Abbreviation Derivation Of Abbreviation

ABBREVIATION DERIVATION OF ABBREVIATION 2DD 2HD 3D DDI 4GL 4GT A3D ABI ABS ACE ACPI ACSM ADB ADE ADF ADO ADSI ADT AGP AIF ALU AML AMR AOAC API APIC APM APNIC ARC ASF ASL ASP ASPI ATA ATAPI ATM ATM API ATMS AT-UD ATX AUI AVGA AVI AWT BAR BASIC BBS bcc BCL BDA BDC BDK BIOS BIPS BIS

double-side double density double-side high density 3 Dimensional Device Driver Interface 4th generation language 4 GB Ram Tuning Aural 3D application binary interface air bearing surface Advanced Computing Environment Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Application Control State Machine Apple Desktop Bus automatic design engineering Auto Document Feeder ActiveX Data Objects Active Directory Service Interfaces attribute definition table Accelerated Graphics Port application integration feature arithmetic logical unit ACPI Machine Language Audio/Modem Riser always on/always connected application programming interface Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Advanced Power Management Asia Pacific Network Information Center Advanced RISC Computing Active Streaming Format ACPI Source Language active server page Advanced SCSI Programming Interface AT Attachment AT Attachment Packet Interface asynchronous transfer mode asynchronous transfer mode application programming interface Automated Traffic Management Systems Unimodem Diagnostics Command AT eXtension Attachment Unit Interface Advanced VGA Audio Visual Interleaving Abstract Window Toolkit base address register beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code bulletin board system blind carbon copy bias compensation layer BIOS Data Area backup domain controller Business Development Kit basic input/output system billion instructions per second boot integrity services

BLOB BML BMP BMP BMS BNF BOF BOOTP BPB BPC BPI BPI bpp BPR bps BRAN BRI BSDL BTL BTRON BUS C&C CA CA CAD CAD/CAM CAE CAE CAE CAI CAL CAL CALS CAM CAM CAPI CASE CAT CBQ CDA CDB CDC CDDI CDE CDF CDFF CDIF CDL CDP CDRA CDSA CEDR CG CGA CGA CGI

Binary Large Object Broadcast Markup Language Basic Multilingual Plane Bit Map broadcast message server Backup Naur Form beginning of file bootstrap protocol BIOS Parameter Blocks Broadcast PC bit per inch bit per instruction bits per pixel business process reengineering bit per second Broadband Radio Access Networks Basic Rate Interface Boundary Scan Description Language backplane transceiver logic Business TRON broadcast unknown server computer and communication conditional access certification authority computer aided design computer aided design / computer aided manufacturing computer aided engineering common application environment Conditional Access Engine computer assisted (aided) instruction common application language computer assisted learning Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistical Support computer aided manufacturing content addressable memory Cryptographic API computer aided software engineering computer aided testing class-based queuing Compound Document Architecture Command Description Block Connected Device Configuration copper distributed data interface Common Desktop Environment Channel Definition Format Common Document File Format Common Document Intermediate Format Class Definition Language Concept Description Plan Character Data Representation Architecture Common Data Security Architecture Windows CE Driver Repository computer graphics Color Graphics Array column grid array Computer Graphics Interface

CGI CGM CHRP CHS CI CICS CID CIFS CIM CIM CIMOM CINF CIS CIS CISC CL CLAD CLDC CLI CLOS CLP CLUT CMC CMIP CML CMM CMM CNR COBOL COCOMO COM CORBA COSE COSS CP/M CPN CPU CRL CSEL CSMA/CA CSMA/CD CSN CSS CSV CT CTI CTRON CTS CTS DA DAA DAC DAP DAS DASD DB

