Fantastic High-Tech Words and Acronyms

.Net - Microsoft Internet Platform
100Base-T - Networking Connection
1G - First Generation (Analog Cell Phones)
2.5G - 2.5 Gigahertz Radio Spectrum
2G - Second Generation (Digital Cell Phones)
3G - 3 Gigahertz Radio Spectrum
3G - Third Generation (Next Cell Phone System)
3GPP - Third Generation Partnership Project for W-CDMA (GSM)
3GPP2 - Third Generation Partnership Project for CDMA2000
3PL - Third Party Logistics Providers
A
A-Bis - Interface betwen BTS and BSC
A-Interface - Interface between MSC and BS
A-Key - CAVE Authentication Key to Generate SSD
A/D - Analog/Digital
AAL2 - ATM Adaptation Layer 2
AC - Authentication Center
ACC Analog Control Channel
Accenture - Formerly Andersen Consulting
ACD - Automatical Call Distribution
ACELP Adaptive CELP
ACG - Automatic Code Gapping
ACK Acknowledgement Signal
ACM - Address Comple Message
ACRE - Authorization & Call Routing Equipment
Acoustic Echo Canceler - Circuit to reduce loud speaker echos
Acxion - Computer Chip Manufacturer
ADC - Audio to Digital Conversion
Adobe - Image Software Company
ADPCM - Adaptive Differential PCM
ADSL - Asymmetric DSL
AFN Communications
Agfa - Printing Company
AIN - Advanced Intelligent Network
Air Interface - Radio Interface
AKA - Authentication and Key Agreement
Alcatel - Voice and Data Software
ALI - Automatic Location Information
Allaire - Web Software
Allied Telesyn International
AMA Automatic Message Accounting
AMD - Chip Manufacturer
Ampal - American Israel Corp.
AMPS - Advanced Mobile hone Service
ANI - Automatic Number Identification
ANI II - ANI Information Digits
ANM - Answer Message
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
AOA - Angle of Arrival
APDU - Application PDU
AppsWorld - Trade Show
Aprisma Management Technologies - Control software
ARIB - Association of Radio Industries and Businesses
ARP - Authorized Receipt Point
Ascential - Formally Informix Business Solutions
ASME - AMerican Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASN - Abstract Syntax Notation
Asita Technologies - Security Software
AT - Access Tandem
ATIS - Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Audioconferencing - Meeting by telephone
Audiographic Conferencing - Teleconference supplemented with visuals
AUTH - An OMT bit that turns on Mobile Authentication
AUTHR - Authentication Response
AUTHU - Authentication Response to Unique Challenge
Avaya - Enterprise Software Company
AVNET - Computer Marketing - Division of Hall-Mark
B
B-channel - Bearer Channel of ISDN Line
B2B - Business to Business
B2C - Business to Consumer
Baby Bell - Regional Bell Telephone Company
Backbone - Network that carried the Heaviest Traffic
Bandwidth - A Network's Capacity
Baud - The Smallest Unit of Data on an Analog Line
BCD - Dinary Coded Decimal
BCH - Bose, Chaudhuri & Hocquengham error detection methodology
BEA Systems - Computer Software Company
BI - Business Intelligence
Bit - The Smallest Unit of Data on a Digital Line
Bluetooth - Wireless Networking Standard
BRI - Basic Rate Interface
Bridge - Device for linking three or more channels of voice or data
Brio - Business Intelligence Company
Broadbase - Business Intelligence Company
Broadcom Corp.
