A

A AMPERE

A ANGSTROM

A AREA

A ACCUMULATOR

A-DISK (NAME OF CMS MINI-DISK ON MAINFRAME COMPUTER)

A/D ANALOG/DIGITAL

A/M AUTO/MANUAL

A/N ALPHA/NUMERIC

A/P ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

A/T ACTION TIME

A-TIME ABSOLUTE TIME

AAACX AUTOMATED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR DPCX (IBM)

AAAS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

AAIMS AN ANALYTICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

AAP AUTOMATED ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

AAS AUTOMATED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

AAS ADVANCED AUTOMATION SYSTEM

AAS ADVANCED ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM

AAVD AUTOMATIC ALTERNATE VOICE DATA

ABA AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

ABA AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION

ABBR ABBREVIATION

ABC AUTOMATIC BANDWIDTH CONTROL

ABC ATANASOFF-BERRY-COMPUTER

ABC AUTOMATED BOOK CATALOG

ABCS ADVANCED BUSINESS COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL

ABEND ABNORMAL END

ABF APPLICATION-BY-FORMS

ABI APPLICATION BINARY INTERFACE

ABIOS ADVANCED BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM

ABM AUTOMATIC BATCH MIXING

ABM ANTIBALLISTIC MISSILE

ABO ADVANCED BYTE-ORIENTED

ABS ABSOLUTE

ABT ABORT TIMER

ABT ANSWER-BACK TONE

AC ALTERNATING CURRENT

AC ANALOG COMPUTER

AC/DC ALTERNATING CURRENT/DIRECT CURRENT

ACA ADJACENT-CHANNEL ATTENUATION

ACAP AUTOMATIC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS PROGRAM

ACC ACCUMULATOR

ACD AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTOR

ACE AUTOMATIC COMPUTING ENGINE

ACE APPLICATION CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT

ACE AUTOMATED CARTRIDGE EVALUATOR (MEMOREX-TELEX)

ACF ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS FUNCTION

ACF ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY

ACF APPLE COMMUNICATIONS FRAMEWORK

ACH AUTOMATIC CLEARING HOUSE

ACI ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE

ACIA ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE ADAPTOR

ACIS ACADEMIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IBM)

ACK ACCESS CONTROL LIST

ACK ACKNOWLEDGMENT

ACL AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGE LOADER

ACMS APPLICATION CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (HP)

ACR ABANDON CALL AND RETRY

ACS AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGE SYSTEM (STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.)

ACS AUXILIARY CORE STORAGE

ACS ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (AT&T)

ACS ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION SERVER

ACT ACCUMULATOR

ACTRAN ANALOG COMPUTER TRANSLATOR

ACTS AUTOMATIC COMPUTER TELEX SERVICE

ACU AUTOMATIC CALLING UNIT

ACV ACCESS CONTROL VERIFICATION

AD AVERAGE DEVIATION

ADA AUTOMATIC DATA ACQUISITION

ADA A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

(AFTER AUGUSTA ADA, COUNTESS OF LOVELACE)

ADABAS ADAPTABLE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SOFTWARE AG)

ADB APPLE DESKTOP BUS

ADC ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT CENTER

ADC AIR DATA COMPUTER

ADC ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER

ADCCP ADVANCED DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL PROCEDURE

ACD AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION

ADD AUTHORIZED DATA DISTRIBUTOR

ADDAR AUTOMATIC DIGITAL DATA ACQUISITION AND RECORDING

ADDR ADDRESS

ADDS ADVANCED DATA DICTIONARY SYSTEM

ADE AUTOMATIC DESIGN ENGINEERING

ADF APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FACILITY (IBM)

ADF AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER

ADIS AUTOMATIC DATA INTERCHANGE SYSTEM

ADIX ADVANCED DIGITAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE

ADL AUTOMATIC DATA LINK

ADLC ADVANCED DATA LINK CONTROLLER

ADM ADAPTIVE DELTA MODULATION

ADMIN ADMINISTRATION

ADONIS AUTOMATIC DIGITAL ON-LINE INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM

ADP AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING

ADPC AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING CENTER

ADPCM ADAPTIVE DIFFERENTIAL PULSE-CODE MODULATION

ADPE AUXILIARY DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

ADPE AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

ADPP AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM

ADPS AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

ADPS AUTOMATIC DISPLAY AND PLOTTING SYSTEM

ADR ADDRESS

ADR ADDRESS REGISTER

ADRAC AUTOMATIC DIGITAL RECORDING AND CONTROL

ADRS ADDRESS

ADRS A DEPARTMENTAL REPORTING SYSTEM (IBM)

ADRT AUTOMATIC DATA RECORDED TRANSCRIBER

ADS AUDIO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

ADS ADVANCED DATA SYSTEMS

ADS ACCURATELY DEFINED SYSTEM

ADS ADDRESS DATA STROBE

ADSP APPLE DATA STREAM PROTOCOL

ADS-TP ADMINISTRATIVE DATA SYSTEMS-TELEPROCESSING SYSTEM

ADSL AYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE

ADS/O APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM/ON-LINE

ADT AUTOMATIC DATA TRANSLATOR

ADU AUTOMATIC DIALING UNIT

ADWP APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT PROGRAMMERS

ADX AUTOMATIC DATA EXCHANGE

AE ADVANCED ENGINE (IBM)

AE APPLICATION ENGINEER

AEC ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION

AED ALGOL EXTENDED DESIGN

AED AUTOMATED ENGINEERING DESIGN

AEMS AIRLINE ECONOMIC MODELING SYSTEM

AESOP AN EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEM FOR ON-LINE PROCESSING

AF AUDIO FREQUENCY

AFC AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL

AFG AUTOMATIC FUNCTION GENERATOR

AFL ABSTRACT FAMILY OF LANGUAGES

AFO ADVANCED FILE ORGANIZATION

AFP APPLETALK FILE PROTOCOL

AFT ACTIVE FILE TABLE

AFTOMS AIR FORCE TECHNICAL ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (USAF)

AGC AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL

AH AMPERE-HOUR (ALSO AMP HR)

AHPL A HARDWARE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AI/ES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/EXPERT SYSTEMS

AIDO AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF OUTWARD DIALED CALLS

AIDS ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION DATA SYSTEM

AIDS AUTOMATIC INTEGRATED DEBUGGING SYSTEM

AIG ADDRESS-INDICATING GROUPS

AIM ADVANCED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

AIM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MARKETS

AIRCON AUTOMATED INFORMATION & RESERVATIONS COMPUTER

ORIENTED NETWORK

AIRS AUTOMATIC INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

AIX ADVANCED INTERACTIVE EXECUTIVE

AJPO ADA JOINT PROJECT OFFICE (AT PENTAGON)

AL ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

ALA ADDRESS LATCH ATTACHMENT

ALAP AS LATE AS POSSIBLE

ALC ASSEMBLER LANGUAGE CODING

ALC AUTOMATIC LEVEL CONTROL

ALC AIRLINE LINK CONTROL

ALD ANALOG LINE DRIVER

ALERT AUTOMATED LINGUISTIC EXTRACTION AND

RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUE

ALEX ADULT LEARNING EXCHANGE (UNIV. OF PHOENIX)

ALEX AUTOMATED LABOR EXCHANGE (IBM)

ALGOL ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGE

ALMRS AUTOMATED LAND & MINERAL RECORDS SYSTEM

ALOHA (A PACKET TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL)

ALMMRS AUTOMATED LAND AND MINERAL RECORDS SYSTEM

ALP AGREEMENT FOR IBM LICENSED PROGRAMS

ALP ASSEMBLER LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING

ALPS ADVANCED LOAN PROCESSSING SYSTEM

ALPS AUTOMATED LIBRARY PROCESSING SERVICE

ALPS ASSOCIATED LOGIC PARALLEL SYSTEM

ALS ADVANCED LEGAL SOFTWARE

ALSN ADA LANGUAGE SYSTEM--NAVY

ALU ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT

AM AMPLITUDE MODULATION

AM ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT

AM-DSB AMPLITUDE MODULATION-DOUBLE SIDEBAND

AMC AUTOMATIC MESSAGE COUNTING

AMC AUTOMATIC MODULATION CONTROL

AMI AUTHENTICATION MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE

AMIGO ADVANCED MESSAGING IN GROUPS

AMIS AUDIO MESSAGE INTERFACE STANDARD

AMOS ADVANCED MORTGAGE ON-LINE SYSTEM

AMP AMPERE

AMP HR AMPERE-HOUR

AMPS AUTOMATIC MESSAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM

AMR AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT REPORTS

AMR AUTOMATIC MESSAGE REGISTERING

AMRD AUTOMATIC MESSAGE ROUTING DEVICE

AMS ACCESS METHODS SERVICES

AMS ARCHIVAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

AMSM ACCESS METHODS SERVICES MACROS

AMSSB AUDIO MODULATION SINGLE SIDEBAND

AMSU ACCESS METHODS SERVICES UTILITIES

AN/UDC ARMY/NAVY UNIVERSAL DIGITAL COMPUTER

ANACOM ANALOG COMPUTER

ANATRON ANALOG TRANSISTOR

ANG ADVANCED NETWORKING GROUP

ANI AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION

ANMP ACCOUNT NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

ANS AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD

ANT ACTIVE NAME TABLE

AO AMPLIFIER OUTPUT

AO AMPL AND/OR AMPLIFIER

AOC AUTOMATIC OUTPUT CONTROL

AOS ADD OR SUBTRACT

AOS AUTOMATED OFFICE SYSTEM

AOSP AUTOMATIC OPERATING AND SCHEDULING PROGRAM

AP ATTACHED PROCESSOR

AP APPLICATIONS PROGRAM

APA ALL POINTS ADDRESSABLE

APAR AUTHORIZED PROGRAM ANALYSIS REPORT

APC ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER

APC AUTOMATIC PHASE CONTROL

APD ANGULAR POSITION DIGITIZER

APEC AUTOMATED PROCEDURES FOR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS

APF ADVANCED PRINTER FUNCTIONS

APG APPLICATION PROGRAM GENERATOR

APG AUTOMATIC PRIORITY GROUPING

API APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE

API ALL PURPOSE INTERFACE

APL ALGORITHM PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

APL A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

APOTA AUTOMATIC POSITIONING TELEMETERING ANTENNA

APP AUXILIARY POWER PLANT

APPC ADVANCED PROGRAM-TO-PROGRAM COMMUNICATIONS

APS ALPHANUMERIC PHOTOCOMPOSER SYSTEM

APSE ADA PROGRAMMING SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT

APT AUTOMATIC PICTURE TRANSMISSION

APT AUTOMATICALLY PROGRAMMED TOOL

APT ALL-PURPOSE TERMINAL

APTS ADVANCED PUBLIC SAFETY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

APTS AUTOMATIC PICTURE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

APUHS AUTOMATIC PROGRAM UNIT

APULS AUTOMATIC PROGRAM UNIT

AQL ACCEPTANCE QUALITY LEVEL

ARAM ANALOG RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

ARC AUTOMATIC RADIO CONTROL

ARC AUTOMATIC RELAY CALCULATOR

ARC AUTOMATIC REMOTE CONTROL

ARC ADAPTOR RETURN CODE

ARC ATTACHED RESOURCE COMPUTER

ARCnet ATTACHED RESOURCE COMPUTER NETWORK

ARCS ADVANCED RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM

ARD ADVANCED RESOURCES DATA

ARD ADVANCED RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

ARE ADVANCED REAL-TIME EXECUTIVE

AREP AUTOMATED RELIABILITY ESTIMATION PROGRAM

AREV ADVANCED REVELATION

ARL ACCEPTANCE RELIABILITY LEVEL

ARM AUTOMATIC REEL MOUNTING

ARM AUTOMATIC ROUTE MANAGEMENT

ARM AUTOMATED RECORDS MANAGEMENT

ARMA AUTOREGRESSIVE MOVING AVERAGE

ARMIS AUTOMATED REPORT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

ARMS AUTOMATED RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ARP ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL

ARQ AUTOMATIC REQUEST FOR REPETITION

ARQ AUTOMATIC RETRANSMISSION QUEUE

ARR ACCOUNTING RATE OF RETURN

ARS AUTOMATIC ROUTE SELECTION

ART ACTIVE REFERENCE TABLE

ART AUTOMATIC REPORTING TELEPHONE

ART-IM AUTOMATED REASONING TOOL FOR

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

ARTI ASYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER INTERFACE

ARTS ADVANCED RURAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

ARU AUDIO RESPONSE UNIT

AS ADD/SUBTRACT

AS APPLICATION SPECIALIST PROGRAM (ROLM COMPANY)

AS APPLICATION SYSTEM (IBM)

AS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

ASAD ADVANCED STRUCTURED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

ASAP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

ASC ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTER

ASC AUTOMATIC SYNCHRONIZED CONTROL

ASC AUTOMATIC SELECTIVITY CONTROL

ASC ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTER

ASCC AUTOMATIC SEQUENCE CONTROLLED CALCULATOR

ASCII AMERICAN STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE

ASD AUTOMATIC SYNCHRONIZED DISCRIMINATOR

ASDS ACCUNET SWITCHED DIGITAL SERVICE

ASIC APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

ASIC APPLICATION SYSTEM INFORMATION CENTER

ASK AUTOMATIC SHIFT KEYING

ASL AVAILABLE SPACE LIST

ASLT ADVANCED SOLID LOGIC TECHNOLOGY

ASM AUXILLIARY STORAGE MANAGER (IBM)

ASM ALLOCATION STRATEGY MODULE

ASN AVERAGE SAMPLE NUMBER

ASN.1 APSTRACT SYNTAX NOTION ONE

ASP AUTOMATIC SERVO PLOTTER

ASP AUTOMATIC SWITCHING PANEL

ASP AUXILLIARY STORAGE POOL

ASP ARCHIVAL STORAGE PROTECTOR (NOVELL)

ASP ATTACHED SUPPORT PROCESSOR (IBM)

ASPEN AUTOMATED SPEECH EXCHANGE NETWORK

ASR AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION

ASR AUXILLIARY STORAGE SAVE/RESTORE

ASR AUTOMATIC SEND/RECEIVE

AST ACTIVE SEGMENT TABLE

ASTEX AUTOMATED STORAGE EXPERT (LEGENT CORP.)

ASV AUTOMATIC SELF-VERIFICATION

AT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY (PC AT)

AT AUTOMATIC TICKETING

ATD AUTHORIZED TERMINAL DISTRIBUTOR (DEC)

ATDM ASYNCHRONOUS TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING

ATE ADA TRAINING ENVIRONMENT

ATE AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT

ATIP ABSOLUTE TIME IN PRE-GROOVE

ATIS ADVANCED TRAVELLER INFORMATION SYSTEM

ATL AUTOMATED TEST LIBRARY

ATL AUTOMATED TAPE LIBRARY

ATM ADOBE TYPE MANAGER

ATM ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE

ATM AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE

ATMS ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ATMS ADVANCED TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IBM)

ATMS ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ATP ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

ATR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRINTING

ATR AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNIZER

ATS ADVANCED TECHNICAL SERVICES (NOVELL)

ATS ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINAL SYSTEM

ATS APPLE TERMINAL SERVICES

ATS AUTOMATED TELEMETRY SYSTEM

ATS AUTOMATIC TEST SYSTEM

ATT-IS AT&T INFORMATION SYSTEMS

AUI ATTACHMENT UNIT INTERFACE

AUTOPIC AUTOMATIC PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CODE

A/UX UNIX FOR THE MACINTOSH COMPUTER

AVC AUDIO/VISUAL CONNECTION

AVC ADVANCED VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION

AVCS ADVANCED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM

AVD ALTERNATE VOICE/DATA

AVE AUTOMATIC VOLUME EXPANSION

AVI ADVANCED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION

AVL ADVANCED VEHICLE LOCATION

AVL TREE ADEL'SON

AWE ADVANCED WORKSTATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE (E.F.HUTTON)

AX AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

AZERTY (THE EUROPEAN REPRESENTATION OF "QUERTY" KEYBOARD)

B

B BLANK

B BLOCK

B BINARY

B BIT

B-O BINARY TO OCTAL

B-TREE BALANCED MULTIWAY SEARCH TREE

BA BINARY ADD

BAC BINARY ASYMMETRICAL CHANNEL

BACE BASIC AUTOMATIC CHECKOUT EQUIPMENT

BADC BINARY ASYMMETRIC DEPENDENT CHANNEL

BAK BINARY ADAPTATION KIT

BAL BASIC ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

BALGOL BURROUGHS ALEGBRAIC COMPILER

BAM BASIC ACCESS METHOD

BAMP BUILD ADA MAIN PROGRAM

BAP BAND AMPLITUDE PRODUCT

BAP BASIC ASSEMBLY PROGRAM

BAR BUFFER ADDRESS REGISTER

.BAS BASIC (FILE EXTENSION)

BASE BANK AMERICA SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

BASIC BEGINNERS ALL PURPOSE SYMBOLIC INSTRUCTION CODE

BASIC BANK AUTOMATED SERVICE INFORMATION CENTER

BASIC BASIC AUTOMATIC STORED INSTRUCTION COMPUTER

BASIS BURROUGHS APPLIED STATISTICAL INQUIRY SYSTEM

BASIS BANK AUTOMATED SERVICE INFORMATION SYSTEM

.BAT BATCH FILE (FILE EXTENSION)

BBD BUCKET BRIGADE DEVICE

BBM BREAK BEFORE MAKE

BBS BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM

BC BINARY CODE

BC BROADCAST CONTROL

BCC BLOCK CHECK CHARACTER

BCD BINARY CODED DECIMAL

BCDIC BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE

BCFSK BINARY CODED FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING

BCH BINARY CODED HOLLERITH

BCH BOSE-CHANDHURI-HOCQUENGHEM CODE

BCI BINARY CODED INFORMATION

BCI BROADCAST INTERFERENCE

BCM BASIC CONTROL MONITOR

BCO BINARY CODED OCTAL

BCOM BURROUGHS COMPUTER OUTPUT TO MICROFILM

BCP BYTE CONTROL PROTOCOL

BCPL BASIS COMBINED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

BCPL BOOTSTRAP COMBINED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

BCRT BRIGHT CATHODE RAY TUBE

BCS BUSINESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (IBM)

BCU BINARY COUNTING UNIT

BCW BUFFER CONTROL WARD

BD BINARY DECODER

BD BINARY DIVIDE

BD BINARY TO DECIMAL

BDAM BASIC DIRECT ACCESS METHOD (IBM)

BDC BINARY DECIMAL COUNTER

BDD BINARY TO DECIMAL DECODER

BDES BATCH DATA EXCHANGE SERVICES (IBM)

BDH BEARING

BDLC BUROUGHS DATA LINK CONTROL

BDN BELL DATA NETWORK

BDOS BASIC DISK OPERATING SYSTEM

BDP BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING

BDU BASIC DISPLAY UNIT

BE BAND ELIMINATION

BEAM BURROUGHS ELECTRONIC ACCOUNTING MACHINE

BEAMOS BEAM ACCESSED METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

BEE BUSINESS EFFICIENCY EXHIBITION

BEEF BUSINESS AND ENGINEERING ENRICHED FORTRAN

BER BINARY ERROR RATE

BER BIT ERROR RATE

BERM BINARY ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP MODEL

BERT BIT ERROR RATE TEST

BEST BUSINESS EDP SYSTEMS TECHNIQUE

BEST BUSINESS ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNIQUE

BEST BUSINESS EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE TECHNIQUES

BEX BROADSIDE EXCHANGE

BFD BASIC FILE DIRECTORY

BFG BEAT-FREQUENCY GENERATOR

BFO BEAT-FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR

BFS BASIC FILE SYSTEM

BH BINARY TO HEXIDECIMAL

BI BATCH INTERACTIVE (IBM)

BI BLANKING INPUT

BICARSA BILLING

BICEPS BIO INFORMATICS COLLABORATIVE EUROPEAN

PROGRAM AND STRATEGY

BICS BURROUGHS INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM

BIDEC BINARY TO DECIMAL CONVERTER

BILDSCHIRMTEX (THE BUNDESPOST VIDEO TEXT SERVICE - GERMANY)

BIM BEGINNING-OF-INFORMATION MARKER

BIMS BUSINESS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

BINAC BINARY AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

BINAC BINARY NORTHROP AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

BIOS BASIC INPUT-OUTPUT SYSTEM

BIPCO BUILT-IN-PLACE COMPONENTS

BIPED BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR THE DISABLED

BIRS BASIC INDEXING AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

BISAM BASIC INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

BISINC BINARY SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS

BIT BUSINESS INFORMATION TERMINAL

BIT BINARY DIGIT

BIT BUILT-IN TEST

BIT/SEC BINARY DIGITS PER SECOND

BITN BILATERAL ITERATIVE NETWORK

BIVAR BIVARIANT FUNCTION GENERATOR

BIX BINARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE

BJF BATCH JOB FOREGROUND

BJM BETWEEN JOB MONITOR

BKSP BACKSPACE

BL BLANK

BL BLANKING

BLADE BASIC LEVEL AUTOMATION OF DATA THROUGH ELECTRONICS

BLADES BELL LABORATORIES AUTOMATIC DESIGN SYSTEM

BLAISE BRITISH LIBRARY AUTOMATED INFORMATION SERVICE

BLERT BLOCK ERROR RATE TEST

BLF BUBBLE LATTICE FILE

BLIS BELL LABORATORIES INTERPRETIVE SYSTEM

BLK BLOCK

BLKSZE BLOCK SIZE

BLNK BLANK

BLOPS BILLION FLOATING POINT INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND

BLT BASIC LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR

BLU BASIC LINK UNIT

BLU BASIC LOGIC UNIT

BM BUFFER MODULE

BMAS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

BMD BIOMEDICAL

BMEWS BALLISTIC MISSILE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

BMIC BUS MASTER INTERFACE CHIP

BMP BATCH MESSAGE PROCESSING REGION (IBM)

BMS BASIC MAPPING SUPPORT

BN BINARY NUMBER

BNA BOEING NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

BNA BURROUGHS NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

BNC BAYONET NUT COUPLING

BNG BRANCH NO GROUP

BNS BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM

BO BEAT OSCILLATOR

BOI BRANCH OUTPUT INTERRUPT

BOLD BIBLIOGRAPHIC ON-LINE DISPLAY

BOM BASIC OPERATING MONITOR

BOMP BILL OF MATERIALS PROCESSOR

BOP BINARY OUTPUT PROGRAM

BOP BINARY ORIENTED PROTOCOL

BORAM BLOCK ORIENTED RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

BOS BACKGROUND OPERATING SYSTEM

BOS BASIC OPERATING SYSTEM

BOSS BUSINESS ORIENTED SOFTWARE SYSTEM

BOT BEGINNING OF TAPE

BP BANDPASS

BPAM BASIC PARTITIONED ACCESS METHOD (IBM)

BPCS BUSINESS PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM

BPE BASIC PROGRAMMING EXTENSIONS

BPF BANDPASS FILTER

BPI BITS PER INCH

BPI BYTES PER INCH

BPM BATCH PROCESSING MONITOR

BPO BRITISH POST OFFICE (BRITISH TELEPHONE SYSTEM

BPS BASIC PROGRAMMING SYSTEM

BPS BITS PER SECOND

BPSK BINARY PHASE-SHIFT KEYING

BPT BISYNCH PASS-THROUGH

BR BREAK REQUEST

BRADS BUSINESS REPORT APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (IBM)

BRC BRANCH CONDITIONAL

BRD BINARY READ

BRIL BRILLIANCE RATE MULTIPLIER

BRS BREAK REQUEST SIGNAL

BRU BRANCH UNCONDITIONAL

BS BINARY SUBTRACE

BS BRANCH STANDARD

BS BUSINESS SYSTEM

BS12 BUSINESS SYSTEM 12

BSAM BASIC SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

BSC BINARY SYMMETRIC CHANNEL

BSC BINARY SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION

BSCN BIT SCAN

BSD BERKELEY SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION

BSDC BINARY SYMMETRIC DEPENDENT CHANNEL

BSE BASIC SERVICE ELEMENT

BSN BACK-END STORAGE NETWORK

BSOD BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH

BSP BURROUGHS SCIENTIFIC PROCESSOR

BSP BUSINESS SYSTEMS PLANNING

BST BEAM SWITCHING TUBE

BSY BUSY

BTAM BASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS METHOD (IBM)

BTAM BASIC TERMINAL ACCESS METHOD

BTD BINARY TO DECIMAL

BTD BIJZONDER TELLENDE DIENSTEN

(A DUTCH ACCOUNTING NETWORK)

BTDL BASIC TRANSIENT DIODE LOGIC

BTEQ BASIC TERADATA QUERY

BTL BEGINNING TAPE LABEL

BTS BATCH TERMINAL SIMULATOR (IMS)

BTS BURSTER-TRIMMER-STACKER

BTSP BOOTSTRAP

BTSS BASIC TIME SHARING SYSTEM

BTST BUSY TONE START LEAD

BTU BASIC TRANSMISSION UNIT

BTU BRITISH THERMAL UNIT

BUF BUFFER

BUIC BACK UP INTERCEPTOR CONTROL

BW BANDWIDTH

BWR BANDWIDTH RATIO

BYP BYPASS CHARACTER

C

C (A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)

C CENTIGRADE

C CELCIUS

C CHARACTER

C COMPUTE

C COMPUTER

C CONTROL

C&A COMPUTERS & AUTOMATION

C&C COMMAND AND CONTROL

C&SM COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

C&SM COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

C/M COMMUNICATION MULTIPLEXER

C/N CARRIER TO NOISE

CA COMPUTERS AND AUTOMATION

CA COMPUTER AIDED

CA COMPUTER ASSISTED

CAA COMPUTER-AIDED ACCOUNTING

CAAL COMPUTER-AIDED ADULT LEARNING

CACAM COMMUNICATIONS OF THE

ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY

CACS COMPUTER ASSISTED COLLECTION SYSTEM

CAD COMPUTER ACCESS DEVICE

CAD COMPUTER-APPLICATIONS DIGEST

CAD COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN

CADAM COMPUTER-GRAPHICS AUGMENTED DESIGN

AND MANUFACTURING (IBM)

CADAR COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN

CADD COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN DRAFTING

CADEP COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL TRANSISTOR

CADET COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL TRANSLATOR

CADETS CLASSROOM-AIDED DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL

TIME-SHARING SYSTEM

CADIC COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

CADMAC COMPUTER-AIDED DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND

CONTROL SYSTEM

CADSS COMBINED ANALOG-DIGITAL SYSTEMS SIMULATOR

CAE COMPUTER-AIDED EDUCATION

CAE COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING

CAE COMMON APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT

CAF COMMUNICATIONS ALERTING FACILITY

CAFE COMPUTER-AIDED FILM EDITOR

CAFS CONTENT ADDRESSABLE FILE STORE

CAI COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION

CAIS COMMON ADA INTERFACE STANDARD

CAL COMPUTER-AIDED LEARNING

CAL CONVERSATIONAL ALGEBRAIC LANGUAGE

CALR COMPUTER-AIDED LEGAL RESEARCH

CALS COMPUTER AIDED ACQUISITION AND LOGISTICS SUPPORT

CAM CENTRAL ACCESS MEMORY

CAM COMPUTER-AIDED MAKEUP

CAM CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY

CAM COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING

CAMA CENTRALIZED AUTOMATIC MESSAGE ACCOUNTING

CAMAC COMPUTER AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL

CAMP COMPUTER-AIDED MASK PREPARATION

CAN COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE NEWS

CANTRAN CANCEL TRANSMISSION

CAP COMPLIMENTARY APPLICATION PROGRAM

CAP COMPUTER-AIDED PRODUCTION

CAP COMPUTER-AIDED PURCHASING

CAP COMPUTER-AIDED PUBLISHING

CAPS COGENT ADVANCES PLATFORM SYSTEM (YOUNG CO.)

