Technology Acronyms
A/D - Analog to Digital
AAS - Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
ABS - Antilock Braking System
AC - Alternating Current
ACL - Access Control List
ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
ACS - American Chemical Society
ADC - Analog to Digital Converter
ADF - Automatic Document Feeder
ADO - ActiveX Data Objects
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADT - Abstract Data Type
AEM - Analytical Electron Microscopy
AES - Auger Emission Spectroscopy
AFC - Automatic Frequency Control
AFM - Atomic Force Microscopy
AGC - Automatic Gain Control
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
AI - Artificial Intelligence
AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers
AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format
AIX - Advanced Interactive Executive
ALCVD - Atomic Layer Chemical Vapor Deposition
ALD - Atomic Layer Deposition
ALE - Atomic Layer Epitaxy
ALGOL - Algorithmic Oriented Language
ALI - Acer Labs Incorporated
ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
AM - Amplitude Modulation
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices
AMPS - Advanced Mobile Phone Service
AMU - Atomic Mass Unit
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
APC - American Power Conversion
APCVD - Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
APD - Avalanche Photodiode
API - Application Program Interface
APS - American Physical Society
APX - AirPort eXtreme
ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency
ASA - American Standards Association
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASK - Amplitude Shift Keying
ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASP - Active Server Page or Application Service Provider
ASPI - Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials
AT - Advanced Technology
AT&T - American Telegraph and Telephony
ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment
ATE - Automated Test Equipment
ATI - ATI Technologies Inc (Array Technology Inc)
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode/ Automated Teller Machine
ATX - Advanced Technology Extended
AVR - Automatic Voltage Regulator
AWG - American Wire Gauge
BASIC - Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
Bcc - Blind Carbon Copy
BCD - Binary Coded Decimal
BCS - Bardeen Cooper and Schieffer Theory of Superconductivity
BER - Bit Error Rate
BFG - BFG Technologies
BGA - Ball Grid Array
BiCMOS - Bipolar Complementary Oxide Semiconductor
BIOS - Basic Input/Output System
BJT - Bipolar Junction Transistor
Blob - Binary Large Object
BLOG - Web Log
BMP - Bitmap
BNC - Barrel Nut Connector
BNC - Bayonet Normalized Connector
BOE - Buffered Oxide Etchant
BPSG - Boro-phosphosilicate Glass
BSEE - Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering
BSI - British Standards Institute
BSOD - Blue Screen of Death
BT - Bluetooth or BitTorrent
BTE - Boltzmann Transport Equation
BW - Bandwidth
CAD - Computer-Aided Design
CAE - Computer-Aided Engineering
CAM - Computer-Aided Manufacturing
CAN - Controller Area Network
CAPS - Computer-assisted Problem Solving
CAS - Column Address Strobe
CASE - Computer-Aided Software Engineering
CAT - Computerized Axial Tomography/ Computer-Aided Testing
CATV - Cable Television
CB - Citizens Band
CBGA - Ceramic Ball Grid Array
Cc - Carbon Copy
CCD - Charged Coupled Devices
CCFL - Cold Cathode Flourescent Lamp
CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate
CCTV - Closed Circuit Television
CD - Compact Disc
CDF - Cumulative Distribution Function
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access
CD-R - Compact Disc Recordable
CDR - Compact Disk Recorder
CD-ROM - Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CD-RW - Compact Disc Re-Writable
CDRW - Compact Disk Re-Writer
CE - Consumer Electronics
CFC - Chlorofluorocarbon
CFM - Cubic Feet per Minute (ft³/min)
CGA - Color Graphics Adapter
CGI - Common Gateway Interface
CHMOD - Change Mode
CIE - Computer-Integrated Engineering
CIM - Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
CIO - Chief Information Officer
CISC - Complex Instruction Set Computing
CLK - Clock
CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMRR - Common-Mode Rejection Ratio
CMYK - Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
CNA - Computer Networks Administration
CNR - Carrier to Noise Ratio
COA - Certificate of Authenticity
COBOL - Common Business-Oriented Language
CODEC - Coder/Decoder
CPA - Cost Per Action
CPC - Cost Per Click
