Abbrev
1	µPGA	->	Micro Pin Grid Array
2	2-D	->	two-dimensional
3	3D	->	three-dimensional
4	3G3P	->	3G Patent Platform Partnership
5	3GPP	->	Third Generation Partnership Project
6	3GPP	->	3rd Generation Partnership Program

A

7 a.m. -> ante meridian (morning) 8 A/D -> analog-to-digital 9 A2B -> Administration To Business 10 A2C -> Administration To Consumer 11 A2DP -> Advanced Audio Distribution Profile 12 AAC -> Advanced Audio Coding 13 AAII -> American Association of Individual Investors 14 AAL -> ATM Adaption Layer (ATM-Begriff) 15 AAM -> Automatic Acoustic Management 16 AAMVA -> American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators 17 AAP -> Association of American Publishers 18 AARP -> AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol (Apple-Begriff) 19 ABC -> Agricultural Bank of China 20 ABDA -> Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Apothekerverbände 21 ABI -> Application Binary Interface 22 ABM -> Asynchronous Balanced Mode 23 ABS -> Antiblockiersystem 24 ABS -> Asset Backed Securities 25 ABS -> Antiblockiersystem 26 ABS -> Acryl-Butadien-Styrol 27 AC -> alternating current 28 ACC -> Adaptive Cruise Control 29 ACCC -> Australian Competition and Consumer Commission 30 ACCOPS -> Author, Consumer and Computer Owner Protection and Security Act 31 ACD -> Automatic Call Distribution 32 ACE -> Advanced Computing Environment 33 ACE -> Acoustic Echo Canceller 34 ACE -> Advanced Cryptographic Engine 35 ACL -> Access Control List 36 ACLU -> American Civil Liberties Union 37 ACM -> Association for Computing Machinery 38 ACML -> AMD Core Math Library 39 ACPI -> Advanced Configuration and Power Interface 40 ACR -> Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio 41 ACSE -> Association Control Service Element 42 AD -> Active Directory 43 ADC -> Apple Display Connector 44 ADC -> Active Directory Connectors 45 ADC -> analog-to-digital converter 46 ADIF -> Analog Data Interchange Format (IEEE488-Begriff) 47 ADPCM -> Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation 48 ADR -> Astra Digital Radio 49 ADR -> Alternative Dispute Resolution 50 ADSL -> Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 51 ADSP -> AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol (Apple-Begriff) 52 ADSP -> Allgemeine Deutsche Spediteurbedingungen 53 ADT -> Advanced DRAM Technology 54 ADU -> automatic dialing unit 55 AE -> Application Entity 56 AE -> Architect Engineers 57 AE -> Auftragseingang 58 AEK -> Auftragseingangskalkulation 59 AEP -> AppleTalk ECHO Protocol (Apple-Begriff) 60 AES -> Application Environment Service (GEM/Atari) 61 AES -> Advanced Encryption Standard 62 AES -> Advanced Encryption System 63 AES -> Advanced Encryption Standard 64 AES -> Attachment Execution Service 65 AF -> audio frequency 66 AfA -> Abschreibung für Abnutzung 67 AfA -> Absetzung für Abnutzung 68 AFC -> automatic frequency control 69 AFP -> AppleTalk Filing Protocol (Apple-Begriff) 70 AFPA -> Adaptive Fast Path Architecture 71 AFR -> Annualized Failure Rate 72 AFS -> Andrew Filesystem 73 AFT -> Adapter Fault Tolerance 74 AFTA -> ASEAN Free Trade Area 75 AFYBE -> Asociación Fonográfica y Videográfica Española 76 AG -> Aktiengesellschaft 77 AGB -> Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen 78 AGP -> Accelerated Graphics Port 79 AGU -> Address Generation Unit 80 AH -> Authentication Header 81 AHB -> Allgemeine Versicherungsbedingungen für die Haftpflichtversicherung 82 AIA -> Asean Investment Area 83 AII -> Assignment of IPv4 Global Addresses to IPv6 Hosts 84 AIM -> AOL Instant Messenger 85 AIMR -> Association of Investment Management an Research 86 AIP -> Adaptive Internet Protocol 87 AIS -> Alternate Instruction Set 88 AIST -> National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 89 AIT -> Advanced Intelligent Tape 90 AktG -> Aktiengesetz 91 AL -> Ausfuhrliste 92 AL -> Arbitrated Loop 93 Al -> artificial intelligence 94 ALARP -> As Low As reasonably Practicable 95 ALGOL -> Algorithmic Language 96 ALPA -> Air Line Pilots Association 97 ALS -> Advanced Low Power Schottky 98 ALSA -> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture 99 ALU -> Arithemtic and Logic Unit 100 AM -> amplitude modulation 101 AMA -> American Management Association 102 AMA -> Adaptive Moving Average 103 AMB -> Advanced Memory Buffer 104 AMC -> Asset Management Corporation 105 AMCOS -> Australian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society 106 AME -> Advanced Metal Evaporated 107 AMÖ -> Bundesverband Möbelspeditionen 108 AMP -> Apache/MySQL/PHP 109 AMPS -> Advanced Mobile Phons System 110 AMR -> Audio Modem Riser (Slot für PCs) 111 AMSIX -> Amsterdam Internet Exchange 112 AN -> Auftragnehmer 113 ANDIP -> American National Dictionary of Information Processing 114 ANSC -> American National Standard Committee 115 ANSI -> American National Standards Institute, Inc. 116 ANTC -> Advanced Networking Test Center 117 AOC -> ADSL Overhead Control 118 AOD -> Advanced Optical Disc 119 AP -> Automation Protocol 120 APA -> Asset Purchase Agreement 121 APCI -> Application Protocol Control Information 122 APDU -> Application Protocol Data Unit 123 API -> Application Programming Interface 124 APIC -> Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller 125 APIPA -> Automatic Private IP Addressing 126 APM -> Advanced Power Management 127 APOP -> Authentification POP 128 APS -> Advanced Planning Syystem 129 APSL -> Appleb Public Source License 130 APU -> Application Processing Unit 131 APU -> Auxiliary Processor Unit 132 ARB -> Architecture Review Board 133 ARCNET -> Attached Resource Computer Network 134 ARE -> Arbeitsgemeinschaft regionaler Energieversorgungsunternehmen 135 ARIA -> Australian Record Industrie Association 136 ARL -> American Research Libraries Group 137 ARP -> Address Resolution Protocol 138 ARPA -> Advanced Research Projects Agency 139 ARPANET -> Advanced Research Projects Agency Network 140 ARPU -> Average Revenue Per User 141 ARQ -> Automatic Repeat Request 142 ASA -> Advertising Standards Authority 143 ASCI -> Accelerated Strategic Computer Initiative 144 ASCIC -> Application Specific Integrated Circuit 145 ASCII -> American National Standard Code for Info Interchange 146 ASD -> Alarm sequence display 147 ASDU -> Application Service Data Unit 148 ASEAN -> Verband Südostasiatischer Nationen 149 ASF -> Advanced Streaming Format 150 ASI -> Aktuator Sensor Interface (ASI-Begriff) 151 ASIC -> Application Specific Integrated Circuit 152 ASIO -> Audio Streaming Input Output 153 ASIO -> Audiostream Input/Output Architecture 154 ASK -> Amplitude Shift Keying 155 ASL -> ACPI Source Language 156 ASN -> Advanced Shipping Notice 157 ASN.1 -> Abstract Syntax Notation 158 ASP -> AppleTalk Session Protocol (Apple-Begriff) 159 ASP -> Active Server Pages 160 ASP -> Advanced Simple Profile 161 ASP -> Application Service Provider 162 ASP -> Association of Shareware Professionals 163 ASX -> Australian Stock Exchange 164 AT -> Advanced Technology 165 AT -> Arbeitstag 166 ATA -> Advanced Technology Attachment 167 ATAPI -> Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface 168 ATCA -> Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture 169 ATCP -> Apple Talk Control Protocol 170 ATE -> Automatic Test Equipment 171 ATL -> Active Template Library 172 ATM -> Asynchronous Transfer Mode 173 ATP -> AppleTalk Transaction Protocol (Apple-Begriff) 174 ATRAC -> Adaptive Transform Acoustic Codec 175 ATTAC -> Association pour la Taxation de Transactions financières à l'aide de citoyennes et citoyens 176 ATV -> Automated Transfer Vehicle 177 AUC -> Authentication Center 178 AUI -> Attachment Unit Interface 179 AUP -> Acceptable Use Policy 180 AVC -> Advanced Video Coding 181 AVI -> Audio Video Interleaved 182 AVRCP -> Audio Video Remote Control Profile 183 AVT -> Aufbau- und Verbindungstechnik 184 AWACS -> Airborne Warning and Controlling System 185 AWE -> Address Windowing Extension 186 AWG -> American Wire Gauge 187 AWV -> Außenwirtschaftsverordnung

B

188 B2B -> Business To Business 189 B2C -> Business To Consumer 190 BAFA -> Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle 191 BaFin -> Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht 192 BAG -> Bundesarbeitsgericht 193 BAG -> Bundesamt für Güterverkehr 194 BAKOM -> Schweizer Bundesamt für Kommunikation 195 BAPCo -> Business Applications Performance Corporation 196 BAPT -> Bundesamt für Post und Telekommunikation 197 BASIC -> beginners all-purpose symbolic instruction code 198 BAT -> Baby-AT 199 BAW -> Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau 200 BAWe -> Bundesaufsichtsamt für den Wertpapierhandel 201 BBAN -> Basic Bank Account Number 202 BBS -> bulletin board system 203 BBUL -> Bumpless Build-Up Layer 204 BCC -> Business Critical Computing 205 BCD -> Binary Coded Decimal 206 BCIX -> Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange Point 207 BCP -> Bridging Control Protocol 208 BD -> Blue-ray Disc 209 BDA -> Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Arbbeitgeberverbände 210 BDB -> Bundesverband Deutscher Banken 211 BDI -> Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie 212 BDP -> Bund deutscher Psychologen e.V. 213 BDSG -> Bundedatenschutzgesetz 214 BDVM -> Bundesverband Deutscher Versicherungsmakler 215 BECTU -> Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) 216 BER -> Basic Encoding Rules (ASN.1-Begriff) 217 BER -> Bit Error Rate 218 BFA -> Bundesfinanzhof 219 BFOC -> Bajonet Fiber Optic Connector 220 BfS -> Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz 221 BFT -> Bigfile Tablespace 222 BGA -> Ball Grid Array 223 BGB -> Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch 224 BGH -> Bundesgerichtshof 225 BGL -> Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr und Logistik 226 BGL -> Bundesverband der Photo- Großlaboratorien e.V. 227 BGP -> Border Gateway Protocol (DARPA-Begriff) 228 BHO -> Browser Helper Objects 229 BIC -> Bank Identifier Code 230 BIOS -> Basic Input/Output System 231 BIP -> Bruttoinlandsprodukt 232 BITKOM -> Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und Neue Medien 233 BITS -> Bump in the stack 234 BITW -> Bump in the wire 235 BJT -> bipolar junction transistor 236 BLAS -> Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms 237 BLER -> Block Error Rate 238 BLITTER -> Bit Block Transfer 239 BMBF -> Bunderforschungsministerium 240 BMJ -> Bundesjustizministerium 241 BMPT -> Dt. Postministerium 242 BMWi -> Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie 243 BNC -> Bayonet Nut Connector 244 BNF -> Backus-Naur Form 245 BOAI -> Budapest Open Access Initiative 246 BoE -> Bank of England 247 BOF -> beginning of file 248 BOINC -> Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) 249 BOO -> Build-Operate-Own 250 BOOTP -> Bootstrap Protocol (Internet-Begriff) 251 BORE -> Broken Once Running Everywhere 252 BOT -> Build-Operate-Transfer 253 BOT -> beginning of tape 254 BOT -> Build-Operate-Transfer 255 BPDG -> Broadcast Protection Discussion Group 256 BPDU -> Bridge Protocol Data Unit (Spanning Tree Begriff) 257 bpi -> bits per inch 258 BPJS -> Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften 259 BPjS -> Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften 260 BPM -> Business Process Management 261 bps -> bits per second 262 Bps -> bytes per second 263 BPSK -> Binary Phase Shift Keying 264 BRAGO -> Bundesrechtsanwaltsgebührenordnung 265 BREKO -> Bundesverband der regionalen und lokalen Telekommunikations-gesellschaften 266 BRI -> Basic Rate Interface (ISDN...) 267 BSA -> Business Software Alliance 268 BSC -> Base Station Controller 269 BSCH -> Banco Santander Central Hispano 270 BSD -> Berkeley Software Distribution 271 BSE -> Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie 272 BSH -> Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie 273 BSI -> Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik 274 BSP -> Bruttosozialprodukt 275 BTAC -> Branch Target Address Cache 276 BTL -> Bus Transceiver Logic 277 Btu -> British thermal unit 278 BTX -> Bildschirmtext 279 BUB -> Bundesausschuss Ärzte und Krankenkassen 280 BUND -> Bund für Umwelt- und Naturschutz 281 BVA -> Bundesversicherungsamt 282 BVB -> Besondere Vertragsbedingungen 283 BVCP -> Banyan VINES Control Protocol 284 BVI -> Bundesverband Deutscher Investment-Gesellschaften 285 BWA -> Broadband Wireless Access 286 BZT -> Bundesamt für Zulassung in der Telekommunikation (ehemals ZZF)

