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P2P PEER TO PEER [PROGRAMMING C#, JESSE LIBERTY, 2001, O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES]
P3P PLATFORM FOR PRIVACY PREFERENCES; World Wide Web Consortium standard [Matt Hicks, eWeek, Sept. 9, 2002]

PABX

PRIVATE AUTOMATED BRANCH EXCHANGE

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows

2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
PAC PRESENTATION ABSTRACTION CONTROL [DOMAIN ORIENTED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES; KIYOSHI ITOH; SATOSHI KUMAGAI; TOYOHIKO HIROTA; 2003; TAYLOR & FRANCIS]

PAD

PACKET ASSEMBLER/DE-ASSEMBLER DEVICE

X.25 packet

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]
PAGEDEF PAGE DEFINITION [Infoprint Designer for iSeries v.1, r.1 &

AS/400; WWW.IBM.COM]
PAL PHASE ALTERATION LINE; In Europe and Middle East; [SAMS TEACH YOURSELF WEB PUBLISHING WITH HTML4 IN 21 DAYS PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE EDITION, 2ND EDITION]

PAP

Password Authentication Protocol

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]
PAPERO PARTNER TYPE PERSONAL ROBOT [WWW.NEC.CO.JP; 5/2003] [http://www.incx.nec.co.jp/robot/ robotcenter_e.html]
PARC PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER; XEROX [EWEEK, JUNE 23, 2003]

PASE

PORTABLE APPLICATION SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT

IBM iSeries 400; IBM operating system OS/400;

WWW.IBM.COM

PAT

PORT AND ADDRESS TRANSLATION

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
PBS PHONE BOOK SERVICE Win Server 2008 >> while installing IIS component,

IFF yes to PSB requests to configure IIS;

IFF no to configure IIS manually by accepting PBS requests, by running IIS Security Wizard;

PC

PERSONAL COMPUTER

 
PCAR PRINCIPLE COMPONENT AUTO REGRESSIVE [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

PCASSO

PATIENT CENTERED ACCESS TO SECURE SYSTEMS ONLINE

[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]

PCB

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; Also see: MCM; FPC;

[TONY WALTHAM, DATABASE, BANGKOK POST, 2001]

PCD

PHOTO CD

[MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE 2002]

PCI

PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
PCI-X PCI EXTENDED [EWEEK, SEPT., 2003]
PCM PULSE CODE MODULATION; Generating waves to create pulses;  [NETWORK SECURITY ILLUSTRATED; McGraw-Hill; 2004]

PCMCIA

PERSONAL COMPUTER MEMORY CARD INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

PCR

PHASE CHANGE REWRITABLE

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
PCS PERSONAL CONNECTIVITY SOLUTION [WWW.AMD.COM; 2003]

PCT

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

v. 1.0

[MICROSOFT FRONTPAGE 2002]

PDA

PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
PDB PROTEIN DATA BASE [BIOINFORMATICS, NEC; 2002; http://www.nec.co.jp/techrep/en/r_and_d/ ]

PDC

Primary Domain Controller

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]
PDH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOUR [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

PDL

PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

PDM

PROGRAMMING DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]

PDN

PUBLIC DATA NETWORK

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

PDU

PROTOCOL DATA UNIT

A data packet

[WS_Ping Pro, IPSWITCH 2000]
PE PORTABLE EXECUTABLE [PROGRAMMING C#, JESSE LIBERTY, 2001, O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES]
PEAP PROTECTED EXTENDED AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL; For password based wireless protection schemes; [.NET MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 2003]

PEC

primary enterprise controller

[MICROSOFT PERSONAL WEB SERVER, V.4, RELEASE NOTES]

PERL

PRACTICAL EXTRACTION AND REPORT LANGUAGE; In 2004, Perl v.5.6, 6.0;

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

PGA

PROGRAM GLOBAL AREA

[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]

PG DN

PAGE DOWN

[STANDARD KEYBOARD]

PG UP

PAGE UP

[STANDARD KEYBOARD]

PGA

PIN GRID ARRAY

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

PGA

PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS ADAPTER

 
PGP PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY; Email and storage disk encryption by Phil Zimmerman; www.nai.com; Free in Internet; [FIREWALLS 24SEVEN, MATTHEW STREBE, CHARLES PERKINS; SYBEX; 2002]

PHP

Hypertext Preprocessor

See: *.php3, *.php

[ACCHTML 4 PRO]

www.visicommedia.com
PHY PHYSICAL LAYER; Also see: MAC; [A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSOR, LINLEY GWENNAP & BOB WHEELER, MICRODESIGN, 2000]
PID POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM [WWW.NECTHAI.CO.TH; 2002]