CPL - Cost Per Lead
CPM - Cost Per 1000 Impressions
CPS - Classroom Performance System
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CRM - Customer Relationship Management
CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
CSA - Canadian Standards Association
CSS - Cascading Style Sheet
CTCP - Client-to-Client Protocol
CTP - Composite Theoretical Performance
CTR - Click-Through Rate
CTX - CTX Technology Corporation (Commited to Excellence)
C-V - Capacitance-Voltage
CVD - Chemical Vapor Deposition
CW - Continuous Wave
D/A - Digital to Analog
DAB - Digital Audio Broadcasting
DAC - Digital-to-Analog Converter
DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAS - Direct Absorption Spectroscopy
dB - Decibel
DBMS - Database Management System
DC - Direct Current
DCN - Data Communications Network
DD - Dolby Digital
DDR - Double Data Rate
DDR2 - Double Data Rate 2
DDR-SDRAM - Double Data Rate-Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
DeMUX - Demultiplexer
DFI - DFI Inc (Design for Innovation)
DFT - Discrete Fourier Transform
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHT - Digital Home Theather
DHTML - Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language
DIL - Dual Inline
DIMM - Dual Inline Memory Module
DIP - Dual in-line Package
DL - Download DMA - Direct Memory Access
DLL - Dynamic Link Library (Windows)
DLTS - Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy
DMA - Direct Memory Access
DMM - Digital Multimeter
DMOS - Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor
DMS - Data Management System
DNA - Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DNS - Domain Naming System
DOS - Disk Operating System
DPDT - Double Pole Double Throw Switch
DPI - Dots Per Inch
DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRC - Design Rule Check
DRM - Digital Rights Management
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM - Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DSP - Digital Signal Processing
DTA - Differential Thermal Analysis
DTD - Document Type Definition
DTL - Diode-Transistor Logic
DTS - Digital Theater Systems
DUT - Device Under Test
DV - Digital Video
DVD - Digital Video Disk
DVD+R - Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD+RW - Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVD-R - Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD-RAM - Digital Versatile Disk - Random Access Memory
DVD-RW - Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable
DVI - Digital Video Interface
DVM - Digital Voltmeter
DVR - Digital Video Recorder
EAX - Environmental Audio Extensions
EBL - Electron-Beam Lithography
ECAD - Electronic Computer-Aided Design
ECC - Error Correction Code
ECC - Error Correction Coding
ECG - Electro Cardio-Gram
ECL - Emitter-Coupled Logic
ECN - Electronics Communication Network
ECS - Elitegroup Computer Systems
EDA - Electronic Design Automation
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
EDO - Extended Data Out
EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EGA - Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EIA - Electronic Industry Association
ELF - Extremely Low Frequency
EM - Electro-Magnetic
EMC - Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMF - Electro-Motive Force
EMI - Electromagnetic Interference
EMR - Electromagnetic Radiation
EOF - End of File
EOS - Electrical OverStress
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPS - Encapsulated PostScript
ERC - European Radio Commission
ERP - Effective Radiated Power
ESD - Electrostatic Discharge
ESH - Environment Safety and Health
EUP - Enterprise Unified Process
EUT - Equipment Under Test
EVGA - EVGA Corporation
FA - Failure Analysis
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FAX - Facsimile
FC - Flip Chip
FCC - Federal Communications Commission
FC-PGA - Flip Chip Pin Grid Array
FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
FDMA - Frequency Division Multiple Access
FET - Field Effect Transistor
FFT - Fast Fourier Transform
FIFO - First In First Out
FiOS - Fiber Optic Service
FLOPS - Floating Point Operations Per Second
FM - Frequency Modulation
FPD - Flat Panel Display
FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array
FPLA - Field Programmable Logic Array
FPS - Frame Per Second
FPU - Floating Point Unit
FS - For Sale
FSAA - Full Screen Anti-Aliasing
FSB - Frontside Bus
FSG - Fused Silica Glass
FSK - Frequency-Shift Keying
FSM - Finite State Machine
FT - Fourier Transform
