H I J K L M N O

Acronym	Full Name	Bibliographical Index
hal	hardware abstraction layer	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
HARD	HARDWARE ASSISTED RESILIENT DATA	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 2003]
HAS	HIGH SYSTEM AVAILABILITY	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
HBA	HOST BUS ADAPTER; ISCSC, NAS, SAN, fIBRE CHANNEL	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
HCA	HOST CHANNEL ADAPTER; Infiniband / hca; also see: tca; Grid vs others.htm;	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, OCTOBER, 2003]
HCD	HEAD CONTACT DURATION	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
HCI	Human Computer Interface	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
HCL	Hardware Compatibility List; See: hcl.txt in Operating System CD ROM	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
HCM	HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT	[CASE STUDY; LEE THE, .NETMAGAZINE; APRIL, 2003]
HDBMS	HIERARCHICAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
HDLC	HIGH LEVEL DATA LINK CONTROL; ISO/OSI model’s layer 2; Also see: DLC;	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
HDLC CC	HDLC CLEAR CHANNEL	[MMC2 v5; Microsoft; 2004]
HDML	HANDHELD DEVICE MARKUP LANGUAGE	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
HDTV	HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION	[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4^th Edition, 1999]
HEMT	HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS	[WWW.FUJITSU.COM; 2004]
HF	HIGH FREQUENCY	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
HFC	HYBRID FIBER COAX; Fiber cable to neighborhood, coax cable to DUN clients; Also see: Wireless;	[A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSORS; MICRODESIGN RESOURCES; 2000]
HFS	HIERARCHICAL FILE SYSTEM	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
HHI	HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUT; Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunication;	[http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives /month/2005/20050121-01.html]
HIC	HEAD INJURY CRITERION	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
HIL	HARDWARE IN THE LOOP	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
HIP	HIGH SPEED INTERFACE PROCESSOR	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
HKCR	HKEY CLASSES ROOT	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
HKEY	HANDLE KEY	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
HL7	HEALTH LEVEL 7	[ORACLE MAGAZINE; 6/2003]
HMC	HARDWARE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
HMI	HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
HMM	HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; Also known as Markov Chain;	[BIOINFORMATICS COMPUTING; PRENTICE HALL; 2003]
HMP	HYPER MESSAGING PROTOCOL	[ORACLE MAGAZINE; 2002]
HOAP	HUMANOID FOR OPEN ARCHITECTURE PLATFORM	[www.fujitsu.com/global/about/ rd/200506HOAPSeries.html]
HP	HEWLETT PACKARD	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
HPC	HEAD PERFORMANCE CRITERION	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
HPC	HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING	[http://www.sun.com]
HPFS	HIGH PERFORMANCE FILE SYSTEM	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
HR	HIGH RESOLUTION	[WWW.FUJIFILM.COM; 2004]
HREF	HYPERTEXT REFERENCE	[SAM TEACH YOURSELF WEB PUBLISHING WITH HTML4 IN 21 DAYS PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE EDITION, 2ND EDITION; 2000]
hsb	HUE, SATURATION, AND BRIGHTNESS; Human being perceives HSB color model; Also see: RGB	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
HSCSD	HIGH SPEED CIRCUIT SWITCHED DATA; GSM Extension;	[185 Wireless Secrets; Wiley Publishing; 2004]
HSDPA	HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS; 3G wireless; End-to-end communication; Also see: HSUPA;	[www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0507/1502.html]
hsl	hue, saturation, & luminance; image-plane	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
HSRP	HOT STANDBY ROUTER PROTOCOL	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
HSSI	HIGH SPEED SERIAL INTERFACE	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
HSSI	HIGH SPEED SERIAL INTERFACE	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
HSUPA	HIGH SPEED UPLINK PACKET ACCESS; 3G wireless; End-to-end communication; Also see: HSDPA;	[www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0507/1502.html]
HT	Horizontal Tab	[Microsoft Press, 1997]
HT	HYPER THREADING;	[WWW.INTEL.COM]
HTML	HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE ASCII text only	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997] [PC TECH HINT] In XP, HTML help system must be fixed by Q323255.
