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- ABBREVIATED COMPUTER TERMS
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- AA Auto Answer
- AAP Applications Access Point [DEC]
- AASP ASCII Asynchronous Support Package
- AAT Average Access Time
- ABEND Abnormal End
- ABIOS Advanced BIOS
- ABS Absolute
- ABT Abort
- AC Automatic Computer + Alternating Current
- ACC Accumulator
- ACD Automated Call Distribution
- ACF Access Control Field
- ACK Acknowledgment
- ACMS Application Control Management System
- ACP Ancillary Control Program + Auxillary Control Process
- ACROSS Automated Cargo Release and Operations Service System
- ACS Access + Access Control Set + Access Control System
- Asynchronous Communication Server
- ACU Automatic Calling Unit
- A/D Analog to Digital
- ADA Automatic Data Acquisitions +
- (Programming Language named after Agusta Ada Lovelace)
- ADC Add with Carry + Analog to Digital Converter
- ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures
- ADF Automatic Document Feed
- ADL Address Data Latch
- ADLAT Adaptive Lattice Filter
- .ADN Add In Utility (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
- ADP Automatic Data Processing
- ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
- ADR Address
- ADS Application Development System +
- Automatic Distribution System
- ADSC Address Status Changed
- ADT Application Data Types
- ADU Automatic Dialing Unit
- AE Above or Equal
- AF Auxilary carry Flag
- AFC Automatic Font Change
- AGC Automatic Gain Control
- AI Analog Input + Artificial Intelligence
- AIA Applications Integration Architecture [DEC]
- AIIM Association for Information and Image Management
- AISP Association of Information Systems Professionals
- AIX Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM]
- ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuits + Automatic Level Control
- ALE Address Latch Enable
- ALGOL Algorithmic Language
- ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc.
- ALT Alternate (mode)
- ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit
- AMD Advanced Micro Devices
- ANCOVA Analysis of Covariance
- ANI Automatic Number Identification
- ANOVA Analysis Of Variance
- ANSI American National Standard Institute
- AO Analog Output
- AOE Application Operating Environment [AT&T]
- AOS Add Or Subtract
- AP Adjunct Processor + Application Processor
- A/P Accounts Payable
- APA Arithmetic Processing Accelerator +
- All Points Addressable
- APAREN Address Parity Enable [IBM]
- API Application Program Interface +
- Application Programming Interface
- APL A Programming Language (Mathematics)
- .APP Application (file name extension) [R:Base]
- APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
- APT Address Pass Through +
- Automatically Programmed Tools
- A/R Accounts Receivable
- .ARC Archive (file name extension)
- ARL Adjusted Ring Length
- ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited
- ARM Asynchronous Response Mode
- ARMA Association of Records Managers and Administrators
- ARP Address Resolution Protocol
- ARPL Adjust Requested Privilege Level
- ARQ Automatic Repeat Request
- ARU Audio Response Unit
- ASAP As Soon As Possible +
- Automatic Switching And Processing
- .ASC ASCII text (file name extension)
- ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
- ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology
- .ASM Assembler Source Language (file name extension)
- ASP Association of Shareware Professionals
- ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System
- ASR Automatic Send-Receive + Automatic Speech Recognition
- ASYNC Asynchronous
- AT Advanced Technology + Attention
- ATA AT Bus Attachment
- ATDP Attention Dial Pulse
- ATDT Attention Dial Tone
- ATE Automated Test Equipment
- ATH Attention Hang-Up
- ATM Adobe Type Manager + Asynchronous Transfer Mode +
- Automated Teller Machine
- ATR Automatic Terminal Recognition
- ATS Administrative Terminal System
- AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph
- ATTN Attention
- ATTRIB Attribute (also ATR)
- AUI Attached Unit Interface
- AUTO Automatic
- AUX Auxiliary + (First Serial Port)
- AVA Audio Visual Authoring [IBM]
- AVC Audio Visual Connection [IBM]
- AVG Average
- AX Architecture Extended + Automatic Transmission
- BAK Binary Adaption Kit [Microsoft]
- .BAK Backup (file name extension)
- BAL Basic Assembly Language
- BARTS Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing
- .BAS Basic Language (file name extension)
- BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
- .BAT Batch Processing (file name extension)
- BBS Bulletin Board System
- BCD Binary Coded Decimal
- BCL Batch Command Language
- BCPL Basic Computer Programming Language
- BCR Byte Count Register
- BDOS Basic Disk Operating System
- BE Below or Equal
- BEL Bell
- BELLCORE Bell Communications Research
- BF Bad Flag
- B/F Background/Foreground
- BGE Branch if Greater or Equal
- .BGI Borland Graphic Interface (file name extension)
- BGT Branch if Greater Than
- BHI Branch if Higher
- BHIS Branch if Higher or Same
- BI Binary Input
- .BIB Bibliography (file name extension)
- BIM Beginning of Information Marker
- .BIN Binary (file name extension)
- BIOS Basic Input/Output System
- BiSYNC (See BSYNC)
- BIT Binary digit
- .BK! Backup (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
- BKSP Backspace
- BL Backlit
- .BLD BASIC Bload Graphics (file name extension)
- BLE Branch if Less or Equal
- BLK Block
- BLMC Buried Logic Macrocell
- BLOB Binary Large Object
- BLOS Branch if Lower Or Same
- BMI Branch if Minus
- BMP Batch Message Processing Program
- .BMP Bitmap (file name extension) [Windows]
- BNE Branch if Not Equal
- BO Binary Output
- BOM Beginning Of Message
- BORPQU Borland Pro Quattro
- BORQU Borland Quattro
- BOT Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape
- BP Base Pointer
- BPB BIOS Parameter Block
- BPI Bits Per Inch
- BPL Branch if Plus
- BPS Bits Per Second + Bytes Per Second
- BR Bad Register
- BRI Brain Response Interface
- BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method
- BSC Binary Synchronous Communication
- BSCS Bachelor of Science (Degree) in Computer Science
- BSD Berkely Standard Distribution
- BSF Bit Scan Forward
- BSI British Standards Institute
- BSR Bit Scan Reverse
- BSV BASIC Bsave Graphics (file name extension)
- BSY Busy
- BSYNC Binary Synchronous Communications (protocol)
- BT Bit Test
- BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method [IBM]
- BTC Bit Test and Complement
- BTP Batch Transfer Program
- BTR Bit Test and Reset
- BTS Bit Test and Set
- BUF Buffer
- BWM Block-Write Mode
- BYTE Binary Element String
- C C Programming Language
- .C C source code (file name extension) [C]
- CA Collision Avoidance
- CAD Computer Aided Design
- CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting
- CAE Computer Aided Engineering
- CAG Column Address Generator
- CAI Computer Aided Instruction
- CAL Calendar + Computer Aided Learning
- CAM Common Access Method + Computer Aided Manufacturing +
