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File: vera.info, Node: E, Next: F, Prev: D, Up: Top -- E -- ******* E1 European digital transmission format 1 [2.048 Mbps] E2 European digital transmission format 2 [8.448 Mbps] E3 End-to-End Encryption (cryptography) E3 European digital transmission format 3 [34.368 Mbps] E4 European digital transmission format 4 [139.264 Mbps] E5 European digital transmission format 5 [565.148 Mbps] EA [Visio for] Enterprise Architects (MS, .NET) EA Eingabe/Ausgabe, "E/A" EA Enterprise Agreement (MS) EA Escrowed Authenticator (cryptography, EES) EA Extended Attribute (OS/2) EAB Enterpreise Access Builder (IBM, Java) EADAS Engineering and Administrative Data Acquisition System (EADAS) EADASNM EADAS/Network Management (EADAS), "EADAS/NM" EADF Elliptical Aperture with Dynamic Focus EAI Enterprise Application Integration EAI External Authoring Interface (VRML) EAM Evanescent Access Method (BS2000) EAN European Article Numbering [system] EANTC European Advanced Networking Test Center (org., Berlin, Germany, ANTC, FDDI) EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol (Cisco, cryptography, RADIUS) EARN European Academic Research Network (network) EAROM Electrically Alterable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC) EAS Enterprise Access System (Dynatech) EAS Enterprise Agreement Subscription (MS, OSL) EASE Easy Access System Europe (Novell, FTP) EASI Enhanced Asynchronous SCSI Interface EATA Enhanced AT Bus Attachment EATCS European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (org., Europe) EAX ??? (audio) EAZ EndgeraeteAuswahlZiffer (ISDN) EB Electronic Banking (banking) EBA Electronic Business Assurance, "eBA" EBAM Electronic Beam-Addressable Memory (IC) EBAS Elektronisches teile-BestellAbwicklungsSystem (MBAG) EBC EISA Bus Controller (Wyse) EBCDIC Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code EBCOT Embedded Block Coding with Optimal Truncation (JPEG) EBCS European Committee for Banking Standards (org., Europe, banking) EBGA Enhanced Ball Grid Array (BGA, CPU, IC) EBNF Extended Backus-Naur-Form EBR Enterprise Backup and Restore (ENS, Banyan, VINES) EBR Extended Boot Record (MBR) EBROM Electronic Book - Read Only Memory (ROM), "EB-ROM" EBU European Broadcasting Union (org., Europe) EBUS Elektronisches teile-BUchungsSystem (MBAG) EBV Elektronische BildVerarbeitung EBXML Electronic Business eXtensible Markup Language (XML, OASIS, UN/CEFACT), "ebXML" EC Electronic Commerce EC Error Correction (MODEM) ECAI European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (conference, AI, ECCAI, Europe) ECB Electronic CodeBook [mode] (cryptography, DES) ECB Event Control Block (IPX) ECC Electrical Connectivity Checks (CAD) ECC Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem (Certicom, cryptography) ECC Error Checking and Correction ECC Error Correction Circuit (CPU, POWER) ECC Error Correction Code (CD) ECCAI European Coordinating Committee for Artificial Intelligence (org., AI, Europe) ECCO Execute with Correct Checksum Only ECCRAM Error Checking and Correction ??? Random Access Memory (RAM) ECD Energy Conversion Devices (manufacturer, OUM) ECDC Electronic Comerce for Developing Countries (ITU) ECDL European Computer Driving License ECEDI Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange (EC, EDI), "EC/EDI" ECF Enhanced Connectivity Facilities (IBM) ECHO European Community Host Organisation (org., Europe) ECHT European Conference on Hypermedia Technology (INRIA, conference) ECI Efficient Channel Integration (ADC, EDI) ECL EClectic Language (Harvard, TOPS) ECL Emitter Coupled Logic ECM Entity Coordination Management (FDDI, SMT) ECM Error Correction / Correcting Mode (FAX, HDLC) ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association (org., Europe) ECN European Counter Network ECN Explicit Congestion Notification (IP, RFC 2481) ECNE Enterprise Certified Novell Engineer (Novell, Netware) ECOC European Conference on Optical Communications (conference) ECOM Electronic Computer Originated Mail, "E-COM" ECOOP European Conference on Object Orientated Programming (OOP, conference) ECP [PPP] Encryption Control Protocol (PPP, RFC 1968) ECP Enhanced Capability Port (MS) ECP Enhanced Communication Port / Protocol ECP Exessive CrossPosting (Usenet, EMP, spam) ECPA Electronic Communications Privacy Act (USA) ECR Engineering Change Request (PCI) ECRC [cable & wireless] European Computer industry Research Centre [gmbh] (ISP, org.) ECRM Electronic Customer Relationship Management (Internet), "eCRM" ECS EComStation (OS/2), "eCS" ECS Elitegroup Computer Systems (manufacturer, Taiwan) ECS Enhanced Chip Set (Amiga, Commodore) ECSA Exchange Carriers Standards Association (org.) ECSC European Customer Support Centre (HP) ECSD Enhanced Circuit Switched Data (8-PSK, mobile-systems) ECTS European Computer Trade Show (fair, London) ECU EISA Configuration Utility (EISA) ED End Delimiter (FDDI, Token Ring) ED Enhanced Density EDA Electronic Design Automation (RL, IC) EDAC Electromechanical Digital Adapter Circuit EDAC European Conference on Design Automation (IEEE-CS, conference) EDBS Einheitliche DatenBank-Schnittstelle (DB) EDC Error Detection Code (CD) EDCF Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function (MAC, 802.11a, DCF, QOS) EDD Enterprise Data Distribution (ENS, Banyan, VINES) EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval [system] (DB, Internet) EDGE Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution (GSM, mobile-systems) EDI Electronic Data Interchange (GOSIP) EDID Extended Display Identification Data [standard] (VESA, DDC) EDIF Electronic Design Interchange Format EDIFACT Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport EDLC Ethernet Data Link Control (ethernet) EDM Engineering Data Management EDM Extended Data Message EDMCC European Distributed Memory Computing Conference (GI, ITG, IFIP, conference) EDMS Engineering Document Management System EDO Extended Data Out [ram] (RAM, DRAM, IC) EDODRAM Extended Data Out Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM), "EDO-DRAM" EDORAM Extended Data Out Random Access Memory (RAM, IC), "EDO-RAM" EDOS Elektronisches DateiOrganisationsSystem (MBAG) EDP Electronic Data Processing EDP Electronic Data Processing EDP Enhanced Dot Pitch (Hitachi) EDPS Electronic Data Processing System EDR External Developer Release EDRAM Enhanced Dynamic Random Access Memory (RAM, DRAM, IC) EDS Electronic Data Systems [corporation] (provider, USA) EDSAC Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator EDSRA Earth Data System Reference Application (ISH, USA) EDT Eastern Daylight Time [-0400] (TZ, EST, USA) EDV Elektronische DatenVerarbeitung EDVAC Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer EDX Event-Driven eXecutive (OS, IBM) EE Emotion Engine (Sony, Playstation) EEAG Elektro- und ElektronikAltGeraete EEE [UDB] Enterprise Extended Edition (IBM, DB2, DB, UDB) EEI Equipment to Equipment Interface EEI External Environment Interface (mil., USA) EELS Engineering Electronic Library, Sweden (org., WWW, Sweden) EEM External Expansion Module (Sun) EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification EEP Early Experience Program (Borland) EEP Entry Exit Procedure (R:Base, DB) EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC, RL, EPROM) EES Escrowed Encryption Standard (cryptography, NSA) EESC European EDIF Steering Committee (org., EDIF, Europe) EET Eastern European Time [+0200] (TZ) EET Edge Enhancement Technology (Seikosha, Itoh) EFAKS Elektronisches