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AA             Auto Answer                                                 AAP            Applications Access Point [DEC]                             AASP           ASCII Asynchronous Support Package                          AAT            Average Access Time                                         ABEND          Abnormal End                                                ABIOS          Advanced BIOS                                               ABS            Absolute                                                    ABT            Abort                                                       AC             Automatic Computer + Alternating Current                    ACC            Accumulator                                                 ACD            Automated Call Distribution                                 ACF            Access Control Field                                        ACK            Acknowledgment                                              ACMS           Application Control Management System                       ACP            Ancillary Control Program + Auxillary Control Process       ACROSS         Automated Cargo Release and Operations Service System       ACS            Access + Access Control Set + Access Control System +       ACS (+)        Asynchronous Communication Server                           ACU            Automatic Calling Unit                                      A/D            Analog to Digital                                           ADA            Automatic Data Acquisitions +                               ADA (+)        (Programming Language named after Agusta Ada Lovelace)      ADC            Add with Carry + Analog to Digital Converter                ADCCP          Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures              ADF            Automatic Document Feed                                     ADL            Address Data Latch                                          ADLAT          Adaptive Lattice Filter                                     .ADN           Add In Utility (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]    ADP            Automatic Data Processing                                   ADPCM          Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation                 ADR            Address                                                     ADS            Application Development System +                            ADS (+)        Automatic Distribution System                               ADSC           Address Status Changed                                      ADT            Application Data Types                                      ADU            Automatic Dialing Unit                                      AE             Above or Equal                                              AF             Auxilary carry Flag                                         AFC            Automatic Font Change                                       AGC            Automatic Gain Control                                      AI             Analog Input + Artificial Intelligence                      AIA            Applications Integration Architecture [DEC]                 AIIM           Association for Information and Image Management            AISP           Association of Information Systems Professionals            AIX            Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM]                        ALC            Arithmetic and Logic Circuits + Automatic Level Control     ALE            Address Latch Enable                                        ALGOL          Algorithmic Language                                        ALR            Advanced Logic Research, Inc.                               ALT            Alternate (mode)                                            ALU            Arithmetic Logic Unit                                       AMD            Advanced Micro Devices                                      ANCOVA         Analysis of Covariance                                      ANI            Automatic Number Identification                             ANOVA          Analysis Of Variance                                        ANSI           American National Standard Institute                        AO             Analog Output                                               AOE            Application Operating Environment [AT&T]                    AOS            Add Or Subtract                                             AP             Adjunct Processor + Application Processor                   A/P            Accounts Payable                                            APA            Arithmetic Processing Accelerator + All Points Addressable  APAREN         Address Parity Enable [IBM]                                 API            Application Program Interface +                             API (+)        Application Programming Interface                           APL            A Programming Language (Mathematics)                        .APP           Application (file name extension) [R:Base]                  APPC           Advanced Program-to-Program Communication                   APT            Address Pass Through + Automatically Programmed Tools       A/R            Accounts Receivable                                         .ARC           Archive (file name extension)                               ARL            Adjusted Ring Length                                        ARLL           Advanced Run Length Limited                                 ARM            Asynchronous Response Mode                                  ARMA           Association of Records Managers and Administrators          ARP            Address Resolution Protocol                                 ARPL           Adjust Requested Privilege Level                            ARQ            Automatic Repeat Request                                    ARU            Audio Response Unit                                         ASAP           As Soon As Possible + Automatic Switching And Processing    .ASC           ASCII text (file name extension)                            ASCII          American Standard Code for Information Interchange          ASIC           Application-Specific Integrated Circuit                     ASIT           Advanced Security and Identification Technology             .ASM           Assembler Source Language (file name extension)             ASP            Association of Shareware Professionals                      ASPS           Advanced Signal Processing System                           ASR            Automatic Send-Receive + Automatic Speech Recognition       ASYNC          Asynchronous                                                AT             Advanced Technology + Attention                             ATA            AT Bus Attachment                                           ATDP           Attention Dial Pulse                                        ATDT           Attention Dial Tone                                         ATE            Automated Test Equipment                                    ATH            Attention Hang-Up                                           ATM            Adobe Type Manager + Asynchronous Transfer Mode +           ATM (+)        Automated Teller Machine                                    ATR            Automatic Terminal Recognition                              ATS            Administrative Terminal System                              AT&T           American Telephone and Telegraph                            ATTN           Attention                                                   ATTRIB         Attribute (also ATR)                                        AUI            Attached Unit Interface                                     AUTO           Automatic                                                   AUX            Auxiliary + (First Serial Port)                             AVA            Audio Visual Authoring [IBM]                                AVC            Audio Visual Connection [IBM]                               AVG            Average                                                     AX             Architecture Extended + Automatic Transmission              BAK            Binary Adaption Kit [Microsoft]                             .BAK           Backup (file name extension)                                BAL            Basic Assembly Language                                     BARTS          Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing                          .BAS           Basic Language (file name extension)                        BASIC          Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code            .BAT           Batch Processing (file name extension)                      BBS            Bulletin Board System                                       BCD            Binary Coded Decimal                                        BCL            Batch Command Language                                      BCPL           Basic Computer Programming Language                         BCR            Byte Count Register                                         BDOS           Basic Disk Operating System                                 BE             Below or Equal                                              BEL            Bell                                                        BELLCORE       Bell Communications Research                                BF             Bad Flag                                                    B/F            Background/Foreground                                       BGE            Branch if Greater or Equal                                  .BGI           Borland Graphic Interface (file name extension)             BGT            Branch if Greater Than                                      BHI            Branch if Higher                                            BHIS           Branch if Higher or Same                                    BI             Binary Input                                                .BIB           Bibliography (file name extension)                          BIM            Beginning of Information Marker                             .BIN           Binary (file name extension)                                BIOS           Basic Input/Output System                                   BiSYNC         (See BSYNC)                                                 BIT            Binary digit                                                .BK!           Backup (file name extension) [WordPerfect]                  BKSP           Backspace                                                   BL             Backlit                                                     .BLD           BASIC Bload Graphics (file name extension)                  BLE            Branch if Less or Equal                                     BLK            Block                                                       BLMC           Buried Logic Macrocell                                      BLOB           Binary Large Object                                         BLOS           Branch if Lower Or Same                                     BMI            Branch if Minus                                             BMP            Batch Message Processing Program                            .BMP           Bitmap (file name extension) [Windows]                      BNE            Branch if Not Equal                                         BO             Binary Output                                               BOM            Beginning Of Message                                        BORPQU         Borland Pro Quattro                                         BORQU          Borland Quattro                                             BOT            Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape                      BP             Base Pointer                                                BPB            BIOS Parameter Block                                        BPI            Bits Per Inch                                               BPL            Branch if Plus                                              BPS            Bits Per Second + Bytes Per Second                          BR             Bad Register                                                BRI            Brain Response Interface                                    BSAM           Basic Sequential Access Method                              BSC            Binary Synchronous Communication                            BSCS           Bachelor of Science (Degree) in Computer Science            BSD            Berkely Standard Distribution                               BSF            Bit Scan Forward                                            BSI            British Standards Institute                                 BSR            Bit Scan Reverse                                            BSV            BASIC Bsave Graphics (file name extension)                  BSY            Busy                                                        BSYNC          Binary Synchronous Communications (protocol)                BT             Bit Test                                                    BTAM           Basic Telecommunications Access Method [IBM]                BTC            Bit Test and Complement                                     BTP            Batch Transfer Program                                      BTR            Bit Test and Reset                                          BTS            Bit Test and Set                                            BUF            Buffer                                                      BWM            Block-Write Mode                                            BYTE           Binary Element String                                       C              C Programming Language                                      .C             C source code (file name extension) [C]                     CA             Collision  Avoidance                                        CAD            Computer Aided Design                                       CADD           Computer Aided Design and Drafting                          CAE            Computer Aided Engineering                                  CAG            Column Address Generator                                    CAI            Computer Aided Instruction                                  CAL            Calendar + Computer Aided Learning                          CAM            Common Access Method + Computer Aided Manufacturing +       CAM (+)        Contents Addressable Memory                                 CAN            Cancel                                                      CAP            Central Arbitration Point + Computer Aided Publishing       CAPS           Capitals (Upper Case Letters) + Cassette Programming System CAS            Column Address Select +                                     CAS (+)        Communicating Applications Specification +                  CAS (+)        Computer Aided Styling                                      CASE           Computer Aided Software Engineering                         CASS           Computer Assisted Search Service                            CAT            Computer Aided Testing + Computer Aided Tomography +        CAT (+)        Concatenate                                                 .CAT           Catalog (file name extension)                               CATV           Community Antenna Television                                CAV            Constant Angular Velocity                                   CBCR           Channel Byte Count Register                                 .CBL           COBOL source code (file name extension)                     CBT            Computer Based Training                                     CBW            Convert Byte to Word                                        CBX            Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange                         CC             Cluster Controller                                          CCD            Charged-Coupled Device                                      CCFT           Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube                               CCITT          Consultative Committee for International +                  CCITT (+)      Telegraph and Telephone                                     CCP            Console Command Processor                                   CCS            Common Communications Support                               CD             Carrier Detect + Change Directory +                         CD (+)         Collision Detection + Color Display + Compact Disk          C/D            Control Data                                                CDA            Compound Document Architecture [DEC]                        CDC            Control Data Corporation                                    CD_CHRDY       Card Channel Ready [IBM]                                    CDE            Complex Data Entry                                          .CDF           Comma Delimited Format (file name extension)                CD-I           Compact Disk - Interactive                                  CDOS           Concurrent Disk Operating System                            CDL            Computer Design Language                                    CD-ROM         Compact Disk - Read Only Memory                             CDR            Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording                  CDRL           Contract Data Requirements List                             CD-RTOS        Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System                   CD-V           Compact Disk - Video                                        CE             Cache Enable + Chip Enable + Collision Elimination +        CE (+)         Convert Enable                                              CEG            Continuous Edge Graphics                                    CEI            Conducted Electromagnetic Interference                      .CFG           Configuration (file name extension)                         CGA            Color Graphics Adapter                                      CGI            Computer Generated Images + Computer Graphics Interface     .CGM           Computer Graphics Metafile (file name extension) +          .CGM (+)       Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]             CHAR           Character                                                   CHCK           Channel Check                                               CHGRP          Chanage Group                                               .CHK           CHKDSK (file name extension)                                CHKDSK         Check Disk                                                  CHMOD          Change Mode                                                 CHOWN          Change Owner                                                CHP            Chapter                                                     CHR            Character                                                   CICS/VS        Customer Information Control System/Virtual Storage [IBM]   CIM            Computer Integrated Manufacturing                           CIOCS          Communication Input/Output Control System                   CIP            Command Interface Port                                      CIRC           Circular Reference                                          CIS            CompuServe Information Service + Computer Information SystemCISC           Complex Instruction Set Computer                            CKD            Count Key Data (device)                                     CLAR           Channel Local Address Register                              CLC            Clear Carry Flag                                            CLD            Clear Direction Flag                                        CLI            Clear Interrupt Flag + Command Line Interface               CLIST          Command List                                                CLK            Clock                                                       CLNP           Connectionless Network Protocol                             .CLP           Clipboard (file name extension) [Windows]                   CLS            Clear Screen                                                CLTS           Clear Task Switch Flag                                      CLV            Constant Linear Velocity                                    CM             Centimeter + Control Mark + Corrective Maintenance          CMA            Concert Multi-thread Architecture                           CMC            Communication Mangement Configuration + Complement Carry Fla.CMD           Command (file name extension)                               CMIP           Common Management Information Protocol                      CMIS           Common Management Information System                        CML            Current Mode Logic                                          CMOS           Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor                     CMP            Compare + Computer                                          CMPS           Compare word String                                         CMS            Code Management System + Compiler Monitor System +          CMS (+)        Conversation Monitor System                                 CMYK           Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black                                   CNC            Computerized Numerical Control                              .CNF           Configuration (file name extension)                         CNG            Calling (tone)                                              CO             Central Office + Command Output + Convert Out               .COB           COBAL source code (file name extension)                     COBAL          Common Business-oriented Language (See HLL)                 .COD           Code List (file name extension)                             COEM           Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer                  COGO           Coordinate Geometry (Programming Language)                  .COM           Command (file name extension)                               COMDEX         Computer Dealers Exposition                                 COM1           First serial Port (asynchronous port)                       COM2           Second serial Port                                          COM3           Third serial Port                                           COM4           Fourth serial Port                                          COMP           Compare + Communications                                    COMSAT         Communications Satellite Corporation                        CON            Console (includes Keyboard and Screen)                      CONFIG         Configuration                                               CP             Copy Protected                                              CPA            Certified Public Accountant                                 CPE            Central Processing Element + Customer Premise               CPE (+)        Equipment + Customer Provided Equipment                     CPG            Clock Pulse Generator                                       CPI            Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction +               CPI (+)        Common Programming Interface [IBM]                          .CPI           Code Page Information (file name extension) [MS-DOS]        CPL            Current Privilege Level                                     CP/M           Control Program for Microcomputers                          CPS            Characters Per Second + Cycles Per Second                   CPT            Command Pass Through                                        CPU            Central Processing Unit                                     CR             Carriage Return                                             CRC            Cyclic Redundancy Check                                     CRF            Cross Reference File                                        CR/LF          Carriage Return/Line Feed                                   CROM           Control Read Only Memory                                    CRT            Cathode Ray Tube                                            CRTC           CRT Controller                                              CS             Chip Select + Clear to Send + Code Segment                  CSAR           Channel System Address Register                             CSG            Constructive Solid Geometry                                 CSL            Computer Sensitive Language                                 CSMA           Carrier Sense Multiple Access                               CSP            Commercial Subroutine Package                               CTOS           Computerized Tomography Operating System                    CTPA           Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter                                CTRL           Control                                                     CTS            Clear To Send                                               CUA            Common User Access [IBM]                                    CUB            Cursor Backward                                             CUD            Cursor Down                                                 CUF            Cursor Forward                                              CUI            Common User Interface [IBM]                                 CUP            Cursor Position                                             CUPID          Completely Universal Processor I/O Design [AST]             CUU            Cursor Up                                                   CVGA           Color Video Gaphics Array                                   CWD            Convert Word to Double Word                                 D/A            Digital to Analog                                           DAA            Decimal Adjust for Addition                                 DAC            Digital to Analog Converter                                 DAL            Disk Access Lockout                                         DAS            Decimal Adjust for Subtraction                              DASD           Direct Access Storage Device                                DAT            Digital Audio Tape                                          .DAT           Data (file name extension)                                  DATACOM        Data Communications                                         .DBF           Database (file name extension)                              DB             Data Base + Data Buffer                                     DBM            Data Base Manager                                           DBMS           Data Base Management System                                 DB2            Database 2                                                  DC             Data Collection + Data Communication + Data Control +       DC (+)         Device Control + Direct Current                             DCA            Document Content Architecture                               DCB            Disk Coprocessor Board [Novell]                             DCD            Data Carrier Detect                                         DCE            Data Communications Equipment +                             DCE (+)        Distributed Computing Equipment                             DCF            Data Communication Facility [IBM] + Data Count Field [IBM]  DCL            Declaration + DEC Command Language [DEC] +                  DCL (+)        Device Clear + Digital Control Logic +                      DCL (+)        Digital Command Language [Digital]                          DCS            Data Collection System + Data Control System                .DCT           Dictionary (file name extension)                            DD             Day + Digital Display + Double Density                      DDE            Direct Data Entry + Dynamic Data Exchange [Microsoft]       DDL            Data Definition Language + Data Description Language        DDM            Distributed Data Management                                 DDS            Design Data Sheet + Digital Data Storage                    DEC            Decrement + Device Clear + Digital Equipment Corporation    .DEF           Definitions + Defaults (file name extensions)               DEL            Delete                                                      .DEM           Demonstration (file name extension)                         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                                           DFS            Distributed File System                                     DFT            Diagnostic Funtion Test + Discrete Fourier Transform +      DFT (+)        Distributed Function Terminal                               DFU            Data File Utility                                           DI             Data In + Destination Index                                 DIBOL          DEC Business Oriented Language                              .DIC           Dictionary (file name extension)                            DID            Direct Inward Dialing                                       DIF            Data Interchange Format                                     DIFFSENS       Differential Sense                                          DIIP           Direct Interrupt Identification Port                        DIN            Deutsche Industrie Norm (German equivalent of EIA)          DIO            Data Input-Output                                           DIP            Dual In-line Package                                        DIR            Directory (file)                                            DISP           Displacement (offset)                                       