- Contents Addressable Memory
- CAN Cancel
- CAP Central Arbitration Point +
- Computer Aided Publishing
- CAPS Capitals (Upper Case Letters) +
- Cassette Programming System
- CAS Column Address Select +
- Communicating Applications Specification +
- Computer Aided Styling
- CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering
- CASS Computer Assisted Search Service
- CAT Computer Aided Testing + Computer Aided Tomography +
- Concatenate
- .CAT Catalog (file name extension)
- CATV Community Antenna Television
- CAV Constant Angular Velocity
- CBCR Channel Byte Count Register
- .CBL COBOL source code (file name extension)
- CBT Computer Based Training
- CBW Convert Byte to Word
- CBX Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange
- CC Cluster Controller
- CCD Charged-Coupled Device
- CCFT Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube
- CCITT Consultative Committee for International
- Telegraph and Telephone
- CCP Console Command Processor
- CCS Common Communications Support
- CD Carrier Detect + Change Directory +
- Collision Detection + Color Display + Compact Disk
- C/D Control Data
- CDA Compound Document Architecture [DEC]
- CDC Control Data Corporation
- CD_CHRDY Card Channel Ready [IBM]
- CDE Complex Data Entry
- .CDF Comma Delimited Format (file name extension)
- CD-I Compact Disk - Interactive
- CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System
- CDL Computer Design Language
- CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
- CDR Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording
- CDRL Contract Data Requirements List
- CD-RTOS Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System
- CD-V Compact Disk - Video
- CE Cache Enable + Chip Enable + Collision Elimination +
- Convert Enable
- CEG Continuous Edge Graphics
- CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference
- .CFG Configuration (file name extension)
- CGA Color Graphics Adapter
- CGI Computer Generated Images +
- Computer Graphics Interface
- .CGM Computer Graphics Metafile (file name extension) +
- Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
- CHAR Character
- CHCK Channel Check
- CHGRP Chanage Group
- .CHK CHKDSK (file name extension)
- CHKDSK Check Disk
- CHMOD Change Mode
- CHOWN Change Owner
- CHP Chapter
- CHR Character
- CICS/VS Customer Information Control System/
- Virtual Storage [IBM]
- CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing
- CIOCS Communication Input/Output Control System
- CIP Command Interface Port
- CIRC Circular Reference
- CIS CompuServe Information Service +
- Computer Information Systems
- CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer
- CKD Count Key Data (device)
- CLAR Channel Local Address Register
- CLC Clear Carry Flag
- CLD Clear Direction Flag
- CLI Clear Interrupt Flag + Command Line Interface
- CLIST Command List
- CLK Clock
- CLNP Connectionless Network Protocol
- .CLP Clipboard (file name extension) [Windows]
- CLS Clear Screen
- CLTS Clear Task Switch Flag
- CLV Constant Linear Velocity
- CM Centimeter + Control Mark + Corrective Maintenance
- CMA Concert Multi-thread Architecture
- CMC Communication Mangement Configuration +
- Complement Carry Flag
- .CMD Command (file name extension)
- CMIP Common Management Information Protocol
- CMIS Common Management Information System
- CML Current Mode Logic
- CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
- CMP Compare + Computer
- CMPS Compare word String
- CMS Code Management System + Compiler Monitor System +
- Conversation Monitor System
- CMYK Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black
- CNC Computerized Numerical Control
- .CNF Configuration (file name extension)
- CNG Calling (tone)
- CO Central Office + Command Output + Convert Out
- .COB COBAL source code (file name extension)
- COBAL Common Business-oriented Language (See HLL)
- .COD Code List (file name extension)
- COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer
- COGO Coordinate Geometry (Programming Language)
- .COM Command (file name extension)
- COMDEX Computer Dealers Exposition
- COM1 First serial Port (asynchronous port)
- COM2 Second serial Port
- COM3 Third serial Port
- COM4 Fourth serial Port
- COMP Compare + Communications
- COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation
- CON Console (includes Keyboard and Screen)
- CONFIG Configuration
- CP Copy Protected
- CPA Certified Public Accountant
- CPE Central Processing Element + Customer Premise
- Equipment + Customer Provided Equipment
- CPG Clock Pulse Generator
- CPI Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction +
- Common Programming Interface [IBM]
- .CPI Code Page Information (file name extension) [MS-DOS]
- CPL Current Privilege Level
- CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers
- CPS Characters Per Second + Cycles Per Second
- CPT Command Pass Through
- CPU Central Processing Unit
- CR Carriage Return
- CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
- CRF Cross Reference File
- CR/LF Carriage Return/Line Feed
- CROM Control Read Only Memory
- CRT Cathode Ray Tube
- CRTC CRT Controller
- CS Chip Select + Clear to Send + Code Segment
- CSAR Channel System Address Register
- CSG Constructive Solid Geometry
- CSL Computer Sensitive Language
- CSMA Carrier Sense Multiple Access
- CSP Commercial Subroutine Package
- CTOS Computerized Tomography Operating System
- CTPA Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter
- CTRL Control
- CTS Clear To Send
- CUA Common User Access [IBM]
- CUB Cursor Backward
- CUD Cursor Down
- CUF Cursor Forward
- CUI Common User Interface [IBM]
- CUP Cursor Position
- CUPID Completely Universal Processor I/O Design [AST]
- CUU Cursor Up
- CVGA Color Video Gaphics Array
- CWD Convert Word to Double Word
- D/A Digital to Analog
- DAA Decimal Adjust for Addition
- DAC Digital to Analog Converter
- DAL Disk Access Lockout
- DAS Decimal Adjust for Subtraction
- DASD Direct Access Storage Device
- DAT Digital Audio Tape
- .DAT Data (file name extension)
- DATACOM Data Communications
- .DBF Database (file name extension)
- DB Data Base + Data Buffer
- DBM Data Base Manager
- DBMS Data Base Management System
- DB2 Database 2
- DC Data Collection + Data Communication + Data Control +
- Device Control + Direct Current
- DCA Document Content Architecture
- DCB Disk Coprocessor Board [Novell]
- DCD Data Carrier Detect
- DCE Data Communications Equipment +
- Distributed Computing Equipment
- DCF Data Communication Facility [IBM] +
- Data Count Field [IBM]
- DCL Declaration + DEC Command Language [DEC] +
- Device Clear + Digital Control Logic +
- Digital Command Language [Digital]
- DCS Data Collection System + Data Control System
- .DCT Dictionary (file name extension)
- DD Day + Digital Display + Double Density
- DDE Direct Data Entry + Dynamic Data Exchange [Microsoft]
- DDL Data Definition Language + Data Description Language
- DDM Distributed Data Management
- DDS Design Data Sheet + Digital Data Storage
