| A |
Ampere |
| a |
atto |
| A/D |
Analog to Digital |
| A/P |
Accounts Payable |
| A/R |
Accounts Receivable |
| AA |
Auto Answer |
| AA |
Automobile Association |
| AA |
Alcoholics Anonymous |
| AAB |
All to All Broadcast |
| AAP |
Applications Access Point |
| AAS |
All-to-All Scatter |
| AASP |
ASCII Asynchronous Support Package |
| AAT |
Average Access Time |
| ABC |
Atanasoff-Berry Computer |
| ABEND |
Abnormal End |
| ABI |
Application Binary Interface |
| ABIOS |
Advanced BIOS |
| ABIST |
Automatic Built-In Self-Test |
| ABLE |
Adaptive Battery Life Extender |
| ABR |
Available Bit Rate |
| ABRS |
Automated Book Request System |
| ABS |
Absolute |
| ABT |
Abort |
| ABTS |
ASCII Block Terminal Services |
| AC |
Automatic Computer |
| AC |
Alternating Current |
| AC3 |
ATSC-Digital Audio Compression Standard |
| ACC |
Accumulator |
| ACD |
Automated Call Distribution |
| ACDI |
Asynchronous Communications Device Interface |
| ACE |
Advanced Computing Environment |
| ACE |
Adverse Channel Enhancements |
| ACE |
Automatic Computing Engine |
| ACF |
Access Control Field |
| ACF |
Advanced Communications Function |
| ACH |
Automated Clearing House |
| ACIAS |
Automated Calibration Interval Analysis System |
| ACIS |
American Committee for Interoperable Systems |
| ACK |
Acknowledgment |
| ACL |
Access Control List |
| ACM |
Association for Computing Machinery |
| ACM |
Audio Compression Manager |
| ACMS |
Application Control Management System |
| ACP |
Ancillary Control Program + Auxillary Control Process |
| ACROSS |
Automated Cargo Release and Operations Service System |
| ACS |
Access Control Set |
| ACS |
Access Control System |
| ACS |
Asynchronous Communication Server |
| ACTS |
Automated Computer Time Service |
| ACTT |
Advanced Communication and Timekeeping Technology |
| ACU |
Automatic Calling Unit |
| ADA |
Automatic Data Acquisitions + |
| ADB |
Auxiliary Data Block |
| ADB |
Apple Desktop Bus |
| ADC |
Adaptive Data Compression (protocol) |
| ADC |
Add with Carry |
| ADC |
Analog to Digital Converter |
| ADCCP |
Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures |
| ADCS |
Advanced Document Control System |
| ADD |
Automatic Document Detection |
| ADF |
Automatic Document Feeder |
| ADF |
Adapter Description File |
| ADG |
Auxiliary Data Groups |
| ADI |
AutoCad Device Interface |
| ADL |
Address Data Latch |
| ADLAT |
Adaptive Lattice Filter |
| ADLC |
Adaptive Lossless Data Compression |
| ADLC |
Asynchronous Data Link Control |
| ADMACS |
Apple Document Mangagement And Conrol System |
| ADMD |
Administrative Management Domain |
| ADN |
Add In Utility |
| ADP |
Auxiliary Data Prefix |
| ADP |
Automatic Data Processing |
| ADPCM |
Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation |
| ADR |
Address |
| ADS |
Application Development Solutions |
| ADS |
Application Development System |
| ADS |
Automatic Distribution System |
| ADSC |
Address Status Changed |
| ADSL |
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line |
| ADSR |
Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release |
| ADT |
Application Data Types |
| ADU |
Automatic Dialing Unit |
| AE |
Above or Equal |
| AEB |
|
| AF |
Adaption Field |
| AF |
Auxiliary carry Flag |
| AFA |
Accelerated File Access |
| AFC |
Automatic Font Change |
| AFD |
Automatic File Distribution |
| AFID |
Auxiliary Field IDentifier |
| AFII |
Association for Font Information Interchange |
| AFIRM |
Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match |
| AFIS |
Automated Fingerprint Identification System |
| AFM |
Adobe Font Metrics |
| AFP |
Appletalk Filing Protocol |
| AFS |
Auxiliary Field Size |
| AFS |
Andrew File System |
| AFTP |
Anonymous File Transfer Protocol |
| AGC |
Automatic Gain Control |
| AGRAS |
Antiglare, Antireflective, Antistatic |
| AI |
Analog Input |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
| AIA |
Applications Integration Architecture |
| AIC |
AIXwindows Interface Composer |
| AIF |
Audio Interchange Format |
| AIIM |
Association for Information and Image Management |
| AIN |
Advanced Intelligent Network [Bell Atlantic] |
| AISB |
Association of Imaging Service Bureaus |
| AISP |
Association of Information Systems Professionals |
| AIX |
Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM] |
| ALC |
Arithmetic Logic Circuits |
| ALC |
Automatic Level Control |
| ALE |
Address Latch Enable |
| ALGOL |
Algorithmic Oriented Language |
| ALIBI |
Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases of Information |
