BABEL :
A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms
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First compiled when I became frustrated while reading magazine
articles, help wanted ads and equipment for sale brochures....all
pertaining to computers....where the following Abbreviations and
Acronyms were used and their meanings were either not known to me
or were not immediately available. I have actually seen (or have
been told about) these combinations of letters used at one time or
another in magazines, newspapers, handbooks, etc. They apply to
personal computers, multimedia, communications, programming,
networking, etc......you name it. This glossary can never be
considered complete so look over the entries and let me have your
feedback. If you find errors or if you can suggest additions, they
will be most welcome (See NOTE 1). If you can help, you have my
thanks in advance.
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Letter groups followed with " * " were used before 1965. At
some of these, historical information is noted. For brief
interpretations of "smiley faces" and other informal expressions
used in electronic mail messages, see APPENDIX B. For a partial
list of Country Domain Names, see APPENDIX C.
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Jan 1999 version = 99A Jan 2000 version = 00A
May 1999 version = 99B May 2000 version = 00B
Sep 1999 version = 99C Sep 2000 version = 00C
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AA Auto Answer
AAB All-to-All Broadcast
AAL Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaption Layer
AAP Applications Access Point [DEC]
AAS All-to-All Scatter
AASP ASCII Asynchronous Support Package
AAT Average Access Time
ABC * Atanasoff-Berry Computer (First digital
calculating machine that used vacuum tubes)
ABEND Abnormal End
ABI Application Binary Interface
ABIOS Advanced BIOS
ABIST Automatic Built-In Self-Test [IBM]
ABLE Adaptive Battery Life Extender
ABR Available Bit Rate
ABRS Automated Book Request System [British Library]
ABS Address Book Synchronization [IBM] + Absolute
ABT Abort
ABTS ASCII Block Terminal Services
AC Autocheck + Automatic Computer + Alternating Current
ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol
ACC Accumulator
ACCMAIL Accessing the Internet Via Email
ACD Automatic Call Distribution
ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface
ACE Access Control Encryption/Entry +
Advanced Computing Environment [SCO] +
Adverse Channel Enhancements [Microcom] +
* Automatic Computing Engine
ACF Access Control Field +
Advanced Communications Function
ACH Automated Clearing House
ACIAS Automated Calibration Interval Analysis System
ACIS American Committee for Interoperable Systems
ACK Acknowledgment
ACL Access Control List
ACM Association for Computing Machinery
Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft]
ACMS Application Control Management System
ACP Ancillary Control Program + Auxilary Control Process
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACR Allowed Cell Rate
ACROSS Automated Cargo Release and Operations
Service System
ACS Access + Access Control Set + Access Control System +
* Advanced Computer System [IBM] +
Anti Curl System + Asynchronous Communication Server
ACTS Automated Computer Time Service
ACTT Advanced Communication and Timekeeping Technology [Seiko]
ACU Automatic Calling Unit
A/D Analog to Digital
ADA Automatic Data Acquisitions +
(Programming Language named after Augusta Ada Lovelace)
ADB Apple Desktop Bus
ADC Adaptive Data Compression (protocol) [Hayes] +
Add with Carry + Analog to Digital Converter
ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures
ADD Automatic Document Detection [WordPerfect]
ADF Automatic Document Feeder +
Automatically Defined Function
.ADF Adapter Description File (file name extension)
ADI AutoCad/AutoDesk Device Interface (driver)
ADL Address Data Latch
ADLAT Adaptive Lattice Filter
ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression [IBM] +
Asynchronous Data Link Control
ADMACS Apple Document Mangagement And Conrol System
ADMD Administrative Management Domain [X.400]
.ADN Add In Utility (file name extension)
[Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
ADO Active Data Objects
ADP Automatic Data Processing
ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADR Address
ADS Application Development Solutions [AT&T] +
Application Development System +
Automatic Distribution System
ADSC Address Status Changed +
Adobe Document Structuring Conventions
ADSI Active Directory Service Interface [Microsoft] +
Analog Display Services Interface
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADSP Apple Datastream Protocol
ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
ADT Abstract Data Type + Application Data Types
ADU Automatic Dialing Unit
AE Above or Equal
AEB Analog Expansion Bus [Dialogic]
AEC Architecture, Engineering, Construction
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AESA ATM End System Address
AF Auxiliary carry Flag
AFA Accelerated File Access
