Conference 7.286::digital

    BOHICA
    
    

    re .0
    
    Jargonese, for "We don't know where we are going, but at least we are
    getting there faster than the competition."
    
    q
    

    HEY-We have it yesterday, today, tomorrow- NOW!!!!  Just name it
    and WE have any flavor you want......

    
    "At Digital, we're making tomorrow yesterday today."
    
    
                               - not mine, but don't recall the source

    .0 Now we all see the vision!!!

    	Well, don't ask me why, but I just spent the better part of my
    Thursday evening trying to deciper these acronyms!  I managed to
    get all but one (SGE - which I imagine is some other vendor's
    network support service like our NAS).  Anyway, for what it's
    worth, here they are:

    				    -davo
    	
p.s.	Ok, so "IBM" was too easy...


IBM =	International Business Machines
SAA =	Systems Application Architecture
ONC =	Open Network Computing [Environment] (from Sun)
NAS =	Network Application Support
SGE =	?
ACE =	Advanced Computing Environment
ODT =	Open Desktop (SCO's Unix Offering based on System V and MOTIF)
SCO =	Santa Cruz Operations
ARC =	Advanced RISC Computing
OSF =	Open Software Foundation
DCE =	Distributed Computing Environment
DME =	Distributed Management Environment
AES =	Application Environment Specification
XPG3=	X/Open Portability Guide (issue #3)
CAE =	Common Applications Environment
EMA =	Enterprise Management Architecture
CDA =	Compound Document Architecture
OMG =	Object Management Group
COS =	Corporation for Open Systems
SOS =	Standards for Open Systems
OSI =	Open Systems Interconnection
ISO =	International Standards Organization
RPC =	Remote Procedure Call
POSIX =	Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments

re: .7

Good gawd!  Somebody give this guy a medal and some mandatory vacation time!

								- paul

    ...well.....that certainly clears it up....
    
"International Business Machines compares Systems Application Architecture to
Open Network Computing [Environment] (from Sun), Network Application Support
and SGE, while Advanced Computing Environment declares Advanced Computing
Environment /Open Desktop (Santa Cruz Operations's Unix Offering based on
System V and MOTIF) and Advanced Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computing
systems will use Open Software Foundation's Distributed Computing Environment
and Distributed Management Environment in its Application Environment
Specification, while keeping X/Open  Portability Guide (issue #3) branding in
the Common Applications Environment.  Digital says Enterprise Management
Architecture and Compound Document Architecture will implement Object
Management Group ideas consistent with Corporation for Open Systems and
Standards for Open Systems directives without conflicting with Open Systems
Interconnection and International Standards Organization policies on Remote
Procedure Call technology as defined in the Portable Operating System Interface
for Computer Environments 1003.8 std."

    

  
  Thanks to all, especially .0, .7 & .9 - helped start the day with a smile !
  
  This note just shows what a nonsensical, pretentious and irrelevant business
  this is.
  
  Frank

Ahhh Gi'day...�

    BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!

    Wrong.  It  wasn't a press release.  It was the introduction to a piece
    by Skip Garvin on explaining all those acronyms.  If I could find it, I
    would've  saved  you  an  evening  translating them all.  Maybe it's in
    NODEMO::MARKETING.

RE: .5

>>    "At Digital, we're making tomorrow yesterday today."

I believe this originated with Firesign Theatre (We're All Bozos on This
Bus, I think).  

"Please stand on the throbbing yellow line."

K.

    
    believe it or not, there is a whole market segment that wallows in this
    standards bs. We are standards leaders and creator of much of this
    nonsense.  Interestingly enough, all this activity, which does provide
    a fair amount of confusion by design, may very well provide the yellow
    brick road to continued employment!
    
    	bob

    And there was me thinking that IBM stood for, It's Broken Mummy!

    Jamie.

IBM = It's Better Manually

    Reading .0 reminded me of the ANSI Letter Ballot I mailed yesterday. 
    One paragraph read,
    
    Here, a failure between the N-LTE adn the U-PTE in the U-PTE-to-N-LTE
    transmission direction is considered.  If the N-LTE detects an LOS, an
    LOF, or a Line AIS, it generates STS Path AIS towards the N-PTE and
    Line FERF towards the U-PTE.  If the N-LTE detects an LOP, it generates
    STS Path AIS towards the N-PTE.  Upon detecting STS Path AIS, the N-PTE
    geneates STS ath FERF towards the U-PTE.  If the STS Path AIS continues
    to be present for a "soaking period" (typically 2.5 � 0.5 seconds), the
    N-PTE also gneates STS Path Yellow towards the U-PTE.
    
    I decided to vote "yes" so as not to seem confused...

    Like I say ...  confused people are easier to control ...
    
    Steve

    I recall at a West Coast Success Train for Sales and Sales Support (we
    were still in 'software' then), we had unit skits.  They were as you
    might imagine, uniformly bad.  One unit manager broke the mold by
    reading a prepared statement with a straight face.  It was as full of
    acronyms as .0 but quite a bit longer, and described a complete sales  
    cycle totally in <meaningful only to a DECcie> DEC acronyms.  The
    entire audience just sat there dumfounded while I was in hysterics.
    He came up to me later and thanked me for understanding.
    
    karl

    Kirk:  Mr. Scott, you say the warp engines are working now, and we're
    at warp nine, going in circles?
    
    Scott:  Aye cap'n, we're goin' nowherrr, mighty fast.
    

Maybe this list will help  :') 
 
 
 *3GL   Third Generation Language
 *4GL   Fourth Generation Language
 *A&L   Administration and Logistics; [DEC-intern]
 *A&SG  Accessories and Supplies Group
 *AAC   Automatic Amplitude Control; [generic]
 *AASP  ASCII Asynchronous Support Package; [DECnet]
 *ABCDICAuto Baud Control Dictionary; [DECnet]
 *ABM   Asynchronous Balanced Mode; [ ---> PSI, LAPB]
 *ABSS  Asian Base Systems Software: now part of ISE
 *ABU   Application Business Unit
 *AC    Alternating Current; [generic]
 *ACF   Advanced Communication Function; [IBM]
 *ACIA  Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter; [generic]
 *ACL   Access Control List; [VMS]
 *ACM   Alternate Collisoin Mode; [Chipcom]
 *ACMS  Application Control and Management System; [SW-Product]
 *ACS   Application Control Services; [NAS]
 *ACSE  Association Control Service Element; [OSI]
 *ACT   Application Centers for Technology; [DEC-intern]
 *ACU   Automatic Call Unit; [DECnet]
 *AD    Authorized Dealers
 *ADC   Analog-to-Digital Converter; [generic]
 *ADCD  Authorized Digital Computer Distributors
 *ADD   Authorized Digital Dealers
 *ADDICTA DIGITAL Database Integrity Check Tool
 *ADG   Application Development Group; [DEC-intern]
 *ADG   Authorized Distributor Group
 *ADM   Asynchronous Disconnected Mode; [DECnet]
 *ADMD  Administration Management Domain; [OSI]
 *ADU   Automatic Dialing Unit; [DECnet]
 *ADU   Application Definition Utility
 *AEA   American Electronics Association
 *AEP   Application Environment Profile; [IEEE 1003.10-11]
 *AESC  American Engeneering Standards Committee; [Organization]
 *AFC   Automatic Frequence Control; [generic]
 *AFCAL Association Francaise de Calcule; [Organization]
 *AFI   Authority and Format Identifier; [OSI]
 *AI    Artificial Intelligence; [generic]
 *AIA   Application Integration Architecture
 *AIEE  American Institute of Electrical Engineers; [Organization]
 *AIX   Advanced Interactive Executive; [IBM - UNIX]
 *ALAP  AppleTalk Local Access Protocol; [APPLE]
 *ALM-2 Asynchronous Line Multiplexer; [SUN]
 *AM    Amplitude Modulation; [generic]
 *AMAP  Application Management Application Process; [OSI]
 *AMC   Annual Maintenance Cost; [DEC-intern]
 *AMC   Area Management Center
 *AMM   Area Manufacturing Manager
 *ANN   Announcement Date
 *ANSC  American National Standard Committee; [Organization]
 *ANSI  American National Standards Institute; [Organization]
 *AOA   Area Output Adjacency; [DECnet]
 *AOM   Area Operations Manager
 *AOV   Average Order Value
 *APD   Avalanche Photo Diode; [Ethernet, generic]
 *APG   Application Process Group; [OSI]
 *API   Application Programming Interface; [IBM, NAS]
 *APL   A Programming Language
 *APPC  Advanced Program-to-Program Communication; [IBM]
 *APPIX Automated Part and Product Information Exchange
 
 
 
 *APPN  Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking; [IBM]
 *APSE  ADA Programming Support Environment
 *AQB   ACP Queue Block; [DECnet]
 *AQS   Automated Quotation System; [DEC-intern]
 *ARB   Application Review Board
 *ARM   Area Revenue Manager
 *ARP   Address Resolution Protocol; [Internet, RFC 826]
 *ARPA  Advanced Research Projects Agency
 *ARQ   Automatic Repeat Request; [TCP/IP]
 *AS/400Application System/400; [IBM]
 *ASC   Average System Cost or Average System Content
 *ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange; [generic]
 *ASD   Advanced Semiconductor Development
 *ASDS  Advanced Service Delivery Systems; [DEC-intern]
 *ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations; [Organization]
 *ASIC  Application-specific integrated circuit; [generic]
 *ASM   Account Service Manager; [DEC-intern]
 *ASMP  Asymmetrical Multi-Processing
 *ASSETSApplication Software Solution and Expertise Transfer Service
 *AST   Asynchronous System Trap; [VMS]
 *ASTM  American Society for Testing and Materials; [Organization]
 *ASV   Average System Value
 *ATD   Authorized Terminal Distributor
 *ATEM  AI-based Telecom Equipment Management; [SW-Project]
 *ATIS  Application Tools Integration Services
 *ATP   Advanced Terminal Processor; [HP]
 *ATP   Available to Promise
 *ATS   Analytical Troubleshooting; [DEC-intern]
 *ATSE  Application Timesharing Software Engineering
 *AUA   Another Use for Abbreviation; [ha,ha]
 *AUDIX Audio Information Exchange; [AT&T]
 *AUI   Access Unit Interconnect; [IEEE 802.3]
 *AVT   Architecture Verification Test
 *AWG   American Wire Gauge; [Standard]
 *B.O.M Bill Of Material; [DEC-intern]
 *B/L   Backlog
 *BASE  Business Administration for Europe; [DEC-intern]
 *BASIC Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
 *BBA   Budget By Account
 *BBC   Block Check Character; [DECnet]
 *BBI   Begin Bracket Indicator; [DECnet]
 *BBN   Bolt,Beranek and Newman; [ARPANET Development]
 *BBU   Battery Back-up Unit; [generic]
 *BCC   Block Check Character; [DECnet]
 *BCG   Business Center Group
 *BCP   Bridge Control Program; [ELMS]
 *BCUG  Bilateral Closed User Group; [VAX-PSI]
 *BD    Business Development; [DEC-intern]
 *BDSG  Bundesdatenschutzgesetz; [generic]
 *BERT  Bit Error-Rate Test; [DECnet]
 *BETB  Between Bracket; [DECnet]
 *BEX   Broadband Exchange; [Western Union]
 *BI    Backplane Interconnect; [VAX]
 *BIM   Basic Industry Marketing
 *BIND  Berkeley Internet Name Domain; [Internet]
 *BIP   Branch Implementation Plan (Europe); [DEC-intern]
 *BIS   Business Information System; [DEC-intern]
 *BIST  Built-In Self Test; [DEC-intern]
 *BISYNCBinary synchronous Communication protocol {BSC}; [DECnet]
 *BIT   Binary Digit; [generic]
 
 
 
