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JBC |
Java Byte Code |
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JBEM |
Joint Board for Engineering Management |
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JCL |
Job Control Language |
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JEDEC |
Joint Electron Device Engineering Council |
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JEIDA |
Japanese Electronic Industry Development Association |
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JFET |
Junction Field Effect Transistor |
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JIS |
Japanese Industrial Standard |
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JIT |
Just-In-Time |
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JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
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JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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JTAG |
Joint Test Action Group |
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JUG |
Joint Users Group |
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JVM |
Java Virtual Machine |
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K |
Kelvin |
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K |
Kilo |
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KA |
KiloAmpere |
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KB |
Kilobits |
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KBPS |
KiloBits Per Second |
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KEV |
Kilo Electron Volts |
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KHz |
KiloHertz |
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KVA |
Kilo Volt Amps |
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KW |
Kilowatt |
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KWH |
Kilowatt Hours |
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L |
Symbol of Inductance |
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L2FET |
Logic Level Field Effect Transistor |
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LAN |
Local Area Network |
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LASCR |
Light Activated Silicon Controlled Rectifier |
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LASER |
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
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LBA |
Linear Block Array |
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LC |
Inductance and Capacitance |
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LCD |
Liquid Crystal Display |
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LCM |
Least/Lowest Common Multiple |
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LD |
Line Driver |
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LDMOS |
Lateral Double diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
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LDO |
Low DropOut |
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LE |
Local Exchange |
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LEC |
Local Exchange Carrier |
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LED |
Light Emitting Diode |
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LEP |
Light Emitting Polymer |
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LF |
Line Feed |
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LF |
Low Frequency |
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LFO |
Low Frequency Oscillator |
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LIFO |
Last In First Out |
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LIM |
Lotus-Intel-Microsoft |
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LIPS |
Logical Inferences Per Second |
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LISN |
Line Interference Stabilisation Network |
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LISP |
List Processing (language) |
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LLC |
Logical Link Control - Layer of OSI standard |
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LMDS |
Local Multipoint Distribution Service |
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LO |
Local Oscillator |
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LON |
Local Operating Network |
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LORAN |
Long Range Navigation |
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LP |
Low Pass |
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LPC |
Linear Predictive Coding |
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LPGA |
Laser Programmable Gate Array |
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LPM |
Lines Per Minute |
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LPT |
Line Printer |
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LQ |
Letter Quality |
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LRC |
Longitudinal Redundancy Check |
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LSB |
Least Significant Byte |
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LSB |
Least Significant Bit |
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LSD |
Least Significant Digit |
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LSI |
Large Scale Integration |
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LUT |
Look Up Table |
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LV |
Low Voltage |
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LVD |
Low Voltage Directive |
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LVDS |
Low Voltage Differential Signalling |
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LVPSU |
Low Voltage PSU |
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LW |
Long Wave |
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M |
Mega |
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MAC |
Multiplexed Analogue Components |
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MAC |
Media Access Control - Sub layer of OSI standard |
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MAC |
Multiplier-Accumulator |
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MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
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MAP |
Microprocessor Application Project |
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MAP |
Manufacturing Automation Protocol |
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MAPI |
Messaging Application Programming Interface |
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MASER |
Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
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MAT |
Machine Aided Translation |
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Mb |
Megabit |
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MB |
Megabyte |
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MbPS |
Megabits Per Second |
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MBPS |
Megabytes Per Second |
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MBPS |
Million Bytes Per Second |
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MBR |
Master Boot Record |
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MCA |
Micro Channel Architecture |
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MCGA |
Multi-Colour Graphics Array |
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MCI |
Media Control Interface |
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MCLED |
Micro Cavity LED |
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MCM |
MultiChip Module |
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MCU |
MicroComputer Unit |
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MDA |
Mechanical Design Automation |
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MDA |
Monochrome Display Adapter |
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MDAC |
Multiplying Digital to Analog Converter |
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MDI |
Multiple Document Interface |
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MDS |
Multipoint Distribution System |
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MECL |
Motorola Emitter Coupled Logic |
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MESFET |
Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
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MFLOPS |
Mega Floating Point Operations per Second |
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MFM |
Modified Frequency Modulation |
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MGA |
Masked Gate Array |
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MHS |
Message Handling Systems |
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MHz |
MegaHertz |
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MIB |
Microelectronics In Business |
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MICR |
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
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MICRON |
Millionth of a metre |
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MIDAS |
Multimade International Data Acquisition Service |
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MIDI |
Music Instrument Digital Interface |
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MIL |
Military |
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MIMD |
Multiple-Instruction Multiple-Data |
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MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
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MIPS |
Million Instructions per Second |
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MIRS |
Motorola Integrated Radio system |
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MIS |
Management Information System |
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MISD |
Multiple-Instruction Single Data |
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ML |
MultiLayer |
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MLB |
MultiLayer Board |
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MMI |
Man Machine Interface |
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MMU |
Memory Management Unit |
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MMX |
MultiMedia Extensions |
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MNP |
Microcom Network Protocol |
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MO |
Magneto Optical |
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MO |
Master Oscillator |
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MODEM |
Modulator/Demodulator |
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MOPS |
Millions of Operations Per Second |
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MOS |
Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
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MOSFET |
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
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MOV |
Metal Oxide Varistor |
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MP |
MultiProcessor |
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MPC |
Multimedia Personal Computer |
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MPEG |
Motion Picture Experts Group |
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MPP |
Massively Parallel Processor |
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MPS |
Micro Port Saver |
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MPSK |
Minimum Phase Shift Keying |
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MPU |
MicroProcessor Unit |
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MPU |
Main Processing Unit |
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MQFP |
Metal Quad Flat Pack |
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MR |
Magnetic Resonance |
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MRP |
Manufacturing Resource Planning |
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MSB |
Most Significant Byte |
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MSb |
Most Significant bit |
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MSC |
Mobile Services Switching Centre |
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MSD |
Most Significant Digit |
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MS-DOS |
Microsoft Disk Operating System |
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MSI |
Medium Scale Intergration |
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MSN |
MicroSoft Network |
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MTA |
Message Transfer Agent |
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MTBF |
Mean Time Between Failures |
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MTBM |
Mean Time Between Maintenance |
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MTF |
Modulation Transfer Function |
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MTS |
Message Transfer System |
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MTS |
Multichannel Television Sound |
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MTTF |
Mean Time To Failure |
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MTTR |
Mean Time To Recovery |
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MTTR |
Mean Time To Repair |
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MUMPS |
Multipe MicroProcessor System |
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MUX |
Multiplexer |
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MVDS |
Multipoint Video Distribution System |
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MVS |
Multiple Virtual Storage |