CAPS COMPUGRAPHIC AUTOMATED PUBLISHING SYSTEM

CAPTAIN CHARACTER AND PATTERN TELEPHONE

ACCESS INFORMATION NETWORK (JAPAN)

CAR CHECK AUTHORIZATION RECORD

CAR COMPUTER-AIDED SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL

CARAM CONTENT ADDRESSABLE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

CARE COMPUTER AIDED RELIABILITY ESTIMATION

CARLOS COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE FOR

LAYERED OPEN SYSTEMS

CARR CARRIER

CAS COMPUTER ASSISTED SYSTEM

CAS COMPUTERIZED AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM

CAS COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATION SPECIFIC (INTEL CORP.)

CASE COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

CASE COMPUTER AIDED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

CASL CROSSTALK APPLICATIONS SCRIPT LANGUAGE (DEC)

CASM COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (IBM)

CASS COMMON ADDRESS SPACE SECTION

CAT COMPILE AND TEST

CAT COMPUTER-AIDED TEACHING

CAT COMPUTER-AIDED TESTING

CAT COMPUTER-AIDED THINKING

CAT COMPUTER-AIDED TOMOGRAPHY

CAT COMPUTER-AIDED TRANSCRIPTION

CATI COMPUTER ASSISTED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWING

CATNYP CATALOG OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

CATS COMPUTER-AIDED TRAINING SYSTEM

CATT CONTROLLED AVALANCHE TRANSIT TIME

CATV CABLE TELEVISION (AKA "COMMUNITY ANTENNA TV")

CAUSE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SYSTEM EXCHANGE

CAV COMPUTER-AIDED VIDEO

CAV CONSTANT ANGULAR VELOCITY

CAW CHANNEL ADDRESS WORD

CAX COMMUNITY AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE

CBBS COMPUTERIZED BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM

CBC CIPHER BLOCK CHAINING

CBCT CUSTOMER-BANK COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL

CBE COMPUTER-BASED EDUCATION

CBG COLOR BUSINESS GRAPHICS

CBI COMPOUND BATCH IDENTIFICATION

CBI COMPUTER BASED INSTRUCTION

CBIPO CUSTOM-BUILT INSTALLATION PROCESS OFFERING

CBMS COMPUTER BASED MESSAGE SYSTEM

CBMS COMPUTER BASED MAIL SYSTEM

CBT COMPUTER BASED TERMINAL

CBT COMPUTER BASED TRAINING

CBX COMPUTERIZED PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE

CC CARD COLUMN

CC CARRIAGE CONTROL

CC CENTRAL COMPUTER

CC CLOSED CIRCUIT

CC CONDITION CODE

CC CONTROL LANGUAGE

CCA COMMON COMMUNICATIONS ADAPTER

CCB CHANNEL CONTROL BLOCK

CCC CHANGE CONFIGURATION CONTROL

CCD CHARGED COUPLED DEVICE

CCD COMPLEMENTARY CODED DECIMAL

CCDN CORPORATE CONSOLIDATED DATA NETWORK

CCF COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL FIELD

CCF CONTROLLER COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY

CCH CHANNEL-CHECK HANDLER

CCHS CYLINDER-CYLINDER-HEAD-SECTOR

CCIS COMMON CHANNEL INTEROFFICE SIGNALING

CCL COMMON CARRIER LINE

CCL COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL LANGUAGE

CCLP COMMON CARRIER LINE POOL

CCM COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL MODE

CCP CERTIFIED COMPUTER PROGRAMMER

CCP CHARACTER CONTROLLED PROTOCOL

CCP CHARACTER COUNT PROTOCOL

CCPT CONTROLLER CREATION PARAMETER TABLE

CCR CENTRAL CONTROL ROOM

CCS COMMON COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT

CCS CONTINUOUS COMMERCIAL SYSTEM

CCS CONTINUOUS COMMERCIAL SERVICE

CCS CONVERSATIONAL COMPILING SYSTEM

CCS CONTINUOUS COMPOSIT SERVO

CCSA COMMON CONTROL SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT

CCT CIRCUIT

CCT CUSTOM COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

CCU CENTRAL CONTROL UNIT

CCU COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL UNIT

CCW CHANNEL COMMAND WORD (IBM)

CCW COUNTER-CLOCKWISE

CD CARD

CD COMPACT DISK

CD-I COMPACT DISC INTERACTIVE

CD-RTOS COMPACT DISK REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM

CD/ROM COMPACT DISK READ ONLY MEMORY

CD/WORM COMPACT DISK / WRITE ONCE

CDA COMPOUND DOCUMENT ARCHITECTURE

CDC CODE DIRECTING CHARACTER

CDCCP CONTROL DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL PROCEDURE

CDCE CENTRAL DATA CONVERSION EQUIPMENT

CDD COMMON DATA DICTIONARY

CD-DA COMPACT DISK-DIGITAL AUDIO

CDE CERTIFICATE IN DATA EDUCATION

CDE CERTIFIED DATA EDUCATOR

CDE COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

CDF COMMUNICATIONS DATA FIELD

CDH COMMAND AND DATA HANDLING

CDI COLLECTOR DIFFUSED ISOLATION

CDK CHANNEL DATA CHECK

CDL COMPUTER DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

CDL COMPUTER DESIGN LANGUAGE

CD-MO COMPACT DISK-MAGNETO OPTICAL

CDMA CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS

CDMS CRYSTAL DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

CDOS CONCURRENT DISK OPERATING SYSTEM

CDP CERTIFICATE IN DATA PROCESSING

CDP CERTIFIED DATA PROCESSOR

CDP CHECKOUT DATA PROCESSOR

CDP COMMUNICATION DATA PROCESSOR

CDR CALL DETAIL RECORDING

CD-R COMPACT DISK RECORDABLE

CD ROM COMPACT DISK READ ONLY MEMORY

CD ROM/XA COMPACT DISK READ ONLY MEMORY EXTENDED

RCHITECTURE

CDRM CROSS-DOMAIN RESOURCE MANAGER

CDS CENTRALIZED DATA SYSTEM

CDT CONTROL DATA TERMINAL

CDTS CENTRALIZED DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

CDTV COMPACT DISK TELEVISION SYSTEM (COMMODORE)

CDU CENTRAL DISPLAY UNIT

CDU COOLANT DISTRIBUTION UNIT

CDV COMPACT DISK VIDEO

CD-WO COMPACT DISK-WRITE ONCE

CE CHANNEL END

CE COMPUTER ENGINEER

CE CUSTOMER ENGINEER

CECP COUNTY EXTENDED CODE PAGE

CEGL CAUSE-EFFECT GRAPH LANGUAGE

CEI COMPARABLY EFFICIENT INTERCONNECTOR

CEI COMPUTER EXTENDED INSTRUCTION

CEI/ONA COMPARABLY EFFICIENT INTERCONNECTION/OPEN

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

CEO COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRONIC OFFICE

CEO COMPUTER ENHANCEMENT OPTION

CEP CIRCULAR ERROR PROBABILITY

CEP CORPORATE ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING

CEPA CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS

CEPS CIPS (CENTRAL INTEGRATED TEST SYSTEM)

EXPERT PARAMETER SYSTEM

CEPS CORPORATE ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING SHOW

CERT COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM

CESD COMPOSIT EXTERNAL SYMBOL DICTIONARY

CETI CONTINUOUSLY EXECUTING TRANSFER INTERFACE

CF CENTRAL FILE

CF CERTAINTY FACTOR

CF CONVERSION FACTOR

CF COUNT FORWARD

CF KEY COMMAND FUNCTION KEY

CFB CIPHER FEEDBACK

CFD COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS

CFIA COMPONENT FAILURE IMPACT ANALYSIS

CFO CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

CFP CREATION FACILITIES PROGRAM

CFR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE RATE

CFS CONTINUOUS FORMS STACKER

CFU CREATE FUNCTION UNIT

CG CHANNEL GRANT

CG COMPUTER GRAPHICS

CG-HI CHANNEL GRANT HIGH

CG-LO CURRENT GROUP LOW

CGA COLOR GRAPHICS ADAPTER

CGI CURRENT GROUP INDICATOR

CGI COLOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING

CGI COMPUTER GRAPHICS INTERFACE

CGM COMPUTER GRAPHICS METAFILE

CGU CHARACTER GENERATION UTILITY

CHAIN COMPUTERIZED HEAD-END ACCESS INFORMATION NETWORK

CHAMP COMPUTER HARDWARE ACQUISITION AND

MODERNIZATION PROGRAM (USDA)

CHAR CHARACTER

CHDL COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

CHIL CURRENT HOGGING INJECTION LOGIC

CHIPS CLEARING HOUSE INTER-PAYMENTS SYSTEM

CHK CHECK

CHKDSK CHECK DISK (DOS COMMAND)

CHMOS COMPLEMENTARY HIGH PERFORMANCE METAL OXIDE

SEMICONDUCTOR

CI CALL INDICATOR

CI CIRCUIT INTERRUPTOR

CI CONTROL INTERVAL

CIA COMPUTER INTERFACE ADAPTOR

CICP CUSTOMER INTERRUPT CONTROL PROGRAM

CICS CUSTOMER INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM (IBM)

CICS SPM CICS SOURCE PROGRAM MAINTENANCE ONLINE

CICS/ISC CUSTOMER INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM/INTERSYSTEMS

COMMUNICATIONS

CICS/OLTD CUSTOMER INFO. CONTROL SYSTEM/ONLINE TEST/DEBUG

CICSPARS CICS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEM

CID COMMUNICATIONS IDENTIFIER

CIDA CHANNEL INDIRECT DATA ADDRESSING

CIDF CONTROL INFORMATION DEFINITION FIELD

CIDR CLASSLESS INTER-DOMAIN ROUTING

CIE CHIEF INFORMATION ENGINEER

CIF CENTRAL INDEX FILE

CIF CENTRAL INTEGRATION FACILITY

CIG COMPUTER IMAGE GENERATION

CIM COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING

CIM COMPUTER INPUT FROM MICROFILM

CIM CRITICAL INDEX MANAGEMENT

CINDI CENTRAL INFORMATION DISPATCH

CIO CENTRAL INPUT/OUTPUT MULTIPLEXER

CIO CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

CIPREC CONVERSATIONAL & INTERACTIVE PROJECT EVALUATION

AND CONTROL

CIR CIRCUIT

CIR COMMITTED INFORMATION RATE

CIRC CROSS-INTERLEAVED REED-SOLOMON CODE

CIS COMPUTER INFORMATION SERVICE

CISC COMPLEX INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER

CIS-COBOL COMPACT INTERACTIVE STANDARD FOR COBOL

CIT CALL IN TIME

CIT COMPUTER INTEGRATED TELEPHONY

CITS CENTRAL INTEGRATED TEST SYSTEM

CIU COMPUTER INTERFACE UNIT

CIU CABLE INTERFACE UNIT

CK CHECK

CKD COUNT KEY DEVICE

CL CONTROL LANGUAGE

CL CONVERSION LOSS

CLA COMMUNICATION LINE ADAPTERS

CLASIX COMPUTER/LASER ACCESS SYSTEMS FOR

INFORMATION EXCHANGE

CLASS CONSULAR LOOKOUT AND SUPPORT SYSTEM

(US DEPT. OF STATE)

CLASS CUSTOM LOCAL AREA SIGNAL SERVICE

CLAT COMMUNICATION LINE ADAPTERS FOR TELETYPEWRITERS

CLCS CURRENT LOGIC

CLD CALLED LINE

CLG CALLING LINE

CLIP COMPILER LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING

CLNP CONNECTIONLESS NETWORK PROTOCOL

CLR COMPUTER LANGUAGE RECORDED

CLS COMPUTERIZED LITIGATION SUPPORT

CLS COMPUTER LETTER SERVICE

CLSR COMPUTER LAW SERVICE REPORTER

CLT COMPUTER LINE TERMINAL

CLT COMPUTER LANGUAGE TRANSLATED

CLU CENTRAL LOGIC UNIT

CM COMPUTER MODULE

CM COMMUNICATION MULTIPLEXER

CM CONTROL MARK

CM COMMUNICATION

CMAP COMMAND MONITOR/ANALYSIS PACKAGE

CMC COMMUNICATING MAG CARD

CMCT COMMUNICATE

CMD COMMAND

CMF CROSS MODULATION FACTOR

CMI COMPUTER-MANAGED INSTRUCTION

CMIP COMMON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION PROTOCOL

CMIS COMMON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICES

CML CURRENT MODE LOGIC

CMMRR COMMAND MODE REJECTION RATIO

CMMS COMPUTERIZED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

CMOL CMIP OVER LOGICAL LINK CONTROL

CMOS COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

CMOT COMMON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION PROTOCOL

OVER TCP/IP

CMP COMPUTATIONAL

CMP COOPERATIVE MARKETING PROGRAM

CMPLX COMPLEX

CMPTR COMPUTER

CMR COMMON MODE REJECTION

CMR COMMUNCATIONS MOON RELAY

CMS CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGN

CMS CONVERSATIONAL MONITOR SYSTEM (IBM)

CMS COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT SERIES

CMV COMMON MODE VOLTAGE

CMYB CYAN-MAGENTA-YELLOW-BLACK

CNC COMPUTERIZED NUMERIC CONTROL

CNF CONJUNCTIVE NORMAL FORM

CNI COMMUNICATIONS NAVIGATION-IDENTIFICATION

CNL CIRCUIT NET LOSS

CNM COMMUNICATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT (IBM)

CNMA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR

MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS

CNS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SERVICES

CNTRL CONTROL

CO LAN CENTRAL OFFICE LOCAL AREA NETWORK

CO/NO CURRENT OPERATOR-NEXT OPERATOR

COAP CERTIFIED OFFICE AUTOMATION PROFESSIONAL

COAX COAXIAL CABLE

COB COMPLEMENTARY OFFSET BINARY

COBIS COMPUTER BASED INSTRUCTION SYSTEM

COBIT CENTRAL OFFICE BASED INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT

COBOL COMMON BUSINESS ORIENTED LANGUAGE

COC CODED OPTICAL CHARACTER

CODEC CODER-DECODER

CODIC COMPUTER-DIRECTED COMMUNICATIONS

COED COMPUTER OPERATED ELECTRONICS DISPLAY

COEP CUSTOMER ORIGINATED ELECTRONIC PAYMENT

COGO COORDINATE GEOMETRY

COGS COST OF GOODS SOLD

COHO COHERENT OSCILLATOR

COIN COMPLETE OPERATING INFORMATION

COL COMPUTER ORIENTED LANGUAGE

COLT COMMUNICATIONS LINE TERMINATOR

COLT COMPUTER LINKED TEXT

COLT COMPUTERIZED ON-LINE TESTING

.COM COMMAND FILE (FILE EXTENSION)

COM COMPUTER OUTPUT ON MICROFILM

COMAL COMMON ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGE

COML COMMERCIAL LANGUAGE

COMM COMMUNICATION

COMMCEN COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

COMSAT COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE

COMSEC COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY

CON CONTROL

CONS CARRIER OPERATED NOISE SUPPRESSION

CONS CONSOLE

CONSORT CONVERSATIONAL SYSTEM WITH ON-LINE

REMOTE TERMINALS

CONST CONSTANT

CONT CONTINUE

CONT CONTINUOUS

COP COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE

COP COMPUTER OPTIMIZATION PACKAGE

COPE COMMUNICATIONS ORIENTED PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

COPICS COMMUNICATIONS ORIENTED PRODUCTION & INVENTORY

CONTROL SYSTEM

COR CORRECT

CORBA COMMON OBJECT BROKER ARCHITECTURE

CORR CORRESPONDENCE

COS CALL ORIGINATE STATUS

COS CRAY OPERATING SYSTEM

COSMIC COMPUTER SOFTWARE MANAGMENT AND INFORMATION

CENTER

COSMON COMPONENT OPEN/SHORT MONITOR

COST COOPERATION SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE

CP CARD PUNCH

CP CENTRAL PROCESSOR

CP CLOCK PHASE

CP COLOR PRINTER

CP COMPUTER

CP CONTROL PANEL

CP CONTROL POINT

CP CONTROL PROGRAM

CP COPY PROTECTED

CP/EM CP/M EMULATOR

CP/M CONTROL PROGRAM FOR MICROPROCESSORS

CPC CARD PROGRAMMED CALCULATOR

CPC CERAMIC-WAFER PRINTED CIRCUIT

CPC COMPACT PERSONAL COMPUTER

CPC COMPUTER POWER CENTER

CPC COMPUTER PROCESS CONTROL

CPC COMPUTER PROGRAM COMPONENT

CPD CARDS PER DAY

CPD CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMMING DOCUMENT

CPDD COMMAND POST DIGITAL DISPLAY

CPDS COMPUTER PROGRAM DESIGN SPECIFICATION

CPE CENTRAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

CPE CENTRAL PROGRAMMER AND EVALUATOR

CPE CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT

CPF COMPUTER PROGRAM FACILITY (IBM)

CPF CONTROL PROGRAM FACILITY

CPFF COST PLUS FIXED FEE

CPH CHARACTERS PER HOUR

CPI CHARACTER PER INCH

CPI COMPUTER-TO-PBX INTERFACE

CPI COMMON PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

CPIF COST PLUS INCENTIVE FEE

CPIP CONTROL PROTOCOL / INTERNET PROTOCOL

CPL COMBINED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

CPL COMPUTER PROGRAM LIBRARY

CPL CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

CPL COOPERATIVE PROCESSING LANGUAGE

CPLD COUPLED

CPLMT COMPLEMENT

CPM CARDS PER MINUTE

CPM CONTROL PROGRAM MONITOR

CPM COPIES PER MINUTE

CPM CRITICAL PATH METHOD

CPNI CUSTOMER PROPRIETARY NETWORK INFORMATION

CPO CODE PRACTICE OSCILLATOR

CPODA CONTENTION PRIORITY-ORIENTED DEMAND ASSIGNMENT

CPOL COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE-ORIENTED LANGUAGE

CPP CARD PUNCHING PRINTER

CPR CAM PLATE READOUT

CPS CENTRAL PROCESSING SYSTEM

CPS CHARACTERS PER SECOND

CPS COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR SYSTEM

CPS COMPUTER POWER SYSTEM

CPS CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (IBM)

CPS CYCLES PER SECOND

CPS CLUSTERED PRINTER SHARER

CPSS COMMON PROGRAMMING SUPPORT SYSTEM

CPT CRITICAL PATH TECHNIQUE

CPTA COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND TESTING ACTIVITY

CPTY CAPACITY

CPU CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT

CPX CAPACITY PLANNING EXTENDED

CPY COPY

CQCF CICS QUEUE COMMAND FACILITY

CQMS CIRCUIT QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM

CQT CORRECT

CR CALL REQUEST

CR CARD READER

CR CARRIAGE RETURN

CR COMMAND REGISTER

CR CONTROL RELAY

CR CONTROL REVERSE

CR COUNT REVERSE

CR CREDIT

CRAM CARD RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

CRC CARRIAGE RETURN CONTACT

CRC CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK

CRF CONTROL RELAY FORWARD

CRFTR CARRIER FREQUENCY TELEPHONE REPEATER

CRJE CONVERSATIONAL REMOTE JOB ENTRY

CRM CENTRAL RECOVERY MODULE

CRMR CONTINUOUS-READING METER RELAY

CRO CATHODE-RAY OSCILLOGRAPH

CROM CONTROL READ ONLY MEMORY

CRP CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS PLANNING

CRTU COMBINED RECIEVING AND TRANSMITTING UNIT

CRYPTO CRYPTOGRAH

CRYPTO CRYPTOGRAPHY

CRYPTONET CRYPTO-COMMUNICATION NETWORK

CS CHECK SORTER

CS CHANNEL STATUS

CS CYCLES SHIFT

CS CHIP SELECT

CS COMPUTER SCIENCE

CS CONTROL SET

CS CONTROL SIGNAL

CS CONTROLLED SIGNAL

CS CUSTOMER SERVICE

CSA COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST

CSA COMMON SERVICES AREA

CSB COMPLEMENTARY STRAIGHT BINARY

C/SCSS COST/SCHEDULE CONTROL SYSTEMS CRITERIA

CSD CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE

CSDC CIRCUIT SWITCHED DIGITAL CAPABILITY

CSDS CIRCUIT-SWITCHED DIGITAL SERVICES

CSE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

CSE CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

CSECT CONTROL SECTION

CSF CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR

CSFT CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR TEAM

CSL COMPUTER SENSITIVE LANGUAGE

CSM CONTINUOUS SHEET MEMORY

CSMA/CD CARRIER-SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS COLLISION DETECTION

CSMP CONTINUOUS SYSTEM MODELING PROGRAM

CSO CHAINED SEQUENTIAL OPERATION

CSP CROSS-SYSTEM PRODUCT (IBM)

CSP CERTIFIED SYSTEMS PROFESSIONAL

CSP COMMERCIAL SUBROUTINE PACKAGE

CSP/AD CROSS-SYSTEM PRODUCT/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

CSP/AE CROSS-SYSTEM PRODUCT/APPLICATION EXECUTION

CSP/Q CROSS-SYSTEM PRODUCT/QUERY

CSSB COMPATIBLE SINGLE SIDEBAND

CSSI COMPUTER SOFTWARE SERVICES INDUSTRY

CSSL CONTINUOUS SYSTEM SIMULATION LANGUAGE

CST CHANNEL STATUS TABLE

CSTU CURRENTLY SIGNED-ON TERMINAL USER

CSW CHANNEL STATUS WORD

CT COUNTER

CT COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY

CT CURRENT TRANSFORMER

CT COUNT

CT CHANNEL TERMINATOR

CT/ST CASSETTE TAPE/SELECTRIC TYPEWRITER

CTA CHANNEL AND TRAFFIC CONTROL AGENCY

CTAK CIPHER TEXT AUTO KEY

CTC CHANNEL-TO-CHANNEL

CTC COUNTER TIMER CIRCUIT

CTCA CHANNEL-TO-CHANNEL ADAPTER

CTPA COAX TO TWISTED PAIR ADAPTER

CTI COMPUTER-TELEPHONE INTEGRATION

CTR CONFORMANCE TEST REPORT

CTRL CONTROL

CTS CELLULAR TELEPHONE SERVICE

CTS CLEAR TO SEND

CTSS COMPATIBLE TIME-SHARING SYSTEM

CU CONTROL UNIT

CUA COMMON USER ACCESS

CUCB CONTROL UNIT CONTROL BLOCKS

CUG CLOSED USER GROUP

CUMREC COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY MACHINE RECORD CONFERENCE

CUSP COMMON USER PROGRAM

CUT CONTROL UNIT TERMINAL

CUT CONTROL UNIT TERMINAL

CUTS CASSETTE USER TAPE SYSTEM

CV CONSTANT VOLTAGE

CVO COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS

CVSD CONTINOUS VARIABLE SLOPE DELTA MODULATION

CVT CONSTANT VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER

CW CONTROL WORD

CWP COMMUNICATING WORD PROCESSORS

CX CHARACTER TRANSMISSION

CXI COMMON X INTERFACE

CYBERNET (NETWORK OF CONTROL DATA CORPORATION)

CiiHB Cii-HONEYWELL-BULL (FRANCE)

CrO2 CROMIUM DIOXIDE MAGNETIC TAPE

D

D DECIMAL

D DENSITY

D DIGIT

D DIGITAL

D DISPLAY

D DOUBLEWORD

D DRUM

D&S DISPLAY & STORAGE

D-F DIRECT FLOW

D-MESFET DEPLETION METAL SEMICONDUCTOR

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR

D/R DIRECT OR REVERSE

D/T DISK/TAPE

DA DATA ADMINISTRATION

DA DATA AVAILABLE

DA DATA ACQUISITION

DA DISCRETE ADDRESS

DA DISTRIBUTION AMENDMENT (IBM)

DA DATA AUTOMATION

DA DECIMAL ADD

DA DIRECT ANSWER

DA DATA ADMINISTRATOR

DAA DATA AUTHENTICATION ALGORITHM

DAA DATA ACCESS ARRANGEMENT

DAC DATA ACQUISITION AND CONTROL

DAC DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER

DACC DIRECT ACCESS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL

DACS DIGITAL ACCESS CROSS-CONNECT SYSTEM

DACU DEVICE ATTACHMENT CONTROL UNIT (IBM)

DAD DEVICE ACTION DIAGRAM

DADS DIGITALLY ASSISTED DISPATCHING SYSTEM

DAL DATA ACCESS LANGUAGE (APPLE)

DAL DATA ACCESS LINE

DAM DIRECT ACCESS METHOD (DAM)

DAMA DEMAND ASSIGNMENT MULTIPLE ACCESS

DAME DATA ACQUISITION AND MONITORING EQUIPMENT

FOR COMPUTERS

DAMPS DATA ACQUISITION MULTIPROGRAMMING SYSTEM

DAP DATA ACCESS PROTOCOL

DAP DISTRIBUTED ARRAY PROCESSOR

DAPS DIRECT ACCESS PROGRAMMING SYSTEM

DAR DIRECT ACCESS REGISTER

DART DATA ANALYSIS RECORDING TAPE

DART DAILY AUTOMATIC RESCHEDULING TECHNIQUE

DAS DIGITAL ATTENUATOR SYSTEM

DAS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM

DAS DUAL ATTACHED STATION

DASD DIRECT ACCESS STORAGE DEVICE

DAT DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE

DAT DYNAMIC ADDRESS TRANSLATION

DATACOM DATA COMMUNICATIONS

DATEL II (RCA'S GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS DATA SERVICE)

