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A A AMPERE A ANGSTROM A AREA A ACCUMULATOR A-DISK (NAME OF CMS MINI-DISK ON MAINFRAME COMPUTER) A/D ANALOG/DIGITAL A/M AUTO/MANUAL A/N ALPHA/NUMERIC A/P ACCOUNTS PAYABLE A/T ACTION TIME A-TIME ABSOLUTE TIME AAACX AUTOMATED ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR DPCX (IBM) AAAS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AAIMS AN ANALYTICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AAP AUTOMATED ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AAS AUTOMATED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AAS ADVANCED AUTOMATION SYSTEM AAS ADVANCED ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AAVD AUTOMATIC ALTERNATE VOICE DATA ABA AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ABA AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION ABBR ABBREVIATION ABC AUTOMATIC BANDWIDTH CONTROL

ABC ATANASOFF-BERRY-COMPUTER ABC AUTOMATED BOOK CATALOG ABCS ADVANCED BUSINESS COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL ABEND ABNORMAL END ABF APPLICATION-BY-FORMS ABI APPLICATION BINARY INTERFACE ABIOS ADVANCED BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM ABM AUTOMATIC BATCH MIXING ABM ANTIBALLISTIC MISSILE ABO ADVANCED BYTE-ORIENTED ABS ABSOLUTE ABT ABORT TIMER ABT ANSWER-BACK TONE AC ALTERNATING CURRENT AC ANALOG COMPUTER AC/DC ALTERNATING CURRENT/DIRECT CURRENT ACA ADJACENT-CHANNEL ATTENUATION ACAP AUTOMATIC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS PROGRAM ACC ACCUMULATOR ACD AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTOR ACE AUTOMATIC COMPUTING ENGINE ACE APPLICATION CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT ACE AUTOMATED CARTRIDGE EVALUATOR (MEMOREX-TELEX) ACF ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS FUNCTION ACF ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY

ACF APPLE COMMUNICATIONS FRAMEWORK ACH AUTOMATIC CLEARING HOUSE ACI ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE ACIA ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE ADAPTOR ACIS ACADEMIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IBM) ACK ACCESS CONTROL LIST ACK ACKNOWLEDGMENT ACL AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGE LOADER ACMS APPLICATION CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (HP) ACR ABANDON CALL AND RETRY ACS AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGE SYSTEM (STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.) ACS AUXILIARY CORE STORAGE ACS ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (AT&T) ACS ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION SERVER ACT ACCUMULATOR ACTRAN ANALOG COMPUTER TRANSLATOR ACTS AUTOMATIC COMPUTER TELEX SERVICE ACU AUTOMATIC CALLING UNIT ACV ACCESS CONTROL VERIFICATION AD AVERAGE DEVIATION ADA AUTOMATIC DATA ACQUISITION ADA A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE (AFTER AUGUSTA ADA, COUNTESS OF LOVELACE) ADABAS ADAPTABLE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SOFTWARE AG) ADB APPLE DESKTOP BUS

ADC ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT CENTER ADC AIR DATA COMPUTER ADC ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER ADCCP ADVANCED DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL PROCEDURE ACD AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION ADD AUTHORIZED DATA DISTRIBUTOR ADDAR AUTOMATIC DIGITAL DATA ACQUISITION AND RECORDING ADDR ADDRESS ADDS ADVANCED DATA DICTIONARY SYSTEM ADE AUTOMATIC DESIGN ENGINEERING ADF APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FACILITY (IBM) ADF AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER ADIS AUTOMATIC DATA INTERCHANGE SYSTEM ADIX ADVANCED DIGITAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE ADL AUTOMATIC DATA LINK ADLC ADVANCED DATA LINK CONTROLLER ADM ADAPTIVE DELTA MODULATION ADMIN ADMINISTRATION ADONIS AUTOMATIC DIGITAL ON-LINE INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM ADP AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING ADPC AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING CENTER ADPCM ADAPTIVE DIFFERENTIAL PULSE-CODE MODULATION ADPE AUXILIARY DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ADPE AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ADPP AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM

ADPS AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM ADPS AUTOMATIC DISPLAY AND PLOTTING SYSTEM ADR ADDRESS ADR ADDRESS REGISTER ADRAC AUTOMATIC DIGITAL RECORDING AND CONTROL ADRS ADDRESS ADRS A DEPARTMENTAL REPORTING SYSTEM (IBM) ADRT AUTOMATIC DATA RECORDED TRANSCRIBER ADS AUDIO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ADS ADVANCED DATA SYSTEMS ADS ACCURATELY DEFINED SYSTEM ADS ADDRESS DATA STROBE ADSP APPLE DATA STREAM PROTOCOL ADS-TP ADMINISTRATIVE DATA SYSTEMS-TELEPROCESSING SYSTEM ADSL AYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE ADS/O APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM/ON-LINE ADT AUTOMATIC DATA TRANSLATOR ADU AUTOMATIC DIALING UNIT ADWP APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT PROGRAMMERS ADX AUTOMATIC DATA EXCHANGE AE ADVANCED ENGINE (IBM) AE APPLICATION ENGINEER AEC ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION AED ALGOL EXTENDED DESIGN AED AUTOMATED ENGINEERING DESIGN

AEMS AIRLINE ECONOMIC MODELING SYSTEM AESOP AN EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEM FOR ON-LINE PROCESSING AF AUDIO FREQUENCY AFC AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL AFG AUTOMATIC FUNCTION GENERATOR AFL ABSTRACT FAMILY OF LANGUAGES AFO ADVANCED FILE ORGANIZATION AFP APPLETALK FILE PROTOCOL AFT ACTIVE FILE TABLE AFTOMS AIR FORCE TECHNICAL ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (USAF) AGC AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL AH AMPERE-HOUR (ALSO AMP HR) AHPL A HARDWARE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AI/ES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/EXPERT SYSTEMS AIDO AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF OUTWARD DIALED CALLS AIDS ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION DATA SYSTEM AIDS AUTOMATIC INTEGRATED DEBUGGING SYSTEM AIG ADDRESS-INDICATING GROUPS AIM ADVANCED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AIM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MARKETS AIRCON AUTOMATED INFORMATION & RESERVATIONS COMPUTER ORIENTED NETWORK AIRS AUTOMATIC INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AIX ADVANCED INTERACTIVE EXECUTIVE

AJPO ADA JOINT PROJECT OFFICE (AT PENTAGON) AL ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE ALA ADDRESS LATCH ATTACHMENT ALAP AS LATE AS POSSIBLE ALC ASSEMBLER LANGUAGE CODING ALC AUTOMATIC LEVEL CONTROL ALC AIRLINE LINK CONTROL ALD ANALOG LINE DRIVER ALERT AUTOMATED LINGUISTIC EXTRACTION AND RETRIEVAL TECHNIQUE ALEX ADULT LEARNING EXCHANGE (UNIV. OF PHOENIX) ALEX AUTOMATED LABOR EXCHANGE (IBM) ALGOL ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGE ALMRS AUTOMATED LAND & MINERAL RECORDS SYSTEM ALOHA (A PACKET TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL) ALMMRS AUTOMATED LAND AND MINERAL RECORDS SYSTEM ALP AGREEMENT FOR IBM LICENSED PROGRAMS ALP ASSEMBLER LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING ALPS ADVANCED LOAN PROCESSSING SYSTEM ALPS AUTOMATED LIBRARY PROCESSING SERVICE ALPS ASSOCIATED LOGIC PARALLEL SYSTEM ALS ADVANCED LEGAL SOFTWARE ALSN ADA LANGUAGE SYSTEM--NAVY ALU ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT AM AMPLITUDE MODULATION

AM ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AM-DSB AMPLITUDE MODULATION-DOUBLE SIDEBAND AMC AUTOMATIC MESSAGE COUNTING AMC AUTOMATIC MODULATION CONTROL AMI AUTHENTICATION MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AMIGO ADVANCED MESSAGING IN GROUPS AMIS AUDIO MESSAGE INTERFACE STANDARD AMOS ADVANCED MORTGAGE ON-LINE SYSTEM AMP AMPERE AMP HR AMPERE-HOUR AMPS AUTOMATIC MESSAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AMR AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT REPORTS AMR AUTOMATIC MESSAGE REGISTERING AMRD AUTOMATIC MESSAGE ROUTING DEVICE AMS ACCESS METHODS SERVICES AMS ARCHIVAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AMSM ACCESS METHODS SERVICES MACROS AMSSB AUDIO MODULATION SINGLE SIDEBAND AMSU ACCESS METHODS SERVICES UTILITIES AN/UDC ARMY/NAVY UNIVERSAL DIGITAL COMPUTER ANACOM ANALOG COMPUTER ANATRON ANALOG TRANSISTOR ANG ADVANCED NETWORKING GROUP ANI AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION ANMP ACCOUNT NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

ANS AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD ANT ACTIVE NAME TABLE AO AMPLIFIER OUTPUT AO AMPL AND/OR AMPLIFIER AOC AUTOMATIC OUTPUT CONTROL AOS ADD OR SUBTRACT AOS AUTOMATED OFFICE SYSTEM AOSP AUTOMATIC OPERATING AND SCHEDULING PROGRAM AP ATTACHED PROCESSOR AP APPLICATIONS PROGRAM APA ALL POINTS ADDRESSABLE APAR AUTHORIZED PROGRAM ANALYSIS REPORT APC ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER APC AUTOMATIC PHASE CONTROL APD ANGULAR POSITION DIGITIZER APEC AUTOMATED PROCEDURES FOR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS APF ADVANCED PRINTER FUNCTIONS APG APPLICATION PROGRAM GENERATOR APG AUTOMATIC PRIORITY GROUPING API APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE API ALL PURPOSE INTERFACE APL ALGORITHM PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE APL A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE APOTA AUTOMATIC POSITIONING TELEMETERING ANTENNA APP AUXILIARY POWER PLANT

APPC ADVANCED PROGRAM-TO-PROGRAM COMMUNICATIONS APS ALPHANUMERIC PHOTOCOMPOSER SYSTEM APSE ADA PROGRAMMING SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT APT AUTOMATIC PICTURE TRANSMISSION APT AUTOMATICALLY PROGRAMMED TOOL APT ALL-PURPOSE TERMINAL APTS ADVANCED PUBLIC SAFETY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM APTS AUTOMATIC PICTURE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM APUHS AUTOMATIC PROGRAM UNIT APULS AUTOMATIC PROGRAM UNIT AQL ACCEPTANCE QUALITY LEVEL ARAM ANALOG RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY ARC AUTOMATIC RADIO CONTROL ARC AUTOMATIC RELAY CALCULATOR ARC AUTOMATIC REMOTE CONTROL ARC ADAPTOR RETURN CODE ARC ATTACHED RESOURCE COMPUTER ARCnet ATTACHED RESOURCE COMPUTER NETWORK ARCS ADVANCED RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM ARD ADVANCED RESOURCES DATA ARD ADVANCED RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ARE ADVANCED REAL-TIME EXECUTIVE AREP AUTOMATED RELIABILITY ESTIMATION PROGRAM AREV ADVANCED REVELATION ARL ACCEPTANCE RELIABILITY LEVEL

ARM AUTOMATIC REEL MOUNTING ARM AUTOMATIC ROUTE MANAGEMENT ARM AUTOMATED RECORDS MANAGEMENT ARMA AUTOREGRESSIVE MOVING AVERAGE ARMIS AUTOMATED REPORT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM ARMS AUTOMATED RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ARP ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL ARQ AUTOMATIC REQUEST FOR REPETITION ARQ AUTOMATIC RETRANSMISSION QUEUE ARR ACCOUNTING RATE OF RETURN ARS AUTOMATIC ROUTE SELECTION ART ACTIVE REFERENCE TABLE ART AUTOMATIC REPORTING TELEPHONE ART-IM AUTOMATED REASONING TOOL FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ARTI ASYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER INTERFACE ARTS ADVANCED RURAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ARU AUDIO RESPONSE UNIT AS ADD/SUBTRACT AS APPLICATION SPECIALIST PROGRAM (ROLM COMPANY) AS APPLICATION SYSTEM (IBM) AS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ASAD ADVANCED STRUCTURED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN ASAP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ASC ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTER

ASC AUTOMATIC SYNCHRONIZED CONTROL ASC AUTOMATIC SELECTIVITY CONTROL ASC ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTER ASCC AUTOMATIC SEQUENCE CONTROLLED CALCULATOR ASCII AMERICAN STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE ASD AUTOMATIC SYNCHRONIZED DISCRIMINATOR ASDS ACCUNET SWITCHED DIGITAL SERVICE ASIC APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ASIC APPLICATION SYSTEM INFORMATION CENTER ASK AUTOMATIC SHIFT KEYING ASL AVAILABLE SPACE LIST ASLT ADVANCED SOLID LOGIC TECHNOLOGY ASM AUXILLIARY STORAGE MANAGER (IBM) ASM ALLOCATION STRATEGY MODULE ASN AVERAGE SAMPLE NUMBER ASN.1 APSTRACT SYNTAX NOTION ONE ASP APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER ASP AUTOMATIC SERVO PLOTTER ASP AUTOMATIC SWITCHING PANEL ASP AUXILLIARY STORAGE POOL ASP ARCHIVAL STORAGE PROTECTOR (NOVELL) ASP ATTACHED SUPPORT PROCESSOR (IBM) ASPEN AUTOMATED SPEECH EXCHANGE NETWORK ASR AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION ASR AUXILLIARY STORAGE SAVE/RESTORE

ASR AUTOMATIC SEND/RECEIVE AST ACTIVE SEGMENT TABLE ASTEX AUTOMATED STORAGE EXPERT (LEGENT CORP.) ASV AUTOMATIC SELF-VERIFICATION AT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY (PC AT) AT AUTOMATIC TICKETING ATD AUTHORIZED TERMINAL DISTRIBUTOR (DEC) ATDM ASYNCHRONOUS TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING ATE ADA TRAINING ENVIRONMENT ATE AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT ATIP ABSOLUTE TIME IN PRE-GROOVE ATIS ADVANCED TRAVELLER INFORMATION SYSTEM ATL AUTOMATED TEST LIBRARY ATL AUTOMATED TAPE LIBRARY ATM ADOBE TYPE MANAGER ATM ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE ATM AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE ATMS ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ATMS ADVANCED TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IBM) ATMS ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ATP ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ATR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRINTING ATR AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNIZER ATS ADVANCED TECHNICAL SERVICES (NOVELL) ATS ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINAL SYSTEM

ATS APPLE TERMINAL SERVICES ATS AUTOMATED TELEMETRY SYSTEM ATS AUTOMATIC TEST SYSTEM ATT-IS AT&T INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUI ATTACHMENT UNIT INTERFACE AUTOPIC AUTOMATIC PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CODE A/UX UNIX FOR THE MACINTOSH COMPUTER AVC AUDIO/VISUAL CONNECTION AVC ADVANCED VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION AVCS ADVANCED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AVD ALTERNATE VOICE/DATA AVE AUTOMATIC VOLUME EXPANSION AVI ADVANCED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION AVL ADVANCED VEHICLE LOCATION AVL TREE ADEL'SON AWE ADVANCED WORKSTATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE (E.F.HUTTON) AX AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AZERTY (THE EUROPEAN REPRESENTATION OF "QUERTY" KEYBOARD)

B B BLANK B BLOCK B BINARY B BIT B-O BINARY TO OCTAL

B-TREE BALANCED MULTIWAY SEARCH TREE BA BINARY ADD BAC BINARY ASYMMETRICAL CHANNEL BACE BASIC AUTOMATIC CHECKOUT EQUIPMENT BADC BINARY ASYMMETRIC DEPENDENT CHANNEL BAK BINARY ADAPTATION KIT BAL BASIC ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE BALGOL BURROUGHS ALEGBRAIC COMPILER BAM BASIC ACCESS METHOD BAMP BUILD ADA MAIN PROGRAM BAP BAND AMPLITUDE PRODUCT BAP BASIC ASSEMBLY PROGRAM BAR BUFFER ADDRESS REGISTER .BAS BASIC (FILE EXTENSION) BASE BANK AMERICA SYSTEMS ENGINEERING BASIC BEGINNERS ALL PURPOSE SYMBOLIC INSTRUCTION CODE BASIC BANK AUTOMATED SERVICE INFORMATION CENTER BASIC BASIC AUTOMATIC STORED INSTRUCTION COMPUTER BASIS BURROUGHS APPLIED STATISTICAL INQUIRY SYSTEM BASIS BANK AUTOMATED SERVICE INFORMATION SYSTEM .BAT BATCH FILE (FILE EXTENSION) BBD BUCKET BRIGADE DEVICE BBM BREAK BEFORE MAKE BBS BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM BC BINARY CODE

BC BROADCAST CONTROL BCC BLOCK CHECK CHARACTER BCD BINARY CODED DECIMAL BCDIC BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE BCFSK BINARY CODED FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING BCH BINARY CODED HOLLERITH BCH BOSE-CHANDHURI-HOCQUENGHEM CODE BCI BINARY CODED INFORMATION BCI BROADCAST INTERFERENCE BCM BASIC CONTROL MONITOR BCO BINARY CODED OCTAL BCOM BURROUGHS COMPUTER OUTPUT TO MICROFILM BCP BYTE CONTROL PROTOCOL BCPL BASIS COMBINED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE BCPL BOOTSTRAP COMBINED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE BCRT BRIGHT CATHODE RAY TUBE BCS BUSINESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (IBM) BCU BINARY COUNTING UNIT BCW BUFFER CONTROL WARD BD BINARY DECODER BD BINARY DIVIDE BD BINARY TO DECIMAL BDAM BASIC DIRECT ACCESS METHOD (IBM) BDC BINARY DECIMAL COUNTER BDD BINARY TO DECIMAL DECODER

BDES BATCH DATA EXCHANGE SERVICES (IBM) BDH BEARING BDLC BUROUGHS DATA LINK CONTROL BDN BELL DATA NETWORK BDOS BASIC DISK OPERATING SYSTEM BDP BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING BDU BASIC DISPLAY UNIT BE BAND ELIMINATION BEAM BURROUGHS ELECTRONIC ACCOUNTING MACHINE BEAMOS BEAM ACCESSED METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR BEE BUSINESS EFFICIENCY EXHIBITION BEEF BUSINESS AND ENGINEERING ENRICHED FORTRAN BER BINARY ERROR RATE BER BIT ERROR RATE BERM BINARY ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP MODEL BERT BIT ERROR RATE TEST BEST BUSINESS EDP SYSTEMS TECHNIQUE BEST BUSINESS ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS TECHNIQUE BEST BUSINESS EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE TECHNIQUES BEX BROADSIDE EXCHANGE BFD BASIC FILE DIRECTORY BFG BEAT-FREQUENCY GENERATOR BFO BEAT-FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR BFS BASIC FILE SYSTEM BH BINARY TO HEXIDECIMAL

BI BATCH INTERACTIVE (IBM) BI BLANKING INPUT BICARSA BILLING BICEPS BIO INFORMATICS COLLABORATIVE EUROPEAN PROGRAM AND STRATEGY BICS BURROUGHS INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM BIDEC BINARY TO DECIMAL CONVERTER BILDSCHIRMTEX (THE BUNDESPOST VIDEO TEXT SERVICE - GERMANY) BIM BEGINNING-OF-INFORMATION MARKER BIMS BUSINESS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BINAC BINARY AUTOMATIC COMPUTER BINAC BINARY NORTHROP AUTOMATIC COMPUTER BIOS BASIC INPUT-OUTPUT SYSTEM BIPCO BUILT-IN-PLACE COMPONENTS BIPED BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR THE DISABLED BIRS BASIC INDEXING AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM BISAM BASIC INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD BISINC BINARY SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS BIT BUSINESS INFORMATION TERMINAL BIT BINARY DIGIT BIT BUILT-IN TEST BIT/SEC BINARY DIGITS PER SECOND BITN BILATERAL ITERATIVE NETWORK BIVAR BIVARIANT FUNCTION GENERATOR BIX BINARY INFORMATION EXCHANGE

BJF BATCH JOB FOREGROUND BJM BETWEEN JOB MONITOR BKSP BACKSPACE BL BLANK BL BLANKING BLADE BASIC LEVEL AUTOMATION OF DATA THROUGH ELECTRONICS BLADES BELL LABORATORIES AUTOMATIC DESIGN SYSTEM BLAISE BRITISH LIBRARY AUTOMATED INFORMATION SERVICE BLERT BLOCK ERROR RATE TEST BLF BUBBLE LATTICE FILE BLIS BELL LABORATORIES INTERPRETIVE SYSTEM BLK BLOCK BLKSZE BLOCK SIZE BLNK BLANK BLOPS BILLION FLOATING POINT INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND BLT BASIC LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR BLU BASIC LINK UNIT BLU BASIC LOGIC UNIT BM BUFFER MODULE BMAS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM BMD BIOMEDICAL BMEWS BALLISTIC MISSILE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM BMIC BUS MASTER INTERFACE CHIP BMP BATCH MESSAGE PROCESSING REGION (IBM) BMS BASIC MAPPING SUPPORT

BN BINARY NUMBER BNA BOEING NETWORK ARCHITECTURE BNA BURROUGHS NETWORK ARCHITECTURE BNC BAYONET NUT COUPLING BNG BRANCH NO GROUP BNS BINARY NUMBER SYSTEM BO BEAT OSCILLATOR BOI BRANCH OUTPUT INTERRUPT BOLD BIBLIOGRAPHIC ON-LINE DISPLAY BOM BASIC OPERATING MONITOR BOMP BILL OF MATERIALS PROCESSOR BOP BINARY OUTPUT PROGRAM BOP BINARY ORIENTED PROTOCOL BORAM BLOCK ORIENTED RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY BOS BACKGROUND OPERATING SYSTEM BOS BASIC OPERATING SYSTEM BOSS BUSINESS ORIENTED SOFTWARE SYSTEM BOT BEGINNING OF TAPE BP BANDPASS BPAM BASIC PARTITIONED ACCESS METHOD (IBM) BPCS BUSINESS PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM BPE BASIC PROGRAMMING EXTENSIONS BPF BANDPASS FILTER BPI BITS PER INCH BPI BYTES PER INCH

BPM BATCH PROCESSING MONITOR BPO BRITISH POST OFFICE (BRITISH TELEPHONE SYSTEM BPS BASIC PROGRAMMING SYSTEM BPS BITS PER SECOND BPSK BINARY PHASE-SHIFT KEYING BPT BISYNCH PASS-THROUGH BR BREAK REQUEST BRADS BUSINESS REPORT APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (IBM) BRC BRANCH CONDITIONAL BRD BINARY READ BRIL BRILLIANCE RATE MULTIPLIER BRS BREAK REQUEST SIGNAL BRU BRANCH UNCONDITIONAL BS BINARY SUBTRACE BS BRANCH STANDARD BS BUSINESS SYSTEM BS12 BUSINESS SYSTEM 12 BSAM BASIC SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD BSC BINARY SYMMETRIC CHANNEL BSC BINARY SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION BSCN BIT SCAN BSD BERKELEY SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION BSDC BINARY SYMMETRIC DEPENDENT CHANNEL BSE BASIC SERVICE ELEMENT BSN BACK-END STORAGE NETWORK

BSOD BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH BSP BURROUGHS SCIENTIFIC PROCESSOR BSP BUSINESS SYSTEMS PLANNING BST BEAM SWITCHING TUBE BSY BUSY BTAM BASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS METHOD (IBM) BTAM BASIC TERMINAL ACCESS METHOD BTD BINARY TO DECIMAL BTD BIJZONDER TELLENDE DIENSTEN (A DUTCH ACCOUNTING NETWORK) BTDL BASIC TRANSIENT DIODE LOGIC BTEQ BASIC TERADATA QUERY BTL BEGINNING TAPE LABEL BTS BATCH TERMINAL SIMULATOR (IMS) BTS BURSTER-TRIMMER-STACKER BTSP BOOTSTRAP BTSS BASIC TIME SHARING SYSTEM BTST BUSY TONE START LEAD BTU BASIC TRANSMISSION UNIT BTU BRITISH THERMAL UNIT BUF BUFFER BUIC BACK UP INTERCEPTOR CONTROL BW BANDWIDTH BWR BANDWIDTH RATIO BYP BYPASS CHARACTER

C C (A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE) C CENTIGRADE C CELCIUS C CHARACTER C COMPUTE C COMPUTER C CONTROL C&A COMPUTERS & AUTOMATION C&C COMMAND AND CONTROL C&SM COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT C&SM COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT C/M COMMUNICATION MULTIPLEXER C/N CARRIER TO NOISE CA COMPUTERS AND AUTOMATION CA COMPUTER AIDED CA COMPUTER ASSISTED CAA COMPUTER-AIDED ACCOUNTING CAAL COMPUTER-AIDED ADULT LEARNING CACAM COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY CACS COMPUTER ASSISTED COLLECTION SYSTEM CAD COMPUTER ACCESS DEVICE CAD COMPUTER-APPLICATIONS DIGEST

