Acronyms and Abbreviations Glossary

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vs. = versus, in contrary to.
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ACL     : Access Control List
ACLST   : Alternating-Current Logic Self-Test
ADK     : Application Developer's Toolkit (% iFOR/LS)
ADSL    : Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AIX     : Advanced Interactive eXecutable
AMPS    : Advanced Mobile telePhone System
ANSI    : American National Standards Institute
APAR    : Authorized Programm Analysis Report (-> error number concerning fixes)
API     : Application Programming Interface
APPC    : Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
ARK     : Administrator Runtime Kit (% iFOR/LS)
ARP     : Address Resolution Protocol
AST     : Array Self-Test
ATE     : Asynchronous Terminal Emulation
ATM     : - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
          - Automated Transfer Mode
BIOS    : Basic Input Output System
BIST    : Built-In Self-Test (= motherboard check during boot, before POST)
BNU     : Basic Networking Utilities
BOS     : Base Operating System
BSCRW   : Bisync Read-Write
BUMP    : Bring Up Micro Processor
CD      : - Carrier Detect
          - Compact Disc
CDE     : Common Desktop Environment
CD-ROM  : Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
CDS     : Cell Directory Service
CHRP    : Common Hardware Reference Platform
CMIP    : Common Management Information Protocol
COD     : Central Order Desk (for RS/6000 SP Requests, Montpellier)
COSE    : Common Open Software Environment
CPU     : Central Processing Unit
CRC     : Cyclical Redundancy Check (% checksum, file corruption)
CSC     : Core Sequence Controller
CSNET   : Computer Science NETwork
CSPOC   : Cluster Single-Point-of-Control facility (% HACMP)
CSU     : Customer SetUp
CTS     : Clear To Send (%modem)
CW      : Control Workstation (% SP)
DARPA   : Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
DB      : DataBase
DBM     : DataBase Management (% NIS; special DB-format)
DCD     : Data Carrier Detect (% modem)
DCE     : - Distributed Computing Environment
          - Data Communication Equipment (vs. DTE; = modems, multiplexer)
DCLST   : Direct-Current Logic Self-Test
DES     : Data Encryption Standard (% NFS)
DFS     : Distributed File System (% DCE)
DHCP    : Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DLC     : Data Link Control
DME     : Distributed Management Environment
DNS     : - Domain Name Service 
          - Directory Name Service (% DCE)
DPI     : Distributed Program Interface (% SNMP)
DSR     : Data Set Ready (% modem)
DTE     : - Data Terminal Equipment
          - Data Terminating Equipment (vs. DCE; = system unit, terminal, printer)
DTR     : Data Terminal Ready (% modem)
DTS     : Distributed Time Service (% DCE)
ECC     : error-checking and correcting (% RAM; see SECDED)
EPROM   : Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPOW    : Early Power-Off Warning
ESCON   : Enterprise Systems Connection
FDDI    : Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FRU     : Field Replaceable Unit
FSLA    : F-Serial Link Adapter
FTP     : File Transfer Protocol
GDS     : Global Directory Service (% DCE)
GID     : Group IDentifier (% User, UID)
GS      : Group Services (% SP, subsystem)
HA      : High Availability 
HACMP   : High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing
HACMP-ES: HACMP - Enhanced Scalability (up to 16 SP-Nodes)
HACWS   : High Availability Control Workstation Software (% SP)
HAGEO   : High Availability GEOgraphic Cluster 
HANFS   : Highly Available NFS server
HCON    : Host CONnection program
HELLO   : (% DNS, vs. RIP)
HFT     : High Function Terminal (vs. LFT)
HPS     : High Performance Switch
HPSS    : High Performance Storage System
HTML    : HyperText Markup Language
HTTP    : HyperText Transport Protocol
I/O     : Input/Output
IBM     : International Business Machines Corporation
ICMP    : Internet Control Message Protocol
IDE     : Integrated Device Electronics
IDL     : Interface Definition Language (% DCE)
iFOR/LS : Information For Operation Retrieval/License System
IMAP    : Internet Message Access Protocol
IMSP    : Internet Message Support Protocol
IOCC    : Input/Output Channel Controller
IP      : Internet Protocol
IPL     : Initial Program Load
IPN     : Independent Packet Network
ISA     : Industry Standard Architecture (bus system)
ISC     : Initial Sequence Controller
ISO     : International Standards Organization
ISV     : Independent Software Vendors
JDF     : Job Description File (%spooling & queueing)
JDK     : Java Development Kit
JSF     : Journaled File System
LAN     : Local Aerea Network (vs. WAN)
LCP     : Link Control Protocol (% TCP/IP)
LDAP    : Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LED     : Light-Emitting Diodes
LFT     : Low Function Terminal (vs. HFT)
LIS     : Logical IP Subnetwork
LP      : Line Printer
LPFK    : Lighted Programmable Function Keyboards
LPP     : Licensed Program Product
LU      : Logical Unit (vs. PU, % SNA)
LV      : Logical Volume
LVCB    : Logical Volume Control Block (= first 512 byte of a LV)
LVG     : Logical Volume Group
LVM     : Logical Volume Manager (AIX specific)
MAC     : Medium Access Control address (% SNA)
MAP     : Maintenance Analysis Procedure
MCA     : Micro Channel Architecture
MIB     : - Management Information Base (% SNMP)
          - Message Information Block (% TCP/IP)  
MIM     : Maintenance Information Manual (hardware info)
