- -:-( Punk Rocker !-( Black Eye ## waffles - or so Eenie says :D #( Lips are sealed #-) Dead / Partied ALL Night #:-) From a person with matted hair #:-0 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #:o+= Betty Boob $-) I'm a yuppie / Lotto fever / Won the Lottery $_$ Ooh...money... $ex Sex [Ususally used by deprived individuals to get around swear kickers] %-) At keyboard 12 hours / Cross-eyed, silly / Stared too long at a monitor %*@:-( Hung Over %-^) Picasso %+{ Lost A Fight %+| Beaten Up %-6 Braindead &&&& Pretzels &-( Crying &:-) Curly hair ( o ) ( o ) Hooters (( )):** Hugs and Kisses (((((name)))) Hug (cyber hug) (-) Needs a Haircut (.)(.) Ms. Dos (: (=| Wearing a Ghost Costume (-: I'm a lefty / User is left-handed (:-$ Ill (:-) Bald Guy (:)-) Scuba Diving (:-* Kissing (:-... Broken Heart (::()::) Bandaide (-::-) Siamese Twins (-:|:-) We're siamese twins (:=) Two Noses (:>-< Thief (:-D Blabber Mouth (:-I Egghead (@@) You're kidding (_) Mug (coffee, beer) (-_-) Secret smile (00) Pulling a Mooner (8-) Gorilla / Wearing (sun) glasses / Oh boy! Used to denote wide-eyed look ( with a smile ?). (International Telephone And Telegraph Consultative Commitee) (O--< A fishy message... -) Always Wear Safety Glasses -):......... I'm dyslexic ):-P :-P with a forehead *!#*!^*&:-) A Schizophrenic *-( A Cyclops Poked in the Eye *-) Shot Dead / Stoned **** Popcorn ****:-) I look like Marge Simpson *:* Fuzzy *:o) Bozo the Clown *_* Not well/dizzy *<:-) Santa Claus *<:-)( Santa Claus *8-) Beaker (The Muppet) *eg* Evil grin *g* Grin *gbh&k* Great big hug & kiss *gbh* Great big hug *gr&d* Grinning, running, & ducking *h* Hug *hb* Hug back *k* Kiss *kb* Kiss back *L* Blotto / Laugh *li* Laughing inside *lis* Laughing in silence *lol* Laugh out loud *rofl* Roll on floor laughing *s* Smile *sb* Smiles back *tic* Tongue in cheek *veg* Very evil grin *ves* Very evil smile *vwg* Very wicked grin *vws* Very wicked smile *w* Wink *wg* Wicked grin .-) Keeping an eye out / One Eyed ..---... SOS .\/ Duck ...---... S.O.S. .^) Side View /:-) French /:-| Mr. Spock : };^)' Lil devil :' Crying :-! Foot in Mouth / A smoker / Smoking :-" Pursed Lips :-# Fat Lip / Lips are Sealed / Message concerning something that shouldn't have been said... / Moustache / Mum's the word, censored, not talking, shouldn't have said that :-$ Ill as in sick / Money talks :-& Person is angry... / Tongue Tied :& Tounge tied :-||Angry :( A frown, something's sad :( ) Can't Stop Talking :-( ) You Just Backed Your Car Over My Toe :-( A frown, something's sad :'-( Crying Sadly :( Frown :-( Frown (anger or displeasure) :'-( I'm crying :-( I'm sad -:-( Punk rocker (real punk rockers don't smile) :-( Sad or disappointed face :'-( User is crying :-(#) Wearing Braces (teeth) :-(( Very Sad :-() Big mouth (User has rambled on) / Stubbed my toe / Talking :-(=) Person has big teeth :-(=:- Impotent :-) )-: Masking theatrical comments :'-) [Crying for Joy] :) A smile, don't take it seriously :-) a smiley face (seen sideways) (used to show humor/sarcasm -indicates- don't take a joke the wrong way) :'-) Crying with Joy :-)' Drooling or Dribbling :'''-) Floods of Tears :- Male :-') Has a Cold :-) I'm happy -:-) Punk :) Smiling, happy faces; don't take me too seriously :-) Smiling, happy faces; don't take me too seriously :'-) User is so happy s/he is crying :-)) Very Happy / I have a double-chin :-))) Laughing or Double Chin :-)... I'm drooling :)~ Drool :-)= Vampire :-)> Bearded :-)-8 Big Girl :-)K Bow tie :-)X Bow Tie :-)Z Bow tie :* Kiss :-* Kiss / Puckering for a kiss / Sorry, I didn't want to say that :*) Clowning around / Drunk :-*) Has a Cold :*) I have a pimple on my nose :.-( Weeping :.-) Laughing Tears :.) Small-skewed-button-nosed smiley :-...( I have a runny nose :/ Chagrin / Hmmmmmmm / Not too happy about the situation, frown / / Perplexed or Skeptical / Undecided :-/ Hmmmmmmm / Not too happy about the situation, frown / Perplexed or Skeptical / Undecided ::-) Wearing Glasses :-? Smokes a pipe :-@ Confused, ill / I'm swearing a blue streak / Screaming :@ What? :-@; Screaming :-\ Undecided :-] Vampire :^) From a person with a large nose / Broken Nose / Smiley with a nose :`( Crying :-{ Moustache :-{#} From a person with braces :-{) Moustache :{) Smile, with moustache :-{| A Mustache'd person.. :-{} Blowing a Kiss / Wears Lipstick / I have a big mouth :-| Ambivalent or Expressionless / I'm frowning / Indifference / Monkey :| when you've wiped that sh*t eatin grin off your face :-|< Vampire :-|K- Formal message. :-} Wry smile :~( Weeping :~/ Mixed Up :+) Large Nose :-< Sad / Vampire :<) Moustache :-> Devilish Grin (heavy sarcasm) / Ironic or devious smile / Sarcastic :> Smiling, happy faces; don't take me too seriously :-0 Shocked :-3 Has Eaten a Lemon :-6 Exhausted, Wiped Out / Sour Taste in Mouth :-7 User just made a wry statement / Wry Smile :8) Pig :-9 Delicious, Yummy / Licking Lips / Tasty :-B I have buck teeth / Tongue stuck out :-C Bummed Out / Pout / Very Unhappy / Jaw hit Floor / Very sad or unhappy :c) Pig headed :D Laughing out loud / Licking mouth :-d Tasty :D Wider happy face (or Mistrel singers) :-D Wider happy face (or Mistrel singers) / Big smile, or laughing / Shock or Surprise :-e Disappointment / :-E Vampire :-I Indifferent / :-i Smoker :-II Angry :-j Smoker Smiling / :-J Tongue in cheek :-M Speak no evil :-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill) / I'm yelling/shocked / :-O Big mouth, or talks a lot, or screaming or Mouth Open (Surprised) /:-o Oh Noooo! :O Shocked :-o Shouting / :-O Shouting loudly :O Yell :o) Boxer's Nose :P Disgusted (sticking out tongue) :-p Tongue in Cheek / Tongue stuck out / Wry Smile / :-P Disgusted (sticking out tongue) :-Q Smoking / :q Sticking out tongue / Tongue in Cheek / Tongue stuck out / Wry Smile :-r Tongue stuck out :-ss drools or has a cold :-t Cross / :-T Tight Lipped / Trying to keep a straight face :-V Shouting / :-v Speaking :-w Speaks with Forked Tongue :-x kiss / No comment or User's lips are sealed / :-X Kiss/ Mum's the word, censored, not talking, shouldn't have said that / Mute :-x} Kissing :-Z Sleeping ;-( A wink ;-) a winking smiley face [for more subtle humor] / Wink (light sarcasm) / Also part of the ichat logo ;) Winking happy faces (something said tongue-in-cheek) ;-)} Corporate-type guy (see the necktie?) ;-)=) Grin ;-; Weeping ;-} Leer ;-> Devilish Wink ;> Winking happy faces (something said tongue-in-cheek) ?-( Black eye ?-) Sorry, I don't know what went wrong ?_? Confused @ What? / @ @) Your Joking? @--)--)(-- Rose @*&$!% You know what that means... @:-) From a person with wavy hair / Arab / East Indian @-@ Looking innocent(not sure) @[_]~~ Mug of HOT Coffee or Tea @= Mushroom cloud @>--,--- A rose @->-->-- A rose @>--->---- A rose. @->-->--> A rose [:-) Wearing Headphones [:-] Robot [:] Robot :] Friendly, Gleep [:-I] Robot [] Hug [TM] Trademark \:-) French Hat \_/ Glass (drink) \~/ Full Glass \-o Bored ]:-) The Devil ^ Thumbs Up ^)^ ^(^ Two People Talking ^^ Smiley (not sideways) ^-^ Smiley (not sideways) ^-^; Sweatdrop on side (nervous) ^_- Wink (not sideways) ^5 High Five ^L^ Happy -_- Closed eyes ;( _:^) American Indian _o-) Aquanaut {(:-) Wearing a toupee {:-) Wig {:V Duck {} Hug or No comment | -) I'm sleeping |-( Late night messages |-) Beaming, or happy dreams / Sleeping |:-) Bushy/Heavy Eyebrows ) Cheshire Cat |:[' Groucho Marx |I Asleep |:-| Excessively Rigid |-] Robocop |^o Snoring |-{ Good Grief || Car ||* Handshake ||*( Handshake offered ||*) Handshake accepted |-0 Yawning |C| Can of Coke |-I Asleep / sleeping |-O Yawning / Snoring / Birth |P| Can of Pepsi }-& Angry }:-( Bull Headed }:-) Mean grin (with eyebrows) }:-< Cat }}\/=oo---oo Crash! Lorry after a Crash ~ :-( Particularly Angry ~:-( Net.Flame '~;E Unspecified 4-Legged Critter ~~:-[ I'm flaming mad ~~\8-O Needs to Fix Frayed Cord on Computer ~~~\8-O Zapped by Frayed Cord on Computer ~~~~~8} Snake ~~~c___ Beach ~= Candle ~== Flame Follows ~M`'~ Camel +-(:-) Religious Leader +-:-) Religious official, or holds religious office +<:-) Religious official, or holds religious office / Catholic priest +<:-| Nun/Monk +<||-) Knight +O:-) Pope @= Message About Nyclear War <:-) Dumb Question / I'm a dunce <:-> Devilish <:>== A turkey <:-I Dunce <|-) Chinese Evil grin BIG GRIN / small grin Grinning, ducking & running BIG SMILE / small smile Very big grin very evil grin =#:-) Wizard =) Variation on a Theme =:-) Hosehead / I just got a mohawk / Shocked =] smiley for the alternative type person =|:-)= Uncle Sam =P~ Sticking your tongue out >- Female >-& Angry >:-( Angry / Frown or Upset or annoyed >:-) Evil Grin / I'm in a devilish mood 0:-) Angel / Saint / Smile with Halo 1.0E6 a million [as in TNX 1.0E6] 1^o Snoring 100 Nature Calls/Pit Stop 12x--<---@ A Dozen Roses 12x---<---@ A Dozen Roses 1GL First General Language 1NF First Normal Form 20 Location 2B|^2B Message about Shakespeare 2D Two Dimensional 2GL Second Generation Language 2NF Second Normal Form 2nite tonight 2U2 to you too 3:-) Cow / 3 :-) Bart Simpson 3:[ Mean Pet Smiley 3:] Pet Smiley 3:o[ Net.Pets 3ACC 3A Central Control 3D Three Dimensional 3DA Three Dimensional Architecture 3DMF Three Dimensional Metafile Format 3GL Third Generation Language 3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing 3NF Third Normal Form 3WC 3-Way Calling 404 I have no clue (what you get when you enter a wrong URL) 4GL Fourth Generation Language 4NF Fourth Normal Form 5:-) Elvis 5NF Fifth Normal Form 5XBCOER 5 X-bar Central Office Equipment Reports system 6DOF Six Degrees Of Freedom 7:-) Fred Flintstone 8 Infinity 7:) Ronald Reagan 73 Best Regards 8(:-) Walt Disney [] Hugs 8) Frog 8-) Gorilla / Wearing (sun) glasses / Oh boy! Used to denote wide-eyed look ( with a smile ?). 8:-) Little Girl 8^{~< Hair Line, Glasses, Moustache, and Goatee 8-{)} Glasses, Moustache and a Beard 88 Love and Kisses A Ampere A&SG Accessories and Supplies Group A/C Air Conditioning / Alternating Current A/D Analog to Digital AA (modem) Auto Answer / Alcoholics Anonymous / Application Association / Associate Advisor / Automatic Adjust AAA Aces of ANSI Art / Travel club AAAAA American Association Against Acronym Abuse / Travel club for alcoholics AAD Analog Alignment Diskette AAFES Army and Air Force Exchange Service AAITP Amdahl Australian Intelligent Tools Program AAK Asleep At Keyboard AAL ATM Adaptation Layer (protocol 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) AAMOF As a matter of fact AAMVANET American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators N AAR Automatic Alternate Routing AARNET Australian Academic Research Network AARP AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol AAUI Apple Attachment Unit Interface AAX Automated Attendant Exchange AB ABort session AB2 Anarchy Burger ][ ABA American Bankers Association / American Bar Association ABATS Automated Bit Access Test System ABBA Anti-Big Brother Association (usually as aBBa) ABBS Apple Bulletin Board System ABC Activity Based Costing / Atanasoff-Berry Computer ABE Agent Building Environment ABEC Aracda Backup Executive Agent ABEX America Online Business Exchange ABHC Average Busy Hour Calls ABHPC Advisory Body on High Performance Computing ABIOS Advanced Basic Input / Output System ABM Asynchronous Balanced Mode ABME Asynchronous Balanced Mode Extended ABP Alternate BiPolar / Available Bit Rate ABRC Advisory Board for the Research Councils ABS Alternative Billing Service ABSBH Average Busy Season Busy Hour ABT ABort Timer / Answer Back Tone ABU Application Business Unit AC Alternating Current / Access Control / AC Acoustic Coupler / AC Air Conditioning / AC Alignment Check / AC Application Context / AC Association Control ACA Automatic Circuit Assurance ACARB Australian Computer Abuse Research Bureau ACB Annoyance Call Bureau / Automatic Call-Back ACBH Average Consistent Busy Hour ACC Audio Communications Controller ACCE Award for Call Center Excellence ACCOLC Access Overload Class ACCS Automated Calling Card Service ACD Access Control Definition / Adaptive Call Distributor / Automatic Call Distributor ACDA Automatic Call Disposition Analyzer ACDF Access Control Decision Function ACDI Asynchronous Communication Device Interface ACE Advanced Computing Environment / Adverse Channel Enhancement / American Council on Education / ACE Ansi Creation Enterprise / ACE Automatic Calling Equipment ACEF Access Control Enforcement Function ACET Advisory Committee on Electronics and Telecommunicatio ACF Advanced Communication Function ACF/NCP Advanced Communications Function / Network Control Pro ACF/TCAM Advanced Communications Function / TeleCommunications ACF/VTAM Advanced Communications Function / Virtual Telecommuni ACF/VTAME Advanced Communications Function / Virtual Telecommuni ACH Attempt per Circuit per Hour ACI Access Control Information ACID ANSI Creators in Demand (usually ACiD) / Atomic/Consistent/Isolated/Durable (test) AcidGurl A cute innocent desireable girl ACK ACKnowledge (ASCII) / Acknowledgement ACL Access Control List / Advanced CMOS Logic / Association for Computational Linguistics ACM Address Complete Message / Association for Computing Machinery ACMS Application Control Management System ACN Advisory Committee on Networking / Area Code Number ACOF Attendant Control Of Facilities ACP Access Control Points / Action Point / Allied Communications Publication / Ancillary Control Program ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPM Association Control Protocol Machine ACR Abandon Call and Retry ACRONYM Abbreviated Coded Rendition Of Name Yielding Meaning ACS Access Control Store / Application Control Services / Asynchronous Communications Server / Australian Computer Society / Automatic Class Selection / Automatic Clearing Houses ACSE Association Control Service Element ACSL Association Control Service eLement ACSNET Academic Computing Services Network / Australian Computer Science Network ACSU Advanced (T-1) Channel Service Unit ACT Application Center for Technology ACTA America's Carriers Telecommunications Association ACTAS Alliance of Computer-based Telephony Application Suppl ACTGA Attendant Control of Trunk Group Access ACTLU ACTivate Logical Unit ACTPU ACTivate Physical Unit ACTS Automated Coin Toll Service / Automatic Coin Telephone System ACU Alarm Control Unit / Association of Commonwealth Universities / Automatic Call Unit ACUTA Association of College and University Telecommunication AD Activity Discard / Administrative Domain / Authorized Dealers ADA Activity Discard Acknowledgment / Automatic Data Acquisition (programming language) ADAPSO Association of Data Processing Service Organizations ADAS Advanced Directory Assistance System ADB Apple Desktop Bus / AppWare Distributed Bus architecture ADC Advanced Data Connector / Analog Digital Converter / Analysis Date Concentrator / Automated Data Collection ADCCP Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures ADCI Automatic Display Call Indicator ADCP Avesta Device Control Protocol ADCU Association of Data Communications Users ADD Authorized Digital Dealers ADDMD Administrative Directory Management Domain ADF Access control Decision Function / Automatic Document Feeder ADG Authorized Distributor Group ADI Access control Decision Information / Application DIrectory / Autodesk Device Interface ADM Adaptive Delta Modulation / Add-Drop Multiplexer ADMD Administration Management Domain ADN Any day now / Abbreviated Dialing Number ADO Active Data Objects / ActiveX Data Objects ADP Active Distribution Panel / Automated Data Processing ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation ADS Advanced Digital System / Audio Distribution System / Auto Data Switch / Auxiliary Data System ADSC Adobe Document Structuring Conventions ADSI Active Directory Services Interface / Analog Display Services Interface ADSL Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line / Asymetric Digital Subscriber Line ADSP AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol ADTS Automated Digital Terminal System ADU Application Definition Utility / Automatic Duplexing Unit ADVFS Advanced File System (usually as AdvFS) AE Activity End / Application Entity / ASCii Express AEA Activity Entity Acknowledgment / American Electronics Association / American Entrepreneurs Association AEB Analog Expansion Bus AEC Adaptive Echo