Internet Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Internet Acronyms

• JDK — Java Developers (Development) Kit
• JEIDA — Japan Electronic Industry Development Association
• JFIF — JPEG File Interchange Format
• JPEG — Joint Photographic Experts Group
• KB — Kilobit
• KB — Kilobyte
• KBPS — Kilobits Per Second
• L2TP — Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
• LAN — Local Area Network
• LAWN — Local-Area Wireless Network
• LBA — Logical Block Addressing
• LBV — Layered Biometric Verification
• LCD — Liquid-Crystal Display
• LDAP — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
• LED — Light Emitting Diode
• LEP — Light Emitting Polymers
• LGMR — Laser Guided Magnetic Recording
• LI-ION — Lithium Ion
• LIFO — Last In, First Out
• LILO — Linux Loader
• LIM — Lifeline Interface Module
• LIM — Lotus-Intel-Microsoft
• LMB — Left Mouse Button
• LPM — Lifeline Port Module
• LPM — Lines Per Minute
• LPT — Local Printer Terminal
• LTO — Linear Tape Open
• LZW — Lempel-Zif-Welsh
• MAE — Metropolitan Area Exchange (Ethernet)
• MAN — Metropolitan Area Network
• MAPI — Messaging Application Programming Interface
• MARS — Multi-player Animated Role-playing System
• MATHML — Mathematical Markup Language
• MAU — Media Access Unit
• MAU — Multistation Access Unit
• MB — Megabit
• MB — Megabyte
• MBPS — Megabits Per Second
• MBR — Master Boot Record
• MCA — Micro Channel Architecture
• MCGA — Multi-Color Graphics Array
• MCI — Media Control Interface
• MDA — Monochrome Display Adapter
• MDC — Metadata Coalition
• MDI — Multiple Document Interface
• MDIS — Metadata Interchange Specification
• MEMS — MicroElectro-Mechanical System
• MFLOPS — Millions of Floating Point Operations Per Second
• MFM — Modified Frequency Modulation
• MIB — Management Information Base
• MICR — Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (Reader)
• MIDI — Musical Instrument Digital Interface
• MIF — Management Information Format
• MILNET — Military Network
• MIME — Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
• MIPS — Millions of Instructions Per Second
• MIS — Management Information System
• MIS — Management Information Services
• MLC — Multilevel Cell
• MMDS — Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System
• MMU — Memory Management Unit
• MMX — Matrix Math Extensions (Multimedia Extensions)
• MNG — Multiple-image Network Graphics
• MNP — Microcom Networking Protocol
• MODEM — Modulator/Demodulator
• MOF — Meta Object Facility
• MOO — Mud, Object Oriented
• MOS — Metal Oxide Semiconductor
• MOSFET — Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
• MOSIS — MOS Implementation System
• MOSS — Mime Object Security Services
• MP3 — MPEG Layer 3
• MPC — Matchbox PC
• MPC — Multimedia Personal Computer
• MPEG — Motion Picture Experts Group
• MPI — Message Passing Interface
• MRC — Magneto-Resistive Cluster
• MS-DOS — Microsoft Disk Operating System
• MSN — Microsoft Network
• MTA — Media Terminal Adapter
• MTBF — Mean Time Between Failure
• MTU — Maximum Transmission Unit
• MUD — Multiple User (or Multi-User) Dungeon (Dimension)
• MUSH — Multi-User Shared Hallucination
• MVS — Multiple Virtual Storage
• NAP — Network Access Point
• NAS — Network-Attached Storage
• NAT — Network Address Translation
• NCSA — National Center For Supercomputing Applications
• NDIS — Network Driver Interface Specification
• NDMP — Network Data Management Protocol
• NDS — Novell Directory Services
• NETBEUI — Network BIOS Extended User Interface
• NETBIOS — Network Basic Input Output System
• NFS — Network File System
• NGI — Next Generation Internet
• NIC — Network Interface Card
• NIMH — Nickel Metal Hydride
• NNTP — Network News Transfer Protocol
• NOP — No Operation