A... AA Auto Answer AAB All-to-All Broadcast AAL Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaption Layer AAP Applications Access Point [DEC] AARP AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol AAS All-to-All Scatter AASP ASCII Asynchronous Support Package AAT Average Access Time AATP Authorized Academic Training Program [Microsoft] ABC * Atanasoff-Berry Computer (First digital calculating machine that used vacuum tubes) ABEND Abnormal End ABI Application Binary Interface ABIOS Advanced BIOS ABIST Automatic Built-In Self-Test [IBM] ABLE Adaptive Battery Life Extender ABR Available Bit Rate ABRS Automated Book Request System [British Library] ABS Address Book Synchronization [IBM] + Absolute ABT Abort ABTS ASCII Block Terminal Services AC Autocheck + Automatic Computer + Alternating Current ACAP Application Configuration Access Protocol ACC Accumulator ACCMAIL Accessing the Internet Via Email ACD Automatic Call Distribution ACDI Asynchronous Communications Device Interface ACE Access Control Encryption/Entry + Adobe Certified Expert + Advanced Computing Environment [SCO] + Adverse Channel Enhancements [Microcom] + * Automatic Computing Engine ACF Access Control Field + Advanced Communications Function ACH Automated Clearing House ACIAS Automated Calibration Interval Analysis System ACIS American Committee for Interoperable Systems ACK Acknowledgment ACL Access Control List ACM Association for Computing Machinery Audio Compression Manager [Microsoft] ACMS Application Control Management System ACP Ancillary Control Program + Auxiliary Control Process ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACR Allowed Cell Rate ACROSS Automated Cargo Release and Operations Service System ACS Access + Access Control Set + Access Control System + * Advanced Computer System [IBM] + Anti Curl System + Asynchronous Communication Server ACSS Audio Cascading Style Sheets ACTS Automated Computer Time Service ACTT Advanced Communication and Timekeeping Technology [Seiko] ACU Automatic Calling Unit ACVC Ada Compiler Validation Capacity A/D Analog to Digital ADA Automatic Data Acquisitions + (Programming Language named after Augusta Ada Lovelace) ADB Apple Desk Bus ADC Adaptive Data Compression (protocol) [Hayes] + Add with Carry + Analog to Digital Converter ADCCP Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures ADD Automatic document Detection [WordPerfect] ADF Automatic document Feeder + Automatically Defined Function .ADF Adapter Description File (file name extension) ADI AutoCad/AutoDesk Device Interface (driver) ADL Address Data Latch ADLAT Adaptive Lattice Filter ADLC Adaptive Lossless Data Compression [IBM] + Asynchronous Data Link Control ADMACS Apple document Management And Conrol System ADMD Administrative Management Domain [X.400] .ADN Add In Utility (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] ADO Active Data Objects ADP Automatic Data Processing ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation ADR Address ADS Application Development Solutions [AT&T] + Application Development System + Automatic Distribution System ADSC Address Status Changed + Adobe document Structuring Conventions ADSI Active Directory Service Interface [Microsoft] + Analog Display Services Interface ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ADSP AppleTalk Datastream Protocol ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release ADT Abstract Data Type + Application Data Types ADU Automatic Dialing Unit AE Above or Equal AEB Analog Expansion Bus [Dialogic] AEC Architecture, Engineering, Construction AES Advanced Encryption Standard AESA ATM End System Address AF Auxiliary carry Flag AFA Accelerated File Access AFC Automatic Font Change + Automatic Frequency Control AFD Automatic File Distribution AFDW Active Framework for Data Warehousing [Microsoft] AFI Authority and Format Identifier AFII Association for Font Information Interchange AFIRM Automated Fingerprint Image Reporting and Match AFIS Automated Fingerprint Identification System .AFM Adobe Font Metrics (file name extension) [Adobe Systems] AFP Advanced Function Presentation [IBM] + Advanced Function Printing + Appletalk Filing Protocol [Macintosh] AFS Andrew File System (protocols) AFTP Anonymous File Transfer Protocol AGA Advanced Graphics Adapter AGC Automatic Gain Control AGP Accelerated/Advanced Graphics Port AGRAS Antiglare-Antireflective-Antistatic AGU Address-Generation Unit AHS Automated Highway Systems AI Analog Input + Artificial Intelligence