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• A/D = Analog to Digital
• A/V = Audio/Visual
• AAC = Advanced Audio Coding
• AARP = AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol
• ABBH = Average Bouncing Busy Hour
• ABC = Atanasoff-Berry Computer
• ABEND = Abnormal End
• AC = Alternating Current
• ACD = Automatic Call Distributor
• ACeS = Asia Cellular Satellite System
• ACK = Acknowledge Character
• ACL = Access Control List
• ACM = Association for Computing Machinery
• ACPI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
• ACTA = America's Carriers Telecommunications Association
• ACU = Automatic Calling Unit
• ADB = Apple Desktop Bus
• ADCCP = Advanced Data Communications Control Protocol
• ADO = ActiveX Data Objects
• ADP = Automatic Data Processing
• ADPCM = Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
• ADS = Alternate Data Streams
• ADSL = Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• ADVEIS = Anti-Virus Dependent Vulnerabilities in E-mail Infrastructure Security
• AES = Asynchronous Event Scheduler
• AFAIK = As Far As I Know
• AGP = Accelerated Graphics Port
• AH = Authentication Header
• AI = Artificial Intelligence
• AIFF and AIFF-C = Audio Interchange File Format
• AIML = Astronomical Instrument Markup Language
• AIX = Advanced Interactive Executive
• ALGOL = Algorithmic Language
• ALU = Arithmetic (and) Logic Unit
• AMANDA = Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
• AMD = Advanced Micro Devices
• AML = Astronomy Markup Language
• AMP = Advanced Metal Powder
• AMPS = Advanced Mobile Phone System
• AMS = American Mobile Satellite Corporation
• AN = Active Network
• ANSA = Adaptive Network Security Alliance
• ANSI = American National Standards Institute
• AOL = America Online
• APA = All Points Addressable
• API = Application Program(ming) Interface
• APM = Advanced Power Management
• APP = Application Portability Profile
• APWG = Anti-Phishing Working Group
• ARLL = Advanced Run Length Limited
• ARM = Advanced (Acorn) RISC Machine
• ARM = Advanced RISC Machines Ltd
• ARP = Address Resolution Protocol
• ARPA = Advanced Research Projects Agency
• ARQ = Automatic Repeat Request
• ASAP = Activate Secure Authentication Protocol
• ASAP = As Soon As Possible
• ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• ASF = ActiveMovie Streaming Format
• ASIC = Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
• ASP = Active Server Pages
• ASP = Application Service Provider
• ASP = Association of Shareware Professionals
• AT = Attention
• ATA = AT Attachment
• ATL = Active (ActiveX) Template Library
• ATM = Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• AUI = Attachment Unit Interface
• AVI = Audio/Video Interleaved format
• AWHFY = Are We Having Fun Yet
• AWT = Abstract Windows Toolkit