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Abbreviations
3GP 3rd Generation Partnership project
A Ampère
A2DP Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
AA Auto-Answer
AAC Advanced Audio Coding
AACS Advanced Access Content System
AC Alternating Current
AC Auxiliary Carry
AC3 Audio Coding 3
AC/DC Alternating Current / Direct Current
ACE Asynchronous Comunications Element
ACK ACKnowledge
ACL Access Control List
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
ACSEL Association pour le Commerce et les Services En Ligne
AD Auto-Dial
A/D Analog to Digital
ADA Advanced Driver Assistant
ADA Association de Défense des Audionautes
ADC Analog to Digital Converter
ADF Automatic Document Feeder
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ADSR Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
AEB Auto Exposure Bracketing
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AFA Association Française des fournisseurs d'Accès et de services InterNet
AFAS Association Française des Auteurs de Sharewares
AFC AntiFerromagnetically-Coupled
AFNIC Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération
AFORS Association Française de Réseaux et de Services télécom
AFP Apple File Protocol
AFR Alternate Frame Rendering
AFUL Association Francophone des Utilisateurs de Linux et des logiciels libres
AGL Atelier de Génie Logiciel
AGM Alternative Graphics Mode
AGP Accelerated Graphic Port
AGP Advanced Graphic Port
A-GPS Assisted Global Positioning System
AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface
AIDE Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment
AIFF Audio Interchange File Format
AIM America On Line Instant Messenger
AIPS Astronomical Image Processing System
AIR Automatic Image Refinement
AJAX Asynchronous JavaScript And XML
ALDIL Association Lyonnaise de Développement de l'Informatique Libre
ALGOL ALGOrithmic Language
ALM Absolute Load Module
ALPA Association de Lutte contre le Piratage Audiovisuel
ALSA Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
ALU Arithmetic and Logic Unit
AMOLED Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode
amp ampere
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Abbreviations
AMR Adaptative Multi-Rate codec
AMR Audio Modem Riser
AMS Advanced Memory Specification
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ANTIOPE Acquisition Numérique et Télévisualisation d'Images Organisées en Pages d'Ecriture
AOL America On Line
APC Alternative PHP Cache
API Application Programming Interface
APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
APOM Association des Producteurs d'Oeuvres Multimédias
APM Advanced Power Management
APN Appareil Photo Numérique
APP Agence pour la Protection des Programmes
APPC Advanced Program to Program Communication
APRIL Association pour la Promotion et la Recherche en Informatique Libre
APS Advanced Photo System
APT Advanced Packaging Tool
APU Accelerated Processing Unit
APU Audio Processing Unit
ARCEP Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes
ARM Advanced Risk Machine
ARMT Autorité de Régulation des Mesures Techniques
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Administration Network
ARQ Automatic Re-send reQuest
ART Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications
AS Anticipatory Schedular
ASA American Standards Association
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASF Advanced Streaming Format
ASF Advanced Systems Format
ASO Area of Safety Operation
ASP Advanced Signal Processing
ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
AT Advanced Technology
ATA Advanced Technology Attachment
ATI Assistant Technique Informatique
ATICA Agence pour les Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication dans l'Administration
ATM Adobe Type Manager
ATM/IP Asynchronous Transfer Mode / Internet Protocol
ATX Advanced Technology eXtended
AuC Authentification Center
AVC Advanced Video Coding
AVCHD Advanced Video Codec High Definition
AVI Audio Video Interleaved for MS-Windows
AVSR Audio Video Speech Recognition
AXI AuXiliary Input
AXIOM Advanced eXpress Input/Output Module
AXO AuXiliary Output
B2B Business to Business
B2C Business to Consumer
BA Bus Available
BAL Boîte Aux Lettres
Page 2
Abbreviations
BAS Broadband Access Server
BASH Bourne Again Shell
BASIC Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BCD Boot Configuration Data (données de configuration d'amorçage)
BD Base de Données
BDMV Blu-Ray Disc MoVie
BEL Bell
BF Basse Fréquence
BGA Business Graphics Array
BHO Browser Hijack Object
BIF Blinker Incremental File
BIM Bit Image Mode
BIOS Basic Input Output Software
BIOS Basic Input Output System
BIT Binary digIT
BITS Background Intelligent Transfer Service
BLE Boucle Locale Electrique
BLR Boucle Locale Radio
BOB Break-Out Box
BOF Bottom Of Form
BP Base Pointer
BPB BIOS Parameter Block
BPI Bits Per Inch
BPI British Phonographic Industry
BPS Bits Per Second
BR Baud Rate
BRD Blu-Ray Disc
BS Back Space
BSA Business Software Alliance
BSI BlackSide Illuminated
BSC Base Station Controller
BSoD Blue Screen of Death
BSP Backup Storage Providers
BT Basse Tension
BT British Telecom
BTS Base Transceiver Station
BTX Balanced Technology eXtended
BW Black and White
ca courant alternatif
CAD Computer-Aided Design
CAF Contrôle Automatique de Fréquence
CAM Conditional Access Module
CAN CANcel
CAN Convertisseur Analogique/Numérique
CAO Conception Assistée par Ordinateur
CAPS CAPital letterS
CAPTCHA Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAV Constant Angular Velocity
CBR Constant Bit Rate
cc courant continu
Cc Carbon Copy
Cci Carbon Copy Invisible
Page 3
Abbreviations
CCD Charged Couple Device
CCIR Comité Consultatif International des Radiocommunications
CCITT Comité Consultatif International Télégraphique et Téléphonique
CCMB Centre de Commutation des Messages Bancaires
CCR Condition Code Register
CCRI Comité Consultatif de la Recherche en Informatique
ccTLD country code Top Level Domains
cd candela
CD Communication Driver
CD Compact Disc
CDDB Compact Disc Data Base
cd/m2 candelas par mètre carré
