Forkortelser | Betydning |
10 GbE | 10 gigabit Ethernet |
100GbE | 100 Gigabit Ethernet |
10HD busy period | 10-high-day busy period |
1170 | UNIX 98 |
121 | one-to-one |
1xRTT | Single-Carrier Radio Transmission Technology |
2D barcode | two-dimensional barcode |
3270 | Information Display System |
3BL | triple bottom line |
3-D | three dimensions or three-dimensional |
3G | third generation of mobile telephony |
3PL | third-party logistics |
3Vs | volume, variety and velocity |
40GbE | 40 Gigabit Ethernet |
4-D printing | four-dimensional printing |
4G | fourth-generation wireless |
7W | seven wastes |
8-VSB | 8-level vestigial sideband |
A.I. | Airborne Internet |
A/m, Oe, oersted | ampere per meter |
A+ | A Plus |
AA | modem lights |
AAA | authentication, authorization, and accounting |
AAA server | authentication, authorization, and accounting |
AAR | Apple Authorized Reseller |
AARP | AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol |
AAUI | Apple attachment unit interface |
ab W | abohm |
abA | abampere |
ABAP | Advanced Business Application Programming |
ABB | activity-based budgeting |
ABBH | average bouncing busy hour |
ABC | activity-based costing |
abC | abcoulomb |
abend | abnormal end |
abF | abfarad |
abH | abhenry |
ABM | activity-based management |
ABP | Microsoft Exchange Address Book Policy |
abS | absiemens |
abV | abvolt |
ABVS | Automated Best Value System |
ABVS | automated best value system |
abW | abwatt |
AC-3 | Dolby Digital |
ACD | Automatic Call Distributor |
ACeS | Asia Cellular Satellite System |
ACF2 or CA-ACF2 | Access Control Facility |
ACH | Automated Clearing House |
ACH fraud | Automated Clearing House fraud |
ACID | atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability |
ACL | access control list |
ACM | Association for Computing Machinery |
ACO | accountable care organization |
ACPI | Advanced Configuration and Power Interface |
ACR | attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio |
ACT | Application Compatibility Toolkit |
ACTA | America’s Carriers Telecommunications Association |
ACTS | Automatic Coin Telephone System |
ACTS | Automatic Coin Telephone System |
ACV | all commodity volume |
AD CS | Active Directory Certificate Services |
AD domain | Active Directory domain |
AD forest | Active Directory forest |
AD tree | Active Directory tree |
ADAT | Alesis Digital Audio Tape |
ADC | automated data collection |
ADC | analog-to-digital conversion |
ADE | qutomated data entry |
ADF | automatic document feed |
ADO | ActiveX Data Objects |
ADP | Automatic Data Processing Inc. |
ADP | automatic data processing |
ADPCM | adaptive differential pulse-code modulation |
ADS | alternate data stream |
ADSI | Analog Display Services Interface |
ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
ADSM | ADSTAR Distributed Storage Management |
AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
AES/EBU | Audio Engineers Society/European Broadcasting Union |
AET | advanced evasion technique |
AF | audio frequency or a.f. |
AFC | pixie dust or antiferromagnetically-coupled |
AFIS | Automated Fingerprint Identification System |
AFM | atomic force microscopy |
AFP | Advanced Function Printing |
AFS | Andrew file system |
aglet | agile applet |
AGP | Accelerated Graphics Port |
AHA | Accelerated Hub Architecture |
AHIMA | American Health Information Management Association |
AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
AHT | average handle time |
AI | Artificial Intelligence |
AIBO | Artificial Intelligence roBOt |
AICPA | American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
AID | automatic identification |
AIDC | Automatic Identification and Data Capture |
AIFF | Audio Interchange File Format |
AIM | application integration middleware |
AIMS | agile infrastructure for manufactured systems |
AIN | Advanced Intelligent Network |
AIT | advanced intelligent tape |
AIX | Advanced Interactive eXecutive |
Ajax | Asynchronous JavaScript and XML |
AKO | Army Knowledge Online |
AL | access list |
ALE | Application Link Enabling |
ALM | application lifecycle management |
ALPR | Automated License Plate Recognition |
alt. | alternate newsgroup |
ALU | arithmetic-logic unit |
Amazon EC2 | Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud |
Amazon EMR | Amazon Elastic MapReduce |
Amazon FPS | Amazon Flexible Payments Service |
Amazon S3 | Amazon Simple Storage Service |
AMD | Advanced Micro Devices |
AMD-V | AMD virtualization |
AMI | Amazon Machine Image |
AMI | advanced metering infrastructure |
AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
AML | anti-money laundering software |
AMPS | Advanced Mobile Phone Service |
AMR | ambulatory medical record |
AMR | automated meter reading |
AMR | Audio/Modem Riser or AMR slot |
AMT | advanced manufacturing technology |
AMTOR | amateur teleprinting over radio |
AMU or amu | atomic mass unit |
ANI | Automatic Number Identification |
animated GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
ANQP | Access Network Query Protocol |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
AoE | ATA over Ethernet |
AOI | automated optical inspection |
AOP | aspect-oriented programming |
AOSP | Android Open Source Project |
AP | Adaptive Planning |
AP | accounts payable |
Apache Hadoop YARN | Yet Another Resource Negotiator |
APAR | authorized program analysis report |
API | application program interface |
APICS | American Production and Inventory Control Society |
APIPA | Automatic Private IP Addressing |
APL | a programming language |
APM | application performance monitoring |
APM | application portfolio management |
APO | advanced planning and optimization |
APO | Advanced Planner and Optimizer |
AppBlast | Project AppBlast |
APPC | Advanced Program-to-Program Communication or LU 6.2 |
Apple VPP | Apple Volume Purchase Program |
Apple WWDC | Apple Worldwide Developers Conference |
APPN | Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking |
APQP | advanced product quality planning |
APS | advanced planning and scheduling |
APT | advanced persistent threat |
AR | accounts receivable |
AR | augmented reality |
ARAX | Asynchronous Ruby and XML |
ARIN | American Registry of Internet Numbers |
Arista EOS | Arista Extensible Operating System |
ARJ | Archive Robert Jung |
ARP | Address Resolution Protocol |
ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
ARPU | average revenue per user or average revenue per unit |
ARQ | automatic repeat request |
ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 |
ARRL | American Radio Relay League |
AS | autonomous system |
AS/400 | IBM iSeries, AS/400e, eServer iSeries/400 |
AS1 | Applicability Statement 1 |
AS2 | Applicability Statement 2 |
ASAP | AcceleratedSAP |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ASD | agile software development |
ASE | Adaptive Server Enterprise |
ASF | Apache Software Foundation |
ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning |
Engineers | |
ASIC | application-specific integrated circuit |
ASIO | Audio Stream Input/Output |
ASLR | address space layout randomization |
ASN | advanced shipping notice |
ASN.1 | Abstract Syntax Notation One |
ASP | authorized service provider |
ASP | application service provider |
ASP | Active Server Page |
ASP+ | ASP.NET |
ASPI | Advanced SCSI Programming Interface |
ASPI driver | Advanced SCSI Programming Interface driver |
ASPIC | Application Service Provider Industry Consortium |
ASQ | American Society for Quality |
ASR | automated speech recognition |
ASRS | automated storage retrieval systems |
ASSP | application-specific standard product |
AST | automated storage tiering |
ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
ASUG | Americas’ SAP Users’ Group |
ATA | American Telemedicine Association |
ATA | analog telephone adapter |
ATA | Advanced Technology Attachment |
ATAPI | AT Attachment Packet Interface |
ATE | automated test equipment |
ATE | automated test equipment |
ATL | Active Template Library |
ATM | asynchronous transfer mode |
ATO | assemble to order |
ATP | advanced technology program |
ATR | automated trouble reporting |
ATS | applicant tracking system |
ATSC | Advanced Television Systems Committee |
ATU-R | ADSL Terminal Unit – Remote |
ATV | advanced television |
ATVEF | Advanced Television Enhancement Forum |
AUI | attachment unit interface |
AUP | acceptable use policy |
AV | audio/video |
AVA | anonymous video analytics |
AVI file | Audio Video Interleaved file |
AVL | approved vendor list |
AVL | automatic vehicle locator |
AWG | American Wire Gauge |
AWIS | Alexa Web Information Service |
AWS | Amazon Web Services |
AWT | Abstract Window Toolkit |
AXI | automated X-ray inspection |
AXT | alien crosstalk |
B2B | Business to Business |
B2B | Business2Business or Business-to-Business |
B2C | Business To Consumer |
B2C | Business2Consumer or Business-to-Consumer |
B2E | Business2Employee or Business-to-Employee |
B2G | Business2Government or Business-to-Government |
B8ZS | bipolar 8-zero substitution, binary 8-zero substitution, clear channel, clear |
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BA | business analytics |
BA | business agility |
BAA | HIPAA business associate agreement |
BAA | broad agency announcement |
BAL | Basic Assembler Language |
BAL | Basic Assembler Language or branch-and-link |
BAM | business activity monitoring |
BAM | Bottleneck Allocation Methodology |
BAPI | Business Application Programming Interface |
bash | Bourne Again Shell |
BBCs | buffer credits or buffer-to-buffer credits |
BBS | bulletin board system |
BC Set | Business Configuration Set |
BCBS | Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
Bcc | blind carbon copy or blind courtesy copy |
BCDR | Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery |
B-channel | bearer channel |
BCI | brain-computer interface |
BCM | business continuity management |
BCMA | Bar Coded Medication Administration |
BDaaS | big data as a service |
BEDO DRAM | Burst Extended Data Output DRAM |
Bellcore | Bell Communications Research |
BER | bit error rate |
BES | BlackBerry Enterprise Server |
BEST | Business / Enterprise State Transfer |
BEx | Business Explorer |
BGAN | Broadband Global Area Network |
BGP | Border Gateway Protocol |
BHIE | Bidirectional Health Information Exchange |
BI | business intelligence |
BIA | business impact analysis |
BIC | Best In Class |
BIC | business information center |
BIC | bank identifier code |
BICC | business intelligence competency center |
BICC | Bearer Independent Call Control |
Big Data | big data |
BIOS | basic input/output system |
BISDN | Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network |
BIST | Built In Self Test |
bit | binary digit |
BLOB | binary large object |
BMAN | Broadband Metropolitan Area Network |
BMC | baseboard management controller |
BMP | Best Manufacturing Practices |
BMS | battery management system |
BNC | Bayonet Neil-Concelman or British Naval Connector |
BOB | branch office box |
BOC | Bell operating company |
BOH | Balance On Hand |
BOL | beginning of life |
BOM | Bill Of Materials |
BOOTP | Bootstrap Protocol |
Box | Box.net |
BP&F | budgeting, planning and forecasting |
BPA | business process automation |
BPaaS | Business Process as a Service |
BPCS | Business Planning and Control System |
BPEL | Business Process Execution Language |
BPEL | Business Process Execution Language |
BPI | business process improvement |
BPL | Broadband over Power Line |
BPM | business process management |
BPMI | Business Process Management Initiative |
BPML | Business Process Modeling Language |
BPMN | Business Process Modeling Notation |
BPMN | Business Process Modeling Notation |
BPMS | Business process management suite |
BPO | business process outsourcing |
BPR | business process reengineering |
BPR | Business Process Reengineering |
BPS | bulk power system |
bps or bit/sec | bits per second |
BRE | business rules engine |
BREW | Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless |
BRI | Basic Rate Interface |
BSA | Bank Secrecy Act |
BSA | Business Software Alliance |
BSD | Berkeley Software Distribution |
BSOD | blue screen of death |
BSP | business service provider |
BT | business technology |
BTF | Build To Forecast |
BTM | business technology management |
BTO | Build To Order |
BTOP | Broadband Technology Opportunities Program |
BTP | Business Transaction Protocol |
BTS | Build To Stock |
Btu | British thermal unit |
BU | backup utility |
BURN-Proof | Buffer Under Run Error Proof |
burst SRAM | SynchBurst SRAM |
BYOA | bring your own apps |
BYOD | bring your own device |
BYOD workplace | bring your own device workplace |
BYOE | bring your own encryption |
BYOI | bring your own identity |
BYON | bring your own network |
BYOT | bring your own technology |
BYOx | bring your own everything |
C&C; server | command-and-control server |
CA | cellular automaton |
CA | certificate authority |
CaaS | Communications as a Service |
CAC | call admission control |
CAC | common access card |
CACS | computer assisted coding system |
CAD | Computer-Aided Design |
CAD | computer-aided design |
CAD/CAM | computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing |
CADE | Corporate Average Data center Efficiency |
CAE | Computer-Aided Engineering |
CAE | computer-aided engineering |
CAES | compressed air energy storage |
CAFC | Container on Flat Car |
CAFE | Corporate Average Fuel Economy |
CAGR | Compound Annual Growth Rate |
CAIV | Cost As (An) Independent Variable |
CalConnect | Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium |
CALEA | Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act |
CALS | Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support |
CAM | corporate account manager |
CAM | Computer-Aided Manufacturing |
CAM-I | Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing — International |
CAMM | Common Assurance Maturity Model |
CAMU | Computerized Assembly Mock Up |
CAN | corporate area network |
CAP | carrierless amplitude/phase |
CAP theorem | Brewer’s theorem |
Capex | capital expenditure |
CAPI | Common Application Programming Interface |
CAPM | cloud application performance management |
CAPOSS | CApacity Planning and Operation Sequence Scheduling |
CAPP | Computer-aided process planning |
CAPTCHA | Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans |
Apart | |
CAS | Client Access Server |
CAS | channel-associated signaling |
CAS | content-addressed storage |
CASA | Computer and Automated Systems Association |
CASE | Computer-Aided System Engineering |
CASE | computer-aided software engineering |
CATT | Computer Aided Test Tool |
CATV | community access television |
CAVE | Cave Automatic Virtual Environment |
CB | Citizen’s Band Radio |
CBA | cost-benefit analysis |
CBC | cipher block chaining |
CBSA | Component Based Solution Assembly |
CBT | Computer-Based Training |
CBT | Changed Block Tracking |
CBT | computer-based training |
CC | Common Criteria |
CCB | Change Control Board |
CCD | Continuity of Care Document |
CCD | charge-coupled device |
CCEVS | Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme for IT Security |
CCIE | Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert |
CCITT or ITU-T | Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International |
Telecommunications | |
CCJ | collaborative citizen journalism |
CCK | Complementary Code Keying |
CCM | Color Changing Material |
CCMM | cloud computing maturity model |
CCMP | Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol |
CCNA | Cisco Certified Network Associate |
CCNP | Cisco Certified Network Professional |
CCO | chief customer officer |
CCO | Corporate or Chief Compliance Officer |
CCR | Continuity of Care Record |
CCR | Central Contractor Registration |
CCS | common channel signaling |
CCS | hundred call second or centum call second |
CCSP | Cisco Certified Security Professional |
CCTV | closed circuit television |
CCTV | closed circuit television |
CD | cardholder data |
CD | compact disc |
CD burner | CD recorder |
CDA | Clinical Document Architecture |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CDC | change data capture |
CDD | contract delivery date |
CDDI | Copper Distributed Data Interface |
CDE | Common Desktop Environment |
CDE | cardholder data environment |
CDF | Channel Definition Format |
CDI | customer data integration |
CD-i | Compact Disc – interactive |
CDMA | Code-Division Multiple Access |
CDMA One | cdmaOne or code-division multiple access one |
CDMA2000 | IMT-CDMA Multi-Carrier or code-division multiple access 2000 |
CD-MO | CD-Magneto Optical |
CDN | content delivery network |
CDO | Chief Digital Officer |
CDO | Collaboration Data Objects |
CDO | chief data officer |
CDP | clean desk policy |
CDPD | Cellular Digital Packet Data |
CDR | call detail record |
CDR | Computed Dental Radiography |
CD-R | compact disc, recordable |
CD-ROM XA | Compact Disc – read-only-memory, extended architecture |
CD-RW | compact disc, rewriteable |
CDSL | Consumer Digital Subscriber Line |
CDSS | clinical decision support system |
CdTe | cadmium telluride |
CEBP | communications-enabled business processes |
CELL | Cell processor |
CEM | customer experience management |
CEMS | Contract Electronic Manufacturing Services |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CEP | complex event processing |
CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Litigation |
Act | |
CERN | Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire |
CERT | Computer Emergency Readiness Team |
CES | Consumer Electronics Show |
CF card | CompactFlash card |
CFAA | Computer Fraud and Abuse Act |
CFAR | Collaboration Forecasting and Replenishment |
CFB | ciphertext feedback |
CFD | Computational Fluid Dynamics |
CFD | computational fluid dynamics |
CFI | custom factory integration |
CFL | compact fluorescent light bulb |
CFM | Continuous Flow Manufacturing |
CFML | ColdFusion Markup Language |
CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
CFR | call failure rate |
CG | Consumer Goods |
CGI | common gateway interface |
CGMP | Current Good Manufacturing Practices |
CGO | Chief Green Officer |
CHAP | Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol |
CHDR | Clinical Data Repository/Health Data Repository |
CHI | Consolidated Health Informatics |
CHIME | College of Healthcare Information Management Executives |
CHKDSK | check disk |
chmod | change mode |
CHRO | chief human resources officer |
CHTML | Compact HTML |
CI | customer intelligence |
CI | Continuous Improvement |
CI | continuous integration |
CI | competitive intelligence |
CIA | confidentiality, integrity, and availability |
CICS | Customer Information Control System |
CIDM | Customer-Integrated Decision Making |
CIDR | supernetting or Classless Inter-Domain Routing |
CIDR | Classless Inter-Domain Routing or supernetting |
CIFS | Common Internet File System |
CIM | Common Information Model |
CIO | Chief Information Officer |
CIPE | Compressed Integrated Product Engineering |
CIR | committed information rate |
CIS | cloud-integrated storage |
CIS | Center for Internet Security |
CISA | Certified Information Systems Auditor |
CISC | complex instruction set computer or computing |
Cisco IOS | Cisco Internetwork Operating System |
Cisco LISP | Location Identifier Separation Protocol |
CISM | certified information security manager |
CISO | chief information security officer |
CISPA | Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 |
CISP-PCI | Cardholder Information Security Program – Payment Card Industry Data |
Security Standard | |
CISS | Cisco Information Security Specialist |
CISSP | Certified Information Systems Security Professional |
CIW | Certified Internet Webmaster |
CIW | Computer Intensive Workload |
CKO | chief knowledge officer |
CL | cluster log |
CLASS | Capacity Loading and Operation Sequence Scheduling |
CLEC | competitive local exchange carrier |
CLI | Common Language Infrastructure |
CLI | command line interface |
Click Fraud | pay-per-click fraud |
CLM | Council For Logistics Management |
CLO | chief learning officer |
cloud DR | cloud disaster recovery |
cloud NAS | cloud network attached storage |
CLR | Common Language Runtime |
clustered NAS | Clustered network-attached storage |
CM | configuration management |
CM | Contract Manufacturer |
CM | content management |
CMA | content management application |
CMDB | configuration management database |
CMDM | Collaborative Master Data Management |
CMIO | Chief Medical Information Officer |
CMIP | Common Management Information Protocol |
CMIS | Content Management Interoperability Services |
CMM | Capability Maturity Model |
CMO | chief marketing officer |
CMOS | complementary metal-oxide semiconductor |
CMOx | conductive metal-oxide |
CMR | customer-managed relationship |
CMRP | Capacitated Material Requirements Planning |
CMS | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
CMS | content management system |
CMS | Conversational Monitor System |
CMTS | cable modem termination system |
CMYK | cyan, magenta, yellow, key |
CNA | converged network adapter |
CNC | Computer Numerical Control |
CNG | comfort noise generator |
CNO | cluster name object |
CNR | Communication and Networking Riser |
CO | central office |
CO | capacity optimization |
COA | cloud-oriented architecture |
COA | chart of accounts |
COA | Continuous Ordering Agreement |
COB | Chip On Board |
COBOL | Common Business Oriented Language |
COD | capacity on demand |
COGS | Cost of Goods Sold |
CoIP | communications over Internet Protocol |
COLD | Computer Output to Laser Disk |
colo | colocation |
COM | Component Object Model |
Commerce XML | cXML or Commerce Extensible Markup Language |
CompTIA | Computing Technology Industry Association |
CONUS | continental United States |
COO | Chief Operating Officer |
COO | Cost of Ownership |
COO | Cell of Origin |
COPE | corporate-owned, personally-enabled |
COPPA | Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act |
COPS | Common Open Policy Service Protocol |
CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
corporate VM | corporate virtual machine |
COS | Class of Service |
CoS | Class of Service |
COTS | Commercial Off The Shelf |
COTS | commercial off-the-shelf |
CP | configuration profile |
CP | Cost Performance |
CP | control plane |
CPCA | California Primary Care Association |
CPE | customer premises equipment |
CPG | consumer packaged goods |
CPIM | Certified in Production and Inventory Management |
CPIO | Chief Process and Innovation Officer |
CPL | computer pidgin language |
CPM | corporate performance management |
CPM | Certified Purchasing Manager |
CPM | critical path method |
CPNI | Customer Proprietary Network Information |
CPO | Chief Procurement Officer |
CPOE | computerized physician order entry |
CPPS | Cost Performance Products Sector |
CPRM | Content Protection for Removable Media |
CPS | cycles per second |
CPT | Current Procedural Terminology |
CPU | central processing unit |
CPW | Commercial Processing Workload |
CQA | Certified Quality Auditor |
CQE | Certified Quality Engineer |
CR | cognitive radio |
CRA | customer relationship analysis |
CRAC | computer room air conditioning unit |
CRAH | computer room air handler |
CRAM | challenge-response authentication mechanism |
CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
CRC-4 | Cyclic Redundancy Check 4 |
Credit CARD Act | Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009 |
CRL | Certificate Revocation List |
CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
CRM | citizen relationship management |
CRM | customer relationship management |
CRO | Chief Risk Officer |
CRP | Capacity Requirements Planning |
CRT | Current Reality Tree |
CRT | cathode ray tube |
CRUSH | Controlled Replication Under Scalable Hashing |
CSA | Cloud Security Alliance |
CSAT | customer satisfaction |
CSBB | Client Side Browser Based |
CSC | customer service chat |
CSC | common short code |
CSD | circuit switched data |
CSI | Customer Satisfaction Index |
CSIRT | Computer Security Incident Response Team |
CSMA/CA | Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance |
CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect |
CSO | Chief Strategy Officer |
CSO | Chief Security Officer |
CSP | Commerce Service Provider |
CSR | corporate social responsibility |
CSR | Carrier Sensitive Routing |
CSR | Certificate Signing Request |
CSS | customer service and support |
CSS | Content Scrambling System |
CSS | cascading style sheet |
CSS | customer self-service |
CSS1 | Cascading Style Sheet, level 1 |
CSU/DSU | Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit |
CSV | comma-separated values file |
CSV | Cluster Shared Volumes |
CTC | click-to-talk |
CTC | community technology center |
CTCI | Computer-to-computer interface |
CTD | cumulative trauma disorder |
CTE | Committee on Trade and the Environment |
CTFT | color thin film transistor |
CTG | Council for Trade in Goods |
CTI | computer-telephony integration |
CTO | Chief Technology Officer |
CTO | Configure To Order |
CTOps team | counterthreat operations team |
CTP | CloudTrust Protocol |
CTP | Capability To Promise |
CTP | common test platform |
CTR | clickthrough rate |
CUE | carbon usage effectiveness |
CULV | consumer ultra-low voltage |
custom TLD | custom domain name suffix |
CVC | Calibrated Vectored Cooling |
CVE | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures |
CVO | chief visionary officer |
CVS | Concurrent Versions System |
CVV | card verification value |
CWDM | coarse wavelength division multiplexing |
CWE | Common Weakness Enumeration |
CWF | common working file |
CWNP | Certified Wireless Networking Professional |
CX | consumer experience |
CXO | chief experience officer |
D2D2C | disk-to-disk-to-cloud |
D2D2T | disk-to-disk-to-tape |
DA | data analytics |
DAA | Data Access Arrangement |
DaaS | Desktop as a Service |
DaaS provider | Desktop as a Service provider |
DAB | digital audio broadcasting |
DAC | digital-to-analog conversion |
DAC | Microsoft Dynamic Access Control |
DAFS | Direct Access File System |
DAG | database availability group |
DAI | Dynamic ARP Inspection |
DAM | database activity monitoring |
DAMA | Design Anywhere Manufacture Anywhere |
DAML | DARPA Agent Markup Language |
D-AMPS | Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Service |
DAO | Data Access Objects |
DAQ | Data Acquisition |
DARC | Defense Acquisition Regulatory Council |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DAS | distributed antenna system |
DAS | direct-attached storage |
DASD | direct access storage device |
DAT | Digital Audio Tape |
DAW | digital audio workstation |
DBA | database administrator |
DBaaS | Database as a Service |
dBc | decibels relative to carrier |
dBd | decibels related to dipole antenna |
dBi | decibels relative to isotropic radiator |
DBIR | Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report |
dBm | decibels relative to one milliwatt |
DBMS | Database Management System |
DBMS | database management system |
dBmV | decibels relative to one millivolt |
DBOR | database of record |
dBr | decibels relative to reference level |
DBS | demand-based switching |
DBS | direct broadcast satellite |
DB-xx | DB-9, DB-15, DB-25, DB-50, DB-68 |
DC | Distribution Center |
DC | direct current |
DCaaS | data center as a service |
DCB | data center bridging |
DCE | Distributed Computing Environment |
DCIE | data center infrastructure efficiency |
DCIM | data center infrastructure management |
DCIT | Digital Compression of Increased Transmission |
DCM | dynamic case management |
DCMA | Defense Contract Management Agency |
DCML | Data Center Markup Language |
DCO | data center outsourcing |
DCOM | Distributed Component Object Model |
DCPA | Distributed Control Plane Architecture |
DCPromo | Domain Controller Promoter |
DCS | Distributed Control System |
DDB | Amazon Dynamo Database |
DDBMS | distributed database management system |
DDCD | Double-Density Compact Disk |
DDDM | data-driven decision management |
DDE | Dynamic Data Exchange |
DDE | Dynamic Data Exchange |
DDK | driver development kit |
DDL | Data Definition Language |
DDM | demand-driven manufacturing |
DDM | direct digital marketing |
DDoS | distributed denial-of-service attack |
DDR SDRAM | double data rate SDRAM |
DDS, DDS-1, DDS-2, | |
DDS-3, DDS-4 | Digital Data Storage |
DEC | Digital Equipment Corporation |
DECT | Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications |
DEM | Dynamic Enterprise Modeling |
demarc | demarcation point |
DEN | Directory-Enabled Networking |
DES | Distributed Execution System |
DES | Data Encryption Standard |
DES | discrete event simulation |
DFA | Design for Assembly |
DFAA | Design for Automated Assembly |
DFB | Distributed Feedback |
DFD | Design for Disassembly |
DFE | Design For Environment |
DFL | Demand Flow Leadership |
DFM | Demand Flow Management |
DFM | digital footprint management |
DFS | Distributed Factory System |
DFS | distributed file system |
DFSC | Design for Supply Chain |
DFT | Demand Flow Technology |
DG | data governance |
DHA | directory harvest attack |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DHS | U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
DICOM | Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine |
DID | Direct Inward Dialing |
DIME | Direct Internet Message Encapsulation |
DIMM | dual in-line memory module |
direct Telnet | reverse Telnet |
DirSync | Windows Azure Active Directory Sync |
DISA | Defense Information Systems Agency |
Diskpart | Disk Partition Utility |
Divx | Digital Video Express |
DLC | data link control |
DLL | dynamic link library |
DLM | data life cycle management |
DLP | data loss prevention |
DLT | digital linear tape |
DMA | Direct Memory Access |
DMAIC | define, measure, analyze, improve, control |
DMB | digital multimedia broadcasting |
DMCA | Digital Millennium Copyright Act |
DMD | Direct Metal Deposition |
DMI | Digital Migration Interface |
DMI | Desktop Management Interface |
DMP | data management platform |
DMP | dynamic multi-pathing |
DMR | direct market reseller |
DMS | Defense Message System |
DMT | discrete multitone |
DMTF | Distributed Management Task Force |
DMVPN | dynamic multipoint VPN |
DMZ | demilitarized zone |
DNC | Direct Numerical Control |
DNC | distributive numerical control |
DNG | Digital Negative |
DNIS | Dialed Number Identification Service |
DNN | DotNetNuke |
