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ACRONYMS
for High Performance Computing

February 2, 1998

Fred Shirley
Advanced Technology

Sanders, A Lockheed Martin Company

HPC Acronyms

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Acronym
2-D 3-D 3DIM A/A AAA AAA AAAM AAC AACU AAED AAG AAIC AAL AASAS AAST AATR AAU AAW ABET ABF ABI ABI ABIST ABL ABM ABR ACDC ACDC ACE ACE ACEM ACF ACL ACM ACP ACPI ACR ACS ACS ACTD ACTS ACVC ACW G A/D AD AdaIC ADARS ADARTS ADAS ADAS ADB ADI
HPC Acronyms

Definition
Two Dimensional Three Dimensional Three Dimensional Image Manipulation Air to Air (combat) Advanced Antennas and Arrays (group of Sanders) Advanced Avionics Architecture Advanced Air to Air Missile Authorization and Access Control (Internet working group) Advanced Avionics Crypto Unit Advanced Airborne Expendable Decoy (Navy program, ALE-50) Advanced Audio Coding (MPEG file extension) Avionics Armament Integration Committee (of SAE) ATM Adaptation Layer Advanced Airborne Situation Assessment System Advanced Avionics Subsystems and Technology (Navy program) Avionics Architecture Technical Review Alternate Access Unit Anti-Air W arfare Ada-Based Environment for Test Adaptive Beam Former Application Binary Interface Avionics Bus Interface Autonomous Built-In Self-Test AirBorne Laser (program) AnswerBack Memory Available Bit Rate (ATM service class) Advanced Communication Devices Corporation Alternating Current to Direct Current (converter) Access Control Entity Advanced Computing Environment Advanced Common Electronics Module (program) Access Control Facility Access Control List Association for Computing Machinery Advanced Common Processor Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (for OS power management) Allowed Cell Rate (of ATM ABR) Access Control System Adaptive Computing System (DARPA program) Advanced Concept Technology Development (program) Advanced Communication Technology Satellite (of NASA) Ada Compiler Validation Capability Avionics Commonality W orking Group Analog-to-Digital (converter) Access Descriptor Ada Information Clearinghouse Advanced Defensive Avionics Response Strategy Ada-based Design Approach for Real-Time Systems Advanced Distributed Aperture System (on JSF program) Architecture Design and Assessment System (from Cadre Technologies) Apple Desktop Bus Analog Devices Inc.
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ADI ADO ADP ADPCM ADR ADSI ADSL ADSP ADSS AEEC AEM AEP AESA AESB AE&T AEW AEW &C AF AFB AFC AFIS AFMSS AFOTEC AFP A/G AGC AGP AGRP AGU AH AHDL AHFEW S AHP AI AIEW S AIFF AIMD AIMS AIN AIPS AIS AIS AIU AJ AJPO ALADDIN AlN ALF ALMDS ALPS ALU AM AM AM AMCC
HPC Acronyms

Application Device Interface ActiveX Data Object Automatic Data Processing Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation Advanced Digital Receiver (DARPA program) Active Directory Services Interface (of Microsoft) Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (telephone service) Advanced Digital Signal Processor Avionics Development Simulation System Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee Antenna Element Manager Application Environment Profile Active Electronically Steerable Array Avionics Engineering Sub-Board (of JACG) Advanced Engineering and Technology (former division of Sanders) Airborne Early W arning (system) Airborne Early W arning and Control (system) Air Force Air Force Base Advanced Flight Computing (module) Armed Forces Information Service Air Force Mission Support System Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center AppleTalk Filing Protocol Air to Ground (combat) Automatic Gain Control Accelerated Graphics Port (of Intel PC architecture) Advanced Ground Reliable Processor Address Generator Unit Authentication Header (in Security Architecture for Internet Protocol) Analog Hardware Description Language Army High Frequency Electronic W arfare System Analytic Hierarchy Process Artificial Intelligence Advanced Integrated Electronic W arfare System (Navy program) Audio Interchange File Format Architecture Interface Model Description (in SGOAA) ATF Integrated Maintenance System (on F-22) Advanced Intelligent Network (telephone system) Advanced Intra-pulse Processing System Acoustic Intercept System Automated Information System Antenna Interface Unit AntiJam Ada Joint Program Office Algorithm Adaptive and Diminished Dimension (processor) Aluminum Nitride Advanced Library Format (for simulation models) Airborne Laser Mine Detection System Alternative Low-level Primitive Structures Arithmetic Logic Unit Active Message Amplitude Modulation Ante Meridiem (morning) Applied MicroCircuits Corp.
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AMD AMI AMR AMTA ANDES ANDF ANL ANSI AOA AOC AOCE AOP AOS AOSP AP AP APAT API APIC APL APM APSIF APU ARAGTAP ARIN ARIN ARINC ARL ARM ARM ARM ARO ARO ARP ARPA ARTW G A/S ASAP ASC ASC ASCI ASCII ASD ASD ASDN ASD/SEE ASDSP ASEC ASEM ASFL ASIC ASLC ASM ASM ASMD
HPC Acronyms

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. American Megatrends Inc. Amplitude Monopulse Ratio Antenna Measurement Techniques Association Architecture with Non-sequential Dynamic Execution Scheduling (MIPS R10000) Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format Argonne National Laboratory American National Standards Institute Angle Of Arrival Association of Old Crows (electronic warfare group) Apple Open Collaboration Environment Association of Online Professionals Avionics Operating System Advanced On-board Signal Processor Adaptive Programming (research area at Northeastern University) Attached Processor Algorithm, Prototyping, and Analysis Testbed Application Program Interface Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (Intel PC spec) A Programming Language Advanced Power Management (for x86 chips) Application Software Interface Arithmetic Processing Unit Automatic Radar Air-to-Ground Target Acquisition Program American Registry for Internet Numbers AOSP RISC INsertion Aeronautical Radio, Inc. Army Research Laboratory Acorn RISC Machine Advanced RISC Machines, Ltd. Anti-Radiation Missile After Receipt of Order Army Research Office Address Resolution Protocol Advanced Research Projects Agency (see DARPA) Ada Real-Time W orking Group Air to Surface (combat) Airborne Shared Aperture Program Accredited Standards Committee Advanced Sensors Consortium Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (DOE program) American Standard Code for Information Interchange Advanced Systems Directorate (of Sanders) Avionics System Division Aperture Signal Distribution Network (on JSF program) Aerospace and Defense Software Engineering Environment Application-Specific Digital Signal Processor Application-Specific Embedded Computer Application-Specific Electronic Module Advanced Sensors Federated Laboratory Application-Specific Integrated Circuit Adaptive Side Lobe Cancellation Application System Manager Avionics System Manager (on JSF program) Anti-Ship Missile Defense
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ASN ASOC ASP ASP ASP ASPA ASPJ ASRP ASSP ASTE ASTOVL ASU ASW AT AT A&T ATAS ATC ATC ATD ATE ATF ATGM ATIP ATIRCM ATIRP ATL ATLAS ATM ATM ATM ATP ATP ATR ATR ATS ATSC ATSP AT&T ATV AU AVI AVIP AVSEP AVT AVTR AW ACS awk A/W /E BAA BASC BASIC BATH BC
HPC Acronyms

Abstract Syntax Notation Air Sovereignty Operations Center (of USAF) Active Server Page (in Microsoft IIS) Advanced Signal Processor (IBM UYS-1) Array Signal Processor Advanced Sonar Processing Architecture (Navy effort) Airborne Self-Protection Jammer (program, ALQ-165) Adaptive Spectral Reconnaissance Program Architecture for Survivable System Processing Advanced Strategic/Tactical Expendables Advanced Short TakeOff and Vertical Landing Antenna Switch Unit Anti-Submarine W arfare Advanced Technology (group of Sanders) Appalachian Trail Acquisition and Technology Acoustic Target Acquisition Sensor Air Traffic Control Automatic Target Cueing Advanced Technology Demonstration (program) Automatic Test Equipment Advanced Tactical Fighter (F-22 Air Force program) Anti-Tank Guided Missile Avionics Technology Integration and Prototyping (JAST program) Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures Advanced Telecommunications and Information distribution Research Program ActiveX Template Library Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems Adobe Type Manager Asynchronous Transfer Mode (of B-ISDN) Automated Teller Machine Acceptance Test Procedure Advanced Technology Program (of NIST) Airborne Transportable Rack Automatic Target Recognition Air-To-Surface Advanced Television Systems Committee Advanced Technology Support Program American Telephone and Telegraph Advanced Television Astronomical Unit Audio Video Interleave (graphics format) Avionics Integrity Program Avionics Virtual System Engineering Prototype Audio/Video Transport (Internet working group) Airborne Video Tape Recorder Airborne W arning And Control System Aho, W einberger, and Kernighan (developers of UNIX programmable editor) Aircraft/W eapons/Electronics (modules) Broad Agency Announcement Bus Architecture Standards Committee (of IEEE) Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Best Available True Heading Bus Controller
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BC BCD BDA BDF BDM BDT BeO BER BF BFDSP BFM BGA BGC BGP BiCMOS BIM BIOS BIPS B-ISDN BIST BIT BIU BLT BMDO BMM BOE BOF BONeS BOPS BPM bps BRE BSC BSDI BSI BSI BSOD BSP BTL BTS BTU BUR BVR BVRID BW C C C&D CA CAB CAD CAE CALS CAM
HPC Acronyms

Byte Count (of PacketW ay) Binary Coded Decimal (notation) Battle Damage Assessment Bitmap Distribution Format (X-windows font format) Background Debug Mode Berkeley Design Technology (company) Beryllium Oxide Bit Error Rate Beam Former Block Float Digital Signal Processor Bus Functional Model Ball-Grid Array (IC package) Background Gain Control Border Gateway Protocol Bipolar CMOS (IC process) Bus Interface Module Basic Input/Output System Billions of Instructions Per Second Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network Built-In Self-Test Built-In Test Bus Interface Unit BLock Transfer mode Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Bulk Memory Module Basis Of Estimate Birds Of a Feather (meeting) Block Oriented Network Simulator (from Comdisco) Billion Operations Per Second Basic Processor Module (in TI's Aladdin processor) Bits Per Second Basic Regular Expression (in UNIX) Beam Steering Computer Berkeley Software Design, Inc. Backplane Signaling Interface (on JSF program) Backplane Signaling Interrupt (signal) Blue Screen Of Death (from W indows NT crash) Board Support Package (software tool) Backplane Transceiver Logic Benchmark Test Suite British Thermal Unit Bottom-Up Review Beyond Visual Range Beyond Visual Range IDentification Bandwidth (programming language) Confidential (security level) Controls and Displays Certificate Authority (for secure communication) Common Avionics Baseline Computer-Aided Design Computer-Aided Engineering Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support Computer-Aided Manufacturing
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CAM CAMAC CAMI CAN CAP CAP CAP-16 CAP-32 CASE CASE CAT CAT CATS CAV CBC CBEMA CBIT CBL CBR CBT 2 C CC CCB CCB 3 C 3 CI 4 CI CCD CCI CCI CCITT CCM CC-NUMA CCOK CCR CCS CCT CD CDF CDI CDMA CDP CDPD CD-R CD-R/RW CD-RW CDRL CD-ROM CEC CEC CELP CEMA CEO CEP CEP
HPC Acronyms

