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 |                         VERSION:  01.06.1994                             |
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AA       Auto Answer
AAP      Applications Access Poin
ABEND    ABnormal END of operation
AASP     Ascii Asynchronous Support Package
AAT      Average Access Time
ABEND    ABnormal END
ABI      Application Binary Interface
ABIOS    Advanced BIOS
ABS      ABSolute
ABT      ABorT
AC       ACcumulator
         Automatic Computer
         Alternating Current
ACD      Automated Call Distribution
ACE      Advanced Computing Environment
         Adverse Channel Enhancements
ACF      Access Control Field
         Advanced Communications Function
ACIAS    Automated Calibration Internal Analysis System
ACIS     American Committee for Interoperable Systems
ACK      ACKnowledge
ACL      Access Control List
ACM      Association for Computing Machinery
ACMS     Application Control Management System
ACP      Ancillary Control Program
         Auxillary Control Process
ACROSS   Automated Cargo Release and Operations Service System
ACS      ACceSs
         Access Control Set
         Access Control System
         Asynchronous Communication Server
ACU      Automatic Calling Unit
ADA      Automatic Data Acquisitions
ADC      Analog to Digital Converter
         Adaptive Data Compression
         ADd with Carry
ADCCP    Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures
ADF      Automatic Document Feed
ADI      Autocad Device Interface
ADL      Address Data Latch
ADLAT    Adaptive Lattice Filter
ADMD     ADministrative Management Domain
ADP      Automatic Data Processing
ADPCM    Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADR      ADdRess
ADS      Application Development Solutions
         Application Development System
         Automatic Distribution System
ADSC     Address Status Changed
ADSR     Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
ADT      Application Data Types
ADU      Automatic Dialing Unit
AE       Above or Equal
AEB      Analog Expansion Bus
AEM      Automatic Emulation Management
AES      Application Environment Service
AFC      Automatic Font Change
AFD      Automatic File Distribution
AFII     Association for Font Information Interchange
AGA      Advanced Graphics Adapter
AGC      Automatic Gain Control
AI       Artificial Intelligence
         Analog Input
AIA      Applications Integration Architecture
AIDS     Automatic Installation and Diagnostic Service
AIIM     Association for Information and Image Management
AIM      Automatic Interface Management
AISB     Association of Imaging Service Bureaus
AISP     Association of Information Systems Professionals
AIX      Advanced Interactive eXecutive
AL       Assembly Language
ALC      Arithmetic and Logic Circuits
         Automatic Level Control
ALE      Address Latch Enable
ALGOL    ALGorithmic Oriented Language
         ALGOrithmic Language
ALR      Advanced Logic Research
ALU      Arithmetic Logic Unit
AM       Amplitude Modulation
AMD      Active Matrix Display
         Advanced Micro Devices
AMMA     Advanced Memory Management Architecture
AMANDDA  Automated Messaging AND Directory Assistance
AMS-DOS  AMStrad Disc Operating System
AMS-TEX  American Mathematical Society TEX
ANCOVA   ANalysis of COVAriance
ANI      Automatic Number Identification
ANOVA    ANalysis Of VAriance
ANSI     American National Standards Institute
AO       Analog Output
AOE      Application Operating Environment
AOS      Add Or Subtract
AP       Adjunct Processor
         Application Processor
         Automatic Pagination
A/P      Accounts Payable
APA      Adaptive Packet Assembly
         All Points Addressable
         Arithmetic Processing Accelerator
APAR     Authorized Program Analysis Report
APAREN   Address PARity ENable
APCUG    Association of PC User Groups
API      Application Program Interface
APL      A Programming Language
APM      Advanced Power Management
APP      Application Portability Profile
APPC     Advanced Peer-to-Peer Communication
APPI     Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking
         Advanced Peer-to-Peer Network
APPN     Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
APS      Asynchronous Protocol Specification
APSE     Ada Programming Support Environment
APT      Address Pass Through
         Automatically Programmed Tools
A/R      Accounts Receivable
ARCA     Advanced Risc Computing Architecture
ARCNET   Attached Resource Computer NETwork
ARL      Adjusted Ring Length
ARLL     Advanced Run-Length Limited
ARM      Advanced Risc Machine
         Asynchronous Response Mode
ARMA     Association of Records Managers and Administrators
ARMM     Automated Retroactive Minimal Moderation
ARNS     Appletalk Remote Network Server
ARP      Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA     Advanced Research Projekt Agency
ARPL     Adjust Requested Privilege Level
ARRL     American Radio Relay League
ARTIC    A Real-Time Interface Copressor
ARQ      Automatic Repeat reQuest
ARU      Audio Response Unit
ASA      Amercian Standards Association
ASAP     As Soon As Possible
         Automatic Switching And Processing
ASC      Accredited Standards Committee
ASCII    American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASEA     Allmaenna Svenska Electricitets-Aktiebolag
ASI      Amorphous Silicon Drum
ASIC     Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASIT     Advanced Security and Identification Technology
ASK      Akademische Software Kooperation
         Amplitude Shift Keying
ASL      Adaptive Speed Levelling
ASN.1    Abstract Syntax Notation 1
ASO      Active Siedband Optimum
ASP      Association of Shareware Professionals
         Advanced Signal Processor
ASPEC    Adaptive Spectral Perceptual Entropy enCoding
ASPI     Advanced Scsi Programming Interface
ASPS     Advanced Signal Processing System
ASR      Automatic Send-Receive
         Automatic Speech Recognition
ASU      Asynchron/Synchron-Umsetzer
ASYNC    ASYNchronous
AT       Advanced Technology
ATA      AT bus Attachment
ATC      Address Translation Cache
ATDM     Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing
ATDMA    Asynchronous Time Division Multiple Access
ATDP     ATtention Dial Pulse
ATDT     ATtention Dial Tone
ATE      Automated Test Equipment
ATF      Automatic Track Finding
ATG      Atdvanced Technology Group
ATH      ATtention Hang-up
ATIS     A Tool Integration Standard
ATK      Andrew ToolKit
ATM      Adobe Type Manager
         Adobe Typeface Manager
         Asynchronous Transfer Mode
         Automated Teller Machine
ATP      Appletalk Transaction Protocol
ATR      Automatic Terminal Recognition
ATS      Administrative Terminal System
         Apple Terminal Services
AT&T     American Telegraph and Telephone Company
AUE      Andrew User Environment
AUDIT    AUtomated Data Input Terminal
AUGE     Apple User Group Europe
AUI      Attached Unit Interface
AUP      Appropriate Use Policies
AUTEX    AUtomatische Telex- und TeletEXauskunft (der DBP)
AVA      Audio Visual Authoring
AVC      Audio Visual Connection
AVCD     Audio Visual Computer Display
AVI      Audio Visual Interleaved
AVON     Amtliches Verzeichniss der OrtsNetze
AWADO    Automatische Wechselschalter in der AnschlussDOse
AWD      Automatische Waehleinrichtung fuer Datenverbindungen
AWG      American Wire Gage
AWK      Aho Weinberger Kernigan
AWL      Anweisungsliste (DIN  19 239)
AWS      Apple Workgroup Server
AX       Architecture eXtended
AXE      Applications Execution Environment

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BAC      Balanced Asynchronous Class
BAD      Broken As Designed
BAK      Binary Adaption Kit
BAL      Basic Assembly Language
BAM      Block-Availibility-Map
         Boyan Action Module
BAPT     Bundesamt fuer Post- und Telekommunikation
BARRNET  Bay Area Regional Research NETwork
BARTS    Bell Atlantic Regional TimeSharing
BASH     Borne Again SHell
BASIC    Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BASM     Built-in ASseMbler
BATC     Block Address Translation Cache
BBC      British Broadcasting Company
BBS      Bulletin Board Service
         Bulletin Board System
BCC      Block Check Character
BCD      Binary Coded Decimal
BCE      Bell Canada Enterprises
BCL      Batch Command Language
BCP      Bulk Copy Program
BCPL     Basic Computer Programming Language
BCR      Byte Count Register
BCS      British Computer Society
BDE      BetriebsDatenErfassung
BDLC     Burroughs Data Link Control
BDOS     Basic Disk Operating System
BDSG     BundesDatenSchutzGesetz
BECN     Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
BELLCORE BELL COmmunications REsearch
BEM      Boundary Element Method
BER      Basic Encoding Rules
         Bit Error Rate
BERKOM   BERliner KOMmunikationssystem
BERT     Bit Error Rate Test/Tester
BETC     BETween Chain
BFD      Bundesbeauftragter Fuer Datenschutz
BFS      Breadth First Search
BFT      Binary File Transfer
BFTP     Background File Transfer Protocol
BGA      Ball Gride Array
BGP      Border Gateway Protocol
BGT      Branch if Greater Than
BHI      Branch if HIgher
BHIS     Branch if HIgher or Same
BHP      Bayerische Hacker-Post
BHT      Branch History Table
BI       Binary Input
BIGFON   Breitbandiges Integriertes Glasfaser-Fernmelde-OrtsNetz
BIM      Beginning of Information Marker
BIMOS    BIpolar Metal Oxid Semiconductor
BIND     Berkeley Internet Name Domain Server
BIOS     Basic Input/Output System
BIP      Bit-Interleave Parity
BIS      Bibliographic Information System
         Business Information System
BISYNC   Binary SYNchronous Communication protocol
BIT      BInary DigiT
BITNET   Because It's Time NETwork
BIU      Bus Interface Unit
BIX      Byte Information Exchange
BKS      Bundesverband Kabel + Satellit
BKSP     BacKSPace
BL       BackLit
BLADE    Basic Linear Algebra for Distributed Environments
BLAS     Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms
BLAST    BLocked ASynchronous Transmission
BLER     BLock Error Rate
BLERT    BLock Error Rate Test
BLM      Bayerische Landeszentrale fuer neue Medien
BLMC     Buried Logic MacroCell
BLOB     Binary Large OBject
BLOS     Branch if Lower Or Same
BMC      Block Multiplex Channel
BMI      Branch if MInus
BMIC     BusMaster Interface Controller
BMP      Batch Message Processing Program
BMUG     Berkeley Macintosh Users Group
BNC      British Naval Connector
BNE      Branch if Not Equal
BNF      Backus-Naur Form
BNPF     Begin Negative Positive Finish
BO       Binary Output
BOART    Bus Oriented Asynchronouse Receiver Transmitter
BOC      Bell Operating Company
BOFS     Birds Of a Feather Session
BOM      Beginning Of Message
BOOTP    BOOTstrap Protocol
BOP      Bit Oriented Protocol
BORPQU   BORland Pro QUattro
BORQU    BORland QUattro
BOS      Basic Operating System
BOT      Beginning Of Table
         Beginning Of Tape
BP       Base Pointer
BPB      Bios Parameter Block
BPI      Bits Per Inch
BPL      Branch if PLus
BPS      Bits Per Second
         Bytes Per Second
BPU      Branch Prediction Unit
BQS      Berkeley Quality Software
BR       Bad Register
         Befehlsregister
BRAM     Broadcast Recognizing Access Method
BRE      Basic Regular Expression
BRI      Basic Rate Interface
         Brain Response Interface
BRIM     Bridge Router Interface Module
BS       BackSpace
BSA      Business Software Alliance
BSAM     Basic Sequential Access Method
BSC      Binary Synchronous Communication
BSCS     Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
BSD      Berkely Standard Distribution
BSDL     Boundary Scan Description Language
BSF      Bit Scan Forward
BSI      British Standards Institute
BSM      Bracket State Manager
BSMTP    Batch Simple Message Transfer Protocol
BSR      Bit Scan Reverse
BSYNC    Binary Synchronous Communications
BTAC     Branch Target Address Cache
BTAM     Basic Telecommunications Access Method
BTB      Branch Target Buffer
BTC      Bit Test and Complement
BTI      British Telecom International
BTMA     Busy Tone Multiple Access
BTP      Batch Transfer Program
BTR      Bit Test and Reset
BTS      Bit Test and Set
BTU      Basic Transmission Unit
BTW      By The Way
BTX      BildschirmTeXt
BUAF     Big Ugly Ascii Font
BUAG     Big Ugly Ascii Graphic
BUUG     Belgian Unix User Group
BWM      Block-Write Mode
BWQ      Buzz Word Quotient
BWSN     Baden-Wuerttembergisches SchulNetz
BZR      BefehlsZaehlRegister
BZT      Bundesamt fuer Zulassungen in der Telekommunikation
B/F      Background/Foreground
B-ISDN   Breitband-ISDN

