From 8114a2fe2a15fd98338137b063e412fddfe1b3fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Fleschutz Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 07:17:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update the abbreviations --- Data/Abbr/Aviation.csv | 224 +++- Data/Abbr/Chemistry.csv | 19 +- Data/Abbr/Computing.csv | 2681 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- Data/Abbr/General.csv | 89 +- Data/Abbr/Mathematics.csv | 6 +- Data/Abbr/Military.csv | 4 +- Data/Abbr/Sports.csv | 31 +- 7 files changed, 2956 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-) diff --git a/Data/Abbr/Aviation.csv b/Data/Abbr/Aviation.csv index 4b3c0e85..7c9f1035 100644 --- a/Data/Abbr/Aviation.csv +++ b/Data/Abbr/Aviation.csv @@ -11,37 +11,50 @@ AAE,Above Aerodrome Elevation AAF,Airway Facilities Service AAF,Army Air Field AAI,Arrival Aircraft Interval +AAI,Airports Authority of India AAIB,Air Accidents Investigation Branch (UK) AAIM,Aircraft Autonomous Integrity Monitoring AAMS,Aircraft Arrival Management System +AARTS,Army Aviation Radar Training System AAO,Assumed Adverse Obstacle AAS,Airport Advisory Service AB,Air Base +ABI,Advanced Boundary Information AC,Air Conditioning AC,Aircraft +ACAC,Arab Civil Aviation Conference ACAM,Aircraft Continuing Airworthiness Monitoring -ACARS,ARINC Communications Addressing and Reporting System -ACAS,Aircraft Collision Avoidance System +ACARS,Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System +ACAS,Airborne Collision Avoidance System ACC,Area Control Center +ACE,Airport airside Capacity Enhancement +ACI,Airports Council International +ACP,Accept +AD,Air Defence ADAC,Abu Dhabi Airports +ADEP,Aerodrome of Departure +ADES,Aerodrome of Destination ADF,Automatic Direction Finding ADI,Automatic De-Ice and Inhibitor ADIZ,Air Defense Identification Zone ADL,Aeronautical Data Link ADLY,Arrival Delay -ADP,Aeroportes de Paris +ADP,Aerodrome dé Paris (Charles de Gaulle) ADP,Automated Data Processing ADS,Automated Distribution System ADS,Automatic Dependent Surveillance ADS-B,Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast AENA,Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea AERA,Automated En-Route Air Traffic Control +AEW,Airborne Early Warning AF,Air Field +AFCS,Automatic Flight Control System AFIS,Aerodrome Flight Information Service +AFTN,Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network AFM,Aircraft Flight Manual -AFM,Airplane Flight Manual -AGL,Above Ground Level +AGAS,Action Group for ATM Safety (EUROCONTROL) AGL,Above Ground Level +ahdg,alter heading AICS,Aircraft Inventory and Charter System AID,Airport Information Desk AIDS,Aircraft Integrated Data System @@ -49,7 +62,6 @@ AIG,Airbus Industries Group AILS,Automatic Instrument Landing System AIM,Aeronautical Information Manual AIP,Aeronautical Information Publication -AIP,Aeronautical Information Publication AIPA,Aeronautical Information Production Application AIRAC,Aeronautical Information Regulation And Control AIRMET,Airmen's Meteorological Information @@ -110,22 +122,67 @@ ATA,Actual Time of Arrival ATC,Air Traffic Control ATIS,Automatic Terminal Information Service ATO,Air Traffic Organization +AWACS,Airborne Warning And Control System +BC,Back Course BAF,Belgian Air Force +BIRTAM,NOTAM on Bird Activity +BIT,Build-In Test +BITE,Build-In Test Equipment +BRNAV,Basic Area Navigation BWI,Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport +C2,Command and Control +C3,"Communication, Command and Control" +C4I,"Communication, Command, Control, Computers and Intelligence" CAAC,Civil Aviation Administration of China CAAS,Civil Aviation Authorization of Singapore +CAL,Computer Assisted Learning +CAMACA,Common Agreed Methodology for Airport airside Capacity Assessment +CANAC,Computer Assisted National Air Traffic Control Centre (Belgium) CANSO,Civil Air Navigation Services Organization +CARMA,CATC Radar Simulator Allahabad CAS,Calibrated Airspeed +CASE,Controlled Airspace Synthetic Environment (Simulator of Alenia Marconi) CAT,Category of Aircraft -CAVOK,Ceiling And Visibility OK +CATC,Civil Air Traffic Control +CAVOK,Clouds And Visibility OK +CBT,Computer-based Training CCBC,Community College Baltimore County +CCIS,Closed Circuit Information System +CDA,Continuous Descent Approach +CDI,Course Deviation Indicator +CDM,Collaborative Decision Making +CDTI,Cockpit Display of Traffic Information +CDU,Cockpit Display Unit +CEATS,Central European Air Traffic Services +CESC,Chief Executive Standing Conference +CFIT,Controlled Flight Into Terrain +CFMU,Central Flow Management Unit COG,Center of Gravity -COTS,Commercial-of-the-shelf +CGD,Combined Graphic Display +CISM,Critical Incident Stress Management +CLC,Course Line Computer CRDA,Converging Runway Display Aid +CMIC,Civil/Military Interface Standing Committee +CNS,"Communication, Navigation, Surveillance" +CODA,Central Office for Delay Analysis +ConOps,Concept of Operations +COPS,Changeover Point(s) +CORA, Conflict Resolution Advisory +COTS,Commercial Of-The-Shelf +CPA,Closest Point of Approach +CPDLC,Controller Pilot Data Link Communication +CRC,Control and Reporting Centre +CREDOS,Crosswind Reduced Separations for Departure Operations CTA,Controlled Area CTA,Controlled Time of Arrival CTOT,Calculated Take-Off Time CTR,Control Zone or Controlled Traffic Region +CVFR,Controlled Visual Flight Rule (flight) +CVSM,Conventional Vertical Separation Minimum +CW,Continous Wave +CW,Cold Weather +CWS,Collision Warning System +CWP,Controller Working Position DAS,DFS Aviation Services (DFS subcompany for services outside Germany) DCIA,Dependent Converging Instrument Approach DFS,Deutsche Flugsicherung (ATC in Germany) @@ -194,6 +251,8 @@ MATS,Malta Air Traffic Services MEA,Minimum En-route Altitude METAR,Meteorological Aerodrome Report MSL,Median Sea Level +MSTA,Minimum Safe Turning Altitude +MTOW,Maximum Take-Off Weight OCTA,Outside Control Areas OFZ,Obstacle Free Zone OJT,On the Job Training @@ -207,60 +266,187 @@ PtF,Permit to Fly QFE,the altimeter setting that will cause the altimeter to read the height above a specific aerodrome or ground level, and therefore read zero on landing QNE,pressure altitude at the landing runway threshold QNH,atmospheric pressure adjusted to mean sea level +RADAR,Radio Detection And Ranging +RADNET,Radar Network +RAIM,Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (GPS) RAT,Reliability Acceptance Test (see also FAT and SAT) +RAM,Radar Absorbent Material +RAP,Recognised Air Picture +RASP,Recognised Air and Surveillance Picture +RB,Relative Bearing +RBI,Relative Bearing Indicator RBAF,Royal Belgium Armed Forces RCAF,Royal Canadian Air Force +RCC,Rescue Co-ordination Centre +RCL,Runway Centre Line Lighting +RCS,Radar Cross Section RET,Rapid Exit Taxiways +RF,Radio Frequency RFFS,Rescue and Fire Fighting Services +RIMCAS,Runway Incursion Monitoring and Conflict Alert System RJAF,Royal Jordanian Air Force +RJC,Reject RPI,Runway Point of Intercept RPM,Rotations per Minute +RMI,Radio Magnetic Indicator +RNAV,Area Navigation +RNP,Required Navigation Performance +ROC,Rate Of Climb +ROC,Required Obstacle Clearance +RPM,Revolutions Per Minute +RPS,Radar Position Symbol +RTCA,Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics RVR,Runway Visual Range +RVSM,Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum +RWR,Radar Warning Receiver RWY,Runway +SADL,Situational Awareness Data Link +SAR,Search and Rescue +SAR,Synthetic Aperture Radar +SARPS,Standards and Recommended Practices (ICAO) SAT,Site Acceptance Test (see also FAT and RAT) SATCO,Senior Air Traffic Control Officer +SATCOM,Satellite Communication +SATNAV,Satellite Navigation +SATSE,State Air Traffic Services Enterprise +SDD,Situation Data Display +SELCAL,Selective Calling System +SES,Single European Sky +SESAME,Single European Sky ATM Master Plan +SFL,Sequencing Flashing Light SFO,Simulated Flameout Operation +SI,Selective Interrogation +SIAP,Standard Instrument Approach Procedure SID,Standard Instrument Departure -SKYGUIDE,ATC Swiss +SIF,Selective Identification Friend or Foe +SIGMET,Significant Meteorological (Information) Report +SILs,Sector Inbound Lists +SIM,Simulator +SKYGUIDE,Swiss Air Traffic Control +SLB,Side lobe Blanking +SLC,Side lobe Cancellation SLOC,Slovenia Control +SM,Statute Mile SOW,Statement of Work +SRC,Safety Regulation Commission (EUROCONTROL) +SRU,Safety Regulation Unit (EUROCONTROL) SSR,Secondary Surveillance Radar -STARS,Standard Arrival Routes +STAR,Standard Arrival Route or Standard Terminal Arrival Route +STARS,Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System +STB,Stop Bar +STCA,Short Term Conflict Alert +STD,Synthetic Training Device +STDMA,Self-organising Time Division Multiple Access (known as VHF digital link - Mode 4) +STNA,Service Technique de la Navigation Aerienne STOL,Short Take Off and Landing +STRATFOR,Eurocontrol Statistics and Forecasts Service +SUA,Special Use Airspace +SV,Supervisor +SVFR,Special Visual Flight Rules SWT,Switch +SYSCO,System Coordination – Data Exchange and Coordination TA,Terminal Airspace -TAF,Terminal Aerodrome Forecast +TAA,Terminal Arrival Area +TAAM,Total Airspace and Airport Modeller +TACAN,Tactical Air Navigation (System) +TACS,Theater Air Control System +TACTICOS,Tactical Information and Command System +TAF,Terminal Aerodrome/Area Forecast +TAIS,Tactical Airspace Integration System (US Army) +TAIS,Tactical Air Intelligence System +TAP,Target Acquisition Protocol +TARMAC,Taxi and Ramp Management and Control TAS,Terminal Airspace System TAS,True Airspeed -TCAS,Traffic Collision Avoidance System +TAWS,Terrain Awareness and Warning System +TCAS,Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System TCDS,Type Certificate Data Sheet +TCH,Threshold Crossing Height TCL,Taxi Center Lights +TDW,Tower Display Workstation +TDZ,Runway Touchdown Zone Lighting +TDZE,Touch Down Zone Elevation +TERPS,US Standard for Terminal Instrument Procedures TFDM,Terminal Flight Data Management +TFDPS,Tower Flight Data Processing System +TFM,Traffic Flow Management +TFR,Temporary Flight Restriction +TH,True Heading +TID,Touch Input Device +TIGPRO,TOWSIM Image Generator Protocol +TIS,Traffic Information System +TM,Traffic Management TMA,Terminal Control Area +TOC,Top Of Climb +TOD,Top Of Descent +TOR,Terms Of Reference +TOR,Tornado aircraft +TOWSIM,Tower Simulator +TRACON,Terminal Radar Approach Control +TSO,Technical Standard Order TSTC,Texas State Technical College -TWR,Control Tower, +TT,True Track +TVOR,Terminal VOR +TWEB,Transcribed Weather Broadcast (USA for ATIS) +TWR,Control Tower +TWY,Taxiway +TXC,Taxiway Centreline Lights +TXE,Taxiway Edge Lights UAA,University of Alaska Anchorage -UKCAA,Civil Aviation Authority (UK) +UAC,Upper Area Control Centre +UAT,Universal Access Transceiver +UAV,Unmanned Aerial Vehicle +UDF,Ultra High Frequency Direction Finding +UEI,"Units, Equipment, Installations" +UHF,Ultra High Frequency +UIR,Upper Flight Information Region +UKCAA,United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority UMASS,University of Massachusetts +URET,User Request Evaluation Tool USAF,US Air Force UTA,Upper Traffic Area V1,Decision speed, the speed beyond which takeoff should no longer be aborted V2,Takeoff speed. The speed at which the aircraft may safely be climbed with one engine inoperative +VAR,Variation VASI,Visual Approach Slope Indicator VASIS,Visual Approach Slope Indicator System +VCS,Voice Communication System +VCCS,Voice Communication Control System +VDF,Very High Frequency Direction Finding +VDGS,Visual Database Generation System +VDL-4,VHF digital link Mode 4 (see also STDMA) +VDU,Visual Display Unit +VFOW,Vertical Field of View VFR,Visual Flight Rules VHF,Very High Frequency +VLF,Very Low Frequency VMC,Visual Meteorological Conditions VMO,maximum operation speed is the air speed than should never be exceeded deliberately in normal operation, whatever the flight situation isVOR,VHF Omni-directional Range +VOLMET,Meteorological Information for Aircraft in Flight +VOR,VHF Omni-directional Radio Range +VORTAC,VOR -TACAN combination VREF,1.3 times the stalling speed of the aircraft in the stated landing configuration and at the prevailing aircraft weight -VRR,Voice Recognition & Response -VS,Stall speed, defined as the minimum steady flight speed at which the airplane is controllable +VRR,Voice Recognition and Response +VRS,Voice Recognition System +VS,"Stall speed, defined as the minimum steady flight speed at which the airplane is controllable" +VSBY,Visibility VSP,Vertical Speed -VSTOL,vertical short take-off and landing +VSTOL,Vertical Short Take-Off and Landing VTC,Visual Terminal Chart -VTOL,vertical take-off and landing -VTOSL,vertical take-off and short landing +VTC,Virtual Training Centre +VTOL,Vertical Take-Off and Landing +VTOSL,Vertical Take-Off and Short Landing VTS,Vehicle Tracking System +WA,Wind Angle +WAAS,Wide Area Augmentation System +WAM,Wide Area Multilateration +WBS,Work Break-down Structure +WCA,Wind Correction Angle WDI,Wind Direction Indicator +WGS,World Geodetic System +WIAS,Wetter Informations- und Anzeigesystem (German) +WP,Waypoint +WS,Work Station WTC,Wake Turbulence Category +WTWS,Wake Turbulence Warning System WX,Weather \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Data/Abbr/Chemistry.csv b/Data/Abbr/Chemistry.csv index ede68b53..935c2c41 100644 --- a/Data/Abbr/Chemistry.csv +++ b/Data/Abbr/Chemistry.csv @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ AS,Ammonium Sulfate As,Arsenic ASA,AcetylSalicylic Acid ASP,ASParate -AT NO,Atomic Number +ATNO,Atomic Number AT,Adenine and Thymine AT,Alkaline Transition At,Astatine @@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ BOD,Biological Organic Deposit BOV,Blow Off Valve BP,Benzoyl Peroxide BP,Boiling Point -BPDE,Benzo[A]Pyrene-Diol-Epoxide BPE,Boiling Point Elevation +BPDE,"Benzo[A]Pyrene-Diol-Epoxide BPE,Boiling Point Elevation" BPO,Benzoyl PerOxide Br,Bromine BTA,BuTylated hydroxyAnisole BTEX,Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene -BTTN,1,2,4-ButaneTriol TriNitrate +BTTN,"1,2,4-ButaneTriol TriNitrate" BTX,Benzene, Toluene, Xylene BWR,Boiling Water Reactor Bz,Benzoyl functional group @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ ECD,Electron Capture Detector ECH,Enoyl-CoA Hydratase EDI,Electrical De-Ionization EDP,Ethylene Diamine Pyrocatehol -EDT,1,2-Ethane DiThiol +EDT,"1,2-Ethane DiThiol" EDTA,Ethylene-Diamine-Tetra-Acetic acid EE,Ether Extract EEC,Equilibrium Equivalent Concentration @@ -556,7 +556,8 @@ Lu,Lutetium LUMO,Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital LV,Low Volatility LVS,Large Volume Sampler -Lw,Lawrencium (Changed to Lr) LWC,Light Water Content +Lw,Lawrencium (Changed to Lr) +LWC,Light Water Content LWG,Liquid Water in Grams M,concentration (Molarity) m,mass @@ -1037,7 +1038,7 @@ TAS,Total Alkali versus Silica TAS,Total Analysis System TAT,TriAcetone TriPeroxide Tb,Terbium -TBA,2,4,6-TriBromoAnisole +TBA,"2,4,6-TriBromoAnisole" TBA,TertButylArsine TBC,4-TertButylCatechol TBHQ,TertButylHydroQuinone @@ -1054,7 +1055,7 @@ TCA,TriChloroAcetic Acid TCE,TriChloroEthane TCF,ThiolCarbon Fiber TCM,TetraChloromethane -TCP,1,2,3-TriChloropropane +TCP,"1,2,3-TriChloropropane" TCP,Thermal Conversion Process TCP,Tocopherol TCP,TriCalcium Phosphate @@ -1062,7 +1063,7 @@ TCP,TriChloroPhenol TCS,Toxic Chemical System TCT,ToCoTrienol TCV,Temperature Control Valve -TCVF -Two Chamber Vacuum Furnace +TCVF,Two Chamber Vacuum Furnace TD,Temperature Displacement TD,Thermal Deposition TDA,Thermal Dilatometric Analysis @@ -1156,7 +1157,7 @@ UUO,UnUnOctium (Element 118) UUP,UnUnPentium (Element 115) UUQ,UnUnQuadium (Element 114) UUS,UnUnSeptium (Element 117) -UUU,UnUnUnium (Element 111, now Rg) +UUU,"UnUnUnium (Element 111, now Rg)" UV,UltraViolet UV-A,UltravViolet band A UV-B,UltraViolet band B diff --git a/Data/Abbr/Computing.csv b/Data/Abbr/Computing.csv index 1bc34575..5b6532db 100644 --- a/Data/Abbr/Computing.csv +++ b/Data/Abbr/Computing.csv @@ -1,4 +1,15 @@ Abbr,Term +.cc,Common filename suffix for C++ source code files +.csv,Common filename suffix for comma-separated value files +.cfg,Common filename suffix for configuration files +.h,Common filename suffix for C/C++ header files +.jpeg,Common filename suffix for JPEG image files +.jpg,Common filename suffix for JPEG image files +.m3u,Common filename suffix for audio playlists +.md,Common filename suffix for Markdown files +.mp3,Common filename suffix for MPEG layer 3 audio files +.ps1,Common filename suffix for PowerShell script files +.txt,Common filename suffix for text files 1NF,First Normal Form 2.5D,Two-And-A-Half-Dimensional 286,Intel 80286 processor @@ -7,14 +18,22 @@ Abbr,Term 2GL,Second-Generation Programming Language 2KB,"2,000 Bytes" 2NF,Second Normal Form +3-D,three dimensions or three-dimensional +3270,Information Display System 386,Intel 80386 processor +3BL,triple bottom line 3DCG,Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics 3DS,"Nintendo 3DS or 3 Dual Screen" +3G,third generation of mobile telephony 3GL,Third-Generation Programming Language 3GPP,3rd Generation Partnership Project 3LS,3rd Level Support 3NF,Third Normal Form +3PL,third-party logistics 3PV,Peak Player Production Values +3Vs,volume, variety and velocity +4-D,printing