QA Quality Assurance QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QBE Query By Example QBF Query by Form QC Quality Control QDOS Quick and Dirty Operating System .QDI Dictionary (file name extension) [Quicken] .QDT Data (file name extension) [Quicken] QEMM Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager [Quarterdeck Corp.] QFA Quick File Access QFP Quad Flat Pack QIC Quality Information Using Cycle Time [Hewlett-Packard] + Quarter-Inch Cartridge .QIF Quicken Import File/Interchange Format (file name extension) .QMT Memorized List (file name extension) [Quicken] .QNX Indexes to Data (file name extension) [Quicken] QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
RA Return Authorization RACF Resource Access Control Facility RAD Rapid Application Development RAG Row Address Generator RAID Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks + Redundant Arrays of Independent Drives + Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks RAIS Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Systems RALU Register Arithmetic Logic Unit RAM Random Access Memory RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter [Sierra] RAMP Remote Access Maintenance Protocol [Internet] RAND Random RAP Rapid Application Prototyping RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RAS Random Access Storage + Reader Admission System [British Library] + Reliability, Availability and Serviceability + Remote Access Service + Row Address Select RASAPI Remote Access Service Application Programming Interface [Microsoft] RB Right Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse) RBBS Remote Bulletin Board System RBCS Remote Bar Code System RCL Rotate Carry Left RCP Remote Control Panel + Remote Copy [Internet] + Restore Cursor Position RCR Rotate Carry Right RCS Records Communications Switching System + Revision Control System [Unix] RD Receive Data + Remove Directory R&D Research and Development RDA Remote Database Access RDB Receive Data Buffer + Relational Database RDBMS Relational Database Mangement System RDCLK Received Timing Clock RDP Reliable Datagram Protocol RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory RDSR Receiver Data Service Request RDTO Receive Data Transfer Offset [IBM] .REC Recorder (file name extension) REC. Recreation [USENET Newsgroup Category] .REF Reference (file name extension) REG Register REGAL Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate RELSECT Relative Sector REM Remark + Remote + Ring Error Monitor REN Rename REP Repeat REPE Repeat while Equal REPNE Repeat while Not Equal REPNZ Repeat while Not Zero REPZ Repeat while Zero REQ Request RES Remote Execution Service + Reset + Resolution .RES Resource (file name extension) RET Resolution Enhancement Technology [HP] + Return REX Relocatable Executable REXEC Remote Execution REXX Restructured Extended Executor (language) [IBM] RF Radio Frequency RFC Request For Comments [Internet] RFD Request for Discussion [Internet] RFI Radio Frequency Interference RFP Request for Proposal RFQ Request for Quotation RFS Remote File Sharing + Remote File System RFT Revisable Form Text + Rich Text Format RFU Reserved For Future Use RGB Red-Green-Blue (color model) RI Referential Integrity + Ring Indicate RIFF Resource Interschange File Format [Microsoft] RIM Remote Installation and Maintenance [Microsoft] RIME RelayNet International Message Exchange RIP Raster Image Processor + Remote Imaging Protocol + Routing Information Protocol [Novell] RIPEM Riordan's Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer RJE Remote Job Entry RLE Run Length Encoded RLL Run Length Limited RLN Remote LAN Node [DCA] RLOGIN Remote Login RLSD Received Line Signal Detected RLSI * Ridiculously Large-Scale Integration RM Reset Mode RMA Return Material Authorization + Return to Manufacturer Authorization RMB Right Mouse Button RMDIR Remove Directory RMON Remote Monitor/Monitoring RMP Remote Maintenance Processor [IBM] RMS Record Management Services + Root Mean Square RMW Read-Modify-Write RN Read News [Internet] RND Random RNG Random Number Generator RNP Regional Network Provider R-O Read Only ROB Reorder Buffer [Intel] ROL Rotate Left ROM Read Only Memory ROOM Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling ROP Raster Operation + RISC Operation ROR Rotate Right ROS Read-Only Storage [IBM] ROT Running Object Table RPC Real Procedure Call + Remote Procedure Call RPG Report Program Generator (Programming Language) RPL Resident Programming Language + Requested Privilege Level RPN Real Page Number RPRINTER Remote Printer [NetWare] RPPROM Reprogrammable PROM RPT Repeat RPQ Request for Price Quotation RQBE Relational Query By Example [Fox Pro] RR Real Reality RS Radio Shack + Recommended Standard (as in RS-232) [EIA] + Record Separator + Request to Send RSA129 (129 digit cryptographic security number named after its inventors: Drs. Ronald L. Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard M. Adelman) RSCS Remote Spooling Communications System RSH Remote Shell RSL Request-and-Status Link RSP Required Space Character RST Reset + Restart RSTS Resource Sharing Time Sharing [Digital] RSX Real Time Resource Sharing Executive RT Real Time + RISC Technology + Run Time R/T Receive/Transmit RTAM Remote Terminal Access Method RTC Real-Time Clock RTDM Real-Time Data Migration RTEL Reverse Telnet [Internet] RTF Rich Text Format RTL Register Transfer Language/Level + Resistor Transistor Logic + Right-To-Left + Run Time Library RTM Response Time Monitor + Runtime Manager [Borland] RTMP Routing Table Maintenance Protocol RTOS Real-Time Operating System RTP Rapid Transport Protocol + Real-Time Protocol RTS Remote Takeover System + Request To Send RTTI Runtime Type Information RTTY Radio Teletypewriter (Communications) RTV Real Time Video RVA Relative Virtual Address RVI Reverse Interrupt R/W Read/Write RWM Read-Write Memory RX Receiver RXD Receive Data
SAA Systems Application Architecture [IBM] SADL Synchronous Data Link Control [Racal-Vadic] SAINT * Symbolic Automatic Integrator SAL Shift Arithmetic Left SAM Serial Access Memory + Sequential Access Method + Single Application Mode [Microsoft] SANE Standare Apple Numeric Environment SAP Second Audio Program + Service Access Point [DEC] + Service Advertising Protocol SAP * Symbolic Assembly Program SAR Shift Arithmetic Right + Successive Approximation Register SAS Sales Accounting System + Single Attached Station + Single Audio System + Statistical Analysis System SASI Shugert Associates System Interface (SCSI originated from SASI) SATAN Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks .SAV Saved (file name extension) SAVDM Single Application VDM SB Sound Board SBA Scene Balance Algorithms [Kodak] SBB Subtract With Borrow SBC Single-Board Computer SBCS Single-Byte Character Set SBI Sound Blaster Instrument .SC Script (file name extension) SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Aquisition SCAM SCSI Configuration Automatically SCAS Scan String SCB Subsystem Control Block [IBM] SCC Serial Communications Controllers + Serial Controller Chip + Synchronous Channel Check [IBM] SCCS Source Code Control System SCD Standard Color Display SCF System Control Facility SCI. Science [USENET Newsgroup Category] SCLM Softwre Configuration and Library Management [IBM] SCM Software Configuration Management + Station Class Mark SCO Santa Cruz Operation (Software Company) SCOPE Simple Communications Programming Enironment [Hayes] SCP Save Cursor Position + Subsystem Control Port + System Control Program SCR Silicon Controlled Rectifier .SCR Script (file name extension) SCRN Screen (video display) SCRS Scalable Cluster of RISC Systems SCSA Signal Computing System Architecture [Dialogic] SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface SD Send Data SDA Software Disk Array + Source Data Automation + System Display Architecture [Digital] SDB Symbolic Debugger [Unix] SDD Software Description Database [Internet] SDF Space Delimited File + Space Delimited Format .SDF Standard Data Format (file name extension) SDI Selective Dissemination of Information + Single Document Interface Software Development Interface [Mosaic] SDK Software Developer's Kit [Microsoft] SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control (protocol) SDM System Development Multitasking SDMS SCSI Device Management System [NCR] SDN Software Defined Network [AT&T] SDNS Secure Data Network Service SDR Streaming Data Request SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDS Sysops Distribution System SD_STB Streaming Data Strobe [IBM] SDV Switched Digital Video [AT&T] SEA Standard Extended Attribute [OS/2] .SEA Self Extracting Archive (file name extension) [Macintosh] SEAC * Name of first computer to use transistors, built by (National Bureau of) Standards Eastern Automatic Calculator (Also see SWAC) SEAL Segmentation and Reassembly Layer (protocol) + Screening External Access Link [Digital-DEC] SEC Single Error Correction SECAM Sequentiel Couleur Avec Memoire (Sequential Color With Memory) SED Stream Editor + Stream-Oriented Editor SEG Segment SEH Structured Exception