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414 Cards in this Set
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ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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Bit |
Binary digit |
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CASE |
Computer-aided system engineering |
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CCTV |
Closed-circuit television |
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CPU |
Central processing unit
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DBA |
Database Administrator
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DBMS |
Database management system
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EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange
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FTP |
File Transfer Protocol
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HTTP |
Hypertext Transmission Protocol |
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HTTPS |
Secured Hypertext Transmission Protocol |
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ID |
Identification |
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IDS |
Intrusion detection system
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IP |
Internet Protocol |
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IS |
Information Systems
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ISO |
International Organization for Standardization
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IT |
Information Technology
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LAN |
Local area network |
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PBX |
Private branch (business) exchange |
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PC |
Personal computer/microcomputer |
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PCR |
Program change request |
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PERT |
Program Evaluation Review Technique |
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PIN |
Personal Identification Number |
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PKI |
Public key infrastructure |
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RAID |
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
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RFID |
Radio frequency identification |
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SDLC |
System development life cycle
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SSL |
Secure Sockets Layer |
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TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
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UPS |
Uninterruptible power supply |
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WAN |
Wide are network` |
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4GL |
4th generation language |
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ACID |
Atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability |
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ACL |
Access control list |
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AES |
Advanced Encrytion Standard |
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AH |
Authentication header |
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AI |
Artificial intelligence |
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AICPA |
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
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ALE |
Annual loss expectancy |
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ALU |
Arithmetic-logic unit |
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ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
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API |
Application programming interface |
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ARP |
Address Resolution Protocol |
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ASIC |
Application-specific integrated circuit |
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ATDM |
Asynchronous time division multiplexing |
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ATM |
Asynchronous Transfer Mode/ Automated Teller Machine |
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B-to-B |
Business-to-business |
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B-to-C |
Business to consumer |
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B-to-E |
Business to employee |
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B-to-G |
Business to government |
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BCI |
Business Continuity Institute |
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BCM |
Business continuity management |
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BCP |
Business continuity plan/planning |
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BDA |
Business dependency assessment |
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BI |
Business Intelligence |
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BIA |
Business impact analysis |
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BIMS |
Biometric Information Management and Security |
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BIOS |
Basic input/Output System |
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BIS |
Bank for International Settlements |
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BLP |
Bypass label process |
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BNS |
Backbone network services |
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BOM |
Bill of materials |
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BOMP |
Bill of materials processor |
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BPR |
Business process reengineering |
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BRP |
Business recovery (or resumption) pan |
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BSC |
Balanced scorecard |
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C-to-G |
Consumer to government |
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CA |
Certified authority |
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CAAT |
Computer-assisted audit technique |
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CAD |
Computer-assisted design |
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CAE |
Computer-assisted engineering |
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CAM |
Computer-aided manufacturing |
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CCK |
Complementary Code Keying |
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CCM |
Constructive Cost Model |
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CD |
Compact Disk |
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CD-R |
Compact-disk recordable |
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CD-RW |
Compact-disk rewritable |
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CDDF |
Call Data Distribution Function |
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CDPD |
Cellular Digital Packet Data |
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CERT |
Computer emergency response team |
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CGI |
Common gateway interface |
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CIA |
Confidentiality, integrity and availability |
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CIAC |
Computer Incident Advisory Capability |
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CICA |
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants |
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CIM |
Computer-integrated manufacturing |
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CIS |
Continuous and intermittent simulation |
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CISO |
Chief Information Security Officer |
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CMDB |
Configuration management database |
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CMM |
Capability Maturity Model |
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CMMI |
Capability Maturity Model Integration |
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CNC |
Computerized Numeric Control |
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COCOMO2 |
Constructive Cost Model |
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CODASYL |
Conference on Data Systems Language |
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COM |
Component Object Model |
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COM/DCOM |
Component Object Model/Distributed Component Object Model |
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COOP |
Continuity of operations plan |
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CORBA |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
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CoS |
Class of service |
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COSO |
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission |
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CPM |
Critical Path Methodology |
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CPO |
Chief Privacy Officer
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CPS |
Certification practice statement |
