Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Wed Mar 9 17:52:45 UTC 2011
Modified Files:
src/share/misc: acronyms.comp
Log Message:
ADD, enough said.
AAA, ADD, ADS, AM, ARR, ASC, ASD, ASE, ASPM, ASQ, AV, AVL, AVX, BDD, BDUF,
BLC, BPB, BPM, BT, BTC, BTR, BTS, CA, CASE, CD, CLF, CLTT, CM, CMA, CSV,
CUT, CV, DA, DAA, DEA, DGL, DH, DIRT, DMS, DOE, DPST, DRRS, DSB, DSN, DTS,
DVCS, EBR, EH, EMI, EMR, FDE, FEA, FET, FLOSS, FMR, FRR, FS, FSK, FTA, FUS,
GR, HOOD, HTCC, HVM, IA, IBC, IDPS, IMS, IPE, IS, IV, JFET, LAR, LBS, LDA,
LDR, LFO, LL, LLMNR, LM, LPS, LSL, LTCC, LWP, MCM, MMIC, MO, MOSFET, MSE,
NCO, ND, NE, NW, OFET, OU, PA, PAC, PCD, PCE, PDAG, PDB, PDM, PE, PEP, PGE,
PIM, PIV, PLTM, PM, POF, PP, PSD, PSK, PTV, PVI, QAM, QDI, RA, RBF, RBT,
RFI, RIB, RMPM, RMS, RMW, RS, SA, SASD, SC, SCA, SCC, SCCS, SMA, SNR, SOC,
SQA, SS, SSB, STC, STD, TA, TAI, TB, TDC, TDM, TDOA, TK, TM, TOS, TSD, TSL,
UMPC, UT, VA, VCA, VCF, VCO, VFO, VME, W, WP, WS, ZBR.
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Index: src/share/misc/acronyms.comp
diff -u src/share/misc/acronyms.comp:1.121 src/share/misc/acronyms.comp:1.122
--- src/share/misc/acronyms.comp:1.121 Thu Mar 3 18:40:23 2011
+++ src/share/misc/acronyms.comp Wed Mar 9 17:52:45 2011
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.121 2011/03/03 18:40:23 jruoho Exp $
+$NetBSD: acronyms.comp,v 1.122 2011/03/09 17:52:45 jruoho Exp $
3WHS three-way handshake
AA anti-aliasing
+AAA authentication, authorization, accounting
AAT average access time
ABI application binary interface
ABR available bit rate
@@ -17,11 +18,13 @@
ACU automatic calling unit
ADB Apple desktop bus
ADC analog [to] digital converter
+ADD acronym driven development
ADP automatic data processing
ADT abstract data type
ADO active data objects
ADP automatic data processing
ADPCM adaptive differential pulse code modulation
+ADS alternate data stream
ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AFS Andrew File System
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@
ALU arithmetic and logical unit
AM access method
AM amplitude modulation
+AM alignment mask
AMI alternate mark inversion
AMT active management technology
AN Arabic number
@@ -52,13 +56,19 @@
ARP address resolution protocol
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARQ automatic repeat request
+ARR address range register
ARU audio response unit
AS autonomous system
+ASC advanced smart cache
ASCII American standard code for information interchange
+ASD agile software development
+ASE advanced software environment
ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
ASK amplitude shif keying
ASLR address space layout randomization
+ASPM active state power management
ASN autonomous system number
+ASQ automated software quality
ASR address space register
AST abstract syntax tree
AST asynchronous trap
@@ -69,6 +79,9 @@
ATC address translation cache
ATM asynchronous transfer mode
ATX advanced technology extended
+AV anti virus
+AVL Adelson-Velsky-Landis
+AVX advanced vector extensions
AWK Aho, Werner, and Kernighan
BAL basic assembly language
BAR base address register
@@ -78,6 +91,8 @@
BCR byte counte register
BCS base configuration space
BD baud
+BDD binary decision diagram
+BDUF big design up front
BEDO burst extended data output
BER basic encoding rules
BER bit error rate
@@ -94,6 +109,7 @@
BKDG BIOS and kernel developer's guide
BLAS basic linear algebra subprograms
BLOB binary large object
+BLC back light control
BM bus master
BMC baseboard management controller
BMIC bus master interface controller
@@ -105,8 +121,10 @@
BOM beginning of message
BP base pointer
BP boot processor
+BPB BIOS parameter block
BPF Berkeley packet filter
BPI bits per inch
+BPM business process modelling
BPS bits per second
BQS Berkeley quality software
BSD Berkeley software distribution
@@ -118,9 +136,14 @@
BSS block started by symbol
BT Bluetooth
BT BitTorrent
+BT bit test
+BTC bit test [and] complement
+BTR bit test [and] reset
+BTS bit test [and] set
BTS bits per second
