| 3D |
3-Dimensional |
| 3GL |
3rd Generation Language |
| 3NF |
3rd Normal Form |
| 4GL |
4th Generation Language |
| A |
Alphabetic |
| ACK |
Positive Acknowledgement |
| ACS |
Australian Computer Society |
| ADC |
Analogue to Digital Conversion |
| ALU |
Arithmetic and Logic Unit |
| AN |
Alpha-Numeric |
| ARQ |
Automatic Repeat Request |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ATM |
Asynchronous Transmission Mode |
| BCS |
British Computer Society |
| BIOS |
Basic Input Output System |
| BRI |
Basic Rate Interface |
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| CAD/CAM |
Computer-Aided Design / Computer-Aided Manufacturing |
| CASE |
Computer-Aided Software Engineering |
| CBA |
Cost / Benefit Analysis |
| CD |
Carrier Detect |
| CD ROM |
Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
| CDS |
Current Directory Structure |
| CISC |
Complex Instruction Set Computer |
| CPM |
Critical Path Method |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube |
| CSMA/CD |
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detect |
| CTS |
Clear To Send |
| CU |
Control Unit |
| CUI |
Character User Interface |
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| DAD |
Database Action Diagram |
| DBA |
Database Administrator |
| DBMS |
Database Management System |
| DCE |
Data Circuit Terminating Equipment |
| DCF |
Discounted Cash Flow |
| DDCMP |
Digital Data Communications Message Protocol |
| DDN |
Digital Data Network |
| DFD |
Data flow Diagram |
| DG |
Data General |
| DOS |
Disk Operating System |
| DLE |
Document Linking and Embedding |
| DNA |
Digital Network Architecture |
| DPB |
Device Parameter Block |
| DTA |
Data Transfer Area |
| DTE |
Data Terminal Equipment |
| DSR |
Data Set Ready |
| DTR |
Data Terminal Ready |
| EEPROM |
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| EFTPOS |
Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale |
| EMS |
Electronic Messaging System |
| ENQ |
Enquiry |
| EOQ |
Economic Order Quantity |
| EOT |
End Of Transmission |
| EPROM |
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| ETB |
End Of Text Block |
| ETX |
End Of Text |
| FAT |
File Allocation Table |
| FCB |
File Control Block |
| FDM |
Frequency Division Multiplexer |
| FEC |
Forward Error Correction |
| FIFO |
First In, First Out |
| FOREX |
Foreign Exchange |
| GIGO |
Garbage In Garbage Out |
| GND |
Ground (Earth) |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| HDLC |
High Level Data Link Control |
| HIPO |
Hierarchy plus Input / Processing / Output |
| HOS |
Higher Order Software |
| HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
| IBM |
International Business Machines |
| I/O |
Input / Output |
| IS |
Information Systems |
| ISAM |
Index-Sequential Access Method |
| ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
| JCL |
Job Control Language |
| JIT |
Just-in-Time |
| LAM |
Logical Access Map |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LFU |
Least Frequently Used |
| LIFO |
Last In First Out |
| LRC |
Longitudinal Redundancy Check |
| LRU |
Least Recently Used |
| LSI |
Large Scale Integration |
| MAP |
Manufacturing Automation Protocol |
| MAR |
Memory Add Register |
| MCB |
Memory Control Block |
| MIS |
Management Information System |
| MRP |
Materials Requirement Planning |
| MSI |
Medium Size Integration |
| N |
Numeric |
| NAK |
Negative Acknowledgement |
| NCC |
National Computing Centre (UK) |
| NLQ |
Near Letter Quality |
| NOS |
Network Operating System |
| NPV |
Net Present Value |
| NUR |
Not Used Recently |
| NZCS |
NZ Computer Society |
| OO |
Object Oriented |
| OOS |
Occupational Overuse Syndrome |
| OS |
Operating System |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PRI |
Primary Rate Interface |
| PROM |
Programmable Read Only Memory |
| PAM |
Pulse Amplitude Modulation |
| PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation |
| PSN |
Packet-Switched Network |
| PSP |
Program Segment Profile |
| QRB |
Quality Review Board |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| RFP |
Request for Proposal |
| RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
| ROM |
Read Only Memory |
| RRN |
Relative Record Number |
| RXD |
Receive Data |
| SCSI |
Small Computer Systems Interface |
| SDH |
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
| SDLC |
Synchronous Data Link Control |
| SFT |
System File Table |
| SNA |
Systems Network Architecture |
| SOH |
Start Of Header |
| SQA |
Software Quality Assurance |
| SQL |
Structured Query Language |
| SRA |
Stored Record Address |
| SRB |
Software Review Board |
| SSI |
Small Scale Integration |
| STATMUX |
Statistical Multiplexer |
| STX |
Start Of Text |
| SYN |
Synchronise |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol |
| TDM |
Time Division Multiplexer |
| TSR |
Terminate Stay Resident |
| TTL |
Transistor Logic |
| TXD |
Transmit Data |
| UART |
Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter |
| UML |
Unified Modelling Language |
| UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| URL |
Universal Resource Locator |
| USART |
Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver |
| USRT |
Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitter |
| VAN |
Value-added Network |
| VLSI |
Very Large Scale Integration |
| VRC |
Vertical Redundancy Check |
| VSAM |
Virtual Storage Access Method |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
