Terminos Computacion e Informatica: Acronimos, Abreviaciones y Siglas
Category: Informatica Tags: Significado & Definición
Encuentre aquí una lista de siglas y abreviaturas informáticas importantes:
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Abreviacion | Significado en Ingles |
AAC | Advanced Audio Coding |
AAL | ATM Adaptation Layer |
AARP | Apple Talk Address Resolution Protocol |
AAUI | Apple Attachment Unit Interface |
ABA | |
ABC | Atanasoff-Berry Computer |
ABM | Asynchronous Balanced Mode |
ABR | Available Bit Rate |
AC | Alternating Current |
AC3 | Audio Compression 3 |
ACF | Advanced Communications Function |
ACF/NCP | Advanced Communications Function / Network Control Program |
ACID | Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability |
ACK | Acknowledgment |
ACL | 1) Access Control List 2) Asynchronous Connectionless Type |
ACPI | Advanced Configuration and Power Interface |
ACSE | Association Control Service Element |
ACTSAI | Advanced Communications Technology Satellite ATM Internetwork |
AD | 1) Administrative Domain 2) Active Directory |
ADC | Analog-to-Digital Conversion |
ADCCP | Advanced-Data Communications Control Protocol |
ADDMD | Administrative Directory Management Domain |
ADF | Automatic Document Feeder |
ADMD | Administration Management Domain |
ADO | ActiveX Data Objects |
ADP | Authoritative Data Producer |
ADPCM | Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation |
ADS | Authoritative Data Source |
ADSI | Active Directory Services Interface |
ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
ADSM | ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager |
ADSP | Apple Talk Data Stream Protocol |
AEP | Apple Talk Echo Protocol |
ADT | Abstract Data Type |
AET | Application Entity Title |
AFIS | Automated Fingerprint Identification System |
AFP | Apple Talk Filing Protocol |
AGP | Advanced Graphics Port |
AGS | Advanced Gateway Server |
AGS+ | Advanced Gateway Server Plus |
AI | Artificial Intelligence |
AIDC | Automatic Identification and Data Capture |
AIFF | Audio Interchange File Format |
AIML | Artificial Intelligence Markup Language |
AIS | Alarm Indication Signal |
AJAX | Asynchronous Javascript and XML |
AKA | Also Known As |
ALGOL | Algorithmic Language |
ALU | Arithmetic-Logic Unit |
AMA | Active Member Address |
AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
AMI | American Megatrends Inc. |
AMF | Action Message Format |
AMG | Architecture Management Group |
AMP | Active Monitor Present |
AN | Access Node |
ANI | Automatic Number Identification |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
AoE | ATA over Ethernet |
AOL | America On-Line |
AOP | Association of Online Professionals |
APDU | Application Protocol Data Unit |
API | Application Programming Interface |
ARD | Application Requirements Document |
APM | Advanced Power Management |
APP | Applications |
APPC | Advanced Peer-to-Peer Communications |
APPC/PC | Advanced Peer-to-Peer Communications for Personal Computers |
APPN | Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking |
APS | Automatic Protection Switching |
ARCNET | Attached Resource Computer Network |
ARM | Asynchronous Response Mode |
ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
ARPANET | ARPA Net |
ARQ | Automatic Repeat Request |
ARU | Audio Response Unit |
AS | Autonomous System |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ASF | Advanced Streaming Format |
ASF | Apache Software Foundation |
ASIC | Application-Specific Integrated Circuit |
ASN.1 | Abstract Syntax Notation One |
ASP | 1) Apple Talk Session Protocol 2) Active Server Pages 3) Application Service Provider |
ASPX | Active Server Page Framework |
ASR | Automatic Speech Recognition |
AT | 1) Advanced Technology 2) Asynchronous Transmission |
ATA | 1) Advanced Technology Architecture 2) Analog Terminal Adapter |
ATAPI | ATA Packet Interface |
ATDM | Asynchronous Time DeMultiplexing |
ATDNet | Advanced Technology Demonstration Network |
ATG | Address Translation Gateway |
ATL | Active Template Library |
ATM | 1) Asynchronous Transfer Mode 2) Automatic Teller Machine 3) Adobe Type Manager |
ATM25 | ATM at 25 Mbps |
ATMF | ATM Forum |
ATP | Apple Talk Transaction Protocol |
ATX | AT Extended |
AT&T | American Telephone & Telegraph Company |
AUI | Attachment Unit Interface |
AURP | Apple Talk Update-Based Routing Protocol |
AV | Anti Virus |
AVI | Audio Video Interleaved |
AVL | Automatic Vehicle Location |
AVS | Address Verification System |
AWG | American Wire Gauge |
AWT | Abstract Window Toolkit / Alternative Window Toolkit / Applet Widget Toolkit |
A&E | Architectural and Engineering |
A/D | Analog to Digital |
A/V | Audio / Video |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
B Channel | Bearer Channel |
BASH | Bourne Again Shell |
BDCs | Backup Domain Controllers |
BARRNET | Bay Area Regional Research NETwork |
BASIC | Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
BBS | Bulletin Board System |
BCD | Binary Coded Decimal |
BCNF | Boyce Codd Normal Form |
BCS | Battery Computer System |
BER | 1) Base Encoding Rules 2) Bit-Error Rate |
BERT | Bit-Error-Rate Tester |
BGA | Ball Grid Array |
BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
BIND | Berkeley Internet Name Domain |
BIOS | Basic Input-Output System |
BISDN | Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network |
BISYNK | Binary Synchronous Communication Protocol |
BIT | BInary digiT |
BITNET | Because It’s Time NETwork |
BIU | Basic Information Unit |
BLERT | Block-Error-Rate Test |
BMP | Bit MaP |
BNC | Bayonet Connectors |
BNF | Backus Normal Form |
BOOTP | BOOTstrapProtocol |
BOOTPROM | Boot Programmable Read-Only Memory |
BPDU | Bridge Protocol Data Unit |
BPEL4WS | Business Process Execution Language for Web Services |
BPML | Business Process Modeling Language |
BPR | Business-Process Reengineering |
bps | Bits Per Second |
BRI | Basic Rate Interface |
BPSS | Business Process Specification Schema |
BSC | Binary Synchronous Communication |
BSD | Berkeley Software Distribution |
BSH | Bourne Shell |
BTO | Build-To-Order |
BTR | Betting The Ranch |
BYTE | Binary Term |
B2B | Business to Business |
B2C | Business to Customer |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
CA | 1) Certification Authority 2) Computer Associates |
CAD | Computer-Aided Design |
CAD Tools | Computer-Aided Design Tools |
CAE | 1) Computer-Aided Engineering 2) Common Applications Environment |
CAI | Computer-Aided Instruction o Computer-Assisted Instruction |
CAIRN | Collaborative Advanced Interagency Research Network |
CAL | Client Access License |
CAM | Computer Aided Manufacturing |
CAN | 1) Campus Area Network 2) Controller Area Network |
CANet | CAnadian Net |
CAP | Carrierless Amplitude and Phase modulation |
CAR | Courtesy Amount Recognition |
CAS | 1) Central Authentication Service Collision 2) Communicating Applications Specification |
