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ACRONYM *************** ABBREVIATION **************** ************************** DEFINITION ******************************* __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ AAAI AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION FORMED IN 1981 TO FURTHER THE WORK IN AI ABA AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ABACUS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE ABET ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCREDITATION OF MFG. RELATED CURRICULUM ABM ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE MISSILE DEFENSE CONCEPT AC AIR CONDITIONING 5 HP/TON A.C.= 12K BTU/HR.= 3.52 KW ACC ACCELERATION INCREASE IN VELOCITY OF AN N/C MACHINE TOOL SERVO FEED ACLU AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ACM ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTER MACHINERY ADA COMPUTER LANGUAGE USED BY MILITARY FOR PROGRAMMING MISSLES ADAPT PROCESSOR LANGUAGE ADC ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER ADCAP ADVANCED CAPABILITIES ADF AUTOMATIC DESCRIPTION FILES CONFIGURATION FILES FOR PS/2 FAMILY ADIH ANALOG DISPLAY INTERFACE HARDWARE ADRS A DEPARTMENTAL REPORTING SYSTEM PROCESSOR FOR DATA- BG PACKAGE IS BUSINESS GRAPHICS. AFA ADVANCED FUNCTION ARRAY ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION GRAPHICS STANDARD FOR NEW IBM MONITOR AFE AUTHORIZATION FOR EXPENDITURE AFP ADVANCED FUNCTION PRINTING IBM PRINTING CAPABILITY WITH VARIABLE FONT, SIZE, DARKNESS, & SPACING AFP/SME ASSOCIATION FOR FINISHING PROCESS SME AFFILIATE SPECIALIZING IN FINISHING PROCESSES TECHNOLOGY AGVS AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLES SYSTEM UNMANNED & AUTO-GUIDED WORKPIECE CARRIERS USED IN FMS AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THE USE OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE BY COMPUTERS FOR PROBLEM SOLVING AIM AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION MANUFACTURERS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TRADE ASSOCIATION AISP ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROFESSIONALS AIX ADVANCED INTERACTIVE EXECUTIVE IBM UNIX-BASED OPERATING SYSTEM FOR RT PC ALGOL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE ALU ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT ELECTRONIC COMPUTER CIRCUITRY WHICH PERFORMS ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS AML A MANUFACTURING LANGUAGE IBM DEVELOPED LANGUAGE FOR ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS AMMSS ADVANCED MULTI-MISSION SENSOR SYSTEM LOCKHEED'S NEXT GENERATION CARRIER-BASED TACTICAL SUPPORT AIRCRAFT AMS AMERICAN METAL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR AMS SPECS. AMTDA AMERICAN MACHINE TOOL DISTRIBUTORS' ASSOCIATION ANMC AMERICAN NATIONAL METRIC COUNCIL ORGANIZATION EST. IN 1973 TO ASSIST WITH INDUSTRIAL METRICIZATION ANSI AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE APA ALL POINT ADDRESSABLE INDIVIDUAL PEL DISPLAY & MANIPULATION; "BIT MAPPED" GRAPHICS APD ADVANCED PRODUCT DEALER DEALER/DISTRIBUTOR OF NEW IBM PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 EQUIPMENT APF APPLICATION PROGRAM FUNCTION IBM INTERFACE COMPONENT TO PACS APPLICATION PROGRAMS API APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE A MAJOR SUBSET OF SRPI APIC/CS APPLICATION PROG.INTERFACES/COMMUN. SERVICES IBM SERVICE APICS AUTOMATED PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY CTRL. SYSTEM APL A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE GEN. PURPOSE LANGUAGE FOR DP WORK, SCIENTIFIC COMP., & TEACHING MATH APMES ADVANCED PRODUCT MFG. & ENGINEERING STAFF APP AUTOMATIC PROCESS PLANNING SELF-GENERATING PROCESS PLANNING SOFTWARE SYSTEM APPC ADVANCED PROGRAM-TO-PROGRAM COMMUNICATIONS IBM PROTOCOL FOR PEER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DIVERSE SYSTEMS APPN ADVANCED PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK IBM SOFTWARE USED TO LINK SYSTEM/36'S W/O MAINFRAME VIA SNA NETWORK APSE APPLICATION PROGRAM SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT APT-AC AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING TOOL-ADVANCED CONTOURING POPULAR NUMERICAL CONTROL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE AQMD AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ARELEM ARITHMETIC ELEMENT PART OF GEN. POST PROCESSOR WHICH CALCULATES CUTTER LOCATION ARPA ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY D.O.D. AGENCY DOING RESEARCH IN A.I., SUPERCOMPUTERS, AEROSPACE PLANE ARPANET ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY 1ST PACKET SWITCHING NETWORK DEVELOPED FOR D.O.D. ASCII AMERICAN STD. CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE NC TAPE PUNCH FORMAT W/ ODD PARITY(ODD NUMBER OF HOLES PER TAPE ROW) ASIC APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ROM CHIPS DEDICATED TO PRE-DEFINED APPLICATIONS ASM AMERICAN SOCIETY OF METALS ASM ASSOCIATION FOR SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ASP PROPOSED ONE-MAN STEALTH HELICOPTER ASRS AUTOMATIC STORAGE & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM COMPUTER CONTROLLED, HIGH DENSITY, RAPID RETRIEVAL, STORAGE SYSTEM ASSEMBLER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE ASTM AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TESTING AND METHODS ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR ASTM SPECS. ATC AUTOMATIC TOOL CHANGER ATF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FIGHTER AIR FORCE'S AIR SUPERIORITY FIGHTER FOR 1990'S ATMS ADVANCED TEXT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INTERACTIVE EDITOR FOR CICS. BA BACHELOR OF ARTS COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY ART DEGREE- TYPICALLY 4 YEARS BASIC BEGINNER'S ALL-PURPOSE SYMBOLIC INSTRUCTION CODE A POPULAR, PROBLEM SOLVING, ALGEBRA-LIKE, PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE BAUD OPERATIONAL CYCLE PER SECOND IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK BCD BINARY CODED DECIMAL SYSTEM OF COMBINING BINARY BITS IN ROW TO DESIGNATE NUMERALS/LETTERS BCL BINARY CUTTER LOCATION (CLDATA) EIA RS-494 FORMAT BERT BIT ERROR RATE TESTER BIOS BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM PC I/O FUNCTION BISYNCH BISYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL BIT BINARY DIGIT SINGLE DIGIT OF BINARY NUMBER, EITHER A ONE OR A ZERO BIT BUILT IN TESTING CONCEPT OF BUILT-IN SELF TEST CIRCUITRY BMW BAVARIAN MOTOR WORKS BOB BREAK OUT BOX BPS BITS PER SECOND COMPUTER DATA TRANSFER RATE BS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SCIENCE OR TECHNOLOGY DEGREE- TYPICALLY 4 YEARS