Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Computer hardware’
- Code
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Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- DON
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Disque Optique Numérique
- DOT
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Data Output Tape
- DP
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Data Processor
The abbreviation DP (Data Processor) is included in abbreviations such as CDP (Command Data Processor), ODDP (Object-Dependent Data Processor), RSDP (Remote Site Data Processor), SDP (Shuttle Data Processor), SDP (Site Data Processor), SDP (Standard Data Processor), TDP (Tracking Data Processor), EDP (Embedded Data Processor) and PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1).
- DPA
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Differential Power Analysis
- DPI
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Dots Per Inch
- DPP
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DTD (Document Type Definition) Pre-processor Parser
- DPSS
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Data Processing Services Subsystem
The abbreviation DPSS (Data Processing Services Subsystem) includes the abbreviation DP (Data Processing).
- DPU
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Digital Processing Unit
- DRAM
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Dynamic Random Access Memory
The abbreviation DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) is included in the abbreviation SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory), and it includes the abbreviation RAM (Random Access Memory).
- DRK
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Display Request Keyboard
- DRR
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Data Recorder or Reproducer
- DRS
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Data Recording System
- DSAD
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Data Systems and Analysis Directorate
- DSCIM
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Display System Computer Input Multiplexer
- DSCU
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Digital Computer Switching Unit
- DSE
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Data Storage Equipment
- DSP
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Digital Signal Processor
The abbreviation DSP (Digital Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).
- DSS
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Data Support System
The abbreviation DSS (Data Support System) includes the abbreviation SS (Support System).
- DT
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Data Tape
The abbreviation DT (Data Tape) is included in abbreviations such as CDT (Compressed Data Tape), CSDT (Computer Software Data Tape), SDT (Shuttle Data Tape), MSDT (Multiple Shuttle Data Tape), PDT (Payload Data Tape), TDT (Telemetry Data Tape) and EADT (Experiment Agency Data Tape).
- DTE
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Data Terminal Equipment
The abbreviation DTE (Data Terminal Equipment) includes the abbreviation TE (Terminal Equipment).
DTE is equivalent to ETD (Equipo Terminal de Datos) in Spanish, ETD (Equip Terminal de Dades) in Catalan, DEE (Datenendeinrichtung) in German, ETTD (Équipement Terminal de Traitement de Données) in French.
- DTVC
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Data Transmission and Verification Converter
- DTVC
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Digital Transmission and Verification Converter
- DUART
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Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter
The abbreviation DUART (Dual Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter) includes the abbreviation UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter).
- DUE
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Datenübertragungseinrichtung
- DVD
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Digital Versatile Disc
- DVMA
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Device Virtual Memory Access
- EAC
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Emergency Action Console
- EADT
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Experiment Agency Data Tape
The abbreviation EADT (Experiment Agency Data Tape) includes the abbreviation DT (Data Tape).
- EAROM
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Electrically Alterable Read-Only Memory
The abbreviation EAROM (Electrically Alterable Read-Only Memory) includes the abbreviation ROM (Read-Only Memory).
- EBC
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Emulated Buffer Computer
- EBS
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Amazon Elastic Block Store
- EC
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Experiment Computer
- EC2
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Elastic Compute Cloud
- EC2
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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
- ECA
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Electronic Computer Assembly
- ECMA
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European Computer Manufacturers Association
- ECT
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Experiment Command Tape
- ECU
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Electrical Control Unit
- EDDL
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Electronic Device Description Language
- EDO
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Extended Data Out
- EDP
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Embedded Data Processor
The abbreviation EDP (Embedded Data Processor) includes the abbreviation DP (Data Processor).
- EDPE
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Electronic Data Processing Equipment
The abbreviation EDPE (Electronic Data Processing Equipment) includes the abbreviation DP (Data Processing).
- EDPL
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Engineering Development Processor Laboratory
- EDPM
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Electronic Data Processing Machine
The abbreviation EDPM (Electronic Data Processing Machine) includes the abbreviation DP (Data Processing).
- EEPROM
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Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
The abbreviation EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) includes abbreviations PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory) and ROM (Read-Only Memory).
- EGC
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Experiment Ground Computer
The abbreviation EGC (Experiment Ground Computer) includes the abbreviation GC (Ground Computer).
- EHSD
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Existing Hardware/Software Data Base
- EMCIT
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(Agreement Group for) European Testing of Electromagnetic Compatibility of Information Technology Products
- EMSP
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Enhanced Modular Signal Processor
The abbreviation EMSP (Enhanced Modular Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).
- EMU
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Extended Memory Unit
- ENIAC
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Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
- ENIAC
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Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
- EOT
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End Of Tape
- EPLD
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Electrically Erasable Programmable Logic Device
- EPROM
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Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
The abbreviation EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) includes abbreviations PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory) and ROM (Read-Only Memory).
