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AA

Auto Answer (MODEM)

AAAAA

Anonym Association Against Acronym Abuse (slang)

AAAI

American Association for Artificial Intelligence (org., AI, USA)

AAAS

American Association for the Advancement of Science (org., USA)

AAC

Authorization and Access Control (IETF)

AAD

Authorized AutoCAD Dealer (AutoCAD, CAD)

AADN

American Association of DOMAIN Names (org., USA, Internet)

AAE

Allgemeine AnschalteErlaubnis (Telekom)

AAIM

Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia (org.)

AAIS

Allied command europe ACCIS Implementation Strategy (ACCIS, NATO, mil.)

AAL

ATM Adaption Layer (ATM)

AAMSI

American Association for Medical Systems Informatics (org., USA)

AAP

Applications Access Point

AAP

Association of American Publishers (org., USA)

AARP

Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)

AASP

ASCII Asynchronous Support Package (ASCII)

AAT

Average Access Time

AATP

Authorized Academic Training Program (MS, MCSD)

AAUI

Apple Attachment Unit Interface (Apple, AppleTalk)

ABA

American Bankers Association (org., USA, banking)

ABAP4

Advanced Business Application Programming/4 (SAP, R/3, 4GL), "ABAP/4"

ABATS

Automatic Bit Access Test System

ABBS

Apple Bulletin Board System (Apple)

ABC

Atanasoff-Berry-Computer

ABCD

Altavista Business Card Directory (WWW)

ABEL

Advanced Boolean Expression Language

ABEND

ABnormal END (Netware)

ABI

Application Binary Interface (POE)

ABIOS

Advanced Basic Input Output System (IBM)

ABIST

Automatic Built In Self Test (IBM)

ABM

Asynchronous Balanced Mode

ABR

Available Bit Rate (ATM, CBR, VBR, UBR, QOS)

ABS

Apple Business Systems (Apple)

ABUI

Association of Banyan Users International (org., Banyan, user group, predecessor, ENA)

AC

Access Control (Token Ring, ...)

AC

Area Code

AC

Automatic Computer

AC3

Audio Compression - 3 ??? (Dolby, DVD, digital audio), "AC-3"

ACA

Asynchronous Communications Adapter

ACAS

Application Control Architecture Services (DEC)

ACC

Area Communication Controller (Modacom)

ACC

Atari Competence Center

ACCIS

Automated Command and Control Information System (mil., USA)

ACCS

Army Command and Control System (mil., USA)

ACCU

Association of C and C++ Users (org., UK)

ACD

Automated Call Distribution (CTI)

ACDC

Alternating Current/Direct Current, "AC/DC"

ACDI

Asynchronous Communications Device Interface (IBM, CM/2)

ACE

Advanced Computing Environment (manufacturer)

ACF

Access Control Field

ACF

Advanced Communications Function (IBM)

ACF

Apple Communications Framework (Apple)

ACFC

Address and Control Field Compression (PPP)

ACFNCP

Advanced Communication Function / Network Control Program (IBM, ACF), "ACF/NCP"

ACFTCAM

Advanced Communication Function / Telecommunications Access Method (IBM, ACF), "ACF/TCAM"

ACFVTAM

Advanced Communication Function / Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (IBM, ACF), "ACF/VTAM"

ACH

Association for Computers and the Humanities (org., USA)

ACIA

Associacio Catalana d'Intelligencia Artificial (org., Spain, AI)

ACIA

Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter

ACID

Atomicity - Consistency - Isolation - Durability (DB, TP)

ACIS

American Commitee for Interoperable Systems (org., USA)

ACL

Access Control List (DCE, DFS, NDS)

ACL

Advanced CMOS Logic

ACL

Association for Computational Linguistics (org., USA)

ACLF

Access Control List Facility (DCE)

ACM

Address Complete Message (ATM)

ACM

Association for Computing Machinery (org., USA)

ACME

A Company that Makes Everything (slang)

ACMS

Application Control Management System

ACO

AMP Communications Outlet

ACOPS

???? (GigaByte), "A-COPS"

ACOT

Apple Classrooms Of Tomorrow (Apple)

