TAC | Technical Assistance Center |
TAO | Track At Once |
TAPI | Telephony Application Programming Interface |
TAS | Technology Application Support |
TAXII | Trusted Automated Exchange of Indicator Info |
TB | TeraByte |
TBC | Technical Briefing Center |
TBD | To Be Determined |
TBI | Ten Bit Interface |
TCAM | Ternary content addressable memory |
Tcl | Tool Command Language |
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
TCU | Telecommunication Control Unit |
TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access |
TECHINT | Technical Intelligence |
TFIB | Tag Forwarding Information Base |
TFT | Thin-Film Transistor |
TG | Technology Group |
TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
TI | Texas Instruments |
TLA | Three-Letter Acronym |
TLD | Top-Level Domain |
TLS | Thread-Local Storage |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
TLV | Type-length-value |
tmp | Temporary |
TNC | Terminal Node Controller |
TNC | Threaded Neill Concelman connector |
ToS | Type of Service |
TOR | The Onion Router |
TPF | Transaction Processing Facility |
TPM | Trusted Platform Module |
TRC | Technical Response Center |
TROFF | Trace Off |
TRON | Trace ON |
TRSDOS | Tandy Radio Shack Disk Operating System |
TSS | Technical Support Services |
TSO | Time Sharing Option |
TSP | Traveling Salesman Problem |
TSR | Terminate and Stay Resident |
TTA | True Tap Audio |
TTA | Types of Threat Actors |
TTF | TrueType Font |
TTI | Typical Threat Indicators |
TTL | Transistor Transistor Logic |
TTL | Time To Live |
TTPs | Tools Techniques and Processes |
TTS | Text-to-Speech |
TTY | Teletype |
TUCOWS | The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software |
TUG | TeX Users Group |
TWAIN | Technology Without An Interesting Name |
SaaS | Software as a Service |
SALT | Service Agreement Look up Too |
SAM | Security Account Manager |
SAMBA | Session Message Block |
SAN | Storage Area Network |
SAS | Serial attached SCSI |
SATA | Serial ATA |
SAX | Simple API for XML |
SBOD | Spinning Beachball of Death |
SBP2 | Serial Bus Protocol 2 |
sbin | superuser binary |
sbs | Small Business Server |
SBU | Standard Build Unit |
SCADA | Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition |
SCID | Source Code in Database |
SCM | Software Configuration Management |
SCM | Source Code Management |
SCP | Secure Copy |
SCP | Switch Module Configuration Protocol |
SCPC | Single Channel Per Carrier |
SCPI | Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation |
SCSA | Secure Content Storage Association |
SCSI | Small Computer System Interface |
SCTP | Stream Control Transmission Protocol |
SD | Secure Digital |
SDDL | Security Descriptor Definition Language |
SDH | Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
SDI | Single Document Interface |
SEC | Single Edge Contact |
SDIO | Secure Digital Input Output |
SDK | Software Development Kit |
SDL | Simple DirectMedia Layer |
SDN | Service Delivery Network |
SDP | Session Description Protocol |
SDR | Software Defined Radio |
SDRAM | Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory |
SDSL | Symmetric DSL |
SE | Single Ended |
SEG | Secure Email Gateway |
SEI | Software Engineering Institute |
SEO | Search Engine Optimization |
SFTP | Secure FTP |
SFTP | Simple File Transfer Protocol |
SFTP | SSH File Transfer Protocol |
SGI | Silicon Graphics Incorporated |
SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language |
SGR | Select Graphic Rendition |
SHA | Secure Hash Algorithm |
SHDSL | Single pair High speed Digital Subscriber Line |
SIEM | Security Information and Event Management |
SIGCAT | Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications and Technology |
SIGGRAPH | Special Interest Group on Graphics |
SIGINT | Signals Intelligence |
SIMD | Single Instruction Multiple Data |
SIMM | Single Inline Memory Module |
SIP | Session Initiation Protocol |
SIP | Supplementary Ideographic Plane |
SIP | SPA Interface Processor |
SISD | Single Instruction, Single Data |
SISO | Single-Input and Single-Output |
SISU | Security Internet Services Unit |
SLA | Service L evel A g reement |
SLED | SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop |
SLES | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