 *BLISS Basic Language for Implementation of System Software
 *BMC   Basis Maintenance Charge  (Contract Costs); [DEC-intern]
 *BMC   Basic Monthly Charge
 *BML   Bridge Management Layer; [ELMS]
 *BMS   Bandwidth Management Service; [AT&T]
 *BNC   Bayonet Nut Connector; [generic]
 *BOA   Bill of Aggregation or Blanket Order Agreement
 *BOC   Bell Operating Company; [Organization]
 *BOD   Board of Directors  Budget
 *BOE   Bell On Error; [Diagnostics]
 *BOG   Business Operation Group; [DEC-intern]
 *BOIS  Business Office Information Systems
 *BOM   Business Operation Manager; [DEC-intern]
 *BOM   Begin Of Message; [DECnet]
 *BOM   Bill of Materials
 *BOO   Bill of Organization
 *BootP Boot Protocol; [Internet]
 *BOPS  Basic Order Processing System; [DEC-intern]
 *BOS   Business and Office Systems
 *BOSE  Business and Office Systems Engineering
 *BOY   Beginning Of Year; [generic]
 *BPDU  Bridge Protocol Data Unit; [Ethernet]
 *BPI   Bits per Inch
 *BPM   Business Planning Manager or Base Product Marketing
 *BPN   Comstar Business Plan
 *BPS   Bits Per Second
 *BSC   Binary Synchronous Communication; [DECnet, IBM]
 *BSD   Berkeley Software Distribution [SW Product]
 *BSI   British Standards Institute; [Organization]
 *BSU   Business Support Unit; [DEC-intern]
 *BTAM  Basic Telecommunication Access Method; [IBM]
 *BTU   British Thermal Unit; [generic]
 *BUO   Bedford, MA
 *BYI   Before You Install
 *BYSYNCBinary Synchronous Communication; [DECnet, IBM]
 *C&ISM Consultant and Information Systems Marketing Group
 *CAD   Computer Aided Design; [generic]
 *CAE   Computer Aided Engineering; [generic]
 *CAEM  Computer Aided Engineering and Manufacturing
 *CAM   Computer Aided Manufacturing; [generic]
 *CAM2  Contract Administration and Management Module; [DEC-intern]
 *CAS   Customer Administrative Service; [DEC-intern]
 *CASE  Computer-aided Software Engineering; [generic]
 *CASE  Common Application Service Elements; [Standard]
 *CAT   Computer-aided Test
 *CATV  Cable Television; [generic]
 *CBEMA Computer Business Equipment Manufacturer's Association; [X3]
 *CBI   Computer Based Instruction; [DEC-intern]
 *CBMS  Computer Based Message System; [OSI]
 *CBS   Common Bom System
 *CBT   Console, Boot and Terminator; [DECSA]
 *CC    Cost Center; [DEC-intern]
 *CCB   Channel Control Block; [DECnet]
 *CCD   Customer Configuration Document
 *CCETT Centre Commun d'etudes de Television et de Telecommunication
 *CCITT Comit� Consultatif International de Telegraphie et Telephonie
 *CCOO  Comprehensive Cost of Ownership
 *CCR   Console Carrier Requestor; [DECnet/RSX]
 *CCR   Commitment, Concurrency and Recovery; [OSI]
 *CCT   Cumulative Cycle Time
 
 
 
 *CCTA  Central Computer and Telecommunication Agency; [Organization]
 *CCU   Central Control Unit; [IBM, 3275]
 *CD    Compact Disk
 *CDA   Compound Document Architecture; [Standard]
 *CDC   Circuit Down Counter; [DECnet]
 *CDD   Common Data Dictionary; [Software-Product]
 *CDF   Configuration Data File; [IBM, 3275]
 *CDR   Compact Disk Reader
 *CDROM Compact Disk Read-Only Memory; [generic]
 *CEC   Commision of the European Communities; [Organization]
 *CECAR Central Call And Routing System; [DEC-intern]
 *CECUA Confederation of European Computer User Associations
 *CEGY  Central Germany; [DEC-intern]
 *CEM   Complementary Equipment Manufacturers
 *CEN   Central Engineering Group (Strecker)
 *CEN   Comit� Europ�en de Normalisation; [Organization
 *CEP   Connection End Point; [OSI]
 *CEPT  Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications
 *CERT  Certified Order
 *CEX   Communications Executive; [DECnet]
 *CFE   Configuration File Editor; [DECnet]
 *CFM   Control Flow state Machine; [FDDI]
 *CFO   Chief Financial Officer
 *CFS   Connection File System; [Ultrix]
 *CFS   Computer-integrated Financial Services; [SW-Product]
 *CFSOR Central Field Service Operational Reports; [DEC-intern]
 *CGMIF Computer Graphics Metafile Interchange; [OSI]
 *CHAMP Call Handling And Manpower Planning; [DEC-intern]
 *CI    Computer Interconnect; [VAX-BUS]
 *CI    Cluster Interconnect or Computer Interconnect
 *CIA   Central Intelligence Agency; [Organization]
 *CICS  Customer Information Control System; [IBM]
 *CIE   Computer Integrated Enterprise
 *CIM   Computer Integrated Manufacturing
 *CIMT  Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Technology
 *CIP   Customer Interaction Process; [DEC-intern]
 *CIP   Corporate Implementation Plan; [DEC-intern]
 *CIR   Computer Intergrated Research
 *CIS   Competitive Info Database; [DEC-intern]
 *CIS   Commercial Instruction Set
 *CISC  Complex Instruction Set Computer; [generic]
 *CIT   Computer Integrated Telephony; [SW-Product]
 *CLD   Central Log Desk; [DEC-intern]
 *CLNS  Connectionless-Mode Network Service; [OSI Layer 3 Prot.]
 *CLO   Central Logistics Organisation (ZLO); [DEC-intern]
 *CLP   Country List Price; [DEC-intern]
 *CMAS  Central Massachusetts Administrative Services
 *CMC   Communication Management Configuration]; [IBM]
 *CMC   Carry-in Monthly Charge
 *CMIP  Common Management Information Protocol; [OSI]
 *CMIS  Common Management Information Services; [OSI]
 *CML   Current Mode Logic; [generic]
 *CML   CMIP Management Listener; [Network Management]
 *CMO   Country Merchandising Organisation (DECdirect); [DEC-intern]
 *CMOS  Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor; [generic]
 *CMP   Cooperative Marketing Program or Partner
 *CMT   Connection Management; [FDDI]
 *CNA 20Channels Named Accounts [200 in the U.S.]
 *CNM   Communication Network Management; [IBM, 3275]
 *CNMI  Communication Network Management Interface; [IBM]
 
 
 
 *CNR   Controlled Not Ready; [DECnet]
 *COBOL Common Business Oriented Language; [generic]
 *COC   Corporate Operations Committee
 *COD   Career Opportunity Days
 *COEM  Commercial Original Equipment Manufacturer
 *COG   Customer Organisation Group; [DEC-intern]
 *COM   Customer Operations Manager; [DEC-intern]
 *COMSTACommon System for Technical Analysis & Reporting
 *CONS  Connection-Mode Network Service; [OSI Layer 3 Prot.]
 *COPIS Corporate Planning Information System
 *COS   Customized Operational Services; [IBM-Organization]
 *COS   Communication Operating System; [SEL]
 *COS   Class Of Service; [IBM, VITALINK]
 *COS   Corporation for Open Systems; [Organization]
 *COSINECooperation for OSI Networks in Europe; [Organization]
 *CP/M  Control Program for Microprocessors; [generic]
 *CPMS  Control Point Management Services; [IBM]
 *CPO   Corporate Product Operations
 *CPP   Corporate Planning Process
 *CPP   Cable Patch Panel; [DECconnect]
 *CPS   Characters Per Second; [generic]
 *CPT   Collision Presence Test; [IEEE 802.3]
 *CPU   Central Processing Unit
 *CRA   Corporate Research & Architecture (Fuller)
 *CRB   Channel Request Block; [SNA, DECnet, VMS]
 *CRC   Customer Return Center
 *CRC   Cyclic Redundancy Check; [generic]
 *CRG   Central Resource Group
 *CRI   Circuit Information Block; [DECnet]
 *CRS   Configuration Report Server; [IBM]
 *CRT   Cathode Ray Tube; [generic]
 *CSA   Canadian Electric Code; [Organization]
 *CSC   Customer Service Center; [DEC-intern]
 *CSG   Corporate Systems Group
 *CSG   Customer Satisfaction Group; [DEC-intern]
 *CSM   Computer Systems Manufacturing
 *CSMA/CCarrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
 *CSNET Computer Science NETwork
 *CSO   Complementary Solutions Organizations; [DEC-internal]
 *CSP   Customer Service Plan; [DEC-intern]
 *CSR   Customer Service Revenue; [DEC-intern]
 *CSS   Computer Special Systems; [DEC-intern]
 *CSS   Control SubSystem; [IBM, 3275]
 *CSSAC CSS Application Center; [DEC-intern]
 *CSSE  Customer Service System Engineering; [DEC-intern]
 *CSSG  Customer Service Solutions Group
 *CSU   Channel Service Unit
 *CSU   Customer Service Unit; [DECnet]
 *CTCA  Channel-to-Channel-Adapter; [IBM]
 *CTERM Command Terminal; [DECnet]
 *CTS   Conformance Testing Service; [Organization]
 *CTS   Clear To Send; [EIA]
 *CTS   Configuration Technical Specialists
 *CUG   Closed User Group; [DATEX-P]
 *CUT   Control Unit Terminal; [IBM, 3270]
 *CWPS  Cluster Wide Process Services; [VMS]
 *CXN   Colorado Springs, CO
 *CXO   Colorado Springs, CO
 *DAA   Data Access Arrangement; [DECnet]
 *DaB   D�mmster anzunehmender Benutzer; [generic]
 
 
 
 *DAC   Dual Attachment Concentrator; [FDDI]
 *DACH  Deutschland, Austria, sCHweiz (deutschsprachig); [DEC-intern]
 *DAG   Defense Agencies Group
 *DAG   Direktrufnetzabschlu�ger�t; [Post]
 *DAMP  Demand Analysis Manufacturing Planning
 *DAP   Data Access Protocol; [DECnet]
 *DAP   Document Application Profile
 *DARPA Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency; Organization]
 *DAS   Device Access Software
 *DAS   Dual Attachment Station; [FDDI]
 *DASP  Digital Assisted Services Program
 *DAT   Digital Audio Tape
 *DATEX DATa EXchange mit Paketvermittlung; [generic, DBP]
 *DBA   Digital Business Architecture
 *DBC   Digital Business Center
 *DBMS  Data Base Management System
 *DBOD  Distribution Board of Directors
 *DBP   Deutsche Bundespost; [Organization]
 *DC    Direct Current; [generic]
 *DCA   Defence Communication Agency; [MILNET, ARPANET, DDN]
 *DCA   Document Content Architecture; [IBM]
 *DCA   Distributed Communication Architecture; [Sperry Univac]
 *DCC   Data Circuit Concentrator; [DECnet]
 *DCC   Data Country Code; [OSI]
 *DCC   Digital Customer Center
 *DCD   Duty Cycle Distortion; [Ethernet, FDDI, Jitter]
 *DCE   Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment; [VAX-PSI]
 *DCE   Data Communication Equipment; [DECnet]
 *DCL   Digital Command Language
 *DCLT  Data Communication Link Test; [Diagnostics]
 *DCM   Data Center Monitor; [ASSETS]
 *DCM   Dynamic Connection Management; [DECnet]
 *DCP   Demand for Critical Parts
 *DCSS  Digital Customized Support Services
 *DCTL  Direct Coupled Transistor Logic; [generic]
 *DCU   Digital Credit Union
 *DDA   Direct Driver Access; [HP]
 *DDB   Device Data Block; [VMS, DECnet]
 *DDC   Digital Diagnosis Center; [DEC-intern]
 *DDCMP Digital Data Communication Message Protocol; [DECnet]
 *DDD   DECdirect, Nashua, NH
 *DDH   Digital Distributed Hardware
 *DDIF  Digital Document Interchange Format; [Standard]
 *DDJ   Data Dependent Jitter; [Ethernet, FDDI]
 *DDM   Distributed Data Management; [IBM]
 *DDN   Defense Data Network; [Internet]
 *DDS   Dataphone Digital Service; [AT&T, Bell]
 *DDS   Digital Distributed Software
 *DDXF  DISSOS Document Exchange Facility; [SW-Product, IBM]
 *DEBNA DIGITAL Ethernet BI-Bus Network Adapter; [Interface]
 *DEBNT DIGITAL Equipment BI-Bus Network+Tape-Controller; [Interface]
 *DEC   Digital Equipment Corporation
 *DEC-J Internally DEC Japan; formally N-DEC
 *DECdtmDigital Distributed Transaction Manager
 *DECNA DIGITAL Ethernet Communication Network Adapter; [Interface]
 *DECnmsDigital Network Measurement System
 *DECSA DIGITAL Ethernet Communication Server; [Ethernet]
 *DECtp Digital Transaction Processing
 *DECUS Digital Equipment Corporation User's Society
 *DED   Dynamically Connection Data Link; [DECnet]
 