Cost Account Manager Computer Automated Measurement And Control Computer Aided Management, Inc. Controller Area Network Common Avionics Processor Carrierless Amplitude/Phase (DSL service type) Common Avionics Processor, 16-Bit (of JIAW G) Common Avionics Processor, 32-Bit (of JIAW G) Common Application Service Elements Computer-Aided Software Engineering Common Authentication Technology (Internet working group) Computer-Aided Test Common Automated Test System Constant Angular Velocity (disk drive technology; see CLV) Cipher Block Chaining (DES mode) Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association Continuous Built-In Test Clocked Boolean Logic Constant Bit Rate Computer Based Training Command and Control Common Component (of CIP) Communication Control Block Configuration Control Board Command, Control and Communications Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Command, Control, Computers, Communication and Information Charge-Coupled Device Common Client Interface Controlled Crypto Item Consultative Committee, International Telegraph and Telephone (now ITU-TSS) Counter CounterMeasures Cache-Coherent Non-Uniform Memory Access Crypto-Checksum OK Commitment, Concurrency and Recovery Command and Control Segment (of the Air Force Satellite Control Network) Cable and Computer Technology, Inc. Compact Disk Channel Definition Format Computing Devices International Code Division Multiple Access (cellular phone transmission protocol) Concept Demonstration Phase (on JSF program) Cellular Digital Packet Data Compact Disk -- Recordable Compact Disk -- Recordable/ReW ritable Compact Disk -- ReW ritable Contracts Data Requirements List Compact Disk -- Read Only Memory (stores about 600 MBytes -- see HD-CD) Commission of European Communities Cooperative Engagement Capability Code-Excited Linear Prediction (voice encoding method) Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association Chief Executive Officer Circular Error Probability Cooperative Engagement Processor
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CERN CERT CES CF CFAR CFB CFE CFI CFI CFR CGI CGI CGS CHAMP CHAMP CHESS CHI CHPC CHRP CIA CICC CIDF CIDR CIDS CIE CIFS CIK CIM CIP CIP CIPI CIPSO CIS CISC CLBM CLF CLI CLNP CLUT CLV CM CM CM CM CM CMD CMEA CMIP CML CMM CMOS CMP CMP CMU CMW
HPC Acronyms

The European Center for Nuclear Research Computer Emergency Response Team (of CMU's SEI) Computing Environment Standard (of CFI) Central Facility Constant False Alarm Rate Cipher FeedBack (DES mode) Customer-Furnished Equipment CAD Framework Initiative (consortium) Common Framework Infrastructure Code of Federal Regulations Common Gateway Interface Computer Graphics Interface Code Generation System (from Comdisco) Canard Homing Artillery Modular Projectile Configurable-Hardware Algorithm-Mappable Processor Correlated Hopping Enhances Spread Spectrum CERN Host Interface Center for High Performance Computing (at W PI) Common Hardware Reference Platform (for PowerPC) Central Intelligence Agency Custom Integrated Circuits Conference Correlation Interferometer Direction Finding Classless Inter-Domain Routing (of the Internet) Component Information Dictionary Standard Commission International de l'Eclainage (source of XYZ color model) Common Internet File System (Microsoft) Crypto Ignition Key Compensation Injection Module Common Image Processor (program) Common Integrated Processor (of Hughes) Common Integrated Processor Interface (module) Commercial Internet Protocol Security Option (Internet working group) Card Information Structure (for PCMCIA modules) Complex Instruction Set Computing Content Labeled Broadcast Message Common Logic Frame (of EHPSCS program) Command Line Interface (to an operating system) Connectionless Transport Protocol (of OSI) Color Look-Up Table Constant Linear Velocity (disk drive technology; see CAV) Compartmented Mode (security) Configuration Management Coordination Memo Counter Measure Cryptographic Module Countermeasures Division (of Lockheed Sanders) Cellular Message Encryption Algorithm Common Management Information Protocol (Sun software product) Current-Mode Logic Capability Maturity Model (of SEI) Complimentary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (IC process) Configuration Management Plan Console Manager Process Carnegie Mellon University Compartmented Mode W orkstation
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CMW S CMYK CNI CNR CNRI COB COBOL COE COE COFDM COM COM+ COMA COO CORBA CORE COSE COT COT COTS CPA CPCI CPE CPGA CPI CPL CPLD cpp CPS CPT CPTW G CPU CPMU CR CRAD CRC CRC CRDA CSC CSCI CSI CSI CSM CSMA/CD CSP CSP CSPI CSR CSR CSRC CSRL CSS CSS CSSE
HPC Acronyms

Common Missile W arning System (program) Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (color ink model) Communication, Navigation and Identification Clutter to Noise Ratio Corporation for National Research Initiatives Chip-On-Board (packaging) COmmon Business Oriented Language Center Of Excellence Common Operating Environment Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Component Object Model (of Microsoft) Component Object Model, next generation Cache-Only Memory Architecture Chief Operating Officer Common Object Request Broker Architecture (of OMG) Council Of REgistrars (of the Internet) Common Open Software Environment (Unix consortium) Center Of Technology Customer-Owned Tooling (for ASIC layout) Commercial Off-The-Shelf Closest Point of Approach Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (circuit board standard) Customer Premises Equipment (for telephone communications) Ceramic Pin Grid Array (IC package) Coherent Processing Interval Certified Products List Complex Programmable Logic Device C preprocessor Corporate Policy Statements (of Lockheed Martin) Common Product Team Copy Protection Technical W orking Group Central Processing Unit Co-Processor Memory Unit Compressive Receiver Contracted Research And Development Cyclic Redundancy Check Cyclic Redundancy Code Cooperative Research Development Agreement Computer Software Component Computer Software Configuration Item Common Sensor Interface Common Standard Interface (in CIP) Central Support Module (in Futurebus+ system) Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (Ethernet) Chip-Size Package (for ICs) Common Signal Processor (IBM) Computer Signal Processing, Inc. Common Source Route (of PacketW ay) Control and Status Register(s) Context Switching Reconfigurable Computing (DARPA program) Context Switching Reconfigurable Logic Cascading Style Sheet Content Scrambling System (DVD crypto protocol) Core Support Software Environment
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CSU C&T CTE CTI CTOL CTT CUA CV CVE CVI CVP CW G DA D/A DAA DAB D&AD DAC DAIS DANSA DAO DAP DAP DAQ DARPA DARS DARTS DAS DASC DASH DASP DAVIC DAVR DB dB dBc DBS DBS DC DCA DCA DCDS DCE DCE DCOM DCR DCT DDC DDD DDD DDE DDN DDN DDPES
HPC Acronyms

Computer Software Unit Communication and Tracking Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Computer Telephone Integration Conventional TakeOff and Landing (JSF variant for USAF) Center-Tap Terminated (transceiver logic) Common User Access Carrier-based Version (JSF variant for USN) Co-Verification Environment (Mentor Graphics) Crew Vehicle Interface Concept Validation Prototype Commonality W orking Group (of JIAW G) Destination Address (of PacketW ay) Digital-to-Analog Converter Designated Approving Authority Digital Audio Broadcasting Digital and Analog Design (technology group at Sanders) Discretionary Access Control Digital Avionics Information System Demand Adaptive Narrow Sector Antenna Data Access Objects Data Acquisition Processor Directory Access Protocol (OSI standard) Data Acquisition Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (formerly ARPA) Digital Audio Radio Services Dynamic Algorithms for Real-Time Simulation Defensive Aids Suite Digital Avionics Systems Conference Directory Architecture for Shared Memory (from Stanford U.) Distributed Advanced Signal Processing (ARPA program) Digital AudioVisual Council Digital Airborne Video Recorder Data Block (of PacketW ay) Decibel Decibels below Carrier Direct-Broadcast Satellite Doppler Beam Sharpening Direct Current Defense Communications Agency Direct Chip Attach (IC packaging technique) Distributed Computing Design System (from U.S. Army) Data Circuit-terminating Equipment Distributed Computing Environment (of OSF) Distributed Component Object Model Document Change Request Discrete Cosine Transform Digital Down Converter Design Description Document (JSF program document) Diminished Defense Dollars Dynamic Data Exchange Data Distribution Network Defense Data Network Dual Data Processing Element Server (in Hughes CIP)
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DDS DDTS DE DEA DEA DECM DES DFG DFIT DFN DF T DFT DGPS DH DHCP DHM DHTML DIA DIB DIB DIB DID DIE DIFM DIFP DII DIN DIRCM DIRS DIS DIS DIS DISA DISC DISW G DITP DL DLL DLL DMA DMA DMD DMI DMS DMT DMTF D/NAPS DNE DNI DNS DoD DOE DOF DOJ DOM
HPC Acronyms

Direct Digital Synthesizer Distributed Defect Tracking System Discrete Event (domain in Ptolemy tool) Data Encryption Algorithm Direct External Access Deceptive Electronic Countermeasures Data Encryption Standard Data Flow Graph Design, Fabrication, Integration and Test Data Flow Network Design For Testability Discrete Fourier Transform Digital Global Positioning System Diffie-Hellman (encryption key management scheme) Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Diagnostic Health and Maintenance Dynamic HyperText Markup Language Defense Intelligence Agency Device Independent Bitmap Directory Information Base Dual Independent Bus (PC architecture) Data Item Description Die Information Exchange (specification) Digital Instantaneous Frequency Measurement Digital Intermediate Frequency Preprocessor (module) Defense Information Infrastructure Deutsche Industrie Norm Deceptive Infra-Red Counter-Measures Distributed InfraRed Subsystem Defense Investigative Service (now renamed DSS) Distributed Interactive Simulation Draft International Standard Defense Information Systems Agency (Arlington, VA) Dynamic Instruction Set Computer Database Interface Standards W orking Group (of NGCR) Discriminating Interceptor Technology Program (of USAF) Data Length (of PacketW ay) Data Link Layer Dynamic Link Library Digital Micro-Architectures (program) Direct Memory Access Digital Micromirror Device Desktop Management Interface Defense Message System (DoD program) Discrete MulitTone (DSL service type) Desktop Management Task Force (of IETF) Day/Night Adverse W eather Pilotage System Data Network Element Detailed Network Interface Domain Naming Service Department of Defense Department of Energy Degrees Of Freedom Department Of Justice Document Object Model
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DOORS DoS DOS DP DPE DPCR DPESU DQ DQDB DR DR DRAM DRC DRDS DRF DRFM DR&O DRTE DSA DSA DSC DSD DSInet DSL DSLAM DSM DSP DSP DSPE DSQ DSS DSS DSS DSS DSSC DSSID DST DSUP DSVD DTC DTC DTD DTE DTE DT&E DTED DTI DTIC DTM DTU DTUPC DVB DVD DW F DXF
HPC Acronyms

Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (software tool) Denial of Service (security attack) Disk Operating System Data Processor Data Processing Element (module) Data Processor and Controller Data Processing Element Start-Up (software) Data Queue Distributed Queue Dual Bus (IEEE P802.6) Design Representation (CFI standard) Dynamic Range Dynamic Random Access Memory Distributed Reliable Computing Dynamic Reconfiguration Demonstration System (NAW C program) Digital Radio Frequency Digital Radio-Frequency Memory Demonstration Requirements and Objectives (JSF program document) Distributed Run Time Environment Defensive Situation Awareness Digital Signature Algorithm Document Structuring Convention (of Adobe's PostScript) Defense Systems Division (of Lockheed Sanders) Defense Simulation Internet (of ARPA) Digital Subscriber Line (telephone service) Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer Distributed Shared Memory Digital Signal Processing Digital Signal Processor Dual Signal Processing Element (Hughes) Data Synchronization Queue Data Set Slot Decision Support System Defense Security Service (formally DIS) Digital Signature Standard Distributed Services Steering Committee Data Set Slot IDentification Data Synchronization Table Defensive System Upgrade Program Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data Data Transfer Cartridge DeskTop Conferencing Data Transfer Device Data Terminal Equipment Data Transfer Equipment Developmental Test and Evaluation Digital Terrain Elevation Data Debug Trigger Interrupt (signal) Defense Technical Information Center Data Transfer Module Data Transfer Unit Design To Unit Production Cost Digital Video Broadcasting Digital Versatile Disk Drawing W eb Format Drawing eXchange Format
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EBC EBCDIC EBU EBX EC EC ECA ECAD ECB ECB ECC ECCM ECEF ECI ECL ECMA ECS ECS ECSA ECU ED EDA EDAC EDAC EDCS EDD EDE EDE EDE EDI EDIF EDO EDP EDRAM EDTN E/E EEE EEE EEI EELV EEP EEPROM EES EFA EFCI EFF EFW EGP egrep EHPSCS EI EIA EID EIGRP
HPC Acronyms