SLI | Scalable Link Interface |
SLIP | Serial Line Internet Protocol |
SLM | Service Level Management |
SLOC | Source Lines of Code |
SMB | Small Medium Business |
SMB | Session Message Block |
SME | Subject Matter Expert |
SMF | Single-Mode (optical) Fiber |
SPM | Software project management |
SPMD | Single Program, Multiple Data |
SMA | SubMiniature version A |
SMB | Server Message Block |
SMBIOS | System Management BIOS |
SMbus | System Management bus |
SMIL | Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language |
S/MIME | Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
SMP | Supplementary Multilingual Plane |
SMP | Symmetric Multi-Processing |
SMPS | Switch Mode Power Supply |
SMS | Short Message Service |
SMS | System Management Server |
SMSC | Short Message Service Center |
SMT | Simultaneous Multithreading |
SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SN | Serial Number |
SNA | Systems Network Architecture |
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
SNTP | Simple Network Time Protocol |
SOA | Service-Oriented Architecture |
SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol |
SOAP | Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program |
SOC | Security Operations Center |
SoC | System-on-a-Chip |
SO-DIMM | Small Outline DIMM |
SOE | Standard Operating Environment |
SOHO | Small Office/Home Office |
SOI | Silicon On Insulator |
SONA | Service Oriented Network Architecture |
SONET | Synchronous Optical Network |
SOPA | Stop Online Piracy Act |
SP | Service Pack |
SPA | Single Page Application |
SPF | Sender Policy Framework |
SPI | Serial Peripheral Interface |
SPI | Stateful Packet Inspection |
SPARC | Scalable Processor Architecture |
SQL | Structured Query Language |
SRAM | Static Random Access Memory |
SRP | Spatial Reuse Protocol |
SSA | Static Single Assignment |
SSD | Software Specification Document |
SSD | Solid-State Drive |
SSDP | Simple Service Discovery Protocol |
SSE | Streaming SIMD Extensions |
SSH | Secure Shell |
SSI | Server Side Includes |
SSI | Single-System Image |
SSI | Small-Scale Integration |
SSID | Service Set Identifier |
SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
SSO | Single Sign On |
SSP | Supplementary Special-purpose Plane |
SSRAM | Synchronous Static RAM |
SSSE | Supplementary Streaming SIMD Extensions |
SSSP | Single Source Shortest Path |
SSTP | Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol |
STAPL | Standard Test and Programming Language |
SU | Superuser |
SUDO | Superuser Do |
SUS | Single UNIX Specification |
SUSE | Software und System-Entwicklung |
SVC | Scalable Video Coding |
SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics |
SVGA | Super Video Graphics Array |
SVI | Switched Virtual Interface |
SVD | Structured VLSI Design |
SW | Software |
SWF | Shock Wave Flash |
SWG | Secure Web Gateway |
SWT | Standard Widget Toolkit |
Sysop | System operator |
VA | Vulnerability Assessment |
VAX | Virtual Address eXtension |
VCDB | Veris Catalog Data Base |
VCPI | Virtual Control Program Interface |
VERIS | Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing |
VR | Virtual Reality |
VRML | Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
VB | Visual Basic |
VBA | Visual Basic for Applications |
VBS | Visual Basic Script |
VDI | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure |
VDM | Virtual DOS machine |
VDSL | Very High Bitrate Digital Subscriber Line |
VESA | Video Electronics Standards Association |
VFAT | Virtual FAT |
VFS | Virtual File System |
VG | Volume Group |
VGA | Video Graphics Array |
VHD | Virtual Hard Disk |
VHF | Very High Frequency |
VISU | Video Internet Services Unit |
VLAN | Virtual Local Area Network |
VLSM | Variable Length Subnet Mask |
VLB | Vesa Local Bus |
VLF | Very Low Frequency |
VLIW | Very Long Instruction Word |
VLSI | Very-Large-Scale Integration |
VM | Virtual Machine |
VM | Virtual Memory |
VMM | Virtual Machine Monitor |
VNC | Virtual Network Computing |
VOD | Video On Demand |
VoIP | Voice over Internet Protocol |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
VPU | Visual Processing Unit |
VSAM | Virtual Storage Access Method |
VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminal |
VTL | Virtual Tape Library |
