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The UltimateComputerAcronyms Archive
Last updated: May 13, 2008
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«I'm sitting in a coffee shop in Milford, NH. In the booth next to me aretwo men, a father and a son. Over coffee, the father is asking his sonabout modems, and the son is holding forth pretty well on the subjectof fax compatibility, UART requirements, and so on. But he's little outof date: The father asks, "So should I get one with a DSP?""A what?" says the son.You just can't get far if you're not up on the lingo. You might squeak  by in your company of technological nonexperts, but even some of them will surprise you. These days, technical acronyms quicklyinsinuate themselves into the vernacular.»Raphael Needleman
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μ (mu) ABI
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μ (mu): Micro
Prefix for 10 power -6
1GL: 1st Generation Language
Machine language (Software)
24/7: 24 hours a day/7 days a week2D: 2-Dimensional2D: Double Density
(Hardware)
2G: 2nd Generation
Mobile telecommunication network allowing 14.4 kbpstransfer rates (Communication)
2GL: 2nd Generation Language
Assembler and other low-level languages (Software)
2HD: 2 sides, High Density
(Hardware)
2PC: 2-Phase Commit
 
Protocol to allow replicated data to be modified at multiplesites
2S: 2 Sides
(Hardware)
2S2D: 2 Sides, Double Density
(Hardware)
2SHD: 2 Sides, High Density
(Hardware)
3D: 3-Dimensional3DES: Triple Data Encryption Standard
(Security)
3G: 3rd Generation
Mobile telecommunication network allowing 300-400 kbpstransfer rates (Communication)
3GIO: 3rd Generation Input Output
(Hardware) (Intel)
3GL: 3rd Generation Language
High level programming languages (Software)
3GPP: Third Generation Partners Project
See http://www.3gpp.org/ (Organizations)
4G: 4th Generation
Mobile telecommunication network allowing 10Mbit/stransfer rates (Communication)
4GL: 4th Generation Language
Database access languages (Software)
4GT: 4 Gigabyte memory Tuning5GL: 5th Generation Language
Artificial intelligence languages (Software)
6DOF: Six Degrees Of Freedom
A
A: Ampere
Current measurement unit
A: Anchor
HTML tag
a: atto
Prefix for 10 power -18
Å: Ångstrom
Length measurement unit corresponding to 10 power -10meters
A/D: Analog/Digital
(Hardware)
A/P: Accounts PayableA/PC: Auto Personal Computer
(Hardware)
A/R: Accounts ReceivableA/UX: Apple UniX
(Operating systems) (Apple)
AA: Advertising AgentAA: Anti-Aliasing
Method for removing jagged edges
AA: Auto AnswerAAA: Asp Application AggregatorAAA: Authentication, Authorization andAccounting
A term for a framework for intelligently controlling accessto computer resources, enforcing policies, auditing usage,and providing the information necessary to bill for services.These combined processes are important for effectivenetwork management (Security)
AAB: All-to-All BroadcastAAC: Advanced Audio CodingAAC: Authorization and Access Control
(Security)
AACS: Advanced Access Control SystemAAF: Advanced Authoring FormatAAL: Atm Adaption Layer
Layer 3 of the ATM architecture. Adapts user trafficinto/from ATM 48-byte payloads (Communication)
AAM: Automatic Acoustic Management
Feature that allows the host to request that the drive
 
modify its acoustic behavior (Hardware)
AAP: Applications Access Point
(DEC)
AARP: Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol
(Network) (Apple)
AAS: All-to-All ScatterAAS: Auto Area Segmentation
Scanner technology which detects and optimizes text andgraphics on the same page (Hardware) (Epson)
AASP: Ascii Asynchronous Support PackageAAT: Average Access TimeAATP: Authorized Academic Training Program
(Microsoft)
ABA: Address Book Archive
Filename extension
ABAP: Advanced Business ApplicationProgramming
Powerful programming language created specifically fordeveloping SAP applications. ABAP Objects is the newobject-oriented generation of this language, designed torespond to the needs of SAP's future strategies andenvironments (Software)
ABC: Atanasoff-Berry Computer
First digital calculating machine that used vacuum tubes
ABEL: Advanced Boolean ExpressionLanguageABEND: ABnormal END
(Software)
ABI: Application Binary Interface
Defines the binary system interface between compiledapplications and the operating system on which they run(Software)
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ABIOS ACSABIOS: Advanced Basic Input Output SystemABIST: Automatic Built-In Self-Test
(IBM)
ABLE: Adaptive Battery Life ExtenderABLE: Agent Building and LearningEnvironment
(IBM)
ABM: Asynchronous Balanced Mode
HDLC data transfer mode (Network)
ABNF: Augmented Backus Naur FormABR: Available Bit Rate
One of five ATM Forum defined service types. Supportsvariable bit rate data traffic with flow control, a minimumguaranteed data transmission rate and specifiedperformance parameters (Communication)
ABRS: Automated Book Request SystemABS: ABSoluteABS: Address Book Synchronization
(IBM)
ABS: Auto Balance System
System to reduce vibration and noise in a peripheral(Hardware)
ABS: Automatic Backup SystemABT: ABorTABTS: Ascii Block Terminal ServicesAC: Access Customer
(Communication)
AC: Alternate CurrentAC: Audio Codec
(Hardware)
AC: Authentication CenterAC: AutoCheck
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