DAV DATA AVAILABLE

DAV DATA VALID

DAVAR DEALER AUTHORIZED VALUE-ADDED RETAILER

DAVE DATA ADDITION VERIFICATION AND EDITING

DB DATA BASE

DB DECIBLE

DB/DC DATABASE/DATA COMMUNICATIONS

DB2 DATABASE 2

DBA DATABASE ADMINISTRATION

DBA DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

DBC DATABASE COMPUTER

DBD DATABASE DESCRIPTION

DBDA DATABASE DESIGN AIDS

DBDC DATABASE/DATA COMMUNICATIONS

DBM DATABASE MANGER

DBM DATABASE MANAGEMENT

DBMS DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

DBP DATABASE PROCESSOR

DBRC DATABASE RECOVERY CONTROL

DBS DATABASE SERVICE

DBS DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITE

DBTG DATABASE TASK GROUP

DC DIRECT CURRENT

DC DEFINE CONSTANT

DC DISC CONTROLLER

DC DISPLAY CONSOLE

DC DATA COMMUNICATIONS

DC DATA CHANNEL

DC DIRECTIONAL COUPLER

DCA DIGITAL COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE

DCA DOCUMENT CONTENT ARCHITECTURE

DCAA DUAL-CALL AUTO-ANSWER

DCB DEFINE CONTROL BLOCK

DCB DISK CO-PROCESSOR BOARD

DCB DATA CONTROL BLOCK

DCBD DEFINE CONTROL BLOCK DUMMY

DCC DATA COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL

DCC DISPLAY COMPUTER COMPLEX

DCCU DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL UNIT

DCD DATA CARRIER DETECT

DCE DATA COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

DCE DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

DCF DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW

DCF DOCUMENT CONTROL FACILITY (IBM)

DCF DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS FACILTY

DCF DOCUMENT COMPOSITION FACILITY

DCI DATA COMMUNICATIONS INTERROGATION

DCL DATA COMMUNICATIONS LINK

DCM DISPLAY CONTROL MODULE (IBM)

DCM DIRECTORY CONTROL MODULE

DCM DATA COMMUNICATIONS MULTIPLEXER

DCMS DATA CAPTURE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IBM)

DCMT DOCUMENT

DCMT DECREMENT

DCN DATA CONTROL NETWORK

DCO DIGITAL CENTRAL OFFICE

DCO DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR

DCP DATA COMMUNICATION PROCESSOR

DCP DATA COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR

DCPS DIGITALLY CONTROLLED POWER SOURCE

DCPS DIGITALLY CONTROLLED POWER SOURCE

DCPS DIFFERENTIALLY COHERENT PHASE-SHIFT KEYING

DCPSK DIFFERENTIALLY COHERENT PHASE-SHIFT KEYING

DCR DATA CONVERSION RECIEVER

DCS DATA CENTER SERVICES (IBM)

DCS DIGITAL COMPOSITION SYSTEM

DCS DIRECT COUPLED SYSTEM

DCS DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

DCS DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM

DCTL DIRECT COUPLED TRANSISTOR LOGIC

DCU DECIMAL COUNTING UNIT

DCU DECADE COUNTING UNIT

DCUTL DIRECT COUPLED UNIPOLAR TRANSISTOR LOGIC

DCW DEFINE CONSTANT WITH WORDMARK

DCW DATA CONTROL WORDS

DCW DATA COMMUNICATION WRIT

DCWV DIRECT CURRENT WORKING VOLTS

DD DECIMAL DIVIDE

DD DRUM DEMAND

DD DATA DEFINITION

DD DATA DIRECTORY

DD DIGITAL DISPLAY

DD DOUBLE DENSITY

DD/D DATA DICTIONARY DIRECTORY

DDA DIGITAL DIFFERENIAL ANALYZER

DDAS DIGITAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM

DDBMS DISTRIBUTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

DDC DIGITAL DATA CONVERTER

DDC DIRECT DIGITAL COMPUTER

DDC DATA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

DDC DIGITAL DISPLAY CONVERTER

DDCE DIGITAL DATA CONVERSION EQUIPMENT

DDCMP DIGITAL DATA COMMUNICATIONS MESSAGE PROTOCOL (DEC)

DDD DIRECT DISTANCE DIALING

DDE DYNAMIC DATA EXCHANGE

DDG DIGITAL DISPLAY GENERATOR

DDL DATA DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

DDL DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE

DDL DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

DDN DEFENSE DATA NETWORK

DDP DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING

DDP DIGITAL DATA PROCESSOR

DDPS DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

DDRP DIAL DICTATION RELAY PANEL

DDS DIGITAL DATA STORAGE

DDS DIGITAL DISPLAY SCOPE

DDS DIRECT DIAL SERVICE

DDS DATAPHONE DIGITAL SERVICE (AT&T)

DDSA DERIVED-DESIGN STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES

DDT DIGITAL DATA TRANSMITTER

DDT DYNAMIC DEBUGGING TECHNIQUE

DE DICTATION EQUIPMENT

DE DISPLAY ELEMENT

DE DECISION ELEMENT

DE DEVICE END

DE-ME-DRIVE DECODING MEMORY DRIVE

DEC DECIMAL

DEC DECISION

DECIT DECIMAL DIGIT

DECNET DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION NETWORK

DECR DECREMENT

DED DOUBLE ERROR DETECTION

DED DATA ELEMENT DICTIONARY

DED/D DATA ELEMENT DICTIONARY/DIRECTORY

DEFT DYNAMIC ERROR/FREE TRANSMISSION

DEL DELETE

DEL DELAY

DEM DEMODULATOR

DEMF DISPLAY EXCEPTION MONITORING FACILITY (IBM)

DEMO DEMONSTRATION

DEMOD DEMODULATOR

DENS DENSITY

DEPSK DIFFERENTIAL-ENCODED PHASE SHIFT KEYING

DES DATA ENCRIPTION STANDARD

DES DIFFERENTIAL EQUASION SOLVER

DES DIGITAL EXPANSION SYSTEM

DESNC DIGITAL ETHERNET SECURITY CONTROL

DETAB DECISION TABLES

DEU DATA EXCHANGE UNIT

DF DESCRIBING FUNCTION

DF DISSIPATION FACTOR

DFA DIGITAL FLAW ANALYSIS

DFC DIGITAL FILE CHECK

DFCU DISK FILE CONTROL UNIT

DFDS DATA FACILITY DEVICE SUPPORT (IBM)

DFDSS DATA FACILITY DATA SET SERVICES

DFEF DATA FACILITY EXTENDED FUNCTION

DFG DISCRETE FREQUENCY GENERATOR

DFG DIODE FUNCTION GENERATOR

DFHSM DATA FACILITY HIERARCHIAL STORAGE MANAGER

DFP DATA FACILITY PRODUCT (IBM)

DFPE DATA FLOW PROCESSING ELEMENT

DFR DOUBLE FREQUENCY RECORDING

DFR DISK FILE READ

DFSORT DATA FACILITY SORT

DFSU DISK FILE STORAGE UNIT

DFT DISK FAULT TOLLERANCE

DFT DISTRIBUTED FUNCTION TERMINAL

DFT DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORM

DFU DATA FILE UTILITY

DFW DISK FILE WRITE

DG DOUBLE GROOVE

DG DIODE GATE

DG DIFFERENTIAL GENERATOR

DGIS DIRECT GRAPHICS INTERFACE STANDARD

DGNL DIAGONAL

DGS DATA GATHERING SYSTEM

DGT DIGIT

DHCP DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL

DHE DATA HANDLING EQUIPMENT

DI DATA INTERFACE

DI DIGITAL INPUT

DI DATA INPUT

DIA DOCUMENT INTERCHANGE ARCHITECTURE

DIAL DIRECT INFORMATION ACCESS LINE

DIAL DISPLAY INTERACTIVE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

DIAL DATA FOR INTERCHANGE AT THE APPLICATION LEVEL

DIAL DRUM INTERROGATION

DIALOG (BUSINESS

DIANE DIRECT ACCESS NETWORK EUROPE

DIAS DYNAMIC INVENTORY ANALYSIS SYSTEM

DIBOL DIGITAL INTEGRATED BUSINESS SYSTEM

DIBS DIGITAL INTEGRATED BUSINESS SYSTEM

DIC DATA INPUT CHECK

DICT DICTIONARY

DID DIRECT INWARD DIALING

DID DATAMATION INDUSTRY DIRECTORY

DID DIGITAL INFORMATION DISPLAY

DIDON DIFFUSION DE DONNES

(FRENCH DATA BROADCASTING SYSTEM)

DIF DATA INTERCHANGE FACILITY

DIF DISPLAY INFORMATION FACILITY (IBM

DIF DOCUMENT INTERCHANGE FORMAT

DIGEX DISABLED INTEREST GROUP ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE

DIGICOM DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

DIGRM DIGIT/RECORD MARK

DIGRMGM DIGIT/RECORD MARK GROUP/MARK

DIIC DIELECTRICALLY ISOLATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

DIM DEVICE INTERFACE MODULE

DIN DEUTSCHE INDUSTRIE NORM (GERMAN INDUSTRY STANDARD)

DIOB DIGITAL INPUT/OUTPUT BUFFER

DIOF DISPLAY INPUT/OUTPUT FACILITY (IBM)

DIP DISPLAY INFORMATION PROCESSOR

DIP DUAL-IN-LINE PACKAGE

DIP DUAL-IN-LINE PIN

DIS DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD (ISO)

DISA DIRECT INWARD SYSTEM ACCESS

DISAC DIGITAL SIMULATOR AND COMPUTER

DISCON DEFENSE INTEGRATED SECURE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

DISOS DISTRIBUTED OFFICE SUPPORT SYSTEM (IBM)

DIT DIRECTORY INFORMATION TREE

DITTO DATA INTERFILE TRANSFER

DIV DIVIDER

DIVA DIGITAL INPUT VOICE ANSWER-BACK

DJIRS DOW JONES INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

DK DELAY LINE

DL DIODE LOGIC

DL DATA LINK

DL/1 DATA LANGUAGE ONE

DLC DATA LINK CONTROL

DLC DIGITAL LOOP CARRIER

DLC DUPLEX LINE CONTROL

DLCC DATA LINK CONTROL CHIP

DLCF DATA LINK CONTROL FIELD

DLE DATA-LINE ESCAPE

DLE DATA LINK ESCAPE

DLF DOCUMENT LIBRARY FACILITY (IBM)

.DLL DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARY (FILE EXTENSION)

DLL DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARY

DLO DATA LINK OCCUPIED

DLS DEVICE LEVEL SELECTION

DLT DATA LOOP TRANSCEIVER

DLY DELAY

DLYD DELAYED

DM DATA MODEL

DM DATA MANAGER

DM DATA MANAGEMENT

DM DELTA MODULATION

DMA DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS

DMAS DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM (IBM)

DMC DATAPRO MACINTOSH CONSULTANT

DMC DIGITAL MICROCIRCUIT

DME DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT

DME DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT

DME DIRECT MACHINE ENVIRONMENT

DMED DIGITAL MESSAGE ENTRY DEVICE

DMEP DATA NETWORK MODIFIED EMULATOR PROGRAM

DMF DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT FACILITY

DMF DIGITAL MATCHED FILTERS

DMI DIGITAL MULTIPLEXED INTERFACE

DML DATA MANIPULATION LANGUAGE

DMM DIGITAL MULTI-METER

DMOS DISCRETE METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

DMPL DIGITAL MICROPROCESSOR PROCESSING LANGUAGE

DMS DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

DMS DISCRETE MEMORYLESS SOURCE

DMS DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

DMS II DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM II

DMSS DATA MULTIPLEX SUBSYSTEM

DMUX DEMULTIPLEX

DN DECIMAL NUMBER

DNA DYNAMIC NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (NORTHERN TELECOM)

DNA DIGITAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

DNC DIRECT NUMERICAL CONTROL

DNCS DISTRIBUTED NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM

DNI DESKTOP NETWORK INTERFACE (CABLETRON)

DO DIGITAL OUTPUT

DO DEFENSE ORDER

DO/IT DIGITAL OUTPUT/INPUT TRANSLATOR

DOC DIRECT OPERATING COST

DOC DOCUMENT

DOC DATA OPTIMIZING COMPUTER

DOCS DISK ORIENTED COMPUTER SYSTEM

DOCS DISTRIBUTED OFFICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (IBM)

DOCUS DISPLAY ORIENTED COMPUTER USAGE SYSTEM

DOL DISPLAY ORIENTED LANGUAGE

DOMSAT DOMESTIC SATELLITE SERVICE

DONOACS DEPARTMENT OF NAVY OFFICE AUTOMATION AND

COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

DOPIC DOCUMENT OF PROGRAMS IN CORE

DOPS DIGITAL OPTICAL PROJECTION SYSTEM

DOR DIGITAL OPTICAL RECORDING

DORIS DIOGNOSTIC ORIENTED ROCKWELL INTELLIGENT SYSTEM

DORIS DIRECT ORDER RECORDING AND INVOICING SYSTEM

DOS DIGITAL OPERATING SYSTEM

DOS DISK OPERATING SYSTEM

DOS/VS DISK OPERATING SYSTEM/VIRTUAL STORAGE (IBM)

DOS/VSE DISK OPERATING SYSTEM/VIRTUAL STORAGE EXTENDED (IBM)

DOSF DISTRIBUTED OFFICE SUPPORT FACILITY (IBM)

DOV DATA OVER VOICE

DOW JONES (R) (NETWORK OF DOW JONES AND COMPANY)

DP DIAL PORT

DP DIAL PULSING

DP DIGIT PRESENT

DP DISK PACK

DP DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING

DP DATA PROCESSING

DP DRAFT PROPOSAL

DPA DEMAND PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE

DPC DIRECT PROGRAM CONTROL

DPC DATA PROCESSING CENTER

DPCM DATA PULSE CODE MODULATION

DPCX DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING CONTROL EXECUTIVE (IBM)

DPD DATA PROCESSING DIVISION

DPD DATA PROCESSING DEPARTMENT

DPDT DOUBLE-POLE

DPE DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

DPEX DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING EXECUTIVE OPERATING SYSTEM

DPF DATA PROCESSING FACILITY

DPG DATA PROCESSING GROUP

DPG DIGITAL PATERN GENERATOR

DPI DATA PROCESSING INSTALLATION

DPI DOTS PER INCH

DPM DIGITAL PATTERN METER

DPM DOCUMENTS PER MINUTE

DPM DATA PROCESSING MACHINE

DPMS DATA PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

DPNSS DIGITAL PRIVATE NETWORK SIGNALLING SYSTEM

DPPX DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING PROGRAMMING EXECUTIVE (IBM)

DPR DYNAMIC PATH RECONNECT

DPR DITIGAL PRESENT

DPS DATA PROCESSING SERVICE

DPS DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

DPS DATA PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM

DPS DISTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS SERVICES (IBM)

DPS DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM

DPSK DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING

DPSS DATA PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM

DPST DOUBLE-POLE

DPU DATA PROCESSING UNIT

DQC DATA QUALITY CONTROL

DQDB DISTRIBUTED QUEUE DATA BASE

DQM DATA QUALITY MONITORS

DR DATA RECORDER

DR DIGITAL RESOLVER

DR DATA REDUCTION

DR DRIVE

DR DRUM

DRAM DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

DRAW DIRECT READ AFTER WRITE

DRC DATA REDUCTION COMPILER

DRCS DYNAMICALLY REDEFINED CHARACTER SETS

DRDA DISTRIBUTED RELATIONAL DATA ARCHITECTURE (IBM)

DR&E DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING

DRI DIGITAL REDUCTION INTERPRETER

DRM DIGITAL RADIO METERS

DRO DIGITAL READOUT

DRO DESTRUCTIVE READOUT

DROS DISK RESIDENT OPERATING SYSTEM

DRS DATA RATE SELECTOR

DRT DATA RECOVERY TESTER

DRT DIODE RECOVERY TESTER

DRV DATA RECOVERY VEHICLE

DS DATA SCANNING

DS DATA SET

DS DECIMAL SUBTRACT

DS DEFINE STORAGE

DS DEFINE SYMBOL

DS DEVICE SELECTOR

DS DISK STORAGE

DS DRUM STORAGE

DS DOUBLE SIDED

DS DATA SYNCHRONIZATION

DS/DD DOUBLE-SIDED

DS/SD DOUBLE-SIDED

DSA DEFINE SYMBOL ADDRESS

DSA DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE

DSAS DATA SET ANALYSIS SYSTEM

DSB DOUBLE SIDEBAND

DSC DATA STREAM COMPATABILITY (IBM)

DSC DIRECT SATELITE COMMUNICATIONS

DSC DOCUMENT SERVICE CENTER

DSCB DATA SET CONTROL BLOCK

DSCS DESK SIDE COMPUTER SYSTEM

DSDS DATAPHONE SWITCHED DIGITAL SERVICE

DSE DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT

DSE DATA SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

DSE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT

DSE DATA SWITCHING EQUIPMENT

DSGN DESIGNATION

DSI DIGITAL SPEECH INTERPOLATION

DSL DATA SET LABEL

DSL DATA SET LANGUAGE

DSL DATA SIMULATION LANGUAGE

DSL DIGITAL SIMULATION LANGUAGE

DSL/ALPHA DATA SIMULATION LANGUAGE/ALPHA

DSLC DATA SUBSCRIBER LINE CARRIER

DSLO DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM LICENSE OPTION (IBM)

DSM DEVICE STRATEGY MODULE

DSM DISCRETE SOURCE WITH MEMORY

DSN DATA SET NAME

DSN DATA SYSTEM NEWS

DSN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS NETWORK

DSNX DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM NODE EXECUTIVE (IBM)

DSO DATA SECURITY OFFICER

DSORG DATA SET ORGANIZATION

DSP DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

DSR DATA SET READY

DSR DIGITAL STEPPING RECORDER

DSR DIGITAL STORAGE RELAY

DSS DIRECT STATION SELECTION

DSS DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM

DSU DEVICE SWITCHING UNIT

DSU DIGITAL SYNCHRONIZATION UNIT

DSU DISK STORAGE UNIT

DSU DATA SERVICE UNIT

DSU/CSU DATA SERVICING UNIT/CHANNEL SERVICING UNIT

DSW DATA STATUS WORD

DSW DEVICE STATUS WORD

DSX DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM EXECUTIVE (IBM)

DSX-1 DIGITAL SIGNAL CROSS-CONNECT, LEVEL 1

DT DATA TRANSLATOR

DT DATA TRANSMISSION

DT DIGITAL TECHNIQUE

DT DOWN TIME

DTC-III DESKTOP TACTICAL COMPUTER - III (NAVY)

DTDM DIGITAL TERMINAL DATA MODULE

DTE DATA TERMINAL EQUIPMENT

DTF DEFINE THE FILE

DTF DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION FACILITY (IBM)

DTG DATA TIME GROUP

DTIB DECISION TABLE INFORMATION BULLETIN

DTID DESIGN AND TEST INTEGRATION DIVISION (TEKTRONIX)

DTL DIODE-TRANSISTOR LOGIC

DTLC DIALOG TAG LANGUAGE COMPILER

DTM DELAY TIME MULTIPLIER

DTMS DATABASE AND TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IBM)

DTO DOLLAR TRADE-OFF

DTP DIRECTORY TAPE PROCESSOR

DTP DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION PROCESSING

DTR DATA TERMINAL READER

DTR DATA TERMINAL READY

DTR DAILY TRANSACTION REPORTING

DTR DIGITAL TELEMETERING REGISTER

DTS DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

DTS DIGITAL TANDEM SWITCH

DTTU DATA TRANSMISSION TERMINAL UNIT

DTU DIGITAL TAPE UNIT

DTUTF DIGITAL TAPE UNIT TAPE FACILITY

DUAL DYNAMIC UNIVERSAL ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

DUNS DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM

DUT DEVICE UNDER TEST

DUV DATA UNDER VOICE

DVD DIGITAL VIDEO DISK

DVI DIGITAL VOICE INTERACTIVE

DVI DIGITAL VIDEO INTERACTIVE

DVST DIRECT VIEWING STORAGE TUBE

DVX DIGITAL VOICE EXCHANGE

DW DATA WORD

DW DISPLAYWRITE (IBM)

DW/3 DISPLAYWRITE/3 ((BM)

DW/36 DISPLAYWRITE/36 (IBM)

DW/370 DISPLAYWRITE/370 (IBM)

DW/4 DISPLAYWRITE/4 (IBM)

DX DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION

DX DISTANCE

DX DUPLEX

DXAM DISTRIBUTED INDEXED ACCESS METHOD

DXC DATA EXCHANGE CONTROL

DXT DATA EXTRACT

DYNANA DYNAMIC ANALYZER

DYNSAR DYNAMIC SYSTEMS ANALYZER

DYSAC DIGITALLY SIMULATED ANALOG COMPUTER

DYSTAL DYNAMIC STORAGE ALLOCATION LANGUAGE

E

E ELECTRICAL

E ELECTRONIC

E ELEMENT

E ENABLE

E ERROR

E1 (European equivalent of T1;

2.048 -mbps digital transmission)

E3 (European equivalent of T3;

34 -mbps digital transmission per

CCITT G.703 Specs.)

E&M EAR & MOUTH (RECEIVE & TRANSMIT MECHANISMS)

E-COM ELECTRONIC COMPUTER ORIGINATED MAIL

E-MESFET ENHANCED METAL SEMICONDUCTOR

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR

E/M ELECTRO/MECHANICAL

EA EFFECTIVE ADDRESS

EAC ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL

EAG EQUIPMENT ADVISORY GROUP

EAM ELECTRICAL ACCOUNTING MACHINE

EAN EUROPEAN ACCOUNTING MACHINE

EAN EUROPEAN ARTICLE NUMBERING CODE

EARN EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH NETWORK

EAROM ELECTRICALLY ALTERABLE READ ONLY MEMORY

EAS ELECTRONIC ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

EAS EXTENDED AREA SERVICE

EBCDIC EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE

EBI EQUIVALENT BACKGROUND INPUT

EBPA ELECTRON BEAM PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER

EBR ELECTRONIC BEAM RECORDING

EC ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS

EC ENGINEERING CHANGE

EC ERROR CHECKING

EC ERROR CORRECTING

ECA ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ASSEMBLY

ECA ENGINEERING CHANGE ASSESSMENT

ECAD ELECTRICAL COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

ECAP ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS PROGRAM

ECB ELECTRONIC CLAIMS BILLING

ECB EVENT CONTROL BLOCK

ECC ELECTRONIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS

ECC EMITTER-COUPLED CIRCUITS

ECC ERROR CORRECTING CODE

ECC ERROR CORRECTION CAPABILITY

ECCM ELECTRONIC COUNTER-COUNTER MEASURES

ECCR ELECTRONIC CASH AND CREDIT REGISTER

ECD ELECTRO-CHROMIC DISPLAY

ECDC ELECTROCHEMICAL DIFFUSED COLLECTOR TRANSISTOR

ECF ENHANCED CONNECTIVITY FACILITY (IBM)

ECL EMITTER COUPLED LOGIC

ECL EQUIPMENT COMPONENT LIST

ECLIPSE ELECTRONIC CLIPPING SERVICE

ECLO EMITTER-COUPLED LOGIC OPERATOR

ECM ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES

ECME ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES EQUIPMENT

ECN ELECTRONIC CHANGE NOTICE

ECO ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER

ECOS EXTENDED COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING SYSTEM

ECP ENGINEERING CHANGE PROPOSAL

ECP EXECUTIVE CONTROL PROGRAM

ECS EXECUTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM

ECS EXTENDED CORE STORAGE

ECS ESCAPE CHARACTER

ECTL EMITTER COUPLED TRANSISTOR LOGIC

ECX ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED TELEPHONE EXCHANGE

ED ELECTRICAL DIFFERENTIAL

ED ERROR DETECTING

ED EXTERNAL DEVICE

EDA ELECTRONIC DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZER

EDA EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS

EDAC ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION

EDACS ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ACCESS AND CONTROL SYSTEM

EDC ELECTRONIC DESK CALCULATOR

EDC ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER

EDC ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION

EDC ERROR DETECTION CODE

EDCOM EDITOR AND COMPILER

EDCS ENGINEERING DOCUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM

EDCW EXTERNAL DEVICE CONTROL WORD

EDE EXTERNAL DOCUMENT EXCHANGE

EDF EXECUTION DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY

EDGAR ELECTRONIC DATA GATHERING ANALYSIS AND RETRIEVAL

EDGE ELECTRONIC DATA GATHERING EQUIPMENT

EDHE EXPERIMENTAL DATA HANDLING EQUIPMENT

EDI ELECTRONIC DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION

EDI ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE

EDI ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT INTERCHANGE

EDIF ELECTRONIC DESIGN INTERCHANGE FORMAT

EDOS EXTENDED DISK OPERATING SYSTEM

EDP ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING

EDPC ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING CENTER

EDPE ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

EDPEO ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT OFFICE

EDPM ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINE

EDPS ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

EDS EXCHANGEABLE DISK STORAGE

EDSAC ELECTRONIC DELAY STORAGE AUTOMATIC CALCULATOR

EDU ELECTRONIC DISPLAY UNIT

EDVAC ELECTRONIC DISCRETE VARIABLE AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

EE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

EE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

EEMM EPSON EXPANDED MEMORY MANAGER

EEMS ENHANCED EXTENDED MEMORY SYSTEM (AST RESEARCH

EEPROM ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE READ ONLY MEMORY

EFL EMITTER-FOLLOWER LOGIC

EFPH EQUIVALENT FULL POWER HOURS

EFTS ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER SYSTEM

EFS ENCRYPTION FIREWALL SERVER

EGA ENHANCED GRAPHICS ADAPTOR

EGP ELECTRONIC GRAPHICS PROCESSING

EHF EXTRA HIGH FREQUENCY

EHLLAPI ENHANCED HIGH-LEVEL LANGUAGE APPLICAION (IBM)

EHV EXTRA HIGH VOLTAGE

EIES ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM

EIP EXECUTIVE INTERFACE PROGRAM

EIRP EFFECTIVE ISOTROPIC-RADIATED POWER

EIS ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES

EIS END INTERRUPTION SEQUENCE

EIS EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM

EIS EXECUTIVE INTERFACE STRUCTURE

EISA EXTENDED INDUSTRY STANDARD ARCHITECTURE

EL ELECTRO LUMINESCENT

ELAN ENHANCED LOCAL AREA NETWORK (SMC)

