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DP - Demarcation Point
DP - Dial Pulse [telephony]
DP - Displaced Persons (expelled from native land)
DP - Display Postscript
DP - Double Play
DP - Draft Proposal
DPA - Delegation of Procurement Authority
DPAC - Dedicated Plant Assignment Center
DPANS - Draft Proposed American National Standard
DPC - Destination Point Code
DPE - Data Path Extender
DPI - Dots Per Inch
DPM - Defect Per Million
DPM - Digital Panel Meter
DPM - Directional Policy Matrix
DPMI - DOS Protected Mode Interface
DPNPH - Data Packet Network-Packet Handler, "DPN-PH"
DPP - Discounted Payback Period
DPS - Display PostScript
DPSK - Differential Phased-Shift Keying
DQ - Dairy Queen
DQ - Dragon Quest
DQDB - Distributed Queue Dual Bus a reservation-strategy MAN 150 Mb/s
DQL - Database Query Language
DR - Data Ready
DR - Data Receive
DR - Dead Reckoning
DR - Dining Room
DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory (as opposed to static RAM)
DRD - Data Reading Device
DRE - Directional Reservation Equipment
DRG - Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany)
DRI - Defense Research Internet (replaces Arpanet)
DRI - Digital Research, Incorporated [Corporate name]
DRMU - Digital Remote Measurement Unit
DRP - DECnet Routing Protocol
DRS - Data Rate Select (RS-232)
DS - Digital Signal
DS - Digital carrier Span
DS - Direct Signal
DS - Directory Service
DS - Double-Sided
DSA - Dial System Assistance
DSA - Digital Storage Architecture
DSA - Directory Service Agent
DSAB - Distributed Systems Architecture Board
DSBAM - Double-SideBand Amplitude Module
DSC - Document Structuring Conventions
DSCS - Defense Satellite Communications System
DSD - Data Structure Diagram
DSDC - Direct Service Dial Capability
DSE - Data Structure Editor
DSEE - Domain Software Engineering Environment
DSI - Digital Speech Interpolation
DSM - Distinguished Service Medal
DSN - Deep Space Network
DSN - Digital Signal (level) N
DSO - Digital Storage Oscilloscope
DSO - Distinguished Service Order
DSP - Decessit Sine Prole (died without issue)
DSP - Defense Support Program (USAF/NRO)
DSP - Digital Signal Processor; Digital Signal Processing
DSP - Domain-Specific System
DSR - Data Set Ready (RS-232)
DSR - Digital Standard Runoff
DSR - Dynamic Service Register
DSRI - Digital Standard Relational Interface
DSS - Data Station Selector
DSS - Decision Support System
DSS - Direct Station Selection [telephony]
DSSI - Digital Storage Systems Interconnect
DST - Daylight Saving Time
DSTN - Double SuperTwisted Nematic
DSU - Digital Service Unit; Data Service Unit
DSU - Disk Subsystem Unit (Artecon)
DSX - Digital System X-connect
DT - Data Transmit
DT - Delirium Tremens
DT - Di-group Terminal
DTAS - Digital Test Access System
DTB - Data Transfer Bus
DTC - Design To Cost
DTC - Di-group Terminal Controller
DTC - Digital Trunk Controller
DTE - Data Terminal Equipment
DTF - Dial Tone First payphone [telephony]
DTG - Direct Trunk Group
DTI - Department of Trade and Industry (U.K.)
DTIF - Digital Transmission Interface Frame
DTL - Diode Transistor Logic
DTMF - Dial Tone Multi Frequency [telephony]
DTP - DeskTop Publishing
DTR - Data Terminal Ready
DTSS - Dartmouth TimeSharing System
DTU - Demand Transmission Unit
DTU - Di-group Terminal Unit
DU - Decision Unit
DUA - Directory User Agent
DUATS - Direct User Access Terminal System
DUI - Driving Under the Influence
DUT - Device Under Test
DUV - Data Under Voice
DV - Deo Vo lente (God willing)
DVC - Digital Voice Card
DVM - Digital Volt Meter
DVM - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
DVMA - Direct Virtual Memory Access, see DMA, device uses MMU.
DVMRP - Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
DVX - Digital Voice eXchange
DW - Dead Weight
DWAPS - Defense Warehousing Automated Processing System
DWB - Documenter's WorkBench
DWI - Driving While Intoxicated
DWIM - Do What I Mean
DX - Distance (as in long distance radio communication)
DXT - Data eXtractT facility
E - East
E - Espionage
E911 - Enhanced 911
EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association
EADAS - Engineering and Administrative Data Acquisition System
EADASNM - Engineering and Administrative Data Acquisition System/Network Management, "EADAS/NM"
EADASS - Engineering and Administrative Data AcquiSition System
EAEO - Equal Access End Office
EAFB - Edwards Air Force Base
EARN - European Academic Research Network
EAS - Engineering Administration System
EAS - Extended Announcement System
EAS - Extended Area Service
EASD - Equal Access Service Date
EASI - Enhanced Asynchronous SCSI Interface
EBCDIC - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBI - Extensive Background Investigations
EC - European Community
EC - Exchange Carrier [telephony]
ECAD - Electronical Computer Aided Design
ECAFE - Economic Commission for Africa and the Far East
ECAP - Electronic Customer Access Program
ECASS - Electronically Controlled Automatic Switching System
ECASS - Export Control Automated Support System
ECC - Enter Cable Change
ECC - Error Checking and Correcting
ECC - Error Correction Code
ECCM - Electronic Counter-CounterMeasures
ECCS - Economic C (hundred) Call Seconds
ECD - East Coast Division (Sun)
ECDO - Electronic Community Dial Office
ECF - Enhanced Connectivity Facility
ECG - ElectroCardioGram
ECL - Emitter Coupled Logic (see also TTL)
ECL - Error Correction Logic
ECLSS - Environmental Control and Life Support System [Space]
ECM - Electronic Counter Measure
ECM - European Common Market
ECMA - European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECN - Engineering Computer Network (at Purdue)
ECO - Ecological
ECO - Electronic Central Office
ECO - Engineering Change Order
ECOM - Electronic Computer Originated Mail, "E-COM"
ECPA - Electronic Communication Privacy Act
ECPT - Electronic Coin Public Telephone
ECR - Engineering Change Request
ECS - Electronic Crosconnect System
ECS - Environmental Control System
ECSA - Exchange Carriers Standards Association
ECT - ElectroConvulsive Therapy
ECV - Electric Cargo Vehicle [NASA OEXP]
EDA - Electronic Design Automation
EDAC - Electromechanical Digital Adapter Circuit
EDD - Expert Dungeons & Dragons, "ED&D"
EDF - Electricite de France
EDGAR - Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
EDIF - Electronic Design Interchange Format
EDO - Extended Duration Orbiter [Space]
EDP - Electronic Data Processing
EDS - Electronic Data Systems
EDSX - Electronic Digital Signal X-connect
EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
EDTA - Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid
EDTCC - Electronic Data Transmission Communications Central
EE - Electrical or Electronics Engineer
EEC - European Economic Community
EECT - End-to-End Call Trace
EEDP - Expanded Electronic tandem switching Dialing Plan
EEG - ElectroEncephaloGram
EEHO - Either End Hop Off
EEI - Equipment-to-Equipment Interface
EEL - Epsilon Extension Language
EEM - External Expansion Module (Sun)
EEO - Errors and Omissions Excepted, "E&EO"
EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EFD - Ellington Field, Houston TX
EFI - Electronics For Imaging (Co.)