ACP

Active Configuration Profile (MODEM)

ACP

Auxillary Control Process

ACPA

Audio Capture and Playback Adapter (IBM)

ACPC

Apple Communications Protocol Card (Apple)

ACPI

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (Intel, MS, Toshiba)

ACPT

Automated Corporate Planning Tool

ACR

Attenuation to Crosstalk Radio (cable)

ACR

Automatic Call Recording

ACS

Access Control System (DISA)

ACS

Advanced Communications System

ACS

Architekten, Computer, Systeme (fair)

ACS

Asynchronous Communication Server

ACS

Australian Computer Science

ACSE

Association Control Service Element (OSI, ISO, DIS 8649)

ACSMIB

ATM Circuit Steering Management Information Base (ATM, MIB), "ACS-MIB"

ACSNET

Academic Computing Services NETwork

ACSS

Aural Cascading Style Sheets (CSS, HTML, WWW)

ACT

Architecture Characterization Template (DISA)

ACTA

America's Carriers Telecommunications Association (USA)

ACTPU

ACTivate Physical Unit (SNA)

ACTS

Advanced Communications Technologies and Services (Europe)

ACU

Automatic Calling Unit

ACU

Automatic Client Update (Novell, Netware)

ACUTA

Association of College and University Telecommunication Administrators (org., USA)

AD

Authorisierter Distributor (DEC)

AD

Autonomous DOMAIN

ADA

Automatic Data Acquisitions

ADAPSO

Association of Data Processing Service Organisation (org., USA)

ADAPT

Architecture Design, Analysis, and Planning Tool

ADATP

Allied DATa processing Publication (mil., USA)

ADB

A DeBugger (Unix)

ADB

Apple Desktop Bus (Apple)

ADBS

Advanced Data Broadcasting System (DirecPC)

ADC

Adaptive Data Compression (MODEM)

ADC

Analog to Digital Converter

ADC

Apple Distribution Center (Apple)

ADC

Automatic Data Capture

ADCCP

Advanced Data Communications Control Procedure (ANSI)

ADD

Adapter Device Driver (OS/2)

ADDDC

Automatic Direct Distance Dialing System

ADE

Aufforderung zur DatenEingabe (BTX)

ADEPT

Administrative Data Entry for Processing Transmission (mil., USA)

ADES

Automatic Digital Encoding System

ADEW

Andrew Development Environment Workbench (ATK, Unix)

ADF

Access control Decision Function (mil., USA)

ADF

Automatic Document Feeder

ADI

Autocad Device Interface (CAD, AutoCAD)

ADI

AUTODIN-to-DISN Interface (AUTODIN, DISN, mil., USA)

ADL

[international conference on the] Advances in Digital Libraries (IEEE)

ADL

Adventure Description Language

ADLC

Asynchronous Data Link Control

ADM

Add-Drop-Multiplexer

ADMA

Area Division Multiple Access (Mobile Systems)

ADMD

ADministration Management DOMAIN (X.400)

ADMS

Access Device Messaging Specification (banking, Visa)

ADP

Administrative Data Processing

ADP

Advanced Data Processing

ADP

Automatic Data Processing (ADP)

ADPCM

Adaptive Delta Pulse Code Modulation

ADPE

Automatic Data Processing Equipment (ADP)

ADPLO

Automated Data Processing Liaison Office (ADP)

ADPS

Automatic Data Processing System (ADP)

ADPT

Automated Data Processing/Telecommunications (ADP), "ADP/T"

ADS

Advanced Digital System

ADS

Application Development System

ADS

Automatic Distribution System

ADS

Automatic Documenting System (LAN)

ADS

Auxilary Data System

ADSIA

Allied Data Systems Interoperability Agency (org., NATO, mil.)