CD-MRW Compact Disc Mount Rainier reWrite
CD-R Compact Disc Recordable
CD-ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory
CD-RW Compact Disc Read Write
CDS Counterfeit Detterence Systems
CDT Center for Democracy and Technology
CD-V Compact Disc Video
CE Chip Enable
CE Condition d'Entrée
CERN Centre Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire
CERSA Centre d'Étude et de Recherche de Science Administrative
CERT Computer Emergency Response Team
CERTA Centre d'Expertise gouvernemental de Réponse et de Traitement des Attaques informatiques
CES Consumer Electronic Show
CF Carry Flag
CF Compact Flash
CFAO Création et Fabrication Assistées par Ordinateur
CFS Completely Fair Scheduler
CFQ Complete Fair Queuing
CGA Colour Graphic Adapter
CGI Common Gateway Interface
CGM Computer Graphic Metafile
CGS Continuous Grain Silicon
CGU Conditions Générales d'Utilisation
CI Common Interface
CIE Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage
CIF Common source Intermediate Format
CIFS Common Internet File System
CII Compagnie Internationale pour l'Informatique
CIS Commentator Information System
CIS Contact Image Sensor
CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer
CISI Compagnie Internationale de Services en Informatique
CISS Canadian Internetworked Scientific Supercomputer
CLI Command Line Interpreter
CLUF Contrat de Licence Utilisateur Final
CLUSIF CLUb de la sécurité des Systèmes d'Information Français
CLUT Color Look-Up Table
CLV Constant Linear Velocity
CMAO Création Musicale Assistée par Ordinateur
CMF Content Managing Framework
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Abbreviations
CMF Counter Match Flag
CMI Counter Match Interrupt
CMJN Cyan, Magenta, Jaune, Noir
C-MOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS Code Management System
CMSS Creative Multi Speaker Surround
CMY Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
CMYK Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, blacK
CNA Convertisseur Numérique/Analogique
CNET Centre National d'Etudes des Télécommunications
CNIL Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés
COBOL COmmon Business Orientated Language
CODASYL Conference On DAta SYstems Languages
CODEC COdeur/DECodeur
COFF Common Object File Format
COMMS COMMunicationS
CON CONsole
CONIBI CONsortium Industriel Bureautique et Informatique
CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CPE Customer Premises Equipment
CPI Characters Per Inch
CPL Caractères Par Ligne
CPL Courants Porteurs en Ligne
CP/M Control Program for Microprocessor
CPP Customer Preview Program
CPS Caractères Par Seconde
CPS Cycles Per Second
CPU Central Processing Unit
CR Carriage Return
CRAN Comprehensive R Archive Network
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check (Code de Redondance Cyclique)
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CS Code Segment
CS Condition de Sortie
CSCE Centre de Surveillance du Commerce Electronique
CSD Circuit Switched Data
C-SET Card-Secure Electronic Transaction
CSI Conseil Supérieur de l'Internet
CSMA/CA Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
CSPC Commercial Software Publisher Certificate
CSR Control/Status Register
CSS Cascading Style Sheet
CSS Central Structure Store
CSS Content Scrambling System
CTP Community Technology Preview
CTRL ConTRoL
CTS Clear To Send
CU Control Unit
CUA Common User Access
CUB CUrsor Backward
CUD CUrsor Down
CUDA Computer Unified Device Architecture
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Abbreviations
CUF CUrsor Forward
CULV Consumer Ultra Low Voltage
CUP CUrsor Position
CUPS Common Unix Printing System
CUU CUrsor Up
CV Control Voltage
D/A Digital to Analog
DAC Digital to Analog Converter
DAO Dessin Assisté par Ordinateur
DAO Disc At Once
DaRC Data Radio Channel
DAS Débit d'Absorption Spécifique
DAS Direct Attached Storage
DAT Digital Audio Tape
DBA Data Base Administrator
DBF Data Base File
DC Device Control
DC Device Coordinate
DC Direct Current
DCB Décimal Codé Binaire
DCD Data Carrier Detect
DCE Data Communication Equipment
DCL Digital Command Language
DCSS DVD Content Scrambling System
DD Dictionnaire de Données
DD Double Densité
DD Double Density
DDCD Double Density CD-Rom
DDE Dynamic Data Exchange
DDK Driver Developer's Kit
DDL Data Definition Language
DDL Degré De Liberté
DDOS Distributed Denial Of Service
DDR Data Direction Register
DDR2 Double Data Rate 2
DDR-SDRAM Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication
DEEE Déchats d'Équipements Électriques et Électroniques
DEL DELete
DEP Data Execution Prevention
DES Data Encryption Standard
DF Direction Flag
DF Double Face
DFC Digital File Check
DFSG Debian Free Software Guidelines
DGT Direction Générale des Télécommunications
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHT Distributed Hash Table
DHTML Dynamic Hyper Text Markup Language
DI Destination Index
DIF Data Interchange Format
DIG Device Interface Group
DIGIC DIGital Imaging Core
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Abbreviations
DIMM Dual Inline MeMory
DIN Deutsche Industrie-Norm
DIR DIRectory
DL Dual Layer
DLC DownLoadable Content
DLE Data Link Escape
DLL Down Line Loading
DLL Dynamic Link Library
DLNA Digital Living Network Alliance
DLP Digital Light Processing
DMA Direct Memory Access
DMD Digital (Micro)Mirror Device
DMFC Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
DNG Digital Negative Specification
DNS Domain Name Server
DNS Domain Name System
DNS Dynamic Name System
DNSSec Domain Name System Security extensions
DOCSIS Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
DOD Drop On Demand
DOMAO Domotique Assistée par Ordinateur
DON Disque Optique Numérique
DOS Denial Of Service
DOS Disk Operating System
DP Détection Porteuse
DPB Disk Parameter Block
DPI Dots Per Inch
DPMI DOS Protected Mode Interface
DPMS DOS Protected Mode Service
DPOF Digital Print Order Format
DPSM Differential Phase Shift Modulation
DPT Disk Parameter Table
DPT Distributed Processing Technologies