| ALIWEB |
Archie Like Indexing in the Web |
| ALN |
Asynchronous Learning Network |
| ALR |
Advanced Logic Research, Inc. |
| ALT |
Alternate (mode) |
| ALU |
Arithmetic Logic Unit |
| AMANDDA |
Automated Messaging and Directory Assistance |
| AMD |
Active Matrix Display |
| AMD |
Advanced Micro Devices |
| AMI |
American Megatrends |
| AMMA |
Advanced Memory Management Architecture |
| AMP |
Activly Managing Performance |
| AMPS |
Advanced Mobile Phone Service |
| ANCOVA |
Analysis of Covariance |
| ANI |
Automatic Number Identification |
| ANI |
Animated Cursor |
| ANN |
Artificial Neural Network |
| ANN |
Annotations |
| ANOVA |
Analysis Of Variance |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| AO |
Advertisement Object |
| AO |
Analog Output |
| AOCE |
Apple Open Collaboration Environment |
| AOE |
Application Operating Environment |
| AOL |
America Online |
| AOS |
Add Or Subtract |
| AP |
Adjunct Processor |
| AP |
Application Processor |
| APA |
Adaptive Packet Assembly |
| APA |
All Points Addressable |
| APA |
Arithmetic Processing Accelerator |
| APAR |
Authorized Program Analysis Report |
| APAREN |
Address Parity Enable |
| APCUG |
Association of PC User Groups |
| APG |
Advanced Program Guide |
| APGS |
Advanced Program Guide Generator System |
| API |
Application Programmable Interface |
| API |
Application Program Interface |
| APIC |
Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller |
| APIS |
Advanced Passenger Information System |
| APM |
Advanced Power Management |
| APP |
Application |
| APPC |
Advanced Program-to-Program Communications [IBM] |
| APPI |
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking |
| APPN |
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking |
| APRP |
Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing |
| APS |
Analog Protection System |
| APS |
Asynchronous Protocol Specification |
| APSE |
ADA Programming Support Environment |
| APT |
Address Pass Through |
| APT |
Advanced Parallel Technology |
| APT |
Automatically Programmed Tools |
| ARA |
AppleTalk Remote Access |
| ARAG |
Antireflective,Antiglare |
| ARAS |
Antireflective,Antistatic |
| ARC |
Archive |
| ARCA |
Advanced RISC Computing Architecture |
| ARCnet |
Attached Resource Computer Network |
| ARL |
Adjusted Ring Length |
| ARLL |
Advanced Run Length Limited |
| ARM |
Advanced RISC Machine (processor) |
| ARM |
Annotated Reference Manual |
| ARM |
Asynchronous Response Mode |
| ARMA |
Association of Records Managers and Administrators |
| ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
| ARPANET |
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
| ARPL |
Adjust Requested Privilege Level |
| ARQ |
Automatic Repeat Request |
| ARTA |
Apple Real Time Architecture |
| ARTIC |
A Real-Time Interface Copressor |
| ARTS |
Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server |
| ARTT |
Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal |
| ARU |
Audio Response Unit |
| AS |
Autonomous System |
| AS3AP |
ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable |
| ASAP |
As Soon As Possible |
| ASAP |
Automatic Switching And Processing |
| ASC |
ASCII text |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASE |
Automatic Section Engine |
| ASIC |
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit |
| ASIT |
Advanced Security and Identification Technology |
| ASL |
Adaptive Speed Levelling |
| ASM |
Assembler Source Module |
| ASMP |
Asymmetric Multprocessing |
| ASN |
Autonomous System Number |
| ASP |
Association of Shareware Professionals |
| ASPI |
Advanced SCSI Programming Interface |
| ASPS |
Advanced Signal Processing System |
| ASR |
Address Space Register |
| ASR |
Automatic Send-Receive |
| ASR |
Automatic Speech Recognition |
| ASYNC |
Asynchronous |
| AT |
Advanced Technology |
| AT&T |
American Telephone and Telegraph |
| ATA |
AT Attachments |
| ATAPI |
ATA Procedural Interface |
| ATDP |
Attention Dial Pulse |
| ATDT |
Attention Dial Tone |
| ATE |
Automated Test Equipment |
| ATG |
Advanced Technology Group |
| ATH |
Attention Hang-Up |
| ATM |
Adobe Typeface Manager |
| ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| ATM |
Automated Teller Machine |
| ATPS |
AppleTalk Printing Services |
| ATR |
Automatic Terminal Recognition |
| ATS |
Administrative Terminal System |
| ATS |
Apple Terminal Services |
| ATSC |
Advanced Television Systems Committee |
| ATTN |
Attention |
| ATTRIB |
Attribute |
| ATZ |
Attention Restore |