AIA Applications Integration Architecture [DEC] AIC AIXwindows Interface Composer [IBM] AIF Audio Interchange Format AIIM Association for Information and Image Management AIM AOL Instant Messenger AIN Advanced Intelligent Network [Bell Atlantic] AIR Architecture Implementation Review AIS Automated Identification System [NCIC] + Automated Information Systems AISB Association of Imaging Service Bureaus AISP Association of Information Systems Professionals AIT Advanced Intelligent Tape (drive) [Sony] AIX Advanced Interactive Executive [IBM] ALC Arithmetic and Logic Circuits + Automatic Level Control ALE Address Latch Enable + Application Linking and Embedding ALGOL Algorithmic Oriented Language (see IAL) ALIBI Adaptive Location of Internetworked Bases of Information ALINK Active Link [HTML] ALIWEB Archie Like Indexing in the Web [Internet] ALN Asynchronous Learning Network ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc. ALT Alternate (mode) ALT. Alternate lifestyle [USENET Newsgroup Category] ALU Arithmetic Logic Unit AMA Automatic Message Accounting AMANDDA Automated Messaging and Directory Assistance AMASS Archival Management and Storage System AMD Active Matrix Display + Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMI Alternate Mark Inversion + American Megatrends, Inc. AMMA Advanced Memory Management Architecture [Everex Systems] AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service ANCOVA Analysis of Covariance ANDF Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format ANI Automatic Number Identification .ANI Animated Cursor (file name extension) [Microsoft] ANN Artificial Neural Network .ANN Annotations (file name extension) [IBM] ANOVA Analysis Of Variance ANSI American National Standards Institute ANX Automotive Network Exchange [Chrysler/Ford/ General Motors] AO Analog Output AOCE Apple Open Collaboration Environment AO/DI Always On/Dynamic ISDN AOE Application Operating Environment [AT&T] AOL America Online AOS Add Or Subtract AP Adjunct Processor + Application Processor A/P Accounts Payable APA Adaptive Packet Assembly + All Points Addressable + Arithmetic Processing Accelerator APAR Authorized Program Analysis Report [IBM] APAREN Address Parity Enable [IBM] APCUG Association of PC User Groups APDU Application Protocol Data Units API Application Program Interface APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (bus) [Intel] APIS Advanced Passenger Information System APL * A Programming Language (Mathematics) APM Advanced Power Management [IBM] APNIC Asia-Pacific Network Information Center [Internet] APOP Authenticated Post Office Protocol .APP Application (file name extension) [R:Base] APPC Advanced Program-to-Program Communications [IBM] APPI Advanced Peer-to-Peer Internetworking APPLETS Applications APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking [IBM] APPS Applications APRP Adaptive Pattern Recognition Processing APS Advanced Photo System + Advanced Printing Service [IBM] Asynchronous Protocol Specification APSE ADA Programming Support Environment APT Address Pass Through + Advanced Parallel Technology + Automatically Programmed Tools A/R Accounts Receivable ARA AppleTalk Remote Access ARAG Antireflective-Antiglare ARAS Antireflective-Antistatic .ARC Archive (file name extension) ARCA Advanced RISC Computing Architecture ARCnet Attached Resource Computer Network .ARJ Compressed File (file name extension) [Jung] ARL Adjusted Ring Length ARLL Advanced Run Length Limited ARM Advanced RISC Machine (processor) + Annotated Reference Manual + Asynchronous Response Mode ARMA Association of Records Managers and Administrators ARP Address Resolution Protocol [Novell] ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ARPL Adjust Requested Privilege Level ARTA Apple Real Time Architecture ARTIC A Real-Time Interface Coprocessor [IBM] ARTS Asynchronous Remote Takeover Server .ARTS Cultural Groups (Domain Name) [Internet] ARTT Asynchronous Remote Takeover Terminal ARQ Automatic Repeat Request ARU Audio Response Unit AS Autonomous System [Internet] ASAI Adjunct Switch Application Interface [AT&T] ASAP As Soon As Possible + Automatic Switching And Processing AS3AP ANSI SQL Standard Scalable and Portable ASB Advanced System Buffering [Intel] .ASC ASCII text (file name extension) ASCC * Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator [IBM] ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASF Active/Advanced Streaming Format [Microsoft] ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ASIT