common gateway interface Computer Graphics Metafile Common Hardware Reference Platform cylinder head sector Component Instrumentation Customer Information Control System Compatible ID Common Internet File System computer integrated manufacturing Common Information Model CIM Object Model check (modem) INF tool card information structure customer information system complex instruction set computer CAS(column address strobe) Latency cell assembler/disassembler Connected Limited Device Configuration Call Level Interface Common Lisp Object System cell loss priority Colour Look-Up Table Computer Numeric Control common management information protocol Caucus Markup Language color matching modules Capability Maturity Model Communication and Networking Riser common business oriented language construction cost model Component Object Model Common Object Request Broker Architecture Common Open Software Environment Common Object Service Specification control program for a microcomputer central processing node central processing unit Certificate Revocation List Cable SELect carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance carrier sense multiple access with collision detection Card Select Number Contact Start Stop comma separated value format computerized tomography Computer Telephony Integration central-TRON computerized typesetting system Clear To Send data administrator Data Access Arrangement Design Automation Conference Directory Access Protocol dual attachment station direct access storage device database

DB2 DBA DBC DBM DBMS DC DCD DCE DCE DCF DCI DCL DCLZ DCOM DDC2B DDE DDF DDFF DDK DDL DDM DDM DDML DDoS DDS DDS DEF DES DFM DFS DFT DFT DIB DIB DIFS DIM DINA DIPS DISA DISM DISP DIT DLC DLCI DLL DME DMI DML DMTF DMWG DN DNS DOA DOM DOMF DOP

Database 2 database administrator Device Bay Controller Dual Bit Map database management system device context Data Carrier Detect Data Communications Equipment distributed computing environment Distributed Coordination Function display control interface Delay Calculation Language data compression Lempel-Ziv Distributed Component Object Model Display Data Channel Standard, Level 2B Dynamic Data Exchange Data Description Field Distributed Disk File Facility Driver Developers Kit data definition language design data manager Distributed Data Management Display Driver Management Layer distributed denial of service Digital Data Storage Distributed Data Server Design Exchange Format data encryption standard Distributed File Management Distributed File System Drive Fitness Test design for test Device Independent Bitmap Directory Information Base distributed access inter frame space Device Interface Module Distributed Information Processing Network Architecture Dendenkousha Information Processing System Distributed Information Processing System Architecture Digital Interface Standards for Monitor Directory Information Shadowing Protocol Directory Information Tree data link control datalink channel identifier dynamic link library Distributed Management Environment Desktop Management Interface data manipulation language Desktop Management Task Force Data Management Work Group Distinguished Name Domain Name System data oriented approach Distributed Operations Master Distributed Object Management Facility Directory Operational Protocol

DOS DP DPC DPI DPMI DPMS DRC DRDA DRF DRM DR-PI DS DSA DSE DSM DSM-CC DSO DSS DSS DSSSL DSU DTC DTD DTE DTM DTP DTR DVMCI DVO DXF EA EAB EAP EASI EBCDIC EBCOT EDA EDD EDF EDI EDID EDIF EDO EDP EEMBC EFS EGA EGA EHCI EHLLAPI EIDE EIO EISA ELF EM EMB

Disk Operating System data parallelism Deferred Procedure Call dot per inch(dpi) DOS protected mode interface Display Power Management Signaling design rule checker Distributed Relational Database Architecture Data Recovery Field Digital Rights Management (System) design representation programming interface Directory Service Digital Signature Algorithm Development Software Engineer digital storage media digital storage media-control command Dynamic Shared Object Microsoft Mail Directory Synchronization (dir-sync) Server decision support system Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (ISO/IEC 10179) digital service unit Distributed Transaction Coordinator document type definition data terminal equipment data transfer mechanism desktop publishing Data Terminal Ready digital video media control interface Digital Video Output drawing interchange file extended attributes embedded array block Extensible Authentication Protocol embedded all-in-one system interface extended binary coded decimal interchange code Embedded Block Coding with Optimized Truncation electronic design automation Enhanced Disk Drive earliest deadline first electronic data interchange Extended Display Identification Data electronic design interchange format extended data out electronic data processing EDN Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium Encrypting File System Extended Color Graphics Array Enhanced Graphics Adapter Enhanced Host Controller Interface extended high level language application programming interface Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics Extended I/O extended industry standard architecture Extended Link Format electronic mail Extended Memory Block