[www.nec.com.sg/ap/section/solutions/solutions/pid.html; 2004]

PIM

PROTOCOL INDEPENDENT MULTICAST

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
PIMA PATTERN INDUCED MULTI SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; Program; [BIOINFORMATICS COMPUTING, BRYAN BERGERON, PRENTICE HALL, 2003]
PIN PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER [WWW.NEC.COM.SG; 2004]

PING

PACKET INTERNET GROPER

Defined in RFC 792, ICMP’s Echo function

[WS_Ping Pro, IPSWITCH 2000]
PIO PHYSICAL I/O; Also see: LIO [ORACLE MAGAZINE, JULY/AUGUST, 2003]

PIP

PICTURE IN PICTURE

[Samsung Ad., Bangkok Post, 2001]
PIR PROTEIN IDENTIFICATION RESOURCE [BIOINFORMATICS, NEC; 2002; http://www.nec.co.jp/techrep/en/r_and_d/ ]
PIX PRIVATE INTERNET EXCHANGE [ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]

PKI

PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE; PKI = encryption and digital signature

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

[WWW.NEC-GLOBAL.COM/FEATURES/WORDDEFINER/KEY.HTML; 2002]
PKS PHARSIGHT KNOWLEDGEBASE SERVER [ORACLE MAGAZINE; 2002]

PL

PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE;

[ORACLE8 ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE, 1997, ORACLE CORPORATION]
PLA PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY [CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits; Sung-Mo Kang; Yusuf Leblebici; 2003]
PLC PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
PLD PAPER LIKE DISPLAY [CANON; 2005]

PLIM

PHYSICAL LAYER INTERFACE MODULE

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
PLL PHASE LOCK LOOP [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

For Monbusho level engineers only: define precisely between I/O and PLL;

PLM

PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

[WWW.IBM.COM]
PLSE PRODUCT LINE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING [DOMAIN ORIENTED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES; KIYOSHI ITOH; SATOSHI KUMAGAI; TOYOHIKO HIROTA; 2003; TAYLOR & FRANCIS]
PMC PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE [EWEEK, JUNE, 2003]
PMD PROTEIN MUTANT DATABASE [http://pmd.ddbj.nig.ac.jp/; 2004]

PMS

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

A system / PC Console based super hybrid digital PABX

[PANASONIC SYSTEMS, 2001, www.panasonic-th.com , BANGKOK POST]
PNG PORTABLE NETWORK GRAPHICS; cdrom.com/pub/png [SAMS TEACH YOURSELF WEB PUBLISHING WITH HTML 4 IN 21 DAYS PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE EDITION, 2ND EDITION; 2000]
PNNI PRIVATE NETWORK NODE INTERFACE; protocol [WWW.UNEX.BERKELEY.EDU; 2002]

PNP

Plug and Play

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]

POC

Program Operator communication

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
POC Push to talk over cellular; POC and voip are packet based voice services [www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0505/1101.html]
PODEM PATH ORIENTED DECISION MAKING [CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits; Sung-Mo Kang; Yusuf Leblebici; 2003]
POE POWER OVER ETHERNET; wlan 802.3AF; [EWEEK; JAN. 5, 2004]

POP

POINT OF PRESENCE

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

POP

Post Office Protocol; PoP3, POP version 3;

[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]

POS

PACKET OVER SONET

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
POS POINT OF SALE [EWEEK, JUNE, 2003]

POST

Power on self test

[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]

POTS

PLAIN OLD TELEPHONE SERVICE

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL] [185 Wireless Secrets; Jack McCullough; Wiley Publishing; 2004]

PP

Presentation Position

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
PPDD PRACTICAL PRIVACY DISK DRIVER; Linux; [SECURITY COMPLETE; SYBEX; 2001]
PPFA PAGE PRINTER FORMATTING AID [Infoprint Designer for iSeries v.1, r.1 & AS/400; WWW.IBM.COM]

PPP

POINT-TO-POINT PROTOCOL

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]
PPPOE PPP OVER ETHERNET [NEC; 2002; http://www.nec.co.jp/techrep/en/r_and_d/ ]
PPRC PEER-TO-PEER REMOTE COPY [ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]

PPS

PACKET PER SECOND

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

PPTP

POINT-TO-POINT TUNNELING PROTOCOL

PPTP supports IP, IPX, and NetBEUI

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997] [PC TECH HINT: Q329834] Have you fixed PPTP implementation DoS  by XP SP1 yet?  

