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Slashdot 100B-FX 100BASE-FX 100B-T 100BASE-T 100B-TX 100BASE-TX 100BVG 100BASE-VG 10B-F 10BASE-F 10B-FB 10BASE-FB 10B-FL 10BASE-FL 10B-T 10BASE-T 10B2 10BASE-2 10B5 10BASE-5 1GL First-Generation Programming Language 1NF First Normal Form 286 Intel 80286 processor 2B1Q 2 Binary 1 Quaternary 2GL Second-Generation Programming Language 2NF Second Normal Form 386 Intel 80386 processor 3GL Third-Generation Programming Language 3NF Third Normal Form 486 Intel 80486 processor 4B5BLF 4 Byte 5 Byte Local Fiber 4GL Fourth-Generation Programming Language 4NF Fourth Normal Form 5GL Fifth-Generation Programming Language 5NF Fifth Normal Form 6NF Sixth Normal Form 8B10BLF 8 Byte 10 Byte Local Fiber AA Anti-Aliasing AAA Authentication Authorization, Accounting AABB Axis Aligned Bounding Box AAC Advanced Audio Coding AAL ATM Adaptation Layer AALC ATM Adaptation Layer Connection AARP AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol AAT Average Access Time ABCL Actor-Based Concurrent Language ABM Asynchronous Balanced Mode ABR Area Border Router ABR Auto Baud-Rate detection ABR Available Bitrate ABR Average Bitrate AC Acoustic Coupler AC Alternating Current ACD Automatic Call Distributor ACE Advanced Computing Environment ACID Atomicity Consistency Isolation Durability ACK ACKnowledgement ACK Amsterdam Compiler Kit ACL Active Current Loop ACM Association for Computing Machinery ACME Automated Classification of Medical Entities ACP Airline Control Program ACR Allowed Cell Rate ACR Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio AD Active Directory AD Administrative Domain ADA ADA US Government Programming Language ADB Apple Desktop Bus ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter ADC Apple Display Connector ADCCP Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures ADO ActiveX Data Objects ADT Abstract Data Type AE Adaptive Equalizer AES Advanced Encryption Standard AF Anisotropic Filtering AFP Apple Filing Protocol AH Active Hub AI Artificial Intelligence AIX Advanced Interactive eXecutive AL Active Link AL Access List ALAC Apple Lossless Audio Codec ALGOL Algorithmic Language ALSA Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALU Arithmetic and Logical Unit AM Active Matrix AM Access Method AM Active Monitor AM Allied Mastercomputer AMD Advanced Micro Devices AMQP Advanced Message Queuing Protocol AMR Audio Modem Riser ANN Artificial Neural Network ANT Another Neat Tool AOP Aspect-Oriented Programming APCI Application-Layer Protocol Control Information APIPA Automatic Private IP Addressing APL A Programming Language APR Apache Portable Runtime ARC Adaptive Replacement Cache ARC Advanced RISC Computing ARIN American Registry for Internet Numbers ARM Advanced RISC Machines AROS AROS Research Operating System ARPA Address and Routing Parameter Area ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network AS Access Server ASG Abstract Semantic Graph ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ASM Algorithmic State Machine ASMP Asymmetric Multiprocessing ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation 1 ASP Active Server Pages ASP Application Service Provider ASR Asynchronous Signal Routine ASSP Application-Specific Standard Product AST Abstract Syntax Tree AT Access Time AT Active Terminator ATAG Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines AVC Advanced Video Coding AVI Audio Video Interleaved AWK Aho Weinberger Kernighan AWT Abstract Window Toolkit AJAX Asynchronous JavaScript and XML AOE ATA over Ethernet B2B Business-to-Business B2C Business-to-Consumer BAL Basic Assembly Language BASIC Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BBP Baseband Processor BBS Bulletin Board System BCD Binary Coded Decimal BCNF Boyce–Codd normal form BEEP Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol BFD Binary File Descriptor BFS Breadth-First Search BINAC Binary Automatic Computer BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIOS Basic Input Output System BJT Bipolar Junction Transistor BMP Basic Multilingual Plane BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman BOINC Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing BOM Byte Order Mark BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit BPEL Business Process Execution Language BPL Broadband over Power Lines BRR Business Readiness Rating BSA Business Software Alliance BSB Backside Bus BSS Block Started by Symbol BSOD Blue Screen of Death BT BitTorrent BT Bluetooth BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method BW Bandwidth BASH Bourne-again shell BIDI Bi-Directional BLOG Web Log CA Certificate Authority CAE Computer-Aided Engineering CAI Computer-Aided Instruction CAID Computer-Aided Industrial Design CAM Computer-Aided Manufacturing