| AU |
Access Unit |
| AU |
Audio |
| AUDIT |
Automated Data Input Terminal |
| AUI |
Attachment Unit Interface |
| AUP |
Acceptable Use Policy |
| AUTO |
Automatic |
| AUTOEXEC |
Automatic Execution |
| AUX |
Auxiliary |
| AV |
Audio/Video |
| AVA |
Audio Visual Authoring |
| AVC |
Audio Visual Connection |
| AVG |
Average |
| AVI |
Audio Visual Interleave |
| AVR |
Automatic Voice Recognition |
| AWG |
American Wire Gage |
| AWK |
Al Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan |
| AWS |
Advanced Workstations and Systems (group) |
| AX |
Architecture Extended |
| AX |
Automatic Transmission |
| b |
bit |
| B |
byte |
| B/F |
Background/Foreground |
| B2X |
Binary To Hexadecimals |
| BAK |
Binary Adaptation Kit |
| BAK |
Backup |
| BAL |
Basic Assembly Language |
| BALUN |
Balanced Unbalanced |
| BAM |
Boyan Action Module |
| BARTS |
Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing |
| BAS |
Basic Language |
| BASIC |
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| BASM |
Built-In Assembler |
| BAT |
Bouquet Association Table |
| BAT |
Block Address Translation |
| BAT |
Batch Processing |
| BB |
Bundle Boundary |
| BBS |
Bulletin Board System |
| BCC |
Block Check Character |
| BCD |
Binary Coded Decimal |
| BCe |
Blind Carbon Copy |
| BCL |
Batch Command Language |
| BCP |
Bulk Copy Program |
| BCPL |
Basic Computer Programming Language |
| BCR |
Byte Count Register |
| BCS |
British Computer Society |
| BCS |
Bar Code Sorter |
| BDA |
Bios Data Area |
| BDOS |
Basic Disk Operating System |
| BDR |
Bus Device Request |
| BE |
Below or Equal |
| BEL |
Bell |
| BELLCORE |
Bell Communications Research |
| BEO |
Boot Event Object |
| BER |
Bit Error Rate |
| BERT |
Bit Error Rate Test/Tester |
| BF |
Bad Flag |
| BFF |
Binary File Format [IBM] |
| BFT |
Binary File Transfer |
| BGA |
Ball Grid Array |
| BGE |
Branch if Greater or Equal |
| BGI |
Borland Graphic Interface |
| BGP |
Border Gateway Protocol |
| BGT |
Branch if Greater Than |
| BHI |
Branch if Higher |
| BHIS |
Branch if Higher or Same |
| BI |
Binary Input |
| BIB |
Bibliography |
| BiDi |
Bi-Directional |
| BIM |
Beginning of Information Marker |
| BIN |
Binary |
| BINAC |
Binary Automatic Computer |
| BIOS |
Basic Input/Output System |
| BIPM |
Bureau International des Poids et Mesures |
| BIS |
Business Information System |
| BISDN |
Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network |
| BIST |
Built-In Self-Test |
| BiSYNC |
Binary Synchronous Communications |
| BITNET |
Because It's Time Network |
| BITNIC |
BITNET Network Information Center |
| BIU |
Bus Interface Unit |
| BIX |
Byte Information Exchange |
| BKSP |
Backspace |
| BL |
Backlit |
| BLAST |
Blocked Asynchronous Transmission |
| BLE |
Branch if Less or Equal |
| BLER |
Block Error |
| BLK |
Block |
| BLMC |
Buried Logic Macrocell |
| BLOB |
Binary Large Object |
| BLOS |
Branch if Lower Or Same |
| BMI |
Branch if Minus |
| BMIC |
BusMaster Interface Controller |
| BMP |
Basic Mapping Support |
| BMP |
Batch Message Processing Program |
| BMP |
Bitmap Picture |
| BNC |
Bayonet Neill-Concelman |
| BNC |
Branch if Not Carry |
| BNE |
Branch if Not Equal |
| BNS |
Backbone Network Service |
| BO |
Boot Object |
| BO |
Binary Output |
| BoB |
Break-out Box |
| BOC |
Basic Operator Console |
| BOM |
Bill Of Materials |
| BOM |
Beginning Of Message |
| BOOTP |
Bootstrap Protocol |
| BOPS |
Billion Operations Per Second |
| BOS |
Basic Operating System |
| BOT |
Beginning Of Table |
| BOT |
Beginning of Tape |
| BP |
Base Pointer |
| BPB |
BIOS Parameter Block |
| BPI |
Bits Per Inch |
| BPL |
Branch if Plus |
| BPS |
Bits Per Second |
| BPS |
Bytes Per Second |
| BR |
Bad Register |
| BRGC |
Binary Reflected Gray Code |
| BRI |
Basic Rate Interface |
| BRI |
Brain Response Interface |
| BS |
British Standards |
| BS |
Backspace |
| BSAM |
Basic Sequential Access Method |
| BSC |
Binary Synchronous Communication |
| BSC |
Boyan Script |
| BSc |
Bachelor of Science |
| BSD |
Berkely Software Distribution |
| BSD |
Berkely Standard Distribution |
| BSF |
Bit Scan Forward |
| BSI |
British Standards Institute |
| bslbf |
bit serial, left most bit first |
| BSR |
Bit Scan Reverse |
| bss |
Block Started by Symbol |
| BSY |
Busy |
| BSYNC |
Binary Synchronous Communications |
| BT |
Bit Test |
| BTAM |
Basic Telecommunications Access Method [IBM] |
| BTB |
Branch Target Buffer |
| BTC |
Bit Test and Complement |
| BTOA |
Binary To ASCII |
| BTP |
Batch Transfer Program |
