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Copyright (c) 1989-1992 Irving Kind

All Rights Reserved

Compiled when I became frustrated while reading magazine

articles, help wanted ads and equipment for sale brochures....all
pertaining to computers....where the following Abbreviations and
Acronyms were used and their meanings were either not known to me
or were not immediately available. I have actually seen these
combinations of letters used at one time or another in magazines,
newspapers or handbooks. They apply to personal computers,
mainframes, communications, programming, networking, etc......you
name it. This list is free for anyone to use, but with no
guarantees as to its completeness. That is why I am now requesting
your help. Look over the definitions and let me have your
feedback. If you can fill in any of the blanks that I have
questioned; or, if you have ever seen letter combinations that you
also did not understand, please drop me a note at the address
below.
Also if you find any errors, obsolete information or can
suggest any additions or deletions, they will be most welcome. If
you can help, my thanks in advance.
In the meantime, print out a copy of this list and keep it on
your desk. I know you will find it useful. Updates to this
listing will be issued three times a year; in January, May and
September. You may download the latest version of BABEL from your
favorite Bulletin Board. If any Bulletin Board SYSOP, Computer
Club Librarian, Organization or Teacher sends me a formatted disk
with a disk mailer, stamped with return postage, I will return the
disk with the latest updated version of BABEL at no charge. See
end of listing for additional information about updates.
Letter groups followed with " * " were used before 1965.
At some of these, I have noted historical information.
And please remember to ECAL.
Irving Kind
c/o K & D
One Church Lane
Baltimore, MD 21208
Jan 1992 version = BABEL92A
May 1992 version = BABEL92B
Sep 1992 version = BABEL92C

Jan 1993 version = BABEL93A

May 1993 version = BABEL93B
Sep 1993 version = BABEL93C

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Copyright (c) 1989-1991 Irving Kind
AA
AAP
AASP
AAT
ABEND
ABIOS
ABS
ABT
AC
ACC
ACD
ACE
ACF
ACK
ACMS
ACP
ACROSS
ACS
ACU
A/D
ADA
ADC
ADCCP
ADF
ADL
ADLAT
.ADN
ADP
ADPCM
ADR
ADS
ADSC
ADSR
ADT
ADU
AE
AEB
AF
AFC
AGC
AI
AIA
AIIM
AISB
AISP
AIX

All Rights Reserved

Auto Answer
Applications Access Point [DEC]
ASCII Asynchronous Support Package
Average Access Time
Abnormal End
Advanced BIOS
Absolute
Abort
Automatic Computer + Alternating Current
Accumulator
Automated Call Distribution
Advanced Computing Environment [SCO]
Access Control Field
Acknowledgment
Application Control Management System
Ancillary Control Program + Auxillary Control Process
Automated Cargo Release and Operations Service System
Access + Access Control Set + Access Control System +
Asynchronous Communication Server
Automatic Calling Unit
Analog to Digital
Automatic Data Acquisitions +
(Programming Language named after Agusta Ada Lovelace)
Add with Carry + Analog to Digital Converter
Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures
Automatic Document Feed
Address Data Latch
Adaptive Lattice Filter
Add In Utility (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
Automatic Data Processing
Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
Address
Application Development System +
Automatic Distribution System
Address Status Changed
Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
Application Data Types
Automatic Dialing Unit
Above or Equal
Analog Expansion Bus [Dialogic]
Auxilary carry Flag
Automatic Font Change
Automatic Gain Control
Analog Input + Artificial Intelligence
Applications Integration Architecture [DEC]
Association for Information and Image Management
Association of Imaging Service Bureaus
Association of Information Systems Professionals
Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM]

ALC
ALE
ALGOL
ALR
ALT
ALU
AMD
AMMA
ANCOVA
ANI
ANOVA
ANSI
AO
AOE
AOS
AP
A/P
APA
APAREN
APCUG
API
APL
.APP
APPC
APPN
APSE
APT
A/R
.ARC
ARCA
ARL
ARLL
ARM
ARMA
ARP
ARPL
ARTIC
ARQ
ARU
ASAP
.ASC
ASCII
ASIC
ASIT
.ASM
ASP
ASPS
ASR
ASYNC
AT
ATA
ATDP
ATDT
ATE
ATG
ATH

Arithmetic and Logic Circuits + Automatic Level Control

Address Latch Enable
Algorithmic Language (see IAL)
Advanced Logic Research, Inc.
Alternate (mode)
Arithmetic Logic Unit
Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Memory Management Architecture [Everex Systems]
Analysis of Covariance
Automatic Number Identification
Analysis Of Variance
American National Standard Institute
Analog Output
Application Operating Environment [AT&T]
Add Or Subtract
Adjunct Processor + Application Processor
Accounts Payable
Arithmetic Processing Accelerator +
All Points Addressable
Address Parity Enable [IBM]
Association of PC User Groups
Application Program Interface +
Application Programming Interface
A Programming Language (Mathematics)
Application (file name extension) [R:Base]
Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking [IBM]
ADA Programming Support Environment
Address Pass Through +
Automatically Programmed Tools
Accounts Receivable
Archive (file name extension)
Advanced RISC Computing Architecture
Adjusted Ring Length
Advanced Run Length Limited
Asynchronous Response Mode
Association of Records Managers and Administrators
Address Resolution Protocol [Novell]
Adjust Requested Privilege Level
A Real-Time Interface Copressor [IBM]
Automatic Repeat Request
Audio Response Unit
As Soon As Possible +
Automatic Switching And Processing
ASCII text (file name extension)
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
Advanced Security and Identification Technology
Assembler Source Language (file name extension)
Association of Shareware Professionals
Advanced Signal Processing System
Automatic Send-Receive + Automatic Speech Recognition
Asynchronous
Advanced Technology + Attention
AT Bus Attachment
Attention Dial Pulse
Attention Dial Tone
Automated Test Equipment
Advanced Technology Group
Attention Hang-Up

ATM

Adobe Type Manager + Asynchronous Transfer Mode +

Automated Teller Machine
ATR
Automatic Terminal Recognition
ATS
Administrative Terminal System +
Apple Terminal Services
AT&T
American Telephone and Telegraph
ATTN
Attention
ATTRIB
Attribute (also ATR)
AUDIT
Automated Data Input Terminal
AUI
Attached Unit Interface
AUTO
Automatic
AUX
Auxiliary + (First Serial Port)
AVA
Audio Visual Authoring [IBM]
AVC
Audio Visual Connection [IBM]
AVG
Average
AVI
Audio Visual Interleaved [Microsoft]
AX
Architecture Extended + Automatic Transmission
BAK
Binary Adaption Kit [Microsoft]
.BAK
Backup (file name extension)
BAL
Basic Assembly Language
BAM
Boyan Action Module
BARTS
Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing
.BAS
Basic Language (file name extension)
BASIC
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
.BAT
Batch Processing (file name extension)
BBS
Bulletin Board System
BCD
Binary Coded Decimal
BCL
Batch Command Language
BCPL
Basic Computer Programming Language
BCR
Byte Count Register
BDOS
Basic Disk Operating System
BE
Below or Equal
BEL
Bell
BELLCORE Bell Communications Research
BF
Bad Flag
B/F
Background/Foreground
BGE
Branch if Greater or Equal
.BGI
Borland Graphic Interface (file name extension)
BGT
Branch if Greater Than
BHI
Branch if Higher
BHIS
Branch if Higher or Same
BI
Binary Input
.BIB
Bibliography (file name extension)
BIM
Beginning of Information Marker
.BIN
Binary (file name extension)
BINAC * Binary Automatic Computer
BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
BIS
Business Information System
BiSYNC
(See BSYNC)
BIT
Binary digit
BIX
Byte Information Exchange (BBS)
.BK!
Backup (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
BKSP
Backspace
BL
Backlit
BLAST
Blocked Asynchronous Transmission (protocol)
[Communications Research Group]
.BLD
BASIC Bload Graphics (file name extension)
BLE
Branch if Less or Equal
BLK
Block
BLMC
Buried Logic Macrocell

BLOB
BLOS
BMI
BMIC
BMP
.BMP
BNE
BO
BOM
BORPQU
BORQU
BOS
BOT
BP
BPB
BPI
BPL
BPS
BR
BRI
BSAM
BSC
.BSC
BSCS
BSD
BSF
BSI
BSR
BSV
BSY
BSYNC
BT
BTAM
BTC
BTP
BTR
BTS
BUF
BWM
BYTE
C
.C
CA
CAD
CADD
CAE
CAG
CAI
CAL
CAM
CAN
CAP
CAPD
CAPS
CAS

