PowerShell/Data/Abbr/computing.csv

1	ABBR	TERM
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	4-D	printing four-dimensional printing
59	40GbE	40 Gigabit Ethernet
60	42	the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything (from 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' by Douglas Adams)
61	486	Intel 80486 processor
62	4B5BLF	4 Byte 5 Byte Local Fiber
63	4G	Fourth Generation
64	4GL	Fourth-generation Programming Language
65	4NF	Fourth Normal Form
66	5GL	Fifth-Generation Programming Language
67	5NL	Fifth Normal Form
68	6NF	Sixth Normal Form
69	7W	seven wastes
70	8-VSB	8-level vestigial sideband
71	802.11	Wireless LAN
72	8B10BLF	8 Byte 10 Byte Local Fiber
73	A+	A Plus
74	A.I.	Airborne Internet
75	A/m	Oe, oersted ampere per meter
76	A11Y	Accessibility
77	AA	modem lights
78	AAA	Authentication,Authorization,Accounting
79	AABB	Axis Aligned Bounding Box
80	AAC	Advanced Audio Coding
81	AAI	Applied Artificial Intelligence
82	AAM	Automatic Acoustic Management
83	AAR	Apple Authorized Reseller
84	AARP	AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
85	AAS	as a service
86	AAS	Auto Area Segmentation
87	AAUI	Apple attachment unit interface
88	ab	W abohm
89	abA	abampere
90	ABAP	Advanced Business Application Programming
91	ABB	activity-based budgeting
92	ABBH	average bouncing busy hour
93	abC	abcoulomb
94	ABC	activity-based costing
95	ABC	Atanasoff-Berry Computer
96	abend	abnormal end
97	abF	abfarad
98	abH	abhenry
99	ABIOS	Advanced BIOS
100	ABM	activity-based management
101	ABP	AdBlock Plus
102	ABP	Microsoft Exchange Address Book Policy
103	ABR	AutoBaud Rate or Available Bit Rate
104	abS	absiemens
105	abV	abvolt
106	ABVS	Automated Best Value System
107	abW	abwatt
108	AC	Alternating Current
109	AC-3	Dolby Digital
110	ACCT	Account
111	ACD	Automatic Call Distributor
112	ACE	Access Control Entry
113	ACeS	Asia Cellular Satellite System
114	ACF2	Access Control Facility
115	ACH	Automated Clearing House
116	ACH	fraud Automated Clearing House fraud
117	ACID	Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability
118	Ack	Acknowledgement
119	ACL	Access Control List
120	ACM	Association for Computing Machinery
121	ACO	accountable care organization
122	ACPI	Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
123	ACR	Absolute Cell Reference
124	ACR	attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio
125	ACT	Application Compatibility Toolkit
126	ACTA	America's Carriers Telecommunications Association
127	ACTS	Automatic Coin Telephone System
128	ACV	all commodity volume
129	AD	Active Directory
130	ADAT	Alesis Digital Audio Tape
131	ADatP	Automated Data Processing
132	ADC	Analog-to-Digital Converter
133	ADC	automated data collection
134	ADE	qutomated data entry
135	ADF	Automatic Document Feeder
136	ADO	ActiveX Data Objects
137	ADP	automatic data processing
138	ADPCM	adaptive differential pulse-code modulation
139	ADS	alternate data stream
140	ADSI	Analog Display Services Interface
141	ADSL	Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
142	ADSM	ADSTAR Distributed Storage Management
143	AES	Advanced Encryption Standard
144	AET	advanced evasion technique
145	AF	audio frequency
146	AFC	antiferromagnetically-coupled
147	AFIS	Automated Fingerprint Identification System
148	AFM	atomic force microscopy
149	AFP	Advanced Function Printing
150	AFP	Apple Filing Protocol
151	AFS	Andrew file system
152	aglet	agile applet
153	AGP	Accelerated Graphics Port
154	AHA	Accelerated Hub Architecture
155	AHIMA	American Health Information Management Association
156	AHRQ	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
157	AHT	average handle time
158	AI	Artificial Intelligence
159	AIBO	Artificial Intelligence roBOt
160	AICPA	American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
161	AID	automatic identification
162	AIDC	Automatic Identification and Data Capture
163	AIFF	Audio Interchange File Format
164	AIM	application integration middleware
165	AIMS	agile infrastructure for manufactured systems
166	AIN	Advanced Intelligent Network
167	AIT	advanced intelligent tape
168	AIX	Advanced Interactive eXecutive
169	Ajax	Asynchronous JavaScript and XML
170	AKO	Army Knowledge Online
171	AL	access list
172	ALE	Application Link Enabling
173	ALM	application lifecycle management
174	ALPR	Automated License Plate Recognition
175	alt.	alternate newsgroup
176	ALU	Arithmetic Logic Unit
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
206	APM	application portfolio management
207	APO	Advanced Planner and Optimizer
208	APO	advanced planning and optimization
209	AppBlast	Project AppBlast
210	APPC	Advanced Program-to-Program Communication or LU 6.2
211	Apple VPP	Apple Volume Purchase Program
212	Apple WWDC	Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
213	APPN	Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
214	APQP	advanced product quality planning
215	APS	advanced planning and scheduling
216	APT	advanced persistent threat
217	APU	Accelerated Processing Unit
218	AR	accounts receivable
219	AR	augmented reality
220	ARAX	Asynchronous Ruby and XML
221	ARIN	American Registry of Internet Numbers
222	Arista EOS	Arista Extensible Operating System
223	ARJ	Archive Robert Jung
224	ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
225	ARPA	Advanced Research Projects Agency
226	ARPU	average revenue per user or average revenue per unit
227	ARQ	automatic repeat request
228	ARRA	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
229	ARRL	American Radio Relay League
230	AS	autonomous system
231	AS/400	IBM iSeries, AS/400e, eServer iSeries/400
232	AS1	Applicability Statement 1
233	AS2	Applicability Statement 2
234	ASAP	AcceleratedSAP
235	ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
236	ASD	agile software development
237	ASE	Adaptive Server Enterprise
238	ASF	Apache Software Foundation
239	ASIC	application-specific integrated circuit
240	ASIO	Audio Stream Input/Output
241	ASLR	address space layout randomization
242	ASN	advanced shipping notice
243	ASN.1	Abstract Syntax Notation One
244	ASP+	ASP.NET
245	ASP	Active Server Page
246	ASP	Application Service Provider
247	ASP	authorized service provider
248	ASPI	Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
249	ASPIC	Application Service Provider Industry Consortium
250	ASQ	American Society for Quality
251	ASR	automated speech recognition
252	ASRS	automated storage retrieval systems
253	ASSP	application-specific standard product
254	AST	automated storage tiering
255	ASTM	American Society for Testing and Materials
256	ASUG	Americas' SAP Users' Group
257	ATA	Advanced Technology Attachment
258	ATA	American Telemedicine Association
259	ATA	analog telephone adapter
260	ATAPI	AT Attachment Packet Interface
261	ATE	automated test equipment
262	ATL	Active Template Library
263	ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
264	ATO	assemble to order
265	ATP	advanced technology program
266	ATR	automated trouble reporting
267	ATS	applicant tracking system
268	ATSC	Advanced Television Systems Committee
269	ATU-R	ADSL Terminal Unit - Remote
270	ATV	advanced television
271	ATVEF	Advanced Television Enhancement Forum
272	ATX	Advanced Technology eXtended (a form factor for motherboards and power supplies)
273	AUI	attachment unit interface
274	AUP	acceptable use policy
275	AV	audio/video
276	AVA	anonymous video analytics
277	AVI	Audio Video Interleaved
278	AVL	approved vendor list
279	AVL	automatic vehicle locator
280	AVR	Audio/Video Receiver
281	AWG	American Wire Gauge
282	AWIS	Alexa Web Information Service
283	AWS	Amazon Web Services
284	AWT	Abstract Window Toolkit
285	AXI	automated X-ray inspection
286	AXT	alien crosstalk
287	B2B	Business to Business
288	B2C	Business to Consumer
289	B2G	Business to Government, or Bitcoin2Gen
290	B2E	Business to Employee
291	B8ZS	bipolar 8-zero substitution, binary 8-zero substitution, clear channel, clear 64
292	BA	business agility
293	BA	business analytics
294	BAA	broad agency announcement
295	BAA	HIPAA business associate agreement
296	BAL	Basic Assembler Language
297	BAL	branch-and-link
298	BAM	Bottleneck Allocation Methodology
299	BAM	business activity monitoring
300	BAPI	Business Application Programming Interface
301	Bash	Bourne-Again Shell
302	BASIC	Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
303	BBCs	buffer credits or buffer-to-buffer credits
304	BBS	bulletin board system
305	BC	Set Business Configuration Set
306	BCBS	Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
307	BCC	Blind Carbon Copy
308	Bcc	blind carbon copy or blind courtesy copy
309	BCDR	Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
310	BCI	brain-computer interface
311	BCM	business continuity management
312	BCMA	Bar Coded Medication Administration
313	BDaaS	big data as a service
314	BEDO	Burst Extended Data Output
315	BER	bit error rate
316	BES	BlackBerry Enterprise Server
317	BEST	Business / Enterprise State Transfer
318	BEx	Business Explorer
319	BGAN	Broadband Global Area Network
320	BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
321	BHIE	Bidirectional Health Information Exchange
322	BI	business intelligence
323	BIA	business impact analysis
324	BIC	bank identifier code
325	BIC	Best In Class
326	BIC	business information center
327	BICC	Bearer Independent Call Control
328	BICC	business intelligence competency center
329	BIOS	Basic Input/Output System
330	BISDN	Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
331	BIST	Built In Self Test
332	bit	binary digit
333	BLE	Bluetooth Low Energy
334	BLOB	Binary Large OBject
335	BMAN	Broadband Metropolitan Area Network
336	BMC	baseboard management controller
337	BMP	Best Manufacturing Practices
338	BMP	Bitmap
339	BMS	battery management system
340	BNC	Bayonet Neil-Concelman or British Naval Connector
341	BOB	branch office box
342	BOC	Bell operating company
343	BOH	Balance On Hand
344	BOL	beginning of life
345	BOM	Bill Of Materials
346	BOOTP	Bootstrap Protocol
347	BP&F	budgeting, planning and forecasting
348	BPA	business process automation
349	BPaaS	Business Process as a Service
350	BPCS	Business Planning and Control System
351	BPEL	Business Process Execution Language
352	BPI	business process improvement
353	BPL	Broadband over Power Line
354	BPM	business process management
355	BPMI	Business Process Management Initiative
356	BPML	Business Process Modeling Language
357	BPMN	Business Process Modeling Notation
358	BPO	business process outsourcing
359	BPR	Business Process Reengineering
360	bps	bit/sec bits per second
361	BPS	bulk power system
362	BRE	business rules engine
363	BREW	Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless
364	BRI	Basic Rate Interface
365	BSA	Bank Secrecy Act
366	BSA	Business Software Alliance
367	BSD	Berkeley Software Distribution
368	BSOD	Blue Screen of Death
369	BSP	business service provider
370	BT	business technology
371	BTF	Build To Forecast
372	BTM	business technology management
373	BTO	Build To Order
374	BTOP	Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
375	BTP	Business Transaction Protocol
376	BTS	Build To Stock
377	Btu	British thermal unit
378	BTX	Balanced Technology eXtended (a form factor for personal computer motherboards)
379	BU	backup utility
380	BURN-Proof	Buffer Under Run Error Proof
381	burst SRAM	SynchBurst SRAM
382	BYOA	Bring Your Own Apps
383	BYOC	Bring Your Own Cloud
384	BYOD	Bring Your Own Device
385	BYOE	Bring Your Own Encryption
386	BYOI	Bring Your Own Identity
387	BYON	Bring Your Own Network
388	BYOT	bring your own technology
389	BYOx	bring your own everything
390	C&C	server command-and-control server
391	C2C	Client to Client
392	CA	cellular automaton
393	CA	certificate authority
394	CaaS	Communications as a Service
395	CAC	call admission control
396	CAC	common access card
397	CACS	computer assisted coding system
398	CAD	Computer-Aided Design
399	CAD/CAM	computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing
400	CADE	Corporate Average Data center Efficiency
401	CAE	Computer-Aided Engineering
402	CAES	compressed air energy storage
403	CAFC	Container on Flat Car
404	CAFE	Corporate Average Fuel Economy
405	CAGR	Compound Annual Growth Rate
406	CAIV	Cost As (An) Independent Variable
407	CALEA	Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
408	CALS	Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support
409	CAM	Computer-Aided Manufacturing
410	CAM	corporate account manager
411	CAM-I	Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing -- International
412	CAMM	Common Assurance Maturity Model
