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Updated:09/19/2008 Copyright © 1996-2008 Skip Stein
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TOP | UP to J | DN to L | BOTTOM |K-12 Kindergarten through 12th Grade [US Education System] KAM Keep Alive Memory Kb Kilobit KB Keyboard + Kilobyte (1,024 bytes) KBD Keyboard (also KEYB) KBD$ Keyboard [OS/2] KBE Knowledge Based Engineering Kbps Kilobits Per Second KBps Kilobytes Per Second KDE K Desktop Environment KDT Key Definition Table KEFIR Key Findings Reporter [GTE] KEYBBE Foreign language KEYBoard program - Belgium KEYBBR Foreign language KEYBoard program - Brazil KEYBCF Foreign language KEYBoard program - Canadian-French KEYBCZ Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia (Czech) KEYBDK Foreign language KEYBoard program - Denmark KEYBFR Foreign language KEYBoard program - France KEYBGR Foreign language KEYBoard program - Germany KEYBHU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Hungary KEYBIT Foreign language KEYBoard program - Italy KEYBLA Foreign language KEYBoard program - Latin America KEYBNL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Netherlands KEYBNO Foreign language KEYBoard program - Norway KEYBPL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Poland KEYBPO Foreign language KEYBoard program - Portugal KEYBSF Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-French KEYBSG Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-German KEYBSL Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia (Slovak) KEYBSP Foreign language KEYBoard program - Spain KEYBSU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Finland KEYBSV Foreign language KEYBoard program - Sweden KEYBUK Foreign language KEYBoard program - United Kingdom KEYBUS Foreign language KEYBoard program - United States KEYBYU Foreign language KEYBoard program - Yugoslavia KHz Kilohertz KIF Knowledge Interchange Format KIPS Kodak Internet Print Service [Kodak] KIS Knowbot Information Service [Internet] KPI Kernel Programming Interface KQML Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language KRS Knowledge Retrieval System KSDS Keyed Sequential Data Set KSH Korn Shell (program) [Unix] KSPH Keystrokes Per Hour KSR Keyboard Send Receive KVM Keyboard, Video, Mouse (switch) + Kilobyte Virtual Machine
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TOP | UP to K | DN to M | BOTTOM |L2F Layer Two Forwarding [Cisco]
L2TP Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
LADDR Layered Device Driver Architecture [Microsoft]
LALL Longest Allowed Lobe Length
LAN Local Area Network
LANACS Local Area Network Asynchronous Connection Server
LANDP LAN Distributed Platform
LANE Local Area Network Emulation
LANG Language
LAP Linux Application Platform
LAPB Link Access Procedure Balanced (protocol)
LAPD Link Access Procedure on the D-Channel (protocol)
LAPM Link Access Procedure for Modems
LAR Load Access Rights
LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LASTport Local Area Storage Transport (protocol) [DEC]
LAT Local Access Terminal +
Local Area Transport [DEC]
LATA Local Access and Transport Area
LAVC Local Area VAX Cluster
LAWN Local Area Wireless Network
LB Left Button (of 2 or 3 button Mouse)
LBA Logical Block Addressing
LBL Label
LBR Librarian
.LBR Library (file name extension)
LBT Listen Before Talk
LBX Local Bus Accelerator
LCA Lotus Communications Architecture [Lotus]
LCC Leadless Chip Carrier
LCCM LAN Client Control Manager [IBM]
LCD Liquid Crystal Display + Lowest Common Denominator
LCF Low Cost Fiber
LCK Library Construction Kit [Microsoft FoxPro]
LCOS (LCoS) Liquid Crystal on Silicon
LCP Link Control Protocol
LCR Least Cost Routing + Line Control Register
LCS Link Connection Subsystem
LCSD Laminate Chip Signal Diode
