Abkuerzungsliste ABKLEX (PC-Format) W. Alex, Universitaet Karlsruhe Original Point of Distribution: www.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de Gehen wir von 30 Zeichen aus, aus denen Abkrzungen gebildet werden, und nehmen wir eine gr”3te L„nge von 5 Zeichen an, so lassen sich 25.137.930 verschiedene Abkrzungen bilden (Kombinationen mit Wiederholung und Bercksichtigung der Reihenfolge). Hier folgt eine Auswahl von etwa 6000 Abkrzungen aus den Bereichen Informatik und Telekommunikation. Zwischen Gro3- und Kleinschreibung wird nicht immer unterschieden. Einige Abkrzungen sind geschtzte Namen; diese sind {it nicht/} gekennzeichnet. Die Liste beschreibt nur den Gebrauch, sie legt nicht eine Definition fest. % 1GL 1st Generation Language (Maschinencode) 1TR6 (ISDN-Protokoll, national) 2GL 2nd Generation Language (Assembler) 2MS Strukturierte Monopolleitung 2 Mbit/s 3GL 3rd Generation Language (C/C++, Fortran, Cobol, Pascal) 4GL 4th Generation Language (SQL, Labview) 5GL 5th Generation Language 6GL 6th Generation Language 7E1 (Zeichenformat: 7 Bits/Zeichen, parity even, 1 Stopbit) 8N1 (Zeichenformat: 8 Bits/Zeichen, no parity bit, 1 Stopbit) % % AA Auto Answer AAA Authentication, Authorizing, Accounting AAAAAA Association for the Abolition of Abused Abbreviations and Asinine Acronyms AAAI American Association of Artificial Intelligence AAC Apple Assistance Center AACE Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education AAD Address Adder AAE Allgemeine Anschalt-Erlaubnis AAE Automatische Anrufeinrichtung AAL Absolute Assembly Language AAL ATM Adaptation Layer AALPDU AAL Protocol Data Unit AAMOF As A Matter Of Fact (Slang) AAP Applications Access Point AAP American Association of Publishers AAP Advanced Adaptive Protocol AAPI Audio Applications Programming Interface AARP AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol AAS Arithmetic Assignment Statement AASP ASCII Asynchronous Support Package AAT Average Access Time AATIS Arbeitskreis Amateurfunk und Telekommunikation in der Schule AAVD Automatic Alternate Voice Data AB Ausser Betrieb ABB ASEA Brown Boveri (Schweiz) ABC American Broeadcasting Company ABC Automatic Brightness Control ABCS Advanced Business Communications via Satellite ABD Automatic Baudrate Detection ABEND Abnormal End ABF Adobe Binary Screen Font ABI Application Binary Interface ABIC Access Bus Industry Group ABK Arbeitskreis Bildkommunikation ABM Asynchronous Balanced Mode ABN Australian Bibliographic Network ABNS Application Based Network Services ABR Available Bit Rate ABT Abort AC Access/Automatic Control AC Accumulator AC Alternating Current AC Analogue Computer AC Authentication Center AC Audio Codec ACA Application Control Architecture (DEC) ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol ACAS Application Control Architecture Services ACATS Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Systems ACC Accumulator ACC Area Communication Controller ACCU Association of C and C++ Users ACD Automatic Call Distributor/Distribution ACDI Asynchronous Communication Device Interface ACDP Australian Committee on Data Processing ACE Additional Core Enhancements ACE Advanced Computing Environment (SCO) ACE Adverse Channel Enhancement ACE Automatic Calling Equipment ACELP Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction ACF Access Control Field ACF Advanced Communication Function ACI Advanced Chip Interconnection ACI American Computer Innovators ACFC Address and Control Field Compression ACIA Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter ACIAS Automated Calibration Internal Analysis System ACID Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability ACIS American Committee for Interoperable Systems ACK Acknowledge/Acknowledgement ACK Amsterdam Compiler Kit ACL Access Control List ACL Application Connectivity Link ACL Agent Communication Language ACM Association for Computing Machinery, USA ACMS Application Control Management System ACONET Akademisches Computer-Netz, ™sterrreich ACP Automatic Channel Programming ACP Auxiliary Control Process ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface ACR Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio ACROSS Automated Cargo Release and Operations Service System ACS Access Control Server/System ACS Asynchronous Communication Server ACSE Association Control Service Element/Entity ACSnet Australian Computer Science Network ACT Advanced Communication for Training ACT Applied Computerized Telephony (HP) ACTA America's Carriers Telecommunication Association ACTS Advanced Communications Technologies and Services ACTS Automated Computer Time Service (NIST) ACTV Advanced Compatible Television ACU Access Control Unit ACU Automatic Calling Unit A/D Analog/Digital AD Administrative Domain ADA Adobe Developers Association ADA Automatic Data Acquisition AdaIC Ada Information Clearinghouse ADaM Automatischer Datenmessplatz ADB Apple Desktop Bus ADC Adaptive Data Compression ADC Add with Carry ADC Analogue to Digital Converter ADC Application Development Classes ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Procedure ADD Adapter Device Driver ADE Application Development Environment ADEPA Agence Nationale pour le Developpement de la Production Automatisee ADF Address Distribution Facility ADF Automatic Document Feed ADI Agence de l'Informatique ADI Autodesk Device Interface ADL Address Data Latch ADL Adventure Definition Language ADLAT Adaptive Lattice Filter ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression ADM Add/Drop-Multiplexer ADM Aggregate Data Manager ADM Application Development Modul ADM Asynchronous Disconnected Mode ADM Automatic Drive Maintenance ADMD Administrative/Administration Management Domain (X.400) ADP Automatic Data Processing ADPCM Adaptive Delta/Differential Pulse Code Modulation/Modulator ADR Address ADRC Adaptive Dynamic Range Coding ADRD Automatic Data Rate Detection ADS Active Directory Service ADS Aktiver Diagnose-Stecker ADS Application Development System ADS AutoCAD Development System ADS Automatic Distribution System, ADSC Address Status Changed ADSI Advanced Directory Services Interface ADSL Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line/Loop ADSM Adstar Distributed Storage Manager (IBM) ADSP AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release ADT Abrechnungsdatentr„ger ADT Abstrakter Datentyp ADT Application Data Type ADTV Advanced Definition Television ADU Automatic Dialing Unit ADX Automatic Data Exchange ADxVerz Amtliches Verzeichnis der DATEX-Teilnehmer AEB Analogue Expansion Bus AEC Architectural and Engineering Construction AEC Ars Electronica Center AED Abfrageeinrichtung fr Datenverkehr AEEC Airlines Engineering Electronics Committee AEG Allgemeine Electricit„ts-Gesellschaft AEH Advanced Encapsulated Hypertext AEI Additional Equipment Interface AEIOUS Advanced Enhanced Interface for Open Universal Systems AEM Automatic Emulation Management AEP AppleTalk Echo Protocol AES Application Environment Specification/Services AET Abstract Window Toolkit AET Advanced Educational Technology AET Application Entity Title AF Audio Frequency AF Auxiliary Carry Flag AFAIAA As Far As I Am Aware (Slang) AFAIC As Far As I am Concerned (Slang) AFAIK As Far As I Know (Slang) AFB Adobe Font Binary AFC Automatic Font Change AFC Automatic Frequency Control AFD Automatic File Distribution AFI Authority and Format Identifier AFII Association for Font Information Interchange AFIN Association Franc{c}aise des Informaticiens AFIPS American Federation of Information Processing Societies AFJ April Fool's Joke (Slang) AFK Away From Keyboard (Slang) AFM Adobe Font Metrics AFN American Forces Network AFNOR Association Franc{c}aise de Normalisation AFP Advanced Function Printing AFP AppleTalk Filing Protocol AFS Advanced Freephone Service AFS Alex/Andrew/Advanced File System AFSK Audio Frequency Shift Keyer/Keying (Modulation) AFTP Anonymous FTP (Internet) AFuG Amateurfunkgesetz AFUU Association Franc{c}aise des Utilisateurs d'UNIX AFUUSO Association Franc{c}aise des Utilisateurs d'UNIX et des Systemes Ouverts AFuV Amateurfunkverordnung AGA Advanced Graphics Adapter/Architecture AGAF Arbeitsgemeinschaft Amateurfunkfernsehen AGC Automatic Gain Control AGCS Advanced Graphic Chip Set AGCW Arbeitsgemeinschaft CW AGDX Arbeitsgemeinschaft DX e. V., Erlangen AGE Automatische Gebhrenerfassung AGFMB Arbeitsgemeinschaft Freier Mailboxen AGFPL Aladdin Ghostscript Free Punlic License AGP Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Advanced Graphics Package (HP) AGUI Advanced Graphical User Interface AGV Automatic Guided Vehicle AH Authentication Header AHC Advanced High Speed CMOS AHDL Altera Hardware Description Language AI Adobe Illustrator AI Analogue Input AI Artificial Intelligence AI Active Interface AIA Application Integrated Architecture (DEC) AID Alarm Identification on Demand AIDS Automatic Installation and Diagnostic Service AII Active Input Interface AIK Angewandte Informatik Karlsruhe e. V. AIIM Association for Information and Image Management AIM Advanced Informatics AIM Automatic Interface Management in Medicine AIM Apple, Intel, Motorola AIMB As I Mentioned Before (Slang) AIN Advanced Intelligent Networks AIN Auto Insert Notification AIPS Astronomical Image Processing System AIS Alarm Indication Signal AIS Application Integration Services AISB Association of Imaging Service Bureaus AISI As I See It (Slang) AISP Association of Information Systems Professionals AIT Advanced Information Technology AIT Advanced Intelligent Tape AIUI As I Understand It (Slang) AIW APPN Implementor's Workshop AIX Advanced Interactive Executive (IBM) AKA Also Known As (Slang) AKI Arbeitskreis Informatik AKS Arbeitskreis Schule (in der GUUG) AL Application Layer AL Arbitrated Loop AL Assembly Language ALA American Library Association ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuit ALC Automatic Level Control ALE Address Latch Enable ALE Application Link Enabling ALEX Altlasten-Expertensystem ALEX Automatic Login Executor ALEX Automatic Labor Exchange ALGOL Algorithmic Language ALI Automatic Link Intelligence ALM Application Loadable Modul ALOE Apple Library for Object Embedding ALS Advanced Low Power Schottky ALT Alternate ALU Arithmetic Logic/Logical Unit ALWR Arbeitskreis der Leiter Wissenschaftlicher Rechenzentren AM Amplitudenmodulation AM Anschlussmodul AMANDDA Automated Messaging and Directory Assistance AMD Active Matrix Display AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., USA AMDS Amplitude Modulation Data System AME Advanced Metal Evaporated AMF All Media Floppy AMH Automated Materials Handling AMI Alternate/Alternative Mark Inversion AMI American Microsystems Inc. AML ACPI Machine Language AMLCD Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture AMO Administration and Maintenance Order AMP Asymmetric Multi Processing AMTEC Ausstellung fr Amateurfunktechnik, Elektronik, Computer AMS Andrew Message System Amtor Amateur microcomputer teleprinting over radio AN Access Network ANAC Automatic Number Announcement Circuit ANDF Architecture Neutral Distribution Format ANF Additional Network Feature ANFSCD And Now For Something Completely Different (Slang) ANI Automatic Number Identification (Telefon) ANIS Analoger Anschluss an einer ISDN-Vermittlungsstelle ANL Automatic Noise Limiter ANR Advanced/Automatic Network Routing ANS Access Network System ANS Advanced Networks and Services ANSA Advances Network Systems Architecture ANSI American National Standards Institute ANTC Advanced Networking Test Center ANW International Academic Networking Workshop AO Analogue Output AOC Advice Of Charge AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment AOE Application Operating Environment (AT&T) AOI Active Output Interface AOL America Online, Inc. AOR Atlantic Ocean Region AOS Add Or Subtract AOW Asia and Oceania Workshop (OSI) AP Access Point AP Application/Adjunct Processor AP Automatic Pagination APA All Points Addressable APA Adaptive Packet Assembly APA Arithmetic Processing Accelerator APA Amateur Press Association APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report (IBM) APAREN Address Parity Enable APaRT Automated Packet Recognition/Translation APC Application Protocol APC Association for Progressive Communications APC Arbeitsplatzcomputer APC Airborne Public Correspondence APC Automated Production Protocol APCUG Association of PC Users Groups APDA Apple Programmers and Developers Association APE Abgesetzte Periphere Einheit APEX Advanced Packet Exchange APG Automated Password Generator API Application Program/Programming Interface APIA Application Program Interface Association APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APL A Programming Language APL Application Programm Library APM Advanced Power Management APOL Alternate Person On Line (Slang) APP Application Portability Profile APP Automatic Page Positioning APPC Advanced Program to Program Communication/Converter (IBM) APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Network/Networking (IBM) APS Advanced Production/Photo System APS Automatic Position Select APS Asynchronous Protocol Specification APS Auto Pilot System APS Assembly Programming System APSE Ada Project Support Environment APT Address Pass Through APT Automatically Programmed Tools APT Application Program Title APT Advanced Parallel Technology APT Adobe Postscript Point AQL A Query Language ARA AppleTalk Remote Access ARAP Apple Remote Access Protocol ARB Adaptive Rate Based ARC Advanced RISC Computing ARCA Advanced RISC Computing Architecture ARCNET Attached Resource Computer/Computing Network ARDF Amateur Radio Direction Finding ARL Adjusted Ring Length ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited ARM Asynchronous Response Mode ARM ARPANET Reference Model ARM Advanced RISC Machine ARM Account Resource Management ARMA Association of Record Managers and Administrators, USA ARMM Automated Retroactive Minimal Moderation ARMS Architecture for Reliable Managed Storage ARNE Automated Remote Network Evaluation ARNS AppleTalk Remote Network Server ARP Address Resolution Protocol (Internet) ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency, USA ARPA Auto Radar Plotting Aid ARPL Adjust Requested Privilege Level ARQ Automatic Repeat Request ARR Automatic Repeat/Retransmission Request ARRL American Radio Relay League ARS Adaptive Rate System ARS Address Retrieval System ARS Automatic Route Selection ART Another Ray Tracer ARTIC A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor (IBM) ARU Audio Response Unit AS Authentication Server AS Autonomous System AS3AP ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable ASA American Standards Association ASA Advanced SCSI Architecture ASA Adaptive Security Algorithm ASAM Arbeitskreis zur Standardisierung von Automatisierungs- und Messsystemen ASAP As Soon As Possible (Slang) ASAP Automatic Switching And Processing ASB Alarm-Signal-Bearbeitung ASC Accredited Standards Committee (ANSI) ASC Authorized Service/Support Center ASCI Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCIIZ ASCII String, Zero Terminated ASCOM Asynchronous Communication Control Program ASE Advanced Server Environment ASEA Allm„nna Svenska Electricitets-Aktiebolag, Schweden ASF Active Movie Streaming Format ASF Aspect Source Flag ASI Adapter Support Interface (IBM) ASI Alarm-Signal-Initialisierung ASI Application Specific Instruction ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology ASK Akademische Software Kooperation, Karlsruhe ASK Amplitude Shift Keying ASL ACPI Control Method Source Language ASL Adaptive Speed Levelling ASL Architectural Space Laboratory, Zrich ASM Application Specific Memory ASM Automated Storage Management ASN Access Stack Node ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One (ISO, CCITT) ASO Active Sideband Optimum ASP Active Server Page/Pages ASP AppleTalk Session Protocol ASP Association of Shareware Professionals ASP Advanced Signal Processor ASP Active Server Page ASPEC Adaptive Spectral Perceptual Entropy Encoding ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System ASQ Automated Software Quality ASR Automatic Send Receive ASR Ada Software Repository ASR Automatic Speech Recognition ASTRA Association Tunesienne des Radio Amateurs ASU Asynchron/Synchron-Umsetzer AT Atomic Time AT Advanced Technology AT Attention (Hayes) ATA AT Bus Attachment ATA Advanced Technology Attachment ATAPI AT Attachment Packet Interface ATC Address Translation Cache ATC Adaptive Transform Coding ATDM Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing ATDMA Advanced/Asynchronous Time Division Multiple Access ATE Automated/Automatic Testing Equipment ATF Automatic Track Finding/Following ATF Asynchronous Transfer ATFSM Ask The Friendly System Manager (Slang) ATIS A Tools Integration Standard ATIS Automatic Transmitter Identification System ATK Andrew Toolkit ATLAS Abreviated Test Language for All Systems ATM Adobe Typeface Manager ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM At The Moment (Slang) ATM Automatic Teller Machine ATMARP ATM Address Resolution Protocol ATM-CC ATM Crossconnect ATMP Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol ATOM Advanced Terminal for Operation and Maintenance ATP AppleTalk Transaction Protocol ATP Adaptive Tolerant Protocol ATR Automatic Terminal Recognition ATRAC Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding ATRC Adaptive Technology Resource Center, U. of Toronto ATS Apple Terminal Services ATS Administrative Terminal System ATS Advanced Training Solution ATST At The Same Time (Slang) AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph ATT Attenuator ATT At This Time (Slang) ATTC Advanced Television Test Center, USA ATV Advanced/Amateur Television AU Administrative/Arithmetic/Access Unit AUA Architecture Unifiee d'Applications AUC Authentication Centre AUDIT Automated/Automatic Data Input Terminal AUE Andrew User Environment AUG Apollo/Arcnet User Group AUGE Apple User Group Europe AUI Attachment Unit Interface (Ethernet) AUP Acceptable/Appropriate Use Policy (Internet) AUTEX Automatische Telex- und Teletexauskunft der DBP AUX Auxiliary AUX Apple UNIX AV Antivirus AV audio-visuell AVA Audio Visual Authoring (IBM) AVA Anruf-Variante AVC Automatic Volume Control AVC Audio Visual Connection (IBM) AVCD Audio Visual Computer Display AVD Alternate Voice or Data AVerzTxTtx Amtliches Telex- und Teletexverzeichnis der DBP AVG Average AVI Audio Video/Visual Interleaved (Microsoft) AVI Audiovisuelle Integration AVI Advanced Visual Interface AVIA Architecture for Virtual Interfaces for Applications AVK Audio-Video Kernel AVL Adelson-Velskij, Landis (-Baum) AVN Adobe Virtual Network AVON Amtliches Verzeichnis der Ortsnetze AVS Application Visualization System AVSP Advanced Video Signal Processor AVSS Audio-Video Subsystem Software AWA A While Ago (Slang) AWADO Automatischer Wechselschalter in der Anschlussdose AWB A While Back (Slang) AWD Automatische W„hleinrichtung fr Datenverbindungen AWE Advanced Workstation Environment AWF Ausbildung, Weiterbildung, Fortbildung AWG American Wire Gauge AWL Anweisungsliste (DIN 19 239) AWS Apple Workgroup Server AWS Anrufweiterschaltung AWT Abstract/Advanced Window/Windowing Toolkit AWU Auto Wake Up AX Automatic Transmission AXE Applications Execution Environment AXU Application Specific Execution Unit AYOR At Your Own Risc (Slang) AZ Azimut % % B4N Bye For Now (Slang) BAC Balanced Asynchronous Class BACP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol BAD Broken As Designed BAK Binary Adaption Kit (Microsoft) BAKT Basisanschlusskonzentrator BAL Basic Assembly Language BAM Boyan Action Module, Block Availability Map BAP Bandwidth Allocation Protocol BAPI Business Application Programming Interface BAPT Bundesamt Post und Telekommunikation, Mainz BARRnet Bay Area Regional Research Network BARTS Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing BAS Bild-Austast-Synchron(-Signal) BAS Btx Anwendungsschnittstelle BASIC Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BASM Built-In Assembler BAT Baby AT Board BATC Block Address Translation Cache BAZ Belegauswertung von Zahlungsvorg„ngen BB beschr„nkt balanciert (Baum) BBC British Broadcasting Company BBL Be Back Later (Slang) BBN Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Mass. (Internet) BBNS Broadband Network Services BBR Backbone Ring BBR Burnt Beyond Recognition (Slang) BBS Bulletin Board System BC Begin Chain BCC Block Check Character, Blind Carbon Copy BCCH Broadcast Control Channel BCD Binary Coded Decimal BCE Bell Canada Enterprises BCFSK Binary Coded Frequency Shift Keying BCH Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (-Code) BCI Batibus Club International BCI Broadcast Interference BCL Batch Command Language BCL Broadcast Listener BCNU Be Seeing You (Slang) BCP Binary/Byte/Bridging Control Protocol BCP Bulk Copy Program BCPL Basic Computer/Combined Programming Language BCR Byte Count Register BCS Binary Synchronous Communications BCS Boeing Computer Services BCS British Computer Society BCTS Backup Courier Time Server BDE Betriebsdatenerfassung BDE Borland Database Engine BDF Bitmap Distribution Format (Adobe) BDK Beans Development Kit BDLC Burroughs Data Link Control BDOS Basic Disk Operating System BDSG Bundesdatenschutzgesetz BE Beschaltungseinheit BE Burst Error BEB Binary Exponential Backoff BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification BEE Bertelsmann Electronic Edition BEER Binary Error Exchange Rate BEL Bell (ASCII-Zeichen Nr. 7) BELLCORE Bell Communications Research, Inc. BEM Boundary Element Method BEP Bertelsmann Electronic Publishing BER Basic Encoding Rules BER Bit/Block Error Rate Berkom Berliner Kommunikationssystem BERT Bit Error Rate Test/Tester BESYS Bell Operating System BETC Between Chain BF Bad Flag, Boundary Function B/F Background/Foreground BFBI Brute Force and Bloody Ignorance (Slang) BfD Bundesbeauftragter fr Datenschutz BFI Brute Force and Ignorance (Slang) BFMI Brute Force and Massive Ignorance (Slang) BFN British Forces Network BFN Bye For Now (Slang) BFO Beat Frequency Oscillator BFS Breadth First Search BFT Binary File Transfer BFTP Batch/Background File Transfer Protocol BFU Betriebsfhrungsumsetzer BFV Betriebs-Fhrungs-Vorfeldrechner BGA Ball Grid Array BGI Borland's Graphics Interface BGM Background Menu BGP Border Gateway Protocol (Internet) BHCA Busy Hour Call Attempts BHP Bayerische Hacker-Post BHT Branch History Table BI Binary Input BI Breidbart Index BI Business Intelligence BIB Bus Interface Board BIBOP Big Bag Of Pages B-ICI Broadband Inter Carrier Interface BICS Beratungsstelle fr informationstechnische Bildung und Computereinsatz in Schulen, Berlin BIDS Broadband Internet Delivery System BIGFON Breitbandiges Integriertes Glasfaser-Fernmelde-Ortsnetz BILLI Buried Implanted Layer for Lateral Isolation BIM Begin of Information Marker BiMOS Bipolar Metal Oxide Semiconductor BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIOS Basic Input Output System BIP Bit-Interleaved Parity BIPM Bipartite Matching Code BIPM Bureau International des Poids et Mesures BIS Business Information System B-ISDN Broadband/Breitband-ISDN BISYNC Binary Synchronous Communication Protocol (IBM) BITNET Because It's Time Network (ein NJE-Netz) BIU Basic Information Unit, Bus Interface Unit BIX Byte Information Exchange (ein BBS) BJC Bubblejet Color BJOERN Balanced Job Execution on Remote Network BK Brokommunikation BKS Bundesverband Kabel + Satellit BKZ Bereichskennzahl (Datex, Btx) BL Backlit BL Betriebslenkung BLADE Basic Linear Algebra for Distributed Environments BLAM Binary Logarithmic Arbitration Method BLAS Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms/Subroutines BLAST Blocked Asynchronous Transmission (Protocol) BLC Beam Landing Correction BLER Block Error Rate BLERT Block Error Rate Test BLK Betriebs-Lenkungs-Konzentrator BLK Block BLM Bayerische Landeszentrale fr Neue Medien, Mnchen BLMC Buried Logic Macrocell BLOB Binary Large Object BM Bitonic Merge (Graph, Netz) BMC Block Multiplex Channel BMIC Bus Master Interface Controller (Intel) BMP Batch Message Processing Program BMP Bitmap BMPT Bundesministerium fr Post- und Telekommunikation BMS Broadcast Message Server BMUG Berkeley MacIntosh Users Group BNC Baby N Connector BNC Bayonet Neill Concelman BNC Bayonet Nut Coupling BNF Backus-Naur Form BNF Big Name Fan (Slang) BNFSCD But Now For Something Completely Different (Slang) BNI Before Next Interaction BNK Betriebsfhrungs-Netzknoten BNPF Begin Negative Positive Finish BNS Broadband Network Services BNU Basic Networking Utilities (uucp) BO Binary Output BOA Basic Object Adapter BOART Bus Oriented Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter BOB Box Of Bits BOB Break-Out Box BOC Bell Operating Company BOF Birds Of a Feather (Slang) BOF Board of Fellows BOFS Birds Of a Feather Session (Slang) BOG BIND Operations Guide BOM Begin Of Message/Media BOM Business Object Model BOM Byte Order Mark BON Business Object Notation BONT Broadband Optical Network Termination BOOM Binocular Omni-Oriented/Orientation Monitor BOOTP Bootstrap Protokoll (Internet) BOP Begin Of Partition BOP Bit Oriented Protocol BOS Basic Operating System BOS Beh”rden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben BOS Bottom Of Stack BOT Back On Topic (Slang) BOT Begin Of Tape/Table/Transaction BP Bandpass BP Base Pointer BP Breakpoint BPB BIOS Parameter Block BPD Bank-Parameter-Datei bpi bits per inch BPL Bedienplatz BPM Bundespostministerium BPP Binary Packing Problem BPP Bit Per Pixel BPR Business Process Reengineering bps bits/bytes per second BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying BPU Branch Prediction Unit BQS Berkeley Quality Software BR Bad Register BRAM Broadcast Recognizing Access Method BRB Be Right Back (Slang) BRE Basic Regular Expression B-Rep Boundary Representation BRI Basic Rate Interface (ISDN) BRI Brain Response Interface BRIM Bridge Router Interface Module BRL Ballistics Research Laboratory BRS Big Red Switch (IBM PC) BRS Break Request Signal BRS Business Recovery Services (IBM) BS Backspace BS Base Station BS Betriebssystem BS Bitonic Sort (Graph) BSA Business Software Alliance BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method BSB Blockate State Block BSC Base Station Controller BSC Bisynchronous/Binary Synchronous Communication (IBM) BSCW Basic Support for Cooperative Work BSD Basic Standard Definiton BSD Berkeley Software/System Distribution BSDL Boundary Scan Description Language BSF Bit Scan Forward BSI Britisch Standards Institute BSI Bundesamt fr Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik BSM Bracket State Manager BSMTP Batch Simple Message Transfer Protocol BSP Byte Stream Protocol BSR Bit Scan Reverse BSR Board of Standards Review (ANSI) BSS Base Station Subsystem BSS Basic Service Set BSS Blank Storage Space BSS Block Storage Segment BSS Broadband Switching System BSU Basic Striping Unit BSY Busy BSYNC Binary Synchronous Communications (Protocol) BT Bit Test BT British Telecom/Telecommunications BTAC Branch Target Address Cache BTAIM Be That As It May (Slang) BTAM Basic Telecommunication Access Method (IBM) BTB Branch Target Buffer BTC Bit Test and Complement BTC Biting The Carpet (Slang) BTHOM Beats The Hell Outta Me (Slang) BTI Britisch Telecom International BTIC But Then, I'am Crazy (Slang) BTK Back To Keyboard (Slang) BTL Bell Telephone Laboratories BTLB Block TLB BTMA Busy Tone Multiple Access BTP Batch Transfer Program BTR Bit Test and Reset BTS Base Transceiver Station/System BTS Bit Test and Set BTSOOM Beats The Shit Out Of Me (Slang) BTU Basic Transmission Unit BTW By The Way (Slang) Btx Bildschirmtext BUAF Big Ugly ASCII Font BUAG Big Ugly ASCII Graphic BUF Buffer BUMS Broadband Unified Messaging System BUS Bild und Schrift BUS Binary Utility System BUS Broadcast and Unknown Server BUUG Belgian UNIX Users Group BVB Bundesverband Informations- und Kommunikationssysteme BVIT Bundesverband Informationstechnologien, Bonn BWIN Breitband Wissenschafts-Netz BWM Block Write Mode BWQ Buzz Word Quotient BWSN Baden-Wrttembergisches Schulnetz BZ Betriebszentrale BZR Befehlz„hlregister BZT Bundesamt fr Zulassungen in der Telekommunikation BZV Bargeldloser/Belegorientierter Zahlungsverkehr BZV Befristeter Z„hlervergleich % % C3I Command, Control, Communication, Intelligence CA Certification Authority CA Collision Avoidance CA Common Applications CA Computer Animation CA Computer Associates CA Conditional Access CAA Computer Aided Assembling/Anthropometrics/Animation CAAD Computer Aided Architectural Design CAB Cabinet (Microsoft) CAB Computer Aided Breakfast CAC Computer Aided Consulting/Computing/Creativity/Christmas/Crime CACM Communications of the ACM CAD Class Association Diagram CAD Computer Aided Design/Detection CAD Computer Aided Dinner CADAM Computer Aided Design And Manufacturing CADAPSO Canadian Assosciation of Data Processing Organizations CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting CADD Computer Aided Drug Design CADE Computer Aided Data Entry CADEP Computer Aided Design of Electronic Products CADIC Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits CADIS Computer Aided Design Interactive System (Siemens) CADMAT Computer Aided Design, Manufacturing and Testing CADMOS Computerorientiertes Administrations- und Organisationssystem CADOS Computer Aides Design of Systems CAE Common Application Environment CAE Computer Aided/Assisted Education CAE Computer Aided Engineering CAF Computer Aided Fishing CAF Computer and Academic Freedom CAFE Conditional Access For Europe CAG