BW bandwidth
BWM block-write mode
+CA certificate authority
CAD computer-aided design
CAM computer assisted manufacturing
CAM content addressable memory
@@ -128,6 +151,7 @@
CAS (atomic) compare and swap
CAS computer algebra system
CAS column address strobe
+CASE computer aided software engineering
CAU control access unit
CAV constant angular velocity (as opposed to CLV)
CBC cipher block chaining
@@ -135,6 +159,7 @@
CCD charge coupled device
CC carbon coby
CD compact disc
+CD cache disable
CDDA compact disc digital audio
CDRAM cache dynamic random access memory
CER canonical encoding rules
@@ -152,10 +177,14 @@
CIL common intermediate language
CIS contact image sensor
CJK Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
+CLF common log format
CLI command line interface
CLR common language runtime
+CLTT closed loop thermal throttling
CLUT color look-up table
CLV constant linear velocity (as opposed to CAV)
+CM configuration management
+CMA concert multithread architecture
CMI control management interface
CMI control method interface
CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
@@ -187,10 +216,15 @@
CSMA/CA carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance
CSMA/CD carrier sense multiple access with collision detection
CSS cascading style sheets
+CSV comma-separated values
CTM close to metal
CTS clear to send
CUA common user access
+CUT coordinated universal time
+CV control voltage
CVS concurrent versions system
+DA destination address
+DAA distributed application architecture
DAC discretionary access control
DAC digital [to] analog converter
DAO disk at once
@@ -217,6 +251,7 @@
DDWG digital display working group
DE desktop environment
DE debugging extensions
+DEA data encryption algorithm
DEK data encryption key
DEP data execution prevention
DER distinguished encoding rules
@@ -227,17 +262,22 @@
DFS distributed file system
DFT discrete Fourier transform
DFT diagnostic function test
+DGL data generation language
+DH Diffie-Hellman
DHCP dynamic host configuration protocol
DIFS distributed inter-frame space
DIMM dual inline memory module
+DIRT design in real time
DL download
DL diode logic
DLE data link escape
DLL dynamic link library
DMA direct memory access
DMI desktop management interface
+DMS document management system
DNARD Digital network appliance reference design
DNS domain name system
+DOE distributed object environment
DOF data over fibre
DOM document object model
DOS denial of service
@@ -248,14 +288,18 @@
DPI dots per inch
DPI deep packet inspection
DPL descriptor privilege level
+DPST display power savings technology
DRAM dynamic random access memory
DRI direct rendering infrastructure
DRM digital rights management
+DRRS display refresh rate switching
DS debug store
+DSB double-sideband modulation
DSDT differentiated system descriptor table
DSL digital subscriber line
DSL domain specific language
DSLAM digital subscriber line access multiplexer
+DSN delivery status notification
DSO dynamic shared object
DSP digital signal processor
DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum
@@ -263,13 +307,16 @@
DTE data terminal equipment
DTE dumb terminal emulator
DTL diode-transistor logic
+DTS digital thermal sensor
DVB digital video broadcasting
+DVCS distributed version control system
DVD digital versatile disc
DVFS dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
DVR digital video recorder
DVI digital visual interface
E-XER extended XML encoding rules
EAP extensible authentication protocol
+EBR extended boot record
ECC error correction code
ECL emitter-coupled logic
ECN explicit congestion notification
@@ -286,11 +333,14 @@
EFM eight to fourteen modulation
EGA enhanced graphics {array,adapter}
EGP exterior gateway protocol
+EH extension header
EIDE enchanced IDE
EISA extended industry standard architecture
ELF executable and linking format
ELS entry level system
+EMI electro-magnetic interference
EMP electro-magnetic pulse
+EMR electro-magnetic radiation
EOF end of file
EOL end of line