- DEC Decrement + Device Clear +
- Digital Equipment Corporation
- .DEF Definitions + Defaults (file name extensions)
- DEL Delete
- .DEM Demonstration (file name extension)
- DES Data Encryption Standard + Data Entry Sheet
- .DES Description (file name extension)
- DET Device Execute Trigger
- DEV Device
- DF Data Field + Destination Field + Device Flag +
- Double Flag
- DFC Data Flow Control
- DFS Distributed File System
- DFT Diagnostic Funtion Test + Discrete Fourier Transform +
- Distributed Function Terminal
- DFU Data File Utility
- DI Data In + Destination Index
- DIBOL DEC Business Oriented Language
- .DIC Dictionary (file name extension)
- DID Direct Inward Dialing
- DIF Data Interchange Format
- DIFFSENS Differential Sense
- DIIP Direct Interrupt Identification Port
- DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm (German equivalent of EIA)
- DIO Data Input-Output
- DIP Dual In-line Package
- DIR Directory (file)
- DISP Displacement (offset)
- DIV Divide
- DIW D-Inside Wire [AT&T]
- DL Download
- DL/1 Data Manipulation Language 1 [IBM]
- DLC Data Link Control (protocol) [IBM]
- DLE Data Link Escape
- DLL Dynamic Link Library
- DLR DOS LAN Requester
- DMA Direct Memory Access
- DMAC DMA Controller
- DML Data Manipulation Language
- DMM Digital Multimeter
- DMMS Dynamic Memory Management System
- DMOS Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
- DMP Dot Matrix Printer
- DMS Data Management Software + Data Management System
- DMY Day Month Year
- DN Down
- DNC Direct Numerical Control
- DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service
- DNS Domain Naming System
- DO Data Out
- .DOC Document + Documentation (file name extensions)
- DOS Disk Operating System
- DOW Day Of Week
- DP Data Processing
- DPA Demand Protocol Architecture [3Com]
- DPAREN Data Parity Enable [IBM]
- DPI Dots Per Inch
- DPC Direct Program Control
- DPL Descriptor Privilege Level
- DPM Digital Panel Meter
- DPMA Data Processing Management Association
- DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface [Microsoft]
- DR Data Received
- D/R Direct or Reverse
- DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
- DRI Digital Research Incorporated
- DRO Data Request Output + Destructive Read-Out
- .DRS WordPerfect Driver Resource (file name extension)
- DRV Drive
- .DRV Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DVR)
- .DRW Draw + Drawing (file name extensions)
- DS Data Segment + Data Send + Data Server + Double Sided
- DSEA Display Station Emulation Adapter
- DSECT Dummy Control Section
- DSL Dynamic Simulation Language
- DSP Digital Signal Processor
- DSR Data Set Ready + Device Status Register +
- Device Status Report
- DSTN Double Supertwisted Nematic
- DSW Data Status Word + Device Status Word
- D2T2 Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (printing)
- DTA Disk Transfer Area
- .DTA Data (file name extension)
- DTE Data Terminal Equipment + Dumb Terminal Emulator
- DTL Diode-Transistor Logic
- DTMF Dual Tone Multifrequency
- DTP Desktop Publishing
- DTR Data Terminal Ready + Data Transfer Rate
- DU Disk Usage
- .DV DESQview Script (file name extension)
- DVI Digital Video Interactive
- .DVR Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DRV)
- DWG Drawing
- .DXB Drawing Interchange Binary (file name extension)
- [AutoCAD]
- EA Extended Attribute [OS/2]
- EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
- EARS Electronic Access to Reference Services
- EATA Enhanced AT Bus Attachment
- EBC EISA Bus Controller
- EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code [IBM]
- EBI Equivalent Background Input +
- Extended Background Investigation
- EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer
- ECAL Enjoy Computing And Learn
- ECC Error Check Code + Error Checking and Correction +
- Error Correction Code
- ECD Enhanced Color Display
- ECL Emitter Coupled Logic
- ED Erase Display
- EDC Error Detection and Correction
- EDI Electronic Data Interchange +
- Electronic Document Interchange [DEC]
- EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control
- EDLIN Editor (Line Text)
- EDP Electronic Data Processing
- EDPM Electronic Data Processing Machine
- EDSI Enhanced Small Device Interface
- EEG Electroencephalogram
- EEM Extended Memory Management
- EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
- EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- EFA Extended File Attribute
- EFI Electromechanical Frequency Interference
- EFL Emitter Follower Logic
- EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System
- EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
- EIA Electronic Industries Association
- EIS Executive Information System
- EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
- EL Electroluminescent (display) + Erase Line
- ELF Extremely Low Frequency
- ELS Entry Level System
- EM Electronic Mail + Expanded Memory
- EMA Enterprise Management Architecture
- E-MAIL Electronic Mail
- EMB Extended Memory Blocks [LIM/AST]
- EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility + Extended Math Coprocessor
- EMI Electromagnetic Interference
- EMM Expanded Memory Manager
- EMR Electro-Magnetic Radiation
- EMS Electronic Mail System + Electronic Message Service +
- Expanded Memory Specification [LIM]
- .ENC Encoded (file name extension)
- ENDS Ends Segment
- ENQ Enquiry
- EOA End of Address
- EOB End of Block
- EOC End of Conversion
- EOF End of File
- EOI End or Identify
- EOJ End of Job
- EOL End of Line + End of List
- EOM End of Message
- EOR Exclusive OR (Also XOR)
- EOS End of String
- EOT End Of Table + End of Tape (marker) + End of Text +
- End of Transmission
- EPL Effective Privilege Level
- EPLD Electrically Programmable Logic Device
- EPROM Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory +
- Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- .EPS Encapsulated PostScript (file name extension)
- EPSF Encapsulated PostScript Files
- ERLL Enhanced Run Length Limited
- EROM Erasable Read Only Memory
- ERR Error
- ES Extra Segment
- ESA European Space Agency
- ESC Escape
- ESD Electrostatic Discharge
- ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface
- ESI Enhanced Serial Interface (specification) [Hayes]
- ESS Electronic Switching System
- ESU Electro-Static Unit
- ETB End of Transmission Block
- ETPL Endorsed Tempest Products List
- ETS Econometric Time Series
- ETX End of Text
- EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array
- .EXE Executable (file name extension)
- EXE2BIN Program used to convert an (.EXE) file to binary
- format (.COM) file
- EXP Exponent
- EXT External
- EXTRN External Reference
- FAMOS Floating Gate Avalanche MOS
- FAT Fat Allocation Table
- FAX Facsimile
- FCB File Control Block
- FCC Federal Communications Commission
- FCI Flux Changes per Inch
- FD Floppy Disk + Full Duplex
- FDC Floppy Disk Controller
- FDDI Fiber Digital Device Interface +
- Fiber Distributed Data Interface
- FDISK Fixed Disk
- FEFO First-Ended, First-Out