LCU Last Cluster Used
LDA Logical Device Address
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [IBM]
LDC Lotus Development Corporation
LDDS Long Distance Discount Services (company)
LDM Logical Disk Manager + Long Distance Modem
LDP Label Distribution Protocol
LDT Local Descriptor Table
LE Less or Equal
LEA Load Effective Address
LEAD Live Early Adoption and Demonstration [W3C]
LEAF Law Enforcement Access Field
LEC Local Area Network Emulation Client +
Local Exchange Carrier
LED Light Emitting Diode
LEL Link, Embed and Launch-to-edit [Lotus]
LEM Language Extension Module
LEN Low Entry Networking
LEO Low Earth Orbit
LEP Light-Emitting Polymers
LES Local Area Network Emulation Server
.LET Letter (file name extension)
LEX Lexicon
LF Line Feed
L2F Layer 2 Forwarding (protocol) [Cisco]
LFAP Lightweight Flow Admission Protocol
LFE Low Frequency Effects
LFI Last File Indicator
LFM Log File Monitor
LFN Long File Name
LFT Low Function Terminal [IBM]
LFU Least Frequently Used
LGA Leadless Grid Array
LGDT Load Global Descriptor Table
LGPL Lesser General Public License
LIAS Library Information Access System
.LIB Library (file name extension)
LIC Line Interface Coupler [IBM]
LICS Lotus International Character Set [LDC]
LIDT Load Interrupt Descriptor Table
LIEP Large Internet Exchange Packet [Novell]
LIF Low Insertion Force
LIFO Last In, First Out
LILO Last In, Last Out
LIM Lotus/Intel/Microsoft
LIMA Lotus/Intel/Microsoft/AST
LIMDO Light Intensity Modulation Direct Overwrite
LIMM Light Intensity Modulation Method
LIMS Library Information Management System
LINUX (Operating system named after Linus Torvalds)
LIP Large Internet Packet
LIPO (LiPo) Lithium Polymer (battery)
LIPS Lightweight Internet Person Schema +
Logical Inferences Per Second
LISP List Processing (Language)(See HLL)
LISTSERV List Server [Internet]
LIU LAN Interface Unit
LIW Long Instruction Word
LLC Logical Link Control
LLDT Load Local Descriptor Table
LLF Low Level Format
LMB Left Mouse Button
LMBCS Lotus Multi-Byte Character Set [Lotus]
LMD Last Modification Date
LMDS Local Multipoint Distribution Service
LMI Link/Local Management Interface
LMOS Leave Mail On Server
LMR Land Mobile Radio
LMS Lotus Messaging Switch [Lotus]
LMSW Load Machine Status Word
LMU LAN Management Utilities [IBM] +
LAN Manager for Unix
LN Load Number + Logarithm (Natural)
LNA Local Network Administrator
LN:DI Lotus Notes:Document Imaging
LNK Link
LOB Line of Business
LOC Lines Of Code + Loop On-Line Control
LOCIS Library of Congress Information System
LOD Letter Of Destruction + Level Of Detail
LODSB Load String Byte
LOG Logarithm (Base 10)
LOGO (Programming Language)(See HLL)
LON Local Operating Network
LOOPE Loop while Equal
LOOPNE Loop while Not Equal
LOOPNZ Loop while Not Zero
LOOPZ Loop while Zero
LORE Line Oriented Editor
LPAR Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning
LPC Local Procedure Call
LPD Line Printer Daemon (protocol) [Berkley]
LPDU Logical Protocol Data Unit
LPI Lines Per Inch
LPL Lotus Programming Language [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC]
LPM Lines Per Minute
LPN Logical Page Number
LPR Line Printer + Line Printer Remote
LPS Low-Power Schottky
LPT Line Printer Terminal
LPT1 First Parallel Printer Port
LPT2 Second Parallel Printer Port
LPT3 Third Parallel Printer Port
LQ Letter Quality
LQM Link Quality Monitoring (protocol)
LR Link Register
LRC Local Register Cache +
Longitudinal Redundancy Check
LRL Least Recently Loaded
LRM Language Reference Manual + Least Recently-Used Master
.LRS Language Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect]
LRU Least Recently Used
LSA LAN and SCSI Adapter [IBM] + Line Sharing Adapter +
Local Security Authority [Microsoft]
LSAPI License Services Application Program Interface