DIV            Divide                                                      DIW            D-Inside Wire [AT&T]                                        DL             Download                                                    DL/1           Data Manipulation Language 1 [IBM]                          DLC            Data Link Control (protocol) [IBM]                          DLE            Data Link Escape                                            DLL            Dynamic Link Library                                        DLR            DOS LAN Requester                                           DMA            Direct Memory Access                                        DMAC           DMA Controller                                              DML            Data Manipulation Language                                  DMM            Digital Multimeter                                          DMMS           Dynamic Memory Management System                            DMOS           Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor                   DMP            Dot Matrix Printer                                          DMS            Data Management Software + Data Management System           DMY            Day Month Year                                              DN             Down                                                        DNC            Direct Numerical Control                                    DNIS           Dialed Number Identification Service                        DNS            Domain Naming System                                        DO             Data Out                                                    .DOC           Document + Documentation (file name extensions)             DOS            Disk Operating System                                       DOW            Day Of Week                                                 DP             Data Processing                                             DPA            Demand Protocol Architecture [3Com]                         DPAREN         Data Parity Enable [IBM]                                    DPI            Dots Per Inch                                               DPC            Direct Program Control                                      DPL            Descriptor Privilege Level                                  DPM            Digital Panel Meter                                         DPMA           Data Processing Management Association                      DPMI           DOS Protected Mode Interface [Microsoft]                    DR             Data Received                                               D/R            Direct or Reverse                                           DRAM           Dynamic Random Access Memory                                DRI            Digital Research Incorporated                               DRO            Data Request Output + Destructive Read-Out                  .DRS           WordPerfect Driver Resource (file name extension)           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       DSEA           Display Station Emulation Adapter                           DSECT          Dummy Control Section                                       DSL            Dynamic Simulation Language                                 DSP            Digital Signal Processor                                    DSR            Data Set Ready + Device Status Register +                   DSR (+)        Device Status Report                                        DSTN           Double Supertwisted Nematic                                 DSW            Data Status Word + Device Status Word                       D2T2           Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (printing)                   DTA            Disk Transfer Area                                          .DTA           Data (file name extension)                                  DTE            Data Terminal Equipment + Dumb Terminal Emulator            DTL            Diode-Transistor Logic                                      DTMF           Dual Tone Multifrequency                                    DTP            Desktop Publishing                                          DTR            Data Terminal Ready + Data Transfer Rate                    DU             Disk Usage                                                  .DV            DESQview Script (file name extension)                       DVI            Digital Video Interactive                                   .DVR           Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DRV)         DWG            Drawing                                                     .DXB           Drawing Interchange Binary (file name extension) [AutoCAD]  EA             Extended Attribute [OS/2]                                   EAROM          Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory                     EARS           Electronic Access to Reference Services                     EATA           Enhanced AT Bus Attachment                                  EBC            EISA Bus Controller                                         EBCDIC         Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code [IBM]        EBI            Equivalent Background Input +                               EBI (+)        Extended Background Investigation                           EBT            Electronic Benefits Transfer                                ECAL           Enjoy Computing And Learn                                   ECC            Error Check Code + Error Checking and Correction +          ECC (+)        Error Correction Code                                       ECD            Enhanced Color Display                                      ECL            Emitter Coupled Logic                                       ED             Erase Display                                               EDC            Error Detection and Correction                              EDI            Electronic Data Interchange +                               EDI (+)        Electronic Document Interchange [DEC]                       EDLC           Ethernet Data Link Control                                  EDLIN          Editor (Line Text)                                          EDP            Electronic Data Processing                                  EDPM           Electronic Data Processing Machine                          EDSI           Enhanced Small Device Interface                             EEG            Electroencephalogram                                        EEM            Extended Memory Management                                  EEMS           Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification                      EEPROM         Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory         EFA            Extended File Attribute                                     EFI            Electromechanical Frequency Interference                    EFL            Emitter Follower Logic                                      EFTS           Electronic Funds Transfer System                            EGA            Enhanced Graphics Adapter                                   EIA            Electronic Industries Association                           EIS            Executive Information System                                EISA           Extended Industry Standard Architecture                     EL             Electroluminescent (display) + Erase Line                   ELF            Extremely Low Frequency                                     ELS            Entry Level System                                          EM             Electronic Mail + Expanded Memory                           EMA            Enterprise Management Architecture                          E-MAIL         Electronic Mail                                             EMB            Extended Memory Blocks [LIM/AST]                            EMC            Electromagnetic Compatibility + Extended Math Coprocessor   EMI            Electromagnetic Interference                                EMM            Expanded Memory Manager                                     EMR            Electro-Magnetic Radiation                                  EMS            Electronic Mail System + Electronic Message Service +       EMS (+)        Expanded Memory Specification [LIM]                         .ENC           Encoded (file name extension)                               ENDS           Ends Segment                                                ENQ            Enquiry                                                     EOA            End of Address                                              EOB            End of Block                                                EOC            End of Conversion                                           EOF            End of File                                                 EOI            End or Identify                                             EOJ            End of Job                                                  EOL            End of Line + End of List                                   EOM            End of Message                                              EOR            Exclusive OR (Also XOR)                                     EOS            End of String                                               EOT            End Of Table + End of Tape (marker) + End of Text +         EOT (+)        End of Transmission                                         EPL            Effective Privilege Level                                   EPLD           Electrically Programmable Logic Device                      EPROM          Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory +                EPROM (+)      Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory                      .EPS           Encapsulated PostScript (file name extension)               EPSF           Encapsulated PostScript Files                               ERLL           Enhanced Run Length Limited                                 EROM           Erasable Read Only Memory                                   ERR            Error                                                       ES             Extra Segment                                               ESA            European Space Agency                                       ESC            Escape                                                      ESD            Electrostatic Discharge                                     ESDI           Enhanced Small Device Interface                             ESI            Enhanced Serial Interface (specification) [Hayes]           ESS            Electronic Switching System                                 ESU            Electro-Static Unit                                         ETB            End of Transmission Block                                   ETPL           Endorsed Tempest Products List                              ETS            Econometric Time Series                                     ETX            End of Text                                                 EVGA           Extended Video Graphics Array                               .EXE           Executable (file name extension)                            EXE2BIN        Program used to convert an (.EXE) file to binary            EXE2BIN(+)     format (.COM) file                                          EXP            Exponent                                                    EXT            External                                                    EXTRN          External Reference                                          FAMOS          Floating Gate Avalanche MOS                                 FAT            Fat Allocation Table                                        FAX            Facsimile                                                   FCB            File Control Block                                          FCC            Federal Communications Commission                           FCI            Flux Changes per Inch                                       FD             Floppy Disk + Full Duplex                                   FDC            Floppy Disk Controller                                      FDDI           Fiber Digital Device Interface +                            FDDI (+)       Fiber Distributed Data Interface                            FDISK          Fixed Disk                                                  FEFO           First-Ended, First-Out                                      FEP            Front End Processor                                         FET            Field Effect Transistor                                     FF             Flip-Flop + Form Feed                                       FFT            Fast Fourier Transform                                      FIFO           First-In, First-Out                                         FILO           First-In, Last-Out                                          FIP            File Processor Buffering                                    FIR            Finite Impulse Response                                     FLD            Field                                                       FLOPS          Floating Point Operations Per Second                        FMS            Forms Management System                                     FMT            Format                                                      FNT            Font                                                        FOCUS          Forum of Control Data Users                                 FOG            First Osborne Group                                         .FOR           FORTRAN source code (file name extension)                   FORTH          (Programming Language)(See HLL)                             FORTRAN        Formula Translator (Programming Language)(See HLL)          FOSE           Federal Office Systems Exposition                           FPGA           Field Programmable Gate-Array                               FPLA           Field Programmable Logic-Array                              FPP            Fixed Path Protocol + Floating Point Processor              FPS            Frames Per Second                                           FPU            Floating Point Processor Unit                               FRAG           Fragment + Fragmentation                                    FRAM           Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory                          FRED           Frame Editor                                                FRPI           Flux Reversals Per Inch                                     .FRS           WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension)           FSD            File System Driver [OS/2]                                   FSK            Frequency Shift Keying                                      F/T            Full Time                                                   FTAM           File Transfer, Access and Management                        