C

287 C2C -> Consumer To Consumer 288 CA -> Computer Associates 289 CA -> Certification Authority 290 CA -> Certificate Authority 291 CABNET -> Canadian Automated Building Protocol 292 CAC -> Channel Access Code 293 CAC -> Cotation Assistée en Continu 294 CAD -> Computer Aided Design 295 CAE -> computer-aided engineering 296 CAGR -> Compound Annual Growth Rate 297 CAI -> Computer Aided Instruction 298 CAI -> computer-assisted instruction 299 CAI -> Common alarm indicator 300 CAL -> Client Access License 301 CALS -> Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistic Support 302 CAM -> Computer Aided Manufacturing 303 CAM -> Customer Account Manager 304 CAMAC -> Computer Aided Measurement And Control 305 CAN -> Controller Area Network 306 CAP -> Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation 307 CAP -> Computer Aided Planning 308 CAP -> Common Alerting Protocol 309 CAPI -> Crypto API 310 CAPM -> Capital Asset Pricing Model 311 CAS -> Firmenstandard von Intel/DCA zur Steuerung von FAX-Modems 312 CASE -> Common Application Service Element 313 CASE -> Computer Aided Software Engineering 314 CASE -> computer-aided software engineering 315 CASPIAN -> Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion And Numbering 316 CAT -> Customer Acceptance Test 317 CATV -> Community Antenna Television 318 CAV -> Constant angular Velocity (Bildplattenbegriff) 319 CBA -> Component Based Automation 320 CBC -> Cipher Block Chaining 321 CBDTPA -> Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act 322 CBGA -> Central Bank Agreement on Gold 323 CBIRS -> Content Based Image Retrieval System 324 CBOT -> Chicago Board of Trade 325 CBRC -> Computational Biology Research Center 326 CBT -> Computer Based Training 327 CCB -> China ConstructionBank 328 CCC -> Chaos Computer Club 329 CCC -> China Compulsory Certificate 330 CCC -> China Compulsory Product Certification 331 CCD -> Charge Coupled Device 332 CCIA -> Computer and Communications Industry Association 333 CCIR -> Comite Consultatif International des Radioncommunications 334 CCITT -> Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique (Nachfolger = ITU) 335 CCL -> US-Commerce Control List 336 CCNA -> Cisco Certified Network Associate 337 ccNUMA -> cache-coherent Non Uniform Memory Access 338 CCPIT -> Chinese Council for the Promotion of Trade 339 CCS -> Common Command Set 340 CCT -> CNMA Conformance Testing 341 CCTA -> Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency 342 CD -> Compact Disc 343 CDBS -> Connectionless Broadband Data Services 344 CDDI -> Copper Distributed Data Interface 345 CDDL -> Common Development and Distribution License 346 CDE -> Common Desktop Environment 347 CD-I -> Compact Disk Interactive (Philips, Sony, Matsushita) 348 CDL -> California Drivers License 349 CDMA -> Code Division Multiple Access 350 CD-R -> CD Recordable 351 CD-RW -> CD ReWritable 352 CDS -> Cactus Data Shield 353 CEA -> Commissariat a l energie atomique 354 CEBUS -> Consumer Electronic Bus 355 CEC -> Consumer Electronics Control 356 CEN -> Comite Europeenne de la Normalisation 357 CENELEC -> European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization 358 CEO -> Chief Executive Officer 359 CEPT -> Conference Europeenne des Administrations des Postes et des Telecommunications 360 CERN -> Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire 361 CERT -> Computer Emergency Response Team 362 CES -> Comite Electrotechnique Suisse 363 CES -> Consumer Electronic Show 364 CES -> Consumer Electronics Show 365 CEST -> Central European Summer Time 366 CET -> Central European Time 367 CF -> Compact Flash 368 CF -> Cold Fusion 369 CFA -> CompactFlash Association 370 CFA -> Chartered Financial Analyst 371 CFB -> Cipher Feedback 372 CFI -> Call For Interest 373 CFI -> Canonical Format Indicator 374 CFP -> Certified Financial Planner 375 CFR -> Incoterm Cost and Freight 376 CFSSI -> Centre de Formation à la Sécurité de Systèmes d'Information 377 CFTC -> Commodity Futures Trading Comission 378 CGA -> color graphics adapter 379 CGI -> Computer Generated Imagery 380 CGS -> Continuous Grain Silicon 381 CHAIN -> CECED Home Appliances Interoperating Network 382 CHAP -> Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol 383 CHF -> Schweizer Franken 384 CHILL -> CCITT High Level Programming Language 385 CIBUS -> Computer-room Interconnect (DEC-Begriff, 70Mbps) 386 CIDR -> Classless Inter-Domain Routing 387 CIF -> Incoterm Cost, Insurance and Freight 388 CIFS -> Common Internet File System 389 CIM -> Common Information Model 390 CINECA -> Consorzio Interuniversitario 391 CIP -> Incoterm Carriage and Insurance Paid To 392 CIS -> COM Internet Services 393 CIS -> Coporation of Independent States (GUS) 394 CIX -> Commercial Internet Exchange (Internet...) 395 CIX -> Commercial Internet Exchange Point 396 CL -> CAS Latency 397 CLI -> Command Line Interface 398 CLI -> Common Language Interface 399 CLI -> Common Language Interface 400 CLIP -> Connectionless Internet Protocol 401 CLIR -> Classless Internet Routing 402 CLNP -> Connectionless Network Protocol (ISO-Begriff) 403 CLNS -> Connectionless-mode Network Service 404 CLP) -> Constraint Logic Programming 405 CLR -> Common Language Runtime 406 CLS -> Common Language Subset 407 CLUT -> color look-up table 408 CME -> Chicago Mercantile Exchange 409 CMIP -> Common Management Information Protocol 410 CMIS -> Common Management Information Service 411 CMISE -> Common Management Information Service Element 412 CMM -> Capability Maturity Model 413 CMO -> complementary metal-oxide semiconductor 414 CMOL -> CMIP Over Logical Link Control (von IBM3 und COM) 415 CMOS -> complementary metal-oxide semiconductor 416 CMOT -> CMIP Over TCP/IP 417 CMS -> Content Management System 418 CMS -> Code-Morphing-Software 419 CMTL -> Computer Memory Test Labs 420 CMYK -> Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key 421 CMYK -> Cyan, Magenta,Yellow, Black 422 CMYK -> Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black 423 CNA -> Certified Novell Administrator 424 CNA -> Canadian Nuclear Association 425 CNE -> Certified Novell Engineer 426 CNMA -> Communications Network for Manufacturing Applications 427 CNRS -> Zentrale franz. Wissenschaftorganisation 428 COAST -> Cache On A Stick 429 COB -> Chip On Board 430 COBOL -> common business-oriented language 431 COCOM -> Coordinating Committee on Export Controls 432 CoD -> Cinema on Demand 433 COE -> Common Operating Environment 434 COFDM -> Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing 435 COM -> Common Object Model 436 COMEX -> Commodity Exchange 437 CONS -> Connection Oriented Network Protocol (ISO-Begriff) 438 COO -> Chief Operating Officer 439 CORBA -> Common Object Request Broker Architecture 440 COS -> Corporation for Open Systems 441 COS -> Class Of Service 442 COSE -> Common Open Software Environment 443 COSY -> Cell Orientated System (ATM-Begriff) 444 COTS -> Commercial Off-the-Shelf 445 CPA -> Collaboration Protocol Agreement 446 CPAN -> Comprehensive Perl Archive Network 447 CPC -> Cost Per Click 448 cPCI -> Compact PCI 449 CPG -> Consumer Packaged Goods 450 cpi -> characters per inch 451 CPL -> Cost Per Lead 452 CPM -> Critical Path Method 453 CPM -> Control Program for Microcomputers 454 CPP -> Collaboration Protocol Profile 455 CPP -> Corporate Preview Programs 456 CPPM -> Copy Protection for Prerecorded Media 457 CPRM -> Copy Protection for Recordable Media 458 cps -> characters per second 459 CPS -> Cost per Sale 460 CPT -> Incoterm Carriage Paid To 461 CPTWG -> Copy Protection Technical Working Group 462 CPU -> Central processing unit 463 CPXe -> Common Picture eXchange Environment 464 CR -> Conversion Rate 465 CRC -> Cyclic Redundancy Check 466 CRIA -> Canadian Recording Industry Association 467 CRL -> Certificate Revocation List 468 CRM -> Customer Relationship Management 469 CRM -> Customer Relations Management 470 CRT -> cathode ray tube 471 CRW -> Canon Raw Format 472 CSA -> Canadian Standards Association 473 CSA -> Communication Streaming Architecture 474 CSA -> Communications Streaming Architecture 475 CSC -> Finnish Information Technology Centre for Science 476 CSEL -> Cable Select 477 CSFB -> Credit Suisse First Boston 478 CSMA/CD -> Carrier sense multiple access/collision detection;Ethernet 479 CSP -> Chip-Size Package 480 CSRC -> China Securities Regulatory Comission 481 CSS -> Cascading Style Sheets 482 CSV -> Comma Separated Value (Datenbankformat) 483 CT -> Cordless Telephone 484 CT -> Computertomographie 485 CTA -> Commodity Trader Adviser 486 CTAN -> Comprehensive TeX Archive Network 487 CTERM -> Network Command Terminal (DEC-Begriff) 488 CTI -> Coaxial Transmitter Interface 489 CTI -> Computer Telephony Integration 490 CTO -> Chief Technological Officer 491 CTR -> Common Technical Regulations (ETSI-Begriff) 492 CTR -> Click Through Rate 493 CTS -> Common Type System 494 CTS -> Clear To Send 495 CUP -> Competitive Upgrade 496 CUPS -> Common Unix Printing System 497 CVD -> Chemical Vapour Deposition 498 CVS -> Concurrent Versions System 499 CWA -> Communication Workers of America

D

500 D/A -> digital-to-analog 501 DA -> Data Area 502 DAB -> Digital Audio Broadcasting (digitales Radio) 503 DAC -> Dual Attachment Concentrator 504 DAC -> digital-to-analog converter 505 DAD -> Draft Addendum to an International Standard 506 DAE -> Digital Audio Extraction 507 DAF -> Incoterm Delivered At Frontier 508 DANN -> Digital Network Architecture (DEC-Begriff) 509 DAO -> Disc At Once 510 DAP -> Data Access Protocol (DEC-Begriff) 511 DAP -> Directory Access Protocol 512 DAS -> Direct Attached Storage 513 DAS -> Dual Attachment Station 514 DAS -> Direct Attached Storage 515 DASD -> Direct-Access Storage Device 516 DASL -> DAV Searching and Locating 517 DAT -> Digital Audio Tape 518 DATEX -> Data Exchange 519 DAV -> Digital Authoring and Versioning 520 DAV -> Deutsche Aktuarvereinigung 521 DAV -> Distributed Authoring and Versioning 522 DAX -> Deutscher Aktien Index 523 dB -> DeziBel 524 DB -> Database 525 dB -> decibel 526 DBMS -> Database Management System 527 DBS -> Demand-Based Switiching 528 DC -> Direct current 529 DC -> Domänencontroller 530 DCA -> Doc Content Architecture (IBM-Begriff) 531 DCC -> Direct Client to Client protocol 532 DCD -> Data Carrier Detect 533 DCE -> Data Circuit terminating Equipment 534 DCE -> Data Communication Equipment 535 DCF -> Discounted Cash Flow 536 DCF -> Design rule of Camera File system 537 DCF 77 -> Real-time clock of the "Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt", Germany 538 DCG -> Definite Clause Grammars 539 DCI -> Display Control Interface 540 DCOM -> Distrubuted Common Object Model 541 DCP -> Distributed Computing Platform 542 DCS -> Digital Cellular System (Mobilfunk-Begriff) 543 DCS -> Digital Control System (Leittechnik-, Automatisierungssystem) 544 DCS -> Document Structuring Conventions (Postscript Begriff) 545 DCS -> Digital Control System 546 DCS -> Digital Cellular System 547 DCS -> Dynamic Channel Selection 548 DCS -> Dynamic Channel Selection 549 DCSSI -> Direction Centrale de la Sécurité des Systemès d'Information 550 DCT -> Discrete Cosine Transformation 551 DDB -> Die Deutsche Bibliothek 552 DDC -> Display Data Channel 553 DDCMP -> Digital Data Communications Message Protocol (DEC, traditional point-to-point protocol, HDLC-Nachfolger))) 554 DDE -> Dynamic Data Exchange 555 DDF -> Data Decryption Fiele 556 DDK -> Device Driver Kit 557 DDL -> Device Description Language (ISP-Begriff) 558 DDL -> Data Definition Language 559 DDM -> Distributed Data Management (IBM-Begriff) 560 DDNS -> Dynamic DNS 561 DDOS -> Distributed Denial Of Service 562 DDP -> Datagram Delivery Protocol (Apple-Begriff) 563 DDP -> Duty Delivery Paid 564 DDP -> Incoterm Delivered Duty Paid 565 DDR -> Double Data Rate 566 DDS -> Digital Data Storage 567 DDU -> Incoterm Delivered Duty Unpaid 568 DDV -> Datendirektverbindung 569 DECIX -> Frankfurt Commercial Internet Exchange Point 570 DE-CIX -> Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange 571 DECT -> Digital European Cordless Telephone 572 DECT -> Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications 573 DEE -> Datenendeinrichtung 574 DEISA -> Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications 575 DENIC -> Deutsches Network Information Center 576 DEP -> Data Execution Prevention 577 DEQ -> Incoterm Delivered Ex Quay 578 DER -> Distinguished Encoding Rules 579 DES -> Data Encryption Standard 580 DES -> Incoterm Delivered Ex Ship 581 DESC -> Deutscher Email Schachclub 582 DESX -> Data Encryption Standard Extended 583 DFB -> Deutscher Fußballbund 584 DFN -> Deutsches Forschungsnetz 585 DFS -> Dynamic Frequency Selection 586 DFS -> Deutsche Flugsicherung 587 DFS -> Distributed File System 588 DFÜ -> Datenfernübertragung 589 DGAP -> Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ad Hoc Publizität 590 DGB -> Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund 591 DGPS -> Differential GPS 592 DGSE -> Direction générale de la sûreté extérieure (franz. Geheimdienst) 593 DHCP -> Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 594 DHS -> Department of Homeland Security 595 DHTML -> Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language 596 DIA -> Document Interchange Achtitecture (IBM-Begriff) 597 DIA -> Defence Intelligence Agency 598 DIB -> Device Independent Bitmap 599 DIE -> Integrated Disk Electronic (AT-Bus Interface, Compaq Ansto 1984) 600 DIE -> Integrated Device Electronics 601 DIF -> data interchange format 602 DIG -> Digital Immediate Gratification 603 DIHK -> Deutsche Industrie und Handelskammertag 604 DIL -> Dual In Line 605 DIME -> Direct Memory Execute 606 DIMM -> Double Inline Memory Module 607 DIMM -> Dual In-line Memory Module 608 DIN -> Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V. 609 DINI -> Deutsche Initiative für Netzwerkinformation 610 DIP -> Dual In Line Packet 611 DIP -> Dual In-line Package 612 DIS -> Draft International Standard 613 DIS -> Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e. V. 614 DISA -> Defense Information Systems Agency 615 DIT -> Department of Transport 616 DIVE -> Direct Interface Video Extensions (OS/2-Begriff) 617 DIX -> DEC, Intel, Xerox 618 DJGI -> Dow Jones Global Index 619 DJSGI -> Dow Jones Sustainability Group Index 620 DJSI -> Dow Jones Sustainability Index 621 DJV -> Deutschen Journalisten-Verband 622 DKD -> Deutscher Kalibrierdienst (bei der PTB) 623 DKE -> Deutsche Elektrotechnische Kommission im DIN und VDE 624 DLE -> Data Link Escape (ASCII-Steuerzeichen) 625 DLL -> Dela Locked Loop 626 DLP -> Data Line Powered 627 DLP -> Dynamic Location Portals 628 DLR -> Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt 629 DLT -> Digital Linear Tape 630 DMA -> Direct Memory Access 631 DMB -> Digital Media Broadcast 632 DMCA -> Digital Millenium Copyright Act 633 DMD -> Digital Micromirror Device 634 DME -> Distributed Management Environment 635 DMI -> Definition of Management Information (ISO/OSI CMIP-Begriff) 636 DMI -> Desktop Management Interface 637 DMI -> Direct Media Interface 638 DMM -> digital multimeter 639 DMMV -> Deutscher Multimedia Verband 640 DMS -> Document Management System 641 DMT -> Discrete Multi Tone 642 DMTF -> Distributed Management Task Force 643 DMZ -> Discrete Multitone Modulation 644 DMZ -> Demilitarized Zone 645 DNAE -> Datennetzabschlusseinrichtung (DATEX-P...) 646 DNB -> Dedicated Network Bus 647 DNIC -> Data Network Identifikation Number 648 DNS -> Distributed Name Service (DEC-Begriff) 649 DNS -> Domain Name Server 650 DNS -> Domain Name Service 651 DNS -> Domain Name System 652 DOAG -> Deutsche Oracle Anwendergruppe 653 DOC -> Denominazione di Origine Controllata 654 DOC -> Department of Commerce 655 DOCG -> Denominazione e Garantita 656 DOD -> Department of Defence 657 DOE -> Department Of Energy 658 DOI -> Digital Object Identifier 659 DOS -> Disk Operating System 660 DoS -> Denial of Service 661 DOS -> Disk Operating System 662 DOT -> Department Of Transportation 663 DP -> Draft Proposal 664 DPA -> Document Printing Application 665 DPG -> Deutsche Postgewerkchaft 666 DPI -> Dots Per Inch 667 dpi -> dots per inch 668 DPM -> Defects Per Million 669 DPM -> Delta Position Management 670 DPMA -> Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt 671 DPMI -> DOS Protected Mode Interface (von Lotus, Intel, Microsoft) 672 DPO -> Dot Product Operation 673 DPOF -> Digital Print Order Form 674 DPS -> Data Processing System 675 DQS -> Data Strobe Signal 676 DRAM -> dynamic random access memory 677 DRBD -> Distributed Replicated Block Device 678 DRF -> Data Recovery Agent 679 DRG -> Diagnosis Related Group 680 DRI -> Direct Rendering Intrastructure 681 DRM -> Digital Rights Management 682 DRM -> Digital Radio Mondiale 683 DRP -> DECnet Routing Protocol (DEC-Begriff) 684 DRSC -> Deutsches Rechnungslegungs Standards Committee 685 DSC -> Duplex SC (LWL-Stecker) 686 DSC -> Standard Cipher 687 DSD -> Duales System Deutschland 688 DSL -> Digital Subscriber Line 689 DSLAM -> DSL Access Multiplexer 690 DSLAM -> Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer 691 DSLV -> Deutscher Speditions- und Logistikverband 692 DSN -> Delivery Status Notification 693 DSN -> Data Source Name 694 DSOM -> Distributed System Object Model (IBM-Begriff) 695 DSP -> Digital Signal Processor 696 DSP -> Digital Signal Processing 697 DSP -> digital signal processor 698 DSP -> Direct Socket Protocol 699 DSR -> data set ready 700 DSS -> Double Smoothed Statistics 701 DSS1 -> Digital Subscriber System No.1 (ISDN-Begriff) 702 DSSS -> Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (Funk-Modulationsverfahren) 703 DSSSL -> Document Style Semantics and Specification Language 704 DST -> Dayligth Saving Time 705 DSTM -> Dual Stack Transition Mechanism 706 DSTN -> Dual Scan Twisted Nematic 707 DSW -> Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz 708 DT -> Dampfturbine 709 DTD -> Document Type Definition 710 DTE -> Data Terminal Equipment (Datenendgeraet) 711 DTF -> Digital Tape Format 712 DTMF -> Dualtone Multi-Frequency 713 DTML -> Document Template Markup Language 714 DTR -> data terminal ready 715 DUNDI -> Distributed Universal Number Discovery 716 DUNS -> Data Universal Numbering System 717 DUNS -> Dun & Bradstreet 718 DVB -> Digital Video Broadcasting 719 DVD -> Digital Versatile Disc 720 DVD-R -> DVD-Recordable 721 DVD-RAM -> DVD-Random Access Memory 722 DVFA -> Deutsche Vereinigung für Finanzanalyse und Anlageberatung 723 DVFA -> Deutsche Vereiningung für Finanzanalyse und Asset Management 724 DVFA/SG -> Deutsche Vereinigung für Finanzanalyse und Anlageberatung/Schmalenbachgesellschaft 725 D-VHS -> Data VHS 726 DVI -> Digital Video Interactive (Intel) 727 DVI -> Digital Visual Interface 728 DVID -> Dynamic Voltage Identification 729 DVM -> digital voltmeter 730 DVMT -> Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology 731 DVPT -> Deutscher Verband für Post und Telekommunikation 732 DWD -> Deutsche Wetterdienst 733 DWS -> Digital World Services 734 DWT -> Discrete Wavelet Transformation

