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Acronyms

AAA Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting ATS Applicant tracking system
AAC Advanced Audio Coding AUI Attached Unit Interface
AAL ATM Adaptation Layer: AAL1 ATM Adaptation Layer .AAL2 AURP AppleTalk Update-based Routing Protocol
ATM Adaptation Layer 2.AAL3/4 ATM Adaptation Layer 3/4: AAL5 AUTOEXEC Autoexec Automatic Execution file
ATM Adaptation Layer 5. Avi Audio Video Interleave
AARP AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol: BAI Bank Administrator Institute
ABM Asynchronous Balanced Mode BAT Batch File
ABR Area Border Router: Average Bit Rate BASIC Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
AC Alternating Current BBS Bulletin Board System
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface B8ZS Binary 8-Zero Substitution
ACR Allowed Cell Rate BCC Block Check Character: Blind Carbon Copy
AD Active Directory BCD Binary Coded Decimal
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line BCR Bar Code Reader
ADSU ATM Data Service Unit BDR Backup Designated Router
AE Applications Engineer BDSL Broadband DSL
AEP AppleTalk Echo Protocol BE Back End
AFI Authority and Format Identifier BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
AFP AppleTalk Filing Protocol: BEDO Burst EDO (Extended Data Output (RAM) )
AFS Andrew File System BGP Border Gateway Protocol
AGP Advanced Graphics Port BHTML Broadcast Hyper Text Markup Language
AHCI (SSD Drives) Rating Moderate speed BiCMOS Bipolar Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
AI Artificial Intelligence BIOS Basic Input / Output System
AIFF Audio Interchange File Format BIP Bit Interleaved Parity
AIM AOL Instant Messenger BIPS Billion Instruction Per Second
AIP ATM Interface Processor BISDN Broadband ISDN
ALGOL Algorithmic Language BIU Bus Interface Unit
ALU Arithmetic-Logic Unit BMP Bitmap
AOL America Online BNC Bayonet Nut Connector
AM Amplitude Modulated BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, (Inc.) BPS/bps Bytes/bits Per Second
AMI American Megatrends Inc. BRD Blu-Ray Disc
AMOLED Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode BRI Basic Rate Interface
ANSI American National Standards Institute BSC Binary Synchronous Communications
API Application Program Interface BSD Berkeley Standard Distribution
APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller BTU British Thermal Units
APM Advanced Power Management BYOD Bring Your Own Device
APT Automatically Programmed Tooling CAD Computer Aided Design
ARA AppleTalk Remote Access CAM Computer Aided Manufacturing
ARM Asynchronous Response Mode CAM Content Addressable Memory
ARP Address Resolution Protocol CAM Common Access Method
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network CAS Column Address Strobe
ARQ Automatic Repeat Request CBR Constant bit rate
AS Autonomous System CBX Common Branch extender
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange CC Carbon Copy
ASBR Autonomous System Boundary Router CCD Charge Coupled Device
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit CCITT Consultative Committee of International Telephony and
ASICs Application-Specific Integrated Circuits Telegraphy
ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One CD Carrier Detect: Compact Disk
ASP AppleTalk Session Protocol: Active Server Pages CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface
ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol:
AST Automatic Spanning Tree CDROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory
AT Advanced Technology CDRW Compact Disk Rewritable
ATA AT bus Attachment: Advanced Technology Attachment CD-WO Compact Disk – Write Once
ATAPI ATA Packet Interface (SSD drive Moderate speed) CDVT Cell Delay Variation Tolerance
ATCP AppleTalk Control Program CD-XA Compact Disk – Extended Architecture
ATDM Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing CER Cell Error Ratio
ATDT Attention Dial Tone CGA Colour Graphics Adapter
ATG Address Translation Gateway CGI-BIN Common Gateway Interface – Binary (programming for
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode Web forms)
ATMM ATM Management: CGMP Cisco Group Management Protocol
ATP AppleTalk Transaction Protocol CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHM Windows Help File

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