| Acronym | Meaning |
| VBNS | Very High-speed Backbone Network Service |
| OOP | Object-Oriented Programming |
| EGA | Enhanced Graphics Adapter |
| UCITA | Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act |
| GIF | Graphical Interchange Format |
| AES | Asynchronous Event Scheduler |
| PCMCIA | Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
| CODASYL | Conference On Data Systems Languages |
| I/O | Input/Output |
| ASIC | Application-Specific Integrated Circuit |