| BTR |
Bit Test and Reset |
| BTS |
Bit Test and Set |
| BU |
Branch Unit |
| BUBL |
Bulletin Board for Libraries |
| BUF |
Buffer |
| BWM |
Block-Write Mode |
| c |
centi |
| C&T |
Chips and Technologies |
| C/D |
Control Data |
| C/S |
Client/Server |
| C2X |
Character To Hexadecimal |
| CA |
Conditional Access |
| CA |
Collision Avoidance |
| CAD |
Computer Aided Design |
| CADD |
Computer Aided Design and Drafting |
| CADE |
Client/server Application Development Environment |
| CAE |
Client Application Enabler |
| CAE |
Common Applications Environment |
| CAE |
Computer Aided Engineering |
| CAG |
Column Address Generator |
| CAI |
Computer Aided Instruction |
| CAL |
Calendar |
| CAL |
Computer Aided Learning |
| CAM |
Conditional Access Module |
| CAM |
Content Addressable Memory |
| CAM |
Control Access Message |
| CAM |
Common Access Method |
| CAM |
Computer Aided Manufacturing |
| CAMC |
Conditional Access Management Center |
| CAN |
Cancel |
| CAP |
Conditional Access Packet |
| CAP |
Carrierless Amplitude and Phase-Modulation |
| CAP |
Central Arbitration Point |
| CAP |
Communication Application Platform |
| CAP |
Computer Aided Publishing |
| CAPD |
Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities |
| CAPS |
Capitals |
| CAPS |
Cassette Programming System |
| CARL |
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries |
| CAS |
Column Address Select |
| CAS |
Communications Application Specification |
| CAS |
Computer Aided Styling |
| CASE |
Computer Aided Software Engineering |
| CASL |
Crosstalk Application Scripting Language |
| CASS |
Computer Assisted Search Service |
| CASSIS |
Classified and Search Support Information System |
| CAT |
Conditional Access Table |
| CAT |
Computer Aided Testing |
| CAT |
Computer Aided Tomography |
| CAT |
Computer Aided Transcription |
| CAT |
Concatenate |
| CATS |
Computer Assisted Training System |
| CATV |
Community Antenna Television |
| CAU |
Controlled Access Unit |
| CAV |
Constant Angular Velocity |
| CBC |
Cipher Block Chaining |
| CBCR |
Channel Byte Count Register |
| CBEMA |
Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association |
| CBGA |
Ceramic Ball Grid Array |
| CBI |
Computer Based Instruction |
| CBL |
Computer Based Learning |
| CBL |
COBOL source code (file name extension) |
| CBMS |
Computer-Based Mail System |
| CBR |
Constant Bit Rate |
| CBT |
Computer Based Training |
| CBW |
Convert Byte to Word |
| CBX |
Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange |
| CC |
Continuity Counter |
| CC |
Cluster Controller |
| CCD |
Charged-Coupled Device |
| CCFT |
Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube |
| CCI |
Common Client Interface |
| CCITT |
Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique |
| CCL |
Connection Control Language |
| CCP |
Console Command Processor |
| CCS |
Common Command Set |
| CCS |
Common Communications Services |
| CCS |
Common Communications Support |
| CCS |
ontinuous Composite Servo |
| cd |
Candela |
| CD |
Compact Disk |
| CD |
Carrier Detect |
| cd |
Change Directory |
| CD |
Collision Detection |
| CD |
Color Display |
| CD+G |
Compact Disk + Graphics |
| CD-DA |
Compact Disk - Digital Audio |
| CD-I |
Compact Disk - Interactive |
| CD-MO |
Compact Disk - Magneto Optical |
| CD-R |
Compact Disk - Recordable |
| CD-RDx |
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard |
| CD-ROM |
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory |
| CD-RTOS |
Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System |
| CD-V |
Compact Disk - Video |
| CD-WO |
Compact Disk - Write Once |
| CD-XA |
Compact Disk - Extended Architecture |
| CDA |
Compound Document Architecture [DEC] |
| CDC |
Control Data Corporation |
| CDDA |
Compact Disk Digital Audio |
| CDDI |
Copper Distributed Data Interface |
| CDE |
Common Desktop Environment |
| CDE |
Complex Data Entry |
| CDFS |
|
| CDIA |
Certified Document Imaging Architect |
| CDL |
Computer Design Language |
| CDMA |
Code Division Multiple Access |
| CDMF |
Commercial Data Masking Facility |
| CDOS |
Concurrent Disk Operating System |
| CDPD |
Cellular Digital Packet Data |
| CDR |
Call Detail Record |
| CDR |
Call Detail Recording |
| CDRL |
Contract Data Requirements List |
| CDS |
Component Delivery System |
| CDS |
Current Directory Structure |
| CE |
Cache Enable |
| CE |
Chip Enable |
| CE |
Collision Elimination |
| CE |
Convert Enable |
| Ce: |
Carbon Copy |
| CEG |
Continuous Edge Graphics |
| CEI |