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRAM-EDO Dynamic Random Access Memory - Extended Data Out
DRAM-FPM Dynamic Random Access Memory - Fast Page Mode
DR-DOS Digital Research Disk Operating System
DRI Direct Rendering Interface
DRM Digital Rights Management
DRW DRaWing
DS Data Segment
DS Double Screen
DSA Digital Signature Algorithm
DSI Directeur du (des) Système(s) d'Information
DSI Directeur (direction) des Systèmes Informatiques
DSL Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DSP Digital Signal Processor
DSR Data Set Ready
DSR Device Status Report
DTA Disk Transfer Address
DTA Disk Transfer Area
DTAC Dynamically Typed Access Control
Page 7
Abbreviations
DTC Dispositif à Transfert de Charge
DTD Document Type Definition
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DTF Digital Tape Format
DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency
DTN Disruption Tolerant Networking
DTP DeskTop Publishing
DTR Data Terminal Ready
DTS Digital Theater Sound
DTS Digital Theater System
DV Digital Video
DVB-H Digital Video Broadcast Handheld
DVB-T Digital Video Broadcast - Terrestrial
DVD DeVice Driver
DVD Digital Versatile Disc
DVD Digital Video Disc
DVD-R Digital Versatile Disc Recordable
DVD-RAM Digital Versatile Disc Random Access Memory
DVD+R DL Digital Versatile Disc Recordable Dual Layer
DVD-ROM Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Memory
DVD-RW Digital Versatile Disc ReWritable
DVI Digital Video Interactive
DVI Digital Video Interface
DVI Digital Visual Interface
DXVA DirectX Video Acceleration
EAO Enseignement Assisté par Ordinateur
EAX Environmental Audio eXtensions
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
ECC Error Correction Code
ECP Enhanced Capabilities Port
ED Erase Display
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
EDO Extended Data Out
EDP Electronic Data Processing
EE Extreme Edition
EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specifications
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFI Extensible Firmware Interface
EFS Encrypting File System
EGA Enhanced Graphic Adapter
EGEE Enabling Grids for E-science
EGNOS European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
EICC Electronics Industry Code of Conduct
EICI Enable Input Capture Interupt
E-IDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics
EIR Equipment Identity Register
EISA Extended Industry Standard Architecture
EISA-EMB Extended Industry Standard Architecture Enhanced Master Burst
EL Erase Line
EM End of Medium
EM64T Extended Memory 64 Technology
EMB Extended Memory Block
Page 8
Abbreviations
EMD External Memory Devices
EMM Expanded Memory Manager
EMP ElectroMagnetic Pulse
EMS Enhanced Messaging Services
EMS Expanded Memory Specifications
ENJMIN École Nationale du Jeu et des Médias Interactifs Numériques
ENON Exciting Nova On Network
ENQ ENQuiry
ENT Espace Numérique de Travail
EOCI Enable Output Compare Interrupt
EOF End of File
EOG Eye Of GNU Network Object Model Environment
EOI End Of Interrupt
EOT End Of Transmission
EOX End Of eXclusive
EPG Electronic Program Guide
EPN Espaces Publics Numériques
EPP Enhanced Parallel Port
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPSF Encapsulated PostScript File
EQ EQualizer
ERNIE Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment
ES Extended Surround
ES Extra Segment
E/S Entrée/Sortie
ESAT École Supérieure et d'Application des Transmissions
eSATA External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
ESC ESCape
ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESDRAM Enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
ESIEA École Supérieure d'Informatique Électronique Automatique
ESO-MIDAS European Southern Observatory Munich Image and Data Analysis System
ESP Easy Software Products
ESP Extra Sensory Protection
ESSID Extended Service Set Identifier
ETB End of Transmission Block
ETOI Enable Timer Overflow Interrupt
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
ETX End of TeXt
EUCD European Union Copyright Directive
EULA End User License Agreement
EURID EUropean Registry of Internet Domain names
EVD Enhanced Versatile Disc
EVF Electronic View Finder
EVP Enhanced Virus Protection
EXIF EXchangeable Image File format
EXFAT EXtended File Allocation Table
f frequency
FAI Fournisseur d'Accès à Internet
FAO Fabrication Assistée par Ordinateur
FAQ Foire Aux Questions
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FARE Film Automatic Retouching and Enhancement
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Abbreviations
FAT File Allocation Table
FC File Compare
FC-AL Fiber Channel-Arbitred Loop
FCB File Control Block
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FC-PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array
FDI Forum des Droits sur l'Internet
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
FED Field Emission Display
FEVAD Fédération des Entreprises de Vente À Distance
FF Form Feed
FFT Fédération Française des Télécoms
FG Frame Ground
FI Fréquence Intermédiaire
FIFO First In, First Out
FIG Facility for Interactive Generation of figures
FING Fondation Internet Nouvelle Génération
FITS Flexible Image Transport System
FLA Fiduciary License Agreement
FLAC Free Lossless Audio Codec
FLOPS FLoating point Operations Per Second
FM Frequency Modulation
FORTRAN FORmula TRANslation
FPCT Flexible Image Transport System Product Conformance Tester
FPS First Person Shooter
FPS Frames Per Second
FPU Floating Point Unit
FRAM Ferro-electric Random Access Memory
FRC Free-Running Counter
FS File Separator
FS File System (système de fichiers)
FSAA Full Screen Anti-Aliasing
FSB Front Serial Bus
FSF Free Software Foundation
FSK Frequency Shift Keying
FTE Failure To Enroll
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FTTB Fiber To The Building
FTTH Fiber To The Home
FTTLA Fiber To The Last Amplifier
FVD Forward Versatile Disc
FX Effects
GAIN Gator Advertising and Information Network
GAP Générateur Automatique de Programme
Gb GigaByte
Gbps GigaBits Par Seconde
GDDR4 Graphics Double Data Rate, version 4
GDI Graphics Device Interface