- ETD
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Equipo Terminal de Datos
ETD is equivalent to DTE, DEE, ETTD (see above).
- ETD
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Equip Terminal de Dades
ETD is equivalent to DTE, DEE, ETTD (see above).
- ETTD
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Équipement Terminal de Traitement de Données
ETTD is equivalent to DTE, ETD, DEE, ETTD (see above).
- EVMS
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Enterprise Volume Management System
- EXC
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Experiment Computer
- EXH
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Exchange Hardware
- FC
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Flight Computer
The abbreviation FC (Flight Computer) is included in abbreviations such as BFC (Backup Flight Computer), FCOS (Flight Computer Operating System) and MFC (Multiple-Flight Computer).
- FDK
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Flight Display Keyboard
The abbreviation FDK (Flight Display Keyboard) includes the abbreviation DK (Display Keyboard).
- FDSCU
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Fluid Distribution System Control Unit
The abbreviation FDSCU (Fluid Distribution System Control Unit) includes the abbreviation FDS (Fluid Distribution System).
- FEP
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Front-End Processor
- FIFO
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First In/First Out
- FKB
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Flight Display Keyboard
- FMAHTS
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Flight Manifest and Hardware Tracking System
- FMSP
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Frequency Modulation Signal Processor
The abbreviation FMSP (Frequency Modulation Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).
- FOSII
-
Foundations of Self-Governing ICT Infrastructures
- FP
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Flexible Processor
- FPGA
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Field-Programmable Gate Array
- FPP
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Floating-Point Processor
- FPSP
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Focal Plane Signal Processor
The abbreviation FPSP (Focal Plane Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).
- FSB
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Front Side Bus
- FTMC
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Fault-Tolerant Memory Control
- GART
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Graphics Address Remapping Table
- GBC
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Game Boy Color
- GC
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Ground Computer
The abbreviation GC (Ground Computer) is included in abbreviations such as EGC (Experiment Ground Computer), GCID (Ground Computer Interface Device) and GCOS (Ground Computer Operating System).
- GC
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Guidance Computer
- GCCC
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Ground Control Computer Center
The abbreviation GCCC (Ground Control Computer Center) includes the abbreviation GC (Ground Control).
- GCDCS
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Ground Checkout Display and Control System
- GCID
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Ground Computer Interface Device
The abbreviation GCID (Ground Computer Interface Device) includes the abbreviation GC (Ground Computer).
- GCILU
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Ground Control Interface Logic Unit
The abbreviation GCILU (Ground Control Interface Logic Unit) includes abbreviations GC (Ground Control) and GCIL (Ground Control Interface Logic).
- GCOS
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Ground Computer Operating System
The abbreviation GCOS (Ground Computer Operating System) includes abbreviations OS (Operating System) and GC (Ground Computer).
- GCU
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General Control Unit
- GDP
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Generalized Documentation Processor
- GIDS
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General-Purpose Interactive Display System
- GLP
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GOAL Language Processor
- GMA
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Graphics Media Accelerator
- GNC
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Guidance and Navigation Computer
- GPC
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General Purpose Computer
- GPS
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General Processing Subsystem
- GSPR
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Guidance Signal Processor-Repeater
The abbreviation GSPR (Guidance Signal Processor-Repeater) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).
- GSSC
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Ground Support Simulation Computer
- GVSC
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Generic VHSIC Spacecraft Computer
- HAL
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Hardware Abstraction Layer
- HAL
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Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer
- HAM
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Hold-and-Modify
- HAP
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Hardware Allocation Panel
- HAP
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High-Speed Arithmetic Processor
- HAP
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Honeywell Array Processor
- HC
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Hybrid Computer
- HCCB
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Hardware Configuration Control Board
The abbreviation HCCB (Hardware Configuration Control Board) includes abbreviations CCB (Configuration Control Board) and CB (Control Board).
- HCL
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Hardware Control Language
- HCRB
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Hardware Configuration Review Board
The abbreviation HCRB (Hardware Configuration Review Board) includes abbreviations RB (Review Board), CR (Configuration Review) and CRB (Configuration Review Board).
- HDA
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Hardware Disposition Area
- HDD
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Hard Disk Drive
- HDL
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Hardware Description Language
- HDM
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Hard Disk Manager
- HDS
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Hardware Description Sheet
- HE
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Hardware Evaluation
- HE
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Hardware Evaluator
- HIC
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Hardware Integration Contractor
- HID
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Hardware Interface Device
- HIL
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Hardware In Loop
- HILS
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Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation
- HIM
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Hardware Interface Module
- HIP
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Hardware Interface Panel
- HIP
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Hardware Interface Processor
- HIP
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Hardware Interface Program
- HMC
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Hardware Management Console
- HMU
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Hardware Mockup
- HOLC
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High-Order Language Computer
- HP
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Hewlett-Packard
- HPCC
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High Performance Computing Cluster
The abbreviation HPCC (High Performance Computing Cluster) includes the abbreviation HPC (High Performance Computing).
