13:55:17, Kategorien: Aktuell Akronyme II
Fortsetzung von Teil 1
- LIF - Low Insertion Force
- LIFO - Last In First Out / Last In, First Out
- LILO - Last In Last Out / Last In, Last Out
- LIM - Lotus Intel Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification
- LIMA - Lotus/Intel/Microsoft/AST
- LIMS - Library Information Management System
- LIP - Large Internet Packet
- LIPS - Logical Inferences Per Second
- LISP - List Processing
- LISTSERV - List Server
- LLAP - Live Long And Prosper
- LLC - Logical Link Control
- LLDT - Load Local Descriptor Table
- LLF - Low Level Format
- LLTA - Lots and Lots of Thunderous/Thundering Applause
- LM/X - LAN Manager for Unix
- LMAO - Laughing My Arse Off / Laughing My A**e Off
- LMB - Left Mouse Button
- LMK - Let Me Know
- LOB - Load Of B**locks
- LOC - Loop On-Line Control
- LOGO - A Programming Language
- LOL - Lots Of Luck/Laughing Out Loud
- LOMBARD - Lots Of Money but a Right D*ckh**d
- LOOB - Load Of Old B**locks
- LP - Long Playing
- LPC - Local Procedure Call
- LPI - Lines Per Inch
- LPM - Lines Per Minute
- LPN - Logical Page Number
- LPT - Line Printer
- LPT1 - First Parallel Printer Port
- LPT2 - Second Parallel Printer Port
- LPT3 - Third Parallel Printer Port
- LQ - Letter Quality
- LQM - Link Quality Monitoring
- LSA - Line Sharing Adapter
- LSB - Least Significant Bit
- LSC - Least Significant Character
- LSD - Least Significant Digit
- LSE - London School of Economics
- LSI - Large Scale Integration
- LSL - Link Support layer
- LST - List
- LTBW - Let The Buggers Wait
- LTD - Limited
- LTMSH - Laughing 'Till My sides Hurt
- LTNS - Long Time No See
- LU - Logical Unit / London Underground
- LUA - Logical Unit Application
- LUL - London Underground Limited
- LZ - Lempel-Zev (compression algorithm)
- LZW - Lempel-Ziv-Walsh (compression algorithm)
- M&T - Mother and Toddler
- M2M - Messages To Me
- M8 - Mate
- MA - Massachusetts
- MAABOS - Mad As A Bunch Of Spiders
- Mac - Macintosh
- MAC - Media/Medium Access Control
- MACINTOSH - Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs
- MAN - Manual / Metropolitan Area Network
- MANPAGE - MANual PAGE
- MAP - Memory Allocation Map
- MAPI - Messaging Applications Programming Interface / Mail/Messaging Applications Programming Interface
- MAPICS - Manufacturing, Accounting and Production Information Control System
- MaR - Mark as Read
- MASM - MAcro ASseMbler
- MATE - Men Always Tell Everybody
- MAU - Media Access Unit
- MAW - Mission Adaptive Wings
- MAX - Maximum
- MB - MessageBase / Megabyte (1,000 kilobytes) / Middle Button (of 3 button Mouse) / Manitoba
- MBASIC - Microsoft BASIC
- MBE - Member of (the Order of) the British Empire
- MBONE - Multicast Backbone
- MBPS - Megabytes Per Second
- MBR - Master Boot Record
- MBW - MessageBase Window
- MBX - Mailbox
- MCA - Micro Channel Architecture
- MCAD - Mechanical Computer Aided Design
- MCB - Memory Control Block
- MCGA - Multicolor Graphics Array
- MCI - Media Control Interface
- MCL - Microsoft Compatibility Labs
- MCM - Multi-Chip Module
- MCU - Multi-Chip Unit
- MD - Managing Director / Make Directory / Monochrome Display / Maryland
- MDA - Monochrome Display Adapter
- MDBTYD - My Dad's Bigger Than Your Dad
- MDI - Multiple Document Interface
- MDK - Multimedia Developers Kit
- MDLP - Modile Data Link Protocol
- MDR - Minimum Design Requirement
- MDY - Month Day Year
- Me - Messerschmitt
- ME - Maine
- MEB - Memory Expansion Board
- MEG - Megabyte
- MEGO - My Eyes Glaze Over
- MEM - Memory
- MESI - Modified Exclusive Shared and Invalid
- MFC - Microsoft Foundation Classes / Microsoft Foundataion Class
- MFFS - Microsoft Flash File System
- MFLOPS - Million Floating Point Operations Per Second
- MfM - Messages for Me / Messages for/from Me
- MFM - Modified Frequency Modulation
- MFP - Multifunction Peripheral
- MFS - Macintosh File System
- MFT - Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks
- MGA - Monochrome Graphics Adapter
- MGE - Modular GIS Environment
- MH - Marshall Islands
- MHOTY - My Hat's Off To You
- MHS - Message Handling System
- MI - Michigan
- MI5 - Military Intelligence 5 Counter Espionage
- MI6 - Military Intelligence 6 Foreign
- MIC - Mother In Charge
- MICRO - One-millionth
- MICROWAVE - Meals In Coffins, Revived Only With All Vitamins Removed
- MICS - Macro Interpretive Commands
- MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
- MIF - Management Information Format
- MIG - MIkoyan-Gurevich
- MIHBM - May I have BinMail
- MIHBMP - May I Have BinMail Please
- MIHBMT - May I Have BinMail Too
- MIHBMTP - May I Have BinMail Too Please
- MII - Microsoft/IBM/Intel
- MIL - Mother In Law / Military (organization Domain name)
- MIM - Metal-Insulator-Metal
- MIMD - Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Stream
- MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- MIN - Minimum
- MIPS - Millions of Instructions Per Second
- MIRV - Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicles
- MIS - Management Information System / Multimedia Information Sources / Management Information Systems
- MISC - Miscellaneous
- MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MIX - Member Information Exchange
- MJ - Marijuana/Pot/Cannabis
- MKDIR - Make Directory
- ML - Machine Language
- MLAPI - Multilingual Application Programming Interface
- MLC - Multilevel Cell
- MLID - Multi-Link Interface Driver
- MLR - Minimum Lending Rate
- MM - Minutes + Month
- MMB - Middle Mouse Button
- MMBTY - My Mum's Bigger Than You
- MMC - Matched Memory Cycle
- MMPM - Multi Media Presentation Manager
- MMS - My Mother Said
- MMU - Memory Management Unit
- MN - Minnesota
- MNOS - Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor
- MNP - Microcom Network Protocol
- MO - Magneto-Optical (disk drive) / Missouri
- MOC - Me/My Old Chum
- MOD - Modem / Modulus
- MODEM - Modulator Demodulator
- MOHLL - Machine Oriented High Level Language
- MOM - Microsoft Office Manager
- MOP - Maintenance Operations Protocol
- MORF - Male OR Female?
