B.6 Conventions: Acronyms
This manual also uses the following acronyms.
Acronym |
Full name or meaning |
---|---|
AIX |
Advanced Interactive Executive |
API |
Application Programming Interface |
CC |
Carbon Copy |
DB |
Data Base |
DWORD |
Double Word |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
HTTP |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol |
HTTPS |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Security |
ID |
IDentifier |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
IPF |
Itanium(R) Processor Family |
IT |
Information Technology |
NAT |
Network Address Translation |
OS |
Operating System |
PCRE |
Perl Compatible Regular Expressions |
SAN |
Storage Area Network |
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
SSL |
Secure Socket Layer |
TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
UAC |
User Account Control |
udp |
User Datagram Protocol |
URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
UTF |
Unicode Transformation Format |
WMI |
Windows Management Instrumentation |