LSASS Local Security Authority Subsystem Service [Microsoft]
LSB Least Significant Bit
LSC Least Significant Character
LSD Least Significant Digit
LSI Large Scale Integration
LSL Link Support Layer + Load Segment Limit
LSP Layered Service Provider [Spybot]
LSPR Logistics System Program Review
LST List
.LST List (file name extension)
LTO Linear Tape Open
L2TP Layer 2 Transport/Tunneling Protocol
LTPS Low-Temperature Polysilicon
LTR Left-To-Right + Letter + Load Task Register
LU Logical Unit (Also LUN)
LUA Logical Unit Application (interface)
LUI Local User Input
LUIS Library User Information Service
LUN Logical Unit Number
LUT Lookup Table
LV Logical Volume [IBM]
LVDS Low-Voltage Differential Signaling
LVM Logical Volume Management [IBM]
LW Lazy Write
.LYR Lyrics (music file name extension)
LZW Lempel-Ziv-Welch (algorithm)
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MAC Macintosh (Apple Macintosh Computer) +
Mandatory/Media/Medium Access Control +
Message Authentication Code
MAC * Multiple Access Computers
.MAC MacPaint (file name extension) +
Macro (file name extension)
MACH Multilayer Actuator Head [Epson]
MADE Manufacturing and Automated Design Engineering
MADYMO Mathematical Dynamic Modeling [TNO]
MAE Merit Access Exchange + Metropolitan Area Ethernet
MAGMA Minimal Architecture for Generalized Markup Applications
MAH (mAh)Milliampere-Hour
MAI Multiple Applications Interface
.MAI Mail (file name extension)
MAJC Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing [Sun]
MALWARE Malicious Software
MAN Manual [Unix] + Metropolitan Area Network
MANIAC * Mathematical Analyzer Numerical
Integrator and Computer
MANPAGE Manual Page [Unix]
MAP Maintenance Analysis Procedures +
Manufacturing Automation Protocol +
Memory Allocation Map
.MAP Linker Map (file name extension)
MAPI Mail/Messaging Applications Programming
Interface [Microsoft]
MAPICS Manufacturing, Accounting and Production
Information Control System [IBM]
MARC Machine Readable Cataloging +
Multi-Technology Automated Reader Card
MARVEL Machine-Assisted Realization of the Virtual
Electronic Library [Library of Congress]
MASM Macro Assembler [Microsoft]
MASS Maximum Availability and Support
Subsystem [Parallan]
MAT Maintenance Access Terminal
MAU Media Access/Adapter Unit + Multistation Access Unit
MAVDM Multiple Application VDM
MAX Maximum
MB Megabyte (1,024 kilobytes) +
Middle Button (of 3 button Mouse)
MBASIC Microsoft BASIC [Microsoft]
MBCS Multi-Byte Character Set [IBM]
MBONE Multicast Backbone [Internet]
MBps Megabytes Per Second
Mbps Megabits Per Second
MBR Master Boot Record
MBX Mailbox
MCA Micro Channel Adapter/Architecture [IBM]
MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design
MCB Memory Control Block
MCF Meta Content Framework +
Microsoft Connector Framework [Microsoft]
MCGA Multicolor Graphics Array
MCH Memory Controller Hub [Intel]
MCI MCI Communications Corp. (name from initials of
original company - Microwave Communications, Inc.) +
Media Control Interface [Microsoft]
MCL Microsoft Compatibility Labs [Microsoft]
MCM Multi-Chip Module
MCNE Master Certified Novell Engineer [Novell]
MC-PGA Metallized Ceramic - Pin Grid Array
MCPS Microsoft Certified Product Specialist [Microsoft]
MC-QFP Metallized Ceramic - Quad Flat Pack
MCR Modem Control Register
MCSD Microsoft Certified Systems Developer [Microsoft]
MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer [Microsoft]
MCU Microcontroller Unit + Multi-Chip Unit [DEC] +
Multipoint Control Unit
MD Make Directory + Mini Disk [Sony] + Monochrome Display
MDA Mail Delivery Agent + Model Drive Architecture +
Monochrome Display Adapter + Multidimensional Analysis
MDDBMS Multidimensional Data Base Management System
.MDF Menu Definition File (file name extension)
MDI Memory Display Interface +