Cancellation AEF Access control Enforcement Function AEGIS AIDS Education and General Information Service AEI Automatic Equipment Identification AEIMP Apple Event Interprocess Messaging Protocol AEP AppleTalk Echo Protocol / Application Environment Profile AET Application Entity Title AF Address Field / Audio Frequency / Auxiliary (carry) Flag AFACTS Automated FACilities Test System AFADS Automatic Force Adjustment Data System AFAIC As far as I'm concerned / As Far As I Can Tell AFAIK As Far As I Know AFAYC As Far As You're Concerned AFC Ansi Factory / Automatic Frequency Control AFCP Avesta Flow Control Protocol AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children AFDW Active Framework for Data Warehousing AFGO Another F***ing (or Fabulous) Growth Opportunity AFI AppleTalk Filing Interface / Authority and Format Identifier AFII Association for Font Information Interchange AFIN Air Force Information Network AFIPS American Federation of Information Processing Societie AFIRM Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match (system) AFK Away from keyboard AFL Away from Life AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalisation AFP Advanced Function Printing / AppleTalk File Protocol AFPA American Forest and Paper Association AFRP ARCNET Fragmentation Protocol AFS Andrew File System AFSK Audio Frequency Shift Keying / Automatic Frequency Shift Keying AFT Application File Transfer AG/EEE Above Ground Electronic Equipment Enclosures AGA Advanced Graphical Architecture. Also known as AA. The new chipset that was introduced with the A4000 and A1200. AGBH Average Group Busy Hour AGC Automated Gain Control AGEEE Above Ground Electronic Equipment Enclosures AGIS Apex Global Information Services AGOCG Advisory Committee on Computer Graphics AGP Advanced Graphics Port / Accelerated Graphics Port AGS Asynchronous Gateway Server AH Authentication Header AHDS Arts and Humanities Data Service AHT Average Holding Times AHUA Association of Heads of University Administrations AI Artificial Intelligence / Authentication Information AIA Aerospace Industries Association / Application Integration Architecture AIAG Automotive Industry Action Group AIC Automatic Intercept Center AICC Automatic Intercept Communications Controller AICPA American Institute of Certified Public Accountants AIDS Apple Infected Disk Syndrome AII Active Input Interface AIIC As If I Care AIIM Association for Information and Image Management AIM Advanced Interconnect Modeling / Analog Intensity Modulation / Asynchronous Interface Module / ATM Inverse Multiplexer AIMSX Advanced Information Management System AIMUX ATM Inverse Multiplexing AIN Advanced Intelligent Network AIOD Automatic Identification of Outward Dialing AIR Additive Increase Rate / Apple Internet Router AIS Alarm Indication Signal / Alarm Indication System / Automated Information System / Automatic Intercept System AISE Alarm Indication Signal External AISI As I See It AITRC Applied Information Technologies Research Center AIUI As I Understand It AIWS As I Was Saying AIX Advanced Interactive Executive AK Acknowledge AKA Also known as AKM Apogee Kick Motor AL Account Librarian (MPE) / Application Layer / Artificial Life ALAP ARCTalk Link Access Protocol ALB Analog LoopBack ALBO Automatic Line Build Out ALC Automatic Level Control ALFE Analog Line Front End ALGOL ALGOrhythmic Computer Language ALI Acer Laboratories, Inc. / Automatic Location Identification ALIT Automatic Line Insulation Testing ALIVE Artificial Life Interactive Video Environment ALM Application Loadable Module / AppWare Loadable Module ALO At Least Once ALP Abstract Local Primitive ALPS Auto Laser Pulse Saving ALRU Automatic Line Record Update ALS Application Layer Structure / Automated List Service ALT Association for Learning Technology ALU Application Layer User / Arithmetic Logic Unit AM Accounting Management / Active Monitor / Administrative Module / Amplitude Modulation AM/PSK Amplitude Modulation with Phase Shift Keying AMA Automatic Message Accounting AMACS Automatic Message Accounting Collection System AMARC Automatic Message Accounting Recording Center AMASE Automatic Message Accounting Standard Entry AMAST Algebraic Methodology And Software Technology AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMATPS Automatic Message Accounting TeleProcessing System AMATTPS Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter Teleprocessing System AMC Area Management Center AMD Advanced Micro Devices / Air Movement Device (aka Fan) AME Advanced Metal Evaporative (media) / Asynchronous Modem Eliminator AMERITECH American Information Technologies AMF Account Metering Function AMH Application Message Handling AMI Alternate Mark Inversion / American Megatrends Inc. / American Microsystems Incorporated AMIGA A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction AMII Agile Manufacturing Information Infrastructure AMIS Atari Message and Information System / Audio Messaging Interchange Standard AMM Agent Management Module / Area Manufacturing Manager AMON ATM Monitoring AMP Ampere / Active Monitor Present AMPS Abstract Meta-Physical Speculation / Advanced Mobile Phone Service AMR Automatic Meter Reading AMS Access Method Services AMSP Association of Microsoft Solutions Providers AMT Address Mapping Table AMU Atomic Mass Unit AMVFT Amplitude Modulation Voice Frequency Telegraph AMWI Active Message Waiting Indicator AN Aryan Nations / Associated Number ANA Automatic Number Announcement ANBH Average Network Busy Hour ANC All Number Calling ANCS AT&T NetWare Connect Services network AND Automatic Network Dialing ANE Anarchy 'N' Explosives ANF Additional Network Feature / AppleTalk Networking Forum ANFAWFOS And Now a Word From Our Sponsor ANFSCD And Now For Something Completely Different ANI Automatic Number Identification ANIF Automatic Number Identification Failure ANL Argonne National Laboratory ANM Advanced Network Management ANN Announcement Date / Auditing Network Needs ANOI A New Order of Intelligence ANS Advanced Network & Services / American National Standard ANSC American National Standards Committee ANSI American National Standards Institute ANTC Advanced Networking Test Center AOA Anarchists of America AOC Advice of Charge AOCE Apple Open Collaborative Environment AOI Active Output Interface AOJ Add one and do not Jump AOL America Online / Army Of Lamers AOM Application OSI Management / Area Operations Manager AOP Association of Online Professionals AOS Add One and do not Skip / Alternate Operator Service / Alternate Option Selection AOSIP Airline Open Systems Interconnection Profile AOSS Auxiliary Operator Service System AOT Art of Technology AOTD Art Of Technology Digest (magazine) AOV Average Order Value AOW Asia and Oceania Workshop AOWS Asia Oceanic WorkShop AP Application Process / Application Profile / Attached Processor APA All Points Addressable APANA Australian Public Access Network Association APC Adaptive Predictive Coding / AMARC Protocol Converter / American Power Conversion / Asynchronous Procedure Call APCC American Public Communications Council APCI Application - layer Protocol Control Information APD Avalanche PhotoDiode APDA Apple Programmers and Developers Association APDU Application Protocol Data Unit APF All PINs Fail API American Pirate Industries / Application Program Interface / Application Programming Interface APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APL A Programming Language APLT Advanced Private Line Termination APM Advanced Power Management APP Application / Application Portability Profile APPC Advanced Peer to Peer Communication / Advanced Program to Program Communication APPC/PC Advanced Program-to-Program Communications APPI Advanced Program-to-Program Internetworking APPIX Automated Part and Product Information Exchange APPLE Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Network APR Automatic Picture Replacement APS Application Processing Services / Automatic Protection Switch / Automatic Protection Switching system APT Advanced Pirate Technology / American Phone Terrorists APTS Advanced Public Transportation AQS Automatic Quote System AR Activity Resume / Alarm Report ARA Apple Remote Access (protocol) / Attribute Registration Authority ARAP AppleTalk Remote Access Protocol ARB Application Review Board ARC Advanced RISC Computing / Attached Resources Computing / Ames Research Center / Attached Resource Computer / Attached Resources Computing / Audio Response Controller / Archives ARCV Association of Really Cruel Viruses ARD Application Remote Database / Automatic RingDown ARDIS Advanced National Radio Data Service ARE All Routes Explorer ARF Alarm Reporting Function ARGO A Really Good Open systems interconnection ARI Address Recognized Indicator bit ARIES ATM Research & Industrial Enterprise Study ARIN American Registry for Internet Numbers ARIS Audichron Recorded Information System ARL Access Rights List / Adjusted Ring Length / Attendant Release Loop ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited ARM Advanced RISC Machines / Application Response Measurement (API) / Area Revenue Manager / Asynchronous Response Mode ARO After Receipt of Order ARP Address Resolution Protocol ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork ARQ Automatic Repeat reQuest ARR Attributes for Representing Relationships / Automatic Repeat Request ARRL American Radio Relay League ARS Alternate Route Selection / Automatic Route Selection ARSB Automated Repair Service Bureau ART Asynchronous Remote Takeover / Automatic Revision Tracking ARTT Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal ARU Audio Response Unit ARX AutoCAD Runtime eXtension AS Activity Start / Anarchy Society / Application System / Autonomous Systems ASA Advanced SCSI Architecture ASACP (Internet) Adult Sites Against Child Pornography ASAFP As Soon As Freakin' Possible ASAI Adjunct Switch Application Interface ASAP As soon as possible / Any Service / Any Port ASB Asynchronous Balanced mode ASC Accredited Standards Committee / Authorized Support Centers / Average System Cost / Average System Content ASCI Accelerated Strategic Computign Initiative ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange / Basic letters and numbers, nothing fancy ASD Advanced Semiconductor Development ASDC Abstract Service Definition Convention ASDU Application - layer Service Data Unit ASE Amplified Spontaneous Emission / Application Service Element ASG Advanced Systems Group ASI Adapter Support Interface / Alternate Space Inversion ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASID Address Space IDentifier ASIS American Society for Industrial Security / American Society for Information Science ASK Amplitude Shift Keying ASL Alpha Systems Laboratories ASLIB Association of Librarians ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASMP Asymmetrical Multi-Processing ASN Abstract Syntax Notation ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One ASO Application Service Object ASOC Administrative Service Oversight Center ASP Abstract Service Primitive / AppleTalk Session Protocol / Association Of Shareware Professionals / Active Server Page ASPEN Automatic System for Performance Evaluation of the Network ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface ASR Access Service Request / Automatic Send / Receive / Automatic Speech Recognition ASSHOLE Away with you lamer AST Asynchronous System Trap ASTM American Society for Testing Materials ASTRAL Association for Strategic Token Ring Advancement and L ASV Average System Value ASYNC Asynchronous transmission AT Access Tandem / Advanced Technology / ATtention (modem commands) AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph Company ATA Advanced Technology Attachment / American Telemarketing Association / ARCnet Trade Association / AT Attachment ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface / AT Attachment Packet Interface ATAS Analog Test Access System ATASPI AT Advanced SCSI Programming Interface ATB All Trunks Busy ATC Allbase Turbo Connect / Automatic Transmission Control ATD Association of Telecommunications Dealers / Asynchronous Time Division / Authorized Terminal Distributor ATDM Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing ATDP Attention Dial Pulse ATDT Attention Dial Tone ATE Asynchronous Terminal Emulation / ATM Terminating Equipment ATF Automatic Track Following ATH Abbreviated Trouble History ATI Activist's Times Incorporated / Automatic Test Inhibit ATIS Advanced Traveler Information Systems / Automatic Transmitter Identification System ATL Active Template Library ATLA Another Three Letter Acronym ATM At The Moment / Automated Teller Machine / Abstract Test Method / Adobe Type Manager / Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATMARP Asynchronous Transfer Mode Address Resolution Protocol ATME Automatic Transmission Measuring Equipment ATMP Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol ATMS Automated Trunk Measurement System ATP Available to Promise / All Tests Pass / AppleTalk Transaction Protocol / Application Transaction Processing ATPS AppleTalk Print Services ATQ AppleTalk Transition Queue ATR Alternate Trunk Routing ATRS Automated Trouble Reporting System ATS Abstract Test Suite / Asian Test Symposium ATSE Application Timesharing Software Engineering ATT Applied Transmission Technologies ATTC Automatic Transmission Test and Control Circuit ATTIS American Telephone and Telegraph Information Systems ATV Advanced Television AU Access Unit / Adaptive Unit / Administrative Unit AUA Association of University Administrators AUC AUthentication Certificate AUDIX Audio Information Exchange AUI Attachment Unit Interface / Auxiliary Unit Interface AUP Acceptable Use Policy AURP AppleTalk Update-Based Routing Protocol AUT Association of University Teachers AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network AUTOSEVCOM Automatic Secure Voice Communications AUTOVON Automatic Voice network AUU ATM User-to-User AUXF Auxiliary Frame AVA Attribute Value Assertion AVCS Advanced Vehicle Control Systems AVD Alternate Voice Data AVI Advanced Visual Interface / Audio-Video Interleaved / Automatic Vehicle Identification AVL Adelson - Velskii - Landis (programming method) AVN Ameritech Virtual Network / Automated Voice Network AVR Automatic Voltage Regulation / Avid Video Resolution AVS Application Visualization System AVSSCS Audio Visual Service Specific Convergence Sublayer (AT AVT Application Virtual Terminal / Architecture Verification Test AWB Aglets Workbench AWG American Wire Gauge AWGTHTGTATA Are we going to have to go through all this again? AWGTHTGTTA Are we going to have to go through this again? AWGTHTGTTA? Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again? AWM Advanced Wave Memory AWS Administration WorkStation AWT Abstract Windowing Toolkit / Abstract Windows Toolkit AXP Almost Exactly Prism AYA Are you alone? AYF All Your Fault AYOR at your own risc B Byte / Bearer channel (ISDN) B-) Smiling with glasses or sunglasses or wearing cool shades / Horn Rimmed Glasses B/C Because / b/c because B/L Backlog B:-) Sunglasses on Head B4 Before B4N Bye for Now B6ZS Bipolar with 6 Zero Substitution B8ZS Binary 8-Zero Substitution / Bipolar with 8 Zero Substitution B911 Basic 911 BA British Academy BAA Broad Agency Announcement BAC Basic Access Control BACP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol BAD Broken As Designed BADMANZ Born A DaM pANZy BAGS Bristol's Anti-Gay Society BAI Bank Administration Institute BAIK Boy Am I Confused BAK Back at keyboard BALUN BALanced / UNbalanced BAMAF Bellcore Automatic Message Accounting Format BAMF Bad Assed Mother F- BANCS Bell Administrative Network Communications System / Bell Application Network Control System BANM Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobil BAPCO Bellsouth Advertising & Publishing Company BAPI Bridge Application Program Interface BARRNET Bay Area Research Network BAS Big A$$ Smile / Basic Activity Subset BASC Bad Austrian Swapping Crew BASIC Bill's Attempt To Seize Industry Control. / Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BAUD Bits At Unit Density (BAUD rate: How fast a modem talks) BB be back / beavis & butthead / Bad Brains BB&N Bolt, Beranek & Newman BBA Budget By Account BBC British Broadcasting Corp. / Broadband Bearer Capability BBFN Bye Bye For Now BBH Bouncing Busy Hour BBIAB Be back in a bit BBIAF Be back in a few BBIAS Be back in a second BBIAW Be back in a while BBL Be back later BBN Bye Bye Now BBR Burnt Beyond Repair BBS Be Back Soon / Bulletin Board System / Bulletin Board Service BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (formerly AFRC) BBU Battery Back-Up BC Blind Copy / Block Check BCC Blind Carbon Copy / Blind Courtesy Copy / Block Check Character / Blocked Call Cleared / Boys from Company C BCD Binary Coded Decimal / Blocked Call(s) Delayed BCDIC Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code BCDMA Broadband Code Division Multiple Access B-CDMA Broadband Code Division Multiple Access BCG Business Center Group BCH Blocked Calls Held BCN Beacon BCNF Boyce - Codd Normal Form BCNU Be seein' you BCOB Broadband Class Of Bearer BCP Business Communications Project / Byte-Control Protocols BCPL Basic Combined Programming Language / Basic Computer Programming Language BCR Blocked Calls Released / Business Communications Review BCS BarCode Sorter / Basic Combined Subset / Batch Change Supplement / Boston Computer Society / British Computer Society / Business Communications Systems BCW Burst Code - Word BD Back door BDC Backup Domain Controller BDCS Broadband Digital Cross-connect System BDE Block Diagram Editor / Borland Database Engine BDK Beans Development Kit BDLC Burroughs Data Link Control BDN Bell Data Network BDR Backup Designated Router BDS Black Dragon Society / Building Distribution System BDT Berkeley Design Technology / Billing Data Transmitter BEC Backward Error Correction BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notation/Notification BEDO Burst Extended - Data Out (RAM) BEF Band Elimination Filter BEG Big Evil Grin BEITA Business Equipment and Information Technology Association BELLCORE BELL COmmunications REsearch BER Basic Encoding Rules / Bit Error Rate BERKOM BERlin KOMmunikation BERT Bit Error Rate Test / Bit Error Rate Tester BET Black Entertainment Television BETEL Broadband Exchange over Trans-European Links BETRS Basic Exchange Telecommunications Radio Service BEZS Bandwidth Efficent Zero Support/Suppression BF Boy Friend / Bridge Function BFD Big F'kin' Deal BFF Binary File Format BFM Bus Functional Model BFN Bye for now BFO Blinding Flash of the Obvious BFT Binary File Transfer BG/EEE Below Ground Electronic Equipment Enclosures BGA Ball Grid Array BGEEE Below Ground Electronic Equipment Enclosures BGI Borland Graphics Interface BGP Border Gateway Protocol BGT Broadcast and Group Translators BHAW Banging Head Against Wall BHC Busy Hour Calls BHCA Busy Hour Call Attempts BHLI Broadband High Layer Information BHS Black Hand Society BI Backplane Interconnect / Beginning Inventory BIA Burned - In Address BIAS Berkeley Integrated Audio Software / Burroughs Integrated Adaptive System BIB Bus Interface Board BIBO Beer In, Beer Out B-ICI Broadband - ISDN Inter-Carrier Interface / Broadband Inter-Carrier Interface BICI Broadband Inter-Carrier Interface B-ICISAAL Broadband Inter-Carrier Interface Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer BICISAAL Broadband Inter-Carrier Interface Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer BICMOS Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor BICSI Building Industry Consulting Service International (usually as BiCSi) BIDS Bath Information and Data Services BIF Basis in fact / Benchmark Interface Format BIL Band Interleaved by Line BIM Basic Industry Marketing BIMOS Bipolar Metal Oxide Semiconductor BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain BIOS Basic Input / Output System BIOYA Blow It Out Your A** BIOYIOP Blow It Out Your I/O Port BIP Band Interleaved by Pixel / Bit Interleave Parity BIPS Billions of Instructions Per Second BIPV Bit Interleaved Parity Violation BIRON Bibliographic Information Retrieval Online BIS Border Intermediate System (ATM Forum) B-ISDN Broadband - Integrated Services Digital Network BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network BISP Business Information System Program BISSI Broadband Inter Switching System Interface BIST Built In Self Test B-ISUP Broadband ISDN User's Part BISYNC Binary Synchronous Communication / Binary Synchronous Control / Bisynchronous Communic BIT Basic Information Unit / Binary DigIT (sometimes as bit) / Built In Test BITBLT BIT BLock Transfer / Bit-boundry BLock Transfer BIT-BLT Bit-boundry BLock Transfer BITE Built In Test Equipment BITNET Because It's Time NETwork BITNIC BITNET Network Information Center BIU Basic Information Unit / Bus Interface Unit BIX BYTE Information eXchange BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics BKERT BlocK Error Rate Tester BL Blue Lightning / British Library BLAH Big Long and Hairy BLAST Blocked Asynchronous / Synchronous Transmission BLCMP Birmingham Libraries Co-operative Mechanisation Project BLED Blue Light Emitting Diode BLER BLock Error Rate BLERT BLock Error Rate Test / BLock Error Rate Tester BLF Busy Lamp Field / Busy Line Field BLLI Broadband Low Layer Information B-LLI Broadband Low Layer Information BLNT Broadband Local Network Technology BLOB Binary Large OBject BLOP Basic Local OPeration B-LOP Basic Local OPeration BLRDD British Library Research and Development Department BLS Business Listing Service BLU Basic Link Unit BLV Busy Line Verification BMA Broadcast Multiple Access BMC Basic Monthly Charge / Bulk Mail Center BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System BMIDE Bus Managed Integrated Drive Electronics BMOS Bytex Matrix Operating System BMP Batch Message Processing (program) / BER Management Protocol / Bitmap (usually as .BMP) BMS Banyan Mail Services / Basic Mapping Support BMU Basic Measurement Unit BN Bridge Number BNA Burroughs Network Architecture BNC Baynet N-type Compact / Bayonet Navy Connector / Bayonet Nut Connector / Bayonet - Neill - Concelnan / Britsh National Connector BNF Big Name Fan / Backus-Naur Form BNI Batteries Not Included BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory BNR Bell National Research BNS Billed Number Screening BNT B-ISDN Network Termination B-NT Broadband Network Termination B-NT1 B-ISDN Network Termination 1 B-NT2 B-ISDN Network Termination 2 BO Buffer (Brain) Overload BOA Basic Object Adapter / Bill of Aggregation / Blanket Order Agreement BOC But Of Course / Bell Operating Company BOCOEX Boston Computer Exchange (usually as BoCoEx) BOD Board Of Directors BOF Birds of a Feather (Special Interest Group) / BOF Beginning Of File BOFH B**tard Operator From Hell BOI Basic Operators Interface BOIS Business Office Information Systems BOKYAG Bend Over and Kiss Your A** Goodbye BOM Beginning Of Message / Bill of Materials BONDING Bandwidth On Demand InterNetworking Group / Bandwidth ON Demand INteroperability Group BONES Block Oriented Network Simulator (usually as BONeS) BOO Bill of Organization BOOTP BOOT Protocol / Bootstrap Protocol BOP Bit-Oriented Protocol BOPS Billion Operations Per Second BOQ Bill of Quantities BOR Basic Output Report BORSCHT Battery,Overvoltage,Ringing,Supervision,Coding,Hybrid,Test BOS Big Orange Switch (Panic Button) / Business and Office Systems / Business Office Supervisor BOSE Business and Office Systems Engineering BOSS Billing and Order Support System BOT Back on Topic / Beginning Of Tape / roBOT BOTE Brothers of the Eye BOW Brotherhood Of Warez (usually as BoW) BPA Business Publications Audit BPB BIOS Parameter Block BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit BPF Berkeley Packet Filter BPFM Business Process Flow Management (system) BPI Bits Per Inch BPL Bits Per Line BPM Books Per Minute / Business Planning Manager / Base Product Marketing BPN Comstar Business Plan BPNRZ BiPolar Non-Return-To-Zero BPOC Bell Point Of Contact BPP Bits Per Pixel / Bridge Port Pair BPR Business Process Re-engineering BPRZ BiPolar Return-To-Zero BPS Bits Per Second (usually as bps) / Bytes Per Second (usually as Bps) BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying BPSS Basic Packet Switching Service / Bell Packet Switching System BPV BiPolar Violation BQS Berkeley Quality Software BRA Basic Rate Access BRAT Business Residence Account Tracking system BRATS Business Residence Account Tracking System BRB Be Right Back BRCS Business Residence Custom Service BRF Benchmark Report Format BRI Basic Rate Interface (ISDN) BRIE Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy BRM Basic Remote Module / Business Reply Mail BRMAS Business Reply Mail Accounting System BRMTP Batch Simple Message Transfer Protocol BRP Blade Runner Productions BRS Big Red Switch (Panic Button) / Bibliographic Research Service BS BackSpace (ASCII) / Banded Signaling / Bullsh*t BSA Basic Service Arrangement / Business Software Alliance/Association BSBH Busy Season Busy Hour BSC Binary Synchronous Communication/Control / Bi-Synchronous Communication / Business Service Center BSCM BiSynchronous Communications Module BSD Berkeley Software Distribution / Berkeley System Distribution BSE Basic Service Elements BSEG Big Sh*t Eating A Grin BSF But Seriously Folks / Bell Shock Force BSI British Standards Institute BSN Broadband Service Node BSOC Bell Systems Operating Company BSOD Blue Screen Of Death BSP Bell Systems Practice / Bulk Synchronous Parallelism BSQ Band SeQuential BSR Board of Standards Review BSRAM Burst Static Random Access Memory BSRF Basic System Reference Frequency BSRFS Bell System Reference Frequency Standard BSS Basic Synchronized Subset BST But Seriously though / Basic Services Terminal BSTJ Bell System Technical Journal BSVC Broadcast Switched Virtual Connections BSW Buried Service Wire BT British Telecom / Burst Tolerance / Bus Terminator B-TA B-ISDN Terminal Adapter BTA But Then Again (in response to IOW) / B-ISDN Terminal Adapter BTAIM be that as it may BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method/Message BTB Branch Target Buffer BTDT Been There, Done That BTDTGTS Been There, Done That, Got the T-Shirt BTE B-ISDN Terminal Equipment B-TE B-ISDN Terminal Equipment ( 1 or 2 ) BTFM Beats the Funk out of Me BTFT Been There, Fixed That BTHOM Beats the hell outta me! BTL Bell Telephone Laboratories BTM Benchmark Timing Methodology BTN Billing Telephone Number BTP Batch Transfer Program BTR Bit Transfer Rate BTS Base Transciever Station BTSOM Beats the sh*t out of me BTSOOM beats the stuffing out of me - or - Beats The Sh!t Out Of Me BTU Basic Transmission Unit / British Thermal Unit BTW By The Way BTWBO Be there with bells on. BUBL Bulletin Board for Libraries BUC Bus Unit Controller BUGS Bloody User Generated Symptoms BUS Broadcast and Unknown Server BVA Billing Validation Application BVAPP Billing Verification and Authorization for Payment Process BVC Billing Validation Center BW BandWidth BWL Bursting With Laughter BWM Broadcast Warning Message BWQ Buzz Word Quotient BWT Broadcast Warning TWX BWTS BandWidth Test Set BYA Bye [of course] BZT Bundesamt fur Zulassungen in der Telekommunikation C Celsius / Centigrade / Committee / Country C&B Crash & Burn C&G Chuckle and Grin C&ISM Consultant and Information Systems Marketing Group C/SCC (IEEE Computer Society) Computer / Standards Coordinating Committee C:-) Big brain C|:-) Wearing a Bowler Hat C=:-) Chef C4I Command/Control/Comp/Comm/Intel C4N ciao for now CA CAble / Cell Arrival / Certificate Authority / Collision Avoidance / Computer Associates / Computer Animation CAA Chaotic Ansi Artists CABS Carrier Access Billing System CAC Calling-card Authorization Center / Canadian Advisory Committee / Carrier Access Code / Circuit Administration Center / Customer Administration Center / Connection Admission Control / CACH Call Appearance Call Handling CACHE Can't Admit Computers hang Empty CACHEKTS Call Appearance Call Handling Electronic Key Telephone Service CACP Central Arbitration Control Point CACS Customer Administration Communication System CAD Computer Aided Design/Drafting/Dispatch / Control-Alternate-Delete CAD/CAM Computer-Aided Design / Computer-Aided Manufacturing CADD Computer Aided Design Development CADV Combined Alternate Data/Voice CAE California Association of Employers / Client Application Enabler (SQL) / Command Application Environment / Common Application Environment / Computer-Aided Engineering CAEM Computer Aided Engineering and Manufacturing CAF Call Attach Facility CAFD Controllers Automatic Message Accounting Format Description CAFM Computer Aided Facilities Management CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate CAI Call Assembly Index / Common Air Interface / Computer Assisted Instruction CAIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Applications CAIS Collocated Automatic Intercept System CAL Computer Aided Learning CALC CALCulate / Carrier Access Line Charge / Customer Access Line Charge CALIM Consortium of Academic Libraries in Manchester CALRS Centralized Automatic Loop Reporting System CALS Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistic Support CAM Channel Access Method / Common Access Method Computer Aided Machining/Manufacturing / Computer AIDS Ministries CAMA Centralized Automatic Message Accounting CAN Campus Area Network / Controller Area Network CAP Carrierless Amplitude and Phase / Competitive Access Provider CAROT Centralized Automatic Reporting On Trunks Carrier Access Code / Connection Admission Control CAS Centralized Attendent Service / Channel Associated Signaling / Circuit Associated Signaling / Column Address Strobe/Select / Communicating Application Specification / Computerized Autodial System / Customer Administrative Services CASE Common Application Service Element / Computer Aided/Assisted Software Engineering CASS Coding Accuracy Support System CAT Common Authentication Technology / Computer Aided Test / Craft Access Terminal CATANET Concatanated Network CATCH Come Again? That Can't Help! CATLAS Centralized Automatic Trouble Locating & Analysis System CATNIP Common Architecture for the Internet Protocol CATV Cable Television / Community Antenna TeleVision CAU Computer Anarchists Underground / Controlled Access Unit CAU/LAM Controlled Access Unit / Lobe Attachment Module CAV Constant Angular Velocity CB Citizens Band / Component Broker CBBS Computerized Bulletin Board System CBC Cipher Block Chaining CBD Component Based Development CBDB Currency and Banking DataBase CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data Service CBE Certified Banyan Engineer CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers' Association CBI Computer-based Instruction CBL Computer Based Learning CBM Commodore Business Machines CBMS Computer - Based Messaging System CBO Continuous Bitstream Oriented CBPXI Computer Private Branch Exchange Interface CBQ Class Based Queuing CBR Constant Bit Rate / Continuous Bit Rate CBS Certified Banyan Specialist / Common Bom System / CrossBar Switching CBSD Component-Based Software Development CBT Computer Based Training CBX Computerized Branch/Business Exchange CC Calling Card / Carbon Copy / Central Control / Clearing Center / Cluster Controller / Committee Chairman / Common Control / Connect Confirm / Connection Confirm / Continuity Cell / Controller Card / Cost Center / Country Code / Courtesy Copy / Credit Card / Cryptic Criminals CCA Conceptual Communications Area CCAPH Communications and Computer Applications in Public Health CCB Command Control Block CCBS Completion of Call to Busy Subscriber CCC Central Control Complex / Ceramic Chip Carrier / Chaos Computer Club / Clear Channel Capability / Community Computer Center / Computer Control Center CCD Cash Concentration and Disbursement / Charge-Coupled Device / Customer Configuration Document CCDN Corporate Consolidated Data Network CCEP Commercial Communications Endorsement Program / Commercial COMSEC Endorsement Program CCFT Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube CCH Connections per Circuit per Hour CCH/SP Harmonization Coordination Committee Permanent Secretariat CCI Cyber Crime International CCIA Computer and Communication Industry Association CCIC Committee on Computing, Information, and Communications CCIP (IEEE) Committee on Communications and Information Policy CCIR Comite Consultif Internationale de Radiocommunications / International Consultative CCIRN Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networks CCIS Common Channel Interoffice Signaling