- MOS - Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- MOSFET - Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
- MOTOS - Member Of The Opposite Sex
- MOTSS - Member Of The Same Sex
- MOUY - Make One Up Yourself
- MOV - Metal Oxide Varistor
- MP - Message Pane / Multiple Processors / Northern Mariana Islands / Member of Parliament / Military Policeman
- MPC - Multimedia Personal Computer
- MPEG - Moving Picture Experts Group
- MPU - Microprocessor Unit
- MR - Modem Ready
- MRCF - Microsoft Realtime Compression Format
- MRCI - Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface
- MRDA - Mandy Rice Davies Applies ("Well He Would, Wouln't He?) / Mandy Rice-Davies Applies
- MRGC - Maritime Radiocommunications General Certificate
- MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- MRLP - Monster Raving Looney Party
- MRO - Multi-Region Operation
- MROK - Moderators Rule OK
- MRPL - Main Ring Path Length
- MRS - Media Recognition System
- MRT - Mean Repair Time
- MS - Multiple Sclerosis/MickeySoft / MicroSoft / Mississippi
- MSACM - Microsoft Audio Compression Manager
- MSAU - Multi-Station Access Unit
- MSAV - Microsoft Anti Virus
- MSB - Most Significant Bit
- MSCDEX - Microsoft Compact Disc EXtensions
- MSD - MickeySoft Diagnostics / Mass Storage Device / MicroSoft Diagnostics / Microsoft System Diagnostics / Most Significant Digit
- MSDN - MicroSoft Developer Network
- MS-DOS - Microsoft - Disk Operating System
- MSDR - Multiplexed Streaming Data Request
- MSDS - Microsoft Developer Support
- MSG - Message / Mono-Sodium Glutamate
- MSI - Medium Scale Integration
- MSIE - MicroSoft Internet Explorer
- MSIM - MicroSoft IntelliMouse
- MSKB - MicroSoft Knowledge Base
- MSL - MicroSoft Library / Map Specification Library
- MSN - MicroSoft Network
- MSO - Multiple-Systems Operator
- MST - Mountain Standard Time
- MSVC - Microsoft Visual C / MicroSoft Visual C
- MT - Empty / Montana
- MTAACW - Many Thanks And Ain't Cix/Cis Wonderful
- MTBB - Mean Time Between Breakdowns
- MTBF - Mean Time Between Failures
- MTF - Microsoft Tape Format / Modulation Transfer Function
- MTIA - Many Thanks In Anticipation
- MtM - Messages to Me
- MTM - Messages To Me
- MTS - Message Transfer Service/System
- MTTF - Mean Time To Failure
- MTTR - Mean Time To Repair
- MTU - Maximum Transmission Units
- MUD - Multi User Dungeon / Multi-User Domain / Multi-User Dungeon
- MUG - Multi User Game
- MUMPS - Massachusetts (General Hospital) Utility Multi-Programming System
- MUNG - Mash Until No Good
- MUSE - Multi-User Shared Environment
- MUX - Multiplexer
- MVB - Multimedia Viewer Book
- MVC - Multimedia Viewer Compiler
- MVDM - Multiple Virtual DOS Machines
- MVGA - Monochrome Video Graphics Array
- MVP - Multimedia Video Processor
- MVS - Multiple Virtual Storage
- MVT - Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks
- MVW - Message View Window
- MW - Minimum Wage
- MX - Mail Exchanger
- MYOB - Mind Your Own Business
- N/I - Non-Interlaced
- NA - Not Applicable
- NAAFI - Navy Army Air Force Institute (Service canteen & shop )
- NAC - Net Access Conferencing / Network Adapter Card
- NAFAIAA - Not As Far As I Am Aware
- NAFAIAC - Not As Far As I Am Concerned
- NAFAIC - Not As Far As I'm Concerned
- NAFAICS - Not As Far As I Can See
- NAFAICT - Not As Far As I Can Tell
- NAFAIK - Not As Far As I Know
- NAH - No Acronym Here
- NAK - Negative Acknowledgment
- NALOPKT - Not A Lot Of People Know That
- NALOPSTKT - Not A Lot Of People Seem To Know That
- NANO - One thousand-millionth
- NAP - Network Access Point
- NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NASI - NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface
- NATM - Not At The Moment
- NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- NAU - Network Addressable Unit
- NAY - Nobody Asked You
- NB - New Brunswick
- NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
- NBD - No Big Deal
- NBF - No Bloody Fear
- NBI - Nothing But Initials
- NBL - Not Bloody Likely
- NC - No Charge / No Children / North Carolina
- NCA - Network Communications Adapter
- NCC - Network Control Center
- NCGA - National Computer Graphics Association
- NCP - Network Control Processor/Program/Protocol
- NCSA - National Center for Supercomputing Applications / National Centre for Supercomputing in America / National Computer Security Agency
- NCT - National Childbirth Trust
- ND - North Dakota
- NDA - Non Disclosure Agreement
- NDDK - Network Device Development Kit
- NDIS - Network Device/Driver Interface Specification
- NDP - Numeric Data Processor
- NDS - NetWare Directory Service
- NDW - Norton Desktop for Windows
- NE - Nebraska
- NEG - Negative
- NET - Network (organization Domain name
- NetBEUI - NetBIOS Extended User Interface
- NetBIOS - Network Basic Input/Output System
- NF - Newfoundland
- NFF - No Fault Found
- NFG - No F**king Good
- NFI - No F**king Idea
- NFS - Network File System
- NFW - No Flippin' Way
- NG - NewsGroup
- NGEAA - Normal Granny Eggs Apologies Applies
- NH - New Hampshire
- NHC - National Hurricane Center
- NIAL - Not In Acronyms List
- NIC - Network Information Center / Network Interface Card
- NICBDAT - Nothing Is Certain But Death And Taxes
- NID - Not In Dictionary
- NIFD - Now I Feel Dumb
- NIFOC - Nude In Front Of Computer
- NIH - Not Invented Here
- NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard
- NIMCD - Not In My Current Dictionary
- NIMHO - Not In My Humble Opinion
- NIMO - Not It My Opinion
- NIMTO - Not In My Term of Office
- NIMVHO - Not In My Very Humble Opinion
- NIOED - Not In the Oxford English Dictionary
- NIPS - Network I/Os Per Second
- NIR - Network Information Retrieval
- NIS - Network Information Service
- NISA - New Information System Architecture
- NITAL - Not In The Acronym List
- NITD - Not In The Dictionary
- NITRO - Not In The Region Of
- NJ - New Jersey
- NJE - Network Job Entry
- NL - New Line
- NLM - NetWare Loadable Module
- NLP - Northern Line Project
- NLQ - Near Letter Quality
- NM - New Mexico
- NMI - Non-Maskable Interrupt
- NMM - NetWare Management Map
- NMOS - Negative Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
- NMR - No Moves Received
- NMS - Network Management System
- NNI - Network-Network Interface
- NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol
- NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NOC - Network Operations Center
- NORTON - kNickers Off Ready To Open Knees
- NORWICH - kNickers Off Ready When I Come Home
- NOS - Network Operating System
- NPA - Network Printer Alliance
- NPBT - Net Payment Before Tax
- NPD - No Problem, Dude
- NPFS - Named Pipes Filing System
- NPI - Network Printer Interface
- NPL - Nonprocedural Language
- NPLU - Not People Like Us
- NPMW - New and Prospective Members Welcome
- NQOS - Not Quite Our Sort
- NRN - No Reply Necessary
- NS - Network Supervisor / Nova Scotia / Non Smoking
- NSA - National Security Agency
- NSD - NearSite Dial
- NSF - National Science Foundation
- NSFNET - National Science Foundation NETwork
- NSN - NearSite Network
- NSP - Network Service Provider
- NSSTD - No Sooner Said Than Done
- NSW - New South Wales
- NT - National Trust/New Technology/National Theatre / Northwest Territories
- NT3 - Windows NT v3
- NT4 - Windows NT v4
- NT5 - Windows NT v5
- NTAS - NT Advanced Server
- NTF - No Trouble Found
- NTFS - New Technology File System / Windows NT Filing System
- NTIAAO - Not That I Am Aware Of
- NTIIAO - Not That I Is Aware Of
- NTIM - Not That It Matters
- NTOOT - Nine Times Out Of Ten
- NTRAS - NT Remote Access Services
- NTS - NT Server
- NTSA - NetWare Telephony Services Architecture
- NTW - NT Workstation
- NUI - Network User Identification/Interface
- NUL - Null
- NUTGAUA - Not Unless You Get An Unknown Acronym
- NV - Nevada
- NVM - Non-Volatile Memory
- NVR - Non-Volatile RAM
- NVRAM - Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
- NVT - Novell Virtual Terminal
- NY - New York