Multiple Document Interface
MDIC Manchester Decoder and Interface Chip [AT&T]
MDK Multimedia Developers Kit [Microsoft]
MDLP Mobile Data Link Protocol
MDR Metadata Repository + Minimum Design Requirement
MDX Multi-Dimensional Expressions
MDY Month Day Year
.ME Opening Information (file name extension) (As in READ.ME)
MEB Memory Expansion Board
MED Minimum Expected Delay
MEG Megabyte
MEM Memory
MEMS Micro-Electro-Mechanical System
.MEN Menu (file name extension)
MERCI Multimedia European Research Conferencing Integration
MES Manufacturing Execution System
MESI Modified, Exclusive, Shared and Invalid (protocol)
MET Memory Enhancement Technology [Hewlett-Packard]
.MET Metafile (file name extension)
MFC Microsoft Foundation Class [Microsoft]
MFFS Microsoft Flash File System [Microsoft]
MFI Multifunction Interpreter
MFIOP Multifunction I/O Processor
MFLOPS Million Floating Point Operations Per Second
MFM Modified Frequency Modulation
MFP Multi-Function Peripheral/Printer/Product
MFPI Multifunction Peripheral Interface
MFS Macintosh File System [Macintosh] +
Magnetic Tape Field Search + Memory File System
Modified Filing System [Revelation Technologies]
MFT Master File Table +
Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks
MGA Monochrome Graphics Adapter
MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol
MGE Modular GIS Environment
MGET Multiple Get [Unix]
MGML Minimal Generalized Markup Language
MGR Manager
MHS Message Handling Service + Message Handling System
MHz Megahertz
MI Management Interface
MIB Management Information Base
MIC Message Integrity Check
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
MICRO One-millionth
MICS Macro Interpretive Commands
MID Mobile Information Device
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIDP Mobile Information Device Profile
MIF Management Information Format
.MIF Management Information Files (file name extension)
MIG Metal In Gap
MII Microsoft/IBM/Intel
MIL Machine Interface Layer [Go Corporation] +
.MIL Military (Domain name) [Internet]
MIM Map Image Metafile + Metal-Insulator-Metal (screen)
MIMD Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Stream (processor)
MIME Multimedia Internet Message Extensions +
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MI/MIC Mode Indicate/Mode Indicate Common
MIMO Multiple Input, Multiple Output
MIN Minimum + Mobile Identification Number
MIND Microsoft Internet Developer [Microsoft]
MINUET Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tools [Internet]
MIPS Million Instructions Per Second
MIR Music Information Retrieval
MIRAM Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory
MIS Management Information System +
Multimedia Information Sources [Internet]
MISC Miscellaneous
MIX Member Information Exchange
.MIX Microsoft Picture It! (format)
MKDIR Make Directory
ML Machine Language + Meta Language
MLAPI Multilingual Application Programming Interface
MLC Multilayer Ceramic +
Multilevel Cell (program) [Internet]
MLE Multi-Line Editor
MLID Multi-Link Interface Driver
MLM Mailing List Manager [Internet]
MLP Meridian Lossless Packing
MLPPP Multilink PPP
MM Minutes + Month
MMA Microcomputer Managers Association
MMC Matched Memory Cycle + Microcomputer Marketing Council +
Microsoft Management Console [Microsoft] +
Multi Media Card
MMCD MultiMedia Compact Disk
MMCX Multimedia Communication Exchange [Lucent Technologies]
MMDS Multi-channel Multipoint Distribution Service
MMF Multi Mode Fiber (cable)
MMI Man-Machine Interface
MMIS Materials Manager Information System
MMPM Multi Media Presentation Manager
MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
MMU Memory Management Unit
MMVF Multimedia Video File [NEC]
MMX Matrix Manipulation Extensions [Intel] +
Multimedia Extensions
