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From: "Dr. Tobias Quathamer" <toddy@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:52:22 +0200
Subject: Update acronyms.
Source: http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/share/misc/
---
wtf/acronyms | 448 +++++++++++++++---
wtf/acronyms.comp | 1345 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 1643 insertions(+), 150 deletions(-)
diff --git a/wtf/acronyms b/wtf/acronyms
index 5baeef2..07598d1 100644
--- a/wtf/acronyms
+++ b/wtf/acronyms
@@ -1,252 +1,590 @@
-$NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.145 2005/02/18 01:40:49 jsm Exp $
-
+$NetBSD: acronyms,v 1.265 2018/01/13 03:35:40 pgoyette Exp $
+10Q thank you
+10X thanks
+1337 elite ("leet")
+224 today, tomorrow, forever
+31337 elite ("eleet")
+4TW for the win
+A/S/L age/sex/location
+AAMOF as a matter of fact
+ABD all but dissertation
+AC audible chuckle
+ADD attention deficit disorder
+ADHD attention deficit (and) hyperactivity disorder
+ADN any day now
+ADOS attention deficit ... oh, shiny!
+AEAP as early as possible
+AFAIAC as far as I am concerned
AFAIC as far as I'm concerned
-AFAICR as far as I can recall
+AFAICR as far as I can {recall,remember}
+AFAICS as far as I can see
AFAICT as far as I can tell
AFAIK as far as I know
-AFAIR as far as I recall
+AFAIR as far as I {recall,remember}
AFAIU as far as I understand
AFD away from desktop
AFK away from keyboard
-AFU all fucked up
AFW away from window
+AGM annual general meeting
+AINEC and it's not even close
+AISE as I see it
AIU as I understand
AIUI as I understand it
AKA also known as
+AM ante meridiem
+AMA ask me anything
+AMOL a mountain of love
ASAIC as soon as I can
ASAP as soon as possible
+ASL age/sex/location
+ATEOTD at the end of the day
ATM at the moment
+ATM {automated,automatic} teller machine
+ATW around the world
+AWK Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan
AWOL absent without official leave
AYBABTU all your base are belong to us
+AYF all your fault
+AYOR at your own risk
AYT are you there
+B& banned
B/C because
-B/S bullshit
+B/W bandwidth
B/W between
+BAI goodbye
+BAK back at keyboard
BBIAB be back in a bit
BBL [I'll] be back later
+BBR burnt beyond repair
BBS be back soon
BBT be back tomorrow
-BFD big fucking deal
+BCNU be seeing you
+BCNUL8R be seeing you later
+BCP best current practice
+BF best friend
+BF boyfriend
+BFF best {friend,friends} forever
BIAB back in a bit
BIAF back in a few
BIALW back in a little while
BIAS back in a second
BIAW back in a while
-BOATILAS bend over and take it like a slut
+BIDI boy, I did it
+BNYA burned now you are
+BOC but of course
BOFH bastard operator from hell
-BOGAHICA bend over, grab ankles, here it comes again
-BOHICA bend over here it comes again
+BOT back on topic
+BPM beam propagation method
+BPM beats per minute
BRB [I'll] be right back
-BS bullshit
+BSD booze, sex, drugs
BTDT been there, done that
+BTFT been there, fixed that
BTTH boot to the head
BTW by the way
+BYOB bring your own {beer,booze}
+CC credit card
+CEO chief executive officer
+CFV call for votes
+CFY calling for you
+CG center of gravity
+CHANOPS channel operator status
CMIIW correct me if I'm wrong
CNP continued [in my] next post
COB close of business [day]
COTS commercial off-the-shelf
+CPC cost per click
+CPE customer premises equipment
+CRM customer relationship management
+CTN can't talk now
+CU see you
+CUL see you later
+CYA see ya
CYA see you around
+CYE check your email
+D/B/A doing business as
D/L download
+DBA doing business as
+DBEYR don't believe everything you read
+DIAFYO did I ask for your opinion?
DIY do it yourself
DKDC don't know, don't care
+DM direct message
+DM dungeon master
+DME durable medical equipment
+DMEPOS durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies
+DMZ demilitarized zone
+DND do not disturb
+DNF did not finish
+DNFT do not feed troll
+DOA dead on arrival
+DRY don't repeat yourself
DSTM don't shoot the messenger
DTRT do the right thing
DTWT do the wrong thing
DWIM do what I mean
+DYK do you know?
+EA early adopter
+ECR electronic cash register
+EDS eternal downward spiral
+EFT electronic funds transfer
EG evil grin
+EIE enough is enough
EMSG email message
EOB end of business [day]
-EOD end of discussion
+EOD end of {day,discussion}
EOL end of life
+EOM end of message
+EOS end of story
+ETA edited to add
+ETA estimated time of arrival
ETLA extended three letter acronym
+ETR early to rise
EWAG experienced wild-ass guess
+EZ easy
+EZPZ easy-peasy
+F9 fine
FAQ frequently asked question
-FCFS first come first served
-FIGJAM fuck I'm good, just ask me
-FIIK fuck[ed] if I know
-FIIR fuck[ed] if I remember
-FM fucking magic
-FOAD fall over and die
+FBOW for better or worse
+FCFS first come, first served
+FCOL for crying out loud
+FFS free for shipping
+FITB fill in the blank
+FNO for nerds only
+FNO from now on
+FOC free of charge
+FPS first person shooter
+FPS frames per second
FSDO for some definition of
FSVO for some value of
-FTFM fuck the fuckin' manual!
-FUBAR fucked up beyond all recognition
-FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt
+FTBFS fails to build from source
+FTFY fixed that for you
+FTHOI for the {heck,hell} of it
+FTL faster than light
+FTL for the loss
+FTR for the record
+FTTT from time to time
+FTW for the win
+FUD fear, uncertainty, [and] doubt
FWIW for what it's worth
+FYEO for your eyes only
FYI for your information
G grin
G/C garbage collect
+G2G got to go
+G2K good to know
+GA go ahead
GAC get a clue
GAL get a life
+GBTW get back to work
+GF girlfriend
+GFU good for you
+GFY good for you
+GG good game
+GGA good game all
+GGP good game partner
+GGWP good game, well played
GIGO garbage in, garbage out
+GIYF Google is your friend
+GJ good job
+GL good luck
+GLHF good luck, have fun
+GLINE global kill line
+GLWT good luck with that
+GM game master
+GMT Greenwich mean time
GMTA great minds think alike
-GTFO get the fuck out
+GOK God only knows
+GOP Grand Old Party
+GOWI get on with it
+GPS global positioning system
+GR8 great
GTG got to go
+GTH go to hell
+GTSY {glad,good} to see you
+GWS get well soon
+H8 hate
HAND have a nice day
+HE how embarrasing
+HF have fun
HHIS hanging head in shame
+HHOS ha ha, only serious
HICA here it comes again
+HME home medical equipment
+HNY happy new year
+HOAS hold on a second
+HOPS half-operator status
HTH hope this helps
IAC in any case
+IAE in any event
IANAL I am not a lawyer
+IAW in another window
+IAWTC I agree with this comment
+IAWTP I agree with this post
+IAY I adore you
+IB I'm back
IC I see
-ICBW I could be wrong
+ICBW I could be {worse,wrong}
ICCL I couldn't care less
-IHAFC I haven't a fucking clue
+ICUR I see you are
+ICYMI in case you missed it
+IDC I don't care
+IDGI I don't get it
+IDGW in a good way
+IDI I doubt it
+IDIFTL I did it for the lulz
+IDK I don't know
+IDRC I don't really care
+IDTS I don't think so
+IDTT I drink to that
+IFF if and only if
+IFTTT if this then that
IHBW I have been wrong
-IHNFC I have no fucking clue
IIANM if I am not mistaken
-IIRC if I recall correctly
+IIRC if I {recall,remember} correctly
IIUC if I understand correctly
+IKR I know, right?
