Computer Abbreviations ----------------------- 2PC Two Phase Commit 2PL Two Phase Locking 3D 3-Dimensional 3GIO 3rd Generation I/O 3GL Third Generation Language 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project 4GL Fourth Generation Language AAAAA Anonym Association Against Acronym Abuse AAC Advanced Audio Coding AAL ATM Adaption Layer AAM Automatic Acoustic Management AARP Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol AAUI Apple Attachment Unit Interface ABAP Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor (SAP, veraltet) ABAP/4 Advanced Business Application Programming, Version 4 ABCAST Atomic BroadCAST ABCS Adcanced Business Communications via Satellite ABEND ABnormal ENDing ABI Application Binary Interface ABM Asynchronous Balanced response Mode ABNF Augmented Backus-Naur Form ABR Available Bit Rate AC Alternating Current (Wechselstrom) ACC Area Communication Controller ACD Automatic Call Distribution ACE ASCII Compatible Encoding ACE Automatic Computing Engine ACID Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability ACK ACKnowledgement ACL Access Control List ACL Asynchronous Connection-Less ACM Address Complete Message ACM Audio Compression Manager ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACS Admission Control Service ACSE Associtation Control Service Element ACTEF ACcess TEchnologies Forum ACTS Advanced Communications Technologies and Services ACU Automatic Call Unit ADC Analog to Digital Converter ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Protocol Adele ALgorithm DEscription LanguagE ADF Automatic Document Feeder ADM Adaptive Delta Modulation ADO ActiceX Data Objects ADPCM Adaptive Data Pulse Code Modulation ADR Advanced Digital Recording ADR Astra Digital Radio ADS Administration and Data Server ADSC Adobe's Document Structuring Conventions ADSI Active Directory Service Interface ADSL Asymmetric bit rate Digital Subscriber Line ADSP AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release ADU Analog-Digital-Umsetzer AE Applications Engineer AES Advanced Encryption Standard AFM Adobe Font Metrics AFP Apple File Protocol AFS Andrew File System AGCH Access Grant CHannel AGI Address Generation Interlock AGP Accelerated Graphics Port AGU Address Generation Unit AGV Autonomously Guided Vehicle AI Artificial Intelligence AIFF Audio Interchange File Format AIMD Additive Increase/Multiplicative Decrease AIMM AGP Inline Memory Module AIP Association of Internet Professionals AIRA American Internet Registrants Association AIX Advanced Interactive eXecutive (IBM-Unix) AL Artificial Life ALDC Advanced Lossless Data Compression ALE Address Latch Enable ALE Application Link Enabling (SAP) ALG Application Layer Gateway ALGOL ALGOrithmic Language ALSA Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Alt Alternate/Alternativ Alt Gr Alternate Graphics/Alternative Grafiken altPSM ALTernative Phase Shifting Mask ALU Application Layer User ALU Arithmetic-Logic Unit ALV ABAP List Viewer AM Amplitude Modulation AMD Administration Management Domain AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMEL Active Matrix Electro-Luminescence AMI American Megatrends Inc. AMLCD Active Matrix LCD AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone System AMR Anisotropic Mageneto Resistance AMR Audio/Modem Riser AMS American Mathematical Society ANPX Advanced News Picture indeX ANSI American National Standards Institute AO/DI Always Online/Dynamic ISDN AOL America OnLine AOP Aspect-Oriented Programming AOS Array Of Structures AP Access Point APDU Application Protocol Data Unit APF AppleTalk Filing Protocol API Alpha Processor Inc. API Application Programmer Interface APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APIPA Automatic Private IP Addressing APL A Programming Language APM Advanced PowerManagement APNIC Asian Pacific Network Information Center APOP Authenticated POP APPN Advanced Peer to Peer Networking APR Apache Portable Runtime APT Advanced Photoscale Technology ARAP Advanced Research Project Agency ARB Architecture Review Board Ardis Advanced Radio Data Information Service aRFC Asynchronous RFC ARIES Algorithm for Recovery and Isolation Exploiting Semantics ARIN American Registry for Internet Numbers ARIS Aggregate Route-bases IP-Switching ARM Acorn RISC Machine ARM Asynchronous Response Mode ARMD ATAPI Removable Media Device ARP Address Resolution Protocol ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency (heute DARPA) ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork ARQ Automatic Repeat Request ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASE Application Service Elements ash Almquist SHell ASIC Application Specific IC ASIO Audio Stream I/O ASK Amplitude Shift Keying ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One ASO Address Supporting Organization ASP Active Server Pages ASP Application Service Provider ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface ASR Automatic Speech Recognition AT Advanced Technology (ab 80286) AT ATtention (Modembefehle) ATA AT-bus Attachment ATAPI AT-bus Attachment Packet Interface ATDM Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing ATIP Absolute Time in Pregroove ATL Active Template Library ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM Automated Teller Machine ATMARP ATM Address Resolution Protocol ATPG Automatic Test Pattern Generator ATR Answer To Reset ATRAC Adaptice Transform Accoustic Coding ATT ATTenuation ATW Advanced Windowing Toolkit ATX AT eXtended AUI Attachment Unit Interface AVD Advanced Video Disc AVI Audio Video Interleaved AVK Application Verification Kit AVL Andelson-Velskij/Landis AVSG Accessible Volume Storage Group AWE Address Windowing Extensions AWM Advanced Wave Memory AWS Apple Workgroup Server AWT Abstract Window Toolkit B2B Business-To-Business B2C Business-To-Customers BAP/BACP Bandwidth Allocation Protocol/Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol BAPI Business Application Programming Interface BAS Basic Activity Set bash Bourne-Again SHell BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BAT BATch BBS Bulletin Board System BC Business Connector (SAP) BCC Blind Carbon Copy BCC Block Check Character BCCH Broadcast Control CHannel BCD Binary Coded Decimal BCH Bose-Chauduri-Hoequenhem BCH Broadcast CHannel BCNF Boyce-Codd Normal Form BCP Best Current Practice BCS Block Combine Set BDC Backup Domain Controller BDK Bean Development Kit (Java) BE Back End BEB Binary Exponential Backoff BEDO Burst EDO BER Basic Encoding Rules BFA Business Framework Architecture BFS Breadth First Search BGA Ball Grid Array BGP Border Gateway Protocol bgRFC Background RFC BHCA Busy Hour Call Attempts BHT Branch History Table BI Business Intelligence BiCMOS Bipolar Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain BioIS Biometrisches IdentifikationsSystem BIOS Basic Input/Output System B-ISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network BIST Built-In Self Test BIT Basic Indissoluble information uniT BIT BInary digiT BITS Background Intelligent Transfer Service biz Business BLAM Binary Logarithmic Arbitration Method BLOB Binary Large OBject BMP Bean Managed Persistance BMP BitMaP BNC Bayonet-Neill-Conselman BNC British Naval Connector BNF Backus-Naur Form BNU Basic Networkting Utilities BOA Basic Object Adapter BOCC Backward-Oriented Concurrency Control BOOTP BOOTstrap Protocol BOR Business Object Repository BOT Begin Of Transaction BOT Broadcast on Television BP British Petrol BPL Branch Prediction Logic BPM Business Process Management bps Bits Per Second BPS Bytes Per Second BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying BPX Business Process Expert (SAP) BRAM Broadcast Recognition Access Method BRAP Broadcast Recognition with Alternating Priorities BRI Basic-Rate Interface BS BetriebsSystem BSA Business Software Alliance BSC Base Station Controller BSC Binary Synchronous Communication BSD Berkley Software Design BSI Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik BSIC Base transceiver Station Identity Code BSIG Bluetooth Special Interest Group BSMTP Batched Simple Mail Transfer Protocol BSP Business Server Page (SAP) BSRAM Burst Static RAM BSS Base Station Subsystem BSS Basic Services Set BSS Basic Synchronization Set BTB Branch Target Buffer BTD BlueTooth Device BTS Base Transceiver Station BTX BildschrimTeXt BUS Broadcast and Unknown Server C64 Commodore 64 KByte CA Certification Authority CABEB Capture Avoidance Binary Exponential Backoff CACM Communications of the ACM CAD Computer-Aided Design CAF Composite Application Framework CAIP Canadian Association of Internet Providers CAL Client Abstraction Layer CALL Computer Assisted Language Learning CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing CAM Content Addressable Memory CAMAC Computer Aided Measurement And Controlling CAN Cable Area Network CAN City Area Network CAN Controller Area Network CAN Cosmopolitan Area Network CAN Customer Access Network CAP Carrierless Amplitude/Phase modulation CAPI Common Application Programming Interface CAPTCHA Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart CAS Column Access Strobe (siehe auch RAS) CASE Common Application Service Elements CASE Computer-Aided Software Engineering CAST Carlisle Adams/Stafford Tavares CAUCE Coalition Aganinst Unsolicited Commercial E-mail CAV Constant Angular Velocity (Umdrehung bei Festplatten) CBC Cipher Block Chaining CBCAST Causal BroadCAST CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data Service CBM Commodore Business Machines CBR Constant Bit Rate CBS Cell Broadcast Service CBS Component Build Service CBT Code Based Tree CBT Computer-Based Training CBX Common Branch eXtender CC Carbon Copy CC Connection Confirm CCA Conceptual Communication AreMa CCC Chaos Computer-Club CCCH Common Control CHannel CCD Charge Coupled Device CCF Capsulated Colour Filter CCF Cold Cathode Flourescent CCFL Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp CCFP Central Control Fixed Part CCH Control CHannel CCI Common Client Interface CCITT Comitè