0-9

1000Base-CX

Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

1000Base-LX

Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

1000Base-SX

Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

1000Base-T

Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

100Base-FX

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

100Base-T

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

100Base-T2

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

100Base-T4

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

100Base-TX

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

100BaseVG

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

100VG-AnyLAN

Ethernet with 100 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

10Base2

Ethernet with 10 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

10Base5

Ethernet with 10 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

10BaseF

Ethernet with 10 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

10BaseT

Ethernet with 10 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

10Broad36

Ethernet with 10 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

10GE

10 GigaBIT Ethernet (org/ieee/ethernet)

1Base5

Ethernet with 1 MBit/s (org/ieee/ethernet)

1D2B

1 D-channel 2 B-channels (org/itu/isdn)

1x RTT

CDMA2000 1x Radio Transmission Technology (ict/net)

2B1D

2 B-channels 1 D-channel (org/itu/isdn)

2G

2nd Generation (org/3gpp)

2PC

2-Phase Commit Protocol (ict/net)

2S2D

Double Sided, Double Density (ict/comp/fdd)

3D

3 Dimensional (ict/graphic)

3G

3rd Generation (org/3gpp)

3GL

3rd Generation Language (ict/dev)

3GPP

3rd Generation Partnership Program (org)

3GPP2

3rd Generation Partnership Program 2 (org)

3PC

3-Phase Commit Protocol (ict/net)

3PP

3rd Party Products (biz)

4G

4th Generation (org/3gpp)

4GL

4th Generation Language (ict/dev)

5G-PPP

5G Public Private Partnership (org/eu)

5GL

5th Generation Language (ict/dev)

7E1

7 (bits), Even (parity), 1 (stop bit) (ict/device/modem)

8-PSK

8-state Phase Shift Keying (ict/net)

802.11/HR

802.11 High Rate (org/ieee/wlan)

8N1

8 (bits), No (parity bit), 1 (stop bit) (ict/device/modem)

AA

A/D

Analog-to-Digital (ee)

A3DS

Architectural Artefacts for Autonomic Distributed Systems (people/vdmeer-sven)

AA

Auto Answer (ict/device/modem)

AAAAA

Anonym Association Against Acronym Abuse (jargon)

AAL

ATM Adaptation Layer (org/itu/atm)

AAL2

Adaptation Layer Type 2 (org/itu/atm)

AAL5

ATM Adaptation Layer Type 5 (org/itu/atm)

AAM

Automatic Acoustic Management (ict/comp/hdd)

AAMOF

As A Matter Of Fact (jargon)

ABNF

Augmented Backus-Naur Form (org/ietf)

ABR

Available Bit Rate (ict/net)

AC

Attached Circuit (org/ietf/ppvpn)

AC/DC

Alternating Current / Direct Current (ee)

ACCM

Asynchronous Character Control Map (org/ietf/ppp)

ACF

Autonomic Communications Forum (org)

ACFC

Address and Control Field Compression (org/ietf/ppp)

ACID

Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability (ict/concept)

ACK

Acknowledgment (org/ansi/ascii)

ACL

Agent Control Language (ict/lang)

ACM

Association for Computing Machinery (org)

ACM

Address Complete Message (org/itu/atm)

ACMA

Australian Communications and Media Authority (org)

ACME

A Company that Makes Everything (jargon)

ACP

Active Configuration Profile (ict/device/modem)

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ict/comp/bios)

ACR

Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio (ee)

ACRONYM

Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning (jargon)

ACRONYM

Abbreviation by CROping Names that Yield Meaning (jargon)

ACSE

Association Control Service Element (org/itu/x200)

ACSMIB

ATM Circuit Steering Management Information Base (org/itu/atm)

AD

Active Directory (com/us/microsoft/ad)

ADB

A DeBugger (ict/os/unix/commands)

ADC

Adaptive Data Compression (ict/device/modem)

ADG

Advanced Data Guarding (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

ADL

Architecture Description Language (ict/lang)

ADM

Application Domain Model (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

ADSI

Active Directory Service Interface (com/us/microsoft/ad)

ADSL

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ict/net)

ADSU

ATM Data Service Unit (org/itu/atm)

AE

Application Entity (org/ietf/snmp)

AES

Advanced Encryption Standard (ict/security)

AFAIC

As Far As I am Concerned (jargon)

AFAICR

As Far As I Can Recall (jargon)

AFAICT

As Far As I Can Tell (jargon)

AFAIK

As Far As I Know (jargon)

AFAIR

As Far As I Recall / Remember (jargon)

AFC

AntiFerromagnetically Coupled (ict/comp/hdd)

AFI

Autonomic Network Engineering for the Self-managing Future Internet (org/etsi)

AFK

Away from Keyboard (jargon)

AFM

Atomic Force Microscopy (ict/comp/hdd)

AFR

Annualized Failure Rate (ict/comp/hdd)

AFS

Andrew File System (ict/os)

AH

Authentication Header (org/ietf/ip)

AHCI

Advanced Host Controller Interface (ict/comp/hdd/sata)

AHFG

ATM-attached Host Functional Group (org/itu/atm)

AID

Automatic Identification & Data Capture (org/atis)

AII

Active Input Interface (org/ansi/fddi)

AII

Active Input Interface (org/itu/atm)

AIM

ATM / Ascend Inverse Multiplexing (org/itu/atm)

AIN

Advanced Intelligent Network (org/itu/q1200)

AIP

ATM Interface Processor (org/itu/atm)

AIS

Alarm Indication Signal (org/itu/atm)

AISE

Alarm Indication Signal-External (org/itu/atm)

AISG

Antenna Interface Standards Group (org)

AIUI

As I Understand It (jargon)

AIX

Advanced Interactive eXecutive (ict/os/unix)

AJAX

Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (ict)

AKA

Also Known As (jargon)

ALAP

As Late As Possible (jargon)

ALC

Adaptation Layer Controller (org/itu/atm)

ALR

Advanced Logic Research (com/us)

ALU

Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ict/comp/cpu)

AM

Amplitude Modulation (ee)

AM-DMS

Application Management DMS (org/psoc/rina/dms)

AM/PSK

Amplitude Modulation with Phase Shift Keying (ee)

AMAP

As Much As Possible (jargon)

AMD

Advanced MicroDevices (com/us)

AME

ATM Management Entity (org/itu/atm)

AMI

American Megatrends Incorporation (com/us)

AMI

ATM Management Interface (org/itu/atm)

AMI

Alternate Mark Inversion (org/itu/isdn)

AML

ACPI Machine Language (ict/comp/bios/acpi)

AMOR

Amusing Misuse of Resources (jargon)

AMQP

Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (org/oasis)

AN

Active Network (ict/net)

AN

Alias Name (org/itu/x500)

ANAIS

Architecture Not Allowed In Source (jargon)

ANFSCD

And Now For Something Completely Different (jargon)

ANIE

Federazione Nazionale Imprese Elettrotecniche ed Elettroniche (org)

ANIMA

Autonomic Networking Integrated Model and Approach (org/ieee)

ANSA

Advanced Networked Systems Architecture (ict/net)

ANSI

American National Standards Institute (org)

ANTLR

ANother Tool for Language Recognition (ict/lang)

AODI

Always On / Dynamic ISDN (org/itu/isdn)

AOE

Anywhere on Earth (time)

AOI

Active Output Interface (org/ansi/fddi)

AOI

Active Output Interface (org/itu/atm)

AOL

Alert On LAN (ict/comp/bios)

AOT

Ahead Of Time Compilcation (ict/dev)

AP

Access Point (ict/net)

AP

Application Process (org/psoc/rina)

AP-AUTH

Adaptive Policy Authoring (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/apex)

AP-CTX

Adaptive Policy Context (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/apex)

AP-DEP

Adaptive Policy Deployment (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/apex)

AP-EN

Adaptive Policy Engine (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/apex)

AP-KB

Adaptive Policy Knowledge Base (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/apex)

APACI

Apache AutoConf-style Interface (org/asf)

APC

American Power Conversion (com/us)

APEX

Adaptive Policy Execution (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab)

API

Application Programming Interface (ict)

API

Application Programmer’s Interface (ict)

APPN

Advanced Peer to Peer Networking (com/us/ibm)

APR

Apache Portable Runtime (org/asf)

Apr

April (time/moy)

APS

Automatic Protection Switching (org/ietf)

APT

Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (org)

AR

Aperture Ratio (ict/comp/dvd)

ARCFIRE

Large-scale RINA experimentation on FIRE+ infrastructure (org/eu/h2020/projects)

ARE

All Routes Explorer (org/itu/atm)

ARIB

Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (org)

ARM

Advanced RISC Machines (com/us)

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol (org/ietf)

ARQ

Automatic Re-transmission reQuest (ict/device/modem)

AS

Autonomous System (org/ietf/ip)

ASA

Advanced SCSI Architecture (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

ASAP

As Soon As Possible (jargon)

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange (org/ansi)

ASCSI

Advanced Small Computer Systems Interface (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

ASE

Application Service Element (org/itu)

ASF

Apache Software Foundation (org)

ASI

Asynchronous SCSI Interface (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

ASM

Assembler (ict/lang)

ASN.1

Abstract Syntax Notation One (org/itu/x600)

ASP

Application Service Provider (ict)

ASP

Abstract Service Primitive (org/itu/x200)

ASPI

Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

ASPIC

Advanced SCSI Programmable Interrupt Controller (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

ASR

Automatic Speech Recognition (ict/sound)

ASVD

Analog Simultaneous Voice and Data (ict/device/modem)

AT

Advanced Technology (ict/comp)

AT&T

American Telephone and Telegraph (com/us)

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment (ict/comp/hdd)

ATAPI

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface (ict/comp/hdd)

ATASPI

Advanced Technology Attachment Software Programming Interface (ict/comp/hdd)

ATC

Address Translation Cache (ict/comp/cpu)

ATC

Address Translation Controller (org/itu/atm)

ATD

Asynchronous Time Division (org/itu/atm)

ATDP

ATtention Dial Pulse (ict/device/modem)

ATDT

ATtention Dial Tone (ict/device/modem)

ATE

ATM Terminating Equipment (org/itu/atm)

ATH

ATtention Hang up (ict/device/modem)

ATIS

Alliance for Telecom Industry Solutions (org)

ATM

At The Moment (jargon)

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (org/itu)

ATMARP

ATM Address Resolution Protocol (org/itu/atm)

ATOB

ASCII TO Binary (ict/ascii)

ATSC

Advanced Television Systems Committee (org)

Aug

August (time/moy)

AUI

Attachment Unit Interface (org/ieee/ethernet)

AUT

Application Under Test (jargon)

AUU

ATM User-to-User (org/itu/atm)

AVDL

Application Vulnerability Description Language (org/oasis)

AVS

Audio and Video Coding Standard Workgroup of China (org)

AWK

al Aho, peter Weinberger, brian Kernighan (ict/os/unix/commands)

AWOL

Absent WithOut Leave (jargon)

AWT

Abstract Window Toolkit (ict/lang/java)

AXIS

Apache eXtensible Interaction System (org/asf)

AYS

Are You Sure (jargon)

BB

B2B

Business to Business (biz)

B2C

Business to Customer (biz)

B2E

Business to Employee (biz)

B8ZS

Binary 8 Zero Suppression (org/itu/isdn)

BAD

Broken As Designed (jargon)

BAI

Basic Access Interface (org/itu/isdn)

BAP

Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (org/ietf/ppp)

BAPC

Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (org/ietf/ppp)

BASE

Basically Available Soft-State (ict/concept)

BASH

Bourne-Again SHell (ict/os/unix/commands)

BBC

Broadband Bearer Capability (org/itu/bisdn)

BBF

BroadBand Forum (org)

BBIAB

(I’ll) Be Back In A Bit (jargon)

BBIAS

Bye, Back In A Second (jargon)

BBL

Be Back Later (jargon)

BCBDS

Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer Service (org/itu/bisdn)

BCDBS

Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer Service (org/itu/atm)

BCOB

Broadband Class of Bearer (org/itu/bisdn)

BCP

Best Current Practice (org/ietf)

BCP

Bridging Control Protocol (org/ietf/ppp)

BCP

Basic Call Process (org/itu/q1200)

BCSM

Basic Call State Model (org/itu/q1200)

BDA

BIOS Data Area (ict/comp/bios)

BDC

Backup Domain Controller (com/us/microsoft/ad)

BDK

Beans Development Kit (ict/lang/java)

BDR

Bus Device Request (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

BEB

Binary Exponential Backoff (org/ieee/ethernet)

BEC

Back-End-Chip (ict/comp/dvd)

BECN

Backward Explicit Congestion Notification (org/itu/atm)

BEEP

Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (org/ietf)

BEL

Bell (org/ansi/ascii)

BER

Bit Error Rate (ict/net)

BER

Basic Encoding Rules (org/itu/x600)

BERKOM

BERliner KOMmunikationssystem (ict/net)

BES

Block Ended by Symbol (ict/lang/assembler)

BFD

Binary File Descriptor (ict/os/unix)

BFN

Bye For Now (jargon)

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

BHT

Branch History Table (ict/comp/cpu)

BI

Business Intelligence (biz)

BIAB

Back In A Bit (jargon)

BIC

Bit Independence Criterion (ict/security)

BICI

Broadband InterCarrier Interface (org/itu/bisdn)

BIOS

Basic Input Output System (ict/comp)

BIOS

Basic Input Output Support (ict/comp)

BISDN

Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (org/itu)

BISSI

Broadband Inter-Switching System Interface (org/itu/bisdn)

BISUP

Broadband ISDN User’s Part (org/itu/bisdn)

BITAG

Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (org)

Bitkom

Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien e.V. (org)

BITNET

Because It’s Time NETwork (ict/net)

BLERA

BLock Error Rate After (ict/comp/dvd)

BLERB

BLock Error Rate Before (ict/comp/dvd)

BLLI

Broadband Low Layer Information (org/itu/bisdn)

BML

Bean Markup Language (ict/lang/java)

BML

Business Management Layer (org/itu/m3000)

BMP

Bean Managed Persistence (ict/lang/java)

BMT

Biel Mean Time (time)

BNC

Baby N Connector (org/ieee/ethernet)

BNF

Backus-Naur Form (ict/lang)

BNT

Broadband Network Termination (org/itu/bisdn)

BOA

Basic Object Adapter (org/omg)

BOFH

Bastard Operator From Hell (jargon)

BOM

Byte Order Mark (ict/unicode)

BOOTP

BOOTstrap Protocol (org/ietf)

BOT

Back On Topic (jargon)

BP

Base Pointer (ict/lang/assembler)

BPB

BIOS Parameter Block (ict/comp/bios)

BPEL4WS

Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (org/oasis)

BPF

Berkeley Packet Filter (ict/os/unix)

BPI

Bits Per Inch (ict/comp/hdd)

BPU

Branch Prediction Unit (ict/comp/cpu)

BPU

Branch Processing Unit (ict/comp/cpu)

BRAN

Broadband Radio Access Network (org/etsi)

BRB

Be Right Back (jargon)

BRI

Basic Rate Interface (org/itu/isdn)

BRMS

Business Rule Management System (biz)

BS

Base Station (ict/net/mobile)

BS

Backspace (org/ansi/ascii)

BSA

Business Software Alliance (org)

BSD

Berkeley System Distribution (com/us)

BSS

Block Started by Symbol (ict/lang/assembler)

BSS

Business Support System (ict/net/mgmt)

BST

British Standard Time (time/tz)

BST

British Summer Time (time/tz)

BSVC

Broadcast Switched Virtual Connections (org/itu/atm)

BT

British Telecom (com/uk)

BTB

Branch Target Buffer (ict/comp/cpu)

BTC

Biting The Carpet (jargon)

BTDT

Been There, Done That (jargon)

BTE

Broadband Terminal Equipment (org/itu/bisdn)

BTLB

Block Translation Look-aside Buffer (ict/comp/cpu)

BTOA

Binary TO ASCII (ict/ascii)

BTP

Business Transaction Protocol (org/oasis)

BTS

Base Transceiver Station (org/etsi/gsm)

BTW

By The Way (jargon)

Btx

BildschirmTeXt (ict/net)

BUP

Buffer Underrun Protection (ict/comp/dvd)

BUS

Broadcast and Unknown Server (org/itu/atm)

BWAM

Because We Are Mean (jargon)

CC

C

Customer device (org/ietf/ppvpn)

C++

Programming Language (ict/lang)

CA

Computer Associates (com/us)

CA

Condition Action (ict/net/mgmt)

CA

Cell Arrival (org/itu/atm)

CA

Certification Authority (org/itu/x500)

CAC

Cantilver Array Chip (ict/comp/hdd)

CAC

Connection Admission Control (org/itu/atm)

CACE

Common Application Connection Establishment (org/psoc/rina)

CAGR

Compound Annual Growth Rate (biz)

CalCom

California Telephone Association (org)

CAM

Common Access Method (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

CAM

Content Addressable Memory (org/ieee/ethernet)