E

735 E3 -> Electronic Entertainment Exposition 736 E4M -> Encryption for the Masses 737 EAC -> Enhanced Audio Coding 738 EADS -> European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company 739 EAG -> Energie AG Oberösterreich 740 EAI -> Enterprise Application Integration 741 EAN -> European Article Number 742 EANTC -> European Advanced Networking Test Center 743 EAR -> Elektro Altgeräte Register 744 EAROM -> electrically alterable read-only memory 745 EAS -> Enterprise Agreement Subscription 746 EAS -> Electronic Article Surveillance 747 EAZ -> Endgeaeteauswahlziffer (ISDN-Begriff) 748 EBCDIC -> Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code 749 EBCOT -> Embedded Block Coding with Optimize hhhhhhjjd Truncation 750 EBIT -> Earnings before Interest and taxes 751 EBITA -> Earnings before Interests, taxes and amortization 752 EBITDA -> Ergebnis vor Zinsen, Steuern und Abschreibungen 753 EBS -> Ebone Boundary System (Internet...) 754 EBU -> Europeam Broadcasting Union 755 EBV -> Elektronische Bildverarbeitung 756 EC -> EuroCity 757 ECB -> Electronic Code Book 758 ECBS -> European Comitee for Banking Standards 759 ECC -> Error Correcting Code 760 ECCN -> Export Control Classification Number (US-Ausfuhrliste) 761 ECI -> European Color Initiative 762 ECL -> Emitter Coupled Logic 763 ECMA -> European Computer Manufacturers Association 764 ECMWF -> European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 765 ECN -> Engineering Change Notice 766 ECN -> Engineering Change Notification 767 ECP -> Enhanced Capability Port (Microsofts Parallel Port-Konzept) 768 ECR -> Efficient Consumer Response 769 ECT -> Embedded Computer Technology 770 ECTIC -> European Committee for Information Technology Testing and Certifucation 771 ECU -> European Currency Unit 772 EDA -> Electronic Design Automation 773 EDDL -> Electronic Device Description Language 774 EdF -> Electricité de France 775 EDFA -> Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier 776 EDGE -> Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution 777 EDI -> Electronic Design Integration 778 EDI -> Electronic Data Interchange 779 EDID -> Extended Display Identificarion Data 780 EDIFACT -> Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport 781 EDO -> Extended Data Output 782 EDP -> electronic data processing 783 EDRI -> European Digital Rights Initiative 784 E-DSS1 -> ISDN-Protokoll (neu) 785 EEG -> Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz 786 EEMA -> European Electronic Messaging Association 787 EEMS -> Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification 788 EEOC -> Equal Employment Opportunity Commissio 789 EEP -> Equal Error Protection 790 EEPROM -> electrically erasable programmable read-only memory 791 EEROM -> electrically erasable read-only memory 792 EEX -> European Energy Exchange (Frankfurt) 793 EFH -> Einfamilienhaus 794 EFM -> Ethernet in the First Mile 795 EFQM -> European Foundation for Quality Management 796 EFS -> Encypted File System 797 EFTA -> European Free Trade Association 798 EGA -> enhanced graphics adapter 799 EGEDA -> Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales 800 EGP -> Exterior Gateway Prptocol (DARPA-Begriff) 801 EHSA -> Europeam Home System Association 802 EIA -> Electronics Industry Association 803 EIDE -> Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics 804 EIRP -> Effective Isotopic Radiated Power 805 EISA -> Extended Industry Standard Architecture 806 EITO -> European Information Technology Observatory 807 EKVO -> Eigenkontrollverordnung 808 ELA -> Easy Language 809 ELAP -> EtherTalk Link Access Protocol (Apple-Begriff) 810 ELC -> Embedded Linux Consortium 811 ELF -> Executable and Linking Format 812 EMA -> Exponential Moving Average 813 EMEA -> Europe, Middle East, Africa 814 EMI -> Electric and Musical Industries 815 EMI -> Electromagnetic Interference 816 EMI -> Elektromagnetische Interferenz 817 EML -> European Media Laboratory 818 EMPB -> European Multiprotocol Backbone (Internet...) 819 EMS -> Expanded Memory Specification 820 EMS -> Electronics Manufaturing Services 821 EMS -> Enhanced Messaging Service 822 EMTA -> Emerging Markets Traders Association 823 EMV -> Elektromagnetische Verträglichkeit 824 EMVCo -> Euro-Card, MasterCard, Visa-Knsortium 825 EN -> Europa-Norm 826 ENA -> Ecole Nationale d'Administration 827 ENE -> Enterprise Network Event (Messe '88) 828 EOC -> Embedded Operation Channel 829 EOF -> end of file 830 EOIA -> Euro Overnight Index Average 831 EOT -> end of tape 832 EOT -> end of transmission 833 EPA -> Europäisches Patentamt 834 EPAL -> European Pallet Association 835 EPC -> Electronic Product Code 836 EPCC -> Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre 837 EPD -> EPD 838 EPIC -> Explicitly Parallel Instruction Set Computing 839 EPIC -> Electronic Privacy Information Center 840 EPO -> Verfahren beim Europäischen Patentamt 841 EPON -> Ethernet Passive Optical Network 842 EPP -> Enhanced Parallel Port (Intel, Zenith, Xircom-Parallel Port Konzept) 843 EPP -> Expanded Polypropylen 844 EPPSA -> European Power Plant Suppliers' Association 845 EPR -> European Pressurized Water Reactor 846 EPROM -> erasable programmable read-only memory 847 EPS -> Encapsulated Post Script (Aldus/Microsoft, Dateityp) 848 EPS -> Earnings Per Share 849 EPS -> Encapsulated PostScript 850 EPS -> Expanded Polystyrol 851 EPSF -> Encapsulated PostScript Format 852 EPÜ -> Europäisches Patentübereinkommen 853 ERA -> Entgelt-Rahmentarifvertrag 854 ERC -> European Radiocommunications Committee 855 ERF -> European Union Road Federation 856 ERP -> Enterprie Resource Planning 857 ERP -> Effective Radiated Power 858 ERT -> European Round Table 859 ES -> End System 860 ESCON -> Enterprise System Connection 861 ESD -> Electrostatic Sensitive Devices 862 ESDI -> Enhanced Small Devices Interface 863 ES-IS -> End System Intermediate System Protocol (ISO-Begriff) 864 ESMTP -> Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol 865 ESO -> Employee Stock Options 866 ESP -> Encapsulated Security Payload 867 ESP -> Encapsulating Security Payload 868 ESP -> Electronic Stability Program 869 ESPRIT -> European Strategic Programme of Research and Development in Information Technology 870 ESS -> Embedded Security System 871 EStG -> Einkommensteuergesetz 872 ESUG -> European Smalltalk Users Group 873 ETC -> Election Technology Council 874 ETH -> Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 875 ETSI -> European Telecommunications Standards Institute 876 ETT -> Experienced Travel Time 877 ETX -> End of Text (ASCII-Steuerzeichen) 878 EU -> Europäische Union 879 EuGH -> Europäischer Gerichtshof 880 EUMETSAT -> European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites 881 EURELECTRIC -> Union of the Electricity Industry 882 EUREX -> schweizerisch-deutsche Terminbörse 883 EUWAX -> European Warrant Exchange 884 EVA -> Earned Value Analyse 885 EVD -> Enhanced Versatile Disc 886 EVP -> Enhanced Virus Protection 887 EVU -> Elektrizitätsversorgungsunternehmen 888 EWR -> Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum 889 EWS -> Employee Written Software (IBM-Begriff) 890 EXAA -> Energy Exchange Austria 891 EXIF -> Exchangeable Image File Format 892 EXW -> Incoterm Ex Works 893 F -> Fahrenheit 894 F -> Farad

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895 FAA -> Federal Aviation Administration 896 FAAR -> russische Flugbehörde 897 FAC -> Fast Access Channel 898 FAIS -> Factory Automation Interconnection System 899 FAQ -> frequently asked question 900 FAS -> Incoterm Free Alongside Ship 901 FAT -> file allocation table 902 FAT -> Factory Acceptance Test 903 fax -> facsimile 904 FAZ -> Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 905 FB-DIMM -> Fully Buffered DIMM 906 FC -> Fibre Channel 907 FC -> Flip-Chip 908 FC -> Fibre Channel 909 FCA -> Incoterm Free Carrier 910 FC-AL -> Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop 911 FCC -> Federal Communications Commission (US-Post) 912 FCC -> Federal Court of Canada 913 FCIA -> Fibre Channel Industry Association 914 FCIP -> Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol 915 FCP -> Fibre Channel Protocol 916 FCPGA -> Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array 917 FC-SW -> Fibre Channel Switched Fabric 918 FDA -> Food and Drug Administration 919 FDAX -> DAX Future 920 FDD -> Frequency Division Duplex 921 FDL -> Fieldbus Data Link (DIN 19245, Teil 1) 922 FDM -> Frequency Division Multiplex 923 FDMA -> Frequency Division Multiple Access 924 FEA -> Fast Ethernet Alliance 925 FEC -> Forward Error Correction 926 FEI -> Financial Executives International 927 FEK -> File Encryption Key 928 FEM -> Finite Element Method 929 FET -> Feldeffekt Transistor 930 FET -> Field-Effect Transistor 931 FFOL -> FDDI Follow On LAN 932 FFT -> Fast Fourier Transformation 933 FG -> Finanzgericht 934 F-Geraet -> Fernsprecher 935 FHSS -> Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (Funk-Modulationsverfahren) 936 FIA -> Futures Industry Association 937 FICON -> Fibre Connection 938 FIDIC -> Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseils 939 FIFF -> Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung 940 FIFO -> first-in, first-out 941 FILO -> first-in, last-out 942 FIP -> Factory Instrumentation Protocol 943 FIPS -> U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard 944 FIS -> Frame Information Structure 945 FISH -> Flash Internal Semiconductor Hard-drives 946 FIX -> Federal Internet Exchange (Internet...) 947 FL -> Frame Link (DATEX-P...) 948 FLOP -> floating-point operation 949 FLOPS -> floating-point operations per second 950 FM -> frequency modulation 951 FMAO -> Freezing My Ass Off 952 FMB -> Flexible Motherboard Design 953 FMS -> Fieldbus Message Specification (DIN 19245, Teil 2) 954 FMT -> Feature Management Tool 955 FO -> Fiber optic 956 FOB -> Incoterm Free On Board 957 FOIRL -> Fiber Optic Inter Repeater iLnk 958 FORTRAN -> formula translation 959 FPA -> floating-point accelerator 960 FPLA -> field-programmable logic array 961 FPM -> Fast Page Mode 962 FPP -> Full Packaged Product 963 FPU -> Floating Point Unit 964 FR -> Frankfurter Rundschau 965 FRCA -> Fast Response Cache Accelerator 966 FRM -> Ferroelectric RAM 967 FRU -> field-replaceable unit. 968 FSAA -> Full Scene Antialiasing 969 FSB -> Front Side Bus 970 FSD -> Fixed Shroud Duplex (FDDI-MIC-Stecker von AMP) 971 FSF -> Free Software Foundation 972 FSFE -> Free Software Foundation Europe 973 FSK -> Frequency Shift Keying 974 FSK -> Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle 975 FSMA -> Fiber Subminiatur Adapter 976 FTAM -> File Transfer, Access and Management 977 FTC -> Federal Trade Commission 978 FTC -> Fair Trade Commission (Japan) 979 FTD -> Financial Times Deutschland 980 FTP -> File Transfer Protocol 981 FTS -> File Transfer Service 982 FTTC -> Fiber To The Curb 983 FUA -> Fehlerursachenanalyse 984 FUD -> Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt 985 FuE -> Forschung und Entwicklung 986 FUTEX -> Fast Userspace Mutex 987 FWB -> Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse 988 FXO -> Foreign Exchange Office 989 FXP -> File Exchange Protocol 990 FXS -> Foreign Exchange Station 991 FYI -> For Your InformationDokumenten-Typ von RFC 992 G -> giga (prefix)

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993 GAA -> General Application Area 994 GAAP -> Generally Accepted Accounting Principles 995 GAIC -> General Administration for Industry and Commerce 996 GAL -> Global Adress List 997 GAP -> Generic Access Profile 998 GATT -> General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 999 GaV -> Gutschriftanzeigeverfahren 1000 GBE -> Gigabit Ethernet 1001 GBIC -> Gigabit Interface Connector 1002 GbR -> Gesellschaft des bürgerlichen Rechts 1003 GC -> Global Catalog 1004 GCC -> GNU Compiler Collection 1005 GCC -> Global Climate Coalition 1006 GCSS -> General Conditions for Supplies and Services 1007 GDI -> Graphical Device Interface 1008 GDMO -> Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects (ISO) 1009 GDV -> Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft 1010 GE -> Gigabit Ethernet 1011 GEGL -> Generic Graphical Library 1012 GEMA -> Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanisches Vervielfältigungsrecht 1013 GemO -> Gemeindeordnung 1014 GEP -> Generalentwässerungsplan 1015 GFC -> Gigabit Fibre Channel 1016 GFMS -> Global Fields Mineral Service 1017 GFS -> Global File System 1018 GGP -> Gateway to Gateway Protocol (DARPA-Begriff) 1019 GGSN -> Gateway GPRS Support Node 1020 GI -> Gesellschaft für Informatik 1021 GIB -> Gigabit Infiniband 1022 GID -> group identification 1023 GIF -> Graphics Interchange Format 1024 GIFT -> GNU Image Finding Tool 1025 GIIC -> Global Information Infrastructure Commission 1026 GIN -> Gesundheits-Informations-Netzwerk 1027 GIS -> Geographical Information System 1028 GIX -> Global Internet Exchange (Internet...) 1029 GJU -> Galileo Joint Undertaking 1030 GL -> Grüne Lieferbedingungen 1031 GM -> General Motors 1032 GM -> General MIDI 1033 GM -> General Motors 1034 GM -> General MIDI 1035 GmbH -> Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung 1036 GmBH -> Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung 1037 GMES -> Global Monitoring for Environment and Security 1038 GMSC -> Gateway Mobile Service Switching Center 1039 GMT -> Greenwich Mean Time 1040 GND -> Ground 1041 GNOME -> GNU Network Object Model Environment 1042 GNU -> GNU is Not UNIX 1043 GOP -> Group Of Pictures 1044 GOSIP -> Government Open System Procurement Profile 1045 GOSIP -> U.S. Government OSI Profile 1046 GPC -> General Policy Committee (IEC-Begriff) 1047 GPFS -> General Parallel File System 1048 GPIO -> General Purpose I/O 1049 GPL -> GNU General Public License 1050 GPRS -> General Packet Radio Service 1051 GRE -> Gecko Rendering Engine 1052 GRS -> Deutsche Gesellschaft für Reaktorsicherheit 1053 GRUB -> Grand nified Bootloader 1054 GSCI -> Goldman Sachs Commodity Index 1055 GSCO -> Market Maker ID von Goldman Sachs 1056 GSM -> Global System for Mobile Communications 1057 GSM -> Groupe Spéciale Mobile 1058 GSUG -> German Smalltalk Usres Group 1059 GT -> Gas Turbine 1060 GTL -> Gunning Transceiver Logic 1061 GTS -> Global Trading System 1062 GTZ -> Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit 1063 GU -> Generalunternehmer 1064 GuD -> Gas- und Dampfturbine 1065 GUI -> Graphical User Interface 1066 GUID -> Globally Unique Identifier 1067 GuV -> Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung 1068 GVU -> Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen e.V. 1069 GWB -> Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen 1070 H -> Henry