EMC EMF EMM ENIAC EOF EPIC EPP E-R ERC ERP ES ESA ESA ESC/P ESCD ESCON ESDI ESIOP ESS ETK EUC EUC EUI-64 EVC EWS ExCA FACS FAPI FAT FBAPI FCA FC-AL FCB FC-EP FCP FCP FC-PH FCS FCSI FD FDC FDD FDDI FDIV FDL FDO FE FEAPI FFOL FHN FiDO FIM FIQ FLP FMV FMV

electro magnetic compatibility Extended metafile Entitlement Management Messages Electronic Numerical integrator And Calculator end of file Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing Enhanced Parallel Port entity-relationship electrical rule checking Error Recovery Procedure expert system extended service area Enterprise Systems Architecture Epson Standard Code for Printer Extended System Configuration Data enterprise systems connection enhanced small device interface environment-specific inter-ORB protocol extended service set Embedded Toolkit Extended UNIX Code end-user computing Extended Unique Identifier Enhanced Video Connector engineering workstation Exchangeable Card Architecture Firmware ACPI Control Structure Fingerprint Aware Application Program Interface file allocation table Fingerprint Basic Aware Application Program Interface Fibre Channel Association Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop file control block Fibre Channel Extended Physical Fibre Channel Protocol function control protocol Fibre Channel Physical frame check sequence Fibre Channel Systems Initiative floppy disc Floppy Disk Drive Controller floppy disc drive Fiber Distributed Data Interface Floating (point) Divide Facility Data Link Functional Device Object Framing Error Fingerprint Extended Aware Application Program Interface FDDI Follow on LAN Fiber HUB Node Filter Device Object Function Component Interface Module Fast Interrupt reQuest fast link pulse Full Motion Video fair market value

FNA FNO FoIP FORTRAN FP FPA FPU FR FRS FSB FSD FSF FSRTL FTAM FTC FTP FTS FTTB FTTC GART GCP GDA GDI GDT GFC GIDEI GIF GINA GKS GMR GNU GNU GPC GPIB GPIO GPL GSS-API GTF GVIF H/W HA HAA HAMR HCI HCL HDA HDC HDCG HDD HDL HDLC HDT HEC HEL HFS HID

Fujitsu Network Architecture Foreign Namespace Object FAX over Internet Protocol formula translator function point function point analysis floating-point processing unit frame relay File Replication Service Front Side Bus File System Driver free software foundation File System Run Time Library File Transfer, Access and Management fault tolerant computer File Transfer Protocol fault tolerant system fiber to the building fiber to the curb Graphic Address Re-mapping Table Global Computation Platform Global Document Annotation Graphical Device Interface Global Descriptor Table Generic Flow Control General Input Device Emulation Interface Graphics Interchange Format Graphical Identification and Authentication Graphical Kernel System giant magnetoresistive general public license GNU's Not Unix, "guh-NEW" Graphics Performance Characterization general purpose interface bus General Purpose I/O GNU Public License Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Generalized Timing Formula Gigabit Video Interface hardware home automation Hitachi Application Architecture Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Host controller Interface Hardware Compatibility List head disk assembly hard disk controller high definition computer graphics hard disk drive hardware description language High Level Data Link Control procedures Host Digital Terminal Header Error Control hardware emulator layer hierarchical file system Human Interface Device