CAN

Cancel (org/ansi/ascii)

CAP

Consistency, Availability, Partitioning Tolerance (ict/concept)

CAP

Common Alerting Protocol (org/oasis)

CAPEX

Capital Expenditure (biz)

CAPI

Cryptography Application Programming Interface (ict/security)

CAPI

Communication Application Program Interface (org/itu/isdn)

CARD

Candidate Access Router Discovery (org/ietf)

CardVM

Card Virtual Machine (ict/lang/java)

CASE

Computer Aided Software Engineering (ict/dev)

CASE

Common Application Service Element (org/itu/x200)

CAST

Carlisle Adams and Stafford Tavares (ict/security)

CAT

Common Authentication Technology (org/ietf)

CATNIP

Common ArchiTecture for Next generation Internet Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

CAV

Constant Angular Velocity (ict/comp/hdd)

CBC

Cipher Block Chaining (mode) (org/nist/des)

CBC-MAC

Cipher Block Chaining of Message Authentication Code (ict/security)

CBGA

Ceramic Ball and Grid Array (ict/comp/cpu)

CBIOS

Compatibility BIOS (ict/comp/bios)

CBR

Constant Bit Rate (ict/net)

CBT

Core Based Tree (org/ietf/ip)

CC

Continuity Cell (org/itu/atm)

CC

Country Code (org/itu/x500)

CC/PP

Composite Capabilities/Preference Profiles (org/w3c)

CCAF

Call Control Agent Function (org/itu/q1200)

CCF

Connection Control Function (org/itu/q1200)

CCIF

Cloud Computing Interoperability (org)

CCITT

Comité Consultatif International de Télégraphique et Téléphonique (org/itu)

CCM

Counter with CBC-MAC (org/ietf)

CCM

CORBA Component Model (org/omg)

CCMP

Counter mode CBC MAC Protocol (ict/security)

CCP

Compression Control Protocol (org/ietf/ppp)

CCR

Current Cell Rate (org/itu/atm)

CCS

Common Command Set (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

CCS

Coded Character Set (ict/unicode)

CCS

Common Channel Signaling (org/itu/q1200)

CCSA

China Communications Standards Association (org)

CCV

Common Communication Vehicle (org/tm-forum)

CD

Change Directory (ict/os/unix/commands)

CD

Carrier Detect (org/ieee/ethernet)

CD

Committee Draft (org/iso)

CDAP

Common Distributed Application Protocol (org/psoc/rina)

CDDI

Copper Distributed Data Interface (org/ansi/fddi)

CDG

CDMA Development Group (org)

CDMA

Code-Division Multiple Access (ict/net)

CDMS

Communication Driver Maintenance System (org/itu/isdn)

CDN

Content Delivery Network (ict/net)

CDR

Common Data Representation (ict/net)

CDS

Current Directory Structure (ict/comp/bios)

CDS

Class Data Sharing (ict/lang/java)

CDV

Cell Delay Variation (org/itu/atm)

CE

Customer Edge device (org/ietf/ppvpn)

CE

Connection Endpoint (org/itu/atm)

CEA

Consumer Electronics Association (org)

CEI

Connection Endpoint Identifier (org/itu/atm)

CEN

Comité Européen de Normalisation (org)

CENELEC

Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique (org)

CEP

Complex Event Processing (ict/concept)

CEPT

European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (org)

CER

Cell Error Ratio (org/itu/atm)

CES

Character Encoding Scheme (ict/unicode)

CEST

Central European Summer Time (time/tz)

CET

Central European Time (time/tz)

CF

Carry Flag (ict/lang/assembler)

CFB

Cipher FeedBack (mode) (org/nist/des)

CFWS

Comments / Folding White Space (org/ietf)

CG

Connection Graph (org/tina-c)

CGM

Computer Graphics Metafile (org/iso)

Ch

Choreographer (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt/upee)

CHAP

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (org/ietf/ppp)

CHS

Cylinder Head Sectors (ict/comp/hdd)

CIAJ

Communications and Information Network Association of Japan (org)

CIB

Collective Intelligent Brick (ict/comp/hdd)

CIDR

Classless Internet DOMAIN Routing (org/ietf)

CIM

Common Information Model (org/dmtf)

CIP

Classical IP over ATM (org/itu/atm)

CIP

Common ISDN Profile (org/itu/isdn)

CIPA

Camera & Imaging Products Association (org)

CIR

Committed Information Rate (org/itu/atm)

CIT

Cork Institute of Technology (edu/ie)

CITEL

Comisión Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones (org)

CLDR

Common Locale Data Repository (ict/unicode)

CLI

Command Line Interface (ict)

CLI

CLear Interrupt (ict/lang/assembler)

CLI

Clearly Less Intimidating (jargon)

CLIW

Configurable Long Instruction Word (ict/comp/cpu)

CLL

ConnectionLess Layer (org/itu/atm)

CLNAP

Connectionless Network Access Protocol (org/itu/atm)

CLNP

ConnectionLess Network Protocol (org/itu/x200)

CLOC

Count Lines Of Code (ict/dev)

CLP

Cell Loss Priority (org/itu/atm)

CLR

Cell Loss Ratio (org/itu/atm)

CLTP

ConnectionLess Transport Protocol (org/itu/x200)

CM

Configuration Manager (ict/comp/bios)

CM

Configuration Management (ict/net/mgmt)

CM

Connection Management (org/tina-c)

CMC

Complement Carry Flag (ict/lang/assembler)

CMC

Computational Modelling (org/tina-c)

CMIIW

Correct Me If I am Wrong (jargon)

CMIP

Common Management Information Protocol (org/itu/x700)

CMIPDU

Common Management Information Protocol Data Unit (org/itu/x700)

CMIS

Common Management Information Service (org/itu/x700)

CMISE

Common Management Information Service Element (org/itu/x700)

CMMB

China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (org)

CMOL

CMIP Over LLC (org/itu/x700)

CMOT

CMIP over TCP/IP (org/ietf/snmp)

CMP

Container-Managed Persistence (ict/lang/java)

CMR

Cell Misinsertion Rate (org/itu/atm)

CMS

Cryptographic Message Syntax (org/ietf)

CMT

Connection ManagemenT (org/ansi/fddi)

CMU

Carnegie Mellon University (edu/us)

CN

Compute Node (ict/cloud)

CN

Core Network (ict/net/mobile)

CN

Common Name (org/itu/x500)

CND

Caller Number Delivery (ict/device/modem)

CNM

Customer Network Management (org/itu/x700)

CNOP

Converged Network OPerator (org/eu/h2020/projects/arcfire)

CO

Central Office (ict/net)

COB

Close Of Business (time)

COCA

Cost Of Cracking Adjustment (ict/security)

COFF

Common Object File Format (ict/os/unix)

COLA

SKB Contract Language (people/vdmeer-sven)

COMPA

Control, Orchestration, Management, Policy, Analytics (com/se/ericsson)

COPS

Common Open Policy Service protocol (org/ietf/policy)

COPS-PR

Common Open Policy Service for Policy Provisioning (org/ietf/policy)

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture (org/omg)

CORD

Central Office Re-architected as a Datacenter (org/lf)

COS

Clip On Socket (ict/comp/cpu)

COTP

Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol (org/itu/x200)

COTS

Commercial Off-The-Shelf (biz)

CP

Control Plane (ict/net)

CPCS

Common Part Convergence Sublayer (org/itu/atm)

CPE

Customer Premises Equipment (ict/net)

CPE

Customer Premise Equipment (org/ietf/ppvpn)

CPGA

Ceramic Pin Grid Array (ict/comp/cpu)

CPI

Common Part Indicator (org/itu/atm)

CPIO

CoPy In/Out (ict/os/unix/commands)

CPP

C Pre Processor (ict/lang)

CPRI

Common Public Radio Interface (org)

CPU

Central Processing Unit (ict/comp)

CPUID

Central Processing Unit IDentifier (ict/comp/cpu)

CR

Carriage return (org/ansi/ascii)

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check (ict/algorithm)

CRF (VC)

Connection Related Function Virtual Channel (org/itu/atm)

CRF (VP)

Connection Related Function Virtual Path (org/itu/atm)

CRI

Cray Research (com/us)

CRISP

Cross Registry Internet Service Protocol (org/ietf)

CRL

Certificate Revocation List (ict/security)

CRM

Customer Relationship Management (biz)

CRS

Cell Relay Service (org/itu/atm)

CS

Code Segment (ict/lang/assembler)

CS

Computer Society (org/ieee)

CS

Convergence Sublayer (org/itu/atm)

CS-1

Capability Set 1 (org/itu/q1200)

CS-2

Capability Set 2 (org/itu/q1200)

CSA

Cloud Security Alliance (org)

CSEL

Cable SELect (ict/comp/hdd)

CSH

C SHell (ict/os/unix/commands)

CSI

Convergence Sublayer Indication (org/itu/atm)

CSM-UX

Circuit Switching MUltipleXer (org/ansi/fddi)

CSMA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access (org/ieee/ethernet)

CSMA/CA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (org/ieee/ethernet)

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Carrier Detect (org/ieee/ethernet)

CSPDN

Circuit Switched Public Data Network (org/itu/q1200)

CSPDU

Convergence Sublayer Protocol Data Unit (org/itu/atm)

CSR

Cell misSequenced Ratio (org/itu/atm)

CST

Central Summer Time (time/tz)

CST

China Standard Time (time/tz)

CST

Central Standard Time (time/tz)

CSU

Channel Service Unit (org/itu/atm)

CSV

Comma-separated Values (ict)

CTAM

Cable Telecommunications Marketing (org)

CTAN

the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (org)

CTD

Cell Transfer Delay (org/itu/atm)

CTIA

Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (org)

CTS

Clear To Send (ict/device/modem)

CTS

Cipher Text Stealing (mode) (ict/security)

CTV

Cell Tolerance Variation (org/itu/atm)

CU

See You (jargon)

CUL

See You Later (jargon)

CUL8TER

See You Later (jargon)

CVS

Concurrent Versions System (ict/dev)

DD

D-VID

Dynamic - Voltage IDentification (ict/comp/cpu)

DA

Destination (MAC) Address (ict/net)

DA

Destination Address (org/ieee/ethernet/frame)

DAC

Discretionary Access Control (ict/os/unix)

DAC

Dual Attached Concentrator (org/ansi/fddi)

DACS

Distributed Access Control System (org/asf)

DACS

Digital Access Control System (org/itu/isdn)

DAEMON

Disk And Execution MONitor (ict/os)

DAF

Directory Access Function (org/itu/x500)

DAF

Distributed Application Facility (org/psoc/rina)

DAG

Directed Acyclic Graph (ict/concept)

DAM

Draft AMendment (org/iso)

DANTE

Deutschsprachige ANwendervereinigung TEx (org)

DAP

Directory Access Protocol (org/itu/x500)

DAP

Distributed Application Process (org/psoc/rina)

DAS

Dual Attachment Station (org/ansi/fddi)

DASP

Drive Active, Slave Present (ict/comp/hdd)

DAU

Dümmster Anzunehmender User (jargon)

DAVIC

Digital Audio-Visual applicatIons and Services (org)

DB

Database (ict)

DBA

Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (ict/net)

DbC

Design by Contract (ict/dev)

DBMS

Database Management System (ict/db)

DC

Domain Component (com/us/microsoft/ad)

DC

Data Center (ict/cloud)

DC

Data-to-Clock (ict/comp/dvd)

DC1

Device Control 1 (org/ansi/ascii)

DC2

Device Control 2 (org/ansi/ascii)

DC3

Device Control 3 (org/ansi/ascii)

DC4

Device Control 4 (org/ansi/ascii)

DCB

Disk Coprocessor Board (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

DCC

Data Communication Channels (ict/net/sdh)

DCC

Data Country Code (org/itu/atm)

DCD

Data Carrier Detect (ict/device/modem)

DCE

Distributed Computing Environment (ict/net)

DCF

Data Communication Function (org/itu/m3000)

DCN

Data Communication Network (org/itu/m3000)

DCOM

Distributed Component Object Model (com/us/microsoft)

DCU

Dublin City University (edu/ie)

DD

Double Density (ict/comp/fdd)

DDD

Domain-driven Development (ict/dev)

DDDS

Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (org/ietf)

DDF

Data Decryption Field (ict/security)

DDO

Dynamic Drive Overlay (ict/comp/hdd)

DDOS

Distributed Denial of Service (ict/security)

DDS

Direct Digital Sampling (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

DDV

DES-DES-Verfahren (ict/security)

DEC

Digital Equipment Corporation (com/us)

Dec

December" (time/moy)

DECT

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (org)

DEL

Delete (org/ansi/ascii)

DELNI

Digital Ethernet Local Network Interconnect (org/ieee/ethernet)

DELQA

Digital Ethernet Lowpower Q-bus network Adapter (org/ieee/ethernet)

DELUA

Digital Ethernet Lowpower Unibus network Adapter (org/ieee/ethernet)

DEMPR

Digital Ethernet Multi-Port Repeater (org/ieee/ethernet)

DEN

Directory Enabled Network (org/dmtf)

DEN-ng

Directory Enabled Network - next generation (people/strassner-john)

DEPCA

Digital Ethernet Personal Computer-bus Adapter (org/ieee/ethernet)

DEQNA

Digital Ethernet Q-bus Network Adapter (org/ieee/ethernet)

DEREP

Digital Ethernet REPeater (org/ieee/ethernet)

DES

Data Encryption Standard (org/nist)

DESE

Data Encryption Standard Encryption protocol (org/ietf/ppp)

DESPR

Digital Ethernet Single Port Repeater (org/ieee/ethernet)

DESTA

Digital Ethernet thin-wire STation Adapter (org/ieee/ethernet)

DEUNA

Digital Ethernet Unibus Network Adapter (org/ieee/ethernet)

DEV

Device (ict)

DF

Direction Flag (ict/lang/assembler)

DF

Disk Free (ict/os/unix/commands)

DFA

Deterministic Finite Automaton (ict/concept)

DFP

Distributed Functional Plane (org/itu/q1200)

DFT

Drive Fitness Test (ict/comp/hdd)

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

DHT

Distributed Hash Table (ict/concept)

DI

Destination Index (ict/lang/assembler)

DIB

DOS Info Block (ict/comp/bios)

DIB

Directory Information Base (org/itu/x500)

DIE

Duplication is Evil (jargon)

DIF

Distributed IPC Facility (org/psoc/rina)

DII

Dynamic Invocation Interface (org/omg)

DIM

Desktop Management Interface (org/dmtf)

DIO

Direct Input Output (ict/comp/hdd)

DIOA

Distributed, Interface-oriented Architecture (org/tm-forum)

DIS

Draft International Standard (org/iso)

DISP

Draft International Standardized Profiles (org/iso)

DIT

Directory Information Tree (org/itu/x500)

DIVX

DIgital Video eXpress (ict/comp/dvd)

DIX

DEC, Intel and Xerox (org/ieee/ethernet)

DL

Double Layer (ict/comp/dvd)

DLCI

Data Link Connection Identifier (org/itu/atm)

DLE

Data Link Escape (org/ansi/ascii)

DLL

Dynamic Link Library (ict/dev)

DLNA

Digital Living Network Alliance (org)

DM

Domain Model (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

DM-DSL

Domain Model DSL (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

DMD

Differential Mode Delay (org/ieee/ethernet)

DMDAC

Dual MAC Dual Attached Concentrator (org/ansi/fddi)

DMF

Distribution Media Format (ict/comp/fdd)

DMF

Digest Message Format (org/ietf)

DMI

Desktop Management Interface (ict/comp/bios)

DMI

Definition of Management Information (org/itu/x700)

DMN

Decision Model and Notation (org/omg)

DMS

DIF Management System (org/psoc/rina)

DMTF

Distributed Management Task Force (org)

DN

Distinguished Name (org/itu/x500)

DNA

Direct Network Attach (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

DNCP

DECNet phase IV Control Protocol (org/ietf/ppp)

DNS

Domain Name System (org/ietf)

DO

Directory Object (org/itu/x500)

DOB

Day of Birth (time)

DOCSIS

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (ict/net)

DOE

Depends On Experience (jargon)

DOM

Document Object Model (org/w3c)

DOM

Day of Month (time)

DOS

Disk Operating System (ict/os)

DOS

Denial of Service (ict/security)

DOV

Data Over Voice (ict/device/modem)

DOW

Day of Week (time)

DOY

Day of Year (time)

DP

Double Parity (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

DP

Draft Proposal (org/iso)

DP

Detection Point (org/itu/q1200)

DPB

Drive Parameter Block (ict/comp/hdd)

DPE

Distributed Processing Environment (ict/comp)

DPE

Distributed Processing Environment (org/itu/q1200)

DPI

Deep Packet Inspection (ict/net)

DPI

Distributed Protocol Interface (org/ietf/snmp)

DPN

Data Processing Node (ict/device/modem)

DPV

Delegated Path Validation (ict/security)

DR

Digital Research (com/us)