EOL end of life
@@ -313,7 +363,10 @@
FDC floppy disk controller
FDD floppy disk drive
FDDI fiber distributed data interface
+FDE full disk encryption
+FEA finite element analysis
FEC forward error correction
+FET field-effect transistor
FFH functional fixed hardware
FFI foreign function interface
FFS fast file system
@@ -326,19 +379,26 @@
FILO first in, last out
FIR fast infrared
FLOPS floating [point] operations per second
+FLOSS free / libre / open source software
FM frequency modulation
+FMR false match rate
FOSS free / open source software
FPGA field programmable gate array
FPM fast page mode
FPR floating point register
FPU floating point unit
FQDN fully qualified domain name
+FRR false rejection rate
FRU field replaceable unit
+FS file system
FSB front side bus
FSCK file system check
+FSK frequency shift keying
FSM finite-state machine
+FTA fault tree analysis
FTP file transfer protocol
FTPS file transfer protocol, secure
+FUS fast user switching
FWH firmware hub
FWS folding white space
GAS generic address structure
@@ -358,6 +418,7 @@
GPR general purpose register
GPT GUID partition table
GPU graphics processing unit
+GR golden ratio
GRE generic routing encapsulation
GSI global system interrupt
GUI graphics user interface
@@ -379,17 +440,22 @@
HMA high memory area
HMI human-machine interface
HP Hewlett-Packard
+HOOD hierarchical object oriented design
HPC high performance computing
HPET high precision event timer
HT hyper-threading
HTC hardware thermal control
+HTCC high temperature co-fired ceramic
HTML hyper-text markup language
HTT hyper-threading technology
HTTP hyper-text transfer protocol
HTTPS hyper-text transfer protocol, secure
+HVM hardware virtual machine
HZ Hertz
I2O intelligent input/output
+IA information assurance
IANA Internet assigned number authority
+IBC iterated block cipher
IBM International Business Machines
IBS instruction based sampling
ICA independent computer architecture
@@ -403,6 +469,7 @@
IDA Intel dynamic acceleration
IDE integrated drive electronics
IDE integrated development environment
+IDPS instruction detection [and] prevention system
IDRP inter-domain routing protocol
IDS intrusion detection system
IDT interrupt descriptor table
@@ -422,6 +489,7 @@
IMC integrated memory controller
IMCR interrupt mode configuration register
IMAP Internet mail access protocol
+IMS information management system
INCITS international committee on information technology standards
IO input/output
IOCTL input/output control
@@ -429,6 +497,7 @@
IP Internet Protocol
IP intellectual property
IPC interprocess communication
+IPE integrated programming environment
IPI interprocessor interrupt
IPNG Internet protocol, next generation
IPS intrusion prevention system
@@ -439,6 +508,7 @@
IRQ interrupt request
IRQL interrupt request level
IRTF Internet research task force
+IS information system
ISA industry standard architecture
ISA instruction set architecture
ISDN integrated services digital network
@@ -452,8 +522,10 @@
IST interrupt stack table
ISV independent software vendor
ITB Intel turbo boost
+IV initialization vector
IVT interrupt vector table
JBOD just a bunch of disks
+JFET junction [gate] field-effect transistor
JIT just in time
JPEG joint photographic experts group
JRE Java runtime environment
@@ -471,10 +543,14 @@
LAMP Linux Apache MySQL {Perl,PHP,Python}
LAN local area network
LAPIC local advanced programmable interrupt controller
+LAR load access rights
LBA logical block addressing
+LBS location-based service
LCD liquid crystal display
LCP link control protocol
+LDA local delivery agent
LDAP lightweight directory access protocol
+LDR light-dependent resistor
LDT local descriptor table
LE logical extent
LED light emitting diode
@@ -483,6 +559,7 @@
LF low frequency
LFM lowest frequency mode
LFN long file names
+LFO low-frequency oscillation
LFS log-structured file system
LFU least frequently used
LIFO last in, first out
@@ -492,14 +569,18 @@
LIR local Internet registry
LKM {Linux, loadable} kernel module