ADSL

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line [technology] (BELLCORE, AT&T, DSL)

ADSL

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop [modulation]

ADSP

Appletalk Data Stream Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)

ADSR

Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release [generator] (VCA)

ADSU

ATM Data Service Unit (ATM)

ADT

Abstract Data Type

ADT

Access Developer's Toolkit (MS, DB, Windows)

ADT

Application Data Type

ADT

Application Development Tools (IBM, AS/400)

ADU

Automatic Dialing Unit

ADUA

Administrative Directory User Agent

ADV

Automatisierte DatenVerarbeitung

ADV

staatliche Akademie fuer DatenVerarbeitung (org., Uni Boeblingen, Germany)

ADVS

Automatisiertes DatenVerarbeitungsSystem

ADX

Automatic Data eXchange

AE

Apple Events (Apple)

AE

Application Entity / Environment / Execution / Engineering (APE)

AEA

American Electronics Association (org., USA)

AEB

Analog Expansion Bus

AEC

Advanced Error Correction (CD)

AEF

Access control Enforcement Function

AEGIS

Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System

AEI

Application Enabling Interface (IBM)

AEI

Automatic Equipment Identification

AEIMP

Apple Event Interprocess Messaging Protocol (Apple)

AEM

Automatic Emulation Management (Brother)

AEOM

Apple Events Object Model (Apple)

AEPIA

Asociacion Espanola Para la Inteligencia Artificial (org., Spain, AI)

AES

Application Environment Service / Specification (OSF)

AES

Automatic Emulation Switching (Lexmark)

AESEBU

Auto Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union (digital audio), "AES/EBU"

AETE

Apple Event Terminology Extension (Apple)

AEUT

Apple Event User Terminology (Apple)

AF

Auxiliary carry Flag (assembler)

AFAIC

As Far As I'm Concerned (slang, Usenet, IRC)

AFAIK

As Far As I Know (slang, Usenet, IRC)

AFAMPE

[u.s.] Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange (org., USA. mil.)

AFC

Automatic Font Change

AFCET

Association Francaise pour la Cybernetique Economique et Technique (org., France)

AFD

Automatic File Distribution

AFE

Apple File Exchange (Apple)

AFEB

AFrican EDIFACT Board (org., EDIFACT), "AF/EB"

AFI

Authority and Format Indicator (NSAP, IDP)

AFI

Authority Frame Identifier

AFII

Association for Font Information Interchange (org., USA)

AFIN

Air Force Information Network (network, USA, mil.)

AFIS

AutomatisiertesFingerabdruck-InformationsSystem (INPOL)

AFK

Away from Keyboard (slang, Usenet, IRC)

AFNET

Air Force Network (network, USA, mil.)

AFP

Advanced Function Presentation (IBM)

AFP

Appletalk Filing Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)

AFPA

Advanced Function Printing Architecture (IBM)

AFPDS

Advanced Function Printing Data Stream (IBM)

AFT

Authenticated Firewall Traversal (IETF)

AFTP

Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

AFUU

Association Francaise des Utilisateurs d'Unix (org., France, Unix)

AGA

Advanced Graphics Adapter

AGC

Automatic Gain Control (Audio)

AGCH

Access Grant CHannel (GSM, CCCH)

AGEP

ArbeitsGemeinschaft Elektronisches Publizieren [e.v.] (org., DTP), "AgEP"

AGF

Arbeitsgemeinschaft der GrossForschungseinrichtungen [deutschlands] (org.)

AGFMB

ArbeitsGemeinschaft Freier MailBoxen (org.)

AGP

Advanced / Accelerated Graphics Port (Intel, MMX)

AH

[IP] Authentication Header (IPSEC, IPV6, RFC 1826)

AHIMA

American Health Information Management Association (org., USA)

AHP

Analytical Hierachy Process

AHPCRC

Army High Performance Computing Research Center (org., USA, HPC)

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AIA

Application Integration Architecture

AIC

[SRI] Artificial Intelligence Center (SRI, AI)

AIC

AIX windows Interface Composer (AIX, IBM)

AICA

Associazione Italiana per l'Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico (org., Italy)

AID

Attention Interrupt ??? [key] (IBM)

AID

AUTODIN Interface Device (AUTODIN, mil., USA)

AIDAT

African Internet Development Action Team (org., Internet)

AIDS

Automatic Installation and Diagnostic Service

AIFF

Audio Interchange File Format

AII

Active Input Interface (UNI, PMD, FDDI)

AIIA

Associazione Italiana per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (org., Italy, AI)

AIIM

Association for Information and Image Management (org., USA)

AIM

Advanced Invar Mask (Display, ViewSonic)

AIM

Alternate Input Method (OS/2)

AIM

Apple, IBM, Motorola [consortium] (Apple, IBM, Motorola, org.)