413	CAMU	Computerized Assembly Mock Up
414	CAN	Campus Area Network
415	CAN	corporate area network
416	CAP	carrierless amplitude/phase
417	CAP	theorem Brewer's theorem
418	Capex	capital expenditure
419	CAPI	Common Application Programming Interface
420	CAPM	cloud application performance management
421	CAPOSS	CApacity Planning and Operation Sequence Scheduling
422	CAPP	Computer-aided process planning
423	CAPTCHA	Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
424	CAS	channel-associated signaling
425	CAS	Client Access Server
426	CAS	content-addressed storage
427	CASA	Computer and Automated Systems Association
428	CASE	computer-aided software engineering
429	CASE	Computer-Aided System Engineering
430	CATT	Computer Aided Test Tool
431	CATV	community access television
432	CAVE	Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
433	CB	Citizen's Band Radio
434	CBA	cost-benefit analysis
435	CBC	cipher block chaining
436	CBSA	Component Based Solution Assembly
437	CBT	Changed Block Tracking
438	CBT	Computer-Based Training
439	CC	Common Criteria
440	CCB	Change Control Board
441	CCD	charge-coupled device
442	CCD	Continuity of Care Document
443	CCEVS	Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme for IT Security
444	CCIE	Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert
445	CCITT	ITU-T Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunications
446	CCJ	collaborative citizen journalism
447	CCK	Complementary Code Keying
448	CCM	Color Changing Material
449	CCMM	cloud computing maturity model
450	CCMP	Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol
451	CCNA	Cisco Certified Network Associate
452	CCNP	Cisco Certified Network Professional
453	CCO	chief customer officer
454	CCO	Corporate or Chief Compliance Officer
455	CCR	Central Contractor Registration
456	CCR	Continuity of Care Record
457	CCS	common channel signaling
458	CCS	hundred call second or centum call second
459	CCSP	Cisco Certified Security Professional
460	CCTV	closed circuit television
461	CD	cardholder data
462	CD	Continuous Delivery
463	CD	Compact Disc
464	CD-i	Compact Disc - interactive
465	CD-MO	CD-Magneto Optical
466	CD-ROM XA	Compact Disc - read-only-memory, extended architecture
467	CD-RW	compact disc, rewriteable
468	CDA	Clinical Document Architecture
469	CDC	change data capture
470	CDD	contract delivery date
471	CDDI	Copper Distributed Data Interface
472	CDE	cardholder data environment
473	CDE	Common Desktop Environment
474	CDF	Channel Definition Format
475	CDI	customer data integration
476	CDMA	Code-Division Multiple Access
477	CDN	content delivery network
478	CDO	chief data officer
479	CDO	Chief Digital Officer
480	CDO	Collaboration Data Objects
481	CDP	clean desk policy
482	CDPD	Cellular Digital Packet Data
483	CDR	call detail record
484	CDR	Computed Dental Radiography
485	CDSL	Consumer Digital Subscriber Line
486	CDSS	clinical decision support system
487	CdTe	cadmium telluride
488	CEBP	communications-enabled business processes
489	CELL	Cell processor
490	CEM	customer experience management
491	CEMS	Contract Electronic Manufacturing Services
492	CEO	Chief Executive Officer
493	CEP	complex event processing
494	CERCLA	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Litigation Act
495	CERN	Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire
496	CERT	Computer Emergency Readiness Team
497	CES	Consumer Electronics Show
498	CF	CompactFlash card
499	CFAA	Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
500	CFAR	Collaboration Forecasting and Replenishment
501	CFB	ciphertext feedback
502	CFD	Computational Fluid Dynamics
503	CFI	custom factory integration
504	CFL	compact fluorescent light bulb
505	CFM	Continuous Flow Manufacturing
506	CFML	ColdFusion Markup Language
507	CFO	Chief Financial Officer
508	CFR	call failure rate
509	CG	Consumer Goods
510	CGDC	Computer Game Developers Conference (became GDC in 1998)
511	CGF	Computer-Generated Forces (Simulation)
512	CGI	common gateway interface
513	CGM	Computer Graphics Metafile
514	CGMP	Current Good Manufacturing Practices
515	CGO	Chief Green Officer
516	CHAP	Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
517	CHDR	Clinical Data Repository/Health Data Repository
518	CHI	Computer-Human Interaction
519	CHI	Consolidated Health Informatics
520	CHIME	College of Healthcare Information Management Executives
521	CHKDSK	check disk
522	chmod	change mode
523	CHRO	chief human resources officer
524	CHTML	Compact HTML
525	CI	competitive intelligence
526	CI	Continuous Improvement
527	CI	continuous integration
528	CI	customer intelligence
529	CIA	confidentiality, integrity, and availability
530	CICS	Customer Information Control System
531	CIDM	Customer-Integrated Decision Making
532	CIDR	Classless Inter-Domain Routing or supernetting
533	CIDR	supernetting or Classless Inter-Domain Routing
534	CIFS	Common Internet File System
535	CIM	Common Information Model
536	CIO	Chief Information Officer
537	CIPE	Compressed Integrated Product Engineering
538	CIR	committed information rate
539	CIS	Center for Internet Security
540	CIS	cloud-integrated storage
541	CISA	Certified Information Systems Auditor
542	CISC	complex instruction set computer or computing
543	Cisco IOS	Cisco Internetwork Operating System
544	Cisco LISP	Location Identifier Separation Protocol
545	CISM	certified information security manager
546	CISO	chief information security officer
547	CISP-PCI	Cardholder Information Security Program - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
548	CISPA	Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011
549	CISS	Cisco Information Security Specialist
550	CISSP	Certified Information Systems Security Professional
551	CIW	Certified Internet Webmaster
552	CIW	Computer Intensive Workload
553	CKO	chief knowledge officer
554	CL	cluster log
555	CLASS	Capacity Loading and Operation Sequence Scheduling
556	CLEC	competitive local exchange carrier
557	CLI	command line interface
558	CLI	Command Line Interpreter
559	CLI	Common Language Infrastructure
560	CLM	Council For Logistics Management
561	CLO	chief learning officer
562	CLOB	Character Large OBject
563	CLOS	Common Lisp Object System
564	CLR	Common Language Runtime
565	CM	configuration management
566	CM	content management
567	CM	Contract Manufacturer
568	CMA	content management application
569	CMDB	configuration management database
570	CMDM	Collaborative Master Data Management
571	CMIO	Chief Medical Information Officer
572	CMIP	Common Management Information Protocol
573	CMIS	Content Management Interoperability Services
574	CMM	Capability Maturity Model
575	CMO	chief marketing officer
576	CMOS	Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor
577	CMOx	conductive metal-oxide
578	CMR	customer-managed relationship
579	CMRP	Capacitated Material Requirements Planning
580	CMS	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
581	CMS	Cisco Meeting Server
582	CMS	content management system
583	CMS	Conversational Monitor System
584	CMTS	cable modem termination system
585	CMYK	cyan, magenta, yellow, key
586	CNA	converged network adapter
587	CNC	Computer Numerical Control
588	CNG	comfort noise generator
589	CNO	cluster name object
590	CNO	Computer Network Operations
591	CNR	Communication and Networking Riser
592	CO	capacity optimization
593	CO	central office
594	COA	chart of accounts
595	COA	cloud-oriented architecture
596	COA	Continuous Ordering Agreement
597	COB	Chip On Board
598	COBOL	Common Business Oriented Language
599	COD	capacity on demand
600	Codec	Coder-Decoder / Compressor-Decompressor / Compression-Decompression algorithm
601	COGS	Cost of Goods Sold
602	CoIP	communications over Internet Protocol
603	COLA	comp.os.linux.announce
604	COLD	Computer Output to Laser Disk
605	colo	colocation
606	COM	Component Object Model
607	CompTIA	Computing Technology Industry Association
608	CONUS	continental United States
609	COO	Cell of Origin
610	COO	Chief Operating Officer
611	COO	Cost of Ownership
612	COPPA	Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
613	COPS	Common Open Policy Service Protocol
614	CORBA	Common Object Request Broker Architecture
615	CoS	Class of Service
616	COTS	commercial off-the-shelf
617	CP	configuration profile
618	CP	control plane
619	CP	Cost Performance
620	CPCA	California Primary Care Association
621	CPE	customer premises equipment
622	CPG	consumer packaged goods
623	CPIM	Certified in Production and Inventory Management
624	CPIO	Chief Process and Innovation Officer
625	CPL	computer pidgin language
626	CPM	Certified Purchasing Manager
627	CPM	corporate performance management
628	CPM	critical path method
629	CPNI	Customer Proprietary Network Information
630	CPO	Chief Procurement Officer
631	CPOE	computerized physician order entry
632	CPPS	Cost Performance Products Sector
633	CPRM	Content Protection for Removable Media
634	CPS	cycles per second
635	CPT	Current Procedural Terminology
636	CPU	Central Processing Unit
637	CPW	Commercial Processing Workload
638	CQA	Certified Quality Auditor
639	CQE	Certified Quality Engineer
640	CR	cognitive radio
641	CRA	customer relationship analysis
642	CRAC	computer room air conditioning unit
643	CRAM	challenge-response authentication mechanism
644	CRC	Cyclic Redundancy Check
645	CRL	Certificate Revocation List
646	CRM	citizen relationship management
647	CRM	Customer Relationship Management
648	CRO	Chief Risk Officer
649	CRP	Capacity Requirements Planning
650	CRT	cathode ray tube
651	CRT	Current Reality Tree
652	CRUSH	Controlled Replication Under Scalable Hashing
653	CSA	Cloud Security Alliance
654	CSAT	customer satisfaction
655	CSBB	Client Side Browser Based
656	CSC	common short code
657	CSC	customer service chat
658	CSD	circuit switched data
659	CSI	Customer Satisfaction Index
660	CSIRT	Computer Security Incident Response Team
661	CSMA	Carrier Sense Multiple Access
662	CSO	Chief Security Officer
663	CSO	Chief Strategy Officer
664	CSP	Commerce Service Provider
665	CSR	Carrier Sensitive Routing
666	CSR	corporate social responsibility
667	CSS	Cascading Style Sheets
668	CSS	Content Scrambling System
669	CSS	customer self-service
670	CSS	customer service and support
671	CSU/DSU	Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit
672	CSV	Cluster Shared Volumes
673	CSV	Comma Separated Values (a file format)
674	CTC	click-to-talk
675	CTC	community technology center
676	CTCI	Computer-to-computer interface
677	CTD	cumulative trauma disorder
678	CTE	Committee on Trade and the Environment
679	CTFT	color thin film transistor
680	CTG	Council for Trade in Goods
681	CTI	computer-telephony integration
682	CTO	Chief Technology Officer
683	CTO	Configure To Order
684	CTOps	team counterthreat operations team
685	CTP	Capability To Promise
686	CTP	CloudTrust Protocol
687	CTP	common test platform
688	CTR	clickthrough rate
689	CUE	carbon usage effectiveness
690	CULV	consumer ultra-low voltage
691	CVC	Calibrated Vectored Cooling
692	CVE	Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
693	CVO	chief visionary officer
694	CVS	Concurrent Versions System
695	CVV	card verification value
696	CWDM	coarse wavelength division multiplexing
697	CWE	Common Weakness Enumeration
698	CWF	common working file
699	CWNP	Certified Wireless Networking Professional
700	CX	consumer experience
701	CXO	chief experience officer
702	D-AMPS	Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Service
703	D-VHS	Digital Video Home System
704	D2D	Disk to Disk
705	D2D2C	Disk to Disk to Cloud
706	D2D2T	Disk to Disk to Tape
707	DA	data analytics
708	DAA	Data Access Arrangement
709	DaaS	Desktop as a Service
710	DAB	Digital Audio Broadcasting
711	DAC	digital-to-analog conversion
712	DAC	Microsoft Dynamic Access Control
713	DAFS	Direct Access File System
714	DAG	database availability group
715	DAI	Dynamic ARP Inspection
716	DAM	database activity monitoring
717	DAMA	Design Anywhere Manufacture Anywhere
718	DAML	DARPA Agent Markup Language
719	DAO	Data Access Objects
720	DAQ	Data Acquisition
721	DARC	Defense Acquisition Regulatory Council
722	DARPA	Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
723	DAS	direct-attached storage
724	DAS	distributed antenna system
725	DASD	direct access storage device
726	DAT	Digital Audio Tape
727	DAW	digital audio workstation
728	DB	Database
729	DBA	database administrator
730	DBaaS	Database as a Service
731	dBc	decibels relative to carrier
732	DBCS	Double Byte Character Set
733	dBd	decibels related to dipole antenna
734	dBi	decibels relative to isotropic radiator