DR-DOS

Digital Research DOS (com/us/dr)

DRF

Data Recovery Field (ict/security)

DRPM

Dynamic Rotations Per Minute (ict/comp/hdd)

DRY

Don’t repeat yourself (jargon)

DS

Double Sided (ict/comp/fdd)

DS

Directory Service (org/itu/x500)

DS0

Digital Signal level 0 (org/itu/isdn)

DS1

Digital Signal level 1 (org/itu/isdn)

DS2

Digital Signal level 2 (org/itu/isdn)

DS3

Digital Signal level 3 (org/itu/isdn)

DSA

Directory System Agent (org/itu/x500)

DSA

Digital Signature Algorithm (org/nist)

DSDC

Data Segment Descriptor Cache (ict/comp/cpu)

DSDT

Differentiated System Description Table (ict/comp/bios/acpi)

DSF

Directory System Function (org/itu/x500)

DSH

Desperately Seeking Help (jargon)

DSL

Domain Specific Language (ict/lang)

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line (ict/net)

DSL

Distributed Service Logic (org/itu/q1200)

DSLCP

Dynamically Switched Link Control Protocol (org/ietf)

DSMEx

Directed State Machine Executor (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt/upee)

DSML

Directory Services Markup Language (org/oasis)

DSP

Directory System Protocol (org/itu/x500)

DSR

Data Set Ready (ict/device/modem)

DSS

Digital Signature Standard (org/nist)

DST

Daylight Saving Time (time)

DSU

Digital Service Unit (org/itu/atm)

DSVD

Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data (ict/device/modem)

DTCP

Data Transfer Control Protocol (org/psoc/rina)

DTD

Document Type Definition (org/w3c)

DTE

Data Terminal Equipment (org/itu)

DTG

Digital TV Group (org)

DTLA

Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator (org)

DTP

Distributed Transaction Processing (ict/net)

DTP

Data Transfer Protocol (org/psoc/rina)

DTR

Data Terminal Ready (ict/device/modem)

DTRT

Do The Right Thing (jargon)

DU

Disk Used (ict/os/unix/commands)

DUA

Directory User Agent (org/itu/x500)

DVB

Project Digital Video Broadcasting Project (org)

DVD

Digital Versatile Disk (ict/comp)

DVD+MRW

DVDisk + Mount rainier ReWritable (ict/comp/dvd)

DVD+R

DVDisk + Recordable (ict/comp/dvd)

DVD+RW

DVDisk + ReWritable (ict/comp/dvd)

DVD-R

DVDisk - Recordable (ict/comp/dvd)

DVD-R(A)

DVDisk - Read (Authoring) (ict/comp/dvd)

DVD-R(G)

DVDisk - Read (General use) (ict/comp/dvd)

DVD-RAM

DVDisk Random Access Memory (ict/comp/dvd)

DVD-ROM

DVDisk Read Only Memory (ict/comp/dvd)

DVD-RW

DVDisk - ReWritable (ict/comp/dvd)

DVI

Digital Visual Interface (ict/comp)

DWH

Data Warehouse (ict/db)

DWIM

Do What I Mean (jargon)

EE

E1

European digital transmission format 1 (ict/net)

E2

European digital transmission format 2 (ict/net)

E3

European digital transmission format 3 (ict/net)

E3

End-to-End Encryption (ict/security)

E4

European digital transmission format 4 (ict/net)

E5

European digital transmission format 5 (ict/net)

EA

Effective Address (ict/comp/cpu)

EA

Escrowed Authenticator (ict/security)

EABC

European American Business Council (org)

EAFP

Easier to Ask Forgiveness than Permission (jargon)

EAP

Extensible Authentication Protocol (org/ietf)

EARN

European Academic Research Network (ict/net)

EASI

Enhanced Asynchronous SCSI Interface (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

EAZ

Endgeräte Auswahl Ziffer (org/itu/isdn)

EBGA

Enhanced Ball Grid Array (ict/comp/cpu)

EBNF

Extended Backus-Naur Form (ict/lang)

EBXML

Electronic Business eXtensible Markup Language (org/oasis)

EC

Error Correction (ict/device/modem)

ECA

Event Condition Action (ict/net/mgmt)

ECC

Error Correction Circuit (ict/comp/cpu)

ECC

Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (ict/security)

ECC

European Communications Office (org)

ECM

Entity Coordination Management (org/ansi/fddi)

ECMA

European Computer Manufacturers Association (org)

ECMA

ECMA International - European association for standardising information and communication systems (org)

ECMP

Equal-Cost Multi-Path Routing (org/ieee/802)

ECMP

Electroning Commerce Modeling Language (org/ietf)

ECN

Explicit Congestion Notification (org/ietf/ip)

ECOMP

Enhanced Control, Orchestration, Managment & Policy (com/us/att)

ED

End Delimiter (org/ansi/fddi)

EDD

Enhanced Disk Device (ict/comp/bios)

EDLC

Ethernet Data Link Control (org/ieee/ethernet)

EDM

Enterprise Document Management (biz)

EEE

Energy Efficient Ethernet (org/ieee/ethernet)

EES

Escrowed Encryption Standard (ict/security)

EET

Eastern European Time (time/tz)

EF3

European Friends of 3GPP (org/3gpp)

EFCI

Explicit Forward Congestion Indication (org/itu/atm)

EFCP

Error and Flow Control Protocol (org/psoc/rina)

EFS

Encrypting File System (ict/security)

EFT

Euro-FileTransfer (org/itu/isdn)

EG

Evil Grin (jargon)

EGP

Exterior Gateway Protocol (org/ietf)

EGREP

Extended Global Regular Expression Print (ict/os/unix/commands)

EHF

Encoding Header Field (org/ietf)

EI

Enterprise Ireland (org)

EIA

Electronic Industries Alliance (org)

EIB

European Installation Bus (ict/comp)

EICTA

European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association (org)

EIDE

Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (ict/comp/hdd)

EIEIO

Enforce In-order Execution of Input/Output (ict/comp/cpu)

EIP

Extended Instruction Pointer (ict/lang/assembler)

EIP

Extended Internet Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

EJB

Enterprise Java Beans (ict/lang/java)

ELAN

Emulated Local Area Network (org/itu/atm)

ELAP

Ethernet Link Access Protocol (org/ieee/ethernet)

ELF

Executable and Linkable Format (ict/os/unix)

ELFEXT

Equal Level Far-end Crosstalk (ict/net)

EM

Element Manager (ict/net/mgmt)

EM

End of Medium (org/ansi/ascii)

EMACS

Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping (jargon)

EMB

Event-Based Monitoring (ict/concept)

EMBC

European Mobile Broadcasting Council (org)

EMBI

Excuse My Butting In (jargon)

EMC

Egan Marino Company (com/us)

EMC

Engineering Modelling Concepts (org/tina-c)

EMF

Enhanced Metafile (com/us/microsoft)

EML

Element Management Layer (org/itu/m3000)

EMRL

EMbedded RAID Logic (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

eNB

Evolved Node B (org/3gpp/4g)

ENF

Embedded NAS Firmware (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

eNodeB

Evolved Node B (org/3gpp/4g)

ENQ

Enquiry (org/ansi/ascii)

EOB

End Of Business (time)

EOD

End Of Discussion (jargon)

EOT

End Of Thread (jargon)

EOT

End of Transmission (org/ansi/ascii)

EPC

European Policy Centre (org)

EPC

Evolved Packet Core (org/3gpp/4g)

EPIC

Explicit Parallelism Instruction Computing (ict/comp/cpu)

EPIC

Electronic Privacy Information Center (ict/security)

EPIM

Ethernet Port Interface Module (org/ieee/ethernet)

EPL

Event Processing Language (ict/lang)

EPP

Extensible Provisioning Protocol (org/ietf)

ERC

Educational Research Centre (edu/ie)

ERCIM

European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (org)

ES

Extra Segment (ict/lang/assembler)

ES

European Standard (org/etsi)

ES

End System (org/itu/atm)

ESC

Escape (org/ansi/ascii)

ESCD

Extended System Configuration Data (ict/comp/bios)

ESD

Electro-Static Discharge (ict)

ESDC

Extra Segment Descriptor Cache (ict/comp/cpu)

ESF

Extended Super Frame (org/itu/isdn)

ESI

End System IDentifier (org/itu/atm)

ESIF

Emergency Services Interconnection Forum (org/atis)

ESMTP

Extended Simple Message Transport Protocol (org/ietf)

ESP

Event-Stream Processing (ict/concept)

ESP

Ethernet Serial Port (org/ieee/ethernet)

EST

Estern Standard Time (time/tz)

ET

Eastern Time (time/tz)

ETB

End of Transmission Block (org/ansi/ascii)

ETH

Ethernet (org/ieee/ethernet)

ETIS

The Global IT Association for Telecommunications (org)

ETL

Extract, Transform, Load (ict/db)

ETLA

Extended Three Letter Acronym (jargon)

ETNO

European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (org)

eTOM

Enhanced Telecom Operations Map (org/tm-forum)

ETP

European Telecom Platform (org)

ETR

ETSI Technical Report (org/etsi)

ETSI

European Telecommunication Standards Institute (org)

ETX

End of Text (org/ansi/ascii)

EU

European Union (org)

FF

FACS

Firmware ACPI Control Structure (ict/comp/bios/acpi)

FADT

Fixed ACPI Description Table (ict/comp/bios/acpi)

FAI

Flow Allocator Instance (org/psoc/rina)

FAME

Federated, Autonomic Management of End-to-End Communication Services (org/sfi/projects)

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions (jargon)

FAT

Foresight Academy of Technology (org)

FBS

Flexible Bandwidth Service (org/itu/atm)

FC

Frame Control (org/ansi/fddi)

FC-PGA

Flip Chip Pin Grid Array (ict/comp/cpu)

FCAPS

Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (ict/net/mgmt)

FCC

Federal Communications Commission (org)

FCP

(SCSI-3) Fibre Channel Protocol (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

FCS

Frame Check Sum (ict/device/modem)

FCS

Frame Check Sequence (org/ansi/fddi)

FCS

Frame Check Sequence (org/ieee/ethernet/frame)

FDC

Floppy Disk Controller (ict/comp/fdd)

FDD

Floppy Disk Drive (ict/comp)

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (org/ansi)

FDE

Full Duplex Ethernet (org/ieee/ethernet)

FE

Focus Error (ict/comp/dvd)

FE

Functional Entity (org/itu/q1200)

FEA

Functional Entity Action (org/itu/atm)

FEAL

Fast Data Encipherment Algorithm (org/nist/des)

FEAST

Fast Data Enciphering Algorithm (ict/security)

Feb

February (time/moy)

FECN

Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (org/itu/atm)

FEK

File Encryption Key (ict/security)

FEP

Firewall Enhancement Protocol (org/ietf)

FERF

Far End Receive Failure (org/itu/atm)

FET

Further Eastern European Time (time/tz)

FEXT

Far-end Crosstalk (ict/net)

FF

Form feed (org/ansi/ascii)

FFDT

FDDI Full Duplexing Technology (org/ansi/fddi)

FFOL

FDDI Follow-On-LAN (org/ansi/fddi)

FGREP

Fixed Global Regular Expression Print (ict/os/unix/commands)

FhG

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (org)

FIFO

First In First Out (ict/algorithm)

FIGLET

Frank, Ian and Glenn’s LETters (ict/ascii)

FIND

Future Internet Design (org)

FIRE

Future Internet Research \& Experimentation (org/eu)

FIRE+

Future Internet Research & Experimentation + (org/eu)

FLO

Forum Forward Link Only Forum (org)

FLOPS

FLoating-point Operations Per Second (ict/comp/cpu)

FLP

Fast Link Pulse (org/ieee/ethernet)

FM

Fault Management (ict/net/mgmt)

FMA

Federated Management Architecture (ict/lang/java)

FMCA

Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance (org)

FMCF

Fixed-Mobile Convergence Forum (org)

FMTEYEWTK

Far More Than Everything You Ever Wanted To Know (jargon)

FOCALE

Foundation, Observation, Comparison, Action and Learning Environment (people/strassner-john)

FOIRL

Fibre Optic Inter-Repeater Link (org/ieee/ethernet)

FOKUS

Fraunhofer Institut für Offene Kommunikationssysteme (org/fhg)

FOKUS

GMD Institut für Offene Kommunikationssystems (org/gmd)

FOMAU

Fiber Optic MAU (org/ieee/ethernet)

FOP

Formatting Object Processor (org/asf)

FOSS

Free and Open Source Software (ict/dev)

FP7

Seventh Framework Programme (org/eu)

FPBGA

Fine Pitch Ball Grid Array (ict/comp/cpu)

FPI

Flux Changes per Inch (ict/comp/hdd)

FPK

Fast Packet Keying (ict/security)

FPLMTS

Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications System (org/itu/q1200)

FPU

Floating Point Unit (ict/comp/cpu)

FQDN

Fully Qualified Directory Name (ict)

FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name (org/ietf/dns)

FQN

Fully Qualified Name (ict)

FQPN

Fully Qualified Path Name (ict)

FRF

Floatingpoint Register File (ict/comp/cpu)

Fri

Friday (time/dow)

FRS

Frame Relay Service (org/itu/atm)

FS

File System (ict/os)

FS

File Separator (org/ansi/ascii)

FS

Frame Status (org/ansi/fddi)

FSAN

Full Service Access Network (org)

FSCK

File System Consistency checK (ict/os/unix/commands)

FSS

Fast System Switch (ict/os/unix)

FT1

Fractional T1 (org/itu/isdn)

FTAM

File Transfer, Access and Management (org/itu/x200)

FTBFS

Fails To Build From Source (jargon)

FTP

File Transfer Protocol (org/ietf)

FTTH

Fiber to the Home (ict/net/optical)

FTTH Council

Fibre To The Home Council (org)

FUBAB

Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Belief (jargon)

FUBAR

Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition / Repair (jargon)

FUD

Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt (jargon)

FWA

Fixed Wireless Access (ict/net)

FWH

FirmWare Hub (ict/comp/bios)

FWIW

For What It’s Worth (jargon)

FWS

(Folding) White Space (org/ietf)

FWT

Fixed Wireless Terminal (ict/net)

FXU

FiXed point Unit (ict/comp/cpu)

FYI

For Your Information (jargon)

GG

GABELN

Gruppe Area Brett Echo Liste Newsgroup (jargon)

GAK

Governmental Accessed Keys (ict/security)

GASH

Group Admin SHell (ict/os/unix/commands)

GBA

Global Billing Association (org)

GCF

Generic Connection Framework (ict/lang/java)

GCF

Global Certification Forum (org)

GCRA

Generic Cell Rate Algorithm (org/itu/atm)

GDMO

Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects (org/itu/x700)

GDS

Greedy-Dual Size (ict/concept)

GE

General Electric (com/us)

GE

Gigabit Ethernet (org/ieee/ethernet)

GEF

Graphical Editing Framework (ict/lang/java)

GEFN

Good Enough For Now (jargon)

GENI

Global Environment for Network Innovations (org)

GENI

Global Environment for Network Innovations (org/nsf)

GeSI

Global e-Sustainability Initiative (org)

GFC

Going For Coffee (jargon)

GFC

Generic Flow Control (org/itu/atm)

GFLOPS

Giga FLoating-point Operations Per Second (ict/comp/cpu)

GFP

Global Functional Plane (org/itu/q1200)

GGP

Gateway to Gateway Protocol (org/ietf)

GIF

Graphics Interchange Format (ict/graphic)

GIOP

The General Inter-ORB Protocol (org/omg)

GIPS

Giga Instructions Per Second (ict/comp/cpu)

GISFI

Global ICT Standardisation Forum for India (org)

GLC

Graphic Layer Code (people/vdmeer-sven/lcn)

GLTSD

Global Logging Target Save Disabled (ict/comp/hdd)

GMD

Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (org)

GMII

Gigabit Media Independent Interface (org/ieee/ethernet)

GMK

Group Master Key (ict/security)

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time (time/tz)

GNFS

General Number Field Sieve (ict/security)

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite Infrastructure (ict/net)

GNU

GNU’s Not Unix (org)

GnuPG

GNU Privacy Guard GNU (org/gnu)

GOMS

Goals, Operators, Methods, Selection rules (ict/concept)

GOP

Group Of Pictures (ict/comp/dvd)

GPF

Global Policy Forum (org)

GPL

General Public License (org/gnu)

GPO

Group Policy Object (com/us/microsoft/ad)

GPON

Gigabit Passive Optical Network (ict/net/optical)

GPON

Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Networks (ict/net/optical)

GPP

General Purpose Processor (ict)

GPP

(SCSI-3) Generic Packetized Protocol (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

GPR

General Purpose Register (ict/comp/cpu)

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service (org/3gpp)

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service (org/etsi/gsm)

GPS

Global Positioning System (ict/net)

GraphML

Graph Markup Language (ict/lang)

GRE

Generic Routing Encapsulation (org/ietf)

GREP

Global Regular Expression Print (ict/os/unix/commands)