ELD EDGE LIGHTED DISPLAY

ELD ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY

ELI EXTENSIBLE LANGUAGE ONE

ELIAS EXPANDIBLE LEVEL INTERACTIVE APPLICATION SYSTEM

ELINT ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE

ELS ENTRY LEVEL SYSTEM

EM ELECTRONIC MAIL

EM END OF MEDIUM

EMA ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE

EMAS EDINBURGH MULTIACCESS SYSTEM

EMC ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATABILITY

EME EMERGENCY POWER ENGINEERING

EMI ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE

EMI ELECTRO-MECHANICAL INTERFERENCE

EMIS EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

EML EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION LIST

EMP ELECTROMECHANICAL POWER

EMR ELECTRO MAGNETIC RADIATION

EMR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY

EMS EXPANDED MEMORY SPECIFICATION

EMS ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

EMS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE SYSTEM

EMS ELECTRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEM

EMS ELEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

EMT ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING

EMWP EXTENDED-MACHINE-WAIT-STATE PROBLEM STATE

END END OF DATA

ENG ELECTRONIC NEWS GATHERING

ENIAC ELECTRONIC NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR AND CCOMPUTER

ENQ ENQUIRY CHARACTER

ENT ENTRY

EO EXECUTIVE ORDER

EOA END OF ADDRESS

EOB END OF BLOCK

EOC END OF CONVERSATION

EOD END OF DATA

EODAD END OF DATA ADDRESS

EOE ERRORS AND OMISSIONS EXCEPTED

EOF END OF FILE

EOJ END OF JOB

EOL END OF LIFE

EOL END OF LINE

EOM END OF MESSAGE

EON END OF NUMBER

EOP END OF PROGRAM

EOP END OF OUTPUT

EOQ ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY

EOR END OF RECORD

EOR END OF RUN

EOR END OF REEL

EOS ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEM

EOSDIS EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA & INFORMATION SYSTEM

EOT END OF TRANSMISSION

EOT END OF TAPE

EOV END OF VOLUME

EP END POINT

EP END OF PROGRAM

EP ENTRY POINT

EP ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING

EPBX ELECTRONIC PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE

EPC EMBEDDED PRINT COMMAND

EPC ELECTRONIC PROGRAM CONTROL

EPC EASY PROCESSING CHANNEL

EPI ELECTRONIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING

EPIC EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INFORMATION EXCHANGE

EP/PLA EXTENDED PROVISIONS/PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT (IBM)

EPROM ELECTRONICALLY PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY

EPS ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING SPECIALIST

EPS ENCAPSULATED POSTSCRIPT FILES (MICROSOFT)

EPSS EXPERIMENTAL PACKET SWITCHING SYSTEM

EPU ELECTRICAL POWER UNIT

EQ EQUALIZER

EQ EQUAL

EQ EQUATE

EQP EQUIPMENT

EQU EQUATE

EQU EQUAL

EQUPMT EQUIPMENT

ERA ELECTRONIC READING AUTOMATION

ERLL ENHANCED RUN LENGTH LIMITED

ERM ENTITY-RELATIONSHIPS MODEL

EROM ERASABLE READ ONLY MEMORY

ERR ERROR

ERU EMERGENCY RECOVERY UTILITY

ERX ELECTRONIC REMOTE SWITCHING

ES ELECTRONIC STORAGE

ES EXPERT SYSTEMS

ES-IS END SYSTEM - INTERMEDIATE SYSTEM

ESD ELECTROSTATIC STORAGE DEFLECTION

ESDI ENHANCED SMALL DEVICE INTERFACE

ESDI ENHANCED SMALL DEVICE INTERFACE

ESDN EXTENDED SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK

ESDS ENTRY SEQUENCE DATA SET

ESE/UM EXPERT SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT/VIRTUAL MACHINE

ESF EXTENDED SUPERFRAME FORMAT

ESI EXTERNALLY SPECIFIED INDEXING

ESP ELECTRO-SENSITIVE PROGRAMMING

ESP ENHANCED SERVICES PROVIDERS

ESP EARLY SUPPORT PROGRAM

ESQL/C EMBEDDED STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE AND

TOOLS FOR "C" LANG.

ESR EFFECTIVE SIGNAL RADIATED

ESS ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEM

ESSU ELECTRONIC SELECTIVE SWITCHING UNIT

EST ESTIMATE

ESU ELECTROSTATIC UNIT

ESW ERROR STATUS WORD

ET EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

ET ELAPSED TIME

ET EARTH TERMINAL

ET EXCHANGE TERMINATION EQUIPMENT

ETA ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL

ETB END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK

ETC ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CYCLE

ETC ESTIMATED TIME OF COMPLETION

ETD ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE

ETHERNET (TM)(COMMUNICATION NETWORK OF XEROX CORPORATION)

ETIM ELAPSED TIME

ETL ENDING TAPE LABEL

ETN ELECTRONIC TANDEM NETWORK

ETP ELECTRONIC TECHNICAL PUBLISHING

ETP EXTENDED TERM PURCHASE

ETS ELECTRONIC TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM

ETTM ELECTRONIC TOLL AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

ETX END OF TEXT CHARACTER

EURONET-DIANE EUROPEAN DIRECT INFORMATION ACCESS NETWORK

FOR EUROPE

EVAL EVALUATION

EVPI EXPECTED VALUE OF PERFECT INFORMATION

EX EXECUTE

EXAM EXAMINE

EXCH EXCHANGE

EXCHANGE (TM)(AN IN-DEPTH FINANCIAL DATABASE)

EXCLU EXCLUSIVE

EXCP EXECUTE CHANNEL PROGRAM

EXCP EXCEPT

EXCP EXECUTE CHANNEL PROGRAMS

EXD EXTERNAL DEVICE

.EXE EXECUTABLE FILE (FILE EXTENSION)

EXEC EXECUTE

EXEC EXECUTION

EXEC EXECUTIVE

EXNOR EXCLUSIVE-NOR GATE

EXOR EXCLUSIVE-OR GATE

EXTND EXTENDED DATA TRANSFER

EXTSN EXTENSION

F

F FIXED

F FEEDBACK

F FILTER

F FREQUENCY

4 GL FOURTH GENERATION LANGUAGE

4th gl FOURTH GENERATION LANGUAGE

F-F FLIP-FLOP

F/V FREQUENCY TO VOLTAGE CONVERTER

F1 FUNCTION KEY #1

F2 FUNCTION KEY #2

FA FULLY AUTOMATIC

FA FORCED ANSWER

FAC FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL

FACE FIELD ALTERABLE CONTROL ELEMENT

FACS FLEXIBLE ACCOUNTING CONTROL SYSTEM

FACT FULLY AUTOMATIC CATALOGING TECHNIQUE

FACT FULLY AUTOMATIC COMPILER-TRANSLATOR

FACT FULLY AUTOMATIC COMPILING TECHNIQUE

FAIS FOREIGN AFFAIRS INFORMATION SYSTEM

FAM FAST ACCESS MEMORY

FAMOS FLOATING GATE AVALANCHE-INJECTION

METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

FAP FORTRAN ASSEMBLY PROGRAM

FAP FINANCIAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM

FAPS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM

AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEM

FAQ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

FAR FAILURE ANALYSIS REPORT

FAX FACSIMILE

FBA FIXED BLOCK ARCHITECTURE

FBC FULLY BUFFERED CHANNEL

FC FILE CONVERSION

FC FILE CONTROL

FC&A FREQUENCY CONTROL AND ANALYSIS

FCA FUNCTIONAL CONFIGURATION AUDIT

FCB FILE CONTROL BLOCK

FCDR FAILURE CAUSE DATA REPORT

FCFS FIRST COME

FCL FEEDBACK CONTROL LOOP

FCP FILE CONTROL PROCESSOR

FCS FRAME CHECK SEQUENCE

FD FULL DUPLEX

FD FLOPPY DISK

FD FILE DESCRIPTION

FDAD FLOPPY DRIVE HIGH DENSITY (APPLE)

FDC FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER

FDDI FIBER DISTRIBUTED DATA INTERFACE

FDM FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXER

FDOS FIXED DISK OPERATING SYSTEM

FDP FIELD DEVELOPED PROGRAM

FDS FULL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

FDX FULL DUPLEX TRANSMISSION

FE FRAMING ERROR

FE FORMAT EFFECTOR

FE FIELD ENGINEERS

FEA FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS

FEC FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION

FED-STD FEDERAL STANDARD

FEDSIM FEDERAL COMPUTER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

AND SIMULATION CENTER

FEP FINANCIAL EVALUATION PROGRAM

FEP FRONT END PROCESSOR

FERS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM

FET FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR

FF FORM FEED

FF FIXED FEE

FFS FAST FILE SYSTEM

FFT FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM

FGND FRAME GROUND

FHD FIXED-HEAD-DISK

FIFI FLOATING INPUT-FLOATING OUTPUT

FIFO FIRST IN

FIG FIGURE

FIGS FIGURE SHIFT

FILO FIRST IN

FIPS FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS

FIRST FAST, INTERACTIVE RADIO SYSTEM PLANNING TOOL

FK FUNCTION KEY

FL/1 FUNCTION LANGUAGE ONE

FLASH Flexible Architecture for Shared Memory

FLBIL FLOATING-POINT BINARY

FLD FIELD

FLDEC FLOATING-POINT DECIMAL

FLIH FIRST LEVEL INTERRUPT HANDLER

FM FREQUENCY MODULATION

FM FORMAT

FM FILE MAINTENANCE

FME FREQUENCY MEASURING EQUIPMENT

FMEVA FLOATING POINT MEANS AND VARIANCE

FMFB FREQUENCY MODULATION AND FEEDBACK

FMS FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

FMS FORMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

FMS FINITE STATE MACHINE

FMS FORTRAN MONITOR SYSTEM

FMT FORMAT

FOC FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS

FOCAS FIELD OFFICE COMMISSION AUTOMATION SYSTEM

FOCTALK (TM)(INFORMATION BUILDERS) FOCUS TALK

FOIL FILE ORIENTED INTERPRETIVE LANGUAGE

FOIRL FIBER OPTIC INTER REPEATER LINK

FOMAU FIBER OPTIC MEDIA ACCESS UNIT

FOPT FIBER OPTIC PHOTO TRANSFER

FORMAC FORMULA MANIPULATION COMPILER

FORTRAN FORMULA TRANSLATOR

FOSDIC FILM OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE FOR INPUT TO COMPUTERS

FOSE FEDERAL OFFICE SYSTEMS EXPOSITION

FOUR GL FOURTH GENERATION LANGUAGE

FP FILE PROTECT

FP FIXED POINT

FPAP FLOATING POINT ARRAY PROCESSOR

FPE FORTRAN PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT

FPGA FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY

FPLA FIELD PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY

FPLS FIELD PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC SEQUENCER

FPM FEET PER MINUTE

FPP FLOATING POINT PACKAGE

FPS FLOATING POINT SYSTEM

FPS FRAMES PER SECOND

FPS FEET PER SECOND

FRAD Frame Relay Access Device

FRISC FAST REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER

FS FILE SEPARATOR

FSA FINITE STATE AUTOMATION

FSB FREE STORAGE BLOCK

FSBPRT FREE STORAGE BLOCK PRINTING

FSCM FEDERAL SUPPLY CODE FOR MANUFACTURE

FSCR FULL SCALE RANGE

FSK FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING

FSL FORMS SOURCE LANGUAGE

FSR FEEDBACK SHIFT REGISTER

FT FUNCTIONAL TEST

FT FULL TIME

FT FAULT TOLLERANT

FT1 FRACTIONAL T1 (A DIVISION OF THE T1 BANDWITH)

FTAM FILE TRANSFER ACCESS METHOD

FTC FREQUENCY TIME CONTROL

FTD FUNCTIONAL TEST DEMONSTRATION

FTM FAULT TOLLERANT MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM

FTN FIELD TELEVISION NETWORK

FTP FILE TRANSFER PROGRAM

FTP FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL

FTS FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

FTS FILE TRANSFER SUPPORT

FTTC FIBER OPTIC CABLE TO THE CURB (FIBER TO THE CURB)

FUBAR "FOULED" UP BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION

FUN FUNCTION

FX FOREIGN EXCHANGE

FXBIN FIXED BINARY TRANSLATION

FY FISCAL YEAR

Fe2O3 FERRIC OXIDE

G

G GIGA (A PREFIX MEANING 1 BILLION)

GAM GRAPHIC ACCESS METHOD

GAMA GRAPHICS ASSISTED MANAGEMENT APPLICATION

GAN GENERATING AND ANALYZING NETWORKS

GAP GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROGRAM

GAR GROWTH ANALYSIS AND REVIEW

GASP GAS PLASMA DISPLAY

GASP GENERALIZED ACADEMIC SIMULATION PROGRAM

GASP GENERALIZED ACTIVITY SIMULATION PROGRAM

GATE GENERALIZED ACCESS TO X.25 TRANSPORT EXTENSION

GB GIGABYTE

GC GUIDANCE COMPUTER

GCDB GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE DATABASE

GCOS GENERAL COMPREHENSIVE OPERATING SUPERVISOR

GCR GROUP CODE RECORDING

GDC GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR

GDDM GRAPHICS DATA DISPLAY MANAGER

GDMO GUIDELINES FOR THE DEFINITION OF MANAGED OBJECTS

GDMS GENERALIZED DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

GDO GRID DIP OSCILLATOR

GDS GRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM

GDT GRAPHICS DEVELOPMENT TOOLKIT

GE GREATER THAN

GEM GRAPHICS ENVIRONMENT MANAGER

GEMS GENERAL EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

GEN GENERATOR

GENESYS GENERAL ENGINEERING SYSTEM

GERM GENERALIZED ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP MODEL

GERT GRAPHIC EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE

GH GIGAHERTZ

GHz GIGAHERTZ

GI GENERAL INQUIRY SYSTEM (AMEX)

GICL GRAPHICS LANGUAGE

GIDS GENERALIZED INTELLIGENT DECISION SYSTEM

GIF GRAPHICS INTERCHANGE FORMAT

GIGO GARBAGE IN

GIML GENERALIZED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT LANGUAGE

GINO GRAPHICAL INPUT-OUTPUT

GIOC GENERAL INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROLLER

GIPS GROUND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

GIPSY GENERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

GIRS GENERALIZED INFORMATION RETIEVAL SYSTEM

GIS GENERALIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM

GKS GRAPHIC KERNAL SYSTEM

GLOBECOM GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS

GMAP GENERAL MACRO ASSEMBLY PROGRAM

GMIS GENERAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

GMISCA GENERAL MOTORS INFORMATION SYSTEM

AND COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITY

GNOME         GNU OBJECT MODEL ENVIRONMENT

GMR GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE

GMT GENERAL MACHINE TEST

GND GROUND

GNP GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT

GOCI GENERAL OPERATOR-COMPUTER INTERACTION

GOR GENERAL OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT

GOSIP GOVERNMENT OFFICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROCUREMENT

GOSIP GOVERNMENT OIS PROFILE

GPA GENERAL PURPOSE ANALYSIS

GPAC GENERAL PURPOSE ANALOG COMPUTER

GPC GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTER

GPD GENERAL PURPOSE DISCIPLINE

GPDC GENERAL PURPOSE DIGITAL COMPUTER

GPDS GENERAL PURPOSE DISPLAY SYSTEM

GPF GENERAL PROTECTION FAULTS

GPI GENERAL PURPOSE INTERFACE

GPI GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

GPI/O GENERAL PURPOSE INPUT/OUTPUT

GPIB GENERAL PURPOSE INTERFACE BUS

GPL GENERAL PURPOSE LANGUAGE

GPL GENERALIZED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

GPLAN GENERALIZED DATABASE PLANNING SYSTEM

GPLP GENERAL PURPOSE LINEAR PROGRAMMING

GPM GENERAL PURPOSE MACROGENERATOR

GPMS GENERAL PURPOSE MICROPROGRAM SIMULATOR

GPR GENERAL PURPOSE REGISTER

GPS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

GPSS GENERAL PURPOSE SYSTEMS SIMULATOR

GR GROUP

GRABP GENERALIZED REMOTE DATA ACCESS DATABASE

GRABPS GENERALIZED REMOTE DATA ACCESS DATABASE SYSTEM

GRACE GRAPHIC ARTS COMPOSING EQUIPMENT

GRID GRAPHICAL INTERACTIVE DISPLAY

GRIPHOS GENERAL RETRIEVAL & INFORMATION PROCESSING

FOR HUMANITIES ORIENTED SYSTEMS

GRP GROUP

GRS GENERALIZED RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

GS GRAPHICS STANDARD

GS GRAY SCALE

GSAM GENERALIZED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

GSI GRAND SCALE INTEGRATION

GSM GENERALIZED SEQUENTIAL MACHINE

GSM GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

GSS GRAPHIC SERVICE SYSTEM

GSSP GENERALLY ACCEPTED SYSTEM SECURITY PRINCIPLES

GT GREATER THAN

GT GAME THEORY

GTO GRAPHICS TEST ORGANIZER

GUI GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

GUIDE GUIDANCE OF USERS OF INTEGRATED

DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

GULP GENERAL UTILITY LIBRARY PROGRAM

GWB-LINE GLOBAL WHOLESALE BANKING LINE (UNISYS)

GX GRAPHICS EXTENDED

GZ GRAPHICS Z-BUFFER

GaAs GALLIUM ARSENIDE

H

H HEXADECIMAL

H HARDWARE

H HALF-WORD

H HACKER

H-B HEXADECIMAL TO BINARY

HAL HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER

HASP HOUSTON AUTOMATIC SPOOLING PRIORITY

HB HANDBOOK

HC HYBRID COMPUTER

HC HARD COPY

HC HANDLING CAPACITY

HCI HOST CONTROL INTERFACE

HD HALF DUPLEX

HD HARD DISK

HD HIGH DENSITY

HDA HEAD DISK ASSEMBLY

HDAM HIERARCHICAL DIRECT ACCESS METHOD

HDC HARD DISK CONTROLLER

HDDS HIGH-DENSITY DATA SYSTEM

HDG HEADING

HDL HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

HDLC HIGH-LEVEL DATA LINK CONTROL

HDTV HIGH DENSITY TELEVISION

HDX HALF-DUPLEX

HELP HEALTH EDUCATION AND LIFESTYLES PROGRAM

HEM HYBRID ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE

HEMT HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR

HEP HETEROGENEOUS ELEMENT PROCESSOR

HEX HEXADECIMAL

HF HIGH FREQUENCY

HFC HYBRID-FIBER-COAX

HFCS HONEYWELL FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE PLANNING SYSTEM

HFS HIERARCHICAL FILE SYSTEM

HGA HERCULES GRAPHICS ADAPTER

HGC HERCULES GRAPHICS CARD

HH HOURS

HH HALF HEIGHT

HH/MM HOURS/MINUTES

HI/TC HALF-INCH TAPE CARTRIDGE

HICLASS HUGHES INTEGRATED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

HIDAM HIERARCHICAL INDEXED DIRECT ACCESS METHOD

HIIS HEALTHCARE INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM

HINIL HIGH-NOISE IMMUNITY LOGIC

HIO HALT INPUT/OUTPUT

HIPAC HITACHI PARAMETRON AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

HIPO HIERARCHY PLUS INPUT-PROCESS-OUTPUT

HIS HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

HITC HALF-INCH TAPE CARTRIDGE

HITS HOBBYIST'S INTERCHANGE TAPE STANDARD

HLDLC HIGH-LEVEL DATA LINK CONTROL

HLL HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE

HLLAPI HIGH-LEVEL LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

HMA HIGH MEMORY AREA

HMOS HIGH SPEED METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

HNIL HIGH-NOISE IMMUNITY LOGIC

HOL HIGH ORDER LANGUAGE

HOP HYBRID OPERATING SYSTEM

HOV HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE

HP HEWLETT PACKARD

HPF HIGHEST PRIORITY FIRST

HPFS HIGH PERFORMANCE FILING SYSTEM

HPG HIGH PERFORMANCE GRAPHICS

HPFS HIGH PERFORMANCE FILE SYSTEM

HPGPL HEWLETT PACKARD GRAPHICS PLOTTER LANGUAGE (HP)

HPIB HEWLETT PACKARD INTERFACE BUS

HPM HARVARD PROJECT MANAGER

HRM HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

HPR HIGH PERFORMANCE ROUTING

HRS HUMAN RESOURCES

HS HANDSET

HSAC HIGH SPEED ANALOG COMPUTER

HSAM HIERARCHICAL SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

HSDA HIGH SPEED DATA ACQUISITION

HSM HIERARCHICAL STORAGE MANAGER

HSM HIGH SPEED MEMORY

HSO HIERARCHICAL SEQUENTIAL ORGANIZATION

HSP HIGH SPEED PROCESSOR

HSP HIGH SPEED PRINTERS

HSR HIGH SPEED READER

HSSI HIGH SPEED SERIAL INTERFACE (CISCO)

HSSP HIGH SPEED SCIENTIFIC PROCESSOR

HT HORIZONTAL TABULATION

HTL HIGH THRESHOLD LOGIC

HTP HANDWRITING TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE (AIRUS

HTTL HIGH POWER TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC

HTTP HYPERTEXT TRANSPORT PROTOCOL

HTTPS HYPERTEXT TRANSPORT PROTOCOL, SECURE

HUSAT HUMAN SCIENCES AND ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY

HV HIGH VOLTAGE

HVPS HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY

HYCOTRAN HYBRID COMPUTER TRANSLATOR

HyperARM HYPERTEXT ADA REFERENCE MANUAL

HYSNC HORIZONTAL SYNCHRONIZATION

HZ HERTZ

I

I INDICATOR

I INTEGER

I INVERTER

I INSTRUCTION

I INPUT

I&C INSTALLATION AND CHECKOUT

I/F INTERFACE

I/O INPUT/OUTPUT

I/OM INPUT/OUTPUT MULTIPLEXER

IA INFORMATION AUTOMATION

IA INTELLIGENT ACCESS

IA5 INTERNATIONAL ALPHABET NUMBER 5

IAB INTERNET ACTIVITIES BOARD

IAG INTERACTIVE APPLICATION GENERATOR

IAL INTERNATIONAL ALGEBRAIC LANGUAGE

IAL INTERNATIONAL ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGE

IAP INTEGRATED ARRAY PROCESSOR

IAR INITIAL ADDRESS REGISTER

IAS IMMEDIATE ACCESS STORAGE

IB ISOBAR

IBA INDEPENDENT BROADCAST AUTHORITY

iBCS INTEL BINARY COMPATIBILITY STANDARD

IBG INTERBLOCK GAP

IBM-PC INT. BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PERSONAL COMPUTER

IBU INDEPENDENT BUSINESS UNIT

IBX INTEGRATED BUSINESS EXCHANGE

IC INTERFACE CONTROL

IC INTERRUPT CODE

IC INSTRUCTION COUNTER

IC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

IC INFORMATION CENTER

IC INPUT CIRCUIT

IC/T INTEGRATED COMPUTER/TELEMETRY

ICA INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS ADAPTER

ICA INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATIONS ADAPTER

I-CASE INTEGRATED COMPUTER-AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

ICB IMAGE CAPTURE BOARD

ICDA INTEGRATED CACHED DISK ARRAY

ICE INTERCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

ICE INPUT CHECKING EQUIPMENT

ICE IN-CIRCUIT EMULATION

ICES INTEGRATED CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEM

ICF INTERCOMMUNICATION FLIP-FLOP

ICF INTEGRATED CATALOG FACILITY

ICG INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS

ICL INPUT COMMAND LANGUAGE

ICL INCOMING LINE

ICMP INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL

ICMS INFORMATION CENTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ICMS INTELLIGENT CHASIS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NEC, INC.)