735	DBIR	Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
736	dBm	decibels relative to one milliwatt
737	DBMS	Database Management System
738	dBmV	decibels relative to one millivolt
739	DBOR	database of record
740	dBr	decibels relative to reference level
741	DBS	demand-based switching
742	DBS	direct broadcast satellite
743	DC	direct current
744	DC	Distribution Center
745	DCaaS	data center as a service
746	DCB	data center bridging
747	DCCP	Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
748	DCE	Distributed Computing Environment
749	DCIE	data center infrastructure efficiency
750	DCIM	data center infrastructure management
751	DCIM	Digital Camera Images
752	DCIT	Digital Compression of Increased Transmission
753	DCM	dynamic case management
754	DCMA	Defense Contract Management Agency
755	DCML	Data Center Markup Language
756	DCO	data center outsourcing
757	DCOM	Distributed Component Object Model
758	DCOP	Desktop Communication Protocol
759	DCPA	Distributed Control Plane Architecture
760	DCPromo	Domain Controller Promoter
761	DCS	Distributed Control System
762	DDA	Digital Differential Analyzer (graphics algorithm), or Digital Differential Analyzer
763	DDB	Amazon Dynamo Database
764	DDBMS	distributed database management system
765	DDCD	Double-Density Compact Disk
766	DDD	Data Display Debugger or Digital Digital Digital (CD mastering)
767	DDDM	data-driven decision management
768	DDE	Dynamic Data Exchange
769	DDK	driver development kit
770	DDL	Digital Data Link
771	DDL	Data Definition Language
772	DDM	demand-driven manufacturing
773	DDM	direct digital marketing
774	DDoS	Distributed Denial of Service
775	DDR	double data rate
776	DEC	Digital Equipment Corporation
777	DECT	Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
778	DECT	Digital European Cordless Telephone
779	DEM	Dynamic Enterprise Modeling
780	DEN	Directory-Enabled Networking
781	DES	Data Encryption Standard
782	DES	discrete event simulation
783	DES	Distributed Execution System
784	DFA	Design for Assembly
785	DFAA	Design for Automated Assembly
786	DFB	Distributed Feedback
787	DFD	Design for Disassembly
788	DFE	Design For Environment
789	DFL	Demand Flow Leadership
790	DFM	Demand Flow Management
791	DFM	digital footprint management
792	DFS	Distributed Factory System
793	DFS	distributed file system
794	DFSC	Design for Supply Chain
795	DFT	Demand Flow Technology
796	DG	data governance
797	DHA	directory harvest attack
798	DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
799	DHS	U.S. Department of Homeland Security
800	DICOM	Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
801	DID	Direct Inward Dialing
802	DIF	Data Interchange Format
803	DIME	Direct Internet Message Encapsulation
804	DIMM	Dual In-line Memory Module
805	direct	Telnet reverse Telnet
806	DirSync	Windows Azure Active Directory Sync
807	DISA	Defense Information Systems Agency
808	Diskpart	Disk Partition Utility
809	Divx	Digital Video Express
810	DLC	data link control
811	DLL	Dynamic Link Library
812	DLM	data life cycle management
813	DLP	data loss prevention
814	DLT	digital linear tape
815	DMA	Direct Memory Access
816	DMAIC	define, measure, analyze, improve, control
817	DMB	digital multimedia broadcasting
818	DMCA	Digital Millennium Copyright Act
819	DMD	Direct Metal Deposition
820	DMI	Desktop Management Interface
821	DMI	Digital Migration Interface
822	DMOS	Double Diffused MOS transistor
823	DMP	data management platform
824	DMP	dynamic multi-pathing
825	DMR	direct market reseller
826	DMS	Defense Message System
827	DMT	discrete multitone
828	DMTF	Distributed Management Task Force
829	DMVPN	dynamic multipoint VPN
830	DMZ	demilitarized zone
831	DNC	Direct Numerical Control
832	DNC	distributive numerical control
833	DND	Dungeons & Dragons (a computer game)
834	DNG	Digital Negative
835	DNIS	Dialed Number Identification Service
836	DNN	DotNetNuke
837	DNS	domain name system
838	DNSSEC	DNS Security Extensions
839	DNT	Do Not Track
840	DO	derived object
841	DOCSIS	Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications
842	DOD	Direct Outward Dialing
843	DOE	Department of Energy
844	DOI	Digital Object Identifier
845	DOI	digital object identifier
846	DOL	Department of Labor
847	DOLAP	Desktop OnLine Analytical Processing
848	DOLS	Domino Off-Line Services
849	DOM	Document Object Model
850	DoPa	DoCoMo Packet Transmission
851	DoS	denial of service
852	DOS	Disk Operating System
853	DOVE	IBM DOVE
854	DP	data plane
855	DP	Design Postponement
856	DPA	differential power analysis
857	DPI	deep packet inspection
858	dpi	dots per inch
859	DPL	Digital Powerline
860	DPM	data protection management
861	DPMI	DOS Protected Mode Interface
862	DR	disaster recovery
863	DRA	data recovery agent
864	DRaaS	disaster recovery as a service
865	DRAM	Dynamic Random Access Memory
866	DRBD	Distributed Replicated Block Device
867	DRC	Design Rule Checking
868	DRDRAM	Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
869	DRIPS	data reduction in primary storage
870	DRM	device relationship management
871	DRM	Digital Rights Management
872	DROP	delivery of real-time execution information protocol
873	DRP	disaster recovery plan
874	DRP	Distribution Requirements Planning
875	DRS	Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler
876	DSB	Dispute Settlement Body
877	DSC	Digital Still Camera
878	DSLAM	Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
879	DSLR	camera digital single lense reflux
880	DSML	Directory Services Markup Language
881	DSN	data source name
882	DSN	Deep Space Network
883	DSO	data source object
884	DSO	Days Sale Outstanding
885	DSO	exploit data source object exploit
886	DSOM	Distributed System Object Model
887	DSP	Digital Signal Processing
888	DSP	Digital Signal Processor
889	DSR	Demand signal repository
890	DSR	Dynamic Source Routing
891	DSRM	Directory Services Restore Mode
892	DSRP	Demand Solutions Requirements Planning
893	DSS	Decision Support System
894	DSS	Digital Signature Standard
895	DSSS	direct sequence spread spectrum
896	DSSSL	Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
897	DST	Daylight Saving Time
898	DSTP	Data Space Transfer Protocol
899	DTD	Document Type Definition
900	DTE	Data Terminal Equipment
901	DTE	Direct-to-Edit
902	DTMF	dual tone multi frequency
903	DTN	disruption-tolerant network
904	DTP	Digital Text Platform
905	DTP	Distributed Transaction Processing
906	DTR	data transfer rate
907	DTTV	digital terrestrial television
908	DTV	digital television
909	DUNDi	Distributed Universal Number Discovery
910	Duqu	W32.Duqu
911	DUT	Device Under Test
912	DVB	Digital Video Broadcasting
913	DVD	Digital Versatile Disk
914	DVD	Digital Video Disk
915	DVD-A	DVD-Audio
916	DVI	Digital Visual Interface
917	DVMRP	Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
918	DW	Data Warehousing
919	DWDM	dense wavelength division multiplexing
920	DXL	Domino Extensible Language
921	E&M	ear and mouth
922	E&O	Excess and Obsolete
923	E-CD	enhanced CD
924	E2E	exchange-to-exchange
925	E2K	Exchange 2000
926	E911	Enhanced 911
927	EA	emotions analytics
928	EA	enterprise architecture
929	EaaS	encryption as a service
930	EaaS	Ethernet as a service
931	EAC	Exchange Administration Center
932	EAI	enterprise application integration
933	EAI	External Application Interface
934	EAM	enterprise asset management
935	EAP	employee assistance program
936	EAP	Extensible Authentication Protocol
937	EB	exabyte
938	EBCDIC	Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
939	EBIF	Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format
940	EBPP	electronic bill presentment and payment
941	EBR	Electronic Batch Record
942	ebXML	electronic business xml
943	EBXML	Electronic Business XML
944	EC	Electronic Commerce
945	EC	enterprise collaboration
946	ECASS	silence machine or Electronic Controlled Acoustic Shadow System
947	ECB	Electronic Code Book
948	ECC	Elliptic Curve Cryptography
949	ECC	Error Correction Code
950	ECCS	European Cloud Computing Strategy
951	ECDL	European Computer Driving License
952	ECM	Engineering Change Management
953	ECM	enterprise content management
954	ECMAScript	European Computer Manufacturers Association Script
955	ECN	Electronic Change Notice
956	ECO	Engineering (or Electronic) Change Order
957	ECOphlex	PHase-change Liquid EXchange
958	ECPA	Electronic Communications Privacy Act
959	ECR	Efficient Consumer Response
960	ECRC	Electronic Commerce Resource Center
961	EDA	Electronic Document Access
962	EDA	event-driven architecture
963	EDE	electronic disposal efficiency
964	EDGE	Enhanced Data GSM Environment
965	EDI	Electronic Data Interchange
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	ELV	End of Life Vehicle
1005	EMAS	Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
1006	EMC	Exchange Management Console
1007	EMCCA	EMC cloud architect certification
1008	EME	moonbounce or Earth-Moon-Earth
1009	EMET	Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
1010	EMF	Enhanced MetaFile
1011	EMI	Early Manufacturing Involvement
1012	EMI	electromagnetic interference
1013	eMLC	enterprise MLC
1014	EMM	enterprise mobility management
1015	EMP	electromagnetic pulse
1016	EMR	electronic medical record
1017	EMS	Effective Management Systems
1018	EMS	Enhanced Messaging Service
1019	EMS	Microsoft Exchange Management Shell
1020	ENISA	European Network and Information Security Agency
1021	EOF	End of File
1022	EoIP	Electricity over IP
1023	EOL	end of life
1024	EOM	end of message
1025	EOP	Microsoft Exchange Online Protection
1026	EOQ	Economic Order Quantity
1027	EPA	Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer
1028	EPC	Evolved Packet Core
1029	EPD	electronic paper display
1030	EPEAT	Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool
1031	EPG	electronic program guide
1032	ePHI	electronic protected health information
1033	EPIC	Electronic Privacy Information Center
1034	EPIC	Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
1035	EPOD	electronic publishing on demand
1036	EPOP	Ethernet point-of-presence
1037	EPP/ECP	Enhanced Parallel Port/Enhanced Capability Port
1038	EPR	endpoint reference
1039	ERA	Electronic Remittance Advice
1040	ERC	Engineering Reseach Center
1041	ERD	or ER diagram entity-relationship diagram
1042	ERM	enterprise relationship management
1043	ERM	enterprise resource management
1044	ERM	Environmental Resource Management
1045	ERM	Group Environmental Resource Management
1046	ERM	or ER model entity-relationship model
1047	ERMS	email response management service
1048	ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
1049	ERS	Evaluated Receipt Settlement
1050	eRx	e-prescribing
1051	ESA	Enterprise Services Architecture
1052	ESB	enterprise service bus
1053	ESCD	Extended System Configuration Data
1054	ESCON	Enterprise Systems Connection
1055	ESD	electrostatic discharge
1056	ESDI	Enhanced Small Device Interface
1057	ESDRAM	Enhanced Synchronous DRAM
1058	ESE	Environmentally Sustainable Electronics
1059	ESI	electronically stored information
1060	ESMR	Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
1061	ESMTP	Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
1062	ESP	event stream processing
1063	ESS	employee self-service
1064	ETL	extract, transform, load
1065	ETM	Enterprise Transportation Management
1066	ETO	Engineer To Order
1067	ETP	Enterprise Transportation Planning
1068	ETRN	Extended Turn
1069	ETSI	European Telecommunications Standards Institute
1070	EUC	platform end user computing platform
1071	EULA	End-User License Agreement
1072	EUTELSAT	European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
1073	EUVL	extreme ultraviolet lithography
1074	EV	Electric Vehicle
1075	EV-DO	1x Evolution-Data Optimized
1076	EVA	Economic Value Added
1077	EVM	Earned Value Management
1078	EWS	Exchange Web Services
1079	EWSD	Electronic Worldwide Switch Digital
1080	ExBPA	Exchange Best Practices Analyzer
1081	ExRCA	Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer
1082	EZ/EC	Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community
1083	FA	Flexible Automation
1084	FACTA	Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
1085	FAR	Federal Acquisition Regulation
1086	FAS	Final Assembly Schedule
1087	FASAB	Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
1088	FAT	File Allocation Table
1089	FAWN	fast array of wimpy nodes
1090	FBE	Framework Based Environment
1091	FC-AL	Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
1092	FC-PGA	Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array
1093	FCA	Flip Chip Assembly