AIM

Association of Imaging Manufacturers (org.)

AIM

ATM / Ascend Inverse Multiplexing [protocol] (ATM)

AIM

Automatic Interface Management (Brother)

AIMS

Apple Internet Mail Server (Apple)

AIMSRCF

Association of Imaging Manufacturers ??? /Shared Resource Control Facility (Fujitsu), "AIM/SRCF"

AIN

Advanced Intelligent Network (IN)

AIO

Asynchronous Input/Output

AIP

ATM Interface Processor (ATM)

AIR

Automatic Image Refinement (Canon), "A.I.R."

AIRTC

[international symposium on] Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Control (IFAC, IFIP, IMACS, conference)

AIS

Alarm Indication Signal (UNI, ATM, OAM, DS3/E3)

AIS

Applied Information Sciences (manufacturer)

AIS

Applied Information Systems (manufacturer)

AIS

Automated Information System

AISB

Association of Imaging Service Bureaus (org.)

AISE

Alarm Indication Signal-External (UNI, ATM), "AIS-E"

AISIG

[south australian] Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group (org., Australia, AI)

AISP

Association for Internet Service Providers (org., USA, ISP)

AISP

Association for Internet Service Providers (org.)

AISP

Association of Information Systems Professionals (org., USA)

AISSO

Automated Information Systems Security Officer (mil., USA)

AIST

Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (org., Japan)

AIT

Advanced Intelligent Tape (Sony)

AIT

Angewandte InformationsTechnik [verlags gmbh] (manufacturer)

AITO

Association Internationale pour les Technologies Objets (org.)

AIW

APPN Implementers Workshop (org., APPN)

AIX

Advanced Interactive eXecutive (IBM, Unix, OS)

AIXESA

Advanced Interactive eXecutive/Enterprise Systems Architecture (IBM, AIX), "AIX/ESA"

AJBS

Association of Japanese Business Studies (org., Japan)

AKI

Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen KI Institute (org., KI)

AL

Assembly Language

ALAP

Appletalk Link Access Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)

ALAP

As Late As Possible (slang, Usenet)

ALC

Adaption Layer Controller (ATM)

ALC

Arithmetic and Logic Circuits (IC)

ALC

Automatic Level Control

ALDC

Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (IBM)

ALE

Address Lifetime Expectation (org., IETF, IP)

ALE

Application Link Enabling (R/3, SAP)

ALE

Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (Linux, user group)

ALGOL

ALGOrithmic Language

ALIWEB

Archie Like Indexing in the WEB (WWW)

ALK

Automatisierte LiegenschaftsKarte (ALTIS)

ALM

Application / Appware Loadable Module (Novell, Netware)

ALM

Asychronous Line Module

ALM

Asynchronous Line Multiplexer

ALOE

Apple Library for Object Embedding (Apple, OpenDoc)

ALR

Advanced Logic Research, inc (manufacturer)

ALS

Adjacent Link Station (IBM)

ALTEL

Association of Long-distance TELephone companies (org., USA)

ALTS

Association for Local Telecommunications Services (org., USA)

ALU

Arithmetic and Logic Unit (CPU)

AM

Active Matrix (LCD)

AM

Amplitude Modulation

AM

Asynchronous Mode

AMA

Automatic Message Accounting

AMACS

AMA Collection System (AMA)

AMARC

AMA Recording Center (AMA)

AMASE

AMA Standard Entry (AMA)

AMAT

AMA Transmitter (AMA)

AMATPS

AMA TeleProcessing System (AMA)

AMCD

Active Matrix Color Display (AMD, LCD)

AMD

Active Matrix Display (LCD)

AMD

Advanced MicroDevices [inc.] (manufacturer)

AME

Advanced Modeling Extension (AutoCAD)

AMEL

Active Matrix Electro Luminescent (AMD)

AMH

Automated Material Handling

AMHS

Automated Message Handling System (MHS)

AMI

Alternate Mark Inversion (ISDN, T1)

