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com
|
commercial
- Website address extension
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.edu
|
educational
- Website address extension
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.htm
|
Hypertext
Mark-up. Website address extension
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.net
|
network -
Website address extension
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.org
|
organization
- Website address extension
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AC
|
Alternating
Current, Access Control
|
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ACC
|
Audio Communications
Controller
|
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ACD
|
Automatic
Call Distributor
|
|
ACL
|
Access Control
List
|
|
ACM
|
Access Control
Machine,
|
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ACP
|
Ancillary
Control Program
|
|
ACS
|
Access Control
System, ACcesS
|
|
ACTD
|
Advanced Concept
Technology Demonstrations
|
|
AD
|
Anno Domini,
Analog to Digital
|
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ADC
|
Analog to
Digital Converter
|
|
ADP
|
Advanced Data
Processing
|
|
ADR
|
ADdRess
|
|
ADS
|
Advanced Digital
System, Automatic Distribution System
|
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AFK
|
Away From
Keyboard
|
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AGP
|
Accelerated
Graphics Port
|
|
AIS
|
Automatic
Intercept System, Automated Information System
|
|
AIX
|
Advanced Interactive
eXecutive
|
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ANI
|
Automatic
Number Identification
|
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ANSI
|
American National
Standards Institute
|
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AOL
|
America OnLine
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APA
|
All Points
Addressable
|
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APL
|
A programing
language
|
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ARC
|
ARChive
|
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ARP
|
Address Resolution
Protocol
|
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ASAP
|
As Soon As
Possible
|
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ASC
|
Authorized
Support Center, Additional Sense Code
|
|
ASCII
|
American Standard
Code for Information Interchange
|
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ASR
|
Automatic
Send-Receive
|
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AST
|
Atlantic Standard
Time, Applied System Technology
|
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ASTM
|
American Society
of Testing and Materials
|
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AT
|
Atlantic Time,
Access Tandem
|
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ATAPI
|
Advanced Technology
Attachment Package Interface
|
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ATF
|
Alcohol Tobacco
and Firearms
|
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ATP
|
Advanced Technology
Protocol
|
|
AVI
|
Audio Visual
Interleaved
|
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B2B
|
Back to Back
|
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BASIC
|
Beginner’s
All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
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BAT
|
Batch processing
|
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BB
|
Bulletin Board
|
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BBS
|
Be Back Soon
|
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BC
|
Before Christ,
Booster Connection
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BCE
|
Before the
Common Era
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BIOS
|
Basic Input/Output
System
|
|
BIT
|
Binary digIT
|
|
BMP
|
BenchMark
Plan, Batch Message Processing program
|
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BNC
|
Basic Network
Control
|
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BOM
|
Bill Of Materials,
Beginning Of Message
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BOT