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
FZ - Float Zone
Ga - Gallium
GaAs - Gallium Arsenide
GAL - Gate Array Logic
GaP - Gallium Phosphide
GB - Gigabytes
GBps - Gigabytes per second or Gigabits per second
GDI - Graphical Device Interface
GFA - Gas Fusion Analysis
GFCI - Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
GHz - GigaHertz
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
GIGO - Garbage In Garbage Out
GIS - Geographic Information Systems
GNU - Gnu's Not Unix
GPL - GNU Public License
GPS - Global Positioning System
GPU - Graphics Processing Unit
GSCE - Gas Source Control Equipment
GSM - Global Standard for Mobile
GTO - Gate Turn-off Transistor
GUI - Graphical User Interface
GUID - Globally Unique Identifier
HBM - Human Body Model
HBT - Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
HCMOS - High-density Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
HCT - High-speed CMOS TTL compatible
HD - High Density
HDD - Hard Disk Drive
HDD - High Density Disk
HDL - Hardware Description Language
HDMI - High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDTV - High Definition Television
HDVHigh - Definition Video
HEMT - High Electron Mobility Transistor
HEX - Hexadecimal
HF - High Frequencies
HFS - Hierarchical File System
HIS - Hightech Information System Limited
HLL - High-level Language
HMIC - Hybrid Microwave Integrated Circuit
HP - Hewlett-Packard Development Company
HSF - Heat Sink and Fan
HT - Hyper-Threading
HTML - Hyper-Text Markup Language
HTO - High Temperature Oxidation
HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS - HyperText Transport Protocol Secure
HV - High Voltage
HVAC - Heating ventilating and air conditioning
HVDC - High-Voltage Direct-Current
I/O - Input/Output
IBM - International Business Machines Corporation
IC - Integrated Circuit
ICANN - Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers
ICF - Internet Connection Firewall
ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
ICP - Inductively-Coupled Plasma
ICS - Internet Connection Sharing
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics or Integrated Development Environment
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics (Interface)
IDL - Interface Definition Language
IE - Internet Explorer
IEC - International Electro-technical Commission
IEE - Institute of Electrical Engineers
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IF - Intermediate Frequency
IFS - Item for Sale
IGBT - Insulated-gate Bipolar Transistor
IGFET - Insulated-gate Field Effect Transistor
IGP - Integrated Graphics Processor
IM - Instant Message
IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
IMPATT - Impact Avalanche and Transit Time Diode
IMS - Ion Mobility Spectroscopy
INA - Integrated Network Architecture
InterNIC - Internet Network Information Center
IP - Internet Protocol
IPOD - Internet Pod (Apple)
IPX - Internetwork Packet Exchange
IR - Instruction Register
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IrDA - Infrared Data Association
IRQ - Interrupt Request
IRQ - Interrupt Request
IS - Information Systems
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture
ISA - Instrumentation Society of America
iSCSI - Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO - International Organization for Standardization
ISO - International Standards Organization
ISP - Internet Service Provider
ISS - Ion Scattering Spectroscopy
IT - Information Technology
ITO - Indium-tin Oxide
ITU - International Telecommunications Union
IVR - Interactive Voice Response
JBL - JBL (James B Lansing) Speakers
JEDEC - Joint Electron Device Engineering Council
JFET - Junction Field Effect Transistor
JJT - Josephson Junction Transistor
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group image format (aka JPG)
JRE - Java Runtime Environment
JSP - Java Server Page
JTC - Joint Technical Comitee
JVC - Japan's Victor Company
JVD - Jet Vapor Deposition
KB - Keyboard Kilo Bytes
KB - Kilobytes
Kbps - Kilobits Per Second
KBps - KiloBytes per second
KC - Kinematic Coupling
KCL - Kirchhoff's Current Law
KDEK Desktop Environment
KeV - Kilo electron volt
Kilo - One thousand
KV - Kilovolt
KVL - Kirchhoff's Voltage Law
KVM Switch - Keyboard Video and Mouse Switch
LAN - Local Area Network
LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory
LAOS - Light-Amplifying Optical Switch
LASER - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LAT - Local Area Transport
LC - Inductance-Capacitance
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDD - Lightly Doped Drain