GS

Group Separator (org/ansi/ascii)

GSA

Global mobile Suppliers Association (org)

GSC

Global Standards Collaboration (org)

GSER

Generic String Encoding Rules (org/ietf)

GSM

Global System for Mobile communications (org/etsi)

GSMA

GSM Association (org)

GSMNA

GSM North America (org)

GSMP

General Switch Management Protocol (org/dect)

GSS-API

Generic Security Service API (org/ietf)

GTG

Good To Go (jargon)

GTK

Group Transient Key (ict/security)

GTP

GPRS Tunneling Protocol (org/3gpp)

GTSM

Generalized TTL Security Mechanism (org/ietf)

GUI

Graphical User Interface (ict/graphic)

GUID

Globally Unified Identifier (ict)

GUP

Generic User Profile (org/3gpp)

GÉANT

Gigabit European Academic Network (org/eu)

HH

H-MUX

Hybrid MUltipleXer (org/ansi/fddi)

H/B/I

Host, Border router, Interior router (people/vdmeer-sven/lcn)

H2020

Horizon 2020 (org/eu)

HA

Hearing Aid Compatibility (org/atis)

HAN

Home Area Network (ict/net)

HAND

Have A Nice Day (jargon)

HAP

Host Access Protocol (org/ietf)

HBA

Host Bus Adapter (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

HbbTV

Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (org)

HCI

Host Controller Interface (ict/os/linux)

HD

High Definition (ict/graphic)

HDCP

High-bandwidth Digital Copy Protection (ict/security)

HDD

Hard Disk Drive (ict/comp)

HDMI

High Definition Multimedia Interface (ict/comp)

HEA

Higher Education Authority (org)

HEC

Header Error Control (org/itu/atm)

HEMS

High-level Entity Management System (org/ietf/snmp)

HetNets

Heterogeneous Networks (ict/net)

HF

Have Fun (jargon)

HGI

Home Gateway Initiative (org)

HI1

Handover Interface 1 (org/etsi)

HI2

Handover Interface 2 (org/etsi)

HI3

Handover Interface 3 (org/etsi)

HISAM

Hierarchical Indexed Sequential Access Method (ict/comp/hdd)

HMAC

keyed-Hashing for Message AuthentiCation (org/ietf)

HMP

Host Monitoring Protocol (org/ietf/snmp)

HNET

Home Networking Forum (org/atis)

HP

Hewlett Packard (com/us)

HPR

High Performance Routing (ict/net)

HRC

Hybrid Ring Control (org/ansi/fddi)

HS

High Speed (ict/device/modem)

HSSG

Higher Speed Study Group (org/ieee)

HSSN

HighSpeed Switching Network (org/itu/atm)

HST

High Soft Tech (org/itu/isdn)

HT

Hyper-Threading (ict/comp/cpu)

HT

Horizontal Tab (org/ansi/ascii)

HTC

Hardware Thermal Controller (ict/comp/cpu)

HTH

Hope This Helps (jargon)

HTML

HyperText Markup Language (org/ietf/www)

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language (org/w3c)

HTML5

Hyper Text Markup Language 5 (org/w3c)

HTTP

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (org/ietf/www)

HUB

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (edu/de)

HVD

High Voltage Differential (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

HW

Hardware (ict)

HYCH

Hope You Can Help (jargon)

II

i/f

Interface (ict)

i3Forum

International Interconnect Forum for Services over IP (org)

I4L

ISDN for Linux (org/itu/isdn)

IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service (ict/cloud)

IAB

Internet Architecture Board (org/ietf)

IAE

ISDN Anschluß Einheit (org/itu/isdn)

IAFNAB

It’s A Feature, Not A Bug (jargon)

IANA

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (org/icann)

IANACE

I Am Not A Cygwin Expert (jargon)

IANAL

I Am Not A Lawyer (jargon)

IARIA

International Academy, Research, and Industry Association (org)

IAW

In Accordance With (jargon)

IB

In Band (ict/comp/hdd)

IB4J

Instant BASIC for Java (ict/lang/java)

IBEX

International Business EXchange (ict/net)

IBM

International Business Machines (com/us)

ICANN

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (org)

ICC

International Chamber of Commerce (org)

ICD

International Code Designator (org/itu/atm)

ICF

Information Conversion Function (org/itu/m3000)

ICI

Interface Control Information (org/itu/x200)

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

ICMPv4

Internet Control Message Protocol, version 4 (org/ietf/ip)

ICMPv6

Internet Control Message Protocol, version 6 (org/ietf/ip)

ICT

Information and Communication Technology (ict)

ICU

ISA Configuration Utility (ict/comp/bios)

ICU

Instruction Cache Unit (ict/comp/cpu)

ICURYY

I see you are too wise (jargon)

ID

Identifier (ict)

IDE

Integrated Drive Electronics (ict/comp/hdd)

IDE

Integrated Development Environment (ict/dev)

IDL

Interface Definition Language (org/omg)

IDL

The International Date Line (time)

IDLC

ISDN Data Link Control (org/itu/isdn)

IDTRC

Interrupt Descriptor Table Register Cache (ict/comp/cpu)

IDU

Interface Data Unit (org/itu/x200)

IE

Informal Exceptions (ict/comp/hdd)

IE

Information Element (org/itu)

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission (org)

IECcon

Inclusive Engineering Consortium (org)

IEE

Institution of Electrical Engineers (org)

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (org)

IEI

Institution of Engineers of Ireland (org)

IEPG

Internet Engineering and Planning Group (org/ietf)

IESE

Fraunhofer Institut für Experimentelles Software Engineering (org/fhg)

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force (org)

IF

Information Flow (org/itu/q1200)

IFC

Internet Foundation Classes (ict/lang/java)

IFIP

International Federation for Information Processing (org)

IFP

Instruction Fetch Pipeline (ict/comp/cpu)

IGMP

Internet Group Management / Multicast Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

IHS

Integrated Heat Spreader (ict/comp/cpu)

IIF

IPTV Interoperability Forum (org/atis)

IIOP

Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (org/omg)

IIRC

If I Remember/Recall Correctly (jargon)

IIRWIIR

It Is Ready When It Is Ready (jargon)

IISP

Interim Inter-Switch Signaling Protocol (org/itu/atm)

IIUC

If I Understand Correctly (jargon)

IJH

Initial Java Heap (ict/lang/java)

IKWUM

I Know What You Mean (jargon)

IKYABWAI

I know You Are But What Am I? (jargon)

ILMI

Interim Local Management Interface (org/itu/atm)

ILP

Instruction Level Parallelism (ict/comp/cpu)

IMAO

In My Arrogant Opinion (jargon)

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol (org/ietf)

IMC

Information Modelling Concepts (org/tina-c)

IMF

International Monetary Fund (org)

IMHO

In My Humble Opinion (jargon)

IMO

In My Opinion (jargon)

IMTC

International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (org)

IN

Intelligent Network (org/itu/q1200)

IN-NG

IN Next Generation (org/itu/q1200)

INA

Intelligent Network Architecture (org/itu/q1200)

INAP

Intelligent Network Application Protocol (org/itu/q1200)

INCM

Intelligent Networks Conceptual Model (org/itu/q1200)

InfoQ

Information Queue (org)

INRIA

Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (org)

IO

Input / Output (ict)

ION

Internetworking Over NBMA (org/itu/atm)

IOR

Interoperable Object Reference (org/omg)

IOT

Internet of Things (ict/net)

IOTTMCO

Intuitively Obvious To The Most Casual Observer (jargon)

IOW

In Other Words (jargon)

IP

Instruction Pointer (ict/lang/assembler)

IP

Internet Protocol (org/ietf)

IP

Intelligent Peripheral (org/itu/q1200)

IPC

Inter-Process Communication (ict)

IPCP

Internet Protocol Control Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

IPCP

IPC Process (org/psoc/rina)

IPES

Improved Proposed Encryption Standard (ict/security)

IPI

Inter-Processor Interrupt (ict/comp/cpu)

IPIA

IP Interworking Alliance (org)

IPLS

IP-only LAN-like Service (org/ietf/ppvpn)

IPNG

Internet Protocol Next Generation (org/ietf/ip)

IPOA

IP and ARP Over ATM (org/ietf/ip)

IPS

Instructions Per Second (ict/comp/cpu)

IPSec

Internet Protocol Security (org/ietf/ip)

IPSF

IPsphere Forum (org)

IPSO

IP for Smart Objects Alliance (org)

IPTEC

Intellectual Property Technology (org)

IPTel

IP Telephony (ict/net)

IPTV

IP Television (ict/net)

IPU

ISDN-datex-P-Umsetzer (org/itu/isdn)

IPv4

Internet Protocol, version 4 (org/ietf/ip)

IPv6

Internet Protocol, version 6 (org/ietf/ip)

IPX

Internet Packet eXchange (com/us/novell)

IPXCP

Internetwork Packet eXchange Control Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

IRATI

Investigating RINA as an Alternative to TCP/IP (org/eu/fp7/projects)

IRC

Internet Relay Chat (org/ietf)

IrDA

Infrared Data Association (org)

IRL

In Real Life (jargon)

IRP

Integration Reference Point (org/3gpp)

IRTF

Internet Research Task Force (org/ietf)

IRTP

Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol (org/ietf)

IRV

International Reference Version (org/iso)

IS

International Standard (org/iso)

IS

Intermediate System (org/itu/atm)

ISA

Instruction Set Architecture (ict/comp/cpu)

ISBN

International Standard Book Number (misc)

ISCSI

Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network (org/itu)

ISDNUP

ISDN User Part (org/itu/isdn)

ISG

Industry Specification Group (org/etsi)

ISMA

Internet Streaming Media Alliance (org)

ISNS

Internet Storage Name Service (org/ietf)

ISO

International Standardisation Organisation (org)

ISOC

Internet Society (org)

ISP

Internet Service Provider (ict/net/role)

ISPA

ISDN PAcket (org/itu/isdn)

IST

Irish Standard Time (time/tz)

ISTM

It Seems To Me (jargon)

ISTO

Industry Standards and Technology Organization (org/ieee)

ISTR

I Seem To Recall / Remember (jargon)

ISUP

Integrated Services User Part (org/itu/isdn)

IT

Information Technology (ict)

ITIC

Information Technology Industry Council (org)

ITP

Intend / Intent To Package (jargon)

ITS

InformationsTekniska Standardiseringen (org)

ITSMA

IT Services Marketing Association (org)

ITU

International Telecommunication Unit (org)

ITU-D

International Telecommunication Unit - Development Sector (org/itu)

ITU-R

International Telecommunication Unit - Radio Sector (org/itu)

ITU-T

International Telecommunication Unit - Telecommunications Sector (org/itu)

ITYM

I Think You Meant (jargon)

IU

Integer Unit (ict/comp/cpu)

IUR

International User Requirements (org/etsi)

IV

Initialisation Vector (ict/security)

IVR

Interactive Voice Response (ict/sound)

IWFM

It Works for Me (jargon)

IWU

InterWorking Unit (org/itu/q1200)

IXP

Internet eXchange Point (ict/net)

IYSWIM

If You See What I Mean (jargon)

JJ

J2EE

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (ict/lang/java)

J2ME

Java 2, Micro Edition (ict/lang/java)

J2SE

Java 2, Standard Edition (ict/lang/java)

JAAS

Java Authentication and Authorization Service (ict/lang/java)

JAE

Java Application Environment (ict/lang/java)

JAIN

Java API for Integrated Networks (ict/lang/java)

Jan

January (time/moy)

JAP

Java Anon Proxy (ict/lang/java)

JAR

Java Archive (ict/lang/java)

JARS

Java Applet Rating Service (ict/lang/java)

JavaOS

Java Operating System (ict/lang/java)

JAX

Java API for XML (ict/lang/java)

JAX-R

Java API for XML Registries (ict/lang/java)

JAX-RPC

Java API for XML-based Remote Procedure Calls (ict/lang/java)

JAX-WS

Java API for XML-based Web Services (ict/lang/java)

JAXB

Java API for XML Binding (ict/lang/java)

JAXM

Java API for XML Messaging (ict/lang/java)

JAXP

Java API for XML Processing (ict/lang/java)

JBB

Java Business Benchmark (ict/lang/java)

JBI

Java Business Integration (ict/lang/java)

JBOD

Just a Bunch Of Disks (ict/comp/hdd)

JCA

Java Cryptography Architecture (ict/lang/java)

JCDW

Java Callable Data Wrapper (ict/lang/java)

JCE

Java Cryptographic / Cryptography Extension (ict/lang/java)

JCK

Java Compatibility Kit (ict/lang/java)

JCP

Java Community Process (ict/lang/java)

JCR

Java Content Repository (ict/lang/java)

JDBC

Java standard DataBase Connectivity (ict/lang/java)

JDK

Java Development Kit (ict/lang/java)

JDMK

Java Distributed Management Kit (ict/lang/java)

JDO

Java Data Objects (ict/lang/java)

JDOM

Java Document Object Model (ict/lang/java)

JDS2

Java Desktop System 2 (ict/lang/java)

JDT

Java Development Tooling (ict/lang/java)

JEDEC

Joint Electron Devices Engineering Council (org)

JELD

Java Event List Daemon (ict/lang/java)

JES

Java Enterprise System (ict/lang/java)

JESS

Java Expert System Shell (ict/lang/java)

JET

Java Emitter Templates (ict/lang/java)

JF3

Japanese Friends of 3GPP (org/3gpp)

JFC

Java Foundation Classes (ict/lang/java)

JIDM

Joint Inter-Domain Management (org/omg)

JIL

Joint Innovation Lab (org)

JIT

Just In Time Compilcation (ict/dev)

JK

Just Kidding (jargon)

JMAPI

Java Management API (ict/lang/java)

JMF

Java Media Format (ict/lang/java)

JMI

Java Metadata Interface (ict/lang/java)

JMM

Java Memory Model (ict/lang/java)

JMS

Java Messages Service (ict/lang/java)

JMX

Java Management eXtension (ict/lang/java)

JNDI

Java Naming and Directory Interface (ict/lang/java)

JNI

Java Native method Interface (ict/lang/java)

JPA

Java Persistence API (ict/lang/java)

JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group (org/iso)

JPG

Joint Photographic Experts Group (org/iso)

JPS

Java Print Service (ict/lang/java)

JRE

Java Runtime Environment (ict/lang/java)

JRMP

Java Remote Method Protocol (ict/lang/java)

JSA

Juristische StandardAntwort (jargon)

JSD

Jackson System Development (ict/lang/java)

JSDK

Java Servlet Development Kit (ict/lang/java)

JSF

JavaServer Faces (ict/lang/java)

JSON

JavaScript Object Notation (org/ecma)

JSP

Java Server Pages (ict/lang/java)

JSPA

Java Specification Participation Agreement (ict/lang/java)

JSR

Java Specification Request (ict/lang/java)

JSSE

Java Secure Socket Extension (ict/lang/java)

JSTL

JSP Standard Tag Library (ict/lang/java)

JTA

Java Transaction API (ict/lang/java)

JTB

Jump Trace Buffer (ict/comp/cpu)

JTC

Joint Technical Committee (org/iec)

JTC

Joint Technical Committee (org/iso)

JTC1

Joint Technical Committee 1 (org/iso)

JTS

Java Transaction Services (ict/lang/java)

Jul

July (time/moy)

Jun

June (time/moy)

JVM

Java Virtual Machine (ict/lang/java)

JVMPI

Java Virtual Machine Profiling Interface (ict/lang/java)

JWS

Java Web Services (ict/lang/java)

KK

KDC

Key Distribution Center (ict/security)

KDE

K Destop Environment (ict/os/linux)

KDM

KDE Display Manager (ict/os/linux)

KES

Key Escrow System (ict/security)

KFM

KDE File Manager (ict/os/linux)

KIO

K Input / Output (ict/os/linux)

KISS

Keep It Simple and Stupid (jargon)

KISS

Keep It Simple, Stupid! (jargon)

KPI

Key Performance Indicator (biz)

KPI

Kernel Programming Interface (ict/os/unix)

KQML

Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language (ict/lang)

KSH

Korn SHell (ict/os/unix/commands)

KUTGW

Keep Up The Good Work (jargon)

KVM

Kilobyte Virtual Machine (ict/lang/java)

KVM

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (ict/os/linux)

KWM

KDE Window Manager (ict/os/linux)

LL

L2PE

Layer 2 PE (org/ietf/ppvpn)

L2TP

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

L2VPN

Layer 2 VPN (org/ietf/ppvpn)

L3VPN

Layer 3 VPN (org/ietf/ppvpn)

LACP

Link Aggregation Control Protocol (org/ieee/ethernet)

LAMP

Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (ict/os/linux)

LAMPP

Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP and PERL (ict/os/linux)

LAN

Local Area Network (ict/net)

LANCE

LAN Controller for Ethernet (org/ieee/ethernet)

LANE

Local Area Network Emulation [over ATM specification] (org/itu/atm)

LangEx

Language Executor (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt/upee)

