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XPS XML Paper Specification
HDTV High-Definition Television
IRC Internet Relay Chat
Cyberloafing Doing non-work activities at work on a computer.
Cuckoo Egg A munged copy of what appears to be copyright-protected material.
IPTV Internet Protocol Television
Port Knocking Pinging a combination of ports before entry is allowed.
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
FAHQT Fully Automatic High-Quality Translation
Mashup Web site or application developed from combinations of content.
A/D = Analog to Digital
A/V = Audio/Visual
AAC = Advanced Audio Coding
AARP = AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
ABBH = Average Bouncing Busy Hour
ABC = Atanasoff-Berry Computer
ABEND = Abnormal End
AC = Alternating Current
ACD = Automatic Call Distributor
ACeS = Asia Cellular Satellite System
ACK = Acknowledge Character
ACL = Access Control List
ACM = Association for Computing Machinery
ACPI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACTA = America's Carriers Telecommunications Association
ACU = Automatic Calling Unit
ADB = Apple Desktop Bus
ADCCP = Advanced Data Communications Control Protocol
ADO = ActiveX Data Objects
ADP = Automatic Data Processing
ADPCM = Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADS = Alternate Data Streams
ADSL = Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADVEIS = Anti-Virus Dependent Vulnerabilities in E-mail Infrastructure Security
AES = Asynchronous Event Scheduler
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port
AH = Authentication Header
AI = Artificial Intelligence
AIFF and AIFF-C = Audio Interchange File Format
AIML = Astronomical Instrument Markup Language
AIX = Advanced Interactive Executive
ALGOL = Algorithmic Language
ALU = Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
AMANDA = Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
AMD = Advanced Micro Devices
AML = Astronomy Markup Language
AMP = Advanced Metal Powder
AMPS = Advanced Mobile Phone System
AMS = American Mobile Satellite Corporation
AN = Active Network
ANSA = Adaptive Network Security Alliance
ANSI = American National Standards Institute
AOL = America Online
APA = All Points Addressable
API = Application Program(ming) Interface
APM = Advanced Power Management
APP = Application Portability Profile
APWG = Anti-Phishing Working Group
ARLL = Advanced Run Length Limited
ARM = Advanced (Acorn) RISC Machine
ARM = Advanced RISC Machines Ltd
ARP = Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA = Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARQ = Automatic Repeat Request
ASAP = Activate Secure Authentication Protocol
ASAP = As Soon As Possible
ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASF = ActiveMovie Streaming Format
ASIC = Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASP = Active Server Pages
ASP = Application Service Provider
ASP = Association of Shareware Professionals
AT = Attention
ATA = AT Attachment
ATL = Active (ActiveX) Template Library
ATM = Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AUI = Attachment Unit Interface
AVI = Audio/Video Interleaved format
AWHFY = Are We Having Fun Yet
AWT = Abstract Windows Toolkit
CDMA = Code Division Multiple Access
CDPD = Cellular Digital Packet Data
CD-PROM = Compact Disc-Programmable Read Only Memory
CD-R = Compact Disc-Recordable
CDRAM = Cached Dynamic Random Access Memory
CD-ROM = Compact Disc, Read Only Memory
CD-RW = Compact Disc-Rewritable