Acronymns II (Optional) Flashcards
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4GL
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Fourth-generation language
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ACID
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Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability
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ACL
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Access control list
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AES
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Advanced Encryption Standard
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AH
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Authentication header
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AI
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Artificial intelligence
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AICPA
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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ALE
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Annual loss expectancy
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ALU
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Arithmetic-logic unit
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ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
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API
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Application programming interface
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ARP
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Address Resolution Protocol
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ASIC
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Application-specific integrated circuit
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ATDM
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Asynchronous time division multiplexing
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ATM (Technology)
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Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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ATM (Banking)
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Automated teller machine
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B-to-B
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Business-to-business
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B-to-C
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Business-to-consumer
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B-to-E
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Business-to-employee
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B-to-G
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Business-to-government
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BCI
A
Business Continuity Institute
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BCM
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Business continuity management
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BCP
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Business continuity plan
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BCP
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Business continuity planning
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BDA
Business dependency assessment
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BI
Business intelligence
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BIA
Business impact analysis
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BIMS
Biometric Information Management and Security
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BIOS
Basic Input/Output System
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BIS
Bank for International Settlements
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BLP
Bypass label process
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BNS
Backbone network services
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BOM
Bill of materials
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BOMP
Bill of materials processor
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BPR
Business process reengineering
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BRP
Business recovery (or resumption) plan
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BSC
Balanced scorecard
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C-to-G
Consumer-to-government
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CA
Certificate authority
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CAAT
Computer-assisted audit technique
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CAD
Computer-assisted design
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CAE
Computer-assisted engineering
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CAM
Computer-aided manufacturing
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CASE
Computer-aided software engineering
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CCK
Complementary Code Keying
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CCM
Constructive Cost Model
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CD
Compact disk
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CD-R
Compact disk-recordable
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CD-RW
Compact disk-rewritable
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CDDF
Call Data Distribution Function
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CDPD
Cellular Digital Packet Data
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CEO
Chief executive officer
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CERT
Computer emergency response team
54
CGI
Common gateway interface
55
CIA
Confidentiality, integrity, and availability
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CIAC
Computer Incident Advisory Capability
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CICA
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
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CIM
Computer-integrated manufacturing
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CIO
Chief information officer
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CIS
Continuous and intermittent simulation
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CISO
Chief information security officer
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CMDB
Configuration management database
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CMM
Capability Maturity Model
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CMMI
Capability Maturity Model Integration
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CNC
Computerized Numeric Control
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COCOMO2
Constructive Cost Model
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CODASYL
Conference on Data Systems Language
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COM
Component Object Model
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COM/DCOM
Component Object Model/Distributed Component Object Model
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COOP
Continuity of operations plan
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CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
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CoS
Class of service
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COSO
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
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CPM
Critical Path Methodology
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CPO
Chief privacy officer
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CPS
Certification practice statement
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CRC
Cyclic redundancy check
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CRL
Certificate revocation list
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CRM
Customer relationship management
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CSA
Control self-assessment
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CSF
Critical success factor
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CSIRT
Computer security incident response team
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CSMA/CA
Carrier-sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance
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CSMA/CD
Carrier-sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
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CSO
Chief security officer
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CSU-DSU
Channel service unit/digital service unit
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DAC
Discretionary access control
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DASD
Direct access storage device
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DAT
Digital audio tape
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DBMS
Database management system
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DCE
Data communications equipment
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DCE
Distributed computing environment
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DCOM
Distributed Component Object Model (Microsoft)
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DCT
Discrete Cosine Transform
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DD/DS
Data dictionary/directory system
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DDL
Data Definition Language
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DDN
Digital Divide Network
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DDoS
Distributed denial of service
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DECT
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
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DES
Data Encryption Standard
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DFD
Data flow diagram
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DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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DID
Direct inward dial
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DIP
Document image processing
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DLL
Dynamic link library
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DMS
Disk management system
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DMZ
Demilitarized zone
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DNS
Domain name system
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DoS
Denial of service
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DOSD
Data-oriented system development
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DRII
Disaster Recovery Institute International
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DRM
Digital rights management
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DRP
Disaster recovery plan
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DRP
Disaster recovery planning