HTS	HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING MOTOR; OFC bismuth based high-temp super-conduct wiring;	[Sumitomo; 2005; ] Old concept: large capacity motor requires high magnetic field;
HTTP	HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
HTTPD	HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL DAEMON; HTTPD supports MIME	[SAMS TEACH YOURSELF WEB PUBLISHING WITH HTML4 IN 21 DAYS PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE EDITION, 2ND EDITION; 2000]
HTTPS	HTTP over Secure Sockets layer	[MICROSOFT PERSONAL WEB SERVER, V.4, RELEASE NOTES]
HVAB	HIGH VOLTAGE ANALOG BUS	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
I/O	INPUT/OUTPUT	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997] For Monbusho level engineers only: define precisely between I/O and PLL;
IAB	Internet Architecture Board	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
IAD	INTEGRATED ACCESS DEVICES; Also see: Lexra's NetVortex	[A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSORS, MICRODESIGN, 2000]
IANA	INTERNET ASSIGNED NUMBERS AUTHORITY; Also see: Keyword to Port Number;	[FIREWALLS 24SEVEN; SYBEX; 2002]
IAS	INTERNET AUTHENTICATION SERVER; Default RADIUS authentication & accounting port numbers are 1812, 1645; and 1813, 1646;	[.NET MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 2003]
IAS	Internet Authentication Service	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
IBM	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES	[http://www.ibm.com]
IC	INTEGRATED CIRCUIT	[www.hitachi.com]
IC	ISOLATED COMMON; Relay	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
ICANN	INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS	[FIREWALLS 24SEVEN; SYBEX; 2002]
ICD	INTERNATIONAL CODE DESIGNATOR; Also see: DCC	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
ICE	IN-CIRCUIT EMULATION; RISC's MIPS LX8000 hard/soft core, Lexra;	[a guide to network processor, microdesign, 2000]
ICE	INTERNET COMMERCE ENABLED; Computer Associates’ Ingres ICE	[WWW.CA.COM]
ICF	INTEGRATED CATALOG FACILITY; z/OS Catalog Management	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM]
ICF	INTERNET CONNECTION FIREWALL	[EWEEK, JULY, 2003]
ICH	I/O CONTROLLER HUB	[810E MOTHERBOARD SPECIFICATION, EMACHINES, 2001]
ICMP	INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL;	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
ICP	INTERNET CONTENT PROVIDER	[SINGTEL.COM; 2004]
ICQ	Internet software, developed by Mirabilis	[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4^th Edition, 1999]
ICS	INTERNET CONNECTION SHARING	[185 Wireless Secrets; Wiley Publishing; 2004]
ICTI	INTERNET COMPUTER TELEPHONY INTEGRATION	[SVOA, BANGKOK POST, 2001]
ICUG	INTERNATIONAL CADENCE USER GROUP	[http://mysun.sun.com] (9/3/01);
ICW	INTERNET CONNECTION WIZARD	[WIN 98 REGISTRY]
IDC	INTERNET DATA CENTRE	[Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Bangkok Post, 2001]
IDC	INTERNATIONAL DATA CORPORATION	[SUN MICROSYSTEMS, DATABASE, BANGKOK POST, 2001]
IDCAMS	IDC ACCESS METHOD SERVICE; (MODE) Z/OS CATALOG MANAGEMENT	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM]
IDDE	Integrated Development and Debugging Environment	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
IDE	Integrated Development Environment	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
IDE	INTEGRATED DEVICE ELECTRONICS	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000] [PC TECH HINT] In XP, if CMOS is set - IDE cache enable, IDE drives' mounting volume must be fixed by Q315403.]
IDEA	INTERNATIONAL DATA ENCRYPTION ALGORITHM	[FIREWALLS 24SEVEN; SYBEX; 2002]
IDEF	INTEGRATION DEFINITION METHOD	[DOMAIN ORIENTED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES; KIYOSHI ITOH; SATOSHI KUMAGAI; TOYOHIKO HIROTA; 2003; TAYLOR & FRANCIS]
IDL	Interface Definition Language	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
IDRP	INTER DOMAIN ROUTING PROTOCOL	[FIREWALLS 24SEVEN; SYBEX; 2002]
IDS	INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM	[www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0505/1601.html]
IDSL	ISDN DSL
IDUG	International db2 users group	[www.idug.org]
IE	Microsoft Internet Explorer	[MICROSOFT PERSONAL WEB SERVER, V.4, RELEASE NOTES] [PC TECH HINT] Have you fixed Q324929 in IE6 yet?
IE	INTERNET EXPLORER Generally, bigger the cipher-bit numbers, faster the explorer; Netscape offers 128 bit IE up to 2001	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
IE-FLASH	Inverse-Gate-Electrode Flash	[http://www.hqrd.hitachi.co.jp/global/ publicationlist.cfm]
IEC	INTERNATIONAL ELECTRO-TECHNICAL COMMISSION, OR INTERNATIONAL ELECTRO-TECHNIC COMMITTEE	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
IETF	INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE	[WS_Ping Pro, IPSWITCH 2000]
IF	INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
IFC	INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASSES	[DOMAIN ORIENTED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES; KIYOSHI ITOH; SATOSHI KUMAGAI; TOYOHIKO HIROTA; 2003; TAYLOR & FRANCIS]
IFC	INTERFACE CLEAR; Interface management at pin-line level;	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
IFD	INTERFACE DEVICE	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
IFL	Integrated facility for linux	[www.ibm.com]
IFS	Interchange File Separator	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
IGMP	INTERNET GROUP MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
IGRP	INTERIOR GATEWAY ROUTING PROTOCOL	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
IGS	Interchange Group Seperator	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