BroadVision - E-Business Provider
Buffwer - A Temporary Storage Location
C
Cache - A Temporary Storage Location Close to User
CACI
Camstar Systems
Cat-5 - (short for Category 5) Telephone/Networking Cable
Category 5 - Telephone/Networking Cable
CBR - Continuous Bit Rate
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
Celsian Technologies - Networking Company
CI - Chief Intelligence Officer
Circuit Switching - Temporary Communications Path between points
Cisco - Networking Manufacturing Company
Citrix - Computer Chip Manufacturer
Clerity Knowledge Exchanges
CMOS - Complimentary Metal Oxide Semi-Conductor
CNC - Computerized Numerical Control
Cognos - Business Intelligence Company
COLI - Corporate Owner's Life Insurance
Colocation - An Offsite Location
Compaq - Computer Manufacturer
Compression - Schemes to reduce the amount of information
Computer Associates - Software Company
CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CRM - Customer Relationship Management
Crossover Ventures
csma2000 - Wireless Standrd
CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
CTO - Chief Technology Officer
D
D&D - Dunn & Bradstreet
Daimler-Chrysler - New Name of Chrysler Motors
DAM - Digital Asset Management
Data Mining -
DB2 - IBM Database Software
DBMS - Database Management System
DDoS - Distributed Denial of Service
Deutsche Telekom - German Telephone Company
Digex - Web Hosting Company
Distance Education -
DOD - Department of Defense
DOJ - Department of Justice
DOM - Document Object Model
DoS - Denial of Service
DoubleClick - Web Site Advertising Company
DSP - Digital Signal Processing
E
e-B2B - Electronic Business to Business
EBPP - Electronic Bill Presentation and Payment
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
Enterasys Networks - Internet Company
E.piphany - Enterprise Solution Company
Epicor Software - Software Company
Ericsson - Mobile Phone Manufacturer
Ernst & Young - Accounting Company
ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
Ethernet - Most Common Type of LAN
ETL - Extraction, Transformation and Loading
Extranet - A Private WAN Using the Internet
F
FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions
FASB - Financial Accounting Standards Board
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
FEC - Forward Error Correction
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FHSS - Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
Frame Relay - Network that Supplies Bandwidth on Demand
FSC - Foreign Sales Corporation
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
Fujitsu Computer Products of America
G
G.Lite - Version of ADSL
G.SHDSL - Industry Version of SDSL
Gartner Group/DataQuest - Research Company
Genuity - A General Electric Division
GEP - General Enforcement Programs
Global Knowledge - Training Company
Gopher - Little used Text-Based Internet Protocol
GMPLS - Generalized Multiprotocol Labor Switching
GSM - Global System for Mobile Communications
GWU - George Washington University
H
Half Duplex - One-way Simultaneous Communication on Single Line
Hall-Mark - Computer Software Company
HDSL-2 - Second Generation of HDSL
HGP - Human Genome Project
Hitachi America - Equipment Manufacturer
Host - A Computer Connected to a Network Routing Traffic with the Internet
HP - Hewlett-Packard
HR - Human Resources
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP - Hypertext Transmission Protocol
Hub - Point where Circuits are Connected to a Network
I
I/O - In/Out
IBM - International Business Machines
IAD - Integrated Access Device
IDC - International Data Corp.
IDL - Interface Definition Language
IDSL - DSL over ISDN
Immelt, Jeffrey R. - Successor to Jack Welch
IMT - Intermachine Trunks
Ingram Micro - Software Distributor
Intel - Chip Manufacturer
interBiz - Division of Computer Associates
IP - Internet Protocol
IPO - Initial Public Offering
IPlanet - Formerly Netscape
ISDN - Digital Telephone Line
ISM - Industrial, Scientific and Medical
ISO - International Standards Organization
ISP - Internet Service Provider
IT - Intelligence Technology
ITC^DeltaCom - 
J
J2EE - Java 2 Enterprise Edition
J. D. Edwards - Accounting Company
JMS - Java Messaging Service
JSP - Java Server Pages
K
Komatsu - Korean Machinery Manufacturer
KM - Knowledge Management
KnowledgeMail - Tacity Knowledge E-mail Scanner
KPMG - Consulting Company
KSolutions - Software Company
L
LAN - Local Area Network
LBB - Load Balancing Broker
LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Linksys - Networking Manufacturer
Lockheed Martin - Aerospace Company
Lotus Development Corp. - IBM Software Division
Lotus Notes - Communication Program
M
Macromedia, Inc. - Software Company
Manugistics Group - Computer Software Company
McKinsey & Co. - Consulting Company
MCU - Multipoint Control Unit
mCommerce - Mobile (Wireless) Commerce
Media Metrix - Internet Ratings Company
Merant - Software Company
MIN - Mobile Identity Number
MMDS - Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System
MPLS - Multiprotocol Lable Switching
Motorola - Electronics Manufacturer
MRP - Manufacturing Report Planning
MSO - Multiple Service Operators
MSP - Managed Service Provider
Multicasting - Sending Data, Audio or Video Simultaneously
N
N2B - Network to Business
NCLIS - National Commission on Libraries and Information Services
NECX - Web B2B Commerce Exchange
NetIQ - Internet Company
NetObjects - Internet Company
Net Perceptions - Consulting Company
Networld + Interop
NIH - National Institutes of Health
NINDS - Nationakl Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NIPC - National Infrastructure Protection Center
Node - A Point where Devices Connect to a Network.
