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hereby granted of Transmission Block ETC Electronic Toll Collection + Enhanced Throughput Cellular (modem protocol) [AT&T] ETF Enriched Text Format ETOM Electron-Trapping Optical Memory ETPL Endorsed Tempest Products List ETS Econometric Time Series ETX End Of Text EU Execution Unit EUC End User Computing + Extended Unix Code [IBM] EUDORA (Named after author of Digital ADA Automatic Data Acquisitions + (Programming Language named after Augusta Ada Lovelace) ADB Apple Desktop Bus ADC Adaptive Data Compression (protocol) [Hayes] + Add with Carry + Analog to download BABEL. the original name for Uniform Security Identification Procedures [U.S. Treasury] CUT Control Unit Terminal CUTE Clarkston University Terminal Emulator CUU Cursor Up CVF Compressed Volume File CVGA Color Video Graphics Array CVIA Computer Virus Industry Association CVT Convert CVW CodeView for Windows EDP Electronic Data Processing EDPM Electronic Data Processing Machine EDRAM Eraseable/Extended Dynamic Random Access Memory EDS Electronic Data Systems (corporation) EDSAC * Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer .EDU Educational Institutions (Domain Name) [Internet] EDVAC * Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (First stored-program digital computer) EE Extended Edition [IBM] EEC Extended Error Correction EEG Electroencephalogram EEL Epsilon Extension Language EEM Extended Memory Management EEMAC Electrical & Electronic Manufacturers of Internetworked Bases of Imaging Service Bureaus AISP Association of Shareware Professionals .ASP Active Server Page (file name extension) ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface [Adaptec] ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System ASR Address Space Register + Automatic Send-Receive + Automatic Speech Recognition AST AST Research, Inc. (named from first initials of this company was changed to Tablet Coordinates (converting) DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus DQL Data Query Language DR Data Received D/R Direct or another in magazines, newspapers, handbooks, etc. They apply to binary format (.COM) file EXM Enterprise Messaging Exchange [Lotus] EXP Exponent EXT External EXTRN External Reference E-ZINE Electronic Magazine A Glossary D/A Digital to any public institution to convert an (.EXE) file to computers....where the following Abbreviations and Acronyms were used and their meanings were either not known to Digital Converter ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures ADD Automatic Document Detection [WordPerfect] ADF Automatic Document Feeder + Automatically Defined Function .ADF Adapter Description File (file name extension) ADI AutoCad/AutoDesk Device Interface (driver) ADL Address Data Latch ADLAT Adaptive Lattice Filter ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression [IBM] + Asynchronous Data Link Control ADMACS Apple Document Management And Conrol System ADMD Administrative Management Domain [X.400] .ADN Add In Utility (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] ADO Active Data Objects ADP Automatic Data Processing ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation ADR Address ADS Application Development Solutions [AT&T] + Application Development System + Automatic Distribution System ADSC Address Status Changed + Adobe Document Structuring Conventions ADSI Active Directory Service Interface [Microsoft] + Analog Display Services Interface ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ADSP Apple Datastream Protocol ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release ADT Abstract Data Type + Application Data Types ADU Automatic Dialing Unit AE Above on Data System Languages (Group that Web [Internet] ALN Asynchronous Learning Network ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc. ALT Alternate (mode) ALT. Alternate lifestyle [USENET Newsgroup Category] ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit AMA Automatic Message Accounting AMANDDA Automated Messaging and Directory Assistance AMD Active Matrix Display + Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMI Alternate Mark Inversion + American Megatrends, Inc. AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture [Everex Systems] AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service ANCOVA Analysis of story: "Why I Live at the P.O.", Ms. Eudora Welty) EUI End-User Interface EVE Extensible VAX Editor EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array + Extended Video Graphics Adapter EWAN Emulator Without A Good Name [Internet] EWS Employee Written Software [IBM] ExCA Exchangeable Card Architecture [Intel] .EXE Executable (file name extension) EXE2BIN Program used to redistribute BABEL; ONLY in its entirety and provided it is not in the entries and let me have your feedback. If you find errors or Equal BLER Block Error BLK Block BLMC Buried Logic Macrocell BLOB Binary Large Object BLOS Branch if Lower Or Same BMI Branch if Minus BMIC BusMaster Interface Controller [Intel] BMP Basic Mapping Support + Batch Message Processing Program .BMP Bitmap (file name extension) [Paintbrush Format] BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman (connector used with coaxial cable invented by your desk (See NOTE 2). Either way, you will have an outstanding reference, immediately available. BABEL is now known as Cable TV) CAU Controlled Access Unit CAV Constant Angular Velocity CAVE Computer Automatic Virtual Environment CBC Cipher Block Chaining CBCR Channel Byte Count Register CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data Service CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association CBGA Ceramic Ball Grid Array CBI Computer Based Instruction\Instrumentation CBL Computer Based Learning .CBL COBOL source code (file name extension) CBMS Computer-Based Mail System CBR Case Based Reasoning + Constant Bit Rate CBT Computer Based Training CBW Convert Byte to keep you up-to-date. See APPENDIX A is distributed without ANY modification, to a AA Auto Answer AAB All-to-All Broadcast AAL Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaption Layer AAP Applications Access Point [DEC] AAS All-to-All Scatter AASP ASCII Asynchronous Support Package AAT Average Access Time ABC * Atanasoff-Berry Computer (First digital calculating machine that designed COBOL) CODE Client-Server Open Development Environment CODEC Coder/Decoder + Compression/Decompression COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer COFF Common Object File Format [Unix] COGO Coordinate Geometry (Programming Language) COL Collision + Computer Oriented Language COLD Computer Output to Word CBX Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange CC Cluster Controller CC: Carbon Copy CCD Charged-Coupled Device CCFT Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube CCI Common Client Interface CCITT Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique/ Consultative Committee for Communications [IBM] CPIO Copy In and Out [Unix] CPL Current Privilege Level .CPL