Binary Large Object

Branch if Lower Or Same
Branch if Minus
BusMaster Interface Controller [Intel]
Batch Message Processing Program
Bitmap (file name extension) [Windows]
Branch if Not Equal
Binary Output
Beginning Of Message
Borland Pro Quattro
Borland Quattro
Basic Operating System
Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape
Base Pointer
BIOS Parameter Block
Bits Per Inch
Branch if Plus
Bits Per Second + Bytes Per Second
Bad Register
Basic Rate Interface + Brain Response Interface
Basic Sequential Access Method
Binary Synchronous Communication
Boyan Script (file name extension) [Boyan Communications]
Bachelor of Science (Degree) in Computer Science
Berkely Standard Distribution
Bit Scan Forward
British Standards Institute
Bit Scan Reverse
BASIC Bsave Graphics (file name extension)
Busy
Binary Synchronous Communications (protocol)
Bit Test
Basic Telecommunications Access Method [IBM]
Bit Test and Complement
Batch Transfer Program
Bit Test and Reset
Bit Test and Set
Buffer
Block-Write Mode
Binary Element String
C Programming Language
C source code (file name extension) [C]
Collision Avoidance
Computer Aided Design
Computer Aided Design and Drafting
Common Applications Environment +
Computer Aided Engineering
Column Address Generator
Computer Aided Instruction
Calendar + Computer Aided Learning
Common Access Method + Computer Aided Manufacturing +
Contents Addressable Memory
Cancel
Central Arbitration Point +
Computer Aided Publishing
Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities [Johns
Hopkins University]
Capitals (Upper Case Letters) +
Cassette Programming System
Column Address Select +

Communicating Applications Specification +

Computer Aided Styling
CASE
Computer Aided Software Engineering
CASL
Crosstalk Application Scripting Language [DCA]
CASS
Computer Assisted Search Service
CASSIS
Classified and Search Support Information System
CAT
Computer Aided Testing + Computer Aided Tomography +
Computer Aided Transcription + Concatenate
.CAT
Catalog (file name extension)
CATV
Community Antenna Television
CAV
Constant Angular Velocity
CBCR
Channel Byte Count Register
CBL
Computer Based Learning
.CBL
COBOL source code (file name extension)
CBT
Computer Based Training
CBW
Convert Byte to Word
CBX
Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange
CC
Cluster Controller
CCD
Charged-Coupled Device
CCFT
Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube
CCITT
Consultative Committee for International
Telegraph and Telephone
CCP
Console Command Processor
CCS
Common Communications Support
CD
Carrier Detect + Change Directory +
Collision Detection + Color Display + Compact Disk
C/D
Control Data
CDA
Compound Document Architecture [DEC]
CDC
Control Data Corporation
CD_CHRDY Card Channel Ready [IBM]
CDE
Complex Data Entry
.CDF
Comma Delimited Format (file name extension)
CD-I
Compact Disk - Interactive
CDOS
Concurrent Disk Operating System
CDL
Computer Design Language
CD-RDx
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard
CD-ROM
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CDR
Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording
CDRL
Contract Data Requirements List
CD-RTOS Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System
CDS
Current Directory Structure
CD-V
Compact Disk - Video
CE
Cache Enable + Chip Enable + Collision Elimination +
Convert Enable
CEG
Continuous Edge Graphic
CEI
Conducted Electromagnetic Interference
.CFG
Configuration (file name extension)
CGA
Color Graphics Adapter
CGI
Computer Generated Images +
Computer Graphics Interface
.CGM
Computer Graphics Metafile (file name extension) +
Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
CHAR
Character
CHCK
Channel Check
CHGRP
Change Group
.CHK
CHKDSK (file name extension)
CHKDSK
Check Disk
CHMOD
Change Mode
CHOWN
Change Owner
CHP
Chapter

CHR
CICS/VS

Character
Customer Information Control System/
Virtual Storage [IBM]
CIM
CompuServe Information Manager +
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CIOCS
Communication Input/Output Control System
CIP
Command Interface Port
CIRC
Circular Reference
CIS
CompuServe Information Service +
Computer Information Systems
CISC
Complex Instruction Set Computer
CKD
Count Key Data (device)
CLAR
Channel Local Address Register
CLC
Clear Carry Flag
CLD
Clear Direction Flag
CLI
Clear Interrupt Flag + Command Line Interface
CLIST
Command List
CLK
Clock
CLNP
Connectionless Network Protocol
.CLP
Clipboard (file name extension) [Windows]
CLS
Clear Screen
CLTS
Clear Task Switch Flag
CLV
Constant Linear Velocity
CM
Centimeter + Control Mark + Corrective Maintenance
CMA
Concert Multi-thread Architecture
CMC
Communication Mangement Configuration +
Complement Carry Flag
.CMD
Command (file name extension)
CMIP
Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS
Common Management Information System
CML
Current Mode Logic
CMMU
Cache/Memory Management Unit [Motorola]
CMOS
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMP
Compare + Computer
CMPS
Compare word String
CMS
Code Management System + Compiler Monitor System +
Conversation Monitor System
CMY
Cyan-Magenta-Yellow (color model)
CMYK
Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model)
CNC
Computerized Numerical Control
.CNF
Configuration (file name extension)
CNG
Calling (tone)
CNVT
Convert
CO
Central Office + Command Output + Convert Out
.COB
COBAL source code (file name extension)
COBOL
Common Business-oriented Language (See HLL)
.COD
Code List (file name extension)
CODASYL * Conference on Data System Languages (Group that
designed COBOL)
COEM
Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer
COGO
Coordinate Geometry (Programming Language)
COL
Computer Oriented Language
.COM
Command (file name extension)
COMDEX
Computer Dealers Exposition
COM1
First serial Port (asynchronous port)
COM2
Second serial Port
COM3
Third serial Port
COM4
Fourth serial Port
COMP
Compare + Communications
COMSAT
Communications Satellite Corporation

CON
CONFIG
COS
COSMOS
CP
CPA
CPE
CPG
CPI
.CPI
CPL
CP/M
CPS
CPT
CPU
CR
CRC
CRF
CR/LF
CROM
CRT
CRTC
CS
CSAR
CSG
CSL
CSMA
CSP
CSTA
C&T
CTOS
CTPA
CTRL
CTS
CTSS
CUA
CUB
CUD
CUF
CUI
CUP
CUPID
.CUR
CUU
CVGA
CVIA
CWD
CYL
CYMK
D/A
DAA
DAC
DAL

Console (includes Keyboard and Screen)

Configuration
Compatible Operating System
Computer System for Mainframe Operations
Copy Protected
Certified Public Accountant
Central Processing Element +
Customer Premise Equipment +
Customer Provided Equipment
Clock Pulse Generator
Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction +
Common Programming Interface [IBM]
Code Page Information (file name extension) [MS-DOS]
Current Privilege Level
Control Program for Microcomputers
Characters Per Second + Cycles Per Second
Command Pass Through
Central Processing Unit
Carriage Return
Cyclic Redundancy Check
Cross Reference File
Carriage Return/Line Feed
Control Read Only Memory
Cathode Ray Tube
CRT Controller
Chip Select + Clear to Send + Code Segment
Channel System Address Register
Constructive Solid Geometry +
Consulting Services Group [Lotus]
Computer Sensitive Language
Carrier Sense Multiple Access
Commercial Subroutine Package +
CompuCom Speed Protocol [CompuCom]
Computer-Supported Telephony Applications
Chips and Technologies
Computerized Tomography Operating System
Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter
Control
Clear To Send
* Compatible Time Sharing System
Common User Access [IBM]
Cursor Backward
Cursor Down
Cursor Forward
Common User Interface [IBM]
Cursor Position
Completely Universal Processor I/O Design [AST]
Cursor (file name extension)
Cursor Up
Color Video Gaphics Array
Computer Virus Industry Association
Convert Word to Double Word
Cylinder
Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black (color model)
Digital to Analog
Data Access Arrangement +
Decimal Adjust for Addition
Digital to Analog Converter
Data Access Language [Apple Computer] +
Disk Access Lockout

DAM
DAP
DAS
DASD
DAT
.DAT
DATACOM
.DBF
DB
DBM
DBMS
DBS
DB2
DC
DCA
DCAF
DCB
DCC
DCD
DCE
DCF
DCL
DCS
.DCT
DD
DDD
DDE
DDEML
DDL
DDM
DDS
DEC
.DEF
DEL
.DEM
DES
.DES
DET
DEV
DF
DFC
DFS
DFT
DFU
DGIS
DI
DIA
DIBOL
.DIC
DID