CASE | Computer-Aided Software (o System) Engineering |
CAT | Computer Aided Translation |
CATV | Community Antenna TeleVision |
CAU | Controller Access Unit |
CAVE | Computer-Assisted Virtual Environment |
CAVERN | Computer-Assisted Virtual Environment Research Network |
CBASIC | Compiled BASIC |
CBC | Cipher Block Chaining |
CBEFF | Common Biometric Exchange File Format |
CBI | Computer-Based Instruction |
CBR | Constant Bit Rate |
CBT | Computer Based Training |
CCD | Charge-Coupled Device |
CCITT | Consultative Committee on International Telephone and Telegraph |
CCT | Closed-Circuit Television |
CCS | Common Channel Signaling |
CCV | Credit Card Verification |
CD | Compact Disk |
CD-I | CD Interactive |
CDBS | Common Database Server |
CDF | Channel Definition Format |
CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
CDP | CRL Distribution Point |
CD-R | CD-Recordable |
CDROM | Compact Disc ROM |
CD-ROM | ver CDROM |
CD-ROM/XA | Compact Disc – Read-Only Memory / Extended Architecture |
CD-RW | CD-ReWritable |
CD-W | CD Writable |
CDDI | Copper Distributed Data Interconnection |
CDE | Common Desktop Environment |
CDPD | Cellular Digital Packed Data |
CDS | Common Data Server |
CDSL | Consumer DSL |
CE | Conformité Européenne |
CELP | Code-Excited Linear Prediction |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CERN | Centre Européen de Recherche Nuclair |
CERT | Computer Emergency Response Team |
CF | Compact Flash |
CGA | Color Graphics Adapter |
CGI | Common Gateway Interface |
CICS | Customer Information Control System |
CIDR | Classless Inter-Domain Routing |
CIFS | Common Internet File System |
CIL | Common Language Infrastructure |
CIM | Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
CIO | Chief Information Officer |
CISC | Complex Instruction Set of Commands |
CIR | Committed Information Rate |
CIS | Contact Image Sensing |
CISC | Complex Instruction Set Computer |
CIX | Commercial Internet eXchange |
CLUF | . |
CLR | Common Language Runtime |
CLUT | Color Look-Up Table |
CM | Configuration Management |
CMI | Computer Managed Instruction |
CMM | Capability Maturity Model |
CMMI | Capability Maturity Model Integration |
CMOS | Complementary Metal Oxide Conductor |
CMS | Content Management System |
CMYK | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and blacK |
CNAC | Closed Network Acces Control |
CO | Central Office |
COBOL | Common Bussines-Oriented Language |
CODEC | Compression / Decompression |
COM | Component Object Model |
COO | Chief Operational Officer |
CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
CORDRA | Content Object Repository Discovery and Registration Architecture |
COSS | Common Object Services Specification |
COTS | Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
CP | Communication Processor |
CPE | Customer Premises Equipment |
CPI | . |
cps | characters per second |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
CP/M | Control Program for Microcomputers |
CQL | 1) Common Query Language 2) Continuous Query Language |
CR | 1) Carriage Return 2) Change Request |
CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
CREN | Corporation for Research and Educational Networking |
CRL | Certificate Revocation List |
CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
CRS | Content Replication Service |
CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
CS | 1) Convergence Sublayer 2) CompuServe |
CSA | Common Service Area |
CSC | Computer Software Component |
CSCI | Computer Software Configuration Item |
CSH | C Shell |
CSI | Called Subscriber Identifier |
CSMA | Carrier Sense Multiple Access |
CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection |
CSNET | Computer + Science NETwork |
CSP | Cryptographic Service Provider |
CSS | Cascading Style Sheets |
CSU | Computer Software Unit |
CSV | Comma Separated Values |
CVE | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures |
CVP | Content Vectoring Protocol |
CVS | Concurrent Versioning System |
CVSD | Continuously Variable Slope Differential Modulation |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
D Channel | Data Channel |
DA | Data Administrator |
DA | Data Analysis |
DAA | Digest Access Authentication |
DAML | DARPA Agent Markup Language |
DAO | Data Access Objects |
DAO | Data Access Objects |
DAP | Directory Access Protocol |
DAQ | Data Acquisition |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DAT | Digital Audio Tape |
DAWG | Data Access Working Group |
dB | Decibels |
DB | DataBase |
DB-25 | DB-25 |
DBA | DataBase Administrator |
dBm | Decibels Per Meter |
DBMS | DataBase Management System |
DBS | DataBase System |
DC | Direct Current |
DCA | Document Content Architecture |
DCC | Direct Cable Connection |
DCD | Data Carrier Detect |
DCE | 1) Data Communications Equipment 2) Data Circuit-terminating Equipment |
DCL | Data Control Language |
DCOM | Distributed COM |
DDBMS | Distributed DataBase Management System |
DDE | Dynamic Data Exchange |
DDL | 1) Data Description Language 2) Document Description Language 3) Direct Data Link |
DDMA | Distributed Direct Memory Access |
DDoS | Distributed Denial of Service |
DDP | Datagram Delivery Protocol |
DDR | Double Data Rate |
DDR DRAM | Double-Data-Rate DRAM |
DDS | Digital Data Service |
DEC | Digital Equipment Corporation |
DECnet | Digital Equipment Corporation Network |
DECT | Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications |
DES | Data Encryption Standard |
DFA | Deterministic Finite Automata |
DFC | Data Flow Control |
DFD | Data Flow Diagram |
DGPS | Differential GPS |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DHTML | Dynamic HTML |
DIB | Device Independent Bitmap |
DID | Direct Inward Dialing |
DIF | Data Interchange Format |
DIMM | Double In-Line Memory Module |
DIN | Deutsche Industrie Norm |
DIP | Dual In-Line Package |
DIS | Draft International Standard |
DITA | Darwin Information Typing Architecture |
DL | DownLoad |
DLCI | Data Link Connection Identifier |
DLL | Dynamic Link Library |
DMA | 1) Direct Memory Access 2) Digital Message Device |
DMD | Directory Management Domain |
DML | Data Manipulation Language |
DMS | Document Management System |
DMZ | Demilitarized Zone |
DN | Distinguished Name |
DNA | 1) Digital Network Architecture 2) Distributed Internet Applications/Architecture |
DLP | Digital Light Processing |
DML | Data Manipulation Language |
DMT | Discrete Multitone |
DNA | Digital Network Architecture |
DNS | Domain Naming Service |
DoD | Department of Defense |
DOM | Document Object Model |
DoS | Denial of Services |
DOS | Disk Operating System |
dp | Dot Pitch |
DPA | Demand Priority Architecture |
dpi | dots per inch |
DPMI | DOS Protected Mode Interface |
DPMS | Display Power Management Signaling |
DQE | Data Quality Engineering |
DRAM | Dynamic RAM |
DRC | Domains Relational Calculus |
DRDA | 1) Distributed Relational 2) Database Architecture |
DRM | 1) Device Relationship Management 2) Digital Rights Management |