LAP

Liberty Alliance Project (org)

LAPD

Link Access Procedure on the D channel (org/itu/isdn)

LaTeX

Lamport TeX (ict/lang/tex)

LATM

Local Asynchronous Transfer Mode (org/itu/atm)

LBA

Logical Block Addressing (ict/comp/hdd)

LC

Loopback Capability (org/itu/atm)

LCD

Loss of Cell Delineation (org/itu/atm)

LCM

LEAF Creation Method (ict/security)

LCMS

Lifecycle and Configuration Management Service (ict/net/mgmt)

LCN

Looking at Communication Networks (people/vdmeer-sven)

LCP

Link Control Protocol (org/ietf/ppp)

LD

LAN Destination (org/itu/atm)

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (org/ietf)

LDAP-API

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Application Program Interface (org/ietf)

LDP

Linux Documentation Project (ict/os/linux)

LDP

Label Distribution Protocol (org/ietf)

LDP

Loader Debugger Protocol (org/ietf)

LDT

Local Descriptor Table (ict/comp/cpu)

LDTR

Load Descriptor Table Register (ict/lang/assembler)

LDTRC

Local Descriptor Table Register Cache (ict/comp/cpu)

LE

LAN Emulation (org/itu/atm)

LEARP

LAN Emulation Address Resolution Protocol (org/itu/atm)

LEC

LAN Emulation Client (org/itu/atm)

LECID

LAN Emulation Client IDentifier (org/itu/atm)

LECS

Local area network Emulation Configuration Server (org/itu/atm)

LEN

Length (org/ieee/ethernet/frame)

LES

LAN Emulation Server (org/itu/atm)

LEx

Logic Executor (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt/upee)

LF

Linux Foundation (org)

LF

Line feed (org/ansi/ascii)

LFU

Least Frequently Used (ict/concept)

LI

Lawful Interception (org/etsi)

LIB

Linear Incremental Backoff (org/ieee/ethernet)

LILO

LInux (boot) LOader (ict/os/linux)

LIP

Loop Initialization Primitive (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

LIP6

University of Piere & Marie Curie, LIP6 (edu/fr)

LiPS

Linux Phone Standards Forum (org)

LIS

Logical IP Subnet (org/ietf/ip)

LISP

Lots of Isolated Silly Parentheses (jargon)

LIW

Long Instruction Word (ict/comp/cpu)

LLA

Logical Layered Architecture (org/itu/m3000)

LLATMI

Lower Layer ATM Interface (org/itu/atm)

LLC

Logical Link Control (org/ieee/802)

LME

Layer Management Entity (org/itu/x700)

LMFAO

Laughing My Fucking Ass Off (jargon)

LMI

Layer Management Interface (org/itu/atm)

LMSC

LAN MAN Standards Committee (org/ieee)

LNCS

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (com/de/springer)

LOC

Lines Of Code (ict/dev)

LOC

Loss of Cell delineation (org/itu/atm)

LOCT

Layered Open Crypto Toolkit (ict/security)

LOF

Loss of Frame (org/itu/atm)

LOL

Laughing Out Loud (jargon)

LOP

Loss of Pointer (org/itu/atm)

LOS

Loss of Signal (org/itu/atm)

LP

Line Printer (ict/os/unix/commands)

LPDP

Line Printer DAEMON Protocol (org/ietf)

LPE

Logical PE (org/ietf/ppvpn)

LPPB

Land Pre Pit level Before (ict/comp/dvd)

LRU

Least Recently Used (ict/concept)

LTE

Long Term Evolution (org/3gpp/4g)

LUN

Logical Unit Number (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

LUNI

LANE User Network Interface (org/itu/atm)

LVD

Low Voltage Differential (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

LVM

Logical Volume Manager (ict/comp/hdd)

LWC

Last Working Configuration (ict/comp/bios)

LWL

Long Wave Length (ict/net)

MM

M2M

Machine to Machine (ict/net)

MA

Management Agent (org/psoc/rina/dms)

MAAWG

Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (org)

MAC

Medium Access Control (ict/net)

MAC

Media Access Control (org/ieee/802)

MACS

MODEM Access Control System (ict/device/modem)

MAD

Memory Address Driver strength (ict/comp/bios)

MADCAP

Multicast Address Dynamic Client Allocation Protocol (org/ietf)

MADT

Multiple APIC Description Table (ict/comp/bios/acpi)

MAF

Management Application Function (org/itu/m3000)

MAMA

Middleware and Application Management Architecture (people/vdmeer-sven)

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network (ict/net)

MANO

NFV Management and Orchestration (org/etsi/nfv)

MAPDU

Management Application Protocol Data Unit (org/itu/x700)

Mar

March (time/moy)

MASC

Multicast Address-Set Claim (org/ietf)

MASM

Microsoft ASseMbler (com/us/microsoft)

MAU

Medium Attachment Units (org/ieee/ethernet)

May

May (time/moy)

MBB

Mobile BroadBand (ict/net/mobile)

MCA

Multicore Association (org)

MCF

Message Communication Function (org/itu/m3000)

MCM

MultiChip Module (ict/comp/cpu)

MCM

Multi Carrier Modulation (ict/net)

MCR

Minimum Cell Rate (org/itu/atm)

MCTD

Mean Cell Transfer Delay (org/itu/atm)

MD

Mediation Device (org/itu/m3000)

MD2

Message Digest (algorithm) 2 (org/ietf)

MD4

Message Digest (algorithm) 4 (org/ietf)

MD5

Message Digest (algorithm) 5 (org/ietf)

MDA

Medicated Digest Authentication (org/ietf/www)

MDA

Model Driven Architecture (org/omg)

MDI

Medium Dependent Interface (org/ieee/ethernet)

MDK

MODEM Developers Kit (ict/device/modem)

MDTVA

Mobile Digital Television Alliance (org)

MEC

Mobile Edge Computing (org/etsi)

MEDA

Match, Establish, Decide, Act (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

MEF1

Metro Ethernet Forum (org)

MEF2

Mobile Entertainment Forum (org)

MEG

Mega Evil Grin (jargon)

MF

Mediation Function (org/itu/m3000)

MFC

Microsoft Foundation Classes (com/us/microsoft)

MFG

Mit Freundlichen Grüßen (jargon)

MFLOPS

Million FLoating-point Operations Per Second (ict/comp/cpu)

MFOTL

Metric First Order Temporal Logic (ict/concept)

MGCP

Media Gateway Control Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

MH

Mobile Host (ict/net/mobile)

MHEG

Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group (org/iso)

MIB

Management Information Base (org/itu/x700)

MIC

Media Interface Connector (org/ansi/fddi)

MICA

MODEM ISDN Channel Integration (ict/device/modem)

MID

Message IDentifier (org/itu/atm)

MIDI

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (ict/sound)

MIDP

Mobile Information Device Profile (ict/lang/java)

MII

Medium Independent Interface (org/ieee/ethernet)

MIKEY

Multimedia Internet KEYing (ict/security)

MIMD

Multiple Instruction (stream), Multiple Data (stream) (ict/comp/cpu)

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (org/ietf)

MIMO

Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (ict/net/mobile)

MIPS

Million Instructions Per Second (ict/comp/cpu)

MIS

Management Information Service (org/itu/x700)

MISD

Multiple Instruction (stream), Single Data (stream) (ict/comp/cpu)

ML

Multiple Line (ict/lang)

MLD

Multicast Listener Discovery (org/ietf/ip)

MLP

Meridian Lossless Packaging (ict/comp/dvd)

MLT3

MuLTilevel-3 (org/ansi/fddi)

MMA1

MIDI Manufacturers Association (org)

MMA2

Mobile Marketing Association (org)

MMAPI

Mobile Media API (ict/lang/java)

MMCA

Multi Media Card Association (org)

MMF

Multi-Mode Fiber (ict/net)

MMF

Mobile Manufactures Forum (org)

MMVF

MultiMedia Video File (ict/comp/dvd)

MMX

MultiMedia eXtensions (ict/comp/cpu)

MNO

Mobile Network Operator (ict/net/role)

MO

Managed Object (ict/net/mgmt)

MO

Management Object (org/itu/x700)

MODEM

MOdulator DEModulator (ict/device)

MOF

Managed Object Format (org/dmtf)

MOF

Meta Object Facility (org/omg)

MOM

Message Oriented Middleware (ict/net)

Mon

Monday (time/dow)

MOSPF

Multicast Open Shortest Path First (org/ietf/ip)

MoU

Memorandum of Understanding (biz)

MOY

Month of Year (time)

MP

Multilink Protocol (org/ietf)

MP

Message Processing (org/ietf/snmp)

MPC

MPOA Client (org/itu/atm)

MPEG

Motion Picture Expert Group (org/iso)

MPEG

Moving Picture Expert Group (org/iso)

MPF

Mobile Payment Forum (org)

MPLS

Multi-Protocol Label Switching (org/ietf)

MPM

Multi Processing Module (org/asf)

MPOA

Multi-Protocol Over ATM (org/itu/atm)

MPP

Message Posting Protocol (org/ietf)

MPS

Multi Processor Specification (ict/comp/bios)

MPS

MPOA Server (org/itu/atm)

MPT

Memory Performance Technology (ict/comp/bios)

MR

Magneto - Resistive (ict/comp/hdd)

MR

MODEM Ready (ict/device/modem)

MRO-MB

Modular RAID On MotherBoard (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

MROMB

Modular RAID On MotherBoard (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

MRX

MagnetoResistive eXtended (ict/comp/hdd)

MS

Microsoft (com/us)

MS

Meta Signaling (org/itu/atm)

MS

Management Services (org/itu/m3000)

MS-DOS

MicroSoft DOS (com/us/microsoft)

MS-ISDN

Mobile Station ISDN Number (org/itu/isdn)

MSAP

Management Service Access Point (org/itu/x700)

MSC

Management Service Components (org/itu/m3000)

MSDN

MicroSoft Developer Network (com/us/microsoft)

MSF

MultiService Forum (org)

MSFTEU

Maximum Surprise For The End User (jargon)

MSI

MicroSoft Installer (com/us/microsoft)

MSIE

MicroSoft Internet Explorer (com/us/microsoft)

MSK

Moscow Standard Time (time/tz)

MSN

Microsoft Support Network (com/us/microsoft)

MSN

Monitoring cell Sequence Number (org/itu/atm)

MSN

Multiple Subscriber Number (org/itu/isdn)

MSO

Mobile Switching Office (ict/net/mobile)

MSRN

Mobile Station Roaming Number (org/itu/isdn)

MSVC

Meta-Signaling Virtual Channel (org/itu/atm)

MTA

Minnesota Telecom Association (org)

MTA

Message Transfer Agent (org/itu/x400)

MTBF

Mean Time Between Failure (ict/comp/hdd)

MTDC

Modified Total Direct Cost (biz)

MTI

MIPS Technologies Inc. (com/us)

MTP

Message Transaction Protocol (org/ietf)

MTP

Message Transfer Part (org/itu/isdn)

MTRR

Memory Type Range Register (ict/comp/cpu)

MTT

MailTrusT (ict/security)

MTU

Multi-tenant Unit (org/ietf/ppvpn)

MU-MIMO

Multi User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (ict/net/mobile)

MVI

Motion Video Instructions (ict/comp/cpu)

MVNO

Mobile Virtual Network Operator (ict/net/role)

MVRCA

Magnalink Variable Resource Compression Algorithm (org/ietf/ppp)

MX

Mail eXchange (ict/os/unix)

MZAP

Multicast-scope Zone Announcement Protocol (org/ietf)

NN

N3

Notation3 (org/w3c)

NAB

National Association of Broadcasters (org)

NABA

North American Broadcasters Association (org)

NAK

Negative Acknowledgement (org/ansi/ascii)

NAP

Network Access Point (org/itu/q1200)

NARP

Non-Broadcast Multiple Access Address Resolution Protocol (org/ietf)

NAS

Network Attached Storage (ict/comp/hdd)

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (org)

NAT

Network Address Translator (org/ietf/ip)

NB

Nota bene (jargon)

NBI

Northbound Interface (ict)

NBMA

Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (org/itu/atm)

NCCE

Native Computing and Communication Environment (org/tina-c)

NCD

Network Computing Devices (com/us)

NCL

Null Convention Logic (ict/comp/cpu)

NCMS

Network Connection Management Sub-protocol (org/itu)

NCOIC

Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (org)

NCR

National Cash Registers (com/us)

NDA

Non-Disclosure Agreement (biz)

NDAS

Network Direct Attached Storage (ict/comp/hdd)

NDC

National Destination Code (org/itu/isdn)

NDI

Network Distributed ISDN (org/itu/isdn)

NDP

Neighbor Discovery Protocol (org/ietf)

NDS

Novell Directory Service (com/us/novell)

NE

Network Element (org/itu/m3000)

NEC

Nippon Electronic Corporation (com/jp)

NEF

Network Element Function (org/itu/m3000)

NEM

Nothing Else Matters (jargon)

NET

Network (ict/net)

NETBIOS

NETwork BIOS (com/us/ibm)

NETBIOS

NETwork Basic Input Output System (org/ietf)

NETBLT

NETwork BLock Transfer (org/ietf)

NEXT

Near-end Crosstalk (ict/net)

NF

Network Function (org/etsi/nfv)

NF3

North American Friends of 3GPP (org/3gpp)

NFAS

Non Facilities-Associated Signaling (org/itu/isdn)

NFC

Forum Near Field Communication Forum (org)

NFS

Network File System (ict/os)

NFV

Network Functions Virtualization (org/etsi)

NFVI

NFV Infrastructure (org/etsi/nfv)

NFVO

NFV Orchestrator (org/etsi/nfv)

NGCO

Next Generation Central Office (ict/net)

NGCOR

Next Generation Converged Operations Requirements (org/ngmn)

NGMN

Next Generation Mobile Network alliance (org)

NGNM

Next Generation Mobile Network (ict/net)

NGOSS

New Generation Operations Systems and Software (org/tm-forum)

NHRP

Next Hop Resolution Protocol (org/itu/atm)

NIC

Network Interface Card (ict/net)

NICTA

National ICT Australia (org)

NIH

Not invented here (jargon)

NISDN

Narrowband Integrated-Services Digital Network (org/itu/isdn)

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology (org)

NIU

North american ISDN Users (org/itu/isdn)

NL

Number Lines (ict/os/unix/commands)

NLP

Normal Link Pulse (org/ieee/ethernet)

NLPID

Network Layer Protocol IDentifier (org/itu/atm)

NM-DMS

Network Management DMS (org/psoc/rina/dms)

NM-LAB

Network Management LAB (com/se/ericsson)

NML

Network Management Layer (org/itu/m3000)

NMS

Network Management System (ict/net/mgmt)

NNI

Network Node Interface (org/itu/atm)

NNTP

Network News Transfer Protocol (org/ietf)

NNTR

No Need To Reply (jargon)

NO

Network Operator (ict/net/role)

NOC

Network Operation Center (ict/net)

NOTA

None Of The Above (jargon)

Nov

November (time/moy)

NP

Network Provider (ict/net/role)

NP

No Problem (jargon)

NPG

Next Generation Protocols (org/etsi/isg)

NREN

National Research and Education Network (ict/net)

NRIC

Network Reliability and Interoperability Council (org)

NRIM

Network Resource Information Model (org/tina-c)

NRN

No Reply Necessary (jargon)

NRTC

National Rural Telecommunication Cooperative (org)

NRTVBR

Non-RealTime Variable Bit Rate (ict/net)

NRZ

Non-Return to Zero (ict/net)

NRZI

Non-Return to Zero Inverted (ict/net)

NS

Name Server (ict/os/unix)

NSAP

Network Service Access Point (org/itu/x200)

NSAPA

Network Service Access Point Address (org/itu/x200)

NSC

National SemiConductor (com/us)

NSD

Network Shared Disk (ict/comp/hdd)

NSD

Name Service Descriptor (org/etsi/nfv)

NSF

National Science Foundation (org)

NSFW

Not Safe For Work (jargon)

NSIS

Next Steps In Signaling (org/ietf)

NSM-DMS

Network System Management DMS (org/psoc/rina/dms)

NSP

Native Signal Processing (ict/comp/cpu)

NSSA

Not So Stubby Area (org/ietf)

NT

Network Terminator (org/itu/isdn)

NT1

Network Termination 1 (org/itu/isdn)

NTBA

Network Termination for Basic Access (org/itu/isdn)

NTK

Need-To-Know (jargon)

NTP

Network Time Protocol (org/ietf)

NTSC

Never The Same Color (jargon)

NUIG

National University Ireland Galway (edu/ie)

NUIM

National University of Ireland, Maynooth (edu/ie)

NUL

Null character (org/ansi/ascii)

NVL

Name-Value List (ict/concept)

NWO

NetWork Operator (org/etsi)

OO

OAK

Object Application Kernel (ict/lang/java)

OAM

Operations, Administration and Management (org/itu/atm)

OAM

Operations, Administrations and Maintenance (org/itu/m3000)