- NYPD - New York Police Department
- OAB - One-to-All Broadcast
- OAI - Open Applications Interface
- OAS - On A Stick / One-to-All Scatter
- OB - Outside Broadcast
- OBC - On Back Cover
- OBE - Order of the British Empire
- OBJ - Object
- OBN - Order of the Brown Nose
- OBO - Or Best Offer
- OCL - Operation Control Language
- OCR - Optical Character Recognition
- OCS - Open Crotch Shot
- OD - Open Doc (alternative to OLE)
- ODA - Office Document Architecture
- ODAPI - Open DataBase Application Programming Interface
- ODBC - Open DataBase Connectivity
- ODBMS - Object-Oriented Database Management System
- ODI - Open Datalink Interface / Open Device Interconnect / Open-link Data Interface
- ODS - Open Data Services
- ODT - Open Desktop
- OE - Old English
- OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OED - Oxford English Dictionary
- OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OEO - Organisational Email Option
- OES - Organisational Email Service
- OF - Overflow Flag
- OFFS - Oh For F**ks Sake
- OFS - Output Field Separator
- OFT - Operator Finger Trouble
- OH - Over Here / Off Hook / Ohio
- OHMIGAWD - Oh My God
- OIC - Oh I See
- OICWYM - Oh I See What You Mean
- OIDL - Object Interface Definition Language
- OIS - Office Information Systems
- OK - OK (Well, what did you expect?) / Oklahoma
- OLE - Object Linking and Embedding
- OLI - Optical Line Interface
- OLR - Off Line Reader
- OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing
- OM - Old Man / Object Manager
- OME - Open Messaging Environment
- OMF - Object Module Format / Open Message Format
- OMG - Oh My God / Object Management Group
- OMI - Open Messaging Interface
- OMNS - Open Network Management System
- OMR - Optical Mark Recognition
- OMRLP - Official Monster Raving Looney Party
- OMS - Over My Shoulder
- ON - Ontario
- ONC - Open Network Computing
- ONO - Or Near Offer
- OO - Object Oriented
- OOC - Out Of Character/Out Of Curiosity
- OODB - Object-Oriented Database
- OODMS - Object-Oriented Database Management System
- OOI - Out Of Interest
- OOL - Object-Oriented Language
- OOMPR - Out Of My Price Range
- OOO - Out Of Order
- OOPL - Object-Oriented Programming Language
- OOPS - Object Oriented Programming and Systems
- OOS - Object-Oriented Systems
- OOSO - Over and Out, Signing Off
- OOTB - Out Of The Box (ie Brand New) / Out Of The Box (i.e. Brand New)
- OOTD - One Of These Days
- OOTT - One Of Those Things
- OOUI - Object Oriented User Interface
- OPAC - Online Public Access Catlog
- OPCODE - Operational Code
- OPD - Operand
- OPEC - Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- OPI - Open Prepress Interface
- OPM - Operations Per Minute
- OPS - Operations
- OPT - Open Protocol Technology
- OPUS - Octal Program Updating System
- OR - Oregon
- ORG - Organization (organization Domain name)
- ORS - Output Record Separator
- OS - Operating System
- OS/2 - Obsolete Soon, Too / Operating System/2
- OS/E - Operating System/Environment
- OS2 - Obsolete Soon Too
- OSA - Open System Architecture / Official Secrets Act
- OSF - Open Software Foundation / Open Software Federation
- OSI - Open Systems Interconnection
- OSM - Off-Screen Model
- OSP - Optical Storage Processor
- OSPF - Open Shortest Path First
- OSQL - Object Structured Query Language
- OST - Obsolete Soon Too
- OT - Object Technology
- OTB - Over The Board
- OTF - On The Floor
- OTOH - On The Other Hand
- OTP - One-Time Programmable
- OTT - Over The Top
- OTTH - On The Third Hand
- OTTOMH - Off The Top Of My Head
- OURS - Open Users Recommended Solutions
- OV - Overflow
- OVHB - One Very Happy Bunny
- OVSN - Out Very Soon Now
- OWI - Out With It
- OWIBNI - Oh Wouldn't It Be Nice If
- OWIL - Only When I Laugh
- OWL - Object/Open Windows Library
- OWTTE - Or Words To That Effect
- PA - Pennsylvania
- PAAF - Pissed As A Fart
- PABX - Private Automatic Branch eXchange / Private Automatic Branch Exchange
- PACS-L - Public Access Computer Systems List
- PAD - Packet Assembler/Disassembler
- PAF - Postal Address File
- PAIH - Public-Access Internet Host
- PAIS - Public-Access Internet Site
- PAL - Phase Alternation Line / Programmed Array Logic / Programming Assembly Language
- PALC - Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal
- PANS - Pretty Advanced New Stuff / Pretty Advanced/Annoying New Stuff
- PAP - Password Authentication Procedure / Passwork Authentication Protocol
- PAR - Parallel
- PARA - Paragraph
- PASCAL - Programming Language named for Blaise Pascal
- PAX - Portable Archive Exchange
- PBE - Prompt By Example
- PBX - Private Branch Exchange
- PC - Personal Computer/Price Check/Politically Correct / Printed Circuit / Program Counter
- PCB - Printed Circuit Board / Program Control Block
- PCD - Photo Compact Disk
- PC-DOS - Personal Computer - Disk Operating System
- PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
- PC-I/O - Program Controlled I/O
- PCL - Printer Command Language / Process Control Language
- PCMCIA - People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms / Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
- PCMIM - Personal Computer Media Interface Module
- PCN - Personal Computer Network
- PCNFS - Personal Computer Network File System
- PCTW - PC Tools for Windows
- PCW - Personal Computer World
- PD - Public Domain
- PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
- PDC - Primary Domain Controller
- PDD - Physical Device Driver
- PDF - Portable Document File/Format
- PDG - Pretty Damned Good / Problem Determination Guide
- PDIAL - Public Dialup Internet Access List
- PDL - Page/Program Description Language
- PDN - Public Data Network
- PDP - Programmable Data Processor
- PDQ - Pretty Damned Quick
- PDS - Packet Driver Specification / Partitioned Data Set
- PDSS - Post Development and Software Support
- PDT - Pacific Daylight Time
- PDU - Plug Distribution Unit
- PE - Prince Edward Island
- PEA - Pocket Ethernet Adapter
- PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
- PEL - Picture ELement
- PEM - Privacy-Enhanced Mail
- PEO - Personal Email Option
- PERL - Practical Extraction and Report Language
- PERT - Program Evaluation and Review Technique, Meg Ryan
- PES - Processor Enhancement Socket
- PET - Print Enhancement Technology
- PF - Political Fund
- PF&HOMW - Printed, Framed & Hanging On My Wall
- PFMFJI - Please Forgive Me For Jumping In
- PFR - Power-Fail Restart
- PGA - Professional Graphics Adapter / Professional Golfers' Association
- PGDN - Page Down
- PGM - Program
- PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
- PGUP - Page Up
- PGY - Post Graduate year PGY-1, PGY-2 etc. used in PGY Med.
- PI - Private Investigator/3.1415926 / 3.1415926535 etc etc etc
- PIA - Peripheral Interface Adapter
- PIC - Personal Intelligent Communicator / Priority/Program Interrupt Controller
- PICS - Platform for Internet Content Selection
- PICT - Picture
- PID - Process Identification Number / Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- PIF - Picture Interchange File / Program Information File
- PIM - Personal Information Manager
- PIN - Personal ID Number / Personal/Process Identification Number
- PINE - Pine Is Not Elm
- PING - Packet INternet Gopher / Packet Internet Groper
- PIO - Parallel Input/Output
- PIPI - Producer Input Price Indices
- PIPO - Parallel In, Parallel Out
- PIT - Programmable Interval Timer
- PITA - Pain In The Arse / Pain In The A**e
- PITB - Pain in the Butt
- PITN - Pain In The Neck
- PIXEL - Picture Element
- PKZ - Phil Katz ZIP (file compression program)
- PL/1 - Programming Language One
- PL/M - Programming Language for Micros
- PLA - Programmable Logic-Array
- PLC - Public Limited Company / Programmable Logic Controller
- PLD - Programmable Logic Device
- PLL - Phase Locked Loop
- PLOKTA - Press Lots Of Keys To Abort
- PM - Presentation Manager / Preventative Maintenance / Process Manager
- PMB - Pardon Me, But
- PMETC - Pardon Me Etc.