AMI

American Megatrends Incorporation (manufacturer)

AMI

ATM Management Interface (ForeRunner)

AMIA

American Medical Informatics Association (org., USA)

AMIA

Australian Medical Informatics Association (org., Australia)

AMIC

Apple Memory-mapped I/o Controller (Apple)

AMIGOS

Advanced Mobile Integration in General Operating Systems

AMIS

Audio Message Interface Standard

AMLCD

Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display (AMD, LCD)

AMMA

Advanced Memory Management Architecture

AMME

Automated Multi-Media Exchange

AMNET

Allgemeines Mailbox NETzwerk (BBS, network)

AMPE

Automated Message Processing Exchange

AMPS

Advanced Mobile Phone Service (Mobile Systems, Motorola)

AMS

American Mathematical Society (org., USA)

AMS

Andrew Mail / Message System (Unix)

AMS

Asymetric Multiprocessing System

AMS

AUTODIN Mail Server (AUTODIN, mil., USA)

AMSDOS

AMStrad Disk Operating System (Amstrad, OS), "AMS-DOS"

AMT

Active Matrix Technology (AMD, LDC)

AMT

Apple Media Tool (Apple)

AMTF

Average Modulation Transfer Function

AMTFT

Active Matrix Thin Film Transistor (AMD, LCD)

AMTPE

Apple Media Tool Programming Environment (Apple), "AMT PE"

AMWG

Architecture Methodology Working Group (org., DISA)

AN

Access Node

AN

Alternating Network

ANBU

ANlagenBUchhaltung

ANCS

AT&T Netware Connect Services (AT&T, Netware)

ANDF

Architecture Neutral Distributation Format (OSF)

ANFSCD

And Now For Something Completely Different (slang, Usenet, IRC)

ANHR

Access Node Hub Router (AN)

ANI

Automatic Number Identification

ANMA

Apple Network Managers Association (org., Apple)

ANMP

Advanced ??? Network Management Protocol

ANR

Access Node Router

ANS

Advanced Network & Services Inc. (IBM, MCI. Merit, NFSnet)

ANS

American National Standard (ANSI, USA)

ANSA

Advanced Networked Systems Architecture (ISA)

ANSI

American National Standard Institute (org., USA)

ANSPAG

Advanced Network System Performance and Application Group (RDN-CRC)

ANTC

Advanced Networking Test Center (org., USA, AMD, FDDI)

ANTS

AT&T Novell Telephone Services (AT&T, Novell), "A/NTS"

ANUML

Australian National University Meta Language, "ANU ML"

AOA

American Optometric Association (org., USA)

AOCE

Apple Open Collaboration Environment (Apple)

AOE

Application Operating Environment (AT&T)

AOI

Active Output Interface (UNI, PMD, FDDI)

AOL

America OnLine (network)

AOS

??? (IBM)

AOTC

Australian Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (org., Australia)

AOU

Arithmetic Output Unit

AOW

Asia and Oceania Workshop (OSI)

AP

Access Point (Wireless LAN)

AP

Application Processor

AP

Automatic Pagination

APA

Adaptive Packet Assembly

APA

All Points Addressable

APA

Arithmetic Processing Accelerator

APAR

Authorized Program Analysis Report (IBM)

APC

American Power Conversion (manufacturer, UPS)

APC

ArbeitsPlatz Computer (SNI)

APC

Association for Progressive Communications (org., network)

APCUG

Association of Personal Computer User Groups (org.)

APD

Additional Product Documentation

APDA

Apple Programmers and Developers Association (org., Apple)

APDU

Application Protocol Data Unit (OSI, PDU, OSI/RM)

APE

APplication Engineering

APEX

Advanced Packet EXchange

APF

Advanced Printer Function (IBM, ADT)

API

Application Program Interface (API)

APIC

Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (Intel, PIC)

APIS

Arbeitsdatei PIOS Innere Sicherheit (INPOL, PIOS)

APL

A Perspicious Language / Alles Parallel Loesbar (APL, slang)

APL

A Programming Language (IBM)

APLSF

A Programming Language with Shared Files (CMU, DEC)