Column Adress Generator CAH Computer Aided Holidays/Homework/Hausaufgaben CAI Common Air Interface CAI Computer Aided Industry CAI Computer Aided Inspiration CAI Computer Aided/Assisted Instruction CAIS Common APSE Interface Set CAIT Computer Aided Inspection and Testing CAK Computer-Anwendungen Karlsruhe CAL Common Assembly Language CAL Computer Aided Life/Learning CAL Computer Aided Lunch CAL Computer Animation Language CAL Conversational Algebraic Language CALAS Computer Aided Laboratory Automation System CALEA Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act CALIES Computer Aided Locomotion by Implanted Electrical Stimulation CALL Computer Aided Language Learning CALLE Control Application Link Layer Engieering CALM Collected Algorithms for Learning Machines CALS Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support CALTECH California Institute of Technology CAM Central Address Memory CAM Common/Communication Access Method CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing CAM Concentrator Access Modul CAM Content Adressable Memory CAMAC Computer Automated Measurement And Control CAMD Computer Aided Molecular Design CAMEL Computer Assisted Education Language CAML Categorial Abstract Machine Language CAMP Compiler for Automatic Machine Programming CAMP Computer Assisted Movie Production CAN Campus/Complete Area Network CAN Cancel CAN Cancel Line CAN Car Area Network CAN Controller Area Network CAN Customer Access Network CANS Computer Assisted Network System CANUNET Canadian University Computer Network CAO Computer Aided Administration and Organization CAO Computer Aided Optimization CAP Carrierless AM/PM CAP Central Arbitration Point CAP Columbia AppleTalk Package CAP Communication Application Platform CAP Computer Aided Planning/Production/Publishing CAP Computing for Analysis Project CAP CTM Access Profile CAPD Computer To Assist Persons with Disabilities CAPI Common ISDN Application Programming Interface CAPPC Computer Aided Production Planning and Control CAPPP Computer Aided Process and Production Planning CAPS Capitals CAPS Cassette Programming System CAPS Computer Assisted Problem Solving CAPSC Computer Aided Production Scheduling and Control CAPTAIN Character and Pattern Telephon Access Information Network CAQ Computer Aided Quality Assurance/Control CAR Computer Assisted Radiology CAR Channel Address Register CAR Computer Aided Retrieval CARA Computer Aided Radio Amateur CARAM Content Addressable Random Access Memory CARDIS Cargo Data Interchange System CARE Computer Aided Reliability Estimation CARE Computer Aided Reverse Engineering CARLOS Cancer Registry Lower Saxony CARO Computer Anti-Virus Research Organization CARS Computer Aided Risc Simulation CARS Computer Aided Routing System CAS Column Address Select/Strobe CAS Communicating Applications Specification CAS Computer Aided Service/Selling CAS Computer Algebra System CAS Conditional/Control/Communication Access System CASD Computer Aided System Design CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering CASE Computer Aided System Evaluation CASL Crosstalk Application Scripting Language CASSIS Classified And Search Support Information System CAST Computer Aided Software Testing CAT Character Assignment Table CAT Common Allocation TAble CAT Computer Aided Teaching/Testing/Telecommunication/Translation/Transscription CAT Computerized Axial Tomography CAT Concatenate CATIA Computer Graphic Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application CATP Computer Aided Technical Publishing CATS Computer Aided/Assisted Teaching/Training System CATS Computer Automated Test System CATV Cable Television CATV Common/Community Antenna Television CAU Command and Arithmetic Unit CAU Control/Controlled/Concentrator Access Unit CAUCE Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email CAV Computer Aided Verification CAV Constant Angular Velocity CAVE Cave Automatic Virtual Environment CAVE Computer Aided Vision Engineering CAW Channel Address Word CB Call Back CB Citizens' Band CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC Cipher Block Chaining CBCR Channel Byte Count Register CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data Service CBEMA Computer Business Equipment Manufacturers' Association CBI Charles Babbage Insitute CBI Computer Based Instruction CBIP Compressed Binaries IBM PC CBIP Current Book In Progress CBL Communication By Light CBL Computer Based Learning CBO Coupling Between Object Classes CBR CAS before RAS CBR Constant/Continuous Bit Rate CBR Content Based Retrieval CBT Computer Based Training CBT Core Based Tree CBW Convert Byte to Word CBX Computer-controlled/Computerized Branch Exchange CC Cable Connector CC Call/Communication Center CC Carbon Copy CC Chain/Channel Command CC Cluster/Communications Controller CC Common Criteria (for IT Security Evaluation) CC Condition Command/Code CC Congestion Control CC Country Code CC Connected Client CC Crossconnect CC Cyclic Check CCB Channel Command/Control Block CCB Cyclic Check Byte CCBS Completion of Call to Busy Subscriber CCC Ceramic Chip Carrier CCC Chaos Computer Club, Hamburg CCC Computer Chess Competition CCC Conference Control Channel CCC Credit Card Calling CCCH Common Control Channel CCD Charge Coupled Device CCD Class Communication Diagram CCF Chain Command Flag CCFT Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube CCI Common Client Interface CCIR Comite Consultatif International des Radiocommunications CCIRN Committee for Intercontinental Research Networks CCIS Command and Control Information System CCITT Comite Consultatif International de Telegraphie et de Telephonie CCL Common Command Language CCL Connection Control Language CCM Color Management System CCM Computer Controlled Manufacturing CCN Cluster Controller CCN Cordless Communication Network CCNG Computer Communications Networks Group CCNR Completion of Call on No Reply CCNUMA Cache Coherent NUMA CCP CAN Calibration Protocol CCP Compression Control Protocol CCP Console/Communications Command/Control Processor/Program CCR Command and Control Research CCR Commitment, Concurrency, Recovery (OSI) CCR Current Cell Rate CCRN Coordinating Council on Research Networks CCS CAPI Connection Service CCS Common Channel Signalling CCS Common Command Set (SCSI) CCS Common Communication Support CCS Continuos Composite Servo CCSA Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator CCSE Checkpoint Certified Security Engineer CCSS7 Common Channel Signalling System No. 7 CCSY Cooperative Computing System Program CCT Computerized Communication Terminal CCU Central Communication/Control Unit CCUT Computer Center at the University of Tokyo CCVR Centre de Calcul Vectoriel pour la Recherche CCW Channel Command Word CCW Continuous Composite Write (Once Disc) CD Call Deflection CD Carrier Detect CD Chained Data CD Change Direction CD Collision Detection CD Colour Display CD Committee Document (ISO) CD Compact Disk CDA Communications Decency Act CDA Compound Document Architecture (DEC) CDATA Character Data CDC Control Data Corporation (USA) CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface CDE Common Desktop Environment CDE Compact Disc Erasable CDE Complex Data Entry CDE Cooperative Development Environment CDF Channel Definition File/Format CDF Comma Delimited Format CDF Common Data File/Format CDF Compound Document Framework CDF Cyberspace Description Format CDI Compact Disc Interactive CDIF Case Data Interchange Format CDL Computer Design Language CDM Code Division Multiplex CDM Compressed Data Mode CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data CDR Call Detail Record/Recording CD-R Compact Disk Recordable CDRA Character Data Representation Architecture CDRAM Cached DRAM CD-RDx Compact Disk Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard CDRFS Compact Disc Recordable File System CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CD-ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory CD-ROMXA CD-ROM Extended Architecture CD-RW Compact Disc Read Write CDS Cell Directory Service (OSF) CDS Current Directory Structure CDT Center for Democracy and Technology (USA) CDTV Commodore Dynamic Total Vision CDTV Compact Disk Television CD-V Compact Disk Video CDVT Cell Delay Variation Tolerance CD-WO Compact Disk Write Once CE Cache Enable CE Clear Entry CE Collision Elimination CEB Comite Electrotechnique Belge CeBIT Centrum fr Bro, Information und Telekommunikation CEBus Consumer Electronics Bus CECC Electronic Components Committee CECMG Central Europe Computer Measurement Group CEDEX Courrier d'entreprise distribution exceptionelle CEFIC EDIFACT-Subset Chemical Industry CEG Continuous Edge Graphics CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference CELP Code Excited Linear Prediction CEMEC Committee of European Associations of Manufacturers of Electronic Components CEMM Compaq Expanded Memory Manager CEN Comite Europeen de Normalisation CENELEC Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique CEO Chief Executive Officer CEP Connection End Point CEPEC Committee of European Associations of Manufacturers of Passive Electronic Components CEPT Conference Europeenne des Administrations des Postes et des Telecommunications CERN Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire CERT Computer Emergency Response Team (DFN) CES Circuit Emulation Service CES Coast Earth Station CES Consumer Electronics Show CESG Communications Electronics Security Group (UK) CESH Competence Center Electronic Shopping CEST Central European Summer Time CET Central European Time CF Call Forwarding CF Compact Flash CFB Call Forwarding Busy CFB Cipher Feedback CFD Call For Discussion (Usenet) CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics CFDP Coherent File Distribution Protocol (Internet) CFG Configuration CFH COBOL File Handler CFM Common Functional Model CFM Configuration Management CFML Cold Fusion Markup Language CFNR Call Forwarding No Reply CFOR Conversational FORTRAN CFP Computer, Freedom and Privacy CFR Controlled Ferro Resonant (-USV) CFRI California Federation of Research Internets CFU Call Forwarding Unconditional CFV Call For Votes (Usenet) CGA Color Graphics Adapter (PC) CGE Compagnie General d'Electricite CGI Common Gateway/Graphic Interface CGI Computer Generated Image CGI Computer Graphics Interface CGM Computer Graphics Metafile CGMIF Computer Graphics Metafile Interchange Format CGMS Copy Generation Management System CGPP Computer Grahics: Principles and Practise (by Fowley) CGS Computer Graphics Society CGS Continuous Grain Silicon CGU Computer Graphics Unit CGW Customer/Campus Gateway CHAOS Cheap Array of Obsolete Systems CHAP Cryptographic/Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol CHARM Character Mode CHCK Channel Check CHI Computer Human Interaction/Interface CHIL Current Hogging Injection Logic CHILD Computer Having Intelligent Learning and Development CHILL CCITT High Level Language CHKPT Checkpoint CHL Current Hogging Logic CHM Cooperative Hypermedia CHOP Channel Operator CHPC Center for High Performance Computing CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform CHS Cylinders, Heads, Sectors CI Call Intrusion CI Command Interpreter CI Computer Interconnect CI Congestion Indicator CIA Computer Interface Adapter CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability CIAM Computerized Integrated and Automatic Manufacturing CIB Computer Integrated Bureaucracy CIC Coordination and Information Center (CSNet) CICS Customer Information Control System (IBM) CID Configuration, Installation, Distribution CID Customer Identifier CIDAS Conversational Interactive Digital Analog Simulator CIDP Computer Industry Development Potential CIDR Classless Interdomain/Internet Domain Routing CIE Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (Farbmodell) CIEDS Computer Integrated Electron Design Series CIF Cell in Frames CIF Computer Integrated Facilities CIF Common Intermediate Format CIFS Common Internet File System (Protocol) CIL Computerintegrierte Logistik CIM Common Information Model CIM CompuServe Information Manager CIM Computer Input Microfilm CIM Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIM Custom Install Manager CINT Call Interception CIO Chief Information Officer CIOCS Communication Input/Output Control System (IBM) CIOS Communication Institute for Online Scholarship CIP Cataloguing In Publication CIP Classical IP CIP Command Interface Port CIP Compatible Independent Peripherals CIP Computer Aided Intuition Guided Programming CIP Computer-Investitionsprogramm des Bundes und der L„nder CIP Concert Internet Plus CIPS Canadian Information Processing Society CIR Committed Information/Interface Rate CIRC Circular Reference CIRC Cross Interleaved Reed Solomon Code CIRSC Cross Interleave Solomon Code CIS Card Information Structure CIS Cascade Inline Scripting CIS CASE Integration Services CIS Client Information Server CIS Computer Information System CIS CompuServe Information Service CIS Contact Image Sensor CIS Computerized Information Service C-ISAM C-Index Sequential Access Method CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer/Code CISE Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate CISPR Comite International Special des Perturbations Radioelectriques CIT California Institute of Technology CIT Company Integrated Telephony CIT Computer Integrated Telephone CITAB Computer Instruction and Training Assistance for the Blind CITED Copyright In Transmitted Electronic Documents CITIS Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service CIX Compulink Information Exchange CIX Commercial Internet Exchange Association CIX Central Internet Exchange CKD Count Key Data CKSM Checksum CL Computational Linguistics CL Connectionless Service CL Control Language CLAA Carry Look Ahead Adder CLAG Carry Look Ahead Generator CLAR Channel Local Address Register CLASP Computer Language for Aeronautics and Space Programming CLASS Custom Local Area Signalling Service CLC Clear Carry Flag CLCC Closed Loop Congestion Control CLCS Current Logic Current Switching CLDATA Cutter Location Data CLE Certified Linux Engineer/Expert CLEF European Commercial Licensed Evaluation Facilities CLF Common Log Format CLI Call-Level Interface CLI Calling Line Identification CLI Command Line Interface/Interpreter CLICS Computer Linked Information for Container Shipping CLID Calling Line Identification CLIP Calling Line Identification Presentation CLIR Calling/Connected Line Identification Restriction CLIST Command List CLK Clock CLLM Consolidated Link Layer Management CLNP Connectionless Network Protocol (OSI) CLNS Connectionless Mode Network Service CLOB Character Large Object CLOE Common LISP Operating Environment CLOO Reverse Object Oriented Logical Channel CLOS Common LISP Object System CLP Cell Loss Payload/Priority CLP Constraint Logic Programming CLR Cell Loss Ratio CLR Clear CLR Computer Language Research CLS Clear Screen CLS Connectionless Server CLT Communcations Line Terminal CLT Computer Language Translator CLTD Clock and Tones Distribution CLTP Connectionless Transport Protocol (OSI) CLTS Clear Task Switch Flag CLTS Connectionless Transport Service CLU Central Logic Unit CLUT Color Look-up Table CLV Constant Linear Velocity CLW Certified Linux Wizard CM Central Memory CM Communications Manager (IBM) CM Configuration Management CM Connection Machine CM Corrective Maintenance CMA Concert Multi-thread Architecture CMAR Control Memory Address Register CMC Common Mail Call CMC Complement Carry Flag CMC Computer Mediated Communication CMDF C Memo Distribution Facility CMDS Computer Misuse Detection System CME Center for Media Education CMF Command File CMIP Common Management Information Protocol (OSI) CMIS Common Management Information Service/System CML Current Mode Logic CMM Capability Maturity Model CMM Color Management Module CMMU Cache Memory Management Unit CMOL CMIP Over LLC CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CMOT Common Management Information Protocol over TCP/IP CMPS Compare Word String CMR Cell Misinsertion Rate CMR Corporate Message Recovery CMS Code/Connection Management System CMS Color Management System CMS Compiler Monitor System CMS Conversational Monitor System (IBM) CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone CMT Connection Management CMU Carnegie-Mellon-University, Pittsburgh, USA CMW Compartment Mode Workstation CMY cyan, magenta, yellow (Farbmodell) CMYK cyan, magenta, yellow, black (Farbmodell) CMX Communication Method SINIX (Siemens) CN Corporate Network CNA Certified NetWare Administrator (Novell) CNAME Canonical Name (Record) CNASI Centre for Networked Access to Scholarly Information (Australien) CNB Collective Notebook CNC Complete Network Centre CNC Computerized Numerical Control CND Caldera Network Desktop CNE Certified NetWare Engineer/Expert (Novell) CNET Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications CNF Chomsky Normal Form CNG Calling (tone) CNI Centre National d'Informatique CNI Certified NetWare Instructor (Novell) CNI Coalition for Networked Information CNI Communications Network International CNIDR Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval CNIP Calling Name Identification Presentation CNIR Calling/Connected Name Identification Restriction CNM Customer Network Management CNMA Communications Network for Manufacturing Application CNN Cable News Network CNP Corporate Network Provider CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Frankreich) CNS Color Naming System CNS Communications Network System CNSS Core Nodal Switching Subsystem (Internet) CO Call Offer CO Command Output CO Communication Outlet CO Crystal Oscillator COA Compound OLAP Architecture COARA Communication of Oita Amateur Research Association COBOL Common Business Oriented Language COC Coded Optical Character CODASYL Committee on Data Systems Languages CODINE Computing in Distributed Networked Environments CODIT Code Division Testbed COE Common Operating Environment COFDM Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex COFF Common Object File Format COGO Coordinate Geometry (Language) COIN Console Interrupt Request COL Caldera Open Linux COL Collision COLP Connected Line Identification Presentation COLT Communications Line Terminator COLT Computer Oriented Language Translator COLT Control Language Translator com commercial; Internet-Domain: Firmen in USA COM Common/Component Object Model COM Communication COM Computer Output Microfilm COM Continuation Of Message COMAL Common Algorithmic Language COMDEX Computer Dealers' Exposition COMMS Customer Oriented Manaufacturing Management System COMPACT Computer Planning and Control Technique COMPSAC International Computer Software and Applications Conference COMSEC Communications Security COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation COMSL Communications System Simulation Language COMSOAL Computer Method of Sequencing Operations for Assembly Lines COMTRAN Commercial Translator (IBM) CON Console CONP Connected Name Identification Presentation CONS Connection Oriented Network Service COOL Control Oriented Language COPE Computer Performance Evaluation COPICS Communications Oriented Production and Control System CORAL Computer Online Real-Time Applications Language CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture CORE Council of Registrars (Internet) CORNET Corporate ISDN Network Protocol COS Class of Service COS Compatible Operation System COS Complementary Switching COS Corporation for Open Systems (OSI) COSE Common Open Software/Systems Environment COSINE Cooperation for OSI Networking in Europe COSMOS Complementary Symmetric Metal Oxide Semiconductor COSMOS Computer Oriented System for Management Order Synthesis COSO Charge One Site Only CoSN Consortium for School Networking COSS Common Object Services Specification CoSy Conferencing System COT Customer Owned Tooling COTS Coin Operated Telephone System COTS Connection Oriented Transport Service CP Card Punch CP Central/Communications/Customized Processor CP Check/Control Point CP Choke Packet CP Circuit Package CP Complete Partitioning CP Continuous Path CP Control Program CPA Certified Public Accountant CPA Code Parasite Autopropageable CPA Critical Path Analysis CPC Computer Process Control CPCS Common Part Convergence Sublayer CPD Constructive Page Description CPE Central Processing Element CPE Computer Performance Evaluation CPE Customer Provided/Premises Equipment CPFSK Continuous Phase Frequency Shift Keying CPG Clock Pulse Generator CPG COSINE Policy Group cpi characters per inch CPI Clocks Per Instruction CPI Common Part Indication CPI Common Programming Interface (IBM) CPI Cost Performamce Index CPI-C Common Programming Interface for Communications (IBM) cpl characters per line CPL Combined Programming Language CPL Current Privilege Level CPLD CMOS Programmable Logic Device CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device CP/M Control Programm for Microcomputers CPM Critical Path Method CPN Customer Premises Network CPPS Critical Path Planning and Scheduling cps cycles/characters per second CPS Critical Path Scheduling CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibilty CPST Control Point Spanning Tree CPT Command Pass Thru CPT Common Point of Trust CPT COSINE Project Management Team CPT Critical Path Technique CPTWG Copyright Protection Technical Working Group CPU Central Processing Unit CQL Channel Queue Limit CQM Class Queue Management CR Carriage Return C/R Command Response CRAM Card Random Access Memory CRAM Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement CRC Class, Responsibility, Collaboration CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check CRCG Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics CRD Color Rendering Dictionary CREN Corporation/Computer Research Education Network, USA CRF Cross Reference File CRIM Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal CRISP Complex Reduced Instruction Set Processor CRL Certificate Revocation List CR/LF Carriage Return/Line Feed CRM Change Request Management CRM Customer Relationship Management CROM Control Read Only Memory CRS Cell Relay Service CRS Computer Reservation System CRT Cathode Ray Tube CRT Chinese Remainder Theorem CRTC Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission CRV Code Rule Violation CS Call Sign CS Circuit Switching CS Clear Screen CS Clear to Send CS Code Segment CS Computer Science CS Continuous Servo CS Convergence Sublayer CS-ACELP Conjugate Structure Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction CS80 Command Set 80 (Hewlett-Packard) CSA Call Path Service Architecture CSAR Channel System Address Register CSB Channel Status Byte CSC Center for Scientific Computing CSCW Computer Supported Cooperative/Collaborative Work CSD Corrective Service Disk (IBM) CSDC Code Segment Descriptor Cache CSDN Circuit Switched Data/Digital Network CSE Customer Suppoirt Engineer CSF Compagnie Sans Fil CSG Constructive Solid Geometry CSI Common Synchronous Interface CSIC Computer System Interface Circuit CSID Calling Station Identifier CSIP Compressed Sources IBM PC CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection CSMA/CE Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Elimination CSMP Continuous System Modelling Program CSN Card Select Number CSN Customer Service Number CSNet Computer and Science Network, USA CSO Central Services Organization CSP Chip Size Packaging CSP Commercial Subroutine Package CSP CompuCom Speed Protocol CSP Cross System Product CSP Cryptographic Service Provider CSR Cell Switch Router CSR Control and Status Register Management CSRG Computer Systems Research Group (Berkeley) CSS Cascading Style Sheet CSS Centralized Structure Store CSS Client-Server-System CSS Code Storage Segment CSS Computer Scheduling System CSS Content Scrambling System CSS Critical Systems Support CSSL Continuous System Simulation Language CSTA Computer Supported Telephony Application CSTS Computer Supported Telecommunication/Telephony Standard CSU Channel Service Unit CSU Control and Service Unit CSV Comma Separated Variables CSW Channel Status Word CT Call Transfer CT Clock Time CT Computer Telephony/Tomography CT Cordless Telephone CT Cut Through CTAN Comprehensive TeX Archive Network CTB Communication Toolbox (Apple) CTB Computer Based Training CTCP Client To Client Protocol CTCPEC Canadian Trusted Computer Product Evaluation Criteria CTCSS Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System CTI Computer Telephony Integration CTIA Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association CTL Complementary Transistor Logic CTM Clock and Tone Module CTM Cordless Terminal Mobility CTN Corporate Telecommunication Network CTO Chief Technical Officer CTOS Corporate Telecommunications and Office Systems CTP Composite Theoretical Performance CTPA Coax to Twisted Pair Adapter CTR Common Technical Regulations CTR Current Transfer Ratio CTRL Control CTS Clear To Send CTS Common Transport Semantics CTS (EC) Conformance Testing Services CTS Courier Time Server CTSS Compatible/Cray Time-Sharing System CTY Console Teletype CU Control Unit CU See You (Slang) CUA Common User Access (IBM) CUA Commonly Used Acronym CUA Computer Users Association CUCN Communication Controller Node CUG Closed/Closet User Group CUI Character/Common User Interface (IBM) CUL See You Later (Slang) CUNY City University of New York CUP Communications User Program CUSI Configurable Unified Search Index CUSP Customer Programming Language CUSSNET Computer Use in Social Sciences Network CUT Control Unit Terminal CUU Computeruntersttzter Unterricht CVD Compact Video Disk CVE Collaborative Virtual Environment CVF Compressed Volume File (Microsoft) CVGA Color Video Graphics Array CVP Collaborative Virtual Prototyping CVS Concurrent Versions System CVW CodeView for Windows (Microsoft) CW Call Waiting CW Continuous Wave CW Control Word CWI Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Amsterdam CWIS Campus Wide Information System (Internet) CWP Communication Word Processor CXI Common X Interface CYL Cylinder CYMK cyan yellow magenta black (Farbmodell) % % D/A Digital/Analog D2T2 Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (Drucker) D64S ISDN-Festverbindung 64 kbit/s DA Destination Address DAA Data Access Arrangement DAA Decimal Adjust for Addition DAA Digest Access Authentication DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting, Daten-Autobahn DAC Data Acquisition and Control DAC Design Automation Conference DAC Digital-Analog-Converter DAC Distributed Academic Computing DAC Dual Attachment Concentrator DACS Digital Access and Cross-connect System DACT Data Compression Technology DAF Destination Address Field DAG Directed Acyclic Graph DAG Directed Acyclic Graph DAGM Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft fr Mustererkennung DAKfCBNF Deutscher Arbeitskreis fr CB- und Notfunk DAL Data Access Language (Apple) DAL Disk Access Logout DAM Data Acquisition and Monitoring DAM Direct Access Method DAN Domestic/Desk Area Network DANTE Delivery of Advanced Network Technologies in Europe DaNzKo Datennetzkoordinator DAO Data Access Object DAO Disc At Once DAP Data Access Protocol (DEC) DAP Directory Access Protocol DAP Division Advisory Panel (NSF) DAP Document Application Profile DAR Digital Audio Radio DARC Deutscher Amateur-Radio Club DARI Database Application Remote Interface (IBM) DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, USA DAS Decimal Adjust for Subtraction DAS Dual Attached Station (FDDI) DASAT Datenbertragung via Satellit DASD Direct Access Storage Device DASP Drive active -- Slave present DASS Direct Access Secondary Storage DAT Digital Audio Tape, Disk Array Technology DATACOM Data Communications DATC Drake Authorized Testing Center (Novell) Datel Data Telecommunication Datev Datenverarbeitungsorganisation der steuerberatenden Berufe Datex-L Data Exchange by Lines (leitungsvermittelt) Datex-J Data Exchange for Jedermann Datex-M Data Exchange Multi-Megabit Datex-P Data Exchange in Packages (paketvermittelt) DATV Digital Amateur Television DAU Digital Announcement Unit DAU Dmmster Anzunehmender User (Slang) DAV Data Available DAVIC Digital Audio Video Council DAVID Digital Audio Video Interactive Decoder DAWG Directed Acyclic Word Graph dB Dezibel (Masseinheit) DB Data Base/Buffer DBA Database Access/Agent/Administrator DBC Data Bus Controller DBCES Dynamic Bandwidth Utilization in 64 kBit/s Time Slot Trunking over ATM Using Circuit Emulation Services DBCS Double-Byte Character Set DBE Data Base Engine DBH Data Base Handler DBI Data Base Interface (Class) DBM Data Base Manager DBML Data Base Markup Language DBMS Data Base Management System DBP Deutsche Bundespost DBS Data Base Server DBS Deutscher Bildungsserver DBS Direct Broadcasting Satellite DBV Deutsches Bcherverzeichnis DC Data Collection/Compression DC Device/Domain/Data Control DC Direct Current DC Distribution Center DCA Data Center Administration DCA Defense Communications Agency, USA DCA Digital Computer Association DCA Distributed Communications Architecture DCA Document Content Architecture DCAF Distributed Console Access Facility (IBM) DCB Data Control Block DCB Disk Coprocessor Board (Novell) DCC Data Communication Channel DCC Data Country Code DCC Differential Chain Code DCC Digital Compact Cassette DCC Direct Client to Client DCC Display Combination Code DCCA Distributed Component Computing Architecture DCCH Dedicated Control Channel DCCS Distributed Capability Computing System DCD Data Carrier Detect DCE Data Circuit/Communication Equipment DCE