From: "Dr. Tobias Quathamer" Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:52:22 +0200 Subject: Update acronyms. Source: http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/share/misc/ --- wtf/acronyms | 448 +++++++++++++++--- wtf/acronyms.comp | 1345 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 1643 insertions(+), 150 deletions(-) diff --git a/wtf/acronyms b/wtf/acronyms index 5baeef2..07598d1 100644 --- a/wtf/acronyms +++ b/wtf/acronyms @@ -1,252 +1,590 @@ -$NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.145 2005/02/18 01:40:49 jsm Exp $ - +$NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.265 2018/01/13 03:35:40 pgoyette Exp $ +10Q thank you +10X thanks +1337 elite ("leet") +224 today, tomorrow, forever +31337 elite ("eleet") +4TW for the win +A/S/L age/sex/location +AAMOF as a matter of fact +ABD all but dissertation +AC audible chuckle +ADD attention deficit disorder +ADHD attention deficit (and) hyperactivity disorder +ADN any day now +ADOS attention deficit ... oh, shiny! +AEAP as early as possible +AFAIAC as far as I am concerned AFAIC as far as I'm concerned -AFAICR as far as I can recall +AFAICR as far as I can {recall,remember} +AFAICS as far as I can see AFAICT as far as I can tell AFAIK as far as I know -AFAIR as far as I recall +AFAIR as far as I {recall,remember} AFAIU as far as I understand AFD away from desktop AFK away from keyboard -AFU all fucked up AFW away from window +AGM annual general meeting +AINEC and it's not even close +AISE as I see it AIU as I understand AIUI as I understand it AKA also known as +AM ante meridiem +AMA ask me anything +AMOL a mountain of love ASAIC as soon as I can ASAP as soon as possible +ASL age/sex/location +ATEOTD at the end of the day ATM at the moment +ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine +ATW around the world +AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan AWOL absent without official leave AYBABTU all your base are belong to us +AYF all your fault +AYOR at your own risk AYT are you there +B& banned B/C because -B/S bullshit +B/W bandwidth B/W between +BAI goodbye +BAK back at keyboard BBIAB be back in a bit BBL [I'll] be back later +BBR burnt beyond repair BBS be back soon BBT be back tomorrow -BFD big fucking deal +BCNU be seeing you +BCNUL8R be seeing you later +BCP best current practice +BF best friend +BF boyfriend +BFF best {friend,friends} forever BIAB back in a bit BIAF back in a few BIALW back in a little while BIAS back in a second BIAW back in a while -BOATILAS bend over and take it like a slut +BIDI boy, I did it +BNYA burned now you are +BOC but of course BOFH bastard operator from hell -BOGAHICA bend over, grab ankles, here it comes again -BOHICA bend over here it comes again +BOT back on topic +BPM beam propagation method +BPM beats per minute BRB [I'll] be right back -BS bullshit +BSD booze, sex, drugs BTDT been there, done that +BTFT been there, fixed that BTTH boot to the head BTW by the way +BYOB bring your own {beer,booze} +CC credit card +CEO chief executive officer +CFV call for votes +CFY calling for you +CG center of gravity +CHANOPS channel operator status CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong CNP continued [in my] next post COB close of business [day] COTS commercial off-the-shelf +CPC cost per click +CPE customer premises equipment +CRM customer relationship management +CTN can't talk now +CU see you +CUL see you later +CYA see ya CYA see you around +CYE check your email +D/B/A doing business as D/L download +DBA doing business as +DBEYR don't believe everything you read +DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion? DIY do it yourself DKDC don't know, don't care +DM direct message +DM dungeon master +DME durable medical equipment +DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies +DMZ demilitarized zone +DND do not disturb +DNF did not finish +DNFT do not feed troll +DOA dead on arrival +DRY don't repeat yourself DSTM don't shoot the messenger DTRT do the right thing DTWT do the wrong thing DWIM do what I mean +DYK do you know? +EA early adopter +ECR electronic cash register +EDS eternal downward spiral +EFT electronic funds transfer EG evil grin +EIE enough is enough EMSG email message EOB end of business [day] -EOD end of discussion +EOD end of {day,discussion} EOL end of life +EOM end of message +EOS end of story +ETA edited to add +ETA estimated time of arrival ETLA extended three letter acronym +ETR early to rise EWAG experienced wild-ass guess +EZ easy +EZPZ easy-peasy +F9 fine FAQ frequently asked question -FCFS first come first served -FIGJAM fuck I'm good, just ask me -FIIK fuck[ed] if I know -FIIR fuck[ed] if I remember -FM fucking magic -FOAD fall over and die +FBOW for better or worse +FCFS first come, first served +FCOL for crying out loud +FFS free for shipping +FITB fill in the blank +FNO for nerds only +FNO from now on +FOC free of charge +FPS first person shooter +FPS frames per second FSDO for some definition of FSVO for some value of -FTFM fuck the fuckin' manual! -FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition -FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt +FTBFS fails to build from source +FTFY fixed that for you +FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it +FTL faster than light +FTL for the loss +FTR for the record +FTTT from time to time +FTW for the win +FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt FWIW for what it's worth +FYEO for your eyes only FYI for your information G grin G/C garbage collect +G2G got to go +G2K good to know +GA go ahead GAC get a clue GAL get a life +GBTW get back to work +GF girlfriend +GFU good for you +GFY good for you +GG good game +GGA good game all +GGP good game partner +GGWP good game, well played GIGO garbage in, garbage out +GIYF Google is your friend +GJ good job +GL good luck +GLHF good luck, have fun +GLINE global kill line +GLWT good luck with that +GM game master +GMT Greenwich mean time GMTA great minds think alike -GTFO get the fuck out +GOK God only knows +GOP Grand Old Party +GOWI get on with it +GPS global positioning system +GR8 great GTG got to go +GTH go to hell +GTSY {glad,good} to see you +GWS get well soon +H8 hate HAND have a nice day +HE how embarrasing +HF have fun HHIS hanging head in shame +HHOS ha ha, only serious HICA here it comes again +HME home medical equipment +HNY happy new year +HOAS hold on a second +HOPS half-operator status HTH hope this helps IAC in any case +IAE in any event IANAL I am not a lawyer +IAW in another window +IAWTC I agree with this comment +IAWTP I agree with this post +IAY I adore you +IB I'm back IC I see -ICBW I could be wrong +ICBW I could be {worse,wrong} ICCL I couldn't care less -IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue +ICUR I see you are +ICYMI in case you missed it +IDC I don't care +IDGI I don't get it +IDGW in a good way +IDI I doubt it +IDIFTL I did it for the lulz +IDK I don't know +IDRC I don't really care +IDTS I don't think so +IDTT I drink to that +IFF if and only if +IFTTT if this then that IHBW I have been wrong -IHNFC I have no fucking clue IIANM if I am not mistaken -IIRC if I recall correctly +IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly IIUC if I understand correctly +IKR I know, right? +IKWYM I know what you mean +ILU I love you +ILY I love you IMAO in my arrogant opinion +IMBO in my biased opinion IMCO in my considered opinion +IME in my experience IMHO in my humble opinion IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion IMO in my opinion +INB4 in before +INPO in no particular order IOW in other words +IPML I pissed myself laughing +IQ intelligence quotient +IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators} +IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status IRL in real life +IRT in real time +IRT in regards to ISAGN I see a great need +ISBN International Standard Book Number ISTM it seems to me -ISTR I seem to recall +ISTR I seem to {recall,remember} +ITC in this {channel,chat} +ITT in this thread ITYM I think you mean +IUD insert usual disclaimers +IUSS if you say so +IW it's worse IWBNI it would be nice if +IYD in your dreams +IYKWIM if you know what I mean IYSS if you say so +IYSWIM if you see what I mean J/K just kidding -JHD just hit ``delete'' +JAM just a minute +JAS just a second +JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy +JFTR just for the record +JFYI just for your information +JGI just Google it +JGI just got it +JHD just hit delete JIC just in case +JJA just joking around JK just kidding JMO just my opinion +JSYK just so you know JTLYK just to let you know +JW just wondering KISS keep it simple, stupid KITA kick in the ass +KK okay, okay +KLINE kill line +KMA keep me advised +KMA keep moving ahead +KMA kill me already KNF kernel normal form +KOS kill on sight +KTHX okay, thanks +KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye. +KWIM know what I mean? +L8 late L8R later -LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer) +LART luser attitude readjustment tool LBNL last but not least +LGTM looks good to me LJBF let's just be friends LMAO laughing my ass off +LMC let me check +LMGTFY let me google that for you +LMHO laughing my head off +LMK let me know +LMNO laughing my nuts off LMSO laughing my socks off +LOIC low orbit ion cannon LOL laughing out loud +LP long playing [record] LTNS long time no see +LWYL laugh with you later +M8 mate +MAD mutually assured destruction +MBA master of business administration +MFW my face when MIA missing in action +MMB message me back +MO modus operandi MOTAS member of the appropriate sex MOTOS member of the opposite sex MOTSS member of the same sex MTF more to follow +MVP minimum viable product +MVP most valuable player MYOB mind your own business +N/A not {applicable,available} N/M never mind +NAFAIK not as far as I know +NB nota bene NBD no big deal -NFC no fucking clue -NFI no fucking idea -NFW no fucking way +NE1 anyone +NEDM not even Doom music +NFA no flaming allowed +NFC no functional change +NIFOC naked in front of computer NIH not invented here +NIMBY not in my backyard +NM never mind NMF not my fault NMP not my problem +NMU not much, you? +NOM no offence meant +NOOB newbie +NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person NOYB none of your business -NOYFB none of your fucking business NP no problem +NPC non-player character NRFPT not ready for prime time NRN no reply necessary +NRN not right now +NSFW not suitable for work +NTN no thanks needed +NUNP no users, no problems +NVM never mind +NW no way +NXT next +NYPA not your personal army +O2W off to work +OAO over and out +OBV obviously +OBVS obviously +ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source") +OFC of course +OH other half OIC oh, I see -OMG oh, my god +OMG oh my God +OMW on my way +ONNA oh no, not again +ONNTA oh no, not this again +OOB out of bounds +OOC out of curiosity +OOI out of interest +OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind +OPS operator status +OPS operators +ORITE oh, right OT off topic OTL out to lunch OTOH on the other hand +OTP one true pairing +OTS off the shelf OTT over the top OTTOMH off the top of my head +OWTTE or words to that effect +PC player character +PC politically correct +PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s) +PD police department +PDA public display of affection +PDQ pretty darn quick +PDS please don't shout +PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair -PFO please fuck off +PFI pay for inclusion PFY pimply faced youth +PHB pointy haired boss +PIN personal identification number PITA pain in the ass +PITR {parent,parents} in the room PKSP pound keys and spew profanity +PM post meridiem +PMFI problem magically fixed itself +PMFJI pardon me for jumping in +PMSL pissing myself laughing PNG persona non grata PNP plug and pray POC point of contact +POC proof of concept POLA principle of least astonishment POLS principle of least surprise -POS piece of shit +POS point of sale +POV point of view +PPL people PPL pretty please +PPP petty pet peeve +PPS pulse per second (signal) +PR public relations +PSA prostate-specific antigen +PSA public service announcement +PTA parent-teacher association +PTO {paid,personal} time off +PTO parent-teacher organization +PTO please turn over +PTO power takeoff PTV parental tunnel vision QED quod erat demonstrandum +QFT quoted for truth +RA residential advisor RFC request for comments +RFD request for discussion +RFE request for enhancements RIP rest in peace RL real life RLC rod length check +RMS Richard Matthew Stallman ROFL rolling on floor laughing ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off +ROI return on investment ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing RP responsible person +RR railroad +RSI repetitive strain injury RSN real soon now -RTFB read the fine/fucking book -RTFC read the fine/fucking code -RTFD read the fine/fucking documentation -RTFM read the fine/fucking manual -RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page -RTFS read the fine/fucking source +RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please") +S/T self titled +SAR search and rescue +SAR some assembly required SCNR sorry, could not resist SEP someone else's problem -SFA sweet fuck all +SERP search engine results page +SFAICT so far as I can tell SHID slaps head in disgust SIMCA sitting in my chair amused +SITD still in the dark +SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive +SMH shaking my head SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets SMOP simple matter of programming -SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager SNMP sorry, not my problem -SNR signal to noise ratio SO significant other SOB son of [a] bitch -SOL shit out [of] luck SOP standard operating procedure +SRS serious +SRSLY seriously SSIA subject says it all -STFA search the fucking archives -STFU shut the fuck up -STFW search the fucking web +SSTO single stage to orbit +STW search the web SUS stupid user syndrome +SUX sucks +SUX2BU sucks to be you SWAG silly, wild-assed guess SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea SWMBO she who must be obeyed +SYS see you soon +TA teaching assistant TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch +TBA to be announced TBC to be continued TBD to be {decided,determined,done} +TBH to be honest TBOMK the best of my knowledge +TCB taking care of business +TCO taken care of +TCO total cost of ownership +TFOA things falling off aircraft +TFW that feeling when +TGIF thank goodness it's Friday THNX thanks THX thanks TIA thanks in advance +TIAVP this is a volunteer project +TIC tonque in cheek +TIL today I learned TINC there is no cabal +TINLA this is not legal advice +TINWIS this is not what I said +TJM that's just me TLA three letter acronym -TLB translation lookaside buffer +TLA true love always +TLC tender loving care +TLDR too long, didn't read +TM trademark +TM trust me TMA too many abbreviations +TMG too much government TMI too much information +TMJ temporomandibular joint +TMK to my knowledge +TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it TNF The NetBSD Foundation +TOC table of contents +TOCTOU time of check to time of use TOEFL test of english as a foreign language +TOH to other half +TP toilet paper TPTB the powers that be TRT the right thing TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge TTFN ta ta for now +TTM to the moderator +TTT thought that too TTYL talk to you later +TTYS talk to you soon +TWAIN thing without an interesting name +TWDT the whole damn thing TWIAVBP the world is a very big place TY thank you TYVM thank you very much U/L upload +UGT universal greeting time +UR your +UR {you're, you are} UTSL use the source, Luke +VCR video cassette recorder VEG very evil grin +VIP very important person W/ with +W/E whatever W/O without +W8 wait +WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time WAG wild-ass guess WB welcome back +WCPGW what could possibly go wrong +WDYMBT what do you mean by that +WELC working effectively with legacy code +WFH working from home WFM works for me WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if WIP work in progress -WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money +WMNC watch me not care WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time