 
 
 *DEE   Datenendeinrichtung; [Post]
 *DEFCN DIGITAL Equipment FDDI Concentrator; [FDDI]
 *DEFEB DIGITAL Equipment FDDI-to-Ethernet Bridge]; [FDDI]
 *DEFTR DIGITAL Equipment Frequency Translator; [Ethernet Broadband]
 *DEG   Datenendger�t; [Post]
 *DELNI DIGITAL Ethernet Local Network Adapter; [Ethernet]
 *DELQA DIGITAL Ethernet Large-Scale-Integration Q-Bus Adapter
 *DELUA DIGITAL Ethernet Large-Scale-Integration Unibus Adapter
 *DEMAC DIGITAL Ethernet MACintosh; [Ethernet]
 *DEMCA DIGITAL Ethernet Micro Channel-Bus Adapter; [Ethernet]
 *DEMPR DIGITAL Ethernet Multi Port Repeater; [Ethernet]
 *DEMSA DIGITAL Ethernet Micro Server; [Ethernet, DATEX-P, IBM]
 *DEMWA DIGITAL Ethernet Micro-Wave Adapter; [Ethernet]
 *DEPCA DIGITAL Ethernet PC-Adapter; [Interface]
 *DEPTH DIGITAL Equipment Professional Telephone Handling
 *DEQNA Digital Ethernet Q-Bus Adapter; [Interface]
 *DEREP DIGITAL Ethernet Repeater; [Ethernet]
 *DERES DIGITAL Ethernet Remote Environmental Sensor; [Ethernet]
 *DERSM DIGITAL Ethernet Remote Segment Monitor; [Ethernet]
 *DES   Data Encryption Standard; [Ethernet]
 *DESNA DIGITAL Ethernet SNA-Server; [Ethernet, IBM]
 *DESNC DIGITAL Ethernet Security Network Controller; [Ethernet]
 *DESPR DGITAL Ethernet Single Port Repeater; [Ethernet]
 *DESQA DIGITAL Ethernet S-Box Q-Bus Adapter; [Interface]
 *DESTA DIGITAL Ethernet Station Adapter; [Ethernet]
 *DESVA DIGITAL Ethernet Small-VAX Adapter; [Interface]
 *DETPA DIGITAL Ethernet Twisted Pair Adapter; [Ethernet]
 *DEUNA DIGITAL Equipment Unibus Network Adapter; [Interface]
 *DF�   Datenfern�berttragung; [POST]
 *DFA   Design for Assembly
 *DFM   Design for Manufacturing
 *DFN   Deutsches Forschungs-Netz
 *DFON  DECconnect Fiber Optic Network; [DECconnect]
 *DFP   District Focus Person
 *DFS   Distributed File Service; [SW-Product, DSS]
 *DFT   Design for Test
 *DHCF  Distributed Host Command Facility; [IBM]
 *DIA   Document Interchange Architecture; [IBM]
 *DIAL  Digital Idle Asset Listing
 *DIBOL Digital Business Oriented Language
 *DIM   Demand Integration Meeting
 *DIMA  Data Information Management Architecture
 *DINS  Digital Information Network Service
 *DIP   DECnet/DOS Installation Procedure; [DECnet]
 *DIS   Draft International Standard; [generic]
 *DIS   Digital Information Systems
 *DISER Digital Information Systems External Resources
 *DISOSSDistributed Office Support System; [IBM]
 *DL    Direct Labor
 *DLE   Data-Link Escape; [DECnet, BISYNC]
 *DLL   Down-Line Load; [DECnet]
 *DLL   Data Link Layer; DECnet]
 *DLM   Data Link Mapping; [DATEX-P, DECnet]
 *DLN   Digital Library Network
 *DLS   Distributed Load Sharing; [TransLAN]
 *DLSDU Data Link Service Data Unit; [DATEX-P]
 *DMA   Direct Memory Access; [generic]
 *DMCL  Digital Modem Command Language
 *DME   Digital Management Education
 *DMM   District Manufacturing Manager
 
 
 
 *DMS   Data Management Services
 *DMSS  Distribution, Marketing, Sales and Service
 *DMT   Design Maturity Test
 *DNA   Digital Network Architecture; [DECnet]
 *DNA   Digital Named Accounts or Digital Network Architecture
 *DNIC  Data Network Identification Code; [OSI]
 *DNS   Distributed Name Service; [SW-Product, DSS]
 *DNS   Domain Name System; [Internet]
 *DNT   District Network Team; [DEC-intern]
 *DOA   Dead on Arrival; [generic]
 *DOC   Department Of Commerce U.S.; [Organization]
 *DoD   Department of Defense; [Organization]
 *DOD   Department of Defense  (Gov't)
 *DOM   District Operations Manager
 *DOS   Disk Operating System; [IBM, etc]
 *DOSF  Distributed Office Support Facility; [IBM]
 *DP    Draft Proposal; [Standards]
 *DPDU  Data Link Protocol Data Unit; [DECnet]
 *DPI   Dots Per Inch; [generic, Printer, Display]
 *DPL   Denied Parties List; [DEC-intern]
 *DPP   District Partner Program
 *DPT   Driver Prologue Table; [DECnet]
 *DQS   Distributed Queuing Service; [SW-Product, DSS]
 *DQT   Design Quality Test
 *DRAM  Dynamic Random Access Memory
 *DRC   Data Resource Center
 *DRP   Distribution Resource Planning
 *DRS   Diagnostic Runtime Services; [Diagnostics]
 *DSA   Digital Storage Architecture
 *DSAE  Directory Service Application Entity; [OSI]
 *DSAP  Destination Service Access Point; [IEEE 802.2]
 *DSC   Digital Service Center; [DEC-intern]]
 *DSDN  Digital Services Distributed Network
 *DSE   Data Switching Exchange; [DECnet]
 *DSIN  Digital's Software Information Network; [DEC-intern]
 *DSLA  Digital Software Licensing Architecture
 *DSM   Digital Standard MUMPS
 *DSM   Distributed Systems Manufacturing
 *DSM   District Sales Manager
 *DSMC  Digital Service Monthly Charge
 *DSN   Digital Services Network
 *DSNX  Distributed Systems Executive; [IBM]
 *DSO   Days Sales Outstanding
 *DSP   DIGITAL Service Processor; [NETsystem]
 *DSP   Domain Specific Part; [OSI]
 *DSPL  DEC Standard Price List; [DEC-Intern]
 *DSR   Data-Set Ready; [EIA]
 *DSRI  Digital Standard Relational Interface
 *DSS   DECnet System Services; [SW-Product]
 *DSS   DEC System Support; [DEC-intern]
 *DSSI  Digital Small Storage Interconnect
 *DSTAR Digital System Technical Architecture Research
 *DSTEG Distributed Systems Technical Evaluation Group; [DEC-intern]
 *DSU   Digital Service Unit
 *DSU   Data Service Unit
 *DTE   Data Terminal Equipment
 *DTF   Data Transfer Facility; [SW-Product, IBM]
 *DTIF  DIGITAL Table Interchange Format; [NAS]
 *DTL   Diode Transistor Logic]; [generic]
 *DTM   Distributed Transaction Management; [DECdtm]
 
 
 
 *DTN   DIGITAL Telefone Network; [generic]
 *DTQNA DIGITAL Ethernet Token-Bus Q-Bus Network Adapter; [Ethernet]
 *DTR   Data Terminal Ready; [EIA]
 *DTS   Distributed Time Service; [SW-Product]
 *DTUNA DIGITAL Ethernet Token-Bus Unibus Network Adapter; [Ethernet]
 *DVN   DIGITAL Video Network; [DEC-intern]
 *DVT   Design Verification Test
 *DWCI  DecWindows Compiler Interface

 
 
 
 *E&Q     Engineering, Technology and Quality
 *E1      Economic P1 Order; [DEC-intern]
 *EACK    Extended ACKnowledgement
 *EADC    European ASSETS Distribution Center; [DEC-intern]
 *EAMP    European Account Management Program; [DEC-intern]
 *EAP     Employee Assistance Program
 *EARN    European Academic & Research Network; Organization
 *EASINET European Area Subsidiary Information Network; [DEC-intern]
 *EBCDIC  Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code; [generic]
 *EBI     End-Bracket Indicator; [DECnet]
 *ECAD    Engineering Computer Aided Design
 *ECC     Error Correction Code
 *ECF     Enhanced Connectivity Facilities; [PC-Networks]
 *ECF     Echo Frames; [FDDI, SMT]
 *ECITC   European Committee for Information Technology Certification
 *ECL     End Communication Layer; [DECnet]
 *ECL     Error Code Logging
 *ECL     Emitter Coupled Logic; [generic]
 *ECMA    European Computer Manufactures's Association; [Organization]
 *ECO     Engineering Change Order; [DEC-intern]
 *ECSME   European Commercial Systems Maintenance Engineer; [DEC-intern]
 *ECSO    European Customer Satisfaction Outage; [DEC-intern]
 *ECSSME  European CSS Maintenance Engineer; [DEC-intern]
 *EDC     Engineering Data Center
 *EDC     Error Detection Code or Error Detection and Correction
 *EDI     Electronic Document Interchange or Electronic Data Interchange
 *EDIFACT EDI for Administration, commerce and Transport; [Standard]
 *EDRS    Engineering Data Resources Services
 *EDSME   Europ. Distributed Systems Maintenance Engineer; [DEC-intern]
 *EDT     Eastern Delay Time; [USA, generic]
 *EDU     Education Computer Systems
 *EEPROM  Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
 *EESS    Ethernet Enhanced-Security System; [Ethernet]
 *EFTA    European Field Test Administration; [DEC-intern]
 *EGP     Exterior Gateway Protocol; [Internet]
 *EHQ     European Head-Quarters; [DEC-intern]
 *EI      Ending Inventory
 *EIA     Electronic Industries Association; [Organization]
 *EIS     Enterprise Integration Services; [DEC-intern]
 *ELF     Employee Locator Facility
 *ELME    European Local Maintenance Engineer; [DEC-intern]
 *ELMS    Extended Lan Management System
 *EMA     Enterprice Management Architecture
 *EMAA    Entity Management Agent Access; [Network Management]
 *EMI     Electro-Magnetic Interference; [generic]
 *EMS     Electronic Mail System; [OSI]
 *EMUG    European Map User Group; [Organization]
 *ENET    Ethernet
 *ENG     Engineering
 *ENQ     Enquiry; [DECnet]
 *EOD     Engineer on Duty; [DEC-intern]
 *EOF     End-of-File; [DECnet]
 *EOL     End Of Life
 *EOT     End-of-Transmission; [DECnet]
 *EOY     End-Of-Year; [generic]
 *EP      Entry Point; [SNA]
 *EPC     Event Performance Collector  (now DECtrace)
 *EPG     External Products Group
 *EPLS    Engineering Price List System
 *EPM     Ethernet Protocol Manager; [DECnet/RSX]
 
 
 