- PMFB - Pardon Me For Breathing
- PMFBI - Pardon Me For Butting In
- PMFJI - Pardon Me For Jumping In
- PMFJOT - Pardon Me For Jumping Off Topic
- PMI - Pardon My ignorance
- PMJI - Pardon Me Jumping In
- PMMU - Paged Memory Management Unit
- PMOS - Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- PMS - Policy Management System / Pre-menstrual Syndrome
- PMYMHMMFSWGAD - Pardon Me, You Must Have Mistaken Me For Someone Who Gives A Damn
- PN - Processing Node
- PND - Post-Natal Depression
- PNP - Plug And Play
- POC - Point Of Contact
- POL - Problem Oriented Language
- POOP - Proper Object Oriented Programming ("If it's not POOP it's crap")
- POP - Post Office Protocol / Point Of Presence
- POP1 - Post Office Protocol 1
- POP2 - Post Office Protocol 2
- POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3
- POSIX - Portable Operating System Interface
- POST - Power-On Self Test
- POV - Point Of View
- PPD - Prepaid
- PPI - Producer input Price Indices
- PPM - Pages Per Minute
- PPP - Point to Point Protocol
- PPS - Packets Per Second
- PPTP - Point to Point Tunnelling Protocol
- PQ - Quebec / Prime Ministers Questions
- PQMF - Please Quote Me For
- PR - Puerto Rico / Public Relations
- PRBS - Pseudo-Random Binary Sequence
- PRF - Pulse Repetition Frequency
- PRI - Primary Rate Interface
- PRMD - Private Management Domain / Private Mangement Domain
- PRN - Printer
- PROC - Procedure
- PROG - Program
- PROLOG - PROgramming In LOGic
- PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory
- PRTSC - Print Screen
- PS - Proportional Spacing / Permanent Secretary / Police Sergeant / Post Script / Public School
- PS/2 - Programming System 2
- PSC - Print Server Command
- PSDN - Packet-Switched Data Network
- PSDS - Packet-Switched Data Service
- PSERVER - Print Server
- PSF - Permanent Swap File
- PSID - PostScript Image Data
- PSIM - People Say I'm Mad
- PSL - Private Sector Liquidity
- PSN - Packet Switching Network
- PSPDN - Packet-Switched Public Data Network
- P-SRAM - Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory
- PST - Pacific Standard Time
- PSTN - Public Switch Telephone Network
- PSU - Power Supply Unit
- PSW - Program Status Word
- PTA - Parent-Teacher's Association
- PTD - Parallel Transfer Disk Drive
- PTO - Patent and Trademark Office
- PTTPTB - Praise To The Powers That Be
- PU - Priority Unread
- PUB - People Undertaking Booze / Public
- PUS - Processor Upgrade Socket
- PVC - Permanent Virtual Circuit
- PVM - Parallel Virtual Machine
- PW - PowWow / Password / Palau
- PWB - Printed Wire Board
- PWD - Print Working Directory
- PWR - Power
- PYT - Pretty Young Thing
- Q - Que?
- QA - Quality Assurance
- QALOPKT - Quite A Lot Of People Know That
- QBE - Query By Example
- QBF - Query by Form
- QC - Quality Control
- QDOS - Quick and Dirty Operating System
- QED - Quod Erat Demonstrandum
- QEMM - Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager
- QFA - Quick File Access
- QIC - Quarter Inch Cartridge
- QL - Quantum Leap
- QRK - Do You Understand
- QRM - Interference Man made
- QRP - Low Power / Very Quietly
- QRT - Stopping Communication
- QRX - Wait For A Short Time
- QRZ - Who Are You
- QSL - I Expect a Reply
- QSO - Chat / Communication
- QSY - Change Frequency / Move To Another Topic
- QTH - Location
- QUANDO - QUick ANd Dirty Operation
- R&D - Research and Development
- R/O - Receiver Only
- R/T - Receive/Transmit
- R/W - Read/Write
- RAD - Rapid Application Development
- RAF - Royal Air Force
- RAFA - Royal Air Force Association
- RAFARS - Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society
- RAID - Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks / Redundant Arrays of Independent/Inexpensive Disks/Drives
- RAM - Random Access Memory
- RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter
- RAMP - Remote Access Maintenance Protocol
- RAND - Random
- RAP - Rapid Application Prototyping
- RAQ - Rarely Asked Question
- RARP - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- RAS - Remote Access Service/Storage
- RASAPI - Remote Access Service Application Programming Interface
- RASMAN - Remote Access Service Manager
- RAUBM - Replies As Usual By Mail
- RB - Right Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse)
- RBBS - Remote Bulletin Board System
- RBM - Reply By Mail
- RBMO - Reply By Mail Only
- RBTL - Read Between The Lines
- RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- RCP - Remote CoPy
- RD - Receive Data / Remove Directory
- RDA - Remote Database Access
- RDB - Receive Data Buffer / Relational DataBase
- RDBMS - Relational DataBase Management System
- RDCLK - Received Timing Clock
- RDM - Really Doesn't Matter
- RDSR - Receiver Data Service Request
- REG - Register
- RELSECT - Relative Sector
- REM - Remark
- REN - Rename / Ring Equivalent Number
- REQ - Request
- RES - Remote Execution Service / Reset / Resolution
- RET - Resolution Enhancement Technology / Return
- REX - Relocatable Executable
- REXEC - Remote Execution
- REXX - Restructured Extended Executor
- RF - Radio Frequency
- RFC - Request For Comments
- RFI - Radio Frequency Interference
- RFL - Refresh File List
- RFP - Request For Proposal / Request for Proposal
- RFQ - Request for Quotation
- RFS - Remote File Sharing/System
- RFU - Reserved For Future Use
- RGB - Red-Green-Blue
- RH - Right Hand
- RHIA - Rubs Hands In Anticipation
- RHP - Right Hand Page
- RHS - Right Hand Side
- RI - Rhode Island
- RIFF - Resource Interschange File Format
- RIITTSS - Reality Impaired Individuals with Tendencies Toward Satiric Surrealism
- RIM - Remote Installation and Maintenance
- RIME - RelayNet International Message Exchange
- RIO - Right In One
- RIP - Raster Image Processor / Remote Imaging Protocol / Routing Information Protocol
- RISC - Reduced Instruction Set Computer
- RL - Real Life
- RLE - Run Length Encoded
- RLL - Run Length Limited
- RLN - Remote LAN Node
- RLOGIN - Remote Login
- RLSD - Received Line Signal Detected
- RMB - Right Mouse Button
- RMDIR - Remove Directory
- RMON - Remote Monitor/Monitoring
- RMP - Remote Maintenance Processor
- RNARS - Royal Navy Amateur Radio Society
- RND - Random
- RNR - Ringing No Reply
- R-O - Read Only
- ROAST - Ram On A STick
- ROFC - Roll On Floor Crying
- ROFIFOG - Roll On Floor In Fits Of Giggles
- ROFL - Rolls On Floor Laughing
- ROFLAHMSL - Rolling On Floor Laughing And Holding My Sides Laughing
- ROFLASSO - Rolling On Floor Laughing And Splitting Sides Open
- ROFLASTC - Rolling On The Floor Laughing And Scaring The Cat
- ROFLMAO - Roll On Floor Laughing My A**e Off
- ROFLWPFOS - Rolls On Floor Laughing With Pants Full Of S**t
- ROFLWTROMF - Rolling On Floor Laughing With Tears Running Off My Face
- ROFLWTSDMF - Rolls On Floor Laughing With Tears Streaming Down My Face
- ROM - Read Only Memory
- ROP - Run Of Paper / Raster Operation
- ROT13 - EBG13
- ROTBA - Reality On The Blink Again
- ROTFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing
- ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A** Off. / Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A**E Off.