IHPC	INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING	[WWW.IME.A-STAR.EDU.SG; 2004]
IHV	INDEPENDENT HARDWARE VENDOR	[WINDOWS CLUSTER ADMINISTRATION V.5; 2004]
IID	INTERFACE IDENTIFIER	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
IIR	INFINITE IMPULSE RESPONSE; Also see: FIR	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
IIS	INTERNET INFORMATION SERVER; IIS	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]; [.Net Magazine, August, 2003]
IIS WPG	IIS WORKER PROCESS GROUP	[MMC2 V5; MICROSOFT; 2004]
IKE	INTERNET KEY EXCHANGE	[FIREWALLS 24SEVEN; SYBEX; 2002]
ILMI	INTERIM LOCAL MANAGEMENT INTERFACE ATM	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
IM	INSTANT MESSAGING; MICROSOFT EXCHANGE SERVICE	[KEVIN FEATHERLY, WASHINGTON, DC, NEWSBYTES; BANGKOK POST, 2001]
IMAP	INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL; IMAP4, is IMAP version 4; Unlike POP3, IMAP creates directory in server machine; Also see: ACAP;	[MICROSOFT OUTLOOK; 2002]
IMC	IBM MOBILE CONNECT	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
IMDB	IN MEMORY DATABASE; COM+	[Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures: MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
IME	INPUT METHOD EDITORS	[MICROSOFT OFFICE XP]
IMPE	INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING	[WWW.IME.A-STAR.EDU.SG; 2004]
IMS	INTERNET MAP SERVER; RouteMAP IMS, Internet Location Services software	[WWW.ESRI.COM]
IMS	IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM	[WWW.NEC.CO.JP/PRESS/EN/ 0502/1401.HTML]
INARP	INVERSE ARP ATM	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
IND	independent client	[MICROSOFT PERSONAL WEB SERVER, V.4, RELEASE NOTES]
Intel ISEF	Intel International Science and Engineering Fair	[SUKPHISIT, BANGKOK POST, 05/12/2001]
INTERNIC	INTERNET NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER See: http://internic.net; Coordinator for DNS registration	[WS_Ping Pro, IPSWITCH 2000]
IOS	INTEGRATED OPERATING SYSTEM	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
IOS	INTERNETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM; RPC goes through ...	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
IOS	INTERNETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM CISCO system	[GEOFF LONG, BANGKOK POST, 2001]
IOUG	INTERNATIONAL ORACLE USERS GROUP	[ORACLE MAGAZINE; 2002]
IP	INTERNET PROTOCOL;	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
IPP	INTERNET PRINTING PROTOCOL	[JetLAN; TigerDirect.com; 2004]
IPS	in plane switching; mode;	[PANASONIC.CO.JP; 2004]
IPSEC	Internet Protocol Security; ah;	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
IPSO	IP SECURITY OPTION	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
IPX	INTER-NETWORK PACKET EXCHANGE	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
IPXCP	INTER-NETWORK PACKET EXCHANGE CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
IR	Index Return	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
IRB	INTEGRATED ROUTING AND BRIDGING	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
IRC	INTERNET RELAY CHAT; Protocol;	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
IRD	INTELLIGENT RESOURCE DIRECTOR zSeries mainframe server by z/OS; able to process Internet transaction: 3850 records per second in 2001	WWW.IBM.COM
IrDA	INFRARED DATA ASSOCIATION	[Oracle Magazine; August, 2004]
IRF	INHERITED RIGHTS FILTER; NetWare file system security; Formally known as IRM;	[Security Complete; Sybex; 2001]
IRM	INHERITED RIGHTS MASK; NetWare file system security;	[Security Complete; Sybex; 2001]
IRQ	INTERRUPT REQUEST	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
IRS	Interchange Record Seperator	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
ISA	INDUSTRY STANDARD ARCHITECTURE	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
ISA	INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ATMOSPHERE	[CASIO Module No. 2471]
ISA	MICROSOFT INTERNET SECURITY ACCELERATION SERVER	[FIREWALLS 24SEVEN, MATTHEW STREBE, CHARLES PERKINS; SYBEX; 2002]
ISAM	INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
ISAPI	INTERNET SERVER API	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
ISCII	INDIAN SCRIPT CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE	[MICROSOFT WORD 2002]
ISCP	INTEGRATED SERVICE CONTROL POINT; Interlligent Network Services Solution	[www.ibm.com]
ISCSI	INTERNET SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEM INTERFACE; SAN <> Ethernet	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
ISDN	INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK 128 Kbps connection	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
ISI	INTER SYMBOL INTERFERENCE	[WWW.NEC.CO.JP/PRESS/EN/ 0502/2501.HTML; 2005]
ISIS	INTERMEDIATE SYSTEM TO INTERMEDIATE SYSTEM	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
ISM	INTEGRATED SERVICE MANAGEMENT	[ORACLE MAGAZINE; 2002]
ISMS	INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM	[singtel.com; 2004]
ISO	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
ISP	INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
ISPSD	INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES & ICs	[WWW.NECEL.COM; INNOVATOR'S VOICE; 2004]
ISR	INTERRUPT SERVICE ROUTINE; Each IRQ has its own associated ISR	[ADVANCED MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC 6.0, THE MANDELBROT SET, 1998]
iss	INSTRUCTION SET SIMULATOR; Also see: Lexra's RISC MIPS;	[a guide to network processor, microdesign, 2000]
IST	INTERRUPT SERVICE THREAD; ISR is called by Kernel when interrupt occurs, and ISR returns ID of IST. ID of IST is also known as thread ID.	[ADVANCED MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC 6.0, THE MANDELBROT SET, 1998]