Handling SEL Select SEM Scanning Electron Microscope + Standard Electronic Module SER Serial SET Softwave Engineering Technology .SET Driver Set (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] + Image Settings (file name extension) [Paradox] SETEXT Structure Enhanced Text [Internet] SEU Smallest Executable Unit SF Sign Flag SFQL Structured Full-text Query Language SFS System File Server SFT System Fault Tolerance SFX Sound Effect(s) SGEN Signal Generator + System Generator SGDT Store Global Descriptor Table SGM Shaded Graphics Modeling SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language SGR Set Graphics Rendition S/H Sample and Hold SHA Secure Hash Algorithm [NSA] SHAR Shell Archive SHG Segmented Hypergraphics SHL Shift Logical Left SHR Shift Logical Right S-HTTP Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol .SHW Show (file name extension) SI Shift-In + Source Index + System Information SIC Standard Industrial Code SID Serial Input Data + Station Identification [AT&T] + Symbolic Interactive Debugger SIDF System Independent Data Format SIDH System Identification for Home Systems SIDT Store Interrupt Descriptor Table SIFT Stanford Information Filtering Tool SIG Special Interest Group SIGCAT Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications and Technology SIM Simulator SIMD Single Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor) SIMM Single In-line Memory Module SIMTEL Simulation and Teleprocessing SIMULA Simulation (language) SIO Serial Input/Output (communications driver) SIP Single In-line Package SIPO Serial In, Parallel Out SIPP Single In-line Pin Package SIR Serial Infrared [Hewlett-Packard] SIRDS Single-Image Random Dot Stereogram SI/SO Serial In/Serial Out + Shift In/Shift Out SIT Special Information Tones .SIT Stuff-It (compressed file name extension) [Macintosh] SLDT Store Local Descriptor Table SLED Single Large Expensive Disk SLIP Serial Line Interface Protocol SLMR Silly Little Modem Reader SLOSH Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricane (program) SLSI Super Large-Scale Integration SLSS Systems Library Subscription Service [IBM] SM Set Mode + Shared Memory SMART Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMB Server Message Block (protocol) [MII] SMD Surface Mounted Device SMDS Switched Multimedia/Multi-Megabit Data Service SMF System Manager Facility [Compaq] SMI System Management Interrupt [Intel] SMIF Standard Mechanical Interface SMIT System Management Interface Tool [IBM] SMK Software Migration Kit [Microsoft] SML Standard Meta Language SMM System Mangement Mode [Intel] SMP Simple Management Protocol + Symbolic Manipulation Program + Symmetrical Multi-Processing + Symmetric Multiprocessor .SMP Sample (file name extension) SMPC Shared Memory Parallel Computer SMPS Switching Mode Power Supply SMRAM System Management Random Access Memory SMS Storage Management Services [NetWare] + Storage Management Subsystem/System + Systems Management Server [Microsoft] SMSW Store Machine Status Word SMT Station Management (protocol) + Surface-Mount Technology SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMU System Management Utility SN Serial Number S/N Signal-to-Noise (Ratio) SNA Systems Network Architecture [IBM] SND Sound SNEWS Secure News Server [Internet] SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SNOBOL String Oriented Symbolic Language (Progamming Language) SNP Serial Number/Password [Omen Technology] SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio SOA Start Of Authority SOC System On a Chip SOC. Social Issues [USENET Newsgroup Category] SOCKS Socket Secure (server) [Internet] SOE Standard Operating Environment SOH Start of Header SOHO Small Office/Home Office SOL Simulation Oriented Language SOM Start of Message + System Object Model [IBM] SONET Synchronous Optical Network SOP Standard Operating Procedures SOS Silicon On Sapphire + Sophisticated Operating System + Standards and Open Systems SOTA State Of The Art SOX Sound Exchange SP Service Pack [IBM] + Stack Pointer + System Product SPA Software Publishers Association SPAN Space Physics Analysis Network SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture SPC Small Peripheral Controller + Statistical Process Control SPCL Spectrum Cellular Corporation SPEC Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative SPF Shortest Path First + System Programming Facility SPI Service Provider Interface + SCSI Parallel Interface SPID Service Profile Identifier SPIKE Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-Based Environment [STScI] SPIRES Stanford Public Information Retrieval System [Stanford University] SPL Spooler + System Programming Language [HP] .SPL Spell Checker (file name extension) SPM System Performance Monitor [IBM] SPOOL Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line SPOT Shared Product Object Tree [IBM] SPP Sequenced Packet Protocol SPPS Scalable Power Parallel System [IBM] SPR Special Purpose Register + Statistical Pattern Recognition SPS Standby Power System SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPT Sectors Per Track SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange [Novell] SQ Squeezed (files) SQL/DS Structured Query Language/Data System [IBM] SQRT Square Root SR Shift Register SRAM Shadow Random Access Memory + Static Random Access Memory SRB Source-Route Bridge .SRC Source (file name extension) SRD Screen Reader System SRM Security Reference Monitor SRO Sharable and Read Only SRPI Server-Requester Programming Interface SRQ Service Request SRR Serially Reusable Resource SS Stack Segment + Single Sided + Seconds SSA Serial Storage Architecture SSAP Source Service Access Point SSD Solid State Disk SSEC * Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator [IBM] SSGA System Suppport Gate Array SSI Single System Image + Small Scale Integration SSL Secure Sockets Layer SST Spread-Spectrum Technology + Systems Services and Technology STA Spanning Tree Algorithm STB Strobe STC Set Carry Flag STD Set Direction Flag + Standard STDA StreetTalk Directory Assistance [Banyan] STDAUX Standard Auxillary STDERR Standard Error STDIN Standard Input STDIO.H Standard Input/Output Header [C Programming Language] STDM Statistical Time Division Multiplexer STDOUT Standard Output STDPRN Standard Printer .STF Structured File (file name extension) [Lotus Agenda] STI Set Interrupt Flag S/TK Sectors Per Track STN Super-Twist Nematic STOS Store String STP Secure Transfer Protocol + Shielded Twisted Pair (cable) + Signal Transfer Point + Synchronized Transaction Processing STR Store Task Register + Synchronous Transmitter Receiver STRESS Structural Engineering System Solver (Programming Language) STRUDL Structural Design Language (Programming Language) STScI Space Telescope Science Institute STT Secure Transaction Technology [Microsoft] STX Start of Text .STY Style (file name extension) [Ventura, Word, WordPerfect] SUB Subroutine + Substitute + Subtract SUN Sun Microsystems, Inc. .SUP Supplemental Dictionary (file name extension) [WordPerfect] SVC Switched Virtual Circuit SVGA Super Video Graphics Array S-VHS Super VHS SVM System Virtual Machine [Microsoft] SVR Server SVR# System V Release Number [AT&T] S/W Software SWAC * Mobile version of SEAC, built for deployment to White Sands, and named Standards Western Automatic Calculator SWAIS Simple Wide Area Information Server [Internet] SWISH Simple Web Indexing System for Humans .SWP Swap (file name extension) .SYL Syllabus (file name extension) SYLK Symbolic Link .SYM Symbols (file name extension) .SYN Synonym (file name extension) SYNC Synchronous SYS System .SYS System Configuration (file name extension) + System Device Driver (file name extension) SYSGEN System Generator SYSLOG System Log SYSMOD System Modification SYSOP System Operator SYSREQ System Request SZ Send ZModem [Unix]
TAD Telephone Answering Device TAP Telelocator Alphanumeric Protoco TAPCIS The Access Program for the CompuServe Information Service TAPI Telephony Applications Programming Interface .tar Tape Archive (archived file name extension) [Unix] .tar.Z Compressed Archived files (file name extension) [Unix] TAS Telephone Access Server TASM Turbo Assembler [Borland] TAXI Transparent Asynchronous Tranceiver/Receiver Interface TB Terabyte (1,000 gigabytes) T/B Top and Bottom TBBS The Bread Board System (BBS) TBGA Tape Ball Grid Array .TBK Toolbook (file name extension) TBU Tape Backup Unit TC Test Control + Transmission Control TCL Tool Command Language TCM Trellis-Coded Modulation TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TD Transmit Data TDD Telecommunications Device for the Deaf TDtoDP Tablet Coordinates to Display Coordinates (converting) TDE Terminal Display Editor .TDF Trace Definition File (file name extension) [OS/2] + Typeface Definition File (file name extension) TDI Transport Device Interface TDM Technical Document Management + Time Division Multiplexing TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TDMS Terminal Display Management System TDP Telelocator Data Protocol TDSR Transmitter Data Service Request TDR Time Domain Reflectometry