|
Beginning
Of Tape
|
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BPS
|
Bits Per Second,
Bytes Per Second
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BRB
|
Be Right Back
|
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BRI
|
Basic Rate
Interface
|
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BTU
|
British Thermal
Unit
|
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BTW
|
By The Way
|
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BUS
|
Basic Utility
Service
|
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Byte
|
Binary element
string
|
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CAD
|
Computer Aided
Design, Control Alternate Delete
|
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CAGR
|
Compound Annual
Growth Rate
|
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CAM
|
Common Access
Method, Content Addressable Memory
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CAR
|
Computer Access
and Retrieval
|
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CASE
|
Common Application
Service Element
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CBT
|
Computer Based
Training
|
|
CCD
|
Computer Controlled
Display, Charge Coupled Device
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CCITT
|
Consultative
Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone
|
|
CCS
|
Combat Control
System
|
|
CD
|
Compact Disc,
Compact Disk
|
|
CDR
|
Call Detail
Recording
|
|
CDRL
|
Contract Data
Requirements List
|
|
CD-ROM
|
Compact Disk-
Read Only Memory
|
|
CE
|
Common Era
|
|
CEC
|
Cooperative
Engagement Capability
|
|
CGI
|
Common Gateway
Interface, Computer Generated Images
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|
CIC
|
Coordination
and Information Center, Carrier Identification Code
|
|
CICS
|
Computer Information
Control System
|
|
CID
|
Computer Integrated
Design
|
|
CIS
|
Computer Information
Systems
|
|
CMP
|
Computer
|
|
CNC
|
Computer Numerical
Control
|
|
CNE
|
Certified
Netware Engineer
|
|
COBOL
|
COmmon Business
Oriented Language
|
|
COBRA
|
Consolidated
Omnibus Budget Reduction Act
|
|
CODEC
|
COder-DECoder
|
|
CORE
|
Controlled
Requirement Expression
|
|
CPE
|
Central Processing
Element
|
|
CPI
|
Code Page
Information
|
|
CPM
|
Continuous
Phase Modulation, Cost Per Minute
|
|
CPS
|
Centralized
Processing System
|
|
CPU
|
Central Processing
Unit
|
|
CRS
|
Computer Reservation
System
|
|
CSC
|
Computer Sciences
Corporation
|
|
CSP
|
Control Switching
Point, Compucom Speed Protocol
|
|
CSS
|
Computer Sub-System,
Cascading Style Sheet
|
|
CTI
|
Computer Telephone
Integration
|
|
CTO
|
Chief Technology
Officer
|
|
CU
|
Close-Up,
Control Unit
|
|
CYA
|
See you later,
goodbye
|
|
DAC
|
Data Acquisition
and Control
|
|
DASD
|
Direct Access
Storage Device
|
|
DAT
|
Digital Audio
Tape
|
|
DB
|
Data Base,
Dial Box
|
|
DC
|
Data Center
|
|
DCE
|
Data Communications
Equipment
|
|
DCMC
|
Defense Contracts
Management Center
|
|
DDE
|
Direct Data
Entry, Dynamic Data Exchange
|
|
DEA
|
Drug Enforcement
Agency, Data Encryption Algorithm
|
|
DEC
|
Digital Equipment
Corporation
|
|
DES
|
Data Entry
Sheet, Data Encryption Standard
|
|
DHCP
|
Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol
|
|
DID
|
Data Item
Description, Direct Inward Dial
|
|
DIS
|
Document Information
System
|
|
DMI
|
Desktop Management
Interface
|
|
DO
|
Data Out,
Delivery Order
|
|
DOC
|
Document
|
|
DOS
|
Disk Operating
System
|
|
DP
|
Double Play,
Draft Proposal, Data Processing
|
|
DSL
|
Digital Subscriber
Link
|
|
DSU
|
Data Service
Unit
|
|
DTD
|
Document Type
Definition
|
|
DTE
|
Data Terminal
Equipment
|
|
DTS
|
Data Terminal
Set
|
|
DVD
|
Digital Video
Disk
|
|
EBIT
|
European Broadband
Intercommunication Trial
|
|
EC
|
Exchange Carrier
|
|
ECC
|
Error Correction
Codes
|
|
ECP
|
Enhanced Capabilities
Port
|
|
EDA
|
Electronic
Design Automation
|
|
EDI
|
Electronic
Data Interchange
|
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EEPROM
|
Electronically
Eraseable Programmable Read Only Memory
|
|
EG
|
Enhanced Graphics
|
|
EIS
|
Extended Instruction
Set
|
|