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1071 HAL -> Hardware Abstraction Layer 1072 HAP -> High Altitude Platform 1073 HART -> Highway Addressable Remote Transducer 1074 HASE -> High Assurance Software Engineering 1075 HBA -> Host Bus Adapter 1076 HBCI -> Homebanking Computer Interface 1077 HCA -> Host Channel Adapter 1078 HCF -> HART Communication Foundation 1079 HCS -> Hard-Polymer Cladded Silica Fibre (HP...) 1080 HDA -> Historicl Data Access 1081 HDA -> High Definition Audio 1082 HDCP -> High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection 1083 HDCP -> High-bandwidth Digital Copy Protection 1084 HDL -> Hardware Description Language 1085 HDLC -> High-level Data Link Control (ISO, aus SDLC entwickelt) 1086 HDMI -> High Definition Multimedia Interface 1087 HDS -> Hitachi Data Systems 1088 HDSL -> High Data Rate Digital Subscriber Line 1089 HDTV -> High Definition TV 1090 HE -> Höheneinheit (44,45mm) 1091 HF -> high frequency 1092 HF -> Hochfrequenz 1093 HFS -> hierarchical file system 1094 HGB -> Handelsgesetzbuch 1095 HHCIX -> Hamburg Commercial Internet Exchange Point 1096 HICP -> Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices 1097 HID -> Human Interface Device 1098 HIPERLAN -> High Performance LAN 1099 HIPPI -> High Performance Parallel Interface 1100 HL7 -> Health Level Seven (herstellerunabh. SS zwischen Informationssyst. im Gesundheitewsesen) 1101 HLA -> High Level Architecture 1102 HLR -> Home Location Register 1103 HLSL -> High-level Shader Language 1104 HMA -> Hub Management Architecture (Novell Begriff) 1105 HMAC -> Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication 1106 HMD -> Head Mounted Display 1107 HMI -> Hannover Messe Industrie 1108 HMI -> Human Machine Interface 1109 HMOS -> high-speed negative-channel metal-oxide semiconductor 1110 HOAI -> Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure 1111 HP -> Hewlett Packard (equipment) 1112 HPA -> Host Protected Area 1113 HPFS -> High Performance File System (OS/2) 1114 HPGL -> Hewlett Packard Graphic Language 1115 hp-PCI -> hot plug PCI 1116 HS -> Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System 1117 HSCSD -> High Speed Circuit Switched Data 1118 HSDPA -> High Speed Downlink Packet Access 1119 HSE -> Health and Safety Executive 1120 HSM -> Hierarchical Storage Management 1121 HSRP -> Hot-Standby-Router Protocol (Cisco-Begriff) 1122 HSS -> High Speed Serial 1123 HSUPA -> High Speed Uplink Packet Access 1124 HSV -> Hue Saturation Value 1125 HTAL -> Hypertext Audio Language 1126 HTML -> Hypertext Markup Language 1127 HTPS -> High Temperature Poly Silicon 1128 HTS -> Tariff Schedule of the United States 1129 HTTP -> Hypertext Transfer Protocol 1130 HTTPS -> HTTP over SSL 1131 HU -> Height Unit 1132 HVD -> High Voltage Differential (SCSI-Plattentechnologie, bis 80MB/s) 1133 HWWA -> Hamburgisches Welt-Wirtschafts Archiv 1134 Hz -> hertz

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1135 I&C -> Instrumentation and Controls 1136 i.G. -> In Gründung 1137 I/0 -> input/output 1138 I3A -> International Imaging Industry Association 1139 IA5 -> International Alphabet No. 5 1140 IAB -> Internet Activities Board 1141 IAB -> Internet Architecture Board 1142 IAD -> Integrated Acces Device 1143 IANA -> Internet Assigned Numbers Authoruty (Internet-Begriff) 1144 IAS -> International Accounting Standards 1145 IASB -> International Accounting Standards Board 1146 IAX -> Inter Asterisk Exchange 1147 IB -> Infiniband 1148 IB -> In Band 1149 IBA -> InfiniBand Architecture 1150 IBA -> Internationale Bauausstellung 1151 IBAN -> International Bank Account Number 1152 iBCS2 -> Intel Binary Compatibility Specification 2 1153 IBFG -> Internationaler Bund Freier Gewerkschaften 1154 IBS -> Inbetriebsetzung 1155 IBU -> International Broadcasting Union 1156 IC -> Integrated Circuit 1157 IC -> InterCity 1158 IC -> ISODE Consortium. 1159 ICA -> Independent Computer Architecture 1160 ICANN -> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 1161 ICBC -> Industrial an Commercial Bank of China 1162 ICC -> International Chamber of Commerce (Paris) 1163 ICC -> International Color Consortium 1164 ICC -> International Color Consortium 1165 ICC -> International Chamber of Commerce (Paris) 1166 ICC -> International Color Consortium 1167 ICC -> Intermediate Cross Connect. (EIA/TIA 568) 1168 ICCS -> Integrated Communications Cabling System 1169 ICD -> Installable Client Driver (für OpenGL) 1170 ICD -> International Classification of Diseases 1171 ICE -> InterCity Express 1172 ICE -> Intercontinental Exchange 1173 ICF -> International Coach Federation 1174 ICF -> Internet Connection Firewall 1175 ICGA -> International Computer Games Association 1176 ICM -> Image Color Management 1177 ICMP -> Internet Control Message Protocol (DARPA-Begriff, TCP/IP-Begriff) 1178 ICMP-ROUT -> ICMP Router Discovery Message 1179 ICRA -> Internet Content Rating Association 1180 ICS -> Internet Connection Sharing 1181 ICWS -> Integrated Clinical Workstation 1182 ID -> Identification 1183 IDE -> Integrated Disk Electronic 1184 IDEA -> International Digital Encryption Algorithm 1185 IDF -> Intel Developer Forum 1186 IDF -> Inverse Document Frequency 1187 IDI -> Initial Domain Identifier. (OSI) 1188 IDN -> International Data Number 1189 IDP -> Internetwork Datagram Protocol (XNS-Begriff) 1190 IDP -> Initial Domain Part. (OSI) 1191 IDRIS/CNRS -> Institut de Développement et des Ressources en Informatique Scientifique / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 1192 IDRP -> Internationaler Dealer Referenzpreis (Best.-HEK) 1193 IDRP -> Inter-domain Routing Protocol. (OSI) 1194 IDSA -> Industrial Designers Society of America 1195 IEC -> International Electrotechnical Commisission 1196 IEC -> International Electrotechnical Commission 1197 IECEE -> IEC System for Conformity Testing to Standards for Safety of Electrical Equipment 1198 IECQ -> IEC Quakity Assessment System for Electronic Components 1199 IEDM -> International Electron Devices Meeting 1200 IEEE -> Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1201 IESG -> Internet Engineering Steering Group (Internet ...) 1202 IESG -> Internet Engineering Steering Group 1203 IETF -> Internet Engineering Task Force 1204 I-ETS -> Interim European Telecommunications Standard. 1205 IF -> Interchange Format. 1206 IFA -> Internationale Funkausstellung 1207 IFC -> International Fieldbus Committee 1208 IFCP -> Internet Fibre Channel Protocol 1209 IFIP -> International Federation of Information Processing 1210 IFPI -> International Federation of the Phonographic Industry 1211 IFRS -> International Financial Reporting Standards 1212 IFTA -> International Federation of Technical Analysts 1213 IFU -> Interworking Functional Unit 1214 IGBT -> Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor 1215 IGCC -> Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle 1216 IGM -> Industriegewerkschaft Metall 1217 IGP -> Integrated Graphics Processor 1218 IGRP -> Interior Gateway Router Protocol 1219 IGS -> Internet Graphics Server 1220 IGT -> Indicazione Geografica Tipica 1221 IHK -> Internationale Handelskammer (Paris) 1222 IHS -> Integrated Heat Spreader 1223 IHV -> independent hardware vendor 1224 IICAC -> International Cotton Advisory Committee 1225 IIF -> Image Interchange Facility 1226 IIOP -> Internet InterORB Protocol 1227 IIS -> Internet Information Server 1228 IJG -> Independent JPEG Group 1229 IKE -> Internet Key Exchange 1230 IL -> Intermediate Language 1231 ILETS -> International Law Enforcement Telecom Seminars 1232 ILM -> Information Lifecycle Management 1233 ILO -> International Labour Organization 1234 ILP -> International List Price (FSC/ICP-Begriff) 1235 ILP -> Instruction Level Parallelism 1236 ILP -> Instruction Level Parallelism 1237 ILWU -> International Longshore and Warehouse Union 1238 IMAP -> Internet Message Access Protocol 1239 IMAP4 -> Internet Mail Access Protocol 1240 IMB -> Internationaler Metallgewerkschaftsbund 1241 IMB -> Inter-Module Bus 1242 IMC -> Information Management Centre 1243 IMG -> Information Management Group 1244 IMHO -> In My Hunble Opinion 1245 IML -> Internationale Mietleitung 1246 IML -> Information Markup Language 1247 IMO -> In My Opinion 1248 IMP -> interface message processor 1249 IMPDU -> Initial MAC Protocol Data Unit 1250 IMS -> IP Multimedia Subsystems 1251 IMU -> International Mathematical Union 1252 INBUS -> Innensechskant Bauer und Schaurte 1253 Incoterms -> International Commercial Terms 1254 INR -> Bureau of Intelligence and Research 1255 INSP -> Internet Name Server Protocol (DARPA-Begriff) 1256 IOC -> Internationales Olympisches Komitee 1257 IOL -> Interoperability Laboratory (UNH's FDDI Testcenter) 1258 IOS -> Intel Online Services 1259 IOT -> Index Organized Table 1260 IP -> Internet Protocol (TCP/IP-Begriff) 1261 IP -> Intellectual Property 1262 IP -> Intellectual Property 1263 IPC -> interprocess communication 1264 IPCC -> Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 1265 IPCP -> Internet Protocol Control Protocol 1266 IPDS -> Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IBM-Begriff) 1267 IPE -> International Petroleum Exchange (London) 1268 IPFC -> IP Over Fibre-Channel 1269 IPI -> International Payment Instruction 1270 IPI -> Intelligent Peripheral Interface 1271 IPMI -> Intelligent Platform Management Interface 1272 Ipng -> IP Next Generation 1273 IPO -> Initial Public Offering 1274 IPP -> Independent Power Producers 1275 IPP -> Independent Power Provider 1276 IPP -> Internet Printing Protocol 1277 IPPC -> International Plant Protection Convention 1278 IPR -> Intellectual Property Rights 1279 IPRA -> Internet Policy Registration Authority 1280 IPS -> inches per second 1281 IPS -> instructions per second 1282 IPS -> interrupts per second 1283 IPS -> In Plane Switching 1284 IPSec -> IP Security Offload 1285 IPsec -> Secure IP 1286 IPT -> Integrated Platform for Telecommunications 1287 IPTC -> International Press and Telecommunications Council 1288 IPX -> Internet Packet Exchange Protocol (Novell-Begriff, CL-Protokoll) 1289 IPXCP -> Internetwork Packet Exchange Control Protocol 1290 IR -> Interregio 1291 IR -> information retrieval 1292 IR -> infrared 1293 IRC -> Internet Relay Chat 1294 IrDA -> Infrared Data Association 1295 IRF -> International Road Federation 1296 IRIG -> Inter-Range Instrumentation Group 1297 IRIG-B -> Inter-Range Instrumentation Group standard time synchronisation signal B 1298 IRQ -> interrupt request 1299 IRS -> US-Steuerbehörde 1300 IRS -> Internal Revenue Service 1301 IRSG -> Internet Research Steering Group (Internet) 1302 IRT -> Isochronous Realtime-Ethernet 1303 IRT -> Isochronous Real Time 1304 IRTF -> Internet Research Task Force (Internet) 1305 IRU -> International Road Union 1306 IS -> Intermediate System 1307 IS -> International Standard 1308 ISA -> Industry Standard Architecture 1309 ISA -> Instrument Society of America 1310 ISA -> Industry Standard Architecture 1311 ISAF -> Int. Security Assistance Force 1312 ISAF -> International Stability Assistance Force 1313 ISAKMP -> Internet Security Association and Key Managemnet Protocol 1314 ISAM -> indexed sequential access method 1315 ISAPI -> Information Server API (Microsoft) 1316 ISCSI -> Internet SCSI 1317 ISDN -> Integrated Services Digital Network 1318 ISE -> Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme 1319 ISI -> Inter Symbol Interference 1320 ISIN -> International Securities Identification Number 1321 ISIS -> Industrial Signature Interoperability Specification 1322 IS-IS -> Intermediate System Intermediate System (ISO-Begriff) 1323 ISM -> Industrial, Science, Medical 1324 ISN -> Initial Sequence Number (TCP-Begriff) 1325 ISNS -> Internet Storage Name Services 1326 ISO -> International Standardization Organization 1327 ISOC -> Internet Society 1328 ISSCC -> International Solid State Circuit Conference 1329 ISSE -> Internet Streaming SIMD Extension (= ehem. KNI-Instruktionen) 1330 IST -> Information Society Technologies 1331 ISTG -> Inter-Site-Replication-Topology-Generator 1332 ISV -> Independent Software Vendors 1333 IT -> Informationstechnik 1334 ITER -> International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor 1335 ITT -> Instantaneous Travel Time 1336 ITU -> International Telecommunications Union (UN-Organisation), CCITT-Nachfolger 1337 ITU-R -> International Telecommunication Union - Radiocommunication Sector 1338 ITU-T -> International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Sector 1339 IUR -> International User Requirements 1340 IVDR -> Versatile Disk for Removable Usage 1341 IVR -> Integrated Voice Response 1342 IVR -> Interactive Voice Responder 1343 IWF -> Internationaler Währungsfonds 1344 IWR -> Internationale Wirtschaftsforum Regenerative Energien 1345 IZE -> Informationszentrale der Elektrizitütswirtschaft

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1346 J2EE -> Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1347 J2ME -> Java 2 Micro Edition 1348 J2SE -> Java 2 Standard Edition 1349 JAA -> Joint Aviation Authorities 1350 JAMA -> Journal of the American Medical Association 1351 JBOD -> Just a Bunch Of Disks 1352 JBOD -> Just a Bunch Of Discs 1353 JBOD -> Just A Bunch Of Discs 1354 JCP -> Java Community Process 1355 JDBC -> Java Data Base Connectivity 1356 JEDEC -> Joint Electron Devices Engineering Council 1357 JEIDA -> Japanese Electronic Industry Development Association 1358 JESSI -> Joint European Submicron Silicon 1359 JET -> Joint European Torus 1360 JFET -> junction field-effect transistor 1361 JIAWG -> Joint Integrated Avionics Working Group 1362 JINI -> Java Intelligent Network Infrastructure 1363 JIS -> Japan Industry Standard 1364 JIT -> Just In Time 1365 JMX -> Java Management Extensions 1366 JNSI -> Java Naming and Directory Interface 1367 JOSI -> Java Object Serialization Interface 1368 JPEG -> Joint Photographic Experts Group 1369 JRE -> Java Runtime Environment 1370 JSP -> Java Server Pages 1371 JSQ -> Joint Support Queue 1372 JSR -> Component Java Specification Requests 1373 JTAG -> Joint Test Action Group 1374 JVM -> Java Virtual Machine 1375 JVT -> Joint Video Team 1376 JWSDP -> Web Services Developer Pack 1377 K -> Kelvin

K

1378 KCC -> Knowledge Consistecy Checkers 1379 KDE -> K Desktop Environment 1380 KDV -> Kombinat für Datenverarbeitung 1381 KFOR -> Kosovo Force 1382 KfW -> Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau 1383 KG -> Kommanditgesellschaft 1384 KGaA -> Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien 1385 KGV -> Kurs-/Gewinnverhältnis 1386 KNI -> Katmai New Instructions (PIII neue Instruktionen) 1387 KPOP -> Kerberos POP 1388 KSE -> Kernel Scheduler Entities 1389 KSR -> keyboard send/receive 1390 KTG -> Kerntechnische Gesellschaft 1391 KVM -> Kilobate Virtual Machine 1392 KWK -> Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung

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1393 L2F -> Layer 2 Forwarding 1394 L2Sec -> SSL over L2TP 1395 L2TP -> Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol 1396 LADSPA -> Linux Audio Develper's Simple Plugin API 1397 LAME -> LAME ain't an MP3-Encoder 1398 LAMP -> Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP 1399 LAN -> Local Area Network 1400 LANE -> LAN Emulation (ATM ...) 1401 LAP -> Link Access Procedure (CCITT, aus HDLC entwickelt) 1402 LAPACK -> Linear Algebra Package 1403 LAPB -> Link Access Procedure,Balanced (CCITT, aus HDLC entwickelt) 1404 LASER -> Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation 1405 LAT -> Local Area Transport Protocol (DEC-Begriff) 1406 Lb -> pound 1407 LBA -> Logical Block Adressing (Enhanced IDE-Begriff) 1408 LBA -> Luftfahrt Bundesamt 1409 LBCAST -> lateral buried charge accumulator and sensing transistor array 1410 LBE -> LTSP Build Environment 1411 LBMA -> London Bullion Market Association 1412 LBR -> Laser Beam Recorders 1413 LBS -> Location Based Services 1414 LCD -> liquid crystal display 1415 LCF -> Low Cost Fibre 1416 LCOS -> Liquid Crystal On Silicon 1417 LCR -> Least Cost Routing 1418 LCT -> Link Confidence Test 1419 LDAP -> Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 1420 LDPS -> Linux Development Platform Specification 1421 LDUP -> LDAP Duplication ans Update Protocol 1422 LDW -> Lane Departure Warner 1423 LEA -> Law Enforcement Agency 1424 LED -> light-emitting diode 1425 LF -> low frequency 1426 LG -> Lucky Goldstar 1427 LGA -> Land Grid Array 1428 LGPL -> Lesser General Public License 1429 LHC -> Large Hadron Collider (CERN) 1430 LHS -> Left Hand Side 1431 LIBOR -> London Inter-Bank Offered Rates 1432 LIFFE -> London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange 1433 LIFO -> last-in, first-out 1434 LILO -> Linux Loader 1435 LILO -> last-in, last-out 1436 LINX -> London Internet Exchange 1437 LIP -> Large Internet Packets 1438 LIP -> Large IPX (IPX-Erweiterung, Sammelquittung) 1439 LIRC -> Linux Infrared Remote Control 1440 LISP -> List Processor 1441 LKA -> Landeskriminalamt 1442 LLC -> Limited Liability Company 1443 LLNL -> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1444 LMAO -> Laughing My Ass Off 1445 LME -> London Metal Exchange 1446 LMSC -> LAN & MAN Standards Committee (IEEE802-Begriff) 1447 LNG -> Liquid Natural Gas 1448 LOA -> Limits Of Authority 1449 LOD -> Level Of Detail 1450 LOI -> Letter Of Intent 1451 LOL -> Laughing Out Loud 1452 LOM -> LAN On Motherboard 1453 LON -> Local Operating Networks (HW (Neuronen) + SW (LONTalk-Protokoll a la OSI) von der Firma Echelon 1454 LOP -> List of Open Points 1455 LORAN -> Long Range Navigation 1456 LP -> Low pressure 1457 LP -> line printer 1458 LPAR -> Logical Partitioning 1459 LPC -> Low Pin Count 1460 LPD -> Low Power Device 1461 LPI -> Lines Per Inch 1462 LPI -> lines per inch 1463 LPX -> Leipziger Strombörse 1464 LPX -> Leon Packet Exchange 1465 LRA -> Local Registration Authority 1466 LRC -> Longitudinal Redundancy Check (Laengsparity) 1467 LRQA -> Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance 1468 LSB -> Linux Standard Base 1469 LSB -> least significant bit 1470 LSB -> Linux Standard Base 1471 LSD -> least significant digit 1472 LSE -> London Stock Exchange 1473 LSI -> large-scale integration 1474 LSM -> Loadable Security Modules 1475 LSN -> least significant nibble 1476 LSOH -> Low Smoke Zero Halogen 1477 LSU -> Load Store Unit 1478 LT -> LaGrande-Technology 1479 LTCM -> Long Term Capital Management 1480 LTO -> I&C monitoring 1481 LTO -> Linear Tape Open 1482 LTP -> Linux Test Project 1483 LTSP -> Linux Terminal Server Project 1484 LU -> logical unit 1485 LUGS -> Linux User Group Switzerland 1486 LUN -> logical unit number 1487 LUP -> Language Upgrade 1488 LUT -> look-up table 1489 LV -> Landesverfassung 1490 LVD -> Low Voltage Differential (z.B. bei SCSI, bis 80MB/s) 1491 LVDS -> Low Voltage Differential Swing 1492 LVM -> Logical Volume Manager 1493 LWL -> Lichtwellenleiter 1494 LZW -> Lempel Ziv Welch (Kompressionsverfahren)

M

1495 MA -> Moving Average 1496 MAC -> Mandatory Access Control 1497 MAE -> Metropolitan Area Exchange 1498 MAK -> Maximale Arbeitsplatzkonzenztation 1499 MAME -> Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator 1500 MAP -> Manufacturing Automation Protocol 1501 MAPI -> Messaging Application Programming Interface 1502 MARID -> MTA Authorization Records in DNS 1503 MARS -> Multicast Address Resolution Server 1504 MASER -> Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation 1505 MASS -> Message Authentication Signature Standards 1506 MAU -> Media Attachment Unit (IEEE802.3-Bezeichnung für Transceiver) 1507 MBOA -> Multiband OFDM Alliance 1508 MBONE -> Multicasting BackBONE 1509 MBR -> Master Boot Record 1510 MBS -> Monthly Budget Statement 1511 MBS -> Microsoft Business Solutions 1512 MBS -> Mortgage Backed Securities 1513 MBWA -> Mobile Broadband Wireless Access 1514 MCA -> Micro Channel Architecture 1515 MCE -> Media Center Edition 1516 MCM -> Multi Chip Module 1517 MCP -> Microsoft Certified Professional 1518 MCSC -> Microsoft Certified Support Center 1519 MCSE -> Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer 1520 MD -> Mini Disc 1521 MDA -> Monochrome Display Adapter 1522 MDA -> Mail Delivery Agent 1523 MDCT -> Modified Discrete Cosine Transformation 1524 MDI -> MAC Driver Interface (SCO-Begriff) 1525 MDI -> Medium Dependent Interface (Twisted Pair-Begriff) 1526 MDI -> Multi Document Interface 1527 MDI-X -> Medium Dependent Interface Exchange (Twisted Pair-Begriff) 1528 MDN -> Message Disposition Notification 1529 MDS -> Multiple Data Streams 1530 MEC -> Memory Expansion Card 1531 MEMRI -> Middle East Media Research Institute 1532 MES -> Manufacturing Execution Systems 1533 MESA -> Manufacturing Execution Systems Association 1534 MESI -> Modified Exclusive Shared Invalid 1535 MEST -> Middle Euopean Summer Time 1536 MESZ -> Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit 1537 MET -> Middle Euopean Time 1538 MEWT -> Middle Euopean Winter Time 1539 MEZ -> Mitteleuropäische Zeit 1540 MFA -> Mehrfamilienhaus 1541 MFC -> Microsoft Foundation Classes 1542 MFCP -> Metropolitan FCP 1543 MFLOPS -> millions of floating-point operations per second 1544 MFT -> Master File Table 1545 MGCP -> Media Gateway Control Protocol 1546 MHP -> Multimedia Home Platform 1547 MHS -> Message Handling System 1548 MIB -> Management Information Base 1549 MIC -> Media Interface Connector 1550 MID -> Molded Interconnect Devices 1551 MIDI -> Musical Instrument Digital Interface 1552 MIDP -> Mobile Information Device Profile 1553 MIMD -> Multiple Instruction Multiple Data 1554 MIME -> Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions 1555 MIME -> Multipart Internet Mail Extensions 1556 MIPS -> million instructions per second 1557 MIS -> Management Information System 1558 MIT -> Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1559 MITM -> Man In The Middle 1560 MLC -> Multi Level Cell 1561 MLCC -> Multiple Layer Ceramic Capacities 1562 MLCO -> Market Maker ID von Merryl Lynch 1563 MLFB -> Maschinenlesbare Fabrikatebezeichnung 1564 MLP -> Multi-Link Protocol 1565 MMC -> MIDI Machine Control 1566 MMC -> Microsoft Management Console 1567 MMC -> Multimedia Card 1568 MMC -> Microsoft Management Console 1569 MMCD -> Multimedia CD 1570 MMF -> Multi Mode Faser 1571 MMG -> Multibus Manufacturers Group 1572 MMID -> Market Maker ID 1573 MMS -> Manufacturing Message Specification 1574 MMS -> Multimedia Messaging Services 1575 MMS -> Multimedia Messaging Service 1576 MMU -> Memory Management Unit 1577 MNP -> Microcom Networking Protocol 1578 MO -> Magneto Optic 1579 MOCVD -> Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition 1580 MOD -> Magneto-optical disk 1581 MODACOM -> Mobile Data Communication (TELEKOM Funkmodem Dienst) 1582 MODEM -> modulator-demodulator 1583 MOLAP -> Multidimensional OLAP 1584 MOP -> Maintenance Operations Protocol (DEC-Begriff) 1585 MOS -> metal-oxide semiconductor 1586 MOS -> Mean Opinion Score 1587 MOSFET -> metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor 1588 MOU -> Memorandum Of Understanding 1589 MoU -> Memorandum of Understanding 1590 MOU -> Memorandum of Understanding 1591 MPA -> Microsoft Product Activation 1592 MPAA -> Motion Pictures Association of America 1593 MPEG -> Moving Pictures Experts Group 1594 MPI -> Message Passing Interface 1595 MPI -> Multi-Point Interface 1596 MPI -> Message Passing Interface 1597 MPL -> Mozilla Public License 1598 MPLS -> Multi Protocol Label Switching 1599 MPM -> Metra Potential Method 1600 MPOA -> Multiprotocol over ATM 1601 MPP -> Massive Parallel Processing 1602 MR -> Magnetic Resonance 1603 MRAM -> Magnetoresitive RAM 1604 MRS -> Media Recognition System 1605 MS -> Memory Stick 1606 MSB -> most significant bit 1607 MSC -> MIDI Show Control 1608 MSC -> Mobile Switching Center 1609 MSCDEX -> Microsoft CD ROM Extension 1610 MSCHAP -> Microsoft Challenge/Reply Handshake Protocol 1611 MSCI -> Morgan Stanley Capital International 1612 MSCS -> Microsoft Cluster Server 1613 MSCS -> Microsoft Cluster Services 1614 MSD -> most significant digit 1615 MSDE -> Microsoft Desktop Engine 1616 MSDE -> Microsoft SQL-Server Desktop Engine 1617 MSDN -> Microsoft Developer Network 1618 MS-DOS -> Microsoft Disc-Operating System 1619 MSI -> medium-scale integration 1620 MSIL -> Microsoft Intermediate Language 1621 MSN -> most significant nibble 1622 MSR -> Instrumentation, open-, closed-loop control 1623 MSS -> Maximum Segment Size 1624 MST -> Mountain Standard Time 1625 MS-Windows -> Microsoft Windows 1626 MTA -> Message Transfer Agent (MHS-Begriff) 1627 MTA -> Mail Transport Agent 1628 MTA -> Meilenstein Trend Analyse 1629 MTA -> Main Table Area 1630 MTA -> Mail Transfer Agent 1631 MTBF -> Mean Time Between Failure 1632 MTCR -> Missile Technology Control Regime 1633 MTH -> Memory Translation Hub 1634 MTL -> MIDI Time Code 1635 MTM -> Methods Time Measurement 1636 MTS -> Message Transfer System (MHS-Begriff) 1637 MTT -> MailTrusT 1638 MTTF -> Mean Time to Failure 1639 MTTR -> Meantime to Repair 1640 MTU -> Maximum Transmission Unit 1641 MTU -> magnetic tape unit 1642 MTU -> maximum transfer unit 1643 MUA -> Mail User Agent 1644 MUI -> Multi Language User Interface 1645 MULTICS -> Multiplexed Information and Computing System 1646 MUTIOL -> Multi-Threaded I/O-Link 1647 mux -> multiplexer 1648 MVCC -> Multi Version Concurrency Controll 1649 MVP -> Most Valuable Professional 1650 MX -> Mail Exchange 1651 MXM -> Mobile PCI-Express Module

N

1652 NAA -> Newspaper Association of America 1653 NAC -> Null Attachment Concentrator 1654 NAFTA -> North American Free Trade Agreement 1655 NAG -> Numerical Algorithms Group 1656 NAIC -> National Association of Investors Coproration 1657 NAK -> Negative Acknowledgement (ASCII-Steuerzeichen) 1658 NaN -> Not a number (= 0x7fa00000), (IEEE754-Floatingpointformat-Begriff) 1659 NAPI -> Netscape Plug-in Application Program Interface 1660 NAS -> Network Attached Storage 1661 NASCAR -> National Association for Stock Car Auto Races 1662 NASDAQ -> National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation 1663 NASI -> Novell Asynchronous Interface 1664 NAT -> Network Address Translation (IP-Begriff, zukuenftige Entwicklung) 1665 NBC -> Name Binding Protocol (Apple...) 1666 NBL -> National Basketball League 1667 NBP -> Optimized implementation of the NetBios Protocol (3COM-Begriff) 1668 NBS -> National Bureau of Standards 1669 NC -> Numeric Control 1670 NC -> no connection 1671 NC -> normally closed 1672 NC -> numerical control 1673 NCA -> Nexus Computing Agent 1674 NCAR -> National Center for Atmospheric Research 1675 NCP -> Network Core Protocol (Novell-Begriff) 1676 NCSA -> National Center for Supercomputing Applications 1677 NCSI -> Novell Communication Server Interface 1678 NDA -> Non Disclosure Agreement 1679 NDIS -> Network Driver Interface Specification (3Com) 1680 NE -> Nicht-Eisen (Metalle) 1681 NEBS -> Network Equipment Building System 1682 NETBIOS -> Netbios Protocol 1683 NETBIOS -> Network Basic Input/Output System 1684 NEXT -> Nahnebensprechdaempfung 1685 NF -> Niedrigfrequenz 1686 NFA -> National Futures Association 1687 NFL -> National Footbal League 1688 NFS -> Network File System 1689 NFS -> National Science Foundation 1690 NFS -> Network File System 1691 NGA -> National Governors Association 1692 N-Geraet -> Nicht-Fernsprecher (Modem, FAX, Anrufbeantworter) 1693 NGIO -> Next Generation I/O 1694 NGSCB -> Next-Generation Secure Computing Base 1695 NHL -> National Hockey League 1696 NHRP -> Next Hop Resolution Protocol 1697 NHTSA -> National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1698 NIC -> Network Information Center 1699 NIC -> Network Interface Card 1700 NICE -> Network Information and Command Echange Protocol (DEC-Begriff) 1701 NIF -> Network Information File 1702 NIMA -> National Imagery and Mappinf Agency 1703 NiMH -> Nickel Metallhydrid-Akku 1704 NIMS -> Netware Internet Messaging Systems 1705 NIPC -> National Infrastructure Protection Center 1706 NIS -> Network Information Services (UNIX-Nameservice?) 1707 NISCC -> Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre 1708 NISCC -> National Infrastructure coordination Security Centre 1709 NIST -> National Institute of Standards and Technology 1710 NLBS -> Network Load Balancing Service 1711 NLG -> Normenausschuss Laenge und Gestalt 1712 NLM -> Netware Loadable Module 1713 NMD -> National Missile Defence 1714 NMEA -> National Marine Electronic Association 1715 NMI -> Non Maskable Interrupts 1716 NMOS -> negative-channel metal-oxide semiconductor 1717 NMPA -> National Music Publisher's Association 1718 NNTP -> Network News Transport Protocol 1719 NO -> normally open 1720 NOC -> Network Operation Center 1721 NORAD -> North American Aerospace Defense Command 1722 NPL -> Netscape Public Licence 1723 NPL -> National Physical Laboratory 1724 NPTL -> Native POSIX Threads Library 1725 NPU -> Netware Processing Unit 1726 NRSRO -> Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organisation 1727 NRT -> Non Realtime-Ethernet 1728 NRW -> Nordrhein-Westfalen 1729 NRZ -> nonreturn to zero 1730 NSA -> National Security Agency 1731 NSAP -> Network Service Access Point 1732 NSAPI -> Netscape API (Netscape) 1733 NSD -> Name Server Daemon 1734 NSEL -> Network Selector (OSI-NL-Begriff = Protokoll-Selektor) 1735 NSF -> National Science Foundation 1736 NSG -> Nuclear Suppliers Group 1737 NSL -> National Security Letter 1738 NSP -> Network Services Protocol (DEC-Begriff) 1739 NSTX -> Server Tunnel Exchange Protocol 1740 NTFS -> NT Filesystem 1741 NTN -> National Terminal Number 1742 NTP -> Network Time Protocol 1743 NTSC -> National Television Standards Committee 1744 NTT -> Nippon Telephone and Telegraph 1745 NUMA -> Non Uniform Memory Access 1746 NURBS -> Non Uniform Rational B-Spline 1747 NVDR -> Non Voting Depositary Receipt 1748 NVRAM -> nonvolatile random access memory 1749 NWCS -> Novell NetWare Cluster Services 1750 NWCS -> Novell NetWare Cluster Services 1751 NX -> No-Execute 1752 NYMEX -> New York Mercantile Exchange