FAKturierungs- und abrechnungsSystem (MBAG) EFCI Explicit Forward Congestion Indication (ATM) EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation (Internet, org.) EFI Electronics For Imaging (manufacturer) EFI Extensible Fimware Interface (Intel, MS) EFL Eiffel Forum License (Eiffel) EFL Emitter Follower Logic (IC) EFM Eight-to-Fourteen-Modulation (CD) EFS Encrypting File System (cryptography) EFSM Extended Finite State Machine (TTCN, ...) EFT Electronic Funds Transfer EFT Euro-FileTransfer (ISDN, ETS 300 075) EFTPOS Electronic Funds Transfer at the Point-Of-Sale (EFT, banking), "EFT-POS" EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer System EFUE EmmissionsdatenFernUebertragung (telecommunication) EG Evil Grin (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC) EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter (predecessor, VGA) EGB Elektrostatisch gefaehrdete Bauelemente EGD Entropy Gathering Daemon (Unix, GNU, GnuPG) EGG Elektronischer Geschaeftsverkehr-Gesetz Germany EGP Exterior Gateway Protocol (RFC 904) EGPA Erlangen General Purpose Array (MP) EGPRS Enhanced General Packet Radio Service (8-PSK, mobile-systems) EGREP Extended Global Regular Expression Print (Unix, GREP) EGS Enhanced Graphics System (Commodore) EHF Encoding Header Field (Internet, RFC 1154) EHKP Einheitliche Hoehere KommunikationsProtokolle (BTX, ER, Telekom) EHLLAPI Emulator High Level Language API (IBM, 3270, API) EHS European Home Systems [concept] EHSA European Home Systems Association (org., Europe) EHW Evolvable HardWare EIA Electronics Industry Association (USA, org.) EIB European Installation Bus EIBA European Installation Bus Association (org., Europe) EICAVR European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research (org., Europe) EICL European Informatics Continuous Learning (CEPIS) EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (HDD, IDE), "E-IDE" EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP) EINE EINE Is Not EMACS (EMACS, LISP) EIO Enhanced Input/Output [architecture] (HP) EIP Extended Internet Protocol (Internet, RFC 1385) EIS Electronic Information Systems (manufacturer) EIS European Information System (Europe) EIS Executive Information System (IM) EISA Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) EISA European Imaging and Sound Association (org., Europe) EISB Electronic Imaging Standards Board (org.) EISS Europaeisches Institut fuer SystemSicherheit (org., Karlsruhe, Germany, Europe) EIT Encoded Information Type EITS Eesti InfoTehnoloogia Seltsi (org., Estland) EJB Enterprise Java Beans (Java, Sun) EJC Electronic Journal of Communication EKMS Electronic Key Management System (cryptography) EKOS Elektronisches KOmmunikationsSystem (MBAG) EL Electro Luminescent [display] EL1 Extensible Language one (ECLogic) ELAN Education LANguage ELAN Emulated Local Area Network (ATM, LANE) ELAP Ethernet Link Access Protocol (LAP, ethernet) ELF Executable and Linkable Format (Unix, OS/2) ELH Entity Life History (DB) ELI Embedded LISP Interpreter (Andrew mail system) ELK Extension Language Kit (Scheme) ELLIS EuLisp LInda System (LISP) ELM ELectronic Mailer (Unix) ELO Elektronischer Leitz Ordner (OA) ELOD Erasable Laser Optical Disk (OD) ELP Equational Logic Programming [language] ELRAD [magazin fuer] ELektronik und technische RechnerAnwenDungen ELS Entry Level System ??? (Novell, Netware) EM Extensions Manager (Apple) EMA Electronic Messaging Association (org., USA) EMA Enterprise Management Architecture (DEC) EMA Extended Mercury Autocode EMACS Editing MACroS (GNU) EMAS Edinburgh Multi-Access System (OS, ICL 4-75) EMB Enhanced Master Burst (EISA) EMC ElectroMagnetic Compatibility EMEA [IBM] Europe, Middle East, Africa (IBM) EMI ElectroMagnetic Interference EMI