HIPPI high performance parallel interface HLLAPI high-level language application programming interface HMA high memory area HMI Human Machine Interface HPC high performance computation HPCCI High-performance Computing and Communications Initiative HPF High Performance Fortran HPFS High Performance File System HRTF Head Related Transfer Function HSFS High-Sierra File System HSM Hierarchical Storage Management HSSI High-Speed Serial Interface HSTP High Speed Transport Protocol HTPC Home Theater Personal Computers I2 O Intelligent Input/Output IA-PC Intel Architecture Personal Computer IBIS I/O buffer information specification ICC integrated communication controller ICCCM Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual ICM Image Color Management ICM Image Compression Manager ICU ISA Configuration Utility IDAPI Integrated Database API IDE integrated device electronics IDL Interface Definition Language IDM Interleaved Device Mode IDT Internet Development Toolbox IDT Interrupt Dispatch Table IE Internet Explorer IF Implements Forum IFC internet foundation class IFS ICOT Free Software IFS instable file system IFSMGR Instable File System Manager IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification IHV independent hardware vendor IME Input Method Editor IN intelligent network Indeo Intel Video Technology INN InterNetNews IOOM the Ithaca Object-Oriented Methodology IOS I/O Supervisor IP interface protocol IPC interprocess communication IPD Integrated Program Decoder IPI Intelligent Peripheral Interface IPL Initial Program Load IrLAP infrared link access protocol IrLMP infrared link management protocol IrMC Infrared Mobile Communications IrOBEX Infrared Object Exchange Protocol IRP I/O Request Packet IRQ interrupt request IrTA infrared terminal adapter IrTran-P Infrared Transfer Picture IrWW Infrared Wrist Watch

ISA Industry Standard Architecture ISAPI information server API iSCSI Internet SCSI (SCSI over TCP/IP) ISIS Image and Scanner Interface Specification IS-IS Intermediate System to Intermediate System Infra Domain Routing Exchange Protocol ISM Interface Subscriber Module ISO/OSI International Standards Organization Open System Interconnection ISR Interrupt Service Routine IST interrupt service thread ISV independent software vendor IT information technology ITRON Industrial TRON(The Realtime Operating system Nucleus) IVD LAN integrated voice and data LAN IVV Independent Verification & Validation IX internet exchange IXC Inter Exchange Carrier JAIN Integrated Network APIs for the Java Platform JAM Java administration server JAR Java archive Java VM Java Virtual Machine JCL job control language JCP Java Community Process JFC Java Foundation Classes JIT Just-In-Time JLE Japanese Language Environment JNI Java Native Method Interface JOIS JICST On-line Information System KBM knowledge based machine KCC Knowledge Consistency Checker KDD Knowledge Discovery in Databases KDT keyboard definition table KPA key process area KPS key predistribution system LA laboratory automation LAN local area network LAPM Link Access Protocol, Modem LBA logical block address LBP laser beam printer LCC levelized compiled code LCF Link Control Facility LDAP lightweight directory access protocol LDI LVDS Display Interface LEC LAN emulation clients LECS LAN emulation configuration server LES LAN emulator server LFN long file name LIM Lotus-Intel-Microsoft LIP Loop Initialization Primitive LP laser printer LPC Low Pin Count LPE layout parameter extraction lpi line per inch LPT line printer LSSD level sensitive scan design

LSTF LU LUN LVE LVM MA MAC MADK MAOS MAPI MAS MBONE MCA MCA MCD MCGA MCI MCI MCT MCU MDD MDI MDK MDL MESN MF MF MFP MFT MHS MI MIA MIDI MIDP MIF MIF MII MIMD MIPS MIS MMC MMHID MMIO MMU MMX MNLS MNP MOD MOF MOLAP MOM MOOD MP/M MPC MPDU MPI

least slack time first Logical Unit logical unit number Live Video Extensions logical volume manager message area media access control Microsoft ActiveX Development Kit multi application operating system Messaging Application Programming Interface multiple-address space multicast backbone multi-channel access Micro Channel Architecture Mini Client Driver Multi Color Graphics Array Media Control Interface Multimedia Control Interface Modem Compatibility Test multipoint connection unit multi-valued decision diagram Multiple Document Interface Modem Developers Kit memory descriptor list Media Event Status Notification more fragments (bit) media flexible multi-function peripheral master file table message handling system Management Interface Multivendor Integrated Architecture musical instrument digital interface Mobile Information Device Profiles Management Information File management information format media independent interface multiple instruction stream multiple data stream million instructions per second management information system Microsoft Management Console Multimedia Human Input Device memory-mapped I/O memory management unit multimedia extension Multi National Language Support Microcom Networking Protocol movie on demand Management Object Format multi-dimensional online analytical processing message oriented middleware Methodology for Object Oriented Design multi-programming monitor Multimedia Personal Computer MAC Protocol Data Unit Message Passing Interface

