| Acronym | Meaning |
 | ABEND | Abnormal End |
 | IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
 | CERT | The CERT Coordination Center |
 | POP | Post Office Protocol |
 | BOOTP | BOOTstrap Protocol |
 | CLEC | Competitive Local Exchange Carriers |
 | RDBMS | Relational Database Management System |
 | AIFF-C | Audio Interchange File Format |
 | AMANDA | Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver |
 | GPRS | General Packet Radio Service |