Computer Directory from I to K

I2O                Intelligent Input/Output

IA-PC            Intel Architecture Personal Computer

IBIS               I/O buffer information specification

ICC               integrated communication controller

ICCCM          Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual

ICM               Image Color Management

ICM               Image Compression Manager

ICU               ISA Configuration Utility

IDAPI            Integrated Database API

IDE               integrated device electronics

IDL                Interface Definition Language

IDM               Interleaved Device Mode

IDT                Internet Development Toolbox

IDT                Interrupt Dispatch Table

IE                  Internet Explorer

IF   Implements Forum

IFC                internet foundation class

IFS                ICOT Free Software

IFS                instable file system

IFSMGR        Instable File System Manager

IGES             Initial Graphics Exchange Specification

IHV               independent hardware vendor

IME               Input Method Editor

IN                  intelligent network

Indeo             Intel Video Technology

INN               InterNetNews

IOOM            the Ithaca Object-Oriented Methodology

IOS               I/O Supervisor

IP                  interface protocol

IPC               interprocess communication

IPD               Integrated Program Decoder

IPI                 Intelligent Peripheral Interface

IPL                Initial Program Load

IrLAP             infrared link access protocol

IrLMP            infrared link management protocol

IrMC              Infrared Mobile Communications

IrOBEX          Infrared Object Exchange Protocol

IRP               I/O Request Packet

IRQ               interrupt request

IrTA               infrared terminal adapter

IrTran-P         Infrared Transfer Picture

IrWW            Infrared Wrist Watch

ISA               Industry Standard Architecture

ISAPI            information server API

iSCSI            Internet SCSI (SCSI over TCP/IP)

ISIS               Image and Scanner Interface Specification

IS-IS            Intermediate System to Intermediate System Infra Domain Routing Exchange

              Protocol

ISM               Interface Subscriber Module

ISO/OSI         International Standards Organization Open System Interconnection

ISR               Interrupt Service Routine

IST                interrupt service thread

ISV               independent software vendor

IT                    information technology

ITRON           Industrial TRON(The Realtime Operating system Nucleus)

IVD LAN        integrated voice and data LAN

IVV               Independent Verification & Validation

IX                 internet exchange

IXC                Inter Exchange Carrier 

JAIN              Integrated Network APIs for the Java Platform

JAM              Java administration server

JAR               Java archive

Java VM        Java Virtual Machine

JCL               job control language

JCP               Java Community Process

JFC               Java Foundation Classes

JIT                 Just-In-Time

JLE               Japanese Language Environment

JNI                Java Native Method Interface

JOIS              JICST On-line Information System

KBM             knowledge based machine

KCC              Knowledge Consistency Checker

KDD              Knowledge Discovery in Databases

KDT              keyboard definition table

KPA              key process area

KPS              key predistribution system

Computer Directory from L to M

LA                 laboratory automation

LAN              local area network

LAPM            Link Access Protocol, Modem

LBA              logical block address

LBP              laser beam printer

LCC              levelized compiled code

LCF               Link Control Facility

LDAP            lightweight directory access protocol

LDI                LVDS Display Interface

LEC              LAN emulation clients

LECS            LAN emulation configuration server

LES              LAN emulator server

LFN               long file name

LIM               Lotus-Intel-Microsoft

LIP                Loop Initialization Primitive

LP                 laser printer

LPC              Low Pin Count

LPE              layout parameter extraction

lpi                 line per inch

LPT               line printer

LSSD            level sensitive scan design

LSTF             least slack time first

LU                 Logical Unit

LUN              logical unit number

LVE              Live Video Extensions

LVM              logical volume manager

MA                message area

MAC             media access control

MADK           Microsoft ActiveX Development Kit

MAOS           multi application operating system

MAPI             Messaging Application Programming Interface

MAS             multiple-address space

MBONE         multicast backbone

MCA             multi-channel access

MCA             Micro Channel Architecture

MCD             Mini Client Driver

MCGA           Multi Color Graphics Array

MCI               Media Control Interface

MCI               Multimedia Control Interface

MCT              Modem Compatibility Test

MCU             multipoint connection unit

MDD             multi-valued decision diagram

MDI               Multiple Document Interface

MDK             Modem Developers Kit

MDL              memory descriptor list

MESN           Media Event Status Notification

MF                more fragments (bit)