CCITT Comittéé Consultatif International Telegraphique et Téléphonique (the Consultative Committee on International Telegraphy and Telephony) CCM Customer Control Management CCNC Common Channel Network Controller / Computer Communications Network Center CCNR Completion of Call on No Reply CCNUMA Cache Coherent NonUniform Memory Architecture (usually as ccNUMA) CCOO Comprehensive Cost of Ownership CCP Certified Computing Professional CCR Commitment, Concurrency, and Recovery / Current Cell Rate / Customer Controlled Reconfiguration CCRMA Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics CCRSE Commitment, Concurrency, and Recovery Service Element CCS Calling Card Service / Centum (hundreds) Call Seconds / Common Channel Signaling / Common Command Set / Common Communications Support CCS7 Common Channel Signaling CCSA Common Central Switching Arrangement CCSS Common Channel Signaling System CCSS7 Common Channel Signaling System 7 CCT Central Control Terminal / CNMA Conformance Testing / Cumulative Cycle Time CCTA Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency CCTAC Computer Communications Trouble Analysis Center CCTV Closed Circuit Television CCU COLT Computer Unit CCUTF Corrupt Computer Underground Taskforce CCV Calling Card Validation CD (modem) Carrier Detect / Call Deflection / Capability Data / Compact Disk / Change Directory (DOS) / Collision Detection / Committee Draft / Current Data / CDA Call Data Accumulator / Capability Data Acknowledgment / Coin Detection and Announcement / Communications Decency Act / Compound Document Architecture / Crash Dump Analyzer CDAR Customer Dialed Account Recording CDC Clark Development Company / Control Data Corporation / Cult of the Dead Cat (Virus) / Cult of the Dead Cow (Text) / Current Data Checking CDCCP Control Data Communications Control Procedure CDCF Cumulative Discounted Cash Flow CDCI Cult of the Dead Cat, Inc. CDD Common Data Dictionary CD-DA Compact Disc - Digital Audio CDDA Compact Disc Digital Audio (red book) CD-DA Compact Disc Digital Audio (red book) CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface CDE Common Desktop Environment CDF Channel Definition Format / Combined Distributing Frame CDFS CD-ROM File System / Compact Disk File System CDI Circle Digit Identification / Compact Disc digital Interactive (green book) CD-I Compact Disc digital Interactive (green book) CDIA Certified Document Imaging Architect CDIF CASE Data Interchange Format CDIP Ceramic Dual In-line Package CDM Custom Device Module CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CDO Community Dial Office CDOE Common Desktop Operating Environment CDPD Cellular Data Packet Data / Cellular Digital Packet Data CDPR Customer Dial Pulse Receiver CDR Call Detail Recording / Call Dial Routing CD-R Compact Disc - Recordable CDR Compact Disc Reader / Compact Disc Recordable CDRAM Cache Dynamic Random Access Memory CDRH Center for Devices and Radiological Health CD-ROM Compact Disc - Read Only Memory / Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months CD-RW Compact Disc - Re-Writable CDRW Compact Disc Re-Writable CDS Cell Directory Service / Circuit Design System / Compound Document Service / Conceptual Data Store / Craft Dispatch System CDSA Common Data Security Architecture CDSL Consumer Digital Subscriber Line CDT Cell Delay Tolerance CDUGD Computer Down UnderGround Digest CDV Cell Delay Variation CDVT Cell Delay Variation Tolerance CE Consumer Electronics (as in the version of Windows CE) / Communications Entity / Creative Editing CEB Consumer Electronic Bus CEC Commission of European Communities CEF Cable Entrance Facility CEI Comparably Efficient Interconnection CELP Code Excited Linear Predictive Coding CEN Comite Europeen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization) CENELEC Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique (the European Electrotechnical Standards Committee) CENTREX CENTRal EXchange CEO Chief Executive Officer CEP Canon Express Protocol / Connection EndPoint CEPI Connection EndPoint Identifier / Comite Europeen des Administrations des Postes et des Telecommunications (European) CER Cell Error Ratio CERFNET California Educational Research Network CERN Centre de Reseau Nucleare CERT Certified Order / Computer Emergency Response Team CES Circuit Emulation Service / Circuit Emulation Specification / Computer Election Systems CET Computer - Enhanced Telephony CEU Continuing Education Unit CEV Control Environmental Vault / Controlled Environment Vault CF Carrier Flag / Coin First / Conversion Facility CFAC Call Forwarding All Calls CFB (K-bit) Cipher Feedback / Call Forwarding Busy / Color Frame Buffer CFCA Communications Fraud Control Association CFD call for discussion CFM Cubic Feet per Minute CFNR Call Forwarding No Reply CFO Chief Financial Officer CFP (Conference on) Computers, Freedom, and Privacy CFR Code of Federal Regulations CFU Call Forwarding Unconditional CFV Call For Votes/Voting CG Chassis Ground CGA Color Graphics Adapter CGCM Certified Graphic Communications Manager CGI Common Gateway Interface / Computer Graphics Interface CGM Computer Graphics Metafile (usually as .CGM) CGMIF Computer Graphics Metafile Interchange Format CGN Concentrator Group Number CGS Constructive Solid Geometry (modelers) CGSA Cellular Geographic Serving Area CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHCP CHange Code Page (Novell DOS) CHDIR Change Directory (DOS) CHEAD Conference for Higher Education in Art and Design CHEST Combined Higher Education Software Team CHILL CCITT HIgh Level Language (programming language) CHINA Communist Hackers In North America CHIPS Clearing House Interbank Payments System CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform CHS Cylinder-Head-Sector addressing CHT Call Holding Time CI Call Intrusion / Cluster Interconnect / Computer Interconnect / Congestion Indicator / Connect Indication / Copy Inhibit CI$ Compu$erve Information Service CIA Central Intelligence Agency CIAO Goodbye CIB Channel Input/output Bus CIBYAD Can I buy you a drink? CIC Carrier Identification Codes / CSNET Information Center CICO Coffee In, Coffee Out CICS Computer Information Control System CICSPARS Customer Information Control System Performance Analysis Reporting System CID Crying In Disgrace CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIE Commission Internationale de l'Eclairaqe / Customer-Initiated Entry CIESIN Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network CIF Cells In Frames CIFS Common Internet File System CIG Commercial Internet Exchange CIGOS Canadian Interest Group on Open Systems CII Call Identity Index CIM - CompuServe Information Manager-The program / Common Information Model / Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIMAP Circuit Installation Maintenance Access Package CIMITI Center for Information Management and Information Technology Innovation CIMT Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Technology CINT Call Interception CIO Chief Information Officer CIP Carrier Identification Parameter / Channel Interface Processor CIR Committed Information Rate / Computer Integrated Research CIRU Computer Industry Research Unit CIS - CompuServe Information Service / Commercial Instruction Set / Customer Intercept Service / Customized Intercept Service CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer/Computing / Complex Instruction Set Code CISSD Canadian International Society for Social Deviancy CIT Computer Integrated Telephony CITTM Corporate Information Technology Training Manager (Council) CIU Communications Interface Unit CIX Commercial Internet Exchange (Association) CKO Chief Knowledge Officer CKS Celestial Knights CL Connectionless CLASS Centralized Local Area Selective Signaling / Custom Local-Area Signaling Services CLB Common Logic Board CLDN Calling Line Directory Number CLE Customer Located Equipment CLEC Competetive Local Exchange Carrier CLEI Common Language Equipment Identification CLI (SQL) Call Level Interface / Calling Line Ident / Command Line Interface CLID Calling Line IDentification CLIP Calling Line Identification Presentation CLIR Calling/Connected Line Identification Restriction CLLI Common Language Location Identification CLLM Consolidated Link-Layer Management CLM Career Limiting Move CLNAP Connectionless Network Access Protocol CLNP Connectionless Network Protocol CLNS Connectionless Network Services CLP Cell Loss Priority / Country List Price CLR Cell Loss Ratio CLS Call Logging System / CLear Screen (DOS, BASIC) / Connectionless Server CLSF Connectionless Service Function CLSID CLasS Identifier CLTK CLaim ToKen CL-TK Claim Token CLTP Connectionless Transport Protocol CLTS Connectionless Transport Service CLU Command Line Utility CLV Constant Linear Velocity CM Centimeter (usually as cm) / Configuration Management / Cubmaster CMA Communication Managers Association CMAC Centralized Maintenance and Administration Center CMAD (Workshop on) Computer Misuse And Detection CMAS Central Massachusetts Administrative Services CMC Carry-in Monthly Charge / Cellular Mobile Carrier / Construction Maintenance Center CMDF Combined Main Distributing Frame CMDS Centralized Message Data System CME Component Management Entity CMI Cable Microcell Integrator / Coded Mark Inversion CMI/HIC Cable Microcell Integrator / Headend Interface Converter CMIIW Correct me if I'm wrong CMIP Common Management Information Protocol / Common Management Interface Protocol CMIPDU Common Management Information Protocol Data Unit CMIPM Common Management Information Protocol Machine CMIS Common Management Information Service CMISE Common Management Information Service Element CML Current-Mode Logic CMM Capability Maturity Model CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor(Silicon) CMOT Common Management information services and protocol Over TCP/IP CMP Common Management Protocol / Cooperative Management Protocol / Communications Plenum Cable / Cooperative Marketing Program/Partner CMR Cell Misinsertion Rate / Communications Riser Cable CMS Call Management System / Circuit Maintenance System / Code Management System / Color Management System / Communications Management Subsystem / Conversation Monitor System CMT Cellular Mobile Telephone CMU COLT Measurement Unit CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow Key / Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black CN Change Notice / Common Name / Connect / Copy Network / Country Name / Customer Name / Customer Network CN/A Customer Name & Address CNA Certified NetWare Administrator / Certified Novell Administrator / Communications Network Application CNAB Customer Name - Address Bureau CNC Computer Numeric Control / Concentrator CNCC Customer Network Control Center CNCP Canadian National Canadian Pacific CNE Certified NetWare Engineer / Certified Novell Engineer / Certified Network Engineer CNET Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications (National Center for the Study of Telecommunications CNI Certified NetWare Instructor / Certified Novell Instructor / Coalition for Networked Information / Common Network Interface CNIP Calling Name Identification Presentation CNIR Calling/Connected Name Identification Restriction CNM Customer Network Management CNMA Communications Network for Manufacturing Applications CNMS Cylink Network Management System CNOS Computer Network Operating System CNP... Continued (in my) Next Post / Certified Network Professional CNR Complex Node Representation (ATM Forum) CNRS Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research) CNS Central Nervous System / Certified Novell Salesperson / Complimentary Network Service CO Call Offer / Central Office / Company / Connection Oriented / Customer Owned COA Certificate Of Authenticity / Council Of Administration (usually as CoA) COAM Customer Owned and Maintained COAST Cache On A STick COBOL COmmon Buisness Oriented Language / Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language COC Central Office Connections / Circuit Order Control / Corporate Operations Committee COCF Connection Oriented Convergence Function COCOT Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephone COD Career Opportunity Days / Cash on Delivery / Connection Oriented Data CODASYL Conference of Data Systems Language CODCF Central Office Data Connecting Facility CODE Crackers of Digital Equipment CODEC Coder / Decoder CODEC COder-DECoder / COMpression-DECompression CODLS COnnection-mode Data Link Service COE Central Office Equipment COEES Central Office Equipment Engineering System COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer COER Central Office Equipment Reports system COL Caldera OpenLinux COLD Computer Output to Laser Disk COLP Connected Line Identification Presentation COLT Central Office Line Tester / Client Object Linking Technology COM Commercial (usually as .com) / Common Object Model / Component Object Model / Communication (port) / Component Object Model / Computer Output MicroFilm / Continuation Of Message COMBS Customer Oriented Message Buffer System COMDEX COMmunications Development EXposition COMM Communication COMMA Common Object Methodology Metamodel Architecture COMPSAC Computer Software and Applications Conference COMPUSEC Computer Security COMSAT Communications Satellite COMSEC Communications Security COMSPEC Command Specifier COMSTAR Common System for Technical Analysis & Reporting COMTRUST COmpany Making Terrible Recurring Unending Security Troubles / A mis-spelling of CON TRUST CON Central Office News CON Console CONCERT COmmunications for North Carolina Education, Research, and Technology CONN Connector CONP Connected Name Identification Presentation CONS Connection Oriented Network Service / COnnection-mode Network Service CONTAC Central Office NeTwork ACcess CONTACT Central Office Network Access CONUS Continental United States COPIS Corporate Planning Information System COPOL Council of Polytechnic Librarians COPP Connection Oriented Presentation Protocol COPS Concept Oriented Programming System / Connection Oriented Presentation Service COR Confirmation Of Receipt CORA Canadian OSI Registration Authority CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture CORDIS Community Research and Development Information Service CORE Connection Oriented Route Establishment / Criminals of Radical Extremes COREN Corporation for Regional and Enterprise Networking (usually as CoREN) CORISMA Corporate Information Systems Modeling Architecture (usually as CorISMA) CORNET CORperate NETwork CORP Creators of Revolutionary Pictures COS Call Originate Status / Class Of Service / Corporation for Open Systems / Cost of Service (usually as CoS) CoSAAD Council of Subject Associations in Art and Design COSAC Canadian Open Systems Applications Criteria COSE Common Open Software/System Environment COSHEP Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals COSINE Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Networking Europe COSMIC COmmon Systems Main InterConnection (frame system) COSMOS Central System for Mainframe Operations / COmputer System for Mainframe OperationS COSN Consortium for School Networking COSS Common Operational Support Services COSSS Committee on Open Systems Support Services CoSysOp Co-Systems Operator COT Central Office Terminal / Central Office Trunks COTFLGOHAHA Crawling on the Floor Laughing Guts Out and Having a Heart Attack COTP Connection Oriented Transport Protocol COTS Commercial Off The Shelf COUSNS Committee Of UK Subject-based Network Services COW Charachter-Oriented Windows (Interface) CP Collision Prevention / Connect Presentation / Connection Processor / Control Program / Copy Protection / Chat Post (a chat message) / Customer Premises CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers / Control Program Master CPA Centralized/Bulk Power Architecture / Connect Presentation Accept CPC Call Progress Characterization / Cellular Phone Company / Circuit Provisioning Center CPCS Common Part Convergence Sublayer CPD Central Pulse Distributor CPE Consumer Provided Equipment / Customer Premises Equipment CPFM Continuous Phase Frequency Modulation CPH Characters Per Hour / Cost Per Hour CPI Characters Per Inch (usually cpi) / Code Page Information (file format) / Common Part Indicator / Common Programming Interface / Computer to PABX Interface / Computer to PBX Interface / Corrupt Programming International CPIC Common Programming Interface for Communications CPI-C Common Programming Interface for Communications CPIW Customer Provided Inside Wiring CPL Characters Per Line (usually as cpl) / Combined Programming Language / Control Panel Layout / Current Privilege Level / Control Program for Microcomputers / Copies Per Minute / Cost Per Minute CPMP Carrier Performance Measurement Plan CPMU COSINE Project Management Unit CPN Calling Party Number CPO Corporate Product Operations CPODA Contention Priority Oriented Demand Assignment CPP Calling Party Pays / Corporate Planning Process CPR Connect Presentation Reject CPS Characters Per Second (usually as cps) / Cycles Per Second CPSR Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility CPTWG Copyright Protection Technical Working Group CPU Central Processing Unit CR Carriage Return (ASCII) / Connect Request / Control Register CRAFT Can't Remember A F**king Thing CRAM Card Random Access Memory / Computational Random Access Memory CRAP Completely Redundant Array of Pointers (programming) CRAS Cable Repair Administrative System CRBT Crying Real Big Tears CRC Class, Responsibility, and Collaboration / Customer Record Center / Customer Return Center / Cyclic Redundancy Check / Cyclical Redundancy Checking CRCG Common Routing Connection Group CREF Computer Ready Electronic File (guideline) CREG Concentrated Range Extension and/with Gain CREN Corporation for Research and Educational Networking CRF Cable Retransmission Facility CRFMP Cable Repair Force Management Plan CRG Central Resource Group CRIS Customer Record Information System CRM Courtesy Reply Mail CRN Computer Reseller News CRQ Call Request CRS Cell Relay Service / Centralized Results System / Configuration Report Server CRSAB Centralized Repair Service Answering Bureau CRSO Cellular Radio Switching Office CRT Cathode Ray Tube [the video screen] CRTC Canadian Radio & Television Commission CRUD Created, Retrieved, Updated, or Deleted CRUS Create / Retrieve / Update / Delete CS Capability Set (One or Two) / Card Services / Carrier Selection / Code Segment / Convergence Sublayer / Coordinated Single-layer / Customer Service / Cursor Stability (isolation level) CSA Canadian Standards Association / Carrier Servicing Area / Confederate States of America / Covenant,Sword,and Arm of the Lord CSACC Customer Service Administration Control Center CSAR Centralized System for Analysis Reporting CSC Cell Site Controller / Computer Sciences Corporation / Customer Support Center / Customer Support Consortium C-SCANS Client-Systems Computer Access NetworkS CSCC (IEEE Computer Society) Computer Standards Coordinating Committee CSCW Computer Supported Co-operative Work CSD Circuit Switched Data / Corrective Service Diskettes CSDC Circuit Switched Digital Capability CSDN Chinese Software Distribution Network / Circuit - Switched Data Network CSE Coordinated Single-layer Embedded CSELT Cèntro Studi e Laboratòri Telecommunicazioni (Telecommunications Study Center and Labo CSFS Cable Signal Fault Signature CSG Chuckle Snicker Grin / Corporate Systems Group CSI Convergence Sublayer Indication CSID Calling Station Identification CSIM Client Side Image Map CSL Computer Systems Laboratory CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol CSLT Customized System Load Tape CSM Computer Systems Manufacturing / Corrupt Society Magazine CSMA Carrier Sense Multiple Access CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access - Collision Detection CSMC Communications Services Management Council CSMUX Carrier Switched Multiplexer CS-MUX Carrier Switched Multiplexer CSN Carrier Service Node CSNET Computer and Science (Research) Network / Computer Science Network CSO Central Services Organization / Complimentary Solutions Organization CSP Coin Sent Paid / Commerce Service Provider / Compucom Speed Protocol CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network CSPP Computer Systems Policy Project CSR Cell Missequenced Ratio / Centrex Station Rearrangement / Customer Service Record / CyberScout Roundtable CSR-T Communications Standard Review - Telecommunications CSS Cascading Style Sheets / Computer Special Systems / Computer Sub-System / Conceptual Signaling and Status / Controlled Slip Second CSSE Computer Services System Engine CSSFE Controlled Slip Second, Far End CSSG Customer Service Solutions Group CSSM Common Security Services Manager CSTA Computer Supported Telecommunications Applications / Computer Supported Telephony Appl C-STEP Cultural,Societal,Technological,Economic,Political CSTO Computer Systems Technology CSU Channel Service Unit / Careers Services Unit / Central Switching Unit CSV Circuit Switched Voice / Comma Separated Values / Common Separated Variables CSY Can't Stop Yawning CT Call Transfer / CT Collection Time / Conformance Testing / Continuous Tone / Current Transformer / Computer Telephony / Current Transformer CTAK Cipher Text Auto Key CTB Cache Transfer Bus CTC Canadian Telephone Corporation / Central Test Center CTCP Client-To-Client-Protocol CTCS Category Theory and Computer Science CTD Cell Transfer Delay CTERM Command TERMinal (protocol) CTI Computer Telephone Integration / Computer Telephony Integration / Computers in Teaching Initiative CTIA Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association CTIP (Commission on) Computing, Telecommunications, and Information Policies CTISS Computers in Teaching Initiative Support Service CTM Contact Trunk Module / Cordless Terminal Mobility CTMS Carrier Transmission Measuring System CTN Corporate Telecommunication Network (With ETSI, the acronym used is CN). CTNE Compañia Telefónica Nacional de España (National Telephone Company of Spain) CTO Call Transfer Outside / Chief Technology Officer CTOS Convergent technologies Operating System CTP Computer To Plate (technology) CTR Currency Transaction Report CTRG Collaboration Technology Research Group CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (a wrist injury caused by repetitive activity such as typing with bad posture) / Clear to Send / Clear To Send Signal / Communications Technology Satellite / Configuration Technical Specialist / Conformance Testing Service CTSLAN Conformance Testing Service Local-Area Network CTSS Compatible Time Sharing System / Cray Time Sharing System CTSWAN Conformance Testing Service Wide - Area Network CTT Cartridge Tape Transport CTTC Cartridge Tape Transport Controller / Copper To The Curb CTTH Copper To The Home CTTN Cable Trunk Ticket Number CTTY Console TeleTYpe CTV Cell Tolerance Variation CTY Console TeleType CU See You (as in Goodbye) Cracking Up / Common Update / Computer Underground / Control Unit / Customer Unit / Computer Underground / CUA Commonly Used Acronym(s) / Common User Access CUB Closed User Group CUCO Commission on University Career Opportunity CUCRIT Capital Utilization Criteria CUD Celerity Utilities Division / Computer Underground Digest CUG Closed User Group CUHS Computer Underground Historical Society CUI Centre Universitaire d'Informatique / Common User Interface CUL Catch You Later (Goodbye) / See you later CUL(8R) see you later CUL8er See You Later CUL8R See you later CUM Cult of the Uncircumcised Masturbater CUNT yeah yeah - real funny - get lost CUNY City University of New York CURL Consortium of University Research Libraries (UK) CUSI Configurable Unified Search Interface CUT Control Unit Terminal cuz because CV Code Violation CVAL&E Computer Viruses, Artificial Life, and Evolution CVALE Computer Viruses, Artificial Life, and Evolution CVCP Code Violation, CP-bit Parity / Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals CVCRC Code Violation, Cyclical Redundancy Check CVDQ Computer Virus Developments Quarterly CVF Compressed Volume File CVFE Code Violation, Far End CVO Commercial Vehicle Operation CVP Code Violation, "P" bit CVPR Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition CVR Compass Voice Response CVSD Continuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation) CVTC Conversational Voice Technologies Corporation CW Call Waiting / Continuous Wave / Cyber Warriors CWARC Canadian Workplace Automation Research Center CWC City-Wide Centrex CWD Call Waiting Deluxe CWI Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (Center for Mathematics and Information) CWIS Campus Wide Information System CWT Call Waiting CWYL Chat With You Later CYA See Ya / Cover Your As* CYAL8R See You Later (Seeyalata) CYBORG CYBernetic ORGanism CYMK Cyan Yellow Magenta Key CYREC Cyberspace Research and Education Center D Data channel (ISDN) D&C Duck & Cover D/A Digital to Analog / Digital-Analog D/L Download, transmit to you d:-) Wearing a Cap d00d dude D2T2 Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer DA Data Available / Desk Accessory / Destination Address / Digital Audio / Directory Assistance DAA Data Access Arrangement DAAC Distributive Active Archive Center DAC Digital Analog Converter / Dual Attachment Concentrator DACC Directory Assistance Call Completion DACD Directory Access Control Domain DACS Digital Access Cross-connect System / Directory Assistance Charging System DAD Draft Addendum DADC Digital Audio Disc Corporation DAEMON Disk And Execution Monitor DAF Directory Authentication Framework DAG Defense Agencies Group DAIS Distributed Automatic Intercept System DAK Data Acknowledge / Dead At Keyboard DAL Data Access Language / Data Access Line DALNET DA Lamers Net DAM Data Access Manager DAMA Data Assigned Multiple Access / Demand Assigned Multiple Access DAMIFINO Damn if I know DAMP Demand Analysis Manufacturing Planning DAN Departmental Area Network DAO Data Access Object / Directory Assistance Operator DAP Data Access Protocol / Directory Access Protocol / Document Application Profile DARC Division Alarm Recording Center DARFC Ducking And Running For Cover DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DART Data Access and Retrieval Technologies (group) DARTNET Defense Advanced Research Testbed Network (usually as DARTnet) DARU DAIS Audio Response Unit / Distributed Automatic Response Unit DAS Device Access Software / Directory Assistance System / Disk Array Subsystem / Distributor And Scanner / Dual Attachment Station / Dynamically Assigned Sockets DASD Direct Access Sotrage Device DASH Dell Advanced SCSI Host DASP Digital Assisted Services Program DASS Design Automation Standards Subcommittee DAS-WAT Distributor And Scanner - Watch Dog Timer DASWDT Distributor And Scanner Watch Dog Timer DAT Digital Audio Tape / Digital Audio Tap / Duplicate Address Test DATAEASE Doesn't always terminate after exiting and slows everything / Don't attempt to aquire, everything always shows errors DATTA District Attorneys' Technology Theft Association DATU Direct Access Testing Unit DAV Data Above Voice DAVE Do Anything Very Easily DAVID Digital Audio-Video Interactive Decoder DAX Developer API eXtensions DB Database / Decibel (usually as dB) DBA Adjusted Decibel / Data Base Administrator / Digital Business Architecture / Doing Business As DBAC Data Base Administration Center DBAS Data Base Administration System DBC Data Base Creator / Digital Business Center DBCS Double - Byte Character Set DBF Dynamic Beam Forming DBIT Delivery (confirmation) Bit DBL DOS Batch Language DBM DataBase Manager / Decibels per Milliwatt (dBm) DBMS Data Base Management System DBN Doing Business Not DBOD Distribution Board of Directors DBR DOS Boot Record DBS DataBase Service / Demand Broadcast System / Direct Broadcast Satellite / Duplex Bus Selector DBTG DataBase Task Group DBX Digital Branch Exchange DC (modem) Data Compression / Data Cartridge / Direct Current / Disconnect Confirm DCA Defense Communications Agency / Digital Communications Associates, Inc. / Document Content Architecture DCAA Dual Call Auto Answer DCAM Distributed Computing Application Management DCASR Defense Contract Administration Services Region DCB Data Control Block / Directory Cache Buffer DCC Direct Client to Client / Data Collection Computer / Data Communications Channel / Data Country Code / Digital Compact Cassette / Digital Customer Center / Direct Cable Connection DCD Data Carrier Detect (signal) DCE Data Circuit Terminal Equipment / Data Circuit-terminating Equipment / Data Communications Equipment / Distributed Computing Environment DCEC Defense Communications Engineering Center DCE-RPC Distributed Computing Environment Remote Procedure Call DCF Data Communications Function DCH D Channel Handler DCI Display Control Interface DCIU Data Communications Interface Unit DCL Data Control Language / Digital Command Language DCLU Digital Carrier Line Unit DCM Digital Carrier Module DCMS Distributed Call Measurement System DCMU Digital Concentrator Measurement Unit DCN Data Communications Network / Declaration Control Number DCO-CS Digital Central Office-Carrier Switch DCOM Distributed Component Object Model DCP Demand for Critical Parts / Device Color Profile / Digital Communications Protocol / Duplex Central Processor DCPR Detailed Contuing Property Record (PICS/DCPR) DCPSK Differential Coherent Phase Shift Keying DCR Direct Current Resistance DCS Data Circuit Switches / Defined Context Set / Desktop Color Separation / Desktop Color System / Digital Communication System / Digital Cross-connect System / Distributed Computing System DCSS Digital Customized Support Services / Discontiguous Shared Segments DCT Digital Carrier Trunk DCTN Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network DCTS Dimension Custom Telephone Service DCU Digital Credit Union DD Data Definition / Definition Description (HTML) / Depacketization Delay / Double Density DDA Disk Drive Adaptor / Domain Defined Attribute DDAP Digital Distribution of Advertising for Publications DDB Distributed DataBase DDBMS Distributed DataBase Management System DDC Direct Department Calling / Direct Distance Calling DDCF Distributed Document Component Facility DDCMP Digital Data Communications Messaging Protocol DDD Digital Diagnostic Diskette / Direct Distance Dialing DDE Dynamic Data Exchange DDEML Dynamic Data Exchange Management Library DDF Data Description File DDFA DTC Device File Access (Utilities) DDFII Data Description File for Information Interchange DDGL Device Dependent Graphics Layer DDH Digital Distributed Hardware DDI Direct Dialing In DDial Diversi-Dial DDIF Digital Document Interchange Format DDK Device Driver Kit DDL Data Definition Language / Data Description Language / Database Definition Language / Database Description Language / Dynamic Data Link DDM Distributed Data Management DDN Defense Data Network / Defense Department Network DDN-NIC Defense Data Network Network Information Center DDOV Digital Data Over Voice DDP Datagram Delivery Protocol / Direct Distribution Panel / Distributed Data Processing DDR Data descriptive Record DDS Dataphone Digital Service / Digital Dataphone Service / Digital Data Service / Digital Data System / Digital Data Storage / Digital Distributed Software / Document Distribution Service DDT Don't Do That / DEC Debugging Tape / Dynamic Debugging Tool DDVT Dynamic Data Visualization (development) Tool DDX Distributed Data eXchange DE Discard Eligibility/Eligible DEA Data Encryption Algorithm / Drug Enforcement Agency DEB Directory Entry Block DEBI DMA Extended Bus Interface DEBIES DDAP Electronic Business Information Exchange Specification DEC Do Expect Cuts / Digital Equipment Corporation DECDNS Digital Equipment Corporation Distributed Name Service (usually as DECdns) DECDTM Digital Distributed Transaction Manager DECMCC Digital Equipment Corporation Management Control Center (usually as DECmcc) DECNET Digital Equipment Corporation Network architecture (usually as DECnet) DECNMS Digital Network Measurement System DECT Digital European Cordless Telephone DECTP Digital Transaction Processing DECUS Digital Equipment Corporation User's Society DEF Direct Equipment Failure DEK Data Encryption Key DEL Delete (DOS) DEMPR Digital Equipment Corporation MultiPort Repeater DEN Digital Echo News DENI Department of Education for Northern Ireland DEPBA Digital Exchange Pirate Board Alliance DER Distinguished Encoding Rules DERP Defective Equipment Replacement Program DES Data Encryption Standard / Defense Encryption Standard / Destination End System / Digital Encryption Standard / Distributed End