DRDA | Distributed Relational DataBase Architecture |
DSA | Directory Service Agent |
DSD | Data Structure Definition |
DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
DSN | Data Source Number |
DSP | 1) Digital Signal Processor 2) Directory Service Protocol |
DSR | Data Set Ready |
DSS | Digital Signature Standard |
DSSSL | Document Style Semantics and Specification Language |
DSU/CSU | Data Service Unit / Channel Service Unit |
DTD | Document Type Definition |
DTMF | Dual Tone Multi Frequency |
DTE | Data Terminal Equipment |
DTP | DeskTop Publisher |
DTR | Data Terminal Ready |
DUA | Directory User Agent |
DUN | Dial-Up Networking |
DV | Digital Video |
DVB | Digital Video Broadcast(ing) |
DVD | Digital Video Disk / Digital Versatile Disk |
DVD-RAM | Digital Video Disk RAM |
DVD-ROM | Digital Video Disk ROM |
DVD+RW | Digital Video Disc ReWritable |
DVI | 1) Digital Video Input 2) Digital Video Interface |
DW | Data Warehouse |
D/A | Digital to Analog |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
E/S | ver I/O |
EAN | European Association for Numeration or Articles |
EAO | ver CAI |
EAS | Electronic Article Surveillance |
ECB | Electronic CodeBook |
EBCDIC | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
ECC | Error-Correcting Code |
ECM | Enterprise Content Management |
ECMA | European Computer Manufacturers Asociation |
ECTF | Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum |
EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
EDO RAM | Extended Data Out RAM |
EDSM | Event-Driven State Machine |
EDVAC | Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer |
EEI | External Environment Interface |
EFS | Encrypted File System |
EFTS | Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification |
EGA | Enhanced Graphics Adapter |
EGP | External Gateway Protocol |
EIA | Electronic Industries Association |
EICAR | European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research |
EIDE | Enhanced IDE |
EISA | Extended ISA |
EJB | Enterprise Java Bean |
EMA | Enterprise Management Architecture |
Electronic Mail | |
EMBM | Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping |
EMF | Enhanced Metafile |
EMI | Electro-Magnetic Interference |
EMM | Expand Memory Manager |
EMS | Expand Memory Specification |
ENIAC | Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer |
EOM | End Of Message |
EOT | End Of Transmission |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
EPC | Electronic Product Code |
EPROM | Erasable Programmable ROM |
EPS | Encapsulated Postscript |
EPSF | Encapsulated PostScript Format |
EPSS | Employee Performance Support System |
E-R | Entity-Relationship |
ERD | Entity – Relationship Diagram |
ERM | Entity – Relationship Model |
ERP | Exterior Routing Protocol |
ES | End System |
ESA | Enterprise System Architecture |
ESD | Electronic Software Delivery |
ESP | External Service Provider |
ETB | End of Text Block |
EthIR | Ethernet Infra Red |
ETR | Early Token Release |
ETX | End of Text |
EULA | End-User License Agreement |
EXIF | Exchangeable Image File |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
F SCSI | Fast SCSI |
F W SCSI | Fast-Wide SCSI |
FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
FAR | False Accept Rate |
FAT | File Attribute Table |
FAT16 | File Attribute Table – 16 bits |
FAT32 | File Attribute Table – 32 bits |
FC | Fibre Channel |
FC-AL | Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
FCS | Frame Check Sequence |
FDC | Floppy Disk Controller |
FDD | Floppy Disk Drive |
FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interconnect |
FDM | Frequency Division Modulation o Multiplexing |
FDX | Full Duplex |
FEC | Fast Ethernet Channel |
FIFO | First In First Out |
FIR | Fast ethernet Infra Red |
FIT | Fingerprint Identification Technology |
FLOPS | Floating point Operation Per Second |
FLV | Flash Video |
FM | Frequency Modulation |
FO | 1) Fiber-Optic 2) Formatting Object |
FOSS | Free and Open Source Software |
FORTRAN | FORmula TRANslation |
FP | Floating Point |
FPGA | Field-Programmable Gate Arrays |
FQHN | Fully Qualified Host Name |
FPU | Floating Point Unit |
FRAD | Frame Relay Access Device |
FRF | Frame Relay Forum |
FRFH | Frame Relay Frame Handler |
FRSE | Frame Relay Switching Equipment |
FRTE | Frame Relay Terminal Equipment |
FSE | 1) Fast Software Encryption 2) Foundations of Software Engineering |
FSK | Frequency-Shift Keying |
FSM | Finite-State Machine |
FTAM | File Transfer and Access Management |
FTS | Full-Text Search |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
FXO | Foreign Exchange Office |
FXS | Foreign Exchange Subscriber |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
G | Graphics port |
GAP | Gateway Access Protocol |
GARP | Group Address Registration Protocol |
Gb | Gigabit |
GB | Gigabyte |
GBICs | Gigabit Interface Connectors |
Gbps | GigaBits Per Second |
GCF | Generic Connection Framework |
GCS | Global Coordinate System |
GDBM | GNU DataBase Manager |
GDDM | Graphical Data Display Manager |
GDI | 1) Graphics Device Interface 2) Graphical 2D/3D Interface |
GHz | Gigahertz |
GIF | Graphical Interchange Format |
GigaPOP | Gigabit Point of Presence |
GINA | Graphical Identification aNd Authentication |
GIOP | Generalized Inter-ORB Protocol |
GIS | Geographical Information System |
GHz | Gigahertz |
GMR | Giant MagnetoResistive technology |
GMS | Global Mobile System |
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
GND | Ground |
GNU | Gnu is Not Unix |
GPL | General Public License |
GPRS | 1) General Packet Radio Service 2) Global Packet Radio Service |
GPS | Global Positioning Satellite |
GPU | Graphics Processing Unit |
GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications |
GTLD | Generic Top Level Domain |
GUI | Graphical User Interface |
GUID | Globally Unique Identifier |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
HACP | HTTP AICC CMI Protocol |
HAL | Hardware Abstraction Layer |
HAN | House Area Network |
HANA | High Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance |
HBA | Host Bus Adapter |
HCE | Hub Common Equipment |
HCL | Hardware Compatibility List |
HCRP | Hardcopy Cable Replacement Profile |
HCV | High Capacity Voice |
HD | 1) High Density 2) HDD |
HDC | Hard Disk Controller |
HDD | Hard Disk Drive |
HDLC | High-level Data Link Control Protocol |
HDML | Handheld Devices Markup Language |
HDSL | High-bit rate DSL |
HDTV | High Definition TV |
HDX | Half Duplex Transmission |
HF | High Frecuency |
HFDF | High Frequency Direction Finder |
HFS | Hierarchical File System |
HG | Harvard Graphics |
HID | Human Interface Devices |
HiFD | High capacity Floppy Disk |
HLA | High Level Architecture |
HLS | Hue, Lightness and Saturation |
HMAC | Hashed Message Authentication Code |
HMI | Human Machine Interface |
HMMs | Hidden Markov Models |
HOLAP | Hybrid OLAP |
HP | Hewlett-Packard |
HPC | Handheld Personal Computer |