+IKWYM I know what you mean
+ILU I love you
+ILY I love you
IMAO in my arrogant opinion
+IMBO in my biased opinion
IMCO in my considered opinion
+IME in my experience
IMHO in my humble opinion
IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion
IMO in my opinion
+INB4 in before
+INPO in no particular order
IOW in other words
+IPML I pissed myself laughing
+IQ intelligence quotient
+IRCOP Internet relay chat {operator,operators}
+IRCOPS Internet relay chat operator status
IRL in real life
+IRT in real time
+IRT in regards to
ISAGN I see a great need
+ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISTM it seems to me
-ISTR I seem to recall
+ISTR I seem to {recall,remember}
+ITC in this {channel,chat}
+ITT in this thread
ITYM I think you mean
+IUD insert usual disclaimers
+IUSS if you say so
+IW it's worse
IWBNI it would be nice if
+IYD in your dreams
+IYKWIM if you know what I mean
IYSS if you say so
+IYSWIM if you see what I mean
J/K just kidding
-JHD just hit ``delete''
+JAM just a minute
+JAS just a second
+JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy
+JFTR just for the record
+JFYI just for your information
+JGI just Google it
+JGI just got it
+JHD just hit delete
JIC just in case
+JJA just joking around
JK just kidding
JMO just my opinion
+JSYK just so you know
JTLYK just to let you know
+JW just wondering
KISS keep it simple, stupid
KITA kick in the ass
+KK okay, okay
+KLINE kill line
+KMA keep me advised
+KMA keep moving ahead
+KMA kill me already
KNF kernel normal form
+KOS kill on sight
+KTHX okay, thanks
+KTHXBAI okay, thanks. Goodbye.
+KWIM know what I mean?
+L8 late
L8R later
-LART luser attitude readjustment tool (ie, hammer)
+LART luser attitude readjustment tool
LBNL last but not least
+LGTM looks good to me
LJBF let's just be friends
LMAO laughing my ass off
+LMC let me check
+LMGTFY let me google that for you
+LMHO laughing my head off
+LMK let me know
+LMNO laughing my nuts off
LMSO laughing my socks off
+LOIC low orbit ion cannon
LOL laughing out loud
+LP long playing [record]
LTNS long time no see
+LWYL laugh with you later
+M8 mate
+MAD mutually assured destruction
+MBA master of business administration
+MFW my face when
MIA missing in action
+MMB message me back
+MO modus operandi
MOTAS member of the appropriate sex
MOTOS member of the opposite sex
MOTSS member of the same sex
MTF more to follow
+MVP minimum viable product
+MVP most valuable player
MYOB mind your own business
+N/A not {applicable,available}
N/M never mind
+NAFAIK not as far as I know
+NB nota bene
NBD no big deal
-NFC no fucking clue
-NFI no fucking idea
-NFW no fucking way
+NE1 anyone
+NEDM not even Doom music
+NFA no flaming allowed
+NFC no functional change
+NIFOC naked in front of computer
NIH not invented here
+NIMBY not in my backyard
+NM never mind
NMF not my fault
NMP not my problem
+NMU not much, you?
+NOM no offence meant
+NOOB newbie
+NORP normal ordinary {respectable,responsible} person
NOYB none of your business
-NOYFB none of your fucking business
NP no problem
+NPC non-player character
NRFPT not ready for prime time
NRN no reply necessary
+NRN not right now
+NSFW not suitable for work
+NTN no thanks needed
+NUNP no users, no problems
+NVM never mind
+NW no way
+NXT next
+NYPA not your personal army
+O2W off to work
+OAO over and out
+OBV obviously
+OBVS obviously
+ODTW others do the work (cf. "otdw source")
+OFC of course
+OH other half
OIC oh, I see
-OMG oh, my god
+OMG oh my God
+OMW on my way
+ONNA oh no, not again
+ONNTA oh no, not this again
+OOB out of bounds
+OOC out of curiosity
+OOI out of interest
+OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind
+OPS operator status
+OPS operators
+ORITE oh, right
OT off topic
OTL out to lunch
OTOH on the other hand
+OTP one true pairing
+OTS off the shelf
OTT over the top
OTTOMH off the top of my head
+OWTTE or words to that effect
+PC player character
+PC politically correct
+PCB polychlorinated biphenyl(s)
+PD police department
+PDA public display of affection
+PDQ pretty darn quick
+PDS please don't shout
+PEBCAK problem exists between chair and keyboard
PEBKAC problem exists between keyboard and chair
-PFO please fuck off
+PFI pay for inclusion
PFY pimply faced youth
+PHB pointy haired boss
+PIN personal identification number
PITA pain in the ass
+PITR {parent,parents} in the room
PKSP pound keys and spew profanity
+PM post meridiem
+PMFI problem magically fixed itself
+PMFJI pardon me for jumping in
+PMSL pissing myself laughing
PNG persona non grata
PNP plug and pray
POC point of contact
+POC proof of concept
POLA principle of least astonishment
POLS principle of least surprise
-POS piece of shit
+POS point of sale
+POV point of view
+PPL people
PPL pretty please
+PPP petty pet peeve
+PPS pulse per second (signal)
+PR public relations
+PSA prostate-specific antigen
+PSA public service announcement
+PTA parent-teacher association
+PTO {paid,personal} time off
+PTO parent-teacher organization
+PTO please turn over
+PTO power takeoff
PTV parental tunnel vision
QED quod erat demonstrandum
+QFT quoted for truth
+RA residential advisor
RFC request for comments
+RFD request for discussion
+RFE request for enhancements
RIP rest in peace
RL real life
RLC rod length check
+RMS Richard Matthew Stallman
ROFL rolling on floor laughing
ROFLMAO rolling on floor laughing my ass off
+ROI return on investment
ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing
RP responsible person
+RR railroad
+RSI repetitive strain injury
RSN real soon now
-RTFB read the fine/fucking book
-RTFC read the fine/fucking code
-RTFD read the fine/fucking documentation
-RTFM read the fine/fucking manual
-RTFMP read the fine/fucking man page
-RTFS read the fine/fucking source
+RSVP respondez s'il vous plait ("reply please")
+S/T self titled
+SAR search and rescue
+SAR some assembly required
SCNR sorry, could not resist
SEP someone else's problem
-SFA sweet fuck all
+SERP search engine results page
+SFAICT so far as I can tell
SHID slaps head in disgust
SIMCA sitting in my chair amused
+SITD still in the dark
+SMAP Soil Moisture Active Passive
+SMH shaking my head
SMLSFB so many losers, so few bullets
SMOP simple matter of programming
-SNAFU situation normal, all fucked up
SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager
SNMP sorry, not my problem
-SNR signal to noise ratio
SO significant other
SOB son of [a] bitch
-SOL shit out [of] luck
SOP standard operating procedure
+SRS serious
+SRSLY seriously
SSIA subject says it all
-STFA search the fucking archives
-STFU shut the fuck up
-STFW search the fucking web
+SSTO single stage to orbit
+STW search the web
SUS stupid user syndrome
+SUX sucks
+SUX2BU sucks to be you
SWAG silly, wild-assed guess
SWAHBI silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea
SWMBO she who must be obeyed
+SYS see you soon
+TA teaching assistant
TANSTAAFL there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
+TBA to be announced
TBC to be continued
TBD to be {decided,determined,done}
+TBH to be honest
TBOMK the best of my knowledge
+TCB taking care of business
+TCO taken care of
+TCO total cost of ownership
+TFOA things falling off aircraft
+TFW that feeling when
+TGIF thank goodness it's Friday
THNX thanks
THX thanks
TIA thanks in advance
+TIAVP this is a volunteer project
+TIC tonque in cheek
+TIL today I learned
TINC there is no cabal
+TINLA this is not legal advice
+TINWIS this is not what I said
+TJM that's just me
TLA three letter acronym
-TLB translation lookaside buffer
+TLA true love always
+TLC tender loving care
+TLDR too long, didn't read
+TM trademark
+TM trust me
TMA too many abbreviations
+TMG too much government
TMI too much information
+TMJ temporomandibular joint
+TMK to my knowledge
+TMTOWTDI there's more than one way to do it
TNF The NetBSD Foundation
+TOC table of contents
+TOCTOU time of check to time of use
TOEFL test of english as a foreign language
+TOH to other half
+TP toilet paper
TPTB the powers that be
TRT the right thing
TTBOMK to the best of my knowledge
TTFN ta ta for now
+TTM to the moderator
+TTT thought that too
TTYL talk to you later
+TTYS talk to you soon
+TWAIN thing without an interesting name
+TWDT the whole damn thing
TWIAVBP the world is a very big place
TY thank you
TYVM thank you very much
U/L upload