System DES-CBC Data Encryption Standard - Cipher Block Chaining DESIRE Directory of European Information Security Standard Requirements DET Directory Entry Table DETLA Double Extended Three Letter Abbreviation DEU Dead - End User DEW Distant Early Warning (line) dewd dude DF Direction Flag / Distributing Frame DFA Design For Assembly DFD Data Flow Diagram DFDSS Data Facility DataSet Services DFEP Diagnostic Front End Processor DFG Data Flow Graph DFHSM Data Facility Hierarchical Storage Manager DFI Digital Facility Interface DFL Distributed Feedback Layer DFLA Damn Four Letter Acronym DFM Design For Manufacturing DFMS Digital Facility Management System DFN Deutsches Forschungsnetz DFP Digital Free Press / District Focus Person DFR Document Filing and Retrieval DFS Distributed File Service / Distributed File System DFSK Differential Frequency Shift Keying DFSMS Data Facility Sotrage Management Subsystem DFT Design for Test(ing) / Distributed Function Terminal DFWMAC Distributed Foundation Wireless Medium Access Control DGITA Digital Graphic Imaging Technical Association (previously SGAUA) DGPS Differential Global Positioning System DG-UX Data General UniX DH Dear Husband (also Dear Hubby, Duh Hubby and of course Dick Head) DHA Destination Hardware Address DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHHS Department of Health and Human Services DHT Directory Hash Table DHTML Dynamic HyperText Markup Language DI Delete Inhibit / Destination Index DIA Defense Intelligence Agency / Document Interchange Architecture DIAC Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing DIAFYO Did I Ask For Your Opinion DIAG Datasets Inter Agency Group DIAL Digital Idle Asset Listing DIB Device Independent Bitmap (graphic format) / Directory Information Base DIBI Device Independent Backup Interface DIBOL DIgital Business Oriented Language DIC Digital Interface Controller DICE Digital Interactive Consumer Electronic (machines) DID Destination ID / Direct Inward Dialing DIDC Data Input and Distribution Card DIF Data Interchange Format / Digital Interface Frame / Documentation Interchange Format DIFMOS Double Injection Floating-gate Metal Oxide Semiconductor DIGEST Digital Electronic Signature Test (usually as DigEST) DIGI Deutsche Interessengemeinschaft Internet (German Special Interest Group for Internet) DIGL Device Independent Graphics Layer DIIG Digital Information Infrastructure Guide DIIK Damned If I Know DILLIGAD Do I look like I give a darn?! DILLIGAF Do I look like I give a f*#k?! DILLIGAF? Do I look like I give a F#%k? DILLIGAFF Do I look Like I give a Flying Figment? DIM Data In the Middle / Demand Integration Meeting / Desktop Information Manager DIMA Data Information Management Architecture DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module DIN Deutsche Industrie Norm / Deutsche Ingineering Normilization / Deutsches Institut fur DINS Digital Information Network Service DIP Dual In-Line Package DIPE Distributed Interactive Processing Environment DIR Directory (DOS) DIS Defense Investigative Service / Digital Information Systems / Draft International Standard / Dynamic Impedence Stabalization DISA Data Interchange Standards Association / Defense Information Systems Agency / Direct Inward Switch Access / Direct Inward System Access DISER Digital Information Systems External Resources DISERF Data Interchange Standards Education and Research Foundation DISN Defense Information Systems Network DISOSS DIStributed Office Support System DISP Directory Information Shadow Protocol DIT Directory Information Tree DITUIHIBMSL Did I Tell You I Hate IBMs Lately DITUILIBMSL Did I Tell You I Love IBMs Lately DIU Digital Interface Unit DIW D-Inside Wire DIX DEC - Intel - Xerox (connector) DIZ Description In Zip DJNR Dow Jones News Retrieval (online service) DL Download / Data Link / Definition List / Den Leader / Direct Labor / Distribution List DLAMLT Don't look at me like that! DLC Data Link Control / Distributed Loop Carrier / Digital Loop Carrier DLCF Data Link Control Field DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier/Identification DLCU Digital Line Carrier Unit DLE Data-Link Escape (ASCII) DLL Data Link Layer / Dial Long Lines / Dynamic Link Library DLM Data Line Monitor / Distributed Lock Manager DLN Digital Library Network DLO Data Line Occupied DLOC Dark Lords Of Chaos DLP Digital Light Processing DLPI Data Link Provider Interface DLS Data Link Services / Dial Line Service / Digital Link Service / Document Library Services DLSAP Data Link-layer Service Access Point DLSDU Data Link-layer Service Data Unit DLSW Data Link SWitching (usually as DLSw) DLT Digital Linear Tape DLTBBB Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite DLTU Digital Line - Trunk Unit DLU-PG Digital Line Unit - Pair Gain DLUPG Digital Line Unit Pair Gain DLVA Detector Logarithmic Video Amplifier DM Dead Memory / Delta Modulation / Dimension Modeling / Disconnected Mode / Distributed Management DMA Direct Memory Access (channel) DMCL Digital Modem Command Language DMCR Debug Mode Control Register DMD Directory Management Domain DMDD Distributed Multiplexing Distributed Demultiplexing DME Digital Management Education / Distributed Management Environment DMF Distributed Management Framework / Distribution Media Floppy / Distribution Media Format DMI Definition of Management Information / Desktop Management Interface / Digital Multiplexed Interface DML (SQL) Database Manipulation Language / Data Manipulation Logic DMM Digital Multi-Meter / District Manufacturing Manager DMO (SQL) Distributed Management Objects / Domain Management Organization DMOS Diffusion Metal Oxide Semiconductor / Double-diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor DMPDU Derived Medium access control Protocol Data Unit DMS Data Management System/Services / Defense Messaging System / Digital Multiplex(ed) Switch/System / Diskless Management Service DMSS Distribution, Marketing, Sales and Service DMT Design Maturity Test / Discrete MultiTone DMTF Desktop Management Task Force DMU Data Manipulation Unit DN Directory Number / Distinguished Name / Distribution Network / Domain Name / Down DNA DEC Network Architecture / Defense Nuclear Agency / Digital Named Accounts / Digital Network Architecture / Digital News Associates / Digital Noise Alliance / Distributed Network Architecture / Deoxyribonucleic acid DNC Dynamic Network Controller DND Do Not Disturb DNDO Do Not Disturb Override DNDS Distributed Network Design System DNHR Dynamic Non-Hierarchical Routing DNIC Data Network Identification Code DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service DNP Distributed Network Processing DNPM Darn (Damn) Near Pis*ed Myself DNR Data Network Routing / Dialed Number Recorder / Digital Number Recorder DNS Domain Name Service / Domain Naming System / Domain Name System / Domain Name Server DNX Dynamic Network Cross-Connect (X-connect) DO Distributed Object DOA Dead On Arrival / Distributors Of Anarchy DOAM Distributed Office Applications Model DOC Department of Communications (in Canada) / Document, 3. Dynamic Overload Control / Dynamic Overload Control DOCS Display Operator Console System DOD Department of Defense / Direct Outward Dialing DOE (U.S.) Department Of Energy / Department of Energy DOI Distributed Object Infrastructure DOJ Department of Justice DOM Data On Master (group) / District Operations Manager DOMF Distributed Object Management Facility DOMS Distributed Object Management System DOMSAT Domestic Satellite (service) DON Department Of the Navy DONACS Department Of the Navy Automation and Communication System DOP Directory Operational Protocol DORK Domestic Organization for Real K???? DOS Defective Operating System / Disc Operating System / Denial of Service DOSBS Data Over Speech Bearer Service DOT (U.S.) Department Of Transportation DOTS Digital Office Timing Supply DOV Data Over Voice DOW Direct Over-Write (technology) DP Data Processing / Demarcation Point / Dial Pulse / Draft Proposal / Dial Pulse DPA Demand Protocol Architecture / Distributed Power Architecture / Document Printing Application DPAC Dedicated Plant Assignment Center DPAM Demand Priority Access Method DPANS Draft Proposed American National Standard (usually as dpANS) DPB Drive Parameter Block DPC Data Processing Center / Deferred Procedure Call / Destination Point Code / Direct Program Control DPCM Differential Pulse Code Modulation DPE Data Path Extender DPG Dedicated Packet Group DPI Dot Pitch Integer / Dots Per Inch DPL Dedicated Private Line DPLL Digital Phase Locked Loop DPM Data Processing Manager DPMA Data Processing Management Association DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface DPMS Display Power Management Signaling / DOS Protected Mode Services DPNPH Data Packet Network - Packet Handler DPN-PH Data Packet Network - Packet Handler DPO Dial Pulse Originating DPP Discounted Payback Period / District Partner Program DPSC Defense Personnel Support Center DPSK Differential Phased Shift Keying DPSS (Los Angeles County) Department of Public Social Services DPSWG Digital Privacy and Security Working Group DPT Dial Pulse Terminating / Distributed Processing Technology DQDB Distributed Queue Dial Bus DQL DataEase Query Language DQT Design Quality Test DR Data Ready / Data Receive / Delivery Report / Digital Research / Disconnect Request DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DRC Data Resource Center DRDA Distributed Relational Database Architecture / Access DR-DOS Digital Research Disk Operating System DREF Distribution Research and Education Foundation DRMU Digital Remote Measurement Unit DRN Data Routing Network DROOL Dave's Recycled Object - Oriented Language DRP DECnet Routing Protocol / Directory Replication Protocol / Distribution Resource Planning DRPF Decimal Reference Publication Format DRS Data Rate Selector DRT Digital Real Time DS Data Segment / Data System / Digital (carrier) Span / Digital Service / Directory Service / Direct Signal / Digital Signal (level 0 - 3) / Digital Stream (1, 1C, 2, 3, 4) / Diskless Support / Distributed Single-layer / Document Storage / Double-Sided / Draft Standard / Dual Scan / Dansk Standardiseringsrad (Danish Board for Standardization) / Digital Carrier Span DS/DD Double Sided / Double Density DS/HD Double Sided / High Density DS0 Digital Signal (level) Zero DSA Decimal Shift and Add (algorithm) / Dedicated Switched Access / Destination Software Address / Digital Storage Architecture / Decimal Shift and Add (algorithm) / Directory Service Agent / Directory System Agent / Directory Service Area / Directory System Alert / Distributed Systems Architecture DSAD Digital Storage Architecture for Disk DSAP Data link Service Access Point / Destination Service Access Point DSAT Digital Storage Architecture for Tape DSB Double SideBand DSBAM Double-SideBand Amplitude Module DSBFC Double SideBand Full Carrier DSBSC Double SideBand Suppressed Carrier DSC Data Stream Compatibility / Direct Satellite Communications / Document Structuring Conventions DSD Data Structure Definistion / Distributed Self Discovery DSDC Direct Service Dial Capability DSDF Digital Standard Disk Format DSDS Dataphone Switched Digital Service DSE Data Switching Equipment / Distributed Single-layer Embedded / Distributed System Environment / DSA Specific Entry DSI Data Subscriber Interface / Digital Speech Interpolation DSID Destination Signaling IDentifier DSIN Digital Software INformation DSL Digital Subscriber Line DS'L Doctor Stein's Laboratories DSLA Digital Software Licensing Architecture DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer DSLO Distributed System License Option DSM Diagnostic System Manager / Digital Standard MUMPS / Distributed Switching Matrix / Distributed Systems Manufacturing / District Sales Manager DSMA Digital Sense Multiple Access DSMC Digital Service Monthly Charge DSN Data Source Name / Defense Switched Network / Digital Services Network / Digital Signal (Level) N DSO Days Sales Outstanding / Digital Storage Oscilloscope DSOM Distributed System Object Model DSP Defense Standardized Profit / Digital Signal Processor / Directory System Protocol / Domain Specific Part DSPU DownStream Physical Unit DSR Data Send/Set Ready / Date Set Ready / Dynamic Service Register DSRI Digital Standard Relational Interface DSS Data Station Selector / Decision Support System / Digital Satellite System / Digital Signal Standard / Digital Signature Standard / Digital Subscriber Service / Digital Subscriber Signaling / Direct Station Selection / Distributed Security Service DSS/BLF Direct Station Selection / Busy Lamp Field DSS1 Digital Subscriber Signaling (system No.) 1 DSSI Digital Small Storage Interconnect / Digital Storage Systems Interconnect DSSSL Document Style, Semantics, and Specification Language DSTAR Digital System Technical Architecture Research DSTP Data Source Transfer Protocol DSU Data Service Unit / Digital Service Unit DSUWG Data Systems Users Working Group DSVD Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data DSV-IS Design, Specification and Verification of Interactive Systems DSVIS Design, Specification and Verification of Interactive Systems DSX Digital Signal Cross-Connect (X-Connect) DT Data Transfer / Data Transmit / Definition Term / Detection Threshold / Dial Tone / Di-group Terminal DT&E Development Test and Evaluation DTA Disk Transfer Area DTAM Document Transfer, Access, and Manipulation DTAS Digital Test Access System DTC Data Technology Corporation / Datacommunications and Terminal Controller / Digital Trunk Controller / Di-group Terminal Controller / Distributed Transaction Coordinator DTD Document Type Definition DTDS Disaster Tolerant Disk Systems DTE Data Terminal Equipment DTF Dial Tone First DTFS Direct Tape File System DTG Direct Trunk Group DTI Dark Towers International / Department of Trade and Industry / Digital Trunk Interface DTIF Digital Tabular Interchange Format / Digital Transmission Interface Frame DTMF Dual Tone Modulation Frequency / Dual-Tone-Multi-Frequency DTN Digital Telephone Network DTP DeskTop Publishing / Distributed Transaction Processing DTR Data Terminal Ready (signal) / Dedicated Token Ring / Draft Technical Report DTRT Do The Right Thing DTS Data Transfer System / Deposit Tracking System / Digital Termination Service/System / Digital Transcoding Switch / Digital Transmission System / Distributed Terminal Subsystem / Distributed Time Service DTST Dial Tone Speed Test DTSX Data Transport Station for X.25 DTU Di-group Terminal Unit DTV Desktop Video DU Data Unit DUA Dallas Underground Association / Directory User Agent DUART Dual Universal Asychronous Receiver Transmitter DUCWIC Do You See What I See? DUCWIM Do You See What I Mean? DUHWIH Do You Hear What I Hear? DUN Dial-Up Networking DUSR Digital Authorized Used Systems Resellers DUV Data Under Voice DUX Digital Voice eXchange DV Digital Video DVB Digital Video Broadcasting DVC Digital Video Cassette / Digital Video Conference DVD Digital Versatile Disk / Digital Video Disk DVDROM Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory DVD-ROM Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory DVE Digital Video Effects DVI Digital Video Interactive/Interleaved DVM Data Voice Multiplexor DVMRP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol DVN Digital Video Network DVT Design Verification Test DVX Digital Voice Exchange DW Data Warehousing DWCI DecWindows Compiler Interface DWI Doc Writers Incorporated DWIM Do What I Mean DWIMC Do What I Mean, Correctly DWISNWID Do What I Say Not What I Do DXC Digital Cross-Connect DXF Data eXchange Format (graphic format) DXI Data eXchange Interface DYJHIW Don't you just hate it when... DYLAN DYnamic LANguage E Exponent (commonly used in large numbers, ie: 3.20E8) E&M Ear and Mouth E&MD Engineering and Manufacturing Development E&P Exploration and Production (industry) E.B.E. Extraterrestrial Biological Entity [X-Files] E1 European 1 E2EG Ear to Ear Grin E3 European 3 E911 Enhanced 911 (emergency services) EA Electronic Arts / Expedited Acknowledgment / Explorer Advisor / Extended Attribute EAAT Equal Access Alternative Technologies EADAS Engineering and Administrative Data Acquisition System EADAS/NM EADAS/Network Management EADASNM Engineering and Administrative Data Acquisition System Network Management EAEO Equal Access End