LKML Linux kernel mailing list
+LL load linked
LL/SC load linked / store conditional
LLC logical link control
LLF low level format
+LLMNR link-local multicast name resolution
LLVM Low Level Virtual Machine
+LM long mode
LMM link management mode
LNO loop nest optimization
LOC lines of code
LPC low pin count
+LPS local positioning system
LRC longitudinal redundancy check
LRM left-to-right mark
LRO left-to-right override
@@ -507,13 +588,16 @@
LSB least significant bit [or: byte]
LSB Linux standards base
LSI large scale integration
+LSL load segment limit
LSR label switch router
+LTCC low temperature co-fired ceramic
LTR left to right
LTR load task register
LUN logical unit number
LV logical volume
LVM logical volume management
LVT local vector table
+LWP light-weight process
LZW Lempel Ziv Welch
MAC medium access control
MAC mandatory access control
@@ -527,6 +611,7 @@
MCE machine check exception
MCGA multicolor graphics adapter
MCH memory controller hub
+MCM multi-chip module
MCQ memory controlled queue
MD machine-dependent
MDA mail delivery agent
@@ -552,13 +637,16 @@
ML markup language
ML maximum likelihood
MLC multi-level cell
+MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit
MMIO memory mapped input/output
MMU memory management unit
MMX multimedia extension
MMX multiple math extension
MMX matrix math extension
+MO magneto-optical
MOESI modified, owned, exclusive, shared, invalid
MOF maximum operating frequency
+MOSFET metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
MOSI modified, owned, shared, invalid
MP multiprocessor
MP multiprocessing
@@ -574,6 +662,7 @@
MRU most recently used
MS Microsoft
MSB most significant bit [or: byte]
+MSE mean square error
MSF minutes seconds frames
MSI message signaled interrupt
MSI modified, shared, invalid
@@ -596,8 +685,11 @@
NAT network address translation
NAV network allocation vector
NC numerical control
+NCO numerically-controlled oscillator
NCP network control protocol
NCQ native command queuing
+ND neighbor discovery
+NE numeric error
NFA nondeterministic finite automaton
NFS network file system
NIA next instruction address
@@ -615,6 +707,7 @@
NTP network time protocol
NUMA non-uniform memory access
NVRAM non-volatile random access memory
+NW not write-through
NX no execute
OAEP optimal asymmetric encryption padding
OBO off by one
@@ -625,6 +718,7 @@
ODT on-die termination
OEM original equipment manufacturer
OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
+OFET organic field-effect transistor
ONFI open nand flash interface
OO object oriented
OO OpenOffice
@@ -648,11 +742,14 @@
OSS open sound system
OSVW operating system visible workarounds
OTP one time password
+OU organizational unit
OUI organizationally unique identifier
OWL Web ontology language
P2P peer to peer
P2P PCI to PCI
PA physical address
+PA phase accumulator
+PAC phase-amplitude converter
PAE physical address extension
PAM pluggable authentication modules
PAM pulse amplitude modulation
@@ -666,21 +763,29 @@
PC personal computer
PCB printed circuit board
PCC Portable C Compiler
+PCD page-level cache disable
+PCE performance-monitor counter enable
PCI peripheral component interconnect
PCM pulse code modulation
PCMCIA personal computer memory card international association
PD public domain
PDA personal digital assistant
PDA pushdown automaton
+PDAG propositional directed acyclic graph
+PDB power distribution board
PDF portable document format
+PDM pulse-duration modulation
PDN pull-down network
PDP page descriptor page
PDS product data sheet
PDU protocol data unit
+PE protection enable
+PEP protocol extension protocol
PER packed encoding rules
PERL practical extraction [and] report language
PFS perfect forward secrecy
PGAS partitioned global address space
+PGE page global enable
PGP pretty good privacy
PHB PCI host bridge
PIC programmable interrupt controller
@@ -688,15 +793,19 @@
PID process id
PIE position independent executable
PIM personal information manager
+PIM platform-independent model