Advanced Security and Identification Technology ASL Adaptive Speed Levelling ASLM Apple Shared Library Manager [Macintosh] .ASM Assembler Source Language (file name extension) ASMP Asymmetric Multprocessing ASN Abstract Syntax Notation + Autonomous System Number ASO Automated Systems Operations ASP Active Server Page [Microsoft] + Application/Authorized Service Provider + Association of Shareware Professionals .ASP Active Server Page (file name extension) ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface [Adaptec] ASPS Advanced Signal Processing System ASR Address Space Register + Automatic Send-Receive + Automatic Speech Recognition AST AST Research, Inc. (named from first initials of the founders: Albert Wong, Safi Qureshey, Thomas Yuen) AS/U Advanced Server for Unix ASYNC Asynchronous AS/400 Application System/400 [IBM] AT Advanced Technology + Attention ATAPI Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface ATDP Attention Dial Pulse ATDT Attention Dial Tone ATE Automated Test Equipment ATG Advanced Technology Group ATH Attention Hang-Up (Modem command) ATL Active Template Library ATM Adobe Typeface Manager + Air Traffic Management + Asynchronous Transfer Mode + Automated Teller Machine ATPS AppleTalk Printing Services [Macintosh] ATR Automatic Terminal Recognition ATS Administrative Terminal System + Apple Terminal Services AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph ATTN Attention ATTRIB Attribute (also ATR) ATX Advanced Technology Extended [Intel] ATZ Attention Restore configuration profile from nonvolatile RAM (Modem command) .AU Audio (file name extension) AUDIT Automated Data Input Terminal AUI Attachment/Autonomous Unit Interface AUP Acceptable Use Policy [Internet] AUTO Automatic AUTOEXEC Automatic Execution AUX Auxiliary + (First Serial Port) AV Audio/Video + Audiovisual + Authenticity Verification AVA Audio Visual Authoring [IBM] AVC Audio Visual Connection [IBM] AVD Alternating Voice and Data AVG Average AVI Audio Visual Interleave [Microsoft] AVR Automatic Voice Recognition AVT Applied Voice Technology AWE Advanced Wave Effects [Creative Lab] AWG American Wire Gage AWK (Unix language named after its authors... Al Aho, Peter Weinberger and Brian Kernighan) AWS Advanced Workstations and Systems (group) [IBM] AWT Abstract Window Toolkit [Java] AX Architecture Extended + Automatic Transmission B... BACP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol BAK Binary Adaptation Kit [Microsoft] .BAK Backup (file name extension) BAL Basic Assembly Language BALUN Balanced Unbalanced (device) BAM Boyan Action Module BAPI Business Application Programming Interface [SAP] BARTS Bell Atlantic Regional Timesharing .BAS Basic Language (file name extension) BASH Bourne Again Shell [Unix] BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code BASM Built-In Assembler BAT Block Address Translation .BAT Batch Processing (file name extension) BBS Bulletin Board System BCC Block Check Character BCC: Blind Carbon Copy BCD Binary Coded Decimal B-CHANNEL Bearer Channel BCL Batch Command Language BCN Beacon BCP Best Current Practice + Bulk Copy Program BCPL Basic Computer Programming Language BCR Byte Count Register BCS Bar Code Sorter BDA Bios Data Area BDC Backup Domain Controller BDE Borland Database Engine [Borland] BDLS Bidirectional Loop Switching BDOS Basic Disk Operating System BDR Bus Device Request BDSL Broadband ADSL BE Below or Equal BECN Backward Explicit Congestion Notification BEDO Burst Extended Data Out BEL Bell BELLCORE Bell Communications Research BER Basic Encoding Rules + Bit Error Rate BERT Bit Error Rate Test/Tester BF Bad Flag B/F Background/Foreground .BFC Briefcase (file name extension) [Microsoft] BFF Binary File Format [IBM] BFT Binary File Transfer BFTP Batch FTP BGA Ball Grid Array BGCOLOR Background Color [HTML] BGE Branch if Greater or Equal .BGI Borland Graphic Interface (file name extension) BGP Border Gateway Protocol BGT Branch if Greater Than BHI Branch if Higher BHIS Branch if Higher or Same BI Binary Input .BIB Bibliography (file name extension) BiDi Bi-Directional BIFET Bipolar Field Effect Transistor BIFF Binary Interchange File Format BIM Beginning of Information Marker .BIN Binary (file name extension) BINAC * Binary Automatic Computer BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain BINHEX Binary Hexadecimal BIOS Basic Input/Output System BIS Business Information System BISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network BIST Built-In Self-Test