Conducted Electromagnetic Interference |
| CEMS |
Constituent Electronic Mail System |
| CEOP |
Conditional End Of Page |
| CERN |
Conseil European pour la Recherche Nucleaire |
| CERT |
Computer Emergency Response Team |
| CF |
Control Flag |
| CFB |
Cipher Feedback |
| CFB |
Configurable Function Block |
| CFF |
Current Field Flag |
| CFG |
Configuration |
| CFR |
Computerized Facial Recognition |
| CFS |
Common File System |
| CFV |
Call For Votes |
| CGA |
Color Graphics Adapter |
| CGE |
Common Graphics Environment |
| CGI |
Common Gateway Interface |
| CGI |
Computer Generated Images |
| CGI |
Computer Graphics Interface |
| CGMS |
Copy Guard Management System |
| CGMS_A |
Analog Copy Guard Management System |
| CGMS_D |
Digital Copy Guard Management System |
| CGMS_HDA |
High Definition Analog Copy Guard Management System |
| CGPM |
Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures |
| CHAP |
Challenge Authentication Protocol |
| CHAR |
Character |
| CHAT |
Conversational Hypertext Access Technology |
| CHCK |
Channel Check |
| CHCP |
Change Code Page |
| CHR |
Character |
| CHRP |
Common Hardware Reference Platform |
| CHS |
Cylinder Head Sector |
| CIA |
Current Instruction Address |
| CIA |
Central Investigation Agency |
| CICS/VS |
Customer Information Control System/Virtual Storage [IBM] |
| CID |
Configuration/Installation/Distribution |
| CIDR |
Classless Interdomain Routing |
| CIF |
Common Interchange/Intermediate Format |
| CIF |
Customer Information Feed |
| CIL |
Configuration Items List |
| CIM |
CompuServe Information Manager |
| CIM |
Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
| CIO |
Chief Information Offier |
| CIOCS |
Communication Input/Output Control System |
| CIP |
Command Interface Port |
| CIPM |
Comité International des Poids et Mesures |
| CIR |
Committed Information Rate |
| CIRC |
Circular Reference |
| CIS |
Card Information Structure |
| CIS |
Client Information System |
| CIS |
CompuServe Information Service |
| CIS |
Computer Information Systems |
| CIS |
Contact Image Sensor |
| CIS |
Customer Information System |
| CISC |
Complex Instruction Set Computing |
| CIT |
Computer-Integrated Telephony |
| CIX |
Commercial Internet Exchange |
| CIX |
Compulink Information Exchange |
| CJLI |
Command Job Language Interpreter |
| CKD |
Count Key Data (device) |
| CLAR |
Channel Local Address Register |
| CLASS |
Client Access to Systems and Services |
| CLASS |
Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services |
| CLC |
Clear Carry Flag |
| CLD |
Clear Direction Flag |
| CLI |
Call-Level Interface |
| CLI |
Clear Interrupt Flag |
| CLI |
Command Line Interface |
| CLIST |
Command List |
| CLK |
Clock |
| CLNP |
Connectionless Network Protocol |
| CLO |
Cluster Object |
| CLP |
Cell Loss Priority |
| CLP |
Constraint Logic Programming |
| CLS |
Clear Screen |
| CLTP |
Connectionless Transport Protocol |
| CLTS |
Clear Task Switch Flag |
| CLUI |
Command Line User Interface |
| CLUT |
Colour Look Up Table (colour palette) |
| CLV |
Constant Linear Velocity |
| cm |
Centimeter |
| CM |
Control Mark |
| CM |
Corrective Maintenance |
| CMA |
Concert Multi-thread Architecture |
| CMC |
Common Mail Calls |
| CMC |
Common Messaging Calls |
| CMC |
Communication Mangement Configuration |
| CMC |
Computer-Mediated Communication |
| CMF |
Creative Music Format |
| CMG |
Configuration Management Guide |
| CMIP |
Common Management Information Protocol |
| CMIS |
Common Management Information Services/System |
| CML |
Conceptual Modelling Language |
| CML |
Computer Managed Learning |
| CML |
Current Mode Logic |
| CMM |
Capability Maturity Model |
| CMMS |
Computerized Maintenance Management Software |
| CMMU |
Cache/Memory Management Unit |
| CMO |
Cable Mapping Object |
| CMOS |
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
| CMOV |
Conditional Move |
| CMP |
Configuration Management Procedures |
| CMP |
Compare |
| CMP |
Computer |
| CMPS |
Compare word String |
| CMS |
Code Management System |
| CMS |
Compiler Monitor System |
| CMS |
Conversation Monitor System |
| CMVC |
Configuration Management Version Control |
| CMW |
Compartmented Mode Workstation |
| CMY |
Cyan-Magenta-Yellow |
| CMYK |
Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black |
| CNA |
Certified NetWare Administrator |
| CNAPS |
Co-Processing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems |
| CNC |
Computerized Numerical Control |
| CNE |
Certified NetWare Engineer |
| CNG |
Calling (tone) |
| CNI |