GDM GNU Network Object Model Environment Display Manager
GDT Global Descriptors Table
GDTR Global Descriptors Table Register
GED Gestion Electronique des Documents
GEDC Georgia Electronic Design Center
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Abbreviations
GEDCOM GEnealogical Data COMmunication
GHz GigaHertz
GiB gibioctet
GIF Graphics Interchange Format
GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program
GIN Global Investigators Network
GIX Global Internet eXchange
GKS Graphical Kernel System
GLI Gentoo Linux Installer
GM Graphics Manager
GMC Global Motion Compensation
GMR Giant Magneto-Resistance
GNAC GNome Audio Converter
GND GrouND
GNOME GNU Network Object Model Environment
Go Gigaoctet
GO Grandes Ondes
GPG GNU Privacy Guard
GPGPU General Purpose Computing Graphics Processing Units
GPL General Public License
GPRS General Packet Radio Services
GPS Global Positioning System
GPU Graphic Processing Unit
GPU Graphic Processor Unit
GPU Graphics Processing Unit
GRP Gentoo Reference Platform
GRUB Grand Unified Bootloader
GS Group Separator
GSM Global System for Mobile communications
gTLD generic Top Level Domains
GUI Graphical User Interface
GULL Groupe d'Utilisateurs de Logiciels Libres
GVS Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation
GWV General Word Variable
GWBV General Word/Byte Variable
HADOPI Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Œuvres et la Protection des droits sur Internet
HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer
HAM Hold And Modify
HAMR Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording
HBBTV Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TeleVision
HC High Capacity
HCF Highest Common Factor
HCG Hercules Graphic Card
HCI Host Controller Interface
HCSS High-Capacity Storage System
HD Haute Définition
HD Haute Densité
HD High Definition
HD High Density
HDA High Definition Audio
HDCP High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
HDD Hybrid Hard Drive Disk
HDF Hierarchical Data Format
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Abbreviations
HDLC High level Data Link Control
HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface
HDR High Dynamic Range
HDRI High Dynamic Range Imaging
HDU Header Data Unit
HDV High Definition Video
HEASARC NASA/Goddard High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
HF Haute Fréquence
HF High Frequency
HFS Hierarchical File System
HLR Home Location Register
HLSL High Level Shader Language
HLTE HaLT Enable
HMA High Memory Area
HMC Hyper Memory Cube
HOPE Hackers On Planet Earth
HP Hewlett-Packard
HPGL Hewlett-Packard Graphic Language
HPFS High Partition Format System
HR High Rate
HSDPA High-Speed Downlink Packet Access
HSL Hue Saturation Lightness
HSPA High Speed Packet Access
HSUPA High Speed Uplink Packet Access
HT Haute Tension
HT High Tension
HT Horizontal Tabulation
HT Hyper Threading
HTML HyperText Markup Language
HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS HyperText Transfer Protocol over Secure socket layer
HUD Head Up Display
HV Haute Vitesse
HV High Voltage
HVD High Voltage Differential
HVD Holographic Versatile Disc
HVP Horizontal and Vertical Position
Hz Hertz
IA Intelligence Artificielle
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IAU International Astronomical Union
IAUFWG International Astronomical Union Flexible Image Transport System Working Group
IBM International Business Machines corporation
IC Integrated Circuit
ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICC International Color Consortium
ICF Input Capture Flag
ICI Input Capture Interrupt
ICR Input Capture Register
ICRA Internet Content Rating Association
ICU ISA Configuration Utility
IDE Integrated Device Electronics
IDE Integrated Drive Electronics
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Abbreviations
IDE Intelligent Drive Electronics
IDF Intel Developer Forum
IDRIS Institut du Développement et des Ressources en Informatique Scientifique
IDS Intrusion Detection System
IDT Interrupt Descriptors Table
IE Internet Explorer
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEDG Input EDGe
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEM Impulsion ElectroMagnétique
IF Interrupt Flag
IFF Interchange File Format
IFPI International Federation of Phonographic Industry
IFS Iterated Function System
IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
IGP Integrated Graphic Port
IGP Integrated Graphics Processor
IH-BD Intra-Hybrid Blu-ray Disc
ILS Instrument Landing System
IMA International MIDI Association
IMAP Interactive Mail Access Protocol
IMAP Interactive Message Access Protocol
IMAP Internet Message Access Protocol
IMB Interrupt Mask Bit
IMDb Internet Movie Database
IME Input Method Editor
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identity
Imod Interferometric Modulator
IMPP Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol
IMT Internet Media Tablet
IMUG International MIDI Users Group
INES Identité Nationale Électronique Sécurisée
INRIA Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
Internet Interconnected Networks
I/O Input/Output
IP Instruction Pointer
IP Internet Protocol
IPI Intel Product Integrator
IPP Internet Printing Protocol
IPS In-Plane Switching
IPSO Independent PSion Organiser users group
IPSS International Packet Switch Stream
IPTC International Press and Telecommunications Council
IPv4 Internet Protocol Version 4
IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6
IPX Internet Packet eXchange
IR Index Register
IR Infra Red
IRAF Image Reduction and Analysis Facility
IRC Internet Relay Chat
IrDA InfraRed Data Association
IrDA InfraRed Device Association
IRIA Institut de Recherche d'Informatique et d'Automatique
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Abbreviations
IRQ Interrupt ReQuest
ISA Industry Standard Architecture
ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical
ISO International Standards Organization
ISP Internet Services Provider
ISR Interrupt Service Routine
ISSCC International Solid-State Circuits Conference