1094	FCAPS	fault-management, configuration, accounting, performance, and security
1095	FCC	Federal Communications Commission
1096	FCIA	Fibre Channel Industry Association
1097	FCIP	Fibre Channel over IP
1098	FCoE	Fibre Channel over Ethernet
1099	FCP	Finite Capacity Planning
1100	FCR	first call resolution
1101	FCRA	Fair Credit Reporting Act
1102	FCS	Finite Capacity Scheduling
1103	FD	Floppy Drive or File Descriptor
1104	FDC	Floppy Disk Controller
1105	FDCC	Federal Desktop Core Configuration
1106	FDD	Floppy Disk Drive
1107	FDDI	Fiber Distributed Data Interface
1108	FDE	full-disk encryption
1109	FDHP	Full Duplex Handshaking Protocol
1110	FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
1111	FDIC	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
1112	FDM	frequency-division multiplexing
1113	FDMA	frequency division multiple access
1114	Feat	Feature
1115	FEC	forward error correction
1116	FECN	forward explicit congestion notification
1117	FED	field emission display
1118	FedRAMP	3PAO third-party assessment organization
1119	FedRAMP	Federal Risk and Authorization Program
1120	FEM	Finite Elements Method
1121	FERC	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
1122	FERPA	Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
1123	FET	field-effect transistor
1124	FF	Firefox (Web browser)
1125	FFIEC	compliance Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
1126	FFT	Fast Fourier Transformation
1127	FG-D	Feature Group D
1128	FHA	Federal Health Architecture
1129	FHIE	Federal Health Information Exchange
1130	FI	Fast Infoset
1131	FICON	Fiber Connectivity
1132	FIFO	First In, First Out
1133	FILO	First In, Last Out
1134	FIM	federated identity management
1135	FinCEN	Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
1136	FINRA	Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
1137	FiOS	Fiber Optic Service
1138	FIP	Factory Information Protocol
1139	FIP	Fair Information Practices
1140	FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standards
1141	FIS	Factory Information System
1142	FISMA	Federal Information Security Management Act
1143	FITCE	Federation of Telecommunications Engineers of the European Community
1144	FLAC	Free Lossless Audio Codec
1145	FLOPS	Floating-Point Operations Per Second
1146	FLSA	Fair Labor Standards Act
1147	FLSM	fixed-length subnet mask
1148	FLT	Fermat's Last Theorem
1149	FM	Frequency Modulation
1150	FMAC	Flexible Mandatory Access Control
1151	FMC	fixed-mobile convergence
1152	FME	Feature Manipulation Engine
1153	FMEA	Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
1154	FMP	FileMaker
1155	FMS	fixed-mobile substitution
1156	FMS	Flexible Manufacturing System
1157	FMV	Full Motion Video
1158	FNBN	For Nerds By Nerds
1159	FNEA	Full Name and E-mail Address
1160	FnR	Find and replace
1161	FNR	Format and Restore
1162	FOAD	Fuck Off And Die
1163	FOB	fresh out of the box
1164	FOIA	Freedom of Information Act
1165	FOIRL	Fiber-Optic Inter-Repeater Links
1166	FOLED	flexible organic light emitting device
1167	FOPE	Forefront Online Protection for Exchange
1168	FORTRAN	The IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslating System (a programming language)
1169	FOSS	Free and Open-Source Software
1170	FOV	Field Of View
1171	FP&A	financial planning and analysis
1172	FP	fat provisioning
1173	FP	Finite Planning
1174	FPCA	Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
1175	FPDS	Federal Procurement Data System
1176	FPGA	Field-Programmable Gate Array
1177	FPI	Federal Prison Industries
1178	FPM	Fast Page Mode
1179	FPM	federated presence management
1180	FpML	Financial Products Markup Language
1181	FPP	Full Packaged Product
1182	FPROM	Field Programmable Read-Only Memory
1183	FPS	First-Person Shooter
1184	fps	Frames Per Second
1185	FPT	Fine Pitch Technology
1186	FPU	Floating-Point Unit
1187	FQA	Frequently Questioned Answers
1188	FQDN	Fully Qualified Domain Name
1189	FR	Frame Relay
1190	FRA	Federal Railroad Administration
1191	FRAD	frame relay access device or frame relay assembler/dissembler
1192	FRAM	Ferroelectric RAM
1193	FRCP	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
1194	FROG	Free Roaming On Grid
1195	FRR	fast retransmit and recovery
1196	FRT	Future Reality Tree
1197	FRU	Field Replaceable Units
1198	FS	File System
1199	FSAN	Full Services Access Network
1200	FSB	frontside bus
1201	FSF	Free Software Foundation
1202	FSK	frequency-shift keying
1203	FSML	Financial Services Markup Language
1204	FSO	free-space optics
1205	FSP	full-service provider
1206	FSRM	File Server Resource Manager
1207	FTA	Federal Transit Authority
1208	FTAM	File Transfer Access Method
1209	FTC	Federal Trade Commission
1210	FTP	File Transfer Protocol
1211	FTTC	fiber to the curb
1212	FTTH	fiber to the home
1213	FTTx	fiber to the x
1214	FUD	Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
1215	FUN	focus on user needs
1216	FYI	for your information
1217	G2G	Government to Government
1218	G2C	Government to Consumer
1219	GAAP	Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
1220	GAAP	generally accepted accounting standards
1221	GaAs	gallium arsenide
1222	GaAsFET	gallium arsenide field-effect transistor
1223	GAL	Microsoft Exchange Global Address List
1224	GALP	Good Automated Laboratory Practices
1225	GaN	gallium nitride
1226	GAN	Generic Access Network
1227	GAO	General Accounting Office
1228	GAO	Government Accountability Office
1229	GARP	Generic Attribute Registration Protocol
1230	GATE	General Architecture for Text Engineering
1231	GATS	General Agreement on Trade in Services
1232	GATT	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
1233	GB	gigabyte
1234	GBIC	Gigabit Interface Converter
1235	Gbps	billions of bits per second
1236	Gbps	Gigabits per second
1237	GCC	GNU Compiler Collection
1238	GDDR	Graphics Double Data Rate
1239	GDI	Graphics Device Interface
1240	GDMO	Guidelines for Definition of Managed Objects
1241	GDP	Gross Domestic Product
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 Case of Emergency
1411	ICE	in-circuit emulator
1412	ICE	Information and Content Exchange
1413	IcM	incident management
1414	ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
1415	ICP	Internet commerce provider
1416	ICR	intelligent character recognition
1417	ICT	information and communications technology - or technologies
1418	ICT4D	Information and Communications Technologies for Development
1419	ID	intrusion detection
1420	IDaaS	identity as a Service
1421	IDE	Integrated Development Environment
1422	IDE	Integrated Drive Electronics
1423	IDEA	International Data Encryption Algorithm
1424	IDEF	Integrated Definition
1425	iDEN	Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
1426	IDF	interface device
1427	IDIS	Integrated Disbursement and Information System
1428	IDL	interface definition language
1429	IDoc	intermediate document
1430	IDS	intrusion detection system
1431	IE	Internet Explorer
1432	IEAK	Internet Explorer Administration Kit
1433	IEC	International Electrotechnical Commission
1434	IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1435	IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force
1436	iFCP	Internet Fibre Channel Protocol
1437	IG	Inspector General
1438	IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
1439	IGP	Interior Gateway Protocol
1440	iHT2	Institute for Health Technology Transformation
1441	IIOP	Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
1442	IIS	Internet Information Server
1443	IKE	Internet Key Exchange
1444	ILEC	incumbent local exchange carrier
1445	ILM	information life cycle management
1446	IM	infrastructure management
1447	IMA	inverse multiplexing over ATM
1448	IMAP	Internet Message Access Protocol
1449	IMCS	nventory Management and Control System
1450	IMEI	International Mobile Equipment Identity
1451	IMS	Information Management System
1452	IMS	Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
1453	IMS	IP Multimedia Subsystem
1454	IMT	International Mobile Telephone
1455	IMTI	Integrated Manufacturing Technology Initiative
1456	IN	Intelligent Network
1457	InterNIC	Internet Network Information Center
1458	IOPS	Input/Output Operations Per Second
1459	IOS	Input/Output Supervisor
1460	IoT	Internet of Things
1461	IOTP	Internet Open Trading Protocol
1462	IOV	I/O virtualization
1463	IP	Internet Protocol
1464	IPAM	IP address management
1465	IPC	Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits
1466	IPC	interprocess communication
1467	IPFS	InterPlanetary File System
1468	IPI	Intelligent Peripheral Interface
1469	IPL	initial program load
1470	IPLC	international private leased circuit
1471	IPM	intelligent power management
1472	IPMI	Intelligent Platform Management Interface
1473	IPP	Internet presence provider
1474	IPPD	Integrated Product and Process Development
1475	IPPP	Internet presence provider and promoter
1476	IPR	Intellectual Property Rights
1477	IPS	In-Plan Switching
1478	IPsec	Internet Protocol Security
1479	IPT	Integrated Product Team
1480	IPTV	Internet Protocol television
1481	IPv4	Internet Protocol Version 4
1482	IPv6	Internet Protocol Version 6
1483	IPX	Internetwork Packet Exchange
1484	IR	infrared radiation
1485	IRC	Internet Relay Chat
1486	IrDA	Infrared Data Association
1487	IRI	Industrial Research Institute
1488	IRIS	Internet Routing in Space
1489	IRM	Integrated Resource Management
1490	IRP	incident response plan
1491	IRQ	interrupt request
1492	IRR	internal rate of return
1493	IRTF	Internet Research Task Force
1494	IRU	Indefeasible Right of Use
1495	IS	Information System
1496	IS	information system or information services
1497	IS-IS	Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System protocol
1498	ISA	Industry Standard Architecture
1499	ISAM	Indexed Sequential Access Method
1500	ISAPI	Internet Server Application Program Interface
1501	iSCSI	Internet Small Computer System Interface
1502	iSCSI	target Internet Small Computer System Interface target
1503	ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network
1504	ISE	Cisco Identity Services Engine
1505	ISP	Internet Service Provider
1506	ISPF	Interactive System Productivity Facility
1507	ISRC	International Standard Recording Code
1508	ISRS	information storage and retrieval system
1509	ISSU	in-service software upgrade
1510	ISV	Independent Software Vendor
1511	IT	Information Technology
1512	positive test/positive test/IT-ISAC	Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center
1513	ITAA	Information Technology Association of America
1514	ITaaS	IT as a Service
1515	ITAC	International Telework Association and Council
1516	ITIL	Information Technology Infrastructure Library
1517	ITS	Intelligent Transportation System
1518	ITS	Internet Transaction Server
1519	ITS	issue tracking system
1520	ITSM	IT Service Management
1521	ITSO	International Technical Support Organization
1522	ITSS	Information Technology Solutions Shop
1523	ITU	International Technical Union
1524	ITU	International Telecommunication Union
1525	IV	initialization vector
1526	IVR	Interactive Voice Response
1527	IXC	interexchange carrier
1528	J2EE	Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
1529	J2ME	Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
1530	JAAS	Java Authentication and Authorization Service
1531	JAD	Joint Application Development
1532	JANET	Joint Academic Network
1533	JAQL	json query language
1534	JAR	Java ARchive file
1535	JAX-RPC	Java API for XML-Based RPC
1536	JAX-WS	Java API for XML Web Services
1537	JBI	Java Business Integration
1538	JBIG	Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group
1539	JBOD	just a bunch of disks or just a bunch of drives
1540	JCE	Java Cryptography Extension
1541	JCL	job control language
1542	JDBC	Connector Java Database Connectivity Connector
1543	JDBC	Java Database Connectivity
1544	JDK	Java Development Kit
1545	JDO	Java Data Objects
1546	JEDEC	Joint Electron Device Engineering Council
1547	JeOS	just enough operating system
1548	JES	Job Entry Subsystem
1549	JFC	Java Foundation Classes
1550	JFET	Junction Field-Effect Transistor
1551	JHTML	Java within Hypertext Markup Language
1552	JIC	manufacturing just-in-case manufacturing
1553	JMS	Java Message Service
1554	JMX	Java Management Extensions
1555	JNDI	Java Naming and Directory Interface
1556	JOBS	Act Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
1557	JOLAP	Java Online Analytical Processing
1558	JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group
1559	JRE	Java Runtime Environment
1560	JSML	Java Speech API Markup Language
1561	JSON	Javascript Object Notation
1562	JSP	Java Server Page