ICSU INTEGRATED CHANNEL SERVICE UNIT

IDA INTERCONNECT DEVICE ARRANGEMENT

IDA INTEGRATED DIGITAL ACCESS (BRITISH TELECOM)

IDAPS IMAGE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

IDC INTERACTIVE DATACOMM CONFIGURATION

IDCS INSTRUMENTATION/DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM

IDCS INTEGRATED DOCUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM

IDD INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DIAL

IDD INTEGRATED DATA DICTIONARY

IDDD INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DISTANCE DIALING

IDDS INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL DATA SERVICE

IDE INTELLIGENT DISTRIBUTED EDITOR

IDE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

IDE INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS

IDF INTEGRATED DATA FILE

IDI IMPROVED DATA INTERCHANGE

IDI INTELLIGENT DUAL INTERFACE

IDM INTELLIGENT DATABASE MACHINE

IDNX INTEGRATED DIGITAL NETWORK EXCHANGE

IDP INTEGRATED DATA PROCESSING

IDP INDUSTRIAL DATA PROCESSING

IDPS INTERACTIVE DISTRIBUTED PLANNING SYSTEM

IDRC IMPROVED DATA RECORDING CAPABILITY

IDRU INTELLIGENT DIGITAL RECOVERY UNIT

IDS INTEGRATED DATA STORE

IDS INPUT DATA STROBE

IDTN INTEGRATED DIGITAL TRANSPORT NETWORK

IE INFORMATION EXPERT

IEC INTEREXCHANGE CARRIER

IEF INFORMATION ENGINEERING FACILITY

IEO INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC FILE

IES INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM

IETF INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE

IETS INTERIM EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS

IEW (TM) (KNOWLEDGEWARE) INFORMATION ENGINEERING WORKBENCH

IF INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY

IFA INTEGRATED FILE ADAPTER (IBM)

IFAM INVERTED FILE ACCESS MECHANISM

IFB INVITATION FOR BID

IFI INTELLIGENT FONT INTERFACE

IFP INTERFACE PROCESSOR

IFPS INTERACTIVE FINANCIAL PLANNING SYSTEM

IFR INTERNAL FUNCTION REGISTER

IFRU INTERFERENCE REJECTION UNIT

IFS INTERACTIVE FILE SHARING (IBM)

IFS INTERACTIVE FINANCIAL SHARING (IBM)

IFU INTEGER FUNCTION UNIT

IGC INTELLIGENT GRAPHICS CONTROLLER

IGES INITIAL GRAPHICS EXCHANGE SPECIFICATION

IGF INTELLIGENT GRAPHICS FORMAT

IGRP INTERIOR GATEWAY ROUTING PROTOCOL

IGS INTEGRATED GRAPHICS SYSTEM

IH INTERRUPT HANDLER

IHS INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM

IIAS INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL AUTHORING SYSTEM (IBM)

IIL INTEGRATED INJECTION LOGIC

IIP ISAM INTERFACE PROGRAM

IIPS INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PRESENTATION SYSTEM (IBM)

IIS INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTION SYSTEM (IBM)

IKE INTERNET KEY EXCHANGE

IKBS INTELLIGENT KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS

ILC INSTRUCTION LENGTH CODE

ILC INTELLIGENT LOCAL-AREA NETWORK CONTROLLER

ILF INITIAL LICENSE FEE

ILLIAC ILLINOIS AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

ILN INTELLIGENT LOCAL-AREA NETWORK

ILSW INTERRUPT LEVEL STATUS WORD

IM INSTRUMENTATION

IM INTERFACE MULTIPLEXER

IM/DM INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/DATA MANAGEMENT

IM/IPF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/INFORMATION

PROCESSING FAMILY

IM/VE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

IM/ZEUS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/ZERO EFFORT USER SYSTEM

IMAP INDUSTRY MARKETING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

IMC IMAGE MOTION COMPENSATION

IMD IMMEDIATE

IMD INTERACTIVE MAP DEFINITION

IMF INTERACTIVE MAINFRAME FACILITY

IMIS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

IML INITIAL MICROPROGRAM LOAD

IMM INTELLIGENT MEMORY MANAGER

IMNET INTERNATIONAL MARKETING NETWORK

IMOD INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION

IMP INTERFACE MESSAGE PROCESSOR

IMPACT INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

THROUGH COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

IMPF INVENTORY CONTROL MANAGEMENT FOR PROCESS

IMPL INITIAL MICROPROGRAM LOAD

IMPRS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROCESS REPORTING SYSTEM

IMS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IBM)

IMS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

IMS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND SIMULATION

IMS INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

IMS/VS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/VIRTUAL STORAGE (IBM)

IMSPARS IMS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEM (IBM)

IMT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY

IMTS IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE

IN INPUT

IND INDICATOR

INF INFORMATION

INFO INFORMATION NETWORK AND FILE ORGANIZATION

INFO INFORMATION

INFONET INFORMATION NETWORK

INGRES INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

.INI INITIALIZATION (FILE EXTENSION)

INIT INITIALIZE

INIT INITIATE

INMS INTEGRATED NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

INQ INQUIRY

INS INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM

INS INTEGRATED NETWORK SERVICES (NTT JAPAN)

INS INFORMATION NETWORK SERVICES

INST INSTRUCTION

INT INTERRUPT

INT INITIAL

INT INTEGER

INTCON INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION

INTERPERS INTERACTIVE PERSONNEL SYSTEM (IBM)

IOB INPUT/OUTPUT BUFFER

IOC INITIAL OPERATING CAPABILITY

IOC INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROLLER

IOCA IMAGE OBJECT CONTENT ARCHITECTURE

IOCC INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL COMMAND

IOCC INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL CENTER

IOCS INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL SERVICES

IOCS INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEM

IOO INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATION

IOP INPUT/OUTPUT PROCESSOR

IOPS INPUT/OUTPUT PROCESSING SYSTEM

IOR INPUT/OUTPUT REGISTER

IOREQ INPUT/OUTPUT REQUEST

IORL INPUT/OUTPUT REQUIREMENTS LANGUAGE

IOS INTEGRATED OFFICE SYSTEM

IOS INTER OPTICAL SYSTEMS

IOT INPUT/OUTPUT TRANSFER

IOT IMAGE OUTPUT TERMINALS

IOTA INFORMATION OVERLOAD TESTING APPARATUS

IOU IMMEDIATE OPERATION USE

IP IMAGE PROCESSOR

IP ITEM PROCESSOR

IP INTERNET PROTOCOL

IP INSTRUCTION PROCESSOR

IP INFORMATION PROVIDER

IP INFORMATION PROCESSING

IP IMAGE PROCESSING

IPA INFORMATION PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE

IPA INTERMEDIATE POWER AMPLIFIER

IPB INTERMEDIATE PARTS BREAKDOWN

IPC INDUSTRIAL PROCESS CONTROL

IPC INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL

IPC INFORMATION PROCESSING CENTER

IPC INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATIONS

IPC INTERNET PACKET CONTROLLER

IPCS INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING CONTROL SYSTEM (IBM)

IPCT INTEGRATED PROGRAM OF DATA AND TEXT (IBM)

IPD INSERTION PHASE DELAY

IPDP-11 INDUSTRIAL PDP-11 (DEC COMPUTER)

IPDS INTELLIGENT PRINTER DATA STREAM

IPE INTERPRET PARITY ERROR

IPF INTERACTIVE PRODUCTIVITY FACILITY

IPI INTELLIGENT PRINTER INTERFACE

IPL INITIAL PROGRAM LOAD

IPL-V INFORMATION PROCESSING LANGUAGE V

IPM IMPULSES PER MINUTE

IPM IDENTICAL PHASE MODULATION

IPN INSPECTION PROGRESS NOTIFICATIONS

IPN INSTANT PRIVATE NETWORK

IPN INFORMATION PROCESSING NETWORK

IPO INSTALLATION PRODUCTIVITY OPTION (IBM)

IPO INPUT/PROCESS/OUTPUT

IPOT INDUCTIVE POTENTIAL DIVIDER

IPR IN-PROCESS REVIEW

IPS INCHES PER SECOND

IPS INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

IPS INTELLIGENT PROCESS SYSTEM

IPSE INTEGRATED PROJECT SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT

IPSS INTERNATIONAL PACKET SWITCHED DATA SERVICE (UK)

IPX INTERNET PACKET EXCHANGE

IPX/SPX INTEGRATED PACKET EXCHANGE/

SEQUENCED PACKET EXCHANGE

IQF INTERACTIVE QUERY FACILITY

IR INSTRUCTION REGISTER

IR INFRARED

IR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

IRC INTERNATIONAL RECORD CARRIER

IRD INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

IRDB INFORMATION RETRIEVAL DATABANK

IRDS INFORMATION RESOURCE DICTIONARY SYSTEM

IRG INTER-RECORD GAP

IRLM IMS RESOURCE LOCK MANAGER

IRM INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

IRP INITIAL RECEIVING POINT

IRQ INTERRUPT REQUEST SIGNAL

IRR INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN

IRS INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

IS INFORMATION SYSTEM

IS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

IS INTERVAL SIGNAL

IS INDEXED SEQUENTIAL

IS INTERMEDIATE SYSTEM

ISA INTERRUPT STORAGE AREA

ISA INDUSTRY STANDARD ARCHITECTURE

ISAM INTEGRATED SWITCHING AND MULTIPLEXING

ISAM INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

ISBN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER

ISC INTEGRATED STORAGE CONTROL (IBM)

ISC INTER-SYSTEMS COUPLING

ISDN INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK

ISDOS INFORMATION SYSTEM DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM

ISF INFORMATION SECURITY FOUNDATION

ISI INTERNALLY SPECIFIED INDEX

ISIS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

ISIS INTEGRATED STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (SCT

ISK INSERT STORAGE KEY

ISL INFORMATION SYSTEMS LANGUAGE

ISL INTERACTIVE SIMULATION LANGUAGE

ISL INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS LANGUAGE

ISM INDUSTRIAL

ISM INTEGRATED SERVICE MANAGEMENT

ISN INFORMATION SYSTEMS NETWORK

ISO INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM OPERATION

ISODATA ITERATIVE SELF-ORGANIZING DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE

ISODE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION

DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

ISP INSTRUCTION SET PROCESSOR

ISP INFORMATION STRATEGY PLANNING

ISP INFORMATION SYSTEMS PLANNING

ISP INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER

ISPF INTERACTIVE SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY FACILITY (IBM)

ISPF/PDF ISPF/PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FACILITY

ISPL INSTRUCTION SET PROCESSOR LANGUAGE

ISPN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD PROGRAM NUMBER

ISPS INSTRUCTION SET PROCESSOR SPECIFICATIONS

ISR INTERSECTING STORAGE RINGS

ISR INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH

ISR INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

ISSCO INTEGRATED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS CORPORATION

IST INTERNATIONAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY

ISTEA INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT

ISU INFORMATION SERVICES AND UTILITIES

IT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

IT ITEM TRANSFER

IT INTERNAL TRANSLATOR

IT INTELLIGENT TERMINAL

ITB INTERMEDIATE TEXT BLOCK

ITC IMAGE TRANSFER CONTROLLER

ITDM INTELLIGENT TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXER

ITE INTEGRATED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT

ITMS INTELLIGENT TEXT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ITS INTEGRATED TRADING SYSTEM

ITS INVITATION TO SEND

IUCV INTERUSER COMMUNICATION VEHICLE

IUP INSTALLED USER PROGRAM

IV INTELLIGENT VEHICLE

IV INVERTER

IVAX INDUSTRIAL VAX (DEC COMPUTER SYSTEM)

IVDT INTEGRATED VOICE/DATA TERMINAL

IVHS INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEM

IW INDEX WORD

IX INTERACTIVE EXECUTIVE (IBM)

IX INDEX

IXC INTEREXCHANGE CARRIER

J

J/S JUSTIFIED

JA JUMP ADDRESS

JAD JOINT APPLICATION DESIGN

JAWS JOINT ANALYTICAL WARFARE SYSTEM (DOD)

JCL JOB CONTROL LANGUAGE

JCP JOB CONTROL PROCEDURE

JCTN JUNCTION

JDBC JAVA DATABASE CONNECTIVITY

JDC JOB DESCRIPTION CARD

JDS JOB DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (IBM)

JEP JOB ENTRY PROGRAM (IBM)

JES JOB ENTRY SUBSYSTEM

JGN JUNCTION GATE NUMBER

JHP JUPITER HOST PROCESSOR

JIB JOB INFORMATION BLOCK

JIP JOINT INPUT PROCESSING

JIS JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL STANDARD

JIT JUST-IN-TIME

JNF JOB NETWORKING FACILITY

JO JOB ORDER

JOBCAT JOB CATALOG

JOC JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER

JOD JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT

JPW JOB PROCESSING WORD

JSAN JOINT STAFF AUTOMATION FOR THE NINETIES (DOD)

JT JOB TABLE

JUG JOINT USERS GROUP

K

K KILOBYTES

K KILO (PREFIX MEANING "ONE THOUSAND")

KAK KEY-AUTO-KEY

KAU KEYSTATION ADAPTER UNIT

KB KEYBOARD

KB KILOBYTE

KB/SEC KILOBYTES/PER SECOND

KBMS KNOWLEDGE BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

KBPS KILOBITS PER SECOND

KBS KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEMS

KCC KEYBOARD COMMON CONTACT

KCS THOUSAND CHARACTERS PER SECOND

KDR KEYBOARD DATA RECORDER

KDS KITING DETECTION SYSTEM

KDS KEY DISPLAY STATION

KDS KEYBOARD DISPLAY STATION

KE KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING

KEE KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT

KEEPS (TM)(KODAK) KODAK EKTAPRINT

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING SYSTEM

KILO (PREFIX MEANING "1 THOUSAND")

KIMS KODAK IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

KIPS KILO INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND

KISS KEEP IT SIMPLE SIR

KL KEY LENGTH

KMS KEYSORT MULTIPLE SECTORS

KP KEY PULSING

KPC KEYBOARD PRIORITY CONTROLLER

KPR KODAK PHOTO RESIST

KPS KEY STROKES PER SECOND

KS KEY STROKES

KSAM KEYED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

KSDS KEY SEQUENCE DATA SET

KSOS KERNALIZED SECURE OPERATING SYSTEM

KSR KEYBOARD SEND-RECEIVE SET

KSS KEY STROKES PER SECOND

KST KNOWN SEGMENT TABLE

KTR KEYBOARD TYPING REPERFORATOR

KWIC KEY WORD IN CONTEXT

KWOC KEY WORD OUT OF CONTEXT

L

L LOAD

L LINE

L LEVEL

L LABEL

L/LM LOCATION/LOT MANAGEMENT

L/MF LOW AND MEDIUM FREQUENCY

LAC LOAD ACCUMULATOR

LACM LOAD ACCUMULATOR WITH MAGNITUDE

LACN LOCAL AREA COMMUNICATIONS NETS

LADT LOCAL AREA DATA TRANSPORT

LALR LOOK AHEAD

LAM LOGICAL ACCESS MAP

LAMA LOCAL AUTOMATIC MESSAGE ACCOUNTING

LAN LOCAL AREA NETWORK

LANACS LAN ASYNCHRONOUS CONNECTION SERVER

LANE LAN EMULATION

LAP LINK ACCESS PROTOCOL

LAPB LINK ACCESS PROCEDURE BALANCED

LAPD LINK ACCESS PROCEDURE "D"

LAPM LINK ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR MODEMS

LARC LIVERMORE AUTOMATIC RESEARCH COMPUTER

LARCT LAST RADIO CONTACT

LASER LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY

STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION

LATA LOCAL ACCESS TRANSPORT AREA

LAVC LOCAL AREA VAX CLUSTER

LB LINE BUFFER

LBA LINEAR BOUND AUTOMATION

LBL LABEL

LC LAST CARD

LC LEVEL CONTROL

LC LINE CONNECTOR

LC LOGICAL CONNECTION

LC LOWER CASE

LCB LINE CONTROL BLOCK

LCD LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

LCD LINE CURRENT DISCONNECT

LCDTL LOAD-COMPENSATED DIODE-TRANSISTOR LOGIC

LCI LOCAL CRAFT INTERFACE

LCL LINKAGE CONTROL LANGUAGE

LCL LOCAL

LCM LARGE CORE MEMORY

LCM LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE

LCP LANGUAGE CONVERSION PROGRAM

LCR LEAST-COST ROUTING

LCS LANE CONTROL SIGN

LCS LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER

LCZR LOCALIZER

LD LINEAR DECISION

LD LOGIC DRIVER

LD LOAD

LD LONG DISTANCE

LDA LOCATE DRUM ADDRESS

LDA LOCAL DATA AREA (IBM)

LDB LOCAL DATA BASE

LDC LATITUDE DATA COMPUTER

LDDS LOW DENSITY DATA SYSTEM

LDE LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

LDM LIMITED-DISTANCE MODEM

LDRI LOW DATA RATE INPUT

LDS LARGE DISK STORAGE

LDS LONG DISTANCE XEROGRAPHY

LDT LOGIC DESIGN TRANSISTOR

LDT LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION

LDU LINK DIAGNOSTIC UNIT

LE LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO

LE LEADING EDGE

LEAS LOWER ECHELON AUTOMATIC SWITCHBOARD

LEC LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER

LED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE

LENN LOW ENTRY NETWORKING NODE

LEO LYONS ELECTRONIC OFFICE

LET LOGICAL EQUIPMENT TABLE

LEXIS (R) (COMPUTERIZED LEGAL DATABASE OF MEAD DATA)

LEXPAT (R) (COMPUTERIZED LEGAL PATENT DATABASE

OF MEAD DATA)

LF LINE FEED

LG LINE GENERATOR

LGN LINE GATE NUMBER

LGNT LENGTH

LIC LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

LIC LINE INTERFACE COUPLER

LICOF LAND LINES COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES

LIFO LAST IN

LIM LINE INTERFACE MODULE

LIM LIMIT

LIM LOTUS, INTEL, MICROSOFT

LIMAC LARGE INTEGRATED MONOLITHIC ARRAY COMPUTER

LINAC LINEAR ACCELERATOR

LINC LABORATORY INSTRUMENT COMPUTER

LINC LOCAL NETWORK INTEGRATED NETWORK CONNECTIVITY

LINE II LOGIC AND INFORMATION NETWORK COMPILER II

LIOCS LOGICAL INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEM

LIPS LOGICAL INFERENCES PER SECOND

LIS LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM (U.S. BUR OF LAND MANAGEMENT)

LISP LIST PROCESSING

LIT LITERAL

LIU LINE INTERFACE UNIT

LJES LAN JOB ENTRY SYSTEM

LL LOUDNESS LEVEL

LL LOW LEVEL

LLC LOGICAL LINK CONTROL

LLCC3 LOGICAL LINK CONTROL SYSTEM CLASS 3

LLL LOW LEVEL LOGIC

LMF LICENSE MANAGEMENT FACILITY

LMLR LOAD MEMORY LOCKOUT REGISTER

LMS LASER MAGNETIC STORAGE

LMT LIMIT

LO LINE OCCUPANCY

LO LOCAL OSCILLATOR

LO LOW ORDER

LOB LINE OF BUSINESS

LOCS LOGIC AND CONTROL SIMULATOR

LOG LOGARITHM

LOG LOGIC

LOGANDS LOGICAL COMMANDS

LOGI LOGARITHM COMPUTING INSTRUMENT

LOGRAM LOGICAL PROGRAM

LOMAS LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

LOS LOSS OF SIGNAL

LOT LINEAR QUANTIZER

LP LINEAR PROGRAMMING

LP LINE PRINTER

LPM LINES PER MINUTE

LPN LOCAL PACKET NETWORK

LPS LINES PER SECOND

LPSW LOAD PROGRAM STATUS WORD

LQ LETTER QUALITY

LQP LETTER QUALITY PRINTER

LR LEVEL RECORDER

LR LINE RELAY

LR LOGICAL RECORD

LRA LOAD REAL ADDRESS

LRA LEASE OR RENTAL AGREEMENT (IBM)

LRC LONGITUDINAL REDUNDANCY CHECK

LRD LONG RANGE DATA

LRECL LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH

LRIM LONG RANGE INPUT MONITOR

LRS LONG RANGE SEARCH

LRU LEAST RECENTLY USED

LS LOCAL STORAGE

LS LANGUAGE SPECIFICATION

LS LASER SYSTEM

LS LOW SPEED

LSA LOCAL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

LSA LOGISTIC SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE

LSB LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT

LSD LEAST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT

LSD LINE SHARING DEVICE

LSD LINE SIGNAL DETECTOR

LSE LATTICE SCREEN EDITOR

LSI LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION

LSM LIBRARY STORAGE MODULES

LSNLIS LINEAR SCIENCES NATURAL LANGUAGE INFORMATION SYSTEM

LSO LOCAL STORAGE OPTION

LSP LOW SPEED PRINTER

LSSGR LOCAL SWITCHING SYSTEM GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

LSTTL LOW-POWER SCHOTTKY TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC

LT LESS THAN

LT LOGICAL THEORIST

LTL LITERAL

LTR LETTER

LTRS LETTERS SHIFT

LTX LAPTOP EXPANSION (SLOT)

LU LOGICAL UNIT

LUB LOGICAL UNIT BLOCK

LUT LOCAL USER TERMINAL

LV LOW VOLTAGE

LVCD LEAST VOLTAGE COINCIDENCE DETECTION

LWD LARGER WORD

LWR LOWER

M

M MAGNETIC

M MEDIA

M MEGA

M METER

M MILLI-

M MONOCHROME

M MONITOR

M&O MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS

M-B MAKE-BREAK

M-D MODULATION-DEMODULATION

MA MEMORY ADDRESS

MA MESSAGE ASSEMBLER

MA MODIFY ADDRESS

MAC MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL

MAC MULTI-ACCESS COMPUTING

MAC MACHINE-AIDED COGNITION

MAC MACINTOSH COMPUTER (APPLE COMPUTERS

MACE MANAGEMENT ACCESS IN A COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT

MACRO MACROINSTRUCTION

MACS MULTILINE AUTOMATIC CALLING SYSTEM

MACS MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS

MACSYSMA MACS SYMBOLIC MANIPULATION

MACU MULTIDROP AUTO-CALL UNIT

MAD MICHIGAN ALGORITHMIC DECODER

MAD MULTIAPERATURE DEVICE

MAD MULTIPLE ACCESS DEVICE

MADT MICROALLOY DIFFUSED-BASE TRANSISTOR

MAG MAGNETIC

MAGCARD MAGNETIC CARD WORD PROCESSOR (IBM)

MAL MACRO ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

MAM MULTIPLE ACCESS TO MEMORY

MAN MANUAL

MAN METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK

MANOP MANUAL OF OPERATION

MAP MEMORY ALLOCATION AND PROTECTION

MAP MESSAGE ACCEPTANCE PULSE

MAP MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION PROTOCOL

MAP MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

MAP MACRO ARITHMETIC PROCESSOR

MAP/TOP MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION PROTOCOL/

TECHNICAL OFFICE PROTOCOL

MAPICS MANUFACTURING & ACCOUNTING PRODUCTION INFORMATION

CONTROL SYSTEM (IBM)

MAPS MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS AND PLANNING SOFTWARE

MAR MEMORY ADDRESS REGISTER

MARC MACHINE-READABLE CARDS

MARC MACHINE-READABLE CATALOG

MARS MEMORY ADDRESS REGISTER STORAGE

MARS MULTI-ACCESS AIRLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM

MARTEC MARTIN THIN-FILM ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT

MAS MANAGEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES

MASM MICROSOFT "C" ASSEMBLER

MASS MONITOR AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM

MASS MULTIPLE ACCESS SEQUENTIAL SELECTION

MAT MICROALLOY TRANSISTOR

MAU MEDIA ACCESS UNIT

MAU MULTISTATION ACCESS UNIT

MAX MAXIMUM

MB MEGABYTE

MB MEMORY BUFFER

MBB MAKE BEFORE BREAK

MBM MAGNETIC BUBBLE MEMORY

MBPS MEGABITS PER SECOND

MBQ MODIFIED BIQUINARY CODE

MBR MEMORY BUFFER REGISTER

MBR-E MEMORY BUFFER REGISTER-E

MBR-O MEMORY BUFFER REGISTER-O

MBT MEMORY BLOCK TABLE

MC MANUAL CONTROL

MC MASTER CONTROL

MC MEMORY CONTROLLER

MC MEGACYCLE

MC MICROCHANNEL

MC MAGNETIC CORE

MCA MICROCHANNEL ARCHITECTURE

MCC MAGNETIC CHIP CARRIER

MCC MULTI-COMPONENT CIRCUITS

MCC MANAGEMENT CONTROL CENTER

MCCC MASTER COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL CENTER

MCD MASTER CLERICAL DATA

MCGA MULTI-COLOR GRAPHICS ARRAY

MCM MASTER CONTROL MODULE

MCM MAGNETIC CORE MEMORY

MCP MASTER CONTROL PROGRAM

MCP/AS MASTER CONTROL PROGRAM/ADVANCED SYSTEM

MCR MAGNETIC CHARACTER READER

MCR MAGNETIC CHARACTER RECOGNITION

MCR MASTER CONTROL ROUTINE

MCR MULTI-CHANNEL RECORDING

MCS MASTER CONTROL SYSTEM

MCS MULTI-PURPOSE COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNALING

MCS MULTI-PROGRAMMED COMPUTER SYSTEM

MCS-A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

-ASYNCHRONOUS

MCU MASTER CONTROL UNIT

MCU MULTIPLE CONTROL UNIT

MCU MICROPROGRAM CONTROL UNIT

MCU MULTI-CHIP UNIT

MCVAB MICROCOMPUTER VENDOR ADVISORY BOARD

MCW MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAGE

MCX MINIMUM COST ESTIMATING

MD MAGNETIC DISK

MD MAIN DRUM

MD MONITOR DISPLAY

MD MOTOR DRIVE

MD MULTIPLE DATA (STREAM)

MD MULTIPLE DISSEMINATION

MD MESSAGE DATA

MDA MONOCHROME DISPLAY ADAPTER

MDC MODIFICATION DETECTION CODE

MDI MULTIPLE DOCUMENT INTERFACE

MDM MODULATOR DATA MODULE

MDNS MERIDIAN DATA NETWORKING SYSTEMS

MDR MULTI-CHANNEL DATA RECORDER

MDR MEMORY DATA REGISTER

MDS MALFUNCTION DETECTION SYSTEM

MDS MARKET DECISION SYSTEM

MDS MEMORY DISK SYSTEM

MDS MICROPROCESSOR DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

MDS MINIMUM DISCERNABLE SIGNAL

MDS MODERN DATA SYSTEMS

MDS MULTIPLE DATASET SYSTEM

MDSB MESSAGE DIGEST SIGNATURE BLOCK

MDT MEAN DOWN TIME

MDV MULTI-DRIVE VERSION

ME MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY

ME MODULAR ELECTRONICS

ME MICROELECTRONIC

MEDLARS MEDICAL LITERATURE ANALYSIS AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

MEDLINE MEDLARS ON-LINE SYSTEM

MEED MICROCOMPUTER EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT

OF THE DISABLED

MEGA ONE MILLION

MEIDS MILITARIZED/MINIATURIZED ELECTRONIC INFORMATION

DELIVERY SYSTEM

MEM MEMORY

MEMISTOR MEMORY REGISTER STORAGE DEVICE

MER MINIMUM ENERGY REQUIREMENTS

MES MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS

MEW MICROWAVE EARLY WARNING

MEX MILITARY EXCHANGE

MF MAINFRAME

MF MEDIUM FREQUENCY

MF MICROFICHE

MFC MAGNETIC-TAPE FIELD SCAN

MFCM MULTIFUNCTION CARD MACHINE

MFKP MULTIFREQUENCY KEY PULSING

MFLOPS MILLION FLOATING POINT INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND

MFM MODIFIED FREQUENCY MODULATION

MFS MACHINTOSH FILE SYSTEM

MFS MAGNETIC TAPE FIELD SEARCH

MFS MESSAGE FORMAT SERVICES

MFSK MULTIPLE FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING

MFT MULTIPROGRAMMING WITH A FIXED NUMBER OF TASKS

MFU MICROFUNCTIONAL UNIT

MG MOTOR GENERATOR

MGMT MANAGEMENT

MGR MANAGER

MHD MOVING-HEAD DISK

MHP MESSAGE HANDLING PROCESSOR

MHS MESSAGE HANDLING SYSTEM

MHZ MEGAHERTZ

MI MANUAL INPUT

MI MODE INDICATOR

MI MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION STREAM

MIACS MANUFACTURING INFORMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM

MIB MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BASE

MIC MAGNETIC INK CHARACTERS

MIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

MICA MACROINSTRUCTION COMPILER

MICR MAGNETIC INK CHARACTER RECOGNITION

MICRO (1/1,000,000 TH)

MICRO MICROCOMPUTER

MICS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM

MIDAC MICHIGAN DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

MIDI MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE

MIF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FORMAT

MIF MERIDIAN INTERNAL FORM

MILLI (1/1,000 TH)