Electronic Business Co-op Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code European Broadcasting Union Embedded Board eXpandable (Motorola specification) Electronic Combat Error Correction Electrically Conductive Adhesive Electronic Computer-Aided Design Electronic CodeBook (DES mode) Element Control Bus Error Checking and Correction Electronic Counter-CounterMeasures Earth Centered Earth Fixed (global coordinate system) Electronic Component Information Emitter-Coupled Logic (IC process) European Computer Manufacturers Association Electronic Systems Center (of the Air Force) Environmental Control System Exchange Carriers Standards Association Electronic Control Unit Error Detection Electronic Design Automation Electronic Design Automation Companies Error Detection And Correction Evolutionary Design of Computer Systems (DARPA program) Electronic Document Distribution Electronic Design Environment Emulation/Development Environment Engineering Design Environment Electronic Data Interchange Electronic Design Interchange Format Extended Data Out (DRAM architecture) Electronic Data Processing Enhanced Dynamic Random Access Memory Electronics Design and Technology Network (W eb site) End-to-End End-to-End Encryption Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical External Environment Interface Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (program) End-to-End Protocol (of PacketW ay) Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Escrowed Encryption Standard (of Clipper chip) European Fighter Aircraft Explicit Forward Congestion Indication (in ATM) Electronic Frontier Foundation Enterprise FrameW ork (of RASSP program) Exterior Gateway Protocol Extended grep (UNIX command) Embedded High-Performance Scalable Computing Systems (program) Error Indication (of PacketW ay) Electronics Industry Association Extended IDentification Extended Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
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EINet EIO EIS EIS EISA EIT EITO EKMS EL ELDP ELJ ELX EM EM-bus EMC EMCOT EMD E&MD EMI EMM eMPI EMS EMSP EO EOB EOF EOS EOS EPA EPAT EPCOT EPI EPIC EPL EPLD EPROM EPS EPS ERB ERE ERGM ERIM ESA ESA ESAP ESD ESDA ESH ES-IS ESM ESP ESU ETL ETO ETSI
HPC Acronyms

Enterprise Integration Network External Input/Output (element) Enterprise Information Systems (group in Lockheed Martin) Executive Information System Extended Industry Standard Architecture (80386 bus) Enterprise Integration Technologies (corporation) European Information Technology Observatory Electronic Key Management System Extension Language (CFI standard) Engineering Leadership Development Program (of Lockheed Martin) Expendable Laser Jammer Embedded Local Executive (from Digital Equipment Corporation) Extended Memory Extended Memory Bus Electro-Magnetic Compatibility ElectroMagnetics Center of Technology (of Sanders) Engineering and Manufacturing Development Engineering and Manufacturing Development Electro-Magnetic Interference Educational Maturity Model Embedded Message-Passing Interface Environmental Management System Enhanced Modular Signal Processor (AT&T UYS-2) Electro-Optic Electronic Order of Battle End Of File Earth Observing Station Electro-Optic Sensor Environmental Protection Agency Entry Point Address Table Embedded Processors Center of Technology (changed to HPCCOT) Engineering Process Improvement Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (IA-64 architecture) Emitter Parameter List Erasable Programmable Logic Device Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory Electrical Power System (on JSF program) Embedded PostScript (file format) Engineering Review Board Extended Regular Expression (in UNIX) Extended Range Guided Munition Environmental Research Institute of Michigan Electronically Scanned Array (radar) European Space Agency Evolution of Software through Adaptive Programming (Northeastern research) Electro-Static Discharge Electronic System Design Automation Environment, Safety and Health End System to Intermediate System (routing protocol) Electronic Support Measures Encapsulated Security Payload (in Security Architecture for Internet Protocol) Element Supervisor Unit Enhanced Transceiver Logic Electronics Technology Office (of DARPA) European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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EU EUV EW EW PE EW SP EW SS ExSS FI 3 FI FADEC FAQ FAR FASIC FAT FB+ FC FC FCA FC-AC FCC FCCM FCCSET FCFS FCLC FCR FCS FCSI FDDI FDIR FDIRR FDR FE FEA FEA FEC FED FET FFIA FFOL FFRDC FFT FIFO FIPS FIR FIU FIX FLDP FLIR FLIT FLOPS FMI FMS FNIU FOA
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European Union Extreme Ultra-Violet Electronic W arfare Electronic W arfare Processing Element (module) Electronic W arfare Self Protection (system) Electronic W arfare Simulation Software Exploration of the Solar System (NASA program) Form, Fit, and Interface Form, Fit, Function and Interface Full Authority Digital Engine Controller (in F-22) Frequently Asked Questions (on Internet) False Alarm Rate Function- and Algorithm-Specific Integrated Circuit File Allocation Table (on disk) Futurebus+ Fibre Channel Fire Control Fibre Channel Association Fibre Channel - Avionics Environment (working group) Fire Control Calculations FPGA-based Custom Computing Machine Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology First Come, First Served Fibre Channel Loop Community (consortium) Fault Containment Region Frame Check Sequence Fibre Channel Systems Initiative Fiber Distributed Data Interface Fault Detection, Identification, and Recovery Fault Detection, Isolation, Reporting, and Recording Flight Data Recorder (in F-22) Functional Element Fetch, Execute, Access (DSP pipeline architecture) Finite Element Analysis Forward Error Correction Field-Emission Display (flat panel) Field-Effect Transistor FOTR to FC Interface Adapter FDDI Follow-On LAN Federally-Funded Research and Development Center Fast Fourier Transform First In First Out Federal Information Processing Standards Finite Impulse Response (filter) Fiber Interface Unit Federal Internet Exchange Financial Leadership Development Program (of Sanders) Forward-Looking InfraRed FLow unIT (in wormhole routing) Floating Point Operations Per Second Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc. Full Mission Simulation FOTR Network Interface Unit (module) Focus Of Attention (image processing algorithm)
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FOIRL FOR FORTRAN FOTD FOT&E FOTP FOTR FO V FPA FPCB FPDP FPGA FPIC FPLD FPM FPS FRA FRAM FRC FRP FSA FSCEM FSD FSED FS-X FT FT B FTAM FTI FTP FW HM FYI GaAs GAP GAPP GARP GATT gawk GBM Gbps GBS GBS GC GCCS G CI GCMOS G DI GDMO G DP G DT GE GEA GE-CRD GEDAE
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Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link Field Of Regard FORmula TRANslator Fiber-Optic Towed Decoy Final Operational Test and Evaluation Fiber Optic Test Procedure Fiber Optic Transmitter/Receiver Field Of View Focal Plane Array Field Programmable Circuit Board Front-Panel Data Port (for signal processing I/O) Field Programmable Gate Array Field Programmable Interconnect Field Programmable Logic Device Flight Path Management Feet Per Second Functional Requirements Analysis Ferroelectric Random Access Memory Functional Redundancy Checking Full Rate Production Fabless Semiconductor Association (industry consortium) Futurebus+ Small Computer Expandability Module Full Scale Development Full Scale Engineering Development Fighter Support Experiment (Japan) Fault Tolerance Flying Test Bed File Transfer Access and Management Flight Test Instrumentation File Transfer Protocol Full W idth Half Maximum (LED optical bandwidth) For Your Information (IETF RFC type) Gallium Arsenide GBM Application Port (of CIP) Geometric Arithmetic Parallel Processor Graphics Address Relocation Table Graphics Address Translation Table GNU awk (UNIX programmable editor) Global Bulk Memory (module) Giga (billion, 10^9) Bits Per Second Global Broadcast Satellite Global Broadcast System GyroCompass Global Command and Control System Ground-Controlled Interceptor Graded-channel Complimentary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (IC process) Graphical Device Interface Guidelines for Definition of Managed Objects Graphics Display Processor Global Destination Table General Electric Gigabit Ethernet Alliance (industry consortium) General Electric - Corporate Research and Development Graphical Entry Distributed Application Environment (ARPA program)
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GEO GES G FC G FE GFLOPS GGP GIF GILS GIM GISW G GLAST GloMo GLSS GLV GM GMII GMR GMTI GN&C GNU GOAA GOMAC GOPS GOS GOSIP GOT S GPM GPR GPS GPS GPVI grep GSI GSoF GSM GSPS GSSAPI GT L G UI GUID GVSC HA HAC32 HAL HALE HARM HBI HBIM HBSS HBT HCC HCPLD HD-CD HDD
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Geostationary Earth Orbit (communications satellite) Government Electronics Systems (Lockheed Martin company) Generic Flow Control Government-Furnished Equipment Giga (billion, 10^9) Floating Point Operations Per Second Gateway-to-Gateway Protocol Graphic Interchange Format Government Information Locator Service (on Internet) Ground Interface Module Graphics Interface Standards W orking Group (of NGCR) Gamma-ray Large-Area Space Telescope (NASA program) Global Mobile (DARPA program) Gate-Level System Simulation Grating Light Valve (display technology) Ground Map Gigabit Media Independent Interface (of Gigabit Ethernet) Giant Magneto-Resistive (disk drive head technology) Ground Moving Target Indication Guidance, Navigation and Control Gnu's Not Unix (from Free Software Foundation) Generic Open Avionics Architecture (of SAE) Government Microcircuit Applications Conference Giga (billion, 10^9) Operations Per Second Global Operating System Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile Government Off-The-Shelf Generic Processing Module General-Purpose Register Global-Positioning System Guided Projectile System (program) Graphics Processor/Video Interface (module) Global Regular Expression Print (UNIX command) Giga-Scale Integration Ground Station of the Future Global System for Mobile communications Giga (billion, 10^9) Samples Per Second Generic Security Services Application Program Interface Gunning Transceiver Logic Graphical User Interface Globally Unique IDentification Generic VHSIC Spaceborne Computer (Honeywell) High Availability Hughes Aircraft Company 32-bit processor Hardware Abstraction Layer (of an operating system) High-Altitude Long-Endurance (aerial platform) High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile High Bandwidth Interface High Bandwidth Interface Module High Band SubSystem Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (IC process) High Confidence Computing (system) High-Capacity Programmable-Logic Device High Density Compact Disk (stores about 3 GBytes -- see CD-ROM) Hard-Disk Drive
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HDI HDL HDLC HDSL HDTV HEC HEL HFB HFC HIBIST HIC HIDAS HiPer-D HIPO HIPP HiPPI HLA HLS HLSD HOL HOTAS HP HPC HPC++ HPCA HPCC HPCCIT HPF HP-GL HPN HPOI HPPI HPSB HPSC HPSCS HR HRA HRC HRM HSA HSDB HSDBIM HSDTN HSSB HSTL HSV HTCC HTML HTTP HUD HW HW CI I2 I&A
HPC Acronyms

