| 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) |