Some Computer specific Abbreviations
| ARP | Address Resulution Protocol |
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| ATM | Asynchron Transfer Mode |
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| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
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| CT | Cut Trough |
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| FDDI | Fibre Distributed Data Interface |
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| HDLC | High-Level Data Link Control |
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| IEEE | Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
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| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
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| IP | Internet Protocol |
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| ISO/OSI | International Standards Organization/Open Systems Interconnection |
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| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
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| LAN | Local Area Network |
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| LAT | Local Area Transport |
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| MAC | Media Access Transport |
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| NetBIOS | Network Basic Input/Output System |
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| OSPF | Open Shortest Path First |
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| P-NNi | Private Network-to-Network/Node Interface |
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| RIP | Routing Information Protocel |
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| RFC | Request for Comment |
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| SF | Store and Forward |
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| TCP/IP | Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
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| VN | Virtual Net |
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| VLAN | Virtual LAN |
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| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
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| SoHo-Markt | Small Office, Hmoe Office |
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| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
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| POP | Post Office Protocol |
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| ARPA | Advanced Research Project Agency |
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| IDE | Integrated Drive Electrinics |
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| ATA = AT | Attachment Interface |
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| ATAPI | ATA Packet Interface |
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| CP/M | Control Program for Microcomputers |
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| URL | Universal Resource Locator |
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| HTML | HypterText Markup Language |
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| HTTP | HypterText Transfer Protocol |
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| MIME | Multimedia Internet Mail Extension |
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| CGI | Common Gateway Interface |
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| ELF | Executable and Linkable Format |
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| BSE | Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie |
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| MULTICS | MULTiplexed Information and Computing Service |
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| UNICS | UNiplexed Information and Computing Service |
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| Spooling | Simultaneous Periphal Operation On Line |
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| SADIE | System Analysis Design and ImplEmentation |
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| 4GL | Fourth Generation Language |
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| FORTRAN | FORmula TRANslation |
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| COBOL | COmmon Business Oriented Language |
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| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
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