AFC Automatic Font Change + Automatic Frequency Control
AFD Automatic File Distribution
AFDW Active Framework for Data Warehousing [Microsoft]
AFI Authority and Format Identifier
AFII Association for Font Information Interchange
AFIRM Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match
AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System
.AFM Adobe Font Metrics (file name extension) [Adobe Systems]
AFP Advanced Function Presentation [IBM] +
Appletalk Filing Protocol [Macintosh]
AFS Andrew File System (protocols)
AFTP Anonymous File Transfer Protocol
AGA Advanced Graphics Adapter
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AGP Accelerated/Advanced Graphics Port
AGRAS Antiglare-Antireflective-Antistatic
AGU Address-Generation Unit
AHS Automated Highway Systems
AI Analog Input + Artificial Intelligence
AIA Applications Integration Architecture [DEC]
AIC AIXwindows Interface Composer [IBM]
AIF Audio Interchange Format
AIIM Association for Information and Image Management
AIN Advanced Intelligent Network [Bell Atlantic]
AIR Architecture Implementation Review
AIS Automated Identification System [NCIC]
AISB Association of Imaging Service Bureaus
AISP Association of Information Systems Professionals
AIT Advanced Intelligent Tape (drive) [Sony]
AIX Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM]
ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuits +
Automatic Level Control
ALE Address Latch Enable +
Application Linking and Embedding
ALGOL Algorithmic Oriented Language (see IAL)
ALIBI Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases
of Information
ALINK Active Link [HTML]
ALIWEB Archie Like Indexing in the Web [Internet]
ALN Asynchronous Learning Network
ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc.
ALT Alternate (mode)
ALT. Alternate lifestyle [USENET Newsgroup Category]
ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMA Automatic Message Accounting
AMANDDA Automated Messaging and Directory Assistance
AMD Active Matrix Display +
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
AMI American Megatrends, Inc.
AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture
[Everex Systems]
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
ANCOVA Analysis of Covariance
ANDF Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format
ANI Automatic Number Identification
.ANI Animated Cursor (file name extension) [Microsoft]
ANN Artificial Neural Network
.ANN Annotations (file name extension) [IBM]
ANOVA Analysis Of Variance
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ANX Automotive Network Exchange [Chrysler/Ford/
General Motors]
AO Analog Output
AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment
AO/DI Always On/Dynamic ISDN
AOE Application Operating Environment [AT&T]
AOL America Online
AOS Add Or Subtract
AP Adjunct Processor + Application Processor
A/P Accounts Payable
APA Adaptive Packet Assembly +
All Points Addressable +
Arithmetic Processing Accelerator
APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report [IBM]
APAREN Address Parity Enable [IBM]
APCUG Association of PC User Groups
API Application Program Interface
APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (bus) [Intel]
APIS Advanced Passenger Information System
APL * A Programming Language (Mathematics)
APM Advanced Power Management [IBM]
APNIC Asia-Pacific Network Information Center [Internet]
APOP Authenticated Post Office Protocol
.APP Application (file name extension) [R:Base]
APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communications [IBM]
APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking
APPLETS Applications
APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking [IBM]
APPS Applications
APRP Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing
APS Advanced Photo System + Advanced Printing Service [IBM]
Asynchronous Protocol Specification
APSE ADA Programming Support Environment
APT Address Pass Through +
Advanced Parallel Technology +
Automatically Programmed Tools
A/R Accounts Receivable
ARA AppleTalk Remote Access
ARAG Antireflective-Antiglare
ARAS Antireflective-Antistatic
.ARC Archive (file name extension)
ARCA Advanced RISC Computing Architecture
ARCnet Attached Resource Computer Network
.ARJ Compressed File (file name extension) [Jung]
ARL Adjusted Ring Length
ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited
ARM Advanced RISC Machine (processor) +
Annotated Reference Manual +
Asynchronous Response Mode
ARMA Association of Records Managers and Administrators
ARP Address Resolution Protocol [Novell]
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ARPL Adjust Requested Privilege Level
ARTA Apple Real Time Architecture
ARTIC A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor [IBM]
ARTS Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server
.ARTS Cultural Groups (Domain Name) [Internet]
ARTT Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal
ARQ Automatic Repeat Request
ARU Audio Response Unit
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