PowerShell/Data/Abbr/computing.csv

1	ABBR	MEANING
2	.7z	Common filename extension for archive files in 7z format
3	.bat	Common filename extension for Batch script files
4	.bz2	Common filename extension for archive files in bzip2 format
5	.c	Common filename extension for C source code files
6	.cpp	Common filename extension for C++ source code files
7	.csv	Common filename extension for comma-separated value files
8	.cfg	Common filename extension for configuration files
9	.dll	Common filename extension for dynamic-link library files on Windows
10	.exe	Common filename extension for executable files on Windows
11	.gif	Common filename extension for GIF image files
12	.gz	Common filename extension for archive files in gzip format
13	.h	Common filename extension for C/C++ header files
14	.hpp	Common filename extension for C++ header files
15	.ilk	Common filename extension for incremental linking files on Windows
16	.jar	Common filename extension for Java archive files
17	.jfif	Common filename extension for JPEG image files
18	.jpeg	Common filename extension for JPEG image files
19	.jpg	Common filename extension for JPEG image files
20	.lib	Common filename extension for static library files on Windows
21	.m3u	Common filename extension for audio playlists
22	.md	Common filename extension for Markdown files
23	.mp3	Common filename extension for MPEG layer 3 audio files
24	.pdb	Common filename extension for program debug database files on Windows
25	.ps1	Common filename extension for PowerShell script files
26	.psd1	Common filename extension for PowerShell data files
27	.psm1	Common filename extension for PowerShell module files
28	.psxml	Common filename extension for PowerShell XML files
29	.sh	Common filename extension for script files
30	.sln	Common filename extension for MSBuild solution files
31	.tar	Common filename extension for archive files in tar format
32	.txt	Common filename extension for text files
33	.vcxproj	Common filename extension for Visual Studio project files
34	.xml	Common filename extension for XML files
35	.xz	Common filename extension for archive files in XZ format
36	.zip	Common filename extension for archive files in Zip format
37	1NF	First Normal Form
38	2.5D	Two-And-A-Half-Dimensional
39	286	Intel 80286 processor
40	2B1Q	2 Binary 1 Quaternary
41	2FA	Two-factor authentication
42	2GL	Second-Generation Programming Language
43	2KB	2,000 Bytes
44	2NF	Second Normal Form
45	3-D	three dimensions or three-dimensional
46	3270	Information Display System
47	386	Intel 80386 processor
48	3BL	triple bottom line
49	3DCG	Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics
50	3DS	Nintendo 3DS or 3 Dual Screen
51	3G	third generation of mobile telephony
52	3GL	Third-Generation Programming Language
53	3GPP	3rd Generation Partnership Project
54	3LS	3rd Level Support
55	3NF	Third Normal Form
56	3PL	third-party logistics
57	3PV	Peak Player Production Values
58	3Vs	volume, variety and velocity
59	4-D	printing four-dimensional printing
60	40GbE	40 Gigabit Ethernet
61	42	the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything (from 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' by Douglas Adams)
62	486	Intel 80486 processor
63	4B5BLF	4 Byte 5 Byte Local Fiber
64	4G	Fourth Generation
65	4GL	Fourth-generation Programming Language
66	4NF	Fourth Normal Form
67	5GL	Fifth-Generation Programming Language
68	5NL	Fifth Normal Form
69	6NF	Sixth Normal Form
70	7W	seven wastes
71	8-VSB	8-level vestigial sideband
72	802.11	Wireless LAN
73	8B10BLF	8 Byte 10 Byte Local Fiber
74	A+	A Plus
75	A.I.	Airborne Internet
76	A/m	Oe, oersted ampere per meter
77	A11Y	Accessibility
78	AA	modem lights
79	AAA	Authentication,Authorization,Accounting
80	AABB	Axis Aligned Bounding Box
81	AAC	Advanced Audio Coding
82	AAI	Applied Artificial Intelligence
83	AAM	Automatic Acoustic Management
84	AAR	Apple Authorized Reseller
85	AARP	AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
86	AAS	as a service
87	AAS	Auto Area Segmentation
88	AAUI	Apple attachment unit interface
89	ab	W abohm
90	abA	abampere
91	ABAP	Advanced Business Application Programming
92	ABB	activity-based budgeting
93	ABBH	average bouncing busy hour
94	abC	abcoulomb
95	ABC	activity-based costing
96	ABC	Atanasoff-Berry Computer
97	abend	abnormal end
98	abF	abfarad
99	abH	abhenry
100	ABIOS	Advanced BIOS
101	ABM	activity-based management
102	ABP	AdBlock Plus
103	ABP	Microsoft Exchange Address Book Policy
104	ABR	AutoBaud Rate or Available Bit Rate
105	abS	absiemens
106	abV	abvolt
107	ABVS	Automated Best Value System
108	abW	abwatt
109	AC	Alternating Current
110	AC-3	Dolby Digital
111	ACCT	Account
112	ACD	Automatic Call Distributor
113	ACE	Access Control Entry
114	ACeS	Asia Cellular Satellite System
115	ACF2	Access Control Facility
116	ACH	Automated Clearing House
117	ACH	fraud Automated Clearing House fraud
118	ACID	Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
119	Ack	Acknowledgement
120	ACL	Access Control List
121	ACM	Association for Computing Machinery
122	ACO	accountable care organization
123	ACPI	Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
124	ACR	Absolute Cell Reference
125	ACR	attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio
126	ACT	Application Compatibility Toolkit
127	ACTA	America's Carriers Telecommunications Association
128	ACTS	Automatic Coin Telephone System
129	ACV	all commodity volume
130	AD	Active Directory
131	ADAT	Alesis Digital Audio Tape
132	ADatP	Automated Data Processing
133	ADC	Analog-to-Digital Converter
134	ADC	automated data collection
135	ADE	qutomated data entry
136	ADF	Automatic Document Feeder
137	ADO	ActiveX Data Objects
138	ADP	Automatic Data Processing
139	ADPCM	adaptive differential pulse-code modulation
140	ADS	Alternate Data Stream
141	ADSI	Analog Display Services Interface
142	ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
143	ADSM	ADSTAR Distributed Storage Management
144	AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
145	AET	advanced evasion technique
146	AF	audio frequency
147	AFC	antiferromagnetically-coupled
148	AFIS	Automated Fingerprint Identification System
149	AFM	atomic force microscopy
150	AFP	Advanced Function Printing
151	AFP	Apple Filing Protocol
152	AFS	Andrew file system
153	aglet	agile applet
154	AGP	Accelerated Graphics Port
155	AHA	Accelerated Hub Architecture
156	AHIMA	American Health Information Management Association
157	AHRQ	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
158	AHT	average handle time
159	AI	Artificial Intelligence
160	AIBO	Artificial Intelligence roBOt
161	AICPA	American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
162	AID	automatic identification
163	AIDC	Automatic Identification and Data Capture
164	AIFF	Audio Interchange File Format
165	AIM	application integration middleware
166	AIMS	agile infrastructure for manufactured systems
167	AIN	Advanced Intelligent Network
168	AIT	advanced intelligent tape
169	AIX	Advanced Interactive eXecutive
170	Ajax	Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
171	AKO	Army Knowledge Online
172	AL	access list
173	ALE	Application Link Enabling
174	ALM	application lifecycle management
175	ALPR	Automated License Plate Recognition
176	alt.	alternate newsgroup
177	ALU	Arithmetic Logic Unit
178	AMD	Advanced Micro Devices
179	AMD-V	AMD virtualization
180	AMI	advanced metering infrastructure
181	AMI	Amazon Machine Image
182	AMIA	American Medical Informatics Association
183	AML	anti-money laundering software
184	AMPS	Advanced Mobile Phone Service
185	AMR	ambulatory medical record
186	AMR	Audio/Modem Riser or AMR slot
187	AMR	automated meter reading
188	AMT	advanced manufacturing technology
189	AMTOR	amateur teleprinting over radio
190	ANI	Automatic Number Identification
191	ANQP	Access Network Query Protocol
192	ANSI	American National Standards Institute
193	AoE	ATA over Ethernet
194	AOI	automated optical inspection
195	AOP	aspect-oriented programming
196	AOSP	Android Open Source Project
197	AP	accounts payable
198	AP	Adaptive Planning
199	Apache Hadoop YARN	Yet Another Resource Negotiator
200	APAR	authorized program analysis report
201	API	Application Programming Interface
202	APICS	American Production and Inventory Control Society
203	APIPA	Automatic Private IP Addressing
204	APL	a programming language
205	APM	application performance monitoring, application portfolio management
206	APO	Advanced Planner and Optimizer, advanced planning and optimization
207	AppBlast	Project AppBlast
208	APPC	Advanced Program-to-Program Communication or LU 6.2
209	APPN	Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
210	APQP	advanced product quality planning
211	APS	Advanced Planning and Scheduling
212	APT	Advanced Persistent Threat
213	APU	Accelerated Processing Unit
214	AR	Accounts Receivable
215	AR	Augmented Reality
216	ARAX	Asynchronous Ruby and XML
217	ARIN	American Registry of Internet Numbers
218	ARJ	Archive Robert Jung
219	ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
220	ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency
221	ARPU	average revenue per user or average revenue per unit
222	ARQ	Automatic Repeat Request
223	ARRA	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
224	ARRL	American Radio Relay League
225	AS	Autonomous System
226	AS/400	IBM iSeries, AS/400e, eServer iSeries/400
227	AS1	Applicability Statement 1
228	AS2	Applicability Statement 2
229	ASAP	AcceleratedSAP
230	ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
231	ASD	Agile Software Development
232	ASE	Adaptive Server Enterprise
233	ASF	Apache Software Foundation
234	ASHRAE	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
235	ASIC	Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
236	ASIO	Audio Stream Input/Output
237	ASLR	address space layout randomization
238	ASN	advanced shipping notice
239	ASN.1	Abstract Syntax Notation One
240	ASP+	ASP.NET
241	ASP	Active Server Page
242	ASP	Application Service Provider
243	ASP	authorized service provider
244	ASPI	Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
245	ASPIC	Application Service Provider Industry Consortium
246	ASQ	American Society for Quality
247	ASR	automated speech recognition
248	ASRS	automated storage retrieval systems
249	ASSP	application-specific standard product
250	AST	automated storage tiering
251	ASTM	American Society for Testing and Materials
252	ASUG	Americas' SAP Users' Group
253	ATA	Advanced Technology Attachment
254	ATA	American Telemedicine Association
255	ATA	analog telephone adapter
256	ATAPI	AT Attachment Packet Interface
257	ATE	automated test equipment
258	ATL	Active Template Library
259	ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
260	ATO	assemble to order
261	ATP	advanced technology program
262	ATR	automated trouble reporting
263	ATS	applicant tracking system
264	ATSC	Advanced Television Systems Committee
265	ATU-R	ADSL Terminal Unit - Remote
266	ATV	advanced television
267	ATVEF	Advanced Television Enhancement Forum
268	ATX	Advanced Technology eXtended (a form factor for motherboards and power supplies)
269	AUI	attachment unit interface
270	AUP	acceptable use policy
271	AV	audio/video
272	AVA	anonymous video analytics
273	AVI	Audio Video Interleaved
274	AVL	approved vendor list
275	AVL	automatic vehicle locator
276	AVR	Audio/Video Receiver
277	AWG	American Wire Gauge
278	AWIS	Alexa Web Information Service
279	AWS	Amazon Web Services
280	AWT	Abstract Window Toolkit
281	AXI	automated X-ray inspection
282	AXT	alien crosstalk
283	B2B	Business to Business
284	B2C	Business to Consumer
285	B2G	Business to Government, or Bitcoin2Gen
286	B2E	Business to Employee
287	B8ZS	bipolar 8-zero substitution, binary 8-zero substitution, clear channel, clear 64
288	BA	business agility
289	BA	business analytics
290	BAA	broad agency announcement
291	BAA	HIPAA business associate agreement
292	BAL	Basic Assembler Language
293	BAL	branch-and-link
294	BAM	Bottleneck Allocation Methodology
295	BAM	business activity monitoring
296	BAPI	Business Application Programming Interface
297	Bash	Bourne-Again Shell
298	BASIC	Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
299	BBCs	buffer credits or buffer-to-buffer credits
300	BBS	bulletin board system
301	BC	Set Business Configuration Set
302	BCBS	Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
303	BCC	Blind Carbon Copy
304	Bcc	blind carbon copy or blind courtesy copy
305	BCDR	Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
306	BCI	brain-computer interface
307	BCM	business continuity management
308	BCMA	Bar Coded Medication Administration
309	BDaaS	big data as a service
310	BEDO	Burst Extended Data Output
311	BER	bit error rate
312	BES	BlackBerry Enterprise Server
313	BEST	Business / Enterprise State Transfer
314	BEx	Business Explorer
315	BGAN	Broadband Global Area Network
316	BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
317	BHIE	Bidirectional Health Information Exchange
318	BI	business intelligence
319	BIA	business impact analysis
320	BIC	bank identifier code, Best In Class, business information center
321	BICC	Bearer Independent Call Control
322	BICC	business intelligence competency center
323	BIOS	Basic Input/Output System
324	BISDN	Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
325	BIST	Built In Self Test
326	bit	binary digit
327	BLE	Bluetooth Low Energy
328	BLOB	Binary Large OBject
329	BMAN	Broadband Metropolitan Area Network
330	BMC	baseboard management controller
331	BMP	Best Manufacturing Practices
332	BMP	Bitmap
333	BMS	battery management system
334	BNC	Bayonet Neil-Concelman or British Naval Connector
335	BOB	branch office box
336	BOC	Bell operating company
337	BOH	Balance On Hand
338	BOL	beginning of life
339	BOM	Bill Of Materials
340	BOOTP	Bootstrap Protocol
341	BP&F	budgeting, planning and forecasting
342	BPA	business process automation
343	BPaaS	Business Process as a Service
344	BPCS	Business Planning and Control System
345	BPEL	Business Process Execution Language
346	BPI	business process improvement
347	BPL	Broadband over Power Line
348	BPM	business process management
349	BPMI	Business Process Management Initiative