Novell - Networking Manufacturer
NSF - National Science Foundation
O
ODSI - Optical Domain Service Interconnect
OEO - Optical-Eltrical-Optical
OOO - Optical-Optical-Optical (all Optical Switch)
Open Market - Web Application Company
OSRP - Optical Switch and Routing Protocol
OTD - Order-to-Delivery
OXC Optical Cross Connect
P
Packet - A Bundle of Data
PAN - Personal Area Network
PCMCIA - Laptop Cards
PDH - Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
PERL - Internet Scripting Language
Phillips - European Manufacturer
PIRA - Public Information Resources Administration
PKI - Public Key Infrastructure
Plumtree Software, Inc. - Software Company
PM - Phenotype Micro Array panels
Portal - Web jumping off page
POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
Protocol - A Standardized Format
PVS - Permanent Virtual Circuit
Q
QAM - Quadrature Amplification Modulation
QoS - Quality of Service
QPSK - Quadrature Phase Shifted Key
QuestionExchange - Company
R
R&D - Research and Development
RADSL - Rate Adaptive DSL Line
RCN - Telephone-Cable Company
Router - A Device Which Decides Paths Network Traffic will Follow.
S
SAN - Storage Area Network
SAP - Service Access Points
Sapphire - Web Application Server
Schrempp - Chrysler's CEO
SDF - Service Demand Forecasting
SEC Security and Exchange Commission
SEP - Specific Enforcement Program
ShipChem - Division of Eastern Chemical
SHTTP - Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Siemens - German Telephone Manufacturer
Silicon Valley - California's High Tech Center
SIMS - Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Six Sigma - Quality Training Program
SMB - Small and Medium Sized Businesses
SMS - Short Message Series
SSA Global Technologies -
SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
STG Holdings -
Strategic Focus - Research Company
Supercomm - Network Tradeshow
SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics
Sybase - Database Company
T
T-1 - Trunk Level 1 (1.54 Mbps)
T-3 - Trunk Level 3 (45 Mbps)
Tacit Knowledge Systems, Inc.
Taglibs - Tag Libraries
Telecom - Telecommunications
Telephony - Combined Voice and Data Services
TOC - Technical Operations Center
Token Ring - Type of Network which runs at 4 or 16 Mbps
TSR - Terabit Switching Router
U
UBS - Universal Business Server
ULH - Ultra Long Haul
UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems
UTP - Unshielded Twisted Pair
UV - Ultra Violet
V
VAR - Valued Added Reseller
VBR - Variable Bit Rate
VDSL - Very High Bit Rate DSL
Viador, Inc. -
VOD - Video On Demand
VoDSL - Voice Over DSL
VOFDM - Vectored Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
VoIP - Voice Over IP
VPN - Virtual Private Network
VSR Very Short Reach
Vyyo - Wireless Networking Company
W
Wan - Wide Area Network
WAP - Wireless Application Protocol
WASP - Wireless Application Service Provider
WebSphere - IBM Web Application
WebTrends - Web Site Analysis Software
Welch, Jack - Legendary GE CEO
Wi-Fi - Wireless Ethernet
Williams Communications
Windows ME - Windows Millennium
Windows XP - Professional Version of Windows
WSS - Wavelength Selective Switch
WTO - World Trade Organization
X
Xacct Technologies
Xacctmobile -
XML - Exstensible Markup Language
Y

Z
ZLE - Zero Latency Enterprise