Control Panel (file name extension) CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device CPM Critical Path Method CP/M Control Program for Addition DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting DAC Data Acquisition and Control + Digital to Laser Disk COLL Collision COM Component Object Model [Microsoft] + Computer Output Microfilm .COM Command (file name extension) + Commercial Business (Domain Name) [Internet] COM1 First serial Port (asynchronous port) COM2 Second serial Port COM3 Third serial Port COM4 Fourth serial Port COMDEX Computer Dealers Exposition COMET Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator COMP Compare + Communications COMP. Computers [USENET Newsgroup Category] COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation CON Console (includes Keyboard and Screen) COND Condition CONFIG Configuration CONS Connection-Oriented Network Service CONTONE Continuous Tone COPICS Communications Oriented Production Information and Control System [IBM] COR Common Object Runtime CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture CoREN Corporation for Thomas J. Watson, Sr.) CTRL Control CTS Clear To Send + Computer Telephony Solution [IBM] + Customer Telephone System CTSS * Compatible Time Sharing System CUA Common User Access [IBM] CUB Cursor Backward CUD Cursor Down CUE Custom Updates and Extras (card) [Egghead Software] CUF Cursor Forward CUI Character-Oriented User Interface + Common User Interface [IBM] CUP Cursor Position CUPID Completely Universal Processor I/O Design [AST] .CUR Cursor (file name extension) CUSIP Committee for Networked Information and Retrieval CNN Composite Network Node CNR Carrier to Analog Converter + Dual Attachment Concentrator DAD Desktop Application Director [Borland] DAE Digital Audio Extraction DAI Distributed Artificial Intelligence DAL Data Access Language [Apple Computer] + Disk Access Lockout DAM Data Acquisition and Monitoring DAMPS Digital AMPS DAO Data Access Object [Microsoft] DAP Data Access Protocol [DEC] + Developer Assistance Program DAPIE Developers Application Programming Interface Extensions DARI Database Application Remote Interface [IBM] DARMS Digital Alternate Realization of EIA) DIO Data Input-Output DIP Dialup Internet Protocol [Internet] + Digital Imaging Processing + Dual In-line Package + Dual In-line Pin DIR Directory (file) DIS Draft International Standard + Dynamic Impedance Stabilization [CompuCom] DISA Data Interchange Standards Association + Direct Inward System Access DISP Displacement (offset) DIT Directory Information Tree DIV Divide DIVE Direct Interface Video Extension [OS/2 Warp] DIW D-Inside Wire [AT&T] .DIZ Description In Zip (file name extension) DL Download (also D/L) DL/1 Data Manipulation Language 1 [IBM] DLC Data Link Control (protocol) [IBM] + Distributed Loop Carrier DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier DLD Display List Driver DLE Data Link Escape DLL Dynamic Link Library DLM Distributed Lock Manager + Dynamic Link Module DLP Digital Light Processing [TI] DLR DOS LAN Requester DLS Data Link Switching [IBM] DLT Digital Linear Tape DM Distributed Memory DMA Direct Memory Access/Addressing + Document Management Alliance DMAC DMA Controller DMACS Distributed Manufacturing Automation & Control Software DMD Digital Micromirror Device [TI] DME Direct Memory Execution + Distributed Management Environment DMF Distribution Media Format [Microsoft] DMI Desktop Management Interface DML Data Manipulation Language DMM Digital Multimeter DMMS Dynamic Memory Management System DMOS Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor DMP Dot Matrix Printer DMPC Distributed Memory Parallel Computer DMPP Distributed Memory Parallel Processor DMQS Display Mode Query and Set [IBM] DMS Data Management Software + Data/Document Management System DMSD Digital Multistandard Decoding DMSS Distributed Mass Storage System DMT Digital/Discrete Multi-Tone DMTF Desktop Management Task Force DMY Day Month Year DN Down DNC Direct Numerical Control DNIC Data Network Identification Code DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service DNS Domain Naming System DO Data Out + Distributed Objects .DOC Document + Documentation (file name extensions) DOCSV Data Over Circuit-Switched Voice DOE Distributed Objects Everywhere DOIP Dial Other Internet Providers [IBM] DO-IT Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology DOM Document Object Model DOMF Distributed Object Management Facility DOS Disk Operating System DOSEM DOS Emulation DOV Data Over Voice DOW Day Of Week DP Data Processing DPA Demand Protocol Architecture [3Com] + Document Printing Architecture DPAM Demand Priority Access Method DPAREN Data Parity Enable [IBM] DPB Drive Parameter Block DPC Direct Program Control DPI Distributed Protocol Interface + Dots Per Inch DPL Descriptor Privilege Level DPM Digital Panel Meter DPMA Data Processing Management Association DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface [Microsoft] DPMS Display Power Management Support DPO Data Phase Optimization DPS Document Processing System DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying DPtoTP Display Coordinates to Send + Code Segment C/S Client/Server CSA Calendaring and Scheduling API [IBM] CSAR Channel System Address Register CSCW Computer Supported Cooperative Work CSD Circuit-Switched Data + Computer Services Department + Corrective Service Diskette [IBM] CSDS Circuit Switched Data Service CSE Certified System Engineer CSFI Communication Subsystem For Interconnection CSG Constructive Solid Geometry + Consulting Services Group [Lotus] CSI Command Sequence Introducer + CompuServe Incorporated CSID Call Subscriber ID CSL Computer Sensitive Language CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol [Internet] CSM Code Set Map (file) + Communications Services Manager CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Detection CSMS Customer Support Management System CSN Card-Select Number CSNET Computer Science Network CSO Central Services Organization CSP Certified Systems Professional + Chip-Scale Packaging + Commercial Subroutine Package + CompuCom Speed Protocol [CompuCom] + Communicating Sequential Processes + Cross System Product [IBM] CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network CSRAM Custom Static RAM CSS * Continuous System Simulator (Language) CSS Cascading Style Sheet [Microsoft] + Contact Start-Stop CSSM Client-Server Systems Management [IBM] CS/SS Card Service/Socket Service CSTA Computer-Supported Telephony Applications CSU Channel Service/Switching Unit CSV Circuit-Switched Voice + Comma-Separated Value/Variable + Common Services Verbs (interface) [Microsoft] C&T Chips and Technologies CTB Cipher Type Byte CTC Channel To Channel CTCP Client-To-Client Protocol CTI Computer-Telephony Integration CTOS Computerized Tomography Operating System + Convergent Technologies Operating System CTPA Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter CTRCO * Calculating,Tabulating,Recording Company (The name of Musical Symbols