BiSYNC (See BSYNC) BIT Binary Digit BITNET Because It's Time Network BITNIC Bitnet Network Information Center BIU Bus Interface Unit BIW Business Intelligence Warehouse [SAP] BIX Byte Information Exchange (BBS) BIZ. Business [USENET Newsgroup Category] .BK! Backup (file name extension) [WordPerfect] .B~K Backup (file name extension) BKSP Backspace BL Backlit + Bit Line BLAST Blocked Asynchronous Transmission (protocol) [Communications Research Group] .BLD BASIC Bload Graphics (file name extension) BLE Branch if Less or Equal BLER Block Error BLK Block BLMC Buried Logic Macrocell BLOB Binary Large Object BLOS Branch if Lower Or Same BMI Branch if Minus BMIC BusMaster Interface Controller [Intel] BMP Basic Mapping Support + Batch Message Processing Program .BMP Bitmap (file name extension) [Paintbrush Format] BNC Bayonet Neill-Concelman (connector used with coaxial cable invented by Mr. Neill-Concelman) BNE Branch if Not Equal BNF Backus-Naur Form (also Backus-Normal Form) [developed by John Backus and Peter Naur] BNS Backbone Network Service BO Binary Output BoB Break-out Box BOC Basic Operator Console BOF Beginning Of File BOM Basic Online Memory [IBM] + Beginning Of Message BOND Bandwidth On Demand BOOTP Bootstrap Protocol [Internet] BOPS Billion Operations Per Second BORPQU Borland Pro Quattro BORQU Borland Quattro BOS Basic Operating System BOT Beginning Of Table + Beginning of Tape + Robot BP Base Pointer BPB BIOS Parameter Block BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit BPI Bits Per Inch BPL Branch if Plus BPP Bits Per Pixel BPS Bits Per Second + Bytes Per Second BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying BR Bad Register BRGC Binary Reflected Gray Code BRI Basic Rate Interface + Brain Response Interface BS Backspace BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method BSC Binary Synchronous Communication .BSC Boyan script (file name extension) [Boyan Communications] BSCS Bachelor of Science (Degree) in Computer Science BSD Berkely Software/Standard Distribution BSF Bit Scan Forward BSI British Standards Institute BSM Basic Storage Module [IBM] BSP Bulk Synchronous Parallelism BSR Bit Scan Reverse BS-RAM Burst Static RAM BSS Block Started by Symbol BSV BASIC Bsave Graphics (file name extension) BSY Busy BSYNC Binary Synchronous Communications (protocol) BT Bit Test BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method [IBM] BTB Branch Target Buffer BTC Bit Test and Complement BTOA Binary To ASCII BTP Batch Transfer Program BTR Bit Test and Reset BTS Bit Test and Set BU Branch Unit BUBL Bulletin Board for Libraries [Janet] BUF Buffer BUS Broadcast and Unknown Server BVH Base Video Handler BWM Block-Write Mode B2X Binary To Hexadecimal [REXX] BYTE Binary Element String C... C C Programming Language .C C source code (file name extension) [C] CA Collision Avoidance .CAB Cabinet (file name extension) [Microsoft] CAD Computer Aided Design CADD Computer Aided Design and Drafting CADE Client/server Application Development Environment CAE Client Application Enabler + Common Applications Environment + Computer Aided Engineering CAEN Chemically Assembled Electronic Nanocomputer CAEX Computer Aided Exploration CAG Column Address Generator CAI Computer Aided Instruction CAIRN Collaborative Advanced Interagency Research Network CAL Calendar + Client Access License + Computer Aided Learning CALS Computer-Aided Acquisition in Logistic Support CAM Common Access Method + Computer Aided Manufacturing + Contents Addressable Memory CAN Cancel CANBUS Conroller Area Network Bus CAP Carrierless Amplitude and Phase-Modulation + Central Arbitration Point + Communication Application Platform + Competitive Access Provider + Computer Aided Publishing .CAP Capture (file name extension) CAPD Computing To Assist Persons With Disabilities [Johns Hopkins University] CAPE Concurrent Art-to-Product Environment CAPS Capitals (Upper Case Letters) + Cassette Programming System CARL Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries [Internet] CAS Column Address Select + Communications Application Specification + Computer Aided Styling CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering CASL Crosstalk Application scripting Language [DCA] CASS Computer Assisted Search Service CASSIS Classified and Search Support Information System CAT Computer Adaptive Test + Computer Aided Testing + Computer Aided Tomography + Computer Aided Transcription + Concatenate .CAT Catalog (file name extension) CATS Computer Assisted