MILSTD MILITARY STANDARDS

MIMD MULTIPLE-INSTRUCTION STREAM

MIMR MAGNETIC INK MARK RECOGNITION

MIN MINIMUM

MIN MINUTE

MINX MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION NETWORK EXCHANGE

MIO MULTIPLE INPUT-PROCESSING

MIP MANUAL INPUT PROCESSING

MIPE MODULAR INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

MIPS MILLION INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND

MIR MEMORY INFORMATION REGISTER

MIR MEMORY INPUT REGISTER

MIS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SCIENCE (EDUCATION DEGREE)

MIS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

MIS MARKETING INFORMATION SYSTEM

MISD MULTIPLE-INSTRUCTION STREAM

MISP MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM PROGRAMS

MIT MASTER INSTRUCTION TAPE

MITAS MARKETING INFORMATION TRACKING AND ACTIVITIES SYSTEM

MIU MACHINE INTERFACE UNIT

MIU MULTISTATION INTERFACE UNIT

MKS METER-KILOGRAM/SECOND

ML MACHINE LANGUAGE

MLA MICROPROCESSOR LANGUAGE

MLA MICROPROCESSOR LANGUAGE ASSEMBLER

MLB MICROCOM LAN BRIDGE

MLB MULTILAYER BOARD

MLE MICROPROCESSOR LANGUAGE EDITOR

MLF MONTHLY LICENSE FEE

MLPSC MONTHLY LICENSED PROGRAM SUPPORT CHARGE

MLPWB MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD

MLR MEMORY LOCKOUT REGISTER

MM MAIN MEMORY

MM MILLIMETER

MMA MULTIPLE MODULE ACCESS

MMAC MULTI-MEDIA ACCESS CENTER

MMD MOVING MAP DISPLAY

MMDDYY MONTH

MMPM/2 MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION MANAGER/2

MMLPSC MONTHLY MULTIPLE LICENSED PROGRAM SUPPORT CHARGE

MMS MANUFACTURING MESSAGE SPECIFICATIONS

MMS MASS MEMORY STORE

MMS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

MNCS MULTIPOINT NETWORK-CONTROL SYSTEM

MMTF Mobile Management Task Force

MNOS METAL-NITRIDE-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

MNP MICROCOM NETWORKING PROTOCOL (MICROCOM)

MO MANUAL OUTPUT

MO MASTER OSCILLATOR

MO MISCELLANEOUS OPERATION

MOC MASTER OPERATIONAL COMPUTER

MOD MODULATION

MOD MODULAR

MOD MODULE

MODEM MODULATOR-DEMODULATOR

MOE MEASURE OF EFFECTIVENESS

MOHILL MACHINE ORIENTED HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE

MOL MACHINE ORIENTED LANGUAGE

MOME MAIL ORDER MANAGEMENT EXPERT

MON MONITOR

MONO MONOCHROME

MONOS MONITOR OUT OF SERVICE

MOPA MASTER OSCILLATOR-POWER AMPLIFIER

MOPB MANUALLY OPERATED PLOTTING BOARD

MOS MANAGEMENT OPERATING SYSTEM

MOS METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

MOSFET METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR

MP MAINTENANCE POINT

MP MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING

MP MODEM PORT

MP MULTIPROCESSOR

MP/M MULTIPROGRAMMING CONTROL PROGRAM

MPACS MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM

MPCC MULTIPROTOCOL COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER

MPDA MONITOR PRINTER DISKETTE ADAPTER

MPEG MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP (FORMAT)

MPG MICROWAVE PULSE GENERATOR

MPL MULTIPLE

MPL MULTISCHEDULE PRIVATE LINE

MPP MONO POWER PACK

MPPL MULTI-PURPOSE PROCESSING LANGUAGE

MPS MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEM

MPS MULTIPROGRAMMING SYSTEM

MPSCL MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM CONTROL LANGUAGE

MPSX MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM EXTENDED

MPU MICROPROCESSOR UNIT

MPU MULTIPLEX

MPX MULTIPLEXER

MPY MULTIPLY

MQ MULTIPLIER QUOTIENT

MQR MULTIPLIER QUOTIENT REGISTER

MR MAGNETORESISTIVE

MR MEMORY READ

MR MEMORY REGISTER

MRAD MASS RANDOM ACCESS DISK

MRJE MULTILEAVING REMOTE JOB ENTRY

MRM MICRO RESOURCE MANAGER

MRO MULTI-REGION OPTION

MRO MAINTENANCE

MRP MANUFACTURING RESOURCES PLANNING

MRP MATERIALS REQUIREMENT PLANNING

MRT MULTIPLE REQUESTS TERMINAL

MRU MACHINE RECORDS UNIT

MS MAGNETIC STORAGE

MS MEMORY SYSTEM

MS MANUSCRIPT

MS-DOS (R) (MICROSOFT CO.) MICROSOFT DISK OPERATING SYSTEM

MS-OS/2 MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM/2

MSB MOST SIGNIFICANT BIT

MSC MULTIPLE SYSTEM COUPLING (IBM)

MSCP MASS STORAGE AND CONTROL PROTOCOL

MSD MICROSOFT DIAGNOSTICS

MSD MOST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT

MSEC MILLISECOND

MSF MASS STORAGE FACILITY (IBM)

MSG MESSAGE

MSG MESSAGE REGION (IBM)

MSG/WTG MESSAGE WAITING

MSHP MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE HISTORY PROGRAM (IBM)

MSI MEDIUM SCALE INTEGRATION

MSIS MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS INTEGRATION SERVICE

MSK MASK

MSL MEMBER SPECIFICATION LIBRARY (IBM)

MSNET MICROSOFT (R) NETWORK

MSNF MULTIPLE SYSTEM NETWORKING FACILITY (IBM)

MSO MULTIVENDOR SUPPORT OPERATION (HP)

MSOS MASS STORAGE OPERATING SYSTEM

MSR MANAGEMENT SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE

MSS MASS STORAGE SYSTEM

MSS MULTI-LAN STORAGE SYSTEM

MSSE MASS STORAGE SYSTEM EXTENDED (IBM)

MSU MODEM SHARING UNITS

MSUDC MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY DISCRETE COMPUTER

MT MACHINE TRANSLATION

MT MAGNETIC TAPE

MT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

MT MEASURED TIME

MT MULTIPLE TRANSFER

MT/SC MAGNETIC TAPE/SELECTRIC COMPOSER

MT/ST MAGNETIC TAPE/SELECTRIC TYPEWRITER

MTBF MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE

MTC MAGNETIC TAPE CONTROL

MTCU MAGNETIC TAPE CONTROL UNIT

MTE MULTIPLE TERMINAL EMULATOR

MTF MEAN TIME TO FAILURE

MTL MERGED TRANSISTOR LOGIC

MTM METHODS-TIME MANAGEMENT

MTM MULTIPLE TERMINAL MANAGER (IBM)

MTO MULTI-TASKING ONLY

MTR MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER

MTS MAGNETIC TAPE SYSTEM

MTS MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

MTS MICHIGAN TERMINAL SYSTEM

MTSO MOBILE TELEPHONE SWITCHING OFFICE

MTT MAGNETIC TAPE TERMINAL

MTT MAGNETIC TAPE TRANSPORT

MTTF MEAN TIME TO FAILURE

MTTR MEAN TIME TO REPAIR

MUL MULTIPLEXED INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SYSTEM

MULTICS MULTIPLEXED INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SERVICE

MUMPS MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL UTILITY

MULTI-PROGRAMMING SYSTEM

MUX MULTIPLEXER

MV MEAN VALUE

MV MEASURED VALUE

MV MILLIVOLT

MVDI MICROFIELD VIRTUAL DEVICE INTERFACE

MVDT MODULAR VOICE/DATA TERMINAL

MVS MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE

MVS MULTIPLE VIRTUAL SYSTEMS

MVS MULTIPROGRAMMING WITH VIRTUAL STORAGE

MVS/AS MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE/APPLICATION SYSTEM

MVS/SE MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE/SYSTEM EXTENSION (IBM)

MVS/SP MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE/SYSTEM PRODUCT

MVS/XA MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE/EXENDED ARCHITECTURE

MVT MULTIPROGRAMMING WITH VARIABLE NUMBER OF TASKS (IBM)

MW MEMORY WRITE

MWAP MEMORH-LINKED WAVEFRONT ARRAY PROCESSOR

MWI MESSAGE WAITING INDICATOR

MX MATRIX

MX MULTIPLEX

MetFACS METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMER SYSTEM

N

N NANO

N NO

N NUMBER

N NUMERIC

NA NOT ASSIGNED

NA NOT APPLICABLE

NAARS NATIONAL AUTOMATED ACCOUNTING RESEARCH SYSTEM

NAB NETWARE ASYNCHRONOUS BOARD (NOVELL)

NACS NETWARE ASYNCHRONOUS CONNECTION SERVICE (NOVELL)

NAD NODE ADMINISTRATION

NAK NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

NAND NEGATIVE AND

NANO (1/1,000,000,000)

NAPLPS NORTH AMERICAN PRESENTATION-LEVEL-PROTOCOL SYNTAX

NAS NETWORK APPLICATION SERVICES

NASI NETWORK ASYNCHRONOUS SERVICES INTERFACE

NAU NETWORK ADDRESSABLE UNIT

NBCD NATURAL BINARY CODED DECIMAL

NBFM NARROW BAND FREQUENCY MODULATION

NC NETWORK COMPUTER

NC NETWORK CONTROLLER

NC NETWORK CONNECT

NC NO CONNECTION

NC NO CHANGE

NC NO CHARGE

NC NUMERICAL CONTROL

NCA NETWORK COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE (ORACLE)

NCC NETWORK CONTROL COMPUTER

NCCF NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL FACILITY

NCP NETWARE CORE PROTOCOL

NCP NETWORK CONTROL PROGRAM

NCR-DNA NCR CORPORATION DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

NCS NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

NCS NETWORK COMPUTING SYSTEM

NCTE NETWORK CHANNEL TERMINATING EQUIPMENT

NCU NETWORK CONVERSION UNIT

ND NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY

NDS NETWARE DIRECTORY SERVICES

ND-SAFE NORSK DATA SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE FOR EXPANSION

NDBMS NETWORK DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

NDIS NETWORK DRIVER INTERFACE SPECIFICATION

NDM NETWORK DATA MOVER

NDPA NETWORK PROBLEM DETERMINATION APPLICATION (IBM)

NDR NONDESTRUCTIVE READ

NDRO NONDESTRUCTIVE READOUT

NDT NET DATA THROUGHPUT

NDT NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING

NE NETWORK ELEMENTS

NEC NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE

NEG NEGATIVE

NELIAC NAVY ELECTRONICS LABORATORY

INTERNATIONAL ALGOL COMPILER

NEP NEVER ENDING PROGRAM

NES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED

NES NEWS ELECTRONIC SERVICE

NETBEUI NETBIOS EXTENDED USER INTERFACE

NETBIOS NETWORK BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM

NETDA NETWORK DESIGN AND ANALYSYS

NETPARS NETWORK PERFORMING ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEM

NEWS/2 NETWORK EXTENSIBLE WINDOWING SYSTEM/2

NEXIS (R)(MEAD DATA CENTRAL) COMPUTERIZED DATABASE OF NEWS

NEXT NEAR END CROSSTALK LOSS

NFS NETWORK FACILITIES SERVICES

NFS NETWORK FILE SYSTEM

NFSP NETWARE FILE SERVICE PROTOCOL (NOVELL)

NI NUMERICAL INDEX

NIC NETWORK INTERFACE CARD

NIC NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER

NIFTP NETWORK INDEPENDENT FILE TRANSFER PROGRAM

NIL NOTHING

NINO NOTHING-IN, NOTHING-OUT

NIOS NIXDORF INTEGRATED OFFICE SYSTEM

NIPO NEGATIVE INPUT

NIU NETWORK INTERFACE UNIT

NJE NETWORK JOB ENTRY

NKSR NON-KERNEL SECURITY RELATED

NLDM NETWORK LOGICAL DATA MANAGER

NLM NETWARE LOADABLE MODULE

NLP NON LINEAR PROGRAMMING

NLQ NEAR LETTER QUALITY

NLR NOISE LOAD RATIO

NMC NETWORK MANAGEMENT CENTER

NME NOISE MEASURING EQUIPMENT

NMI NON-MASKABLE INTERRUPT

NMOS N-CHANNEL METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

NMOS NITRIDE-METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

NMPF NETWORK MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY FACILITY

NMS NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

NMVT NETWORK MANAGEMENT VECTOR TRANSPORT

NNTP NETWORK NEWS TRANSPORT PROTOCOL

NOI NODE OPERATOR INTERFACE

NOM NOMINAL

NOP NO OPERATION

NORC NAVAL ORDINANCE RESEARCH COMPUTER

NOS NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM

NOS/VE NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM/VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

NP NET PROCEEDS

NP NONDETERMINISTIC POLYNOMIAL

NP/L NEW PROGRAM LANGUAGE

NPA NETWORK PERFORMANCE ANALYZER

NPDA NETWORK PROBLEM DETERMINATION APPLICATION (IBM)

NPDN NORDIC PACKET DATA NETWORK (DENMARK

NPL N-PROCESSOR LINE

NPL NEW PRODUCT LINE

NPM NETWORK PERFORMANCE MONITOR

NPSI NETWORK CONTROL PROGRAM PACKET SWITCHING INTERFACE

NPV NET PRESENT VALUE

NR NOISE RATIO

NR NOT REQUIRED

NR NUMBER

NRC NOISE REDUCTION COEFFICIENT

NRFD NOT READY FOR DATA

NRT NON-REQUESTING TERMINAL

NRZ NON-RETURN TO ZERO

NRZ1 NON-RETURN TO ZERO ONE

NS NATIONAL STANDARD

NS NANOSECONDS

NSC NOISE SUPPRESSION CIRCUIT

NSEP NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

NSN NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER

NSP NATIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING

NSP NETWORK SERVICES PROTOCOL

NT NEW TECHNOLOGY (E.G., "WINDOWS NT")

NT NO TRANSMISSION

NT NOT TESTED

NTFS NT File System

NTIS NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE

NTLDR (WINDOWS) NT LOADER

NTN NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

NTO NETWORK TERMINAL OPTION

NTPF NUMBER OF TERMINALS PER FAILURE

NTS NETWORK TEST SYSTEM

NTSC NATIONAL TELEVISION STANDARD CODE

NUI NETWARE USERS INTERNATIONAL

NUM NUMBER

NVM NONVOLATILE MEMORY

NoOp NO OPERATION

O

O OCTAL

O OUTPUT

O&C OPERATIONS AND CHECKOUT

O&M ORGANIZATION AND METHODS

O-B OCTAL TO BINARY

O-D OCTAL TO DECIMAL

O/C OPEN CIRCUIT

OC-1 OPTICAL CARRIER #1 LEVEL OF SONET FIBER-BASED

TRANSMISSION RATE)

O/L ON LINE

O/R ON REQUEST

OA OFFICE AUTOMATION

OA OFFICE ASSISTANT

OA OPERATIONS ANALYSIS

OAG EE OFFICIAL AIRLINE GUIDE ELECTRONIC EDITION

OAP OFFICE AUTOMATION PLANNING

OAS OFFICE AUTOMATION SYSTEM

OASF OFFICE AUTOMATION SYSTEM FACILITIES

OB OUTPUT BUFFER

OBR OPTICAL BAR CODE

OCC OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER

OCCA OPEN COOPERATIVE COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE

OCM OPERATIONS CONTROL MANAGER

OCO OBJECT CODE ONLY

OCR OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION

OCR OPTICAL CHARACTER READER

OCR-A OPTICAL CHARACTER READER FONT A

OCR-B OPTICAL CHARACTER READER FONT B

OCT OCTAL

OCTOPUS (R)(CONTROL DATA CORP.)

NETWORK OF CONTROL DATA CORP.

OD OUTPUT DATA

OD3 OPTICAL DIGITAL DATA DISK

ODA OFFICE DOCUMENT ARCHITECTURE

ODBC OPEN DATABASE CONNECTIVITY (MICROSOFT)

ODE ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION

ODE ONLINE DATA ENTRY

ODI OPERATOR DATA INPUT

ODI OPEN DATALINK INTERFACE

ODIF OFFICE DOCUMENT INTERCHANGE FORMAT

OD ROM OPTICAL DISK READ ONLY MEMORY

ODS OFFICE DIALOG SYSTEM

OEM ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER

OFC OFFICE

OFF OFFICE

OH OFF HOOK

OIRA OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

OIRM OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (UDSA)

OIS OFFICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

OJT ON-THE-JOB TRAINING

OL ONLINE

OLAP ORACLE'S ONLINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING

OLC ONLINE COMPUTER

OLE OBJECT LINKING AND EMBEDDING

OLM ONLINE MONITOR

OLPS ONLINE PROGRAMMING SYSTEM

OLTD ONLINE TEST/DEBUG

OLTEP ONLINE TEST EXECUTIVE PROGRAM (IBM)

OLTP ONLINE TRANSACTION PROCESSING

OLTP ONLINE TERMINAL PROCESSING

OM OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE

OMF OBJECT MANAGEMENT FACILTY (HEWLETT-PACKARD)

OMR OPTICAL MARK READER

OMS OFFICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ONA OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

OODBMS OBJECT ORIENTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

OOF OFFICE OF THE FUTURE

OOPSLA OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEMS

OP OFFICE PRODUCTS

OP OPERATION

OP OUTPUT

OPC OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL (IBM)

OPEN OPEN PROTOCOL ENHANCED NETWORKS

OPM OPERATIONS PER MINUTE

OPM OPERATOR PROGRAMMING METHOD

OPN OPEN

OPND OPERAND

OPO ORACLE POWER OBJECTS

OPT OPTICAL

OPTUL OPTICAL PULSE TRANSMITTER USING LASER

OR OPERATIONAL RESEARCH

OR OPERATIONS RESEARCH

OR OPTICAL READER

ORACLE OPTIONAL RECEPTION OF ANNOUNCEMENTS BY

CODED LINE ELECTRONICS

ORCA ON-LINE RESOURCE CONTROL AID

ORDVAC ORDNANCE VARIABLE AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

ORG ORGANIZATION

ORIG ORIGINATION

ORM OPTICAL REMOTE MODULE

OS OPERATING SYSTEM

OS/2 OPERATING SYSTEM/2 (IBM)

OS/MFT OPERATING SYSTEM/MULTIPROGRAMMING

WITH FIXED NUMBER OF TASKS

OS/MVS OPERATING SYSTEM/MULTIPROGRAMMING

WITH VIRTUAL STORAGE

OS/MVT OPERATING SYSTEM/MULTIPROGRAMMING WITH

VARIABLE NUMBER OF TASKS

OS/VS OPERATING SYSTEM/VIRTUAL STORAGE (IBM)

OS/VS 1 OPERATING SYSTEM/VIRTUAL STORAGE 1 (IBM)

OSA OFFICE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

OSA OPEN SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE

OSAM OVERFLOW SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

OSAR OPTICAL STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

OSF OFFICE SYSTEMS FAMILY

OSI OPEN SYSTEMS INTERCONNECTION

OSI ONLINE SOFTWARE

OSIS OPEN SHOPS FOR INFORMATION SERVICES

OSPF OPEN SHORTEST PATH FIRST

OSR OPTICAL SCANNING RECOGNITION

OSWS OPERATING SYSTEM WORK STATION

OT OVERTIME

OTC OFFICE TECHNOLOGY CENTER

OTN OTHER-THAN-NEW

OTS OFFICE TELESYSTEM

OUT OUTPUT

OVFLO OVERFLOW

P

P PACKED

P PARITY

P POWER

P PUNCH

P&L PROFIT & LOSS

P-BIT PARITY BIT

P-C PROCESS CONTROLLER

P-CODE PSEUDO CODE

PA PROGRAM ACCESS

PA PROGRAM ANALYSIS

PA PUBLIC ADDRESS

PA PAPER ADVANCE

PA POWER AMPLIFIER

PABX PRIVATE AUTOMATED BRANCH EXCHANGE

PACEO PROFESSIONAL APPLICATION CREATION ENVIRONMENT

PACT PRODUCTION ANALYSES CONTROL TECHNIQUE

PACT PAY ACTUAL COMPUTER TIME

PAD PACKET ASSEMBLER/DISASSEMBLER

PAL PARADOX APPLICATION LANGUAGE

PAL PHASE ALTERNATE LINE (EUROPEAN COLOR TV STANDARD)

PAL PROGRAMMABLE ALGORITHM MACHINE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

PAL PROGRAMMABLE ARRAY LOGIC

PAM PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION

PAM PERSONAL ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT

PAMHLL PROGRAMMABLE ALGORITHM MACHINE

HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE

PAMRI PERIPHERAL ADAPTER MODULE REPLACEMENT ITEM

PAR PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND REPORTING STANDARD

PAR PARAMETER

PARA PARAGRAPH

PARS PROGRAMMED AIRLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM

PAS PERSONAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

PAT PRINTER ACTION TABLE

PATN PATTERN

PAX PRIVATE AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE

PB PLUG BOARD

PB PAYBACK PERIOD

PBX PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE

PC PERSONAL COMPUTER

PC PROCESS CONTROL

PC PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER

PC PROGRAM COUNTER

PC PUNCHED CARD

PC PRINTED CIRCUIT

PC PAPER CHANGE

PCA PROGRAM CALIBRATION AREA

PC DOS PERSONAL COMPUTER DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (IBM)

PC ET IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

PC-LAN PERSONAL COMPUTER LOCAL AREA NETWORK

PC/G PERSONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS

PC/GPC PERSONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS CONTROL PROGRAM

PC/GX PERSONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS EXTENDED

PC/IX PERSONAL COMPUTER/INTERACTIVE EXECUTIVE

PC/T PERSONAL COMPUTER/TECHNOLOGY

PCA PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION AUDIT

PCB PROGRAM CONTROL BLOCK (IBM)

PCB PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD

PCC PROGRAM-CONTROLLED COMPUTER

PCDC PUNCHED CARD DATA PROCESSING

PCI PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERFACE

PCL PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE

PCM PRINTER COMMAND LANGUAGE

PCM PLUG-COMPATIBLE MANUFACTURER

PCM PLUG COMPATIBLE MACHINE

PCM PLUG COMPATIBLE MAINFRAME

PCM PULSE-CODE MODULATION

PCNP PERSONAL COMPUTER NETWORK PROGRAM

PCP PRIMARY CONTROL PROGRAM

PCR PROGRAM CONTROL REGISTER

PCS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVER

PCS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (AS IN "DIGITAL PCS")

PCS PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM

PCS PROGRAM CONTROL SHEET

PCS PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATIONS SUBSYSTEM (IBM)

PCS PUNCHED CARD SYSTEM

PCSA PC SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE

PCTE PORTABLE COMMON TOOL ENVIRONMENT (EUROPEAN)

PCXT PERSONAL COMPUTER EXTENDED

PD POINTING DEVICE

PDA POINTING DEVICE ADAPTER

PDA PROBLEM DETERMINATION AID (IBM)

PDA PUSHDOWN AUTOMATION

PDE PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION

PDF PROBLEM DETERMINATION FACILITY

PDI PICTURE DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS

PDL PROCEDURE DEFINITION LANGUAGE (IBM)

PDL PROGRAM DESIGN LANGUAGE

PDM PRODUCT DATA MANAGER (PRIME)

PDN PUBLIC DATA NETWORK

PDP PROGRAMMED DATA PROCESSOR

PDR PRELIMINARY DATA REPORT

PDS PERSONAL DATA SYSTEM

PDS PREMISES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

PDS PERSONAL DECISION SERIES

PDS PREMISES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (AT&T)

PDS PROBLEM DESCRIPTOR SYSTEM

PDS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR

PE PHASE ENCODED

PE PROJECT ENGINEER

PEER PROJECT ENGINEER EVALUATION REPORT

PEL PICTURE ELEMENT

PEM PHOTOELECTROMAGNETIC

PEN PURCHASING ELECTRONIC NOTEBOOK

PEP PARTITIONED EMULATION PROGRAMMING (IBM)

PEP PACKETIZED ENSEMBLE PROTOCOL

PERCOS PERFORMANCE CODING SYSTEM

PERT PROGRAM EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE

PERT/CPM PROGRAM EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE/

CRITICAL PATH METHOD

PES PHOTOELECTRIC SCANNING

PET PERSONAL ELECTRONIC TRANSLATOR

PF PAGE FORMATTER

PF PROGRAM FUNCTION

PF1 PROGRAM FUNCTION KEY #1

PF2 PROGRAM FUNCTION KEY #2

PFET PROGRAMMABLE FRONT-END PROCESSOR

PFR POWER-FAIL RESTART

PFR POWER-FAIL RECOVERY

PGC PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS CONTROLLER

PGF PRESENTATION GRAPHICS FACILITY (IBM)

PGP PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY

PGS PROGRAM GENERATION SYSTEM

PHIGS PROGRAMMERS HIERARCHICAL INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS SYSTEM

PHT PHOTOTUBE

PI PERFORMANCE INDEX

PI PROFITABILITY INDEX

PI PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION

PIA PERIPHERAL INTERFACE ADAPTER

PIC PRIORITY INTERRUPT CONTROLLER

PICA (A FORM OF TYPE: 10 CHARACTERS TO THE INCH,

NOT AN ABBREVIATION)

PICO (1 TRILLIONTH)

PICS PERSONAL COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM

PICU PRIORITY INTERRUPT CONTROL UNIT

PIM PERSONAL IMFORMATION MANAGER

PIN PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

PIN POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK

PINO POSITIVE INPUT

PIP PAPER IMPACT PRINTING

PIP PROGRAMMABLE INTEGRATED PROCESSOR

PIPS PATTERN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS

PISO PARALLEL IN

PISW PROCESS INTERRUPT STATUS WORD

PIT PROGRAMMABLE INTERVAL TIMER

PIU PATH INFORMATION UNIT

PIU PLUG IN UNIT

PIXEL PICTURE ELEMENT

PKD PACKED

PL PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC

PL/1 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE ONE

PLA PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY

PLANCODE PLANNING

PLATO PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC FOR

AUTOMATIC TEACHING OPERATION

PLC POWER LINE CONDITIONER

PLDM POWER LINE DISTURBANCE MONITOR

PLL PHASE LOCKED LOOP

PLM PULSE LENGTH MODULATION

PLP PARTY LINE PROTOCOL

PLT PROGRAM LIBRARY TAPE

PM PHASE MODULATION

PM PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE

PM PROCEDURES MANUAL

PMC PSEUDO MACHINE CODE

PMI'S PICTURE MANIPULATION INSTRUCTIONS

PMMG PAGE MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT

PMMU PAGED MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT

PMOS POSITIVE METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

PMS PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM

PMS PERSONAL MAILING SYSTEM

PMS PROCESSOR MEMORY SWITCH

PMS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

PMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

PMS PUBLIC MESSAGE SYSTEM

PMT PAGE MAP TABLE

PMTA PAGE MAP TABLE ADDRESS REGISTER

PMX PACKET MULTIPLEXER

PN PERMANENT NUCLEUS

PND PRESENT NEXT DIGIT

PNET POWER NETWORKING (IBM)