Office EAP Employee Assistance Program EAR Export Administration Regulations EARN European Academic and Research Network - See TERENA EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory EAS Extended Announcement System / Extended Area Service EASD Equal Access Service Data EASE Embedded Advanced Sampling Environment EASINET European Academic Supercomputer Initiative Network (usually as EASINet) EAX Electronic Automatic Exchange EB Erlang B EBBS Electronic Bulletin Board System EBCDIC Extended Binary Code - Decimal Interchange Code EBDI Electronic Business Data Interchange EBIOS Extended Basic Input/Output System EBONE European Backbone EBR Extended-partition Boot Record EC Electronic Commerce / Error Correction / European Commission / European Community / Exchange Carrier(s) ECAD Engineering Computer Aided Design ECAI European Conference on Artificial Intelligence ECAP Electronic Customer Access Program ECASH Electronic Cash E-CASH Electronic Cash ECB Electronic Code Book / East Coast Crackers / Enter Cable Change / Error Checking and Correcting (memory) / Error Correction Code ECCS Economic C (Hundred) Call Seconds ECD Electronic Cash Disbursements ECE Economic Commission for Europe ECF Enhanced Connectivity Facility ECFA Electronic Communications Forwarding Act ECITC European Committee for Information technology Testing and Certification ECL Emitter-Coupled Logic / End Communication Layer / Error Code Logging ECM Error Correction Mode / Executive Card Manager ECMA European association for standardizing information and communication systems / European Computer Manufacturers Association ECN Explicit Congestion Notification ECNE Enterprise Certified NetWare Engineer / Enterprise Certified Novell Engineer ECO Economic Competitive Opportunity (analysis) / Engineering Change Order ECOM Electronic Computer Originated Mail E-COM Electronic Computer Originated Mail ECOOP European Conference on Object Oriented Programming ECOS Extended Communications Operating System ECP Enhanced Communications Port / Extended Capabilities Port ECPA Electronic Communications Privacy Act (of 1986) ECPT Electronic Coin Public Telephone ECR Engineering Change Request / (OpenView) Event Correlation Services / Electronic Cross-connect System / Enhanced ChipSet ECS Event Communication Service ECSA Exchange Carriers Standards Association ECTEI European Conference of Telecommunications and Electronics Industries ECTP Ethernet Configuration Test Protocol ECU European Currency Unit ED End Delimiter / EWOS Document / Exception Data / Expedited Data / Extra high Density EDA Embedded Document Architecture / Enterprise Data Access EDAC Electromechanical Digital Adaptor Circuit / Error Detection And Correction EDC Engineering Data Center / Error Detection and Correction / Error Detection Code EDD Electronic Document Delivery EDF Execution Diagnostic Facility EDFA Erbium - Doped Fiber Amplifier EDFG Edge Device Functional Group (ATM Forum) EDI Electronic Data Interchange / Electronic Document Interchange EDIA Electronic Data Interchange Association EDICUSA Electronic Data Interchange Council of the United States of America EDIF Electronic Data Interchange Format EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange for Finance, Administration, Commerce and Transport EDIM Electronic Data Interchange user agent Message EDIME Electronic Data Interchange Messaging Environment EDIMG Electronic Data Interchange Messaging EDIMS Electronic Data Interchange Messaging System EDIN Electronic Data Interchange Notification EDINA Edinburgh Data & Information Access / Electronic Data Interchange User Agent EDL Edit Decision List EDM Enterprise Desktop Manager EDMD Electronic Document Message Directory EDMS Electronic Document Management System / Engineering-Design Management System EDN Expedited Data Negotiation EDO Extended-Data Out (RAM) EDORAM Extended Data Out Random Access Memory EDP Electronic Data Processing EDPT Enhanced Drive Parameter Table EDRAM Erasable Dynamic Random Access Memory EDRS Engineering Data Resources Services EDS Electronic Data Systems Corp. EDSAC Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator EDSD Electronic Document Segment Directory EDSX Electronic Digital Signal Cross-Connect/X-connect EDU Education Computer Systems / Educational (usually as .edu) EDVAC Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Calculator EDWG ESnet DECnet Working Group EE End to End Signaling EEB Extended Erlang B EEC Electronic Equipment / European Economic Commission / European Economic Community EECT End-to-End Call Trace EEDP Expanded Electronic Dialing Plan /Expanded Electronic tandem switching Dialing Plan EEE Electronic Equipment Enclosures EEHO Either End Hop Off EEI Equipment-to-Equipment Interface / External Environment Interface EELED Edge Emitting Light Emitting Diode EEMA Electrical and Electronic Manufacturing Association / European Electronic Mail Association EEMAC Electrical and Electronic Manufacturing Association of Canada EEPG European Engineering Planning Group EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory EEST Enhanced Ethernet Serial Transciever EETDN End-to-End Transit Delay Negotiation EETLA Extraordinarily Extended Three Letter Acronym EEVL Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library EF Enterprise Framework EFCI Explicit Forward Congestion Indication EFD Event Forwarding Discriminator EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation EFIN Electronic Filing Identification Number EFLA Extended Four Letter Acronym! EFNET Effing Net EFRAP Electronic Feeder Route Analysis Program EFS End Frame Sequence / Error Free Second / Extended Facility Set / External File System / Electronic Funds Transfer EFTA European Free Trade Association EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System EG Evil Grin / Experts Group EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter EGCAE Experts Group for Command Application Environment EG-CAE Experts Group for Command Application Environment EGCT Experts Group for Conformance Testing EG-CT Experts Group for Conformance Testing EGDIR Experts Group on Directory EG-DIR Experts Group on Directory EGFT Experts Group on File Transfer EG-FT Experts Group on File Transfer EGLIB Experts Group for Library EG-LIB Experts Group for Library EGLL Experts Group Lower Layers EG-LL Experts Group Lower Layers EGMHS Experts Group for Message Handling System EG-MHS Experts Group for Message Handling System EGMMS Experts Group Manufacturing Message Specification EG-MMS Experts Group Manufacturing Message Specification EGNM Experts Group for Network Management EG-NM Experts Group for Network Management EGODA Experts Group for Office Document Architecture EG-ODA Experts Group for Office Document Architecture EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol EGTP Experts Group on Transaction Processing EG-TP Experts Group on Transaction Processing EGVT Experts Group on Virtual Terminal EG-VT Experts Group on Virtual Terminal EHA European Harmonization Activity EHF Extremely High Frequency EHLLAPI Emulator High Level Language Application Programming Interface EI Ending Inventory EIA Electronic Industries Association EIB Enterprise Information Base EIC Electronic Information Corporation EIDE Enhance Integrated Drive/Device Electronics EIES Electronic Information Exchange System EIM Emirates Internet Madness EINET Enterprise Integration Network EINOS Enhanced Interactive Network Optimization System EIRP Effective Isotropic Radiated Power EIS Electronic Information Security / Enterprise Information System / Enterprise Integration Services / Executive Information System / Expanded Inband Signaling EISA Enhanced/Extended Industry Standard Architecture EISS Economic Impact Study System EIT Encoded Information Type EIU Extended Interface Unit EIUF European ISDN Users' Forum EJS Elite Justice Society EKTS Electronic Key Telephone Service / Electronic Key Telephone Sets EL ElectroLuminescent (display) ELAN Emulated Local Area Network (ATM Forum) ELAP EtherTalk Link Access Protocol ELD ElectroLuminescent Display ELDS Exchange Line Data Service ELEPL Equal Level Echo Path Loss ELF Employee Locater Facility / Extremely Low Frequency ELS Entry Level System EM End of Medium (ASCII) EMA Electronic Mail Association / Electronic Messaging Association / Enterprise Management Architecture EMACS Editing Macros EMAIL Electronic Mail E-MAIL Electronic Mail EMAPI Extended Messaging Application Programming Interface EMASHE Establishing Multimedia Authoring Skills in Higher Education EMB Embedded Memory Block EMC Electromagnetic Capacity / Electromagnetic Compatibility (directive) EMF Electro Motive Force / Electromagnetic Field / Enhanced Metafile Format EMI Electromagnetic Interference EML Expected Measured Loss EMM Expanded Memory Manager / Extended Memory Manager EMOS East Mediterranean Optical System EMOS1 East Mediterranean Optical System 1 EMOTICONS Emotion Icons (aka Smileys) EMP Electromagnetic Pulse EMPM Electronic Manuscript Preparation and Markup EMR Electromagnetic Radiation EMS Expanded Memory Specification / Extended Memory Service EMSG Email Message EMTAG Emerging Technologies Advisory Group (usually as EmTAG) EMUG European MAP/TOP Users' Group EMV European Mastercard VISA EMWAC European Microsoft Windows (NT) Academic Centre EN European Norm/Normes ENE Enterprise Networking Event ENET Ethernet ENFIA Exchange Network Facility for Interstate Access ENG Engineering ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator ENQ ENQuiry (ASCII) / Inquiry ENS Enterprise Naming Service ENSDU Expedited Network Service Data Unit ENTELEC Energy Telecommunications and Electrical (association) EO End Office / Erasable Optic EOA End Of Address EOB End Of Burst EOC Embedded Operations Channel EOD End Of Day / End of Discussion EOE Electronic Order Exchange EOF End Of File / Enterprise Object Framework EOL End of Lecture / End Of Life EOM End Of Message EON End Of Number EOS Earth Orbiting Satellite / Element Of Service / Extended Operating System EOSDIS Earth Observing System Data and Information System EOT End Of Text / End Of Thread (i.e., don't reply to this message) / End Of Transfer / EOT End Of Transmission (ASCII) EOTC European Organization for Testing and Certification / End Of Toll Trunking / End Office Toll Trunking EP ElectroPhotographic (toner cartridge) / Emulation Program EPA Elite Programming Association / Environmental Protection Agency EPABX Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange EPAC Extended Privilege Attribute Certificate EPDM Enterprise Product Data Management EPG External Products Group EPHOS European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems EPI Engineering Process Improvement EPIC Effective Performance In Candidates / Electronic Privacy Information Center / Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing / El Paso Intelligence Center EPL Electronic Program Language / Electronic (switching system) Program Language EPLS Engineering Price List System EPOS Electronic Point Of Sale EPP Enhanced Parallel Port / Executive Partner Program EPRCA Enhanced Proportional Rate Control Algorithm (ATM Forum) EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EPS Encapsulated Post-Script EPSCS Enhanced Private Switched Communications Service EPSF Encapsulated PostScript Format EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (formerly SERC) EQEEB Equivalent Queue Extended Erlang B ER Entity Relationship (modeling) / Error / Error Register ERA Entity Relationship Attribute / Extended Registry Attribute ERAR Error Return Address register ERD Event Report Discriminator EREP Environmental Recording Editing and Printing ERF Emergency Restoration Facility / Event Report Function ERL Echo Return Loss ERLL Enhanced Run Length Limited ERM Electronic Report Management ERMF Event Report Management Function ERO Electronic Return Originator ERP Effective Radiated Power / Enterprise Resource Planning ERTICO European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordinating Organization ERU Emergency Recovery Utility / Error Return address Update ES Elektro Shock / End System / Errored Second / Extra Segment ES&D Eat Shit and Die ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture / Errored Second, Type A / European Space Agency ESABATM Eat Sh*t And Bark at the Moon ESAC Electronic Surveillance Assistance Center ESAD Eat Sh*t And Die ESADMF Eat Sh*t and Die Mother F**ker ESAFE Errored Second, Type A, Far End ESAL Eat Sh*t And Live ESB Emergency Service Bureau (911) / Entry Systems Business / Errored Second, type B ESBFE Errored Second, Type B, Far End ESC Engineering Service Circuit ESCON Enterprise Systems Connection (architecture) ESCP Errored Second, CP-bit Parity ESCRC Errored Second, Cyclic Redundancy Check ESD Electronic Software Distribution / Electronic Systems Development / Electrostatic Discharge ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface / Enhanced Small Disk Interface ESDP Educational Services Development and Publishing ESES End System to End System ES-ES End System to End System ESF Extended SuperFrame Format ESFE Errored Second, Far End ESG Engineering Systems Group ESH End System Hello ESIS End System to Intermediate System ES-IS End System to Intermediate System ESL Electronic Software Licensing / Emergency Stand-aLone ESLF Eastern Seaboard Liberation Front ESN Electronic Serial Number / Electronic Switched Network ESNET Energy Sciences Network ESO Engineering Support Operations / Entry Server Offering ESOC European Space Operations Center ESP Extra Sensory Perception / Ecstatic Sound Productions / Encapsulating Security Payload / Enhanced Serial Port / Enhanced Service Provider / Enhanced Serial Port / Errored Second, P-bit ESPRIT European Strategic Project for Research on Information Technology ESRC Economic and Social Research Council ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute ESRIN European Space Research Institute ESS Electronic Switching System ESSX Electronic Switching System Exchange ESU Element Supervisor Unit ESUS Enhanced Single Unix Specification (sometimes as ESUS2) ESVN Executive Secure Voice Network ET Exchange Termination ET&Q Engineering, Technology, and Quality ETAS Emergency Technical Assistance ETB End of Transmission Block (ASCII) ETC Electronic Toll Collection / Evil Type Coercion ETCO European Telecommunications Consultancy Organization ETCOM European Testing for Certification of Office and Manufacturing (equipment) ETE End-To-End ETF Electronic Toll Fraud ETG EWOS Technical Guide ETIN Electronic Transmitter Identification Number ETIS Electronic Telephone Inquiry System ETISALAT Emirates Telecoms Incompetent Slow And Lousy And Thieves / Everyday Testing Intelligence So Always Late At Transmission ETL Electronic Testing Laboratory ETLA Enhanced TLA / Extended Three Letter Acronym/Abbreviation (ie more than three letters) ETN Electronic Tandem Network ETO Electronic Trading Opportunity ETR Early Token Release ETRI Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute ETRI-PEC Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Protocol Engineering Center ETRIPEC Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Protocol Engineering Center ETS Education Technology Service / Electronic Tandem Switching / Electronic Translation System / European Telecommunications Standard / Executable Test Suite ETSACI Electronic Tandem Switching Administration Channel Interface ETSDU Expedited Transport Service Data Unit ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETSSP Electronic Tandem Switching Status Panel ETTM Electronic Toll and Traffic Management / Electronic Toll and Transaction Monitor ETX End of TeXt (ASCII) EU End User / European Union EUC Extended UNIX Code EUI End User Interface EULA End User License(ing) Agreement EUNET European UNIX Network EUPOT End User-Point of Termination EuroCAIRN European Co-operation for Academic and Industrial Research Ntworking EURO-ISDN European wide ISDN service EUROSINET European Open System Interconnect Network EUSR End User EUTELSAT European Telecommunications Satellite EUUG European UNIX Users Group EV Extreme Value EV86 Enhanced Virtual 8086 EVE European Videoconferencing Equipment / Extreme Value Engineering EVGA Expanded Video Graphics Array EW Electronic Warfare EWHCI East-West Human-Computer