DNS | domain name system |
DNSSEC | DNS Security Extensions |
DNT | Do Not Track |
DO | derived object |
DOC | Department of Commerce |
DoCoMo | NTT DoCoMo |
DOCSIS | Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications |
DOD | Department of Defense |
DOD | Direct Outward Dialing |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DOI | digital object identifier |
DOL | Department of Labor |
DOLAP | Desktop OnLine Analytical Processing |
DOLS | Domino Off-Line Services |
DOM | Document Object Model |
DoPa | DoCoMo Packet Transmission |
DoS | denial of service |
DOS | Disk Operating System |
DOVE | IBM DOVE |
DP | Design Postponement |
DP | data plane |
DPA | differential power analysis |
DPI | deep packet inspection |
dpi | dots per inch |
DPL | Digital Powerline |
DPM | data protection management |
DPMI | DOS Protected Mode Interface |
DR | disaster recovery |
DRA | data recovery agent |
DRaaS | disaster recovery as a service |
DRAM | dynamic random access memory |
DRBD | Distributed Replicated Block Device |
DRC | Design Rule Checking |
DRDRAM | Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory |
DRIPS | data reduction in primary storage |
DRM | digital rights management |
DRM | device relationship management |
DROP | delivery of real-time execution information protocol |
DRP | disaster recovery plan |
DRP | Distribution Requirements Planning |
DRS | Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler |
DSB | Dispute Settlement Body |
DSC | Digital Still Camera |
DSLAM | Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer |
DSLR camera | digital single lense reflux |
DSML | Directory Services Markup Language |
DSN | Deep Space Network |
DSN | data source name |
DSO | Days Sale Outstanding |
DSO | data source object |
DSO exploit | data source object exploit |
DSOM | Distributed System Object Model |
DSP | Digital Signal Processor |
DSP | digital signal processing |
DSR | Demand signal repository |
DSR | Dynamic Source Routing |
DSRM | Directory Services Restore Mode |
DSRP | Demand Solutions Requirements Planning |
DSS | decision support system |
DSS | Decision Support System |
DSS | Digital Signature Standard |
DSSS | direct sequence spread spectrum |
DSSSL | Document Style Semantics and Specification Language |
DST | Daylight Saving Time |
DSTP | Data Space Transfer Protocol |
DTD | Document Type Definition |
DTE | Direct-to-Edit |
DTE | Data Terminal Equipment |
DTMF | dual tone multi frequency |
DTN | disruption-tolerant network |
DTP | Distributed Transaction Processing |
DTP | Digital Text Platform |
DTR | data transfer rate |
DTTV | digital terrestrial television |
DTV | digital television |
DTX | discontinuous transmission |
DUNDi | Distributed Universal Number Discovery |
Duqu | W32.Duqu |
DUT | Device Under Test |
DVB | Digital Video Broadcasting |
DVD | Digital Video Disk |
DVD | digital video disk |
DVD-A | DVD-Audio |
D-VHS | Digital Video Home System |
DVI | Digital Visual Interface |
DVMRP | Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol |
DW | Data Warehousing |
DWDM | dense wavelength division multiplexing |
DXL | Domino Extensible Language |
dynamic BPM | business process management |
dynamic SQL | Dynamic Structured Query Language |
E&M; | ear and mouth |
E&O | Excess and Obsolete |
E. F. Codd | Edgar F. “Ted” Codd |
E2E | exchange-to-exchange |
E2K | Exchange 2000 |
E911 | Enhanced 911 |
EA | enterprise architecture |
EA | emotions analytics |
EaaS | Ethernet as a service |
EaaS | encryption as a service |
EAC | Exchange Administration Center |
EAI | External Application Interface |
EAI | enterprise application integration |
EAM | enterprise asset management |
EAP | employee assistance program |
EAP | Extensible Authentication Protocol |
EB | exabyte |
EBCDIC | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
EBIF | Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format |
EBITDA | earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization |
EBPP | electronic bill presentment and payment |
EBR | Electronic Batch Record |
EBXML | Electronic Business XML |
ebXML | electronic business xml |
EC | enterprise collaboration |
EC | Electronic Commerce |
ECASS | silence machine or Electronic Controlled Acoustic Shadow System |
ECB | Electronic Code Book |
ECC | Error Correction Code |
ECC | elliptical curve cryptography |
ECC | error correction code or error checking and correcting |
ECCS | European Cloud Computing Strategy |
E-CD | enhanced CD |
ECDL | European Computer Driving License |
ECM | Engineering Change Management |
ECM | enterprise content management |
ECMAScript | European Computer Manufacturers Association Script |
ECN | Electronic Change Notice |
ECO | Engineering (or Electronic) Change Order |
ECOphlex | PHase-change Liquid EXchange |
ECPA | Electronic Communications Privacy Act |
ECR | Efficient Consumer Response |
ECRC | Electronic Commerce Resource Center |
EDA | Electronic Document Access |
EDA | event-driven architecture |
EDE | electronic disposal efficiency |
EDGAR | Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval |
EDGE | Enhanced Data GSM Environment |
EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
EDIFACT | Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport |
EDL | enhanced driver’s license |
EDM | enterprise document management |
EDM | Electronic Discharge Machine |
EDM | Electrical Discharge Machine or Machining |
EDM | Electronic Document Management |
EDMS | Engineering Document Management Systems |
EDO RAM | extended data output RAM |
EDP | electronic data processing |
EDR | enterprise data replication |
EDRAM | enhanced dynamic random access memory |
EDRM | electronic discovery reference model |
EEF | Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure |
EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
EEPROM | electrically erasable programmable read-only memory |
EES | Engineering Execution Systems |
EES | Escrowed Encryption Standard |
EF sensing | electric field sensing |
EFF | Electronic Frontier Foundation |
EFI | Electronic Freight Invoice |
EFS | Encrypting File System |
EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer |
EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer |
EggFusion | egg-vertising |
EGP | Exterior Gateway Protocol |
EHR | electronic health record |
EI | emotional intelligence |
EIA | Electronic Industries Association or Electronics Industries Alliance |
EIC | Earned Income Credit |
eICU | electronic intensive care unit |
EIDE | Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics |
EIGRP | Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
EIM | enterprise information management |
EIM | Enterprise Identity Mapping |
eInk | E Ink |
EIP | enterprise information portal |
EIS | Executive Information System |
EISA | Extended Industry Standard Architecture |
EISA | Extended Industry Standard Architecture |
EJB | Enterprise JavaBeans |
ELED | entangled light-emitting diode |
ELF | extremely low frequency |
ELM | event log manager |
ELMS | Event log management software |
ELT | Extract, Load, Transform |
ELV | End of Life Vehicle |
EMAS | Eco-Management and Audit Scheme |
EMC | Exchange Management Console |
EMCCA | EMC cloud architect certification |
EME | moonbounce or Earth-Moon-Earth |
EMET | Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit |
EMF | Enhanced MetaFile |
EMI | Early Manufacturing Involvement |
EMI | electromagnetic interference |
eMLC | enterprise MLC |
EMM | enterprise mobility management |
EMP | electromagnetic pulse |
EMR | electronic medical record |
EMS | Microsoft Exchange Management Shell |
EMS | Effective Management Systems |
EMS | Enhanced Messaging Service |
ENISA | European Network and Information Security Agency |
e-nose | electronic nose |
EoIP | Electricity over IP |
EOL | end of life |
EOM | end of message |
EOP | Microsoft Exchange Online Protection |
EOQ | Economic Order Quantity |
EPA | Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer |
EPC | Evolved Packet Core |
EPD | electronic paper display |
EPEAT | Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool |
EPG | electronic program guide |
ePHI | electronic protected health information |
EPIC | Electronic Privacy Information Center |
EPIC | Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing |
EPOD | electronic publishing on demand |
EPOP | Ethernet point-of-presence |
EPP/ECP | Enhanced Parallel Port/Enhanced Capability Port |
EPR | endpoint reference |
ERA | Electronic Remittance Advice |
ERC | Engineering Reseach Center |
ERD or ER diagram | entity-relationship diagram |
ERM | enterprise relationship management |
ERM | Environmental Resource Management |
ERM | enterprise resource management |
ERM Group | Environmental Resource Management |
ERM or ER model | entity-relationship model |
ERMS | email response management service |
ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
ERP | enterprise resource planning |
ERS | Evaluated Receipt Settlement |
eRx | e-prescribing |
ESA | Enterprise Services Architecture |
ESB | enterprise service bus |
ESCD | Extended System Configuration Data |
ESCON | Enterprise Systems Connection |
ESD | electrostatic discharge |
ESDI | Enhanced Small Device Interface |
ESDRAM | Enhanced Synchronous DRAM |
ESE | Environmentally Sustainable Electronics |
ESI | electronically stored information |
ES-IS | End System-to-Intermediate System |
ESMR | Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio |
ESMTP | Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
ESP | event stream processing |
ESS | employee self-service |
Ethernet/IP | Ethernet Industrial Protocol |
ETL | extract, transform, load |
ETM | Enterprise Transportation Management |
ETO | Engineer To Order |
ETP | Enterprise Transportation Planning |
ETRN | Extended Turn |
ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
EUC platform | end user computing platform |
EULA | End User License Agreement |
EUTELSAT | European Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
EUVL | extreme ultraviolet lithography |
EV | Electric Vehicle |
EVA | Economic Value Added |
EV-DO | 1x Evolution-Data Optimized |
EVM | Earned Value Management |
EWS | Exchange Web Services |
EWSD | Electronic Worldwide Switch Digital |
ExBPA | Exchange Best Practices Analyzer |
ExRCA | Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer |
EZ/EC | Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community |
ezine | electronic magazine |
FA | Flexible Automation |
FACTA | Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act |
FAQ | frequently-asked questions |
FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation |
FAS | Final Assembly Schedule |
FASAB | Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board |
FASAB | Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board |
FAT | file allocation table |
FAWN | fast array of wimpy nodes |
FBE | Framework Based Environment |
FC | Windows Azure Fabric Controller |
FCA | Flip Chip Assembly |
FC-AL | Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop |
FCAPS | fault-management, configuration, accounting, performance, and security |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
FCIA | Fibre Channel Industry Association |
FCIP or FC/IP | Fibre Channel over IP |
FCoE | Fibre Channel over Ethernet |
FCP | Finite Capacity Planning |
FC-PGA | flip chip-pin grid array |
FCR | first call resolution |
FCRA | Fair Credit Reporting Act |
FCRA | Fair Credit Reporting Act |
FCS | Finite Capacity Scheduling |
FDCC | Federal Desktop Core Configuration |
FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
FDE | full-disk encryption |
FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
FDM | frequency-division multiplexing |
FDMA | frequency division multiple access |
FEC | forward error correction |
FECN/BECN | forward explicit congestion notification/backward explicit congestion |
notification | |
FED | field emission display |
FedRAMP | Federal Risk and Authorization Program |
FedRAMP 3PAO | third-party assessment organization |
FEM | Finite Elements Method |
FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
FERPA | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 |
FET | field-effect transistor |
FFIEC compliance | Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council |
FG-D | Feature Group D |
FHA | Federal Health Architecture |
FHIE | Federal Health Information Exchange |
FI | Fast Infoset |
FICON | Fiber Connectivity |
FIFO | First In, First Out |
FIFO | first-in, first-out |
FIM | federated identity management |
FinCEN | Financial Crimes Enforcement Network |
FINRA | Financial Industry Regulatory Authority |
FiOS | Fiber Optic Service |
FIP | Factory Information Protocol |
FIP | Fair Information Practices |
FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standards |
FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standards |
FIS | Factory Information System |
FISMA | Federal Information Security Management Act |
FITCE | Federation of Telecommunications Engineers of the European Community |
FIX protocol | Financial Information Exchange protocol |
Fizt | physics tool |
FLOPS | floating-point operations per second |
FLSA | Fair Labor Standards Act |
FLSM | fixed-length subnet mask |
FLT | Fermat’s Last Theorem |
FM | frequency modulation |
FMAC | Flexible Mandatory Access Control |
FMC | fixed-mobile convergence |
FME | Feature Manipulation Engine |
FMEA | Failure Mode and Effect Analysis |
FMEA | failure mode and effective analysis |
FMP | FileMaker |
FMS | Flexible Manufacturing System |
FMS | fixed-mobile substitution |
FnR | Find and replace |
FOB | fresh out of the box |
FOLED | flexible organic light emitting device |
FOPE | Forefront Online Protection for Exchange |
FORTRAN | FORmula TRANslation |
FOSS | Free and open source software |
FP | Finite Planning |
FP | fat provisioning |
FP&A | financial planning and analysis |
FPCA | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
FPDS | Federal Procurement Data System |
FPGA | field-programmable gate array |
FPI | Federal Prison Industries |
FPM | federated presence management |
FPM DRAM | Fast Page Mode DRAM |
FpML | Financial Products Markup Language |
FPP | Full Packaged Product |
fps | frames per second |
fps system of units | foot-pound-second system of units |
FPT | Fine Pitch Technology |
FPU | floating point unit |
FQA | frequently questioned answers |
FQDN | fully qualified domain name |
FRA | Federal Railroad Administration |
FRAD | frame relay access device or frame relay assembler/dissembler |
FRAM | ferroelectric RAM |
FRCP | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
FROG | Free Roaming On Grid |
FRR | fast retransmit and recovery |
FRT | Future Reality Tree |
FRU | field-replaceable unit |
FRU | Field Replaceable Units |
FSAN | Full Services Access Network |
FSB | frontside bus |
FSF | Free Software Foundation |
FSK | frequency-shift keying |
FSML | Financial Services Markup Language |
FSO | free-space optics |
FSP | full-service provider |
FSRM | File Server Resource Manager |
FTA | Federal Transit Authority |
FTAM | File Transfer Access Method |
FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
FTP cable | foil screened twisted pair cable |