PNX PRIVATE NETWORK EXCHANGE

PO PURCHASE ORDER

PO PARTITIONED

POACH PC ON A CHIP

PODPS POST OBSERVATION DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

POF PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER

POF PROGRAMMING OPERATOR FACILITY (IBM)

POGO PROGRAMMER ORIENTED GRAPHICS OPERATION

POH POWER-ON HOURS

POL PROBLEM ORIENTED LANGUAGE

POL PROCEDURE-ORIENTED LANGUAGE

POL PROCESS-ORIENTED LANGUAGE

POP POINT OF PRESENCE

POP PROGRAMMER/OPERATOR PRODUCTIVITY AID (IBM)

PORT PHOTO-OPTICAL RECORDER TRACKER

POS POINT OF SALE

POS PRIMARY OPERATING SYSTEM

POS PROGRAMMABLE OPTION SELECT

POS POSITIVE

POSET PARTIALLY ORDER SET

POSIX PORTABLE OPERATING SYSTEM INTERFACE

PostNet POSTAL NUMERIC ENCODING TECHNIQUE

POT PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION TABLE

POTS PLAIN OLD TELEPHONE SERVICE

POWER PRIORITY OUTPUT WRITES

PP PAGES

PP PERIPHERAL PROCESSOR

PP PRE-PROCESSOR

PPC PERSONAL PORTABLE COMPUTER

PPDS PERSONAL PRINTER DATA STREAM

PPI PARALLEL PORT INTERFACE

PPL POLYMORPHIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

PPL PREFERRED PRODUCTS LIST (US GOVERNMENT)

PPM PULSES PER MINUTE

PPM PULSE POSITION MODULATION

PPMS PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

PPP POINT-TO-POINT PROTOCOL

PPS PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEM

PPS PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY SYSTEMS

PPS PULSES PER SECOND

PPT PUNCHED PAPER TAPE

PPU PERIPHERAL PROCESSING UNIT

PR PATTERN RECOGNITION

PR PHYSICAL RECORDS

PR PRINT

PR PUBLIC RELATIONS

PRA PRIMARY RATE ACCESS

PRD PROCESSING DATA RATE

PRELIM PRELIMINARY

PRI PRIMARY RATE INTERFERENCE

PRI PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE

PRIM PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION FOR MANAGEMENT EDUCATION

PRISM PROGRAMMED INTEGRATED SYSTEM MAINTENANCE

PRM PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE

PRM PRIMARY

PROC PROCEDURE

PROC PROCESSOR

PROF PROFESSION

PROFIT PROGRAMMED REVIEWING

PROFS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SYSTEM (IBM)

PROG PROGRAM

PROLOG (A PREDICATE LOGIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)

PROM PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY

PROMIS (TM) (SPP

PRPQ PROGRAMMING REQUEST FOR PRICE QUOTATION

PRR PULSE REPETITION RATE

PRS PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM

PRT PRINTER

PRT PRINT

PRT PORTABLE REMOTE TERMINAL

PRT PRODUCTION RUN TAPE

PRT PROGRAM REFERENCE TABLE

PRTM PRINTING RESPONSE TIME MONITOR

PRTY PRIORITY

PS PHYSICAL SEQUENTIAL

PS PERSONAL SERVICES

PS PICO-SECONDS

PS POWER SUPPLY

PS PROGRAMMED SYMBOLS

PS/2 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 (IBM)

PS/2 M25 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 25 (IBM)

PS/2 M30 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 30 (IBM)

PS/2 M50 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 50 (IBM)

PS/2 M60 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 60 (IBM)

PS/2 M70 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 70 (IBM)

PS/2 M80 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 80 (IBM)

PS/M PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE M

PSA PERSONAL STATEMENT ANALYZER

PSA PUSHDOWN STACK AUTOMATION

PSB PROGRAM SPECIFICATION BLOCK (IBM)

PSD PRINTER SHARING DEVICE

PSE PACKET SWITCHING EXCHANGE

PSEC PICOSECOND

PSK PHASE SHIFT KEYING

PSL/PSA PROBLEM STATEMENT LANGUAGE/

PROBLEM SPECIFICATION ANALYZER

PSN PACKET SWITCHING NETWORK

PSOS PROVABLY SECURE OPERATING SYSTEM

PSR PROGRAM SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE

PSS PACKET SWITCHED SERVICE (UK)

PSS PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM

PSTN PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK

PSU PROGRAM STORAGE UNIT

PT PAPER TAPE

PT PART TIME

PT PUNCHED TAPE

PT PROGRAM TABLE

PTAT PRIVATE TRANSATLANTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

PTF PROGRAM TEMPORARY FIX (IBM)

PTP PAPER TAPE PUNCH

PTR PAPER TAPE READER

PTT POSTAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH

PU POWER UNIT

PU PROCESSING UNIT

PUB PHYSICAL UNIT BLOCK

PUC PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

PUFFT PURDUE UNIVERSITY FAST FORTRAN COMPILER

PUMA PROCESSOR UPGRADABLE MODULAR ARCHITECTURE

PUT PROGRAM UPDATE TAPE (IBM)

PV PRESENT VALUE

PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit

PVM PASS THROUGH VM FACILITY (IBM)

PVS PROGRAM VALIDATION SERVICE (IBM)

PWB PRINTER WIRE BOARD

PWI POWER INDICATOR

PWM PULSE WIDTH MODULATION

PWS PROGRAMMER WORK STATION

Q

Q QUANTITY

Q UNKNOWN VARIABLE

Q QUESTION

Q QUERY

Q QUALITY

QA QUALITY ASSURANCE

QAM QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION

QBE QUERY BY EXAMPLE (IBM)

QC QUALITY CONTROL

QCC QUALITY CONTROL CIRCLES

QEMM QUARTERDECK EXPANDED MEMORY MANAGER

QF QUALITY FACTOR

QIC QUARTER-INCH CARTRIDGE

QIC QUARTER-INCH COMPATIBILITY

QIL QUAD-INLINE

QISAM QUEUED INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

QIT QUALITY INFORMATION AND TEST SYSTEM

QL QUERY LANGUAGE

QMF QUERY MANAGEMENT FACILITY

QMS QUALITY MICRO SYSTEMS

QPDM QUAD PIXEL DATAFLOW MANAGER

QPL QUALITY PRODUCTS LIST

QSAM QUEUED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

QT QUEUEING THEORY

QTAM QUEUED TELEPROCESSING ACCESS METHOD

QTY QUANTITY

QUEL QUERY LANGUAGE

QUEX QUERY UPDATE BY EXAMPLE

QUIC QUARTER INCH CARTRIDGE

QUIP QUEUE INTERACTIVE PROCESOR

QUIP QUAD IN-LINE PACKAGE

QWERTY (STANDARD TYPE KEYBOARD

R

R READ

R READER

R REQUEST

R RIGHT

R&D RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

R&E RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING

R&T RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY

R-S RESET-SET

R/W READ/WRITE

RACE RANDOM ACCESS COMPUTER EQUIPMENT

RACE RAPID AUTOMATIC CHECKOUT EQUIPMENT

RACF RESOURCE ACCESS CONTROL FACILITY

RAD RANDOM ACCESS DATA

RAD RANDOM ACCESS DRIVE

RAD RAPID ACCESS DISK

RADAR RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING

RADAS RANDOM ACCESS DISCRETE ADDRESS

RADDA RADIO DETECTION DISCRETE ADDRESS

RAI RANDOM ACCESS AND INQUIRY

RAIR RANDOM ACCESS INFORMATIONAL RETRIEVAL

RALU REGISTER-EQUIPPED ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT

RAM RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

RAMAC RANDOM ACCESS

RAMAC RANDOM ACCESS METHOD FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL

RAMIS RAPID ACCESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

RAMPS RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN MULTI-PROJECT SCHEDULING

RAMS RECORD ARCHIVAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

RARP REVERSE ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL

RAS REMOTE ACCESS SERVICE

RAS REMOTE ACCESS SYSTEM

RAS RELIABILITY

RAS RESOURCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM

RAS ROW ADDRESS STROBE

RAT RESOURCE ALLOCATION TOOL

RAYDAC RAYTHEON DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

RBA RELATIVE BYTE ADDRESS

RBMS REMOTE BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

RBOC REGIONAL BELL OPERATING COMPANY

RC RADIO CONTROLLED

RC RESISTANCE COUPLED

RC RESISTANCE-CAPACITANCE

RC RESISTOR CAPACITOR

RCAC REMOTE COMPUTER ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE

RCC RADIO COMMON CARRIER

RCD RECEIVER-CARRIER DETECTOR

RCP RACKET CO-PROCESSOR (RACKET COMPUTERS

RCS RELOADABLE CONTROL STORAGE (IBM)

RCTL RESISTOR-CAPACITOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC

RCV REVOLVE

RCVR RECEIVER

RD READ

RDC REMOTE DATA CONNECTOR

RDE RECEIVED DATA ENABLE

RDF RECORD DEFINITION FIELD

RDOS REAL-TIME DISK OPERATING SYSTEM

RDR READER

RDY READY

REC RECORD

RECFM RECORD FORMAT

REF REFERENCE

REG REGISTER

REGIS REMOTE GRAPHICS INSTRUCTION SET

REL RELEASE

REM REMAINDER

REMIS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

REMOS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ON-LINE SYSTEM

REQUEST RESTRICTED ENGLISH QUESTION-ANSWERING

RES REMOTE ENTRY SERVICES (IBM)

RETD RED ESPECIAL DE TRANSMISSION DE DATOS (X.25 NETWORK

REU RAM EXPANSION UNITS

REW REWIND

REXEC REMOTE EXECUTE

REXX (A VM/CMS PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE)

RF RADIO FREQUENCY

RF REVISABLE FORM

RFC REQUEST FOR COMMENT

RFD READY FOR DATA

RFI RADIO-FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE

RFI REPORT/FILE LANGUAGE

RFI REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

RFMS REMOTE FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

RFQ REQUEST FOR QUOTE

RFT REVISABLE FORM TEXT (IBM)

RGB RED-GREEN-BLUE (COLOR MONITOR)

RGP REMOTE GRAPHICS PROCESSOR

RH REPORT HEADING

RI READ IN

RI RELIABILITY INDEX

RI RING INDICATOR

RIM READ IN MODE

RIP RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR

RIP ROUTING IMAGE PROTOCOL

RISC REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER

RJE REMOTE JOB ENTRY

RJEF REMOTE JOB ENTRY FUNCTION

RJP REMOTE JOB PROCESSING (IBM)

RL RELOCATION LIBRARY

RLC REPEATER LINE CARD

RLD RELOCATION DICTIONARY

RLIN RESEARCH LIBRARIES INFORMATION NETWORK

RLL RUN LENGTH LIMITED

RLN REMOTE LAN NODES

RLSD RECEIVED LINE SIGNAL DETECTOR

RM RACK MOUNT

RM RECORDS MANAGEMENT

RM RECORD MARK

RMAS RETAIL MERCHANDISE AND AUDIT SYSTEM (IBM)

RMF RESOURCE MEASUREMENT FACILITY

RMM READ MOSTLY MEMORY

RMN REMOTE MICROPHONE NETWORK

RMS ROOT MEAN SQUARE

RMU RETENTION MEMORY UNIT

RMW READ-MODIFY WRITE

RNMC REDUNDANT NETWORK MANAGEMENT CHANNEL

RO READ ONLY

RO READ OUT

RO RECEIVE ONLY

ROBIN REMOTE ON-LINE BUSINESS INFORMATION NETWORK

ROCF REMOTE OPERATOR CONSOLE FACILITY (IBM)

ROCR REMOTE ON-LINE BUSINESS INFORMATION NETWORK

ROI RETURN ON INVESTMENT

ROIT RETURN ON INVESTMENT TIME

ROM READ-ONLY MEMORY

ROS READ ONLY STORAGE

ROS RESIDENT OPERATING SYSTEM

ROTR RECEIVE ONLY TYPING REPERFORATION

RPC REGISTER PROTECTIVE CIRCUITRY

RPC REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL

RPG REPORT PROGRAM GENERATOR

RPG II REPORT PROGRAM GENERATOR (VERSION TWO)

RPG III REPORT PROGRAM GENERATOR (VERSION THREE)

RPQ REQUEST FOR PRICE QUOTATION

RPROM REPROGRAMMING READ ONLY MEMORY

RPS REALTIME PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (IBM)

RPS ROTATIONAL POSITION SENSING

RPT REPORT

RR REGISTER TO REGISTER INSTRUCTION

RR REMOVE AND REPLACE

RRDS RELATIVE RECORD DATA SET

RRU REMINGTON RAND UNIVAC

RS RECOMMENDED STANDARD

RS REMOTE STATION

RS RESET KEY

RS-232 RECOMMENDED STANDARD INTERFACE NUMBER 232

RSCS REMOTE SPOOLING COMMUNICATION SUBSYSTEM (IBM)

RSF REMOTE SUPPORT FACILITY (IBM)

RSH REMOTE SHELL

RSL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS LANGUAGE

RSM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

RSP REMOTE SWITCHING PARTITION

RSS REMOTE SPEAKING SYSTEM

RSS RESOURCE SECURITY SYSTEM

RT READ TAPE

RT REAL TIME

RT REGISTER TRANSFER

RT RUN TIME

RT REMOTE TERMINAL

RT-VOS/MP REAL TIME VIRTUAL OPERATING SYSTEM FOR

MULTIPROCESSING

RT/IOC REAL-TIME INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROLLER

RTAM REMOTE TELEPROCESSING ACCESS METHOD (IBM)

RTB READ TAPE BINARY

RTBM REAL-TIME BIT MAPPING

RTC REAL-TIME COMMAND

RTC RELATIVE TIME CLOCK

RTCC REAL-TIME COMPUTER COMPLEX

RTCF REAL-TIME COMPUTER FACILITY

RTCS REAL-TIME COMPUTER SYSTEM

RTCU REAL-TIME CONTROL UNIT

RTD REAL-TIME DISPLAY

RTDHS REAL-TIME DATA HANDLING SYSTEM

RTE REAL-TIME EXECUTION

RTG ROUTING TABLE GENERATOR

RTIS REAL-TIME INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

RTL REAL-TIME LANGUAGE

RTL RESISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC

RTM REAL-TIME MONITOR

RTM REGISTERED TRANSFER MODULE

RTMOS REAL-TIME MULTIPROGRAMMING OPERATING SYSTEM

RTOS REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEM

RTS REAL TIME SYSTEM

RTS REMOTE TAKEOVER SYSTEM

RTS REQUEST TO SEND

RU REQUEST/RESPONSE UNIT

RW READ-WRITE

RWC READ-WRITE-CREATE

RWM READ-WRITE MEMORY

RXD RECEIVED DATA

S

S SECOND

S SEQUENTIAL

S SIGN

S SWITCH

S-R SET-RESET

S/R SUBROUTINE

S/S START/STOP

SAA SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS ARCHITECTURE

SAA/CUA SAA / COMMON USER ACCESS

SAC SCRIPTOMATIC ADDRESSING COMPUTER

SAC STORAGE ACCESS CONTROL

SAC STORAGE ACCESS CHANNEL

SAC STORE AND CLEAR ACCUMULATOR

SACINET STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND INTELLIGENT NETWORK

SAD SERIAL ANALOG DELAY

SADF SEMI-AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER

SAH STANDARD AVERAGE HOUR

SAH STANDARD ALLOWED HOURS

SAI SABRE ASSISTED INSTRUCTION

SAKI SELF-ORGANIZING AUTOMATIC KEYBOARD INSTRUCTOR

SAL SYSTEMS ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

SAL SYMBOLIC ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE

SALU STRUCTURED ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE UTILITIES

SAM SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

SAM SORT AND MERGE

SAM SYMANTEC ANTI-VIRUS FOR MACINTOSH

SAM SYSTEM ACTIVITY MONITOR

SAM SECURE ACCESS MULTIPORT

SAP SERVICE ADVERTISING PROTOCOL

SAP SYMBOLIC ASSEMBLY PROGRAM

SAS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM

SAU SECURE ACCESS UNIT

SAW SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE

SB3 SYSTEM BASE 3 (UNISYS)

SBA SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS AUTOMATION

SBC SIGNAL BOARD COMPUTER

SBC SMALL BUSINESS COMPUTER

SBI SYNCHRONOUS BUS INTERFACE

SBN STANDARD BOOK NUMBER

SBS SATELLITE BUSINESS SYSTEM

SCC SPECIALIZED COMMON CARRIER

SCC STORAGE CONNECTING CIRCUIT

SCC SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER

SCL SYSTEM COMMUNICATION LOCATION

SCM SEGMENT CONTROL MODULE

SCM SMALL CORE MEMORY

SCN SEARS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

SCN SPECIFICATIONS CHANGE NOTICE

SCOMP SECURE COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR

SCOPE SIMPLE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT

SCOTT SINGLE CHANNEL OBJECTIVE TACTICAL TERMINAL

SCP SERVICE CONTROL POINT

SCP SYSTEMS CONTROL PROGRAM

SCPC SINGLE CHANNEL PER CARRIER

SCPM SYSTEMS COOPERATIVE PROGRAM MARKETING

SCR SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIER

SCS SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM

SCS SERVICE CARD SYSTEM

SCSI SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM INTERFACE

SCT SUBROUTINE CALL TABLE

SCTO SOFT CARRIER TURN OFF

SDA SHARED DATA ARCHITECTURE (TERADATA)

SDA SOURCE DATA AUTOMATION

SDA SCREEN DESIGN AID

SDAV SYSTEMS DESIGN AUTOMATION VENDOR

SDE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

SDF SCREEN DEFINITION FACILITY

SDI SOURCE DATA INFORMATION

SDI SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION

SDI STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE

SDI SUPER DATA INTERCHANGE

SDI STANDARD DATA INTERFACE

SDK SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT

SDLC SYNCHRONOUS DATA LINK CONTROL

SDM SUBRATE DATA MULTIPLEXER

SDM SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY

SDMA STORAGE DEVICE MIGRATION AID

SDN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK

SDS SCIENTIFIC DATA SYSTEMS

SDT SOURCE DATA TERMINAL

SDT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT TOOL

SE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

SE SYSTEMS ENGINEER

SE SYSTEM EXTENSION

SE SERVICE ENGINEER

SEAC STANDARDS EASTERN AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

SEC SECOND

SECAM SEQUENTIAL COLEUR AVEC MEMOIRE

(FRENCH COLOR TV STANDARD)

SECT SECTION

SEF SOURCE EXPLICIT FORWARDING

SEG SEGMENT

SEL SELECT

SEQ SEQUENCE

SEQUEL STRUCTURED ENGLISH QUERY LANGUAGE

SERV SERVICE

SET SECURE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION

SEU SOURCE ENTRY UTILITY

SFD SYMBOLIC FILE DIRECTORY

SFQL STRUCTURED FULL-TEXT QUERY LANGUAGE

SFT SYSTEM FAULT TOLERANT

SFU SCHEDULER FUNCTION UNIT

SGND SIGNAL GROUND

SH SWITCH HOOK

S-HTTP SECURE HYPERTEXT TRANSPORT PROTOCOL

SI SHIFT IN

SI (INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS)

SIC STANDARD INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION

SID SWIFT INTERFACE DEVICE

SIE START INTERPRETIVE EXECUTION

SIG SIGNAL

SIM SIGNAL INTERFACE MODULE

SIM SIMULATION

SIM SEMANTIC INFORMATION MANAGER

SIMD SINGLE-INSTRUCTION STREAM

SIMM SINGLE IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE

SIMP SATELLITE INFORMATION MESSAGE PROTOCOL

SIMULA SIMULATION LANGUAGE

SIO SERIAL INPUT/OUTPUT

SIP SIMULATED INPUT PROCESSOR

SIP SINGLE IN-LINE PACKAGE

SIP STRATEGIC INFORMATION PLAN

SIP SYMBOLIC INPUT PROGRAM

SIP SYSTEMS INTEGRATION PLAN

SIPO SERIAL IN

SIR SELECTIVE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

SIR STATISTICAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

SIS STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

SISD SINGLE-INSTRUCTION STREAM

SISO SERIAL IN

SJF SHORTEST JOB FIRST

SL STORAGE LOCATION

SLAM SIMULATION LANGUAGE FOR ALTERNATIVE MODELING

SLIP SERIAL LINE INTERNET PROTOCOL

SLR SERVICE LEVEL REPORTER

SLR SIMPLE LEFT-TO-RIGHT

SLSI SUPER LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION

SLT SOLIG LOGIC TECHNOLOGY

SM SHARED MEMORY

SMART SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE

SMART SYSTEM MONITORING AND REPORTING TOOL

SMB SERVER MESSAGE BLOCK

SMD SCHEDULING MANAGEMENT DISPLAY

SMDR STATION MESSAGE DETAIL RECORDING

SMDS SWITCHED MULTIMEGABIT DATA SERVICE

SME SOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS

SMF SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT FACILITIES

SMFF SCRIPT MATHEMATICAL FORMULA FORMATTER

SMP SYMETRIC MULTIPROCESSING (HP)

SMP SYSTEM MODIFICATION PROGRAM

SMRT SIGNAL MESSAGE RATE TIMING

SMS SYSTEM-MANAGED STORAGE (IBM)

SMSCRC STANDARD MULTIUSER SMALL COMPUTER

REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT (USAF)

SMT SEGMENT TABLE MAP

SMT STATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (IEEE)

SMT SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY

SMTE SEGMENT TABLE MAP ENTRY

SMTP SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL (NOVELL)

SMU SPACE MANAGEMENT UTILITIES

SN SWITCHING NETWORK

SNA SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

SNAMON SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE MONITOR

SNAP STANDARD NETWORK ACCESS PROTOCOL

SNF SHARED NETWORK FACILITIES AGREEMENTS

SNF SHARED NETWORK FACILITIES

SNI SNA NETWORK INTERCONNECTION

SNMP SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL

SNOBOL STRING ORIENTED SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE

SNR SIGNAL/NOISE RATIO

SO SHIFT-OUT

SO SERIAL OUTPUT

SOA STATE OF THE ART

SOAP SYMBOLIC OPTIMIZER AND ASSEMBLY PROGRAM

SOB START OF BLOCK

SOC SYSTEM ON A CHIP

SODA SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION AND DESIGN ALGORITHM

SOH START OF HEADER

SOM SELF ORGANIZING MACHINE

SOM SYSTEM OBJECT MODULE (IBM)

SONET SYNCHRONOUS OPTICAL NETWORK

SOP STUDY ORGANIZATION PLAN

SOP STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE

SOR SUCCESSIVE OVERRELAXATION

SOS SHARE OPERATING SYSTEM

SOS SILICON-ON-SAPPHIRE

SOS SYMBOLIC OPERATING SYSTEM

SOURCE (THE) (A PUBLIC INFORMATION UTILITY DATABASE)

SP SPACE CHARACTER

SP START POINT

SP STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING

SP SINGLE PURPOSE

SPARC SCALABLE PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE (SUN MICROSYSTEMS

SPC STORED PROGRAM COMMAND

SPC SYSTEM PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER

SPC STORED PROGRAM CONTROL

SPEC SPECIFICATION

SPF STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING FACILITY

SPI SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INSTRUMENT

SPKR SPEAKER

SPL SIMPLE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

SPM SET PROGRAM MASK

SPM SOURCE PROGRAM MAINTENANCE

SPOC SPACE SHUTTLE ONBOARD PERSONAL COMPUTER

SPOOL SIMULTANEOUS PERIPHERAL OPERATION ON LINE

SPQC STATISTICAL PROCESS AND QUALITY CONTROL

SPS SYMBOLIC PROGRAMMING SYSTEM

SPS STAND-BY POWER SOURCE

SQA SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE

SQC STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL

SQD SIGNAL QUALITY DETECTOR

SQL STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE (IBM)

SQL/DS STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE/DATA SYSTEM (IBM)

SQUARE SPECIFYING QUERIES AS RELATIONAL EXPRESSIONS

SQUID SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE

SR STATUS REGISTER

SRDM SUB-RATE TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXER

SRFT SHORTEST REMAINING TIME FIRST

SRL SYSTEM REFERENCE LIBRARY

SRM SYSTEM RESOURCES MANAGER

SROS SEYBOLD REPORT ON OFFICE SYSTEMS

SRPI SERVER-REQUESTER PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

SRT SIGNAL REQUESTS TERMINAL

SS STORAGE TO STORAGE INSTRUCTION

SS SOLID STATE

SS/DD SINGLE-SIDED/DOUBLE-DENSITY

SS/SD SINGLE-SIDED/SINGLE-DENSITY

SSB SINGLE SIDEBAND

SSD SOLID STATE STORAGE DEVICE

SSDA SYNCHRONOUS SERIAL DATA ADAPTER

SSDD SOLID STATE DISK DRIVE

SSEC SELECTIVE SEQUENCE ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR

SSI SOFTWARE SYSTEMS INTERFACE

SSI SMALL-SCALE INTEGRATION

SSL SECURE SOCKETS LAYER

SSL SOLID STATEMENT LIBRARY

SSM SET SYSTEM MASK

SSP SCIENTIFIC SUBROUTINE PACKAGE

SSP STRUCTURED SUPPORT PROGRAM

SSR SOLID STATE RELAY

SSX/VSE SMALL SYSTEM EXECUTIVE/VIRTUAL STORAGE EXTENDED

ST SEGMENT TABLE

ST STANDARD TIME

ST START

ST SYSTEM TEST

ST (FIBER CONNECTOR FOR UNIFIED SINGLE-MODE OR

MULTIMODE FIBER)

STA SPANNING TREE ALGORITHM

STAIRS STORAGE AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM (IBM)

STAM SHARED TIME ALLOCATION MANAGER

STAR SELF TESTING AND REPAIR

STAR STRATUS APPLICATION RESOURCE

STATIC RAM STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

STC STANDARD TRANSMISSION CODE

STD STANDARD

STD SUBSCRIBER TRUNK DIALING (UK)

STDM SYNCHRONOUS TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXER

STE STANDARD TERMINAL EQUIPMENT

STED SPECIALIZED TECHNIQUE FOR EFFICIENT TYPESETTING

STEP SPERRY TERMINAL EMULATION PACKAGE

STI SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL INFORMATION

STM SYSTEM MASTER TAPE

STO SALES TRAINING ORIENTATION

STOR STORAGE

STORM STATISTICALLY ORIENTED MATRIX PROGRAM

STP SELECTIVE TAPE PRINT

STP SYSTEM TRAINING PROGRAM

STP SEGMENT TABLE REGISTER

STP SHIELDED TWISTED PAIR

STR SYNCHRONOUS TRANSMIT RECEIVE

STRESS STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS SOLVER

STRUDL STRUCTURAL DESIGN LANGUAGE

STS SHARED TENANT SERVICES

STS-1 SONET SYNCHRONOUS TRANSMISSION,

SIGNAL LEVEL 1; 51.84 Mbps digital transmission)

STTL STANDARD TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC

STX START OF TEXT

SU SELECTABLE UNIT (IBM)

SU SIGNALLING UNIT

SU STORAGE UNIT

SUB SUBTRACT

SUB SUBROUTINE

SUM SYMANTEC UTILITIES FOR MACINTOSH (SYMANTEC CORP.)