EFIS - Electronic Flight Instrumentation System
EFRAP - Electronic Feeder Route Analysis Program
EFS - Error Free Seconds
EG - Exempli Gratia, "e.g." (for example)
EGA - Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EGP - Exterior Gateway Protocol
EGREP - Extended GREP
EGRET - Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (on GRO)
EHF - Extremely High Frequency (30-300GHz)
EHP - Error Handling Package
EIA - Electronics Industry Association
EIN - Employer Identification Number
EINE - EINE Is Not Emacs
EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
EIS - Executive Information Systems
EIS - Expanded Inband Signaling
EIS - Extended Instruction Set
EISA - Extended Industry-Standard Architecture
EISB - Electronic Imaging Standards Board
EISS - Economic Impact Study System
EISS - European Intelligence Support System
EITS - Encoded Information TypeS
EJASA - Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic
EKG - ElectroKardioGramm (see ECG)
EKTS - Electronic Key Telephone Sets
EL - ElectroLuminescent (as in display)
ELC - Extra(Excellent) Low Cost
ELF - Extensible Linking Format
ELF - Extremely Low Frequency
ELLE - Elle Looks Like Emacs
ELM - ELectronic Mailer
ELO - Electric Light Orchestra
ELP - Emerson, Lake and Palmer (or Powell)
ELT - Emergency Locator Transmitter
ELV - Expendable Launch Vehicle [Space]
EM - Engineering Model
EM - Enlisted Man (see EW)
EM - ``Ear & Mouth''; recEive & transMit leads of a signalling system, "E&M"
EMA - Electronic Mail Association
EMA - Enterprise Management Architecture (DEC)
EMACS - Editor MACroS; Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping
EMAIL - Electronic MAIL, "E-MAIL"
EMC - ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
EMF - ElectroMotive Force
EMI - ElectroMagnetic Interference
EML - Expected Measured Loss
EMP - ElectroMagnetic Pulse
EMPRESS - EnvironMental Pulse Radiation Environment Simulator for Ships
EMR - ElectroMagnetic Response
EMS - Electronic Message System
EMS - Element Management System
EMS - Extended Memory Specification
EMS - Element Management System, part of AT&T's UNMA
EMT - Emergency Medical Technician
EMU - ElectroMagnetic Unit
EMU - Extravehicular Mobility Unit [Space]
ENEA - Comitato Nazionale per la Ricerca e per lo Sviloppo dell' Energia Nuclaeare e delle Energie Alternative, Italy
ENET - Ethernet, "E-Net"
ENFIA - Exchange Network Facility for Interstate Access
ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
ENS - ENSign
EO - End Office [telephony]
EO - Erasable Optical
EOD - Erasable Optical Disk
EOE - Electronic Order Exchange
EOE - Equal Opportunity Employer
EOF - End Of File
EOM - End Of Month
EOS - Earth Observing System
EOS - Electrical OverStress
EOS - Extended Operating System
EOT - End Of Transmission
EOTT - End Office Toll Trunking
EP - Emulation Program
EP - Experience Points
EP - Extended Play
EPA - Enhanced Performance Architecture
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EPD - Entry Products Division
EPL - Electronic switching system Program Language
EPOS - Engineering and Project-management Oriented Support system
EPPS - Electronic Pre-Press Systems.
EPRI - Electric Power Research Institute
EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPS - Encapsulated PostScript
EPSCS - Enhanced Private Switched Communication Service
EPSF - Encapsulated PostScript File
EPSF - Encapsulated PostScript Format
EPSI - Encapsulated PostScript Interchange
EPT - Empire of the Petal Throne
EPTS - Electronic Problem Tracking System
EPUB - Electronic PUBlication
EPW - Enemy Prisoner of War
EQ - Educational Quotient (see IQ)
EQUEL - Embedded QUEL
ER - Emergency Room
ER - Error Register
ERA - Earned Run Average
ERA - Entity-Relationship-Attribute
ERA - Equal Rights Amendment
ERAR - Error Return Address Register
ERD - Entity-Relationship Diagram
ERE - Entity-Relationship Editor
EREP - Environmental Recording Editing and Printing
ERICA - Experiment on Rapidly Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic
ERICA - Eyegaze Response Interface Computer Aid
ERISA - Employee Retirement Income Security Act
ERL - Echo Return Loss
ERP - Effective Radiated Power
ERS - Earth Resources Satellite (as in ERS-1)
ERT - Earth Resources Technology [Space]
ERU - Error Return address Update
ES - End System
ES - Expert System
ESA - Enterprise Systems Architecture (MVS/XA followon)
ESA - European Space Agency
ESAC - Electronic Surveillance Assistance Center
ESAC - Electronic Systems Assistance Center
ESB - Emergency Service Bureau
ESD - ElectroStatic Discharge
ESD - Engineering Service Division
ESDI - Enhanced Standard Device Interface
ESE - East South East
ESF - Extended SuperFrame
ESF - Extended Superframe Format
ESH - End System Hello
ESI - ElectroStatic Interference
ESIS - End System-Intermediate System, "ES-IS"
ESL - Emergency Stand-Alone
ESM - Electronic Support Measures
ESM - External Storage Module (Sun)
ESMD - Embeded Storage Module Disk
ESMD - Enhanced Storage Module Device
ESN - Electronic Serial Number
ESN - Electronic Switched Network
ESO - European Southern Observatory
ESOP - Employee Stock Ownership Plan
ESP - Enhanced Service Provider
ESP - Extra Sensory Perception
ESPEC - Ethernet SPECification (DIX)
ESPS - Entropic Signal Processing System
ESS - Electronic Switching System [telephony]
ESS - Environmental Stress Screening
ESSEX - Experimental Solid State EXchange
ESSX - Electronic Switching Systen eXchange
EST - Eastern Standard Time
ET - Eastern Time
ET - External Tank [of the US Space Shuttle]
ET - ExtraTerrestrial [Space]
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival
ETACC - External Tank/Aft Cargo Carrier, "ET/ACC" (see also ET) [Space]
ETAS - Emergency Technical ASsistance
ETC - Et cetera, and so on...
ETD - Estimated Time of Departure
ETF - Electronic Toll Fraud
ETFD - Electronic Toll Fraud Device [telephony]
ETH - Eidgnoessiche Techniche Hochschule
ETLA - Extended Three Letter Acronym
ETN - Electronic Tandem Network
ETO - Earth-to-Orbit [Space]
ETR - Eastern Test Range
ETS - Electronic Tandem Switching
ETS - Electronic Translation System
ETSACI - Electronic Tandem Switching Adminstration Channel Interface
ETSI - European Telecommunication Standards Institute
ETSSP - ETS Status Panel
ETV - Education TeleVision
EUC - Extended Unix Code
EUNET - European UNIX Network
EUNET - European UNIX network, "EUnet"
EUUG - European UNIX Users Group
EUV - Extreme UltraViolet
EUVE - Extreme UltraViolet Explorer
EVA - ExtraVehicular Activity
EVX - Electronic Voice eXchange
EW - Electronic Warfare
EW - Enlisted Woman (see EM)
EWO - Engineering Work Order
EWOS - European Workshop for Open Systems
EWS - Engineering Work Station
EXPO - World Exposition
FA - Factory Automation
FA - Finance Accounting (Sun)
FA - Football Association (British soccer)
FA - Fuse Alarm
FAA - Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.)