Data Acquisition and Monitoring

Data Access Protocol [DEC]
Decimal Adjust for Subtraction
Direct Access Storage Device
Digital Audio Tape
Data (file name extension)
Data Communications
Database (file name extension)
Data Base + Data Buffer
Data Base Manager
Data Base Management System
Data Base Server
Database 2
Data Collection + Data Communication + Data Control +
Device Control + Direct Current
Digital Communications Associates +
Document Content Architecture
Distributed Console Access Facility [IBM]
Disk Coprocessor Board [Novell]
Display Combination Code
Data Carrier Detect
Data Communications Equipment +
Distributed Computing Environment [OSF] +
Distributed Computing Equipment
Data Communication Facility [IBM] +
Data Count Field [IBM]
Declaration + DEC Command Language [DEC] +
Device Clear + Digital Control Logic +
Digital Command Language [Digital]
Data Collection System + Data Control System
Dictionary (file name extension)
Day + Digital Display + Double Density
Direct Distance Dialing
Direct Data Entry + Dynamic Data Exchange [Microsoft]
Dynamic Data Exchange Management Library [Microsoft]
Data Definition Language + Data Description Language
Distributed Data Management
Design Data Sheet + Digital Data Storage
Decrement + Device Clear +
Digital Equipment Corporation
Definitions + Defaults (file name extensions)
Delete
Demonstration (file name extension)
Data Encryption Standard + Data Entry Sheet
Description (file name extension)
Device Execute Trigger
Device
Data Field + Destination Field + Device Flag +
Double Flag
Data Flow Control
Distributed File System
Diagnostic Funtion Test + Discrete Fourier Transform +
Distributed Function Terminal
Data File Utility
Direct Graphics Interface Standard
Data In + Destination Index
Document Interchange Architecture [IBM]
DEC Business Oriented Language
Dictionary (file name extension)
Direct Inward Dialing

DIF
DIFFSENS
DIIP
DIN
DIO
DIP
DIR
DIS
DISP
DIV
DIW
DL
DL/1
DLC
DLE
DLL
DLR
DMA
DMAC
DME
DML
DMM
DMMS
DMOS
DMP
DMS
DMY
DN
DNC
DNIS
DNS
DO
.DOC
DOS
DOW
DP
DPA
DPAREN
DPB
DPC
DPI
DPL
DPM
DPMA
DPMI
DR
D/R
DRAM
DRAW
DRDA
DRDW
DRI
DRO
.DRS
DRV
.DRV
.DRW
DS
DSDD
DSE

Data Interchange Format

Differential Sense
Direct Interrupt Identification Port
Deutsche Industrie Norm (German equivalent of EIA)
Data Input-Output
Dual In-line Package
Directory (file)
Dynamic Impedance Stabilization [CompuCom]
Displacement (offset)
Divide
D-Inside Wire [AT&T]
Download
Data Manipulation Language 1 [IBM]
Data Link Control (protocol) [IBM]
Data Link Escape
Dynamic Link Library
DOS LAN Requester
Direct Memory Access
DMA Controller
Distributed Management Environment
Data Manipulation Language
Digital Multimeter
Dynamic Memory Management System
Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
Dot Matrix Printer
Data Management Software + Data Management System
Day Month Year
Down
Direct Numerical Control
Dialed Number Identification Service
Domain Naming System
Data Out
Document + Documentation (file name extensions)
Disk Operating System
Day Of Week
Data Processing
Demand Protocol Architecture [3Com]
Data Parity Enable [IBM]
Drive Parameter Block
Direct Program Control
Dots Per Inch
Descriptor Privilege Level
Digital Panel Meter
Data Processing Management Association
DOS Protected Mode Interface [Microsoft]
Data Received
Direct or Reverse
Dynamic Random Access Memory
Direct Read After Write
Distributed Relational Data Architecture [IBM]
Direct Read During Write
Digital Research Incorporated
Data Request Output + Destructive Read-Out
WordPerfect Driver Resource (file name extension)
Drive
Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DVR)
Draw + Drawing (file name extensions)
Data Segment + Data Send + Data Server + Double Sided
Double Sided, Double Density (diskette)
Data Storage Equipment

DSEA
DSECT
DSHD
DSL
DSP

Display Station Emulation Adapter

Dummy Control Section
Double Sided, High Density (diskette)
Dynamic Simulation Language
Digital Signal Processing +
Digital Signal Processor
DSQD
Double Sided, Quad Density (diskette)
DSR
Data Set Ready + Device Status Register +
Device Status Report
DSS
Decision Support System
DSTN
Double Supertwisted Nematic
DSW
Data Status Word + Device Status Word
D2T2
Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (printing)
DTA
Disk Transfer Area
.DTA
Data (file name extension)
DTE
Data Terminal Equipment + Dumb Terminal Emulator
DTL
Diode-Transistor Logic
DTMF
Dual Tone Multifrequency
DTP
Desktop Publishing
DTR
Data Terminal Ready + Data Transfer Rate
DU
Disk Usage
.DV
DESQview Script (file name extension)
DVI
Digital Video Interactive
.DVR
Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DRV)
DWG
Drawing
.DXB
Drawing Interchange Binary (file name extension)
[AutoCAD]
DXC
Data Exchange Control
DXF
Drawing Interchange Format
EA
Extended Attribute [OS/2]
EAROM
Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
EARS
Electronic Access to Reference Services
EATA
Enhanced AT Bus Attachment
EBC
EISA Bus Controller
EBCDIC
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code [IBM]
EBI
Equivalent Background Input +
Extended Background Investigation
EBT
Electronic Benefits Transfer
ECAL
Enjoy Computing And Learn
ECC
Error Check Code + Error Checking and Correction +
Error Correction Code
ECD
Enhanced Color Display
ECL
Emitter Coupled Logic
ECMA
European Computer Manufacturers Association
ED
Erase Display
EDA
Embedded Document Architecture [Go Corporation]
EDC
Error Detection and Correction
EDDC
Extended Distance Data Cable
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange +
Electronic Document Interchange [DEC]
EDIFACT EDI for Administration Commerce and Transport
EDLC
Ethernet Data Link Control
EDLIN
Editor (Line Text)
EDP
Electronic Data Processing
EDPM
Electronic Data Processing Machine
EDSAC * Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
EDSI
Enhanced Small Device Interface
EDVAC * Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
(First stored-program digital computer)
EEC
Extended Error Correction

EEG
EEM
EEMS
EEPROM
EFA
EFI

Electroencephalogram
Extended Memory Management
Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
Extended File Attribute
Electromechanical Frequency Interference +
Electronics For Imaging
EFL
Emitter Follower Logic
EFTS
Electronic Funds Transfer System
EGA
Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EIA
Electronic Industries Association
EIS
Executive Information System
EISA
Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EL
Electroluminescent (display) + Erase Line
ELF
Extremely Low Frequency
ELS
Entry Level System
EM
Electronic Mail + Expanded Memory
EMA
Enterprise Management Architecture
E-MAIL
Electronic Mail
EMB
Extended Memory Blocks [LIM/AST]
EMC
Electromagnetic Compatibility + Extended Math Coprocessor
EMI
Electromagnetic Interference
.EML
Electronic Mail (file name extension)
EMM
Expanded Memory Manager
EMR
Electro-Magnetic Radiation
EMS
Electronic Mail System + Electronic Message Service +
Expanded Memory Specification [LIM]
.ENC
Encoded (file name extension)
ENDS
Ends Segment
ENIAC * Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
(First fully electronic digital computer)
ENQ
Enquiry
EOA
End of Address
EOB
End of Block
EOC
End of Conversion
EOF
End of File
EOI
End or Identify
EOJ
End of Job
EOL
End of Line + End of List
EOM
End of Message
EOR
Exclusive OR (Also XOR)
EOS
End of String
EOT
End Of Table + End of Tape (marker) + End of Text +
End of Transmission
EPL
Effective Privilege Level
EPLD
Electrically Programmable Logic Device
EPROM
Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory +
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
.EPS
Encapsulated PostScript (file name extension)
EPSF
Encapsulated PostScript Files
ERLL
Enhanced Run Length Limited
EROM
Erasable Read Only Memory
ERR
Error
ES
Extra Segment
ESA
European Space Agency
ESC
Escape
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
ESDI
Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESI
Enhanced Serial Interface (specification) [Hayes]
ESP
Enhanced Serial Port [Hayes]

ESS
ESU
ETB
ETPL
ETS
ETX
EVGA
.EXE
EXE2BIN
EXP
EXT
EXTRN
FAB
FAMOS
FAP
FAT
FAX
.FAX
FCB
FCC
FCI
FD
FDC
FDDI
FDISK
FEFO
FEP
FET
FF
FFT
FIFO
FILO
FIP
FIR
FLD
FLOPS
FMS
FMT
FNT
FOCUS
FOG
.FON
.FOR
FORTH
FORTRAN
FOSE
FOSSIL
FPGA
FPLA
FPP
FPS
FPU
FRAG
FRAM
FRED
FRPI
.FRS