Distributed Computing Environment (OSF) DCF Data Communication Facility (IBM) DCF Data Compression Facility DCF Data Count Field DCF Document Composition Facility DCFL Direct Coupled FET Logic DCI Display Control Interface DCL Data Control Language (SQL) DCL Declaration DCL Device Clear DCL Digital Command Language (DEC) DCLZ Data Compression Lempel Ziv DCM Data Communication Multiplexer DCM Distributed Computing Model DCNA Data Communication Network Architecture DCOM Distributed Common/Component Object Model DCS Data Collection/Control System DCS Desktop Colour Separation DCS Diagnostic Communication System DCS Digital Cellular (Telecommunication) System DCT Discrete Cosine Transformation DCV Destination Coded Vehicle DD Digital Display DD Double Density DDA Deutsche Daten-Autobahn DDA Distributed Database Architecture DDB Device Dependent Bitmap DDBMS Distributed Data Base Management System DDC Dewey Decimal Classification DDC Display Data Channel DDCMP Digital Data Communication Message Protocol (DEC) DDCS Distributed Database Connection Services (IBM) DDD Direct Distance Dialing DDE Direct Data Entry DDE Distributed Debugging Environment DDE Dynamic Data Exchange DDEML Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library (Microsoft) DDH Distributed Document Handling DDI Device Driver Interface DDI Direct Dialling In DDIF Digital Document Interchange Format DDK Device Driver Kit (Microsoft) DDK Driver Development Kit DDL Data Definition/Description Language DDL Display/Document Description Language DDM Distributed Data Manager/Management DDN Defense Data Network, USA DDNS Distributed/Dynamic Domain Name/Naming Service DDP Distributed Data Processing DDR Double Data Rate DDS Dataphone Digital Service (AT&T) DDS Digital/Distributed Data Service/Storage DDS Direct Digital Service DDS Direkte digitale (Frequenz-)Synthese DDS Disk Definition Structure DDT Dynamic Debugging Tool DDTA Digital Distributed Transaction Architecture DDV Datendirektverbindung DDV Dialog Data Validation DDVT Dynamic Dispatch Virtual Tables DDX-P Digital Data Exchange, Packet-switching Network DE Discard Eligible DEA Deterministischer Endlicher Automat DEARN Deutsches EARN DEBI Direct Memory Access Extended Bus Interface DEC Device Clear DEC Digital Equipment Corporation DECnet Digital Equipment Corporation Network DECT Digital European/Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication DED Darkness Emitting Diode DEE Datenendeinheit/-einrichtung (= DTE) DEF Data Exchange Format DEF Destination Element Field DEG Datenendger„t DEL Decode Encode Language DEL Delete DELTA Developing European Learning Through Technology Advance DELUG Deutsche LINUX User Group DEM Digital Elevation Model DEN Document Enabled Networking DE-NIC Deutsches Network Information Center DES Data Encryption Standard DES Data Entry Sheet DET Device Execute Trigger DEV Device DEVO Datenerfassungsverordnung DF Data/Destination Field DF Device/Double Flag DFA Deterministic Finite Automaton DFB Distributed Feedback (-Laser) DFBI Depth First Begin Index DFC Data Flow Control DFCE Defense Control Element DfD Datenanwendung fr Dritte DFD Datenflussdiagramm DFEI Depth First End Index DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFKI Deutsches Forschungszentrum fr KI, Kaiserslautern DFN Deutsches Forschungsnetz e. V. DFP Digital Flat Panel DFR Double Frequency Recording DFS Depth First Search DFS Distributed File Service/System DFT Design For Test DFT Distributed Function Terminal DFT Diagnostic Function Test DFT Discrete Fourier Transformation DFU Data File Utility DFUe Datenfernbertragung DFV Datenfernverarbeitung DG Datagram DGC Distributed Garbage Collection DGIS Direct Graphics Interface Standard DGL Device-independent Graphics Library (HP) DGN Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Netzdienste DGPS Differential GPS DGT Direction Generale des Telecommunications DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Internet) DHRVVF Ducking, Hiding and Running Very Very Fast (Slang) DHSD Duplex High Speed Data DI Data In DI Decoder Identification DI Destination Index DIA Deutsche Informatik Akademie DIA Display Industry Association DIA Document Interchange Architecture (IBM) DIB Device Independent Bitmap DIB Directory Information Base DID Digital Image Design DID Direct Inward Dialing DIF Data Interchange Format DIFS Distributed Inter Frame Space DIG Digital Imposition Geometry DIGI Deutsche Interessengemeinschaft Internet e. V. DII Dynamic Invocation Interface DIIP Direct Interrupt Identification Port DIL Dual In Line DIMDI Deutsches Inst. fr Medizinische Information und Dokumentation DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DIN Deutsches Institut fr Normung, Berlin DIO Data Input and Output DIP Dual In-line Package/Pin, Dialup Internet Protocol DIRC Digital Inter Relay Communication DIS Draft International Standard (ISO) DIS Dynamic Impedance Stabilization DISC Disconnect (frame) Disco Digital Secure Communication (Bosch/Ascom) DI-SCSI Differential SCSI DISP Directory Information Shadowing Protocol DISP Displacement DIT Depth of Inheritance Tree DIT Directory Information Tree DITR Deutsches Informationszentrum fr Technische Regeln DIV Data In Virtual (Facility) DIV Digitale Vermittlungsstelle DIVO Digitale Vermittlungsstelle Ortsnetz DI-W-SCSI Differential Wide SCSI (16 Bit) DIX DEC, Intel, Xerox DIY Do It Yourself (Slang) DKE Deutsche Elektrotechnische Kommission im DIN und VDE DKE Deutscher Kleinempf„nger (Goebbelsharfe) DKG Digitales Kartenger„t DKI Device Kernel Interface DKRZ Deutsches Klima-Rechenzentrum, Hamburg DKUUG Danish UNIX Users' Group DKZ Datenkonzentrator DL Download DLC Data Link Control (IBM) DLC Digital Loop Carrier DLC Down Line Control DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier DLCX Data Link Control Exchange DLD Detailed Level Design DLE Data Link Escape DLF Deutschlandfunk DLL Data Link Layer DLL Dynamic Link Library DLM Dynamic Link Module, Distributed LAN Monitoring DLP Data Load Partition DLP Digital Light Processing DLPI Data Link Provider Interface DLR Dependent LU Requester DLR DOS LAN Requester DLS Dependent LU Server DLS Distributed Load Sharing DLSG Deutsche Lehrsoftware Gemeinschaft DLSw Data Link Switching DLT Digital Linear Tape DM Data Mining DM Data/Disconnected Mode DM Distributed Monitor DM Dialogue Management (System) DMA Direct Memory Access/Addressing DMA Document Management Alliance DMAC Direct Memory Access Controller DMAN Differential Manchester (Coding) DMB Digital Multimedia Broadcast DMC Digital Media Center DMC Direct Memory Controller DMC Distributed Management Chain DMD Device Manager Driver DMD Digital Mirror Device DMD Direct Manipulation Device DMD Directory Management Domain DME Distributed Management Environment (OSF) DMI Desktop Management Interface DMI Digital Multiplexed Interface DML Data Manipulation Language DMM Digital Multimeter DMMS Dynamic Memory Management System DMOS Double Diffused MOS DMP Dot Matrix Printer DMQS Display Mode Query and Set (IBM) DMS Data/Desktop/Document Management Software/System DMSD Digital Multi-Standard Decoding DMSP Distributed Mail System Protocol DMT Discrete Multi Tone (Modulation) DMTF Desktop Management Task Force DMUX Demultiplexer DMY Day Month Year (Datumsangabe) DN Distinguished Name DNA Digital Network Architecture (DEC) DNA Document Enabled Network DNB Deutsche Nationalbibliographie DNC Direct/Distributed Numerical Control DNCRI Division of Networking and Communications Research and Infrastructure (NSF) DND Do Not Disturb DNDO Do Not Disturb Override DNF Disjunktive Normalform DNG Datennetzabschlussger„t DNI Desktop Network Interface DNIC Data Network Identification Code DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service DNKZ Datennetz-Kontrollzentrum (DBP) DNLC Directory Name Lookup Cache DNM Datennetzabschlussmodul DNMS Datennetz-Management-Software DNPG Digital Networks Product Group DNS Domain Name Server/Service/Scheme/System (Internet) DNS-B Daten-Netz-Signalisierung Typ B DO Data Out, Distributed Object DOAG Deutsche Oracle-Anwender-Gruppe DOC Distributed Objects Computing DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification DoD Department of Defence (Defense), USA DOD Digital Optical Disc DOD Dollars On Demand DOD Drop On Demand DOE Distributed Objects Everywhere DOI Digital Object Identifier DOK Distrikts- und Ortsverbands-Kenner (des DARC) DOL Direct Object Linking DOM Document Object Model DOMF Distributed Object Management Facility (Sun) DOP Directory Operational Binding Management Protocol DOS Denial Of Service DOS Disk Operating System DOS Distributed Operating System DOSEM DOS Emulator/Emulation DOSS Dedicated Office Systems and Services DOT Document Template DOT Documents to Think with (GMD) DOW Day Of Week DOW Direct Overwrite DP Data Processing DP Digital Person DP Distributed Printing DP Draft Proposed Standard (ISO) DPA Demand Protocol Architecture DPA Differential Power Analysis DPA Document Printing Application DPAM Demand Priority Access Method DPAREN Data Parity Enable (IBM) DPB Drive Parameter Block DPC Deferred Procedure Call DPC Direct Program Control DPC Display Controller DPCM Differenz-PCM DPDS Data Processing Distributed Systems dpi dots per inch DPL Descriptor Privilege Level DPL Distributed Program Link DPMA Data Processing Management Association, USA DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface (Microsoft) DPMS DOS Protected Mode Service (Microsoft) DPMS Display Power Management Signalling/Standard DPO Data Phase Optimization DPP Demand Priority Protocol DPS Digital Print System DPS Display Postscript DPSK Digital/Differential Phase Shift Keying DPT Drive Parameter Table DPU Data Parallel Unit DQCB Distributed Queue Control Bus DQDB Distributed Queue Double/Dual Bus DQL DataEase Query Language DQPSK Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying DR Data Received DR Digital Research DR Disaster Recovery DR Dynamic Reconfiguration DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DRAW Direct Read After Write DRB DRAM Row Boundary DRCS Dynamically Redefinable Character Set DRDA Distributed Relational Database Architecture (IBM) DRDA Distributed Remote Database Access DRDW Direct Read During Write DRI Declarative Referential Integrity DRI Defense Research Internet DRI Digital Research Incorporated DRM Digital Radio Mondiale DRO Data Request Output DRO Destructive Read Out DRP DEC's Routing Protocol DRS Data Relay Satellite DRS Druckstation DRV Drive (Laufwerk) DS Data Segment/Send/Strobe DS Distributed Services (OSF) DS Distribution Service (Cable TV) DS Double Sided DS Drive Select DS02 ISDN-Festverbindung 128 kbit/s DS-3 Digital Signal Level 3 DSA Data Service Adapter DSA Data/Digital Signature/Standard/Storage Architecture/Algorithm DSA Digital Signature Algorithm DSA Directory Server/System Agent (X.500) DSAB Distributed Systems Architecture Board DSAF Destination Subarea Address Field DSAP Destination Service Access Point DSAS Data Sharing Architecture System DSB Datenschutzbeauftragter DSC Digital Selective Call/Calling DSC Document Structuring Conventions (Postscript) DSCS Defense Satellite Communications System DSDC Data Segment Descriptor Cache DSDD Double Sided Double Density (Floppy) DSE Data Switching Exchange, Data Storage Equipment DSEA Display Station Emulation Adapter DSECT Data/Dummy Control Section DSG Digital Signal Generator DSH Desparately Seeking Help (Slang) DSHD Double Sided High Density (Floppy) DSI Detailed Spectrum Investigation DSI Digital Sspeech Interpolation D-SIMM Dual RAS SIMM DSIS Distributed Support Information Standard DSL Dialogue Scripting Language (OSF) DSL Digital Subscriber Line DSL Dynamic Simulation Language DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer DSLB Digital Subscriber Line Board DSM Daten-Signal-Multiplexsystem DSM Demand Side Management DSMIT Distributed SMIT (IBM) DSN Deep Space Network DSN Delivery Status Notification DSN Digital Switching Network DSO Digital Sampling Oscilloscope DSO Dynamic Shared Object DSOM Distributed System Object Model DSP Digital Signal Processing/Processor DSP Directory System Protocol DSP Domain Specific Part DSPU Downstream Physical Unit DSQ Digital Squelch DSQD Double Sided Quad Density (Floppy) DSR Data Set Ready DSR Device Status Register/Report DSR Digitales Satelliten-Radio DSR Document Search and Retrieval DSS Data Storage Segment DSS Decision Support System DSS Digital Satellite System DSS Digital Signature Standard DSS Digital Subscriber Signalling DSS Directory and Security Services DSSI Digital Storage Systems Interconnect DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSSL Document Style Semantics and Specification Language DST Datenstation DST Daylight Saving Time DSTN Double Super Twisted Nematic Field Effective Material DSU Data/Digital Service Unit DSUWG Data Systems Users' Working Group DSW Data/Device Status Word DTA Datentr„ger-Austausch DTA Direct Tape Access DTA Disk Tranfer Area DTAB Demountable Tape Automated Bonding DTAG Deutsche Telekom AG DTC Desktop Communication DTC Distributed Transaction Coordinator DTD Document Type Definition DTDS Disaster Tolerant Disk System DTE Data Terminal/Terminating Equipment DTE Dumb Terminal Emulator DTF Digital Tape Format (Sony) DTL Designated Transit List DTL Diode Transistor Logic DTM Deterministic Turing Machine DTMF Desktop Management Task Force DTMF Dial/Dual Tone Multi-Frequency DTP Desktop Publishing DTP Distributed Transaction Processing DTPS Dialer Token Pairs DTR Data Terminal Ready DTR Data Transfer Rate DTR Dedicated Token Ring DTR Digital Trunk DTS Direct To SOM DTS Distributed Time Server/Service DTTB Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting DTV Digital Television DTX Discontinuous Transmission DUA Directory User Agent (X.500) DUAT Direct User Access Terminal DUe Datenbertragung DUeE Datenbertragungseinheit DUNDIS Direction of United Nations Databases and Information Systems DUST Datenumsetzerstelle DV Datenverarbeitung, Distance Vector DVA Datenverarbeitungsanlage DVA Distance Vector Algorithm DVB Digital Video Broadcasting DVC Digital Video Cassette DVCR Digital Video Cassette Recording DVD Deutsche Vereinigung fr Datenschutz DVD Digital Versatile Disc DVE Digital Video Effects D-VHS Data VHS DVI Deutsches Video Institut DVI Device Independent DVI Digital Video Interactive/Interface DVL Digital Video Link DVMRP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol DVST Datenvermittlungsstelle DVV Datenverarbeitungsverantwortlicher DW Data Warehouse/Warehaousing DWIM Do What I Mean (Slang) DWM Diskless Workstation Managent DWMT Discrete Wavelet Multi Tone DWT Directory Watch DWT Discrete Wavelet Transformation DX Directory Exchange DX Weitverkehr (Funk) DXA Directory Exchange Agent DXB Drawing Exchange Binary DXC Data Exchange Control DXF Data/Drawing Exchange Format (Autocad) DXG Datexnetzabschlussger„t DXI Data Exchange Interface % % E/A Eingabe/Ausgabe EA Extended Address/Attribute EAC European Activities Committee EAD Ethernet-Anschlussdose EAIM European Alliance for Information Management EAM Electronic Accounting Machinery EAN European Advanced Networking (Protocol) EAN European Article Number EAN Extragalactic Area Network EANCOM EDIFACT-Subset Konsumwirtschaft EANTC European Advanced Networking Test Center EARBA Enhanced Adaptive Rate Based Algorithm EARN European Academic Research Network EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory EARS Electronic Access to Reference Services EASA European Academic Software Award EASKT Einzelanschluss-Konzentrator EATA Enhanced AT Bus Attachment EAZ Endger„teauswahlziffer (ISDN) EBC EISA Bus Controller EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (IBM) EBD Emergency Boot Disk EBI Equivalent/Extended Background Input/Investigation EBNF Erweiterte (Extended) Backus-Naur-Form EBR Excessive Burst Rate EBT Electronic Benefits Transfer EBU European Broadcasting Union EBV Elektronische Bildverarbeitung EC Echo Cancellation EC Educational Computer EC Electronic Cash/Commerce EC End Chain EC European Community EC Exchange Carrier EC Executive Commitee ECA Event, Condition, Action ECAS Exchange Card Architecture Specification ECB Electronic Code Book ECC Error Check/Correction Code ECD Enhanced Colour Display ECF Enhanced Connectivity Facility ECHO European Community Host Organisation ECI Europ„isches Computer Informationszentrum, Bonn ECI External Call Interface ECL Emitter Coupled Logic ECM Enhanced Coprocessor Mount ECM Entity Coordination Management ECM Error Correcting/Correction Mode ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association ECN Explicit Congestion Notification ECO Electron Coupled Oscillator, Electronic Commerce Forum ECODU European Control Data Users Group ECOOP European Conference on Object Oriented Programming ECP Enhanced Capabilities Port (Microsoft) ECP Excessive Cross-Posting ECRC European Computer Industry Research Centre ECS European Common Standard, Embedded Computing System ECSI European Custom Systems Integration ECTF Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum ECU EISA Configuration Utility ED Erase Display EDA Electronic Design Automation EDA Embedded Document Architecture EDA Explorative Datenanalyse EDAC Error Detection And Correction EDAP Extraordinary Data Availability and Protection EDC Enhanced Data Correction EDC Error Detection Code EDDC Extended Distance Data Cable EDFA ? EDI Electronic Data/Document Interchange EDIBDB EDIFACT-Subset Baum„rkte EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport (UN, DIN) EDIFICE EDIFACT-Subset Elektroindustrie EDIFURN EDIFACT-Subset M”belindustrie EDIOFFICE EDIFACT-Subset Brobedarf EDITEX EDIFACT-Subset Textilindustrie EDL Encapsulator/Enterprise Definition/Description Language EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control EDM Engineering Data Management EDMS Enterprise Desktop Mangement Services EDO Enhanced/Extended Data Out/Output EDP Electronic Data Processing EDPS Enhanced DPS EDR External Developer Relaease EDRAM Enhanced DRAM EDS Electronic DIP Switch EDS Elektronisches Datenvermittlungssystem EDS Experimental Distributed System EDSI Enhanced Small Device Interface EDSRA Earth Data System Reference Application EDSS European Digital Subscriber System EDTV Enhanced/Extended Definition Television edu educational; Internet-Domain: Universit„ten in USA EDV Elektronische Daten-Verarbeitung EDVAC Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer EE Endeinrichtung EEC Extended Error Correction EEHLLAPI Entry Emulator HLLAPI EEM Extended Memory Management EEMA European Electronic Messaging Association EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification/Support EEPLD Electrically Erasable Programmable Logic Device EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EES Escrowed Encryption Standard EF Externer Fehler EFA Extended File Attribute EFAC Extended File Access Control EFCI Explicit Forward Congestion Identification EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation EFI Electromechanical Frequency Interference EFIP European Federation of Interconnection and Packaging EFISC Enhanced Fast Instruction Set Computer EFL Emitter Follower Logic EFM Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation EFR Enhanced Full Rate EFS Electronic Filing System EFS Encrypted/Enterprise File System EFT Electronic Funds Transfer EFT Euro File Transfer EFTP Easy File Transfer Protocol EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System EFUe Emissionsdaten-Fernbertragung EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter EGC (Inmarsat) Enhanced Group Call EGN Einzelgebhrennachweis EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol (Internet) EGPE Extended Generalized Programming Environment EGW Edge Gateway EHKP Einheitliches h”heres Kommunikationsprotokoll EHSA European Home Systems Association EIA Electronic Industries Association, USA EIAJ Electronics Industry Association of Japan EIB European Installation Bus EIBA European Installation Bus Association EIBIEM Enhanced Interactive Business Integrating Environment Manager EICAR European Institute of Computer Anti-Virus Research EID Electronic Information Display EIDE Enhanced IDE EIES Electronic Information Interchange System EIES European Information Exchange Service for the Communication between Harbour Areas EIFS Extended Inter Frame Space EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol EIN European Informatics Network EIP Extended IP (Internet) EIR Equipment Identity Register EIRP Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power EIS Electronic Information Services EIS Enterprise/Executive Information System EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture EISS Europ„isches Institut fr Systemsicherheit EITI European Interconnect Technology Initiative EITO European Information Technology Observatory EIUF European ISDN User Forum EJB Enterprise Java Beans EJO Electronic Journal Online EKT Envelope-Kanal-Teiler EL Electroluminiscent (Display) EL Elevation EL Erase Line ELAN Educational/Elementary Language ELAN Emulated LAN ELANC Enhanced LAN Controller ELD Electroluminescent Display ELF Executable and Linking Format ELF Extremely Low Frequency ELFEXT Equal Level Far End Crosstalk ELOD Erasable Laser Optical Disk ELS Entry Level System ELSPA European Leisure Software Publishers Assosciation EM End of Medium, Electronic Mail, Expanded Memory EMA Enterprise Management Architecture EMAC European Market Awareness and Education Committee EMACS Editing Macros (GNU) EMAIL Electronic Mail EMB Enhanced Master Burst EMB Extended Memory Block EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Extended Math Coprocessor EME Earth - Moon - Earth (Connection) EMF Electromagnetic Force EMF Enhanced Meta File EMFBI Excuse Me For Butting In (Slang) EMHS Electronic Message Handling Systems EMI Electric & Musical Industries EMI Electromagnetic Interference EMI External Memory Interface EMM Enterprise Mail Manager EMM Expanded Memory Manager EMP Electromagnetic Pulse EMP Excessive Multi-Posting/Multiple Posting EMR Electromagnetic Radiation EMS Electronic Mail System EMS Electronic Message Service EMS Expanded Memory Specification EMUG European MAP Users Group EMV Elektromagnetische Vertr„glichkeit EMVG Gesetz ber die elektromagnetische Vertr„glichkeit von Ger„ten EMX Enterprise Mail Exchange EN End Node EN European Norm ENA Electronic Networking Association ENCMM Ethernet Network Control + Management Module ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator ENITH European Network for Information Technology in Human Services ENL European Network Laboratories ENP Ethernet Node Processor ENQ Enquiry ENS Enterprise Network System/Services/Switch ENSS European Navigation Satellite System ENSS Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem (Internet) EO Europe Online EOA End Of Address EOB End Of Block EOC Embedded Operations Channel EOC End Of Character/Conversion EOD End Of Data EOF End Of File/Flame, Enterprise Objects Framework EOI End Or Identify EOJ End Of Job EOL End Of Line/List EOL Europa Online EOM End Of Message/Meckerei EOM Erasable Optical Memory EON Enhanced Information Concerning Other Networks EOR End Of Record, Exclusive Or (auch: XOR) EOS Educational Online Sources EOS End Of String EOT End of Tape/Transaction/Transmission/Table/Text EOU End Of User EOUG European Oracle Users Group EPA Environmental Protection Agency, USA EPI External Presentation Interface EPIC Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction (Set) Computing EPIRB Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon EPL Effective Prvilege Level EPLD Erasable Programmable Logic Device EPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP Ethernet Packet Processor EPPT European Printer Performance Test EPRCA Enhanced Proportional Rate Control Algorithm EPRML Enhanced Partial Response Maximum Likelihood EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EPS Electronic Publishing System EPS Encapsulated Postscript EPS Enterprise Parallel Server (HP) EPSF Encapsulated Postscript File Format EPSI Encapsulated Postscript Interchange Format EPSMA European Power Supply Manufacturers Association EPSS Experimental Packet Switching Service ER Externer Rechner, Explicit Rate ERA Elementarer/Eingeschr„nkter Regul„rer Ausdruck ERBIS Einheitliches Rechneruntersttztes Betriebsfhrungssystem ERC European Radiocommunication Committee ERC Explicit Route Control ERC External Relations Committee ERCIM European Research Consortium for Informatics and Applied Mathematics ERD Emergency Repair Disc, Entity Relationship Diagram ERESC European Register of Stolen Computers ERIC Educational Resources Information Center, USA ERLL Enhanced Run Length Limited ERM EMC and Radio Matters ERM Entity Relationship Model ERMES European Messaging System ERMES European Radio Message Service/System ERN Explicit Route Number EROM Erasable Read Only Memory ERP Effective Radiated Power ERP Enterprise Resource Planning ERR Error ERU Emergency Recovery Unit ES Elektronische Signatur ES Endsystem ES Enhanced Security ES Extra Segment ESA Enterprise System Architecture ESA European Space Agency ESB Einseitenband, Single Side Band ESC Escape ESC European Support Center (Novell) ESC/I Epson Standard Code for Image Readers ESC/P Epson Printer Language ESCON Enterprise System Connection (Architecture) (IBM) ESD Electronic Software Distribution ESD Electronic System Design ESD Electrostatic Discharge ESD Entry Systems Division ESDA Electronic System Design Automation ESDC Extra Segment Descriptor Cache ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface ESE Expert System Environment ESF Eureka Software Factory ESF Extended Superframe Format ESH End System Hello PDU ES-IS End System to Intermediate System Protocol (OSI) ESI Enhanced Serial Interface ESIG European SMDS Interest Group ESM Ethernet Switching Module ESMS European Satellite Multimedia Services ESMTP Extended SMTP (Internet) ESOC European Space Operation Centre ESP Electronic Shock Protection ESP Encapsulated Security Payload ESP Enhanced Serial Port ESPRIT European Strategic Programme for Research in Information Technology ESS Electronic Switching System ESS Environmental Stress Screening ESU Electrostatic Unit ESV Elektronikschrottverordnung ETANN Electrically Trainable Analog Neural Network (Intel) ETB End of Transmission Block ETDD Electrical Time Division Demultiplexer/Demultiplexing ETDM Electrical Time Division Multiplexer/Multiplexing ETE Entry to Exit ETF Enriched Text Format ETI Extended Terminal Interface ETL Extract, Transform, Load ETM Exchange Telephone Manager ETOL Evil Twin On Line (Slang) ETOX EPROM Tunnel Oxide ETR Early Token Release ETS Electronic Tracking System ETS European Telecommunication Standard ETSA European Telecommunication Services Association ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETX End of Text EU Elektronische Unterschrift EU Execution Unit EUC Enhanced/Extended UNIX Code EULA End User License Agreement EUnet European UNIX Network EurOpen Dachverband europ„ischer UNIX-Anwendervereinigungen EUUG Extragalactic/European Unix User Group EV Etagenverteiler EV European Videotelephony EVA Eingabe, Verarbeitung, Ausgabe EVA Elektronische Fahrplan- und Verkehrsauskunft EVA Elektronischer Verkehrslotse fr Autofahrer EVA Empfangs- und Verteilanlage EVA Enhanced Video Adapter EVAS EDV-gesttztes Vereins-Administrations-System EVE Exklusiver Verzeichnis-Eintrag (Datex-J) EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array/Adapter EVL Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Chicago EVN Einzelverbindungsnachweis EVO Elektro-Schrott-Verordnung EVS Event Service (OSF) EVU Elektrizit„tsversorgungsunternehmen EWOS European Workshop on Open Systems (OSI) EWS Employee Written Software (IBM) EWSD Elektronisches W„hlsystem, digital EWSM Elektronisches W„hlsystem fr MANs EWSP Elektronisches W„hlsystem fr Paketvermittlung EXAPT Extended Subset of APT EXCH Exchange EXFCB Extended File Control Block EXP Exponent EXT External EXTRN External Reference EXUG European X User Group EZV Elektronischer Zahlungsverkehr % % F2F Face to Face (Slang) FA Full Adder, Fermeldeamt, Fernamt FAB (Chip) Fabrication Plant FABS Fast Access Btree Structure FAC File Access Code FACCH Fast Associated Control Channel FACT Federation Automatic Coding Technologies FAE Field Apllications Engineer FAF File Attribute File FAFWOA For A Friend Without Access (Slang) FAG Fernmeldeanlagengesetz FAL File Access Listener FAMOS Floating Gate Avalanche MOS FAN Family Area Network FAP File Access Protocol FAPI Family Application Program Interface FAPL Format and Protocol Language FAQ Frequently Asked Questions (Netnews) FAQ Fragen, Antworten, Quellen der Erleuchtung (Netnews) FAQ Foire Aux Questions (Netnews) FAQL FAQ List FARNET Federation of American Research Networks FASC Future of the Amateur Service Committee FASIC Function- and Algorithm-Specific Integrated Circuit FAST Fast Access Stationary Tape Guide Transport FAT File Allocation Table FAXT Far End Crosstalk Fax-TAM Fax and Telephone Answering Machine FB Fine Business (Slang) FBAS Farb-Bild-Austast-Synchronsignal (RGB-Signal) FBE Free Buffer Enquiry (Arcnet) FBLINU Forum fr blinde und sehbehinderte Internetnutzer FBRM Fractional Bit Rate Modulation FBS Fernbedienungs- und Steuerungssystem FC Federal Criteria FC Fibre Channel FC Frame Control FCA Fibre Channel Association FC-AL Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop FCB File Control Block FCC Federal Communications Commission, USA FCC File Carbon Copy FCCSET