@@ -1,33 +1,31 @@
-$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.130 2012/10/11 18:00:25 ginsbach Exp $
-
+$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.131 2013/01/23 12:35:06 wiz Exp $
3WHS three-way handshake
8VSB 8-state vestigial side band modulation
AA anti-aliasing
-AAA authentication, authorization, accounting
+AAA authentication, authorization, [and] accounting
AAT average access time
ABI application binary interface
ABR available bit rate
AC alternating current
ACI adjacent channel interferer
ACID atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability
-ACK acknowledgement
ACK Amsterdam compiler kit
+ACK acknowledgement
ACL access control list
ACL active current loop
-ACP auxillary control {program, process}
+ACP auxillary control {process,program}
ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
ACS access control set
ACU automatic calling unit
ADB Apple desktop bus
ADC analog [to] digital converter
ADD acronym driven development
-ADP automatic data processing
-ADT abstract data type
ADO active data objects
ADP automatic data processing
ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
ADS alternate data stream
ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
+ADT abstract data type
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AFS Andrew File System
AGC automatic gain control
@@ -40,14 +38,14 @@
ALS ambient light sensor
ALU arithmetic and logical unit
AM access method
-AM amplitude modulation
AM alignment mask
+AM amplitude modulation
AMI alternate mark inversion
AMT active management technology
AN Arabic number
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AO analog output
-AOL alert on LAN
+AOL Alert-on-LAN
AOS add or subtract
AP access point
AP application processor
@@ -58,21 +56,21 @@
ARAT always running APIC timer
ARC adaptive replacement cache
ARM Advanced RISC Machines
-ARP address resolution protocol
+ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARQ automatic repeat request
ARR address range register
ARU audio response unit
AS autonomous system
ASC advanced smart cache
-ASCII American standard code for information interchange
+ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASD agile software development
ASE advanced software environment
ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
ASK amplitude shif keying
ASLR address space layout randomization
-ASPM active state power management
ASN autonomous system number
+ASPM active state power management
ASQ automated software quality
ASR address space register
AST abstract syntax tree
@@ -87,7 +85,6 @@
AV anti virus
AVL Adelson-Velsky-Landis
AVX advanced vector extensions
-AWK Aho, Werner, and Kernighan
BA byte align
BAL basic assembly language
BAR base address register
@@ -102,21 +99,21 @@
BDUF big design up front
BEDO burst extended data output
BER basic encoding rules
-BER bit error {rate, ratio}
-BFD binary {file, format} descriptor
+BER bit error {rate,ratio}
+BFD binary {file,format} descriptor
BFKL big fscking kernel lock
BFS breadth-first search
BFT binary file transfer
BGA ball grid array
-BGP border gateway protocol
+BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BIND Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
BIOS basic input/output system
BIST built-in self-test
BIU bus interface unit
BKDG BIOS and kernel developer's guide
BLAS basic linear algebra subprograms
-BLOB binary large object
BLC back light control
+BLOB binary large object
BM bus master
BMC baseboard management controller
BMIC bus master interface controller
@@ -124,12 +121,12 @@
BNF Backus-Naur form
BO binary output
BOF beginning of file
-BOM byte order mark
BOM beginning of message
+BOM byte order mark
BP base pointer
BP boot processor
BPB BIOS parameter block
-BPF Berkeley packet filter
+BPF Berkeley Packet Filter
BPI bits per inch
BPM business process modelling
BPS bits per second
@@ -137,15 +134,15 @@
BQS Berkeley quality software
BRE basic regular expression
BS binary sequence
-BSD Berkeley software distribution
+BSD Berkeley Software Distribution
BSF bit scan forward
BSOD blue screen of death
BSP binary space partition
BSP bootstrap processor
BSR bit scan reverse
BSS block started by symbol
-BT Bluetooth
BT BitTorrent
+BT Bluetooth
BT bit test
BTC bit test [and] complement
BTR bit test [and] reset
@@ -156,22 +153,22 @@
CA certificate authority
CAD computer-aided design
CAM computer assisted manufacturing
-CAM content addressable memory
CAM conditional access module
-CARP common address redundancy protocol
-CAS (atomic) compare and swap
-CAS computer algebra system
+CAM content addressable memory
+CARP Common Address Redundancy Protocol
CAS column address strobe