ITU International Telecommunications Union
IVDR Information Versatile Disk for Removable usage
J2ME Java 2 Micro Edition
J2ME Java 2 Mobile Edition
JBOD Just a Bunch Of Disks
JEDI Joint Expeditionary Digital Information
JEOS Just Enough Operating System
JFIF Joint Photographic Experts Group File Interchange Format
JMSC Japanese MIDI Standard Committee
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
JRE Java Runtime Environment
Kb KiloByte
KBD KeyBoarD
Kbit Kilobit
kc kilocycle
KDE K Desktop Environment
kHz kilohertz
KiB kibioctet
KML Keyhole Markup Language
Ko Kilo-octet
KVM Keyboard, Video and Mouse
L2CAP Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol
L4G Langage de la quatrième Génération
LAMP Linux Apache MySQL PHP
LAN Local Area Network
LAP Link Access Protocol
LAS Linear Arithmetic Synthesis
LASA Laboratoire d'Algorithmes et de Systèmes d'Apprentissage (Université de Lausanne)
LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LBA Logical Block Addressing
LCD Langage de Contrôle de Données
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LCD Lowest Common Denominator
LCEN Loi pour la Confiance dans l'Economie Numérique
LCM Lowest Common Multiple
LCOS Liquid Crystal On Silicon
LDD Langage de Description de Données
LDR Low Dynamic Range
LDT Local Descriptors Table
LDTR Local Descriptors Table Register
LECAM LEcteur de CArte à Mémoire
LED Light Emitting Diode
LEN Loi sur l'Economie Numérique
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Abbreviations
LF Line Feed
LF Low Frequency
LFE Low Frequency Effect
LFO Low Frequency Oscillator (oscillateur à basse fréquence)
LFS Linux File Systems (systèmes de fichiers Linux)
Li Lithium
LID Langage d'Interrogation de Données
LIFO Last In, First Out
LILO Linox Loader
LIM Lotus-Intel-Microsoft
Li-Ion Lithium Ion
LIP Large Internet Protocol
LIR Load Instruction Register
LL Leased Line
LLS Large Logical Sectors
LMD Langage de Manipulation de Données
LME Loi de Modernisation de l'Économie
LPI Lines Per Inch
LRU Least Recently Used
LSB Least Significant Bit(s)
LSI Large Scale Integration
LSM Linux Security Module
LT Low Tension
LTE Long Term Evolution
LTO Linear Tape Open
LUG Linux Users' Group
LUN Logical Unit Name
LUT Look-Up Table
LV Low Voltage
LVD/SE Low Voltage Differential/Single Ended
LVM Logical Volume Manager
LW Long Waves
LZW Lempel-Ziv-Welch
L4G Langage(s) de la quatrième Génération
MA Modulation d'Amplitude
MAC Mandatory Access Control
MAC Medium Access Control
mAh milliAmpère-heure
MALACH Multilingual Access to Large spoken ArCHives
MAN Metropolitan Area Networks
MAO Maintenance Assistée par Ordinateur
MAO Musique Assistée par Ordinateur
MASER Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiations
MASM Macro-ASseMbler
MB MegaByte
MBit Megabit
Mbps Mégabits par seconde
MBR Master Boot record
MBSA Microsoft Baseline Security Advisor
MCA Micro Channel Architecture
MCB Memory Control Block
MCD Modèle Conceptuel de Données
MCGA MultiColour Graphics Array
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Abbreviations
MCP-T Media and Communications Processor Turbo
MCU MicroComputer Unit
MDA Monochrome Display Adapter
MDI Multiple Document Interface
MEDIUBUNTU Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions in Ubuntu
MEM MEmoire Morte
MEV MEmoire Vive
MF Medium Frequency
MF Modulation de Fréquence
MF Moyenne Fréquence
MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes
MFLOPS Millions of FLoating point Operations Per Second
MFM Modified Frequency Modulation
MFT Master File Table
MGE Microstar Graphics Editor
MHS Message Handling System
MHz MegaHertz
MI Metafile Input
MIAGE Maîtrise d'Informatique Appliquée à la Gestion des Entreprises
MiB mebioctet
MIB Management Information Base
MID Mobile Internet Device
MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface
MIFF Magick Image File Format
MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
MiMo Multiple Input - Multiple Output
MIPS Millions d'Instructions Par Seconde
MIPS Millions of Instructions Per Second
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M-Jpeg Motion Join Picture Expert Group
MKS Mortice Kern Systems
ML Multi-Level
MLC Multi-Level Cell
MMA MIDI Manufacturers Association
MMC Microsoft Management Console
MMC MultiMedia Card
MMORPG Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game
MMS Module Management System
MMS Multimedia Messaging Services
MMS Multimedia Messaging System
MMU Memory Management Unit
MNP Microcom Network Protocol
Mo Méga-octet
MO Metafile Output
MODEM MOdulateur DEModulateur
MODS Multiplexed Optical Data Storage
MOLENE Multiplexeur Optique pour Liaisons Economiques, Numériques et en Etoile
MOS Metal Oxide Semiconductor
MP Modem Prêt
MP Multi Processor
MPAA Motion Picture Association of America
MPC Multimedia Personal Computer
MPD Music Player Daemon
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Abbreviations
MP-DRAM MultiPort Dynamic Random Access Memory
MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group
MPEG Moving Pictures coding Experts Group
MPEG Moving Pictures Experts Group
MPO Multiple Picture Object
MPU Multimedia Processing Unit
MR Memory Ready
MRAM Magnetic Random Access Memory
MRE Memory Read Enable
ms milliseconde
MS MaSter
MS Memory Stick
MSB Most Significant Bit(s)
MSC Mobile services Switching Center
MSDL Manchester Scene Description Language
MS-DOS MicroSoft Disk Operating System
MSRT Malicious Software Removal Tool
MST MaSTer
MSW Machine Status Word
MTA Mail Transport Agent
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTC MIDI Time Code
MTP Media Transfer Protocol
MTP Mesures Techniques de Protection
MVA Multidomain Vertical Alignment
MVC Modèle-Vue-Contrôleur
MVNO Mobile Virtual Network Operator
MVR Multi-Domain Vertical alignment
mW milli-watt
MW Medium Wave
MXM Mobile PCI eXpress Module
N/A Numérique/Analogique
NAB Nom ABrégé
NAK Negative AcKnowledge
NAPLPS North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax
NAS Network Attached Storage
NAS Network Attachement Server
NAT Network Address Translation