CAPTCHA Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart CAQ Computer-Aided Quality Assurance CASE Computer-Aided Software Engineering CD-R CD-Recordable CD-ROM CD Read-Only Memory CD-RW CD-Rewritable CDE Common Desktop Environment CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CDN Content Delivery Network CDP Continuous Data Protection CDSA Common Data Security Architecture CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CES Consumer Electronics Show CF Compact Flash CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics CFG Context-Free Grammar CFG Control Flow Graph CG Computer Graphics CGA Color Graphics Array CGI Computer-Generated Imagery CGT Computational Graph Theory CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol CHS Cylinder-Head-Sector CIFS Common Internet Filesystem CIM Common Information Model CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer CJK Chinese, Japanese, and Korean CJKV Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese CLR Common Language Runtime CM Configuration Management CM Content Management CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor CMS Content Management System CN Canonical Name CN Common Name CNC Computer Numerical Control CNR Communications and Networking Riser COBOL Common Business-Oriented Language COM Component Object Model CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture CP/M Control Program/Monitor CPA Cell Processor Architecture CPA Converged Packet Access CPAN Comprehensive Perl Archive Network CPRI Common Public Radio Interface CPS characters per second CR Carriage Return CRAN Comprehensive R Archive Network CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check CRM Customer Relationship Management CRS Computer Reservations System CRUD Create, Read, Update and Delete CS Cable Select CS Computer Science CSE Computer Science and Engineering CSI Common System Interface CSP Communicating Sequential Processes CSRF Cross-Site Request Forgery CSS Content-Scrambling System CSS Closed Source Software CSS Cross-Site Scripting CSV Comma-Separated Values CT Computerized Tomography CTAN Comprehensive TeX Archive Network CTCP Client-To-Client Protocol CTI Computer Telephony Integration CTL Computational Tree Logic CTM Close To Metal CTSS Compatible Time-Sharing System CUA Common User Access CVS Concurrent Versioning System DAC Digital-To-Analog Converter DAC Discretionary Access Control DAO Data Access Objects DAO Disk-At-Once DAP Directory Access Protocol DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DAT Digital Audio Tape DB Database DBA Database Administrator DBCS Double Byte Character Set DBMS Database Management System DCC Direct Client-to-Client DCCA Debian Common Core Alliance DCCP Datagram Congestion Control Protocol DCL Data Control Language DCMI Dublin Core Metadata Initiative DCOM Distributed Component Object Model DD Double Density DDE Dynamic Data Exchange DDL Data Definition Language DDOS Distributed Denial of Service DEC Digital Equipment Corporation DES Data Encryption Standard DFA Deterministic Finite Automaton DFD Data Flow Diagram DFS Depth-First Search DFS Distributed File System DGD Dworkin's Game Driver DHTML Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language DIF Data Integrity Field DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung DIP Dual In-line Package DIVX Digital Video Express DKIM Domain Keys Identified Mail DL Download DLL Dynamic Link Library DLNA Digital Living Network Alliance DLP Digital Light Processing DMCA Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMI Direct Media Interface DML Data Manipulation Language DML Definitive Media Library DMR Dennis M. Ritchie DN Distinguished Name DND Drag-and-Drop DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification DOM Document Object Model DOS Disk Operating System DP Dot Pitch DPC Deferred Procedure Call DPI Deep Packet Inspection DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface DPMS Display Power Management Signaling DR-DOS Digital Research - Disk Operating System DRI Direct Rendering Infrastructure DRM Digital Rights Management DRM Direct Rendering Manager DSDL Document Schema Definition Languages DSDM Dynamic Systems Development Method DSL Domain-Specific Language DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer DSN Database Source Name DSN Data Set Name DSP Digital Signal Processor DSSSL Document Style Semantics and Specification Language DTP Desktop Publishing DTR Data Terminal Ready DVD Digital Video Disc DVD-R DVD-Recordable DVD-ROM DVD-Read Only Memory DVD-RW DVD-Rewritable DVR Digital Video Recorder EAI Enterprise Application Integration EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code EBML Extensible Binary Meta Language ECC Elliptic Curve Cryptography ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association