High-Density Interconnect (MCM substrate) Hardware Description Language High-Level Data Link Control High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line (telephone service) High-Definition TeleVision Header Error Control Hardware Emulation Layer (of an operating system) Hybrid Filter Bank Hybrid Fiber/Coax Hierarchical and Integrated Built-In Self-Test Heterogeneous InterConnect Helicopter Integrated Defensive Aids System High Performance Distributed demo (DARPA/Navy program) Hierarchy plus Input-Process-Output Highly-Integrated Processing and Packaging High-Performance Parallel Interface High-Level Architecture Hue, Lightness and Saturation (color graphics art model) High Level Signal Detection High Order Language Hands-On Throttle And Stick Hewlett Packard High Performance Computing High Performance C++ High Performance Computing Act (1991) High Performance Computing and Communications (program) High Performance Computing and Communications and Information Technology High Performance Fortran Hewlett Packard Graphics Language High Performance Network (of NGCR) High Probability Of Intercept High Performance Parallel Interface High Performance Serial Bus (IEEE P1394, previously called HSSB) High-Performance Scalable Computing High-Performance Scalable Computing Systems (program) Half-Router (of PacketW ay) High-Resolution Array Hybrid Ring Control High Reliability Mobile (MCC project) High Speed Alarm High Speed Data Bus (of JIAW G) High Speed Data Bus Interface Module High Speed Data Transfer Network (of NGCR) High Speed Serial Bus (obsolete name for HPSB) High-Speed Transceiver Logic Hue, Saturation and Value (color light model) High Temperature Co-fired Ceramic HyperText Markup Language HyperText Transfer Protocol Head-Up Display Hardware HardW are Configuration Item Internet2 (network testbed) Identification and Authentication
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IA-64 IAB IAC IADD IADP IAHC IANA IAR IASTED IBIT IBM IBO IBOC IBT IBW IC ICCP 3 IC N ICD ICE ICF ICLS ICMP ICNIA ICP ICP ICP ICPTD ICR ICS ICU ICU IC&V ID ID IDAS IDD IDE IDE IDEA IDECM IDL IDL IDPR IDQ IDRP IDS IDSS IDT IEC IEDM IEEE IEMT IEO IEOS
HPC Acronyms

Intel Architecture, 64-bit (Intel/HP successor to x86) Internet Architecture Board Interagent Communication ICP Architecture Description Document (of JSF) Integrated Avionics Development Program (Navy) International Ad Hoc Committee (of the Internet) Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Integrated Avionics Rack International Association of Science and Technology for Development Initiated Built-In Test International Business Machines Instantiable Binary Object In-Band/On-Channel (radio broadcasting system) Integrated Build Team Instantaneous BandW idth Integrated Circuit Inter-Client Communications Protocol (of X-windows) International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks Interface Control Document In-Circuit Emulator International Cryptography Framework Instrument Carrier Landing System Internet Control Message Protocol Integrated Communication, Navigation & Identification Avionics Integrated Control Panel Integrated Core Processing Integrated Core Processor Integrated Core Processing Technology Demonstration (on JSF program) Initial Cell Rate (of ATM ABR) Integrated Control System Interface Control Unit ISA Configuration Utility Intelligent Collaboration and Visualization (DARPA program) IDentification Interconnection Decoder Integrated Design Automation System (from JRS Research Laboratories, Inc.) Interface Description Document Integrated Development Environments (company; merged into AONIX) Integrated Device Electronics (PC interface bus) International Data Encryption Algorithm Integrated Defensive Electronic CounterMeasures (program) Interface Definition Language Interface Design Logic Inter-Domain Policy Routing (protocol) Input Data Queue Inter-Domain Routing Protocol Integrated Defense System Integrated Diagnostics Support System (Navy program) Integrated Device Technology, Inc. International Electrotechnical Commission International Electron Devices Meeting Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (symposium) Integrated Electro-Optic (avionics subsystem) Integrated Electro-Optic Sensing (on JSF program)
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IEPS IESG IETF IEW CS IF IFDL IFI IFM IGBT IGMP IGP IGRP I2O IIO IIS IKMP ILP ILS IMA IMAP IMB IMOP IMP IMP IMS IMS INE INEW S INFOSEC I-NLSP INRIA INS I/O IOA IOBD IOBID IOC IP IP IP IP IPC IPC IPI IPL IPng IPPDT IPSEC IPSP IPT IPv4 IPv6 IPX I/Q IR&D
HPC Acronyms

International Electronic Packaging Society Internet Engineering Steering Group Internet Engineering Task Force Intelligence and Electronic W arfare Common Sensor Intermediate Frequency Inter-Flight Data Link Institute For Informatics (University of Oslo) Instantaneous Frequency Measurement Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor (IC technology) Internet Group Management Protocol Interior Gateway Protocol Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (of Cisco) Intelligent Input/Output (architecture) Internal Input/Output (element) Internet Information Server (Microsoft product) Internet Key Management Protocol Instruction-Level Parallelism (of computer code) Integrated Logistics support Integrated Modular Avionics Internet Mail Access Protocol Inter-Module Bus (Motorola IC internal bus) Intentional Modulation On Pulse Integrated Master Plan Integrated Mission Processing Integrated Maintenance System International Meta Systems (company) In-line Network Encryptor Integrated Electronic W arfare System Information Systems Security Integrated Network Layer Security Protocol French National Institute for Computer Science and Control Inertial Navigation Sensors (on JSF program) Input/Output Integrated Optics Assembly Integrated On-Board Diagnostics Input/Output Built-In-test Description Initial Operational Capability Image Processor Instruction Pointer Intellectual Property Internet Protocol Inter Processor Communication Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits Intelligent Peripheral Interface Initial Program Loader Internet Protocol, next generation Integrated Product/Process Development Team Internet Protocol SECurity (working group) Internet Protocol Security Protocol Integrated Product Team Internet Protocol, version 4 (current version in 1995) Internet Protocol, version 6 (new version in 1996) Internetwork Packet eXchange (of Novell networks) In-phase and Quadrature (modulation) Independent Research and Development
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IRAD IRC IRF IRFS IRIG IRM IRMW IRQ IRS IRST IRTF IS IS IS ISA ISA ISAC ISAKMP ISAR ISCP ISD ISDN ISF ISF ISHM ISI ISI ISI ISI ISIS IS-IS ISO ISOC ISORM ISP ISP ISPD ISPE ISR ISR ISS ISS ISS ISSCC ISSMO IT ITC ITD ITDL ITF ITGI ITO ITS ITU ITU-TSS
HPC Acronyms

Independent Research And Development Internet Relay Chat Integrated Radio Frequency (avionics subsystem) Integrated Radio Frequency Sensing (on JSF program) Inter Range Instrumentation Group Information Resource Management Infra-Red Missile W arning Interrupt Request Inertial Reference System Infra-Red Search and Track Internet Research Task Force (of IETF) Integer Set (computer performance benchmark) Interconnect Switch International Standard Industry Standard Architecture (80286 bus) Instruction Set Architecture Improved Space Architecture Concept (Phillips Laboratory program) Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Improved Space Computer Program (of Phillips Laboratory) Information Systems Division (of Lockheed Sanders) Integrated Services Digital Network Integrated Systems Facility Information Security Foundation International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics Information Sciences Institute (of USC) Integrated Software, Inc. Integrated Systems, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) Inter-Symbol Interference (on a transmission line) Innovative Systems In Silicon Intermediate System to Intermediate System (routing protocol) International Standards Organization Internet SOCiety International Standards Organization Reference Model In-System Programmable (logic) Internet Service Provider International Symposium on Physical Design Interoperable Signal Processing Environment Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Interrupt Service Routine Integrated Sensor System Interconnect Systems Solution (company with SCI products) Instruction Set Simulator International Solid-State Circuits Conference International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Organization Information Technology InterTool Communication (CFI standard) Integrated Technology Demonstration (on JSF program) Integrated Technology Development Laboratory (of Boeing) Integrated Test Facility International TechneGroup Inc. Information Technology Office (of DARPA) Intelligent Transportation System (smart highway standard) International Telecommunications Union ITU Telecommunications Standardization Sector (formerly CCITT)
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IV IVR IVS IVSC IW IW SM IW SP IW T IW U JAAD JACG JAS JASA JASF JASSM JAST JASTA JDAM J DF JEDEC JEPI JFACC JIAD JIAP JIAW G JIOS JIRD JIT JLC JMASS JMCATS JMCIS Joint STARS JOSTF JPEG JPI-bus JPL JSAF JSF JSIMS JSOW JSP JT A JTAG JT C JT F JTIDS JTM-bus JW ID kbps KDC KG KGD
HPC Acronyms

Initialization Vector (of a cipher block chaining encryption algorithm) Interactive Voice Response (system) INRIA Videoconferencing System Integrated Vehicle Subsystem Control (in F-22) Information W arfare Integrated W eapon System Management Integrated W eapon System Planning Intercompany W ork Transfer (within Lockheed) Interworking Unit JSF Avionics Architecture Definition Joint Aeronautical Commanders Group Joint Airborne Sigint Joint Airborne Sigint Architecture (program) Joint Airborne Sigint Family Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (program) Joint Advanced Strike Technology (fighter program, renamed JSF) Joint Airborne Sigint Technical Architecture Joint Direct Attack Munition Joint Defense Force Joint Electron Device Engineering Council Joint Electronic Payments Initiative (for the Internet) Joint Forces Air Component Commander (DARPA program) Joint Integrated Avionics Directorate (defunct) Joint Integrated Avionics Plan Joint Integrated Avionics W orking Group JIAW G Input/Output System Joint Integrated Requirements Document Just In Time Joint Logistics Command Joint Modeling And Simulation System JAST Manufacturing Capabilities Assessment Training System Joint Maritime Command Information System Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Joint Open Systems Task Force (of DoD) Joint Photographic Experts Group JIAW G Parallel Intermodule Bus Jet Propulsion Laboratory (of NASA) Joint Signals-intelligence (SIGINT) Avionics Family (program) Joint Strike Fighter (formerly JAST) Joint SIMulation System Joint Stand Off W eapon JIAW G Signal Processor Joint Technical Architecture Joint Test Action Group Joint Technical Committee Joint Task Force Joint Tactical Information Distribution System JIAW G Test and Maintenance Bus Joint W arrier Interoperability Demonstration (Army exercise) Kilo (thousand, 10^3) Bits Per Second Key Distribution Center Key Generator Known Good Die
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KISS KISS KM KMP KSC kW L1 L2 LADAR LAMP LAN LAP-B LAP-D LASC LASCO LATA LAW S LBA LBSS LCC LCD LCF LCO LCP LDAP LEAF LEC LEC LED LEO LERA LESC LFT LFW C LGA LH LIDAR LINC LIS LITC LIW LLC LLSP LMA LMAES LMATL LM-bus LMCMS LMCS LMDS LMEIS LMFS LMFS LMGES
HPC Acronyms