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CA       Cellular Automata
         Collision  Avoidance
         Computer Associates
CAA      Computer Aided Anthropometrics
         Computer Aided Assembling
CAAD     Computer Aided Architectural Design
CAC      Computer Aided Clamping system
         Computer Aided Creativity
CACM     Communications of the ACM
CAD      Computer Aided Design
         Computer Aided Drafting
CADAM    Computer Aided Design And Manufacturing
CADD     Computer Aided Design and Drafting
CADMAT   Computer Aided Design, Manufacturing And Testing
CAE      Common Applications Environment
         Computer Aided Engineering
CAG      Column Address Generator
CAI      Computer Aided Instruction
CAIS     Common ASPE Interface Set
CAIT     Computer Aided Inspection and Testing
CAL      CALendar
         Computer Aided Learning
         Computer Assisted Learning
CALS     Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support
CALTECH  California Institute of TECHnology
CAM      Common Access Method
         Computer Aided Manufacturing
         Content Addressable Memory
CAMAC    Computer Automated Measurement And Control
CAMD     Computer Aided Molecular Design
CAN      Campus Area Network
         Complete Area Network
         Costumer Access Network
CAO      Computer Aided Optimization
CAP      Columbia Appletalk Package         
         Central Arbitration Point
         Computer Aided Planning
         Communication Application Platform
         Computer Aided Publishing
CAPD     Computing to Assist Persons with Disabilities
CAPI     Common Application Programmer's Interface
CAPPC    Computer Aided Production Planning and Control
CAPPP    Computer Aided Process and Production Planning
CAPS     CAssette Programming System
CAPSC    Computer Aided Production Scheduling and Control
CAPTAIN  Character And Pattern Telephon Access Information Network
CAQ      Computer Aided Quality
CAR      Computer Aided Retrieval
         Computer Assisted Radiology
CARE     Computer Aided Reserve Engineering
CARL     Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
CARLOS   CAncer Registry LOwer Saxony
CARS     Computer Aided Risc Simulation
CAS      Column Address Select
         Communicating Applications Specification
         Computer Aided Styling
         Computer Algebra System
CASE     Computer Aided Software Engineering
CASL     Crosstalk Application Scripting Language
CASS     Computer Assisted Search Service
CASSIS   Classified And Search Support Information System
CAT      Computer Aided Telecommunications
         Computer Aided Testing
         Computer Aided Tomography
         Computer Aided Transcription
CATIA    Computer graphics Aided Three dimensional Interactive Application
CATP     Computer Aided Technical Publishing
CATS     Computer Assisted Training System
CATV     Community Antenna TeleVision
CAU      Computer Access Unit
CAV      Constant Angular Velocity
CAVE     Computer Aided Vision Engineering
CBASIC   Commercial Beginners' All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
CBC      Ciper Block Chaining
CBCR     Channel Byte Count Register
CBENA    Computer Business Equipment Manufacturers' Association
CBIP     Compressed Binaries Ibm Pc
CBL      Computer Based Learning
CBR      Constant Bit Rate
         Continuouse Bit Rate
CBT      Computer Based Training
CBW      Convert Byte to Word
CBX      Computer-controlled Branch eXchange
CC       Cluster Controller
CCC      Chaos Computer Club
CCD      Charge Coupled Devices
CCFT     Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube
CCR      Commitment, Concurrency, Recovery
CCRN     Coordinating Council on Research Networks
CCITT    Commitee Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique
CCP      Console Command Processor
         Console Command Program
CCS      Common Communications Support
         Continuous Composite Servo
CCSY     Cooperative Computing System Program
CCT      Computerized Communcation Terminal
CCU      Central Communcation Unit
CCUT     Computer Center at the University of Tokyo
CCVR     Centre de Cacul Vectoriel pour la Recherche
CD       Carrier Detect
         Change Directory
         Collision Detection
         Color Display
         Committee Document
         Compact Disk
CDA      Compound Document Architecture
CDC      Control Data Corporation
CDDI     Copper Distributed Data Interface
CDE      Complex Data Entry
CDI      Compact Disc Interactive
CDIF     Case Data Interchange Format
CDK      Cyperspace Developer Kit
CDL      Computer Design Language
CDM      Compressed Data Mode
CDMA     Code Division Multiple Access
CDOS     Concurrent Disk Operating System
CDPD     Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDRA     Character Data Representation Architecture
CDR      Call Detail Record
         Call Detail Recording
         Corel DRaw
CDRL     Contract Data Requirements List
CDS      Cell Directory Service
         Current Directory Structure
CDTV     Compact Disk TeleVision
CD-R     Compact Disk Recordable
CD-RDX   Compact Disk - Read only memory Data eXchange standard
CD-ROM   Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CD-RTOS  Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System
CD-V     Compact Disk - Video
CE       Cache Enable
         Chip Enable
         Collision Elimination
         Convert Enable
CEBIT    welt-CEntrum Buero Information Telekommunikation
CEBUS    Consumer Electronic Bus
CEG      Continuous Edge Graphics
CEI      Conducted Electromagnetic Interference
CELP     Coded Excited Linear Prediction
CEMM     Compaq Expand Memory Manager
CEN      Comite Europeen de Normalisation
CENELEC  Comite Europeen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique
CEP      Connetion End Point
CEPT     Confeerence Europeenne des administrations des Postes
         et des Teeleecommunications
CERN     Conseil Europeen pour la Rcherche Nucleaire
CERT     Computer Emergency Response Team
CES      Consumer Electronic Show
CETRA    China External Trade Development Council
CFDP     Coherent File Distribution Protocol
CFM      ConFiguration Management
CFRI     California Federation of Research Internets
CFV      Call For Votes
CGA      Color Graphics Adapter
CGE      Compagnie General d'Electricite
CGI      Computer Generated Images
         Computer Graphics Interface
CGW      Customer GateWay
CHAP     CHallenge Authentication Protocol
CHARM    CHARacter Mode
CHCK     CHannel ChecK
CHCP     CHange Code Page
CHFN     CHange Full Name
CHGRP    CHange GRouP
CHILL    CCITT HIgh Level Language
CHKDSK   CHecK DiSK
CHMOD    CHhange MODe
CHOP     Channel Operator
CHOWN    CHange OWNer
CHPC     Center for High Performance Computing
CIAC     Computer Incident Advisory Capability
CIB      Computer Integrated Bureaucracy
CICERO   1 Cicero = 4,5 Millimeter
CICS     Customer Information Control System
CID      Configuration, Installation and Distribution
CIDR     Classless Internet Domain Routing
CIE      Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage
CIEDS    Computer Integrated Electron Design Series
CIF      Common Intermediate Format
         Computer Integrated Facilities
CIL      Component Integration Laboratories
CIM      Compuserve Information Manager
         Computer Integrated Manufacturing
CIOCS    Communication Input/Output Control System
CIOS     Communication Institute for Online Scholarship
CIP      Command Interface Port
CIR      Committed Information Rate
CIS      Compuserve Information Service
         Computer Information Systems
CISC     Complex Instruction Set Computing
CISE     Computer and Information Science and Engineering directorate
CISPR    Comite International Special des Perturbations Radioelectriques
CIT      California Institute of Technology
         Company Integrated Telephony
         Computer Integrated Telephone
CIX      Compulink Information eXchange
CKD      Count Key Data
CKSM     CheCksuMme
CLAA     Carry Look Ahead Adder
CLAG     Carry Look Ahead Generator
CLAR     Channel Local Address Register
CLASS    Custom Local Area Signalling Service
CLC      Clear Carry Flag
CLD      Clear Direction Flag
CLDATA   Cutter Location DATA
CLEF     European Commercial Licensed Evalution Facilities
CLI      Call-Level Interface
         Command Line Interface
         CLear Interrupt enable flag
CLIST    Command LIST
CLNP     ConnectionLess Network Protocol
CLK      CLocK
CLLM     Consolidated Link Layer Management
CLNS     ConnectionLess mode Network Service
CLP      Cell Loss Payload
         Cell Loss Priority
         Constraint Logic Programming
CLS      CLear Screen
CLTS     CLear Task Switch flag
CLUT     Color Look-Up Table
CLV      Constant Linear Velocity
CM       Configuration Management
         Connection Machine
         Control Mark
         Corrective Maintenance
CMA      Concert Multi-thread Architecture
CMAR     Control Memory Address Register
CMC      Common Mail Call
         Communication Mangement Configuration
CMDF     C Memo Distribution Facility
CME      Center for Media Education
CMIP     Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS     Common Management Information System
CML      Current Mode Logic
CMMU     Cache/Memory Management Unit
CMOS     Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMPS     CoMPare word String
CMS      Code Management System
         Compiler Monitor System
         Conversation Monitor System
CMT      Cellular Mobile Telephone
         Connection ManagemenT
CMY      Cyan-Magenta-Yellow
CMYK     Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black
CMW      Compartment Mode Workstation
CM/2     Communication Manager/2
CNA      Certified Netware Administrator
CNC      Computerized Numerical Control
CNE      Certified Netware Engineer
CNI      Certified Netware Instructor
         Coalition for Networked Information
CNIDR    Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval
CNN      Cable News Network
CNRI     Corporation for National Research Initiatives
CNSS     Core Nodal Switching Subsystem
CO       Central Office
         Command Output
         Convert Out
COBOL    Common Business Oriented Language
CODASYL  Conference On DAta SYstems Language
COEM     Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer
COL      Computer Oriented Language
COM      Common Objekt Model
COMAL    COMmon Algorithmic Language
COMDEX   COMputer Dealers EXposition
COMSAT   COMmunications SATellite corporation
CORAN    Communication ORiented Application aNlysis
CORBA    Common Object Request Broker Architecture
COS      Compatible Operating System
         Corporation for Open Systems
COSE     Common Open Software Environment
COSMOS   COmputer System for Mainframe OperationS
CP       CoPy
         Copy Protected
CPA      Certified Public Accountant
CPE      Central Processing Element
         Customer Premise Equipment
         Customer Provided Equipment
CPG      Clock Pulse Generator
CPI      Characters Per Inch
         Clock Per Instruction
         Common Programming Interface
CPI-C    Common Programming Interface for Communications
CPL      Current Privilege Level
CP/M     Control Program for Microcomputers
CPS      Central Point Software
         Central Processing System
         Characters Per Second
         Cycles Per Second
CPT      Command Pass Through
CPU      Central Processing Unit
CP/M     Control Program for Microcomputers
CR       Carriage Return
CRC      Cyclic Redundancy Check
CREN     Computer Research Education Network
         Corporation for Research and Educational Networking
CROM     Control Read Only Memory
CRT      Cathode Ray Tube
CRTC     Cathode Ray Tube Controller
CS       Chip Select
         Clear to Send
         Code Segment
CSAR     Channel System Address Register
CSD      Corrective Service Diskette
CSDC     Code Segment Descriptor Cache
CSG      Constructive Solid Geometry
         Consulting Services Group
CSL      Computer Sensitive Language
CSMA/CD  Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Detection
CSNET    Computer Science NETwork
CSP      Commercial Subroutine Package
         Compucom Speed Protocol
CSS      Comparex Software Service
         Computer Shopper Show
CSTA     Computer-Supported Telephony Applications
CSU      Channel Service Unit
CSV      Comma-Separated Variables
CTOS     Computerized Tomography Operating System
CTPA     Coax-to-Twisted-Pair Adapter
CTRL     ConTRoL
CTS      Clear To Send
CUA      Common User Access
CUB      CUrsor Backward
CUD      CUrsor Down
CUE      Custom Updates and Extras
CUF      CUrsor Forward
CUI      Character User Interface
         Common User Interface
CUP      CUrsor Position
CUPID    Completely Universal Processor I/O Design
CUTCP    Clarkson University Transmission control protocol Communication
         Package
CUTE     Clarkston University Terminal Emulator
CUU      CUrsor Up
CVGA     Color Video Gaphics Array
CVIA     Computer Virus Industry Association
CVW      CodeView for Windows
CWD      Convert Word to Double word
CWIS     Campus Wind Information Systems
CYMK     Cyan-Yellow-Magenta-Black
C/D      Control Data