+CAS compare and swap
+CAS computer algebra system
CASE computer aided software engineering
CAU control access unit
-CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
+CAV constant angular velocity
CBC cipher block chaining
CBR constant bit rate
+CC carbon coby
CCD charge coupled device
CCI co-channel interferer
-CC carbon coby
-CD compact disc
CD cache disable
+CD compact disc
CDDA compact disc digital audio
CDMA code division multiple access
CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
@@ -180,25 +177,25 @@
CFG context-free grammar
CFG control-flow graph
CG control gate
-CGA color graphics {array,adapter}
+CGA color graphics {adapter,array}
CGI common gateway interface
-CGN carrier grade NAT
-CHAP challenge-handshake authentication protocol
+CGN Carrier-Grade NAT
+CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHS cylinder/head/sector
-CI {common, component} interface
CI continuous integration
-CIDR classless inter-domain routing
-CIFS common internet file system
+CI {common,component} interface
+CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing
+CIFS Common Internet File System
CIL common intermediate language
-CIR carrier to interference ratio
+CIR carrier-to-interference ratio
CIS contact image sensor
-CJK Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
+CJK Chinese, Japanese, [and] Korean
CLF common log format
CLI command line interface
CLR common language runtime
CLTT closed loop thermal throttling
CLUT color look-up table
-CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
+CLV constant linear velocity
CM configuration management
CMA concert multithread architecture
CMI control management interface
@@ -207,9 +204,9 @@
CMP chip multi-processing
CMS content management system
CMYK cyan magenta yellow black
-CN {common, canonical} name
+CN {common,canonical} name
CNC computer numerical control
-CNR carrier to noise ratio
+CNR carrier-to-noise ratio
COF current operating frequency
COFDM coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
COFF common object file format
@@ -231,12 +228,12 @@
CRL carrier recovery loop
CRLF carriage return line feed
CRT cathode ray tube
-CS computer science
CS cable select
CS chip select
CS code segment
-CSI common system interface
+CS computer science
CSI channel state information
+CSI common system interface
CSMA carrier sense multiple access
CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
@@ -248,14 +245,14 @@
CUA common user access
CUT coordinated universal time
CV control voltage
-CVS concurrent versions system
+CVS Concurrent Versions System
DA destination address
DAA distributed application architecture
DAB digital audio broadcasting
-DAC discretionary access control
DAC digital [to] analog converter
+DAC discretionary access control
DAO disk at once
-DAP directory access protocol
+DAP Directory Access Protocol
DAT digital audio tape
DAT dynamic acceleration technology
DB database
@@ -266,13 +263,13 @@
DBMS database management system
DBS database server
DC direct current
-DCC direct client [to] client
+DCC Direct Client-to-Client
DCC direct cable connect
DCD data carrier detect
DCE data control equipment
DCE distributed computing environment
DCOM distributed component object model
-DCOP desktop communication protocol
+DCOP Desktop COmmunication Protocol
DCS data collection systems
DCT discrete cosine transform
DCU data cache unit
@@ -283,8 +280,8 @@
DDR double data rate
DDS direct digital sound
DDWG digital display working group
-DE desktop environment
DE debugging extensions
+DE desktop environment
DEA data encryption algorithm
DEK data encryption key
DEP data execution prevention
@@ -295,16 +292,16 @@
DFC data flow control
DFS depth first search
DFS distributed file system
-DFT discrete Fourier transform
DFT diagnostic function test
+DFT discrete Fourier transform
DGL data generation language
DH Diffie-Hellman
-DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
+DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DIFS distributed inter-frame space
DIMM dual inline memory module
DIRT design in real time
-DL download
DL diode logic
+DL download
DLE data link escape
DLL dynamic link library
DMA direct memory access
@@ -312,7 +309,7 @@
DMS document management system
DMT discrete multitone modulation
DNARD Digital network appliance reference design
-DNS domain name system
+DNS Domain Name System
DOE distributed object environment
DOF data over fibre
DOM document object model
@@ -321,8 +318,8 @@
DPC deferred procedure call
DPCM differential pulse code modulation
DPD dead peer detection
-DPI dots per inch
DPI deep packet inspection
+DPI dots per inch
DPL descriptor privilege level