MNOS Metal Nitride Oxide Semiconductor
MNP Microcom Networking Protocol [Microcom]
.MNU Menu (fine name extension)
MO Magneto-Optical (disk drive)
MOB Memory-Order Buffer
MOBO Mother Board
MOD Module + Modulus
MODEM Modulator/Demodulator
MOHLL Machine Oriented High Level Language
MOLAP Multidimensional On-Line Analytical Processing
MOM Manufacturing Operations Management +
Message-Oriented Middleware +
Microsoft Office/Operations Manager [Microsoft]
MONET Multiwavelength Optical Networking
MONO Monaural
MOO MUD, Object Oriented [Internet]
MOP Maintenance Operations Protocol
MOPS Million Operations Per Second
MOS Magneto-Optic Storage + Mean Opinion Score +
Metal Oxide Semiconductor
MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MOSPF Multicast Open Shortest Path First
MOTD Message Of The Day
MOV Metal Oxide Varistor + Move
MOVS Move String
MP Massively Parallel (processing) + Megapixel +
Multiple Processors
MP3 MPEG Audio Layer 3
.MPA Memo Pad Archive (file name extension) [Palm]
MPC Multimedia Personal Computer + Multipath Channel
MPCS Mission Planning and Control Station (Software)
MPE Multiple Programming Executive [HP]
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
MPI Message Passing Interface + Multiprecision Integer
MPLS Multi Protocol Label Switching [Cisco]
MPM Message Passing Library [IBM]
MPMD Multiple Processor/Multiple Data
MPOA Multi-Protocol over Asynchronous-Transfer-Mode
MPP Massively Parallel Processing/Processors +
Message Posting Protocol + Message Processing Program
MPQP Multi-Protocol Quad Port [IBM]
MPR Multipart Repeater + Multi Protocol Router [Novell]
MPS Multiprocessor Specification
MPTN Multi-Protocol Transport Network
MPTS Multi-Protocol Transport Services
MPU Microprocessor Unit
MQI Messaging and Queuing Interface [IBM]
MR Magneto Resistive + Modem Ready
MRAM Magnetic Random Access Memory
MRCF Microsoft Realtime Compression Format
MRCI Microsoft Realtime Compression Interface
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRM Most Recently-Used Master
MRO Multi-Region Operation
MRP Manufacturing Resources Planning +
Materials Requirement Planning
MRPL Main Ring Path Length
MRS Media Recognition System
MRT Mean Repair Time
MRU Maximum Receive Unit + Most Recently Used
MS Memory System + Message Store + Microsecond +
Microsoft Corporation + Millisecond
MSACM Microsoft Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft]
MSAU Multi-Station Access Unit
MSAV Microsoft Anti Virus [Microsoft]
MSB Most Significant Bit
MSBF Mean Swaps Between Failures
MSC Mobile Switching Center
MSCDEX Microsoft Compact Disc Extensions [Microsoft]
MSCE Microsoft Certified Software Engineer [Microsoft]
MSCHAP Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication
Protocol [Microsoft]
MSCS Microsoft Cluster Server [Microsoft]
MSD Mass Storage Device + Most Significant Digit +
Microsoft System Diagnostics [Microsoft]
MSDE Microsoft Data Engine [Microsoft1)
MSDN Microsoft Developer Network [Microsoft]
MS-DOS Microsoft - Disk Operating System [Microsoft]
MSDR Multiplexed Streaming Data Request
MSDS Microsoft Developer Support [Microsoft]
MSFR Minimum Security Function Requirements [IBM]
MSG Message
.MSG Program Message (file name extension)
MSGINA Microsoft Graphical Identification and Authentication
[Microsoft]
MSI Medium Scale Integration
MSIE Microsoft Internet Explorer [Microsoft]
MSIMN Microsoft Internet Mail and News [Microsoft]
MSL Map Specification Library + Mirrored Server Link
MSLU Microsoft Layer for Unicode [Microsoft]
MSMQ Microsoft Message Queue-Server [Microsoft]
MSN Microsoft Network [Microsoft]
MSO Multiple Service/Systems Operator
.MSP Microsoft Paint (file name extension) [Microsoft]
MSQL Mini SQL
MSR Microsoft Reserved Partition [Microsoft]