Certified Novell Instructor |
| CNIDR |
Clearinghouse for Network Information and Discovery and Retrieval |
| CNIDR |
Clearinghouse for Networked Information and Retrieval |
| CNN |
Composite Network Node |
| CNO |
Conditional Object |
| CNSS |
Core Nodal Switching Subsystem |
| CNVT |
Convert |
| CNX |
Certified Network Expert |
| CO |
Channel Object |
| CO |
Central Office |
| CO |
Command Output |
| CO |
Convert Out |
| COB |
Chip-On-Board |
| COBOL |
Common Business-Oriented Language |
| CODASYL |
Conference on Data System Languages |
| CODE |
Client-Server Open Development Environment |
| CODEC |
Coder/Decoder |
| CODEC |
Compression/Decompression |
| COEM |
Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| COFF |
Common Object File Format |
| COGO |
Coordinate Geometry |
| COL |
Collision |
| COL |
Computer Oriented Language |
| COLD |
Computer Output to Laser Disk |
| COLL |
Collision |
| COM |
Component Object Model |
| COM |
Common Object Model |
| COM |
Communications |
| COMDEX |
Computer Dealers Exposition |
| COMET |
Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator |
| COMP |
Compare |
| COMSAT |
Communications Satellite Corporation |
| CON |
Console |
| COND |
Condition |
| CONFIG |
Configuration |
| CONS |
Connection-Oriented Network Service |
| CONTONE |
Continuous Tone |
| CORBA |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
| CoREN |
Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network |
| COS |
Compatible Operating System |
| COSE |
Combined Office Standard Environment |
| COSE |
Common Open Software/Systems Environment |
| COSMIC |
Computer Software Management and Information Center |
| COSMOS |
Computer System for Mainframe Operations |
| COTS |
Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
| CP |
Copy Protected |
| CP/M |
Control Program for Microcomputers |
| CPA |
Certified Public Accountant |
| CPC |
Constant Point Calculation |
| CPCS |
Check Processing Control System |
| CPE |
Central Processing Element |
| CPE |
Customer Premise Equipment |
| CPE |
Customer Provided Equipment |
| CPG |
Clock Pulse Generator |
| CPI |
Characters Per Inch |
| CPI |
Clock Per Instruction |
| CPI |
Common Programming Interface |
| CPI-C |
Common Programming Interface for Communications |
| CPL |
Current Privilege Level |
| CPS |
Characters Per Second |
| CPS |
Cycles Per Second |
| CPT |
Command Pass Through |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CR |
Carriage Return |
| CRAM |
Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement |
| CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| CREN |
Computer Research Education Network |
| CREN |
Corporation for Research and Education Networking |
| CRF |
Cable Retransmission Facility |
| CRF |
Cross Reference File |
| CRI |
Color Reproduction Indices |
| CROM |
Control Read Only Memory |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
| CRTC |
CRT Controller |
| CS |
Control Sync |
| CS |
Chip Select |
| CS |
Clear to Send |
| CS |
Code Segment |
| CSA |
Common Scrambling Algorithm |
| CSA |
Calendaring and Scheduling API |
| CSAR |
Channel System Address Register |
| CSC |
Customer Service Center |
| CSD |
Corrective Service Diskette |
| CSDS |
Packet Switched Data Service |
| CSE |
Certified System Engineer |
| CSFI |
Communication Subsystem For Interconnection |
| CSG |
Constructive Solid Geometry |
| CSG |
Consulting Services Group |
| CSI |
Command Sequence Introducer |
| CSI |
CompuServe Incorporated |
| CSL |
Computer Sensitive Language |
| CSLIP |
Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol |
| CSM |
Communications Services Manager |
| CSMA/CA |
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Avoidance |
| CSMA/CD |
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Detection |
| CSMS |
Customer Support Management System |
| CSN |
Card-Select Number |
| CSNET |
Computer Science Network |
| CSO |
Category System Object |
| CSO |
Central Services Organization |
| CSP |
Certified Systems Professional |
| CSP |
Commercial Subroutine Package |
| CSP |
CompuCom Speed Protocol |
| CSPDN |
Circuit Switched Public Data Network |
| CSS |
Continuous System Simulator |
| CSS |
Contact Start-Stop |
| CSSM |
Channel to Segment Service Map |
| CSSM |
Client-Server Systems Management |
| CSTA |
Computer-Supported Telephony Applications |
| CSU |
Channel Service Unit |
| CSV |
Comma-Separated Value/Variable |
| CTB |
Cipher Type Byte |
| CTC |
Channel To Channel |
| CTCP |
Client-To-Client Protocol |
