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A |
Ampere |
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A/D |
Analog to Digital |
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A/N |
Alphanumeric |
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ABI |
Application Binary Interface |
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ABR |
Available Bit Rate traffic - ATM networking level |
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ABR |
AutoBaud Rate detect |
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AC |
Audio Codec |
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AC |
Alternating Current (vs DC) |
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ACD |
Automatic Call Distribution |
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ACE |
Advanced Computing Environment |
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ACIA |
Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter |
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ACK |
Acknowledge |
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ACL |
Advanced CMOS Logic |
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ACP |
Audio Control Panel |
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ACPI |
Advanced Configuration Power Interface |
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ACPR |
Adjacent Channel Power Ratio |
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ACS |
Asynchronous Communications Server |
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ACTS |
Advanced Communications Technologies and Services |
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ADB |
Apple Desktop Bus |
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ADC |
Analogue to Digital Converter |
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ADCCP |
Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures |
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ADLC |
Advanced Data Link Controller |
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ADPCM |
Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation |
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ADS |
AutoCAD Development System |
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ADSL |
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Lines |
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ADT |
Asynchronous Data Transfer |
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AF |
Audio Frequency |
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AFC |
Automatic Frequency Control |
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AFDEC |
Association of Franchised Distributors of Electronic Components |
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AFE |
Apple File Exchange |
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AFM |
Atomic Force Microscopy |
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AFP |
Appletalk Filing Protocol |
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AGC |
Automatic Gain Control |
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AGP |
Accelerated Graphics Port |
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AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
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AIM |
Apple/IBM/Motorola |
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AIX |
Advanced Interactive eXecutive |
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ALC |
Automatic Level Control |
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ALU |
Arithmetic Logic Unit |
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AM |
Amplitude Modulation; also Active Matrix. |
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AM |
Active Matrix. |
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AMA |
American Electronics Association |
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AMD |
Advanced Micro Devices |
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AMI |
American Megatrends Inc |
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AMPS |
Analogue Mobile Phone system |
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ANA |
Article Numbering Association |
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ANDF |
Architecture Neutral Distributed Format |
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ANI |
Automatic Number Identification |
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ANR |
Active Noise Reduction |
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ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
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AOL |
America Online |
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APA |
All Points Addressable |
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APC |
Automatic Phase Control |
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API |
Application Programming Interface |
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APM |
Advanced Power Management |
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APPC |
Advanced Program-to-Program Communications |
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APPN |
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking |
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APT |
Automatic Programmed Tools |
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ARC |
Advanced RISC Computing |
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ARCHIE |
Archive |
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ARCNET |
Attached Resource Computer Network |
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ARDIS |
Advanced National Radio Data Service |
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ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
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ARPANET |
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
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ARQ |
Automatic ReQuest for repeat |
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ARRL |
American Radio Relay League |
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AS |
Advanced Schottky |
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ASA |
American Standards Association |
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ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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ASIC |
Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
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ASK |
Amplitude Shift Keying |
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ASP |
Analogue signal processor |
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ASPI |
Advanced SCSI Programming Interface |
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ASRP |
Application Specific RISC Processor |
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ASSP |
Application Specific Standard Part |
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AT |
Advanced Technology |
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ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
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ATDM |
Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing |
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ATE |
Automatic Test Equipment |
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ATG |
Automatic Test Generation |
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ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
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ATRAC |
Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding |
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ATS |
Application Technology Satellite |
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AUI |
Attachment Unit Interface |
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AUTODIN |
Automatic DIgital Network |
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AUX |
Auxiliary |
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AV |
Audio/Visual |
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AVC |
Automatic Volume Control |
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AVC |
Audio Visual Connection |
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AVC |
Automatic Volume Control |
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AVI |
Audio Video Interleaved |
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AVK |
Audio Video Kernel |
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AVSS |
Audio/Video Subsystem. - Part of DVI standard |
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B&W |
Black & White (TV) |
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B&W |
Black & White (TV) |
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BASIC |
Beginners’ All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
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BBC |
British Broadcasting Corporation |
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BBD |
Bucket Brigade Device |
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BBS |
Bulletin Board System |
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BCC |
Bump Chip Carrier |
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BCC |
Block Check Character |
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BCD |
Binary Coded Decimal |
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BCI |
BroadCast Interference |
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BCPA |
British Copyright Protection Association |
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BCS |
British Computer Society |
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BCS |
Basic Control System |
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BDM |
Background Debug Mode |
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BDOS |
Basic Disk Operating System |
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BE |
Back End |
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BEDO |
Burst Extended Data Out |
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BEM |
Boundary Element Method |
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BER |
Bit Error Rate |
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BEV |
Billion Electron Volts |
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BFT |
Binary File Transfer |
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BGA |
Ball Grid Array |
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BIB |
British Interactive Broadcasting |
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BICMOS |
Bipolar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
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BIFET |
BIpolar Field-Effect Transistor |
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BIMOS |
Bipolar Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
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BIOS |
Basic Input/Output System |
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BISDN |
Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network |
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BIST |
Built In Self Test |
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BITE |
Built In Test Equipment |
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BJT |
Bipolar junction transistor |
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BLT |
Boundary Block Transfer |
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BMMG |
British Microcomputer Manufacturers' Group |
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BNC |
Bayonet Nut Connector |
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BNC |
Baby N Connector |
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BNF |
Backus Naur Form |
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BPI |
Bits Per Inch |
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BPS |
Bits Per Second |
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BPS |
Bits Per Second |
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BSA |
Business Software Alliance |
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BSC |
Binary Synchronous Communications |
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BSD |
Berkeley Standard Distribution |
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BSE |
Broadcast Satellite Experiment |
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BSI |
British Standards Institution |
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BSRAM |
Burst SRAM |
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BT |
British Telecom |
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BTAM |
Basic Terminal Access Method |
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BTB |
Branch Target Buffer |
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BTU |
British Thermal Units |
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BTW |
By The Way |
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BW |
BandWidth |
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Bytes/s |
Bytes Per Second |