VTAM | Virtual Telecommunications Access Method |
VRAM | Video Random Access Memory |
ZCAV | Zone Constant Angular Velocity |
ZCS | Zero Code Suppression |
ZIF | Zero Insertion Force |
ZIL | ZFS Intent Log |
ZIFS | Zero Insertion Force Socket |
ZIP | ZIP file archive |
ZISC | Zero Instruction Set Computer |
ZFS | Zettabyte File System |
ZOI | Zero One Infinity |
ZOPE | Z Object Publishing Environment |
ZMA | Zone Multicast Address |
ZPL | Z-level Programming Language |
YAAF | Yet Another Application Framework |
YACC | Yet Another Compiler Compiler |
YAML | YAML Ain’t Markup Language |
YARA | Yet Another Ridiculous Acronym |
YaST | Yet another Setup Tool |
Y2K | Year Two Thousand |
XAG | XML Accessibility Guidelines |
XAML | eXtensible Application Markup Language |
XDM | X Window Display Manager |
XDMCP | X Display Manager Control Protocol |
XCBL | XML Common Business Library |
XHTML | eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language |
XILP | X Interactive ListProc |
XML | eXtensible Markup Language |
XMMS | X Multimedia System |
XMPP | eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol |
XMS | Extended Memory Specification |
XNS | Xerox Network Systems |
XP | Cross-Platform |
XP | Extreme Programming |
XPCOM | Cross Platform Component Object Model |
XPI | XPInstall |
XPIDL | Cross-Platform IDL |
XPS | XML Paper Specification |
XSD | XML Schema Definition |
XSL | eXtensible Stylesheet Language |
XSL-FO | eXtensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects |
XSLT | eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations |
XSS | Cross-Site Scripting |
XTF | eXtensible Tag Framework |
XTF | eXtended Triton Format |
XUL | XML User Interface Language |
XVGA | Extended Video Graphics Adapter |
WAF | Web Application Firewall |
WAFS | Wide Area File Services |
WAI | Web Accessibility Initiative |
WAIS | Wide Area Information Server |
WAN | Wide Area Network |
WAP | Wireless Access Point |
WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
WBEM | Web Based Enterprise Management |
WCAG | Web Content Accessibility Guidelines |
WCCP | Web Cache Communication Protocol |
WCF | Windows Communication Foundation |
WDM | Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
WebDAV | WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning |
WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy |
WFI | Wait For Interrupt |
WIFI | Wireless Fidelity |
WiMAX | Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access |
WinFS | Windows Future Storage |
WinRT | Windows RunTime |
WINS | Windows Internet Name Service |
WiSM | Wireless Service Module |
WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
WMA | Windows Media Audio |
WMI | Windows Management Instrumentation |
WMO | Worldwide Marketing Organization |
WMV | Windows Media Video |
WNS | Windows Push Notification Service |
WOL | Wake on LAN |
WOR | Wake on Ring |
WORA | Write once run anywhere |
WORE | Write once run everywhere |
WPA | Wi-Fi Protected Access |
WPAD | Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol |
WPAN | Wireless Personal Area Network |
WPF | Windows Presentation Foundation |
WS | Web Service |
WSD | Web Services Discovery |
WSDL | Web Services Description Language |
WSFL | Web Services Flow Language |
WUSB | Wireless Universal Serial Bus |
WWAN | Wireless Wide Area Network |
WWID | World Wide Identifier |
WWN | World Wide Name |
WRL | Worldwide Reverse Logistics |
WWW | World Wide Web |
WYSIWYG | What You See Is What You Get |
WZC | Wireless Zero Configuration |
W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
UAAG | User Agent Accessibility Guidelines |
UAC | User Account Control |
UAI | Universal Application In Box |
UART | Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
UAT | User Acceptance Testing |
UCS | Universal Character Set |
UCSBU | Unified Communications Software Business Unit |
UDDI | Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration |
UDMA | Ultra DMA |
UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
UEFI | Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
UI | User Interface |
ULA | Uncommitted Logic Array |
UMA | Upper Memory Area |
UMB | Upper Memory Block |
UML | Unified Modeling Language |
UML | User Mode Linux |
UMPC | Ultra Mobile Personal Computer |