Federal Coordination Committee on Science, Engineering and Technology FCD Floating Car Data FCD Foundation for Communication for the Disabled fci flux changes per inch FCLC Fibre Channel Loop Community FCP Fibre Channel Protocol FCS Fibre Channel Standard FCS First Customer Shipment FCS Frame Check/Checking Sequence FCSI Fiber Channel Systems Initiative FCT Fast CMOS Technology FCT Firewall Configuration Tool FCVC Flow Controlled Virtual Channel FD Floppy Disk FD Full Duplex FDC Floppy Disk Controller FDD Floppy Disk Drive FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDDI TP-PMD FDDI Twisted Pair Physical Layer Medium Dependent FDDI/UTP FDDI Unshielded Twisted Pair FDDT FDDI Full Duplex Technology FDE Full Duplex Ethernet FDES Full Duplex EtherSwitch FD-FDDI Full Duplex FDDI FDI Flash Data Integrator FDISK Fixed Disk FDL File Definition Language FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing FDMA Frequency Division Multiple/Multiplex Access FDR Frame Drop Rate FDSE Full Duplex Switched Ethernet FDT Formal Description Technique FDX Full Duplex FE Finite Elemente FE Format Effektor FE Frame/Framing Error FEA Fast Ethernet Alliance FEAL Fast Data Encipherment Algorithm FEBE Far End Block Error FEC Forward Error Correction FECN Forward Explicit Congestion Notification FED Fachverband Elektronik Design FED Field Emission Device/Display FEM Finite-Elemente-Methode FEP Front End Processor FER Frame Erasure Rate FeRAM Ferroelectric Random Access Memory FERF Far End Receive Failure FET Feldeffekt-Transistor FEXT Far End Crosstalk FF Fieldbus Foundation FF Flipflop FF Form Feed FFAPI File Format API FFDT FDDI Full Duplex Technology (DEC) F!FF Forum Informatiker fr Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung FFI Foreign Function Interface FFOL FDDI Follow-On LAN FFS Fast File System, For Free Server, Flexible Fertigungssysteme FFT Fast Fourier Transformation FFTP Fast Food Transfer Protocol (Mampfnet) FG Frame Ground, Feature Group FGC First Global Commerce FGF Forschungsgemeinschaft Funk FGV Fernmeldegebhrenvorschriften FH Frame Handler FHS For Heaven's Sake (Slang) FHSS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FI Feature Interaction FIAWOL Fandom Is A Way Of Life (Slang) FID Format Identifier/Identification FIF Fachinformation in Fachhochschulen, Fractal Image Format FIFF Forum InformatikerInnen fr den Frieden e. V. FIFO First In, First Out (Speicher) FILO First In, Last Out (Speicher) FIMS Forms Integration Management Standard FIP File Processor Buffering FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard, USA FIQ Fast Interrupt Request FIR Finite Impulse Response FIRP Federal Internetworking Requirements Panel (NIST) FIRST Forschungsinst. fr Rechnerarchitektur und Softwaretechnik, Berlin FIRST Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams FISH First In, Still Here (Slang) FIT Failures In Time FIT Fingerprint Identification Technology FITB Fill In The Blank (Slang) FITL Fiber In The Loop FITNR Fixed In The Next Release (Slang) FITS Flexible Image Transport System FIZ Fachinformationszentrum FKTG Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft FLC Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal FLI Font Library FLIT Flexowriter Interrogation Tape FLOF Full Level One Feature FLOP Floating Point Operation FLP Fast Link Pulse FLUVIS Fluid Dynamics Visualization in a Virtual Windtunnel FM Facility/Fault/Function Management FM Frequenzmodulation, Frequency Modulation FMC Flexible Manufacturing Cell FMC Flight Management Computer FMD Funkmessdienst FME Funkmeldeempf„nger FMH Function Management Header FMI Fixed Mobile Integration FMP Flow Management Protocol FMP Functional Multiprocessor/-processing FMS Facility/File/Forms Management System FMS Fernmeldesystem FMS Fieldbus Message Specification FMS Flexible Manufacturing System FMV Full Motion Video FN Fiber Node FNC Federal Networking Council, USA FO Fernmeldeordnung FOAF Friend Of A Friend (Slang) FOC Fiber Optic Cable FOIRL Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link FOLED Flexible Organic Light Emitting Display FOOBAR FTP Operation Over Big Address Records FORTRAN Formula Translator FORTWIHR Forschungsverbund fr technisch-wissenschaftliches Hochleistungsrechnen FOSI Formatting Output Specification Instance FOSSIL Fido-Opus-Seadog Standard Interface Layer FOV Field Of View FP Fixed Part FP Floating Point FPAD Field Programmable Address Decoder FPAL Field Programmable Array Logic FPD Flat Panel Display FPIC Field Programmable Interconnect Circuit FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array FPLA Field Programmable Logic Array FPLD Field Programmable Logic Device FPLMTS Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications System FPLS Field Programmable Logic Sequencer FPM Fast Packet Multiplexing FPM Fast Page Mode FPML Field Programmable Macro Logic FPODA Fixed Assignment PODA FPP Fast Parallel Port FPP Fixed Path Control FPP Floating Point Processor FPS Fast Packet Switching FPS For Pay Server FPS Frames per Second FPT Force/Forced Perfect Termination FPU Floating Point Unit FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name (Internet) FQHN Fully Qualified Host Name (Internet) FR Frame Relay FRAD Frame Relay Access Device FRAD Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler FRAM Ferroelectric/Ferromagnetic Random Access Memory FRC Full Rate Channel FRDS Failure Resistant Disk System FRE Full Regular Expression FreqNPAV Frequenznutzungsplanaufstellungsverordnung FreqNPAVBV Frequenznutzungsplanaufstellungsverordnungsbeauftragtenversammlung FRF Frame Relay Forum FRICC Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee frpi flux reversals per inch FRMR Frame Reject (frame) FRS Frame Relay Service FRU Field Replaceable Unit FS File Separator FS File System FS Finite State FSA Finite State Automaton FSAG Free Software Association Germany, Frankfurt (M) FSAN Full Services Access Network FSB Front Side Bus FSB Functional System Block FSCSI Fast SCSI FSD File System Driver FSF Free Software Foundation FSFO Failsave Failover FSK Frequency Shift Keying (Modulation) FSM Finite State Machine FSN File System Navigator FSP File Service Protocol (Internet) FSS Fixed Satellite Services FSU Free Software Union FTA Final Type Approval FTAM File Transfer, Access and Management (OSI) FTASB Faster Than A Speeding Bullet (Slang) FTB Front To Back Algorithm FTC Fax Transfer Centre FTC Federal Trade Commission, USA FTDS Failure Tolerant Disk System FTL Faster Than Light (Slang) FTLS Formal Top Level Specification FTP File Transfer Protocol (Internet) FTP Foiled Twisted Pair FTPI Flux Transitions Per Inch FTS Fidonet Transport Standard FTTB Fiber To The Building FTTC Fiber To The Curb FTTH Fiber To The Home FTTG Fiber To The Galaxy FTZ Fernmeldetechnisches Zentralamt FTZ Forschungs- und Technologie-Zentrum der DBP Telekom FU Functional Unit FUBAR Fouled Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition (Slang) FUBB Fouled Up Beyond Belief (Slang) FUBS Fido Used Book Squad FUD (spreading) Fear, Uncertainty, and Disinformation (Slang) FUD Flussdiagramm (DIN 66 001) FuE Forschung und Entwicklung FUI File Update Information FUNET Finnish University and Research Network FUNI Frame based/Relay User Network Interface FUP Funktionsplan (DIN 40 719) FURA F”reningen Ume{aa} Radioamat”rer FšV Fernmeldeverkehrs-šberwachungs-Verordnung FV Festverbindung FVT Full Video Translation FVV Feste virtuelle Verbindung FWEE Fernwirkendeinrichtung FWEG Fernwirkendger„t FWI Frequently Wanted Information FWIW For What It's Worth (Slang) FWLSt Fernwirkleitstelle FXO Foreign Exchange Office FXS Foreign Exchange Station FYA For Your Amusement (Slang) FYI For Your Information (Internet) FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Karlsruhe % % G-WIN Gigabit-Wissenschaftsnetz GaAs Galliumarsenid GAB Group Audio Bridging Gabico Ganz billiger Computer GAE German Application Environment GAFIA Get Away From It All (Slang) GAIN German Advanced Integrated Network (IBM) GAK Government Access to Keys GAL Gate/Generic Array Logic GAL Get A Life (Slang) GAMM Gesellschaft fr Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik GAN Global/Galactic Area Network GAP Generic Access Profile GARP Generic Attribute Registration Protocol GARP Group Address Resolution Protocol GAT Geek of All Trades, Generic Application Template GBB Generic Blackboard System GBG Geschlossene Benutzergruppe (Btx, Datex-J) GBN Global Business Network GC Game Computer GC Garbage Collection GCA Graphic Communications Association, USA GCAD Geographical Computer Aided Design System GCC Generic Conference Control GCC GNU C Compiler GCI General Circuit Interface GCL Golden Common LISP GCN Global Challenge Network GCR Group Coded Recording GCS Geek of Computer Science GCT Gate Controlled Thyristor GDA Global Data Area GDA Global Directory Agent GDDM Graphics Data Display Manager GDE Generic Decryption Engine GDI Graphical Device/Display Interface GDMO Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects (OSI) GDN Government Data Network (UK) GDOS Graphics Device Operating System GDP Generalized Drawing Primitive GDR Global Data Router GDS Global Directory Service GDT Global Descriptor Table GDTRC Global Descriptor Table Register Cache GE Geek of Engineering GE General Electric Company GE Gigabit Ethernet GEA Gigabit Ethernet Alliance GECOS General Electric Comprehensive Operating System GEIS General Electric Information Services GEM Global Enterprise Management GEM Graphics Environment Manager GEMA Gesellschaft fr musikalische Auffhrungsrechte GEN Global European Network GEO Geostationary Earth Orbit GEZ Gebhreneinzugszentrale GFC Generic Flow Control GFSK Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying GGI Generic Graphical Interface GGS Gtegemeinschaft Software e. V., K”ln GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node GHN Get Hold Next GHU Get Hold Unique GI Gesellschaft fr Informatik e. V. GID Group Identifier/Identification GIF Graphics Interchange Format GIGO Garbage In, Garbage/Gospel Out (Slang) GIMPS Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search GII Global Information Infrastructure GIOP General Inter-ORB Protocol GIP GPS/GSM Interworking Profile GIPS Giga-Instructions Per Second GIS Geographic Information System GIWIST Gee I Wish I'd Said That (Slang) GIX Global Internet Exchange GKS Graphical Kernel System GKV Gesch„ftskundenvertrieb (Telekom) GL Graphics Language GLASS Globally Accessible Services GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System GLU General Logic Unit GM General MIDI GMD Gesellschaft fr Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung GMDS Global Managed Data Services GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and Safety System GME Gesellschaft Mikroelektronik im VDE GMHS Global Message Handling System GMII Gigabit Media Independent Interface GML Generalized Markup Language GMR Giant Magneto Resistive GMRP GARP Multicast Registration Protocol GMS Global Messaging Service (Novell) GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (Modulation) GMT Greenwich Mean Time GNA Globewide Network Academy GND Ground GNF Greibach Normal Form GNI Gesellschaft fr Angewandte Neuroinformatik GNN Global Network Navigator GNOME GNU Network Object Model Environment GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System GNU GNU's Not UNIX GO Geek of Other GOBS Grunds„tze ordnungsgem„sser DV-gesttzter Buchfhrungssysteme GOC General Operators Certificate GoS Grunds„tze ordnungsgem„sser Speicherbuchfhrung GOSIP Government OSI Profile GOT Global Offset Table gov Government; Internet-Domain: Beh”rden in USA GP Gas Plasma GP General Purpose GPA Ground Plane Antenna GPC General Purpose Computer GPF General Protection Fault/Failure GPI General Purpose Interface GPI Graphics Programming Interface GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus GPL General Public License (GNU) GPP Generic Packetized Protocol GPRS General Packet Radio Service GPS Global Pizza Service GPS Global Positioning System GPU Graphic Processor Unit GPV Graphics Processing Unit GQL Graphical Query Language GQM Goal, Question, Metric GR+D Grinning, Running + Ducking (Slang) GRA Group Random Access GRE Graphics Engine, Generic Routing Encapsulation GREAT Graphical Environment And Desktop GS Group Separator, Geek of Science, Geprfte Sicherheit (TšV) GSA Global Security Architecture GSF Ghostscript Font GSL Graphics Subroutine Library GSM Group Speciale Mobile, Global System for Mobile Communications GSMA Global Scheduling Multiple Access GSMP General/Generic Switch Management Protocol GSNW Gateway Services for Netware GSOC German Space Operations Center GSR Gigabit Switching Router GSS Group Support System GSX Graphics System Extension GT Global Teach GTE Geometry Transfer Engine GTL Gunning Transceiver Logic GTLD Generic Top Level Domain GTO Gate Turn Off GTS Global Time Server/Service GU Gabelumschalter GU Geek Undecided GUD Grand Unified Debugger GUI Graphical User Interface GUID Globally Unique Identifier GULP Graph Unification Logic Programming GUMM Gurus of UNIX Meeting of Minds GUN Gemeinschaft der UNIX-Anwender Niederrhein GUP Generic Ultimate Protocol GUUG German/Galactic Unix User Group GV Geb„udeverteiler GVBD G”tz-von-Berlichingen-D„mon (Internet) GVH Gesamtverzeichnis deutschsprachiger Hochschulschriften GVIF Gigabit Video Interface GVPN Global Virtual Private Network GVU Graphics Visualization and Usability GVV Gew„hlte virtuelle Verbindung GW Gateway GW Gleichwelle GW Grenzwelle GWIN Gigabyte Wissenschafts-Netz GWL Gateway Link GWM Generic Window Manager GZS Gesellschaft fr Zahlungssysteme % % HA Halbaddierer HA Half Adder HA High Availability/Aperture HACMP High Availability Cluster Management Protocol HACMP High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing (IBM) HAK Hugs And Kisses (Slang) HAL Hard Array Logic HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer HAL House Programmed Array Logic HANFS Highly Available Network File System HAREC Harmonized Amateur Radio Examination Certificate HAs Hauptanschluss HASP Houston Automatic Spooling Priority HB Home Banking HBA Host Bus Adapter HBC Home Banking Computer HBCI Home Banking Computer Interface HBES Home and Building Electronic Systems HBS Home Bus System HCA Heartbeat Collision Avoidance HCCSM High Performance Common Channel Signalling Modul HCI Human Computer Interaction/Interface HCMOS High Speed CMOS HCT Home Communication Terminal HD Hard Disk HD Heavy Duty HD High Density HDA Head and Disk Assembly HDB HoneyDanBer (P. Honeyman, D. A. Norwitz, B. E. Redman) (uucp) HDB3 High Density Bipolar Code of Order 3 HDC Hard Disk Controller HDCD High Definition Compatible Digital HDCD High Density CD HDD Hard Disk Drive, High Definition Display HDF HDSL Dual Framer HDF Hierarchical Data Format HDI Head to Disk Interference HDLC High Level Data Link Control (Protocol) HDM Hardware Device Module HDML Handheld Device Markup Language HDN Hochgeschwindigkeits-Datennetz HDPLD High Density Programmable Logic Device HDR HDSL Dual Regenerator HDR Header HDSC High Density Signal Carrier HDSL High Bit/Data Rate/Speed Digital Subscriber Line/Link HDTV High Definition Television HDW Hardware HDX Half Duplex HE Head End HEC Header Error Control/Check HECTOR Heterogeneous Computer Together HEMP High-level Entity Management Protocol (Internet) HEMS High-level Entity Management System (Internet) HEMT High Electron Mobility Transistor HEO Highly Elliptical Orbit HERF High Energy Radio Frequency HES Home Electronic System (Siemens) hex hexadezimal HF High Frequency/Functionality HF Hochfrequenz HFC Hybrid Fiber Coax (Network) HfD Hauptanschluss fr Direktwahl/Direktruf HFrG Gesetz ber den Betrieb von Hochfrequenzger„ten HFS Hierarchical File System HFT High Function Terminal HGA Head Gimbal Assembly HGA Hercules Graphics Adapter HGA High Gain Antenna HGC Hercules Graphics Card/Controller HHI Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Berlin HHOK Ha Ha Only Kidding (Slang) HHOS Ha Ha Only Serious (Slang) HID Human Interface Device HIFD High Density Floppy Disk HIFI Hypertext Interface For Information HIL Human Interface Link (HP) HINFO Host Information (Record) HIPER High Performance European Radio HIPPI High Performance Parallel Interface HL Halbleiter HL Hop Level (Flow Control) HLCO High Low Close Open HLL High Level Language HLLAPI HLL Application Program Interface HLM Heterogeneous LAN Management HLQ High Level Qualifier HLR Home Location Register HLRS H”chstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart HLRZ Hochleistungs-Rechenzentrum (GMD) HLS Hue, Lightness/Luminance, Saturation (Farbmodell) HLT Halt HMA High Memory Area HMA Hub Management Architecture HMAC Keyed Hashing For Message Authentication HMD Head/Helmet Mounted Display HMI Horizontal Motion Index HMMP Hypermedia Management Protocol HMMS Hypermedia Management Scheme HMOS High Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor HMOS High Speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor HMP Heterogeneous Multi-Processing H-MUX Hybrid Multiplexer HOH HDSL Overhead Bit Handling HOPTE High Order Path Terminating Equipment HOS Health Online Service HP Hewlett-Packard HP Hochpass HPC Handheld Peronal Computer HPCC High Performance Computing and Communications HPCS High Performance Communication Server HPDPS Hewlett-Packard Distributed Print Service HPF High Performance FORTRAN HP-FL Hewlett-Packard Fiber Optic Link HPFS High Performance File System (OS/2) HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language HPI Host Port Interface HPIB Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus HPL Home Product Link HPM Hyper Page Mode HPOFS High Performance Optical File System HPPA Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture HPPI High Performance Parallel Interface HPPS Hewlett-Packard Payment Scheme HPR High Performance Routing HPSB High Performance Serial Bus (FireWire) HPSL Hewlett-Packard Support Line HPSN High Performance Scalable Networking HQ High Quality HRC Half Rate Channel HRC Hybrid Ring Control HRG High Resolution Graphics HRIS Human Resource Information System HRMS Human Resource Management System HRN Heterogenes Rechnernetz HRS Hotel Reservation Service HRZ Hochschul-Rechenzentrum HS High Speed HSB Hue, Saturation, Brightness HSC High Speed Channel/Connect HSCSD High Speed Circuit Switched Data HSD High Speed Data HSDT High Speed Data Transport HSI Hayes Synchronous Interface HSI Hue, Saturation, Intensity HSLAN High Speed Local Area Network HSL-FX Hierarchical Specification Language - Function Extension HSM Herzschrittmacher HSM Hierarchical Storage Management HSP High Speed Peering HSP High Speed Printer HSP High Speed Publishing HSPS High Speed Peripheral Shelf HSSDC High Speed Serial Data Connection/Connector HSSI High Speed Serial Interface HST High Speed Technology/Telegraphy HSTR High Speed Token Ring HSV Hue, Saturation, Value (Farbmodell) HT High Tension HT Horizontal Tabulator HTCC High Temperature Cofired Ceramic HTH Hope This/That Helps (Slang) HTML Hatt Tu Mal wat tau Lesen HTML Hyper-Text Markup Language HTTP Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (Internet) HTTPS Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol Secure (Internet) HTX HTML Extensions HVC Hue, Value, Chroma (Farbmodell) HVD High Voltage Differential (SCSI) HVP Horizontal + Vertical Position HVV Hyperlink Vector Voting HW Hardware HWANS Hinweisansage HWCP Hardware Code Page HYTEA Hypertext Authoring Environment % % I Information (frame) I2O Intelligent Input/Output I3 IMA Interoperability Initiative I4DL Interface, Inheritance, Implementation, Installation Definition Language I&A Identification & Authentication IA Information Appliance IA Interworking Implemantation Agreement IAAS Institut fr Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik, Berlin IAB International Academy of Broadcasting IAB Internet Architecture Board IAC In Any Case (Slang) IAC Interapplication Communication (Apple) IAE In Any Event (Slang) IAE ISDN Anschalteinheit/Anschlusseinheit IAFA Internet Anonymous FTP Archive IAG Industry Advisory Group (Novell) IAHC International Ad Hoc Committee (Internet) IAL Intel Architecture Labs IAL International Algebraic Language (ALGOL) IAMCE ISDN Access Module Control Element IAN Integrated Access Node IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer (Slang) IAP ISDN Access Internetworking Profile IAR Institut fr Automation und Robotik IARP International Amateur Radio Permission IARU International Amateur Radio Union IASS Internet Alphaserver System Software IAT Import Address Table IAUG International AIX Users Group IB In Betrieb IBA Independent Broadcasting Authority IBAC In Band Adjacent Channel IBC Illinois Benedictine College (Gutenberg-Projekt) IBC International Broadcasting Convention IBFD Interessengemeinschaft Blinder Funkamateure Deutschlands IBL Input Buffer Limit IBM International Business Machines (Big Blue) IBN International Booking Network IBOC In Band On Channel IBS Integriertes Banken-System IBTD I Beg To Differ (Slang) IC I See (Slang) IC Incoming Call IC Information Center IC Input/Integrated Circuit IC Instruction Cache IC Interexchange Carrier IC Interrupt Controller ICA Image Component Attribute ICA Intelligent Channels/Console Architecture ICA Intelligent Communication Adapter ICA Interface Connector Assembly ICALP International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming ICAM Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing ICAN Individual Customer Access Network ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICAP Integrated Computer Aided Production ICARE International Council for Amateur Radio in Education ICAS Intel Communicating Applications Specifications ICC Intelligent Channel Controller ICC International Color Consortium ICC International Conference on Communications ICCCM Interclient Communications Conventions Manual ICCHP International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons ICCS Integrated Communications Cabling System (Siemens) ICE Inter Client Exchange (Protocol), In-Circuit Emulator/Emulation ICI Inter/Interexchange Carrier Interface, Information Science Institute ICIP ICI Protocol ICL Interface Clear ICM Image Color Matching ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol ICO Intermediate Circular Orbit ICOCBW I Could, Of Course, Be Wrong (Slang) ICP Input Control Procedure ICP Integrated Channel Processor ICP Interconnection Partner ICP Internet Cache Protocol ICP Internet Content Provider ICR Intelligent Character Recognition ICS IBM Cabling System ICS Integrated Communication Services ICS Intuitive Command Structure ICSA International Customer Service Association ICT Information and Communication Technology ICTF Internet Content Task Force ICU ISA Configuration Utility ICV Integrity Check Value ICX Inter Cartridge Exchange ID Identification ID Identifier ID Instruction Decode IDA Independent/Intelligent Disk/Drive Array IDAPI Integrated Database Application Programming Interface IDC International Data Corporation IDC Internet Database Connector IDD International Direct Dialling IDE Integrated Development Environment IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IDE Interactive Design and Engineering IDE Interface Design Enhancement IDEA International Data Encryption Algorithm IDF Intermediate Distribution Frame IDI Initial Domain Identifier IDI ISDN Driver Interface IDK Interessengemeinschaft Datenkommunikation IDL Interactive Data Language IDL Interface Definition Language IDL Internet Definition Language IDMS Integrated Database Management System IDN Integriertes Datennetz, Integrated Digital Network IDP Initial Domain Part IDP Integrated Data Processing IDP Internet Datagram Protocol IDR Intergalactic Digital Research IDR Intermediate Data Rate Service IDSL ISDN Digital Subscriber Line IDT Improved Definition Television IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDTRC Interrupt Descriptor Table Register Cache IEC International Electrotechnical Commission, Interexchange Carrier IECC Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections IECQ IEC Quality Assessment System for Electrical Components IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE/CS IEEE Computer Society IEF Information Engineering Facility IEMMC Internet Electronic Mail Marketing Council IEN Internet Experimental Note IES Information Exchange System IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group IET Image Enhancement Technology IETF Internet Engineering Task Force IETM Interactive Electronic Technical Manual IEX Imaging Extensions for XWS IF Intermediate Frequency IFA Internationale Funk-Ausstellung, Berlin IFC Integrated Factory Control IFC Internet Foundation Classes IFD Image File Directory IFF Interessengruppe Funkamateure im Fernverkehr IFF Interchange File Format (Amiga) IFF Internet Fast Forward IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transformation IFG Incoming Fax Gateway IFG Inter Frame Gap IFIP International Federation for Information Processing IFL Internet For Learning IFMP Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol IFS Inter Frame Space IFS Installable File System (OS/2) IFS Internal Field Separator IFU Instruction Fetch Unit IFU Internationale Fernmeldeunion IFV Internationaler Fernmeldevertrag IFVV Internationale feste virtuelle Verbindungen IfW ISDN for Workgroups (Microsoft) IfWfW ISDN for Windows for Workgroups (Microsoft) IGA Integrated Graphics Adaptor/Array IGBT Insulated/Insulator Gate Bipolar Transistor IGC Institute for Global/Galactic Communications IGC Integrated Graphics Controller IGD Fraunhofer-Institut fr Grafische Datenverarbeitung, Darmstadt IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification IGMP Internet Group Management/Message Protocol IGN IBM Global Net IGP Interior Gateway Protocol (Internet) IGRP Internet/Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (Cisco) IID Interface Identifier IIF Image Interchange Facility III Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan IIL Integrated Injection Logic IIOP Internet Inter-ORB Protocol IIP ISDN Intermediate Interworking Profile IIPS Irrevocably Interruptible Power Supply IIR Immediate Impulse Response IIRC If I Remember Correctly (Slang) IIS Internet Information Server (Microsoft) IISP Interim Inter Signalling/Switch Protocol IITF Information Infrastructure Task Force, USA IIWM If It Were Me/Mine (Slang) IJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence IK-CAPE Industriekooperation Computer Aided Process Engineering IKE Internet Key Exchange IKOE Institut fr Kommunikations”kologie, Hamburg ILEC Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier ILLAB Ich Liege Lachend Am Boden (Slang, vgl. ROTFL) ILMI Interim Local Management Interface IM Information Modeling IMA Interactive Multimedia Association IMA Internationale Multimedia Akademie (Karlsruhe) I-MAC Isochronous MAC (FDDI) IMACS International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion (Slang) IMAP4 Internet Mail/Message Access Protocol Version 4 IMBE Improved Multi-Band Excitation IMC Internet Mail Consortium IMCO In My Considered Opinion (Slang) IMDS Image Data Stream (IBM) IME In My Experience (Slang) IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identifier/Identity IMG Image IMHO In My Humble Opinion (Slang) IMI Internet MSS Interface IMIMG ISDN Memorandum of Understanding Implementation Management Group IMNSCO In My Not So Considered Opinion (Slang) IMNSHO In My Not So Humble Opinion (Slang) IMO In My Opinion (Slang) IMO International Maritime Organization IMOBO In My Own Biased Opinion (Slang) IMP Inter/Interface Message Processor IMPA Intelligent Multi-Port Adaptor IMS Information Mangement System IMS Integrated Media Service IMS Intermediate Maintenance Standards IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity IMSP Internet Message Support Protocol IMT International Mobile Telecommunications IMTC International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium IN Intelligentes Netz (Telekom), Individual Network e. V., Input InARP Inverse Address Resolution Protocol INC In Chain INC Increment INC Internet Computer INCA Interleaved Native Compiled Architecture INET International Networking Conference INH Intelligent Networking Hub INKA Individual Network Region Karlsruhe INM Integrated Network Management INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite Organization INMS Integrated Network Management Services INN International Network News INPO In No Particular Order (Slang) INRIA Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique INS Input String INS Instance Object INT Interrupt, Internal, Integer INTA Interrupt Acknowledge, International Trademark Association INTAP Interoperability Technology Association for Information Processing, Japan INWG Internet Working Group I/O Input/Output IOC Input Output Controller IOCS Input/Output Control System IOCTL Input/Output Control IOD Information Object Definition IOE Input Output Engine IOFEXT Input Output Far End Crosstalk IOMMU Input Output Memory Management Unit IONL Internal Organization of the Network Layer (OSI) IOP Input Output Processor IOPL Input/Output Priviledge Level IOR Indian Ocean Region IOS Internetwork Operating System IOSGA Input/Output Support Gate Array IOTA Islands On The Air IOW In Other Words (Slang) IP Information Provider IP Instruction Pointer IP Intellectual Property IP Intelligent Peripherals IP Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) IPAE IP Address Encapsulation IPC