TE/2 Terminal Emulator/2 [Oberon] TEB Thread Environment Block TEC Tokyo Electronics Corporation TED Tiny Editor TEML Turbo Editor Macro Language [Borland] TEMP Temporary TER Thermal Eclipse Reading [Sony] TERMPWR Terminator Power TFDD Text File Device Driver TFEL Thin-Film Electroluminescent .TFM Tagged Font Metric (file name extension) TFT Thin-Film Transistor (screens) TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol THD Total Harmonic Distortion .THD Thread (file name extension) THOMAS The (U.S.) House (of Representatives) Open Multimedia Access System THOR Tandy High-Performance Optical Recording THR Transmit Holding Register .THS Thesaurus (file name extension) TI Texas Instruments, Inc. TIA Telecommunications Industry Association + The Internet Adapter [Internet] TID Target ID TIES Time Independent Escape Sequence .TIF Tagged Image File (filename extension) TIFF Tagged Image File Format TIGA Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing TIIAP Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program [NII] TIP Terminal Interface Processor TK/TK Track to Track TLA Three-Letter Acronym TLB Translation Lookaside Buffer TLI Transport Layer Interface TLU Table Lookup .TLX Telex (file name extension) TM Trademark TMP Temporary TN Twisted Nematic TNC Terminal Node Controller ToC Table Of Contents TOD Time Of Day TOP Technical and Office Protocol TPC Transaction Processing Performance Council TPI Tracks Per Inch TPL Table Producing Language TPM Transactions Per Minute TPORT Twisted Pair Port Transceiver [AT&T] TPS Transactions Per Second + Transaction Processing System TPW Turbo Pascal for Windows TQFP Thin Quad Flat Pack TQM Total Quality Management TR Terminal Ready T/R Transmit/Receive TRADIC * Transistorized Airborne Digital Computer (Name of first computer to be entirely transistorized) .TRM Terminal (file name extension) TRN Threaded Read News [Internet] + Token Ring Network TRON The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus TS Top Secret TSA Technical Support Alliance TSAPI Telephony Services Application Program Interface [AT&T + Novell] TSB Termination Status Block TSO Time Sharing Option TSR Terminate and Stay Resident TSS Task State Segment + Time Sharing System TS/SI Top Secret/Sensitive Information .TST Test (file name extension) TSTN Triple Supertwisted Nematic TSV Tab Separated Values TT Typewriter Text TTCN Tree and Tabular Combined Notation .TTF TrueType Font (file name extension) TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic TTP Thermal-Transfer Printing TTS Text-To-Speech + Transaction Tracking System TTY Teletype TUI Text-Based User Interface [WordPerfect] TUMS Table Update and Management System [Stanford University] .TUT Tutorial (file name extension) TVF Table of contents Verbosely from File [UNIX] TVI Television Interference TWX Teletypewriter Exchange Service TXD Transmit Data .TXF Tax Exchange Format (file name extension) TXT Text TXT2STF Text To Structured File [Lotus Agenda]
UA User Agent + User Area UAE Unrecoverable Application Error UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter .UC2 Compressed File (file name extension) [UltraCompressor] UCL Universal Communications Language UCS Unicode Conversion Support + Universal Character Set UCT Universal Coordinated Time UDC User Defined Commands UDE Universal Data Exchange UDF User Defined Functions UDP User Datagram Protocol UDT Uniform Data Transfer UFS Unix File System UG User Group UI Unix International + User Interface UID User Identifier UIMS User Interface Management System UL Underwriters Laboratories + Unordered List + Upload ULA Uncommitted Logic Array ULN Universal Link Negotiation ULSI Ultra Large Scale Integration UMA Unified Memory Architecture UMB Upper Memory Block [LIM/AST] UNC Universal Naming Convention + Uuencoded Netnews Collator [Unix] UNCOL Universal Computed Oriented Language UNI User-Network Interface UNICOM Universal Integrated Communication (System) UNICOS Universal Compiler FORTRAN compatible UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer UNIX (AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System) UNMA Unified Network Management Architecture UP Uniprocessor UPC Universal Product Code UPG Upgrade UPL User Program Language UPM Unix Programmer's Manual + User Profile Management [IBM] UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply + Uninterruptible Power System URC Uniform Resource Characteristics + Uniform Resource Citation UREP Unix RSCS Emulation Protocol (protocol) URI Uniform Resource Identifier URL Uniform Resource Locator URN Uniform Resource Name/Number US Unit Separator USART Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Reciever/Transmitter USB Universal Serial Bus [Intel] USENET User's Network [Internet] USERID User Identification USQ Unsqueezed (files) USR US Robotics (corporation) USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter USSA User Supported Software Association (United Kingdom) UT User Terminal UTC Coordinated Universal Time UTI Universal Text Interchange/Interface UTP Unshielded Twisted-Pair (cable) UU Uuencode/Uudecode UUCP Unix-To-Unix Copy Program UUD UUDecoding [Unix] UUE UUEncoding [Unix] UUI User-To-User Information [AT&T] UV Ultraviolet
