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10 GbE
10 Gigabit Ethernet
100GbE
100 Gigabit Ethernet
10HD Busy Period
10-High-Day Busy Period
1xRTT
Single-Carrier Radio Transmission Technology
2D Barcode
Two-Dimensional Barcode
3BL
Triple Bottom Line
3G
Third Generation Of Mobile Telephony
3PL
Third-Party Logistics
3Vs
Volume, Variety and Velocity
40GbE
40 Gigabit Ethernet
4D QL
4D Query Language
4G
Fourth-Generation Wireless
8-VSB
8-Level Vestigial Sideband
A
A+
A Plus
AA
Modem Lights
AAA
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
AAR
Apple Authorized Reseller
AARP
Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol
AAUI
Apple Attachment Unit Interface
ABAP
Advanced Business Application Programming
ABB
Activity-Based Budgeting
ABBH
Average Bouncing Busy Hour
ABC
Activity-Based Costing
ABM
Activity-Based Management
ABP
Microsoft Exchange Address Book Policy
ACD
Automatic Call Distributor
ACF2 or CA-ACF2
Access Control Facility
ACH
Automated Clearing House
ACH fraud
Automated Clearing House Fraud
ACID
Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability
ACL
Access Control List
ACM
Association For Computing Machinery
AD CS
Active Directory Certificate Services
AD Domain
Active Directory Domain
AD Forest
Active Directory Forest
AD Tree
Active Directory Tree
ADAT
Alesis Digital Audio Tape
ADC
Automated Data Collection or Analog-To-Digital Conversion
ADE
Qutomated Data Entry
ADF
Automatic Document Feed
ADFS
Active Directory Federation Service
ADO
Activex Data Objects
ADP
Automatic Data Processing
ADPCM
Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation
ADS
Alternate Data Stream
ADSI
Analog Display Services Interface
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADSM
Adstar Distributed Storage Management
AES
Advanced Encryption System
AFIS
Automated Fingerprint Identification System
AGP
Accelerated Graphics Port
AHA
Accelerated Hub Architecture
AI
Artificial Intelligence
AIBO
Artificial Intelligence Robot
AID
Automatic Identification
AIDC
Automatic Identification and Data Capture
AIFF
Audio Interchange File Format
AIM
Application Integration Middleware
AIMS
Agile Infrastructure For Manufactured Systems
AIN
Advanced Intelligent Network
AIT
Advanced Intelligent Tape
AIX
Advanced Interactive Executive
Ajax
Asynchronous Javascript and XML
ALU
Arithmetic Logic Units
AM
Asset Management
Amazon EC2
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Amazon EMR
Amazon Elastic Mapreduce
Amazon FPS
Amazon Flexible Payments Service
Amazon S3
Amazon Simple Storage Service
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
AMD-V
AMD Virtualization
AMI
Amazon Machine Image or Advanced Metering Infrastructure
ANQP
Access Network Query Protocol
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
AoE
ATA Over Ethernet
AOI
Automated Optical Inspection
AOP
Aspect-oriented Programming
AOSP
android Open Source Project
AP
Accounts Payable
Apache Hadoop YARN
Yet Another Resource Negotiator
APAR
Authorized Program Analysis Report
API
Application Programming Interface
APICS
American Production and Inventory Control Society
APIPA
Automatic Private IP Addressing
APL
A Programming Language
APM
Application Performance Monitoring
Apple VPP
Apple Volume Purchase Program
Apple WWDC
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
APPN
Advanced Peer-To-Peer Networking
APQP
Advanced Product Quality Planning
APS
Advanced Planning and Scheduling
APT
Advanced Persistent Threat
AR
Accounts Receivable
ARAX
Asynchronous Ruby and XML
ARIN
American Registry Of Internet Numbers
Arista EOS
Arista Extensible Operating System
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPU
Average Revenue Per User or Average Revenue Per Unit
AS
Autonomous System
AS/400
IBM I-Series, AS/400E, E-Server I-Series/400
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASD
Agile Software Development
ASE
Adaptive Server Enterprise
ASF
Apache Software Foundation
ASIC
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASIO
Audio Stream Input/Output
ASLR
Address Space Layout Randomization
ASN
Advanced Shipping Notice
ASN.1
Abstract Syntax Notation One
ASP
Active Server Page
ASP+
Asp.Net
ASPI
Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
ASPI Driver
Advanced SCSI Programming Interface Driver
ASPIC
Application Service Provider Industry Consortium
ASQ
American Society For Quality
ASR
Automated Speech Recognition
ASRS
Automated Storage Retrieval Systems
ASSP
Application-Specific Standard Product
AST
Automated Storage Tiering
ASUG
Americas' Sap Users' Group
ATA
Analog Telephone Adapter
ATAPI
At Attachment Packet Interface
ATE
Automated Test Equipment
ATL
Active Template Library
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATO
Assemble To order
ATP
Advanced Technology Program
ATR
Automated Trouble Reporting
ATS
Applicant Tracking System
ATU-R
Adsl Terminal Unit - Remote
AU
Activation Unit
AUP
Acceptable Use Policy
AV
Audio/Video
AVA
Anonymous Video Analytics
AVI File
Audio Video Interleaved File
AVL
Approved Vendor List
AVX
Advanced Vector Extensions
AWG
American Wire Gauge
AWIS
Alexa Web Information Service
AWS
Amazon Web Services
B
B2B
Business-To-Business
B2C
Business-To-Consumer
B2E
Business-To-Employee
B2G
Business-To-Government
BA
Business Analytics
BAL
Basic Assembler Language or Branch-and-Link
BAPI
Business Application Programming Interface
bash
Bourne Again Shell
BBCs
Buffer Credits or Buffer-To-Buffer Credits
BC Set
Business Configuration Set
BCBS
Basel Committee On Banking Supervision
BCC
Blind Carbon Copy or Blind Courtesy Copy
BCDR
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
BCI
Brain-Computer Interface
BCM
Business Continuity Management
BCMA
Bar Coded Medication Administration
BCP
Business Continuity Plan
BDaaS
Big Data-as-a-Service
BEDO DRAM
Burst Extended Data Output Dram
BER
Bit Error Rate
BES
Blackberry Enterprise Server
BEST
Business / Enterprise State Transfer
BEx
Business Explorer
BGAN
Broadband Global Area Network
BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
BHIE
Bidirectional Health Information Exchange
BI
Business Intelligence
BIA
Business Impact Analysis
BIC
Business Information Center or Bank Identifier Code
BICC
Business Intelligence Competency Center or Bearer Independent Call Control
BIOS
Basic Input Output System
BISDN
Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BIST
Built In Self Test
bit
Binary Digit
BLOB
Binary Large Object
BMP
Best Manufacturing Practices
BMS
Battery Management System
BNC
Bayonet Neil-Concelman or British Naval Connector
BOH
Balance On Hand
BOL
Beginning Of Life
BOM
Bill Of Materials
BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol
BP&F
Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting
BPA
Business Process Automation
BPaaS
Business Process-as-a-Service
BPCS
Business Planning and Control System
BPEL
Business Process Execution Language
BPI
Business Process Improvement
BPL
Broadband Over Power Line
BPM
Business Process Management
BPMI
Business Process Management Initiative
BPML
Business Process Modeling Language
BPMN
Business Process Modeling Notation
BPMS
Business Process Management Suite
BPO
Business Process Outsourcing
BPR
Business Process Reengineering
BPS
Bulk Power System
bps or bit/sec
Bits Per Second
BRE
Business Rules Engine
BREW
Binary Runtime Environment For Wireless
BRI
Basic Rate Interface
BRM
Business Relationship Management
BSA
Bank Secrecy Act or Business Software Alliance
BSD
Berkeley Software Distribution
BSOD
Blue Screen Of Death
BSP
Business Service Provider
BT
Business Technology
BTF
Build To Forecast
BTM
Business Technology Management
BTO
Build To order
BTP
Business Transaction Protocol
BTS
Build To Stock
Btu
British Thermal Unit
BU
Backup Utility
BYOA
Bring Your Own Apps
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
BYOD Workplace
Bring Your Own Device Workplace
BYOE
Bring Your Own Encryption
BYOI
Bring Your Own Identity
BYON
Bring Your Own Network
BYOT
Bring Your Own Technology
BYOx
Bring Your Own Everything
C
C&C Server
Command-and-Control Server
CA
Certificate Authority
CaaS
Communications-as-a-Service
CAB
Change Advisory Board
CAC
Call Admission Control or Common Access Card
CACS
Computer Assisted Coding System
CAD
Computer-Aided Design
CAD/CAM
Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing
CADE
Corporate Average Data Center Efficiency
CAE
Computer-Aided Engineering
CAES
Compressed Air Energy Storage
CAFE
Corporate Average Fuel Economy
CAGR
Compound Annual Growth Rate
CAIV
Cost As (An) Independent Variable
CalConnect
Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium
CALEA
Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act
CALS
Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support
CAM
Computer-Aided Manufacturing
CAM-I
Consortium For Advanced Manufacturing -- International
CAMM
Common Assurance Maturity Model
CAMU
Computerized Assembly Mock Up
CAN
Corporate Area Network
CAP
Carrierless Amplitude/Phase
CAP Theorem
Brewer'S Theorem
Capex
Capital Expenditure
CAPI
Common Application Programming Interface
CAPM
Cloud Application Performance Management
CAPOSS
Capacity Planning and Operation Sequence Scheduling
CAPP
Computer-Aided Process Planning
CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans
CAS
Client Access Server, Channel-Associated Signaling, or Content-Addressed Storage
CASA
Computer and Automated Systems Association
CASE
Computer-Aided System Engineering or Computer-Aided Software Engineering
CATT
Computer Aided Test Tool
CATV
Community Access Television
CAVE
Cave Automatic Virtual Environment
CB
Citizen'S Band Radio
CBA
Cost-Benefit Analysis
CBC
Cipher Block Chaining
CBSA
Component Based Solution Assembly
CBSP
Cloud-based Security Providers
CBT
Computer-Based Training or Changed Block Tracking
CC
Common Criteria
CCB
Change Control Board
CCD
Charge-Coupled Device
CCEVS
Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme For It Security
CCIE
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert
CCITT or ITU-T
Telecommunication Standardization Sector Of The International
CCJ
Collaborative Citizen Journalism
CCK
Complementary Code Keying
CCM
Color Changing Material
CCMM
Cloud Computing Maturity Model
CCMP
Counter Mode With Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol
CCNA
Cisco Certified Network Associate
CCNP
Cisco Certified Network Professional
CCO
Chief Customer Officer, Corporate Compliance Officer, or Chief Compliance Officer
CCR
Central Contractor Registration
CCS
Common Channel Signaling, Hundred Call Second, or Centum Call Second
CCSP
Cisco Certified Security Professional
CCTV
Closed Circuit Television
CD
Cardholder Data or Compact Disc
CD-i
Compact Disc - Interactive
CDA
Clinical Document Architecture
CDC
Change Data Capture
CDD
Contract Delivery Date
CDDI
Copper Distributed Data Interface
CDE
Common Desktop Environment or Cardholder Data Environment
CDF
Channel Definition Format
CDI
Customer Data Integration
CDMA
Code-Division Multiple Access
CDMA One
Code-Division Multiple Access One
CDMA2000
Code-Division Multiple Access 2000
CDN
Content Delivery Network
CDO
Collaboration Data Objects or Chief Digital Officer
CDP
Clean Desk Policy
CDPD
Cellular Digital Packet Data
CDR
Call Detail Record
CEM
Customer Experience Management
CEMS
Contract Electronic Manufacturing Services
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CES
Consumer Electronics Show
CF Card
Compactflash Card
CFAA
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
CFAR
Collaboration Forecasting and Replenishment
CFB
Ciphertext Feedback
CFD
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Cfg
Configuration Management
CFI
Custom Factory Integration
CFL
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb
CFM
Continuous Flow Manufacturing
CFML
Coldfusion Markup Language
CFO
Chief Financial Officer
CFR
Call Failure Rate
CG
Consumer Goods
CGI
Common Gateway Interface
CGMP
Current Good Manufacturing Practices
CGO
Chief Green Officer
CHAP
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHDR
Clinical Data Repository/Health Data Repository
CHI
Consolidated Health Informatics
CHIME
College Of Healthcare Information Management Executives
CHKDSK
Check Disk
CHMOD
Change Mode
CHRO
Chief Human Resources Officer
CHTML
Compact Html
CI
Customer Intelligence, Continuous Improvement, or Continuous Integration