CAD COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN CADAM COMPUTER-GRAPHICS AUGMENTED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (IBM) CADAR COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN CADD COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN DRAFTING CADEP COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL TRANSISTOR CADET COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL TRANSLATOR CADETS CLASSROOM-AIDED DYNAMIC EDUCATIONAL TIME-SHARING SYSTEM CADIC COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CADMAC COMPUTER-AIDED DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM CADSS COMBINED ANALOG-DIGITAL SYSTEMS SIMULATOR CAE COMPUTER-AIDED EDUCATION CAE COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING CAE COMMON APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT CAF COMMUNICATIONS ALERTING FACILITY CAFE COMPUTER-AIDED FILM EDITOR CAFS CONTENT ADDRESSABLE FILE STORE CAI COMPUTER-AIDED INSTRUCTION CAIS COMMON ADA INTERFACE STANDARD CAL COMPUTER-AIDED LEARNING CAL CONVERSATIONAL ALGEBRAIC LANGUAGE CALR COMPUTER-AIDED LEGAL RESEARCH CALS COMPUTER AIDED ACQUISITION AND LOGISTICS SUPPORT

CAM CENTRAL ACCESS MEMORY CAM COMPUTER-AIDED MAKEUP CAM CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY CAM COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING CAMA CENTRALIZED AUTOMATIC MESSAGE ACCOUNTING CAMAC COMPUTER AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL CAMP COMPUTER-AIDED MASK PREPARATION CAN COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE NEWS CANTRAN CANCEL TRANSMISSION CAP COMPLIMENTARY APPLICATION PROGRAM CAP COMPUTER-AIDED PRODUCTION CAP COMPUTER-AIDED PURCHASING CAP COMPUTER-AIDED PUBLISHING CAPS COGENT ADVANCES PLATFORM SYSTEM (YOUNG CO.) CAPS COMPUGRAPHIC AUTOMATED PUBLISHING SYSTEM CAPTAIN CHARACTER AND PATTERN TELEPHONE ACCESS INFORMATION NETWORK (JAPAN) CAR CHECK AUTHORIZATION RECORD CAR COMPUTER-AIDED SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL CARAM CONTENT ADDRESSABLE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY CARE COMPUTER AIDED RELIABILITY ESTIMATION CARLOS COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE FOR LAYERED OPEN SYSTEMS CARR CARRIER CAS COMPUTER ASSISTED SYSTEM

CAS COMPUTERIZED AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM CAS COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATION SPECIFIC (INTEL CORP.) CASE COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CASE COMPUTER AIDED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CASL CROSSTALK APPLICATIONS SCRIPT LANGUAGE (DEC) CASM COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT (IBM) CASS COMMON ADDRESS SPACE SECTION CAT COMPILE AND TEST CAT COMPUTER-AIDED TEACHING CAT COMPUTER-AIDED TESTING CAT COMPUTER-AIDED THINKING CAT COMPUTER-AIDED TOMOGRAPHY CAT COMPUTER-AIDED TRANSCRIPTION CATI COMPUTER ASSISTED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWING CATNYP CATALOG OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY CATS COMPUTER-AIDED TRAINING SYSTEM CATT CONTROLLED AVALANCHE TRANSIT TIME CATV CABLE TELEVISION (AKA "COMMUNITY ANTENNA TV") CAUSE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SYSTEM EXCHANGE CAV COMPUTER-AIDED VIDEO CAV CONSTANT ANGULAR VELOCITY CAW CHANNEL ADDRESS WORD CAX COMMUNITY AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE CBBS COMPUTERIZED BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM CBC CIPHER BLOCK CHAINING

CBCT CUSTOMER-BANK COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL CBE COMPUTER-BASED EDUCATION CBG COLOR BUSINESS GRAPHICS CBI COMPOUND BATCH IDENTIFICATION CBI COMPUTER BASED INSTRUCTION CBIPO CUSTOM-BUILT INSTALLATION PROCESS OFFERING CBMS COMPUTER BASED MESSAGE SYSTEM CBMS COMPUTER BASED MAIL SYSTEM CBT COMPUTER BASED TERMINAL CBT COMPUTER BASED TRAINING CBX COMPUTERIZED PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE CC CARD COLUMN CC CARRIAGE CONTROL CC CENTRAL COMPUTER CC CLOSED CIRCUIT CC CONDITION CODE CC CONTROL LANGUAGE CCA COMMON COMMUNICATIONS ADAPTER CCB CHANNEL CONTROL BLOCK CCC CHANGE CONFIGURATION CONTROL CCD CHARGED COUPLED DEVICE CCD COMPLEMENTARY CODED DECIMAL CCDN CORPORATE CONSOLIDATED DATA NETWORK CCF COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL FIELD CCF CONTROLLER COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY

CCH CHANNEL-CHECK HANDLER CCHS CYLINDER-CYLINDER-HEAD-SECTOR CCIS COMMON CHANNEL INTEROFFICE SIGNALING CCL COMMON CARRIER LINE CCL COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL LANGUAGE CCLP COMMON CARRIER LINE POOL CCM COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL MODE CCP CERTIFIED COMPUTER PROGRAMMER CCP CHARACTER CONTROLLED PROTOCOL CCP CHARACTER COUNT PROTOCOL CCPT CONTROLLER CREATION PARAMETER TABLE CCR CENTRAL CONTROL ROOM CCS COMMON COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT CCS CONTINUOUS COMMERCIAL SYSTEM CCS CONTINUOUS COMMERCIAL SERVICE CCS CONVERSATIONAL COMPILING SYSTEM CCS CONTINUOUS COMPOSIT SERVO CCSA COMMON CONTROL SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT CCT CIRCUIT CCT CUSTOM COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CCU CENTRAL CONTROL UNIT CCU COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL UNIT CCW CHANNEL COMMAND WORD (IBM) CCW COUNTER-CLOCKWISE CD CARD

CD COMPACT DISK CD-I COMPACT DISC INTERACTIVE CD-RTOS COMPACT DISK REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM CD/ROM COMPACT DISK READ ONLY MEMORY CD/WORM COMPACT DISK / WRITE ONCE CDA COMPOUND DOCUMENT ARCHITECTURE CDC CODE DIRECTING CHARACTER CDCCP CONTROL DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL PROCEDURE CDCE CENTRAL DATA CONVERSION EQUIPMENT CDD COMMON DATA DICTIONARY CD-DA COMPACT DISK-DIGITAL AUDIO CDE CERTIFICATE IN DATA EDUCATION CDE CERTIFIED DATA EDUCATOR CDE COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT CDF COMMUNICATIONS DATA FIELD CDH COMMAND AND DATA HANDLING CDI COLLECTOR DIFFUSED ISOLATION CDK CHANNEL DATA CHECK CDL COMPUTER DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE CDL COMPUTER DESIGN LANGUAGE CD-MO COMPACT DISK-MAGNETO OPTICAL CDMA CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS CDMS CRYSTAL DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CDOS CONCURRENT DISK OPERATING SYSTEM CDP CERTIFICATE IN DATA PROCESSING

CDP CERTIFIED DATA PROCESSOR CDP CHECKOUT DATA PROCESSOR CDP COMMUNICATION DATA PROCESSOR CDR CALL DETAIL RECORDING CD-R COMPACT DISK RECORDABLE CD ROM COMPACT DISK READ ONLY MEMORY CD ROM/XA COMPACT DISK READ ONLY MEMORY EXTENDED RCHITECTURE CDRM CROSS-DOMAIN RESOURCE MANAGER CDS CENTRALIZED DATA SYSTEM CDT CONTROL DATA TERMINAL CDTS CENTRALIZED DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM CDTV COMPACT DISK TELEVISION SYSTEM (COMMODORE) CDU CENTRAL DISPLAY UNIT CDU COOLANT DISTRIBUTION UNIT CDV COMPACT DISK VIDEO CD-WO COMPACT DISK-WRITE ONCE CE CHANNEL END CE COMPUTER ENGINEER CE CUSTOMER ENGINEER CECP COUNTY EXTENDED CODE PAGE CEGL CAUSE-EFFECT GRAPH LANGUAGE CEI COMPARABLY EFFICIENT INTERCONNECTOR CEI COMPUTER EXTENDED INSTRUCTION CEI/ONA COMPARABLY EFFICIENT INTERCONNECTION/OPEN

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CEO COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRONIC OFFICE CEO COMPUTER ENHANCEMENT OPTION CEP CIRCULAR ERROR PROBABILITY CEP CORPORATE ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING CEPA CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS CEPS CIPS (CENTRAL INTEGRATED TEST SYSTEM) EXPERT PARAMETER SYSTEM CEPS CORPORATE ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING SHOW CERT COMPUTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CESD COMPOSIT EXTERNAL SYMBOL DICTIONARY CETI CONTINUOUSLY EXECUTING TRANSFER INTERFACE CF CENTRAL FILE CF CERTAINTY FACTOR CF CONVERSION FACTOR CF COUNT FORWARD CF KEY COMMAND FUNCTION KEY CFB CIPHER FEEDBACK CFD COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CFIA COMPONENT FAILURE IMPACT ANALYSIS CFO CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CFP CREATION FACILITIES PROGRAM CFR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE RATE CFS CONTINUOUS FORMS STACKER

CFU CREATE FUNCTION UNIT CG CHANNEL GRANT CG COMPUTER GRAPHICS CG-HI CHANNEL GRANT HIGH CG-LO CURRENT GROUP LOW CGA COLOR GRAPHICS ADAPTER CGI CURRENT GROUP INDICATOR CGI COLOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING CGI COMPUTER GRAPHICS INTERFACE CGM COMPUTER GRAPHICS METAFILE CGU CHARACTER GENERATION UTILITY CHAIN COMPUTERIZED HEAD-END ACCESS INFORMATION NETWORK CHAMP COMPUTER HARDWARE ACQUISITION AND MODERNIZATION PROGRAM (USDA) CHAR CHARACTER CHDL COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE CHIL CURRENT HOGGING INJECTION LOGIC CHIPS CLEARING HOUSE INTER-PAYMENTS SYSTEM CHK CHECK CHKDSK CHECK DISK (DOS COMMAND) CHMOS COMPLEMENTARY HIGH PERFORMANCE METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR CI CALL INDICATOR CI CIRCUIT INTERRUPTOR CI CONTROL INTERVAL

CIA COMPUTER INTERFACE ADAPTOR CICP CUSTOMER INTERRUPT CONTROL PROGRAM CICS CUSTOMER INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM (IBM) CICS SPM CICS SOURCE PROGRAM MAINTENANCE ONLINE CICS/ISC CUSTOMER INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM/INTERSYSTEMS COMMUNICATIONS CICS/OLTD CUSTOMER INFO. CONTROL SYSTEM/ONLINE TEST/DEBUG CICSPARS CICS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEM CID COMMUNICATIONS IDENTIFIER CIDA CHANNEL INDIRECT DATA ADDRESSING CIDF CONTROL INFORMATION DEFINITION FIELD CIDR CLASSLESS INTER-DOMAIN ROUTING CIE CHIEF INFORMATION ENGINEER CIF CENTRAL INDEX FILE CIF CENTRAL INTEGRATION FACILITY CIG COMPUTER IMAGE GENERATION CIM COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING CIM COMPUTER INPUT FROM MICROFILM CIM CRITICAL INDEX MANAGEMENT CINDI CENTRAL INFORMATION DISPATCH CIO CENTRAL INPUT/OUTPUT MULTIPLEXER CIO CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER CIPREC CONVERSATIONAL & INTERACTIVE PROJECT EVALUATION AND CONTROL CIR CIRCUIT

CIR COMMITTED INFORMATION RATE CIRC CROSS-INTERLEAVED REED-SOLOMON CODE CIS COMPUTER INFORMATION SERVICE CISC COMPLEX INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER CIS-COBOL COMPACT INTERACTIVE STANDARD FOR COBOL CIT CALL IN TIME CIT COMPUTER INTEGRATED TELEPHONY CITS CENTRAL INTEGRATED TEST SYSTEM CIU COMPUTER INTERFACE UNIT CIU CABLE INTERFACE UNIT CK CHECK CKD COUNT KEY DEVICE CL CONTROL LANGUAGE CL CONVERSION LOSS CLA COMMUNICATION LINE ADAPTERS CLASIX COMPUTER/LASER ACCESS SYSTEMS FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE CLASS CONSULAR LOOKOUT AND SUPPORT SYSTEM (US DEPT. OF STATE) CLASS CUSTOM LOCAL AREA SIGNAL SERVICE CLAT COMMUNICATION LINE ADAPTERS FOR TELETYPEWRITERS CLCS CURRENT LOGIC CLD CALLED LINE CLG CALLING LINE CLIP COMPILER LANGUAGE FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING

CLNP CONNECTIONLESS NETWORK PROTOCOL CLR COMPUTER LANGUAGE RECORDED CLS COMPUTERIZED LITIGATION SUPPORT CLS COMPUTER LETTER SERVICE CLSR COMPUTER LAW SERVICE REPORTER CLT COMPUTER LINE TERMINAL CLT COMPUTER LANGUAGE TRANSLATED CLU CENTRAL LOGIC UNIT CM COMPUTER MODULE CM COMMUNICATION MULTIPLEXER CM CONTROL MARK CM COMMUNICATION CMAP COMMAND MONITOR/ANALYSIS PACKAGE CMC COMMUNICATING MAG CARD CMCT COMMUNICATE CMD COMMAND CMF CROSS MODULATION FACTOR CMI COMPUTER-MANAGED INSTRUCTION CMIP COMMON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION PROTOCOL CMIS COMMON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICES CML CURRENT MODE LOGIC CMMRR COMMAND MODE REJECTION RATIO CMMS COMPUTERIZED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CMOL CMIP OVER LOGICAL LINK CONTROL CMOS COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

CMOT COMMON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION PROTOCOL OVER TCP/IP CMP COMPUTATIONAL CMP COOPERATIVE MARKETING PROGRAM CMPLX COMPLEX CMPTR COMPUTER CMR COMMON MODE REJECTION CMR COMMUNCATIONS MOON RELAY CMS CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGN CMS CONVERSATIONAL MONITOR SYSTEM (IBM) CMS COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT SERIES CMV COMMON MODE VOLTAGE CMYB CYAN-MAGENTA-YELLOW-BLACK CNC COMPUTERIZED NUMERIC CONTROL CNF CONJUNCTIVE NORMAL FORM CNI COMMUNICATIONS NAVIGATION-IDENTIFICATION CNL CIRCUIT NET LOSS CNM COMMUNICATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT (IBM) CNMA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOR MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS CNS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SERVICES CNTRL CONTROL CO LAN CENTRAL OFFICE LOCAL AREA NETWORK CO/NO CURRENT OPERATOR-NEXT OPERATOR COAP CERTIFIED OFFICE AUTOMATION PROFESSIONAL

COAX COAXIAL CABLE COB COMPLEMENTARY OFFSET BINARY COBIS COMPUTER BASED INSTRUCTION SYSTEM COBIT CENTRAL OFFICE BASED INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT COBOL COMMON BUSINESS ORIENTED LANGUAGE COC CODED OPTICAL CHARACTER CODEC CODER-DECODER CODIC COMPUTER-DIRECTED COMMUNICATIONS COED COMPUTER OPERATED ELECTRONICS DISPLAY COEP CUSTOMER ORIGINATED ELECTRONIC PAYMENT COGO COORDINATE GEOMETRY COGS COST OF GOODS SOLD COHO COHERENT OSCILLATOR COIN COMPLETE OPERATING INFORMATION COL COMPUTER ORIENTED LANGUAGE COLT COMMUNICATIONS LINE TERMINATOR COLT COMPUTER LINKED TEXT COLT COMPUTERIZED ON-LINE TESTING .COM COMMAND FILE (FILE EXTENSION) COM COMPUTER OUTPUT ON MICROFILM COMAL COMMON ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGE COML COMMERCIAL LANGUAGE COMM COMMUNICATION COMMCEN COMMUNICATIONS CENTER COMSAT COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE

COMSEC COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CON CONTROL CONS CARRIER OPERATED NOISE SUPPRESSION CONS CONSOLE CONSORT CONVERSATIONAL SYSTEM WITH ON-LINE REMOTE TERMINALS CONST CONSTANT CONT CONTINUE CONT CONTINUOUS COP COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE COP COMPUTER OPTIMIZATION PACKAGE COPE COMMUNICATIONS ORIENTED PROCESSING EQUIPMENT COPICS COMMUNICATIONS ORIENTED PRODUCTION & INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM COR CORRECT CORBA COMMON OBJECT BROKER ARCHITECTURE CORR CORRESPONDENCE COS CALL ORIGINATE STATUS COS CRAY OPERATING SYSTEM COSMIC COMPUTER SOFTWARE MANAGMENT AND INFORMATION CENTER COSMON COMPONENT OPEN/SHORT MONITOR COST COOPERATION SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE CP CARD PUNCH CP CENTRAL PROCESSOR

CP CLOCK PHASE CP COLOR PRINTER CP COMPUTER CP CONTROL PANEL CP CONTROL POINT CP CONTROL PROGRAM CP COPY PROTECTED CP/EM CP/M EMULATOR CP/M CONTROL PROGRAM FOR MICROPROCESSORS CPC CARD PROGRAMMED CALCULATOR CPC CERAMIC-WAFER PRINTED CIRCUIT CPC COMPACT PERSONAL COMPUTER CPC COMPUTER POWER CENTER CPC COMPUTER PROCESS CONTROL CPC COMPUTER PROGRAM COMPONENT CPD CARDS PER DAY CPD CONSOLIDATED PROGRAMMING DOCUMENT CPDD COMMAND POST DIGITAL DISPLAY CPDS COMPUTER PROGRAM DESIGN SPECIFICATION CPE CENTRAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT CPE CENTRAL PROGRAMMER AND EVALUATOR CPE CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT CPF COMPUTER PROGRAM FACILITY (IBM) CPF CONTROL PROGRAM FACILITY CPFF COST PLUS FIXED FEE

CPH CHARACTERS PER HOUR CPI CHARACTER PER INCH CPI COMPUTER-TO-PBX INTERFACE CPI COMMON PROGRAMMING INTERFACE CPIF COST PLUS INCENTIVE FEE CPIP CONTROL PROTOCOL / INTERNET PROTOCOL CPL COMBINED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE CPL COMPUTER PROGRAM LIBRARY CPL CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE CPL COOPERATIVE PROCESSING LANGUAGE CPLD COUPLED CPLMT COMPLEMENT CPM CARDS PER MINUTE CPM CONTROL PROGRAM MONITOR CPM COPIES PER MINUTE CPM CRITICAL PATH METHOD CPNI CUSTOMER PROPRIETARY NETWORK INFORMATION CPO CODE PRACTICE OSCILLATOR CPODA CONTENTION PRIORITY-ORIENTED DEMAND ASSIGNMENT CPOL COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE-ORIENTED LANGUAGE CPP CARD PUNCHING PRINTER CPR CAM PLATE READOUT CPS CENTRAL PROCESSING SYSTEM CPS CHARACTERS PER SECOND CPS COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR SYSTEM

CPS COMPUTER POWER SYSTEM CPS CONVERSATIONAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (IBM) CPS CYCLES PER SECOND CPS CLUSTERED PRINTER SHARER CPSS COMMON PROGRAMMING SUPPORT SYSTEM CPT CRITICAL PATH TECHNIQUE CPTA COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND TESTING ACTIVITY CPTY CAPACITY CPU CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CPX CAPACITY PLANNING EXTENDED CPY COPY CQCF CICS QUEUE COMMAND FACILITY CQMS CIRCUIT QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM CQT CORRECT CR CALL REQUEST CR CARD READER CR CARRIAGE RETURN CR COMMAND REGISTER CR CONTROL RELAY CR CONTROL REVERSE CR COUNT REVERSE CR CREDIT CRAM CARD RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY CRC CARRIAGE RETURN CONTACT CRC CYCLIC REDUNDANCY CHECK

CRF CONTROL RELAY FORWARD CRFTR CARRIER FREQUENCY TELEPHONE REPEATER CRJE CONVERSATIONAL REMOTE JOB ENTRY CRM CENTRAL RECOVERY MODULE CRMR CONTINUOUS-READING METER RELAY CRO CATHODE-RAY OSCILLOGRAPH CROM CONTROL READ ONLY MEMORY CRP CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS PLANNING CRTU COMBINED RECIEVING AND TRANSMITTING UNIT CRYPTO CRYPTOGRAH CRYPTO CRYPTOGRAPHY CRYPTONET CRYPTO-COMMUNICATION NETWORK CS CHECK SORTER CS CHANNEL STATUS CS CYCLES SHIFT CS CHIP SELECT CS COMPUTER SCIENCE CS CONTROL SET CS CONTROL SIGNAL CS CONTROLLED SIGNAL CS CUSTOMER SERVICE CSA COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST CSA COMMON SERVICES AREA CSB COMPLEMENTARY STRAIGHT BINARY C/SCSS COST/SCHEDULE CONTROL SYSTEMS CRITERIA

CSD CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE CSDC CIRCUIT SWITCHED DIGITAL CAPABILITY CSDS CIRCUIT-SWITCHED DIGITAL SERVICES CSE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CSE CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CSECT CONTROL SECTION CSF CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR CSFT CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR TEAM CSL COMPUTER SENSITIVE LANGUAGE CSM CONTINUOUS SHEET MEMORY CSMA/CD CARRIER-SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS COLLISION DETECTION CSMP CONTINUOUS SYSTEM MODELING PROGRAM CSO CHAINED SEQUENTIAL OPERATION CSP CROSS-SYSTEM PRODUCT (IBM) CSP CERTIFIED SYSTEMS PROFESSIONAL CSP COMMERCIAL SUBROUTINE PACKAGE CSP/AD CROSS-SYSTEM PRODUCT/APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT CSP/AE CROSS-SYSTEM PRODUCT/APPLICATION EXECUTION CSP/Q CROSS-SYSTEM PRODUCT/QUERY CSSB COMPATIBLE SINGLE SIDEBAND CSSI COMPUTER SOFTWARE SERVICES INDUSTRY CSSL CONTINUOUS SYSTEM SIMULATION LANGUAGE CST CHANNEL STATUS TABLE CSTU CURRENTLY SIGNED-ON TERMINAL USER CSW CHANNEL STATUS WORD

CT COUNTER CT COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY CT CURRENT TRANSFORMER CT COUNT CT CHANNEL TERMINATOR CT/ST CASSETTE TAPE/SELECTRIC TYPEWRITER CTA CHANNEL AND TRAFFIC CONTROL AGENCY CTAK CIPHER TEXT AUTO KEY CTC CHANNEL-TO-CHANNEL CTC COUNTER TIMER CIRCUIT CTCA CHANNEL-TO-CHANNEL ADAPTER CTPA COAX TO TWISTED PAIR ADAPTER CTI COMPUTER-TELEPHONE INTEGRATION CTR CONFORMANCE TEST REPORT CTRL CONTROL CTS CELLULAR TELEPHONE SERVICE CTS CLEAR TO SEND CTSS COMPATIBLE TIME-SHARING SYSTEM CU CONTROL UNIT CUA COMMON USER ACCESS CUCB CONTROL UNIT CONTROL BLOCKS CUG CLOSED USER GROUP CUMREC COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY MACHINE RECORD CONFERENCE CUSP COMMON USER PROGRAM CUT CONTROL UNIT TERMINAL

CUT CONTROL UNIT TERMINAL CUTS CASSETTE USER TAPE SYSTEM CV CONSTANT VOLTAGE CVO COMMERCIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS CVSD CONTINOUS VARIABLE SLOPE DELTA MODULATION CVT CONSTANT VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER CW CONTROL WORD CWP COMMUNICATING WORD PROCESSORS CX CHARACTER TRANSMISSION CXI COMMON X INTERFACE CYBERNET (NETWORK OF CONTROL DATA CORPORATION) CiiHB Cii-HONEYWELL-BULL (FRANCE) CrO2 CROMIUM DIOXIDE MAGNETIC TAPE

D D DECIMAL D DENSITY D DIGIT D DIGITAL D DISPLAY D DOUBLEWORD D DRUM D&S DISPLAY & STORAGE D-F DIRECT FLOW D-MESFET DEPLETION METAL SEMICONDUCTOR

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR D/R DIRECT OR REVERSE D/T DISK/TAPE DA DATA ADMINISTRATION DA DATA AVAILABLE DA DATA ACQUISITION DA DISCRETE ADDRESS DA DISTRIBUTION AMENDMENT (IBM) DA DATA AUTOMATION DA DECIMAL ADD DA DIRECT ANSWER DA DATA ADMINISTRATOR DAA DATA AUTHENTICATION ALGORITHM DAA DATA ACCESS ARRANGEMENT DAC DATA ACQUISITION AND CONTROL DAC DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER DACC DIRECT ACCESS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL DACS DIGITAL ACCESS CROSS-CONNECT SYSTEM DACU DEVICE ATTACHMENT CONTROL UNIT (IBM) DAD DEVICE ACTION DIAGRAM DADS DIGITALLY ASSISTED DISPATCHING SYSTEM DAL DATA ACCESS LANGUAGE (APPLE) DAL DATA ACCESS LINE DAM DIRECT ACCESS METHOD (DAM) DAMA DEMAND ASSIGNMENT MULTIPLE ACCESS