MPIC MPPE MPS MR MRCI MSCDEX MSCS MSDL MSDN MS-DOS MSDU MSEN MSMQ MSO MTD MTE MTF MTS MTU MTU MUD MUI MULTOS MVEX MVS MVS/ESA NABTS NAPLPS NBDD NBNS NC NC NCB NCP NCRP NCS NCSS NCU NDD NDIS NDPS NDS NDS NEEDS Net PC NetBEUI NETBIOS NFS NGIO NIC NIT NIU NLM NLS NNI NOD

Multiprocessor Interrupt Controller Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption MultiProcessor Specification Mixed Reality Microsoft Real-time Compression Interface Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions Microsoft Cluster Server Microsoft Download Library Microsoft Developer Network Microsoft disk operating system MAC Service Data Unit Media Status Event Notification Microsoft Message Queue Server multiple system operator Memory Technology Driver Message Transfer Element Microsoft Tape Format Microsoft Transaction Server maximum transmission unit Maximum Transfer Unit Master User Domain multimedia user interface multiapplication operating system Minimal Video Extension to X Multiple Virtual Storage MVS/Enterprise Systems Architecture North American Basic Teletext System North American Presentation-Level-Protocol Syntax NetBIOS datagram distribution server NetBIOS name server naming context Network Computer network control block Netware Core Protocol Network Computer Reference Specification Network Computing System non-comment source statements network control unit Norton Disk Doctor Network Driver Interface Specification network distributed print system Netware Directory Service Novell Directory Service Nikkei Economic Electronic Databank System network personal computer NetBIOS Extended User Interface Network Basic Input/Outputs System network file system Next Generation Input/Output network interface card Network Information Table Network Interface Unit NetWare loadable module national language support network node interface News on Demand

NOI NOS NPI NPR NREN nrt NSP NT NT NTDS NTFS NTLM NTP NTS/E NVOD OADG OAK OAM OCMP OCN OCX ODA ODAPI ODB ODBC ODBMS ODI ODS ODSI OEX OFS OGI OHCI OID OLAP OLCP OLE OLTP OMA OMAP OMG-IDL OMG-UNO OMT ONC ONP ONU OOA OOAD OOD OODB OOP OOPS OOPSLA OpenHCI OPK OQL

Notice Inquiry Network Operating System Network provider Interface Notice of Proposed Rulemaking National Research and Education Network non-real-time native signal processing New Technology Network Termination Windows NT Directory Service NT File System Windows NT LAN Manager Network Time Protocol Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition Near Video on Demand Open Architecture Developing Group OEM Adoption Kit operation and maintenance Open Computing environment for MIPS Platform Open Computer Network OLE Custom control Open Document Architecture Open Database Application Programming Interface object-oriented database Open Database Connectivity object(-oriented) database management system Open Datalink Interface operational data store Open Directory Services Interface OLE System Control Object File System Open Graphics Initiative Open Host Controller Interface Object ID on-line analytical processing on-line complex processing Object Linking & Embedding on-line transaction processing Object Management Architecture Open Multimedia Application Platform Object Management Group Interface Definition Language Object Management Group Universal Networked Objects Object Modeling Technique Open Network Computing open network provision optical network unit object-oriented analysis object-oriented analysis and design object-oriented design object-oriented database object-oriented programming object-oriented programming system Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Application Open Host Controller Interface OEM preinstallation kit object query language