DPST display power savings technology
DRAM dynamic random access memory
@@ -349,11 +346,11 @@
DVCS distributed version control system
DVD digital versatile disc
DVFS dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
-DVR digital video recorder
DVI digital visual interface
+DVR digital video recorder
E-XER extended XML encoding rules
EABI embedded-application binary interface
-EAP extensible authentication protocol
+EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol
EBR extended boot record
ECC error correction code
ECL emitter-coupled logic
@@ -370,7 +367,7 @@
EFI extensible firmware interface
EFL emitter follower logic
EFM eight to fourteen modulation
-EGA enhanced graphics {array,adapter}
+EGA enhanced graphics {adapter,array}
EGP exterior gateway protocol
EH extension header
EIDE enchanced IDE
@@ -383,7 +380,6 @@
EOF end of file
EOI end of interrupt
EOL end of line
-EOL end of life
EOT end of transmission
EPIC explicitly parallel instruction computing
EPP enhanced parallel port
@@ -400,7 +396,6 @@
FAT file allocation table
FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
FCL fiber channel loop
-FCFS first come, first served
FCS frame check sequence
FDC floppy disk controller
FDD floppy disk drive
@@ -412,7 +407,7 @@
FFH functional fixed hardware
FFI foreign function interface
FFM focus follows mouse
-FFS fast file system
+FFS Fast File System
FFS find first set
FFT fast Fourier transform
FG floating gate
@@ -422,10 +417,10 @@
FILO first in, last out
FIR fast infrared
FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
-FLOSS free / libre / open source software
+FLOSS free/libre/open source software
FM frequency modulation
FMR false match rate
-FOSS free / open source software
+FOSS free/open source software
FPGA field programmable gate array
FPM fast page mode
FPR floating point register
@@ -436,11 +431,12 @@
FS file system
FSB front side bus
FSCK file system check
+FSF Free Software Foundation
FSK frequency shift keying
FSM finite-state machine
FTA fault tree analysis
-FTP file transfer protocol
-FTPS file transfer protocol, secure
+FTP File Transfer Protocol
+FTPS File Transfer Protocol Secure
FUS fast user switching
FWH firmware hub
FWS folding white space
@@ -449,18 +445,19 @@
GC garbage collector
GCR group-coded recording
GDT global descriptor table
-GEM graphics execution manager
GEM graphics environment manager
+GEM graphics execution manager
GENA general event notification architecture
GHC Glasgow Haskell compiler
GID group identifier
GIF graphics interchange format
GMCH graphics and memory controller hub
-GNU GNU's not Unix
+GNU GNU's Not Unix
GOT global offset table
GPE general purpose event
GPF general protection fault
-GPL GNU/general public license
+GPG GNU Privacy Guard
+GPL [GNU] General Public License
GPR general purpose register
GPS generalized processor sharing
GPT GUID partition table
@@ -468,18 +465,18 @@
GR golden ratio
GRE generic routing encapsulation
GSI global system interrupt
-GUI graphics user interface
+GUI graphical user interface
GUID globally unique identifier
HA high availability
HAL hardware abstraction layer
HAT hashed array tree
HBA host bus adapter
+HCF halt and catch fire
HCI host controller interface
HCI human-computer interaction
HCL hardware compatibility list
-HCF halt and catch fire
-HDD hard disk drive
HDCP high-bandwidth digital content protection
+HDD hard disk drive
HDL hardware description language
HDTV high-definition television
HF high frequency
@@ -488,63 +485,62 @@
HLL high-level language
HMA high memory area
HMI human-machine interface
-HP Hewlett-Packard
HOOD hierarchical object oriented design
+HP Hewlett-Packard
HPC high performance computing
HPET high precision event timer
HT hyper-threading
HTC hardware thermal control
HTCC high temperature co-fired ceramic
-HTML hyper-text markup language
+HTML HyperText Markup Language
HTT hyper-threading technology
-HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol
-HTTPS hyper-text transfer protocol, secure
+HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
+HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
HVM hardware virtual machine
HZ Hertz
I2O intelligent input/output
IA information assurance
-IANA Internet assigned numbers authority
+IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IBC iterated block cipher
IBM International Business Machines
IBS instruction based sampling
-ICA independent computer architecture
IC integrated circuit
-ICB Internet citizen's band
+ICA independent computer architecture
+ICB Internet Citizen's Band
ICE in-circuit emulator
-ICH I/O controller hub
ICE internal compiler error
-ICE in-circuit emulator
-ICMP Internet control message protocol
