Internet Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Internet Acronyms

• NOS — Network Operating System
• NSAPI — Netscape Server API
• NSF — National Science Foundation
• NSFNET — National Science Foundation Network
• NSP — Network Service Provider
• NTFS — NT File System
• NTSC — National Television Standards Committee
• NUMA — Non-Uniform Memory Access
• NURBS — Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline
• NVRAM — Non-Volatile RAM
• OC — Optical Carrier
• OCR — Optical Character Recognition
• OCX — OLE Custom Control
• ODBC — Open Database Connectivity
• ODI — Open Data-link Interface
• OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturer
• OIM — Open Information Model
• OLAP — Online Analytical Processing
• OLE — Object Linking And Embedding
• OLED — Organic Light-Emitting Diode
• OLTP — On-Line Transaction Processing
• OMG — Object Management Group
• OMG — Oh My God
• OOP — Object-Oriented Programming
• OPENSRS — Open Shared Registration System
• OPSEC — Open Platform For Secure Enterprise Connectivity Alliance
• OSF — Open Software Foundation
• OSI — Open System Interconnection
• OSPF — Open Shortest Path First
• OSR — OEM System Release
• OTOH — On The Other Hand
• P-SRAM — Pseudo-Static RAM
• P3P — Platform For Privacy Preferences
• PAD — Portable Application Description
• PAL — Phase Alternating Line
• PAL — Programmable Array Logic
• PAN — Personal Area Network
• PAP — Password Authentication Protocol
• PB SRAM — Pipelined Burst Static RAM
• PBX — Private Branch Exchange
• PC — Personal Computer
• PC/TV — Personal Computer And Television
• PCB — Printed Circuit Board
• PCI — Peripheral Component Interface
• PCL — Printer Control Language
• PCM — Pulse Code Modulation
• PCMCIA — Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
• PCS — Personal Communications System
• PDA — Personal Digital Assistant
• PDC — Primary Domain Controller
• PDF — Portable Document Format
• PDL — Page Description Language
• PE — Portable Executable
• PERL — Practical Extraction And Report Language
• PFR — Portable Font Resource
• PGA — Pad Grid Array
• PGA — Pin Grid Array
• PGA — Professional Graphic Adapter
• PGM — Pragmatic General Multicast / Pretty Good Multicast
• PGP — Pretty Good Privacy
• PHB — Photochemical Hole Burning
• PHP — PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (Personal Home Page)
• PIC — Programmable Interrupt Controller
• PICNIC — Problem In Chair, Not In Computer
• PIF — Program Information File
• PIM — Personal Information Manager
• PIN — Personal Identification Number
• PING — Packet Internet Groper
• PIO — Programmed Input Output
• PIP — Peripheral Interchange Program
• PISO — Parallel-In/Serial-Out
• PITA — Pain In The Ass / Arse
• PJTF — Portable Job Ticket Format
• PKI — Public Key Infrastructure
• PLA — Programmable Logic Array
• PLD — Programmable Logic Device
• PMML — Predictive Modeling Markup Language
• PMS — Pantone Matching System
• PMT — Photomultiplier Tube
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics; Image Format
• PNP — Plug And Play
• POP — Post Office Protocol
• POS — Pivoting Optical Servo
• POSIX — Portable Operating System Interface For UNIX
• POST — Power On Self Test
• POTS — Plain Old Telephone Service
• PPCP — PowerPC Platform
• PPM — Pages Per Minute
• PPP — Point-to-Point Protocol
• PPPTP — Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
• PQDIF — Power Quality Data Interchange Format
• PRAM — Parameter RAM
• PRI — Primary-Rate Interface
• PRL — Packetized Residential Lifeline
• PROM — Programmable Read-Only Memory
• PSTN — Public Switched Telephone Network
• PTH — Plated Through-Hole
• PUP — Potentially Unwanted Program
• PURL — Persistent URL
• PVC — Permanent Virtual Circuit