FTP            File Transfer Protocol                                      FTS            Federal Telecommunication System                            FUNC           Function                                                    GAAP           Generally Accepted Accounting Principles                    GAL            Generic Array Logic                                         GB             Gigabyte (1,000 megabytes)                                  GCR            Group Code Recording                                        GDA            Global Data Area                                            GDDM           Graphics Data Display Manager                               GDI            Graphics Device Interface                                   GDT            Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing +                    GDT (+)        Global Descriptor Table                                     GEM            Graphics Environment Manager (DRI Program)                  GET            Get Execute Trigger                                         GHZ            Gigahertz                                                   .GIF           Graphic Interchange Format (file name extension)            GIGO           Garbage In, Garbage Out                                     GIS            Geographical Information System                             G/L            General Ledger                                              GLM            General Linear Models                                       .GLY           Glossary (file name extension) [Microsoft Word]             GMT            Greenwich Mean Time                                         GND            System Ground                                               GOSIP          Government Open System Interconnection Profile              GP             Gas Plasma + General Purpose                                GPI            Graphics Programming Interface                              GPIB           General Purpose Interface Bus                               GRE            Graphics Engine                                             .GRF           Graph (file name extension)                                 GUI            Graphical User Interface                                    GW-BASIC       Gee Whiz BASIC                                              .H             Header (file name extension) [C]                            HAL            Hard Array Logic + House Programmed Array Logic             HASP           Houston Automatic Spooling Priority (System)                HD             Hard Disk + High Density                                    HDA            Head Disk Assembly                                          HDI            Head to Disk Interference                                   HDLC           High-Level Data Link Control                                HDR            Header                                                      HDSC           High Density Signal Carrier [DEC]                           HDTV           High Definition Television                                  HERC           Hercules                                                    HEX            Hexadecimal                                                 HGA            Hercules Graphics Adapter                                   HH             Hour                                                        HIL            Human Interface Link [HP]                                   HLCO           High Low Close Open                                         HLL            High Level Language                                         HLLAPI         High Level Language Application Programming Interface       .HLP           Help (file name extension)                                  HLQ            High Level Qualifier                                        HLT            Halt                                                        HMA            High Memory Area [Microsoft]                                HMOS           High Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor +                    HMOS (+)       High Speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor                        HP             Hewlett-Packard (Company)                                   HPFS           High-Performance File System                                HPG            Hewlett-Packard Graphics                                    HPGL           Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language                           HPIB           Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus                               HPPA           Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture                      HPPI           High Performance Parallel Interface                         HRIS           Human Resource Information System                           HS             High Speed                                                  HSC            High Speed Channel                                          HSP            High Speed Printer                                          HST            High Speed Technology [U.S. Robotics]                       .HST           History + Host (file name extensions)                       HSV            Hue Saturation Value                                        HUT            Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope                               H/V            Horizontal/Vertical                                         HVP            Horizontal & Vertical Position                              H/W            Hardware                                                    HWCP           Hardware Code Page                                          HWD            Height-Width-Depth                                          .HYP           Hyphenation (file name extension)                           HZ             Hertz                                                       IBC            Instrument Bus Computer                                     IBM            International Business Machines (Corporation)               IBM-GL         IBM Graphics Language                                       IC             Input Circuit + Integrated Circuit + Interrupt Controller   ICA            Intra-application Communications Area                       ICAS           Intel Communicating Applications Specifications             ICCP           Institute for the Certification of Computer Professionals   ICE            In-Circuit Emulator [Intel]                                 ICL            Interface Clear                                             .ICO           Icon (file name extension)                                  ICP            Integrated Channel Processor                                ICR            Intelligent Character Recognition                           ID             Identification + Identifier                                 IDA            Integrated Digital Access + Intelligent Disk Array          IDE            Imbedded Drive Electronics + Integrated Drive Electronics + IDE (+)        Intelligent Drive Electronics +                             IDE (+)        Interactive Design and Engineering +                        IDE (+)        Interface Design Enhancement                                IDIV           Integer Divide                                              IDMS           Integrated Data Base Management System                      IDP            Integrated Data Processing                                  IDT            Interrupt Descriptor Table                                  .IDX           Index (file name extension)                                 IEEE           Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers           I/F            Interface                                                   IFS            Installable File System [OS/2]                              IGA            Integrated Graphics Array                                   IIF            Immediate IF                                                IIR            Immediate Impulse Response                                  IMDS           Image Data Stream (format) [IBM]                            IMG            Image                                                       IMS            Information Management System +                             IMS (+)        Intermediate Maintenance Standards                          IMUL           Integer Multiply                                            IN             Input                                                       INC            Increment                                                   .INF           Information (file name extension)                           .INI           Initialize (file name extension)                            INIT           Initialize                                                  INS            Input String                                                INT            Integer + Internal + Interrupt                              INTA           Interrupt Acknowledge                                       INTO           Interrupt if Overflow occurs                                I/O            Input/Output                                                IOCS           Input Output Control System                                 IOCTL          Input Output Control                                        IP             Instruction Pointer + Internet Protocol                     IPC            Instructions Per Clock + Interprocess Communication         IPF            Information Presentation Facility                           IPL            Initial Program Load + Initial Program Loader               IPSE           Integrated Project Support Environment                      IPX            Internetwork Packet Exchange [Novell]                       IQL            Interactive Query Language                                  IRET           Interrupt Return                                            IRL            Interactive Reader Language + Inter-Repeater Link           IRLED          Infrared Light Emitting Diode                               IRM            Information Resource Management                             IRQ            Interrupt Request                                           IRX            Information Retrieval Experiment                            IS             Interrupt Status                                            ISA            Industry Standard Architecture                              ISAM           Indexed Sequential-Access Method                            ISC            Instruction Set Computer                                    ISD            Image Section Descriptor + Instructional Systems Design     ISDN           Integrated Services Digital Network                         ISI            Internally Specified Index                                  ISL            Interactive System Language                                 ISO            International Standards Organization                        ISP            Interrupt Status Port                                       ISPF           Interactive System Programming Facility                     ISR            Information Storage and Retrieval +                         ISR (+)        Interrupt Service Routines                                  ITB            Information Technology Branch + Intermediate Text Block     ITC            International Typeface Corporation                          ITU            International Telecommunication Union                       ITX            Intermediate Text Block                                     IVIS           Interactive Video Information System                        IVR            Interactive Voice Response                                  IVS            Interactive Videodisk System                                IVT            Interrupt Vector Table                                      JA             Jump Address + Jump if Above                                JAE            Jump if Above or Equal                                      JBE            Jump if Below or Equal                                      JC             Jump if Carry set                                           JCL            Job Control Language                                        JE             Jump if Equal                                               JEDEC          Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council                JES            Job Entry System                                            JG             Jump if Greater                                             JGE            Jump if Greater or Equal                                    JL             Jump if Less                                                JLE            Jump if Less than or Equal to                               JMP            Jump                                                        JNA            Jump if Not Above                                           JNAE           Jump if Not Above or Equal                                  JNB            Jump if Not Below                                           JNBE           Jump if Not Below or Equal                                  JNG            Jump if Not Greater                                         JNGE           Jump if Not Greater or Equal                                .JNK           Junk (file name extension)                                  JNLE           Jump if Not Less or Equal                                   JNO            Jump if No Overflow                                         JNP            Jump if No Parity                                           JNS            Jump if No Sign                                             JPE            Jump if Parity Even                                         JPL            Jet Propulsion Laboratory                                   JPO            Jump if Parity Odd                                          JS             Jump if Sign                                                JZ             Jump if Zero                                                JNZ            Jump if Not Zero                                            KB             Keyboard + Kilobyte (1,024 bytes)                           KBD            Keyboard (also KEYB)                                        KEYBBE         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Belgium                 KEYBCF         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Canadian-French         KEYBDF         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Denmark                 KEYBFR         Foreign language KEYBoard program - France                  KEYBGR         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Germany                 KEYBLA         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Latin America           KEYBNL         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Netherlands             KEYBNO         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Norway                  