Electronic Switching System

Electro-Static Unit
End of Transmission Block
Endorsed Tempest Products List
Econometric Time Series
End of Text
Extended Video Graphics Array +
Extended Video Graphics Adapter
Executable (file name extension)
Program used to convert an (.EXE) file to binary
format (.COM) file
Exponent
External
External Reference
Computer-Chip Fabrication Plant
Floating Gate Avalanche MOS
File Access Protocol
Fat Allocation Table
Facsimile
Fax (file name extension)
File Control Block
Federal Communications Commission
Flux Changes per Inch
Floppy Disk + Full Duplex
Floppy Disk Controller
Fiber Digital Device Interface +
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
Fixed Disk
First-Ended, First-Out
Front End Processor
Field Effect Transistor
Flip-Flop + Form Feed
Fast Fourier Transform
First-In, First-Out
First-In, Last-Out
File Processor Buffering
Finite Impulse Response
Field
Floating Point Operations Per Second
Forms Management System
Format
Font
Forum of Control Data Users
First Osborne Group
Phone + Phone Directory (file name extensions)
FORTRAN source code (file name extension)
(Programming Language)(See HLL)
Formula Translator (Programming Language)(See HLL)
Federal Office Systems Exposition
Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer
Field Programmable Gate-Array
Field Programmable Logic-Array
Fixed Path Protocol + Floating Point Processor
Frames Per Second
Floating Point Processor Unit
Fragment + Fragmentation
Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory
Frame Editor
Flux Reversals Per Inch
WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension)

FSD
FSK
F/T
FTAM
FTP
FTS
FUNC
GAAP
GAL
GB
GCR
GDA
GDDM
GDI
GDT

File System Driver [OS/2]

Frequency Shift Keying
Full Time
File Transfer, Access and Management
File Transfer Protocol
Federal Telecommunication System
Function
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Generic Array Logic
Gigabyte (1,000 megabytes)
Group Code Recording
Global Data Area
Graphics Data Display Manager
Graphics Device Interface
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing +
Global Descriptor Table
GEM
Graphics Environment Manager (DRI Program)
GEOS
Graphic Environment Operating System [Geoworks]
GET
Get Execute Trigger
GHZ
Gigahertz
.GIF
Graphic Interchange Format (file name extension)
GIGO
Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIS
Geographical Information System
GKS
Graphical Kernal System
G/L
General Ledger
GLM
General Linear Models
.GLY
Glossary (file name extension) [Microsoft Word]
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
GND
System Ground
GOSIP
Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
GP
Gas Plasma + General Purpose
GPI
Graphics Programming Interface
GPIB
General Purpose Interface Bus
GPSS
* General Purpose Simulation Language
GRE
Graphics Engine
.GRF
Graph (file name extension)
.GRP
Group (file name extension)
GUI
Graphical User Interface
GW-BASIC Gee Whiz BASIC
.H
Header (file name extension) [C]
HAL
Hard Array Logic + House Programmed Array Logic
HASP
Houston Automatic Spooling Priority (System)
HD
Hard Disk + High Density
HDA
Head Disk Assembly
HDI
Head to Disk Interference
HDLC
High-Level Data Link Control
HDR
Header
HDSC
High Density Signal Carrier [DEC]
HDTV
High Definition Television
HDW
Hardware
HERC
Hercules
HEX
Hexadecimal
HGA
Hercules Graphics Adapter
HGCP
Hercules Graphics Card Plus
HH
Hour
HIL
Human Interface Link [HP]
HLCO
High Low Close Open
HLL
High Level Language
HLLAPI
High Level Language Application Programming Interface
.HLP
Help (file name extension)

HLQ
HLT
HMA
HMOS

High Level Qualifier

Halt
High Memory Area [Microsoft]
High Density Metal Oxide Semiconductor +
High Speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HP
Hewlett-Packard (Company)
HPFS
High-Performance File System
HPG
Hewlett-Packard Graphics
HPGL
Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HPIB
Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
HPPA
Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture
HPPI
High Performance Parallel Interface
HRIS
Human Resource Information System
HRG
High Resolution Graphics
HRMS
Human Resource Management System
HS
High Speed
HSC
High Speed Channel
HSP
High Speed Printer
HST
High Speed Technology [U.S. Robotics]
.HST
History + Host (file name extensions)
HSV
Hue Saturation Value
HUT
Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
H/V
Horizontal/Vertical
HVP
Horizontal & Vertical Position
H/W
Hardware
HWCP
Hardware Code Page
HWD
Height-Width-Depth
.HYP
Hyphenation (file name extension)
HZ
Hertz
IAL
* International Algebraic Language
(ALGOL was first called IAL)
IBC
Instrument Bus Computer
IBM
International Business Machines (Corporation)
IBM-GL
IBM Graphics Language
IC
Input Circuit + Integrated Circuit + Interrupt Controller
ICA
Intra-application Communications Area
ICAS
Intel Communicating Applications Specifications
ICCP
Institute for the Certification of Computer Professionals
ICE
In-Circuit Emulator [Intel]
ICL
Interface Clear
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol [Novell]
.ICO
Icon (file name extension)
ICP
Integrated Channel Processor
ICR
Intelligent Character Recognition
ID
Identification + Identifier
IDA
Integrated Digital Access + Intelligent Disk Array +
Intelligent Drive Array
IDE
Imbedded Drive Electronics +
Integrated Development Environment [Borlund] +
Integrated Drive Electronics +
Intelligent Drive Electronics +
Interactive Design and Engineering +
Interface Design Enhancement
IDIV
Integer Divide
IDMS
Integrated Data Base Management System
IDP
Integrated Data Processing
IDT
Interrupt Descriptor Table
.IDX
Index (file name extension)
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
I/F
Interface

IFD
IFS
IGA
IGC
IIF
IIR
IMDS
IMG
IMP
IMS
IMUL
IN
INC
.INF
.INI
INIT
INS
INT
INTA
INTO
I/O
IOCS
IOCTL
IOSGA
IP
IPC
IPF
IPL
IPL
IPSE
IPX
IQL
IRET
IRL
IRLED
IRM
IRQ
IRX
IS
ISA
ISAM
ISC
ISD
ISDN
ISI
ISL
ISO
ISP
ISPF
ISR
ITB
ITC
ITU
ITX
IVIS
IVR
IVS

Image File Directory

Installable File System [OS/2]
Integrated Graphics Array
Integrated Graphics Controller
Immediate IF
Immediate Impulse Response
Image Data Stream (format) [IBM]
Image
Interface Message Processor
Information Management System +
Intermediate Maintenance Standards
Integer Multiply
Input
Increment
Information (file name extension)
Initialize (file name extension)
Initialize
Input String
Integer + Internal + Interrupt
Interrupt Acknowledge
Interrupt if Overflow occurs
Input/Output
Input/Output Control System
Input/Output Control
Input/Output Support Gate Array
Instruction Pointer + Internet Protocol
Instructions Per Clock + Interprocess Communication
Information Presentation Facility
Initial Program Load + Initial Program Loader
* Information Programming Language
Integrated Project Support Environment
Internetwork Packet Exchange [Novell]
Interactive Query Language
Interrupt Return
Interactive Reader Language + Inter-Repeater Link
Infrared Light Emitting Diode
Information Resource Management
Interrupt Request
Information Retrieval Experiment
Interrupt Status
Industry Standard Architecture
Indexed Sequential-Access Method
Instruction Set Computer
Image Section Descriptor +
Instructional Systems Design
Integrated Services Digital Network
Internally Specified Index
Interactive System Language
International Standards Organization
Interrupt Status Port
Interactive System Programming Facility
Information Storage and Retrieval +
Interrupt Service Routines
Information Technology Branch + Intermediate Text Block
International Typeface Corporation
International Telecommunication Union
Intermediate Text Block
Interactive Video Information System
Interactive Voice Response
Interactive Videodisk System

IVT
IV&V
JA
JAE
JBE
JC
JCL
JE
JEDEC
JEIDA
JES
JG
JGE
JL
JLE
JMP
JNA
JNAE
JNB
JNBE
JNG
JNGE
.JNK
JNLE
JNO
JNP
JNS
JPE
JPEG
JPL
JPO
JS
JZ
JNZ
KB
KBD
KBPS
KDT
KEYBBE
KEYBCF
KEYBDF
KEYBFR
KEYBGR
KEYBLA
KEYBNL
KEYBNO
KEYBPO
KEYBSF
KEYBSG
KEYBSP
KEYBSU
KEYBSV
KEYBUK
KSR
KRS
LALL
LAN
LAPB
LAPD
LAPM