1563	JTAPI	Java Telephony Application Programming Interface
1564	JVM	Java virtual machine
1565	JXTA	juxtaposed
1566	K6	AMD-K6
1567	KB	kilobyte
1568	KBA	knowledge-based authentication
1569	KBE	Knowledge-Based Engineering
1570	Kbps	kilobits per second
1571	KBW	keyboard wedge
1572	KDE	K Desktop Environment
1573	KGD	Known Good Die
1574	KISS	Keep It Simple, Stupid
1575	KLOC	thousands of lines of code
1576	KM	knowledge management
1577	KMD	Kazaa Media Desktop
1578	KML	Keyhole Markup Language
1579	KPI	Key Performance Indicator
1580	KRI	key risk indicator
1581	KVM	kernel-based Virtual Machine
1582	KVP	key-value pair
1583	KW	Knowledge Warehouse
1584	l10n	localization
1585	L2TP	Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
1586	L2TP	Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
1587	LAMP	Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP
1588	LAN	Local Area Network
1589	LAN	local area network
1590	LAR	Large Account Reseller
1591	LATA	local access and transport area
1592	LBA	logical block addressing
1593	LBM	location-based marketing
1594	LBO	leveraged buyout
1595	LBS	location-based service
1596	LCA	Life Cycle Assessment
1597	LCC	Leadless Chip Carrier
1598	LCC	limited combustible cable
1599	LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
1600	LCL	Less Than Container Load
1601	LCP	Link Control Protocol
1602	LCPC	Life Cycle Product Cost
1603	LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
1604	LDCM	LANDesk Client Manager
1605	LDD	locked down device
1606	LDIF	Lightweight Directory Interchange Format
1607	LDMOS	Laterally Diffused MOS transistor
1608	LDQ	longest delay in queue
1609	LDSI	Laboratory Data Sharing Interoperability
1610	LEAP	Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
1611	LEC	local exchange carrier
1612	LED	light-emitting diode
1613	LEED	Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
1614	LES	Logistics Execution System
1615	Lex	lexical analyzer generator
1616	LHC	Large Hadron Collider
1617	LI	lawful interception
1618	LI	location intelligence
1619	Li-Ion	Lithium Ion battery
1620	LIDB	line information database
1621	LILO	LInux LOader
1622	LINQ	Language Integrated Query
1623	LISP	list processing
1624	LLM	large language model
1625	LLVM	Compiler Infrastructure (Low Level Virtual Machine)
1626	LMDS	Local Multi-Point Distribution System
1627	LMGTFY	Let Me Google That For You
1628	LMOF	last mile of finance
1629	LMS	learning management system
1630	LNA	Local Noise Amplifier
1631	LNP	Local Number Portability
1632	LOB	line-of-business
1633	LOINC	Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
1634	LOM	lights-out management
1635	LP	Lean Production
1636	LPAR	logical partition
1637	LPT	line print terminal
1638	LQSR	Link Quality Source Routing
1639	LRN	Location Routing Number
1640	LSA	Local Security Authority
1641	LSB	Linux Standard Base
1642	LSI	Large Scale Integration
1643	LTC	longitudinal time code
1644	LTE	Long Term Evolution
1645	LTFS	Linear Tape File System
1646	LTL	Less Than Truckload
1647	LTO	Linear Tape-Open
1648	LTS	Long Term Support
1649	LU	logical unit
1650	LUN	logical unit number
1651	LVS	Layout Verification Systems
1652	M&A	mergers and acquisitions
1653	M&O	Management and Operations
1654	M&S	Modeling and Simulation
1655	M2M	Machine to Machine
1656	M3U	Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3
1657	MAC	mandatory access control
1658	MAC	message authentication code
1659	MAD	Mobile Active Defense
1660	MADE	Manufacturing Automation and Design Exploration
1661	MAID	massive array of idle disks
1662	MAM	mobile application management
1663	MAM	mobile application manager
1664	MAN	metropolitan area network
1665	MAPI	Messaging Application Program Interface
1666	MAU	media attachment unit
1667	MB	megabyte
1668	MBean	managed bean
1669	MBone	Multicast Internet
1670	MBps	megabytes per second
1671	Mbps	millions of bits per second or megabits per second
1672	MBR	Master Boot Record
1673	MC	Mass Customization
1674	MCA	Micro Channel Architecture
1675	MCA	Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer
1676	MCE	Microsoft Certified Educator
1677	MCL	Mesh Connectivity Layer
1678	MCM	multi-carrier modulation
1679	Mcps	megachips per second
1680	MCS	Manufacturing Control System
1681	MCSA	Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
1682	MCSD	Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
1683	MCSE	Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
1684	MDB	multidimensional database
1685	MDD	model-driven development
1686	MDI	Multiple Document Interface
1687	MDM	master data management
1688	MDM	mobile device management
1689	MDOP	Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
1690	MDP	Multicast Dissemination Protocol
1691	MDRAM	Multibank Dynamic RAM
1692	MDX	multidimensional expressions
1693	MEAP	mobile enterprise application platform
1694	MEMS	Micro-electromechanical Systems
1695	MEP	Manufacturing Extension Partnership
1696	MES	Manufacturing Execution System
1697	MESA	Manufacturing Execution System Association
1698	MFA	multifactor authentication
1699	MFP	multifunction peripheral
1700	MFSK	multiple frequency shift keying
1701	MFT	managed file transfer
1702	MFT	master file table
1703	MGCP	Media Gateway Control Protocol
1704	MHP	Multimedia Home Platform
1705	MIC	microwave integrated circuit
1706	MICR	magnetic ink character recognition
1707	MID	mobile Internet device
1708	MIDI	Musical Instrument Digital Interface
1709	MIM	mobile information management
1710	MIME	Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions
1711	MIMO	multiple input, multiple output
1712	MIPS	million instructions per second
1713	MIS	management information systems
1714	MISO	multiple input, single output
1715	MLA	mobile location analytics
1716	MLC	multi-level cell
1717	MMC	Microsoft Management Console
1718	MMC	mobile-to-mobile convergence
1719	MMC	MultiMediaCard
1720	MMDS	Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service
1721	MMI	Man Machine Interface
1722	MMIS	Maintenance Management Information System
1723	MMP	multichassis multilink PPP
1724	MMS	Manufacturing Message Specification
1725	MMS	Multimedia Messaging Service
1726	MMU	memory management unit
1727	MO	magneto-optical drive
1728	moblog	mobile blog
1729	MOF	Microsoft Operations Framework
1730	MOL	middle of life
1731	MOLAP	multidimensional online analytical processing
1732	MOM	Manufacturing operation management
1733	MOOC	massive open online course
1734	MOS	mean opinion score
1735	MOSFET	metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor
1736	MOSPF	Multicast Open Shortest Path First
1737	MOSS	Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
1738	MOU	memorandum of understanding
1739	MOVE	Aruba's Mobile Virtual Enterprise
1740	MP3	MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
1741	MPEG	Moving Picture Experts Group
1742	MPI	master patient index
1743	MPI	message passing interface
1744	MPIO	Multipath I/O
1745	MPLS	Multiprotocol Label Switching
1746	mPOS	mobile point of sale
1747	MPP	massively parallel processing
1748	MPPE	Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption
1749	MPS	managed print services
1750	MPS	Master Production Schedule
1751	MR-IOV	Multi-Root IOV
1752	MRAM	magnetoresistive random access memory
1753	MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
1754	MRP	Manufacturing Resource Planning
1755	MrSID	Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database
1756	MS-DOS	Microsoft Disk Operating System
1757	MSAU	multistation access unit
1758	MSBF	mean-swap-between-failure
1759	MSCMDM	Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager
1760	MSCS	Microsoft Cluster Server
1761	MSDOS	Microsoft Disk Operating System
1762	MSDS	Material Safety Data Sheet
1763	MSE	Microsoft Security Essentials
1764	MSP	managed service provider
1765	MSP	management service provider
1766	MSRP	Message Session Relay Protocol
1767	MSS	managed security services
1768	MSS	maximum segment size
1769	MSS	mobile satellite services
1770	MSSP	managed security service provider
1771	MT	medical transcription
1772	MTBF	mean time between failures
1773	MTO	Make To Order
1774	Mtops	million theoretical operations per second
1775	MTPOD	maximum tolerable period of disruption
1776	MTS	Make To Stock
1777	MTS	medical transcription software
1778	MTS	Microsoft Transaction Server
1779	MTTR	mean time to repair
1780	MTTR	Mean Time To Restore
1781	MTU	maximum transmission unit
1782	MUA	mail user agent
1783	MUD	Multi-User Dungeon
1784	Multics	Multiplexed Information and Computing Service
1785	MULTOS	Multiple Operating System
1786	mutex	mutual exclusion object
1787	MV	machine vision
1788	MVA	Microsoft Virtual Academy
1789	MVC	model-view-controller
1790	MVMC	Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter
1791	MVNO	mobile virtual network operator
1792	MVP	Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
1793	MVS	Multiple Virtual Storage
1794	NaaS	network-as-a-service
1795	NAC	network access control
1796	NACHA	National Automated Clearing House Association
1797	NAHIT	National Alliance for Health Information Technology
1798	NAK	negative acknowledgment or not acknowledged
1799	NAP	Microsoft Network Access Protection
1800	NAP	network access point
1801	NAS	network access server
1802	NAS	network-attached storage
1803	NAT	Network Address Translation
1804	NBA	network behavior analysis
1805	NBAD	network behavior anomaly detection
1806	NBAR	Network Based Application Recognition
1807	NBMA	non-broadcast multiple access
1808	NC	network computer
1809	NCA	native cloud application
1810	NCFA	National Call Fee Access
1811	NCM	network configuration management
1812	NCMS	National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
1813	NCSC	National Computer Security Center
1814	NCVHS	National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
1815	NDA	non-disclosure agreement
1816	NDIS	Network Driver Interface Specification
1817	NDMP	Network Data Management Protocol
1818	NDS	Novell Directory Services
1819	NECP	National Emergency Communications Plan
1820	NED	nano-emissive display
1821	NEDSS	National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
1822	NERC	North American Electric Reliability Corporation
1823	NetBEUI	NetBIOS Extended User Interface
1824	NetBIOS	Network Basic Input/Output System
1825	NetPC	Network PC
1826	NeXT	near-end crosstalk
1827	NFC	Near Field Communication
1828	NFT	Non-Fungible Token
1829	NFR	not for resale
1830	NFS	Network File System
1831	NFTS	national file tracking system
1832	NFV	network functions virtualization
1833	NGFW	next-generation firewall
1834	NGSCB	Next Generation Secure Computing Base
1835	NHII	National Health Information Infrastructure
1836	NHIN	Nationwide Health Information Network
1837	NHRP	Next Hop Resolution Protocol
1838	NI	network intelligence
1839	Ni2	Net indexer 2
1840	NIAP	National Information Assurance Partnership
1841	NIC	Network Interface Card
1842	NIC	network interface card
1843	NiCd	Nickel-Cadmium battery
1844	NiMH	Nickel-Metal Hydride battery
1845	NIS	Network Information System
1846	NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
1847	NJE	Network Job Entry
1848	NLM	National Library of Medicine
1849	NLP	natural language processing
1850	NMTA	National Machining and Tooling Association
1851	NNI	National Nanotechnology Initiative
1852	NNM	Network Node Manager
1853	NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol
1854	NOC	network operations center
1855	noop	no operation
1856	NOS	network operating system
1857	NoSQL	Not Only SQL
1858	NPD	new product development
1859	NPE	non-practicing entity
1860	NPI	national provider identifier
1861	NPI	New Product Introduction
1862	NPIV	N_Port ID virtualization
1863	NPV	Net present value
1864	NQF	National Quality Forum
1865	NRLA	National Labor Relations Board
1866	NRZ	non-return-to-zero
1867	NSAP	Network Service Access Point
1868	NSAPI	Netscape Server Application Programming Interface
1869	NSIS	Next Steps in Signaling
1870	NSP	network service provider
1871	NT1	network terminator 1
1872	NTFS	New Technology File System
1873	NTP	Network Time Protocol
1874	NTR	Normal Trade Relations
1875	NTS	Number Translation Service
1876	NTSC	National Television Standards Committee
1877	NTU	nuclear time unit
1878	NUI	natural user interface
1879	NUMA	non-uniform memory access
1880	NURBS	nonuniform rational B-spline
1881	NUS	network unified storage
1882	NVGRE	Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation
1883	NVLAP	National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program
1884	NVMe	non-volatile memory express