four-dimensional printing +40GbE,40 Gigabit Ethernet 486,Intel 80486 processor 4B5BLF,4 Byte 5 Byte Local Fiber 4G,Fourth Generation @@ -23,216 +42,2708 @@ Abbr,Term 5GL,Fifth-Generation Programming Language 5NL,Fifth Normal Form 6NF,Sixth Normal Form +7W,seven wastes +8-VSB,8-level vestigial sideband 802.11,Wireless LAN 8B10BLF,8 Byte 10 Byte Local Fiber +A+,A Plus +A.I.,Airborne Internet +A/m,"Oe, oersted ampere per meter" A11Y,Accessibility +AA,modem lights AAA,"Authentication,Authorization,Accounting" AABB,Axis Aligned Bounding Box AAC,Advanced Audio Coding AAI,Applied Artificial Intelligence AAM,Automatic Acoustic Management +AAR,Apple Authorized Reseller +AARP,AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol AAS,as a service AAS,Auto Area Segmentation +AAUI,Apple attachment unit interface +ab,W abohm +abA,abampere +ABAP,Advanced Business Application Programming +ABB,activity-based budgeting +ABBH,average bouncing busy hour +abC,abcoulomb +ABC,activity-based costing ABC,Atanasoff-Berry Computer +abend,abnormal end +abF,abfarad +abH,abhenry ABIOS,Advanced BIOS +ABM,activity-based management ABP,AdBlock Plus +ABP,Microsoft Exchange Address Book Policy +abS,absiemens +abV,abvolt +ABVS,Automated Best Value System +abW,abwatt AC,Alternating Current +AC-3,Dolby Digital ACCT,Account +ACD,Automatic Call Distributor ACE,Access Control Entry +ACeS,Asia Cellular Satellite System +ACF2,Access Control Facility +ACH,Automated Clearing House +ACH,fraud Automated Clearing House fraud ACID,"Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability" Ack,Acknowledgement -ACL,Access Control list ACL,Access Control List +ACM,Association for Computing Machinery +ACO,accountable care organization ACPI,Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACR,Absolute Cell Reference +ACR,attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio +ACT,Application Compatibility Toolkit +ACTA,America's Carriers Telecommunications Association +ACTS,Automatic Coin Telephone System +ACV,all commodity volume +AD,Active Directory +ADAT,Alesis Digital Audio Tape ADatP,Automated Data Processing ADC,Analog-to-Digital Converter +ADC,automated data collection +ADE,qutomated data entry ADF,Automatic Document Feeder +ADO,ActiveX Data Objects +ADP,automatic data processing +ADPCM,adaptive differential pulse-code modulation +ADS,alternate data stream +ADSI,Analog Display Services Interface ADSL,Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line +ADSM,ADSTAR Distributed Storage Management +AES,Advanced Encryption Standard +AET,advanced evasion technique +AF,audio frequency +AFC,antiferromagnetically-coupled +AFIS,Automated Fingerprint Identification System +AFM,atomic force microscopy +AFP,Advanced Function Printing AFP,Apple Filing Protocol +AFS,Andrew file system +aglet,agile applet AGP,Accelerated Graphics Port +AHA,Accelerated Hub Architecture +AHIMA,American Health Information Management Association +AHRQ,Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality +AHT,average handle time +AI,Artificial Intelligence +AIBO,Artificial Intelligence roBOt +AICPA,American Institute of Certified Public Accountants +AID,automatic identification +AIDC,Automatic Identification and Data Capture AIFF,Audio Interchange File Format +AIM,application integration middleware +AIMS,agile infrastructure for manufactured systems +AIN,Advanced Intelligent Network +AIT,advanced intelligent tape +AIX,Advanced Interactive eXecutive +Ajax,Asynchronous JavaScript and XML +AKO,Army Knowledge Online +AL,access list +ALE,Application Link Enabling +ALM,application lifecycle management +ALPR,Automated License Plate Recognition +alt.,alternate newsgroup ALU,Arithmetic Logic Unit +ALU,arithmetic-logic unit +AMD,Advanced Micro Devices +AMD-V,AMD virtualization +AMI,advanced metering infrastructure +AMI,Amazon Machine Image +AMIA,American Medical Informatics Association +AML,anti-money laundering software +AMPS,Advanced Mobile Phone Service +AMR,ambulatory medical record +AMR,Audio/Modem Riser or AMR slot +AMR,automated meter reading +AMT,advanced manufacturing technology +AMTOR,amateur teleprinting over radio +ANI,Automatic Number Identification +ANQP,Access Network Query Protocol ANSI,American National Standards Institute +AoE,ATA over Ethernet +AOI,automated optical inspection +AOP,aspect-oriented programming +AOSP,Android Open Source Project +AP,accounts payable +AP,Adaptive Planning +Apache Hadoop YARN,Yet Another Resource Negotiator +APAR,authorized program analysis report API,Application Programming Interface +APICS,American Production and Inventory Control Society +APIPA,Automatic Private IP Addressing +APL,a programming language +APM,application performance monitoring +APM,application portfolio management +APO,Advanced Planner and Optimizer +APO,advanced planning and optimization +AppBlast,Project AppBlast +APPC,Advanced Program-to-Program Communication or LU 6.2 +Apple VPP,Apple Volume Purchase Program +Apple WWDC,Apple Worldwide Developers Conference +APPN,Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking +APQP,advanced product quality planning +APS,advanced planning and scheduling +APT,advanced persistent threat APU,Accelerated Processing Unit +AR,accounts receivable +AR,augmented reality +ARAX,Asynchronous Ruby and XML +ARIN,American Registry of Internet Numbers +Arista EOS,Arista Extensible Operating System +ARJ,Archive Robert Jung ARP,Address Resolution Protocol +ARPA,Advanced Research Projects Agency +ARPU,average revenue per user or average revenue per unit +ARQ,automatic repeat request +ARRA,American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 +ARRL,American Radio Relay League +AS,autonomous system +AS/400,"IBM iSeries, AS/400e, eServer iSeries/400" +AS1,Applicability Statement 1 +AS2,Applicability Statement 2 +ASAP,AcceleratedSAP ASCII,American Standard Code for Information Interchange +ASD,agile software development +ASE,Adaptive Server Enterprise +ASF,Apache Software Foundation +ASHRAE,American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers +ASIC,application-specific integrated circuit +ASIO,Audio Stream Input/Output +ASLR,address space layout randomization +ASN,advanced shipping notice +ASN.1,Abstract Syntax Notation One +ASP+,ASP.NET +ASP,Active Server Page ASP,Application Service Provider +ASP,authorized service provider +ASPI,Advanced SCSI Programming Interface +ASPIC,Application Service Provider Industry Consortium +ASQ,American Society for Quality +ASR,automated speech recognition +ASRS,automated storage retrieval systems +ASSP,application-specific standard product +AST,automated storage tiering +ASTM,American Society for Testing and Materials +ASUG,Americas' SAP Users' Group +ATA,Advanced Technology Attachment +ATA,American Telemedicine Association +ATA,analog telephone adapter +ATAPI,AT Attachment Packet Interface +ATE,automated test equipment +ATL,Active Template Library ATM,Asynchronous Transfer Mode +ATO,assemble to order +ATP,advanced technology program +ATR,automated trouble reporting +ATS,applicant tracking system +ATSC,Advanced Television Systems Committee +ATU-R,ADSL Terminal Unit - Remote +ATV,advanced television +ATVEF,Advanced Television Enhancement Forum ATX,Advanced Technology eXtended (a form factor for motherboards and power supplies) +AUI,attachment unit interface +AUP,acceptable use policy +AV,audio/video +AVA,anonymous video analytics +AVI,Audio Video Interleaved +AVL,approved vendor list +AVL,automatic vehicle locator AVR,Audio/Video Receiver +AWG,American Wire Gauge +AWIS,Alexa Web Information Service AWS,Amazon Web Services +AWT,Abstract Window Toolkit +AXI,automated X-ray inspection +AXT,alien crosstalk +B2B,Business to Business +B2C,Business To Consumer +B8ZS,"bipolar 8-zero substitution, binary 8-zero substitution, clear channel, clear 64" +BA,business agility +BA,business analytics +BAA,broad agency announcement +BAA,HIPAA business associate agreement +BAL,Basic Assembler Language +BAL,branch-and-link +BAM,Bottleneck Allocation Methodology +BAM,business activity monitoring +BAPI,Business Application Programming Interface Bash,Bourne-Again Shell BASIC,Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code +BBCs,buffer credits or buffer-to-buffer credits +BBS,bulletin board system +BC,Set Business Configuration Set +BCBS,Basel Committee on Banking Supervision BCC,Blind Carbon Copy +Bcc,blind carbon copy or blind courtesy copy +BCDR,Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery +BCI,brain-computer interface +BCM,business continuity management +BCMA,Bar Coded Medication Administration +BDaaS,big data as a service +BEDO,Burst Extended Data Output +BER,bit error rate +BES,BlackBerry Enterprise Server +BEST,Business / Enterprise State Transfer +BEx,Business Explorer +BGAN,Broadband Global Area Network BGP,Border Gateway Protocol +BHIE,Bidirectional Health Information Exchange +BI,business intelligence +BIA,business impact analysis +BIC,bank identifier code +BIC,Best In Class +BIC,business information center +BICC,Bearer Independent Call Control +BICC,business intelligence competency center BIOS,Basic Input/Output System +BISDN,Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network +BIST,Built In Self Test +bit,binary digit BLE,Bluetooth Low Energy BLOB,Binary Large OBject +BMAN,Broadband Metropolitan Area Network +BMC,baseboard management controller +BMP,Best Manufacturing Practices BMP,Bitmap +BMS,battery management system +BNC,Bayonet Neil-Concelman or British Naval Connector +BOB,branch office box +BOC,Bell operating company +BOH,Balance On Hand +BOL,beginning of life +BOM,Bill Of Materials +BOOTP,Bootstrap Protocol +BP&F,"budgeting, planning and forecasting" +BPA,business process automation +BPaaS,Business Process as a Service +BPCS,Business Planning and Control System +BPEL,Business Process Execution Language +BPI,business process improvement +BPL,Broadband over Power Line +BPM,business process management +BPMI,Business Process Management Initiative +BPML,Business Process Modeling Language +BPMN,Business Process Modeling Notation +BPMS Business process management suite +BPO,business process outsourcing +BPR,Business Process Reengineering +bps,bit/sec bits per second +BPS,bulk power system +BRE,business rules engine +BREW,Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless +BRI,Basic Rate Interface +BSA,Bank Secrecy Act +BSA,Business Software Alliance +BSD,Berkeley Software Distribution BSOD,Blue Screen of Death +BSP,business service provider +BT,business technology +BTF,Build To Forecast +BTM,business technology management +BTO,Build To Order +BTOP,Broadband Technology Opportunities Program +BTP,Business Transaction Protocol +BTS,Build To Stock +Btu,British thermal unit BTX,Balanced Technology eXtended (a form factor for personal computer motherboards) +BU,backup utility +BURN-Proof,Buffer Under Run Error Proof +burst SRAM,SynchBurst SRAM BYOA,Bring Your Own Apps BYOC,Bring Your Own Cloud +BYOD,Bring Your Own Device BYOE,Bring Your Own Encryption BYOI,Bring Your Own Identity BYON,Bring Your Own Network +BYOT,bring your own technology +BYOx,bring your own everything +C&C,server command-and-control server +CA,cellular automaton +CA,certificate authority +CaaS,Communications as a Service +CAC,call admission control +CAC,common access card +CACS,computer assisted coding system CAD,Computer-Aided Design +CAD/CAM,computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing +CADE,Corporate Average Data center Efficiency +CAE,Computer-Aided Engineering +CAES,compressed air energy storage +CAFC,Container on Flat Car +CAFE,Corporate Average Fuel Economy +CAGR,Compound Annual Growth Rate +CAIV,Cost As (An) Independent Variable +CALEA,Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act +CALS,Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support +CAM,Computer-Aided Manufacturing +CAM,corporate account manager +CAM-I,Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing -- International +CAMM,Common Assurance Maturity Model +CAMU,Computerized Assembly Mock Up CAN,Campus Area Network +CAN,corporate area network +CAP,carrierless amplitude/phase +CAP,theorem Brewer's theorem +Capex,capital expenditure +CAPI,Common Application Programming Interface +CAPM,cloud application performance management +CAPOSS,CApacity Planning and Operation Sequence Scheduling +CAPP,Computer-aided process planning +CAPTCHA,Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart +CAS,channel-associated signaling +CAS,Client Access Server +CAS,content-addressed storage +CASA,Computer and Automated Systems Association +CASE,computer-aided software engineering +CASE,Computer-Aided System Engineering +CATT,Computer Aided Test Tool +CATV,community access television +CAVE,Cave Automatic Virtual Environment +CB,Citizen's Band Radio +CBA,cost-benefit analysis +CBC,cipher block chaining +CBSA,Component Based Solution Assembly +CBT,Changed Block Tracking +CBT,Computer-Based Training +CC,Common Criteria +CCB,Change Control Board +CCD,charge-coupled device +CCD,Continuity of Care Document +CCEVS,Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme for IT Security +CCIE,Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert +CCITT,ITU-T Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunications +CCJ,collaborative citizen journalism +CCK,Complementary Code Keying +CCM,Color Changing Material +CCMM,cloud computing maturity model +CCMP,Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol +CCNA,Cisco Certified Network Associate +CCNP,Cisco Certified Network Professional +CCO,chief customer officer +CCO,Corporate or Chief Compliance Officer +CCR,Central Contractor Registration +CCR,Continuity of Care Record +CCS,common channel signaling +CCS,hundred call second or centum call second +CCSP,Cisco Certified Security Professional +CCTV,closed circuit television +CD,burner CD recorder +CD,cardholder data +CD,compact disc CD,Compact Disc +CD-i,Compact Disc - interactive +CD-MO,CD-Magneto Optical +CD-R,compact disc, recordable +CD-ROM XA,"Compact Disc - read-only-memory, extended architecture" +CD-RW,"compact disc, rewriteable" +CDA,Clinical Document Architecture +CDC,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention +CDC,change data capture +CDD,contract delivery date +CDDI,Copper Distributed Data Interface +CDE,cardholder data environment +CDE,Common Desktop Environment +CDF,Channel Definition Format +CDI,customer data integration +CDMA,Code-Division Multiple Access +CDN,content delivery network +CDO,chief data officer +CDO,Chief Digital Officer +CDO,Collaboration Data Objects +CDP,clean desk policy +CDPD,Cellular Digital Packet Data +CDR,call detail record +CDR,Computed Dental Radiography +CDSL,Consumer Digital Subscriber Line +CDSS,clinical decision support system +CdTe,cadmium telluride +CEBP,communications-enabled business processes +CELL,Cell processor +CEM,customer experience management +CEMS,Contract Electronic Manufacturing Services +CEO,Chief Executive Officer +CEP,complex event processing +CERCLA,"Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Litigation Act" +CERN,Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire +CERT,Computer Emergency Readiness Team +CES,Consumer Electronics Show +CF,CompactFlash card +CFAA,Computer Fraud and Abuse Act +CFAR,Collaboration Forecasting and Replenishment +CFB,ciphertext feedback +CFD,Computational Fluid Dynamics +CFI,custom factory integration +CFL,compact fluorescent light bulb +CFM,Continuous Flow Manufacturing +CFML,ColdFusion Markup Language +CFO,Chief Financial Officer +CFR,call failure rate +CG,Consumer Goods CGDC,Computer Game Developers Conference (became GDC in 1998) CGF,Computer-Generated Forces (Simulation) +CGI,common gateway interface CGM,Computer Graphics Metafile +CGMP,Current Good Manufacturing Practices +CGO,Chief Green Officer +CHAP,Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol +CHDR,Clinical Data Repository/Health Data Repository CHI,Computer-Human Interaction -CLI,Command Line Interface/Interpreter +CHI,Consolidated Health Informatics +CHIME,College of Healthcare Information Management Executives +CHKDSK,check disk +chmod,change mode +CHRO,chief human resources officer +CHTML,Compact HTML +CI,competitive intelligence +CI,Continuous Improvement +CI,continuous integration +CI,customer intelligence +CIA,"confidentiality, integrity, and availability" +CICS,Customer Information Control System +CIDM,Customer-Integrated Decision Making +CIDR,Classless Inter-Domain Routing or supernetting +CIDR,supernetting or Classless Inter-Domain Routing +CIFS,Common Internet File System +CIM,Common Information Model +CIO,Chief Information Officer +CIPE,Compressed Integrated Product Engineering +CIR,committed information rate +CIS,Center for Internet Security +CIS,cloud-integrated storage +CISA,Certified Information Systems Auditor +CISC,complex instruction set computer or computing +Cisco IOS,Cisco Internetwork Operating System +Cisco LISP,Location Identifier Separation Protocol +CISM,certified information security manager +CISO,chief information security officer +CISP-PCI, Cardholder Information Security Program - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard +CISPA,Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 +CISS,Cisco Information Security Specialist +CISSP,Certified Information Systems