NCEG Numerical C Extension Equivalences
NCP Network Control Protocol
NDC Normalized Device Coordinate
NDMP Network Data Management Protocol
NDPS Novell Distributed Print Service
NDS Netware Directory Services
NED Nano Emissive Display
NED Nanotube Electroluminescent Display
NET Normes Européennes de Télécommunications
NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface
NetCDF Network Common Data Form
NFC Near Field Communication
NFS Networks File System
NGSCB Next Generation Secure Computing Base
NIC Network Information Center
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Abbreviations
NiCd Nickel Cadmium
NiMH Nickel-Metal Hydrure
NLM Netware Loadable Modules
NLQ Near Letter Quality
NMI Non-Maskable Interrupt
NMS Netware Management Services
NNTP News Network Transfer Protocol
NOAO National Optical Astronomy Observatories
NOS Network Operating System
NOST NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology
NRAO National Radio Astronomy Observatory
NS Notification Server
NSV NullSoft Video
NT New Technology
NTFS New Technology File System
NTIC Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication
NTSC National Television System Committee
NTSI National Institute of Standard and Technology
NUL NULl
NVM Non-Volatile Memory
NVMHCI Non Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface
NX No eXecute
O Ohm
OASIS Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OBEX OBject EXchange
OC Ondes Courtes
OCA Online Crash Analysis
OCF Output Compare Flag
OCI Output Compare Interrupt
OCLCTIC Office Central de Lutte contre la Criminalité aux Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication
OCR Optical Character Recognition
OCR Output Compare Register
ODBC Open Data Base Connectivity
ODF Open Document Format
ODI Open Desktop Initiative
ODMS Open Digital Media Systems
ODU OutDoor Unit
OE Output Enable
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OES Open Enterprise Server
OF Overflaw Flag
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing
OFSET Organization for Free Software in Education and Teaching
OLE Object Linking and Embedding
OLED Organic Light Emitting Diode
OLED Organic Light Emitting Display
OLPC One Laptop Per Child
OLT Optical Line Terminal
OOGL Object Oriented Graphics Library
OOXML Office Open eXtensible Markup Language
OPC Optimum Power Control
OPL Organiser Programming Language
ORB Object Request Broker
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Abbreviations
ORFE OverRun/Framing Error
OS Operating System
OSD On Screen Display
OSE Open Source Edition
OSI Open Systems Interconnect
OSR Original equipment manufacturer Service Release
OSS Open Sound System
OTG On The Go
OTN Oracle Technology Network
OTS Open Text Summarizer
OUM Ovonic Unified Memory
OWApp Office Web Application
P2P Peer-to-Peer
PABX Private Automatic Branch eXchange
PAL Phase Alternating Line
PAM Pluggable Authentication Modules
PAN Personal Area Network
PAO Publication Assistée par Ordinateur
PAP Picture And Picture
PARC Palo Alto Research Center
PARIX PARis Internet eXchange
PASM Program, Aperture, Speed, Manual
P-ATA Parallel-Advanced Technology Attachment
PAV Point d'Accès VidéoTex
PAW Physics Analysis Workstation
pbm+ Extended Portable Bitmap Toolkit
PBP Picture By Picture
PC Personal Computer
PC Program Counter
PCA Personal Internet Client Architecture
PCB Printed Circuit Board(s)
PC-DOS Personal Computer Disk Operating System
PCI Payment Card Industry
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI SIG Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group
PCL Printer Command Language
PCL Printer Control Language
PCM Pulse Coded Modulation
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDF Portable Document Format
PDI Picture Description Instruction
PF Parity Flag
PFL Pre-Fader Listen
PGA Professional Graphics Adapter
PGCD Plus Grand Commun Diviseur
PGP Pretty Good Privacy
PHIGS Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphic System
PI Priority Inheritance
PIC Personal Internet Communicator
PIC Publisher Identity Certificate
PID Process Identifier
PIM Personal Information Manager
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Abbreviations
PIM Print Image Matching
PIN Personal Identification Number
PIP Picture In Picture
PIXEL PIcture ELement
PL Programming Language
PLC Powerline Line Carrier
PLF Penguin Liberation Front
PLV Production Level Video
PMMU Paged Memory Management Unit
PMPO Peak Music Power Output
PMR Perpendicular Magnetic Recording
PND Personal Navigation Device
PNG Portable Network Graphic
PnP Plug and Play
PO Petites Ondes
POO Programmation Orientée Objet
POP Picture Out of Picture
POP Point Of Presence
POP Post Office Protocol
PP Push-Pull
PPCD Plus Petit Commun Dénominateur
PPCM Plus Petit Commun Multiple
PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPM Pages Par Minute
PPM Pages Per Minute
PPOP Pixel Processing OPerations
PPP Points Par Pouce
PPP Point to Point Protocol
PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet
PPU Physics Processing Unit
PRAM Phase-Change Random Access Memory
PréAO Présentation Assistée par Ordinateur
PRN PRiNter
PROM Programmable Read-Only Memory
PSA Personal Satellite Assistant
PSF Photo Studio File
PSM Persistent Storage Manager
PSN Physical Sector Number
PSP Personal Software Products
PSP Préfixe de Segment de Programme
PSP Program Segment Prefix
PSS Packet Switch Stream
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
PUK Personal Unblocking Code
PVA Patterned Vertical Alignment
PWM Pulse Width Modulation
PWR PoWeR
QBE Query By Example
QCIF Quarter Common source Intermediate Format
QDOS Quick and Dirty Operating System
QIC Quarter-Inch Cartridge
QPL Quarter PixeL
QVGA Quarter Video Graphics Array
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Abbreviations
RA Real Audio
RAB Raid Advisory Board
RAID Redundant Array of Independant Disks
RAID Redundant Array of Independant Drives
RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM Random Access Memory
RAME Random Access Memory Enable
RBAC Role Based Access Control