Consultatif International Télégraphic et Téléfonique CCK Complementary Code Keying CCL Communications Command Language CCMS Computing Center Management System ccNUMA Cache Coherent Non-Uniform Memory Access CCNUMA Cache Coherent Non-Unified Memory Architecture CCP Compliance Checking Program CCP Compression Control Protocol CCR Commitment, Concurrency and Recovery CCR Configuration Control Registers CCS Calculus of Communicating Systems CCS7 Common Channel Signalling 7 ccTLD country code Top Level Domain CD Carrier Detect CD Compact Disc CDA Clinical Document Architecture CDATA Character DATA CD-DA CD Digital Audio CDDB Compact Disc Data Base CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface CDE Common Desktop Environment CDFS CD File System CD-i CD Interactive CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data CD-R CD Recordable CDR Common Data Representation CDR Corel DRaw (Bildformat) CDRAM Cache DRAM CDROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory CD-RW CD ReWritable CDS Class Data Sharing CDS Current Directory Structure CDSA Common Data Security Architecture CDV Cell Delay Variation CDVT Cell Delay Variation Tolerance CD-WORM CD Write Once Read Many CD-XA CD eXtended Architecture CE Compact Edition CeBIT Centrum für Büro- und InformationsTechnik CEG Continuous Edge Graphics CENTR Council of European National Top level domain Registries CEPT Conférence Européenne des Administrations des Postes et Télécommunications CERN Centre Européen de Recherche Nucléaire CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CES Consumer Electronics Show CFB Cipher FeedBack CFC Cipher Feedback Chaining CGA Color Graphics Array CGI Common Gateway Interface CGM Computer Graphics Metafile CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHILL CCITT HIgh Level programming Language CHV Card Holder Value CI Cell Identity CICS Customer Information Control System CIDR Classless InterDomain Routing CIE Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage CIF Common Intermediate Format CIFS Common Internet File System CIM Common Information Model CIMOM CIM Object Manager Cindy von "simdi" = SIMD CIOP Common Inter-ORB Protocol CIP Common Indexing Protocol CIRC Cross-Interleave-Reed-Solomon-Code CIS COM Internet Services CIS Contact Image Sensor CIS Customer Interaction Software CISC Complex Instrucion Set Computer CIX Commercial Internet eXchange CL Cache Latency CLA Carry Lookahead Adder CLF Common Log Format CLI Call Level Interface CLIP Calling Line Identification Presentation CLIP CLassical IP (over ATM) CLIR Calling Line Identification Restriction CLK CLocK CLNS ConnectionLess Network Service CLOB Character Large OBject CLOS Common LISP Object System CLP Cell Loss Priority CLR Cell Loss Ratio CLR Common Language Runtime (C#) CLR Compensation Log Record CLS Common Language Specification (C#) CLUT Color Look-Up Table CLV Constant Linear Velocity (Umdrehung bei CD-DA) CMD CoMmanD CMD Compatibility Mode Drivers CMI Common Model Interface CMIP Common Management Information Protocol CMIS Common Management Information Service CMISE Common Management Information Service Entity CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor CMOT Common Management services and protocol Over TCP/IP CMP Cellular MultiProcessing CMP Container Managed Persistence (J2EE) CMR Container Managed Relations CMS Change Management System CMS Code Morphing Software CMS Content Management System CMS Conversational Monitor System CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK CNC Computerized Numerical Control CNM Customer Network Management CNN Controlled Not Not CNOT Control-NOT CNR Communication Network Riser COBOL COmmon Business Oriented Language Cocomo COnstructive COst Model CODEC COmpression/DECompression COFDM Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex COFF Common Object File Format COLP Connected Line Identification Presentation com Commercial COM COMmand COM Component Object Model COMAL COMmon Algorithmic Language COMDEX COMputer Dealer's EXposition fair CONS Consolidation Server COOL C++ Object Orientated Language CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture CORE Council Of Registrars COS Card Operating System COS Common Object Services (CORBA) COSE Common Open System Environment CPAN Comprehensive Perl Archive Network CPCS Common Part Convergence Sublayer CPI Clocks Per Instruction CPL Common Public License CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device CP/M Control Program/Monitor CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers CPS Characters Per Second CPU Central Processing Unit CR Carriage Return CRC Class Responsibility Collaboration CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check CRIMM Continuity RIMM CRL Certificate Revocation List CRM Customer Relationship Management CRQ Command Response Queue CRT Cathode Ray Tube CRx Control Register x CS Chip Select CSA Calendaring and Scheduling API CSA Common Scrambling Algorithm CSB Communication Streaming Bus CSCD Current Sensing Completion Detection CSCW Computer Supported Cooperative Work CSEL Cable SELect CSG Constructive Solid Geometry CSIC Customer Specific IC CSMA Carrier Sense Multiple Access CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection CSN Card Select Number CSP Chip Scale Package CSP ChipSize Package CSP Cryptographic Service Provider CSR Certificate Signing Request CSR Command Status Register CSS Cascading Style-Sheets CSS Content Scrambling System CSS1 Cascading Style-Sheets level 1 CSTA Computer Supported Telecommunications Applications CSV Comma Separated Values CT Chipcard Terminal CT Cordless Telephone CTAN Comprehensive TeX Archive Network CTAPI Card Terminal API CTCP Client To Client Protocol CTD Cell Transfer Delay CTI Computer Telephony Integration Ctrl Control CTS Clear To Send CTS Common Type System CV Class Viewer CVS Concurrent Versions System CVV Coda Version Vector DA Directory Agent DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting DAC Digital Audio Copy DAC Digital to Analog Converter DAC Discretionary Access Control DAE Digital Audio Extraction DAI Distributed Artificial Intelligence DAISY Dynamically Architected Instruction Set from Yorktown DAO Data Access Object DAO Disc At Once DAP Directory Access Protocol DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DAT Digital Audio Tape DAU Digital-Analog-Umsetzer DAV Distributed Authoring and Versioning DAVID Digital Audio VIsual Council DB2 DataBase 2 DBC Design By Concept DBMS DataBase Management System DBS Deutsche Bildungs-Server DBT Defect Based Test DC Development Component DC Direct Current (Gleichstrom) DC Dublin Core DCC Digital Content Creation DCC Direct Client Connection DCCH Dedicated Control CHannel DCD Data Carrier Detect DCE Data Carrier Equipment DCE Data Circuit-terminating Equipment DCE Data Communications Equipment DCE Distributed Computing Environment DCE-CIOP DCE Common Inter-ORB Protocol DCI Display Control Interface DCME Digital Circuit Multiplication Equipment DCMI Dublin Core Metadata Initiative DCOM Distributed Component Object Model DCOP Desktop COmmunication Protocol DCS Desktop Color Separations DCS Digital Cellular System DCT Diskrete Cosinus Transformation DCTL Direct Coupled Transistor Logic DDA Digital Differential Analyzer DDC Display Data Channel DDE Dynamic Data Exchange DDI Direct Dialing In DDK Device Development Kit DDL Data Definition Language DDoS Distributed Denial of Service attack DDP Datagram Delivery Protocol DDPT Disk Drive Parameter Table DDR-SDRAM Double Data Rate SDRAM DDX Dialog Data eXchange DEC Digital Equipment Corporation DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication DEE DatenEndEinrichtung Del Delete DEL Decode Encode Language DENIC DEutsches Network Information Center deque Double-Ended QUEue DES Data Encryption Standard DET Directory Entry Table DEV Development Server DFKI Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz DFN Deutsches ForschungsNetz DFP Digital Flat Panel DFR Document Filing and Retrival DFS Depth First Search DFS Distributed File System DFT Diskrete Fourier Transformation DFÜ DatenFernÜbertragung DGA Direct Graphics Access DGPS Differential Global Positioning System DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHTML Dynamic HTML DIAG Dynamic Information and Action Gateway (SAP) DIB Device Independent Bitmap DIB Dual Independent Bus DIC Device-Independent Color DII Dynamic Invocation Interface DIME DIrect Memory Execute (AGP) DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module DIN Deutschen Institut für Normunsgwesen DIP Dual-In-line Package DIPL Drain Induced Barrier Lowering DIR Dynamic Invokation Routine DIRx Device Identification Register x (Cyrix CPUs) DIS Draft International Standard DISC DISConnect DIT Directory Information Tree DKE Deutsche Kommission Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik im DIN und VDE DL/1 Data Language 1 DLE Data Link Escape DLL Data Link Layer DLL Dynamic Link Library DLP Digital Light Processor DLPI Data Link Provider Interface DLR Digital Linear Tape DLSw Data Link Switching DMA Direct Memory Access DMD Digital Mirror Device DMI Desktop Management Interface DML Data Modification Language dmmv Deutscher MultiMedia Verband DMSP Distributed Mail System Protocol DMT Descrete MultiTone modulation DMT Direct MultiTone DMT Discrete Monitor Timings DMTF Desktop Management Task Force D-MTU Default Maximum Transmission Unit DMX Distributed Multihead X DMZ DeMilitarized Zone DNB Dedicated Network Bus DNS Domain Name Service DNS Domain Name System DNSO Domain Name Supporting Organization DOA Distributed Office Applications DOC DOCumentation DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification DOD Department Of Defense DOI Digital Object Identifier DOM Document Object Model DOR Digital Optical Recording DoS Denial of Service attack DOS Disk Operating System DPC Destination Point Code DPCM Difference Pulse Code Modulation DPE Data Parity Error DPI Distributed Protocol Interface DPI Dots Per Inch DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface DPMS Display Power Management Signaling DPN Deutsches Provider Netzwerk DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying DRAM Dynamic RAM DRDRAM Direct RAMBUS DRAM DRI Direct Rendering Infrastructure DRL Data Retrieval Language DRL Decision Representation Language DRL Dynamically Reconfigurable Logic DRM Digital Restrictions Management DRM Digital Righs Management DRQ DMA Request DRT-DM Distrubited Real-Time Defect Management DRx Debug Register x DS Distribution System DSA Digital Signature Algorithm DSAP Destination Service Access Point DSC Document Structuring Convention DSD Direct Stream Digital DSI Dynamic Skeleton Interface DSL Digital Subscriber Line DSMA Digital Sense Multiple Access DSO Dynamic Shared Object DSOM Distributed System Object Model DSP Digital Signal Processor DSR Data Set Ready DSS Digital Signature Standard DSS1 Digital Subscriber System 1 (normiertes ISDN-Protokoll in Europa) DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSSL Document Style and Semantics Specification Language DST Direct Stream Transfer DST Distributed SmallTalk DSTN Double Super Twisted Nematic DSTN Dual Scan Twisted Nematic DSVD Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data DTAG Deutsche Telekom AG DTC Distributed Transaction Coordinator DTCP Digital Transmission Content Protocol DTD Document Type Definition DTE Data Terminal Equipment DTMF Dual-Tone MultiFrequency DTO Data Transfer Object DTP Data Transfer Process DTP DeskTop Publishing DTP Distributed Transaction Processing DTR Data Terminal Ready DTR Design Time Repository DTS Digital Theatre Sound System DÜE DatenÜbertragungseinrichtung DUN Dial-Up Networking DV DatenVerarbeitung DVA DatenVerarbeitungsAnlage DVB Digital Video Broadcast DVB-T Digital Video Broadcast - Terrestrial DVD Digital Versatile Disc DVD-R DVD Recordable DVD-RW DVD ReWritable DVI DeVice Independent DVI Digital Visual Interface DVMPR Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol DWDM Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing D-WiN Deutsches WissenschaftsNetz DWMT Discrete Wavelet MultiTone DXF Data eXchange File DXF Data eXchange Format DXF Drawing eXchange Format Dynpro Dynamic Program E/A Ein/Ausgabe EAD Enhanced Audio Disc EAI Enterprise Application Integration EAI External Authoring Interface EAN European Article Number EAR Enterprise Application Repository EAX Environmental Audio eXtension EAX Extended AX (und EBX, ECX ...) EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code EBCOT Embedded Block Coding with Optimized Truncation ebXML Electronic Business using XML EC Erase Character EC Error Checking ECB Electronic Code Book ECC Elliptic Curve Cryptography ECC Error Checking and Correction ECL Emitter-Coupled Logic ECL Execution Control List ECM Enterprise Content Management ECM Error Correction Mode ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association ECO Electronic Commerce Forum (Verband der deutschen Internet-Wirtschaft) ECP Encryption Control Protocol ECR Efficient Customer Response eCRM Electronic Customer Relationship Management ECS Erlangen Classification System ECTF Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum EDA Event Driven Architecture EDA Expedited Data Acknowledge EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolutions EDI Electronic Data Interchange EDO-RAM Extended Data Out RAM EDP Electronic Data Processing edu Education EDV Elektronische DatenVerarbeitung EEPROM Electrically Erasable/Programmable ROM EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation EFM Eight to Fourteen Modulation (Aufzeichnungsverfahren bei Audio-CDs) EFS Encrypting File System EGA Enhanced Graphics Array EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol EGPRS Enhanced General Packet Radio Service EIA Electronic Industries Association EIDE Enhanced IDE EIF European Internet Foundation Einfg Einfügen EIP Enterprise Integeration Patterns EIP Extended Internet Protocol EIR Equipment Identification Center EIS Enterprise Information System EISA Enhanced ISA EJB Enterprise JavaBean ELAN Emulated Local Area Network ELC Embedded Linux Consortium ELD Electro-Luminescence Display (aktives LCD) ELF Executable and Linking Format ELF Extended Log Format ELSTER ELektronische STeuerERklärung EMA Enterprise Management Architecture EMACS Editor MACroS EMACS Eight Megs of ram And Constantly Swapping EMF Electro-Magnetic Force EMF Enhanced Metafile EMI Electro-Magnetic Interference EMMS Electronic Media Management System EMP Excessive Multiple Posting EMS Expanded Memory Specification EMSD Efficient Mail Submission and Delivery EMV ElekroMagnetische Verträglichkeit ENC Environment Naming Context ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer Entf Entfernen ENUM tElephone NUmber Mapping EOCB Electrical-Optical Circuit Board EOF End Of File EOI End Of Interrupt EOL End Of Line EOR End Of Record EOT End Of Transmission EPC Electronic Product Code EPIC Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC Explicit Parallel Instruction Computing EPK Ereignisgesteuerte Prozesskette EPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM EPS Encapsulated PostScript EPSF Encapsulated PostScript File ERP Enterprise Resource Planning ESA Enterprise Services Architecture (SAP) Esc Escape ESCD Extended Setup Configuration Data ESD Electro-Static Discharge ESDI Enhanced Small Devices Interface ESDRAM Enhanced SDRAM ESF Enterprise Services Framework ESIOP Environment-Specific Inter-ORB Protocol ESMTP Extended SMTP ESP Encapsulating Security Payload ESS Extended Service Set ETB End of Transmission Block ETP Extended Thermal Plate ETSC European Telecommunications Standardization Institute ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETX End of TeXt EVC Enhanced Video Connector EVD Enhanced Versatile Disc EXE EXEcutable F1 Function key 1/Funktionstaste 1 (etc.) FA From ARPANET FACCH Fast Associated Control CHannel FADU File Access Data Unit FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FASL Fujitsu-AMD Semiconductor Ltd. FAT File Allocation Table Fax FACSimile FBAS Farb-Bild-Austast- und Synchronsignal FBE FernBedienungsEinheit FCAPS Faults, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security (Netzwerkmanagement-Gesichtspunkte) FCC Federal Communications Commission FCCH Frequency Correction CHannel FCFS First Come First Served FC-PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array FCRAM Fast Cycle RAM FCS Frame Control Sequence FD Functional Dependency FDD Floppy Disk Drive FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDF Forms Data Format FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access FDX Forms Data eXchange FDX Full-DupleX transmission FE Front End FEAL Fast Data Encipherment Algorithm FEC Forward Error Correction FED Field Emission Displays (Konkurrenz zu LCD) FER Forward Error Correction FET Field Effect Transistor FF Form Feed FFT Fast Fourier Transformation FHS Filesystem Hierarchy Standard FHSS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FIB Focused Ion Beam FIF Fractal Image Format FIFO First-In First-Out FILO First-In Last-Out FinTS FINancial Transaction Services FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards FIR Fast InfraRed FLAG Fiberoptic Link Around the Globe FLOPS FLoating point Operations Per Second FM Frequency Modulation FMT Fine grain MultiThreading FOCC Forward-Oriented Concurrency Control FOLED Flexible Organic Light Emitting Display FORTRAN FORmula TRANslator FPD Full Page Display FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array FPK Fast Packet Keying FPLMTS Future Public Land and Mobile Telecommunications System FPM-RAM Fast Page Mode RAM FPU Floating Point Unit FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name FRAM Ferroelectric RAM FRICC Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee FRMR FRaMe Reject FRS File Record Segment FR TCH Full Rate Traffic CHannel FSAA Full Screen AntiAliasing FSB Front Side Bus FSF Free Software Foundation FSK Frequency Shift Keying FTAM File Transfer, Access and Management FTP File Transfer Protocol FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition FVF Flexible Vertex Format FWH FirmWare Hub FYI For Your Information GAC Global Assembly Cache GAL Generic Array Logic GAN Global Area Network GART Graphics Address Remapping Table GAS Gallium ArSenide GCP Gain-Controlled Pre-sensing GCRA Generic Cell Rate Algorithm GDI Graphical Device Inferface GEM Graphics Environment Manager GEO Geostationary Earth Orbit GEOS GeoWorks Ensemble Operating System GFC Generic Flow Control GFDL GNU Free Documentation License GFLOPS Giga-FLoating point Operations Per Second GFSK Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying GGP Gateway-Gateway Protocol GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node GHz GigaHertz GIF Graphics Interchange Format GIFT GNU Image Finding Tool GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program GINA Graphical Identification aNd Authorization GIOP General Inter-ORB Protocol GIP Global Internet Project GiST GeneralIzed Search Tree GLUT GLUTtony GMC Generalized Marching Cubes GMCH Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMD Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung GMII Gigabit Media Independent Interface GMR Giant Mageneto Resistance GMR Giant Magneto Resistive GMSC Gateway Mobile services Switching Center GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying GMT Greenwich Mean Time GNOME GNU Network Object Model Environment GNU GNU's Not Unix GOLEM Genetically Organized Lifelike Electro Mechanics GOP Group Of Pictures GORM Grails Object-Relational Mapping gov Government GPA Graphics Performance Accelerator GPF General Protection Fault GPG GNU Privacy Guard GPL General Public License GPRS General Packet Radio Services GPS Global Positioning System GPT GUID Partition Table GPU Graphics Processing Unit GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation GREP Global Regular Expression and Print GRUB GRand Unified Bootmanager GSM Global