FAB - Feature-Advantage-Benefit
FACD - Foreign Area Customer Dialing
FACOM - Fujitsu Automatic Computer
FACS - Facilities Assignment and Control System
FAE - Fuel Air Explosive
FAESHED - Fuel Air ExploSive, HElicopter Delivered
FAG - Forced Air Gas
FAI - Federation Aeronautique International
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization [U.S. Government]
FAQ - Frequently-Asked Question(s)
FAQL - Frequently-Asked Questions List
FAR - Federal Acquisition Regulation
FAR - Federal Aviation Regulations (U.S.)
FAR - Federation of American Research
FARNET - Federation of American Research NETworks
FAS - Foreign Agricultural Service
FAS - Free Alongside Ship
FASST - Flexible Architecture Standard System Technology
FAST - Fast Auroral SnapshoT explorer
FAST - First Application System Test
FAT - File Allocation Table
FAT - Foreign Area Translation
FAX - FAcsimile
FB - Freight Bill
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation [U.S. Government]
FBO - Fixed-Base Operator
FBV - a Dutch acronym for "Fluke, Ltd."
FC - Full Color
FCAP - Facility CAPacity
FCC - Federal Communications Commission [U.S. Government]
FCC - Federal Computer Conference
FCC - Forward Command Channel
FCCSET - Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Education and Technology (under OSTP)
FCFS - First Come, First Served
FCG - False Cross or Ground
FCO - Field Change Order
FCRC - Federal Contract Research Center
FCS - File Control Systemction
FCS - First Customer Ship (SunOS Releases)
FCS - Frame Check/Control Sequence
FCT - Four Corner Test (4FCT)
FD - File Descriptor
FD - Floppy/Flexible Disk(ette)/Drive
FDA - Food and Drug Administration [U.S. Government]
FDDI - Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDDIII - FDDI supporting isochronous traffic, "FDDI-II"
FDHD - Floppy Drive High Density
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [U.S. Government]
FDM - Frequency-Division Multiplexing
FDP - Field Development Program
FDR - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FDX - Full DupleX
FE - Format Effecters
FE - Front End
FEA - Finite Element Analysis
FEC - Forward Error Correction
FED - Far End Data
FEDSIM - FEDeral Systems Integration and Management center
FEHQ - Fluke European HeadQuarters
FEM - Finite Element Modeling
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMF - Foreign Electro-Motive Force
FEP - Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene
FEP - Front End Processor
FEPC - Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPS - Facility and Equipment Planning System
FERS - Federal Employees Retirement System
FET - Far East Trading
FET - Federal Excise Tax
FET - Field Effect Transistor
FEV - Far End Voice
FF - Flip-Flop
FFA - Field Failure Analysis
FFA - Future Farmers of America
FFRDC - Federally Funded Reseach and Development Center
FFS - Fast File System
FFT - Fast Fourier Transform
FGA - Feature Group A, "FG-A" [telephony:Line Side term. for LD carriers]
FGB - Feature Group B, "FG-B" [telephony:Trunk Side term. for LD carriers (aka ENFIA B), 950 service]
FGC - Feature Group C, "FG-C" [telephony]
FGD - Feature Group D, "FG-D" [telephony:Trunk Side term. for LD carriers, 1+ service]
FGREP - Fixed GREP
FGS - Fine Guidance Sensors (on HST)
FHA - Federal Housing Administration
FHA - Future Homemakers of America
FHLMC - Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association (Freddie Mac)
FHMA - Federal Home Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
FHST - Fixed Head Star Trackers (on HST)
FIB - Focused Ion Beam
FICA - Federal Insurance Contributions Act
FIDO - Fog Investigation Dispersal Operation
FIFO - First In, First Out
FILO - First In, Last Out
FIMS - Forms Interface Management System
FIN - Field Information Notice
FINE - FINE Is Not Emacs
FIO - Frequency In and Out
FIOC - Frame Input/Output Controller
FIP - Facility Interface Processor
FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standard
FIR - Far InfraRed
FIR - Field Information Report
FIR - Finite Impulse Response
FIRMR - Federal Information Resource Management Regulation
FIT - Federal Information Technologies, inc.
FITS - Flexible Image Transport System
FL - Florida
FLACC - Full Level Algol Checkout Compiler
FLOP - FLoating point OPeration
FLOPS - FLoating-point OPerations per Second
FLRA - Federal Labor Relations Authority
FLS - Floating License Server
FLT - Front Load Tape
FM - Frequency Modulation
FMAC - Facility Maintenance And Control
FMB - Federal Maritime Board
FMC - Flexible Manufacturing Cell
FMCS - Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
FMEA - Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
FMR - Field Marketing Representative (Sun)
FMS - Financial Management Service (Treasury Dept)
FMS - Flexible Machining/Manufacturing System
FMS - Forms Management System
FNC - Federal Networking Council
FNPA - Foreign Numbering Plan Area
FO - Forecast Order
FO - Foreign Office
FO - Forward Observer
FOAC - Federal Office Automation Center
FOB - Free On Board
FOC - Faint Object Camera (on HST)
FOC - Fiber Optic Communications
FOC - Free Of Charge
FOIA - Freedom Of Information Act
FOIMS - Field Office Information Management System
FOIRL - Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link
FON - Fiber Optics Network
FOOBAR - See FUBAR
FOR - Free On Rail
FORCS - Faa's Operational Reporting Communication System
FORD - Fix Or Repair Daily
FORD - Found On Road Dead
FORTRAN - FORmula TRANslator
FOS - Faint Object Spectrograph (on HST)
FOSE - Federal Office Systems Exposition
FOT - Fiber Optic Transceiver
FOT - Free On Truck
FOV - Field Of View
FPA - Floating Point Accelerator
FPC - Fish Protein Concentrate
FPC - Floating Point Coprocessor
FPDU - FTAM Protocol Data Unit
FPE - Floating Point Engine
FPE - Foam PolyEthylene
FPHA - Federal Public Housing Authority
FPLA - Field Programmable Logic Array (see PLA)
FPM - Feet Per Minute
FPO - Fleet Post Office
FPP - Floating Point Processor
FPS - Favorite Play Sequence
FPS - Feet Per Second
FPS - Foot-Pound-Second
FPU - Floating Point Unit
FQDN - Fully-Qualified Domain Name
FR - Flat Rate
FRACTAL - FRACTional dimensionAL
FRAM - Ferroelectric RAM
FRB - Federal Reserve Board
FRD - Fire RetarDant
FRED - Fred Resembles Emacs Deliberately
FREE - Fathers Rights and Equality Exchange
FRG - Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
FRICC - Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee
FROG - Free Rocket Over Ground
FRPG - Fantasy Role Playing Game
FRR - Flight-Readiness Review
FRS - Federal Reserve System
FRS - Flexible Route Selection
FRU - Field Replacable Unit
FS - Field Service
FS - File System
FS - Floppy System
FSCM - Federal Supply Code for Manufactures
FSDO - Flight Standards District Office
FSE - Field Service Engineer
FSF - Free Software Foundation
FSK - Frequency Shift Keying
