SPI Self-Paced Instruction SPM Software Performance Montior SPP Ship Plan SPS Self Preservation Society SPS Software Product Services SQL Structural Query Language SQM Software Quality Mangement SRC System Resource Center SRG Strategic Relations Group SRTC Service Right-to-Copy SS Secret Service SS Signaling System SS Special Service SS Standard System SSAN Social Security Account Number SSAS Station Signaling and Announcement System SSB Software Supply Business SSD Solid State Disk SSG Software Systems Group SSG Strategic Studies Group SSG Suburban Survival Guide SSL Standard Security Label SSN Social Security Number SSODB Secret Society of Dark Birds SSP Switching Service Points SSS Software Support Services SSS Strowger Switching System STAR Systems and Technology Applications Requirements STD Subscriber Trunk Dialing STG Strategic Technologies Group STP Signal Transfer Point STS Synchronous Transport Signal SUFF Suffix SUNet Stanford University Network SVGA Super Video Graphics Array SWG Sub Working Group SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications SWM Semiconductor Worldwide Management SWS Software Services SYS System TAC Terminal Access Circuit TAMU Texas A&M University TAN Telecomm and Networks TANJ There Ain't No Justice TAP Technological Assistance Party TAP Trans-Atlantic Project TAS Telephone Answering Service TAS The Apostle Syndicate TASI Time Assignment Speech Interpolation TBBS The Bread Board System TBG Telecomm Business Group TBU Terminals Business Unit TC Toll Center TC Transfer Cost T's & C's Terms and Conditions T&C Time and Charge TCAP Transaction Capabilities ApplicationPart TCAP Telecommunications Alarm Surveillance TCC Technical Consulting Center TCE The Cutting Edge TCIF Telecommunications Industry Forum TCP Transmission Control Protocol TCS The Criminal Syndicate (The Crime Syndicate) TDAS Traffic Data Administration System TDCC Transport Data Coordinating Committee TDM Time Division Multiplexing TDMS Terminal Data Management System TDT The Dream Team TFBS The Fucking Boy Scouts TFT Thin Film Transistor TGITM The Ghost In The Machine TGL Third Generation Language (3GL) TH Trouble History THC The Hellfire Club THENET Texas Higher Education Network THG The Humble Guys THP The Hill People TI Texas Intruments TIDE Traffic Information Distributor & Editor TIS Technical Information Systems TKK The Kiwi Killers TLB TransLAN Bridge TMC Telemarketing Communications TMC The Movie Channel TMSCP Tape Mass Storage Control Protocol TNDS Total Network Data System TNO The New Order TNS Tolmes News Service TOAO The One and Only TOEM Technical Original Equipment Manufacturer TOP Technical Office Protocol or TOP Technology and Organizational Performance TOPS Tapes and Optical Products TP Toll Point TP Transaction Processing TPC Transaction Processiong Performance Council TPC The Phoney Coders TPC Two Phase Commit TPI Tracks Per Inch TPL Traditional Product Line TPS Transactions Per Second TQC Total Quality Control TREAT Trouble Report Evaluation and Analysis Tool TRI The Remote Informer TRIN Trinity TRS The RapeWare Syndicate TRSI The Red Sector Inc TRWS The Rape Ware Syndicate TS Toxic Shock TSAN The Sysops Association Network TSAN The Sysop's Area Network TSAN Tri-State Area Sysop's Network TSC Telecommunications Security Council TSG Telecommunications Systems Group TSG Timing Signal Generator TSN Terminal Switching Network TSO Technical Services Organization TSP Technology Strategy and Planning TSPS Traffic Service Position System TSR The Syndicate Report TTAP Trust Technology Assessment Program TTL Transistor-to-Transistor Logic TTM Time to Market TUFF The Underground Fone Foundation TUGOS The United Guild Of Sysops TUIMG Telecom/Utilities Industry Marketing Group TV-H TV Line TV-V TV Frame TWA The Warez Alliance TWCB The Whacko Cracko Brothers TWX Telex II TX Transmit Data UAA United Amarchists of America UAE Unrecoverable Application Error UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UC United Couriers UCF Underground Computing Foundation UCF Untouchable Cracking Force UCS Uniform Communication Standard UDC Universal Digital Channel UDP User Datagram Protocol UDVM Universal Data Voice Multiplexer UFD User Friendly Diagnostics UIF United Ignorance Front ULTRA Underground Legion of Terroristic Research Activists UN United Nations UNN Urine Nation News UOF Unusual Order Form UPC Utility Port Conditioner UPI United Phreaker's Incorporated UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS Uninterruptible Power System UPS United Pirate Syndicate URN Underground Rip-Off Network USA United Software Association USA/FLT United Software Association/Fairlight USA United States Alliance (Amiga Group) USC User Steering Committee USCIC U.S. Country Information Center USDN United States Digital Network USFDC U.S. Financial Data Center USIBC U.S. Integrated Business Center USMP U.S. Manufacturing Planning USPL U.S. Price List USR USRobotics UTG United Traders of Germany UTMC United Technologies Microelectronics Center UUCP Unix to Unix Copy Program UUT User to User Signaling UVC Universal Voice Channel UXU Underground Experts United VAN Value Added Network VAR Value Added Reseller VAX Virtual Address Extension VAXft VAX Fault Tolerant VCPI Virtual Control Program Interface VD Video Dox VDT Visual Display Terminal VDU Visual Display Unit VESA Video Electronics Standards Association VFP Vertical Forms Printing VFU Vertical Forms Unit VG Voice Grade VGA Video Graphics Array VGB Voice Grade Budget VIA Vax Information Architecture VIN Vehicle Identification Number VIPS Video Image Printer Systems VIS Video Information System VLSI Very Large Scale Integration VMB Voice Mail Box VMS Voice Message System VMS Virtual Memory System VOLM Volume VOM Volt Ohm Meter VPA VAX Performance Advisor VPL Visual Programming Language VPS Voice Processing System VR Virtual Reality VRAM Video Random Access Memory VT Video Terminal VTX Videotex VUIT Visual User Interface Tool VUP Vax Unit of Processsing WACS Western and Central States WAN Wide Area Network WASP Warriors Against Software Protection WATS Wide Area Telecommunications Service WATS Wide Area Telephone Service WCU Water Cooling Unit WDCS Wideband Digital Cross-Connect System WDM Wavelength Division MultiPlexing WES Western Electronics Switching WINS Warehouse Information Network Standards WIP Work In Process WIP Workcenter Information Package WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WORM Write Once Read Many WPE World Pirate Echo WPS Word Processing Software WVIEW World View Magazine WW Worldwide WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get XBAR CrossBar XBT Crossbar Tandem XCOST Transfer Cost XFMC Cross Functional Management Committee XGA Extended Graphics Array XNS Xerox Network Systems XSV Transfer Cost System Value XTC Extended Test Controller YAM Youngster's Against McAfee YAM Youths Against McAfee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------