Standard for Mobile communications GSM Global System for Mobile communications GSM Groupe Spéciale Mobile (ursprüngliche Bedeutung) GSN GPRS Support Node GTF General Timing Formula gTLD generic Top Level Domain GUI Graphical User Interface GUID Global Unique IDentifier (128 Bit Code) GUUG German Unix User Group GVIF Gigabit Video InterFace GVIP Geometric and Video Image Proccessor GVPP Generic Visual Perception Processor HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer HAL Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer HBCI HomeBanking Computer Interface HCD Host Controller Driver HCF Hot Cathode Flourescent HDA High Definition Audio HDB3 High Density Bipolar 3 HDD Hard Disk Drive HDD Highly Doped Drain HDIT High bandwidth Differential Interconnect Technology HDLC High-level Data Link Control HDML Handheld Device Markup Language HDSL High bit rate Digital Subscriber Line HDSL-RA HDSL Rate Adaptive HDTP Handheld Device Transport Protocol HDTV High-Definition TV HDX Half-DupleX transmission HEC Header Error Control HEL Hardware Emulation Layer HEMS High-load Entity Management System HEMT High Electron Mobility Transistor HFS Hierarchcal File System HGC Hercules Graphics Card HID Human Interface Device HIPERLAN HIgh PErformance Radio LAN HIPI High Performance Parallel Interface (für Festplatten mit synchronen Köpfen) HLR Home Location Register HMA High Memory Area HMAC Hash-based Message Authentication Code HMD Head Mounted Display HMMP HyperMedia Management Protocol HMMS HyperMedia Management Scheme HMOM HyperMedia Object Manager HMP Host Monitoring Port HMP Host Monitoring Protocol HOL Higher-Order Logic HOV Hand OVer H-PC Handheld PC HPFS High Performance File System HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language HRTF Head Related Transfer Function HS HauptSpeicher HSCSD High Speed Circuit Switched Data HSMD High Speed Mobile Data HSTR High Speed Token Ring HSV Hue, Saturation, Value HTML Hyper Text Markup Language HTMLB HTML-Business HTPS High Temperature Poly Silicium HTSI Host Transport Service Interface HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol I²C Inter Integrated Circuit bus IA5 International Alphabet 5 IAB Internet Activity Board IAB Internet Architecture Board IAC Interpret As Command IALA Intel Application Launch Accelerator IAM Initial Address Message IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IAS Information Access Service IBM International Business Machines Corp. IC Integrated Circuit ICA Independent Computing Architecture ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names ICC Integrated Circuit Card ICC International Color Consortium ICD Installable Client Driver ICH I/O Controller Hub ICI Interface Control Information ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol ICP Initial Connection Protocol ICRA Internet Content Rating Association ICS Internet Connection Sharing ICSL Internet Communication Search Language ICU Instruction Control Unit ID IDentity IDC Insulation Displacement Connector IDC International Data Corporation IDE Integrated Development Environment IDE Integrated Device Electronics IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm IDF Intel Developer's Forum IDL Interface Definition Language IDMC Internet Control Message Protocol IDoc Intermediate Document IDOC Intermediate DOCuments IDP Internet Datagram Protocol IDP Iterative Dynamic Programming IDRP Inter-Domain Routing Protocol IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDU Interface Data Unit IEC International Electrotechnical Commission IEDM International Electron Device Meeting IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group IETF Internet Engineering Task Force IEU Integer Execution Unit IF InterFace IFF Interchange File Format IFS Installable File System IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol IGP Interior Gateway Protocol IHL Internet Header Length IID Inaural Intensity Difference IIOP Internet Inter-ORB Protocol IIS Internet Information Services IKE Internet Key Exchange IL Intermediate Language ILP Instruction Level Parallelism IMAP Interactive Message Access Protocol IMEI International Mobile station Equipment Identity IMP Interface Message Processor IMS Information Management System (IBM, 1960er Jahre) IMSI International Mobule Subscriber Identity InATMARP ATM Address Resolution Protocol Incore INternet COntent Rating for Europe INN InterNet News Inode Index Node Ins Insert INS International Network Services intel INTegrated ELectronics InterNIC Internet Network Information Center INXS InterNet eXchange System I/O Input/Output IOCTL IO-ConTroL IOQD In Order Queue Depth IP Internet Protocol IPC InterProcess Communication IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol IPE Integrated Picture Environment IPES Improved Proposed Encryption Standard IPI Intelligent Peripheral Interface (für Festplatten mit synchronen Köpfen) IPL Information Processing Language (Programmiersprache für künstliche Intelligenz) IPP Internet Peering Point IPP Internet Printing Protocol IPS In Plane Switching IPSec IP Security IPTO Information Processing Techniques Office IPU Image Processing Unit IPX Internetwork Packet eXchange IR Interface Repository IRC Internet Relay Chat IrDA InfraRed Data Association IrLAP InfraRed Link Access Protocol IrLMP InfraRed Link Management Protocol IRM Information Rights Management IrOBEX InfraRed OBject EXchange protocol IRPA Internet Policy Registration Authorities IRQ Interrupt ReQuest IRTF Internet Research Task Force ISA Industry Standard Architecture ISAM Index-Sequential Access Method ISAPI Internet Server API ISC Internet Software Consortium ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network ISLAN Integrated Services Local Area Network ISN Initial Sequence Number ISO International Standards Organization ISR Interactive Service Report ISRC International Standard Recording Code ISSCC International Solid State Circuits Conference ISSE Internet Streaming SIMD Extension (vormals KNI) IST Information Society Technologies ISUP ISDN User Part IT InformationsTechnik ITD Inaural Time Difference ITS Internet Transaction Server (SAP) ITU International Telecommunications Union ITU-T International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication IuK Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik iView Integrated View IWF Inter Working Function IWV ImpulsWahlVerfahren IXA Internet eXchange Architecture IXFR Incremental zone TransFeR IXP Internet eXchange Point J2SE Jave 2 Standard Edition JAAS Java Authentication and Authorization Service JAD Joint Application Design JAF JavaBeans Activation Framework JARS Java Applet Rating Service JAXM Java API for XML Messaging JAXP Java API for XML Parsing JAXR Java API for XML Registries JBI Java Business Integration JBIG Joint Bi-level Image experts Group JBOWS Just a Bunch Of Web Services jBPM Java Business Process Management JCA J2EE Connector Architecture JCA Java Cryptography Architecture JCE Java Cryptography Extension JCo Java Connector (SAP) JCP Java Community Process JDBC Java DataBase Connectivity JDI Java Debug Interface JDI Java Development Infrastructure JDK Java Development Kit JDO Java Data Objects JDWP Java Debug Wire Protocol JEDEC Joint Electron Device Engineering Council JEIDA Japan Electronics Industry Department Association JFC Java Foundation Classes JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format JFS Journaling File System JFT Job File Table JINI Java Intelligent Network Infrastructure JIT Just-In-Time compiler JMS Java Messaging Service JMX Java Management eXtensions JNDI Java Naming and Directory service Interface JNI Java Native Interface JNLP Java Network Launching Protocol JNT Java Network Technology JPDA Java Platform Debugger Architecture JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group JRA Java Resource Adapter JRMP Java Remote Method Protocol JS JavaScript JSAPI Java Speech API JSDK Java Servlet Development Kit JSF JavaServer Faces JSP Java Server Pages JSR Java Specification Request JSTL JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library JSWDK JavaServer Web Development Kit JTA Java Transaction API JTM Job Transfer and Manipulation JTS Java Transaction Service JVM Java Virtual Machine JVMDI Java Virtual Machine Debugger Interface KBZ Krishnamurthy, Boral, Zaniolo KDC Key Distribution Center KDE K Desktop Environment KEA Key Exchange Algorithm KI Künstliche Intelligenz KIF Knowledge Interchange Format KK Konnektivitäts-Koordination KNI Katmai New Instructions KNN Künstliche Neuronale Netze ksh Korn SHell L2CAP Logical Link Control and Adaption Protocol L2F Layer 2 Forwarding L2TF Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol LAI Location Area Identity LAME LAME ain't an MP3 Encoder (so ist es!) LAMP Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP LAN Local Area Network LANE LAN Emulation LAP Link Access Procedure LAP B Link Access Protocol, Balanced LAPM Link Access Procedure for Modems Laser Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation LAT Local Area Transport LBA Logical Block Addressing LCD Liquid Crystal Display LCG Linear Congruent Generator LCOS Liquid Crystal On Silicon LCP Link Control Protocol LCR Least Cost Router LDA Local Delivery Agent LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDD Lightly Doped Drain LDIF LDAP Data Interchange Format LDP Linux Documentation Project LDSL Low bit rate Digital Subscriber Line LDT Lightning Data Transfer LEC LAN Emulation Client LECS LAN Emulation Configuration Server LED Light Emitting Diode LEDA Library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms LEO Low Earth Orbit LEP Light Emitting Polymer LER Label Edge Router LES LAN Emulation Server LF Line Feed LFN Long FileName LFS Large File Support LFSR Linear Feedback Shift Register LFV Logical File Viewer LGPL Library GPL LHAM Log-structured History data Access Method LIDE LED Indirect Exposure LIDS Linux Intrusion Detection System LIFO Last-In First-Out LILO Last-In Last-Out LILO LInux LOader LIM Lotus-Intel-Microsoft (Expanded-Memory-Spezifikation) Linux Linus' Unix LIS Logical IP Subnet LISP LISt Processing language LISP LISt Processor LLC Logical Link Control LMA Layer Management Entity LMF Local Media Format LMP Link Management Protocol LNNI LAN emulation Network to Network Interface LOB Large OBject LOD Level Of Detail LON Local Operation Network LOTOS Language Of Temporal Ordering Specification LPC Local Procedure Call LPC Low Pin Count LPCM Linear Pulse Code Modulation LPD Line Printer Daemon LPPL LaTeX Project Public License LPR Line Printer Remote LPS Labeled Switch Path LPT Line Printer LRC Longitudinal Redundancy Check LRU Last Recently Used (Cache/Paging-Algorithmus) lsb Least Significant Bit LSB Least Significant Byte LSB Linux Standard Base LSF Load Sharing Facility LSI Large Scale Integration LSM Linux Security Module LSM Linux Software Map LSN Log Sequence Number LT Line Termination LTP Linux Test Project LTPS Low Temperature Poly Silicium LUI Location Area Identifier LUN Logical Unit Number LUNI LAN emulation User to Network Interface LUW Logical Unit of Work LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling LVDS Low Voltage Differential Swing LVM Logical Volume Manager LVTTL Low Voltage Transistor Transistor Logic LWDRM Light Weight Digital Righs Management LWL LichtWellenLeiter LZW Lempel/Ziv/Welch M4IF MPEG-4 Industry Forum MAC Mandatory Access Control MAC Media Access Control MAC Message Authentication Code MAC Multiplication ACcumulation MADCAP Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol MAF Mobile Agent Facility MAJC Micro Architecture for Java Computing (gesprochen magic) MAN Metropolitan Area Network MAP Management Access Protocol MAPI Mail API MARS Multicast Address Resolution Server MASFET Metal-Alumina Silicon Field Effect Transistor MathML MATHematical Markup Language MAU Medium Attachment Unit MB Mega Bytes MBCS MultiByte Character Set MBR Master Boot Record MBS Maximum Burst Size MC Motion Compensation MCA Micro Channel Architecture (Bus-System) MCD Mini Client Driver (Grafiktreiber mit begrenztem Funktionsumfang) MCF Meta Content Format MCGA Memory Controller Gate Array MCH Memory Controller Hub MCI Media Control Interface MCM Multi-Carrier Module MCM Multi-Chip Module MCP Multi-Chip Package MCR Minimal Cell Rate MCU MicroController Unit MD5 Message Digest 5 MDA Model-Driven Architecture MDA Monochrome Display Adapter MDAC Microsoft Data Access Components MDB Message Driven Bean MDG Minimum Delay Generator MDI Medium Dependent Interface MDI Multiple Document Interface MDM Master Data Management (SAP) MDR Mini-Delta Ribbon MDS Multiple Data Stream MDSD Model-Driven Software Development MDSL Medium bit rate Digital Subscriber Line ME Millennium Edition MEDEA Micro-Electronics Development for European Applications MEMS Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems MEO Medium Earth Orbit MEP Message Exchange Pattern MESI Modified-Exclusive-Shared-Invalid (Cache-Protokoll für Multiprozessorumgebung, ab 486) METAL Machine and Translation of Natural Language (Übersetzungsprogramm von Siemens und der Universität von Austin,Texas) MF MultiFunction (z. B. MF-II Tastaturen, AT-Laufwerke) MFLOPS Millions of FLOating Point Operations per Second (MegaFlops) MFM Modified Frequency Modulation (Festplatten-Aufzeichnugsverfahren) MFT Master File Table MFT Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks MFTP Multicast File Transfer Protocol MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol MGL Multi Granularity Locking MHP Multimedia Home Platform MHS Message Handling System MHz MegaHertz MIB Management Information Base MIB Men In Black MIC Message Integrity Check MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIF Maker Interchange Format MIF Management Information Format MIFD Management Information Format Database MII Media Independent Interface MIMD Multiple-Instruction Multiple-Data MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIP Mobile Internet Protocol MIPS Millions of Instructions per Second MIS Metal Insulator Semiconductor MISD Multiple-Instruction Single Data MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology M-JPEG Motion JPEG MKT Multifunktionales KartenTerminal MLD Multicast Listener Discovery MLMA Multi-Level Multiple Access MLP Meridian Lossless Packaging MLR Multichannel Linear Recording MMC Microsoft Management Console MMC Mobile Module Connector MMC MultiMedia Card MMCA MultiMedia Card Association MMDF Multi-channel Memo Distributing Facility MMS Manufacturing Message Specification MMS Microsoft Media Server MMU Memory Management Unit MMVF MultiMedia Video Format MMX MultiMedia eXtension MNOSFET Metal-Nitride-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor MNP Microcom Networking Protocol MOC Managed Object Class Modacom MObile DAta COMmunications MODEM MOdulator/DEModulator MOF Managed Object Format MOLAP Multidimensional OLAP MOM Message-Oriented Middleware MOP Meta Object Protocol µops micro operations MOPS Millions of Operations Per Second MOS Metal-Oxide Semiconductor MOSFET Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor MOSPF Multicast Open Shortest Path First MOTD Message Of The Day MOTIS Message Oriented Text Interchange System MoU Memorandum Of Understanding MP MultiProcessor MP3 MPEG audio layer 3 MPC Multimedia PC MPDU Message Protocol Data Unit MPEG Moving Pictures Experts Group µPGA Micro Pin Grid Array MPL Mozilla Public License MPLS Multi-Protocol Label Switching MP/M Multiprogramming Monitor MPM Multi-Processing-Module MPOA Multi-Protocol Over ATM MPP Massively Parallel Processor MPR Mät- och ProvningsRådet MPSL Multi Protocol Label Switching MPT Memory Protocol Translator MPU MicroProcessor Unit MRAM Magnetoresistive RAM MRCI Microsoft Real-Time Compression Interface (bei Double Space) MRH Memory Repeater Hub MRJ Macintosh Runtime for Java MRM Multi-Resolution-Mesh MR-SDSL MultiRate SDSL MRSID Multi Resolution Seamless Image Database MRU Maximum Receive Unit MRU Maximum Resource Usage MRU Most Recently Used MRX MagnetoResistive eXtended MS Message Store MS MicroSoft MSA Micro Signal Architecture MSAP Mini Slotted Alternating Priorities msb Most Significant Bit MSB Most Significant Byte MSC Mobile services Switching Center MSD Message Sequence Chart MS-DOS MicroSoft Disk Operating System MSDP Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDR Multiplexed Streaming Data Request MSDSL Multirate SDSL MSE Microsoft Scripting Engine MSI Medium Scale Integration MSI Message Signaled Interrupt MSIL MicroSoft Intermediate Language MSK Minimum Shift Keying MSN Microsoft Support Network MSN Multiple Subscriber Numbers MSS Maximum Segment Size MTA Message Transfer Agent MTBF Mean Time Between Failure MTC MIDI Time Code MTF Move-To-Front MTH Memory Translator Hub MTJ Magnetic Tunnel Junction MTJ-RAM Magnetic Tunnel Junction RAM MTP Mail Transfer Protocol MTP Message Transfer Part MTRR Memory Type Range Register MTS Message Transfer Service MTS Microsoft Transaction Server MTU Maximum Transmission Unit MULTICS Multiplexed Information and Computing Service MUMPS Mass. Utility MultiProgramming System MUSICAM Masking Pattern Adapted Universal Coding And Multiplexing MVA Multidomain Vertical Alignment MVC Model/View/Controller MVD MultiValued Dependency MVIP Multi Vendor Integration Protocol MVS Multiple Virtual Storage MXT Memory eXpansion Technology N/A Not Assigned NAK Negative AcKnowledgement NAP Network Access Points NAS Network Attached Storage NaT Not A Thing NAT Network Address Translation NBIC Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno NBS National Bureau of Standards N/C No Connect NC Network Computer NC Norton Commander nCCNUMA non-Cache-Coherent Non-Unified Memory Architecture NCP Netware Core Protocol NCP Network Control Program NCP Network Control Protocol NCSA National Center for Supercomputer Applications NCSC National Computer Security Center NDIS Network Device Interface Specification NDPS Novell Distributed Print Services NDS NetWare Directory Services NDS Novell Directory Services NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface NetBIOS Network BIOS NEXT Near End Cross Talk (X = Cross) NF2DBS Non First Normal Form DataBase System NFR Near Field Recording NFS Network File System NFSS New Font Selection Scheme NFU Not Frequently Used NGSCB Next Generation Security Computing Base NHC Next Hop Client NHRP Next Hop Resolution Protocol NHS Next Hop Server NIAS Novell Internet Access Server NIC Network Information Center NIC Network Interface Card NIDL Network Interface Description Language NIL Not In List NIP Non Impact Printer NIS Network Information System NISDN Narrowband ISDN NLB Network Load Balancing NLS Native Language Support NMAS Novell Modular Authentication Service NMC Network Management Center NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt NMOS Negatively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor NMR Normalized Message Router NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone system NNI Network to Network Interface NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol NOP No OPeration NPAD Non Program Associated Data NPTL Native POSIX Threading Library NRM Normal Response Mode nrt-VBR Non Real Time Variable Bit Rate NRU Not Recently Used NRZ Non Return to Zero NSAPI Netscape Server API NSC National Semiconductor Corporation NSF National Science Foundation NSI Network Solutions NSS Netware Storage Services NSS Network and Switching Subsystem NT Network Termination NT New Technology NTFS NT File System NTLM NT LanMan NTP Network Time Protocol NTS New Typesetting System NTS Novell Telephone Services NTSC National Television Systems Committee Num Numerisch NUMA Non-Unified Memory Architecture NURBS Non Uniform Rational B-Splines NVFS Network Virtual File System NVRAM Non Volatile RAM NVT Network Virtual Terminal NWDI Netweaver Development Infrastructure OAM Operation/Administration/Maintenance OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards OBV Objects by Value OCF Open Card Framework OCL Object