+UGT universal greeting time
+UR your
+UR {you're, you are}
UTSL use the source, Luke
+VCR video cassette recorder
VEG very evil grin
+VIP very important person
W/ with
+W/E whatever
W/O without
+W8 wait
+WAFWOT what a foolish waste of time
WAG wild-ass guess
WB welcome back
+WCPGW what could possibly go wrong
+WDYMBT what do you mean by that
+WELC working effectively with legacy code
+WFH working from home
WFM works for me
WIBNI wouldn't it be nice if
WIP work in progress
-WOFTAM waste of fucking time and money
+WMNC watch me not care
WOMBAT waste of money, brain, and time
WRT with respect to
-WTF {what,where,who,why} the fuck
-WTH {what,where,who,why} the hell
-WYSIWYG what you see is what you get
+WTB {waiting,want,willing} to buy
+WTF where's the food
+WTG way to go
+WTH {what,when,where,who,why} the hell
+WTS {waiting,want,willing} to sell
+WTT {waiting,want,willing} to trade
+WWJD what would Jesus do?
+YAGNI you ain't gonna need it
YALIMO you are lame, in my opinion
+YAOTM yet another off-topic message
+YCTAT you can't troll a troll
+YGM you got mail
YHBT you have been trolled
YHL you have lost
YKWIM you know what I mean
-YMA yo momma's ass
YMMV your mileage may vary
+YOLO you only live once
YW you're welcome
+YWSYLS you win some, you lose some
+ZIP zoning improvement plan
diff --git a/wtf/acronyms.comp b/wtf/acronyms.comp
index 6f2b66f..e27697c 100644
--- a/wtf/acronyms.comp
+++ b/wtf/acronyms.comp
@@ -1,319 +1,1474 @@
-$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.58 2005/02/16 00:04:23 kleink Exp $
-
+$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.193 2018/03/01 19:09:33 ginsbach Exp $
3WHS three-way handshake
+8VSB 8-state vestigial side band modulation
+AA anti-aliasing
+AAA authentication, authorization, [and] accounting
+AAT average access time
ABI application binary interface
+ABR available bit rate
+AC alternating current
+ACI adjacent channel interferer
+ACID atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability
+ACK Amsterdam compiler kit
+ACK acknowledgement
ACL access control list
+ACL active current loop
+ACP auxillary control {process,program}
ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
+ACS access control set
+ACU automatic calling unit
+ADB Apple desktop bus
ADC analog [to] digital converter
+ADD acronym driven development
+ADO active data objects
+ADP automatic data processing
ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
+ADS alternate data stream
ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
+ADT abstract data type
+AES Advanced Encryption Standard
+AFS Andrew File System
+AGC automatic gain control
AGP accelerated graphics port
+AI analog input
+AI artificial intelligence
+AL access list
+AL active link
+ALE address latch enable
+ALS ambient light sensor
+ALU arithmetic and logical unit
+ALUA asymmetric logical unit access
+AM access method
+AM alignment mask
AM amplitude modulation
AMI alternate mark inversion
-ANSI american national standards institute
+AMP asymmetric multiprocessing
+AMQP advanced message queuing protocol
+AMT active management technology
+AN Arabic number
+ANR application not responding
+ANSI American National Standards Institute
+AO analog output
+AOL Alert-on-LAN
+AOS add or subtract
AP access point
+AP application processor
API application programming interface
APIC advanced programmable interrupt controller
-ARP address resolution protocol
+APIPA automatic private IP addressing
+APT advanced persistent threat
+AQM active queue management
+ARAT always running APIC timer
+ARC adaptive replacement cache
+ARC automatic reference counting
+ARM Advanced RISC Machines
+ARP Address Resolution Protocol
+ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARQ automatic repeat request
+ARR address range register
+ARU audio response unit
AS autonomous system
+ASC advanced smart cache
+ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
+ASD agile software development
+ASE advanced software environment
+ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
+ASK amplitude shif keying
+ASLR address space layout randomization
ASN autonomous system number
-ASCII american standard code for information interchange
+ASPM active state power management
+ASQ automated software quality
+ASR address space register
+AST abstract syntax tree
+AST asynchronous trap
+AT access time
AT advanced technology
ATA advanced technology attachment
ATAPI advanced technology attachment packet interface
+ATC address translation cache
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
ATX advanced technology extended
+AV anti virus
+AVL Adelson-Velsky-Landis
+AVX advanced vector extensions
+BA byte align
+BAL basic assembly language
+BAR base address register
+BBS bulletin board system
+BCC blind carbon copy
+BCD binary coded decimal
+BCR byte count register
+BCS base configuration space
+BD baud
+BDD binary decision diagram
+BDI bit deinterleave
+BDUF big design up front
BEDO burst extended data output
BER basic encoding rules
-BER bit error rate
-BGP border gateway protocol
-BIOS basic input/output system
+BER bit error {rate,ratio}
+BFD binary {file,format} descriptor
+BFKL big fscking kernel lock
+BFS breadth-first search
+BFT binary file transfer
+BGA ball grid array
+BGP Border Gateway Protocol
+BGPSEC BGP Security
+BIND Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
+BIOS Basic Input/Output System
+BIOS built-in operating system
+BIST built-in self-test
+BIU bus interface unit
+BKDG BIOS and kernel developer's guide
+BLAS basic linear algebra subprograms
+BLC back light control
BLOB binary large object
+BM bus master
+BMC baseboard management controller
+BMIC bus master interface controller
+BN boundary neutral
+BNF Backus-Naur form
+BO binary output
+BOF beginning of file
+BOM beginning of message
+BOM byte order mark
+BP base pointer
+BP boot processor
+BPB BIOS parameter block
+BPDU bridge protocol data unit
+BPF Berkeley Packet Filter
+BPI bits per inch
+BPM business process modelling
BPS bits per second
-BSD berkeley software distribution
+BPSK binary phase shift keying
+BQS Berkeley quality software
+BRE basic regular expression
+BS backspace
+BS binary sequence
+BSA basic service area
+BSD Berkeley Software Distribution
+BSF bit scan forward
+BSOD blue screen of death
+BSP binary space partition
+BSP board support package
+BSP bootstrap processor
+BSR bit scan reverse
+BSS basic service set
+BSS block started by symbol
+BSSID basic service set identifier
+BT BitTorrent
+BT Bluetooth
+BT bit test
+BTC bit test [and] complement
+BTR bit test [and] reset
+BTS bit test [and] set
+BTS bug tracking system
+BW bandwidth
+BWM block-write mode
+CA certificate authority
CAD computer-aided design
-CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
+CAM computer assisted manufacturing
+CAM conditional access module
+CAM content addressable memory
+CARP Common Address Redundancy Protocol
+CAS column address strobe
+CAS compare and swap
+CAS computer algebra system
+CASE computer aided software engineering
+CAU control access unit
+CAV constant angular velocity
+CBC cipher block chaining
+CBR constant bit rate
+CC carbon coby
CCD charge coupled device
+CCI co-channel interferer
+CCNUMA cache-coherent non-uniform memory access
+CD cache disable
CD compact disc
CDDA compact disc digital audio
+CDMA code division multiple access
+CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol
CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
CER canonical encoding rules
-CGA color graphics array
+CF compact flash
+CFB cipher feedback
+CFG context-free grammar
+CFG control-flow graph
+CG control gate
+CGA Color Graphics Adapter
CGI common gateway interface
+CGN Carrier-Grade NAT
+CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHS cylinder/head/sector
-CIDR classless inter-domain routing
+CI continuous integration
+CI {common,component} interface
+CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing
+CIFS Common Internet File System
+CIL common intermediate language
+CIR carrier-to-interference ratio
CIS contact image sensor
+CISC complex instruction set {computer,computing}
+CJK Chinese, Japanese, [and] Korean
+CLF common log format
CLI command line interface
-CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
+CLR common language runtime
+CLTT closed loop thermal throttling