ISV	INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE VENDOR	[WINDOWS CLUSTER ADMINISTRATION V.5; 2004]
IT	Indent Tab	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
IT	Information Technology	[MICROSOFT EXCEL 2002]
ITS	INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT/TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM	[WWW.NEC-GLOBAL.COM/FEATURES/ WORDDEFINER/KEY.HTML; 2002]
ITSO	INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
ITTCC	INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
ITU	INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
ITU-R	INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, RADIO SECTOR	[WWW.NEC.CO.JP; 2002]
ITUT	INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION TELECOMMUNICATION	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
IUS/ITB	Interchange Unit Seperator/Intermediate Transmission Block	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
IV	initialization vector;	[file encryption, Microsoft SDK, 2001]
IVI	INTERCHANGEABLE VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
ixa	internet exchange architecture; Also see: Level One's low-end interface chips;	[www.intel.com; 2002]
IXS	INTERNODE CROSSBAR SWITCH	[WWW.NEC.CO.JP/PRESS/EN/0410/ 2001.HTML; 2004]
J2ME	JAVA 2 MICRO EDITION	[ANALYSTINSIGHT, THOMAS MURPHY, .NETMAGAZINE, 05/2003]
J2SE	JAVA 2 STANDARD EDITION	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
JAAS	JAVA AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION SERVICE	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
JAERI	JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE	[WWW.NEC-GLOBAL.COM/FEATURES/ WORDDEFINER/KEY.HTML; 2002]
JAMSTEC	JAPAN MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER	[WWW.NEC-GLOBAL.COM/FEATURES/ WORDDEFINER/KEY.HTML; 2002]
JAR	Java archive	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
JAXB	JAVA TO XML BINDING; JAVA API FOR XML BINDING; J2EE API	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 2003]
JAXM	JAVA TO XML MESSAGING; J2EE API	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 2003]
JAXP	JAVA TO XML PARSING; jAVA API FOR xml PROCESSING; J2EE API	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 2003]
JCA	J2EE CONNECTOR ARCHITECTURE	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
JCE	JAVA CRYPTOGRAPHY EXTENSION	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
JCL	JOB CONTROL LANGUAGE	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
JCP	JAVA COMMUNITY PROCESS	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
JCW	JASMINE CYBERWORKS	[Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Bangkok Post, 2001]
JDBC	Java Database Connectivity	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
JDK	Java Developers Kit	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
JECF	Java Electronic Commerce Framework	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
jeida	japan electronic industry development association	[sonicstage v.1.2, sony, 2002]
JFC	Java foundation classes	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
JFS	JOURNAL FILE SYSTEM	[LINUX: MANDRAKESOFT.COM; 2002]
JIT	Just in time	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
JMS	JAVA MESSAGE SERVICE	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
JMX	JAVA MANAGEMENT EXTENSION	[ORACLE MAGAZINE; AUGUST, 2004]
JNDI	Java Naming and Directory Interface	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
JPDK	JAVA PORTAL DEVELOPER KIT	[ORACLE MAGAZINE; 2002]
JPEG	JOINT PHOTO-GRAPHICS EXPERTS GROUP	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
JPEG	Joint Photography Engineering Group	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
JRE	Java runtime environment	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
JRMP	JAVA REMOTE METHOD PROTOCOL	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
JSC	JOINT SERVICE CENTER; JSC = ORACLE + EMC;	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, OCTOBER, 2003]
JSCRIPT	JAVASCRIPT SSI tool: see AccHTML 4 Pro	[MICROSOFT ACCESS 2002]
JSDK	Java servlet development kit	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
JSP	JAVA SERVER PAGE	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
JSR	JAVA SPECIFICATION REQUEST; Also see: JSR 198 API specification;	[ORACLE MAGAZINE; 2002]
JSSE	JAVA SECURE SOCKET EXTENSION; To replace Java HTTPS callouts	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 2003]
JSTL	JAVA SERVER PAGES STANDARD TAG LIBRARY	[ORACLE MAGAZINE; 6/2003]
JTA	JAVA TRANSACTION API	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
JTAG	Boundary scan test, ieee 1149.1	[WWW.NECEL.COM; 2003]
JTFA	JOINT TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
JVM	Java virtual machine	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
KDC	KEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER; KDC produces TGS;	[MMC 2 V.5; MICROSOFT; 2004]
KDE	K DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT	[LINUX: MANDRAKESOFT.COM; 2002]
KM	KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
L2F	Layer 2 forwarding	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
L2TP	Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
LAA	LOCALLY ADMINISTERED ADDRESS	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LAC	LIGHTNING AND AIRGLOW CAMERA	[www.jaxa.jp/missions/projects/sat/ exploration/planet_c/index_e.html]
LAN	LOCAL AREA NETWORK	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
LANE	LAN EMULATION	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LANE	LAN EMULATION	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LAPB	LINK ACCESS PROCEDURE BALANCED	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LAS	LINK ACTIVE SCHEDULER	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
