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Acronym	Meaning
AAC	Advanced Audio Coding
ABI	Application Binary Interface
ABR	Available Bit Rate
AD	Active Directory
ADC	Analog-To-Digital Converter
ADC	Apple Display Connector (DVI variant)
AHA	Accelerated Hub Architecture
ALGOL	Algorithmic Language
ALU	Arithmetic and Logical Unit
AMD	Advanced Micro Devices
AMR	Audio Modern Riser
APCI	Application-Layer Protocol Control Information
API	Application Programming Interface
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP	Application Service Provider
AST	Abstract Syntax Tree
ATA	Advanced Technology Attachment
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AVC	Advanced Video Coding
AVI	Audio Video Interleaved
AWT	Abstract Window Toolkit
BASIC	Beginner All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BCD	Binary Coded Decimal
BER	Bit Error Rate
BFD	Binary File Descriptor
BGP	Border Gateway Protocol
bin	Binary
BINAC	Binary Automatic Computer
BIOS	Basic Input Output System
bit	a binary digit
Blob	Binary large object
Blog	Web Log
CAD	Computer-Aided Design
CAE	Computer-Aided Engineering
CAI	Computer-Aided Instruction
CAQA	Computer Aided Quality Assurance
CC	C Computer
CD	Compact Disk
CD-R	CD-Recordable
CD-ROM	CD Read-Only Memory
CD-RW	CD-Rewritable
CG	Computer Graphics
CGA	Colour Graphics Array
CGI	Common Gateway Interface
CIFS	Common Internet File System
CLI	Command Line Interface
CNC	Computer Numerical Control
COBOL	Common Business-Oriented Language
CPU	Central Processing Unit
CRT	Cathode Ray Tube
CSI	Common System Interface
CTCP	Client-To-Client Protocol
CTS	Clear To Send
CUA	Common User Access
DAP	Direct Access Protocol
DBA	Database Administrator
DBMS	Database Management System
DCC	Direct Client-To-Client
DDR	Double Data Rate
DES	Data Encryption Standard
DFD	Data Flow Diagram
DFS	Distributed File System
DHTML	Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language
DVE	Digital Video Express
DLL	Dynamic Link Library
DLP	Digital Light Processing
DMA	Direct Memory Access
DOS	Disk Operating System
DPI	Dots Per Inch
DOS-PMI	DOS Protected Mode Interface
DSL	Digital Subscriber Line
DSL	Domain-Specific Language
DBSN	Database Source Name (ODBC)
DTE	Data Terminal Equipment
DTR	Data Terminal Ready
DVD	Digital Video Disk
DVD	Digital Versatile Disk
DVD-R	DVD-Recordable
DVD-ROM	DVD-Read only Memory
DVD-RW	DVD-Rewritable
DVI	Digital Visual Interface
DVR	Digital Video Recorder
eID	electronic ID card
EIGRP	Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
ELF	Executable and Linkable Format
EOF	End of File
EOL	End Of Line
EOM	End of Message
EPROM	Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
ECU	Extended Unix Code
EXE	Executable
FAT	File Allocation Table
FAQ	Frequently Asked Questions
FDC	Floppy Disk Controller
FDD	Floppy Disk Drive
FIFO	First In First Out
FHS	Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
FCS	Frame Check Sequence
FPU	Floating Point Unit
FS	File System
FSB	Front Side Bus
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
FXP	File exchange Protocol
Gb	Gigabit
GB	Gigabyte
GCR	Group Code Recording
GDI	Graphics Device Interface
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format
GIGO	Garbage In Garbage Out
GPU	Graphics Processing Unit
GUI	Graphical User Interface
HAL	Hardware Abstraction Layer
HCI	Human-Computer Interaction
HDD	Hard Disk Drive
HD DVD	High Definition DVD
HDL	Hardware Description Language
HHD	Hybrid Hard Drive
HID	Human Interface Device
HIG	Human Interface Guidelines
HPFS	High-Performance File System
HTM	Hierarchical Temporal Memory
HTML	Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPd	Hypertext Transport Protocol Daemon
HTX	Hyper Transport expansion
HURD	Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons
HVD	Holographic Versatile Disk
MAN	Metropolitan Area Network
MANET	Mobile Ad-Hoc Network
MB	Megabit
MB	Megabyte
MBCS	Multi Byte Character Set
MBR	Master Boot Record
MDI	Multiple Document Interface
MICR	Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MIMO	Multiple-Input Multiple-Output
MIPS	Million Instructions Per Second
MIME	Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MMX	Multi-Media Extensions
MNG	Multiple-image Network Graphics
MPEG	Motion Pictures Experts Group
MPL	Mozilla Public License
MSB	Most Significant Bit
MS-DOS	Microsoft DOS
MVS	Multiple Vendor System
NFS	Network File System
NIO	New I/O
NMI	Non-Maskable Interrupt
NNTP	Network News Transfer Protocol
NOP	No Operation
NOS	Network Operating System
NT	New Technology
NTP	Network Time Protocol
OOP	Object-Oriented Programming
OPML	Outline Processor Markup Language
OS	Operating System
OSS	Open Source Software
OCR	Optical Character Reader
P2P	Peer-To-Peer
PAN	Personal Area Network
PAP	Password Authentication Protocol
PATA	Parallel ATA
PC	Personal Computer
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCIe	PCI express
PCL	Printer Command Language
PGA	Pin Grid Array
PIC	Peripheral Interface Controller
PIC	Programmable Interrupt Controller
PINE	Program for Internet News & Email
PIO	Programmed Input/Output
PnP	Plug-and-Play
PoE	Power over Ethernet
PPC	Power PC
PPI	Pixels Per Inch
PPPoA	PPP over ATM
PPPoE	PPP over Ethernet
PPTP	Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PSU	Power Supply Unit
QDR	Quad Data Rate
QFP	Quad Flat Package
QoS	Quality of Service
QFP	Quick File Access
RADIUS	Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RAID	Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM	Random Access Memory
RDBMS	Relational Database Management System
RDF	Resource Description Framework
REFAI	Recursive Functions Algorithmic Language
RIP	Routing Information Protocol
ROM	Read Only Memory
ROMB	Read-Out Motherboard
RTOS	Real Time Operating System
SAN	Storage Area Network
SATA	Serial ATA
SAX	Simple API of XML
SBP-2	Serial Bus Protocol 2
SBU	Standard Build Unit
SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
SDL	Simple Direct Media Layer
SDN	Service Delivery Network
SDR	Software-Defined Radio
SDRAM	Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SMBIOS	System Management BIOS
SMTP	Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SP	Service Pack
SPI	Serial Peripheral Interface
SQL	Structured Query Language
SUS	Single UNIX Specification
SVD	Structured VLSI Design
TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TTA	True Tap Audio
TTF	True Type Font
TTS	Text-to-Speech
TTY	Teletype