LDMOS - Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor
LDR - Light Dependent Resistor
LDT - Lightning Data Transport
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LF - Looking For
LF - Laminar Flow/ Low Frequency
LG - LG (Life's Good) Electronics
LGA - Land Grid Array
LI - Laser Interferometry
LIC - Linear Integrated Circuit
LIDAR - Light Detection and Ranging technology
LIFO - Last In First Out
LIFO - Last-in First-out
LIMS - Laser-Induced Mass Spectrometry
LNA - Low Noise Amplifier
LO - Local Oscillator
LOCOS - Local Oxidation of Silicon
LPCVD - Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
LPE - Liquid-Phase Epitaxy
LPI - Lines Per Inch
LPR - Laser Plasma Reflectometer
LRS - Laser Raman Spectroscopy
LSB - Least Significant Bit
LSI - Large Scale Integration
LTCVD - Low Temperature Chemical Vapor Deposition
LTO - Low Temperature Oxide (or Oxidation)
LUN - Logical Unit Number
LVS - Layout Verification of Schematic
MAC Address - Media Access Control Address
MAN - Metropolitan Area Network
MANET - Mobile Ad Hoc Network
MAR - Memory Address Register
MASER - Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
MB – MotherBoard or Megabyte
MBE - Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Mbps - Megabits Per Second
MBps - Megabytes Per Second
MCA - Micro Channel Architecture
MCM - Multi-Chip Module
MCT - Mercury Cadmium Telluride
MCU - Microprocessor Control Unit
MCVD - Modified (Metal) Chemical Vapor Deposition
MD - Molecular Dynamics
MDR - Memory Data Register
MEMS - Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems
MESFET - Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MHT - Mechanical Handling Test
MHz - MegaHertz
MIC - Microwave (Monolithic) Integrated Circuit
Micro - 10E-6
MIDI - Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIDI - Musical Instruments Digital Interface
MIE - Magnetron Ion Etching
MIL - US Military
Milli - 10E-3
MIL-STD - Military Standard
MIM - Metal-Insulator-Metal
MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
MIPS - Million Instructions Per Second
MIS - Metal-Insulator Semiconductor
MISFET - Metal-Insulator Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MLM - Multi-level Marketing/ Multi-level Metal
MMIC - Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
MMW - MilliMeter Waves
MMX - Multi-Media Extensions
MNOS - Metal-Nitride-Oxide Semiconductor
MoBo - MotherBoard
MOCVD - Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
MODEM - Modulator/Demodulator
MODFET - Modulation Doped Field Effect Transistor
MORPG - Multiplayer online role-playing game
MOS - Metal Oxide Semiconductor
MOS-C - Metal Oxide Semiconductor Capacitor
MOSFET - Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
MOV - Metal Oxide Varistor
MP3 - MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
MPEG - Moving Picture Experts Group
MPU - Micro Processor Unit
MQW - Multiple Quantum Well
MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRS - Materials Research Society
MSB - Most Significant Bit
MSEE - Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering
MSI - Micro Star International
MSI - Medium Scale Integration
MSK - Minimum Shift Keying
MTBA - Mean Time Between Assists
MTBF - Mean Time Before Failure
MTF - Modulation Transfer Function
MTS - Mobile Telephone System/ Material Tracking Standard
MTTF - Mean Time to Failure
MTTR - Mean Time to Repair
MTU - Maximum Transmission Unit
MUX - Multiplexer
MW - Molecular Weight
NA - Numerical Aperture
NAND - Not-AND (Logic Gate)
Nano - 10E-9
NAS - Network Attached Storage
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAT - Network Address Translation
NAT - Network Address Translation
NBS - National Bureau of Standards
NCS - Network Communication Standard
NEC - Nippon Electronics Corporation
NEC - National Electric Code
NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NESC - National Electrical Safety Code
NetBIOS - Network Basic Input/Output System
NEXT - Near-End Crosstalk
NIC - Network Interface Card
NiCad - Nickel-Cadmium (battery)
NIRA - Near Infrared Reflection Analysis
NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology
NMOS - N-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
NMR(I) - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Imaging)
NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol
NOC - Network Operations Center
NOR - Not-OR (Logic Gate)
NRZ - Non Return to Zero
NRZI - Non Return to Zero Inverted
NSF - National Science Foundation
