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B8ZS

Binary 8 Zero Suppression [encoding] (ISDN, T1)

BACP

Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol

BAD

Broken As Designed (slang)

BAGEL

Bay Area GNU Enthusiasts League (GNU, org., user group)

BALUN

BALanced-UNbalanced [adapter] (cable), "Balun"

BAM

Bidirectional Associative Memory (neural nets)

BAM

Block-Availibility-Map

BAM

Bundesanstalt fuer Materialpruefung (org., Berlin, Germany)

BAP

[PPP] Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (PPP, RFC 2125)

BAPC

[PPP] Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (PPP, BAP, RFC 2125)

BAPCO

Business Application Performance COrporation (org., Compaq, Dell, HP, IBM, MS, Lotus, Intel, ...), "BAPCo"

BAPI

Business Application Programmer's Interface (SAP, R/3, API)

BAPT

BundesAmt fuer Post und Telefon (org.)

BARRNET

Bay Area Regional Research NETwork (network), "BARRNet"

BART

Basic Application RunTime (OS/2, IBM)

BARWAN

Bay Area Research Wireless Access Network (network, USA)

BASH

Bourne-Again SHell (Unix)

BASIC

Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BASIN

Bundesweites Alternatives Studentisches InformationsNetzwerk (WWW, org.)

BAT

Baby Advanced Technology [board] (AT)

BAYSIS

BAY networks' Switched Internetworking Services, "BaySIS"

BB

BridgeBoard (Amiga, Commodore)

BBC

Broadband Bearer Capability (B-ISDN)

BBL

Be Back Later (slang, Usenet, IRC)

BBN

Bolt, Beranek and Newman (manufacturer)

BBR

Back Bone Ring

BBS

Bulletin Board System

BCBDS

Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer Service (B-ISDN)

BCC

Base Communications-computer Center (mil., USA)

BCC

Blind Carbon Copy (DFUE)

BCC

Block Check Character

BCCH

Broadcast Control CHannel (GSM)

BCD

Binary Coded Decimal

BCDBS

Broadband Connectionless Data Bearer Service (ATM)

BCDIC

Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

BCDMA

Broadband Code Division Multiple Access (Interdigital, SNI, Samsung), "B-CDMA"

BCF

Base station Control Function (BS, BTS, GSM)

BCN

Backbone Concentrator Node (Wellfleet)

BCOB

Broadband Class of Bearer (B-ISDN)

BCP

[PPP] Bridging Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1638)

BCP

Basic Call Process (IN)

BCP

Binary Communications Protocol

BCP

Binary Control Protocol (Adobe, PS)

BCPL

Basic / BBN Combined Programming Language (BBN)

BCRFS

Bell System Reference Frequency Standard

BCS

Banking Communication Standard (banking)

BCS

Binary Compatibility Standard (Motorola)

BCS

British Computer Society (org., UK)

BCSM

Basic Call Sate Modell (IN)

BCU

Bus Controller Unit

BDA

Borland Database ??? (Borland, DB)

BDA

BundesDatenAutobahn [e.v] (org., ISP)

BDE

BetriebsDatenErfassung

BDE

Borland Database Engine (Borland, Delphi, DB)

BDF

Bitmap Description / Display Format (Adobe, Fonts)

BDK

[java]Beans Development Kit (Java)

BDOS

Basic Disk Operating System (CP/M)

BDR

Bus Device Request (SCSI)

BDSG

BundesDatenSchutzGesetz

BEAT

Best Enhanced Advanced Technology (Trident, AT)

BEC

Back-End-Chip (DVR)

BECEEP

BErlin Continuing Engineering Education Program, "BeCEEP"

BECN

Backward Explicit Congestion Notification (ATM)

BEDO

Burst EDO [DRAM] (EDO, RAM, DRAM, IC, Micron)

BEDODRAM

Burst Extended Data Out DRAM (RAM, DRAM, IC), "BEDO-DRAM"

BEEV

Bundesverband der Elektronik- und ElektroschrottVerwerter

BELLCORE

BELL COmmunications REsearch (org., USA), "Bellcore"

BEOS

Be Operating System (OS), "BeOS"

BER

Basic Encoding Rules [for ASN.1] (ASN.1, OSI, ISO, IS 8825)

BER

Bit Error Rate

BERKOM

BERliner KOMmunikationssystem (network)

BERT

Bit Error Rate Test

BES

Block Ended by Symbol (IBM, assembler)

BES

Bursty Errored Seconds (DS1/E1)

BEST

Borland Enhanced Support and Training (Borland)

BEVU

Bundesvereinigung mittelstaendischer Elektro- und elektronikgeraete entsorgungs- und VerwertungsUnternehmen (org.)