HPGL | Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language |
HPOM | Home Page Object Model |
HQA | Hardware Quality Assurance |
HSL | Hue, Saturation and Lightness |
HSM | Hierarchical Storage Management |
HTML | HyperText Markup Language |
HSV | Hue Saturation Value |
HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol |
HTTPD | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Daemon |
HTTPS | Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure |
HUXGA | Hex Ultra XGA |
HVAC | Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning |
HWD | Height, Width and Depth |
Hz | Hertz |
H/PC | Handheld PC |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
I&T | Integration and Testing |
I/O | Input/Output |
IA | . |
IAB | Internet Architecture Board |
IAFIS | Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System |
IANA | Internet Assigner Number Authority |
IAX | Inter-Asterisk Exchange |
IBM | International Business Machines |
IC | Integrated Circuit |
ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICAP | Internet Content Adaptation Protocol |
ICE | In-Circuit Emulator |
ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
ICRA | Internet Content Rating Association |
ICS | 1) IEEE Computer Society 2) Internet Connection Sharing |
ICSA | International Computer Security Association |
ID | Identification / Identifier / Identity |
IDE | 1) Integrated Drive Electronics 2) Integrated Development Environment |
IDU | Indoor Unit |
IDSL | ISDN DSL |
IDT | Integrated Devices Tecnology Co |
IDX | Index |
IE | Internet Explorer |
IE5 | Internet Explorer version 5 |
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
IFMP | Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol |
IGP | Internal Gateway Protocol |
IIS | Internet Information Server |
IKE | Internet Key Exchange |
ILM | Information Lifecycle Management |
ILS | Internet Locator Server |
ILT | Instructor-Led Training |
IM | Instant Messaging |
IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
IMS | Instructional Management System |
INET | InterNet |
IOP | Input/Output Processor |
IP | Internet Protocol |
IPng | Internet Protocol – Next Generation |
IPO | 1) Initial Public Offerings 2) International Purchasing Office |
IPP | Internet Printing Protocol |
IPSec | IP Security |
IPTC | International Press Telecommunications Council |
IPv.6 | IP version 6 |
IPX | Internet Packet eXchange |
IQoS | Internet Quality of Service |
IR | Infra Red |
IRC | Internet Relay Chat |
IRP | Interior Routing Protocol |
IRQ | Interrupt ReQuest |
IRS | Interface Requirements Specification |
IRTF | Internet Research Task Force |
IS | Information System |
IS-IS | Intermetdiate System to Intermediate System |
ISA | 1) Industry Standard Architecture 2) Integrated Services Architecture |
ISAKMP | Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol |
ISAM | Index-Sequential Access Method |
ISAPI | Internet Server Application Programming Interface |
ISDN | Integrated Service Digital Network |
ISMA | Internet Streaming Media Alliance |
ISO | International Standards Organization |
ISO 9000 | standard ISO 9000 |
ISO 9660 | standard ISO 9660 |
ISP | 1) Internet Service Provider 2) In-System Programming 3) International Standard Profile |
ISV | Independent Software Vendor |
IT | Information Technology |
ITC | Information Technology Center |
ITG | Information Technology Group |
ITMC | Interface/Time Mission Critical |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
ITU-T | ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector |
IV&V | Independent Verification and Validation |
IVDT | Integrated Voice/Data Terminal |
IVR | Interactive Voice Response |
IVV | Independent Verification and Validation |
IWM | Integrated Woz Machine |
IXC | Inter eXchange Carrier |
I2O | Intelligent Input/Output |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
J2CA | J2EE Connection Architecture |
J2EE | Java 2 Enterprise Edition |
J2K | JPEG 2000 |
J2ME | Java 2 Micro Edition |
J2MX | J2EE Management Extensions |
J2SE | Java 2 Standard Edition |
JAAS | Java Authentication and Authorization Service |
JAR | Java ARchive |
JAS | Java Application Server |
JCA | Java Cryptography Architecture |
JCE | Java Cryptography Extension |
JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
JDBC | Java DataBase Connectivity |
JDK | Java Development Kit |
JDT | Java Development Tool |
JEIDA | Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association |
JIDL | Java Interface Definition Language |
JIT | Just In Time |
JMAPI | Java Management API |
JMS | Java Message Service |
JNDI | Java Naming and Directory Interface |
JNI | Java Native Interface |
JPEG | Joints Photographic Experts Group |
JS | JavaScript (file extension) |
JSA | Java Security Architecture |
JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
JSP | Java Server Page |
JTA | Java Transaction API |
JTAG | Joint Test Action Group |
JTS | Java Transaction Service |
JVM | Java Virtual Machine |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
Kb | KiloBits |
KB | KiloBytes |
Kbps | KiloBits Per Second |
KHz | Kilohertz |
KNI | Katmai New Instructions |
KPA | Key Process Area |
KSH | Korn Shell |
KW | KiloWatt |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
L1 | Level 1 |
L2 | Level 2 |
L2CAP | Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol |
L2F | Layer 2 Forwarding |
L2TP | Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol |
LAMP | Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Python/Perl |
LAMS | Learning Activity Management System |
LAN | Local Area Network |
LAP | Link Access Procedure |
LAPB | Link Access Procedure – Balanced |
LAPD | Link Access Procedure on the D Channel |
LAPF | Link Access Procedure for Frame Mode Bearer Services |
LAPM | Link Access Procedure for Modems |
LAR | Legal Amount Recognition |
LASER | Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
LATA | Local Access and Transport Area |
LBS | Location Based Service |
LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
LCH | Luminance, Chrominance, and Hue |
LCN | Logical Channel Number |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LDDB | Local Directory DataBase |
LEC | LAN Emulation Client |
LED | Light-Emitting Diode |
LES | LAN Emulation Server |
LF | Line Feed |
LGPL | Lesser General Public License |
LIFO | Last In First Out |
LILO | Last In – Last Out |
LISP | List Processing |
LLC | Logical Link Control |
LMDS | Local Multipoint Distribution Service |
LMS | 1) Laser Magnetic Storage 2) Learning Management System |
LOM | Learning Object Metadata |
LOR | Learning Object Repository |
LPC | Linear Predictive Coding |
LPT | 1) Line printer 2) Low Radiation |
LR | 1) Learning Resources 2) Linear Regression |
LRC | Longitudinal Redundancy Checking |
LSI | Large Scale Integration |
LRN | Learning Resource interchange |
LSB | Least Significant Bit |
LSE | Local System Environment |