- ROTFLMHO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Head Off
- ROTM - Right On The Money
- ROUS - Rodents Of Unusual Size (I don't believe they exist)
- ROW - Rest Of World
- ROYGBIV - An acronym for the colours of the spectrum
- RPC - Remote Procedure Call
- RPG - Role-Playing Game / Report Program Generator / Role Playing Game
- RPI - Retail Price Index
- RPITA - Royal/Real Pain In The A**e
- RPPROM - Reprogrammable PROM
- RPQ - Request for Price Quotation
- RPRINTER - Remote Printer
- RPT - Repeat
- RQBE - Relational Query By Example
- RRP - Recommended Retail Price
- RS - Request to Send
- RSARS - Royal Signals Amateur Radio Society
- RSC - Royal Shakespere Company / Royal Shakespeare Company
- RSCS - Remote Spooling Communications System
- RSF - Right Said Fred
- RSGB - Radio Society of Great Britain
- RSH - Remote Shell
- RSI - Repetitive Strain Injury
- RSN - Real Soon Now
- RSPCA - Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- RSTS - Resource Sharing Time Sharing
- RTAM - Remote Terminal Access Method
- RTBI - Round Tables of great Britain
- RTC - Real-Time Clock
- RTDM - Real-Time Data Migration
- RTEL - Reverse Telnet
- RTF - Rich Text Format
- RTFH - Read The F**king Help
- RTFHF - Read The F**king Help Files
- RTFM - Read The F*****g Manual / Read The F**king Manual / Reboot The F**king Machine
- RTFRN - Read The F**king Release Notes
- RTL - Run Time Library
- RTM - Read The Manual
- RTNR - Ring Tone No Reply
- RTOLH - Read The Online Help
- RTOS - Real-Time Operating System
- RTRN - Read The Release Notes
- RTROTT - Read The Rest Of The Thread
- RTS - Request To Send
- RTT - Read The Thread
- RTTEOTM - Read To The End Of The Manual/Message
- RTTEOTT - Read To The End Of The Thread
- RTTY - Radio Teletypewriter
- RUOK - Are You OK?
- RW - Reading Window
- RWM - Read-Write Memory
- RX - Receive
- RXD - Received Data
- S/N - Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- S/NS - Smoking and Non-Smoking
- S/W - Software
- SAA - Systems Application Architecture
- SAE - Self/Stamped Addressed Envelope
- SAH - Sure As Hell
- SAJB - Self Addressed Jiffy Bag
- SAM - Sequential Access Method
- SAP - Service Advertising Protocol
- SASE - Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
- SB - Sound Board
- SBT - Sad but True
- SC - South Carolina
- SCB - Subsystem Control Block
- SCC - Synchronous Channel Check
- SCRN - Screen
- SCSI - Small Computer Systems Interface / System Can't See It
- SD - Send Data / South Dakota
- SD_STB - Streaming Data Strobe
- SDA - Software Disk Array
- SDB - Symbolic Debugger
- SDF - Space Delimited File/Format
- SDI - Single Document Interface
- SDK - Software Development Kit
- SDLC - Synchronous Data Link Control
- SDNS - Secure Data Network Service
- SDQ - Stupid Dumb Question
- SDR - Streaming Data Request
- SDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
- SEA - Self-Extracting Archive / Standard Extended Attribute
- SEAL - Segmentation and Reassembly Layer
- SEC - Single Error Correction
- SED - Stream-Oriented Editor
- SEG - Segment
- SEL - Select
- SEM - Scanning Electron Microscope
- SER - Serial
- SET - Softwave Engineering Technology
- SETEXT - Structure Enhanced Text
- SETI - Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence
- SEU - Smallest Executable Unit
- SFAICT - So Far As I Can Tell
- SFAIK - So Far As I Know
- SFLOC - Stony Faced Look Of Contempt
- SFQL - Structured Full-text Query Language
- SFSG - So Far So Good
- SFT - System Fault Tolerance
- SFX - Sound Effect(s)
- SGML - Standard Generalised Markup Language
- SGR - Set Graphics Rendition
- SHBM - She Has Binary Mail
- SHBMA - She Has Binary Mail Also
- SHBMAW - She Has Binary Mail As Well
- SHBMT - She Has Binary Mail Too
- SHG - Segmented Hypergraphics
- SHM - She Has Mail
- SI - System Information
- SI/SO - Serial In/Serial Out
- SIAAGS - Sold It At A Garage Sale
- SIAS - Suck It And See
- SIAT - Storm In A Teacup
- SID - So I Do / Serial Input Data / Station IDentification
- SIDF - System Independent Data Format
- SIG - Special Interest Group / Spectrum Is Green
- SILYMI - Say It Like You Mean It
- SIM - Simulator
- SIMD - Single Instruction Multiple Data Stream
- SIMM - Single Inline Memory Module / Single In-line Memory Module
- SIO - Serial Input/Output
- SIP - Single In-line Package
- SIPO - Serial In, Parallel Out
- SIPP - Single In-line Pin Package
- SIR - Serial Infrared / Service Incident Report
- SITD - Still In The Dark
- SK - Saskatchewan
- SLATFATF - So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
- SLBM - Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile
- SLCM - Submarine Launched Cruise Missile
- SLIDE - Still Living In Drab Environment
- SLIP - Serial Line Interface Protocol / Serial Line Interface/Internet Protocol
- SLMR - Silly Little Modem Reader
- SMD - Surface Mounted Device
- SMDS - Switched Multi-Megabit Data Service
- SMI - System Management Interrupt
- SMIF - Standard Mechanical Interface
- SMIT - System Management Interface Tool
- SMK - Software Migration Kit
- SMM - System Mangement Mode
- SMOP - Small Matter Of Programming
- SMP - Simple Management Protocol
- SMPC - Shared Memory Parallel Computer
- SMPS - Switching Mode Power Supply
- SMRAM - System Management Random Access Memory
- SMS - Storage Management Services
- SMT - Surface-Mount Technology
- SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol / Simple Mail Transfer/Transmission Protocol
- SMU - System Management Utility
- SN - Serial Number
- SNA - Systems Network Architecture
- SNAFU - Situation Normal - All Fouled Up / Situation Normal - All F**ked Up
- SND - Sound
- SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
- SNOBOL - String Oriented Symbolic Language
- SNR - Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- SO - Significant Other / Smoking Outdoors
- SOAP - Seems Ok At Present
- SOBOH - Slap On Back Of Head
- SOC - System On a Chip
- SOCKS - Socket Secure Server
- SOE - Standard Operating Environment
- SOED - Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
- SOH - Sense Of Humour / Start of Header
- SOL - Sh*t Outta Luck / Simulation Oriented Language
- SOLAS - Safety Of Life At Sea
- SOLDELET - Selective On-Line DELETe
- SOLRLA - Serious Off Line Reader Lag Alert
- SOM - Start of Message / System Object Model
- SONET - Synchronous Optical Network
- SOP - Standing/Standard Operational Procedures / Standard Operating Procedures
- SOS - Save Our Souls / Sound Of Spitting
- SOTA - State Of The Art
- SOTD - Spawn Of The devil
- SP - Starting Price (Information, Gen) / Service Pack
- SPARC - Scalable Processor ARChitecture
- SPC - Small Peripheral Controller
- SPCA - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- SPF - Shortest Path First
- SPI - Service Provider Interface
- SPIT - Shadow Pilots In Training
- SPL - Spooler
- SPM - System Performance Monitor
- SPOF - Single Point Of Failure
- SPP - Sequenced Packet Protocol
- SPS - Standby Power System
- SPT - Sectors Per Track
- SPX - Sequential Packet eXchange
- SQL - Structured Query Language
- SQL/DS - Structured Query Language/Data System
- SRAM - Shadow/Static Random Access Memory
- SRB - Source-Route Bridge
- SRPI - Server-Requester Programming Interface
- SRQ - Service Request
- SS - Seconds / Single Sided
- SSADM - Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method
- SSAP - Source Service Access Point
- SSI - Small Scale Integration
- SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
- SSTO - Single Stage To Orbit
- SSWL - Splits Sides With Laughter
- ST - Star Trek/Crappy Amiga Clone
- STA - Spanning Tree Algorithm
- STB - Simply The Best
- STDAUX - Standard Auxillary
- STDERR - Standard Error
- STDIN - Standard Input
- STDIO.H - Standard Input/Output Header
- STDM - Statistical Time Division Multiplexer
- STDOUT - Standard Output
- STDPRN - Standard Printer
- STFAGOS - Stuff That For A Game Of Soldiers
- STFU - Shut The F**k Up
- STN - Stop This Nonsense / Super-Twist Nematic
- STOVL - Short Take-Off Vertical Landing
- STP - Shielded Twisted Pair / Signal Transfer Point
- STR - Synchronous Transmitter Receiver
- STR8 - STRaight
- STTNG - Star Trek The Next Generation
- STWSTBAS - Sorry That Was Supposed To Be A Say
- Su - Sukhoi
- SUAB - Sit Up And Beg
- SUB - Subroutine
- SVC - Switched Virtual Circuit
- SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array
- SVM - System Virtual Machine
- SW - SoftWare
- SWAG - Simple Wild A**e Guess
- SWAIS - Simple Wide Area Information Server
- SWALK - Sealed With A Loving Kiss
- SWL - Short Wave Listener
- SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed
- SWSTWS - She Would Say That Wouldnt She / She Would Say That Wouldn't She
- SWW - Shorter Working Week
- SWYM - See What You Mean
- SYNC - Synchronous
- SYS - System
- SYSGEN - System Generator
- SYSLOG - System Log
- SYSMOD - System Modification
- SYSOP - System Operator
- SYSREQ - System Request
- SYT - Sweet Young Thing
- T/B - Top and Bottom
- T/R - Transmit/Receive
- TAFN - Thats All For Now
- TAIISAT - Take An Interest In Sex And Travel
- TANJ - There Aint No Justice / There Ain't No Justice
- TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
- TANSTAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As Free Lunch
- TAPCIS - The Access/Ancient Program for the CompuServe Information Service
- TAPI - Telephony Application Programming Interface
- TARDIS - Time And Relative Dimensions In Space
- TARFU - Things Are Really F**ked up!