Keep It Simple, Stupid Kuiper Integrated Sensor System Key Management Key Management Plan Kennedy Space Center Kilo (thousand, 10^3) W ords Level 1 (cache) Level 2 (cache) Laser Detection And Ranging Local Area MultiProcessor Local Area Network Link Access Procedure, Balanced Link Access Procedure, D-channel Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company Large Angle Spectrometric COronagraph Local Area Transport Authority (telephone protocol) Low-cost Arrays for W arning Sensors (program) Logical Block Address Low Band SubSystem Life Cycle Cost Liquid Crystal Display Low-Cost Fiber Life Cycle Object Low-Cost Package Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (Internet protocol) Law Enforcement Access Field (of Clipper chip) Local Exchange Carriers (providing telephone service) Lockheed Electronics Company (defunct) Light Emitting Diode Low Earth Orbit (communications satellite) Launch Electronics Redundant Architecture Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Company Liquid Flow Through (module cooling) Lockheed Fort W orth Company Land gate Grid Array (IC package) Light Helicopter (Army) LIght Detection And Ranging Link Interface Chip (of SCI) Language Independent Specification Lockheed Information Technology Company Long Instruction W ord (processor architecture) Logical Link Control Low Latency Signal Processor Lockheed Martin Astronautics (Denver) Lockheed Martin Advanced Environmental Systems Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs (Camden) Local Memory Bus Launch Mission Control Management System Lockheed Martin Communications Systems (Camden) Local Multipoint Distribution Service (for telephone communications) Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems (Orlando) Lockheed Martin Federal Systems (Gaithersburg) Lockheed Martin Federal Systems (Manassas) Lockheed Martin Government Electronic Systems (Camden)
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LMI LMI LMIS LMMS LMSC LMTAS LO LO LOB LOC LOC LOC LOS LOS LPC LPE LPGA LPI LPOS LPT LRC LRD LRIP LRIP LRM LRT LRU LSA LSB LSI LSOC LSSD LTLB LTPMDB LVCMOS LVDS LVS LW P LW R LZW MA MAC MAC MAC MAC MAFET MAN MAP MAP/TOP MASA MASA MAU MAV MAW
HPC Acronyms

Lightweight Myrinet Interface Lockheed Martin Intersputnik, Ltd. Lockheed Martin Information Systems (Orlando) Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space (Sunnyvale) Lockheed Missiles and Space Company Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems (Fort W orth) Local Oscillator Low Observable (platform) Line Of Bearing Lines Of Code Library Of Congress Lead On Chip Line Of Sight Local Operating System Local Procedure Call Low Probability of Exploitation Laser Programmable Gate Array (by Chip Express Corp) Low Probability of Intercept Local Processor Operating System Local Page Table Longitudinal Redundancy Check Laser Ranger/Designator Low-Rate Initial Production Limited Rate Initial Production Line Replaceable Module Local Routing Table Line Replaceable Unit Logistic Support Analysis Least Significant Bit Large Scale Integration Lockheed Space Operations Company Level-Sensitive Scan Design (DFT approach) Local Translation Look-aside Buffer Linear Token Passing Multiplex Data Bus Low Voltage CMOS Low-Voltage Differential Signal Logic Vision Software (company) Light W eight Protocol (of SAFENET) Laser W arning Receiver Lempel Zev W elch (compression scheme used in GIF) Modular Avionics Mandatory Access Control Media Access Control (layer protocol) Message Authentication Code Multiply-Accumulate Microwave and Analog Front-End Technology (ARPA initiative) Metropolitan Area Network Multi-ALU Processor Manufacturing Automation Protocol/Technical Office Protocol Modular Avionics Systems Architecture Multi-Arm Spiral Antenna (on JSF program) Medium Attachment Unit Micro Aerial Vehicle Missile Approach W arning
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MAX MBA MBA MBIT MBONE Mbps MBV MC MCA MCC MCCR MCG&I MCLK MCM MCM-C MCM-D MCM-E/F MCM-L MCM-V MCNS MCOTS MCP MCR MCTL MCU MCU MDBDA MDC MDI MDI MDP MDS MDS MDSS MDT MEC MED MEI MEMS MEO MERS MESI MESM MFA MFAU MFC MFD MFL MFLOPS MFOTS MFSP MH MIB MIC MIC
HPC Acronyms

Multiple Array matriX (FPGA family by Altera) Masters degree in Business Administration Multi-Beam Antenna Maintenance Built-In Test Multicast Backbone (of Internet) Millions (mega, 10^6) Bits Per Second Model-Based Vision Micro Channel (of IBM) MicroChannel Architecture (IBM 80386 proprietary bus) Microelectronics and Computer Consortium (Austin based) Mission Critical Computer Resources Mapping, Cartography, Geodesy and Imagery MTM-bus CLocK (line) Multi-Chip Module MCM - Ceramic MCM - Deposited MCM - Encapsulated / Flex MCM - Laminate MCM - Vertical stack Multimedia Cable Network Systems (consortium) Militarized Commercial Off-The-Shelf (component) Myrinet Control Program Minimum Cell Rate (of ATM ABR) MTM-bus ConTroL (line) Maintenance Control Unit Micro Controller Unit Munition-Deployed Bomb Damage Assessment (system) Manipulation Detection Code Medium-Dependent Interface Multiple Document Interface Mission Dependent Processing Manned Destructive SEAD Message Dictionary Specification (of CFI) Multi-Domain Smart Sensors Mean Down Time MicroElectronics Center (of Sanders) Microwave Electronics Division (of Lockheed Martin) Modified, Exclusive, Invalid (cache memory protocol) Micro-ElectroMechanical System Medium Earth Orbit Multifunction Electromagnetic Radiating System (Navy program) Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid (memory coherence protocol) Modular Electronic Support Measures MultiFunction Array Multi-Function Arithmetic Unit Microsoft Foundation Classes Multi-Function Display Macro Function Language (by A. Deerfield) Millions (mega, 10^6) of Floating Point Instructions Per Second Military Fiber-Optic Transmission System (SAE working group) Macro Function Signal Processor (Raytheon) PacketW ay Header Management Information Base Message Integrity Check Microwave Integrated Circuit
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MIDI MIDS MIF MII MIMD MIME MIMIC MIPS MIRFS MIROM MIS MISSI MIT MITSI MKF MLD MLE MLS MM MMC MMC MMD MMDS MMF MMI MMIC MMM MMW MMW S MMX mnw MO MOE MOP MOPS MOSAS MOTIS MOU MP MP MPAA MPEG MP@HL MP@ML MPI MPIF MPM MPMFL MPOA MPP MPPS MPR MPSpec MPU MR
HPC Acronyms

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (to PC) Multi-function Information Distribution System (on JSF program) Maker Interchange Format (FrameMaker file format) Media-Independent Interface Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data (processor) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions Microwave/Millimeter-wave Monolithic Integrated Circuit (see also MMIC) Millions (mega, 10^6) of Instructions Per Second Multifunction Integrated Radio Frequency System (of JSF) Module Identity Read Only Memory Module Interconnect System Multilevel Information System Security Initiative Massachusetts Institute of Technology Module Initialization, Test, and Software Interface Multispectral Kinematic Flare Missile Launch Detector Missile Launch Envelope Multi-Level Security Mass Memory Modular Mission Computer Module Maintenance Controller MTM-bus Master Data (line) Multichannel, Multipoint Distribution Services (broadcast video on Internet) Myrinet Message Framework Man-Machine Interface Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (see also MIMIC) Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company Millimeter W ave (radar) Modular Missile W arning System MultiMedia instruction set eXtensions (standard of Intel) Motif W indow Manager (for UNIX) Magneto-Optical (disk drive technology) Measure Of Effectiveness Meta-Object Protocol Millions (mega, 10^6) of fixed-point Operations Per Second Modular Open System Architecture Standard Message-Oriented Text Interchange System Memorandum Of Understanding Matrix Processor MultiProcessor Motion Picture Association of America Motion Picture Experts Group Main Profile at High Level (MPEG signal compression option) Main Profile at Main Level (MPEG signal compression option) Message-Passing Interface MPI Forum Microwave Power Module Multi-Processor Macro Function Language Multi Protocol routing Over ATM Massively-Parallel Processor Mega (million, 10^6) Pulses Per Second MTM-bus Pause Request (line) Multi-Processing Specification (Intel) Micro Processor Unit MagnetoResistive (disk drive technology)
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MR MRC MRF MS MS&A MSB MSC MSD MSD MSDRT MSDS MSF MSIDS MSIE MSIPT MSP MSPS MSRDD MSS MSU MT MT MTA MTA MTBCF MTBF MTI MTEM MTM MTM-bus MTRE MTS MTTF MTTO MTTR MTU MVP MW PS MW S MXIbus MY NA NAA NADC NANPA NAP NAS NASA NATO nawk NB NBILST NBMA NBPE
HPC Acronyms

Master Reset Mesh Router Chip (of Touchstone program) Multi-Role Fighter Message Store Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Most Significant Bit Microprocessor Standards Committee (of IEEE) Mission and Space Electronics Division MTM-bus Slave Data (line) Multi-Speed Data Rate Transmission Material Safety Data Sheet Median Subtraction Filter Marine Surveillance and Intruder Detection System Microsoft Internet Explorer Mission Systems Integrated Product Team (on JSF program) Malleable Signal Processor (Phillips Laboratory program) Mega (million, 10^6) Samples Per Second Mission Software Requirements Design Document (JSF program document) Mission Support System Mississippi State University PacketW ay Trailer Monitor Terminal Message Transfer Agent Multi-Threaded Architecture Mean Time Between Critical Failures Mean Time Between Failures Moving Target Indicator Myrinet Topology Expansion Module Module Test and Maintenance Module Test and Maintenance Bus (IEEE P1149.5) Missile Test Readiness Equipment Message Transfer System Mean Time To Failure Mean Time To Obsolescence Mean Time To Repair Maximum Transmission Unit Multimedia Video Processor (of TI) Mega (million, 10^6) W ords Per Second Missile W arning System Multisystem eXtension Interface bus (for VXIbus) Model Year Numerical Aperture Network Address Authority Naval Air Development Center North American Number Plan Administrator (for telephone area codes) Network Attachment Point New Attack Submarine National Aeronautics and Space Administration North Atlantic Treaty Organization New awk (UNIX programmable editor) Narrow Beam Narrow Beam InterLeaved Search and Track Non-Broadcast Multiple Access (network type) Narrow Band Parameter Encoder
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NBR NBS NC NC NCC NCCOSC NCL NCSA NCSC NCTI NCTR NCU NDA NDI NDP NEB NEB NEC NEP NES NF NFOEC NFOV NFS NGCR NGI NGST NGTF NHRP NI NIC NIC NIC NIH NII NIIT NIR NIST NISW G NIU NLS NLSP NM NMD NMP NNI NNTP NOAA NOS NOSC NOW NPOESS NRE NREN NRL
HPC Acronyms

Narrow Band Receiver National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) Network Computer Node Controller Network Coordination Center (European Internet registry) Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center Null Convention Logic National Center for Supercomputing Applications (of the University of Illinois) National Computer Security Center Non-Cooperative Target Identification Non-Cooperative Target Recognition Node Control Unit Non-Disclosure Agreement Non-Development Item Name Binding Protocol (of AppleTalk) Noise Equivalent Bits Number of Effective Bits Nippon Electric Company Noise Equivalent Power Network Encryption System Noise Figure National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference Narrow Field Of View Network File System Next Generation Computer Resources (Navy program) Next Generation Internet Next Generation Space Telescope Next Generation Tactical Fighter Next Hop Resolution Protocol (Internet routing standard) Network Interface Network Information Center (North American Internet registry) Network Interface Card Network Interface Chip National Institute of Health (of Department of Health and Human Services) National Information Infrastructure National Information Infrastructure Testbed (consortium) Near Infra Red National Institute of Standards and Technology (formerly NBS) Network Interface Standards W orking Group Node Interface Unit National Launch System Network Layer Security Protocol (of OSI) New Mexico National Missile Defense (system) New Media Processor (Sharp chip) Network-Node Interface (of ATM) NetNews Transport Protocol National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nodal Operating System Naval Ocean Systems Center Network Of W orkstations National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Non-Recurring Engineering National Research and Education Network Naval Research Laboratory
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NRSP NRZ MRZI NSA NSA NSAP NSF NSI NSI NSIS NSP NSS NSSN NSSN NSW C NT NTCB NTDS NTFS NTIA NTP NU NUDEC NUMA NUW C NVBMM NVG NVM NVRAM NW OADC OAM OAV oawk OBEW S OBI OC O CF O DB ODBC ODMA O DP O DQ OEM O FB O FP O FC OFSTP O FX OID OLAP OLE OLR OLTP
HPC Acronyms