 *EPP     Executive Partner Program
 *EPROM   Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory; [generic]
 *EPSCS   Enhanced Private Switched Communication Service; [AT&T]
 *ES      Educational Services; [DEC-intern]
 *ESB     Entry Systems Business
 *ESD     Electrostatic Discharge; [generic]
 *ESD     Electronic Systems Development
 *ESDC    European Software Distribution Center; [DEC-intern]
 *ESDI    Enhanced Small Device Interface
 *ESDP    Educational Services Development and Publshing
 *ESF     Extended Service Frames; [FDDI, SMMT]
 *ESG     Engineering Systems Group
 *ESO     Engineering Support Operations
 *ESP     European Service Policy; [DEC-intern]
 *ESPRIT  European Strategic Programs for Research in Inform. Techn.
 *ETAME   Europ. Terminals + Applic. Maintenance Engineer; [DEC-intern]
 *ETB     End-of Transmission Block; [DECnet]
 *ETC     European Technical Center; [DEC-intern]
 *ETS     Ethernet Terninal Server, PLUTO; DECintern]
 *ETSI    European Telecommunication Standards Institute; [Organization]
 *ETX     End-of-Text; [DECnet]
 *EUSR    End User
 *EVF     Event File Interpreter; [DECnet/RSX]
 *EVL     EVent Logger; [DECnet]
 *EWOS    European Workshop for Open Systems; [Organization
 *EXCOM   Executive Committee
 *F&A     Finance and Accounting or Finance and Administration
 *F&T     Final Assembly and Test
 *F/G     Finished Goods
 *FABS    Financial and Administration Business Systems
 *FACTS   Financial Analysis Control Tool for Services; [DEC-intern]
 *FADU    File Access Data Unit; [FTAM]
 *FAL     File Access Listener; [DECnet]
 *FAR     File Access Request; [DECnet]
 *FAX     Facsimile; [generic]
 *FBI     Federal Bureau of Investigation; [Organization]
 *FBOD    Finance Board of Directors
 *FCB     File Control Block; [generic]
 *FCC     Field Computer Center; [DEC-intern]
 *FCO     Field Change Order
 *FCS     Frame Checking Sequence; [DATAX-P, DECnet]
 *FCS     First Customer Shipment; [DEC-internal]
 *FCST    Forecast
 *FDDI    Fiber Distributed Data Interface; [Standard]
 *FDM     Frequency Division Multiplexing; [DECnet]
 *FDX     Full Duplex; [DECnet]
 *FEP     Front-end Processor; [IBM]
 *FER     Far East Region
 *FET     Field Effect Transistor; [generic]
 *FIC     First-in Chain; [DECnet, SNA]
 *FIFO    First in - first out
 *FIMG    Finance Industry Marketing Group
 *FIMS    Forms Interface Management Standard; [DECforms]
 *FIP     Field Implementation Plan; [DEC-intern]
 *FIPS    Federal Information Processing Standard; [US Goverment]
 *FISG    Financial Industries Systems Group
 *FLS     Field Logistics System; [DEC-intern]
 *FM      Function Management; [DECnet, SNA]
 *FM      Frequency Modulation; [generic]
 *FMAP    Field Manufacturing Automated Process
 
 
 
 *FMC     Financial Management Center
 *FMIC    Field Manufacturing Information Center
 *FMMC    Field Manufacturing Management Committee
 *FMP     Field Manufacturing Plan
 *FMS     File Management System; [SW-Product]
 *FOA     Fiber Optic Adapter
 *FOCUS   FCC Organisation Computer Utilization System ; [DEC-intern]
 *FOIRL   Fiber Optic Inter Repeater Link; [Ethernet]
 *FOL     Fiber Optic Link; [Ethernet]
 *FOM     Field Office Model; [DEC-intern]
 *FOMAU   Fiber Optic Medium Attachment Unit; [Ethernet]
 *FOMC    Field Operations Management Committee
 *FORTRAN Formula Translation Language; [generic]
 *FOSLAN  Fiber Optic Star Local Area Network; [Ethernet]
 *FOT     Fiber Optic Transceiver; [Ethernet]
 *FOTDR   Fiber Optic Time Domain Reflectometer; [generic
 *FP      Focal Point; [IBM]
 *FPA     Floating Point Adapter
 *FPP     Floating Point Processor; [generic]
 *FRS     First Revenue Ship
 *FRU     Field Replaceable Unit; [generic]
 *FS      Field Service
 *FSES    Field Service Enterprise Services; [DEC-intern]
 *FSG     Financial Systems Group
 *FSG     Field Support Group; [DEC-intern]
 *FSINC   Field Service Integrated Network Curriculum; [Training]
 *FSK     Frequency Shift Keying; [DECnet]
 *FSL     Field Service Logistics; [DEC-intern]
 *FSM     Finite State Machine; [DECnet]
 *FSMT    Field Service Management Team; [DEC-intern]
 *FSOR    FIELD SERVICE OPERATION REPORT; [DEC-Intern]
 *FT      Field Test; [generic]
 *FTAM    File Transfer Access and Management; [OSI]
 *FTP     File Transfer Protocol; [Internet, RFC 959]
 *FTSIE   File Transfer VAX/VMS to Siemens; [SW-Product]
 *FTSV    File Transfer Spooler for VMS; [ASSETS]
 *FTZ     Fernmeldetechnisches Zentralamt; [Post]
 *FUD     Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt; [IBM]
 *FVC     First Volume Commit
 *FWHM    Full Width Half Maximum; [Fiber Optic]
 *FWIW    For What It's Worth
 *FY      Financial Year; [generic]
 *FYI     For Your Information
 *GAP     Gateway Access Protocol; [VAX-PSI , DECnet, SNA]
 *GB      Gigabyte
 *GCF     Graphic Configuration File; [IBM, 3275]
 *GEARS   German Expense + Administartion Report System; [DEC-intern]
 *GEIST   German Enterprise Integration Services Management Team
 *GGP     Gateway to Gateway Protocol; [Internet, RFC 823]
 *GIA     General International Area; [DEC-intern]
 *GIPS    Giga Instructions Per Second
 *GKS     Graphical Kernel System; [SW-Product]
 *GKS     Graphics Kernal System
 *GMG     Government Manufacturing Group
 *GOSIP   Government OSI Procurement
 *GOVT    Government
 *GPX     Graphics Processor Accelerator
 *GSA     General Services Administration
 *GSB     General Systems Business
 *GSG     Government Systems Group
 
 
 
 *GSIM    General Services Industry Marketing Group
 *GTMOSI  General Teleprocessing Monitor for OSI; [IBM, OSI]
 *HASP    Houston Automatic Spooling Program; [IBM]
 *HCF     Host Command Facility; [IBM]
 *HCIG    Health Care Industry Group
 *HDA     Head Disk Assembly
 *HDCL    Hierarchical Data Link Protocol; [Standard]
 *HDLC    High-Level Data Link Protocol; [Standard]
 *HDSC    High-density Signal Carrier
 *HDX     Half duplex; [DECnet]
 *HEMS    High-Level Entity Management System; [Internet]
 *HEP     Hoch-Energie-Physik; [Organization]
 *HFEP    Host-Front End Protocol; [Internet RFC 929]
 *HHC     Hand Held Computer; [generic]
 *HLD     Host-task LoaDer; [DECnet]
 *HLO     Hudson, MA
 *HMP     Host Monitoring Protocol; [Internet, RFC 869]
 *HOE     Halt On Error; [Diagnostics]
 *HP-GL   Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language; [Standard]
 *HPAD    Host Packet Assembler/Disassembler; [X.25]
 *HPS     High Performance Systems
 *HPS     Hardware Product Services
 *HQ      Headquarters
 *HSC     Hierarchical Storage Controller; [Cluster]
 *HVM     High Volume Manufacturing
 *HW      Hardware
 *I&T     Information and Technology Management
 *IA5     International Alphabet No. 5; [DECnet]
 *IAP     Internet Activities Board; [Organization]
 *IBM     International Business Machines; [generic]
 *IBSG    Installed Base Sales Group; [DEC-intern]
 *IC      Integrated Circuit; [generic]
 *ICA     Integrated Communication Adapter; [IBM, 3275]
 *ICB     Internal Connect Block]; [DECnet]
 *ICEA    Insulated Cable Engineers Association; [Organization]
 *ICI     Interface Control Information; [OSI]
 *ICMP    Internet Control Message Protocol; [Internet, RFC 792]
 *ICP     Internal Control Program; [DEC-intern]
 *ICP     Installation Checkout Package; [PSI]
 *ICS     International Core Services; [DEC-intern]
 *IDB     Interrupt Data Block; [DECnet, VMS]
 *IDECUS  Internal Digital Equipment Corporation User's Society
 *IDF     Intermediate Distribution Frame; [DECconnect]
 *IDI     Initial Domain Identifier; [OSI]
 *IDMS    Integrated Data Management System; [IBM]
 *IDN     International Data Number; [OSI]
 *IDP     Internet Datagram Protocol; [Internet]
 *IDP     Initial Domain Part; [OSI]
 *IDU     Interface Data Unit; [OSI]
 *IEC     International Electrtechnical Committee; [Organization]
 *IED     International Engineering Development: now part of ISE
 *IEE     Institution of Electrical Engineers {Britain}
 *IEEE    Institute of Electrical and Electronical Engineers
 *IEG     Internal Equipment Group
 *IER     Inhibit all Error Reports; [Diagnostics]
 *IGES    Initial Graphics Exchange Specifications; [Standards]
 *IGMP    Internet Group Multicast Protocol; [Internet, RFC 988]
 *IGRP    Interior Gateway Routing Protocol; [Internet,CISCO]
 *IL      Indirect Labor
 *ILO     Galway, Ireland
 
 
 
 *IMHO    In My Humble Opinion
 *IMM     Idle Material Management
 *IMO     In My Opinion
 *IMP     Interface Message Processor; [Internet]
 *IMPS    Integrated Material Planning System; [DEC-intern]
 *IMS     Integrated Management Systems
 *IMS     Information Management System; [IBM]
 *IMS     Independant Maintenance Supplier; [DEC-intern]
 *INV     Inventory
 *IO      Independent Option or Input/Output
 *IOP     Input Output Processor
 *IOSB    I/O Status Block; [DECnet]
 *IP      Internetwork Protocol; [Internet, RFC 791]
 *IPC     InterProcess Communication; [IEEE 1003.4]
 *IPDP    Industrial Peripheral Data Processing
 *IPG     Inter Packet Gap; [IEEE 802.3]
 *IPG     Image Processing Group
 *IPL     Initial Program Load; [IBM, 3275]
 *IPMO    Industry Program Management Office
 *IPMS    Interpersonal Messaging System; [OSI]
 *IPS     Inches Per Second
 *IPSE    Integrated Project Support Environment; [CASE concept]
 *IPSG    Internal Product Strategies Group
 *IPT     Inventory Program Team
 *IRDS    Information Resource Directory Service
 *IRL     Inter Repeater Link; [Ethernet]
 *IRP     I/O Request Packet; [VMS]
 *IRR     Internal Rate of Return
 *IRS     Interchange Record Separator; [DECnet]
 *IRTP    Internet Reliable Transaction Protocol; [Internet, RFC 938]
 *IS      Information Service; [DEC-intern]
 *IS      ISO Standard
 *IS      Information Systems
 *ISAM    Indexed Sequential Access Method; [COBOL]
 *ISB     Information Systems Business (Glorioso)
 *ISBS    Information Systems Business Segment
 *ISCF    Inter-System Control Facility; [IBM]
 *ISD     Integrated Service Delivery; [DEC-intern]
 *ISDN    Integrated Service Digital Network; [Standard]
 *ISE     International Systems Engineering: old ABSS + IED
 *ISM     Installed Systems Marketing
 *ISN     Information System Network; [AT&T]
 *ISO     International Standards Organization
 *ISP     International Standardized Profiles; [Standard]
 *ISPS    Information System Production Systems
 *ISS     Initial System Sale or Internal Special Systems
 *ISSR    Integrated Services Status Reporting; [DEC-intern]
 *ISWS    Internal Software Services
 *ITAP    Information and Technology Architecture Plan
 *ITB     Intermediate Text Block; [DECnet]
 *ITU     International Telecommunications Union {UN}; [Organization]
 *IVIS    Interactive Video Information System; [DEC-intern]]
 *IVL     Individual Validated License; [DEC-intern]
 *IVP     Installation Verivication Procedure; [VMS]
 *IVS     IBM Verkabelungs System; [IBM, DECconnect]
 *JEC     Job Evaluation Classification
 *JEDI    Joint Electronic Data Interchange; [EDI]
 *JIT     Just-in-Time; [generic]
 *JP&R    Job Planning & Review; [DEC-intern]
 *JTC1    Joint Technical Committee; [Organization]
 
