| Acronym | Meaning |
| NDMP | Network Data Management Protocol |
| CDPD | Cellular Digital Packet Data |
| PTH | Plated Through-Hole |
| IDEA | International Data Encryption Algorithm |
| MP3 | MPEG Layer 3 |
| MIB | Management Information Base |
| CODEC | Compression/Decompression |
| FLOPS | Floating-point Operations Per Second |
| CISC | Complex Instruction-Set Computing |
| DIN | Deutsches Institut F?r Normung (German Institute For Standardization) |