OR ORB ORB ORDB OS OSA OSF OSI OSI OSPM OSR OTG OTS OVI PA PABX PAC PAD PAD PAD PARCOR PA-RISC PAS PC PC PC-DOS PCI PCI PM PCIC PCP PCS PCT PCTE PDA PDC PDC PDC PDEF PDF PDK PDL PDL PDM PDM PDO PDQ PDS PEX PFS PGP PHIGS PIAM PIC PIC PICS PID

operations research Operation Request Block Object Request Broker Object-Relational Database operating system Open Scripting Architecture Open Software Foundation Open System Interface Open Systems Interconnection OS-directed Power Management OEM service release on the go Object Transaction Service Open Verilog International Precision Architecture private automatic branch exchange Privilege attribute Certificate Program associated data packet assembler/disassembler Problem Analysis Diagram partial auto correlation Precision Architecture-RISC Pre-Boot Authentication Service personal computer packet classifier Personal Computer-Disk Operating System Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI Bus Power Management Specification PC Card I/O Cards Printer Control Protocol physical coding sublayer Private Communication Technology portable common tool environment personal digital assistants primary domain controller Program Delivery Control professional developers conference physical design exchange format Portable Document File Peripheral Developers Kit Process Design Language page description language product data management system Primary Defect Map physical device object parallel data query public domain software PHIGS Extension to X Product Functional Specification pretty good privacy Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System Platform Independent Application Model Personal Intelligent Communicator Programmable Interrupt Controller Platform for internet Content Selection Program ID

PID PIF PIM PIO PIP PIT PKT PL/1 PLB PLDA PLI PMA PMC PMD PMD PME PML PNG POI POP POP POPS POSIX POST POWER pp ppm PPP PPTP PRM PS/2 PS2 PSS PSW PVC PVM PVP QBE QCELP QCIF QIC QRSL QTVR QVGA RAD RAID RAW RDA RDB RDBMS RDN RFID RFT:DCA RID RIFF RIMM

packet identification program information file Parallel Inference Machine programmed input/output P Internet Protocol Programmable Interrupt Timer Partition Knowledge Table Programming Language one Picture Level Benchmark Private Loop Direct Attach programming language interface physical medium attachment PCI Mezzanine Card physical medium dependent physical media dependent sublayer Power Management Event Physical Markup Language Portable Network Graphics point of interface point of presence post office protocol peta operations per second portable operating system interface power-on self-test Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC program parallelism pages per minute Point-to-Point Protocol point-to point tunneling protocol Performance Report Message personal system/2 Play Station 2 Product Support Services Program Status Word permanent virtual circuit Parallel Virtual Machine Packet Video Protocol query by example Qualcomm code excited linear prediction quarter common intermediate format Quarter-inch Cartridge Quad Rambus Signal Level QuickTime VR quarter video graphic array rapid application development Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks read and write remote database access relational database relational database management system Relative distinguished Name Radio Frequency Identification Revisable From Text : Document Content Architecture Relative ID Resource Interchange File Format Rambus Inline Memory Module

RIPL RISC RLC RMI RNI ROLAP RPC RPE-LTP RPG RSL RSX RT RT RTC RTF RTK RTOS RTS RWS S/PDIF S/W SA SAA SACCH SAF SALT SAM SAP SAR SASI SBC SBC SBE SBP SBS SBS SC SCA SCAM SCD SCI SCID SCM SCP SCP SCSI SCSIFCP SCSL SCT SD SD SDAS SDE SDH SDK SDLC