+CLUT color look-up table
+CLV constant linear velocity
+CM configuration management
+CMA concert multithread architecture
+CMS {configuration,content,course} management system
+CMI control {management,method} interface
+CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
+CMP chip multi-processing
+CMS content management system
CMYK cyan magenta yellow black
+CN {common,canonical} name
+CNC computer numerical control
+CNR carrier-to-noise ratio
+COF current operating frequency
+COFDM coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
COFF common object file format
+COM component object model
+COMA cache-only memory architecture
+CORBA common object request broker architecture
COW copy-on-write
+CP continuous pilot
+CPB core performance boost
+CPE common phase error
+CPG clock pulse generator
+CPL current privilege level
+CPLD complex programmable logic device
+CPP C preprocessor
+CPS characters per second
+CPT command pass through
CPU central processing unit
+CR carriage return
+CRC cyclic redundancy check
+CRL carrier recovery loop
CRLF carriage return line feed
CRT cathode ray tube
+CS cable select
+CS chip select
+CS code segment
+CS computer science
+CSDL {common,conceptual} schema definition language
+CSI channel state information
+CSI common system interface
CSMA carrier sense multiple access
CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
+CSR control [and] status registers
+CSRG Computer Systems Research Group
CSS cascading style sheets
+CSV comma-separated values
+CTM close to metal
+CTR counter [mode]
CTS clear to send
-CVS concurrent versions system
+CUA common user access
+CUT coordinated universal time
+CV control voltage
+CVE common vulnerabilities and exposures
+CVS Concurrent Versions System
+DA destination address
+DAA distributed application architecture
+DAB digital audio broadcasting
DAC digital [to] analog converter
+DAC discretionary access control
+DAD duplicate address detection
+DANE DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities
+DAO disk at once
+DAP Directory Access Protocol
+DAT digital audio tape
+DAT dynamic acceleration technology
+DB database
+DBA database administrator
+DBA dynamic bandwidth allocation
+DBB data bus buffer
+DBC design by contract
+DBL dynamic buffer limiting
+DBMS database management system
+DBS database server
+DC direct current
+DCC Direct Client-to-Client
+DCC direct cable connect
+DCD data carrier detect
DCE data control equipment
DCE distributed computing environment
+DCOM distributed component object model
+DCOP Desktop COmmunication Protocol
+DCS data collection systems
DCT discrete cosine transform
+DCU data cache unit
DDC display data channel
+DDE dynamic data exchange
+DDK device driver kit
+DDL data description language
DDR double data rate
-DDWG digital display working group
+DDS direct digital sound
+DDWG Digital Display Working Group
+DE debugging extensions
+DE desktop environment
+DEA data encryption algorithm
+DEK data encryption key
+DEP data execution prevention
DER distinguished encoding rules
-DFT discrete fourier transform
-DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
+DES Data Encryption Standard
+DF don't fragment
+DFA deterministic finite automaton
+DFC data flow control
+DFS depth first search
+DFS distributed file system
+DFT diagnostic function test
+DFT discrete Fourier transform
+DGL data generation language
+DH Diffie-Hellman
+DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIFS distributed inter-frame space
+DIMM dual inline memory module
+DIRT design in real time
+DL diode logic
+DL discrete logarithm
+DL download
DLE data link escape
+DLL dynamic link library
+DLP discrete logarithm problem
DMA direct memory access
-DNS domain name system
+DMI desktop management interface
+DMS document management system
+DMT discrete multitone modulation
+DNARD Digital network appliance reference design
+DND drag and drop
+DNS Domain Name System
+DNSSEC DNS Security Extensions
+DOE distributed object environment
+DOF data over fibre
+DOM document object model
DOS denial of service
+DOS disk operating system
+DP DisplayPort
+DPC deferred procedure call
DPCM differential pulse code modulation
+DPD dead peer detection
+DPI deep packet inspection
DPI dots per inch
+DPL descriptor privilege level
+DPS Display PostScript
+DPST display power savings technology
+DRAAS disaster recovery as a service
DRAM dynamic random access memory
+DRBG deterministic random bit generator
+DRI direct rendering infrastructure
+DRM digital rights management
+DRRS display refresh rate switching
+DS debug store
+DSA digital signature algorithm
+DSAP destination service access point
+DSB double-sideband modulation
+DSDT differentiated system descriptor table
DSL digital subscriber line
+DSL domain specific language
+DSLAM digital subscriber line access multiplexer
+DSN delivery status notification
+DSO dynamic shared object
+DSP digital signal processor
DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum
DTD document type definition
DTE data terminal equipment
DTE dumb terminal emulator
+DTL diode-transistor logic
+DTLS datagram transport layer security
+DTS digital thermal sensor
+DUT device under test
+DVB digital video broadcasting
+DVCS distributed version control system
DVD digital versatile disc
-DVI digital visual interface
+DVFS dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
+DVI device independent
+DVI Digital Visual Interface
+DVR digital video recorder
+E-XER extended XML encoding rules
+EABI embedded-application binary interface
+EAI Email Address Internationalization
+EAI Enterprise Application Integration
+EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
+EAPOL EAP over Lan
+EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
+EBR extended boot record
+EC elliptic curve
+ECC elliptic curve cryptography
+ECC error correction code
+ECDH elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman
+ECDL elliptic curve discrete logarithm
+ECDLP elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem
+ECDSA elliptic curve digital signature algorithm
+ECL emitter-coupled logic
+ECN explicit congestion notification
ECP enhanced capability port
+ECS enhanced chip set
+ECS extended configuration space
+EDAT enhanced dynamic acceleration technology
+EdDSA Edwards curve digital signature algorithm
+EDGE explicit data graph execution
EDID extended display identification data
EDO extended data out
+EDS electronical data sheet
+EEE energy efficient ethernet
EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
+EFI extensible firmware interface
+EFL emitter follower logic
EFM eight to fourteen modulation
-EGA enhanced graphics array
+EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EGP exterior gateway protocol
+EH extension header
+EIDE enhanced IDE
EISA extended industry standard architecture
ELF executable and linking format
+ELS entry level system
+EMI electro-magnetic interference
+EMP electro-magnetic pulse
+EMR electro-magnetic radiation
+EOF end of file
+EOI end of interrupt
+EOL end of line
+EOT end of transmission
+EPIC explicitly parallel instruction computing
EPP enhanced parallel port
EPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood
EPROM erasable programmable read only memory
+ERD emergency recovery disk
+ERD entity relationship diagram
+ERE extended regular expression
ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
-E-XER extended XML encoding rules
+ESS electronic switching system
+ESS extended service set
+ESSID extended service set identifier
+EST enhanced speedstep
+ETL extract, transform, load
+EU execution unit
+EULA end user license agreement
FAT file allocation table
FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
+FCL fiber channel loop
FCS frame check sequence
+FDC floppy disk controller
+FDD floppy disk drive
FDDI fiber distributed data interface
-FFS fast file system
+FDE full disk encryption
+FEA finite element analysis
+FEC forward error correction
+FET field-effect transistor
+FF finite field
+FF form feed
+FFDH finite-field Diffie-Hellman
+FFH functional fixed hardware
+FFI foreign function interface
+FFM focus follows mouse
+FFS Fast File System
+FFS find first set
+FFT fast Fourier transform
+FG floating gate
FHSS frequency hop spread spectrum
+FID frequency identifier