Interrupt Vector Table

Independent Verification & Validation
Jump Address + Jump if Above
Jump if Above or Equal
Jump if Below or Equal
Jump if Carry set
Job Control Language
Jump if Equal
Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council
Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association
Job Entry System
Jump if Greater
Jump if Greater or Equal
Jump if Less
Jump if Less than or Equal to
Jump
Jump if Not Above
Jump if Not Above or Equal
Jump if Not Below
Jump if Not Below or Equal
Jump if Not Greater
Jump if Not Greater or Equal
Junk (file name extension)
Jump if Not Less or Equal
Jump if No Overflow
Jump if No Parity
Jump if No Sign
Jump if Parity Even
Joint Photographic Experts Group
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jump if Parity Odd
Jump if Sign
Jump if Zero
Jump if Not Zero
Keyboard + Kilobyte (1,024 bytes)
Keyboard (also KEYB)
Kilo-Bytes Per Second
Key Definition Table
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Belgium
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Canadian-French
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Denmark
Foreign language KEYBoard program - France
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Germany
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Latin America
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Netherlands
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Norway
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Portugal
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-French
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-German
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Spain
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Finland
Foreign language KEYBoard program - Sweden
Foreign language KEYBoard program - United Kingdom
Keyboard Send Receive
Knowledge Retrieval System
Longest Allowed Lobe Length
Local Area Network
Link Access Procedure Balanced (protocol)
Link Access Procedure Direct (protocol)
Link Access Procedure for Modems

LAR
LAWN
LBL
LBR
.LBR
LBT
LCC
LCD
LCU
LDA
LDC
LDT
LE
LEA
LED
LEM
.LET
LEX
LF
LFI
LFU
LGDT
.LIB
LICS
LIDT
LIFO
LIM
LIMS
LIPS
LISP
LLC
LLDT
LMI
LMSW
LM/X
LN
LOC
LODSB
LOG
LOGO
LOOPE
LOOPNE
LOOPNZ
LOOPZ
LORE
LPD
LPI
LPL
LPM
LPN
LPT
LPT1
LPT2
LPT3
LQ
LRC
LRI
.LRS
LRU

Load Access Rights

Local Area Wireless Network
Label
Librarian
Library (file name extension)
Listen Before Talk
Leadless Chip Carrier
Liquid Crystal Display
Last Cluster Used
Logical Device Address
Lotus Development Corporation
Local Descriptor Table
Less or Equal
Load Effective Address
Light Emitting Diode
Language Extension Module
Letter (file name extension)
Lexicon
Line Feed
Last File Indicator
Least Frequently Used
Load Global Descriptor Table
Library (file name extension)
Lotus International Character Set [LDC]
Load Interrupt Descriptor Table
Last In First Out
Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
Library Information Management System
Logical Interferences Per Second
List Processing (Language)(See HLL)
Logical Link Control
Load Local Descriptor Table
Local Management Interface
Load Machine Status Word
LAN Manager for Unix
Logarithm (Natural)
Loop On-Line Control
Load String Byte
Logarithm (Base 10)
(Programming Language)(See HLL)
Loop while Equal
Loop while Not Equal
Loop while Not Zero
Loop while Zero
Line Oriented Editor
Line Printer Daemon (protocol) [Berkley]
Lines Per Inch
Lotus Programming Language [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
Lines Per Minute
Logical Page Number
Line Printer
First Parallel Printer Port
Second Parallel Printer Port
Third Parallel Printer Port
Letter Quality
Local Register Cache +
Longitudinal Redundancy Check
Least Recently Loaded
Language Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
Least Recently Used

LSA
LSB
LSC
LSD
LSI
LSL
LST
.LST
LTR
LU
LUT
LZW
MAC
.MAC
.MAI
MAN
MAP
.MAP
MAPICS
MASM
MAU
MAX
MB
MBASIC
MBPS
MCA
MCB
MCGA
MCU
MD
MDA
MDI
MDIC
MDR
MDY
.ME
MEB
MEG
.MEN
MFLOPS
MFM
MFP
MFS
MFT
MGA
MGR
MHS
MHZ
MICS
MIDI
MII
MIL
MIMD
MIN
MIPS
MIS

Line Sharing Adapter

Least Significant Bit
Least Significant Character
Least Significant Digit
Large Scale Integration
Load Segment Limit
List
List (file name extension)
Letter + Load Task Register
Logical Unit (Also LUN)
Lookup Table
Lempel-Ziv-Walsh (algorithm)
Medium Access Control
MacPaint (file name extension) +
Macro (file name extension)
Mail (file name extension)
Manual + Metropolitan Area Network
Maintenance Analysis Procedures +
Manufacturing Automation Protocol +
Memory Allocation Map
Linker Map (file name extension)
Manufacturing, Accounting and Production
Information Control System [IBM]
Macro Assembler [Microsoft]
Media Access Unit + Multistation Access Unit
Maximum
Megabyte (1,000 kilobytes)
Microsoft BASIC
Megabytes Per Second
Micro Channel Architecture [IBM]
Memory Control Block
Multicolor Graphics Array
Multi-Chip Unit [DEC]
Make Directory + Monochrome Display
Monochrome Display Adapter
Multiple Document Interface
Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip [AT&T]
Minimum Design Requirement
Month Day Year
Opening Information (file name extension) (As in READ.ME)
Memory Expansion Board
Megabyte
Menu (file name extension)
Million Floating Point Operations Per Second
Modified Frequency Modulation
Multifunction Peripheral
Magnetic Tape Field Search
Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks
Monochrome Graphics Adapter
Manager
Message Handling Service + Message Handling System
Megahertz
Macro Interpretive Commands
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Microsoft/IBM/Intel
Machine Interface Layer [Go Corporation]
Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor)
Minimum
Million Instructions Per Second
Management Information System

MISC
MIX
MKDIR
ML
MM
MMC
MMU
MNOS
MNP
.MNU
MO
MODEM
MOHLL
MOV
MOVS
MOD
MOS
MOSFET
MOV
MOVS
MPC
MPCS
MPEG
MPP
MPR
MPT
MPU
MR
MRI
MRO
MRP
MRPL
MS
MSB
MSD
MS-DOS
MSDR
MSG
.MSG
MSI
MSL
.MSP
MSW
MTA
MTBB
MTBF
MTBJ
MTS
MTTF
MTTR
MUL
MUMPS
MUX
MVGA
MVS
MVT

Miscellaneous
Member Information Exchange
Make Directory
Machine Language
Minutes + Month
Matched Memory Cycle + Microcomputer Marketing Council
Memory Management Unit
Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor
Microcom Networking Protocol
Menu (fine name extension)
Magneto-Optical (disk drive)
Modulator Demodulator
Machine Oriented High Level Language
Metal Oxide Varistor + Move
Move String
Modem + Modulus
Metal Oxide Semiconductor
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
Move
Move String
Multimedia Personal Computer
Mission Planning and Control Station (Software)
Moving Picture Experts Group
Massively Parallel Processing +
Message Processing Program +
Microcom Network Protocol [Microcom]
Multipart Repeater
Mean Repair Time
Microprocessor Unit
Modem Ready
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Multi-Region Operation
Materials Requirement Planning
Main Ring Path Length
Memory System + Microsecond +
Microsoft Corporation + Millisecond
Most Significant Bit
Mass Storage Device + Most Significant Digit
Microsoft-Disk Operating System
Multiplexed Streaming Data Request
Message
Program Message (file name extension)
Medium Scale Integration
Map Specification Library
Microsoft Paint (file name extension) [Microsoft]
Machine Status Word
Message Transfer Agent + Multiple Terminal Access
Mean Time Between Breakdowns
Mean Time Before Failure + Mean Time Between Failures
Mean Time Between Jams
Message Transfer Service + Multichannel Television Sound
Mean Time To Failure
Mean Time To Repair
Multiply
Massachusetts General Hospital Utility
Multi-Programming System (Programming Language)
Multiplexer
Monochrome Video Graphics Array
Multiple Virtual Storage
Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks

NACD
NACS
NAE
NAK
NAPLPS

National Association of Computer Dealers

National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors
Not Above or Equal
Negative Acknowledgment
North American Presentation Level Protocol
Syntax (graphics)
NAS
Network Application Support [DEC]
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASI
NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface [Novell]
NBE
Not Below or Equal
NBI
Nothing But Initials
NBS
National Bureau of Standards
NC
No Carry + Numerical Control
NCA
Network Communications Adapter
NCC
Network Control Center
NCGA
National Computer Graphics Association
NCIC
National Crime Information Center
NCMT
* Numerical Control for Machine Tools
NCP
Network Control Processor + Network Control Program +
Not Copy Protected
NCR
National Cash Register (Company)
NCSI
Network Communications Services Interface [Novell]
NDEF
Not to be Defined
NDIS
Network Driver Interface Specification
NDP
Numeric Data Processor
NDRO
Non-Destructive Read Out
.NDX
Index (file name extension)
NEC
Nippon Electric Company
NEG
Negative + Negate
NetBIOS Network Basic Input/Output System [IBM]
NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface [IBM]
.NEW
New Information (file name extension)
NEWS
NetWare Early Warning System [Frye Computer]
NFF
No Fault Found
NFS
Network File System
NG
No Good
NGE
Not Greater or Equal
NHC
National Hurricane Center
NIC
Network Interface Card + Numeric Intensive Computing
NICAD
Nickel Cadmium
NID
New Interactive Display [NEC] + Next ID
NIPS
Network I/Os Per Second
NIST
National Institute for Standards and Technology
NJE
Network Job Entry (protocol) [IBM]
NL
New Line
NLE
Not Less or Equal
NLM
NetWare Loadable Module
NLQ
Near Letter Quality
NMI
Non-Maskable Interrupt
NMOS
Negative Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
NOP
No Operation
NOR
Not Or
NOS
Network Operating System
NPI
Network Printer Interface
NRZ
Not Return to Zero
NRZI
Non Return to Zero Inverted
NS
Nanosecond + Network Supervisor + Non Stop
NSA POLY National Security Agency Polygraph
NSF
National Science Foundation
NT
New Technology [Microsoft]

NTF
NTSC
NUI
NUL
NV
NVM
NVRAM
OAG
OAI
OBJ
OCL
OCR
ODA
ODBMS
ODI
OEM
OF
OFMT
OFS
OH
OIS
.OLD
OLE
OLMC
OLTP
OMF
OMG
OMNS
OMR
OOL
OOPL
OOPS
OOS
OP
OPC
OP CODE
OPD
OPM
OPS
.OPT
OPUS
ORACLE
ORS
OS
OS/2
OSA
OS/E
OSF
OSI
OTF
.OUT
OUTS
OV
.OVL
.OVR
PABX
PAD

No Trouble Found
National Television Standards Committee
Network User Identification +
Network User Interface +
Notebook User Interface [Go Corporation]
Dummy Device + No Device
No Overflow
Non-Volatile Memory
Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
Official Airline Guide
Open Applications Interface
Object
Operation Control Language + Operator Control Language
Optical Character Recognition
Office Document Architecture
Object-Oriented Database Management System
Open Datalink Interface [Novell]
Original Equipment Manufacturer
Overflow Flag
Output Format for Numbers
Output Field Separator
Off Hook
Office Information Systems
Old version (file name extension)
Object Linking and Embedding [Microsoft]
Output Logic Macrocell
On-Line Transaction Processing
Object Module Format [Microsoft]
Object Management Group
Open Network Management System
Optical Mark Recognition
Object-Oriented Language
Object-Oriented Programming Language
Object Oriented Programming and Systems
Object-Oriented Systems +
Off-line Operating Simulator
Operation + Optical + Output
Optical Photoconductor
Operational Code
Operand
Operations Per Minute
Operations
Options (file name extension)
Octal Program Updating System
On-Line Inquiry and Report Generator (UNIX DB program)
Output Record Separator
Operating System
Operating System Two [IBM]
Open System Architecture
Operating System/Environment
Open Software Foundation
Open Systems Interconnection
Open Token Foundation
Outlines (fine name extension)
Output String
Overflow
Program Overlay (file name extension)
Program Overlay (file name extension)
Private Automatic Branch Exchange
Packet Assembler/Disassembler

PADS
PAL
PALS
PAR
PARA
PARC
.PAS
PASCAL
.PAT
PBE
PBX
PC
PCB
PC-DOS
PC-I/O
PCL
PCM
PCMCIA
PCS
.PCT
.PCX
PD
PDF
.PDF
PDL
PDN
PDP
PDS
PDSS
.PDX
PE
PEA
PEL
PEP
PERT
PES
PFR
PGA
PGDN
.PGL
PGM
.PGP
PGUP
PHIGS
.PHO
PI
PIA
PIC
.PIC
PID
PIF

Pen Application Development System [Slate Corporation]

Paradox Applications Language [Borlund] +
Phase Alternate Line + Programmed Array Logic +
Programming Assembly Language
Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System
Parallel
Paragraph
Palo Alto Research Center [XEROX]
PASCAL source code (file name extension)
(Programming Language named for Blaise Pascal)
Patch (file name extension)
Prompt By Example
Private Branch Exchange
Personal Computer + Printed Circuit + Program Counter
Printed Circuit Board + Program Control Block
Personal Computer - Disk Operating System
(IBM version of MSDOS)
Program Controlled I/O
Printer Command Language [HP] + Process Control Language
Pulse Code Modulation
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
Patchable Control Store + Planning Control Sheet +
Print Contrast Signal + Process Control Systems +
Program Counter Store + Project Control System
Picture (file name extension)
Picture Image (file name extension)
Public Domain
Program Development Facility
Printer Description (file name extension)[Borlund,Lotus]
Page Description Language + Program Description Language
+ Program Design Language
Public Data Network
Progammable Data Processor +
(DEC Computer System Designation, i.e. PDP-8, PDP-11)
Partitioned Data Set
Post Development and Software Support
Paradox files (file name extension) [Borlund]
Parity Even + Protect Enable
Pocket Ethernet Adapter
Picture Element [IBM]
Packetized Ensemble Protocol [Telebit]
Program Evaluation and Review Technique
Positioning Error Signal
Power-Fail Restart
Pin Grid Array + Professional Graphics Adapter [IBM]
Page Down
Graphics (file name extension) [Hewlett-Packard]
Program
ProGram Parameter (file name extension) [AutoCAD]
Page Up
Programmers' Hierarchial Interactive Graphics
Standards
Phone List (file name extension)
Program Interruption
Peripheral Interface Adapter
Priority Interrupt Controller +
Program Interrupt Controller
Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
Process Identification Number
Program Information File

PILOT
PIM
PIN
PIO

Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching

Personal Information Manager
Personal Identification Number
Parallel Input/Output + Processor Input/Output +
Programmed Input/Output
PIP
Picture In Picture + Programmable Interconnect Point
PIPO
Parallel In, Parallel Out
PIT
Programmable Interval Timer
PIXEL
Picture Element
PL
Plus
PLA
Programmable Logic-Array
PLATO
Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations
PLC
Programmable Logic Controller
PLCC
Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier
PLD
Programmable Logic Device
PLL
Phase Locked Loop
.PLL
Prelinked Library (file name extension) [Clipper]
PL/M
Programming Language for Micros
PLV
Production Level Video
PL/1
* Programming Language One
PM
Presentation Manager + Preventative Maintenance
PMMU
Paged Memory Management Unit
PMOS
Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PO
Parity Odd
POL
Problem Oriented Language
POP
Pop from Stack
POPA
Pop All Registers
POPF
Pop Flags
POS
Point Of Sale + Positive + Programmable Object Select
POSIX
Portable Oprating System Environment Standard [IEEE]
POST
Power-On Self Test
POSTNET Postal Numeric Encoding Technique
PPDS
Personal Printer Data Stream [IBM]
PPM
Pages Per Minute
.PRD
Printer Driver (file name extension) [Word]
.PRF
Preferences (file name extension) [Grammatik IV]
PROC
Procedure
PROG
Program + Programmer
PROLOG
Programming In Logic (Programming Language)(See HLL)
PROM
Programmable Read Only Memory
PRN
Printer
PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
.PRS
Printer (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
PRTSC
Print Screen
.PS
PostScript (file name extension)
PS/2
Programming System 2 [IBM]
PSC
Product Service Center
PSP
Program Segment Prefix
P-SRAM
Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory
PSW
Program Status Word
PT
Page Table
P/T
Part Time
PTD
Parallel Transfer Disk Drive
PUB
Publication + Publish
.PUB
Publication (file name extension) [Ventura]
PUSHA
Push All Registers
PUSHF
Push Flags
PVM
Pass-through Virtual Machine (protocol) [IBM]
PWB
Printed Wire Board
PWR
Power

.PX
QA
QAM
QBE
QBF
QC
QDOS
.QDI
.QDT
QFA
QIC
.QIF
[Quicken]
.QMT
.QNX
QPSK
RA
RACF
RAG
RAID
RALU
RAM
RAMDAC
RAND
RAS
RBBS
RCL
RCP
RCR
RCS
RD
R&D
RDB
RDCLK
RDSR
.REF
REG
REGAL
REM
REN
REP
REPE
REPNE
REPNZ
REPZ
REQ
RES
.RES
RET
REX
RD
RDB
RDBMS
RELSECT
RF

Primary Index (file name extension) [Paradox]