MSRP Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price
MSS Mass Storage System +
Multiprotocol Switched Services [IBM]
MSTS Microsoft Terminal Server [Microsoft]
MSW Machine Status Word
MSXML Microsoft XML [Microsoft]
MTA Mail Transport Agent + Message Transfer Agent +
Multimedia Terminal Adapter + Multiple Terminal Access
MTBB Mean Time Between Breakdowns
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTBJ Mean Time Between Jams
MTF Microsoft Tape Format [Microsoft] +
Modulation Transfer Function
MTH Memory Translator Hub
MTOM Message Transformation Optimization Mechanism
MTRP Maximum Transfer Rate Performance
MTS Message Transfer Service/System +
Microsoft Transaction Server [Microsoft] +
Multichannel Television Sound
MTSO Mobile Telephone Switching Office
MTST Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter [IBM]
MTT Multi-Transaction Timer
MTTD Mean Time To Diagnose
MTTF Mean Time To Failure
MTTR Mean Time To Repair
MTU Maximum Transfer/Transmission Unit
MUA Mail User Agent
MUD Multi-User Dialogue/Dimension/Domain/Dungeon [Internet]
MUG Multiuser Game
MUL Multiply
MULTICS Multiplexed Information and Computing Service
MUMPS Massachusetts General Hospital Utility
Multi-Programming System (Programming Language)
MUSE Multi-User Shared Environment
.MUSEUM Museums (Domain Name) [Internet]
MUSIC Multiparty Multimedia Session Control
MUT Monitor Under Test
MUX Multiplexer
mV Millivolt
MVB Multimedia Viewer Book
MVC Multimedia Viewer Compiler
MVD Multivalued Dependencies
MVDM Multiple Virtual DOS Machines
MVGA Monochrome Video Graphics Array
MVIP Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol
MVP Multimedia Video Processor
MVS Multiple Virtual Storage
MVT Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks
MX Mail Exchanger [Internet]
MXS Microsoft Exchange Server [Microsoft]
MZR Multiple Zone Recording
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NACD National Association of Computer Dealers
NACS National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors
NAE Not Above or Equal
NAK Negative Acknowledgment
NAKA Not Acknowledge
NAL Novell Application Launcher [Novell]
NAM Number Assignment Module
.NAME Names-Individuals (Domain Name) [Internet]
NAMPS Narrow-Band Analog Mobile Phone Service [Motorola]
NAND Not And
NANO One thousand-millionth
NANOMETER One billionith of a meter
NAP Network Access Point
NAPLPS North American Presentation Level Protocol
Syntax (graphics)
NAS Network Access Server + Network Application Support [DEC] +
Network Attached Storage
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers
Automatic Quotation
NASI NetWare Asynchronous Services Interface [Novell]
NASIRC NASA Automated Systems Internet Response Capability
NASKER NASA Ames Kernel (benchmark)
NAT Network Address Transformation/Translators
NAU Network Addressable Unit
NAV Navigator
NAVSTAR Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging
NAWS Negotiate About Window Size
NBE Not Below or Equal
NBI Nothing But Initials
NBMA Non-Broadcast Multi Access
NBS Narrowband Socket + National Bureau of Standards +
Numeric Backspace
NC Network Computer + No Carry + Numerical Control
NCA Network Communications Adapter +
Network Computing Architecture [Oracle]
NCC Network Control Center
NCD Network Computing Device
.NCF Netware Command File [Novell]
NCGA National Computer Graphics Association
NCIC National Crime Information Center
NCMT * Numerical Control for Machine Tools
NCOS Network Computer Operating System
NCP NetWare Core Protocol + Not Copy Protected +
Network Control Panel/Processor/Program/Protocol
NCR National Cash Register (Company)
NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications
NCSC National Computer Security Center
NCSI Network Communications Services
Interface [Network Products Corp.]