PRNG PSEUDORANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; Algorithm [FIREWALLS 24SEVEN, SYBEX, 2002]

PROM

PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

PRTSC

PRINT SCREEN

[STANDARD KEYBOARD]

PSC

primary site controller

[MICROSOFT PERSONAL WEB SERVER, V.4, RELEASE NOTES]
PSTE PARALLEL SYSPLEX TRAINING ENVIRONMENT [ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
PSTN public switched telephone network [A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSOR, LINLEY GWENNAP & BOB WHEELER, MICRODESIGN, 2000]
PTE PAGE TABLE ENTRY [ORACLE MAGAZINE; 6/2003]

PTF

PROGRAM TEMPORARY FIX; ISERIES PROGRAMMING FACILITIES

[Infoprint Designer for iSeries v.1, r.1 & AS/400; ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
PTH PIN THROUGH  HOLE [CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits; Sung-Mo Kang; Yusuf Leblebici; 2003]

PTR

IP ADDRESS TO NAME POINTER

DNS reverse lookup zone

[TRIER EXAMS © 1997 V.2.0]

www.trierexams.com
PTT PUSH TO TALK; [WWW.LGE.COM; 2004]
PTV PUSH TO VIEW;  Wireless; [WWW.LGE.COM; 2005]

PU

PHYSICAL UNIT

IBM SNA à PVC

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
PVA PATTERN VERTICAL ALLIGNMENT; Also see: Samsung display; [EWEEK, SEPT., 2003]

PVC

PERMANENT VIRTUAL CIRCUIT

Also see: SVC

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

PVC

PERMANENT VIRTUAL CONNECTION

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

PVC

PRIVATE VIRTUAL CIRCUIT

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

PVIEW

PROCESS VIEWER

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]

PWM

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

PWS

PERSONAL WEB SERVER

See: Microsoft Personal Web Server v.4

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
PWVD PSEUDO WIGNER VILLE DISTRIBUTION [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
PXE PREBOOT EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT; Blade controller / F5 Networks; [EWEEK, JUNE 23, 2003]
PXI PCI EXTENSION FOR INSTRUMENTATION [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

QA

QUALITY ASSURANCE

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
QBER QUANTUM BIT ERROR RATE; [www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0505/3101.html; 2005]

QBF

QUERY BY FORM

Computer Associates’ Ingres RDBMS

[WWW.CA.COM]
QDR QUAD DATA RATE [WWW.SAMSUNG.COM; 2004]
QED Quantum Effect Device [A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSOR, MICRODESIGN RESOURCES, 2000]

QEP

QUERY EXECUTION PLANS     

Computer Assocites’ Ingres Visual DBA

[WWW.CA.COM]
QFP QUAD FLAT PACK; 100 PIN IN 2002; ISA pin configuration; [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
QFP QUAD FLAT PACKAGE [WWW.NECEL.COM; INNOVATOR'S VOICE; 2004]
QFS QUICK FILE SYSTEM [EWEEK; VOL. 22; NO.28; 2005]
QMU QUEUE MANAGEMENT UNIT [A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSOR, MICRODESIGN RESOURCES, 2000]

QOS

QUALITY OF SERVICE

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

R&D

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

RAC

REAL APPLICATION CLUSTER; Oracle 9i / HP UX, SUN Solaris; In 2004, RAC/10g;

[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]

RAD

RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dial In User Service; Remote Access Dial In User Service;Also see: Security of AD/RADIUS; IAS;

[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000] [Security Complete; Sybex; 2001]

RAID

REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

RAM

RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

RAM DAC

Random Access Memory Digital Analog Converter

[Microsoft Press, 1997]
RAN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK [WWW.NEC.CO.JP; 2002]

RARP

REVERSE ARP

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

RAS

REMOTE ACCESS SERVICE;

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997] [PC TECH HINT] In XP, have you fixed Q318138 for RAS phonebook's security ?
RBAC ROLE BASED ACCESS CONTROL; Solaris 9 OS administrative feature [HENRY BALTAZAR, EWEEK LABS REVIEW, EWEEK, 06/17/2002]

[Architecting a Cloud-Scale Identity Fabric, Eric Olden; IEEE Computer March 2011] also see: ABAC;

RBF

REPORT BY FORMS

Computer Associates’ Ingres RDBMS

[WWW.CA.COM]
RBM RING BACK MELODY; Mobile wireless system [www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0505/1301.html]
RBO RULE BASED OPTIMIZER; Also see: CBO; [ORACLE MAGAZINE, JULY/AUGUST, 2003]
RBW RESOLUTION BANDWIDTH [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
RCW RUNTIME CLASS WRAPPER [PROGRAMMING C#, JESSE LIBERTY, 2001, O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES]

RD

REFERENCED DOCUMENT

[MICROSOFT WORD 2002]
RDA REMOTE DATA ACQUISITION [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

RDBMS

RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

RDF

RESOURCE DESCRIPTION FRAMEWORK

[COLDFUSION STUDIO; ALLAIRE CORPORATION; 2000] www.allaire.com

RDN

Relative Distinguished Name

[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]