Interaction (conference) EWICS European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems EWOS European Workshop on Open Systems EX Expedited EXCA Exchangeable Card Architecture (usually as ExCA) EXCOM Executive Committee EXP (or XP)Experience (Common MUD term) EZINE Electronic Magazine E-ZINE Electronic Magazine F Fahrenheit F&A Finance and Accounting / Finance and Administration F/G Finished Goods F2F Face to face (also meeting in person) / Flesh to Flesh F3I Form, Fit, and Function Interface FA Fuse Alarm FA&T Final Assembly and Test FAA Federal Aviation Administration FABS Financial and Administration Business Systems FACS Facilities Assignment and Control System FACT Federation of Automated Coding Technologies FADU File Access Data Unit FAFWOA for a friend without access FAIS Factory Automation Interconnection System FAL File Access Listener FAMOS Floating Gate Avalanche MOS FAN Facility Area Network FAPL Format And Protocols Language FAQ Frequently Asked Question(s) (and Answers.) FAQL Frequently Asked Questions List FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation FARNET Federation of American Research Network FAST Federation Against Software Theft / First Application System Test FAT File Access Table / File Allocation Table FAX Facsimile FB Files Busy FBE Free Buffer Enquiry FBI Federal Bureau of Investigations FBOD Finance Board of Directors FC (modem) Flow Control / Feedback Control / Fiber Channel / Fingers Crossed / Frame Control FCA Fiber Channel Association FCAP Facility CAPacity FCB File Cache Buffer / File Control Block FCC Federal Communications Commission / Federal Cracking Consortium / Forward Command Channel FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology FCG False Cross or Ground / Format Computer Graphics FCI Frame Copied Indicator (bit) FCIC Federal Computer Investigations Committee FCL Fibre Channel Loop FCO Field Change Order FCR First Customer Release FCS Fast Circuit Switching / Fiber Channel Standard / File Control System / First Customer Ship / Frame Check Sequence FCSI Fiber Channel Systems Initiative FCST Forecast FCT Fundamentals of Computation Theory FCVC Flow Controlled Virtual Circuit FDC Floppy Disk Controller FDD Floppy Disk Drive FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDHM Full Duration Half Maximum FDI Feeder/Distribution Interfaces FDL Facility Data Link FDM Frequency - Division Multiplexing FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access FDP Field Development Program FDT Formal Description Technique FDX Full Duplex FE Far End / Far East FEA Functional Entity Action / Far East Asia FEAR Fu*k Everything And Run or False Evidence Appearing Real FEBE Far End Block Error (SONET) FEC Foreign Exchange Carrier / Forward Error Correction FECN Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (specification) FED Far End Data FEDI Financial Electronic Data Interchange FED-STD Federal Standard FEMF Foreign Electro-Motive Force FEP Front End Processor FEPG Federal Engineering Planning Group FEPS Facility and Equipment Planning System FERF Far End Receive Failure / Far End Reporting Failure FERPM FTAM Error Recovery Protocol Machine FET Field - Effect Transistor FETLA Further Extended Three Letta Acronym (ie it has five letters.) FEV Far End Voice FEXT Far - End Cross Talk FF Form Feed (ASCII) FFRD Flying Fuck in a Rolling Donut (I don't give one) FFS For Fu*k's Sake FFT Fast Fourier Transform / Final Form Text FFTDCA Final Form Text Document Content Architecture FG Feature Group (A, B, C, D) FGA Feature Group A FGB Feature Group B FGC Feature Group C FGD Feature Group D FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee FGND Frame Ground FHD Fixed - Head Disk FHOF Freeware Hall of Fame FI File Interchange FID Format Identifier FIDDO Focused Investigation of Document Delivery Options FIF Fractal Image Format FIFO First In, First Out FIGIT Follett Implementation Group for Information Technology FIGMO Forget It, I've Got My Orders FIGS Figures Shift FIIN Fuc*ed if I Know FIIOH Fu*k (or Forget) It, I'm Outta Here FIM Facing Identification Mark / Fiber Interface Module FIMG Finance Industry Marketing Group FIN Finish (flag) FINCEN (Federal) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (usually as FinCEN) FIOC Frame Input/Output Controller FIP Facility Interface Processor FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards FIR Fast InfraRed / Finite Impulse Response FIRE Fragmenting IP Real-time Engine (chip) FIRL Fiber-optic Inter-Repeater Link FIRM First In Releasing Most (Incorrect Acro) FIRST Fax Information Retrieval Support Technology / Forum on Incident Response and Security Teams FIS Forms Interchange Standard FISG Financial Industries Systems Group FISH First In, Still Here FISUS Fill In Signal Units FITB Fill In the Blanks FITS Flexible Image Transport System Five-O Cracking Group - (formerly the Imperial Warlords) FIX Federal Information eXchange / Federal Internet eXchange FL First Level FLA Four/Five Letter Abbreviation (ETLA and DETLA are preferred since they are FLAP FDDITalk Link Access Protocol FLETC Federal Law Enforcement Training Center FLIH First Level Interrupt Handler FLOP Floating-Point Operation FLP Fast Link Pulse FLT Fairlight FM Frequency Modulation / Fault Management / Fine Magic / Function Management FMAC Facility Maintenance And Control FMAP Field Manufacturing Automated Process FMBS Frame - Mode Bearer Service FMC Financial Management Center FMD Function Management Data FMEA Failure Modes and Effects Analysis FMIC Field Manufacturing Information Center FMMC Field Manufacturing Management Committee FMP (OpenView) Fault Management Platform / Field Manufacturing Plan FMS File Management System FMVFT Frequency Modulation Voice Frequency Telegraph FN Finish FNAL Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory FNC Federal Networking Council FNP Front - End Network Processor FNPA Foreign Numbering Plan Area FO Fiber Optics FOA Fiber Optic Adapter / First Office Application FOAD F**k Off And Die FOAF Friend of a Friend FOAFOAG Father of a Friend of a Girlfriend FOAG Father of a Girlfriend FOC Free Of Charge / Fiber Optic Communications FOCS Foundations of Computer Science FOD Fax On Demand / Finger Of Death / Format Office Document FOE F**king Operator Error FOIA Freedom Of Information Act FOIM Field Office Information Management (system) FOIRL Fiber Optic Inter-Repeater Link FOMAU Fiber Optic Medium Attachment Unit FOMC Field Operations Management Committee FON Fiber Optics Network FOOBAR Variant of FUBAR (q.v.) FORTRAN FORmula TRANslation/Translator (programming language) FOS Full Of Sh*t / Freedom Of Speech / Fundamental Operating System FOSSIL Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Layer FOT Frequency of Optimum Traffic / Full of Tripe FOTS Fiber Optic Transmission System FOX Field Operational X.500 FP Functional Profile FPA Floating Point Adapter FPASD Facsimile Packet ASsembler / Disassembler FPCA Functional Programmin languages and Computer Architecture FPCP Funky Pack of Cyberpunks FPF Facility Parameter Field FPGA Field-Programmable Gate Array FPM Feet Per Minute FPO For Placement Only / For Position Only FPODA Fixed Priority Oriented Demand Assignment FPP Floating Point Processor FPS Floating Point System / Fast Packet Switching / Frames Per Second FPT Forced Perfect Termination FPU Floating Point Unit (A co-processor that does floating point-non-integer- math) FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name FR Flat Rate FRAD Frame Relay Access Device FRAM Ferroelectric Random Access Memory FRC Frame Relay Capabilities FRDS Failure Resistant Disk Systems FRE Forward and Reverse Engineering FRED Fucking Ridiculous Electronic Device FREDMAIL FRee EDucational electronic Mail FREE FoR Ever & Ever FRF Frame Relay Forum FRICC Federal Research Internet Coordination Committee FRMR Frame Reject FRPS Field Reliability Performance Studies FRS First Revenue Ship / Flexible Route Selection FRU Field Replacement Unit / Field Replaceable Unit FRZ Freakin' Religious Zealot FS File Separator (ASCII) / Field Service / File Server / Frame Status / Full Scale / Functional Standard FSCE Free Solution Capillary Electrophoresis FSCK File System ChecK (UNIX command) FSF Free Software Foundation FSG Financial Systems Group / Format Standard Generalized (markup language) FSK Frequency Shift Keying FSL Field Service Logistics / Free Space Loss FSM Finite State Machine FSN Full Service Network FSP File Service Process / File Service Protocol FSR Free System Resources FSS Fully Separated Subsidiary FSTC Financial Services Technology Consortium FSTG Functional Standardization Taxonomy Group FSU File Support Utility FT Feet (usually ft or ' ) / Field Test / File Transfer FT1 Fractional T1 FTAM File Transfer, Access, and Management (protocol) FTASB Faster than a Speeding Bullet FTBOMH From The Bottom Of My Heart FTC Federal Trade Commission FTDS Failure Tolerant Disk Systems FTF Face To Face FTG Final Trunk Group FTL Faster than Light FTP File Transfer Protocol [a specific format to exchange files and data - usually also ftp - The name of a program (method) of up/downloading FTPD File Transfer Protocol Daemon FTR For the record / Full-Text Retrieval FTS Federal Telecommunications Service / Federal Telecommunications System / File Transfer Service FTSC Federal Telecommunications Standards Committee FTTC Fiber To The Curb FTTH Fiber To The Home FTTT From Time To Time FU F**ked Up / Fractional Unit FU2 Fu*k you too FUA Frequently Used Acronyms FUBAR Fouled/F**ked Up Beyond All Recognition/Reason/Repair / Failed UniBus Address Register FUBB fouled up beyond belief FUCK Fools usually get kicked FUD (spreading) fear, uncertainty, and disinformation/doubt FUMTU F*ed up More Than Usual FUNI Frame-based User-to-Network Interface / Frame User Network Interface (ATM Forum) FURTB Full up ready to burst (about hard disk drives!) FVC First Volume Commit FVIPS First Virtual Internet Payment System FWIW For What It's Worth FWTW For what that's worth FX Effects / Foreign eXchange FY Fiscal Year FY&TSYRIO Fu*k You And The Sysop You Rode In On FYA For Your Action / For your amusement FYDITM Fu*k You Directly In The Mouth FYE For Your Entertainment FYEO For Your Eyes Only FYI For Your Information FYO For Your Opinion FZG Folo Zone Gang g - grin - usually in brackets or angles or [g] / Giga- / Gigabyte / Gram (usually as g) / Gravity (usually as G) G,D&R Grinning, Ducking, And Running G8R Later 'Gater ( As in alligator ) GA Go ahead / Genetic Algorithm GAFIA Get Away From It All GAL Get A Life GAN Global Area Network GAO Government Accounting Office GAP Generic Address Parameter GASP Go Away, Silly Person! GATED GATE Daemon gawd god GB Gigabit (usually as Gb) / Gigabyte (usually as GB) Gbps Gigabits Per Second (usually as Gbps) / GigaBytes Per Second (usually as GBps) GBS GigaBits per Second / GBS Group Bridging Service GCA Graphic Communications Association GCDI Galacticomm Custom Device Interface GCID Global Call Identifier GCIDIE Global Call Identifier Information Element GCN Government Computer News (magazine) GCOS God's Chosen Operating System GCR Gray Component Replacement GCRA Generic Cell Rate Algorithm GCS Group Control System gd&h - grinning, ducking and hiding GD&R Grinning, Ducking and Running gd&r,vvf - grinning, ducking and running, very very fast gd&rf grinning, ducking and running FAST! GD&RVVF Grinning, Ducking and Running Very Very Fast gd&w grinning, ducking and weaving GDA Global Directory Agent GDAP Government Document Application Profile GDG Generation Data Group GDI Graphics Device Interface / Graphics Display Interface (Windows) GDMI Generic Definition of Management Information GDMO Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects GDS Generalized Data Stream / Generation DataSet / Global Directory Service / Graphics Data Syntax GDTR Global Descriptor Table Register GDU Grave Dancers Union GE General Electric / Group of Experts GECOS General Electric Comprehensive Operating System GEDCOM GEnealogical Data COMmunications (file format) GEIS General Electric Information Systems GEISCO General Electric Information Services Company GEMDES Government Electronic Messaging and Document Exchange Service GES Global Enterprise Services GF Girl Friend GFAK go fly a kite GFC going for coffee / Generic Flow Control GFCI Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter GFI General Format Identifier GFID General Format IDentifier GFN Gone For Now GFR Grim File Reaper (pervasive data destroyer) GGN Gotta Go Now GGP Gateway to Gateway Protocol GH Getting Hard GHZ GigaHertz (usually as GHz) GIA General International Area GID Group Identification GIF Graphical Interchange Format / Graphics Information Format GIG Gigabyte GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out GIM Group Identification Mark GIOP General Interoperable ORB Protocol GIPS Giga Instructions Per Second GIS Geographic Information System GITS Government Information Technology Services GIWIST Gee, I Wish I'd Said That GKS Graphics Kernal System GL Good Luck / Group Librarian (MPE) GLBS Great Lakes Business Systems GLGH Good Luck and Good Hunting GLIB Gay and Lesbian Information Bureau GM General MIDI GMBA Giggling My Butt Off GMG Government Manufacturing Group GMIDI General Musical Instrument Digital Interface GMR Giant Magneto-Resistive GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying GMSKFM Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying Frequency Modulation GMSK-FM Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying Frequency Modulation GMT Greenwich Mean Time (aka Zulu Time) GMTA Great minds think alike / Got me there again GN Given Name GND Ground GNM Generic Network Model GNMP Government Network Management Profile GNN Global Network Navigator GNS Get Nearest Server GNU GNU's Not Unix GNVQ General National Vocational Qualification GOD Givers of Destruction / Global Outdial / Greatly Underrated Deity GOES Geosynchronous Orbital Earth Satellite GOF Gang Of Four GOMF Get Outta My Face GOP Grand Old Pirates GOS Grade Of Service GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile GOV Government (usually as .gov) GOVT Government GP Group Processor GPD Gas Plasma Display / General Purpose Discipline GPF General Protection Fault GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus (aka HPIB) GPL General Public License GPN Government Packet Network GPO Government Printing Office GPS Global Positioning System / Global Positioning Satellite (network) GPV General Public Virus GPX Graphics Processor Accelerator GQ Generation Qualifier GR Grin GR&D grinning, running & ducking [appropriate behavior after making a particularly bad joke] (alternatively GD&R) GR? Grinning, Running, & Ducking GRAD Grinning, Running & Ducking GRC Generic Reference Configuration GRD GOSIP Register Database / Ground GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation (tunneling) GRIN GRaded INdices grlz girls GRMBL grumble GRP Group / MOD Group Modulator GRPMOD Group Modulator GRUIT Get Ready yoU Impudent Thing GS Games Society / Group Separator (ASCII) GSA General Services Administration / General Sales Agent GSAT General Telephone and Electronics Satellite Corporation GSB General Systems Business GSC General System Connect (bus or interface) GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center GSG Government Systems Group GSIM General Services Industry Marketing (group) GSM Global System for Mobile (communications) GSMP General Switch Management Protocol GSN Government Satellite Network GSO Geostationary Orbit GSS Generation Support Statement / Generic Security Service GSS/RSS Generation Support Statement / Reception Support Statement GSSP General Systems Security Principles GSTN General Switch Telephone Network GT Give Token GTA Give Token Acknowledgment / Government Telecommunications Agency GTB Go to bed GTC General Telephone Company / Give Token Confirm GTE General Telephone and Electronics GTFOOMF Get the Fu** Out of My Face GTN Government Telecommunications Network GTPNet Global Trade Point Network GTS Gamma Transfer Service GTSY Glad To See You GTT Global Title Transmission GUI Good User Interface. / Graphical User Interface GUID Globally Unique Identifier GUIDE Graphical User Interface Design Editor GURPG Generic Universal Role Playing Game GURPS Generic Universal Ro