BSC BINARY SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION USE OF CONTROL CHARACTERS & SEQUENCES FOR INTRA-STATION TRANSMISSION BTR BEHIND THE TAPE READER DNC HARDWARE COMPONENT BTU BRITISH THERMAL UNIT BYTE BITS ORGANIZED TOGETHER INTO A "WORD" TO HOLD A SYMBOL LETTER/NUMBER C COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE KNOWN FOR TRANSPORTABILITY CA COLLISION AVOIDANCE CAC CACHE CAD COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN DESIGN ANALYSIS OR MODIFICATION THROUGH THE USE OF COMPUTERS. CAD/CAM COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN/COMPUTER AIDED MFG. USUALLY REFERRING TO DESIGN, DRAFTING, AND N.C. PROGRAMMING SYSTEMS CADAM COMPUTER-GRAPHICS AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING INTERACTIVE CAD/CAM SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY LOCKHEED INC.; IBM CAD/CAM CAE COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING COMPUTER ASSIST WITH TASKS LIKE FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS, DESIGN, ETC CAEDS COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING DESIGN SYSTEM IBM INTEGRATED DESIGN SYSTEM FOR SOLVING STRESS/HEAT/DESIGN PROBLEMS CAGD COMPUTER AIDED GEOMETRIC DESIGN CAIT COALITION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF IND. TECHNOLOGY CONGRESSIONAL LOBBYING GROUP ENCOURAGING INDUSTRIAL REASEARCH CAIT COMPUTER AIDED INSPECTION & TEST COMPUTER ASSIST WITH TASKS LIKE FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS, DESIGN, ETC CALS COMPUTER-AIDED LOGISTICS SUPPORT DOD PROGRAM TO APPLY COMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGIES IN LOGISTICS CAM COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURED END PRODUCT THROUGH COMPUTER ASSISTANCE CAMI COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING-INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF COMPANIES DOING C.A.M. R&D WORK CAPE COMPUTER AIDED PRODUCTION ENGINEERING CAPP COMPUTER ASSISTED PROCESS PLANNING SOFTWARE THAT ASSISTS WITH THE CREATION OF PROCESS PLANS CARIC COMPUTERIZED AUTOMATION & ROBOTICS INFO. CENTER SME PHONE ACCESS REFERENCE LIBRARY FOR MFG. PROCESSES & APPLICATIONS CASA/SME COMPUTER & AUTOMATED SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION SME AFFILIATE SPECIALIZING IN CIM TECHNOLOGY CASE COMMON APPLICATION SERVICE ELEMENTS CASE COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CAST COMPUTER AIDED STORAGE & TRANSPORTATION CAT COMPUTER ASSISTED TESTING COMPUTER CONTROLLED TESTING PROCEDURES CATIA COMPUTER AIDED 3D INTERACTIVE APPLICATION IBM MARKETED DESSAULT CAD SOFTWARE W/ SOLIDS & WIRE FRAME CAPABILITY CBDS 2 CIRCUIT BOARD DESIGN SYSTEM IBM'S PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD SYSTEM; DEV. BY BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH CBIOS COMPATIBILITY BIOS CCD CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE A KIND OF SOLID STATE CAMERA USED IN MACHINE VISION APPLICATIONS CCITT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONY AND TELEGRAPHY CD COLLISION DETECTION CD-ROM COMPACT DISK-READ ONLY MEMORY OPTICAL DISK USED AS DATA STORAGE MEDIUM CDC CUTTER DIAMETER COMPENSATION FEATURE WHICH ALTERS TOOL PATH TO COMPENSATE FOR OFFSETS & DIAMETERS CDPF COMPOSED DOCUMENT PRINTING FACILITY SOFTWARE INTERFACE FOR 4250 PRINTER. MERGES GDDM, DCF FILES. CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CEO COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRONIC OFFICE DATA GENERAL BUSINESS AUTOMATION SOFTWARE CFF COMMUNICATION FACILITY FUNCTION IBM PACS' MESSAGE TRANSACTION CAPABILITY CFO CUSTOMER FULFILLMENT OPTION CREDITING PROCEDURE FOR IBM PRODUCTS PURCHASED FROM DISTRIBUTORS CG COMPUTER GRAPHICS COMPUTER DATA INPUT TRANSFORMED INTO DRAWINGS OR GRAPHS CGA COLOR GRAPHICS ADAPTER IBM COLOR PC GRAPHICS BOARD CHGSC CHANGE SCREEN KEY MOVES SESSION FROM ONE DEFINED SCREEN PROFILE TO ANOTHER CI-ROM COMPACT DISK-INTERACTIVE PHILLIPS INTERNATIONAL'S CD-ROM PRODUCT CIB COMPUTER INTEGRATED BUSINESS BUSINESS HAVING ALL FUNCTIONS INTEGRATED THRU COMMON DATABASE CICS CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM IBM DATA COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING SYSTEM CID CHARGE-INJECTION DEVICE A KIND OF SOLID STATE CAMERA USED IN MACHINE VISION APPLICATIONS CIEDS COMPUTER-AIDED ELECTRICAL DESIGN SERIES IBM ELEC. CIRCUIT DESIGN VERIFICATION SIMULATION PROGRAMS FOR RT PC CIM COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING COMMON DATABASING OF ALL MANUFACTURING RELATED INFORMATION CIPREC CONVERS. & INTERACTIVE PROJECT EVAL. & CNTRL. IBM INTERACTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPLICATION PROGRAM CL CENTER LINE (OR) CUTTER LINE N/C PROGRAM OUTPUT SPECIFYING COORDINATE LOCATIONS OF TOOL TRAVEL CLDATA CUTTER LOCATION DATA (BCL) EIA RS-494 FORMAT CMFGE CERTIFIED MANUFACTURING ENGINEER SME ACCREDITATION STATUS FOR QUALIFYIED MFG. PROFESSIONALS CMFGT CERTIFIED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIST SME ACCREDITATION STATUS FOR QUALIFYIED MFG. PROFESSIONALS CMM COORDINATE MEASUREMENT MACHINE CMOS COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR TYPE OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY CMS CONVERSATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT - RUNS UNDER VM OPERATING SYSTEM CMU CARNEGIE-MELON UNIVERSITY PITTSBURGH BASED SCHOOL RENOWN FOR HIGH TECH ACHIEVEMENTS CNC COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL USE OF COMPUTER TO MANAGE MACHINE TOOL INSTRUCTIONS COAX COAXIAL WIRE CONNECTING WIRE BETWEEN TERMINALS AND CONTROLLERS/COMPUTERS COBOL COMMON BUSINESS ORIENTED LANGUAGE FIRST MAJOR COMMON BUSINESS APPLICATION PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE COG/SME COMPOSITES GROUP OF SME SME AFFILIATE SPECIALIZING IN COMPOSITE MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY COI CITY OF INDUSTRY A&S SATELLITE MFG. FACILITY COLORCOPY TOOL FOR INQUIRING IN CADAM DATABASE. BETTER THAN GDQF. COMMON IBM USERS GROUP COMPILER TRANSLATES HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES INTO BINARY COMPUTER CODE COPICS COMMUN. BASED PROD./INVENTORY CNTRL SYSTEM IBM QUASI-MRP SOFTWARE COS CORPORATION FOR OPEN SYSTEMS COS CORPORATION OF OPEN SYSTEMS CP CONTROL PROGRAM CPI CHARACTERS PER INCH PRINTING FORMAT PARAMETER CPI COMPUTER TO PBX INTERFACE DEC DEVICE CAPABLE OF 24 COMMUNICATION CHANNELS/LINK; 750 FT. RANGE CPR CRITICAL PROBLEM REPORT CPS CHARACTERS PER SECOND PRINTING SPEED CPS CYCLES PER SECOND OPERATING FREQUENCY OF COMPUTER BUSES CPU CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT HEART OF COMPUTER COMPRISING ARITHMETIC, CONTROL, & LOGIC ELEMENTS. CPUC CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION CRP CAPACITY RESOURCE PLANNING SAME AS MRPSTING COBAL PROGRAMS INTO STRUCTURED CODE (IBM) CRS CURSOR SELECT IN HOST SESSION, THIS KEY CHOOSES FIELDS FOR PROCESSING CRT CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY TUBE FPR COMPUTER GENERATED GRAPHICS AND/OR TEXT CSDS CIRCUIT SWITCHED DIGITAL SERVICES CSF COBAL STRUCTURING FACILITY CHANGES EXISTING COBAL PROGRAMS INTO STRUCTURED CODE (IBM) CSMA/CD CARRIER SENSED MULTIPLE ACCESS W/ COLLISION DETECTION CSMP CONTINUOUS SYSTEM MODELING PROGRAM IBM CONTINUOUS SIMULATION PROGRAM CSP CROSS SYSTEM PRODUCT IBM SOFTWARE PRODUCT FAMILY FOR PROGRAMMING PROCESS ENHANCEMENTS CTOL CONVENTIONAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING CTPA COAX TO TWISTED PAIR ADAPTER IBM DEVICE FOR 32XX COMMUNICATION VIA TWISTED-PAIR TELEPHONE WIRE CUAI COMMON USER ACCESS INTERFACE CULPRIT PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE CUT CONTROL UNIT TERMINAL TERMINAL W/ LESS INTELLIGENCE THAN DFT TYPE CUTTECH METCUT CUSTOMIZED MACHINING TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE SYSTEM CV COMPUTERVISION MAJOR MANUFACTURER OF CAD/CAM SYSTEMS DAA DATA ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS DAC DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER DACU DEVICE ATTACHMENT CONTROL UNIT ALLOWS ATTACHMENT OF NON-IBM DEVICES TO 30XX OR 4300 PROCESSORS DARPA DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY D.O.D. AGENCY DOING RESEARCH IN A.I., SUPERCOMPUTERS, AEROSPACE PLANE DASD DIRECT ACCESS STORAGE DEVICE PERMANENT MEMORY STORAGE AREA(USUALLY MAGNETIC TAPE OR DISK) DBMS DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE ORGANIZATION FOR A DATABASE DB2 IBM'S PREMIER MVS RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DCA DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION MANUFACTURER OF IRMA BOARD DCA DOCUMENT CONTENT ARCHITECTURE IBM'S WORD PROCESSING DEFINITION ARCHITECTURE DCAS DEFENSE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES U.S. GOV. AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING DEFENSE CONTRACTORS DCE DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT DCF DOCUMENT COMPOSITION FACILITY ALLOWS FORMATTED IN UT, CONTAINS SCRIPT DCLASS DECISION CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION SYSTEM BYU'S HIERARCHICAL INFORMATION TREE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM DDC DIRECT DIGITAL CONTROL USE OF DIGITAL COMPUTER TO GOVERN PROCESS CONTROL OPERATIONS DDIH DIGITAL DISPLAY INTERFACE HARDWARE DDM DISTRIBUTED DATA MANAGEMENT IBM PC TO HOST CONNECTIVITY PRODUCT DDS DATAPHONE DIGITAL SERVICES DE DOMAIN EXPERT PERSON W/ EXPERTISE IN THE DOMAIN OF THE EXPERT SYSTEM BEING DEVELOPE DEC DECELERATION DECREASE IN VELOCITY OF AN N/C MACHINE TOOL SERVO FEED DEC DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION DES DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD IBM ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM DEXPO DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION EXPOSITION NATIONAL EXPOSITION FOR DEC AND DEC-COMPATIBLE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DFD DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS DFHSM DATA FACILITY HIERARCHICAL STORAGE MANAGER IBM DATA MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR DISK/TAPE DATA ARCHIVING DFM/A DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY/AUTOMATION ATTENTION DURING DESIGN PROCESS TO IMPACT ON MANUFACTURING DFP DATA FACILITY PRODUCT IBM DATA MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR DISK/TAPE DATA ARCHIVING DFT DISTRIBUTED FUNCTION TERMINAL TERMINAL W/ KEYBOARD CODES PROCESSED @ TERMINAL VS. @ CONTROLLER DIA DOCUMENT INTERCHANGE ARCHITECTURE IBM'S INTERCOMPUTER DOCUMENT TRANSFER SPECIFICATION DIF DEVICE INPUT FORMAT DISSOS DISTRIBUTED OFFICE SYSTEMS FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATING MULTIPLE WORKSTATIONS & OFFICE SYSTEMS DM DELTA MODULATION DMA DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS TYPE OF COMPUTER CONTROLLER DMF DATA MANAGER FUNCTION IBM PACS DISK/STORAGE RESIDENT DATA STRUCTURES & ORGANIZATIONS DMIS DIMENSIONAL MEASURING INTERFACE STANDARD DATA EXCHANGE STANDARD FOR INSPECTION DEVICES; CAD TO CMM DNA DIGITAL NETWORKING ARCHITECTURE DEC CONCEPT OF MULTIPLE CLUSTER INTER-COMMUNICATION DNC DISTRIBUTIVE(OR DIRECT) NUMERICAL CONTROL TRANSFER OF MACHINE TOOL INSTRUCTIONS VIA HARDWIRE METHOD DOD DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOL DEPARTMENT OF LABOR U.S. GOVT. AGENCY DOS DISK OPERATING SYSTEM IBM GEN. PURPOSE, LOW FUNCTION, DISK MEMORY ORIENTED OPERATING SYSTEM DOSF DISTRIBUTED OFFICE SUPPORT FACILITY DPCM DIFFERENTIAL PULSE CODE MODULATION DRAM DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DRO DIGITAL READ-OUT NUMERICAL VALUE DISPLAY DEVICE; OFTEN TO SHOW TOOL LOCATION/MOVEMENT DSP DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING DSS DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS DTE DATA TERMINAL EMULATION DVF DEVICE FUNCTION IBM PACS AREA PROVIDING PROGRAMMED COMM. TO VENDOR DEVICES DVI DIGITAL VIDEO INTERACTIVE RCA CD-ROM STANDARD EAROM ELECTRICALLY ALTERABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY TYPE OF COMPUTER MEMORY COMBINING CHARACTERISTICS OF RAM & ROM EBCDIC EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE N/C TAPE FORMAT USING PATTERN OF EIGHT BINARY BITS PER CHARACTER ECC ERROR CHECKING AND CORRECTION ECF ENHANCED CONNECTIVITY FACILITIES IBM MICRO TO MAINFRAME LINKS; LINKS PC'S WITH SNA HOST OMPUTERS ECMA EUROPEAN COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION EDM ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING CONTROLLED MATERIAL REMOVAL VIA ELECTRICAL CURRENT EDP ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING BROAD FIELD OF ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS & RELATED ACTIVITIES (DP) EDS EXTENDED DATA STREAM CHARACTER ATTRIBUTES REPRESENTED BY 1 BYTE CODE ATTACHED TO CHARACTER EEHLLAPI ENTRY LEVEL HLLAPI EEMS ENHANCED EXPANDED MEMORY SPECIFICATION EEOC EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL EGA ENHANCED GRAPHICS ADAPTER IBM ENHANCED PC GRAPHICS ADAPTER CARD EIA ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION NC TAPE PUNCH FORMAT W/ EVEN PARITY(8 HOLES PER ROW ON 1" TAPE) EII ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES INSTITUTE ELV EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE NON-REUSABLE HARDWARE FOR PLACING PAYLOADS INTO SPACE EM EXPANDED MEMORY PC MEMORY ABOVE DOS' 640K LIMIT: USED FOR PAGING, RAMDISK, CACHING EM/SME ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING GROUP OF SME SME AFFILIATE SPECIALIZING IN ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING EMI EMI ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE STRAY OR UNWANTED ELECTRICAL ENERGY WITHIN COMPUTER CIRCUITRY EMM EXPANDED MEMORY MANAGER DOS DRIVER ALLOWING CONCURRENTLY RUNNING PROGRAMS TO PAGE MEMORY EMS EXPANDED MEMORY SPECIFICATION EOB END OF BLOCK CHARACTER REPRESENTING END OF LINE/BLOCK OF INFO IN N/C PROGRAM TAPE EOF END OF FIELD EOP END OF WORKPIECE PROGRAM EOT END OF TAPE EPA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING POLLUTION CONCERNS EPA EXTENDED PERFORMANCE ARCHITECTURE EPROM ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY COMPUTER MEMORY WHICH CAN BE ERASED & REPROGRAMMED VIA UV LIGHT EQUAL ELECTRONIC QUICK ANSWER LIBRARY IBM ON-LINE INFORMATION LIBRARY FOR IBM EMPLOYEES ERINP ERASE INPUT IN A HOST SESSION, THIS KEY ERASES ALL INPUT FIELDS & HOMES CURSOR EROM ERASABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY COMPUTER MEMORY WHICH CAN BE ERASED & REPROGRAMMED VIA UV LIGHT ES EXTENDED SELF-CONTAINED PROLOG AI DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE ES**3 ENGINEERING SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT SYSTEM E-S CUBED: A SOFTWARE PRODUCTIVITY TOOL FOR ENGINEERS & SCIENTISTS ESDI ENHANCED SMALL DEVICE INTERFACE ESPIRIT EUROPEAN STRATEGIC PROG. FOR R&D IN INFO TECH EXM EXTENDED MEMORY PARAMETER EXSEL EXTENDED SELECT IN HOST SESSION, ALLOWS KEYBOARD TO EMULATE SOME TYPEWRITER FEATURES FAT FILE ALLOCATION TABLE IN ESSENCE, A VOLUME TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR PC STORAGE FILES FCC FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FDM FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING FEA FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FFT FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMERS FFTDCA FINAL-FORM TEXT DOCUMENT CONTENT ARCHITECTURE IBM DISPLAYWRITE/370 TEXT FORMAT FIPS FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARD FIR FINITE IMPULSE RESPONSE FLIR FORWARD LOOKING INFRA RED NIGHT VISION SIGHTS USED ON APACHE HELICOPTERS FMC FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING CELL MACHINE(S) PRODUCING VARIOUS PARTS W/ MIN. CHANGE OVER TIME FMS FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM GROUP(S) OF FLEXIBLE CELLS INTEGRATED INTO A SYSTEM FOD FIBER OPTIC GUIDANCE FORTRAN FORMULA TRANSLATION UNIVERSAL COMPUTER LANGUAGE FOR MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS, LIKE N/C FRANZ LISP "MACLISP" DESCENDANT U.C. BERKLEY LISP SPINOFF DEVELOPED FOR UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM & VAX FRG FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY WEST GERMANY FRN FEEDRATE NUMBER NUMBER DESIGNATING RATE OF TRAVEL OF A MACHINE TOOL FRO FEEDRATE OVERRIDE N/C CONTROL FEATURE ALLOWING OPERATOR TO OVERRIDE PROGRAMMED FEEDRATE FTAM FILE TRANSFER, ACCESS, & MANAGEMENT FTC FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION U.S. GOVT. DEPT. FUD FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, & DOUBT GAA GALLIUM ARSENIDE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP MATERIAL ALLOWING SUPER FAST CLOCK SPEEDS GAL GALLIUM ARSENITE LASER TYPE OF MINIATURE LASER USED IN IBM 3280 PRINTER GBL GROUND BASED LASER GCP GRAPHICS CONTROL PROGRAM GDDM GRAPHICAL DATA DISPLAY MANAGER ALLOWS GRAPHICS ON COLOR TERMINAL. ASSY LANGUAGE. GDF GRAPHICAL DISPLAY FILE VM OR MVS FILES WITH GRAPHICAL CONTENT GDP GEOMETRIC DESIGN PROCESSOR IBM DEVELOPED PROGRAMMING SYSTEM FOR DEFINING GEOMETRIC MODELS GDQF GRAPHICAL DISPLAY AND QUERY FACILITY USED TO INQUIRE ON CADAM DRAWINGS GEMOS GENERAL ELECTRIC MACHINING OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM G.E. EXPERT SYSTEM TO AID CUTTING TOOL SELCTION/PATH, MACH. PARAMETER GGXA COLOR GRAPHICS EXTENDED APPLICATIONS IBM GRAPHICS SOFTWARE WITH PLOTTING, GRAPHING, & EDITING CAPABILITY GIF GRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM IBM GRAPHICS SOFTWARE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH GDQF GIN GRAPHIC INPUT IBM GRAPHICS SOFTWARE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH GDQF GKS GRAPHICS KERNEL SYSTEM GML GENERAL MARKUP LANGUAGE IBM'S DOCUMENT CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE; SCRIPT GPI GRAPHICS PROCEDURE INTERFACE COMMUNICATION INTERFACE BETWEEN APPLICATION PROGRAM & GCP GPIB GENERAL PURPOSE INTERFACE BUS GPSS GENERAL PURPOSE SIMULATION SYSTEM IBM SIMULATOR PROGRAM FOR EVENT-DRIVEN MODELS GT GROUP TECHNOLOGY CLASSIFICATION AND CODING ORGANIZATIONAL PRINCIPLE HALON HYDROGENATED HYDROCARBON FIRE EXTINGUISHING GAS; DECOMPOSES TO HYD. FLOURIDE/CHLORIDE/BROMIDE HASP TYPE OF ELECTRONIC LINK OR CONVERSION HCI HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACE HCL HYDROCHLORIC ACID HGC HERCULES GRAPHICS CARD HITECH HLLAPI HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE IBM CUSTOMIZATION PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE FOR 3270PC HP HORSE POWER I/O INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE DEVICES WHICH CAN BOTH RECEIVE & SEND DATA IBM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE IBM PC/AT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PERSONAL COMPUTER IBM PC/ET EXTENDED TECHNOLOGY PERSONAL COMPUTER NEW IBM BOTTOM OF THE LINE PC; HOME/SCHOOL USE; 8086 MICROPROCESSOR IBM PC/XT IBM PC IBM PC2 NEW IBM PC: 4 TIMES FASTER THAN PC/XT; 80286 MICROPROCESSOR IBM 3081 IBM 3090 IBM "SIERRA" MAINFRAME IBM TOP-OF-THE-LINE MAINFRAME, 1 STEP UP FROM 308X'S IBM 3161 IBM ASCII DISPLAY STATION-ENTRY LEVEL, 25 LINES X 80 CHAR. IBM 3163 IBM ASCII DISPLAY STATION-8 COLORS, 4 PAGES ON EACH OF 3 WINDOWS IBM 3164 IBM ASCII DISPLAY STATION-MULTIPLE DATA/MULTIPLE COLORS IBM 3174 IBM LARGE MODEL CLUSTER CONTROLLER IBM 3178 IBM LIGHT-WEIGHT MODULAR "DUMB" TERMINAL IBM 3179 IBM COLOR TERMINAL; WILL SUPPORT GRAPHICS; LESS EXPENSIVE THAN 3279 IBM 3179-G IBM COLOR TERMINAL; WILL SUPPORT SCREEN DUMPS OF HOST GRAPHICS IBM 3180 IBM "SEMI-DUMB" TERMINAL W/ 132 CHARACTER SCREEN CAPABILITY IBM 3191 IBM TERMINAL W/ SMALL FOOTPRINT, LESS $, GREEN OR AMBER SCREEN IBM 3194 IBM TERMINAL W/ 4 HOST SESSION CAPABILITY; CNTRL PROG ON 3 1/2" DISK IBM 3268-2 IBM PRINTER- DOT MATRIX REMOTE PRINTER IBM 3270 PC-G IBM COLOR PC; SUPPORTS GRAPHICS: HAS MOUSE, PRINTER, HARD DISK IBM 3270 PC-GX IBM COLOR PERSONAL COMPUTER; WILL SUPPORT GRAPHICS IBM 3274 IBM CONTROL UNIT CONNECTING TERMINALS WITH THE MAINFRAME. IBM 3278-2 IBM "DUMB" TERMINAL IBM 3278-5 IBM "DUMB" TERMINAL WITH 132 CHARACTER SCREEN CAPABILITY IBM 3279 IBM COLOR TERMINAL; WILL SUPPORT