1885	NVS	nonvolatile storage
1886	NWR	NOAA Weather Radio
1887	O2O	Online to Offline
1888	OA&M	operations, administration, and management
1889	OAB	offline address book
1890	OASIS	Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
1891	OBI	Open Buying on the Internet
1892	OCC	Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
1893	OCM	organizational change management
1894	OCNCC	Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control
1895	OCR	optical character recognition
1896	OCSP	Online Certificate Status Protocol
1897	OCW	MIT OpenCourseWare
1898	OCx	Optical Carrier levels
1899	ODBC	Open Database Connectivity
1900	ODCA	Open Data Center Alliance
1901	ODF	Open Document Format
1902	ODI	Open Data-Link Interface
1903	ODIN	Open Data Center with an Interoperable Network
1904	ODIN	Open Device Identification Number
1905	ODL	Open and Distance Learning
1906	ODM	Original Design Manufacturer
1907	ODMA	Open Document Management API or Application Program Interface
1908	ODMR	On-Demand Mail Relay
1909	ODP	Open Directory Project
1910	ODS	operational data store
1911	ODS	Ozone Depleting Substance
1912	ODX	Offloaded Data Transfer
1913	OEBF	Open Electronic Book Forum
1914	OFB	output feedback
1915	OFDM	orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing
1916	OGSA	Open Grid Services Architecture
1917	OHA	Open Handset Alliance
1918	OID	object ID
1919	OLA	operational level agreement
1920	OLAP	online analytical processing
1921	OLE	Object Linking and Embedding
1922	OLED	light-emitting diode
1923	OLPC	One Laptop Per Child
1924	OLT	optical line terminal
1925	OLTP	On Line Transaction Processing
1926	OLTP	online transaction processing
1927	OMAP	Open Multimedia Application Platform
1928	OMG	Object Management Group
1929	OMSS	Oracle Mobile Security Suite
1930	ONF	Open Networking Foundation
1931	OODBMS	object-oriented database management system
1932	OoOE	out-of-order execution
1933	OOP	object-oriented programming
1934	OOPSLA	Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications
1935	OOXML	Office Open Extended Markup Language
1936	OPC	OLE for Process Control
1937	OpenGL	Open Graphics Library
1938	OpenNMS	Open Network Management System
1939	OpenVPN	open source virtual private network
1940	Opex	operational expenditure
1941	OPM	operational performance management
1942	OPML	Outline Processor Markup Language
1943	OPS	Open Profiling Standard
1944	OPT	Optimized Production Technology
1945	ORB	Object Request Broker
1946	ORBS	Open Relay Behavior-modification System
1947	ORM	object-relational mapping
1948	OS	operating system
1949	OSA	Open System Authentication
1950	OSBI	open source business intelligence
1951	OSD	object storage device
1952	OSDL	Open Source Development Labs
1953	OSF	Open Software Foundation
1954	OSGi	Open Service Gateway Initiative
1955	OSI	Open Systems Interconnection
1956	OSP	online service provider
1957	OSP	Open Settlement Protocol
1958	OSPF	Open Shortest Path First
1959	OSS	Online Service System
1960	OSS	open source software
1961	OSS	operational support system
1962	OTA	Over the Air
1963	OTC	order to cash
1964	OTCR	On-Time delivery performance to Customer Request Date
1965	OTFT	organic thin-film transistor
1966	OTM	Optivity Telephony Manager
1967	OTP	one-time password
1968	OU	organizational unit
1969	OVSDB	Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol
1970	OWA	Microsoft Outlook Web App
1971	OWASP	Open Web Application Security Project
1972	OWD	OneWebDay
1973	P&L	profit and loss statement
1974	P-Ink	photonic ink
1975	P2P	path to profitability
1976	P2P	Peer to Peer
1977	P2P	procure to pay
1978	P2T	Push to Talk
1979	P2V	physical to virtual
1980	P3P	Platform for Privacy Preferences
1981	P4	Pentium 4
1982	P4P	proactive provider participation for P2P
1983	PA	Power Amplifier
1984	PA-DSS	Payment Application Data Security Standard
1985	PaaS	Platform as a Service
1986	PABX	private automatic branch exchange
1987	PAC	Production Activity Control
1988	PACS	Personal Access Communications System
1989	PACS	picture archiving and communication system
1990	PAIR	Policy Analysis of Internet Routing
1991	PAL	Phase Alternation Line
1992	PAM	partner account manager
1993	PAM	pulse amplitude modulation
1994	PAN	personal area network
1995	PAP	Packet-Level Procedure
1996	PAR	performance and accountability reporting
1997	PARC	Palo Alto Research Center
1998	PAT	Port Address Translation
1999	PBD	physical block device
2000	PBT	Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic
2001	PBX	private branch exchange
2002	PC	Personal Computer
2003	PC	project charter
2004	PC-DOS	Personal Computer - Disk Operating System
2005	PCAOB	Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
2006	PCB	printed circuit board
2007	PCE	Path Computation Element
2008	PCEP	Path Computation Element Protocol
2009	PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
2010	PCI-X	Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
2011	PCL	Printer Control Language
2012	PCM	phase-change memory
2013	PCM	pulse code modulation
2014	PCMCIA	Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
2015	PCRF	Policy and Charging Rules Function
2016	PCS	personal cloud storage
2017	PCS	personal communications service
2018	PDA	personal digital assistant
2019	PDF	Portable Document Format
2020	PDL	page description language
2021	PDM	Product Data Management
2022	PDP-11	Programmed Data Processor-11
2023	PDU	power distribution unit
2024	PEAP	Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
2025	PEBCAK	problem exists between chair and keyboard
2026	pel	picture element
2027	PERT	Program Evaluation Review Technique
2028	PF	prefetch folder
2029	PFC	power factor correction or power factor controller
2030	PGP	Pretty Good Privacy
2031	PHDSC	Public Health Data Standards Consortium
2032	PHI	personal health information
2033	PHOLED	phosphorescent organic light-emitting device
2034	PHP	Hypertext Preprocessor
2035	PHP	Personal Home Page
2036	PHR	personal health record
2037	PHS	Personal Handyphone System
2038	PI	Predictive Index
2039	PI	Principal Investigator
2040	PIA	privacy impact assessment
2041	PIC	port interface card
2042	PICK	Possible, Implement, Challenge and Kill
2043	PICS	Platform for Internet Content Selection
2044	PICTIVE	Plastic Interface for Collaborative Technology Initiatives through Video Exploration
2045	PID	Problem Identification Document
2046	PID	process identifier
2047	PIFI	personally identifiable financial information
2048	PII	personally identifiable information
2049	PIM	privileged identity management
2050	PIM	processing in memory
2051	PIM	Product Information Management
2052	PIM	protocol-independent multicast
2053	PIO	Programmed Input/Output
2054	PIP	Partner Integration Process
2055	PIP	Picture in Picture
2056	PIV	personal identity verification
2057	PKCS	Public-Key Cryptography Standards
2058	PKI	public key infrastructure
2059	PL/S	Programming Language/System
2060	PL/SQL	procedural language extension to Structured Query Language
2061	PLATO	Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations
2062	PLC	packet loss concealment
2063	PLEDM	phase-state low electron drive memory
2064	PLL	phase-locked loop
2065	PLM	Product Lifecycle Management
2066	PLMN	public land mobile network
2067	PM	phase modulation
2068	PMI	plus, minus, interesting
2069	PML	Portal Markup Language
2070	PMML	Predictive Model Markup Language
2071	PMO	Project Management Office
2072	PMP	Project Management Professional
2073	PMS	package manager or package management system
2074	PN	programmable network
2075	pNFS	Parallel NFS
2076	PNG	Portable Network Graphics
2077	PnP	Plug and Play
2078	POC	Packet Order Correction
2079	POC	proof of concept
2080	PoE	Power over Ethernet
2081	PoIP	Pray over Internet Protocol
2082	POLP	principle of least privilege
2083	POM	Production/Operations Management
2084	PON	passive optical network
2085	POP	point-of-presence
2086	POP3	Post Office Protocol 3
2087	PoR	power-on reset
2088	POS	personal operating space
2089	POS	Point of Sale
2090	POSIX	Portable Operating System Interface
2091	POST	Power-On Self-Test
2092	POTS	plain old telephone service
2093	PP&E	Property, Plant & Equipment
2094	PPD	parallel presence detect
2095	PPD	post-processing deduplication
2096	PPD	Postscript Printer Description file
2097	PPGA	plastic pin grid array
2098	ppi	pixels per inch
2099	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
2100	PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
2101	PPPoE	Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
2102	PPTP	Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
2103	PR	Problem Report
2104	PR	Process Reengineering
2105	PRI	Primary Rate Interface
2106	PRM	partner relationship management
2107	PRNG	pseudo-random number generator
2108	PROM	programmable read-only memory
2109	PRONet	Procurement Marketing and Access Network
2110	PRS	Personal Response System
2111	PRS	Premium Rate Service
2112	PRSA	Public Relations Society of America
2113	PRT	Pre-requisite Tree
2114	PSA	professional services automation
2115	PSK	phase-shift keying
2116	PSN	processor serial number
2117	PSOD	Purple Screen of Death
2118	PSS	Personal Search Syndication
2119	PSTN	public switched telephone network
2120	PTAC	Procurement Technical Assistance Center
2121	PTF	program temporary fix
2122	PTO	Patent and Trademark Office
2123	PTT	Push to Talk
2124	PU	physical unit
2125	PUE	power usage effectiveness
2126	PUP	potentially unwanted program
2127	PVC	permanent virtual circuit
2128	PVM	Parallel Virtual Machine
2129	PVR	personal video recorder
2130	PWS	Personal Web Server
2131	PXE	Preboot Execution Environment
2132	QA	Quality Assurance
2133	QAM	quadrature amplitude modulation
2134	QB	Quality Breakdown
2135	QBE	Query by Example
2136	QC	Quality Control
2137	QDOS	86-DOS
2138	QFE	Quad FastEthernet
2139	QFE	Quick Fix Engineering
2140	QFP	Quad Flat Package
2141	qHD	quarter high definition
2142	QIX	NASDAQ Information Exchange protocol
2143	QoE	Quality of Experience
2144	QoS	Quality of Service
2145	QPS	queries-per-second
2146	QR	Quick Response
2147	QSA	Qualified Security Assessor
2148	QSIG	Q signaling
2149	QVGA	Quarter Video Graphics Array
2150	QXGA	Quantum Extended Graphics Array
2151	R&D	Research and Development
2152	R3	Reduce, reuse, recycle
2153	RA	registration authority
2154	RAC	Real Application Cluster
2155	RACE	Rapid Access Computing Environment
2156	RACF	Resource Access Control Facility
2157	RAD	rapid application development
2158	radar	radio detection and ranging
2159	RADIUS	Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
2160	RAF	risk assessment framework
2161	RAID	redundant array of independent disks
2162	RAIN	redundant/reliable array of inexpensive/independent nodes
2163	RAM	Random Access Memory
2164	RAMAC	random access method of accounting and control
2165	RAMDAC	random access memory digital-to-analog converter
2166	RAND	reasonable and nondiscriminatory
2167	RAP	Revenue Acquisition Process
2168	RARP	Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
2169	RAS	registration, admission, and status
2170	RAS	Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
2171	RAS	Remote Access Server
2172	RAS	row address strobe
2173	RAT	remote access Trojan
2174	RBA	risk-based authentication
2175	RBAC	role-based access control
2176	RBOC	regional Bell operating company
2177	RCE	remote code execution
2178	RCP	Rich Client Platform
2179	RD	running disparity
2180	RDBMS	relational database management system
2181	RDC	remote deposit capture
2182	RDF	Resource Description Framework
2183	RDM	raw device mapping
2184	RDMA	Remote Direct Memory Access
2185	rDNS	reverse DNS
2186	RDO	Remote Data Objects
2187	RDP	Remote Desktop Protocol
2188	RDRAM	Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
2189	RDS	Amazon Relational Database Service
2190	RDS	Radio Data System
2191	RDS	Remote Desktop Services
2192	RDT&E	Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation
2193	REC	Regional Extension Center
2194	ReFS	Resilient File System
2195	regex	regular expression
2196	REST	representational state transfer
2197	RF	radio frequency
2198	RFC	Remote Function Call
2199	RFC	Request for Comments
2200	RFI	request for information
2201	RFID	radio frequency identification
2202	RFO	Request for Offer
2203	RFP	request for proposal
2204	RFQ	request for quotation
2205	RFR	Red Flags Rule
2206	RGB	red, green, and blue
2207	RHCVA	Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator
2208	RHEL	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2209	RHEV	Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