APLSF

A Programming Language with Shared Variables (IBM)

APLV

Arbeitsdatei PIOS LandesVerrat (INPOL, PIOS)

APM

Advanced Power Management

APMS

Automated Program Management information System

APNIC

Asian Pacific Network Information Center (org., Internet)

APOK

Arbeitsdatei PIOS Organisierte Kriminalitaet (INPOL, PIOS)

APP

Application Portability Profile

APPC

Advanced Peer-to-Peer Communications (IBM, SNA, LU 6.2)

APPC

Advanced Program to Program Communication (IBM)

APPC

Application Program to Program Converter (IBM)

APPCM

Access Protection and Priority Control Mechanism (DQDB)

APPCP

Advanced Program to Program Communications Protocol (APPC, IBM)

APPI

Advanced Peer to Peer Internetworking (Cisco)

APPN

Advanced Peer to Peer Networking (IBM)

APR

Arbeitsdatei PIOS Rauschgift (INPOL, PIOS)

APS

Asynchronous Protocol Specification

APSE

Ada Programming Support Environment

APT

Address Pass Through

APT

Advanced Photoscale Technology (Brother)

APT

Automatically Programmed Tools

APTM

Application Program to Transaction Manager (TP)

APW

Arbeitsdatei PIOS Waffen (INPOL, PIOS)

AR

Administrative Request [message] (LFAP)

ARA

Administrative Request Acknowledge [message] (LFAP)

ARA

Apple[talk] Remote Access (Apple, AppleTalk)

ARAG

AntiReflection AntiGlare (ViewSonic)

ARAP

Apple Remote Access Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)

ARB

Architecture Review Board (OpenGL, manufacturer, org.)

ARC

Advanced RISC Computing [architecture] (ACE, RISC)

ARCA

Advanced RISC Computing Architecture (ACE, RISC)

ARCNET

Attached Resource Computer NETwork (Datapoint), "ARCnet"

ARE

All Routes Explorer (ATM, ???)

AREXX

Amiga Restructured EXtended eXecutor [language] (Amiga, Commodore)

ARL

Access Rights List (Banyan, VINES)

ARLL

Advanced Run-Length Limited [encoding]

ARM

Advanced RISC Machines (manufacturer, Acorn, Apple, VLSI, RISC)

ARM

Annotated [c++] Reference Manual

ARM

Asnchronous Response Mode

ARMA

Association of Records Managers and Administrators, inc. (org.)

ARMS

Architecture for Reliable Managed Storage (Cheyenne)

ARMS

Automation Resources Management System

ARNS

Appletalk Remote Network Server (Apple, AppleTalk)

AROM

Alterable Read Only Memory

ARP

Address Resolution Protocol (Internet, RFC 826)

ARPA

Advanced Research Projects Agency (org., USA)

ARPANET

Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork (USA, network)

ARPDP

Association of Rehabilitation Programs in Data Processing (org., USA)

ARQ

Automatic Re-transmission reQuest (MODEM)

ARRA

Announced Retransmission Random Access (MAC)

ART

Adaptive Resonance Theory (NN)

ART

Advanced Resolution Technology (Minolta)

ARTS

Accelerated Ray-Tracing System (raytracing)

ARTS

Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server

ARTT

Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal

AS

Advanced Server (Windows NT)

AS

Authentication Service (DCE)

AS

Autonomous System (IP, Internet, RFC 1930)

AS400

Application System/400 (IBM), "AS/400"

ASA

Advanced SCSI Architecture (SCSI)

ASA

American Standards Association (org., USA, ANSI, predecessor)

ASAP

As Soon As Possible (slang, Usenet, IRC)

ASAP

Automatic Switching And Processing

ASBR

Autonomous System Border / Boundary Router (AS)

ASC

Accredited Standards Committee (org., ANSI)

ASC

American Society for Cybernetics (org., USA)

ASC

Automatic Contrast Selection (FAX)

ASCII

American Standard Code of Information Interchange

ASCSI

Advanced Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI)

ASD

Architecture Summary Design

ASDSP

Application-Specific Digital Signal Processor

ASE

Active Storage Element (GigaB, IP-router)

ASE

Application Service Elemant (ATM)