DAME DATA ACQUISITION AND MONITORING EQUIPMENT FOR COMPUTERS DAMPS DATA ACQUISITION MULTIPROGRAMMING SYSTEM DAP DATA ACCESS PROTOCOL DAP DISTRIBUTED ARRAY PROCESSOR DAPS DIRECT ACCESS PROGRAMMING SYSTEM DAR DIRECT ACCESS REGISTER DART DATA ANALYSIS RECORDING TAPE DART DAILY AUTOMATIC RESCHEDULING TECHNIQUE DAS DIGITAL ATTENUATOR SYSTEM DAS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM DAS DUAL ATTACHED STATION DASD DIRECT ACCESS STORAGE DEVICE DAT DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE DAT DYNAMIC ADDRESS TRANSLATION DATACOM DATA COMMUNICATIONS DATEL II (RCA'S GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS DATA SERVICE) DAV DATA AVAILABLE DAV DATA VALID DAVAR DEALER AUTHORIZED VALUE-ADDED RETAILER DAVE DATA ADDITION VERIFICATION AND EDITING DB DATA BASE DB DECIBLE DB/DC DATABASE/DATA COMMUNICATIONS DB2 DATABASE 2

DBA DATABASE ADMINISTRATION DBA DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR DBC DATABASE COMPUTER DBD DATABASE DESCRIPTION DBDA DATABASE DESIGN AIDS DBDC DATABASE/DATA COMMUNICATIONS DBM DATABASE MANGER DBM DATABASE MANAGEMENT DBMS DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DBP DATABASE PROCESSOR DBRC DATABASE RECOVERY CONTROL DBS DATABASE SERVICE DBS DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITE DBTG DATABASE TASK GROUP DC DIRECT CURRENT DC DEFINE CONSTANT DC DISC CONTROLLER DC DISPLAY CONSOLE DC DATA COMMUNICATIONS DC DATA CHANNEL DC DIRECTIONAL COUPLER DCA DIGITAL COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE DCA DOCUMENT CONTENT ARCHITECTURE DCAA DUAL-CALL AUTO-ANSWER DCB DEFINE CONTROL BLOCK

DCB DISK CO-PROCESSOR BOARD DCB DATA CONTROL BLOCK DCBD DEFINE CONTROL BLOCK DUMMY DCC DATA COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL DCC DISPLAY COMPUTER COMPLEX DCCU DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL UNIT DCD DATA CARRIER DETECT DCE DATA COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT DCE DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT DCF DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW DCF DOCUMENT CONTROL FACILITY (IBM) DCF DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS FACILTY DCF DOCUMENT COMPOSITION FACILITY DCI DATA COMMUNICATIONS INTERROGATION DCL DATA COMMUNICATIONS LINK DCM DISPLAY CONTROL MODULE (IBM) DCM DIRECTORY CONTROL MODULE DCM DATA COMMUNICATIONS MULTIPLEXER DCMS DATA CAPTURE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IBM) DCMT DOCUMENT DCMT DECREMENT DCN DATA CONTROL NETWORK DCO DIGITAL CENTRAL OFFICE DCO DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR DCP DATA COMMUNICATION PROCESSOR

DCP DATA COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR DCPS DIGITALLY CONTROLLED POWER SOURCE DCPS DIGITALLY CONTROLLED POWER SOURCE DCPS DIFFERENTIALLY COHERENT PHASE-SHIFT KEYING DCPSK DIFFERENTIALLY COHERENT PHASE-SHIFT KEYING DCR DATA CONVERSION RECIEVER DCS DATA CENTER SERVICES (IBM) DCS DIGITAL COMPOSITION SYSTEM DCS DIRECT COUPLED SYSTEM DCS DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DCS DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM DCTL DIRECT COUPLED TRANSISTOR LOGIC DCU DECIMAL COUNTING UNIT DCU DECADE COUNTING UNIT DCUTL DIRECT COUPLED UNIPOLAR TRANSISTOR LOGIC DCW DEFINE CONSTANT WITH WORDMARK DCW DATA CONTROL WORDS DCW DATA COMMUNICATION WRIT DCWV DIRECT CURRENT WORKING VOLTS DD DECIMAL DIVIDE DD DRUM DEMAND DD DATA DEFINITION DD DATA DIRECTORY DD DIGITAL DISPLAY DD DOUBLE DENSITY

DD/D DATA DICTIONARY DIRECTORY DDA DIGITAL DIFFERENIAL ANALYZER DDAS DIGITAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM DDBMS DISTRIBUTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DDC DIGITAL DATA CONVERTER DDC DIRECT DIGITAL COMPUTER DDC DATA DISTRIBUTION CENTER DDC DIGITAL DISPLAY CONVERTER DDCE DIGITAL DATA CONVERSION EQUIPMENT DDCMP DIGITAL DATA COMMUNICATIONS MESSAGE PROTOCOL (DEC) DDD DIRECT DISTANCE DIALING DDE DYNAMIC DATA EXCHANGE DDG DIGITAL DISPLAY GENERATOR DDL DATA DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE DDL DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE DDL DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE DDN DEFENSE DATA NETWORK DDP DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING DDP DIGITAL DATA PROCESSOR DDPS DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM DDRP DIAL DICTATION RELAY PANEL DDS DIGITAL DATA STORAGE DDS DIGITAL DISPLAY SCOPE DDS DIRECT DIAL SERVICE DDS DATAPHONE DIGITAL SERVICE (AT&T)

DDSA DERIVED-DESIGN STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES DDT DIGITAL DATA TRANSMITTER DDT DYNAMIC DEBUGGING TECHNIQUE DE DICTATION EQUIPMENT DE DISPLAY ELEMENT DE DECISION ELEMENT DE DEVICE END DE-ME-DRIVE DECODING MEMORY DRIVE DEC DECIMAL DEC DECISION DECIT DECIMAL DIGIT DECNET DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION NETWORK DECR DECREMENT DED DOUBLE ERROR DETECTION DED DATA ELEMENT DICTIONARY DED/D DATA ELEMENT DICTIONARY/DIRECTORY DEFT DYNAMIC ERROR/FREE TRANSMISSION DEL DELETE DEL DELAY DEM DEMODULATOR DEMF DISPLAY EXCEPTION MONITORING FACILITY (IBM) DEMO DEMONSTRATION DEMOD DEMODULATOR DENS DENSITY DEPSK DIFFERENTIAL-ENCODED PHASE SHIFT KEYING

DES DATA ENCRIPTION STANDARD DES DIFFERENTIAL EQUASION SOLVER DES DIGITAL EXPANSION SYSTEM DESNC DIGITAL ETHERNET SECURITY CONTROL DETAB DECISION TABLES DEU DATA EXCHANGE UNIT DF DESCRIBING FUNCTION DF DISSIPATION FACTOR DFA DIGITAL FLAW ANALYSIS DFC DIGITAL FILE CHECK DFCU DISK FILE CONTROL UNIT DFDS DATA FACILITY DEVICE SUPPORT (IBM) DFDSS DATA FACILITY DATA SET SERVICES DFEF DATA FACILITY EXTENDED FUNCTION DFG DISCRETE FREQUENCY GENERATOR DFG DIODE FUNCTION GENERATOR DFHSM DATA FACILITY HIERARCHIAL STORAGE MANAGER DFP DATA FACILITY PRODUCT (IBM) DFPE DATA FLOW PROCESSING ELEMENT DFR DOUBLE FREQUENCY RECORDING DFR DISK FILE READ DFSORT DATA FACILITY SORT DFSU DISK FILE STORAGE UNIT DFT DISK FAULT TOLLERANCE DFT DISTRIBUTED FUNCTION TERMINAL

DFT DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORM DFU DATA FILE UTILITY DFW DISK FILE WRITE DG DOUBLE GROOVE DG DIODE GATE DG DIFFERENTIAL GENERATOR DGIS DIRECT GRAPHICS INTERFACE STANDARD DGNL DIAGONAL DGS DATA GATHERING SYSTEM DGT DIGIT DHCP DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL DHE DATA HANDLING EQUIPMENT DI DATA INTERFACE DI DIGITAL INPUT DI DATA INPUT DIA DOCUMENT INTERCHANGE ARCHITECTURE DIAL DIRECT INFORMATION ACCESS LINE DIAL DISPLAY INTERACTIVE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE DIAL DATA FOR INTERCHANGE AT THE APPLICATION LEVEL DIAL DRUM INTERROGATION DIALOG (BUSINESS DIANE DIRECT ACCESS NETWORK EUROPE DIAS DYNAMIC INVENTORY ANALYSIS SYSTEM DIBOL DIGITAL INTEGRATED BUSINESS SYSTEM DIBS DIGITAL INTEGRATED BUSINESS SYSTEM

DIC DATA INPUT CHECK DICT DICTIONARY DID DIRECT INWARD DIALING DID DATAMATION INDUSTRY DIRECTORY DID DIGITAL INFORMATION DISPLAY DIDON DIFFUSION DE DONNES (FRENCH DATA BROADCASTING SYSTEM) DIF DATA INTERCHANGE FACILITY DIF DISPLAY INFORMATION FACILITY (IBM DIF DOCUMENT INTERCHANGE FORMAT DIGEX DISABLED INTEREST GROUP ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE DIGICOM DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DIGRM DIGIT/RECORD MARK DIGRMGM DIGIT/RECORD MARK GROUP/MARK DIIC DIELECTRICALLY ISOLATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIM DEVICE INTERFACE MODULE DIN DEUTSCHE INDUSTRIE NORM (GERMAN INDUSTRY STANDARD) DIOB DIGITAL INPUT/OUTPUT BUFFER DIOF DISPLAY INPUT/OUTPUT FACILITY (IBM) DIP DISPLAY INFORMATION PROCESSOR DIP DUAL-IN-LINE PACKAGE DIP DUAL-IN-LINE PIN DIS DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD (ISO) DISA DIRECT INWARD SYSTEM ACCESS DISAC DIGITAL SIMULATOR AND COMPUTER

DISCON DEFENSE INTEGRATED SECURE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK DISOS DISTRIBUTED OFFICE SUPPORT SYSTEM (IBM) DIT DIRECTORY INFORMATION TREE DITTO DATA INTERFILE TRANSFER DIV DIVIDER DIVA DIGITAL INPUT VOICE ANSWER-BACK DJIRS DOW JONES INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM DK DELAY LINE DL DIODE LOGIC DL DATA LINK DL/1 DATA LANGUAGE ONE DLC DATA LINK CONTROL DLC DIGITAL LOOP CARRIER DLC DUPLEX LINE CONTROL DLCC DATA LINK CONTROL CHIP DLCF DATA LINK CONTROL FIELD DLE DATA-LINE ESCAPE DLE DATA LINK ESCAPE DLF DOCUMENT LIBRARY FACILITY (IBM) .DLL DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARY (FILE EXTENSION) DLL DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARY DLO DATA LINK OCCUPIED DLS DEVICE LEVEL SELECTION DLT DATA LOOP TRANSCEIVER DLY DELAY

DLYD DELAYED DM DATA MODEL DM DATA MANAGER DM DATA MANAGEMENT DM DELTA MODULATION DMA DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS DMAS DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM (IBM) DMC DATAPRO MACINTOSH CONSULTANT DMC DIGITAL MICROCIRCUIT DME DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT DME DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT DME DIRECT MACHINE ENVIRONMENT DMED DIGITAL MESSAGE ENTRY DEVICE DMEP DATA NETWORK MODIFIED EMULATOR PROGRAM DMF DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT FACILITY DMF DIGITAL MATCHED FILTERS DMI DIGITAL MULTIPLEXED INTERFACE DML DATA MANIPULATION LANGUAGE DMM DIGITAL MULTI-METER DMOS DISCRETE METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DMPL DIGITAL MICROPROCESSOR PROCESSING LANGUAGE DMS DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DMS DISCRETE MEMORYLESS SOURCE DMS DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DMS II DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM II

DMSS DATA MULTIPLEX SUBSYSTEM DMUX DEMULTIPLEX DN DECIMAL NUMBER DNA DYNAMIC NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (NORTHERN TELECOM) DNA DIGITAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DNC DIRECT NUMERICAL CONTROL DNCS DISTRIBUTED NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM DNI DESKTOP NETWORK INTERFACE (CABLETRON) DO DIGITAL OUTPUT DO DEFENSE ORDER DO/IT DIGITAL OUTPUT/INPUT TRANSLATOR DOC DIRECT OPERATING COST DOC DOCUMENT DOC DATA OPTIMIZING COMPUTER DOCS DISK ORIENTED COMPUTER SYSTEM DOCS DISTRIBUTED OFFICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (IBM) DOCUS DISPLAY ORIENTED COMPUTER USAGE SYSTEM DOL DISPLAY ORIENTED LANGUAGE DOMSAT DOMESTIC SATELLITE SERVICE DONOACS DEPARTMENT OF NAVY OFFICE AUTOMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DOPIC DOCUMENT OF PROGRAMS IN CORE DOPS DIGITAL OPTICAL PROJECTION SYSTEM DOR DIGITAL OPTICAL RECORDING DORIS DIOGNOSTIC ORIENTED ROCKWELL INTELLIGENT SYSTEM

DORIS DIRECT ORDER RECORDING AND INVOICING SYSTEM DOS DIGITAL OPERATING SYSTEM DOS DISK OPERATING SYSTEM DOS/VS DISK OPERATING SYSTEM/VIRTUAL STORAGE (IBM) DOS/VSE DISK OPERATING SYSTEM/VIRTUAL STORAGE EXTENDED (IBM) DOSF DISTRIBUTED OFFICE SUPPORT FACILITY (IBM) DOV DATA OVER VOICE DOW JONES (R) (NETWORK OF DOW JONES AND COMPANY) DP DIAL PORT DP DIAL PULSING DP DIGIT PRESENT DP DISK PACK DP DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING DP DATA PROCESSING DP DRAFT PROPOSAL DPA DEMAND PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE DPC DIRECT PROGRAM CONTROL DPC DATA PROCESSING CENTER DPCM DATA PULSE CODE MODULATION DPCX DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING CONTROL EXECUTIVE (IBM) DPD DATA PROCESSING DIVISION DPD DATA PROCESSING DEPARTMENT DPDT DOUBLE-POLE DPE DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT DPEX DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING EXECUTIVE OPERATING SYSTEM

DPF DATA PROCESSING FACILITY DPG DATA PROCESSING GROUP DPG DIGITAL PATERN GENERATOR DPI DATA PROCESSING INSTALLATION DPI DOTS PER INCH DPM DIGITAL PATTERN METER DPM DOCUMENTS PER MINUTE DPM DATA PROCESSING MACHINE DPMS DATA PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DPNSS DIGITAL PRIVATE NETWORK SIGNALLING SYSTEM DPPX DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING PROGRAMMING EXECUTIVE (IBM) DPR DYNAMIC PATH RECONNECT DPR DITIGAL PRESENT DPS DATA PROCESSING SERVICE DPS DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM DPS DATA PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM DPS DISTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS SERVICES (IBM) DPS DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM DPSK DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING DPSS DATA PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM DPST DOUBLE-POLE DPU DATA PROCESSING UNIT DQC DATA QUALITY CONTROL DQDB DISTRIBUTED QUEUE DATA BASE DQM DATA QUALITY MONITORS

DR DATA RECORDER DR DIGITAL RESOLVER DR DATA REDUCTION DR DRIVE DR DRUM DRAM DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DRAW DIRECT READ AFTER WRITE DRC DATA REDUCTION COMPILER DRCS DYNAMICALLY REDEFINED CHARACTER SETS DRDA DISTRIBUTED RELATIONAL DATA ARCHITECTURE (IBM) DR&E DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING DRI DIGITAL REDUCTION INTERPRETER DRM DIGITAL RADIO METERS DRO DIGITAL READOUT DRO DESTRUCTIVE READOUT DROS DISK RESIDENT OPERATING SYSTEM DRS DATA RATE SELECTOR DRT DATA RECOVERY TESTER DRT DIODE RECOVERY TESTER DRV DATA RECOVERY VEHICLE DS DATA SCANNING DS DATA SET DS DECIMAL SUBTRACT DS DEFINE STORAGE DS DEFINE SYMBOL

DS DEVICE SELECTOR DS DISK STORAGE DS DRUM STORAGE DS DOUBLE SIDED DS DATA SYNCHRONIZATION DS/DD DOUBLE-SIDED DS/SD DOUBLE-SIDED DSA DEFINE SYMBOL ADDRESS DSA DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE DSAS DATA SET ANALYSIS SYSTEM DSB DOUBLE SIDEBAND DSC DATA STREAM COMPATABILITY (IBM) DSC DIRECT SATELITE COMMUNICATIONS DSC DOCUMENT SERVICE CENTER DSCB DATA SET CONTROL BLOCK DSCS DESK SIDE COMPUTER SYSTEM DSDS DATAPHONE SWITCHED DIGITAL SERVICE DSE DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT DSE DATA SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DSE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT DSE DATA SWITCHING EQUIPMENT DSGN DESIGNATION DSI DIGITAL SPEECH INTERPOLATION DSL DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE DSL DATA SET LABEL

DSL DATA SET LANGUAGE DSL DATA SIMULATION LANGUAGE DSL DIGITAL SIMULATION LANGUAGE DSL/ALPHA DATA SIMULATION LANGUAGE/ALPHA DSLC DATA SUBSCRIBER LINE CARRIER DSLO DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM LICENSE OPTION (IBM) DSM DEVICE STRATEGY MODULE DSM DISCRETE SOURCE WITH MEMORY DSN DATA SET NAME DSN DATA SYSTEM NEWS DSN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS NETWORK DSNX DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM NODE EXECUTIVE (IBM) DSO DATA SECURITY OFFICER DSORG DATA SET ORGANIZATION DSP DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING DSR DATA SET READY DSR DIGITAL STEPPING RECORDER DSR DIGITAL STORAGE RELAY DSS DIRECT STATION SELECTION DSS DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM DSU DEVICE SWITCHING UNIT DSU DIGITAL SYNCHRONIZATION UNIT DSU DISK STORAGE UNIT DSU DATA SERVICE UNIT DSU/CSU DATA SERVICING UNIT/CHANNEL SERVICING UNIT

DSW DATA STATUS WORD DSW DEVICE STATUS WORD DSX DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM EXECUTIVE (IBM) DSX-1 DIGITAL SIGNAL CROSS-CONNECT, LEVEL 1 DT DATA TRANSLATOR DT DATA TRANSMISSION DT DIGITAL TECHNIQUE DT DOWN TIME DTC-III DESKTOP TACTICAL COMPUTER - III (NAVY) DTDM DIGITAL TERMINAL DATA MODULE DTE DATA TERMINAL EQUIPMENT DTF DEFINE THE FILE DTF DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION FACILITY (IBM) DTG DATA TIME GROUP DTIB DECISION TABLE INFORMATION BULLETIN DTID DESIGN AND TEST INTEGRATION DIVISION (TEKTRONIX) DTL DIODE-TRANSISTOR LOGIC DTLC DIALOG TAG LANGUAGE COMPILER DTM DELAY TIME MULTIPLIER DTMS DATABASE AND TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IBM) DTO DOLLAR TRADE-OFF DTP DIRECTORY TAPE PROCESSOR DTP DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION PROCESSING DTR DATA TERMINAL READER DTR DATA TERMINAL READY

DTR DAILY TRANSACTION REPORTING DTR DIGITAL TELEMETERING REGISTER DTS DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM DTS DIGITAL TANDEM SWITCH DTTU DATA TRANSMISSION TERMINAL UNIT DTU DIGITAL TAPE UNIT DTUTF DIGITAL TAPE UNIT TAPE FACILITY DUAL DYNAMIC UNIVERSAL ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE DUNS DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM DUT DEVICE UNDER TEST DUV DATA UNDER VOICE DVD DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DVI DIGITAL VOICE INTERACTIVE DVI DIGITAL VIDEO INTERACTIVE DVST DIRECT VIEWING STORAGE TUBE DVX DIGITAL VOICE EXCHANGE DW DATA WORD DW DISPLAYWRITE (IBM) DW/3 DISPLAYWRITE/3 ((BM) DW/36 DISPLAYWRITE/36 (IBM) DW/370 DISPLAYWRITE/370 (IBM) DW/4 DISPLAYWRITE/4 (IBM) DX DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION DX DISTANCE DX DUPLEX

DXAM DISTRIBUTED INDEXED ACCESS METHOD DXC DATA EXCHANGE CONTROL DXT DATA EXTRACT DYNANA DYNAMIC ANALYZER DYNSAR DYNAMIC SYSTEMS ANALYZER DYSAC DIGITALLY SIMULATED ANALOG COMPUTER DYSTAL DYNAMIC STORAGE ALLOCATION LANGUAGE

E E ELECTRICAL E ELECTRONIC E ELEMENT E ENABLE E ERROR E1 (European equivalent of T1; 2.048 -mbps digital transmission) E3 (European equivalent of T3; 34 -mbps digital transmission per CCITT G.703 Specs.) E&M EAR & MOUTH (RECEIVE & TRANSMIT MECHANISMS) E-COM ELECTRONIC COMPUTER ORIGINATED MAIL E-MESFET ENHANCED METAL SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR E/M ELECTRO/MECHANICAL EA EFFECTIVE ADDRESS

EAC ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL EAG EQUIPMENT ADVISORY GROUP EAM ELECTRICAL ACCOUNTING MACHINE EAN EUROPEAN ACCOUNTING MACHINE EAN EUROPEAN ARTICLE NUMBERING CODE EARN EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH NETWORK EAROM ELECTRICALLY ALTERABLE READ ONLY MEMORY EAS ELECTRONIC ACCOUNTING SYSTEM EAS EXTENDED AREA SERVICE EBCDIC EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHANGE CODE EBI EQUIVALENT BACKGROUND INPUT EBPA ELECTRON BEAM PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER EBR ELECTRONIC BEAM RECORDING EC ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS EC ENGINEERING CHANGE EC ERROR CHECKING EC ERROR CORRECTING ECA ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ASSEMBLY ECA ENGINEERING CHANGE ASSESSMENT ECAD ELECTRICAL COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN ECAP ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS PROGRAM ECB ELECTRONIC CLAIMS BILLING ECB EVENT CONTROL BLOCK ECC ELECTRONIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS ECC EMITTER-COUPLED CIRCUITS

ECC ERROR CORRECTING CODE ECC ERROR CORRECTION CAPABILITY ECCM ELECTRONIC COUNTER-COUNTER MEASURES ECCR ELECTRONIC CASH AND CREDIT REGISTER ECD ELECTRO-CHROMIC DISPLAY ECDC ELECTROCHEMICAL DIFFUSED COLLECTOR TRANSISTOR ECF ENHANCED CONNECTIVITY FACILITY (IBM) ECL EMITTER COUPLED LOGIC ECL EQUIPMENT COMPONENT LIST ECLIPSE ELECTRONIC CLIPPING SERVICE ECLO EMITTER-COUPLED LOGIC OPERATOR ECM ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES ECME ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES EQUIPMENT ECN ELECTRONIC CHANGE NOTICE ECO ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER ECOS EXTENDED COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING SYSTEM ECP ENGINEERING CHANGE PROPOSAL ECP EXECUTIVE CONTROL PROGRAM ECS EXECUTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM ECS EXTENDED CORE STORAGE ECS ESCAPE CHARACTER ECTL EMITTER COUPLED TRANSISTOR LOGIC ECX ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED TELEPHONE EXCHANGE ED ELECTRICAL DIFFERENTIAL ED ERROR DETECTING

ED EXTERNAL DEVICE EDA ELECTRONIC DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZER EDA EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS EDAC ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION EDACS ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ACCESS AND CONTROL SYSTEM EDC ELECTRONIC DESK CALCULATOR EDC ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER EDC ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION EDC ERROR DETECTION CODE EDCOM EDITOR AND COMPILER EDCS ENGINEERING DOCUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM EDCW EXTERNAL DEVICE CONTROL WORD EDE EXTERNAL DOCUMENT EXCHANGE EDF EXECUTION DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY EDGAR ELECTRONIC DATA GATHERING ANALYSIS AND RETRIEVAL EDGE ELECTRONIC DATA GATHERING EQUIPMENT EDHE EXPERIMENTAL DATA HANDLING EQUIPMENT EDI ELECTRONIC DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION EDI ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE EDI ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT INTERCHANGE EDIF ELECTRONIC DESIGN INTERCHANGE FORMAT EDOS EXTENDED DISK OPERATING SYSTEM EDP ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING EDPC ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING CENTER EDPE ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

EDPEO ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT OFFICE EDPM ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINE EDPS ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM EDS EXCHANGEABLE DISK STORAGE EDSAC ELECTRONIC DELAY STORAGE AUTOMATIC CALCULATOR EDU ELECTRONIC DISPLAY UNIT EDVAC ELECTRONIC DISCRETE VARIABLE AUTOMATIC COMPUTER EE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER EE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT EEMM EPSON EXPANDED MEMORY MANAGER EEMS ENHANCED EXTENDED MEMORY SYSTEM (AST RESEARCH EEPROM ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE READ ONLY MEMORY EFL EMITTER-FOLLOWER LOGIC EFPH EQUIVALENT FULL POWER HOURS EFTS ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER SYSTEM EFS ENCRYPTION FIREWALL SERVER EGA ENHANCED GRAPHICS ADAPTOR EGP ELECTRONIC GRAPHICS PROCESSING EHF EXTRA HIGH FREQUENCY EHLLAPI ENHANCED HIGH-LEVEL LANGUAGE APPLICAION (IBM) EHV EXTRA HIGH VOLTAGE EIES ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM EIP EXECUTIVE INTERFACE PROGRAM EIRP EFFECTIVE ISOTROPIC-RADIATED POWER EIS ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICES

EIS END INTERRUPTION SEQUENCE EIS EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM EIS EXECUTIVE INTERFACE STRUCTURE EISA EXTENDED INDUSTRY STANDARD ARCHITECTURE EL ELECTRO LUMINESCENT ELAN ENHANCED LOCAL AREA NETWORK (SMC) ELD EDGE LIGHTED DISPLAY ELD ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY ELI EXTENSIBLE LANGUAGE ONE ELIAS EXPANDIBLE LEVEL INTERACTIVE APPLICATION SYSTEM ELINT ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE ELS ENTRY LEVEL SYSTEM EM ELECTRONIC MAIL EM END OF MEDIUM EMA ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE EMAS EDINBURGH MULTIACCESS SYSTEM EMC ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATABILITY EME EMERGENCY POWER ENGINEERING EMI ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE EMI ELECTRO-MECHANICAL INTERFERENCE EMIS EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM EML EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION LIST EMP ELECTROMECHANICAL POWER EMR ELECTRO MAGNETIC RADIATION EMR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY

EMS EXPANDED MEMORY SPECIFICATION EMS ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EMS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE SYSTEM EMS ELECTRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEM EMS ELEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EMT ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING EMWP EXTENDED-MACHINE-WAIT-STATE PROBLEM STATE END END OF DATA ENG ELECTRONIC NEWS GATHERING ENIAC ELECTRONIC NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR AND CCOMPUTER ENQ ENQUIRY CHARACTER ENT ENTRY EO EXECUTIVE ORDER EOA END OF ADDRESS EOB END OF BLOCK EOC END OF CONVERSATION EOD END OF DATA EODAD END OF DATA ADDRESS EOE ERRORS AND OMISSIONS EXCEPTED EOF END OF FILE EOJ END OF JOB EOL END OF LIFE EOL END OF LINE EOM END OF MESSAGE EON END OF NUMBER

EOP END OF PROGRAM EOP END OF OUTPUT EOQ ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY EOR END OF RECORD EOR END OF RUN EOR END OF REEL EOS ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEM EOSDIS EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA & INFORMATION SYSTEM EOT END OF TRANSMISSION EOT END OF TAPE EOV END OF VOLUME EP END POINT EP END OF PROGRAM EP ENTRY POINT EP ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING EPBX ELECTRONIC PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE EPC EMBEDDED PRINT COMMAND EPC ELECTRONIC PROGRAM CONTROL EPC EASY PROCESSING CHANNEL EPI ELECTRONIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING EPIC EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS INFORMATION EXCHANGE EP/PLA EXTENDED PROVISIONS/PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT (IBM) EPROM ELECTRONICALLY PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY EPS ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING SPECIALIST EPS ENCAPSULATED POSTSCRIPT FILES (MICROSOFT)

EPSS EXPERIMENTAL PACKET SWITCHING SYSTEM EPU ELECTRICAL POWER UNIT EQ EQUALIZER EQ EQUAL EQ EQUATE EQP EQUIPMENT EQU EQUATE EQU EQUAL EQUPMT EQUIPMENT ERA ELECTRONIC READING AUTOMATION ERLL ENHANCED RUN LENGTH LIMITED ERM ENTITY-RELATIONSHIPS MODEL EROM ERASABLE READ ONLY MEMORY ERR ERROR ERU EMERGENCY RECOVERY UTILITY ERX ELECTRONIC REMOTE SWITCHING ES ELECTRONIC STORAGE ES EXPERT SYSTEMS ES-IS END SYSTEM - INTERMEDIATE SYSTEM ESD ELECTROSTATIC STORAGE DEFLECTION ESDI ENHANCED SMALL DEVICE INTERFACE ESDI ENHANCED SMALL DEVICE INTERFACE ESDN EXTENDED SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK ESDS ENTRY SEQUENCE DATA SET ESE/UM EXPERT SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT/VIRTUAL MACHINE

ESF EXTENDED SUPERFRAME FORMAT ESI EXTERNALLY SPECIFIED INDEXING ESP ELECTRO-SENSITIVE PROGRAMMING ESP ENHANCED SERVICES PROVIDERS ESP EARLY SUPPORT PROGRAM ESQL/C EMBEDDED STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE AND TOOLS FOR "C" LANG. ESR EFFECTIVE SIGNAL RADIATED ESS ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEM ESSU ELECTRONIC SELECTIVE SWITCHING UNIT EST ESTIMATE ESU ELECTROSTATIC UNIT ESW ERROR STATUS WORD ET EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ET ELAPSED TIME ET EARTH TERMINAL ET EXCHANGE TERMINATION EQUIPMENT ETA ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL ETB END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK ETC ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CYCLE ETC ESTIMATED TIME OF COMPLETION ETD ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE ETHERNET (TM)(COMMUNICATION NETWORK OF XEROX CORPORATION) ETIM ELAPSED TIME ETL ENDING TAPE LABEL

ETN ELECTRONIC TANDEM NETWORK ETP ELECTRONIC TECHNICAL PUBLISHING ETP EXTENDED TERM PURCHASE ETS ELECTRONIC TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM ETTM ELECTRONIC TOLL AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ETX END OF TEXT CHARACTER EURONET-DIANE EUROPEAN DIRECT INFORMATION ACCESS NETWORK FOR EUROPE EVAL EVALUATION EVPI EXPECTED VALUE OF PERFECT INFORMATION EX EXECUTE EXAM EXAMINE EXCH EXCHANGE EXCHANGE (TM)(AN IN-DEPTH FINANCIAL DATABASE) EXCLU EXCLUSIVE EXCP EXECUTE CHANNEL PROGRAM EXCP EXCEPT EXCP EXECUTE CHANNEL PROGRAMS EXD EXTERNAL DEVICE .EXE EXECUTABLE FILE (FILE EXTENSION) EXEC EXECUTE EXEC EXECUTION EXEC EXECUTIVE EXNOR EXCLUSIVE-NOR GATE EXOR EXCLUSIVE-OR GATE

EXTND EXTENDED DATA TRANSFER EXTSN EXTENSION

F F FIXED F FEEDBACK F FILTER F FREQUENCY 4 GL FOURTH GENERATION LANGUAGE 4th gl FOURTH GENERATION LANGUAGE F-F FLIP-FLOP F/V FREQUENCY TO VOLTAGE CONVERTER F1 FUNCTION KEY #1 F2 FUNCTION KEY #2 FA FULLY AUTOMATIC FA FORCED ANSWER FAC FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL FACE FIELD ALTERABLE CONTROL ELEMENT FACS FLEXIBLE ACCOUNTING CONTROL SYSTEM FACT FULLY AUTOMATIC CATALOGING TECHNIQUE FACT FULLY AUTOMATIC COMPILER-TRANSLATOR FACT FULLY AUTOMATIC COMPILING TECHNIQUE FAIS FOREIGN AFFAIRS INFORMATION SYSTEM FAM FAST ACCESS MEMORY FAMOS FLOATING GATE AVALANCHE-INJECTION

METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FAP FORTRAN ASSEMBLY PROGRAM FAP FINANCIAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM FAPS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEM FAQ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FAR FAILURE ANALYSIS REPORT FAX FACSIMILE FBA FIXED BLOCK ARCHITECTURE FBC FULLY BUFFERED CHANNEL FC FILE CONVERSION FC FILE CONTROL FC&A FREQUENCY CONTROL AND ANALYSIS FCA FUNCTIONAL CONFIGURATION AUDIT FCB FILE CONTROL BLOCK FCDR FAILURE CAUSE DATA REPORT FCFS FIRST COME FCL FEEDBACK CONTROL LOOP FCP FILE CONTROL PROCESSOR FCS FRAME CHECK SEQUENCE FD FULL DUPLEX FD FLOPPY DISK FD FILE DESCRIPTION FDAD FLOPPY DRIVE HIGH DENSITY (APPLE) FDC FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER

FDDI FIBER DISTRIBUTED DATA INTERFACE FDM FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXER FDOS FIXED DISK OPERATING SYSTEM FDP FIELD DEVELOPED PROGRAM FDS FULL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM FDX FULL DUPLEX TRANSMISSION FE FRAMING ERROR FE FORMAT EFFECTOR FE FIELD ENGINEERS FEA FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS FEC FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION FED-STD FEDERAL STANDARD FEDSIM FEDERAL COMPUTER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND SIMULATION CENTER FEP FINANCIAL EVALUATION PROGRAM FEP FRONT END PROCESSOR FERS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM FET FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR FF FORM FEED FF FIXED FEE FFS FAST FILE SYSTEM FFT FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM FGND FRAME GROUND FHD FIXED-HEAD-DISK FIFI FLOATING INPUT-FLOATING OUTPUT

FIFO FIRST IN FIG FIGURE FIGS FIGURE SHIFT FILO FIRST IN FIPS FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS FIRST FAST, INTERACTIVE RADIO SYSTEM PLANNING TOOL FK FUNCTION KEY FL/1 FUNCTION LANGUAGE ONE FLASH Flexible Architecture for Shared Memory FLBIL FLOATING-POINT BINARY FLD FIELD FLDEC FLOATING-POINT DECIMAL FLIH FIRST LEVEL INTERRUPT HANDLER FM FREQUENCY MODULATION FM FORMAT FM FILE MAINTENANCE FME FREQUENCY MEASURING EQUIPMENT FMEVA FLOATING POINT MEANS AND VARIANCE FMFB FREQUENCY MODULATION AND FEEDBACK FMS FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FMS FORMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FMS FINITE STATE MACHINE FMS FORTRAN MONITOR SYSTEM FMT FORMAT FOC FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS

FOCAS FIELD OFFICE COMMISSION AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOCTALK (TM)(INFORMATION BUILDERS) FOCUS TALK FOIL FILE ORIENTED INTERPRETIVE LANGUAGE FOIRL FIBER OPTIC INTER REPEATER LINK FOMAU FIBER OPTIC MEDIA ACCESS UNIT FOPT FIBER OPTIC PHOTO TRANSFER FORMAC FORMULA MANIPULATION COMPILER FORTRAN FORMULA TRANSLATOR FOSDIC FILM OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE FOR INPUT TO COMPUTERS FOSE FEDERAL OFFICE SYSTEMS EXPOSITION FOUR GL FOURTH GENERATION LANGUAGE FP FILE PROTECT FP FIXED POINT FPAP FLOATING POINT ARRAY PROCESSOR FPE FORTRAN PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT FPGA FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY FPLA FIELD PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY FPLS FIELD PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC SEQUENCER FPM FEET PER MINUTE FPP FLOATING POINT PACKAGE FPS FLOATING POINT SYSTEM FPS FRAMES PER SECOND FPS FEET PER SECOND FRAD Frame Relay Access Device FRISC FAST REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER

FS FILE SEPARATOR FSA FINITE STATE AUTOMATION FSB FREE STORAGE BLOCK FSBPRT FREE STORAGE BLOCK PRINTING FSCM FEDERAL SUPPLY CODE FOR MANUFACTURE FSCR FULL SCALE RANGE FSK FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING FSL FORMS SOURCE LANGUAGE FSR FEEDBACK SHIFT REGISTER FT FUNCTIONAL TEST FT FULL TIME FT FAULT TOLLERANT FT1 FRACTIONAL T1 (A DIVISION OF THE T1 BANDWITH) FTAM FILE TRANSFER ACCESS METHOD FTC FREQUENCY TIME CONTROL FTD FUNCTIONAL TEST DEMONSTRATION FTM FAULT TOLLERANT MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM FTN FIELD TELEVISION NETWORK FTP FILE TRANSFER PROGRAM FTP FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL FTS FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FTS FILE TRANSFER SUPPORT FTTC FIBER OPTIC CABLE TO THE CURB (FIBER TO THE CURB) FUBAR "FOULED" UP BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION FUN FUNCTION

FX FOREIGN EXCHANGE FXBIN FIXED BINARY TRANSLATION FY FISCAL YEAR Fe2O3 FERRIC OXIDE

G G GIGA (A PREFIX MEANING 1 BILLION) GAM GRAPHIC ACCESS METHOD GAMA GRAPHICS ASSISTED MANAGEMENT APPLICATION GAN GENERATING AND ANALYZING NETWORKS GAP GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROGRAM GAR GROWTH ANALYSIS AND REVIEW GASP GAS PLASMA DISPLAY GASP GENERALIZED ACADEMIC SIMULATION PROGRAM GASP GENERALIZED ACTIVITY SIMULATION PROGRAM GATE GENERALIZED ACCESS TO X.25 TRANSPORT EXTENSION GB GIGABYTE GC GUIDANCE COMPUTER GCDB GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATE DATABASE GCOS GENERAL COMPREHENSIVE OPERATING SUPERVISOR GCR GROUP CODE RECORDING GDC GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR GDDM GRAPHICS DATA DISPLAY MANAGER GDMO GUIDELINES FOR THE DEFINITION OF MANAGED OBJECTS GDMS GENERALIZED DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

GDO GRID DIP OSCILLATOR GDS GRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM GDT GRAPHICS DEVELOPMENT TOOLKIT GE GREATER THAN GEM GRAPHICS ENVIRONMENT MANAGER GEMS GENERAL EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM GEN GENERATOR GENESYS GENERAL ENGINEERING SYSTEM GERM GENERALIZED ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP MODEL GERT GRAPHIC EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE GH GIGAHERTZ GHz GIGAHERTZ GI GENERAL INQUIRY SYSTEM (AMEX) GICL GRAPHICS LANGUAGE GIDS GENERALIZED INTELLIGENT DECISION SYSTEM GIF GRAPHICS INTERCHANGE FORMAT GIGO GARBAGE IN GIML GENERALIZED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT LANGUAGE GINO GRAPHICAL INPUT-OUTPUT GIOC GENERAL INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROLLER GIPS GROUND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM GIPSY GENERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM GIRS GENERALIZED INFORMATION RETIEVAL SYSTEM GIS GENERALIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM GKS GRAPHIC KERNAL SYSTEM

GLOBECOM GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS GMAP GENERAL MACRO ASSEMBLY PROGRAM GMIS GENERAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM GMISCA GENERAL MOTORS INFORMATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITY GNOME

GNU OBJECT MODEL ENVIRONMENT

GMR GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE GMT GENERAL MACHINE TEST GND GROUND GNP GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GOCI GENERAL OPERATOR-COMPUTER INTERACTION GOR GENERAL OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT GOSIP GOVERNMENT OFFICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROCUREMENT GOSIP GOVERNMENT OIS PROFILE GPA GENERAL PURPOSE ANALYSIS GPAC GENERAL PURPOSE ANALOG COMPUTER GPC GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTER GPD GENERAL PURPOSE DISCIPLINE GPDC GENERAL PURPOSE DIGITAL COMPUTER GPDS GENERAL PURPOSE DISPLAY SYSTEM GPF GENERAL PROTECTION FAULTS GPI GENERAL PURPOSE INTERFACE GPI GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING INTERFACE GPI/O GENERAL PURPOSE INPUT/OUTPUT GPIB GENERAL PURPOSE INTERFACE BUS

GPL GENERAL PURPOSE LANGUAGE GPL GENERALIZED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE GPLAN GENERALIZED DATABASE PLANNING SYSTEM GPLP GENERAL PURPOSE LINEAR PROGRAMMING GPM GENERAL PURPOSE MACROGENERATOR GPMS GENERAL PURPOSE MICROPROGRAM SIMULATOR GPR GENERAL PURPOSE REGISTER GPS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM GPSS GENERAL PURPOSE SYSTEMS SIMULATOR GR GROUP GRABP GENERALIZED REMOTE DATA ACCESS DATABASE GRABPS GENERALIZED REMOTE DATA ACCESS DATABASE SYSTEM GRACE GRAPHIC ARTS COMPOSING EQUIPMENT GRID GRAPHICAL INTERACTIVE DISPLAY GRIPHOS GENERAL RETRIEVAL & INFORMATION PROCESSING FOR HUMANITIES ORIENTED SYSTEMS GRP GROUP GRS GENERALIZED RETRIEVAL SYSTEM GS GRAPHICS STANDARD GS GRAY SCALE GSAM GENERALIZED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD GSI GRAND SCALE INTEGRATION GSM GENERALIZED SEQUENTIAL MACHINE GSM GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GSS GRAPHIC SERVICE SYSTEM

GSSP GENERALLY ACCEPTED SYSTEM SECURITY PRINCIPLES GT GREATER THAN GT GAME THEORY GTO GRAPHICS TEST ORGANIZER GUI GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE GUIDE GUIDANCE OF USERS OF INTEGRATED DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT GULP GENERAL UTILITY LIBRARY PROGRAM GWB-LINE GLOBAL WHOLESALE BANKING LINE (UNISYS) GX GRAPHICS EXTENDED GZ GRAPHICS Z-BUFFER GaAs GALLIUM ARSENIDE

H H HEXADECIMAL H HARDWARE H HALF-WORD H HACKER H-B HEXADECIMAL TO BINARY HAL HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER HASP HOUSTON AUTOMATIC SPOOLING PRIORITY HB HANDBOOK HC HYBRID COMPUTER HC HARD COPY

HC HANDLING CAPACITY HCI HOST CONTROL INTERFACE HD HALF DUPLEX HD HARD DISK HD HIGH DENSITY HDA HEAD DISK ASSEMBLY HDAM HIERARCHICAL DIRECT ACCESS METHOD HDC HARD DISK CONTROLLER HDDS HIGH-DENSITY DATA SYSTEM HDG HEADING HDL HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE HDLC HIGH-LEVEL DATA LINK CONTROL HDTV HIGH DENSITY TELEVISION HDX HALF-DUPLEX HELP HEALTH EDUCATION AND LIFESTYLES PROGRAM HEM HYBRID ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE HEMT HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR HEP HETEROGENEOUS ELEMENT PROCESSOR HEX HEXADECIMAL HF HIGH FREQUENCY HFC HYBRID-FIBER-COAX HFCS HONEYWELL FINANCIAL AND CORPORATE PLANNING SYSTEM HFS HIERARCHICAL FILE SYSTEM HGA HERCULES GRAPHICS ADAPTER HGC HERCULES GRAPHICS CARD

HH HOURS HH HALF HEIGHT HH/MM HOURS/MINUTES HI/TC HALF-INCH TAPE CARTRIDGE HICLASS HUGHES INTEGRATED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM HIDAM HIERARCHICAL INDEXED DIRECT ACCESS METHOD HIIS HEALTHCARE INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEM HINIL HIGH-NOISE IMMUNITY LOGIC HIO HALT INPUT/OUTPUT HIPAC HITACHI PARAMETRON AUTOMATIC COMPUTER HIPO HIERARCHY PLUS INPUT-PROCESS-OUTPUT HIS HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM HITC HALF-INCH TAPE CARTRIDGE HITS HOBBYIST'S INTERCHANGE TAPE STANDARD HLDLC HIGH-LEVEL DATA LINK CONTROL HLL HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE HLLAPI HIGH-LEVEL LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING INTERFACE HMA HIGH MEMORY AREA HMOS HIGH SPEED METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR HNIL HIGH-NOISE IMMUNITY LOGIC HOL HIGH ORDER LANGUAGE HOP HYBRID OPERATING SYSTEM HOV HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE HP HEWLETT PACKARD HPF HIGHEST PRIORITY FIRST

HPFS HIGH PERFORMANCE FILING SYSTEM HPG HIGH PERFORMANCE GRAPHICS HPFS HIGH PERFORMANCE FILE SYSTEM HPGPL HEWLETT PACKARD GRAPHICS PLOTTER LANGUAGE (HP) HPIB HEWLETT PACKARD INTERFACE BUS HPM HARVARD PROJECT MANAGER HRM HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT HPR HIGH PERFORMANCE ROUTING HRS HUMAN RESOURCES HS HANDSET HSAC HIGH SPEED ANALOG COMPUTER HSAM HIERARCHICAL SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD HSDA HIGH SPEED DATA ACQUISITION HSM HIERARCHICAL STORAGE MANAGER HSM HIGH SPEED MEMORY HSO HIERARCHICAL SEQUENTIAL ORGANIZATION HSP HIGH SPEED PROCESSOR HSP HIGH SPEED PRINTERS HSR HIGH SPEED READER HSSI HIGH SPEED SERIAL INTERFACE (CISCO) HSSP HIGH SPEED SCIENTIFIC PROCESSOR HT HORIZONTAL TABULATION HTL HIGH THRESHOLD LOGIC HTP HANDWRITING TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE (AIRUS HTTL HIGH POWER TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC

HTTP HYPERTEXT TRANSPORT PROTOCOL HTTPS HYPERTEXT TRANSPORT PROTOCOL, SECURE HUSAT HUMAN SCIENCES AND ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY HV HIGH VOLTAGE HVPS HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY HYCOTRAN HYBRID COMPUTER TRANSLATOR HyperARM HYPERTEXT ADA REFERENCE MANUAL HYSNC HORIZONTAL SYNCHRONIZATION HZ HERTZ

I I INDICATOR I INTEGER I INVERTER I INSTRUCTION I INPUT I&C INSTALLATION AND CHECKOUT I/F INTERFACE I/O INPUT/OUTPUT I/OM INPUT/OUTPUT MULTIPLEXER IA INFORMATION AUTOMATION IA INTELLIGENT ACCESS IA5 INTERNATIONAL ALPHABET NUMBER 5 IAB INTERNET ACTIVITIES BOARD

IAG INTERACTIVE APPLICATION GENERATOR IAL INTERNATIONAL ALGEBRAIC LANGUAGE IAL INTERNATIONAL ALGORITHMIC LANGUAGE IAP INTEGRATED ARRAY PROCESSOR IAR INITIAL ADDRESS REGISTER IAS IMMEDIATE ACCESS STORAGE IB ISOBAR IBA INDEPENDENT BROADCAST AUTHORITY iBCS INTEL BINARY COMPATIBILITY STANDARD IBG INTERBLOCK GAP IBM-PC INT. BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PERSONAL COMPUTER IBU INDEPENDENT BUSINESS UNIT IBX INTEGRATED BUSINESS EXCHANGE IC INTERFACE CONTROL IC INTERRUPT CODE IC INSTRUCTION COUNTER IC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT IC INFORMATION CENTER IC INPUT CIRCUIT IC/T INTEGRATED COMPUTER/TELEMETRY ICA INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS ADAPTER ICA INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATIONS ADAPTER I-CASE INTEGRATED COMPUTER-AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ICB IMAGE CAPTURE BOARD ICDA INTEGRATED CACHED DISK ARRAY

ICE INTERCONNECT COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT ICE INPUT CHECKING EQUIPMENT ICE IN-CIRCUIT EMULATION ICES INTEGRATED CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEM ICF INTERCOMMUNICATION FLIP-FLOP ICF INTEGRATED CATALOG FACILITY ICG INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS ICL INPUT COMMAND LANGUAGE ICL INCOMING LINE ICMP INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL ICMS INFORMATION CENTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ICMS INTELLIGENT CHASIS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NEC, INC.) ICSU INTEGRATED CHANNEL SERVICE UNIT IDA INTERCONNECT DEVICE ARRANGEMENT IDA INTEGRATED DIGITAL ACCESS (BRITISH TELECOM) IDAPS IMAGE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM IDC INTERACTIVE DATACOMM CONFIGURATION IDCS INSTRUMENTATION/DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM IDCS INTEGRATED DOCUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM IDD INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DIAL IDD INTEGRATED DATA DICTIONARY IDDD INTERNATIONAL DIRECT DISTANCE DIALING IDDS INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL DATA SERVICE IDE INTELLIGENT DISTRIBUTED EDITOR IDE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

IDE INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS IDF INTEGRATED DATA FILE IDI IMPROVED DATA INTERCHANGE IDI INTELLIGENT DUAL INTERFACE IDM INTELLIGENT DATABASE MACHINE IDNX INTEGRATED DIGITAL NETWORK EXCHANGE IDP INTEGRATED DATA PROCESSING IDP INDUSTRIAL DATA PROCESSING IDPS INTERACTIVE DISTRIBUTED PLANNING SYSTEM IDRC IMPROVED DATA RECORDING CAPABILITY IDRU INTELLIGENT DIGITAL RECOVERY UNIT IDS INTEGRATED DATA STORE IDS INPUT DATA STROBE IDTN INTEGRATED DIGITAL TRANSPORT NETWORK IE INFORMATION EXPERT IEC INTEREXCHANGE CARRIER IEF INFORMATION ENGINEERING FACILITY IEO INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC FILE IES INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM IETF INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE IETS INTERIM EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS IEW (TM) (KNOWLEDGEWARE) INFORMATION ENGINEERING WORKBENCH IF INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY IFA INTEGRATED FILE ADAPTER (IBM) IFAM INVERTED FILE ACCESS MECHANISM

IFB INVITATION FOR BID IFI INTELLIGENT FONT INTERFACE IFP INTERFACE PROCESSOR IFPS INTERACTIVE FINANCIAL PLANNING SYSTEM IFR INTERNAL FUNCTION REGISTER IFRU INTERFERENCE REJECTION UNIT IFS INTERACTIVE FILE SHARING (IBM) IFS INTERACTIVE FINANCIAL SHARING (IBM) IFU INTEGER FUNCTION UNIT IGC INTELLIGENT GRAPHICS CONTROLLER IGES INITIAL GRAPHICS EXCHANGE SPECIFICATION IGF INTELLIGENT GRAPHICS FORMAT IGRP INTERIOR GATEWAY ROUTING PROTOCOL IGS INTEGRATED GRAPHICS SYSTEM IH INTERRUPT HANDLER IHS INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM IIAS INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL AUTHORING SYSTEM (IBM) IIL INTEGRATED INJECTION LOGIC IIP ISAM INTERFACE PROGRAM IIPS INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PRESENTATION SYSTEM (IBM) IIS INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTION SYSTEM (IBM) IKE INTERNET KEY EXCHANGE IKBS INTELLIGENT KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS ILC INSTRUCTION LENGTH CODE ILC INTELLIGENT LOCAL-AREA NETWORK CONTROLLER

