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AC - Armored Cable

AC - Alternating Current

ACIA - Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter

ACK - Acknowledge

ACL - Advanced CMOS Logic

ACR - Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio

A/D - Analog to Digital

ADC - Analog-to-Digital Converter

ADF - Automatic Document Feeder

ADSL Asymetric Digital Subscriber Line

AFCI - Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter

AF - Audio Frequency

AFC - Automatic Frequency Control

AGC - Automatic Gain Control

AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port

AI - Artificial Intelligence

AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format

AIX - Advanced Interactive Executive

ALC - Automatic Level Control

AL/Cu - Aluminum/Copper

ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit

A/N - Alphanumeric

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

API - Application Program Interface

ARRL - American Radio Relay League

AS - Advanced Schottky

ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASP - Active Server Page

ASP - Application Program Interface

ASIC - Application-Specific Integrated Circuit

ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials

ASK - Amplitude-Shift Keying

ATA - Application Service Attachment

ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATC - Air Traffic Control

AV - Audio/Visual

AVC - Automatic Volume Control

AWG - American Wire Gauge

BASIC - Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

BD - Bonding Diagram

BBD - Bucket Brigade Device

BCD - Binary Coded Decimal

BER - Bit Error Rate

BEV - Billion Electron Volts

BGA - Ball Grid Array < P>BiCMOS - Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

BICSI - Building Industry Consulting Service International

BIFET - BIpolar Field-Effect Transistor

BIOS - Basic Input-Output System

BMP - Bitmap

BNC - Baby N Connector

BPI - Bits Per Inch

BPS - Bits Per Second

BPSG - Boro-Phospo-Silicate Glass

BSE - Back-Scattered Electrons

BST - Ball Shear Test

BW - BandWidth

CerDIP - Ceramic Dual In-line Package

CAD - Computer Aided Design

CADA - Computer Assisted Design and Analysis

CADD - Computer Assisted Design and Development

CAE - Computer Assisted Engineering

CAM - Computer Assisted Manufacturing CAN - CANcel

CAS - Column-Address Strobe

CATV - Community Antenna Television

CB - Citizens' Band

CBI - Complementary Binary

CC - Constant Current

CCITT - International Telegraphy and Telephony Consultative Committee

CCTV - Closed Circuit TeleVision

CCD - Charge Coupled Device

CD - Compact Disc CD> - Compact Disk - Interactive

CD-R - Compact Disc Recordable

CD-ROM - Compact Disc Read-Only Memory

CD-RW - Compact Disc Re-Writable

CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access

CF - Center Frequency

CFM - Cubic Feet per Minute

CL - Current Loop

CP/M - Control Program for Microcomputers

CPI - Character Per Inch

CEC - Canadian Electrical Code

CECL - Cascode Emitter-Coubled Logic

COL -Chip On Lead

CEMF - Counter ElectroMotive Force

CerDIP - Ceramic Dual Inline Package

CGI - Common Gateway Interface

CISC - Complex Instruction Set Computing

CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CMP - Communications Plenum Cable

CMR - Communications Riser Cable

CP - Consolidation Point

CPU - Central Prcessing Unit

CSAM - C-mode Scanning Acoustic Microscopy

CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check

CRT - Cathode Ray Tube

CS - Control Strobe

CSA - Canadian Standards Association

CSP - Chip Scale Package

CSS - Cascading Style Sheet

CTC - Counter/Timer Circuit

CTS - Clear To Send

CTP - Composite Theoretical Performance

CV - Constant Voltage

CVT - Constant Voltage Transformer

D/A - Digital to Analog

DAC - Digital to Analog Converter

DAV - Data Available

dB - Decibel

DBA - DeciBels - Adjusted

DBK - DeciBels - referred to 1 Kilowatt

dBM - DeciBels - above or below 1 milliwatt

DCD - Data Carrier Detect

DES - Data Encription Standard

DFP - Dual Flat Pack

DIAC - Bilateral trigger diode

DIL - Dual In Line

DIP - Dual In-line Package

DJS - Diminishing JAN Source

DMA - Direct Memory Access

DMM - Digital MultiMeter

DP - Data Processing

DPDT - Double Pole Double Throw

DPST - Double Pole Single Throw

DS - Data Strobe (logic signal)