LASER	LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION	[WWW.CANON.COM; 2004]
LAT	LOCAL AREA TRANSPORT	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LAT	LOCAL AREA TRANSPORT	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
LBA	Logical Block Addressing
LBS	LOCATION BASED SERVICES	[WWW.NEC-GLOBAL.COM/FEATURES/WORDDEFINER/KEY.HTML; 2002]
LCA	LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT	[WWW.NEC-GLOBAL.COM/FEATURES/WORDDEFINER/KEY.HTML; 2002]
LCC	LINE CARD CONTROL	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LCD	Liquid crystal display	[SHARP AD., NEWSWEEK 9/3/01]
LCG	LINEAR CONGRUENTIAL GENERATOR; For generating pseudorandom numbers;	[BIOINFORMATICS COMPUTING, BRYAN BERGERON, PRENTICE HALL, 2003]
LCID	LOCALE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER For language specific character-mapped files; but no LCID number for Myanmar yet;	[MICROSOFT OFFICE XP]
LCP	LINK CONTROL PROTOCOL	[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]
LCR	LOGICAL CHANGE RECORD	[ORACLE MAGAZINE; NOVEMBER/DECEMBER; 2004]
LDAP	LIGHTWEIGHT DIRECTORY ACCESS PROTOCOL; Also see: LDAP.htm	[Address Book © 1981-1999, Microsoft Corp.; IPSWITCH 2000;]
LDAR	LARGE DEPLOYABLE ANTENNA REFLECTOR	[www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html]
LDIF	LIGHTWEIGHT DIRECTORY INTERCHANGE FORMAT	[Address Book, Microsoft Corp., 1999]
LEARP	LAN EMULATION ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LEC	LAN EMULATION CLIENT	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LECS	LAN EMULATION CONFIGURATION SERVER	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LED	LIGHT EMITTING DIODES	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
LEED	LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; Also see: InAs	[WWW.SEAS.UCLA.EDU; 2003]
LEO	LOW EARTH ORBIT Satellites	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LES	LAN EMULATION SERVER	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LF	LAN FRAD Also see: CF	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LF	Line Feed	[Microsoft Press, 1997]
LGA	LAND GRID ARRAY; LSI	[www.ceatec.com; 2004]
LIFO	LAST IN, FIRST OUT	[PROGRAMMING C#, JESSE LIBERTY, 2001, O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES]
LIM EMS	LOTUS INTEL MICROSOFT EXPANDED MEMORY SPECIFICATION	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
LIO	LOGICAL I/O; Also see: PIO	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, JULY/AUGUST, 2003]
LIS	LOGICAL IP SUBNET	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LISP	LISP PROCESSING	[BIOINFORMATICS COMPUTING, BRYAN BERGERON; 2003]
LLC	LOGICAL LINK CONTROL Sub layer / NT networking	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
LLC2	LOGICAL LINK CONTROL 2	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
LMS	LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AICC compliant by Macromedia	[MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER, 2000]
LOB	LARGE OBJECT MS SQL Server à Database à Table à Column(Attribute) à data	[MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 7.0 ADMINISTRATOR’S POCKET CONSULTANT, stanek, 1999]
LOCOS	LOCAL OXIDATION OF SILICON	[CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits; Sung-Mo Kang; Yusuf Leblebici; McGraw Hill; 2004]
LOM	LIGHTS OUT MANAGEMENT Netra 20 AC server	www.sun.com
LOS	LINE OF SIGHT; Also see: NLOS;	[185 WIRELESS SECRETS; WILEY PUBLISHING; 2004]
LPAR	LOGICAL PARTITION IBM usage on disk	WWW.IBM.COM
LPD	Line Printer Daemon LPD service on UNIX provides its print device to be shared to NT; TCP/IP printing service	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
LPI	LINUX PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
LPT	LINE PRINT TERMINAL	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
LQ	Letter Quality	[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4^th Edition, 1999]
LRPC	Local Remote Procedure Calls	[JAVA 2 COMPLETE, SYBEX, 1999]
LSA	LOCAL SECURITY AUTHORITY	[MMC 2 V.5; MICROSOFT; 2004]; [ADMINISTERING ACTIVE DIRECTORY; MCGRAW-HILL; 2001]
LSB	LEAST SIGNIFICANT BIT	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
LSI	LARGE SCALE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT	[www.canon.com/technology/ interview/pixus/index.html ; 2004]
LSP	LINK STATE PROTOCOL	[Security Complete; Sybex; 2001]
LSSD	LEVEL SENSITIVE SCAN DESIGN; LSSD = Scan path by shift registers AND sensitive level;	[CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits; Sung-Mo Kang; Yusuf Leblebici; McGraw Hill; 2004]
LTM	LOCAL TEST MANAGER	[MICROSOFT LTM; UNICODE OS]; Right, Left, Menu test;
LTM	LONG TERM MEMORY; AI usage;	Human beings natural memory; Also see: STM;
LTO	LINEAR TAPE OPEN; LTO/IBM	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
LUN	LOGICAL UNIT NUMBER; In SAN, disk-array is divided into LUNs	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
LUT	LOOK UP TABLE; Also see: CLUT;	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
LVDS	LOW VOLTAGE DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALING	[WWW.NECEL.COM; INNOVATOR'S VOICE; 2004]
LVDT	LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMER; Also see: RVDT	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
LVM	LOGICAL VOLUME MANAGER; AIX's feature	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
LWAPP	LIGHT WEIGHT ACCESS POINT PROTOCOL	[EWEEK; JAN. 5, 2004]
LZW	LEMPEL, ZIV, AND WELCH; Lossless compression;	[SAMS TEACH YOURSELF WEB PUBLISHING WITH HTML4 IN 21 DAYS PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE EDITION, 2ND EDITION; 2000]