DART Digital Audio Reconstruction Technology DAS Decimal Adjust for Printers ESD Electronic Software Distribution + Electrostatic Discharge ESDI Enhanced Small/System Device Interface ESDRAM Enhanced SDRAM ESF Extended Superframe ESI End System Identifier + Enhanced Serial Interface (specification) [Hayes] ESMR Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio ESN Electronic Security Number ESP Emulation Sensing Processor + Encapsulating Security Payload (header) + Enhanced Serial Port [Hayes] + Enhanced Service Provider + Estimated Selling Price ESR Event Service Routine ESS Electronic Switching System ESU Electro-Static Unit ET Enhancement Technology ETACS Extended Total Access Communication System [IBM] ETANN Electrically Trainable Analog Neural Network (chip) [Intel] ETB End of Information Systems Professionals AIT Advanced Intelligent Tape (drive) [Sony] AIX Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM] ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuits + Automatic Level Control ALE Address Latch Enable + Application Linking and Embedding ALGOL Algorithmic Oriented Language (see IAL) ALIBI Adaptive Location of Canada EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory EES Escrow Encryption Standard EFA Extended File Attribute EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation EFI Electromechanical Frequency Interference + Electronics For Imaging EFIGS English, French, Italian, German, Spanish EFL Emitter Follower Logic E-FORM Electronic Form EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol EGREP Extended Global Regular Expression Print [Unix] EHLLAPI Emulator High Level Language Application Programming Interface [IBM] EIA Electronic Industries Association EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics EIS Executive Information System EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture EJB Enterprise JavaBeans EL Electroluminescent (display) + Erase Line ELAN Emulated Local Area Network ELC Embedded Linking and Control ELF Executable and Linking Format + Extremely Low Frequency ELS Entry Level System EM Electronic Mail + Emphasized + End of Country Domain Names, see APPENDIX C. BABEL is noted. For brief interpretations of Covariance ANDF Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format ANI Automatic Number Identification .ANI Animated Cursor (file name extension) [Microsoft] ANN Artificial Neural Network .ANN Annotations (file name extension) [IBM] ANOVA Analysis Of Variance ANSI American National Standards Institute ANX Automotive Network Exchange [Chrysler/Ford/ General Motors] AO Analog Output AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment AO/DI Always On/Dynamic ISDN AOE Application Operating Environment [AT&T] AOL America Online AOS Add Or Subtract AP Adjunct Processor + Application Processor A/P Accounts Payable APA Adaptive Packet Assembly + All Points Addressable + Arithmetic Processing Accelerator APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report [IBM] APAREN Address Parity Enable [IBM] APCUG Association or floppy disk or Comments..Send e-mail One Church Lane to: ikind@mcimail.com Baltimore, MD 21208 USA Jan 1999 version = 99A Jan 2000 version = 00A May 1999 version = 99B May 2000 version = 00B Sep 1999 version = 99C Sep 2000 version = 00C
BACP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol BAK Binary Adaptation Kit [Microsoft] .BAK Backup (file name extension) BAL Basic Assembly Language BALUN Balanced Unbalanced (device) BAM Boyan Action Module BAPI Business Application Programming Interface [SAP] BARTS Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing .BAS Basic Language (file name extension) BASH Bourne Again Shell [Unix] BASIC Beginner"s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BASM Built-In Assembler BAT Block Address Translation .BAT Batch Processing (file name extension) BBS Bulletin Board System BCC Block Check Character BCC: Blind Carbon Copy BCD Binary Coded Decimal B-CHANNEL Bearer Channel BCL Batch Command Language BCN Beacon BCP Best Current Practice + Bulk Copy Program BCPL Basic Computer Programming Language BCR Byte Count Register BCS Bar Code Sorter BDA Bios Data Area BDC Backup Domain Controller BDE Borland Database Engine [Borland] BDLS Bidirectional Loop Switching BDOS Basic Disk Operating System BDR Bus Device Request BDSL Broadband ADSL BE Below or Equal BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification BEDO Burst Extended Data Out BEL Bell BELLCORE Bell Communications Research BER Basic Encoding Rules + Bit Error Rate BERT Bit Error Rate Test/Tester BF Bad Flag B/F Background/Foreground BFF Binary File Format [IBM] BFT Binary File Transfer BFTP Batch FTP BGA Ball Grid Array BGCOLOR Background Color [HTML] BGE Branch if Greater or were not immediately available. I have actually seen (or have been told about) these combinations of letters used at one time or Records Managers and Administrators ARP Address Resolution Protocol [Novell] ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ARPL Adjust Requested Privilege Level ARTA Apple Real Time Architecture ARTIC A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor [IBM] ARTS Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server .ARTS Cultural Groups (Domain Name) [Internet] ARTT Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal ARQ Automatic Repeat Request ARU Audio Response Unit AS Autonomous System [Internet] ASAI Adjunct Switch Application Interface [AT&T] ASAP As Soon As Possible + Automatic Switching And Processing AS3AP ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable .ASC ASCII text (file name extension) ASCC * Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator [IBM] ASCII American Standard Code for Mainframe Operations COSS Common Object Services Specification COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf CP Copy Protected CPA Certified Public Accountant CPC Constant Point Calculation CPCS Check Processing Control System [IBM] CPE Central Processing Element + Customer Premises Equipment + Customer Provided Equipment .CPE Cover Page (file name extension) CPG Clock Pulse Generator CPI Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction + Common Programming Interface [IBM] .CPI Code Page Information (file name extension) [MS-DOS] CPI-C Common Programming Interface for Windows CWD Convert Word to used vacuum tubes) ABEND Abnormal End ABI Application Binary Interface ABIOS Advanced BIOS ABIST Automatic Built-In Self-Test [IBM] ABLE Adaptive Battery Life Extender ABR Available Bit Rate ABRS Automated Book Request System [British Library] ABS Address Book Synchronization [IBM] + Absolute ABT Abort ABTS ASCII Block Terminal Services AC Autocheck + Automatic Computer + Alternating Current ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol ACC Accumulator ACCMAIL Accessing the partial list of PC User Groups APDU Application Protocol Data Units API Application Program Interface APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (bus) [Intel] APIS Advanced Passenger Information