+ICH I/O controller hub
+ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICT information and communications technology
ICW initialization command word
IDA Intel dynamic acceleration
-IDE integrated drive electronics
IDE integrated development environment
+IDE integrated drive electronics
IDPS intrusion detection [and] prevention system
IDRP inter-domain routing protocol
IDS intrusion detection system
IDT interrupt descriptor table
IE Internet Explorer
-IEC international electrotechnical commission
-IEEE Institute [of] Electrical [and] Electronics Engineers
+IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
+IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IF intermediate frequency
IFCM isochronous flow control mode
IGD Internet gateway device
-IGMP Internet group management protocol
+IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol
IGP interior gateway protocol
IHV independent hardware vendor
IKE Internet key exchange
ILM internal loopback mode
ILP instruction level parallelism
IM instant messaging
+IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
IMC integrated memory controller
IMCR interrupt mode configuration register
-IMAP Internet mail access protocol
IMR interrupt mask register
IMS information management system
-INCITS international committee on information technology standards
+INCITS InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
IO input/output
IOCTL input/output control
IOMMU input/output memory management unit
@@ -553,39 +549,39 @@
IPC interprocess communication
IPE integrated programming environment
IPI interprocessor interrupt
-IPNG Internet protocol, next generation
-IPS intrusion prevention system
+IPNG Internet Protocol, Next Generation
IPS in-plane switching
-IPSEC Internet protocol security
-IRC Internet relay chat
+IPS intrusion prevention system
+IPSEC Internet Protocol Security
+IRC Internet Relay Chat
IRDA infrared data association
IRQ interrupt request
IRQL interrupt request level
IRR interrupt request register
-IRTF Internet research task force
+IRTF Internet Research Task Force
IS information system
ISA industry standard architecture
ISA instruction set architecture
ISDN integrated services digital network
ISI inter-symbol interference
-ISM industrial, scientific and medical
+ISM industrial, scientific, [and] medical
ISN initial serial number
-ISO international standards organization
-ISOC Internet society
+ISO International Standards Organization
+ISOC Internet Society
ISP Internet service provider
-ISR interrupt service routine
ISR in-service register
+ISR interrupt service routine
IST interrupt stack table
ISV independent software vendor
IT information technology
-ITB Intel turbo boost
+ITB Intel Turbo Boost
IV initialization vector
IVT interrupt vector table
JBOD just a bunch of disks
JFET junction [gate] field-effect transistor
JIT just in time
-JPEG joint photographic experts group
-JRE Java runtime environment
+JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
+JRE Java Runtime Environment
JTAG joint test action group
KB keyboard
KB kilobyte
@@ -596,7 +592,7 @@
KPI kernel programming interface
KVA kernel virtual address
KVM kernel virtual memory
-KVM keyboard, video, mouse switch
+KVM keyboard, video, [and] mouse
LAMP Linux Apache MySQL {Perl,PHP,Python}
LAN local area network
LAPIC local advanced programmable interrupt controller
@@ -606,7 +602,7 @@
LCD liquid crystal display
LCP link control protocol
LDA local delivery agent
-LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
+LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDR light-dependent resistor
LDT local descriptor table
LE logical extent
@@ -621,14 +617,14 @@
LFU least frequently used
LHP loop heat pipe
LIFO last in, first out
+LILO LInux LOader
LILO last in, last out
-LILO Linux loader
LINT local interrupt
LIR local Internet registry
-LKM {Linux, loadable} kernel module
+LKM {Linux,loadable} kernel module
LKML Linux kernel mailing list
LL load linked
-LL/SC load linked / store conditional
+LL/SC load linked/store conditional
LLC logical link control
LLF low level format
LLMNR link-local multicast name resolution
@@ -643,11 +639,11 @@
LRM left-to-right mark
LRO left-to-right override
LRU least recently used
-LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
LSB Linux standards base
+LSB least significant {bit,byte}
LSI large scale integration
LSL load segment limit
-LSN large scale NAT
+LSN Large Scale NAT
LSR label switch router
LTCC low temperature co-fired ceramic
LTR left to right
@@ -658,8 +654,8 @@
LVT local vector table
LWP light-weight process
LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