Instructions per Clock IPC Integrated Passive Component IPC Inter Personal Computer IPC Interprocess Communication IPCI Industrial PCI IPCP Internet Protocol Control Protocol IPDS Intelligent Printer Data Stream IPF Information Presentation Facility IPG In Plane Gate Transistor IPG Inter Packet Gap IPI Intelligent Peripheral Interface, Image Processing and Interchange IPL Information Processing Language IPL Initial Program Loader IPL Interrupt Priority Level IPM Intelligent Power Mode/Module/MOS, Interpersonal Message IPMV95 Integrated Packet Trunk Module V.95 Interface IPng Internet Protocol Next Generation (IPv6) IPNS ISDN PBX Networking Specification IPON Intelligent Passive Optical Network IPP Internet Presence Provider IPS In Plane Switching IPS inch per second IPSE Integrated Project Support Environment IPTO Information Processing Techniques/Technology Office IPU Imposition Processing Unit IPv4 Internet Protocol Version 4 IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6 (= IPng) IPVR Inst. fr parallele und verteilte H”chstleistungsrechner, Stuttgart IPW Incremental Packet Writing IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange (Novell) IPXCP Internetwork Packet Exchange Control Protocol IQL Interactive Query Language IR Information Retrieval, Infrared IRAF Image Reduction and Analysis Facility IRB Instruction Recoder Buffer IRB Instrumentation Request Broker IRC Internet Relay Chat IRD Integrated Receiver Decoder (TV) IrDA Infrared Data Association IRD Internet Resource Directory IRDS Information Resource Dictionary System IRG Implicit Regeneration IRICE Integrated Remote Interface Control Element IRIS Interregional Information Society Initiative IRL In Real Life (Slang) IRL Inter Repeater Link IRLED Infrared Light Emitting Diode IRM Information Resource Management IRQ Interrupt Request IRS Internal Revenue Service, Information Retrieval System IRTF Internet Research Task Force IS Information Separator/System IS In Service IS Interactive Service (Telecommunication) IS Intermediate System IS International Standard (ISO) IS Interrupt Status ISA Industry Standard Architecture ISA Instruction Set Architecture ISA Integrated Services Architecture ISA Interactive Services Association ISAKMP Internet Security Association Key Management Protocol ISAM Index Sequential Access Method ISAPI Internet Server API ISC Instruction Set Computer ISC Internet Service Center ISD Image Section Descriptor ISD Instructional System Design ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network ISDN Isosorbitdinitrat ISH Information Superhighway ISH Intermediate System Hello PDU ISI Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California ISI Inter Symbol Interference ISI Internally Specified Index IS-IS Intermediate System to Intermediate System Protocol (OSI) ISL Initial System Loader ISL Interactive System Language ISL Intersatellite Link ISM Industrial, Scientific, Medical (Applications) ISN Internet School/Shopping Networking ISO International Standardization Organization ISOC Internet Society ISODE ISO Development Environment (OSI) ISP Image Synthesis Processor ISP International Standardized Profile ISP Internet Service Provider ISP Interrupt Stack Pointer ISP Interrupt Status Port ISPBX ISDN Private Branche Exchange ISPF Interactive Structured Programming Facility (IBM) ISPI Institut fr Integrierte Publikationssysteme, Darmstadt ispLSI in-system-programmable LSI ISPO Information Society Project Office ISR Information Storage and Retrieval ISR Intermediate Session Routing ISR Interrupt Service Routine ISRC International Standard Recording Code ISSA Information Systems Security Association ISSCC International Solid State Circuits Conference ISSO Information System Security Officer ISSP Inter-Switch Signalling Protocol ISSP Internet Satellite Service Provider ISSS IBM Speech Server Services ISST Fraunhofer-Institut fr Software- und Systemtechnik ISTM It Seems To Me (Slang) ISTR I Seem To Remember (Slang) ISU Industry Solution Unit (IBM) ISUP ISDN User Part ISUS Information Services and User Support (DFN) ISV Independent Software Vendor ISVR Intel Smart Video Recorder ISWL International Short Wave League IT Information Technology ITA Interface Test Adapter ITA Interim Type Approval ITAC ISDN Terminal Adapter Circuit ITB Information Technology Branch ITB Intermediate Text Block ITE Informationstechnische Einrichtung ITF Isochronous Transfer ITG Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im VDE ITI Interactive Terminal Interface ITLB Instruction TLB ITM Internet Transaction Mix ITO Indium Tin Oxide ITR Internet Talk Radio ITS Incompatible Time-Sharing System ITS Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, USA ITS Intelligent Transport System ITS International Telecommunications Society ITSEC Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria/Certification ITSEM Information Technology Security Evaluation Manual ITSP Internet Telephony Service Provider ITSTC Information Technology Steering Committee ITT Invitation To Transmit (Arcnet) ITU Intelligent Thermal Update ITU International Telecommunication Union ITUG International Telecommunications Users' Group ITV Interactive Television ITX Intermediate Text Block IU Integer Unit IUG Informix User Group IuK Information und Kommunikation IuKDG Informations- und Kommunikationsdienste-Gesetz IV Initialisation Vector IVBB Informationsverbund Bonn-Berlin IVCA International Visual Communication Association IVDLAN Integrated Voice and Data Local Area Network IVHS Intelligent Vehicle Highway System IVIS Interactive Video Information System IVN Intervening Network IVOD Interactive Video On Demand IVP Installation Verification Image IVR Interactive Voice Response IVS IBM Verkabelungssystem IVS Interactive Visualization System IVT Interrupt Vector Table IVV Independent Verification and Validation IWBNI It Would Be Nice If (Slang) IWF Impulswahlverfahren (Telefon) IWU Interworking Unit IWV Impulswahlverfahren IXF Integrated Exchange Format IXI International X.25 Interconnect IYSWIM If You See What I Mean (Slang) ISWYM I See What You Mean (Slang) % % JA Jump Address JAD Joint Application Design JAE Java Application Environment JAM Jyacc Application Manager JANET Joint Academic Network, England JAR Java Archive JASON Journal Articles Sent On Demand JCALS Joint Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistic Support System JCB Job Conrol Block JCC Java Competence Center JCL Job Control Language (IBM) JCS Job Control System JCT Job Control Table JDB Java Debugger JDBC Java Data Base Connectivity JDK Java Developers Kit JECC Japan Electronic Computer Center JEDEC Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council JEIDA Japan/Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association JES Job Entry System JESA Japan Engineering Standard Association JESSI Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative JFC Java Foundation Class JFET Junction Field Effect Transistor JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format JFS Journal/Journaled File System JGFET Junction Gate Field Effect Transistor JIB Job Information Block JICST Japan Information Center of Science and Technology JIT Just In Time (Compiler) JJ Josephson Junction JMP Job Monitor Protocol JMS Job Management System JNDI Java Naming and Directory Interface JNI Java Native Interface JNDSPI Java Naming and Directory Service Provider Interface JOL Job Orientation Language JOSS Joint Object Services Submission JOTA Jamboree On The Air JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group JPL Java Perl Lingo JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL Jyacc Procedural Language JRE Java Runtime Environment JSM Job Stream Manager JSNM Just Stark Naked Magic (Slang) JSQL Java SQL JT Job Table JTAP JTC1 TAG Application Portability Study Group JTAPI Java Telephony Application Programming Interface JTC Joint Technical Committee (ISO/IEC) JTM Job Transfer and Management/Manipulation JTS Java Transaction Service JUG Java User Group JUGD Java User Group Deutschland JUGFET Junction Gate Field Effect Transistor JUNET Japanese UNIX Network JUST Joint Users of Siemens Telecommunications JV Job Variable JVM Java Virtual Machine JvNC John-von-Neumann (Super-Computer-) Center JWS Java Workshop % % K-12 Kindergarten through 12th grade KAD Kontoauszugsdrucker KB Keyboard KB Kilobyte kbps Kilobit/byte per second KC Kids' Computer KCL Kyoto Common Lisp KCS Kansas City Standard KDC Key Distribution Center KDE KDE Desktop Environment KDT Key Definition Table KED Kundenenddokumentation KES Key Escrow System KF Family Key KHM Kunsthochschule fr Medien, K”ln KI Knstliche Intelligenz KIBO Knowledge In, Bullshit Out (Slang) KIS Knowbot Information Service KISS Keep It Simple/Small and Stupid/Simple KIT Kernel Software for Intelligent Terminals KLOC Kilo Lines Of Code KNF Konjunktive Normalform KOALA Konstanzer Ausleih- und Anfragesystem KOP Kontaktplan (DIN 19 239) KPA Key Process Area KQML Knowlege Query and Manipulation Language K&R Kernighan + Ritchie KRS Knowledge Retrieval System, Kernighan + Ritchie Standard KS Session Key KSAM Keyed Sequential Access Method KSR Keyboard Send Receive KT Kommunikationstechnik KTA Korean Telecommunication Authority KtK Kommission fr den Ausbau des technischen Kommunikationssystems KU Unit Key KUUG Karlsruher UNIX User Group KV Kabelverzweiger, Karnaugh Veitch (Diagramm) KVP Kontinuierlicher Verbesserungsprozess KW Kurzwelle, Kurzwahl KWIPS Kilo Whetstones Per Second KZU Kennzeichenumsetzer % % L2F Layer 2 Forwarding L2TP Layer 2 Tunelling Protocol LA Location Area LAA Locally Administered Address LAB Logic Array Block LAC L2TP Access Controller LAD Leistungsanschlusseinheit, digital LADDR Layered Device Driver Architecture LADE Language Definition Environment LAI LAN Automatic Inventory LAI Location Area Identity LALL Longest Allowed Lobe Length LAM Lobe Attachment Unit LAN Local Area Network LANE LAN Emulation/Emulator LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA LAP Link Access Protocol/Procedure LAPB Link Access Procedure for Balanced Mode LAPD Link Access Procedure for the D Channel LAPM Link Access Protocol for Modems LAPS LAN Adapter and Protocol Support (IBM) LAR Load Access Right Laser Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation LASIC Laser Application Specific Integrated Circuit LAST Local Area Storage Transport (DEC) LAT Local Area Transport (DEC) LATA Local Access and Transport Area LAU Lobe Access Unit LAVC Local Area VAX Cluster LAWN Local Area Wireless Network LBA Linear Beschr„nkter Automat LBA Logical Block Addressing LBB Logic Building Block LBC Local Bus Controller LBM Local Bus Master LBT Listen Before Talk LBT Local Bus Target LBV Leistungsbedarfsvorhersage LBX Low Bandwidth X LC Live Camera LCA Logic Cell Array LCA Losely Coupled Architecture LCCM LAN Client Control Manager LCD Liquid Crystal Device/Display LCF LAN Configuration Facility LCF Lightweight Client Framework LCHU Low Cost Home User LCI Logical Channel Indentifier LCM LEAF Creation Method LCOM Lack of Cohesion in Methods LCP Link Control Protocol (Internet) LCR Least/Low Cost Router/Routing LCRD Low Cost Removable Drive LCS Linux Compatibility Standard LCS Liquid Crystal Shutter LD Low Delay LCU Last Cluster Used LDA Local Delivery Agent LDA Logical Device Address LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDCM LAN Desk Client Manager (Intel) LDF Linear Display File LDLN Long Distance Learning Network LDM Long Distance Modem LDP Linux Documentation Project LDR Light Dependent Resistor LDS Landesamt fr Datenverarbeitung und Statistik LDSG Landesdatenschutzgesetz LDT Local Descriptor Table LDTR Load Descriptor Table Register LDTRC Load Descriptor Table Register Cache LDTV Limited Definition Television LE Link Encapsulation LEAF Law Enforcement Access Field LEARP LAN Emulation Address Resolution Protocol LEC LAN Emulation Client LECS LAN Emulation Client/Configuration Server/Service LED Light Emitting Diode LEF Library Exchange Format LEL Link Embedded and Launch-to-edit LEM Language Extension Module LEMP Lightning Electromagnetic Pulse LEN Low Entry Networking/Node LEO Link Everything Online LEO Low Earth Orbit/Orbiting LER Light Emitting Resistor LES LAN Emulation Server LES Land-Erdfunkstelle LF Line Feed LF Login Facility LF Low Frequency LFF Large Form Factor LFI Last File Indicator LFK Landesanstalt fr Kommunikation LFN Long File Names LFO Low Frequency Oscillator LFP Large Format Printing LFS Local File System LFSA List of Frequently Seen Acronyms LFU Least Frequently Used LGA Low Gain Antenna LGN Logical Group Node LGPL Library General Public License (GNU) LH Link Header LIC Logical Link Control LICS Lotus International Character Set LID Logical Input Device LIEP Large Internet Exchange Packet (Novell) LIF Low Insertion Force LIFO Last In, First Out (Speicher) LILO Last In, Last Out (Speicher) LIM Light Intensity Modulation LIM Load Information Manager LIM Lotus, Intel, Microsoft LIMDOW Laser Intensity Modulation Direct Overwrite LIMS Library Information Management System LIP Large Internet Packet LIP Line Interconnection Point LIPS Logical Inferences per Second LIPX Large Internet Packet Exchange LIS Logical IP Subnetwork LISP List Processing (Language) LISP Lots of Irritating Superfluous Parentheses LITA Library and Information Technology Association, USA LIVE Linux Verband LKM Loadable Kernel Modul LKS Loadable Kernel Server LL Local Loopback, Leased Line LLA Link Level Access LLC Logical Link Control LLC2 Logical Link Control Class 2 LLF Low Level Format LLNL Lawrence Livermoore National Laboratories, USA LLP Link Layer Protocol LLTA Lots and Lots of Thundering Applause (Slang) LMBCS Lotus Multibyte Character Set LMI Local Management Interface LMS Laser Magnetic Storage LMS License Management Service (OSF) LMSC LAN/MAN Standards Committee (IEEE) LMU Logical Network Management Unit LN Logical Network LNB Low Noise Block Converter LNC Low Noise Converter LNP Local Network Protocol LNS L2TP Network Server LOB Large Object LOC Lines Of Code LOC Loop On-Line Control LOCIS Library Of Congress Information System, USA LOF List Of Figures LOF Loss of Frame LOL Laughing Out Loud (Slang) LOL Lots Of Luck (Slang) LON Local Operating Network LOP Logikplan (DIN 19 239/40 719) LOP Loss of Pointer LORE Line Oriented Editor LOS Line of Sight LOS Loss of Signal LOT List Of Tables LOWFER Low Frequency Experimental Radio LP Line Printer LP Logical Partition LP Low Power/Profile LPB Local Peripheral Bus LPC Linear Predictive Coding LPC Local Procedure Call LPD Landespostdirektion LPD Line Printer Daemon (UNIX) LPD Low Power Device lpi lines per inch LPI Lower Prediction Interval LPL Lotus Programming Language lpm lines per minute LPN Logical Page Number LPO Logical Post Office LPP Licensed Program Product LPRS Low Power Radio Service lps lines per second LPS Low Power Schottky (Semiconductor) LPT Line Printer LQ Letter Quality LQM Link Quality Monitoring LQR Link Quality Report LRC Local Register Cache LRC Longitudinal Redundancy Check LRE Limited Regular Expression LRI Least Recently Loaded LRPC Lightweight Remote Procedure Call LRU Least Recently Used LRU Lowest Replaceable Unit LRZ Leibniz-Rechenzentrum Mnchen LSA Line Sharing Adapter LSA Link State Algorithm/Advertisement LSA l”tfrei -- schraubfrei -- abisolierfrei LSB Least Significant Bit LSB Linux Standard Base LSB Lower Side Band LSC Least Significant Character LSD Least Significant Digit LSF Load Sharing Facility LSF Log Structured File (Array) LSI Large Scale Integration LSID Local Session Identifier LSM Linux Software Map LSO Linux Standards Organization LSP Link State Packet/PDU LST Linux Support Team LSX Lotus Script Extensions LSZH Low Smoke Zero Halogen (Kabel) LT Lease Time LT Link Trailer LTCC Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic LTI Laser Thermal Imaging LTO Linear Tape Open LTS Local Time Server/Service LU Logical Unit LUB Least Upper Bound LUF Lowest Usable Frequency LUG Local User Group LUN Logical Unit Number LUNI LAN Emulation User Network Interface LUT Local User Terminal LUT Look Up Table LUUG Lunar UNIX Users Group LV Logical Volume LVD Low Voltage Differential (SCSI) LVDS Low Voltage Differential Sensing/Signalling/SCSI LVM Logical Volume Manager LVN Landesverwaltungsnetz Baden-Wrttemberg LW Langwelle LW Long Wave LW Long Wire Antenna LWD/MO Lead Writing Device/Manual Option (vulgo Bleistift) LWL Lichtwellenleiter LWL Long Wave Laser LWP Lightweight Process LWX LAN WAN Exchange LZW Lempel, Ziv, Welch % % M2FM Modified Double Frequency Modulation MA Management Agent MAC Machine Aided Cognition MAC Mandatory/Medium/Media/Memory Access Control/Controller, MAC Message Authentication Check/Code MAC Multi Access Computer MAC Multiply Accumulator Unit MACP Motion Adaptive Color Plus MACS Mixed Aloha Carrier Sense MACS Modem Access Control System MACUL Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning MAE Macintosh Application Environment MAN Manchester (Coding) MAN Metropolitan Area Network MAP Maintenance Analysis Procedure MAP Manufacturing Automation Protocol MAP Manufacturing Package MAP Message Access Protocol MAP Mobile Application Part MAPI Mail/Message Application Programmer/Programming Interface MAPICS Manufacturing, Accounting and Production Information Control System (IBM) MAP/TOP MAP Technical Office Protocol MAR Memory Address Register MARS Message Archiving and Retrieval Service MARS Multicast Address Resolution Server MASM Macro Assembler (Microsoft) MAU Medium Attachment Unit (Ethernet) MAU Multi Station Access Unit MAVT Mobile Audio Visual Terminal MAZ Magnetbildaufzeichnung MB Megabyte MBFT Multipoint Binary File Transfer MBONE Multicast Backbone Mbps Megabits/bytes per second MBR Master Boot Record MBS Maximum Burst Size MBS Mobile Broadband System MBX Mailbox MC Miniature Card MC Moving coil MC Multi Carrier MCA Micro Channel Architecture (IBM) MCA Mission Critical Application MCA Motion Capture and Analysis MCA Multiprocessor Communication Adapter MCB Memory Control Block MCBSP Multi Channel Buffered Serial Port MCC Memory Cache Controller MCC Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation MCCOI Multimedia Communications Community of Interest MCD Mad Computer Disease MCDA Micro Channel Developers Association MCF Meta Content Format MCGA Multi Colour Graphics Adaptor/Array MCI Media Control Interface MCM Media and Communication Management MCM Media and Communication Management MCNS Multimedia Cable Network System MCP Macintosh Coprocessor Platform MCP Master Control Programm MCP Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Multichip Package MCR Minimum Cell Rate MCS Mission Critical Server MCS Multicast Server MCS Multipoint Communication Services MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer MCT MOS Controlled Thyristor MCU Memory/Micro/Multipoint/Module Control Unit MCU Minimum Coded Unit MCU Multi Chip Unit MCU Multipoint Conferencing Unit MD Mediation Device MD Message Digest MDA Mail Delivery Agent MDA Mediated Digest Authentication MDA Monochrome Display Adapter MDBMS Multidimensional DBMS MDBS Mobile Data Base Station MDE Maschinendatenerfassung MDEC Motion (JPEG) Decoder MDH Multimedia Data Handling MDI Medium Dependant Interface MDI Multiple Document Interface MDIS Mobile Data Intermediate System MDK Multimedia Development Kit (Microsoft) MDNS Managed Data Network Service MDR Minimum Design Requirement MDSL Multirate DSL MDT Mittlere Datentechnik MDT Mobile Data Terminal MDY Month Day Year (Datumsangabe) ME Mutation Engine MEB Memory Expansion Board MECN Mobile Extended Corporate Network MEO Medium Earth Orbit MERIT Michigan Education Research Insruction Triad MES Mobile End System MESI Modified Exclusive Shared Invalid (Cache) MET Middle European Time MEZ Mitteleurop„ische Zeit MF Marinefunker MF Multifunktion MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes MFC Multifunktionale Chipkarte MFFS Microsoft Flash File System MFI Metafile Input MFIA Magtape Formatter Interface Adapter MFLOP Million Floating Point Operations MFM Modified Frequency Modulation MFO Metafile Output MFP Multifunction Peripheral MFPA Multi Function Peripheral Association MFS Maximum Frame Size MfS Mitteilungen fr Seefunkstellen MFT Master File Table MFT Multi-Programming with a Fixed number of Tasks MFTL My Favorite Toy Language MFTP Multicast File Transfer Protocol MFV Mehrfrequenz-Wahlverfahren (Telefon) MGA Mehrge„teanschluss MGA Monochrome/Multimode Graphic Adapter MGR Multi Gigabit Router MH Modified Huffman (Compression) MHEG Multimedia and Hypermedia Expert Group MHF Message Handling Facility MHOTY My Hat's Off To You (Slang) MHS Message/Mail Handling Service/System MHz Megahertz MI Mode Indicate MIB Management Information Base MIB Melde- und Informationssystem in der Binnenschifffahrt MIC Macro Interpretative Command MIC Media Interface Connector MIC Memory In Cassette MIC Message Integrity Check MIC Mode Indicate Common MIC Multimedia Interactive Control MICA Modem ISDN Channel Aggregation MICE Multimedia Integrated Conferencing for Europe MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition MID Maritime Identification Digit MID Message Identifier MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIF Management Information File/Format MIHMA Model-based Integration Heterogeneous Multimedia Archives MII Media Independent Interface MII Microsoft, IBM, Intel mil military; Internet-Domain: Milit„r in den USA MIL (amerikanische Milit„rnorm) MIL Machine Interface Layer MILNET Military Network, USA MIM Metall-Isolator-Metall (Bildschirm) MIMD Multiple Instruction Multiple Data MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIP Maximum Integration Phone MIPS Million Instructions per Second MIS Management Information System MIS Metal Insulator Semiconductor MISD Multiple Instruction Single Data MIT Management Information Tree MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MITS Model Instrumentation Telemetry System MIX Member Information Exchange MJ Modular Jack (Steckersystem) M-JPEG Motion-JPEG ML Machine Language MLA My Local Address MLE Millenium Language Extension MLI Multiple Link Interface MLIS Multilingual Information Society MLM Mailing List Manager MLP Message/Multilayer Link Protocol ML-PPP Multi Link PPP MLR Multi-Channel Linear Recording MLS Multi Level Security MLS Multiple Link Support MLT Multi-Level Transition/Transmission MM Maschinenlesbares Merkmal MM Mobility Management MM Moving Magnet MM Multiple Master MMA Multi-Megabit-Anpassung MMAC Multi Media Access Center MMAP Multi Media Access Profile MMC Man Machine Communication MMC Matched Memory Cycle MMC Multi Media Card/Commands MMCD Multimedia Compact Disc MMDF Multichannel Memorandum Distribution Facility MME Multi Media Extensions MMF Make Money Fast MMF Multi-Mode Fiber MMI Man Machine Interface MMIC Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit MMIS Materials Manager Information System MMJ Modified Modular Jack (Steckersystem) MMK Multimediale Kommunikation MML Man Machine Language MMM Memory Mapper Modul MMM Multi Media Mediocrity MMP Massive Multi Processing MMPM Multi Media Presentation Manager MP Magic Packet MPG Medizinprodukte-Gesetz MPMLQ Multipulse Maximum Likelihood Quantization MMR Modified Modified Read (Compression) MMS Manufacturing Message Specification MMS Multimedia Survey MMSI Maritime Mobile Service Identity MMTCA Multimedia Toolbox for Cooperative Applications MMU Memory Management Unit MMX Multi Media Extensions MNIT Mobile Networks Integration Technology MNP Microcom Networking Protocol MNP Multiple Networking Program MNRE Manual Not Read Error (Slang) MO Magneto-Optical (Disk) MO Mobile Originated (Message) MOD Magneto-Optical Disk MODEM Modulator-Demodulator MOH Music On Hold MOHLL Machine Oriented High Level Language MOLAP Multidimensional Online Analytical Processing MOLI Microsoft Online Institute MOLP Microsoft Open License Pak MoM Map oriented Machine MOO MUD Object Oriented MOP Maintenance Operation Protocol (DEC) MOP Multiple Original Prints MOPS Million Operations Per Second MoPL Map oriented Programming Language MOS Metal Oxide Semiconductor MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor MOSIX Multicomputer Operating System for UNIX MOSPF Multicast Extensions to OSPF MOSS MIME Object Security Services MOT Multimedia Object Transfer MOTAS Member Of The Appropriate Sex (Slang) MOTIS Message Oriented Text Interchange System MOV Metal Oxide Varistor MP Multilink Protocol MP Multiple Processors MP Multiprocessing MPA Minimum Perceptable Action MPC Microsoft Certified Professional MPC Multimedia PC MP/CS Manufacturing Planning and Control System MPE Maximum Permissible Exposition MPE Multiprogramming Executive MPEG Motion/Moving Pictures Expert Group MPF Mapping Field MPI Message Passing Interface MPI Multi-Protocol Interchange MPLS Multi Protocol Label Switching MPOA Multiprotocol Over ATM MPP Massively Parallel Processing/Processor MPP Message Posting/Processing Program/Protocol MPPP Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol MPR M„t- och Provningsr{aa}det (Schweden) MPR Multi-Protocol Router MPR Multipart Repeater MPT Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, UK + Japan MPTF Multiple Protocol Transport Feature MPTN Multi-/Multiple Protocol Transport Network (IBM) MPTP Micro Payment Transfer Protocol MPTS Multiprotocol Transport Services (IBM) MPU Microprocessor Unit MPU MIDI Processing Unit MPW Macintosh Programmers Workbench MPX Multiplex MQ Message Queuing MQE Managed Query Environment MQI Messaging and Queuing Interface MR magneto-resistiv MR Modem Ready MR Modified Read (Compression) MRCC Maritime Rescue Coordination Center MRCF Microsoft Realtime Compression Format MRCI Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface MRM Motif Resource Manager MRO Multi-Region Operation MRP Material Requirements Planning MRP Manufacturing Resource Planning MRPL Main Ring Path Length MRB Method Request Broker MRS Media Recognition System MRS Microcontroller Readable Sector MRT Mean Repair Time MRU Maximum Receive Unit MS Management Services MS Memory System MS Message Store MS Microsoft Corporation MS Mobile Station MSAA Microsoft Active Accessibility MSAIS Multiplexer Section Alarm Indication Signal MSAP Minislotted Alternating Priorities MSAU Multi-Station Access Unit MSB Most Significant Bit/Byte MSC Mobile (Services) Switching Centre MSCDEX Microsoft Compact Disk Extensions MSCP Mass Storage Control Protocol MSCS Microsoft Cluster Server MSD Mass Storage Device MSD Most Significant Digit MS-DOS Microsoft Disk Operating System MSDR Multiplexed Streaming Data Request MSDS Microsoft Developer Support MSFDC Microsoft + First Data Corporation MSG Message MSI Maritime Safety Information MSI Medium Scale Integration MSK Minimum Shift Keying MSL Master Symbol List MSL Map Specification Library MSL Mirrored Server Link MSN Microsoft Network MSN Multiple Subscriber Number MSOH Multiplexer Section Overhead MSOPF Multicast Open Shortest Path First MSP Message Security Protocol MSP Multiplexer Section Protection MSR Message Service Routine MSR Model Specific Register MSRN Mobile Station Roaming Number MSS MAN Switching System MSTE Multiplexer Section Terminating Equipment MSW Machine Status Word MT Mobile Terminated (Messaging) MTA Mail/Message Transfer Agent (OSI) MTA Multiple Terminal Access MTBB Mean Time Between Breakdowns MTBDL Mean Time Between Data Loss MTBF Mean Time Between Failure MTBJ Mean Time Between Jams MTDA Mean Time Data Availability MTF Microsoft Tape Format MTFBWY May The Force Be With You (Slang) MTP Mail Transfer Protocol (Internet) MTRR Memory Type Range Register MTS Message Transfer Services/System MTS Microsoft Transaction Server MTS Multichannel Television Sound MTS Multimedia Teleschool (Berlitz) MTTF Mean Time To Failure MTTR Mean Time To Recovery/Repair MTU Maximum Transmission Unit MTUF Magnetic Tape Unit Formatter MUA Mail User Agent MUD Multi/Multiple-User Dialogue/Dimension/Dungeon (Spiele) MUeW Monopolbertragungsweg MUF Maximal Usable Frequency MUFF Maus- und Fenster-Firlefanz MUL Mobile User Link MULTICS Multiplexed Information and Computing Service MUMPS Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System MUNDI Multiplexed Network for Distributive and Interactive Services MUSH Multi-User Shared Hallucinations MUSICAM Masking Universal Subband Integrated Coding and Multiplex MUX Multiplexer MVA Multi-domain Vertical Alignment (Screen) MVB Multimedia Viewer Book MVC Model View Controller (Smalltalk) MVC Multimedia Viewer Compiler MVC Micro-Bit-Virus-Centrum, Karlsruhe MVD Multi Valued Dependency MVDM Multiple Virtual DOS Machines MVGA Monochrome Video Graphics Array MVIP Multi Vendor Integration/Interaction Protocol MVS Multiple Virtual Storage (IBM) MVT Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks MW Mittelwelle, Medium Wave MWD Mehrwertdienst MWM Motif Window Manager MWN Managed WAN Networks MX Mail Exchanger (DNS-Record) MYOB Mind Your Own Business (Slang) % % NA Network Access NAB National Association of Broadcasters (USA) NAC Network Analysis Corportion NAC Network Applications Consortium (USA) NACD National Association of Computer Dealers NACS National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors NACS NetWare Asynchronous Communication Server NAEC Novell Authorized Education Center NAG Numerical Algorithms Group, Oxford NAK Negative Acknowledge/Acknowledgement NAL Novell Application Launcher NAM Name and Address Module NAM Netware Application Manager NAM Number Assignment Module NAMP NetWare Asynchronous Messaging