MF                media flexible

MFP              multi-function peripheral

MFT              master file table

MHS             message handling system

MI                 Management Interface

MIA               Multivendor Integrated Architecture

MIDI              musical instrument digital interface

MIDP             Mobile Information Device Profiles

MIF               Management Information File

MIF               management information format

MII                media independent interface

MIMD            multiple instruction stream multiple data stream

MIPS             million instructions per second

MIS               management information system

MMC             Microsoft Management Console

MMHID          Multimedia Human Input Device

MMIO            memory-mapped I/O

MMU             memory management unit

MMX             multimedia extension

MNLS            Multi National Language Support

MNP             Microcom Networking Protocol

MOD             movie on demand

MOF             Management Object Format

MOLAP         multi-dimensional online analytical processing

MOM             message oriented middleware

MOOD           Methodology for Object Oriented Design

MP/M            multi-programming monitor

MPC             Multimedia Personal Computer

MPDU           MAC Protocol Data Unit

MPI               Message Passing Interface

MPIC             Multiprocessor Interrupt Controller

MPPE           Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption

MPS             MultiProcessor Specification

MR                Mixed Reality

MRCI             Microsoft Real-time Compression Interface

MSCDEX       Microsoft CD-ROM Extensions

MSCS           Microsoft Cluster Server

MSDL            Microsoft Download Library

MSDN           Microsoft Developer Network

MS-DOS        Microsoft disk operating system

MSDU           MAC Service Data Unit

MSEN           Media Status Event Notification

MSMQ          Microsoft Message Queue Server

MSO             multiple system operator

MTD              Memory Technology Driver

MTE              Message Transfer Element

MTF              Microsoft Tape Format

MTS              Microsoft Transaction Server

MTU              maximum transmission unit

MTU              Maximum Transfer Unit

MUD             Master User Domain

MUI               multimedia user interface

MULTOS       multiapplication operating system

MVEX            Minimal Video Extension to X

MVS             Multiple Virtual Storage

MVS/ESA      MVS/Enterprise Systems Architecture

Computer Directory from N to O

NABTS          North American Basic Teletext System

NAPLPS        North American Presentation-Level-Protocol Syntax

NBDD            NetBIOS datagram distribution server

NBNS            NetBIOS name server

NC                naming context

NC                Network Computer

NCB              network control block

NCP              Netware Core Protocol

NCRP            Network Computer Reference Specification

NCS              Network Computing System

NCSS            non-comment source statements

NCU              network control unit

NDD              Norton Disk Doctor

NDIS             Network Driver Interface Specification

NDPS            network distributed print system

NDS              Netware Directory Service

NDS              Novell Directory Service

NEEDS         Nikkei Economic Electronic Databank System

Net PC          network personal computer

NetBEUI        NetBIOS Extended User Interface

NETBIOS       Network Basic Input/Outputs System

NFS              network file system

NGIO             Next Generation Input/Output

NIC               network interface card

NIT                Network Information Table

NIU               Network Interface Unit

NLM              NetWare loadable module

NLS              national language support

NNI               network node interface

NOD              News on Demand

NOI               Notice Inquiry

NOS              Network Operating System

NPI               Network provider Interface

NPR              Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

NREN            National Research and Education Network

nrt                 non-real-time

NSP              native signal processing

NT                 New Technology

NT                 Network Termination

NTDS            Windows NT Directory Service

NTFS            NT File System

NTLM            Windows NT LAN Manager

NTP              Network Time Protocol

NTS/E           Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition

NVOD           Near Video on Demand

OADG           Open Architecture Developing Group

OAK              OEM Adoption Kit

OAM             operation and maintenance

OCMP           Open Computing environment for MIPS Platform

OCN              Open Computer Network

OCX              OLE Custom control

ODA              Open Document Architecture

ODAPI           Open Database Application Programming Interface

ODB              object-oriented database

ODBC           Open Database Connectivity

ODBMS         object(-oriented) database management system

ODI               Open Datalink Interface

ODS              operational data store

ODSI             Open Directory Services Interface

OEX              OLE System Control

OFS              Object File System

OGI               Open Graphics Initiative

OHCI             Open Host Controller Interface

OID               Object ID

OLAP            on-line analytical processing

OLCP            on-line complex processing

OLE              Object Linking & Embedding

OLTP            on-line transaction processing

OMA             Object Management Architecture

OMAP           Open Multimedia Application Platform

OMG-IDL       Object Management Group Interface Definition Language

OMG-UNO     Object Management Group Universal Networked Objects

OMT              Object Modeling Technique

ONC              Open Network Computing

ONP              open network provision

ONU              optical network unit

OOA             object-oriented analysis

OOAD           object-oriented analysis and design

OOD             object-oriented design

