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)