System APL * A Programming Language (Mathematics) APM Advanced Power Management [IBM] APNIC Asia-Pacific Network Information Center [Internet] APOP Authenticated Post Office Protocol .APP Application (file name extension) [R:Base] APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communications [IBM] APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking APPLETS Applications APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking [IBM] APPS Applications APRP Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing APS Advanced Photo System + Advanced Printing Service [IBM] Asynchronous Protocol Specification APSE ADA Programming Support Environment APT Address Pass Through + Advanced Parallel Technology + Automatically Programmed Tools A/R Accounts Receivable ARA AppleTalk Remote Access ARAG Antireflective-Antiglare ARAS Antireflective-Antistatic .ARC Archive (file name extension) ARCA Advanced RISC Computing Architecture ARCnet Attached Resource Computer Network .ARJ Compressed File (file name extension) [Jung] ARL Adjusted Ring Length ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited ARM Advanced RISC Machine (processor) + Annotated Reference Manual + Asynchronous Response Mode ARMA Association of Research Libraries [Internet] CAS Column Address Select + Communications Application Specification + Computer Aided Styling CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering CASL Crosstalk Application Scripting Language [DCA] CASS Computer Assisted Search Service CASSIS Classified and Search Support Information System CAT Computer Adaptive Test + Computer Aided Testing + Computer Aided Tomography + Computer Aided Transcription + Concatenate .CAT Catalog (file name extension) CATS Computer Assisted Training System CAT SCAN Computerized Axial Tomography Scan CATV Community Antenna Television (this was the public domain. Permission is Information and Image Management AIN Advanced Intelligent Network [Bell Atlantic] AIR Architecture Implementation Review AIS Automated Identification System [NCIC] + Automated Information Systems AISB Association of Science (Degree) in Computer Science BSD Berkely Software/Standard Distribution BSF Bit Scan Forward BSI British Standards Institute BSM Basic Storage Module [IBM] BSP Bulk Synchronous Parallelism BSR Bit Scan Reverse BS-RAM Burst Static RAM BSS Block Started by Symbol BSV BASIC Bsave Graphics (file name extension) BSY Busy BSYNC Binary Synchronous Communications (protocol) BT Bit Test BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method [IBM] BTB Branch Target Buffer BTC Bit Test and Complement BTOA Binary To ASCII BTP Batch Transfer Program BTR Bit Test and Reset BTS Bit Test and Set BU Branch Unit BUBL Bulletin Board for Computing Machinery Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft] ACMS Application Control Management System ACP Ancillary Control Program + Auxiliary Control Process ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACR Allowed Cell Rate ACROSS Automated Cargo Release and Operations Service System ACS Access + Access Control Set + Access Control System + * Advanced Computer System [IBM] + Anti Curl System + Asynchronous Communication Server ACTS Automated Computer Time Service ACTT Advanced Communication and Timekeeping Technology [Seiko] ACU Automatic Calling Unit ACVC Ada Compiler Validation Capacity A/D Analog to personal computers, multimedia, communications, programming, networking, etc......you name it. This glossary can never be considered complete so look over to address shown below. And please remember to "International Business Machines" by John Backus and Peter Naur] BNS Backbone Network Service BO Binary Output BoB Break-out Box BOC Basic Operator Console BOF Beginning Of File BOM Basic Online Memory [IBM] + Beginning Of Message BOND Bandwidth On Demand BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol [Internet] BOPS Billion Operations Per Second BORPQU Borland Pro Quattro BORQU Borland Quattro BOS Basic Operating System BOT Beginning Of Table + Beginning of information) EBC EISA Bus Controller EBCT Electron Beam Computed Tomography EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code [IBM] EBI Equivalent Background Input + Extended Background Investigation EBNF Extended Backus-Naur Form EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer EC Electronic Commerce + Error Control ECAL Enjoy Computing And Learn ECAT Electronic Card Assembly and Test [IBM] ECB Electronic Codebook + Event Control Block ECC Elliptic Curve Crypto + Error Check Code + Error Checking and Correction + Error Correction Code ECD Enhanced Color Display + Enhanced Compact Disk ECHO European Commission Host Organization [Internet] ECI External Call Interface ECL Emitter Coupled Logic ECM Electronic Control Module ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association ECNE Enterprise Certified NetWare Engineer [Novell] ECP Enhanced/Extended Capabilities Port [Microsoft] ECS Enhanced Chip Set ECTL Electronic Communal Temporal Lobe ECU EISA Configuration Utility ED Erase Display EDA Electronic Design Automation + Embedded Document Architecture [Go Corporation] EDB Embedded Database EDC Electronic Digital Computer + Enhanced Data Correction + Error Detection and Correction EDDC Extended Distance Data Cable EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval EDI Electronic Data Interchange + Electronic Document Interchange [DEC] EDIF Electronic Design Interchange Format EDIFACT EDI for Systems and Services + Custom Local-Area Signaling Services CLC Clear Carry Flag CLD Clear Direction Flag CLEC Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLI Call-Level Interface + Clear Interrupt Flag + Client Library Interface + Command Line Interface CLIB C Library CLID Calling Line Identification CLIST Command List CLK Clock CLNP Connectionless Network Protocol CLOS Common Lisp Object System CLP Cell Loss Priority + Constraint Logic Programming .CLP Clipboard (file name extension) [Windows] CLS Clear Screen CLSID Class Identifier CLTP Connectionless Transport Protocol CLTS Clear Task Switch Flag CLTV Constant Linear Time Velocity CLUI Command Line User Interface CLUT Color Look-Up Table CLV Constant Linear Velocity CM Centimeter + Control Mark + Corrective Maintenance CMA Concert Multi-thread Architecture CMC Common Mail Calls + Common Messaging Calls + Communication Management Configuration + Complement Carry Flag + Computer-Mediated Communication [Internet] CMD Circuit Mode Data .CMD Command (file name extension) CMF Creative Music Format CNIDR Clearinghouse for Information Interchange ASF Active/Advanced Streaming Format [Microsoft] ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology ASL Adaptive Speed Levelling ASLM Apple Shared Library Manager [Macintosh] .ASM Assembler Source Language (file name extension) ASMP Asymmetric Multprocessing ASN Abstract Syntax Notation + Autonomous System Number ASO Automated Systems Operations ASP Active Server Page [Microsoft] + Authorized Service Provider + Association of Information