DSO - Digital Storage Oscilloscope

DSP - Digital Signal Processing

DTL - Diode Transistor Logic

DTMF - Dual Tone Multi-Frequency

DTR - Data Terminal Ready

DVM - Digital Volt-Meter

DBMS - Database Management System

DBS - Direct Broadcast Satellite

DBV - DeciBels - Voltage

DBX - DeciBels - above reference coupling

DC - Direct Current

DDR - Double Data Rate

DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIMM - Dual Inline Memory Module

DLL - Dynamic Link Library

DMA - Direct Memory Access

DNS - Domain Name System

DO - Diode Outline

DOS - Disc Operating System

DPI - Dots Per Inch

DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory

DRM Digital Rights Management

DS - Digital Signal

DAC - Digital-to-Analog Converter

DSLAM - Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer

DSL - Digital Subscriber Line

DTD - Document Type Definition

DV - Digital Video

DVD - Digital Video Disc

DV/DT - Delta Voltage/Delta Time

DSP - Digital Signal Processing

EAPROM - Electricaly Alterable Read Only Memory

EEPROM - Electricaly Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EBCDIC - Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

ECC - Error Checking and Correction

ECL - Emitter Coupled Logic

EEPROM - Electricaly Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EDI - Electronic Data Interchange

EF - Entrance Facility

EGA - Enhanced Graphics Adapter

EIA - Electronic Industries Alliance

EL - ElectroLuminescent

ELF - Extremly Low Frequency

EMF - ElectroMotive Force

EMI - ElectroMagnetic Interference

EMP - ElectroMagnetic Pulse

EMT - Electrical Metallic Tubing

ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrater and Computer

ENT - Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing

EOT - End Of Transmission

EPLD - Electricaly Programmable Logic Device

EPROM - Electricaly Programmable Read Only Memory

EPI - Epitaxial Layer

EPS - Encapsulated Post Script

EQ - Equalizer

ER - Equipment Room

ESCA - Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis

ESD - Electrostatic Sensitive Device

ESDS - ESD Sensitivity

ESR - Equivalent Series Resistance

EV - Electron Volt

ER - Equipment Room

FET - Field Effect Transistor

FEXT - Far End Crosstalk

FC - Flat Cable Assembly

FCC - Flat Conductor Cable

FCC - Federal Communications Commission

FDDI - Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FIB - Focused Ion Beam

FMC - Flexible Metal Conduit

FMT - Flexible Metallic Tubing

FPU - Floating Point Unit

FTIR - Fourier Transform Infrared

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

GA - Gate Array

GAL - Generic Array Logic

GCS - Gate Controller Switch

GFLOPS - Billions of FLOating Point operations per Second

GIF - Graphics Interchange Format

GIS - Geographic Information Systems

GND - Ground

GPIB - General Purpose Interface Bus

GPS - Global Positioning System

GUI - Graphical User Interface

HAL - Hardwired Array Logic

HC - High speed Cmos

HCT - High speed Cmos with Ttl thersholds

HD - High Density

HDC - Hard Disk Controller

HDMI - High Definition Multimedia Interface

HDPE - High Density Polyethylene Conduit

HDTV - High Definition TeleVision

HDX - Half Duplex

HER - High Efficiency Red

HET - Hetetodyne

HF - High Frequency

HFS - Hierarchical File System

HIC - Hybrid Integrated Circuit

HPIB - Hewlett Packard Interface Bus

HPIL - Hewlett Packard Interface Loop

HSA - High Speed Amplifier

HSC - High Speed Converter

HTL - High Threshold Logic

HTTP - Hypertext Tranfer Protocol

HVDC - High Voltage Direct Current

HVPS - High Voltage Power Supply

Hz - Hertz

IA - Instrumentation Amplifier

IC - Integrated Circuit

ICE - InCircuit Emulation

ICF - Internet Connection Firewall

ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol

ICS - Internet Connection Sharing

IDC - Insulation Displacement Connection

IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IF - Intermediate Frequency