SUM II SYMANTEC UTILITIES FOR MACINTOSH VERSION II

SUN OS SUN OPERATING SYSTEM

SURF SYSTEM UTILIZATION REPORTING FACILITY

SVA SHARED VIRTUAL AREA (IBM)

SVC SUPERVISOR CALL

SVC SWITCH VIRTUAL CIRCUIT

SVD SIMULTANEOUS VOICE/DATA

SVFS SYSTEM V FILE SYSTEM

SVID SYSTEM V INTERFACE DEFINITION (AT&T UNIX)

SVR4 SYSTEM V FOR RELEASE 4

SVS SINGLE VIRTUAL STORAGE (IBM)

SW STATUS WORD

SWAC STANDARDS WESTERN AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

SWAN SECURE WIDE AREA NETWORK

SWIM SUPER WOZNIAC INTEGRATED MACHINE

SYLK SYMBOLIC LINK

SYN SYNCHRONOUS

SYNC SYNCHRONIZE

SYSGEN SYSTEM GENERATION

SYSINFOEF SUBSYSTEM INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FACILITY (IBM)

SYSLIB SYSTEM LIBRARY

SYSLOG SYSTEM LOGIC

SYSMON SYSTEM MONITOR

SYSOP SYSTEM OPERATOR

SYSOPS SYSTEM OPERATORS

SYSOUT SYSTEM OUT

SYSTEM IPO SYSTEM INSTALLATION PRODUCTIVITY OPTION (IBM)

SYSTEM IPO/E SYSTEM INSTALLATION PRODUCTIVITY OPTION/E (IBM)

T

T TERMINAL

T TIME

T1 (DIGITAL TRANSMISSION LINE, 1.544 MBPS)

T3 (DIGITAL TRANSMISSION LINE, 44.736 MBPS)

T3/DS-1 (T1 ELECTRICAL-LEVEL TRANSMISSION AND

DIGITAL SIGNAL LEVEL-1 FORMAT)

3M 1 MEGABYTE RAM

T&E TEST AND EVALUATION

T-A-C THE APPLICATION CONNECTION (LOTUS DEVELOPMENT CORP.)

T/DOS TAPE/DISK OPERATING SYSTEM

T/W TELETYPEWRITER

TA TRAINING ANALYST

TAC TELENET ACCESS CONTROLLER

TAC THE APPLICATION CONNECTION

TADI TIME ASSIGNED DATA INTERPOLATION

TADS TEST AND DEBUG SYSTEM

TADS TELETYPEWRITER AUTOMATIC DISPATCH SYSTEM

TAF TERMINAL ACCESS FACILITY (IBM)

TAG TEXT AND GRAPHICS

TAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS LANGUAGE

TAOS TRANSPORTATION'S AUTOMATED OFFICE SYSTEM

(U.S. DEPT.OF TRANSPORTATION)

TAS TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE

TASI TIME ASSIGNED SPEECH INTERPOLATION

TAT TURN AROUND TIME

TAXIR TAXONOMIC INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

TB TERABYTES (ONE TRILLION BYTES)

TBL TABLE

TBM TERABIT MEMORY

TBMT TRANSMITTER BUFFER EMPTY

TBS TERMINAL BUSINESS SYSTEM (IBM)

TC TACTICAL COMPUTER

TC TELECOMMUNICATIONS

TC TERMINAL COMPUTER

TC TERMINAL CONTROLLER

TC TRANSFER CONTROL

TC TRANSMISSION CONTROL

TCAM TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS METHOD (IBM)

TCB TASK CONTROL BLOCK

TCDMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS/DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

TCF TERMINAL CONFIGURATION FACILITY (IBM)

TCF TRANSPARENT COMPUTING FACILITY

TCM THERMAL CONDUCTION MODULE

TCP TAPE CONVERSION PROGRAM

TCP TRANSMITTER CLOCK

TCP/IP TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL/INTERNET PROTOCOL

TCP/IP/NP TCP/IP NEW PRODUCT

TC PIP TRUE COLOR, PICTURE-IN-PICTURE

TCPC TAB CARD PUNCH CONTROL

TCS TERMINAL CONTROL SYSTEM

TCS-ACF TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONTROL SYSTEM-ACF

TCU TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT

TCU TAPE CONTROL UNIT

TD TABULAR DATA

TD TRANSMITTED DATA

TDM TEXT AND DATE MESSAGING

TDM TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING

TDMA TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS

TDR TRANSMIT DATA REGISTER

TDRS TRACKING AND DATA RELAY SATELLITE

TE TEST EQUIPMENT

TE-1 TERMINAL EQUIPMENT 1 (ISDN COMPATIBLE EQUIPMENT)

TE-2 TERMINAL EQUIPMENT 2 (NOT ISDN COMPATIBLE EQUIPMENT)

TECH TECHNOLOGY

TECS TREASURY ENFORCEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM

(U.S. CUSTOMS)

TELAPI TELENTE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

TELCO TELEPHONE COMPANY

TELENET (R) NETWORK OF GENERAL TELEPHONE AND ELECTRONICS

COMPANY

TELEX TELEPRINTER (TELETYPEWRITER) EXCHANGE SERVICE

TEMP TEMPORARY

TERA (1 TRILLION)

TESS TOTAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT SYSTEM

TEXAN TEXAS AGENCY NETWORK

TFEL THIN FILM ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE

THE SOURCE (TM) SOURCE TELECOMPUTING NETWORK

THX TECHMAR HELICAL SYSTEM

TI TYPE IN

TIA TECHNOLOGY IMPACT ANALYSIS

TIC TOKEN-RING INTERFACE COUPLER

TICCIT TIME-SHARED INTERACTIVE COMPUTER-CONTROLLED

INFORMATIONAL TV

TIGA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS GRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE

TIE TAPE IMPORT/EXPORT (NOVELL)

TIES TOTAL INTEGRATED ENGINEERING SYSTEM

TIF THE INFORMATION FACILITY

TIFF TAGGED IMAGE FILE FORMAT

TIGER TOPOLOGICALLY INTEGRATED GEOGRAPHIC ENCODING AND

REFERENCING SYSTEM

TIM TOKEN INTERFACE MODULE

TIO TEST INPUT/OUTPUT

TIP TECHNICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING

TIP TERMINAL INTERFACE MESSAGE PROCESSOR

TIP TOTAL INFORMATION PROCESSING

TIPC TEXAS INSTRUMENTS PERSONAL COMPUTER

TIPS TAILORED IMPLEMENTATION AND PLANNING SERVICE

TIPS TEXT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

TIPS TRUEVISION IMAGE PAINT SOFTWARE

TIS TOTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

TITAN TRUST INFORMATION & TRANSACTION ACCOUNTING NETWORK

(CHASE MANHATTAN)

TIU TAPE IDENTIFICATION UNIT

TL TAPE LIBRARY

TLB TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER

TLS THESAURUS AND LINGUISTIC INTEGRATED SYSTEM (IBM)

TLU TABLE LOOK UP

TM TAPE MARK

TMA TELEPHONE MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING

TMCC TIME-MULTIPLEXED COMMUNICATION CHANNEL

TME TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENT UNIT

TMF TRANSACTION MONITOR FACILITY

TMP THERMO-MAGNETIC PRINTING

TMR TRIPLE MODULAR REDUNDANCY

TMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS MESSAGE SWITCHER

TMS TELEPHONE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

TMU TIME MEASUREMENT UNIT

TNF THIRD NORMAL FORM

TNS TRANSACTION NETWORK SERVICE

TOC TABLE OF CONTENTS

TOC TRAFFIC OPERATIONS CENTER

TOD TIME-OF-DAY

TODS TRANSACTIONS ON DATABASE SYSTEMS

TOE TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE

T-1 Line (A telecommunication line, approx. 1.5 Mbps)

TOMS TRANSACTIONS ON MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE

TOMUS THE ONLINE MULTIPLE USER SYSTEM

TOP TECHNICAL OFFICE PROTOCOL

TOP TECHNICAL AND OFFICE PROTOCOL

TOPLAS TRANSACTIONS ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND SYSTEMS

TOS TAPE OPERATING SYSTEM

TOS TERMINAL ORIENTED SYSTEM

TOS TERMINAL ORIENTED SOFTWARE

TOS TRANSPARENT OPERATING SYSTEM

TOSS TOTAL OFFICE SUPPORT SYSTEM

TP TAPE

TP TECHNICAL PUBLICATION

TP TELEPROCESSING

TP TEST PROCEDURE

TP TRANSACTION PROCESSING

TP TWISTED PAIR

TPF TRANSACTION PROCESSING FACILITY

TPMS TRANSACTION PROCESSING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

TPNS TELEPROCESSING NETWORK SIMULATOR

TPS TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM

TRAP TANDEM RECURSIVE ALGORITHM PROCESS

TRMM TOKEN RING MANAGEMENT MODULE

TSO TIME SHARING OPTION

TSO/E TIME SHARING OPTION/EXTENSIONS

TSSF TAPE STAGING & STORAGE FACILITY (NASA)

TSR TERMINATE AND STAY RESIDENT

TSTN TRIPLE SUPER TWIST NEMATIC

TTF TERMINAL TRANSACTION FACILITY (IBM)

TTL TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC CIRCUIT

TTS TAILORED-TO-SUIT

TTS TRANSACTION TRACKING SYSTEM

TTY TELETYPEWRITER

TU TAPE UNIT

TUC TERMINAL USAGE CHARGE

TUT TRANSISTOR UNDER TEST

TVT TELEVISION TUBE

TVT TELEVISION TYPEWRITER TERMINAL

TWT TRAVELLING WAVE TUBE

TWX TELETYPEWRITER EXCHANGE SERVICE

TWX TELETYPE COMMUNICATIONS

TX TRANSMIT

TXD TRANSMIT DATA

TYMNET (TM) TIMESHARE INCORPORATED NETWORK

U

U UNIT

U UTILITY

UA USER AGENT

UADPS UNIFORM AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

UART UNIVERSAL ASYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER

UBC UNIVERSAL BUFFER CONTROLLER

UC UPPER CASE

UCA USER COMPUTER ADDRESS

UCB UNIT CONTROL BLOCK

UCL USER CONTROL LIST

UCOL ULTRAWIDEBAND COHERENT OPTICAL LAN

UCS UNIVERSAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

UCS UNIVERSAL CHARACTER SET

UCW UNIT CONTROL WORD

UD UNREMOVE DIRECTORY (NORTON UTILITIES)

UDC UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION

UDF UNIQUENESS DATABASE FILE

UDK USER DEFINED KEY

UDLC UNIVAC DATA LINK CONTROL

UDP USER DIAGRAM PROTOCOL

UDP USER DATA PROTOCOL

UDS UNIVERSAL DATA SYSTEMS

UGA ULTRA GRAPHICS ADAPTOR (METHUS CORP.)

UHF ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY

UHQ ULTRA-HIGH QUALITY

UIL UNIVAC INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE

UIM ULTRA-INTELLIGENT MACHINE

UL1 USER LANGUAGE 1

ULA UNCOMMITTED LOGIC ARRAY

ULSI ULTRA LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION

UNA UNIVERSAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (NOVELL)

UNC UNIVERSAL NAMING CONVENTION

UNINET (R) NETWORK OF UNITED TELECOM COMPANY

UNIVAC UNIVERSAL AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

UNIX UNI (PLUS) MULTIX (AT&T)

UNMA UNIFIED MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE (AT&T)

UP USER PROGRAM

UPC UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODE

UPL UNIVERSAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

UPS UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEM

UR UNIT RECORD

URL UNFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR or UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATOR

US UNIT SEPARATOR

USACI USA STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE

USART UNIVERSAL SYNCHRONOUS/ASYNCHRONOUS

RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER

USAS UNIVAC STANDARD AIRLINE SYSTEM

USASCII USA STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE

USDC UNIVERSAL SWITCHED DATA CAPABILITY

USOC UNIVERSAL SERVICE ORDERING CODE

USRT UNIVERSAL SYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER

UT UP TIME

UT UTILITY

UTP UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR

UTS UNIVERSAL TIMESHARING SYSTEM

UTS-M UNIVERSAL TIMESHARING SYSTEM FOR MAINFRAMES

UTS-S UNIVERSAL TIMESHARING SYSTEM FOR SUPERMINIS

UTTC UNIVERSAL TAPE-TO-TAPE CONVERTER

UUCP UNIX-UNIX COPY PROTOCOL

UUT UNIT UNDER TEST

V

V VOLT

V VOICE

V VIRTUAL

V VIDEO

V+TU VOICE PLUS TELEPRINTER UNIT

V-EMM VIRTUAL EXPANDED MEMORY MANAGER

V.24 (CCITT STANDARD PROTOCOL FOR ANALOG CIRCUITS)

V/F VOLTAGE TO FREQUENCY CONVERTER

V&H VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL

VA VIDEO AMPLIFIER

VA VOLT AMPERE

VAB VOICE ANSWER BACK

VAC VALUE-ADDED CARRIER

VACC VALUE-ADDED COMMON CARRIER

VAD VALUE-ADDED DEALER

VAL VICARM ARM LANGUAGE

VAN VALUE-ADDED NETWORK

VANS VALUE-ADDED NETWORK SERVICE

VAP VALUE-ADDED PROCESS

VAR VALUE-ADDED RESELLER

VAR VARIABLE

VASD VALUE-ADDED SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTOR

VAT VOICE ACTIVATED TYPEWRITER

VAT VIRTUAL ADDRESS TRANSLATION

VAU VOLUME ALLOCATION UNIT

VAV VISICALC ADVANCED VERSION

VAX (R) (DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP.)

VIRTUAL ADDRESS EXTENDED

VAXBI VAX BUS INTERFACE

VB VISUAL BASIC

VBI VERTICAL BLANKING INTERVAL

VC VISICALC

VCNA VTAM COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK APPLICATION

VCR VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER

VCS VAX CLUSTER CONTROL SYSTEM

VCS VIEW CONTROL SYSTEM

VDA/D VIDEO DISPLAY ADAPTER WITH DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT

VDG VIDEO DISPLAY GENERATOR

VDI VIRTUAL DEVICE INTERFACE

VDL VIENNA DEFINITION LANGUAGE

VDT VIDEO DISPLAY TUBE

VDT VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINAL

VDU VIDEO DISPLAY UNIT

VDU VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT

VFPA VECTOR FLOATING POINT ACCELERATOR

VFU VERTICAL FORMAT UNIT

VGA VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY

VHD VERY HIGH DENSITY

VHF VERY HIGH FREQUENCY

VHM VIRTUAL HARDWARE MONITOR

VHS VIDEO HOME SYSTEM

VHSIC VERY HIGH SPEED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

VIC VARIABLE INSTRUCTION COMPUTER

VICS VEHICLE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

VIDA VAX-TO-IBM ACCESS

VIDAC VIRTUAL DATA ACQUISITION & CONTROL

VIDAC VISUAL INFORMATION DISPLAY AND CONTROL

VIDAT VISUAL DATA ACQUISITION

VIM VENDOR INDEPENDENT MESSAGING

VINES VIRTUAL NETWORK SYSTEM

VIO VIRTUAL INPUT OUTPUT (IBM)

VIP VARIABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING

VIP VENDOR INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM

VIP VISUAL INFORMATION PROJECTION

VIPP VARIABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PACKAGE

VISC VISUALIZATION IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING

VL VOLUME LABEL

VLF VERY LOW FREQUENCY

VLP VIDEO LONG PLAYER

VLSI VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION

VM VIRTUAL MEMORY

VM VIRTUAL MACHINE

VM/370 VIRTUAL MACHINE/370

VM/AS VIRTUAL MACHINE/APPLICATION SYSTEM

VM/BSE VIRTUAL MACHINE/BASIC SYSTEM EXTENSIONS

VM/IFS VIRTUAL MACHINE/INTERACTIVE FILE SHARING

VM/PROLOG VIRTUAL MACHINE/PROGRAMMING IN LOGIC

VM/RTM VIRTUAL MACHINE/REAL TIME MONITOR

VM/SE VIRTUAL MACHINE/SYSTEM EXTENSION

VM/SP VIRTUAL MACHINE/SYSTEM PRODUCT

VM/XA VIRTUAL MACHINE/EXTENDED ARCHITECTURE

VMA VIRTUAL MACHINE ASSIST

VMAP VIRTUAL MACHINE PERFORMANCE MONITOR

ANALYSIS PROGRAM

VME/B VIRTUAL MEMORY ENVIRONMENT B

VMM VIRTUAL MACHINE MONITOR

VMPPF VIRTUAL MACHINE PERFORMANCE PLANNING FACILITY

VMS VIRTUAL MEMORY SYSTEM

VMS VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN

VMT VIRTUAL MEMORY TECHNIQUE

VMTSS VIRTUAL MACHINE TIME-SHARING SYSTEM

VMX VOICE MESSAGE EXCHANGE

VNCA VTAM NODE CONTROL APPLICATION

VNET VIRTUAL NETWORK

VNL VIA NET LOSS

VNS VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM

VODACOM VOICE DATA COMMUNICATION

VODS VIDEO OPERATOR DISTRESS SYNDROM

VOIP    VOICE OVER IP

VOL VOLUME

VOM VOLT-OHMMETER

VOR VOICE-OPERATED RELAY

VOS VOICE OPERATED SWITCH

VOX VOICE OPERATED CONTROL

VP VENTURA PUBLISHING

VPA VOLUME PURCHASE AGREEMENT

VPN VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK

VPSS/VF VECTOR PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM/VECTOR FACILITY

VPU VIDEO PROCESSING UNIT

VPUG VENTURA PUBLISHING USER GROUP

VQL VARIABLE QUANTIZING LEVEL

VR VOLTAGE REGULATOR

VRAM VIDEO RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

VRC VERTICAL REDUNDANCY CHECK

VRC VISIBLE RECORD COMPUTER

VS VARIABLE SPEED

VS VIRTUAL STORAGE

VS1 VIRTUAL STORAGE 1

VS2 VIRTUAL STORAGE 2

VSAM VIRTUAL STORAGE ACCESS METHOD (IBM)

VSAT VERY SMALL APERATURE TERMINAL

VSC VIDEO SYSTEM CONTROLLER

VSC VARIABLE SPEED CONTROL

VSE VIRTUAL STORAGE EXTENDED (IBM)

VSE/AF VIRTUAL STORAGE EXTENDED/ADVANCED FUNCTION

VSE/PT VIRTUAL STORAGE EXTENDED PERFORMANCE TOOL

VSI VIRTUAL SCREEN INTERFACE

VSPC VISUAL STORAGE PERSONAL COMPUTING

VSS VOLTAGE FOR SUBSTRATE AND SOURCES

VT VIDEO TAPE

VT VIDEO TERMINAL

VTAM VORTEX TELECOMMUNICATIONS METHOD

VTAM VIRTUAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS METHOD (IBM)

VTAME VIRTUAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS METHOD ENTRY

VTAMPARS VIRTUAL TELECOM. ACCESS METHOD PERFORMANCE

ANALYSIS REPORT

VTOC VOLUME TABLE OF CONTENTS (VTOC)

VTR VIDEO TAPE RECORDER

VTS/MA VIRTUAL TERMINAL SESSION/MULTIPLE ACCESS

VU VOICE UNIT

VUP VAX UNITS OF PERFORMANCE

VW (R) VOLKSWRITER

VWL VARIABLE WORK LENGTH

VXD VIRTUAL DEVICE DRIVER

VXO VARIABLE CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR

W

W WRITE

W WORD

W WIDE

W WATTS

W/S WORDS PER SECOND

WADS WIDE AREA DATA SERVICE

WALT WEST'S AUTOMATIC LAW TERMINAL

WAM WINDOWS EXCELERATOR MODULE

WAN WIDE AREA NETWORK

WANS WIDE AREA NETWORKS

WAP WORK ASSIGNMENT PROCEDURE

WATFIV WATERLOO FORTRAN IV (WATERLOO UNIVERSITY

WATFOR WATERLOO FORTRAN

WATS WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE

WATS WIDE AREA TELEPHONE SERVICE

WACK WAIT BEFORE TRANSMIT

WB WIDE BAND

WBMF WANG BAND MANAGEMENT FACILITY

WBS WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE

WBX WANG BUSINESS EXCHANGE

WCS WRITABLE CONTROL STORE

WD WORD

WE WRITE ENABLE

WESTLAW (TM) (WEST PUBLISHING CO.)

WEST'S LAW RESEARCH DATABASE

WFF WELL-FORMED FORMULA

WILS WANG INTERACTIVE LEARNING SYSTEM

WIN WOLLOGONG INTEGRATED NETWORK

WINDOWS NT WINDOWS NEW TECHNOLOGY

WINLOC WINDOWS LOCAL OFFICE CONNECTION (WANG)

WIP WORK IN PROGRESS

WIS WORLDWIDE INFORMATION SYSTEM (U.S. DEPT. OF DEFENSE)

WITA WANG INFORMATION TRANSFER ARCHITECTURE (WANG)

WITS WASHINGTON INTERAGENCY TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM

WIX WINDOWS INFORMATION EXCHANGE

(GENERAL VIDEOTEX CORP.)

WMS WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

WNIMS WIDE AREA NETWORK INTERFACE MODULES

WNT WINDOWS NEW TECHNOLOGY

WO WORK ORDER

WOM WRITE OPTIONAL MEMORY

WOM WRITE ONLY MEMORY

WORM WRITE ONCE

WORM-TOS WRITE ONCE

WP WORKING PAPER

WP WORD PROCESSING

WP/AS WORD PROCESSING/ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

WP/DP WORD PROCESSING/DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

WPG WORDPERFECT GRAPHICS FORMAT

WP/OS WORD PROCESSING/OFFICE SYSTEMS

WPAAS WORD PROCESSING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM

WPM WORDS PER MINUTE

WPS WORDS PER SECOND

WPS WORKPLACE SHELL (IBM)

WPS WORKSTATION PUBLISHING SYSTEM (IBM)

WQF WORKSTATION QUERY FACILITY

WR WRITE

WRC WORKSTATION RESOURCE CENTER

WRU WHO ARE YOU

WS WORK SPACE

WS WORKING STORAGE

WS-25 WANG SYSTEM 25

WS-30 WANG SYSTEM 30

WSF WORKSTATION FACILITY

WSMIS WEAPON SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

WSN WANG SYSTEM NETWORKING

WSS WANG STATION SETS

WTO WRITE TO OPERATOR

WTOR WRITE TO OPERATOR WITH REPLY

WWMCCS WORLDWIDE MILITARY COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEM

WYSIWYG WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET

X

X-OFF TRANSMITTER OFF

X-ON TRANSMITTER ON

X.25 COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL #25 (CCITT)

XA EXTENDED ARCHITECTURE

XAIE XEROX ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENVIRONMENT

XBM EXTENDED BASIC MODE

XDE EXTENDED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

XDP EXTENDED DATA PROCESSING

XDP EXTENDED DATA PROCESSING

XEROX CIN XEROX CORPORATE INTERNET

XEROX RIN XEROX RESEARCH INTERNET

XFER TRANSFER

XI X.25 SNA INTERCONNECTION

XID EXCHANGE STATION IDENTIFICATION

XI X.25 SNA INTERCONNECTION

XMIT TRANSMIT

XML EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE

XMS EXTENDED MEMORY SPECIFICATION

XMTL TRANSMITTAL

XNS XEROX NETWORKING SYSTEM

XNS XEROX NETWORK SYSTEM

XOR EXCLUSIVE OR

XPG2 OPEN PRODUCTIVITY GUIDE VERSION 2

XR EXTERNAL RESET

XRF EXTENDED RELIABILITY FEATURE

XRF EXTENDED RECOVERY FACILITY (IBM)

XT EXTENDED TECHNOLOGY

XTAL CRYSTAL

XTC EXTERNAL TRANSMIT CLOCK

XTEN XEROX TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

XTP EXPRESS TRANSFER PROTOCOL

XTRAN EXPERIMENTAL LANGUAGE (IBM)

XUI X USER INTERFACE (DEC)

XVMX XEROX VOICE MESSAGE EXCHANGE (XEROX)

Y

Y2K Year 2000

YACC YET ANOTHER COMPILER-COMPILER

YES/MVSE YORKTOWN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE

VIRTUAL STORAGE ENVIRONMENT

YIG YTTRIUM-IRON-GARNET

YR YEAR

YTD YEAR TO DATE

YY YEAR

YY/MM/DD YEAR/MONTH/DAY

Z

Z ZOOM

Z1 ZUSE 1 (MECHANICAL CALCULATOR)

Z2 ZUSE 2 (ELECTROMECHANICAL CALCULATOR BY KONRAD ZUSE)

Z3 ZUSE 3 (ELECTROMECHANICAL PROGRAMMED CALCULATOR

Z4 ZUSE 4 (ELECTROMECHANICAL PROGRAMMED CALCULATOR

Z8 ZILOG 8 BIT ONE-CHIP MICROCOMPUTER

Z80 ZILOG 8 BIT MICROPROCESSOR

Z800 ZILOG 8 BIT MICROPROCESSOR

Z8000 ZILOG 8 BIT MICROPROCESSOR

ZO ZOOM OUT

ZPA ZEUS PROGRAM ANALYSIS (WESTERN ELECTRIC

ZX80 (MICROCOMPUTER BY SINCLAIR RESEARCH

ZBI ZERO BIT INSERTION

ZBTSI ZERO BIT TIME-SLOT INSERTION

ZDL ZERO DELAY LOCKOUT (STAR-TEK)

ZIF ZERO INSERTION FORCE

ZIP ZIG-ZAG IN-LINE PACKAGE

ZO ZOOM OUT

ZPA ZEUS PROGRAM ANALYSIS (WESTERN ELECTRIC)