Training System CAT SCAN Computerized Axial Tomography Scan CATV Community Antenna Television (this was the original name for what is now known as Cable TV) CAU Controlled Access Unit CAV Constant Angular Velocity CAVE Computer Automatic Virtual Environment CBC Cipher Block Chaining CBCR Channel Byte Count Register CBDS Connectionless Broadband Data Service CBEMA Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association CBGA Ceramic Ball Grid Array CBI Computer Based Instruction\Instrumentation CBL Computer Based Learning .CBL COBOL source code (file name extension) CBMS Computer-Based Mail System CBR Case Based Reasoning + Constant Bit Rate CBT Computer Based Training CBW Convert Byte to Word CBX Computer-Controlled Branch Exchange CC Cluster Controller CC: Carbon Copy CCD Charged-Coupled Device CCFT Cold Cathode Fluorescent Tube CCI Common Client Interface CCIE Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert [Cisco] CCITT Comite Consultatif International Telegraphique et Telephonique/ Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone CCL Connection/Cursor Control Language CCP Certified Computing Professional + Console Command Processor CCS Common Command Set + Common Communications Services + Common Communications Support + Continuous Composite Servo .CCS Color Calibration System (file name extension) CCSD Cellular Circuit-Switched Data CD Carrier Detect + Change Directory + Collision Detection + Color Display + Compact Disk C/D Control Data C2D Character To Decimal [REXX] CDA Compound document Architecture [DEC] .CDA CD Audio Track (file name extension) CDBT Compact Disk-Based Training CDC Control Data Corporation CD_CHRDY Card Channel Ready [IBM] CD-DA Compact Disk -Digital Audio CDDI Copper Distributed Data Interface CDE Common Desk Environment + Complex Data Entry CD-E Compact Disk - Erasable CDF Channel Definition Format .CDF Comma Delimited Format (file name extension) CDFS Compact Disc File System [Microsoft] CD+G Compact Disk plus Graphics CD-I Compact Disk - Interactive CDIA Certified document Imaging Architect CDL Computer Design Language CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CDMF Commercial Data Masking Facility [IBM] CD-MO Compact Disk - Magneto Optical CDOS Concurrent Disk Operating System CDP * Certificate In Data Processing (First certification for Computer Professionals) CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data CDR Call Detail Record + Call Detail Recording + Common Data Representation CD-R Compact Disk - Recordable CDRAM Cache DRAM CD-RDx Compact Disk - Read Only Memory Data Exchange Standard CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CD-ROM Compact Disk - Read Only Memory CD-RTOS Compact Disk - Real Time Operating System CD-RW Compact Disk - Re-Writable CDS Current Directory Structure CDSA Common Data Security Architecture CDSL Consumer Digital Subscriber Line [Rockwell] .CDT Corel Draw Template (file name extension) CD-V Compact Disk - Video CD-WO Compact Disk - Write Once .CDX Compound Index (file name extension) [Fox Pro] CD-XA Compact Disk - Extended Architecture CE Cache Enable + Chip Enable + Collision Elimination + Convert Enable CEG Continuous Edge Graphics CEI Conducted Electromagnetic Interference CELP Card Edge Low Profile (socket) [Intel] CEMS Constituent Electronic Mail System CEOP Conditional End Of Page CER Canonical Encoding Rules CERN The Europien Particle Physics Laboratory (initials originally from Conseil European pour la Recherche Nucleaire) CERT Computer Emergency Response Team CFB Cipher Feedback + Configurable Function Block .CFG Configuration (file name extension) CFM Code Fragment Manager [Macintosh] + Cubic Feet Per Minute CFML ColdFusion Markup Language CFR Computerized Facial Recognition CFS Caching/Common File System CFV Call For Votes [Bitnet] CG Control Gate CGA Color Graphics Adapter CGE Common Graphics Environment CGI Computer Generated Images + Computer Graphics Interface CGI-BIN Common Gateway Interface - Binary .CGM Computer Graphics Metafile (file name extension) + Graph (file name extension) [Lotus 1-2-3] [LDC] CGS Continuous-Grain Silicon CHAP Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAR Character CHAT Conversational Hypertext Access Technology [Internet] CHCK Channel Check CHCP Change Code Page CHDIR Change Directory CHFN Change Finger [Unix] CHGRP Change Group CHIPS Clearinghouse Interbank Payments System .CHK CHKDSK (file name extension) CHKDSK Check Disk CHMOD Change Mode CHOWN Change Owner CHP Chapter