O

1753 OAi -> Open Archive Initiative 1754 OAI -> Open Archives Initiative 1755 OAIS -> Open Archival Information System 1756 OAM -> Operations, Administrations and Maintenance 1757 OASIS -> Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards 1758 OBGA -> Organic Ball Grid Array 1759 OBU -> On Board Unit 1760 OCD -> Off-Chip Driver Impedance Calibration 1761 OCFS -> Oracle Cluster File System 1762 OCI -> Open Catalog Interface 1763 OCP -> Oracle Certified Professional 1764 OCR -> optical character recognition 1765 OC-x -> Optical Carrier level 1766 ODBC -> Open Database Connectivity 1767 ODETTE -> Organisation for Data Exchange by Tele Transmission in Europe 1768 ODI -> Open datalink Interface (Novell) 1769 ODLI -> Open data Link Interface 1770 ODR -> Octal Data Rate 1771 ODT -> On-Die Termination 1772 OECD -> Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 1773 OEM -> Original Equipment Manufacturer 1774 OFB -> Output Feedback 1775 OFDM -> Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing 1776 OFT -> Office of Fair Trading 1777 OHG -> Offene Handelsgesellschaft 1778 OIF -> Optical Internetworking Forum 1779 OIL -> Ontology Inference Layer 1780 OKI -> Open Knowledge Initiative 1781 OLAP -> Online Analytical Processing 1782 OLE -> Object Linking and Embedding (Windows-Begriff) 1783 OLG -> Oberlandesgericht 1784 OLTP -> Online Transaction Processing 1785 OMAP -> Open Multimedia Application Platform 1786 OMF -> Object Module Format (Intel) 1787 OMG -> Object Management Group 1788 ONS -> Object Numering System 1789 OOB -> Out Of Band 1790 OPB -> On-chip Peripheral Bus 1791 OPC -> OLE for process control (Microsoft...) 1792 OPCW -> Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 1793 OPGA -> Organic Pin Grid Array 1794 OPI -> Open Press Interface 1795 OPL -> Organizer Programming Language 1796 OPN -> Ordering Part Number 1797 OPSEC -> Open Platform for Security 1798 OPX -> OPL Extensions 1799 ORBS -> Open Relay Behaviour Modification System 1800 ORNL -> Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1801 OSCO -> American Society of Clinical Oncology 1802 OSD -> On Screen Display 1803 OSD -> On Screen Display 1804 OSDL -> Open Source Development Lab 1805 OSE -> Oslo Stock Exchangee 1806 OSF -> Open Software Foundation 1807 OSF-Motif -> Standard for windows design 1808 OSI -> Open Source Initiative 1809 OSIA -> Open Source Industry Australia 1810 OSL -> Open Subscription License 1811 OSPF -> Open Shortest Path First Routing Protocol (DARPA-Begriff) 1812 OSPM -> Operating System directed Power Management 1813 OSS -> Open Sound System 1814 OSS -> Operational Support System 1815 OSTA -> Optical Storage Technology Association 1816 OSZE -> Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa 1817 OTC -> Over The Counter 1818 OTDM -> Optical Time Division Multipleing 1819 OTG -> USB-On-the-Go-Technik 1820 OTP -> One Time Programmable 1821 OWG -> Optical Waveguide (LWL auf Englisch) 1822 OWiG -> Ordnungswidrigkeiten-Gesetz 1823 OWL -> Object Window Library (Borland Begriff) 1824 oz -> ounce 1825 p -> pico (prefix)

P

1826 p.m. -> post meridiem (afternoon) 1827 P2P -> Peer To Peer 1828 P3P -> Platform for Privacy Preferences 1829 PA -> Polyamid 1830 PABX -> Public Branch Exchange 1831 PABX -> private automatic branch exchange 1832 PAC -> Pin Array Carrier 1833 PAD -> Packet Assembler/Disassembler 1834 PAD -> Portable Application Description 1835 PAE -> Page Address Extension 1836 PAE -> Physical Address Extension 1837 PAL -> Programmable Array Logic 1838 PAL -> Processor Abstraction Layer 1839 PAM -> pulse amplitude modulation 1840 PAN -> Personal Area Network 1841 PAP -> Password Authentication Protocol 1842 PAP -> Printer Access Protocol (Apple-Begriff) 1843 PAP -> Password Authentication Protocol 1844 PAR -> Project Authorization Request 1845 PARC -> Palo Alto Research Center (XEROX) 1846 PAT -> Performance Acceleration Technique 1847 PBC -> Port Bypass Control 1848 PBO -> Projected Benefit Obligation 1849 PBT -> Polybutylenenterephthalat 1850 PBT -> profit before tax 1851 PBX -> Private Branch Exchange 1852 PC -> Programmable Controller 1853 PC -> Personal computer 1854 PC -> printed circuit 1855 PCA -> Policy Group on Conformity Assessment (IEC-Begriff) 1856 PCA -> Policy Certification Authority 1857 PCA -> Personal Client Architecture 1858 PCA -> Personal Client Architecture 1859 PCB -> Printed Circuit Board 1860 PCF -> Polymer Cladded Fibre 1861 PCH -> Precompiled Headers 1862 PCI -> Peripheral Component Interconnect 1863 PCI EAS -> PCI Express Advanced Switches 1864 PCL -> Printer Comman Language 1865 PCM -> pulse code modulation 1866 PCMCIA -> Personal Computer Memory Card International Association 1867 PCN -> Personal Communication Network 1868 PCRE -> Perl Compatible Regular Expression 1869 PCS -> Plastic Cladded Silica 1870 PCS -> Personal Communication Services 1871 PCS -> Physical Coding Sublayer 1872 PCU -> Packet Control Unit 1873 PD -> Power Device 1874 PDA -> Personal Digital Assistant 1875 PDD -> Professional Disc for Data 1876 PDF -> Portable Document Format 1877 PDH -> Plesichronous Digital Hierarchy 1878 PDL -> page description language 1879 PDL -> program design language 1880 PDM -> pulse duration modulation 1881 PDN -> Public Data Network 1882 PDP -> Programmed Data Processor 1883 PDS -> partitioned data set 1884 PDU -> Protocol Data Unit 1885 PE -> Polyethylen 1886 PE -> Portable Executables 1887 PE -> Polyethylen 1888 PEG -> Price-Earnings-To-Growth = KGV/CAGR 1889 PEG -> PCIexpress for Graphics 1890 PEG -> PCI express for Graphics 1891 PEM -> Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell 1892 PEM -> Privacy Enhanced Mail 1893 PEMFC -> Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell 1894 PEP -> Packet Exchange protocol (Novell-Begriff, XNS-Begriff) 1895 PERT -> Programm Evolution and Review Technique 1896 PET -> Positron Emission Tomography 1897 PF -> power factor 1898 PFC -> Power Factor Correction 1899 PFS -> Perfect Forward Secrecy 1900 PGA -> Pin Grid Array 1901 PGML -> Precision Graphics Markup Language 1902 PGN -> Portable Game Notation 1903 PHIGS -> Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System 1904 PHP -> Personal Home Page 1905 PHP -> PHP Hypertext Processor 1906 PHS -> Personal Handyphone System 1907 PI -> Process Industry 1908 PI -> Profibus International 1909 PIC -> Programmable Interrupt Controller 1910 PICA -> Personal Internet Client Architecture 1911 PICMG -> PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group 1912 PICS -> Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (IEEE-Begriff) 1913 PID -> process identifier 1914 PIF -> Parity Inner Failures 1915 PIO -> Programmed Input/Output 1916 PIP -> Partner Interface Transport 1917 PISA -> PCI/ISA (evtl. Schräggestellt Shared Angled)-Slot 1918 PISA -> Programme for International Student Assessment 1919 PJAVA -> Personal Java 1920 PKI -> Public Key Infrastructure 1921 PLA -> programmable logic array 1922 PLB -> Processor Local Bus 1923 PLC -> Power Line Communication 1924 PLCC -> Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier 1925 PLD -> Programmable Logic Devices 1926 PLL -> Phase Locked Loop 1927 PLL -> Phase-Locked Loop 1928 PLP -> Packet Layer Protocol 1929 PMA -> Physical Medium Attachment 1930 PMA -> Photo Marketing Association 1931 PMI -> Protected Mode Interface 1932 PMOS -> positive-channel metal-oxide semiconductor 1933 PMR -> Private Mobile Radio 1934 PNAS -> National Academy of Sciences 1935 PNG -> Portable Network Graphics 1936 PNNI -> Private Network-Network Interface 1937 PNNL -> Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 1938 PNO -> Profibus Nutzer Organisation 1939 PoC -> Push to Talk over Cellular 1940 POF -> Parity Outer Failures 1941 POH -> Power On Hours 1942 PON -> Passive Optical Network 1943 POP -> Point of Presence 1944 POP -> Post Office Protocol 1945 POSE -> Palm-OS-Emulator 1946 POSIX -> Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environment 1947 POSIX1003.1 -> C-Schnittstelle 1948 POSIX1003.2 -> Befehle und Tools des Betriebssystems 1949 POSIX1003.4 -> Echtzeitfaehigkeiten 1950 POST -> power-on self-test 1951 POTS -> Plain Old Telephone System 1952 PP -> Polypropylen 1953 ppb -> parts per billion 1954 PPC -> Pay Per Click 1955 PPD -> Predicted Percentage of dissatisfied 1956 PPD -> Printer Property Description 1957 PPD -> Postscript Printer Definition 1958 PPDC -> Packet Personal Digital Cellular 1959 PPDS -> Personal Printer Data Stream 1960 PPGA -> Plastic Pin Grid Array 1961 PPI -> Produzentenpreisindex 1962 PPL -> Pay Per Lead 1963 PPM -> pages per minute 1964 PPM -> parts per million 1965 PPM -> pulse position modulation 1966 PPP -> Point to Point Protocol 1967 ppp -> point-to-point protocol 1968 PPPOE -> Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet 1969 PPPoE -> Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet 1970 PPS -> Produktoionplanungs- und Steuerungssystem 1971 PPS -> Pay Per Sale 1972 PPS -> Produktionsplanungssystem 1973 PPTP -> Point to Point Tunneling Protocol 1974 PRI -> Primary Rate Interface (ISDN...) 1975 PRN -> Pseudo Random Noise 1976 PROFIBUS -> Process Field Bus (DIN 19245) 1977 PROM -> programmable read only memory 1978 PRT -> Provincial Reconstruction Team 1979 PS -> power source 1980 PS -> Polystyrol 1981 PSC -> Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center 1982 PSD -> Programmable System Device (Intel-Begriff) 1983 PSD -> Power Spectral Density 1984 PSE -> Personal Security Environment 1985 PSE -> Power Source Equipment 1986 PSK -> Phase Shift Keying 1987 PSK -> Pre-Shared Key 1988 PSN -> Packet Switched Network 1989 PSP -> Projektstrukturplan 1990 PSS -> Packet Switched Streaming 1991 PSTN -> Public Switched Telephony Network 1992 Pt 100 -> Pt 100 resistance thermometer 1993 PTB -> Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt 1994 PTE -> Page Table Entries 1995 PTT -> Post, Telephone and Telegraph 1996 PTT -> Persistent Translation Technology 1997 PTT -> Predicted Travel Time 1998 PU -> power unit 1999 PUL -> Präferenzursprungsland 2000 PULSAR -> PULSating stAR 2001 PUP -> Product Upgrade 2002 PUR -> Polyurethan 2003 PURL -> Persistent Uniform Resource Locator 2004 PVC -> Permanet Virtual Circuit (X.25) 2005 PVC -> Polyvinylchlorid 2006 PVR -> Personal Video Recorder 2007 PWB -> Printed Wiring Borad 2008 PXE -> Pre Boot Executive Environment (Sicherheitsfkt. vor Booten des BS) 2009 PXE -> Preboot Execution Environment

Q

2010 QAM -> Quadrature Amplitude Modulation 2011 QAR -> Quality Assurance Representative 2012 QAS -> Quick Arbitration Select 2013 QBE -> Query By Example 2014 QBIC -> Query By Image Content 2015 QBM -> Quad Band Memory 2016 QDR -> Quad Data Rate 2017 QDR -> Quadruple Data Rate 2018 QFD -> Quality Function Deployment (Produktdefinitionsphase = LH) 2019 QFP -> Quarter Flat Pack 2020 QI -> Qualified Intermediary 2021 QIC -> Quarter Inch Cartridge Drive Standards Inc. 2022 QOS -> Quality of Service 2023 QPL -> Q Public License 2024 QSIF -> Quarter SIF

R

2025 R/W -> read/write 2026 RA -> Registration Authority 2027 RACE -> Research on Advanced Communication in Europe 2028 rad -> radian 2029 RADIUS -> Remote Authentication Dial-In User (RFC 2058, 2059) 2030 RAG -> Ruhrkohle AG 2031 RAID -> Redundant Array of Independent Disks 2032 RAID -> Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks 2033 RAM -> Random Access Memory 2034 RAP -> Route Access Protocol 2035 RARP -> Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (TCP/IP-Begriff) 2036 RAS -> Reliability, Availability, Serviceability 2037 RB -> Regionalbahn 2038 RBDE -> Retiming Board Digital Ethernet 2039 RBS -> Radio Broadcasting System 2040 RC -> Robot Control 2041 RC -> resistance-capacitance 2042 RCR -> Research and Development Center for Radio Systems (= japanisches Pendant zum deutschen Institut für Rundfunktechnik) 2043 RCSL -> RealNetworks Community Source License 2044 RCVR -> receiver 2045 RD -> Phase-Change Dual 2046 RDC -> Remote Differential Compression 2047 RDCCG -> Regional Data and Computing Center Germany 2048 RDF -> Resource Description Framework 2049 RDMA -> Remote Direct Memory Access 2050 RDP -> Remote Desktop Protocol 2051 RDP -> Reliable Datagram Protocol 2052 RDRAM -> Rambus-DRAM 2053 READSL2 -> Reach Enhanced ADSL2 2054 RegTP -> Regulierungsbehörde für Telekommunikation 2055 REIT -> Real Estate Investment Trust 2056 RER -> Residual Error Rate 2057 RES -> Rivest, Shamir, Adleman 2058 RF -> Radio Frequency 2059 RFC -> Request For Comment 2060 RFI -> radio frequency interference 2061 RFID -> Radio Frequency Identification 2062 RFQ -> Request for Quote 2063 RG -> Regionalgesellschaft 2064 RGB -> Red, Green, Blue 2065 RHCE -> Red Hat Certified Engineer 2066 RHS -> Right Hand Side 2067 RIAA -> Recording Industry Association of America 2068 RIP -> Routing Information Protocol (Novell-Begriff, DARPA-Begriff) 2069 RIP -> Raster Image Processor 2070 RISC -> reduced instruction-set computer 2071 RJ11 -> Western Stecker 2072 RLDRAM -> Reduced Latency DRAM 2073 RLE -> Run-length encoding 2074 RLL -> run-length-limited 2075 RMA -> Rate Monitoring Analysis 2076 RMI -> Remote Method Invocation 2077 RNC -> Radio Network Controller 2078 RNLI -> Royal National Lifeboat Institution 2079 RO -> receive only 2080 ROCE -> Return On Capital Employed (= Ertrag auf eingesetztes Kapital) 2081 RoHS -> Restriction Of Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment 2082 RoHS -> Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment 2083 ROI -> Return On Investment 2084 ROI -> Regions Of Interest 2085 ROLAP -> Relational OLAP 2086 ROM -> read-only memory 2087 ROMB -> RAID On Motherboard 2088 RORAC -> Return On Risk-Adjusted Capital 2089 ROSE -> Remote Operations Service Element 2090 RPC -> Remote Procedure Call 2091 RPC -> Region Playback Control 2092 RPC -> remote procedure call 2093 RPIX -> Retail Price Index 2094 RPM -> Redhat Packet Manager (LINUX-Distribution) 2095 RPSL -> RealNetworks Public Source License 2096 RRD -> Removable Rigid Disc 2097 RRTAG -> Radio Regularory Technical Advisory Group 2098 RRZN -> Regionales Rechenzentrum für Niedersachsen 2099 RSC -> Radio Spectrum Committee 2100 RSD -> Retractable Shroud Duplex (ESCON-Stecker von AMP) 2101 RSH -> Remote Shell 2102 RSI -> Repeated Strain Injury 2103 RSI -> Relative Strength Indicator 2104 RSS -> RDF Site Summary 2105 RSS -> Rich Site Summary 2106 RSS -> Really Simple Syndication 2107 RSS -> Rich Site Syndication 2108 RSS -> Rich Syndication Standard 2109 RSTP -> Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 2110 RSVP -> Resource Reservation Protocol 2111 RTC -> Round Trip Container 2112 RTF -> Rich Text Format 2113 RTL -> resistor-transistor logic 2114 RTM -> Response Time Management 2115 RTMP -> Routing Table Maintenance Protocol (Apple-Begriff) 2116 RTOS -> Realtime Operating System 2117 RTP -> Realtime Transport Protocol 2118 RTS -> Request To Send 2119 RTSJ -> Real-Time Specification for Java 2120 RTSP -> Realtime Streaming Protocol 2121 RTTI -> Run Time Type Information (C++-Begriff) 2122 RTU -> Remote Terminal Unit 2123 RWPPI -> RW Product Promotion Initiative 2124 RWTH -> Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen 2125 RZ -> return to zero 2126 S -> second