FSLIC - Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
FSS - Fast System Switch (System V)
FSS - Federal Supply Service
FSS - Flight Service Station
FSU - Florida State University
FSU - Former Soviet Union
FSW - Forward Swept Wings
FT - Foot
FT1 - fractional T1, common carrier transmission in multiples of 64 kb/s
FTAM - File Transfer, Access, and Management (ISO FTP equivalent)
FTC - Federal Trade Commission
FTE - Factory Test Equipment
FTG - Final Trunk Group
FTL - Faster Than Light
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
FTPI - Flux Transitions Per Inch
FTS - Federal Telecommunications System [US Government]
FTS - Federal Telephone System [telephony]
FTS - Flight Telerobotic Servicer [Space]
FTW - File Tree Walk
FTZ - Free Trade Zone
FUBAR - F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
FUS - Full-Use Standard
FUSE - Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
FV - folio verso, "fv" (on the back of the page)
FW - Fringeworthy
FWD - Front Wheel Drive
FWHM - Full Width at Half Maximum
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FX - Foriegn eXchange [telephony]
FX - special effects
FY - Fiscal Year
FYA - For Your Action
FYI - For Your Information
FYS - For Your Signature
G - Gravity
GA - Gamblers Anonymous
GA - General Assembly
GA - General Average
GA - General of the Army
GA - Georgia
GAAP - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAAS - Gallium Arsenide, "GaAs"
GAB - Group Audio Bridging [telephony]
GADO - General Aviation District Office
GAIA - Earth's self-sustaining Biosphere, "Gaia"
GAIA - GUI Application Interoperability Architecture
GAN - Global Area Network
GAO - General Accounting Office
GAR - Grand Army of the Republic
GAS - Get-Away Special
GATED - GATEway Deamon
GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GAW - Guaranteed Annual Wage
GB - Gangbusters
GB - GigaByte
GB - Great Britain
GBIP - General Purpose Interface Bus
GBS - Group Bridging Service
GBT - Green Bank Telescope
GC - Garbage Collection (LISP)
GC - Gas Chromatograph(y)
GC - Graphic Context
GCA - General Communications Architecture (Ingres)
GCA - Ground Controlled Approach
GCC - Gnu C Compiler
GCD - Ground Controlled Descent
GCL - Graphics Command Language
GCM - General Court Martial
GCR - Group-Coded Recording (magnetic tape, 6250 bpi)
GCS - Group Control System
GCT - Greenwich Civil Time
GCVS - General Catalog of Variable Stars
GDB - Gnu DeBugger
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GDS - Great Dark Spot
GE - General Electric
GECOS - General Electric Comprehensive Operating System
GECR - Global Environmental Change Report
GEIS - General Electric Information Systems
GEISCO - General Electric Information Services COmpany
GEM - Giotto Extended Mission
GEM - Graphics Environment Manager
GEMS - General Electric Medical Systems
GEO - Geosynchronous Earth Orbit [Space]
GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GGP - Gateway-to-Gateway Protocol
GHQ - General HeadQuarters
GHRS - Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph (on HST)
GHZ - Giga HertZ, "GHz" (unit of frequency, 1,000,000,000 cycles per second)
GI - Galvanized Iron
GI - Gastro Intestinal
GI - General Issue
GI - Government Issue
GID - Group IDentity
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIN - Graphics INput
GISS - Goddard Institute for Space Studies
GJIAGDVYFCN - Go Jump In a God Damned Volcano, You Fucking Cave Newt (talk.bizarre)
GKS - Graphical Kernel Standard
GKSM - GKS Metafile
GLOMR - Global Low-Orbiting Message Relay
GM - Game Master
GM - General Manager
GM - General Motors
GM - Guided Missile
GMBH - Gesellschaft Mit Beschraenkter Haftung
GMC - Giant Molecular Cloud
GMRT - Giant Meter-wave Radio Telescope
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
GMW - Give me More Windows
GND - GrouND
GNMA - Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
GNP - Gross National Product
GNU - GNU's Not Unix
GOES - Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellites
GOK - God Only Knows
GOP - Grand Old Party
GOS - Grade Of Service
GOSIP - Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
GOX - Gaseous OXygen
GP - General Practitioner
GP - Grand Prix
GP - Graphics Processor
GP - Group Processor
GPC - General Purpose Computer
GPCI - Graphics Processor Command Interface
GPD - Graphics Products Division
GPI - Graphics Programming Interface
GPIB - General-Purpose Interface Bus
GPL - GNU Public License
GPL - General Public License
GPL - Graphics Programming Language
GPM - Gross Product Margin
GPO - General Post Office
GPO - Government Printing Office
GPS - General Problem Solver
GPS - Global Positioning System [Space]
GPSI - Graphics Processor Software Interface
GPSS - General Purpose System Simulator
GQ - General Quarters
GRASS - Geographical Resources Analysis Support System
GRB - Gamma Ray Burst(er)
GRD - GRounD
GREP - Global Regular Expression Print, g/re/p, (UNIX command)
GRI - Graduate, Realtors Institute
GRIPS - Government Raster Image Processing Software
GRO - Gamma Ray Observatory [Space]
GROPE - Graphical representation of protocols in Estelle
GRPMOD - GRouP MODulator, "GRP MOD"
GRS - Gamma Ray Spectrometer (on Mars Observer)
GRS - Great Red Spot
GS - General Schedule
GS - Glide Slope
GS - Gray-Scale
GSA - General Services Adminstration [U.S. Government]
GSA - Girl Scouts of America
GSA - Government Services Administration
GSAT - General telephone and electronics SATellite corporation
GSBCA - General Services administration Board of Contract Appeals
GSC - Guide Star Catalog (for HST)
GSFC - Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD) [NASA]
GSTS - Ground-based Surveillance and Tracking System
GT - Gross Ton
GT - Group Technology
GTC - General Telephone Company
GTE - General Telephone and Electric [Corporate name]
GTO - Geostationary Transfer Orbit
GTSI - Government Technology Services, inc.
GTT - Global Title Transmission
GUI - Graphical User Interface
GUIDE - Graphical User Interface Design Editor (Sun)
GUS - Guide to the Use of Standards (SPAG publication)
GW - Gamma World
GWEN - Ground Wave Emergency Network
GWS - Graphics Work Station
H - Harn
H - Height
HA - Home Automation
HACD - Home Area Customer Dialing
HAL - Hard Array Logic
HAL - Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer (2001)
HAM - Hold And Modify
HAO - High Altitude Observatory
HAP - Host Access Protocol
HARM - High-Availability, Reliability, and Maintainability
HASP - Houston Automated Spooling Program
HAT - Hashed Address Table
HB - HemogloBin, "Hb"
HBA - Host Bus Adapter (SCSI)
HBM - Her British Majesty; His British Majesty
HBO - Home Box Office
HC - Holy Communion
HC - House of Commons
HCF - Halt and Catch Fire
HCFA - Health Care Financing Administration
HCL - High Cost of Living
HCL - Host Control Links
HCR - Hodge Computer Research, inc.