External Machine Interface [protocol] (SMS) EMISA EntwicklungsMethoden fuer InformationsSysteme und deren Anwendung (org., GI) EML Element Management Layer (TMN) EMM Expanded Memory Manager EMMA European MultiMedia Award EMP Excessive Multiple Posting (Usenet, ECP, spam) EMR Electro-Magnetic Radiation EMS Enhanced Messaging Service (mobile-systems) EMS European Mathematical Society (org.) EMS Expanded Memory Specification (DOS, Intel) EMSC Electronic Mail Standards Committee (org.) EMV ElektroMagnetische Vertraeglichkeit (EN 55022, DIN, VDE 0878) EMX Enterprise Messaging eXchange [switch] EN Europa Norm (Europe) ENA Electronic Networking Association (org., Internet) ENA Enterprise Networking Association (Banyan, VINES, user group, org.) ENA European Networking Associates (org., Europe) ENA Extended Network Addressing (IBM, SNA) ENDC European Network Design Center (3COM) ENDIVE Enhanced Direct Interface Video Extensions (OS/2, MMPM/2, IBM), "EnDIVE" ENF Embedded NAS Firmware (RAID, NAS, ArtStor) ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer ENP Embedded NPrinter (NEST, Novell) ENS Enterprise Network Services (Banyan, VINES) ENSIQ ENS - Information Query (Banyan, VINES, ENS), "ENS IQ" ENSMT ENS - Management Tool (ENS, Banyan, VINES), "ENS-MT" EO Europe Online (network) EOA End Of Address EOB End Of Block EOCB Electrical Optical Circuit Board [project] (Bosch, Siemens, IZM, ...) EOD End Of Discussion (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC) EOD Erasable Optical Disk (OD) EOF End Of File EOF Enterprise Objects Framework (NeXT) EOI End Of Input EOI End Of Interrupt EOI End Or Identify (GPIB) EOJ End Of Job EOL End Of Line EOM End Of Message EON Enhanced Other Networks (RDS) EOP End Of Procedure (Fax) EOS Electrical OverStress EOS Extended Operating System (OS) EOT End Of Text EOT End Of Thread (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC) EOT End Of Transmission EOTD Enhanced Observed Time Difference (LBS) EOUG European Oracle User Group (org., DB, Oracle, user group, Europe) EOWG [WAI] Education and Outreach Working Group (WAI) EP3 [the] Extensible PERL PreProcessor (PERL) EPA Enhanced Performance Architecture EPA Environmental Protection Agency (USA, org.) EPAC Ein-Platinen-Allzweck-Computer (IC, C'T) EPAC Electronic Packaging and Assembly Concept EPBR Extended Partition Boot Record (PowerQuest) EPDF Embedded Portable Document Format (Adobe, PDF, HTML) EPG Electronic Program Guide EPH Electronic Payment Handling (banking) EPHOS European Procurement Handbook for Open Systems EPIC Electronic Privacy Information Center (cryptography) EPIC European Public sector Information systems Conference EPIC Explicit Parallelism Instruction Computing (Intel) EPIM Ethernet Port Interface Module (ethernet) EPIX Enhanced Performance unIX (Unix), "EP/IX" EPK Ereignisgesteuerte ProzessKette EPLD Erasable Programmable Logic Device EPN Electronic-highway Platform Netherlands (ISP, Netherlands) EPOC [not an acronym] (Psion, OS, PDA) EPP Education Purchase Plan (Adobe) EPP Enhanced Parallel Port / Protocol (Intel, Zenith, Xircom, IEEE 1284) EPROM Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC, RL, EPROM) EPS Electronic Publishing Systems EPS Embedded PServer (NEST, Novell) EPSA Early Page Space Allocation (AIX, IBM) EPSI Encapsulated PostScript Interchange EPSIG Electronic Publishing Special Interest Group (org.) ER Externer Rechner (T-Online) ERCIM European Research Consortium for Information and Mathematics (org., GMD, INRIA, CWI, RAL, ..., Europe) ERD Entity-Relationship Diagram ERIN Environmental Resources Information Network (Australia, network) ERM Enterprise Resource Management ERM Entity Relationship Model (DB) ERO European Radiocommunications Office (org., Europe, CEPT) EROM Erasable