350	BPML	Business Process Modeling Language
351	BPMN	Business Process Modeling Notation
352	BPMS	Business process management suite
353	BPO	business process outsourcing
354	BPR	Business Process Reengineering
355	bps	bit/sec bits per second
356	BPS	bulk power system
357	BRE	business rules engine
358	BREW	Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless
359	BRI	Basic Rate Interface
360	BSA	Bank Secrecy Act
361	BSA	Business Software Alliance
362	BSD	Berkeley Software Distribution
363	BSOD	Blue Screen of Death
364	BSP	business service provider
365	BT	business technology
366	BTF	Build To Forecast
367	BTM	business technology management
368	BTO	Build To Order
369	BTOP	Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
370	BTP	Business Transaction Protocol
371	BTS	Build To Stock
372	Btu	British thermal unit
373	BTX	Balanced Technology eXtended (a form factor for personal computer motherboards)
374	BU	backup utility
375	BURN-Proof	Buffer Under Run Error Proof
376	burst SRAM	SynchBurst SRAM
377	BYOA	Bring Your Own Apps
378	BYOC	Bring Your Own Cloud
379	BYOD	Bring Your Own Device
380	BYOE	Bring Your Own Encryption
381	BYOI	Bring Your Own Identity
382	BYON	Bring Your Own Network
383	BYOT	bring your own technology
384	BYOx	bring your own everything
385	C&C	server command-and-control server
386	C2C	Client to Client
387	CA	cellular automaton
388	CA	certificate authority
389	CaaS	Communications as a Service
390	CAC	call admission control
391	CAC	common access card
392	CACS	computer assisted coding system
393	CAD	Computer-Aided Design
394	CAD/CAM	computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing
395	CADE	Corporate Average Data center Efficiency
396	CAE	Computer-Aided Engineering
397	CAES	compressed air energy storage
398	CAFC	Container on Flat Car
399	CAFE	Corporate Average Fuel Economy
400	CAGR	Compound Annual Growth Rate
401	CAIV	Cost As (An) Independent Variable
402	CALEA	Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
403	CALS	Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support
404	CAM	Computer-Aided Manufacturing
405	CAM	corporate account manager
406	CAM-I	Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing -- International
407	CAMM	Common Assurance Maturity Model
408	CAMU	Computerized Assembly Mock Up
409	CAN	Campus Area Network
410	CAN	corporate area network
411	CAP	carrierless amplitude/phase
412	CAP	theorem Brewer's theorem
413	Capex	capital expenditure
414	CAPI	Common Application Programming Interface
415	CAPM	cloud application performance management
416	CAPOSS	CApacity Planning and Operation Sequence Scheduling
417	CAPP	Computer-aided process planning
418	CAPTCHA	Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
419	CAS	channel-associated signaling
420	CAS	Client Access Server
421	CAS	content-addressed storage
422	CASA	Computer and Automated Systems Association
423	CASE	computer-aided software engineering
424	CASE	Computer-Aided System Engineering
425	CATT	Computer Aided Test Tool
426	CATV	community access television
427	CAVE	Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
428	CB	Citizen's Band Radio
429	CBA	cost-benefit analysis
430	CBC	cipher block chaining
431	CBSA	Component Based Solution Assembly
432	CBT	Changed Block Tracking
433	CBT	Computer-Based Training
434	CC	Common Criteria
435	CCB	Change Control Board
436	CCD	Charge-Coupled Device, Continuity of Care Document
437	CCEVS	Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme for IT Security
438	CCIE	Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert
439	CCITT	ITU-T Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunications
440	CCJ	collaborative citizen journalism
441	CCK	Complementary Code Keying
442	CCM	Color Changing Material
443	CCMM	cloud computing maturity model
444	CCMP	Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol
445	CCNA	Cisco Certified Network Associate
446	CCNP	Cisco Certified Network Professional
447	CCO	chief customer officer
448	CCO	Corporate or Chief Compliance Officer
449	CCR	Central Contractor Registration
450	CCR	Continuity of Care Record
451	CCS	common channel signaling
452	CCS	hundred call second or centum call second
453	CCSP	Cisco Certified Security Professional
454	CCTV	closed circuit television
455	CD	cardholder data
456	CD	Continuous Delivery
457	CD	Compact Disc
458	CD-i	Compact Disc - interactive
459	CD-MO	CD-Magneto Optical
460	CD-R	compact disc, recordable
461	CD-ROM XA	Compact Disc - read-only-memory, extended architecture
462	CD-RW	compact disc, rewriteable
463	CDA	Clinical Document Architecture
464	CDC	change data capture
465	CDD	contract delivery date
466	CDDI	Copper Distributed Data Interface
467	CDE	cardholder data environment
468	CDE	Common Desktop Environment
469	CDF	Channel Definition Format
470	CDI	customer data integration
471	CDMA	Code-Division Multiple Access
472	CDN	content delivery network
473	CDO	chief data officer
474	CDO	Chief Digital Officer
475	CDO	Collaboration Data Objects
476	CDP	clean desk policy
477	CDPD	Cellular Digital Packet Data
478	CDR	call detail record
479	CDR	Computed Dental Radiography
480	CDSL	Consumer Digital Subscriber Line
481	CDSS	clinical decision support system
482	CdTe	cadmium telluride
483	CEBP	communications-enabled business processes
484	CELL	Cell processor
485	CEM	customer experience management
486	CEMS	Contract Electronic Manufacturing Services
487	CEP	complex event processing
488	CERCLA	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Litigation Act
489	CERN	Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire
490	CERT	Computer Emergency Readiness Team
491	CES	Consumer Electronics Show
492	CF	CompactFlash card
493	CFAA	Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
494	CFAR	Collaboration Forecasting and Replenishment
495	CFB	ciphertext feedback
496	CFD	Computational Fluid Dynamics
497	CFI	custom factory integration
498	CFL	compact fluorescent light bulb
499	CFM	Continuous Flow Manufacturing
500	CFML	ColdFusion Markup Language
501	CFO	Chief Financial Officer
502	CFR	call failure rate
503	CG	Consumer Goods
504	CGDC	Computer Game Developers Conference (became GDC in 1998)
505	CGF	Computer-Generated Forces (Simulation)
506	CGI	common gateway interface
507	CGM	Computer Graphics Metafile
508	CGMP	Current Good Manufacturing Practices
509	CGO	Chief Green Officer
510	CHAP	Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
511	CHDR	Clinical Data Repository/Health Data Repository
512	CHI	Computer-Human Interaction
513	CHI	Consolidated Health Informatics
514	CHIME	College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
515	CHKDSK	check disk
516	chmod	change mode
517	CHRO	chief human resources officer
518	CHTML	Compact HTML
519	CI	competitive intelligence
520	CI	Continuous Improvement
521	CI	continuous integration
522	CI	customer intelligence
523	CIA	confidentiality, integrity, and availability
524	CICS	Customer Information Control System
525	CIDM	Customer-Integrated Decision Making
526	CIDR	Classless Inter-Domain Routing or supernetting
527	CIDR	supernetting or Classless Inter-Domain Routing
528	CIFS	Common Internet File System
529	CIM	Common Information Model
530	CIO	Chief Information Officer
531	CIPE	Compressed Integrated Product Engineering
532	CIR	committed information rate
533	CIS	Center for Internet Security
534	CIS	cloud-integrated storage
535	CISA	Certified Information Systems Auditor
536	CISC	complex instruction set computer or computing
537	Cisco IOS	Cisco Internetwork Operating System
538	Cisco LISP	Location Identifier Separation Protocol
539	CISM	certified information security manager
540	CISO	chief information security officer
541	CISP-PCI	Cardholder Information Security Program - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
542	CISPA	Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011
543	CISS	Cisco Information Security Specialist
544	CISSP	Certified Information Systems Security Professional
545	CIW	Certified Internet Webmaster
546	CIW	Computer Intensive Workload
547	CKO	chief knowledge officer
548	CL	cluster log
549	CLASS	Capacity Loading and Operation Sequence Scheduling
550	CLEC	competitive local exchange carrier
551	CLI	command line interface
552	CLI	Command Line Interpreter
553	CLI	Common Language Infrastructure
554	CLM	Council For Logistics Management
555	CLO	chief learning officer
556	CLOB	Character Large OBject
557	CLOS	Common Lisp Object System
558	CLR	Common Language Runtime
559	CM	configuration management
560	CM	content management
561	CM	Contract Manufacturer
562	CMA	content management application
563	CMDB	configuration management database
564	CMDM	Collaborative Master Data Management
565	CMIO	Chief Medical Information Officer
566	CMIP	Common Management Information Protocol
567	CMIS	Content Management Interoperability Services
568	CMM	Capability Maturity Model
569	CMO	chief marketing officer
570	CMOS	Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor
571	CMOx	conductive metal-oxide
572	CMR	customer-managed relationship
573	CMRP	Capacitated Material Requirements Planning
574	CMS	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
575	CMS	Cisco Meeting Server
576	CMS	content management system
577	CMS	Conversational Monitor System
578	CMTS	cable modem termination system
579	CMYK	cyan, magenta, yellow, key
580	CNA	converged network adapter
581	CNC	Computer Numerical Control
582	CNG	comfort noise generator
583	CNO	cluster name object
584	CNO	Computer Network Operations
585	CNR	Communication and Networking Riser
586	CO	capacity optimization
587	CO	central office
588	COA	chart of accounts
589	COA	cloud-oriented architecture
590	COA	Continuous Ordering Agreement
591	COB	Chip On Board
592	COBOL	Common Business Oriented Language
593	COD	capacity on demand
594	Codec	Coder-Decoder / Compressor-Decompressor / Compression-Decompression algorithm
595	COGS	Cost of Goods Sold
596	CoIP	communications over Internet Protocol
597	COLA	comp.os.linux.announce
598	COLD	Computer Output to Laser Disk
599	colo	colocation
600	COM	Component Object Model
601	CompTIA	Computing Technology Industry Association
602	CONUS	continental United States
603	COO	Cell of Origin
604	COO	Chief Operating Officer
605	COO	Cost of Ownership
606	COPE	corporate-owned, personally-enabled
607	COPPA	Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
608	COPS	Common Open Policy Service Protocol
609	CORBA	Common Object Request Broker Architecture
610	CoS	Class of Service
611	COTS	commercial off-the-shelf
612	CP	configuration profile
613	CP	control plane
614	CP	Cost Performance
615	CPCA	California Primary Care Association
616	CPE	customer premises equipment
617	CPG	consumer packaged goods
618	CPIM	Certified in Production and Inventory Management
619	CPIO	Chief Process and Innovation Officer
620	CPL	computer pidgin language
621	CPM	Certified Purchasing Manager
622	CPM	corporate performance management
623	CPM	critical path method
624	CPNI	Customer Proprietary Network Information
625	CPO	Chief Procurement Officer
626	CPOE	computerized physician order entry
627	CPPS	Cost Performance Products Sector
628	CPRM	Content Protection for Removable Media
629	CPS	cycles per second
630	CPT	Current Procedural Terminology
631	CPU	Central Processing Unit
632	CPW	Commercial Processing Workload
633	CQA	Certified Quality Auditor
634	CQE	Certified Quality Engineer
635	CR	cognitive radio
636	CRA	customer relationship analysis
637	CRAC	computer room air conditioning unit
638	CRAH	computer room air handler
639	CRAM	challenge-response authentication mechanism
640	CRC	Cyclic Redundancy Check
641	CRL	Certificate Revocation List
642	CRM	citizen relationship management
643	CRM	Customer Relationship Management
644	CRO	Chief Risk Officer
645	CRP	Capacity Requirements Planning
646	CRT	cathode ray tube
647	CRT	Current Reality Tree
648	CRUSH	Controlled Replication Under Scalable Hashing
649	CSA	Cloud Security Alliance
650	CSAT	customer satisfaction
651	CSBB	Client Side Browser Based
652	CSC	common short code
653	CSC	customer service chat
654	CSD	circuit switched data
655	CSI	Customer Satisfaction Index
656	CSIRT	Computer Security Incident Response Team
657	CSMA	Carrier Sense Multiple Access
658	CSO	Chief Security Officer
659	CSO	Chief Strategy Officer
660	CSP	Commerce Service Provider
661	CSR	Certificate Signing Request
662	CSR	Carrier Sensitive Routing
663	CSR	corporate social responsibility
664	CSS	Cascading Style Sheets
665	CSS	Content Scrambling System
666	CSS	customer self-service
667	CSS	customer service and support
668	CSS1	Cascading Style Sheet, level 1
669	CSU/DSU	Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
670	CSV	Cluster Shared Volumes
671	CSV	Comma Separated Values (a file format)
672	CTC	click-to-talk
673	CTC	community technology center
674	CTCI	Computer-to-computer interface
675	CTD	cumulative trauma disorder
676	CTE	Committee on Trade and the Environment
677	CTFT	color thin film transistor
678	CTG	Council for Trade in Goods
679	CTI	computer-telephony integration
680	CTO	Chief Technology Officer
681	CTO	Configure To Order
682	CTOps	team counterthreat operations team
683	CTP	Capability To Promise
684	CTP	CloudTrust Protocol
685	CTP	common test platform
686	CTR	clickthrough rate
687	CUE	carbon usage effectiveness
688	CULV	consumer ultra-low voltage
689	CVC	Calibrated Vectored Cooling
690	CVE	Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
691	CVO	chief visionary officer
692	CVS	Concurrent Versions System
693	CVV	card verification value
694	CWDM	coarse wavelength division multiplexing
695	CWE	Common Weakness Enumeration
696	CWF	common working file
697	CWNP	Certified Wireless Networking Professional
698	CX	consumer experience
699	CXO	chief experience officer
700	D-AMPS	Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Service
701	D-VHS	Digital Video Home System
702	D2D	Disk to Disk
703	D2D2C	Disk to Disk to Cloud
704	D2D2T	Disk to Disk to Tape
705	DA	data analytics
706	DAA	Data Access Arrangement
707	DaaS	Desktop as a Service
708	DAB	Digital Audio Broadcasting
709	DAC	digital-to-analog conversion
710	DAC	Microsoft Dynamic Access Control