Non-RF Signal Processor Non-Return to Zero Non-Return to Zero Invert on one National Security Agency New Strategic Aircraft Network Service Access Point National Science Foundation NASA Science Internet Network Solutions, Inc. New Sonar Intercept System Native Signal Processing (Intel initiative) Network Synthesis System (from JRS Associates) National Standards Systems Network New Attack Submarine (U.S. Navy program) Naval Surface W arfare Center New Technology (Microsoft's W indows NT) Network Trusted Computing Base Naval Tactical Data System New Technology File System National Telecommunications and Information Administration Network Time Protocol Northeastern University Naval Universal Digital Electronic Controller Non-Uniform Memory Access Naval Undersea W arfare Center Non-Volatile Bulk Memory Module Night Vision Goggles Non-Volatile Memory Non-Volatile Random-Access Memory Network Optical Analog-to-Digital Converter Operations And Maintenance Operational Air Vehicle Old awk (UNIX programmable editor) On-Board Electronic W arfare Simulator Open Buying on the Internet Optical Carrier Object Components Framework OPNET Debugger Open DataBase Connectivity (interface standard) Orthogonal Domain Multiple Access (communication paradigm) Object Dependent Processing Output Data Queue Original Equipment Manufacturer Optical FeedBack (DES mode) Operational Flight Program Optical Fibers Conference Optical Fiber System Test Practice Open Financial eXchange Object IDentifier On-Line Analytical Processing (Internet messaging specification) Object Linking and Embedding On-Line Replacement On-Line Transaction Processing
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olwm OMAC OMG OMI OMI OMI/HIC OMT O NC ONCRPC O NR OO OOA OOB OOD OOP OOPL OOOS OPNET OPS OPS O RB ORKID ORNL OR&SS OS OSA OSA OSAT OSE OSF OSHA OSI OSIE OSIF OSIL OSN OSP OSPF OSS OSS OSSW G OSTA OSTP OT A OTDM OT&E OT F OT P OVI OW DM OW L OW L PA PABX
HPC Acronyms

Open Look W indow Manager (for UNIX) Open Modular Architecture Controller (for car factory) Object Management Group (software consortium) Open Microprocessor systems Initiative Open Modeling Interface (of Cadence) OMI Heterogeneous InterConnect Object Modeling Technique Open Network Computing Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call (Internet working group) Office of Naval Research Object Oriented Object Oriented Analysis Out Of Band Object Oriented Design Object Oriented Programming Object Oriented Programming Language Object Oriented Operating System Optimized Network Engineering Tools (from MIL 3) Open Profiling Standard (for W eb browsers) Operations Per Second Object Request Broker Open Real-time Kernel Interface Definition Oak Ridge National Laboratory Ocean, Radar & Sensor Systems (Lockheed Martin company) Operating System Offensive Situation Awareness Open Systems Architecture Office of Space Access and Technology (of NASA) Open Systems Environment Open Software Foundation (consortium) Occupational Safety and Health Administration Open Systems Interconnection (of ISO) Open Systems Interconnection Environment Operating System Interface Operating System Isolation Layer Optically Switched Network Optical Signal Processor Open Shortest Path First (intradomain routing protocol) Office of Space Science (of NASA) Own Ship Sensors Operating Systems Standards W orking Group (of NGCR) Optical Storage Technology Association Office of Science and Technology Policy (U.S.A.) Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.A.) Optical Time Division Multiplexing Operational Test and Evaluation Operational Task Force One-Time Programmable (PROM) Open Verilog International (consortium) Optical W avelength Division Multiplexing Object W indows Library Orbiting W ide-angle Light-collector (NASA program) Pilot's Associate (DARPA/Air Force program) Private Automated Branch Exchange
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PAC PACT PACE PAD PAL PAL PAL PALADIN PAO PAR PAR PARC PASC PBD PBIT PBX PC PC PC PC PCB PCB PCF PCI PCI PCI PCIS PCM PCMCIA PCN PCR PCS PCS PCT PCT PD PDA PDF PDF PDH PDL PDL PDS PDSA PDU PDW PE PE PEM PEM PEP petaFLOPS petaOPS PGA PGM
HPC Acronyms

Plastic Architecture Consortium Photonic A/D Converter Technology Progressive Avionics Concepts Evaluation (AF Pave PACE program) Padding After Data (in a packet) Parallel Algebraic Logic (consortium) Privileged Architecture Library Programmable Array Logic
Prototyping AnaLysis and Augury of Digital-processor-based Instrumented Networks

Polyalphaolefin Program Access Request Project Authorization Request (for a new IEEE working group) Palo Alto Research Center (of Xerox) Portable Applications Standards Committee (of IEEE) Padding Before Data (in a packet) Periodic Built-In Test Private Branch eXchange (telephone equipment) Personal Computer Power Conditioner Printed Circuit Program Controller Printed Circuit Board Process Control Block Portable Compiled Format (X-windows font format) Peripheral Component Interconnect (Pentium local bus) Principle Components Inverse (method) Protocol Control Information Pinnacles Component Information Standard Pulse Code Modulation Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Personal Communications Network (of CFI) Peak Cell Rate (of ATM ABR) Personal Communications Services (of CFI) Personal Communications Showcase (conference) Private Communications Technology Privilege Control Table Phase-change Disk (rewritable optical storage) Personal Digital Assistant Portable Document Format (in Adobe's "Acrobat" tool) Precision Direction Finding Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy Page Description Language Program Design Language Processor Direct Slot (in Apple Macintosh) Performance Data Streaming Architecture (of National Semiconductor) Protocol Data Unit Pulse Descriptor W ord Parameter Encoder Processing Element Plastic Encapsulated Microcircuit Privacy Enhanced Mail (of Internet) Protocol Extension Protocol Quadrillions (10^15) of Floating Point Operations Per Second Quadrillions (10^15) of Operations Per Second Pin Grid Array (IC package) Processing Graph Methodology
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PGN PGP PGSE PHIGS PHY PI PI PI-bus PI-Bus PIC PICS PICS PID PID PIF pigi PII PIM PIMS PIN PINS PIO PIPS PITL PIU PKC PL PLD PLL PLM PLM PMC PMD PMLT PMFD PMU PNG PNM PNNI PnP POC POC POF POI POI POP POS POSIX POST POTS PPB PPC PPCT PPD PPP
HPC Acronyms

Processing Graph Notation Pretty Good Privacy (Internet encryption package) Processing Graph Support Environment Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System Physical (layer protocol) Parallel Interface Principal Investigator (of a research program) Parallel Intermodule Bus (of SAE) Peripheral Internal Bus (on-chip ASIC bus) Programmable Interrupt Controller Planetary Integrated Camera-Spectrometer Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement Process IDentification (in UNIX) Proportional Integral Derivative Program Information File (in W indows) Ptolemy Interactive Graphical Interface Protocol Independent Interface Processing-In-Memory Product Information Management System (from Sherpa) Personal Identification Number Personal Inertial Navigation System Processor Input/Output Practical Internet Protocol Security Pilot-In-The-Loop (avionics simulation) Pi-bus Interface Unit Public Key Cryptography Padding Length (of PacketW ay) Programmable Logic Device Phase-Locked Loop Programmable Logic Module Programming Language for Microprocessors PCI Mezzanine Card Physical Medium Dependent (layer protocol) Partition Message Label Table Primary Multi-Function Display (in F-22) Parameter Measurement Unit Portable Network Graphics Progressive Networks Metafile Private Network - Network Interface (of ATM) Plug and Play (PC compatibility protocols) Point Of Contact Proof Of Concept Plastic Optical Fiber Parallel Optical Interconnect Probability Of Intercept Post Office Protocol (for email) Point Of Sale Portable Operating System Interface, Unix Power-On Self Test Plain Old Telephone Service PCI-to-PCI Bridge PowerPC (microprocessor) Partition Privilege Control Table PostScript Printer Description Point-to-Point Protocol (for Internet access)
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PPP PPPI PPRAM PPT PSE PRCB PRDA PReP PREP PRF PRI PRISM PRM PRML PRN PROM PRPG PS P&S PSC PSDN PSEP PSESW G PSG PSRG P-STAR PSTN PT PTD PTM PVC PVDF PVI PVM PW A PW B PW SC Q QAM Q DP Q DR QED QED Q FD QIC QML QOLB QOS QPSK QR QW IP QW SLM RAD
HPC Acronyms

Packaging for Parallel Processing (MCC project) Pre-Planned Product Improvement Parallel-Processing Random Access Memory Platform Personality Translation Project Support Environment PRocessor Control Block Program Research and Development Announcement PowerPC Reference Platform (IBM standard) PRogrammable Electronics Performance corp. (FPGA benchmark) Pulse Repetition Frequency Pulse Repetition Interval Processor Reconfiguration through Instruction Set Metamorphosis (Brown U.) Protocol Reference Model Partial Response, Maximum Likelihood (disk drive read protocol) Pseudo Random Number Programmable Read Only Memory Pseudo Random Pattern Generator Power Supply Publish and Subscribe (computing paradigm) Preferred System Concept Packet Switched Data Network Program Specific Engineering Process Project Support Environment Standards W orking Group (of NGCR) Power Systems Group (Irvine, CA) Privacy and Security Research Group (of IRTF) Portable Search and Target Acquisition Radar (Army program) Public Switched Telephone Network Packet Type (of PacketW ay) Program Task Description Packet Transfer Mode Permanent Virtual Circuit Poly Vinylidene Fluoride Pilot Vehicle Interface Parallel Virtual Machine Printed W iring Assembly Printed W iring Board Preferred W eapon System Concept Quality (of a path in PacketW ay) Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Quad Data Processor Quadrennial Defense Review (of the Pentagon) Quod Erat Demonstrandum ("which was to be demonstrated") Quantum Effect Designs Inc. Quality Function Deployment Quarter-Inch Cartridge (magnetic tape format for PCs) Qualified Manufactures Listing Queued On Lock Bit (cache coherence protocol) Quality Of Service Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying QuickRing (trademark of Apple Computer) Quantum W ell Infrared Photodetector Quantum W ell Spatial Light Modulator Rapid Application Development
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RADC RADIUS RADSL RAM RAMP RAID RAIU RARP RAS RAS RAS RAS RAS/CAS RASCi RASSP RBGM RBOC RCDSP RCF RCM RCS RCS RCTE RCVF RDBMS RDD RDD-100 RDE RDO RDRAM RDT&E REE REST RF RFC RFCM RFT RFTLTS RGB RFP RFTI RH RH RHN RHVP RIAA RID RISC RL RL RLV RMA RM&A RMH RMS
HPC Acronyms