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D/A      Digital to Analog
DAA      Data Access Arrangement
         Decimal Adjust for Addition
DAC      Data Acquisition and Control
         Digital to Analog Converter
         Distributed ACademic
DACT     DAta Compression Technology
DAL      Data Access Language
         Disk Access Logout
DAM      Data Acquisition and Monitoring
         Direct Access Method
DAP      Data Access Protocol
         Division Advisory Panel
DARI     Database Application Remote Interface
DARPA    Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAS      Decimal Adjust for Subtraction
         Dual Attached Station
DASD     Direct Access Storage Device
DAT      Digital Audio Tape
         Disk Array Technology
DATACOM  DATA COMmunications
DATEL    DAta TELecommunication
DATEX    DATa EXchange
DB       Data Base
         Data Buffer
DBA      DataBase Agent
DBCS     Double-Byte Character Set
DBM      Data Base Manager
DBMS     Data Base Management System
DBS      Data Base Server
DC       Data Collection
         Data Communication
         Data Control
         Device Control
         Direct Current
DC       Display Context
DCA      Digital Communications Associates
         Distributed Communciations Architecture
         Document Content Architecture
DCAF     Distributed Console Access Facility
DCB      Disk Coprocessor Board
         Data Control Block
DCC      Data Country Code
         Digital Compact Cassette
         Display Combination Code
DCD      Data Carrier Detect
DCE      Data Circuit-terminating Equipment
         Data Communications Equipment
         Distributed Computing Environment
         Distributed Computing Equipment
DCF      Data Communication Facility
         Data Compression Facility
         Data Count Field
DCI      Display Control Interface
DCL      DeCLaration
         Dec Command Language
         Device CLear
         Digital Control Logic
         Digital Command Language
DCS      Data Collection System
         Data Control System
         Desktop Color Separation
         Diagnostic Communication System
DCT      Discrete Cosine Transform
DD       Digital Display
         Double Density
DDB      Device Dependent Bitmap
DDCMP    Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
DDD      Direct Distance Dialing
DDE      Direct Data Entry
         Dynamic Data Exchange
DDEML    Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library
DDK      Device Driver Kit
DDL      Data Definition Language
         Data Description Language
DDM      Distributed Data Management
DDN      Defense Data Network
DDP      Distributed Data Processing
DDS      Dataphone Digital Service
         Design Data Sheet
         Digital Data Storage
         Disk Definition Structure
DDVT     Dynamic Dispatch Virtual Tables
         Dialog Data Validation
DDX      Dialog Data eXchange
DEBI     Direct memory access Extended Bus Interface
DEC      DECrement
         DEvice Clear
         Digital Equipment Corporation
DECMCC   DEC Management Control Center director
DEE      DatenEndEinrichtung
DEL      DELete
DELSTR   DELete STRing
DES      Data Encryption Standard
         Data Entry Sheet
DET      Device Execute Trigger
DF       Data Field
         Destination Field
         Device Flag
         Double Flag
DFC      Data Flow Control
DFS      Depth First Search
         Distributed File System
DFT      Design For Test
         Diagnostic Funtion Test
         Discrete Fourier Transform
         Distributed Function Terminal
DFU      Data File Utility
DFUE     DatenFernUEbertragung
DFV      DatenFernVerarbeitung
DGIS     Direct Graphics Interface Standard
DI       Data In
         Destination Index
         Decoder Identification
DIA      Document Interchange Architecture
DIB      Device Independent Bitmap
DIBOL    Dec Business Oriented Language
DID      Digital Image Design
         Direct Inward Dialing
DIFFSENS DIFFerential SENSe
DIIP     Direct Interrupt Identification Port
DIN      Deutsches Institut fuer Normen
DIO      Data Input Output
DIP      Dual Inline Package
         Dual Inline Pin
DIR      DIRectory
DIS      Draft International Standard
         Dynamic Impedance Stabilization
DISP     DISPlacement
DIV      DIgitale Vermittlungsstelle
         DIVide
DL       DownLoad
DL/1     Data Manipulation Language 1
DLC      Data Link Control
DLE      Data Link Escape
DLM      Dynamic Link Module
DLR      Dependent Lu Requester
         Dos Lan Requester
DM       Data Mode
         Disconnected Mode
         Distributed Monitor
DMA      Direct Memory Access
         Direct Memory Addressing
DMAC     DMA Controller
DME      Distributed Management Environment
DMI      Desktop Mangement Interface
         Digital Multiplex Interface
DML      Data Manipulation Language
DMM      Digital MultiMeter
DMMS     Dynamic Memory Management System
DMOS     Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
DMP      Dot Matrix Printer
DMQS     Display Mode Query and Set
DMS      Data Management Software
         Data Management System
DMSD     Digital Multistandard Decoding
DMTF     Desktop Management Task Force
DMY      Day Month Year
DN       Down
DNC      Direct Numerical Control
DNIS     Dialed Number Identification Service
DNS      Domain Name Scheme
DNS      Domain Name Server
         Domain Name Service
         Domain Name System
DO       Data Out
         Distributed Object
DOE      Distributed Objects Everywhere
DOL      Direct Object Linking
DOS      Disk Operating System
         Distributed Operating System
DOSEM    DOS EMulation
DOSS     Dedicated Office Systems and Services
DOW      Day Of Week
DP       Data Processing
DPA      Demand Protocol Architecture
DPAREN   Data PARity ENable
DPB      Drive Parameter Block
DPC      Direct Program Control
DPI      Dots Per Inch
DPL      Descriptor Privilege Level
DPM      Digital Panel Meter
DPMA     Data Processing Management Association
DPMI     Dos Protected Mode Interface
DPMS     Display Power Management Signalling
         DOS Protected Mode Service
DPO      Data Phase Optimization
DPSK     Differential Phase Shift Keying
DPT      Drive Parameter Table
DQDB     Distributed Queued Dual Bus
DQL      Dataease Query Language
DR       Data Received
         Digital Research
D/R      Direct or Reverse
DRAM     Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRAW     Direct Read After Write
DRDA     Distributed Relational Data Architecture
DRDW     Direct Read During Write
DRI      Defense Research Internet
         Digital Research Incorporated
DRO      Data Request Output
         Destructive Read-Out
DRV      DRiVe
DS       Data Segment
         Data Send
         Data Server
         Double Sided
DSA      Data Service Adapter
         Directory System Agent
DSDC     Data Segment Descriptor Chache
DSDD     Double Sided and Double Density
DSE      Data Storage Equipment
         Data Switching Exchange
DSEA     Display Station Emulation Adapter
DSECT    Dummy control SECTion
DSHD     Double Sided and High Density
DSI      Digital Speech Interpolation
DSIS     Distributed Support Information Standard
DSL      Dialogue Scripting Language
         Dynamic Simulation Language
DSOM     Distributed System Object Model
DSP      Digital Signal Processing
         Digital Signal Processor
DSQD     Double Sided, Quad Density
DSR      Data Set Ready
         Device Status Register
         Device Status Report
DSS      Decision Support System
DSTN     Double SuperTwisted Nematic
DSU      Digital Service Unit
DSW      Data Status Word
         Device Status Word
D2T2     Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (printing)
DTA      Disk Transfer Area
DTD      Document Type Definition
DTE      Data Terminal Equipment
         DatenTransferEinrichtung
         Dumb Terminal Emulator
DTL      Diode-Transistor Logic
DTMF     Dual Tone MultiFrequency
DTP      Desktop Publishing
DTR      Data Terminal Ready
         Data Transfer Rate
DTS      Direct To SOM
         Distributed Time Server
DU       Disk Usage
DUAT     Direct User Access Terminal
DV       DatenVerarbeitung
DVA      DatenVerarbeitungsAnlage
         Distance Vector Algorithm
DVI      Digital Video Interactive
         DeVice Independent
DWG      DraWinG
DX       Directory eXchange
DXC      Data Exchange Control

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EA       Extended Attribute
EAN-CODE Europaeischer Artikel-Nummern Code
EARN     European Academic Research Network
EAROM    Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory
EARS     Electronic Access to Reference Services
EATA     Enhanced AT Bus Attachment
EBC      EISA Bus Controller
EBCDIC   Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBI      Equivalent Background Input
         Extended Background Investigation
EBT      Electronic Benefits Transfer
EC       End Chain
         Exchange Carrier
         European Community
ECAL     Enjoy Computing And Learn
ECC      Error Check Code
         Error Checking and Correction
         Error Correction Code
ECD      Enhanced Color Display
ECL      Emitter Coupled Logic
ECMA     European Computer Manufacturers Association
ECP      Enhanced Capabilities Port
ECTL     Electronic Communal Temporal Lobe
ECTS     European Computer Trade Show
ED       Erase Display
EDA      Embedded Document Architecture
EDC      Enhanced Data Correction
         Error Detection and Correction
EDDC     Extended Distance Data Cable
EDI      Electronical Data Interchange
         Electronic Document Interchange
EDIFACT  Electronic Data Interchange For Administration Commerce and Transport
EDLC     Ethernet Data Link Control
EDLIN    Editor
EDOS     Enhanced DOS for Windows
EDP      Electronic Data Processing
EDPM     Electronic Data Processing Machine
EDSI     Enhanced Small Device Interface
EDV      Elektronische DatenVerarbeitung
EEC      Extended Error Correction
EEG      Electroencephalogram
EEM      Extended Memory Management
EEMS     Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification
EEP      Early Experience Program
EEPROM   Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EFA      Extended File Attribute
EFF      Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFI      Electromechanical Frequency Interference
         Electronics For Imaging
EFL      Emitter Follower Logic
EFTS     Electronic Funds Transfer System
EGA      Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EIA      Electronic Industries Association
EIS      Executive Information System
EISA     Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EL       Electroluminescent
         Erase Line
ELAN     Education LANguage
         Elementary LANguage
ELF      Extremely Low Frequency
ELOD     Erasable Laser Optical Disk
ELS      Entry Level System
EM       End of Medium
         Electronic Mail
         Expanded Memory
EMA      Enterprise Management Architecture
E-MAIL   Electronic MAIL
EMB      Enhanced Master Burst
         Extended Memory Block
EMBARC   Electronic Mail Broadcast to a Roaming Computer
EMC      Electromagnetic Compatibility
         Extended Math Coprocessor
EMI      Electromagnetic Interference
         Electric & Musical Industrie
EMM      Enterprise Mail Manager
         Expanded Memory Manager
EMR      Electro-Magnetic Radiation
EMS      Electronic Mail System
         Electronic Message Service
         Expanded Memory Specification
         Expanded Memory System
ENDS     Ends Segment
ENIAC    Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
ENQ      ENQuiry
ENSS     Exterior Nodal Switching Subsystem
EOA      End of Address
EOB      End of Block
EOC      End of Conversion
EOF      End of File
EOI      End or Identify
EOJ      End of Job
EOL      End of Line
         End of List
EOM      End of Message
EOR      Exclusive OR
EOS      End of String
EOT      End Of Table
         End of Tape
         End of Text
         End of Transmission
EPA      Environmental Protection Agency
EPL      Effective Privilege Level
EPLD     Electrically Programmable Logic Device
EPM      Enhanced Editor for Presentation Manager
EPP      Enhanced Parallel Port
EPROM    Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory
         Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EPS      Electronic Publishing Systems
         Encapsulated PostScript
EPSF     Encapsulated PostScript Files
ERAS     Electronic Routing and Approval System
ERLL     Enhanced Run-Length Limited
EROM     Erasable Read Only Memory
ERR      Error
ES       Elektronische Signatur
         Extra Segment
         Enhanced Security
         European Space Agency
ESC      Escape
ESCON    Enterprise System Connection
ESD      Electronic Software Distribution
         Electrostatic Discharge
ESDC     Extra Segment Descriptor Cache
ESDI     Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESI      Enhanced Serial Interface
ESP      Emulation Sensing Processor
         Enhanced Serial Port
ESS      Electronic Switching System
ESU      Electro-Static Unit
ETANN    Electrically Trainable Analog Neural Network
ETB      End of Transmission Block
ETPL     Endorsed Tempest Products List
ETS      Econometric Time Series
ETX      End of Text
EU       Execution Unit
EUID     Effective User IDentification
EVE      Exklusiver Verzeichnis-Eintrag
         Extensible Vax Editor
EVGA     Extended Video Graphics Array
         Extended Video Graphics Adapter
EWS      Employee Written Software
EXFCB    EXtended File Control Block
EXP      EXPonent
EXT      EXTernal
EXTRN    EXTernal RefereNce