Remote Initial Program Load reduced instruction set computer Run Length Coding remote method invocation Raw Native Interface Relational online analytical processing remote procedure call Regular Pulse Excitation-Long Term Predictive cording Report Program Generator Rambus Signal Level Intel Realistic Sound eXperience remote terminal Real-Time real-time clock Rich Text Format real time kinematic Real Time Operating System Request To Send Remote Winsock Sony Philips Digital Interface software Structured Analysis Systems Application Architecture slow associated control channel synthetic antiferromagnet Speech Application Language Tag SCSI-3 Architecture Model secondary audio programming segmentation and reassembly Shugart Associates System Interface surrounded by complement SCSI-3 Block Commands software behavior estimation Serial Bus Protocol Smart Battery Specification Smart Battery Systems Structured Chart single connector attachment for SCSI Disk Drives SCSI Configured Automatically SPARC Compliance Definition scaleable coherent interface Service Channel ID Software Configuration Management Source Compatibility Package Service Control Point small computer system interface SCSI Fibre Channel Protocol Sun Community Source License Software Compatibility Test Structured Design shared disk System Development Architecture & Support facilities Software Development Engineer synchronous digital hierarchy software developer's kit Synchronous Data Link Control

SDP session description protocol SDR Sustained Data Rate SDU Service Data Unit SE system engineer SE shared everything SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge SECE secure electronic commerce environment SES solution exchange standard SETP Stream Environment Transport Protocol SFF Small Form Factor SFN single frequency network SFS stick-on free slider SFS Shared File System SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language SI Service Information SI system integration SID Subsystem ID SIE Serial Interface Engine SIMD single instruction stream-multiple data stream SIPC Simply Interactive Personal Computer SIR serial infrared interface SIS strategic information system SLCP Software Life-Cycle Processes SLIC subscriber line interface circuit SLIP Serial Line IP S.M.A.R.T. Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology SMB server message block SMBus System Management Bus SMDL Standard Music Description Language SMI system management interrupt SMM system management mode SMS system management server SNA Systems Network Architecture SNA Software Network Architecture SOF start of frame SPA Software Process Assessments SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture SPDL Standard Page Description Language SPEF Standard Parasitic Exchange Format SPF standard parasitic format SPI Serial Peripheral Interface SPICE Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis SPID Service Profile Identifier SPMD single program multiple data stream SPS Shock Protection System SPSR Stored Program Status Register SPX Sequenced Packet Exchange SQL structured query language SRB Stream Request block SRC sample rate converter SRC sampling rate change SSA Serial Storage Architecture SSADM Structured Systems and Design Method SSC Smart Signal Conditioning SSDP Simple Service Discovery Protocol SSI single system image

SSL SSP SSPI SSTF SSTV STD STEP STI STT SVC SVG SVGA SVID SXGA SXVGA TAPI TBI TCL TD-CDMA TDE TDI TE TFTP TIFF TLD TLI TM TMDS TMF TOC TREC TRON TSD TSR TSS TWAIN TwinVQ TXD UAS UBR UCT UDL/I UDP UFS UHCI UI UI UI UIMS ULP UML U-N UNC UNI UP UPC

Secure Socket Layer serial storage protocol Security Support Provider Interface shortest seek time first slow scan television State Transition Diagram Standard for the Exchange of Product Still Image architecture Secure Transaction Technology switched virtual connection Scalable Vector Graphics super video graphics array System Vendor Interface Definition (IDentification) super extended graphic array super extended video graphics array Telephony application programming interface Ten Bit Interface Tool command Language time division-code division multiple access telephone data entry Transport Driver Interface terminal equipment trivial file transfer protocol Tagged Image File Format Top Level Domain Transport Level Interface for UNIX transaction manager Transition Minimized Differential Signaling transaction monitoring facility table of contents Texture and Rendering Engine Compression The Realtime Operating system Nucleus type-specific driver terminate-and-stay-resident time sharing system Technology Without Any Interested Name transform domain weighted interleave vector quantization Transmission Data User Account System unspecified bit rate Universal Coordinate Time unified design language of integrated circuit User Datagram Protocol UNIX file system Universal Host Controller Interface UNIX International User Interface Unit Interval user interface management system upper layer protocol unified modeling language User to Network primitive Universal Naming Convention user network interface Uniprocessor Usage Parameter Control

