| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOOTP | BOOTstrap Protocol |
| TANSTAAFL | There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch |
| SONET | Synchronous Optical Network |
| UNC | Universal Naming Convention |
| HAL | Hardware Abstraction Layer |
| DAO | Data Access Objects |
| WOSA | Windows Open Services Architecture |
| TIA | Thanks In Advance |
| DWDM | Dense Wave Division Multiplexing |
| CYA | Cover Your Ass |