ILF INITIAL LICENSE FEE ILLIAC ILLINOIS AUTOMATIC COMPUTER ILN INTELLIGENT LOCAL-AREA NETWORK ILSW INTERRUPT LEVEL STATUS WORD IM INSTRUMENTATION IM INTERFACE MULTIPLEXER IM/DM INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/DATA MANAGEMENT IM/IPF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/INFORMATION PROCESSING FAMILY IM/VE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT IM/ZEUS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT/ZERO EFFORT USER SYSTEM IMAP INDUSTRY MARKETING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IMC IMAGE MOTION COMPENSATION IMD IMMEDIATE IMD INTERACTIVE MAP DEFINITION IMF INTERACTIVE MAINFRAME FACILITY IMIS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM IML INITIAL MICROPROGRAM LOAD IMM INTELLIGENT MEMORY MANAGER IMNET INTERNATIONAL MARKETING NETWORK IMOD INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION IMP INTERFACE MESSAGE PROCESSOR IMPACT INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION THROUGH COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IMPF INVENTORY CONTROL MANAGEMENT FOR PROCESS

IMPL INITIAL MICROPROGRAM LOAD IMPRS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROCESS REPORTING SYSTEM IMS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IBM) IMS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND SIMULATION IMS INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMS/VS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/VIRTUAL STORAGE (IBM) IMSPARS IMS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEM (IBM) IMT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY IMTS IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE IN INPUT IND INDICATOR INF INFORMATION INFO INFORMATION NETWORK AND FILE ORGANIZATION INFO INFORMATION INFONET INFORMATION NETWORK INGRES INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS RETRIEVAL SYSTEM .INI INITIALIZATION (FILE EXTENSION) INIT INITIALIZE INIT INITIATE INMS INTEGRATED NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INQ INQUIRY INS INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM INS INTEGRATED NETWORK SERVICES (NTT JAPAN) INS INFORMATION NETWORK SERVICES

INST INSTRUCTION INT INTERRUPT INT INITIAL INT INTEGER INTCON INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION INTERPERS INTERACTIVE PERSONNEL SYSTEM (IBM) IOB INPUT/OUTPUT BUFFER IOC INITIAL OPERATING CAPABILITY IOC INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROLLER IOCA IMAGE OBJECT CONTENT ARCHITECTURE IOCC INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL COMMAND IOCC INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL CENTER IOCS INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL SERVICES IOCS INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEM IOO INPUT/OUTPUT OPERATION IOP INPUT/OUTPUT PROCESSOR IOPS INPUT/OUTPUT PROCESSING SYSTEM IOR INPUT/OUTPUT REGISTER IOREQ INPUT/OUTPUT REQUEST IORL INPUT/OUTPUT REQUIREMENTS LANGUAGE IOS INTEGRATED OFFICE SYSTEM IOS INTER OPTICAL SYSTEMS IOT INPUT/OUTPUT TRANSFER IOT IMAGE OUTPUT TERMINALS IOTA INFORMATION OVERLOAD TESTING APPARATUS

IOU IMMEDIATE OPERATION USE IP IMAGE PROCESSOR IP ITEM PROCESSOR IP INTERNET PROTOCOL IP INSTRUCTION PROCESSOR IP INFORMATION PROVIDER IP INFORMATION PROCESSING IP IMAGE PROCESSING IPA INFORMATION PROCESSING ARCHITECTURE IPA INTERMEDIATE POWER AMPLIFIER IPB INTERMEDIATE PARTS BREAKDOWN IPC INDUSTRIAL PROCESS CONTROL IPC INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL IPC INFORMATION PROCESSING CENTER IPC INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATIONS IPC INTERNET PACKET CONTROLLER IPCS INTERACTIVE PROGRAMMING CONTROL SYSTEM (IBM) IPCT INTEGRATED PROGRAM OF DATA AND TEXT (IBM) IPD INSERTION PHASE DELAY IPDP-11 INDUSTRIAL PDP-11 (DEC COMPUTER) IPDS INTELLIGENT PRINTER DATA STREAM IPE INTERPRET PARITY ERROR IPF INTERACTIVE PRODUCTIVITY FACILITY IPI INTELLIGENT PRINTER INTERFACE IPL INITIAL PROGRAM LOAD

IPL-V INFORMATION PROCESSING LANGUAGE V IPM IMPULSES PER MINUTE IPM IDENTICAL PHASE MODULATION IPN INSPECTION PROGRESS NOTIFICATIONS IPN INSTANT PRIVATE NETWORK IPN INFORMATION PROCESSING NETWORK IPO INSTALLATION PRODUCTIVITY OPTION (IBM) IPO INPUT/PROCESS/OUTPUT IPOT INDUCTIVE POTENTIAL DIVIDER IPR IN-PROCESS REVIEW IPS INCHES PER SECOND IPS INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM IPS INTELLIGENT PROCESS SYSTEM IPSE INTEGRATED PROJECT SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT IPSS INTERNATIONAL PACKET SWITCHED DATA SERVICE (UK) IPX INTERNET PACKET EXCHANGE IPX/SPX INTEGRATED PACKET EXCHANGE/ SEQUENCED PACKET EXCHANGE IQF INTERACTIVE QUERY FACILITY IR INSTRUCTION REGISTER IR INFRARED IR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL IRC INTERNATIONAL RECORD CARRIER IRD INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IRDB INFORMATION RETRIEVAL DATABANK

IRDS INFORMATION RESOURCE DICTIONARY SYSTEM IRG INTER-RECORD GAP IRLM IMS RESOURCE LOCK MANAGER IRM INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IRP INITIAL RECEIVING POINT IRQ INTERRUPT REQUEST SIGNAL IRR INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN IRS INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM IS INFORMATION SYSTEM IS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD IS INTERVAL SIGNAL IS INDEXED SEQUENTIAL IS INTERMEDIATE SYSTEM ISA INTERRUPT STORAGE AREA ISA INDUSTRY STANDARD ARCHITECTURE ISAM INTEGRATED SWITCHING AND MULTIPLEXING ISAM INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD ISBN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER ISC INTEGRATED STORAGE CONTROL (IBM) ISC INTER-SYSTEMS COUPLING ISDN INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK ISDOS INFORMATION SYSTEM DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM ISF INFORMATION SECURITY FOUNDATION ISI INTERNALLY SPECIFIED INDEX ISIS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

ISIS INTEGRATED STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (SCT ISK INSERT STORAGE KEY ISL INFORMATION SYSTEMS LANGUAGE ISL INTERACTIVE SIMULATION LANGUAGE ISL INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS LANGUAGE ISM INDUSTRIAL ISM INTEGRATED SERVICE MANAGEMENT ISN INFORMATION SYSTEMS NETWORK ISO INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM OPERATION ISODATA ITERATIVE SELF-ORGANIZING DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE ISODE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT ISP INSTRUCTION SET PROCESSOR ISP INFORMATION STRATEGY PLANNING ISP INFORMATION SYSTEMS PLANNING ISP INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER ISPF INTERACTIVE SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY FACILITY (IBM) ISPF/PDF ISPF/PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FACILITY ISPL INSTRUCTION SET PROCESSOR LANGUAGE ISPN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD PROGRAM NUMBER ISPS INSTRUCTION SET PROCESSOR SPECIFICATIONS ISR INTERSECTING STORAGE RINGS ISR INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH ISR INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL ISSCO INTEGRATED SOFTWARE SYSTEMS CORPORATION

IST INTERNATIONAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY ISTEA INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT ISU INFORMATION SERVICES AND UTILITIES IT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT ITEM TRANSFER IT INTERNAL TRANSLATOR IT INTELLIGENT TERMINAL ITB INTERMEDIATE TEXT BLOCK ITC IMAGE TRANSFER CONTROLLER ITDM INTELLIGENT TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXER ITE INTEGRATED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT ITMS INTELLIGENT TEXT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ITS INTEGRATED TRADING SYSTEM ITS INVITATION TO SEND IUCV INTERUSER COMMUNICATION VEHICLE IUP INSTALLED USER PROGRAM IV INTELLIGENT VEHICLE IV INVERTER IVAX INDUSTRIAL VAX (DEC COMPUTER SYSTEM) IVDT INTEGRATED VOICE/DATA TERMINAL IVHS INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEM IW INDEX WORD IX INTERACTIVE EXECUTIVE (IBM) IX INDEX IXC INTEREXCHANGE CARRIER

J J/S JUSTIFIED JA JUMP ADDRESS JAD JOINT APPLICATION DESIGN JAWS JOINT ANALYTICAL WARFARE SYSTEM (DOD) JCL JOB CONTROL LANGUAGE JCP JOB CONTROL PROCEDURE JCTN JUNCTION JDBC JAVA DATABASE CONNECTIVITY JDC JOB DESCRIPTION CARD JDS JOB DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM (IBM) JEP JOB ENTRY PROGRAM (IBM) JES JOB ENTRY SUBSYSTEM JGN JUNCTION GATE NUMBER JHP JUPITER HOST PROCESSOR JIB JOB INFORMATION BLOCK JIP JOINT INPUT PROCESSING JIS JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL STANDARD JIT JUST-IN-TIME JNF JOB NETWORKING FACILITY JO JOB ORDER JOBCAT JOB CATALOG JOC JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER JOD JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT

JPW JOB PROCESSING WORD JSAN JOINT STAFF AUTOMATION FOR THE NINETIES (DOD) JT JOB TABLE JUG JOINT USERS GROUP

K K KILOBYTES K KILO (PREFIX MEANING "ONE THOUSAND") KAK KEY-AUTO-KEY KAU KEYSTATION ADAPTER UNIT KB KEYBOARD KB KILOBYTE KB/SEC KILOBYTES/PER SECOND KBMS KNOWLEDGE BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM KBPS KILOBITS PER SECOND KBS KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEMS KCC KEYBOARD COMMON CONTACT KCS THOUSAND CHARACTERS PER SECOND KDR KEYBOARD DATA RECORDER KDS KITING DETECTION SYSTEM KDS KEY DISPLAY STATION KDS KEYBOARD DISPLAY STATION KE KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING KEE KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT KEEPS (TM)(KODAK) KODAK EKTAPRINT

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING SYSTEM KILO (PREFIX MEANING "1 THOUSAND") KIMS KODAK IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM KIPS KILO INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND KISS KEEP IT SIMPLE SIR KL KEY LENGTH KMS KEYSORT MULTIPLE SECTORS KP KEY PULSING KPC KEYBOARD PRIORITY CONTROLLER KPR KODAK PHOTO RESIST KPS KEY STROKES PER SECOND KS KEY STROKES KSAM KEYED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD KSDS KEY SEQUENCE DATA SET KSOS KERNALIZED SECURE OPERATING SYSTEM KSR KEYBOARD SEND-RECEIVE SET KSS KEY STROKES PER SECOND KST KNOWN SEGMENT TABLE KTR KEYBOARD TYPING REPERFORATOR KWIC KEY WORD IN CONTEXT KWOC KEY WORD OUT OF CONTEXT

L L LOAD L LINE

L LEVEL L LABEL L/LM LOCATION/LOT MANAGEMENT L/MF LOW AND MEDIUM FREQUENCY LAC LOAD ACCUMULATOR LACM LOAD ACCUMULATOR WITH MAGNITUDE LACN LOCAL AREA COMMUNICATIONS NETS LADT LOCAL AREA DATA TRANSPORT LALR LOOK AHEAD LAM LOGICAL ACCESS MAP LAMA LOCAL AUTOMATIC MESSAGE ACCOUNTING LAN LOCAL AREA NETWORK LANACS LAN ASYNCHRONOUS CONNECTION SERVER LANE LAN EMULATION LAP LINK ACCESS PROTOCOL LAPB LINK ACCESS PROCEDURE BALANCED LAPD LINK ACCESS PROCEDURE "D" LAPM LINK ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR MODEMS LARC LIVERMORE AUTOMATIC RESEARCH COMPUTER LARCT LAST RADIO CONTACT LASER LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION LATA LOCAL ACCESS TRANSPORT AREA LAVC LOCAL AREA VAX CLUSTER LB LINE BUFFER

LBA LINEAR BOUND AUTOMATION LBL LABEL LC LAST CARD LC LEVEL CONTROL LC LINE CONNECTOR LC LOGICAL CONNECTION LC LOWER CASE LCB LINE CONTROL BLOCK LCD LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY LCD LINE CURRENT DISCONNECT LCDTL LOAD-COMPENSATED DIODE-TRANSISTOR LOGIC LCI LOCAL CRAFT INTERFACE LCL LINKAGE CONTROL LANGUAGE LCL LOCAL LCM LARGE CORE MEMORY LCM LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE LCP LANGUAGE CONVERSION PROGRAM LCR LEAST-COST ROUTING LCS LANE CONTROL SIGN LCS LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER LCZR LOCALIZER LD LINEAR DECISION LD LOGIC DRIVER LD LOAD LD LONG DISTANCE

LDA LOCATE DRUM ADDRESS LDA LOCAL DATA AREA (IBM) LDB LOCAL DATA BASE LDC LATITUDE DATA COMPUTER LDDS LOW DENSITY DATA SYSTEM LDE LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS LDM LIMITED-DISTANCE MODEM LDRI LOW DATA RATE INPUT LDS LARGE DISK STORAGE LDS LONG DISTANCE XEROGRAPHY LDT LOGIC DESIGN TRANSISTOR LDT LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION LDU LINK DIAGNOSTIC UNIT LE LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO LE LEADING EDGE LEAS LOWER ECHELON AUTOMATIC SWITCHBOARD LEC LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER LED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LENN LOW ENTRY NETWORKING NODE LEO LYONS ELECTRONIC OFFICE LET LOGICAL EQUIPMENT TABLE LEXIS (R) (COMPUTERIZED LEGAL DATABASE OF MEAD DATA) LEXPAT (R) (COMPUTERIZED LEGAL PATENT DATABASE OF MEAD DATA) LF LINE FEED

LG LINE GENERATOR LGN LINE GATE NUMBER LGNT LENGTH LIC LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LIC LINE INTERFACE COUPLER LICOF LAND LINES COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES LIFO LAST IN LIM LINE INTERFACE MODULE LIM LIMIT LIM LOTUS, INTEL, MICROSOFT LIMAC LARGE INTEGRATED MONOLITHIC ARRAY COMPUTER LINAC LINEAR ACCELERATOR LINC LABORATORY INSTRUMENT COMPUTER LINC LOCAL NETWORK INTEGRATED NETWORK CONNECTIVITY LINE II LOGIC AND INFORMATION NETWORK COMPILER II LIOCS LOGICAL INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEM LIPS LOGICAL INFERENCES PER SECOND LIS LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM (U.S. BUR OF LAND MANAGEMENT) LISP LIST PROCESSING LIT LITERAL LIU LINE INTERFACE UNIT LJES LAN JOB ENTRY SYSTEM LL LOUDNESS LEVEL LL LOW LEVEL LLC LOGICAL LINK CONTROL

LLCC3 LOGICAL LINK CONTROL SYSTEM CLASS 3 LLL LOW LEVEL LOGIC LMF LICENSE MANAGEMENT FACILITY LMLR LOAD MEMORY LOCKOUT REGISTER LMS LASER MAGNETIC STORAGE LMT LIMIT LO LINE OCCUPANCY LO LOCAL OSCILLATOR LO LOW ORDER LOB LINE OF BUSINESS LOCS LOGIC AND CONTROL SIMULATOR LOG LOGARITHM LOG LOGIC LOGANDS LOGICAL COMMANDS LOGI LOGARITHM COMPUTING INSTRUMENT LOGRAM LOGICAL PROGRAM LOMAS LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM LOS LOSS OF SIGNAL LOT LINEAR QUANTIZER LP LINEAR PROGRAMMING LP LINE PRINTER LPM LINES PER MINUTE LPN LOCAL PACKET NETWORK LPS LINES PER SECOND LPSW LOAD PROGRAM STATUS WORD

LQ LETTER QUALITY LQP LETTER QUALITY PRINTER LR LEVEL RECORDER LR LINE RELAY LR LOGICAL RECORD LRA LOAD REAL ADDRESS LRA LEASE OR RENTAL AGREEMENT (IBM) LRC LONGITUDINAL REDUNDANCY CHECK LRD LONG RANGE DATA LRECL LOGICAL RECORD LENGTH LRIM LONG RANGE INPUT MONITOR LRS LONG RANGE SEARCH LRU LEAST RECENTLY USED LS LOCAL STORAGE LS LANGUAGE SPECIFICATION LS LASER SYSTEM LS LOW SPEED LSA LOCAL SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR LSA LOGISTIC SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE LSB LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT LSD LEAST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT LSD LINE SHARING DEVICE LSD LINE SIGNAL DETECTOR LSE LATTICE SCREEN EDITOR LSI LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION

LSM LIBRARY STORAGE MODULES LSNLIS LINEAR SCIENCES NATURAL LANGUAGE INFORMATION SYSTEM LSO LOCAL STORAGE OPTION LSP LOW SPEED PRINTER LSSGR LOCAL SWITCHING SYSTEM GENERAL REQUIREMENTS LSTTL LOW-POWER SCHOTTKY TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC LT LESS THAN LT LOGICAL THEORIST LTL LITERAL LTR LETTER LTRS LETTERS SHIFT LTX LAPTOP EXPANSION (SLOT) LU LOGICAL UNIT LUB LOGICAL UNIT BLOCK LUT LOCAL USER TERMINAL LV LOW VOLTAGE LVCD LEAST VOLTAGE COINCIDENCE DETECTION LWD LARGER WORD LWR LOWER

M M MAGNETIC M MEDIA M MEGA M METER

M MILLIM MONOCHROME M MONITOR M&O MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS M-B MAKE-BREAK M-D MODULATION-DEMODULATION MA MEMORY ADDRESS MA MESSAGE ASSEMBLER MA MODIFY ADDRESS MAC MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL MAC MULTI-ACCESS COMPUTING MAC MACHINE-AIDED COGNITION MAC MACINTOSH COMPUTER (APPLE COMPUTERS MACE MANAGEMENT ACCESS IN A COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT MACRO MACROINSTRUCTION MACS MULTILINE AUTOMATIC CALLING SYSTEM MACS MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS MACSYSMA MACS SYMBOLIC MANIPULATION MACU MULTIDROP AUTO-CALL UNIT MAD MICHIGAN ALGORITHMIC DECODER MAD MULTIAPERATURE DEVICE MAD MULTIPLE ACCESS DEVICE MADT MICROALLOY DIFFUSED-BASE TRANSISTOR MAG MAGNETIC MAGCARD MAGNETIC CARD WORD PROCESSOR (IBM)

MAL MACRO ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE MAM MULTIPLE ACCESS TO MEMORY MAN MANUAL MAN METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK MANOP MANUAL OF OPERATION MAP MEMORY ALLOCATION AND PROTECTION MAP MESSAGE ACCEPTANCE PULSE MAP MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION PROTOCOL MAP MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MAP MACRO ARITHMETIC PROCESSOR MAP/TOP MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION PROTOCOL/ TECHNICAL OFFICE PROTOCOL MAPICS MANUFACTURING & ACCOUNTING PRODUCTION INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM (IBM) MAPS MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS AND PLANNING SOFTWARE MAR MEMORY ADDRESS REGISTER MARC MACHINE-READABLE CARDS MARC MACHINE-READABLE CATALOG MARS MEMORY ADDRESS REGISTER STORAGE MARS MULTI-ACCESS AIRLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM MARTEC MARTIN THIN-FILM ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT MAS MANAGEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES MASM MICROSOFT "C" ASSEMBLER MASS MONITOR AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM MASS MULTIPLE ACCESS SEQUENTIAL SELECTION

MAT MICROALLOY TRANSISTOR MAU MEDIA ACCESS UNIT MAU MULTISTATION ACCESS UNIT MAX MAXIMUM MB MEGABYTE MB MEMORY BUFFER MBB MAKE BEFORE BREAK MBM MAGNETIC BUBBLE MEMORY MBPS MEGABITS PER SECOND MBQ MODIFIED BIQUINARY CODE MBR MEMORY BUFFER REGISTER MBR-E MEMORY BUFFER REGISTER-E MBR-O MEMORY BUFFER REGISTER-O MBT MEMORY BLOCK TABLE MC MANUAL CONTROL MC MASTER CONTROL MC MEMORY CONTROLLER MC MEGACYCLE MC MICROCHANNEL MC MAGNETIC CORE MCA MICROCHANNEL ARCHITECTURE MCC MAGNETIC CHIP CARRIER MCC MULTI-COMPONENT CIRCUITS MCC MANAGEMENT CONTROL CENTER MCCC MASTER COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL CENTER

MCD MASTER CLERICAL DATA MCGA MULTI-COLOR GRAPHICS ARRAY MCM MASTER CONTROL MODULE MCM MAGNETIC CORE MEMORY MCP MASTER CONTROL PROGRAM MCP/AS MASTER CONTROL PROGRAM/ADVANCED SYSTEM MCR MAGNETIC CHARACTER READER MCR MAGNETIC CHARACTER RECOGNITION MCR MASTER CONTROL ROUTINE MCR MULTI-CHANNEL RECORDING MCS MASTER CONTROL SYSTEM MCS MULTI-PURPOSE COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNALING MCS MULTI-PROGRAMMED COMPUTER SYSTEM MCS-A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM -ASYNCHRONOUS MCU MASTER CONTROL UNIT MCU MULTIPLE CONTROL UNIT MCU MICROPROGRAM CONTROL UNIT MCU MULTI-CHIP UNIT MCVAB MICROCOMPUTER VENDOR ADVISORY BOARD MCW MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAGE MCX MINIMUM COST ESTIMATING MD MAGNETIC DISK MD MAIN DRUM MD MONITOR DISPLAY

MD MOTOR DRIVE MD MULTIPLE DATA (STREAM) MD MULTIPLE DISSEMINATION MD MESSAGE DATA MDA MONOCHROME DISPLAY ADAPTER MDC MODIFICATION DETECTION CODE MDI MULTIPLE DOCUMENT INTERFACE MDM MODULATOR DATA MODULE MDNS MERIDIAN DATA NETWORKING SYSTEMS MDR MULTI-CHANNEL DATA RECORDER MDR MEMORY DATA REGISTER MDS MALFUNCTION DETECTION SYSTEM MDS MARKET DECISION SYSTEM MDS MEMORY DISK SYSTEM MDS MICROPROCESSOR DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM MDS MINIMUM DISCERNABLE SIGNAL MDS MODERN DATA SYSTEMS MDS MULTIPLE DATASET SYSTEM MDSB MESSAGE DIGEST SIGNATURE BLOCK MDT MEAN DOWN TIME MDV MULTI-DRIVE VERSION ME MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY ME MODULAR ELECTRONICS ME MICROELECTRONIC MEDLARS MEDICAL LITERATURE ANALYSIS AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

MEDLINE MEDLARS ON-LINE SYSTEM MEED MICROCOMPUTER EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT OF THE DISABLED MEGA ONE MILLION MEIDS MILITARIZED/MINIATURIZED ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM MEM MEMORY MEMISTOR MEMORY REGISTER STORAGE DEVICE MER MINIMUM ENERGY REQUIREMENTS MES MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATIONS MEW MICROWAVE EARLY WARNING MEX MILITARY EXCHANGE MF MAINFRAME MF MEDIUM FREQUENCY MF MICROFICHE MFC MAGNETIC-TAPE FIELD SCAN MFCM MULTIFUNCTION CARD MACHINE MFKP MULTIFREQUENCY KEY PULSING MFLOPS MILLION FLOATING POINT INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND MFM MODIFIED FREQUENCY MODULATION MFS MACHINTOSH FILE SYSTEM MFS MAGNETIC TAPE FIELD SEARCH MFS MESSAGE FORMAT SERVICES MFSK MULTIPLE FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING MFT MULTIPROGRAMMING WITH A FIXED NUMBER OF TASKS

MFU MICROFUNCTIONAL UNIT MG MOTOR GENERATOR MGMT MANAGEMENT MGR MANAGER MHD MOVING-HEAD DISK MHP MESSAGE HANDLING PROCESSOR MHS MESSAGE HANDLING SYSTEM MHZ MEGAHERTZ MI MANUAL INPUT MI MODE INDICATOR MI MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION STREAM MIACS MANUFACTURING INFORMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM MIB MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BASE MIC MAGNETIC INK CHARACTERS MIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MICA MACROINSTRUCTION COMPILER MICR MAGNETIC INK CHARACTER RECOGNITION MICRO (1/1,000,000 TH) MICRO MICROCOMPUTER MICS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM MIDAC MICHIGAN DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COMPUTER MIDI MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE MIF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FORMAT MIF MERIDIAN INTERNAL FORM MILLI (1/1,000 TH)

MILSTD MILITARY STANDARDS MIMD MULTIPLE-INSTRUCTION STREAM MIMR MAGNETIC INK MARK RECOGNITION MIN MINIMUM MIN MINUTE MINX MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION NETWORK EXCHANGE MIO MULTIPLE INPUT-PROCESSING MIP MANUAL INPUT PROCESSING MIPE MODULAR INFORMATION PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MIPS MILLION INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND MIR MEMORY INFORMATION REGISTER MIR MEMORY INPUT REGISTER MIS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SCIENCE (EDUCATION DEGREE) MIS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MIS MARKETING INFORMATION SYSTEM MISD MULTIPLE-INSTRUCTION STREAM MISP MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM PROGRAMS MIT MASTER INSTRUCTION TAPE MITAS MARKETING INFORMATION TRACKING AND ACTIVITIES SYSTEM MIU MACHINE INTERFACE UNIT MIU MULTISTATION INTERFACE UNIT MKS METER-KILOGRAM/SECOND ML MACHINE LANGUAGE MLA MICROPROCESSOR LANGUAGE MLA MICROPROCESSOR LANGUAGE ASSEMBLER

MLB MICROCOM LAN BRIDGE MLB MULTILAYER BOARD MLE MICROPROCESSOR LANGUAGE EDITOR MLF MONTHLY LICENSE FEE MLPSC MONTHLY LICENSED PROGRAM SUPPORT CHARGE MLPWB MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD MLR MEMORY LOCKOUT REGISTER MM MAIN MEMORY MM MILLIMETER MMA MULTIPLE MODULE ACCESS MMAC MULTI-MEDIA ACCESS CENTER MMD MOVING MAP DISPLAY MMDDYY MONTH MMPM/2 MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION MANAGER/2 MMLPSC MONTHLY MULTIPLE LICENSED PROGRAM SUPPORT CHARGE MMS MANUFACTURING MESSAGE SPECIFICATIONS MMS MASS MEMORY STORE MMS MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MNCS MULTIPOINT NETWORK-CONTROL SYSTEM MMTF Mobile Management Task Force MNOS METAL-NITRIDE-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR MNP MICROCOM NETWORKING PROTOCOL (MICROCOM) MO MANUAL OUTPUT MO MASTER OSCILLATOR MO MISCELLANEOUS OPERATION

MOC MASTER OPERATIONAL COMPUTER MOD MODULATION MOD MODULAR MOD MODULE MODEM MODULATOR-DEMODULATOR MOE MEASURE OF EFFECTIVENESS MOHILL MACHINE ORIENTED HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE MOL MACHINE ORIENTED LANGUAGE MOME MAIL ORDER MANAGEMENT EXPERT MON MONITOR MONO MONOCHROME MONOS MONITOR OUT OF SERVICE MOPA MASTER OSCILLATOR-POWER AMPLIFIER MOPB MANUALLY OPERATED PLOTTING BOARD MOS MANAGEMENT OPERATING SYSTEM MOS METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR MOSFET METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR MP MAINTENANCE POINT MP MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MP MODEM PORT MP MULTIPROCESSOR MP/M MULTIPROGRAMMING CONTROL PROGRAM MPACS MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM MPCC MULTIPROTOCOL COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER MPDA MONITOR PRINTER DISKETTE ADAPTER

MPEG MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP (FORMAT) MPG MICROWAVE PULSE GENERATOR MPL MULTIPLE MPL MULTISCHEDULE PRIVATE LINE MPP MONO POWER PACK MPPL MULTI-PURPOSE PROCESSING LANGUAGE MPS MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEM MPS MULTIPROGRAMMING SYSTEM MPSCL MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM CONTROL LANGUAGE MPSX MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM EXTENDED MPU MICROPROCESSOR UNIT MPU MULTIPLEX MPX MULTIPLEXER MPY MULTIPLY MQ MULTIPLIER QUOTIENT MQR MULTIPLIER QUOTIENT REGISTER MR MAGNETORESISTIVE MR MEMORY READ MR MEMORY REGISTER MRAD MASS RANDOM ACCESS DISK MRJE MULTILEAVING REMOTE JOB ENTRY MRM MICRO RESOURCE MANAGER MRO MULTI-REGION OPTION MRO MAINTENANCE MRP MANUFACTURING RESOURCES PLANNING

MRP MATERIALS REQUIREMENT PLANNING MRT MULTIPLE REQUESTS TERMINAL MRU MACHINE RECORDS UNIT MS MAGNETIC STORAGE MS MEMORY SYSTEM MS MANUSCRIPT MS-DOS (R) (MICROSOFT CO.) MICROSOFT DISK OPERATING SYSTEM MS-OS/2 MICROSOFT OPERATING SYSTEM/2 MSB MOST SIGNIFICANT BIT MSC MULTIPLE SYSTEM COUPLING (IBM) MSCP MASS STORAGE AND CONTROL PROTOCOL MSD MICROSOFT DIAGNOSTICS MSD MOST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT MSEC MILLISECOND MSF MASS STORAGE FACILITY (IBM) MSG MESSAGE MSG MESSAGE REGION (IBM) MSG/WTG MESSAGE WAITING MSHP MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE HISTORY PROGRAM (IBM) MSI MEDIUM SCALE INTEGRATION MSIS MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS INTEGRATION SERVICE MSK MASK MSL MEMBER SPECIFICATION LIBRARY (IBM) MSNET MICROSOFT (R) NETWORK MSNF MULTIPLE SYSTEM NETWORKING FACILITY (IBM)

MSO MULTIVENDOR SUPPORT OPERATION (HP) MSOS MASS STORAGE OPERATING SYSTEM MSR MANAGEMENT SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE MSS MASS STORAGE SYSTEM MSS MULTI-LAN STORAGE SYSTEM MSSE MASS STORAGE SYSTEM EXTENDED (IBM) MSU MODEM SHARING UNITS MSUDC MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY DISCRETE COMPUTER MT MACHINE TRANSLATION MT MAGNETIC TAPE MT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN MT MEASURED TIME MT MULTIPLE TRANSFER MT/SC MAGNETIC TAPE/SELECTRIC COMPOSER MT/ST MAGNETIC TAPE/SELECTRIC TYPEWRITER MTBF MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE MTC MAGNETIC TAPE CONTROL MTCU MAGNETIC TAPE CONTROL UNIT MTE MULTIPLE TERMINAL EMULATOR MTF MEAN TIME TO FAILURE MTL MERGED TRANSISTOR LOGIC MTM METHODS-TIME MANAGEMENT MTM MULTIPLE TERMINAL MANAGER (IBM) MTO MULTI-TASKING ONLY MTR MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER

MTS MAGNETIC TAPE SYSTEM MTS MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MTS MICHIGAN TERMINAL SYSTEM MTSO MOBILE TELEPHONE SWITCHING OFFICE MTT MAGNETIC TAPE TERMINAL MTT MAGNETIC TAPE TRANSPORT MTTF MEAN TIME TO FAILURE MTTR MEAN TIME TO REPAIR MUL MULTIPLEXED INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SYSTEM MULTICS MULTIPLEXED INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SERVICE MUMPS MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL UTILITY MULTI-PROGRAMMING SYSTEM MUX MULTIPLEXER MV MEAN VALUE MV MEASURED VALUE MV MILLIVOLT MVDI MICROFIELD VIRTUAL DEVICE INTERFACE MVDT MODULAR VOICE/DATA TERMINAL MVS MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE MVS MULTIPLE VIRTUAL SYSTEMS MVS MULTIPROGRAMMING WITH VIRTUAL STORAGE MVS/AS MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE/APPLICATION SYSTEM MVS/SE MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE/SYSTEM EXTENSION (IBM) MVS/SP MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE/SYSTEM PRODUCT MVS/XA MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE/EXENDED ARCHITECTURE

MVT MULTIPROGRAMMING WITH VARIABLE NUMBER OF TASKS (IBM) MW MEMORY WRITE MWAP MEMORH-LINKED WAVEFRONT ARRAY PROCESSOR MWI MESSAGE WAITING INDICATOR MX MATRIX MX MULTIPLEX MetFACS METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMER SYSTEM

N N NANO N NO N NUMBER N NUMERIC NA NOT ASSIGNED NA NOT APPLICABLE NAARS NATIONAL AUTOMATED ACCOUNTING RESEARCH SYSTEM NAB NETWARE ASYNCHRONOUS BOARD (NOVELL) NACS NETWARE ASYNCHRONOUS CONNECTION SERVICE (NOVELL) NAD NODE ADMINISTRATION NAK NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT NAND NEGATIVE AND NANO (1/1,000,000,000) NAPLPS NORTH AMERICAN PRESENTATION-LEVEL-PROTOCOL SYNTAX NAS NETWORK APPLICATION SERVICES

NASI NETWORK ASYNCHRONOUS SERVICES INTERFACE NAU NETWORK ADDRESSABLE UNIT NBCD NATURAL BINARY CODED DECIMAL NBFM NARROW BAND FREQUENCY MODULATION NC NETWORK COMPUTER NC NETWORK CONTROLLER NC NETWORK CONNECT NC NO CONNECTION NC NO CHANGE NC NO CHARGE NC NUMERICAL CONTROL NCA NETWORK COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE (ORACLE) NCC NETWORK CONTROL COMPUTER NCCF NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL FACILITY NCP NETWARE CORE PROTOCOL NCP NETWORK CONTROL PROGRAM NCR-DNA NCR CORPORATION DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ARCHITECTURE NCS NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS NCS NETWORK COMPUTING SYSTEM NCTE NETWORK CHANNEL TERMINATING EQUIPMENT NCU NETWORK CONVERSION UNIT ND NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY NDS NETWARE DIRECTORY SERVICES ND-SAFE NORSK DATA SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE FOR EXPANSION NDBMS NETWORK DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

NDIS NETWORK DRIVER INTERFACE SPECIFICATION NDM NETWORK DATA MOVER NDPA NETWORK PROBLEM DETERMINATION APPLICATION (IBM) NDR NONDESTRUCTIVE READ NDRO NONDESTRUCTIVE READOUT NDT NET DATA THROUGHPUT NDT NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING NE NETWORK ELEMENTS NEC NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE NEG NEGATIVE NELIAC NAVY ELECTRONICS LABORATORY INTERNATIONAL ALGOL COMPILER NEP NEVER ENDING PROGRAM NES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED NES NEWS ELECTRONIC SERVICE NETBEUI NETBIOS EXTENDED USER INTERFACE NETBIOS NETWORK BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM NETDA NETWORK DESIGN AND ANALYSYS NETPARS NETWORK PERFORMING ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEM NEWS/2 NETWORK EXTENSIBLE WINDOWING SYSTEM/2 NEXIS (R)(MEAD DATA CENTRAL) COMPUTERIZED DATABASE OF NEWS NEXT NEAR END CROSSTALK LOSS NFS NETWORK FACILITIES SERVICES NFS NETWORK FILE SYSTEM NFSP NETWARE FILE SERVICE PROTOCOL (NOVELL)

NI NUMERICAL INDEX NIC NETWORK INTERFACE CARD NIC NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER NIFTP NETWORK INDEPENDENT FILE TRANSFER PROGRAM NIL NOTHING NINO NOTHING-IN, NOTHING-OUT NIOS NIXDORF INTEGRATED OFFICE SYSTEM NIPO NEGATIVE INPUT NIU NETWORK INTERFACE UNIT NJE NETWORK JOB ENTRY NKSR NON-KERNEL SECURITY RELATED NLDM NETWORK LOGICAL DATA MANAGER NLM NETWARE LOADABLE MODULE NLP NON LINEAR PROGRAMMING NLQ NEAR LETTER QUALITY NLR NOISE LOAD RATIO NMC NETWORK MANAGEMENT CENTER NME NOISE MEASURING EQUIPMENT NMI NON-MASKABLE INTERRUPT NMOS N-CHANNEL METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR NMOS NITRIDE-METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR NMPF NETWORK MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY FACILITY NMS NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM NMVT NETWORK MANAGEMENT VECTOR TRANSPORT NNTP NETWORK NEWS TRANSPORT PROTOCOL

NOI NODE OPERATOR INTERFACE NOM NOMINAL NOP NO OPERATION NORC NAVAL ORDINANCE RESEARCH COMPUTER NOS NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM NOS/VE NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM/VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT NP NET PROCEEDS NP NONDETERMINISTIC POLYNOMIAL NP/L NEW PROGRAM LANGUAGE NPA NETWORK PERFORMANCE ANALYZER NPDA NETWORK PROBLEM DETERMINATION APPLICATION (IBM) NPDN NORDIC PACKET DATA NETWORK (DENMARK NPL N-PROCESSOR LINE NPL NEW PRODUCT LINE NPM NETWORK PERFORMANCE MONITOR NPSI NETWORK CONTROL PROGRAM PACKET SWITCHING INTERFACE NPV NET PRESENT VALUE NR NOISE RATIO NR NOT REQUIRED NR NUMBER NRC NOISE REDUCTION COEFFICIENT NRFD NOT READY FOR DATA NRT NON-REQUESTING TERMINAL NRZ NON-RETURN TO ZERO NRZ1 NON-RETURN TO ZERO ONE

NS NATIONAL STANDARD NS NANOSECONDS NSC NOISE SUPPRESSION CIRCUIT NSEP NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS NSN NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER NSP NATIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING NSP NETWORK SERVICES PROTOCOL NT NEW TECHNOLOGY (E.G., "WINDOWS NT") NT NO TRANSMISSION NT NOT TESTED NTFS NT File System NTIS NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE NTLDR (WINDOWS) NT LOADER NTN NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK NTO NETWORK TERMINAL OPTION NTPF NUMBER OF TERMINALS PER FAILURE NTS NETWORK TEST SYSTEM NTSC NATIONAL TELEVISION STANDARD CODE NUI NETWARE USERS INTERNATIONAL NUM NUMBER NVM NONVOLATILE MEMORY NoOp NO OPERATION

O O OCTAL

O OUTPUT O&C OPERATIONS AND CHECKOUT O&M ORGANIZATION AND METHODS O-B OCTAL TO BINARY O-D OCTAL TO DECIMAL O/C OPEN CIRCUIT OC-1 OPTICAL CARRIER #1 LEVEL OF SONET FIBER-BASED TRANSMISSION RATE) O/L ON LINE O/R ON REQUEST OA OFFICE AUTOMATION OA OFFICE ASSISTANT OA OPERATIONS ANALYSIS OAG EE OFFICIAL AIRLINE GUIDE ELECTRONIC EDITION OAP OFFICE AUTOMATION PLANNING OAS OFFICE AUTOMATION SYSTEM OASF OFFICE AUTOMATION SYSTEM FACILITIES OB OUTPUT BUFFER OBR OPTICAL BAR CODE OCC OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER OCCA OPEN COOPERATIVE COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE OCM OPERATIONS CONTROL MANAGER OCO OBJECT CODE ONLY OCR OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION OCR OPTICAL CHARACTER READER

OCR-A OPTICAL CHARACTER READER FONT A OCR-B OPTICAL CHARACTER READER FONT B OCT OCTAL OCTOPUS (R)(CONTROL DATA CORP.) NETWORK OF CONTROL DATA CORP. OD OUTPUT DATA OD3 OPTICAL DIGITAL DATA DISK ODA OFFICE DOCUMENT ARCHITECTURE ODBC OPEN DATABASE CONNECTIVITY (MICROSOFT) ODE ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION ODE ONLINE DATA ENTRY ODI OPERATOR DATA INPUT ODI OPEN DATALINK INTERFACE ODIF OFFICE DOCUMENT INTERCHANGE FORMAT OD ROM OPTICAL DISK READ ONLY MEMORY ODS OFFICE DIALOG SYSTEM OEM ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER OFC OFFICE OFF OFFICE OH OFF HOOK OIRA OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS OIRM OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (UDSA) OIS OFFICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS OJT ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OL ONLINE

OLAP ORACLE'S ONLINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING OLC ONLINE COMPUTER OLE OBJECT LINKING AND EMBEDDING OLM ONLINE MONITOR OLPS ONLINE PROGRAMMING SYSTEM OLTD ONLINE TEST/DEBUG OLTEP ONLINE TEST EXECUTIVE PROGRAM (IBM) OLTP ONLINE TRANSACTION PROCESSING OLTP ONLINE TERMINAL PROCESSING OM OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE OMF OBJECT MANAGEMENT FACILTY (HEWLETT-PACKARD) OMR OPTICAL MARK READER OMS OFFICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ONA OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE OODBMS OBJECT ORIENTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OOF OFFICE OF THE FUTURE OOPSLA OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING SYSTEMS OP OFFICE PRODUCTS OP OPERATION OP OUTPUT OPC OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL (IBM) OPEN OPEN PROTOCOL ENHANCED NETWORKS OPM OPERATIONS PER MINUTE OPM OPERATOR PROGRAMMING METHOD OPN OPEN

OPND OPERAND OPO ORACLE POWER OBJECTS OPT OPTICAL OPTUL OPTICAL PULSE TRANSMITTER USING LASER OR OPERATIONAL RESEARCH OR OPERATIONS RESEARCH OR OPTICAL READER ORACLE OPTIONAL RECEPTION OF ANNOUNCEMENTS BY CODED LINE ELECTRONICS ORCA ON-LINE RESOURCE CONTROL AID ORDVAC ORDNANCE VARIABLE AUTOMATIC COMPUTER ORG ORGANIZATION ORIG ORIGINATION ORM OPTICAL REMOTE MODULE OS OPERATING SYSTEM OS/2 OPERATING SYSTEM/2 (IBM) OS/MFT OPERATING SYSTEM/MULTIPROGRAMMING WITH FIXED NUMBER OF TASKS OS/MVS OPERATING SYSTEM/MULTIPROGRAMMING WITH VIRTUAL STORAGE OS/MVT OPERATING SYSTEM/MULTIPROGRAMMING WITH VARIABLE NUMBER OF TASKS OS/VS OPERATING SYSTEM/VIRTUAL STORAGE (IBM) OS/VS 1 OPERATING SYSTEM/VIRTUAL STORAGE 1 (IBM) OSA OFFICE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

OSA OPEN SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE OSAM OVERFLOW SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD OSAR OPTICAL STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OSF OFFICE SYSTEMS FAMILY OSI OPEN SYSTEMS INTERCONNECTION OSI ONLINE SOFTWARE OSIS OPEN SHOPS FOR INFORMATION SERVICES OSPF OPEN SHORTEST PATH FIRST OSR OPTICAL SCANNING RECOGNITION OSWS OPERATING SYSTEM WORK STATION OT OVERTIME OTC OFFICE TECHNOLOGY CENTER OTN OTHER-THAN-NEW OTS OFFICE TELESYSTEM OUT OUTPUT OVFLO OVERFLOW

P P PACKED P PARITY P POWER P PUNCH P&L PROFIT & LOSS P-BIT PARITY BIT P-C PROCESS CONTROLLER

P-CODE PSEUDO CODE PA PROGRAM ACCESS PA PROGRAM ANALYSIS PA PUBLIC ADDRESS PA PAPER ADVANCE PA POWER AMPLIFIER PABX PRIVATE AUTOMATED BRANCH EXCHANGE PACEO PROFESSIONAL APPLICATION CREATION ENVIRONMENT PACT PRODUCTION ANALYSES CONTROL TECHNIQUE PACT PAY ACTUAL COMPUTER TIME PAD PACKET ASSEMBLER/DISASSEMBLER PAL PARADOX APPLICATION LANGUAGE PAL PHASE ALTERNATE LINE (EUROPEAN COLOR TV STANDARD) PAL PROGRAMMABLE ALGORITHM MACHINE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PAL PROGRAMMABLE ARRAY LOGIC PAM PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION PAM PERSONAL ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT PAMHLL PROGRAMMABLE ALGORITHM MACHINE HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE PAMRI PERIPHERAL ADAPTER MODULE REPLACEMENT ITEM PAR PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND REPORTING STANDARD PAR PARAMETER PARA PARAGRAPH PARS PROGRAMMED AIRLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM PAS PERSONAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

PAT PRINTER ACTION TABLE PATN PATTERN PAX PRIVATE AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE PB PLUG BOARD PB PAYBACK PERIOD PBX PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE PC PERSONAL COMPUTER PC PROCESS CONTROL PC PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER PC PROGRAM COUNTER PC PUNCHED CARD PC PRINTED CIRCUIT PC PAPER CHANGE PCA PROGRAM CALIBRATION AREA PC DOS PERSONAL COMPUTER DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (IBM) PC ET IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PC-LAN PERSONAL COMPUTER LOCAL AREA NETWORK PC/G PERSONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS PC/GPC PERSONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS CONTROL PROGRAM PC/GX PERSONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS EXTENDED PC/IX PERSONAL COMPUTER/INTERACTIVE EXECUTIVE PC/T PERSONAL COMPUTER/TECHNOLOGY PCA PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION AUDIT PCB PROGRAM CONTROL BLOCK (IBM) PCB PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD

PCC PROGRAM-CONTROLLED COMPUTER PCDC PUNCHED CARD DATA PROCESSING PCI PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERFACE PCL PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE PCM PRINTER COMMAND LANGUAGE PCM PLUG-COMPATIBLE MANUFACTURER PCM PLUG COMPATIBLE MACHINE PCM PLUG COMPATIBLE MAINFRAME PCM PULSE-CODE MODULATION PCNP PERSONAL COMPUTER NETWORK PROGRAM PCP PRIMARY CONTROL PROGRAM PCR PROGRAM CONTROL REGISTER PCS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVER PCS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (AS IN "DIGITAL PCS") PCS PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM PCS PROGRAM CONTROL SHEET PCS PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATIONS SUBSYSTEM (IBM) PCS PUNCHED CARD SYSTEM PCSA PC SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE PCTE PORTABLE COMMON TOOL ENVIRONMENT (EUROPEAN) PCXT PERSONAL COMPUTER EXTENDED PD POINTING DEVICE PDA POINTING DEVICE ADAPTER PDA PROBLEM DETERMINATION AID (IBM) PDA PUSHDOWN AUTOMATION

PDE PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION PDF PROBLEM DETERMINATION FACILITY PDI PICTURE DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS PDL PROCEDURE DEFINITION LANGUAGE (IBM) PDL PROGRAM DESIGN LANGUAGE PDM PRODUCT DATA MANAGER (PRIME) PDN PUBLIC DATA NETWORK PDP PROGRAMMED DATA PROCESSOR PDR PRELIMINARY DATA REPORT PDS PERSONAL DATA SYSTEM PDS PREMISES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PDS PERSONAL DECISION SERIES PDS PREMISES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (AT&T) PDS PROBLEM DESCRIPTOR SYSTEM PDS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR PE PHASE ENCODED PE PROJECT ENGINEER PEER PROJECT ENGINEER EVALUATION REPORT PEL PICTURE ELEMENT PEM PHOTOELECTROMAGNETIC PEN PURCHASING ELECTRONIC NOTEBOOK PEP PARTITIONED EMULATION PROGRAMMING (IBM) PEP PACKETIZED ENSEMBLE PROTOCOL PERCOS PERFORMANCE CODING SYSTEM PERT PROGRAM EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE

PERT/CPM PROGRAM EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE/ CRITICAL PATH METHOD PES PHOTOELECTRIC SCANNING PET PERSONAL ELECTRONIC TRANSLATOR PF PAGE FORMATTER PF PROGRAM FUNCTION PF1 PROGRAM FUNCTION KEY #1 PF2 PROGRAM FUNCTION KEY #2 PFET PROGRAMMABLE FRONT-END PROCESSOR PFR POWER-FAIL RESTART PFR POWER-FAIL RECOVERY PGC PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS CONTROLLER PGF PRESENTATION GRAPHICS FACILITY (IBM) PGP PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY PGS PROGRAM GENERATION SYSTEM PHIGS PROGRAMMERS HIERARCHICAL INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS SYSTEM PHT PHOTOTUBE PI PERFORMANCE INDEX PI PROFITABILITY INDEX PI PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION PIA PERIPHERAL INTERFACE ADAPTER PIC PRIORITY INTERRUPT CONTROLLER PICA (A FORM OF TYPE: 10 CHARACTERS TO THE INCH, NOT AN ABBREVIATION) PICO (1 TRILLIONTH)

PICS PERSONAL COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM PICU PRIORITY INTERRUPT CONTROL UNIT PIM PERSONAL IMFORMATION MANAGER PIN PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER PIN POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK PINO POSITIVE INPUT PIP PAPER IMPACT PRINTING PIP PROGRAMMABLE INTEGRATED PROCESSOR PIPS PATTERN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS PISO PARALLEL IN PISW PROCESS INTERRUPT STATUS WORD PIT PROGRAMMABLE INTERVAL TIMER PIU PATH INFORMATION UNIT PIU PLUG IN UNIT PIXEL PICTURE ELEMENT PKD PACKED PL PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC PL/1 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE ONE PLA PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY PLANCODE PLANNING PLATO PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC FOR AUTOMATIC TEACHING OPERATION PLC POWER LINE CONDITIONER PLDM POWER LINE DISTURBANCE MONITOR PLL PHASE LOCKED LOOP

PLM PULSE LENGTH MODULATION PLP PARTY LINE PROTOCOL PLT PROGRAM LIBRARY TAPE PM PHASE MODULATION PM PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PM PROCEDURES MANUAL PMC PSEUDO MACHINE CODE PMI'S PICTURE MANIPULATION INSTRUCTIONS PMMG PAGE MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT PMMU PAGED MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT PMOS POSITIVE METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR PMS PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM PMS PERSONAL MAILING SYSTEM PMS PROCESSOR MEMORY SWITCH PMS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PMS PUBLIC MESSAGE SYSTEM PMT PAGE MAP TABLE PMTA PAGE MAP TABLE ADDRESS REGISTER PMX PACKET MULTIPLEXER PN PERMANENT NUCLEUS PND PRESENT NEXT DIGIT PNET POWER NETWORKING (IBM) PNX PRIVATE NETWORK EXCHANGE PO PURCHASE ORDER

PO PARTITIONED POACH PC ON A CHIP PODPS POST OBSERVATION DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM POF PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER POF PROGRAMMING OPERATOR FACILITY (IBM) POGO PROGRAMMER ORIENTED GRAPHICS OPERATION POH POWER-ON HOURS POL PROBLEM ORIENTED LANGUAGE POL PROCEDURE-ORIENTED LANGUAGE POL PROCESS-ORIENTED LANGUAGE POP POINT OF PRESENCE POP PROGRAMMER/OPERATOR PRODUCTIVITY AID (IBM) PORT PHOTO-OPTICAL RECORDER TRACKER POS POINT OF SALE POS PRIMARY OPERATING SYSTEM POS PROGRAMMABLE OPTION SELECT POS POSITIVE POSET PARTIALLY ORDER SET POSIX PORTABLE OPERATING SYSTEM INTERFACE PostNet POSTAL NUMERIC ENCODING TECHNIQUE POT PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION TABLE POTS PLAIN OLD TELEPHONE SERVICE POWER PRIORITY OUTPUT WRITES PP PAGES PP PERIPHERAL PROCESSOR

PP PRE-PROCESSOR PPC PERSONAL PORTABLE COMPUTER PPDS PERSONAL PRINTER DATA STREAM PPI PARALLEL PORT INTERFACE PPL POLYMORPHIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE PPL PREFERRED PRODUCTS LIST (US GOVERNMENT) PPM PULSES PER MINUTE PPM PULSE POSITION MODULATION PPMS PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PPP POINT-TO-POINT PROTOCOL PPS PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEM PPS PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY SYSTEMS PPS PULSES PER SECOND PPT PUNCHED PAPER TAPE PPU PERIPHERAL PROCESSING UNIT PR PATTERN RECOGNITION PR PHYSICAL RECORDS PR PRINT PR PUBLIC RELATIONS PRA PRIMARY RATE ACCESS PRD PROCESSING DATA RATE PRELIM PRELIMINARY PRI PRIMARY RATE INTERFERENCE PRI PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE PRIM PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION FOR MANAGEMENT EDUCATION

PRISM PROGRAMMED INTEGRATED SYSTEM MAINTENANCE PRM PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PRM PRIMARY PROC PROCEDURE PROC PROCESSOR PROF PROFESSION PROFIT PROGRAMMED REVIEWING PROFS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SYSTEM (IBM) PROG PROGRAM PROLOG (A PREDICATE LOGIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE) PROM PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY PROMIS (TM) (SPP PRPQ PROGRAMMING REQUEST FOR PRICE QUOTATION PRR PULSE REPETITION RATE PRS PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM PRT PRINTER PRT PRINT PRT PORTABLE REMOTE TERMINAL PRT PRODUCTION RUN TAPE PRT PROGRAM REFERENCE TABLE PRTM PRINTING RESPONSE TIME MONITOR PRTY PRIORITY PS PHYSICAL SEQUENTIAL PS PERSONAL SERVICES PS PICO-SECONDS

PS POWER SUPPLY PS PROGRAMMED SYMBOLS PS/2 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 (IBM) PS/2 M25 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 25 (IBM) PS/2 M30 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 30 (IBM) PS/2 M50 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 50 (IBM) PS/2 M60 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 60 (IBM) PS/2 M70 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 70 (IBM) PS/2 M80 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 80 (IBM) PS/M PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE M PSA PERSONAL STATEMENT ANALYZER PSA PUSHDOWN STACK AUTOMATION PSB PROGRAM SPECIFICATION BLOCK (IBM) PSD PRINTER SHARING DEVICE PSE PACKET SWITCHING EXCHANGE PSEC PICOSECOND PSK PHASE SHIFT KEYING PSL/PSA PROBLEM STATEMENT LANGUAGE/ PROBLEM SPECIFICATION ANALYZER PSN PACKET SWITCHING NETWORK PSOS PROVABLY SECURE OPERATING SYSTEM PSR PROGRAM SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE PSS PACKET SWITCHED SERVICE (UK) PSS PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM PSTN PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK

PSU PROGRAM STORAGE UNIT PT PAPER TAPE PT PART TIME PT PUNCHED TAPE PT PROGRAM TABLE PTAT PRIVATE TRANSATLANTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PTF PROGRAM TEMPORARY FIX (IBM) PTP PAPER TAPE PUNCH PTR PAPER TAPE READER PTT POSTAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH PU POWER UNIT PU PROCESSING UNIT PUB PHYSICAL UNIT BLOCK PUC PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION PUFFT PURDUE UNIVERSITY FAST FORTRAN COMPILER PUMA PROCESSOR UPGRADABLE MODULAR ARCHITECTURE PUT PROGRAM UPDATE TAPE (IBM) PV PRESENT VALUE PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit PVM PASS THROUGH VM FACILITY (IBM) PVS PROGRAM VALIDATION SERVICE (IBM) PWB PRINTER WIRE BOARD PWI POWER INDICATOR PWM PULSE WIDTH MODULATION PWS PROGRAMMER WORK STATION

Q Q QUANTITY Q UNKNOWN VARIABLE Q QUESTION Q QUERY Q QUALITY QA QUALITY ASSURANCE QAM QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION QBE QUERY BY EXAMPLE (IBM) QC QUALITY CONTROL QCC QUALITY CONTROL CIRCLES QEMM QUARTERDECK EXPANDED MEMORY MANAGER QF QUALITY FACTOR QIC QUARTER-INCH CARTRIDGE QIC QUARTER-INCH COMPATIBILITY QIL QUAD-INLINE QISAM QUEUED INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD QIT QUALITY INFORMATION AND TEST SYSTEM QL QUERY LANGUAGE QMF QUERY MANAGEMENT FACILITY QMS QUALITY MICRO SYSTEMS QPDM QUAD PIXEL DATAFLOW MANAGER QPL QUALITY PRODUCTS LIST QSAM QUEUED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD

QT QUEUEING THEORY QTAM QUEUED TELEPROCESSING ACCESS METHOD QTY QUANTITY QUEL QUERY LANGUAGE QUEX QUERY UPDATE BY EXAMPLE QUIC QUARTER INCH CARTRIDGE QUIP QUEUE INTERACTIVE PROCESOR QUIP QUAD IN-LINE PACKAGE QWERTY (STANDARD TYPE KEYBOARD

R R READ R READER R REQUEST R RIGHT R&D RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT R&E RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING R&T RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY R-S RESET-SET R/W READ/WRITE RACE RANDOM ACCESS COMPUTER EQUIPMENT RACE RAPID AUTOMATIC CHECKOUT EQUIPMENT RACF RESOURCE ACCESS CONTROL FACILITY RAD RANDOM ACCESS DATA RAD RANDOM ACCESS DRIVE

RAD RAPID ACCESS DISK RADAR RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING RADAS RANDOM ACCESS DISCRETE ADDRESS RADDA RADIO DETECTION DISCRETE ADDRESS RAI RANDOM ACCESS AND INQUIRY RAIR RANDOM ACCESS INFORMATIONAL RETRIEVAL RALU REGISTER-EQUIPPED ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT RAM RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY RAMAC RANDOM ACCESS RAMAC RANDOM ACCESS METHOD FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL RAMIS RAPID ACCESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM RAMPS RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN MULTI-PROJECT SCHEDULING RAMS RECORD ARCHIVAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RARP REVERSE ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL RAS REMOTE ACCESS SERVICE RAS REMOTE ACCESS SYSTEM RAS RELIABILITY RAS RESOURCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM RAS ROW ADDRESS STROBE RAT RESOURCE ALLOCATION TOOL RAYDAC RAYTHEON DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COMPUTER RBA RELATIVE BYTE ADDRESS RBMS REMOTE BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE RBOC REGIONAL BELL OPERATING COMPANY RC RADIO CONTROLLED

RC RESISTANCE COUPLED RC RESISTANCE-CAPACITANCE RC RESISTOR CAPACITOR RCAC REMOTE COMPUTER ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE RCC RADIO COMMON CARRIER RCD RECEIVER-CARRIER DETECTOR RCP RACKET CO-PROCESSOR (RACKET COMPUTERS RCS RELOADABLE CONTROL STORAGE (IBM) RCTL RESISTOR-CAPACITOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC RCV REVOLVE RCVR RECEIVER RD READ RDC REMOTE DATA CONNECTOR RDE RECEIVED DATA ENABLE RDF RECORD DEFINITION FIELD RDOS REAL-TIME DISK OPERATING SYSTEM RDR READER RDY READY REC RECORD RECFM RECORD FORMAT REF REFERENCE REG REGISTER REGIS REMOTE GRAPHICS INSTRUCTION SET REL RELEASE REM REMAINDER

REMIS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM REMOS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ON-LINE SYSTEM REQUEST RESTRICTED ENGLISH QUESTION-ANSWERING RES REMOTE ENTRY SERVICES (IBM) RETD RED ESPECIAL DE TRANSMISSION DE DATOS (X.25 NETWORK REU RAM EXPANSION UNITS REW REWIND REXEC REMOTE EXECUTE REXX (A VM/CMS PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE) RF RADIO FREQUENCY RF REVISABLE FORM RFC REQUEST FOR COMMENT RFD READY FOR DATA RFI RADIO-FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE RFI REPORT/FILE LANGUAGE RFI REQUEST FOR INFORMATION RFMS REMOTE FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RFQ REQUEST FOR QUOTE RFT REVISABLE FORM TEXT (IBM) RGB RED-GREEN-BLUE (COLOR MONITOR) RGP REMOTE GRAPHICS PROCESSOR RH REPORT HEADING RI READ IN RI RELIABILITY INDEX RI RING INDICATOR

RIM READ IN MODE RIP RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR RIP ROUTING IMAGE PROTOCOL RISC REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER RJE REMOTE JOB ENTRY RJEF REMOTE JOB ENTRY FUNCTION RJP REMOTE JOB PROCESSING (IBM) RL RELOCATION LIBRARY RLC REPEATER LINE CARD RLD RELOCATION DICTIONARY RLIN RESEARCH LIBRARIES INFORMATION NETWORK RLL RUN LENGTH LIMITED RLN REMOTE LAN NODES RLSD RECEIVED LINE SIGNAL DETECTOR RM RACK MOUNT RM RECORDS MANAGEMENT RM RECORD MARK RMAS RETAIL MERCHANDISE AND AUDIT SYSTEM (IBM) RMF RESOURCE MEASUREMENT FACILITY RMM READ MOSTLY MEMORY RMN REMOTE MICROPHONE NETWORK RMS ROOT MEAN SQUARE RMU RETENTION MEMORY UNIT RMW READ-MODIFY WRITE RNMC REDUNDANT NETWORK MANAGEMENT CHANNEL

RO READ ONLY RO READ OUT RO RECEIVE ONLY ROBIN REMOTE ON-LINE BUSINESS INFORMATION NETWORK ROCF REMOTE OPERATOR CONSOLE FACILITY (IBM) ROCR REMOTE ON-LINE BUSINESS INFORMATION NETWORK ROI RETURN ON INVESTMENT ROIT RETURN ON INVESTMENT TIME ROM READ-ONLY MEMORY ROS READ ONLY STORAGE ROS RESIDENT OPERATING SYSTEM ROTR RECEIVE ONLY TYPING REPERFORATION RPC REGISTER PROTECTIVE CIRCUITRY RPC REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL RPG REPORT PROGRAM GENERATOR RPG II REPORT PROGRAM GENERATOR (VERSION TWO) RPG III REPORT PROGRAM GENERATOR (VERSION THREE) RPQ REQUEST FOR PRICE QUOTATION RPROM REPROGRAMMING READ ONLY MEMORY RPS REALTIME PROGRAMMING SYSTEM (IBM) RPS ROTATIONAL POSITION SENSING RPT REPORT RR REGISTER TO REGISTER INSTRUCTION RR REMOVE AND REPLACE RRDS RELATIVE RECORD DATA SET

RRU REMINGTON RAND UNIVAC RS RECOMMENDED STANDARD RS REMOTE STATION RS RESET KEY RS-232 RECOMMENDED STANDARD INTERFACE NUMBER 232 RSCS REMOTE SPOOLING COMMUNICATION SUBSYSTEM (IBM) RSF REMOTE SUPPORT FACILITY (IBM) RSH REMOTE SHELL RSL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS LANGUAGE RSM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RSP REMOTE SWITCHING PARTITION RSS REMOTE SPEAKING SYSTEM RSS RESOURCE SECURITY SYSTEM RT READ TAPE RT REAL TIME RT REGISTER TRANSFER RT RUN TIME RT REMOTE TERMINAL RT-VOS/MP REAL TIME VIRTUAL OPERATING SYSTEM FOR MULTIPROCESSING RT/IOC REAL-TIME INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROLLER RTAM REMOTE TELEPROCESSING ACCESS METHOD (IBM) RTB READ TAPE BINARY RTBM REAL-TIME BIT MAPPING RTC REAL-TIME COMMAND

RTC RELATIVE TIME CLOCK RTCC REAL-TIME COMPUTER COMPLEX RTCF REAL-TIME COMPUTER FACILITY RTCS REAL-TIME COMPUTER SYSTEM RTCU REAL-TIME CONTROL UNIT RTD REAL-TIME DISPLAY RTDHS REAL-TIME DATA HANDLING SYSTEM RTE REAL-TIME EXECUTION RTG ROUTING TABLE GENERATOR RTIS REAL-TIME INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM RTL REAL-TIME LANGUAGE RTL RESISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC RTM REAL-TIME MONITOR RTM REGISTERED TRANSFER MODULE RTMOS REAL-TIME MULTIPROGRAMMING OPERATING SYSTEM RTOS REAL-TIME OPERATING SYSTEM RTS REAL TIME SYSTEM RTS REMOTE TAKEOVER SYSTEM RTS REQUEST TO SEND RU REQUEST/RESPONSE UNIT RW READ-WRITE RWC READ-WRITE-CREATE RWM READ-WRITE MEMORY RXD RECEIVED DATA

S S SECOND S SEQUENTIAL S SIGN S SWITCH S-R SET-RESET S/R SUBROUTINE S/S START/STOP SAA SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS ARCHITECTURE SAA/CUA SAA / COMMON USER ACCESS SAC SCRIPTOMATIC ADDRESSING COMPUTER SAC STORAGE ACCESS CONTROL SAC STORAGE ACCESS CHANNEL SAC STORE AND CLEAR ACCUMULATOR SACINET STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND INTELLIGENT NETWORK SAD SERIAL ANALOG DELAY SADF SEMI-AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER SAH STANDARD AVERAGE HOUR SAH STANDARD ALLOWED HOURS SAI SABRE ASSISTED INSTRUCTION SAKI SELF-ORGANIZING AUTOMATIC KEYBOARD INSTRUCTOR SAL SYSTEMS ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE SAL SYMBOLIC ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE SALU STRUCTURED ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE UTILITIES

SAM SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD SAM SORT AND MERGE SAM SYMANTEC ANTI-VIRUS FOR MACINTOSH SAM SYSTEM ACTIVITY MONITOR SAM SECURE ACCESS MULTIPORT SAP SERVICE ADVERTISING PROTOCOL SAP SYMBOLIC ASSEMBLY PROGRAM SAR SYSOUT ARCHIVE RETRIEVAL SAS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM SAU SECURE ACCESS UNIT SAW SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE SB3 SYSTEM BASE 3 (UNISYS) SBA SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS AUTOMATION SBC SIGNAL BOARD COMPUTER SBC SMALL BUSINESS COMPUTER SBI SYNCHRONOUS BUS INTERFACE SBN STANDARD BOOK NUMBER SBS SATELLITE BUSINESS SYSTEM SCC SPECIALIZED COMMON CARRIER SCC STORAGE CONNECTING CIRCUIT SCC SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLER SCL SYSTEM COMMUNICATION LOCATION SCM SEGMENT CONTROL MODULE SCM SMALL CORE MEMORY SCN SEARS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

SCN SPECIFICATIONS CHANGE NOTICE SCOMP SECURE COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR SCOPE SIMPLE COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT SCOTT SINGLE CHANNEL OBJECTIVE TACTICAL TERMINAL SCP SERVICE CONTROL POINT SCP SYSTEMS CONTROL PROGRAM SCPC SINGLE CHANNEL PER CARRIER SCPM SYSTEMS COOPERATIVE PROGRAM MARKETING SCR SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIER SCS SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM SCS SERVICE CARD SYSTEM SCSI SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM INTERFACE SCT SUBROUTINE CALL TABLE SCTO SOFT CARRIER TURN OFF SDA SHARED DATA ARCHITECTURE (TERADATA) SDA SOURCE DATA AUTOMATION SDA SCREEN DESIGN AID SDAV SYSTEMS DESIGN AUTOMATION VENDOR SDE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT SDF SCREEN DEFINITION FACILITY SDI SOURCE DATA INFORMATION SDI SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION SDI STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE SDI SUPER DATA INTERCHANGE SDI STANDARD DATA INTERFACE

SDK SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT SDLC SYNCHRONOUS DATA LINK CONTROL SDM SUBRATE DATA MULTIPLEXER SDM SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY SDMA STORAGE DEVICE MIGRATION AID SDN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK SDS SCIENTIFIC DATA SYSTEMS SDT SOURCE DATA TERMINAL SDT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT TOOL SE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SE SYSTEMS ENGINEER SE SYSTEM EXTENSION SE SERVICE ENGINEER SEAC STANDARDS EASTERN AUTOMATIC COMPUTER SEC SECOND SECAM SEQUENTIAL COLEUR AVEC MEMOIRE (FRENCH COLOR TV STANDARD) SECT SECTION SEF SOURCE EXPLICIT FORWARDING SEG SEGMENT SEL SELECT SEQ SEQUENCE SEQUEL STRUCTURED ENGLISH QUERY LANGUAGE SERV SERVICE SET SECURE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION

SEU SOURCE ENTRY UTILITY SFD SYMBOLIC FILE DIRECTORY SFQL STRUCTURED FULL-TEXT QUERY LANGUAGE SFT SYSTEM FAULT TOLERANT SFU SCHEDULER FUNCTION UNIT SGND SIGNAL GROUND SH SWITCH HOOK S-HTTP SECURE HYPERTEXT TRANSPORT PROTOCOL SI SHIFT IN SI (INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS) SIC STANDARD INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SID SWIFT INTERFACE DEVICE SIE START INTERPRETIVE EXECUTION SIG SIGNAL SIM SIGNAL INTERFACE MODULE SIM SIMULATION SIM SEMANTIC INFORMATION MANAGER SIMD SINGLE-INSTRUCTION STREAM SIMM SINGLE IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE SIMP SATELLITE INFORMATION MESSAGE PROTOCOL SIMULA SIMULATION LANGUAGE SIO SERIAL INPUT/OUTPUT SIP SIMULATED INPUT PROCESSOR SIP SINGLE IN-LINE PACKAGE SIP STRATEGIC INFORMATION PLAN

SIP SYMBOLIC INPUT PROGRAM SIP SYSTEMS INTEGRATION PLAN SIPO SERIAL IN SIR SELECTIVE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SIR STATISTICAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SIS STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEM SISD SINGLE-INSTRUCTION STREAM SISO SERIAL IN SJF SHORTEST JOB FIRST SL STORAGE LOCATION SLA SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT SLAM SIMULATION LANGUAGE FOR ALTERNATIVE MODELING SLIP SERIAL LINE INTERNET PROTOCOL SLR SERVICE LEVEL REPORTER SLR SIMPLE LEFT-TO-RIGHT SLSI SUPER LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION SLT SOLIG LOGIC TECHNOLOGY SM SHARED MEMORY SMART SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE SMART SYSTEM MONITORING AND REPORTING TOOL SMB SERVER MESSAGE BLOCK SMD SCHEDULING MANAGEMENT DISPLAY SMDR STATION MESSAGE DETAIL RECORDING SMDS SWITCHED MULTIMEGABIT DATA SERVICE SME SOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS

SMF SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT FACILITIES SMFF SCRIPT MATHEMATICAL FORMULA FORMATTER SMP SYMETRIC MULTIPROCESSING (HP) SMP SYSTEM MODIFICATION PROGRAM SMRT SIGNAL MESSAGE RATE TIMING SMS SYSTEM-MANAGED STORAGE (IBM) SMSCRC STANDARD MULTIUSER SMALL COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS CONTRACT (USAF) SMT SEGMENT TABLE MAP SMT STATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (IEEE) SMT SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY SMTE SEGMENT TABLE MAP ENTRY SMTP SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL (NOVELL) SMU SPACE MANAGEMENT UTILITIES SN SWITCHING NETWORK SNA SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE SNAMON SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE MONITOR SNAP STANDARD NETWORK ACCESS PROTOCOL SNF SHARED NETWORK FACILITIES AGREEMENTS SNF SHARED NETWORK FACILITIES SNI SNA NETWORK INTERCONNECTION SNMP SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL SNOBOL STRING ORIENTED SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE SNR SIGNAL/NOISE RATIO SO SHIFT-OUT

SO SERIAL OUTPUT SOA STATE OF THE ART SOAP SYMBOLIC OPTIMIZER AND ASSEMBLY PROGRAM SOB START OF BLOCK SOC SYSTEM ON A CHIP SODA SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION AND DESIGN ALGORITHM SOH START OF HEADER SOM SELF ORGANIZING MACHINE SOM SYSTEM OBJECT MODULE (IBM) SONET SYNCHRONOUS OPTICAL NETWORK SOP STUDY ORGANIZATION PLAN SOP STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE SOR SUCCESSIVE OVERRELAXATION SOS SHARE OPERATING SYSTEM SOS SILICON-ON-SAPPHIRE SOS SYMBOLIC OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE (THE) (A PUBLIC INFORMATION UTILITY DATABASE) SP SPACE CHARACTER SP START POINT SP STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING SP SINGLE PURPOSE SPARC SCALABLE PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE (SUN MICROSYSTEMS SPC STORED PROGRAM COMMAND SPC SYSTEM PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER SPC STORED PROGRAM CONTROL

SPEC SPECIFICATION SPF STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING FACILITY SPI SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INSTRUMENT SPKR SPEAKER SPL SIMPLE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE SPM SET PROGRAM MASK SPM SOURCE PROGRAM MAINTENANCE SPOC SPACE SHUTTLE ONBOARD PERSONAL COMPUTER SPOOL SIMULTANEOUS PERIPHERAL OPERATION ON LINE SPQC STATISTICAL PROCESS AND QUALITY CONTROL SPS SYMBOLIC PROGRAMMING SYSTEM SPS STAND-BY POWER SOURCE SQA SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE SQC STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL SQD SIGNAL QUALITY DETECTOR SQL STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE (IBM) SQL/DS STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE/DATA SYSTEM (IBM) SQUARE SPECIFYING QUERIES AS RELATIONAL EXPRESSIONS SQUID SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE SR STATUS REGISTER SRDM SUB-RATE TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXER SRFT SHORTEST REMAINING TIME FIRST SRL SYSTEM REFERENCE LIBRARY SRM SYSTEM RESOURCES MANAGER SROS SEYBOLD REPORT ON OFFICE SYSTEMS

SRPI SERVER-REQUESTER PROGRAMMING INTERFACE SRT SIGNAL REQUESTS TERMINAL SS STORAGE TO STORAGE INSTRUCTION SS SOLID STATE SS/DD SINGLE-SIDED/DOUBLE-DENSITY SS/SD SINGLE-SIDED/SINGLE-DENSITY SSB SINGLE SIDEBAND SSD SOLID STATE STORAGE DEVICE SSDA SYNCHRONOUS SERIAL DATA ADAPTER SSDD SOLID STATE DISK DRIVE SSEC SELECTIVE SEQUENCE ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR SSI SOFTWARE SYSTEMS INTERFACE SSI SMALL-SCALE INTEGRATION SSL SECURE SOCKETS LAYER SSL SOLID STATEMENT LIBRARY SSM SET SYSTEM MASK SSP SCIENTIFIC SUBROUTINE PACKAGE SSP STRUCTURED SUPPORT PROGRAM SSR SOLID STATE RELAY SSX/VSE SMALL SYSTEM EXECUTIVE/VIRTUAL STORAGE EXTENDED ST SEGMENT TABLE ST STANDARD TIME ST START ST SYSTEM TEST ST (FIBER CONNECTOR FOR UNIFIED SINGLE-MODE OR

MULTIMODE FIBER) STA SPANNING TREE ALGORITHM STAIRS STORAGE AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM (IBM) STAM SHARED TIME ALLOCATION MANAGER STAR SELF TESTING AND REPAIR STAR STRATUS APPLICATION RESOURCE STATIC RAM STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY STC STANDARD TRANSMISSION CODE STD STANDARD STD SUBSCRIBER TRUNK DIALING (UK) STDM SYNCHRONOUS TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXER STE STANDARD TERMINAL EQUIPMENT STED SPECIALIZED TECHNIQUE FOR EFFICIENT TYPESETTING STEP SPERRY TERMINAL EMULATION PACKAGE STI SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL INFORMATION STM SYSTEM MASTER TAPE STO SALES TRAINING ORIENTATION STOR STORAGE STORM STATISTICALLY ORIENTED MATRIX PROGRAM STP SELECTIVE TAPE PRINT STP SYSTEM TRAINING PROGRAM STP SEGMENT TABLE REGISTER STP SHIELDED TWISTED PAIR STR SYNCHRONOUS TRANSMIT RECEIVE STRESS STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS SOLVER

