| Acronym | Meaning |
| DEC | Digital Equipment Corporation |
| ACM | Association For Computing Machinery |
| AUI | Attachment Unit Interface |
| CCITT | Consultative Committee For International Telephony And Telegraphy |
| NCSA | National Center For Supercomputing Applications |
| HDR | High Data Rate |
| FAT | File Allocation Table |
| IBM | International Business Machines |
| ASIC | Application-Specific Integrated Circuit |
| SMIL | Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language |