VA Virtual Address VAD Value Added Dealer VADD Value Added Disk Driver VAL Value + Voice Application Language .VAL Validity Checks (file name extension) [Paradox] VAM Virtual Access Method VAN Value Added Network VAP Value Added Process VAR Value Added Reseller + Value Added Retailer + Variable VAST Variable Array Storage Technology VAX/VMS Virtual Address Extension/Virtual Memory System [DEC] VB Variable Block + Visual Basic [Microsoft] VBA Visual Basic for Applications [Microsoft] VBE/AI Vesa Bios Extension/Audio Interface vBNS Very High Speed Backbone Network Service [MCI + NSF] VBR Variable Bit Rate VBRUN Visual Basic Runtime .VBX Visual Basic Extension (file name extension) VCD Virtual Communications Driver VCL Visual Component Library VCOS Visual Caching Operating System [AT&T] VCPI Virtual Control Program Interface VCR Video Cassette Recorder VDD Virtual Device Driver VDDM Virtual Device Driver Manager VDE Video Display Editor + Visual Development Environment VDISK Virtual Disk VDM Virtual DOS Machine [IBM] VDMAD Virtual Direct Memory Access Device [Microsoft] VDS Virtual DMA Services VDT Video Dial Tone + Video Display Terminal VDU Video Display Unit + Visual Display Unit VEGA Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter [Video-7, Inc.] VEMM Virtual Expanded Memory Manager VER Verify + Version VERONICA Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-Wide Index to Computer Archives [Internet] VERR Verify Read Access VERW Verify Write Access VESA Video Electronics Standards Association VF Virtual Floppy VFAT Virtual File Allocation Table [Microsoft] V.FC Version.First Class (communications standard) VFD Vacuum Fluorescent Display VGA Video Graphics Array VGC Video Graphics Controller VHDL VHSIC Hardware Description Language VHS Very High Speed + Video Home System + Virtual Host Storage VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit VI Visual Interactive (editor) [UNIX] VIE Virtual Information Environment VIF Virtual Interface + Virtual Interrupt Flag VIM Vendor Independent Mail + Vendor Independent Messaging + Video Interface Module VIO Video Input/Output + Virtual Input/Output VINES Virtual Networking System [Banyan] ViP Visual Programming [Lotus] VIP Variable Information Processing + Video Information Provider + Virtual Interrupt Pending VIPER Verifiable Integrated Processor for Enhanced Reliability VIS Video Information System [Tandy] + Voice Information System VJ HEADER Van Jacobsen Header (compression) [Unix] VL-BUS Vesa Local-Bus [VESA] VLF Very Low Frequency VLIW Very Large Instruction Word VLM Virtual Loadable Module VLSI Very Large Scale Integration VLSIPS Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis VLT Variable List Table VM Virtual Machine + Virtual Memory VMA Virtual Memory Address VMB Virtual Machine Boot VME Virtual Memory Environment VMM Virtual Machine/Memory Manager VMOS Vertical MOS VMS Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System VMT Virtual Memory Technique VNA Virtual Network Architecture VOC Creative Voice (format) [Sound Blaster] VOD Video On Demand VOL Volume VOM Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter VOS Verbal Operating System VPD Virtual Printer Device + Vital Product Data [IBM] VPDN Virtual Private Data Network VPDS Virtual Private Data Service [MCI] VPE Visual Programming Environment VPL Virtual Programming Language VPN Virtual Page Number + Virtual Private Network VPS Voice Processing System VPSC Vault, Process, Structure, Configuration VPT Virtual Print Technology [Dataproducts] VR Virtual Reality + Voltage Regulated/Regulator VRAM Video Random Access Memory VRE Voltage Regulated Extended VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language (originally named Virtual Reality Markup Language) VROOMM Virtual Real-time Object Oriented Memory Manager [Borland] .VRS WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension) VRT