STRUDL STRUCTURAL DESIGN LANGUAGE STS SHARED TENANT SERVICES STS-1 SONET SYNCHRONOUS TRANSMISSION, SIGNAL LEVEL 1; 51.84 Mbps digital transmission) STTL STANDARD TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC STX START OF TEXT SU SELECTABLE UNIT (IBM) SU SIGNALLING UNIT SU STORAGE UNIT SUB SUBTRACT SUB SUBROUTINE SUM SYMANTEC UTILITIES FOR MACINTOSH (SYMANTEC CORP.) SUM II SYMANTEC UTILITIES FOR MACINTOSH VERSION II SUN OS SUN OPERATING SYSTEM SURF SYSTEM UTILIZATION REPORTING FACILITY SVA SHARED VIRTUAL AREA (IBM) SVC SUPERVISOR CALL SVC SWITCH VIRTUAL CIRCUIT SVD SIMULTANEOUS VOICE/DATA SVFS SYSTEM V FILE SYSTEM SVID SYSTEM V INTERFACE DEFINITION (AT&T UNIX) SVR4 SYSTEM V FOR RELEASE 4 SVS SINGLE VIRTUAL STORAGE (IBM) SW STATUS WORD SWAC STANDARDS WESTERN AUTOMATIC COMPUTER

SWAN SECURE WIDE AREA NETWORK SWIM SUPER WOZNIAC INTEGRATED MACHINE SYLK SYMBOLIC LINK SYN SYNCHRONOUS SYNC SYNCHRONIZE SYSGEN SYSTEM GENERATION SYSINFOEF SUBSYSTEM INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FACILITY (IBM) SYSLIB SYSTEM LIBRARY SYSLOG SYSTEM LOGIC SYSMON SYSTEM MONITOR SYSOP SYSTEM OPERATOR SYSOPS SYSTEM OPERATORS SYSOUT SYSTEM OUT SYSTEM IPO SYSTEM INSTALLATION PRODUCTIVITY OPTION (IBM) SYSTEM IPO/E SYSTEM INSTALLATION PRODUCTIVITY OPTION/E (IBM)

T T TERMINAL T TIME T1 (DIGITAL TRANSMISSION LINE, 1.544 MBPS) T3 (DIGITAL TRANSMISSION LINE, 44.736 MBPS) T3/DS-1 (T1 ELECTRICAL-LEVEL TRANSMISSION AND DIGITAL SIGNAL LEVEL-1 FORMAT) 3M 1 MEGABYTE RAM T&E TEST AND EVALUATION

T-A-C THE APPLICATION CONNECTION (LOTUS DEVELOPMENT CORP.) T/DOS TAPE/DISK OPERATING SYSTEM T/W TELETYPEWRITER TA TRAINING ANALYST TAC TELENET ACCESS CONTROLLER TAC THE APPLICATION CONNECTION TADI TIME ASSIGNED DATA INTERPOLATION TADS TEST AND DEBUG SYSTEM TADS TELETYPEWRITER AUTOMATIC DISPATCH SYSTEM TAF TERMINAL ACCESS FACILITY (IBM) TAG TEXT AND GRAPHICS TAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS LANGUAGE TAOS TRANSPORTATION'S AUTOMATED OFFICE SYSTEM (U.S. DEPT.OF TRANSPORTATION) TAS TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE TASI TIME ASSIGNED SPEECH INTERPOLATION TAT TURN AROUND TIME TAXIR TAXONOMIC INFORMATION RETRIEVAL TB TERABYTES (ONE TRILLION BYTES) TBL TABLE TBM TERABIT MEMORY TBMT TRANSMITTER BUFFER EMPTY TBS TERMINAL BUSINESS SYSTEM (IBM) TC TACTICAL COMPUTER TC TELECOMMUNICATIONS

TC TERMINAL COMPUTER TC TERMINAL CONTROLLER TC TRANSFER CONTROL TC TRANSMISSION CONTROL TCAM TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS METHOD (IBM) TCB TASK CONTROL BLOCK TCDMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS/DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TCF TERMINAL CONFIGURATION FACILITY (IBM) TCF TRANSPARENT COMPUTING FACILITY TCM THERMAL CONDUCTION MODULE TCP TAPE CONVERSION PROGRAM TCP TRANSMITTER CLOCK TCP/IP TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL/INTERNET PROTOCOL TCP/IP/NP TCP/IP NEW PRODUCT TC PIP TRUE COLOR, PICTURE-IN-PICTURE TCPC TAB CARD PUNCH CONTROL TCS TERMINAL CONTROL SYSTEM TCS-ACF TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONTROL SYSTEM-ACF TCU TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT TCU TAPE CONTROL UNIT TD TABULAR DATA TD TRANSMITTED DATA TDM TEXT AND DATE MESSAGING TDM TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING TDMA TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS

TDR TRANSMIT DATA REGISTER TDRS TRACKING AND DATA RELAY SATELLITE TE TEST EQUIPMENT TE-1 TERMINAL EQUIPMENT 1 (ISDN COMPATIBLE EQUIPMENT) TE-2 TERMINAL EQUIPMENT 2 (NOT ISDN COMPATIBLE EQUIPMENT) TECH TECHNOLOGY TECS TREASURY ENFORCEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM (U.S. CUSTOMS) TELAPI TELENTE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TELCO TELEPHONE COMPANY TELENET (R) NETWORK OF GENERAL TELEPHONE AND ELECTRONICS COMPANY TELEX TELEPRINTER (TELETYPEWRITER) EXCHANGE SERVICE TEMP TEMPORARY TERA (1 TRILLION) TESS TOTAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT SYSTEM TEXAN TEXAS AGENCY NETWORK TFEL THIN FILM ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE THE SOURCE (TM) SOURCE TELECOMPUTING NETWORK THX TECHMAR HELICAL SYSTEM TI TYPE IN TIA TECHNOLOGY IMPACT ANALYSIS TIC TOKEN-RING INTERFACE COUPLER TICCIT TIME-SHARED INTERACTIVE COMPUTER-CONTROLLED INFORMATIONAL TV

TIGA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS GRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE TIE TAPE IMPORT/EXPORT (NOVELL) TIES TOTAL INTEGRATED ENGINEERING SYSTEM TIF THE INFORMATION FACILITY TIFF TAGGED IMAGE FILE FORMAT TIGER TOPOLOGICALLY INTEGRATED GEOGRAPHIC ENCODING AND REFERENCING SYSTEM TIM TOKEN INTERFACE MODULE TIO TEST INPUT/OUTPUT TIP TECHNICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING TIP TERMINAL INTERFACE MESSAGE PROCESSOR TIP TOTAL INFORMATION PROCESSING TIPC TEXAS INSTRUMENTS PERSONAL COMPUTER TIPS TAILORED IMPLEMENTATION AND PLANNING SERVICE TIPS TEXT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM TIPS TRUEVISION IMAGE PAINT SOFTWARE TIS TOTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM TITAN TRUST INFORMATION & TRANSACTION ACCOUNTING NETWORK (CHASE MANHATTAN) TIU TAPE IDENTIFICATION UNIT TL TAPE LIBRARY TLB TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER TLS THESAURUS AND LINGUISTIC INTEGRATED SYSTEM (IBM) TLU TABLE LOOK UP TM TAPE MARK

TMA TELEPHONE MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING TMCC TIME-MULTIPLEXED COMMUNICATION CHANNEL TME TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENT UNIT TMF TRANSACTION MONITOR FACILITY TMP THERMO-MAGNETIC PRINTING TMR TRIPLE MODULAR REDUNDANCY TMS TELECOMMUNICATIONS MESSAGE SWITCHER TMS TELEPHONE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TMU TIME MEASUREMENT UNIT TNF THIRD NORMAL FORM TNS TRANSACTION NETWORK SERVICE TOC TABLE OF CONTENTS TOC TRAFFIC OPERATIONS CENTER TOD TIME-OF-DAY TODS TRANSACTIONS ON DATABASE SYSTEMS TOE TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE T-1 Line (A telecommunication line, approx. 1.5 Mbps) TOMS TRANSACTIONS ON MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE TOMUS THE ONLINE MULTIPLE USER SYSTEM TOP TECHNICAL OFFICE PROTOCOL TOP TECHNICAL AND OFFICE PROTOCOL TOPLAS TRANSACTIONS ON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND SYSTEMS TOS TAPE OPERATING SYSTEM TOS TERMINAL ORIENTED SYSTEM TOS TERMINAL ORIENTED SOFTWARE

TOS TRANSPARENT OPERATING SYSTEM TOSS TOTAL OFFICE SUPPORT SYSTEM TP TAPE TP TECHNICAL PUBLICATION TP TELEPROCESSING TP TEST PROCEDURE TP TRANSACTION PROCESSING TP TWISTED PAIR TPF TRANSACTION PROCESSING FACILITY TPMS TRANSACTION PROCESSING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TPNS TELEPROCESSING NETWORK SIMULATOR TPS TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM TRAP TANDEM RECURSIVE ALGORITHM PROCESS TRMM TOKEN RING MANAGEMENT MODULE TSO TIME SHARING OPTION TSO/E TIME SHARING OPTION/EXTENSIONS TSSF TAPE STAGING & STORAGE FACILITY (NASA) TSR TERMINATE AND STAY RESIDENT TSTN TRIPLE SUPER TWIST NEMATIC TTF TERMINAL TRANSACTION FACILITY (IBM) TTL TRANSISTOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC CIRCUIT TTS TAILORED-TO-SUIT TTS TRANSACTION TRACKING SYSTEM TTY TELETYPEWRITER TU TAPE UNIT

TUC TERMINAL USAGE CHARGE TUT TRANSISTOR UNDER TEST TVT TELEVISION TUBE TVT TELEVISION TYPEWRITER TERMINAL TWT TRAVELLING WAVE TUBE TWX TELETYPEWRITER EXCHANGE SERVICE TWX TELETYPE COMMUNICATIONS TX TRANSMIT TXD TRANSMIT DATA TYMNET (TM) TIMESHARE INCORPORATED NETWORK

U U UNIT U UTILITY UA USER AGENT UADPS UNIFORM AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM UART UNIVERSAL ASYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER UBC UNIVERSAL BUFFER CONTROLLER UC UPPER CASE UCA USER COMPUTER ADDRESS UCB UNIT CONTROL BLOCK UCL USER CONTROL LIST UCOL ULTRAWIDEBAND COHERENT OPTICAL LAN UCS UNIVERSAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM UCS UNIVERSAL CHARACTER SET

UCW UNIT CONTROL WORD UD UNREMOVE DIRECTORY (NORTON UTILITIES) UDC UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION UDF UNIQUENESS DATABASE FILE UDK USER DEFINED KEY UDLC UNIVAC DATA LINK CONTROL UDP USER DIAGRAM PROTOCOL UDP USER DATA PROTOCOL UDS UNIVERSAL DATA SYSTEMS UGA ULTRA GRAPHICS ADAPTOR (METHUS CORP.) UHF ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY UHQ ULTRA-HIGH QUALITY UIL UNIVAC INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE UIM ULTRA-INTELLIGENT MACHINE UL1 USER LANGUAGE 1 ULA UNCOMMITTED LOGIC ARRAY ULSI ULTRA LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION UNA UNIVERSAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE (NOVELL) UNC UNIVERSAL NAMING CONVENTION UNINET (R) NETWORK OF UNITED TELECOM COMPANY UNIVAC UNIVERSAL AUTOMATIC COMPUTER UNIX UNI (PLUS) MULTIX (AT&T) UNMA UNIFIED MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE (AT&T) UP USER PROGRAM UPC UNIVERSAL PRODUCT CODE

UPL UNIVERSAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE UPS UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEM UR UNIT RECORD URL UNFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR or UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATOR US UNIT SEPARATOR USACI USA STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE USART UNIVERSAL SYNCHRONOUS/ASYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER USAS UNIVAC STANDARD AIRLINE SYSTEM USASCII USA STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE USDC UNIVERSAL SWITCHED DATA CAPABILITY USOC UNIVERSAL SERVICE ORDERING CODE USRT UNIVERSAL SYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER UT UP TIME UT UTILITY UTP UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR UTS UNIVERSAL TIMESHARING SYSTEM UTS-M UNIVERSAL TIMESHARING SYSTEM FOR MAINFRAMES UTS-S UNIVERSAL TIMESHARING SYSTEM FOR SUPERMINIS UTTC UNIVERSAL TAPE-TO-TAPE CONVERTER UUCP UNIX-UNIX COPY PROTOCOL UUT UNIT UNDER TEST

V V VOLT

V VOICE V VIRTUAL V VIDEO V+TU VOICE PLUS TELEPRINTER UNIT V-EMM VIRTUAL EXPANDED MEMORY MANAGER V.24 (CCITT STANDARD PROTOCOL FOR ANALOG CIRCUITS) V/F VOLTAGE TO FREQUENCY CONVERTER V&H VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL VA VIDEO AMPLIFIER VA VOLT AMPERE VAB VOICE ANSWER BACK VAC VALUE-ADDED CARRIER VACC VALUE-ADDED COMMON CARRIER VAD VALUE-ADDED DEALER VAL VICARM ARM LANGUAGE VAN VALUE-ADDED NETWORK VANS VALUE-ADDED NETWORK SERVICE VAP VALUE-ADDED PROCESS VAR VALUE-ADDED RESELLER VAR VARIABLE VASD VALUE-ADDED SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTOR VAT VOICE ACTIVATED TYPEWRITER VAT VIRTUAL ADDRESS TRANSLATION VAU VOLUME ALLOCATION UNIT VAV VISICALC ADVANCED VERSION

VAX (R) (DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP.) VIRTUAL ADDRESS EXTENDED VAXBI VAX BUS INTERFACE VB VISUAL BASIC VBI VERTICAL BLANKING INTERVAL VC VISICALC VCNA VTAM COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK APPLICATION VCR VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER VCS VAX CLUSTER CONTROL SYSTEM VCS VIEW CONTROL SYSTEM VDA/D VIDEO DISPLAY ADAPTER WITH DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT VDG VIDEO DISPLAY GENERATOR VDI VIRTUAL DEVICE INTERFACE VDL VIENNA DEFINITION LANGUAGE VDT VIDEO DISPLAY TUBE VDT VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINAL VDU VIDEO DISPLAY UNIT VDU VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT VFPA VECTOR FLOATING POINT ACCELERATOR VFU VERTICAL FORMAT UNIT VGA VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY VHD VERY HIGH DENSITY VHF VERY HIGH FREQUENCY VHM VIRTUAL HARDWARE MONITOR VHS VIDEO HOME SYSTEM

VHSIC VERY HIGH SPEED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT VIC VARIABLE INSTRUCTION COMPUTER VICS VEHICLE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM VIDA VAX-TO-IBM ACCESS VIDAC VIRTUAL DATA ACQUISITION & CONTROL VIDAC VISUAL INFORMATION DISPLAY AND CONTROL VIDAT VISUAL DATA ACQUISITION VIM VENDOR INDEPENDENT MESSAGING VINES VIRTUAL NETWORK SYSTEM VIO VIRTUAL INPUT OUTPUT (IBM) VIP VARIABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING VIP VENDOR INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM VIP VISUAL INFORMATION PROJECTION VIPP VARIABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PACKAGE VISC VISUALIZATION IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING VL VOLUME LABEL VLF VERY LOW FREQUENCY VLP VIDEO LONG PLAYER VLSI VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION VM VIRTUAL MEMORY VM VIRTUAL MACHINE VM/370 VIRTUAL MACHINE/370 VM/AS VIRTUAL MACHINE/APPLICATION SYSTEM VM/BSE VIRTUAL MACHINE/BASIC SYSTEM EXTENSIONS VM/IFS VIRTUAL MACHINE/INTERACTIVE FILE SHARING

VM/PROLOG VIRTUAL MACHINE/PROGRAMMING IN LOGIC VM/RTM VIRTUAL MACHINE/REAL TIME MONITOR VM/SE VIRTUAL MACHINE/SYSTEM EXTENSION VM/SP VIRTUAL MACHINE/SYSTEM PRODUCT VM/XA VIRTUAL MACHINE/EXTENDED ARCHITECTURE VMA VIRTUAL MACHINE ASSIST VMAP VIRTUAL MACHINE PERFORMANCE MONITOR ANALYSIS PROGRAM VME/B VIRTUAL MEMORY ENVIRONMENT B VMM VIRTUAL MACHINE MONITOR VMPPF VIRTUAL MACHINE PERFORMANCE PLANNING FACILITY VMS VIRTUAL MEMORY SYSTEM VMS VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN VMT VIRTUAL MEMORY TECHNIQUE VMTSS VIRTUAL MACHINE TIME-SHARING SYSTEM VMX VOICE MESSAGE EXCHANGE VNCA VTAM NODE CONTROL APPLICATION VNET VIRTUAL NETWORK VNL VIA NET LOSS VNS VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM VODACOM VOICE DATA COMMUNICATION VODS VIDEO OPERATOR DISTRESS SYNDROM VOIP

VOICE OVER IP

VOL VOLUME VOM VOLT-OHMMETER

VOR VOICE-OPERATED RELAY VOS VOICE OPERATED SWITCH VOX VOICE OPERATED CONTROL VP VENTURA PUBLISHING VPA VOLUME PURCHASE AGREEMENT VPN VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK VPSS/VF VECTOR PROCESSING SUBSYSTEM/VECTOR FACILITY VPU VIDEO PROCESSING UNIT VPUG VENTURA PUBLISHING USER GROUP VQL VARIABLE QUANTIZING LEVEL VR VOLTAGE REGULATOR VRAM VIDEO RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY VRC VERTICAL REDUNDANCY CHECK VRC VISIBLE RECORD COMPUTER VS VARIABLE SPEED VS VIRTUAL STORAGE VS1 VIRTUAL STORAGE 1 VS2 VIRTUAL STORAGE 2 VSAM VIRTUAL STORAGE ACCESS METHOD (IBM) VSAT VERY SMALL APERATURE TERMINAL VSC VIDEO SYSTEM CONTROLLER VSC VARIABLE SPEED CONTROL VSE VIRTUAL STORAGE EXTENDED (IBM) VSE/AF VIRTUAL STORAGE EXTENDED/ADVANCED FUNCTION VSE/PT VIRTUAL STORAGE EXTENDED PERFORMANCE TOOL

VSI VIRTUAL SCREEN INTERFACE VSPC VISUAL STORAGE PERSONAL COMPUTING VSS VOLTAGE FOR SUBSTRATE AND SOURCES VT VIDEO TAPE VT VIDEO TERMINAL VTAM VORTEX TELECOMMUNICATIONS METHOD VTAM VIRTUAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS METHOD (IBM) VTAME VIRTUAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS METHOD ENTRY VTAMPARS VIRTUAL TELECOM. ACCESS METHOD PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS REPORT VTOC VOLUME TABLE OF CONTENTS (VTOC) VTR VIDEO TAPE RECORDER VTS/MA VIRTUAL TERMINAL SESSION/MULTIPLE ACCESS VU VOICE UNIT VUP VAX UNITS OF PERFORMANCE VW (R) VOLKSWRITER VWL VARIABLE WORK LENGTH VXD VIRTUAL DEVICE DRIVER VXO VARIABLE CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR

W W WRITE W WORD W WIDE W WATTS

W/S WORDS PER SECOND WADS WIDE AREA DATA SERVICE WALT WEST'S AUTOMATIC LAW TERMINAL WAM WINDOWS EXCELERATOR MODULE WAN WIDE AREA NETWORK WANS WIDE AREA NETWORKS WAP WORK ASSIGNMENT PROCEDURE WATFIV WATERLOO FORTRAN IV (WATERLOO UNIVERSITY WATFOR WATERLOO FORTRAN WATS WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE WATS WIDE AREA TELEPHONE SERVICE WACK WAIT BEFORE TRANSMIT WB WIDE BAND WBMF WANG BAND MANAGEMENT FACILITY WBS WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE WBX WANG BUSINESS EXCHANGE WCS WRITABLE CONTROL STORE WD WORD WE WRITE ENABLE WESTLAW (TM) (WEST PUBLISHING CO.) WEST'S LAW RESEARCH DATABASE WFF WELL-FORMED FORMULA WILS WANG INTERACTIVE LEARNING SYSTEM WIN WOLLOGONG INTEGRATED NETWORK WINDOWS NT WINDOWS NEW TECHNOLOGY

WINLOC WINDOWS LOCAL OFFICE CONNECTION (WANG) WIP WORK IN PROGRESS WIS WORLDWIDE INFORMATION SYSTEM (U.S. DEPT. OF DEFENSE) WITA WANG INFORMATION TRANSFER ARCHITECTURE (WANG) WITS WASHINGTON INTERAGENCY TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM WIX WINDOWS INFORMATION EXCHANGE (GENERAL VIDEOTEX CORP.) WMS WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WNIMS WIDE AREA NETWORK INTERFACE MODULES WNT WINDOWS NEW TECHNOLOGY WO WORK ORDER WOM WRITE OPTIONAL MEMORY WOM WRITE ONLY MEMORY WORM WRITE ONCE WORM-TOS WRITE ONCE WP WORKING PAPER WP WORD PROCESSING WP/AS WORD PROCESSING/ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT WP/DP WORD PROCESSING/DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WPG WORDPERFECT GRAPHICS FORMAT WP/OS WORD PROCESSING/OFFICE SYSTEMS WPAAS WORD PROCESSING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM WPM WORDS PER MINUTE WPS WORDS PER SECOND WPS WORKPLACE SHELL (IBM)

WPS WORKSTATION PUBLISHING SYSTEM (IBM) WQF WORKSTATION QUERY FACILITY WR WRITE WRC WORKSTATION RESOURCE CENTER WRU WHO ARE YOU WS WORK SPACE WS WORKING STORAGE WS-25 WANG SYSTEM 25 WS-30 WANG SYSTEM 30 WSF WORKSTATION FACILITY WSMIS WEAPON SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM WSN WANG SYSTEM NETWORKING WSS WANG STATION SETS WTO WRITE TO OPERATOR WTOR WRITE TO OPERATOR WITH REPLY WWMCCS WORLDWIDE MILITARY COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEM WYSIWYG WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET

X X-OFF TRANSMITTER OFF X-ON TRANSMITTER ON X.25 COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL #25 (CCITT) XA EXTENDED ARCHITECTURE XAIE XEROX ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENVIRONMENT XBM EXTENDED BASIC MODE

XDE EXTENDED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT XDP EXTENDED DATA PROCESSING XDP EXTENDED DATA PROCESSING XEROX CIN XEROX CORPORATE INTERNET XEROX RIN XEROX RESEARCH INTERNET XFER TRANSFER XI X.25 SNA INTERCONNECTION XID EXCHANGE STATION IDENTIFICATION XI X.25 SNA INTERCONNECTION XMIT TRANSMIT XML EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE XMS EXTENDED MEMORY SPECIFICATION XMTL TRANSMITTAL XNS XEROX NETWORKING SYSTEM XNS XEROX NETWORK SYSTEM XOR EXCLUSIVE OR XPG2 OPEN PRODUCTIVITY GUIDE VERSION 2 XR EXTERNAL RESET XRF EXTENDED RELIABILITY FEATURE XRF EXTENDED RECOVERY FACILITY (IBM) XT EXTENDED TECHNOLOGY XTAL CRYSTAL XTC EXTERNAL TRANSMIT CLOCK XTEN XEROX TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK XTP EXPRESS TRANSFER PROTOCOL

XTRAN EXPERIMENTAL LANGUAGE (IBM) XUI X USER INTERFACE (DEC) XVMX XEROX VOICE MESSAGE EXCHANGE (XEROX)

Y Y2K Year 2000 YACC YET ANOTHER COMPILER-COMPILER YES/MVSE YORKTOWN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE VIRTUAL STORAGE ENVIRONMENT YIG YTTRIUM-IRON-GARNET YR YEAR YTD YEAR TO DATE YY YEAR YY/MM/DD YEAR/MONTH/DAY

Z Z ZOOM Z1 ZUSE 1 (MECHANICAL CALCULATOR) Z2 ZUSE 2 (ELECTROMECHANICAL CALCULATOR BY KONRAD ZUSE) Z3 ZUSE 3 (ELECTROMECHANICAL PROGRAMMED CALCULATOR Z4 ZUSE 4 (ELECTROMECHANICAL PROGRAMMED CALCULATOR Z8 ZILOG 8 BIT ONE-CHIP MICROCOMPUTER Z80 ZILOG 8 BIT MICROPROCESSOR

Z800 ZILOG 8 BIT MICROPROCESSOR Z8000 ZILOG 8 BIT MICROPROCESSOR ZO ZOOM OUT ZPA ZEUS PROGRAM ANALYSIS (WESTERN ELECTRIC ZX80 (MICROCOMPUTER BY SINCLAIR RESEARCH ZBI ZERO BIT INSERTION ZBTSI ZERO BIT TIME-SLOT INSERTION ZDL ZERO DELAY LOCKOUT (STAR-TEK) ZIF ZERO INSERTION FORCE ZIP ZIG-ZAG IN-LINE PACKAGE ZO ZOOM OUT ZPA ZEUS PROGRAM ANALYSIS (WESTERN ELECTRIC)