RDO

REMOTE DATA OBJECT

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
RDP REMOTE DESKTOP PROTOCOL [CONFIGURING WINDOWS VISTA CLIENT; MICROSOFT PRESS; 2007]

RDS

REMOTE DATA SERVICE 

Framework for HTTP, HTTPS and DCOM

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
REAP REMOTE EDGE ACCESS POINT; WLAN / ACS [EWEEK; JAN. 5, 2004]

RED

RANDOM EARLY DETECTION;

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
RELAX NG REGULAR LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION FOR XML CORE NEW GENERATION; XML Schema, grammar based [WWW.OREILLY.COM; 2004]
REN REMOTE ENABLE; Interface management at pin-line level; [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

RES/ENP

Restore/Enable Presentation

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

REXX

RESTRUCTURED EXTENDED EXECUTOR

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

RF

RADIO FREQUENCY

FCC type A is for business, FCC type B is for home

[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4th Edition, 1999]
RFC REMOTE FUNCTION CALL [WWW.UNEX.BERKELEY.EDU; 2002]

RFC

Request For Comments

A set of documents, published by IETF

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]

RFF

Required form feed

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
RFID RADIO FREQUENCY ID; wireless sensor; Also see: UPC; EPC; [CIO INSIGHT, ZIFF DAVIS; JUNE, 2003]

RFX/DFX

RECORD FIELD EXCHANGE

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]

rgb

rED, GREEN, AND BLUE; Display produces RGB color model; Also see: HSB;

[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]

RID

Relative ID

[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]

RIP

RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR

[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4th Edition, 1999]

RIP

Routing Information Protocol

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]; [ADMINISTERING ACTIVE DIRECTORY; MCGRAW-HILL; 2001]

RIP2

ROUTING INFORMATION PROTOCOL 2

50 neighbors / router

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
RIS RANDOM INTERLEAVED SAMPLING [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

RISC

REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING;

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
RLP REGISTER LEVEL PROGRAMMING [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
RMA REMOTE MATERIAL AUTHORIZATION [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

RMAN

RECOVERY MANAGER

[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
RMC RAPTOR MANAGEMENT CONSOLE [FIREWALLS 24SEVEN, SYBEX, 2002]

RMI

Remote Method Invocation

[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
RMON REMOTE MONITORING [WWW.UNEX.BERKELEY.EDU; 2002]

RMS

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

[Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures: MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
RMS ROOT MEAN SQUARED [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
RNC RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER [WWW.NECEL.COM; INNOVATOR'S VOICE; 2004]

RNL

Required New Line

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

ROI

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

Tool Estimator / IBM software;

[http://www-1.ibm.com] (9/3/01);

ROM

READ ONLY MEMORY

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
ROT RUNNING OBJECT TABLE [IROTVIEW, V.1.1, 32 BIT, MICROSOFT; 1993-5]

RP

ROUTER PROCESSOR; Also see: SP; Motorola's RP;

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
RP3 REFERENCE POINT 3; Spec. [WWW.NECEL.COM; INNOVATOR'S VOICE; 2004]

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]
RPG REPORT PROGRAM GENERATOR [ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]

RPS

REDUNDANT POWER SUPPLY

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

RPT

Repeat

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

RRAS

ROUTING AND REMOTE ACCESS SERVICE

[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]

RS

Routing Server

[MICROSOFT PERSONAL WEB SERVER, V.4, RELEASE NOTES]

RS

RECOMMENDED STANDARD / ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

RS

Record Separator

[Microsoft Press, 1997]
RSA RIVEST, SHAMIR, ADLEMAN; encryption [FIREWALLS 24SEVEN; SYBEX; 2002]
RSH REMOTE SHELL; PROTOCOL [FIREWALLS 24SEVEN; SYBEX; 2002]

RSP

ROUTE SWITCH PROCESSOR; Also see: RP, SP, ...;

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

RSP

Required Space

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

RSRB

REMOTE SOURCE ROUTE BRIDGING

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
RSS REALLY SIMPLE SYNDICATION; feeds [Microsoft; technet; 2005]; Basically, RSS is XML format, and RSS services are web_content_distribution [i.e. addresses, banners headlines, short texts, hyperlinks, ...], and web content_sharing;

RSVP

RESOURCE RESERVATION PROTOCOL; It contains TCP/UDP port number at Layer 4

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]; [ADMINISTERING ACTIVE DIRECTORY; MCGRAW-HILL; 2001]

RSVP

resource reservation setup protocol

See: Microsoft RSVP 1.0

[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4th Edition, 1999]

RTC

Real Time Clock

[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
RTD RESISTIVE TEMPERATURE DEVICE [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

