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Service Hints & Tips

Document ID: DETR-3WGQ9E

CrossBrand - Computer Acronyms and Abbreviations (S-U)

Applicable to: World-Wide

S

SAA

System Application Architecture (IBM)

SAC

Single Attachment Concentrator (FDDI)

SAF-TE

SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosures

SAP

Service Access Point (ISO)

SAPI

Scanner Application Programming Interface

SAPI

Service Access Point Identifier

SAS

Single Attachment Station (FDDI)

SAVDM

Single-Application Virtual DOS Machine

SBC

Soldered Ball Connection

SCAM

SCSI Configured Auto Magically

SCSA

Signal Computing System Architecture

SCSI

Small Computer Systems Interface (ANSI)

SCSI-2

Small Computer Systems Interface, second generation (ANSI)

SCSI-3

Small Computer Systems Interface, third generation (ANSI); see also Ultra SCSI

SDDLU

Self-Defining Dependent Logical Unit

SDH

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (European version of SONET)

SDLC

Synchronous Data Link Control (IBM)

SDK

Software Developers Kit (Microsoft)

SDRAM (or S-DRAM)

Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

SDU

Service Data Unit

SDX

Storage Date Acceleration (Western Digital)

SE

(OS/2) Standard Edition (IBM)

SEM

Solstice Enterprise Manager (Sun)

SEPP

Secure Electronic Payment Protocol

Sequel

SQL (Structured Query Language)

SES

[OS/2] Security Enabling Services (IBM)

SET

Secure Electronic Transactions protocol

SFF

Small Form Factor (PCI Specification)

SFT III

System Fault Tolerant III NetWare (Novell)

SGMP

Simple Gateway Management Protocol (TCP/IP)

SGRAM

Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory

SHM

Short Hold Mode (IBM)

SHARE

Society to Help Alleviate Redundant Effort

SHTTP (or S-HTTP)

Secure HyperText Transport Protocol (World Wide Web)

SIDF

System-Independent Data Format (SIDF Association)

SIDR

Service Independent Data Requester (Novell)

SIMD

Single Instruction, Multiple Data

SIMM

Single Inline Memory Module

SIP

Single Inline Package

SLIP

Serial Line Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

SLR

Service Level Reporter (IBM)

SLSS

System Library Subscription Service (IBM)

SMAE

Systems Management Application Entity

SMART

Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology

SMART

Source Migration Analysis Reporting Toolset (One Up Corp.)

SMFA

Systems Management Functional Area

SMB

Server Message Block

SME

Small-to-Medium-size Enterprises

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SMK

Software Migration Kit (Microsoft)

SMM

System Management Mode

SMP

Symmetrical Multi-Processing

SMS

Storage Management Services (Novell)

SMT

Surface-Mount Technology

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (TCP/IP)

SNA

System Network Architecture (IBM)

SNADS

SNA Distribution Services (IBM)

SNAPDU

SNA Protocol Data Unit (IBM)

SNI

SNA Interconnect (IBM)

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol (Old name) (TCP/IP)

SNMP

Systems Network Management Protocol (TCP/IP)

SNOBOL

StriNg-Oriented symBOlic Language

SNPA

Sub-Network Point of Attachment

SOHO

Small Office/Home Office

SOM

System Object Model (IBM)

SONET

Synchronous Optical NETwork

SOTA

State Of The Art

SPARC

Scalable Processor ARChitecture (Sun)

SPECmark

Systems Performance Evaluation Cooperative benchmark

SPGA

Staggered Pin Grid Array

SPIDER

Scalable Pipelined Interconnect for Distributed Endpoint Routing

SPITBOL

SPeedy ImplemenTation of snoBOL

SPOC

Single Point of Contact

SPOC

Single Point of Control

SPX

Sequenced Packet Exchange (Novell)

SQL

Structured Query Language

SQL/DS

Structured Query Language/Data System

SRAM

Static Random Access Memory

SRI

Stanford Research Institute

SRPI

Server Requester Programming Interface (IBM)

SS7

Signaling System 7

SSA

Serial Storage Architecture

SSCP

System Services Control Point

SSG

Service Support Guide (IBM)

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer (Internet)

STN

Super-Twisted Nematic

STP

Shielded Twisted Pair

STT

Secure Transaction Technology protocol

SVD

Simultaneous Voice and Data

SVO

Software Vendor Operations (IBM)

SWebEx

Secure Web Explorer (IBM)

SysOp

System Operator (BBSes, Forums--NetSpeak)

Sysplex

SYStems comPLEX (IBM)

SYTOS

SYtron Tape Operating System


T

TAM

Telephone Answering Machine

TaP/2

Time and Place/2 (IBM)

TAPI

Telephony Application Programming Interface

TAXI

Transparent Asynchronous Transceiver Interface

Tb

Terabit (= 1,024Gb = 1,048,560Mb)

TB

Terabyte (= 1,024GB = 1,048,560MB)

TCF

Transparent Computing Facility (IBM)

TCM

Thermal Conduction Module

TCP

Tape Carrier Packaging

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (U.S. Dept. of Defense, ARPANET)

TDM

Time-Division Multiplexing

TEI

Terminal End-point Identifier

Telco

Telephone company

TFT

Thin-Film Transistor (also called Active Matrix)

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TIC

Token-Ring Interface Coupler (IBM)

Tickle

TCL (Tool Command Language)

TIFF

Tagged Image File Format (*.TIF files)

TME

Tivoli Management Environment

TMN

Telecommunications Management Network

TMS

Telecommunications Management System

TOP

Technical and Office Protocol

TOS

Tape Operating System

TPC-D

Transaction Processing Council benchmark D

TPM

Third-Party Maintainer

TRN

Token-Ring Network

TSA

Target Service Agent (Novell)

TSANet

Technical Support Alliance Network

TSAPI

Telephony Server Application Programming Interface

TSO

Time Sharing Option (IBM)

TSR

Terminate and Stay Resident (memory resident)

TSS

Technology Service Solutions (IBM/Kodak)

TTS

Text-To-Speech

TWAIN

Toolkit Without An Important Name (really!)


U

U/L

Underwriter's Laboratory (USA)

U/L

Upload

UART

Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

UDB

Universal Database (object/relational)

UDMA

Universal Direct Memory Access

UDP

User Datagram Protocol (TCP/IP)

UFC

Universal Feature Card

UHV

Ultra High Vacuum

UII

Unix International Inc.

Ultra SCSI

Small Computer Systems Interface, third generation (ANSI); see also SCSI-3

UMA

Unified Memory Architecture

UMB

Upper Memory Block

UNIX

An operating system developed by AT&T

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

USART

Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

USB

Universal Serial Bus

Usenet

User network [NetSpeak]

USL

UNIX System Laboratories Inc. (Previously USO) (AT&T)

USO

UNIX Software Operation (Old name) (AT&T)

UTP

Unshielded Twisted Pair

UUE

UNIX-to-UNIX Encoder/Decoder



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Date Created

17-07-98

Last Updated

02-04-99

Revision Date

31-03-2000

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