M I/O	MULTI-PATH INPUT/OUTPUT; Maximun 32 paths with interoperability to deploy load-balance and multi-path in Windows Server 2003 environment
MAC	MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION CODE	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
MAC	MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL MAC Address = NIC’s hard-coded address MAC Address = Hard-coded address on network adapter	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
MAC OS	MACINTOSH OPERATING SYSTEM	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MAML	MICROARRAY MARKUP LANGUAGE;	[BIOINFORMATICS COMPUTING; PRENTICE HALL; 2003]
MAN	METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
MAPI	MESSAGE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MAU	MULTISTATION ACCESS UNIT	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
MAX	MEASUREMENT & AUTOMATION EXPLORER	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
MBR	Master Boot Record; %Recovery Console% chkdsk /f /r <enter>; fixmbr <enter>; fixboot <enter>;	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000] [SMARTCOMPUTING, NOV., 2006]
MCDBA	MICROSOFT CERTIFIED DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR	[WWW.UNEX.BERKELEY.EDU; 2002]
MCGA	MULTI COLOR GRAPHICS ARRAY	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MCH	MEMORY CONTROLLER HUB; A part of chipset	[810E MOTHERBOARD SPECIFICATION, EMACHINES, 2001]
MCM	MULTI-CHIP MODULE; Boundary scan test can be deployed for testing PCB, and MCM;	[CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits; Sung-Mo Kang; Yusuf Leblebici; McGraw Hill; 2004]
MCM	MULTI-CONTEXT MAP	[DOMAIN ORIENTED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES; KIYOSHI ITOH; SATOSHI KUMAGAI; TOYOHIKO HIROTA; 2003; TAYLOR & FRANCIS]
MCNS	MANAGING CISCO NETWORK SECURITY	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
MCP	MICRO CHANNEL PLATE	[www.jaxa.jp/missions/projects/sat/ exploration/planet_c/index_e.html]
MCP	MICROSOFT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL	[Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures: MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
MCS	MEDIA CONVERGENCE SERVER; Cisco 7700, 8000 series run CallManager on MCS; VOIP; In 2003, CallManager software can manage 24~48 Cisco IP Telephony phones;	[EWEEK MAGAZINE, AUGUST 11, 2003]
MCSD	MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SOLUTION DEVELOPER	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
MCSE	MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS ENGINEER	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
MCT	MICROSOFT CERTIFIED TRAINER	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
MD5	MESSAGE DIGEST 5 Encryption algorithm	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
MD5	Message Digest 5	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
MDA	MONOCHROME DISPLAY ADAPTER	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MDAC	MICROSOFT DATA ACCESS COMPONENT; It was called MDAC SDK, MICROSOFT DATA ACCESS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT;	[MICROSOFT PLATFORM SDK, FEB., 2001]
MDDI	MOBILE DISPLAY DIGITAL INTERFACE; 3G CDMA;	[http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/040831.html ; 2004]
MDI	MULTIPLE DOCUMENT INTERFACE	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
MDIS	METADATA INTERCHANGE SPECIFICATION	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MDL	MINIMUM DESCRIPTION LENGTH	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
MDS	MONITORING AND DISCOVERY SERVICE; OGSA;	[NEC; 2003]
ME	MILLENNIUM EDITION Windows Operating System	[http://www.microsoft.com]
MED	MULTI EXIT DISCRIMINATOR	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
MEME	MULTIPLE EM FOR MOTIF ELICITATION; Also see: Software Collection;	[BIOINFORMATICS COMPUTING, BRYAN BERGERON, PRENTICE HALL, 2003]
MEMS	MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM	[CIO INSIGHT, ZIFF DAVIS; JUNE, 2003]
MEO	MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT	[BIOINFORMATICS COMPUTING, BRYAN BERGERON, PRENTICE HALL, 2003]
MES	MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
MFA	Modify Field Attribute	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MFC	MICROSOFT FOUNDATION CLASSES	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
MFC	MULTI FUNCTION CENTER	[Owner's Manual, MFC-3100C; WWW.BROTHER.COM; 2002]
MFS	MACINTOSH FILE SYSTEM	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MG	MAGICGATE MEMORY STICK	[sonicstage v.1.2, sony, 2002]
MHD	MAGNETO HYDRODYNAMIC; Simulation; Geomagnetic-disturbance by Solar wind;	[http://www.nec.co.jp/press/en/ 0407/2901.html]
MHS	MANAGED HOSTING SERVICES	[http://business.singtel.com/sme/ products/managed_hosting/ expan/expan_overview _about_us.asp; 2004]
MHTML	MIME ENCAPSULATED AGGREGATE HTML DOCUMENT Web Archive	[MICROSOFT WORD 2002; ACCESS 2002]
MIB	MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BASE	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
MICROSOFT CTEC	MICROSOFT CERTIFIED TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
MIDI	MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DIGITAL INTERFACE	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MIDL	MICROSOFT INTERFACE DEFINITION LANGUAGE	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
MIDP	MOBILE INFORMATION DEVICE PROFILE	[ANALYSTINSIGHT, THOMAS MURPHY, .NETMAGAZINE, 05/2003]
MII	MEDIA INDEPENDENT INTERFACE; (MAC to PHY) interface by Ethernet 10/100; Also see: SMII	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
MIIS	MICROSOFT IDENTITY INTEGRATION SERVER	[EWEEK, JULY 7, 2003]
MIIS	Microsoft Internet Information Server	[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]