LSI | Large Scale Integrated |
LSP | Layered Service Provider |
LSSI | . |
LTSC | Learning Technology Standards Committee |
LU | Logical Unit |
LVM | Logical Volume Manager |
LZW | Lempel, Ziv and Welch |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
M&S | Modeling and Simulation |
M2M | Mobile to Mobile |
MAC | 1) Medium Access Control 2) Message Authentication Code |
MAP | Manufacturing Automation Protocol |
MAPI | Messaging Application Programming Interface |
MARC | Machine Readable Cataloging |
MAU | Media Sccess Unit |
Mb | Megabits |
MB | MegaBytes |
MBone | Multicasting backBone |
Mbps | Megabits per second |
MBR | Master Boot Record |
MCA | Micro Channel Architecture |
MCGA | Multi-Colour Graphics Array |
MCS | Microsoft Cluster Server |
MCSE | Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer |
MCU | Main Control Unit |
MDA | Monochrome Display Adaptor |
MDBMS | Megadatabase Management System |
MDI | Multiple Document Interface |
MDX | Multi-Dimensional eXpression |
MEGACO | Media Gateway Control |
MFC | Microsoft Foundation Classes |
MFLOPS | Mega FLOPS |
MG | Media Gateway |
MGC | Media Gateway Controller |
MGCP | Media Gateway Control Protocol |
MHz | MegaHertz |
MIB | Management Information Base |
MIC | Microphone |
MICS | Management Information & Control System |
MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
MIDP | Mobile Information Device Profile |
MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
MIPS | Millions of Instructions per Second |
MIS | Management Information System |
MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
MITS | Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems |
MHz | Megahertz |
MM | Multimedia |
MMC | 1) Microsoft Management Console 2) Multi-Media Card 3) Multimedia Messaging Service |
MME | Microsoft Mobile Explorer |
MMU | 1) Mass Memory Unit 2) Memory Management Unit |
MMVF | Multimedia Video File |
MMX | MultiMedia eXtensions |
MO | Magneto-Optical |
MOLAP | Multidimensional On Line Analitical Processing |
MONET | Multiwavelenght Optical Networking |
MOSFET | Transistor of effect of metal-oxide-semiconductor field |
MOTO | Mail Order/Telephone Order |
MP3 | MPEG Layer-3 Audio |
MPC | Multimedia PC |
MPEG | Moving Pictures Experts Group |
MPEG-1 | Moving Pictures Experts Group 1 |
MPEG-2 | Moving Pictures Experts Group 2 |
MPG | MPEG format file |
MPOA | MultiProtocol Over ATM |
MPP | Massively Parallel Processing |
MPS | Message Processing Service |
MQ | Message Queue |
MR | Magneto Resistive |
MRP | Material Requirements Software |
MS | MicroSoft |
MSAV | MiscroSoft AntiVirus |
MSB | Most Significant Bit |
MSCP | Mass Storage Control Protocol |
MSDOS | Microsoft Disk Operating System |
MS-DOS | ver MSDOS |
MSCS | Microsoft Cluster Server |
MSDN | Microsoft Developer Network |
MSMP | Modeling and Simulation Master Plan |
MSN | MicroSoft Network internet service |
MSNF | Multiple Systems Networking Facility |
MSRR | Modeling and Simulation Resource Repository |
MSS | Multiprotocol Switched Services |
MSTS | MicroSoft Terminal Server |
MSU | Mass Storage Unit |
MTBF | Mean Time Between Failures |
MTTR | Mean Time To Repair |
MTS | Microsoft Transaction Server |
MTU | Maximum Transfer Unit |
MVP | Most Valuable Product |
MVS | Multiple Virtual Storage |
MVT | Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks |
MX | Mail Exchange |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
N/A | Not Available |
NAC | Network Access Control |
NACK | Negative Acknowledgment |
NAP | Network Access Point |
NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NAT | Network Address Translation |
NC | 1) Network Computers 2) Norton Comander |
NCA | Network Computing Architecture |
NCB | Node Control Block |
NCC | Network Control System |
NCP | Network Control Program |
NCSA | 1) National Computer Security Association 2) National Center for Supercomputing Applications |
NDD | Norton Disk Doctor |
NDIS | Network Driver Interface Specification |
NDS | NetWare Directory Services |
NET | No Electronic Theft |
NetBEUI | NetBios Extended User Interface |
NetBIOS | Network Basic Input / Output System |
NFS | Network File System |
NGI | Next-Generation Internet |
NHRP | Next Hop Resolution Protocol |
NI | Non-Interlaced |
NIC | 1) Network Interface Card 2) Network Information Center |
NiCad | Nickel Cadmium |
NICE | Narrative, Immersion, Constructivist/Collaborative Environment |
NIF | Network Information File |
NII | National Information Infrastructure |
NiMH | Nickel Metal Hydrate |
NIS | Network Infomation Service |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technologies |
NLC | Natural Language Command |
NLP | Natural Language Processing |
NMS | Network Management System |
NN | Network Node |
NNTP | Network News Transfer Protocol |
NOC | Network Operations Center |
NOS | Network Operating System |
NR | Negative Response |
nrt-VBR | Non-Real-Time Variable Bit Rate |
ns | nanosecond |
NSA | National Security Agency (USA) |
NSAPI | Netscape Server Application Programming Interface |
NSF | National Science foundation |
NSFNET | National Science foundation Network |
NSP | Network Services Protocol |
NT | Windows NT |
NTFS | NT File System |
NTLM | NT LAN Manager |
NTONC | National Transparent Optical Network Consortium |
NTP | Network Time Protocol |
NTS | Windows NT Server |
NTSC | National Transmission Standards Committee |
NU | Norton Utilities |
NVP | Network Voice Protocol |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
OAI | Open Archives Initiative |
OASIS | Organization for Advancement Structured Information Sciences |
OC | Optical Carrier |
OC3 | Optical Carrier 3 |
OC12 | Optical Carrier 12 |
OC48 | Optical Carrier 48 |
OCA | Open Communication Architectures |
OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
OCSP | Online Certificate Status Protocol |
OCX | OLE Control Extension |
ODBC | Open DataBase Conectivity |
ODF | Open Document Format |
ODI | 1) Open Device Interface 2) Open Data link Interface |
ODM | Original Design Manufacturing |
ODMG | Object Database Management Group |
ODU | Outdoor Unit |
OE | Outlook Express |
OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturing |
OID | Object Identifier |
OIL | Ontology Interchange Language |
OKI | Open Knowledge Initiative |
OL | 1) On-Line 2) Open Learning 3) Ordered List |
OLAP | On Line Analitical Processing |
OLE | Object Linking and Embedding |
OLED | Organic Light-Emitting Diode |
OLL | Online Learning |
OLRT | Online Real Time |
OLT | Online Transactions |
OLTP | On Line Transaction Processing |
OMA | Object Management Architecture |
OMG | Object Management Group |
OMR | Optical Mark Reader |
OMT | 1) Object Model Template 2) Object Modeling Technology u Object Modeling Technique |
ONA | Open Network Architecture |
ONG | Organización No Gubernamental |
OO | Object-Oriented |
OOA | Object-Oriented Analysis |
OOD | Object-Oriented Design |
OODB | Object-Oriented Database |