CI/CD
Continous Integration/Continous Deployment
CIA
Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
CICS
Customer Information Control System
CIDM
Customer-Integrated Decision Making
CIDR
Classless Inter-Domain Routing or Supernetting
CIFS
Common Internet File System
CIM
Common Information Model
CIO
Chief Information Officer
CIPE
Compressed Integrated Product Engineering
CIR
Committed Information Rate
CIS
Cloud-Integrated Storage
CISA
Certified Information Systems Auditor
CISC
Complex Instruction Set Computer or Computing
Cisco IOS
Cisco Internetwork Operating System
Cisco LISP
Location Identifier Separation Protocol
CISM
Certified Information Security Manager
CISO
Chief Information Security Officer
CISP-PCI
Cardholder Information Security Program - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
CISPA
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act Of 2011
CISS
Cisco Information Security Specialist
CISSP
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
CIW
Certified Internet Webmaster or Computer Intensive Workload
CKO
Chief Knowledge Officer
CL
Cluster Log
CLASS
Capacity Loading and Operation Sequence Scheduling
CLEC
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
CLI
Command Line Interface or Common Language Infrastructure
Click Fraud
Pay-Per-Click Fraud
CLM
Council For Logistics Management
CLO
Chief Learning Officer
Cloud DR
Cloud Disaster Recovery
Cloud NAS
Cloud Network Attached Storage
CLR
Common Language Runtime
Clustered NAS
Clustered Network-Attached Storage
CM
Configuration Management or Content Management
CMA
Content Management Application
CMDB
Configuration Management Database
CMDM
Collaborative Master Data Management
CMIO
Chief Medical Information Officer
CMIP
Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS
Content Management Interoperability Services
CMM
Capability Maturity Model
CMO
Chief Marketing Officer
CMOS
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMOx
Conductive Metal-Oxide
CMR
Customer-Managed Relationship
CMRP
Capacitated Material Requirements Planning
CMS
Content Management System
CMTS
Cable Modem Termination System
CMYK
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key
CNA
Converged Network Adapter
CNC
Computer Numerical Control
CNG
Comfort Noise Generator
CNO
Cluster Name Object
CNR
Communication and Networking Riser
CO
Capacity Optimization
COA
Cloud-oriented Architecture
COB
Chip On Board
COBIT
Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies
COBOL
Common Business oriented Language
COD
Capacity On Demand
COGS
Cost Of Goods Sold
CoIP
Communications Over Internet Protocol
COLD
Computer Output To Laser Disk
COLO
Colocation
COM
Component Object Model
Commerce XML
CXML or Commerce Extensible Markup Language
CompTIA
Computing Technology Industry Association
CONUS
Continental United States
COO
Chief Operating Officer or Cost of Ownership
COPE
Corporate-Owned, Personally-Enabled
COPPA
Children'S Online Privacy Protection Act
COPS
Common Open Policy Service Protocol
CorBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
Corporate VM
Corporate Virtual Machine
CorS
Cross-origin Resource Sharing
COS
Class Of Service
COTS
Commercial Off-The-Shelf
CP
Configuration Profile, Cost Performance, or Control Plane
CPE
Customer Premises Equipment
CPG
Consumer Packaged Goods
CPIM
Certified In Production and Inventory Management
CPIO
Chief Process and Innovation Officer
CPL
Computer Pidgin Language
CPM
Corporate Performance Management, Certified Purchasing Manager, or Critical Path Method
CPNI
Customer Proprietary Network Information
CPO
Chief Procurement Officer
CPOE
Computerized Physician order Entry
CPPS
Cost Performance Products Sector
CPRM
Content Protection For Removable Media
CPS
Cycles Per Second
CPT
Current Procedural Terminology
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CPW
Commercial Processing Workload
CQA
Certified Quality Auditor
CQE
Certified Quality Engineer
CR
Cognitive Radio
CRA
Customer Relationship Analysis
CRAC
Computer Room Air Conditioning Unit
CRAH
Computer Room Air Handler
CRAM
Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
Credit CARD Act
Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act Of 2009
CRL
Certificate Revocation List
CRM
Customer Relationship Management
CRO
Chief Risk Officer
CRP
Capacity Requirements Planning
CRT
Cathode Ray Tube
CRUSH
Controlled Replication Under Scalable Hashing
CSA
Cloud Security Alliance
CSAT
Customer Satisfaction
CSBB
Client Side Browser Based
CSC
Customer Service Chat
CSD
Circuit Switched Data
CSI
Customer Satisfaction Index
CSIP
Continual Service Improvement Planning
CSIRT
Computer Security Incident Response Team
CSMA/CA
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detect
CSO
Chief Security Officer
CSP
Content Security Policy or Commerce Service Provider
CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
CSRF
Cross-Site Request Forgery
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
CSV
Comma-Separated Values File
CTC
Click-To-Talk
CTCI
Computer-To-Computer Interface
CTD
Cumulative Trauma Disorder
CTFT
Color Thin Film Transistor
CTI
Computer-Telephony Integration
CTO
Chief Technology Officer
CTP
Cloudtrust Protocol or Common Test Platform
CTR
Clickthrough Rate
CUE
Carbon Usage Effectiveness
CULV
Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage
Custom TLD
Custom Domain Name Suffix
CVC
Calibrated Vectored Cooling
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
CVO
Chief Visionary Officer
CVS
Concurrent Versions System
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
CVV
Card Verification Value
CWDM
Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration
CWF
Common Working File
CWNP
Certified Wireless Networking Professional
CX
Consumer Experience
CXO
Chief Experience Officer
D
D-AMPS
Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Service
D-VHS
Digital Video Home System
D2D2C
Disk-To-Disk-To-Cloud
D2D2T
Disk-To-Disk-To-Tape
DA
Data Analytics
DAA
Data Access Arrangement
DaaS
Desktop-as-a-Service
DaaS provider
Desktop-as-a-Service Provider
DAB
Digital Audio Broadcasting
DAC
Digital-To-Analog Conversion
DAFS
Direct Access File System
DAG
Database Availability Group
DAI
Dynamic Arp Inspection
DAM
Database Activity Monitoring
DAMA
Design Anywhere Manufacture Anywhere
DAML
Darpa Agent Markup Language
DAO
Data Access Objects
DAQ
Data Acquisition
DARC
Defense Acquisition Regulatory Council
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAS
Direct-Attached Storage
DASD
Direct Access Storage Device
DAST
Dynamic Application Security Testing
DAT
Digital Audio Tape
DAW
Digital Audio Workstation
DB
Database
DBA
Database Administrator
DBaaS
Database-as-a-Service
dBc
Decibels Relative To Carrier
dBd
Decibels Related To Dipole Antenna
dBi
Decibels Relative To Isotropic Radiator
DBIR
Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
dBm
Decibels Relative To One Milliwatt
DBMS
Database Management System
dBmV
Decibels Relative To One Millivolt
DBor
Database Of Record
dBr
Decibels Relative To Reference Level
DBS
Demand-Based Switching
DC
Data Center or Distribution Center
DCaaS
Data Center-as-a-Service
DCB
Data Center Bridging
DCE
Distributed Computing Environment
DCIE
Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency
DCIM
Data Center Infrastructure Management
DCIT
Digital Compression Of Increased Transmission
DCM
Dynamic Case Management
DCMA
Defense Contract Management Agency
DCML
Data Center Markup Language
DCO
Data Center Outsourcing
DCOM
Distributed Component Object Model
DCPA
Distributed Control Plane Architecture
DCPromo
Domain Controller Promoter
DCS
Distributed Control System
DDB
Amazon Dynamo Database
DDBMS
Distributed Database Management System
DDCD
Double-Density Compact Disk
DDDM
Data-Driven Decision Management
DDE
Dynamic Data Exchange
DDK
Driver Development Kit
DDL
Data Definition Language
DDM
Demand-Driven Manufacturing or Direct Digital Marketing
DDoS
Distributed Denial Of Services
DDR SDRAM
Double Data Rate Sdram
DDS, DDS-1, DDS-2, DDS-3, DDS-4
Digital Data Storage
DEC
Digital Equipment Corporation
DECT
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
DEM
Dynamic Enterprise Modeling
Demarc
Demarcation Point
DEN
Directory-Enabled Networking
DES
Data Encryption Standard or Distributed Execution System
DevOps
Development & Operations
DFA
Design For Assembly
DFAA
Design For Automated Assembly
DFB
Distributed Feedback
DFD
Design For Disassembly
DFE
Design For Environment
DFL
Demand Flow Leadership
DFM
Demand Flow Management or Digital Footprint Management
DFS
Distributed File System
DFSC
Design For Supply Chain
DFT
Demand Flow Technology
DG
Data Governance
DHA
Directory Harvest Attack
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DICOM
Digital Imaging and Communications In Medicine
DID
Direct Inward Dialing
DIME
Direct Internet Message Encapsulation
DIMM
Dual In-Line Memory Module
DirSync
Windows Azure Active Directory Sync
DISA
Defense Information Systems Agency
Diskpart
Disk Partition Utility
Divx
Digital Video Express
DKIM
Domain Keys Identified Mail
DLC
Data Link Control
DLL
Dynamic Link Library
DLM
Data Life Cycle Management
DLP
Data Loss Prevention
DLT
Digital Linear Tape
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DMAIC
Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
DMARC
Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance
DMI
Digital Migration Interface
DML
Data Manipulation Language
DMP
Data Management Platform or Dynamic Multi-Pathing
DMS
Database Migration Service
DMT
Discrete Multitone
DMTF
Distributed Management Task Force
DMVPN
Dynamic Multipoint Vpn
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
DNC
Distributive Numerical Control
DNG
Digital Negative
DNIS
Dialed Number Identification Service
DNN
Dotnetnuke
DNS
Domain Name System
DNSSEC
Domain Name System Security Extensions
DNT
Do Not Track
DO
Derived Object
DoCoMo
Ntt Docomo
DOCSIS
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications
DOD
Direct Outward Dialing
DOE
Department Of Energy
DOI
Digital Object Identifier
DOLAP
Desktop Online Analytical Processing
DOLS
Domino Off-Line Services
DOM
Document Object Model
DoPa
Docomo Packet Transmission
DoS
Denial of Service
DOVE
IBM Dove
DP
Design Postponement
DPA
Differential Power Analysis
DPI
Deep Packet Inspection
DPL
Digital Powerline
DPM
Data Protection Management
DPMI
Dos Protected Mode Interface
DQL
Data Query Language
DR
Disaster Recovery
DRA
Data Recovery Agent
DRaaS
Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRBD
Distributed Replicated Block Device
DRC
Design Rule Checking
DRDA
Distributed Relational Database Architecture
DRDRAM
Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRIPS
Data Reduction In Primary Storage
DRM
Digital Rights Management or Device Relationship Management
DROP
Delivery Of Real-Time Execution Information Protocol
DRP
Disaster Recovery Plan or Distribution Requirements Planning
DRS
Distributed Resource Scheduler
DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm
DSB
Dispute Settlement Body
DSC
Digital Still Camera
DSLAM
Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DSLR
Digital Single Lense Reflux
DSML
Directory Services Markup Language
DSN
Deep Space Network or Data Source Name
DSO
Data Source Object
DSO Exploit
Data Source Object Exploit
DSOM
Distributed System Object Model
DSP
Digital Signal Processor
DSR
Demand Signal Repository or Dynamic Source Routing
DSRM
Directory Services Restore Mode
DSRP
Demand Solutions Requirements Planning
DSS
Digital Signature Standard
DSSS
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
DSSSL
Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
DST
Daylight Saving Time
DSTP
Data Space Transfer Protocol
DT
Directory Traversal
DTD
Document Type Definition
DTE
Direct-To-Edit or Data Terminal Equipment
DTMF
Dual Tone Multi Frequency
DTN
Disruption-Tolerant Network
DTP
Distributed Transaction Processing or Digital Text Platform
DTR
Data Transfer Rate
DTTV
Digital Terrestrial Television
DTV
Digital Television
DTX
Discontinuous Transmission
DUNDi
Distributed Universal Number Discovery
Duqu
W32.Duqu
DUT
Device Under Test
DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting
DVD
Digital Versatile Disc
DVD-A
DVD-Audio
DVI
Digital Visual Interface
DVMRP
Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
DW
Data Warehouse
DWDM
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
DX
Digital Transformation
DXL
Domino Extensible Language
Dynamic SQL
Dynamic Structured Query Language
E
E-CD
Enhanced CD
e-nose
Electronic Nose
EA
Enterprise Architecture
EaaS
Encryption-as-a-Service
EAC
Exchange Administration Center
EAI
External Application Interface or Enterprise Application Integration
EAM
Enterprise Asset Management
EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
EB
Exabyte
EBCDIC
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBIF
Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format
EBITDA
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
EBPP
Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment
EBR
Electronic Batch Record
EBXML
Electronic Business XML
EC
Enterprise Collaboration
ECASS
Silence Machine or Electronic Controlled Acoustic Shadow System
ECB
Electronic Code Book
ECC
Error Correction Code, European Cloud Computing, or Elliptical Curve Cryptography
ECCS
European Cloud Computing Strategy
ECDL
European Computer Driving License
ECM
Enterprise Content Management
ECN
Electronic Change Notice
ECO
Engineering (or Electronic) Change order
ECOphlex
Phase-Change Liquid Exchange
ECPA
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
ECR
Efficient Consumer Response
ECRC
Electronic Commerce Resource Center
EDA
Electronic Document Access
EDE
Electronic Disposal Efficiency
EDGAR
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
EDGE
Enhanced Data GSM Environment
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
EDIFACT
Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport
EDL
Enhanced Driver'S License
EDM
Electronic Discharge Machine or Enterprise Document Management
EDMS
Engineering Document Management Systems
EDO RAM
Extended Data Output Ram
EDP
Electronic Data Processing
EDR
Enterprise Data Replication
EDRAM
Enhanced Dynamic Random Access Memory
EDRM
Electronic Discovery Reference Model
EEF
Encyclopedia Of Ethical Failure
EEOC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EES
Engineering Execution Systems or Escrowed Encryption Standard
EF Sensing
Electric Field Sensing
EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFI
Electronic Freight Invoice
EFS
Encrypting File System
EFT
Electronic Funds Transfer
EGP
Exterior Gateway Protocol
EHR
Electronic Health Record
EI
Emotional Intelligence
EIC
Earned Income Credit
EIDE
Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EIGRP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
EIM
Enterprise Information Management or Enterprise Identity Mapping
EIP
Enterprise Information Portal
EIS
Executive Information System
EISA
Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EJB
Enterprise Javabeans
ELED
Entangled Light-Emitting Diode
ELF
Extremely Low Frequency
ELM
Event Log Manager
ELMS
Event Log Management Software
ELT
Extract, Load, Transform
ELV
End Of Life Vehicle
EMAS
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
EMC
Exchange Management Console
EMCCA
Emc Cloud Architect Certification
EME
Moonbounce or Earth-Moon-Earth
EMET
Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
EMF
Enhanced Metafile
EMI
Early Manufacturing Involvement or Electromagnetic Interference
eMLC
Enterprise MLC
EMM
Enterprise Mobility Management
EMP
Electromagnetic Pulse
EMR
Electronic Medical Record
EMS
Microsoft Exchange Management Shell, Effective Management Systems, or Enhanced Messaging Service
ENISA
European Network and Information Security Agency
EOF
End Of File
EoIP
Electricity Over IP
EOL
End Of Life
EOM
End Of Message
EOP
Microsoft Exchange Online Protection
EOQ
Economic order Quantity
EPA
Microsoft Exchange Server Profile Analyzer
EPC
Evolved Packet Core
EPD
Electronic Paper Display
EPEAT
Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool
ePHI
Electronic Protected Health Information
EPIC
Electronic Privacy Information Center or Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing
EPOD
Electronic Publishing On Demand
EPOP
Ethernet Point-Of-Presence
EPP/ECP
Enhanced Parallel Port/Enhanced Capability Port
EPR
Endpoint Reference
ERA
Electronic Remittance Advice
ERC
Engineering Reseach Center
ERD or ER diagram
Entity-Relationship Diagram
ERM
Enterprise Resource Management
ERM Group
Environmental Resource Management
ERM or ER model
Entity-Relationship Model
ERMS
Email Response Management Service
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
ERS
Evaluated Receipt Settlement
eRx
E-Prescribing
ES-IS
End System-To-Intermediate System
ESA
Enterprise Services Architecture
ESB
Enterprise Service Bus
ESCD
Extended System Configuration Data
ESCON
Enterprise Systems Connection
ESD
Electrostatic Discharge
ESDI
Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESDRAM
Enhanced Synchronous Dram
ESE
Environmentally Sustainable Electronics
ESI
Electronically Stored Information
ESMR
Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
ESMTP
Extended Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
ESP
Event Stream Processing
ESS
Employee Self-Service
Ethernet/IP
Ethernet Industrial Protocol
ETL
Extract, Transform, Load
ETM
Enterprise Transportation Management
ETO
Engineer To order
ETP
Enterprise Transportation Planning
ETRN
Extended Turn
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EUC platform
End User Computing Platform
EULA
End User License Agreement
EUTELSAT
European Telecommunications Satellite organization
EUVL
Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography
EV
Electric Vehicle
EV-DO
1X Evolution-Data Optimized
EVA
Economic Value Added
EVM
Earned Value Management
EWS
Exchange Web Services
EWSD
Electronic Worldwide Switch Digital
ExBPA
Exchange Best Practices Analyzer
ExRCA
Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer
EZ/EC
Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community
F
FA
Flexible Automation
FACTA
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
FAQ
Frequently-Asked Questions
FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulation
FAS
Final Assembly Schedule
FASAB
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
FAT
File Allocation Table
FAWN
Fast Array Of Wimpy Nodes
FBE
Framework Based Environment
FC
Windows Azure Fabric Controller
FC-AL
Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
FC-PGA
Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array
FCA
Flip Chip Assembly
FCAPS
Fault-Management, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FCIA
Fibre Channel Industry Association
FCIP or FC/IP
Fibre Channel Over Ip
FCoE
Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
FCP
Finite Capacity Planning
FCR
First Call Resolution
FCRA
Fair Credit Reporting Act
FCS
Finite Capacity Scheduling
FDCC
Federal Desktop Core Configuration
FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDE
Full-Disk Encryption
FDI
Foreign Direct Investment
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDM
Frequency-Division Multiplexing
FDMA
Frequency Division Multiple Access
FEC
Forward Error Correction
FECN/BECN
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification/Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
FED
Field Emission Display
FedRAMP
Federal Risk and Authorization Program
FedRAMP 3PAO
Third-Party Assessment organization
FEM
Finite Elements Method
FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERPA
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Of 1974
FET
Field-Effect Transistor
FFIEC compliance
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
FG-D
Feature Group D
FHA
Federal Health Architecture
FHIE
Federal Health Information Exchange
FI
Fast Infoset
FICON
Fiber Connectivity
FIFO
First In First Out
FIM
Federated Identity Management
FinCEN
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FINRA
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
FiOS
Fiber Optic Service
FIP
Factory Information Protocol
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standards
FIS
Factory Information System
FISMA
Federal Information Security Management Act
FIX protocol
Financial Information Exchange Protocol
FLOPS
Floating-Point Operations Per Second
FLSA
Fair Labor Standards Act
FLSM
Fixed-Length Subnet Mask
FLT
Fermat'S Last Theorem
FM
Frequency Modulation
FMAC
Flexible Mandatory Access Control
FMC
Fixed-Mobile Convergence
FME
Feature Manipulation Engine
FMEA
Failure Mode and Effective Analysis
FMP
Filemaker
FMS
Flexible Manufacturing System
FnR
Find and Replace
FOB
Fresh Out Of The Box
FOLED
Flexible organic Light Emitting Device
FOPE
Forefront Online Protection For Exchange
ForTRAN
Formula Translation
FOSS
Free and Open Source Software
FP
Finite Planning
FP&A
Financial Planning and Analysis
FPCA
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
FPDS
Federal Procurement Data System
FPGA
Field-Programmable Gate Array
FPI
Federal Prison Industries
FPM
Federated Presence Management
FPM DRAM
Fast Page Mode Dram
FPML
Financial Products Markup Language
FPP
Full Packaged Product
fps
Frames Per Second
fps system of units
Foot-Pound-Second System Of Units
FPU
Floating Point Unit
FQA
Frequently Questioned Answers
FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name
FRA
Federal Railroad Administration
FRAD
Frame Relay Access Device or Frame Relay Assembler/Dissembler
FRAM
Ferroelectric Ram
FRCP
Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure
FROG
Free Roaming On Grid
FRR
Fast Retransmit and Recovery
FRT
Future Reality Tree
FRU
Field Replaceable Units
FSAN
Full Services Access Network
FSB
Frontside Bus
FSF
Free Software Foundation
FSK
Frequency-Shift Keying
FSML
Financial Services Markup Language
FSO
Free-Space Optics
FSP
Full-Service Provider
FSRM
File Server Resource Manager
FTA
Federal Transit Authority
FTAM
File Transfer Access Method
FTC
Federal Trade Commission
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
FTP cable
Foil Screened Twisted Pair Cable
FTS file
Full-Text Search File
FTTC
Fiber To The Curb
FTTH
Fiber To The Home
FTTx
Fiber To The X
FUD
Fully Undetectable
FUN
Focus On User Needs
Fwbuilder
Firewall Builder
Fx3 or FF3
Firefox 3
FYI
For Your Information
G
G-cloud
Government Cloud
G2G
Government To Government
GAAP
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GaAs
Gallium Arsenide
GaAsFET
Gallium Arsenide Field-Effect Transistor
GAL
Microsoft Exchange Global Address List
GALP
Good Automated Laboratory Practices
GAN
Generic Access Network
GAO
General or Government Accounting Office
GARP
Generic Attribute Registration Protocol
GATE
General Architecture For Text Engineering
GATS
General Agreement On Trade In Services
GATT
General Agreement On Tariffs and Trade
GB
Gigabyte
GBIC
Gigabit Interface Converter
Gbps
Billions Of Bits Per Second
GDMO
Guidelines For Definition Of Managed Objects
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Geek Games
It Olympics
GEM
Generic Equipment Model
Generation F
Generation Facebook
GESTALT
Grid-Based Estimation Of Surface Traversability Applied To Local Terrain
GFEBS
General Fund Enterprise Business System
GHz
Gigahertz
GIA
Government Information Awareness
GID
Group Id or Global Index File
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
GIF89a
Graphics Interchange Format Version 89A
GigaPOP
Gigabit Point-Of-Presence
GIGO
Garbage In, Garbage Out
GII
Global Information Infrastructure
GIS
Geographic Information System
GL
General Ledger
GLBA
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
GLONASS
Globalnaya Navigatsionnay Sputnikovaya Sistema
GlusterFS
Gluster File System
GLV
Grating Light Valve
GML
Generalized Markup Language
GMP
Good Manufacturing Practices
GMPLS
Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching or Multiprotocol Lambda Switching
GMROI
Gross Margin Return On Investment
GNEC
Global Network Enterprise Construct
GNOME
Gnu Network Object Model Environment
GNSS
Global Navigation Satellite System
GNU General Public License
Gnu Gpl or Simply Gpl
Google Play
android Marketplace
gOS
Good Operating System
GP Editor
Group Policy Editor
GPF
General Protection Fault
GPO
Group Policy Object
GPRS
General Packet Radio Services
GPS
Global Positioning System
GPS Messaging
Global Positioning System Messaging or Mid-Air Messaging
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
GRC
Governance, Risk and Compliance