Rome Air Development Center Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (Internet protocol) Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (telephone service) Random Access Memory Real-time Algorithm Mapper and Performance analyzer (GE-CRD tool) Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disk Drives Remote Aperture Interface Unit Reverse Address Resolution Protocol Reliability, Availability and Serviceability Remote Access Server (for Sun S3.mp) Remote Access Service Remote Airborne System Row Address Strobe/Column Address Strobe (RAM access method) Recreational Software Advisory Council (Internet content rating system) Rapid Prototyping of Application-Specific Signal Processors Real Beam Ground Map Regional Bell Operating Company Reconfigurable Computing Digital Signal Processor (ASFL program) Resource Communication Framework Reconfigurable Computing Module Radar Cross Section Revision Control System (in UNIX) ReConfigurable Transfer Engine Received-From (list in PacketW ay) Relational Database Management System Research & Development Division (of Lockheed) Requirements Driven Development (from Ascent Logic) RASSP Design Environment Remote Data Objects Rambus DRAM Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Remote Exploration and Experimentation (NASA program) Reliability Estimation System Testbed (NASA tool) Radio Frequency Request For Comment (IAB document) Radio Frequency CounterMeasures Request For Technology Radio Frequency Transmission Line Test Set (program) Red, Green and Blue (color light model) Request For Proposal Reconfigurable Fault Tolerant Interconnect (program) Radiation Hardened (device) Routing Header (of PacketW ay) Remote Health Node (processing module) Radiation-Hardened Vector Processor (IBM) Recording Industry Association of America Record Identification (of PacketW ay) Reduced Instruction Set Computing Record Length (of PacketW ay) Rome Laboratory Reusable Launch Vehicle Reliability, Maintainability and Availability Reliability, Maintainability and Affordability Remote Memory Handler (for Sun S3.mp) Rate Monotonic Scheduling
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RMS RNI ROM ROI RPA RPA RPC R&R R&R R&R RRP RRP RS RSA RSB RSC RSC RSE RSP RSP RSVP RT RT RT RTAIS RTCP RTIC RTL RTNI RTOS RTP RTSP RTT RW CP RW R Rx S S3.mp SA SA SA SA SAAS SACHEM SAE SAFE SAFENET SAIC SAID SAMM SAN SAP SAP SAR
HPC Acronyms

Root Mean Square Resource Network Interface Read Only Memory Region Of Interest Remote Passphrase Authentication (security protocol) Rotocraft Pilot's Associate (Army program) Remote Procedure Call Request and Reply (computing paradigm) Rest and Relaxation Rules and Responsibilities Risk Reduction Program Router-to-Router Protocol (of PacketW ay) Recommended Standard Rivest, Shamir, Adleman (public-key encryption algorithm) Reconfigurable Secure Bridge RISC Single Chip (processor) RF Sensor Control (software) Radar Support Electronics Radar Signal Processor Rapid Signal Processing (IEEE W orkshop) ReSerVation Protocol (for obtaining network resources) Real Time Remote Terminal Routing Table Real-Time Artificial Intelligence System (of W right Lab) Realtime Transfer Control Protocol Real-Time Information in the Cockpit Register Transfer Level (model) Real Time Non-Intrusive (instrumentation) Real-Time Operating System Realtime Transport Protocol (Internet standard) Real Time Streaming Protocol (Internet standard) Resonant Tunneling Transistor Real W orld Computing Partnership (in Japan) Radar W arning Receiver Receiver Secret (security level) Sun Scalable Shared-memory Multi-Processor (Sun Microsystems) Security Association Situation Assessment Situation Awareness Source Address (of PacketW ay) Special Airborne Antenna System Situationally Aware Combat Helicopter Expert Monitor (in RPA) Society of Automotive Engineers Secure Application FramEwork Survivable Adaptable Fiberoptic Embedded Network (of NGCR) Science Applications International Corp. Security Association IDentifier (Internet protocol header) Software Acquisition Maturity Model (of SEI) System Area Network Service Access Point System Adaptation Parameter (compile-time parameter) Segmentation And Reassembly (ATM sublayer)
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SAR SAR SASSY SAST SATW G SAVA SAVE SAW SBC SBCCS SBIR SBIRS SBIT SBL SBU SC SC&A SC-21 SCA SCCS SCI SCI SCI SCI SCI SCID SCIzzL SCM SCR SCR SCS SCSA SCSI SCU SDAR SDC SDDN SDE SDF SDH SDI SDI SDIM SDNS SDO SDO SDR SDRAM SDRC SDRP SDSL SDU SDV SE SEAD
HPC Acronyms

Special Access Required Synthetic Aperture Radar Shared Aperture Sensor SYstem Situationally Adaptive Sonar Technologies (DARPA program) Strategic Avionics Technology W orking Group Standard Army Vetronics Architecture Simulation Assessment Validation Environment Surface Acoustic W ave Single-Board Computer Single-Byte Command Code Sets (of Fibre Channel) Small Business Innovation Research (U.S. Government program) Space-Based InfraRed System (program) Start-up Built-In Test Space Based Laser (program) Sensitive But Unclassified (security level) Software Component Software and Computing Architectures (technology group at Sanders) Surface Combatant, 21st century (Navy program) Single Connector Attachment (SCSI connector) Source Code Control System (for UNIX) Scalable Coherent Interface (IEEE 1596) Sensitive Compartmented Information Serial Communication Interface (of Motorola 56002) Socket Compatibility Interface System Call Interface (of Unix) Security Context IDentifier SCI LAMP Users, Developers, and Manufacturers Association Software Configuration Management Silicon-Controlled Rectifier System Change Report Scalable Computing System (DARPA program) Signal Computing Systems Architecture (standards committee) Small Computer System Interface Switch Control Unit Subsystem Design Analysis Report Specification and Description Language Sensor Data Distribution Network Secure Data Exchange Synchronous Data Flow (domain in Ptolemy tool) Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Strategic Defense Initiative Summit Design, Inc. (merger of TSSI and See Technologies Ltd) Signal Data Interface Module Secure Data Network System Standards Development Organization (of ANSI) Strategic Defense Organization Source Demand Routing (protocol) Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Structural Dynamics Research Corporation Source Demand Routing Protocol Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (telephone service) Service Data Unit Switched Digital Video Serial Express (network protocol, IEEE-P1394.2) Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
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SEAL SEB SEC SEC sed SEDA SEE SEE SEGR SEI SEI SEI SEKE SEL SEM-E SEMI SEP SEPE SES SET SEU SFDR SFF SFI SFL SGI SGML SGOAA SGRAM S/H SHA SHARC SHARE SHARP SHARPE S-HTTP SI SIA SID SID SIDD SIDS SIE SIF SIFT SIG Si-GeHBT SILS SIMD SIMM SINCGARS SINS SINTEF SIPP SIRMA
HPC Acronyms

Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer (of B-ISDN) Single-Event Burnout (radiation effect) Securities and Exchange Commission Single-Edge Contact (Intel package style) Steam-oriented EDitor (in UNIX) System Engineering and Design Automation Single-Event Effects (on ICs from radiation) Software Engineering Environment Single-Event Gate Rupture (radiation effect) Software Engineering Institute (of DoD) Space Electronics, Inc. Specific Emitter Identification Single Entry Keyboard Equivalent Single-Event Latchup (radiation effect) Standard Electronic Module, Format E Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International Solar-Electric Propulsion Sort Enhanced Preprocessing Element (module) Scientific and Engineering Software, Inc. Secure Electronic Transactions Single-Event Upset (radiation-induced failure) Spurious Free Dynamic Range Small Form Factor (module size) Solder-Free Interconnection Structured Function-description Language (C language extension) Silicon Graphics, Inc. Standard Generalized Markup Language Space Generic Open Avionics Architecture (of NASA) Synchronous Graphics Read-Only Memory Sample and Hold Secure Hash Algorithm Super Harvard ARchitecture Computer (Analog Devices 2106x chip) Secure, Heterogeneous Application Runtime Environment (program) Standard Hardware Acquisition and Reliability Program Symbolic Hierarchical Automated Reliability and Performance Evaluator (tool) Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol System Internationale (= metric units) Semiconductor Industry Association SCCS IDentification (in UNIX) Society for Information Display Sensor Interface Definition Document (JSF program document) Simulation, Instrumentation, and Debug Support Serial Interface Engine (for USB) SEE Integration Features Software-Implemented Fault Tolerance Special Interest Group Silicon-Germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Secure Interoperable LAN Security (IEEE 802.10) Single Instruction, Multiple Data (processor) Single In-line Memory Module SINgle Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System Ships Inertial Navigation System Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Inst. of Tech. Simple Internet Protocol Plus Structurally Integrated Reconfigurable Multi-Aperture
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SIT SITS SKC SLC SLDL SLDRAM SLI SLIP SLM SLR SM SMD SMD SMDS SMF SMFD SMIB S/MIME SMP SMPTE SMS SMT SMTP SN S/N SNA SNAcP SNDCP SNF SNI SNICP SNMP SNR SOF SOF SOFPARS SOHO SOI SOI SOJ SOM SONET SOS SOS SOS SOW SP3 SP4 SPA SPA&A SPARD SPBM SP-bus SPC SPC
HPC Acronyms

System Integration and Test System Integration Test Set Secret Key Cryptography Surface Laminar Circuit (PW B technology) System-Level Design Language SyncLink DRAM Seamless Link to Information (network architecture) Serial-Line Internet Protocol Spatial Light Modulator Single-Lens Reflex (camera) Stores Management (avionics system) Standard Microcircuit Drawing Surface Mount Device Switched Multi-megabit Digital Service Single Mode Fiber Secondary Multi-Function Display (in F-22) Security Management Information Base Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension Symmetric Multi-Processor Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Stores Management System Station Management Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Serial Number Signal-to-Noise (ratio) Systems Network Architecture Subnetwork Access Protocol Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Protocol Server Natural Format (X-windows font format) Simple Network Interface Subnetwork Independent Convergence Protocol Simple Network Management Protocol Signal-to-Noise Ratio Special Operations Forces Start Of Frame Special Operations Forces Planning and Rehearsal System SOlar Heliospheric Observatory Signal Of Interest Silicon-On-Insulator (IC process) Small Outline J-lead (package) System Object Model (IBM's CORBA implementation) Synchronous Optical NETwork Save Our Souls Silicon-On-Sapphire (IC process) System of Systems (internetworked computers) Statement Of W ork Security Protocol 3 (in network layer of SDNS) Security Protocol 4 (in transport layer of SDNS) Software Publishers Association Signal Processing Algorithms and Application (technology group at Sanders) Signal Processing Applications and Rapid Development (renamed SPA&A) Signal Processor Bulk Memory Signal Processor Bus Signal Processing Center (of Lockheed Martin) Software Productivity Consortium
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SPC SPE SPE SPEC SPGA SPGN SPI SPI SPI SPI SPI SPIE SPN SPNIM SPP SPS SPW SQL SR SR SRAM SRD SRS SRSG SRTPP SS7 SSA SSAIA SSBLT SSD S/SEE SSI SSI SSI SSL SSL/PCT SSP SSPI SSRAM SSS SST SST SST SSTO S&T STA STAMPS STAP STAR STC STD STEP STF STI STI
HPC Acronyms

Switch Protocol Controller Signal Processing Element (module) Synchronous Payload Envelope (of SONET) Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation System Programmable Gate Array Signal Processing Graph Notation SCSI Parallel Interface Security Parameters Index (in Security Architecture for Internet Protocol) Serial Peripheral Interface Single Process Initiative (for Government acquisition) System Programming Interface The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers Signal Processing Network Signal Processing Network Interface Module Scalable Parallel Processor Samples Per Second Signal Processing W orkSystem (from Comdisco Systems, Inc.) Structured Query Language Secure Router Source Route (of PacketW ay) Static Random Access Memory Support Requirements Document Software Requirements Specification Shift Register Sequence Generator Scalable Real-Time Parallel Processor (of W right Labs) Signaling System 7 (for the telephone network) Serial Storage Architecture (PC interface bus by IBM) Serial Storage Architecture Industry Association Source Synchronous BLock Transfer Surveillance Systems Division (of Lockheed Sanders) System/Software Engineering Environment Scalable Storage Interface (IEEE P1285) Silicon Systems Inc. Synchronous Serial Interface (of Motorola 56002) Secure Sockets Layer (Netscape's transport layer security standard) Secure Sockets Layer/Private Communications Technology Security Service Provider Security Service Provider Interface Synchronous Static Random Access Memory System Segment Specification Simple SIPP Transition Source Synchronous Transfer (of VME320) SuperSonic Transport Single Stage To Orbit (program) Science and Technology SCSI Trade Association Strategic/Tactical Automated Mission Planning System Space-Time Adaptive Processing Standard Threat Assessment Report (JSF program document) Software Technology Center (of Lockheed) Standard (IETF RFC type) Sort and Track Enhanced Preprocessor Sensor Track Fusion Shallow-Trench Isolation (IC process) Signal Technology, Inc.
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STL STM STM STN STOVL StP STRAP STS SU SUROM SVC SVD SVI SVIT SW SW AN SW AP SW EG SW IL SW P T TA TA TAB TAC TAC-4 TAC TAC TAP TAS TASeR Tbps TBS TBS TC TCCA T CB T CC T CK tcl T CO S TCP/IP T CS TCSEC T CU TD TD T DI T DM TDMA T DO T DO A T DP T DR
HPC Acronyms