2210	RHIA	registered health information administrator
2211	RHIO	Regional Health Information Organization
2212	RHIT	registered health information technician
2213	RHS	Red Hat Storage
2214	RIA	Rich Internet Application
2215	RIAA	Recording Industry Association of America
2216	RIBLOE	Remote Insight Board -- Lights Out Edition
2217	RID	relative identifier
2218	RIM	records information management
2219	RIM	Reference Information Model
2220	RIP	raster image processor
2221	RIP	Routing Information Protocol
2222	RIR	Regional Internet Registry
2223	RIS	Radiology Information System
2224	RIS	Remote Installation Service
2225	RISC	reduced instruction set computer
2226	RJE	Remote Job Entry
2227	RMA	Return Material (or Merchandise) Authorization
2228	RMA	return merchandise authorization
2229	RMI	Remote Method Invocation
2230	RMON	Remote Network Monitoring
2231	RMS	root-mean-square
2232	RNAAPP	Remote Network Access Application
2233	RNIS	Reseau Numerique a Integration de Services
2234	ROA	resource-oriented architecture
2235	ROADM	reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer
2236	ROC	Report on Compliance
2237	ROD	reuse-oriented model or reuse-oriented development
2238	RODC	read-only domain controller
2239	RoHS	Restriction of Hazardous Substances
2240	ROI	Return On Investment
2241	ROIC	Return On Invested Capital
2242	ROKSO	Register of Known Spam Operations
2243	ROLAP	relational online analytical processing
2244	ROM	read-only memory
2245	ROMI	return on marketing investment
2246	RONA	Return On Net Assets
2247	ROP	Reorder Point
2248	RoR	Ruby on Rails
2249	RoT	Roots of Trust
2250	ROU	Record Of Understanding
2251	ROWE	Results-Only Work Environment
2252	RPC	Remote Procedure Call
2253	RPG	Report Program Generator
2254	RPG	role-playing game
2255	RPM	Rapid Response Manufacturing
2256	RPM	remote patient monitoring
2257	RPO	recovery point objective
2258	RPO	recruitment process outsourcing
2259	RPR	Resilient Packet Ring
2260	RPT	rich presence technology
2261	RQ	risk intelligence
2262	RRAM	resistive RAM
2263	RSAT	Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools
2264	RSC	Retail Service Center
2265	RSI	requirements stability index
2266	RSNA	Radiological Society of North America
2267	RSoP	Resultant Set of Policy
2268	RSVP	Resource Reservation Protocol
2269	RT	retweet
2270	RTA	real-time application
2271	RTC	real-time clock
2272	RTC	real-time communications
2273	RTCD	real-time communications dashboard
2274	RTCP	Real-Time Transport Control Protocol
2275	RTD	reconfigurable tactile display
2276	RTD	Research and Technical Development
2277	RTF	Rich Text Format
2278	RTFM	Read The Fucking Manual
2279	RTLS	real-time location system
2280	RTM	Read The Manual
2281	RTO	recovery time objective
2282	RtOI	real-time operational intelligence
2283	RTOS	real-time operating system
2284	RTP	Real-Time Transport Protocol
2285	RTSP	Real Time Streaming Protocol
2286	RTT	round-trip time
2287	RUP	Rational Unified Process
2288	RWU	remote wakeup
2289	RZ	return-to-zero
2290	S&OP	sales and operations planning
2291	S-HTTP	Secure HTTP
2292	S.M.A.R.T.	Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology
2293	S/MIME	Secure Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions
2294	S/PDIF	Sony/Philips Digital Interface
2295	S4L	spam for life
2296	SA	Microsoft Exchange System Attendant
2297	SA	Microsoft Software Assurance
2298	SA	service assurance
2299	SAA	Systems Application Architecture
2300	SaaS	BI Software as a Service BI
2301	SaaS	ERP software-as-a-service ERP hosting
2302	SaaS	Security as a Service
2303	SaaS	Software as a Service
2304	SaaS	Storage as a Service
2305	SACD	Super Audio CD
2306	SAFE	Samsung for Enterprise
2307	SAM	Security Accounts Manager
2308	SAM	storage area management
2309	SAML	Security Assertion Markup Language
2310	SAN	storage area network
2311	SAPI	Speech Application Program Interface
2312	SAPPHIRE	SAP User Conference
2313	SAR	segmentation and reassembly
2314	SAR	Suspicious Activity Report
2315	SAS	serial-attached SCSI
2316	SASID	Self-Scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display
2317	SAX	Simple API for XML
2318	SBAs	search-based applications
2319	SBC	session border controller
2320	SBIR	Small Business Innovative Research
2321	SBR	skill-based routing
2322	SC	sunk cost
2323	SC	supply chain
2324	SCA	service-component architecture
2325	SCADA	supervisory control and data acquisition
2326	SCC	Supply Chain Council
2327	SCCP	Signalling Connection Control Part
2328	SCE	supply chain execution
2329	SCEM	supply chain event management
2330	SCI	serial communications interface
2331	SCL	spam confidence level
2332	SCM	Supply Chain Management
2333	SCOR	Supply Chain Operations Reference model
2334	SCORM	Shareable Content Object Reference Model
2335	SCP	session control protocol
2336	SCP	supply chain planning
2337	SCR	Synchronized Customer Response
2338	SCSA	Signal Computing System Architecture
2339	SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
2340	SCSIe	SCSI Express
2341	SCTP	Stream Control Transmission Protocol
2342	SCV	supply chain visibility
2343	SD2	Sound Designer II
2344	SD2	Sound Designer II or SDII
2345	SDA	Smart Data Access
2346	SDARS	Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service
2347	SDB	Small Disadvantaged Business
2348	SDDC	software-defined data center
2349	SDDL	Security Descriptor Definition Language
2350	SDH	Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
2351	SDI	Serial Digital Interface
2352	SDK	Software Development Kit
2353	SDL	Specification and Description Language
2354	SDLC	Synchronous Data Link Control
2355	SDLC	systems development life cycle
2356	SDMA	spatial division multiple access
2357	SDN	software-defined networking
2358	SDO	Service Data Objects
2359	SDP	Session Description Protocol
2360	SDR	software-defined radio
2361	SDRAM	synchronous DRAM
2362	SDTV	standard definition television
2363	SDWT	self-directed work team
2364	SDX	NetScaler
2365	SDXC	Secure Digital Extended Capacity card
2366	SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission
2367	SECAM	Sequential Couleur avec Memoire
2368	SEI	Software Engineering Institute
2369	SEM	single-electron memory
2370	SEO	search engine optimization
2371	SerDes	serializer/deserializer
2372	SERP	search engine results page
2373	SET	Secure Electronic Transaction
2374	SETI	Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
2375	SEWP	Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement
2376	SFA	Sales Force Automation
2377	SFA	sales force automation
2378	SFA	single-factor authentication
2379	SFF	small form factor
2380	SFP	small form-factor pluggable
2381	SFS	stepless frequency control
2382	SFX	special effects
2383	SGA	Selling, General and Administrative expenses
2384	SGF	Structured Graph Format
2385	SGI	Silicon Graphics
2386	SGML	Standard Generalized Markup Language
2387	SGRAM	Synchronous Graphics RAM
2388	Si	silicon
2389	SI	systems integrator
2390	SID	security identifier
2391	SIEM	security information and event management
2392	SIG	Special Interest Group
2393	SIGTRAN	Signaling Transport
2394	SIM	security information management
2395	SIMD	Single Instruction Multiple Data
2396	SIMM	Service Integration Maturity Model
2397	SIMM	single in-line memory module
2398	SIMO	single input, multiple output
2399	SIMPLE	SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions
2400	SIP	Session Initiation Protocol
2401	SIPOC	suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, customers
2402	SIRDS	single-image random-dot stereogram
2403	SISO	single input, single output
2404	SIV	Signal Integrity Verification
2405	SJC	Senate Judiciary Committee
2406	SKA	Shared Key Authentication
2407	SKIL	Bill Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership Act
2408	SKU	Stock Keeping Units
2409	SLA	service-level agreement
2410	SLC	single level cell
2411	SLD	second-level domain
2412	SLICE	Simple Low-Cost Innovative Engine
2413	SLIP	Serial Line Internet Protocol
2414	SLP	Service Location Protocol
2415	SMART	Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
2416	SMB	Server Message Block
2417	SMB	small and medium-sized business or small and midsized business
2418	SMBXML	Small Business Extensible Markup Language
2419	SMDS	Switched Multimegabit Data Service
2420	SME	mall to medium enterprise
2421	SME	Society of Manufacturing Engineers
2422	SMF	Standard MIDI File
2423	SMI-S	Storage Management Initiative Specification
2424	SMIL	Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
2425	SMM	social media marketing
2426	SMMS	Social media management software
2427	SMP	symmetric multiprocessing
2428	SMPTE	Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
2429	SMR	Specialized Mobile Radio
2430	SMS	Short Message Service
2431	SMSC	short message service center
2432	SMT	Simultaneous Multithreading
2433	SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
2434	SMWT	Self Managed Work Teams
2435	SNA	Systems Network Architecture
2436	SNAFU	situation normal, all f***ed up
2437	SNG	satellite news gathering
2438	SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
2439	SNOMED	Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
2440	SNR	signal-to-noise ratio
2441	SOA	service-oriented architecture
2442	SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
2443	SOC	switch-on-a-chip
2444	SoC	system-on-a-chip
2445	SoD	segregation of duties
2446	SOFC	solid oxide fuel cell
2447	SOHO	Small Office Home Office
2448	SOI	service-oriented integration
2449	SOI	Silicon-on-Insulator
2450	SOLED	stacked organic light-emitting device
2451	SoLoMo	social, local and mobile
2452	SOM	service-oriented management
2453	SoMoClo	social, mobile and cloud
2454	SONET	Synchronous Optical Network
2455	SOP	Sales and Operations Planning
2456	SOP	Same Origin Policy
2457	SOPA	Stop Online Piracy Act
2458	SOR	system of record
2459	SoS	system of systems
2460	sosofo	specification of a sequence of flow objects
2461	SOW	Statement of Work
2462	SOX	Sarbanes-Oxley Act
2463	SP1	Service Pack 1
2464	SPAC	special purpose acquisition company
2465	SPARC	Scalable Processor Architecture
2466	SPC	Statistical Process Control
2467	SPD	Serial presence detect
2468	SPEC	Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
2469	SPF	Sender Policy Framework
2470	SPI	serial peripheral interface
2471	SPICE	Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination
2472	SPID	Service Profile Identifier
2473	SPIF	sales performance incentive fund
2474	SPIT	spam over Internet telephony
2475	SPM	sales performance management
2476	SPM	Standard Process Modules
2477	SPML	Services Provisioning Markup Language
2478	SPOF	single point of failure
2479	spool	simultaneous peripheral operations online
2480	SPS	Standard Procurement System
2481	SPX	Sequenced Packet Exchange
2482	SQL	Structured Query Language
2483	SQuID	Source Quench Introduced Delay
2484	SR-IOV	Single Root I/O Virtualization
2485	SRAM	static random access memory
2486	SRE	serious reportable event
2487	SRM	Standard Reference Material
2488	SRM	storage resource management
2489	SRM	supplier relationship management
2490	SRM	sustainability risk management
2491	SRS	software requirements specification
2492	SRT	Source-route transparent
2493	SRTP	Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol or Secure RTP
2494	SS7	Signaling System 7
2495	SSA	Serial Storage Architecture
2496	SSADM	Structured Systems Analysis & Design Method
2497	SSD	Solid-State Drive
2498	SSD	solid-state drive
2499	SSH	Secure Shell
2500	SSI	server-side include
2501	SSI	single-system image
2502	SSID	service set identifier
2503	SSL	card server accelerator card
2504	SSL	Secure Sockets Layer
2505	SSL	solid-state lighting
2506	SSM	solid state module
2507	SSO	single sign-on
2508	SSP	storage service provider
2509	SSS	solid state storage
2510	SSSI	Solid-State Storage Initiative
2511	SST	Streamlined Sales Tax
2512	SSTV	slow-scan television
2513	STAR	Security, Trust and Assurance Registry
2514	STARS	Standard Accounting and Reporting System
2515	statC	statcoulomb
2516	statF	statfarad
2517	statH	stathenry
2518	statS	statsiemens
2519	statV	statvolt
2520	statW	statwatt
2521	STDM	statistical time division multiplexing
2522	STEM	science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
2523	STEP	Standard for the Exchange of Product model data
2524	STM	scanning tunneling microscope
2525	STML	Spoken Text Markup Language
2526	STONITH	Shoot The Other Node In The Head
2527	STP	spanning tree protocol
2528	STP	standard temperature and pressure
2529	STUN	Simple Traversal of UDP through NAT
2530	SVC	scalable video coding
2531	SVC	supervisor call
2532	SVC	switched virtual circuit
2533	SVG	Scalable Vector Graphics
2534	SVVP	server virtualization validation program
2535	SWAG	Semantic Web Agreement Group
2536	SWAN	Structured Wireless-Aware Network
2537	SWAT	Samba Web Administration Tool
2538	SWF	Shockwave Flash file
2539	Swift	Programming language released in 2014 by Apple Inc.
2540	SWIFT	Simulated Work Input and Flow Time
2541	SWIFT	Society for the Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
2542	SWOT	Strengths, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats Analysis
2543	sysadmin	system administrator
2544	sysop	system operator
2545	T&M	Tools and Methodology
2546	T/R	Transmit / Receive
2547	T9	text on nine keys
2548	TA	terminal adapter
2549	TaaS	Testing as a Service
2550	TACACS	Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
2551	TACT	Total Average Cycle Time
2552	TAPI	Telephony Application Program Interface
2553	tar	Tape ARchive
2554	TB	terabyte
2555	TCAM	ternary content-addressable memory
2556	TCB	trusted computing base
2557	TCG	Trusted Computing Group
2558	Tcl	Tool Command Language
2559	Tcl/Tk	Tool Command Language
2560	TCM	Time Critical Manufacturing
2561	TCO	total cost of ownership
2562	TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
2563	TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
2564	TD-SCDMA	time division synchronous code division multiple access
2565	TDC	Total Delivered Cost
2566	TDD	Telecommunications Display Device