Read Only Memory (ROM, IC) ERP Enterprise Resource Planning [software] ERS Enterprise Resource Sharing (ENS, Banyan, VINES) ERS Error Report Suppression [flag] (CATNIP) ES End System (ATM) ES Errored Seconds (DS1/E1) ES European Standard (ETSI) ES Extended Services (OS/2) ES Extra Segment [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler) ES1 EliteSwitch/1 (SMC, FDDI), "ES/1" ESA Enterprise Systems Architecture (IBM, MVS/XA, VM, CMS) ESANN European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks (conference, NN) ESAXA Enterprise Systems Architecture / eXtended Architecture (IBM, ESA, XC), "ESA/XA" ESAXC Enterprise Systems Architecture / eXtended Configuration (IBM, ESA, XA), "ESA/XC" ESCD Extended System Configuration Data (BIOS, PNP) ESCON Enterprise Systems CONnect (IBM) ESCP2 Epson Specific Code / Protocol 2 (Drucker), "ESC/P2" ESD Electronic Software Distribution ESD ElectroStatic Discharge ESDC Extra Segment Descriptor Cache [register] (ES, Intel, CPU) ESDI Enhanced Standard Device Interface ESDS Entry Sequenced Data Set (VSAM) ESE Extensible Storage Engine (AD, MS) ESEC European Software Engineering Conference (GI, BCS, AFCET, AICA, OeGI, SI, conference) ESER Einheitliches System dEr Rechentechnik (GDR) ESF Extended Super Frame (ISDN, T1) ESI End System IDentifier (ATM) ESIOP Environment Specific Inter-ORB Protocol (OMG, CORBA, ORB, DCE) ESIS Element Structure Information Set (SGML) ESIS End System to Intermediate System [protocol / routing] (OSI), "ES-IS" ESM External Storage Module (Sun) ESMD Embedded Storage Module Disk ESMD Enhanced Storage Module Device ESMTP Extended Simple Message Transport Protocol (SMTP, RFC 1425/1869) ESN Electronic Serial Number ESN Electronic Switched Network ESNET Energy Sciences NETwork (network, USA, Internet) ESORICS European Symposium On Research In Computer Security (conference) ESP [IP] Encapsulating Security Payload (IPSEC, IP, RFC 1825/1827, VPN) ESP EFI System Partition (EFI) ESP Emulation Sensing Processor (QMS) ESP Ethernet Serial Port (ethernet) ESP Extreme Support through Personalization (IBM) ESPCM Electronic Speech systems Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) ESPRIT European Strategic Program of Research and Development in Information Technology (Europe) ESR Event Service Routine (IPX) ESS Extended Service Set (WLAN) ESSI European Software and Systems Initiative EST Eastern Standard Time [-0500] (TZ, EDT, USA) ESTO Electronic Systems Technology Office (org., ARPA) ETAI Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence (AI) ETANN Electrically Trainable Analog Neural Network (NN) ETAS Elektronisches Teile-AuskunftsSystem (MBAG) ETB Elektronisches TelefonBuch (T-Online) ETB End of Transmission Blank / Block ETC European Test Conference (VDE, IEEE-CS, conference) ETE End-To-End ETG Enterprise Transaction Gateway (EDI, NT) ETH Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule ETHZ Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich (org., Switzerland) ETK Embedded ToolKit [for Windows CE] (MS, Windows, CE) ETL Extraction, Transformation and Loading ETLA Extended Three Letter Acronym ETO Essentials - Tools - Objects (Apple), "E.T.O." ETR Early Token Release (Token Ring) ETS Embedded ToolSuite (Phar Lap) ETS European Telecommunication Standard (ETSI) ETS Executable Test Suite (ISO 9646-1) ETSI European Telecommunication Standards Institute (org., Europe, ETSI) ETX End of Transmission teXt EU Execution Unit (CPU) EUC Extended Unix Code (Unix, AT&T) EULA End User License Agreement (MS) EUNET European Unix NETwork (network, Internet, ISP, Unix) EUS EntscheidungsUnterstuetzende Systeme EUSIDIC ??? [European Association of Information Services] (org., Europe) EUSUVP EntscheidungsUnterstuetzendes System