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FABS     Fast Access Btree Structure
FAC      File Access Code
FAMOS    Floating Gate Avalanche MOS
FAP      File Access Protocol
FAQ      Frequently Asked Question
FAT      File Allocation Table
FAX      FAKsimile
FBAS     Farbbildaustastsynchronsignal
FCB      File Control Block
FCC      Federal Communications Commission
FCI      Flux Changes per Inch
FD       Floppy Disk
         Full Duplex
FDC      Floppy Disk Controller
FDDI     Fiber Digital Device Interface
         Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDISK    Fixed Disk
FDM      Frequency-Division Multiplexing
FDX      Full Duplex
FEFO     First-Ended, First-Out
FEP      Front End Processor
FESDK    Far East Software Development Kit
FET      Field Effect Transistor
FF       Flip-Flop
         Form Feed
         Formular Feed
FFT      Fast Fourier Transform
FIFO     First In and First Out
FILO     First In and Last Out
FIP      File Processor Buffering
FIR      Finite Impulse Response
FLC      Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal
FLD      Field
FLL      FoxPro Link Library
FLOP     FLoating Point Operating
FLOPS    Floating Point Operations Per Second
FM       Fault Management
FMS      FernMeldeSystem
         Forms Management System
FMT      Format
FO       FernmeldeOrdnung
FOC      Fiber Optic Cable
FOCUS    Forum of Control Data Users
FOG      First Osborne Group
FOIRL    Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link
FORTRAN  FORmula TRANslator
FOSE     Federal Office Systems Exposition
FOSSIL   Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer
FPGA     Field Programmable Gate-Array
FPLA     Field Programmable Logic-Array
FPP      Fast-Parallel-Port
         Fixed Path Protocol
         Floating Point Processor
FPS      Fast Packet Switching
         For Pay Server
         Frames Per Second
FPU      Floating Point Processor Unit
FQDN     Fully Qualified Domain Name
FRAG     Fragment
         Fragmentation
FRAM     Ferroelectric Random-Access Memory
FRED     Frame Editor
FRPI     Flux Reversals Per Inch
FS       File Separator
         Finite State
         File System
FSD      File System Driver
FSK      Frequency Shift Keying
F/T      Full Time
FTAM     File Transfer, Access and Management
         File Transfer and Access Method
FTP      File Transfer Protocol
         Foiled Twisted Pair
FTS      Federal Telecommunication System
FUI      File Update Information
FUNC     Function
FVT      Full Video Translation
FYI      For Your Information

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GA       General Availability
         Genetic Algorithm
GAAP     Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAL      Generic Array Logic
GB       GigaBit = 1,000 Megabits = 1 Billion Bits of Information
         GigaByte
GC       Garbage Collect
GCAD     Geographical Computer Aided Design System
GCR      Group Code Recording
GDA      Global Data Area
         Global Directory Agent
GDDM     Graphics Data Display Manager
GDI      Graphics Device Interface
GDOS     Graphics Device Operating System
GDS      Global Directory Service
GDT      Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
         Global Descriptor Table
GDTRC    Lobal Descriptor Table Register Cache
GEM      Graphics Environment Manager
         Global Enterprise Management
GENIE    General Electric Network for Information Exchange
GEOS     Graphic Environment Operating System
GET      Get Execute Trigger
GIF      Graphic Interchange Format
GIGO     Garbage In Garbage Out
GIS      Geographical Information System
GIX      Global Internet eXchange
GKS      Graphical Kernal System
G/L      General Ledger
GL       Graphics Language
GLM      General Linear Models
GML      General Markup Language
GMS      Global Messaging Service
GMT      Greenwich Mean Time
GND      GrouND
GNI      GayNet International
GNU      Gnu's Not Unix
GOSIP    Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile
GP       Gas Plasma
         General Purpose
GPF      General Protection Fault
GPI      Graphics Programming Interface
GPIB     General Purpose Interface Bus
GPS      Global Positioning System
GRE      GRaphics Engine
GS       Gepruefte Sicherheit
         Group Separator
GSX      Graphics System eXtension
GUI      Graphical User Interface
GW-BASIC Gee Whiz BASIC

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HACMP    High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing
HAL      Hard Array Logic
         Hardware Abstraction Layer
         House Programmed Array Logic
HASP     Houston Automatic Spooling Priority
HBA      Host Bus Adapter
HCT      Hamburger ComputerTage
HD       Hard Disk
         High Density
HDA      Head Disk Assembly
HDCD     High Definition Compatible Digital
HDI      Head to Disk Interference
HDLC     High level Data Link Control
HDR      HeaDer Label
HDSC     High Density Signal Carrier
HDSL     High rate Digital Subscriber Link
HDTV     High Definition TeleVision
HDW      HarDWare
HDX      Half DupleX
HEPNET   High Energy Physics NETwork
HERC     HERCules
HEX      HEXadecimal
HGA      Hercules Graphics Adapter
         High Gain Antenna
HGC      Hercules Graphic Card
HGCP     Hercules Graphics Card Plus
HIFD     HIgh-density Floppy Disk
HIL      Human Interface Link
HLCO     High Low Close Open
HLL      High Level Language
HLLAPI   High Level Language Application Programming Interface
HLQ      High Level Qualifier
HLS      Hue, Luminance, Saturation
HLT      Halt
HMA      High Memory Area
         Hub Management Architecture
HMOS     High density Metal Oxide Semiconductor
         High speed Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HP       Hewlett Packard
HPCC     High Performance Computing and Communications
HPDJ     Hewlett Packard Desk Jet
HPF      High Performance Fortran
HPFS     High Performance File System
HPG      Hewlett Packard Graphics
HPGL     Hewlett Packard Graphics Language
HPIB     Hewlett Packard Interface Bus
HPLJ     Hewlett Packard Laser Jet
HPPA     Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture
HPPCL    Hewlett Packard Printer Control Language
HPPI     High Performance Parallel Interface
HRIS     Human Resource Information System
HRG      High Resolution Graphics
HRMS     Human Resource Management System
HS       High Speed
HSB      Hue Saturation Brightness
HSC      High Speed Channel
HSP      High Speed Printer
HSI      Hue, Saturation, Intensity
HST      High Speed Technology
HSV      Hue Saturation Value
HT       Horizontal Tab
HTML     HyperText Markup Language
HTTP     HyperText Transfer Protocol
HUT      Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
H/V      Horizontal/Vertical
HVP      Horizontal & Vertical Position
H/W      Hardware
HWCP     HardWare Code Page
HWD      Height-Width-Depth

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IAB      Internet Activities Board
IANA     Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IAT      Import Address Table
IBC      Instrument Bus Computer
IBM      International Business Machines
IBM-GL   IBM Graphics Language
IC       Input Circuit
         Integrated Circuit
         Interrupt Controller
ICA      Intra-application Communications Area
ICAS     Intel Communicating Applications Specifications
ICCP     Institute for the Certification of Computer Professionals
ICE      Inter Client Exchange
         In-Circuit Emulator
ICL      Interface CLear
ICMP     Internet Control Message Protocol
ICO      ICOn
ICONDA   the cib International CONstruction DAtabase
ICOMP    Intel COmparative MicroProcessor
ICP      Imput Control Procedure
         Integrated Channel Processor
ICR      Intelligent Character Recognition
ICS      Intuitive Command Structure
IDA      Integrated Digital Access
         Intelligent Disk Array
         Intelligent Drive Array
IDAPI    Integrated Database Application Programming Interface
IDE      Imbedded Drive Electronics
         Integrated Development Environment
         Integrated Drive Electronics
         Intelligent Drive Electronics
         Interactive Design and Engineering
         Interface Design Enhancement
IDF      Intermediate Distribution Frame
IDIV     Integer DIVide
IDL      Interface Definition Language
IDMS     Integrated Data base Management System
IDN      Integrated Digital Network
IDP      Integrated Data Processing
         Internet Datagram Protocol
IDT      Improved Definition Television
         Interrupt Descriptor Table
IDTRC    Interrupt Descriptor Table Register Cache
IEC      InterExchange Carrier
         International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE     Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEF      Information Engineering Facility
IETF     Internet Engineering Task Force
I/F      Interface
IFA      Internationale FunkAusstellung
IFD      Image File Directory
IFG      Incoming Fax Gateway
IFS      Internal Field Separator
         Installable File System
IGA      Integrated Graphics Array
IGC      Integrated Graphics Controller
IHMO     In My Humble Opinion
IIR      Immediate Impulse Response
IIT      Integrated Information Technology
IMDS     IMage Data Stream
IMP      Interface Message Processor
IMPA     Intelligent Multi-Port Adapter
IMS      Information Management System
         Intermediate Maintenance Standards
IMUL     Integer MULtiply
INM      Integrated Network Management
INS      INput String
INTA     INTerrupt Acknowledge
INTR     INTerrupt Request
I/O      Input/Output
IOC      Input-/Output-Controller
IOCS     Input/Output Control System
IOCTL    Input/Output ConTroL
IOPL     Input/Output Priviledge Level
IOSGA    Input/Output Support Gate Array
IP       Information Provider
         Instruction Pointer
         Internet Protocol
IPC      Instructions Per Clock
         InterProcess Communication
IPF      Information Presentation Facility
IPL      Initial Program Load
         Initial Program Loader
IPL      Information Programming Language
IPM      InterPersonal Message
IPS      Inch Per Second
IPSE     Integrated Project Support Environment
IPX      Internetwork Packet eXchange
IQL      Interactive Query Language
IRC      Internet Relay Chat
IRET     Interrupt RETurn
IRL      Interactive Reader Language
         Inter-Repeater Link
IRLED    InfraRed Light Emitting Diode
IRM      Information Resource Management
IRQ      Interrupt ReQuest
IRX      Information Retrieval eXperiment
IS       Information System
         Interrupt Status
ISA      Industry Standard Architecture
ISAM     Indexed Sequential-Access Management/Method
ISC      Instruction Set Computer
ISD      Image Section Descriptor
         Instructional Systems Design
ISDN     Integrated Services Digital Network
ISI      Internally Specified Index
ISIS     Integrated Systems and Information Services
ISL      Interactive System Language
ISO/OSI  International Standards Organization/Open Systems
         Interconnection
ISP      International Standardized Profile
         Internet Service Provider
         Interrupt Stack Pointer
         Interrupt Status Port
ISPF     Interactive System Programming Facility
ISR      Information Storage and Retrieval
         Interrupt Service Routine
ISV      Independent Software Vendor
IT       Information Technology
ITB      Information Technology Branch
         Intermediate Text Block
ITC      International Typeface Corporation
ITSEC    Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria
ITU      International Telecommunication Union
ITUG     International Telecommunications User Group
ITUTSS   International TelecommUnicaTions Standards Sector
ITV      Interactive TeleVision
ITX      Intermediate TeXt block
IVDLAN   Integrated Voice and Data Local Area Network
IVIS     Interactive Video Information System
IVP      Installation Verification Image
IVR      Interactive Voice Response
IVS      IBM-VerkabelungsSystem
         Interactive Videodisk System
         Interactive Visualization Systems
IVT      Interrupt Vector Table
IV&V     Independent Verification & Validation

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JA       Jump Address
         Jump if Above
JAD      Joint Application Design
JAE      Jump if Above or Equal
JANET    Joint Academic Network
JBE      Jump if Below or Equal
JC       Jump if Carry set
JCL      Job Control Language
JE       Jump if Equal
JEDEC    Joint Electronic Devices Engineering Council
JEIDA    Japanese Electronics Industry Development Association
JES      Job Entry System
JFET     Junction Field Effect Transistor
JG       Jump if Greater
JGE      Jump if Greater or Equal
JL       Jump if Less
JLE      Jump if Less than or Equal to
JMP      Jump
JNA      Jump if Not Above
JNAE     Jump if Not Above or Equal
JNB      Jump if Not Below
JNBE     Jump if Not Below or Equal
JNG      Jump if Not Greater
JNGE     Jump if Not Greater or Equal
JNK      JuNK
JNLE     Jump if Not Less or Equal
JNO      Jump if No Overflow
JNP      Jump if No Parity
JNS      Jump if No Sign
JNZ      Jump if Not Zero
JPE      Jump if Parity Even
JPEG     Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPL      Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPO      Jump if Parity Odd
JS       Jump if Sign
JVC      Victory Company of Japan
JZ       Jump if Zero