ALINK Active Link [HTML] ALIWEB Archie Like Indexing in the founders: Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey, Thomas Yuen) AS/U Advanced Server for Presentation Manager [IBM] + Enterprise Process Management [IBM] EPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPROM Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory + Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory .EPS Encapsulated PostScript (file name extension) EPSF Encapsulated PostScript Files ERA Extended Registry Attributes ERAS Electronic Routing and Approval System [Hughes Aircraft] ERD Emergency Repair Disk ERIC Educational Resources Information Center [Internet] ERLL Enhanced Run Length Limited ERMA * Electronic Recording Method, Accounting [General Electric] EROM Erasable Read Only Memory EROS Earth Resources Observation System [U.S. Geological Survey] ERP Enterprise Resource Planning ERR Error ER/RC Extended Result/Response Code ERU Emergency Recovery Utility [Microsoft] ES Extra Segment ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture [IBM] + European Space Agency ESC EISA System Component + Escape ESCD Extended System Configuration Data ESCM Extended Services Communications Manager [IBM] ESCON Enterprise System Connection (Architecture) [IBM] ESC/P Epson Standard Code for Font Information Interchange AFIRM Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System .AFM Adobe Font Metrics (file name extension) [Adobe Systems] AFP Advanced Function Presentation [IBM] + Appletalk Filing Protocol [Macintosh] AFS Andrew File System (protocols) AFTP Anonymous File Transfer Protocol AGA Advanced Graphics Adapter AGC Automatic Gain Control AGP Accelerated/Advanced Graphics Port AGRAS Antiglare-Antireflective-Antistatic AGU Address-Generation Unit AHS Automated Highway Systems AI Analog Input + Artificial Intelligence AIA Applications Integration Architecture [DEC] AIC AIXwindows Interface Composer [IBM] AIF Audio Interchange Format AIIM Association for sale brochures....all pertaining to me or published, or sold, without my express written permission. 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Irving Kind Additions, Corrections c/o K & D or Equal .BGI Borland Graphic Interface (file name extension) BGP Border Gateway Protocol BGT Branch if Greater Than BHI Branch if Higher BHIS Branch if Higher or Equal AEB Analog Expansion Bus [Dialogic] AEC Architecture, Engineering, Construction AES Advanced Encryption Standard AESA ATM End System Address AF Auxiliary carry Flag AFA Accelerated File Access AFC Automatic Font Change + Automatic Frequency Control AFD Automatic File Distribution AFDW Active Framework for Data Warehousing [Microsoft] AFI Authority and Format Identifier AFII Association for Parallel Systems CNC Computerized Numerical Control CNE Certified NetWare Engineer .CNF Configuration (file name extension) CNG Calling (tone) CNI Certified Novell Instructor [Novell] CNIDR Clearinghouse for Interoperable Systems ACK Acknowledgment ACL Access Control List ACM Association for Administration Commerce and Transport EDL Edit Decision List EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control EDLIN Editor (Line Text) EDMS Electronic Document Management System EDO Extended Data Out EDOS Enhanced DOS for Research and Enterprise Network COS Compatible Operating System COSE Combined Office Standard Environment + Common Open Software/Systems Environment COSMIC Computer Software Management and Information Center [NASA] COSMOS Computer System for Research and Education Networking CRF Cable Retransmission Facility + Cross Reference File CRI Color Reproduction Indices CR/LF Carriage Return/Line Feed CROM Control Read Only Memory CRT Cathode Ray Tube CRTC CRT Controller CRUD Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete CS Chip Select + Clear to Double Word + Change Working Directory [Internet] CWIS Campus Wide Information Service/System [Internet] + Community Wide Information Service/System [Internet] C2X Character To Hexadecimal [REXX] CYL Cylinder CYMK Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black (color model)
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First compiled when I became frustrated while reading magazine articles, help wanted ads and equipment for Microcomputers [Digital Research] CPS Characters Per Second + Cycles Per Second CPT Command Pass Through CPU Central Processing Unit CPW Commercial Processing Workload [IBM] CR Carriage Return CRAM Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement CRAYON Create Your Own Newspaper CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check .CRD Cardfile (file name extension) + Chord (music file name extension) CREN Computer Research Education Network + Corporation for International Telegraph and Telephone CCL Connection/Cursor Control Language CCP Console Command Processor CCS Common Command Set + Common Communications Services + Common Communications Support + Continuous Composite Servo .CCS Color Calibration System (file name extension) CCSD Cellular Circuit-Switched Data CD Carrier Detect + Change Directory + Collision Detection + Color Display + Compact Disk C/D Control Data C2D Character To Decimal [REXX] CDA Compound Document Architecture [DEC] CDBT Compact Disk-Based Training CDC Control Data Corporation CD_CHRDY Card Channel Ready [IBM] CD-DA Compact Disk -Digital Audio CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface CDE Common Desktop Environment + Complex Data Entry CD-E Compact Disk - Erasable CDF Channel Definition Format .CDF Comma Delimited Format (file name extension) CDFS Compact Disc File System [Microsoft] CD+G Compact Disk plus Graphics CD-I Compact Disk - Interactive CDIA Certified Document Imaging Architect CDL Computer Design Language CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CDMF Commercial Data Masking Facility [IBM] CD-MO Compact Disk - Magneto Optical CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data CDR Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording + Common Data Representation CD-R Compact Disk - Recordable CDRAM Cache DRAM CD-RDx Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory CD-RTOS Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System CD-RW Compact Disk - Re-Writable CDS Current Directory Structure CDSA Common Data Security Architecture CDSL Consumer Digital Subscriber Line [Rockwell] .CDT Corel Draw Template (file name extension) CD-V Compact Disk - Video CD-WO Compact Disk - Write Once .CDX Compound Index (file name extension) [Fox Pro] CD-XA Compact Disk - Extended Architecture CE Cache Enable + Chip Enable + Collision Elimination + Convert Enable CEG Continuous Edge Graphics CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference CELP Card Edge Low Profile (socket) [Intel] CEMS Constituent Electronic Mail System CEOP Conditional End Of Page CER Canonical Encoding Rules CERN The European Particle Physics Laboratory (initials originally from Conseil European pour la Recherche Nucleaire) CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CFB Cipher