-MAC medium access control
MAC mandatory access control
+MAC medium access control
MADT multiple APIC descriptor table
MB megabyte
MBR master boot record
@@ -681,18 +677,18 @@
MFM modified frequency modulation
MI machine-independent
MIB management information base
-MID mobile internet device
+MID mobile Internet device
MIDI musical instrument digital interface
MIF management information format
-MIMD multiple instruction stream, multiple data stream
-MIME multipurpose Internet mail extensions
+MIMD multiple instruction, multiple data
+MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIMO multiple input multiple output
MIPS million instructions per second
MISD multiple instruction, single data
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-ML mailing list
ML machine language
ML machine learning
+ML mailing list
ML markup language
ML maximum likelihood
MLC multi-level cell
@@ -700,28 +696,27 @@
MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit
MMIO memory mapped input/output
MMU memory management unit
+MMX matrix math extension
MMX multimedia extension
MMX multiple math extension
-MMX matrix math extension
MO magneto-optical
MOESI modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid
MOF maximum operating frequency
MOSFET metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
MOSI modified, owned, shared, invalid
-MP multiprocessor
-MP multiprocessing
MP multi-platform
MP multiplayer
+MP {multiprocessing,multiprocessor}
MPEG moving picture experts group
MPI message passing interface
-MPLS multiprotocol label switching
+MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching
MPP massively parallel processor
-MPS multiprocessor specification
MPS memory pool system
+MPS multiprocessor specification
MR modem ready
MRU most recently used
MS Microsoft
-MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
+MSB most significant {bit,byte}
MSE mean square error
MSF minutes seconds frames
MSI message signaled interrupt
@@ -741,13 +736,13 @@
MX mail exchange
NACK negative acknowledgement
NAN not a number
-NAPT network address [and] port translation
+NAPT Network Address Port Translation
NAS network attached storage
NAT network address translation
NAV network allocation vector
NC numerical control
NCO numerically-controlled oscillator
-NCP network control protocol
+NCP Network Control Protocol
NCQ native command queuing
ND neighbor discovery
NE numeric error
@@ -755,17 +750,19 @@
NFS network file system
NIA next instruction address
NIC network interface card
+NIDS network intrusion detection system
NIP network interface protocol
+NIPS network intrusion prevention system
NIS network information service
NLS native language support
NMI non-maskable interrupt
-NNTP network news transfer protocol
+NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol
NOP no operation
NP nondeterministic polynomial time
NRZ non-return to zero
NSA National Security Agency
NTM non-deterministic Turing machine
-NTP network time protocol
+NTP Network Time Protocol
NUMA non-uniform memory access
NVRAM non-volatile random access memory
NW not write-through
@@ -782,39 +779,40 @@
OFET organic field-effect transistor
OLE object linking and embedding
ONFI open nand flash interface
-OO object oriented
OO OpenOffice
+OO object oriented
OOB out of band
OOE out of order execution
OOM out of memory
+OOO OpenOffice.org
OOP object oriented programming
OOSE object oriented software engineering
-OPS operations per second
OPM operations per minute
+OPS operations per second
OQL object query language
ORM object-relational mapping
OS operating system
OSD open source definition
OSF open software foundation
+OSI Open Source Initiative
OSI open systems interconnection
-OSI open-source initiative
OSPF open shortest path first
OSPM OS power management
-OSS open source software
OSS open sound system
+OSS open source software
OSVW operating system visible workarounds
OTP one time password
OU organizational unit
OUI organizationally unique identifier
-OWL Web ontology language
-P2P peer to peer
+OWL Web Ontology Language
P2P PCI to PCI
-PA physical address
+P2P peer to peer
PA phase accumulator
+PA physical address
PAC phase-amplitude converter
PAE physical address extension
-PAL programmable array logic
PAL phase alternating line
+PAL programmable array logic
PAM pluggable authentication modules
PAM pulse amplitude modulation
PAP password authentication protocol
@@ -833,7 +831,7 @@
PCI peripheral component interconnect
PCM phase change memory
PCM pulse code modulation
-PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association
+PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PD public domain
PDA personal digital assistant