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
Green IT
Green Information Technology
GRUB
Grand Unified Bootloader
GSM
Global System For Mobile Communication
GTAG
Global Tag
gTLD
Generic Top-Level Domain Name
GTM strategy
Go-To-Market Strategy
GUA
Graphical Password or Graphical User Authentication
Guest VM
Guest Virtual Machine
GUI
Graphical User Interface
GUID
Global Unique Identifier
GUM
Global Update Manager
GVRP
Garp Vlan Registration Protocol or Generic Vlan Registration Protocol
GWAC
Governmentwide Acquisition Contract
Gy
Gray
H
H.R. 744
I-Spy Act -- Internet Spyware Prevention Act Of 2005
H/m
Henry Per Meter
HA
High Availability
HA Cluster
High Availability Cluster
HA Storage
High-Availability Storage
HaaS
Hardware-as-a-Service
HAC
High-Availability Clusters
HAL
Hardware Abstraction Layer
HALO
High Altitude Long Operation
HASA
Highly Accelerated Stress Audit
HAVi
Home Audio Visual
HBA
Host Bus Adapter
HCI
Human-Computer Interaction
HCM
Human Capital Management
HD-DVD
High-Density Dvd
HD-ROM
High-Density - Read Only Memory
HDCD
High Definition Compatible Digital
HDCP
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
HDFS
Hadoop Distributed File System
HDLC
High-Level Data Link Control
HDMI
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDML
Handheld Device Markup Language
HDSL
High Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line
HDTV
High Definition Television
HFC network
Hybrid Fiber Coaxial Network
HFT
High-Frequency Trading
HFTP
Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals
HH
Hand Held
HHD
Hybrid Hard Drive
HHR
Hybrid Health Record
HHS
Health and Human Services
HIDS/NIDS
Host Intrusion Detection Systems and Network Intrusion Detection Systems
HIE
Health Information Exchange
HIMSS
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HIPPI
High-Performance Parallel Interface
HiPPO
Highest Paid Person'S Opinion, Highest Paid Person In The Office
HIPS
Host Intrusion Prevention Systems
HIT
Health It
HKEY
Handle To Registry Key
HLASM
High Level Assembler
HLD
Hardware Load-Balancing Device
HLR
Home Location Register
HMAC
Hash-Based Message Authentication Code
HMD
Head Mounted Display
HMI
Human Machine Interface
HMIPv6
Hierarchical Mobile Ipv6
HOLAP or Hybrid OLAP
Hybrid Online Analytical Processing
HomeRF
Home Radio Frequency
HP
High Performance
HP CSA
HP Cloud Service Automation
HP CSN
Hp Channel Services Network
HP VSE
Hp Virtual Server Environment
HP-GL
Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
HPC
High-Performance Compute
HPCC
High Performance Computing and Communications
HPFS
High Performance File System
HPNA
Home Phoneline Networking Alliance
HPPS
High Performance Product Sector
HPSS
High Performance Storage System
HPV
High Production Volume
HR
Human Resources
HRM
Human Resource Management
HS 2.0
Hot Spot 2.0
HSCSD
High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data
HSDPA
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSM
Hierarchical Storage Manager or Management
HSPA
High Speed Packet Access
HSPD-7
Homeland Security Presidential Directive No. 7
HSRP
Hot Standby Router Protocol
HSSI
High-Speed Serial Interface
HT server
Hub Transport Server
HTF
Higgins Trust Framework
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPD
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Daemon
HTTPS
Http Over Ssl or Http Secure
HUD
Heads Up Display
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
HVD
Hosted Virtual Desktop
HVM
Hardware Virtual Machine
I
I/O
Input & Output
I/O Contention
Input/Output Contention
I/O Fencing
Input/Output Fencing
I&T
Integration Testing or Integration and Testing
IA
Internal Audit
IaaS
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
IAB
Internet Advertising Bureau
IAM
Identity and Access Management
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IAO
Information Awareness Office
IAP
Internet Access Provider
IAX
Inter-Asterisk Exchange Protocol
IBM
International Business Machines
IBM TSM
Ibm Tivoli Storage Manager
IBP
Integrated Business Planning
IC
Integrated Circuit
ICANN
Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers
ICE
Information and Content Exchange
IcM
Incident Management
ICM file
Image Color Matching File
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
ICMP sweep
Ping Sweep
ICP
Internet Commerce Provider
ICR
Intelligent Character Recognition
ICT
Information and Communications Technology
ID
Intrusion Detection
IDaaS
Identity-as-a-Service
IDE
Integrated Development Environment
IDEA
International Data Encryption Algorithm
IDEF
Integrated Definition
iDEN
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
IDF
Interface Device
IDIS
Integrated Disbursement and Information System
IDL
Interface Definition Language
IDoc
Intermediate Document
IDS
Intrusion Detection System
IE
Internet Explorer
IEAK
Internet Explorer Administration Kit
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE
Institute Of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
iFCP
Internet Fibre Channel Protocol
IG
Internet Gateway
IGMP
Internet Group Management Protocol
IGP
Interior Gateway Protocol
iHT2
Institute For Health Technology Transformation
IIOP
Internet Inter-orb Protocol
IIS
Internet Information Server
IKE
Internet Key Exchange
ILEC
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
ILM
Information Life Cycle Management
IM
Infrastructure Management
IMA
Inverse Multiplexing Over Atm
IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
IMCS
Inventory Management and Control System
IMEI
International Mobile Equipment Identity
IMS
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
IMT
International Mobile Telephone
IMTI
Integrated Manufacturing Technology Initiative
IN
Intelligent Network
Inc
Incident
Intel VT
Virtualization Technology
InterNIC
Internet Network Information Center
IOPS
Input/Output Operations Per Second
IOS
Input/Output Supervisor
IoT
Internet Of Things
IoT botnet
Internet Of Things Botnet
IoT security
Internet Of Things Security
IOTP
Internet Open Trading Protocol
IOV
I/O Virtualization
IP address
Internet Protocol Address
IP core
Intellectual Property Core
IP PBX
Private Branch Exchange
IP spoofing
IP Address Forgery or A Host File Hijack
IP telephony
Internet Protocol Telephony
IPAM
Ip Address Management
IPC
Interprocess Communication
IPI
Intelligent Peripheral Interface
IPL
Initial Program Load
IPLC
International Private Leased Circuit
IPM
Intelligent Power Management
IPMI
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
IPO
Initial Public Offering
IPP
Internet Presence Provider
IPPD
Integrated Product and Process Development
IPPP
Internet Presence Provider and Promoter
IPR
Intellectual Property Rights
IPS
In-Plan Switching
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security
IPT
Integrated Product Team
IPTV
Internet Protocol Television
IPv6
Internet Protocol Version 6
IPX
Internetwork Packet Exchange
IR
Infrared Radiation
IR wireless
Infrared Wireless
IRC
Internet Relay Chat
IrDA
Infrared Data Association
IRI
Industrial Research Institute
IRIS
Internet Routing In Space
IRM
Integrated Resource Management
IRP
Incident Response Plan
IRQ
Interrupt Request
IRR
Internal Rate Of Return
IRTF
Internet Research Task Force
IRU
Indefeasible Right Of Use
IS
Information System
IS-IS
Intermediate System-To-Intermediate System Protocol
ISA
Industry Standard Architecture
ISA Server
Internet Security and Acceleration Server
ISAM
Indexed Sequential Access Method
ISAPI
Internet Server Application Program Interface
ISBN
International Standard Book Number
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer System Interface
iSCSI Target
Internet Small Computer System Interface Target
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISE
Cisco Identity Services Engine
ISM
Information Security Management
ISMS
Information Security Management System
ISO
International Standards organization
ISO 8327
Itu X.225
ISO/IEC 24734
International Standards Organization / International Electrotechnical Commission 24734
ISP
Internet Service Provider
ISPF
Interactive System Productivity Facility
ISR G2
Cisco Integrated Service Routers Generation 2
ISRC
International Standard Recording Code
ISRS
Information Storage and Retrieval System
ISSU
In-Service Software Upgrade
ISV
Independent Software Vendor
IT
Information Technology
IT MOOSE Management
Maintain and Operate The Organization, Systems and Equipment
IT-ISAC
Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center
ITA
Information Technology Agremeement
ITAA
Information Technology Association Of America
ITaaS
It-as-a-Service
ITAC
International Telework Association and Council
ITIL
Information Technology Infrastructure Library
ITS
Intelligent Transportation System
ITSM
Information Technology Service Management
ITSO
International Technical Support organization
ITSS
Information Technology Solutions Shop
ITU-T
Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunications Union
IV
Initialization Vector
IVR
Interactive Voice Response
IXC
Interexchange Carrier
J
J2EE
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
J2ME
Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
JAAS
Java Authentication and Authorization Service
JAD
Joint Application Development
JANET
Joint Academic Network
JAQL
Json Query Language
JAR file
Java Archive
Java EE
Java, Enterprise Edition
JAX-RPC
Java Api For XML-Based Rpc
JAX-WS
Java Api For XML Web Services
JBI
Java Business Integration
JBIG
Joint Bi-Level Image Experts Group
JBOD
Just A Bunch Of Disks or Just A Bunch Of Drives
JCE
Java Cryptography Extension
JCL
Job Control Language
JDBC
Java Database Connectivity
JDBC Connector
Java Database Connectivity Connector
JDK
Java Development Kit
JDO
Java Data Objects
JEDEC SDRAM
Joint Electron Device Engineering Council Synchronous Dram
JeOS
Just Enough Operating System
JES
Job Entry Subsystem
JFC
Java Foundation Classes
JHTML
Java Within Hypertext Markup Language
JIC Manufacturing
Just-In-Case Manufacturing
JIT
Just In Time
JIT Manufacturing
Just-In-Time Manufacturing
JMS
Java Message Service
JMX
Java Management Extensions
JNDI
Java Naming and Directory Interface
JOBS Act
Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
JOLAP
Java Online Analytical Processing
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE
Java Runtime Environment
JS
JavaScript
JSML
Java Speech Api Markup Language
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation
JSP
Java Server Page
JTAPI
Java Telephony Application Programming Interface
JVM
Java Virtual Machine
JXTA
Juxtaposed
K
K6
Amd-K6
KA
Knowledge Article
KAS
Knowledge Acquisition Specialist
KB
Knowledgebase
KB or Kbyte*
Kilobyte
KBA
Knowledge-Based Authentication
KBE
Knowledge-Based Engineering
Kbps
Kilobits Per Second
KBW
Keyboard Wedge
KDE
K Desktop Environment
KE
Known Error
KEDB
Known Error Database
KGD
Known Good Die
kHz
Kilohertz
KISS Principle
Keep It Simple, Stupid
KLOC
Thousands Of Lines Of Code
KM
Knowledge Management
KMD
Kazaa Media Desktop
KML
Keyhole Markup Language
KMS
Key Management Service
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
KRI
Key Risk Indicator
KVM
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
KVP
Key-Value Pair
KW
Knowledge Warehouse
kWh
Kilowatt-Hour
L
l10n
Localization
L2TP
Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
LAMP
Linux, Apache, Mysql, Php
LAN
Local Area Network
LAR
Large Account Reseller
LATA
Local Access and Transport Area
LB film
Langmuir-Blodgett Film
LBA
Logical Block Addressing
LBM
Location-Based Marketing
LBO
Leveraged Buyout
LBS
Location-Based Service
LC
Low Cost
LCA
Life Cycle Assessment
LCC
Limited Combustible Cable or Leadless Chip Carrier
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
LCL
Less Than Container Load
LCL layer
Logical Link Control Layer
LCP
Link Control Protocol
LCPC
Life Cycle Product Cost
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDCM
Landesk Client Manager
LDD
Locked Down Device
LDIF
Lightweight Directory Interchange Format
LDQ
Longest Delay In Queue
LDSI
Laboratory Data Sharing Interoperability
LEAP
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol
LEC
Local Exchange Carrier
LED
Light-Emitting Diode
LED TV
Led-Backlight Lcd Television
LEED
Leadership In Energy and Environmental Design
LES
Logistics Execution System
Lex