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KB       KeyBoard
         KiloByte = 1024 Bytes
KBD      KeyBoarD
KBIT     KiloBIT
KBPS     Kilo-Bytes Per Second
KDT      Key Definition Table
KEYBBE   foreign language KEYBoard program - BElgium
KEYBBR   foreign language KEYBoard program - BRazil
KEYBCF   foreign language KEYBoard program - Canadian-French
KEYBDF   foreign language KEYBoard program - Denmark
KEYBFR   foreign language KEYBoard program - FRance
KEYBGR   foreign language KEYBoard program - GeRmany
KEYBHU   foreign language KEYBoard program - HUngary
KEYBIT   foreign language KEYBoard program - ITaly
KEYBLA   foreign language KEYBoard program - Latin America
KEYBNL   foreign language KEYBoard program - NetherLands
KEYBNO   foreign language KEYBoard program - NOrway
KEYBPL   foreign language KEYBoard program - Poland
KEYBPO   foreign language KEYBoard program - Portugal
KEYBSF   foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-French
KEYBSG   foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-German
KEYBSP   foreign language KEYBoard program - SPain
KEYBSU   foreign language KEYBoard program - Finland
KEYBSV   foreign language KEYBoard program - Sweden
KEYBUK   foreign language KEYBoard program - United Kingdom
KEYBUS   foreign language KEYBoard program - United States
KEYBYU   foreign language KEYBoard program - YUgoslavia
KI       Kuenstliche Intelligenz
KIPS     Kilo Instructions Per Second
KIS      Knowbot Information Service
KSH      Korn SHell
KSR      Keyboard Send Receive
KRS      Knowledge Retrieval System

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LADDR    LAyered Device Driver Architecture
LALL     Longest Allowed Lobe Length
LAN      Local Area Network
LAP      Link Access Protocol
LAPB     Link Access Procedure Balanced
LAPD     Link Access Procedure Direct
LAPM     Link Access Procedure for Modems
LAPS     Local area network Adpater Protocol Support program
LAR      Load Access Rights
LASER    Light Amplification by Stimulated Emmision of Radiation
LASTport Local Area Storage TransPORT
LAT      Local Area Transport
LAWN     Local Area Wireless Network
LB       Left Button
LBL      LaBeL
LBR      LiBRarian
LBT      Listen Before Talk
         Local Bus Target
LCC      Leadless Chip Carrier
LCD      Liquid Crystal Display
LCF      Local area network File System
LCK      Library Construction Kit
LCP      Link Control Protocol
LCU      Last Cluster Used
LDA      Logical Device Address
LDC      Lotus Development Corporation
LDM      Long Distance Modem
LDT      Local Descriptor Table
LDTR     Load Descriptor Table Register
LDTRC    Local Descriptor Table Register Cache
LE       Less or Equal
LEA      Load Effective Address
LED      Light Emitting Diode
LEM      Language Extension Module
LEN      Low Entry Networking
LEX      LEXicon
LF       Line Feed
LFI      Last File Indicator
LFU      Least Frequently Used
LGDT     Load Global Descriptor Table
LICS     Lotus International Character Set
LIDT     Load Interrupt Descriptor Table
LIEP     Large Internet Exchange Packet
LIF      Low Insertion Force
LIFO     Last In and First Out
LILO     Last In and Last Out
LIM      Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
LIMA     Lotus/Intel/Microsoft/Ast
LIMS     Library Information Management System
LINMOS   Laser INtensity MOdulation
LIPS     Logical Inferences Per Second
LISP     LISt Processing
LL       Local Loopback
LLC      Logical Link Control
LLDT     Load Local Descriptor Table
LMBCS    Lotus MultiByte Character Set
LMI      Local Management Interface
LMSW     Load Machine Status Word
LM/X     LAN Manager for Unix
LN       LiNk
LN       Logarithm
LNDI     Lotus Notes Document Imaging
LOC      Lines Of Code
         Loop On-line Control
LOCIS    Library Of Congress Information System
LODSB    LOaD String Byte
LOG      LOGarithm
LOOPE    LOOP while Equal
LOOPNE   LOOP while Not Equal
LOOPNZ   LOOP while Not Zero
LOOPZ    LOOP while Zero
LORE     Line ORiented Editor
LP       Lineprinter
         Logical Partition
LPD      LandesPostDirektion
         Line Printer Daemon
LPI      Lines Per Inch
LPL      Lotus Programming Language
LPM      Lines Per Minute
LPN      Logical Page Number
LPS      Lines Per Second
         Low-Power Schottky
LQ       Letter Quality
LQM      Link Quality Monitoring
LRC      Local Register Cache
         Longitudinal Redundancy Check
LRI      Least Recently Loaded
LRS      Language ReSource
LRU      Least Recently Used
         Lowest Replaceable Unit
LSA      Line Sharing Adapter
         Link State Algorithm
LSB      Least Significant Bit
LSC      Least Significant Character
LSD      Least Significant Digit
LSI      Large Scale Integration
LSL      Load Segment Limit
LTR      Load Task Register
LU       Logical Unit
LUT      LookUp Table
LVM      Logical Volume Manager
LZW      Lempel-Ziv-Walsh

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MAC      Media/Medium Access Control
MAC      MacPaint
MACH     Multilayer ACtuator Head
MAI      MAIl
MAN      MANual
         Metropolitan Area Network
MAP      Maintenance Analysis Procedures
         Manufacturing Automation Protocol
         Memory Allocation Map
MAPI     Mail/Messaging Applications Programming
         Interface
MAPICS   Manufacturing, Accounting and Production
         Information Control System
MASM     Macro ASseMbler
MASS     Maximum Availability and Support
         Subsystem
MAU      Media Access Unit
         Medium Attachment Unit
         Multistation Access Unit
MAVDM    Multiple Application VDM
MB       MegaByte
         Middle Button
MBASIC   Microsoft BASIC
MBE      Molecular-Beam-Epitaxy
MBPS     MegaBytes Per Second
MBR      Master Boot Record
MBX      Mailbox
MCA      Micro Channel Architecture
MCA      Mission Critical Applications
MCB      Memory Control Block
MCGA     MultiColor Graphics Array
MCI      Media Control Interface
MCL      Microsoft Compatibility Labs
MCP      Master Control Program
MCU      Micro Control Unit
         Multi-Chip Unit
MD       Make Directory
         Monochrome Display
MDA      Monochrome Display Adapter
MDBS     Micro Data Base System
         Mobile Data Base Station
MDI      Medium Dependant Interface
         Multiple Document Interface
MDIC     Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip
MDK      Multimedia Developers Kit
MDR      Minimum Design Requirement
ME       Mutation Engine
MEB      Memory Expansion Board
MESI     Modified Exclusive Shared and Invalid
MFC      Microsoft Foundation Classes
         Multifunktionale Chipkarte
MFFS     Microsoft Flash File System
MFLOPS   Million Floating Point Operations Per Second
MFM      Modified Frequency Modulation
MFP      MultiFunction Peripheral
MFS      Magnetic tape Field Search
         Modified Filing System
MFT      Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks
MGA      Monochrome Graphics Adapter
MGE      Modular Gis Environment
MH       Modified Huffman
MHS      Message Handling Service
         Message Handling System
MIB      Management Information Base
MICS     Macro Interpretive CommandS
MIDI     Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIF      Management Information Format
MII      Microsoft/IBM/Intel
MIL      Machine Interface Layer
MIM      Metal-Insulator-Metal
MIMD     Multiple Instruction Multiple Data stream
MIME     Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
MIPS     Million Instructions Per Second
MIS      Management Information System
MISC     MISCellaneous
MIT      Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIX      Member Information Exchange
MKDIR    MaKe DIRectory
ML       Machine Language
MM       Maschinenlesbares Merkmal
MMA      Microcomputer Managers Association
MMC      Matched Memory Cycle
         Microcomputer Marketing Council
MMIS     Materials Manager Information System
MMPM     Multi Media Presentation Manager
MMU      Memory Management Unit
MNOS     Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor
MNP      Microcom Networking Protocol
         Multiple Networking Protocol
MO       Magneto-Optical
MOD      MODem
         MODulus
MODEM    MOdulator DEModulator
MOP      Maintenance Operations Protocol
MOS      Metal Oxide Semiconductor
MOSFET   Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MOV      MOVe
MOVS     MOVe String
MP       Multiple Processors
MPC      Multimedia Personal Computer
MPCS     Mission Planning and Control Station
MPEG     Motion Picture Experts Group
MPI      Message Passing Interface
MPP      Massively Parallel Processing
         Message Processing Program
MPR      MultiPart Repeater
MPTN     Multi Protocol Transport Network
MPU      MicroProcessor Unit
MR       Modem Ready
MRCF     Microsoft Realtime Compression Format
MRCI     Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface
MRI      Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRO      Multi-Region Operation
MRP      Materials Requirement Planning
MRPL     Main Ring Path Length
MRT      Mean Repair Time
MS       Memory System
         Message Store
         MicroSecond
         MicroSoft corporation
         MilliSecond
MSAV     MicroSoft Anti Virus
MSB      Most Significant Bit
MSCDEX   MicroSoft CD EXtensions
MSD      Mass Storage Device
         Most Significant Digit
MS-DOS   MicroSoft - Disk Operating System
MSDR     Multiplexed Streaming Data Request
MSDS     MicroSoft Developer Support
MSG      MeSsaGe
MSG      program MeSsaGe
MSI      Medium Scale Integration
MSL      Map Specification Library
         Mirrored Server Link
MSP      MicroSoft Paint
MSW      Machine Status Word
MTA      Message Transfer Agent
         Multiple Terminal Access
MTBB     Mean Time Between Breakdowns
MTBF     Mean Time Before Failure
         Mean Time Between Failures
MTBJ     Mean Time Between Jams
MTS      Message Transfer Service/System
         Multichannel Television Sound
MTTF     Mean Time To Failure
MTTR     Mean Time To Repair
MUD      Multi User Dungeon/Dimension/Dialog
MUL      MULtiply
MUMPS    Massachusetts general hospital Utility Multi-Programming System
MUX      MUltipleXer
MV       MoVe
MVB      Multimedia Viewer Book
MVC      Multimedia Viewer Compiler
MVDM     Multiple Virtual Dos Machines
MVGA     Monochrome Video Graphics Array
MVP      Multimedia for ps/Value Point pc
MVS      Multiple Virtual Storage
MVT      Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks
MX       Mail eXchanger

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NACD     National Association of Computer Dealers
NACS     National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors
NAE      Not Above or Equal
NAK      Negative AcKnowledgment
NAPLPS   North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax
NAS      Network Application Services
         Network Application Support
NASA     National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASI     Netware Asynchronous Services Interface
NAU      Network Addressable Unit
NBE      Not Below or Equal
NBI      Nothing But Initials
NBS      National Bureau of Standards
NC       Newcastle Connection
         No Carry
         Numerical Control
NCA      Network Communications Adapter
NCC      Network Control Center
NCD      Norton Change Directory
NCGA     National Computer Graphics Association
NCIC     National Crime Information Center
NCP      NetWare Core Protocol
         Network Control Processor
         Network Control Program
         Not Copy Protected
NCR      National Cash Register
NCSA     National Computer Security Association
NCSI     Network Communications Services Interface
NDEF     Not to be DEFined
NDIS     Network Driver Interface Specification
NDP      Numeric Data Processor
NDRO     Non-Destructive Read Out
NDS      Netware Directory Service
NDX      INDeX
NE       Network Element
NEC      Nippon Electric Company
NEG      NEGative
         NEGate
NETBIOS  NETwork Basic Input/Output System
NETBEUI  NETBios ExtEnded User Interface
NETSP    NETwork Security Program
NEW      NEW information
NEWS     Netware Early Warning System
NFF      No Fault Found
NFS      Network File System
NG       No Good
NGE      Not Greater or Equal
NHC      National Hurricane Center
NIC      Network Information Center
         Network Interface Card
         Numeric Intensive Computing
NICAD    Nickel CADmium
NID      New Interactive Display
         Next ID
NIMH     NIckel-Metal Hydride
NIPS     Network I/o Per Second
NISO     National Information Standards Organization
NIST     National Institute for Standards and Technology
NITC     National Information Technology Center
NJE      Network Job Entry
NL       New Line
NLE      Not Less or Equal
NLM      Netware Loadable Module
NLQ      Near Letter Quality
NLS      National Language Support
NMA      Network Management Architecture
NMI      Non-Maskable Interrupt
NMM      Netware Management Map
NMOS     Negative channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
NMS      Network Management System
NNTP     Network News Transfer Protocol
NOC      Network Operations Center
NOP      NO Operation
NOR      NOt oR
NOS      Network Operating System
NPA      Network Performance Analyzer
         Network Printer Alliance
NPI      Network Printer Interface
NPL      NonProcedural Language
NPU      Natural Processing Unit
NPX      Numeric Processor eXtension
NREN     National Research and Education Network
NRZ      Not Return to Zero
NRZI     Non Return to Zero Inverted
NS       NanoSecond
         Network Supervisor
         Non Stop
NSA      National Security Agency
NSA POLY National Security Agency POLYgraph
NSF      National Science Foundation
NSTL     National Software Testing Labs
NT       Network Termination
         New Technology
NTF      No Trouble Found
NTFS     New Technology File System
NTP      Network Termination Point
         Network Time Protocol
NTSC     National Television Standards Committee
NTS/2    Network Transport Services/2
NUA      Network User Address
NUI      Network User Identification
         Network User Interface
         Notebook User Interface
NV       No oVerflow
NVM      Non-Volatile Memory
NVP      Nominal Velocity of Propagation
NVR      Non Volatile RAM
NVRAM    Non-Volatile Random Access Memory

