- ABIOS
Advanced Basic Input/Output System
- ACK
Acknowledgement
- ACL
Access Control List
- ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
- AD
Active Directory
- ADS
Active Directory Service
- ADSI
Active Directory Services Interface
- ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
- ADU
Automatic Dialing Unit
- AFAIK
As Far As I Know (Slang)
- AFK
Away from Keyboard
- AFP
AppleTalk File Protocol
- AGP
Accellerated Graphics Port
- AHCI
Advanced Host Controller Interface
- AI
Artificial Intelligence
- AIM
- AJAX
Asynchronous Javascript and XML
- AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
- AMI
American Megatrends Inc.
- ANSI
American National Standards Institute
- AOD
Audio On Demand
- AOL
America On-Line
- APU
Accelerated Processing Unit
- AR
Augmented Reality
- ARM
Advanced RISC Machine
- ARP
Address Resolution Protocol
- ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency
- ARPANET
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
- ASAP
As Soon As Possible (Slang)
- ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ATA
Advanced Technology Attachment (Interface)
- ATAPI
AT Attachment Packet Interface
- ATM
Automated/Automatic Teller Machine
- ATOM
Advanced Terminal for Operation and Maintenance
- AT&T
American Telephone & Telegraph
- ATX
Advanced Technology Extended
- AUX
Auxiliary
- AWS
Amazon Web Services
- B2A
Business-To-Administration
- B2B
Business To Business
- B2C
Business To Consumer
- B2E
Business To Employee
- B2P
Business To Private
- BASIC
Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
- BCC
Blind Carbon Copy
- BI
Business Intelligence
- BIC
Bank Identifier Code
- BIND
Berkeley Internet Name Domain
- BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
- BLOB
Binary Large Object
- BOF
Begin Of File
- BPM
Business Process Management
- CAD
Computer Aided Design
- CAL
Client Access License
- CC
Carbon Copy
- CCC
Chaos Computer Club
- CD
Compact Disc
- CD-DA
Compact Disk - Digital Audio
- CD-R
Compact Disk Recordable
- CD-ROM
Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
- CD-RW
Compact Disk Re-Writable
- CDU
Central Data Unit
- CES
Consumer Electronics Show
- CGA
Color Graphics Adapter
- CGI
Common Gateway Interface
- CHAP
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
- CI
Continuous Integration
- CIFS
Common Internet File System
- CLIP
Calling Line Identification Presentation
- CLIR
Calling/Connected Line Identification Restriction
- CLSID
Class Identifier
- CMOS
Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- CMS
Content Management System
- CMYK
- CN
Common Name
- CPU
Central Processing Unit
- CRM
Customer Relationship Management
- CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
- CTI
Computer Telephony Integration
- DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- DAT
Digital Audio Tape
- DB
Datenbank
- DC
Domain Controller
- DDNS
Dynamic Domain Name System
- DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service
- DDR
Double Data Rate
- DECT
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
- DENIC
Deutsches Network Information Center
- DER
Distinguished Encoding Rules
- DES
Data Encryption Standard
- DFS
Distributed File Service
- DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DHTML
Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language
- DIMM
Dual Inline Memory Module
- DKIM
Domain Keys Identified Mail
- DLL
Dynamic Link Library
- DLP
Data Loss Prevention
- DMA
Direct Memory Access
- DMS
Dokumentenmanagementsystem (Document Management System)
- DMZ
Demilitarized Zone (Demilitarisierte Zone)
- DN
Distinguished Name
- DND
Do Not Disturb (Slang)
- DNG
Digital Negative (format)
- DNS
Domain Name System
- DOCSIS
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
- DOM
Document Object Model
- DOS
Disk Operating System
- dpi
Dots per Inch
- DRM
Digital Rights Management
- DRS
Directory Replication Service (Microsoft)
- DSN
Data Source Name
- DSP
Digital Signal Processor
- DTMF
Dual Tone Modulated Frequency
- DTV
Digital Television
- DUN
Dial-Up Network
- DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting
- DVD
Digital Versatile Disc
- DVD-R
Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory
- DVD-RW
Digital Versatile Disk Re-Writable
- DVI
Digital Video Interactive
- EC
Electronic Cash
- ECC
Error Correction Code
- EDP
Electronic Data Processing
- EDV
Elektronische Datenverarbeitung
- EFI
Extensible Firmware Interface
- EFS
Encrypting File System
- EHCI
Enhanced Host Controller Interface
- EMEA
Europe - Middle East - Africa
- EOA
End Of Address
- EOB
End Of Block
- EOF
End Of File
- EOL
End Of Line
- EOM
End Of Message
- EPI
Enhanced Parallel Interface
- EPP
Enhanced Parallel Port
- EPS
Encapsulated Post-Script
- ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
- ESC
Escape
- EULA
End User License Agreement
- EVA
Eingabe - Verarbeitung - Ausgabe
- exFAT
Extended File Allocation Table
- EXIF
Exchangeable Image File Format for Digital Still Cameras
- FAQ
Frequently Asked Question
- FDD
Floppy Disk Drive
- FSMO
Flexible Single Master Operation
- GAC
- GB
Gigabyte
- Gbps
Gigabits per second
- GIMP
GNU Image Manipulation Program
- GLONASS
Global Navigation Satellite System
- GPL
General Public License (GNU)
- GPRS
General Packet Radio Service
- GPS
Global Positioning System
- GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
- GSM
Global System for Mobile Communications
- HBCI
Home Banking Computer Interface
- HCI
Host Controller Interface
- HDD
Hard Disk Drive
- HDMI
High Definition Multimedia Interface
- HDR
High Dynamic Range
- HDTV
High Definition Television
- I/O
Input/Output
- I2C
Inter-Integrated Circuit
- IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
- IBAN
International Bank Account Number