Constraint Language OCML Operational Conceptual Modelling Language OCR Optical Character Recognition OCSP Online Certificate Status Protocol OCVR On Cartridge Voltage Regulator ODBC Open DataBase Connectivity ODD Object Design Document ODETTE Organization for Data Exchange by Tele Transmission in Europe ODI Open Data Link Interface ODMG Object Database Management Group ODP Open Directory Project ODP Open Distributed Processing OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer OEP Operand Execution Pipeline OEW Object Engineering Workbench OFB Output FeedBack OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access OGNL Object-Graph Navigation Language OHCI Open Host Controller Interface OID Object IDentifier OLAP OnLine Analytical Processing OLE Object Linking and Embedding OLED Organic Light Emitting Device OLGA OnLine Guitar Archive OLT Optical Line Termination OLTP OnLine Transaction Processing OMG Object Management Group OMS Operation and Maintenance System OMT Object Modeling Technique ONE Open Network Environment ONU Optical Network Unit OOA&D Object-Oriented Analysis and Design OOK On-Off Keying OOP Object-Oriented Programming OOSE Object-Oriented Software Engineering OPC Optical Proximity Correction OPC Originating Point Code opcode Operation Code OpenAL Open Audio Library OPI Open Press Interface OPL Open Publication License OPTIS Overlapped PAM Transmission with Interlocking Spectra OQL Object Query Language ORB Object Request Broker org Organization OS Operating System OSD On-Screen Display OSD Open Software Description standard OSDL Open Source Development Lab OSF Open Software Foundation OSGi OSGi Alliance (früher Open Services Gateway initiative) OSI Open Source Initiative OSI Open Systems Interconnection OSM On-Screen Menu OSPF Open Shortest Path First OSR OEM Service Release OSS Open Sound System OSTA Optical Storage Technology Association OTA Over The Air OTDR Optical Time Domain Refectometry OTPROM On Time Programmable Read Only Memory OTS Object Transaction Service OW OverWrite OWL Ontology Web Language P&D Plug & Display P2P Peer-To-Peer P3P Platform for Privacy Preferences PACCH Packet Associated Control CHannel PAD Packet Assembler/Disassembler PAD Program Associated Data PAGCH Package Access Grant CHannel PAI Process After Input PAL Phase Alternating Line PAL Programmable Array Logic PALCD Plasma Addressed LCD PAM Pluggable Authentication Module PAM Pulsed Amplitude Modulation PAN Personal Area Network PAP Password Authentication Protocol PAP Push Access Protocol PAT Performance Acceleration Technique PAUL Pdf Advanced Universal Library PB Push Button PBE Password Based Encryption PBO Process Before Output PBX Private Branch eXchange PC Personal Computer PC Program Counter PC/SC Personal Computer/Smart Card PCA Policy Certification Authorities PCB Printed Circuit Board PCBC Plaintext Cipher Block Chaining PCDATA Parsable Character DATA PCH Paging CHannel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect bus PCI Peripheral Component Interface PCI Programmable Communication Interface PCI-SIG PCI Special Interest Group PCIX Peripheral Component Interface eXtension PCL Printer Control Language PCM Pulse Code Modulation PCMCIA People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PCR Peak Cell Rate PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions PCS Personal Communication Service PCS Physical Coding Sublayer PC/SC Pesonal Computer/Smart Card PCT Private Communications Technology PDA Personal Digital Assistant PDBMS Parallel DataBase Management System PDC Personal Digital Communications PDC Primary Domain Controller PDD Professional Disc for Data PDE Page Directory Entry PDF Portable Document Format PDH Plesiochrone Digitale Hierarchie PDL Page Description Language PDS Persistent Data Service PDS Processor Direct Slot PDU Protocol Data Unit PDV Path Delay Values P/E Poll/End PE Performance Enhanced PE Portable Executable PE Processor Element PEAR PHP Extension and Application Repository PEM Privacy Enhanced Mail Perl Practical Extraction and Report Language PERM Parallele Elektronische Rechenmaschine München PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique PES Packetized Elementary Stream PES Proposed Encryption Standard PET Personal Electronic Transactor PET Privacy Enhancement Technology PFC Power Factor Correction PFF Page Fault Frequency PFM Pulsed Frequency Modulation PGA Pin Grid Array PGA Professional Graphics Adapter (IBM-Standard mit max. 640x480) PGP Pretty Good Privacy PHM Padded Hashed Message PHP Personal Home Page tools PHP PHP Hypertext Preprocessor PI Process Integration (SAP) PI Protocol Interpreter PIC Personal Intelligent Communicator PIC Programmable Interrupt Controller PICS Platform for Internet Content Selection PID Persistence Identifier PID Process IDentifier PIDL Pseudo-IDL PIF Parity Inner Failure PIF Program Information File PIIX PCI ISA IDE accelerator PIM Personal Information Manager PIM Print Image Matching PIM Protocol Independent Multicast PIM-DM Protocol Independent Multicast/Dense Mode PIM-SM Protocol Independent Multicast/Sparse Mode PIN Personal Identification Number PING Packet InterNet Grouper PIO Programmed I/O PIR Public Internet Registry PIROM Processor Information ROM pixel picture cell pixel picture element PJL Printer Job Language PKCS Public Key Cryptography Standards PKI Public Key Infrastructure PKZIP Phil Katz ZIP PL1 Programming Language 1 PLA Programmable Logic Array PLC PowerLine Communication PLCC Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier PLD Programmable Logic Device PLL Phase Locked Loop PLL Programming Language for Linguistics PLMN Public Land Mobile Network PLP Packet Level Protocol PLS Physical Layer Signaling P/M Physical/Multicast PM Phase Modulation PMA Physical Medium Attachment PMD Physical Medium Dependent PMD Private Management Domain PMOS Positively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor PMP Point to MultiPoint PMR Private Mobile Radio PNG Portable Network Graphics PnP Plug'n'Play POA Portable Object Adapter POF Parity Outer Failure POJO Plain Old Java Object POM Persistent Object Manager POP Post Office Protocol POS Persistent Object Service POS Point Of Sale POSIX Portable Operating System and Interactive eXecutive for open systems POSIX Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX POST Power On Self Test POTS Plain Old Telephone System POTS Point Of Termination Station PPC Power PC PPCH Packet Paging CHannel PPD PostScript Printer Description PPG Push Proxy Gateway PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array PPM Prediction by Partial Match PPM Pulsed Phase Modulation PPP Point to Point Protocol PPPoE PPP Over Ethernet PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol PR Performance Rating PRA Purported Responsible Address PRACH Packet Random Access CHannel PRCS Project Revision Control System PRECOMP write PRECOMPensation PRI Primary-Rate Interface PROD Productive Server PROLOG PROgramming in LOGic PROM Programmable Read Only Memory PS Post Script PS/2 Personal System/2 PSE Personal Security Environment PSK Phase Shift Keying PSO Protocol Supporting Organization PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network PTCH Packet Traffic CHannel PTE Page Table Entry PTI Payload Type Identifier PTR Paper-Type-Reader PUK Personal Unblocking Key PUP PARC Universal packet Protocol PURL Persistent Uniform Resource Locator PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit PVC Permanent Virtual Connection PVM Parallel Virtual Machine PWM Pulse Width Modulation PWM Pulse-Width Modulation PXE Process eXecution Engine QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QBE Query By Example QBIC Query By Image Content QCIF Quarter Common Intermediate Format QDOS Quick and dirty DOS QEP Query Evaluation Plan QFP Quad-FlatPack QIC Quarter Inch Cartridge QName Qualified Name QoS Quality Of Service QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying qRFC Queued RFC QSM Queued Serial Module RACH Random Access CHannel RAD Rapid Application Development RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks RAM Random Access Memory RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter RAPID Reusable Application Specific Intellectul Property Developers RAR Resource Adapter aRchive RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RAS Reliability, Accessibility, Serviceability RAS Remote Access Service RAS Row Access Strobe (siehe auch CAS) RAT Register Alias Table RAVE Renderer Acceleration Virtual Engine RBB Rapid Boot BIOS RC Reconfigurable Computing RC Release Candidate RC Resource Control RC4 Ron's Cipher 4 RCA Radio Corporation of America RCC Routing Control Center RCP Rich Client Platform RCS Revision Control System RDBMS Relational DataBase Management System RDF Resource Description Format RDF Resource Description Framework RD-LAP Radio Data Link Access Protocol RDN Relative Distinguished Name RDO Remote Data Object RDP Reliable Datagram Protocol RDP Remote Desktop Protocol RDRAM RAMBUS DRAM RDS Radio Data System RDS-EON Radio Data System - Enhanced Other Networks RED Random Early Detection RegTP Regulierungsbehoerde fuer Telekommunikation und Post REM REMarks RES Robots Exclusion Standard (robots.txt) REST REpresentational State Transfer REXX REstructured eXtended eXecutor RFB Remote Frame Buffer RFC Remote Function Call RFC Request For Comments RFI Radio Frequency Interference RFID Radio Frequency IDentification RFM RFC-enabled Function Module RFV Real File Viewer RGB Red, Green, Blue RI Ring Indicator (signalisiert Anläuten des Modems) RIAA Recording Industry Association of America RID Row IDentifier RIE Reactive Ion Etching RIFF Resource Interchange File Format RIMM RAMBUS In-line Memory Module RIP Raster Image Processor RIP Routing Information Protocol RIPE Réseaux IP Européens RIPE NCC Reseaux Internet Protocol Européenne Network Coordination Center RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer RJE Remote Job Entry RL Real Life RL Reconfigurable Logic RLDRAM Reduced Latency