Lexical Analyzer Generator
LFI
Local File Inclusion
LHC
Large Hadron Collider
LI
Location Intelligence
Li-Ion
Lithium Ion Battery
LIDB
Line Information Database
LILO
Linux Loader
linear IC
Linear Integrated Circuit
LINQ
Language Integrated Query
LISP
List Processing
live USB
Operating System On A Stick
LMDS
Local Multi-Point Distribution System
LMGTFY
Let Me Google That For You
LMOF
Last Mile Of Finance
LMS
Learning Management System
LNA
Local Noise Amplifier
LNP
Local Number Portability
LOB
Line-Of-Business
LOINC
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
LOM
Lights-Out Management
LP
Lean Production
LPAR
Logical Partition
LPT
Line Print Terminal
LQSR
Link Quality Source Routing
LRN
Location Routing Number
LSB
Linux Standard Base
LSI
Large Scale Integration
LTC
Longitudinal Time Code
LTE
Long Term Evolution
LTE-Advanced
Long Term Evolution-Advanced
LTFS
Linear Tape File System
LTL
Less Than Truckload
LTO
Linear Tape-Open
LU
Logical Unit
LUN
Logical Unit Number
LVS
Layout Verification Systems
M
M&A
Mergers and Acquisitions
M&O
Management and Operations
M&S
Modeling and Simulation
M2M
Machine-To-Machine
M3U
Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer 3 Url
MAC
Mandatory Access Control, Media Access Control, or Message Authentication Code
MAC Address
Media Access Control Address
MAC Layer
Media Access Control Layer
MAD
Mobile Active Defense
MADE
Manufacturing Automation and Design Exploration
mAh
Milliampere Hour
MAID
Massive Array Of Idle Disks
Malware
Malicious Software
MAM
Mobile Application Management or Manager
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
MAPI
Messaging Application Program Interface
MAU
Media Attachment Unit
MB
Megabyte
MBean
Managed Bean
MBone
Multicast Internet
MBps
Megabytes Per Second
MBR
Master Boot Record
MC
Mass Customization
MCA
Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer or Micro Channel Architecture
MCE
Microsoft Certified Educator
MCL
Mesh Connectivity Layer
MCM
Multi-Carrier Modulation
Mcps
Megachips Per Second
MCS
Manufacturing Control System
MCSA
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
MCSD
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
MCSE
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
MCSE Private Cloud
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert Private Cloud
MDAC
Microsoft Dynamic Access Control
MDB
Multidimensional Database
MDD
Model-Driven Development
MDI
Multiple Document Interface
MDI/MDIX
Medium Dependent Interface/Mdi Crossover
MDM
Master Data Management or Mobile Device Management
MDOP 2012
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2012
MDP
Multicast Dissemination Protocol
MDRAM
Multibank Dynamic Ram
MDX
Multidimensional Expressions
MEAP
Mobile Enterprise Application Platform
MEMS
Micro-Electromechanical Systems
MEO satellite
Medium Earth orbit Satellite
MEP
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
MES
Manufacturing Execution System
MESA
Manufacturing Execution System Association
MFA
Multifactor Authentication
MFC Library
Microsoft Foundation Class Library
MFP
Multifunction Peripheral
MFSK
Multiple Frequency Shift Keying
MFT
Managed File Transfer or Master File Table
MGCP
Media Gateway Control Protocol
MHM
Vmware Vcenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager
MHP
Multimedia Home Platform
MHz
Megahertz
MI
Major Incident
MIB
Management Information Base
MIC
Microwave Integrated Circuit
MICR
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
Micro VM
Micro Virtual Machine
Microsoft DCA
Microsoft Directaccess Connectivity Assistant
Microsoft FIM
Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager
Microsoft UE-V
User Experience Virtualization
Microsoft USMT
User State Migration Tool
MID
Mobile Internet Device
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIM
Mobile Information Management
MIME
Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions
MIMO
Multiple Input, Multiple Output
MIPS
Million Instructions Per Second
MIS
Management Information Systems
MISO
Multiple Input, Single Output
MITM
Man in the Middle Attack
MLA
Mobile Location Analytics
MLC
Multi-Level Cell
MMC
Mobile-To-Mobile Convergence
MMDS
Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service
MMI
Man Machine Interface
MMIS
Maintenance Management Information System
MMP
Multichassis Multilink Ppp
MMS
Multimedia Messaging Service
MMU
Memory Management Unit
MO
Magneto-Optical Drive
Mobile BaaS
Mobile Backend-as-a-Service
Mobile IPv6
Mipv6 or Mobile Internet Protocol Version 6
Mobile IT
Mobile Information Technology
Mobile VPN
Mobile Virtual Private Network
Moblog
Mobile Blog
MOF
Microsoft Operations Framework
MOL
Middle Of Life
MOLAP
Multidimensional Online Analytical Processing
MOM
Manufacturing Operation Management
MOOC
Massive Open Online Course
MOS
Mean Opinion Score
MOSFET
Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
MOSPF
Multicast Open Shortest Path First
MOSS
Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server
MOU or MoU
Memorandum Of Understanding
MOVE
Aruba'S Mobile Virtual Enterprise
MP3
Mpeg-1 Audio Layer-3
MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group
MPI
Master Patient Index
MPIO
Multipath I/O
MPLS
Multiprotocol Label Switching
mPOS
Mobile Point Of Sale
MPP
Massive Parallel Processing
MPPE
Microsoft Point-To-Point Encryption
MPS
Master Production Schedule or Managed Print Services
MR-IOV
Multi-Root Iov
MRAM
Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory
MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mrouter
Multicast Router
MRP
Manufacturing Resource Planning
MrSID
Multi-Resolution Seamless Image Database
MS-DOS
Microsoft Disk Operating System
mSATA SSD
Msata Solid-State Drive
MSAU
Multistation Access Unit
MSBF
Mean-Swap-Between-Failure
MSCMDM
Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager
MSCS
Microsoft Cluster Server
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheet
MSE
Microsoft Security Essentials
MSP
Managed Service Provider
MSP Platform
Managed Service Provider Platform
MSRP
Message Session Relay Protocol
MSS
Managed Security Services
MSSP
Managed Security Service Provider
MSTSC
Microsoft Terminal Service Client
MT
Medical Transcription
MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
MTO
Make To order
Mtops
Million Theoretical Operations Per Second
MTPOD
Maximum Tolerable Period Of Disruption
MTS
Microsoft Transaction Server
MTTR
Mean Time To Restore
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
MUA
Mail User Agent
MUD
Multi-User Dungeon
MULTICS
Multiplexed Information and Computing Service
MULTOS
Multiple Operating System
Mutex
Mutual Exclusion Object
MV
Machine Vision
MVA
Microsoft Virtual Academy
MVC
Model-View-Controller
MVMC
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter
MVNO
Mobile Virtual Network Operator
MVP
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
MVS
Multiple Virtual Storage
MX record
Mail Exchange Record
N
NaaS
Network-As-A-Service
NAC
Network Access Control
NACHA
National Automated Clearing House Association
NAHIT
National Alliance For Health Information Technology
NAK
Negative Acknowledgment or Not Acknowledged
NAP
Network Access Point
NAS
Network Access Server or Network-Attached Storage
NASDAQ
National Association Of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
NAT
Network Address Translation
NBA
Network Behavior Analysis
NBAD
Network Behavior Anomaly Detection
NBAR
Network Based Application Recognition
NBMA
Non-Broadcast Multiple Access
NC
Network Computer
NCA
Native Cloud Application
NCFA
National Call Fee Access
NCM
Network Configuration Management
NCMS
National Center For Manufacturing Sciences
NCSC
National Computer Security Center
NCVHS
National Committee On Vital and Health Statistics
NDA
Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDIS
Network Driver Interface Specification
NDMP
Network Data Management Protocol
NDS
Novell Directory Services
Near CDP
Near-Continuous Data Protection
NECP
National Emergency Communications Plan
NED
Nano-Emissive Display
NEDSS
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
NEOSSat
Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite
NERC
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
NERC CIP
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Nested VM
Nested Virtual Machine
Net-SNMP
Net Simple Network Management Protocol
NetBEUI
Netbios Extended User Interface
NetBIOS
Network Basic Input/Output System
NetPC
Network Pc
NeXT
Near-End Crosstalk
Nexus 1000V
Cisco Nexus 1000V
NFC
Near Field Communication
NFR
Not For Resale
NFS
Network File System
NFTS
National File Tracking System
NFV
Network Functions Virtualization
NGFW
Next-Generation Firewall
NGO
Non-Governmental organization
NGSCB
Next Generation Secure Computing Base
NHII
National Health Information Infrastructure
NHIN
Nationwide Health Information Network
NHRP
Next Hop Resolution Protocol
NI
Network Intelligence
Ni-Cd or NiCd
Nickel-Cadmium Battery
Ni-MH or NiMH
Nickel-Metal Hydride Battery
Ni2
Net Indexer 2
NIAP
National Information Assurance Partnership
NIC
Network Interface Card
NIC handle
Network Information Center Handle
Nicira NVP
Nicira Network Virtualization Platform
NIS
Network Information System
NIST
National Institute Of Standards and Technology
NJE
Network Job Entry
NLM
National Library Of Medicine
NLP
Natural Language Processing
NMTA
National Machining and Tooling Association
NNI
National Nanotechnology Initiative
NNM
Network Node Manager
NNTP
Network News Transfer Protocol
No Op
No Operation
NOC
Network Operations Center
NOS
Network Operating System
NoSQL
Not Only Sql
NPD
Product Development or New Product Development
NPE
Non-Practicing Entity
NPI
National Provider Identifier or New Product Introduction
NPIV
N_Port Id Virtualization
NPV
Net Present Value
NQF
National Quality Forum
NRLA
National Labor Relations Board
NRZ
Non-Return-To-Zero
NSA
National Security Agency
NSAP
Network Service Access Point
NSAPI
Netscape Server Application Programming Interface
NSIS
Next Steps In Signaling
NSP
Network Service Provider
NT1
Network Terminator 1
NTBackup
Microsoft Windows Nt Backup
NTFS
NT File System or New Technology File System
NTP
Network Time Protocol
NTR
Normal Trade Relations
NTS
Number Translation Service
NTSC
National Television Standards Committee
NTU
Nuclear Time Unit
NUI
Natural User Interface
NUMA
Non-Uniform Memory Access
NURBS
Nonuniform Rational B-Spline
NUS
Network Unified Storage
NVGRE
Network Virtualization Using Generic Routing Encapsulation
NVMe
Non-Volatile Memory Express
NVS
Nonvolatile Storage
NWR
Noaa Weather Radio
O
OA&M
Operations, Administration, and Management
OAB
Offline Address Book
OASIS
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OBI
Open Buying On The Internet
OCM
Organizational Change Management
OCNCC
Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control
OCR
Optical Character Recognition
OCSP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
OCW
MIT Opencourseware
OCx
Optical Carrier Levels
ODBC
Open Database Connectivity
ODCA
Open Data Center Alliance
ODF
Open Document Format
ODI
Open Data-Link Interface
ODIN
Open Device Identification Number
ODL
Open and Distance Learning
ODM
Original Design Manufacturer
ODMA
Open Document Management Api or Application Program Interface
ODMR
On-Demand Mail Relay
ODP
Open Directory Project
ODS
Operational Data Store
ODX
Offloaded Data Transfer
OEBF
Open Electronic Book Forum
OEE
Original Equipment Effectiveness
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer
OF-Config
Openflow Configuration and Management Protocol
OFB
Output Feedback
OFDM
Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing
OFPP
Office Of Federal Procurement Policy
OGSA
Open Grid Services Architecture
OHA
Open Handset Alliance
OID
Object ID or Object Identification
OLA
Operational-level Agreement
OLAP
Online Analytical Processing
OLE
Object Linking and Embedding
OLED
Light-Emitting Diode
OLPC
One Laptop Per Child
OLT
Optical Line Terminal
OLTP
Online Transaction Processing
OMAP
Open Multimedia Application Platform
OMB
Office Of Management and Budget
OMG
Object Management Group
OMSS
Oracle Mobile Security Suite
ONF
Open Networking Foundation
OODBMS or ODBMS
Object-oriented Database Management System
OoOE
Out-of-order Execution
OOP
Object-oriented Programming
OOPSLA