2567	TDD	test-driven development
2568	TDM	Team Data Manager
2569	TDM	time-division multiplexing
2570	TDMA	time division multiple access
2571	telco	telephone company
2572	TETRA	Terrestrial Trunked Radio
2573	TEWE	Technology for Enterprise-Wide Engineering
2574	TFT	thin-film transistor
2575	TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
2576	TGT	authentication ticket or ticket-granting ticket
2577	TIA	Total Information Awareness
2578	TIC	Trusted Internet Connections
2579	TIFF	Tag Image File Format
2580	TIG	Technology Implementation Group
2581	TIM	Test Inspection Measurement
2582	TIN	taxpayer Identification number
2583	Tk	Tool Kit
2584	TKIP	Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
2585	TLC	flash triple level cell flash
2586	TLD	top-level domain
2587	TLS	Transport Layer Security
2588	TM	software talent management software
2589	TMN	Telecommunications Management Network
2590	TMQL	Topic Map Query Language
2591	TMS	Transportation Management System
2592	TN	display twisted nematic display
2593	TOC	Theory of Constraints
2594	TOE	TCP/IP offload engine
2595	TOE	unified field theory or Theory of Everything
2596	TOGAF	The Open Group Architecture Framework
2597	TOLED	transparent organic light-emitting device
2598	TOP	Technical Office Protocol
2599	TOPS	Team Oriented Problem Solving
2600	TOTP	time-based one-time password
2601	TP	thin provisioning
2602	TPA	Technology and Product Assurance
2603	TPC	Transaction Processing Performance Council
2604	TPI	Total Profit Improvement
2605	TPM	Total Productive Maintenance
2606	TPM	Trusted Platform Module
2607	TPOP	Time-Phased Order Point
2608	TPS	terminal proxy server
2609	TQC	Total Quality Control
2610	TQM	Total Quality Management
2611	TRI	Toxic Release Inventory
2612	TRILL	Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links
2613	TRON	The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus
2614	TRT	Transition Tree
2615	TSAP	Transport Services Access Point
2616	TSCA	Toxic Substances Control Act
2617	TSR	terminate and stay resident
2618	TTL	time-to-live
2619	TTL	transistor-to-transistor logic
2620	TTS	text-to-speech
2621	TtV	time to value
2622	TTY	teletypewriter
2623	TURN	Traversal Using Relay NAT
2624	TVA	Throughput Value Added
2625	TW	tin whiskers
2626	TWG	Technology Working Group
2627	TWT	traveling-wave tube
2628	U2U	User to User
2629	UART	Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
2630	UAT	user acceptance testing
2631	UBE	unsolicited bulk email
2632	UBL	Universal Business Language
2633	UC	Unit Cost
2634	UCaaS	Unified Communications as a Service
2635	UCE	unsolicited commercial email
2636	UCS	unified computing system
2637	UDA	Universal Data Access
2638	UDDI	Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
2639	UDF	Universal Disk Format
2640	UDID	unique device identifier
2641	UDO	ultra density optical
2642	UDP	User Datagram Protocol
2643	UEFI	Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
2644	UGC	user-generated content
2645	UHDTV	Ultra High-Definition TV
2646	UHDV	ultra high definition video
2647	UHF	ultrahigh frequency
2648	UI	user interface
2649	UIA	user installed application
2650	UID	unique identifier
2651	UIML	User Interface Markup Language
2652	ULA	Oracle Unlimited License Agreement
2653	UM	unified messaging
2654	UMLS	Unified Medical Language System
2655	UMS	unified messaging system
2656	UMTS	Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service
2657	UMTS	Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
2658	UNC	Universal Naming Convention
2659	UPN	User Principal Name
2660	UPnP	Universal Plug and Play
2661	UPS	uninterruptible power supply
2662	URI	Uniform Resource Identifier
2663	URL	Uniform Resource Locator
2664	URN	Uniform Resource Name
2665	USART	Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
2666	USB	Universal Serial Bus
2667	USGCB	United States Government Configuration Baseline
2668	USITC	United States International Trade Commission
2669	USP	unique selling point
2670	USSD	Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
2671	USSS	United States Secret Service
2672	UTF	Unicode Transformation Format
2673	UTM	unified threat management
2674	UUCP	UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Protocol
2675	UUID	Universal Unique Identifier
2676	UX	user experience
2677	UXGA	Ultra Extended Graphics Array
2678	V2P	virtual to physical
2679	V2V	Virtual to virtual
2680	VAAI	vStorage APIs for Array Integration
2681	VAD	Value Added Distribution
2682	VAD	voice activation detection
2683	VAMP	vStorage API for Multipathing
2684	VAN	value-added network
2685	VAR	Value-Added Reseller
2686	VASA	vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness
2687	VAX	Virtual Address eXtension
2688	VB	Visual Basic
2689	VBI	vertical blanking interval
2690	VBN	visitor-based networking
2691	vBNS	very high-speed Backbone Network Service
2692	VBR	Vouch by Reference
2693	VC	venture capital
2694	vCAC	VMware vCloud Automation Center
2695	VCB	VMware Consolidated Backup
2696	VCD	video CD or video compact disc
2697	VCDX	VMware certified design expert
2698	vCLI	vSphere CLI
2699	VCP	VMware Capacity Planner
2700	VCP	VMware Certified Professional
2701	vCPU	virtual CPU
2702	VCR	videocassette recorder
2703	VCSEL	vertical cavity surface emitting laser
2704	vCSHB	VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
2705	VDA	Virtual Desktop Access
2706	vDGA	Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration
2707	VDI	virtual desktop infrastructure
2708	VDT	video display terminal or visual display terminal
2709	VDU	video display unit
2710	VE	Value Engineering
2711	VERIS	Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing
2712	VFAT	Virtual File Allocation Table
2713	VFIIP	Virtual Factory Information Interchange Project
2714	VFS	virtual file system
2715	vGPU	virtual GPU
2716	VHD	virtual hard disk
2717	VHDCI	Very High Density Cable Interconnect
2718	VHDX	Hyper-V virtual hard disk
2719	VHE	Virtual Home Environment
2720	VHF	very high frequency
2721	VHS	Video Home System
2722	VI3	VMware Infrastructure 3
2723	VIM	Vendor Independent Messaging
2724	Vim	Vi improved
2725	VITC	vertical interval time code
2726	VLAN	Virtual Local Area Network
2727	VLDB	Very Large Database
2728	VLE	virtual learning environment
2729	VLER	Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record
2730	VLIW	very long instruction word
2731	vlog	video blog
2732	VLSI	Very Large Scale Integration
2733	VLSM	variable-length subnet mask
2734	VM	virtual machine
2735	VMBus	Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus
2736	VMEbus	VersaModular Eurocard bus
2737	VMI	Vendor Managed Inventory
2738	VML	vector graphics rendering
2739	VML	Vector Markup Language
2740	VMLM	virtual machine lifecycle management
2741	VMM	virtual machine monitor
2742	VMO	vendor management office
2743	VMQ	Virtual Machine Queue
2744	VMS	Virtual Memory System
2745	VMUG	VMware User Group
2746	VMXNET3	VMXNET Generation 3
2747	VNC	virtual network computing
2748	vNUMA	virtual NUMA
2749	VOB	Versioned Object Base
2750	VOC	voice of the customer
2751	VoD	video on demand
2752	VoIP	voice over IP
2753	VOIPSA	Voice over IP Security Alliance
2754	VOVA	vSphere OpenStack Virtual Appliance
2755	VoWLAN	Voice over WLAN
2756	VoxML	Voice Markup Language
2757	VP	value proposition
2758	VPD	virtual private database
2759	VPD	vital product data
2760	VPDM	Virtual Product Data Management
2761	VPLS	virtual private LAN service
2762	VPM	Virtual Product Model
2763	VPN	Virtual Private Network
2764	VPS	Virtual Private Server
2765	VRAM	Video RAM
2766	VRF	Virtual Routing and Forwarding
2767	VRF	virtual routing and forwarding
2768	VRM	Vendor Risk Management, or Voltage Regulator Module
2769	VRM	vendor risk management
2770	VRM	voltage regulator module
2771	VRML	Virtual Reality Modeling Language
2772	VRR	Voice Recognition and Response, or Variable Refresh Rate
2773	VRRP	Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
2774	VSA	virtual SAN appliance
2775	VSA	Virtual Storage Appliance
2776	VSAM	Virtual Storage Access Method
2777	VSAN	virtual storage area network
2778	VSAT	Very Small Aperture Terminal
2779	VSB	vestigial sideband
2780	VSE	Visual Studio Express
2781	VSM	virtual systems management
2782	VSMP	virtual symmetric multiprocessing
2783	VSP	vertical solutions provider
2784	VSP	Virtual Storage Portal
2785	VSPP	VMware Service Provider Program
2786	VSTO	Visual Studio Tools for Office or Microsoft Visual Studio Tools
2787	VSTS	Visual Studio Team System
2788	VTAM	Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
2789	VTL	Virtual Tape Library
2790	VUM	VMware vSphere Update Manager
2791	VXLAN	Virtual Extensible LAN
2792	W-CDMA	Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access
2793	W2K	Windows 2000
2794	W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
2795	WAAS	Wide Area Application Services
2796	WaaS	Windows as a Service
2797	WAE	Wide Area Ethernet
2798	WAF	write amplification factor
2799	WAFS	wide-area file services
2800	WAIS	Wide Area Information Servers
2801	WAN	Wide Area Network
2802	WAP	Wireless Application Protocol
2803	WAPI	WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure
2804	WARN	Workers' Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
2805	WASC	Web Application Security Consortium
2806	WaSP	Web Standards Project
2807	WASP	wireless application service provider
2808	WATS	wide-area telephone service
2809	WAX	Wireless Abstract XML
2810	WBEM	Web-Based Enterprise Management
2811	WBI	Web Intermediaries
2812	WBMP	Wireless Bitmap
2813	WBS	Work Breakdown Schedule
2814	WBS	work breakdown structure
2815	WCET	worst-case execution time
2816	WCF	Windows Communication Foundation
2817	WCM	web content management
2818	WCM	World Class Manufacturing
2819	WCS	Warehouse control system
2820	WCS	Wireless Communications Service
2821	WDF	web development framework
2822	WDM	wavelength-division multiplexing
2823	WDS	Windows Deployment Services
2824	WDS	wireless distribution system
2825	WDSC	WebSphere Development Studio Client
2826	WDT	watchdog timer
2827	WebDAV	World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
2828	WebOps	Web operations
2829	WebRTC	Web Real-Time Communications
2830	WEEE	Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation
2831	WEP	Wired Equivalent Privacy
2832	WF	Windows Workflow Foundation
2833	WfM	Wired for Management
2834	WFM	Workforce management
2835	WFO	workforce optimization
2836	WFQ	weighted fair queueing
2837	WGA	Windows Genuine Advantage
2838	WGate	Web gateway
2839	WHATWG	Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
2840	WHQL	Windows Hardware Quality Labs
2841	WiBB	wireless broadband
2842	WIC	WAN interface card
2843	WiDEN	Wideband Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
2844	WIM	Windows Imaging Format
2845	WiMAX	Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
2846	WIMP	windows, icons, mouse, and pull-down menus
2847	WIMP	Woefully Inept Manufacturing Process
2848	Wine	Wine is not an emulator
2849	WinFS	Windows File System
2850	WinFX	.NET 3.0
2851	WinPE	Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment
2852	WinRM	Windows Remote Management
2853	WINS	Windows Internet Naming Service
2854	WIP	Work in Process
2855	WME	World's Most Ethical
2856	WMF	Microsoft Windows Management Framework
2857	WMI	Windows Management Instrumentation
2858	WMIC	Windows Management Instrumentation Command line
2859	WML	Wireless Markup Language
2860	WMM	Wi-Fi Multimedia
2861	WMN	wireless mesh network
2862	WMP	Windows Media Player
2863	WMS	Warehouse Management System
2864	WMTS	wireless medical telemetry services
2865	WORA	write once, run anywhere
2866	WORM	write once, read many
2867	WPA	Wi-Fi Protected Access
2868	WPA	Windows Product Activation
2869	WPAD	Web Proxy Autodiscovery
2870	WPAN	wireless personal area network
2871	WPAS	Windows Process Activation Service
2872	WPF	Windows Presentation Foundation
2873	WRAM	Window RAM
2874	WSCI	Web Service Choreography Interface
2875	WSD	white space device
2876	WSDL	Web Services Description Language
2877	WSFC	Windows Server Failover Clustering
2878	WSP	wireless service provider
2879	WSS	Windows Sharepoint Services
2880	WSTx	Web Services Transactions
2881	WSUS	Windows Server Update Services
2882	WTLS	Wireless Transport Layer Security
2883	WTS	Microsoft Windows Terminal Server
2884	WUE	water usage effectiveness
2885	WUSB	wireless USB
2886	WWN	World Wide Name
2887	WWW	World Wide Web
2888	WYSIWYG	what you see is what you get
2889	WYSIWYP	what you see is what you print
2890	X9	ASC X9
2891	XaaS	anything as a service
2892	XACML	Extensible Access Control Markup Language
2893	XAM	eXtensible Access Method
2894	XAML	Extensible Application Markup Language
2895	XBRL	Extensible Business Reporting Language
2896	XCCDF	Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format
2897	XDMA	Xing Distributed Media Architecture
2898	XFDL	Extensible Forms Description Language
2899	XGA	Extended Graphics Array
2900	XHTML	Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
2901	XMI	XML Metadata Interchange
2902	XML	Extensible Markup Language
2903	XMPP	Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
2904	XMT	Extensible MPEG-4 Textual
2905	XNS	Extensible Name Service
2906	XORP	Extensible Open Router Platform
2907	XP	Extreme Programming
2908	XPRL	Extensible Public Relations Language
2909	XQL	XML Query Language
2910	XrML	Extensible Rights Markup Language
2911	XSD	XML Schema Definition
2912	XSL	Extensible Stylesheet Language
2913	XSLT	XSL Transformations
2914	XSRF	cross-site request forgery
2915	XSS	cross-site scripting
2916	XST	cross-site tracing
2917	XUL	Extensible User-interface Language
2918	XWM	X window manager
2919	XWN	eXtended WordNet
2920	XWS	X Window System
2921	XYZ	Internet top-level domain (.xyz) released in 2014
2922	Y2K	year 2000
2923	yacc	yet another compiler compiler
2924	YMS	yard management system
2925	ZBR	zoned-bit recording
2926	ZBT	zero-based thinking
2927	ZIF	Zero Insertion Force
2928	Zope	Z Object Publishing Environment
2929	ZRTP	Zimmermann Real-Time Transport Protocol
2930	ZV	Zoomed Video