- ICANN
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics
- IDM
Identity Management
- IDN
Identification Number
- IGP
Integrated Graphics Processor
- IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol
- IMEI
International Mobile Equipment Identifier
- IMG
Image
- IP
Internet Protocol
- IPSEC
Internet Protocol Security Protocol
- IPV4
Internet Protocol Version 4
- IPV6
Internet Protocol Version 6
- IPX
Internetwork Packet Exchange
- ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
- ISIN
International Securities Identification Number
- ISO
International Standardization Organization
- ISP
Internet Service Provider
- ISSN
International Standard Serial Number
- IT
Information Technology
- J2EE
Java Platform - Enterprise Edition
- JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
- JRE
Java Runtime Environment
- JSON
JavaScript Object Notation
- kB
Kilobyte
- kbps
Kilobits per second
- kHz
Kilohertz
- L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
- LAG
Link Aggregate Group
- LAMP
- LAN
Local Area Network
- LBA
Logical Block Addressing
- LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
- LF
Line Feed
- LUN
Logical Unit Number
- MAC
Macintosh
- MB
Megabyte
- MBR
Master Boot Record
- Mbyte
Megabyte
- MDA
Mail Delivery Agent
- MPEG
Motion Picture Experts Group
- MS-DOS
Microsoft Disk Operating System
- MWI
Message Waiting Indicator
- NAS
Network Attached Storage
- NDA
Non Disclosure Agreement
- NetBEUI
- NetBIOS
Network Basic Input/Output System
- NTBA
Network Terminator Basicrate Access (
ISDN-Netzbasisanschluss)
- NTFS
New Technology File System
- NTP
Network Time Protocol
- NVRAM
Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
- ODSI
Open Directory Service Interface
- OSM
Open Street Map
- P2P
Peer To Peer
- PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
- PCI-X
Peripheral Component Interface Extension
- PCIE
Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (Bus)
- PDF
Portable Document Format
- PEARL
Process and Experiment Automation Realtime Language
- PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
- PHP
Hypertext Preprocessor
- PKI
Public
Key Infrastructure
- PoE
- POP3
Post Office Protocol Version 3
- PPI
- PPP
Point-to-Point Protocol
- PPPOE
- PPTP
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
- PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
- PTR
- RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Drives
- RAM
Random Access Memory
- RAS
Remote Access Server
- RDP
- RDS
Remote Data Services
- REGEX
Regular Expression
- RFC
Request For Comments
- RGB
Red-Green-Blue
- RMA
Return Merchandise Authorization
- ROM
Read Only Memory
- RPC
Remote Procedure Call
- S/MIME
Secure / Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- S/N
Serial Number
- S/PDIF
Sony/Philips Digital Interface
- SAN
Storage Area Network
- SAS
- SATA
- SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
- SDC
Secure Digital Card
- SDRAM
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
- SEO
Search Engine Optimization
- SEPA
Single Euro Payments Area
- SIMM
Single Inline Memory Module
- SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
- SLA
Service-Level-Agreement
- SMAP
Simple Mail Access Protocol
- SMART
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology
- SMB
Server Message Block
- SMD
Surface Mounted Device
- SMS
Short Message Service
- SPoF
Single Point of Failure
- SQL
Structured Query Language
- SRAM
Static Random Access Memory
- SSD
Solid State Disk
- SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
- STP
Shielded Twisted Pair
- STUN
Simple traversal of
UDP over NATs
- SWIFT
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
- TAE
Telekommunikations-Anschluss-Einheit
- TB
Terabyte
- TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
- TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- TFT
Thin Film Transistor
- TLS
Transport Layer Security
- TPM
Trusted Platform Module
- TTL
Time To Live
- TWAIN
Technology Without An Interesting Name
- UAC
User Account Control
- UART
Universal Asynchronous Reciver-Transmitter
- UDF
Universal Disk Format
- UDMA
Ultra-Direct Memory Access
- UDP
User Datagram Protocol
- UHF
Ultrahigh Frequency (300 MHz -- 3 GHz)
- UI
User Interface
- UPS
Uninterruptable Power Supply
- USB
Universal Serial Bus
- USN
Update Sequence Number
- USV
Unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung
- UTP
Unshielded Twisted Pair
- VB
Visual Basic
- VBA
Visual Basic for Applications
- VDSL
Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line
- VDU
Video Display Unit
- VESA
Video Electronics Standard Association
- VFAT
Virtual File Allocation Table
- VGA
Video Graphics Array
- VHF
Very High Frequency (30 -- 300 MHz)
- VHS
Video Home System
- VLAN
Virtual Local Area Network
- VM
Virtual Machine
- VoIP
- VPN
Virtual Private Network
- VRAM
Video Random Access Memory
- W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
- WAP
Wireless Application Protocol
- WCF
Windows Communication Foundation
- WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
- WIFI
Wireless Fidelity
- WINS
Windows Internet Name Service
- WINSOCK
Windows Socket
- WLAN
Wireless Local Area Network (Kabelloses Lokales
Netzwerk)
- WOL
- WVGA
Wide Video Graphics Array
- WWC
World Wide Computing
- WWW
World Wide Web
- WXGA
Wide Extended Graphics Array
- WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get
- XAMPP
Extended Apache/MySQL/
PHP/Perl
- XGA
Extended Graphics Array
- XMP
Extensible Metadata Platform (Adobe)
- XMPP
Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol
- XOFF
Exchange/Transmitter Off
- XON
Exchange/Transmitter On
- XrML
Extensible rights Markup Language
- YaST
Yet another Setup Tool
- YUV
(Farbmodell: Luminanz Y - Chrominanzwerte U -
V)