Object-oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications
OOXML
Office Open Extended Markup Language
OPAC
Online Public Access Catalog
OpenGL
Open Graphics Library
OpenNMS
Open Network Management System
OpenVPN
Open Source Virtual Private Network
Opex
Operational Expenditure
OPM
Operational Performance Management
OPML
Outline Processor Markup Language
OPS
Open Profiling Standard
OPT
Optimized Production Technology
or
Operations Research
orB
Object Request Broker
orBS
Open Relay Behavior-Modification System
orM
Object-Relational Mapping
OS
Operating System
OSA
Open System Authentication
OSBI
Open Source Business Intelligence
OSCI
OS Command Injection
OSD
Object Storage Device
OSDL
Open Source Development Labs
OSF
Open Software Foundation
OSGi
Open Service Gateway Initiative
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
OSP
Online Service Provider
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
OSS
Open Source Software
OTA
Over The Air
OTC
On-Time Delivery To Commit Date
OTCR
On-Time Delivery Performance To Customer Request Date
OTFT
organic Thin-Film Transistor
OTM
Optivity Telephony Manager
OTP
One-Time Password
OU
Organizational Unit
OVSDB
Open Vswitch Database Management Protocol
OWA
Microsoft Outlook Web App
OWASP
Open Web Application Security Project
P
P versus NP
Polynomial Versus Nondeterministic Polynomial
P-Ink
Photonic Ink
P&L
Profit and Loss
P2P botnet
Peer-To-Peer Botnet
P2P network
Peer-To-Peer Network
P2V
Physical to Virtual
PA-DSS
Payment Application Data Security Standard
PaaS
Platform-as-a-Service
PABX
Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAC
Production Activity Control
PACS
Picture Archiving and Communication System
PAIR
Policy Analysis Of Internet Routing
PAL
Phase Alternation Line
Palm OS
Palm Operating System
PAM
Pulse Amplitude Modulation
PAN
Personal Area Network
PAP
Packet-Level Procedure, Password Authentication Protocol, Printer Access Protocol, or Push Access Protocol
PAR
Performance and Accountability Reporting
PARC
Palo Alto Research Center
PAT
Port Address Translation
PBD
Physical Block Device
PBT
Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic
PBX
Private Branch Exchange
PC
Project Charter
PC-DOS
Personal Computer - Disk Operating System
PC100 SDRAM
Pc100 Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
PCAOB
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
PCB
Printed Circuit Board
PCE
Path Computation Element
PCEP
Path Computation Element Protocol
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI compliance
Payment Card Industry Compliance
PCI DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
PCI-X
Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
PCL
Printer Control Language
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation or Phase-Change Memory
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCRF
Policy and Charging Rules Function
PCS
Personal Cloud Storage or Personal Communications Service
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant
PDF
Portable Document Format
PDL
Page Description Language
PDM
Product Data Management
PDP-11
Programmed Data Processor-11
PDU
Power Distribution Unit
PEAP
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
PEBCAK
Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard
Personal VM
Personal Virtual Machine or Pvm
PERT chart
Program Evaluation Review Technique
PF
Prefetch Folder
pF/m
Picofarad Per Meter
PFC
Power Factor Correction or Power Factor Controller
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
PHDSC
Public Health Data Standards Consortium
PHI
Personal Health Information
PHOLED
Phosphorescent organic Light-Emitting Device
PHP
Hypertext Preprocessor
PI
Principal Investigator
PIA
Privacy Impact Assessment
PIC
Port Interface Card
PICK chart
Possible, Implement, Challenge and Kill Chart
PICS
Platform For Internet Content Selection
PICTIVE
Plastic Interface For Collaborative Technology Initiatives Through Video Exploration
PID
Problem Identification Document
PIFI
Personally Identifiable Financial Information
PII
Personally Identifiable Information
PIM
Product Information Management
PIO
Programmed Input/Output
PIP
Partner Integration Process
PIR
Post-Implementation Review
PIV
Personal Identity Verification
pk-pk
Peak-To-Peak
PKCS
Public-Key Cryptography Standards
PKI
Public Key Infrastructure
PL/S
Programming Language/System
PL/SQL
Procedural Language Extension To Structured Query Language
PLATO
Programmed Logic For Automatic Teaching Operations
PLC
Packet Loss Concealment
PLEDM
Phase-State Low Electron Drive Memory
PLL
Phase-Locked Loop
PLM
Product Lifecycle Management
PLMN
Public Land Mobile Network
PM
Phase Modulation
PMI
Plus, Minus, Interesting
PML
Portal Markup Language
PMML
Predictive Model Markup Language
PMO
Project Management Office
PMP
Project Management Professional
PMS
Package Manager or Package Management System
PN
Programmable Network
pNFS
Parallel Nfs
PNG
Portable Network Graphics
PnP
Plug and Play
POC
Proof Of Concept or Packet Order Correction
pocket PC
Pocket Personal Computer
PoE
Power Over Ethernet
PoIP
Pray Over Internet Protocol
POLP
Principle Of Least Privilege
polymer LED
Light-Emitting Polymer or Polyled
POM
Production/Operations Management
PON
Passive Optical Network
POP
Point-Of-Presence
POP3
Post Office Protocol 3
Por
Power-On Reset
POS
Personal Operating Space
POS terminal
Point-Of-Sale Terminal
POSIX
Portable Operating System Interface
POST
Power-On Self-Test
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
PP&E
Property, Plant & Equipment
PPD
Post-Processing Deduplication or Parallel Presence Detect
PPD file
Postscript Printer Description File
PPGA
Plastic Pin Grid Array
ppi
Pixels Per Inch
PPM
Project and Portfolio Management or Pages per Minute
PPP
Point-To-Point Protocol
PPPoE
Point-To-Point Protocol Over Ethernet
PPTP
Point-To-Point Tunneling Protocol
PR
Public Relations
PRI
Primary Rate Interface
PRM
Partner Relationship Management
PRNG
Pseudo-Random Number Generator
PROM
Programmable Read-Only Memory
PRONet
Procurement Marketing and Access Network
PRS
Personal Response System
PRT
Pre-Requisite Tree
PSA
Professional Services Automation
PSK
Phase-Shift Keying
PSN
Processor Serial Number
PSOD
Purple Screen Of Death
PSS
Personal Search Syndication
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
PSU
Power Supply Unit
PT
Path Traversal
PTAC
Procurement Technical Assistance Center
PTF
Program Temporary Fix
PTO
Personal Time Off
PTT
Push To Talk
PU
Physical Unit
PUE
Power Usage Effectiveness
PUP
Potentially Unwanted Program
PV Cell
Photovoltaic Cell
PV glass
Photovoltaic Glass
PVC
Permanent Virtual Circuit
PVM
Parallel Virtual Machine
PVR
Personal Video Recorder
PWS
Personal Web Server
PXE
Preboot Execution Environment
Q
QA
Quality Assurance
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QB
Quality Breakdown
QBE
Query By Example
QC
Quality Control
QDOS
86-DOS
QEMU
Quick Emulator
QFE
Quad Fastethernet
QFP
Quad Flat Package
qHD
Quarter High Definition
QIX
Nasdaq Information Exchange Protocol
QMS
Quality Management System
QoE or QoX
Quality Of Experience
QoS
Quality Of Service
QPS
Queries-Per-Second
QR
Quick Response
QR code
Quick Response Code
QSA
Qualified Security Assessor
QSIG
Q Signaling
QVGA
Quarter Video Graphics Array
QXGA
Quantum Extended Graphics Array
R
R&D
Research and Development
R3
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
RA
Registration Authority
RAC
Real Application Cluster
RACE
Rapid Access Computing Environment
RACF
Resource Access Control Facility
RACI
Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed
RAD
Rapid Application Development
rad/s or rad/sec
Radian Per Second
radar
Radio Detection and Ranging
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RAF
Risk Assessment Framework
RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAID 0
Redundant Array of Independent Disks Mode 0 - Disk Striping
RAID 1
Redundant Array of Independent Disks Mode 1 - Disk Mirroring
RAID 3
Redundant Array of Independent Disks Mode 3 - Parity Disc
RAIN
Redundant/Reliable Array Of Inexpensive/Independent Nodes
RAM
Random Access Memory
RAMAC
Random Access Method Of Accounting and Control
RAMDAC
Random Access Memory Digital-To-Analog Converter
Rand
Reasonable and Nondiscriminatory
RAP
Revenue Acquisition Process
RARP
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
RAS
Remote Access Server
RAS API
Remote Access Server Application Program Interface
RASHport
Routing and Special Handling
RAT
Remote Administration Tool
RBA
Risk-Based Authentication
RBAC
Role-Based Access Control
RBOC
Regional Bell Operating Company
RCA
Root Cause Analysis
RCE
Remote Code Execution
RCP
Rich Client Platform
RD
Running Disparity
RDBMS
Relational Database Management System
RDC
Remote Deposit Capture
RDF
Resource Description Framework
RDM
Raw Device Mapping
RDMA
Remote Direct Memory Access
rDNS
Reverse DNS
RDO
Remote Data Objects
RDP
Remote Desktop Protocol
RDRAM
Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RDS
Amazon Relational Database Service
RDSMS
Relational Data Stream Management System
RDT&E
Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation
REC
Regional Extension Center
ReFS
Resilient File System
regex
Regular Expression
RELAX NG
Relax Next Generation
Remoting
Powershell Remoting
REST
Representational State Transfer
RF, rf, orr.f.
Radio Frequency
RFC
Remote Function Call
RFI
Remote File Inclusion or Request for Information
RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
RFM analysis
Recency, Frequency, Monetary
RFO
Request For Offer
RFP
Request For Proposal
RFQ
Request For Quotation
RFR
Red Flags Rule
RGB
Red, Green, and Blue
RHCVA
Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator
RHEL
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RHEV
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
RHS
Red Hat Storage
RIA
Rich Internet Application
RIAA
Recording Industry Association Of America
RIBLOE
Remote Insight Board -- Lights Out Edition
RID
Relative Identifier
RIM
Records Information Management
RIP
Routing Information Protocol
RIR
Regional Internet Registry
RIS
Remote Installation Service
RISC
Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RJE
Remote Job Entry
rlogin
Remote Login
RMA
Return Material (or Merchandise) Authorization
RMI
Remote Method Invocation
RMON
Remote Network Monitoring
RMS
Root-Mean-Square
RNAAPP
Remote Network Access Application
RNIS
Reseau Numerique A Integration De Services
ROA
Resource-oriented Architecture
ROADM
Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer
ROC
Report On Compliance
ROD
Reuse-oriented Model or Reuse-oriented Development
RODC
Read-Only Domain Controller
RoHS Directive
Restriction Of Hazardous Substances Directive
ROI
Return On Investment
ROIC
Return On Invested Capital
ROKSO
Register Of Known Spam Operations
ROLAP
Relational Online Analytical Processing
ROM
Read Only Memory
ROMI
Return On Marketing Investment
RONA
Return On Net Assets
ROP
Reorder Point
Ror or Rails
Ruby On Rails
RoS
Restoration of Service
RoT
Roots Of Trust
ROU
Record Of Understanding
ROWE
Results-Only Work Environment
RPC
Remote Procedure Call
RPG
Report Program Generator or Role-Playing Game
RPM
Remote Patient Monitoring
RPO
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
RPR
Resilient Packet Ring
RPT
Rich Presence Technology
RQ
Risk Intelligence
RRAM
Resistive Ram
RRS
Reduced Redundancy Storage
RSAT
Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools
RSC
Retail Service Center
RSI
Requirements Stability Index
RSoP
Resultant Set Of Policy
RSVP
Resource Reservation Protocol
RT
Retweet
RTA
Real-Time Application
RTC
Real-Time Communications
RTCD
Real-Time Communications Dashboard
RTCP
Real-Time Transport Control Protocol
RTD
Research and Technical Development
RTF
Rich Text Format
RTLS
Real-Time Location System
RTM
Read The Manual
RTO
Recovery Time Objective
RtOI
Real-Time Operational Intelligence
RTOS
Real-Time Operating System
RTP
Real-Time Transport Protocol
RTSP
Real Time Streaming Protocol
RTT
Round-Trip Time
RUM
Real-user Measurement
RUP
Rational Unified Process
RWU
Remote Wakeup
RZ
Return-To-Zero
S
S-HTTP
Secure Http
S-Video
Super-Video, Y/C Video, Component Video
S.773
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act Of 2009
S.M.A.R.T.
Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology
S/MIME
Secure Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions
S/N or SNR
Signal-To-Noise Ratio
S/PDIF
Sony/Philips Digital Interface
S&OP
Sales and Operations Planning
S3 IA
S3 Infrequent Access
SA
Service Assurance
SAA
Systems Application Architecture
SaaS
Software-as-a-Service
SaaS BI
Software-as-a-Service Bi
SaaS ERP
Software-As-A-Service Erp Hosting
SACD
Super Audio Cd
SACM
Service Asset and Configuration Management
SAFE
Samsung For Enterprise
SAM
Security Accounts Manager or Storage Area Management
SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language
Samsung GN
Samsung Galaxy Note
SAN
Storage Area Network
SAP XI
Sap Exchange Infrastructure
SAPI
Speech Application Program Interface
SAPPHIRE
Sap User Conference
SAR
Segmentation and Reassembly
SAS
Serial-Attached SCSI
SAS 70
Statement On Auditing Standards No. 70
SASID
Self-Scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display
SAST
Static Application Security Testing
SATA
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SATA II
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment Second Generation
SATA III
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment Third Generation
SAX
Simple API For XML
SB-1386
California Security Breach Information Act
SBAs
Search-Based Applications
SBC
Session Border Controller
SBIR contract
Small Business Innovative Research Contract
SBR
Skill-Based Routing
SC
Supply Chain
SCA
Service-Component Architecture
SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SCC
Supply Chain Council
SCCP
Signalling Connection Control Part
SCD
Source Code Disclosure
SCE
Supply Chain Execution
SCEM
Supply Chain Event Management
SCI
Serial Communications Interface
SCL
Spam Confidence Level
SCM
Supply Chain Management
SCor
Supply Chain Operations Reference Model
SCorM
Shareable Content Object Reference Model
SCP
Supply Chain Planning
SCR
Synchronized Customer Response
SCSA
Signal Computing System Architecture
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
SCSI Controller
Small Computer System Interface Controller
SCSIe
Scsi Express
SCTP
Stream Control Transmission Protocol
SCV
Supply Chain Visibility
SD card
Secure Digital Card
SD2
Sound Designer II or SDII
SDA
Sap Smart Data Access
SDARS
Satellite Radio or Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service
SDB
Small Disadvantaged Business
SDDC
Software-Defined Data Center
SDDL
Security Descriptor Definition Language
SDH
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDI
Serial Digital Interface
SDK
Software Development Kit
SDL
Specification and Description Language
SDLC
Systems Development Life Cycle
SDMA
Spatial Division Multiple Access
SDN Controller
Software-Defined Networking Controller
SDN Overlay
Software Defined Networking Overlay
SDO
Service Data Objects
SDP
Session Description Protocol
SDR
Software-Defined Radio
SDRAM
Synchronous Dram
SDTV
Standard Definition Television
SDWT
Self-Directed Work Team
SDX
Netscaler
SDXC
Secure Digital Extended Capacity Card
SE
Social Engineering
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission
SECAM
Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire
SED TV
Surface-Conduction Electron-Emitter Display Television
SEE
Server Side Encryption
SEI
Software Engineering Institute
SEM
Single-Electron Memory
SEO
Search Engine Optimization
SerDes
Serializer/Deserializer
Serial ATA
Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or Sata
SERP
Search Engine Results Page
SET
Secure Electronic Transaction
SETI
Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
SEWP
Nasa Solutions For Enterprise-Wide Procurement
SFA
Sales Force Automation
SFF
Small Form Factor
SFP
Small Form-Factor Pluggable
SFS
Stepless Frequency Control
SFTP
SSH File Transfer Protocol
SFX
Special Effects
SGA
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
SGF
Structured Graph Format
SGI
Silicon Graphics
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language
SGRAM
Synchronous Graphics Ram
SI
Systems Integrator
SID
Security Identifier
SIEM
Security Information and Event Management
SIG
Special Interest Group
SIGTRAN
Signaling Transport
SIM
Security Information Management
SIMD
Single Instruction Multiple Data
SIMM
Service Integration Maturity Model
SIMO
Single Input, Multiple Output
SIMPLE
Sip For Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions
Simputer
Simple Inexpensive Mobile Computer
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
SIP Trunking
Session Initiation Protocol Trunking
SIPOC Diagram
Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers
SIRDS
Single-Image Random-Dot Stereogram
SISO
Single Input, Single Output
SIV
Signal Integrity Verification
SJC
Senate Judiciary Committee
SKA
Shared Key Authentication
SKid
Script Kiddie
SKU
Stock Keeping Units
SLA
Service Level Agreement
SLC
Single Level Cell
SLD
Second-Level Domain
SLICE
Simple Low-Cost Innovative Engine
SLIP
Serial Line Internet Protocol
SLM
Service Level Management
SLP
Service Location Protocol
SMART
Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
SMB
Small and Medium-Sized Business or Small and Midsized Business
SMB 3.0
Server Message Block 3.0
SMB protocol
Server Message Block Protocol
SMBXML
Small Business Extensible Markup Language
SMDS
Switched Multimegabit Data Service
SME
Subject Matter Expert
SMF
Standard Midi File
SMI-S
Storage Management Initiative Specification
SMIL
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
SMiShing
Sms Phishing
SMM
Social Media Marketing
SMMS
Social Media Management Software
SMP
Symmetric Multiprocessing
SMPTE
Society Of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SMR
Specialized Mobile Radio
SMS
Short Message Service
SMS spam
Cell Phone Spam or Short Messaging Service Spam
SMSC
Short Message Service Center
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMWT
Self Managed Work Teams
SNA
Systems Network Architecture
SNAFU
Situation Normal, All F***Ed Up
SNG
Satellite News Gathering
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SNOMED CT
Systematized Nomenclature Of Medicine -- Clinical Terms
SNS
Simple Notification Service
SOA
Service-oriented Architecture
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
SoC
System-on-a-Chip or Switch-on-a-Chip
SoC Testing
System-On-A-Chip Testing
Social BPM
Business Process Management
SoD
Segregation Of Duties
SOFC
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
SOHO
Small Office Home Office
SOI
Service-oriented Integration
SOLED
Stacked Organic Light-Emitting Device
SoLoMo
Social, Local and Mobile
SOM
Service-oriented Management
SoMoClo
Social, Mobile and Cloud
SONET
Synchronous Optical Network
SOP
Sales and Operations Planning
SOPA
Stop Online Piracy Act
Sor
System Of Record
SoS
System of Systems
sosofo
Specification Of A Sequence Of Flow Objects
SOW
Statement Of Work
SOX
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
SP1
Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1
SPAC
Special Purpose Acquisition Company
SPARC
Scalable Processor Architecture
SPC
Statistical Process Control
SPD
Serial Presence Detect
SPEC
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
SPF
Sender Policy Framework
SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface
SPI model
Saas, Paas, Iaas
SPICE
Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination
SPID
Service Profile Identifier
SPIF
Sales Performance Incentive Fund
SPIT
Spam Over Internet Telephony
SPM
Sales Performance Management
SPML
Services Provisioning Markup Language
SPOC
Single Point of Contact
SPOF
Single Point Of Failure
spool
Simultaneous Peripheral Operations Online
SPS
Standard Procurement System
SPX
Sequenced Packet Exchange
SQL
Structured Query Language
SQL Server PDW
Microsoft Sql Server Parallel Data Warehouse
SQLi
SQL Injection
SQS
Simple Queue Service
SQuID
Source Quench Introduced Delay
SR or REQ
Service Request
SR-IOV
Single Root I/O Virtualization
SRAM
Static Random Access Memory
SRE
Serious Reportable Event
SRI
Sri International
SRM
Storage Resource Management or Sustainability Risk Management
SRS
Software Requirements Specification
SRT
Source-Route Transparent
SRTP
Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol or Secure Rtp
SS7
Signaling System 7
SSA
Serial Storage Architecture
SSADM
Structured Systems Analysis & Design Method
SSD
Solid-State Drive
SSD purge
Solid State Drive Purge
SSH
Secure Shell
SSH Charter
Secure Shell Charter
SSI
Single-System Image
SSID
Service Set Identifier
SSL
Secure Socket Layer
SSL card
Server Accelerator Card
SSL checker
Secure Socket Layer Checker
SSL VPN
Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network
SSM
Solid State Module
SSO
Single Sign-On
SSP
Storage Service Provider
SSS
Solid State Storage
SSS PTS
Solid State Storage Performance Test Specification
SSSI
Snia Solid-State Storage Initiative
SST
Streamlined Sales Tax
SSTV
Slow-Scan Television
STAR
Security, Trust and Assurance Registry
STARS
Standard Accounting and Reporting System
statC
Statcoulomb
statF
Statfarad
statH
Stathenry
statS
Statsiemens
statV
Statvolt
statW
Statwatt
STDM
Statistical Time Division Multiplexing
STEM
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
STEP
Standard For The Exchange Of Product Model Data
STM
Scanning Tunneling Microscope
STML
Spoken Text Markup Language
STONITH
Shoot The Other Node In The Head
STP
Spanning Tree Protocol
STS
Security Token Service
STUN
Simple Traversal Of Udp Through Nat
Sun ONE
Sun Open Net Environment
SVC
Switched Virtual Circuit
SVG
Scalable Vector Graphics
SVN
Subversion
SVVP
Server Virtualization Validation Program
SWAG
Semantic Web Agreement Group
SWAN
Structured Wireless-Aware Network
SWIFT
Simulated Work Input and Flow Time
SWOT
Strengths, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats Analysis
SysAdmin
System Administrator
SysOp
System Operator
T
T & E Software
Travel and Expense Software
T-SQL
Transact-Sql
T/R
Transmit / Receive
T&M
Tools and Methodology
T1, T2, T3 (L1, L2, L3)
Tiers (or Levels) of Support
T9
Text On Nine Keys
TA
Terminal Adapter
TaaS
Testing-as-a-Service
TACACS
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
TACT
Total Average Cycle Time
TAPI
Telephony Application Program Interface
tar
Tape Archive
TB
Terabyte
TCAM
Ternary Content-Addressable Memory
TCB
Trusted Computing Base
TCG
Trusted Computing Group
Tcl
Tool Command Language
Tcl/Tk
Tool Command Language
TCM
Time Critical Manufacturing
TCO
Total Cost Of Ownership
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TD-SCDMA
Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access
TDC
Total Delivered Cost
TDD
Telecommunications Display Device or Test-Driven Development
TDL-4
Tdss or Alureon
TDM
Team Data Manager
TDMA
Time Division Multiple Access
Teen Buzz
Mosquito Teen Repeller
Telco
Telephone Company
Telecommunications"
TETRA
Terrestrial Trunked Radio
TEWE
Technology For Enterprise-Wide Engineering
TFT
Thin-Film Transistor
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TGT
Authentication Ticket or Ticket-Granting Ticket
THz
Terahertz
TIA
Total Information Awareness
TIC
Trusted Internet Connections
TIFF
Tag Image File Format
TIG
Technology Implementation Group
TIM
Test Inspection Measurement
TIN number
Taxpayer Identification Number
Tk
Tool Kit
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
TLA
Three Letter Acronym
TLC flash
Triple Level Cell Flash
TLD
Top-Level Domain
TLS
Transport Layer Security
TM software
Talent Management Software
TMN
Telecommunications Management Network
TMQL
Topic Map Query Language
TMS
Transportation Management System
TN display
Twisted Nematic Display
TOC
Theory Of Constraints
TOE
Unified Field Theory or Theory Of Everything
TOGAF
The Open Group Architecture Framework
TOLED
Transparent organic Light-Emitting Device
TOP
Technical Office Protocol
Topic Map
Iso/Iec Standard 13250:2000
TOPS
Team oriented Problem Solving
TOTP
Time-Based One-Time Password
TP
Thin Provisioning
TP0-TP4
Transport Protocols 0 To 4
TPA
Technology and Product Assurance
TPC
Transaction Processing Performance Council
TPI
Total Profit Improvement
TPM
Trusted Platform Module
TPOP
Time-Phased order Point
TPS
Terminal Proxy Server
TPU
Tensor Processing Unit
TQC
Total Quality Control
TQM
Total Quality Management
TrackPoint
Pointing Stick
TRI
Toxic Release Inventory
TRILL
Transparent Interconnection Of Lots Of Links
TRON
The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus
TRT
Transition Tree
TSAP
Transport Services Access Point
TSCA
Toxic Substances Control Act
TSR
Terminate and Stay Resident
TTL
Transistor-To-Transistor Logic
TTS
Text-To-Speech
TtV
Time To Value
TTY
Teletypewriter
TURN
Traversal Using Relay Nat
TVA
Throughput Value Added
TWG
Technology Working Group
TWT
Traveling-Wave Tube
Type I Error
False Rejection
Type II Error
False Acceptance
U
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UAT
User Acceptance Testing
UBE
Unsolicited Bulk Email
UBL
Universal Business Language
UC
Unit Cost
UCaaS
Unified Communications-as-a-Service
UCE
Unsolicited Commercial Email
UCS
Unified Computing System
UDA
Universal Data Access
UDDI
Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration
UDF
Universal Disk Format
UDID
Unique Device Identifier
UDO
Ultra Density Optical
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
UGC
User-Generated Content
UHDTV
Ultra High-Definition TV
UHDV
Ultra High Definition Video
UHF
Ultrahigh Frequency
UI
User Interface
UIA
User Installed Application
UID
Unique Identifier
UIML
User Interface Markup Language
ULA
Oracle Unlimited License Agreement
Ultra DMA or UDMA
Ultra Direct Memory Access
UM server
Unified Messaging Server
UMLS
Unified Medical Language System
UMS
Unified Messaging System
UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System or Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service
UNC
Universal Naming Convention
UPN
User Principal Name
UPnP
Universal Plug and Play
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
URL Poisoning
Location Poisoning
URL Rewriting
URL Manipulation
URN
Uniform Resource Name
USB
Universal Serial Bus, Usb 3.0, Superspeed USB
USB 3.0
Superspeed USB
USGCB
United States Government Configuration Baseline
USP
Unique Selling Point
USSD
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
USSS
United States Secret Service
UTC, GMT, CUT
Coordinated Universal Time
UTF-16
16- Bit Unicode Transformation Format
UTM
Unified Threat Management
UUCP
Unix-To-Unix Copy Protocol
UUID
Universal Unique Identifier
UX
User Experience
UXGA
Ultra Extended Graphics Array
V
V/m
Volt Per Meter
V2P
Virtual To Physical
V2V
Virtual To Virtual
VA
Volt-Ampere
VAAI
Vstorage Apis For Array Integration
VAD
Value Added Distribution
VAL IT
Value From It Investments
VAMP
Vstorage Api For Multipathing
VAN
Value-Added Network
VAR agreement
Value-Added Reseller Agreement
VASA
Vstorage Apis For Storage Awareness
VAX
Virtual Address Extension
VB
Visual Basic
VB.NET or VB .NET
Visual Basic .Net
VBI
Vertical Blanking Interval
VBN
Visitor-Based Networking
vBNS
Very High-Speed Backbone Network Service
VBR
Vouch By Reference
VBS
Visual Basic Script
VC
Venture Capital
vCAC
Vmware Vcloud Automation Center
VCB proxy
Vmware Consolidated Backup Proxy
VCD
Video Cd or Video Compact Disc
VCDX
Vmware Certified Design Expert
vCLI
Vsphere Command-line Interface
VCP
Vmware Certified Professional
vCPU
Virtual Central Processing Unit
VCS
Version Control Systems
VCSEL
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser
vCSHB
Vmware Vcenter Server Heartbeat
VDA
Virtual Desktop Access
vDGA
Virtual Dedicated Graphics Acceleration
VDI
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
VDT
Video Display Terminal, Visual Display Terminal
VDU
Video Display Unit
VE
Value Engineering
Verizon VERIS
Vocabulary For Event Recording and Incident Sharing
Vertical SaaS
Vertical Software-as-a-Service
VESA VL bus
Vesa Local Bus
VFAT
Virtual File Allocation Table
VFIIP
Virtual Factory Information Interchange Project
VFS
Virtual File System
VG
Volume Group
vGPU
Virtual Gpu
VHD
Virtual Hard Disk
VHDCI
Very High Density Cable Interconnect
VHDX
Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk
VHE
Virtual Home Environment
VHF
Very High Frequency
VHS
Video Home System
VI3
Vmware Infrastructure 3
VIM
Vendor Independent Messaging
VIP
Very Important Person (High ranking personnel)
Viper
Transaction Server
Virtual ISP
Virtual Internet Service Provider, Visp or Visp
Vishing
Voice or VOIP Phishing
VITC
Vertical Interval Time Code
VK
Vkontakte
VLAN
Virtual Lan
VLAN hopping
Virtual Local Area Network Hopping
VLDB
Very Large Database
VLE
Virtual Learning Environment
VLER
Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record
VLIW
Very Long Instruction Word
vlog
Video Blog
VLSI
Very Large Scale Integration
VLSM
Variable-Length Subnet Mask
VM
Virtual Machine
VMBus
Microsoft Virtual Machine Bus
VMDK file
Virtual Machine Disk File
VMI
Vendor Managed Inventory
VML
Vector Markup Language
VMLM
Virtual Machine Lifecycle Management
VMM
Virtual Machine Monitor
VMO
Vendor Management Office
VMQ
Virtual Machine Queue
VMS
Virtual Memory System or Vendor Management System
VMUG
Vmware User Group
VMware DRS
Distributed Resource Scheduler
VMware EVC
Vmware Enhanced Vmotion Compatibility
VMware OVF Tool
Vmware Open Virtualization Format Tool
VMware vCAT
Vmware Vcloud Architecture Toolkit
VMware vCMA
Vmware Vcenter Mobile Access
VMware VDPA
Vmware Vsphere Data Protection Advanced
VMware vFRC
Vmware Vsphere Flash Read Cache
VMware VMCI
Vmware Virtual Machine Communication Interface
VMware VMFS
Virtual Machine File System
VMware vMSC
Vmware Vsphere Metro Storage Cluster
VMware VSAN
Vmware Virtual San
VMXNET3
Vmxnet Generation 3
VNC
Virtual Network Computing
vNUMA
Virtual Numa
VOB
Versioned Object Base
VOC
Voice Of The Customer
VoD
Video On Demand
voice ID
Voice Authentication
VoIP
Voice Over IP
VOIPSA
Voice Over IP Security Alliance
VOVA
Vsphere Openstack Virtual Appliance
VoWLAN
Voice Over WLAN
VoXML
Voice Markup Language
VP
Value Proposition
VPC
Virtual Private Cloud
VPD
Virtual Private Database
VPDM
Virtual Product Data Management
VPG
Virtual Private Gateway
VPLS
Virtual Private Lan Service
VPM
Virtual Product Model
VPN
Virtual Private Network
VPS
Virtual Private Server
VRAM
Video Ram
VRF
Virtual Routing and Forwarding
VRM
Vendor Risk Management
VRML
Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VRRP
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
VSA
Virtual Storage Appliance
VSAM
Virtual Storage Access Method
VSAN
Virtual Storage Area Network
VSAT
Very Small Aperture Terminal
VSB
Vestigial Sideband
VSE
Visual Studio Express
VSM
Virtual Supervisor Module
VSMP
Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing
VSP
Virtual Storage Portal
VSPP
Vmware Service Provider Program
VSTO
Visual Studio Tools For Office or Microsoft Visual Studio Tools
VSTS
Visual Studio Team System
VTAM
Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
VTL
Virtual Tape Library
VUM
Vmware Vsphere Update Manager
VXLAN
Virtual Extensible Local Area Network
VXLAN Gateway
Virtual Extensible Vlan Gateway
W
W-CDMA
Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access
W2K
Windows 2000
W32/Rjump
Ravmone Virus
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WAAS
Wide Area Application Services
WAE
Wide Area Ethernet
WAF
Web Application Firewall
WAFS
Wide-Area File Services
WAIS
Wide Area Information Servers
WAN
Wide Area Network
WAP
Web Application Protection or Wireless Application Protocol
WAPI
Wlan Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure
WARN
Workers' Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
WASC
Web Application Security Consortium
WASP
Wireless Application Service Provider
WATS
Wide-Area Telephone Service
WAX
Wireless Abstract XML
WBEM
Web-Based Enterprise Management
WBI
Web Intermediaries
WBMP
Wireless Bitmap
WBS
Work Breakdown Schedule or Work Breakdown Structure
WCET
Worst-Case Execution Time
WCF
Windows Communication Foundation
WCM
Web Content Management
WCS
Wireless Communications Service or Warehouse Control System
WDF
Web Development Framework
WDM
Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
WDS
Wireless Distribution System or Windows Deployment Services
WDSC
Websphere Development Studio Client
WDT
Watchdog Timer
WebDAV
World Wide Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning
WebOps
Web Operations
WebRTC
Web Real-Time Communications
WEEE
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
WF or WinWF
Windows Workflow Foundation
WFM
Workforce Management
WFO
Workforce Optimization
WFQ
Weighted Fair Queueing
WGA
Windows Genuine Advantage
WGate
Web Gateway
Wh
Watt-Hour
WHATWG
Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
WHQL
Windows Hardware Quality Labs
Wi-Fi finder
Wi-Fi Signal Finder, Wi-Fi Seeker or Wi-Fi Locator
WiBB
Wireless Broadband
WIC
Wan Interface Card
WiDEN
Wideband Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
WIM
Windows Imaging Format
WiMAX
Worldwide Interoperability For Microwave Access
WIMP
Windows, Icons, Mouse, and Pull-Down Menus
WinAMP
Windows Audio Mpeg Player
WinChip
Winchip C6
WinDirStat
Windows Directory Statistics
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses.
Windows 9x
Windows 95 or Windows 98
Windows Me
Windows Millenium Edition Operating System
Windows NT
Windows New Technology Edition Operating System
Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a milestone release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP.
Windows XP
Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. It is the direct successor to Windows 2000 for professional users and Windows Me for home users.
WinFS
Windows File System
WinFX
.NET Framework 3.0
WinPE
Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment
WinRM
Windows Remote Management
WINS
Windows Internet Naming Service
WIP
Work In Process
Wireless ISP or WISP
Wireless Internet Service Provider
Wireless WAN
Wireless Wide Area Network
WMF
Microsoft Windows Management Framework
WMI
Windows Management Instrumentation
WMIC
Windows Management Instrumentation Command Line
WML
Wireless Markup Language
WMM
Wi-Fi Multimedia
WMN
Wireless Mesh Network
WMP
Windows Media Player
WMS
Warehouse Management System
WMTS
Wireless Medical Telemetry Services
WorA
Write Once, Run Anywhere
Work Folders
Windows Server 2012 R2
WorM
Write Once, Read Many
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPAD
Web Proxy Autodiscovery
WPAN
Wireless Personal Area Network
WPAS
Windows Process Activation Service
WPF
Windows Presentation Foundation
WRAM
Window Ram
WS 2012
Windows Server 2012
WS-AT
Ws-Atomictransaction
WS-Coordination
Web Services Coordination
WS-I organization
Web Services Interoperability
WS-Policy
Web Services Policy Framework Specifications
WS-Security
Web Services Security
WS-Trust
Web Services Trust Language
WSCI
Web Service Choreography Interface
WSD
White Space Device
WSDL
Web Services Description Language
WSFC
Windows Server Failover Clustering
WSP
Wireless Service Provider
WSS
Windows Sharepoint Services
WSTx
Web Services Transactions
WSUS
Windows Server Update Services
WTLS
Wireless Transport Layer Security
WTO
World Trade organization
WTS
Terminal Server Product or Microsoft Windows Terminal Server
WUE
Water Usage Effectiveness
WUSB
Wireless Usb
WWN
World Wide Name
WWW
World Wide Web
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get
WYSIWYP
What You See Is What You Print
X
X-Engineering
Cross-Engineering
X9
Asc X9
XaaS
Anything-as-a-Service
XACML
Extensible Access Control Markup Language
XAM
Extensible Access Method
XAML
Extensible Application Markup Language
XBRL
Extensible Business Reporting Language
XCCDF
Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format
XDMA
Xing Distributed Media Architecture
XFDL
Extensible Forms Description Language
XGA and XGA-2
Extended Graphics Array
XHTML
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XMI
XML Metadata Interchange
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XML infoset
XML Information Set
XMPP
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
XMT
Extensible Mpeg-4 Textual
XNS
Extensible Name Service
XorP
Extensible Open Router Platform
XP
Extreme Programming
XPRL
Extensible Public Relations Language
XQL
XML Query Language
XrML
Extensible Rights Markup Language
XSD
XML Schema Definition
XSL
Extensible Stylesheet Language
XSLT
XSL Transformations
XSRF or CSRF
Cross-Site Request Forgery
XSS
Cross-site Scripting
XST
Cross-Site Tracing
XUL
Extensible User-Interface Language
Y
Y2K
Year 2000
YMS
Yard Management System
YUM
Yellowdog Updater, Modified
Z
Zbot
Zeus Trojan
ZBR
Zoned-Bit Recording
ZBT
Zero-Based Thinking
ZIF Socket
Zero Insertion Force Socket
Zope
Z Object Publishing Environment
ZRTP
Zimmermann Real-Time Transport Protocol
ZV Port
Zoomed Video Port

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