+FIFO first in, first out
+FILO first in, last out
+FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards
FIR fast infrared
FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
+FLOSS free/libre/open source software
FM frequency modulation
+FMR false match rate
+FOSS free/open source software
+FPGA field programmable gate array
FPM fast page mode
+FPR floating point register
+FPU floating point unit
FQDN fully qualified domain name
-FTP file transfer protocol
+FRR false rejection rate
+FRU field replaceable unit
+FS file system
+FSB front side bus
+FSCK file system check
+FSF Free Software Foundation
+FSK frequency shift keying
+FSM finite-state machine
+FTA fault tree analysis
+FTL flash translation layer
+FTP File Transfer Protocol
+FTPS File Transfer Protocol Secure
+FUS fast user switching
+FWH firmware hub
+FWS folding white space
+GAL generic array logic
+GAS generic address structure
GC garbage collector
+GCM Galois counter mode
GCR group-coded recording
+GDT global descriptor table
+GEM graphics environment manager
+GEM graphics execution manager
+GENA general event notification architecture
+GHC Glasgow Haskell compiler
+GID group identifier
GIF graphics interchange format
-GNU gnu's not unix
-GPL gnu/general public license
+GMCH graphics and memory controller hub
+GNU GNU's Not Unix
+GOP graphics output protocol
+GOT global offset table
+GPE general purpose event
+GPF general protection fault
+GPG GNU Privacy Guard
+GPL [GNU] General Public License
+GPR general purpose register
+GPS generalized processor sharing
+GPT GUID partition table
GPU graphics processing unit
+GR golden ratio
GRE generic routing encapsulation
-GUI graphics user interface
-HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection
-HTML hyper-text markup language
-HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol
+GSI global system interrupt
+GUI graphical user interface
+GUID globally unique identifier
+GVFS git virtual file system
+HA high availability
+HAL hardware abstraction layer
+HAT hashed array tree
+HBA host bus adapter
+HCF halt and catch fire
+HCI host controller interface
+HCI human-computer interaction
+HCL hardware compatibility list
+HDCP High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
+HDD hard disk drive
+HDL hardware description language
+HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface
+HDTV high-definition television
+HF high frequency
+HFM highest frequency mode
+HID human interface device
+HLL high-level language
+HMA high memory area
+HMI human-machine interface
+HOOD hierarchical object oriented design
+HP Hewlett-Packard
+HPC high performance computing
+HPET high precision event timer
+HSM hardware security module
+HSM hierarchical storage management
+HT hyper-threading
+HTC hardware thermal control
+HTCC high temperature co-fired ceramic
+HTML HyperText Markup Language
+HTT hyper-threading technology
+HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
+HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
+HVM hardware virtual machine
+HZ Hertz
I2O intelligent input/output
-IANA internet assigned number authority
+IA information assurance
+IAAS infrastructure as a service
+IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
+IBC iterated block cipher
+IBM International Business Machines
+IBS instruction based sampling
+IBSS independent basic service set
IC integrated circuit
-ICB internet citizen's band
-ICMP internet control message protocol
+ICA independent computer architecture
+ICB Internet Citizen's Band
+ICE in-circuit emulator
+ICE internal compiler error
+ICH I/O controller hub
+ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
+ICT information and communications technology
+ICW initialization command word
+IDA Intel dynamic acceleration
+IDCMP Intuition direct communication message port
+IDE integrated development environment
IDE integrated drive electronics
+IDPS intrusion detection [and] prevention system
IDRP inter-domain routing protocol
-IEC international electrotechnical commission
-IEEE institute [of] electrical [and] electronics engineers
-IESG internet engineering steering group
-IETF internet engineering task force
+IDS intrusion detection system
+IDT interrupt descriptor table
+IE Internet Explorer
+IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
+IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
+IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group
+IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
+IF intermediate frequency
+IFCM isochronous flow control mode
+IFF Interchange File Format
+IGD Internet gateway device
+IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
IGP interior gateway protocol
-IKE internet key exchange
-IMAP internet mail access protocol
-INCITS international committee on information technology standards
-IPC interprocess communication
+IHV independent hardware vendor
+IKE Internet key exchange
+ILM internal loopback mode
+ILOM integrated lights-out management
+ILP instruction level parallelism
+IM instant messaging
+IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
+IMC integrated memory controller
+IMCR interrupt mode configuration register
+IMR interrupt mask register
+IMS information management system
+INCITS InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
IO input/output
IOCTL input/output control
-IP internet protocol
-IPNG internet protocol, next generation
-IPSEC internet protocol security
-IRC internet relay chat
+IOMMU input/output memory management unit
+IOT Internet of Things
+IP Internet Protocol
+IP intellectual property
+IPC interprocess communication
+IPE integrated programming environment
+IPI interprocessor interrupt
+IPNG Internet Protocol, Next Generation
+IPS in-plane switching
+IPS intrusion prevention system
+IPSEC Internet Protocol Security
+IRC Internet Relay Chat
+IRDA infrared data association
IRQ interrupt request
-IRTF internet research task force
+IRQL interrupt request level
+IRR interrupt request register
+IRTF Internet Research Task Force
+IS information system
ISA industry standard architecture
+ISA instruction set architecture
ISDN integrated services digital network
ISI inter-symbol interference
-ISM industrial, scientific and medical
+ISM industrial, scientific, [and] medical
ISN initial serial number
-ISO international standards organization
-ISOC internet society
-ISP internet service provider
-JPEG joint photographic experts group
+ISO International Standards Organization
+ISOC Internet Society
+ISP Internet service provider
+ISR in-service register
+ISR interrupt service routine
+IST interrupt stack table
+ISV independent software vendor
+IT information technology
+ITB Intel Turbo Boost
+ITIL information technology infrastructure library
+ITSM IT service management
+IV initialization vector
+IVT interrupt vector table
+JBOD just a bunch of disks
+JFET junction [gate] field-effect transistor
+JIT just in time
+JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
+JRE Java Runtime Environment
+JTAG joint test action group
+KASLR kernel address space layout randomization
+KB keyboard
+KB kilobyte
+KBD keyboard
+KBD kilobaud
+KLOC thousand lines of code
+KMS kernel-mode setting
+KPI kernel programming interface
KVA kernel virtual address
+KVM kernel virtual machine
+KVM kernel virtual memory
+KVM keyboard, video, [and] mouse
+LAMP Linux Apache MySQL {Perl,PHP,Python}
LAN local area network
+LAPIC local advanced programmable interrupt controller
+LAR load access rights
LBA logical block addressing
+LBS location-based service
LCD liquid crystal display
LCP link control protocol
-LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
+LDA local delivery agent
+LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
+LDR light-dependent resistor
+LDT local descriptor table
+LE logical extent
LED light emitting diode
-LIR local internet registry
+LER label edge router
+LF line feed
+LF low frequency
+LFM lowest frequency mode
+LFN long file names
+LFO low-frequency oscillation
+LFS log-structured file system
+LFU least frequently used
+LHP loop heat pipe
+LIFO last in, first out
+LILO LInux LOader
+LILO last in, last out
+LINT local interrupt
+LIR local Internet registry
+LKM {Linux,loadable} kernel module
+LKML Linux kernel mailing list
+LL load linked
+LL/SC load linked/store conditional