S

2127 S.M.A.R.T. -> Self-monitoring, Analysis and Reporting 2128 S/MIME -> Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension 2129 S/N -> signal-to-noise ratio 2130 S/PDIF -> Sony Philips Digital Interface 2131 S/PDIF -> Sony / Philips Digital Interconnect Format 2132 S2S -> Science to Science 2133 SA -> Security Associations 2134 SA -> Software Assurance 2135 SA -> Spare Area 2136 SAC -> Singel Attachment Concentrator 2137 SACF -> Single Association Control Function 2138 SADE -> Symbolic Application Debugging Environment (Apple-Begriff) 2139 SAIC -> Single Antenna Interference Cancellation 2140 SAM -> Sequential Access Method 2141 SAM -> Security Access Manager 2142 SAN -> Storage Area Network 2143 SANE -> Standard Apple Numeric Interface 2144 SAO -> Session At Once 2145 SAP -> Service Access Point 2146 SAP -> Service Advertising Protocol (Novell-Begriff) 2147 SAPI -> Simple Application Programmers Interface 2148 SARA -> Short Range Automotive Radar Frequency Allocation 2149 SARPA -> Security Advanced Research Projects Agency 2150 SARS -> Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2151 SAS -> Single Attachment Station 2152 SAS -> Scandinavian Airlines Systems 2153 SAS -> Serial Attached SCSI 2154 SAS -> Single Attachment Station 2155 SAT -> Summed Area Table 2156 SATA -> Serial ATA 2157 SB -> System Builder 2158 SBA -> Side Band Addressing 2159 SBC -> Sub Band Codec 2160 SBUS -> IEEE P1496 (Sun, ...) 2161 SCA -> Single Connector Attachment 2162 SCADA -> Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition 2163 SCC -> Sicherheits-Certificate-Contractoren 2164 SCCS -> Source Code Control System 2165 SCD -> SANmark Conformance Document 2166 SCEI -> Sony Computer Entertainment 2167 SCEM -> Supply Chain Event Management 2168 SCEP -> Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol 2169 SCI -> Scalable Coherent Interface (IEEE) 2170 SCIS -> Shanghai Credit Information Service 2171 SCL -> Structured Control Language (IEC1131-Begriff, Programming Languages for Programmable Controllers, Teil 3) 2172 SCM -> Supply Chain Management 2173 SCMS -> Serial Copy Management System 2174 SCN -> specification change notice 2175 SCN -> System Change Number 2176 SCP -> Single Chip Package 2177 SCP -> Smart Card Platform 2178 SCP -> Secure CoPy 2179 SCP: -> Session Control Protocol (DEC-Begriff) 2180 SCPI -> Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (IEEE488.2 Begriff) 2181 SCR -> silicon-controlled rectifier 2182 SCS -> SNA Character Stream (IBM-Begriff) 2183 SCSI -> Small Computer Systems Interface 2184 SCSL -> Sun Community Source License 2185 SCSP -> Server Cache Synchronisation 2186 SCSS -> Special Conditions for Supplies and Services 2187 SCT -> Single Copy Template 2188 SCTP -> Streams Control Transmission Protocol 2189 SD -> Secure Digital Card 2190 SD -> Super Density Disc 2191 SDC -> Service Description Channel 2192 SDDI -> Shielded Distributed Data Interface 2193 SDE -> Secure Data Exchange 2194 SDH -> Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (Europa, CCITT-Welt) 2195 SDI -> Single Document Interface 2196 SdK -> Schutzgemeinschaft der Kleinaktionäre 2197 SDK -> Software Development Kit 2198 SDLC -> Synchronous Data Link Control (IBM) 2199 SDLT -> Super Digital Linear Tape 2200 SDMI -> Secure Digital Music Initiative 2201 SDR -> Single Data Rate 2202 SDRAM -> Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory 2203 SDSL -> Single Line Digital Subscriber Line 2204 SDTV -> Standard Definition TV 2205 SDTV -> Standard TV 2206 SE -> Stadtexpress 2207 SEB -> Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken 2208 SEC -> Single Edge Contact (Intel, Steckmechanik f?r PII und PIII CPUs) 2209 SEC -> Securities and Exchange Comission 2210 SECC -> Single Edge Contact Cardridge (Intel, PII, PIII-CPU-Halter) 2211 SECS -> Semiconductor Equipment Communication Standard 2212 SEI -> Software Engineering Institute (Mellington?) 2213 SEO -> Search Engine Optimizer 2214 SEP -> Standardeinbauplatz (15,24mm) 2215 SEPP -> Secure Electronic Payments Protocol (Netscape/MasterCard) 2216 SEQUEL -> Structured English Query Language 2217 SERCOS -> Serial Realtime Communication System 2218 SES -> Standardized Earnings Surprise (Gewinnrevisionsindikator) 2219 SET -> Secure Electronic Transaction 2220 SFAS -> Statement(s) of Financial Accounting Standards 2221 SFF -> Small Form Factor 2222 SFN -> Single Frequency Network 2223 SFOR -> Stabilisation Force 2224 SFS -> Scalable File System 2225 SFTP -> Secure FTP 2226 SFU -> Services For Unix 2227 SGB -> Sozialgesetzbuch 2228 SGB -> Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund 2229 SGI -> Solicon Graphics Inc. 2230 SGML -> Standard Generalized Markup Language 2231 SGSN -> Serving GPRS Support Node 2232 SHA -> Secure Hash Algorithm 2233 SHA -> Secure Hashing 2234 SHDSL -> Single Line Digital Subscriber Line 2235 SHF -> super-high frequency 2236 SHWP -> Solaris Hardware Partner 2237 SIA -> Semiconductor Industries Association 2238 SID -> Sport Informations Dienst 2239 SIF -> Source Input Format 2240 SIG -> Special Interest Group 2241 SIIA -> Software and Information Industry Association 2242 SIM -> Subscriber Identity Modul 2243 SIMD -> Simple Instruction Multiple Data 2244 SIMEX -> Singapur International Monetary Exchange 2245 SIMM -> single in-line memory module 2246 SIOM -> Server I/O Module 2247 SIP -> Session Initiation Protocol 2248 SIP -> single in-line package 2249 SIP -> Session Initiation Protocol 2250 SIPC -> Simply Interactive PC 2251 SIPP -> Simple Internet Protocol Plus 2252 SISI -> Swiss Investors Sentiment Index 2253 SKAS -> Separate Kernel Address Space 2254 SLA -> Service Level Agreement 2255 SLA -> Single Lead Acid 2256 SLAC -> Stanford Linear Accelerator Center 2257 SLC -> Seciond Level Cache 2258 SLES -> Suse Linus Enterprise Server 2259 SLI -> Scanline Interleave 2260 SLI -> Scalable Link Interface 2261 SLIP -> serial-line Internet protocol 2262 SLMS -> Single Line Multi Service 2263 SLSI -> super-large-scale integration 2264 SM -> Smart Media 2265 SMA -> Simple Moving Average 2266 SMA -> Shape memory Alloys 2267 SMART -> Self-monitoring, Analysis and Reporting 2268 SMB -> IBM PC Server Message Block Protocol (IBM-Begriff) 2269 SMB -> Server Message Block Protocol (3COM-Begriff) 2270 SMD -> Surface Mounted Device 2271 SMDC -> Server Management Daughter Card 2272 SME -> Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2273 SMF -> Standard MIDI File 2274 SMF -> system management facilities 2275 SMI -> Structure of Management Information (SNMP-Begriff) 2276 SMI -> Swiss Market Index 2277 SMIL -> Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language 2278 SMON -> Switch Monitoring 2279 SMP -> Simple Management Protocol (Weiterentwicklung von SNMP) 2280 SMP -> Symmetrical Multi Processing 2281 SMPng -> Next-generation Symmetric Multi-Processing 2282 SMPTE -> Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers 2283 SMS -> Short Message Service 2284 SMT -> Station Management 2285 SMT -> Simultanious Multithreading 2286 SMTP -> Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (DARPA-Begriff) 2287 SNA -> Systems Network Architecture Protocol (IBM-Begriff) 2288 SNA/DS -> SNA Distributed Services (IBM-Begriff) 2289 SNA/FS -> SNA File Services (IBM-Begriff) 2290 SNA/MS -> SNA Management Services (IBM-Begriff) 2291 SNAP -> Sub-Network Access Protocol 2292 SNIA -> Storage Networking Industry Association 2293 SNMP -> Simple Network Management Protocol (DARPA-Begriff) 2294 SNMP2 -> SNMP Version 2 2295 SNMPv2 -> Version 2 des SNMP 2296 SNPA -> Subnetwork Point of Attachment (OSI-NL-Begriff) 2297 SNR -> Signal to Noise Ratio 2298 SNTP -> Simple Network Time Protocol 2299 SO -> Small Outline 2300 SOA -> Sarbanes Oxley Act 2301 SOA -> Software Oriented Architecture 2302 SOAP -> Simple Object Access Protocol 2303 SOFC -> Solid Oxide Fuel Cell 2304 SOFFEX -> Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange 2305 SOI -> Silicon On Insulator 2306 SOIP -> Storage over IP 2307 SOL -> Shit Out of Luck 2308 SONET -> Synchronous Optical Network (USA, ANSI-Welt) 2309 SOX -> Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2310 SPAG -> Standards Promotion and Application Group 2311 SPARC -> Scholarly Publishing in Academic and Research Coalition 2312 SPARC -> Scalable Processor Archtecture 2313 SPAX -> Spanplattenschraube mit Kreuzschlitz "x" 2314 SPC -> Setpoint control 2315 SPD -> Security Parameter Database 2316 SPDIF -> Sony Philips Data Interchange Format 2317 SPE -> Signal Processing Extension 2318 SPE -> Synchronous Payload Envelope 2319 SPEC -> Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation 2320 SPF -> Sender Policy Framework 2321 SPIM -> Spam over Instant Messaging 2322 SPIT -> Spam over Internet Telephony 2323 SPL -> Sun Pubkic License 2324 SPOT -> Smart Personal Objects Technology 2325 SPP -> Sequenced Packet Protocol (XNS-Begriff, 3COM-Begriff) 2326 SPP -> System Platform Processor 2327 SPP -> Standard-Parallel-Port 2328 SPPS -> Swiss Performance Presentation Standards 2329 SPS -> Speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung 2330 SPS -> SharePoint Portal Server 2331 SPU -> Synergistic Processing Units 2332 SPV -> Semipermanente Verbindung (ISDN-Begriff, vorbestellte Dauerwaehlverbindung) 2333 SPX -> Sequenced Packet Exchange Protocol (Novell-Begriff, CO-Protokoll) 2334 SQE -> Signal Quality Error (Heartbeat eines ETHERNET Transceivers) 2335 SQL -> Structured Query Language 2336 SQUID -> Superconducting Quantum Interferometer Device 2337 SRAM -> static random access memory 2338 SRM -> Storage Resource Management 2339 SRS -> Sender Rewriting Scheme 2340 SRT -> Source Routing Transparent Bridge (IEEE...) 2341 SRT -> Soft Realtime-Ethernet 2342 SSA -> Serial Storage Architecture 2343 SSC -> Superconducting Super Collider (USA) 2344 SSE -> Streaming SIMD Extensions 2345 SSFDC -> Solid State Floppy Disc Card 2346 SSH -> Secure Shell 2347 SSI -> small-scale integration 2348 SSID -> Service Set Identifier 2349 SSL -> Secure Socket Layer 2350 SSM -> Sales and Service Management 2351 SSO -> Single Sign-on 2352 SSP -> Standard Printer Port 2353 SSTP -> Streamlined Sales Tax Project 2354 ST -> Steam Turbine 2355 ST-2 -> Internet Stream Protocol Version 2 2356 STA -> Secondary Table Area 2357 STL -> Standard Template Library 2358 STM -> Synchronous Transport Module 2359 STP -> Shielded Twisted Pair 2360 STR -> Suspend To RAM 2361 STT -> Secure Transaction Technology (Microsoft/VISA) 2362 STX -> Start of Text (ASCII-Steuerzeichen) 2363 SUV -> Sport Utility Vehicle 2364 SVC -> Switched Virtual Circuit (X.25) 2365 SVG -> Scalable Vector Graphics 2366 SVGA -> Super VGA 2367 SVID -> System V Interface Definition 2368 SW -> Software 2369 SWEP -> Swiss Electricity Price Index 2370 SWF -> Shockwave File Format 2371 SWF -> Shockwave Flash 2372 SWIFT -> Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications 2373 SWR -> standing wave ratio 2374 SZ -> Süddeutsche Zeitung 2375 T -> tera (prefix)