Standard Template Library SGS-Thomson Microelectronics (company) Synchronous Transfer Mode (of B-ISDN) SuperTwisted-Nematic (LCD technology) Short TakeOff and Vertical Landing (JSF variant for USMC) Software through Pictures (AONIX software tool product line) Straight-Through Repeater Antenna Program (Navy) Synchronous Transport Signal (of SONET) Standard Unit ( = 25 mm) Start-Up Read Only Memory Switched Virtual Circuit Simultaneous Voice/Data Standard Virtual Interface (of RASSP program) Sensor/Video Implementation Taskgroup (of SAE) Software Small W ide Area Network Size, W eight And Power Strike W arfare Environment Generator SoftW are Isolation Layer Simple W eb Printing (standard) T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T op Secret (security level) errain Avoidance hreat Avoidance ape-Automated Bonding (IC attachment method) actical Advanced Computer (Navy/Air Force) actical Advanced Computer, 4th generation (1993-4) actical Air Command erminal Access Controller est Access Port (of JTAG) rue Air Speed echnology Advancement for Sensor Research (Phillips Laboratory program) rillion (tera, 10^12) Bits Per Second echnology Broker System (of Lockheed) o Be Supplied ransmission Convergence (ATM sublayer) echnical Committee on Computer Architecture (of IEEE) rusted Computing Base ransmission Control Code est Clock input (of JTAG) ool Control Language (Unix tool) echnical Committee on Operating Systems (of IEEE) ransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol rusted Computer System rusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (of DoD) runk Coupling Unit hread Descriptor ouch Down est Data Input (of JTAG) ime Division Multiplexing ime Division Multiple Access (cellular phone transmission protocol) est Data Output (of JTAG) ime Difference Of Arrival ime Dependent Processing ime Domain Reflectometry
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TE TECNET TECT TEP teraFLOPS teraOPS TES TEW S TF T FA T-FLIR TFLOPS TGDP THAAD TI TIA TIBS TIC TID TIFF TIHI TIM TIP TIPS TIS TIS TLB TLD TLS TLSP TLV TM TM TM-bus TMC TMN TMR TMS T NI TNIU TOAD T OD TOLLS TOPS T OS TP4 TPM TQFP T QM T RB T RM T RP TRST TS TSARS
HPC Acronyms

Type Extension (of PacketW ay) Test and Evaluation Community NETwork T2A Equipment Configuration Testbed (of NSW C) Time Event Pulse Trillions (tera, 10^12) of Floating Point Operations Per Second Trillions (tera, 10^12) of Operations Per Second Tool Encapsulation Specification Tactical Electronic W arfare System Terrain Following Transparent File Access Targeting Forward-Looking InfraRed Trillions (tera, 10^12) of Floating Point Operations Per Second Technical Graduate Development Program (of Sanders) Theater High Altitude Air Defense (program) Texas Instruments Telecommunications Industry Association Tactical Information Broadcast Service The Interconnect Controller (for Sun S3.mp) Total Ionizing Dose (of radiation) Tagged Image File Format Trusted Interoperation of Healthcare Information (program) Technical Interchange Meeting Technology Investment Plan Trillions of Instructions Per Second Test Information Sheet Trusted Information Systems (company) Translation Lookaside Buffer (processor) Top-Level Domain (of Internet) Total Least Squares Transport Layer Security Protocol (of OSI) Type, Length, Value (of a parameter in a protocol field) Terrain Masking Test and Maintenance Test and Maintenance Bus The Memory Controller (for Sun S3.mp) Telecommunications Management Network (Sun software product) Triple Modular Redundant Test Mode Select (of JTAG) Trusted Network Interface (unit) Trusted Network Interface Unit Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexer Time Of Day (reference clock) Technical Operations Lessons Learned System (of Lockheed Maftin) Trillions (Tera) Operations Per Second Type Of Service (of IPv4) Transport Protocol 4 (of OSI) Technical Performance Measure Thin Quad Flat Pack Total Quality Management Technical Review Board Technical Reference Model Technology Reinvestment Program Test Reset Top Secret (security level) Tactical Situation Assessment and Response Strategy
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TSIG TSMC TSMD TSOP TSR TSS TSSI TT&C TTI TTI TTL TTL TVD TVSOP TW G TW S TW T Tx U UA UAN UAV UBR UC UCAV UCE UCIF UDF UDFT UDP UFD UHD UI UI UIO UIUC ULP UML UMOP UN UN UNC UNC UNI UNO UPA UPE URDA URL USAF USAFL USB USC USD
HPC Acronyms

Trusted Systems Interoperability Group (of Internet) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Time Stress Measurement Device Thin Small-Outline Package Terminate and Stay Resident (option for PC programs) Telecommunications Standardization Sector (of ITU) Test Systems Strategies, Inc. (now SDI) Telemetry, Tracking and Control Time To Impact Time To Intercept Time To Live (Internet packet parameter) Transistor-Transistor Logic (IC process) Total Virus Defense (software from McAfee Assoc.) Thin Very Small-Outline Package Technical W orking Group Track W hile Scan Traveling W ave Tube (RF amplifier device) Transmitter Unclassified (security level) User Agent Unified Avionics Network Unmanned Air Vehicle Unspecified Bit Rate (ATM service class) University of California Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicle Unsolicited Commercial E-mail User Console Interface (JIAW G module) Universal Disk Format (for CD-ROM) Uniform Discrete Fourier Transform User Datagram Protocol Up Front Display Ultra High Density (interconnection system from Teradyne) Unified Interconnect Unix International (consortium) University of Oslo University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ultra-Low Power Unified Modeling Language Unintentional Modulation On Pulse Unified Network United Nations Universal Naming Convention University of North Carolina User-Network Interface (of ATM) Universal Networked Objects (of OMG) UltraPort Architecture (of Sun) User Portability Extension (to POSIX) Ultra-Reliable Digital Avionics Universal Resource Locator (of Mosaic tool) United States Air Force United States Army Federal Laboratory Universal Serial Bus (for the PC) University of Southern California Under Secretary for Defense
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USMC USN UTMC UTP UUCP UUT UUV UUVSP UW UW A UW B UW S V VAP VB VBA VBNS VBR VC VCAP VCC VCI VCL VCO VCP VCPC VCSEL VDDN VDELE VDM VDSL VESA VFEA VGC VHDL VHM VHSIC VHSON VIA VITA VITAL VIUF VL-Bus VLIW VLS VLSI VM VM VMC VME VME64 VMS VMS VMS
HPC Acronyms

United States Marine Corps United States Navy United Technologies Microelectronic Center Unshielded Twisted Pair (cable) Unix-to-Unix Copy Program Unit Under Test Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Signal Processor University of W isconsin Under W ater Acoustics Ultra W ide Band (radar sensor) Ultraviolet W arning System Version Virtual Avionics Prototype Visual Basic Visual Basic for Applications (Microsoft scripting language) Very-high-bandwidth Backbone Network Service (of NSF) Variable Bit Rate Virtual Channel VHSIC Core Avionics Processor Virtual Channel Connection (in ATM) Virtual Channel Identifier (in ATM) Virtual Channel Link (in ATM) Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Vector Co-Processor European Centre for Parallel Computing at Vienna Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Video Data Distribution Network VHDL Design for Engineering Legacy Equipment (program) Virtual DOS Machine Verh-high-rate Digital Subscriber Line (telephone service) Video Electronics Standards Association VMEbus, Futurebus+, Extended Architecture Voice Grade Communication VHSIC Hardware Description Language Vehicle Health Monitoring Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Very High Speed Optical Network Versatile Interface Adapter (for Apple Macintosh) VME International Trade Association VHDL Initiative Towards ASIC Libraries VHDL International Users Forum VESA's Local Bus Very Long Instruction W ord Vertical Launching System Very Large Scale Integration Vehicle Management (avionics system) Virtual Machine Vehicle Mission Computer VersaModule Europa VME extended to 64-bit data path Vehicle Management System Virtual Memory operating System (on DEC VAX computer) VME Serial bus
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VMX VP VP VPC VPDI VPI VPIM VPL VPFL-32 VPFX-32 VPN VR VRM VRML VSB VSB VSI VSIP VSO VSP VSPA VSW E VSW R VTC VTS VxD VXI W AN W AIS W AVES W DM W DM W FM W FO V WG W GS W HO I W inHEC W INS WL W LR W MF W OW W PG W PI W PS W RA W SC W SI W SP W SSP W STS WWW W 3O
HPC Acronyms

VME Memory eXtension bus Vector Processor Virtual Path Virtual Path Connection (in ATM) Virtual Product Development Initiative (on JSF program) Virtual Path Identifier (in ATM) Voice Profile for Internet Messaging/mail Virtual Path Link (in ATM) Vector Processor, Floating Point, 32-Bit Vector Processor, Fixed Point, 32-Bit Virtual Private Network Virtual Reality Voltage Regulator Module Virtual Reality Markup Language Vestigial SideBand (carrier modulation technique) VME high Speed I/O Bus Virtual Socket Interface (for IC circuitry) Vector, Signal and Image Processing (library standard) VITA Standards Organization Vector Signal Processor Very Small Peripheral Array (IC package) Virtual Strike W arfare Environment (on JSF program) Voltage Standing W ave Ratio Video TeleConferencing Vessel Traffic Services Virtual Device Driver VME eXtension for Instrumentation W ide Area Network W ide Area Information Servers W aveforms And Vector Exchange Specification W avelength Division Multiplexing (on fiberoptic cable) W in32 Driver Model (for W indows operating system) W orkFlow Manager W ide Field Of View W orking Group W orld Geodetic System W oods Hole Oceanographic Institution W indows Hardware Engineering Conference W indows Internet Name Service W right Laboratory W eapon Launch Range W indows Metafile Format W indows on W in32 (environment) W ordPerfect Graphics (data format) W orcester Polytechnic Institute W ords Per Second W eapons Replaceable Assembly W eapon System Concept W afer-Scale Integration W estinghouse Signal Processor W afer-Scale Sensor Processor W orld Semiconductor Trade Statistics World Wide Web W orld W ide W eb Organization
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W YSIW YG X X DI xdm XIW T XML X RT XT P XYZ yacc YEO ZIF

W hat You See Is W hat You Get X-W indows XLNT Designs Inc. X Display Manager (for UNIX) Cross Industry W orking Team (NII consortium) eXtensible Markup Language External Routing Table (of PacketW ay) Xpress Transfer Protocol X, Y and Z coordinates (of color model from CIE) Yet Another Compiler-Compiler (UNIX tool) Your Eyes Only (encryption product from Symantec) Zero Insertion Force (connector)

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