Feedback + Configurable Function Block .CFG Configuration (file name extension) CFM Code Fragment Manager [Macintosh] + Cubic Feet Per Minute CFR Computerized Facial Recognition CFS Caching/Common File System CFV Call For Votes [Bitnet] CG Control Gate CGA Color Graphics Adapter CGE Common Graphics Environment CGI Computer Generated Images + Computer Graphics Interface CGI-BIN Common Gateway Interface - Binary .CGM Computer Graphics Metafile (file name extension) + Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] CGS Continuous-Grain Silicon CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAR Character CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology [Internet] CHCK Channel Check CHCP Change Code Page CHDIR Change Directory CHFN Change Finger [Unix] CHGRP Change Group CHIPS Clearinghouse Interbank Payments System .CHK CHKDSK (file name extension) CHKDSK Check Disk CHMOD Change Mode CHOWN Change Owner CHP Chapter CHR Character CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform CHS Cylinder Head Sector CI Component Interface CIA Current Instruction Address CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability CICS/VS Customer Information Control System/ Virtual Storage [IBM] CID Charge-Injection Device + Configuration/Installation/Distribution CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIF Common Interchange/Intermediate Format + Crystallographic Information File + Customer Information Feed CIFS Common Internet File System CIM Common Information Model + CompuServe Information Manager + Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIO Chief Information Officer CIOCS Communication Input/Output Control System CIP Command Interface Port + Common Indexing Protocol CIR Committed Information Rate CIRC Circular Reference + Cross-Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code CIS Card Information Structure + Client Information System + CompuServe Information Service + Computer Information Systems + Contact Image Sensor + Customer Information System CISC Complex Instruction Set Computing CIT Computer-Integrated Telephony CIVR Computer and Interactive Voice Response CIX Commercial Internet Exchange + Compulink Information Exchange CJLI Command Job Language Interpreter CKD Count Key Data (device) CLAR Channel Local Address Register CLASS Client Access to also include this opening page, copyright and version notices and format. 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Keep BABEL on Reverse DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DRAW Direct Read After Write DR.BOND Dial-up Router Bandwidth On Demand [NEC] DRDA Distributed Relational Database Architecture [IBM] DR-DOS Digital Research-Disk Operating System DRDW Direct Read During Write DRI Digital Research Incorporated DRM Distributed Resource Management DRO Data Request Output + Destructive Read-Out DRS Document Registration System .DRS Driver Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect] DRV Drive .DRV Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DVR) .DRW Draw + Drawing (file name extensions) DS Data Segment + Data Send + Data Server + Double Sided D/S Dhrystone Per Second DSA Digital Signature Algorithm + Directory System Agent DSAP Destination Service Access Point DSD Direct Stream Digital [Sony-Philips] DSDD Double Sided, Double Density (diskette) DSE Data Storage Equipment DSEA Display Station Emulation Adapter DSECT Dummy Control Section DSHD Double Sided, High Density (diskette) DSIS Distributed Support Information Standard DSL Digital Subscriber Line + Dynamic Simulation Language DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer DSMA Digital Sense Multiple Access DSN Delivery Service Notification DSOM Distributed System Object Model DSP Digital Signal Processing/Processor + Directory Synchronization Protocol [Lotus] DSQD Double Sided, Quad Density (diskette) DSR Data Set Ready + Device Status Register + Device Status Report DSS Decision Support System + Digital Signature Standard DSSI Digital Standard Systems Interconnect [DEC] DSSS Direct-Sequencing Spread Spectrum DSSSL Document Style Semantics and Specifications Language DSTN Double Supertwisted Nematic DSU Data Service/Switching Unit + Digital Service Unit DSVD Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data DSW Data Status Word + Device Status Word DSX Digital Signals Cross-Connect D2T2 Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (printing) DTA Disk Transfer Area .DTA Data (file name extension) DTC Desktop Conferencing DTD Document Type Definition DTE Data Terminal Equipment + Dumb Terminal Emulator DTF Distributed Test Facility DTL Dialogue Tag Language [IBM] + Diode-Transistor Logic DTMF Data Tone Multiple Frequency + Dual Tone Multifrequency DTP Desktop Publishing + Distributed Transaction Process DTR Data Terminal Ready + Data Transfer Rate DTSS Dartmouth Time Sharing System DTV Desktop Video + Digital Television DTVC Desktop Video Conferencing DU Disk Usage DUA Directory User Agent DUAT Direct User Access Terminal DUN Dial-Up Networking [Microsoft] DUNCE Dial Up Network Connection Enhancement .DV DESQview Script (file name extension) DVC Desktop Video Conferencing DVD Digital Video Disk DVD-R Digital Video Disk-Recordable DVD-RAM Digital Versitile Disc-RAM DVD-ROM Digital Versitile Disc-ROM DVE Digital Video Effect DVI Digital Video Interactive .DVI Device Independent (file name extension) DVMRP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol [Internet] .DVR Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DRV) DW Data Warehousing DWDM Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexer DWG Drawing DWMT Discrete Wavelet Multitone D2X Decimal To Hexadecimal [REXX] .DXB Drawing Interchange Binary (file name extension) [AutoCAD] DXC Data Exchange Control DXF Drawing Exchange Format DXI Data Exchange Interface DYNSRC Dynamic Source
C C Programming Language .C C source code (file name extension) [C] CA Collision Avoidance .CAB Cabinet (file name extension) [Microsoft] CAD Computer Aided Design CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting CADE Client/server Application Development Environment CAE Client Application Enabler + Common Applications Environment + Computer Aided Engineering CAEX Computer Aided Exploration CAG Column Address Generator CAI Computer Aided Instruction CAIRN Collaborative Advanced Interagency Research Network CAL Calendar + Client Access License + Computer Aided Learning CALS Computer-Aided Acquisition in Logistic Support CAM Common Access Method + Computer Aided Manufacturing + Contents Addressable Memory CAN Cancel CAP Carrierless Amplitude and Phase-Modulation + Central Arbitration Point + Communication Application Platform + Competitive Access Provider + Computer Aided Publishing .CAP Capture (file name extension) CAPD Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities [Johns Hopkins University] CAPE Concurrent Art-to-Product Environment CAPS Capitals (Upper Case Letters) + Cassette Programming System CARL Colorado Alliance of Medium + Expanded Memory