WRT with respect to -WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck -WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell -WYSIWYG what you see is what you get +WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy +WTF where's the food +WTG way to go +WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell +WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell +WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade +WWJD what would Jesus do? +YAGNI you ain't gonna need it YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion +YAOTM yet another off-topic message +YCTAT you can't troll a troll +YGM you got mail YHBT you have been trolled YHL you have lost YKWIM you know what I mean -YMA yo momma's ass YMMV your mileage may vary +YOLO you only live once YW you're welcome +YWSYLS you win some, you lose some +ZIP zoning improvement plan diff --git a/wtf/acronyms.comp b/wtf/acronyms.comp index 6f2b66f..e27697c 100644 --- a/wtf/acronyms.comp +++ b/wtf/acronyms.comp @@ -1,319 +1,1474 @@ -$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.58 2005/02/16 00:04:23 kleink Exp $ - +$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.193 2018/03/01 19:09:33 ginsbach Exp $ 3WHS three-way handshake +8VSB 8-state vestigial side band modulation +AA anti-aliasing +AAA authentication, authorization, [and] accounting +AAT average access time ABI application binary interface +ABR available bit rate +AC alternating current +ACI adjacent channel interferer +ACID atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability +ACK Amsterdam compiler kit +ACK acknowledgement ACL access control list +ACL active current loop +ACP auxillary control {process,program} ACPI advanced configuration and power interface +ACS access control set +ACU automatic calling unit +ADB Apple desktop bus ADC analog [to] digital converter +ADD acronym driven development +ADO active data objects +ADP automatic data processing ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation +ADS alternate data stream ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line +ADT abstract data type +AES Advanced Encryption Standard +AFS Andrew File System +AGC automatic gain control AGP accelerated graphics port +AI analog input +AI artificial intelligence +AL access list +AL active link +ALE address latch enable +ALS ambient light sensor +ALU arithmetic and logical unit +ALUA asymmetric logical unit access +AM access method +AM alignment mask AM amplitude modulation AMI alternate mark inversion -ANSI american national standards institute +AMP asymmetric multiprocessing +AMQP advanced message queuing protocol +AMT active management technology +AN Arabic number +ANR application not responding +ANSI American National Standards Institute +AO analog output +AOL Alert-on-LAN +AOS add or subtract AP access point +AP application processor API application programming interface APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller -ARP address resolution protocol +APIPA automatic private IP addressing +APT advanced persistent threat +AQM active queue management +ARAT always running APIC timer +ARC adaptive replacement cache +ARC automatic reference counting +ARM Advanced RISC Machines +ARP Address Resolution Protocol +ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency ARQ automatic repeat request +ARR address range register +ARU audio response unit AS autonomous system +ASC advanced smart cache +ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange +ASD agile software development +ASE advanced software environment +ASIC application-specific integrated circuit +ASK amplitude shif keying +ASLR address space layout randomization ASN autonomous system number -ASCII american standard code for information interchange +ASPM active state power management +ASQ automated software quality +ASR address space register +AST abstract syntax tree +AST asynchronous trap +AT access time AT advanced technology ATA advanced technology attachment ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface +ATC address translation cache ATM asynchronous transfer mode ATX advanced technology extended +AV anti virus +AVL Adelson-Velsky-Landis +AVX advanced vector extensions +BA byte align +BAL basic assembly language +BAR base address register +BBS bulletin board system +BCC blind carbon copy +BCD binary coded decimal +BCR byte count register +BCS base configuration space +BD baud +BDD binary decision diagram +BDI bit deinterleave +BDUF big design up front BEDO burst extended data output BER basic encoding rules -BER bit error rate -BGP border gateway protocol -BIOS basic input/output system +BER bit error {rate,ratio} +BFD binary {file,format} descriptor +BFKL big fscking kernel lock +BFS breadth-first search +BFT binary file transfer +BGA ball grid array +BGP Border Gateway Protocol +BGPSEC BGP Security +BIND Berkeley Internet Name Daemon +BIOS Basic Input/Output System +BIOS built-in operating system +BIST built-in self-test +BIU bus interface unit +BKDG BIOS and kernel developer's guide +BLAS basic linear algebra subprograms +BLC back light control BLOB binary large object +BM bus master +BMC baseboard management controller +BMIC bus master interface controller +BN boundary neutral +BNF Backus-Naur form +BO binary output +BOF beginning of file +BOM beginning of message +BOM byte order mark +BP base pointer +BP boot processor +BPB BIOS parameter block +BPDU bridge protocol data unit +BPF Berkeley Packet Filter +BPI bits per inch +BPM business process modelling BPS bits per second -BSD berkeley software distribution +BPSK binary phase shift keying +BQS Berkeley quality software +BRE basic regular expression +BS backspace +BS binary sequence +BSA basic service area +BSD Berkeley Software Distribution +BSF bit scan forward +BSOD blue screen of death +BSP binary space partition +BSP board support package +BSP bootstrap processor +BSR bit scan reverse +BSS basic service set +BSS block started by symbol +BSSID basic service set identifier +BT BitTorrent +BT Bluetooth +BT bit test +BTC bit test [and] complement +BTR bit test [and] reset +BTS bit test [and] set +BTS bug tracking system +BW bandwidth +BWM block-write mode +CA certificate authority CAD computer-aided design -CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV) +CAM computer assisted manufacturing +CAM conditional access module +CAM content addressable memory +CARP Common Address Redundancy Protocol +CAS column address strobe +CAS compare and swap +CAS computer algebra system +CASE computer aided software engineering +CAU control access unit +CAV constant angular velocity +CBC cipher block chaining +CBR constant bit rate +CC carbon coby CCD charge coupled device +CCI co-channel interferer +CCNUMA cache-coherent non-uniform memory access +CD cache disable CD compact disc CDDA compact disc digital audio +CDMA code division multiple access +CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory CER canonical encoding rules -CGA color graphics array +CF compact flash +CFB cipher feedback +CFG context-free grammar +CFG control-flow graph +CG control gate +CGA Color Graphics Adapter CGI common gateway interface +CGN Carrier-Grade NAT +CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol CHS cylinder/head/sector -CIDR classless inter-domain routing +CI continuous integration +CI {common,component} interface +CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing +CIFS Common Internet File System +CIL common intermediate language +CIR carrier-to-interference ratio CIS contact image sensor +CISC complex instruction set {computer,computing} +CJK Chinese, Japanese, [and] Korean +CLF common log format CLI command line interface -CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV) +CLR common language runtime +CLTT closed loop thermal throttling +CLUT color look-up table +CLV constant linear velocity +CM configuration management +CMA concert multithread architecture +CMS {configuration,content,course} management system +CMI control {management,method} interface +CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor +CMP chip multi-processing +CMS content management system CMYK cyan magenta yellow black +CN {common,canonical} name +CNC computer numerical control +CNR carrier-to-noise ratio +COF current operating frequency +COFDM coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing COFF common object file format +COM component object model +COMA cache-only memory architecture +CORBA common object request broker architecture COW copy-on-write +CP continuous pilot +CPB core performance boost +CPE common phase error +CPG clock pulse generator +CPL current privilege level +CPLD complex programmable logic device +CPP C preprocessor +CPS characters per second +CPT command pass through CPU central processing unit +CR carriage return +CRC cyclic redundancy check +CRL carrier recovery loop CRLF carriage return line feed CRT cathode ray tube +CS cable select +CS chip select +CS code segment +CS computer science +CSDL {common,conceptual} schema definition language +CSI channel state information +CSI common system interface CSMA carrier sense multiple access CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection +CSR control [and] status registers +CSRG Computer Systems Research Group CSS cascading style sheets +CSV comma-separated values +CTM close to metal +CTR counter [mode] CTS clear to send -CVS concurrent versions system +CUA common user access +CUT coordinated universal time +CV control voltage +CVE common vulnerabilities and exposures +CVS Concurrent Versions System +DA destination address +DAA distributed application architecture +DAB digital audio broadcasting DAC digital [to] analog converter +DAC discretionary access control +DAD duplicate address detection +DANE DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities +DAO disk at once +DAP Directory Access Protocol +DAT digital audio tape +DAT dynamic acceleration technology +DB database +DBA database administrator +DBA dynamic bandwidth allocation +DBB data bus buffer +DBC design by contract +DBL dynamic buffer limiting +DBMS database management system +DBS database server +DC direct current +DCC Direct Client-to-Client +DCC direct cable connect +DCD data carrier detect DCE data control equipment DCE distributed computing environment +DCOM distributed component object model +DCOP Desktop COmmunication Protocol +DCS data collection systems DCT discrete cosine transform +DCU data cache unit DDC display data channel +DDE dynamic data exchange +DDK device driver kit +DDL data description language DDR double data rate -DDWG digital display working group +DDS direct digital sound +DDWG Digital Display Working Group +DE debugging extensions +DE desktop environment +DEA data encryption algorithm +DEK data encryption key +DEP data execution prevention DER distinguished encoding rules -DFT discrete fourier transform -DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol +DES Data Encryption Standard +DF don't fragment +DFA deterministic finite automaton +DFC data flow control +DFS depth first search +DFS distributed file system +DFT diagnostic function test +DFT discrete Fourier transform +DGL data generation language +DH Diffie-Hellman +DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DIFS distributed inter-frame space +DIMM dual inline memory module +DIRT design in real time +DL diode logic +DL discrete logarithm +DL download DLE data link escape +DLL dynamic link library +DLP discrete logarithm problem DMA direct memory access -DNS domain name system +DMI desktop management interface +DMS document management system +DMT discrete multitone modulation +DNARD Digital network appliance reference design +DND drag and drop +DNS Domain Name System +DNSSEC DNS Security Extensions +DOE distributed object environment +DOF data over fibre +DOM document object model DOS denial of service +DOS disk operating system +DP DisplayPort +DPC deferred procedure call DPCM differential pulse code modulation +DPD dead peer detection +DPI deep packet inspection DPI dots per inch +DPL descriptor privilege level +DPS Display PostScript +DPST display power savings technology +DRAAS disaster recovery as a service DRAM dynamic random access memory +DRBG deterministic random bit generator +DRI direct rendering infrastructure +DRM digital rights management +DRRS display refresh rate switching +DS debug store +DSA digital signature algorithm +DSAP destination service access point +DSB double-sideband modulation +DSDT differentiated system descriptor table DSL digital subscriber line +DSL domain specific language +DSLAM digital subscriber line access multiplexer +DSN delivery status notification +DSO dynamic shared object +DSP digital signal processor DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum DTD document type definition DTE data terminal equipment DTE dumb terminal emulator +DTL diode-transistor logic +DTLS datagram transport layer security +DTS digital thermal sensor +DUT device under test +DVB digital video broadcasting +DVCS distributed version control system DVD digital versatile disc -DVI digital visual interface +DVFS dynamic voltage and frequency scaling +DVI device independent +DVI Digital Visual Interface +DVR digital video recorder +E-XER extended XML encoding rules +EABI embedded-application binary interface +EAI Email Address Internationalization +EAI Enterprise Application Integration +EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol +EAPOL EAP over Lan +EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code +EBR extended boot record +EC elliptic curve +ECC elliptic curve cryptography +ECC error correction code +ECDH elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman +ECDL elliptic curve discrete logarithm +ECDLP elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem +ECDSA elliptic curve digital signature algorithm +ECL emitter-coupled logic +ECN explicit congestion notification ECP enhanced capability port +ECS enhanced chip set +ECS extended configuration space +EDAT enhanced dynamic acceleration technology +EdDSA Edwards curve digital signature algorithm +EDGE explicit data graph execution EDID extended display identification data EDO extended data out +EDS electronical data sheet +EEE energy efficient ethernet EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory +EFI extensible firmware interface +EFL emitter follower logic EFM eight to fourteen modulation -EGA enhanced graphics array +EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter EGP exterior gateway protocol +EH extension header +EIDE enhanced IDE EISA extended industry standard architecture ELF executable and linking format +ELS entry level system +EMI electro-magnetic interference +EMP electro-magnetic pulse +EMR electro-magnetic radiation +EOF end of file +EOI end of interrupt +EOL end of line +EOT end of transmission +EPIC explicitly parallel instruction computing EPP enhanced parallel port EPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood EPROM erasable programmable read only memory +ERD emergency recovery disk +ERD entity relationship diagram +ERE extended regular expression ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory -E-XER extended XML encoding rules +ESS electronic switching system +ESS extended service set +ESSID extended service set identifier +EST enhanced speedstep +ETL extract, transform, load +EU execution unit +EULA end user license agreement FAT file allocation table FBRAM frame buffer random access memory +FCL fiber channel loop FCS frame check sequence +FDC floppy disk controller +FDD floppy disk drive FDDI fiber distributed data interface -FFS fast file system +FDE full disk encryption +FEA finite element analysis +FEC forward error correction +FET field-effect transistor +FF finite field +FF form feed +FFDH finite-field Diffie-Hellman +FFH functional fixed hardware +FFI foreign function interface +FFM focus follows mouse +FFS Fast File System +FFS find first set +FFT fast Fourier transform +FG floating gate FHSS frequency hop spread spectrum +FID frequency identifier +FIFO first in, first out +FILO first in, last out +FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards FIR fast infrared FLOPS floating [point] operations per second +FLOSS free/libre/open source software FM frequency modulation +FMR false match rate +FOSS free/open source software +FPGA field programmable gate array FPM fast page mode +FPR floating point register +FPU floating point unit FQDN fully qualified domain name -FTP file transfer protocol +FRR false rejection rate +FRU field replaceable unit +FS file system +FSB front side bus +FSCK file system check +FSF Free Software Foundation +FSK frequency shift keying +FSM finite-state machine +FTA fault tree analysis +FTL flash translation layer +FTP File Transfer Protocol +FTPS File Transfer Protocol Secure +FUS fast user switching +FWH firmware hub +FWS folding white space +GAL generic array logic +GAS generic address structure GC garbage collector +GCM Galois counter mode GCR group-coded recording +GDT global descriptor table +GEM graphics environment manager +GEM graphics execution manager +GENA general event notification architecture +GHC Glasgow Haskell compiler +GID group identifier GIF graphics interchange format -GNU gnu's not unix -GPL gnu/general public license +GMCH graphics and memory controller hub +GNU GNU's Not Unix +GOP graphics output protocol +GOT global offset table +GPE general purpose event +GPF general protection fault +GPG GNU Privacy Guard +GPL [GNU] General Public License +GPR general purpose register +GPS generalized processor sharing +GPT GUID partition table GPU graphics processing unit +GR golden ratio GRE generic routing encapsulation -GUI graphics user interface -HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection -HTML hyper-text markup language -HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol +GSI global system interrupt +GUI graphical user interface +GUID globally unique identifier +GVFS git virtual file system +HA high availability +HAL hardware abstraction layer +HAT hashed array tree +HBA host bus adapter +HCF halt and catch fire +HCI host controller interface +HCI human-computer interaction +HCL hardware compatibility list +HDCP High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection +HDD hard disk drive +HDL hardware description language +HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface +HDTV high-definition television +HF high frequency +HFM highest frequency mode +HID human interface device +HLL high-level language +HMA high memory area +HMI human-machine interface +HOOD hierarchical object oriented design +HP Hewlett-Packard +HPC high performance computing +HPET high precision event timer +HSM hardware security module +HSM hierarchical storage management +HT hyper-threading +HTC hardware thermal control +HTCC high temperature co-fired ceramic +HTML HyperText Markup Language +HTT hyper-threading technology +HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol +HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure +HVM hardware virtual machine +HZ Hertz I2O intelligent input/output -IANA internet assigned number authority +IA information assurance +IAAS infrastructure as a service +IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority +IBC iterated block cipher +IBM International Business Machines +IBS instruction based sampling +IBSS independent basic service set IC integrated circuit -ICB internet citizen's band -ICMP internet control message protocol +ICA independent computer architecture +ICB Internet Citizen's Band +ICE in-circuit emulator +ICE internal compiler error +ICH I/O controller hub +ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol +ICT information and communications technology +ICW initialization command word +IDA Intel dynamic acceleration +IDCMP Intuition direct communication message port +IDE integrated development environment IDE integrated drive electronics +IDPS intrusion detection [and] prevention system IDRP inter-domain routing protocol -IEC international electrotechnical commission -IEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers -IESG internet engineering steering group -IETF internet engineering task force +IDS intrusion detection system +IDT interrupt descriptor table +IE Internet Explorer +IEC International Electrotechnical Commission +IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers +IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group +IETF Internet Engineering Task Force +IF intermediate frequency +IFCM isochronous flow control mode +IFF Interchange File Format +IGD Internet gateway device +IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol IGP interior gateway protocol -IKE internet key exchange -IMAP internet mail access protocol -INCITS international committee on information technology standards -IPC interprocess communication +IHV independent hardware vendor +IKE Internet key exchange +ILM internal loopback mode +ILOM integrated lights-out management +ILP instruction level parallelism +IM instant messaging +IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol +IMC integrated memory controller +IMCR interrupt mode configuration register +IMR interrupt mask register +IMS information management system +INCITS InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards IO input/output IOCTL input/output control -IP internet protocol -IPNG internet protocol, next generation -IPSEC internet protocol security -IRC internet relay chat +IOMMU input/output memory management unit +IOT Internet of Things +IP Internet Protocol +IP intellectual property +IPC interprocess communication +IPE integrated programming environment +IPI interprocessor interrupt +IPNG Internet Protocol, Next Generation +IPS in-plane switching +IPS intrusion prevention system +IPSEC Internet Protocol Security +IRC Internet Relay Chat +IRDA infrared data association IRQ interrupt request -IRTF internet research task force +IRQL interrupt request level +IRR interrupt request register +IRTF Internet Research Task Force +IS information system ISA industry standard architecture +ISA instruction set architecture ISDN integrated services digital network ISI inter-symbol interference -ISM industrial, scientific and medical +ISM industrial, scientific, [and] medical ISN initial serial number -ISO international standards organization -ISOC internet society -ISP internet service provider -JPEG joint photographic experts group +ISO International Standards Organization +ISOC Internet Society +ISP Internet service provider +ISR in-service register +ISR interrupt service routine +IST interrupt stack table +ISV independent software vendor +IT information technology +ITB Intel Turbo Boost +ITIL information technology infrastructure library +ITSM IT service management +IV initialization vector +IVT interrupt vector table +JBOD just a bunch of disks +JFET junction [gate] field-effect transistor +JIT just in time +JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group +JRE Java Runtime Environment +JTAG joint test action group +KASLR kernel address space layout randomization +KB keyboard +KB kilobyte +KBD keyboard +KBD kilobaud +KLOC thousand lines of code +KMS kernel-mode setting +KPI kernel programming interface KVA kernel virtual address +KVM kernel virtual machine +KVM kernel virtual memory +KVM keyboard, video, [and] mouse +LAMP Linux Apache MySQL {Perl,PHP,Python} LAN local area network +LAPIC local advanced programmable interrupt controller +LAR load access rights LBA logical block addressing +LBS location-based service LCD liquid crystal display LCP link control protocol -LDAP lightweight directory access protocol +LDA local delivery agent +LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol +LDR light-dependent resistor +LDT local descriptor table +LE logical extent LED light emitting diode -LIR local internet registry +LER label edge router +LF line feed +LF low frequency +LFM lowest frequency mode +LFN long file names +LFO low-frequency oscillation +LFS log-structured file system +LFU least frequently used +LHP loop heat pipe +LIFO last in, first out +LILO LInux LOader +LILO last in, last out +LINT local interrupt +LIR local Internet registry +LKM {Linux,loadable} kernel module +LKML Linux kernel mailing list +LL load linked +LL/SC load linked/store conditional LLC logical link control +LLDP link layer discovery protocol +LLF low level format +LLMNR link-local multicast name resolution +LLVM Low Level Virtual Machine +LM long mode +LMM link