| |
|
| AP
| Access Point
|-
| API
| Application Programmers/Programming Interface
|-
| APIC
| Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
|-
| APM
| Advanced Power Management
|-
| ARP
| Address Resolution Protocol
|-
| ASCII
| American Standard Code for Information Interchange (dt. Amerikanische Standardkodierung für den Informationsaustausch)
|-
| ASIC
| Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
|-
| ASP
| Active Server Pages
|-
| ATA
| Advanced Technology (AT) Attachment
|-
| ATM
| Asynchronous Transfer Mode; Asynchronous Time Multiplexing
|-
| AVI
| Audio Video Interleaved
|}
B
{|
|-
| B2B
| Business-to-Business
|-
| B2C
| Business-to-Consumer
|-
| BASIC
| Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (Programmiersprache, die Abkürzung ist eigentlich keine)
|-
| BBS
| Bulletin Board System
|-
| BCC
| Blind Carbon Copy (dt. Blindkopie), Feld im Kopf einer E-Mail, das zusätzliche Adressaten enthält, die aber (anders als der/die Empfänger im To- und im CC-Feld) nicht den anderen Adressaten mitgeteilt werden.
|-
| BCD
| Binary Coded Decimal
|-
| BDC
| Backup Domain Controller
|-
| BGP
| Border Gateway Protocol
|-
| BIOS
| Basic Input Output System
|-
| BNC
| Bayonet Neill-Concelman
|-
| BOOTP
| Bootstrap Protocol
|-
| BSOD
| Blue Screen of Death (nur Windows)
|-
| BTX
| Balanced Technology Extended
|}
C
{|
|-
| CAD
| Computer Aided Design (Computergestütztes Design)
|-
| CAM
| Computer Aided Manufacturing
|-
| CAT
| Catalog Service
|-
| CC
| Carbon Copy (dt. Kohlepapierdurchschlag), Feld im Kopf einer E-Mail, das zusätzliche Adressaten enthält
|-
| CC/PP
| Composite Capability/Preference Profiles
|-
| CCD
| Charge-coupled Device
|-
| CD
| Compact Disc
|-
| CD-R
| Compact Disc Recordable
|-
| CD-ROM
| Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
|-
| CD-RW
| Compact Disc ReWriteable
|-
| CDE
| Common Desktop Environment
|-
| CDMA
| Code Division Multiple Access
|-
| CEPT
| Conference Europenne des Administrations des Postes et des Telecommunications
|-
| CGA
| Color Graphics Adapter
|-
| CGI
| Common Gateway Interface
|-
| CHAP
| Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
|-
| CICS
| Customer Information Control System (IBM Großrechner)
|-
| CIDR
| Classless Inter-Domain Routing
|-
| CIFS
| Common Internet File System
|-
| CIM
| Computer Integrated Manufacturing
|-
| CISC
| Complex Instruction Set Computing
|-
| CGI
| Common Gateway Interface
|-
| CLI
| Command Line Interface oder Call Level Interface
|-
| CMM
| Capability Maturity Model
|-
| CMOS
| Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (dt. Komplementärer Metall-Oxid-Halbleiter)
|-
| COBOL
| Common Business Oriented Language
|-
| COM
| Component Object Model
|-
| CORBA
| Common Object Request Broker Architecture
|-
| CPU
| Central Processing Unit (dt. Computer Zentraleinheit)
|-
| CRC
| Cyclic Redundancy Check, Verfahren zur Ermittlung von Übertragungsfehlern
|-
| CRT
| Cathode Ray Tube
|-
| CSA
| Common Scrambling Algorithmus
|-
| CSMA/CA
| Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance
|-
| CSMA/CD
| Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
|-
| CSS
| Cascading Style Sheets
|-
| CSS
| Content Scrambling System
|-
| CUPS
| Common Unix Printing System
|-
| CVS
| Concurrent Versioning System
|}
D
{|
|-
| DAT
| Digital Audio Tape
|-
| DAU
| Dümmster Anzunehmender User
|-
| DBMS
| Database Management System
|-
| DCE
| Distributed Computing Environment
|-
| DCOM
| Distributed COM
|-
| DCL
| Data Control Language
|-
| DCS
| Dynamic Channel Selection
|-
| DDC
| Display Data Channel
|-
| DDE
| Dynamic Data Exchange
|-
| DDL
| Data Definition Language
|-
| DDoS
| Distributed Denial of Service
|-
| DDR
| Double Data Rate
|-
| DDS
| Digital Data Storage
|-
| DDV
| Datendirektverbindung
|-
| DECT
| Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
|-
| DFS
| Dynamic Frequency Selection
|-
| DHCP
| Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
|-
| DHTML
| Dynamic HTML, Kombination von HTML und Javascript
|-
| DIMM
| Dual In-Line Memory Modules
|-
| DLL
| Dynamic Link Library
|-
| DMA
| Direct Memory Access (dt. Direkter Speicherzugriff), Methode zur Umgehung der CPU bei Speicherzugriffen von Peripheriegeräten aus
|-
| DMCA
| Digital Millenium Copyright Act
|-
| DML
| Data Manipulation Language
|-
| DMZ
| DeMilitarized Zone
|-
| DNS
| Domain Name System
|-
| DOM
| Document Object Model
|-
| DOS
| Disk Operating System
|-
| DoS
| Denial of Service
|-
| DRAM
| Dynamic RAM
|-
| DRL
| Data Retrieval Language
|-
| DRM
| Digital Rights Management
|-
| DSP
| Digital Signal Processor
|-
| DTD
| Document Type Definition
|-
| DTP
| Desktop-Publishing
|-
| DVB
| Digital Video Broadcasting
|-
| DVD
| Digital Versatile Disc
|-
| DVI
| Digital Video Interface
|-
| DWH
| Data Warehouse
|}
E
{|
|-
| EBCDIC
| Extended Binary Coded Decimals Interchange Code
|-
| ECMA
| European Computer Manufacturers Association
|-
| ECP
| Extended Capability Port
|-
| EDGE
| Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution
|-
| EDI
| Electronic Data Interchange
|-
| EDID
| Extended Display Identification Data
|-
| EEPROM
| Electrical Eraseable Programmable ROM
|-
| EGA
| Enhanced Graphics Adapter
|-
| EIB
| Europäischer Installationsbus
|-
| EIGRP
| Enhanced IGRP
|-
| EISA
| Extended ISA
|-
| EJB
| Enterprise Java Beans
|-
| EMS
| Expanded Memory Specification
|-
| EMV
| ElektroMagnetische Verträglichkeit
|-
| EOF
| End Of File
|-
| EOL
| End Of Line
|-
| EPP
| Enhanced Parallel Port
|-
| EPROM
| Eraseable Programmable ROM
|-
| ESQL
| Embedded SQL
|}
F
{|
|-
| FAT
| File Allocation Table
|-
| FDDI
| Fiber Distributed Data Interface
|-
| FDMA
| Frequency Division Multiple Access
|-
| FLOP
| Floating Point Operation
|-
| FLOPS
| Floating Point Operation per Second
|-
| FPGA
| Field-Programmable Gate Array
|-
| FPU
| Floating Point Unit (numerischer Coprozessor)
|-
| FPU
| Fuzzy Processing Unit (Fuzzy Logik)
|-
| FTP
| File Transfer Protocol
|}
G
{|
|-
| GBIC
| GigaBit Interface Converter
|-
| GC
| Garbage Collection/Collector
|-
| GCC
| GNU Compiler Collection
|-
| GML
| Geography Markup Language
|-
| GNU
| GNU's Not UNIX!