ECN Explicit Congestion Notification ECOS Embedded Configurable Operating System ECRS Expense and Cost Recovery System EDA Electronic Design Automation EDI Electronic Data Interchange EDSAC Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator EDVAC Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer EEPROM Electronically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation EFM Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation EGA Enhanced Graphics Array EIDE Enhanced IDE EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol ELF Extremely Low Frequency ELF Executable and Linkable Format ELM ELectronic Mail EMACS Editor MACroS EMS Expanded Memory Specification ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer EOL End of Line EOM End Of Message EPIC Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory ERP Enterprise Resource Planning ESCON Enterprise Systems Connection ESD Electrostatic Discharge ESR Eric Steven Raymond ETL Extract, Transform, Load EUC Extended Unix Code EULA End User License Agreement EXT EXTended file system FAP FORTRAN Assembly Program FAQ Frequently Asked Questions FASM Flat ASseMbler FBDIMM Fully Buffered Dual Inline Memory Module FC-AL Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FCB File Control Block FDC Floppy Disk Controller FDD Floppy Disk Drive FDMA Frequency-Division Multiple Access FDS Fedora Directory Server FEC Forward Error Correction FEMB Front-End Motherboard FET Field Effect Transistor FHS Filesystem Hierarchy Standard FICON FIber CONnectivity FIFO First In First Out FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards FL Function Level FLAC Free Lossless Audio Codec FLOPS FLoating-Point Operations Per Second FLOSS Free/Libre/Open Source Software FOLDOC Free On-line Dictionary of Computing FOSDEM Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting FOSI Formatted Output Specification Instance FOSS Free and Open Source Software FP Function Programming FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array FPS Floating Point Systems FPU Floating Point Unit FRU Field Replaceable Unit FS File System FSB Front Side Bus FSF Free Software Foundation FSM Finite State Machine FTTC Fiber To The Curb FTTH Fiber To The Home FTTP Fiber To The Premises FUD Fear Uncertainty Doubt FWS Folding White Space FXP File eXchange Protocol G11N Globalization GB Gigabyte GCC GNU Compiler Collection GCJ GNU Compiler for Java GCR Group Code Recording GDB GNU Debugger GDI Graphics Device Interface GFDL GNU Free Documentation License GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMPS Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search GIS Geographic Information System GLUT OpenGL Utility Toolkit GML Geography Markup Language GNOME GNU Network Object Model Environment GOMS Goals, Operators, Methods, and Selection rules GPASM GNU PIC ASseMbler GPG GNU Privacy Guard GPGPU General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units GPIB General-Purpose Instrumentation Bus GPL General Public License GPL General-Purpose Language GPRS General Packet Radio Service GPT GUID Partition Table GRUB Grand Unified Boot-Loader GSM Global System for Mobile Communications GTK+ GIMP Toolkit GUI Graphical User Interface GUID Globally Unique IDentifier GWT Google Web Toolkit GAS GNU Assembler GB Gigabit HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer HBA Host Bus Adapter HCI Human Computer Interaction HCL Hardware Compatibility List HD High Density HD DVD High Definition DVD HDD Hard Disk Drive HDL Hardware Description Language HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface HF High Frequency HHD Hybrid Hard Drive HID Human Interface Device HIG Human Interface Guidelines HIRD Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth HLASM High Level ASseMbler HMA High Memory Area HP Hewlett-Packard HPC High-Performance Computing HPFS High Performance File System HSM Hierarchical Storage Management HT Hyper Threading HTC High-Throughput Computing HTM Hierarchical Temporal Memory HTML Hypertext Markup Language HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTPD Hypertext Transport Protocol Daemon HTX HyperTransport eXpansion HURD Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons HVD Holographic Versatile Disc HZ Hertz I/O Input/Output I18N Internationalization I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IBM International Business Machines ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICE In-Circuit Emulator ICE Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics ICP Internet Cache Protocol ICT Information and Communication Technology IDE Integrated Development Environment IDF Intermediate Distribution Frame IDL Interface Definition Language IDS Intrusion Detection System IE Internet Explorer IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IFL Integrated Facility for Linux IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol IGRP Interior Gateway Routing Protocol IHV Independent Hardware Vendor IIOP Internet Inter-Orb Protocol IIS Internet Information Services IL Intermediate Language IM Instant Messaging IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol IME Input Method Editor INFOSEC Information Systems Security IP Intellectual Property IPC Inter-Process Communication IPL Initial Program Load IPO Inter Procedural Optimization IPP Internet Printing Protocol IPS Intrusion Prevention System IPTV Internet Protocol Television IPX Internetwork Packet Exchange IRP I/O Request Packet IS Information Systems ISA Instruction Set Architecture ISAM Indexed Sequential Access Method ISC Internet Storm Center ISO International Organization for Standardization ISPF Interactive System Productivity Facility ISR Interrupt Service Routine ISV Independent Software Vendor IT Information Technology ITL Interval Temporal Logic ITU International Telecommunication Union IRDA Infrared Data Association J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition J2ME Java 2 Micro Edition J2SE Java 2 Standard Edition JAX-RPC Java XML for Remote Procedure Calls JAXB Java Architecture for XML Binding JAXP Java API for XML Processing JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks JCL Job Control Language JCP Java Community Process JDBC Java Database Connectivity JDK Java Development Kit JDS Java Desktop System JES Job Entry Subsystem JFC Java Foundation Classes JFET Junction Field-Effect Transistor JFS IBM Journaling File System JINI Jini Is Not Initials JIT Just-In-Time JMS Java Message Service JMX Java Management Extensions JNDI Java Naming and Directory Interface JNI Java Native Interface JNZ Jump non-zero JRE Java Runtime Environment JS JavaScript JSON JavaScript Object Notation JSP Jackson Structured Programming JSP JavaServer Pages JTAG Joint Test Action Group JUG Java Users Group JVM Java Virtual Machine K&R Kernighan and Ritchie KB Keyboard KB Kilobyte KB Knowledge Base KDE K Desktop Environment KM Knowledge Machine KRL Knowledge Representation Language KVM Keyboard, Video, Mouse KB Kilobit L10N Localization L2TP Layer two Tunneling Protocol LAMP Linux Apache MySQL Perl LAMP Linux Apache MySQL PHP LAMP Linux Apache MySQL Python LCOS Liquid Crystal On Silicon LE Logical Extents LED Light-Emitting Diode LF Line Feed LF Low Frequency LFS Linux From Scratch LGPL Lesser General Public License LIB LIBrary LIF Low Insertion Force LIFO Last In First Out LILO Linux Loader LISP LISt Processing LKML Linux Kernel Mailing List LM Lan Manager LOC Lines of Code LPC Lars Pensjö C LPI Linux Professional Institute LSB Least Significant Bit LSB Linux Standard Base LSI Large-Scale Integration LTL Linear Temporal Logic LTR Left-to-Right LUG Linux User Group LV Logical Volume LVD Low Voltage Differential LVM Logical Volume Management LZW Lempel-Ziv-Welch MAC Mandatory Access Control MAC Media Access Control MAN Metropolitan Area Network MANET Mobile Ad-Hoc Network MAPI Messaging Application Programming Interface MB Megabyte MBCS Multi Byte Character Set MCA Micro Channel Architecture MCA Microsoft Certified Architect MCAD Microsoft Certified Application Developer MCAS Microsoft Certified Application Specialist MCDBA Microsoft Certified DataBase Administrator MCDST Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician MCITP Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional MCM Microsoft Certified Master MCP Microsoft Certified Professional MCPD Microsoft Certified Professional Developer MCSA Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator MCSD Microsoft Certified Solution Developer MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer MCT Microsoft Certified Trainer MCTS Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist MDA Mail Delivery Agent MDA Model-Driven Architecture MDA Monochrome Display Adapter MDF Main Distribution Frame MDI Multiple Document Interface ME [Windows] Millennium Edition MF Medium Frequency MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol MHZ Megahertz MIB Management Information Base MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition MIMD Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data MIMO Multiple-Input Multiple-Output MINIX MIni-uNIX MIPS Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages MIS Management Information Systems MISD Multiple Instruction, Single Data MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MMDS Mortality Medical Data System MMI Man Machine Interface. MMIO Memory-Mapped I/O MMORPG Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game MMX Multi-Media Extensions MNG Multiple-image Network Graphics MOM Message-Oriented Middleware MOO MUD Object