PDA pushdown automaton
@@ -849,33 +847,32 @@
PECI platform environment control interface
PEP protocol extension protocol
PER packed encoding rules
-PERL practical extraction [and] report language
PFS perfect forward secrecy
PGAS partitioned global address space
PGE page global enable
-PGP pretty good privacy
+PGP Pretty Good Privacy
PHB PCI host bridge
-PIC programmable interrupt controller
+PHP PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PIC position independent code
+PIC programmable interrupt controller
PID process id
PIE position independent executable
PIM personal information manager
PIM platform-independent model
-PIN personal identification number
PIO programmed input/output
PIPT physically indexed, physically tagged
PIQ prefetch input queue
PIT programmable interrupt timer
PIV personal identity verification
-PKI public key infrastructure
PKCS public-key cryptography standards
+PKI public key infrastructure
PLC programmable logic controller
PLD programmable logic device
PLL phase locked loop
PLRU pseudo LRU
PLTM package level thermal management
PM power management
-PM {phase, pulse} modulation
+PM {phase,pulse} modulation
PME power management event
PMI platform management interrupt
PMIO port-mapped input/output
@@ -885,29 +882,29 @@
PNP plug and play
POE power over ethernet
POF probability of failure
-POP post office protocol
+POP Post Office Protocol
POP power on password
-POSIX portable operating system interface [for] Unix
+POSIX Portable Operating System Interface [for Unix]
POST power on self test
POTS plain old telephone system
PP pair programming
-PPC PowerPC
PPB PCI [to] PCI bridge
+PPC PowerPC
PPI pixels per inch
PPM pages per minute
-PPP point-to-point protocol
-PPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM
-PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet
+PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
+PPPOA Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
+PPPOE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPU physics processing unit
PRBS pseudo-random bit sequence
PRML partial response, maximum likelihood
-PRN pseudo random {number, noise}
+PRN pseudo random {noise,number}
PRNG pseudo random number generator
PROM programmable read only memory
PSD power spectral density
PSE page size extensions
-PSK pre-shared key
PSK phase shift keying
+PSK pre-shared key
PSTN public switched telephone network
PSW program status word
PTE page table entry
@@ -922,26 +919,27 @@
PWM pulse width modulation
PXE preboot execution environment
QA quality assurance
-QAM quality assurance management
QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
+QAM quality assurance management
QBE query by example
QC quality control
QDI quasi delay insensitive
QOS quality of service
RA receiver address
RA remote assistance
-RA router advertisement
RA resource affinity
+RA router advertisement
RAD rapid application development
RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks
RAM random access memory
-RAS restartable atomic sequence
RAS remote access service
+RAS restartable atomic sequence
RAS row address strobe
RBF radial basis function
RBT red-black tree
RC release candidate
RC remote control
+RCS Revision Control System
RCS revision control system
RCU read, copy, update
RDF resource description format
@@ -957,7 +955,7 @@
RHL Red Hat Linux
RIB routing information base
RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
-RIP routing information protocol
+RIP Routing Information Protocol
RIR regional Internet registry
RISC reduced instruction set computing
RKM ROM Kernel Manual
@@ -974,11 +972,11 @@
RPC remote procedure call
RPL requested privilege level
RPM revolutions per minute
-RR round robin
RR random replacement
+RR round robin
RS relay station
-RSA Rivest, Shamir and Adleman
-RSIP realm specific Internet Protocol
+RSA Rivest, Shamir, [and] Adleman
+RSIP Realm Specific IP
RSS really simple syndication
RSS residual sum of squares
RT real time
@@ -987,12 +985,12 @@
RTF rich text format
RTL resistor-transistor logic
RTOS real time operating system
-RTS {ready, request} to send
+RTS request to send
RTT round time trip
RUP rational unified process
RWM read-write memory
-RX receive, receiver
-S/PDIF Sony/Phillips digital interface
+RX {receive,receiver}
+S/PDIF Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
SA security advisory
SA security association
SA source address
@@ -1006,7 +1004,7 @@
SAN storage area network
SAPIC streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
SASD structured analysis, structured design
-SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
+SASI Shugart Associates System Interface