- FEP Front End Processor
- FET Field Effect Transistor
- FF Flip-Flop + Form Feed
- FFT Fast Fourier Transform
- FIFO First-In, First-Out
- FILO First-In, Last-Out
- FIP File Processor Buffering
- FIR Finite Impulse Response
- FLD Field
- FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second
- FMS Forms Management System
- FMT Format
- FNT Font
- FOCUS Forum of Control Data Users
- FOG First Osborne Group
- .FOR FORTRAN source code (file name extension)
- FORTH (Programming Language)(See HLL)
- FORTRAN Formula Translator (Programming Language)(See HLL)
- FOSE Federal Office Systems Exposition
- FPGA Field Programmable Gate-Array
- FPLA Field Programmable Logic-Array
- FPP Fixed Path Protocol + Floating Point Processor
- FPS Frames Per Second
- FPU Floating Point Processor Unit
- FRAG Fragment + Fragmentation
- FRAM Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory
- FRED Frame Editor
- FRPI Flux Reversals Per Inch
- .FRS WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension)
- FSD File System Driver [OS/2]
- FSK Frequency Shift Keying
- F/T Full Time
- FTAM File Transfer, Access and Management
- FTP File Transfer Protocol
- FTS Federal Telecommunication System
- FUNC Function
- GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- GAL Generic Array Logic
- GB Gigabyte (1,000 megabytes)
- GCR Group Code Recording
- GDA Global Data Area
- GDDM Graphics Data Display Manager
- GDI Graphics Device Interface
- GDT Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing +
- Global Descriptor Table
- GEM Graphics Environment Manager (DRI Program)
- GET Get Execute Trigger
- GHZ Gigahertz
- .GIF Graphic Interchange Format (file name extension)
- GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
- GIS Geographical Information System
- G/L General Ledger
- GLM General Linear Models
- .GLY Glossary (file name extension) [Microsoft Word]
- GMT Greenwich Mean Time
- GND System Ground
- GOSIP Government Open System Interconnection Profile
- GP Gas Plasma + General Purpose
- GPI Graphics Programming Interface
- GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus
- GRE Graphics Engine
- .GRF Graph (file name extension)
- GUI Graphical User Interface
- GW-BASIC Gee Whiz BASIC
- .H Header (file name extension) [C]
- HAL Hard Array Logic + House Programmed Array Logic
- HASP Houston Automatic Spooling Priority (System)
- HD Hard Disk + High Density
- HDA Head Disk Assembly
- HDI Head to Disk Interference
- HDLC High-Level Data Link Control
- HDR Header
- HDSC High Density Signal Carrier [DEC]
- HDTV High Definition Television
- HERC Hercules
- HEX Hexadecimal
- HGA Hercules Graphics Adapter
- HH Hour
- HIL Human Interface Link [HP]
- HLCO High Low Close Open
- HLL High Level Language
- HLLAPI High Level Language Application Programming Interface
- .HLP Help (file name extension)
- HLQ High Level Qualifier
- HLT Halt
- HMA High Memory Area [Microsoft]
- HMOS High Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor +
- High Speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- HP Hewlett-Packard (Company)
- HPFS High-Performance File System
- HPG Hewlett-Packard Graphics
- HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
- HPIB Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
- HPPA Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture
- HPPI High Performance Parallel Interface
- HRIS Human Resource Information System
- HS High Speed
- HSC High Speed Channel
- HSP High Speed Printer
- HST High Speed Technology [U.S. Robotics]
- .HST History + Host (file name extensions)
- HSV Hue Saturation Value
- HUT Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
- H/V Horizontal/Vertical
- HVP Horizontal & Vertical Position
- H/W Hardware
- HWCP Hardware Code Page
- HWD Height-Width-Depth
- .HYP Hyphenation (file name extension)
- HZ Hertz
- IBC Instrument Bus Computer
- IBM International Business Machines (Corporation)
- IBM-GL IBM Graphics Language
- IC Input Circuit + Integrated Circuit + Interrupt Controller
- ICA Intra-application Communications Area
- ICAS Intel Communicating Applications Specifications
- ICCP Institute for the Certification of Computer Professionals
- ICE In-Circuit Emulator [Intel]
- ICL Interface Clear
- .ICO Icon (file name extension)
- ICP Integrated Channel Processor
- ICR Intelligent Character Recognition
- ID Identification + Identifier
- IDA Integrated Digital Access + Intelligent Disk Array
- IDE Imbedded Drive Electronics +
- Integrated Drive Electronics +
- Intelligent Drive Electronics +
- Interactive Design and Engineering +
- Interface Design Enhancement
- IDIV Integer Divide
- IDMS Integrated Data Base Management System
- IDP Integrated Data Processing
- IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table
- .IDX Index (file name extension)
- IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- I/F Interface
- IFS Installable File System [OS/2]
- IGA Integrated Graphics Array
- IIF Immediate IF
- IIR Immediate Impulse Response
- IMDS Image Data Stream (format) [IBM]
- IMG Image
- IMS Information Management System +
- Intermediate Maintenance Standards
- IMUL Integer Multiply
- IN Input
- INC Increment
- .INF Information (file name extension)
- .INI Initialize (file name extension)
- INIT Initialize
- INS Input String
- INT Integer + Internal + Interrupt
- INTA Interrupt Acknowledge
- INTO Interrupt if Overflow occurs
- I/O Input/Output
- IOCS Input Output Control System
- IOCTL Input Output Control
- IP Instruction Pointer + Internet Protocol
- IPC Instructions Per Clock + Interprocess Communication
- IPF Information Presentation Facility
- IPL Initial Program Load + Initial Program Loader
- IPSE Integrated Project Support Environment
- IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange [Novell]
- IQL Interactive Query Language
- IRET Interrupt Return
- IRL Interactive Reader Language + Inter-Repeater Link
- IRLED Infrared Light Emitting Diode
- IRM Information Resource Management
- IRQ Interrupt Request
- IRX Information Retrieval Experiment
- IS Interrupt Status
- ISA Industry Standard Architecture
- ISAM Indexed Sequential-Access Method
- ISC Instruction Set Computer
- ISD Image Section Descriptor +
- Instructional Systems Design
- ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
- ISI Internally Specified Index
- ISL Interactive System Language
- ISO International Standards Organization
- ISP Interrupt Status Port
- ISPF Interactive System Programming Facility
- ISR Information Storage and Retrieval +
- Interrupt Service Routines
- ITB Information Technology Branch + Intermediate Text Block
- ITC International Typeface Corporation
- ITU International Telecommunication Union
- ITX Intermediate Text Block
- IVIS Interactive Video Information System
- IVR Interactive Voice Response
- IVS Interactive Videodisk System
- IVT Interrupt Vector Table
- JA Jump Address + Jump if Above
- JAE Jump if Above or Equal
- JBE Jump if Below or Equal
- JC Jump if Carry set
- JCL Job Control Language
- JE Jump if Equal