711	DAFS	Direct Access File System
712	DAG	database availability group
713	DAI	Dynamic ARP Inspection
714	DAM	database activity monitoring
715	DAMA	Design Anywhere Manufacture Anywhere
716	DAML	DARPA Agent Markup Language
717	DAO	Data Access Objects
718	DAQ	Data Acquisition
719	DARC	Defense Acquisition Regulatory Council
720	DAS	direct-attached storage
721	DAS	distributed antenna system
722	DASD	direct access storage device
723	DAT	Digital Audio Tape
724	DAW	digital audio workstation
725	DB	Database
726	DBA	database administrator
727	DBaaS	Database as a Service
728	dBc	decibels relative to carrier
729	DBCS	Double Byte Character Set
730	dBd	decibels related to dipole antenna
731	dBi	decibels relative to isotropic radiator
732	DBIR	Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
733	dBm	decibels relative to one milliwatt
734	DBMS	Database Management System
735	dBmV	decibels relative to one millivolt
736	DBOR	database of record
737	dBr	decibels relative to reference level
738	DBS	demand-based switching
739	DBS	direct broadcast satellite
740	DC	direct current
741	DC	Distribution Center
742	DCaaS	data center as a service
743	DCB	data center bridging
744	DCCP	Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
745	DCE	Distributed Computing Environment
746	DCIE	data center infrastructure efficiency
747	DCIM	data center infrastructure management
748	DCIM	Digital Camera Images
749	DCIT	Digital Compression of Increased Transmission
750	DCM	dynamic case management
751	DCMA	Defense Contract Management Agency
752	DCML	Data Center Markup Language
753	DCO	data center outsourcing
754	DCOM	Distributed Component Object Model
755	DCOP	Desktop Communication Protocol
756	DCPA	Distributed Control Plane Architecture
757	DCPromo	Domain Controller Promoter
758	DCS	Distributed Control System
759	DDA	Digital Differential Analyzer (graphics algorithm), or Digital Differential Analyzer
760	DDB	Amazon Dynamo Database
761	DDBMS	distributed database management system
762	DDCD	Double-Density Compact Disk
763	DDD	Data Display Debugger or Digital Digital Digital (CD mastering)
764	DDDM	data-driven decision management
765	DDE	Dynamic Data Exchange
766	DDK	driver development kit
767	DDL	Digital Data Link
768	DDL	Data Definition Language
769	DDM	demand-driven manufacturing
770	DDM	direct digital marketing
771	DDoS	Distributed Denial of Service
772	DDR	double data rate
773	DEC	Digital Equipment Corporation
774	DECT	Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
775	DECT	Digital European Cordless Telephone
776	DEM	Dynamic Enterprise Modeling
777	DEN	Directory-Enabled Networking
778	DES	Data Encryption Standard
779	DES	discrete event simulation
780	DES	Distributed Execution System
781	DFA	Design for Assembly
782	DFAA	Design for Automated Assembly
783	DFB	Distributed Feedback
784	DFD	Design for Disassembly
785	DFE	Design For Environment
786	DFL	Demand Flow Leadership
787	DFM	Demand Flow Management
788	DFM	digital footprint management
789	DFS	Distributed Factory System
790	DFS	distributed file system
791	DFSC	Design for Supply Chain
792	DFT	Demand Flow Technology
793	DG	data governance
794	DHA	directory harvest attack
795	DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
796	DICOM	Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
797	DID	Direct Inward Dialing
798	DIF	Data Interchange Format
799	DIME	Direct Internet Message Encapsulation
800	DIMM	Dual In-line Memory Module
801	direct	Telnet reverse Telnet
802	DirSync	Windows Azure Active Directory Sync
803	DISA	Defense Information Systems Agency
804	Diskpart	Disk Partition Utility
805	Divx	Digital Video Express
806	DLC	data link control
807	DLL	Dynamic Link Library
808	DLM	data life cycle management
809	DLP	data loss prevention
810	DLT	digital linear tape
811	DMA	Direct Memory Access
812	DMAIC	define, measure, analyze, improve, control
813	DMB	digital multimedia broadcasting
814	DMCA	Digital Millennium Copyright Act
815	DMD	Direct Metal Deposition
816	DMI	Desktop Management Interface
817	DMI	Digital Migration Interface
818	DMOS	Double Diffused MOS transistor
819	DMP	data management platform
820	DMP	dynamic multi-pathing
821	DMR	direct market reseller
822	DMS	Defense Message System
823	DMT	discrete multitone
824	DMTF	Distributed Management Task Force
825	DMVPN	dynamic multipoint VPN
826	DMZ	demilitarized zone
827	DNC	Direct Numerical Control
828	DNC	distributive numerical control
829	DND	Dungeons & Dragons (a computer game)
830	DNG	Digital Negative
831	DNIS	Dialed Number Identification Service
832	DNN	DotNetNuke
833	DNS	domain name system
834	DNSSEC	DNS Security Extensions
835	DNT	Do Not Track
836	DO	derived object
837	DOCSIS	Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications
838	DOD	Direct Outward Dialing
839	DOE	Department of Energy
840	DOI	Digital Object Identifier
841	DOI	digital object identifier
842	DOL	Department of Labor
843	DOLAP	Desktop OnLine Analytical Processing
844	DOLS	Domino Off-Line Services
845	DOM	Document Object Model
846	DoPa	DoCoMo Packet Transmission
847	DoS	denial of service
848	DOS	Disk Operating System
849	DOVE	IBM DOVE
850	DP	data plane
851	DP	Design Postponement
852	DPA	differential power analysis
853	DPI	deep packet inspection
854	dpi	dots per inch
855	DPL	Digital Powerline
856	DPM	data protection management
857	DPMI	DOS Protected Mode Interface
858	DR	disaster recovery
859	DRA	data recovery agent
860	DRaaS	disaster recovery as a service
861	DRAM	Dynamic Random Access Memory
862	DRBD	Distributed Replicated Block Device
863	DRC	Design Rule Checking
864	DRDRAM	Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
865	DRIPS	data reduction in primary storage
866	DRM	device relationship management
867	DRM	Digital Rights Management
868	DROP	delivery of real-time execution information protocol
869	DRP	disaster recovery plan
870	DRP	Distribution Requirements Planning
871	DRS	Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler
872	DSB	Dispute Settlement Body
873	DSC	Digital Still Camera
874	DSLAM	Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
875	DSLR	camera digital single lense reflux
876	DSML	Directory Services Markup Language
877	DSN	data source name
878	DSN	Deep Space Network
879	DSO	data source object
880	DSO	Days Sale Outstanding
881	DSO	exploit data source object exploit
882	DSOM	Distributed System Object Model
883	DSP	Digital Signal Processing
884	DSP	Digital Signal Processor
885	DSR	Demand signal repository
886	DSR	Dynamic Source Routing
887	DSRM	Directory Services Restore Mode
888	DSRP	Demand Solutions Requirements Planning
889	DSS	Decision Support System
890	DSS	Digital Signature Standard
891	DSSS	direct sequence spread spectrum
892	DSSSL	Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
893	DST	Daylight Saving Time
894	DSTP	Data Space Transfer Protocol
895	DTD	Document Type Definition
896	DTE	Data Terminal Equipment
897	DTE	Direct-to-Edit
898	DTMF	dual tone multi frequency
899	DTN	disruption-tolerant network
900	DTP	Digital Text Platform
901	DTP	Distributed Transaction Processing
902	DTR	data transfer rate
903	DTTV	digital terrestrial television
904	DTV	digital television
905	DTX	discontinuous transmission
906	DUNDi	Distributed Universal Number Discovery
907	Duqu	W32.Duqu
908	DUT	Device Under Test
909	DVB	Digital Video Broadcasting
910	DVD	Digital Versatile Disk
911	DVD	Digital Video Disk
912	DVD-A	DVD-Audio
913	DVI	Digital Visual Interface
914	DVMRP	Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
915	DW	Data Warehousing
916	DWDM	dense wavelength division multiplexing
917	DXL	Domino Extensible Language
918	E&M	ear and mouth
919	E&O	Excess and Obsolete
920	E-CD	enhanced CD
921	E2E	exchange-to-exchange
922	E2K	Exchange 2000
923	E911	Enhanced 911
924	EA	emotions analytics
925	EA	enterprise architecture
926	EaaS	encryption as a service
927	EaaS	Ethernet as a service
928	EAC	Exchange Administration Center
929	EAI	enterprise application integration
930	EAI	External Application Interface
931	EAM	enterprise asset management
932	EAP	employee assistance program
933	EAP	Extensible Authentication Protocol
934	EB	exabyte
935	EBCDIC	Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
936	EBIF	Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format
937	EBITDA	earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization
938	EBPP	electronic bill presentment and payment
939	EBR	Electronic Batch Record
940	ebXML	electronic business xml
941	EBXML	Electronic Business XML
942	EC	Electronic Commerce
943	EC	enterprise collaboration
944	ECASS	silence machine or Electronic Controlled Acoustic Shadow System
945	ECB	Electronic Code Book
946	ECC	Elliptic Curve Cryptography
947	ECC	Error Correction Code
948	ECCS	European Cloud Computing Strategy
949	ECDL	European Computer Driving License
950	ECM	Engineering Change Management
951	ECM	enterprise content management
952	ECMAScript	European Computer Manufacturers Association Script
953	ECN	Electronic Change Notice
954	ECO	Engineering (or Electronic) Change Order
955	ECOphlex	PHase-change Liquid EXchange
956	ECPA	Electronic Communications Privacy Act
957	ECR	Efficient Consumer Response
958	ECRC	Electronic Commerce Resource Center
959	EDA	Electronic Document Access
960	EDA	event-driven architecture
961	EDE	electronic disposal efficiency
962	EDGAR	Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
963	EDGE	Enhanced Data GSM Environment
964	EDI	Electronic Data Interchange
965	EDIFACT	Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport
966	EDL	enhanced driver's license
967	EDM	Electrical Discharge Machine or Machining
968	EDM	Electronic Document Management
969	EDM	enterprise document management
970	EDMS	Engineering Document Management Systems
971	EDP	electronic data processing
972	EDR	enterprise data replication
973	EDRAM	enhanced dynamic random access memory
974	EDRM	electronic discovery reference model
975	EEF	Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure
976	EEOC	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
977	EEPROM	electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
978	EES	Engineering Execution Systems
979	EES	Escrowed Encryption Standard
980	EF	sensing electric field sensing
981	EFF	Electronic Frontier Foundation
982	EFI	Electronic Freight Invoice
983	EFS	Encrypting File System
984	EFT	Electronic Funds Transfer
985	EGP	Exterior Gateway Protocol
986	EHR	electronic health record
987	EI	emotional intelligence
988	EIA	Electronic Industries Association or Electronics Industries Alliance
989	EIC	Earned Income Credit
990	eICU	electronic intensive care unit
991	EIDE	Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
992	EIGRP	Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
993	EIM	Enterprise Identity Mapping
994	EIM	enterprise information management
995	eInk	E Ink
996	EIP	enterprise information portal
997	EIS	Executive Information System
998	EISA	Extended Industry Standard Architecture
999	EJB	Enterprise JavaBeans
1000	ELED	entangled light-emitting diode
1001	ELF	extremely low frequency
1002	ELM	event log manager
1003	ELMS	Event log management software
1004	ELT	Extract, Load, Transform
1005	ELV	End of Life Vehicle
1006	EMAS	Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
1007	EMC	Exchange Management Console
1008	EMCCA	EMC cloud architect certification
1009	EME	moonbounce or Earth-Moon-Earth
1010	EMET	Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
1011	EMF	Enhanced MetaFile
1012	EMI	Early Manufacturing Involvement
1013	EMI	electromagnetic interference
1014	eMLC	enterprise MLC
1015	EMM	enterprise mobility management
1016	EMP	electromagnetic pulse
1017	EMR	electronic medical record
1018	EMS	Effective Management Systems
1019	EMS	Enhanced Messaging Service
1020	EMS	Microsoft Exchange Management Shell
1021	ENISA	European Network and Information Security Agency
1022	EOF	End of File
1023	EoIP	Electricity over IP
1024	EOL	End of Life, End of Line
1025	EOM	End of Message
1026	EOP	Microsoft Exchange Online Protection
1027	EOQ	Economic Order Quantity
1028	EPA	Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer
1029	EPC	Evolved Packet Core
1030	EPD	electronic paper display
1031	EPEAT	Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool
1032	EPG	electronic program guide
1033	ePHI	electronic protected health information
1034	EPIC	Electronic Privacy Information Center
1035	EPIC	Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
1036	EPOD	electronic publishing on demand
1037	EPOP	Ethernet point-of-presence
1038	EPP/ECP	Enhanced Parallel Port/Enhanced Capability Port
1039	EPR	endpoint reference
1040	ERA	Electronic Remittance Advice
1041	ERC	Engineering Reseach Center
1042	ERD	or ER diagram entity-relationship diagram
1043	ERM	enterprise relationship management
1044	ERM	enterprise resource management
1045	ERM	Environmental Resource Management
1046	ERM	Group Environmental Resource Management
1047	ERM	or ER model entity-relationship model
1048	ERMS	email response management service
1049	ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
1050	ERS	Evaluated Receipt Settlement
1051	eRx	e-prescribing
1052	ESA	Enterprise Services Architecture
1053	ESB	enterprise service bus
1054	ESCD	Extended System Configuration Data
1055	ESCON	Enterprise Systems Connection
1056	ESD	electrostatic discharge
1057	ESDI	Enhanced Small Device Interface
1058	ESDRAM	Enhanced Synchronous DRAM
1059	ESE	Environmentally Sustainable Electronics
1060	ESI	electronically stored information
1061	ESMR	Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
1062	ESMTP	Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
1063	ESP	event stream processing
1064	ESS	employee self-service
1065	ETL	extract, transform, load
1066	ETM	Enterprise Transportation Management
1067	ETO	Engineer To Order
1068	ETP	Enterprise Transportation Planning
1069	ETRN	Extended Turn
1070	ETSI	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
1071	EUC	platform end user computing platform
1072	EULA	End-User License Agreement
1073	EUTELSAT	European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
1074	EUVL	extreme ultraviolet lithography