- HPU
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Habana Processing Unit
- HRE
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Hardware Reuse Evaluation
- HSC
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Hardware and Software Coordination
- HSD
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High-Speed Device
- HSL
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Hardware Simulation Laboratory
- HSP
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High-Speed Printer
- HSR
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Hardware Status Register
- HSR
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High Speed Reader
- HSS
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Home Subscribe Server
- HTC
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Hybrid Technology Computer
- HUL
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Hardware Utilization List
- HULL
-
Hardware Utilization and Location List
- HVD
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Holographic Versatile Disc
- HVM
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Hardware Virtual Machine
- HW
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Hardware
- HW/SW
-
Hardware/Software
- HWCI
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Hardware Configuration Item
The abbreviation HWCI (Hardware Configuration Item) includes the abbreviation CI (Configuration Item).
- HWIL
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Hardware In Loop
- HYDAC
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Hybrid Digital-Analog Computer
- IAD
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Integrated Access Device
- IAH
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Interface Attachment Hardware
- IBM
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International Business Machines (https://www.ibm.com/)
- IC2E
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International Conference on Cloud Engineering
- ICDA
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Integrated Cached Disk Array
- ICSM
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IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Computer Systems Magazine
- ICU
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Interface Control Unit
- ID
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Interface Device
- IDAC
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Integrated Digital-Analog Converter
- IDC
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IMBLMS Digital Computer
- IDOT
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Instrument Digital On-Line Transcriber
- IDP
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Interface Digital Processor
- IDTC
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IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Design Test Computers
- IHSR
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Integrated Hardware/Software Review
- IHV
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Independent Hardware Vendor
- IJMM
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International Journal of Mini Microcomputers
- IJScA
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International Journal of Supercomputer Applications
- ILP
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Instruction Level Parallelism
- IM
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Information Memory
- IMIC
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Integrated Management Information Computer
- IMP
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Initial Memory Protection
- IOB
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Input/Output Box
- IOBPS
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Input/Output Box and Peripheral Simulator
- IOCU
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Input/Output Control Unit
- IOMMU
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Input/Output Memory Management Unit
The abbreviation IOMMU (Input/Output Memory Management Unit) includes the abbreviation MMU (Memory Management Unit).
- IOP
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Input/Output Processor
- IP
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Interfacing Processor
- IP
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Instrument Processor
- IRAM
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Input Random Access Memory
The abbreviation IRAM (Input Random Access Memory) includes the abbreviation RAM (Random Access Memory).
- IRQ
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Interrupt Request
- ITCmp
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IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Transactions on Computers
- JCSC
-
Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers
- JEEC
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Joint ECMA (European Computer Manufacturer's Association) ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) Committee
- JHDL
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Just Another Hardware Definition Language (www.jhdl.org)
- KB
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Keyboard
The abbreviation KB (Keyboard) is included in abbreviations such as KBU (Keyboard Unit) and KBIM (Keyboard Interface Module).
- KBU
-
Keyboard Unit
The abbreviation KBU (Keyboard Unit) includes the abbreviation KB (Keyboard).
- KCRT
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Keyboard Cathode-Ray Tube
- KDT
-
Keyboard and Display Test
- KIP
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Keyboard Input Processor
- KU
-
Keyboard Unit
- KVnT
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Kibernetika i Vychislitel'naia Tekhnika
KVnT is equivalent to КиВТ (Кибернетика и вычислительная техника) in Russian.
- KuSP
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Ku-band Signal Processor
The abbreviation KuSP (Ku-band Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).
- LBM
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Load Buffer Memory
- LDB
-
Launch Data Bus
The abbreviation LDB (Launch Data Bus) includes the abbreviation DB (Data Bus).
- LLCF
-
Launch and Landing Computational Facility
- LME
-
Launch Monitor Equipment
- LOCI
-
Logarithmic Calculating Instrument
- LTHIS
-
Laboratory Test Hardware Inventory Status
- LVDC
-
Launch Vehicle Digital Computer
The abbreviation LVDC (Launch Vehicle Digital Computer) includes the abbreviation LV (Launch Vehicle).
- MAC
-
Multiaccess Computer
- MADC
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Multiplexer Analog-To-Digital Converter
- MAID
-
Massive Array of Idle Disks
- MAR
-
Memory Address Register
- MBM
-
Magnetic Bubble Memory
- MBPS
-
Main Bus Power Supply
The abbreviation MBPS (Main Bus Power Supply) includes the abbreviation PS (Power Supply).