NTC - Negative Temperature Coefficient
NTFS - New Technology File System
NTSC - National Television Systems Committee
NVRAM - Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OBL - Object Based Language
OC - Overclock (Over Clock)
OCR - Optical Carrier (Character) Recognition
OCZ - OCZ Technology
ODBC - Open Database Connectivity
OEIC - Opto-Electronic Integrated Circuit
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OES - Optical Emission Spectroscopy
OLAP - Online Analytical Processing
OLE - Object Linking and Embedding
OLED - Organic Light Emitting Diode
OMA - Object Management Architecture
OMVPE - Organo-metallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy
ONU - Optical Network Unit
OOP - Object-Oriented Programming
Op Amp - Operational Amplifier
OQPSK - Offset Quad Phone Shift Keying
OS - Operating System
OSG - Organosilicate Glass
OSI - Open System Interconnection
OSPF - Open Shortest Path First
OTDR - Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
OTF - Optical Transfer Function
P - Phosphorous
P2P - Peer To Peer
PAC - Photoactive compound
PAL - Programmable Array Logic
PAM - Pulse Amplitude Modulation
PBA - Printed Board Assembly
PBGA - Plastic Ball Grid Array
PC - Personal Computer/ Program Counter
PCAD - Packaging Computer-Aided Design
PCB - Printed Circuit Board
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI - Protocol Control Information/ Peripheral Components Interconnect
PCI-X - Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended
PCM - Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCS - Personal Communication Services
PCVD - Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
PDF - Portable Document Format
PDF - Probability Density Function / Portable Document Format
PDMA - Polarization Division Multiple Access
PDN - Public Data Network
PECVD - Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition
PGA - Professional Graphics Array
PGA - Pin Grid Array
PHP - Hypertext Preprocessor
PHP - Personal Home Page
PIB - Policy Information Base or Processor in a Box (AMD)
PIC - Peripheral Interface Controller
PIM - Personal Information Manager
PIN - Personal Identification Number
PING - packet Internet Grouper
PIO - Programmed Input/Output
PIV - Peak Inverse Voltage
PLA - Programmable Logic Array
PLC - Programmable Logic Controller
PLD - Programmable Logic Device
PLL - Phase Locked Loop
PM - Private Message / Private Messaging
PMOS - p-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PMT - Photomultiplier Tube
PMU - Power Management Unit
PNG - Portable Networks Graphics image format
PnP - Plug 'n Play
PNY - PNY Technology
POP - Post Office Protocol
POP3 - Post Office Protocol Version 3
POST - Power On Self Test
POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
PPC - Pay Per Click
PPGA - Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPI - Pixels Per Inch
PPL - Pay Per Lead
PPM - Pages Per Minute
PPM - Pulse Position Modulation
ppm - Parts Per Million
PPP - Point to Point Protocol
PPPoA - Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PQI - PQI Corporation
PRAM - Parameter Random Access Memory
PRB - Pseudo Random Binary
PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory
PS/2 - Personal System/2
PSDN - Packet Switched Data Network
PSG - Phosphosilicate Glass
PSI - Pounds per square inch
PSK - Phase Shift Keying
PSTN - Public Service Telephone Network
PSU - Power Supply Unit
PTC - Positive Temperature Coefficient
PTM - Pulse Time Modulation
PVA - Polyvinylacetate
PVC - Polyvinylchloride
PVD - Physical Vapor Deposition
PWB - Printed Wiring Board
PWM - Pulse Width Modulation
QA - Quality Assurance
QAM - Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
QBE - Query By Example
QC - Quality Control
QFP - Quad Flat Pack
QFT - Quantum Field Theory
QHE - Quantum Hall Effect
QMS - Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
QoS - quality of service
QPSK - Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
QSR - Quality System Review
QW - Quantum Well
R&D - Research and Development
RADAR - Radio Detection and Ranging
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent (or inexpensive) Disk
RAM - Random Access Memory
RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital Analog Convertor
RBS - Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy
RC - Resistor-Capacitor
RDBMS - Relational Database Management System
RDF - Resource Description Framework
RDRAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RF - Radio Frequency