RTF

RICH TEXT FORMAT

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

RTMP

ROUTING TABLE MAINTENANCE PROTOCOL

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
RTOS REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

RTP

ROUTING TABLE PROTOCOL

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

RTR

RESPONSE TIME REPORTER

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

RTS

REQUEST TO SEND

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
RTT ROUND TRIP TIME; Latency; Propagation delay; Should be in ms; [185 WIRELESS SECRETS; WILEY PUBLISHING; 2004]

RTTI

RUN TIME TYPE INFORMATION;

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]; One of the C++ features - Exceptions, RTTI, Single/Multiple Inheritance, Template, ...;
RTU REMOTE TERMINAL UNIT [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
RUP RATIONAL UNIFIED PROCESS [ORACLE MAGAZINE; 6/2003]
RVDT ROTARY VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMER; Also see: LVDT [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
RVS ROTATIONAL VIBRATION SENSOR [SCSI UltraStar series, Hitachi; 2004]

RWIN

RECEIVE WINDOW

RWIN sets DUN’s modem state

[MODEM BOOSTER V.2.2]

RXD

RECEIVE (X) DATA, RECEIVE (RX) DATA

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
S STACK; Also see: MPLS; [A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSOR, MICRODESIGN RESOURCES, 2000]
S/N SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO [WWW.SONY.NET; 2003]
SA SECURITY ASSOCIATIONs [firewall 24seven; sybex; 2002]

SA

Set Attribute

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

SA

SYSTEM AUTOMATION;

OS/390 V.2

[ISOURCE.IBM.COM]

SACL

SYSTEM ACCESS CONTROL LIST

[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]

SAM

SECURITY ACCOUNTS/ACCOUNTING MANAGER; Windows 2000;

[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]; [ADMINISTERING ACTIVE DIRECTORY; MCGRAW-HILL; 2001]
SAM SERVICE AUTOMATION MODULE; Opsware System 3 [Paula Musich, eWeek, 9/2/2]
SAM STORAGE AREA MANAGER; HP OPENVIEW [ORACLE MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 2003]

SAM

SUM-ADDRESSED MEMORY

Ultra SPARC III

[www.sun.com]
SAML SECURITY ASSERTION MARKUP LANGUAGE [EWEEK, July 7, 2003]

SAN

STORAGE AREA NETWORKS

[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]

SAN

SYSTEM AREA NETWORK

[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4th Edition, 1999]

SAP

SERVICE ACCESS POINT

Multiplexing

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

SAP

SERVICE ADVERTISING PROTOCOL

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

SAPI

SPEECH API

v.5.0.2602.00

[MICROSOFT EXCEL 2002]
SAR SEGMENTATION AND REASSEMBLY; ATM [A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSORS; MICRODESIGN RESOURCES; 2000]

SAS

SINGLE ATTACHMENT STATION

Also see: DAS; multi-mode FDDI

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
SATAN SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR TOOL FOR ANALYZING NETWORK; Unix; [FIREWALLS 24SEVEN, MATTHEW STREBE, CHARLES PERKINS; SYBEX; 2002]
SAX SIMPLE API FOR XML; API's event driven parser; [XML PARSER USABILITY AND PERFORMANCE, MATTHEW WILSON, WINDOWS DEVELOPER MAGAZINE, 04/2003]
SBS Small business server; mIcrosoft [eweek, sept., 2003]

SBS

Subscript

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
SCADA SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

SCC

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION CARD;

[www.sun.com; 2002]

SCC SYSTEM CONFIGURATION CHECKER [MICROSOFT; sql SERVER 2005]; If auto, SCC verifies and updates registry keys; Otherwise, manual registry key update is needed;
SCCML SECURITY CONFIGURATION COORDINATION MARKUP LANGUAGE; Policy description language; [www.nec.co.jp/press /en/0505/1601.html]
SCF SWITCHED CAPACITOR FILTER [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

SCM

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
SCM SERVICE CONTROL MANAGER [MMC 2 V.5; MICROSOFT; 2004]
SCMS SERIAL COPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM [Security Complete; Sybex; 2001]

SCN

SYSTEM CHANGE NUMBER; SCN is used to deploy point-in-time recovery of DBMS;

[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]

SCODE

STATUS CODE – COM’s predefined identifiers

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
SCPI STANDARD COMMAND FOR PROGRAMMABLE INSTRUMENT [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

SCRLK

SCROLL LOCK

[STANDARD KEYBOARD]

SCSI

SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM INTERFACE; Also see: FC-AL;

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
SD STANDARD DEVIATION

SDA

SCREEN DESIGN AID;

ISERIES PROGRAMMING FACILITIES

[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
SDE SPATIAL DATABASE ENGINE; Maplex - automated text placement and cartographic design software [WWW.ESRI.COM]