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CRC |
Cyclic redundancy check |
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CRL |
Certificate revocation list |
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CRM |
Customer relationship management |
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CSA |
Control self-assessment |
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CSF |
Critical success factor |
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CSIRT |
Computer security incident response team |
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CSMA/CA |
Carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance |
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CSMA/CD |
Carrier sense Multiple access/collision detection |
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CSO |
Chief Security Officer |
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CSU-DSU |
Channel service unit/ digital service unit |
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DAC |
Discretionary access control |
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DASD |
Direct access storage device |
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DAT |
Digital audio tape |
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DBMS |
Database management system |
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DCE |
Data communications equipment/ Distributed computing environment |
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DCOM |
Distributed Component Object Model |
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DCT |
Discrete Cosine Transform |
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DD/DS |
Data dictionary/Directory system |
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DDL |
Data Definition Language |
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DDN |
Digital Divide Network |
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DDoS |
Distributed denial of service |
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DECT |
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications |
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DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
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DFD |
Data flow diagram |
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DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
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DID |
Direct inward dial |
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DIP |
Document image processing |
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DLL |
Dynamic link library |
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DMS |
Disk management system |
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DMZ |
Demilitarized zone |
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DNS |
Domain name system
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DoS |
Denial of Service |
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DRII |
Disaster Recovery Institute International |
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DRM |
Digital rights management |
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DRP |
Disaster recovery plan |
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DSL |
Digital Subscriber lines |
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DSS |
Decision support systems |
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DSSS |
Direct sequence spread spectrum |
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DTE |
Data terminal equipment |
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DTR |
Data terminal ready |
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DVD |
Digital video disc |
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DVD-HD |
Digital video disc-high definition/ high density |
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DW |
Data warehouse |
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EA |
Enterprise Architecture |
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EAC |
Estimates at completion |
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EAI |
Enterprise application integration |
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EAM |
Embedded audit module |
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EAP |
Extensible Authentication Protocol |
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EBCDIC |
Exteneded Binary-coded for Decimal Interchange code |
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EC |
Electronic commerce |
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ECC |
Elliptical Curve Cryptography |
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EDFA |
Enterprise data flow architecture |
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EDI |
Electronic data interchange |
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EER |
Equal-error rate |
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EFT |
Electronic Funds Transfer |
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EIGRP |
Enhance Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
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EJB |
Enterprise Java beans |
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EMI |
Electromagnetic interference |
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EMRT |
Emergency response time |
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ERD |
Entity relationship diagram |
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ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
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ESP |
Encapsulating security payload |
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EVA |
Earned value analysis |
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FAR |
False-acceptance rate |
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FAT |
File allocation table |
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FC |
Fibre channels |
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FDDI |
Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
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FDM |
Frequency division multiplexing |
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FEA |
Federal enterprise architecture |
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FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Association (USA) |
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FER |
Failure-to-enroll rate |
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FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (USA) |
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FFIEC |
Federal Financial Regulatory Examination Council (USA) |
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FFT |
Fast Fourier Transform |
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FHSS |
Frequency-hopping spread spectrum |
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FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standards |
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FP |
Function point |
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FPA |
Function point analysis |
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FRAD |
Frame relay assembler/disassembler |
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FRB |
Federal Reserve Board (USA) |
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FRR |
False-rejection rate |
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GAS |
Generalized audit software |
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Gb |
Gigabit |
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GB |
Gigabyte |
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GID |
Group ID |
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GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
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GPS |
Global positioning system |
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GSM |
Global system for mobile communications |
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GUI |
Graphical user interface |
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HA |
High availability |
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HD-DVD |
High definition/ high-density- digital video disc |
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HDLC |
high-level data link control |
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HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (USA) |
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HIPO |
Hierarchy input-process-output |
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HMI |
Human machine interfacing |
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HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
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HW/SW |
Hardware/Software |
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I/O |
Input/Output |
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I&A |
Identification and authentication |
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ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
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ICT |
Information and communication technologies |
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IDE |
Integrated development environment |
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IDEFIX |