1075	EV	Electric Vehicle
1076	EV-DO	1x Evolution-Data Optimized
1077	EVA	Economic Value Added
1078	EVM	Earned Value Management
1079	EWS	Exchange Web Services
1080	EWSD	Electronic Worldwide Switch Digital
1081	ExBPA	Exchange Best Practices Analyzer
1082	ExRCA	Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer
1083	EZ/EC	Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community
1084	FA	Flexible Automation
1085	FACTA	Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
1086	FAR	Federal Acquisition Regulation
1087	FAS	Final Assembly Schedule
1088	FASAB	Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
1089	FAT	File Allocation Table
1090	FAWN	fast array of wimpy nodes
1091	FBE	Framework Based Environment
1092	FC-AL	Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
1093	FC-PGA	Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array
1094	FCA	Flip Chip Assembly
1095	FCAPS	fault-management, configuration, accounting, performance, and security
1096	FCC	Federal Communications Commission
1097	FCIA	Fibre Channel Industry Association
1098	FCIP	Fibre Channel over IP
1099	FCoE	Fibre Channel over Ethernet
1100	FCP	Finite Capacity Planning
1101	FCR	first call resolution
1102	FCRA	Fair Credit Reporting Act
1103	FCS	Finite Capacity Scheduling
1104	FD	Floppy Drive or File Descriptor
1105	FDC	Floppy Disk Controller
1106	FDCC	Federal Desktop Core Configuration
1107	FDD	Floppy Disk Drive
1108	FDDI	Fiber Distributed Data Interface
1109	FDE	full-disk encryption
1110	FDHP	Full Duplex Handshaking Protocol
1111	FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
1112	FDIC	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
1113	FDM	frequency-division multiplexing
1114	FDMA	frequency division multiple access
1115	Feat	Feature
1116	FEC	forward error correction
1117	FECN	forward explicit congestion notification
1118	FED	field emission display
1119	FedRAMP	3PAO third-party assessment organization
1120	FedRAMP	Federal Risk and Authorization Program
1121	FEM	Finite Elements Method
1122	FERC	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
1123	FERPA	Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
1124	FET	field-effect transistor
1125	FF	Firefox (Web browser)
1126	FFIEC	compliance Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
1127	FFT	Fast Fourier Transformation
1128	FG-D	Feature Group D
1129	FHA	Federal Health Architecture
1130	FHIE	Federal Health Information Exchange
1131	FI	Fast Infoset
1132	FICON	Fiber Connectivity
1133	FIFO	First In, First Out
1134	FILO	First In, Last Out
1135	FIM	federated identity management
1136	FinCEN	Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
1137	FINRA	Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
1138	FiOS	Fiber Optic Service
1139	FIP	Factory Information Protocol
1140	FIP	Fair Information Practices
1141	FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standards
1142	FIS	Factory Information System
1143	FISMA	Federal Information Security Management Act
1144	FITCE	Federation of Telecommunications Engineers of the European Community
1145	FLAC	Free Lossless Audio Codec
1146	FLOPS	Floating-Point Operations Per Second
1147	FLSA	Fair Labor Standards Act
1148	FLSM	fixed-length subnet mask
1149	FLT	Fermat's Last Theorem
1150	FM	Frequency Modulation
1151	FMAC	Flexible Mandatory Access Control
1152	FMC	fixed-mobile convergence
1153	FME	Feature Manipulation Engine
1154	FMEA	Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
1155	FMP	FileMaker
1156	FMS	fixed-mobile substitution
1157	FMS	Flexible Manufacturing System
1158	FMV	Full Motion Video
1159	FNBN	For Nerds By Nerds
1160	FNEA	Full Name and E-mail Address
1161	FnR	Find and replace
1162	FNR	Format and Restore
1163	FOAD	Fuck Off And Die
1164	FOB	fresh out of the box
1165	FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
1166	FOIRL	Fiber-Optic Inter-Repeater Links
1167	FOLED	flexible organic light emitting device
1168	FOPE	Forefront Online Protection for Exchange
1169	FORTRAN	The IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslating System (a programming language)
1170	FOSS	Free and Open-Source Software
1171	FOV	Field Of View
1172	FP&A	financial planning and analysis
1173	FP	fat provisioning
1174	FP	Finite Planning
1175	FPCA	Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
1176	FPDS	Federal Procurement Data System
1177	FPGA	Field-Programmable Gate Array
1178	FPI	Federal Prison Industries
1179	FPM	Fast Page Mode
1180	FPM	federated presence management
1181	FpML	Financial Products Markup Language
1182	FPP	Full Packaged Product
1183	FPROM	Field Programmable Read-Only Memory
1184	FPS	First-Person Shooter
1185	fps	Frames Per Second
1186	FPT	Fine Pitch Technology
1187	FPU	Floating-Point Unit
1188	FQA	Frequently Questioned Answers
1189	FQDN	Fully Qualified Domain Name
1190	FR	Frame Relay
1191	FRA	Federal Railroad Administration
1192	FRAD	frame relay access device or frame relay assembler/dissembler
1193	FRAM	Ferroelectric RAM
1194	FRCP	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
1195	FROG	Free Roaming On Grid
1196	FRR	fast retransmit and recovery
1197	FRT	Future Reality Tree
1198	FRU	Field Replaceable Units
1199	FS	File System
1200	FSAN	Full Services Access Network
1201	FSB	frontside bus
1202	FSF	Free Software Foundation
1203	FSK	frequency-shift keying
1204	FSML	Financial Services Markup Language
1205	FSO	free-space optics
1206	FSP	full-service provider
1207	FSRM	File Server Resource Manager
1208	FTA	Federal Transit Authority
1209	FTAM	File Transfer Access Method
1210	FTC	Federal Trade Commission
1211	FTP	File Transfer Protocol
1212	FTTC	fiber to the curb
1213	FTTH	fiber to the home
1214	FTTx	fiber to the x
1215	FUD	Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
1216	FUN	focus on user needs
1217	FYI	for your information
1218	G2G	Government to Government
1219	G2C	Government to Consumer
1220	GAAP	Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
1221	GAAP	generally accepted accounting standards
1222	GaAs	gallium arsenide
1223	GaAsFET	gallium arsenide field-effect transistor
1224	GAL	Microsoft Exchange Global Address List
1225	GALP	Good Automated Laboratory Practices
1226	GaN	gallium nitride
1227	GAN	Generic Access Network
1228	GAO	General Accounting Office
1229	GAO	Government Accountability Office
1230	GARP	Generic Attribute Registration Protocol
1231	GATE	General Architecture for Text Engineering
1232	GATS	General Agreement on Trade in Services
1233	GATT	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
1234	GB	gigabyte
1235	GBIC	Gigabit Interface Converter
1236	Gbps	billions of bits per second
1237	Gbps	Gigabits per second
1238	GCC	GNU Compiler Collection
1239	GDDR	Graphics Double Data Rate
1240	GDI	Graphics Device Interface
1241	GDMO	Guidelines for Definition of Managed Objects
1242	GDPR	General Data Protection Regulation
1243	GEM	Generic Equipment Model
1244	GEM	Graphics Environment Manager
1245	GEOS	Graphical Environment Operating System
1246	GESTALT	Grid-based Estimation of Surface Traversability Applied to Local Terrain
1247	GFDL	GNU Free Documentation License
1248	GFEBS	General Fund Enterprise Business System
1249	GFS	Global File System or Google File System
1250	GHz	gigahertz
1251	GIA	Government Information Awareness
1252	GID	group ID or global index file
1253	GIF	Graphics Interchange Format
1254	GIF89a	Graphics Interchange Format Version 89a
1255	GIGO	Garbage In Garbage Out
1256	GII	global information infrastructure
1257	GIMP	GNU Image Manipulation Program
1258	GIMPS	Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
1259	GIS	Geographic Information System
1260	GIS	Google Image Search
1261	GIYF	Google Is Your Friend
1262	GKS	Graphical Kernel System
1263	GL	general ledger
1264	GLBA	Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
1265	GLONASS	Globalnaya Navigatsionnay Sputnikovaya Sistema
1266	GlusterFS	Gluster File System
1267	GLUT	OpenGL Utility Toolkit
1268	GLV	grating light valve
1269	GMAIL	Google Mail
1270	GML	Generalized Markup Language
1271	GMP	Good Manufacturing Practices
1272	GMPLS	Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching or Multiprotocol Lambda Switching
1273	GMROI	Gross Margin Return on Investment
1274	GNEC	Global Network Enterprise Construct
1275	GNOME	GNU Network Object Model Environment
1276	GNSS	Global Navigation Satellite System
1277	GNU	GNU's Not Unix
1278	gOS	good operating system
1279	GP	Group Policy
1280	GPF	General Protection Fault
1281	GPG	GNU Privacy Guard
1282	GPL	GNU General Public License
1283	GPMP	General Purpose Macro Processor
1284	GPO	Group Policy Object
1285	GPRS	General Packet Radio Services
1286	GPS	Global Positioning System
1287	GPT	GUID Partition Table or Generative Pretrained Transformer
1288	GPU	Graphics Processing Unit
1289	GRC	governance, risk management and compliance
1290	GRE	Generic Routing Encapsulation
1291	GRUB	GRand Unified Bootloader
1292	GSM	Global System for Mobile communication
1293	GSM	Microsoft System Center Global Service Monitor
1294	GTA	Grand Theft Auto (a computer game)
1295	GTAG	Global Tag
1296	gTLD	generic top-level domain name
1297	GTM	strategy go-to-market strategy
1298	GUA	graphical password or graphical user authentication
1299	GUI	Graphical User Interface
1300	GUID	global unique identifier
1301	GUM	Global Update Manager
1302	GWAC	governmentwide acquisition contract
1303	GXA	Global XML Web Services Architecture
1304	GXF	General Exchange Format
1305	GXL	Graph eXchange Language
1306	Gy	gray
1307	HA	high availability
1308	HaaS	Hardware as a Service
1309	HAL	hardware abstraction layer
1310	HALO	High Altitude Long Operation
1311	HANA	SAP HANA
1312	HASA	Highly Accelerated Stress Audit
1313	HAVA	Help America Vote Act of 2002
1314	HAVi	Home Audio Visual
1315	HBA	host bus adapter
1316	HBCI	Home Banking Computer Interface
1317	HCCA	Health Care Compliance Association
1318	HCI	human-computer interaction
1319	HCI	Human-Computer Interaction/Interface
1320	HCM	human capital management
1321	HD-DVD	high-density DVD
1322	HD-ROM	High-Density - Read Only Memory
1323	HDCD	High Definition Compatible Digital
1324	HDCP	High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
1325	HDD	hard disk drive
1326	HDFS	Hadoop Distributed File System
1327	HDLC	High-level Data Link Control
1328	HDMI	High Definition Multimedia Interface
1329	HDMI	High-Definition Multimedia Interface
1330	HDML	Handheld Device Markup Language
1331	HDR	Hard disk recorder
1332	HDSL	High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
1333	HDTV	High-Definition Television
1334	HFC	hybrid fiber coaxial
1335	HFT	high-frequency trading
1336	HFTP	Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals
1337	HH	Hand Held
1338	HHD	hybrid hard drive
1339	HHR	hybrid health record
1340	HHS	Health and Human Services
1341	HID	Human Interface Device
1342	HIE	health information exchange
1343	HIMSS	Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
1344	HIPAA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
1345	HIPPI	High-Performance Parallel Interface
1346	HiPPO	highest paid person's opinion, highest paid person in the office
1347	HIPS	host intrusion prevention systems
1348	HIT	Health IT
1349	HITA	Hospitality Information Technology Association
1350	HITECH	Act Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
1351	HKEY	Handle to Registry Key
1352	HLASM	High Level Assembler
1353	HLD	hardware load-balancing device
1354	HLR	Home Location Register
1355	HMAC	Hash-based Message Authentication Code
1356	HMD	Head Mounted Display
1357	HMI	Human Machine Interface
1358	HMIPv6	Hierarchical Mobile IPv6
1359	HMM	Hidden Markov Model
1360	HOLAP	hybrid online analytical processing
1361	HomeRF	home radio frequency
1362	HP	Hewlett-Packard
1363	HP	High Performance
1364	HP-GL	Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
1365	HPC	High-Performance Computing
1366	HPCC	High Performance Computing and Communications
1367	HPFS	High Performance File System
1368	HPNA	Home Phoneline Networking Alliance
1369	HPPS	High Performance Product Sector
1370	HPSS	High Performance Storage System
1371	HPV	High Production Volume
1372	HR	Human Resources
1373	HRM	Human Resource Management
1374	HSCSD	High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data
1375	HSDPA	High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
1376	HSM	Hierarchical Storage Management
1377	HSM	Hierarchical Storage Manager
1378	HSPA	high speed packet access
1379	HSPD-7	Homeland Security Presidential Directive No. 7
1380	HSRP	Hot Standby Router Protocol
1381	HSSI	High-Speed Serial Interface
1382	HTF	Higgins Trust Framework
1383	HTML	Hypertext Markup Language
1384	HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
1385	HTTPD	Hypertext Transfer Protocol daemon
1386	HTTPS	HTTP over SSL or HTTP Secure
1387	HUD	Heads Up Display
1388	HVAC	heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
1389	HVD	holographic versatile disc
1390	HVD	hosted virtual desktop
1391	I&T	integration testing or integration and testing
1392	I/O	Input Output
1393	I18N	internationalization
1394	IA	internal audit
1395	IaaS	Infrastructure as a Service
1396	IAB	Internet Advertising Bureau
1397	IAB	Internet Architecture Board
1398	IAM	identity access management
1399	IAM	integrated access management
1400	IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
1401	IAO	Information Awareness Office
1402	IAP	Internet access provider
1403	IAS	IAS machine (the first electronic computer built at the Institute for Advanced Study), Interactive Application System (a DEC PDP-11 operating system), Internet Authentication Service (a component of Windows Server)
1404	IAX	Inter-Asterisk Exchange Protocol
1405	IBM	International Business Machines
1406	IBP	integrated business planning
1407	IC	integrated circuit
1408	IC-BPMS	integration-centric business process management suite
1409	ICANN	Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
1410	ICE	In-Circuit Emulator, Information and Content Exchange
1411	IcM	incident management
1412	ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
1413	ICP	Internet commerce provider
1414	ICR	intelligent character recognition