Voltage Regulation Technology [Intel] VRU Voice Response Unit VS Virtual Storage VSAM Virtual Storage Access Method VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal VSE Virtual Storage Extended VSF Vertical Scanning Frequency VSIO Virtual Serial Input Output VSLI Very Large Scale Integration VSM Virtual Shared Memory + Virtual Storage Management + Visual System Management [IBM] VSN Volume Serial Number VSOS Virtual Storage Operating System VSYNC Vertical Sync VT Vertical Tab VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method [IBM] VUI Video User Interface VUP VAX Unit of Performance VMS Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System VWB Visual WorkBench [Microsoft] VxD Virtual Extended Driver [Microsoft] .VXD Virtual Device (file name extension) [Microsoft]
W/ With W3 (see WWW) W3A World Wide Web Applets W4 What-Works-With-What WABI Windows Application Binary Interface [SunSoft] WAIS Wide Area Information Server WAITS Wide Area Information Transfer System WAN Wide Area Network WATS Wide Area Telecommunications Service .WAV Waveform Audio (file name extension) WC Word Count WDL Windows Driver Library [Microsoft] WDRAM Windows Dynamic Random Access Memory WELL Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (BBS) WFW Windows For Workgroups [Microsoft] WGS Work Group System WHAM Waveform Hold and Modify [Microsoft] WHC Workstation Host Connection WINE Windows Emulator WINForum Wireless Information Networks Forum WINS Windows-Internet Naming Service [Microsoft] WINSOCK Windows Open Systems Architecture [Microsoft] + Windows Sockets WINWORD Word For Windows [Microsoft] WISE WordPerfect Information System Environment WIT Web Interactive Talk [Internet] .WKB Workbook (file name extension) [WordPerfect] .WKE Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] .WKQ Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU] .WKS Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] .WKZ Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU] .WK1 Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] WMC Workflow Management Coalition .WMF Windows Metafile Format (file name extension) [Microsoft] WNIC Wide-Area Network Interface Co-Processor WNIM Wide-Area Network Interface Module W/O Without WORM Write Once, Read Many WOS Workstation Operating System WOSA Windows Open Services/Systems Architecture [Microsoft] WP WordPerfect + Word Processing + Write Protected .WPG WordPerfect Graphics (file name extension) WPHD Write-Protect Hard Disk .WPK Keyboard (file name extension) [WordPerfect] WPM Words Per Minute .WPM Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect] WPOS Workplace Operating System WPS Windows Printing System [Microsoft] + Workplace Shell [OS2] .WQ1 Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU] .WQ! Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU] WRAM Windows Random Access Memory .WRI Write (file name extension) WS WordStar + Workstation WT Write Through WWIS World Wide Information System [Internet] WWW World-Wide Web [Internet] WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
XA Extended Architecture + Extended Attribute XAPIA X.400 Application Program Interface Association X2B Hexadecimal to Binary [REXX] XBM X Windows Bitmap X2C Hexadecimal to Character [REXX] XCHG Exchange XCMD External Command XCOPY Extended Copy X2D Hexadecimal to Decimal [REXX] XDF Extended Density Format [IBM] XDR Extended/External Data Representation XFCN External Function XGA Extended Graphics Array [IBM] XID Exchange Identifier XIOS Extended Input/Output System XLAT Translate XLM Excel Macro Language [Microsoft] XMIT Transmit XMM Extended Memory Manager [LIM/AST] XMS Extended Memory Specification [LIM/AST] XNS Xerox Network System (protocol) [Xerox] XOFF Transmitter Off XON Transmitter On XOR Exclusive OR (Also EOR) XPRM Xerox Print Resources Manager [Xerox] XRT Extensions for Real-Time XSMD Extended Storage Module Drive (interface) XTAL Crystal XTCLK External Transmit Clock
YAM Yet Another Modem [Omen Technology] YAHOO Yet Another Hierarchically Officious Oracle [Internet]
.z Packed file (file name extension - using Pack/Unpack program)..lower case z..[Unix] .Z Compressed file (file name extension - using Compress/Uncompress program)..upper case Z..[Unix] ZBR Zone Bit Recording Z-CAV Zoned Constant Angular Velocity ZDL Zero Delay Lockout ZDS Zenith Data Systems ZIF Zero-Insertion Force (socket) ZIP Zigzag In-Line Package + Zone Improvement Plan (ZIPcode) .ZIP Compressed File (file name extension) [PKWare] .ZOO Compressed File (file name extension) [Dhesi] ZSL Zero Slot LAN ~ Tilde * Wildcard character (asterisk) *.* Star-Dot-Star (represents Any file name.Any file name extension) .$$$ Temporary File (file name extension) 3COM 3 Com Corporation (The 3 Coms are Computer, Communications and Compatability) 3GL Third Generation Language (procedural language) 4GL Fourth Generation Language (procedural language) 6DOF Six Degrees Of Freedom
