| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPS | Characters Per Second |
| DIF | Data Interchange Format |
| CTI | Computer-Telephony Integration |
| FAMOS | Floating Gate Avalanche MOS |
| PCS | Personal Communications System |
| USR | US Robotics |
| VBE | Vesa Bios Extension |
| DEC | Digital Equipment Corporation |
| OSI | Open System Interconnection |
| RDBMS | Relational Database Management System |