GRAPHICS IBM 3290 IBM GAS PLASMA FLAT DISPLAY DEVICE FOR 4 SIMULATANEOUS SESSIONS IBM 3290 IBM 3290 GAS PLASMA DISPLAY FOR 3270 PC'S IBM 3641 IBM REPORTING TERMINAL FOR PLANT FLOOR MAGNETIC DOCUMENT DECODING IBM 3812 IBM PAGE PRINTER- 12 PG./MIN., 240 DPI, USER INSTALLED CARTRIDGES IBM 3820 IBM LASER PRINTER- CAPABLE OF MERGING TEXT & GRAPHICS IBM 3852 IBM COLOR INK JET PRINTER IBM 4250 IBM ELECTRO-EROSION PAPER PRINTER FOR MERGING TEXT & GRAPHICS(600 DPI IBM 4341 IBM 5152 IBM MONOCROME PRINTER IBM 5182 IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER COLOR PRINTER IBM 5279 IBM COLOR DISPLAY TERMINAL IBM 5520 IBM EMULATION BOARD FOR PC'S IBM 5531 IBM INDUSTRIAL PC-XT COMPUTER IBM 5532 IBM INDUSTRIAL COLOR DISPLAY IBM 5533 IBM INDUSTRIAL GRAPHICS PRINTER IBM 6300 PC IBM INDUSTRIAL PC; PC-AT COMPATIBLE IBM 7456 IBM "HARDENED" MULTI-MEDIA PLANT FLOOR TERMINAL IBM 7531 DESK VERSION OF 7532, HIGHER SCREEN RESOLUTION THAN 7532 IBM 7532 PC-AT VERSION OF 5531, WITH WIDER TEMP. RANGE; RACK MOUNTED IC INFORMATION CENTER MIS DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPPORTING END USER COMPUTING NEEDS IC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS VERY SMALL SINGLE STAGE STRUCTURE ASSY. OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ICAM INTEGRATED COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING AIR FORCE R&D MANUFACTURING PROJECT ICBM INTER-CONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE ICCA INDEPENDENT COMPUTER CONSULTANTS ASSOCIATION ICCF INTERACTIVE COMPUTING AND CONTROL FACILITY EDITOR FOR VSE ICCP INSTITUTE FOR CERT. OF COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS ICG INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS COMPUTER SYSTEM CAPABLE OF GRAPHIC INFO DISPLAY & USER INTERACTION ICMP INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL ICS IBM CABLING SYSTEM ICU INTERACTIVE CHART UTILITY PRETTY BASIC CHARTING ROUTINES. USES PGF. IEEE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS IGES INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC EXCHANGE STANDARD COMMON DENOMINATOR FOR DIFFERENT SYSTEMS TO INTER-COMMUNICATE IHF IMAGE HANDLING FACILITY IBM GRAPHICS SOFTWARE IHPVA INTERNATIONAL HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE ASSOCIATION IIR INFINITE IMPULSE RESPONSE IMAGEWARE PROGRAMS AND/OR PRESENTATIONS USING VIDEODISK TECHNOLOGY IMS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IBM HIERARCHICAL DATA BASE OPERATING SYSTEM IMW INTELLIGENT MACHINING WORKSTATION INTERLISP USER-SENSITIVE LISP DEVELOPED BY BOLT/BERANEK/NEWMAN & XEROX PARC IOCS INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEM SOFTWARE FOR EXECUTING I/O OPERATIONS IPCS INTERACTIVE PROBLEM CONTROL SYSTEM IBM SYSTEM SERVICE PRODUCT IPG INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION GRAPHICS TOOL FOR ILLUSTRATORS TO DRAW ON SCREEN USING LIGHT PEN IPL INITIAL PROGRAM LOAD USED IN CP MODE OF VM/CMS TO PRESET USER PARAMETERS IPPS INTEGRATED PACKET-SWITCHING SERVICE AT&T'S ISDN PRODUCT IRI INTERNATIONAL ROBOMATION INTELLIGENCE CARLSBAD CALIF. COMPANY; PUBLICLY HELD; NEW TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS ISAM INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD TYPE OF FILE STRUCTURE ISDN INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK COMBINED VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION CAPABILITY ISIS CMU/WESTINGHOUSE DEVELOPED EXPERT PRODUCTION SCHEDULING SYSTEM ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION ISPC INDUSTRIAL STANDARD PLOT COMMAND IBM GRAPHICAL PLOTTING COMMAND FILE ISPF INTERACTIVE SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY FACILITY IBM DIALOG MANAGER: PANEL DRIVEN ACCESS TO VARIOUS APPLICATIONS IT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ITI INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE ITPS INTERNAL TELEPROCESSING SYSTEM IVDT INTEGRATED VOICE DATA TERMINAL SELF EXPLANATORY IVS INTERACTIVE VIDEO SYSTEMS USE OF USER FEEDBACK DEVICES, I.E. TOUCH SCREENS, W/ LASER VIDEO DISK JCL JOB CONTROL LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONS WHICH CONTROL THE EXECUTION OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM JIT JUST IN TIME MFG. PHILOSOPHY NOTED FOR TIMELY DELIVERIES AND MINIMAL INVENTORY KAIZEN CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT JAPANESE MANUFACTURING PHILOSOPHY KANBAN JAPANESE MANUFACTURING SCHEDULING PHILOSOPHY KB KILOBYTE 1000 BYTES (STORES APPROX. 1/2 STD. TYPED PAGES OF INFO./KILOBYTE) KE KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING A FORM OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE KLIPS A THOUSAND(ONE K) LOGICAL INFERENCES PER SECOND A MEANS OF MEASURING THE SPEED OF COMPUTERS USED FOR AI APPLICATIONS KW KILOWATT KW KNOWLEDGE-WARE LADT LOCAL AREA DATA TRANSPORT LAN LOCAL AREA NETWORKING THE TYING TOGETHER OF COMPUTER TERMINALS & SYSTEMS VIA COMMON LINKS LEAD LEADERSHIP & EXCELLENCE IN CIM ADV. & DEVELOP. SME AWARD FOR INDUSTRIAL & ACADEMIC EXCELLEMCE & DEVELOPMENT IN CIM LEAF LOTUS EXTENDED APPLICATIONS FACILITY TEXT AND GRAPHICS PRODUCTS INTERFACE MANAGER LED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE A DEVICE WHICH GIVES OFF VISIBLE LIGHT WHEN CURRENT PASSES THRU IT LHX LIGHTWEIGHT EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER ARMY ADVANCED HELICOPTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM LIM LOTUS/INTEL/MICROSOFT EXPANDED MEMORY SPEC. SURPASS 640K RAM LIMIT IMPOSED BY MS-DOS; COMPAQ 386 RAM TO 8 MEG. LIPS LOGICAL INFERENCES PER SECOND A MEANS OF MEASURING THE SPEED OF COMPUTERS USED FOR AI APPLICATIONS LISP LIST PROCESSOR 1ST SYMBOLIC PROGR. LANG. DEVELOPED BY JOHN MCCARTHY AT MIT IN 1958 LLC LOGICAL LINK CONTROL LMF LIBRARY MANAGEMENT FACILITY IBM SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR HIERARCHICAL CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT PROCESSE LPI LINES PER INCH PRINTING FORMAT PARAMETER LPM LINES PER MINUTE PRINTING SPEED LSI LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION ORGANIZATION OF NUMEROUS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; BASIS OF MICROPROCESSOR LU 6.2 COMMUNICATIONS STANDARD SPECIFICATION; SEE "APPC" MAC MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL MACLISP PROJECT "MAC" LISP LANGUAGE DERIVATIVE MIT LISP LANG. FOR DEC; GOOD SPEED, ECON. OF STORAGE, FLEXIBILITY MANTIS APPLICATION IN MVS ENVIRONMENT MAP MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION PROTOCOL O.S.I. STANDARD FOR FACTORY COMPUTER NETWORKING; IEEE 802.4 STD. MAP MARKETING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IBM PROGRAM OF