OODBMS | Object Oriented DBMS |
OOP | Object Oriented Programming |
OPAC | Online Payment and Collection |
OPAC | Online Public Access Catalog |
OPC | OLE for Process Control |
OPSEC | Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity |
OQL | Object Query Language |
ORB | Object Request Broker |
ORBD | Object Relational Database |
ORDBMS | Object Relational DBMS |
OS | Operating System |
OSCAR | Open Standards for Container/Content Allowing Re-use |
OSD | Open Software Description |
OSE | Office Server Extensions |
OSF | Open Software Foundation |
OSI | 1) Open Systems Interconnection 2) Open Source Initiative |
OSP | Open Settlement Protocol |
OSPF | Open Shortest Path First |
OSS | Open Source Software |
OSS | Operations Support System |
OSTG | Open Source Technology Group |
OTG | On-The-Go |
OWL | Web Ontology Language |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
P | Parallel port |
PABX | Private Automatic Branch eXchange |
PAL | 1) Phase Alternating Line 2) Programmable Array Logic |
PAN | Personal Area Network |
PAS | Pascal Source Code (file extension) |
PAT | Port Address Translation |
PBD | Power Builder Dynamic Library |
PBE | Password-Based Encryption |
PBKDF | Password-Based Key Derivation Function |
PBX | Private Branch eXchange |
PC | Personal Computer |
PC Card | Personal Computer Card |
PC/PCI | Personal Computer / PCI |
PCB | Printed Circuit Board |
PCI | 1) Personal Computer Interface 2) Program Controlled Interruption |
PCL | Printer Control Language |
PCM | Personal Computer Memory |
PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
PCT | Private Communications Technology |
PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
Portable Document Format | |
PDIP | Plastic Dual-In-line Package |
PDM | Product Data Management |
PDN | Public Data Network |
PDP | Programmable Data Processor |
PDU | Protocol Data Unit |
PENS | Package Exchange Notification Services |
PEP | Packet Exchange Protocol |
PER | Packed Encoding Rules |
PET | Positron Emission Tomography |
PGP | Pretty Good Privacy |
PHP | PHP Hypertext Preprocessor |
PICMG | PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group |
PICS | Plataform for Internet Content Selection |
PID | 1) Packet Identifier 2) Process Identifier |
PIM | 1) Protocol – Independent Multicast 2) Personal Information Manager |
PIN | Personal Identification Number |
PING | Packet InterNet Groper |
PIO | Pin Input/Output |
PKC | Public Key Criptosystem |
PKCS | Public Key Cryptography Standard |
PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
PL | Perl (file extension) |
PLA | Programmable Logic Array |
PLC | Packet-Loss Concealment |
PLC | Programmable Logic Controller |
PLD | Programmable Logic Device |
PL/SQL | Procedural Language SQL |
PMA | Passive Member Address |
PN | Part Number |
PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
PnP | Plug and Play |
POE | Power Over Ethernet |
POP | 1) Post Office Protocol 2) Point Of Presence |
POP3 | Post Office Protocol version 3 |
POS | Point Of Sale |
POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface |
POTS | Plain Old Telephone Service |
ppm | Pages Per Minute |
PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
ppp | . |
PPPoE | PPP over Ethernet |
PPS | Precise Positioning Service |
PPT | Power Point (file extension) |
PPTP | Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
PQF | Prefix Query Format |
PR | Problem Report |
PRF | Pseudo-Random Function |
PRN | Printer |
PROM | Programmable ROM |
PS | 1) PostScript 2) Presentation Services |
PSDN | Packet-Switched Data Network |
PSE | Personal Secure Environment |
PSN | Packet-Switched Network |
PSP | Program Segment Prefix |
PSQL | Procedural SQL |
PSR | PowerSoft Report |
PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
PSW | Program Status Word |
PSYC | Protocol for SYnchronous Conferencing |
PTN | Public Telephone Network |
PTR | Pointer |
PU | Physical Unit |
PVC | Permanent Virtual Circuit |
PVD | Positive Voice Detection |
PWI | Public Windows Interface |
PWR | Power |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
QA | Quality Assurance |
QA&C | Quality Assurance and Control |
QBASIC | Quick Basic |
QC | Quality Control |
QDOS | Quick and Dirty Operating System |
QE | Quality Engineer |
QEB | Quality Engineering Branch |
QED | Quod Erat Demonstrandum |
QEM | Quality Engineering Memorandum |
QFD | Quality Function Deployment |
QNH | Atmospheric Pressure at Nautical Height |
QNTY | Quantity |
QOS | Quality of Service |
QSXGA | Quad Super XGA |
QTI | Question and Test Interoperability |
QT | Quick Time |
QVGA | Quarter VGA |
QWERTY | Q, W, E, R, T, Y |
QXGA | Quad Extended Graphics Array |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
R&D | Research and Development |
RA | Relational Algebra |
RAD Tools | Rapid Application Development Tools |
RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
RADSL | Rate-Adaptive DSL |
RAID | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
RAID-0 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 0 |
RAID-1 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 1 |
RAID-2 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 2 |
RAID-3 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 3 |
RAID-4 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 4 |
RAID-5 | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – level 5 |
RAM | Random Access Memory |
RAND | 1) Random 2) Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory |
RAS | Remote Access Server |
RCE | Radio Control Equipment |
RCL | Radio Communications Link |
RCS | Revision Control System |
RCST | Return Channel Satellite Terminal |
RDA | Remote Database Access |
RDB | Reverse-Engineering Data Base |
RDBMS | Relational DataBase Management System |
RDF | 1) Resource Description Format 2) Resource Description Framework |
RDO | Remote Data Objects |
RDRAM | Rambus DRAM |
RDSI | see ISDN |
RE | Reverse Engineering |
REST | Representational State Transfer |
RF | Radio Frequency |
RFC | Request For Comments |
RFCOMM | Radio Frequency Communication |
RFDC | Radio Frequency Data Communication |
RFID | Radio Frequency Identification |
RFM | Radio Frequency Monitor |
RFP | Request For Proposal |
RGB | Red, Green, and Blue |
RI | Ring Indicator |
RIA | Rich Internet Application |
RIFF | Resource Interchange File Format |
RIP | Routing Internet Protocol |
RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
RJE | Remote Job Entry |
RIP | 1) Routing Information Protocol 2) Raster Image Processor |
RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
RM | 1) Reference Model 2) Resource Manager |
RMI | Remote Method Invocation |
RNR | Receive Not Ready |
ROI | Return On Investment |
ROLAP | Relational On-Line Analytical Processing |
ROM | Read Only Memory |
ROR | Ruby on Rails |
RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
RPM | Revolutions per minute |
RPN | Reverse Polish Notation |