NDB Non-Directional Beacon
NDDK Network Device Development Kid [Microsoft]
NDEF Not to be Defined
NDIS Network Device/Driver Interface Specification
NDL Network Data Language
NDMP Network Data Management Protocol
NDN Non-Delivery Notice
NDP Numeric Data Processor
NDR Network Data Representation
NDRO Non-Destructive Read Out
NDS NetWare Directory Service [Novell]
.NDX Index (file name extension)
NEC Nippon Electric Company
NED NASA Extragalactic Database [NASA]
NEG Negative + Negate
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NEP Network Entry Point
NES National Education Supercomputer
NEST Novell Embedded Systems Technology [Novell]
.NET Networks (Domain Name) [Internet]
NetBIOS Network Basic Input/Output System [IBM]
NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface [IBM]
NETMON Network Monitor
.NEW New Information (file name extension)
NEWS NetWare Early Warning System [Frye Computer] +
Network Extensible Window System
NEWS. Current events [USENET Newsgroup Category]
NEXT Near-End Crosstalk
NFF No Fault Found
NFS Network File System [Sun]
NG No Good
NGE Not Greater or Equal
NGI Next-Generation Internet
NHC National Hurricane Center
NHR National Handwriting Recognition
NHRP Next Hop Resolution Protocol
N/I Non-Interlaced
NIA Next Instruction Address
NIC Network Information Center [Internet] +
Network Interface Card +
Numeric Intensive Computing
NICAD Nickel-Cadmium
NICOLAS Network Information Center OnLine Aid System [NASA]
NID New Interactive Display [NEC] + Next ID
NIDS Network Intrusion Detection System [Unisys]
NII National Information Infrastructure
NIM Network Installation Management [IBM]
NIMH (NiMH) Nickel-Metal Hydride
NIO Native Input/Output + New Input/Output
NIPS Network I/Os Per Second
NIR Network Information Retrieval
NIS Network Information Service [Unix]
N-ISDN Narrowband ISDN + National ISDN
NISO National Information Standards Organization
NISP Networked Information Services Project
NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology
NITC National Information Technology Center
NIU Network Interface Unit
NJE Network Job Entry (protocol) [IBM]
NL New Line
NLB Network Load Balancing [Microsoft]
NLE Not Less or Equal
NLM NetWare Loadable Module [Netware]
NLP Natural-Language Processing
NLQ Near Letter Quality
NLSFUNC National Language Support Function
NLV National Language Version [IBM]
NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
NMM NetWare Management Map [NetWare]
NMOS Negative Channel Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
NMP Network Management Protocol [AT&T]
NMS Network Management System [Novell]
NN Network Node + No News [Internet]
NNI Network to Network Interface
NNM Network Node Manager
NNTP Network News Transfer Protocol [Internet]
NOC Network Operations Center
.NOM Individual with Personal Site (Domain Name) [Internet]
NOP No Operation
NOPAC Network OPAC
NOR Not Or
NOS Network Operating System
NPA Network Printer Alliance + Numbering Plan Area
NPI Network Printer Interface
NPL Nonprocedural Language
NPN Negative Positive Negative (bipolar transistor)
NPS Novell Productivity Specialist [Novell]
NPT Non-Programmable Terminal
NPTN National Public Telecomputing Network
NPU Natural Processing Unit
NPX Numeric Processor Extension
NQS Network Queuing System [Cray]
N(r) Number Returned
NRC National Research Council (Canada)
NREN National Research and Education Network
NRM Network Resource Manager + Normal Response Mode
NRZ Not Return to Zero
NRZI Non Return to Zero Inverted
NS Nanosecond (one-billionth of a second) +
National Semiconductor (as in Ns16550 UART) +
Network Supervisor + Non Stop
NSAP Network Service Access Point
NSAPI Netscape Server API [Netscape]
NSA POLY National Security Agency Polygraph
NSERC National Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Canada)
NSF National Science Foundation
NSFNET National Science Foundation Network
NSI NASA Science Internet
NSLOOKUP Name Server Lookup [Unix]
NSM Netscape Server Manager [Netscape]
NSP Native Signal Processing [Intel] + Network Service
Provider
NSSC NASA Standard Spacecraft Computer
NSTC National Science and Technology Council
NSTL National Software Testing Labs
NT New Technology [Microsoft]
NT-1 Network Terminator Type 1
NTAS NT Advanced Server [Microsoft]
NTF No Trouble Found
NTFS New Technology File System [Microsoft]
NTIA National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
NTIS National Technical Information Service
NTLDR New Technology Loaders [Microsoft]
NTP Network Time Protocol
NTRAS NT Remote Access Services [Microsoft]
NTSA NetWare Telephony Services Architecture [Novell]
NTSC National Television Standards Committee
NTU Network Termination Unit
NUI Network User Identification +
Network User Interface +
Notebook User Interface [Go Corporation]
NUL Null + (dummy device) + (no device)
NUMA Non-Uniform Memory Access
NV No Overflow
NVM Non-Volatile Memory
NVOD Near-Video On Demand
NVP Nominal Velocity of Propagation
NVRAM Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
NVT Network Virtual Terminal +
Novell Virtual Terminal [Novell]
NWS NetWare Web Server [Netware]
NYM Anonymous