1415	ICT	information and communications technology - or technologies
1416	ICT4D	Information and Communications Technologies for Development
1417	ID	intrusion detection
1418	IDaaS	identity as a Service
1419	IDE	Integrated Development Environment
1420	IDE	Integrated Drive Electronics
1421	IDEA	International Data Encryption Algorithm
1422	IDEF	Integrated Definition
1423	iDEN	Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
1424	IDF	interface device
1425	IDIS	Integrated Disbursement and Information System
1426	IDL	interface definition language
1427	IDoc	intermediate document
1428	IDS	intrusion detection system
1429	IE	Internet Explorer
1430	IEAK	Internet Explorer Administration Kit
1431	IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
1432	IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1433	IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
1434	iFCP	Internet Fibre Channel Protocol
1435	IG	Inspector General
1436	IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
1437	IGP	Interior Gateway Protocol
1438	iHT2	Institute for Health Technology Transformation
1439	IIOP	Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
1440	IIS	Internet Information Server
1441	IKE	Internet Key Exchange
1442	ILEC	incumbent local exchange carrier
1443	ILM	information life cycle management
1444	IM	infrastructure management
1445	IMA	inverse multiplexing over ATM
1446	IMAP	Internet Message Access Protocol
1447	IMCS	nventory Management and Control System
1448	IMEI	International Mobile Equipment Identity
1449	IMS	Information Management System
1450	IMS	Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
1451	IMS	IP Multimedia Subsystem
1452	IMT	International Mobile Telephone
1453	IMTI	Integrated Manufacturing Technology Initiative
1454	IN	Intelligent Network
1455	InterNIC	Internet Network Information Center
1456	IOPS	Input/Output Operations Per Second
1457	IOS	Input/Output Supervisor
1458	IoT	Internet of Things
1459	IOTP	Internet Open Trading Protocol
1460	IOV	I/O virtualization
1461	IP	Internet Protocol
1462	IPAM	IP address management
1463	IPC	Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits
1464	IPC	interprocess communication
1465	IPFS	InterPlanetary File System
1466	IPI	Intelligent Peripheral Interface
1467	IPL	initial program load
1468	IPLC	international private leased circuit
1469	IPM	intelligent power management
1470	IPMI	Intelligent Platform Management Interface
1471	IPP	Internet presence provider
1472	IPPD	Integrated Product and Process Development
1473	IPPP	Internet presence provider and promoter
1474	IPR	Intellectual Property Rights
1475	IPS	In-Plan Switching
1476	IPsec	Internet Protocol Security
1477	IPT	Integrated Product Team
1478	IPTV	Internet Protocol television
1479	IPv4	Internet Protocol Version 4
1480	IPv6	Internet Protocol Version 6
1481	IPX	Internetwork Packet Exchange
1482	IR	infrared radiation
1483	IRC	Internet Relay Chat
1484	IrDA	Infrared Data Association
1485	IRI	Industrial Research Institute
1486	IRIS	Internet Routing in Space
1487	IRM	Integrated Resource Management
1488	IRP	incident response plan
1489	IRQ	interrupt request
1490	IRR	internal rate of return
1491	IRTF	Internet Research Task Force
1492	IRU	Indefeasible Right of Use
1493	IS	Information System
1494	IS	information system or information services
1495	IS-IS	Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System protocol
1496	ISA	Industry Standard Architecture
1497	ISAM	Indexed Sequential Access Method
1498	ISAPI	Internet Server Application Program Interface
1499	iSCSI	Internet Small Computer System Interface
1500	iSCSI	target Internet Small Computer System Interface target
1501	ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
1502	ISE	Cisco Identity Services Engine
1503	ISP	Internet Service Provider
1504	ISPF	Interactive System Productivity Facility
1505	ISRC	International Standard Recording Code
1506	ISRS	information storage and retrieval system
1507	ISSU	in-service software upgrade
1508	ISV	Independent Software Vendor
1509	IT	Information Technology
1510	ITAA	Information Technology Association of America
1511	ITaaS	IT as a Service
1512	ITAC	International Telework Association and Council
1513	ITIL	Information Technology Infrastructure Library
1514	ITS	Intelligent Transportation System
1515	ITS	Internet Transaction Server
1516	ITS	issue tracking system
1517	ITSM	IT Service Management
1518	ITSO	International Technical Support Organization
1519	ITSS	Information Technology Solutions Shop
1520	ITU	International Technical Union
1521	ITU	International Telecommunication Union
1522	IV	initialization vector
1523	IVR	Interactive Voice Response
1524	IXC	interexchange carrier
1525	J2EE	Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
1526	J2ME	Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
1527	JAAS	Java Authentication and Authorization Service
1528	JAD	Joint Application Development
1529	JANET	Joint Academic Network
1530	JAQL	json query language
1531	JAR	Java ARchive file
1532	JAX-RPC	Java API for XML-Based RPC
1533	JAX-WS	Java API for XML Web Services
1534	JBI	Java Business Integration
1535	JBIG	Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group
1536	JBOD	just a bunch of disks or just a bunch of drives
1537	JCE	Java Cryptography Extension
1538	JCL	job control language
1539	JDBC	Connector Java Database Connectivity Connector
1540	JDBC	Java Database Connectivity
1541	JDK	Java Development Kit
1542	JDO	Java Data Objects
1543	JEDEC	Joint Electron Device Engineering Council
1544	JeOS	just enough operating system
1545	JES	Job Entry Subsystem
1546	JFC	Java Foundation Classes
1547	JFET	Junction Field-Effect Transistor
1548	JHTML	Java within Hypertext Markup Language
1549	JIC	manufacturing just-in-case manufacturing
1550	JMS	Java Message Service
1551	JMX	Java Management Extensions
1552	JNDI	Java Naming and Directory Interface
1553	JOBS	Act Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
1554	JOLAP	Java Online Analytical Processing
1555	JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
1556	JRE	Java Runtime Environment
1557	JSML	Java Speech API Markup Language
1558	JSON	Javascript Object Notation
1559	JSP	Java Server Page
1560	JTAPI	Java Telephony Application Programming Interface
1561	JVM	Java virtual machine
1562	JXTA	juxtaposed
1563	K6	AMD-K6
1564	KB	kilobyte
1565	KBA	knowledge-based authentication
1566	KBE	Knowledge-Based Engineering
1567	Kbps	kilobits per second
1568	KBW	keyboard wedge
1569	KDE	K Desktop Environment
1570	KGD	Known Good Die
1571	KISS	Keep It Simple, Stupid
1572	KLOC	thousands of lines of code
1573	KM	knowledge management
1574	KMD	Kazaa Media Desktop
1575	KML	Keyhole Markup Language
1576	KPI	Key Performance Indicator
1577	KRI	key risk indicator
1578	KVM	kernel-based Virtual Machine
1579	KVP	key-value pair
1580	KW	Knowledge Warehouse
1581	l10n	localization
1582	L2TP	Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
1583	L2TP	Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
1584	LAMP	Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP
1585	LAN	Local Area Network
1586	LAR	Large Account Reseller
1587	LATA	local access and transport area
1588	LBA	logical block addressing
1589	LBM	location-based marketing
1590	LBO	leveraged buyout
1591	LBS	location-based service
1592	LCA	Life Cycle Assessment
1593	LCC	Leadless Chip Carrier
1594	LCC	limited combustible cable
1595	LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
1596	LCL	Less Than Container Load
1597	LCP	Link Control Protocol
1598	LCPC	Life Cycle Product Cost
1599	LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
1600	LDCM	LANDesk Client Manager
1601	LDD	locked down device
1602	LDIF	Lightweight Directory Interchange Format
1603	LDMOS	Laterally Diffused MOS transistor
1604	LDQ	longest delay in queue
1605	LDSI	Laboratory Data Sharing Interoperability
1606	LEAP	Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
1607	LEC	local exchange carrier
1608	LED	light-emitting diode
1609	LEED	Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
1610	LES	Logistics Execution System
1611	Lex	lexical analyzer generator
1612	LHC	Large Hadron Collider
1613	LI	lawful interception
1614	LI	location intelligence
1615	Li-Ion	Lithium Ion battery
1616	LIDB	line information database
1617	LILO	LInux LOader
1618	LINQ	Language Integrated Query
1619	LISP	list processing
1620	LLM	large language model
1621	LLVM	Compiler Infrastructure (Low Level Virtual Machine)
1622	LMDS	Local Multi-Point Distribution System
1623	LMGTFY	Let Me Google That For You
1624	LMOF	last mile of finance
1625	LMS	learning management system
1626	LNA	Local Noise Amplifier
1627	LNP	Local Number Portability
1628	LOB	line-of-business
1629	LOC	Lines Of Code
1630	LOINC	Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
1631	LOM	lights-out management
1632	LP	Lean Production
1633	LPAR	logical partition
1634	LPT	line print terminal
1635	LQSR	Link Quality Source Routing
1636	LRN	Location Routing Number
1637	LSA	Local Security Authority
1638	LSB	Linux Standard Base
1639	LSI	Large Scale Integration
1640	LTC	longitudinal time code
1641	LTE	Long Term Evolution
1642	LTFS	Linear Tape File System
1643	LTL	Less Than Truckload
1644	LTO	Linear Tape-Open
1645	LTS	Long Term Support
1646	LU	logical unit
1647	LUN	logical unit number
1648	LVS	Layout Verification Systems
1649	M&A	mergers and acquisitions
1650	M&O	Management and Operations
1651	M&S	Modeling and Simulation
1652	M2M	Machine to Machine
1653	M3U	Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3
1654	MAC	mandatory access control
1655	MAC	message authentication code
1656	MAD	Mobile Active Defense
1657	MADE	Manufacturing Automation and Design Exploration
1658	MAID	massive array of idle disks
1659	MAM	mobile application management
1660	MAM	mobile application manager
1661	MAN	metropolitan area network
1662	MAPI	Messaging Application Program Interface
1663	MAU	media attachment unit
1664	MB	megabyte
1665	MBean	managed bean
1666	MBone	Multicast Internet
1667	MBps	megabytes per second
1668	Mbps	millions of bits per second or megabits per second
1669	MBR	Master Boot Record
1670	MC	Mass Customization
1671	MCA	Micro Channel Architecture
1672	MCA	Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer
1673	MCE	Microsoft Certified Educator
1674	MCL	Mesh Connectivity Layer
1675	MCM	multi-carrier modulation
1676	Mcps	megachips per second
1677	MCS	Manufacturing Control System
1678	MCSA	Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
1679	MCSD	Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
1680	MCSE	Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
1681	MDB	multidimensional database
1682	MDD	model-driven development
1683	MDI	Multiple Document Interface
1684	MDM	master data management
1685	MDM	mobile device management
1686	MDOP	Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
1687	MDP	Multicast Dissemination Protocol
1688	MDRAM	Multibank Dynamic RAM
1689	MDX	multidimensional expressions
1690	MEAP	mobile enterprise application platform
1691	MEMS	Micro-electromechanical Systems
1692	MEP	Manufacturing Extension Partnership
1693	MES	Manufacturing Execution System
1694	MESA	Manufacturing Execution System Association
1695	MFA	multifactor authentication
1696	MFP	multifunction peripheral
1697	MFSK	multiple frequency shift keying
1698	MFT	managed file transfer
1699	MFT	master file table
1700	MGCP	Media Gateway Control Protocol
1701	MHP	Multimedia Home Platform
1702	MIB	management information base
1703	MIC	microwave integrated circuit
1704	MICR	magnetic ink character recognition
1705	MID	mobile Internet device
1706	MIDI	Musical Instrument Digital Interface
1707	MIM	mobile information management
1708	MIME	Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions
1709	MIMO	multiple input, multiple output
1710	MIPS	million instructions per second
1711	MIS	management information systems
1712	MISO	multiple input, single output
1713	MLA	mobile location analytics
1714	MLC	multi-level cell
1715	MMC	Microsoft Management Console
1716	MMC	mobile-to-mobile convergence
1717	MMC	MultiMediaCard
1718	MMDS	Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service
1719	MMI	Man Machine Interface
1720	MMIS	Maintenance Management Information System
1721	MMP	multichassis multilink PPP
1722	MMS	Manufacturing Message Specification
1723	MMS	Multimedia Messaging Service
1724	MMU	memory management unit
1725	MO	magneto-optical drive
1726	moblog	mobile blog
1727	MOF	Microsoft Operations Framework
1728	MOL	middle of life
1729	MOLAP	multidimensional online analytical processing
1730	MOM	Manufacturing operation management
1731	MOOC	massive open online course
1732	MOS	mean opinion score
1733	MOSFET	metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor
1734	MOSH	mobile shell
1735	MOSPF	Multicast Open Shortest Path First
1736	MOSS	Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
1737	MOU	memorandum of understanding
1738	MOVE	Aruba's Mobile Virtual Enterprise
1739	MP3	MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
1740	MPEG	Moving Picture Experts Group
1741	MPI	master patient index
1742	MPI	message passing interface
1743	MPIO	Multipath I/O
1744	MPLS	Multiprotocol Label Switching
1745	mPOS	mobile point of sale
1746	MPP	massively parallel processing
1747	MPPE	Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption
1748	MPS	managed print services
1749	MPS	Master Production Schedule
1750	MR-IOV	Multi-Root IOV
1751	MRAM	magnetoresistive random access memory
1752	MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
1753	MRP	Manufacturing Resource Planning
1754	MrSID	Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database
1755	MS-DOS	Microsoft Disk Operating System
1756	MSAU	multistation access unit
1757	MSBF	mean-swap-between-failure
1758	MSCMDM	Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager
1759	MSCS	Microsoft Cluster Server
1760	MSDOS	Microsoft Disk Operating System
1761	MSDS	Material Safety Data Sheet
1762	MSE	Microsoft Security Essentials
1763	MSP	managed service provider
1764	MSP	management service provider
1765	MSRP	Message Session Relay Protocol
1766	MSS	managed security services