TOP INDUSTRY EXPERTS ASSISTING IN TECHNOLOGY MARKETING MAS MULTI-ACCESS SPOOL MB MEGABYTE 1,000,000 BYTES OF COMPUTER STORAGE CAPACITY MBA MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY BUSINESS DEGREE- GRADUATE LEVEL MBPS MEGABITS (MILLION BITS) PER SECOND MCA MICRO CHANNEL ARCHITECTURE MCAE MECHANICAL COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING MCC MICROELECTRONICS & COMPUTERS TECHNOLOGY CORP. CONSORTIUM OF U.S COMPANIES INVOLVED IN ADVANCED COMPUTER RESEARCH MCU MACHINE CONTROL UNIT N/C MACHINE TOOL ELECTRONIC CONTROL MDA MONOCHROME DISPLAY ADAPTER SINGLE COLOR PC DISPLAY ADAPTER MDI MANUAL DATA INPUT MCU FEATURE ALLOWING DIRECT DATA INPUT BY OPERATOR/PROGRAMMER MEEF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOUNDATION SME ORGANIZATION WHICH PROVIDES GRANTS TO MFG. SCHOOLS & INSTITUTIONS MFLOPS ONE MILLION FLOATING OPERATING PER SECOND MFM MODIFIED FREQUENCY MODULATION DOUBLE DENSITY DISKETTES MGA MONO-COLOR GRAPHICS ADAPTER MHS MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM METHOD(S) OF TRANSPORTING MATERIALS DURING MFG. PROCESS MHZ MEGA HERTZ MILLIONS OF CYCLES PER SECOND MIPS MILLIONS OF INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND A MEASURE OF MACHINE PERFORMANCE MIS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MMC METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES MMFS MANUFACTURING MESSAGE FORMAT STANDARD MMIC MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS MMU MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT LOAD DATA FROM SLOW TO FAST MEMORY JUST AHEAD OF PROCESSOR NEEDS MNP MICROCOM NETWORK PROTOCOL MP&CS MANUFACTURING PLANNING & CONTROL SYSTEMS MPA MONOCHROME DISPLAY ADAPTER MPROLOG ENHANCED VERSION OF PROLOG ESPECIALLY SUITED TO A.I. APPLICATIONS MRB MANUFACTURING REVIEW BOARD MULTI-DEPT. REVIEW & DISPOSITION OF DISCREPANT PARTS MRP MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS PLANNING COMPUTERIZED MATERIALS MNGMNT., PROD. SCHEDULING, & SHOP FLOOR CNTRL MRP II MANUFACTURING RESOURCE PLANNING COMBINING MRP & CRP INTO SINGLE COMPUTER-AIDED FUNCTION MS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SCIENCE OR TECHNOLOGY DEGREE- GRADUATE LEVEL MS MICROSOFT MAJOR SOFTWARE SUPPLIER: SOMETIMES USED BY IBM FOR PC SOFTWARE MSG MESSAGE/MESSENGER MSS MASSIVE STORAGE SYSTEM MUDA ELIMINATING WASTE JAPANESE MANUFACTURING PHILOSOPHY MUX MULTIPLEXER MVA/SME MACHINE VISION ASSOCIATION SME AFFILIATE SPECIALIZING IN MACHINE VISION TECHNOLOGY MVS MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE IBM GENERAL PURPOSE, TOP OF THE LINE, OPERATING SYSTEM MVS/XA MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE/EXTENDED ARCHITECTURE NAM NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS NAMRI NORTH AMERICAN MFG. RESEARCH INSTITUTION GROUP DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE CAUSE OF MFG. RESEARCH NASA NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NATA NORTH AMERICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION NATO NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION NBS NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS NC NUMERICAL CONTROL PRE-ASSIGNED INSTRUCTIONS FOR MACHINE TOOLS NCGA NATIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS ASSOCIATION ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE CAUSE OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS NCMA NATIONAL COMPUTER MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION NDT NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING NETBIOS NETWORK BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM TOKEN-RING PROGRAM FOR IBM PC LAN NIU NETWORK INTERFACE UNIT A COMPUTER DEVICE TO MAP NETWORK INTERFACE W/O BACKPLANE INTERFACE NLP NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING PEOPLE LITERATE COMPUTERS VIA COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS & A.I. NMTBA NATIONAL MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION NORC NAVAL ORDNANCE RESEARCH CALCULATOR IBM'S MOST POWERFUL COMPUTER IN 1954 NSEA NATIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLIANCE ORGANIZATION HELPING DISABLED PERSONS BENEFIT FROM COMPUTERS NSF NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION NSPE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONALLY REGISTERED ENGINEERS NTDA NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEALERS ASSOC. NTU NATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY U.S. UNIV. DEDICATED TO SATELLITE BROADCASTS OF TECHNICAL STUDIES NUMMI NEW UNITED MOTORS MANUFACTURING INC. G.M./TOYOTA AUTOMOBILE PLANT JOINT VENTURE O/S OPERATING SYSTEM SUPERVISORY COMPUTER PROGRAM WHICH CONTROLS CPU-I/O DATA FLOW OC OPEN CONNECTOR TYPE OF PERIPHERAL DRIVER OCR OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION MACHINE IDENTIFICATION OF PRINTED CHARACTERS OEM ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER OEM OTHER/ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER OIA OPERATOR INFORMATION AREA OPERATING AND STATUS INFORMATION LINE AT BOTTOM OF PC SCREEN OLTP ON LINE TRANSACTION PROCESSING ACTION OF UPDATING BUSINESS AS RESULT OF CHANGE IN BUSINESS DATABASE OM OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ORACLE OPERATING SYSTEM USING QUERY/PARALLEL PROCESSING OSI OPEN SYSTEMS INTERCONNECTION 7 LAYER MODEL NETWORK COMMUNICATION STANDARD OTA OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OTV ORBIT TRANSFER VEHICLE SPACE TUG FOR RAISING PAYLOADS FROM LOW TO HIGH ORBITS PACS PLANT AUTOMATION COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM IBM SERIES 1 CONTROLLER-BASED APPLICATION ENABLER PAD PACKET ASSEMBLER/DISASSEMBLER ACCESS DEVICE FOR PACKET SWITCHING NODE (PSN) COMPUTER PARC PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER XEROX THINK TANK PASCAL PBX PRIVATE AUTOMATIC BRANCH EXCHANGE TYPE OF BUSINESS TELEPHONE SYSTEM PC PERSONAL COMPUTER COMPUTER CAPABLE OF STAND-ALONE PROCESSING OR LINKING TO HOST PC/IDU PERSONAL COMPUTER IMAGE DOCUMENT UTILITY IBM DOCUMENT IMAGE HANDLING FACILITY BETWEEN HOST AND PC PCB PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS CIRCUIT BOARD W/ ELECT. CONNECTIONS VIA CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL ON BOARD PCD POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND PCD PROCESS CONTROL DEVICES PCLP PERSONAL COMPUTER LAN PROGRAM IBM'S LOCAL AREA NETWORK PROGRAM PCM PULSE CODE MODULATION PCTFE POLYCHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE PDDI PRODUCT DEFINITION DATA INTERFACE MINIMUM DATA NEEDED TO FOR INTEGRATED PARTS MANUFACTURING SYSTEM PDES PRODUCT DESIGN EXCHANGE SPECIFICATION 2ND GEN. IGES