| CTI |
Computer-Telephone Integration |
| CTOS |
Computerized Tomography Operating System |
| CTOS |
Convergent Technologies Operating System |
| CTPA |
Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter |
| CTRL |
Control |
| CTS |
Component Test Spec. |
| CTS |
Clear To Send |
| CTSS |
Compatible Time Sharing System |
| CUA |
Common User Access |
| CUB |
Cursor Backward |
| CUD |
Cursor Down |
| CUF |
Cursor Forward |
| CUI |
Character-Oriented User Interface |
| CUI |
Common User Interface |
| CUP |
Cursor Position |
| CUPID |
Completely Universal Processor I/O Design |
| CUT |
Control Unit Terminal |
| CUTE |
Clarkston University Terminal Emulator |
| CUU |
Cursor Up |
| CVF |
Compressed Volume File |
| CVGA |
Colour Video Graphics Array |
| CVIA |
Computer Virus Industry Association |
| CVT |
Convert |
| CWD |
Convert Word to Double Word |
| CWD |
Change Working Directory |
| CWIS |
Campus Wide Information Service/System |
| CWIS |
Community Wide Information Service/System |
| CWP |
encryption Control Word Packet |
| CYL |
Cylinder |
| CYMK |
Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black |
| d |
deci |
| da |
deka |
| DAP |
Data Application Packet |
| DBS |
Direct Broadcast Satellite |
| DENC |
Digital ENCoder |
| DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
| DIP |
Description Information Parcel |
| DIP |
Dual Inline Package |
| DMA |
Designated Marketing Area |
| DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
| DO |
Deletion Object |
| DOS |
Design Objectives Spec. |
| DSM |
Digital Storage Medium |
| DSS |
Digital Satellite Service |
| DSS |
Department of Social Security |
| DST |
Daylight Saving Time |
| DTS |
Decoding Time Stamp |
| DTS |
Digital Theatre System |
| DTV |
DirecTv |
| DTV |
Digital Television |
| DVB |
Digital Video Broadcasting |
| DVB-C |
Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable |
| DVB-RC |
Digital Video Broadcasting - Return channel |
| DVB-S |
Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite |
| DVB-SC |
Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite over cable |
| DVB-T |
Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial |
| DVD |
Digital Versitile Disc |
| DVD |
Digital Video Disc |
| DVD |
Digital Video Division |
| DVDiv |
Digital Video Division |
| DVHS |
Digital VHS |
| E |
exa |
| EBCDIC |
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| EC |
Entertainment Consultant |
| ECM |
Entitlement Control Message |
| EIA |
Elecetonics Industry Association (USA) |
| EIT |
Event Information Table |
| EMI |
Electical Musical Industries |
| EMI |
External Memory Interface |
| EMM |
Entitlement Management Message |
| EN |
European Norm |
| EOF |
End Of Frame |
| EOF |
End Of File |
| EPG |
Electronic Programme Guide |
| ES |
Elemental Stream |
| ESCR |
Elemental Stream Clock Reference |
| ETS |
European Telecommunication Standard |
| ETSI |
European Telecommunication Standards Institute |
| f |
femto |
| FEC |
Forward Error Correction |
| FIFO |
First In First Out |
| FMI |
Flash Memory Interface |
| FSS |
Fixed Satellite Service |
| G |
giga |
| G/T |
Gain/Temperature |
| GDP |
Graphics Display Processor |
| GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| h |
hecto |
| HAS |
Hardware Architecture Spec. |
| HCS |
Hardware Component Spec. |
| HD |
Header Designator |
| HD |
High Definition |
| HDD |
Hard Disk Drive |
| HDTV |
High Definition TeleVision |
| HO |
HTTP Object |
| HP |
Horizontal Polarisation |
| HP |
Hewlet Packard |
| HTML |
HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| Hz |
Hertz |
| IBM |
International Business Machines |
| IC |
Integrated Circuit |
| ICAM |
Integrated Conditional Access Module |
| ICD |
Interface Control Document |
| ID |
IDentity |
| IF |
Intermediate Frequency |
| IM |
InterModulation |
| IPPV |
Impulse Pay-Per-View |
| IR |
Infrared |
| IRD |
Integrated Receiver/Decoders |
| ISO |
International Organisation for Standardisation |
| K |
Kelvin |
| k |
kilo |
| Kb |
1024 bits |
| KB |
1024 bytes |
| KDE |
K Desktop Environment |
| kg |
Kilogram |
| Km |
Kilometer |
| LBA |
Logical Block Address |
| LHCP |
Left Hand Circular Polarization |
| LMI |
Local Memory Interface |
| LNB |
Low Noise Block |
| LO |
Local Oscillator |
| LPCM |
Linear Pulse Coded Modulation |
| m |
Meter |
| M |
mega |
| m |
milli |
| Mb |
1048576 bits (1024*1024) |
| MB |
1048576 bytes (1024*1024) |
| MEF |
Media Error Field |
| mm |
Millimeter |
| MMU |
Memory Management Unit |
| MO |
Marker Object |