RFC - Radio Frequency Choke
RFI - Radio Frequency Interference
RFIC - Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit
RFID - Radio Frequency IDentification
RGB - Red Green Blue
RH - Relative Humidity
RIE - Reactive Ion Etching
RISC - Reduced Instruction Set Computing
RLC - Resistor-Inductor-Capacitor
RMA - Returned Merchandise Authorization
RMS - Root-Mean-Square
ROM - Read-Only Memory
RPC - Remote Procedure Call
RPG - Role Playing Game
RPM - Revenue Per 1000 Impressions
RPM - Revolutions Per Minute
RSA - Rivest Shamir & Adleman (public key encryption technology)
RSE - Reactive Sputter Etching
RSS - RDF Site Summary
RSS - Really Simple Syndication
RTA - Rapid Thermal Anneal
RTCVD - Rapid Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition
RTE - Runtime Environment
RTF - Rich Text Format
RTL - Resistor-Transistor Logic
RTO - Rapid Thermal Oxidation
RTP - Rapid Thermal Processing
RTS - Real Time Strategy
RUP - Rational Unified Process
RZ - Return to Zero
S - Sulfur
S/PDIF - Sony/Philips Digital Interface
SA - Surface Area
SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers
SAM - Scanning Auger (Acoustic) Microscopy
SAN - Storage Area Network
SASID - Self-scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display
SATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SATCOM - Satellite Communications
SAW - Surface Acoustic Wave
SB - Sound Blaster
SC - Sound Card
SCA - SCSI Configured Automatically
SCR - Silicon Controlled Rectifier
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
SCSI - Small Computer Standard Interface
SD - Secure Digital
SD - Secure Disk
SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDLC - Synchronous Data Link Control
SDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDSL - Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SECC - Single Edge Contact Connector
SEM - Surface Electron Microscopy
SEMI - Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
SHPE - Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
SHTML - Server-Side Include Hypertext Markup Language
SiGe - Silicon-Germanium
SIMM - Single Inline Memory Module
SIMS - Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy
SINAD - Signal Noise and Distortion
SIP - Single In-line Package
SKU - Stock Keeping Unit
SLI - Scalable Link Interface
SMA - Sub-Miniature A Connector
SMART - Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology
SMB - Server Message Block
SMC - Surface-mounted Components
SMD - Surface-mounted Device
SMS - Short Message Service
SMT - Simultaneous Multi-Threading
SMT - Surface Mount Technology
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNAP - Sub-Network Access Protocol
SNL - Sandia National Laboratory
SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR - Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SOA - Service Oriented Architecture
SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol
SoC - System on a Chip
SODIMM - Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module
SOHO - Small Office Home Office
SOI - Silicon on Insulator
SOIC - Small-Outline Integrated Circuit
SONET - Synchronous Optical Network
SOS - Silicon on Saphire
SPARC - Scalable Processor Architecture
SPC - Statistical Process Control
SPDT - Single Pole Double Throw Switch
SPE - Solid Phase Epitaxy
SPICE - Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis
SPIE - International Society of Optical Engineering
SPKR - Speaker SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
SPM - Scanning Probe Microscopy
SPST - Single Pole Single Throw Switch
SQC - Statistical Quality Control
SQL - Structured Query Language
SR - Shift Register
SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
sRGB - Standard Red Green Blue
SS - Spread Spectrum
SSB - Single Sideband
SSE - Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSH - Secure Shell
SSI - Small Scale Integration
SSID - Service Set Identifier
SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
STDIN - Standard Input
STDOUT - Standard Output
STM - Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
STP - Secure Transfer Protocol-Shielded Twisted Pair (cable)
STP - Standard Temperature and Pressure
SUT - System Under Test
SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array
SWAT - Software Action Team
SWR - Standing Wave Ratio
SYNC - Synchronous
TB - Terabytes
Tbps - Terabits per second
TBps - Terabytes per second
TCAD - Technology Computer-Aided Design
TCE - Temperature Coefficient of Expansion