T

2376 T&L -> Transform and Lighting 2377 T.30 -> CCITT_Standard für den Verbindungsaufbau und die Abwicklung der Datenuebertragung bei FAX-Geraeten 2378 T.4 -> CCITT-Standard für die digitale Kodierung von FAX-Doukumenten 2379 TAE -> Telekommunikations Anschluss Einrichtung 2380 TAM -> Technische Akademie Mannheim 2381 TAN -> Tansaktionsnummer 2382 TAO -> Track At Once 2383 TBA -> Technologieberatungsstelle 2384 TBETSI -> Technischer Beirat für ETSI (im DIN und DKE) 2385 TBI -> Total Business Integration 2386 TC -> Technical Committee (Begriff bei ISO) 2387 TC -> Transmission Convergence (ATM ...) 2388 TC -> temperature coefficient 2389 TCA -> Target Channel Adapter 2390 TCAMT -> Trusted Configuration Access Mechanism 2391 TCB -> Transmission Control Block (TCP-Begriff) 2392 TCG -> Trusted Computing Group 2393 TCI -> Tag Control Information 2394 TCL/TK -> Tool Command Language/Toolkit 2395 TCO -> Total Cost of Ownership 2396 TCP -> Tape Carrier Package 2397 TCP -> Transport Control Protocol (TCP/IP-Begriff) 2398 TCPA -> Trusted Computing Platform Alliance 2399 TCQ -> Tagged Command Queuing 2400 TCS -> Trusted Configuration Space 2401 TDD -> Time Division Duplex 2402 TDDSG -> Teledienste-Datenschutzgesetz 2403 TDF -> Thermal Design Power 2404 TDG -> Teledienstegesetz 2405 TDM -> Time Division Multiplexing 2406 TDMA -> Time Division Multiple Access 2407 TDP -> Thermal Design Power 2408 TDR -> Time Domain Reflectometry 2409 TD-SCDMA -> Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access 2410 TD-SCDMA -> Time Division Synchronous CDMA 2411 TDSV -> Telekommunikationsdatenschutzverordnung 2412 TE -> Teilungseinheit (5,08mm) 2413 TEA -> Tiny Encryption Algorithm 2414 TELEX -> teletypewriter exchange 2415 TELNET -> Telnet Protocol (TCP/IP-Begriff) 2416 TEP -> Traded Endowment Policies 2417 TEU -> Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit 2418 TFE -> Türfreisprechsprecheinrichtung 2419 TFT -> Thin Film Transistor 2420 TFTP -> Trivial File Transfer Protocol (UNIX-Begriff) 2421 TGV -> Train à Grande Vitesse 2422 TH -> Technische Hochschule 2423 THD -> Total Harmonic Distortion 2424 THT -> Through Hole Technology (Durchstecktechnik) 2425 TIA -> Telecommunications Industry Association 2426 TIFF -> Tagged Image File Format 2427 TIM -> Thermal Interface Material 2428 TIS -> Tool Interface Standard Committee 2429 TKG -> Telekommunikationsgesetz 2430 TKIP -> Temporary Key Integrity Protocol 2431 TLAP -> Token-talk Link Access Protocol 2432 TLC -> Third Level Cache 2433 TLD -> Top Level Domain 2434 TLI -> Transport Layer Interface (SVR4-Begriff) 2435 TLP -> Thread Level Parallelism 2436 TLP -> Transaction Layer Packets 2437 TLS -> Transport Layer Security 2438 TLV -> Tag, Length, Value (ASN.1-Begriff) 2439 TLV -> Type, Length, Value (FDDI SMT-Begriff) 2440 TMDS -> Transition Minimized Differential Signal 2441 TMSL -> Test and Measurement Systems Language (HP-Begriff) 2442 TN -> Twisted Nematic 2443 TOE -> TCP/IP Offline Engine 2444 TOE -> Transport Offload Engine 2445 TOE -> TCP Offload Engine 2446 TOP -> Technical and Office Protocols 2447 ToS -> Type of Service 2448 TPA -> Trade Promotion Authority 2449 TPC -> Transmit Power Control 2450 TPC -> Transmission Power Control 2451 TPC -> Transaction Processing Performance Council 2452 TPDDI -> Twisted Pair Distribured Data Interface 2453 TPID -> Tag Protocol Identifier 2454 TPM -> Trusted Platform Module 2455 TP-MSR -> Technologieprozessor Messen Steuern Regeln (ANL A4-System) 2456 TPO-4 -> Transport Protocol Class 4 (ISO-Begriff) 2457 TQM -> Total Quality Management 2458 TR29.2 -> US-Standard zur rechner- und herstellerunabhaengigen Steuerung von FAX-Modems 2459 TRCD -> RAS to CAS Latency 2460 TRIPS -> Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights 2461 TRP -> RAS Precharge Time 2462 TSB -> Technical Systems Bulletin 2463 TSE -> Trusted Software Environment 2464 TSM -> Tivoli Storage Manager 2465 TSMC -> Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 2466 TSO -> timesharing option 2467 TSOP -> Thin Small Outline Package 2468 TSR -> terminate-and-stay-resident 2469 TSS -> Telecommunication Standardization Sector (für Telekomm. zustaend. Bereich der ITU) 2470 TTCAN -> Time-Triggered CAN 2471 TTL -> Time To Live 2472 TTL -> Transistor Transistor Logic 2473 TTY -> Teletype 2474 TUBA -> TCP and UTP with Bigger Addresses 2475 TWA -> The Wassenaar Arrangement 2476 TWX -> teletypewriter exchange service

U

2477 U.S. -> United States 2478 UA -> Upgrade Advantage 2479 UART -> universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter 2480 UAW -> United Auto Workers 2481 UBA -> Umweltbundesamt 2482 UBS -> Union Bank Of Switzerland 2483 UCC -> Uniform Code Council 2484 UCI -> Universal Chess Interface Protocol 2485 UCL -> University College London 2486 UCS -> Universal Cabling System 2487 UCS -> Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set 2488 UCTE -> Union for the Coordination of Transmission of Electricity 2489 UDA -> Unified Driver Architecture 2490 UDDI -> Universal Description, Discovery and Integration 2491 UDDI -> Universal Description, Discovery and Integration protocol 2492 UDF -> Universal Disc Format 2493 UDI -> Unified Display Interface 2494 UDMA -> Ultra DMA 2495 UDO -> Ultra Density Optical 2496 UDP -> User Datagram Protocol (TCP/IP-Begriff) 2497 UDS -> Universal Delivery System 2498 UE -> User Equipment 2499 UEP -> Unequal Error Protection 2500 UHF -> ultra-high frequency 2501 UIC -> Union Internationale des chemin de fer 2502 UID -> user identification 2503 UIT -> Internationale Fernmeldeunion 2504 UKW -> Ultrakurzwelle 2505 UL -> Underwriters Laboratories 2506 ULC -> Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada 2507 ULP -> Upper Level Protocol 2508 ULS -> User Level Synchronization 2509 ULSI -> ultra-large-scale integration 2510 UM -> Unified Messaging 2511 UMA -> Uniform Memory Access 2512 UMAG -> Gesetz zur Unternehmensintegrität und Modernisierung des Anfechtungsrechts 2513 UMC -> United Microelectronics 2514 UML -> User Mode Linux 2515 UNC -> Universal Naming Convention 2516 UNCITRAL -> United Nations Commission on International Trade Law 2517 UNCTAD -> United Nations Coonference on Trade and Development 2518 UNDP -> United Nations Development Programme 2519 UNI -> User Network Interface (ATM-Begriff) 2520 UNI -> Union Network International 2521 UNIX -> Uniplexed Information and Computing System 2522 UPC -> Universal Product Code 2523 UPnP -> Universal Plug and Play 2524 UPS -> Uninterruptible power supply 2525 UPT -> Universal Telecommunicationa Number 2526 URI -> Uniform Resource Identifier 2527 URL -> Uniform Resource Locator 2528 URN -> Uniform Resource Names 2529 USB -> Universal Serial Bus 2530 USB-IF -> USB Implementers Forum 2531 USD -> US Dollar 2532 USGAAS -> United States Generally Accepted Auditing Standards 2533 USIM -> Universal Subscriber Identity Module 2534 USITC -> United States International Trade Commission 2535 USPTO -> US Patent and Trademarkoffice 2536 USRT -> universal synchronous receiver-transmitter 2537 USV -> Unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung 2538 UTC -> Universal Time Coordinated (Weltzeit) 2539 UTM -> Universal Transverse Mercator 2540 UTMA -> Universal Transportable Memory Association 2541 UTP -> Unshielded Twisted Pair 2542 UTRAN -> UMTS Radio Access Network 2543 UUCP -> UNIX-to-UNIX Copy 2544 UV -> ultraviolet 2545 UVM -> User Verification Manager 2546 UWB -> Ultra Wide Band 2547 V -> volt

V

2548 VAC -> volts alternating current 2549 VAR -> Value Added Resellers 2550 VARP -> Vines Address Resolution Protocol (Banyan-Begriff) 2551 VAS -> Value Added Services 2552 VAT -> Value Added Tax 2553 VATM -> Verband der Anbieter für Telekommuniktions- und Mehrwertdienste 2554 VBA -> Visual Basic for Applications 2555 VBE -> Verband Bildung und Erziehung 2556 VBN -> Vermitteltes Breitband Netz (140MBit/s, Telekom) 2557 VBR -> Variable Bitrate 2558 VBX -> Visual Basic Extension 2559 VCEG -> Video Coding Expert Group 2560 VCI -> Virtual Channel Identifier (ATM-Begriff) 2561 VCI -> Verband der chemischen Industrie 2562 VCM -> Virtual Channel RAM 2563 VCO -> voltage-controlled oscillator 2564 VCPI -> Virtual Control Program Interface (von PharLap und Quarterdeck) 2565 VDA -> Verband der Automobilindustrie 2566 VDC -> volts direct current 2567 VDE -> Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker 2568 VDEW -> Verband der Elektrizitätswirtschaft 2569 VdF -> Verband der Filmverleiher 2570 VDI -> Video Device Interface (Intel-Begriff) 2571 VDIF -> VESA Display ldentification File 2572 VDMA -> Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer 2573 VDR -> Video Disk Recorder 2574 VDSL -> Very High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line 2575 VDSL -> Very Highspeed Digital Subscriber Loop 2576 VDT -> video display terminal 2577 VDU -> Visual Display Unit 2578 VERTS -> Virtual Emergency Response System 2579 VES -> Virtual Execution System 2580 VESA -> Video Electronics Standards Association 2581 VESA-DPMS -> VESA Display Power Management Signaling 2582 VEU -> volume end user 2583 VF -> voice frequency 2584 VFS -> Virtual File System 2585 VfW -> Video for Windows 2586 VGA -> Video Graphics Array 2587 VGA -> video graphics adapter 2588 VHDCI -> Very High Density Cable Interconnect 2589 VHDL -> VHSIC/HDL (Ist IEEE1076 Norm) 2590 VHF -> very high frequency 2591 VHSIC -> Very High Speed Integrated Circuit 2592 VI -> Virtual Interface 2593 VICP -> Vines Interprocess Communication Protocol (Banyan-Begriff) 2594 VID -> Voltage Identification 2595 VID -> VLAN-Id 2596 VIDYA -> Variable Index Dynamic Average 2597 VIP -> Vines Internet Protocol (Banyan-Begriff) 2598 VIP -> Video over IP 2599 VIPC -> Vines Internet Control Protocol (Banyan-Begriff) 2600 VIPR -> Virtual IP Routing 2601 VITA -> VMEbus International Trade Association 2602 VLB -> VESA local bus 2603 VLF -> very low frequency 2604 VLR -> Visitor Location Register 2605 VLSI -> very large scale integration 2606 VM -> Video Mode 2607 VMA -> Virtual Memory Area 2608 VMD -> Virtual Manufacturing Device (MMS-Begriff) 2609 VML -> Vector Markup Language 2610 VMM -> Virtual Machine Monitor 2611 VOB -> Verdingungsordnung für Bauleistungen 2612 VoIP -> Voice over IP 2613 VOL -> Verdingungsordnung für Leistungen 2614 VöV -> Verband Öffentlicher Verkehr 2615 VPI -> Virtual Path Identifier (ATM-Begriff) 2616 VPN -> Virtuelles Privates Netz 2617 VPS -> Video Programm System 2618 VPSD -> VIA Platform Solutions Divisions 2619 VPT -> Virtual Private Trunking 2620 VPU -> Visual Processor Unit 2621 VRAM -> video random access memory 2622 VRC -> Vertical Redundancy Check (Querparity) 2623 VRF -> Video Recording Format 2624 VRML -> Virtual Reality Modeling Language 2625 VRTP -> Vines Routing Update Protocol (Banyan-Begriff) 2626 VSAM -> virtual sequential access method 2627 VSL -> Vienna Symphonic Orchesa 2628 VSMB -> Vines Server Message Block (Banyan-Begriff) 2629 VSPP -> Vines Sequenced Packet Protocol (Banyan-Begriff) 2630 VSS -> Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS 2631 VST -> Virtual Studio Technology 2632 VT -> Vitual Terminal 2633 VT -> Vanderpool Technology 2634 VTAD -> Verband Technischer Analysten Deutschlands 2635 VTAD -> Verein Technischer Analysten Deutschlands 2636 VTAD -> Verein Technischer Analysten Deutschlands 2637 VTAM -> Virtual Terminal Access Mode 2638 VUD -> Verbandes der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland 2639 VUP -> Version Upgrade 2640 W -> Watt

W

2641 W3C -> WWW Consortium 2642 WABI -> Windows Application Binary Interface (Windows SS für UNIXe) 2643 WACC -> Weighted Average Capital Costs 2644 WAI -> Web Accessibility Initiative 2645 WAIS -> Wide-Area Information Server 2646 WAM -> Warren Abstract Machine 2647 WAN -> Wide Area Network 2648 WAP -> Wireless Access Protocol 2649 WAPI -> Wired Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure 2650 WAZ -> Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung 2651 WBC -> Wideband Channel (FDDI II Begriff) 2652 WBEM -> Web Based Enterprise Management 2653 WCF -> Windows Communication Foundation 2654 WCI -> World Coal Institute 2655 WDA -> Wireless Digital Assistant 2656 WDM -> Windows Driver Model 2657 WDM -> Wavelength Division Multiplexing 2658 WDS -> Wireless Distribution System 2659 WEBDAV -> WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning 2660 WEEE -> Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment 2661 WEEE -> Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment 2662 WEF -> World Economic Forum 2663 WEP -> Wired Equivalent Privacy 2664 WEPA -> Wired Equivalent Privacy Algorithm 2665 WfM -> Wired for Management 2666 WFQ -> Weighted Fair Queuing 2667 WfW -> Windows for Workgroups 2668 WGC -> World Gold Council 2669 WHO -> World Health Organisation (Weltgesundheitsorganisation) 2670 WHQL -> Windows Hardware Quality Lab 2671 WIA -> Windows Image Acquisition 2672 WIDGET -> Windows Gadget 2673 WiFi -> Wireless Fidelity 2674 WiMax -> Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access 2675 WIN -> Wireless In-Building Network 2676 WINS -> Windows Internet Name Service 2677 WIO -> Wireless Input/Output 2678 WIPO -> World Intellectual Property Organization 2679 WKN -> Wertpapierkennnummer 2680 WLL -> Wireless Local Loop 2681 WLP -> Wafer Level Packaging 2682 WM -> Windows Media 2683 WMA -> Windows Media Audio 2684 WMA -> Weighted Moving Average 2685 WME -> Windows Media Encoder 2686 WMI -> Windows Management Infrastructure 2687 WMI -> Windows Management Interface 2688 WMI -> Windows Management Instrumentation 2689 WML -> Wireless Markup Language 2690 WMS -> Warehouse Management System 2691 WMSDE -> Windows Microsoft SQL-Server Desktop Engine 2692 WMV -> Windows Media Video 2693 WOL -> Wake On LAN 2694 WOM -> World Of Music 2695 WOR -> Wake On Ring 2696 WORM -> Write Once, Read Multiple 2697 WOSA -> Windows Open System Architecture 2698 WPA -> WiFi Protected Area 2699 WPA -> WiFi protected Access 2700 WPA -> Wireless Protected Access 2701 WPAN -> Wireless Personal Area Networks 2702 WPC -> Wearable PC 2703 WSDL -> Web Services Description Language 2704 WSDL -> Web Service Definition Language 2705 WSDP -> Windows Socket Direct Path 2706 WSF -> World Social Forum 2707 WSH -> Windows Script Host 2708 WS-I -> Web Service Interoperability Organization 2709 WSIS -> World Summit on the Information Society 2710 WSS -> Windows SharePoint Services 2711 WSTS -> World Semiconductor Trade Statistics 2712 WTI -> West Texas Intermediate 2713 WTO -> World Trade Organisation (GATT-Nachfolger) 2714 WTS -> Windows Terminal Server 2715 WTSL -> Wireless Transportation Security Layer 2716 WWF -> World Wide Fund for Nature 2717 WWN -> World Wide Name 2718 WWN -> World Wide Number 2719 WWPN -> World Wide Port Number 2720 WZC -> Wireless Zero Configuration

X

2721 X. -> Data Network Services Recommendation der CCITT 2722 XAUI -> Extended Attachment Unit Inte face 2723 XD -> Execute Disable 2724 XDCS -> X/Open Distributed Computed Services 2725 XDK -> Xbox Development Kit 2726 XDR -> External Data Representation (UNIX-Welt) 2727 XHTML -> Extensible Hypertext Markup Language 2728 XML -> Extensible Markup Language 2729 XMP -> X/OPEN Systems Management ??? 2730 XMS -> Extended Memory Specification 2731 XNS -> XEROX Network System 2732 XNSCP -> XNS Control Protocol 2733 XNTP -> Zeitsynchronisierungsprotokoll (SCO-Begriff) 2734 XPG -> X/Open Portability Guide 2735 XSL -> Extensible Stylesheet Language 2736 XSLT -> Extensible Style Language Transformation 2737 XSS -> Cross Site Scripting 2738 XTI -> X/Open Interface für Netzkommunikation (siehe TLI) 2739 XTP -> Express Transfer Protocol

Y

2740 Y2K -> Year 2000

Z

2741 ZAV -> Zentralstelle für Arbeitsvermittlung 2742 ZBR -> Zone Bit Recording 2743 ZCLV -> Zoned Constant Linear Velocity 2744 ZCR -> Zero Channel RAID 2745 ZDH -> Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks 2746 ZERCONF -> Zero Configuration IP Networking 2747 ZEW -> Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung 2748 ZFS -> Zeta Filesystem 2749 ZIP -> Zone Information Protocol (Apple-Begriff) 2750 ZIP -> Zukunfts-Investitions-Programm 2751 ZKA -> Zentralausschuss der Kreditwirtschaft 2752 ZKA -> Zentraler Kreditausschuß 2753 ZPO -> Zivilprozessordnung 2754 ZVEI -> Zentralverband der Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie