Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Thu Mar 3 18:40:23 UTC 2011
Modified Files:
src/share/misc: acronyms.comp
Log Message:
This will never end... ABR, ACP, ACS, ACU, ADP, ADO, ADP, AGC, AI, AN, AO,
AOS, ARU, ASK, ASR, BCC, BCR, BFT, BIU, BM, BMIC, BN, BNF, BO, BOF, BOM,
BPI, BSF, BSR, BWM, CAU, CBC, CBR, CC, CI, CMP, CPB, CPG, CPT, DAT, DBS,
DCC, DCD, DCS, DCU, DDK, DDS, DEK, DFC, DFT, DOF, ECC, ECS, EDAT, EDS, EFL,
ELS, EMP, ERD, ESS, EU, FCL, HLL, HP, IBM, ICA, IDA, ILM, ITB, LER, LFN,
LLF, LMM, LNO, LRM, LRO, LSR, MD, MESI, MI, MOESI, MOF, MOSI, MR, MSI, MUD,
NIA, NIP, ODT, OPS, OPM, OSPM, PDS, PGAS, PIM, PIPT, PLRU, PM, PMU, POP,
PPM, PUN, QBE, QC, RF, RFO, RH, RLO, RM, RR, RWM, SAM, SLRU, SMAF, SMC, SMU,
SPT, SRC, TAOCP, TCB, TOD, TPM, VB, VIPT, VIVT, VOD, VRM, WH, WM, WTC, YTD.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.120 -r1.121 src/share/misc/acronyms.comp
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/misc/acronyms.comp
diff -u src/share/misc/acronyms.comp:1.120 src/share/misc/acronyms.comp:1.121
--- src/share/misc/acronyms.comp:1.120 Sat Feb 19 18:02:32 2011
+++ src/share/misc/acronyms.comp Thu Mar 3 18:40:23 2011
@@ -1,24 +1,33 @@
-$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.120 2011/02/19 18:02:32 jruoho Exp $
+$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.121 2011/03/03 18:40:23 jruoho Exp $
3WHS three-way handshake
AA anti-aliasing
AAT average access time
ABI application binary interface
+ABR available bit rate
AC alternating current
ACID atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability
ACK acknowledgement
ACK Amsterdam compiler kit
ACL access control list
ACL active current loop
+ACP auxillary control {program, process}
ACPI advanced configuration and power interface
+ACS access control set
+ACU automatic calling unit
ADB Apple desktop bus
ADC analog [to] digital converter
+ADP automatic data processing
ADT abstract data type
+ADO active data objects
+ADP automatic data processing
ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AFS Andrew File System
+AGC automatic gain control
AGP accelerated graphics port
+AI analog input
AI artificial intelligence
AL access list
AL active link
@@ -28,8 +37,11 @@
AM amplitude modulation
AMI alternate mark inversion
AMT active management technology
+AN Arabic number
ANSI American National Standards Institute
+AO analog output
AOL alert on LAN
+AOS add or subtract
AP access point
AP application processor
API application programming interface
@@ -40,11 +52,14 @@
ARP address resolution protocol
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARQ automatic repeat request
+ARU audio response unit
AS autonomous system
ASCII American standard code for information interchange
ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
+ASK amplitude shif keying
ASLR address space layout randomization
ASN autonomous system number
+ASR address space register
AST abstract syntax tree
AST asynchronous trap
AT access time
@@ -58,7 +73,9 @@
BAL basic assembly language
BAR base address register
BBS bulletin board system
+BCC blind carbon copy
BCD binary coded decimal
+BCR byte counte register
BCS base configuration space
BD baud
BEDO burst extended data output
@@ -67,29 +84,43 @@
BFD binary {file, format} descriptor
BFKL big fscking kernel lock
BFS breadth-first search
+BFT binary file transfer
BGA ball grid array
BGP border gateway protocol
BIND Berkeley Internet Name Daemon
BIOS basic input/output system
BIST built-in self-test
+BIU bus interface unit
BKDG BIOS and kernel developer's guide
BLAS basic linear algebra subprograms
BLOB binary large object
+BM bus master
BMC baseboard management controller
+BMIC bus master interface controller
+BN boundary neutral
+BNF Backus-Naur form
+BO binary output
+BOF beginning of file
+BOM byte order mark
+BOM beginning of message
BP base pointer
BP boot processor
BPF Berkeley packet filter
+BPI bits per inch
BPS bits per second
BQS Berkeley quality software
BSD Berkeley software distribution
+BSF bit scan forward
BSOD blue screen of death
BSP binary space partition
BSP boot strap processor
+BSR bit scan reverse
BSS block started by symbol
BT Bluetooth
BT BitTorrent
BTS bits per second
BW bandwidth
+BWM block-write mode
CAD computer-aided design
CAM computer assisted manufacturing
CAM content addressable memory
@@ -97,8 +128,12 @@
CAS (atomic) compare and swap
CAS computer algebra system
CAS column address strobe
+CAU control access unit
CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
+CBC cipher block chaining
+CBR constant bit rate
CCD charge coupled device
+CC carbon coby
CD compact disc
CDDA compact disc digital audio
CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
@@ -111,6 +146,7 @@
CGI common gateway interface
CHAP challenge-handshake authentication protocol
CHS cylinder/head/sector
+CI {common, component} interface
CIDR classless inter-domain routing
CIFS common internet file system
CIL common intermediate language
@@ -123,6 +159,7 @@
CMI control management interface
CMI control method interface
CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
+CMP chip multi-processing
CMS content management system
CMYK cyan magenta yellow black
CN {common, canonical} name
@@ -131,8 +168,11 @@
COFF common object file format
COMA cache-only memory architecture
COW copy-on-write
+CPB core performance boost
+CPG clock pulse generator
CPL current privilege level
CPS characters per second
+CPT command pass through
CPU central processing unit
CR carriage return
CRC cyclic redundancy check
@@ -156,26 +196,37 @@
DAO disk at once
DAP directory access protocol
DAT digital audio tape
+DAT dynamic acceleration technology
DB database
DBMS database management system
+DBS database server
DC direct current
DCC direct client [to] client
+DCC direct cable connect
+DCD data carrier detect
DCE data control equipment
DCE distributed computing environment
+DCS data collection systems
DCT discrete cosine transform
+DCU data cache unit
DDC display data channel
DDE dynamic data exchange
+DDK device driver kit
DDR double data rate
+DDS direct digital sound
DDWG digital display working group
DE desktop environment
DE debugging extensions
+DEK data encryption key
DEP data execution prevention
DER distinguished encoding rules
DES Data Encryption Standard
DFA deterministic finite automaton
+DFC data flow control
DFS depth first search
DFS distributed file system
DFT discrete Fourier transform
+DFT diagnostic function test
DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
DIFS distributed inter-frame space
DIMM dual inline memory module
@@ -187,6 +238,7 @@
DMI desktop management interface
DNARD Digital network appliance reference design
DNS domain name system
+DOF data over fibre
DOM document object model
DOS denial of service
DOS disk operating system
@@ -218,19 +270,27 @@
DVI digital visual interface
E-XER extended XML encoding rules
EAP extensible authentication protocol
+ECC error correction code
ECL emitter-coupled logic
ECN explicit congestion notification
ECP enhanced capability port
+ECS enhanced chip set
+ECS extended configuration space
+EDAT enhanced dynamic acceleration technology
EDID extended display identification data
EDO extended data out
+EDS electronical data sheet
EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
EFI extensible firmware interface
+EFL emitter follower logic
EFM eight to fourteen modulation
EGA enhanced graphics {array,adapter}
EGP exterior gateway protocol
EIDE enchanced IDE
EISA extended industry standard architecture
ELF executable and linking format
+ELS entry level system
+EMP electro-magnetic pulse
EOF end of file
EOL end of line
EOL end of life
@@ -239,12 +299,16 @@
EPP enhanced parallel port
EPRML extended partial response, maximum likelihood
EPROM erasable programmable read only memory
+ERD emergency recovery disk
ESDRAM enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory
+ESS electronic switching system
EST enhanced speedstep
ETL extract, transform, load
+EU execution unit
EULA end user license agreement
FAT file allocation table
FBRAM frame buffer random access memory
+FCL fiber channel loop
FCS frame check sequence
FDC floppy disk controller
FDD floppy disk drive
@@ -258,7 +322,8 @@
FG floating gate
FHSS frequency hop spread spectrum
FID frequency identifier
-FIFO first in first out
+FIFO first in, first out
+FILO first in, last out
FIR fast infrared
FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
FM frequency modulation
@@ -310,8 +375,10 @@
HF high frequency
HFM highest frequency mode
HID human interface device
+HLL high-level language
HMA high memory area
HMI human-machine interface
+HP Hewlett-Packard
HPC high performance computing
HPET high precision event timer
HT hyper-threading
@@ -323,7 +390,9 @@
HZ Hertz
I2O intelligent input/output
IANA Internet assigned number authority
+IBM International Business Machines
IBS instruction based sampling
+ICA independent computer architecture
IC integrated circuit
ICB Internet citizen's band
ICE in-circuit emulator
@@ -331,6 +400,7 @@
ICE internal compiler error
ICE in-circuit emulator
ICMP Internet control message protocol
+IDA Intel dynamic acceleration
IDE integrated drive electronics
IDE integrated development environment
IDRP inter-domain routing protocol
@@ -346,6 +416,7 @@
IGP interior gateway protocol
IHV independent hardware vendor
IKE Internet key exchange
+ILM internal loopback mode
ILP instruction level parallelism
IM instant messaging
IMC integrated memory controller
@@ -380,6 +451,7 @@
ISR interrupt service routine
IST interrupt stack table