LLC logical link control
+LLDP link layer discovery protocol
+LLF low level format
+LLMNR link-local multicast name resolution
+LLVM Low Level Virtual Machine
+LM long mode
+LMM link management mode
+LNO loop nest optimization
+LOC lines of code
+LOM lights-out management
+LPC low pin count
+LPS local positioning system
LRC longitudinal redundancy check
-LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
+LRM left-to-right mark
+LRO left-to-right override
+LRU least recently used
+LSB Linux standards base
+LSB least significant {bit,byte}
+LSI large scale integration
+LSL load segment limit
+LSN Large Scale NAT
+LSN log sequence number
+LSR label switch router
+LTCC low temperature co-fired ceramic
+LTO linear tape-open
+LTO link time optimization
+LTR left to right
+LTR load task register
+LTR letter(-sized paper)
+LTS long term support
+LUA Lua Uppercase Accident
LUN logical unit number
+LV logical volume
+LVM logical volume management
+LVT local vector table
+LWP light-weight process
LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
-MAC medium access control
+MAC mandatory access control
+MAC {media,medium} access control
+MAC message authentication {check,code}
+MADT multiple APIC descriptor table
+MB megabyte
+MBA multi-boot agent
MBR master boot record
+MBS megabits per second
+MC memory controller
+MCA machine check architecture
+MCA MicroChannel architecture
+MCC multiversion concurrency control
+MCE machine check exception
+MCGA Multi-Color Graphics Array
+MCH memory controller hub
+MCM multi-chip module
+MCQ memory controlled queue
+MD machine-dependent
+MDA mail delivery agent
+MDA Monochrome Display Adapter
MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory
+MESI modified, exclusive, shared, invalid
+MFC merge from current
+MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes
MFM modified frequency modulation
+MI machine-independent
+MIB management information base
+MIC message integrity {check,code}
+MID mobile Internet device
MIDI musical instrument digital interface
-MIME multipurpose internet mail extensions
+MIF management information format
+MII media independent interface
+MIM man in the middle
+MIMD multiple instruction, multiple data
+MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
+MIMO multiple input multiple output
MIPS million instructions per second
+MISD multiple instruction, single data
+MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
+MITM man in the middle
+ML machine language
+ML machine learning
+ML mailing list
+ML markup language
+ML maximum likelihood
+MLC multi-level cell
+MLD multicast listener discovery
+MLHP micro loop heat pipe
+MMF multi-mode fiber
+MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit
+MMIO memory mapped input/output
+MMORPG massive multiplayer online role playing game
MMU memory management unit
+MMX matrix math extension
+MMX multimedia extension
+MMX multiple math extension
+MO magneto-optical
+MOESI modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid
+MOF maximum operating frequency
+MOSFET metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
+MOSI modified, owned, shared, invalid
+MP multi-platform
+MP multiplayer
+MP {multiprocessing,multiprocessor}
MPEG moving picture experts group
-MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
+MPI message passing interface
+MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching
+MPP massively parallel processor
+MPS memory pool system
+MPS multiprocessor specification
+MR modem ready
+MRU most recently used
+MS Microsoft
+MSB most significant {bit,byte}
+MSE mean square error
MSF minutes seconds frames
+MSI message signaled interrupt
+MSI modified, shared, invalid
+MSR machine state register
MSS maximum segment size
+MSTP Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
+MT machine translation
MTA mail transfer agent
+MTBF mean time between failures
+MTP media transfer protocol
+MTRR memory type range register
+MTTF mean time to failure
MTU maximum transmission unit
MUA mail user agent
+MUD multi-user domain
+MVCC multiversion concurrency control
MWE module width encoding
+MX mail exchange
+NACK negative acknowledgement
+NAN not a number
+NAPT Network Address Port Translation
+NAS network attached storage
NAT network address translation
NAV network allocation vector
-NCP network control protocol
+NC numerical control
+NCO numerically-controlled oscillator
+NCP Network Control Protocol
+NCQ native command queuing
+ND neighbor discovery
+NDFA nondeterministic finite automaton
+NE numeric error
+NFA nondeterministic finite automaton
+NFC near-field communication
+NFCI no functional change intended
NFS network file system
+NFV network function virtualization
+NIA next instruction address
+NIC network information center
NIC network interface card
+NIDS network intrusion detection system
+NIP network interface protocol
+NIPS network intrusion prevention system
NIS network information service
+NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
+NLS native language support
+NMI non-maskable interrupt
+NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol
+NOC network operations center
+NOP no operation
+NOS network operating system
+NP nondeterministic polynomial time
NRZ non-return to zero
-NUMA non uniform memory access
+NSA nation-state adversary
+NSA no such agency
+NSA National Security Agency
+NTM non-deterministic Turing machine
+NTP Network Time Protocol
+NUMA non-uniform memory access
+NVRAM non-volatile random access memory
+NW not write-through
+NX no execute
+OAEP optimal asymmetric encryption padding
+OBO off by one
+OBOE off by one error
OCL object constraint language
OCR optical character recognition
+ODCM on-demand clock modulation
+ODT on-die termination
OEM original equipment manufacturer
+OFB output feedback
OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
+OFET organic field-effect transistor
+OLAP online analytical processing
+OLE object linking and embedding
+OLTP online transaction processing
+ONFI open nand flash interface
+OO OpenOffice
+OO object oriented
+OOB out of band
+OOE out of order execution
+OOM out of memory
+OOO OpenOffice.org
+OOP object oriented programming
+OOPS object oriented programming systems
+OOSE object oriented software engineering
+OPM operations per minute
+OPS operations per second
+OQL Object Query Language
+ORB object request broker
+ORM object-relational mapping
+OS operating system
+OSD open source definition
OSF open software foundation
+OSI Open Source Initiative
OSI open systems interconnection
+OSPF open shortest path first
+OSPM OS power management
+OSS open sound system
+OSS open source software
+OSVW operating system visible workarounds
OTP one time password
+OTP open telecom platform
+OU organizational unit
+OUI organizationally unique identifier
+OWL Web Ontology Language
+P2P PCI to PCI
+P2P peer to peer
+PA phase accumulator
+PA physical address
+PAAS platform as a service
+PAC phase-amplitude converter
+PAE physical address extension
+PAL phase alternating line
+PAL programmable array logic
PAM pluggable authentication modules
PAM pulse amplitude modulation
+PAP password authentication protocol
+PAT page attribute table
PAT port address translation
+PATA parallel ATA
PAX portable archive exchange
+PBE pending break encoding
+PBE programming by example
PC personal computer
+PC program counter
+PCB printed circuit board
+PCB process control block
+PCC Portable C Compiler
+PCD page-level cache disable
+PCE performance-monitor counter enable
PCI peripheral component interconnect
+PCM phase change memory
PCM pulse code modulation
-PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association
+PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
+PCP Port Control Protocol
+PD public domain
+PDA personal digital assistant
+PDA pushdown automaton
+PDAG propositional directed acyclic graph
+PDB power distribution board
+PDF portable document format
+PDM pulse-duration modulation
+PDN pull-down network
+PDP page {descriptor,directory} page
+PDS product data sheet
PDU protocol data unit
-PDP page descriptor page
+PE protection enable
+PEAP Protected EAP
+PECI platform environment control interface
+PEP protocol extension protocol
PER packed encoding rules
-PERL practical extraction [and] report language