|-
| GNOME
| GNU Network Object Model Environment
|-
| GPL
| GNU General Public License
|-
| GPRS
| General Packet Radio Service
|-
| GPU
| Graphics Processing Unit
|-
| GRUB
| GRand Unified Boot-loader
|-
| GSM
| Global System for Mobile Communications
|-
| GTK
| GIMP Toolkit
|-
| GUI
| Graphical User Interface
|-
| GUID
| Globally Unique Identifier
|}
H
{|
|-
| HBCI
| HomeBanking Computer Interface
|-
| HDCP
| High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
|-
| HDLC
| High level Data Link Control
|-
| HDMI
| High Definition Multimedia Interface
|-
| HGC
| Hercules Graphics Card
|-
| HMA
| High Memory Area
|-
| HPFS
| High Performance File System
|-
| HSCSD
| High Speed Circuit Switched Data
|-
| HSRP
| Hot Standby Router Protocol
|-
| HT
| HyperThreading
|-
| HTML
| Hypertext Markup Language
|-
| HTPC
| Home Theater Personal Computer
|-
| HTTP
| HyperText Transport Protocol
|-
| HTTPS
| HyperText Transport Protocol + SSL
|}
I
{|
|-
| ICMP
| Internet Control Message Protocol
|-
| IP
| Internet Protocol
|-
| IDL
| Interface Definition Language
|-
| IDE
| Integrated Disk Electronic
|-
| IDMS
| Integrated Database Management System
|-
| IEEE
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
|-
| IGRP
| Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
|-
| IIOP
| Internet Inter-Orb Protocol
|-
| IMAP
| Internet Message Access Protocol
|-
| IMS
| Information Management System (IBM Großrechner)
|-
| IP
| Internet Protokoll
|-
| IPC
| InterProcess Communications
|-
| IPC
| Instructions Per Cycle
|-
| IPP
| Internet Printing Protocol
|-
| IPX
| Internetwork Packet Exchange
|-
| IRC
| Internet Relay Chat
|-
| IrDA
| Infrared Data Association
|-
| IRQ
| Interrupt Request
|-
| ISDN
| Integrated Services Digital Network
|-
| ISA
| Industry Standard Architecture
|-
| ISO
| International Organization for Standardization
|-
| ISP
| Internet Service Provider
|-
| IT
| InformationsTechnologie
|}
J
{|
|-
| JDBC
| Java DataBase Connectivity
|-
| JDK
| Java Development Kit
|-
| JFS
| Journaling File System
|-
| JMS
| Java Message Service
|-
| JPEG
| Joint Photographic Experts Group
|-
| JSF
| Java Server Faces
|-
| JSP
| JavaServer Pages
|-
| JVM
| Java Virtual Machine
|}
K
{|
|-
| KDE
| K Desktop Environment
|-
| KI
| Künstliche Intelligenz (en. AI)
|-
| KVM
| Keyboard Video Monitor
|}
L
{|
|-
| L2TP
| Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
|-
| LAMP
| Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP-Perl
|-
| LAN
| Local Area Network
|-
| LCD
| Liquid Crystal Display
|-
| LDAP
| Leightweight Directory Access Protocol
|-
| LED
| Light Emitting Diode
|-
| LILO
| LInux LOader
|-
| LISP
| LISt Processor (dt. Listenverarbeiter) Programmiersprache
|-
| LLC
| Logical Link Control
|-
| LUN
| Logical Unit Number
|}
M
{|
|-
| MAC
| Media Access Control
|-
| MAN
| Metropolitan Area Network
|-
| MBR
| Master Boot Record
|-
| MCA
| Micro Channel Architecture
|-
| MHP
| Multimedia Home Platform
|-
| MIDS
| Multi Functional Information Distribution System
|-
| MIME
| Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
|-
| MMS
| Multimedia Messaging Service
|-
| MMU
| Memory Management Unit
|-
| MMX
| Multimedia Extension
|-
| MPEG
| Moving Picture Experts Group
|-
| MPLS
| Multiprotocol Label Switching
|-
| MRAM
| Magnetic RAM
|-
| MTA
| Mail Transfer Agent
|-
| MTU
| Maximum Transfer Unit
|-
| MUA
| Mail User Agent
|}
N
{|
|-
| NAS
| Network Attached Storage
|-
| NAT
| Network Address Translation
|-
| NDS
| Novell Directory Services
|-
| NGSC
| Next Generation Secure Computing Base
|-
| NIC
| Networked Information Center
|-
| NIC
| Network Interface Card
|-
| NFS
| Network File System
|-
| NNTP
| Network News Transport Protocol
|-
| NTFS
| New Technology File System
|-
| NVRAM
| Non Volatile RAM
|}
O
{|
|-
| OCR