- TASM - Turbo Assembler
- TAXI - Transparent Asynchronous Tranceiver/Receiver Interface
- Taz - Git!
- TAZ - Git!
- TB - Terabyte (1,000 gigabytes)
- TBBS - The Bread Board System
- TBH - To Be Honest
- TBONTB - To Be Or Not To Be
- TBQH - To Be Quite Honest
- TBS - Too Be Serious
- TBT - Technology Based Training
- TBW - That Blasted Woman
- TC - Transmission Control
- TCL - Tool Command Language
- TCM - Trellis-Coded Modulation
- TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
- TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- TCR - Tottenham Court Road
- TCS - Traction Control System
- TD - Transmit Data
- TDA - Trades Descriptions Act
- TDB - The Dogs B*llocks
- TDE - Terminal Display Editor / Total Domestic Expenditure
- TDM - Too Damn Many / Time Division Multiplexing
- TDMA - Time Division Multiple Access
- TDMS - Terminal Display Management System
- TDNBW - This Does Not Bode Well
- TDO - Total Domestic Output
- TDSR - Transmitter Data Service Request
- TED - Tiny Editor
- TEMP - Temporary
- TFDD - Text File Device Driver
- TFFT - Thank F**k For That
- TFI - Thank F**k It's
- TFIF - Thank F**k It's Friday
- TFM - The F**king Manual
- TFT - Thanks For That / Thin-Film Transistor
- TFTA - Thanks For The Acronym(s)
- TFTBM - Thanks For The BinMail
- TFTC - Thanks For The Comment
- TFTFB - Thanks For The Feedback
- TFTI - Thanks For The Information
- TFTP - Trivial File Transmission/Transfer Protocol
- TFTR - Thanks For The Report
- TFTS - Thanks For The Smilies
- TFTT - Thanks For The Thought
- TG - Thank God
- TGFT - Thank God For That
- TGIF - Thank God Its Friday
- TGSE - Teaching Grandma to Suck Eggs
- TGTSE - Teaching Grandma To Suck Eggs
- THX - Thanks
- TIA - Thanks In Anticipation / Thanks In Anticipation/Advance
- TIAAO - That I Am Aware OF
- TIAPSA - This Is A Public Service Announcement
- TIC - Tongue In Cheek
- TIFF - Tagged Image File Format
- TINA - There Is No Alternative
- TINAA - This Is Not An Acronym
- TINALO - This Is Not A Legal Opinion
- TINAR - This Is Not A Recommendation
- TINF - This Is Not Funny
- TINSTAAFL - There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
- TITK - Those In The Know
- TITQ - That Is The Question
- TIWTGLGG - This Is Where The Goofy Little Grin Goes
- TJATAW - Truth, Justice, And The American Way
- TKSVMIA - ThanKs So Very Much In Advance
- TLA - Three Letter Abbreviation/Acronym / Three Letter Acronym/Abbreviation
- TLC - Tender Loving Care
- TLI - Transport Layer Interface
- tm - Trade Mark
- TM - Trade Mark
- TMAI - Tell Me About It
- TMDWRAGI - Too Much Duplication Will Ruin A Good Idea
- TMFAQITOW - The Most Frequently Asked Question In The Online World
- TMFAQITW - The Most Frequently Asked Question In The World
- TMKDS - Tie My Kangaroo Down Sport
- TMP - Temporary
- TMRTB - That Man Reads The Beano
- TN - Twisted Nematic / Tennessee
- TNAGD - That's Not A Good Design
- TNC - Thread Neill-Concelman (similar to BNC but with screw lock)
- TNG - The Next Generation
- TNR - The Next Release
- TNX - Thanks
- ToC - Table Of Contents
- TOP - Technical and Office Protocol
- TOS - The Original Series
- TOTAL - Teddy Out The Air Lock
- TOUCH - Take Off Useless Clothes Hurriedly
- TP - TelePathy/Turbo Pascal / Thread Pane/TelePathy/Turbo Pascal
- TPI - Tracks Per Inch / Tax and Price Index
- TPM - Transactions Per Minute
- TPS - Transactions Per Second
- TPTB - The Powers That Be
- TPTBVTAH - The Powers That Be Version Two At Home
- TPTBVTAW - The Powers That Be Version Two At Work
- TPW - Turbo Pascal for Windows
- TR - Terminal Ready
- TRAIN - Transport (Rairly Available If Needed)
- TRDMC - Tears Running Down My Cheeks
- TRN - Threaded Read News
- TSB - Termination Status Block
- TSO - Time Sharing Option
- TSR - Terminate and Stay Resident
- TSS - Time Sharing System
- TSTN - Triple Supertwisted Nematic
- TSV - Tab Separated Values
- TSVMIA - Thanks So Very Much In Advance
- TTBOMK - To The Best of My Knowledge
- TTD - Things To Do
- TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
- TTFS - Try This For Size
- TTGL - Thank The Good Lord
- TTL - Transistor-Transistor Logic
- TTMS - Talk/Type To Me Soon
- TTT - To Tell the Truth
- TTTT - To Tell The Truth
- TTWTCC - That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles
- TTWTTF - That's the Way The Toast Flies
- TTY - Tele-TYpe
- TTYL - Talk To You Later
- TTYLA - Talk/Type To You Later Alligator
- Tu - Tupolev
- TVF - Table of contents Verbosely from File
- TVM - Ta Very Much
- TVMIA - Ta Very Much In Advance
- TVVM - Thanks Very Very Much
- TVVMIA - Thanks Very Very Much In Advance
- TWBFITNR - This Will Be Fixed In The Next Release
- TWBITNAL - They Will Be In The Next Acronyms List
- TWBN - That Would Be Nice
- TWID - The Way It's Done
- TWIMC - To Whom It May Concern
- TWIT - That's What I Thought
- TWMTBACT - That Was Meant To Be A Comment To...
- TWSTBACT - That Was Supposed To Be A Comment To...