IGBT - Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor

IGFET - Insulated Gate Field Effect Transistor

IGP - Internet Graphics Processor

IGS - Integrated Gas Spacer Cable

ILD - Inter-Layer Dielectric

ILS - In-Line Sampling

IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol

IMC - Intermediate Metal conduit

IMD - Inter-Metal Dielectric

I/O - Input-Output

IOB - Input/Output processor

IP - Interface Processor

IPX - Internetwork Packet Exchange

IR - Infrared

IRED - InfraRed Emitting Diode

ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network

ISN - Information Systems Network

ISO - International Organization for Standardization

JFET - Junction Field Effect Transistor

JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group

JLCC - J-Leaded Chip Carrier

JRE - Java Runtime environment

JSP - Java Server Page

JUG - Joint Users Group

- Kilo

KA - KiloAmpere

KBPS - KiloBits Per Second

KEV - Kilo Electron Volts

KHz - Kilo Hertz

KVA - Kilo Volt Amperes

KWH - Kilo Watt Hours

LF - Low Frequency

LISP - List Processing

LEM - Light Emission Microscopy

LFCSP - Leadframe Chip Scale Package

LIMS - Laser Ionization Mass Spectroscopy

LO - Local Oscillator

LORAN - Long Range Navigation

LP - Low Pass

LPC - Linear Predictive Coding

LPM - Lines Per Minute

LPT - Line Printer

LSB - Least Significant Bit

LSD - Least Significant Digit

LSI - Large Scale Integration

LW - Long Wave

L - Inductance

LLFET - Logic Level Field Effect Transistor

LAN - Local Area Network

LASCR - Light Activated Silicon Controlled Rectifier

LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

LCD - Liquid Chrystal Display

LD - Line Driver

LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LED - Light Emitting Diode

LFMC - Liquidtight Flexible Metal Conduit

LFNC - Liquidtight Flexible Nonmetallic Conduit

LPI - Lines Per Inch

LQFP - Low Profile Quad Flat Pack

LUN - Logical Unit Number

MAC - Media Access Control

MC - Main Crossconnect

MC - Metal-Clad Cable

MAN - Metropolitan Area Network

MANET - Mobile Ad Hoc Network

MB - MegaBytes

MCM - Multichip Module

MCP - Multichip Package

MUX - Multiplexer

Mbps - Megabits per second

MCA - Micro Channel Architecture

MCU - MicroComputer Unit

MDAC - Multiplying Digital to Analog Converter

MECL - Motorola Emitter Coupled Logic

MFLOPS - Millions of FLoating Point operations per Second

MFM - Modified Frequency Modulation

MHz - Megahertz

MI - Mineral Insulated Cable

MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIPS - Million Instructions Per Second