Quality Assurance
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
Query By Example
Query by Form
Quality Control
Quick and Dirty Operating System
Dictionary (file name extension) [Quicken]
Data (file name extension) [Quicken]
Quick File Access
Quality Information Using Cycle Time [Hewlett-Packard] +
Quarter-Inch Cartridge
Quicken Interchange Format (file name extension)
Memorized List (file name extension) [Quicken]
Indexes to Data (file name extension) [Quicken]
Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
Return Authorization
Resource Access Control Facility
Row Address Generator
Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
Register Arithmetic Logic Unit
Random Access Memory
Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog
Converter [Sierra]
Random
Random Access Storage +
Reliability, Availability and Serviceability +
Row Address Select
Remote Bulletin Board System
Rotate Carry Left
Restore Cursor Position
Rotate Carry Right
Records Communications Switching System
Receive Data
Research and Development
Receive Data Buffer
Received Timing Clock
Receiver Data Service Request
Reference (file name extension)
Register
Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate
Remark + Remote + Ring Error Monitor
Rename
Repeat
Repeat while Equal
Repeat while Not Equal
Repeat while Not Zero
Repeat while Zero
Request
Reset + Resolution
Resource (file name extension)
Resolution Enhancement Technology [HP] +
Return
Relocatable Executable
Received Data + Remove Directory
Relational Data Base
Relational Data Base Management System
Relative Sector
Radio Frequency

RFP
RFS
RFT
RFU
RGB
RIFF
RIME
RIP

Request for Proposal

Remote File System
Revisable Form Text + Rich Text Format
Reserved For Future Use
Red-Green-Blue (color model)
Resource Interschange File Format [Microsoft]
RelayNet International Message Exchange
Raster Image Processor +
Routing Information Protocol [Novell]
RISC
Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RLE
Run Length Encoded
RLL
Run Length Limited
RLSD
Received Line Signal Detected
RLSI
* Ridiculously Large-Scale Integration
RM
Reset Mode
RMA
Return Material Authorization +
Return to Manufacturer Authorization
RMDIR
Remove Directory
RMS
Record Management Services + Root Mean Square
RND
Random
R-O
Read Only
ROL
Rotate Left
ROM
Read Only Memory
ROR
Rotate Right
RPC
Real Procedure Call + Remote Procedure Call
RPG
Report Program Generator (Programming Language)
RPL
Requested Privilege Level
RPPROM
Reprogrammable PROM
RPT
Repeat
RPQ
Request for Price Quotation
RS
Radio Shack + Request to Send +
Recommended Standard (as in RS-232) [EIA]
RSP
Required Space Character
RST
Reset + Restart
RSTS
Resource Sharing Time Sharing [Digital]
RSX
Real Time Resource Sharing Executive
RT
Real Time + RISC Technology + Run Time
RTAM
Remote Terminal Access Method
RTC
Real-Time Clock
RTL
Register Transfer Language +
Resistor Transistor Logic + Run Time Library
RTM
Response Time Monitor
RTOS
Real-Time Operating System
RTS
Request To Send
RTTY
Radio Teletypewriter (Communications)
RTV
Real Time Video
R/W
Read/Write
RWM
Read-Write Memory
RX
Receiver
RXD
Received Data
SAA
Systems Application Architecture [IBM]
SAINT * Symbolic Automatic Integrator
SAL
Shift Arithmetic Left
SAM
Serial Access Memory +
Sequential Access Method
SAP
Second Audio Program + Service Access Point [DEC]
SAP
* Symbolic Assembly Program
SAR
Shift Arithmetic Right +
Successive Approximation Register
SAS
Sales Accounting System + Single Audio System

.SAV
SBB
SBC
SCAS
SCB
SCC

Saved (file name extension)

Subtract With Borrow
Single-Board Computer
Scan String
Subsystem Control Block [IBM]
Serial Communications Controllers +
Synchronous Channel Check [IBM]
SCD
Standard Color Display
SCF
System Control Facility
SCM
Software Configuration Management
SCO
Santa Cruz Operation (Software Company)
SCP
Save Cursor Position + Subsystem Control Port +
System Control Program
SCR
Silicon Controlled Rectifier
.SCR
Script (file name extension)
SCRN
Screen (video display)
SCSI
Small Computer Systems Interface
SD
Send Data
SDA
Software Disk Array + Source Data Automation +
System Display Architecture [Digital]
.SDF
Standard Data Format (file name extension)
SDLC
Synchronous Data Link Control
SDK
Software Developer's Kit [Microsoft]
SDN
Software Defined Network [AT&T]
SDNS
Secure Data Network Service
SDR
Streaming Data Request
SDS
Sysops Distribution System
SD_STB
Streaming Data Strobe [IBM]
SEA
Standard Extended Attribute [OS/2]
SEAC
* Name of first computer to use transistors, built
by Standard Eastern Automating Computing
SEC
Single Error Correction
SECAM
Sequential Color And Memory
SED
Stream Editor
SEG
Segment
SEL
Select
SEM
Scanning Electron Microscope +
Standard Electronic Module
SER
Serial
.SET
Driver Set (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] +
Image Settings (file name extension) [Paradox]
SEU
Smallest Executable Unit
SF
Sign Flag
SFQL
Structured Full-text Query Language
SFT
System Fault Tolerance
SFX
Sound Effect(s)
SGEN
Signal Generator + System Generator
SGDT
Store Global Descriptor Table
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language
SGR
Set Graphics Rendition
S/H
Sample and Hold
SHL
Shift Logical Left
SHR
Shift Logical Right
SI
Source Index + System Information
SID
Station Identification [AT&T]
SIDT
Store Interrupt Descriptor Table
SIG
Special Interest Group
SIGCAT
Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications
and Technology
SIM
Simulator

SIMD
SIMM
SIMULA
SIP
SIPO
SIPP
SIT
SISO
SLDT
SLMR
SLOSH
SLSI
SM
SMB
SMD
SMDS
SMI
SMIF
SMK
SMP
SMPS
SMSW
SMT
SMTP
SMU
SN
S/N
SNA
SND
SNMP
SNOBOL
SNP
SNR
SOE
SOH
SOL
SOM
SOP
SOS
SOTA
SP
SPA
SPARC
SPC
SPCL
SPF
SPIKE

Single Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor)

Single In-line Memory Module
Simulation (language)
Single In-line Package
Serial In, Parallel Out
Single In-line Pin Package
Special Information Tones
Serial In, Serial Out
Store Local Descriptor Table
Silly Little Modem Reader
Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricane (program)
Super Large-Scale Integration
Set Mode
Server Message Block (protocol) [MII]
Surface Mounted Device
Switched Multimegabit Data Service
System Management Interrupts [Intel]
Standard Mechanical Interface
Software Migration Kit [Microsoft]
Symbolic Manipulation Program
Switching Mode Power Supply
Store Machine Status Word
Surface-Mount Technology
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
System Management Utility
Serial Number
Signal-to-Noise
Systems Network Architecture [IBM]
Sound
Simple Network Management Protocol
String Oriented Symbolic Language (Progamming Language)
Serial Number/Password [Omen Technology]
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Standard Operating Environment
Start of Heading
Simulation Oriented Language
Start of Message
Standard Operating Procedures
Silicon On Sapphire + Standards and Open Systems
State Of The Art
Stack Pointer + System Product
Software Publishers Association
Scalable Processor Architecture
Small Peripheral Controller + Statistical Process Control
Spectrum Cellular Corporation
System Programming Facility
Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-Based
Environment [STScI]
SPL
Spooler
.SPL
Spell Checker (file name extension)
SPOOLING Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line
SPS
Standby Power System
SPSS
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
SPT
Sectors Per Track
SPX
Sequenced Packet Exchange [Novell]
SQ
Squeezed (files)
SQL
Structured Query Language
SQRT
Square Root
SR
Shift Register
SRAM
Shadow Random Access Memory +