Oriented MOS Microsoft Office Specialist MOSFET Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor MOUS Microsoft Office User Specialist MPAA Motion Picture Association of America MPEG Motion Pictures Experts Group MPL Mozilla Public License MPU Microprocessor Unit MS Memory Stick MS Microsoft MS-DOS Microsoft DOS MSA Mail Submission Agent MSB Most Significant Bit MSDN Microsoft Developer Network MSI Medium-Scale Integration MSI Message Signaled Interrupt MSI Microsoft Installer MT Machine Translation MTA Microsoft Technology Associate MTBF Mean Time Between Failures MUD Multi-User Dungeon MVC Model-View-Controller MVP Most Valuable Professional MVS Multiple Virtual Storage MX Mail exchange MXF Material Exchange Format MB Megabit MOBO Motherboard NACK Negative ACKnowledgement NAK Negative AcKnowledge Character NAS Network-Attached Storage NASM Netwide ASseMbler NCP NetWare Core Protocol NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications NDPS Novell Distributed Print Services NDS Novell Directory Services NEP Network Equipment Provider NEXT Near-End CrossTalk NFA Nondeterministic Finite Automaton NGL aNGeL NGSCB Next-Generation Secure Computing Base NI National Instruments NIC Network Interface Controller NIM No Internal Message NIO New I/O NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NLP Natural Language Processing NLS Native Language Support NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol NOC Network Operations Center NOP No OPeration NOS Network Operating System NP Nondeterministic Polynomial time NPL Netscape Public License NPTL Native POSIX Thread Library NPU Network Processing Unit NS Netscape NSA National Security Agency NSPR Netscape Portable Runtime NSS Novell Storage Service NSS Network Security Services NSS Name Service Switch NT New Technology NTFS NT Filesystem NTLM NT Lan Manager NTP Network Time Protocol NUMA Non-Uniform Memory Access NURBS Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline NVR Network Video Recorder NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory NAN Not a Number NETBIOS Network Basic Input/Output System OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards OAT Operational Acceptance Testing OBSAI Open Base Station Architecture Initiative ODBC Open DataBase Connectivity OES Open Enterprise Server OFTC Open and Free Technology Community OLAP Online Analytical Processing OLE Object Linking and Embedding OLED Organic Light Emitting Diode OLPC One Laptop per Child OLTP Online Transaction Processing OMF Object Module Format OMG Object Management Group OO Object-Oriented OO OpenOffice OOE Out-of-Order Execution OOM Out Of Memory OOP Object-Oriented Programming OOTB Out of the box OOO OpenOffice.org OPML Outline Processor Markup Language ORB Object Request Broker ORM Oject-Relational Mapping OS Open Source OS Operating System OSCON O'Reilly Open Source CONvention OSDN Open Source Developer Network OSI Open Source Initiative OSS Open Sound System OSS Open-Source Software OSS Operations Support System OSTG Open Source Technology Group OUI Organizationally Unique Identifier OOOE Out-of-Order Execution P2P Peer-To-Peer PAC Programmable Automation Controller PAN Personal Area Network PAP Password Authentication Protocol PARC Palo Alto Research Center PATA Parallel ATA PC DOS Personal Computer Disk Operating System PCB Printed Circuit Board PCB Process Control Block PCIE PCI Express PCL Printer Command Language PCM Pulse-Code Modulation PCRE Perl Compatible Regular Expressions PD Public Domain PDA Personal Digital Assistant PDF Portable Document Format PDP Programmed Data Processor PE Physical Extents PERL Practical Extraction and Reporting Language PGA Pin Grid Array PGO Profile-Guided Optimization PHP PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor PIC Peripheral Interface Controller PID Proportional-Integral-Derivative PIM Personal Information Manager PINE Program for Internet News and Email PKCS Public Key Cryptography Standards PKI Public Key Infrastructure PL/I Programming Language One PL/M Programming Language for Microcomputers PL/P Programming Language for Prime PLC Power Line Communication PLC Programmable Logic Controller PLD Programmable Logic Device PLT Power Line Telecoms PMM POST Memory Manager POID Persistent Object Identifier POP Point of Presence POP3 Post Office Protocol v3 POSIX Portable Operating System Interface POST Power-On Self Test PPC PowerPC PPI Pixels Per Inch PPPOA PPP over ATM PPPOE PPP over Ethernet PPTP Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol PS PostScript PS/2 Personal System/2 PSA Professional Services Automation PSU Power Supply Unit PSVI Post-Schema-Validation Infoset PTS-DOS PhysTechSoft - Disk Operating System PV Physical Volume PVG Physical Volume Group PVR Personal Video Recorder PXE Preboot Execution