H.3 Conventions: Acronyms

AP

Application Program

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

CD-ROM

Compact Disc - Read Only Memory

CMT

Cassette Magnetic Tape

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection

DAT

Digital Audio Taperecorder

DNS

Domain Name System

FD

Floppy Disk

FPD

Floptical Disk

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HD

Hard Disk

IPF

Itanium(R) Processor Family

LAN

Local Area Network

NAT

Network Address Translation

NIC

Network Interface Card

OS

Operating System

PC

Personal Computer

PP

Program Product

RDB

Relational Database

SCSI

Small Computer System Interface

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

UAP

User Application Program

WS

Workstation