MIM	METAL INSULATED METAL; Low temperature capacitor by NEC;	[WWW.NEC.COM]
MIM	MOBILE INSTANT MESSAGING; 3G GSM WITH W-CDMA;	[185 WIRELESS SECRETS; WILEY PUBLISHING; 2004]
MIMD	MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION – MULTIPLE DATA Not SIMD alike	[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4^th Edition, 1999]
MIME	MULTIPURPOSE INTERNET MAIL EXTENSIONS;	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997] [PC TECH HINT] To solve S/MIME parsing, fix Q328676 in Outlook Express 6. ;[.Net magazine, August, 2003];
MIMO	MULTIPLE INPUT, MULTIPLE OUTPUT; Also see: Bell labs; Airgo;	[EWEEK, SEPT, 2003]
MIMS	MOBILE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVER	[EWEEK, JUNE, 2003]
MIN	MOBILE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER	[185 Wireless Secrets; Jack McCullough; Wiley Publishing; 2004]
MIP	MULTICHANNEL INTERFACE PROCESSOR	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
MIPS	MILLION INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MIPV6	MOBILE INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6	[WWW.NEC-GLOBAL.COM/FEATURES/ WORDDEFINER/KEY.HTML; 2002]
MIS	MARKETING INFORMATION SYSTEM	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
MIT	MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	[WWW.MIT.EDU]
MMC	MICROSOFT MANAGEMENT CONSOLE	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
MMC	MULTIMEDIA MEMORY CARD	[WWW.SAMSUNG.COM; 2004]
MMDB	MOLECULAR MODELING DATABASE;	[BIOINFORMATICS COMPUTING, BRYAN BERGERON, PRENTICE HALL, 2003]
MMIC	MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;	[CMOS Digital Integrated Circuits; Sung-Mo Kang; Yusuf Leblebici; McGraw Hill; 2003]
MMP	MULTICHASIS MULTILINK PPP	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
MMS	MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM	[ORACLE MAGAZINE, 2002]
MMS	MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING SERVICE; Cell phone with camera, video player, ...	[EWEEK; JAN. 12, 2004]
MMU	MAIN MEMORY UNIT	[WWW.NEC.CO.JP/PRESS/EN/0410/ 2001.HTML; 2004]
MMU	MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT	[WWW.UNEX.BERKELEY.EDU; 2002]
MNF	MULTI NETWORK FIREWALL	[LINUX: MANDRAKESOFT.COM; 2002]
MNP	MICROCOM NETWORK PROTOCOL	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
MO	MAGNETO OPTICAL – MO DISC	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
MODEM	MODULATOR/DEMODULATOR
MOLE	MILITARY OVERLAY EDITOR; Military-geographic application software	[WWW.ESRI.COM]
MON	MODULAR OBJECT NUMBER
MONET	MULTI-WAVELENGTH OPTICAL NETWORKING	[WWW.BELL-LABS-COM; 2003]
MOS	METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MP3	MPEG Audio Layer-3	[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4^th Edition, 1999]
MPC	MULTIPROTOCOL CLIENT	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
MPL	MAPLEX LABEL	[WWW.ESRI.COM]
MPLS	MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING; Broadband IX5000 Series;	[NEC; 2002; http://www.nec.co.jp/techrep/en/r_and_d/]
MPP	MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROCESSOR	[WWW.IBM.COM; 2002]
MPPP	MULTI-LINK POINT-TO-POINT PROTOCOL	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MPR	MULTIPLE PROTOCOL ROUTER See: RIP	[TRIER EXAMS, V.2.0, 1997] www.trierexams.com
MPS	MULTIPROTOCOL SERVER	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
MRAM	MAGNETIC RAM; Also see: IBM, and Infineon's chip development;	[EWEEK, 6/16/2003]
MS CHAP	Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
MS DTC	Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator MS Transaction Server v.2.0 Release Notes; MS SQL Server 2005;	[MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 7.0 ADMINISTRATOR’S POCKET CONSULTANT, stanek, 1999]
MSAP	MULTI-SERVICE ACCESS PLATFORM	[A GUIDE TO NETWORK PROCESSORS; MICRODESIGN RESOURCES; 2000]
MSAU	MULTISTATION ACCESS UNIT	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
MSB	MOST SIGNIFICANT BIT	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
MSC	MOBILE SERVICE SWITCHING CENTER	[WWW.NECEL.COM; INNOVATOR'S VOICE; 2004]
MSCA	MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR	[ISOURCE.IBM.COM; 2002]
MSCS	Microsoft Cluster Server	[MICROSOFT PERSONAL WEB SERVER, V.4, RELEASE NOTES]
MSDE	MICROSOFT DATABASE ENGINE	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0; MCSD Training Kit; Microsoft; 1999]
MSDE	MICROSOFT SQL SERVER DESKTOP ENGINE (FORMERLY)	[ACCESS 2002] [WINDOWS CLUSTER ADMINISTRATION V.5; 2004]
MSDN	MICROSOFT DEVELOPERS NETWORK; MSDN Magazine;	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0; MCSD Training Kit; Microsoft; 1999]
MSDTC	MICROSOFT DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION COORDINATOR	[.Net magazine, August, 2003]
MSF	MICROSOFT SOLUTIONS FRAMEWORK; Distributed application development	[Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures; MCSD Training Kit; Microsoft; 1999]
MSF	MICROSOFT SOLUTIONS FRAMEWORK	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0; MCSD Training Kit; Microsoft; 1999]
MSIL	MICROSOFT INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE	[PROGRAMMING C#, JESSE LIBERTY, 2001, O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES]
MSMQ	MICROSOFT MESSAGE QUEUE SERVER	[MICROSOFT MESSAGE QUEUE SERVER, V.1, RELEASE NOTES]
MSN	MICROSOFT NETWORK	[MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY, 4^th Edition, 1999]
MSR	MIME Speech Recognition;	[WWW.NTTDOCOMO.COM; 2004]
MSXML	MICROSOFT EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE	[MICROSOFT OFFICE XP] [PC TECH HINT] In XP, MSXML 2.6; Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-008 must be fixed.