| Optical Character Recognition
|-
| ODBC
| Open DataBase Connectivity - Eine universelle Datenbankschnittstelle
|-
| ODMG
| Object Database Management Group
|-
| OEM
| Original Equipment Manufacturer
|-
| OFDM
| Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
|-
| OGC
| OpenGIS Consortium
|-
| OLAP
| Online Analytical Processing
|-
| OLTP
| OnLine Transaction Processing
|-
| OLE
| Object Linking and Embedding
|-
| OOP
| Objektorientierte Programmierung
|-
| OODBMS
| Object-Oriented DataBase Management System (Objektorientiertes Datenbanksystem)
|-
| OQL
| Object Query Language (Abfragefrage für OODBMS)
|-
| ORDBMS
| Object-Relational DataBase Management System (Objektrelationales Datenbanksystem)
|-
| OS
| Operating System (Betriebssystem)
|-
| OSPF
| Open Shortest Path First
|-
| OSS
| Open Source Software (Software, deren Quelltext öffentlich zugänglich ist)
|-
| OWS
| OpenGIS Consortium Web Services
|}
P
{|
|-
| P2P
| Peer to Peer
|-
| PAL
| Programmable Array Logic
|-
| PAP
| Password Authentication Protocol
|-
| PBCC | Packet Binary Convolution Coding |- | PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |- | PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |- | PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |- | PDC | Primary Domain Controller |- | PERL | Practical Extraction and Report Language |- | PHP | PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor |- | PIC | Programmable Interrupt Controller |- | PLA | Programmable Logic Array |- | PNG | Portable Network Graphics |- | PnP | Plug and Play |- | POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface for UniX |- | POP3 | Post Office Protocol Version 3 |- | PPD | Postscript Printer Description |- | PPP | Point to Point Protocol |- | PPPoE | PPP over Ethernet |- | PPTP | Point to Point Tunneling Protocol |- | PS | PostScript |}
| QoS
| Qualtity of Service
|}
| RARP
| Reverse ARP
|-
| RAS
| Remote Access Service
|-
| RDBMS
| Relational DataBase Management System (Relationales Datenbanksystem)
|-
| RDF
| Resource Description Framework
|-
| REU
| RAM Expansion Unit
|-
| RFC
| Request for Comments
|-
| RGB
| Red Green Blue (Rot Grün Blau)
|-
| RIMM
| Rambus In-Line Memory Modul
|-
| RIP
| Raster Image Process
|-
| RIP
| Routing Information Protocol
|-
| RISC
| Reduced Instruction Set Computing
|-
| RMI
| Remote Method Invocation
|-
| ROM
| Read Only Memory
|-
| RPC
| Remote Procedure Call
|}
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Q
{|
|-R
{|
|-
| RAD
| Rapid Application Development
|-
| RAID
| Redundant Array of Inexpensive / Independent Disks
|-
| RAM
| Random Access Memory
|-S
{|
|-
| SACD
| Super-Audio-CD
|-
| SAN
| Storage Area Network
|-
| SANE
| Scanner Access Now Easy
Standard Apple Numeric Environment
|-
| SATA
| Serial ATA
|-
| SAX
| Simple API for XML
|-
| SCAM
| SCSI Configuration AutoMatically
|-
| SCSI
| Small Computers System Interface
|-
| SDK
| Software Development Kit
|-
| SDL
| Service Description Language
|-
| SDSL
| Symmetric/Single line Digital Subscriber Line / Variante von DSL
|-
| SGML
| Standard Generalized Markup Language
|-
| SIMD
| Single-Instruction Multiple-Data
|-
| SIMM
| Single In-line Memory Module
|-
| SIP
| Session Initiation Protocol
|-
| SIP
| Sideway Information Passing
|-
| SLD
| Styled Layer Descriptor
|-
| SLIP
| Serial Line Internet Protocol
|-
| SLR
| Scalable Linear Recording
|-
| SMB
| Server Message Block
|-
| SMIL
| Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
|-
| SML
| Standard Meta Language
|-
| SMP
| Symmetric Multi-Processing
|-
| SMS
| Short Message Service
|-
| SMTP
| Simple Mail Transport Protocol
|-
| SNA
| Systems Network Architecture (IBM Großrechner)
|-
| SNMP
| Simple Network Management Protocol
|-
| SOAP
| Simple Object Access Protocol
|-
| SQL
