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CrossBrand - Computer Acronyms and Abbreviations (G-K)
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GA |
General Availability |
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Gang of 14 |
Nickname for the fourteen companies that originally formed the Micro Channel Developers' Association |
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Gang of 9 |
Nickname for the nine companies that originally formed the EISA specification |
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Gb |
Gigabit (= 1,024Mb) |
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GB |
Gigabyte (= 1,024MB) |
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GDDM |
Graphical Data Display Manager (IBM) |
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GGP |
Gateway-to-Gateway Protocol |
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GM |
Golden Master |
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GML |
Generalized Markup Language |
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GMS |
Global Messaging Service Novell) |
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GOSIP |
Government OSI Profile (USA and UK) |
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GPIB |
General Purpose Interface Bus (= IEEE-488) |
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GRADD |
GRaphics Adapter Device Driver (IBM) |
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GSS |
Generic Security Services (DCE API) |
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GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
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GUIDE |
Guidance for Users of Integrated Dp Equipment |
H
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HAL |
Hardware Abstraction Layer |
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HDLC |
High-Level Data Link Control (ISO) |
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HDSL |
High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Loop |
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HDSS |
Holographic Data Storage System |
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HIPPI |
HIgh Performance Parallel Interface |
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HLLAPI |
High-Level Language Application Programming Interface |
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HMA |
High Memory Area |
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HONE |
Hands-On Network Environment (IBM) |
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HP |
Hewlett-Packard Corporation |
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HPR |
High-Performance Routing (IBM) |
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HPFS |
High-Performance File System (IBM/Microsoft) |
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HPSSL |
Highly Parallel Supercomputing Systems Laboratory (IBM) |
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HSM |
Hierarchical Storage Management |
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HTML |
HyperText Markup Language (World Wide Web) |
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HTTP |
HyperText Transfer Protocol (World Wide Web) |
I
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I2O |
Intelligent I/O |
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IAK |
Internet Access Kit (old name for IBM Internet Connection) |
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IBM |
International Business Machines Corporation |
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IBU |
Independent Business Unit |
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IC |
Integrated Circuit |
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ICA |
Independent Computing Architecture (Citrix) |
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ICA |
Integrated Communications Adapter (IBM) |
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ICI |
Interface Control Information (ISO) |
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ICL |
International Computers Ltd. |
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ICLAS |
IBM Classroom LAN Administration System (IBM) |
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ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol (TCP/IP) |
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.ICO |
Icon filetype |
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ICRF |
Integrated CRyptographic Feature (IBM) |
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ICS |
IBM Cabling System |
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IDAP |
IBM Developer Assistance Program |
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IDAPI |
Integrated Database Application Programming Interface |
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IDE |
Integrated Development Environment |
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IDE |
Integrated Device Electronics |
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IDI |
Initial Domain Identifier (ISO) |
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IDU |
Interface Data Unit (ISO) |
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IE |
Internet Explorer (Microsoft) |
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IEC |
International Electrotechnical Commission |
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IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA) |
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IESG |
Internet Engineering Standards Group |
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IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
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IFIP |
International Federation for Information Processing |
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IGN |
IBM Global Network |
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IIN |
IBM Information Network |
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IIOP |
Internet Inter-ORB (Object Request Broker) Protocol |
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IIS |
Internet Information Server (Microsoft) |
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IITF |
Information Infrastruction Task Force |
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IMA |
Interactive Multimedia Association |
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IMAP4 |
Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 |
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IML |
Initial Microcode Load |
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IMS |
Information Management System (IBM) |
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INT |
INTerrupt |
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Intranet |
Internal Internet |
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I/O |
Input/Output |
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IONL |
Internal Organization of Network Layers (OSI) |
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IOV |
Independent Option Vendor |
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IP |
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) |
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IPABX |
ISDN Private Automatic Branch EXchange |
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IPC |
Inter-Process Communications |
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IPC |
Internet Personal (InterPersonal) Computer |
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IPDS |
Intelligent Printer Data Stream (Lexmark/IBM) |
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IPDS |
IBM Personal Dictation System (IBM) |
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IPF |
Information Presentation Facility (OS/2) |
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IPL |
Initial Program Load |
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IPM |
Images Per Minute |
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IPng |
Internet Protocol next generation (see also IPV6) |
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IPV6 |
Internet Protocol Version 6 (see also IPng) |
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IPX |
Internet Packet eXchange (Novell) |
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IR |
Industry Remarketer |
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IRQ |
Interrupt Request Query |
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IrDA |
Infrared Data Association |
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IS |
Information Systems |
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IS |
Intermediate System (OSI) |
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IS |
International Standard |
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ISA |
Industry Standard Architecture |
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ISAM |
Indexed Sequential Access Method |
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ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
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ISO |
International Standards Organization |
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isoENET |
Isochronous Ethernet |
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ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
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ISPICS |
International Standardized Profile Implementation-Conformance Statement |
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ISS |
[OS/2] Installable Security Subsystem (IBM) |
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ISSC |
Integrated Systems Solutions Corporation (IBM subsidiary) |
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ISV |
Independent Software Vendor |
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IT |
Information Technology |
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ITIRC |
IBM Technical Information Retrieval Center |
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ITU |
International Telecommunications Union (formerly CCITT) |
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IVD |
Interactive VideoDisc |
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IVRU |
Intelligent Voice Response Unit |
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Iway/I-way |
Information super-highWAY |
J
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JDBC |
Java Database Connectivity |
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JDK |
Java Development Kit (Sun Microsystems) |
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JDMK |
Java Development Management Kit (Sun Microsystems) |
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JEPI |
Joint Electronic Payment Initiative |
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JES-2 |
Job Entry Subsystem 2 (IBM) |
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JIT |
Just-In-Time |
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JMT |
Job Management and Transfer (ISO) |
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JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
K
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Kb |
Kilobit (= 1,024 bits) |
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KB |
Kilobyte (= 1,024 bytes) |
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KBR |
Knowledge Based Reasoning |
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KBS |
Knowledge Base System |
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KVA |
KiloVolt Amperes |
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General Information | |
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Date Created |
17-07-98 | |
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Last Updated |
02-04-99 | |
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Revision Date |
31-03-2000 | |
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