 
 
 *JTM     Job Transfer and Manipulation; [IBM]
 *KB      Kilobyte
 *KDC     Key Distribution Center; [Ethernet Encryption]
 *KIMS    Kodak Image Management System; [SW-Product]
 *KLICK   Karlsruhe Lichtleiter Kommunikationsnetz
 *KPL     Kit Parts List
 *KRR     Reading, England
 *KSR     Keyboard Send Receive
 *LAB     Line Attachment Base; [IBM, 3275]
 *LAD     Local Area Disk; [generic]
 *LAN     Local Area Network; [generic]
 *LANCE   LAN-Controller for Ethernet; [generic]
 *LAPB    Link Access Procedure, Balanced; [VAX-PSI]
 *LAPBE   Link Access Procedure, Balanced, Extended; VAX-PSI]
 *LARS    Labour Activity Reporting System; [DEC-intern]
 *LASER   Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of Radiation
 *LASM    Local Account Service Management; [DEC-intern]
 *LAST    Local Area System Transport
 *LAT     Local Area Transport; [SW-Product]
 *LAVC    Local Area Vax Cluster; [VMS]
 *LBS     LAN Bridge Server; [IBM]
 *LCD     Liquid Crystal Display; [generic]
 *LCG     Large Computer Group; [DECintern]
 *LCN     Logical Channel Number; [VAX-PSI]
 *LCP     Local Area Transport Control Program; [LAT]
 *LCU     Line Control Unit; [DECnet]
 *LDB     Large Data Buffer; [DECnet]
 *LDF     Line Description File; [IBM, 3275]
 *LDI     Loadable Diagnostic Image; [DECSA]
 *LDM     Limited Distance Modem
 *LDP     Loader Debugger Protocol; [Internet, RFC 909]
 *LDP     Laboratory Data Products
 *LDX     Long Distance Xerogrphy; [XEROX]
 *LEBC    Low End Business Center
 *LED     Light Emitting Diode; [generic]
 *LEDS    Low End Disk Systems
 *LEG     Local Engineering Group; [DEC-intern]
 *LEGSS   Low End Graphics Sub-System
 *LEN     Low-Entry Networking; [IBM]
 *LEN     Low End Networks
 *LES     Layered Environment Services; [PSI]
 *LEST    Low End Systems and Technologies
 *LFSOR   Local Field Service Operational Reports; [DEC-intern]
 *LIC     Line Interface Card; [IBM, 3275]
 *LIC     Last-in-Chain; [DECnet, SNA]
 *LIFO    Last-in First-out; [DECnet]
 *LLA     Link Level Access; [HP]
 *LLC     Logical Link Control; [OSI Layer 2, IEEE 802.3]
 *LMF     Licence Management Facility; [VMS]
 *LMI     Local Memory Interconnect
 *LMS     Local Management Services; [IBM]
 *LMT     Logon Mode Table; [SNA]
 *LNI     Local Node Information; [DECnet]
 *LOE     Loop On Error; [Diagnostics]
 *LOS     Level Of Service; [DEC-intern]
 *LOT     Loop On Test; [Diagnostics]
 *LPD     Logical Path Descriptor; [DECnet]
 *LPDA    Link Problem Determination Aid; [IBM]
 *LPM     Lines Per Minute
 *LQP     Letter Quality Printer; [generic]
 
 
 
 *LRC     Longitudinal Redundancy Check; [DECnet]
 *LRM     Local Reporting Mechanism; [IBM]
 *LRP     Large Request Packet; [DECnet]
 *LRP     Long Range Plan
 *LSAP    Link Layer Service Access Point
 *LSB     Logical-link Subchannel Block; [DECnet]
 *LSB     Least Significant Bit; [generic]
 *LSDU    Link Layer Service Data Unit
 *LSE     Language Sensitive Editor
 *LSI     Large Scale Integration; [generic]
 *LSP     Link State Packet; [OSI]
 *LTB     Logical Link TaBle; [DECnet]
 *LTC     Line Time Clock; [generic]
 *LTM     Line Traffic Monitor; [SW-Product]
 *LU      Logical Unit; [SNA]
 *LUG     Local User Group (DECUS; [DEC-intern]
 *LUSTAT  Logical Unit Status; [DECnet]
 *LWL     Lichtwellenleiter; [generic]

 
 
 
 *MAC     Media Access Control; [IEEE 802.3]
 *MAF     Main Distribution Frame; [DECconnect]
 *MAN     Metropolitain Area Network
 *MAP     Manufacturing Automation Protocol; [Standard]
 *MAP     Managing Action Planning; [DEC-intern]
 *MAR     Major Account Remarketer (ing)
 *MARCOM  Marketing Communications
 *MARP    Multi-LAN Address Resolution Protocol; [Internet, RFC 925]
 *MASS    Mid-Atlantic and Southern States
 *MATAC   Material Acquisition
 *MAU     Medium Attachment Unit; [IEEE 802.3]
 *MB      Megabyte
 *MBOD    Manufacturing Board of Directors
 *MBPS    Mega-Bits Per Second
 *MBU     Manufacturing Business Unit
 *MCAM    Manufacturing Corporate Account Manager
 *MCB     Multifunction Communications Base; [DECnet]
 *MCC     Management Control Center; [DECnet]
 *MCESS   Mechanical Component Engineering Support Service
 *MCR     Monitor Control Routine; [RSX, VMS]
 *MCR     Master Control Routine; [Network Management]
 *MCS     Multinational Character Set
 *MCT     Manufacturing Cycle Time
 *MCU     Multi Chip Unit
 *MDDS    Media and Documentation Update Service
 *MDI     Medium Dependent Interface; [IEEE 802.3]
 *MDT     Modified Data Tag; [DECnet]
 *ME      Mechanical Engineering
 *MEM     Manufacturing Engineering and Marketing
 *MEN     Management Event Notification; [OSI]
 *MFD     Mode Field Diameter; [FO-Ethernet]
 *MFG     Manufacturing
 *MFLOPS  Millions of Floating Point Operations Per Second
 *MHF     Message Handling Facility; [OSI Layer 7]
 *MHS     Message Handling System]; [OSI]
 *MHZ     Mega-Hertz
 *MIB     Management Information Base; [OSI]
 *MIC     Middle-in-chain; [DECnet]
 *MIC     Media Interface Connector; [FDDI]
 *MIC     Management Information Center
 *MICE    Management Information Control and Exchange; [OSI]
 *MICR    Magnetic Ink Character Recognition; [generic]
 *MIDAS   Master Integrated Distribution Subcontracting Agreement
 *MIF     Master Item File
 *MIMG    Media Industry Marketing Group
 *MIPS    Million Instructions Per Second; [generic]
 *MIR     Management Information Repository; [Network-Mgmt.]
 *MIR     Material Increase Request
 *MIS     Management Information System; [DEC-intern]
 *MISG    Market Information Services Group
 *MIT     Massachusetts Institute of Technology; [Organization]
 *MJ      Modular Jack; [DECconnect]
 *MKO     Merrimack, NH
 *MLDS    Medium Large Disk Systems
 *MLO     The Mill,  Maynard, MA
 *MLP     Multilink Procedure; [OSI]
 *MLP     Maynard List Price; [DEC-intern]
 *MLPC    Model Level planning Committee
 *MLT     Machine Load Table; [IBM, NCP]
 *MM  -1  ?; [MAP 3.0 Interface]
 
 
 
 *MMJ     Modified Modular Jack; [DECconnect]
 *MMP     Modified Modular Plug; [DECconnect]
 *MODEM   Modulator - Demodulator; [DECnet]
 *MOF     Master Order Form; [DEC-intern]
 *MOP     Maintenance Operation Protocol; [DECnet]
 *MOS     Material Order System; [DEC-intern]
 *MOS     Metal Oxide Semiconductor; [generic]
 *MOSS    Maintenance Operation SubSystem; [IBM, NCP]
 *MP      Multi-Processor
 *MPME    Manufacturing Process and Materials Engineering
 *MPS     Master Production Schedule
 *MPSC    Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems
 *MPX     Multiplex; [generic]
 *MRC     Market Research Center
 *MRC     Manufacturing Resource Center or Management Response Center
 *MRO     Marleboro, MA
 *MRP     Manufacturing Resource Planning
 *MS      Milli-Seconds
 *MS-DOS  MicroSoft Disk Operating System; [SW-Product]
 *MSA     Machine Status Area; [IBM, NCP]
 *MSAU    Multistation Access Unit; [IBM]
 *MSB     Most Significant Bit; [generic]
 *MSB     Mid-Range Systems Business
 *MSCP    Mass Storage Control Program; [generic]
 *MSD     Most Significant Digit; [generic]
 *MSD     Micro Systems Development
 *MSE     Maintenance Service Expenses; [DEC-intern]
 *MSL     Management Specification Language; [Network Management]
 *MSNF    Multisystem Network Facility; [IBM]
 *MSOS    Management Service Operation Support; [DEC-intern]
 *MSPM    Manufacturing System Program Manager
 *MSSC    Marketing Sales Strategy Committee
 *MTA     Multiple Terminal Access; [IBM]
 *MTBC    Mean Time Between Corrective Calls; [DEC-intern]
 *MTBE    Mean Time Between Emergency Calls; [DEC-intern]
 *MTBF    Mean Time Between Failures; [DEC-intern]
 *MTBP    Mean Time Between Preventive Calls; [DEC-intern]
 *MTBPR   Mean Time Between Parts Replacement; [DEC-intern]
 *MTBSI   Mean Time Between System Interruptions
 *MTS     Message Transport System; [ASSETS]
 *MTS     Message Transfer System; [OSI]
 *MTTD    Mean Time To Diagnose; [DEC-intern]
 *MTTI    Mean Time To Install; [DEC-intern]
 *MTTR    Mean-Time to Repair; [generic]
 *MTU     Maximum Transmission Unit
 *MUG     MAP/TOP Users Group; [OSI]
 *MUMPS   Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multiprogramming System
 *MUX     Multiplexer
 *MVB     MicroVax Business
 *MVE     Mixed Vendor Equipment; [DEC-intern]
 *N-DEC   Nihon Digital Equipment Corporation: internally DEC-J
 *NA      Numerical Aperture; [FO-Ethernet, FDDI]
 *NaC     Network and Communication
 *NAC     Networks and Communications
 *NaCCIS  NaC Competitive Information Services; [DEC-intern]
 *NACM    Networks and Communications Marketing
 *NAK     Negative Ackknowledgement; [DECnet]
 *NAP     Network-Layer Access Point; [OSI]
 *NAS     Network Application Support]; [SW-Product]
 *NASA    National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [Organization]
 
 
 
 *NASM    Named Account Sales Manager
 *NASM    National Account Service Management; [DEC-intern]
 *NATO    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 *NAU     Network Addressable Unit; [SNA]
 *NBS     National Bureau of Standards; [Organization, now NIST]
 *NC      Numeric Control; [generic]
 *NCB     Network Connect Block; [VAX-PSI]
 *NCCF    Network Communication Control Facility; [IBM, 3275]
 *NCL     Network Control Language; [OSI]
 *NCL     Nuclear Control License; [generic]
 *NCP     Network Control Program; [DECnet]
 *NCS     Network Computing System; [Distr. Appl. Processing, RPC]
 *NCT     Network Control Terminal; [DECnet/RSX]
 *NCU     Network Control Unit; [DECnet]
 *NDA     Network crash Dump Analyzer; [DECnet/RSX]
 *NDC     Node Counter Block; [DECnet]
 *NDIS    Network Device Interface Specification
 *NDU     Network Device Utility
 *NEAS    Northeast Atlantic States
 *NES     Net Equipment Sales
 *NET     Norme Europ�en de t�l�communications; [Organization]
 *NETACP  Network Ancillary Control Program
 *NETAVL  Network Availability; [ASSETS]
 *NetIPC  Network Interprocess Communcation; [HP]
 *NFI     Network Fault Isolation; [Training]
 *NFS     Network File Service; [SUN]
 *NFT     Network File Transfer; [DECnet]
 *NHAS    New Hampshire Administrative Services
 *NI      Network Interconnect; [DECnet]
 *NIC     Network Information Center
 *NICE    Network Information and Control Exchange; [DECnet]
 *NICE    New Integrated Callhandling System Europe; [DEC-intern]
 *NIDL    Network Interface Definition Language; [Workstation,Ultrix]
 *NIE     Network Interconnect Exerciser; [Diagnostics]
 *NIF     Neighbor Information Frames; [FDDI,SMT]
 *NIM     Network Interface Module
 *NIM     Network Integrity Monitor; [Network Management]
 *NIP     Network Information Program; [DECnet]
 *NIST    National Institute for Standard and Technology; [form. NBS]
 *NJE     Network Job Entry
 *NLDM    Network Logical Data Manager; [IBM]
 *NMC     Network Management Center; [IBM]
 *NMCC    Network Monitor Control Center; [SW-Product]
 *NMI     Nautilus Memory Interconnect
 *NML     Network Management Layer; [DECnet]
 *NML     Network Management Listener; [DECnet]
 *NMOS    Network Management Operation Service, [Network Management]
 *NMP     Network Management Protocol; [AT&T]
 *NMS     Network Management System; [DECnet, IBM]
 *NMVT    Network Management Vector Transport; [SNA]
 *NNTP    Network News Transfer Protocol; [Internet, RFC 977]
 *NOGY    North Germany; [DEC-intern]
 *NOR     Net Operating Revenue
 *NOS     Network Operation Service; [Network-Service]
 *NPA     Network Performance Analyzer; [IBM]
 *NPDA    Network Problem Determination Aid; [IBM, 3275]
 *NPDU    Network layer Protocol Data Unit; [DECnet]
 *NPIP    New Product Integration Process
 *NPO     New Product Operations
 *NPR     NonProzessor Request; [generic]
 
 
 
 *NPSI    NCP Pachet Switch Interface; [IBM]
 *NPSU    New Product Start Up
 *NRCS    National Replacement Character Set
 *NRZ     Non-Return to Zero; [generic]
 *NRZI    Non-Return to Zero inverted; [generic]
 *NS      Nano-Seconds
 *NSAP    Network Service Access Point; [OSI]
 *NSD     National Service Division; [IBM-Organization]
 *NSF     National Sience Foundation; [Organization]
 *NSI     Non-SNA Interconnect; [IBM]
 *NSM     NETsystem (NETsupport Services Manager; [Network Management]
 *NSP     Network Service Protocol; [DECnet]
 *NTD     Network Display Program; [DECnet/RSX]
 *NTN     National Terminal Number; [OSI]
 *NTO     Network Terminal Option; [IBM, 3275]
 *NTU     Network Test Utility; [DECnet]
 *NUI     Network User Identification; [DECnet, DATEX-P]
 *NUO     North Eastern Boulevard, Nashua, NH
 *NVDM    NetView Distribution Manager; [IBM]
 *NVNPM   NetView Network Performance Monitor; [IBM]
 *NVRAM   Nonvolatile Random Access Memory; [generic]
 *NVT     Network Virtual Terminal
 *NWSS    Networks & Site Services
 *O/S     Operating System
 *OA      Output Adjacency; [DECnet]
 *OA      Order Administration; [DEC-intern]
 *OAS     Order Administration System; [DEC-intern]
 *OAU     Organization of African Unity; [Organization]
 *OBI     OBject Information Block; [DECnet]
 *OBU     Option Business Unit
 *OCA     Open Communication Architecture; [IBM]
 *OCC     Office Communication Cabinet; [DECconnect]
 *OCCF    Operator Communication Control Facility; [IBM]
 *OCP     Organisational Change Program; [DEC-intern]
 *OCR     Optical Character Recognition; [generic]
 *OCRC    Option Change Review Committee
 *ODA     Office Document Architecture; [EDI, ISO 8613]
 *ODI     Open Data Interface
 *ODIF    Office Document Interchange Format; [OSI]
 *OEM     Original Equipment Manufacturer; [generic]
 *OIC     Only-in-chain; [DECnet, SNA]
 *OIP     Opportunity Investment Planning
 *OIS     Office & Information Systems (TSSC; [DEC-intern]
 *OJT     On the Job Training; [generic]
 *OLTP    Online Transaction Processing; [SW-Product]
 *ONC     Open Network Computing; [SUN]
 *ONMA    Open Network Management Architecture; [OSI]
 *OOD     Office of Development  (Central Engineering)
 *OP      Option
 *OPAL    On-line Presentation Access Library
 *OPEC    Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
 *OPOM    Organizational Program Office Manager
 *OPS     Operations
 *ORACEL  Online Requiry And Report Generator; [SW-Product
 *OSAK    OSI Applikation Kernel; [SW-Product]
 *OSCAR   Off-Site Services Control, Administration and Report. System
 *OSF     Open Software Foundation; [Organization]
 *OSI     Open Systems Interconnection; [Standards]
 *OSITOP  Open Systems Interconnection/Technical and Office Protocol
 *OSNS    OSI Network Service; [IBM]
 
 
 
 *OSP     Office of Sales Programs
 *OTD     Off the Dock
 *OTDR    Optical Time Domain Reflectometer; [generic]
 *OTP     Order Transaction Processing
 *OTS     Off The Shelf
 *OTSS    OSI Transport and Session Support; [IBM]
 *P&E     Production, Planning, and Execution
 *P&L     Profit and Loss
 *P-1     Priority one Order; [DEC-intern]
 *P.S.I.  Packet Switching Interface; [SW-Poduct]
 *PABX    Private Automation Branch Exchange; [generic]
 *PAC     Pricing and Announcement Committee
 *PACE    Program for Advanced Continuous Education; [DEC-intern]
 *PAD     Packet Assembly/Disassembly; [VAX-PSI]
 *PAL     Programmed-Array Logic; [generic]
 *PAM     Protocol Assist Module; [Interfaces]
 *PASI    Production, Availability, Shipments, Inventory
 *PASS    Packaged Application Software Solution
 *PBM     Product Business Manager
 *PBT     Profit Before Tax
 *PBU     Product Business Unit
 *PBX     Private Branch Exchange; [generic]
 *PC      Personal Computer or Production Control
 *PCB     Process Control Block
 *PCB     Printed Circuit Board
 *PCI     Protocol Control Information; [OSI]
 *PCI     Physical Channel Interface; [Ethernet]
 *PCL     Parallel Communication Link; [DECnet]
 *PCM     Profit Contribution Margin
 *PCM     Pulse Code Modulation; [generic]
 *PCM     Plug Compatible Manufacturer
 *PCM     Physical Connection State Machine; [FDDI]
 *PCM     Product Capacity Manager
 *PCS     Plastic Cladding Silica; [FO-Ethernet]
 *PCSA    Personal Computing System Architecture; [SW-Product]
 *PCSG    Personal Computing Systems Group
 *PCSP    PC Systems and Peripherals (Saviers)
 *PDIF    Product Definition Interchange Format; [OSI]
 *PDP     Programmable Data Processor; [generic]
 *PDP     People Development Program; [DEC-intern]
 *PDP     Peripheral Data Processing
 *PDS     Power distribution System]; generic]
 *PDS     Premise Distribution System; [AT&T]
 *PDU     Protocol Data Unit; [OSI,IEEE 802.2]
 *PE      Protocol Emulator; [generic]
 *PEP     Personal Enrichment Program
 *PEP     Performance Enhancement Package
 *PEP     Partitioned Emulation Program; [IBM, 3275]
 *PFDI    Plant Floor Device Integration
 *PHIGS   Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics Standard; [API]
 *PI      Physical Inventory
 *PI      Pace Indicator; [DECnet]
 *PICS    Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements
 *PID     Proprietary Information Disclosure
 *PIF     Program Information File; [MS-Windows]
 *PIMS    PRODUCT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; [DEC-intern]
 *PIMS    Personal Information Management System; [DEC-intern]
 *PING    Packet Internet Groper; [Internet]
 *PKO     Parker Street, Maynard, MA
 *PLI     Physical Line Information Block; [DECnet]
 
 
 
 *PLL     Phase Locked Loop; [generic]
 *PLS     Physical Signaling; [IEEE 802.3]
 *PLU     Primary Logical Unit; [DECnet, SNA]
 *PM      Pulse Modulation; [generic]
 *PMA     Physical Medium Attachment; [IEEE 802.3]
 *PMD     Physical Media Dependent; [FDDI]
 *PMDF    Pascal Memo Distribution Facility; [SW-Product]
 *PME     Product Management Engineering; [DEC-intern]
 *PMG     Product Marketing Group
 *PMI     Private Memory Interconnect
 *PMT     Planning Methodology Team
 *PNCP    Peripheral Node Control Point; [IBM]
 *PNIC    Private Network Identification Code; [OSI]
 *PO      Purchase Order
 *POD     Pluto Online Debugger; [LAT, DECSA]
 *POI     Programmed Operator Interface; [IBM]
 *POM     Point of Manufacturing
 *POSI    Pazific OSI group; [Organization, Japan]
 *POSIX   Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments
 *PPD     Product Phase Down
 *PPI     Protocol Processing Image; [VAX-PSI]
 *PPL     Periodic Payment License
 *PPM     Pages Per Minute
 *PPSN    Public Packet Switching Network; [VAX-PSI]
 *PPSU    Personal Printer Spooling Utility
 *PRC     Product Repair Center; [DEC-intern]
 *PrE     Printer Emulator; [DECnet, IBM]
 *PRISM   Problem Reporting Investigation and Solution Management;
 *PRMD    Private Management Domain; [OSI]
 *PROFS   Professional Office System; [IBM]
 *PROM    Programmable Read-Only Memory; [generic]
 *PROMPT  Program Management Process Technology; [DEC-intern]
 *PSDN    Packet Switched Data Network; [VAX-PSI]
 *PSE     Packet Switching Exchange; [VAX-PSI]
 *PSG     Peripheral and Supplies Group or Product Shipping Guide
 *PSK     Phase Shift Keying; [generic]
 *PSN     Packet Swiched Node; [VAX-PSI]
 *PSS     Packet Switching Service; [VAX-PSI]
 *PSS     Professional Software Services
 *PSTN    Public Swiched Telephon Network; [generic]
 *PSU     Portable Storage Unit
 *PTG     Physical Technology Group
 *PTM     Pulse Time Modulation; [generic]
 *PTT     Post, Telegraph and Telephone]; [generic]
 *PU      Physical Unit; [IBM]
 *PUCP    Physical UNIT Control Point; [SNA]
 *PUI     Path Information Unit; [IBM]
 *PUMS    Physical Unit Management Services; [IBM]
 *PUP     PARC Universal Protocol; [Internet]
 *PUSART  Programmable Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
 *PVC     Permanent Virtual Circuit; [VAX-PSI]
 *PVC     Polyvinyl Chloride; [generic]
 *QAR     Quality Assurance Report; [DEC-intern]
 *QBOD    Quality Board of Directors
 *QC      Quiesce Complete; [SNA]
 *QC      Quality Control
 *QDSS    Q-Bus Dragon Sub-System
 *QEC     Quiesce at End of Chain; [SNA]
 *QIO     Queue Input/Output; [generic]
 *QLO     Hudson, NH
 
 
 
 *QSS     Quality Solution Systems
 *QVSS    Q-Bus Viper Sub-System

 
 