| Structured Query Language, (dt. Strukturierte Abfragesprache) Datenbankabfragesprache
|-
| SRAM
| Static RAM
|-
| SSH
| Secure SHell
|-
| SSI
| Server Side Includes
|-
| SSID
| Service Set IDentifier
|-
| SSL
| Secure Sockets Layer
|-
| STFU
| Shut the fuck up
|-
| STFW
| Search the fucking web
|-
| SVCD
| Super Video Compact Disc
|-
| SVG
| Scalable Vector Graphics
|-
| SVGA
| Super Video Graphics Array
|}T
{|
|-
| TCL
| Tool Command Language (dt. Werkzeugsprache) Programmiersprache
|-
| TCO
| Total Cost of Ownership
|-
| TCPA
| Trusted Computer Platform Architecture
|-
| TCP/IP
| Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (Übertragungs steuerungs Protokoll/Internet Protokoll)
|-
| TDMA
| Time Division Multiple Access
|-
| TFT
| Thin Film Transistor
|-
| TFTP
| Trivial FTP
|-
| TPC
| Transmit Power Control
|-
| TPM
| Trusted Platform Module
|-
| TTL
| Time to live (Computernetzwerke) oder Transistor-Transistor-Logik
|-
| TWAIN
| Toolkit Without An Interesting Name (Standard zum Austausch von Daten zwischen Bildeingabegeräten)
|}U
{|
|-
| UART
| Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
|-
| UDP
| User Datagram Protocol
|-
| UDF
| Universal Disc Format
|-
| UFS
| UNIX File System
|-
| UMB
| Upper Memory Block
|-
| UML
| Unified Modeling Language
|-
| UMTS
| Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
|-
| UPnP
| Universal Plug and Play
|-
| URI
| Uniform Resource Identifier
|-
| URL
| Uniform Resource Locator
|-
| USB
| Universal Serial Bus
|-
| USV
| Unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung
|-
| UTF
| UCS Transformation Format
|-
| UXGA
| Ultra Extended Graphics Array
|}
V
{|
|-
| VB
| Visual Basic
|-
| VBA
| Visual Basic for Applications
|-
| VBS
| Visual Basic Script
|-
| VESA
| Video Electronics Standards Association
|-
| VDSL
| Very High Data Rate DSL / Variante von DSL
|-
| VGA
| Video Graphics Array
|-
| VLAN
| virtual LAN
|-
| VLB
| Vesa Local Bus
|-
| VoIP
| Voice over IP
|-
| VPN
| Virtual Private Network
|-
| VRAM
| Video RAM
|}
W
{|
|-
| W3C
| World Wide Web Consortium
|-
| WAIS
| Wide Area Information Servers
|-
| WAMP
| Windows-Apache-MySQL-PHP-Perl
|-
| WAN
| Wide Area Network
|-
| WAP
| Wireless Application Protocol
|-
| WCS
| Web Coverage Service
|-
| WDDX
| Web Distributed Data Exchange
|-
| WEP
| Wired Equivalent Privacy
|-
| WFS
| Web Feature Service
|-
| WIDL
| Web Interface Definition Language
|-
| WINE
| WINE Is Not an Emulator
|-
| WINS
| Windows Internet Name Service
|-
| WLAN
| Wireless Local Area Network (Kabelloses Lokales Netzwerk)
|-
| WML
| Wireless Markup Language
|-
| WMS
| Web Map Service
|-
| WOL
| Wake on LAN
|-
| WORM
| Write Once Read Multiple
|-
| WPA
| Wi-Fi Protected Access
|-
| WSH
| Windows Scripting Host
|-
| WWW
| World Wide Web
|-
| WYSIWYG
| What You See Is What You Get (sprich: wei-szi-wig) (dt. Was du siehst ist was du bekommst), Bezeichnung für graphische Editoren und Textverarbeitungsprogramme, bei denen das gedruckte Ergebnis genau so aussieht wie auf dem Bildschirm
|-
| WYSISLWYG
| What You See Is Sort-of Like What You Get (sprich: wiesel-wig) (dt. Was Du siehst ist irgendwie so ähnlich wie das, was du bekommst), zynische Bezeichnung für WYSIWYG-Programme, die nicht halten, was sie versprechen
|}
X
{|
|-
| XGA
| eXtended Graphics Array
|-
| XHTML
| eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language (HTML-Nachfolger)
|-
| XML
| eXtensible Markup Language, dt. erweiterbare "Beschreibungssprache" (wird so nicht verwendet)
|-
| XML-RPC
| eXtensible Markup Language Remote Procedure Call (Protokoll für verteilte Anwendungen)
|-
| XMS
| Extended Memory Specification
|-
| XSD
| XML-Schema Definition
|-
| XSL
| eXtensible Stylesheet Language
|-
| XSLT
| XSL Transformations
|}
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