- TWSTBAS - That Was Supposed To Be A Say
- TX - Transmit / Texas
- TXD - Transmitted Data
- TXT - Text
- TYVM - Thank You Very Much
- TYVMI - Thank You Very Much Indeed
- UA - Unusual Abbreviation / User Area
- UAE - Unrecoverable Application Error
- UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
- UCCP - Unix-to-Unix Copy Program
- UCL - Universal Communications Language
- UCS - Universal Character Set
- UCW - Union of Communication Workers
- UDC - User Defined Commands
- UDE - Universal Data Exchange
- UDF - User Defined Functions
- UDMA - Ultra Direct Memory Access
- UDMA2 - Ultra Direct Memory Access v2
- UDP - User Datagram Protocol
- UFO - Unidentified Flying Object
- UFS - Unix File System
- UG - User Group
- UHAMPDAICM5P - yoU Have A Multiple Personality Disorder And I Claim My 5 Pounds
- UHF - Ultra High Frequency
- UI - User Interface
- UIAM - Unless I Am Mistaken
- UID - User IDentifier
- UIO - Unutterably Insignificant Other
- UK - United Kingdom
- UKL - United Kingdom Pounds (sterling)
- UKP - United Kingdom Pounds (sterling)
- UKS - United Kingdom Sterling
- UL - Upload
- ULC - Unit Labour Cost
- ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration
- UMB - Upper Memory Block
- UMEAO - Unlimited Multiple Email Address Option
- UN - United Nations
- UNC - Universal Naming Convention
- UNI - User-Network Interface
- UNMA - Unified Network Management Architecture
- UPC - Universal Product Code
- UPL - User Program Language
- UPM - User Profile Management
- UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply, United Parcel Service
- UREP - Unix RSCS Emulation Protocol
- URL - Uniform/Universal Resource Locator
- URN - Uniform Resource Number
- US - United States
- USA - United States of America
- USAF - United States Air Force
- USART - Universal Synchronous-Asynchronous Reciever/Transmitter
- USB - Universal Serial Bus
- USENET - User's Network
- USERID - User Identification
- USR - US Robotics
- USRT - Universal Synchronous Receiver/Transmitter
- UT - Universal Time (aka GMT, UTC, or Zulu Time) / User Terminal / Utah
- UTB - Uploading This Blink
- UTC - Coordinated Universal Time (aka UT) / Co-ordinated Universal Time (aka UT)
- UTCCH - Until The Cows Come Home
- UTI - Universal Text Interchange
- UTP - Unshielded Twisted-Pair cabl / Unshielded Twisted Pair
- UU - Uuencode/Uudecode
- UUCP - Unix-To-Unix Copy Program
- UUD - UUDecoding
- UUE - UUEncoding
- UUI - User-To-User Information
- UV - UltraViolet / Ultraviolet
- UYMF - Up Yours, My Friend
- VA - Virtual Access / Virginia
- VAR - Value Added Reseller/Retailer / Variable
- VB - Visual Basic
- VB3 - Visual Basic 3
- VB4 - Visual Basic 4
- VB5 - Visual Basic 5
- VB6 - Visual Basic 6
- VBA - Visual Basic for Applications
- VBE/AI - Vesa Bios Extension/Audio Interface
- VBG - Very Big Grin
- VBR - Variable Bit Rate
- VBRUN - Visual Basic Runtime
- VBSDK - Visual Basic Software Development Kit
- VC - Visual C
- VC++ - Visual C++
- VCD - Virtual Communications Driver
- VCPI - Virtual Control Program Interface
- VDD - Virtual Device Driver
- VDDM - Virtual Device Driver Manager
- VDE - Video Display Editor
- VDISK - Virtual Disk
- VDM - Virtual DOS Machine
- VDS - Virtual DMA Services
- VDT - Video Display Terminal
- VDU - Video Display Unit
- VEGA - Video-7 Enhanced Graphics Adapter
- VEMM - Virtual Expanded Memory Manager
- VER - Version
- VERONICA - Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Network Index to Computer Archives
- VERR - Verify Read Access
- VERW - Verify Write Access
- VESA - Video Electronics Standards Association
- VF - Virtual Floppy
- VFAT - Virtual File Allocation Table
- VFC - Very Fast Class (modem)
- VFM - Value For Money
- VG - Very Good
- VGA - Video Graphics Array
- VGC - Video Graphics Controller
- VGI - Very Good Idea
- VHF - Very High Frequency
- VHSIC - Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
- VI - Visual Interactive / Virgin Islands
- VIE - Virtual Information Environment
- VIF - Virtual Interface
- VINES - Virtual Network Operating System
- VIO - Video Input/Output / Virtual Input/Output
- VIP - Variable Information Processing
- VLB - Video Local Bus
- VLBI - Very Long Baseline Interferometer
- VL-BUS - Vesa Local-Bus
- VLIW - Very Long Instruction Word
- VLSI - Very Large Scale Integrated circuit / Very Large Scale Integration
- VLSIPS - Very Large Scale Immobilized Polymer Synthesis
- VM - Virtual Machine/Memory
- VMA - Virtual Memory Address
- VMB - Virtual Machine Boot
- VME - Virtual Memory Environment
- VMI - Very Much Indeed
- VMM - Virtual Machine/Memory Manager
- VMOS - Vertical MOS
- VMS - Virtual Memory System / Voice Message System
- VMT - Very Many Thanks / Virtual Memory Technique
- VMTIA - Very Many Thanks In Anticipation
- VNA - Virtual Network Architecture
- VOD - Video On Demand
- VOL - Volume
- VPD - Virtual Printer Device
- VPL - Visible Panty Line
- VPOP - Virtual Point Of Presence
- VRAM - Video Random Access Memory
- VRML - Virtual Reality Markup Language
- VROOMM - Virtual Real-time Object Oriented Memory Manager
- VRU - Voice Response Unit
- VS - Virtual Storage
- VSAM - Virtual Storage Access Method
- VSAT - Very Small Aperture Terminal
- VSE - Virtual Storage Extended
- VSF - Vertical Scanning Frequency
- VSIO - Virtual Serial Input Output
- VSLI - Very Large Scale Integration
- VSM - Virtual Shared Memory / Virtual Storage Management
- VSN - Volume Serial Number
- VSOS - Virtual Storage Operating System
- VSQBOP - Very Simple Quick Bit Of Programming
- VSWR - Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
- VSYNC - Vertical Sync
- VT - Vermont
- VTA - View Tab Assistant
- VTAM - Virtual Telecommunications Access Method
- VTC - Fuckwits
- VTOL - Vertical Take-Off and Landing
- VUI - Video User Interface
- VxD - Virtual eXtended Driver
- W3 - World Wide Web
- W4W - Word For Windows
- W4WG - Windows For WorkGroups
- WA - Washington / Western Australia
- WABGI - What A Bloody Good Idea
- WABOL - What A Bunch Of Losers / With A Bit Of Luck
- WACRAL - World Association of Christian Radio Amateurs and Listeners
- WAD - Working As Designed / What A Dork
- WADBPISNB - Working As Designed But Perhaps It Should Not Be
- WADR - With all due respect
- WAEF - When All Else Fails
- WAFGI - What A F**king Good Idea
- WAFLOL - With A F**king Lot Of Luck
- WAGI - What A Good Idea
- WAIDW - What Am I Doing Wrong
- WAIS - Wide Area Information Server/Service
- WAITS - Wide Area Information Transfer System
- WALBOL - With A Little Bit Of Luck
- WALES - Will Arrive Late Expecting Sex
- WALOB - What A Load Of Bollocks / What A Load Of B**locks
- WALOOB - What A Load Of Old B**locks
- WAMKSAM - Why Are My Kids/Kitties Staring At Me?
- WAN - Wide Area Network
- WASHITO - Wait And See How It Turns Out
- WATS - Wide Area Telecommunications Service
- WATSOOYK - Why Are They So Obvious Once You Know
- WATSOWYK - Why Are They So Obvious When You Know
- WBC - Well Behaved Children welcome
- WCA - Who Cares Anyway?
