General Computer Acronyms ANSI = American National Standards Institute BLOB = Binary Large Object CISC = Complex Instruction Set Computer, such as VAX or original HP 3000 CRT = Cathode Ray Tube, generally any display terminal CRC = Cyclic Redundancy Check, detect/correct transmission errors DBA = Data Base Administrator DCE = Distributed Computing Environment (OSF) DSP = Digital Signal Processing EDI = Electronic Data Interchange FUD = Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt GUI = Graphical User Interface IDE = Integrated Development Environment or Integrated Drive Electronics IEEE = Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, creators of 802.x standards IPC = Inter-Process Communication ISO = International Standards Organization ISV = Independent Software Vendor LCD = Liquid Crystal Display PCL = Printer Control Language RISC = Reduced Instruction Set Computer, as in Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC RTFM = Read The Fine Manual SCSI = Small Computer System Interface SMP = Symmetric Multiprocessor SQL = Structured Query Language, as in relational database TLA = Three Letter Acronym MPE Acronyms ACD = Access Control Definition, like UNIX ACL AIF = Architected Interface Facility CCTL = Carriage Control CM = Compatiblity Mode JCW = Job Control Word MR = Multiple RIN or Multi-Record (as in NOBUF/MR) NM = Native Mode MPE = Multi-Programming Executive, as in MPE/iX, MPE/V, MPE/XL NS/VT = Network Services/Virtual Terminal, HP 802.3 protocol OCT = Object Code Translator PID = Protection ID PM = Privileged Mode capability RIN = Resource Identification Number, used for locking SD = Self-Describing, as in SD-file TLB = Translation Lookaside Buffer TPI = Third-Party Indexing, database interface to Omnidex and Superdex UDC = User Defined Command WUD = What's Up, DOCumentation?, newsletter from Robelle UNIX Acronyms ACL = Access Control List, user-specific security BSD = Berkeley Software Distribution, a flavor of UNIX HFS = Hierarchical File System NFS = Network File System OSF = Open Systems Foundation UUCP = UNIX-to-UNIX-Copy-Program, networking with only serial modems DOS and PC Acronyms BIOS = Basic Input/Output System ECS = Extended Character Set FAT = File Allocation Table IDE = Integrated Drive Electronics PCMCIA = Personal Computer Memory Card International Association TSR = Terminate and Stay Resident VESA = Video Electronic Standards Association Windows Acronyms AP = Application Programming Interface DDE = Dynamic Data Exchange DLL = Dynamic Link Library MDI = Multiple Document Interface OCX = OLE Control eXtension ODBC = Object DataBase Connectivity OLE = Object Linking and Embedding RTF = Rich Text Format SDK = Software Development Kit VBX = Visual Basic Control VxD = Virtual Device Driver DataComm and Networking Acronyms ATM = Asyncronous Transfer Mode, or Automated Teller Machine AUI = Attached Unit Interface BNC = Bayonet-Neill-Concelman, connector for coaxial LAN cables BPS = Bits Per Second CCITT = Consultative Committee for International Telephony and Telegraphy CSMA/CD = Carrier Sense, Multiple Access with Collision Detection, i.e., Ethernet IPX = Internetwork Packet Exchange, low-level protocol of Novell Netware, on top of SPX LAN = Local Area Network LSL = Link Support Layer, Novell spec for multiple stacks NDIS = Network Driver Interface Specification, interface between NIC and transport protocol NIC = Network Interface Card NOS = Network Operating System ODI = Open Datalink Interface, Novell protocol-to-driver interface OSI = Open Systems Interconnection, 7-layer model of ISO RPC = Remote Procedure Call SPX = Sequenced Packet Exchange, Novell proprietary protocol UART = Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter WAN = Wide Area Network, like the Internet Internet Acroynms ARPANet = Advanced Research Project Agency Network, precursor to Internet CGI = Common Gateway Interface DARPA = Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, creators of ARPANET DNS = Domain Name System FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions HTML = HyperText Markup Language, used to create Web pages ICCM = Inter-client Communications Conventions Manual, for X-clients IMHO = In My Humble Opinion ISP = Internet Service Provider MIME = Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension NIC = Network Information Center, as in Internic NIS = Network Information Service, aka Yellow Pages POP = Point of Presence, also Post Office Protocol PGP = Pretty Good Privacy RFC = Request For Comments, like a specification RPC = Remote Procedure Call TIA = Thanks In Advance URL = Universal Resource Locator, a way to find anything on WWW WAIS = Wide Area Information Services WWW = World Wide Web, hypertext access to the Internet Internet Protocols ARP = Address Resolution Protocol, maps Ethernet to TCP/IP BOOTP = BOOT Protocol FTP = File Transfer Protocol IP = Internet Protocal, often seen in TCP/IP HTTP = HyperText Transport Protocol, used in the World Wide Web ICMP = Internet Control Message Protocol, low-level of TCP/IP NNTP = Network News Transport Protocol NTP = Network Time Protocol POP = Post Office Protocol, also Point of Presence PPP = Point-to-Point Protocol RARP = Reverse ARP, find IP address from physical SLIP = Serial Line Internet Protocol SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SNAP = SubNetwork Access Protocol, use of IP datagrams and ARP on IEEE networks SNMP = Simple Network Management Protocol TCP = Transmission Control Protocol TELNET = Remote Terminal Protocol TFTP = Trivial File Transfer Protocol UDP = User Datagram Protocol