- JEDEC Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council
- JES Job Entry System
- JG Jump if Greater
- JGE Jump if Greater or Equal
- JL Jump if Less
- JLE Jump if Less than or Equal to
- JMP Jump
- JNA Jump if Not Above
- JNAE Jump if Not Above or Equal
- JNB Jump if Not Below
- JNBE Jump if Not Below or Equal
- JNG Jump if Not Greater
- JNGE Jump if Not Greater or Equal
- .JNK Junk (file name extension)
- JNLE Jump if Not Less or Equal
- JNO Jump if No Overflow
- JNP Jump if No Parity
- JNS Jump if No Sign
- JPE Jump if Parity Even
- JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- JPO Jump if Parity Odd
- JS Jump if Sign
- JZ Jump if Zero
- JNZ Jump if Not Zero
- KB Keyboard + Kilobyte (1,024 bytes)
- KBD Keyboard (also KEYB)
- KEYBBE Foreign language KEYBoard program - Belgium
- KEYBCF Foreign language KEYBoard program - Canadian-French
- KEYBDF Foreign language KEYBoard program - Denmark
- KEYBFR Foreign language KEYBoard program - France
- KEYBGR Foreign language KEYBoard program - Germany
- KEYBLA Foreign language KEYBoard program - Latin America
- KEYBNL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Netherlands
- KEYBNO Foreign language KEYBoard program - Norway
- KEYBPO Foreign language KEYBoard program - Portugal
- KEYBSF Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-French
- KEYBSG Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-German
- KEYBSP Foreign language KEYBoard program - Spain
- KEYBSU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Finland
- KEYBSV Foreign language KEYBoard program - Sweden
- KEYBUK Foreign language KEYBoard program - United Kingdom
- KSR Keyboard Send Receive
- KRS Knowledge Retrieval System
- LALL Longest Allowed Lobe Length
- LAN Local Area Network
- LAPM Link Access Procedure for Modems
- LAR Load Access Rights
- LAWN Local Area Wireless Network
- LBL Label
- LBR Librarian
- .LBR Library (file name extension)
- LBT Listen Before Talk
- LCC Leadless Chip Carrier
- LCD Liquid Crystal Display
- LDA Logical Device Address
- LDC Lotus Development Corporation
- LDT Local Descriptor Table
- LE Less or Equal
- LEA Load Effective Address
- LED Light Emitting Diode
- LEM Language Extension Module
- .LET Letter (file name extension)
- LEX Lexicon
- LF Line Feed
- LFI Last File Indicator
- LFU Least Frequently Used
- LGDT Load Global Descriptor Table
- .LIB Library (file name extension)
- LIDT Load Interrupt Descriptor Table
- LIFO Last In First Out
- LIM Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
- LIMS Library Information Management System
- LIPS Logical Interferences Per Second
- LISP List Processing (Language)(See HLL)
- LLC Logical Link Control
- LLDT Load Local Descriptor Table
- LMSW Load Machine Status Word
- LM/X LAN Manager for Unix
- LN Logarithm (Natural)
- LOC Loop On-Line Control
- LODSB Load String Byte
- LOG Logarithm (Base 10)
- LOGO (Programming Language)(See HLL)
- LOOPE Loop while Equal
- LOOPNE Loop while Not Equal
- LOOPNZ Loop while Not Zero
- LOOPZ Loop while Zero
- LPI Lines Per Inch
- LPL Lotus Programming Language [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
- LPM Lines Per Minute
- LPN Logical Page Number
- LPT Line Printer
- LPT1 First Parallel Printer Port
- LPT2 Second Parallel Printer Port
- LPT3 Third Parallel Printer Port
- LQ Letter Quality
- LRC Local Register Cache +
- Longitudinal Redundancy Check
- LRI Least Recently Loaded
- .LRS Language Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
- LRU Least Recently Used
- LSA Line Sharing Adapter
- LSB Least Significant Bit
- LSC Least Significant Character
- LSD Least Significant Digit
- LSI Large Scale Integration
- LSL Load Segment Limit
- LST List
- .LST List (file name extension)
- LTR Letter + Load Task Register
- LU Logical Unit
- LUT Lookup Table
- LZW Lempel-Ziv-Walsh (algorithm)
- MAC Medium Access Control
- .MAC MacPaint (file name extension) +
- Macro (file name extension)
- MAN Manual
- MAP Maintenance Analysis Procedures +
- Manufacturing Automation Protocol +
- Memory Allocation Map
- .MAP Linker Map (file name extension)
- MASM Macro Assembler [Microsoft]
- MAU Media Access Unit + Multistation Access Unit
- MAX Maximum
- MB Megabyte (1,000 kilobytes)
- MBASIC Microsoft BASIC
- MBPS Megabytes Per Second
- MCA Micro Channel Architecture [IBM]
- MCB Memory Control Block
- MCGA Multicolor Graphics Array
- MCU Multi-Chip Unit [DEC]
- MD Make Directory + Monochrome Display
- MDA Monochrome Display Adapter
- MDI Multiple Document Interface
- MDIC Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip [AT&T]
- MDR Minimum Design Requirement
- MDY Month Day Year
- .ME Opening Information (file name extension) (As in READ.ME)
- MEG Megabyte
- .MEN Menu (file name extension)
- MFLOPS Million Floating Point Operations Per Second
- MFM Modified Frequency Modulation
- MFP Multifunction Peripheral
- MFS Magnetic Tape Field Search
- MFT Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks
- MGA Monochrome Graphics Adapter
- MGR Manager
- MHS Message Handling Service + Message Handling System
- MHZ Megahertz
- MICS Macro Interpretive Commands
- MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
- MII Microsoft/IBM/Intel
- MIMD Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor)
- MIN Minimum
- MIPS Million Instructions Per Second
- MIS Management Information System
- MISC Miscellaneous
- MIX Member Information Exchange
- MKDIR Make Directory
- ML Machine Language
- MM Minutes + Month
- MMC Matched Memory Cycle + Microcomputer Marketing Council
- MMU Memory Management Unit
- MNOS Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor
- MNP Microcom Networking Protocol
- .MNU Menu (fine name extension)
- MODEM Modulator Demodulator
- MOV Metal Oxide Varistor + Move
- MOVS Move String
- MOD Modem + Modulus
- MOS Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
- MOV Move
- MOVS Move String
- MPCS Mission Planning and Control Station (Software)
- MPP Message Processing Program +
- Microcom Network Protocol [Microcom]
- MPR Multipart Repeater
- MPT Mean Repair Time
- MPU Microprocessor Unit
- MR Modem Ready
- MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- MRO Multi-Region Operation
- MRP Materials Requirement Planning
- MRPL Main Ring Path Length
- MS Memory System + Microsecond +
- Microsoft Corporation + Millisecond
- MSB Most Significant Bit
- MSD Mass Storage Device + Most Significant Digit
- MS-DOS Microsoft-Disk Operating System
- MSDR Multiplexed Streaming Data Request
- MSG Message
- .MSG Program Message (file name extension)
- MSI Medium Scale Integration
- MSL Map Specification Library
- .MSP Microsoft Paint (file name extension) [Microsoft]
- MSW Machine Status Word
- MTA Message Transfer Agent + Multiple Terminal Access
- MTBB Mean Time Between Breakdowns
- MTBF Mean Time Before Failure + Mean Time Between Failure
- MTS Message Transfer Service
- MTTF Mean Time To Failure
- MTTR Mean Time To Repair
- MUL Multiply
- MUMPS Massachusetts General Hospital Utility
- Multi-Programming System (Programming Language)
- MUX Multiplexer
- MVGA Monochrome Video Graphics Array
- MVS Multiple Virtual Storage
- MVT Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks
- NACD National Association of Computer Dealers
- NACS National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors
- NAE Not Above or Equal
- NAK Negative Acknowledgment
- NAPLPS North American Presentation Level Protocol
- Syntax (graphics)
- NAS Network Application Support [DEC]
- NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NBE Not Below or Equal
- NBI Nothing But Initials
- NBS National Bureau of Standards
- NC No Carry + Numerical Control
- NCA Network Communications Adapter
- NCC Network Control Center
- NCGA National Computer Graphics Association
- NCIC National Crime Information Center
- NCP Network Control Processor + Network Control Program +
- Not Copy Protected
- NCR National Cash Register (Company)
- NDEF Not to be Defined
- NDIS Network Driver Interface Specification
- NDRO Non-Destructive Read Out
- .NDX Index (file name extension)
- NEC Nippon Electric Company
- NEG Negative + Negate
- NetBIOS Network Basic Input/Output System [IBM]
- NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface [IBM]
- .NEW New Information (file name extension)
- NFF No Fault Found
- NFS Network File System
- NG No Good
- NGE Not Greater or Equal
- NHC National Hurricane Center
- NIC Network Interface Card + Numeric Intensive Computing
- NICAD Nickel Cadmium
- NID Next ID
- NIPS Network I/Os Per Second
- NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology
- NL New Line
- NLE Not Less or Equal
- NLM NetWare Loadable Module
- NLQ Near Letter Quality
- NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
- NMOS Negative Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
- NOP No Operation
- NOS Network Operating System
- NRZ Not Return to Zero
- NRZI Non Return to Zero Inverted
- NS Nanosecond + Network Supervisor + Non Stop
- NSA POLY National Security Agency Polygraph
- NSF National Science Foundation
- NTSC National Television Standards Committee
- NUI Network User Identification
- NUL Dummy Device + No Device
- NV No Overflow
- NVM Non-Volatile Memory
- NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
- OAI Open Applications Interface
- OBJ Object
- OCL Operation Control Language + Operator Control Language
- OCR Optical Character Recognition
- ODA Office Document Architecture
- OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OF Overflow Flag
- OFMT Output Format for Numbers
- OFS Output Field Separator
- OH Off Hook
- OIS Office Information Systems
- .OLD Old version (file name extension)
- OLMC Output Logic Macrocell
- OMNS Open Network Management System
- OMR Optical Mark Recognition
- OOL Object-Oriented Language
- OOPL Object-Oriented Programming Language
- OOPS Object Oriented Programming and Systems +
- Off-line Operating Simulator
- OOS Object-Oriented Systems
- OP Operation + Optical + Output
- OPC Optical Photoconductor
- OP CODE Operational Code
- OPD Operand
- OPM Operations Per Minute
- OPS Operations
- .OPT Options (file name extension)
- OPUS Octal Program Updating System
- ORACLE On-Line Inquiry and Report Generator (UNIX DB program)
- ORS Output Record Separator
- OS Operating System
- OS/2 Operating System 2 [IBM]
- OSF Open Software Foundation
- OSI Open Systems Interconnection
- OTF Open Token Foundation
- OUTS Output String
- OV Overflow
- .OVL Program Overlay (file name extension)
- .OVR Program Overlay (file name extension)
- PABX Private Automatic Branch Exchange
- PAD Packet Assembler/Disassembler
- PAL Paradox Applications Language [Borlund] +
- Programmed Array Logic + Programming Assembly Language
- PALS Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System
- PAR Parallel
- PARA Paragraph
- PARC Palo Alto Research Center [XEROX]
- .PAS PASCAL source code (file name extension)
- PASCAL (Programming Language named for Blaise Pascal)
- .PAT Patch (file name extension)
- PBE Prompt By Example
- PBX Private Branch Exchange
- PC Personal Computer + Printed Circuit + Program Counter
- PCB Printed Circuit Board + Program Control Block
- PC-DOS Personal Computer - Disk Operating System
- (IBM version of MSDOS)
- PC-I/O Program Controlled I/O
- PCL Printer Command Language [HP] + Process Control Language
- PCM Pulse Code Modulation
- PCS Patchable Control Store + Planning Control Sheet +
- Print Contrast Signal + Process Control Systems +
- Program Counter Store + Project Control System
- .PCT Picture (file name extension)
- .PCX Picture Image (file name extension)
- PDF Program Development Facility
- .PDF Printer Description (file name extension)[Borlund,Lotus]
- PDL Page Description Language + Program Description Language
- + Program Design Language
- PDS Partitioned Data Set
- PDP Progammable Data Processor +
- (DEC Computer System Designation, i.e. PDP-8, PDP-11)
- .PDX Paradox files (file name extension) [Borlund]
- PE Parity Even + Protect Enable
- PEA Pocket Ethernet Adapter
- PEL Picture Element [IBM]
- PEP Packetized Ensemble Protocol [Telebit]
- PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique
- PES Positioning Error Signal
- PFR Power-Fail Restart
- PGA Pin Grid Array + Professional Graphics Adapter [IBM]
- PGDN Page Down
- .PGL Graphics (file name extension) [Hewlett-Packard]
- PGM Program
- .PGP ProGram Parameter (file name extension) [AutoCAD]
- PGUP Page Up
- PHIGS Programmers' Hierarchial Interactive Graphics
- Standards
- PI Program Interruption
- PIC Priority Interrupt Controller +
- Program Interrupt Controller
- .PIC Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
- PID Process Identification Number
- PIF Program Information File
- PILOT Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
- PIM Personal Information Manager
- PIN Personal Identification Number
- PIO Parallel Input/Output + Programmed Input/Output
- PIP Picture In Picture + Programmable Interconnect Point
- PIT Programmable Interval Timer
- PIXEL Picture Element
- PL Plus
- PLA Programmable Logic-Array
- PLATO Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations
- PLC Programmable Logic Controller
- PLCC Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier
- PLD Programmable Logic Device
- PLL Phase Locked Loop
- .PLL Prelinked Library (file name extension) [Clipper]
- PL/M Programming Language for Micros
- PLV Production Level Video
- PL/1 (Programming Language)(See HLL)
- PM Presentation Manager
- PMMU Paged Memory Management Unit
- PMOS Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- PO Parity Odd
- POP Pop from Stack
- POPA Pop All Registers
- POPF Pop Flags
- POS Point Of Sale + Positive + Programmable Object Select
- POSIX Portable Oprating System Environment Standard [IEEE]
- POST Power-On Self Test
- POSTNET Postal Numeric Encoding Technique
- PPDS Personal Printer Data Stream [IBM]
- PPM Pages Per Minute
- .PRD Printer Driver (file name extension) [Word]
- .PRF Preferences (file name extension) [Grammatik IV]
- PROC Procedure
- PROG Program + Programmer
- PROLOG Programming In Logic (Programming Language)(See HLL)
- PROM Programmable Read Only Memory
- PRN Printer
- .PRS Printer (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
- PRTSC Print Screen
- .PS PostScript (file name extension)
- PS/2 Programming System 2 [IBM]
- PSC Product Service Center
- PSP Program Segment Prefix
- P-SRAM Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory
- PSW Program Status Word
- PT Page Table
- P/T Part Time
- PTD Parallel Transfer Disk Drive
- PUB Publication + Publish
- .PUB Publication (file name extension) [Ventura]
- PUSHA Push All Registers
- PUSHF Push Flags
- PWB Printed Wire Board
- PWR Power
- 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]
- QFA Quick File Access
- QIC Quarter-Inch Cartridge
- .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
- RAG Row Address Generator
- RALU Register Arithmetic Logic Unit
- RAM Random Access Memory
- RAND Random
- RAS Random Access Storage +
- Reliability, Availability and Serviceability +
- Row Address Select
- RBBS Remote Bulletin Board System
- RCL Rotate Carry Left
- RCP Restore Cursor Position
- RCR Rotate Carry Right
- RCS Records Communications Switching System
- RD Receive Data
- R&D Research and Development
- RDB Receive Data Buffer
- RDSR Receiver Data Service Request
- .REF Reference (file name extension)
- REGAL Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate
- 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 Reset + Resolution
- RET Return
- REX Relocatable Executable
- RD Received Data + Remove Directory
- RDB Relational Data Base
- RDBMS Relational Data Base Management System
- RF Radio Frequency
- RFP Request for Proposal
- RFS Remote File System
- RFT Revisable Form Text + Rich Text Format
- RFU Reserved For Future Use
- RGB Red-Green-Blue
- RIME RelayNet International Message Exchange
- RIP Raster Image Processor
- RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
- RLE Run Length Encoded
- RLL Run Length Limited
- RM Reset Mode
- RMA Return Material Authorization +
- Return to Manufacturer Authorization
- RMDIR Remove Directory
- RMS Record Management Services + Root Mean Square
- RND Random
- R-O Read Only
- ROL Rotate Left
- ROM Read Only Memory
- ROR Rotate Right
- RPC Real Procedure Call + Remote Procedure Call
- RPG Report Program Generator (Programming Language)
- RPL Requested Privilege Level
- RPPROM Reprogrammable PROM
- RPT Repeat
- RPQ Request for Price Quotation
- RS Radio Shack + Request To Send
- RSP Required Space Character
- RST Reset + Restart
- RSX Real Time Resource Sharing Executive
- RT Real Time + RISC Technology + Run Time
- RTAM Remote Terminal Access Method
- RTC Real-Time Clock
- RTL Register Transfer Language +
- Resistor Transistor Logic + Run Time Library
- RTM Response Time Monitor
- RTOS Real-Time Operating System
- RTS Request To Send
- RTTY Radio Teletypewriter (Communications)
- RTV Real Time Video
- R/W Read/Write
- RWM Read-Write Memory
- RX Receiver
- SAA Systems Application Architecture [IBM]
- SAL Shift Arithmetic Left
- SAM Sequential Access Method
- SAP Service Access Point [DEC]
- SAR Shift Arithmetic Right +
- Successive Approximation Register
- SAS Sales Accounting System + Single Audio System
- .SAV Saved (file name extension)
- SBB Subtract With Borrow
- SBC Single-Board Computer
- SCAS Scan String
- SCB Subsystem Control Block [IBM]
- SCC Serial Communications Controllers +
- Synchronous Channel Check [IBM]
- SCD Standard Color Display
- SCF System Control Facility
- SCO Santa Cruz Operation (Software Company)
- SCP Save Cursor Position + Subsystem Control Port +
- System Control Program
- SCR Silicon Controlled Rectifier
- .SCR Script (file name extension)
- SCRN Screen (video display)
- SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
- SD Send Data
- SDA Source Data Automation +
- System Display Architecture [Digital]
- .SDF Standard Data Format (file name extension)
- SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
- SDK Software Developer's Kit [Microsoft]
- SDN Software Defined Network [AT&T]
- SDNS Secure Data Network Service
- SDR Streaming Data Request
- SDS Sysops Distribution System
- SD_STB Streaming Data Strobe [IBM]
- SEA Standard Extended Attribute [OS/2]
- SEC Single Error Correction
- SEG Segment
- SEL Select
- SEM Scanning Electron Microscope +
- Standard Electronic Module
- SER Serial
- .SET Driver Set (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
- SEU Smallest Executable Unit
- SF Sign Flag
- SFQL Structured Full-text Query Language
- SFT System Fault Tolerance
- SFX Sound Effect(s)
- SGEN Signal Generator + System Generator
- SGDT Store Global Descriptor Table
- SGR Set Graphics Rendition
- S/H Sample and Hold
- SHL Shift Logical Left
- SHR Shift Logical Right
- SI Source Index + System Information
- SID Station Identification [AT&T]
- SIDT Store Interrupt Descriptor Table
- SIG Special Interest Group
- SIM Simulator
- SIMD Single Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor)
- SIMM Single In-line Memory Module
- SIMULA Simulation (language)
- SIP Single In-line Package
- SIPP Single In-line Pin Package
- SIT Special Information Tones
- SLDT Store Local Descriptor Table
- SLOSH Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricane (program)
- SLSI Super Large-Scale Integrator
- SM Set Mode
- SMB Server Message Block (protocol) [MII]
- SMD Surface Mounted Device
- SMP Symbolic Manipulation Program
- SMPS Switching Mode Power Supply
- SMSW Store Machine Status Word
- SMT Surface-Mount Technology
- SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- SMU System Management Utility
- SN Serial Number
- S/N Signal-to-Noise
- SNA Systems Network Architecture [IBM]
- SND Sound
- SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
- SNOBOL String Oriented Symbolic Language (Progamming Language)
- SNP Serial Number/Password [Omen Technology]
- SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- SOE Standard Operating Environment
- SOH Start of Heading
- SOL Simulation Oriented Language
- SOM Start of Message
- SOP Standard Operating Procedures
- SOS Silicon On Sapphire
- SOTA State Of The Art
- SP Stack Pointer + System Product
- SPA Software Publishers Association
- SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture
- SPC Small Peripheral Controller + Statistical Process Control
- SPCL Spectrum Cellular Corporation
- SPF System Programming Facility
- SPIKE Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-Based
- Environment [STScI]
- SPL Spooler
- SPOOLING Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line
- SPS Standby Power System
- SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
- SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange [Novell]
- SQ Squeezed (files)
- SQL Structured Query Language
- SQRT Square Root
- SR Shift Register
- SRAM Shadow Random Access Memory +
- Static Random Access Memory
- SRQ Service Request
- SRR Serially Reusable Resource
- SS Stack Segment + Single Sided + Seconds
- SSI Small Scale Integration