1767	MSS	maximum segment size
1768	MSS	mobile satellite services
1769	MSSP	managed security service provider
1770	MT	medical transcription
1771	MTO	Make To Order
1772	Mtops	million theoretical operations per second
1773	MTPOD	maximum tolerable period of disruption
1774	MTS	Make To Stock
1775	MTS	medical transcription software
1776	MTS	Microsoft Transaction Server
1777	MTU	maximum transmission unit
1778	MUA	mail user agent
1779	MUD	Multi-User Dungeon
1780	Multics	Multiplexed Information and Computing Service
1781	MULTOS	Multiple Operating System
1782	mutex	mutual exclusion object
1783	MV	machine vision
1784	MVA	Microsoft Virtual Academy
1785	MVC	model-view-controller
1786	MVMC	Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter
1787	MVNO	mobile virtual network operator
1788	MVP	Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
1789	MVS	Multiple Virtual Storage
1790	NaaS	network-as-a-service
1791	NAC	network access control
1792	NACHA	National Automated Clearing House Association
1793	NAHIT	National Alliance for Health Information Technology
1794	NAK	negative acknowledgment or not acknowledged
1795	NAP	Microsoft Network Access Protection
1796	NAP	network access point
1797	NAS	Network Access Server, Network-Attached Storage
1798	NAT	Network Address Translation
1799	NBA	network behavior analysis
1800	NBAD	network behavior anomaly detection
1801	NBAR	Network Based Application Recognition
1802	NBMA	non-broadcast multiple access
1803	NC	network computer
1804	NCA	native cloud application
1805	NCFA	National Call Fee Access
1806	NCM	network configuration management
1807	NCMS	National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
1808	NCSC	National Computer Security Center
1809	NCVHS	National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
1810	NDA	non-disclosure agreement
1811	NDIS	Network Driver Interface Specification
1812	NDMP	Network Data Management Protocol
1813	NDS	Novell Directory Services
1814	NECP	National Emergency Communications Plan
1815	NED	nano-emissive display
1816	NEDSS	National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
1817	NERC	North American Electric Reliability Corporation
1818	NetBEUI	NetBIOS Extended User Interface
1819	NetBIOS	Network Basic Input/Output System
1820	NetPC	Network PC
1821	NeXT	near-end crosstalk
1822	NFC	Near Field Communication
1823	NFT	Non-Fungible Token
1824	NFR	not for resale
1825	NFS	Network File System
1826	NFTS	national file tracking system
1827	NFV	network functions virtualization
1828	NGFW	next-generation firewall
1829	NGSCB	Next Generation Secure Computing Base
1830	NHII	National Health Information Infrastructure
1831	NHIN	Nationwide Health Information Network
1832	NHRP	Next Hop Resolution Protocol
1833	NI	Network Intelligence
1834	Ni2	Net indexer 2
1835	NIAP	National Information Assurance Partnership
1836	NIC	Network Interface Card
1837	NIC	network interface card
1838	NiCd	Nickel-Cadmium battery
1839	NiMH	Nickel-Metal Hydride battery
1840	NIS	Network Information System
1841	NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
1842	NJE	Network Job Entry
1843	NLM	National Library of Medicine
1844	NLP	natural language processing
1845	NMTA	National Machining and Tooling Association
1846	NNI	National Nanotechnology Initiative
1847	NNM	Network Node Manager
1848	NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol
1849	NOC	Network Operations Center
1850	noop	No Operation
1851	NOS	Network Operating System
1852	NoSQL	Not Only SQL
1853	NPC	Non-Player Character (in role-playing games)
1854	NPD	New Product Development
1855	NPE	Non-Practicing Entity
1856	NPI	National Provider Identifier
1857	NPI	New Product Introduction
1858	NPIV	N_Port ID virtualization
1859	NPV	Net present value
1860	NQF	National Quality Forum
1861	NRLA	National Labor Relations Board
1862	NRZ	non-return-to-zero
1863	NSAP	Network Service Access Point
1864	NSAPI	Netscape Server Application Programming Interface
1865	NSIS	Next Steps in Signaling
1866	NSP	network service provider
1867	NT1	network terminator 1
1868	NTIA	(U.S.) National Telecommunications and Information Administration
1869	NTFS	New Technology File System
1870	NTP	Network Time Protocol
1871	NTR	Normal Trade Relations
1872	NTS	Number Translation Service
1873	NTSC	National Television Standards Committee
1874	NTU	nuclear time unit
1875	NUI	natural user interface
1876	NUMA	non-uniform memory access
1877	NURBS	nonuniform rational B-spline
1878	NUS	network unified storage
1879	NVGRE	Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation
1880	NVLAP	National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
1881	NVMe	non-volatile memory express
1882	NVS	nonvolatile storage
1883	NWR	NOAA Weather Radio
1884	O2O	Online to Offline
1885	OA&M	operations, administration, and management
1886	OAB	offline address book
1887	OASIS	Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
1888	OBI	Open Buying on the Internet
1889	OCC	Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
1890	OCM	organizational change management
1891	OCNCC	Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control
1892	OCR	optical character recognition
1893	OCSP	Online Certificate Status Protocol
1894	OCW	MIT OpenCourseWare
1895	OCx	Optical Carrier levels
1896	ODBC	Open Database Connectivity
1897	ODCA	Open Data Center Alliance
1898	ODF	Open Document Format
1899	ODI	Open Data-Link Interface
1900	ODIN	Open Data Center with an Interoperable Network, Open Device Identification Number
1901	ODL	Open and Distance Learning
1902	ODM	Original Design Manufacturer
1903	ODMA	Open Document Management API or Application Program Interface
1904	ODMR	On-Demand Mail Relay
1905	ODP	Open Directory Project
1906	ODS	operational data store
1907	ODS	Ozone Depleting Substance
1908	ODX	Offloaded Data Transfer
1909	OEBF	Open Electronic Book Forum
1910	OFB	output feedback
1911	OFDM	orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing
1912	OGSA	Open Grid Services Architecture
1913	OHA	Open Handset Alliance
1914	OID	object ID
1915	OLA	operational level agreement
1916	OLAP	online analytical processing
1917	OLE	Object Linking and Embedding
1918	OLED	light-emitting diode
1919	OLPC	One Laptop Per Child
1920	OLT	optical line terminal
1921	OLTP	On Line Transaction Processing
1922	OMAP	Open Multimedia Application Platform
1923	OMG	Object Management Group
1924	OMSS	Oracle Mobile Security Suite
1925	ONF	Open Networking Foundation
1926	OODBMS	object-oriented database management system
1927	OoOE	out-of-order execution
1928	OOP	object-oriented programming
1929	OOPSLA	Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications
1930	OOXML	Office Open Extended Markup Language
1931	OPC	OLE for Process Control
1932	OpenGL	Open Graphics Library
1933	OpenNMS	Open Network Management System
1934	OpenVPN	open source virtual private network
1935	Opex	operational expenditure
1936	OPM	operational performance management
1937	OPML	Outline Processor Markup Language
1938	OPS	Open Profiling Standard
1939	OPT	Optimized Production Technology
1940	ORB	Object Request Broker
1941	ORBS	Open Relay Behavior-modification System
1942	ORM	object-relational mapping
1943	OS	operating system
1944	OSA	Open System Authentication
1945	OSBI	open source business intelligence
1946	OSD	object storage device
1947	OSDL	Open Source Development Labs
1948	OSF	Open Software Foundation
1949	OSGi	Open Service Gateway Initiative
1950	OSI	Open Systems Interconnection
1951	OSP	online service provider
1952	OSP	Open Settlement Protocol
1953	OSPF	Open Shortest Path First
1954	OSS	Online Service System, Open Source Software, Operational Support System, Off-the-shelf Software Support
1955	OTA	Over the Air
1956	OTC	order to cash
1957	OTCR	On-Time delivery performance to Customer Request Date
1958	OTFT	organic thin-film transistor
1959	OTM	Optivity Telephony Manager
1960	OTP	one-time password
1961	OU	organizational unit
1962	OVSDB	Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol
1963	OWA	Microsoft Outlook Web App
1964	OWASP	Open Web Application Security Project
1965	OWD	OneWebDay
1966	P&L	profit and loss statement
1967	P-Ink	photonic ink
1968	P2P	path to profitability,Peer to Peer,procure to pay
1969	P2T	Push to Talk
1970	P2V	physical to virtual
1971	P3P	Platform for Privacy Preferences
1972	P4	Pentium 4
1973	P4P	proactive provider participation for P2P
1974	PA	Power Amplifier
1975	PA-DSS	Payment Application Data Security Standard
1976	PaaS	Platform as a Service
1977	PABX	private automatic branch exchange
1978	PAC	Production Activity Control
1979	PACS	Personal Access Communications System
1980	PACS	picture archiving and communication system
1981	PAIR	Policy Analysis of Internet Routing
1982	PAL	Phase Alternation Line
1983	PAM	partner account manager, pulse amplitude modulation
1984	PAN	personal area network
1985	PAP	Packet-Level Procedure
1986	PAR	performance and accountability reporting
1987	PARC	Palo Alto Research Center
1988	PAT	Port Address Translation
1989	PBD	physical block device
1990	PBT	Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic
1991	PBX	private branch exchange
1992	PC	Personal Computer
1993	PC	project charter
1994	PC-DOS	Personal Computer - Disk Operating System
1995	PCAOB	Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
1996	PCB	printed circuit board
1997	PCE	Path Computation Element
1998	PCEP	Path Computation Element Protocol
1999	PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
2000	PCI-X	Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
2001	PCL	Printer Control Language
2002	PCM	phase-change memory
2003	PCM	pulse code modulation
2004	PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
2005	PCRF	Policy and Charging Rules Function
2006	PCS	personal cloud storage
2007	PCS	personal communications service
2008	PDA	personal digital assistant
2009	PDF	Portable Document Format
2010	PDL	page description language
2011	PDM	Product Data Management
2012	PDP-11	Programmed Data Processor-11
2013	PDU	power distribution unit
2014	PEAP	Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
2015	PEBCAK	problem exists between chair and keyboard
2016	pel	picture element
2017	PERT	Program Evaluation Review Technique
2018	PF	prefetch folder
2019	PFC	power factor correction or power factor controller
2020	PGP	Pretty Good Privacy
2021	PHDSC	Public Health Data Standards Consortium
2022	PHI	personal health information
2023	PHOLED	phosphorescent organic light-emitting device
2024	PHP	Hypertext Preprocessor, Personal Home Page
2025	PHR	personal health record
2026	PHS	Personal Handyphone System
2027	PI	Predictive Index
2028	PI	Principal Investigator
2029	PIA	privacy impact assessment
2030	PIC	port interface card
2031	PICK	Possible, Implement, Challenge and Kill
2032	PICS	Platform for Internet Content Selection
2033	PICTIVE	Plastic Interface for Collaborative Technology Initiatives through Video Exploration
2034	PID	Problem Identification Document
2035	PID	process identifier
2036	PIFI	personally identifiable financial information
2037	PII	personally identifiable information
2038	PIM	privileged identity management, processing in memory, Product Information Management, protocol-independent multicast
2039	PIO	Programmed Input/Output
2040	PIP	Partner Integration Process, Picture in Picture
2041	PIV	personal identity verification
2042	PKCS	Public-Key Cryptography Standards
2043	PKI	public key infrastructure
2044	PL/S	Programming Language/System
2045	PL/SQL	procedural language extension to Structured Query Language
2046	PLATO	Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations
2047	PLC	packet loss concealment
2048	PLEDM	phase-state low electron drive memory
2049	PLL	phase-locked loop
2050	PLM	Product Lifecycle Management
2051	PLMN	public land mobile network
2052	PM	phase modulation
2053	PMI	plus, minus, interesting
2054	PML	Portal Markup Language
2055	PMML	Predictive Model Markup Language
2056	PMO	Project Management Office
2057	PMP	Project Management Professional
2058	PMS	package manager or package management system
2059	PN	programmable network
2060	pNFS	Parallel NFS
2061	PNG	Portable Network Graphics
2062	PnP	Plug and Play
2063	POC	Packet Order Correction
2064	POC	proof of concept
2065	PoE	Power over Ethernet
2066	PoIP	Pray over Internet Protocol
2067	POLP	principle of least privilege
2068	POM	Production/Operations Management
2069	PON	passive optical network
2070	POP	point-of-presence
2071	POP3	Post Office Protocol 3
2072	PoR	power-on reset
2073	POS	personal operating space, Point of Sale
2074	POSIX	Portable Operating System Interface
2075	POST	Power-On Self-Test
2076	POTS	plain old telephone service
2077	PP&E	Property, Plant & Equipment
2078	PPD	parallel presence detect
2079	PPD	post-processing deduplication
2080	PPD	Postscript Printer Description file
2081	PPGA	plastic pin grid array
2082	ppi	pixels per inch
2083	PPM	Pages per minute (a measurement of printing speed), Perl package manager (for software packages), Prediction by partial matching (a data compression technique), project and portfolio management
2084	PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
2085	PPPoE	Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
2086	PPTP	Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
2087	PR	Problem Report, Process Reengineering
2088	PRI	Primary Rate Interface
2089	PRM	partner relationship management
2090	PRNG	pseudo-random number generator
2091	PROM	programmable read-only memory
2092	PRONet	Procurement Marketing and Access Network
2093	PRS	Personal Response System
2094	PRS	Premium Rate Service
2095	PRSA	Public Relations Society of America
2096	PRT	Pre-requisite Tree
2097	PSA	professional services automation
2098	PSK	phase-shift keying
2099	PSN	processor serial number
2100	PSOD	Purple Screen of Death
2101	PSS	Personal Search Syndication
2102	PSTN	public switched telephone network
2103	PTAC	Procurement Technical Assistance Center
2104	PTF	program temporary fix
2105	PTO	Patent and Trademark Office
2106	PTT	Push to Talk
2107	PU	physical unit
2108	PUE	power usage effectiveness
2109	PUP	potentially unwanted program
2110	PVC	permanent virtual circuit
