PowerShell/Data/Abbr/computing.csv

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