HCSDS - High-Capacity Satellite Digital Service
HCTDS - High-Capacity Terrestrial Digital Service
HD - Hard Disk
HD - Heavy Duty
HD - Henry Draper catalog entry
HDA - Head Disk Assembly (in winchester disk drives)
HDBV - Host Data Base View
HDL - High Density Lipoprotein
HDLC - High-level Data Link Control
HDTV - High Definition TeleVision
HDX - Half DupleX
HE - His Eminence; His Excellency
HEAO - High Energy Astronomical Observatory [satellite]
HEAP - Home Energy Assistance Program
HEDM - High Energy-Density Matter [Space]
HEHO - High End Hop Off
HEM - High-level Entity Management
HEMP - Help End Marijuana Prohibition
HEMS - High-level Entity Management System
HEMT - High Electron Mobility Transistor
HEO - High Earth Orbit [Space]
HEP - High Energy Physics
HERA - HErmes Robotic Arm, "HeRA"
HERO - Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance
HF - Hawthorne Farms (Intel)
HF - High Fantasy
HF - High Frequency (3-30MHz)
HFE - Human Factors Engineering
HFS - Hierarchical File System (Apple Macintosh)
HGA - High Gain Antenna
HI - Hawaii
HIC - Hybrid Integrated Circuit
HIFO - Highest-In, First-Out
HIIPS - Hud Integrated Information Processing Services
HIPPI - HIgh Performance Parallel Interface
HIRES - HI-RESolution
HIS - Honeywell Information System
HIV - Human Immuno-deficiency Virus
HLC - Heavy Lift Capability [Space]
HLHSR - Hidden Line & Hidden Surface Removal
HLL - High-Level Language
HLV - Heavy Lift Vehicle [Space]
HM - High-resolution Monochrome
HMC - Halley Multicolor Camera (on Giotto)
HMOS - High performance Metal Oxide Semiconductor (see MOS)
HMP - Host Monitoring Protocol
HMS - His/Her Majesty's Ship
HMT - His/Her Majesty's Transport
HNPA - Home Numbering Plan Area [telephony]
HNS - Hospitality Network Service
HOBIC - HOtel Billing Information Center
HOBIS - HOtel Billing Information System
HOL - High-Order System
HOTOL - HOrizontal Take-Off and Landing
HOW - Home Owners Warranty
HP - Hewlett-Packard, inc. [Corporate name]
HP - High Pressure
HP - Higher Power (sort of an AA "in" term, usually God)
HP - Hit Points
HP - HorsePower
HPD - High Performance Division (Sun group)
HPGe - High Purity Germanium
HPIB - Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
HPLT - High-Productivity Languages/Tools, "HPL/T"
HPN - White Plains NY
HPO - High Performance Option
HPPA - HP Precision Architecture
HQ - HeadQuarters
HR - Hertzsprung-Russell (diagram)
HR - House of Representatives
HR - Human Resources
HRH - Her/His Royal Highness
HRI - High Resolution Imager (on ROSAT)
HS - High School
HSB - Hue, Saturation, Brightness
HSC - Hierarchical Storage Controller
HSFS - High Sierra File System
HSI - High Speed Interface
HSI - Horizontal Situation Indicator
HSLN - High Speed Local Network
HSP - High Speed Photometer (on HST)
HSSDS - High-Speed Switched Digital Service
HST - Hawaiian Standard Time
HST - High Speed Technology
HST - Hubble Space Telescope
HT - High Tension (as in electric power transmission)
HT - Horizontal Tab
HTK - Hits To Kill
HU - High Usage
HUAC - House Unamerican Activities Committee
HUD - Heads Up Display
HUD - Housing and Urban Development [U.S. Government]
HUGE - Hewlett-packard Unsupported Gnu Emacs
HUT - Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (ASTRO package)
HUTG - High Usage Trunk Group
HV - High Voltage
HVAC - Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
HW2000 - Highway 2000
HWD - Hayward CA
HWM - High-Water Mark
HZ - HertZ, "Hz" (unit of frequency, cycles per second)
I18N - InternationalizatioN (count the letters)
IA - Inspection Authorization
IAB - Interactive Application Builder
IAB - Internet Activities Board
IAD - Dulles International, Washington DC
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
IAH - Houston (Intercontinental) TX
IANA - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IAPPP - International Amateur/Professional Photoelectric Photometry
IATA - International Air Transport Association
IAU - International Astronomical Union
IAUC - IAU Circular
IB - Instruction Buffer
IBM - Ingrained Batch Mentality
IBM - International Brotherhood of Magicians
IBM - International Business Machines [Corporate name]
IBM - Itty Bitty Machines
IBN - Integrated Business Network
IC - Independent Carrier
IC - Integrated Circuit
IC - Inter-LATA Carrier
IC - Interexchange Carrier [telephony] (see also IEC)
ICAN - Individual Circuit ANalysis
ICB - Interstate Computer Bank
ICBM - InterContinental Ballistic Missile
ICBW - I Could Be Wrong
ICC - Interstate Commerce Commission
ICCC - Inter-Client Communication Convention (X)
ICCCM - Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual
ICD - Interactive Call Distribution
ICE - In-Circuit Emulator
ICE - International Cometary Explorer
ICE - Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics
ICI - Imperial Chemical Industries
ICJ - International Court of Justice
ICL - International Computers Limited
ICLID - Individual Calling Line ID
ICM - Integrated Call Management
ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
ICON - Inter CONtinental
ICP - Integrated Channel Processor
ICP - Inventory Control Points
ICRC - International Cosmic Ray Conference
ICSC - Inter-LATA Customer Service Center
ICST - Institute for Computer Science and Technology
ICT - In-Circuit Test
ICT - Interactive Consumer Terminal
ID - IDentification
ID - Idaho
IDA - Intercommunication Data Areas
IDA - International Dark-sky Association
IDA - International Development Association
IDC - Insulation Displacement Contact
IDDD - International Direct Distance Dial [telephony]
IDE - Integrated Development Environment
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics
IDE - Interactive Development Environments, inc
IDEA - International Dance Exercise Association
IDEA - Internet Design, Engineering, and Analysis notes (IETF RFCs)
IDF - Intermediate Distributing Frame [telephony]
IDI - Initial Domain Identifier
IDL - Interactive Data Language
IDL - Interface Description Language
IDM - Image Data Manager
IDP - Initial Domain Part
IDP - Internet Datagram Protocol (XNS equivalent to IP)
IDS - Internal Directory System
IDV - Interlibrational Derived Vehicle [Space]
IDVC - Integrated Data/Voice Channel
IE - Id Est (that is)
IE - Id Est, "i.e." (that is)
IE - Indo-European
IE - Inter Ethernet
IEC - InterExchange Carrier [telephony] (see also IC)
IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission
IEE - Institute of Electrical Engineers (UK)
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEN - Internet Engineering Notes
IEN - Internet Experiment Notebook (precedes RFCs)
IESG - Internet Engineering Steering Group
IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force
IF - InterFace, "I/F"
IF - Intermediate Frequency
IFB - Invitation For Bids