BEW

Business Engineering Workbench (R/3, SAP)

BF

Bus Fraction [pin] (Intel, Pentium, CPU)

BFD

Binary File Descriptor (Unix)

BFT

Binary File Tranfer (DFUE)

BGA

Ball Grid Array (CPU)

BGI

Borland Graphics Interface (Borland)

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol (RFC 1267/1771, IP)

BGT

Broadcast and Group Translators

BHCA

Busy Hour Call Attemps

BHLI

Broadband High Layer Information, "B-HLI"

BHN

Bayerisches Hochschulnetz (network)

BHT

Branch History Table (CPU)

BI

Breidbart-Index (Usenet, ECP, EMP)

BIB

Bus Interface Board

BIC

Bit Independence Criterion (cryptography)

BIC

Bus Interface Chip (DVR)

BICI

Broadband InterCarrier Interface (B-ISDN), "B-ICI"

BIDS

Borland International Data Structures (Borland)

BIF

Benchmark Interchange Format (PLB)

BIG

Bionet Intelligent Gateway (BioData)

BIGFON

Breitbandiges Integriertes Glasfaser-Fernmelde-OrtsNetz

BIKOS

BueroInformations- und KOmmunikationsSysteme (org., GI)

BIM

Broadband Interface Module

BIMA

British Interactive Multimedia Association (org., UK)

BIND

Berkely Internet Name DOMAIN [software] (Unix)

BIOS

Basic Input Output System / Support (PC)

BIP

Bit Interleaved Parity (SONET, ...)

BIPV

Bit Interleaved Parity Violation

BIRA

Belgian Institute for Automatic Control (org., Belgium)

BIS

Business Information System

BISDN

Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (ATM), "B-ISDN"

BISP

Business Information System Program

BISSI

Broadband Inter-Switching System Interface (B-ISDN), "B-ISSI"

BISUP

Broadband ISDN User's Part (B-ISDN), "B-ISUP"

BISYNC

Binary SYNchronous Communications (IBM)

BIT

Binary digIT

BITNET

Because It's Time NETwork (network)

BIU

Bus Interface Unit

BIX

Byte Information eXchange

BK

Buero Kommunikation

BKS

BenutzerKoordinatenSystem (CAD)

BLADE

Basic Linear Algebra for Distributed Environments

BLAST

BLocked ASynchronous Transmission

BLER

BLock Error Rate (CD)

BLLI

Broadband Low Layer Information (BISDN), "B-LLI"

BLM

Bayerische Landeszentrale fuer neue Medien (org.)

BLOB

Binary Large OBject

BLOROB

BLOck based ROBot

BLSM

Base Level System Modernization

BMBF

BundesMinisterium fuer Bildung und Forschung (org.)

BMBW

BundesMinisterium fuer Bildung und Wissenschaft (org.)

BMDP

Bio-Medical Data Package

BMFT

BundesMinisterium fuer Forschung und Technik (org.)

BML

Business Management Layerr (TMN)

BMOS

Bipolar Metal Oxyd Semiconductor (IC)

BMS

Basic Mapping Support (CICS)

BMS

Broadcast Message Server (PCTE)

BMTA

Backbone Message Transfer Agent (MTA)

BMUG

Berkeley Macintosh User Group (org., Apple, USA, user group)

BN

Bridge Number

BNC

Baby N Connector (slang)

BNC

Bayonet Neill Concelman [connector]

BNC

Bayonet Nut Coupling ???

BND

BundesNachrichtenDienst

BNF

Baccus-Naur Form

BNP

Broadband Network Premises

BNT

Broadband Network Termination (B-ISDN), "B-NT"

BNU

Basic Networking Utilities (AT&T)

BOA

Basic Object Adapter

BOCA

Borland Object Component Architecture (Borland)

BOD

Business Object Documents (OAG)

BOM

Begining of Message

BONDING

Bandwidth ON Demand INteroperability Group (org., manufacturer, AIM)

BOPS

Billion Operations Per Second

BORSCHT

Battery, Overvoltage, Ringing, Signalling, Coding, Hybrid, Testing [functions] (PBX)

BOS

Basic Operating System (AIX, IBM)

BOT

Back On Topic (slang, Usenet, IRC)

BOT

Beginning Of Tape

BOT

Build, Operate and Transfer (networks)

BP

Base Pointer [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)