 
 *RACES   Revenue and Accounting System for Europe; [DEC-intern]
 *RACF    Resource Access Control Facility; [IBM]
 *RAF     Resource Allocation Frames; [FDDI, SMT]
 *RAM     Random Access Memory; [generic]
 *RAMP    Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Program
 *RARP    Reverse Address Resolution Protocol; [Internet, RFC 903]
 *RAS     Reliability, Availability, Serviceability; [generic]
 *RATP    Reliable AsynchronousTransfer Protocol; [Internet, RFC 916]
 *RBG     Realtime Business Group
 *RBMS    Remote Bridge Management Software; [SW-Product]
 *RC      Reduced Cost
 *RCB     Routing Control Block; [DECnet]
 *RCEEA   Radio Communications and Electric Engineering Association
 *RCF     Remote Console Facility; [DECnet, LAT]
 *RCTL    Resistor Capacitor Transistor Logic; [generic]
 *RD      Remote Diagnostics; [DEC-intern]
 *RDA     Remote Database Access; [generic]
 *RDB     Receive Data Buffer; [DECnet]
 *RDB     Relational Database
 *RDBA    Remote Data Base Access; [HP]
 *RDC     Remote Diagnosis Center; [DEC-intern]
 *RDF     Request Denied Frames; [FDDI, SMT]
 *RDP     Remote Distribution Panel; [DECnet, DMZ32]
 *RDP     Reliable Datagram Protocol; [Internet, RFC 908]
 *RECAP   Repeat Call Action Prompter; [DEC-intern]
 *RECFMS  Record Formatted Maintenance Statistics; [SNA]
 *RECMS   RECord Maintenance Statistic; [IBM]
 *ReGIS   Remote Graghics Instruction Set; [generic]
 *RELQ    Release Quiesce; [SNA]
 *REM     Ring Error Monitor; [IBM]
 *REQMS   Request Maintenance Statistics; [SNA]
 *REV     Revenue or Revision
 *RFA     Remote File Access; [HP]
 *RFC     Request of Comment; [Internet]
 *RFI     Radio-Magnetic Interference; [generic]
 *RFI     Radio Frequency Interference or Request for Information
 *RFP     Request for Proposal
 *RFS     Remote File System; [OSI, AT&T]
 *RH      Response Header; [SNA]
 *RH      Request Header; [SNA]
 *RHM     Remote Hardware Monitoring; [DEC-intern]
 *RI      Ring Indicator; [EIA]
 *RIP     Routing Information Protocol; [Internet]
 *RIQC    Regional Installation Quality Coordinator; [DEC-intern]
 *RISC    Reduced Instruction Set Computer; [generic]
 *RISD    Reference Information Systems Development
 *RJ      Random Jitter; [Ethernet, FDDI]
 *RJE     Remote Job Entry; [DECnet, SNA]
 *RLP     Resource Location Protocol; [Internet RFC 887]
 *RLSD    Received Line Signal Detector; [EIA]
 *RMS     Record Management Services; [VMS]
 *RMT     Regional Management Team; [DEC-intern]
 *RNM     Remote Network Monitoring; [DEC-intern]
 *RNR     Receive Not Ready; [DATEX-P]
 *RO      Read Only
 *ROA     Return On Assets
 *ROCF    Remote Operator Console Facility; [IBM]
 *ROI     Return On Investment
 *ROM     Read-Only Memory; [generic]
 *ROSE    Remote Operations Service Element; [OSI]
 
 
 
 *RPC     Remote Process Call;   [IEEE 1003.8]
 *RPM     Remote Program Management; [HP]
 *RPM     Reduced Parts menu
 *RPM     Revolution Per Minute or Rotations Per Minute
 *RPS     Ring Parameter Server; [IBM]
 *RQR     Request Recovery; [SNA]
 *RQT     Reliability Quality Test
 *RR      Receive Ready; [DATEX-P]
 *RSA     Reference System Architecture
 *RSCS    Remote Spooling Communication Subsystem; [IBM]
 *RSDS    Remote Service Delivery System; [DEC-intern]
 *RSE     Removable Storage Elements
 *RSHUT   Request Shutdown; [SNA]
 *RSL     Remote Ship List
 *RSM     Remote System Management; [SW-Product, DSS]
 *RST/E   Resource Sharing Time Sharing/Extended
 *RSVP    Rdb Solutions Vendor Program
 *RT      Real Time
 *RTA     Real-Time Accelerator
 *RTBG    Real Time Business Group
 *RTE     Remote Terminal Emulation
 *RTH     Remote Terminal Host; [DECnet/RSX]
 *RTL     Resistor-Transistor Logic; [generic]
 *RTM     Response Time Monitor; [IBM]
 *RTR     Ready to Receive; [DECnet]
 *RTS     Request to Send; [EIA]
 *RTT     Round Trip Time; [Internet]
 *RU      Response Unit; [SNA]
 *RVI     Reverse Interrupt; [BSC]
 *S-BOX   Skunk Box
 *SA      Storage Array
 *SAA     Systems ApplicationArchitecture; [IBM]
 *SABB    Storage Array Building Block
 *SABM    Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode; [DATEX-P]
 *SAC     Single Attachment Concentrator; [FDDI]
 *SAC	  Special Applications Committee (high risk applications)
 *SAG     St�ndige Arbeitsgruppe [DECUS]
 *SAG     Service Administration Group; [DEC-intern]
 *SAM     Software Product And Managmant MGNT (swas); [DEC-intern]
 *SAMON   SNA Application Monitor; [SNA]
 *SAP     Service Access Point; [OSI]
 *SAPI    Service Access Point Identifier; [ISDN]
 *SARM    Set Asynchronous Response Mode; [OSI]
 *SAS     Single Attachment Station; [FDDI]
 *SASE    System and Support Engineering
 *SBA     Ship and Billing Authorization; [DEC-intern]
 *SBB     System Building Block
 *SBC     Single Board Computer
 *SBI     Synchronous Backplane Interconnect
 *SBI     Storage Bus Interconnect
 *SBM     System Business Manager; [DEC-intern]
 *SBP     System Business Plan; [DEC-intern]
 *SBR     Storage Business Review
 *SBS     Service Business System; DEC-intern]
 *SBT     Software Business Technologies
 *SCA     Strategic Capital Acquisitions
 *SCB     System Control Block; [generic]
 *SCC     Standard Coordinating Commitee; [IEEE]
 *SCC     Sales Communication Center (Library/Docu; [DEC-intern]
 *SCIT    Semiconductor & Interconnect Technology Group (Palmer)
 *SCIT    Semi-Conductor and Interconnect Technologies
 
 
 
 *SCMP    System Cooperative Marketing Program
 *SCO     Semiconductor Operations
 *SCP     Session Control Protocol; [DECnet]
 *SCS     Strategic Consulting Service; [IBM]
 *SCS     Stock Control System; [DECintern]
 *SCSI    Small Computer Systems Interconnect; [Standard]
 *SDA     System Dump Analyzer; [generic]
 *SDA     Software Design Automation
 *SDC     Software Distribution Center
 *SDDT    Symptom Directed Diagnosis Toolkit; [DEC-intern]
 *SDI     Standard Disk Interconnect or Standard Drive Interface
 *SDK     Service Delivery Kit; [DEC-intern]
 *SDLC    Synchronous Data-Link Control; [DECnet, SNA]
 *SDM     Service Delivery Model; [DEC-intern]
 *SDN     Software Defined Network; [AT&T]
 *SDNCC   Software Defined Network Control Center; [AT&T]
 *SDS     Sales and Distribution Systems
 *SDT     Start Data Traffic; [SNA]
 *SDT     Service Delivery Team; [DEC-intern]
 *SDU     Service Delivery Unit; [DEC-intern]
 *SDU     Service Data Unit; [OSI]
 *SEF     Source Explicit Forwarding; [Ethernet]
 *SEG     Semiconductor Engineering Organization
 *SER     Satellite Equipment Room
 *SFD     Start Frame Delimiter; [IEEE 802.3]
 *SFTP    Simple File Transfer Protocol; [Internet, RFC 913]
 *SGML    Standard Generalized Markup Language; [ISO 8879]
 *SGMP    Simple Gateway Management Protocol; [Network-Mgmt.]
 *SHIBNI  Shipped But Not Invoiced
 *SHUTC   Shutdown Complete; [SNA]
 *SHUTD   Shutdown; [SNA]
 *SIA     Semiconductor Industry Association
 *SIBPO   System Integration Business Program Office; [DEC-intern]
 *SIC     Solution Integration Center; [DEC-intern]
 *SID     Symptoms/Solutions Information Database; [DEC-intern]
 *SIF     Station Information Frames; [FDDI, SMT]
 *SIG     Special Interest Group; [DECUS]
 *SIM     Service Industry Marketing
 *SLA     Service Level Agreement
 *SLC     Service Level Contract or Software License Configurator
 *SLD     Satellite Task Loader; [DECnet]
 *SLIP    Serial Line Internet Protocol
 *SLS     Storage Library System
 *SLU     Serial Line Unit; [generic]
 *SLU     Secondary Logical Unit; [SNA]
 *SMAE    System Management Application Entidy; [OSI]
 *SMAP    Systems Management Application Protocol; [OSI]
 *SMART   Service Management And Resource Tracking; [DEC-intern]
 *SMD     Surface Mounted Devices; [generic]
 *SMDI    Storage Module Disk Interconnect
 *SME     Society of Manufacturing Engineering
 *SMFA    Specific Management Functional Areas; [OSI]
 *SMG     Site Management Guide; [DEC-intern]
 *SMP     Stratetic Market Plan; [DEC-intern]
 *SMP     Symmetrical Multi-Processing
 *SMS     System Management Support; [DEC-Service]
 *SMS     System Management Service; [DEC-intern]
 *SMS     Self-maintenance Services
 *SMS     Service Management System; [AT&T]
 *SMT     Station Management; [FDDI]
 
 
 
 *SMTP    Simple Mail Transfer Protocol; [Internet]
 *SMU     Strategic Marketing Unit
 *SNA     Systems Network Architecture; [IBM]
 *SNADS   SNA Distribution Services; [SNA]
 *SNAP    Subnetwork Access Protocol; [OSI]
 *SNAP    Standard Network Access Protocol; [IBM]
 *SNDCF   Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Function; [OSI]
 *SNF     Sequence Number Field; [DECnet]
 *SNI     SNA Network Interconnection; [SNA]
 *SNICP   Subnet Independent Convergence Protocol; [OSI]
 *SNMP    Simple Network Management Protocol; [Internet]
 *SNPC    Software New Products Committee
 *SNR     Signal-to-Noice Ratio; [generic]
 *SNRM    Set Normal Response Mode; [OSI]
 *SO      System Option
 *SOC     Systems and Option Catalog
 *SOE     Standards of Excellence
 *SOG     Service Operation Group; [DEC-intern]
 *SOGY    South Germany; [DEC-intern]
 *SOH     Start Of Header; [DECnet]
 *SOM     Start of Message; [DECnet]
 *SOM     Service Operations Manager; [DEC-intern]
 *SOP     Sum of the Pieces
 *SP      Service Point; [SNA]
 *SPAG    Standards Promotion and Application Group; [Organization]
 *SPAN    Space Physics Analysis Network; [worldwide Network]
 *SPCF    Service Point Command Facility; [IBM]
 *SPD     Software Product Description; [DEC]
 *SPEAR   Standard Package For Error Analysis And Report; [DEC-intern]
 *SPF     Shortest Path First; [Routing]
 *SPG     Software Product Group
 *SPI     Self Paced Instruction; [DEC-intern]
 *SPI     Network Server Process Information; [DECnet]
 *SPM     Software Performance Montior
 *SPP     Ship Plan
 *SPR     South Pacific Region (incl. Australia & New Zealand)
 *SPR     Software Performance Report; [DEC-intern]
 *SPS     Software Product Services
 *SQE     Signal Quality Error-Test; [Ethernet]
 *SQL     Structural Query Language
 *SQM     Software Quality Mangement
 *SQMS    Single Queue Multiple Server; [VITALINK]
 *SRC     System Resource Center
 *SRG     Strategic Relations Group
 *SRTC    Service Right-to-Copy
 *SS      Standard System
 *SSAP    Source Sevice Access Point; [IEEE 802.2]
 *SSAP    Session Services Access Point; [OSI]
 *SSB     Software Supply Business
 *SSCP    System Service Control Point; [IBM]
 *SSCP    System Service Control Point; [DECnet, SNA]
 *SSD     Solid State Disk
 *SSG     Software Systems Group
 *SSS     Software Support Services
 *STACK   Start Acknowledgment; [DECnet]
 *STAR    Systems and Technology Applications Requirements
 *STARS   STorage And Retrieval System; [DEC-intern]
 *STE     Signalling Terminal Equipment; [generic]
 *STG     Strategic Technologies Group
 *STP     Spanning Tree Protocol; [Ethernet]
 