RR | Receive Ready |
RRD | Round Robin Database |
RS | 1) RISC System 2) Recommended Standard |
RS/6000 | RISC System 6000 |
RSA | Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman |
RSS | Rich Site Summary |
RSVP | Resource reSerVation Protocol |
RTC | Public Switched Telephone Network |
RTCP | Real-Time Control Protocol |
RTF | Rich Text Format |
RTLS | Real-Time Locating Systems |
RTM | Response-Time Monitor |
RTOS | Real-Time Operating System |
RTP | 1) Real-time Transport Protocol 2) Real-Time Protocol |
RTR | Ready To Receive |
RTS | 1) Real-Time Strategy 2) Ready To Send 2) Request To Send |
RTSP | Real-Time Streaming Protocol |
RTTP | Real-Time Transaction Processing |
rt-VBR | Real-Time Variable Bit Rate |
RU | Request (o Response) Unit |
RX | Receiver (o Receive) Data |
RZ | Return-to-Zero |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
S56 | Switchet 56 |
S-HTTP | Secure HTTP |
S/M | SyncMaster |
S/MIME | Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
S/N | 1) Signal-to-Noise ratio 2) Serial Number |
S2K | Serials 2000 |
S | Serial port |
SA | 1) Security Association 2) System Administration |
SAA | System Applications Architecture |
SACD | Super Audio CD |
SACK | Selective ACK |
SALT | Speech Application Language Tags |
SAM | Security Accounts Manager |
SAMBA | Session Message Block |
SAML | Security Assertions Markup Language |
SAN | Storage Area Network |
SAP | Service Access Point |
SAR | Segmentation and Reassembly Layer |
SAS | Serial Attached SCSI |
SASDK | Speech Application SDK |
SASL | Simple Authentication and Security Layer |
SATA | Serial ATA |
SAX | Simple API for XML |
SB | Sound Blaster |
SBC | Single Board Computer |
SBC | Sub Band Codec |
SBCS | Single-Byte Character Set |
SC | Standard connector |
SCA | System Communication Architecture |
SCADA | System Control And Data Acquisition |
SCB | Session Control Block |
SCC | Serial Communications Controller |
SCM | 1) Session Control Manager 2) Source Control Management |
SCO | 1) Sharable Content Object 2) Synchronous Connection Oriented |
SCORM | 1) Shareable Content Object Reference Model 2) Shareable Courseware Object Reference Model |
SCP | Session Control Point |
SCS | Safety Computer System |
SCSA | Signal Computing System Architecture |
SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
SCSI-2 | SCSI-2 |
SCSI-3 | SCSI-3 |
SD | Super Density |
SDDI | Shielded Distributed Data Interface |
SDH | Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
SDI | Single Document Interface |
SDIF | Standard Document Interchange Format |
SDIO | Secure Digital Input/Output |
SDK | Software Development Kit |
SDKJ | Software Development Kit for Java |
SDL | System Description Language |
SDLC | Synchronous Data Link Control protocol |
SDN | Software-Defined Network |
SDP | Service Discovery Protocol |
SDRAM | Synchronous Dynamic RAM |
SDSL | Single-Line Digital Subscriber Line / Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
SEC | Single Edge Contact |
SET | Secure Electronic Transaction |
SFS | Shared File System |
SFT | System Fault Tolerance |
SGI | Silicon Graphics Inc. |
SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language |
SGRAM | Synchronous Graphics RAM |
SHA | Secure Hash Algorithm |
SHTTP | Secure HTTP |
SIG | Special Interest Group |
SIMD | Single Instruction Multiple Data |
SIMM | Single In-Line Memory Module |
SIMPLE | SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions |
SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
SIPC | Simply Interactive PC |
SIS | Silicon Integrated Systems |
SISA | Simulation-based Intelligent Training and Assessment |
SISO | Single Input, Single Output |
SKAP | Strong Key Management and Authentication Protocol |
SKIP | Simple Key Management for Internet Protocol |
SKOS | Simple Knowledge Organization System |
SLAs | Service-Level Agreements |
SLI | Scan-Line Interlacing |
SLIP | Serial Line Interface Protocol |
SLR | Single-Lens Reflex |
SM | Session Manager |
SMB | Session Message Block |
SMDS | Synchronous Multimegabit Data Service |
SMP | Symmetric Multiprocessing |
SMPTE | Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers |
SMS | System Managed Storage |
SMT | 1) Surface Mount Technology 2) Symmetric Multi-Threading |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SNA | Systems Network Architecture |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SNPP | Simple Network Paging Protocol |
SNR | Signal/Noise Ratio |
SOA | Start of Authority |
SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol |
SOE | Standard Operating Environment |
SOHO | Small Office Home Office |
SOI | Signals of Interest |
SOIC | Small-Outline Integrated Circuit |
SOM | Schema Object Model |
SONET | Synchronous Optical NETwork |
SPARQL | Simple Protocol and RDF Query Language |
SPEC | Specification |
SPEC_95 | Specification 95 |
SPF | Sender Policy Framework |
SPIDs | Service Profile IDentifiers |
SPP | Scalable Parallel Processing |
SPS | Standard Positioning Service |
SPX | Sequenced Packet eXchange |
SQA | Software Quality Assurance |
SQAP | Software Quality Assurance Plan |
SQE | Software Quality Engineer |
SQL | Structured Query Language |
SRAM | Static RAM |
SRM | 1) Software Reference Manual 2) System Resource Manager |
SRS | 1) Sender Rewriting Scheme 2) Software Requirements Specification |
SRW | Search and Retrieval for the Web |
SS7 | Signaling System No. 7 |
SS | Spread Spectrum |
SSA | Serial Storage Architecture |
SSE | Streaming SIMD Extensions |
SSH | Secure Shell |
SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
SSML | Speech Synthesis Markup Language |
SSOP | 1) Security Standard Operating Procedures 2) Shrink Small Outline Package |
ST | Standard Type |
STD | Standard |
STL | Standard Template Library |
STM | Synchronous Transfer Mode |
STP | Shielded Twisted Pair |
STX | Start of Text |
SVAPI | Speaker Verification API |
SVC | Switched Virtual Circuit |
SVD | Simultaneous Voice Data |
SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics |
SVGA | Super VGA |
SVH | Spin Valve Head |
SWOP | Standard Web Off-set Press |
SWT | Standard Widget Toolkit |
SXGA | Super XGA |
SYN | Synchronization |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
T1 | T-carrier channel 1 |
T2 | T-carrier channel 2 |
T3 | T-carrier channel 3 |
T4 | T-carrier channel 4 |
T-carrier | T-carrier channel |
T&E | Test and Evaluation |
T/R | Transmit/Receive |
TAM | Telephone Answering Machine |
TAP | Telelocator Alphanumeric Protocol |
TAPI | Telephony Application Programming Interface |
TAR | 1) Tape Archive 2) True Accept Rate |
TAS | TotalNet Advanced Server |
TBD | To Be Determined o To Be Done |
TCM | Time-Compression Multiplexing |
TCO | Total Cost of Ownership |
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol |
TDM | Time Division Multiplexing |
TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access |
TDP | Tag Distribution Protocol |