ISV independent software vendor
+ITB Intel turbo boost
IVT interrupt vector table
JBOD just a bunch of disks
JIT just in time
@@ -406,13 +478,15 @@
LDT local descriptor table
LE logical extent
LED light emitting diode
+LER label edge router
LF line feed
LF low frequency
LFM lowest frequency mode
+LFN long file names
LFS log-structured file system
LFU least frequently used
-LIFO last in first out
-LILO last in last out
+LIFO last in, first out
+LILO last in, last out
LILO Linux loader
LINT local interrupt
LIR local Internet registry
@@ -420,14 +494,20 @@
LKML Linux kernel mailing list
LL/SC load linked / store conditional
LLC logical link control
+LLF low level format
LLVM Low Level Virtual Machine
+LMM link management mode
+LNO loop nest optimization
LOC lines of code
LPC low pin count
LRC longitudinal redundancy check
+LRM left-to-right mark
+LRO left-to-right override
LRU least recently used
LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
LSB Linux standards base
LSI large scale integration
+LSR label switch router
LTR left to right
LTR load task register
LUN logical unit number
@@ -448,11 +528,14 @@
MCGA multicolor graphics adapter
MCH memory controller hub
MCQ memory controlled queue
+MD machine-dependent
MDA mail delivery agent
MDA monochrome display adapter
MDRAM multibank dynamic random access memory
+MESI modified, exclusive, shared, invalid
MFC merge from current
MFM modified frequency modulation
+MI machine-independent
MIB management information base
MID mobile internet device
MIDI musical instrument digital interface
@@ -474,6 +557,9 @@
MMX multimedia extension
MMX multiple math extension
MMX matrix math extension
+MOESI modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid
+MOF maximum operating frequency
+MOSI modified, owned, shared, invalid
MP multiprocessor
MP multiprocessing
MP multi-platform
@@ -484,11 +570,13 @@
MPP massively parallel processor
MPS multiprocessor specification
MPS memory pool system
+MR modem ready
MRU most recently used
MS Microsoft
MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
MSF minutes seconds frames
MSI message signaled interrupt
+MSI modified, shared, invalid
MSR machine state register
MSS maximum segment size
MT machine translation
@@ -498,6 +586,7 @@
MTTF mean time to failure
MTU maximum transmission unit
MUA mail user agent
+MUD multi-user domain
MVCC multiversion concurrency control
MWE module width encoding
MX mail exchange
@@ -511,7 +600,9 @@
NCQ native command queuing
NFA nondeterministic finite automaton
NFS network file system
+NIA next instruction address
NIC network interface card
+NIP network interface protocol
NIS network information service
NLS native language support
NMI non-maskable interrupt
@@ -531,6 +622,7 @@
OCL object constraint language
OCR optical character recognition
ODCM on-demand clock modulation
+ODT on-die termination
OEM original equipment manufacturer
OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
ONFI open nand flash interface
@@ -541,6 +633,8 @@
OOM out of memory
OOP object oriented programming
OOSE object oriented software engineering
+OPS operations per second
+OPM operations per minute
OQL object query language
ORM object-relational mapping
OS operating system
@@ -549,6 +643,7 @@
OSI open systems interconnection
OSI open-source initiative
OSPF open shortest path first
+OSPM OS power management
OSS open source software
OSS open sound system
OSVW operating system visible workarounds
@@ -580,36 +675,45 @@
PDF portable document format
PDN pull-down network
PDP page descriptor page
+PDS product data sheet
PDU protocol data unit
PER packed encoding rules
PERL practical extraction [and] report language
PFS perfect forward secrecy
+PGAS partitioned global address space
PGP pretty good privacy
PHB PCI host bridge
PIC programmable interrupt controller
PIC position independent code
PID process id
PIE position independent executable
+PIM personal information manager
PIN personal identification number
PIO programmed input/output
+PIPT physically indexed, physically tagged
PKI public key infrastructure
PKCS public-key cryptography standards
PLC programmable logic controller
PLL phase locked loop
+PLRU pseudo LRU
+PM power management
PME power management event
PMI platform management interrupt
PMIO port-mapped input/output
PMT photo-multiplier tube
+PMU power management unit
PNG portable network graphics
PNP plug and play
POE power over ethernet
POP post office protocol
+POP power on password
POSIX portable operating system interface [for] Unix
POST power on self test
POTS plain old telephone system
PPC PowerPC
PPB PCI [to] PCI bridge
PPI pixels per inch
+PPM pages per minute
PPP point-to-point protocol
PPPOA point-to-point protocol over ATM
PPPOE point-to-point protocol over ethernet
@@ -626,12 +730,15 @@
PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
PTP page table page
PU processing unit
+PUN physical unit number
PV physical volume
PVG physical volume group
PWM pulse width modulation
PXE preboot execution environment
QA quality assurance
QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
+QBE query by example
+QC quality control
QOS quality of service
RAD rapid application development
RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks
@@ -647,7 +754,10 @@
RDM relational data model
RDMA remote direct memory access
REST representational state transfer
+RF radio frequency
+RFO request for ownership
RGB red green blue
+RH read hit
RHL Red Hat Linux
RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
RIP routing information protocol
@@ -656,11 +766,14 @@
RKM ROM Kernel Manual
RLE run length encoding
RLL run length limited
+RLO right-to-left override
+RM read miss
RNG random number generator
ROM read only memory
RPC remote procedure call
RPL requested privilege level
RPM revolutions per minute
+RR random replacement
RSA Rivest, Shamir and Adleman
RSS really simple syndication
RSS residual sum of squares
@@ -673,12 +786,14 @@
RTS {ready, request} to send
RTT round time trip
RUP rational unified process
+RWM read-write memory
RX receive, receiver
S/PDIF Sony/Phillips digital interface
SAAS software as a service
SACD super audio compact disc
SAD security association database
SAM serial access memory
+SAM sum addressed memory
SAN storage area network
SAPIC streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
@@ -711,14 +826,18 @@
SLI scalable link interface
SLI scan-line interleave
SLOC source lines of code
+SLRU segmented LRU
+SMAF system management action field
SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
SMBIOS system management BIOS
+SMC system management controller
SMI system management interrupt
SMI structure of management information
SMM system management mode
SMP symmetric multiprocessing
SMT simultaneous multithreading
SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
+SMU system management unit
SNMP simple network management protocol
SOA service oriented architecture
SOAP simple object access protocol
@@ -734,8 +853,10 @@
SPI stateful packet inspection
SPMD single process, multiple data
SPR special purpose register
+SPT sectors per track
SQL structured query language
SRAM static random access memory
+SRC sample rate conversion
SS stack segment
SSD solid state drive
SSE streaming SIMD extensions
@@ -754,13 +875,15 @@
SWF Shockwave Flash
TAS test and set
TAO track at once
+TAOCP The Art of Computer Programming
+TCB trace capture buffer
TCB trusted computing base
TCC thermal control circuit
TCL tool command language
TCP transmission control protocol
TCQ tagged command queueing
TDD test driven development
-TDP thermal design power
+TDP thermal design {point, power}
TECO Text Editor and Corrector
TFT thin film transistor
TFTP trivial file transfer protocol
@@ -775,10 +898,12 @@
TM Turing machine
TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
TMO timeout
+TOD time of day
TOS terms of service
TOS type of service
TP transaction processing
TPM trusted platform module
+TPM transactions per minute
TPR task priority register
TR token ring
TR task register
@@ -830,6 +955,7 @@
VA virtual address
VA vertical alignment
VAX virtual address extension
+VB Visual Basic
VCC common collector voltage
VCM virtual channel memory
VESA video electronics standards association
@@ -837,30 +963,37 @@
VGA video graphics {array,adapter}
VHDCI very high density cable interconnect
VID voltage level identifier
+VIPT virtually indexed, physically tagged
+VIVT virtually indexed, virtually tagged
VLAN virtual local area network
VLIW very long instruction word
VLSI very large scale integration
VLSM variable length subnet mask
+VOD video on demand
VM virtual {machine,memory}
VMX virtual machine extensions
VMX vector multimedia extensions
VPN virtual private network
VR virtual reality
VRAM video random access memory
+VRM voltage regulator module
VRRP virtual router redundancy protocol
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
WAN wide area network
WAP wireless application protocol
WEP wired equivalent privacy
WFI wait for interrupt
+WH write hit
WIFI wireless fidelity
WLAN wireless local area network
WDT watchdog timer
+WM write miss
WOL wake on LAN
WOR wake on ring
WORM write once read many
WPA wi-fi protected access
WRAM window random access memory
+WTC write through caching
WWAN wireless wide area network
WWW world wide web
WYSIWYG what you see is what you get
@@ -878,6 +1011,7 @@
YACC yet another compiler compiler
YAWPFAPR you are welcome; please file a problem report
YP yellow pages (aka NIS)
+YTD year to date
ZFOD zero-filled on demand
ZIF zero insertion force
ZIFS zero insertion force socket