OAOO

Once and Only Once (jargon)

OASIS

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (org)

OBGA

Organic Ball Grid Array (ict/comp/cpu)

OCC

Open Cloud Consortium (org)

OCD

Out-of-Cell Delineation (org/itu/atm)

OCL

Object Constraint Language (org/omg)

OCM

Open Cloud Manifesto (org)

OCP-IP

Open Core Protocol International Partnership (org)

OCR

Optical Character Recognition (ict/graphic)

OCSP

Online Certificate Status (revocation) Protocol (ict/security)

Oct

October (time/moy)

ODA

Office Document Architecture (org/ietf)

ODF

Open Document Format (org/iso)

ODL

Object Definition Language (org/tina-c)

ODMA

Open Distributed Management Architecture (org/itu)

ODP

Open Distributed Processing (org/itu/x900)

OEP

Operand Execution Pipelines (ict/comp/cpu)

OF

Overflow Flag (ict/lang/assembler)

OFII

Organization for International Investment (org)

OGF

Open Grid Forum (org)

OH

Off-Hook (ict/device/modem)

OHA

Open Handset Alliance (org)

OHKO

One Hit Knock Out (jargon)

OIC

Oh, I See (jargon)

OID

Object Identifier (org/itu/x700)

OIDF

OpenID Foudation (org)

OIF

Optical Internetworking Forum (org)

OIPF

Open IPTV Forum (org)

OIT

Object Information Tree (org/itu/x700)

OLSR

Optimized Link State Routing (org/ietf)

OLT

Optical Line Termination (ict/net/optical)

OLTP

On-Line Transaction Processing (ict)

OMA

Open Mobile Alliance (org)

OMA

Object Management Architecture (org/omg)

OMEC

Open Mobile Evolved Core (org/onf)

OMG

Oh My God (jargon)

OMG

Object Management Group (org)

ONAP

Open Networking Automation Platform (org/lf)

ONF

Open Networking Foundation (org)

ONOS

Open Network Operating System (org/lf)

ONU

Optical Network Units (ict/net/optical)

ONVIF

Open Network Video Interface Forum (org)

OODA

Observe, Orient, Decide, Act (people/boyd-john)

OOO

Out Of Order (ict/comp/cpu)

OOTB

Out Of The Box (jargon)

OP

Original Poster (jargon)

OpenSAF

Open Service Availability Framework Foundation (org)

OPEX

Operational Expenditure (biz)

OPNFV

Open Platform for NFV (org/lf)

OPS

Operations Per Second (ict/comp/cpu)

Or

Orchestrator (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt/upee)

ORB

Object Request Broker (org/omg)

OS

Operating System (ict)

OS

Operation System (org/itu/m3000)

OS-DMS

Operating System DMS (org/psoc/rina/dms)

OSA

Open Service Access (ict/net)

OSCI

Open SystemC Initiative (org)

OSF

Oppose Sun Forever (jargon)

OSF

Operations System Function (org/itu/m3000)

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection (org/itu)

OSIE

Open Systems Interconnection Environment (org/itu)

OSM

Open Source MANO (org/etsi/nfv)

OSPF

Open Shortest Path First (org/ietf)

OSS

Open Source Software (ict/dev)

OSS

Operations Support System (ict/net/mgmt)

OT

Off Topic (jargon)

OTOH

On The Other Hand (jargon)

OTT

Over The Top (jargon)

OU

Organisational Unit (org/itu/x500)

OWAMP

One Way Active Measurement Protocol (org/ietf)

PP

P

Provider router (org/ietf/ppvpn)

P-GW

Packet Gateway (org/3gpp/4g)

P-MAC

Packet Media Access Control (org/ansi/fddi)

P2C/C2P

PCI to CPU / CPU to PCI (ict/comp/bios)

P2CC2P

PCI to CPU / CPU to PCI (ict/comp/bios)

P2P

Peer-to-Peer (ict/net)

PA

Preamble (org/ieee/ethernet/frame)

PaaS

Platform as a Service (ict/cloud)

PABX

Private Automatic Branch Exchange (ict/net)

PACE

Priority Access Control Enabled (org/ieee/ethernet)

PAD

Padding (org/ieee/ethernet/frame)

PAD

Packet Assembler / Disassembler (org/itu)

PAP

Password Authentication Protocol (org/ietf)

PAR

Project Authorisation Request (org/ieee)

PAS

Publicly Available Specifications (org/iso)

PBB

Provider Backbone Bridge (org/ieee/802)

PBX

Private Branch Exchange (ict/net)

PC

Personal Computer (ict/comp)

PC

Packet Core (org/3gpp/3g)

PC-DOS

Personal Computer DOS (com/us/ibm)

PCA

Policy Certification Authority (ict/security)

PCI

Peripheral Component Interconnect (ict/comp)

PCI

Protocol Control Information (org/itu/x200)

PCIM

Policy Core Information Model (org/ietf/policy)

PCM

Physical Connection Management (org/ansi/fddi)

PCMCIA

People Can’t Memorize Computer Industries Acronyms (jargon)

PCR

Processor Configuration Register (ict/comp/cpu)

PCR

Peak Cell Rate (org/itu/atm)

PCRW

Phase Change ReWritable (ict/comp/dvd)

PCS

Physical Coding Sub-Layer (org/ieee/ethernet)

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant (ict/device)

PDC

Primary Domain Controller (com/us/microsoft/ad)

PDCP

Packet Data Convergence Protocol (org/3gpp)

PDCP

Packet Data Convergence Protocol (org/3gpp/4g)

PDF

Portable Document Format (org/iso)

PDH

Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (org/itu/atm)

PDM

Product Data Management (biz)

PDM

Policy Domain Model (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PDM-DSL

Policy Domain Model DSL (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PDM-Tpl

Policy Domain Model Template (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PDM-UML

Policy Domain Model UML (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PDP

Policy Decision Point (org/ietf/policy)

PDU

Protocol Data Unit (org/itu/x200)

PE

Provider Edge (org/ietf/ppvpn)

PE

Protocol Entity (org/ietf/snmp)

PEA

Pocket Ethernet Adapter (org/ieee/ethernet)

PEBCAK

Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard (jargon)

PEBKAC

Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair (jargon)

PEP

Performance Enhancing Proxy (org/ietf)

PEP

Policy Enforcement Point (org/ietf/policy)

PEP2

Performance Enhancing Proxy 2 (org/ietf)

PER

Packed Encoding Rules (org/itu/x600)

PES

Proposed Encryption Standard (ict/security)

PFA

Predictive Failure Analysis (ict/comp/hdd)

PFE

Proudly Found Elsewhere (jargon)

PFSM

Probabilistic Finite State Machine (ict/concept)

PGA

Pin Grid Array (ict/comp/cpu)

PGA

Patches Gratefully Accepted (jargon)

PGC

ProGram Chain (ict/comp/dvd)

PHP

PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (ict/lang)

PHY

Physical Layer (ict/net)

PHY

Physical Layer (org/ieee/802)

PHY

Ethernet Physical Layer (org/ieee/ethernet)

PIB

Policy Information Base (org/ietf/policy)

PIC

Point in Call (org/itu/q1200)

PID

Process IDentification number (ict/os/unix)

PIF

Parity Inner Failure (ict/comp/dvd)

PINT

PSTN INTernet Interworking (org/ietf)

PISW

Process Interrupt Status Word (ict/lang/assembler)

PITA

Pain In The Anatomy / Ass (jargon)

PK

Public Key (ict/security)

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure (org/itu/x500)

PKIX

Public Key Infrastructure X.509 (org/itu/x500)

PL

Physical Layer (org/itu/x200)

PL-OU

Physical Layer Overhead Unit (org/itu/atm)

PL-Tr

Policy Language Transformation Rule (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PLCP

Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (org/itu/atm)

PLCP

Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (org/itu/atm)

PLMN

Public Land Mobile Network (ict/net/mobile)

PLONK

Please Leave Our Newsgroup, Kid (jargon)

PLS

Physical Signalling Sub-layer (org/ieee/ethernet)

PM

Policy Model (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PM

Protected Mode (ict/comp/cpu)

PM

Port Multiplier (ict/comp/hdd/sata)

PM

Performance Management (ict/net/mgmt)

PM-DSL

Policy Model DSL (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PM-DSL-Tr

Policy Model DSL Transformation Rule (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PM-Tpl

Policy Model Template (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PM-UML

Policy Model UML (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PMA

Physical Medium Attachment (org/ieee/ethernet)

PMD

Physical (layer) Medium Dependent (org/ansi/fddi)

PMD

Physical layer, Medium Dependant (org/itu/atm)

PME

Power Management Event (ict/comp/bios)

PMJI

Pardon Me for Jumping In (jargon)

PMK

Pairwise Master Key (ict/security)

PMP

Point to MultiPoint (org/itu/atm)

PNA

Patterns in Network Architecture (people/day-john)

PNF

Physical Network Function (org/etsi/nfv)

PNG

Portable Network Graphics (org/ietf)

PNNI

Private Network Node Interface (org/itu/atm)

PNPBIOS

Plug and Play BIOS (ict/comp/bios)

POA

Point Of Attachment (org/psoc/rina)

POC

Proof of Concept (biz)

POEP

Primary Operand Execution Pipeline (ict/comp/cpu)

POF

Parity Outer Failure (ict/comp/dvd)

POI

Point Of Interaction (org/itu/q1200)

POJI

Plain Old Java Interfaces (ict/lang/java)

POJO

Plain Old Java Object (ict/lang/java)

PolaaS

Policy as a Service (ict/net/mgmt)

PON

Passive Optical Network (ict/net/optical)

POP

Point Of Presence (ict/net)

POP3

Post Office Protocol 3 (org/ietf)

POR

Power-On Reset (ict/comp/bios)

POR

Point Of Return (org/itu/q1200)

POS

Piece Of Shit (jargon)

POSIX

Portable Operating System Interface (ict/os)

POSIX

Portable Operating System for unIX (ict/os/unix)

POSTECH

Pohang University of Science and Technology (edu/kr)

POTS

Plain Old Telephone System (jargon)

PP

Physical Plane (org/itu/q1200)

PPB

Push Pull Before (ict/comp/dvd)

PPB-DV

Push Pull Before (ict/comp/dvd)

PPDU

Presentation Protocol Data Unit (org/itu/x200)

PPGA

Plastic Pin Grid Array (ict/comp/cpu)

PPID

Parent Process IDentification number (ict/os/unix)

PPP

Point to Point Protocol (org/ietf)

PPPOE

Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet (org/ietf/ppp)

PPPoED

Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet DAEMON (org/ieee/ethernet)

PPT

Power Point (com/us/microsoft)

PPTX

PowerPoint Microsoft Open XML (com/us/microsoft)

PPVPN

Provider Provisioned VPN (org/ietf)

PQFP

Plastic Quad Flat Package (ict/comp/cpu)

PRI

Primary Rate Interface (org/itu/isdn)

PRISTINE

PRogrammability In RINA for European Supremacy of virTualIsed NEtworks (org/eu/fp7/projects)

PRML

Partial Response - Maximum Likelihood (ict/comp/hdd)

PRw

Policy ReWriter (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PS

Port Selector (ict/comp/hdd/sata)

PS

Process Status (ict/os/unix/commands)

PSAP

Presentation Service Access Point (org/itu/x200)

PSE

Port Switched Ethernet (org/ieee/ethernet)

PSK

Pre-Shared Key (ict/security)

PSM

Personal Security Manager (ict/security)

PSN

Packet Switched Network (org/ietf/ppvpn)

PSOC

Pouzin Society (org)

PSPDN

Packet Switched Public Data Network (org/itu/q1200)

PSS

Pre-Shared Secret (ict/security)

PSTN

Public Switched Telephone Network (org/itu/q1200)

PT

Payload Type (org/itu/atm)

PTC

Patches Thoughtfully Considered (jargon)

PTI

Payload Type Identifier (org/itu/atm)

PTK

Pairwise Transient Key (ict/security)

PTM

Packet Transfer Mode (org/itu/atm)

PTP

Point-To-Point (ict/net)

PTr

Policy Transformer (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

PV

Physical Volume (ict/comp/hdd)

PVC

Permanent Virtual Circuit (org/itu/atm)

PVCC

Permanent Virtual Channel Connection (org/itu/atm)

PVN

Property Version Number (com/us/microsoft/ad)

PVPC

Permanent Virtual Path Connection (org/itu/atm)

PW

Pseudo Wire (org/ietf/ppvpn)

PWD

Print Working Directory (ict/os/unix/commands)

PWM

Pulse Width Modulation (ict/comp/dvd)

PWP

Phase Wobble Pre-pit (ict/comp/dvd)

QQ

QA

Q Adaptor (org/itu/m3000)

QAF

Q-Interface Adaptor Function (org/itu/m3000)

QAM

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (ict/net)

QCI

QoS Class Identifier (ict/net)

QoE

Quality of Experience (ict/net)

QoS

Quality of Service (ict/net)

QPSK

Quadrature (Quaternary) Phase Shift Keying (ict/net)

QSA

Query String Append (org/asf)

QuEST Forum

Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications (org)

QZSS

Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (ict/net)

RR

R&D

Research & Development (misc)

R99

Release 1999 (org/3gpp)

RA

Real Address (ict/comp/cpu)

RA

Registration Authority (org/itu/x500)

RA

Resource Allocator (org/psoc/rina)

RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (org/ietf)

RAFF

Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (ict/comp/hdd)

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent / Inexpensive Disks (ict/comp/hdd)

RAIDIOS

RAID I/O Steering (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

RAM

Random-Access Memory (ict/comp/memory)

RAM

Rarely Adequate Memory (jargon)

RAN

Radio Access Network (ict/net/mobile)

RAP

Route Access Protocol (org/ietf)

RARP

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (org/ietf)

RAT

Radio Access Technology (ict/net/mobile)

RATP

Reliable Asynchronous Transfer Protocol (org/ietf)

RBA

Radio Base Station (com/se/ericsson)

RBAC

Rule-Based Access Control (ict/net/mgmt)

RC2

Rivest Cipher / Ron’s Code 2 (ict/security)

RC4

Rivest Cipher / Ron’s Code 4 (ict/security)

RC5

Rivest Cipher 5 (org/ietf)

RCA

Rural Cellular Association (org)

RCE

Regional Code Enhancement (ict/comp/dvd)

RCS

Revision Control System (ict/dev)

RD

Receive Data (ict/device/modem)

RD

Route Distinguisher (org/ietf/ppvpn)

RDA

Remote Database Access (org/itu/x200)

RDBMS

Relational Database Management System (ict/db)

RDF

Resource Description Framework (org/w3c)

RDI

Remote Defect Indicator (org/itu/atm)

RDI

Remote Defect Identification (org/itu/atm)

RDN

Relative Distinguished Name (org/itu/x500)

RDP

Reliable Datagram Protocol (org/ietf)

RE

RAID Edition (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

READ

Relative Element Address Designate (ict/security)

Rel-4

Release 4 (org/3gpp)

Rel-5

Release 5 (org/3gpp)

RERO

Release early, release often (jargon)

RF

Radio Frequency (ict/net)

RFC

Request For Comments (org/ietf)

RGB

Red Green Blue (ict/graphic)

RI

Ring Indicator (ict/device/modem)

RIB

Resource Information Base (org/psoc/rina)

RINA

Recursive InterNetworking Architecture (org/psoc)

RIP

Return Instruction Pointer (ict/comp/cpu)

RIP

Routing Information Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

RIPNG

Routing Information Protocol Next Generation (org/ietf/ip)

RISC

Reduced Instruction Set Code (ict/comp/cpu)

RJE

Remote Job Entry (org/ietf)

RL

Real Life (jargon)

RLC

Radio Link Control (org/3gpp/4g)

RLP

Resource Location Protocol (org/ietf)

RM

Reference Model (org/itu)

RM-ODP

Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing (org/itu/x900)

RM-OSI

Reference Model for Open System Interconnection (org/itu/x200)

RM-Pol

Reference Model for Policies (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

RMI

Remote Method Invocation (ict/lang/java)

RMON

Remote MONitoring (ict/net/mgmt)

RMT

Ring ManagemenT (org/ansi/fddi)

RMT

Relaying and Multiplexing Task (org/psoc/rina)

RNC

Radio Network Controller (org/3gpp/3g)

RNC

Radio Network Controller (org/3gpp/4g)

RNL

Radio Network Layer (org/3gpp)

ROA

Recognized Operating Agency (org/itu/m3000)

ROC

RAID On a Chip (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

ROFL

Roar Out From Laughing (jargon)

ROHC

RObust Header Compression (org/ietf/ip)

ROM

Read-Only Memory (ict/comp/memory)

ROMB

RAID On MotherBoard (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

ROMBIOS

Read-Only Memory - BIOS (ict/comp/bios)

ROSE

Remote Operation Service Element (org/itu/x200)

ROTFL

Rolling On The Floor Laughing (jargon)

ROTFLBTC

Rolling On The Floor Laughing and Biting The Carpet (jargon)

ROTFLMAO

Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off (jargon)

RPC

Region Playback Control (ict/comp/dvd)

RPC

Remote Procedure Call (org/ietf)

RPC-2

Region code Playback Control phase 2 (ict/comp/dvd)

RPP

Relative Processor Performance (ict/comp/cpu)

RR

Resource Record (org/ietf)

RRC

Radio Resource Control (org/3gpp/4g)

RRM

Radio Resource Management (ict/net/mobile)

RRO

Radial Run Out (ict/comp/dvd)

RRP

Registry Registrar Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

RS

Record Separator (org/ansi/ascii)

RSA

Rivest, Shamir and Adleman (ict/security)

RSDP

Root System Description Pointer (ict/comp/bios/acpi)

RSDT

Root System Description Table (ict/comp/bios/acpi)

RSH

Remote SHell (ict/os/unix/commands)

RSN

Robust Security Network (ict/security)

RSN

Real Soon Now (jargon)

RSVP

Resource reSerVation Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

RSVP-TE

Resource reSerVation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (org/ietf/ip)

RT

Route Target (org/ietf/ppvpn)

RTFF

Read The Fucking FAQ (jargon)

RTFM

Read The Flaming / Fucking Manual (jargon)

RTG

Rural Telecommunications Group (org)

RTM

Read The Manual (jargon)

RTP

Real Time Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

RTS

Request To Send (ict/device/modem)

RTS

Reliable Transfer Service (org/itu/x200)

RTSE

Reliable Transfer Service Element (org/itu/x200)

RTSP

Real Time Streaming Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

RTVBR

RealTime Variable Bit Rate (ict/net)

SS

S-GW

Service Gateway (org/3gpp/4g)

S-RRM

System Radio Resource Management (ict/net/mobile)

S.u.S.E.