FTS file | full-text search file |
FTTC | fiber to the curb |
FTTH | fiber to the home |
FTTx | fiber to the x |
FUD | Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt |
FUN | focus on user needs |
Fwbuilder | Firewall Builder |
Fx3 or FF3 | Firefox 3 |
FYI | for your information |
G2G | government to government |
GAAP | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
GAAP | generally accepted accounting standards |
GaAs | gallium arsenide |
GaAsFET | gallium arsenide field-effect transistor |
GAL | Microsoft Exchange Global Address List |
GALP | Good Automated Laboratory Practices |
GAN | Generic Access Network |
GaN | gallium nitride |
GAO | Government Accountability Office |
GAO | General Accounting Office |
GARP | Generic Attribute Registration Protocol |
GATE | General Architecture for Text Engineering |
GATS | General Agreement on Trade in Services |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GB | gigabyte |
GBIC | gigabit interface converter |
Gbps | billions of bits per second |
G-cloud | government cloud |
GDMO | Guidelines for Definition of Managed Objects |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
Geek Games | IT Olympics |
GEM | Generic Equipment Model |
Generation F | Generation Facebook |
GESTALT | Grid-based Estimation of Surface Traversability Applied to Local Terrain |
GFEBS | General Fund Enterprise Business System |
GHz | gigahertz |
GIA | Government Information Awareness |
GID | group ID or global index file |
GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
GIF89a | Graphics Interchange Format Version 89a |
gigapop | gigabit point-of-presence |
GIGO | garbage in, garbage out |
GII | global information infrastructure |
GIMP | GNU Image Manipulation Program |
GIS | geographic information system |
GL | general ledger |
GLBA | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act |
GLONASS | Globalnaya Navigatsionnay Sputnikovaya Sistema |
GlusterFS | Gluster File System |
GLV | grating light valve |
GML | Generalized Markup Language |
GMP | Good Manufacturing Practices |
GMP | good manufacturing practice |
GMPLS | Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching or Multiprotocol Lambda Switching |
GMROI | Gross Margin Return on Investment |
GNEC | Global Network Enterprise Construct |
GNOME | GNU Network Object Model Environment |
GNOME | GNU Network Object Model Environment |
GNSS | Global Navigation Satellite System |
GNU General Public | |
License | GNU GPL or simply GPL |
go bosh | Go Big or Stay Home |
Google Play | Android Market |
gOS | good operating system |
GP Editor | Group Policy Editor |
GPF | general protection fault |
GPO | Group Policy Object |
GPRS | General Packet Radio Services |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GPS messaging | Global Positioning System messaging or mid-air messaging |
GPU | graphics processing unit |
GRC | Governance, Risk and Compliance |
GRC | governance, risk management and compliance |
GRE | Generic Routing Encapsulation |
green IT | green information technology |
GRUB | GRand Unified Bootloader |
GSM | Microsoft System Center Global Service Monitor |
GSM | Global System for Mobile communication |
GTAG | Global Tag |
gTLD | generic top-level domain name |
GTM strategy | go-to-market strategy |
GUA | graphical password or graphical user authentication |
guest VM | guest virtual machine |
GUI | graphical user interface |
GUI testing | graphical user interface testing |
GUID | global unique identifier |
GUM | Global Update Manager |
GVRP | GARP VLAN Registration Protocol or Generic VLAN Registration Protocol |
GWAC | governmentwide acquisition contract |
Gy | gray |
H.R. 744 | I-SPY Act — Internet Spyware Prevention Act of 2005 |
H/m | henry per meter |
HA | high availability |
HA cluster | high availability cluster |
HA storage | high-availability storage |
HaaS | Hardware as a Service |
HAL | hardware abstraction layer |
HALO | High Altitude Long Operation |
HANA | SAP HANA |
Hardy Heron | Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition |
HASA | Highly Accelerated Stress Audit |
HAVA | Help America Vote Act of 2002 |
HAVi | Home Audio Visual |
HBA | host bus adapter |
HCCA | Health Care Compliance Association |
HCI | human-computer interaction |
HCM | human capital management |
HDCD | High Definition Compatible Digital |
HDCP | High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection |
HDD | hybrid hard disk drive |
HDD | hard disk drive |
HD-DVD | high-density DVD |
HDFS | Hadoop Distributed File System |
HDLC | High-level Data Link Control |
HDMI | High-Definition Multimedia Interface |
HDML | Handheld Device Markup Language |
HD-ROM | High-Density – Read Only Memory |
HDSL | High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line |
HDTV | high definition television |
HFC network | hybrid fiber coaxial network |
HFT | high-frequency trading |
HFTP | Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals |
HH | Hand Held |
HHD | hybrid hard drive |
HHR | hybrid health record |
HHS | Health and Human Services |
HIDS/NIDS | host intrusion detection systems and network intrusion detection systems |
HIE | health information exchange |
HIMSS | Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
HIPAA omnibus rule | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 omnibus rule |
HIPPI | High-Performance Parallel Interface |
HiPPO | highest paid person’s opinion, highest paid person in the office |
HIPS | host intrusion prevention systems |
HIT | Health IT |
HITA | Hospitality Information Technology Association |
HITECH Act | Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act |
HKEY | Handle to Registry Key |
HLASM | High Level Assembler |
HLD | hardware load-balancing device |
HLR | Home Location Register |
HMAC | Hash-based Message Authentication Code |
HMD | Head Mounted Display |
HMI | Human Machine Interface |
HMIPv6 | Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 |
HOLAP or Hybrid OLAP | hybrid online analytical processing |
HomeRF | home radio frequency |
HP | High Performance |
HP | Hewlett-Packard |
HP CSN | HP Channel Services Network |
HP VSE | HP Virtual Server Environment |
HPC | high-performance computing |
HPCC | High Performance Computing and Communications |
HPFS | High Performance File System |
HP-GL | Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language |
HPNA | Home Phoneline Networking Alliance |
HPPS | High Performance Product Sector |
HPSS | High Performance Storage System |
HPV | High Production Volume |
HR | human resources |
HR | Human Resources |
HRM | human resource management |
HRM | Human Resource Management |
HS 2.0 | Hot Spot 2.0 |
HSCSD | High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data |
HSDPA | High-Speed Downlink Packet Access |
HSM | Hierarchical Storage Manager |
HSM | Hierarchical Storage Management |
HSPA | high speed packet access |
HSPD-7 | Homeland Security Presidential Directive No. 7 |
HSRP | Hot Standby Router Protocol |
HSSI | High-Speed Serial Interface |
HT server | hub transport server |
HTF | Higgins Trust Framework |
HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
HTTPD | Hypertext Transfer Protocol daemon |
HTTPS | HTTP over SSL or HTTP Secure |
HUD | Heads Up Display |
HUD | heads-up display |
HVAC | heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
HVD | hosted virtual desktop |
HVD | holographic versatile disc |
I&T; | integration testing or integration and testing |
I/O | Input Output |
I/O | input/output |
I/O contention | input/output contention |
I/O fencing | input/output fencing |
I18N | internationalization |
I2C bus | Inter-IC bus |
I2S | SQUID |
IA | internal audit |
IaaS | Infrastructure as a Service |
IAB | Internet Advertising Bureau |
IAB | Internet Architecture Board |
IAM | identity access management |
IAM | integrated access management |
IANA | Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
IAO | Information Awareness Office |
IAP | Internet access provider |
IAX | Inter-Asterisk Exchange Protocol |
IBM | International Business Machines |
IBM TSM | IBM Tivoli Storage Manager |
IBP | integrated business planning |
IC | integrated circuit |
ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers |
IC-BPMS | integration-centric business process management suite |
ICD-10-CM | International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical |
Modification | |
ICD-9-CM | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical |
Modification | |
ICE | Information and Content Exchange |
ICE | in-circuit emulator |
ICE | In Case of Emergency |
IcM | incident management |
ICM file | Image Color Matching file |
ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
ICMP sweep | ping sweep |
ICP | Internet commerce provider |
ICR | intelligent character recognition |
ICS | Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich |
ICT | information and communications technology – or technologies |
ICT4D | Information and Communications Technologies for Development |
ID | intrusion detection |
IDaaS | identity as a Service |
IDE | integrated development environment |
IDE | Integrated Drive Electronics |
IDEA | International Data Encryption Algorithm |
IDEF | Integrated Definition |
iDEN | Integrated Digital Enhanced Network |
IDF | interface device |
IDIS | Integrated Disbursement and Information System |
IDL | interface definition language |
IDoc | intermediate document |
IDS | intrusion detection system |
IE | Internet Explorer |
IEAK | Internet Explorer Administration Kit |
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
iFCP | Internet Fibre Channel Protocol |
IG | Inspector General |
IGMP | Internet Group Management Protocol |
IGP | Interior Gateway Protocol |
iHT2 | Institute for Health Technology Transformation |
IIOP | Internet Inter-ORB Protocol |
IIS | Internet Information Server |
IKE | Internet Key Exchange |
ILEC | incumbent local exchange carrier |
ILM | information life cycle management |
IM | infrastructure management |
IMA | inverse multiplexing over ATM |
IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
IMCS | Inventory Management and Control System |
IMEI | International Mobile Equipment Identity |
IMHO | in my humble opinion |
IMS | Intelligent Manufacturing Systems |
IMS | IP Multimedia Subsystem |
IMS | Information Management System |
IMS | Intelligent Manufacturing Systems |
IMT | International Mobile Telephone |
IMTI | Integrated Manufacturing Technology Initiative |
IN | Intelligent Network |
Intel VT | Virtualization Technology |
InterNIC | Internet Network Information Center |
IOPS | Input/Output Operations Per Second |
IOS | Input/Output Supervisor |
IoT | Internet of Things |
IoT botnet | Internet of Things botnet |
IoT security | Internet of Things security |
IOTP | Internet Open Trading Protocol |
IOV | I/O virtualization |
IP address | Internet Protocol Address |
IP core | intellectual property core |
IP PBX | private branch exchange |
IP spoofing | IP address forgery or a host file hijack |
IP telephony | Internet Protocol telephony |
IPAM | IP address management |
IPC | Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits |
IPC | interprocess communication |
IPI | Intelligent Peripheral Interface |
IPL | initial program load |
IPLC | international private leased circuit |
IPM | intelligent power management |
IPMI | Intelligent Platform Management Interface |
IPO | initial public offering |
IPP | Internet presence provider |
IPPD | Integrated Product and Process Development |
IPPP | Internet presence provider and promoter |
IPR | Intellectual Property Rights |
IPS | In-Plan Switching |
IPsec | Internet Protocol Security |
IPT | Integrated Product Team |
IPTV | Internet Protocol television |
IPv6 | Internet Protocol Version 6 |
IPX | Internetwork Packet Exchange |
IR | infrared radiation |
IR wireless | infrared wireless |
IRC | Internet Relay Chat |
IrDA | Infrared Data Association |
IRI | Industrial Research Institute |
IRIS | Internet Routing in Space |
IRM | Integrated Resource Management |
IRP | incident response plan |
IRQ | interrupt request |
IRR | internal rate of return |
IRTF | Internet Research Task Force |
IRU | Indefeasible Right of Use |
IS | Information System |
IS | information system or information services |
ISA | Industry Standard Architecture |
ISA Server | Internet Security and Acceleration Server |
ISAM | Indexed Sequential Access Method |
ISAPI | Internet Server Application Program Interface |
ISBN | International Standard Book Number |
iSCSI | Internet Small Computer System Interface |
iSCSI target | Internet Small Computer System Interface target |
ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
ISE | Cisco Identity Services Engine |
IS-IS | Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System protocol |
ISO | International Standards Organization |
ISO 8327 | ITU X.225 |
ISO/IEC 24734 | International Standards Organization/International Electrotechnical |
Commission | |
ISP | Internet service provider |
ISPF | Interactive System Productivity Facility |
ISR G2 | Cisco Integrated Service Routers Generation 2 |
ISRC | International Standard Recording Code |
ISRS | information storage and retrieval system |
ISSU | in-service software upgrade |
ISV | Independent Software Vendor |
ISV | independent software vendor |
IT | information technology |
IT audit | information technology audit |
IT director | information technology director |
IT MOOSE management | maintain and operate the organization, systems and equipment |
ITA | Information Technology Agremeement |
ITAA | Information Technology Association of America |
ITaaS | IT as a Service |
ITAC | International Telework Association and Council |
ITIL | Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
IT-ISAC | Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center |
ITS | issue tracking system |
ITS | Intelligent Transportation System |
ITS | Internet Transaction Server |
ITSM | IT Service Management |
ITSO | International Technical Support Organization |
ITSS | Information Technology Solutions Shop |
ITU | International Technical Union |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
ITU-T | Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International |
Telecommunications Union | |
IV | initialization vector |
IVR | Interactive Voice Response |
IXC | interexchange carrier |
J2EE | Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition |
J2ME | Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition |
JAAS | Java Authentication and Authorization Service |
JAD | Joint Application Development |
JANET | Joint Academic Network |
JAQL | json query language |
JAR file | Java ARchive |
JAX-RPC | Java API for XML-Based RPC |
JAX-WS | Java API for XML Web Services |
JBI | Java Business Integration |
JBIG | Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group |
JBOD | just a bunch of disks or just a bunch of drives |
JCE | Java Cryptography Extension |
JCL | job control language |
JDBC | Java Database Connectivity |
JDBC Connector | Java Database Connectivity Connector |
JDK | Java Development Kit |
JDO | Java Data Objects |
JEDEC SDRAM | Joint Electron Device Engineering Council synchronous DRAM |
JeOS | just enough operating system |
JES | Job Entry Subsystem |