DRAM RLE Run Length Encoding RLL Run Length Limited (Festplatten-Aufzeichnugsverfahren) RLP Radio Link Protocol RMF Rich Music Format RMI Remote Method Invocation (wie RPC für Java) RMI-IIOP Remote Method Invocation Internet Inter-ORB Protocol RMM Read Mostly Memory (wie EPROM) RMON Remote MONitoring RMS Root Mean Squared RMW Read Modify Write RNG Random Number Generator ROI Region Of Interest ROLAP Relational OLAP ROM Read Only Memory ROOM Realtime Object Orientated Modeling rop RISC OPeration ROS Record On Silicon ROSE Remote Operations Service Element ROT Running Object Table RP Rendezvous Point RPC Remote Procedure Call RPG Role Playing Game RPM Rotations Per Minute RPS Right Protection System (Zensur-System) RPSL Routing Policy Specification Language RR Resource Record RRAS Routing and Remote Access Service RRO Radial Run Out RS Reed-Solomon RSA Rives/Shamir/Adleman RSAC Recreational Software Advisory Council RSBAC Rule Set Based Access Control RSDL Reverse Spiral Dual Layer RSL Registry Size Limit RSM Randomized Shared Memory RSS Really Simple Syndication RSVP resource ReSerVation Protocol RTA Rapid Thermal Annealing RTA Response Time Accelerator RTC Real Time Clock RTD Round Trip Delay RTF Rich Text Format RTFM Read The Flaming Manual RTL Register Transfer Level RTO Retransmission TimeOut RTP Realtime Transport Protocol RTS Ready To Send RTS Request To Send RTSE Reliable Transfer Service Element rtsp Real-Time Streaming Protocol RTTI Run-Time-Type-Information rt-VBR Real Time Variable Bit Rate RUP Rational Unified Process RVD Remote Virtual Disk RW Read/Write RWIN Receive WINdow RZ Return to Zero SA Security Association SA Service Agent SAA Systems Application Architecture SAAJ SOAP with Attachments API for Java SAAL Signaling ATM Adaption Layer S-Abf System-Abfrage SABM Set Asynchronous Balance Mode SABME Set Asynchronous Balance Mode Extended SAC Simple API for CSS SACCH Slow Associated Control CHannel SACD Super Audio CD SACK Selective ACKnowledgement SAL Server Abstraction Layer SAM Scalable ADSL Modem SAM Security Accounts Manager SAM Sequential Access Memory SAML Security Assertion Markup Language SAN Storage Area Network SANE Scanner Access Now Easy SAP Service Access Point SAP Service Advertising Protocol SAR Segmentation And Reassembly SAR Service ARchive SASE Specific Application Service Elements SASI Shugart Associates Standard Interface (Shugart=Seagate) SATA Serial ATA SAX Simple API for XML SBA Side Band Addressing SBR Spectral Band Replication SCA Software Component Archive SCAM SCSI Configured AutoMagically SCART Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radio recepteurs et Téléviseurs SCCP Signalling Connection Control Part SCEP Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol SCH Synchronization CHannel SCHWAFEL Self Constructing Hyper Wavelet Algorithms For Extrapolating Linguistics SCI Scalable Coherent Interface SCM Service Control Manager SCM Software Configuration Management SCM Supply Chain Management SCMP Software Configuration Management Plan SCO Synchronous Connection-Oriented SCP SmartCard Platform SCR Sustainable Cell Rate SCSA Signal Computing System Architecture SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface (gesprochen scuzzy) SD Synchronized Data SDDS Sony Dynamic Digital Sound SDF Shortest Delay First SDH Synchrone Digitale Hierarchie SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDI Serial Digital Interface SDI Single Document Interface SDK Software Development Kit SDL System Description Language SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control SDM Software Deployment Manager SDM Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDMA Space Division Multiple Access SDMI Secure Digital Music Initiative SDP Service Discovery Protocol SDRAM Synchronous DRAM SDRD System Design Rationale Document SDSL Single line Digital Subscriber Line SDSL Single pair Digital Subscriber Line SDSL Symmetrical bit rate Digital Subscriber Line SDSL Symmetrical single pair Digital Subscriber Line SDU Service Data Unit SEAL Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer SEAL Software-optimized Encryption ALgorithm SECC Single Edge Contact Cartridge sed Stream EDitor SEH Structured Exception Handling SELinux Security Enhanced Linux SEPP Single Edge Processor Package SEQUEL Structured English QUEry Language (heute SQL) SET Secure Electronic Transaction SFD Start Frame Delimiter SFP System File Protection SFT System File Table SGI Silicon Graphics, Inc. SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language SGMP Simple Gateway Monitoring Port SGRAM Static Graphics RAM SGRAM Synchronous Graphic RAM SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node SHA Secure Hash Algorithm SHTML SSI HTML (Kennzeichnung für HTML-Dateien mit SSI) S-HTTP Secure HTTP SIA Semiconductor Industry Association SIB Security Information Base SID Security ID SID Society for Information Displays SIF Source Input Format SIG Special Interest Group SIIA Software and Information Industry Association SIM Subscriber Identity Module SIMD Single-Instruction Multiple-Data SIMD-FP Single Instruction, Multiple Data-Floating Point SIMM Single In-line Memory Module SIO Signalling Information Octet SIP Serial Interface Protocol SIP Single In-line Package SIPP Single In-Line Pin Package SIR Serial InfraRed SIR Standard InfraRed SiS Silicon Integrated Systems SISD Single-Instruction Single-Data SLC Simple Line Code SLD Second Level Domain SLD System Landscape Directory SLDRAM SyncLink DRAM SLI Scalable Link Interface SLI Scan Line Interleaving SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol SLP Service Locator Protocol SLS Signalling Link Selection SMA Shared Memory Architecture SMA System Management Application SMAE System Management Application Entity SMAP System Management Application Process SMART Self Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology SMB Server Message Block SMB System Management Bus SMD Surface Mount Device SMI Structure of Management Information SMIL Synchronized Media Integration Language S/MIME Secure MIME SMNP Simple Network Management Protocol SMO Structure-Modifying Operation SMP Simple Management Protocol SMP Symmetric MultiProcessing SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers SMS Selective Multicast Server SMS Short Message Service SMS System Management Server SMSC Short Message Service Center SMSC Short Message Service Centre SMT Simultanous MultiThreading SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SNA Systems Network Architecture SNAP SubNetwork Attachment Point SNC Secure Network Communications SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SNR Signal to Noise Ratio SNRM Set Normal Response Mode SNRME Set Normal Response Mode Extended SO Small Outline SOA Semiconductor Optical Amplifier SOA Services Oriented Architecture SOA Start Of Authority SOA Structure Of Arrays SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol SODIMM Small Outline DIMM SOH Start Of Heading SOHO Small Office/Home Office SOI Silicon-On-Isolator SOIC Small Outline Integrated Circuit SoL System on a Chip SOL Small OutLine SOM System Object Model SONET Synchronous Optical NETwork SP Service Pack SPAM Spiced Pork and hAM SPARC Scalable Performance ARChitecture SPDCH Slave Packet Data CHannel SPD-EEPROM Serial Presence Detect EEPROM S/P-DIF Sony/Philips Digital InterFace SPEC Standard/System Performance Evaluation Corporation SPF Sender Permitted From SPF Sender Policy Framework SPI Security Parameter Index SPI Service Provider Interface SPID Service Profile IDentifier SPKAC Signed Public Key And Challenge SPMD Single Program Multiple Data SPOOL Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On Line SPP Standard Parallel Port SPT Sectors Per Track SPT Shortest Process Time SPTI SCSI Pass-Through Interface SPX Sequenced Packet eXchange SQL Structured Query Language SQL/J Precompiler für in Java-Code eingebettete SQL-Befehle SRAM Static RAM sRFC Synchronous RFC SRI Stanford Research Institute SRPT Shortest Remaining Process Time SSA Single Static Assignment SSAP Source Service Access Point SSCS Service Specific Convergence Sublayer SSF Secure Store and Forward SSI Server Side Includes SSL Secure Sockets Layer SST Silicon Storage Technology SSTL_2 Stab Series Terminated Logic for 2,5 V S/STP Screened Shielded Twisted Pair STD STandarD voltage stdin STandarD INput STDM Synchronous Time Division Multiplexing stdout STandarD OUTput STL Standard Template Library STM Synchronous Transfer Mode STN Super Twisted Nematic STP Shielded Twisted Pair STR Suspend-To-RAM Strg Steuerung STU Streaming Tape Unit STX Start of TeXt su Switch User SUB SUBstitute SUMG Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group SUNET Swedish University NETwork SunOS SUN Operating System SUS Single Unix Specification S/UTP Screened Unshielded Twisted Pair SVC Switched Virtual Circuit SVC Switched Virtual Connection SVD Simultaneous Voice over Data SVG Scalable Vector Graphics SVGA Super Video Graphics Array SWAP Shared Wireless Access Protocol SWOP Specifications for Web Offset Publications SX Simplex SysReq System Request TA Terminal Adapter TACS Total Access Communication System TAL TeilnehmerAnschlussLeitung TAM Timer, Active Monitor Tamino Transactional Architecture for Management of Internet Objects TAN TransAction Number TAO The ACE ORB TAO Track At Once TAP Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol TAPI Telephony API TAT Trans ATlantik TBW Thermo Balanced Writing TCH Traffic CHannel TCL Tool Command Language (gesprochen tickle) TCM Trellis Code Modulation TCO Tjaenstemaennens Central Organization TCP Tape Carrier Package TCP Transmission Control Protocol TCPA Trusted Computing Platform Alliance TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TDD Time Division Duplex TDDSG TeleDienstDatenSchutzGesetz TDF Tab Delimited Files TDM Time Division Multiplexing TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TDP Thermal Design Power TDS TeX Directory Structure TE Terminal Equipment TEI Terminal Endpoint