Internet Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Internet Acronyms

• A/D — Analog To Digital
• A/V — Audio/Visual
• AAC — Advanced Audio Coding
• AARP — AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
• ABBH — Average Bouncing Busy Hour
• ABC — Atanasoff-Berry Computer
• ABEND — Abnormal End
• AC — Alternating Current
• ACD — Automatic Call Distributor
• ACES — Asia Cellular Satellite System
• ACK — Acknowledge Character
• ACL — Access Control List
• ACM — Association For Computing Machinery
• ACPI — Advanced Configuration And Power Interface
• ACTA — America’s Carriers Telecommunications Association
• ACU — Automatic Calling Unit
• ADB — Apple Desktop Bus
• ADCCP — Advanced Data Communications Control Protocol
• ADO — ActiveX Data Objects
• ADP — Automatic Data Processing
• ADPCM — Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
• ADS — Alternate Data Streams
• ADSL — Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• ADVEIS — Anti-Virus Dependent Vulnerabilities In E-mail Infrastructure Security
• AES — Asynchronous Event Scheduler
• AFAIK — As Far As I Know
• AGP — Accelerated Graphics Port
• AH — Authentication Header
• AI — Artificial Intelligence
• AIFF — Audio Interchange File Format
• AIFF-C — Audio Interchange File Format
• AIML — Astronomical Instrument Markup Language
• AIX — Advanced Interactive Executive
• ALGOL — Algorithmic Language
• ALU — Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• AMANDA — Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
• AMD — Advanced Micro Devices
• AML — Astronomy Markup Language
• AMP — Advanced Metal Powder
• AMPS — Advanced Mobile Phone System
• AMS — American Mobile Satellite Corporation
• AN — Active Network
• ANSA — Adaptive Network Security Alliance
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute
• AOL — America Online
• APA — All Points Addressable
• API — Application Program(ming) Interface
• APM — Advanced Power Management
• APP — Application Portability Profile
• APWG — Anti-Phishing Working Group
• ARLL — Advanced Run Length Limited
• ARM — Advanced (Acorn) RISC Machine
• ARM — Advanced RISC Machines Ltd
• ARP — Address Resolution Protocol
• ARPA — Advanced Research Projects Agency
• ARQ — Automatic Repeat Request
• ASAP — Activate Secure Authentication Protocol
• ASAP — As Soon As Possible
• ASCII — American Standard Code For Information Interchange
• ASF — ActiveMovie Streaming Format
• ASIC — Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
• ASP — Active Server Pages
• ASP — Application Service Provider
• ASP — Association of Shareware Professionals
• AT — Attention
• ATA — AT Attachment
• ATL — Active (ActiveX) Template Library
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• AUI — Attachment Unit Interface
• AVI — Audio/Video Interleaved Format
• AWHFY — Are We Having Fun Yet
• AWT — Abstract Windows Toolkit
• B-ISDN — Broadband-Integrated Services Digital Network
• B2B — Business-to-Business
• BAPI — Business Application Programming Interface
• BASIC — Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
• BAT — Bandwidth Allocation Technology
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• BCC — Blind Carbon Copy
• BCC — Block Check Character
• BCD — Binary Coded Decimal
• BDP — Bandwidth-delay Product
• BEDO RAM — Burst EDO RAM
• BEOS — Be, Inc. Operating System
• BG — Big Grin
• BGA — Ball-grid Array
• BGP — Border Gateway Protocol
• BICMOS — Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
• BIOS — Basic Input/Output System
• BIT — Binary Digit
• BITNET — Because Its Time Network
• BLOB — Binary Large Object
• BNC — Bayonet Neill Concelman
• BOOTP — BOOTstrap Protocol
• 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