TDS | Tabular Data Stream |
TE | Terminal Equipment |
TELNET | Tele Network |
TFT | Thin Film Transistor |
TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
TI | . |
TIA | Telecommunications Industry Association |
TID | Terminal Identification Number |
TIFF | Tag Image File Format |
TLD | 1) Top Level Design 2) Top Level Domain |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
TM | TradeMark |
TMX | Translation Memory eXchange |
TP | Transaction Processing |
TQFP | Thin Quad Flat Pack |
TR | 1) Technical Report 2) Token Ring |
TRA | Token Ring Adapter |
TRC | Tuples Relational Calculus |
TRIP | Telephony Routing over IP |
TS | Transaction Services |
TSOP | Thin Small-Outline Package |
TSP | Telephony Service Providers |
TSR | Terminate and Stay Resident |
TSS | Telecommunications Standard Sector |
TTL | Time To Live |
TTL | Transistor to Transistor Logic |
TTS | Text To Speech |
TTY | Terminal Type |
TWX | Teletypewriter Exchange |
TX | Transmitter o Transmit Data |
TZ | Time Zone |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
U SCSI | Ultra SCSI |
U W SCSI | Ultra Wide SCSI |
UART | Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter |
UBR | Unspecified Bit Rate |
UCAID | University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development |
UCB | Unit Control Block |
UCC | Uniform Code Council |
UCE | Unsolicited Commercial Email |
UDDI | Universal Discovery Description Integration |
UDF | Universal Disk Format |
UDI | Unrestricted Digital Information |
UDMA | Ultra Direct Memory Access |
UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
UDT | Universal Development Tool |
UFDA | USB Flash Drive Alliance |
UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
UI | User Interface |
UID | Unique Identification Number |
UID | User Identification |
UL | 1) Unordered Lists 2) UpLoad |
UML | Unified Modeling Language |
UMS | USB Mass Storage |
UNI | User Network Interface |
UNIVAC | UNIVersal Automatic Computer |
UPC | Universal Product Code |
UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
URL | Universal Resource Locator |
URN | Uniform Resource Name |
USART | Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
USB | Universal Serial Bus |
UTC | Coordinated Universal Time / Temp Universel Coordonné |
UTF | Unicode Transformation Format |
UV | Ultraviolet |
UTP | Unshielded Twisted Pair |
UVGA | Ultra VGA |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
V.90 | V.90 Standard |
V&V | Verification and Validation |
V. | CCITT Code Designation |
V | Version |
VA | Visual Age |
VAR | 1) Value-Added Reseller 2) Variable |
VB | Visual Basic |
VBNS | Very-high-speed Backbone Network Service Very-high Bandwidth Network Service |
VBR | Variable Bit Rate |
VBX | Visual Basic ControlS |
VC | Virtual Channel |
VCC | Virtual Channel Connections |
VCD | Video CD |
VCI | Virtual Channel Identifier |
VCM | Virtual Channel Memory |
VCP | Virtual Channel Path |
VCR | Video Cassette Recorder |
VCS | Version Control System |
VDD | Virtual Device Driver |
VDI | Video Device Interface |
VDSL | Very-high-rate DSL |
VDU | Video Display Unit |
VESA | Video Electronics Standards Association |
VGA | Video Graphics Array |
VHCS | Virtual Hosting Control System |
VHF | Very High Frequency |
VHS | Vertical Helical Scan |
VIC | Voice Interface Card |
VLAN | Virtual LAN |
VLB | VESA Local Bus |
VLE | Virtual Learning Environment |
VLIW | Very Long Instruction Words |
VLSI | Very Large Scale of Integration |
VM | 1) Virtual Machine 2) Virtual Machine |
VMD | Virtual Manufacturing Device |
VML | Vector Markup Language |
VMS | 1) Virtual Memory System 2) Voice Messaging System |
VN | Virtual Network |
VoIP | Voice over IIP |
VoxML | Voice Markup Language |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
VQFP | Very Thin Quad Flat Package |
VR | Virtual Reality |
VRAM | Video RAM |
VRC | Vertical Redundancy Checking |
VRML | Virtual Reality Markup Language |
VRU | Voice Response Unit |
VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminal |
VUI | Voice User Interface |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
W3 | World Wide Web |
W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
W SCSI | Wide SCSI |
WAI | Web Accessibility Initiative |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
WAR | Web Archive |
WBC | WideBand Channel |
WBEM | Web-Based Enterprise Management |
WBT | Web-Based Training |
WBXML | Wireless Binary XML |
WDDX | Web Distributed Data Exchange |
WDM | 1) Wave Division Multiplexing 2) Windows Driver Model |
WebDAV | Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning |
WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy |
WEP | Wireless Encryption Protocol |
WF | Web Farming |
WfM | Wired For Management |
WFW | Windows For Workgroups |
WG | Working Group |
WHATWG | Web Hypertext Applications Technology Working Group |
WiFi | Wireless Fidelity (IEEE 802.11b) |
WiMAX | Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
WINS | Windows Internet Naming Service |
WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
WMA | Windows Media Audio |
WMF | Windows Metafile Format |
WML | Wireless Markup Language |
WMV | Windows Media Video |
WORM | Write Once, Read Many |
WP | Word Perfect |
WPAN | Wireless Personal Area Network |
WPG | Word Perfect Graphics |
WRAM | Windows RAM |
WSCI | Web Service Choreography Interface |
WSCLE | Web Services Conversion Language |
WSDL | Web Services Definition Language |
WSFL | Web Services Flow Language |
WSP | Wireless Session Protocol |
WSQ | Wavelet Scalar Quantization |
WVGA | Wide VGA |
WWW | World Wide Web |
WXGA | Wide XGA |
WYSIWYG | What You See is What You Get |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
X | X Window System |
X. | CCITT Recommendation Designation |
x2 | Times 2 |
XA | Extended Architecture |
XACML | XML Access Control Markup Language |
XAML | Extensible Application Markup Language |
XAP | eXtensible Ajax Platform |
XBAP | XAML Browser Applications |
XDR | XML Data Reduced |
xDSL | x Digital Subscriber Line |
XGA | Extra VGA |
XHTML | Extensible HTML |
XID | Exchange Identification |
XKMS | XML Key Management Specification |
XLANG | Web Services for Business Process Design |
XML | Extensible Markup Language |
XMP | Extensible Metadata Platform |
XMPP | Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol |
XP | Extreme Programming |
XPS | XML Paper Specification |
XQL | XML Query Language |
XSD | XML Schema Definition |
XSL | Extensible Stylesheet Language |
XSLFO | XSL Formatting Objects |
XSLT | XSL Transformations |
XSS | Cross-Site Scripting |
XST | Cross Site Tracing |
XT | Extra Technology |
XUL | Extensible User Interface Language |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
Y2K | Year 2000 |
YACC | Yet Another Compiler Compiler |
Abbreviation | Full-Form – Meaning |
ZIF | Zero Insertion Force |
ZIP | Zone Information Protocol |
ZIS | Zone Information Socket |
ZIT | Zone Information Table |