TCM - Tunneling Current Microscopy/ Trellis Coded Modulation
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDK - Tokyo Denkikagaku Kogyo Electronics
TDM - Time Division Multiplex
TDMA - Time Division Multiple Access
TDR - Time Domain Reflectometry
TE - Transverse Electric
TEC - Thermoelectric Cooler
TEM - Tunneling Electron Microscopy/ Transverse Electro-Magnetic
TEOS -Tetraethoxysilane
TFT - Thin Film Transistor
THD - Total Harmonic Distortion
TIF - Tagged Image File image format (aka TIFF)
TIFF - Tagged Image File Format
TM - Transverse Magnetic
TO - Transistor Outline Package
TOF - Time of Flight
TPC - TipidPC
TPS - Transaction Per Second
TQM - Total Quality Management
TSOP - Thin Small Outline Package
TTL - Time To Live
TTL - Transistor-Transistor Logic
TVS - Transient Voltage Suppression
TWAIN - Toolkit Without An Informative Name
TWAIN - Technology Without An Important Name
TWT - Traveling Wave Tube
UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UDDI - Universal Description Discovery and Integration
UDP - User Datagram Protocol
UHF - Ultra High Frequency
UHV - Ultra High Vacuum
UI - User Interface
UID - User Identification
UJT - Uni-Junction Transistor
UL - Underwriters Laboratories
ULSI - Ultra Large Scale Integration
UML - Unified Modeling Language
UNC - Universal Naming Convention
UNI - User to Network Interface
UPC - Universal Product Code
UPnP - Universal Plug and Play
UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply
URI - Uniform Resource Identifier
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
USART - Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USB - Universal Serial Bus
USOP - Ultra-small Outline Package
USRD - User System Requirement Document
UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair
UUT - Unit Under Test
UV - Ultraviolet
VAR - Volt-Ampere Reactive
VC - Video Card
VCA - Voltage-Controlled Amplifier
VCD - Video CD
VCI - Virtual Channel Identifier
VCO - Voltage-Controlled Oscillator
VCR - Video Cassette Recorder
VFAT - Virtual File Allocation Table
VGA - Variable Gain Amplifier/ Video Graphics Adapter
VHDL - VHSIC Hardware Description Language
VHF - Very High Frequency
VHS - Video Home System
VHSIC - Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
VIRUS - Vital Information Resources Under Siege
VLBVESA Local Bus
VLE - Virtual Learning Environment
VLF - Vertical Laminar Flow
VLSI - Very Large Scale Integration
VM - Virtual Machine
V-MOS - V-groove Metal Oxide Semiconductor
VMS - Virtual Memory System
VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPD - Vapor Phase Deposition
VPE - Vapor Phase Epitaxy
VPI - Virtual Path Identifier
VPN - Virtual Private Network
VRAM - Video Random Access Memory
VRML - Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VSAT - Very Small Aperture Terminal (satellite communications)
VSB - Vestigial Sideband
VSWR - Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
VT - Vanderpool Technology
VTVM - Vacuum Tube Voltmeter
W - Tungsten
W3 - World Wide Web
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
WAIS - Wide Area Information Server
WAN - Wide Area Network
WDM - Wavelength Division Multiplex
WEP - Wired Equivalent Privacy
Wi-Fi - Wireless Fidelity
WIFI - Wireless Fidelity
WIMAX - Worldwide Interoperability Microwave Access
WINE - Windows Emulator
WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network
WMF - Windows Meta File
WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access
WSI - Wafer Scale Integration
WTB - Want to Buy
WWAN - Wireless Wide Area Networks
WWW - World Wide Web
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get (graphical interface)
XFX - XFX (Crossfix) Graphics a Division of Pine
XGA - Extended Graphics Array
XHTML - Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
XLS - Excimer Laser System
XML - Extensible Markup Language
XMP - X-ray Micro-Probe
XMS - Extended Memory Specification
XOR - Exclusive-OR Gate
XPS - X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
XRF - X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
XSEM - Cross-sectional Scanning Electron Microscopy
XSLT - Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformation
XT - Extended Technology
XTP - Express Transfer Protocol
Y - Yttrium
Y2K - Year 2000
YAG - Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet
YIG - Yttrium-Iron-Garnet
YIQ - Y(luminance) Intensity Q(crominance)
YMT - Yield Management Tools
ZCC - Zone Control Conveyor
ZIF - Zero Insertion Force
ZIP - Zigzag Inline Package: archived file format