ASEB

ASian EDIFACT Board (org., EDIFACT), "AS/EB"

ASEMH

Army Standards Electronic Mail Host (mil., USA)

ASH

Almquist SHell (BSD, Unix), "ash"

ASI

Adapter Support Interface (IBM, LAN)

ASI

Amorphous SIlicon drum (Kyocera), "aSI"

ASI

Asynchronous SCSI Interface

ASI

Automatic System Installation

ASIC

Application Specific Integrated Circuit (IC)

ASIM

Arbeitskreis Simulation und Kuenstliche Intelligenz (org., GI)

ASIS

American Society for Information Science (org.)

ASK

Akademische Software Kooperation (org., Karlsruhe, Germany)

ASK

Amplitude Shift Keying

ASKSAM

Access Stored Knowledge via Symbolic Access Method (DB), "askSam"

ASL

Adaptive Speed Levelling (US Robotics)

ASLT

Advanced Solid Logic Technology (IC)

ASM

Advanced Server Management (Acer)

ASM

Association of Systems Management (org.)

ASMP

ASymetric MultiProcessing [system]

ASMP

ASymmetrisches MultiProzessor [system]

ASN1

Abstract Syntax Notation One (OSI, ISO, IS 8824), "ASN.1"

ASNM

AdvanceStack Network Management (HP)

ASP

Abstract Service Primitive (OSI)

ASP

Active Server Pages (HTTP)

ASP

Advanced Signal Processing

ASP

Appletalk Session Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)

ASP

Association of Shareware Professionals (org., USA)

ASP

Authorized Service Provider (Sun)

ASPEC

Advanced SPectre Entropy Coding (MPEG, digital audio)

ASPEN

Automatic System for Performance Evaluation of the Network

ASPI

Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (Adaptec, API, SCSI)

ASPIC

Advanced ??? Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)

ASPIK

Algebraic Specifications and Implementations ??? (ISDV)

ASPS

Advanced Signal Processing System

ASQ

Automated Software Quality

ASQC

American Society of Quality Control (org., USA)

ASR

Automatic Server Restart (HP)

ASR

Automatic Speech Recognition

ASSERT

ADEPT Subsystem for Scanning of Electronic Received Traffic (ADEPT, mil., USA)

ASSIST

Automated Special Security Information System Terminal (mil., USA)

ASSPA

ASsociation Suisse pour l'Automatique (org., Switzerland)

ASSR

Agreed Set of Security Rules (mil., USA)

AST

Atlantic Standard Time (TZ)

ASTA

Advanced Software Technology and Agorithms (HPCC)

ASTRAL

Alliance fuer Strategic Token Ring Advancement and Leadership (manufacturer)

ASU

Asynchron-Synchron Umsetzer

AT

Advanced Technology (IBM, PC)

ATA

Advanced Technology Attachment

ATAPI

Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface (ATA)

ATASPI

Advanced Technology Attachment Software Programming Interface (ATA)

ATC

Address Translation Cache (CPU)

ATC

Address Translation Controller (ATM)

ATC

Automatic Transmission Control

ATCA

Allied Tactical Communications Agency (org., NATO, mil.)

ATCP

[PPP] AppleTalk Control Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk, PPP, NCP, RFC 1378)

ATD

Asynchronous Time Division (ATM)

ATDM

Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexer (ATD)

ATDMA

Asynchronous Time Division Multiple Access (ATD)

ATDP

ATtention Dial Pulse (MODEM)

ATDT

ATtention Dial Tone (MODEM)

ATE

Asynchronous Terminal Emulation (Banyan, VINES)

ATE

ATM Terminating Equipment (SONET, ATM)

ATEC

Authorized Training and Education Center (MS, MOCS, MCSD)

ATES

Advanced Techniques integration into Efficient scientific Software (ESPRIT, CASE)

ATF

Automatic Track Finding (DDS)

ATH

ATtention Hang up (MODEM)

ATI

Advanced Telecomunications Institute (org., USA)

ATI

Asociacion de Tecnicos de Informatica (org., Spain)

ATIP

Absolute Time In Pregroove (CD)

ATK

Andrew ToolKit (Unix)

