A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
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 |
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