UPF Uni Picture Format URB USB request block URL Uniform Resource Locator USB Universal Serial Bus USN Update Sequence Number UTMI USB2.0 Transceiver Macrocell Interface UTOPIA Universal Test & Operations PHY Interface for ATM U-U User to User primitive UUCP UNIX to UNIX Copy Program UVGA Ultimate VGA (1024 x 768, 60fps) VAFC Vesa Advanced Feature Connector VAN value added network VB Visual Basic VBA Microsoft Visual Basic Programming System Application Edition VBE VESA BIOS Extension VBX Visual Basic Extension VC virtual channel VC virtual circuit VCCI Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Data Processing Equipment and Electronic Office Machines VCDFSD Virtual CD-ROM File System Driver VCI Virtual Channel Identifier VDD Virtual Device Driver VDD Version Description Document VDIF Video display Information Format VDM Virtual DOS Machine VDM Virtual Device Manager VDMA Virtual DMA VDMAD Virtual DMA Device VDO Video Distribution Office VDP video datagram protocol VDS Virtual DMA Services VDT video display terminal/visual display terminal VESA Video Electronics Standard Association VFS virtual file system VFW Video for Windows VGA Video Graphics Array VHDL VHSIC hardware description language VI VHDL International VIP Video Information Provider VISCA Video System Control Architecture VITAL VHDL Initiative toward ASIC Libraries VL-Bus VESA local bus VLM Very Large Memory VM Virtual Machine VM/CMS Virtual Machine / Conversational Monitor System VM/ESA Virtual Machine/Enterprise Systems Architecture VME versa module European VMS Virtual Memory System VMTP Versatile Message Transaction Protocol VOD video-on-demand VP virtual path VPE Video Port Extension VPI virtual path identifier VpicD virtual programmable interrupt controller device VRML virtual reality modeling language

VSAM VSD VUDA VUMA VVIDD VxD VXI WAIS WBMP WBS WBT WC WCEfA WD WDCTRL WDI WDL WDM WDMCSA WHIIG WHQL WIA WIA WIDE WIFE WinHEC WINNLS WINS WinSock WIPS WLL WMA WMF WMI WORM WOSA WPS WRAM WRB WS WSH WSP WSS WWDU XCOFF XDR XFN XGA XHTML XIMP XIP XKP XMS XNS XPC XPG

virtual storage access method Vendor Specific Driver VESA Unified Graphic Architecture VESA Unified Memory Architecture VESA Video Interface for Digital Display Virtual Device Driver VMEbus extensions for instrumentation wide area information server Wireless Bitmap work breakdown structure Windows-Based Terminal write combining Windows CE for Automotive working draft Western Digital-Compatible Hard Disk Controller Watchdog input Windows Driver Library Win32 Driver Model WDM Connection and Streaming Architecture Windows Hardware Instrumentation Implementation Guideline Windows Hardware Quality Laboratory Windows Image Acquisition Wearable Internet Appliance Widely Integrated Distributed Environment Windows Intelligent Font Environment Windows Hardware Engineering Conference Windows National Language Support Windows Internet Name Service Windows Sockets 2.0 whetstone instructions per second wireless local loop Windows Media Audio Windows Meta-File Windows Management Instrumentation write once, read many Windows Open System Architecture Windows Printing System Window RAM Web Request Broker workstation Windows Scripting Host WinSock Proxy Windows Sound System Work With Display Units eXtended Common Object File Format external data representation X/Open Federated Naming eXtended Graphics Array eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language X Window System Input Method Protocol eXecute-in-Place Extended Kanji Processing eXtended Memory Specification Xerox Network System extended processing complex X/Open Portability Guide

XTP Y2K ZAK ZAW ZIP ZM ZTAT ZVP

express Transfer Protocol Year 2000 Zero Administration Kit foe Windows NT Workstation Zero Administration Windows Zone Improvement Plan zone marker Zero Turn Around Time Zoomed Video Port