2111	PVM	Parallel Virtual Machine
2112	PVR	personal video recorder
2113	PWS	Personal Web Server
2114	PXE	Preboot Execution Environment
2115	QA	Quality Assurance
2116	QAM	quadrature amplitude modulation
2117	QB	Quality Breakdown
2118	QBE	Query by Example
2119	QC	Quality Control
2120	QD	Quantum Dots
2121	QDOS	86-DOS
2122	QFE	Quad FastEthernet
2123	QFE	Quick Fix Engineering
2124	QFP	Quad Flat Package
2125	qHD	quarter high definition
2126	QIX	NASDAQ Information Exchange protocol
2127	QoE	Quality of Experience
2128	QoS	Quality of Service
2129	QPS	queries-per-second
2130	QR	Quick Response
2131	QSA	Qualified Security Assessor
2132	QSIG	Q signaling
2133	QVGA	Quarter Video Graphics Array
2134	QXGA	Quantum Extended Graphics Array
2135	R&D	Research and Development
2136	R3	Reduce, reuse, recycle
2137	RA	registration authority
2138	RAC	Real Application Cluster
2139	RACE	Rapid Access Computing Environment
2140	RACF	Resource Access Control Facility
2141	RAD	rapid application development
2142	RADIUS	Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
2143	RAF	risk assessment framework
2144	RAID	redundant array of independent disks
2145	RAIN	redundant/reliable array of inexpensive/independent nodes
2146	RAM	Random Access Memory
2147	RAMAC	random access method of accounting and control
2148	RAMDAC	random access memory digital-to-analog converter
2149	RAND	reasonable and nondiscriminatory
2150	RAP	Revenue Acquisition Process
2151	RARP	Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
2152	RAS	registration, admission, and status
2153	RAS	Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
2154	RAS	Remote Access Server, row address strobe
2155	RAT	remote access Trojan
2156	RBA	risk-based authentication
2157	RBAC	role-based access control
2158	RBOC	regional Bell operating company
2159	RCE	remote code execution
2160	RCP	Rich Client Platform
2161	RD	running disparity
2162	RDBMS	relational database management system
2163	RDC	remote deposit capture
2164	RDF	Resource Description Framework
2165	RDM	raw device mapping
2166	RDMA	Remote Direct Memory Access
2167	rDNS	reverse DNS
2168	RDO	Remote Data Objects
2169	RDP	Remote Desktop Protocol
2170	RDRAM	Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
2171	RDS	Amazon Relational Database Service
2172	RDS	Radio Data System
2173	RDS	Remote Desktop Services
2174	RDT&E	Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation
2175	REC	Regional Extension Center
2176	ReFS	Resilient File System
2177	regex	regular expression
2178	REST	representational state transfer
2179	RF	radio frequency
2180	RFC	Remote Function Call
2181	RFC	Request for Comments
2182	RFI	request for information
2183	RFID	radio frequency identification
2184	RFO	Request for Offer
2185	RFP	request for proposal
2186	RFQ	request for quotation
2187	RFR	Red Flags Rule
2188	RGB	red, green, and blue
2189	RHCVA	Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator
2190	RHEL	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2191	RHEV	Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
2192	RHIA	registered health information administrator
2193	RHIO	Regional Health Information Organization
2194	RHIT	registered health information technician
2195	RHS	Red Hat Storage
2196	RIA	Rich Internet Application
2197	RIAA	Recording Industry Association of America
2198	RIBLOE	Remote Insight Board -- Lights Out Edition
2199	RID	relative identifier
2200	RIM	records information management
2201	RIM	Reference Information Model
2202	RIP	Raster Image Processor
2203	RIP	Routing Information Protocol
2204	RIR	Regional Internet Registry
2205	RIS	Radiology Information System
2206	RIS	Remote Installation Service
2207	RISC	Reduced Instruction Set Computer
2208	RJE	Remote Job Entry
2209	RMA	Return Material (or Merchandise) Authorization
2210	RMA	return merchandise authorization
2211	RMI	Remote Method Invocation
2212	RMM	Remote Monitoring & Management
2213	RMON	Remote Network Monitoring
2214	RMS	root-mean-square
2215	RNAAPP	Remote Network Access Application
2216	RNIS	Reseau Numerique a Integration de Services
2217	ROA	Resource-Oriented Architecture
2218	ROADM	Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer
2219	ROC	Report on Compliance
2220	ROD	Reuse-Oriented Model or Reuse-Oriented Development
2221	RODC	Read-Only Domain Controller
2222	RoHS	Restriction of Hazardous Substances
2223	ROI	Return On Investment
2224	ROIC	Return On Invested Capital
2225	ROKSO	Register of Known Spam Operations
2226	ROLAP	Relational Online Analytical Processing
2227	ROM	Read-Only Memory
2228	ROMI	Return On Marketing Investment
2229	RONA	Return On Net Assets
2230	ROP	Reorder Point
2231	RoR	Ruby on Rails
2232	RoT	Roots of Trust
2233	ROU	Record Of Understanding
2234	ROWE	Results-Only Work Environment
2235	RPC	Remote Procedure Call
2236	RPG	Report Program Generator
2237	RPG	Role-Playing Game
2238	RPM	Rapid Response Manufacturing
2239	RPM	remote patient monitoring
2240	RPO	recovery point objective
2241	RPO	recruitment process outsourcing
2242	RPR	Resilient Packet Ring
2243	RPT	rich presence technology
2244	RQ	risk intelligence
2245	RRAM	resistive RAM
2246	RSAT	Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools
2247	RSC	Retail Service Center
2248	RSI	requirements stability index
2249	RSNA	Radiological Society of North America
2250	RSoP	Resultant Set of Policy
2251	RSS	Really Simple Syndication (feeds)
2252	RSVP	Resource Reservation Protocol
2253	RT	retweet
2254	RTA	real-time application
2255	RTC	real-time clock, real-time communications
2256	RTCD	real-time communications dashboard
2257	RTCP	Real-Time Transport Control Protocol
2258	RTD	reconfigurable tactile display, Research and Technical Development
2259	RTF	Rich Text Format
2260	RTFM	Read The Fucking Manual
2261	RTLS	real-time location system
2262	RTM	Read The Manual
2263	RTO	recovery time objective
2264	RtOI	real-time operational intelligence
2265	RTOS	real-time operating system
2266	RTP	Real-Time Transport Protocol
2267	RTSP	Real Time Streaming Protocol
2268	RTT	round-trip time
2269	RUP	Rational Unified Process
2270	RWU	remote wakeup
2271	RZ	return-to-zero
2272	S&OP	sales and operations planning
2273	S/FTP	Screened Foil Twisted Pair
2274	S-HTTP	Secure HTTP
2275	S.M.A.R.T.	Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology
2276	S/MIME	Secure Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions
2277	S/PDIF	Sony/Philips Digital Interface
2278	S4L	spam for life
2279	SA	Microsoft Exchange System Attendant, Microsoft Software Assurance, service assurance
2280	SAA	Systems Application Architecture
2281	SaaS	Software as a Service, Security as a Service, Storage as a Service
2282	SACD	Super Audio CD
2283	SAFE	Samsung for Enterprise
2284	SAM	Security Accounts Manager, storage area management
2285	SAML	Security Assertion Markup Language
2286	SAN	storage area network
2287	SAPI	Speech Application Program Interface
2288	SAPPHIRE	SAP User Conference
2289	SAR	Segmentation and Reassembly, Suspicious Activity Report
2290	SAS	serial-attached SCSI
2291	SASID	Self-Scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display
2292	SAX	Simple API for XML
2293	SBAs	search-based applications
2294	SBC	session border controller
2295	SBIR	Small Business Innovative Research
2296	SBOM	Software bill of materials
2297	SBR	skill-based routing
2298	SC	sunk cost, supply chain
2299	SCA	service-component architecture
2300	SCADA	Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition
2301	SCC	Supply Chain Council
2302	SCCP	Signalling Connection Control Part
2303	SCE	supply chain execution
2304	SCEM	supply chain event management
2305	SCI	serial communications interface
2306	SCL	spam confidence level
2307	SCM	Supply Chain Management
2308	SCOR	Supply Chain Operations Reference model
2309	SCORM	Shareable Content Object Reference Model
2310	SCP	session control protocol, supply chain planning
2311	SCR	Synchronized Customer Response
2312	SCSA	Signal Computing System Architecture
2313	SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
2314	SCSIe	SCSI Express
2315	SCTP	Stream Control Transmission Protocol
2316	SCV	supply chain visibility
2317	SD2	Sound Designer II
2318	SDA	Smart Data Access
2319	SDARS	Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service
2320	SDB	Small Disadvantaged Business
2321	SDDC	software-defined data center
2322	SDDL	Security Descriptor Definition Language
2323	SDH	Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
2324	SDI	Serial Digital Interface
2325	SDK	Software Development Kit
2326	SDL	Specification and Description Language
2327	SDLC	Synchronous Data Link Control, systems development life cycle
2328	SDMA	spatial division multiple access
2329	SDN	software-defined networking
2330	SDO	Service Data Objects
2331	SDP	Session Description Protocol
2332	SDR	software-defined radio
2333	SDRAM	synchronous DRAM
2334	SDTV	standard definition television
2335	SDWT	self-directed work team
2336	SDX	NetScaler
2337	SDXC	Secure Digital Extended Capacity card
2338	SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission
2339	SECAM	Sequential Couleur avec Memoire
2340	SEI	Software Engineering Institute
2341	SEM	single-electron memory
2342	SEO	search engine optimization
2343	SerDes	serializer/deserializer
2344	SERP	search engine results page
2345	SET	Secure Electronic Transaction
2346	SETI	Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
2347	SEWP	Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement
2348	SFA	Sales Force Automation
2349	SFA	sales force automation
2350	SFA	single-factor authentication
2351	SFF	small form factor
2352	SFP	small form-factor pluggable
2353	SFS	stepless frequency control
2354	SFTP	Secure File Transfer Protocol
2355	SFX	special effects
2356	SGA	Selling, General and Administrative expenses
2357	SGF	Structured Graph Format
2358	SGI	Silicon Graphics
2359	SGML	Standard Generalized Markup Language
2360	SGRAM	Synchronous Graphics RAM
2361	Si	silicon
2362	SI	systems integrator
2363	SID	security identifier
2364	SIEM	security information and event management
2365	SIG	Special Interest Group
2366	SIGTRAN	Signaling Transport
2367	SIM	security information management
2368	SIMD	Single Instruction Multiple Data
2369	SIMM	Service Integration Maturity Model, single in-line memory module
2370	SIMO	single input, multiple output
2371	SIMPLE	SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions
2372	SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
2373	SIPOC	suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, customers
2374	SIRDS	single-image random-dot stereogram
2375	SISO	single input, single output
2376	SIV	Signal Integrity Verification
2377	SJC	Senate Judiciary Committee
2378	SKA	Shared Key Authentication
2379	SKIL	Bill Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership Act
2380	SKU	Stock Keeping Units
2381	SLA	service-level agreement
2382	SLC	single level cell
2383	SLD	second-level domain
2384	SLICE	Simple Low-Cost Innovative Engine
2385	SLIP	Serial Line Internet Protocol
2386	SLP	Service Location Protocol
2387	SMART	Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
2388	SMB	Server Message Block, small and medium-sized business, small and midsized business
2389	SMBXML	Small Business Extensible Markup Language
2390	SMDS	Switched Multimegabit Data Service
2391	SME	small to medium enterprise, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
2392	SMF	Standard MIDI File
2393	SMI-S	Storage Management Initiative Specification
2394	SMIL	Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
2395	SMM	social media marketing
2396	SMMS	Social media management software
2397	SMP	symmetric multiprocessing
2398	SMPTE	Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
2399	SMR	Specialized Mobile Radio
2400	SMS	Short Message Service
2401	SMSC	short message service center
2402	SMT	Simultaneous Multithreading
2403	SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
2404	SMWT	Self Managed Work Teams
2405	SNA	Systems Network Architecture
2406	SNAFU	situation normal, all f***ed up
2407	SNG	satellite news gathering
2408	SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
2409	SNOMED	Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
2410	SNR	signal-to-noise ratio
2411	SOA	service-oriented architecture
2412	SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
2413	SOC	switch-on-a-chip
2414	SoC	system-on-a-chip
2415	SoD	segregation of duties
2416	SOFC	solid oxide fuel cell
2417	SOHO	Small Office Home Office
2418	SOI	service-oriented integration, Silicon-on-Insulator
2419	SOLED	stacked organic light-emitting device
2420	SoLoMo	social, local and mobile
2421	SOM	service-oriented management
2422	SoMoClo	social, mobile and cloud
2423	SONET	Synchronous Optical Network
2424	SOP	Sales and Operations Planning, Same Origin Policy
2425	SOPA	Stop Online Piracy Act
2426	SOR	system of record
2427	SoS	system of systems
2428	sosofo	specification of a sequence of flow objects
2429	SOW	Statement of Work
2430	SOX	Sarbanes-Oxley Act
2431	SP1	Service Pack 1
2432	SPAC	special purpose acquisition company
2433	SPARC	Scalable Processor Architecture
2434	SPC	Statistical Process Control
2435	SPD	Serial presence detect
2436	SPEC	Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
2437	SPF	Sender Policy Framework
2438	SPI	serial peripheral interface
2439	SPICE	Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination
2440	SPID	Service Profile Identifier
2441	SPIF	sales performance incentive fund
2442	SPIT	spam over Internet telephony
2443	SPM	sales performance management
2444	SPM	Standard Process Modules
2445	SPML	Services Provisioning Markup Language
2446	SPOF	single point of failure
2447	spool	simultaneous peripheral operations online
2448	SPS	Standard Procurement System
2449	SPX	Sequenced Packet Exchange
2450	SQL	Structured Query Language
2451	SQuID	Source Quench Introduced Delay
2452	SR-IOV	Single Root I/O Virtualization
2453	SRAM	static random access memory
2454	SRE	serious reportable event
2455	SRM	Standard Reference Material, storage resource management, supplier relationship management, sustainability risk management