BPB

BIOS Parameter Block (BIOS, DOS, HDD, FDD)

BPDU

Bridge Protocol Data Unit (PDU)

BPF

Berkeley Packet Filter (BSD, Unix)

BPI

Bits Per Inch (HDD)

BPIP

Best Play for Imperfect Player (NEC)

BPL

Bytes Per Line

BPN

Back-Propagation Net (NN)

BPP

Bits Per Pixel

BPP

Bridge Port Pair

BPS

Bits Per Second (MODEM)

BPSK

Bi Phase Shift Keying [modulation]

BPU

Branch Prediction Unit (CPU, MMX, Intel)

BPU

Branch Processing Unit (CPU)

BPV

BiPolar Violation [error event] (DS1/E1, DS3/E3)

BR

Boundary Representation (CAD, CAM)

BRAIN

Berlin Research Area Information Network (network)

BRAM

Broadcast Recognition Access Method (MAC)

BRAP

Broadcast Recognition with Alternating Priorities (MAC)

BRB

Be Right Back (slang, Usenet, IRC)

BRF

Benchmark Reporting Format (PLB)

BRI

Basic Rate Interface (ISDN)

BRI

Bridge Router Interface ??? (Banyan)

BRIEF

Basic Reconfigurable Interactive Editing Facility

BRIM

Bridge/Router Interface Module

BRS

Big Red Switch

BRTB

Berlin Reginal TestBed (WIN)

BS

BackSpace

BS

Banded Signaling

BS

Base Station (LA, GSM)

BS

BetriebsSystem

BS2000

BetriebsSystem 2000 (SNI, OS)

BSA

Backbone Service Area

BSA

Business Software Alliance (org., manufacturer)

BSAM

Basic Sequential Access Method (IBM, MVS)

BSC

Base Station Controller (BS, BTS, GSM)

BSC

Binary Synchronous Coded

BSC

Binary Synchronous Communications [protocol] (IBM)

BSCM

Binary Synchronous Communications Module

BSD

Berkeley System / Software Distribution (manufacturer, Unix)

BSDI

Berkeley Software Design Incorporated (manufacturer)

BSI

Bentley Systems, Incorporated (manufacturer)

BSI

British Standards Institute (org., UK)

BSI

Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (org.)

BSIC

Base Station Identification Code (BS, BCCH, GSM)

BSP

Binary Space Partitioning

BSS

Block Started by Symbol (IBM, assembler, Unix)

BSS

Broadband Switching System

BSSMAP

Base Station System Management Application Part (RR, BS, MTP, GSM)

BST

Bering Strait Time [-1100] (TZ)

BST

Brasil Standard Time [-0300] (TZ)

BST

British Summer Time [+0100] (TZ, UK)

BSVC

Broadcast Switched Virtual Connections (ATM)

BT

Baghdad Time [+0200] (TZ)

BT

Bering Time [-1100] (TZ)

BT

Burst Tolerance

BT

Bus Terminator

BTAM

Basic Tape Access Method (BS2000)

BTAM

Basic Telecommunications Access Method (IBM)

BTC

Biting The Carpet (slang, Usenet)

BTE

Broadband Terminal Equipment (B-ISDN), "B-TE"

BTL

Bell Telephone Laboratories

BTLB

Block Translation Look-aside Buffer (CPU)

BTM

Benchmark Timing Methodology (PLB)

BTOA

Binary TO ASCII (ASCII)

BTRON

Business TRON (TRON)

BTS

Base Tranceiver Station entities (BCF, BS, GSM)

BTU

Basic Transmission Unit (IBM, SNA)

BTW

By The Way (slang, Usenet, IRC)

BTX

BildschirmTeXt (network, Datex-J, Telekom), "Btx"

BTXVST

BildschirmTeXt-VermittlungsSTelle (BTX), "Btx-VSt"

BUI

Bus Interface Unit (DEC)

BUS

Broadcast and Unknown Server (ATM, LANE)

BVB

BundesVerband fuer Buero- und informationssysteme [e.v.] (org.)

BVCP

[PPP] Banyan VINES Control Protocol (RFC 1763, Banyan, VINES, PPP)

BVIT

BundesVerband InformationsTechnologien [e.v.] (org.)

BWBM

Bandwidth Balancing Mechanism (DQDB)

BZR

BefehlsZaehlRegister

BZR

Bit Zone Recording (ROD)

BZR

BundesZentralRegister

BZT

Bundesamt fuer Zulassungen in der Telekommunikation (org., Telekom)

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