Environment PXI PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation PNP Plug-and-Play POE Power over Ethernet QA Quality Assurance QDR Quad Data Rate QFP Quad Flat Package QOTD Quote of the Day QTAM Queued Teleprocessing Access Method QT Quasar Toolkit RACF Resource Access Control Facility RAD Rapid Application Development RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAIT Redundant Array of Inexpensive Tapes RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol RAS Reliability, Availability and Serviceability RAS Remote Access Service RC Region Code RC Release Candidate RC Run Commands RDBMS Relational DataBase Management System RDF Resource Description Framework RDM Relational Data Model RDOS Real-time Disk Operating System RDS Remote Data Services REFAL REcursive Functions Algorithmic Language REST Representational State Transfer RF Radio Frequency RFI Radio Frequency Interference RFID Radio Frequency Identification RGB Red, Green, Blue RHEL Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHL Red Hat Linux RIA Rich Internet Application RIAA Recording Industry Association of America RIP Raster Image Processor RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer RISC OS Reduced Instruction Set Computer Operating System RJE Remote Job Entry RLE Run-Length Encoding RLL Run-Length Limited RMI Remote Method Invocation RMS Richard Matthew Stallman ROM-DOS Read Only Memory - Disk Operating System ROMB Read-Out Motherboard RPC Remote Procedure Call RPG Report Program Generator RPM RPM Package Manager RSA Rivest Shamir Adleman RSI Repetitive Strain Injury RSS Radio Service Software RSS Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication RTAI Real-Time Application Interface RTC Real-Time Clock RTE Real-Time Enterprise RTEMS Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems RTL Right-to-Left RTOS Real-Time Operating System RTP Real-time Transport Protocol RTS Ready To Send RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol S/MIME Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions SAN Storage Area Network SATA Serial ATA SAX Simple API for XML SBOD Spinning Beachball of Death SBP-2 Serial Bus Protocol 2 SBU Standard Build Unit SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition SCID Source Code in Database SCP Secure Copy SCPI Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol SD Secure Digital SDDL Security Descriptor Definition Language SDI Single Document Interface SDIO Secure Digital Input Output SDK Software Development Kit SDL Simple DirectMedia Layer SDN Service Delivery Network SDP Session Description Protocol SDR Software-Defined Radio SDSL Symmetric DSL SE Single Ended SEI Software Engineering Institute SEO Search Engine Optimization SFTP Secure FTP SFTP Simple File Transfer Protocol SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol SGI Silicon Graphics, Incorporated SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language SHA Secure Hash Algorithm SHDSL Single-pair High-speed Digital Subscriber Line SIGCAT Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications and Technology SIGGRAPH Special Interest Group on Graphics SIMD Single Instruction, Multiple Data SIMM Single Inline Memory Module SIP Supplementary Ideographic Plane SISD Single Instruction, Single Data SLED SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop SLES SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLI Scalable Link Interface SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol SLM Service Level Management SLOC Source Lines of Code SMA SubMiniature version A SMB Server Message Block SMBIOS System Management BIOS SMIL Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language SMP Supplementary Multilingual Plane SMP Symmetric Multi-Processing SMS Short Message Service SMS System Management Server SMT Simultaneous Multithreading SNA Systems Network Architecture SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol SO-DIMM Small Outline DIMM SOA Service-Oriented Architecture SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol SOE Standard Operating Environment SOHO Small Office/Home Office SOI Silicon On Insulator SP Service Pack SPARC Scalable Processor Architecture SPF Sender Policy Framework SPI Serial Peripheral Interface SPI Stateful Packet Inspection SPMD Single Program, Multiple Data SQL Structured Query Language SSD Software Specification Document SSD Solid-State Drive SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions SSI Server Side Includes SSI Single-System Image SSI Small-Scale Integration SSID Service Set Identifier SSL Secure Socket Layer SSP Supplementary Special-purpose Plane SSSE Supplementary Streaming SIMD Extensions SUS Single UNIX Specification SUSE Software und System-Entwicklung SVC Scalable Video Coding SVD Structured VLSI Design