PIN personal identification number
PIO programmed input/output
PIPT physically indexed, physically tagged
+PIV personal identity verification
PKI public key infrastructure
PKCS public-key cryptography standards
PLC programmable logic controller
PLL phase locked loop
PLRU pseudo LRU
+PLTM package level thermal management
PM power management
+PM pulse modulation
PME power management event
PMI platform management interrupt
PMIO port-mapped input/output
@@ -705,11 +814,13 @@
PNG portable network graphics
PNP plug and play
POE power over ethernet
+POF probability of failure
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
+PP pair programming
PPC PowerPC
PPB PCI [to] PCI bridge
PPI pixels per inch
@@ -722,43 +833,56 @@
PRML partial response, maximum likelihood
PRNG pseudo random number generator
PROM programmable read only memory
+PSD power spectral density
PSE page size extensions
PSK pre-shared key
+PSK phase shift keying
PSTN public switched telephone network
PSW program status word
PTE page table entry
PTLA pseudo top level aggregator
PTP page table page
+PTV perceived target value
PU processing unit
PUN physical unit number
PV physical volume
PVG physical volume group
+PVI protected-mode virtual interrupt
PWM pulse width modulation
PXE preboot execution environment
QA quality assurance
+QAM quality assurance management
QAM quadrature amplitude modulation
QBE query by example
QC quality control
+QDI quasi delay insensitive
QOS quality of service
+RA receiver address
+RA remote assistance
+RA router advertisement
RAD rapid application development
RAID redundant array of inexpensive disks
RAM random access memory
RAS restartable atomic sequence
RAS remote access service
RAS row address strobe
+RBF radial basis function
+RBT red-black tree
RC release candidate
RC remote control
RCS revision control system
-RCU read-copy-update
+RCU read, copy, update
RDF resource description format
RDM relational data model
RDMA remote direct memory access
REST representational state transfer
RF radio frequency
+RFI radio frequency interference
RFO request for ownership
RGB red green blue
RH read hit
RHL Red Hat Linux
+RIB routing information base
RIFF Resource Interchange File Format
RIP routing information protocol
RIR regional Internet registry
@@ -768,12 +892,16 @@
RLL run length limited
RLO right-to-left override
RM read miss
+RMPM rapid memory power management
+RMS root mean square
+RMW read, modify, write
RNG random number generator
ROM read only memory
RPC remote procedure call
RPL requested privilege level
RPM revolutions per minute
RR random replacement
+RS relay station
RSA Rivest, Shamir and Adleman
RSS really simple syndication
RSS residual sum of squares
@@ -789,6 +917,9 @@
RWM read-write memory
RX receive, receiver
S/PDIF Sony/Phillips digital interface
+SA source address
+SA security association
+SA structured analysis
SAAS software as a service
SACD super audio compact disc
SAD security association database
@@ -796,10 +927,16 @@
SAM sum addressed memory
SAN storage area network
SAPIC streamlined advanced programmable interrupt controller
+SASD structured analysis, structured design
SASI shugart associates system interface (predecessor to SCSI)
SATA serial advanced technology attachment
SB sound blaster
SBU standard build unit
+SC store conditional
+SCA source code analyzer
+SCC single chip cloud
+SCC source code control
+SCCS source code control system
SCM software configuration management
SCM source code management
SCP secure copy
@@ -827,6 +964,7 @@
SLI scan-line interleave
SLOC source lines of code
SLRU segmented LRU
+SMA smart memory access
SMAF system management action field
SMART self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology
SMBIOS system management BIOS
@@ -839,8 +977,10 @@
SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
SMU system management unit
SNMP simple network management protocol
+SNR signal [to] noise ratio
SOA service oriented architecture
SOAP simple object access protocol
+SOC system on chip