EMA Electronic Mail Association + Enterprise Management Architecture EMACS Editing Macros [Unix] E-MAIL Electronic Mail EMB Extended Memory Block [LIM/AST] EMBARC Electronic Mail Broadcast to Analog DAA Data Access Arrangement + Decimal Adjust for Network Information and Discovery and Retrieval [Internet] CMIP Common Management Information Protocol CMIS Common Management Information Services/System CML Chemical Markup Language + Conceptual Modelling Language + Computer Managed Learning + Current Mode Logic CMM Capability Maturity Model CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management Software CMMU Cache/Memory Management Unit [Motorola] CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor CMOV Conditional Move CMP Compare + Computer CMPS Compare word String CMS Code Management System + Compiler Monitor System + Conversation Monitor System CMVC Configuration Management Version Control [IBM] CMW Compartmented Mode Workstation CMY Cyan-Magenta-Yellow (color model) CMYK Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model) CNA Certified NetWare Administrator [Novell] CNAPS Co-Processing Node Architecture for methods that may be used to Reference Services + Electronic Authoring and Routing System [DEC] + Explicit Archive and Retrieval System [Langley Research] EATA Enhanced AT Bus Attachment EAX Environmental Audio Extensions [Creative] EB Exabyte (1,024 petabytes) (One Billion Billion characters of Information Marker .BIN Binary (file name extension) BINAC * Binary Automatic Computer BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain BINHEX Binary Hexadecimal BIOS Basic Input/Output System BIS Business Information System BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network BIST Built-In Self-Test BiSYNC (See BSYNC) BIT Binary Digit BITNET Because It"s Time Network BITNIC Bitnet Network Information Center BIU Bus Interface Unit BIW Business Intelligence Warehouse [SAP] BIX Byte Information Exchange (BBS) BIZ. Business [USENET Newsgroup Category] .BK! Backup (file name extension) [WordPerfect] .B~K Backup (file name extension) BKSP Backspace BL Backlit + Bit Line BLAST Blocked Asynchronous Transmission (protocol) [Communications Research Group] .BLD BASIC Bload Graphics (file name extension) BLE Branch if Less or Same BI Binary Input .BIB Bibliography (file name extension) BiDi Bi-Directional BIFET Bipolar Field Effect Transistor BIFF Binary Interchange File Format BIM Beginning of Tape + Robot BP Base Pointer BPB BIOS Parameter Block BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit BPI Bits Per Inch BPL Branch if Plus BPP Bits Per Pixel BPS Bits Per Second + Bytes Per Second BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying BR Bad Register BRGC Binary Reflected Gray Code BRI Basic Rate Interface + Brain Response Interface BS Backspace BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method BSC Binary Synchronous Communication .BSC Boyan Script (file name extension) [Boyan Communications] BSCS Bachelor of "smiley faces" and other informal expressions used in electronic mail messages, see APPENDIX B. For a Roaming Computer [Motorola] EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility + Enhanced Memory Chip + E-Mail Connection + Extended Math Coprocessor EMI Electromagnetic Interference .EML Electronic Mail (file name extension) EMM Expanded Memory Manager EMR Electro-Magnetic Radiation + Enhanced Metafile Record EMS Electronic Mail System + Electronic Message Service + Expanded Memory Specification [LIM] EMSAPI Extended Messaging Services Application Programming Interface EMWAC European Microsoft Windows NT Academic Centre .ENC Encoded (file name extension) ENDEC Encoder/Decoder ENDS Ends Segment ENIAC * Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer (First fully electronic digital computer) ENQ Enquiry ENSS Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet] EOA End Of Address EOB End Of Block EOC End Of Conversion EOF End Of File + Enterprise Objects Framework [Next Computer] EOI End Of Interrupt + End Or Identify EOJ End Of Job EOL End Of Line + End Of List EOM End Of Message EOR Exclusive OR (Also XOR) EOS Earth Observing System [NASA] + End Of String EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System [NASA] EOT End Of Table + End Of Tape (marker) + End Of Text + End Of Transmission EP Electrophotographic Engine EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing EPL Effective Privilege Level EPLD Electrically Programmable Logic Device EPM Enhanced Editor for Subtraction + Dual-Attached Station DASD Direct Access Storage Device [IBM] DAT Digital Audio Tape + Disk Array Technology .DAT Data (file name extension) DATACOM Data Communications DAV Digital Audio-Video DAVIC Digital Audio-Visual Council dB Decibel DB Data Base + Data Buffer + Device Bay dBA Adjusted Decibel DBC Device Bay Controller DBCS Delivery Bar Code Sorter + Double-Byte Character Set .DBF Database (file name extension) DBIS Dun & Bradstreet Information Services DBM Data Base Manager DBMS Data Base Management System DBR DOS Boot Record DBS Data Base Server + Direct (to home) Broadcast (satellite) System DBV Digital Broadcast Video DB2 Database 2 DC Data Collection + Data Communication + Data Control + Device Control + Direct Current D2C Decimal To Character [REXX] DCA Digital Communications Associates + Document Content Architecture [IBM] DCAF Distributed Console Access Facility [IBM] DCAM Digital Camera + Direct Chip Attach Module DCB Device Control Block + Disk Coprocessor Board [Novell] DCC Data Country Code + Digital Command Control + Digital Compact Cassette + Direct Cable/Client Connection + Display Combination Code DCD Data Carrier Detect DCE Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment + Data Communications Equipment + Distributed Computing Environment [OSF] + Distributed Computing Equipment DCED Distributed Computing Environment Daemon DCF Data Communication Facility [IBM] + Data Compression Facility + Data Count Field [IBM] + Driver Configuration File [Lotus] D-CHANNEL Data Channel DCI Display Control Interface DCL Data Control Language + Declaration + DEC Command Language [DEC] + Device Clear + Digital Control Logic + Digital Command Language [Digital] DCOM Distributed Component Object Model DCP Digital Light Processing [TI] DCS Data Collection System + Data Control System + Desktop Color Separation + Distributed Control System DCT Discrete Cosine Transform .DCT Dictionary (file name extension) DCU Data-Cache Unit DD Day + Digital Display + Double Density DDA Distributed Data Access + Domain-Defined Attribute DDB Device Dependent Bitmap + Device Descriptor Block DDC Digital Data Channel [VESA] + Display Data Channel DDCMP Digital Data Communications Message Protocol [DEC] DDC1 Display Data Channel One DDCS Distributed Database Connection Services [IBM] DDD Data Definition Language + Direct Distance Dialing DDE Direct Data Entry + Dynamic Data Exchange [Microsoft] DDEML Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library [Microsoft] DDF Display Data