KEYBPO         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Portugal                KEYBSF         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-French            KEYBSG         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-German            KEYBSP         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Spain                   KEYBSU         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Finland                 KEYBSV         Foreign language KEYBoard program - Sweden                  KEYBUK         Foreign language KEYBoard program - United Kingdom          KSR            Keyboard Send Receive                                       KRS            Knowledge Retrieval System                                  LALL           Longest Allowed Lobe Length                                 LAN            Local Area Network                                          LAPM           Link Access Procedure for Modems                            LAR            Load Access Rights                                          LAWN           Local Area Wireless Network                                 LBL            Label                                                       LBR            Librarian                                                   .LBR           Library (file name extension)                               LBT            Listen Before Talk                                          LCC            Leadless Chip Carrier                                       LCD            Liquid Crystal Display                                      LDA            Logical Device Address                                      LDC            Lotus Development Corporation                               LDT            Local Descriptor Table                                      LE             Less or Equal                                               LEA            Load Effective Address                                      LED            Light Emitting Diode                                        LEM            Language Extension Module                                   .LET           Letter (file name extension)                                LEX            Lexicon                                                     LF             Line Feed                                                   LFI            Last File Indicator                                         LFU            Least Frequently Used                                       LGDT           Load Global Descriptor Table                                .LIB           Library (file name extension)                               LIDT           Load Interrupt Descriptor Table                             LIFO           Last In First Out                                           LIM            Lotus/Intel/Microsoft                                       LIMS           Library Information Management System                       LIPS           Logical Interferences Per Second                            LISP           List Processing (Language)(See HLL)                         LLC            Logical Link Control                                        LLDT           Load Local Descriptor Table                                 LMSW           Load Machine Status Word                                    LM/X           LAN Manager for Unix                                        LN             Logarithm (Natural)                                         LOC            Loop On-Line Control                                        LODSB          Load String Byte                                            LOG            Logarithm (Base 10)                                         LOGO           (Programming Language)(See HLL)                             LOOPE          Loop while Equal                                            LOOPNE         Loop while Not Equal                                        LOOPNZ         Loop while Not Zero                                         LOOPZ          Loop while Zero                                             LPI            Lines Per Inch                                              LPL            Lotus Programming Language [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]              LPM            Lines Per Minute                                            LPN            Logical Page Number                                         LPT            Line Printer                                                LPT1           First Parallel Printer Port                                 LPT2           Second Parallel Printer Port                                LPT3           Third Parallel Printer Port                                 LQ             Letter Quality                                              LRC            Local Register Cache + Longitudinal Redundancy Check        LRI            Least Recently Loaded                                       .LRS           Language Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect]       LRU            Least Recently Used                                         LSA            Line Sharing Adapter                                        LSB            Least Significant Bit                                       LSC            Least Significant Character                                 LSD            Least Significant Digit                                     LSI            Large Scale Integration                                     LSL            Load Segment Limit                                          LST            List                                                        .LST           List (file name extension)                                  LTR            Letter + Load Task Register                                 LU             Logical Unit                                                LUT            Lookup Table                                                LZW            Lempel-Ziv-Walsh (algorithm)                                MAC            Medium Access Control                                       .MAC           MacPaint (file name extension) + Macro (file name extension)MAN            Manual                                                      MAP            Maintenance Analysis Procedures +                           MAP (+)        Manufacturing Automation Protocol +                         MAP (+)        Memory Allocation Map                                       .MAP           Linker Map (file name extension)                            MASM           Macro Assembler [Microsoft]                                 MAU            Media Access Unit + Multistation Access Unit                MAX            Maximum                                                     MB             Megabyte (1,000 kilobytes)                                  MBASIC         Microsoft BASIC                                             MBPS           Megabytes Per Second                                        MCA            Micro Channel Architecture [IBM]                            MCB            Memory Control Block                                        MCGA           Multicolor Graphics Array                                   MCU            Multi-Chip Unit [DEC]                                       MD             Make Directory + Monochrome Display                         MDA            Monochrome Display Adapter                                  MDI            Multiple Document Interface                                 MDIC           Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip [AT&T]                MDR            Minimum Design Requirement                                  MDY            Month Day Year                                              .ME            Opening Information (file name extension) (As in READ.ME)   MEG            Megabyte                                                    .MEN           Menu (file name extension)                                  MFLOPS         Million Floating Point Operations Per Second                MFM            Modified Frequency Modulation                               MFP            Multifunction Peripheral                                    MFS            Magnetic Tape Field Search                                  MFT            Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks               MGA            Monochrome Graphics Adapter                                 MGR            Manager                                                     MHS            Message Handling Service + Message Handling System          MHZ            Megahertz                                                   MICS           Macro Interpretive Commands                                 MIDI           Musical Instrument Digital Interface                        MII            Microsoft/IBM/Intel                                         MIMD           Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor)       MIN            Minimum                                                     MIPS           Million Instructions Per Second                             MIS            Management Information System                               MISC           Miscellaneous                                               MIX            Member Information Exchange                                 MKDIR          Make Directory                                              ML             Machine Language                                            MM             Minutes + Month                                             MMC            Matched Memory Cycle + Microcomputer Marketing Council      MMU            Memory Management Unit                                      MNOS           Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor                           MNP            Microcom Networking Protocol                                .MNU           Menu (fine name extension)                                  MODEM          Modulator Demodulator                                       MOV            Metal Oxide Varistor + Move                                 MOVS           Move String                                                 MOD            Modem + Modulus                                             MOS            Metal Oxide Semiconductor                                   MOSFET         Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor           MOV            Move                                                        MOVS           Move String                                                 MPCS           Mission Planning and Control Station (Software)             MPP            Message Processing Program +                                MPP (+)        Microcom Network Protocol [Microcom]                        MPR            Multipart Repeater                                          MPT            Mean Repair Time                                            MPU            Microprocessor Unit                                         MR             Modem Ready                                                 MRI            Magnetic Resonance Imaging                                  MRO            Multi-Region Operation                                      MRP            Materials Requirement Planning                              MRPL           Main Ring Path Length                                       MS             Memory System + Microsecond + Microsoft Corporation +       MS (+)         Millisecond                                                 MSB            Most Significant Bit                                        MSD            Mass Storage Device + Most Significant Digit                MS-DOS         Microsoft-Disk Operating System                             MSDR           Multiplexed Streaming Data Request                          MSG            Message                                                     .MSG           Program Message (file name extension)                       MSI            Medium Scale Integration                                    MSL            Map Specification Library                                   .MSP           Microsoft Paint (file name extension) [Microsoft]           MSW            Machine Status Word                                         MTA            Message Transfer Agent + Multiple Terminal Access           MTBB           Mean Time Between Breakdowns                                MTBF           Mean Time Before Failure + Mean Time Between Failure        MTS            Message Transfer Service                                    MTTF           Mean Time To Failure                                        MTTR           Mean Time To Repair                                         MUL            Multiply                                                    MUMPS          Massachusetts General Hospital Utility                      MUMPS (+)      Multi-Programming System (Programming Language)             MUX            Multiplexer                                                 MVGA           Monochrome Video Graphics Array                             MVS            Multiple Virtual Storage                                    MVT            Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks            NACD           National Association of Computer Dealers                    NACS           National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors               NAE            Not Above or Equal                                          NAK            Negative Acknowledgment                                     NAPLPS         North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (graphics)NAS            Network Application Support [DEC]                           NASA           National Aeronautics and Space Administration               NBE            Not Below or Equal                                          NBI            Nothing But Initials                                        NBS            National Bureau of Standards                                NC             No Carry + Numerical Control                                NCA            Network Communications Adapter                              NCC            Network Control Center                                      NCGA           National Computer Graphics Association                      NCIC           National Crime Information Center                           NCP            Network Control Processor + Network Control Program +       NCP (+)        Not Copy Protected                                          NCR            National Cash Register (Company)                            NDEF           Not to be Defined                                           NDIS           Network Driver Interface Specification                      NDRO           Non-Destructive Read Out                                    .NDX           Index (file name extension)                                 NEC            Nippon Electric Company                                     NEG            Negative + Negate                                           