RC Release Candidate
RC Retour Chariot
RCA Radio Corporation of America
RCP Restore Cursor Position
RCP Rural Connectivity Platform
RD ReaDing
RD Receive Data
RD Réception Données
RDF Resource Description Framework
RDP Remote Desktop Protocol
RDR Receive Data Register
RDRAM Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
RDRF Receive Data Register Full
RDSR Receive Data Shift Register
RE Receive Enable
RE-ADSL Reach Extended Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
REOF Receive End Of File
REOL Receive End Of Line
RFCOMM Radio Frequency Communication
RFID Radio Frequency IDentification
RGB Red, Green, Blue
RIA Rich Internet Applications
RIAA Recording Industry Association of America
RIE Receive Interrupt Enable
RISC Reduced Instructions Set Computer
RLAN Radio Local Area Network
RLE Run Length Encoding
RLL Run Length Limited
RLM Relocatable Load Module
RM Reset Mode
RMCR Rate/Mode Control Register
RMS Root Mean Square
RNIS Réseau Numérique à Intégration de Services
ROM Read-Only Memory
RPC Regional Play-back Control
RS Record Separator
RSS Really Simple Syndication
RSSI Responsable de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information
RTC Real Time Clock
RTC Réseau Téléphonique Commuté
RTCP Réseau Téléphonique Commuté Public
RTE Réseau de Transport Electrique
RTF Rich Text Format
RTM Release To Manufacturing
RTN ReTurN
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Abbreviations
RTS Real Time Strategy
RTS Request To Send
RTV Real Time Video
RVB Rouge, Vert, Bleu
RWM Read/Write Memory
s seconde
SAA Systems Application Architecture
SACD Super Audio Compact Disc
SAK Server Appliance Kit
SAN Storage Area Network
SANE Scanner Access Now Easy
SANS System Administration and Network Security
SAO Session At Once
SAPS Spartacom Asynchronous Port Sharing
S-ATA Serial-Advanced Technology Attachment
SB SwitchBoard
SCART Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radioélectriques et de Télévision
SCC Space Communications Corporation
SCEE Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
SCI Serial Communications Interface
SCoA Smart Compression Architecture
SCP Save Cursor Position
SCPP Société Civile des Producteurs de Phonographes
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SD Secure Digital
SD Standard Definition
SDHC Secure Digital High Capacity
SDI Single Document Interface
SDK Software Developer's Kit
SDK Software Development Kit
SDLT Super Digital Linear Tape
SDP Service Discovery Protocol
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SDRAM-DDR Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory - Double Data Rate
SDXC Secure Digital eXtended Capacity
SECAM SEquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire
SED Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display
SED Système d'Exploitation de Disque(s)
SELL Syndicat des Éditeurs de Logiciels de Loisirs
SEPP Single Ended Push-Pull
SEQUEL Structured English QUEry Language
SET Secure Electronic Transaction
SF Sign Flag
SFR Split Frame Rendering
SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol
SG Signal Ground
SGBD Système de Gestion de Bases de Données
SGBDR Système de Gestion de Bases de Données Relationnelles
SGF Système de Gestion de Fichiers
SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language
SGR Set Graphic Rendition
SHA Secure Hash Algorithm
SI Shift In
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Abbreviations
SI Source Index
SIGB Système Intégré de Gestion de Bibliothèque
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
SIMM Single Inline Memory Module
SIP Session Initiation Protocol
SIS Silicon Integrated System
SL SLave
SLA Service Level Agreement
SLC Single-Level Cell
SLE Suse Linux Enterprise
SLI Scalable Link Interface
SLI Scan Line Interleaving
SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
SLL Société des Logiciels Libres
SLT Single Lens Translucent
SLV SLaVe
SM Set Mode
SM Smart Media
SMB Server Message Block
SMDI Small Computer System Interface Musical Data Interchange
SMIL Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
SMM System Management Mode
SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SMS Short Messaging Service
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNCD Syndicat National de la Communication Directe
SNIA Storage Networking Industry Association
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SO Shift Out
SoC System On a Chip
Sodimm Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module
SOH Start Of Heading
SP SPace
SP Stack Pointer
SP2 Service Pack 2
SPA Software Publishers Association
SPDIF Sony Philips Digital InterFace
SPIM SPam over Instant Messaging
SPX Sequence Packet eXchange
SQL Structured Query Language
SRAM Static Random Access Memory
SRM Storage Resource Management
SS Stack Segment
SSCI Société de Services et de Conseil en Informatique
SSD Solid-State Disk
SSD Solid State Drive
SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions
SSH Secure SHell
SSID Service Set IDentifier (identificateur de groupe de services)
SSII Société de Services en Ingénierie Informatique
SSL Secured Sockets Layer
SSS SubSurface Scattering
STA Semiconductor Technology Associates
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Abbreviations
STNBY STand BY
STUR Spécifications Techniques d'Utilisation du Réseau
STX Start of TeXt
SUB SUBstitute
SuMiCon Super Mini Computer
SVCD Super Video Compact Disc
SVGA Super Video Graphic Array
S-VHS Super VHS
SW Short Wave
SWI SoftWare Interrupt
SYN SYNchronous idle
SyNAPSE Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptative Plastic Scalable Electronics
SYSOP SYStem OPerator
TAB TABulation
TAO Track At Once
TASM Turbo-ASseMbler
TBC Time Base Corrector
TCP Transmission Control Protocol
TCPA Trusted Computing Platform Alliance
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TCSR Timer Control/Status Register
TD Transmission Données
TD Transmit Data
TDD Time Division Duplex
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TDP Thermal Design Power
TDR Transmit Data Register