CHR Character CHRP Common Hardware Reference Platform CHS Cylinder Head Sector CHTML Compressed HTML CI Component Interface CIA Current Instruction Address CIAC Computer Incident Advisory Capability CICS/VS Customer Information Control System/ Virtual Storage [IBM] CID Charge-Injection Device + Configuration/Installation/Distribution CIDR Classless Inter-Domain Routing CIF Common Interchange/Intermediate Format + Crystallographic Information File + Customer Information Feed CIFS Common Internet File System CIM Common Information Model + CompuServe Information Manager + Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIO Chief Information Officer CIOCS Communication Input/Output Control System CIP Command Interface Port + Common Indexing Protocol CIR Committed Information Rate CIRC Circular Reference + Cross-Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code CIS Card Information Structure + Client Information System + CompuServe Information Service + Computer Information Systems + Contact Image Sensor + Customer Information System CISC Complex Instruction Set Computing CIT Computer-Integrated Telephony CIVR Computer and Interactive Voice Response CIX Commercial Internet Exchange + Compulink Information Exchange CJLI Command Job Language Interpreter CKD Count Key Data (device) CLAR Channel Local Address Register CLASS Client Access to Systems and Services + Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services + Custom Local-Area Signaling Services CLC Clear Carry Flag CLD Clear Direction Flag CLEC Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLI Call-Level Interface + Clear Interrupt Flag + Client Library Interface + Command Line Interface CLIB C Library CLID Calling Line Identification CLIST Command List CLK Clock CLNP Connectionless Network Protocol CLOS Common Lisp Object System CLP Cell Loss Priority + Constraint Logic Programming .CLP Clipboard (file name extension) [Windows] CLS Clear Screen CLSID Class Identifier CLTP Connectionless Transport Protocol CLTS Clear Task Switch Flag CLTV Constant Linear Time Velocity CLUI Command Line User Interface CLUT Color Look-Up Table CLV Constant Linear Velocity CM Centimeter + Control Mark + Corrective Maintenance CMA Concert Multi-thread Architecture CMC Common Mail Calls + Common Messaging Calls + Communication Management Configuration + Complement Carry Flag + Computer-Mediated Communication [Internet] CMD Circuit Mode Data .CMD Command (file name extension) CMF Creative Music Format CNIDR Clearinghouse for Network Information and Discovery and Retrieval [Internet] CMIP Common Management Information Protocol CMIS Common Management Information Services/System CML Chemical Markup Language + Conceptual Modelling Language + Computer Managed Learning + Current Mode Logic CMM Capability Maturity Model CMMS Computerized Maintenance Management Software CMMU Cache/Memory Management Unit [Motorola] CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor CMOV Conditional Move CMP Compare + Computer CMPS Compare word String CMS Code Management System + Compiler Monitor System + Conversation Monitor System CMVC Configuration Management Version Control [IBM] CMW Compartmented Mode Workstation CMY Cyan-Magenta-Yellow (color model) CMYK Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black (color model) CNA Certified NetWare/Network Administrator CNAPS Co-Processing Node Architecture for Parallel Systems CNC Computerized Numerical Control CNE Certified NetWare Engineer .CNF Configuration (file name extension) CNG Calling (tone) CNI Certified Novell Instructor [Novell] CNIDR Clearinghouse for Networked Information and Retrieval CNN Composite Network Node CNR Carrier to Noise Ratio CNSS Core Nodal Switching Subsystem [Internet] .CNT Contents (file name extension) CNV Conventional (pertaining to Memory) CNVT Convert CNX Certified Network Expert CO Central Office + Command Output + Convert Out COAST Card On A Stick (module) COAX Coaxial Cable COB Chip-On-Board .COB COBOL source code (file name extension) COBOL Common Business-oriented Language (See HLL) .COD Code List (file name extension) CODASYL * Conference on Data System Languages (Group that designed COBOL) CODE Client-Server Open Development Environment CODEC Coder/Decoder + Compression/Decompression COEM Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer COFF Common Object File Format [Unix] COGO Coordinate Geometry (Programming Language) COL Collision + Computer Oriented Language COLD Computer Output to Laser Disk COLL