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OAG      Official Airline Guide
         Online Air Guide
OAI      Open Applications Interface
OASIS    Online Application System Interactive Software
OBEX     OBject EXchange
OCE      Open Collaborative Environment
OCL      Operation Control Language
         Operator Control Language
OCR      Optical Character Recognition
OD       Oktal Dump
ODA      Office Document Architecture
         Open Document Architecture
ODAPI    Open Database Application Programming Interface
ODBC     Open DataBase Connectivity
ODBMS    Object-oriented Database Management System
ODI      Open Datalink Interface
         Open Device Interconnect
ODS      Open Data Services
OEM      Odd Even Merge
         Original Equipment Manufacturer
OF       Overflow Flag
OFMT     Output ForMaT for numbers
OFS      Object File System
         Output Field Separator
OH       Off Hook
OHP      OverHead-Projektor
OIS      Office Information Systems
OLE      Object Linking and Embedding
OLI      Optical phone Line Interface
OLMC     Output Logic MacroCell
OLTP     On-Line Transaction Processing
OM       Object Manager
OMF      Object Module Format
OMG      Object Management Group
OMI      Open Messaging Interface
OMN      Open Network Management
OMNS     Open Network Management System
OMR      Optical Mark Recognition
ONC      Open Network Computing
OOA      Object-Oriented Analysis
OOD      Object-Oriented Design
OODB     Object-Oriented DataBase
OODMS    Object-Oriented Database Management System
OOL      Object-Oriented Language
OOP      Object Oriented Programming
OOPL     Object-Oriented Programming Language
OOPS     Object Oriented Programming and Systems
OOS      Object-Oriented Systems
         Off-line Operating Simulator
OP       OPeration
         OPerator
         OPtical
         OutPut
OPAC     Online Public Access Catlog
OPC      Optical PhotoConductor
OP CODE  OPerational CODE
OPD      OberPostDirektion
         OPeranD
         Original Point of Distribution
OPI      Open Prepress Interface
OPM      Operations Per Minute
OPS      OPerationS
OPT      Open Protocol Technology
OPUS     Octal Program Updating System
ORB      Object Request Broker
OROM     Optical Read Only Memory
ORS      Output Record Separator
OS       Operating System
OSA      Open System Architecture
OS/E     Operating System/Environment
OSF      Open Software Foundation
OSI      Open Systems Interconnection
OSM      Off-Screen Model
OSPF     Open Shortest Path First
OSQL     Object Structured Query Language
OT       Object Technology
OTF      Open Token Foundation
OTP      One-Time Programmable
OUTS     OUTput String
OV       OVerflow
OWL      Object Windows Library
         Open Windows Library

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PABX     Private Automatic Branch eXchange
PAD      Packet Assembler/Disassembler
PADS     Pen Application Development System
PAL      Paradox Applications Language
         Phase Alternate Line
         Programmed Array Logic
         Programming Assembly Language
PALC     Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal
PALS     Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System
PAP      Password Authentication Protocol
         Printer Access Protocol
PAR      PARallel
PARA     PARAgraph
PARC     Palo Alto Research Center
PBE      Prompt By Example
PBM      Project Bridge Modeller
PBX      Private Branch eXchange
PC       Personal Computer
         Printed Circuit
         Program Counter
PC-AT    Personal Computer - Advanced Technology
PCB      Printed Circuit Board
         Program Control Block
PC-DOS   Personal Computer - Disk Operating System
PCI      Peripheral Component Interconnect
         Protocol Control Information
PC-I/O   Program Controlled I/O
PCL      Printer Command Language
         Process Control Language
PCM      Personal Computer Manufacturer
         Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA   Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCMIA    PC Memory-card International Association
PCNFS    Personal Computer Network File System
PCS      Patchable Control Store
         Personal Communication Services
         Planning Control Sheet
         Print Contrast Signal
         Process Control Systems
         Program Counter Store
         Project Control System
PC-XT    Personal Computer - eXtended Technology
PD       Public Domain
PDA      Personal Digital Assistant
PDD      Physical Device Driver
PDF      Portable Document Format
         Processor Defined Function
         Program Development Facility
PDIAL    Public Dialup Internet Access List
PDL      Page Description Language
         Program Description Language
         Program Design Language
PDN      Public Data Network
PDP      Progammable Data Processor
PDS      Packet Driver Specification
         Partitioned Data Set
PDSS     Post Development and Software Support
PDT      Programmable Drive Table
PE       Parity Even
         Phase Encoded
         Protect Enable
PEA      Pocket Ethernet Adapter
PEARL    Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language
PEL      Picture ELement
PEN SDK  PEN Computing Software Development Kit
PEP      Packetized Ensemble Protocol
PERT     Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PES      Positioning Error Signal
         Processor Enhancement Socket
PET      Print Enhancement Technology
PFR      Power-Fail Restart
PGA      Pin Grid Array
         Professional Graphics Adapter
PGDN     PaGe DowN
PGP      ProGram Parameter
PGUP     PaGe UP
PHIGS    Programmers' Hierarchial Interactive Graphics Standards
PI       Program Interruption
PIA      Peripheral Interface Adapter
PIC      Priority Interrupt Controller
         Program Interrupt Controller
PID      Process IDdetification (Number)
PILOT    Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
PIM      Personal Information Manager
PIN      Personal Identification Number
PIO      Parallel Input/Output
         Processor Input/Output
         Programmed Input/Output
PIP      Picture In Picture
         Programmable Interconnect Point
PIPO     Parallel In Parallel Out
PIT      Programmable Interval Timer
PL       Physical Layer
         Presentation Layer
         Programming Language
PL/1     Programming Language One
PLA      Programmable Logic-Array
PLATO    Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations
PLC      Programmable Logic Controller
PLCC     Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier
PLD      Programmable Logic Device
PLL      Phase Locked Loop
         PreLinked Library
PL/M     Programming Language for Micros
PLV      Production Level Video
PM       Performance Management
         Presentation Manager
         Preventative Maintenance
PMMU     Paged Memory Management Unit
PMOS     Positive channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PMW      Project Manager Workbench
PO       Paper Out
         Parity Odd
POL      Problem Oriented Language
POP      Point Of Presence
         POP from Stack
         Post Office Protocol
POPA     POP All registers
POPF     POP Flags
POS      Point Of Sale
         POSitive
         Programmable Object Select
POST     Power-On Self Test
POSTNET  POSTtal Numeric Encoding Technique
POWER    Performance Optimized With Enhanced Risc
PP       Physical Partition
         Portable Part
PPDS     Personal Printer Data Stream
PPID     Parent PID
PPM      Pages Per Minute
PPP      Point-to-Point Protocol
PQET     Print Quality Enhancement Technology
PRD      PRinter Driver
PRF      PReFerences
PRG      PRoGram
PRMD     PRivate Mangement Domain
PROC     PROCedure
PROFS    PRofessional OFfice System
PROLOG   PROgramming in LOGic
PROM     Programmable Read Only Memory
PRN      PRiNter
PRS      Printer
PRTSC    Print Screen
PS       Personal System
         Proportional Spacing
         PostScript
PS/2     Programming System 2
PSC      Product Service Center
         Phase Shift Keying
PSP      Program Segment Prefix
P-SRAM   Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory
PSW      Program Status Word
PT       Page Table
P/T      Part Time
PTD      Parallel Transfer Disk Drive
PUS      Processor Upgrade Socket
PVC      PolyVinyl Chloride
PVM      Pass-through Virtual Machine
PWB      Printed Wire Board
         Programmer's WorkBench
PWD      Print Working Directory

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QA       Quality Assurance
QAM      Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QBE      Query By Example
QBF      Query by Form
QC       Quality Control
QDOS     Quick and Dirty Operating System
QFA      Quick File Access
QIC      Quality Information using Cycle time
         Quarter-Inch Cartridge
QIF      Quicken Interchange Format
QPSK     Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

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RA       Return Authorization
RACF     Resource Access Control Facility
RAG      Row Address Generator
RAID     Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks
         Redundant Arrays of Independent Drives
         Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
RALU     Register Arithmetic Logic Unit
RAM      Random Access Memory
RAMDAC   Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter
RAP      Rapid Application Prototyping
RAS      Random Access Storage
         Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
         Row Address Select
RB       Right Button
RBBS     Remote Bulletin Board System
RCL      Rotate Carry Left
RCP      Restore Cursor Position
RCR      Rotate Carry Right
RCS      Records Communications Switching System
         Resource Construction Set
RD       Receive Data
         Recursive Design
         Remove Directory
         Request Disconnect
R&D      Research and Development
RDA      Remote Database Access
RDB      Receive Data Buffer
         Relational DataBase
RDBMS    Relational DataBase Mangement System
RDD      Replaceable Database Drivers
RDSR     Receiver Data Service Request
REG      REGister
REGAL    Rigid Epoxy Glass Acrylic Laminate
RELSECT  RELative SECTor
REM      REMark
         REMote
         Ring Error Monitor
REN      REName
REP      REPeat
REPE     REPeat while Equal
REPNE    REPeat while Not Equal
REPNZ    REPeat while Not Zero
REPZ     REPeat while Zero
REQ      REQuest
RES      Remote Execution Service
RET      Resolution Enhancement Technology
         RETurn
REX      Relocatable eXecutable
REXX     Restructured eXtended eXecutor
RF       Radio Frequency
RFC      Request For Comments
RFD      Request For Discussion
RFI      Radio Frequency Interference
RFP      Request for Proposal
RFS      Remote File System
RFT      Revisable Form Text
RFU      Reserved for Future Use
RGB      Red, Green, Blue
RI       Referential Integrity
RIFF     Resource Interschange File Format
RIM      Remote Installation and Maintenance
RIME     Relaynet International Message Exchange
RIP      Raster Image Processor
         Remote Image Protocol
         Routing Information Protocol
RISC     Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RJE      Remote Job Entry
RLE      Run Length Encoded
RLL      Run Length Limited
RLN      Remote Lan Node
RLSD     Received Line Signal Detected
RM       Reset Mode
RMA      Return Material Authorization
         Return to Manufacturer Authorization
RMDIR    ReMove DIRectory
RMON     Remote MONitor/MONitoring
RMS      Record Management Services
         Root Mean Square
RND      RaNDom
R-O      Read Only
ROL      ROtate Left
ROM      Read Only Memory
ROR      ROtate Right
ROS      Resident Operating System
ROTFL    Rolling Over The Floor Laughing
RPC      Real Procedure Call
         Remote Procedure Call
RPG      Report Program Generator
RPL      Resident Programming Language
         Requested Privilege Level
RPPROM   ReProgrammable PROM
RPT      RePeaT
RPQ      Request for Price Quotation
RQBE     Relational Query By Example
RR       Real Reality
RS       Radio Shack
         Request to Send
         Recommended Standard
RSCS     Remote Spooling Communications System
RSIS     Relocateable Screen Interface Specification
RSL      Request-and-Status Link
RSP      Required Space Character
RST      ReSeT
         ReSTart
RSTS     Resource Sharing Time Sharing
RSX      Real Time Resource Sharing Executive
RT       Real Time
         Risc Technology
         Run Time
R/T      Receive/Transmit
RTAM     Remote Terminal Access Method
RTC      Real Time Clock
RTK      Real Time Kernel
RTL      Register Transfer Language
         Resistor Transistor Logic
         Run Time Library
RTM      Response Time Monitor
RTOS     Real Time Operating System
RTS      Real Time System
         Request To Send
RTTI     RunTime Type Information
RTTY     Radio Tele TYpe
RTV      Real Time Video
R/W      Read/Write
RWM      Read-Write Memory

