A
ATM: Automated teller machine
ATM: Asynchronous transfer mode
AVI: Audio/video interleaved
AUI: Attachment unit interface
ALU: arithmetic logic unit
AMD: Advanced micro devices
AI: Artificial intelligence
ADS: Alternate data stream
AES: Asynchronous event scheduler
ADP: Automatic data processing
ACL: Access control list
A/D: Analog to digital
ACD: Automatic call distributor
API: Application program interface
APP: Application portability profile
APM: Advanced power management
ARQ: Automatic repeat request
ARP: Address resolution protocol
ASAP: Activate secure authentication protocol
ASP: Active server pages
ASP: Application service provider
AML: Astronomy markup language
AN: Active network
AMPS: Advanced mobile phone system
AWT: Abstract windows toolkit
B
B2B: Business-to-business
BASIC: Beginners all-purpose symbolic instruction code
BAPI: Business application programming interface
BAT: Bandwidth allocation technology
BSS: Bulletin board system
BCC: Blind carbon copy
BCC: Block check character
BCD: Binary coded decimal
BDP: Bandwidth-delay product
BGA: Ball-grid array
BGP: Border gateway protocol
BIOS: Basic input/output system
BICMOS: Bipolar complementary metal oxide semiconductor
BIT: Binary digit
BLOB: Binary large object
BPEL: Business process execution language
BPL: Bits per line
BPP: Bits per pixel
BPS: Bits per second
BRI: Basic-rate interface
BSC: Base station controller
BSD: Berkeley software distribution
BSML: Biosequence markup language
BSWD: Bellsouth intelligent wireless data network
c
CPU: Central Processing Unit
CD: Compact Disc
CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CD-R: Compact Disc Recordable
CD-RW: Compact Disc Rewritable
CDE: Common Desktop Environment
CDN: Content Delivery Network
CDP: Continuous Data Protection
CG: Computer Graphics
CGI: Computer-Generated Imagery
CGI: Computer Gateway Interface
CMOS: Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CM: Configuration Management
CM: Content Management
CMS: Content Management System
CRT: Cathode Ray Tube
CLI: Command Line Interpreter
CRC: Cyclical Redundancy Check
CSU: Channel Service Unit
CDI: Common data interface
CAD: Computer-aided design
CAE: Computer-aided engineering
CASE: Computer-aided software engineering
CBT: Computer-based training
CCI: Common content inspection
CD-I: Compact disc-interactive
CD-PROM: Compact disc-programmable read only memory
CDDI: Copper data distribution interface
CDF: Channel definition format
CDFS: Compact disc file system
CDRM: Cached dynamic random access memory
CDPD: Cellular digital packet data
CGA: Color graphics adapter
CGM: Computer graphics metafile
CMS: color management system
COM: Component object model
COMDEX: Communications and data processing Exposition
CSS: cascading style sheets
CSU: Channel service unit
CSV: Comma-separated value/variable
CTI: Computer-telephony integration
CYBORG: Cybernetic Organism
D
DVI: Digital Video Interface
DDR: Double Data Rate
DDR2: Double Data Rate 2
DDR3: Double Data Rate 3
DVD: Digital Versatile Disc
DVD-RW: Digital Versatile Disc Rewritable
DVD-R: Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DV: Digital Video
DSU: Data Service Unit
DEC: Digital Equipment Corporation
DCE: Data communications equipment
DNS: Domain Name System
DES: Data encryption Standard
DRAM: Dynamic Random-Access Memory
DSL: Digital Subscriber Line
DMI: Desktop Management Interface
DTE: Data terminal Equipment.
DAC: Digital-to-analog converter
DAO: Data access objects
DAO: Disk at once
DASD: Direct access storage device
DAT: Digital audio tape
DB: Database
DB2: Database 2
DBMS: Database management system
DCC: Direct cable connection
DCI: Display control interface
DDE: Dynamic data exchange
DDI: Direct draw interface
DIF: Data interchange format
DIF: Directory interchange format
DMCA: Digital millennium copyright act
DMI: Desktop management interface
DNS: Domain name service(system)
DOS: Disk operating System
DSP: Digital signal processor
DSR: Data set ready
DSU: Data service unit
DTD: Document type definition
DTE: Data termination(terminal) equipment
DUN: Dail-up network
DFX: Data exchange file(format)
E
EDGE: Enhanced data rate for global evolution
EDI: Electronic data interchange
EDO RAM: Extended data-out random access memory
EDP: Electronic data processing
EDRAM: Enhanced dynamic random access memory
EEMS: Enhanced extended memory specification
EEPROM: Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
EPROM: Erasable programmable read-only memory
EFT: Electronic funds transfer
EGA: Enhanced graphics adapter
EIA: Electronic industries alliance(association)
ELD: Electro luminescent display
ELF: Extremely low frequency
EMM: Expanded memory manager
EMS: Expanded memory specification
EOF: End of file
EPP: Enhanced parallel port
ESC: Escape character
ESCD: Extended system configuration data
ESDI:Enhanced system device interface
EULA: End user license agreement
EXIF: Exchangeable image file
F
FTP – File Transfer Protocol
FPGA – Field-Programmable Gate Array
FDD – Floppy Disk Drive
FAT – File Allocation Table
FQDN – Fully Qualified Domain Name
FDM – Frequency Division Multiplexing
FCP – Fibre Channel Protocol
FDM – Frequency Division Multiplexing
FCoE – Fibre Channel over Ethernet
FLOSS – Free/Libre and Open Source Software.
FPM – Floating Point Operations Per Second
FMC – Fixed Mobile Convergence
FMEA – Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
FSK – Frequency-Shift Keying
FMCW – Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave
FIR – Finite Impulse Response
FOS – Fiber Optic System
FOTA – Firmware Over-The-Air
FMS – Flight Management System
FDDI – Fiber Distributed Data Interface.