Software Und SystemEntwicklung (ict/os/linux)

S/MIME

Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (org/ietf)

SA

Source Address (ict/net)

SA

Source Address (org/ieee/ethernet/frame)

SA Forum

Service Availability Forum (org)

SAAC

Swedish American Chamber of Commerce-DC Chapter (org)

SAAL

Signalling ATM Adaptation Layer (org/itu/atm)

SaaS

Software as a Service (ict/cloud)

SAC

Strict Avalanche Criterion (ict/security)

SAC

Single Attachment Concentrator (org/ansi/fddi)

SAFTE

SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclose (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SAHF

Store AH Into Flags (ict/lang/assembler)

SAL

Symbolic Assembly Language (ict/lang/assembler)

SAM

SCSI-3 Architecture Model (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SAML

Security Assertion Markup Language (org/oasis)

SAP

Session Announcement Protocol (org/ietf)

SAP

Service Access Point (org/itu/x200)

SARPDU

Segmentation And Reassembly Protocol Data Unit (org/itu/atm)

SAS

Single Attachment Station (org/ansi/fddi)

SASE

Specific Application Service Element (org/itu/x200)

Sat

Saturday (time/dow)

SATA

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (ict/comp/hdd)

SAX

Simple API for XML (ict)

SBA

Synchronous Bandwidth Allocation (org/ansi/fddi)

SBC

SCSI Block Commands (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SBCS

Single Byte Character Set (ict/ascii)

SBF

Simple Boot Flag (ict/os/linux)

SBI

Southbound Interface (ict)

SBP

SCSI-3 serial Bus Protocol (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SBVR

Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules (org/omg)

SC

SubCommittee (org/iso)

SCAF

Service Control Agent Function (org/itu/q1200)

SCAM

SCSI Configured AutoMatically (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SCC

SCSI Controller Commands (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SCCAN

Seamless Converged Communication Across Networks (org)

SCEF

Service Creation Environment Function (org/itu/q1200)

SCF

Service Control Function (org/itu/q1200)

SCM

Single Carrier Modulation (ict/net)

SCNR

Sorry, Could Not Resist (jargon)

SCO

Santa Cruz Operation (com/us)

SCP

Standard Configuration Profile (ict/device/modem)

SCP

Service Control Point (org/itu/q1200)

SCR

Sustainable Cell Rate (org/itu/atm)

SCS

Switch Control Software (org/itu/atm)

SCSI

Small Computer Systems Interface (ict/comp/hdd)

SCSU

Standard Compression Scheme for Unicode (ict/unicode)

SCTE

Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (org)

SCTP

Stream Control Transmission Protocol (org/ietf)

SCU

System Control Unit (ict/comp/cpu)

SCVP

Simple Certificate Validation Protocol (ict/security)

SD

Starting Delimiter (org/ansi/fddi)

SD

SKB Dashboard (people/vdmeer-sven/skb)

SDC

Secondary Domain Controller (com/us/microsoft/ad)

SDCA

Secure Digital Card Association (org)

SDDI

Shielded Distributed Data Interface (org/ansi/fddi)

SDH

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (ict/net)

SDIF

SGML Document Interchange Format (org/iso)

SDK

Software Development Kit (ict/dev)

SDMS

SCSI Device Management System (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SDN

Software Defined Networking (ict/net)

SDO

Standard Defining Organisation (misc)

SDO

Standards Development Organisation (misc)

SDP

Session Description Protocol (org/ietf)

SDP

Specialized Data Point (org/itu/q1200)

SDQ

Store Data Queue (ict/comp/cpu)

SDTP

Serial Data Transport Protocol (org/ietf/ppp)

SDU

Service Data Unit (org/itu/x200)

SDX

Storage Data ACceleration (ict/comp/dvd)

SEAL

Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer (org/itu/atm)

SECB

Severely Errored Cell Block (org/itu/atm)

SECC

Single Edge Connector Case (ict/comp/cpu)

SED

Stream EDitor (ict/os/unix/commands)

SEL

Standard Elektrik Lorenz (com/de)

SEP

Someone Else’s Problem (jargon)

Sep

September (time/moy)

SES

SCSI Enclosure Services (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SF

Sign Flag (ict/lang/assembler)

SF

Service Feature (org/itu/q1200)

SF

SKB Framework (people/vdmeer-sven/skb)

SFD

Start Frame Delimiter (org/ieee/ethernet/frame)

SFI

Science Foundation Ireland (org)

SFMJI

Sorry For My Jumping In (jargon)

SFP

Saved Frame Pointer (ict/comp/cpu)

SFTP

Simple File Transfer Protocol (org/ietf)

SG

Signal Ground (ict/device/modem)

SGC

SCSI Graphic Commands (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SGI

Silicon Graphics Incorporated (com/us)

SGML

Standard Generalized Markup Language (org/iso)

SGMP

Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol (org/ietf/snmp)

SHA

Secure Hash Algorithm (org/nist)

SHA1

Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (org/nist)

SHTSI

Somebody Had To Say It (jargon)

SI

Shift In (org/ansi/ascii)

SIB

Service Independent building Block (org/itu/q1200)

SID

Shared Information and Data Model (org/tm-forum)

SIG

Special Interest Group (org/etsi)

SII

Static Invocation Interface (org/omg)

SIMD

Single Instruction (stream), Multiple Data (stream) (ict/comp/cpu)

SIP

SCSI-3 Interlocked Protocol (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SIP

Session Initiation Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

SIP Forum

SIP Forum (org)

SIPP

Simple Internet Protocol Plus (org/ietf/ip)

SIS

Swedish Standards Institute (org)

SISD

Single Instruction (stream), Single Data (stream) (ict/comp/cpu)

SIT

Specification Information Tree (ict/dev)

SITD

Still In The Dark (jargon)

SKB

Sven’s Knowledge Base (people/vdmeer-sven)

SKI

Service Key Identifier (org/ietf)

SKID

Service Key IDentifier (org/ietf)

SKIP

Simple Key-management for Internet Protocols (ict/security)

SL

Single Line (ict/lang)

SLA

Service Level Agreement (ict/net)

SLIP

Serial Line Internet Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

SLP

Service Logic Program (org/itu/q1200)

SMAE

Systems Management Application Entity (org/itu/x700)

SMAF

Service Management Agent Function (org/itu/q1200)

SMAP

System Management Application Process (org/itu/x700)

SMART

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (ict/comp/hdd)

SMASE

Systems Management Application Service Element (org/itu/x700)

SMBIOS

System Management BIOS (ict/comp/bios)

SMC

Standard Microsystems Corporation (com/us)

SMC

SCSI-3 Medium changer Commands (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SMDAC

Single MAC Dual Attached Concentrator (org/ansi/fddi)

SME

Small and Medium Enterprise (biz)

SMF

Single Mode Fiber (ict/net)

SMF

Single Mode Fiberoptic cable (org/ansi/fddi)

SMF

Service Management Function (org/itu/q1200)

SMFA

System Management Functional Area (org/itu/x700)

SMI

Sun Microsystems Inc. (com/us)

SMI

Structure of Management Information (org/ietf/snmp)

SMIng

Structure of Management Information Next Generation (org/ietf/snmp)

SMIv2

Structure of Management Information, version 2 (org/ietf/snmp)

SMK

Shared Management Knowledge (org/itu/m3000)

SML

Service Management Layer (org/itu/m3000)

SMM

System Management Mode (ict/comp/cpu)

SMPTE

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (org)

SMS

Short Message Service (ict/net/mobile)

SMT

Simultaneous MultiThreading (ict/comp/cpu)

SMT

Station Management (org/ansi/fddi)

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (org/ietf)

SMUX

SNMP MUltipleXing protocol (org/ietf/snmp)

SN

Subscriber Number (org/itu/isdn)

SNA

Systems Network Architecture (com/us/ibm)

SNACP

Systems Network Architecture Control Protocol (org/ietf/ppp)

SNAFU

Situation Normal All Fouled Up (jargon)

SNAIP

Systems Network Architecture/Internet Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

SNAP

SubNetwork Access Protocol (org/ieee/ethernet)

SNI

Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme (com/de)

SNI

Service Name Indicator (org/ietf)

SNIA

Storage Networking Industry Association (org)

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol (org/ietf)

SNMPv1

SNMP version 1 (org/ietf/snmp)

SNMPv2

SNMP version 2 (org/ietf/snmp)

SNMPv2*

SNMP version 2 star (org/ietf/snmp)

SNMPv2c

SNMP version 2 community (org/ietf/snmp)

SNMPv2u

SNMP version 2 user (org/ietf/snmp)

SNMPv3

SNMP version 3 (org/ietf/snmp)

SNPP

Simple Network Paging Protocol (org/ietf)

SNTP

Simple Network Time Protocol (org/ietf)

SO

Shift Out (org/ansi/ascii)

SOA

State Of the Art (jargon)

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol (org/w3c)

SOH

Start of Header (org/ansi/ascii)

SOID

Storage Object IDentifier (org/itu/x500)

SoLSA

Support of Localized Service Areas (org/etsi)

SON

Self Organising Network (org/3gpp)

SONET

Synchronous Optical NETwork (ict/net)

SOTA

State of the Art (jargon)

SP

Stack Pointer (ict/lang/assembler)

SP

Service Provider (ict/net/role)

SPAM

Send Phenomenal Amounts of Mail (jargon)

SPANS

Simple Protocol for ATM Network Signalling (org/itu/atm)

SPB

Shortest Path Bridging (org/ieee/802)

SPC

SCSI-3 Primary Commands (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SPDU

Session Protocol Data Unit (org/itu/x200)

SPE

Service Provider Edge (org/eu/h2020/projects/arcfire)

SPI

SCSI-3 Parallel Interface (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SPI

Server Provider Interface (ict/lang/java/jndi)

SPID

Service Profile IDentifier (org/itu/isdn)

SPKM

Simple Public-Key (GSS-API) Mechanism (org/ietf)

SPL

Set Priority Level (ict/os/unix)

SPM

Session Protocol Machine (org/itu/x200)

SPML

Service Provisioning Markup Language (org/oasis)

SPN

Substitution Permutation Network (ict/security)

SPP

Special Purpose Processor (ict)

SPPI

Structure of Policy Provisioning Information (org/ietf/policy)

SPX

Sequenced Packet eXchange (com/us/novell)

SQ

Signal Quality (ict/device/modem)

SQFP

Shrink Quad Flat Package (ict/comp/cpu)

SQL

Structured Query Language (org/iso)

SR

Status Register (ict/lang/assembler)

SRAT

Static Resource Affinity Table (ict/comp/bios/acpi)

SRE

Self Routing switch Element (org/itu/atm)

SRF

Service Resource Function (org/itu/q1200)

SRT

Secure Request Technology (ict/security)

SRTP

Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (org/ietf)

SRu

State Runner (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt/upee)

SS

Single Sided (ict/comp/fdd)

SS

Stack Segment (ict/lang/assembler)

SS/DD

Single-Sided, Double-Density (ict/comp/fdd)

SS/SD

Single-Sided, Single-Density (ict/comp/fdd)

SS7

Signaling System 7 (org/itu/q1200)

SSAP

Session Service Access Point (org/itu/x200)

SSC

SCSI Stream Commands (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

SSCF

Service Specific Coordination Function (org/itu/atm)

SSCOP

Service Specific Connection Orientated Protocol (org/itu/atm)

SSCP

Service Switching & Control Point (org/itu/q1200)

SSCS

Service Specific Convergence Sublayer (org/itu/atm)

SSD

Solid State Disk (ict/comp/hdd)

SSDC

Stack Segment Descriptor Cache (ict/comp/cpu)

SSDD

Single-Sided, Double-Density (ict/comp/fdd)

SSF

Service Switching Function (org/itu/q1200)

SSH

Secure SHell (ict/os/unix)

SSH2

Secure SHell version 2 (ict/os/unix)

SSIA

Subject Says It All (jargon)

SSL

Secure Socket Layer (ict/security)

SSL/TLS

Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security (ict/security)

SSM

Source Specific Multicast (org/ietf)

SSMEx

Sequential State Machine Executor (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt/upee)

SSP

Switch to Switch Protocol (org/ietf)

SSP

Service Switching Point (org/itu/q1200)

SSPI

Society of Satellite Professionals International (org)

SSSD

Single-Sided, Single-Density (ict/comp/fdd)

ST

Seagate Technology (ict/comp/hdd)

ST2

STream protocol 2 (ict/net)

STA

Station (ict/net)

STC

SeT Carry (ict/lang/assembler)

STC

Secure Transaction Channel (ict/security)

STC

Sub-Technical Committee (org/etsi)

STD

Suspend To Disk (ict/comp/bios/acpi)

STD

SeT Direction (ict/lang/assembler)

STD

Standard Document (org/ietf)

STDERR

Standard Error (ict/os)

STDIN

Standard Input (ict/os)

STDL

Standard Transaction Definition Language (ict/lang)

StExCh

State Executor Choreographed (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt/upee)

StExOr

State Executor Orchestrated (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt/upee)

STF

Specialist Task Forces (org/etsi)

STFU

Shut The Fuck Up (jargon)

STI

SeT Interrupt (ict/lang/assembler)

STM

Synchronous Transfer Mode (ict/net/sdh)

STM-1

Synchronous Transport Mode 1 (ict/net/sdh)

STM-12

Synchronous Transport Mode 12 (ict/net/sdh)

STM-128

Synchronous Transport Mode 128 (ict/net/sdh)

STM-16

Synchronous Transport Mode 16 (ict/net/sdh)

STM-3

Synchronous Transport Mode 3 (ict/net/sdh)

STM-32

Synchronous Transport Mode 32 (ict/net/sdh)

STM-4

Synchronous Transport Mode 4 (ict/net/sdh)

STM-6

Synchronous Transport Mode 6 (ict/net/sdh)

STM-64

Synchronous Transport Mode 64 (ict/net/sdh)

STM-8

Synchronous Transport Mode 8 (ict/net/sdh)

STOUT

Standard Output (ict/os)

STP

SATA Tunneling Protocol (ict/comp/hdd/sata)

STP

Spanning-Tree Protocol (org/ietf)

STP

Signaling Transfer Point (org/itu/q1200)

STX

Start of Text (org/ansi/ascii)

SU

Switch User (ict/os/unix/commands)

SUB

Substitute (org/ansi/ascii)

Sun

Sunday (time/dow)

SUPA

Simplified Use of Policy Abstractions (org/ieee)

SVC

Switched Virtual Circuit (org/itu/atm)

SVC

Switched Virtual Channel (org/itu/atm)

SVC

Switched Virtual Connection (org/itu/atm)

SVCI

Switched Virtual Circuit Identifier (org/itu/atm)

SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics (org/w3c)

SvP

SerVice Provider (org/etsi)

SW

Software (ict)

SWL

Short Wave Length (ict/net)

SYN

Synchronous idle (org/ansi/ascii)

TT

TA

Terminal Adapter (org/itu/isdn)

TABD

The Transatlantic Business Dialogue (org)

TAI

International Atomic Time (time)

TANJ

There Ain’t No Justice (jargon)

TANSTAAFL

There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (jargon)

TAR

Tape ARchiver (ict/os/unix/commands)