SVG Scalable Vector Graphics SVGA Super Video Graphics Array SWF Shock Wave Flash SWT Standard Widget Toolkit SAAS Software as a Service SOC System-on-a-Chip SYSOP System operator TAO Track-At-Once TASM Turbo ASseMbler TB TeraByte TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TCU Telecommunication Control Unit TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TI Texas Instruments TLA Three-Letter Acronym TLD Top-Level Domain TLS Thread-Local Storage TNC Terminal Node Controller TNC Threaded Neill-Concelman connector TPF Transaction Processing Facility TROFF Trace Off TRON Trace On TRON The Real-time Operating system Nucleus TRS-DOS Tandy Radio Shack - Disk Operating System TSO Time Sharing Option TSP Traveling Salesman Problem TSR Terminate and Stay Resident TTA True Tap Audio TTF TrueType Font TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic TTS Text-to-Speech TUCOWS The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software TWAIN Technology Without An Interesting Name UAAG User Agent Accessibility Guidelines UAC User Account Control UAT User Acceptance Testing UCS Universal Character Set UDDI Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration UDMA Ultra DMA UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UHF Ultra High Frequency UI User Interface UL Upload ULA Uncommitted Logic Array UMA Upper Memory Area UMB Upper Memory Block UML User-Mode Linux UMPC Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer UNC Universal Naming Convention URN Uniform Resource Name USR U.S. Robotics UTC Coordinated Universal Time UTF Unicode Transformation Format UUCP Unix to Unix Copy UUID Universally Unique Identifier UUN Universal User Name UVC Universal Virtual Computer UX User Experience VB Visual Basic VBA Visual Basic for Applications VBS Visual Basic Script VCPI Virtual Control Program Interface VDSL Very High Bitrate Digital Subscriber Line VFAT Virtual FAT VFS Virtual File System VG Volume Group VGA Video Graphics Array VHF Very High Frequency VLB Vesa Local Bus VLF Very Low Frequency VLIW Very Long Instruction Word VLSI Very-Large-Scale Integration VM Virtual Machine VM Virtual Memory VNC Virtual Network Computing VOD Video On Demand VPU Visual Processing Unit VR Virtual Reality VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language VSAM Virtual Storage Access Method VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal VT Video Terminal? VTAM Virtual Telecommunications Access Method VOIP Voice over Internet Protocol W3C World Wide Web Consortium WAFS Wide Area File Services WAI Web Accessibility Initiative WAIS Wide Area Information Server WAP Wireless Access Point WASM Watcom ASseMbler WBEM Web-Based Enterprise Management WCAG Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCF Windows Communication Foundation WDM Wavelength-Division Multiplexing WFI Wait For Interrupt WINS Windows Internet Name Service WMA Windows Media Audio WMV Windows Media Video WOL Wake-on-LAN WOM Wake-on-Modem WOR Wake-on-Ring WPAN Wireless Personal Area Network WPF Windows Presentation Foundation WSDL Web Services Description Language WSFL Web Services Flow Language WUSB Wireless Universal Serial Bus WWAN Wireless Wide Area Network WWID World Wide Identifier WWN World Wide Name WZC Wireless Zero Configuration WEBDAV WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning WI-FI Wireless Fidelity WIMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access WINFS Windows Future Storage XAG XML Accessibility Guidelines XAML eXtensible Application Markup Language XCBL XML Common Business Library XDM X Window Display Manager XDMCP X Display Manager Control Protocol XHTML eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language XILP X Interactive ListProc XMMS X Multimedia System XMPP eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol XMS Extended Memory Specification XNS Xerox Network Systems XP Cross-Platform XP Extreme Programming XPCOM Cross Platform Component Object Model XPI XPInstall XPIDL Cross-Platform IDL XSD XML Schema Definition XSL-FO eXtensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects XSLT eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations XSS Cross-Site Scripting XTF eXtensible Tag Framework XTF eXtended Triton Format XUL XML User Interface Language Y2K Year Two Thousand YAAF Yet Another Application Framework YACC Yet Another Compiler Compiler YAML YAML Ain't Markup Language YAST Yet another Setup Tool BIN binary BIT binary digit CC C Compiler DEV development EID electronic ID card IBCS Intel Binary Compatibility Standard ISCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface ISNS Internet Storage Name Service JWZ Jamie Zawinski KHZ Kilohertz REGEX Regular Expression REGEXP Regular Expression SBIN superuser binary SU superuser TMP temporary USR user VAR variable