 
 
 *STP     Shielded Twisted Pair; [Ethernet]
 *STSN    Set and Test Sequence Numbers; [SNA]
 *STX     Start of Text; [DECnet]
 *SUIS    Software Update Installation Service; [DEC-intern]
 *SUM     Sales Unit Manager; [DEC-intern]
 *SVC     Switched Virtual Circuit; [DATEX-P]
 *SVID    System V Interface Definition; [AT&T]
 *SWAS    Software and Application Service]; [DEC-intern]
 *SWGY    South West Germany; [DEC-intern]
 *SWM     Semiconductor Worldwide Management
 *SWR     Software Warranty Report; [DEC-intern]
 *SWS     Software Services
 *SYN     Synchronous Idle; [BISYNC]
 *SYS     System
 *T&N     Telecommunications and Networks (Johnson (BJ))
 *TACE    Traffic Analysis and Control Extension; [VITALINK]
 *TAF     Terminal Access Facility; [IBM]
 *TAN     Telecomm and Networks
 *TANSTAAFThere Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
 *TAP     Trace Analysis Program; [IBM]
 *TAP     Trans-Atlantic Project
 *TAR     Tape Archive Format; [IEEE 1003.1, POSIX]
 *TAY     Taylor Street, Littleton, MA
 *TBG     Telecomm Business Group
 *TBU     Terminals Business Unit
 *TC      Transfer Cost
 *TCAM    Telecommunication Access Method; [IBM]
 *TCC     Time Critical Computing; [generic]
 *TCC     Technical Consulting Center
 *TCF     Transparent Computing Facility; [IBM]
 *TCOS    Technical Commitee on Operating Systems; [POSIX]
 *TCP/IP  Transmission Control Protocol; [Internet, RFC 793]
 *TCU     Transmission Control Unit; [DECnet, IBM]
 *TD/SMP  Terminal Device/Session Management Protocol; [LAT]
 *TDI     Trading Data Interchange; [EDI]
 *TDM     Time Division Multiplexing; [generic]
 *TDMA    Time Division Multiple Access; [generic]
 *TDMS    Terminal Data Management System
 *TDR     Time Domain Reflectometer; [generic]
 *TEDIS   Trade Electronic Data Interchange System; [Standard]
 *TERMS   Terminate self; [DECnet, SNA
 *TFS     Transparent File Service; [IEEE 1003.8]
 *TFTP    Trivial File Transfer Protocol; [Internet, RFC 783]
 *TGC     Transition Group Control; [SNA]
 *THT     Token Holding Time; [IBM]
 *TIC     Token Ring Interface Coupler; [IBM, 3275]
 *TIMA    Technical Information Management Architecture; [DEC-intern]
 *TIP     Tactical Implemantation Plan; [DEC-intern]
 *TIS     Technical Information Systems
 *TLB     TransLAN Bridge
 *TMSCP   Tape Mass Storage Control Protocol
 *TNO     Telecom Network Operation; [IBM]
 *TNSG    The New Software Group (Stone)
 *TOEM    Technical Original Equipment Manufacturer
 *TOP     Technology and Organizational Performance
 *TOP     Technical Office Protocol; [OSI]
 *TOPS    Tapes and Optical Products
 *TOS     Type Of Service; [TCP/IP]
 *TOY     Time of Year; [generic]
 *TP      Transaction Processing
 
 
 
 *TPAD    Terminal Packet Assembler/Disassembler; [X.25]
 *TPC     Transaction Processiong Performance Council
 *TPDU    Transport-Layer Protocol Data Unit; [DECnet, OSI]
 *TPI     Tracks Per Inch
 *TPL     Traditional Product Line
 *TPM     Third Party Maintenance; [DEC-intern]
 *TPNS    Teleprocessing Network Simulator; [IBM]
 *TPS     Two-Processors Switch; [IBM, 3275]
 *TPS     Transactions Per Second
 *TQC     Total Quality Control
 *TRI     Trace Interpreter; [DECnet/RSX]
 *TRIB    Transfer Rate of Information Blocks; [DECnet]
 *TRSS    Token Ring SubSystem; [IBM, 3275]
 *TS      Transmission Subsystem; [SNA]
 *TSAP    Transport Service Access Point; [OSI]
 *TSC     Terminal Server Configurator; [LAT]
 *TSC     Telephone Support Center; [DEC-intern]
 *TSDU    Transport Service Data Unit; [OSI]
 *TSG     Telecommunications Systems Group
 *TSM     Terminal Server Management; [SW-Product]
 *TSN     Terminal Switching Network
 *TSO     Time Sharing Option; [IBM]
 *TSO     Technical Services Organization
 *TSP     Technology Strategy and Planning
 *TSS     Technical Support Services; [DEC-intern]
 *TSS     Transition SubSystem; [IBM, 3275]
 *TSSC    Technical Support Service Center; [DEC-intern]
 *TSSE    Technical Support Service Europe; [DEC-intern]
 *TTB     Ten Tara Boulevard, Nashua, NH
 *TTD     Temporary Text Delay; [DECnet]
 *TTL     Time To Live; [Network-generic]
 *TTL     Transistor-Transistor Logic; [generic]
 *TTM     Time to Market
 *TTRT    Target Token Rotation Time; [IBM, 802.5]
 *TTY     TeleTYpe; [generic]
 *TUIMG   Telecom/Utilities Industry Marketing Group
 *UA      Unnumbered Acknowledge; [OSI]
 *UA      User Access; [OSI, MHS]
 *UAF     User Authorization File; [VMS]
 *UAL     User Agent Layer; [OSI, MHS]
 *UART    Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter; [DECnet]
 *UBA     UNIBUS-Adapter; [generic]
 *UBI     UNIBUS Interconnect; [generic]
 *UCB     Unit Control Block; [VMS]
 *UDP     User Datagram Protocol; [Internet, RFC 768]
 *UETP    User Environment Test Package; [generic]
 *UIC     User Identification Code; [generic]
 *UIL     User Interface Language; [API]
 *UIS     Unternehmens-Integrations-Services; [DEC-intern]
 *UIT     Union International des Telecommunication; [Organization]
 *UNMA    Unified Network Management Architecture; [AT&T]
 *UNR     Un-controlled Not Ready; [DECnet]
 *UOF     Unusual Order Form
 *UPC     Utility Port Conditioner
 *UPS     Uninterruptible Power System
 *USART   Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
 *USC     User Steering Committee
 *USCIC   U.S. Country Information Center
 *USFDC   U.S. Financial Data Center
 *USIBC   U.S. Integrated Business Center
 
 
 
 *USMP    U.S. Manufacturing Planning
 *USPL    U.S. Price List
 *USS     Unix-based Software and Systems (LaCava)
 *UTP     Unshielded Twisted Pair; [Ethernet]
 *UUCP    UNIX to UNIX Copy Program; [UNIX]
 *VAN     Value Added Network
 *VAN     Valu-Added Network; [generic]
 *VAR     Value Added Reseller
 *VAX     Virtual Address Extension
 *VAX     Virtual Address(Access eXtension; [DEC]
 *VAXeln  Vax Executive for Local Area Networks; [SW-Product]
 *VAXft   VAX Fault Tolerant
 *VAXSIM  VAX System Integrity Monitor; [DEC-intern]
 *VC      Virtual Circuit; [generic]
 *VDS     Vax Diagnostic Supervisor; [Dignostics]
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    Re: .-1

    1763 lines: grumph!

    And it doesn't even have

    *TLA	Three Letter Acronym

RE: .5, .12 (Digital is making Tomorrow Yesterday, Today)

Actually, I think it's the slogan of the mythical DEC Useless Products Group
(UPG), from the hilarious series of fake TV commercials done some years back.


RE: .0

No different, really, from any other jargon.  As one who follows this segment
of the market (CASE vaporware and "standards"), I found it perfectly
understandable.  Fortunately, those who deal in real products to run on
real machines to solve real applications, today, can simply ignore all this
static.

--PSW

    Years ago I remember reading a column in a newspaper written by Keith
    Waterhouse. He is a very humorous writer and he had just been to a
    computer show, this was back in the Dark Ages when computers had to sit
    in air conditioned rooms and not on the corner of a desk. 

    He quoted a specification for a piece of equipment, which I read with
    interest, then said something to the effect of; "I defy anyone to make
    any sense of this rubbish" and proceeded to poke fun at it. I thought
    it was well below his usual standard until a friend of mine was reading
    the same column and cracked up totally.

    It seems that sometimes you are too close to the trees to see the wood.

    Jamie.

    re .22
    
    THAT'S IT!!!
                                      
    
    It was the UPG "commericials" ... 
    
    Thanks.

    re .20
    
    Great work on the list..... but what is SGE????????
    

    ...I don't know why I keep being reminded of Monty Python as I'm
    reading this discussion...!!!  This whole acronym mess brings
    new meaning to the saying "if you can't dazzle them with brilliance,
    baffle them with b.s."!!
    
    -Elizabeth

    
    i must give another point of view of this subject, that iam sure will
    be shared by a large number of the listening audience.
     
    I think that we do need these acronyms, and must protect them dearly,
    because without them, what will distinguish the computer industry from 
    any other, less sophisticated ones? 
    
    we must be proud of the large number of acronyms we use and generate, 
    because it shows that we are busy and are doing things, also people 
    who work with computers are smarter than the average population and
    hence we are able to handle these things very easily.
    
    but if customers cant handle it, then we must educate them, i hereby 
    propose that we start new Digital courses on technical acronym for 
    customers, we can call these series of courses "DCAU" as in 
    Dec_Courses_for_Acronym_Understanding, that way, they'll be better able 
    to understand us when they talk to us, and DEC's education and training 
    Division could make some profit also, and every one will be happy.
    
    also, if we start the DCAU courses before our competition get hold of this 
    original idea, we can capture the market initiative with positive side 
    effects resulting from it.
    
    /nasser
    

    Each industry, trade or profession has its own language. Doctors reduce
    dislocations, we have contiguous memory, as well as using words in a
    very specific way we all have a verbal shorthand, acronyms.

    I am always amused  by the misuse of some of these, two examples;
    "AC current" and "PIN number".

    Jamie.

    Right.  Correct usage would be "AC voltage".	:-)

    ... like the New Software group, which has appropriated both words that
    would normally have served as its buffer-zone...  leading to linguistic
    weirdnesses like:
    
    "Have you asked this question of Joe Foobar, who works in the TNSG Group?"
    
                       (-:  O T�mp�ra, 0 M0RE$...  :-)

re: .27

maybe we need to establish a Valuing Acronyms Program Office!

;-|								paul

    >>maybe we need to establish a Valuing Acronyms Program Office
    
    The Valuing Acronyms Program In Digital.
    
    John H.

re: .32

there you are!  somebody give this human a vice presidency

;-)

re .0

If your in the Open Systems Arena, you tend to know and use all these
acronyms. I guess I knew all the acronyms in .0 except SGE(!). So it's
not confusing to me, and I'm sure alot of other Open systems people.

However if you're not, I'm sure it must be very confusing! I'm sure I'd
be completely mistifed if .0 was full of IBM MVS terms!

Greg

    Greg, it shouldn't be "I'm sure I'd be completely mistifed if .0 was
    full of IBM MVS terms!"  because IBM uses SMOKE instead of mist.
    
    Sorry tho', I don't know what the SMOKE acronym stands for...
    
    :-)

    
    Thanks Guys for the Translations in my original Note.
    
    I have to admit that I knew most of them anyway, and it was not as
    embarassing as when I joined Digital and was sent to Customer Site
    to ECO the Zonker Cct. 
    
    And then there was a signal on 11/780 print sets called "Kinkajou"
    which I could not trace back to the source.
    
    Nick.