UmweltVertraeglichkeitsPruefung (EuropeS, XPS, Uni Hamburg, Germany) EUUG European Unix User Group (org., user group, Unix, Europe) EV EtagenVerteiler (cable, EN 50 173) EVC Enhanced Video Connector (VESA) EVE Extended Virtual Environment EVMS Enterprise Volume Management System (OSS, IBM) EVN EinzelVerbindungsNachweis (Telekom) EWAS Elektronisches WareneingangsAbwicklungsSystem (MBAG) EWIKO [verein zur foerderung] Elektronischer WIssenschaftsKOmmunikation (org.) EWOS European Workshop for Open Systems (OSI, ODA) EWS Employee Written Software (IBM) EWS European Workshop on SGML (org., SGML) EXCA EXchangeable Card Architecture, "ExCA" EXFCB EXtended File Control Block EXTRA EXecutionTRace Analyser (IBM, OS/2) EXUG European X Users Group (org., user group, Europe) EXZ EXcessive Zeros [error event] (DS1/E1, DS3/E3) EZ EchtZeit (fair)  File: vera.info, Node: F, Next: G, Prev: E, Up: Top -- F -- ******* F2C FORTRAN to C [converter] F2F Frequency - Double Frequency FA FernmeldeAmt (Telekom) FAA Flow Admission Acknowledge [message] (LFAP) FABS Fast Access Btree Structure FAC Final Assembly Code (IMEI, GSM, mobile-systems) FACCH Fast Associated Control CHannel (GSM, DCCH, mobile-systems) FACE Framed Access Command Environment (Unix, SVR4) FACS Firmware ACPI Control Structure (ACPI) FADOS Fast Amsterdam Distributed (???) Operating System (OS, FAMP) FADT Fixed ACPI Description Table (ACPI) FADU File Access Data Unit (FTAM) FAE Field Application Engineer FAG FernmeldeAnlagenGesetz telecommunication, Germany FAIS Finnish Artificial Intelligence Society (org., Finland, AI) FAL File Access Listener (DEC, DNA) FAME FORMEX Applied to Multilingualism in Europe (SGML, Europe) FAMOS Floating gate Avalanche injection Metal Oxide Semiconductor (IC) FAMP Fast Amsterdam MultiProcessor FANP Flow Attribute Notification Protocol (Toshiba, RFC 2129) FAPI Family Application Programmer Interface (DOS, VDM, API) FAQ Frequently Asked Questions (telecommunication-slang, Usenet) FAR False Acception Rate FAR Fixed Alternative Routing (SNI) FAR Flow Admission Request [message] (LFAP) FARNET Federation of American Research NETworks (network) FAS Flow Admission Service FASMI Fast Analysis of Shared Multidimensional Information (OLAP) FAST First Application System Test FAST Forschungsinstitut fuer Angewandte Software-Technologie [e.v.] (org.) FAT File Allocation Table (DOS) FAU Flow Admission Update [message] (LFAP) FAU Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet (org., Erlangen, Germany, Nuernberg, Germany) FAW Forschungsinstitut fuer Anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung (org., KI, Ulm) FB Fiber optic Backbone FBAS FarbBild-AustastSystem / Farb-Bild-Austast-Synchron-signal (video) FBL Frame Burst error Length (CD) FBM Flexible Buffer Management (QMS) FBS Flexible Bandwidth Service (ATM, SDH) FC Federal Criteria [for information technology security] (NIST, USA) FC Feedback Control FC Fibre Channel FC Frame Control (FDDI, Token Ring) FCA Flow Control Ack (DLSW) FCAL Fibre Channel - Arbitrated Loop, "FC-AL" FCAPS Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security [management areas] FCB File Control Block (DOS) FCBS File Control BlockS (DOS) FCC Federal Communications Commission (org., USA) FCC Forward Carbon Copy (telecommunication) FCCH Frequency Correction CHannel (GSM, mobile-systems) FCCN Fundacao para a Computacao Cientifica Nacional (org., Portugal) FCD Floating Car Data FCFS First Come, First Served FCH Frame Control Channel (HiperLAN/2) FCI Fibre Channel Interface FCI Flow Control Indicator (DLSW) FCI Forward Cache Identifier (CATNIP) FCO Flow Control Operator Bits (DLSW) FCP [SCSI-3] Fibre Channel Protocol (SAM) FCPGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array (CPU), "FC-PGA" FCPH Fibre Channel