SOHO small office / home office
SOL serial over LAN
SP stack pointer
@@ -854,10 +994,13 @@
SPMD single process, multiple data
SPR special purpose register
SPT sectors per track
+SQA software quality assurance
SQL structured query language
SRAM static random access memory
SRC sample rate conversion
SS stack segment
+SS self-snoop
+SSB single-sideband modulation
SSD solid state drive
SSE streaming SIMD extensions
SSFDC solid state floppy disc card
@@ -865,6 +1008,8 @@
SSI server side includes
SSL secure sockets layer
SSP stack smashing protection
+STC software thermal control
+STD state transition diagram
STP shielded twisted pair
STP spanning-tree protocol
SUS Single Unix Specification
@@ -873,16 +1018,23 @@
SVM secure virtual machine
SVM support vector machine
SWF Shockwave Flash
-TAS test and set
+TA transmitter address
+TA test assertion
+TAI international atomic time
TAO track at once
TAOCP The Art of Computer Programming
+TAS test and set
+TB terabyte
TCB trace capture buffer
TCB trusted computing base
TCC thermal control circuit
TCL tool command language
TCP transmission control protocol
TCQ tagged command queueing
+TDC time [to] digital converter
TDD test driven development
+TDM time division multiplexing
+TDOA time difference of arrival
TDP thermal design {point, power}
TECO Text Editor and Corrector
TFT thin film transistor
@@ -890,17 +1042,20 @@
TIAS try it and see
TIFF tagged image file format
TITS try it to see
+TK temporal key
TLA top level aggregator
TLB transition lookaside buffer
TLD top level domain
TLS transport layer security
TLS thread local storage
TM Turing machine
+TM thermal monitor
TMDS transition minimized differential signaling
TMO timeout
TOD time of day
TOS terms of service
TOS type of service
+TOS trusted operating system
TP transaction processing
TPM trusted platform module
TPM transactions per minute
@@ -912,6 +1067,8 @@
TS time series
TS terminal services
TSC time stamp counter
+TSD time stamp disable
+TSL test, set, lock
TSO time sharing option
TSP time stamp protocol
TSP tunnel setup protocol
@@ -939,6 +1096,7 @@
UMA uniform memory access
UMA upper memory area
UMB upper memory block
+UMPC ultra-mobile PC
UML unified modeling language
UPS uninterruptible power supply
URI uniform resource identifier
@@ -947,18 +1105,24 @@
USART universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver/transmitter
USB universal serial bus
USWC uncacheable speculative write combining
+UT unit test
UTC coordinated universal time
UTP unshielded twisted pair
UUCP Unix-to-Unix copy protocol
UUID universally unique identifier
UUOC useless use of cat
+VA volt-ampere
VA virtual address
VA vertical alignment
VAX virtual address extension
VB Visual Basic
+VCA variable-gain amplifier
VCC common collector voltage
+VCF voltage-controlled filter
VCM virtual channel memory
+VCO voltage-controlled oscillator
VESA video electronics standards association
+VFO variable-frequency oscillator
VG volume group
VGA video graphics {array,adapter}
VHDCI very high density cable interconnect
@@ -971,6 +1135,7 @@
VLSM variable length subnet mask
VOD video on demand
VM virtual {machine,memory}
+VME virtual mode extension
VMX virtual machine extensions
VMX vector multimedia extensions
VPN virtual private network
@@ -978,6 +1143,7 @@
VRAM video random access memory
VRM voltage regulator module
VRRP virtual router redundancy protocol
+W Watt
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
WAN wide area network
WAP wireless application protocol
@@ -991,8 +1157,12 @@
WOL wake on LAN
WOR wake on ring
WORM write once read many
+WP write protect
+WP word processor
+WP WordPerfect
WPA wi-fi protected access
WRAM window random access memory
+WS web services
WTC write through caching
WWAN wireless wide area network
WWW world wide web
@@ -1012,6 +1182,7 @@
YAWPFAPR you are welcome; please file a problem report
YP yellow pages (aka NIS)
YTD year to date
+ZBR zone bit recording
ZFOD zero-filled on demand
ZIF zero insertion force
ZIFS zero insertion force socket