FILE FOR PRODUCT MODEL INFO CAPTURE & TRANSMITTAL PDF PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FACILITY AN IBM ENVIRONMENT IN (ES)**3 {E-S CUBED} PDL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE PDM PLASMA DISPLAY MATRIX ORANGE COLORED, HIGH RESOLUTION, NEON GAS, FLAT SCREEN TECHNOLOGY PDS PERSONAL DECISION SERIES AN IBM DSS DESIGNED FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL IBM PC USERS PE PROCESSING ELEMENT PE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER PROFESSIONAL & LEGAL ACCREDIDATION FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS PEL PICTURE ELEMENT SAME AS PIXEL PFKEY PROGRAM FUNCTION KEY KEY WHICH PASSES SIGNAL TO PROGRAM CALLING FOR PRTICULAR FUNCTION PGF PRESENTATION GRAPHICS FEATURE HIGH LEVEL GRAPHICS MACROS USING GDDM INSTRUCTIONS PHD DOCTORATE DEGREE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SCIENCE DEGREE- GRADUATE LEVEL PICS PRODUCTION INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM IBM SOFTWARE UTILIZED BY IRVINE DIVISIONS FOR MRP-CONTAINS IR SCREENS PIF PROGRAM INFORMATION FILES FILES USED FOR PRINTING/PLOTTING FROM A PC PILOT PROGRAMMED INQUIRY LEARNING OR TEACHING IBM COMMAND-TYPE AUTHORING LANGUAGE FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION PIO PROGRAMMED INPUT/OUTPUT PIXEL PICTURE ELEMENT SMALLEST INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLABLE ELEMENT OF DISPLAY SPACE PLC PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER MICROPROCESSOR BASED DEVICE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING MULT. FUNCTIONS PLD PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICE PL1 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE PMS IV PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IV IBM FULL FEATURE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM POS PROGRAMMABLE OPTIONS SELECT POSI PROMOTION OF OPEN SYSTEMS INTERCONNECTION JAPANESE NETWORKING STANDARDIZATION GROUP POST POST PROCESSOR SOFTWARE THAT CUSTOMIZES CLFILES FOR SPECIFIC MACHINE TOOL CONTROLS PPM PAGES PER MINUTE PRINTING SPEED PROFS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SYSTEMS IBM SOFTWARE SYSTEM WITH PERSONAL CALENDARING, DOCUMENT CREATION, ETC PROJACS PROJECT ANALYSIS AND CONTROL SYSTEM SET OF IBM PROGRAMS FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTS WITHIN CONSTRAINTS PROLOG PROGRAMMING IN LOGIC AI PROG. LANG. DEVELOPED AT UNIV. OF MARSEILLES; USED IN EUROPE/JAPAN PROM PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY USER PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTER MEMORY FOR DATA READS PROPLAN PROCESS PLANNING SYSTEM SIEMENS RESEARCH LAB LISP-BASED SOFTWARE FOR TURNED PARTS PSL PORTABLE STANDARD LISP TRANSPORTABLE LISP USED AT U. OF U.; INTERMACHINE TRANSPARENT PSN PACKET SWITCHING NODE AN INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR PTFE POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE PTP POINT TO POINT PROGRAMMING & MACHINING VIA POSITIONING, RATHER THAN CONTROLLED MOVES PWM PROFESSIONAL WORK MANAGER IBM PC/HOST ENVIRON; MANAGE PROJECTS, CREATE TASKS, AUTOMATE ACTIVITY QBE QUERY-BY-EXAMPLE IBM DEVELOPED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM QMF QUERY MANAGEMENT FACILITY R&D RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IBM DATABASE QUERY FEATURE R/W READ/WRITE R/W READ/WRITE MEMORY CONTINUOUSLY CHANGEABLE MEMORY; "RAM'S" ARE R/W MEMORIES RADAR RADIO DETECTING AND RANGING RAM RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY COMPUTER MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR WRITING OR READING-TEMP. WORKING AREA RAV ROBOTIC AIR VEHICLE PILOTLESS AIRCRAFT EMPLOYING AI SOFTWARE TO FLY THE PLANE RDR RE-DIRECTOR RDR READER RECCE GENERAL DYNAMICS EXTERNAL AIRCRAFT RECONNAISANCE POD RESLIM RESOURCE LIMITER IBM SYSTEM USAGE MONITOR/LIMITER RFE REACH FOR EXCELLENCE RFI RFP REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFTDCA REVISABLE-FORM TEXT DOCUMENT CONTENT ARCHITECTURE IBM DISPLAYWRITE/370 TEXT FORMAT RI/SME ROBOTICS INTERNATIONAL SME AFFILIATE SPECIALIZING IN MANUFACTURING-ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY RIA ROBOTICS INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION ORGANIZATION OF ROBOTICS INDUSTRY RISC REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET CODE RJE REMOTE JOB ENTRY COMPUTER DATA INPUT FROM REMOTE TERMINAL VIA COMMUNICATION LINE RLL RLL RUN LENGTH LIMITED PC CONTROLLER CAPABLE OF INCREASING HARD DISK STORAGE AND SPEED RO READ ONLY ROCF REMOTE OPERATOR CONSOLE FACILITY CAPABLE OF ROUTING SELECTED MESSAGES TO ALTERNATE OPERATOR STATIONS ROM READ ONLY MEMORY COMPUTER MEMORY AVAILABLE FOR READING ONLY ROM-BIOS READ ONLY MEMORY-BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM IBM PROGRAM CODE WHICH IS PERMANENTLY ETCHED IN COMPUTER MEMORY RPG11 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE RPL REMOTE PROGRAM LOAD PROGRAM LOAD TO A PC VIA A NETWORK RPM REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE RPQ REMOTE PROGRAM QUERY? RSCS REMOTE SPOOLING COMMUNICATIONS SUBSYSTEM TRANSFERS DATA BETWEEN IBM VIRTUAL MACHINES AND REMOTE USERS RSRA ROTOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH AIRCRAFT SIKORSKY X-WING ROTORCRAFT RT RISC TECHNOLOGY IBM PC USING UNIX-BASED AIX OPERATING SYSTEM & RISC RTD RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT RTIC REAL TIME INTERFACE CONNECTOR ADAPTER CARD FOR REAL TIME DEVICE INTERFACE RTOS REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEMS SAA SYSTEMS APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE IBM'S SPEC. OF SOFTWARE APPL'S., COMMUN. PROTOCOLS, & USER INTERFACES SAGE THE LARGEST VACUUM TUBE COMPUTER USED BY USAF IN 50'S SAP SERVICE ACCESS POINTS MODIFICATION CAPABILITIES OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE SAS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM SCARA SELECTIVE COMPLIANCE ASSEMBLY ROBOT ARM LOW COST, HIGH SPEED, ASSY. ROBOT MOVING MOSTLY ON HORIZONTAL PLANE SCRAMJET SUPERSONIC COMBUSTION RAM JET SCRIPT SCRIPT FORMATTER COMPONENT OF DCF SCSI SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTERFACE PRONOUNCED "SCUZZY" SDI STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE SPACE-BASED "STAR WARS" MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM SDLC SYNCHRONOUS DATA LINK COMMUNICATION IBM COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL SDRC STRUCTURED DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION AUTHOR OF CAEDS CADCAM SOFTWARE SER SURFACE ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY SERIES 1 NEW IBM PROCESSOR USED IN LANS SFM SURFACE FEET PER