Security Professional +CIW,Certified Internet Webmaster +CIW,Computer Intensive Workload +CKO,chief knowledge officer +CL,cluster log +CLASS,Capacity Loading and Operation Sequence Scheduling +CLEC,competitive local exchange carrier +CLI,command line interface +CLI,Command Line Interpreter +CLI,Common Language Infrastructure +CLM,Council For Logistics Management +CLO,chief learning officer CLOB,Character Large OBject CLOS,Common Lisp Object System +CLR,Common Language Runtime +CM,configuration management +CM,content management +CM,Contract Manufacturer +CMA,content management application +CMDB,configuration management database +CMDM,Collaborative Master Data Management +CMIO,Chief Medical Information Officer +CMIP,Common Management Information Protocol CMIS,Content Management Interoperability Services +CMM,Capability Maturity Model +CMO,chief marketing officer CMOS,Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor +CMOx,conductive metal-oxide +CMR,customer-managed relationship +CMRP,Capacitated Material Requirements Planning +CMS,Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS,Cisco Meeting Server +CMS,content management system +CMS,Conversational Monitor System +CMTS,cable modem termination system +CMYK,"cyan, magenta, yellow, key" +CNA,converged network adapter +CNC,Computer Numerical Control +CNG,comfort noise generator +CNO,cluster name object CNO,Computer Network Operations +CNR,Communication and Networking Riser +CO,capacity optimization +CO,central office +COA,chart of accounts +COA,cloud-oriented architecture +COA,Continuous Ordering Agreement +COB,Chip On Board +COBOL,Common Business Oriented Language +COD,capacity on demand Codec,"Coder-Decoder / Compressor-Decompressor / Compression-Decompression algorithm" +COGS,Cost of Goods Sold +CoIP,communications over Internet Protocol COLA,"comp.os.linux.announce" +COLD,Computer Output to Laser Disk +colo,colocation +COM,Component Object Model +CompTIA,Computing Technology Industry Association +CONUS,continental United States +COO,Cell of Origin +COO,Chief Operating Officer +COO,Cost of Ownership +COPE,corporate-owned, personally-enabled +COPPA,Children's Online Privacy Protection Act +COPS,Common Open Policy Service Protocol CORBA,Common Object Request Broker Architecture +CoS,Class of Service +COTS,commercial off-the-shelf +CP,configuration profile +CP,control plane +CP,Cost Performance +CPCA,California Primary Care Association +CPE,customer premises equipment +CPG,consumer packaged goods +CPIM,Certified in Production and Inventory Management +CPIO,Chief Process and Innovation Officer +CPL,computer pidgin language +CPM,Certified Purchasing Manager +CPM,corporate performance management +CPM,critical path method +CPNI,Customer Proprietary Network Information +CPO,Chief Procurement Officer +CPOE,computerized physician order entry +CPPS,Cost Performance Products Sector +CPRM,Content Protection for Removable Media +CPS,cycles per second +CPT,Current Procedural Terminology CPU,Central Processing Unit +CPW,Commercial Processing Workload +CQA,Certified Quality Auditor +CQE,Certified Quality Engineer +CR,cognitive radio +CRA,customer relationship analysis +CRAC,computer room air conditioning unit +CRAH computer room air handler +CRAM,challenge-response authentication mechanism +CRC,Cyclic Redundancy Check +CRL,Certificate Revocation List +CRM,citizen relationship management +CRM,Customer Relationship Management +CRO,Chief Risk Officer +CRP,Capacity Requirements Planning +CRT,cathode ray tube +CRT,Current Reality Tree +CRUSH,Controlled Replication Under Scalable Hashing +CSA,Cloud Security Alliance +CSAT,customer satisfaction +CSBB,Client Side Browser Based +CSC,common short code +CSC,customer service chat +CSD,circuit switched data +CSI,Customer Satisfaction Index +CSIRT,Computer Security Incident Response Team +CSMA,Carrier Sense Multiple Access +CSO,Chief Security Officer +CSO,Chief Strategy Officer +CSP,Commerce Service Provider +CSR Certificate Signing Request +CSR,Carrier Sensitive Routing +CSR,corporate social responsibility CSS,Cascading Style Sheets -CSV,Comma Separated Values (file format) +CSS,Content Scrambling System +CSS,customer self-service +CSS,customer service and support +CSS1,Cascading Style Sheet, level 1 +CSU/DSU,Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit +CSV,Cluster Shared Volumes +CSV,Comma Separated Values (a file format) +CTC,click-to-talk +CTC,community technology center +CTCI,Computer-to-computer interface +CTD,cumulative trauma disorder +CTE,Committee on Trade and the Environment +CTFT,color thin film transistor +CTG,Council for Trade in Goods +CTI,computer-telephony integration +CTO,Chief Technology Officer +CTO,Configure To Order +CTOps,team counterthreat operations team +CTP,Capability To Promise +CTP,CloudTrust Protocol +CTP,common test platform +CTR,clickthrough rate +CUE,carbon usage effectiveness +CULV,consumer ultra-low voltage +CVC,Calibrated Vectored Cooling +CVE,Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures +CVO,chief visionary officer CVS,Concurrent Versions System +CVV,card verification value +CWDM,coarse wavelength division multiplexing +CWE,Common Weakness Enumeration +CWF,common working file +CWNP,Certified Wireless Networking Professional +CX,consumer experience +CXO,chief experience officer +D-AMPS,Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Service +D-VHS,Digital Video Home System +D2D2C,disk-to-disk-to-cloud +D2D2T,disk-to-disk-to-tape +DA,data analytics +DAA,Data Access Arrangement +DaaS,Desktop as a Service DAB,Digital Audio Broadcasting +DAC,digital-to-analog conversion +DAC,Microsoft Dynamic Access Control +DAFS,Direct Access File System +DAG,database availability group +DAI,Dynamic ARP Inspection +DAM,database activity monitoring +DAMA,Design Anywhere Manufacture Anywhere +DAML,DARPA Agent Markup Language +DAO,Data Access Objects +DAQ,Data Acquisition +DARC,Defense Acquisition Regulatory Council +DARPA,Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency +DAS,direct-attached storage +DAS,distributed antenna system +DASD,direct access storage device +DAT,Digital Audio Tape +DAW,digital audio workstation DB,Database +DBA,database administrator +DBaaS,Database as a Service +dBc,decibels relative to carrier DBCS,Double Byte Character Set +dBd,decibels related to dipole antenna +dBi,decibels relative to isotropic radiator +DBIR,Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report +dBm,decibels relative to one milliwatt +DBMS,Database Management System +dBmV,decibels relative to one millivolt +DBOR,database of record +dBr,decibels relative to reference level +DBS,demand-based switching +DBS,direct broadcast satellite +DC,direct current +DC,Distribution Center +DCaaS,data center as a service +DCB,data center bridging DCCP,Datagram Congestion Control Protocol +DCE,Distributed Computing Environment +DCIE,data center infrastructure efficiency +DCIM,data center infrastructure management DCIM,Digital Camera Images +DCIT,Digital Compression of Increased Transmission +DCM,dynamic case management +DCMA,Defense Contract Management Agency +DCML,Data Center Markup Language +DCO,data center outsourcing +DCOM,Distributed Component Object Model DCOP,Desktop Communication Protocol +DCPA,Distributed Control Plane Architecture +DCPromo,Domain Controller Promoter +DCS,Distributed Control System DDA,"Digital Differential Analyzer (graphics algorithm), or Digital Differential Analyzer" +DDB,Amazon Dynamo Database +DDBMS,distributed database management system +DDCD,Double-Density Compact Disk DDD,"Data Display Debugger or Digital Digital Digital (CD mastering)" -DDL,"Digital Data Link or Data Definition Language" +DDDM,data-driven decision management +DDE,Dynamic Data Exchange +DDK,driver development kit +DDL,Digital Data Link +DDL,Data Definition Language +DDM,demand-driven manufacturing +DDM,direct digital marketing DDoS,Distributed Denial of Service +DDR,double data rate +DEC,Digital Equipment Corporation +DECT,Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications DECT,Digital European Cordless Telephone +DEM,Dynamic Enterprise Modeling +DEN,Directory-Enabled Networking +DES,Data Encryption Standard +DES,discrete event simulation +DES,Distributed Execution System +DFA,Design for Assembly +DFAA,Design for Automated Assembly +DFB,Distributed Feedback +DFD,Design for Disassembly +DFE,Design For Environment +DFL,Demand Flow Leadership +DFM,Demand Flow Management +DFM,digital footprint management +DFS,Distributed Factory System +DFS,distributed file system +DFSC,Design for Supply Chain +DFT,Demand Flow Technology +DG,data governance +DHA,directory harvest attack +DHCP,Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol +DHS,U.S. Department of Homeland Security +DICOM,Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine +DID,Direct Inward Dialing DIF,Data Interchange Format +DIME,Direct Internet Message Encapsulation DIMM,Dual In-line Memory Module +direct,Telnet reverse Telnet +DirSync,Windows Azure Active Directory Sync +DISA,Defense Information Systems Agency +Diskpart,Disk Partition Utility +Divx,Digital Video Express +DLC,data link control DLL,Dynamic Link Library -DMI,Desktop Management Interface +DLM,data life cycle management +DLP,data loss prevention +DLT,digital linear tape +DMA,Direct Memory Access +DMAIC,"define, measure, analyze, improve, control" +DMB,digital multimedia broadcasting +DMCA,Digital Millennium Copyright Act +DMD,Direct Metal Deposition +DMI,Desktop Management Interface +DMI,Digital Migration Interface DMOS,Double Diffused MOS transistor +DMP,data management platform +DMP,dynamic multi-pathing +DMR,direct market reseller +DMS,Defense Message System +DMT,discrete multitone +DMTF,Distributed Management Task Force +DMVPN,dynamic multipoint VPN +DMZ,demilitarized zone +DNC,Direct Numerical Control +DNC,distributive numerical control +DNG,Digital Negative +DNIS,Dialed Number Identification Service +DNN,DotNetNuke +DNS,domain name system +DNSSEC,DNS Security Extensions +DNT,Do Not Track +DO,derived object +DOCSIS,Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications +DOD,Direct Outward Dialing +DOE,Department of Energy DOI,Digital Object Identifier -DOS,"Denial of Service,or Disk Operating System" +DOI,digital object identifier +DOL,Department of Labor +DOLAP,Desktop OnLine Analytical Processing +DOLS,Domino Off-Line Services +DOM,Document Object Model +DoPa,DoCoMo Packet Transmission +DoS,denial of service +DOS,Disk Operating System +DOVE,IBM DOVE +DP,data plane +DP,Design Postponement +DPA,differential power analysis +DPI,deep packet inspection +dpi,dots per inch +DPL,Digital Powerline +DPM,data protection management +DPMI,DOS Protected Mode Interface +DR,disaster recovery +DRA,data recovery agent +DRaaS,disaster recovery as a service DRAM,Dynamic Random Access Memory +DRBD,Distributed Replicated Block Device +DRC,Design Rule Checking +DRDRAM,Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory +DRIPS,data reduction in primary storage +DRM,device relationship management DRM,Digital Rights Management +DROP,delivery of real-time execution information protocol +DRP,disaster recovery plan +DRP,Distribution Requirements Planning +DRS,Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler +DSB,Dispute Settlement Body +DSC,Digital Still Camera +DSLAM,Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer +DSLR,camera digital single lense reflux +DSML,Directory Services Markup Language +DSN,data source name +DSN,Deep Space Network +DSO,data source object +DSO,Days Sale Outstanding +DSO,exploit data source object exploit +DSOM,Distributed System Object Model DSP,Digital Signal Processing -DVD,"Digital Versatile Disk (was Digital Video Disk)" +DSP,Digital Signal Processor +DSR,Demand signal repository +DSR,Dynamic Source Routing +DSRM,Directory Services Restore Mode +DSRP,Demand Solutions Requirements Planning +DSS,Decision Support System +DSS,Digital Signature Standard +DSSS,direct sequence spread spectrum +DSSSL,Document Style Semantics and Specification Language +DST,Daylight Saving Time +DSTP,Data Space Transfer Protocol +DTD,Document Type Definition +DTE,Data Terminal Equipment +DTE,Direct-to-Edit +DTMF,dual tone multi frequency +DTN,disruption-tolerant network +DTP,Digital Text Platform +DTP,Distributed Transaction Processing +DTR,data transfer rate +DTTV,digital terrestrial television +DTV,digital television +DTX discontinuous transmission +DUNDi,Distributed Universal Number Discovery +Duqu,W32.Duqu +DUT,Device Under Test +DVB,Digital Video Broadcasting +DVD,Digital Versatile Disk +DVD,Digital Video Disk +DVD-A,DVD-Audio +DVI,Digital Visual Interface +DVMRP,Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol +DW,Data Warehousing +DWDM,dense wavelength division multiplexing +DXL,Domino Extensible Language +E&M,ear and mouth +E&O,Excess and Obsolete +E-CD,enhanced CD +E2E,exchange-to-exchange +E2K,Exchange 2000 +E911,Enhanced 911 +EA,emotions analytics +EA,enterprise architecture +EaaS,encryption as a service +EaaS,Ethernet as a service +EAC,Exchange Administration Center +EAI,enterprise application integration +EAI,External Application Interface +EAM,enterprise asset management +EAP,employee assistance program +EAP,Extensible Authentication Protocol +EB,exabyte EBCDIC,Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code -ECC,"Elliptic Curve Cryptography or Error-Correcting Code" +EBIF,Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format +EBITDA,earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization +EBPP,electronic bill presentment and payment +EBR,Electronic Batch Record +ebXML,electronic business xml +EBXML,Electronic Business XML +EC,Electronic Commerce +EC,enterprise collaboration +ECASS,silence machine or Electronic Controlled Acoustic Shadow System +ECB,Electronic Code Book +ECC,Elliptic Curve Cryptography +ECC,Error Correction Code +ECCS,European Cloud Computing Strategy +ECDL,European Computer Driving License +ECM,Engineering Change Management +ECM,enterprise content management +ECMAScript,European Computer Manufacturers Association Script +ECN,Electronic Change Notice +ECO,Engineering (or Electronic) Change Order +ECOphlex,PHase-change Liquid EXchange +ECPA,Electronic Communications Privacy Act +ECR,Efficient Consumer Response +ECRC,Electronic Commerce Resource Center +EDA,Electronic Document Access +EDA,event-driven architecture +EDE,electronic disposal efficiency +EDGAR,Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval +EDGE,Enhanced Data GSM Environment +EDI,Electronic Data Interchange +EDIFACT,Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport +EDL,enhanced driver's license +EDM,Electrical Discharge Machine or Machining +EDM,Electronic Document Management +EDM,enterprise document management +EDMS,Engineering Document Management Systems +EDP,electronic data processing +EDR,enterprise data replication +EDRAM,enhanced dynamic random access memory +EDRM,electronic discovery reference model +EEF,Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure +EEOC,Equal Employment Opportunity Commission +EEPROM,electrically erasable programmable read-only memory +EES,Engineering Execution Systems +EES,Escrowed Encryption Standard +EF,sensing electric field sensing +EFF,Electronic Frontier Foundation +EFI,Electronic Freight Invoice +EFS,Encrypting File System +EFT,Electronic Funds Transfer +EGP,Exterior Gateway Protocol +EHR,electronic health record +EI,emotional intelligence +EIA,Electronic Industries Association or Electronics Industries Alliance +EIC,Earned Income Credit +eICU,electronic intensive care unit +EIDE,Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics +EIGRP,Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol +EIM,Enterprise Identity Mapping +EIM,enterprise information management +eInk,E Ink +EIP,enterprise information portal +EIS,Executive Information System +EISA,Extended Industry Standard Architecture +EJB,Enterprise JavaBeans +ELED,entangled light-emitting diode +ELF,extremely low frequency +ELM,event log manager +ELMS,Event log management software +ELT,Extract, Load, Transform +ELV,End of Life Vehicle +EMAS,Eco-Management and Audit Scheme +EMC,Exchange Management Console +EMCCA,EMC cloud architect certification +EME,moonbounce or Earth-Moon-Earth +EMET,Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit +EMF,Enhanced MetaFile +EMI,Early Manufacturing Involvement +EMI,electromagnetic interference +eMLC,enterprise MLC +EMM,enterprise mobility management +EMP,electromagnetic pulse +EMR,electronic medical record +EMS,Effective Management Systems +EMS,Enhanced Messaging Service +EMS,Microsoft Exchange Management Shell +ENISA,European Network and Information Security Agency EOF,End of File +EoIP,Electricity over IP +EOL,end of life +EOM,end of message +EOP,Microsoft Exchange Online Protection +EOQ,Economic Order Quantity +EPA,Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer +EPC,Evolved Packet Core +EPD,electronic paper display +EPEAT,Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool +EPG,electronic program guide +ePHI,electronic protected health information +EPIC,Electronic Privacy Information Center +EPIC,Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing +EPOD,electronic publishing on demand +EPOP,Ethernet point-of-presence +EPP/ECP,Enhanced