AAPR Cyber - Certifications

Computer/System Terms

Acronyms - A

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AAA - authentication, authorization, and accounting
ABC - Atanasoff-Berry Computer
AC - Access Control
AC - alternating current
ACC - Advanced Clock Calibration
ACE - Access Control Engine
ACID test - Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability (or Atomic, Consistent, Isolated, and Durable)
ACK - acknowledgment
ACM - Adaptive Contrast Management
ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
AD - active directory
AD - architecture description
ADC - analog-to-digital converter
ADPCM - Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADS - Alternate Data Stream
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AFC - antiferromagnetically coupled media
AGC - automatic gain control
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
AH - Authentication Header
AHA - accelerated hub architecture
AHCI - Advanced Host Controller Interface
AI - artificial intelligence
AiO - All-in-One system
ALSA - advanced Linux sound architecture
ALU - arithmetic logic unit
AMF - Action Message Format
AMPS - Advanced Mobile Phone System
AMR - anisotropic magneto-resistant head (or magneto-resistive head)
AMR - Audio Modem Riser
ANN - artificial neural network
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
AOD - Advanced Optical Disc (also known as HD-DVD)
AOT - ahead of time compilation
AP - access point (wireless access point)
API - application programming interface
APIC - Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
APM - Advanced Power Management
app/apps - application program
Appinfo - Application Information
APU - accelerated processing unit
ARLL - advanced run length limited encoding
ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
AS - Autonomous System
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASID - address space identification
ASIO - audio stream input/output
ASLR - address space layout randomization (memory addressing)
ASN - Autonomous System Number
ASP - Active Server Pages
ASP - application service provider
ASP - application server provider
AT - advanced technology
ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment
ATAPI - Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface
ATIP - absolute time in pre-groove (writable compact discs)
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATM - Automated Teller Machine
AT&T - American Telephone and Telegraph company
ATX - Advance Technology eXtended
AUI - attachment unit interface
AV - Asset Value
AVCHD - Advanced Video Coding High Definition
AVX - advanced vector extensions (processors)
AWS - Amazon Web Services

Acronyms - B

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BaaS - Backup-as-a-Service
BASIC - Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BAT file - batch file
BBUL - bumpless build-up layer
BCD - binary-coded decimal
BCD - boot configuration data/database
BD - Blu-ray disc
BD-R - Blu-ray disc - Recordable
BD-R DL- Blu-ray disc - Recordable Dual Layer
BD-RE - Blu-ray disc - Rewritable
BEDO - burst extended data out
BEDO DRAM - burst extended data out dynamic random access memory
BGP - Border Gateway Protocol
BHO - Browser Helper Object
BIOS - basic input/output system
BISDN - Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
BIST - built-in self test
bit - binary digit (0 and 1)
bitblt - bit-block transfer
BIU - bus interface unit
BLER - block error rate
BOOTP - Bootstrap Protocol
bot - short term for "robot"
botnet - robotically-controlled network
Bps - bytes per second
bps - bits per second
BRI - Basic Rate Interface
BSS - Basic Service Set
BSS - Basic Service Set
BSSID - Basic Service Set Identifier
BTB - branch target buffer
BTS - Base Transceiver Station
BTX - Balanced Technology eXtended
BYOC - bring your own cloud
BYOD - bring your own device
byte - (memory space needed to store one character)

Acronyms - C

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CAC - common access card
CAD - Computer-Aided Design
CAG - Chassis Air Guide design guide
CAI - computer-aided instruction
CAM - centralized application management
CAM - Common Access Method
CAM - Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAM ATA - Common Access Method Advanced Technology Attachment
CAN bus - Controller Area Network bus
CAP - Carrierless Amplitude/Phase
CAPTCHA - Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
CAS - column address strobe latency
CASE - computer-aided software engineering
CATV - cable television
CATV - coaxial cable television
CAV - Constant Angular Velocity (CD drive speed)
CBR - constant bit rate
CBT - Computer-Based Training
C & C - Command and Control
CCD - charge(d)-coupled device
CCFL - Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp
CCTV - Closed-Circuit Television system
CD - compact disc
CD-DA - compact disc - digital audio format
CD-R - compact disc - recordable
CD-ROM - compact disc - read-only memory
CD-ROM XA- compact disc - read-only memory eXtended architecture
CD-RW - compact disc - rewritable
CDDI - Copper Distributed Data Interface
CDFS - Compact Disc File System
CDI - constrained data items
CDMA - code division multiple access
CDN - content distribution network
CDR - call-detail recording
CF - CompactFlash (Flash memory)
CGI - Common Gateway Interface
CGI - computer-generated image
CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile
CHAP - Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
CHS - cylinder head sector
CIDR - classless interdomain routing (Internet Protocol addressing)
CIFS - Common Internet File System
CIR - committed information rate
CIRC - cross-interleave Reed-Solomon code (disk errors)
CIS - computer information system
CISC - complex instruction set computer (chip)
CL - column address strobe latency
CLDAP - Connectionless Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
CLF - Common Log Format
CLV - constant linear velocity
CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CMS - Central Management System
CMS - Configuration Management System (Also known as a Content Management System)
CMYK - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black (colors)
CN - Correspondent Node (mobile)
CNAME - Canonical Name Records
CNR - Communications and Networking Riser
COA - Care of Address (mobile)
COBOL - Common Business-Oriented Language (programming language)
COC - chip on ceramic
codec - coder-decoder
codec - compressor-decompressor
COM - Component Object Model
CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture
COTS - commercial off-the-shelf (software)
CP/M - control program for microprocessors
CP/M - Control Program for Microcomputers
CPP-GMR - current perpendicular-to-the-plane giant magneto-resistive heads
CPU - central processing unit
CRC - cyclic redundancy checking
CRLF - carriage return, line feed
CRT - cathode ray tube
CS - cable select (pin)
CS - central switch
CSP - cloud service provider
CSEL - cable select signal
CSMA - carrier sense multiple access (transmission protocol)
CSMA/CA - carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (transmission protocol)
CSMA/CD - carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (transmission protocol)
CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
CSS - contact start stop (drive design)
CSS - Content Scramble/Scrambling System
CSU/DSU - channel service unit/data service unit

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