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There are currently 266 acronyms in this directory beginning with the letter S.
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

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