-PGP pretty good privacy
+PFS perfect forward secrecy
+PGAS partitioned global address space
+PGE page global enable
+PGP Pretty Good Privacy
+PHB PCI host bridge
+PHP PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
+PIC position independent code
PIC programmable interrupt controller
+PICNIC problem in chair, not in computer
PID process id
-PIN personal identification number
+PIE position independent executable
+PIL Priority Interrupt Level
+PIM personal information manager
+PIM platform-independent model
PIO programmed input/output
+PIPT physically indexed, physically tagged
+PIQ prefetch input queue
+PIT programmable interrupt timer
+PIV personal identity verification
+PKCS public-key cryptography standards
+PKI public key infrastructure
+PLC programmable logic controller
+PLD programmable logic device
PLL phase locked loop
+PLRU pseudo LRU
+PLTM package level thermal management
+PM power management
+PM {phase,pulse} modulation
+PME power management event
+PMI platform management interrupt
+PMIO port-mapped input/output
PMT photo-multiplier tube
+PMU power management unit
PNG portable network graphics
-POP post office protocol
-POSIX portable operating system interface [for] unix
+PNP plug and play
+POE power over ethernet
+POF probability of failure
+POP Post Office Protocol
+POP power on password
+POSIX Portable Operating System Interface [for Unix]
POST power on self test
POTS plain old telephone system
-PPP point-to-point protocol
-PPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM
-PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet
+PP pair programming
+PPB PCI [to] PCI bridge
+PPC PowerPC
+PPI pixels per inch
+PPM pages per minute
+PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
+PPPOA Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
+PPPOE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
+PPU physics processing unit
+PRBS pseudorandom bit sequence
+PRG pseudorandom generator
+PRF pseudorandom function [family]
PRML partial response, maximum likelihood
+PRN pseudorandom {noise,number}
+PRNG pseudorandom number generator
PROM programmable read only memory
+PRP pseudorandom permutation
+PSD power spectral density
+PSE page size extensions
+PSK phase shift keying
+PSK pre-shared key
+PSTN public switched telephone network
+PSW program status word
PTE page table entry
PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
PTP page table page
-PSTN public switched telephone network
+PTV perceived target value
+PU processing unit
+PUN physical unit number
+PV physical volume
+PVG physical volume group
+PVI protected-mode virtual interrupt
+PVST Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
PWM pulse width modulation
+PXE preboot execution environment
+QA quality assurance
+QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
+QAM quality assurance management
+QBE query by example
+QC quality control
+QDI quasi delay insensitive
QOS quality of service
-RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks
+QVL qualified vendor list
+R/O read only
+R/W read/write
+RA receiver address
+RA remote assistance
+RA resource affinity
+RA router advertisement
+RAD rapid application development
+RAID redundant array of {independent,inexpensive} disks
RAM random access memory
+RAS reliability, availability and serviceability
+RAS remote access service
+RAS restartable atomic sequence
+RAS row address strobe
+RBF radial basis function
+RBT red-black tree
+RC release candidate
+RC remote control
+RCS Revision Control System
RCS revision control system
-RFC request for comments
+RCU read, copy, update
+RDB Rigid Disk Block
+RDBMS relational database management system
+RDF Resource Description Framework
+RDM relational data model
+RDMA remote direct memory access
+RE regular expression
+REST representational state transfer
+RF radio frequency
+RFI radio frequency interference
+RFO request for ownership
RGB red green blue
-RIP routing information protocol
-RIR regional internet registry
-RISC reduced instruction set computing
+RGBA red green blue alpha
+RGMII reduced gigabit media independent interface
+RH read hit
+RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux
+RHL Red Hat Linux
+RIB routing information base
+RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
+RIP Routing Information Protocol
+RIR regional Internet registry
+RISC reduced instruction set {computer,computing}
+RKM ROM Kernel Manual
RLE run length encoding
RLL run length limited
+RLO right-to-left override
+RM read miss
+RMI remote method invocation
+RMO Relaxed Memory Ordering
+RMPM rapid memory power management
+RMS root mean square
+RMW read, modify, write
+RNG random number generator
ROM read only memory
+RPC remote procedure call
+RPKI resource PKI
+RPL requested privilege level
RPM revolutions per minute
+RPN reverse Polish notation
+RPVST Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
+RR random replacement
+RR round robin
+RS relay station
+RSA Rivest, Shamir, [and] Adleman
+RSIP Realm Specific IP
+RSN Robust Secure Network
+RSS really simple syndication
+RSS residual sum of squares
+RSTP Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
+RT real time
+RTC real time clock
+RTC real time computing
RTF rich text format
+RTL register transfer language
+RTL resistor-transistor logic
+RTL right to left
+RTOS real time operating system
RTS request to send
-RTT round time trip
-S/PDIF sony/phillips digital interface
+RTT round trip time
+RUP rational unified process
+RW Rabin-Williams
+RWM read-write memory
+RX {receive,receiver}
+S/PDIF Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
+SA security advisory
+SA security association
+SA source address
+SA structured analysis
+SAAS software as a service
SACD super audio compact disc
+SAD security association database
+SAL system abstraction layer
SAM serial access memory
-SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
+SAM sum addressed memory
+SAN storage area network
+SAP service access point
+SAPIC streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
+SASD structured analysis, structured design
+SASI Shugart Associates System Interface
+SASL simple authentication [and] security layer
SATA serial advanced technology attachment
-SCSI small computer system interface
+SB sound blaster
+SBU standard build unit
+SC store conditional
+SCA source code analyzer
+SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition
+SCC single chip cloud
+SCC source code control
+SCCS Source Code Control System
+SCI scalable coherent interface
+SCI system control interrupt
+SCM software configuration management
+SCM source code management
+SCM storage-class memory
+SCP secure copy
+SCSI Small Computer System Interface
+SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol
+SDI symbol deinterleave
+SDK software development kit
+SDL Simple Declarative Language
+SDL Simple Direct-media Layer
+SDLC {software,system,systems} development life cycle
+SDN software defined networking
SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
+SDS software defined storage
+SDT syntax-directed translation
+SEGV segmentation violation
+SEO search engine optimization
+SFC sequential function chart
+SFI simple firmware interface
+SFI software fault isolation
+SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol
+SFTP Serial File Transfer Protocol
+SFTP Simple File Transfer Protocol
+SGMII serial gigabit media independent interface
SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
+SHA secure hash algorithm
+SIDH supersingular isogeny Diffie-Hellman
+SIEM security information and event management
SIFS short inter-frame space
-SIP session initiation protocol
+SIMD single instruction, multiple data
+SIMM single inline memory module
+SIP Session Initiation Protocol
+SIR signal-to-interference ratio
SIR slow infrared
+SISD single instruction, single data
+SLC single-level cell
SLDRAM synchronous-link dynamic random access memory
+SLED single large expensive disk
+SLI scalable link interface
+SLI scan-line interleave
+SLOC source lines of code
+SLRU segmented LRU
+SMA smart memory access
+SMAF system management action field
+SMAP Simple Mail Access Protocol
+SMAP supervisor mode access prevention
SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
+SMBIOS System Management BIOS