IFC - International Finance Corporation
IFC - International Freighting Corporation
IFF - Identification - Friend or Foe
IFF - Image File Format
IFF - Interchange File Format
IFF - Iterative Function Fractal
IFIP - International Federation for Information Processing
IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations
IFR - Instrument Flight Rules
IFRPS - Intercity Facility Relief Planning System
IGES - Initial Graphics Exchange Standard
IGM - InterGalactic Medium
IGMP - Internet Group Multicast Protocol
IGP - Interior Gateway Protocol
IGY - International Geophysical Year
IHP - Indicated HorsePower
IHS - Integrated Hospital Support
IIA - Information Industry Association
IIE - Institute of Industrial Engineers
IIHF - International Ice Hockey Federation
IIL - Integrated Injection Logic
IIN - Integrated Information Network
IISPB - Image and Information Standards Policy Board
ILO - International Labor Organization
ILS - Instrument Landing System
ILV - Industrial Launch Vehicle [Space]
IM - Installation & Maintenance, "I&M"
IM - Interface Module
IMAP - Interactive Mail Access Protocol
IMAP3 - Interactive Mail Access Protocol - Version 3
IMAS - Integrated Mass Announcement System
IMC - Instrument Meteorological Contitions
IMD - Industry Marketing Development
IMF - International Monetary Fund
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion [net jargon]
IMM - Input Message Manual
IMP - Interface Message Processor [ARPANET/MILNET] (replaced by PSN)
IMPACT - Inventory Management Program and Control Technique
IMS - Integrated Management System
IMSA - International Motor Sports Association
IMSL - International Mathematical Subroutine Library
IMSO - Integrated Micro Systems Operation (Intel)
IMSVS - Information Management System/Virtual Storage, "IMS/VS"
IMT - Image Management Terminal
IMT - Inter-Machine Trunk
IMTS - Improved Mobile Telephone Service
IN - Indiana
IN - Intelligent Network
INADS - INitialization and ADministration System [telephony]
INC - InterNational Carrier
INGRES - Interactive Graphic Retrieval System
INL - Inter Node Link
INMS - integrated network management system, part of AT&T's UNMA
INN - Inter Node Network
INOC - Internet Network Operations Center
INRI - Iesus Nazerenus Rex Iudaeorum (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews)
INRIA - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique
INS - Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS - Inertial Navigation System
INS - Information Network System
INSTITUTE - INSTITUTE's Name Shows That It's Totally Unrelated To EMACS
INTAP - INteroperability Technology Association for information Processing
INTELSAT - INternational TELecommunications SATellite consortium
INWATS - INward Wide Area Telephone Service [telephony]
IO - Input/Output (sometimes I/O)
IO - Input/Output, "I/O"
IO - Inward Operator
IOC - Input/Output Computer (Aptec)
IOC - Input/Output Controller
IOC - International Operating Center [telephony, US]
IOCC - International Overseas Completion Center
IOD - Identified Outward Dialing
IONL - Internal Organization of the Network Layer
IOOF - International Order of Odd Fellows
IOP - Input-Output Processor
IOT - InterOffice Trunk
IOTA - Infrared-Optical Telescope Array
IOTA - International Occultation Timing Association
IOU - I Owe you (U)
IOW - In Other Words
IP - Industrial Products
IP - Information Provider [telephony]
IP - Innings Pitched
IP - Intermediate Point
IP - Internet Protocol
IPC - Integrated Personal Computer
IPC - InterProcess Communication
IPC - Inventory Process Control
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCE - InterProcess Communication Environment
IPCS - Interactive Problem Control System
IPDU - Internet Protocol Data Unit
IPE - Integrated Programming Environment
IPI - Intelligent Peripheral Interface
IPL - Initial Program Load
IPLAN - Integrated PLanning And Analysis
IPM - Impulses Per Minute
IPM - Interruptions Per Minute
IPMS - InterPersonal Message Services
IPO - Initial Public Offering
IPO - International Procurement Office
IPS - Inches Per Second
IPS - Inertial Pointing System
IPS - Information Processing Standards
IPSE - Integrated Project-Support Environment
IPT - Williamsport PA
IPX - Internetwork Packet exchange (of Novell Inc.)
IQ - Intelligence Quotient (see EQ)
IQR - Inquiry
IR - Index Register
IR - Information Resource
IR - InfraRed
IR - Internetwork Router
IRA - Individual Retirement Account
IRA - Interprocedural Register Allocation
IRA - Irish Republican Army
IRAF - Image Reduction and Analysis Facility
IRAS - Infrared Astronomical Satellite
IRBM - Intelligent Repeater Bridge Module
IRBM - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
IRC - International Record Carrier
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRD - Investment Recovery Department
IRDS - Information Resource Dictionary Standard
IRDS - InfraRed Detection Set
IRE - Institute of Radio Engineers (old name for the now IEEE, q.v.)
IRG - InterRecord Gap
IRM - Information Resources Management
IRM - Intelligent Repeater Module
IRMS - Information Resources Management Service
IRN - Intermediate Routing Node
IROR - Internal Rate Of Return
IRS - Inertial Reference System
IRS - Internal Revenue Service
IRSG - Internet Research Steering Group
IRTF - Internet Research Task Force
IS - Information Separator
IS - Information Systems
IS - Intermediate System
IS - International Standard
IS - Interrupt Set
ISA - Industry-Standard Architecture
ISAM - Indexed Sequential Access Method
ISAS - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan)
ISBD - International Bibliographic Description
ISBN - International Standard Book Number
ISC - Information Services Center
ISC - Interactive Systems Corporation
ISC - International Switching Center
ISCH - Interstitial-Cell-Stimulating Hormone (same as LH)
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
ISDT - Integrated Systems Development Tool
ISEE - International Sun Earth Explorer (usually ISEE-3)
ISF - Information Systems Factory
ISFUG - Integrated Software Federal User Group
ISH - Intermediate System Hello
ISI - Information Sciences Institute (at USC)
ISIS - Intermediate System to Intermediate System, "IS-IS"
ISLM - Integrated Services Line Module
ISLU - Integrated Services Line Unit
ISM - InterStellar Medium
ISN - Information Systems Network
ISN - Integrated Systems Network
ISO - Infrared Space Observatory
ISO - International Standards Organization
ISODE - ISO Development Environment
ISOO - Information Security Oversight Office
ISOP - Incentive Stock Option Plan
ISPM - International Solar Polar Mission
ISR - Institute of Snow Research
ISRG - Independent Space Research Group
ISS - Integrated Switching System
ISSI - Information Security Systems Inc.