Parallel Port/Enhanced Capability Port +EPR,endpoint reference +ERA,Electronic Remittance Advice +ERC,Engineering Reseach Center +ERD,or ER diagram entity-relationship diagram +ERM,enterprise relationship management +ERM,enterprise resource management +ERM,Environmental Resource Management +ERM,Group Environmental Resource Management +ERM,or ER model entity-relationship model +ERMS,email response management service +ERP,Enterprise Resource Planning +ERS,Evaluated Receipt Settlement +eRx,e-prescribing +ESA,Enterprise Services Architecture +ESB,enterprise service bus +ESCD,Extended System Configuration Data +ESCON,Enterprise Systems Connection +ESD,electrostatic discharge +ESDI,Enhanced Small Device Interface +ESDRAM,Enhanced Synchronous DRAM +ESE,Environmentally Sustainable Electronics +ESI,electronically stored information +ESMR,Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio +ESMTP,Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol +ESP,event stream processing +ESS,employee self-service +ETL,extract, transform, load +ETM,Enterprise Transportation Management +ETO,Engineer To Order +ETP,Enterprise Transportation Planning +ETRN,Extended Turn +ETSI,European Telecommunications Standards Institute +EUC,platform end user computing platform EULA,End-User License Agreement +EUTELSAT,European Telecommunications Satellite Organization +EUVL,extreme ultraviolet lithography +EV,Electric Vehicle +EV-DO,1x Evolution-Data Optimized +EVA,Economic Value Added +EVM,Earned Value Management +EWS,Exchange Web Services +EWSD,Electronic Worldwide Switch Digital +ExBPA,Exchange Best Practices Analyzer +ExRCA,Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer +EZ/EC,Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community +FA,Flexible Automation +FACTA,Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act +FAQ,frequently-asked questions +FAR,Federal Acquisition Regulation +FAS,Final Assembly Schedule +FASAB,Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board FAT,File Allocation Table +FAWN,fast array of wimpy nodes +FBE,Framework Based Environment +FC-AL,Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC-PGA,Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array +FCA,Flip Chip Assembly +FCAPS,"fault-management, configuration, accounting, performance, and security" +FCC,Federal Communications Commission +FCIA,Fibre Channel Industry Association +FCIP,Fibre Channel over IP +FCoE,Fibre Channel over Ethernet +FCP,Finite Capacity Planning +FCR,first call resolution +FCRA,Fair Credit Reporting Act +FCS,Finite Capacity Scheduling FD,"Floppy Drive or File Descriptor" FDC,Floppy Disk Controller +FDCC,Federal Desktop Core Configuration FDD,Floppy Disk Drive FDDI,Fiber Distributed Data Interface +FDE,full-disk encryption FDHP,Full Duplex Handshaking Protocol +FDI,Foreign Direct Investment +FDIC,Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation +FDM,frequency-division multiplexing +FDMA,frequency division multiple access Feat,Feature +FEC,forward error correction +FECN,forward explicit congestion notification +FED,field emission display +FedRAMP,3PAO third-party assessment organization +FedRAMP,Federal Risk and Authorization Program +FEM,Finite Elements Method +FERC,Federal Energy Regulatory Commission +FERPA,Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 +FET,field-effect transistor FF,"Firefox (Web browser)" +FFIEC,compliance Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council FFT,Fast Fourier Transformation +FG-D,Feature Group D +FHA,Federal Health Architecture +FHIE,Federal Health Information Exchange +FI,Fast Infoset +FICON,Fiber Connectivity FIFO,"First In, First Out" -FILO,"First In, Last Out (see also LIFO)" +FILO,"First In, Last Out" +FIM,federated identity management +FinCEN,Financial Crimes Enforcement Network +FINRA,Financial Industry Regulatory Authority +FiOS,Fiber Optic Service +FIP,Factory Information Protocol +FIP,Fair Information Practices FIPS,Federal Information Processing Standards +FIS,Factory Information System +FISMA,Federal Information Security Management Act +FITCE,Federation of Telecommunications Engineers of the European Community FLAC,Free Lossless Audio Codec FLOPS,Floating-Point Operations Per Second +FLSA,Fair Labor Standards Act +FLSM,fixed-length subnet mask +FLT,Fermat's Last Theorem FM,Frequency Modulation +FMAC,Flexible Mandatory Access Control +FMC,fixed-mobile convergence +FME,Feature Manipulation Engine +FMEA,Failure Mode and Effect Analysis +FMP,FileMaker +FMS,fixed-mobile substitution +FMS,Flexible Manufacturing System FMV,Full Motion Video FNBN,For Nerds By Nerds FNEA,Full Name and E-mail Address +FnR,Find and replace FNR,Format and Restore FOAD,Fuck Off And Die +FOB,fresh out of the box FOIA,Freedom of Information Act FOIRL,Fiber-Optic Inter-Repeater Links -FORTRAN,The IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslating System (programming language) +FOLED,flexible organic light emitting device +FOPE,Forefront Online Protection for Exchange +FORTRAN,The IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslating System (a programming language) FOSS,Free and Open-Source Software FOV,Field Of View +FP&A,financial planning and analysis +FP,fat provisioning +FP,Finite Planning +FPCA,Foreign Corrupt Practices Act +FPDS,Federal Procurement Data System FPGA,Field-Programmable Gate Array +FPI,Federal Prison Industries FPM,Fast Page Mode +FPM,federated presence management +FpML,Financial Products Markup Language +FPP,Full Packaged Product FPROM,Field Programmable Read-Only Memory -FPS,"Frames Per Second, or First-Person Shooter" +FPS,First-Person Shooter +fps,Frames Per Second +FPT,Fine Pitch Technology FPU,Floating-Point Unit +FQA,frequently questioned answers FQDN,Fully Qualified Domain Name FR,Frame Relay +FRA,Federal Railroad Administration +FRAD,frame relay access device or frame relay assembler/dissembler FRAM,Ferroelectric RAM -FRU,Field-replacable Unit +FRCP,Federal Rules of Civil Procedure +FROG,Free Roaming On Grid +FRR,fast retransmit and recovery +FRT,Future Reality Tree +FRU,Field Replaceable Units FS,File System +FSAN,Full Services Access Network +FSB,frontside bus +FSF,Free Software Foundation +FSK,frequency-shift keying +FSML,Financial Services Markup Language +FSO,free-space optics +FSP,full-service provider +FSRM,File Server Resource Manager +FTA,Federal Transit Authority +FTAM,File Transfer Access Method +FTC,Federal Trade Commission FTP,File Transfer Protocol +FTTC,fiber to the curb +FTTH,fiber to the home +FTTx,fiber to the x +FUD,"Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt" +FUN,focus on user needs +FYI,for your information +G2G,government to government +GAAP,Generally Accepted Accounting Principles +GAAP,generally accepted accounting standards +GaAs,gallium arsenide +GaAsFET,gallium arsenide field-effect transistor +GAL,Microsoft Exchange Global Address List +GALP,Good Automated Laboratory Practices +GaN,gallium nitride +GAN,Generic Access Network +GAO,General Accounting Office +GAO,Government Accountability Office +GARP,Generic Attribute Registration Protocol +GATE,General Architecture for Text Engineering +GATS,General Agreement on Trade in Services +GATT,General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade +GB,gigabyte GBIC,Gigabit Interface Converter +Gbps,billions of bits per second Gbps,Gigabits per second GCC,GNU Compiler Collection GDDR,Graphics Double Data Rate GDI,Graphics Device Interface +GDMO,Guidelines for Definition of Managed Objects +GDP,Gross Domestic Product GDPR,General Data Protection Regulation +GEM,Generic Equipment Model GEM,Graphics Environment Manager GEOS,Graphical Environment Operating System +GESTALT,Grid-based Estimation of Surface Traversability Applied to Local Terrain GFDL,GNU Free Documentation License +GFEBS,General Fund Enterprise Business System GFS,"Global File System or Google File System" +GHz,gigahertz +GIA,Government Information Awareness +GID,group ID or global index file GIF,Graphics Interchange Format +GIF89a,Graphics Interchange Format Version 89a GIGO,Garbage In Garbage Out +GII,global information infrastructure GIMP,GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMPS,Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search -GIS,"Geographic Information System, or Google Image Search" +GIS,Geographic Information System +GIS,Google Image Search GIYF,Google Is Your Friend GKS,Graphical Kernel System +GL,general ledger +GLBA,Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act +GLONASS,Globalnaya Navigatsionnay Sputnikovaya Sistema +GlusterFS,Gluster File System GLUT,OpenGL Utility Toolkit -Gmail,Google Mail -GML,"Generalized Markup Language,Geography Markup Language,Game Maker Language,Graph Modelling Language,Graphical Motion Language,GUI Markup Language" +GLV,grating light valve +GML,Generalized Markup Language +GMP,Good Manufacturing Practices +GMPLS,Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching or Multiprotocol Lambda Switching +GMROI,Gross Margin Return on Investment +GNEC,Global Network Enterprise Construct GNOME,GNU Network Object Model Environment +GNSS,Global Navigation Satellite System GNU,GNU's Not Unix +gOS,good operating system +GP,Editor Group Policy Editor GPF,General Protection Fault GPG,GNU Privacy Guard GPL,GNU General Public License GPMP,General Purpose Macro Processor +GPO,Group Policy Object +GPRS,General Packet Radio Services +GPS,Global Positioning System GPT,GUID Partition Table GPU,Graphics Processing Unit +GRC,"governance, risk management and compliance" +GRE,Generic Routing Encapsulation +GRUB,GRand Unified Bootloader +GSM,Global System for Mobile communication +GSM,Microsoft System Center Global Service Monitor GTA,Grand Theft Auto (computer game) +GTAG,Global Tag +gTLD,generic top-level domain name +GTM,strategy go-to-market strategy +GUA,graphical password or graphical user authentication GUI,Graphical User Interface +GUID,global unique identifier +GUM,Global Update Manager +GWAC,governmentwide acquisition contract GXA,Global XML Web Services Architecture GXF,General Exchange Format GXL,Graph eXchange Language +Gy,gray +HA,high availability +HaaS,Hardware as a Service +HAL,hardware abstraction layer +HALO,High Altitude Long Operation +HANA,SAP HANA +HASA,Highly Accelerated Stress Audit +HAVA,Help America Vote Act of 2002 +HAVi,Home Audio Visual +HBA,host bus adapter HBCI,Home Banking Computer Interface +HCCA,Health Care Compliance Association +HCI,human-computer interaction HCI,Human-Computer Interaction/Interface -HDD,"Hard Disk Drive, or High-Density Disk" +HCM,human capital management +HD-DVD,high-density DVD +HD-ROM,High-Density - Read Only Memory +HDCD,High Definition Compatible Digital +HDCP,High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection +HDD,hard disk drive +HDFS,Hadoop Distributed File System +HDLC,High-level Data Link Control HDMI,High Definition Multimedia Interface +HDMI,High-Definition Multimedia Interface +HDML,Handheld Device Markup Language HDR,Hard disk recorder +HDSL,High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line HDTV,High-Definition Television +HFC,hybrid fiber coaxial +HFT,high-frequency trading +HFTP,Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals +HH,Hand Held +HHD,hybrid hard drive +HHR,hybrid health record +HHS,Health and Human Services +HID,Human Interface Device +HIE,health information exchange +HIMSS,Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society +HIPAA,Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act +HIPPI,High-Performance Parallel Interface +HiPPO,"highest paid person's opinion, highest paid person in the office" +HIPS,host intrusion prevention systems +HIT,Health IT +HITA,Hospitality Information Technology Association +HITECH,Act Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act +HKEY,Handle to Registry Key +HLASM,High Level Assembler +HLD,hardware load-balancing device +HLR,Home Location Register +HMAC,Hash-based Message Authentication Code +HMD,Head Mounted Display +HMI,Human Machine Interface +HMIPv6,Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 HMM,Hidden Markov Model +HOLAP,hybrid online analytical processing +HomeRF,home radio frequency +HP,Hewlett-Packard +HP,High Performance +HP-GL,Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language +HPC,high-performance computing +HPCC,High Performance Computing and Communications +HPFS,High Performance File System +HPNA,Home Phoneline Networking Alliance +HPPS,High Performance Product Sector +HPSS,High Performance Storage System +HPV,High Production Volume +HR,Human Resources +HRM,Human Resource Management +HSCSD,High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data +HSDPA,High-Speed Downlink Packet Access +HSM,Hierarchical Storage Management +HSM,Hierarchical Storage Manager +HSPA,high speed packet access +HSPD-7,Homeland Security Presidential Directive No. 7 +HSRP,Hot Standby Router Protocol +HSSI,High-Speed Serial Interface +HTF,Higgins Trust Framework +HTML,Hypertext Markup Language +HTTP,Hypertext Transfer Protocol +HTTPD,Hypertext Transfer Protocol daemon +HTTPS,HTTP over SSL or HTTP Secure +HUD,Heads Up Display +HVAC,"heating, ventilation, and air conditioning" +HVD,holographic versatile disc +HVD,hosted virtual desktop +I&T,integration testing or integration and testing +I/O,Input Output +I18N,internationalization +IA,internal audit +IaaS,Infrastructure as a Service +IAB,Internet Advertising Bureau +IAB,Internet Architecture Board +IAM,identity access management +IAM,integrated access management +IANA,Internet Assigned Numbers Authority +IAO,Information Awareness Office +IAP,Internet access provider +IAX,Inter-Asterisk Exchange Protocol +IBM,International Business Machines +IBP,integrated business planning +IC,integrated circuit +IC-BPMS,integration-centric business process management suite +ICANN,Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers +ICE,In Case of Emergency +ICE,in-circuit emulator +ICE,Information and Content Exchange +IcM,incident management +ICMP,Internet Control Message Protocol +ICP,Internet commerce provider +ICR,intelligent character recognition +ICT,information and communications technology - or technologies +ICT4D,Information and Communications Technologies for Development +ID,intrusion detection +IDaaS,identity as a Service IDE,Integrated Development Environment +IDE,Integrated Drive Electronics +IDEA,International Data Encryption Algorithm +IDEF,Integrated Definition +iDEN,Integrated Digital Enhanced Network +IDF,interface device +IDIS,Integrated Disbursement and Information System +IDL,interface definition language +IDoc,intermediate document +IDS,intrusion detection system +IE,Internet Explorer +IEAK,Internet Explorer Administration Kit +IEC,International Electrotechnical Commission +IEEE,Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers +IETF,Internet Engineering Task Force +iFCP,Internet Fibre Channel Protocol +IG,Inspector General +IGMP,Internet Group Management Protocol +IGP,Interior Gateway Protocol +iHT2,Institute for Health Technology Transformation +IIOP,Internet Inter-ORB Protocol +IIS,Internet Information Server +IKE,Internet Key Exchange +ILEC,incumbent local exchange carrier +ILM,information life cycle management +IM,infrastructure management +IMA,inverse multiplexing over ATM +IMAP,Internet Message Access Protocol +IMCS,nventory Management and Control System +IMEI,International Mobile Equipment Identity +IMS,Information Management System +IMS,Intelligent Manufacturing Systems +IMS,IP Multimedia Subsystem +IMT,International Mobile Telephone +IMTI,Integrated Manufacturing Technology Initiative +IN,Intelligent Network +InterNIC,Internet Network Information Center +IOPS,Input/Output Operations Per Second +IOS,Input/Output Supervisor IoT,Internet of Things +IOTP,Internet Open Trading Protocol +IOV,I/O virtualization IP,Internet Protocol +IPAM,IP address management +IPC,Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits +IPC,interprocess communication +IPI,Intelligent Peripheral Interface +IPL,initial program load +IPLC,international private leased circuit +IPM,intelligent power management +IPMI,Intelligent Platform Management Interface +IPP,Internet presence provider +IPPD,Integrated Product and Process Development +IPPP,Internet presence provider and promoter +IPR,Intellectual Property Rights +IPS,In-Plan Switching +IPsec,Internet Protocol Security +IPT,Integrated Product Team +IPTV,Internet Protocol television +IPv4,Internet Protocol Version 4 +IPv6,Internet Protocol Version 6 +IPX,Internetwork Packet Exchange +IR,infrared radiation IRC,Internet Relay Chat +IrDA,Infrared Data Association +IRI,Industrial Research Institute +IRIS,Internet Routing in Space +IRM,Integrated Resource Management +IRP,incident response plan +IRQ,interrupt request +IRR,internal rate of return +IRTF,Internet Research Task Force +IRU,Indefeasible Right of Use +IS,Information System +IS,information system or information services +IS-IS,Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System protocol +ISA,Industry Standard Architecture +ISAM,Indexed Sequential Access Method +ISAPI,Internet Server Application Program Interface +iSCSI,Internet Small Computer System Interface +iSCSI,target Internet Small Computer System Interface target +ISDN,Integrated Services Digital Network +ISE,Cisco Identity Services Engine ISP,Internet Service Provider +ISPF,Interactive System Productivity Facility +ISRC,International Standard Recording Code +ISRS,information storage and retrieval system +ISSU,in-service software upgrade +ISV,Independent Software Vendor IT,Information Technology +n Technology Agremeement +positive test/positive test/IT-ISAC,Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center +ITAA,Information Technology Association of America +ITaaS,IT as a Service +ITAC,International Telework Association and Council +ITIL,Information Technology Infrastructure Library +ITS,Intelligent Transportation System +ITS,Internet Transaction Server +ITS,issue tracking system +ITSM,IT Service Management +ITSO,International Technical Support Organization +ITSS,Information Technology Solutions Shop +ITU,International Technical Union +ITU,International Telecommunication Union +IV,initialization vector +IVR,Interactive Voice Response +IXC,interexchange carrier +J2EE,"Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition" +J2ME,"Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition" +JAAS,Java Authentication and Authorization Service +JAD,Joint Application Development +JANET,Joint Academic Network +JAQL,json query language +JAR,Java ARchive file +JAX-RPC,Java API for XML-Based RPC +JAX-WS,Java API for XML Web Services +JBI,Java Business Integration +JBIG,Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group +JBOD,just a bunch of disks or just a bunch of drives +JCE,Java Cryptography Extension +JCL,job control language +JDBC,Connector Java Database Connectivity Connector +JDBC,Java Database Connectivity +JDK,Java Development Kit +JDO,Java Data Objects +JEDEC,Joint Electron Device Engineering Council +JeOS,just enough operating system +JES,Job Entry Subsystem +JFC,Java Foundation Classes JFET,Junction Field-Effect Transistor +JHTML,Java within Hypertext Markup Language +JIC,manufacturing just-in-case manufacturing +JMS,Java Message Service +JMX,Java Management Extensions +JNDI,Java Naming and Directory Interface +JOBS,Act Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act +JOLAP,Java Online Analytical Processing +JPEG,Joint Photographic Experts Group +JRE,Java Runtime Environment +JSML,Java Speech API Markup Language +JSON,Javascript Object Notation +JSP,Java Server Page +JTAPI,Java Telephony Application Programming Interface +JVM,Java virtual machine +JXTA,juxtaposed +K6,AMD-K6 +KB,kilobyte +KBA,knowledge-based authentication +KBE,Knowledge-Based Engineering +Kbps,kilobits per second +KBW,keyboard wedge +KDE,K Desktop Environment +KGD,Known Good Die +KISS,"Keep It Simple, Stupid" +KLOC,thousands of lines of code +KM,knowledge management +KMD,Kazaa Media Desktop +KML,Keyhole Markup Language +KPI,Key Performance Indicator +KRI,key risk indicator +KVM,kernel-based Virtual Machine +KVP,key-value pair +KW,Knowledge Warehouse +l10n,localization L2TP,Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol +L2TP,Layer Two Tunneling Protocol +LAMP,"Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP" LAN,Local Area Network +LAN,local area network +LAR,Large Account Reseller +LATA,local access and transport area +LBA,logical block addressing +LBM,location-based marketing +LBO,leveraged buyout +LBS,location-based service +LCA,Life Cycle Assessment +LCC,Leadless Chip Carrier +LCC,limited combustible cable LCD,Liquid Crystal Display +LCL,Less Than Container Load +LCP,Link Control Protocol +LCPC,Life Cycle Product Cost +LDAP,Lightweight Directory Access Protocol +LDCM,LANDesk Client Manager +LDD,locked down device +LDIF,Lightweight Directory Interchange Format LDMOS,Laterally Diffused MOS transistor +LDQ,longest delay in queue +LDSI,Laboratory Data Sharing Interoperability +LEAP,Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol +LEC,local exchange carrier +LED,light-emitting diode +LEED,Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design +LES,Logistics Execution System +Lex,lexical analyzer generator +LHC,Large Hadron Collider +LI,lawful interception +LI,location intelligence +Li-Ion,Lithium Ion battery +LIDB,line information database +LILO,LInux LOader +LINQ,Language Integrated Query +LISP,list processing LLVM,Compiler Infrastructure (Low Level Virtual Machine) +LMDS,Local Multi-Point Distribution System +LMGTFY,Let Me Google That For You +LMOF,last mile of finance +LMS,learning management system +LNA,Local Noise Amplifier +LNP,Local Number Portability +LOB,line-of-business +LOINC,Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes +LOM,lights-out management +LP,Lean Production +LPAR,logical partition +LPT,line print terminal +LQSR,Link Quality Source Routing +LRN,Location Routing Number +LSB,Linux Standard Base +LSI,Large Scale Integration +LTC,longitudinal time code +LTE,Long Term Evolution +LTFS,Linear Tape File System +LTL,Less Than Truckload +LTO,Linear Tape-Open +LU,logical unit +LUN,logical unit number +LVS,Layout Verification Systems +M&A,mergers and acquisitions +M&O,Management and Operations +M&S,Modeling and Simulation +M2M,machine-to-machine +M3U,Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 +MAC,mandatory access control +MAC,message authentication code +MAD,Mobile Active Defense +MADE,Manufacturing Automation and Design Exploration +MAID,massive array of idle disks +MAM,mobile application management +MAM,mobile application manager +MAN,metropolitan area network +MAPI,Messaging Application Program Interface +MAU,media attachment unit +MB,megabyte +MBean,managed bean +MBone,Multicast Internet +MBps,megabytes per second +Mbps,millions of bits per second or megabits per second +MBR,Master Boot Record +MC,Mass Customization +MCA,Micro Channel Architecture +MCA,Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer +MCE,Microsoft Certified Educator +MCL,Mesh Connectivity Layer +MCM,multi-carrier modulation +Mcps,megachips per second +MCS,Manufacturing Control System +MCSA,Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate +MCSD,Microsoft Certified Solution Developer +MCSE,Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer +MDB,multidimensional database +MDD,model-driven development +MDI,Multiple Document Interface +MDM,master data management +MDM,mobile device management +MDOP,Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack +MDP,Multicast Dissemination Protocol +MDRAM,Multibank Dynamic RAM +MDX,multidimensional expressions +MEAP,mobile enterprise application platform +MEMS,Micro-electromechanical Systems +MEP,Manufacturing Extension Partnership +MES,Manufacturing Execution System +MESA,Manufacturing Execution System Association +MFA,multifactor authentication +MFP,multifunction peripheral +MFSK,multiple frequency shift keying +MFT,managed file transfer +MFT,master file table +MGCP,Media Gateway Control Protocol +MHP,Multimedia Home Platform +MIB management information base +MIC,microwave integrated circuit +MICR,magnetic ink character recognition +MID,mobile Internet device +MIDI,Musical Instrument Digital Interface +MIM,mobile information management +MIME,Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions +MIMO,"multiple input, multiple output" +MIPS,million instructions per second +MIS,management information systems +MISO,"multiple input, single output" +MLA,mobile location analytics +MLC,multi-level cell +MMC,Microsoft Management Console +MMC,mobile-to-mobile convergence +MMC,MultiMediaCard +MMDS,Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service +MMI,Man Machine Interface +MMIS,Maintenance Management Information System +MMP,multichassis multilink PPP +MMS,Manufacturing Message Specification +MMS,Multimedia Messaging Service +MMU,memory management unit +MO,magneto-optical drive +moblog,mobile blog +MOF,Microsoft Operations Framework +MOL,middle of life +MOLAP,"multidimensional online analytical processing" +MOM,Manufacturing operation management +MOOC,massive open online course +MOS,mean opinion score +MOSFET,metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor +MOSPF,Multicast Open Shortest Path First +MOSS,Microsoft Office SharePoint Server +MOU,memorandum of understanding +MOVE,Aruba's Mobile Virtual Enterprise +MP3,MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 +MPEG,Moving Picture Experts Group +MPI,master patient index +MPI,message passing interface +MPIO,Multipath I/O +MPLS,Multiprotocol Label Switching +mPOS,mobile point of sale +MPP,massively parallel processing +MPPE,Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption +MPS,managed print services +MPS,Master Production Schedule +MR-IOV,Multi-Root IOV +MRAM,magnetoresistive random access memory +MRI,magnetic resonance imaging +MRP,Manufacturing Resource Planning +MrSID,Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database +MS-DOS,Microsoft Disk Operating System +MSAU,multistation access unit +MSBF,mean-swap-between-failure +MSCMDM,Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager +MSCS,Microsoft Cluster Server MSDOS,Microsoft Disk Operating System +MSDS,Material Safety Data Sheet +MSE,Microsoft Security Essentials +MSP,managed service provider +MSP,management service provider +MSRP,Message Session Relay Protocol +MSS,managed security services +MSS,maximum segment size +MSS,mobile satellite services +MSSP,managed security service provider +MT,medical transcription +MTBF,mean time between failures +MTO,Make To Order +Mtops,million theoretical operations per second +MTPOD,maximum tolerable period of disruption +MTS,Make To Stock +MTS,medical transcription software +MTS,Microsoft Transaction Server +MTTR,mean time to repair +MTTR,Mean Time To Restore +MTU,maximum transmission unit +MUA,mail user agent +MUD,Multi-User Dungeon +Multics,Multiplexed Information and Computing Service +MULTOS,Multiple Operating System +mutex,mutual exclusion object +MV,machine vision +MVA,Microsoft Virtual Academy +MVC,model-view-controller +MVMC,Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter +MVNO,mobile virtual network operator +MVP,Microsoft Most Valuable Professional +MVS,Multiple Virtual Storage +NaaS,network-as-a-service +NAC,network access control +NACHA,National Automated Clearing House Association +NAHIT,National Alliance for Health Information Technology +NAK,negative acknowledgment or not acknowledged +NAP,Microsoft Network Access Protection +NAP,network access point +NAS,network access server +NAS,network-attached storage +NAT,Network Address Translation +NBA,network behavior analysis +NBAD,network behavior anomaly detection +NBAR,Network Based Application Recognition +NBMA,non-broadcast multiple access +NC,network computer +NCA,native cloud application +NCFA,National Call Fee Access +NCM,network configuration management +NCMS,National Center for Manufacturing Sciences +NCSC,National Computer Security Center +NCVHS,National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics +NDA,non-disclosure agreement +NDIS,Network Driver Interface Specification +NDMP,Network Data Management Protocol +NDS,Novell Directory Services +NECP,National Emergency Communications Plan +NED,nano-emissive display +NEDSS,National Electronic Disease Surveillance System +NERC,North American Electric Reliability Corporation +NetBEUI,NetBIOS Extended User Interface +NetBIOS,Network Basic Input/Output System +NetPC,Network PC +NeXT,near-end crosstalk +NFC,Near Field Communication +NFR,not for resale +NFS,Network File System +NFTS,national file tracking system +NFV,network functions virtualization +NGFW,next-generation firewall +NGSCB,Next Generation Secure Computing Base +NHII,National Health Information Infrastructure +NHIN,Nationwide Health Information Network +NHRP,Next Hop Resolution Protocol +NI,network intelligence +Ni2,Net indexer 2 +NIAP,National Information Assurance Partnership NIC,Network Interface Card +NIC,network interface card +NiCd,Nickel-Cadmium battery +NiMH,Nickel-Metal Hydride battery +NIS,Network Information System +NIST,National Institute of Standards and Technology +NJE,Network Job Entry +NLM,National Library of Medicine +NLP,natural language processing +NMTA,National Machining and Tooling Association +NNI,National Nanotechnology Initiative +NNM,Network Node Manager +NNTP,Network News Transfer Protocol +NOC,network operations center +noop,no operation +NOS,network operating system +NoSQL,Not Only SQL +NPD,new product development +NPE,non-practicing entity +NPI,national provider identifier +NPI,New Product Introduction +NPIV,N_Port ID virtualization +NPV,Net present value +NQF,National Quality Forum +NRLA,National Labor Relations Board +NRZ,non-return-to-zero +NSAP,Network Service Access Point +NSAPI,Netscape Server Application Programming Interface +NSIS,Next Steps in Signaling +NSP,network service provider +NT1,network terminator 1 +NTFS,New Technology File System +NTP,Network Time Protocol +NTR,Normal Trade Relations +NTS,Number Translation Service +NTSC,National Television Standards Committee +NTU,nuclear time unit +NUI,natural user interface +NUMA,non-uniform memory access +NURBS,nonuniform rational B-spline +NUS,network unified storage +NVGRE,Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation +NVLAP,National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program +NVMe,non-volatile memory express +NVS,nonvolatile storage +NWR,NOAA Weather Radio +OA&M,"operations, administration, and management" +OAB,offline address book +OASIS,Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards +OBI,Open Buying on the Internet +OCC,Office of the Comptroller of the Currency +OCM,organizational change management +OCNCC,Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control +OCR,optical character recognition +OCSP,Online Certificate Status Protocol +OCW,MIT OpenCourseWare +OCx,Optical Carrier levels +ODBC,Open Database Connectivity +ODCA,Open Data Center Alliance +ODF,Open Document Format +ODI,Open Data-Link Interface +ODIN,Open Data Center with an Interoperable Network +ODIN,Open Device Identification Number +ODL,Open and Distance Learning +ODM,Original Design Manufacturer +ODMA,Open Document Management API or Application Program Interface +ODMR,On-Demand Mail Relay +ODP,Open Directory Project +ODS,operational data store +ODS,Ozone Depleting Substance +ODX,Offloaded Data Transfer +OEBF,Open Electronic Book Forum +OFB,output feedback +OFDM,orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing +OGSA,Open Grid Services Architecture +OHA,Open Handset Alliance +OID,object ID +OLA,operational level agreement +OLAP,online analytical processing +OLE,Object Linking and Embedding +OLED,light-emitting diode +OLPC,One Laptop Per Child +OLT,optical line terminal +OLTP,On Line Transaction Processing +OLTP,online transaction processing +OMAP,Open Multimedia Application Platform +OMG,Object Management Group +OMSS,Oracle Mobile Security Suite +ONF,Open Networking Foundation +OODBMS,object-oriented database management system +OoOE,out-of-order execution +OOP,object-oriented programming +OOPSLA,"Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications" +OOXML,Office Open Extended Markup Language +OPC,OLE for Process Control +OpenGL,Open Graphics Library +OpenNMS,Open Network Management System +OpenVPN,open source virtual private network +Opex,operational expenditure +OPM,operational performance management +OPML,Outline Processor Markup Language +OPS,Open Profiling Standard +OPT,Optimized Production Technology +ORB,Object Request Broker +ORBS,Open Relay Behavior-modification System +ORM,object-relational mapping +OS,operating system +OSA,Open System Authentication +OSBI,open source business intelligence +OSD,object storage device +OSDL,Open Source Development Labs +OSF,Open Software Foundation +OSGi,Open Service Gateway Initiative +OSI,Open Systems Interconnection +OSP,online service provider +OSP,Open Settlement Protocol +OSPF,Open Shortest Path First +OSS,Online Service System +OSS,open source software +OSS,operational support system +OTA,Over the Air +OTC,order to cash +OTCR,On-Time delivery performance to Customer Request Date +OTFT,organic thin-film transistor +OTM,Optivity Telephony Manager +OTP,one-time password +OU,organizational unit +OVSDB,Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol +OWA,Microsoft Outlook Web App +OWASP,Open Web Application Security Project +OWD,OneWebDay +P&L,profit and loss statement +P-Ink,photonic ink +P2P,path to profitability +P2P,peer-to-peer +P2P,procure to pay +P2V,physical to virtual +P3P,Platform for Privacy Preferences +P4,Pentium 4 +P4P,proactive provider participation for P2P +PA,Power Amplifier +PA-DSS,Payment Application Data Security Standard +PaaS,Platform as a Service +PABX,private automatic branch exchange +PAC,Production Activity Control +PACS,Personal Access Communications System +PACS,picture archiving and communication system +PAIR,Policy Analysis of Internet Routing +PAL,Phase Alternation Line +PAM,partner account manager +PAM,pulse amplitude modulation +PAN,personal area network +PAP,Packet-Level Procedure +PAR,performance and accountability reporting +PARC,Palo Alto Research Center +PAT,Port Address Translation +PBD,physical block device +PBT,"Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic" +PBX,private branch exchange PC,Personal Computer +PC,project charter +PC-DOS,Personal Computer - Disk Operating System +PCAOB,Public Company Accounting Oversight