2456	SRS	software requirements specification
2457	SRT	Source-route transparent
2458	SRTP	Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol or Secure RTP
2459	SS7	Signaling System 7
2460	SSA	Serial Storage Architecture
2461	SSADM	Structured Systems Analysis & Design Method
2462	SSD	Solid-State Drive
2463	SSH	Secure Shell
2464	SSI	server-side include, single-system image
2465	SSID	service set identifier
2466	SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, solid-state lighting
2467	SSM	solid state module
2468	SSO	single sign-on
2469	SSP	storage service provider
2470	SSS	solid state storage
2471	SSSI	Solid-State Storage Initiative
2472	SST	Streamlined Sales Tax
2473	SSTV	slow-scan television
2474	STAR	Security, Trust and Assurance Registry
2475	STARS	Standard Accounting and Reporting System
2476	statC	statcoulomb
2477	statF	statfarad
2478	statH	stathenry
2479	statS	statsiemens
2480	statV	statvolt
2481	statW	statwatt
2482	STDM	statistical time division multiplexing
2483	STEM	science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
2484	STEP	Standard for the Exchange of Product model data
2485	STM	scanning tunneling microscope
2486	STML	Spoken Text Markup Language
2487	STONITH	Shoot The Other Node In The Head
2488	STP	spanning tree protocol
2489	STP	standard temperature and pressure
2490	STUN	Simple Traversal of UDP through NAT
2491	SVC	scalable video coding, supervisor call, switched virtual circuit
2492	SVG	Scalable Vector Graphics
2493	SVVP	server virtualization validation program
2494	SWAG	Semantic Web Agreement Group
2495	SWAN	Structured Wireless-Aware Network
2496	SWAT	Samba Web Administration Tool
2497	SWF	Shockwave Flash file
2498	Swift	Programming language released in 2014 by Apple Inc.
2499	SWIFT	Simulated Work Input and Flow Time
2500	SWOT	Strengths, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats Analysis
2501	sysadmin	system administrator
2502	sysop	system operator
2503	T&M	Tools and Methodology
2504	T/R	Transmit / Receive
2505	T9	text on nine keys
2506	TA	terminal adapter
2507	TaaS	Testing as a Service
2508	TACACS	Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
2509	TACT	Total Average Cycle Time
2510	TAPI	Telephony Application Program Interface
2511	tar	Tape ARchive
2512	TB	terabyte
2513	TCAM	ternary content-addressable memory
2514	TCB	trusted computing base
2515	TCG	Trusted Computing Group
2516	Tcl	Tool Command Language
2517	Tcl/Tk	Tool Command Language
2518	TCM	Time Critical Manufacturing
2519	TCO	total cost of ownership
2520	TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
2521	TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
2522	TD-SCDMA	time division synchronous code division multiple access
2523	TDC	Total Delivered Cost
2524	TDD	Telecommunications Display Device
2525	TDD	test-driven development
2526	TDM	Team Data Manager, time-division multiplexing
2527	TDMA	time division multiple access
2528	TEE	Trusted Execution Environment
2529	telco	telephone company
2530	TETRA	Terrestrial Trunked Radio
2531	TEWE	Technology for Enterprise-Wide Engineering
2532	TFT	thin-film transistor
2533	TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
2534	TGT	authentication ticket or ticket-granting ticket
2535	TIA	Total Information Awareness
2536	TIC	Trusted Internet Connections
2537	TIFF	Tag Image File Format
2538	TIG	Technology Implementation Group
2539	TIM	Test Inspection Measurement
2540	TIN	taxpayer Identification number
2541	Tk	Tool Kit
2542	TKIP	Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
2543	TLC	flash triple level cell flash
2544	TLD	top-level domain
2545	TLS	Transport Layer Security
2546	TM	software talent management software
2547	TMN	Telecommunications Management Network
2548	TMQL	Topic Map Query Language
2549	TMS	Transportation Management System
2550	TN	display twisted nematic display
2551	TOC	Theory of Constraints
2552	TOE	TCP/IP offload engine
2553	TOE	unified field theory or Theory of Everything
2554	TOGAF	The Open Group Architecture Framework
2555	TOLED	transparent organic light-emitting device
2556	TOP	Technical Office Protocol
2557	TOPS	Team Oriented Problem Solving
2558	TOTP	time-based one-time password
2559	TP	thin provisioning
2560	TPA	Technology and Product Assurance
2561	TPC	Transaction Processing Performance Council
2562	TPI	Total Profit Improvement
2563	TPM	Total Productive Maintenance, Trusted Platform Module
2564	TPOP	Time-Phased Order Point
2565	TPS	Terminal Proxy Server
2566	TPU	Tensor Processing Unit
2567	TQC	Total Quality Control
2568	TQM	Total Quality Management
2569	TRI	Toxic Release Inventory
2570	TRILL	Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links
2571	TRON	The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus
2572	TRT	Transition Tree
2573	TSAP	Transport Services Access Point
2574	TSCA	Toxic Substances Control Act
2575	TSR	terminate and stay resident
2576	TTL	time-to-live, transistor-to-transistor logic
2577	TTS	text-to-speech
2578	TtV	time to value
2579	TTY	teletypewriter
2580	TURN	Traversal Using Relay NAT
2581	TVA	Throughput Value Added
2582	TW	tin whiskers
2583	TWG	Technology Working Group
2584	TWT	traveling-wave tube
2585	U2U	User to User
2586	UART	Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
2587	UAT	user acceptance testing
2588	UBE	unsolicited bulk email
2589	UBL	Universal Business Language
2590	UC	Unit Cost
2591	UCaaS	Unified Communications as a Service
2592	UCE	unsolicited commercial email
2593	UCS	unified computing system
2594	UDA	Universal Data Access
2595	UDDI	Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
2596	UDF	Universal Disk Format
2597	UDID	unique device identifier
2598	UDO	ultra density optical
2599	UDP	User Datagram Protocol
2600	UEFI	Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
2601	UGC	user-generated content
2602	UHDTV	Ultra High-Definition TV
2603	UHDV	ultra high definition video
2604	UHF	ultrahigh frequency
2605	UI	user interface
2606	UIA	user installed application
2607	UID	unique identifier
2608	UIML	User Interface Markup Language
2609	ULA	Oracle Unlimited License Agreement
2610	UM	unified messaging
2611	UMLS	Unified Medical Language System
2612	UMS	unified messaging system
2613	UMTS	Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
2614	UNC	Universal Naming Convention
2615	UPN	User Principal Name
2616	UPnP	Universal Plug and Play
2617	UPS	uninterruptible power supply
2618	URI	Uniform Resource Identifier
2619	URL	Uniform Resource Locator
2620	URN	Uniform Resource Name
2621	USART	Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
2622	USB	Universal Serial Bus
2623	USGCB	United States Government Configuration Baseline
2624	USITC	United States International Trade Commission
2625	USP	unique selling point
2626	USR	Universal System Resources (the /usr directory in a *NIX filesystem)
2627	USSD	Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
2628	UTF	Unicode Transformation Format
2629	UTM	unified threat management
2630	UUCP	UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Protocol
2631	UUID	Universal Unique Identifier
2632	UX	user experience
2633	UXGA	Ultra Extended Graphics Array
2634	V2P	virtual to physical
2635	V2V	Virtual to virtual
2636	VAAI	vStorage APIs for Array Integration
2637	VAD	Value Added Distribution
2638	VAD	voice activation detection
2639	VAMP	vStorage API for Multipathing
2640	VAN	value-added network
2641	VAR	Value-Added Reseller
2642	VASA	vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness
2643	VAX	Virtual Address eXtension
2644	VB	Visual Basic
2645	VBI	vertical blanking interval
2646	VBN	visitor-based networking
2647	vBNS	very high-speed Backbone Network Service
2648	VBR	Vouch by Reference
2649	VC	venture capital
2650	vCAC	VMware vCloud Automation Center
2651	VCB	VMware Consolidated Backup
2652	VCD	video CD or video compact disc
2653	VCDX	VMware certified design expert
2654	vCLI	vSphere CLI
2655	VCP	VMware Capacity Planner
2656	VCP	VMware Certified Professional
2657	vCPU	virtual CPU
2658	VCR	videocassette recorder
2659	VCSEL	vertical cavity surface emitting laser
2660	vCSHB	VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
2661	VDA	Virtual Desktop Access
2662	vDGA	Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration
2663	VDI	virtual desktop infrastructure
2664	VDT	video display terminal or visual display terminal
2665	VDU	video display unit
2666	VE	Value Engineering
2667	VERIS	Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing
2668	VFAT	Virtual File Allocation Table
2669	VFIIP	Virtual Factory Information Interchange Project
2670	VFS	virtual file system
2671	vGPU	virtual GPU
2672	VHD	virtual hard disk
2673	VHDCI	Very High Density Cable Interconnect
2674	VHDX	Hyper-V virtual hard disk
2675	VHE	Virtual Home Environment
2676	VHF	very high frequency
2677	VHS	Video Home System
2678	VI3	VMware Infrastructure 3
2679	VIM	Vendor Independent Messaging
2680	Vim	Vi improved
2681	VITC	vertical interval time code
2682	VLAN	Virtual Local Area Network
2683	VLDB	Very Large Database
2684	VLE	virtual learning environment
2685	VLER	Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record
2686	VLIW	very long instruction word
2687	vlog	video blog
2688	VLSI	Very Large Scale Integration
2689	VLSM	variable-length subnet mask
2690	VM	virtual machine
2691	VMBus	Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus
2692	VMEbus	VersaModular Eurocard bus
2693	VMI	Vendor Managed Inventory
2694	VML	vector graphics rendering
2695	VML	Vector Markup Language
2696	VMLM	virtual machine lifecycle management
2697	VMM	virtual machine monitor
2698	VMO	vendor management office
2699	VMQ	Virtual Machine Queue
2700	VMS	Virtual Memory System
2701	VMUG	VMware User Group
2702	VMXNET3	VMXNET Generation 3
2703	VNC	virtual network computing
2704	vNUMA	virtual NUMA
2705	VOB	Versioned Object Base
2706	VOC	voice of the customer
2707	VoD	video on demand
2708	VoIP	voice over IP
2709	VOIPSA	Voice over IP Security Alliance
2710	VOVA	vSphere OpenStack Virtual Appliance
2711	VoWLAN	Voice over WLAN
2712	VoxML	Voice Markup Language
2713	VP	value proposition
2714	VPD	virtual private database
2715	VPD	vital product data
2716	VPDM	Virtual Product Data Management
2717	VPLS	virtual private LAN service
2718	VPM	Virtual Product Model
2719	VPN	Virtual Private Network
2720	VPS	Virtual Private Server
2721	VRAM	Video RAM
2722	VRF	Virtual Routing and Forwarding
2723	VRF	virtual routing and forwarding
2724	VRM	Vendor Risk Management, or Voltage Regulator Module
2725	VRM	vendor risk management
2726	VRM	voltage regulator module
2727	VRML	Virtual Reality Modeling Language
2728	VRR	Voice Recognition and Response, or Variable Refresh Rate
2729	VRRP	Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
2730	VSA	virtual SAN appliance, Virtual Storage Appliance
2731	VSAM	Virtual Storage Access Method
2732	VSAN	virtual storage area network
2733	VSAT	Very Small Aperture Terminal
2734	VSB	vestigial sideband
2735	VSE	Visual Studio Express
2736	VSM	virtual systems management
2737	VSMP	virtual symmetric multiprocessing
2738	VSP	vertical solutions provider
2739	VSP	Virtual Storage Portal
2740	VSPP	VMware Service Provider Program
2741	VSTO	Visual Studio Tools for Office or Microsoft Visual Studio Tools
2742	VSTS	Visual Studio Team System
2743	VTAM	Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
2744	VTL	Virtual Tape Library
2745	VUGM	Virtual User Group Meeting
2746	VUM	VMware vSphere Update Manager
2747	VXLAN	Virtual Extensible LAN
2748	W-CDMA	Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access
2749	W2K	Windows 2000
2750	W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
2751	WAAS	Wide Area Application Services
2752	WaaS	Windows as a Service
2753	WAE	Wide Area Ethernet
2754	WAF	write amplification factor
2755	WAFS	wide-area file services
2756	WAIS	Wide Area Information Servers
2757	WAN	Wide Area Network
2758	WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
2759	WAPI	WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure
2760	WARN	Workers' Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
2761	WASC	Web Application Security Consortium
2762	WaSP	Web Standards Project
2763	WASP	wireless application service provider
2764	WATS	wide-area telephone service
2765	WAX	Wireless Abstract XML
2766	WBEM	Web-Based Enterprise Management
2767	WBI	Web Intermediaries
2768	WBMP	Wireless Bitmap
2769	WBS	Work Breakdown Schedule
2770	WBS	work breakdown structure
2771	WCET	worst-case execution time
2772	WCF	Windows Communication Foundation
2773	WCM	web content management
2774	WCM	World Class Manufacturing
2775	WCS	Warehouse control system
2776	WCS	Wireless Communications Service
2777	WDF	web development framework
2778	WDM	wavelength-division multiplexing
2779	WDS	Windows Deployment Services
2780	WDS	wireless distribution system
2781	WDSC	WebSphere Development Studio Client
2782	WDT	watchdog timer
2783	WebDAV	World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
2784	WebOps	Web operations
2785	WebRTC	Web Real-Time Communications
2786	WEEE	Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation
2787	WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
2788	WF	Windows Workflow Foundation
2789	WfM	Wired for Management, Workforce management
2790	WFO	workforce optimization
2791	WFQ	weighted fair queueing
2792	WGA	Windows Genuine Advantage
2793	WGate	Web gateway
2794	WHATWG	Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
2795	WHQL	Windows Hardware Quality Labs
2796	WiBB	wireless broadband
2797	WIC	WAN interface card
2798	WiDEN	Wideband Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
2799	WIM	Windows Imaging Format
2800	WiMAX	Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
2801	WIMP	windows, icons, mouse, and pull-down menus
2802	WIMP	Woefully Inept Manufacturing Process
2803	WinDirStat	Windows Directory Statistics
2804	Wine	Wine is not an emulator
2805	WinFS	Windows File System
2806	WinFX	.NET 3.0
2807	WinPE	Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment
2808	WinRM	Windows Remote Management
2809	WINS	Windows Internet Naming Service
2810	WIP	Work in Process
2811	WME	World's Most Ethical
2812	WMF	Microsoft Windows Management Framework
2813	WMI	Windows Management Instrumentation
2814	WMIC	Windows Management Instrumentation Command line
2815	WML	Wireless Markup Language
2816	WMM	Wi-Fi Multimedia
2817	WMN	Wireless Mesh Network
2818	WMP	Windows Media Player
2819	WMS	Warehouse Management System
2820	WMTS	Wireless Medical Telemetry Services
2821	WORA	write once, run anywhere
2822	WORM	write once, read many
2823	WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
2824	WPA	Windows Product Activation
2825	WPAD	Web Proxy Autodiscovery
2826	WPAN	Wireless Prsonal Area Network
2827	WPAS	Windows Process Activation Service
2828	WPF	Windows Presentation Foundation
2829	WRAM	Window RAM
2830	WSA	Windows Subsystem for Android
2831	WSCI	Web Service Choreography Interface
2832	WSD	white space device
2833	WSDL	Web Services Description Language
2834	WSFC	Windows Server Failover Clustering
2835	WSL	Windows Subsystem for Linux
2836	WSP	Wireless Service Provider
2837	WSS	Windows Sharepoint Services
2838	WSTx	Web Services Transactions
2839	WSUS	Windows Server Update Services
2840	WTLS	Wireless Transport Layer Security
2841	WTS	Windows Terminal Server
2842	WUE	water usage effectiveness
2843	WUSB	wireless USB
2844	WWN	World Wide Name
2845	WWW	World Wide Web
2846	WYSIWYG	what you see is what you get
2847	WYSIWYP	what you see is what you print
2848	X9	ASC X9
2849	XaaS	anything as a service
2850	XACML	Extensible Access Control Markup Language
2851	XAM	eXtensible Access Method
2852	XAML	Extensible Application Markup Language
2853	XBRL	Extensible Business Reporting Language
2854	XCCDF	Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format
2855	XDMA	Xing Distributed Media Architecture
2856	XFDL	Extensible Forms Description Language
2857	XGA	Extended Graphics Array
2858	XHTML	Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
2859	XMI	XML Metadata Interchange
2860	XML	Extensible Markup Language
2861	XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
2862	XMT	Extensible MPEG-4 Textual
2863	XNS	Extensible Name Service
2864	XORP	Extensible Open Router Platform
2865	XP	Extreme Programming
2866	XPRL	Extensible Public Relations Language
2867	XQL	XML Query Language
2868	XrML	Extensible Rights Markup Language
2869	XSD	XML Schema Definition
2870	XSL	Extensible Stylesheet Language
2871	XSLT	XSL Transformations
2872	XSRF	cross-site request forgery
2873	XSS	cross-site scripting
2874	XST	cross-site tracing
2875	XUL	Extensible User-interface Language
2876	XWM	X window manager
2877	XWN	eXtended WordNet
2878	XWS	X Window System
2879	XYZ	Internet top-level domain (.xyz) released in 2014
2880	Y2K	year 2000
2881	yacc	yet another compiler compiler
2882	YMS	yard management system
2883	YUM	Yellowdog Updater, Modified
2884	ZBR	zoned-bit recording
2885	ZBT	zero-based thinking
2886	ZIF	Zero Insertion Force
2887	Zope	Z Object Publishing Environment
2888	ZRTP	Zimmermann Real-Time Transport Protocol
2889	ZV	Zoomed Video