UMTS | Universal Mobile Telecommunications System |
UNC | Universal Naming Convention |
UNIVAC | Universal Automatic Computer (By MKS) |
UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
URLF | URL Filtering |
URN | Uniform Resource Name |
USB | Universal Serial Bus |
USM | Unified Security Management |
usr | user |
USR | U.S. Robotics |
UTC | Coordinated Universal Time |
UTF | Unicode Transformation Format |
UTM | Unified Threat Management |
UTP | Unshielded Twisted Pair |
UTRAN | Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network |
UUCP | Unix to Unix Copy |
UUID | Universally Unique Identifier |
UUN | Universal User Name |
UVC | Universal Virtual Computer |
UWP | Universal Windows Platform |
UX | User Experience |
RABU | Remote Access Business Unit |
RACF | Resource Access Control Facility |
RACI | Responsible Approve Consult Inform |
RACL | Router Access Control List |
RAD | Rapid Application Development |
RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial In User Service |
RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks |
RAII | Resource Acquisition Is Initialization |
RAIT | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Tapes |
RAM | Random Access Memory |
RARP | Reverse Address Resolution Protocol |
RAS | Reliability, Availability and Serviceability |
RAS | Remote access service |
RAT | Remote Access Tool |
RBS | Rules Based System |
RC | Region Code |
RC | Release Candidate |
RC | Run Commands |
RCS | Revision Control System |
RD | Remote Desktop |
RDBMS | Relational Database Management System |
RDC | Remote Desktop Connection |
RDF | Resource Description Framework |
RDM | Relational Data Model |
RDOS | Real-time Disk Operating System |
RDP | Remote Desktop Protocol |
RDS | Remote Data Services |
REFAL | Recursive Functions Algorithmic Language |
REST | Representational State Transfer |
regex | Regular Expression |
regexp | Regular Expression |
RF | Radio Frequency |
RFC | Request For Comments |
RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
RFID | Radio Frequency Identification |
RGB | Red Green Blue |
RGBA | Red Green Blue Alpha |
RHL | Red Hat Linux |
RHEL | Red Hat Enterprise Linux |
RIA | Rich Internet Application |
RIAA | Recording Industry Association of America |
RIP | Raster Image Processor |
RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
RIR | Regional Internet registry |
RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
RISCOS | Reduced Instruction Set Computer Operating System |
RJE | Remote Job Entry |
RLE | Run Length Encoding |
RLL | Run Length Limited |
RMA | Return Material Authorization |
RMI | Remote Method Invocation |
RMO | Release Management Organization |
RMS | Richard Matthew Stallman |
RMT | Release Management Team |
RoHS | Restriction of Hazardous Substances |
ROI | Return on Investment |
ROIC | Return on Invested Capital |
ROM | Read Only Memory |
ROMB | Read Out Motherboard |
ROMDOS | Read Only Memory Disk Operating System |
ROS | Remote Operations |
ROW | Rest of World |
RPC | Remote Procedure Call |
RPF | Reverse Path Forwarding |
RPG | Report Program Generator |
RPM | RPM Package Manager |
RPR | Route Processor redundancy |
RRAS | Routing and Remote Access Service |
RSA | Rivest Shamir Adleman |
RSI | Repetitive Strain Injury |
RSS | Radio Service Software |
RSS | Rich Site Summary |
RSS | RDF Site Summary |
RSS | Really Simple Syndication |
RTAI | Real Time Application Interface |
RTC | Real Time Clock |
RTE | Real Time Enterprise |
RTEMS | Real Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems |
RTF | Return to Factory |
RTL | Right to Left |
RTOS | Real Time Operating System |
RTP | Real time Transport Protocol |
RTP | Research Triangle Park |
RTS | Ready To Send |
RTSP | Real Time Streaming Protocol |
RTTI | Run Time Type Information |
RWD | Responsive Web Design |
QDR | Quad Data Rate |
QA | Quality Assurance |
QFP | Quad Flat Package |
QinQ | IEEE 802.1Q in 802.1Q |
QM | Quality of service management |
QoS | Quality of Service |
QOT | Quote Ordering Tool |
QOTD | Quote of the Day |
QP | Quality Plan |
QPQ | Quid Pro Quo |
Qt | Quasar Toolkit |
QTAM | Queued Teleprocessing Access Method |
QTC | Quote to Cash |
QSOP | Quarter Small Outline Package |
Q&R | Quotes and Renewal |