SASL simple authentication [and] security layer
SATA serial advanced technology attachment
SB sound blaster
@@ -1016,27 +1014,32 @@
SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition
SCC single chip cloud
SCC source code control
-SCCS source code control system
+SCCS Source Code Control System
+SCI scalable coherent interface
+SCI system control interrupt
SCM software configuration management
SCM source code management
SCP secure copy
-SCI system control interrupt
-SCI scalable coherent interface
-SCSI small computer system interface
-SCTP stream control transmission protocol
+SCSI Small Computer System Interface
+SCTP Stream Control Transmission Protocol
SDI symbol deinterleave
SDK software development kit
-SDL simple declarative language
+SDL Simple Declarative Language
SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory
SDT syntax-directed translation
SEGV segmentation violation
-SFI simple firmware interface
+SEO search engine optimization
SFC sequential function chart
+SFI simple firmware interface
+SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol
+SFTP Serial File Transfer Protocol
+SFTP Simple File Transfer Protocol
SGRAM synchronous graphics random access memory
SIFS short inter-frame space
SIMD single instruction, multiple data
SIMM single inline memory module
-SIP session initiation protocol
+SIP Session Initiation Protocol
+SIR signal-to-interference ratio
SIR slow infrared
SISD single instruction, single data
SLC single-level cell
@@ -1050,38 +1053,39 @@
SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
SMBIOS system management BIOS
SMC system management controller
-SMI system management interrupt
SMI structure of management information
+SMI system management interrupt
SMM system management mode
SMP symmetric multiprocessing
SMT simultaneous multithreading
-SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
+SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMU system management unit
-SNMP simple network management protocol
-SNR signal [to] noise ratio
+SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
+SNR signal-to-noise ratio
SOA service oriented architecture
-SOAP simple object access protocol
+SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
SOC system on chip
SOF start of frame
-SOHO small office / home office
+SOHO small office/home office
SOL serial over LAN
-SP stack pointer
SP service pack
+SP stack pointer
SPARC scalable processor architecture
-SPARQL SPARQL protocol and RDF query language
+SPARQL SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
SPD security policy database
SPD serial presence detect
+SPDIF Sony/Philips digital interface format
SPI serial peripheral interface
SPI stateful packet inspection
SPMD single process, multiple data
SPR special purpose register
SPT sectors per track
SQA software quality assurance
-SQL structured query language
+SQL Structured Query Language
SRAM static random access memory
SRC sample rate conversion
-SS stack segment
SS self-snoop
+SS stack segment
SSB single-sideband modulation
SSD solid state drive
SSE streaming SIMD extensions
@@ -1092,31 +1096,31 @@
SSP stack smashing protection
STC software thermal control
STD state transition diagram
+STP Spanning Tree Protocol
STP shielded twisted pair
-STP spanning-tree protocol
SUS Single Unix Specification
SUT system under test
SVG scalable vector graphics
-SVGA super video graphics {array,adapter}
+SVGA super video graphics {adapter,array}
SVM secure virtual machine
SVM support vector machine
SVR System V Release
SWF Shockwave Flash
SWIG simplified wrapper [and] interface generator
SYR symbol timing recovery
-TA transmitter address
TA test assertion
+TA transmitter address
TAI international atomic time
TAO track at once
TAOCP The Art of Computer Programming
-TAP test anywhere protocol
+TAP Test Anything Protocol
TAS test and set
TB terabyte
TCB trace capture buffer
TCB trusted computing base
TCC thermal control circuit
TCL tool command language
-TCP transmission control protocol
+TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCQ tagged command queueing
TDC time [to] digital converter
TDD test driven development
@@ -1124,10 +1128,10 @@
TDM time division multiplexing
TDMA time division multiple access
TDOA time difference of arrival
-TDP thermal design {point, power}
+TDP thermal design {point,power}
TECO Text Editor and Corrector
TFT thin film transistor
-TFTP trivial file transfer protocol
+TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TIAS try it and see
TIFF tagged image file format
TITS try it to see
@@ -1135,63 +1139,64 @@
TLA top level aggregator
TLB transition lookaside buffer
TLD top level domain
-TLS transport layer security