Integration Definition for Information Modeling |
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IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
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IMS |
Integrated manufacturing systems |
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IPF |
Information processing facility |
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IPL |
Initial program load |
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IPMA |
International Project Management Association |
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IPRs |
Intellectual property rights |
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IPS |
Intrusion prevention system |
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IPSec |
IP Security |
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IPX |
Internetwork Packet Exchange |
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IR |
Incident response |
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IRC |
Internet relay chat |
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IrDA |
Infrared Data Association |
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IRM |
Incident Response Management |
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IS/DRP |
IS Disaster recovery planning |
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ISAKMP/Oakley |
Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol/Oakley |
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ISAM |
Indexed Sequential Access Method |
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ISDN |
Integrated services digital network |
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ISP |
Internet service provider |
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ITF |
Integrated test facility |
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ITGI |
IT Governance Institute |
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ITIL |
Information Technology Infrastructure Library |
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ITSM |
IT Service Management |
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ITT |
Invitation to tender |
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ITU |
International Telecommunications Union |
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IVR |
Interactive voice response |
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JIT |
Just in time |
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Kb |
Kilobit |
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KB |
Kilobyte |
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KB |
Knowledge Base |
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KGI |
Key goal indicator |
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KPI |
Key performance indicator |
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L2TP |
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol |
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LCP |
Link Control Protocol |
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M&A |
Mergers and acquisition |
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MAC |
Mandatory access control/ Message authentication code |
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MAC Address |
Media Access Control Address |
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MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
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MAP |
Manufacturing accounting and Production |
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MIS |
Management Information System |
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MODEM |
Modulator/Demodulator |
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MOS |
Maintenance Out of Service |
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MPLS |
Multiprotocol label switching |
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MRP |
Manufacturing resources planning |
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MSAUs |
Multistation access units |
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MTBF |
Mean time between failures |
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MTS |
Microsoft's Transaction Server |
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MTTR |
Mean time to repair |
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NAP |
Network Access Point |
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NAS |
Network access server/ Network attached storage |
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NAT |
Network address translation |
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NCP |
Network Control Protocol |
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NDA |
Nondisclosure agreement |
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NFPA |
National Fire Protection Agency (USA) |
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NFS |
Network File System |
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NIC |
Network Interface Card |
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NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA) |
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NNTP |
Network News Transfer Protocol |
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NSP |
Name Server Protocol/ Network Server Provider |
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NT |
New Technology |
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NTFS |
NT file system |
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NTP |
Network Time Protocol |
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OBS |
Object Breakdown Structure |
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OCSP |
Online Certificate Status Protocol |
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ODC |
On-Demand computing |
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OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and development |
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OEP |
Occupant emergency plan |
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OLAP |
Online analytical processing |
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OOSD |
Object-oriented system development |
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ORB |
Object request broker |
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OS |
Operating System |
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OSI |
Open Systems Interconnection |
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OSPF |
Open Shortest Path First |
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PAD |
Packet assembler/disassembler |
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PAN |
Personal area network |
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PBX |
private branch exchange |
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PDCA |
Plan-do-check-act |
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PDN |
Public data network |
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PER |
Package-enabled reengineering |
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PICS |
Platform for Internet Content Selection |
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PID |
Process ID/Project initiation document |
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PKI |
Public key infastructure |
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PLC |
Programmable logic controllers |
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PMBOK |
Project Management Body of Knowledge |
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PMI |
Project Management Institute |
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POC |
Proof of concept |
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POP |
Proof of possession |
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POS |
Point of sale |
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POTS |
Plain old telephone service |
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PPP |
Point-to-point protocol |
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PPPoE |
Point-to-point protocol over Ethernet |
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PPTP |
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
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PR |
Public relations |
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PRD |
Project request document |
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PRINCE2 |
Projects in Controlled Environments 2 |
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PROM |
Programmable Read-only Memory |
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PSTN |
Public switched telephone network |
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PVC |
Permanent virtual circuit |
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QA |
Quality assurance |
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QAT |
Quality assurance testing |
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RA |
Registration authority |
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RAD |
Rapid application development |
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RADIUS |
Remote Access Dial-in User Service |
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RAID |
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
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RAM |
Random access memory |
