Computer Directory from C to D

C&C              computer and communication

CA                conditional access

CA                certification authority

CAD              computer aided design

CAD/CAM      computer aided design / computer aided manufacturing

CAE              computer aided engineering

CAE              common application environment

CAE              Conditional Access Engine

CAI               computer assisted (aided) instruction

CAL              common application language

CAL              computer assisted learning

CALS            Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistical Support

CAM             computer aided manufacturing

CAM             content addressable memory

CAPI             Cryptographic API

CASE            computer aided software engineering

CAT              computer aided testing

CBQ              class-based queuing

CDA              Compound Document Architecture

CDB              Command Description Block

CDC              Connected Device Configuration

CDDI             copper distributed data interface

CDE              Common Desktop Environment

CDF              Channel Definition Format

CDFF            Common Document File Format

CDIF             Common Document Intermediate Format

CDL              Class Definition Language

CDP              Concept Description Plan

CDRA            Character Data Representation Architecture

CDSA            Common Data Security Architecture

CEDR            Windows CE Driver Repository

CG                computer graphics

CGA              Color Graphics Array

CGA              column grid array

CGI               Computer Graphics Interface

CGI               common gateway interface

CGM             Computer Graphics Metafile

CHRP            Common Hardware Reference Platform

CHS              cylinder head sector

CI                  Component Instrumentation

CICS             Customer Information Control System

CID               Compatible ID

CIFS             Common Internet File System

CIM               computer integrated manufacturing

CIM               Common Information Model

CIMOM          CIM Object Model

CINF             check (modem) INF tool

CIS               card information structure

CIS               customer information system

CISC             complex instruction set computer

CL                 CAS(column address strobe) Latency

CLAD            cell assembler/disassembler

CLDC            Connected Limited Device Configuration

CLI                Call Level Interface

CLOS            Common Lisp Object System

CLP              cell loss priority

CLUT             Colour Look-Up Table

CMC             Computer Numeric Control

CMIP             common management information protocol

CML              Caucus Markup Language

CMM             color matching modules

CMM             Capability Maturity Model

CNR              Communication and Networking Riser

COBOL         common business oriented language

COCOMO      construction cost model

COM             Component Object Model

CORBA         Common Object Request Broker Architecture

COSE           Common Open Software Environment

COSS           Common Object Service Specification

CP/M            control program for a microcomputer

CPN              central processing node

CPU              central processing unit

CRL              Certificate Revocation List

CSEL            Cable SELect

CSMA/CA      carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance

CSMA/CD      carrier sense multiple access with collision detection

CSN              Card Select Number

CSS              Contact Start Stop

CSV              comma separated value format

CT                 computerized tomography

CTI                Computer Telephony Integration

CTRON          central-TRON

CTS              computerized typesetting system

CTS              Clear To Send

DA                data administrator

DAA              Data Access Arrangement

DAC              Design Automation Conference

DAP              Directory Access Protocol

DAS              dual attachment station

DASD            direct access storage device

DB                database

DB2              Database 2

DBA              database administrator

DBC              Device Bay Controller

DBM             Dual Bit Map

DBMS           database management system

DC                device context

DCD              Data Carrier Detect

DCE              Data Communications Equipment

DCE              distributed computing environment

DCF              Distributed Coordination Function

DCI               display control interface

DCL              Delay Calculation Language

DCLZ             data compression Lempel-Ziv

DCOM           Distributed Component Object Model

DDC2B          Display Data Channel Standard, Level 2B

DDE              Dynamic Data Exchange

DDF              Data Description Field

DDFF            Distributed Disk File Facility

DDK              Driver Developers Kit

DDL              data definition language

DDM             design data manager

DDM             Distributed Data Management

DDML            Display Driver Management Layer

DDoS            distributed denial of service

DDS              Digital Data Storage

DDS              Distributed Data Server

DEF              Design Exchange Format

DES              data encryption standard

DFM              Distributed File Management

DFS              Distributed File System

DFT               Drive Fitness Test

DFT               design for test

DIB               Device Independent Bitmap

DIB               Directory Information Base

DIFS             distributed access inter frame space

DIM               Device Interface Module

DINA             Distributed Information Processing Network Architecture

DIPS             Dendenkousha Information Processing System

DISA             Distributed Information Processing System Architecture

DISM             Digital Interface Standards for Monitor

DISP             Directory Information Shadowing Protocol

DIT                Directory Information Tree

DLC              data link control

DLCI              datalink channel identifier

DLL               dynamic link library

DME             Distributed Management Environment

DMI               Desktop Management Interface

DML              data manipulation language

DMTF            Desktop Management Task Force

DMWG          Data Management Work Group

DN                Distinguished Name

DNS              Domain Name System

DOA              data oriented approach

DOM             Distributed Operations Master

DOMF           Distributed Object Management Facility

DOP              Directory Operational Protocol

DOS              Disk Operating System

DP                data parallelism

DPC              Deferred Procedure Call

DPI               dot per inch(dpi)

DPMI             DOS protected mode interface

DPMS           Display Power Management Signaling

DRC              design rule checker

DRDA            Distributed Relational Database Architecture

DRF              Data Recovery Field

DRM             Digital Rights Management (System)

DR-PI            design representation programming interface

DS                Directory Service

DSA              Digital Signature Algorithm

DSE              Development Software Engineer

DSM             digital storage media

DSM-CC        digital storage media-control command

DSO              Dynamic Shared Object

DSS              Microsoft Mail Directory Synchronization (dir-sync) Server

DSS              decision support system

DSSSL          Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (ISO/IEC 10179)

DSU              digital service unit

DTC              Distributed Transaction Coordinator

DTD              document type definition

DTE              data terminal equipment

DTM              data transfer mechanism

DTP              desktop publishing

DTR              Data Terminal Ready

DVMCI          digital video media control interface

DVO              Digital Video Output

DXF               drawing interchange file