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3GL
Third Generation Language |
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4GL
Fourth Generation Language |
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AIFF
Audio Interchange File Format |
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ALGOL
Algorithmic Language |
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ANSI American National Standard Institute |
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API Application Programming Interface |
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ASCII American
Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
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AVI
Audio
Video Interleave |
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BASIC Beginner’s
All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
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BD
Business Driver |
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BGP
Border Gateway Protocol |
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BIOS
Basic Input/Output System |
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BIR
Business Information Requirement |
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BMP
Bitmap |
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BRM Business Reference Model |
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BWAN Bureau Wide Area Network |
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C & S Calendaring and Scheduling |
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CAD
Computer Aided Design |
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CASE Computer-Aided Software Engineering |
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CCITT Commite' Consultatif International de
Telecommunications et Telegraphy |
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CCP Client Contact Point |
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CD Collision Detection (Access Method) |
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CGI
Common Gateway Interface |
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CIFS
Common
Internet File System |
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CIO Chief Information Officer |
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CMM Capability Maturity Model |
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COBO
Continuity of Business Operations |
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COBOL Common Business
Oriented Language |
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CODEC
Compression/Decompression |
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COG
Continuity of
Government |
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COOP
Continuity of Operations Planning |
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COTS Commercial off-the-shelf |
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CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
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CPE Customer Premise Equipment |
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CSIRC
Computer
Security Incident Response Capability |
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CSMA Carrier Sense Multiple Access |
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CSU Channel Service Unit |
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DBA
Database Administrator |
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DBMS Database Management Systems |
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DCE
Desktop Common Environment |
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DCMI
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DEN Directory Enabled Network |
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DFS
Distributed File System |
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DHTML
Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language |
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DIB Directory Information Base |
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DIF Directory Interoperability Forum |
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DMS Document Management System |
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DNS Domain Name Service |
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DOD MIL STD
Department of Defense Military Standard |
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DOI Department of Interior |
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DRM Data Reference Model |
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DS
Decision
Support |
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DSL
Digital Subscriber Line |
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DSM Distributed Systems Management |
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DSS
Decision Support System |
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DSU Digital Service Unit |
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DTD Document Type Definition |
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DTS
Distributed Time
Service |
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DV
Digital Video |
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E-FOIA
Electronic Freedom of Information Act |
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EA
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EAP
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EBA
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EBCDIC
Extended Binary Code Decimal Interchange Code |
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EFT
Electronic
Funds Transfer |
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EIA Electronic Industries Association |
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EIGRP Enhanced
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
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EJB |
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E-Mail Electronic Mail |
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EPS
Encapsulated
Postscript |
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ETL
Extract, Transform, Load |
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FCAPS Fault management, Configuration, Accounting,
Performance and Security |
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FCC
Federal Communications Commission |
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FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
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FEA Federal |
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FEDCIRC
|
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FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
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FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standards |
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FOIA Freedom Of Information Act |
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FORTRAN
Formula Translation |
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol |
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GIF
Graphics
Interchange Format |
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GILS
Government Information Locator Service |
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GIS Geographic
Information Systems |
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GISRA
Government Information Security Reform Act |
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GOTS
Government
off-the-shelf |
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GPEA
Government Paperwork
Elimination Act |
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GPRA
Government Performance and Results Act |
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GPS
Global Positioning System |
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GUI Graphical User Interface |
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HSRP
Hot Standby Router Protocol |
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HTML Hypertext Markup Language |
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HTTP
Hypertext
Transfer Protocol |
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I/O Input and Output |
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IAB Internet Architecture Board |
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ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol |
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ID Identification |
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IDE Integrated Development Environment |
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IDEAS Interior Department
Electronic Acquisition System |
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IDEF
Integrated Definition |
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IDMS
Integrated
Database Management System |
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IDS
Intrusion Detection System |
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IEA Interior |
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IEC International Electro-technical Commission |
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IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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IETF Internet Engineering Task Force |
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IGRP
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol |
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IM
Instant
Message or Instant Messaging |
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IMP
Internet Mail Access Protocol |
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INCA Interior Network Communication Architecture |
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IPSEC
IP Security Protocol |
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IPX
Internet
Packet Exchange |
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ISAM
Indexed Sequential Access Method |
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ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network |
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ISO International Organization for Standardization |
|
IT Information Technology |
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ITMC
Information Technology Management Council |
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ITMRA Information Technology Management Reform Act |
|
ITSP
Information
Technology Security Plan |
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J2EE
Java 2 Platform, |
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JDBC Java
Database Connectivity |
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JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
|
JSP
Java
Server Pages |
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L2TP
Layer Two Tunneling Protocol |
|
LAN Local Area Network |
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LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
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LIPS
Lightweight Internet Person Schema |
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LMR
Land |
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MAPI Messaging Application Programming Interface |
|
MARC
Machine Readable Cataloging |
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MPEG
Moving Picture Experts Group |
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MHS Message Handling Services |
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MIB
Management Information Base |
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MIT Management
Initiatives Team |
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MOM
Message Oriented Middleware |
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MPLS
Multi-protocol
Label Switching |
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MRTG
Multi Router Traffic Grapher |
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MTA Message Transfer Agent |
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MUA Mail User Agent |
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NACHA
National Automated Clearinghouse Authorization |
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NASA SEWP National Aeronautic and Space
Administration Scientific and
Engineering Workstation |
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NDS Novell Directory Service |
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NFS
Network File System |
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NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology |
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NNTP Network News Transport Protocol |
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NOC |
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NPR National Performance Review |
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NSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructure |
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NSM
Network Systems Management |
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NSS
Novel
Storage Service |
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NTIA National Telecommunications
and Information
Administration |
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OBDC
Open
Database Connectivity |
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OCIO
Office of Chief Information Officer |
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OLAP Online Analytical Process |
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OMB Office of Management and Budget |
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OMG
Object Management Group |
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ORB
Object Request Broker |
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OS
Operating System |
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OSI RM
Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model |
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OSPF
Open Shortest Path First Protocol |
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OTAP Over-the-Air
Programming |
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OTAR
Over-the-Air-Re-keying |
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OTP Online Transaction Processing |
|
PC Personal Computer |
|
PCI
Peripheral
Component Interconnect |
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PCM
Pulse Code Modulation |
|
PDA
Personal Digital
Assistant |
|
PDD Presidential Decision Directive |
|
PDF Portable Document Format |
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PERT
Program Evaluation Review Technique |
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PH
Phonebook |
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PIN
Personal Identification Number |
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PKI
Public Key Infrastructure |
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PNG
Portable Network Graphics |
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POP3 Post Office Protocol Version 3 |
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POS
Packet over SONET/SDH |
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PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
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PRA Paperwork Reduction Act |
|
PRM Performance Reference Model |
|
QOS
Quality of Service |
|
RAD
Rapid Application Development |
|
RDBMS Relational
Database Management System |
|
RFC
Request for Comments |
|
RFP
Request for Proposal |
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RIP Routing
Information Protocol |
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RM
Real Media |
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ROI Return Of Investment |
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RPC
Remote Procedure Call |
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RTA
Requirement
for Technical Architecture |
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RTP
Real time Transport Protocol |
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RTSP Real
Time Streaming Protocol |
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S/MIME Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension |
|
SAN Storage Area Network |
|
SCSI Small
Computer System Interface |
|
SDE
Spatial
Database Engine |
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SDLC
System Development Life Cycle |
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SIP
Session Initiation Protocol |
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SMS
Short Messaging Service |
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SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
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SNA
Systems Network Architecture |
|
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol |
|
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol |
|
SOW Statement
of Work |
|
SQL Structured Query Language |
|
SRM Service Component Reference Model |
|
SSL Secured Socket Layer |
|
STP Shielded Twisted Pair |
|
TCO Total Cost of Ownership |
|
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
|
TIA
Telecommunications
Industry Association |
|
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format |
|
TRM Technical Reference Model |
|
UDDI
Universal Description, Discovery and Integration |
|
UML
Unified
Modeling Language |
|
USB Universal Serial Bus |
|
UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair |
|
VDC Virtual
|
|
VIM Vendor Independent Messaging |
|
VPN
Virtual Private Network |
|
VSAM
Visual Storage Access Method |
|
W3C World Wide Web Consortium |
|
WAN Wide Area Network |
|
WAP Wireless Application Language |
|
WMF
Windows Metafile |
|
WML Wireless Markup Language |
|
WSDL
Web Services Description Language |
|
XHTML Extended
Hypertext Markup Language |
|
XML Extensible Markup Language |
|
XSM X/Open Systems Management |
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