NetBIOS        Network Basic Input/Output System [IBM]                     NetBEUI        NetBIOS Extended User Interface [IBM]                       .NEW           New Information (file name extension)                       NFF            No Fault Found                                              NFS            Network File System                                         NG             No Good                                                     NGE            Not Greater or Equal                                        NHC            National Hurricane Center                                   NIC            Network Interface Card + Numeric Intensive Computing        NICAD          Nickel Cadmium                                              NID            Next ID                                                     NIPS           Network I/Os Per Second                                     NIST           National Institute for Standards and Technology             NL             New Line                                                    NLE            Not Less or Equal                                           NLM            NetWare Loadable Module                                     NLQ            Near Letter Quality                                         NMI            Non-Maskable Interrupt                                      NMOS           Negative Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor                  NOP            No Operation                                                NOS            Network Operating System                                    NRZ            Not Return to Zero                                          NRZI           Non Return to Zero Inverted                                 NS             Nanosecond + Network Supervisor + Non Stop                  NSA POLY       National Security Agency Polygraph                          NSF            National Science Foundation                                 NTSC           National Television Standards Committee                     NUI            Network User Identification                                 NUL            Dummy Device + No Device                                    NV             No Overflow                                                 NVM            Non-Volatile Memory                                         NVRAM          Non-Volatile Random Access Memory                           OAI            Open Applications Interface                                 OBJ            Object                                                      OCL            Operation Control Language + Operator Control Language      OCR            Optical Character Recognition                               ODA            Office Document Architecture                                OEM            Original Equipment Manufacturer                             OF             Overflow Flag                                               OFMT           Output Format for Numbers                                   OFS            Output Field Separator                                      OH             Off Hook                                                    OIS            Office Information Systems                                  .OLD           Old version (file name extension)                           OLMC           Output Logic Macrocell                                      OMNS           Open Network Management System                              OMR            Optical Mark Recognition                                    OOL            Object-Oriented Language                                    OOPL           Object-Oriented Programming Language                        OOPS           Object Oriented Programming and Systems +                   OOPS (+)       Off-line Operating Simulator                                OOS            Object-Oriented Systems                                     OP             Operation + Optical + Output                                OPC            Optical Photoconductor                                      OP CODE        Operational Code                                            OPD            Operand                                                     OPM            Operations Per Minute                                       OPS            Operations                                                  .OPT           Options (file name extension)                               OPUS           Octal Program Updating System                               ORACLE         On-Line Inquiry and Report Generator (UNIX DB program)      ORS            Output Record Separator                                     OS             Operating System                                            OS/2           Operating System 2 [IBM]                                    OSF            Open Software Foundation                                    OSI            Open Systems Interconnection                                OTF            Open Token Foundation                                       OUTS           Output String                                               OV             Overflow                                                    .OVL           Program Overlay (file name extension)                       .OVR           Program Overlay (file name extension)                       PABX           Private Automatic Branch Exchange                           PAD            Packet Assembler/Disassembler                               PAL            Paradox Applications Language [Borlund] +                   PAL (+)        Programmed Array Logic + Programming Assembly Language      PALS           Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System                  PAR            Parallel                                                    PARA           Paragraph                                                   PARC           Palo Alto Research Center [XEROX]                           .PAS           PASCAL source code (file name extension)                    PASCAL         (Programming Language named for Blaise Pascal)              .PAT           Patch (file name extension)                                 PBE            Prompt By Example                                           PBX            Private Branch Exchange                                     PC             Personal Computer + Printed Circuit + Program Counter       PCB            Printed Circuit Board + Program Control Block               PC-DOS         Personal Computer - Disk Operating System                   PC-DOS (+)     (IBM version of MSDOS)                                      PC-I/O         Program Controlled I/O                                      PCL            Printer Command Language [HP] + Process Control Language    PCM            Pulse Code Modulation                                       PCS            Patchable Control Store + Planning Control Sheet +          PCS (+)        Print Contrast Signal + Process Control Systems +           PCS (+)        Program Counter Store + Project Control System              .PCT           Picture (file name extension)                               .PCX           Picture Image (file name extension)                         PDF            Program Development Facility                                .PDF           Printer Description (file name extension)[Borlund,Lotus]    PDL            Page Description Language + Program Description Language    PDL (+)        + Program Design Language                                   PDS            Partitioned Data Set                                        PDP            Progammable Data Processor +                                PDP (+)        (DEC Computer System Designation, i.e. PDP-8, PDP-11)       .PDX           Paradox files (file name extension) [Borlund]               PE             Parity Even + Protect Enable                                PEA            Pocket Ethernet Adapter                                     PEL            Picture Element [IBM]                                       PEP            Packetized Ensemble Protocol [Telebit]                      PERT           Program Evaluation and Review Technique                     PES            Positioning Error Signal                                    PFR            Power-Fail Restart                                          PGA            Pin Grid Array + Professional Graphics Adapter [IBM]        PGDN           Page Down                                                   .PGL           Graphics (file name extension) [Hewlett-Packard]            PGM            Program                                                     .PGP           ProGram Parameter (file name extension) [AutoCAD]           PGUP           Page Up                                                     PHIGS          Programmers' Hierarchial Interactive Graphics Standards     PI             Program Interruption                                        PIC            Priority Interrupt Controller + Program Interrupt Controller.PIC           Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]             PID            Process Identification Number                               PIF            Program Information File                                    PILOT          Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching                     PIM            Personal Information Manager                                PIN            Personal Identification Number                              PIO            Parallel Input/Output + Programmed Input/Output             PIP            Picture In Picture + Programmable Interconnect Point        PIT            Programmable Interval Timer                                 PIXEL          Picture Element                                             PL             Plus                                                        PLA            Programmable Logic-Array                                    PLATO          Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations          PLC            Programmable Logic Controller                               PLCC           Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier                               PLD            Programmable Logic Device                                   PLL            Phase Locked Loop                                           .PLL           Prelinked Library (file name extension) [Clipper]           PL/M           Programming Language for Micros                             PLV            Production Level Video                                      PL/1           (Programming Language)(See HLL)                             PM             Presentation Manager                                        PMMU           Paged Memory Management Unit                                PMOS           Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor                  PO             Parity Odd                                                  POP            Pop from Stack                                              POPA           Pop All Registers                                           POPF           Pop Flags                                                   POS            Point Of Sale + Positive + Programmable Object Select       POSIX          Portable Oprating System Environment Standard [IEEE]        POST           Power-On Self Test                                          POSTNET        Postal Numeric Encoding Technique                           PPDS           Personal Printer Data Stream [IBM]                          PPM            Pages Per Minute                                            .PRD           Printer Driver (file name extension) [Word]                 .PRF           Preferences (file name extension) [Grammatik IV]            PROC           Procedure                                                   PROG           Program + Programmer                                        PROLOG         Programming In Logic (Programming Language)(See HLL)        PROM           Programmable Read Only Memory                               PRN            Printer                                                     .PRS           Printer (file name extension) [WordPerfect]                 PRTSC          Print Screen                                                .PS            PostScript (file name extension)                            PS/2           Programming System 2 [IBM]                                  PSC            Product Service Center                                      PSP            Program Segment Prefix                                      P-SRAM         Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory                          PSW            Program Status Word                                         PT             Page Table                                                  P/T            Part Time                                                   PTD            Parallel Transfer Disk Drive                                PUB            Publication + Publish                                       .PUB           Publication (file name extension) [Ventura]                 PUSHA          Push All Registers                                          PUSHF          Push Flags                                                  PWB            Printed Wire Board                                          PWR            Power                                                       QA             Quality Assurance                                           QAM            Quadrature Amplitude Modulation                             QBE            Query By Example                                            QBF            Query by Form                                               QC             Quality Control                                             QDOS           Quick and Dirty Operating System                            .QDI           Dictionary (file name extension) [Quicken]                  .QDT           Data (file name extension) [Quicken]                        QFA            Quick File Access                                           QIC            Quarter-Inch Cartridge                                      .QMT           Memorized List (file name extension) [Quicken]              .QNX           Indexes to Data (file name extension) [Quicken]             QPSK           Quadrature Phase Shift Keying                               RA             Return Authorization                                        RACF           Resource Access Control Facility                            RAG            Row Address Generator                                       RALU           Register Arithmetic Logic Unit                              RAM            Random Access Memory                                        RAND           Random                                                      RAS            Random Access Storage +                                     RAS (+)        Reliability, Availability and Serviceability +              RAS (+)        Row Address Select                                          RBBS           Remote Bulletin Board System                                RCL            Rotate Carry Left                                           RCP            Restore Cursor Position                                     RCR            Rotate Carry Right                                          RCS            Records Communications Switching System                     RD             Receive Data                                                R&D            Research and Development                                    RDB            Receive Data Buffer                                         RDSR           Receiver Data Service Request                               .REF           Reference (file name extension)                             REGAL          Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate                          REM            Remark + Remote + Ring Error Monitor                        REN            Rename                                                      REP            Repeat                                                      REPE           Repeat while Equal                                          REPNE          Repeat while Not Equal                                      REPNZ          Repeat while Not Zero                                       REPZ           Repeat while Zero                                           REQ            Request                                                     RES            Reset + Resolution                                          RET            Return                                                      REX            Relocatable Executable                                      RD             Received Data + Remove Directory                            RDB            Relational Data Base                                        RDBMS          Relational Data Base Management System                      RF             Radio Frequency                                             RFP            Request for Proposal                                        RFS            Remote File System                                          RFT            Revisable Form Text + Rich Text Format                      RFU            Reserved For Future Use                                     RGB            Red-Green-Blue                                              RIME           RelayNet International Message Exchange                     RIP            Raster Image Processor                                      RISC           Reduced Instruction Set Computer                            RLE            Run Length Encoded                                          RLL            Run Length Limited                                          RM             Reset Mode                                                  RMA            Return Material Authorization +                             RMA (+)        Return to Manufacturer Authorization                        RMDIR          Remove Directory                                            RMS            Record Management Services + Root Mean Square               RND            Random                                                      R-O            Read Only                                                   ROL            Rotate Left                                                 ROM            Read Only Memory                                            ROR            Rotate Right                                                RPC            Real Procedure Call + Remote Procedure Call                 RPG            Report Program Generator (Programming Language)             RPL            Requested Privilege Level                                   RPPROM         Reprogrammable PROM                                         RPT            Repeat                                                      RPQ            Request for Price Quotation                                 RS             Radio Shack + Request To Send                               RSP            Required Space Character                                    RST            Reset + Restart                                             RSX            Real Time Resource Sharing Executive                        RT             Real Time + RISC Technology + Run Time                      RTAM           Remote Terminal Access Method                               RTC            Real-Time Clock                                             RTL            Register Transfer Language + Resistor Transistor Logic +    RTL (+)        Run Time Library                                            RTM            Response Time Monitor                                       RTOS           Real-Time Operating System                                  RTS            Request To Send                                             RTTY           Radio Teletypewriter (Communications)                       RTV            Real Time Video                                             R/W            Read/Write                                                  RWM            Read-Write Memory                                           RX             Receiver                                                    SAA            Systems Application Architecture [IBM]                      SAL            Shift Arithmetic Left                                       SAM            Sequential Access Method                                    SAP            Service Access Point [DEC]                                  SAR            Shift Arithmetic Right +                                    SAR (+)        Successive Approximation Register                           SAS            Sales Accounting System + Single Audio System               .SAV            Saved (file name extension)                                SBB            Subtract With Borrow                                        SBC            Single-Board Computer                                       SCAS           Scan String                                                 SCB            Subsystem Control Block [IBM]                               SCC            Serial Communications Controllers +                         SCC (+)        Synchronous Channel Check [IBM]                             SCD            Standard Color Display                                      SCF            System Control Facility                                     SCO            Santa Cruz Operation (Software Company)                     SCP            Save Cursor Position + Subsystem Control Port +             SCP (+)        System Control Program                                      SCR            Silicon Controlled Rectifier                                .SCR           Script (file name extension)                                SCRN           Screen (video display)                                      SCSI           Small Computer Systems Interface                            SD             Send Data                                                   SDA            Source Data Automation +                                    SDA (+)        System Display Architecture [Digital]                       .SDF           Standard Data Format (file name extension)                  SDLC           Synchronous Data Link Control                               SDK            Software Developer's Kit [Microsoft]                        SDN            Software Defined Network [AT&T]                             SDNS           Secure Data Network Service                                 SDR            Streaming Data Request                                      SDS            Sysops Distribution System                                  SD_STB         Streaming Data Strobe [IBM]                                 SEA            Standard Extended Attribute [OS/2]                          SEC            Single Error Correction                                     SEG            Segment                                                     SEL            Select                                                      SEM            Scanning Electron Microscope +                              SEM (+)        Standard Electronic Module                                  SER            Serial                                                      .SET           Driver Set (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]        SEU            Smallest Executable Unit                                    SF             Sign Flag                                                   SFQL           Structured Full-text Query Language                         SFT            System Fault Tolerance                                      SFX            Sound Effect(s)                                             SGEN           Signal Generator + System Generator                         SGDT           Store Global Descriptor Table                               SGR            Set Graphics Rendition                                      S/H            Sample and Hold                                             SHL            Shift Logical Left                                          SHR            Shift Logical Right                                         SI             Source Index + System Information                           SID            Station Identification [AT&T]                               SIDT           Store Interrupt Descriptor Table                            SIG            Special Interest Group                                      SIM            Simulator                                                   SIMD           Single Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor)         SIMM           Single In-line Memory Module                                SIMULA         Simulation (language)                                       SIP            Single In-line Package                                      SIPP           Single In-line Pin Package                                  SIT            Special Information Tones                                   SLDT           Store Local Descriptor Table                                SLOSH          Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricane (program)       SLSI           Super Large-Scale Integrator                                SM             Set Mode                                                    SMB            Server Message Block (protocol) [MII]                       SMD            Surface Mounted Device                                      SMP            Symbolic Manipulation Program                               SMPS           Switching Mode Power Supply                                 SMSW           Store Machine Status Word                                   SMT            Surface-Mount Technology                                    SMTP           Simple Mail Transfer Protocol                               SMU            System Management Utility                                   SN             Serial Number                                               S/N            Signal-to-Noise                                             SNA            Systems Network Architecture [IBM]                          SND            Sound                                                       SNMP           Simple Network Management Protocol                          SNOBOL         String Oriented Symbolic Language (Progamming Language)     SNP            Serial Number/Password [Omen Technology]                    SNR            Signal-to-Noise Ratio                                       SOE            Standard Operating Environment                              SOH            Start of Heading                                            SOL            Simulation Oriented Language                                SOM            Start of Message                                            SOP            Standard Operating Procedures                               SOS            Silicon On Sapphire                                         SOTA           State Of The Art                                            SP             Stack Pointer + System Product                              SPA            Software Publishers Association                             SPARC          Scalable Processor Architecture                             SPC            Small Peripheral Controller + Statistical Process Control   SPCL           Spectrum Cellular Corporation                               SPF            System Programming Facility                                 SPIKE          Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-Based                SPIKE (+)      Environment [STScI]                                         SPL            Spooler                                                     SPOOLING       Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line                  SPS            Standby Power System                                        SPSS           Statistical Package for the Social Sciences                 SPX            Sequenced Packet Exchange [Novell]                          SQ             Squeezed (files)                                            SQL            Structured Query Language                                   SQRT           Square Root                                                 SR             Shift Register                                              SRAM           Shadow Random Access Memory +                               SRAM (+)       Static Random Access Memory                                 SRQ            Service Request                                             SRR            Serially Reusable Resource                                  SS             Stack Segment + Single Sided + Seconds                      SSI            Small Scale Integration                                     SST            Spread-Spectrum Technology                                  STB            Strobe                                                      STC            Set Carry Flag                                              STD            Set Direction Flag + Standard                               STDA           StreetTalk Directory Assistance [Banyan]                    STDIN          Standard Input                                              STDIO.H        Standard Input/Output Header [C]                            STDOUT         Standard Output                                             STI            Set Interrupt Flag                                          STN            Supertwist Nematic                                          STOS           Store String                                                STP            Signal Transfer Point                                       STR            Store Task Register + Synchronous Transmitter Receiver      STRUDL         Structural Design Language (Programming Language)           STScI          Space Telescope Science Institute                           STX            Start of Text                                               .STY           Style (file name extension) [Ventura, Word, WordPerfect]    SUB            Subroutine + Substitute + Subtract                          .SUP           Supplemental Dictionary (file name extension)               .SUP (+)       [WordPerfect]                                               S-VHS          Super VHS                                                   S/W            Software                                                    SYLK           Symbolic Link                                               .SYN           Synonym (file name extension)                               SYNC           Synchronous                                                 SYS            System                                                      .SYS           System Configuration (file name extension) +                .SYS (+)       System Device Driver (file name extension)                  SYSGEN         System Generator                                            SYSLOG         System Log                                                  SYSMOD         System Modification                                         SYSOP          System Operator                                             TAD            Telephone Answering Device                                  TASM           Turbo Assembler [Borland]                                   TAXI           Transparent Asynchronous Tranceiver Interface               TB             Terabyte (1,000 gigabytes)                                  T/B            Top and Bottom                                              TCM            Trellis Code Modulation                                     TCP/IP         Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol             TD             Transmit Data                                               TDM            Time Division Multiplexing                                  TDMS           Terminal Display Management System                          TDSR           Transmitter Data Service Request                            TDR            Time Domain Reflectometry                                   TEC            Tokyo Electronics Corporation                               TED            Tiny Editor                                                 TERMPWR        Terminator Power                                            TFEL           Thin-Film Electroluminescent                                TFT            Thin-Film Transistor                                        .THD           Thread (file name extension)                                THOR           Tandy High-Performance Optical Recording                    .THS           Thesaurus (file name extension)                             .TIF           Tag Image File (file name extension)                        TIFF           Tag Image File Format                                       TIGA           Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture                     TIGER          Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and ReferencingTLB            Translation Lookaside Buffer                                TLU            Table Lookup                                                TM             Trademark                                                   TMP            Temporary                                                   TN             Twisted Nematic                                             TPI            Tracks Per Inch                                             TPL            Table Producing Language                                    TPORT          Twisted Pair Port Transceiver [AT&T]                        TPS            Transaction Processing System                               TR             Terminal Ready                                              TRON           The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus                      TS             Top Secret                                                  TSB            Termination Status Block                                    TSO            Time Sharing Option                                         TSR            Terminate and Stay Resident                                 TSS            Task State Segment + Time Sharing System                    TS/SI          Top Secret/Sensitive Information                            .TST           Printer Test (file name extension) [WordPerfect]            TSTN           Triple Supertwisted Nematic                                 TTL            Transistor-Transistor Logic                                 TTS            Transaction Tracking System                                 TTY            Teletype                                                    .TUT           Tutorial (file name extension)                              TWX            Teletypewriter Exchange Service                             TXT            Text                                                        UA             User Agent + User Area                                      UART           Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter                 UCL            Universal Communications Language                           UG             User Group                                                  UI             Unix International                                          UID            User Identifier                                             UL             Upload                                                      ULSI           Ultra Large Scale Integration                               UMB            Upper Memory Blocks [LIM/AST]                               UNCOL          Universal Computed Oriented Language                        UNMA           Unified Network Management Architecture                     UNICOS         Universal Compiler FORTRAN compatible                       UNIVAC         Universal Automatic Computer                                UNIX           (AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System)                   UPC            Universal Product Code                                      UPL            User Program Language                                       UPM            User Profile Management [IBM]                               UPS            Uninterruptible Power Supply +                              UPS (+)        Uninterruptible Power System                                USART          Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Reciever/Transmitter     USERID         User Identification                                         USRT           Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter                  USQ            Unsqueezed (files)                                          UT             User Terminal                                               UTC            Coordinated Universal Time                                  UTP            Unshielded Twisted-Pair                                     UUCP           Unix-To-Unix Copy                                           UUI            User-To-User Information [AT&T]                             UV             Ultraviolet                                                 VA             Virtual Address                                             VAD            Value Added Dealer                                          VADD           Value Added Disk Driver                                     VAL            Value                                                       VAM            Virtual Access Method                                       VAN            Value Added Network                                         VAP            Value Added Processes                                       VAR            Value Added Reseller + Value Added Retailer + Variable      VAX            Virtual Address Extension                                   VAX (+)        (Computer System Designation - DEC)                         VB             Variable Block                                              VCPI           Virtual Control Program Interface                           VCR            Video Cassette Recorder                                     VDISK          Virtual Disk                                                VDT            Video Display Terminal                                      VDU            Video Display Unit                                          VER            Verify                                                      VERR           Verify Read Access                                          VERW           Verify Write Access                                         VESA           Video Electronics Standards Association                     VFD            Vacuum Fluorescent Display                                  VGA            Video Graphics Array                                        VGC            Video Graphics Controller                                   VHS            Very High Speed + Virtual Host Storage                      VHSIC          Very High Speed Integrated Circuit                          VIO            Video Input/Output + Virtual Input/Output                   VINES          Virtual Network Operating System [Banyan]                   VIP            Variable Information Processing                             VIPER          Verifiable Integrated Processor for Enhanced Reliability    VIS            Voice Information System                                    VLF            Very Low Frequency                                          VLIW           Very Long Instruction Word (machine)                        VLSI           Very Large Scale Integration                                VM             Virtual Machine                                             VMM            Virtual Memory Manager [Clipper]                            VMOS           Vertical MOS                                                VMS            Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System                VMT            Virtual Memory Technique                                    VOL            Volume                                                      VOM            Volt Ohm Meter                                              VOS            Verbal Operating System                                     VR             Voltage Regulator                                           VRAM           Video Random Access Memory                                  VROOMM         Virtual Real-time Object Oriented Memory Manager [Borlund]  .VRS           WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension)           VRU            Voice Response Unit                                         VS             Virtual Storage                                             VSAM           Virtual Storage Access Method                               VSAT           Very Small Aperture Terminal                                VSE            Virtual Storage Extended                                    VSF            Vertical Scanning Frequency                                 VSLI           Very Large Scale Integration                                VSM            Virtual Storage Management                                  VSOS           Virtual Storage Operating System                            VSYNC          Vertical Sync                                               VTAM           Virtual Telecommunications Access Method [IBM]              VUI            Video User Interface                                        VMS            Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System                W/             With                                                        WAN            Wide Area Network                                           WATS           Wide Area Telecommunications Service                        WC             Word Count                                                  WGS            Work Group System                                           .WKB           Workbook (file name extension) [WordPerfect]                .WKE           Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]         .WKQ           Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]                   .WKS           Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]         .WKZ           Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]        .WK1           Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]         .WMF           Windows Metafile (file name extension) [Microsoft]          WNIM           Wide-Area Network Interface Module                          W/O            Without                                                     WORM           Write Once, Read Many                                       WP             WordPerfect + Word Processing + Write Protected             .WPG           Graphics (file name extension) [WordPerfect]                WPHD           Write-Protect Hardd Disk                                    .WPK           Keyboard (file name extension) [WordPerfect]                WPM            Words Per Minute                                            .WPM           Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect]                   .WQ1           Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]                  .WQ!           Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]       WS             WordStar + Workstation                                      WT             Write Through                                               WYSIWYG        What You See Is What You Get                                XA             Extended Architecture + Extended Attribute                  XCHG           Exchange                                                    XCMD           External Command                                            XDR            External Data Representation                                XFCN           External Function                                           XGA            Extended Graphics Array [IBM]                               XID            Exchange Identifier                                         XIOS           Extended Input/Output System                                XLAT           Translate                                                   XMIT           Transmit                                                    XMM            Extended Memory Manager [LIM/AST]                           XMS            Extended Memory Specification [LIM/AST]                     XNS            Xerox Network System (protocol)                             XOR            Exclusive OR (Also EOR)                                     XSMD           Extended Storage Module Drive (interface)                   ZIP            Zone Improvement Plan (ZIPcode)                             .ZIP           Compressed File (file name extension) [PKWare]              .ZOO           Compressed File (file name extension) [Dhesi]               ZSL            Zero Slot LAN                                               .$$$           Temporary File (file name extension)