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UU UU UU BABEL: A GLOSSARY OF UU UU COMPUTER ORIENTED ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS UU UU UU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Version 96A UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Copyright (C) 1989-1996 Irving Kind All Rights Reserved c/o K & D, One Church Lane, Baltimore, MD 21208 Jan 1996 version = BABEL96A Jan 1997 version = BABEL97A May 1996 version = BABEL96B May 1997 version = BABEL97B Sep 1996 version = BABEL96C Sep 1997 version = BABEL97C
--------------------------------- OBTAINING BABEL FROM THE INTERNET --------------------------------- Method 1 - WWW -------------- To get the babelxxx.html file via World Wide Web, use this URL: http://www.access.digex.net/~ikind/babel96a.html Method 2 - GOPHER ----------------- To get the babelxxx.txt file via Gopher: If you have access to a Gopher client, gopher directly to: gopher.temple.edu From the Main Menu, select "Temple University Computer Resources and Information" and then "Internet & Bitnet Information (Help-Net)". Then select "Glossary of Computer Abbreviations and Acronyms (BABEL96A.TXT)". Method 3 - FTP -------------- To get the babelxxx.txt file, if you have ftp access via The Internet, type these commands in lower case text: ftp ftp.temple.edu At Login : anonymous At Password: your email address cd /pub/info/help-net get babel96a.txt Method 4 - LISTSERV ------------------- To get the babelxxx.txt file via Listserv if on The Internet: Send e-mail to: listserv@vm.temple.edu Subject line should be left blank. In body of the message, type: GET BABEL96A TXT HELP-NET Method 5 - BITNET ----------------- To get the babelxxx.txt file via Listserv for Bitnet users: Send e-mail to: listserv@templevm Subject line should be left blank. In body of the message, type: GET BABEL96A TXT HELP-NET NOTE for all methods: -------------------- After Jan 1, 1996 request BABEL96A After May 1, 1996 request BABEL96B After Sep 1, 1996 request BABEL96C
The following examples are included to serve as a brief introduction to what may be found when reading email and news groups and when using IRC on the Internet. - - - - - - - In email and news, "smiley faces", rather than words, are used to express the writer's feelings. Turn your head to the side to read them. :-) Smile :-D Laughing :-] Smirk :-( Frown ;-) Wink :-X Close-mouthed 8-) Wide-eyed :-O Open-mouthed also <jk> Just kidding <g> Grin - - - - - - - In email and during on-line conversations, a variety of letter groups are used to abbreviate the writer's comments, such as: BRB Be right back IMHO In my humble opinion BTW By the way ROFL Rolling on the floor laughing FOAF Friend of a friend TIA Thanks in advance +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
COUNTRY DOMAIN NAMES At the present time there are over 200 recognized Country Domain names. Two-letter abbreviations that represent the country names are used in addresses seen on the Internet. The following names (68 to date) represent the country of origin where someone has downloaded BABEL. This list should be useful when checking the origin of your own mail. .ae United Arab Emirates .am Armenia .ar Argentina .at Austria .au Australia .be Belgium .bg Bulgaria .bh Bahrain .br Brazil .ca Canada .ch Switzerland .cl Chile .cn China .co Columbia .cr Costa Rica .cy Cyprus .cz Czech Republic .de Germany .dk Denmark .do Dominican Republic .ec Ecuador .ee Estonia .eg Egypt .es Spain .fi Finland .fr France .gb Great Britian (UK) .gl Greenland .gr Greece .hk Hong Kong .hr Croatia .hu Hungary .id Indonesia .ie Ireland .il Israel .in India .is Iceland .it Italy .jp Japan .kr Korea (South) .kw Kuwait .li Liechtenstein .lu Luxembourg .lv Latvia .mo Macau .my Malaysia .mx Mexico .nl Netherlands .no Norway .nz New Zealand .pe Peru .ph Phillipines .pl Poland .pt Portugal .ro Romania .ru Russian Federation .se Sweden .sg Singapore .si Slovenia .sk Slovakia (Slovak Republic) .th Thailand .tr Turkey .tt Trinidad and Tobago .tw Taiwan .us United States .uy Uruguay .ve Venezuela .za South Africa ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [TOP]