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SA       Structured Analysis
SAA      Systems Application Architecture
SAL      Shift Arithmetic Left
         Semware Applications Language
SAM      Serial Access Memory
         Sequential Access Method
SAP      Second Audio Program
         Service Access Point
         Service Advertising Protocol
SAR      Shift Arithmetic Right
         Successive Approximation Register
SAS      Sales Accounting System
         Single Audio System
SASI     Shugart Associates System Interface
SAVDM    Single Application VDM
SB       Sound Blaster
         Sound Board
SBC      Single-Board Computer
SBCS     Single-Byte Character Set
SCAS     SCAn String
SCB      Subsystem Control Block
SCC      Serial Communications Controllers
         Serial Controller Chip
         Synchronous Channel Check
SCD      Standard Color Display
SCF      System Control Facility
SCM      Software Configuration Management
SCO      Santa Cruz Operation
SCP      Save Cursor Position
         Subsystem Control Port
         System Control Program
SCR      Silicon Controlled Rectifier
SCRN     SCReeN
SCSI     Small Computer Systems Interface
SD       Send Data
         Single Density
         Structured Design
SDA      Software Disk Array
         Source Data Automation
         System Display Architecture
SDF      Standard Data Format
         System Data Format
SDI      Single Document Interface
         Strategic Defense Initiative
SDK      Software Developer's Kit
SDLC     Synchronous Data Link Control
SDMS     SCSI Device Management System
SDN      Software Defined Network
SDNS     Secure Data Network Service
SDR      Streaming Data Request
SDS      Sysops Distribution System
SD_STB   Streaming Data STroBe
SEA      Standard Extended Attribute
SEC      Single Error Correction
SECAM    SEquential Color And Memory
SECAN    military committy communications SECurity and evaluation AgeNcy
SED      Stream EDitor
SEG      SEGment
SEL      SELect
SEM      Scanning Electron Microscope
         Server Enhancement Module
         Standard Electronic Module
SER      SERial
SET      Softwave Engineering Technology
SEU      Smallest Executable Unit
SF       Sign Flag
SFQL     Structured Full-text Query Language
SFT      System Fault Tolerance
         System File Table
SGEN     Signal GENerator
         System GENerator
SGDT     Store Global Descriptor Table
SGI      Silicon Graphics Inc.
SGML     Standard Generalized Markup Language
SGR      Set Graphics Rendition
S/H      Sample and Hold
SHAR     SHell ARchive
SHL      SHift logical Left
SHR      Shift Logical Right
SI       Shift In
         Source Index
         System Information
         System International
SID      Station IDentification
         Symbolic Interactive Debugger
SIDT     Store Interrupt Descriptor Table
         Special Interest Group
SIGCAT   Special Interest Group on Cd-rom Applications and Technology
SIM      SIMulator
SIMD     Single Instruction Multiple Data stream
SIMM     Single in-line Memory Module
SIMULA   SIMULAtion
SIO      Serial Input/Output
SIP      Single In-line Package
SIPO     Serial In Parallel Out
         Single In-line Pin Package
SIT      Special Information Tones
SISO     Serial In, Serial Out
SLDT     Store Local Descriptor Table
SLIP     Serial Line Interface Protocol
SLMR     Silly Little Modem Reader
SLOSH    Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricane
SLSI     Super Large-Scale Integration
SM       Security Management
         Set Mode
SMB      Server Message Block
SMBP     Sever Message Block-Protocol
SMC      Standard MiCrosystems
SMD      Surface Mounted Device
SMDS     Switched multi-Megabit Data Service
SMF      System Manager Facility
SMI      System Management Interrupts
SMIF     Standard Mechanical InterFace
SMIT     System Management Interface Tool
SMK      Software Migration Kit
SMM      System Mangement Mode
SMP      Symbolic Manipulation Program
         Symmetrical MultiProcessor
SMPS     Switching Mode Power Supply
SMPTE    Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SMRAM    System Management Random Access Memory
SMSW     Store Machine Status Word
SMT      Surface-Mount Technology
SMTP     Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMU      System Management Utility
SN       Serial Number
S/N      Signal-to-Noise
SNA      Systems Network Architecture
SNAP     SubNet Access Protocol
SND      SouND
SNM      SuN Manager
SNMP     Simple Network Management Protocol
SNOBOL   StriNg Oriented symBOlic Language
SNP      Serial Number/Password
SNR      Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SOB      Start Of Block
SOC      System On a Chip
SOE      Standard Operating Environment
SOH      Start Of Heading
SOL      Simulation Oriented Language
SOM      Start Of Message
         System Object Model
SOP      Standard Operating Procedures
SOS      Silicon On Sapphire
         Standards and Open Systems
SOTA     State Of The Art
SOX      SOund eXchange
SP       Service Pack
         Stack Pointer
         System Product
SPA      Software Publishers' Association
SPARC    Scalable Processor ARChitecture
SPC      Small Peripheral Controller
         Statistical Process Control
SPCL     SPectrum CeLlular corporation
SPF      Shortest Path First
         System Programming Facility
SPI      Service Provider Interface
SPI      Software Products International
SPIKE    Science Planning Intelligent Knowledge-base Environment
SPM/2    System Performance Monitor
SPOOL    Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line
         Standby Power System
SPSS     Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
SPT      Sectors Per Track
SPX      Sequenced Packet eXchange
SQ       SQueezed
SQL      Structured Query Language
SQRT     Square RooT
SR       Shift Register
SRAM     Shadow Random Access Memory
         Static Random Access Memory
SRD      Screen Reader System
SRO      Sharable and Read Only
SRQ      Service ReQuest
         Serially Reusable Resource
         SecondS
         Stack Segment
         Single Sided
         Solid State Disk
SSDC     Stack Segment Descriptor Cache
SSGA     System Suppport Gate Array
SSI      Small Scale Integration
SST      Spread-Spectrum Technology
STA      Spanning Tree Algorithm
STB      STroBe
STC      Set Carry Flag
STD      SeT Direction flag
STDA     StreetTalk Directory Assistance
STDAUX   STanDard AUXillary
STDERR   STanDard ERRor
STDIN    STanDard INput
STDOUT   STanDard OUTput
STDPRN   STanDard PRiNter
STI      Set Interrupt Flag
         Sparc Technology Business
         Super Twisted Nematic
STOS     STOre String
STP      Shielded Twisted Pair
         Signal Transfer Point
STR      Store Task Register
         Synchronous Transmitter Receiver
STRESS   STRuctural Engineering System Solver
STRUDL   STRUctural Design Language
STSCI    Space Telescope SCience Institute
STX      Start of TeXt
SUB      SUBroutine
         SUBstitute
         SUBtract
SVGA     Super Video Graphics Array
S-VHS    Super VHS
SYLK     SYmbolic LinK
SYNC     SYNChronous
SYSGEN   SYStem GENerator
SYSLOG   SYStem LOG
SYSMOD   SYStem MODification
SYSOP    SYStem OPerator
SYSREQ   SYStem REQuest

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TAD      Telephone Answering Device
TAN      TransAktionsNummer
TAPCIS   The Access Program for the Compuserve Information Service
TASM     Turbo ASseMbler
TB       TeraByte
T/B      Top and Bottom
TBBS     The Bread Board System
TBK      ToolBooK
TCI      TeleCommunications Inc.
TCM      Trellis-Coded Modulation
TCP/IP   Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TD       Transmit Data
TDE      Terminal Display Editor
TDM      Time Division Multiplexing
TDMS     Terminal Display Management System
TDSR     Transmitter Data Service Request
TDR      Time Domain Reflectometry
TE/2     Terminal Emulator/2
TEC      Tokyo Electronics Corporation
TEML     Turbo Editor Macro Language
TER      Thermal Eclipse Reading
TERMPWR  TERMinator PoWeR
TFDD     Text File Device Driver
TFEL     Thin Film ElectroLuminescent
TFT      Thin Film Transistor
THM      TuHMbnail
THOR     Tandy High-performance Optical Recording
TI       Texas Instruments, Inc.
TID      Target ID
TIES     Time Independent Escape Sequence
TIFF     Tagged Image File Format
TIGA     Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
TIGER    Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing
TIP      Terminal Interface Processor
TLB      Translation Lookaside Buffer
TLI      Transport Layer Interface
TLU      Table LookUp
TM       TradeMark
TMC      Thinking Machines Corporation
TN       TelNet
         Twisted Nematic
TNC      Terminal Node Controller
TOP      Technical and Office Protocol
TOS      Tramiel Operating System
TP       Turbo Pascal
TPA      Transient Program Area
TPC      Transaction Processing performance Council
TPI      Tracks Per Inch
TPL      Table Producing Language
TPM      Transactions Per Minute
TPORT    Twisted pair PORT transceiver
TPS      Transactions Per Second
         Transaction Processing System
TPW      Turbo Pascal for Windows
TQM      Total Quality Management
TR       Task Register
TR       Terminal Ready
T/R      Transmit/Receive
TRON     The Real-time Operating system Nucleus
TS       Top Secret
TSA      Technical Support Alliance
TSB      Termination Status Block
TSO      Time Sharing Option
TSR      Terminate and Stay Resident
TSS      Task State Segment
         Time Sharing System
TSSDC    Task State Segment Descriptor Cache
TS/SI    Top Secret/Sensitive Information
TSTN     Triple SuperTwisted Nematic
TSW      TeleSoftWare
TTF      TrueType Font
TTL      Transistor-Transistor Logic
TTS      Transaction Tracking System
TTX      TeleTeX
TTY      TeleTYpe
TUI      Text-based User Interface
TVI      TeleVision Interference
TW       TeleWare
TWX      TeletypeWriter eXchange service

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UA       User Agent
         User Area
UAE      Unrecoverable Application Error
UART     Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UCB      University of California, Berkley
UCL      Universal Communications Language
UCSD     University of California at San Diego
UDC      User Defined Commands
UDF      User Defined Functions
UDP      User Datagram Protocol
UEV      User End of Volume
UFDT     User File Descriptor Table
UG       User Group
UHF      Ultra High Frequency
UHL      User Head Label
UI       Unix International
         User Interface
UID      User IDentifier
UL       Underwriters' Laboratories
         UpLoad
ULA      Uncommitted Logic Array
ULN      Universal Link Negotiation
ULSI     Ultra Large Scale Integration
UMB      Upper Memory Block
         Universal Naming Convention
         University of North Carolina (at chapel hill)
UNCOL    UNiversal Computed Oriented Language
UNICOM   UNiversal Integrated COMmunication
UNIVAC   UNIVersal Automatic Computer
UNMA     Unified Network Management Architecture
         Universal Product Code
UPL      User Program Language
UPM      User Profile Management
UPN      Umgekehrte Polnische Notation
UPS      Uninterruptible Power Supply
         Uninterruptible Power System
UREP     Unix Rscs Emulation Protocol
URHG     URHeberrechtsGesetz
URL      Universal Resource protocoL
USART    Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Reciever/Transmitter
USERID   USER IDentification
USQ      UnSQueezed
USR      US Robotics
USRT     Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitter
USSA     User Supported Software Association
USV      Unterbrechungsfreie StromVersorgung
UT       User Terminal
UTI      Universal Text Interchange
UTP      Unshielded Twisted-Pair
UU       Uuencode/Uudecode
UUCP     Unix to Unix CoPy
UUI      User to User Information
UV       Ultraviolet
UVL      User Volume Label