Protocol NaN Not a Number NAND not and NAP Network Access Point NAPAW North American Process Algebra Workshop NAPLPS North American Presentation Layer/Level Protocol Syntax NAS Network Access Server NAS Network Application Services NAS Network Application Support (DEC) NAS Network Attached Storage NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA NASI NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface (Novell) NASK Naukowa i Akademicka Siec Komputerowa (Polen) NAT Network Address Translation NAU Network Addressable Unit NAVTEX Navigational Warnings by Telex NAX Nachrichten auf Fax NBF Netbios Frame (Transport Protocol) NBG Networking Business Group NBMA Non-Broadcast Multiple Access NBP Name Binding Protocol NBP Netbios Protocol NBS National Bureau of Standards, USA (jetzt NIST) NBT NetBIOS on TCP/IP NC Network Computer NC Network Control NC Newcastle Connection NC No Connection NC Numerical Control NCA Network Communications Adapter NCA Network Computing Architecture NCAM National Center for Accessible Media, USA NCB Net BIOS Control Block NCC National Computing Centre NCC Network Computer Client NCC Network Control Center NCEG Numerical C Extensions Group NCGA National Computer Graphics Association NCI Network Control Information NCMT Numerical Control for Machine Tools NCN New Century Network NCNCNC No Coffee, No Chocolate, No Computer (Slang) NCP NetWare Core Protocol NCP Network Control Processor/Protocol/Program NCP Not Copy Protected NCR National Cash Register Co., USA NCS Network Computer Server, NCS Network Computing System NCS NASI Connection Service NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications, USA NCSA National Computer Security Association NCSA National Customer Service Association NCSC National Computer/Computing Security Center NCSI Network Communication Services Interface NCSL National Computer System Laboratory ND Natrliche Dummheit (Gegensatz zu KI) NDA Norddeutsche Datenautobahn NDAC Not Data Accepted NDC National Destination Code NDC Normalized Device Coordinate NDIS Network Device/Driver Interface Specification (Microsoft) NDL Network Database Language NDM Netzwerk-Datenmodell NDM Normal Disconnected Mode NDMS NetWare Distributed Management Services NDP Numeric Data Processor NDPS Netware Distributed Printing Services NDPS Non-Disruptive Path Switching NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDS Netware/Novell Directory Services NDT Network Design Tool NE Network Element NEA Nichtdeterministischer Endlicher Automat (NFA) NEARnet New England Academic and Research Network NEC National Electric Code (Kabel) NEC Nippon Electric Company NECC National Education Computing Conference, USA NEOS Networked Educational On-line System NEST Novell Embedded Systems Technology net network; Internet-Domain: Netzverwaltung NET Norme Europeenne de Telecommunication, Network Entity Title NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface (IBM) NetBIOS Network Basic Input and Output System (IBM) NeWS Network extensible Window System NEXT Near End Cross Talk NF Normalform (Datenbank), Niederfrequenz NFA Nondeterministic Finite Automaton NFAR Network File Access Routine NFF No Fault Found NFI No Frigging Idea (Slang) NFM Network File Manager NFS Network File System (Sun), Number Field Sieve NFSS New Font Selection Scheme NG Next/New Generation NGM Netware Global Messaging NGMHS NetWare Global Message Handling System NGO Non Governmental Organization NHRP Next Hop Routing/Resolution Protocol NI Network Interconnect NIA Network Interoperability Alliance NIC National ISDN Council NIC Network Information Center NIC Network Interface Card NICAD Nickel Cadmium (Akkumulator) NICE Network Information and Control Exchange (Protocol) NICK Netzweites Informationssystem im Campus der Universit„t Karlsruhe NID Next ID NIDL Network Interface Definition Language NIF Nautischer Informationsfunk NIF Network Information File NIG Non Isolated Gate NIH National Institute of Health, USA NIHCL NIH Class Library NII National Information Infrastructure, USA NIIT National Information Infrastructure Testbed NIM Network Installation Manager NIM Network Interface Machine NIMBY Not In My Backyard (Slang) NIMH Nickel Metal Hydride (Akkumulator) NIMP NetWare Internetwork Messaging Protocol NIPS Network I/O Per Second NIR Network Information Retrieval NIS Nachbarschafts-Informationssystem NIS Network Information Service NISA New Information Services Architecture NISO National Information Standards Organization NISS National Information on Software and Services, USA NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA NITC National Information Technology Center NIU Network Interface Unit NIUF National ISDN Users Forum NJE Network Job Entry (IBM) NL Network Layer, New Line NLA Not Long Ago (Slang) NLANR National Laboratory for Applied Networking Research, USA NLE Nonlinear Editing NLM Netware Loadable Modul (Novell) NLMB Nolifemuddinbastard (Slang) NLQ Near Letter Quality NLS National/Native Language Support NLSP Netware Link Service Protocol NLUUG Niederl„ndische UNIX User Group NM Network Mangement NMA Network Management Architecture NMC Network Management Center NMCP Network Management Control Protocol NMI Non Maskable Interrupt NMM NetWare Management Map (Novell) NMM Network Management Modul NMO Network Management Option (OSF) NMOS N-Channel MOS (Transistor) NMR Network Managment Responder (Novell) NMS Network/NetWare Management Station/System NMT Nordic Mobile Telephone NMX Network Magement Extensions NN Network Node NNI Network Node/Network Interface NNI Next Node Indicator NNR Novell Network Registry NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol (Internet) NOAH Network Oriented Application Harmonization NOC Network Operation Center NOC Number of Children NOMA National Online Media Association NOP No Operation NOR not or NORC Naval Ordnance Research Calculator NOS Network Operating System NOW Network Of Workstations NPA Network Performance Analyzer NPA Network Printer/Printing Alliance NPAP Network Printing Alliance Protocol NPC Network Personal Computer NPH Non Processed Header NPI Network Printer Interface NPL National Physical Laboratory, England NPL Nonprocedural Language NPR Non Persistent Reference NPS Network Print Server NPTN National Public Telecomputing Network, USA NQE Network Queuing Environment NQS Network Queuing System NREN National Research and Education Network NRF Nerds' Revolutionary Front NRM Normal Response Mode NRN Netware Remote Node NRN No Reply Necessary (Slang) NRT Non Real Time NRTL Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (USA) NRZ Non Return to Zero NRZI Non Return to Zero, Invert on ones NS Name Server (Record) NS Natural Stupidness NS Network Supervisor NS New Signal NSA National Security Agency, USA NSA Nichtschlsselattribut NSAP Network Service Access Point NSAPI Netscape Server API NSC National Support Center NSC Network Signon Coordinator NSCACE NSC Auxiliary Control Element NSF National Science Foundation, USA NSF Non Standard Format NSF Norges Standardiseringsforbund NSF Notes Storage File NSFNet National Science Foundation Network (Internet) NSI Network Solutions, Inc. NSIC National Storage Industry Consortium, USA NSL Network Service Layer NSM Netz-Service-Modul NSO Network Security Officer NSP Native Signal Processing NSP Network Services Protocol NSR Niederspannungsrichtlinie NSRA Nordv„stra Sk{aa}nes Radioamat”rer NSSDC National Space Science Data Center, USA NSSN National Standards System Network, USA NSTL National Software Testing Labs, USA NSTVA Nebenstellen-Vermittlungsanlage NSUe Netzsteuerungs- und -berwachungssystem NT Network Termination/Terminator (ISDN) NT New Technology/Trouble NTAS Windows NT Advanced Server NTBA Network Terminator Basicrate Access (ISDN-Netzbasisanschluss) NTC National Telecommunications Conference NTC Negative Temperature Coefficient NTDLM Neue Telefondienstleistungsmerkmale NTF No Trouble Found NTFS New Technology File System (Microsoft) NTG Nachrichtentechnische Gesellschaft e. V. NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration, USA NTN Network Terminal Number NTP Network Termination Point NTP Network Time Protocol NTS Network Transport Services (IBM) NTSA Networking Technical Support Alliance NTSC National Television Standards/System Committee, USA NTT Nippon Telegraph + Telephone Corporation NTTAWWT Not That There's Anything Wrong With That (Slang) NUA Network User Address NUI Network User Identification/Interface NUL Null NURBS Non Uniform Rational B-Spline NUMA Non Uniform Memory Access/Address NVE Nummer der Versandeinheit NVM Non Volatile Memory NVN National Videotext Network NVO Non-Visual User Object NVoD Near Video on Demand NVP Network Voice Protocol (Internet) NVP Nominal Velocity of Propagation NVR Non Volatile RAM NVRAM Non Volatile RAM NWG Network Working Group NYPSC New York Public Service Commission NYSERNet New York State Educational and Research Network % % OAA Open Agent Architecture OAF Origin Address Field OAG Open Application Group OAI Offene Anwendungs- und Interkommunikationssysteme OAI Open Applications Interface OAM Operation, Administration, Maintenance OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards OATUS On A Totally Unrelated Subject (Slang) OAUS On An Unrelated Subject (Slang) OAW Optically Assisted Winchester OBEX Object Exchange OBI Online Book Inititative OBS Objektbanksystem OBST Object Management System of STONE OBTW Oh, By The Way (Slang) OBO Or Best Offer (Slang) OC Open Control, Optical Carrier OC-3 Optical Carrier Level 3 OCA Open Component Architecture OCALA Open Common Annotation Language OCCC Obfuscated C Code Contest OCE Open Collaborative Environment (Apple) OCI Object Code Insertion OCL Operator/Operation Control Language OCLC Online Computer Library Center OCP Optical Storage Processor OCR Optical Character/Curve Recognition OCT Object Code Translator OCTD Observation, Conclusion, Temporary Data OCX OLE Control Extensions ODA Open/Office Document Architecture ODAC Open Document Architecture Consortium ODAM Open Distributed Application Model ODB Object Oriented Data Base ODAPI Open Database Application Programming Interface ODBC Open Data Base Connectivity (Microsoft) ODBMS Object Oriented Database Management System ODCS Open Distributed Computing Structure ODD Open Data Desktop ODE OSF Development Environment ODETTE Organisation for Data Exchange by Tele-Transmission in Europe ODF OpenDoc Development Framework ODI Open Data-Link Interface (Novell) ODIF Open/Office Document Interchange Format ODIMS Open Distributed Information Management System Odinsup ODI-NDIS Supplementary Driver ODL Object Definition Language, Optical Disc Library ODM Object Data Manager ODMA Open Document Management API ODMG Object Database Management Group ODN Optical Data Network ODP Open Distributed Processing ODR Optical Digital Reference ODS Offene Datenschnittstelle ODS Offenes Deutsches Schulnetz ODS Open Data Services ODSI Open Directory Service Interface ODVA Open Device-Net Vendor Association OE Output Enable OEF Origin Element Field OEM Odd Even Merge (Graph, Netz) OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer OES Odd Even Sort (Graph, Netz) OF Overflow Flag OFB Output Feedback OFD Optical Frequency Division Demultiplexer/Demultiplexing OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex OFFIS Oldenburger Forschungs- und Entwicklungsinstitut fr Informatik-Werkzeuge und -Systeme OFM Optical Frequency Division Multiplexer/Multiplexing OFS Object File System OFS Output Field Separator OFTP Odette File Transfer Protocol OFW Oberfl„chenwelle OFX Open Financial Exchange OH Off Hook OHCI Open Host Controller Interface OIC Oh, I See (Slang) OID Object Identifier OIDC Object Identifier Component OIDL Object Interface Definition Language OIS Office Information System OIT Object Identifier Tree OIV Object Idenitfier Value OIW OSI Implementors' Workshop OK Oberer Kanal OLAP Online Analytical Processing OLE Object Linking and Embedding OLED Organic Light Emitting Device/Display OLI Optical Phone Line Interface OLIT Open Look Intrinsic Toolkit OLIX On-Line Informationssystem UNIX OLM Optical Link Modul OLT Optical Line Termination OLTP On Line Transaction Processing OM Old Man (KW-Amateur), Object Manager, Optimal Mismatch O&M Operation and Maintenance OMA Open Management Architecture OMC Operation and Maintenance Center OMC-R Operation and Maintenance Center Radio OMC-S Operation and Maintenance Center Switch OME On-board Modul Extension OMF Object Management Facility/Framework, Object Module Format OMG Object Management Group OMI Open Messaging/Modelling Interface OMI Open Microprocessor Systems Initiative OML Object Manipulation Language OMR Optical Mark Recognition OMS Object management System OMT Object Modelling Technique OMUP Operating and Maintenance User Part ONC Open Network Computing (Sun) ONE Open Network Environment ONI Operator Number Identification ONM Open Network Management ONMS Open Network Management System ONN Open Network Node ONNA Oh No, Not Again (Slang) ONNTA Oh No, Not This Again (Slang) ONU Optical Network Unit ONP Open Network Provision, Open Networking Platform OOA Object Oriented (System) Analysis OOD Object Oriented Design OODBMS Object Oriented Database Management System OOE Objektorientierter Entwurf OOF Out Of Frame OOI Object Oriented Implementation OOK On Off Keying OOL Object Oriented Language OON Object Oriented Nonsens OOP Object Oriented Pleasure/Programming OOP Out Of Print (Slang) OOPL Object Oriented Programming Language OOPS Object Oriented Programming System OOT Object Oriented Technology OOPSLA Object Orientied Programming Systems, Languages and Applications OOTB Out Of The Box (Slang) OOTC Obligatory On-Topic Comment (Slang) OPA Open Protocol Architecture, Overview Pac Attribute OPAC Online Public Access Catalogue OPAL Optische Anschlussleitung OPC Output Control OPD Oberpostdirektion OPD Original Point of Distribution OPD Output Driver OPI Open Prepress Interface OPIC Open Programmable Interrupt Controller OPM Operations Per Minute OPS Online Programming and Simulation OPS Open Profiling Standard OPSEC Open Platform for Secure Enterprise Connectivity OPT Open Protocol Technology OPUS Octal Program Updating System OQL Object Query Language OQPSK Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying ORB Object Request Broker org organizational; Internet-Domain: Organisationen in den USA ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory OROM Optical Read Only Memory ORS Output Record Separator OS Operating System OS Output Specification OSA Open Scripting/Solutions/Systems Architecture OSACA Open System Architecture for Controls within Automation Systems OSAF Origin Subarea Address Field OSC Open System Center (IBM) OSC Operating System Command OSCAR Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio OSD On Screen Display OSE Open Systems/Software Environment OSF Open Software Foundation OSI Open Systems Interconnect/Interconnection (ISO) OSIE Open Systems Interconnection Environment OSL Object Script Language OSITOP Open Systems Interconnection Technical and Office Protocols OSM On Screen Menue OSM Operating System Specific/Service Module OSPF Open Shortest Path First (Internet) OSPI Operating System Programming Interface OSPM Operating System direct Power Management OSQL Object Structured Query Language OSS Open Sound System OSS Open Source Solution OSS Operator Support System OSTA Optical Storage Technology Association OSTM Open System Transaction Management OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy OT Object Technology OT Off Topic (Slang) OT Open Transport OT Ordering Table OTA U. S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment OTD Optical Time Division OTDM Optical Time Division Multiplexer/Multiplexing OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometer OTF Open Token Foundation OTI Original Transmitter Identification OTOH On The Other Hand (Slang) OTP One-Time Password/Programmable OTR One Touch Recording OTTH On The Third Hand (Slang) OUI Organizationally Unique Identifier OV Overflow OVL Overlay OVSt Ortsvermittlungsstelle OWG Optical Waveguide OWL Object Windows Library % % P3P Platform for Privacy/Private Preferences PA Power Amplifier, Public Address PAB Policy Advisory Body (Internet) PABX Private Access/Automatic Branch Exchange PAC Player Access Control PAC PPTP Access Concentrator PAC Privilege Attribute Certificate PACE Priority Access Control Enabled PACS Personal Access Communication System PACS Picture Archiving and Communications System PaCT PBX and Computer Teaming PACX Private Automatic Computer Exchange PAD Packet Assembler and Dissassembler PaDL Pattern Development Language PAK Packet (Arcnet) PAL Paradox/Programming Application Language PAL Phase Alternating Line/Loop (TV) PAL Privileged Architecture Library (DEC) PAL Programmable Array Logic PALC Plasma Addressed Liquid Crystal (Display) PAM Personal Application Manager PAM Puls Amplitude Modulation PAN Personal Area Network PAP Password Authentication Protocol PAP Point Authorization Protocol PAP Printer Access Protocol PAP Programmablaufplan PAP Public Access Profile PAR Positive Acknowledgement with Retransmission PAR Project Authorization Request (IEEE) PARC (Xerox) Palo Alto Research Center PARLE Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe PAS Publicly Available Specifications PAT Port and Address Translation PAT Public Access Terminal PATC Page Address Translation Cache PAX Parallel Architecture Extended PAX Pixel Addressing Extension PBDBM Peripheral Backup Detailed Billing Control Element PBDU Protocol Bridge Data Unit PBE Prompt By Example PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array PBM Pipelined Burst Mode PBM Port Bypass Module PBM Portable Bitmap PBNSC Peripheral Backup NSC Control Element PBU Page Buffer Unit PBX Private Branch Exchange PC Path Control PC Personal Computer PC Program Counter PCA Parallel Channel Adapter PCA Policy Certification Authority PCA Principal Component Analysis PCB Printed Circuit Board PCB Program Control Block PCBC Propagating Cipher Block Chaining PCC Papas Computer-Club PCC Peoples' Computer Company PCC Portable C Compiler PCD Photo Compact Disc PCCH Physical Control Channel PCE Phase Change Erasable PCF Point coordination Function PCH Paging Channel PCI Protocol Control Information PCI Peripheral Component/Controller Interface PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect (Bus) PCI Programmable Communication Interface PCL Printer/Procedure/Process Control Language PCM Physical Connection Management PCM Puls-Code-Modulation PCMCIA PC Memory Card International Association PCN Personal Communication Network PCNFS Personal Computer Network File System PCR Peak Cell Rate PCR Phase Change Recording PCS PC Service (OSF) PCS Personal Communication Services/System PCS Personal Conferencing Specification PCS Physical Coding Signalling PCS Pinball Construction Set PCS Port Concentrator Shelf PCS Print Contrast Signal PCS Project Control System PCSA Personal Computing Systems Architecture (DEC) PCT Private Communication Technology PCTE Portable Common Tool Environment PCTS POSIX Conformance Test Suite PCWG Personal Conferencing Work Group PD Phase Change Dual PD Protocol Driver PD Public Domain PDA Personal Digital Assistant PDA Push Down Automaton PDB Process Data Base PDC Power Disc Cartridge PDC Primary Domain Controller PDCH Physical Data Channel PDD Physical Device Driver PDD Portable Digital Document PDES Product Data Exchange Standard PDF Portable Document Format PDF Printer Description File PDF Processor Defined Function PDF Program Development Facility PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy PDI Packet Driver Interface PDI Personal/Product Data Interchange PDIAL Public Dialup Internet Access List PDIF Product Definition Interchange Format PDL Page Description Language PDL Primary Defect List PDL Program Design/Description Language PDL Push Down List PDLC Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal PDM Product and Document Management PDM Projekt- und Datenmanagement PDM Pulsdauer-Modulation PDN Public Data Network PDO Packet Data Optimized PDO Portable Distributed Object PDP Plasma Display Panel PDP Programmable Data Processor PDQ Pretty Darned Quick (Slang) PDR Packet Drop Rate PDS Packet Driver Specification PDS Partitioned Data Set PDS Professional Development System PDS Public Domain Software PDSS Program/Post Development Support System PDT Programmable Drive Table PDT Produktionsdatentechnik PDT Propagation Delay Time PDTE Packet-mode DTE PDU Protocol Data Unit (OSI) PDV Path Delay Value PE Parity Error PE Phase Encoded PE Processing Element PE Protective Earth PEA Pocket Ethernet Adapter PEARL Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language PEL Picture Element PEM Privacy Enhanced Mail PEM Privacy Enhancement for Electronic Mail PEP Packet Exchange Protocol PEP Packetized Ensemble Protocol PEP Peak Envelope Power PERL Practical Extraction and Report Language PERM Programmgesteuerte Elektronische Rechenanlage TH Mnchen PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique PES Positioning Error Signal PES Processor Enhancement Socket PET Personal Electronic Transactor (Commodore) PET Print Enhancement Technology PEX PHIGS Extension to X PFA Power FORTRAN Accelerator PFA Predictive Failure Analysis PFB Postscript Font Binary PFC Power Factor Correction PFD Programming Facility for Display Users PFM Postscript Font Metric PFM Pure Fantastic Magic (Slang) PFR Portable Font Resource PFR Power Fail Restart PGA Pin Grid Array PGA Professional Graphics Adapter PGA Program Global Area PGM Portable Gray Map PGP Pretty Good Privacy/Piracy PH Packet handler PHCB Page Header Control Bit PHIGS Programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System PHOTON Paneuropean Photonic Transport Overlay Network PHS Personal Handy-Phone System PHY Physical Access PHY Physical Layer Protocol PI Program Interruption PIA Peripheral Interface Adapter PIC Priority/Programmable Interrupt Controller PIC Programmable Integrated Circuit PICS Platform for Internet Content Selection PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement PICS Protocol Interoperability Conformance Statment PID Persistant/Personal/Protocol Identifier PID Privater Informationsdienst PID Process Identification Number PIF Postscript Interchange Format PIF Programminformation PIFS Point Coordination Inter Frame Space PIK Programmer's Imaging Kernel PGL Peer Group Leader PGL Professional Games League PI Profibus International PIM Personal Information Manager/Management PIM Protocol Independent Multicasting PIN Pers”nliche Identifikations-Nummer PIN Processor Independent NetWare PINET Physics Information Network PINX Private Integrated Services Network Exchange PIO Parallel/Programmable I/O (Chip) PIOFS Parallel I/O File System PIP P-Internet-Protocol PIP Periodical Informational Posting PIP Peripheral Interchange Program PIP Picture in Picture PIP Process Improvement Proposal PIPO Parallel In, Parallel Out PIS Personal-Informations-System PIT Programmable Interval Timer PITA Pine In The Ass (Slang) PIU Path Information Unit PIW Photo Imaging Workstation PIXIT Protocol Implementation Extra Informations for Testing PJL Printer Job Language PK Primary Key PKCS Public Key Cryptography Standards (Group) PKI Philips Kommunikationsindustrie AG PKV Privatkundenvertrieb (Telekom) PL Payload Length PL Physical Layer PL Presentation Layer PL Programming Language PLA Programmable Logic Array PLATO Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations PLC Programmable Logic Controller PLCC Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier PLCE Peripheral and Loading Control Element PLD Programmable Logic Device PLE Programmable Logic Element PLIC Programmable Logic Integrated Circuit PLL Permanent Logical Link PLL Phase Locked Loop PLM Programming Language for Microcomputers PLMN Public Land Mobile Network PLP Packet Layer Protocol PLP Presentation Level Protocol PLR Packet Lost Ratio PLS Physical Layer Signaling PLS Programmable Logic Sequencer pLSI Programmable Large Scale Integration PLV Presentation/Production Level Video PLZ Postleitzahl PM Performance Management PM Phasenmodulation PM Presentation Manager PM Preventive Maintenance PM Private Mail PM Protected Mode PMA Performance Management and Accounting PMA Physical Medium Attachment PMAP Port Mapper PMD Physical Medium Dependent (Layer) PMFJIB Pardon Me For Jumping In But (Slang) PML Programmable Macro Logic PMMU Paged Memory Management Unit PMOS p-Channel MOS (Transistor) PMR Private Mobile Radio PMS Pantone Matching System (Colours) PMS Printer Management Software PMW Project Manager Workbench PMxAS Prim„r-Multiplex-Anschluss (ISDN) PN Path Number PNA Parallel Network Architecture PNC Paging Network Controller PNCP Peripheral Network Control Point PNG Portable Network Graphic PNNI Private Network/Node to Network Interface PNO Public Network Operator PNP Positive Negative Positive (Transistor) PnP Plug and Play/Pray PNS PPTP Network Server PNW Personal NetWare (Novell) PO Paper Out, Parity Odd POB Post Office Box POC Point Of Contact POC Policy Oversight Committee (Internet) POCSAG Post Office Standardisation Advisory Group POD Printing On Demand PODA Priority-Oriented Demand Assignment POE Power Open Environment (IBM) POEM Portable Object-oriented Entity Manager POET Persistent Objects and Extended Database Technology POET Partially Overlapped Echo Cancelled Transmission POF Plastic Optical Fiber POH Path Section Overhead POI Point Of Information POL Point of Learning POL Problem Oriented Language POM Persistant Object Manager PON Passive Optical Network POP Point of Presence POP Post Office Protocol (Internet) POPS Performance Optimized Page Size POR Pacific Ocean Region POR Power-on Reset POS Persistant Object Service POS Point of Sales POSE Portable Operating System Extension POSI Promotion Conference for OSI, Japan POSIX Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Systems POST Power-on Self Test POTS Plain Old Telephone Service/System POV Persistence Of Vision POV Point Of View (Slang) POWER Performance Optimized With Enhanced RISC (IBM/Motorola) PP Peering Point PP Physical Partition PP Portable Part PP Predictive Pipelining PPC Personal Productivity Center PPC Power PC PPC Production Planning and Control PPD Postscript Printer Description PPDS Personal Printer Data Stream PPF Plain Paper Fax PPF Print Production Format PPH Pages per Hour PPI Programmable Peripheral Interface PPID Parent Process Identification Number PPL Point-to-Point/Process-to-Process Link PPM Parts per Mille PPM Pages per Minute PPM Portable Pixmap PPP Point-to-Point Protocol (Internet) PPS Production Planning System PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol PPUC Probably Permanently Under Construction (WWW) PQET Print Quality Enhancement Technology PR Pacing Response PR Packet Radio PR Path Replacement PRA Primary Rate Access PReP PowerPC Reference Platform PRI Primary Rate Interface (ISDN) PRISM Parallel Reduced Instruction Set Multiprocessor PRMD Private Management Domain (X.400) PRML Partial Response Maximum Likelihood PRNET Packet Radio Network PRNG Pseudo Random Number Generator PRO Precision RISC Organization PROFS Professional Office System (IBM) PROLOG Programming in Logic PROM Programmable Read Only Memory PRN Printer PRS Print Management Service (OSF) PRTI Professional Realtime Interface PS Personal System (IBM) PS Power Supply PS Privilege Service PS Proportional Spacing PSA Physical Sector Address PSB Path State Block PSC Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center PSC Product Service Center PSCT Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Texture PSD Page Setup Dialogue PSD Platform Specific Driver PSDN Packet/Public Switched/Switching Data/Digital Network PSE Personen-Such-Einrichtung PSE Port Switched Ethernet PSF Permanent Swap File PSI Packetnet System Interface PSI Postscript Interpreter PSK Phase Shift Keying PSL Problem Statement Language PSN Packet Switch Node PSP Personal Software Process PSP Program Segment Prefix PSP Projektstrukturplan PSRAM Pseudo Static Random Access Memory PSS Private Signalling System PST Pre-Structured Technology PSTN Public Switched/Switching Telephone Network PSU Page Storage Unit PSU Power Supply Unit PSW Program Status Word PT Packet/Payload Type PT Page Table PTAL Payment Transaction Application Layer PTB Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig PTD Parallel Transfer Disk Drive PTF Program Temporary Fix PTF Pthread Framework PTI Payload Type Identifier/Indicator PTM-SC Point To Multipoint Service Centre PTMP Point To Multi Point (Connection) PTN Plant Test Number PTO Please Turn Over (Slang) PTO Public Telecommunication Network Operator PTP Point To Point (Connection) PTR Pointer Record PTS Post- och Telestyrelsen PTSE PNNI Topology State Element PTT Post, Telephon, Telegraph PTZ Posttechnisches Zentralamt, Darmstadt PU Physical Unit PUI Picoscopic User Interface PUL Packet Underway Limit PURL Persistent URL PUS Processor Upgrade Socket PV paketvermittelt PV Physical Volume PVC Permanent Virtual Channel/Circuit/Connection PVM Parallel/Passthru Virtual Machine (IBM) PVN Private Virtual Network PVR Permanent Virtual Route PVS Professional Vision Services PWB Programmer's Workbench PWI Public Windows Initiative/Interface PWL Password List PWM Pulse Width Modulation PWR Power (Saft) PXE Preboot Execution Environment PXI PCI Extension for Instrumentation PXISA PXI Systems Alliance PzP