JFC | Java Foundation Classes |
JHTML | Java within Hypertext Markup Language |
JIC manufacturing | just-in-case manufacturing |
JIT | Just In Time |
JIT | just-in-time compiler |
JIT manufacturing | just-in-time manufacturing |
JMS | Java Message Service |
JMX | Java Management Extensions |
JNDI | Java Naming and Directory Interface |
JOBS Act | Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act |
JOLAP | Java Online Analytical Processing |
JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
JRE | Java Runtime Environment |
JSML | Java Speech API Markup Language |
JSON | Javascript Object Notation |
JSP | Java Server Page |
JTAPI | Java Telephony Application Programming Interface |
JVM | Java virtual machine |
JXTA | juxtaposed |
K6 | AMD-K6 |
KB or Kbyte* | kilobyte |
KBA | knowledge-based authentication |
KBE | Knowledge-Based Engineering |
Kbps | kilobits per second |
KBW | keyboard wedge |
KDE | K Desktop Environment |
KGD | Known Good Die |
kHz | kilohertz |
KISS Principle | Keep It Simple, Stupid |
KLOC | thousands of lines of code |
KM | knowledge management |
KMD | Kazaa Media Desktop |
KML | Keyhole Markup Language |
KPI | key performance indicator |
KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
KRI | key risk indicator |
KVM | kernel-based Virtual Machine |
KVP | key-value pair |
KW | Knowledge Warehouse |
kWh | kilowatt-hour |
l10n | localization |
L2TP | Layer Two Tunneling Protocol |
LAMP | Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP |
LAN | local area network |
LAR | Large Account Reseller |
LATA | local access and transport area |
LB film | Langmuir-Blodgett film |
LBA | logical block addressing |
LBM | location-based marketing |
LBO | leveraged buyout |
LBS | location-based service |
LC | Low Cost |
LCA | Life Cycle Assessment |
LCC | limited combustible cable |
LCC | Leadless Chip Carrier |
LCD | liquid crystal display |
LCL | Less Than Container Load |
LCL layer | Logical Link Control layer |
LCP | Link Control Protocol |
LCPC | Life Cycle Product Cost |
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
LDCM | LANDesk Client Manager |
LDD | locked down device |
LDIF | Lightweight Directory Interchange Format |
LDQ | longest delay in queue |
LDSI | Laboratory Data Sharing Interoperability |
LEAP | Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol |
LEC | local exchange carrier |
LED | light-emitting diode |
LED TV | LED-backlight LCD television |
LEED | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
LES | Logistics Execution System |
Lex | lexical analyzer generator |
LHC | Large Hadron Collider |
LI | location intelligence |
LI | lawful interception |
LIDB | line information database |
Li-Ion | Lithium Ion battery |
LILO | LInux LOader |
linear IC | linear integrated circuit |
LINQ | Language Integrated Query |
LISP | list processing |
live USB | operating system on a stick |
LMDS | Local Multi-Point Distribution System |
LMDS | Local Multipoint Distribution System |
LMGTFY | Let Me Google That For You |
LMOF | last mile of finance |
LMS | learning management system |
LNA | Local Noise Amplifier |
LNP | Local Number Portability |
LOB | line-of-business |
LOINC | Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes |
LOM | lights-out management |
LP | Lean Production |
LPAR | logical partition |
LPT | line print terminal |
LQSR | Link Quality Source Routing |
LRN | Location Routing Number |
LSB | Linux Standard Base |
LSI | Large Scale Integration |
LTC | longitudinal time code |
LTE | Long Term Evolution |
LTE-Advanced | Long Term Evolution-Advanced |
LTFS | Linear Tape File System |
LTL | Less Than Truckload |
LTO | Linear Tape-Open |
LU | logical unit |
LUN | logical unit number |
LVS | Layout Verification Systems |
M&A; | mergers and acquisitions |
M&O; | Management and Operations |
M&S | Modeling and Simulation |
M2M | machine-to-machine |
M2M | machine-to-machine |
M3U | Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 URL |
MAC | mandatory access control |
MAC | message authentication code |
MAC address | Media Access Control address |
MAC layer | Media Access Control layer |
MAD | Mobile Active Defense |
MADE | Manufacturing Automation and Design Exploration |
mAh | milliampere hour |
MAID | massive array of idle disks |
malware | malicious software |
MAM | mobile application management |
MAM | mobile application manager |
MAN | metropolitan area network |
MAPI | Messaging Application Program Interface |
MAU | media attachment unit |
MB | megabyte |
MBean | managed bean |
MBone | Multicast Internet |
MBps | megabytes per second |
Mbps | millions of bits per second or megabits per second |
MBR | Master Boot Record |
MC | Mass Customization |
MCA | Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer |
MCA | Micro Channel Architecture |
MCE | Microsoft Certified Educator |
MCL | Mesh Connectivity Layer |
MCM | multi-carrier modulation |
Mcps | megachips per second |
MCS | Manufacturing Control System |
MCSA | Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate |
MCSD | Microsoft Certified Solution Developer |
MCSE | Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer |
MCSE Private Cloud | Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert Private Cloud |
MDB | multidimensional database |
MDD | model-driven development |
MDI | Multiple Document Interface |
MDI/MDIX | medium dependent interface/MDI crossover |
MDM | master data management |
MDM | mobile device management |
MDOP 2012 | Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2012 |
MDP | Multicast Dissemination Protocol |
MDRAM | Multibank Dynamic RAM |
MDX | multidimensional expressions |
MEAP | mobile enterprise application platform |
MEMS | Micro-electromechanical Systems |
MEMS | micro-electromechanical systems |
MEO satellite | medium earth orbit satellite |
MEP | Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
MES | Manufacturing Execution System |
MESA | Manufacturing Execution System Association |
MFA | multifactor authentication |
MFC Library | Microsoft Foundation Class Library |
MFP | multifunction peripheral |
MFSK | multiple frequency shift keying |
MFT | managed file transfer |
MFT | master file table |
MGCP | Media Gateway Control Protocol |
MHM | VMware vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager |
MHP | Multimedia Home Platform |
MHz | megahertz |
MIB | management information base |
MIC | microwave integrated circuit |
MICR | magnetic ink character recognition |
micro VM | micro virtual machine |
Microsoft DCA | Microsoft DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant |
Microsoft FIM | Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager |
Microsoft UE-V | User Experience Virtualization |
Microsoft USMT | User State Migration Tool |
MID | mobile Internet device |
MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
MIM | mobile information management |
MIME | Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions |
MIMO | multiple input, multiple output |
MIPS | million instructions per second |
MIS | management information systems |
MISO | multiple input, single output |
MLA | mobile location analytics |
MLC | multi-level cell |
MMC | mobile-to-mobile convergence |
MMC | MultiMediaCard |
MMC | Microsoft Management Console |
MMDS | Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service |
MME | MIM |
MMI | Man Machine Interface |
MMIS | Maintenance Management Information System |
MMP | multichassis multilink PPP |
MMS | Multimedia Messaging Service |
MMS | Manufacturing Message Specification |
MMU | memory management unit |
MO | magneto-optical drive |
mobile BaaS | mobile Backend as a Service |
Mobile IPv6 | MIPv6 or Mobile Internet Protocol version 6 |
mobile IT | mobile information technology |
mobile VPN | mobile virtual private network |
moblog | mobile blog |
MOF | Microsoft Operations Framework |
MOL | middle of life |
MOLAP | multidimensional online analytical processing |
MOM | Manufacturing operation management |
MOOC | massive open online course |
MOS | mean opinion score |
MOSFET | metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor |
MOSPF | Multicast Open Shortest Path First |
MOSS | Microsoft Office SharePoint Server |
MOU or MoU | memorandum of understanding |
MOVE | Aruba’s Mobile Virtual Enterprise |
MP3 | MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 |
MPEG | Moving Picture Experts Group |
MPEG standards | Moving Picture Experts Group |
MPI | message passing interface |
MPI | master patient index |
MPIO | Multipath I/O |
MPLS | Multiprotocol Label Switching |
mPOS | mobile point of sale |
MPP | massively parallel processing |
MPPE | Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption |
MPS | Master Production Schedule |
MPS | managed print services |
MRAM | magnetoresistive random access memory |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
MR-IOV | Multi-Root IOV |
mrouter | multicast router |
MRP | Manufacturing Resource Planning |
MRP II | Manufacturing resource planning |
MrSID | Multi-resolution Seamless Image Database |
mSATA SSD | mSATA solid-state drive |
MSAU | multistation access unit |
MSBF | mean-swap-between-failure |
MSCMDM | Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager |
MSCS | Microsoft Cluster Server |
MS-DOS | Microsoft Disk Operating System |
MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet |
MSE | Microsoft Security Essentials |
MSP | managed service provider |
MSP | management service provider |
MSP platform | managed service provider platform |
MSRP | Message Session Relay Protocol |
MSS | managed security services |
MSS | mobile satellite services |
MSS | maximum segment size |
MSSP | managed security service provider |
MT | medical transcription |
MTBF | mean time between failures |
MTO | Make To Order |
Mtops | million theoretical operations per second |
MTPOD | maximum tolerable period of disruption |
MTS | medical transcription software |
MTS | Make To Stock |
MTS | Microsoft Transaction Server |
MTTR | Mean Time To Restore |
MTTR | mean time to repair |
MTU | maximum transmission unit |
MUA | mail user agent |
MUD | Multi-User Dungeon |
Multics | Multiplexed Information and Computing Service |
MULTOS | Multiple Operating System |
mutex | mutual exclusion object |
MV | machine vision |
MVA | Microsoft Virtual Academy |
MVC | model-view-controller |
MVMC | Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter |
MVNO | mobile virtual network operator |
MVP | Microsoft Most Valuable Professional |
MVS | Multiple Virtual Storage |
MX record | Mail Exchange record |
NaaS | network-as-a-service |
NAC | network access control |
NACHA | National Automated Clearing House Association |
NAHIT | National Alliance for Health Information Technology |
NAK | negative acknowledgment or not acknowledged |
NAP | Microsoft Network Access Protection |
NAP | network access point |
NAS | network access server |
NAS | network-attached storage |
NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations |
NAT | Network Address Translation |
NBA | network behavior analysis |
NBAD | network behavior anomaly detection |
NBAR | Network Based Application Recognition |
NBMA | non-broadcast multiple access |
NC | network computer |
NCA | native cloud application |
NCFA | National Call Fee Access |
NCM | network configuration management |
NCMS | National Center for Manufacturing Sciences |
NCSC | National Computer Security Center |
NCVHS | National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics |
NDA | non-disclosure agreement |
NDIS | Network Driver Interface Specification |
NDMP | Network Data Management Protocol |
NDS | Novell Directory Services |
near CDP | near-continuous data protection |
NECP | National Emergency Communications Plan |
NED | nano-emissive display |
NEDSS | National Electronic Disease Surveillance System |
NEOSSat | Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite |
NERC | North American Electric Reliability Corporation |
NERC CIP | critical infrastructure protection |
nested VM | nested virtual machine |
NetBEUI | NetBIOS Extended User Interface |
NetBIOS | Network Basic Input/Output System |
NetPC | Network PC |
Net-SNMP | Net Simple Network Management Protocol |
NeXT | near-end crosstalk |
Nexus 1000V | Cisco Nexus 1000V |
NFC | Near Field Communication |
NFR | not for resale |
NFS | Network File System |
NFTS | national file tracking system |
NFV | network functions virtualization |
NGFW | next-generation firewall |
NGO | non-governmental organization |
NGSCB | Next Generation Secure Computing Base |
NHII | National Health Information Infrastructure |
NHIN | Nationwide Health Information Network |
NHRP | Next Hop Resolution Protocol |
NI | network intelligence |
Ni2 | Net indexer 2 |
NIAP | National Information Assurance Partnership |
NIC | network interface card |
NIC handle | Network Information Center handle |
Ni-Cd or NiCd | Nickel-Cadmium battery |
Nicira NVP | Nicira Network Virtualization Platform |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
Ni-MH or NiMH | Nickel-Metal Hydride battery |
NIS | Network Information System |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NJE | Network Job Entry |
NLM | National Library of Medicine |
NLP | natural language processing |
NMTA | National Machining and Tooling Association |
NNI | National Nanotechnology Initiative |
NNM | Network Node Manager |
NNTP | Network News Transfer Protocol |
no op | no operation |
NOC | network operations center |
NOS | network operating system |
NoSQL | Not Only SQL |
NPD | product development or new product development |
NPE | non-practicing entity |
NPI | national provider identifier |
NPI | New Product Introduction |
NPIV | N_Port ID virtualization |
NPV | Net present value |
NQF | National Quality Forum |
NRLA | National Labor Relations Board |
NRZ | non-return-to-zero |
NSA | National Security Agency |
NSAP | Network Service Access Point |
NSAPI | Netscape Server Application Programming Interface |
NSIS | Next Steps in Signaling |
NSP | network service provider |
NT1 | network terminator 1 |
NTBackup | Microsoft Windows NT backup |
NTFS | NT file system; sometimes New Technology File System |
NTP | Network Time Protocol |
NTR | Normal Trade Relations |
NTS | Number Translation Service |
NTSC | National Television Standards Committee |
NTU | nuclear time unit |
NUI | natural user interface |
NUMA | non-uniform memory access |
NURBS | nonuniform rational B-spline |
NUS | network unified storage |
NVGRE | Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation |
NVLAP | National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program |
NVMe | non-volatile memory express |
NVS | nonvolatile storage |
NWR | NOAA Weather Radio |
OA&M | operations, administration, and management |
OAB | offline address book |
OASIS | Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards |
OASIS | Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards |
OBI | Open Buying on the Internet |
OCC | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
OCM | organizational change management |
OCNCC | Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control |
OCR | Office for Civil Rights |
OCR | optical character recognition |
OCSP | Online Certificate Status Protocol |