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VA       Virtual Address
VAD      Value Added Dealer
VADD     Value Added Disk Driver
VAL      VALue
         Voice Application Language
         Virtual Access Method
VAN      Value Added Network
VAP      Value Added Processes
VAPI     Voyetra Applications Program Interface
VAR      Value Added Reseller
         Value Added Retailer
         Variable
VAX/VMS  Virtual Address eXtension/Virtual Memory System
VB       Variable Block
         Visual Basic
VBA      Visual Basic for Applications
VCD      Virtual Communications Driver
VCPI     Virtual Control Program Interface
VCR      Video Cassette Recorder
VDD      Virtual Device Driver
VDDM     Virtual Device Driver Manager
VDE      Video Display Editor
VDI      Video Display Interface        
         Virtual Device Interface
VDISK    Virtual DISK
VDM      Virtual Dos Machine
VDS      Virtual Dma Services
VDT      Video Display Terminal
VDU      Video Display Unit
         Visual Display Unit
VEGA     Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter
VEMM     Virtual Expanded Memory Manager
VER      Verify
VERONICA Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archives
VERW     VERify Write access
VESA     Video Electronics Standards Association
VFD      Vacuum Fluorescent Display
VFW      Video For Windows
VGA      Video Graphics Adapter
VGC      Video Graphics Controller
VHS      Very High Speed
         Virtual Host Storage
VHSIC    Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
VI       Visual edItor
VIM      Vendor Independent Messaging
VINES    VIrtual NEtwork operating System
VIP      Variable Information Processing
VIPER    Verifiable Integrated Processor for Enhanced Reliability
VIS      Video Information System
         Voice Information System
VL-BUS   Vesa Local-BUS
VLF      Very Low Frequency
VLIW     Very Long Instruction Word
VLSI     Very Large Scale Integration
VLSIPS   Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis
VLT      Variable List Table
VM       Virtual Machine
VMA      Virtual Memory Address
VMB      Virtual Machine Boot
VMM      Virtual Memory Manager
VMOS     Vertical MOS
VMS      Virtual Memory System
         Voice Message System
VMT      Virtual Memory Technique
VO       Visual Objects
VOL      VOLume
VOM      Volt Ohm Meter
VOS      Verbal Operating System
VPD      Virtual Printer Device
VPDS     Virtual Private Data Service
VR       Virtual Reality
         Voltage Regulator
VRAM     Video Random Access Memory
VRC      Vertical Redundancy Check
VROOMM   Virtual Real-time Object Oriented Memory Manager
VRU      Voice Response Unit
VS       Virtual Storage
VSA      Virtual Stroage Access
VSAM     Virtual Storage Access Method
VSAT     Very Small Aperture Terminal
VSE      Virtual Storage Extended
VSF      Vertical Scanning Frequency
VSI      Verband der SoftwareIndustrie deutschlands e.v.
VSLI     Very Large scaLe Integration
VSM      Virtual Storage Management
VSOS     Virtual Storage Operating System
VSYNC    Vertical SYNC
VTAM     Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
VTOC     Volume Table of Contents
VUI      Video User Interface
VUP      Vax Unit of Performance
VMM      Virtual Machine Manager
VMS      Virtual Memory System
         Voice Message System

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W/       With
WABI     Windows Application Binary Interface
WAIS     Wide Area Information Server/Service
WAITS    Wide Area Information Transfer System
WAN      Wide Area Network
WATS     Wide Area Telecommunications Service
WC       Word Count
WD       Western Digital
WELL     Whole Earth Lectronic Link
WFW      Windows For Workgroups
WGS      Work Group System
WIMP     Windows-Icons-Mouse-Pointer
WNIC     Wide area Network Interface Coprocessor
WNIM     Wide area Network Interface Module
WORM     Write Once Read Many
WOSA     Windows Open Services Architecture
WP       WordPerfect
         Word Processing
         Word Processor
         Write Protected
WPHD     Write-Protect Hard Disk
WPM      Words Per Minute
WPS      Windows Printing System
         Workplace Shell
WS       WordStar
         WorkStation
WT       Write Through
WWW      World Wide Web (W3)
WYSBYGI  What You See Before You Get It
WYSIWYG  What You See Is What You Get

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XA       eXtended Architecture
         eXtended Attribute
XAPIA    X.400 Application Program Interface Association
X2B      Hexadecimal to Binary
X2C      Hexadecimal to Character
XCHG     eXCHanGe
XCMD     external CoMmanD
XCOPY    eXtended COPY
X2D      Hexadecimal to Decimal
XDR      eXternal Data Representation
XFCN     eXternal FunCtioN
XGA      eXtended Graphics Array
XID      eXchange IDentifier
XIOS     eXtended Input/Output System
XMM      eXtended Memory Manager
XMS      eXtended Memory Specification
XNS      Xerox Network System
XOR      eXclusive OR
XPG      X/open Portability Guide
XSMD     eXtended Storage Module Drive
XT       eXtended Technology

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YACC     Yet Another Compiler-Compiler
YAM      Yet Another Modem

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ZBR      Zone Bit Recording
Z-CAV    Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
ZDS      Zenith Data Systems
ZIF      Zero-Insertion Force
ZIP      Zigzag In-line Package
         Zone Improvement Plan


*******************  F I L E  -  E X T E N S I O N S  ************************

.adf      Adapter Description File (IBM)
.adn      Add In Utility (Lotus)
.afm      Adobe Font Metrics (Adobe)
.ans      ANSI-Grafik
.app      Application (RBase, NeXT)
.arc      Archiv, mit Arc oder Pkpak komprimiert
.arj      Archiv, mit Arj komprimiert
.asc      ASCII-Textfile
.asm      Assembler-Quelle
.au       Sound-File (Sun, NeXT)
.aux      TeX Hilfsfile, mit Bezuegen
.bak      Backup-File
.bas      BASIC-File
.bat      Batchfile unter MS-DOS, entsprechend Shellscript
.bbl      BIBTeX Literaturverzeichnis
.bfx      Bitfax-File
.bgi      Borland Graphic Interface
.bib      Bibliographie
.bif      Binary Image File
.bin      binaeres File
.bit      TeX Ausgabe des Druckertreibers
.bk       Backup-File (WordPerfect)
.bld      BASIC Bload Graphics
.bmp      Bitmap Graphics (Windows, OS/2)
.bsc      Boyan Script-File
.bsv      BASIC Bsave Graphics
.btm      Batchfile unter 4DOS
.c        C-Quelle
          C++-Quelle
.cap      Capture-File (Telix)
.cat      Catalogue, Verzeichnis
.cbl      COBOL-Quelle
.cc       C++-Quelle
.cco      Btx-Grafik
.cdf      Comma delimited format
.cdr      Corel Draw Vektorgrafik
.cdx      Compund index (FoxPro)
.cfg      Konfigurations-File
.cgm      Computer Graphics Metafile (Harvard Graphics, Lotus)
.chk      von chkdsk erzeugtes File (MS-DOS)
.clp      Clipboard (Windows), Clip Art
.cmd      Command, Skript, Batchfile unter OS/2
.cnc      CNC-Programme
.cnf      Konfigurations-File
.cob      COBOL-Quelle
.cod      Codeliste
.com      Kommando-File (MS-DOS), ausfuehrbares Programm
.cpi      Code Page Information (MS-DOS)
.cpp      C++-Quelle
.cpt      Compact Pro (Kompressor Macintosh)
.crf      Cross Reference File
.crd      Cardfile
.csv      Comma Separated Values
.ctx      Signaturfile (PGP)
.cut      Dr. Halo Bitmap
.cvf      Compressed Volume File
.cxx      C++-Quelle
.dat      Daten
.db       Datenbank (Paradox)
.dbf      Datenbank (dBase)
.dcf      Driver Configuration File
.dct      Dictionary
.dcx      Fax-File
.dd       Disk Doubler
.def      Definitionen, Defaultwerte
.dem      Demonstration
.des      Description
.dhp      Dr. Halo PIC
.dic      Dictionary
.dif      Data Interchange Format
.dir      Directory, Verzeichnis
.dll      Dynamically Linked Library (OS/2, Windows)
.doc      Dokument, Textfile
.dok      Dokument, Textfile
.drs      Driver Resource (WordPerfect)
.drv      Device Driver
.drw      Drawing
.dta      Daten
.dv       Desqview Scriptfile
.dvi      Metafile von TeX, geraeteunabhaengig
.dvr      Device Driver
.dxb      Drawing Interchange Binary (AutoCAD)
.dxf      Data Exchange Format (Autocad)
          Drawing Interchange Format
.ega      EGA-Grafik
.el       Emacs Lisp
.elc      Emacs Lisp compiled
.eml      Electronic Mail
.enc      encoded
.eps      Encapsulated Postscript
.err      Error, Fehlerprotokoll
.etx      Setext File
.exe      executable, ausfuehrbares Programm  (MS-DOS)
.f        FORTRAN-Quelle
.fax      Fax-File
.fif      Fractal Image Format
.fli      EmTeX Fontlibrary
.fnt      Fontfile
.for      FORTRAN-Quelle
.fxs      Fax-File (Winfax)
.gem      GEM Metadateien
.gif      GIF File (Graphic)
.glo      TeX Glossar
.gz       mit GNU komprimiert
.h        Header-File , include-File
.hex      Hexdump
.hpp      Header-File C++
.hqx      Macintosh BinHex encoded
.idx      Index
.iff      Interchange File Format (Amiga, Autodesk Animator)
.img      GEM Paint, Rastergrafik/Bitmap
.inf      Information
.ini      Konfigurationsfile (Initialisierung)
.jif      JPEG Interchange Format
.lib      Library, Bibliothek
.lof      TeX Bildverzeichnis (list of figures)
.log      Protokollfile, TeX Meldungen waehrend der Uebersetzung
.lot      TeX Tabellenverzeichnis (list of tables)
.lst      Liste
.lzh      Archiv, mit Lharc komprimiert
.map      Map-Files (Quick C)
.mak      Make-File
.mdf      Menu Definition File
.mid      Midi Sound Ffile
.mif      Maker Interchange Format (FrameMaker)
.mod      MODULA-Quelle, Amiga-Modul (Sound)
.msp      Windows Paint
.o        Objekt-Code
.obj      Objekt-Code
.old      Kopie eines Files vor "Uberschreiben
.ovl      Overlay-File
.ovr      Overlay-File
.p        PASCAL-Quelle
.pak      Archiv, mit \verb+pkpak+ komprimiert
.pas      PASCAL-Quelle
.pcx      Paintbrush, Rastergrafik
.pic      Lotus Picture File
.pif      Program Information File
.pit      PackIt file (Kompressor Macintosh)
.prn      Druckerfile
.ps       Postscript-File
.psf      Permanent Swap File
.qfx      Fax-File (Quicklink)
.r        Rational-FORTRAN-Quelle
.ras      SUN Raster Grafik
.rtf      Rich Text Format
.s        Assembler-Quelle
.sdf      Space Delimited File
.sea      Self Extracting Archive (Macintosh)
.sh       Bourne-Shell-Script
.shr      Shell-Archiv
.sit      Macintosh StuffIt Archive
.src      Program Source Code
.stf      StrucTured File
.sys      Treiber unter MS-DOS
.tar      tar-Archiv
.tdf      Trace Definition File
          Typeface Definition File
.tex      TeX- oder LaTeX-Quelltext
.tfm      TeX-Font-Metrics
.tga      TARGA-Bildfile
.tgz      tar-Archiv, GNUzip komprimiert
.tif      Tag Image File Format (Scanner)
.tmp      temponaeres File
.toc      Hilfsfile von TeX (table of contents)
.tpu      Turbo Pascal Unit
.ttf      TrueType Font
.txt      Textfile, lesbar
.uu       uuencoded File, ASCII, aber nicht lesbar
.uud      uuencoded File, ASCII, aber nicht lesbar
.uue      uuencoded File, ASCII, aber nicht lesbar
.voc      Creative Labs Sound File
.wav      Windows Sound File
.web      WEB-Quelle
.wfx      Fax-File (Winfax)
.wmf      Windows Metafile Format
.wpg      WordPerfect
.wri      Windows Textfile
.wps      MS Works Textfile
.x        SuperDisk self-extracting archive
.xwd      X Window Dump
.z        mit GNU komprimiert (veraltet, besser gz)
.zip      mit Pkzip komprimiert
.zoo      mit Zoo komprimiert

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      verwendet wurden, welche unter copyright stehen.
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      heit  und  richtigkeit  der  in  dieser  liste  gemachten  angaben!
      aenderungen, in absprache mit dem verfasser.

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| Lutz Weber                                                                 |
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