Appendix C: Commom Acronym
| Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| ARPANET | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| BIOS | Basic Input/Output System |
| BNC | British Naval Connector |
| bps | bits per second |
| Bps | bytes per second |
| CCITT | Consultative Committee for International Telephony and Telegraphy |
| CD | Change Directory |
| CD | compact disc |
| CDFS | Compact Disc File System |
| CD-R | Compact Disc-Recordable |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc Read-Only Memory |
| CD-RW | Compact Disc-Rewritable |
| CMOS | Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
| CNE | Certified NetWare Engineer |
| CPU | central processing unit |
| CRC | cyclic redundancy check |
| CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
| DNS | Domain Name System |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DOS | Disk Operating System |
| EBCDIC | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| EEPROM | Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| FAT | File Allocation Table |
| FDDI | Fiber-Distributed Data Interface |
| GB | gigabyte |
| Gbps | gigabits per second |
| GBps | gigabytes per second |
| GUI | graphical user interface |
| HPFS | High-Performance File System |
| IC | integrated circuit |
| IDE | Integrated Drive Electronics |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| I/O | input/output |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| IPX | Internetwork Packet Exchange |
| IPX/SPX | Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange |
| IRQ | interrupt request |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| Kb | kilobit |
| KB | kilobyte |
| Kbps | kilobits per second |
| KBps | kilobytes per second |
| LAN | local area network |
| LLC | Logical Link Control |
| MAC | Media Access Control |
| MAN | Metropolitan Area Network |
| Mb | megabit |
| MB | megabyte |
| Mbps | megabits per second |
| MBps | megabytes per second |
| MCP | Microsoft Certified Professional |
| MCPS | Microsoft Certified Product Specialist |
| MCSA | Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator |
| MCSE | Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer |
| MCT | Microsoft Certified Trainer |
| MD | Make Directory |
| MHz | megahertz |
| MODEM | Modulator/Demodulator |
| MSAU | Multistation Access Unit |
| MS-DOS | Microsoft Disk Operating System |
| NetBEUI | NetBIOS Extended User Interface |
| NetBIOS | Network Basic Input/Output System |
| NIC | Network Interface Card |
| NOS | network operating system |
| NT | New Technology |
| NTFS | New Technology File System |
| OEM | original equipment manufacturer |
| OS | operating system |
| OS/2 | Operating System/2 |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnection |
| PC | personal computer |
| PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
| POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface Extension |
| PROM | Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks |
| RD | Remove Directory |
| RFC | Request for Comments |
| RIP | Router Information Protocol |
| RJ | Registered Jack |
| SMP | Symmetric Multiprocessing |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SPX | Sequenced Packet Exchange |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| Tb | terabit |
| TB | terabyte |
| Tbps | terabits per second |
| TBps | terabytes per second |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| THz | terahertz |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| USL | Unix System Laboratories |
| WAN | wide area network |
| WINS | Windows Internet Naming Service |
| WORM | Write Once-Read Many |
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