MINUTE SFT SYSTEM FAULT TOLERANCE SGML STANDARD GENERAL MARKUP LANGUAGE AN ANSI DOCUMENT FORMAT STANDARD SIG SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP SLT SOLID LOGIC TECHNOLOGY CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCED ON IBM SYSTEM/360 SME SOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS SNA SYSTEMS NETWORK ARCHITECTURE IBM; ORGANIZED STRUCTURE FOR MULTIPLE COMPUTER/COMM. NETWORKS SNADS SNA DISTRIBUTION SERVICES IBM MAIL SERVICE FACILITY NOT REQUIRING DIRECT MAINFRAME INTERVENTION SNAFU SITUATION NORMAL-ALL FOULED UP MILITARY EXPRESSION COINED DURING WORLD WAR II SNOBOL STRING ORIENTED SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE FOR MANIPULATING STRINGS OF SYMBOLS SOI SILICON ON INSULATOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP MATERIAL ALLOWING SUPER FAST CLOCK SPEEDS SOS SILICON ON SAPPHIRE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP MATERIAL ALLOWING SUPER FAST CLOCK SPEEDS SPAG STANDARDS PROMOTION & APPLICATION GROUP EUROPEAN NETWORKING STANDARDIZATION GROUP SPC STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL RANDOM SAMPLING OF TARGET DIMENSIONS TO ENABLE CORRECTIVE MEASURES SPE SYSTEM PRODUCT EDITOR ALSO CALLED XEDIT SPOOL SIMULTANEOUS PERIPHERAL OPERATIONS ONLINE IBM SPOT SELECTION, PLANNING, OPPORTUNITY, TECHNOLOGY SME SPONSORED AWARD FOR COMPANIES ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN LASER TECH. SQL STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE IBM RELATIONAL DATABASE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE SRB SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER SRPI SERVER-REQUESTOR PROGRAMMING INTERFACE ...MAJOR SUBSET OF LU6.2/APPC SRPI SERVER-REQUESTOR PROGRAMMING INTERFACE IBM INTERFACE TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE HOST/PC APPLICATIONS SRV SERVER NETWORK SERVER SSCAD SPACE STRUCTURES COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN STOL SHORT TAKEOFF AND LANDING STV SPACE TRANSPORT VEHICLE ST506 SUMMIT IBM 3190 MAINFRAME CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT- FUTURE TOP-OF-THE-LIN SYM SYMBOLIC SYSRQ SYSTEM REQUEST KEY WHICH SIGNALS HOST COMPUTER DURING HOST SESSION TAC THE APPLICATION CONNECTION LOTUS PRODUCT FOR PC-PC & PC-MAINFRAME APPLICATION CONNECTIONS TASC+ TELL, ASK, SPECIFY, CHECK, AND ACKNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY TCA TELE-COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION TCAS TRAFFIC ALERT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT TCE TETRACHLOROETHYLENE TCSEE TECH. COORDINATOR SATELLITE EDUCATION EXCHANGE IBM INTERACTIVE SATELLITE EDUCATION NETWORK FOR TECH. COORDINATORS TECHMOD TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION PROGRAM GOVERNMENT SPONSORED CIM R&D FUNDING PROGRAM TFE TEFLON TGC TOOL & GAGE CONTROL TIM TOKEN/NET INTERFACE MODULE TIR TOTAL INDICATOR RUNOUT TMS TOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TOP TECHNICAL AND OFFICE PROTOCOL BOEING GENERATED 7-LEVEL ISO COMPATIBLE LANGUAGETOP TPA TARGET POINT ALIGN SIMULTANEOUS RETURN OF ALL MACHINE AXES TO ALIGNMENT OR ZERO POSITION TQC TOTAL QUALITY CONTROL TRI TRICHLOROETHYLENE TS TERMINAL SERVER TSO TIME SHARING OPTION MVS ENVIRONMENT PROVIDING CONVER. TIME SHARING FROM REMOTE TERMINALS TSO TIME SHARING OPTION MVS ENVIRONMENT PROVIDING CONVER. TIME SHARING FROM REMOTE TERMINALS TSR TERMINATE STAY RESIDENT PC PROGRAMS TTL TTY TELETYPEWRITER TERMINAL EVALUATION MODE, COMPATIBLE WITH IBM KEYBOARD TWINAX TWINAXIAL WIRE USED TO CONNECT 5520 WORD PROCESSING TERMINALS TO CONTROLLERS T1 REMOTE T1 TELEPHONE LINE USED FOR MAINFRAME TO REMOTE CONTOLLER COMMUNICATIONS UART UNIVERSAL ASYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER UAW UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS UIG ULTRASONIC IMPACT GRINDING UIS UNIVERSAL INFORMATION SERVICE AT&T'S NEXT GENERATION ISDN REPLACEMENT PRODUCT UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM CREATED AT BELL LABS: C LANGUAGE ALLOWS PORTABILITY USW UNITED STEEL WORKERS STEEL WORKERS UNION VAN VALUE ADDED NETWORKING VAR VALUE ADDED RESELLER VAX DEC COMPUTER VDI VIRTUAL DEVICE INTERFACE VDM VIRTUAL DEVICE METAFILE VDT VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINAL SAME AS A CRT VGA VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER VGA VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY IBM COLOR GRAPHICS STANDARD USED ON PERSONAL COMPUTER/2 SERIES VLSI VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT VM VIRTUAL MACHINE IBM INTERACTIVE COMPUTING OPERATING SYSTEM VNET IBM TELEPROCESSING NETWORK VSAM VIRTUAL STORAGE ACCESS METHOD AN IBM FILE STRUTURE ALLOWING "KEYED" SEARCH RETRIEVALS VSE VIRTUAL STORAGE EXTENDED AN OPERATING SYSTEM THAT IS AN EXTENSION OF DOS/VS VTAM VIRTUAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS METHOD IBM SOFTWARE MANAGING I/O BETWEEN HOST MAINFRAME & OTHER COMPUTERS VTL VERTICAL TURNING LATHES VTS VIRTUAL TERMINAL SERVICE APPLICATION DATA EXCHANGE METHOD WAN WIDE AREA NETWORKING ACCESS OF REMOTE COMPUTER TERMINALS & SYSTEMS VIA COMMON LINKS WATS WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE MESSAGE TELEPHONE SERVICE WCDP WORK CELL DEVICE PROGRAMMING NEW "CIM" NAME FOR N.C. PROGRAMMING WFT WINOGRAD FOURIER RESPONSE WIP WORK IN PROGRESS WO WRITE ONLY WORM WRITE ONCE-READ MOSTLY OPTICAL DISK FORMATTING TECHNIQUE USING SPIRAL PATTERN OF PITS WSCTRL WORKSTATION CONTROL MODE PC MODE FOR COMMANDS WHICH CONTROL SESSION DATA DISPLAY WSF WORKSTATION FUNCTION WYGINS WHAT YOU GET IS NO SURPRISE(WIGGINS) SOFTWARE ACRONYM: WYSIWYG PROGRAM COMPATIBLE W/ MOST OUTPUT DEVICES WYSIWYG WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET(WHIZ-E-WIG) SOFTWARE ACRONYM: YOU GET WHAT YOU SEE, AND VISA-VERSA X.25 REMOTE X.25 PROTOCOL CONNECTING 3274 CONTROLLER VIA PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORK XA EXTENDED ARCHITECTURE BASIC IBM COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE USED WITH SYSTEM/370 XCON EXPERT CONFIGURER CARNEGIE MELON/DEC DEVELOPED RULE-BASED COMPUTER-CONFIGURATION PRGM. XEDIT CMS EDITOR SYSTEM PRODUCT EDITOR XMA EXPANDED MEMORY ADAPTER IBM EXPANDED MEMORY FUNCTION BOARD FOR 3270PC'S. XMODEM COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL ZETALISP DESCENDANT OF MACLISP LANGUAGE, DESIGNED FOR SYMBOLICS LISP MACHINES 3GL 3RD GENERATION LANGUAGE 3M MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING 4GL 4TH GENERATION LANGUAGE 5GL 5TH GENERATION LANGUAGE ADV. SOFTWARE CAPABLE OF UTILIZING PARRALLEL & KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING 802.2 IEEE INTERFACE 802.5 IEEE INTERFACE