TDRE Transmit Data Register Empty
TDS Téléchargement Définitif avec Sauvegarde
TDSR Transmit Data Shift Register
TE Transmit Enable
TEOF Transmit End Of File
TEOL Transmit End Of Line
TF Trap Flag
TFT Thin Film Technology
TFT Thin Film Transistor
THD Très Haut Débit
THF Très Haute Fréquence
THX Tom Holdman eXperiment
THX Tomlinson Holman eXperience
TI Texas Instruments
TIC Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication
TICE Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication dans l'Éducation
TIE Transmit Interrupt Enable
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
TIGA Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
TL TimeLine
TLD Top Level Domain
TLS Transport Layer Security
TMA Tierce Maintenance Applicative
TMC Traffic Message Channel
TN Twisted Nematic
TNR Terminal Numérique de Réseau
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Abbreviations
TNT Télévision Numérique Terrestre
To Teraoctet
TOF Timer Overflow Flag
TOF Top Of Form
TOI Timer Overflow Interrupt
TOS Tape Operating System
TP Terminal Prêt
TPI Tracks Per Inch
TPM Trusted Platform Module
TRANSISTOR TRANsfer reSISTOR
TRC Technical Requirement Checklist
TRCSR Transmit/Receive Control/Status Register
TSF Transmission Sans Fil
TSL Teinte, Saturation, Luminance
TSR Terminate and Stay Resident
TTF True Type Font
TTL Transistor to Transistor Logic
TVHD TéléVision Haute Définition
TVSS Tactile Visual Substitution System
TWAIN Toolkit Without An Important Name
UAC User Account Control
UAL Unité Arithmétique et Logique
UAP User Account Protection
UAProf User Agent Profile
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UC Unité Centrale
UCT Unité Centrale de Traitement
UDF Universal Disk Format
UDF User Define Function
UDI Unified Display Interface
UDMA Ultra Direct Memory Access
UDP User Datagram Protocol
UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
UHF Ultra-Haute Fréquence
UHF Ultra-High Frequency
UIC User Identification Code
UIT Union Internationale des Télécommunications
Ultra ATA Ultra Advanced Technology Attachment
ULV Ultra Low Voltage
UMA Unlicensed Mobile Access
UMB Upper Memory Block
UMD Universal Media Disc
UMPC Ultra Mobile Portable Computer
UMS Universal Mass Storage
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
UPnP Universal Plug and Play
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
URL Universal Resource Locator
US Unit Separator
USB Universal Serial Bus
USB-IF Universal Serial Bus Implementers Forum
USM Universal SATA Module
USM UnSharp Masking
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Abbreviations
USMT User State Migration Tool
USR Unix System Ressources
UV Ultra-Violet
UWB Ultra Wide Band
UXD User eXperience Design
V Volt
VA Vertical Alignment
VA Vertically Aligned
VBR Variable Bit Rate
VC-1 Video Codec 1
VCD Video Compact Disc
VDSL Very high rate Digital Subscriber Line
VDU Visual Display Unit
VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
VESA FDMI Video Electronics Standards Association Flat Display Mounting Interface standard
VGA Video Graphics Array
VHF Very High Frequency
VHS-C VHS Compact
VIA Versatile Interface Adapter
VLR Visitors Location Register
VLSI Very Large Scale Integration
VMD Versatile Multilayer Disc
VMM Virtual Memory Management
VNC Virtual Network Computing
VODHD Video On Demand High Definition
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
VOM Volt-Ohm-Meter
VPN Virtual Private Network (réseau privé virtuel)
VRAM Video Random Access Memory
VRC View Reference Coordinate
VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VROOM Virtual Real-time Object-Oriented Memory manager
VT Vertical Tabulation
VT Virtualization Technology
W Watt
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WC World Coordinate
WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
WD Western Digital
WDS Wireless Distribution System
WebOS Web Operating System
WECA Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance
WEI Windows Experience Index
WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy
WEP Wireless Equivalent Privacy
WGA Windows Genuine Advantage
WGAS Working Group on Astronomical Software
WHDI Wireless Home Digital Interface
WHQL Windows Hardware Quality Lab
WHS Windows Scripting Host
WiDi Wireless Display
WiFi Wireless Fidelity
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Abbreviations
WIMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
WIMP Window, Icon, Mouse, Pull-down menu
WinFS Windows Future Storage
WinHEC Windows Hardware Engineering Conference
WISS Workstation Independent Segment Storage
WL WaveLength
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
WLL Wireless Local Loop
WLM Windows Live Messenger
WMA Windows Media Audio
WMAN Wireless Metropolitan Area Network
WMF Windows MetaFile
WML Wireless Markup Language
WMP Windows Media Player
WMV Windows Media Video
WMV-HD Windows Media Video - High Definition
WORM Write Once, Read Many
WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPA Wireless fidelity Protected Access
WPA Wireless fidelity Protected Area
WPAN Wireless Personal Area Network
WPF Windows Presentation Foundation
WPS Wireless fidelity Protected System
WR WRiting
WSH Windows Scripting Host
WSPP Windows Software Protection Platform
WSPR Windows System Performance Rating
WTLS Wireless Transport Security Layer
WU Wake-Up
WUBI Windows Ubuntu Installer
WUSB Wireless Universal Serial Bus
WWAN Wireless Wide Area Network
WWW World Wide Web
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
WYTIWYG What You Think Is What You Get
XD eXecution Disable
XDG X Desktop Group
XDR eXtreme Date Rate
X-Fi eXtreme Fidelity
XFWM X Forms Window Manager
XHTML eXtensible HyperText Markup Language
XITE X-based Image processing Tools and Environment
XML eXtented Markup Language
XMP eXtensible Metadata Platform
XMS eXtended Memory Specification
XSVCD eXtended Super Video Compact Disc
XVCD eXtended Video Compact Disc
XT eXtended Technology
YMP Yast Meta Package
ZIF Zero Insertion Force
ZF Zero Flag
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