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DSL
Digital subscriber lines
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DSS
Decision support systems
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DSSS
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
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DTE
Data terminal equipment
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DTR
Data terminal ready
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DVD
Digital video disc
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DVD-HD
Digital video disc-high definition/high density
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DW
Data warehouse
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EA
Enterprise architecture
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EAC
Estimates at completion
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EAI
Enterprise application integration
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EAM
Embedded audit module
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EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
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EBCDIC
Extended Binary-coded for Decimal Interchange Code
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EC
Electronic commerce
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ECC
Elliptic Curve Cryptography
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EDFA
Enterprise data flow architecture
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EDI
Electronic data interchange
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EER
Equal-error rate
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EFT
Electronic funds transfer
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EIGRP
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
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EJB
Enterprise java beans
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EMI
Electromagnetic interference
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EMRT
Emergency response time
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ERD
Entity relationship diagram
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ERP
Enterprise resource planning
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ESP
Encapsulating security payload
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EVA
Earned value analysis
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FAR
False-acceptance rate
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FAT
File allocation table
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FC
Fibre channels
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FDDI
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
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FDM
Frequency division multiplexing
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FEA
Federal enterprise architecture
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FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Association (USA)
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FER
Failure-to-enroll rate
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FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (USA)
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FFIEC
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (USA)
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FFT
Fast Fourier Transform
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FHSS
Frequency-hopping spread spectrum
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FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standards
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FP
Function point
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FPA
Function point analysis
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FRAD
Frame relay assembler/disassembler
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FRB
Federal Reserve Board (USA)
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FRR
False-rejection rate
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GAS
Generalized audit software
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Gb
Gigabit
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GB
Gigabyte
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GID
Group ID
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GIS
Geographic information systems
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GPS
Global positioning system
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GSM
Global system for mobile communications
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GUI
Graphical user interface
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HA
High availability
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HD-DVD
High definition/high density-digital video disc
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HDLC
High-level data link control
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HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (USA)
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HIPO
Hierarchy input-process-output
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HMI
Human machine interfacing
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HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
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HW/SW
Hardware/software
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I/O
Input/output
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I&A
Identification and authentication
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ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
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ICT
Information and communication technologies
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IDE
Integrated development environment
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IDEF1X
Integration Definition for Information Modeling
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IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
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IMS
Integrated manufacturing systems
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IPF
Information processing facility
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IPL
Initial program load
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IPMA
International Project Management Association
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IPRs
Intellectual property rights
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IPS
Intrusion prevention system
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IPSec
IP Security
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IPX
Internetwork Packet Exchange
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IR
Incident response
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IR
Infrared
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IRC
Internet relay chat
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IrDA
Infrared Data Association
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IRM
Incident response management
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IS/DRP
IS disaster recovery planning
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ISAKMP/
Internet Security Association and Key Oakley Management Protocol/Oakley
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ISAM
Indexed Sequential Access Method
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ISDN
Integrated services digital network
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ISP
Internet service provider
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ITF
Integrated test facility
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ITGI
IT Governance Institute
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ITIL
Information Technology Infrastructure Library
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ITSM
IT service management
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ITT
Invitation to tender
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ITU
International Telecommunications Union
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IVR
Interactive voice response
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JIT
Just in time
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Kb
Kilobit
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KB
Kilobyte
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KB
Knowledge base
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KGI
Key goal indicator
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KPI
Key performance indicator
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L2TP
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
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LCP
Link Control Protocol
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M&A
Mergers and acquisition
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MAC
Mandatory access control
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MAC
Message Authentication Code
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MAC
Address Media Access Control Address
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MAN
Metropolitan area network
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MAP
Manufacturing accounting and production
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MIS
Management information system
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MODEM
Modulator/demodulator
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MOS
Maintenance out of service
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MPLS
Multiprotocol label switching
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MRP
Manufacturing resources planning
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MSAUs
Multistation access units
229
MTBF
Mean time between failures
230
MTS
MicrosoftÕs Transaction Server
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MTTR
Mean time to repair
232
NAP
Network access point
233
NAS
Network access server
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NAS
Network attached storage
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NAT
Network address translation
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NCP
Network Control Protocol
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NDA
Nondisclosure agreement
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NFPA
National Fire Protection Agency (USA)
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NFS
Network File System
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NIC
Network interface card
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NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)
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NNTP
Network News Transfer Protocol
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NSP
Name Server Protocol
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NSP
Network service provider
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NT
New technology