Punkt-zu-Punkt (-Verbindung, ISDN) PzM Punkt-zu-Mehrpunkt (-Verbindung, ISDN) % % Q Queue, Query QA Quality Assurance/Audit QA Query Analyser Q&A Questions and Answers QAM Quadraturamplitudenmodulation QBE Query By Example QBF Query By Form QBIC Query by Image Content QCB Queue Control Block QCIF Quarter Common Intermediate Format QD Quad Density, Quick Disconnection QDL Quadri Data Layer QFA Quick File Access QFD Quality Function Deployment QFP Quadratic Flatpack, Questions Frequemment Posees QIAM Queued Indexed Access Method QIC Quarter Inch Cartridge/Committee, Quality Insurance Chain QID Quanteninformationsdynamik QISAM Queued Index Sequential Access Method QL Query Language QLLC Qualified Logical Link Control QLP Query Language Processor QMF Query Management Facility QOS Quality of Service QPSK Quadrature/Quaternary Phase Shift Keying QRI Queue Response Indicator QSAM Queued Sequential Access Method QSDPCM Quadtree-strukturierte Differenz-Puls-Code-Modulation QSIG Quersignalisierung QSIG Unified International Corporate Network Signalling Standard QSMTP Queued SMTP QTAM Queued Teleprocessing Access Method QTML Quicktime Media Layer QUED Quick Editor QUIP Query Interactive Processor QUISAM Queued Index Sequential Access Method % % R Reference RA Radiocommunications Agency RA Random Availability RA Regul„rer Ausdruck RA Return Authorization RAB RAID Advisory Board RAC Radio Amateurs of/du Canada RACE Research And Development in Advanced Communication Technologies in Europe RACF Resource Access Control Facility (IBM) RACH Random Access Cheannel RACKS Reusable Application Interface for Communicating Real-Time Kernels RAD Rapid Application Development RADAR Radio Detecting and Ranging RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service RADSL Rate Adaptive ADSL RAEBNC Read And Enjoyed, But No Comment (Slang) RAG Row Address Generator RAI Remote Alarm Indication RAID Reundant Array of Inexpensive/Independent Discs RALU Register Arithmetic Logic Unit RAM Random Access Machine/Memory RAM Rechargeable Alcali Mangan (battery) RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital Analog Converter RAMP Remote Access Maintenance Protocol RAMPS Reliability, Availability, Manageability, Performance, Serviceability RAP Radio Local Loop Access Profile RAP Rapid Application Prototyping RARE Reseaux Associes de/pour la Recherche en Europe RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (Internet) RAS Random Access Storage RAS Reliability, Availability and Serviceability RAS Remote Access Server/Service RAS Row Address Select/Strobe RASMED Redundant Array of Slightly More Expensive Disks RATP Reliable Asychronous Transfer Protocol (Internet) RATS Radio Amateur Telecommunications Society RAVE Renderer Acceleration Virtual Machine RAW Read After Write RBBS Remote Bulletin Board System RBER Residual Bit Error Rate RBOC Regional Bell Operating Company RBM Rule Base Memory RC Receive Common RC Receiver Clock RC Run Command RCA Radio Corporation of Amerika RCA Ripple Carry Adder RCC Reduced Complexity Computer RCC Remote Cluster Controller RCC Routing Control Center/Channel RCDATA Replaceable Character Data RCEVH Research Centre for the Education of the Visually Handicapped RCLK Rack Clock RCP Reality Immersion Coprocessor RCP Retransmission Control Procedure RCS Record Communication Switching System RCS Resource Construction Set RCS Revision Control System RCV Receive RD Receive Data RD Recursive Design RD Request Disconnect RD Resource Discovery R&D Research and Development RDA Remote Data/Database Access RDB Receive Data Buffer RDB Relational Database RDBMS Relationales Datenbank-Management-System RDC Remote Dual Copy RDD Replaceable Database Driver RDN Relative Distinguished Name RDO Remote Data Object RDP Reliable Data Protocol (Internet) RDP Remote Desktop Protocol RDR Rijksdienst voor Radiocommunicatie RDRAM Rambus DRAM RDS Radio Data System RDS Remote Data Services RDSR Receiver Data Service Request RDSS Radio Determination Satellite Services RDST Rotating Head Digital Storage Tape RE Recall RE Regular Expression RE Report Engine RE Reverse Engineering REG Regular Languages RegTP Regulierungsbeh”rde fr Telekommunikation und Post REJ Reject REM Remark REM Remote REM Reseau d'Enseignement Multimedia REM Ring Error Monitor REO Removable Erasable Optical Disk REP Reply to Message Number REP Robots Exclusion Protocol REQ Request RES Radio Equipment and Systems RES Remote Execution Server/Service RES Reset RESV RSVP Reservation Request RET Resolution Enhancement Technology (HP) REXX Restructured Extended Executor (IBM) RF Radio Frequency RF Remote File RFA Remote File Access RFC Request For Comments (Internet) RFC Response For a Class RFD Request For Discussion (Usenet) RFE Radio Free Ethernet RFE Request For Enhancement RFI Radio Frequency Interference RFNM Ready For Next Message RFP Radio Fixed Parts RFP Request For Proposal RFQ Request For Quotation/Quote RFS Remote File Sharing/System RFT Request For Technology (OSF) RFU Reserved for Future Use RGB Rot, Grn, Blau (Farbmodell) RGDI Renaissance Graphics Device Interface RGP Raster Graphics Processor RG/U Radio Guide/Utility (Kabel) RH Request/Response Header RHC Regional (Bell) Holding Company RHNT Registration Hierarchical Name Tree RI Referential Integrity RI Ring Indicator RIA Red Ink Award RIAA Recording Industry Association of America RIB RenderMan Interface Bytestream RIB Routing Information Base RIC Radio Identify Code RID Relative Identifier RIF Resource Interchange File RIF Routing Information Field RIFF Resource Interchange File Format RII Routing Information Indicator RIM Remote Installation and Maintenace RIM Request Initialization Mode RIP Raster Image Processor RIP Router/Routing Information Protocol RIP Remote Image/Imaging Protocol/Processing RIPE Reseaux IP Europeenne RIPL Remote Initial Program Loading RISC Reduced Instruction Set Code/Computer RITA Reduced Interim Type Approval RJ Registered Jack RJE Remote Job Entry (IBM) RL Real Life (Slang) RL Remote Loopback RLE Research Laboratory of Electronics RLE Run Length Encoded/Encoding RLG Research Libraries Group RLIN Research Libraries Information Network (RLG) RLL Radio in the Local Loop RLL Row Level Locking RLL Run Length Limited RLN Remote LAN Node RLP Radio Link Protocol RLS Remote Learning System RLSD Received Line Signal Detected RLV Ringleitungsverteiler RM Reference Model RM Ressource Mangement RMF Remote Management Facility RMI Remote Method Invocation RMON Remote (Network) Monitoring RMS RAID Management Software RMS Rate Monotonic Scheduling RMS Reason Maintenance System RMS Record Management Services/System RMS Richard Matthew Stallman RMS Root Mean Square RMT Ring Management RNA Remote Network Access RNA Rufnummernanzeige RNARS Royal Navy Amateur Radio Society RNIS Reseau Numerique a Integration de Services RNR Receive Not Ready (frame) RNSI Remote Node Service for ISDN RO Read Only RO Ring Out ROBO Remote Office Branch Office ROC Restricted Operators Certificate ROFL Rolling On the Floor Laughing (Slang) ROFBTC Rolling On the Floot Biting The Carpet (Slang) ROFLMAO Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off (Slang) ROI Rectangle/Region Of Interest ROI Return Of Investment ROLAP Relational Online Analytical Processing ROM RAID On the Motherboard ROM Read Only Memory RoD/PO Reading on Demand/Paper Option ROP RISC Operation ROPS Remote Operations Service ROS Record On Silicon ROS Resident Operating System ROSE RATS Open System Environment ROSE Remote Operations Service Element/Entity ROTD Release Of The Day ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing (Slang) ROW Rest Of the World RPA Remote Passphrase Authentication RPB Radio-Praktiker-Bcherei RPB Reverse Path Broadcasting RPC Remote Procedure Call RPC Root Path Cost RPD Rapid Prototyping Development RPE-LPC Regular Pulse Excited Linear Predictive Coder RPE-LTP Regular Pulse Excitation with Long-Term Prediction Loop RPG Record Program Generator (IBM) RPL Requested Privilege Level RPL Resident Programming Language rpm Revolutions per minute RPM Radio Packet Modem RPM Rapid Prototyping Module RPM Red Hat Package Manager RPN Reverse Polish Notation RPPROM Reprogrammable PROM RPS Redundant Power Supply RPS Remote Procedure Services RQBE Relational Query By Example RR Radio Regulations RR Real Reality RR Receive/Receiver Ready RR Round Robin RRA Remote Record Access RRAS Routing and Remote Access Service RRZN Regionales Rechenzentrum Niedersachsen, Hannover RS Recommended Standard RS Record Separator RS Reed Solomon (Code) RS Registry Service RS Request to Send RS232C (Norm fr serielle Schnittstelle) RSA Rivest, Shamir, Adleman RSB Reservation State Block RSCS Remote Spooling and Communications Subsystem RSCV Route Selection Control Vector RSET Reset RSI Repetitive Strain Injury RSIS Relocateable Screen Interface Specification RSL Request and Status Link RSN Real Soon Now (Slang) RSOH Regenerator Section Overhead RSP Required Space Character RSPC Reed Solomon Product Code RSRB Remote Source Route Bridging RSS Radio Subsystem RST Readability, Signal Strength, and Tone RST Receive Start Threshold, Reset, and Restart RSTE Regenerator Section Terminating Equipment RSTS Resource Sharing and Time Sharing RSVP Resource Reservation Protocol RSX Real Time Resource Sharing Executive RT Real/Run Time RT Receive Timing RT RISC Technology RTA Runder Tisch Amateurfunk RTAM Remote Terminal Access Method RTB Regional Testbed RTC Real Time Clock, Return To Control RTCA Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics RTCP Realtime Transport Control Protocol RTEID Real Time Executive Interface Definition RTEL Reverse Telnet RTF Rich Text Format RTFAQ Read The FAQ (Slang) RTFB Read The Funny Binary (Slang) RTFF Read The Fantastic FAQ (Slang) RTFM Read The Fine/Fantastic/Funny ... Manual (Slang) RTFS Read The Funny Source (Slang) RTK Real Time Kernel RTL Register Transfer Level RTL Resistor Transistor Logic RTL Run Time Library RTM Read The Manual (Slang) RTM Real Time Modeling RTM Response Time Monitor RTMP Routing Table Maintenance Protocol RTO Retransmission Timeout RTOS Real Time Operating System RTP Rapid Transport Protocol RTP Regulierungsbeh”rde fr Telekommunikation und Post RTP Rendezvous and Termination Protocol RTP Real Time Transport Protocol (Internet) RTOS Real Time Operating System RTR RARE Technical Report RTS Ready/Request To Send RTS Real Time System RTS Reliable Transfer Service RTSE Reliable Transfer Service Element (OSI) RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol RTT Round-Trip Time RTTI Run Time Type Information/Identification RTTY Radio Teletype (Funkfernschreiben) RTV Real Time Video RU Request Unit RU Response Unit RUA Remote User Agent RUC Reservation Upon Collision (Scheme) RUM Rechenzentrum Universit„t Mannheim RUS Rechenzentrum der Universit„t Stuttgart RV Real Virtuality RVI Reverse Interrupt RVL Ringverteilungsleiter RWB Responsive Workbench RWI Reset Window Indicator RWM Read Write Memory RWP RIP While Printing RWS Rufweiterschaltung RX Receive Data RX Receiver RZ Rechenzentrum % % S2M ISDN W„hlverbindung 2 Mbit/s SA Security Association SA Selective Availability SA Structured Analysis SA System Administrator SAA Single Assignment Approach SAA Systems Application Architecture SAAL Signalling AAL SAB Standards Activities Board (IEEE/CS) SABM Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode SABME Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode Extended SAC Service Access SAC Single Attached/Attachment Concentrator SAC Special Area Code SACCH Slow Associated Control Channel SACEADM System Auxiliary Control Element Administration SACECP System Auxiliary Control Element Common Pair SADT Structured Analysis and Design Technique SAFT Simple Asynchronous File Transfer Protocol SAGE (UNIX) System Administrators' Guild SAIL Stanford AI Laboratory SAINT Symbolic Automatic Integrator SAL Self Addressed Envelope SAL Structured Assembly Language SAM SCSI Architecture Model SAM Security Account Manager SAM Sequential Access Method SAM Serial Access Memory SAM Smart ATM Modul SAM System Administration Manager SAN Satellite Access Network SAN Schulen ans Netz e. V. SAN Standard Address Number SAN Storage Area Network SAP Send And Pray SAP Service Access Point (OSI) SAP Service Advertising Protocol (Novell) SAP Symbolic Assembler Program SAP Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte (AG), Walldorf SAPI Service Access Point Identifier SAPI Speech API SAR Search And Rescue SAR Segmentation And Reassembling/Reassembly SAR Specific Absorption Rate SARM Set Asynchronous Response Mode SARME Set Asynchronous Response Mode Extended SART Search And Rescue Radar Transponder SARTG Scandinavian Amateur Radio Teleprinter Group SAS Single Attached Station (FDDI) SAS Statistical Analysis System SASE Self Addressed and Stamped Envelope SASI Shugart Associates System Interface SAT Satisfiability Problem SATAN Security Administrator's Toolfor Analyzing Networks SAW Surface Acoustic Wave (-Filter) SB Standby Indicator SBC SCSI Block Commands SBC Single Board Computer SBCS Single Byte Character/Command Set SBE Society of Broadcast Engineers (USA) SBP Serial Bus Protocol SBP Structured Buffer Pool SBUP System Backup Partition SC Secondary Channel SC Send Common SC Subcommittee SCA Security Control and Audit SCA Single Connector Attachment SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition SCAM SCSI Configured Automagically SCART Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radio Recepteurs et Televiseurs SCB subsystem control Block SCC Satellite Control Center SCC SCSI Controller Commands SCC Serial Communication Controller SCC Standards Coordinating Committee (IEEE/CS) SCC Synchronous Channel Check SCCP Signalling Connection Control Port SCCS Source Code Control System SCCS Southern California Computer Society SCD Standard Color Display SCD Structured Charts Diagram SCE Service Creation Environment SCF System Control Facility SCI Scalable Coherent Interface SCM Software Configuration Management SCM Supply Chain Management SCMS Serial Copy Management System SCN System Change/Commit Number SCNR Sorry, Could Not Resist (Slang) SCO Structured Complex Object SCO The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. SCP Service Control Point SCP Session Control Protocol SCP Subsystem Control Port SCPI Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments SCR Silicon Controlled Rectifier SCR Standard Context Routing SCR Sustainable Cell Rate SCS Secondary Clear to Send SCS SNA Communication Service SCS System Communication Services SCSA Signal Computing System Architecture SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface SD Send Data SD Single Density SD Starting Delimiter SD Structured Design SD Super Density (Compact Disc) SDA Start of/Secure Domain Authority SDA Swappable Data Area SDA System Design Automation SDC Secondary Domain Controller SDCCH Stand Alone Dedicated Control Channel SDDI Shielded Twisted Pair Distributed Data Interface SDE Software Development Environment SDF Signal Delay Format SDF Space Delimited File/Format SDF Standard/System Data Format SDF Structured Display File SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDI Selective Dissemination of Information SDI Serial Device Interface SDigN Vorschriftensammlung fr digitale Netze SDK Software Developer's Kit (Microsoft) SDLC Software Development Life Cycle SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control (IBM) SDLP Standard Device Level Protocol SDM Short Data Message SDM Sub-rate Data Multiplexer SDMA Space Division Multiple Access SDMS SCSI Device Management System SDN Software Defined Network SDNS Secure Data Network Service SDP Session Description Protocol SDP Standard Directory Package (Apple) SDR Session Director SDR Streaming Data Request SDRAM Synchronous DRAM SDS Software Distribution Service (OSF) SDSC San Diego Supercomputer Center SDSL Single Line/Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line SDTV Standard Definition Television SDU Service/Signalling Data Unit SDX Storage Data Acceleration SDXC Synchronous Digital Cross Connect SE Shared Everything SE-SCSI Single Ended SCSI SEA Self Extracting Archive SEA Society for Electronic Access SEAL Screening External Access Link SEC Single Error Correction SEC Standard Ethernet Controller SECC Single Edge Connector Case SECAM Sequentiel Couleur Avec Memoire SED Smoke Emitting Diode SEDAS Standardregelungen einheitlicher Datenaustausch SEL Selector SEL Standard Elektrik Lorenz AG SEM Server Enhancement Module SEMPER Secure Electronic Marketplace for Europe SEO Sequences Number SEP Separation SEP Somebody Else's Problem (Slang) SEPI School Educational Provision Improvement SEPP Secure Electronic Payment Protocol SER Soft Error SES Ship Earth Station SES Societe Europeenne des Satellites SET Secure Electronic Transaction SET Setkey SEU Smallest Executable Unit SEX Software Exchange SF Select Frequency SF Sign Flag SF Store and Forward SFA Sales Force Automation SFAusl Vorschriftensammlung Fernmeldeverkehr Ausland SFD Start Frame Delimiter SFF Small Form Factor SFMJI Sorry For My Jumping In (Slang) SFP Super Fine Positioning SFPS Secure Fast Packet Switching SFQL Structured Full-text Query Language SFS Secure File System SFT System Fault Tolerance SFT System File Table SFTM Switched Frame Transfer Mode SFV Standard-Festverbindung SG Signal Ground SGA System Global Area SGC SCSI Graphic Commands SGI Silicon Graphics, Inc. SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language SGMP Simple Gateway Management/Monitoring Protocol (Internet) SGRAM Synchronous Graphical Random Access Memory SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node S/H Sample and Hold SHA Secure Hash Algorithm SHA Super High Availability SHAFT Society to Help Abolish FORTRAN Teaching SHAR Shell Archive SHF Super High Frequency SHIA Strongly Hedonistic Internet Area SHIFT Scalable, Heterogeneous, Integrated Facility SHM Semantical Hierarchy Model SHM Short Hold Mode SHRS Sehen, H”ren, Riechen, Schmecken (Multimedia) S-HTTP Secure HTTP SHV Standard High Volume SI Service Interaction SI Shift In SI Signalling Rate Indicator SI Source Index SI Still Image (Exchange) SI System Information SI Systeme International d'Unites SIA Semiconductor Industries Association SIA Serial Interface Adapter SIAM Supraleitendes Intelligentes Antennen-Modul SIASL Stranger In A Strange Land (Slang) SIB Scaled Index Based SICAS Semiconductor International Capacity Statistics SID Security Identifier SID Silence Descriptor SID Station Identification SID Symbolic Interactive Debugger SIE Serial Interface Engine SIFS Short Inter Frame Space SIG Selective Integral Ground SIG Software/Special Interest Group SIG Special Interest Group SIGCAT Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications and Technology SigG Signaturgesetz SIGPLAN Special Interest Group on Programming Languages SIH Super Information Highway SII Static Invocation Interface SILK Speech, Image, Language, Knowledge SIM Set Initialization Mode SIM Subscriber Identification Module SIMA Support Initiative for Multimedia Applications SIMCA Sitting In My Chair Amused (Slang) SIMD Single Instruction Multiple Data (stream) SIMM Single In-Line Memory Module SIMPLE Sheer Idiots Monopurpose Programming Language Environment SIN Service Indicator (ISDN) SINA SISY Integriertes FTP-Server Archiv, Karlsruhe SIO Serial Input Output SIO Simultaneous Interface Operation SIP Second/Simple Internet Protocol SIP SMDS Interface Protocol SIPC Simple Integrated Personal Computer SIPO Serial In Serial Out SIPP Simple Internet Protocol Plus SIPP Simple Polygon Processor SIPP Single In-Line Pin Package SIR Serial Infrared Communication (HP) SISD Single Instruction Single Data(stream) SISO Serial In, Serial Out SISY Software Informations-System, Karlsruhe SIT Special Information Tone SITD Still In The Dark (Slang) SIWG Special Interest Working Group SJCC Spring Joint Computer Conference SK Schneider & Koch, Ettlingen SK Synchronknoten SKIP Simple Key Management for Internet Protocols SL Session Layer SL-API Salutation Application Programming Interface SLC Synchronous Link Control SLED Single Large Expensive Disk SLI Scanline Interleave SLIP Serial Line Interface Protocol (Internet) SLM Salutation Manager SLP System Load Partition SLSI Super Large Scale Integration SM Security Management, Set Mode SMA Sharing with Minimum Allocation SMART Self Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART Software Metering and Resource Tracking SMASE System Management Application Service Element SMB Server Message Block SMB System Management Bus SMC Standard Microsystems, Inc. SMCC Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. SMD Schiffsmeldedienst SMD Storage Modul Device SMD Surface Mounted Device SMDR Station Message Detail Recording SMDS Switched Multi-Megabit Data Service, USA SMDSU Switched Multi-Megabit Data Service Unit SMF Simple Message Format SMF Single Mode Fiber SMF System Manager Facility SMFA System Management Functional Area SMI Structure of Management Information SMI System Management Interrupt S/MIME Secure MIME SMIT System Management Interface Tool (IBM) SMK Software Migration Kit SMM System Management Mode SMON Switched Monitoring Network SMOP Small/Simple Matter Of Programming SMP Simple Management Protocol (Internet) SMP Standard Message Package (Apple) SMP Symmetrical Multi-Processing SMP SONET Physical Layer Mapping SMPS Switching Mode Power Supply (Schaltnetzteil) SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, USA SMS Service/Security Management Station/System SMS Short Message Service SMS Storage Management Services SMS Subsystem Management Service (OSF) SMS System Management Server SMS-CB SMS Cell Broadcast SMS-MO SMS Mobile Station Originated SMS-MT SMS Mobile Station Terminated SMSC Short Message Service Center SMT Simultaneous Multi Texturing SMT Station Management SMT Surface Mounted Technology SMTI Systems Management Tools Initiative SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (Internet) SMU System Management Utility SMXQ Sharing with Maximum Queues S/N Signal/Noise (ratio) SN Sequence Number SN Subscriber Number SNA Systems Network Architecture (IBM) SNADS SNA Distribution Services SNAFU Situation Normal All Fed/Fucked Up (Slang) SNAP Streamlined Network Accelerated Protocol SNAP Subnetwork Access Point/Protocol SNAPI Soft Switch Network Application Programming Interface SNCP System Services Control Point SNF Session Sequence Number Field SNI Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, Paderborn SNI Subscriber Network Identifier/Interface SNIA Storage Networking Industry Association SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol (Internet) SNMPV2 Simple Network Management Protocol Version 2 (Internet) SNOBOL String Oriented Symbolic Language SNR Signal to Noise Ratio SNRM Set Normal Response Mode SNRME Set Normal Response Mode Extended SNS Session Network Services SNVT Standard Network Variable Type SO Shift Out SOA Start Of (zone of) Authority (Internet) SOB Start Of Block SOC System On a Chip SODIMM Small Outline DIMM SOE Standard Operating Environment SOGT Senior Officials Group on Telecommunications SOH Section Overhead SOH Start of Header/Heading SOHO Small Office, Home Office SOI Silicon On Insulator SOIF Summary Object Interchange Format SOL Siemens Optical Link SOL Simulation Oriented Language SOL Special Object Library SOLAS (International Convention for the) Safety Of Life At Sea SOM Start Of Message SOM System Object Model (IBM) SONET Synchronous Optical Network SONETT Soziales Netz Telecommunikation SOP Service Object Pair SOP Standard Operating Procedure SOS Silicon On Sapphire SOS Sophisticated Operating System SOUP Simple Offline Usenet Packet SP Segment Priority SP Service Provider SP Space SP Stack Pointer SP System Program SPA Service Point Application SPA Software Publishers' Association SPADA Sprache und Daten SPAG Standards Promotion and Application Group (OSI) SPAM Send Phenomenal Amounts of Mail SPAP Shiva Password Authentication Protocol SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture SPB Synchronous Pipelined Bus SPC SCSI Primary Commands SPC Small Peripheral Controller SPC Statistical Process Control SPC Sub-Process Control SPD Serial Presence Detect SPDL Standard Page Description Language SPDT Single-Pole Double-Throw (Relay) SPE Synchronous Payload Envelope SPEC Systems Performance Evaluation Corporation SPF Shortest Path First SPF System Programming Facility SPG Service Protocol Gateway SPI Service Provider Interface SPI Security Parameter Index SPI SCSI-3 Parallel Interface SPICE Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis SPK Software Porting Kit SPL Spooler/Spooling SPLD Simple PLD SPM Session Protocol Machine SPM System Performance Monitor (IBM) SPMD Single Program Multiple Data SPOF Single Point Of Faulure SPOOL Simultaneous Peripherals Operation On Line SPP Scalable Parallel Processing SPP Sequencial Packet Protocol SPP Standard Parallel Port SPS Session Presentation Services SPS Speicherprogrammierte Steuerung SPS Standby Power System SPT Sectors Per Track SPU Sound Processing Unit SPV Semipermanente Verbindung SPX Secured/Sequenced Packet Exchange (Novell) SQ Signal Quality SQ Signal-Quantisierungsger„usch SQE Signal Quality Error (SQE Test, heartbeat, Ethernet) SQL Structured Query Language SQuID Source Quench Introduced Delay SR Signalling Rate Selector SR Shift Register SR Source Routing SRAM Shadow/Static Random Access Memory SRB Source Route Bridging (IBM) SRC Source SRC System Resource Controller SRD Screen Reader System SRD Secondary Receive Data SRD Short Range Device SREJ Selective Reject SRES Signed Result SRI Stanford Research Institute, USA SRL Structural Return Loss SRM Send Routing Message SRM Shared Resource Manager SRMA Split-Channel Reservation Multiple Access SRO Sharable and Read Only (memory) SRPI Server-Requester Programming Interface SRQ Service Request SRR Secondary Receiver Ready SRS Secondary Request to Send SRS Sound Retrieval System SRT Secure Request Technology SRT Source Routing Transparent SRUC Split Reservation Upon Collision SS Sampled Servo SS Select Standby SS Single Shift SS Single Sided SS Stack Segment SSA Screened Subnet Architecture SSA Serial Storage Architecture (IBM) SSA Sveriges S„ndareamat”rer SSB Schw„bischer Standard-Benchmark SSB Single Sideband SSBA Suite Synthetique des Benchmarks de l'AFFU SC SCSI Stream Commands SSCC Serial Shipping Container Code SSCF Service Specific Coordination Function SSCOP Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol SSCP System Services Control Point/Program SSCS Service Specific Convergence Sublayer SSD Secondary Send Data SSD Solid State Disk SSDA Synchronous Serial Data Adapter SSDC Stack Segment Descriptor Cache SSEC Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (IBM) SSF Structured Fax File SSFDC Solid State Floppy Disc Card SSGA System Support Gate Array SSI Server Side Include SSI Single System Image SSI Small Scale Integration SSID Secondary Station Identifier S-SIMM Single RAS SIMM SSL Schler, Studenten, Lehrer SSL Secure Socket/Sockets Layer SSMA Spread Spectrum Multiple Access SSN Secure Server Network SSO System Security Officer SSP Serial Storage Protocol SSP Service Switching Point SSP Switch-to-Switch Protocol SSP System Service/Support Processor SSS Switching Subsystem SST Self Service Terminal SST Simple SIPP Transition SSTP Screened Shielded Twisted Pair SSTV Slow Scan Television SSU Session Support Utility (DEC) SSW Schnittstellenwandler ST Segment Type ST Send Timing ST Stream Protocol STA SCSI Trade Association STA Spanning Tree Algorithm STACK Start Acknowledgement STB Set Top Box STC Set Top Computer STC Subtechnical Committee (ETSI) STD State Transition Diagram STD Subscriber Trunk Dialing STDA StreetTalk Directory Assistance (Banyan) STDM Statistical Time Division Multiplexing STE Signalling Terminal STEP Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data STK Software Translation Kit STL Standard Template Library STM Station/Storage Management STM Streams Manager STM Synchronous Transfer/Transport Mode/Modul STN Scientific & Technical Information Network STN Super Twisted Nematic Field Effective Material STOE St”rung STONE Structured and Open Environment STP Shielded Twisted Pair STP Signal Transfer Point STP Spanning Tree Protocol STR Synchronous Transmitter Receiver STRT Start Initialization STS Synchronous Transfer/Transport Signal STT Secure Transaction Technology STU Schere -- Tippex -- Uhu (-Verfahren) STX Start of Text SU Switching Unit SUB Subaddressing SUB Substitute SUB Systemunabh„ngige Betriebsfhrungstechnik SUDS Software Update and Distribution System SUG Sun User Group SUM Simple User Model SUMR Satellite User Mapping Register SUN Stanford University Network SURAnet Southeastern Universities Research Association Network SUTP Screened Unshielded Twisted Pair SUUG Soviet UNIX User Group SV Standortverteiler SVAPI Scan View API SVC Supervisor Call SVC Switched Virtual Call/Channel/Circuit/Connection SVCC Switched Virtual Channel Connection SVD Simultaneous Voice and Data SVGA Super Video Graphics Array S-VHS Super Video Home System SVID Unix System V Interface Definition SVP Scan-line Video Processor SVR Session-based Virtual Route SVVS (UNIX) System V Validation Suite SW schwarz-weiss SW Short Wave SW Software SW Status Word SWB Software Bus SWL Short Wave Laser/Listener SWF Short Wave Fading SWIM Super Wozniak Integrated Machine SWING Subscriber Wireless Network Gateway SWISH Simple Web Indexing