Channel + Dynamic Data Formatting [IBM] DDI Device Driver Interface + Digital Document Interchange + Direct Dial In DDK Device Driver Kit [Microsoft Windows] DDL Data Definition Language + Data Description Language DDM Distributed Data Management DDN Defense Data Network DDNS Dynamic Domain Naming System DDP Distributed Data Processing DDR-SDRAM Double Data Rate-SDRAM DDS Digital Dataphone Service [AT&T] + Design Data Sheet + Digital Data Storage + Distributed Database Services DDX Digital Data Exchange DE Device End DEA Data Encryption Algorithm DEC Decrement + Device Clear + Digital Equipment Corporation DECNET Digital Equipment Corporation Networking (protocol) DEF Desktop Functional Equivalent [Compaq] .DEF Definitions + Defaults (file name extensions) DEFRAG Defragment DEK Data Encryption Key DEL Delete DELSTR Delete String [REXX] .DEM Demonstration (file name extension) DEN Document Enabled Networking [Novell-Xerox] DER Distinguished Encoding Rules DES Data Encryption Standard + Data Entry Sheet .DES Description (file name extension) DET Device Execute Trigger DEV Device DF Data Field + Destination Field + Device Flag + Double Flag DFC Data Flow Control DFM Design For Manufacturability [IBM] DFP Digital Flat Panel DFS Distributed File System DFSMS Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem [IBM] DFT Design For Testability + Diagnostic Function Test + Discrete Fourier Transform + Distributed Function Terminal DFU Data File Utility DGIS Direct Graphics Interface Standard DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHL Dynamic Head Loading .DHP Dr. Halo PIC (file name extension) DHTML Dynamic HTML DI Data In + Destination Index DIA Document Interchange Architecture [IBM] DIB Device Independent Bitmap + Directory Information Base + Dual Independent Bus [Intel] DIBOL DEC Business Oriented Language .DIC Dictionary (file name extension) DID Direct Inward Dialing DIDS Distributed Intrusion Detection System DIF Data Interchange Format DIFFSENS Differential Sense DIIP Direct Interrupt Identification Port DIMM Dual In-Line Memory Module DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm (German equivalent of these, historical information is revised three times a year, in January, May and September so as to Systems and Services + Cooperative Library Agency for Libraries [Janet] BUF Buffer BUS Broadcast and Unknown Server BVH Base Video Handler BWM Block-Write Mode B2X Binary To Hexadecimal [REXX] BYTE Binary Element String
EA Effective Address + Extended Attribute [OS/2] EAR External Access Register EARN European Academic Research Network EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory EARS Electronic Access to Noise Ratio CNSS Core Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet] .CNT Contents (file name extension) CNV Conventional (pertaining to Memory) CNVT Convert CNX Certified Network Expert CO Central Office + Command Output + Convert Out COAST Card On A Stick (module) COAX Coaxial Cable COB Chip-On-Board .COB COBOL source code (file name extension) COBOL Common Business-oriented Language (See HLL) .COD Code List (file name extension) CODASYL * Conference on your hard drive or print it and keep it by Mr. Neill-Concelman) BNE Branch if Not Equal BNF Backus-Naur Form (also Backus-Normal Form) [developed for Unix ASYNC Asynchronous AS/400 Application System/400 [IBM] AT Advanced Technology + Attention ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface ATDP Attention Dial Pulse ATDT Attention Dial Tone ATE Automated Test Equipment ATG Advanced Technology Group ATH Attention Hang-Up (Modem command) ATL Active Template Library ATM Adobe Typeface Manager + Asynchronous Transfer Mode + Automated Teller Machine ATPS AppleTalk Printing Services [Macintosh] ATR Automatic Terminal Recognition ATS Administrative Terminal System + Apple Terminal Services AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph ATTN Attention ATTRIB Attribute (also ATR) ATX Advanced Technology Extended [Intel] ATZ Attention Restore configuration profile from nonvolatile RAM (Modem command) .AU Audio (file name extension) AUDIT Automated Data Input Terminal AUI Attachment/Autonomous Unit Interface AUP Acceptable Use Policy [Internet] AUTO Automatic AUTOEXEC Automatic Execution AUX Auxiliary + (First Serial Port) AV Audio/Video + Audiovisual + Authenticity Verification AVA Audio Visual Authoring [IBM] AVC Audio Visual Connection [IBM] AVD Alternating Voice and Data AVG Average AVI Audio Visual Interleave [Microsoft] AVR Automatic Voice Recognition AVT Applied Voice Technology AWE Advanced Wave Effects [Creative Lab] AWG American Wire Gage AWK (Unix language named after its authors... Al Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan) AWS Advanced Workstations and Systems (group) [IBM] AWT Abstract Window Toolkit [Java] AX Architecture Extended + Automatic Transmission
. Letter groups followed with " * " were used before 1965. At some of the Internet Via Email ACD Automatic Call Distribution ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface ACE Access Control Encryption/Entry + Advanced Computing Environment [SCO] + Adverse Channel Enhancements [Microcom] + * Automatic Computing Engine ACF Access Control Field + Advanced Communications Function ACH Automated Clearing House ACIAS Automated Calibration Interval Analysis System ACIS American Committee for what
Science, Engineering and Technology FC/EL Fiber Channel/Enhanced Loop FCI Flux Changes per Inch FCL Fibre Channel Loop FCR FIFO Control Register FCS Fiber Channel Standard + Frame Check Sequence FD Floppy Disk + Floppy Drive + Full Dup of FAB Computer-Chip Fabrication Plant FAC File Access Code FAMOS Floating Gate Avalanche MOS FANS Future Air Navigation System FAP File Access Protocol FAPI Family Application Program Interface FAQ Frequently Asked Question FARNET Federation for American Research Networks [Internet] FASIC Function and Algorithm-Specific Integrated Circuit FAT File Allocation Table FAX Facsimile .FAX Fax (file name extension) FC/AL Fiber Channel/Arbitrated Loop FCB File Control Block FCC Federal Communications Commission FCC: File Carbon Copy FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council
FAB Computer-Chip Fabrication Plant
FAC File Access Code
FAMOS Floating Gate Avalanche MOS
FANS Future Air Navigation System
FAP File Access Protocol
FAPI Family Application Program Interface
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FARNET Federation of American Research Networks [Internet]
FASIC Function and Algorithm-Specific Integrated Circuit
FAT File Allocation Table
FAX Facsimile
.FAX Fax (file name extension)
FC/AL Fiber Channel/Arbitrated Loop
FCB File Control Block
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCC: File Carbon Copy
FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for
Science, Engineering and Technology
FC/EL Fiber Channel/Enhanced Loop
FCI Flux Changes per Inch
FCL Fibre Channel Loop
FCR FIFO Control Register
FCS Fiber Channel Standard + Frame Check Sequence
FD Floppy Disk + Floppy Drive + Full Dup