ISSN - Integrated Special Services Network
ISSN - International Standard Serial Number
IST - Initial System Test
ISUP - Integrated Services User Part
ISV - Independent Software Vendor
ISV - Instantaneous Speed Variation
ISY - International Space Year
IT - Industrial Technology
IT - Information Technology
ITC - Independent Telephone Company
ITC - Inter-Task Communication
ITM - Information Technology Management
ITS - Incompatible Timesharing System
ITS - Institute of Telecommunication Science
ITSEC - Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria
ITSO - Incoming Trunk Service Observation
ITT - International Telephone and Telegraph
ITU - International Telecommunications Union
ITUSA - IT Users Standards Association
IU - Integer Unit
IUE - International Ultraviolet Explorer
IUS - Inertial Upper Stage [Space]
IUV - Interlibrational Utility Vehicle [Space]
IVDT - Integrated Voice/Data Terminal
IVP - Installation Verification Program
IVTS - International Video Teleconferencing Service
IWBNI - It Would Be Nice If
IWC - Inside Wire Cable
IWS - Intelligent Work-Station
IWW - International Workers of the World
IX - Interactive eXecutive
IXC - IntereXchange Carrier (aka LD)
IXM - IntereXchange Mileage
JACM - Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery
JAL - Japan Airline
JANET - Joint Academic Network (U.K.)
JBS - John Birch Society
JC - Jesus Christ
JC - Joint Compound (plumbing)
JC - Julius Caesar
JC - Junior College
JCA - Jewelry Crafts Association
JCAC - Joint Civil Affairs Committee
JCAE - Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
JCEE - Joint Council on Economic Education
JCET - Joint Council on Educational Television
JCL - Job Control Language
JCS - Joint Chiefs of Staff
JD - Justice Department
JDS - John Dewey Society
JECC - Japan Electronic Computer Company
JEIDA - Japan Electronics Inderstry Development Association
JEM - Japanese Experiment Module (for SSF)
JES - Job Entry System
JES - John Ericsson Society
JESUS - Job Entry System of the University of Saskatuan
JFET - Junction FET
JFIF - JPEG File Interchange Format
JFK - John F. Kennedy (and the international airport)
JFMIP - Joint Financial Management Improvement Program
JFS - Next Generation of JLE
JGR - Journal of Geophysical Research
JI - Justice, Inc.
JIC - Joint Industry Council
JIC - Joint Intelligence Center
JIC - Just in Case
JILA - Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
JIM - Job Information Memorandum
JINTACCS - Joint INteroperability of TActical Command and Control Systems
JIS - Japan Industrial Standards
JISC - Japanese Industrial Standards Committee
JIT - Just In Time
JLE - Japanese Language Enveronment
JMS - John Milton Society
JMX - Jumbogroup MultipleX
JO - Job Order
JO - Junior Officer
JOAT - Jack Of All Trades
JOVE - Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs
JOVIAL - Jules Own Version of the International Algorithmic Language
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JRC - Junior Red Cross
JSC - Johnson Space Center (NASA)
JSD - Jackson System Development
JSN - Junction Switch Number
JSRC - Joint Services Review Committee
JST - Japan Standard Time
JSW - Junctor SWitch
JTIDS - Joint Tactical Information Distribution Systems
JTM - Job Transfer and Manipulation
JUNET - Japan UNIX Network
JV - Junior Varsity
JVNC - John von Neumann (Super Computer) Center, "JvNC"
JVNCNET - John von Neumann (Super Computer) Center network, "JvNCnet"
K - Kilobit
K9 - canine (K9 corps - army dogs)
KAO - Kuiper Airborne Observatory
KAOS - Killing as Organized Sport
KB - Key Board
KB - KiloByte
KBPS - KiloBits Per Second
KBS - Knowledge-Based System
KC - King's Counsel (QC when queen reigning)
KC - Knights of Columbus
KCL - Kyoto Common Lisp
KD - Kiln Dried
KD - Knocked Down; Knock-Down
KDCI - Key Display Call Indicator
KDD - Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co.
KDT - Keyboard Display Terminal
KERMIT - Kl-10 Error-free Reciprocal Micro Interconnect over Tty lines
KFT - KiloFeeT
KGB - Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopaznosti
KHz - Kilo HertZ (unit of frequency, 1000 cycles per second)
KI - Kiwanis International
KIA - Killed In Action
KIAS - Knot Indicated Air Speed
KIF - Key Index File
KIP - Kinetics IP
KIPS - Kawasaki Integrated Power-valve System
KISS - Keep it simple, stupid
KLIPS - thousands of Logical Inferences Per Second
KLOC - thousands of Lines Of Code
KO - Knock Out
KOWC - Key Word Out of Context
KP - Key Pulse [telephony]
KP - Kitchen Police
KPNO - Kitt Peak National Observatory
KPO - KeyPunch Operator
KQC - King's College London
KR - Kernighan and Ritchie, the c programming language, "K&R"
KS - King's Scholar
KSC - Kennedy Space Center (NASA)
KSF - Key Success Factor
KSH - Korn SHell
KSR - Keyboard Send-Receive
KSU - Key System Unit [telephony]
KTB - Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary (from German)
KTS - Key Telephone System [telephony]
KTU - Key Telephone Unit [telephony]
KWIC - Key Word In Context
KY - Kentucky
L1 - Lagrange Point #1 35,000 Miles above moon [Space]
L2 - Lagrange Point #2 40,000 Miles behind moon [Space]
L3 - Lagrange Point #3 (?? 35,000 Miles below moon) [Space]
L4 - Lagrange Point #4 240,000 mile Earth orbit [Space]
L5 - Lagrange Point #5 240,000 mile Earth orbit [Space]
LA - Los Angeles
LA - Louisiana
LA - Low Altitude
LAB - Labor
LAC - Loop Assignment Center
LADAR - LAser Detection And Ranging
LADT - Local Access Data Transport
LAIS - Local Automatic Intercept System
LAL - Local Analog Loopback
LAM - Master of Liberal Arts
LAMA - Local Automatic Message Accounting [telephony]
LAN - Local Apparent Noon
LAN - Local Area Network
LANCE - Local Area Network Controller for Ethernet
LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory
LAP - Link Access Procedure
LAPB - Link Access Procedure - Balanced (X.25)
LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel
LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department
LAPM - Link Access Procedure for Modems
LAR - Local Acquisition Radar
LARC - Langley Research Center, "LaRC" [NASA]
LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LASS - Local Area Signaling Service
LAT - Local Apparent Time
LAT - Local Area Transport (DEC)
LATA - Local Access Transport Area
LATIS - Loop Activity Tracking Information System
LAVC - Local Area VAX Cluster
LAX - Los Angeles International Airport
LB - Light Bomber
LB - pound (LiBra)
LBHS - Long Beach High School
LBL - Lawrence Berkeley Labs
LBO - Line Buildout
LBS - Load Balance System
LBS - Pounds
LC - Lower Case, "l.c."