MIME    : Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
MP      : MultiProcessor (vs. UP)
MMP     : Massive MultipleProcessing
MTA     : Mail Transport Agent
MTU     : Maximum Transmission Unit (% network interface)
NAU     : Network Adressable Unit
NAUN    : Nearest Active Upstream Neighbor (% token ring)
NBPI    : Numbers of Byte Per Inode
NCP     : Network Control Program
NCS     : Network Computing System (industry standard for RPC)
NETBIOS : Network Basic Input/Output System
NetLS   :  Network License System
NFS     : Network File System
NIM     : - Network Installation Management
          - Network Install Manager
NIS     : Network Information Service
NSS     : Nodal Switching Systems
NTP     : Network Time Protocol (% DCE)
NVRAM   : Non-Volatile RAM
OCS     : - On-Chip Sequencer (% BIST)
          - Outboard Communication Server
ODM     : Object Data Manager
OLTP    : OnLine Transaction Processing
OPP     : Optional Program Product
OSF     : Open Software Foundation
OSI     : Open Systems Interconnect (model) (%network architecture)
PAIDE   : AIX Performance Aide (Prog.package to monitor & report system performance data)
PCI     : Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDT     : Performance Diagnostic Tool
PDU     : Power Distribution Unit (% SP)
PGID    : Process Group IDentifier
PID     : Process IDentifier
piobe   : Printer Input/Output BackEnd (vs. rembak, % queueing)
PKCS    : Public Key Cryptography Standard
PPID    : Process Parent IDentifier
PMR     : Problem Management Record
POP     : Post Office Protocol
POST    : Power On Self Test (hardware check during boot, after BIST)
POTS    : Plain Old Telephone Service
POWER   : Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC
PP      : Physical Partition
PPP     : Point-to-Point Protocol
PSN     : Program Sector Number (% bootdevice)
pSeries : performance Series, IBM hardware family running AIX
PSSP    : Parallel System Support Programs (% SP)
PTF     : Program Temporary Fix
PTX     : Performance Toolbox for AIX
PTY     : - Pseudo-TTY
          - Pseudo Terminal
PU      : Physical Unit (vs. LU, % SNA)
PVC     : Permanent Virtual Circuits (vs. SVC, %ATM)
PVID    : Physical Volume IDentifier
RAID    : Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAM     : Random Access Memory
RAS     : Reliability, Availability, Serviceability
rembak  : REMote BAcKend (vs. piobe, % queueing)
RFC     : Request For Comments
RIP     : Routing Information Protocol (% DNS; vs. HELLO)
ROM     : Read-Only Memory
ROS     : Read Only Storage
RPC     : Remote Procedure Call (protocol, %NFS)
RISC    : Reduced Instruction Set Chip
RPA     : RS/6000 Platform Architecture
RS      : RISC-System
RTAS    : Run Time Abstraction Software (%IPL, %Firmware)
RTS     : Request To Send (%modem)
RVG     : Rootvg Volume Group
SAK     : Secure Attention Key
SC      : Super Chip
SCM     : System Control Machine (% DCE)
SCSI    : Small Computer System Interface
SDF     : System DUMP Facility
SDLC    : Synchronous Data Link Control
SDR     : System Data Repository (% SP, database)
SDRAM   : Synchronous DRAM
SECDED  : Single Error Correction, Double Error Detection (%RAM, one method of ECC)
SEPBU   : Scalable Electric Power Base Unit (% SP)
SG      : Signal Ground (% modem)
SIMM    : Single In-line Memory Module
SIO     : Serial Input/Output
SLIP    : Serial Line Internet Protocol
SMI     : Structure and identification of Management Information (% SNMP)
SMIT    : AIX's System Management Interface Tool
SMP     : Symmetric MultiProcessor
SMS     : System Management Services
SMTP    : Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMUX    : Single MUltiplexer Protocol (% SNMP)
SNA     : System Network Architecture
SNMP    : Simple Network Management Protocol
SOA     : Start Of Authority (% DNS)
SOD     : Statement of Direction (= IBM Absichtserklaerung)
SP      : Scalable POWERparallel system
SPOT    : Share Product Object Tree (% NIM)
SRC     : System Resource Controller (e.g. NFS-daemons)
SRN     : Service Request Number 
SSA     : Serial Storage Architecture
SSCP    : System Services Control Point
SSH     : Simple SHell
SSL     : Secure Socket Layer
SVC     : Switched Virtual Circuit (vs. PVC, %ATM)
TCB     : Trusted Computing Base
TCP     : Transmission Control Protocol
TCW     : Translation Control Words
TFTP    : Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TLB     : Translation Lookaside Buffer
TOC     : Table of Contents
TS      : Topology Services (% SP, subsystem)
TTL     : Time To Live (% DNS)
TTY     : TeleTYpewriter
UDP     : User Datagram Protocol
UID     : User IDentification number (% GID)
UP      : UniProcessor (vs. MP,SMP)
URL     : Uniform Resource Locator
UUCP    : UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program
VFS     : Virtual File System (% NFS)
VG      : Volume Group
VGDA    : Volume Group Descriptor Area
VGID    : Volume Group IDentifier
VGSA    : Volume Group Status Area
VPD     : Vital Product Data
VRM     : Version, Release, Modification Level
VSM     : Visual System Manager
VSS     : Versatile Storage Server (Plattenpool+)
VME     : Video Monitor Extended
VMM     : Virtual Memory Manager
VTAM    : Virtual Telecommunications Access Method (% SNA)
WAN     : Wide Aerea Network (vs. LAN)
WWW     : World Wide Web
XDM     : X-Window Display Manager
XDR     : eXternal Data Representation (protocol, %NFS)
XDT     : AIXWindows DeskTop
XNS     : Xerox Network Systems
YP      : Yellow Pages (former name for today NIS)