OODB           object-oriented database

OOP             object-oriented programming

OOPS           object-oriented programming system

OOPSLA       Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Application

OpenHCI        Open Host Controller Interface

OPK              OEM preinstallation kit

OQL              object query language

OR                operations research

ORB              Operation Request Block

ORB              Object Request Broker

ORDB           Object-Relational Database

OS                operating system

OSA              Open Scripting Architecture

OSF              Open Software Foundation

OSI               Open System Interface

OSI               Open Systems Interconnection

OSPM           OS-directed Power Management

OSR              OEM service release

OTG              on the go

OTS              Object Transaction Service

OVI               Open Verilog International

Computer Directory from P to R

PA                Precision Architecture

PABX            private automatic branch exchange

PAC              Privilege attribute Certificate

PAD              Program associated data

PAD              packet assembler/disassembler

PAD              Problem Analysis Diagram

PARCOR       partial auto correlation

PA-RISC        Precision Architecture-RISC

PAS              Pre-Boot Authentication Service

PC                personal computer

PC                packet classifier

PC-DOS        Personal Computer-Disk Operating System

PCI               Peripheral Component Interconnect

PCI PM         PCI Bus Power Management Specification

PCIC             PC Card I/O Cards

PCP              Printer Control Protocol

PCS              physical coding sublayer

PCT              Private Communication Technology

PCTE            portable common tool environment

PDA              personal digital assistants

PDC              primary domain controller

PDC              Program Delivery Control

PDC              professional developers conference

PDEF            physical design exchange format

PDF              Portable Document File

PDK              Peripheral Developers Kit

PDL              Process Design Language

PDL              page description language

PDM             product data management system

PDM             Primary Defect Map

PDO              physical device object

PDQ              parallel data query

PDS              public domain software

PEX              PHIGS Extension to X

PFS              Product Functional Specification

PGP              pretty good privacy

PHIGS           Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System

PIAM             Platform Independent Application Model

PIC               Personal Intelligent Communicator

PIC               Programmable Interrupt Controller

PICS             Platform for internet Content Selection

PID               Program ID

PID               packet identification

PIF                program information file

PIM               Parallel Inference Machine

PIO               programmed input/output

PIP               P Internet Protocol

PIT                Programmable Interrupt Timer

PKT              Partition Knowledge Table

PL/1              Programming Language one

PLB              Picture Level Benchmark

PLDA            Private Loop Direct Attach

PLI                programming language interface

PMA             physical medium attachment

PMC             PCI Mezzanine Card

PMD             physical medium dependent

PMD             physical media dependent sublayer

PME             Power Management Event

PML              Physical Markup Language

PNG              Portable Network Graphics

POI               point of interface

POP              point of presence

POP              post office protocol

POPS           peta operations per second

POSIX           portable operating system interface

POST            power-on self-test

POWER        Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC

pp                 program parallelism

ppm              pages per minute

PPP              Point-to-Point Protocol

PPTP            point-to point tunneling protocol

PRM             Performance Report Message

PS/2             personal system/2

PS2              Play Station 2

PSS              Product Support Services

PSW             Program Status Word

PVC              permanent virtual circuit

PVM             Parallel Virtual Machine

PVP              Packet Video Protocol

QBE              query by example

QCELP          Qualcomm code excited linear prediction

QCIF             quarter common intermediate format

QIC               Quarter-inch Cartridge

QRSL            Quad Rambus Signal Level

QTVR            QuickTime VR

QVGA           quarter video graphic array

RAD              rapid application development

RAID             Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks

RAW             read and write

RDA              remote database access

RDB              relational database

RDBMS         relational database management system

RDN              Relative distinguished Name

RFID             Radio Frequency Identification

RFT:DCA       Revisable From Text : Document Content Architecture

RID               Relative ID

RIFF              Resource Interchange File Format

RIMM            Rambus Inline Memory Module

RIPL              Remote Initial Program Load

RISC             reduced instruction set computer

RLC              Run Length Coding

RMI               remote method invocation

RNI               Raw Native Interface

ROLAP          Relational online analytical processing

RPC              remote procedure call

RPE-LTP       Regular Pulse Excitation-Long Term Predictive cording

RPG              Report Program Generator

RSL              Rambus Signal Level

RSX              Intel Realistic Sound eXperience

RT                 remote terminal

RT                 Real-Time

RTC              real-time clock

RTF               Rich Text Format

RTK              real time kinematic

RTOS            Real Time Operating System

RTS              Request To Send

RWS             Remote Winsock