Static Random Access Memory

SRO
Sharable and Read Only
SRQ
Service Request
SRR
Serially Reusable Resource
SS
Stack Segment + Single Sided + Seconds
SSEC
* Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator [IBM]
SSGA
System Suppport Gate Array
SSI
Small Scale Integration
SST
Spread-Spectrum Technology
STA
Spanning Tree Algorithm
STB
Strobe
STC
Set Carry Flag
STD
Set Direction Flag + Standard
STDA
StreetTalk Directory Assistance [Banyan]
STDAUX
Standard Auxillary
STDERR
Standard Error
STDIN
Standard Input
STDIO.H Standard Input/Output Header [C]
STDOUT
Standard Output
STDPRN
Standard Printer
.STF
Structured File (file name extension) [Lotus Agenda]
STI
Set Interrupt Flag
STN
Supertwist Nematic
STOS
Store String
STP
Signal Transfer Point
STR
Store Task Register + Synchronous Transmitter Receiver
STRESS
Structural Engineering System Solver (Programming
Language)
STRUDL
Structural Design Language (Programming Language)
STScI
Space Telescope Science Institute
STX
Start of Text
.STY
Style (file name extension) [Ventura, Word, WordPerfect]
SUB
Subroutine + Substitute + Subtract
.SUP
Supplemental Dictionary (file name extension)
[WordPerfect]
S-VHS
Super VHS
S/W
Software
SYLK
Symbolic Link
.SYN
Synonym (file name extension)
SYNC
Synchronous
SYS
System
.SYS
System Configuration (file name extension) +
System Device Driver (file name extension)
SYSGEN
System Generator
SYSLOG
System Log
SYSMOD
System Modification
SYSOP
System Operator
TAD
Telephone Answering Device
TAPCIS
The Access Program for the CompuServe
Information Service
TASM
Turbo Assembler [Borland]
TAXI
Transparent Asynchronous Tranceiver Interface
TB
Terabyte (1,000 gigabytes)
T/B
Top and Bottom
TBBS
The Bread Board System (BBS)
.TBK
Toolbook (file name extension)
TCM
Trellis-Coded Modulation
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TD
Transmit Data
TDE
Terminal Display Editor

TDM
TDMS
TDSR
TDR
TEC
TED
TEML
TERMPWR
TFEL
TFT
.THD
THOR
.THS
TID
.TIF
TIFF
TIGA
TIGER

Time Division Multiplexing

Terminal Display Management System
Transmitter Data Service Request
Time Domain Reflectometry
Tokyo Electronics Corporation
Tiny Editor
Turbo Editor Macro Language [Borlund]
Terminator Power
Thin-Film Electroluminescent
Thin-Film Transistor
Thread (file name extension)
Tandy High-Performance Optical Recording
Thesaurus (file name extension)
Target ID
Tagged Image File (file name extension)
Tagged Image File Format
Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding
and Referencing
TIP
Terminal Interface Processor
TLB
Translation Lookaside Buffer
TLU
Table Lookup
.TLX
Telex (file name extension)
TM
Trademark
TMP
Temporary
TN
Twisted Nematic
TOP
Technical and Office Protocol
TPC
Transaction Processing Performance Council
TPI
Tracks Per Inch
TPL
Table Producing Language
TPORT
Twisted Pair Port Transceiver [AT&T]
TPS
Transaction Processing System
TR
Terminal Ready
TRADIC * Transistorized Airborne Digital Computer
(Name of first computer to be entirely
transistorized)
TRON
The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus
TS
Top Secret
TSB
Termination Status Block
TSO
Time Sharing Option
TSR
Terminate and Stay Resident
TSS
Task State Segment + Time Sharing System
TS/SI
Top Secret/Sensitive Information
.TST
Printer Test (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
TSTN
Triple Supertwisted Nematic
TTL
Transistor-Transistor Logic
TTS
Transaction Tracking System
TTY
Teletype
TUI
Text-Based User Interface [WordPerfect]
.TUT
Tutorial (file name extension)
TVI
Television Interference
TWX
Teletypewriter Exchange Service
TXD
Transmitted Data
TXT
Text
TXT2STF Text To Structured File [Lotus Agenda]
UA
User Agent + User Area
UAE
Unrecoverable Application Error
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UCL
Universal Communications Language
UDP
User Datagram Protocol [Novell]

UG
UI
UID
UL
ULA
ULSI
UMB
UNCOL
UNICOM
UNICOS
UNIVAC
UNIX
UNMA
UPC
UPL
UPM
UPS
USART
USERID
USQ
USRT
USSA
UT
UTC
UTI
UTP
UUCP
UUI
UV
VA
VAD
VADD
VAL
.VAL
VAM
VAN
VAP
VAR
VAX
VB
VCPI
VCR
VDISK
VDS
VDT
VDU
VEGA
VER
VERR
VERW
VESA
VFD
VGA
VGC
VHS
VHSIC
VIO
VINES

User Group
Unix International
User Identifier
Upload
Uncommitted Logic Array
Ultra Large Scale Integration
Upper Memory Block [LIM/AST]
Universal Computed Oriented Language
Universal Integrated Communication (System)
Universal Compiler FORTRAN compatible
Universal Automatic Computer
(AT&T Bell Laboratories Operating System)
Unified Network Management Architecture
Universal Product Code
User Program Language
User Profile Management [IBM]
Uninterruptible Power Supply +
Uninterruptible Power System
Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Reciever/Transmitter
User Identification
Unsqueezed (files)
Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter
User Supported Software Association (United Kingdom)
User Terminal
Coordinated Universal Time
Universal Text Interchange
Unshielded Twisted-Pair
Unix-To-Unix Copy
User-To-User Information [AT&T]
Ultraviolet
Virtual Address
Value Added Dealer
Value Added Disk Driver
Value + Voice Application Language
Validity Checks (file name extension) [Paradox]
Virtual Access Method
Value Added Network
Value Added Processes
Value Added Reseller + Value Added Retailer + Variable
Virtual Address Extension (Computer System
Designation) [DEC]
Variable Block
Virtual Control Program Interface
Video Cassette Recorder
Virtual Disk
Virtual DMA Services
Video Display Terminal
Video Display Unit + Visual Display Unit
Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter [Video-7, Inc.]
Verify
Verify Read Access
Verify Write Access
Video Electronics Standards Association
Vacuum Fluorescent Display
Video Graphics Array
Video Graphics Controller
Very High Speed + Virtual Host Storage
Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
Video Input/Output + Virtual Input/Output
Virtual Network Operating System [Banyan]

VIP
VIPER
VIS
VLF
VLIW
VLSI
VLSIPS
VLT
VM
VMM
VMOS
VMS
VMT
VOL
VOM
VOS
VR
VRAM
VROOMM
.VRS
VRU
VS
VSAM
VSAT
VSE
VSF
VSLI
VSM
VSOS
VSYNC
VTAM
VUI
VMS
W/
WAITS
WAN
WATS
WC
WELL
WGS
.WKB
.WKE
.WKQ
.WKS
.WKZ
.WK1
.WMF
WNIC
WNIM
W/O
WORM
WP
.WPG
WPHD
.WPK
WPM
.WPM
.WQ1

Variable Information Processing

Verifiable Integrated Processor for
Enhanced Reliability
Voice Information System
Very Low Frequency
Very Long Instruction Word (machine)
Very Large Scale Integration
Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis
Variable List Table
Virtual Machine
Virtual Memory Manager [Clipper]
Vertical MOS
Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System
Virtual Memory Technique
Volume
Volt Ohm Meter
Verbal Operating System
Voltage Regulator
Video Random Access Memory
Virtual Real-time Object Oriented
Memory Manager [Borlund]
WordPerfect Graphics Driver (file name extension)
Voice Response Unit
Virtual Storage
Virtual Storage Access Method
Very Small Aperture Terminal
Virtual Storage Extended
Vertical Scanning Frequency
Very Large Scale Integration
Virtual Storage Management
Virtual Storage Operating System
Vertical Sync
Virtual Telecommunications Access Method [IBM]
Video User Interface
Virtual Memory System + Voice Message System
With
Wide-Area Informtion Transfer System
Wide Area Network
Wide Area Telecommunications Service
Word Count
Whole Earth Lectronic Link (BBS)
Work Group System
Workbook (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]
Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORQU]
Worksheet (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
Windows Metafile (file name extension) [Microsoft]
Wide-Area Network Interface Co-Processor
Wide-Area Network Interface Module
Without
Write Once, Read Many
WordPerfect + Word Processing + Write Protected
Graphics (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
Write-Protect Hardd Disk
Keyboard (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
Words Per Minute
Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]

.WQ!
Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU]
WS
WordStar + Workstation
WT
Write Through
WYSBYGI What You See Before You Get It
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
XA
Extended Architecture + Extended Attribute
XCHG
Exchange
XCMD
External Command
XDR
External Data Representation
XFCN
External Function
XGA
Extended Graphics Array [IBM]
XID
Exchange Identifier
XIOS
Extended Input/Output System
XLAT
Translate
XMIT
Transmit
XMM
Extended Memory Manager [LIM/AST]
XMS
Extended Memory Specification [LIM/AST]
XNS
Xerox Network System (protocol)
XOR
Exclusive OR (Also EOR)
XSMD
Extended Storage Module Drive (interface)
XTAL
Crystal
XTCLK
External Transmit Clock
YAM
Yet Another Modem [Omen Technology]
ZBR
Zone Bit Recording
Z-CAV
Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
ZIP
Zone Improvement Plan (ZIPcode)
.ZIP
Compressed File (file name extension) [PKWare]
.ZOO
Compressed File (file name extension) [Dhesi]
ZSL
Zero Slot LAN
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Temporary File (file name extension)
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