| mol |
mole |
| MPAA |
Motion Picture Association of America |
| MPEG |
Moving Prictures Experts Group |
| MPG |
Master Program Guide |
| MPT |
Multi-Packet Transport |
| n |
nano |
| NAO |
Network Affiliate Object |
| NCITS |
National Committe on Information Technology Standards |
| NCN |
Non-Conformance Notice |
| NDS |
News Data Systems Inc. |
| NIO |
Name ID Object |
| NIT |
Network Information Table |
| NPC |
New Product Committee |
| NPP |
New Project Proposal |
| NPR |
New Project Request |
| NR |
Not Rated |
| NSO |
Name System Object |
| NTSC |
National Television Standards Committe |
| NVRAM |
Non-Volatile Random Access Memory |
| ODU |
Outdoor Unit |
| OLC |
On Line Community |
| OPCR |
Original Program Clock Reference |
| OPPV |
Order-ahead Pay-Per-View |
| OS |
Operating System |
| OSD |
On-Screen Display |
| OST |
Objectives, Strategy and Tactics review |
| P |
peta |
| p |
pico |
| PAD |
Program Associated Data |
| PAT |
Program Allocation Table |
| PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation |
| PCR |
Program Clock Reference |
| PCS |
Project Control System |
| PDS |
Preliminary Data-Sheet |
| PES |
Packetised Elemental Stream |
| PF |
Packet Framing |
| PF |
Project Folder |
| PG |
Program Guide |
| PG |
Pattern Generation |
| PGGS |
Program Guide Generating System |
| PID |
Packet IDentifier |
| PIO |
PIP Object |
| PIP |
Program Information Parcel |
| PIP |
Purchase Information Parcel |
| PMT |
Program Map Table |
| PO |
Program Object |
| PPV |
Pay-Per-View |
| PQP |
Project and Quality Plan |
| PRB |
Project Review Board |
| PS |
Project Schedule |
| PSI |
Program Specific Information |
| PSIP |
Program and System Information Protocol |
| PSP |
Pseudo-Sync Pulse |
| PTI |
Programable Transport Interface |
| PTS |
Presentation Time Stamp |
| PU |
Presentation Unit |
| PUSI |
Payload Unit Start Indicator |
| QEF |
Quasi Error Free |
| QMS |
Quality Management System |
| RASP |
Random Access Scrambled stream Protocol |
| RCH |
Remote Control Handset |
| RF |
Radio Frequency |
| RG |
Request-Grant protocol |
| RGB |
Red/Green/Blue |
| RGV |
Request-Grant-Valid protocol |
| RH |
Redundant Header |
| RHCP |
Right Hand Circular Polarization |
| RSO |
Rating System Object |
| RST |
Running Status Table |
| RTFM |
Read The F***ing Manual |
| RTS |
Reference Time Stamp |
| s |
Second |
| S/PDIF |
Sony/Philips Digital Interface |
| SCID |
Service Channel IDentifier |
| SCR |
Silicon Controlled Rectifier |
| SCR |
System Clock Reference |
| SCTE |
Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers |
| SDI |
Serial Digital Interface |
| SDT |
Service Description Table |
| SI |
International System (of Units) |
| SI |
System Information |
| SI |
Service Information |
| SMI |
Shared Memory Interface |
| SO |
Schedule Object |
| SOF |
Start Of Frame |
| SOP |
Standard Operating Procedures |
| SPG |
Special Program Guide |
| SPI |
Service Paradigm Indicator |
| SPO |
Service Paradigm Object |
| ST |
Stuffing Table |
| ST |
STMicroelectronics |
| STAPI |
ST Application Programmable Interface philosophy |
| STAUD |
ST AUDio Driver |
| STB |
Set Top Box |
| STC |
System Time Clock |
| STD |
Standard Target Decoder |
| STS |
Subscriber Terminal System |
| T |
tera |
| TAP |
Test Access Port |
| TBD |
To Be Determined |
| TBR |
To Be Reviewed |
| TBS |
To Be Specified |
| TC |
Transport Controler |
| TDT |
Time and Date Table |
| TID |
Table IDentifier |
| TLA |
Three Letter Acronym |
| TLS |
Time Logging System |
| TO |
Time Object |
| TP |
Transport Packet |
| TPAw |
Team Performance Awareness |
| TPID |
Transport Packet IDentifier |
| TQM |
Total Quality Management |
| TS |
Transport Stream |
| TSID |
Transport Stream IDentifier |
| TV |
Television |
| TVCT |
ATSC Terrestrial Virtual Channel Table |
| u |
micro |
| UART |
Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmiter |
| UHF |
Ulta High Frequency |
| uimsbf |
unsigned integer, most significant bit first, network byte order |
| ULO |
Update List Object |
| UM |
User Manual |
| URL |
Universal Resource Locator |
| USA |
United State of America |
| UTC |
Universal Coordinated Time |
| VHF |
Very High Frequency |
| VO |
Vendor Object |
| VP |
Vertical Polarisation |
| VTG |
Video Timing Generator |
| www |
World Wide Web |
| XML |
eXtended Markup Language |
| XTV |
eXtended Television |
| Y |
yotta |
| y |
yocto |
| YUV |
Luminance and colour-difference signals in component video systems |
| Z |
zetta |
| z |
zepto |
| ZO |
ZIP Code Object |