EMC
|
Electronic
Media Center, Extended Math Coprocessor
|
|
EMS
|
Emergency
Medical Services, Electronic Mail/Message System
|
|
EPROM
|
Eraseable
Programmable Read Only Memory
|
|
EPS
|
Encapsulated
Post Script
|
|
ERIC
|
Educational
Research Information Center
|
|
ESD
|
Electronic
Software Distribution
|
|
EST
|
Eastern Standard
Time
|
|
EU
|
European Unit,
Exposure Unit
|
|
EVA
|
Economic Value
Added
|
|
FAQ
|
Frequently
Asked Questions
|
|
FAST
|
First Application
System Test
|
|
FDDI
|
Fiber Digital
Device Interface
|
|
FIFO
|
First In First
Out
|
|
FM
|
Frequency
Modulation
|
|
FOC
|
Fiber Optic
Communications
|
|
FORTRAN
|
Formula Translation/Translator
|
|
FPGA
|
Field Programmable
Gate-Array
|
|
FTP
|
File Transfer
Protocol
|
|
FWIW
|
For What It’s
Worth
|
|
FYI
|
For Your Information
|
|
GATT
|
General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trades
|
|
GB
|
Gigabytes
|
|
GCCS
|
Global Command
and Control System
|
|
GDP
|
Gross Domestic
Product
|
|
GIF
|
Graphics Interchange
Format
|
|
GIGO
|
Garbage In
Garbage Out
|
|
GM
|
Game Master
|
|
GMT
|
Greenwich
Mean Time
|
|
HDLC
|
High-level
Data Link Control
|
|
HDSL
|
High-rate
Digital Subscriber Link
|
|
HP
|
Hewlett Packard
|
|
HTH
|
Hope this
(that) helps
|
|
HTML
|
Hypertext
Markup Language
|
|
HTTP
|
Hypertext
Transfer Protocol
|
|
IBM
|
International
Business Machines
|
|
IC
|
Input Circuit,
Integrated Circuit
|
|
ICD
|
Interactive
Call Distribution
|
|
ICP
|
Inventory
Control Points, Integrated Channel Processor
|
|
ICQ
|
I seek you
|
|
ICT
|
In-Circuit
Test
|
|
ID
|
IDentification
|
|
IE
|
Inter-Ethernet
|
|
IIRC
|
If I Remember
Correctly, If I Recall Correctly
|
|
IIS
|
Internet Interface
Systems
|
|
IM
|
Information
Management, Interface Module, Instant Messaging
|
|
IMAP
|
Interactive
Mail Access Protocol
|
|
IMF
|
International
Monetary Fund
|
|
IMHO
|
In My Honest
(Humble) Opinion
|
|
IMO
|
In My Opinion
|
|
IMS
|
Integrated
Management System
|
|
INS
|
Immigration
and Naturalization Service, Information Network System
|
|
INTEL
|
Integrated
Electronics
|
|
IPC
|
Integrated
Personal Computer
|
|
IPR
|
Intellectual
Property Rights
|
|
IPT
|
Integrated
Product Teams
|
|
IPX
|
Internetwork
Package exchange
|
|
IRQ
|
Interrupt
ReQuest
|
|
IS
|
Information
System
|
|
ISDN
|
Integrated
Services Digital Network
|
|
ISP
|
Internet Service
Provider
|
|
ISR
|
Information
Storage and Retrieval
|
|
IVR
|
Integrated
Voice Response
|
|
JAVA
|
A Programming
Language
|
|
JPEG
|
Joint Photographic
Experts Group
|
|
K
|
Kilo, Kilobit
|
|
KB
|
KeyBoard,
KiloBytes
|
|
LAN
|
Local Area
Network
|
|
LCD
|
Lowest Common
Denominator
|
|
LINUX
|
Linus Torvald’s
UNIX
|
|
LOL
|
Laugh Out
Loud
|
|
LP
|
Long Play,
Linear Programming
|
|
MAN
|
Manual, Metropolitan
Area Network
|
|
MAP
|
linker Map,
Font Mapping file
|
|
MAPI
|
Mail Applications
Programming Interface
|
|
MB
|
Megabyte
|
|
MC
|
Material Control,
Master of Ceremonies
|
|
MCI
|
Media Control
Interface
|
|
MCS
|
Material Control
System, Meeting Communications Service
|
|
MDF
|
Menu Defintion
File
|
|
MDS
|
Minimum Data
Set
|
|
ME
|
Opening information
( i.e. read.me files)
|
|
MHZ
|
MegaHertZ
|
|
MIDI
|
Musical Instrument
Digital Interface
|
|
MIME
|
Multi-purpose
Internet Mail Extension
|
|
MIPS
|
Millions of
Instructions Per Second
|
|
MMX
|
Multi-Media
extension
|
|
MO
|
Modus Operandi,
Money Order
|
|
MODEM
|
MOdulator-DEModulator
|
|
MOS
|
Model Output
Statistics
|
|
MOU
|
Memorandum
Of Understanding
|
|
MP
|
Multi-Processing
|
|
MP3
|
Motion Picture
experts group Third layer
|
|
MPEG
|
Motion Picture
Expert Group
|
|
MRP
|
Manufacturing
Resource Planning
|
|
MSC
|
Media Stimulated
Calling
|
|
MSN
|
MicroSoft
Network
|
|
MSO
|
Manufacturer’s
Statement of Ownership
|
|
MSRP
|
Manufacturer’s
Suggested Retail Price
|
|
MTBF
|
Mean Time
Before Failure
|
|
MVS
|
Multiple Virtual
Storage
|
|
NDS
|
Netware Directory
Service
|
|
NEC
|
National Electronic
Code
|
|
NFS
|
Network File
System
|
|
NGO
|
Non-Governmental
Organization
|
|
NIC
|
Navigation
Information Connection, Network Informaton Center, Network Interface
Card
|
|