Board +PCB,printed circuit board +PCE,Path Computation Element +PCEP,Path Computation Element Protocol +PCI,Peripheral Component Interconnect +PCI-X,Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended +PCL,Printer Control Language +PCM,phase-change memory +PCM,pulse code modulation +PCMCIA,Personal Computer Memory Card International Association +PCRF,Policy and Charging Rules Function +PCS,personal cloud storage +PCS,personal communications service +PDA,personal digital assistant +PDF,Portable Document Format +PDL,page description language +PDM,Product Data Management +PDP-11,Programmed Data Processor-11 +PDU,power distribution unit +PEAP,Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol +PEBCAK,problem exists between chair and keyboard +pel,picture element +PERT,Program Evaluation Review Technique +PF,prefetch folder +PFC,power factor correction or power factor controller +PGP,Pretty Good Privacy +PHDSC,Public Health Data Standards Consortium +PHI,personal health information +PHOLED,phosphorescent organic light-emitting device +PHP,Hypertext Preprocessor +PHP,Personal Home Page +PHR,personal health record +PHS,Personal Handyphone System +PI,Predictive Index +PI,Principal Investigator +PIA,privacy impact assessment +PIC,port interface card +PICK,"Possible, Implement, Challenge and Kill" +PICS,Platform for Internet Content Selection +PICTIVE,Plastic Interface for Collaborative Technology Initiatives through Video Exploration +PID,Problem Identification Document +PID,process identifier +PIFI,personally identifiable financial information +PII,personally identifiable information +PIM,privileged identity management +PIM,processing in memory +PIM,Product Information Management +PIM,protocol-independent multicast +PIO,Programmed Input/Output +PIP,Partner Integration Process +PIP,Picture in Picture +PIV,personal identity verification +PKCS,Public-Key Cryptography Standards +PKI,public key infrastructure +PL/S,Programming Language/System +PL/SQL,procedural language extension to Structured Query Language +PLATO,Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations +PLC,packet loss concealment +PLEDM,phase-state low electron drive memory +PLL,phase-locked loop +PLM,Product Lifecycle Management +PLMN,public land mobile network +PM,phase modulation +PMI,"plus, minus, interesting" +PML,Portal Markup Language +PMML,Predictive Model Markup Language +PMO,Project Management Office +PMP,Project Management Professional +PMS,package manager or package management system +PN,programmable network +pNFS,Parallel NFS +PNG,Portable Network Graphics +PnP,Plug and Play +POC,Packet Order Correction +POC,proof of concept +PoE,Power over Ethernet +PoIP,Pray over Internet Protocol +POLP,principle of least privilege +POM,Production/Operations Management +PON,passive optical network +POP,point-of-presence +POP3,Post Office Protocol 3 +PoR,power-on reset +POS,personal operating space +POS,Point of Sale +POSIX,Portable Operating System Interface +POST,Power-On Self-Test +POTS,plain old telephone service +PP&E,"Property, Plant & Equipment" +PPD,parallel presence detect +PPD,post-processing deduplication +PPD,Postscript Printer Description file +PPGA,plastic pin grid array +ppi,pixels per inch +PPM,pages per minute +PPM,project and portfolio management +PPP,Point-to-Point Protocol +PPPoE,Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet +PPTP,Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol PR,Problem Report +PR,Process Reengineering +PRI,Primary Rate Interface +PRM,partner relationship management +PRNG,pseudo-random number generator +PROM,programmable read-only memory +PRONet,Procurement Marketing and Access Network +PRS,Personal Response System +PRS,Premium Rate Service +PRSA,Public Relations Society of America +PRT,Pre-requisite Tree +PSA,professional services automation +PSK,phase-shift keying +PSN,processor serial number +PSOD,Purple Screen of Death +PSS,Personal Search Syndication +PSTN,public switched telephone network +PTAC,Procurement Technical Assistance Center +PTF,program temporary fix +PTO,Patent and Trademark Office +PTT,Push to Talk +PU,physical unit +PUE,power usage effectiveness +PUP,potentially unwanted program +PVC,permanent virtual circuit +PVM,Parallel Virtual Machine +PVR,personal video recorder +PWS,Personal Web Server +PXE,Preboot Execution Environment +QA,Quality Assurance +QAM,quadrature amplitude modulation +QB,Quality Breakdown +QBE,Query by Example +QC,Quality Control +QDOS,86-DOS +QFE,Quad FastEthernet +QFE,Quick Fix Engineering +QFP,Quad Flat Package +qHD,quarter high definition +QIX,NASDAQ Information Exchange protocol +QoE,Quality of Experience +QoS,Quality of Service +QPS,queries-per-second +QR,Quick Response +QSA,Qualified Security Assessor +QSIG,Q signaling +QVGA,Quarter Video Graphics Array +QXGA,Quantum Extended Graphics Array +R&D,Research and Development +R3,"Reduce, reuse, recycle" +RA,registration authority +RAC,Real Application Cluster +RACE,Rapid Access Computing Environment +RACF,Resource Access Control Facility +RAD,rapid application development +radar,radio detection and ranging +RADIUS,Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service +RAF,risk assessment framework +RAID,redundant array of independent disks +RAIN,redundant/reliable array of inexpensive/independent nodes RAM,Random Access Memory +RAMAC,random access method of accounting and control +RAMDAC,random access memory digital-to-analog converter +RAND,reasonable and nondiscriminatory +RAP,Revenue Acquisition Process +RARP,Reverse Address Resolution Protocol +RAS,"registration, admission, and status" +RAS,"Reliability, Availability and Serviceability" +RAS,Remote Access Server +RAS,row address strobe +RAT,remote access Trojan +RBA,risk-based authentication +RBAC,role-based access control +RBOC,regional Bell operating company +RCE,remote code execution +RCP,Rich Client Platform +RD,running disparity +RDBMS,relational database management system +RDC,remote deposit capture +RDF,Resource Description Framework +RDM,raw device mapping +RDMA,Remote Direct Memory Access +rDNS,reverse DNS +RDO,Remote Data Objects RDP,Remote Desktop Protocol +RDRAM,Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory +RDS,Amazon Relational Database Service +RDS,Radio Data System +RDS,Remote Desktop Services +RDT&E,"Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation" +REC,Regional Extension Center +ReFS,Resilient File System +regex,regular expression +REST,representational state transfer +RF,radio frequency +RFC,Remote Function Call +RFC,Request for Comments +RFI,request for information +RFID,radio frequency identification +RFO,Request for Offer +RFP,request for proposal +RFQ,request for quotation +RFR,Red Flags Rule +RGB,"red, green, and blue" +RHCVA,Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator +RHEL,Red Hat Enterprise Linux +RHEV,Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization +RHIA,registered health information administrator +RHIO,Regional Health Information Organization +RHIT,registered health information technician +RHS,Red Hat Storage +RIA,Rich Internet Application +RIAA,Recording Industry Association of America +RIBLOE,Remote Insight Board -- Lights Out Edition +RID,relative identifier +RIM,records information management +RIM,Reference Information Model +RIP,raster image processor +RIP,Routing Information Protocol +RIR,Regional Internet Registry +RIS,Radiology Information System +RIS,Remote Installation Service +RISC,reduced instruction set computer +RJE,Remote Job Entry +RMA,Return Material (or Merchandise) Authorization +RMA,return merchandise authorization +RMI,Remote Method Invocation +RMON,Remote Network Monitoring +RMS,root-mean-square +RNAAPP,Remote Network Access Application +RNIS,Reseau Numerique a Integration de Services +ROA,resource-oriented architecture +ROADM,reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer +ROC,Report on Compliance +ROD,reuse-oriented model or reuse-oriented development +RODC,read-only domain controller +RoHS,Restriction of Hazardous Substances +ROI,Return On Investment +ROIC,Return On Invested Capital +ROKSO,Register of Known Spam Operations +ROLAP,relational online analytical processing +ROM,read-only memory +ROMI,return on marketing investment +RONA,Return On Net Assets +ROP,Reorder Point +RoR,Ruby on Rails +RoT,Roots of Trust +ROU,Record Of Understanding +ROWE,Results-Only Work Environment +RPC,Remote Procedure Call +RPG,Report Program Generator +RPG,role-playing game +RPM,Rapid Response Manufacturing +RPM,remote patient monitoring +RPO,recovery point objective +RPO,recruitment process outsourcing +RPR,Resilient Packet Ring +RPT,rich presence technology +RQ,risk intelligence +RRAM,resistive RAM +RSAT,Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools +RSC,Retail Service Center +RSI,requirements stability index +RSNA,Radiological Society of North America +RSoP,Resultant Set of Policy +RSVP,Resource Reservation Protocol +RT,retweet +RTA,real-time application +RTC,real-time clock +RTC,real-time communications +RTCD,real-time communications dashboard +RTCP,Real-Time Transport Control Protocol +RTD,reconfigurable tactile display +RTD,Research and Technical Development +RTF,Rich Text Format +RTFM,Read The Fucking Manual +RTLS,real-time location system +RTM,Read The Manual +RTO,recovery time objective +RtOI,real-time operational intelligence +RTOS,real-time operating system +RTP,Real-Time Transport Protocol +RTSP,Real Time Streaming Protocol +RTT,round-trip time +RUP,Rational Unified Process +RWU,remote wakeup +RZ,return-to-zero +S&OP,sales and operations planning +S-HTTP,Secure HTTP +S.M.A.R.T.,Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology +S/MIME,Secure Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions +S/PDIF,Sony/Philips Digital Interface +S4L,spam for life +SA,Microsoft Exchange System Attendant +SA,Microsoft Software Assurance +SA,service assurance +SAA,Systems Application Architecture +SaaS,BI Software as a Service BI +SaaS,ERP software-as-a-service ERP hosting +SaaS,Security as a Service +SaaS,Software as a Service +SaaS,Storage as a Service +SACD,Super Audio CD +SAFE,Samsung for Enterprise +SAM,Security Accounts Manager +SAM,storage area management +SAML,Security Assertion Markup Language +SAN,storage area network +SAPI,Speech Application Program Interface +SAPPHIRE,SAP User Conference +SAR,segmentation and reassembly +SAR,Suspicious Activity Report +SAS,serial-attached SCSI +SASID,Self-Scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display +SAX,Simple API for XML +SBAs,search-based applications +SBC,session border controller +SBIR,Small Business Innovative Research +SBR,skill-based routing +SC,sunk cost +SC,supply chain +SCA,service-component architecture +SCADA,supervisory control and data acquisition +SCC,Supply Chain Council +SCCP,Signalling Connection Control Part +SCE,supply chain execution +SCEM,supply chain event management +SCI,serial communications interface +SCL,spam confidence level +SCM,Supply Chain Management +SCOR,Supply Chain Operations Reference model +SCORM,Shareable Content Object Reference Model +SCP,session control protocol +SCP,supply chain planning +SCR,Synchronized Customer Response +SCSA,Signal Computing System Architecture +SCSI,Small Computer System Interface +SCSIe,SCSI Express +SCTP,Stream Control Transmission Protocol +SCV,supply chain visibility +SD2,Sound Designer II +SD2,Sound Designer II or SDII +SDA,Smart Data Access +SDARS,Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service +SDB,Small Disadvantaged Business +SDDC,software-defined data center +SDDL,Security Descriptor Definition Language +SDH,Synchronous Digital Hierarchy +SDI,Serial Digital Interface +SDK,software developer's kit +SDL,Specification and Description Language +SDLC,Synchronous Data Link Control +SDLC,systems development life cycle +SDMA,spatial division multiple access +SDN,software-defined networking +SDO,Service Data Objects +SDP,Session Description Protocol +SDR,software-defined radio +SDRAM,synchronous DRAM +SDTV,standard definition television +SDWT,self-directed work team +SDX,NetScaler +SDXC,Secure Digital Extended Capacity card +SEC,Securities and Exchange Commission +SECAM,Sequential Couleur avec Memoire +SEI,Software Engineering Institute +SEM,single-electron memory +SEO,search engine optimization +SerDes,serializer/deserializer +SERP,search engine results page +SET,Secure Electronic Transaction +SETI,Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence +SEWP,Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement +SFA,Sales Force Automation +SFA,sales force automation +SFA,single-factor authentication +SFF,small form factor +SFP,small form-factor pluggable +SFS,stepless frequency control +SFX,special effects +SGA,"Selling, General and Administrative expenses" +SGF,Structured Graph Format +SGI,Silicon Graphics +SGML,Standard Generalized Markup Language +SGRAM,Synchronous Graphics RAM +Si,silicon +SI,systems integrator +SID,security identifier +SIEM,security information and event management +SIG,Special Interest Group +SIGTRAN,Signaling Transport +SIM,security information management +SIMD,Single Instruction Multiple Data +SIMM,Service Integration Maturity Model +SIMM,single in-line memory module +SIMO,"single input, multiple output" +SIMPLE,SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions +SIP,Session Initiation Protocol +SIPOC,"suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, customers" +SIRDS,single-image random-dot stereogram +SISO,"single input, single output" +SIV,Signal Integrity Verification +SJC,Senate Judiciary Committee +SKA,Shared Key Authentication +SKIL,"Bill Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership Act" +SKU,Stock Keeping Units +SLA,service-level agreement +SLC,single level cell +SLD,second-level domain +SLICE,Simple Low-Cost Innovative Engine +SLIP,Serial Line Internet Protocol +SLP,Service Location Protocol +SMART,Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology +SMB,Server Message Block +SMB,small and medium-sized business or small and midsized business +SMBXML,Small Business Extensible Markup Language +SMDS,Switched Multimegabit Data Service +SME ,mall to medium enterprise +SME,Society of Manufacturing Engineers +SMF,Standard MIDI File +SMI-S,Storage Management Initiative Specification +SMIL,Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language +SMM,social media marketing +SMMS,Social media management software +SMP,symmetric multiprocessing +SMPTE,Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers +SMR,Specialized Mobile Radio +SMS,Short Message Service +SMSC,short message service center +SMTP,Simple Mail Transfer Protocol +SMWT,Self Managed Work Teams +SNA,Systems Network Architecture +SNAFU,"situation normal, all f***ed up" +SNG,satellite news gathering +SNMP,Simple Network Management Protocol +SNOMED,Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine +SNR,signal-to-noise ratio +SOA,service-oriented architecture +SOAP,Simple Object Access Protocol +SOC,switch-on-a-chip +SoC,system-on-a-chip +SoD,segregation of duties +SOFC,solid oxide fuel cell +SOHO,Small Office Home Office +SOI,service-oriented integration +SOI,Silicon-on-Insulator +SOLED,stacked organic light-emitting device +SoLoMo,"social, local and mobile" +SOM,service-oriented management +SoMoClo,"social, mobile and cloud" +SONET,Synchronous Optical Network +SOP,Sales and Operations Planning +SOP,Same Origin Policy +SOPA,Stop Online Piracy Act +SOR,system of record +SoS,system of systems +sosofo,specification of a sequence of flow objects +SOW,Statement of Work +SOX,Sarbanes-Oxley Act +SP1,Service Pack 1 +SPAC,special purpose acquisition company +SPARC,Scalable Processor Architecture +SPC,Statistical Process Control +SPD,Serial presence detect +SPEC,Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation +SPF,Sender Policy Framework +SPI,serial peripheral interface +SPICE,Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination +SPID,Service Profile Identifier +SPIF,sales performance incentive fund +SPIT,spam over Internet telephony +SPM,sales performance management +SPM,Standard Process Modules +SPML,Services Provisioning Markup Language +SPOF,single point of failure +spool,simultaneous peripheral operations online +SPS,Standard Procurement System +SPX,Sequenced Packet Exchange +SQL,Structured Query Language +SQuID,Source Quench Introduced Delay +SR-IOV,Single Root I/O Virtualization +SRAM,static random access memory +SRE,serious reportable event +SRM,Standard Reference Material +SRM,storage resource management +SRM,supplier relationship management +SRM,sustainability risk management +SRS,software requirements specification +SRT,Source-route transparent +SRTP,Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol or Secure RTP +SS7,Signaling System 7 +SSA,Serial Storage Architecture +SSADM,Structured Systems Analysis & Design Method SSD,Solid-State Drive +SSD,solid-state drive +SSH,Secure Shell +SSI,server-side include +SSI,single-system image +SSID,service set identifier +SSL,card server accelerator card +SSL,Secure Sockets Layer +SSL,solid-state lighting +SSM,solid state module +SSO,single sign-on +SSP,storage service provider +SSS,solid state storage +SSSI,Solid-State Storage Initiative +SST,Streamlined Sales Tax +SSTV,slow-scan television +STAR,"Security, Trust and Assurance Registry" +STARS,Standard Accounting and Reporting System +statC,statcoulomb +statF,statfarad +statH,stathenry +statS,statsiemens +statV,statvolt +statW,statwatt +STDM,statistical time division multiplexing +STEM,"science, technology, engineering, and mathematics" +STEP,Standard for the Exchange of Product model data +STM,scanning tunneling microscope +STML,Spoken Text Markup Language +STONITH,Shoot The Other Node In The Head +STP,spanning tree protocol +STP,standard temperature and pressure +STUN,Simple Traversal of UDP through NAT +SVC,scalable video coding +SVC,supervisor call +SVC,switched virtual circuit +SVG,Scalable Vector Graphics +SVVP,server virtualization validation program +SWAG,Semantic Web Agreement Group +SWAN,Structured Wireless-Aware Network SWAT,Samba Web Administration Tool SWF,Shockwave Flash file Swift,Programming language released in 2014 by Apple Inc. +SWIFT,Simulated Work Input and Flow Time +SWIFT,Society for the Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication +SWOT,"Strengths, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats Analysis" +sysadmin,system administrator +sysop,system operator +T&M,Tools and Methodology +T/R,Transmit / Receive +T9,text on nine keys +TA,terminal adapter +TaaS,Testing as a Service +TACACS,Terminal Access Controller Access Control System +TACT,Total Average Cycle Time +TAPI,Telephony Application Program Interface +tar,Tape ARchive +TB,terabyte +TCAM,ternary content-addressable memory +TCB,trusted computing base +TCG,Trusted Computing Group +Tcl,Tool Command Language +Tcl/Tk,Tool Command Language +TCM,Time Critical Manufacturing +TCO,total cost of ownership +TCP,Transmission Control Protocol +TCP/IP,Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol +TD-SCDMA,time division synchronous code division multiple access +TDC,Total Delivered Cost +TDD,Telecommunications Display Device +TDD,test-driven development +TDM,Team Data Manager +TDM,time-division multiplexing +TDMA,time division multiple access +telco,telephone company +TETRA,Terrestrial Trunked Radio +TEWE,Technology for Enterprise-Wide Engineering +TFT,thin-film transistor +TFTP,Trivial File Transfer Protocol +TGT,authentication ticket or ticket-granting ticket +TIA,Total Information Awareness +TIC,Trusted Internet Connections +TIFF,Tag Image File Format +TIG,Technology Implementation Group +TIM,Test Inspection Measurement +TIN,taxpayer Identification number +Tk,Tool Kit +TKIP,Temporal Key Integrity Protocol +TLC,flash triple level cell flash +TLD,top-level domain +TLS,Transport Layer Security +TM,software talent management software +TMN,Telecommunications Management Network +TMQL,Topic Map Query Language +TMS,Transportation Management System +TN,display twisted nematic display +TOC,Theory of Constraints +TOE,TCP/IP offload engine +TOE,unified field theory or Theory of Everything +TOGAF,The Open Group Architecture Framework +TOLED,transparent organic light-emitting device +TOP,Technical Office Protocol +TOPS,Team Oriented Problem Solving +TOTP,time-based one-time password +TP,thin provisioning +TPA,Technology and Product Assurance +TPC,Transaction Processing Performance Council +TPI,Total Profit Improvement +TPM,Total Productive Maintenance TPM,Trusted Platform Module +TPOP,Time-Phased Order Point +TPS,terminal proxy server +TQC,Total Quality Control +TQM,Total Quality Management +TRI,Toxic Release Inventory +TRILL,Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links +TRON,The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus +TRT,Transition Tree +TSAP,Transport Services Access Point +TSCA,Toxic Substances Control Act +TSR,terminate and stay resident +TTL,time-to-live +TTL,transistor-to-transistor logic +TTS,text-to-speech +TtV,time to value +TTY,teletypewriter +TURN,Traversal Using Relay NAT +TVA,Throughput Value Added +TW,tin whiskers +TWG,Technology Working Group +TWT,traveling-wave tube +UART,Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter +UAT,user acceptance testing +UBE,unsolicited bulk email +UBL,Universal Business Language +UC,Unit Cost +UCaaS,Unified Communications as a Service +UCE,unsolicited commercial email +UCS,unified computing system +UDA,Universal Data Access +UDDI,"Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration" +UDF,Universal Disk Format +UDID,unique device identifier +UDO,ultra density optical UDP,User Datagram Protocol UEFI,Unified Extensible Firmware Interface +UGC,user-generated content +UHDTV,Ultra High-Definition TV +UHDV,ultra high definition video +UHF,ultrahigh frequency +UI,user interface +UIA,user installed application +UID,unique identifier +UIML,User Interface Markup Language +ULA,Oracle Unlimited License Agreement +UM,unified messaging +UMLS,Unified Medical Language System +UMS,unified messaging system +UMTS,Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service +UMTS,Universal Mobile Telecommunications System +UNC,Universal Naming Convention +UPN,User Principal Name +UPnP,Universal Plug and Play +UPS,uninterruptible power supply +URI,Uniform Resource Identifier URL,Uniform Resource Locator +URN,Uniform Resource Name +USART,"Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter" +USB,Universal Serial Bus +USGCB,United States Government Configuration Baseline +USITC,United States International Trade Commission +USP,unique selling point +USSD,Unstructured Supplementary Service Data +USSS,United States Secret Service +UTF,Unicode Transformation Format +UTM,unified threat management +UUCP,UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Protocol +UUID,Universal Unique Identifier +UX,user experience +UXGA,Ultra Extended Graphics Array +V2P,virtual to physical +V2V,Virtual to virtual +VAAI,vStorage APIs for Array Integration +VAD,Value Added Distribution +VAD,voice activation detection +VAMP,vStorage API for Multipathing +VAN,value-added network +VAR,Value-Added Reseller +VASA,vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness +VAX,Virtual Address eXtension +VB,Visual Basic +VBI,vertical blanking interval +VBN,visitor-based networking +vBNS,very high-speed Backbone Network Service +VBR,Vouch by Reference +VC,venture capital +vCAC,VMware vCloud Automation Center +VCB,VMware Consolidated Backup +VCD,video CD or video compact disc +VCDX,VMware certified design expert +vCLI,vSphere CLI +VCP,VMware Capacity Planner +VCP,VMware Certified Professional +vCPU,virtual CPU +VCR,videocassette recorder +VCSEL,vertical cavity surface emitting laser +vCSHB,VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat +VDA,Virtual Desktop Access +vDGA,Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration +VDI,virtual desktop infrastructure +VDT,"video display terminal or visual display terminal" +VDU,video display unit +VE,Value Engineering +VERIS,Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing +VFAT,Virtual File Allocation Table +VFIIP,Virtual Factory Information Interchange Project +VFS,virtual file system +vGPU,virtual GPU +VHD,virtual hard disk +VHDCI,Very High Density Cable Interconnect +VHDX,Hyper-V virtual hard disk +VHE,Virtual Home Environment +VHF,very high frequency +VHS,Video Home System +VI3,VMware Infrastructure 3 +VIM,Vendor Independent Messaging +Vim,Vi improved +VITC,vertical interval time code +VLAN,Virtual Local Area Network +VLDB,Very Large Database +VLE,virtual learning environment +VLER,Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record +VLIW,very long instruction word +vlog,video blog +VLSI,Very Large Scale Integration +VLSM,variable-length subnet mask +VM,virtual machine +VMBus,Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus +VMEbus,VersaModular Eurocard bus +VMI,Vendor Managed Inventory +VML,vector graphics rendering +VML,Vector Markup Language +VMLM,virtual machine lifecycle management +VMM,virtual machine monitor +VMO,vendor management office +VMQ,Virtual Machine Queue +VMS,Virtual Memory System +VMUG,VMware User Group +VMXNET3,VMXNET Generation 3 +VNC,virtual network computing +vNUMA,virtual NUMA +VOB,Versioned Object Base +VOC,voice of the customer +VoD,video on demand +VoIP,voice over IP +VOIPSA,Voice over IP Security Alliance +VOVA,vSphere OpenStack Virtual Appliance +VoWLAN,Voice over WLAN +VoxML,Voice Markup Language +VP,value proposition +VPD,virtual private database +VPD,vital product data +VPDM,Virtual Product Data Management +VPLS,virtual private LAN service +VPM,Virtual Product Model VPN,Virtual Private Network VPS,Virtual Private Server VRAM,Video RAM VRF,Virtual Routing and Forwarding +VRF,virtual routing and forwarding VRM,"Vendor Risk Management, or Voltage Regulator Module" +VRM,vendor risk management +VRM,voltage regulator module VRML,Virtual Reality Modeling Language VRR,Voice Recognition and Response VRRP,Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol @@ -253,11 +2764,145 @@ VSTS,Visual Studio Team System VTAM,Virtual Telecommunications Access Method VTL,Virtual Tape Library VUM,VMware vSphere Update Manager -VXLAN,gateway Virtual Extensible VLAN gateway VXLAN,Virtual Extensible LAN +W-CDMA,Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access +W2K,Windows 2000 +W3C,World Wide Web Consortium +WAAS,Wide Area Application Services +WaaS,Windows as a Service +WAE,Wide Area Ethernet +WAF,write amplification factor +WAFS,wide-area file services +WAIS,Wide Area Information Servers WAN,Wide Area Network +WAP,Wireless Application Protocol +WAPI,WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure +WARN,Workers' Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act +WASC,Web Application Security Consortium +WaSP,Web Standards Project +WASP,wireless application service provider +WATS,wide-area telephone service +WAX,Wireless Abstract XML +WBEM,Web-Based Enterprise Management +WBI,Web Intermediaries +WBMP,Wireless Bitmap +WBS,Work Breakdown Schedule +WBS,work breakdown structure +WCET,worst-case execution time +WCF,Windows Communication Foundation +WCM,web content management +WCM,World Class Manufacturing +WCS,Warehouse control system +WCS,Wireless Communications Service +WDF,web development framework +WDM,wavelength-division multiplexing +WDS,Windows Deployment Services +WDS,wireless distribution system +WDSC,WebSphere Development Studio Client +WDT,watchdog timer +WebDAV,World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning +WebOps,Web operations +WebRTC,Web Real-Time Communications +WEEE,Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation +WEP,Wired Equivalent Privacy +WF,Windows Workflow Foundation +WfM,Wired for Management +WFM,Workforce management +WFO,workforce optimization +WFQ,weighted fair queueing +WGA,Windows Genuine Advantage +WGate,Web gateway +WHATWG,Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group +WHQL,Windows Hardware Quality Labs +WiBB,wireless broadband +WIC,WAN interface card +WiDEN,Wideband Integrated Digital Enhanced Network +WIM,Windows Imaging Format +WiMAX,Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access +WIMP,"windows, icons, mouse, and pull-down menus" +WIMP,Woefully Inept Manufacturing Process +WinDirStat Windows Directory Statistics +Wine,Wine is not an emulator +WinFS,Windows File System +WinFX,.NET 3.0 +WinPE,Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment +WinRM,Windows Remote Management +WINS,Windows Internet Naming Service +WIP,Work in Process +WME,World's Most Ethical +WMF,Microsoft Windows Management Framework +WMI,Windows Management Instrumentation +WMIC,Windows Management Instrumentation Command line +WML,Wireless Markup Language +WMM,Wi-Fi Multimedia +WMN,wireless mesh network +WMP,Windows Media Player +WMS,Warehouse Management System +WMTS,wireless medical telemetry services +WORA,"write once, run anywhere" +WORM,"write once, read many" +WPA,Wi-Fi Protected Access +WPA,Windows Product Activation +WPAD,Web Proxy Autodiscovery +WPAN,wireless personal area network +WPAS,Windows Process Activation Service +WPF,Windows Presentation Foundation +WRAM,Window RAM +WSCI,Web Service Choreography Interface +WSD,white space device +WSDL,Web Services Description Language +WSFC,Windows Server Failover Clustering +WSP,wireless service provider +WSS,Windows Sharepoint Services +WSTx,Web Services Transactions +WSUS,Windows Server Update Services +WTLS,Wireless Transport Layer Security +WTS,Microsoft Windows Terminal Server +WUE,water usage effectiveness +WUSB,wireless USB +WWN,World Wide Name WWW,World Wide Web +WYSIWYG,what you see is what you get +WYSIWYP,what you see is what you print +X9,ASC X9 +XaaS,anything as a service +XACML,Extensible Access Control Markup Language +XAM,eXtensible Access Method +XAML,Extensible Application Markup Language +XBRL,Extensible Business Reporting Language +XCCDF,Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format +XDMA,Xing Distributed Media Architecture +XFDL,Extensible Forms Description Language +XGA,Extended Graphics Array +XHTML,Extensible Hypertext Markup Language +XMI,XML Metadata Interchange +XML,Extensible Markup Language +XMPP,Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol +XMT,Extensible MPEG-4 Textual +XNS,Extensible Name Service +XORP,Extensible Open Router Platform +XP,Extreme Programming +XPRL,Extensible Public Relations Language +XQL,XML Query Language +XrML,Extensible Rights Markup Language +XSD,XML Schema Definition +XSL,Extensible Stylesheet Language +XSLT,XSL Transformations +XSRF,cross-site request forgery +XSS,cross-site scripting +XST,cross-site tracing +XUL,Extensible User-interface Language XWM,X window manager XWN,eXtended WordNet XWS,X Window System -XYZ,Internet top-level domain (.xyz) released in 2014 \ No newline at end of file +XYZ,Internet top-level domain (.xyz) released in 2014 +Y2K,year 2000 +yacc,yet another compiler compiler +YMS,yard management system +YUM,Yellowdog Updater, Modified +ZBR,zoned-bit recording +ZBT,zero-based thinking +ZIF,Zero Insertion Force +Zope,Z Object Publishing Environment +ZRTP,Zimmermann Real-Time Transport Protocol +ZV,Zoomed Video \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Data/Abbr/General.csv b/Data/Abbr/General.csv index 10dfc801..af6984ce 100644 --- a/Data/Abbr/General.csv +++ b/Data/Abbr/General.csv @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Abbr,Term A,Ampere A10,Atlantic 10 Conference A1C,Airman First Class -A4,many,including a European standard office paper size; see entry +A4,European standard office paper size AA,achieved availability,Alcoholics Anonymous,Armed Forces Americas (postal symbol),Aruba (FIPS 10-4 territory code),assembly area,Automobile Association,avenue of approach aa,Afar language (ISO 639-1 code) aA,Attoampere @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ AICD,Australian Institute of Company Directors AICMFP,And I Claim My Five Pounds AID,U.S. Agency for International Development AIDS,Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome -AIM,many,including AOL Instant Messenger,Australian Institute of Management; see entry +AIM,Australian Institute of Management AIMP,Aurora Incremental Modernization Project AIPAC,American Israel Public Affairs Committee AIR,Aircraft Inventory Record @@ -357,8 +357,7 @@ AOR,Area of Responsibility AOSTH,Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog AOTS,Attack of the Show! AOU,American Ornithologists' Union -AP,Advanced Placement,Air Publication,Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code),Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol),Associated Press,Auto Pilot -APA - +AP,"Advanced Placement,Air Publication,Andhra Pradesh (Indian state code),Armed Forces Pacific (postal symbol),Associated Press,Auto Pilot" APB,All Points Bulletin (police jargon) APC,Armoured Personnel Carrier,Armour Piercing Capped (ammunition) APCNR,Armour-Piercing,Composite Non-Rigid (ammunition) @@ -371,9 +370,7 @@ APFSDS,Armour-Piercing,Fin-Stabilised,Discarding Sabot (ammunition) APHA,American Public Health Association APHE,Armour-Piercing,High Explosive (ammunition) APHIS,Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service -API,Application Programming Interface -APL,A Programming Language,Acute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University) -APM,Advanced Power Management +APL,"Acute Promyeloid Leukaemia,Anti-Personnel Landmine,Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)" APOD,Aerial Port (Airport) Of Debarkation APOE,Aerial Port (Airport) Of Embarkation APOLLO,Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation @@ -459,7 +456,7 @@ ASVEL,Association Sportive Villeurbanne Éveil Lyonnais (Association Sportive is ASW,AntiSubmarine Warfare ASWORG,(U.S.) AntiSubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group ASX,Advanced Stream Redirector,Australian Securities Exchange -AT,Anti-Tank,Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram),Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT) +AT,"Anti-Tank,Ashmore and Cartier Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Austria (ISO 3166 digram),Advanced Technology (IBM Personal Computer/AT)" At,Astatine aT,Attotesla ATA,Advanced Technology Attachment (IBM Personal Computer),Afghan Transitional Authority,Allen Telescope Array,Antarctica (ISO 3166 trigram) @@ -469,7 +466,7 @@ ATAPI,Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface ATAS,Air-To-Air Stinger (missile) ATAT,Aiken Tactical Airsoft Team / Star Wars vehicle ATB,Active Time Battle,British Antarctic Territory (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1979) -ATC,Air Traffic Control,Air Training Corps,U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948),Athletic Trainer,Certified (www.nata.org) +ATC,"Air Traffic Control,Air Training Corps,U.S. Air Transport Command (1942-1948),Athletic Trainer,Certified (www.nata.org)" ATCCIS,Army Tactical Command and Control Information System ATESS,Aerospace and Telecommunications Engineering Support Squadron ATF,French Southern Territories (ISO 3166 trigram),(U.S.) Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives (from its previous name,which did not include "Explosives") @@ -479,26 +476,26 @@ ATGW,Anti-Tank Guided Weapon ATI,Allied Telesyn International,Inc.,Array Technologies Incorporated. (ATI Technologies) Atisbo,a Local Government Area in Nigeria named for constituent communities (Ago-Are,Tede,Irawo,Sabe,Baasi,Ofiki and Owo) ATK,Attack -ATL,Atlanta,Georgia,the largest city and capital of Georgia +ATL,"Atlanta,Georgia,the largest city and capital of Georgia" ATLAS,All-Terrain Lifter Army System,Assessment Tool for LAnd Systems ATM,Automated Teller Machine,Asynchronous Transfer Mode,At The Moment ATN,Dronning Maud Land (ISO 3166 trigram; merged with AQ in 1983) -ATO,Air Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office -ATP,Adenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point +ATO,"Air Tasking Order,Australian Taxation Office" +ATP,"Adenosine TriPhosphate,Allied Tactical Publication,Ammunition Transfer Point" ATSD,(U.S.) Assistant Secretary of Defense ATSDR,Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ATV,All-Terrain Vehicle -ATWA,Air,Trees,Water,Animals -AU,African Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code) +ATWA,"Air,Trees,Water,Animals" +AU,"African Union (was OAU before 2000),American University,Astronomical Unit,Australia (ISO 3166 digram),Austria (FIPS 10-4 country code)" Au,Gold (Latin Aurum) -AUC,Ab Urbe Condita / Anno Urbis Conditae (Latin "from the founding of the city" / "in the year since the founding of the city") (of Rome),Area Under the Curve (concentration time curve; medicine) +AUC,"Ab Urbe Condita / Anno Urbis Conditae (Latin "from the founding of the city" / "in the year since the founding of the city") (of Rome),Area Under the Curve (concentration time curve; medicine)" AUD,Australian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) AUS,Australia (ISO 3166 trigram) -AUSCANNZUKUS,Australia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation) +AUSCANNZUKUS,"Australia,Canada,New Zealand,United Kingdom,United States (security designation)" Auslan,Australian Sign Language AUT,Austria (ISO 3166 trigram) AUTL,Army Universal Task List -AV,Anguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Audio-Visual,Aviation +AV,"Anguilla (FIPS 10-4 territory code),Audio-Visual,Aviation" Av,Aperture value (photographic mode) aV,Attovolt av,Avar language (ISO 639-1 code) @@ -516,15 +513,14 @@ AVO,Apprehended Violence Order AVP,Arubaanse Volkspartij AVP,Association of Volleyball Professionals AVRE,Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers -AVTB,Armoured Vehicle Test Bed,Aviation Test Bed +AVTB,"Armoured Vehicle Test Bed,Aviation Test Bed" AVUM,Aviation Unit Maintenance AVVO,Acute Vaginal Venereal Outbreak AW,Aruba (ISO 3166 digram) aW,Attowatt AWA,American Wrestling Association -AWACS,Airborne Warning And Control System AWC,Air Warfare Centre -AWD,many,including All Wheel Drive; see entry +AWD,All Wheel Drive AWE,Advanced Warfighting Experiment AWG,Aruban guilder (ISO 4217 currency code) AWP,Awaiting Parts (SM&R code) @@ -645,7 +641,8 @@ CBE,Commander of the Order of the British Empire,Cab Beside Engine (see truck) CBF,Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (Portuguese,"Brazilian Football Confederation") CBGB,Country,Blue Grass,and Blues (former New York City nightclub) CBLA,Comparative bullet lead analysis -CBM,many,including Canadian Baptist Ministries and Commodore Business Machines; see entry +CBM,Canadian Baptist Ministries +CBM,Commodore Business Machines CBML,Coalition Battle Management Language CBN,CardsApp Brand Number CBOL,Consortium for the Barcode of Life @@ -655,7 +652,7 @@ CBRN,Chemical,Biological,Radiological,or Nuclear (weapon or event) CBRNE,Chemical,Biological,Radiological,Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event) CBS,Columbia Broadcasting System,Corps Battle Simulation CBUS,Columbus,Ohio -CC,many,including carbon copy; see entry +CC,carbon copy CCA,Counter Command Activity CCC,Canterbury Clothing Company,Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.,1930s and 1940s),Corpus Christi College,Oxford CCCP,Central Committee of the Communist Party,Cyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik,Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) @@ -688,7 +685,7 @@ CCSK,Cyclic Code Shift Keying CCT,Current Commitments Team Cd,Cadmium cd,Candela -CD,many,including Compact Disc; see entry +CD,Compact Disc CD1,Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family) CDA,UK Centre for Defence Analysis CDC,Control Data Corporation,Cult of the Dead Cow @@ -707,7 +704,7 @@ CDT,Central Daylight Time (UTC−5 hours) Cdt,Commandant Ce,Cerium ce,Chechen language (ISO 639-1 code) -CE,many,including Christian/Common Era (cf. AD); see entry +CE,Christian/Common Era CEA,Campaign Effectiveness Analysis CECOM,U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command CEDEX,Courrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle (French,"Company Mail with Exceptional Distribution"; "exceptional" refers to the volume of mail) @@ -979,7 +976,7 @@ CUREA,Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy CuW,Copper-tungsten pseudo-alloy (from the chemical symbols of the two component elements) CUW,Curaçao (ISO 3166 trigram) cv,Chuvash language (ISO 639-1 code) -CV,many,including curriculum vitae (résumé); see entry +CV,curriculum vitae (résumé) CVE,Cape Verde escudo (ISO 4217 currency code) CVLL,Crypto Variable Logic Label CVSD,Continuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation) @@ -1046,7 +1043,7 @@ DCOM,Disney Channel Original Movie DCSOPS,Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans DCW,Digital Chart of the World DCYSC,Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge -DD,many,including due diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards); see entry +DD,"due diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists,blogs,and bulletin boards)" DDA,Deputy District Attorney DDN,U.S. Defense Data Network DDP,Danish Design Prize,Deutsche Demokratische Partei (German,"German Democratic Party",former political party in Weimar Germany),Diamond Dallas Page (American professional wrestler) @@ -1786,7 +1783,7 @@ G15,Group of 15 (subset of G77,formed 1989: Algeria,Argentina,Brazil,Chile,Egypt G2,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Intelligence G20,Group of 20 (G8 + Argentina,Australia,Brazil,China,India,Indonesia,Mexico,Saudi Arabia,South Africa,South Korea,Turkey + current European Union presiding country) (1999) G24,Group of 24 (subset of G77,formed 1971: Algeria,Argentina,Brazil,Colombia,Côte d'Ivoire,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Egypt,Ethiopia,Gabon,Ghana,Guatemala,India,Iran,Lebanon,Mexico,Nigeria,Pakistan,Peru,Philippines,South Africa,Syria,Sri Lanka,Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela) -G3,many,including Heckler & Koch G3; see entry,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Operations and Plans +G3,Heckler & Koch G3 G4,Generation Four PowerPC microprocessor,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Logistics G5,Generation Five PowerPC microprocessor,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Public Affairs G6,Assistant Chief-of-Staff,Information Technology,Group of 6 (France,Germany,United States,Japan,United Kingdom,Italy) (1975) @@ -1886,9 +1883,9 @@ GLP,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 trigram) GLV,Gained Life Value glv,Manx language (ISO 639-2 code) Gm,Gigametre -GM,The Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code),Guru Meditation (computing) -GMAC,General Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference -GMB,The Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union) +GM,"The Gambia (ISO 3166 digram),GameMaster (role-playing),General Motors,Genetically Modified,Germany (FIPS 10-4 country code),Guru Meditation (computing)" +GMAC,"General Motors Acceptance Corporation,the original name of the company now known as Ally Financial,Graduate Management Admission Council,G-MAC,Great Midwest Athletic Conference" +GMB,"The Gambia (ISO 3166 trigram),General,Municipal,Boilermakers (and Allied Trade Union)" GmbH,Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (German,"Company with limited liability") GMC,U.K. General Medical Council,Gospel Music Channel GMD,Gambian dalasi (ISO 4217 currency code) @@ -1907,41 +1904,42 @@ GNP,Gross National Product GNQ,Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 trigram) GnRH,Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone GO,Glorioso Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code) -GOA,General of the Army (United States only),Gun Owners of America -GOAT,Greatest of all time (LL Cool J album title) +GOA,General of the Army (United States only) +GOA,Gun Owners of America" +GOAT,Greatest Of All Time GOC,General Officer Commanding GOES,Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOP,Grand Old Party -gorp,granola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym -GOSC,(a/i) General Officer Steering Committee +gorp,"granola,oats,raisins,peanuts (another name for trail mix),probably a backronym" +GOSC,General Officer Steering Committee GOSH,Great Ormond Street Hospital GOSP,Gas/Oil Separation Plant GOTS,Government off-the-shelf -GOYADIN,Get Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra) -GP,General Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code) +GOYADIN,"Get Off Your Arse,Do It Now (anti-procrastination mantra)" +GP,"General Practitioner,General Purpose,Grand Prix,Guadeloupe (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 territory code)" GPA,Grade Point Average GPC,Global Path Cache GPIB,General-Purpose Instrumentation/Interface Bus GPO,General Post Office GPPC,Genetics and Public Policy Center GPR,Ground-Penetrating Radar -GPS,General Problem Solver,Global Positioning System -GPT,GEC-Plessey Telecommunications,General Purpose Technology,Get Paid To website +GPS,"General Problem Solver,Global Positioning System" +GPT,"GEC-Plessey Telecommunications,General Purpose Technology,Get Paid To website" GPU,Gosudarstvennoye Politicheskoye Upravlenie (Russian Государственное Политическое Управление,"State Political Administration") (1922-1934) -GQ,Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 digram),Gentlemen's Quarterly (the original name of the magazine now known simply as GQ),Guam (FIPS 10-4 territory code),GR[edit] -GR,Greece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code) +GQ,"Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 digram),Gentlemen's Quarterly (the original name of the magazine now known simply as GQ),Guam (FIPS 10-4 territory code),GR[edit]" +GR,"Greece (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram),Hail (METAR Code)" GRAIL,Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory GRAS,Generally recognized as safe (FDA list) GRB,Gamma-Ray Burst GRC,Greece (ISO 3166 trigram) GRD,Grenada (ISO 3166 trigram) -GRE,Graduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166) -grep,[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines] +GRE,"Graduate Record Examination,Greece (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166)" +grep,"[search] Globally for Regular Expression,Print [lines]" GRID,Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (original name of AIDS) -GRid,Global Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI +GRid,"Global Release Identifier,a music industry identifier from the RIAA and IFPI" GriT,Girl raised in Texas (Woman presenting firm southern traits/beliefs) GRL,Greenland (ISO 3166 trigram) -GRN,Grenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note +GRN,"Grenada (IOC and FIFA trigram,but not ISO 3166),Goods Received Note" grn,Guaraní language (ISO 639-2 code) GRP,Graphite-reinforced plastic,see Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer GRU,Glavnoje Razvedyvatel'noje Upravlenije/Главное Разведывательное Управление (Russian,"Main Intelligence Directorate" [of the former Soviet and now Russian armed forces]) @@ -3539,7 +3537,6 @@ NFG,No Fucking Good NFHS,National Federation of State High School Associations NFI,Not F****** Interested NFK,Norfolk Island (ISO 3166 trigram) -NFL,National Football League,No-Fire Line Nfld,Newfoundland NFPA,National Fluid Power Association (United States) NFT,No Further Text @@ -4929,7 +4926,7 @@ tsn,Tswana language (ISO 639-2 code) TSO,The Stationery Office (was HMSO until 1996),(U.S.) TRICARE Support Office,Trans-Siberian Orchestra (band) tso,Tsonga language (ISO 639-2 code) TSOP,Tactical Standing Operation Procedure,The Sound of Philadelphia (classic 1970s R&B instrumental) -TSR,many,including Terminate and Stay Resident; see entry +TSR,Terminate and Stay Resident TSSIA,The Subject Says It All tt,Tatar language (ISO 639-1 code) TT,Teratesla,Terrestrial Time,Tourist Trophy (Motorcycle sport),Trinidad and Tobago (ISO 3166 digram) diff --git a/Data/Abbr/Mathematics.csv b/Data/Abbr/Mathematics.csv index 2e9f508e..53f447ee 100644 --- a/Data/Abbr/Mathematics.csv +++ b/Data/Abbr/Mathematics.csv @@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ gd,Gudermannian function. GF,Galois field. GF,generating function. GL,general linear group. -G.M.,geometric mean. +GM,geometric mean. glb,greatest lower bound. (Also written as inf.) -G.P.,geometric progression. +GP,geometric progression. grad,gradient of a function. hacover,hacoversine function. (Also written as hacovers, hcv.) hacovercos,hacovercosine function. (Also written as hcc.) @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ ord,ordinal number of a well-ordered set.[4] pdf,probability density function. pf,proof. PGL,projective general linear group. +PI,the constant 3.14159265359 Pin,pin group. pmf,probability mass function. Pn,previous number. @@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ swish,swish function, an activation function in data analysis. Sym,symmetric group (Sym(n) is also written as Sn) or symmetric algebra. tan,tangent function. (Also written as tgn, tg.) tanh,hyperbolic tangent function. +TAU,the constant 6.283185307179586476925286766559 TFAE,the following are equivalent. tg,tangent function. (Also written as tan, tgn.) tgn,tangent function. (Also written as tan, tg.) diff --git a/Data/Abbr/Military.csv b/Data/Abbr/Military.csv index b3f4ef16..221987e4 100644 --- a/Data/Abbr/Military.csv +++ b/Data/Abbr/Military.csv @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ ATR,Anti-Tank Rifle AUW,All-Up Weight AVL,Anti-Vehicle Land Mine AVLB,Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge -AWACS,Airborne WArning and Control System B,Bomber designation (as in B-52 Stratofortress) BAG,Budget Activity Group BAH,Basic Allowance for Housing @@ -504,11 +503,9 @@ MSP,Maritime Security Program MSR,Main Supply Route MSRRA,Military Spouse Residency Relief Act MTF,Medical Treatment Facility -MTOW,Maximum Take-Off Weight MWR,Morale, Welfare & Recreation MyCAA,Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts NAF,Nonappropriated Funds -NAF,Nonappropriated Funds NAI,Named Area of Interest NAS,Naval Air Station NATO,North Atlantic Treaty Organization @@ -527,6 +524,7 @@ NEX,Navy Exchange NEXCOM,Navy Exchange Command NEXMART,Navy Exchange Market NFA,No-Fire Area +NFL,No-Fire Line NFLS,Naval Forward Logistic Site NGFS,Naval Gunfire Support NGO,Nongovernmental Organization diff --git a/Data/Abbr/Sports.csv b/Data/Abbr/Sports.csv index c8c22012..9f692766 100644 --- a/Data/Abbr/Sports.csv +++ b/Data/Abbr/Sports.csv @@ -1,3 +1,32 @@ Abbr,Term AAAA,Asian Amateur Athletics Association -WWF,World Wrestling Federation \ No newline at end of file +AFC,American Football Conference +DNF,Did Not Finish (Race) +DNS,Did Not Start (Race) +DQ,Disqualified +ESPN,Entertainment and Sports Programming Network +FIS,Fédération Internationale de Ski +GS,Giant Slalom +IOC,International Olympic Committee +KO,Knockout +LPGA,Ladies Professional Golf Association +MLB,Major League Baseball +NASCAR,National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing +NBA,National Basketball Association OR National Boxing Association +NCAA,National Collegiate Athletic Association +NFL,National Football League +PGA,Professional Golfers' Association +PB,Personal Best +PFT,Power Factor Training +PIYO,Pilates & Yoga +QB,Quarterback +SCT,Static Contraction Training +SCUBA,Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus +SLG,Slugging Percentage (baseball term) +TD,Touchdown +UFC,Ultimate Fighting Championship +WEC,World Extreme Cagefighting +WTF,World Taekwondo Federation +WPT,World Poker Tour +WWF,World Wrestling Federation +XC,Cross Country \ No newline at end of file