MMU -- Memory Management Unit

MO - Master Oscillator

MOS - Metal Oxide Semiconductor

MOSFET - Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor

MOV - Metal Oxide Varistor

MP3 - MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3

MPEG - Moving Picture Expert Group

MQFP - Metal Quad Flat Pack

MR - Magnetic Resonance

MS-DOS MicroSoft Disk Operating System

MSB - Most Significant Bit

MSD - Most Significant Digit

MSI- Medium Scale Intergration

MSOP - Micro Small Outline Package

MSP - Mixed Signal Processing

MTS - Multichannel Television Sound

MTU - Maximum Transmission Unit

MV - Medium Voltage Cable

NAT - Network Address Translation

NC - Normally Closed

NEC - National Electric Code

NEXT - Near End Crosstalk

NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturers' Association

NetBIOS - Network Basic Input-Output System

NF - NanoFarad

NFPA - National Fire Protection Association

NFS - Network File Server

NIC - Network Interface Card

NiCad - Nickel Cadmium

NM - Nonmetallic-sheathed Cable

NMOS - N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor

NMR - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol

NO - Normally Open

NOC - Network Operations Center

NPN - Negative Positive Negative

NPS - National Pipe Straight Thread

NPT - National Pipe Tapered Thread

NTC - Negative Temperature Coefficient

NTFS - New Technology File System

NRZ - Non Return to Zero

NRZI - Non Return to Zero Invert

NT - Network Terminator

NUCC - Nonmetallic Underground Conduit with Conductors

NPN - Negative/Positive/Negative Bipolar Transistor

OC - Open Collector

OCR - Optical Character Recognition

ODBC - Open database Connectivity

OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer

OFNP - Optical Fiber Nonconductive Plenum Cable

OLAP - Online Analytical Processing

OLE - Object Linking and Embedding

OOP - Object Oriented Programming

OSPF - Open Shortest Path First

OTDR - Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

OTP - One Time Programmable

OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSP - Outside Plant

OVP - Over Voltage Protection

OVP - Over Voltage Protection

P2P - Peer to Peer

PBX - Private Branch Exchange

PC - Personal Computer

PCB - Printed Circuit Board

PCI - Periferal Component Interconnect

PCI-X - Periferal Component Interconnect Extended

PDF - Portable Document Format

PDIP - Plastic Dual In-line Package

PDN - Public Data Network

PGA - Pin Grid Array

PIM - Personal Information Manager

PING - Packet Internet Groper

PLCC - Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier

PLL - Phase Locked Loop

PMU - Power Managemen Unit

PNG - Portable Network Graphic

PNP - Positive/Negative/Positive Bipolar Transistor

POP3 - Post Office Protocol

POT - Potentiometer

PPI - Pixels Per Inch

PQFP - Plastic Quad Flat Pack

PRAM - Parameter Random Access Memory

PSOP - Power Small Outline Package

PVC - Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride Conduit

QFP - Quad Flat Pack

QIC - Quarter Inch Cartridge

QIP - Quad Inline Package

QSM - Quad Surface Mount

RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Discs

RADAR - RAdio Detection And Ranging

RAM - Random Access Memory

RAS - Row Address Strobe

RDF - Resource Description Framework

RDRAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory

RFI - Radio Frequency Interference

RGA - Residual Gas Analysis

RGB - Red Green Blue

RISC - Reduced Instruction Set Computing

RJ - Registered Jack

RMC - Rigid Metal Conduit

RMI - Radio Magnetic Interference

RMS - Root Mean Square

ROM - Read Only Memory

RPC - Remote Procedure Call

RSS - RDF Site Summary

RTE - Runtime Environment

RTD - Resistance Temperature Detector

RTF - Rich Text format

RTI - Real Time Interrupt

RTL - Resistor Transistor Logic

RTRC - Reinforced Thermosetting Resin Conduit

RTOS - Real Time Operating System

RTS - Request To Send

RUP - Rational Unified Process

SATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment

SAW - Surface Acoustic Wave

SBC - Single Board Computer

SCA - SubCarrier Adapter

SCI - Serial Communication Interface

SCL - Serial CLock

SCR - Silicon Controller Rectifier

SCS - Silicon Controller Switch

SCSI - Small Computer System Interface

SD - Secure Digital

SEM - Scanning Electron Microscope

SDRAM - Symetric Digital Subscriber Line

SE - Service-Entrance Cable

SG - Signal Ground

SIMM - Single In-line Memory Module

SIO - Serial Input and Output

SIP - Single In-line Package

SIPO - Serial In Parallel Out

SKU - Stock Keeping Unit

SLC - Sigle Layer Ceramic

SLI - Scalable Link Interface

SM - Surface Mount

SMT - Surface Mount Technology

SMART - Self Managing and Reporting Technology

SMB - Server Message Block

SMD - Surface Mount Device

SMS - Short Message Service

SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNR - signal to Noise Ratio

SO - Serial Output

SOA - Service Oriented Architecture

SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol

SOC - System on a Chip

SO-DIMM - Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module

SOI - Silicon on Insulator

SOIC - Small Outline Integrated Circuit

SOJ - Small Outline J-leaded

SQL - Structured Query Language

SOLV - SoLenoid Valve

SONAR - Sound Navigation and Ranging

SOP - Small Outline Package

SP - Signal Processor

SPDT - Single Pole Double Throw

SPI - Serial to Parallel Interface

SPICE - Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis

SPST - Single Pole Single Throw

SQL - Structured Query Language (for databases)