System for Humans SWR Standing Wave Ratio SWS Silly Window Syndrom SYLK Symbolic Link Format (Microsoft) SYN Synchronous Idle SYSOP System Operator % % TA Terminaladapter, Informationstechnische Anschlussdose TAB Tabulator, Technical Advisory Board TAC Terminal Access Controller TACAS Terminal Access Controller Access System TAD Telephone Answering Device TAE Telekommunikations-Anschluss-Einheit TAFN That's All For Now (Slang) TAI Temps Atomique International TAM Telefon, Anrufbeantworter, Modem TAM Telephone Answering Machine TAN Total Area Network TAN Transaction Number TANJ There Ain't No Justice (Slang) TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Things As A Free Lunch (Slang) TAO Telephony Application Objects, Track At Once TAOCP The Art Of Computer Programming (D. Knuth) TAP Telcom Advantage Packaging TAP Terminal Access Point TAPI Telephony Application Programming Interface (Microsoft) TAPR Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Group TAR Tape Archive (Format) TARFU Things Are Really Fouled Up (Salng) TAU Test Access Unit TAXI Transparent Asynchronous Transceiver Interface TBETSI Technischer Beirat fr Normungsfragen des ETSI TBF Technisch betriebliche Funktionsbedingungen TBH To Be Honest (Slang) TBL Technik fr Betriebslenkung TBO Total Benefits of Ownership TC Technical Committee TC Transmission Control/Convergence TC Trust Center TCA Telecommunications Carrier Association TCA Tightly Coupled Architecture TCAP Transaction Capability Application Part TCB Trusted Computer/Computing Base, Trouble Came Back TCCC IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Communications TCE Transmission Control Element TCF Transparent Computing Facility TCFS Transparent Cryptographic File System TCH Traffic Channel TCIF Telecommunications Industry Forum, USA TCL Tool Command Language TCM Terminal Controller Module TCM Time Compression Multiplexing TCM Trellis Code Modulation TCNS Thomas Conrad Networking System TCO Tj„nstem„nnens Centralorganisation (Schweden) TCO Total Cost of Ownership TCOS IEEE Technical Committee on Operating Systems TCP Tape Carrier Package TCP TeX Code Page TCP Transmission Control Protocol/Program (Interent), Tape TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (Internet) TCS Terminating Call Screening TCSB Traffic Control State Block TCSEC Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (Orange Book) TCU Transmission Control Unit TCW Tagged Control Word TD Transmit Data T-DAB Terrestrial Digital Audio Broadcasting TDC Tranportation Data Channel TDCC Transportation Data Coordinating Committee TDD Telecommunication Device for the Deaf TDD Time Division Duplex TDDSG Teledienstdatenschutzgesetz TDE Telescript Development Environment TDG Telekommunikations-Dienst-Gesetz, Teledienstegesetz TDHS Time Domain Harmonic Scaling TDI Transport Driver Interface TDM Time Division Multiplexer/Multiplexing TDMA Time Division Multiple/Multiplex Access TDP Tag Distribution Protocol TDR Time Domain Reflectometer/Reflectometry TDRS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite TDSR Transmitter Data Service Request TDSV Telekommmunikations-Datenschutz-Verordnung TDU Topology Database Update TDX Time Domain Crosstalk TE Terminal Equipment TEB Thread Environment Block TECO Tape/Text Editor and Corrector TED Telefonischer Ermittlungsdienst TEI Terminal Endpoint Identifier TEI Text Encoding and Interchange TEL Trans Europe Line Telex Telegraph Exchange (Fernschreiben) Telnet Telecommunications Network Temex Telemetry Exchange TEMPE Telecommunications and Enterprise Multimedia Platform Environment TEN Trans European Network TEP Transequatorial Propagation TER Terminal Interface TETRA Trans European Trunked Radio System TF Tr„gerfrequenz TFA Transparent File Access TFD Thin Film Diode TFDD Text File Device Driver TFE Trfreisprecheinrichtung TFEL Thin Film Electroluminescent TFM TeX Font Metric TFS Translucent File System (Sun) TFT Thin Film Transistor TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol (Internet) TFTS Terrestrial Flight Telephone System TG Transmission Group TGAL Think Globally, Act Locally (Slang) TGM Timetable Generation Module TGN Transmission Group Number TGS Ticket Granting Server/Service TH Transmission Header THD Technische Hoschschule Darmstadt, Deutschland THT Token Holding Time/Timer THWLAIAS The Hour Was Late, And I Am Senile (Slang) THX Tomlinson Holman's Experiment TI Texas Instruments Inc. TI Transaction Identifier TIA Telecommunications Industries Association TIA Thanks In Advance (Slang) TIA Totally Integrated Automation TIB Tag Information Base TIB Technische Informationsbibliothek, Hannover TIC Token Ring Interface Coupler TIC Tongue In Cheek (Slang) TID Target Identifier TIDSV Telekommunikations- und Informationsdienstunternehmen-Datenschutzverordnung TIES Telecom Information Exchange Services, Genf TIES Time-Independent Escape Sequence TIFF Tag/Tagged Image File Format TIGA Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture TIL Technical Information Library TINAR This Is Not A Review (Slang) TINWIS That Is Not What I Said (Slang) TIP Technology Integration Program TIP Terminal IMP TIP Terminal Interface Processor TIP Transputer Image Processing TK Telekommunikation TKG Telekommunikationsgesetz TKO Telekommunikationsordnung TKV Telekommunikations-Kundenschutzverordnung TKZulV Telekommunikationszulassungsverordnung TL Transport Layer TLA Three Letter Acronym TLB Translation Look Aside Buffer TLD Top Level Domain TLI Transport/Transfer Layer/Library Interface TLNKG Teilnehmerkennung (NUI) TLQ Top Letter Quality TLS Transport Layer Security TLU Table Lookup TM Test Mode TM Traffic Management TM Transaction Monitor TMC Traffic Message Channel TMD Time Division Multiplexing TMDS Transition Minimized Differential Signal TME Tivoli Management Environment TMN Telecom Managed Network TMN Telecommunication Management Network TMO Thermal Magnetic Optical TMP Temporary TMRC Tech Model Railroad Club TMSI Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity TMSL Test and Measurement Systems Language TN TelNet TN Twisted Nematic TNA Temex-Netzabschluss TNB Teilnehmernetzbetreiber TNB Telekommunikationsnetz-Betreiber TNC Terminal Node Controller TNFEM Twisted Nematic Field Effective Material TNHD The New Hackers's Dictionary TNN Transport Network Node TNPC Taiwan New PC Consortium TNV Total Network Visibility TNX Thanks (Slang) TO Timeout TOC Table Of Content TOEIC Test of English for International Communication TOF Task Oriented Forms TOF Top of Form TOP Technical and Office Protocol, Table Of Pages TOPFET Temperature and Overload Protected FET TOS The/Tramiel's Operating System TOS Type Of Service TOS Top Of Stack TP Tiefpass TP Transaction Processing TP Transport Protocol TP Turbo PASCAL TP0 Transport Protocol Class 0 (OSI) TP4 Transport Protocol Class 4 (OSI) TPA Transient Program Area TPC Transaction Processing/Performance Council TPDDI Twisted Pair Distributed Data Interface TPF Transmission Priority Field TPH Transport Packet Header tpi tracks per inch TPM Third Party Maintenance, Transactions Per Minute TPS Transactions Per Second, Transaction Processing System TPSE Transaction Processing Service Element TPTB The Powers That Be (Slang) TPU Text Processing Utility, Turbo PASCAL Unit TQM Total Quality Management TR Task Register TR Terminal Ready TR Travan Cartridge TR Travel Report TRAC Telecommunications Recommendations Application Committee TRAU Transcoder and Rate Adaption Unit TRCVR Transmitter-Receiver, Transceiver TRDMC Tears Running Down My Cheeks (Slang) TRMPWR Terminator Power (Leitung, SCSI) TRON The Realtime Operating System Nucleus TRT Token Ring Terminal, Token Rotation Time/Timer TRX Transmitter-Receiver, Transceiver TS Transport Station, Telekom Service TSA Technical Support Alliance, Test Signal Analyser TSAP Transport Service Access Point (OSI) TSAPI Telephony Server/Service Application Programming Interface TSB Technical Service Bulletin TSC Time Stamp Counter TSM Terminal Server Manager (DEC) TSO Time Sharing Option (IBM) TSP Traveling Salesman Problem, Texture and Shading Processor TSPI Telephony Service Provider Interface TSR Terminate and Stay Resident TSS Task State Segment TSS Telecommunications Standards Sector (ITU) TSS Temex-Schnittstelle TSS Time Sharing System TSSDC Task State Segment Descriptor Cache TST Transmit Start Threshold TSTN Triple Supertwisted Nematic TSW Tele-Software TT Terminal Timing TTBOMK To The Best Of My Knowledge (Slang) TTF Truetype Font, Timetable File TTFN Ta Ta For Now (Slang) TTI Teaching, Training, and Information TTL Time-To-Live TTL Transistor-Transistor-Logik TTML Tagged Text Markup Language TTP Trusted Third Party TTRT Target Token Rotation Time TTS Transaction Tracking System TTT Teleteaching and Training TTU Teletex-Telex-Umsetzer TTUL Talk To You Later (Salng) Ttx Teletex TTX Videotext TTXAU Teletex Access Unit TTY Teletype (Fernschreiben) TTYL Type/Talk To You Later (Slang) TU Tributary Unit TUBA TCP and UDP with Big Addresses TUeB Temex-Uebertragungsbaugruppe TUG TeX User Group TUG Tributary Unit Group TUI Text User Interface TULIP TCP and UDP over Lightweight IP TUSTEP Tbinger System von Textverarbeitungsprogrammen TV Television TVI Television Interference TVOL TV Online Cable Service TVR Temex-Vermittlungsrechner TVSt Teilnehmer-Vermittlungsstelle TWIRP Two Way Infrared Protocol TWSC Team World Service Center TWX Twinax (Cable) Tx Telex (Fernschreiben) TX transmit, Transmitter TYCLO Turn Your Caps Lock Off (Slang) TYVM Thank You Very Much (Slang) % % UA Unnumbered Acknowledgement UA User Agent (OSI) UA User Area UAA Universally Administered Address UAC Unbalanced Asynchronous Class UAE Universelle Anschlusseinrichtung UAE Unrecoverable Application Error UAF User Authorization File UAM User Authentication Method/Module UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter UAWG Universal ADSL Working Group UBC University of British Columbia UBE Unsolicited Bulk Electronic Mail UBR Unspecified/Undefined Bit Rate UCB University of California at Berkeley, USA UCE Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail UCFS Unix Connectivity File Service UCL Universal Communications Language UCL University College London UCLA University of California at Los Angeles, USA UCO Unstructured Complex Object UCS Uniform Chromaticity Scale UCS Universal Card Slot UCS Universal Character Set (ISO 10646) UCSB University of California at Santa Barbara, USA UCSD University of California at San Diego, USA UDB Universal Database UDC User Defined Command UDF Universal Disc Format UDF User Defined Function UDI Unified Driver Interface UDI Universal Document Identifier UDI Unrestricted Digital Information UDK Universale Dezimalklassifikation UDLC Universal Data Link Control UDL/I Unified Design Language for Integrated Circuits UDM Unternehmensdatenmodell UDMA Ultra Direct Memory Access UDP Usenet Death Penalty UDP User Datagram Protocol (Internet) UDP User Defined Protocol UDSV Teledienst-Unternehmen-Datenschutz-Verordnung UDT User Defined Datatype UE Unterhaltungs-Elektronik UEB šbertragungseinheit mit Basisbandverfahren UEC User Environment Component UEG šbertragungseinheit nach ITU G.703 UEI šbertragungseinheit nach ITU I.430 UEM šbertragungseinheit mit Modemverfahren UeP šbergabepunkt UEV User End of Volume UFS Universal/UNIX File System, Ultra Fast Switching UG User Group, Underrun Goal UGL Universal Glyph List UHF Ultrahigh Frequency (300 MHz -- 3 GHz) UHL User Header Label UI UNIX International, Unnumbered Information, User Interface UIAP UNIX International Asia/Pacific UIC User Identification Code UID Unique/User Identifier UIFRAME Unnumbered Information Frame UIL User Interface Language UIM User Interface Management UIMS User Interface Management System UIT Union Internationale des Telecommunications UKW Ultrakurzwelle UL Underwriters' Laboratory, Upload UL Urban Legend (Slang) ULA Uncommitted Logic Array ULN Universal Link Negotiation ULP Unit in the Last Place ULP Upper Layer Protocol ULSI Ultra Large Scale Integration UM Unified Messaging UMA Unified/Uniform Memory Access/Architecture UMA Upper Memory Area UMB Upper Memory Block UMI User MAN Interface UML Unified Modeling Language UMM Unidirectional Multipoint to Multipoint UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunication System UN Unbalanced Normal UN United Nations UNA Upstream Neighbour Address UNC Unbalanced Normal Class UNC Unique/Universal Naming Convention UNC University of North Carolina, USA UN/GTDI UN Guidelines for Trade Data Interchange UNI User Network Interface UNICOM Universal Integrated Communication System UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer UNIX (kein Akronym, no acronym!) UNMA Unified Network Management Architecture UNSW University of New South Wales, Australia UP Unnumbered Poll UP User Plane UPA Ultra Port Architecture (Sun) UPC Universal Printer Controller UPC Universal Product Code UPC Usage/User Parameter Control UPE User Portability Extension UPI United Press International UPI Universal Peripheral Interface UPI Upper Prediction Interval UPL User Program Language UPM Unidirectional Point to Multipoint UPM User Profile Management (IBM) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation UPP Unidirectional Point to Point UPPS Universal Portable Protocol Stack UPS Uninterruptable Power Supply UPT Universal Personal Telecommunication Service URC Uniform Resource Characterictics URI Universal Resource Identifier URL Universal/Uniform Resource Locator (Internet) URM Unbegrenzte Registermaschine URN Uniform Resource Name/Number US Unit Separator USAN University Satellite Network USART Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter USB Universal Serial Bus, Upper Side Band USDC US Display Consortium USG UNIX Support/System Group (Novell) USKA Union Schweizer Kurzwellenamateure USL UNIX System Laboratories (AT&T, Novell) USLE UNIX System Laboratories Europe USN Update Sequence Number USO UNIX Software Operation USRT Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitter USSA Universal Storage System Architecture USTA US Telephone Association USV Unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung USW Ultra Short Wave UT Universal Terminal/Time UTC Universal Time Coordinated UTF Unicode Transformation Format (UTF8) UTI Universal Text Interchange UTL User Trailer Label UTLB Unified TLB UTP Universal Personal Telephone Service UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair UTSL Use The Source, Luke (Slang) UUCP UNIX to UNIX Copy Program (UNIX-Protokoll) UULP Unified User Level Protocol UUS User to User Signalling UUU Unknown UNIX User (J. Random Hacker?) UVL User Volume Label UWM Universal Window Manager % % V.24 (CCITT-Norm fr eine serielle Schnittstelle) V+D Voice + Data VA Virtual Address VA Volladdierer VAB Value Added Business VAD Value Added Driver/Disaster/Dealer VADD Value Added Disk Driver VADS Value Added Data Service VAFC VESA Advanced Feature Connector VAL Voice Application Language VAM Verband der Anbieter von Mobilfunkdiensten, Bonn VAM Virtual Access Method VAN Value Added Network VANS Value Added Network Services VAP Value Added Process VAR Value Added Reseller/Retailer VAS Value Added Service VASCOM Value Added Services Network Communication VAST Vector and Array Syntax Translator VAT Video Audio Tool VATM Verband der Anbieter von Telekommunkations- und Mehrwertdiensten VAX Virtual Address Extension (DEC) VB Variable Block VB Virtual Beer VB Visual Basic VBA Visual BASIC for Applications (Microsoft) VBE VESA BIOS Extensions VBFS Very Big File System VBL Vertical Blanking VBN Vermittelndes/Vermitteltes/Vorl„ufer Breitbandnetz (Telekom) VBNS Very High Backbone Network Service VBR Variable Bit Rate VBS Verteiltes Betriebssystem VC Virtual Call/Circuit/Channel/Connection VCC Virtual Channel Connection VCD Virtual Communications Driver VCI Virtual Channel Identifier/Indicator VCL Virtual Channel Link VCL Visual Computing Library VCM Virtual Channel Memory VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator VCPI Virtual Control Programm Interface VCR Video Cassette/Conference Recorder VCS Virus Control System VCU Voice Communication Unit VD Volume Descriptor VDC Virtual Device Coordinates VDD Virtual Device/Display Driver VDDM Virtual Device Driver Manager VDE Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker VDE Video Display Editor VDEW Vereinigung Deutscher Elektrizit„tswerke VDF Variable Data File VDI Virtual Device Interface, Video Display Interface VDM Virtual DOS Machine VDM-SL Vienna Development Method -- Semantic Language VDN Virtual Data Network VDP Video Datagram Protocol VDS Virtual Direct Memory Access Service VDSL Very High Bitrate/Data Rate Digital Subscriber Line VDT Video/Visual Display Terminal VDU Video/Visual Display Unit VDV Vorbestellte Dauerw„hlverbindung VE Vermittlungseinrichtung VE Volksempf„nger VEMM Virtual Expanded Memory Manager VERIF Verification VESA Video Electronics Standards Association VEX Video Extensions to XWS VF Voice Frequency VFD Vacuum Fluorescent Display VFIP Voice File Interchange Protocol (Internet) VFN Vendor Feature Note VFO Variable Frequency Oscillator VFPI Verein zur F”rderung der P„dagogik der Informationstechnologie VFS Virtual File System VFsDx Verordnung fr den Fernschreib- und Datexdienst VG Volume Group VGA Vertical Grid Array VGA Video Graphics Array VGC Video Graphics Controller VGNV Verkehrsgebhrennachverarbeitung VHDL VHSIC Hardware Description Language VHDSL Very High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line VHE Virtual Home Environment VHF Very High Frequency (30 -- 300 MHz) VHS Very High Speed VHS Video Home System VHS Virtual Host Storage VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit VIA Vendors ISDN Association VIB Video Interface Bus VIBTS VTAM Integrated Bulk Data Transfer System VIC Video/Voice Interface Card/Controller VIM Vendor Independent Messaging VINCE Vendor Independent Network Control Entity VINES Virtual Network/Networking System/Software (Banyan) VIO Video/Virtual Input Output VIOLD Vision Impaired On-line Documentation (DEC) VIP Variable Information Processing VIP Video Input Processor VIP Virtual IP Network VIRIM Virtual Reality in Medicine VIROR Virtuelle Universit„t Oberrhein VIS Voice Information System, Virtual Instruction Set VISC Video Instruction Set Computing VITA VMEbus International Trade Association VITAL Virtually Integrated Technical Architecture Lifecycle (Apple) VJ Van Jacobson (Compression) VJHC Van Jacobson Header Compression VKL Verkehrseinschr„nkungsklasse VL Virtual Life (Slang) VLA Volume License Agreement VLAN Very/Virtual Local Area Network VLB VESA Local Bus VLC Variable Length Code VLDB Very Large Data Base VLDW Very Long Data Word VLF Very Low Frequency VLF Virtual Lookaside Facility VLI Variable Length Integer VLIS Verkehrs-Leit und Informations-System VLIW Very Long Instruction Word VLM Virtual Loadable Module VLR Visitor Location Register VLSI Very Large Scale Integration VLSIC Very Large Scale Integration Circuit VM Virtual Machine/Memory VMA Virtual Memory Access/Area VMB Video Memory Buffer VMC VESA Media Channel VME Versacard Modified for Eurocard (Bus) VME Virtual Memory Executive VMI Vertical Motion Index VMI Video Module Interface VMM Virtual Machine/Memory Manager VMRP VLAN Membership Resolution Protocol VMS Virtual Memory System VMS Voice Mail/Messaging System VMSC Visited Mobile Switching Centre VMT Virtual Memory Technique VMT Virtual Method Table VMTP Versatile Message Transaction Protocol (Internet) VMZ Verkehrsmanagement-Zentrum/Zentrale VNA Virtual Network Architecture VNET Virtual Network VNS Virtual Notebook System VO Virtual Object VO Vollzugsordnung VoD Video on Demand VOF Vollzugsordnung fr den Funkdienst VoFR Voice over Frame Relay VOI Verband der Optischen Informationssysteme VOIP Voice over IP VOL Volume Label VON Video/Voice Over Net VP Virtual Path VPA Virtual Proxy Agent VPC Virtual Path Connection VPD Virtual Printer Device VPDS Virtual Private Data Service VPI Virtual Path Identifier/Indicator VPL Virtual Path Link VPM Virtual Protocol Machine VPN Virtual Private Network VPO Virtual Projection Origin VPRT Verband Privater Rundfunk und Telekommunikation VPS Verbindungsprogrammierte Steuerung VPS Video Programm/Programmier-System VPT Virtual Printing Technology VQ Vector Quantization VR Virtual Reality VR Virtual Route VR Voltage Regulator VRA Vollst„ndiger Regul„rer Ausdruck VRAM Video Random Access Memory VRC Vertical Redundancy Check VRC Viewing Reference Coordinate VRC Virtual Route Control VRCB Virtual Route Control Block VRID Virtual Route Identifier VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language VRN Virtual Route Number VROOMM Virtual Realtime Object-Oriented Memory Management VRP Viewing Reference Point VRPRQ Virtual Route Pacing Request VRPRS Virtual Route Pacing Response VRU Voice Response Unit VS Virtual Storage VSA Virtual Server Architecture VSA Virtual Storage Access VSAM Virtual Storage Access Method VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal VSC Voice Security Card VSE Verification Support Environment VSE Virtual Storage Extended VSF Vertical Scanning Frequency VSI Verband der Software-Industrie Deutschlands e. V. VSI Virtual Socket Interface (Alliance) VSK Video-Sender-Kennung VSL Virtual Socket Library VSM Virtual Storage Management VSMSC Virtual Short Message Center VSN Virtual Switched Network VSO VITA Standards Organization VSOS Virtual Storage Operating System VSt Vermittlungsstelle VSX Verification Suite for X/Open VT Vertical Tabulator VT Video-Terminal VT Virtual Terminal VT Visualization Tool VTAM Virtual Terminal/Telecommunications Access Method VTCO Virtual Terminal Control Object VTM Verband der Telekommunikationsnetz- und Mehrwertdiensteanbieter, K”ln VTOA Voice and Telephony Over ATM VTOC Volume Table Of Contents VTOS Virtual Time Operating System VTP Virtual Terminal Protocol VTS Virtual Terminal Service/Support VUE Visual User Environment VUEN Virtual University Education Network VUI Video User Interface VUIT Visual User Interface Tool (DEC) VUP VAX Unit of Performance VWM Virtual Warehouse Manager VXE VESA XGA Extensions VzFdpbDK Verein zur F”rderung der privat betriebenen Daten-Kommunikation e. V. % % W3 WWW, World Wide Web (Internet) W3C World Wide Web Consortium WABI Windows Application Binary Interface WACK Wait Acknowledgement WACS Wireless Access Communications System WAD W„hlautomat fr Datenverbindungen WAENA Wide Area Educational Network WAI Web Access Initiative WAIS Wide Area Information Servers/Service WAITS Wide Area Information Transfer System WAM Warren Abstract Machine WAMKSAM Why Are My Kids Staring At Me? (Slang) WAMPUM Ward's Automated Menu Package Using Microcomputers WAN Wide Area Network WAP Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitsplatz WAO Warteschlange der ablaufbereiten Objekte WARC World Administrative Radio Conference WaSP Web Standards Project WATS Wide Area Telephone/Telecommunications Service WATTC World Administrative Telegraph and Telephone Conference WAWA Work Anywhere With Anybody WB Write Back WBC Web Based Communication WBEM Web Based Enterprise Management WBM Web Based Management WBRC Wrttembergisch-Badischer Radioclub WBT Windows Based Terminal WC Workgroup Computing WC World Coordinate WCE Write Cache Enable WCPN Wireless Customer Premises Network WCS Writable Control Store WD Western Digital WDYMBT What Do You Mean By That (Slang) WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexing WDM Windows Driver Model WE Write Enable WEEB Western European EDIFACT Board WELL Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy WF Workflow WFG Wait For Graph WfM Wired for Management WFMC Workflow Management Coalition WFMS Workflow Management System WFS Woodstock File Server WFW Windows For Workgroups (Microsoft) WG Working Group (ISO) WGDTB Working Group on Digital Television Broadcasting WGS Work Group System WHNF Weak Head Normal Form WHQL Windows Hardware Quality Lab WIC Wireless Indoor Communication WIMP Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointing (s. a. MUFF) WIMPS Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointing, Scroll bars (s. a. MUFF) WIN Wireless Inhouse Network WiN Wissenschaftsnetz des DFN (X.25) WINS Windows Internet Name Service (Microsoft) WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WKS Well Known Service/Socket (Internet) WLAN Wireless LAN WLANA Wireless LAN Association WLL Wireless Local Loop WM Window Manger WMF Windows Metafile Format WMI Windows Management Interface WNIC WAN Interface Coprocessor WNIM WAN Interface Module WNP Weissbier Networking Protocol (Microhop) WOA Web Object Application WOD Web Object Definition WOL Wake On LAN WOM Write-Only-Memory WOMBAT Waste Of Money, Brains, And Time (Slang) WOP Werkstattorientierte Programmierung WORM Write Once, Read Many/Multiple WOS Web Object Script WOS Workstation Operating System WOSA Windows Open Systems Architecture (Microsoft) WP Word Processor WP Write Protected WPD Windows Printer Description WPHD Write Protected Hard Disk wpm words per minute WPS Workplace Shell (IBM) WRAM Window Random Access Memory WRB Web Request Broker WRT With Respect To (Slang) WS Window Size WS Workstation WST World System Teletext WSTS World Semiconductor Trade Statistics WT Without Thinking (Slang) WT Write Through WTTM Without Thinking Too Much (Slang) WULF Wake Up on Line Feed WW Wahlwiederholung WWC World Wide Computing WWW W3, World Wide Web, World Wide Waiting, Weltweites Warten WWWW World Wide Web Wizard/Worm WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get WYSIWIS What You See Is What I See % % X11 X Window System XA Extended Architecture/Attribute XAPIA X.400-API Association XCHG Exchange XCHS Extended Cylinders, Heads, Sectors XCMD Extended Mode Command (Apple) XCMD External Command XDCS X/Open Distributed Computing Services XDLE Transparent Data Link Escape XDMCP X Display Manager Control Protocol XDR External/Extended Data Representation XDS X/Open Directory Service XETB Transparent End of Transmission Block XETX Transparent End of Text XFCN External Function XFN X/Open Federated Naming Service XFS X11 File System XGA Extended Graphics Array (IBM) XID Exchange Identifier/Identification XIE X Image/Imaging Extension (Standard) XIE-DIS XIE Document Imaging Subset XITB Transparent Intermediate Block XKB X Keyboard Extension XLATE Translate XLFD X Logical Font Description XLINK Extended Local Informatik Netz Karlsruhe XLL XLink and XPointer Languages XLM Excel Macro Language (Microsoft) XMI XTendbus Multibus Interface XMIT Transmit XML Extensible Markup Language XMM Extended Memory Manager XMP X/Open Management Protocol XMS Extended Memory Specification XMSN Transmission XMT Transmit XMTR Transmitter XNS Xerox Network Services/System XOFF Exchange/Transmitter Off XOM X/Open Management XON Exchange/Transmitter On XOR Exclusive or (auch: EOR) XOS Experimental Operating System XPC X Performance Characterization Group XPEL X Protocol Engine Library XPG X/Open Portability Guide XPLA Extended Programmable Logic Array XPT External Page Table XR Index Register XREF Cross Reference List XSC Extended Scientific Calculation XSI X/Open Systenm Interface Specification XSL Extensible Style Language XSMD Extended Storage Module Drive XSMP X Session Manager Protocol XSTX Transparent Start of Text XSYN Transparent Synchronous Idle XT Crosstalk XT Extended Technology XTAL Crystal XTCLK External Transmit Clock XTI X/Open Transport (Layer) Interface XTP XPress Transfer Protocol XTTD Transparent Temporary Text Delay XUMA Expertensystem Umweltgef„hrlichkeit von Altlasten XVE X Visual Extensions XVI XTendbus VMEbus Interface XVS X/Open System V Specification XVT Extensible Virtual Toolkit XWD X Window Dump XWS X-Window-System % % Y2K Year 2000 p. Chr. n. YABA Yet Another Bloody Acronym YAFIYGI You Asked For It, You Got It YAODL Yet Another Object Description Language YCAGWYW You cannot always get what you want YMMV Your Mileage May Vary (Slang) YP Yellow Pages YUV (Farbmodell: Luminanz Y, Chrominanzwerte U, V) % % Z Zeichen ZAC Zero Administration Client ZAK Zero Administration Kit (Microsoft) ZAI Zero Administration Initiative ZBR Zone Bit Recording ZBT Zero Bus Turnaround Z-CAV Zoned Constant Angular Velocity ZCT Zero Count Table ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen ZDL Zero Delay Lockout ZDR Zone Density Recording, Zeilendrucker ZDVA Zentrale Datenverarbeitungsanlage ZE Zentraleinheit ZEN Zero Effort Network (Novell) ZFS Zone Field Selection ZGDV Zentrum fr Graphische Datenverarbeitung ZGS Zeichengabesystem ZHR Zero Hop Routing ZI Zentrale Instandhaltung ZIB Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fr Informationstechnik, Berlin ZIF Zero Insertion Force ZIP Zone Improvement Plan ZIP Zone Information Protocol ZKA Zentraler Kreditausschuss ZKD Zentrum fr Kommunikationstechnik und Datenverarbeitung, Stuttgart ZKM Zentrum fr Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe ZL Zeile ZOFF Zeichenorientierte Fenster-Funktionen ZS Zeitschlitz ZSL Zero Slot LAN ZSP Zwischenspeicher ZSS Zentraler Service Switch ZTZB Zentrale Technik Zentraler Betriebslenkung ZV Zahlungsverkehr ZV Zeilenvorschub ZV Zoomed Video (Port) ZVDFUe Zahlungsverkehr-Datenfernbertragung ZVE Z„hlervergleichseinrichtung ZVEI Zentralverband der Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie ZW Zielwahl ZWR Zwischenraum (space) ZWS Zero Wait State ZZF Zentralamt fr Zulassungen im Fernmeldewesen ZZK Zentraler Zeichenkanal (ISDN) E-Mail: wulf.alex@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de