TAS

Tag Abuse Syndrome (jargon)

TASM

Turbo ASseMbler (ict/lang/assembler)

TBD

To Be Defined (jargon)

TBR

Technical Basis for Regulations (org/itu/isdn)

TBRPF

Topology dissemination Based on Reverse-Path Forwarding (org/ietf)

TC

Trust Center (ict/security)

TC

Technical Committee (org/ifip)

TC

Technical Committee (org/iso)

TC-6

IFIP Technical Committee 6 (org/ifip)

TCD

Trinity College Dublin (edu/ie)

TCF

Telecommunications Carriers' Forum (org)

TCG

Trusted Computing Group (org)

TCI

Test Cell Input (org/itu/atm)

TCO

Total Cost of Ownership (biz)

TCO

Test Cell Output (org/itu/atm)

TCP

Tape Carrier Package (ict/comp/cpu)

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

TCQ

Tagged Command Queueing (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

TCS

Transmission Convergence Sublayer (org/itu/atm)

TCSH

Trustedi C SHell (ict/os/unix/commands)

TD

Transmit Data (ict/device/modem)

TDF

Title Definition Format (ict/comp/dvd)

TDIA

Telecommunication Development Industry Alliance (org)

TDP

Thermal Design Power (ict/comp/cpu)

TDS

TeX Directory Structure (ict/lang/tex)

TE

Traffic Engineering (org/ietf)

TE

Terminal Endpoint (org/itu/isdn)

TEA

Tiny Encryption Algorithm (ict/security)

TELNET

TELephone NETwork (ict/os/unix)

TELNETD

Telnet DAEMON (ict/os/unix)

TEN

TransEuropean Networks (ict/net)

TERMCAP

TERMinal CAPability (ict/os/unix)

TERMINFO

TERMinal INFOrmation (ict/os/unix)

TESLA

Timed Efficient Stream Loss-tolerant Authentication (org/ietf)

TESS

The Exponential Security System (org/ietf)

TEx

Task Executor (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt/upee)

TF

Trace Flag (ict/lang/assembler)

TFLOPS

Tera FLoating-point Operations Per Second (ict/comp/cpu)

TFRP

TCP Friendly Rate Control (org/ietf/ip)

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

THAMA

Trident Hardware-Assisted MPEG-2/AC-3 (ict/comp/dvd)

THT

Token Holding Timer (org/ansi/fddi)

Thu

Thursday (time/dow)

TI

Texas Instruments (com/us)

TIA

Thanks In Advance (jargon)

TIA

Telecommunications Industry Association (org)

TID

Telefónica I+D (com/es)

TID

Transaction Identifier (ict)

TIES

Time Independent Escape Sequence (ict/device/modem)

TIM

Thermal Interface Material (ict/comp/cpu)

TIMTOWTDI

There Is More Than One Way To Do It (jargon)

TINA

Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture (org/tina-c)

TINA-C

Telecommunication Information Networking Architecture Consortium (org)

TINC

There Is No Cabal! (jargon)

TINOS

The InterNet Operating System (org/psoc)

TLA

Three Letter Acronym (jargon)

TLB

Translation Lookaside Buffer (ict/comp/cpu)

TLD

Top Level Domain (org/ietf/dns)

TLER

Time Limited Error Recovery (ict/comp/hdd/raid)

TLP

Thread Level Parallelism (ict/comp/cpu)

TLS

Transport Layer Security (ict/security)

TLS

Transparent LAN Service (org/ietf/ppvpn)

TM Forum

TeleManagement Forum (org)

TMI

Too Much Information (jargon)

TMIA

The Messaging Industry Association (org)

TMN

Telecommunication Management Network (org/itu/m3000)

TMO

Telecom Management and Operations Committee (org/atis)

TMTOWTDI

There’s More Than One Way To Do It (jargon)

TMUX

Transport MUltipleXing protocol (org/ietf)

TNA

Technology Neutral Architecture (org/tm-forum)

TNTC

Too Numerous To Count (jargon)

TOFU

Text Over, Full-quote Under (jargon)

TOM

Telecom Operations Map (org/tm-forum)

ToR

Top of Rack (ict/cloud)

TOT

Totally Off-Topic (jargon)

TP

Transaction Processing (ict)

TP-PMD

Twisted Pair Physical layer Medium Dependent (org/ansi/fddi)

TP0

Transport Protocol class 0 (org/itu/x200)

TP4

Transport Protocol class 4 (org/itu/x200)

TPDDI

Twisted Pair Distributed Data Interface (org/ansi/fddi)

TPDU

Transport Protocol Data Unit (org/itu/x200)

TPE

Twisted Pair Ethernet (org/ieee/ethernet)

TPI

Tracks Per Inch (ict/comp/hdd)

Tpl

Template (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

TQ

Tagged Queuing (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

TR

Transformation Rule (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

TR

Task Register (ict/lang/assembler)

TRIP

Telephony Routing over IP (org/ietf/ip)

TROFF

Typesetter New Run-OFF (ict/os/unix/commands)

TRT

The Right Thing (jargon)

TRT

Token Rotation Timer (org/ansi/fddi)

TS

Task Selector (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

TSAP

Transport Service Access Point (org/itu/x200)

TSDU

Transport Service Data Unit (org/itu/x200)

TSSDC

Task State Segment Descriptor Cache (ict/comp/cpu)

TSSG

Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (edu/ie/wit)

TTA

Telecommunications Technology Association (org)

TTC

Telecommunication Technology Committee (org)

TTCN

Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (org/itu/x200)

TTCN-2

TTCN v2 (org/itu/x200)

TTFN

Ta-Ta For Now (jargon)

TTI

Transmission Time Interval (org/3gpp)

TTL

Time To Live (org/ietf)

TTM

Time To Market (jargon)

TTP

Trusted Third Parties (ict/security)

TTRP

Time Token Rotation Protocol (org/ansi/fddi)

TTRT

Target Token Rotation Time (org/ansi/fddi)

TTS

Text To Speech (ict/sound)

TUB

Technische Universität Berlin (edu/de)

TUBA

TCP and UDP with Bigger Addresses (org/ietf/ip)

TUC

Total User Cell count (org/itu/atm)

TUCD

Total User Cell Difference (org/itu/atm)

Tue

Tuesday (time/dow)

TUG

TeX Users Group (org)

TUM

Technische Universität München (edu/de)

TUP

Telephone User Path (org/itu/isdn)

TURTLE

Terse RDF Triple Language (org/w3c)

TV

Television (ict/device)

TWINKLE

The Weizman INstitute Key Locating Engine (ict/security)

TXT-RR

TXT Resource Record (org/ietf)

TZ

Time Zone (time)

UU

U-RRM

User Radio Resource Management (ict/net/mobile)

UA

User Agent (org/itu/x400)

UBR

Unspecified Bit Rate (ict/net)

UCC

University College Cork (edu/ie)

UCD

University College Dublin (edu/ie)

UCIF

Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (org)

UCS

Universal (multiple-octet coded) Character Set (ict/unicode)

UDDI

Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (ict/lang)

UDP

User Datagram Protocol (org/ietf/ip)

UE

User Equipment (org/3gpp)

UEPS

Universal Executable Policy Specification (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

UF

Utility Function (ict/concept)

UHD

Ultra-High Definition (ict/graphic)

UIC

International Union of Railways (org)

UISF

User Interface Support Function (org/itu/m3000)

UK Sim

UK Society for Modelling and Simulation (org)

UL

University of Limerick (edu/ie)

UME

UNI Management Entity (org/itu/atm)

UML

Unified Modeling Language (org/omg)

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (org/3gpp/3g)

UMTS Forum

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Forum (org)

UNI

User Network Interface (org/itu/atm)

UP

User Plane (ict/net)

UPC

Usage Parameter Control (org/itu/atm)

UPe

Universal Policy Enginge (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

UPec

Universal Policy Engine Cluster (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

UPEE

Universal Policy Execution Environment (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

UPM

Universal Policy Model (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

UPN

User Principal Name (com/us/microsoft/ad)

UPNP

Universal Plug and Play (ict/comp)

UPnP Forum

Universal Plug and Play Forum (org)

UPS

Uninterruptible Power Supply (ict/comp)

UPT

Unifying Policy Theory (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab)

UPx

Universal Policy Executor (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt)

URI

Uniform Resource Identifier (org/ietf/www)

URL

Uniform Resource Locator (org/ietf/www)

URN

Uniform Resource Name (org/ietf/www)

US

Unit Separator (org/ansi/ascii)

USB

Universal Serial Bus (ict/comp)

USB IF

USB Implementers Forum (org)

USEC

USer SEcurity (org/ietf/snmp)

USM

User-based Security Model (org/ietf/snmp)

USN

Update Sequence Number (com/us/microsoft/ad)

USR

U.S. Robotics (com/us)

UT

Universal Time (time)

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time (time)

UTF

UCS Transformation Format (ict/unicode)

UTF-16

UCS Transformation Format - 16 bit (ict/unicode)

UTF-8

UCS Transformation Format - 8 bit (ict/unicode)

UTOPIA

Universal Test & Operations Physical layer Interface for ATM (org/itu/atm)

UUCP

Unix to Unix Copy Protocol (ict/os/unix/commands)

UUID

Universally Unified Identifier (ict)

VV

VACP

View-based Access Control Protoco (org/ietf/snmp)

VAPI

Virtual Application Programming Interface (org/itu/isdn)

VBNS

Very highspeed Backbone Network Service (org/itu/atm)

VBR

Variable Bit Rate (ict/net)

VBRNRT

Variable Bit Rate - Non Real Time (ict/net)

VBRRT

Variable Bit Rate - Real Time (ict/net)

VC

Virtual Channel (org/ietf/ppvpn)

VC

Virtual Channel (org/itu/atm)

VC

Virtual Circuit (org/itu/atm)

VCC

Virtual Channel Connection (org/itu/atm)

VCI

Virtual Channel Identifier (org/itu/atm)

VCL

Virtual Channel Link (org/itu/atm)

VDMA

Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau (org)

VE

VPLS Edge (org/ietf/ppvpn)

VESA

Video Electronics Standards Association (org)

VFC

V. Fast Class (ict/device/modem)

VFI

VPN Forwarding Instance (org/ietf/ppvpn)

VFS

Virtual File System (ict/os)

VG

Voice Graded (ict/net)

VI

VIsual editor (ict/os/unix/commands)

VID

Voltage IDentification (ict/comp/cpu)

VIM

VI Improved (ict/os/unix/commands)

VIM

Virtual Infrastructure Manager (org/etsi/nfv)

VLAN

Virtual LAN (ict/net)

VLAN

Virtual LAN (org/ietf/ppvpn)

VLD

Virtual Link Descriptor (org/etsi/nfv)

VLIW

Very Long Instruction Word (ict/comp/cpu)

VLLS

Virtual Leased Line Service (org/ietf/ppvpn)

VM

Virtual Machine (ict)

VMTP

Versatile Message Transaction Protocol (org/ietf)

VNA

Virtual Network Architecture (org/itu/atm)

VNF

Virtualized Network Function (org/etsi/nfv)

VNFC

VNF Component (org/etsi/nfv)

VNFD

VNF Descriptor (org/etsi/nfv)

VNFFGD

VNF Forwarding Graph Descriptor (org/etsi/nfv)

VNFM

VNF Manager (org/etsi/nfv)

VoLTE

Voice over LTE (org/3gpp/4g)

VP

Virtual Path (org/itu/atm)

VPC

Virtual Path Connection (org/itu/atm)

VPCI

Virtual Path Connection Identifier (org/itu/atm)

VPI

Virtual Path Identifier (org/itu/atm)

VPL

Virtual Path Link (org/itu/atm)

VPLS

Virtual Private LAN Service (org/ietf/ppvpn)

VPN

Virtual Private Network (ict/net)

VPN

Virtual Private Network (org/ietf/ppvpn)

VPSN

Virtual Private Switched Network (org/ietf/ppvpn)

VPT

Virtual Path Terminator (org/itu/atm)

VPWS

Virtual Private Wire Service (org/ietf/ppvpn)

VR

Virtual Reality (ict/graphic)

VRF

VPN Routing and Forwarding (org/ietf/ppvpn)

VSF

Video Services Forum (org)

VSI

Virtual Switched Instance (org/ietf/ppvpn)

VT

Vertical Tab (org/ansi/ascii)

VTL

Velocity Template Language (org/asf)

VXLAN

Virtual Extensible LAN (org/ietf)

WW

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium (org)

WAC

Wholesale Aplications Community (org)

WAG

Wild-Assed Guess (jargon)

WAN

Wide Area Network (ict/net)

WATHWG

Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (org)

WBA

Wireless Broadband Alliance (org)

WBC

Wide Band Channel (org/ansi/fddi)

WBEM

Web-Based Enterprise Management (org/dmtf)

WC

Write Cache (ict/comp/hdd/scsi)

WC

Word Count (ict/os/unix/commands)

WCAI

Wireless Communications Association International (org)

WCTS

Without Consulting The Source (jargon)

WD

Western Digital (com/us)

WEBDAV

Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (org/ietf/www)

Wed

Wednesday (time/dow)

WET

Western European Time (time/tz)

WFM

Works For Me (jargon)

WG

Working Group (org/etsi)

WG

Working Group (org/iec)

WG

Working Group (org/iso)

WI-FI

WiFi Alliance (org)

Wi-Fi

Wireless Fidelity (org/ieee/802)

WiFi

Wireless Fidelity (org/ieee/802)

WiLAN

WiFi LAN (people/day-john)

WIP

Work In Progress (jargon)

WIP

Wireless Industry Partnership (org)

WIT

Waterford Institute of Technology (edu/ie)

WLAN

Wireless LAN (ict/net)

WLAN

Wireless LAN (org/ieee)

WMF

Windows Metafile (com/us/microsoft)

WPA

WiFi Protected Access (org/wi-fi)

WPA2

WiFi Protected Access II (org/wi-fi)

WRT

With Respect To (jargon)

WS

Workshop (biz)

WS

Work Station (ict/net)

WS

Wireline Systems (ict/net)

WS

Web Socket (org/ietf/www)

WS

Workstation (org/itu/m3000)

WS

WebSocket (org/w3c)

WS-I

Web Services Interoperability Organisation (org)

WSF

WorkStation Function (org/itu/m3000)

WSL

Windows Subsystem for Linux (com/us/microsoft)

WSSF

Workstation Support Function (org/itu/m3000)

WTF

What / Where / Who / Why The Fuck (jargon)

WTH

What / Where / Who / Why The Hell (jargon)

WWRF

Wireless World Research Forum (org)

WWW

World Wide Waiting (jargon)

WWW

World Wide Web (org/w3c)

WYGIWYNTYH

What You Get Is What You Never Thought You Had (jargon)

WYSBYGI

What You See Before You Get It (jargon)

WYSIWIS

What You See Is What I See (jargon)

WYSIWYG

What You See Is What You Get (jargon)

XX

XaaS

Everything as a Service (ict/cloud)

XACML

eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (org/oasis)

xDSL

any Digital Subscriber Line (ict/net)

XGP Forum

Extended Global Platform Forum (org)

XHTML

eXtended HyperText Markup Language (org/w3c)

XMI

XML Metadata Interchange (org/omg)

XML

eXtensible Markup Language (org/w3c)

XNS

Xerox Network Services (com/us/xerox)

XOFF

eXchange OFF (ict/device/modem)

XON

eXchange ON (ict/device/modem)

XOT

X.25 Over TCP (org/ietf)

XSD

XML Schema Definition (org/w3c)

XSL

eXtensible Stylesheet Language (org/w3c)

XSLT

eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (org/w3c)

XSMD

eXtended Storage Module Driver interface (ict/lang)

XT

eXtended Technology (ict/comp)

XTM

XML Topic Map (ict/lang)

YY

Y2K

Year 2000 (jargon)

YABA

Yet Another Bloody Acronym (jargon)

YACC

Yet Another Compiler Compiler (ict/os/unix/commands)

YAFIYGI

You asked for it, you got it (jargon)

YAGNI

You ain’t gonna need it (jargon)

YAML

YAML Ain’t Markup Language (ict/lang)

YAST

Yet Another Setup Tool (ict/os/unix/commands)

YAUN

Yet Another Unix Nerd (jargon)

YGWYPF

You Get What You Pay For (jargon)

YHTWFWYWTS

You Have To Wait For What You Want To See (jargon)

YMMD

You Made My Day (jargon)

YMMV

Your Mileage May Vary (jargon)

YOYO

You’re On Your Own (jargon)

YP

Yellow Pages (ict/os/unix/commands)

ZZ

ZCLV

Zoned Constant Linear Velocity (ict/comp/dvd)

ZCR

Zero Channel RAID (ict/comp/hdd)

ZDS

Zenith Data Systems (com/us)

ZIFA

Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement (com/us)

ZISC

Zero Instruction Set Computer (ict/comp/cpu)

ZOOM

Zero-touch Orchestration, Operations and Management (org/tm-forum)