TLS thread local storage
+TLS transport layer security
TM Turing machine
TM thermal monitor
TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
TMO timeout
TOD time of day
TOS terms of service
-TOS type of service
TOS trusted operating system
+TOS type of service
TP transaction processing
-TPM trusted platform module
TPM transactions per minute
+TPM trusted platform module
TPR task priority register
TPS transmission parameters signaling
-TR token ring
TR task register
+TR token ring
TRL timing recovery loop
TRNG true random number generator
-TS time stamp
+TS terminal services
TS time series
+TS time stamp
TS transport stream
-TS terminal services
TSC time stamp counter
TSD time stamp disable
TSL test, set, lock
TSO time sharing option
-TSP time stamp protocol
+TSP Time-Stamp Protocol
+TSP Tunnel Setup Protocol
TSP time synchronization protocol
-TSP tunnel setup protocol
TSP traveling salesman problem
TSS task state segment
TTL time to live
TTL transistor-transistor logic
TTM translation table maps
TTY teletype
-TX transmit out, transmitter
+TUI {terminal,text-based,textual} user interface
+TX {transmit out,transmitter}
TZ time zone
-UAC user {account, access} control
+UAC user {access,account} control
UART universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
UAT user acceptance testing
UC uncacheable
UCS uniform-cost search
UDMA ultra DMA
-UDO ultra density optical (storage)
-UDP user datagram protocol
-UFS Unix file system
-UI user interface
+UDO ultra density optical
+UDP User Datagram Protocol
+UFS Unix File System
UI unit interval
-UID user identifier
+UI user interface
UID unique identifier
+UID user identifier
UL upload
UMA uniform memory access
UMA upper memory area
UMB upper memory block
-UMPC ultra-mobile PC
UML unified modeling language
+UMPC ultra-mobile PC
UPNP universal plug and play
UPS uninterruptible power supply
URI uniform resource identifier
@@ -1203,14 +1208,14 @@
UT unit test
UTC coordinated universal time
UTP unshielded twisted pair
-UUCP Unix-to-Unix copy protocol
+UUCP Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol
UUID universally unique identifier
UUOC useless use of cat
UUT unit under test
UX user experience
-VA volt-ampere
-VA virtual address
VA vertical alignment
+VA virtual address
+VA volt-ampere
VAX virtual address extension
VB Visual Basic
VCA variable-gain amplifier
@@ -1222,7 +1227,7 @@
VESA video electronics standards association
VFO variable-frequency oscillator
VG volume group
-VGA video graphics {array,adapter}
+VGA video graphics {adapter,array}
VHDCI very high density cable interconnect
VID voltage level identifier
VIPT virtually indexed, physically tagged
@@ -1231,35 +1236,36 @@
VLIW very long instruction word
VLSI very large scale integration
VLSM variable length subnet mask
-VOD video on demand
VM virtual {machine,memory}
VME virtual mode extension
-VMX virtual machine extensions
VMX vector multimedia extensions
+VMX virtual machine extensions
+VOD video on demand
VPN virtual private network
VR virtual reality
VRAM video random access memory
VRM voltage regulator module
-VRRP virtual router redundancy protocol
-W Watt
+VRRP Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
+W watt
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
WAN wide area network
-WAP wireless application protocol
-WEP wired equivalent privacy
+WAP Wireless Application Protocol
+WDT watchdog timer
+WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
WFI wait for interrupt
WFQ weighted fair queuing
WH write hit
-WIFI wireless fidelity
+WIFI wireless fidelity
WLAN wireless local area network
-WDT watchdog timer
WM write miss
-WMI Windows management instrumentation
-WOL wake on LAN
-WOR wake on ring
+WMI Windows Management Instrumentation
+WOL Wake-on-LAN
+WOM Wake-on-Modem
+WOR Wake-on-Ring
WORM write once read many
-WP write protect
-WP word processor
WP WordPerfect
+WP word processor
+WP write protect
WPA wi-fi protected access
WRAM window random access memory
WS web services
@@ -1269,9 +1275,9 @@
WYSIWYG what you see is what you get
XBAR crossbar
XER XML encoding rules
-XGA extended graphics {array,adapter}
+XGA extended graphics {adapter,array}
XIP execute in place
-XML extensible markup language
+XML Extensible Markup Language
XOR exclusive or
XP extreme programming
XSL extensible stylesheet language
@@ -1279,8 +1285,8 @@
XT extended technology
XUL XML user interface language
YACC yet another compiler compiler
-YAWPFAPR you are welcome; please file a problem report
-YP yellow pages (aka NIS)
+YAWPFAPR you are welcome; please file a problem report
+YP Yellow Pages
YTD year to date
ZBR zone bit recording
ZFOD zero-filled on demand