ATKIS

Amtliches Topographisch-Kartographisches InformationsSystem

ATL

Activex Template Library (MS, ActiceX, MSVC)

ATL

Adaptive Threshold Learning (neural nets)

ATM

Adobe Type Manager

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATM

Automatic Teller Machine

ATMARP

ATM Address Resolution Protocol (ATM, ARP)

ATMP

Ascend Tunnel Management Protocol (Ascend, RFC 2107)

ATMS

Assumption based Truth Maintenance System (AI)

ATN

Augmented Transition Network

ATOB

ASCII TO Binary (ASCII)

ATOMM

Advanced super Thinlayer and high-Output Metal Media (Fuji)

ATP

Appletalk Transaction Protocol (Apple)

ATP

Application Transaction Program (IBM, APPC)

ATP2

AppleTalk Phase 2 (Apple, AppleTalk)

ATPS

AppleTalk Printing Services (AppleTalk, Apple)

ATR

Advanced Telecommunications Research laboratory (org., Japan)

ATR

Answer To Reset

ATR

Automatic Terminal Recognition

ATRAC

Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding (Sony, digital audio)

ATS

Abstract Test Suite

ATS

Administrative Terminal System

ATS

Apple Terminal Services (Apple, AppleTalk)

ATT

American Telephone and Telegraph, "AT&T"

ATX

Advanced Technology eXtended [format]

AU

Access Unit

AUAI

Association for Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (org., AI)

AUC

AUthentication Center (GSM), "AuC"

AUDIT

AUtomated Data Input Terminal

AUDIUS

AUssenDIenstUnterstuetzungsSystem (CAS)

AUE

Andrew User Environment (Unix)

AUGE

Apple User Group Europe (org., Apple, user group)

AUI

Attachment Unit Interface (ethernet)

AUI

Audible User Interface (UI)

AUIS

Andrew User Interface System (Unix, UI)

AUP

Acceptable Use Policy (NFSNet)

AURP

Appletalk Update-based Routing Protocol (Apple, Appletalk, RFC 1504)

AUT

Application Under Test

AUTODIN

AUTOmatic DIgital Network (DMS, DISA)

AUTOSEVOCOM

AUTOmated SEcure VOice COMmunications (predecessor, SVIP, mil., USA)

AUTOVON

AUTOmatic VOice Network (predecessor, DSN, DISA)

AUU

ATM User-to-User (ATM)

AUX

Apple UniX (Apple, Unix), "A/UX"

AV

AudioVisual [macintosh] (Apple)

AVA

Audio-Visual Authoring

AVAS

teile-Auftragserfassungs-, Verwaltungs- und AbrufSystem (MBAG)

AVATAR

Advanced Video Attribute Terminal Assembler and Recreator (BBS)

AVC

Audio-Visual Connection

AVCD

Audio-Visual Computer Display

AVE

AutoCAD Visualization Extension (AutoCAD)

AVI

Audio Video Interleaved (MS)

AVIS

AuftragsVerwaltungs- und InformationsSYstem (MBAG)

AVL

Adelson, Veslkij and Laudis [tree]

AVM

AudioVisuelles Marketing und computersysteme [gmbh] (manufacturer)

AVR

Automatic Voice Recognition

AVR

Automatic Voltage Regulation (USV)

AVS

Adult Verification System (WWW)

AWAC

Audio Waveform Amplifier and Converter (Apple)

AWADO

Automatischer Wechselschalter in der AnschlussDose

AWD

Automatische Waehleinrichtung fuer Datenverbindungen

AWE

Autocad Windows Extension (AutoCAD)

AWG

American Wire Gauge (cable)

AWK

al Aho, peter Weinberger, brian Kernighan (Unix)

AWL

AnWeisungsListe (DIN 19239)

AWS

Apple Workgroup Server (Appletalk, Apple)

AWT

Abstract Windows Toolkit (Java, Sun)

AWTAPI

Abstract Windows Toolkit-Application Programmer Interface (AWT, API, Java)

AXE

Application eXecution Environment

AZEB

Australian/new Zealand EDIFACT Board (org., EDIFACT), "AZ/EB"

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