OCW | MIT OpenCourseWare |
OCx | Optical Carrier levels |
ODBC | Open Database Connectivity |
ODCA | Open Data Center Alliance |
ODF | Open Document Format |
ODI | Open Data-Link Interface |
ODIN | Open Data Center with an Interoperable Network |
ODIN | Open Device Identification Number |
ODL | Open and Distance Learning |
ODM | Original Design Manufacturer |
ODMA | Open Document Management API or Application Program Interface |
ODMR | On-Demand Mail Relay |
ODP | Open Directory Project |
ODS | Ozone Depleting Substance |
ODS | operational data store |
ODX | Offloaded Data Transfer |
OEBF | Open Electronic Book Forum |
OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OEE | Original Equipment Effectiveness |
OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
OEM | original equipment manufacturer |
OFB | output feedback |
OF-Config | OpenFlow Configuration and Management Protocol |
OFDM | orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing |
OFPP | Office of Federal Procurement Policy |
OGSA | Open Grid Services Architecture |
OHA | Open Handset Alliance |
OID | object ID |
OLA | operational level agreement |
OLAP | online analytical processing |
OLE | Object Linking and Embedding |
OLE DB | OLEDB or Object Linking and Embedding Database |
OLED | light-emitting diode |
OLPC | One Laptop Per Child |
OLT | optical line terminal |
OLTP | On Line Transaction Processing |
OLTP | online transaction processing |
OMAP | Open Multimedia Application Platform |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
OMG | Object Management Group |
OMSS | Oracle Mobile Security Suite |
ONF | Open Networking Foundation |
OODBMS or ODBMS | object-oriented database management system |
OoOE | out-of-order execution |
OOP | Out Of Production |
OOP | object-oriented programming |
OOPSLA | Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications |
OOXML | Office Open Extended Markup Language |
OPAC | Online Public Access Catalog |
OPAC | Online Public Access Catalog |
OPC | OLE for Process Control |
OpenGL | Open Graphics Library |
OpenNMS | Open Network Management System |
OpenVPN | open source virtual private network |
Opex | operational expenditure |
OPM | operational performance management |
OPML | Outline Processor Markup Language |
OPS | Open Profiling Standard |
OPT | Optimized Production Technology |
OR | operations research |
ORB | Object Request Broker |
ORBS | Open Relay Behavior-modification System |
ORM | object-relational mapping |
OS | operating system |
OSA | Open System Authentication |
OSBI | open source business intelligence |
OSD | object storage device |
OSDL | Open Source Development Labs |
OSF | Open Software Foundation |
OSGi | Open Service Gateway Initiative |
OSGi | Open Service Gateway Initiative |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
OSP | online service provider |
OSP | Open Settlement Protocol |
OSPF | Open Shortest Path First |
OSS | open source software |
OSS | Online Service System |
OSS | operational support system |
OTA | Over the Air |
OTA update | over-the-air update |
OTC | On-Time delivery to Commit date |
OTC or O2C | order to cash |
OTCR | On-Time delivery performance to Customer Request Date |
OTFT | organic thin-film transistor |
OTM | Optivity Telephony Manager |
OTP | one-time password |
OTTO protocol | OUCH To Trade Options |
OU | organizational unit |
OVSDB | Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol |
OWA | Microsoft Outlook Web App |
OWASP | Open Web Application Security Project |
OWD | OneWebDay |
P versus NP | polynomial versus nondeterministic polynomial |
P&L; | profit and loss statement |
P2P | procure to pay |
P2P | path to profitability |
P2P botnet | peer-to-peer botnet |
P2P network | peer-to-peer network |
P2V | physical to virtual |
P3P | Platform for Privacy Preferences Project |
P3P | Platform for Privacy Preferences |
P4 | Pentium 4 |
P4P | proactive provider participation for P2P |
PA | Power Amplifier |
PaaS | Platform as a Service |
PABX | private automatic branch exchange |
PAC | Production Activity Control |
PACS | picture archiving and communication system |
PACS | Personal Access Communications System |
PA-DSS | Payment Application Data Security Standard |
PAIR | Policy Analysis of Internet Routing |
PAL | Phase Alternation Line |
Palm OS | Palm Operating System |
PAM | partner account manager |
PAM | pulse amplitude modulation |
PAN | personal area network |
PAN truncation | primary account number |
PAP | Packet-Level Procedure |
PAR | performance and accountability reporting |
PARC | Palo Alto Research Center |
PAT | Port Address Translation |
PBD | physical block device |
PBT | Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic |
PBX | private branch exchange |
PC | project charter |
PC | personal computer |
PC100 SDRAM | PC100 Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory |
PCAOB | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board |
PCB | printed circuit board |
PC-DOS | Personal Computer – Disk Operating System |
PCE | Path Computation Element |
PCEP | Path Computation Element Protocol |
PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
PCI compliance | payment card industry compliance |
PCI DSS | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard |
PCI-X | Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended |
PCL | Printer Control Language |
PCM | pulse code modulation |
PCM | phase-change memory |
PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
PCRF | Policy and Charging Rules Function |
PCS | personal cloud storage |
PCS | personal communications service |
PDA | personal digital assistant |
Portable Document Format | |
PDL | page description language |
PDM | Product Data Management |
PDP-11 | Programmed Data Processor-11 |
PDU | power distribution unit |
PEAP | Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol |
PEBCAK | problem exists between chair and keyboard |
pel | picture element |
personal VM | personal virtual machine or PVM |
PERT chart | Program Evaluation Review Technique |
PF | prefetch folder |
pF/m | picofarad per meter |
PFC | power factor correction or power factor controller |
PGP | Pretty Good Privacy |
PHDSC | Public Health Data Standards Consortium |
PHI | personal health information |
PHOLED | phosphorescent organic light-emitting device |
PHP | Personal Home Page |
PHP | Hypertext Preprocessor |
PHR | personal health record |
PHS | Personal Handyphone System |
PI | Principal Investigator |
PI | Predictive Index |
PIA | privacy impact assessment |
PIC | port interface card |
PICK chart | Possible, Implement, Challenge and Kill chart |
PICS | Platform for Internet Content Selection |
PICTIVE | Plastic Interface for Collaborative Technology Initiatives through Video |
Exploration | |
PID | Problem Identification Document |
PIFI | personally identifiable financial information |
PII | personally identifiable information |
PIM | processing in memory |
PIM | Product Information Management |
PIM | protocol-independent multicast |
PIM | privileged identity management |
P-Ink | photonic ink |
PIO | Programmed Input/Output |
PIP | Partner Integration Process |
PIP | Picture in Picture |
PIP box | picture in picture box |
PIV | personal identity verification |
PKCS | Public-Key Cryptography Standards |
PKI | public key infrastructure |
pk-pk | peak-to-peak |
PL/S | Programming Language/System |
PL/SQL | procedural language extension to Structured Query Language |
PLATO | Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations |
PLC | packet loss concealment |
PLEDM | phase-state low electron drive memory |
PLL | phase-locked loop |
PLM | Product Lifecycle Management |
PLMN | public land mobile network |
PM | phase modulation |
PMI | plus, minus, interesting |
PML | Portal Markup Language |
PMML | Predictive Model Markup Language |
PMO | Project Management Office |
PMP | Project Management Professional |
PMS | package manager or package management system |
PN | programmable network |
pNFS | Parallel NFS |
PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
PnP | Plug and Play |
POC | proof of concept |
POC | Packet Order Correction |
pocket PC | pocket personal computer |
PoE | Power over Ethernet |
PoIP | Pray over Internet Protocol |
POLP | principle of least privilege |
polymer LED | light-emitting polymer or polyLED |
POM | Production/Operations Management |
PON | passive optical network |
POP | point-of-presence |
POP3 | Post Office Protocol 3 |
PoR | power-on reset |
POS | Point of Sale |
POS | personal operating space |
POS terminal | point-of-sale terminal |
POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface |
POST | Power-On Self-Test |
POTS | plain old telephone service |
PP&E | Property, Plant & Equipment |
PPD | post-processing deduplication |
PPD | parallel presence detect |
PPD file | Postscript Printer Description file |
PPGA | plastic pin grid array |
ppi | pixels per inch |
PPM | project and portfolio management |
PPM | pages per minute |
PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
PPPoE | Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet |
PPTP | Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
PR | Process Reengineering |
PR | public relations |
PRI | Primary Rate Interface |
PRM | partner relationship management |
PRNG | pseudo-random number generator |
PROM | programmable read-only memory |
PRONet | Procurement Marketing and Access Network |
PRS | Personal Response System |
PRS | Premium Rate Service |
PRSA | Public Relations Society of America |
PRT | Pre-requisite Tree |
PSA | professional services automation |
PSK | phase-shift keying |
PSN | processor serial number |
PSOD | Purple Screen of Death |
PSS | Personal Search Syndication |
PSTN | public switched telephone network |
PTAC | Procurement Technical Assistance Center |
PTF | program temporary fix |
PTO | Patent and Trademark Office |
PTT | Push to Talk |
PU | physical unit |
PUE | power usage effectiveness |
PUP | potentially unwanted program |
PV Cell | photovoltaic cell |
PV glass | photovoltaic glass |
PVC | permanent virtual circuit |
PVM | Parallel Virtual Machine |
PVR | personal video recorder |
PWS | Personal Web Server |
PXE | Preboot Execution Environment |
PXE | Preboot Execution Environment |
QA | Quality Assurance |
QA | quality assurance |
QAM | quadrature amplitude modulation |
QB | Quality Breakdown |
QBE | Query by Example |
QC | Quality Control |
QC | quality control |
QDOS | 86-DOS |
QFE | Quad FastEthernet |
QFE | Quick Fix Engineering |
QFP | Quad Flat Package |
qHD | quarter high definition |
QIX | NASDAQ Information Exchange protocol |
QoE or QoX | Quality of Experience |
QoS | Quality of Service |
QPS | queries-per-second |
QR | Quick Response |
QR code | quick response code |
QSA | Qualified Security Assessor |
QSIG | Q signaling |
QVGA | Quarter Video Graphics Array |
QXGA | Quantum Extended Graphics Array |
R&D | Research and Development |
R3 | Reduce, reuse, recycle |
RA | registration authority |
RAC | Real Application Cluster |
RACE | Rapid Access Computing Environment |
RACF | Resource Access Control Facility |
RAD | rapid application development |
rad/s or rad/sec | radian per second |
radar | radio detection and ranging |
RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service |
RAF | risk assessment framework |
RAID | redundant array of independent disks |
RAID 0 | disk striping |
RAID 1 | disk mirroring |
RAID 3 | redundant array of independent disks |
RAIN | redundant/reliable array of inexpensive/independent nodes |
RAM | random access memory |
RAMAC | random access method of accounting and control |
RAMDAC | random access memory digital-to-analog converter |
RAND | reasonable and nondiscriminatory |
RAP | Revenue Acquisition Process |
RARP | Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
RAS | registration, admission, and status |
RAS | Reliability, Availability and Serviceability |
RAS | row address strobe |
RAS API | Remote Access Server Application Program Interface |
RASHport | Routing and Special Handling |
RAT | remote access Trojan |
RBA | risk-based authentication |
RBAC | role-based access control |
RBOC | regional Bell operating company |
RCE | remote code execution |
RCP | Rich Client Platform |
RD | running disparity |
RDBMS | relational database management system |
RDC | remote deposit capture |
RDF | Resource Description Framework |
RDF | Resource Description Framework |
RDM | raw device mapping |
RDMA | Remote Direct Memory Access |
rDNS | reverse DNS |
RDO | Remote Data Objects |
RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol |
RDRAM | Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory |
RDS | Amazon Relational Database Service |
RDS | Radio Data System |
RDS | Remote Desktop Services |
RDT&E | Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation |
REC | Regional Extension Center |
ReFS | Resilient File System |
regex | regular expression |
RELAX NG | RELAX Next Generation |
Remoting | PowerShell Remoting |
REST | representational state transfer |
RF, rf, orr.f. | radio frequency |
RFC | Remote Function Call |
RFC | Request for Comments |
RFI | request for information |
RFID | radio frequency identification |
RFM analysis | recency, frequency, monetary |
RFO | Request for Offer |
RFP | request for proposal |
RFQ | request for quotation |
RFR | Red Flags Rule |
RGB | red, green, and blue |
RHCVA | Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator |
RHEL | Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
RHEV | Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization |
RHIA | registered health information administrator |
RHIO | Regional Health Information Organization |
RHIT | registered health information technician |
RHS | Red Hat Storage |
RIA | Rich Internet Application |
RIAA | Recording Industry Association of America |
RIBLOE | Remote Insight Board — Lights Out Edition |
RID | relative identifier |
RIM | records information management |
RIM | Reference Information Model |
RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
RIP | raster image processor |
RIR | Regional Internet Registry |
RIS | Remote Installation Service |
RIS | Radiology Information System |
RISC | reduced instruction set computer |
RJE | Remote Job Entry |
rlogin | remote login |
RMA | Return Material (or Merchandise) Authorization |
RMA | return merchandise authorization |
RMI | Remote Method Invocation |
RMON | Remote Network Monitoring |
RMS | root-mean-square |
RNAAPP | Remote Network Access Application |
RNIS | Reseau Numerique a Integration de Services |
ROA | resource-oriented architecture |
ROADM | reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer |
ROC | Report on Compliance |
ROD | reuse-oriented model or reuse-oriented development |
RODC | read-only domain controller |
RoHS Directive | Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive |
ROI | Return On Investment |
ROI | return on investment |
ROIC | Return On Invested Capital |
ROKSO | Register of Known Spam Operations |
ROLAP | relational online analytical processing |
ROM | read-only memory |
ROMI | return on marketing investment |
RONA | Return On Net Assets |
ROP | Reorder Point |
RoR or Rails | Ruby on Rails |
RoT | Roots of Trust |
ROU | Record Of Understanding |
ROWE | Results-Only Work Environment |
RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
RPG | Report Program Generator |
RPG | role-playing game |
RPM | remote patient monitoring |
RPM | Rapid Response Manufacturing |
RPO | recruitment process outsourcing |
RPO | recovery point objective |
RPR | Resilient Packet Ring |
RPT | rich presence technology |
RQ | risk intelligence |
RRAM | resistive RAM |
RSAT | Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools |
RSC | Retail Service Center |
RSI | requirements stability index |
RSNA | Radiological Society of North America |
RSoP | Resultant Set of Policy |
RSVP | Resource Reservation Protocol |
RT | retweet |
RTA | real-time application |
RTC | real-time communications |
RTC | real-time clock |
RTCD | real-time communications dashboard |
RTCP | Real-Time Transport Control Protocol |
RTD | Research and Technical Development |
RTD | reconfigurable tactile display |
RTF | Rich Text Format |
RTLS | real-time location system |
RTM | Read The Manual |
RTO | recovery time objective |
RtOI | real-time operational intelligence |
RTOS | real-time operating system |
RTP | Real-Time Transport Protocol |
RTSP | Real Time Streaming Protocol |
RTT | round-trip time |
RUP | Rational Unified Process |
RWU | remote wakeup |
RZ | return-to-zero |
S&OP; | sales and operations planning |
S.773 | Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009 |
S.M.A.R.T. | Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology |
S/MIME | Secure Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions |
S/N or SNR | signal-to-noise ratio |
S/PDIF | Sony/Philips Digital Interface |
S/PDIF | Sony/Philips Digital Interface |
S4L | spam for life |
SA | service assurance |
SA | Microsoft Exchange System Attendant |
SA | Microsoft Software Assurance |
SAA | Systems Application Architecture |
SaaS | Software as a Service |
SaaS | Security as a Service |
SaaS | Storage as a Service |
SaaS BI | Software as a Service BI |
SaaS ERP | software-as-a-service ERP hosting |
SACD | Super Audio CD |
SAFE | Samsung for Enterprise |
SAM | Security Accounts Manager |
SAM | storage area management |
SAML | Security Assertion Markup Language |
Samsung GN | Samsung Galaxy Note |
SAN | storage area network |
SAP XI | SAP Exchange Infrastructure |
SAPI | Speech Application Program Interface |
SAPPHIRE | SAP User Conference |
SAR | Suspicious Activity Report |
SAR | segmentation and reassembly |
SAS | serial-attached SCSI |
SAS 70 | Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 |
SASID | Self-Scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display |
SATA II | SATA 2 |
SAX | Simple API for XML |
SB-1386 | California Security Breach Information Act |
SBAs | search-based applications |
SBC | session border controller |
SBIR contract | Small Business Innovative Research contract |
SBR | skill-based routing |
SC | sunk cost |
SC | supply chain |
SCA | service-component architecture |
SCADA | supervisory control and data acquisition |
SCC | Supply Chain Council |
SCCP | Signalling Connection Control Part |
SCE | supply chain execution |
SCEM | supply chain event management |
SCI | serial communications interface |
SCL | spam confidence level |
SCM | Supply Chain Management |
SCOR | Supply Chain Operations Reference model |
SCORM | Shareable Content Object Reference Model |
SCP | supply chain planning |
SCP | session control protocol |
SCR | Synchronized Customer Response |
SCSA | Signal Computing System Architecture |
SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
SCSI controller | Small Computer System Interface controller |
SCSIe | SCSI Express |
SCTP | Stream Control Transmission Protocol |
SCV | supply chain visibility |
SD card | Secure Digital card |
SD2 | Sound Designer II |
SD2 | Sound Designer II or SDII |
SDA | SAP Smart Data Access |
SDARS | satellite radio or Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service |
SDB | Small Disadvantaged Business |
SDDC | software-defined data center |
SDDL | Security Descriptor Definition Language |
SDH | Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
SDI | Serial Digital Interface |
SDK | software developer’s kit |
SDL | Specification and Description Language |
SDLC | systems development life cycle |
SDLC | Synchronous Data Link Control |
SDMA | spatial division multiple access |
SDN | software-defined networking |
SDN controller | software-defined networking controller |
SDN overlay | software defined networking overlay |
SDO | Service Data Objects |
SDP | Session Description Protocol |
SDR | software-defined radio |
SDRAM | synchronous DRAM |
SDTV | standard definition television |
SDWT | self-directed work team |
SDX | NetScaler |
SDXC | Secure Digital Extended Capacity card |
SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
SECAM | Sequential Couleur avec Memoire |
SED TV | surface-conduction electron-emitter display television |
SEI | Software Engineering Institute |
SEM | single-electron memory |
SEO | search engine optimization |
SerDes | serializer/deserializer |
Serial ATA | Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA |
SERP | search engine results page |
SET | Secure Electronic Transaction |
SETI | Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence |
SEWP | NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement |
SFA | Sales Force Automation |
SFA | single-factor authentication |
SFA | sales force automation |
SFF | small form factor |
SFP | small form-factor pluggable |
SFS | stepless frequency control |
SFX | special effects |
SGA | Selling, General and Administrative expenses |
SGF | Structured Graph Format |
SGI | Silicon Graphics |
SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language |
SGRAM | Synchronous Graphics RAM |
shadow IT | shadow information technology |
S-HTTP | Secure HTTP |
SI | systems integrator |
Si | silicon |
SID | security identifier |
SIEM | security information and event management |
SIG | Special Interest Group |
SIG | Special Interest Groups |
SIGTRAN | Signaling Transport |
SIM | security information management |
SIMD | Single Instruction Multiple Data |
SIMM | Service Integration Maturity Model |
SIMM | single in-line memory module |
SIMO | single input, multiple output |
SIMPLE | SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions |
Simputer | simple inexpensive mobile computer |
SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
SIP trunking | Session Initiation Protocol trunking |
SIPOC diagram | suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, customers |
SIRDS | single-image random-dot stereogram |
SISO | single input, single output |
SIV | Signal Integrity Verification |
SJC | Senate Judiciary Committee |
SKA | Shared Key Authentication |
SKIL Bill | Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership Act |
SKU | Stock Keeping Units |
SKU | stockkeeping unit |
SLA | service-level agreement |
SLC | single level cell |
SLD | second-level domain |
SLICE | Simple Low-Cost Innovative Engine |
SLIP | Serial Line Internet Protocol |
SLP | Service Location Protocol |
SMART | Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology |
SMB | small and medium-sized business or small and midsized business |
SMB 3.0 | Server Message Block 3.0 |
SMB protocol | Server Message Block Protocol |
SMBXML | Small Business Extensible Markup Language |
SMDS | Switched Multimegabit Data Service |
SME | Society of Manufacturing Engineers |
SME | small to medium enterprise |
SMF | Standard MIDI File |
SMF | Standard MIDI File |
SMIL | Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language |
SMI-S | Storage Management Initiative Specification |
SMiShing | SMS phishing |
SMM | social media marketing |
SMMS | Social media management software |
SMP | symmetric multiprocessing |
SMPTE | Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers |
SMR | Specialized Mobile Radio |
SMS | Short Message Service |
SMS spam | cell phone spam or short messaging service spam |
SMSC | short message service center |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SMWT | Self Managed Work Teams |
SNA | Systems Network Architecture |
SNAFU | situation normal, all f***ed up |
SNG | satellite news gathering |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SNOMED CT | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine — Clinical Terms |
SOA | service-oriented architecture |
SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol |
SOC | switch-on-a-chip |
SoC | system-on-a-chip |
Soc 1 | Service Organization Control 1 |
Soc 2 | Service Organization Control 2 |
Soc 3 | Service Organization Control 3 |
SoC testing | system-on-a-chip testing |
social BPM | business process management |
SoD | segregation of duties |
SOFC | solid oxide fuel cell |
SOHO | Small Office Home Office |
SOI | Silicon-on-Insulator |
SOI | service-oriented integration |
SOLED | stacked organic light-emitting device |
SoLoMo | social, local and mobile |
SOM | service-oriented management |
SoMoClo | social, mobile and cloud |
SONET | Synchronous Optical Network |
SOP | Sales and Operations Planning |
SOP | Same Origin Policy |
SOPA | Stop Online Piracy Act |
SOR | system of record |
SoS | system of systems |
sosofo | specification of a sequence of flow objects |
SOW | statement of work |
SOW | Statement of Work |
SOX | Sarbanes-Oxley Act |
SP1 | Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 |
SPAC | special purpose acquisition company |
SPARC | Scalable Processor Architecture |
SPC | Statistical Process Control |
SPD | serial presence detect |
SPEC | Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation |
SPF | Sender Policy Framework |
SPI | serial peripheral interface |
SPI model | SaaS, PaaS, IaaS |
SPICE | Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination |
SPID | Service Profile Identifier |
SPIF | sales performance incentive fund |
SPIT | spam over Internet telephony |
SPM | sales performance management |
SPM | Standard Process Modules |
SPML | Services Provisioning Markup Language |
SPOF | single point of failure |
spool | simultaneous peripheral operations online |
SPS | Standard Procurement System |
SPX | Sequenced Packet Exchange |
SQL | Structured Query Language |
SQL Server PDW | Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse |
SQuID | Source Quench Introduced Delay |
SRAM | static random access memory |
SRE | serious reportable event |
SRI | SRI International |
SR-IOV | Single Root I/O Virtualization |
SRM | sustainability risk management |
SRM | Standard Reference Material |
SRM | supplier relationship management |
SRM | VMware vSphere Site Recovery Manager |
SRM | storage resource management |
SRS | software requirements specification |
SRT | Source-route transparent |
SRTP | Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol or Secure RTP |
SS7 | Signaling System 7 |
SSA | Serial Storage Architecture |
SSADM | Structured Systems Analysis & Design Method |
SSD | client solid state drive |
SSD | solid-state drive |
SSD purge | solid state drive purge |
SSH | Secure Shell |
SSH Charter | Secure Shell Charter |
SSI | server-side include |
SSI | single-system image |
SSID | service set identifier |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
SSL | solid-state lighting |
SSL card | server accelerator card |
SSL checker | secure socket layer checker |
SSL VPN | Secure Sockets Layer virtual private network |
SSM | solid state module |
SSO | single sign-on |
SSP | storage service provider |
SSS | solid state storage |
SSS PTS | Solid State Storage Performance Test Specification |
SSSI | SNIA Solid-State Storage Initiative |
SST | Streamlined Sales Tax |
SSTV | slow-scan television |
STAR | Security, Trust and Assurance Registry |
STARS | Standard Accounting and Reporting System |
statC | statcoulomb |
statF | statfarad |
statH | stathenry |
statS | statsiemens |
statV | statvolt |
statW | statwatt |
STDM | statistical time division multiplexing |
STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
STEP | Standard for the Exchange of Product model data |
STM | scanning tunneling microscope |
STML | Spoken Text Markup Language |
STONITH | Shoot The Other Node In The Head |
STP | spanning tree protocol |
STP | standard temperature and pressure |
STUN | Simple Traversal of UDP through NAT |
Sun ONE | Sun Open Net Environment |
SVC | supervisor call |
SVC | switched virtual circuit |
SVC | scalable video coding |
SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics |
S-Video | Super-Video, Y/C Video, component video |
SVVP | server virtualization validation program |
SWAG | Semantic Web Agreement Group |
SWAN | Structured Wireless-Aware Network |
SWIFT | Simulated Work Input and Flow Time |
SWIFT | Society for the Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication |
SWOT | Strengths, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats Analysis |
SWOT analysis | strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis |
sysadmin | system administrator |
sysop | system operator |
T & E software | travel and expense software |
T&M | Tools and Methodology |
T/R | Transmit / Receive |
T-1 | T1 |
T9 | text on nine keys |
TA | terminal adapter |
TaaS | Testing as a Service |
TACACS | Terminal Access Controller Access Control System |
TACT | Total Average Cycle Time |
TAPI | Telephony Application Program Interface |
TAPI | Telephony Application Program Interface |
tar | Tape ARchive |
TB | terabyte |
TCAM | ternary content-addressable memory |
TCB | trusted computing base |
TCG | Trusted Computing Group |
Tcl | Tool Command Language |
Tcl/Tk | Tool Command Language |
TCM | Time Critical Manufacturing |
TCO | total cost of ownership |
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
TDC | Total Delivered Cost |
TDD | Telecommunications Display Device |
TDD | test-driven development |
TDL-4 | TDSS or Alureon |
TDM | Team Data Manager |
TDM | time-division multiplexing |
TDMA | time division multiple access |
TD-SCDMA | time division synchronous code division multiple access |
Teen Buzz | Mosquito teen repeller |
telco | telephone company |
TETRA | Terrestrial Trunked Radio |
TEWE | Technology for Enterprise-Wide Engineering |
TFT | thin-film transistor |
TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
TGT | authentication ticket or ticket-granting ticket |
THz | terahertz |
TIA | Total Information Awareness |
TiBook | Titanium |
TIC | Trusted Internet Connections |
TIFF | Tag Image File Format |
TIG | Technology Implementation Group |
TIM | Test Inspection Measurement |
TIN number | taxpayer Identification number |
Tk | Tool Kit |
TKIP | Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
TL;DR | tl;dr |
TLA | Three Letter Acronym |
TLC flash | triple level cell flash |
TLD | top-level domain |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
TM software | talent management software |
TMN | Telecommunications Management Network |
TMQL | Topic Map Query Language |
TMS | Transportation Management System |
TN display | twisted nematic display |
TOC | Theory of Constraints |
TOE | TCP/IP offload engine |
TOE | unified field theory or Theory of Everything |
TOGAF | The Open Group Architecture Framework |
TOLED | transparent organic light-emitting device |
TOP | Technical Office Protocol |
Topic Map | ISO/IEC Standard 13250:2000 |
TOPS | Team Oriented Problem Solving |
TOTP | time-based one-time password |
TP | thin provisioning |
TP0-TP4 | transport protocols 0 to 4 |
TPA | Technology and Product Assurance |
TPC | Transaction Processing Performance Council |
TPI | Total Profit Improvement |
TPM | Total Productive Maintenance |
TPM | Trusted Platform Module |
TPOP | Time-Phased Order Point |
TPS | terminal proxy server |
TQC | Total Quality Control |
TQM | Total Quality Management |
TQM | Total Quality Management |
TrackPoint | pointing stick |
TRI | Toxic Release Inventory |
TRILL | Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links |
TRON | The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus |
TRT | Transition Tree |
TSAP | Transport Services Access Point |
TSCA | Toxic Substances Control Act |
T-SQL | Transact-SQL |
TSR | terminate and stay resident |
TTL | time-to-live |
TTL | transistor-to-transistor logic |
TTS | text-to-speech |
TtV | time to value |
TTY | teletypewriter |
TURN | Traversal Using Relay NAT |
TVA | Throughput Value Added |
TW | tin whiskers |
TWG | Technology Working Group |
TWT | traveling-wave tube |
type I error | false rejection |
type II error | false acceptance |
UART | Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
UAT | user acceptance testing |
UBE | unsolicited bulk email |
UBL | Universal Business Language |
UC | Unit Cost |
UCaaS | Unified Communications as a Service |
UCE | unsolicited commercial email |
UCS | unified computing system |
UDA | Universal Data Access |
UDDI | Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration |
UDF | Universal Disk Format |
UDID | unique device identifier |
UDO | ultra density optical |
UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
UEFI | Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
UGC | user-generated content |
UHDTV | Ultra High-Definition TV |
UHDV | ultra high definition video |
UHF | ultrahigh frequency |
UI | user interface |
UIA | user installed application |
UID | unique identifier |
UIML | User Interface Markup Language |
ULA | Oracle Unlimited License Agreement |
Ultra DMA | UDMA or Ultra DMA/33 |
UM server | unified messaging server |
UMLS | Unified Medical Language System |
UMS | unified messaging system |
UMTS | Universal Mobile Telecommunications System |
UMTS | Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service |
UNC | Universal Naming Convention |
UPN | User Principal Name |
UPnP | Universal Plug and Play |
UPS | uninterruptible power supply |
URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
URL poisoning | location poisoning |
URL rewriting | URL manipulation |
URN | Uniform Resource Name |
USART | Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
USB | Universal Serial Bus, USB 3.0, SuperSpeed USB |
USB 3.0 | SuperSpeed USB |
USGCB | United States Government Configuration Baseline |
USITC | United States International Trade Commission |
USP | unique selling point |
USSD | Unstructured Supplementary Service Data |
USSS | United States Secret Service |
UTC, GMT, CUT | Coordinated Universal Time |
UTF-16 | 16- bit Unicode Transformation Format |
UTM | unified threat management |
UUCP | UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Protocol |
UUID | Universal Unique Identifier |
UX | user experience |
UXGA | Ultra Extended Graphics Array |
V/m | volt per meter |
V2P | virtual to physical |
V2V | Virtual to virtual |
VA | volt-ampere |
VAAI | vStorage APIs for Array Integration |
VAD | Value Added Distribution |
VAD | voice activation detection |
VAL IT | value from IT investments |
VAMP | vStorage API for Multipathing |
VAN | value-added network |
VAR | Value-Added Reseller |
VAR | value-added reseller |
VAR agreement | value-added reseller agreement |
VASA | vStorage APIs for Storage Awareness |
VAX | Virtual Address eXtension |
VB | Visual Basic |
VB.NET or VB .NET | Visual Basic .NET |
VBI | vertical blanking interval |
VBN | visitor-based networking |
vBNS | very high-speed Backbone Network Service |
VBR | Vouch by Reference |
VC | venture capital |
vCAC | VMware vCloud Automation Center |
VCB proxy | VMware Consolidated Backup proxy |
VCD | video CD or video compact disc |
VCDX | VMware certified design expert |
vCLI | vSphere CLI |
VCP | VMware Certified Professional |
VCP | VMware Capacity Planner |
vCPU | virtual CPU |
VCR | videocassette recorder |
VCSEL | vertical cavity surface emitting laser |
vCSHB | VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat |
VDA | Virtual Desktop Access |
vDGA | Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration |
VDI | virtual desktop infrastructure |
VDT | video display terminal, visual display terminal |
VDU | video display unit |
VE | Value Engineering |
Verizon VERIS | Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing |
Vertical SaaS | Software as a Service |
VESA VL bus | VESA Local Bus |
VFAT | Virtual File Allocation Table |
VFIIP | Virtual Factory Information Interchange Project |
VFS | virtual file system |
vGPU | virtual GPU |
VHD | virtual hard disk |
VHDCI | Very High Density Cable Interconnect |
VHDX | Hyper-V virtual hard disk |
VHE | Virtual Home Environment |
VHF | very high frequency |
VHS | Video Home System |
VI3 | VMware Infrastructure 3 |
VIM | Vendor Independent Messaging |
Vim | Vi improved |
Vine | Vine app |
Vint Cerf | Vinton Gray Cerf |
Viper | Transaction Server |
virtual ISP | virtual Internet service provider, VISP or vISP |
vishing | voice or VoIP phishing |
VITC | vertical interval time code |
VK | VKontakte |
VLAN | virtual LAN |
VLAN hopping | virtual local area network hopping |
VLDB | Very Large Database |
VLE | virtual learning environment |
VLER | Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record |
VLIW | very long instruction word |
vlog | video blog |
VLSI | Very Large Scale Integration |
VLSM | variable-length subnet mask |
VM | virtual machine |
VM | virtual machine |
VMBus | Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus |
VMDK file | virtual machine disk file |
VMEbus | VersaModular Eurocard bus |
VMI | Vendor Managed Inventory |
VML | Vector Markup Language |
VML | vector graphics rendering |
VMLM | virtual machine lifecycle management |
VMM | virtual machine monitor |
VMO | vendor management office |
V-Model | Vee-Model |
VMQ | Virtual Machine Queue |
VMS | Virtual Memory System |
VMUG | VMware User Group |
VMware DRS | Distributed Resource Scheduler |
VMware EVC | VMware Enhanced vMotion compatibility |
VMware OVF Tool | VMware Open Virtualization Format Tool |
VMware vCAT | VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit |
VMware vCMA | VMware vCenter Mobile Access |
VMware VDPA | VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced |
VMware vFRC | VMware vSphere Flash Read Cache |
VMware VMCI | VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface |
VMware VMFS | Virtual Machine File System |
VMware vMSC | VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster |
VMware VSAN | VMware Virtual SAN |
VMXNET3 | VMXNET Generation 3 |
VNC | virtual network computing |
vNUMA | virtual NUMA |
VOB | Versioned Object Base |
VOC | voice of the customer |
VoD | video on demand |
voice ID | voice authentication |
VoIP | voice over IP |
VOIPSA | Voice over IP Security Alliance |
VOVA | vSphere OpenStack Virtual Appliance |
VoWLAN | Voice over WLAN |
VoxML | Voice Markup Language |
VP | value proposition |
VPD | virtual private database |
VPD | vital product data |
VPDM | Virtual Product Data Management |
VPLS | virtual private LAN service |
VPM | Virtual Product Model |
VPN | virtual private network |
VPS | virtual private server |
VRAM | video RAM |
VRF | virtual routing and forwarding |
VRM | vendor risk management |
VRM | voltage regulator module |
VRML | Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
VRML | Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
VRRP | Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol |
VSA | virtual storage appliance |
VSA | virtual SAN appliance |
VSAM | Virtual Storage Access Method |
VSAN | virtual storage area network |
VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminal |
VSB | vestigial sideband |
VSE | Visual Studio Express |
VSM | virtual systems management |
VSMP | virtual symmetric multiprocessing |
VSP | vertical solutions provider |
VSP | Virtual Storage Portal |
VSPP | VMware Service Provider Program |
VSTO | Visual Studio Tools for Office or Microsoft Visual Studio Tools |
VSTS | Visual Studio Team System |
VTAM | Virtual Telecommunications Access Method |
VTL | virtual tape library |
VUM | VMware vSphere Update Manager |
VXLAN | Virtual Extensible LAN |
VXLAN gateway | Virtual Extensible VLAN gateway |
W2K | Windows 2000 |
W32/Rjump | RavMonE virus |
W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
WAAS | Wide Area Application Services |
WaaS | Windows as a Service |
WAE | Wide Area Ethernet |
WAF | write amplification factor |
WAFS | wide-area file services |
WAG | estimate |
WAIS | Wide Area Information Servers |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
WAPI | WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure |
WARN | Workers’ Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act |
WASC | Web Application Security Consortium |
WASP | wireless application service provider |
WaSP | Web Standards Project |
WATS | wide-area telephone service |
WAX | Wireless Abstract XML |
WBEM | Web-Based Enterprise Management |
WBI | Web Intermediaries |
WBMP | Wireless Bitmap |
WBS | Work Breakdown Schedule |
WBS | work breakdown structure |
W-CDMA | Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access |
WCET | worst-case execution time |
WCF | Windows Communication Foundation |
WCM | web content management |
WCM | World Class Manufacturing |
WCS | Warehouse control system |
WCS | Wireless Communications Service |
WDF | web development framework |
WDM | wavelength-division multiplexing |
WDS | wireless distribution system |
WDS | Windows Deployment Services |
WDSC | WebSphere Development Studio Client |
WDT | watchdog timer |
Web hosting | Webhosting, Web site hosting, and hosting |
Webcasting | push technology |
WebDAV | World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning |
WebOps | Web operations |
WebRTC | Web Real-Time Communications |
WEEE | Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation |
WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy |
WF or WinWF | Windows Workflow Foundation |
WFM | Workforce management |
WfM | Wired for Management |
WFO | workforce optimization |
WFQ | weighted fair queueing |
WGA | Windows Genuine Advantage |
WGate | Web gateway |
Wh | watt-hour |
WHATWG | Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group |
WHQL | Windows Hardware Quality Labs |
WiBB | wireless broadband |
WIC | WAN interface card |
WiDEN | Wideband Integrated Digital Enhanced Network |
Wi-Fi finder | Wi-Fi signal finder, Wi-Fi seeker or Wi-Fi locator |
WIM | Windows Imaging Format |
WiMAX | Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
WIMP | Woefully Inept Manufacturing Process |
WIMP | windows, icons, mouse, and pull-down menus |
WinAMP | Windows Audio MPEG Player |
WinChip | WinChip C6 |
WinDirStat | Windows Directory Statistics |
Windows 9x | Windows 95 or Windows 98 |
Windows Azure | Microsoft Azure |
Windows Me | Millenium Edition |
Windows NT | backup domain controller |
Windows Vista | registry virtualization |
Wine | Wine is not an emulator |
WinFS | Windows File System |
WinFX | .NET 3.0 |
WinPE | Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment |
WinRM | Windows Remote Management |
WINS | Windows Internet Naming Service |
WIP | Work in Process |
wireless ISP | wireless Internet service provider or WISP |
wireless WAN | Wireless Wide Area Network |
WME | World’s Most Ethical |
WMF | Microsoft Windows Management Framework |
WMI | Windows Management Instrumentation |
WMIC | Windows Management Instrumentation Command line |
WML | Wireless Markup Language |
WMM | Wi-Fi Multimedia |
WMN | wireless mesh network |
WMP | Windows Media Player |
WMS | Warehouse Management System |
WMTS | wireless medical telemetry services |
WORA | write once, run anywhere |
Work Folders | Windows Server 2012 R2 |
WORM | write once, read many |
WPA | Wi-Fi Protected Access |
WPA | Windows Product Activation |
WPAD | Web Proxy Autodiscovery |
WPAN | wireless personal area network |
WPAS | Windows Process Activation Service |
WPF | Windows Presentation Foundation |
WRAM | Window RAM |
WRAM | Window RAM |
writable DVD | recordable DVD |
WS 2012 | Windows Server 2012 |
WS-AT | WS-AtomicTransaction |
WSCI | Web Service Choreography Interface |
WS-Coordination | Web Services Coordination |
WSD | white space device |
WSDL | Web Services Description Language |
WSFC | Windows Server Failover Clustering |
WS-I Organization | Web Services Interoperability |
WSP | wireless service provider |
WS-Policy | Web Services Policy Framework specifications |
WSS | Windows Sharepoint Services |
WS-Security | Web Services Security |
WS-Trust | Web Services Trust Language |
WSTx | Web Services Transactions |
WSUS | Windows Server Update Services |
WTLS | Wireless Transport Layer Security |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
WTS | Terminal Server product or Microsoft Windows Terminal Server |
WUE | water usage effectiveness |
WUSB | wireless USB |
WWN | World Wide Name |
WWW | World Wide Web |
WYSIWYG | what you see is what you get |
WYSIWYP | what you see is what you print |
X | compact disc access time |
X or XWindows | X Window System |
X9 | ASC X9 |
XaaS | anything as a service |
XACML | Extensible Access Control Markup Language |
XAM | eXtensible Access Method |
XAML | Extensible Application Markup Language |
XBRL | Extensible Business Reporting Language |
XCCDF | Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format |
XDMA | Xing Distributed Media Architecture |
X-engineering | cross-engineering |
XFDL | Extensible Forms Description Language |
XGA and XGA-2 | Extended Graphics Array |
XHTML | Extensible Hypertext Markup Language |
XMI | XML Metadata Interchange |
XML | Atom |
XML | Extensible Markup Language |
XML infoset | XML information set |
XMPP | Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol |
XMT | Extensible MPEG-4 Textual |
XNS | Extensible Name Service |
XORP | Extensible Open Router Platform |
XP | Extreme Programming |
XPRL | Extensible Public Relations Language |
XQL | XML Query Language |
XrML | Extensible Rights Markup Language |
XSD | XML Schema Definition |
XSL | Extensible Stylesheet Language |
XSLT | XSL Transformations |
XSRF or CSRF | cross-site request forgery |
XSS | cross-site scripting |
XST | cross-site tracing |
XUL | Extensible User-interface Language |
Y2K | year 2000 |
yacc | yet another compiler compiler |
Yagi antenna | Yagi-Uda array |
YMS | yard management system |
YUM | Yellowdog Updater, Modified |
Zbot | Zeus Trojan |
ZBR | zoned-bit recording |
ZBT | zero-based thinking |
ZIF socket | Zero Insertion Force socket |
Zope | Z Object Publishing Environment |
ZRTP | Zimmermann Real-Time Transport Protocol |
ZV port | Zoomed Video port |