SDH

SYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL HIERARCHY; OPTICAL NETWORKING

[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]

SDI

SINGLE DOCUMENT INTERFACE

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]

SDK

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
SDL SPECIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE; Telelogic Tau Developer 2 [UML 2, GARY EVANS, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, APRIL, 2003, VOL.11, NO.4]

SDLC

SYNCHRONOUS DATA LINK CONTROL

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
SDMI SECURE DIGITAL MUSIC INITIATIVE [sonicstage v.1.2, sony, 2002; www.sdmi.org]
SDP SERIAL DATA PROCESSOR; Also see: Motorola's CP, C-5; [A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSOR, MICRODESIGN RESOURCES, 2000]

SDRAM

SYNCHRONOUS DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; Unbuffered

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

SDS

STOCKWATCH DATA SERVICES

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
SDSL SYMMETRIC DSL [MMC2 v5; Microsoft; 2004]

 
SECAM SYSTEME ELECTRONIC POUR COLEUR AVEC MEMOIRE; In France & Russia; [SAMS TEACH YOURSELF WEB PUBLISHING WITH HTML4 IN 21 DAYS PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE EDITION, 2ND EDITION]
SED SURFACE CONDUCTION ELECTRON EMITTER DISPLAY; Cannon + Toshiba; Flat display; [www.canon.com/press/p2004sep14.html]

SED/SEC

SINGLE ERROR DETECTION / SINGLE ERROR CORRECTION

www.sun.com

SEH

STRUCTURED EXCEPTION HANDLING

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]

sel

select

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
SELENE SELENOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING EXPLORER [www.jaxa.jp/missions/projects/sat/ exploration/selene/index_e.html]
SER SOFT ERROR RATE [WWW.NECEL.COM/EN/NEWS/ ARCHIVE/0212/1601.HTML]
serdes serialization and deserialization; (ATM || PPP)/SONET is mapped by framer-chip, and then passed to transceiver serdes function; [A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSOR, LINLEY GWENNAP & BOB WHEELER, MICRODESIGN, 2000]

SEU

SOURCE ENTRY UTILITY; ISERIES PROGRAMMING FACILITIES

[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]

SFC

SWITCH FABRIC CARD

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

SFE

Start field extended

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

SFM

Services for Macintosh

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]
SFP small form factor pluggable; Also see: Bus Connector and Port; [ www.sei.co.jp/iv_e/annual/04/an2004.pdf ]
SFP SOFT FRONT PANEL [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

SGA

STARED GLOBAL AREA; Memory

[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
SGK SERVICES GUIDE KIT; Also see: Microsoft SGK 5 [IMPLEMENT .NET ALERTS, SARA REA, .NETMAGAZINE, 05/2003]

SGML

STANDARD GENERALIZED MARKUP LANGUAGE

See: *.xml, *.dtd, *.xsl

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

SHA

SECURE HASH ALGORITHM; SHA-1 is created by NIST;

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
SHTTP SECURE HTTP; [BIOINFORMATICS; PRENTICE HALL; 2003]

SHy

Syllable hyphen

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
SI international System of Units  

SI

Shift In

[Microsoft Press, 1997]

SID

Security ID          or            Security Identifier

[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]

SIGE

SILICON GERMANIUM; Fabrication technology to implement power amplifier on radio frequency

[WWW.IBM.COM]
SIGEHBT Silicon germanium heterojunction bipolar transistor; [WWW.NEC.COM]
 

SIMD

SINGLE INSTRUCTION – MULTIPLE DATA;

[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4th Edition, 1999]

SIMM

SINGLE INLINE MEMORY MODULE

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
SIMPLE SIP IM PRESENCE LEVERING EXTENSIONS; IBM Sametime v.3; [EWEEK, SEPT., 2003]

SIP

SINGLE IN-LINE PACKAGE

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
SIP SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL; IBM Sametime v.3; IP Telephony; [EWEEK, Sept., 2003]
SKIP SIMPLE KEY MANAGEMENT FOR INTERNET PROTOCOLS [Security Complete; Sybex; 2001]
SLA SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT [Oracle Magazine; August, 2004]

SLIP

SERIAL LINE INTERNET PROTOCOL

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]

SM/SW

Set Mode/Switch

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

SMART

SELF MANAGING AND RESOURCE TUNING

[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]

SMB

SERVER MESSAGE BLOCK; SESSION MESSAGE BLOCK; 

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000] [Security Complete; Sybex; 2001]

SMDS

SWITCHED MULTIMEGABIT DATA SERVICES

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
SMII SERIAL MEDIA INDEPENDENT INTERFACE; Also see: MII [A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSOR, MICRODESIGN RESOURCES, 2000]