+SMC system management controller
+SMEP supervisor mode execution protection
+SMF single mode fiber
+SMI structure of management information
+SMI system management interrupt
+SMM system management mode
SMP symmetric multiprocessing
-SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
-SNMP simple network management protocol
+SMT simultaneous multithreading
+SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
+SMU system management unit
+SNAP Sub-Network Access Protocol
+SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
+SNR signal-to-noise ratio
+SOA service oriented architecture
+SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
+SOC system on chip
+SOF start of frame
+SOH start of header
+SOHO small office/home office
+SOL serial over LAN
+SP service pack
+SP stack pointer
+SPARC scalable processor architecture
+SPARQL SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
+SPD security policy database
SPD serial presence detect
+SPDIF Sony/Philips digital interface format
+SPI serial peripheral interface
+SPI stateful packet inspection
+SPL system interrupt priority level
+SPL spinlock
+SPMD single process, multiple data
+SPR special purpose register
+SPT sectors per track
+SQA software quality assurance
+SQL Structured Query Language
SRAM static random access memory
+SRC sample rate conversion
+SS self-snoop
+SS stack segment
+SSA static single assignment
+SSAP source service access point
+SSB single-sideband modulation
+SSD solid state drive
+SSE streaming SIMD extensions
SSFDC solid state floppy disc card
SSH secure shell
+SSI server side includes
+SSID service set identifier
SSL secure sockets layer
+SSP stack smashing protection
+STC software thermal control
+STD state transition diagram
+STP Spanning Tree Protocol
STP shielded twisted pair
-SVGA super video graphics array
+SUS Single Unix Specification
+SUT system under test
+SVG scalable vector graphics
+SVGA Super Video Graphics Array
+SVM secure virtual machine
+SVM support vector machine
+SVR System V Release
+SVS Separate Virtual Space
+SWF Shockwave Flash
+SWIG simplified wrapper [and] interface generator
+SYR symbol timing recovery
+TA test assertion
+TA transmitter address
+TAI international atomic time
+TAO track at once
+TAOCP The Art of Computer Programming
+TAP Test Anything Protocol
+TAS test and set
+TB terabyte
+TCB trace capture buffer
+TCB trusted computing base
+TCC thermal control circuit
TCL tool command language
-TCP transmission control protocol
+TCP Transmission Control Protocol
+TCQ tagged command queueing
+TDC time [to] digital converter
TDD test driven development
+TDD time division duplex
+TDM time division multiplexing
+TDMA time division multiple access
+TDOA time difference of arrival
+TDP thermal design {point,power}
+TECO Text Editor and Corrector
TFT thin film transistor
+TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
+TIAS try it and see
TIFF tagged image file format
+TITS try it to see
+TK temporal key
+TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
TLA top level aggregator
-TLB transition lookaside buffer
+TLB translation lookaside buffer
TLD top level domain
+TLS thread local storage
+TLS transport layer security
+TM Turing machine
+TM thermal monitor
TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
+TMO timeout
+TOD time of day
+TOS terms of service
+TOS trusted operating system
+TOS type of service
+TP transaction processing
+TPI tracks per inch
+TPM transactions per minute
+TPM trusted platform module
+TPR task priority register
+TPS transactions per second
+TPS transmission parameters signaling
+TR task register
TR token ring
+TRL timing recovery loop
+TRNG true random number generator
+TS terminal services
+TS time series
+TS time stamp
+TS transport stream
+TSC time stamp counter
+TSD time stamp disable
+TSL test, set, lock
+TSO time sharing option
+TSO Total Store Ordering
+TSP Time-Stamp Protocol
+TSP Tunnel Setup Protocol
+TSP time synchronization protocol
+TSP traveling salesman problem
+TSS task state segment
TTL time to live
+TTL transistor-transistor logic
+TTM translation table maps
TTY teletype
+TUI {terminal,text-based,textual} user interface
+TX {transmit out,transmitter}
TZ time zone
+UAC user {access,account} control
+UAF use-after-free
UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
+UAT user acceptance testing
+UB undefined behavior
UC uncacheable
-UDO ultra density optical (storage)
-UDP user datagram protocol
-UFS unix file system
+UCS uniform-cost search
+UDMA ultra DMA
+UDO ultra density optical
+UDP User Datagram Protocol
+UEFI unified extensible firmware interface
+UFS Unix File System
+UGA universal graphics adapter
+UI unit interval
+UI user interface
+UID unique identifier
+UID user identifier
+UL upload
+UMA uniform memory access
+UMA upper memory area
+UMB upper memory block
UML unified modeling language
+UMPC ultra-mobile PC
+UPNP universal plug and play
UPS uninterruptible power supply
URI uniform resource identifier
URL uniform resource locator
+URN uniform resource name
USART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
USB universal serial bus
USWC uncacheable speculative write combining
+UT unit test
+UTC coordinated universal time
UTP unshielded twisted pair
-UUCP unix-to-unix copy protocol
+UUCP Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol
+UUID universally unique identifier
+UUOC useless use of cat
+UUT unit under test
+UX user experience
+VA vertical alignment
+VA virtual address
+VA volt-ampere
VAX virtual address extension
+VB Visual Basic
+VCA variable-gain amplifier
+VCC common collector voltage
+VCF voltage-controlled filter
VCM virtual channel memory
-VESA video electronics standards association
-VGA video graphics array
+VCO voltage-controlled oscillator
+VCS version control system
+VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
+VFO variable-frequency oscillator
+VG volume group
+VGA Video Graphics Array
+VHDCI very high density cable interconnect
+VID voltage level identifier
+VIPT virtually indexed, physically tagged
+VIVT virtually indexed, virtually tagged
VLAN virtual local area network
-VLSM variable length subnetting mask
-VM virtual memory
+VLIW very long instruction word
+VLSI very large scale integration
+VLSM variable length subnet mask
+VM virtual {machine,memory}
+VME virtual mode extension
+VMX vector multimedia extensions
+VMX virtual machine extensions
+VOD video on demand
VPN virtual private network
+VR virtual reality
VRAM video random access memory
+VRF virtual routing and forwarding
+VRM voltage regulator module
+VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
+VSTP VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol
+VTP VLAN Trunking Protocol
+W watt
+W3C World Wide Web Consortium
WAN wide area network
-WAP wireless application protocol
+WAP Wireless Application Protocol
+WAP wireless access point
+WDT watchdog timer
+WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
+WFI wait for interrupt
+WFQ weighted fair queuing
+WH write hit
+WIFI wireless fidelity
WLAN wireless local area network
+WM write miss
+WMI Windows Management Instrumentation
+WOL Wake-on-LAN
+WOM Wake-on-Modem
+WOR Wake-on-Ring
+WORM write once read many
+WP WordPerfect
+WP word processor
+WP write protect
+WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
+WPA2 Wi-Fi Protected Access II
+WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup
WRAM window random access memory
+WS web services
+WTC write through caching
+WWAN wireless wide area network
WWW world wide web
+WYSIWYG what you see is what you get
+XBAR crossbar
+XDMCP X Display Manager control protocol
XER XML encoding rules
-XGA extended graphics array
-XML extensible markup language
+XGA Extended Graphics Array
+XIP execute in place
+XML Extensible Markup Language
+XOR exclusive or
+XP extreme programming
+XSI X/Open System Interface
XSL extensible stylesheet language
+XSS cross site scripting
XT extended technology
+XUL XML user interface language
+YACC yet another compiler compiler
+YAWPFAPR you are welcome; please file a problem report
+YP Yellow Pages
+YTD year to date
+ZBR zone bit recording
ZFOD zero-filled on demand
+ZIF zero insertion force
+ZIFS zero insertion force socket
+ZMA zone multicast address
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