| Acronym | Meaning |
| NAT | Network Address Translation |
| RFC | Request For Comments |
| AMANDA | Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver |
| VME BUS | VersaModule Eurocard Bus |
| YAHOO | Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle |
| MS-DOS | Microsoft Disk Operating System |
| AES | Asynchronous Event Scheduler |
| HDLC | High-level Data Link Control |
| HD | High Density |
| SET | Secure Electronic Transaction |