SMIP

SERVICE PROVIDER MIP

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
SML SIMPLE MACRO LANGUAGE; PC ARC/INFO and Data Automation Kit [WWW.ESRI.COM]

SMM

SYSTEM MANAGEMENT MODE

A mode of Intel Pentium processor

[INTEL, PENTIUM]

SMP

SYMMETRIC MULTIPROCESSING

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
SMP SYMMETRIC MULTIPROCESSOR [ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]

SMRP

SIMPLE MULTICAST ROUTING PROTOCOL

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
SMS SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE; SHORT MESSAGE SYSTEM;  [185 Wireless Secrets; Wiley Publishing; 2004] [WIRELESS AND DEVICES, TOM ZACIOS, .NETMAGAZINE, 05/2003]

SMS

SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SERVER

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]

SMS

SYSTEM MANAGED SPACE;

IBM DB2 UDB

[WWW.IBM.COM]

SMS

SYSTEM MANAGED STORAGE;

Z/OS CATALOG MANAGEMENT

[ISOURCE.IBM.COM]
SMT SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT TOOLSET [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
SMT SURFACE MOUNTED TECHNOLOGY [CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits; Sung-Mo Kang; Yusuf Leblebici; 2003]

SMTP

SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

SNA

SYSTEMS NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

SNAP

SUBNETWORK ACCESS PROTOCOL

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
SNIA STORAGE NETWORKING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION; Also see: HBA, Tape/CD/DVD libraries; [REDUCE STORAGE WITH NAS AND SAN, TOM CLARK, .NETMAGAZINE, 5/2003]

SNMP

Simple network management protocol;  

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997] [PC TECH HINT] Have you fixed Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-006 yet?

SO

Shift out

[Microsoft Press, 1997]
SOA SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE [.NET AND SOA; DARYL PLUMMER; .NETMAGAZINE; APRIL, 2003]

SOA

START OF AUTHORITY

[WS_Ping Pro, IPSWITCH 2000]; [ADMINISTERING ACTIVE DIRECTORY; MCGRAW-HILL; 2001]

SOAP

SIMPLE OBJECT ACCESS PROTOCOL; WebSphere

[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]

SOC

SYSTEM ON CHIP; Also see: Embedded DRAM from NEC;

[http://www.snug-universal.org; 09/03/01] [www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0412/1702.html; 2004]
SODA SERVICE ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICATION [.NET AND SOA; DARYL PLUMMER; .NETMAGAZINE; APRIL, 2003]
SOG SYSTEM ON GLASS; To sCAN; [WWW.NEC.CO.JP/PRESS/EN/0502/1801.HTML]

SOH

Start of Heading

[Microsoft Press, 1997]
soho small office or home [a guide to network processor, microdesign, 2000]
SOI SILICON ON INSULATOR [WWW.NECEL.COM; INNOVATOR'S VOICE; 2004]

SOM

SYSTEM OBJECT MODEL; IBM's usage;

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

SONET

SYNCHRONOUS OPTICAL NETWORK; Multi-mode fiber optic; Basically, it carries ATM and POS

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

SOS

Start of significance

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

SP

SWITCH PROCESSOR; Also see RP;

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

SP

SERVICE PACK

For fixing known and reported bugs

[MICROSOFT PERSONAL WEB SERVER, V.4, RELEASE NOTES]

SP

Space

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

SP

SERVICE PACK

Patch;

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]

SPA

SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION

Founded in 1984

[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4th Edition, 1999]

SPA

SECURE PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION

[MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 2002]

SPAP

Shiva PAP, Shiva Password Authentication Protocol

[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]

SPARC

SCALABLE PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
SPC STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
SPDT SINGLE POLE DOUBLE THROW; ALSO SEE: SPST; Switch [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

SPEC

STANDARD PERFORMACE EVALUTION CORP.

 
SPEXS SEQUENCE PATTERN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH [BIOINFORMATICS COMPUTING, BRYAN BERGERON, PRENTICE HALL, 2003]
SPI STATEFUL PACKET INSPECTION; Firewall; [LinkSys, Cisco; Broadband Router Installation and Troubleshooting Guide; 2005]
SPM SHARED PROPERTY MANAGER [MMC 2, V.5; MICROSOFT; 2004]

SPOOL

SIMULTANEOUS PERIPHERAL OPERATION ON LINE

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

SPP

SCALABLE PARALLEL PROCESSING

[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4th Edition, 1999]
SPring-8 Super Photon ring-8 GeV; World's strongest synchrotrons for finding new "computing" materials; [Canon Science Lab; www.canon.com; 2004]
SPS SHARE-POINT PORTAL SERVER [TRENDS AND ANALYSIS, CRAIG ROTH, .NETMAGAZINE, 05/2003]