LC - inductor-Capacitor circuit (as in filters, L is symbol inductance)
LCA - Logic Cell Array
LCAMOS - Loop CAble Maintenance Operation System
LCCIS - Local Common Channel Interoffice Signaling
LCCL - Line Card CabLe
LCCLN - Line Card Cable Narrative
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LCD - Lowest Common Denominator
LCDN - Last Called Directory Number
LCDR - Lieutenant Commander
LCIE - Lightguide Cable Interconnection Equipment
LCL - Lunar Cargo Lander [NASA OEXP]
LCLOC - Line Card LOCation
LCM - Life Cycle Management
LCN - Logical Channel Numbers
LCP - Link Control Protocol
LCR - Least Cost Routing
LCRMKR - Line Card ReMarKs, Retained
LCS - Laboratory for Computer Science [MIT]
LCSE - Line Card Service and Equipment
LCSEN - Line Card Service and Equipment Narrative
LCT - Landing Craft Tanks
LDC - Logical Device Coordinates
LDC - Long Distance Carrier [telephony]
LDEF - Long Duration Exposure Facility
LDF - Large Deployable Reflector [Space]
LDL - Local Digital Loopback
LDL - Low Density Lipoprotein
LDMTS - Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service
LDP - Laboratory Data Products
LDS - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
LDX - Long Distance eXtender [telephony]
LE - Lance Ethernet
LEAP - Low-power Enhanced At Portable
LEAS - LATA Equal Access System
LEC - Local Exchange Carrier [telephony]
LED - Light-Emitting Diode
LEGO - Low End Graphics Option
LEM - Lunar Excursion Module (a.k.a. LM) (Apollo spacecraft)
LENCL - Line Equipment Number CLass
LEO - Low Earth Orbit [Space]
LERC - Lewis Research Center, "LeRC" [NASA]
LEST - Large Earth-based Solar Telescope
LF - Line Feed Character
LF - Line Finder
LF - Low Frequency (30-300KHz)
LFACS - Loop Facilties Assignment And Control System
LFS - Loopback File System
LFSA - List of Frequently Seen Acronyms
LGA - Low Gain Antenna
LGB - Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual
LGB - Long Beach CA
LGBO - Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual and any others we've missed, "LGBO*"
LGM - Little Green Men
LH - Left Hand
LH - Liquid Hydrogen (also LH2 or LHX)
LH - Lower Half
LH - Luteinizing Hormone (same as ISCH)
LHD - Litterarum Humaniorum Doctor (doctor of human letters)
LHS - Left Hand Side
LI - Long Island
LIDAR - LIght Detection And Ranging
LIFIA - Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et d'Intelligence Artificielle
LIFO - Last In, First Out
LIM - Lotus-Intel-Microsoft (memory specification)
LIMM - Lotus Intel Microsoft Memory (PC world)
LINC - Laboratory INstrument Computer
LIPS - Logical Inferences Per Second
LISA - Large Installation System Administration
LISP - LISt Processing Language
LIST - List-Oriented Interactive Language
LIU - Line Interface Unit
LJBF - Let's Just Be Friends
LL - Late Latin
LL - Long Lines [telephony]
LLAMA - Logic Lacking A Meaningful Acronym
LLB - Legum Baccalaureus (bachelor of laws)
LLC - Logical Link Control
LLCLINK - Layer Control Protocol (?), "LLCLink"
LLD - Legum doctor (doctor of laws)
LLN - Line Link Network [telephony]
LLNL - Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory
LLO - Low Lunar Orbit [Space]
LLOX - Lunar Liquid OXygen [Space]
LLP - Line Link Pulsing [telephony]
LM - Lan Manager
LM - Life Master (Contract Bridge ranking)
LM - Lunar Module (a.k.a. LEM) (Apollo spacecraft)
LMC - Large Magellanic Cloud (see SMC)
LME - Layer Management Entity
LMF - License Management Facility
LMMS - Local Message Metering System
LMOS - Line Maintenance Operations System [telephony, AT&T]
LN2 - Liquid N2 (Nitrogen)
LNG - Liquified Natural Gas
LO - Lake Oswego
LO - Leverage Out
LOA - Lands of Adventure
LOA - Leave Of Absence
LOB - Line Of Balance
LOB - Line Of Building
LOC - Lines Of Code
LOC - Local Operating Company
LOCAP - LOw CAPacitance
LOE - Level Of Effort
LOF - Lock OFf-line
LOFT - Launch Operations Flight Test [Space]
LOI - Letter Of Intent
LON - Lock ON-line
LOOPS - Lisp Object Oriented Programming System
LOP - Lines Of Position
LORAN - Long RANge Navigation
LOS - Line Of Sight
LOS - Los Angeles
LOSF - Lunar Orbit Staging Facility [Space]
LOTS - Low Overhead Timesharing System
LOX - Liquid OXygen
LP - Linear Programming
LP - Long Play(ing) (record)
LP - Low Pressure
LPC - Linear Predictive Coding (speech processing)
LPCDF - Low Profile Combined Distributing Frame
LPDA - Link Problem Determination Aid
LPF - League for Programming Freedom
LPG - Liquified Petroleum Gas
LPG - Low Pressure Gas
LPL - Lunar Personnel Lander [NASA OEXP]
LPN - Licensed Practical Nurse
LPP - Licensed Program Products
LPR - Line PrinteR
LPT - Lunar Propellant Tanker [NASA OEXP]
LPV - Lunar Piloted Vehicle [NASA OEXP]
LRAP - Long Route Analysis Program
LRB - Liquid Rocket Booster [Space]
LRBM - Long Range Ballistic Missile
LRC - Longitudinal Redundancy Character
LRS - Line Repeater Station
LRSP - Long Range System Plan
LRSS - Long Range Switching Studies
LRU - Least Recently Used
LRU - Line Replaceable Unit
LS - Left Side
LS - Letter Signed
LS - Locus Sigilli (place of seal)
LSAP - Long Service Access Point
LSB - Least Significant Bit; Least Significant Byte
LSB - Lower Side Band
LSC - Lecture Series Committee [MIT]
LSC - LightSpeed C
LSD - Least Significant Digit
LSD - LySergic acid Diethylamide
LSD - pounds (Libra), shillings (Sestertii), and (old) pence (Denarii)
LSELLINK- Layer Selector (?), "LSELLink"
LSI - Large Scale Integration
LSP - LightSpeed Pascal
LSR - Local Standard of Rest
LSRP - Local Switching Replacement Planning system
LSS - Life Support System
LSS - Loop Switching System
LSSD - Level-Sensitive Scan Detection
LSV - Line Status Verifier
LT - Long Ton
LT - Low Tension
LTA - Lighter Than Air
LTAB - Line Test Access Bus
LTC - Lieutenant Colonel
LTC - Local Test Cabinet
LTD - Local Test Desk
LTF - Lightwave Terminating Frame
LTF - Line Trunk Frame
LTG - Line Trunk Group
LTJG - Lieutenant Junior Grade
LTL - Less than Truckload Lot
LTP - Lunar Transient Phenomenon
LTPD - Lot Tolerance Percent Deffective
LTS - Loss Test Set
LTV - Loan To Value
LTVR - LTV Ratio
LU - Logical Unit
LUG - Local Users Group
LUN - Logical Unit Number
LUT - Look-Up Table
LWM - Low-Water Mark
LWP - Light Weight Process
LWSP - Linear White-SPace
LWT - Last Will and Testament
LXE - Lightguide eXpress Entry