- SST Spread-Spectrum Technology
- STB Strobe
- STC Set Carry Flag
- STD Set Direction Flag + Standard
- STDA StreetTalk Directory Assistance [Banyan]
- STDIN Standard Input
- STDIO.H Standard Input/Output Header [C]
- STDOUT Standard Output
- STI Set Interrupt Flag
- STN Supertwist Nematic
- STOS Store String
- STP Signal Transfer Point
- STR Store Task Register + Synchronous Transmitter Receiver
- STRUDL Structural Design Language (Programming Language)
- STScI Space Telescope Science Institute
- STX Start of Text
- .STY Style (file name extension) [Ventura, Word, WordPerfect]
- SUB Subroutine + Substitute + Subtract
- .SUP Supplemental Dictionary (file name extension)
- [WordPerfect]
- S-VHS Super VHS
- S/W Software
- SYLK Symbolic Link
- .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
- TAD Telephone Answering Device
- TASM Turbo Assembler [Borland]
- TAXI Transparent Asynchronous Tranceiver Interface
- TB Terabyte (1,000 gigabytes)
- T/B Top and Bottom
- TCM Trellis Code Modulation
- TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- TD Transmit Data
- TDM Time Division Multiplexing
- TDMS Terminal Display Management System
- TDSR Transmitter Data Service Request
- TDR Time Domain Reflectometry
- TEC Tokyo Electronics Corporation
- TED Tiny Editor
- TERMPWR Terminator Power
- TFEL Thin-Film Electroluminescent
- TFT Thin-Film Transistor
- .THD Thread (file name extension)
- THOR Tandy High-Performance Optical Recording
- .THS Thesaurus (file name extension)
- .TIF Tag Image File (file name extension)
- TIFF Tag Image File Format
- TIGA Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
- TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding
- and Referencing
- TLB Translation Lookaside Buffer
- TLU Table Lookup
- TM Trademark
- TMP Temporary
- TN Twisted Nematic
- TPI Tracks Per Inch
- TPL Table Producing Language
- TPORT Twisted Pair Port Transceiver [AT&T]
- TPS Transaction Processing System
- TR Terminal Ready
- TRON The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus
- TS Top Secret
- 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 Printer Test (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
- TSTN Triple Supertwisted Nematic
- TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic
- TTS Transaction Tracking System
- TTY Teletype
- .TUT Tutorial (file name extension)
- TWX Teletypewriter Exchange Service
- TXT Text
- UA User Agent + User Area
- UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
- UCL Universal Communications Language
- UG User Group
- UI Unix International
- UID User Identifier
- UL Upload
- ULSI Ultra Large Scale Integration
- UMB Upper Memory Blocks [LIM/AST]
- UNCOL Universal Computed Oriented Language
- UNMA Unified Network Management Architecture
- UNICOS Universal Compiler FORTRAN compatible
- UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer
- UNIX (AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System)
- UPC Universal Product Code
- UPL User Program Language
- UPM User Profile Management [IBM]
- UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply +
- Uninterruptible Power System
- USART Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Reciever/Transmitter
- USERID User Identification
- USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter
- USQ Unsqueezed (files)
- UT User Terminal
- UTC Coordinated Universal Time
- UTP Unshielded Twisted-Pair
- UUCP Unix-To-Unix Copy
- UUI User-To-User Information [AT&T]
- UV Ultraviolet
- VA Virtual Address
- VAD Value Added Dealer
- VADD Value Added Disk Driver
- VAL Value
- VAM Virtual Access Method
- VAN Value Added Network
- VAP Value Added Processes
- VAR Value Added Reseller + Value Added Retailer + Variable
- VAX Virtual Address Extension
- (Computer System Designation - DEC)
- VB Variable Block
- VCPI Virtual Control Program Interface
- VCR Video Cassette Recorder
- VDISK Virtual Disk
- VDT Video Display Terminal
- VDU Video Display Unit
- VER Verify
- VERR Verify Read Access
- VERW Verify Write Access
- VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
- VFD Vacuum Fluorescent Display
- VGA Video Graphics Array
- VGC Video Graphics Controller
- VHS Very High Speed + Virtual Host Storage
- VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
- VIO Video Input/Output + Virtual Input/Output
- VINES Virtual Network Operating System [Banyan]
- VIP Variable Information Processing
- VIPER Verifiable Integrated Processor for
- Enhanced Reliability
- VIS Voice Information System
- VLF Very Low Frequency
- VLIW Very Long Instruction Word (machine)
- VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
- VM Virtual Machine
- VMM Virtual Memory Manager [Clipper]
- VMOS Vertical MOS
- VMS Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System
- VMT Virtual Memory Technique
- VOL Volume
- VOM Volt Ohm Meter
- VOS Verbal Operating System
- VR Voltage Regulator
- VRAM Video Random Access Memory
- VROOMM Virtual Real-time Object Oriented
- Memory Manager [Borlund]
- .VRS WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension)
- 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
- VSLI Very Large Scale Integration
- VSM Virtual Storage Management
- VSOS Virtual Storage Operating System
- VSYNC Vertical Sync
- VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method [IBM]
- VUI Video User Interface
- VMS Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System
- W/ With
- WAN Wide Area Network
- WATS Wide Area Telecommunications Service
- WC Word Count
- WGS Work Group System
- .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]
- .WMF Windows Metafile (file name extension) [Microsoft]
- WNIM Wide-Area Network Interface Module
- W/O Without
- WORM Write Once, Read Many
- WP WordPerfect + Word Processing + Write Protected
- .WPG Graphics (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
- WPHD Write-Protect Hardd Disk
- .WPK Keyboard (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
- WPM Words Per Minute
- .WPM Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
- .WQ1 Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]
- .WQ! Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]
- WS WordStar + Workstation
- WT Write Through
- WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
- XA Extended Architecture + Extended Attribute
- XCHG Exchange
- XCMD External Command
- XDR External Data Representation
- XFCN External Function
- XGA Extended Graphics Array [IBM]
- XID Exchange Identifier
- XIOS Extended Input/Output System
- XLAT Translate
- XMIT Transmit
- XMM Extended Memory Manager [LIM/AST]
- XMS Extended Memory Specification [LIM/AST]
- XNS Xerox Network System (protocol)
- XOR Exclusive OR (Also EOR)
- XSMD Extended Storage Module Drive (interface)
- ZIP Zone Improvement Plan (ZIPcode)
- .ZIP Compressed File (file name extension) [PKWare]
- .ZOO Compressed File (file name extension) [Dhesi]
- ZSL Zero Slot LAN
- .$$$ Temporary File (file name extension)
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