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NTFS
NT file system
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NTP
Network Time Protocol
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OBS
Object breakdown structure
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OCSP
Online Certificate Status Protocol
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ODC
On-demand computing
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OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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OEP
Occupant emergency plan
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OLAP
Online analytical processing
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OOSD
Object-oriented system development
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ORB
Object request broker
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OS
Operating system
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OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
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OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
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PAD
Packet assembler/disassembler
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PAN
Personal area network
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PBX
Private branch exchange
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PDA
Personal digital assistant
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PDCA
Plan-do-check-act
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PDN
Public data network
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PER
Package-enabled reengineering
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PICS
Platform for Internet Content Selection
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PID
Process ID
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PID
Project initiation document
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PKI
Public key infrastructure
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PLC
Programmable logic controllers
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PMBOK
Project Management Body of Knowledge
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PMI
Project Management Institute
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POC
Proof of concept
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POP
Proof of possession
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POS
Point of sale (or Point-of-sale systems)
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POTS
Plain old telephone service
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PPP
Point-to-point Protocol
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PPPoE
Point-to-point Protocol Over Ethernet
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PPTP
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
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PR
Public relations
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PRD
Project request document
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PRINCE2
Projects in Controlled Environments 2
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PROM
Programmable Read-only Memory
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PSTN
Public switched telephone network
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PVC
Permanent virtual circuit
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QA
Quality assurance
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QAT
Quality assurance testing
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RA
Registration authority
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RAD
Rapid application development
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RADIUS
Remote Access Dial-in User Service
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RAID
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
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RAM
Random access memory
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RAS
Remote access service
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RBAC
Role-based access control
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RDBMS
Relational database management system
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RF
Radio frequencies
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RFI
Request for information
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RFP
Request for proposal
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RIP
Routing Information Protocol
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RMI
Remote method invocation
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ROI
Return on investment
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ROLAP
Relational online analytical processing
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ROM
Read-only memory
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RPC
Remote procedure call
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RPO
Recovery point objective
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RSN
Robust secure network
307
RST
Reset
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RTO
Recovery time objective
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RTU
Remote terminal unit
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RW
Rewritable
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S/HTTP
Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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S/MIME
Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
313
SA
Security Association
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SAN
The SANS Institute
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SANS
SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security
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SAS
Statement on Auditing Standards
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SBC
Session border controller
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SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
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SCARF
Systems Control Audit Review File
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SCARF/EAM
Systems Control Audit Review File and Embedded Audit
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SCM
Supply chain management
322
SCOR
Supply chain operations reference
323
SD/MMC
Secure digital multimedia card
324
SDLC
System development life cycle
325
SDO
Service delivery objective
326
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission (USA)
327
SET
Secure electronic transactions
328
SIP
Service improvement plan
329
SLA
Service level agreement
330
SLIP
Serial Line Internet Protocol
331
SLM
Service level management
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SLOC
Source lines of code
333
SMARRT
Specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, results-oriented, and timely
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SME
Subject matter expert
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SMF
System management facility
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SMTP
Simple Mail Transport Protocol
337
SNA
Systems network architecture
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SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
339
SO
Security officer
340
SOA
Service-oriented architectures
341
SOAP
Simple Object Access Protocol
342
SOHO
Small office-home office
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SOW
Statement of work
344
SPI
Security parameter index
345
SPICE
Software Process Improvement and Capability dEetermination
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SPOC
Single point of contact
347
SPOOL
Simultaneous peripheral operations online
348
SQL
Structured Query Language
349
SSH
Secure Shell
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SSID
Service Set Identifier
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SSO
Single sign-on
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SVC
Switched virtual circuits
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SYSGEN
System generation
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TACACS
Terminal Access Control Access Control System
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TCO
Total cost of ownership
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TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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TCP/UDP
Transmission Control Protocol/User Datagram Protocol
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TDM
Time-division multiplexing
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TELNET
Teletype network
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TES
Terminal emulation software
361
TFTP
Trivial File Transport Protocol
362
TKIP
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
363
TLS
Transport layer security
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TMS
Tape management system
365
TP
monitors Transaction processing monitors
366
TQM
Total quality management
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TR
Technical report
368
UAT
User acceptance testing
369
UBE
Unsolicited bulk email
370
UDDI
Universal description, discovery and integration
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UDP
User Datagram Protocol
372
UID
User ID
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UML
Unified Modeling Language
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URI
Uniform resource identifier
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URL
Universal resource locator
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URN
Uniform resource name
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USB
Universal Serial Bus
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VLAN
Virtual local area network
379
VoIP
Voice-over IP
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VPN
Virtual private network
381
WAP
Wireless Application Protocol
382
WBS
Work breakdown structure
383
WEP
Wired Equivalent Privacy
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WLAN
Wireless local area network
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WML
Wireless Markup Language
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WORM
Write Once and Read Many
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WP
Work package
388
WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
389
WPAN
Wireless personal area network
390
WSDL
Web Services Description Language
391
WWAN
Wireless wide area network
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WWW
World Wide Web
393
X-to-X
Exchange-to-exchange
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XBRL
Extensible Business Reporting Language
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XML
Extensible Markup Language
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XOR
Exclusive-OR
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Xquery
XML query
398
XSL
Extensible Stylesheet Language