- WCD - Wheel Chair Difficult
- WCE - Wheel Chair Easy
- WCI - Wheel Chair Impossible
- WCIGT - Why Couldn't I Guess That
- WCP - Wheel Chair Possible consult host
- WDL - Windows Driver Library
- WDTLOI - WithDrawn Through Lack Of Interest
- WDTM - What Does That Mean
- WDTOM - What Does That One Mean
- WDTTT - What Does The Team Think
- WEFYC - We're Everywhere, For Your Convenience
- WFAC - Waiting For A Call
- WFMOB - Well F**k My Ol' Boots
- WFW - Windows For Workgroups / Word For Windows
- WFWG - Windows For WorkGroups
- WGAF - Who Gives A F**k
- WGS - Work Group System
- WHAM - Waveform Hold and Modify
- WHISH - What Have I Started Here
- WHISN - What Have I Started Now
- WHY - What Have You
- WHYD - What Have You Done
- WI - Wisconsin
- WIAA - What's It All About
- WIBAGI - Would It Be A Good Idea
- WIBAGII - Would It Be A Good Idea If
- WIBAMU - Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle
- WIBLI - Wouldn't It be Lovely If
- WIBNI - Wouldn't It Be Nice If
- WIBSI - Wouldn't It Be Sensible If
- WIHIH - What in Hell is Happening / What In Hell Is Happening
- WIMP - Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer/Pulldowns
- Win95 - Microsoft Windows 95
- Win98 - Microsoft Windows 98
- WINE - Windows Emulator
- WINForum - Wireless Information Networks Forum
- WinNT - Microsoft Windows NT
- WINSOCK - Windows Open Systems Architecture / WINdows SOCKets
- WINWORD - Word For Windows
- WIP - Work In Progress
- WISE - WordPerfect Information System Environment
- WIWAB - When I Was A Boy
- WIWAL - When I Were A Lad
- WLAF - World League of American Football
- WMAWFLHWEP - Wearing My Anorak With Fur-Lined Hood With Pride
- WMD - Weapons of Mass Destruction
- WMF - Windows MetaFile
- WNIC - Wide-Area Network Interface Co-Processor
- WNIM - Wide-Area Network Interface Module
- WOB - White On Black
- WOGS - Working On Government Service
- WOM - Word Of Mouth
- WOMBAT - Wast Of Money, Brains And Time
- WORM - Write Once, Read Many
- WOS - Workstation Operating System
- WOSA - Windows Open Services/Systems Architecture
- WOT - White On Tint
- WP - Word Processing / WordPerfect / Write Protected
- WPHD - Write-Protect Hard Disk
- WPM - Words Per Minute
- WPOS - Workplace Operating System
- WPS - Windows Printing System / Workplace Shell
- WRL - Windows Recursive Labyrinth
- WRT - With Respect To
- WS - Well Spotted / WorkStation
- WTBC - Wont That Be Confusing / Won't That Be Confusing
- WTBHITSTM - What The Bloody Hell Is This Supposed To Mean
- WTF - What The F**k
- WTFIGO - What The F**k Is Going On
- WTFIPGO - What The F**k Is Possibly Going On
- WTFITSTM - What The F**k Is This Supposed To Mean
- WTFN - What The F**k Now
- WTFWT - What The F**k Was That?
- WTH - What The Heck/Hell
- WTS - Watch This Space
- WTSDMF - With Tears Streaming Down My Face
- WTSF - Watch The Sparks Fly
- WUASTC - Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
- WV - West Virginia
- WW - WigWam
- WWFFC - Why Wait For Father Christmas
- WWIS - World Wide Information System
- WWML - Will Write More Later
- WWW - World Wide Web / World Wide Web/Wait
- WY - Wyoming
- WYMM - Will You Marry Me?
- WYSBYGI - What You See Before You Get It
- WYSINWYG - What You See Is Not What You Get
- WYSIQWYG - What You See Isn't Quite What You Get
- WYSIWIS - What You See Is What I Send
- WYSIWOG - What You See Is What Others Get
- WYSIWTTYSG - What You See Is What They Think You ShOuld Get
- WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get
- WYSIWYMGDOTB - What You See Is What You Might Get Depending On The Browser
- WYSIWYMGDOYB - What You See Is What You Might Get Depending On Your Browser
- WYSYWIG - What You See You Wish I Got
- WYTYSYDG - What You Thought You Saw, You Didn't Get
- WYWO - While You Were Out/Offline
- XA - eXtended Architecture / eXtended Attribute
- XAPIA - X.400 Application Program Interface Association
- XBM - X Windows Bitmap
- XCHG - xXCHanGe
- XCMD - eXternal Command
- XCOPY - eXtended Copy
- XCVR - Transceiver
- XDF - eXtended Density Format
- XGA - eXtended Graphics Array
- XID - eXchange Identifier
- XIOS - eXtended Input/Output System
- XLAT - Translate
- XLM - Excel Macro Language
- XLNT - Excellent
- XMIT - Transmit
- XMM - eXtended Memory Manager
- XMS - eXtended Memory System / eXtended Memory Specification / eXtended Memory Specification/System
- XOFF - Transmitter Off
- XON - Transmitter On
- XOR - eXclusive OR
- XRTBI - eX Round Tables of great Britain
- XSMD - eXtended Storage Module Drive
- XTCLK - eXternal Transmit Clock
- XXXX - Lager (allegedly) From Oz
- XYL - Wife
- YA - You Are
- YAABOFH - You Are A Bastard Operator From Hell
- YAABOFHAICMFP - You Are A Bastard Operator From Hell And I Claim My Five Pounds
- YAABOFHAICMFUKP - You Are A Bastard Operator From Hell And I Claim My Five UK Pounds
- YAC - Yet Another Conference
- YACC - Yet Another Compiler Compiler
- YAFA - Yet Another Fine Abbreviation
- YAITB - You Are In This Blink
- YAJMAICMFUKP - You Are John Major And I Claim My Five UK Pounds
- YAK - Yaklovlev
- YAOLR - Yet Another Off Line Reader
- YAP - Yet Another Ploy
- YASE - Yet Another System Error
- YCBMTTMTP - You Couldn't Bin Mail This To Me Too Please
- YCBMTTTMT - You Couldn't Bin Mail This To Me Too
- YCSTA - You Can Say That Again
- YF - Wife
- YFST - Yawns For Some Time
- YGBJ - You've Got to Be Joking
- YGIAGAM - Your Guess Is As Good As Mine
- YGTBJ - You've Got To Be Joking
- YHBM - You Have BinMail
- YHBM2 - You Have Bin Mail Too
- YHBMA - You Have BinMail Also
- YHBMAW - You Have BinMail As Well
- YHBMT - You Have Bin Mail Today/Too
- YHBW - You Have Been Warned
- YHEBM - You Have Encrypted BinMail
- YHEM - You Have Encrypted Mail
- YHHM - You Have Had Mail
- YHM - You Have Mail
- YHM2 - You Have Mail Too
- YHMS - You Have My Support
- YHSM - You Have Snail Mail
- YHVM - You Have Voice Mail
- YIDTYVM - Yes I Did, Thank You Very Much
- YKWIM - You Know What I Mean
- YKWYD - You Know What You're Doing
- YL - Girl friend
- YLSNED - You Learn Something New Every Day
- YMCA - Young Men's Christian Association
- YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary
- YMTT - You May Think That
- YMTTBICPC - You May Think That But I Couldn't Possibly Comment
- YOCYC - Yes Of Course You Can
- YOGWYPF - You Only Get What You Pay For
- YPVS - Yamaha Power Valve System
- YPYMATYC - You Pays Your Money And Takes Your Choice
- YSBIB - You Should Be In Bed
- YSHBM - You Should Have BinMail
- YSHM - You Should Have Mail
- YT - Yukon
- YTHBM - You Too Have BinMail
- YWCA - Young Women's Christian Association
- YWHBM - You Will Have Binary Mail
- YWHM - You Will Have Mail
- YWHSM - You Will Have Snail Mail
- YWHSMS - You Will Have Snail Mail Soon
- YWSTWY - You Would Say That Wouldn't You
- YYGT - Yes, You Get That
- YYRH - Yes, Your Royal Highness
- YYY - Yadda, Yadda, Yadda
- ZBR - Zone Bit Recording
- Z-CAV - Zoned Constant Angular Velocity
- ZDL - Zero Delay Lockout
- ZIF - Zero Insertion Force
- ZIP - Compressed File Format / Zone Improvement Plan (ZIPcode)
- ZSL - Zero Slot LAN