SPS

Super Script

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
SPST SINGLE POLE SINGLE THROW; Also see: Spdt; Switch [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

SPX

SEQUENCED PACKET EXCHANGE; IPX;

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

SQL

STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE

[MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 7.0 ADMINISTRATOR’S POCKET CONSULTANT, stanek, 1999]
SQM Service Quality Monitoring [MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 2005]
SQUID SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE [www.hitachi.com/New/cnews/040909a.html]

SR

SPEECH RECOGNITION

[MICROSOFT EXCEL 2002]

SR/TLB

SOURCE ROUTE / TRANSLATIONAL BRIDGING

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

SRAM

STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

SRB

SOURCE ROUTE BRIDGING

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
SRL STRUCTURE RETURN LOSS; Also see: Impedance Z; [WWW.TIGERDIRECT.COM; 2004]
SRM STORAGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT [WWW.VERITAS.COM/SRM; 2002]
SRQ SERVICE REQUEST; Interface management at pin-line level; [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

SRT

SOURCE ROUTE TRANSPARENT

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

SRTP

SEQUENCED ROUTING UPDATE PROTOCOL

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

SSA

SERIAL STORAGE ARCHITECTURE

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]

SSE

SILICON SWITCH ENGINE

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
SSH SECURE SHELL; Protocol [FIREWALL 24SEVEN; SYBEX; 2002]
SSID SERVICE SET IDENTIFIER; Also see: Wireless; [185 Wireless Secrets; Wiley Publishing; 2004]]

SSIP

STANDARD SERIAL INTERFACE PROCESSOR

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

SSL

SECURE SOCKETS LAYER

Open standard by Netscape; v.2.0, v.3.0; Developed by Netscape;

[MICROSOFT OUTLOOK 2002]; [WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]
SSO SINGLE SIGN ON; ORACLE SECURITY [ORACLE MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 2003]

SSP

SILICON SWITCH PROCESSOR

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
SSP SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAM [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
SSR SOLID STATE RELAY; Multiplexer [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]

SSRP

SIMPLE SERVER REDUNDANCY PROTOCOL

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

SSRP

SIMPLE SERVER REDUNDANCY PROTOCOL

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
STA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY OF JAPAN [WWW.NEC-GLOBAL.COM/FEATURES/WORDDEFINER/KEY.HTML; 2002]

STA

SPANNING TREE ALGORITHM

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

STA

SINGLE THREADED APARTMENT

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
STC SEMICONDUCTOR TEST CONSORTIUM [www.semitest.org; 2004]
STDA STREET TALK DIRECTORY ASSISTANT SERVER [MMC2 V5; MICROSOFT; 2004]
STFT SHORT TIME FOURIER TRANSFORM [MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
STL STANDARD TEMPLATE LIBRARY [WWW.UNEX.BERKELEY.EDU; 2002]
STM SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY [WWW.SEAS.UCLA.EDU; 2003]
STM SHORT TERM MEMORY; AI usage; Human beings natural memory; Also see: LTM;

STP

SHIELDED TWISTED PAIR; Also see: UTP

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
STP STANDARD TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE [PHYSICS DEMYSTIFIED; STAN GIBILISCO; MCGRAW-HILL; 2002]

STS

SELF TEST SOFTWARE

[Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures: MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]; [WWW.SELFTESTSOFTWARE.COM]

STS

SELF TEST SOFTWARE

[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit
/ Microsoft Corporation, 1999]

STUN

SERIAL TUNNELING

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

STX

Start of Text

[Microsoft Press, 1997]

SUB

Substitute

[Microsoft Press, 1997]
SUMONCLE SUN MOON CIRCLE; RSC solar cell energy photovoltaic semiconductor [sumoncle.com; 2003]
SUN ONE SUN OPEN NET ENVIRONMENT; [HENRY BALTAZAR, EWEEK, 06/17/2002]

SVC

SWITCHED VIRTUAL CIRCUIT

Also see: PVC

[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]

SVC

SWITCHED VIRTUAL CIRCUIT

Frame Relay

[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]

SVGA

SUPER VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY

[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
SWATCH SIMPLE WATCHER; Linux; [COMPLETE SECURITY; SYBEX; 2001]

SYLK

SYMBOLIC LINK

[MICROSOFT EXCEL 2002]
SYN SYNCHRONIZE CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENTS; ; Transport layer; [FIREWALLS 24SEVEN, MATTHEW STREBE, CHARLES PERKINS; SYBEX; 2002]

SYN

Synchronous Idle

[Microsoft Press, 1997]

SYSRQ

SYSTEM REQUIRE

[STANDARD KEYBOARD]

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