SR - Shift Register

SRAM - Static Random Access Memory

SSB - Single SideBand

SSH - Secure Shell

SSI - Small Scale Integration

SSID - Service Set Identifier

SSL - Secure Sockets Layer

SSR - Solid State Relay

SSTV - Slow Scan TeleVision

SW - Short Wave

T/H - Track and Hold

TC - Temperature Coefficient

TC - Power and Control Tray Cable

TCP-IP - Transmission Control Protocol - Internet Protocol

TD - Tunnel Diode

TDD - Telecomunication Devices for the Deaf

TEM - Transverse Electromagnetic (wave)

TF - Transfer Function

TFD - Thin Film Detector

TFEL - Thin Film ElectroLuminescent

SOIC - Small Outline Integrated Circuit

TFP - Triple Flat Pack

TFT - Thin Film Transistor

TIFF - Tagged Image File Format

THD - Total Harmonic Distortion

THz - TeraHertz

TIA - Telecommunications Industry Association

TIG - Tungsten Inert Gas

TM - Transverse Magnetic

TR - Transient Response

TR - Telecommunications Room

TSOP - Thin Small Outline Package

TVSS - Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor

TQFP - Thin Quad Flat Pack

TRIAC - Biderectional Triode Thyristor

TWT - Traveling Wave Tube

TX - Transmitter

UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

UDDI - Universal Description Discovery and Integration

UDP - User Datagram Protocol

UF - Underground Feeder Cable

uF - micro Farad

UHF - Ultra High Frequency

UHV - Ultra High Vacuum

UJT - UniJunction Transistor

UL - Underwriters' Laboratories

ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration

UML - Unified Modeling Language

UNC - Universal Naming Convention

UPC - Universal Product Code

UPnP - Universal Plug and Play

UPS - Uninteruptible Power Supply

URI - Uniform Resource Identifier

URL - Uniform Resource Locator

USART - Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

USB - Universal Serial Bus

USE - Underground Service-Entrance Cable

USOC - Uniform Service Order Code

UTC - Universal Time Code

UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair

VA - Volt Ampere

VAC - Volts Alternating Current

VAR - Variable

YAG - Yttrium Aluminum Garnet

VCD - Variable Capacitance Diode

VCO - Voltage Controlled Oscillator

VCI - Virtual Channel Identifier

VDC - Volts Direct Current

VF - Vacuum Fluorecent

VFAT - Virtual File Allocation Table

VFC - Voltage to Frequency Converter

VFO - Variable Frequency Oscillator

VGA - Video Graphics Array

VHF - Very High Frequency

VLSI - Very Large Scale Integration

YIG - Yttrium Iron Garnet

VLB - VESA Local Bus

VLF - Very Low Frequency

VLSI - Very Large Scale Integration

VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol

VOM - Volt Ohmmeter

VPI - Virtual Path Identifier

VPN - Virtual Private Network

VR - Voltage Regulator

VRAM - Video Random Access Memory

VRML - Virtual Reality Modeling Language

VS - Vertical Sync

VT - Virtual Terminal

VTM - Voltage Tunable Magnetron

VTVM - Vacuum Tube Volt Meter

VXO - Variable crystal Oscilator

WAIS - Wide Area Information Server

WAN - Wide Area Network

WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy

Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity

WP - Word Processor

WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access

WV - Working Voltage

WWW - World Wide Web

XHTML - Extensible Hypertext Markup Language

XSLT - Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformative

XTAL - crystal

ZD - Zero Defects

ZIF - Zero Insertion Force

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