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RAS |
Remote access service |
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RBAC |
Role-based access control |
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RDBMS |
Relationship database management system |
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RF |
Radio frequencies |
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RFI |
Request for Information |
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RFP |
Request for proposal |
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RIP |
Routing Information Protocol |
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RMI |
Remote method invocation |
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ROI |
Return on investment |
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ROLAP |
Relational online analytical processing |
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ROM |
Read-only memory |
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RPC |
Remote procedure call |
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RPO |
Recovery point objective |
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RSN |
Robust secure network |
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RST |
reset |
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RTO |
Recovery time objective |
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RTU |
Remote terminal unit |
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RW |
Rewritable |
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S/HTTP |
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
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S/MIME |
Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
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SA |
Security Association |
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SAN |
The SANS institute |
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SANS |
SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security |
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SAS |
Statement on Auditing Standards |
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SBC |
Session border controller |
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SCADA |
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
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SCARF |
Systems Control Audit Review File |
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SCARF/EAM |
Systems Control Audit Review File and Embedded Audit Modules |
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SCM |
Supply chain management |
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SCOR |
Supply chain operations reference |
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SDLC |
System development life cycle |
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SD/MMC |
Secure digital multimedia card |
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SDO |
Service delivery objective |
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SEC |
Securities and Exchange Commission (USA) |
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SET |
Secure electronic transactions |
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SIP |
Service improvement plan |
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SLA |
Service level agreement |
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SLIP |
Serial Line Internet Protocol |
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SLM |
Service Level Management |
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SLOC |
Source lines of code |
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SMART |
Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely |
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SME |
Subject Matter expert |
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SMF |
System management facility |
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SMTP |
Simple Mail Transport Protocol |
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SNA |
Systems network Architecture |
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SNMP |
Simple Network Management Protocol |
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SO |
Security Officer |
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SOA |
Service-oriented architectures |
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SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocol |
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SOHO |
Small office-home office |
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SOW |
Statement of work |
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SPI |
Security parameter index |
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SPICE |
Software Process Improvement and Capability determination |
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SPOC |
Single point of contact |
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SPOOL |
Simultaneous peripheral operations online |
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SQL |
Structured Query Language |
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SSH |
Secure Shell |
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SSID |
Service Set identifier |
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SSO |
Single sign-on |
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SVC |
Switched virtual circuits |
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SYSGEN |
System generation |
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TACACS |
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System |
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TCO |
Total cost of ownership |
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TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
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TCP/UDP |
Transmission Control Protocol/User Datagram Protocol |
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TDM |
Time-division multiplexing |
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TELNET |
Teletype network |
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TES |
Terminal emulation software |
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TFTP |
Trivial File Transport Protocol |
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TKIP |
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
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TLS |
Transport layer security |
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TMS |
Tape management system |
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TP monitors |
Transaction processing monitors |
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TQM |
Total Quality Management |
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TR |
Technical Report |
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UAT |
User acceptance testing |
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UBE |
Unsolicited bulk email |
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UDDI |
Universal description, discovery and integration |
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UDP |
User Datagram Protocol |
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UID |
User ID |
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UML |
Unified Modeling Language |
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URI |
Uniform resource identifier |
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URL |
Uniform resource locator |
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URN |
Uniform resource name |
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USB |
Universal Serial Bus |
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VLAN |
Virtual Local Area Network |
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VoIP |
Voice-over IP |
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VPN |
Virtual private network |
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WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
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WBS |
Work breakdown structure |
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WEP |
Wired Equivalent Privacy |
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WLAN |
Wireless local are network |
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WML |
Wireless Markup Language |
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WORM |
Write Once and Read Many |
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WP |
Work Package |
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WPA |
Wi-Fi Protected Access |
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WPAN |
Wireless Personal Area Network |
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WSDL |
Web Services Description Language |
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WWAN |
Wireless wide area network |
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X-to-X |
Exchange-to-exchange |
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XBRL |
Extensible Business Reporting Language |
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XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
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XOR |
Exclusive-OR |
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Xquery |
XML query |
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XSL |
Extensible Stylesheet Language |