NIPRNET
|
Nonsecure
Internet Protocol Router NETwork
|
|
NIS
|
Network Information
Service
|
|
NOS
|
Network Operating
System, Not Otherwise Specified
|
|
NT
|
New Testament,
Network Termination
|
|
NTFS
|
New Technology
File System
|
|
OLE
|
Object Linking
and Embedding
|
|
OS
|
Operating
System, Out of Stock
|
|
OSPF
|
Open Shortest
Path First
|
|
OTOH
|
On The Other
Hand
|
|
PAT
|
Patch file
|
|
PC
|
Personal Computer
|
|
PCB
|
Printed Circuit
Board
|
|
PCM
|
Personal Computer
Manufacturer
|
|
PD
|
Public Domain
|
|
PDC
|
Programe Delivery
Control
|
|
PDF
|
Portable Document
Format
|
|
PDM
|
Product Data
Management
|
|
PET
|
Print Enhancement
Technology
|
|
PIC
|
Position Independent
Code
|
|
PID
|
Protocol Identifier
|
|
PIN
|
Personal Identification
Number
|
|
PING
|
Packet InterNet
Grouper
|
|
POTS
|
Plain Old
Telephone Service
|
|
PP
|
Parcel Post,
Past Participle
|
|
PPM
|
Parts Per
Million, Pages Per Minute
|
|
PRI
|
Primary Rate
Interface
|
|
PRN
|
Printer, Pro
Re Nata
|
|
PSA
|
Public Service
Announcement, Problem Statement Analyzer
|
|
PSI
|
Packet Switch
Interface, Pounds per Square Inch
|
|
PST
|
Pacific Standard
Time
|
|
PT
|
Pacific Time
|
|
QT
|
Quick Time
|
|
RAD
|
Rapid Access
Disk
|
|
RAM
|
Random Access
Memory
|
|
RAS
|
Random Access
Storage
|
|
RF
|
Radio Frequency
|
|
RFC
|
Request For
Comments
|
|
RFI
|
Radio Frequency
Interface
|
|
RFP
|
Request For
Proposals
|
|
RFQ
|
Request For
Quotes
|
|
ROM
|
Read Only
Memory
|
|
ROTFL
|
Roll On The
Floor Laughing
|
|
RPC
|
Real Procedure
Call
|
|
RPG
|
Report Program
Generator, Role Playing Game
|
|
RPM
|
Revolutions
Per Minute, Rotations Per Minute
|
|
SCADA
|
Supervisory
Control And Data Acquisition
|
|
SCR
|
Script file
|
|
SCSI
|
Small Computer
Systems Interface
|
|
SDK
|
Software Developer’s
Kit
|
|
SDLC
|
Synchronous
Data Link Control
|
|
SDRAM
|
Synchronous
Dynamic Random Access Memory
|
|
SGML
|
Standard Generalized
Markup Language
|
|
SID
|
Station IDentification,
System IDentification
|
|
SIMM
|
Single In-line
Memory Module
|
|
SINCGARS
|
Single Channel
Ground-Air Radio System
|
|
SIP
|
Single In-line
Package
|
|
SIPRNET
|
Secret Internet
Protocol Router NETwork
|
|
SMB
|
Server Message
Block
|
|
SMP
|
Symbolic Maintenance
Program
|
|
SNAP
|
Sub-Network
Access Protocol
|
|
SOC
|
System On
a Chip
|
|
SONET
|
Synchronous
Optical Network
|
|
SPAM
|
Junk mail,
mass mailings
|
|
STD
|
Standard,
Sexually Transmitted Disease
|
|
STM
|
Synchronous
Transfer Mode
|
|
SUN
|
Single User
Network
|
|
SVGA
|
Super Video
Graphics Adapter
|
|
TBA
|
To Be Announced
(Assigned, Activated, Advised)
|
|
TBD
|
To Be Discussed,
To Be Determined
|
|
TCP/IP
|
Transmission
Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol
|
|
TIF
|
Tagged Image
File
|
|
TIFF
|
Tag Image
File Format
|
|
TIM
|
Technical
Interchange Meeting
|
|
TIP
|
Team Improvement
Program, Terminal Interface Processor
|
|
TSO
|
Time Sharing
Option
|
|
TSR
|
Test Summary
Report
|
|
TTFN
|
Ta Ta For
Now
|
|
TTL
|
Transistor
to Transistor Logic, Time To Live
|
|
TTYL
|
Talk To You
Later
|
|
TWAIN
|
Technology
Without An Interesting Name
|
|
UL
|
Upload
|
|
UML
|
Universal
Markup Language
|
|
UMTS
|
Universal
Mobile Telephone Service
|
|
UNIX
|
Universal
Interexchange
|
|
UPC
|
Universal
Product Code
|
|
URL
|
Uniform Resource
Locator
|
|
USP
|
Universal
Sampling Plan
|
|
VAR
|
Value Added
Retailer, VARiable
|
|
VAX
|
Virtual Address
eXtended
|
|
VC
|
Virtual Circuit,
Viet Cong
|
|
VCR
|
Video Cassette
Recorder
|
|
VGA
|
Video Graphics
Adapter
|
|
VIP
|
Very Important
Person, Variable Information Processing
|
|
VLSI
|
Very Large
Scale Integration
|
|
VME
|
Virtual Machine
Environment
|
|
VMS
|
Voice Mail
System, Virtual Memory System
|
|
VPN
|
Virtual Private
Network
|
|
WAN
|
Wide Area
Network
|
|
WINS
|
Windows Internet
Naming Service
|
|
WOW
|
Way Of the
Web, Worlds Of Wonder
|
|
WWW
|
World Wide
Web
|
|
WYSIWYG
|
What You See
Is What You Get
|
|
XML
|
Exstensible
Markup Language
|
|
ZULU
|
International
standard time corresponding to the Prime Meridian time zone.
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