Identifier TEI Text Encoding Initiative TELAS TELephone Application System TEST Test Server TETRA Trans European Trunked RAdio TETRA Trunked European Telecommunication Radio Airinterface TFT Thin Film Transistor TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TGA TarGA TGS Ticket-Granting Service THT Timer, Holding Token THT Token Holding Timer THX Tomlinson Holman eXperiment TI Texas Instruments TIA Telecommunications Industry Association TID Table IDentifier TIFF Tagged Image File Format TIGA Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture TIO Time Interval Objects TKG TeleKommunikationsGesetz TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol T&L Transforming & Lighting TLA Three Letter Acronym TLB Translation-Lookaside Buffer TLD Top Level Domain TLP Thread Level Parallelism TLS Transport Layer Security TLV Tag/Length/Value TMA Thin film Micromirror Array TMDS Transition Minimized Differential Signaling TMN Telecommunications Management Network tModel Technical Model TMR Tunnel Mageneto Resistance TMSI Temporary Mobule Subscriber Identity TN Twisted Nematic TNA Taskbar Notification Area TNEF Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format TOB Twisted Open Bitline TOC Table Of Contents (im Lead-In einer CD) ToS Type Of Service TOS Tramiel Operating System TP Test Plan TP Transaction Processing TPCI Transport Protocol Control Information TPDU Transport Protocol Data Unit TPI Tracks Per Inch TPL Turbo Pascal Library TPM Trusted Platform Alliance TPS Transactions Per Second TPS Triangles Per Second TPTP Test & Performance Tools Platform TPU Time Processing Unit TPU Turbo Pascal Unit TrAX Transformation API for XML tRFC Transactional RFC TRR Token Ring Repeater TRT Token Rotation Timer TRx Test Register x TSAPI Telephon Services API TSC Time Stamp Counter TSCII Tamil Standard Code for Information Interchange TSDU Transport Service Data Unit TSL Test and Set Lock TSL Transport Security Layer TSM Timer, Standby Monitor TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactoring Company TSOP Thin Small Outline Package TSP Trusted Service Provider TSR Terminate and Stay Resident TTF TrueType Font TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic TTML Tagged Text Markup Language TTRT Target Token Rotation Time TTS Transaction Tracking System TTY TeleTYpe TUG TeX Users Group Tux Torvald's UniX TWAIN Technology Without An Interesting Name (Scannerschnittstelle) TWAIN Toolkit Without An Important Name TwinVQ Transform-domain Weighted INterleave Vector Quantization (Soundkompression) TWIP TWentIeth of a Point UA Unnumbered Acknoweledgement UA User Agent UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter UAWG Universal ADSL Working Group UBL Universal Business Language UBR UDDI Business Registry UBR Unspecified Bit Rate UCI User Class Identifier UCITA Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act UCP Universal Computer Protocol UCS Universal Character Set UDA Unified Driver Architecture UDDI Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration UDF Universal Disk Format UDMA Ultra-DMA UDO Ultra Density Optical disc UDP User Datagram Protocol UI Unnumbered Information UID User IDentifier UIP Update In Progress UMA Unified Memory Architecture UMA Universal Mainboard Architecture UMB Upper Memory Block UMC Unitet Microelectronics Corporation UML Unified Modeling Language UML-RT UML RealTime UMLS Unified Medical Language System UMO Universal Messaging Object UMS Unified Messaging Services UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems UNC Universal Naming Convention UNI User to Network Interface UNICS UNiplexed Information and Computing Service UNIX aus UNICS hervorgegangen UNMA Unified Network Management Architecture UNO Universal Network Objects Untbr Unterbrechen UPC Universal Product Code UPnP Universal Plug and Play UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply URI Universal Resource Identifier URL Uniform Resource Locator URM Universal Retention Module URN Uniform Resource Name URT Utah Raster Toolkit USB Universal Serial Bus USDC US Display Consortium USENET USEr NETwork USII Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure USL Unix System Labs USM User-based Security Model USV Unterberchungsfreie StromVersorgung UTC Universal Time Coordinates UTF Universal Transformation Format UTO Universal Time Objects UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair UtRAM Unitransistor RAM UUCP Unit to Unix Copy Protocol UUID Universally Unique IDentifier UUNET Unix to Unix NETwork UUX Unix to Unix eXecute V4L Video For Linux VACM View-based Access Control Model VAD Voice Activity Detection VAR Value Added Reseller VAT Virtual Allocation Table VATM Verband der Anbieter von Telekommunikations- und Mehrwertdiensten VAX Virtual Address eXtension VBA Visual Basic for Applications VB CCE Visual Basic Control Creation Edition VBE VESA BIOS Extension VBR Variable Bit Rate VBR-RT Variable Bit Rate Real Time VBS Visual Basic Script VCard Visiting Card VCC Virtual Channel Connection VCI Virtual Channel Identifier VCL Visual Component Library VCM Virtual Channel Memory VCPI Virtual Control Programming Interface VCR Video Cassette Recorder VC-SDRAM Virtual Channel SDRAM VDL Vienna Development Language VDM Vienna Development Method VDSL Very high bit rate Digital Subscriber Line VESA Video Electronics Standards Association VFAT Virtual File Allocation Table VGA Video Graphics Array VHDL Virtual Hardware Description Language ViBE VIrtual Bass Enhancement technology VINES VIrtual NEtworking System ViVo Video In/Video Out VKI Verteilte Künstliche Intelligenz VL VESA Local Bus VLAN Virtual Local Area Network VLB VESA Local Bus VLIW Very Long Instruction Word VLM Very Large Memory VLR Visitor Location Register VLSI Very Large Scale Integration VM Virtual Machine VM Virtual Memory VME VersaModule Eurocard VML Vector Markup Language VMM Virtual Memory Manager VMOS Vertical Metal-Oxide Semiconductor VMS Virtual Memory System VMS Voice Mail Server VMSC Voice Mail Service Center VNC Virtual Network Computer VO Value Object VOB Video OBject VOFDM Vector Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing VoIP Voice over IP VPE Virtual Private Network VPI Virtual Path Identifier VPS Video Programming System VR Virtual Reality VR Voltage Regulated VRAM Video RAM VRC Vertical Redundancy Check VRE Voltage Regulated Extended (CPU) VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language VRT Voltage Reduction Technology (CPU) VSA Voodoo Scalable Architecture VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminals VSB Vestigial Side Band VSB VME Subsystem Bus VSG Volume Storage Group VSIA Virtual Socket Interface Alliance VT Virtual Terminal VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method VTC Volume Texture Compression VTOC Volume TOC VTR Video Tape Recorder W3C World Wide Web Consortium WAIS Wide Area Information Server WAL Write-Ahead Logging WAN Wide Area Network WAP Wireless Application Protocol WAR Web Application Repository WAS Web Application Server (SAP) WASP Worldwide Application for Services Projects WATS Wide Area Telephone Service WB Write Back WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management WBMP Wireless BitMaP WBXML Wireless Binary XML W-CDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access WCMS Web Content Management System WD Western Digital WDF Web Dynpro Framework WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexing WDM Windows Driver Model WDP Wireless Datagram Protocol Web AS Web Application Server (SAP) WebDAV Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning WECA Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance WEFT Web Embedding Fonts Tool WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WFP Windows File Protection WHQL Windows Hardware Quality Lab WIA Windows Image Acquisition WIM WAP Identity Module WIMAN WIreless Metropolitan Area Network WIMP Windows, Icons, Mice, Pointers Windows CE Windows Compact Edition WinNT Windows New Technology WINS Windows Internet Name Service WLAN Wireless Local Area Network WLBS Windows Load Balancing Service WLL Wireless Local Loop WLLPMP Wireless Local Loop Point to MultiPoint WMF Windows Metafile Format WML Wireless Markup Language WORA Write Once, Run Anywhere WORM Write Once Read Many WOSA Windows Open System Architecture WPA Wireless Protected Access WPF WordPerFect (Bildformat) WPS Windows Printing System WRAM Window RAM (für Grafikkarten) WRP Winsock Redirection Protocol WS Wait State WSDD Web Service Deployment Descriptor WSDL Web Services Description Language WSDP Web Services Developer Pack WS-I Web Services Interoparability (Organization) WSN Web Services Notification WSP Wireless Session Protocol WSS Wide Screen Signalling WT Write Through WTA Wireless Telephony Application WTAI Wireless Telephony Application Interface WTLS Wireless Transport Layer Security WTP Web Tools Platform WTP Wireless Transaction Protocol WUGNET Windows Users Group NETwork WWW World Wide Web W^X Writable xor eXecutable WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get XAA XFree86 Acceleration Architecture XDM X Display Manager XDMDP XDM Desktop Protocol XDR eXternal Data Representation XGA eXtended Graphics Array XHTML eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language XI Exchange Infrastructure (SAP) XLF eXtended Log Format XMI XML Metadata Interchange XML eXtensible Markup Language XML-S XML Schema XMS eXtended Memory Specification XNI Xerces Native Interface XOR eXclusive OR XP eXPerience XP eXPerimental XP eXtreme Programming XPath XML Path language XSD XML Schema Definition XSL eXtensible Style-sheet Language XSL-FO XSL Flow Objects XSLT eXtensible Style-sheet Language for Transformations XSS Cross-Size Scripting XUL XML-based User interface Language Y2K Year 2 Kilo = Year 2000 yacc Yet Another Compiler Compiler ZBR Zone Bit Recording ZIF Zero Insertion Force ZVEI ZentralVerband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie #: 2.457 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