Collision COM Component Object Model [Microsoft] + Computer Output Microfilm .COM Command (file name extension) + Commercial Business (Domain Name) [Internet] COM1 First serial Port (asynchronous port) COM2 Second serial Port COM3 Third serial Port COM4 Fourth serial Port COMDEX Computer Dealers Exposition COMET Cornell Macintosh Terminal Emulator COMP Compare + Communications COMP. Computers [USENET Newsgroup Category] COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation CON Console (includes Keyboard and Screen) COND Condition CONFIG Configuration CONS Connection-Oriented Network Service CONTONE Continuous Tone COPICS Communications Oriented Production Information and Control System [IBM] COR Common Object Runtime CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture CoREN Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network COS Compatible Operating System COSE Combined Office Standard Environment + Common Open Software/Systems Environment COSMIC Computer Software Management and Information Center [NASA] COSMOS Computer System for Mainframe Operations COSS Common Object Services Specification COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf CP Copy Protected CPA Certified Public Accountant CPC Constant Point Calculation CPCS Check Processing Control System [IBM] CPE Central Processing Element + Customer Premises Equipment + Customer Provided Equipment .CPE Cover Page (file name extension) CPG Clock Pulse Generator CPI Characters Per Inch + Clock Per Instruction + Common Programming Interface [IBM] .CPI Code Page Information (file name extension) [MS-DOS] CPI-C Common Programming Interface for Communications [IBM] CPIO Copy In and Out [Unix] CPL Current Privilege Level .CPL Control Panel (file name extension) CPLD Complex Programmable Logic Device CPM Critical Path Method CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers [Digital Research] CPS Characters Per Second + Cycles Per Second CPT Command Pass Through CPU Central Processing Unit CPW Commercial Processing Workload [IBM] CR Carriage Return CRAM Cyberspatial Reality Advancement Movement CRAYON Create Your Own Newspaper CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check .CRD Cardfile (file name extension) + Chord (music file name extension) CREN Computer Research Education Network + Corporation for Research and Education Networking CRF Cable Retransmission Facility + Cross Reference File CRI Color Reproduction Indices CR/LF Carriage Return/Line Feed CRM Customer Relationship Management CROM Control Read Only Memory CRT Cathode Ray Tube CRTC CRT Controller CRUD Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete CS Chip Select + Clear to Send + Code Segment C/S Client/Server CSA Calendaring and Scheduling API [IBM] CSAR Channel System Address Register CSCW Computer Supported Cooperative Work CSD Circuit-Switched Data + Computer Services Department + Corrective Service Diskette [IBM] CSDS Circuit Switched Data Service CSE Certified System Engineer CSFI Communication Subsystem For Interconnection CSG Constructive Solid Geometry + Consulting Services Group [Lotus] CSI Command Sequence Introducer + CompuServe Incorporated CSID Call Subscriber ID CSL Computer Sensitive Language CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Interface Protocol [Internet] CSM Code Set Map (file) + Communications Services Manager CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Avoidance CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/with Collision Detection CSMS Customer Support Management System CSN Card-Select Number CSNET Computer Science Network CSO Central Services Organization CSP Certified Systems Professional + Chip-Scale Packaging + Commercial Service Provider + Commercial Subroutine Package + CompuCom Speed Protocol [CompuCom] + Communicating Sequential Processes + Cross System Product [IBM] CSPDN Circuit Switched Public Data Network CSRAM Custom Static RAM CSS * Continuous System Simulator (Language) CSS Cascading Style Sheet [Microsoft] + Contact Start-S CSSM Client-Server Systems Management [IBM] CS/SS Card Service/Socket Service CSTA Computer-Supported Telephony Applications CSU Channel Service/Switching Unit CSV Circuit-Switched Voice + Comma-Separated value/Variable + Common Services Verbs (interface) [Microsoft] C&T Chips and Technologies CTB Cipher Type Byte CTC Channel To Channel CTCP Client-To-Client Protocol CTI Computer-Telephony Integration CTOS Computerized Tomography Operating System + Convergent Technologies Ope