MTA	MULTI-THREADED APARTMENT	[Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 : MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
MTBF	MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES; Also see: MTTR	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
MTS	MICROSOFT TRANSACTION SERVER See: Microsoft Transaction Server v.2.0 Released Notes	[Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures: MCSD Training Kit / Microsoft Corporation, 1999]
MTS	MOBILE TELE SYSTEM	[www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0505/1301.html]
MTSO	MOBILE TELEPHONE SWITCHING OFFICE;	[185 Wireless Secrets; Jack McCullough; Wiley Publishing; 2004]
MTTR	MEAN TIME TO RECOVER	[ORACLE 8I SIMULATOR; www.oracle.com ; 1998]
MTTR	MEAN TIME TO REPAIR; Also see: MTBF	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]
MTU	MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION UNIT Amount of data to send or to receive through TCP/IP; Larger the MTU, bigger the packet, but the packet-bottleneck depends on ISP’s packet	[MODEM BOOSTER V.2.2] [www.linksys.com; 2005]
MUI	MULTILINGUAL USER INTERFACE	[MICROSOFT OFFICE XP]
MUX	MULTIPLEXER	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
MVC	MODEL VIEW CONTROLLER	[ORACLE MAGAZINE; 2002] [DOMAIN ORIENTED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES; KIYOSHI ITOH; SATOSHI KUMAGAI; TOYOHIKO HIROTA; 2003; TAYLOR & FRANCIS]
MVP	MICROSOFT MOST VALUABLE PROFESSIONALS	[MICROSOFT PERSONAL WEB SERVER, V.4, RELEASE NOTES]
MVP	MODEL VIEW PRESENTER	[DOMAIN ORIENTED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES; KIYOSHI ITOH; SATOSHI KUMAGAI; TOYOHIKO HIROTA; 2003; TAYLOR & FRANCIS]
MX	Mail Exchanger SMTP mailer / server	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]; [WS_Ping pro, ipswitch, 2000]
NACK	Negative acknowledge	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
NAK	Negative Acknowledge	[Microsoft Press, 1997]
NAQC	NETWORK ACCESS QUARANTINE CONTROL; To logon, admin script must validate PC's configuration;	[.NET MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 2003]
NAS	NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE IBM usage	[SVOA, BANGKOK POST, 2001] [WWW.IBM.COM]
NAS	NETWORK ACCESS SERVER Microsoft usage	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
NASDA	NATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF JAPAN	[WWW.NEC-GLOBAL.COM/FEATURES/ WORDDEFINER/KEY.HTML; 2002]
NASI	NOVELL ASYNCHRONOUS SERVICES INTERFACE	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
NAT	NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION	[CSM PROXY PLUS]
NBFCP	NETBIOS FRAMES CONTROL PROTOCOL	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
NBMA	NON BROADCAST MULTIACCESS	[CISCO ROUTER HANDBOOK, GEORGE SACKETT, 1998, THE MCGRAW-HILL]
NBNS	Netbios name server	[WINDOWS 2000 ADMINISTRATOR’S HANDBOOK, LINSENBARDT & STIGLER, 2000]
NBP	NAME BINDING PROTOCOL; Transport layer by AppleTalk;	[MCSE Training Kit – Microsoft Windows 2000 Server / Microsoft Corporation, 2000]
NBS	Numeric Backspace	[MICROSOFT PRESS, 1997]
NBT	NetBIOS over TCP/IP	[WINDOWS NT IN A NUTSHELL, pearce, 1997]
NC	NAME CONTEXT; NAMING CONTEXT;	[ADMINISTERING ACTIVE DIRECTORY; MCGRAW-HILL; 2001]
NC	NORMALLY CLOSE; Also see: NO, COM;	[MEASUREMENT AND AUTOMATION, CATALOG 2003; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; ni.com]