K.3 Conventions: Acronyms

AP

Application Program

APIPA

Automatic Private IP Addressing

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CSV

Comma Separated Values

DB

Database

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS

Domain Name Server

EUC

Extended UNIX Code

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

ID

Identification

IP

Internet Protocol

IPF

Itanium(R) Processor Family

IPv4

Internet Protocol Version 4

IPv6

Internet Protocol Version 6

JIS

Japanese Industrial Standard code

JRE

JavaTM 2 Runtime Environment

LAN

Local Area Network

MIB

Management Information Base

NAPT

Network Address Port Translation

NAT

Network Address Translation

NIC

Network Interface Card

OS

Operating System

PAT

Port Address Translation

PC

Personal Computer

RFC

Request For Comment

SJIS

Shift JIS

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics

TCO

Total Cost of Ownership

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

UAC

User Account Control

UDP

User Datagram Protocol

URI

Uniform Resource Identifier

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

VM

Virtual Machine

VML

Vector Markup Language

WAN

Wide Area Network

WOW64

Windows On Windows 64

WSFC

Windows Server Failover Clustering

WWW

World Wide Web