management mode +LNO loop nest optimization +LOC lines of code +LOM lights-out management +LPC low pin count +LPS local positioning system LRC longitudinal redundancy check -LSB least significant bit [or: byte] +LRM left-to-right mark +LRO left-to-right override +LRU least recently used +LSB Linux standards base +LSB least significant {bit,byte} +LSI large scale integration +LSL load segment limit +LSN Large Scale NAT +LSN log sequence number +LSR label switch router +LTCC low temperature co-fired ceramic +LTO linear tape-open +LTO link time optimization +LTR left to right +LTR load task register +LTR letter(-sized paper) +LTS long term support +LUA Lua Uppercase Accident LUN logical unit number +LV logical volume +LVM logical volume management +LVT local vector table +LWP light-weight process LZW Lempel Ziv Welch -MAC medium access control +MAC mandatory access control +MAC {media,medium} access control +MAC message authentication {check,code} +MADT multiple APIC descriptor table +MB megabyte +MBA multi-boot agent MBR master boot record +MBS megabits per second +MC memory controller +MCA machine check architecture +MCA MicroChannel architecture +MCC multiversion concurrency control +MCE machine check exception +MCGA Multi-Color Graphics Array +MCH memory controller hub +MCM multi-chip module +MCQ memory controlled queue +MD machine-dependent +MDA mail delivery agent +MDA Monochrome Display Adapter MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory +MESI modified, exclusive, shared, invalid +MFC merge from current +MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes MFM modified frequency modulation +MI machine-independent +MIB management information base +MIC message integrity {check,code} +MID mobile Internet device MIDI musical instrument digital interface -MIME multipurpose internet mail extensions +MIF management information format +MII media independent interface +MIM man in the middle +MIMD multiple instruction, multiple data +MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions +MIMO multiple input multiple output MIPS million instructions per second +MISD multiple instruction, single data +MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology +MITM man in the middle +ML machine language +ML machine learning +ML mailing list +ML markup language +ML maximum likelihood +MLC multi-level cell +MLD multicast listener discovery +MLHP micro loop heat pipe +MMF multi-mode fiber +MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit +MMIO memory mapped input/output +MMORPG massive multiplayer online role playing game MMU memory management unit +MMX matrix math extension +MMX multimedia extension +MMX multiple math extension +MO magneto-optical +MOESI modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid +MOF maximum operating frequency +MOSFET metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor +MOSI modified, owned, shared, invalid +MP multi-platform +MP multiplayer +MP {multiprocessing,multiprocessor} MPEG moving picture experts group -MSB most significant bit [or: byte] +MPI message passing interface +MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching +MPP massively parallel processor +MPS memory pool system +MPS multiprocessor specification +MR modem ready +MRU most recently used +MS Microsoft +MSB most significant {bit,byte} +MSE mean square error MSF minutes seconds frames +MSI message signaled interrupt +MSI modified, shared, invalid +MSR machine state register MSS maximum segment size +MSTP Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol +MT machine translation MTA mail transfer agent +MTBF mean time between failures +MTP media transfer protocol +MTRR memory type range register +MTTF mean time to failure MTU maximum transmission unit MUA mail user agent +MUD multi-user domain +MVCC multiversion concurrency control MWE module width encoding +MX mail exchange +NACK negative acknowledgement +NAN not a number +NAPT Network Address Port Translation +NAS network attached storage NAT network address translation NAV network allocation vector -NCP network control protocol +NC numerical control +NCO numerically-controlled oscillator +NCP Network Control Protocol +NCQ native command queuing +ND neighbor discovery +NDFA nondeterministic finite automaton +NE numeric error +NFA nondeterministic finite automaton +NFC near-field communication +NFCI no functional change intended NFS network file system +NFV network function virtualization +NIA next instruction address +NIC network information center NIC network interface card +NIDS network intrusion detection system +NIP network interface protocol +NIPS network intrusion prevention system NIS network information service +NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology +NLS native language support +NMI non-maskable interrupt +NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol +NOC network operations center +NOP no operation +NOS network operating system +NP nondeterministic polynomial time NRZ non-return to zero -NUMA non uniform memory access +NSA nation-state adversary +NSA no such agency +NSA National Security Agency +NTM non-deterministic Turing machine +NTP Network Time Protocol +NUMA non-uniform memory access +NVRAM non-volatile random access memory +NW not write-through +NX no execute +OAEP optimal asymmetric encryption padding +OBO off by one +OBOE off by one error OCL object constraint language OCR optical character recognition +ODCM on-demand clock modulation +ODT on-die termination OEM original equipment manufacturer +OFB output feedback OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing +OFET organic field-effect transistor +OLAP online analytical processing +OLE object linking and embedding +OLTP online transaction processing +ONFI open nand flash interface +OO OpenOffice +OO object oriented +OOB out of band +OOE out of order execution +OOM out of memory +OOO OpenOffice.org +OOP object oriented programming +OOPS object oriented programming systems +OOSE object oriented software engineering +OPM operations per minute +OPS operations per second +OQL Object Query Language +ORB object request broker +ORM object-relational mapping +OS operating system +OSD open source definition OSF open software foundation +OSI Open Source Initiative OSI open systems interconnection +OSPF open shortest path first +OSPM OS power management +OSS open sound system +OSS open source software +OSVW operating system visible workarounds OTP one time password +OTP open telecom platform +OU organizational unit +OUI organizationally unique identifier +OWL Web Ontology Language +P2P PCI to PCI +P2P peer to peer +PA phase accumulator +PA physical address +PAAS platform as a service +PAC phase-amplitude converter +PAE physical address extension +PAL phase alternating line +PAL programmable array logic PAM pluggable authentication modules PAM pulse amplitude modulation +PAP password authentication protocol +PAT page attribute table PAT port address translation +PATA parallel ATA PAX portable archive exchange +PBE pending break encoding +PBE programming by example PC personal computer +PC program counter +PCB printed circuit board +PCB process control block +PCC Portable C Compiler +PCD page-level cache disable +PCE performance-monitor counter enable PCI peripheral component interconnect +PCM phase change memory PCM pulse code modulation -PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association +PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association +PCP Port Control Protocol +PD public domain +PDA personal digital assistant +PDA pushdown automaton +PDAG propositional directed acyclic graph +PDB power distribution board +PDF portable document format +PDM pulse-duration modulation +PDN pull-down network +PDP page {descriptor,directory} page +PDS product data sheet PDU protocol data unit -PDP page descriptor page +PE protection enable +PEAP Protected EAP +PECI platform environment control interface +PEP protocol extension protocol PER packed encoding rules -PERL practical extraction [and] report language -PGP pretty good privacy +PFS perfect forward secrecy +PGAS partitioned global address space +PGE page global enable +PGP Pretty Good Privacy +PHB PCI host bridge +PHP PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor +PIC position independent code PIC programmable interrupt controller +PICNIC problem in chair, not in computer PID process id -PIN personal identification number +PIE position independent executable +PIL Priority Interrupt Level +PIM personal information manager +PIM platform-independent model PIO programmed input/output +PIPT physically indexed, physically tagged +PIQ prefetch input queue +PIT programmable interrupt timer +PIV personal identity verification +PKCS public-key cryptography standards +PKI public key infrastructure +PLC programmable logic controller +PLD programmable logic device PLL phase locked loop +PLRU pseudo LRU +PLTM package level thermal management +PM power management +PM {phase,pulse} modulation +PME power management event +PMI platform management interrupt +PMIO port-mapped input/output PMT photo-multiplier tube +PMU power management unit PNG portable network graphics -POP post office protocol -POSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix +PNP plug and play +POE power over ethernet +POF probability of failure +POP Post Office Protocol +POP power on password +POSIX Portable Operating System Interface [for Unix] POST power on self test POTS plain old telephone system -PPP point-to-point protocol -PPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM -PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet +PP pair programming +PPB PCI [to] PCI bridge +PPC PowerPC +PPI pixels per inch +PPM pages per minute +PPP Point-to-Point Protocol +PPPOA Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM +PPPOE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet +PPU physics processing unit +PRBS pseudorandom bit sequence +PRG pseudorandom generator +PRF pseudorandom function [family] PRML partial response, maximum likelihood +PRN pseudorandom {noise,number} +PRNG pseudorandom number generator PROM programmable read only memory +PRP pseudorandom permutation +PSD power spectral density +PSE page size extensions +PSK phase shift keying +PSK pre-shared key +PSTN public switched telephone network +PSW program status word PTE page table entry PTLA pseudo top level aggregator PTP page table page -PSTN public switched telephone network +PTV perceived target value +PU processing unit +PUN physical unit number +PV physical volume +PVG physical volume group +PVI protected-mode virtual interrupt +PVST Per-VLAN Spanning Tree PWM pulse width modulation +PXE preboot execution environment +QA quality assurance +QAM quadrature amplitude modulation +QAM quality assurance management +QBE query by example +QC quality control +QDI quasi delay insensitive QOS quality of service -RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks +QVL qualified vendor list +R/O read only +R/W read/write +RA receiver address +RA remote assistance +RA resource affinity +RA router advertisement +RAD rapid application development +RAID redundant array of {independent,inexpensive} disks RAM random access memory +RAS reliability, availability and serviceability +RAS remote access service +RAS restartable atomic sequence +RAS row address strobe +RBF radial basis function +RBT red-black tree +RC release candidate +RC remote control +RCS Revision Control System RCS revision control system -RFC request for comments +RCU read, copy, update +RDB Rigid Disk Block +RDBMS relational database management system +RDF Resource Description Framework +RDM relational data model +RDMA remote direct memory access +RE regular expression +REST representational state transfer +RF radio frequency +RFI radio frequency interference +RFO request for ownership RGB red green blue -RIP routing information protocol -RIR regional internet registry -RISC reduced instruction set computing +RGBA red green blue alpha +RGMII reduced gigabit media independent interface +RH read hit +RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux +RHL Red Hat Linux +RIB routing information base +RIFF Resource Interchange File Format +RIP Routing Information Protocol +RIR regional Internet registry +RISC reduced instruction set {computer,computing} +RKM ROM Kernel Manual RLE run length encoding RLL run length limited +RLO right-to-left override +RM read miss +RMI remote method invocation +RMO Relaxed Memory Ordering +RMPM rapid memory power management +RMS root mean square +RMW read, modify, write +RNG random number generator ROM read only memory +RPC remote procedure call +RPKI resource PKI +RPL requested privilege level RPM revolutions per minute +RPN reverse Polish notation +RPVST Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree +RR random replacement +RR round robin +RS relay station +RSA Rivest, Shamir, [and] Adleman +RSIP Realm Specific IP +RSN Robust Secure Network +RSS really simple syndication +RSS residual sum of squares +RSTP Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol +RT real time +RTC real time clock +RTC real time computing RTF rich text format +RTL register transfer language +RTL resistor-transistor logic +RTL right to left +RTOS real time operating system RTS request to send -RTT round time trip -S/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface +RTT round trip time +RUP rational unified process +RW Rabin-Williams +RWM read-write memory +RX {receive,receiver} +S/PDIF Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format +SA security advisory +SA security association +SA source address +SA structured analysis +SAAS software as a service SACD super audio compact disc +SAD security association database +SAL system abstraction layer SAM serial access memory -SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI) +SAM sum addressed memory +SAN storage area network +SAP service access point +SAPIC streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller +SASD structured analysis, structured design +SASI Shugart Associates System Interface +SASL simple authentication [and] security layer SATA serial advanced technology attachment -SCSI small computer system interface +SB sound blaster +SBU standard build unit +SC store conditional +SCA source code analyzer +SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition +SCC single chip cloud +SCC source code control +SCCS Source Code Control System +SCI scalable coherent interface +SCI system control interrupt +SCM software configuration management +SCM source code management +SCM storage-class memory +SCP secure copy +SCSI Small Computer System Interface +SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol +SDI symbol deinterleave +SDK software development kit +SDL Simple Declarative Language +SDL Simple Direct-media Layer +SDLC {software,system,systems} development life cycle +SDN software defined networking SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory +SDS software defined storage +SDT syntax-directed translation +SEGV segmentation violation +SEO search engine optimization +SFC sequential function chart +SFI simple firmware interface +SFI software fault isolation +SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol +SFTP Serial File Transfer Protocol +SFTP Simple File Transfer Protocol +SGMII serial gigabit media independent interface SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory +SHA secure hash algorithm +SIDH supersingular isogeny Diffie-Hellman +SIEM security information and event management SIFS short inter-frame space -SIP session initiation protocol +SIMD single instruction, multiple data +SIMM single inline memory module +SIP Session Initiation Protocol +SIR signal-to-interference ratio SIR slow infrared +SISD single instruction, single data +SLC single-level cell SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory +SLED single large expensive disk +SLI scalable link interface +SLI scan-line interleave +SLOC source lines of code +SLRU segmented LRU +SMA smart memory access +SMAF system management action field +SMAP Simple Mail Access Protocol +SMAP supervisor mode access prevention SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology +SMBIOS System Management BIOS +SMC system management controller +SMEP supervisor mode execution protection +SMF single mode fiber +SMI structure of management information +SMI system management interrupt +SMM system management mode SMP symmetric multiprocessing -SMTP simple mail transfer protocol -SNMP simple network management protocol +SMT simultaneous multithreading +SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol +SMU system management unit +SNAP Sub-Network Access Protocol +SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol +SNR signal-to-noise ratio +SOA service oriented architecture +SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol +SOC system on chip +SOF start of frame +SOH start of header +SOHO small office/home office +SOL serial over LAN +SP service pack +SP stack pointer +SPARC scalable processor architecture +SPARQL SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language +SPD security policy database SPD serial presence detect +SPDIF Sony/Philips digital interface format +SPI serial peripheral interface +SPI stateful packet inspection +SPL system interrupt priority level +SPL spinlock +SPMD single process, multiple data +SPR special purpose register +SPT sectors per track +SQA software quality assurance +SQL Structured Query Language SRAM static random access memory +SRC sample rate conversion +SS self-snoop +SS stack segment +SSA static single assignment +SSAP source service access point +SSB single-sideband modulation +SSD solid state drive +SSE streaming SIMD extensions SSFDC solid state floppy disc card SSH secure shell +SSI server side includes +SSID service set identifier SSL secure sockets layer +SSP stack smashing protection +STC software thermal control +STD state transition diagram +STP Spanning Tree Protocol STP shielded twisted pair -SVGA super video graphics array +SUS Single Unix Specification +SUT system under test +SVG scalable vector graphics +SVGA Super Video Graphics Array +SVM secure virtual machine +SVM support vector machine +SVR System V Release +SVS Separate Virtual Space +SWF Shockwave Flash +SWIG simplified wrapper [and] interface generator +SYR symbol timing recovery +TA test assertion +TA transmitter address +TAI international atomic time +TAO track at once +TAOCP The Art of Computer Programming +TAP Test Anything Protocol +TAS test and set +TB terabyte +TCB trace capture buffer +TCB trusted computing base +TCC thermal control circuit TCL tool command language -TCP transmission control protocol +TCP Transmission Control Protocol +TCQ tagged command queueing +TDC time [to] digital converter TDD test driven development +TDD time division duplex +TDM time division multiplexing +TDMA time division multiple access +TDOA time difference of arrival +TDP thermal design {point,power} +TECO Text Editor and Corrector TFT thin film transistor +TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol +TIAS try it and see TIFF tagged image file format +TITS try it to see +TK temporal key +TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TLA top level aggregator -TLB transition lookaside buffer +TLB translation lookaside buffer TLD top level domain +TLS thread local storage +TLS transport layer security +TM Turing machine +TM thermal monitor TMDS transition minimized differential signaling +TMO timeout +TOD time of day +TOS terms of service +TOS trusted operating system +TOS type of service +TP transaction processing +TPI tracks per inch +TPM transactions per minute +TPM trusted platform module +TPR task priority register +TPS transactions per second +TPS transmission parameters signaling +TR task register TR token ring +TRL timing recovery loop +TRNG true random number generator +TS terminal services +TS time series +TS time stamp +TS transport stream +TSC time stamp counter +TSD time stamp disable +TSL test, set, lock +TSO time sharing option +TSO Total Store Ordering +TSP Time-Stamp Protocol +TSP Tunnel Setup Protocol +TSP time synchronization protocol +TSP traveling salesman problem +TSS task state segment TTL time to live +TTL transistor-transistor logic +TTM translation table maps TTY teletype +TUI {terminal,text-based,textual} user interface +TX {transmit out,transmitter} TZ time zone +UAC user {access,account} control +UAF use-after-free UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter +UAT user acceptance testing +UB undefined behavior UC uncacheable -UDO ultra density optical (storage) -UDP user datagram protocol -UFS unix file system +UCS uniform-cost search +UDMA ultra DMA +UDO ultra density optical +UDP User Datagram Protocol +UEFI unified extensible firmware interface +UFS Unix File System +UGA universal graphics adapter +UI unit interval +UI user interface +UID unique identifier +UID user identifier +UL upload +UMA uniform memory access +UMA upper memory area +UMB upper memory block UML unified modeling language +UMPC ultra-mobile PC +UPNP universal plug and play UPS uninterruptible power supply URI uniform resource identifier URL uniform resource locator +URN uniform resource name USART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter USB universal serial bus USWC uncacheable speculative write combining +UT unit test +UTC coordinated universal time UTP unshielded twisted pair -UUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol +UUCP Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol +UUID universally unique identifier +UUOC useless use of cat +UUT unit under test +UX user experience +VA vertical alignment +VA virtual address +VA volt-ampere VAX virtual address extension +VB Visual Basic +VCA variable-gain amplifier +VCC common collector voltage +VCF voltage-controlled filter VCM virtual channel memory -VESA video electronics standards association -VGA video graphics array +VCO voltage-controlled oscillator +VCS version control system +VESA Video Electronics Standards Association +VFO variable-frequency oscillator +VG volume group +VGA Video Graphics Array +VHDCI very high density cable interconnect +VID voltage level identifier +VIPT virtually indexed, physically tagged +VIVT virtually indexed, virtually tagged VLAN virtual local area network -VLSM variable length subnetting mask -VM virtual memory +VLIW very long instruction word +VLSI very large scale integration +VLSM variable length subnet mask +VM virtual {machine,memory} +VME virtual mode extension +VMX vector multimedia extensions +VMX virtual machine extensions +VOD video on demand VPN virtual private network +VR virtual reality VRAM video random access memory +VRF virtual routing and forwarding +VRM voltage regulator module +VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol +VSTP VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol +VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol +W watt +W3C World Wide Web Consortium WAN wide area network -WAP wireless application protocol +WAP Wireless Application Protocol +WAP wireless access point +WDT watchdog timer +WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy +WFI wait for interrupt +WFQ weighted fair queuing +WH write hit +WIFI wireless fidelity WLAN wireless local area network +WM write miss +WMI Windows Management Instrumentation +WOL Wake-on-LAN +WOM Wake-on-Modem +WOR Wake-on-Ring +WORM write once read many +WP WordPerfect +WP word processor +WP write protect +WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access +WPA2 Wi-Fi Protected Access II +WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup WRAM window random access memory +WS web services +WTC write through caching +WWAN wireless wide area network WWW world wide web +WYSIWYG what you see is what you get +XBAR crossbar +XDMCP X Display Manager control protocol XER XML encoding rules -XGA extended graphics array -XML extensible markup language +XGA Extended Graphics Array +XIP execute in place +XML Extensible Markup Language +XOR exclusive or +XP extreme programming +XSI X/Open System Interface XSL extensible stylesheet language +XSS cross site scripting XT extended technology +XUL XML user interface language +YACC yet another compiler compiler +YAWPFAPR you are welcome; please file a problem report +YP Yellow Pages +YTD year to date +ZBR zone bit recording ZFOD zero-filled on demand +ZIF zero insertion force +ZIFS zero insertion force socket +ZMA zone multicast address