PHysical and signaling interface (SAM), "FC-PH" FCR Flow Change Request [message] (LFAP) FCS Fast Circuit Switching FCS First Customer Ship (IBM) FCS Frame Check Sequence (FDDI, Token Ring) FCS Frame Check Sum (MODEM) FDA FORTRAN Design Aid (FORTRAN) FDAD Functional Data ADministrator FDC Floppy Disk Controller (FDD) FDCT Fast Discrete Cosine Transformation (DCT) FDD Floppy Disk Drive FDD Frequency Division Duplex (mobile-systems) FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface (ANSI, ISO 8314) FDDITPPMD FDDI Twisted Pair-Physical layer, Medium Dependent, "FDDI TP-PMD" FDE Full Duplex Ethernet (ethernet) FDES Full Duplex EtherSwitch (Kalpana) FDI [fachverband der ] Fuehrungskraefte der Druckindustrie und Informationsverarbeitung (org.) FDL File Definition Language FDL Free Documentation License (GNU) FDM Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems) FDO Functional Device Object FDT Formal Description Technique FDTDMA Frequency Division/Time Division Multiple Access (mobile-systems, GSM), "FD/TDMA" FDX Full DupleX FE Forschung und Entwicklung, "F&E" FE Functional Entity (IN) FEA Functional Entity Action (IN, UNI) FEAL Fast Data Encipherment Algorithm (DES, cryptography) FEAST Fast Data Enciphering Algorithm (cryptography) FEBE Far End Block Error (SONET) FEC Forward Error Correction (GSM, mobile-systems) FECN Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (ATM) FEFCO ??? FEIT Fujitsu Enhanced Imaging Technology (Fujitsu) FEK File Encryption Key (cryptography) FEM Finite Elemente Methode FEN Free-net Erlangen/Nuernberg FEP Firewall Enhancement Protocol (RFC 3093) FEP Front End Processor FER Forward Error Correction (satellite) FERF Far End Receive Failure (UNI, ATM, SONET, OAM) FESI Federacion Espanola de Sociedades de Informatica (org., Spain) FET Field Effect Transistor FF Form(ular) Feed FFAPI File Format API (MS, API) FFC Fully Formed Character [printer] FFDC First Failure Data Capture FFDT FDDI Full Duplexing Technology (FDDI) FFOL FDDI Follow-On-LAN FFS Fallback Fault-tolerant Server (IBM, OS/2) FFS Fast File System (Amiga, Commodore) FFS Fast Filing System (BSD, Unix) FFS Flexible Fertigungs-Systeme FFST2 First Failure Support Technology /2 (IBM), "FFST/2" FFT Final Form Text FGA Future Graphics Adapter (Spea) FGCS Fifth Generation Computer Systems [project] (ICOT) FGREP Fixed Global Regular Expression Print (Unix, GREP) FHGS FreeHand Graphics Studio (Macromedia, DTP) FHSS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (WLAN) FIA Fiberoptic Industry Association (org.) FIB Forwarding Information Base (router, LAN, Internet) FIBU FInanzBUchhaltung FIC First International Computer [inc.] (manufacturer) FID File IDentifier (APDU) FID File Identifier Descriptor (UDF, CD-R) FIDO FIlter Device Object, "FiDO" FIF Fractal Interchange Format FIFF Forum Informatikerinnen Fuer den Frieden (org.) FIFO First In First Out (CPU) FIG Forth Interest Group (org., Forth) FIGLET Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters (ASCII, fonts) FILE Free Internet Lexicon and Encyclopedia (WWW, DICT) FILO First In Last Out FIMAS Financial Institution Message Authentication Standard (banking, ANSI) FIOC Frame Input/Output Controller FIP Facility Interface Processor FIP Factory Instrumentation Protocol FIP Fluorescent Indicator Panel FIPA Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (org., Agents) FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard (NIST, USA) FIQ Fast Interrupt reQuest (ARM, RISC) FIR Fast IRDA (IRDA) FIR Finite Impulse Response (DSP) FIRE Flexible Intelligent Routing Engine (3Com) FIRMR Federal Information Resources Management Regulations (USA) FIRP Federal Internet Requirements Panel (Internet, USA) FIRST ForschungsInstitut fuer Rechnerarchitektur und SoftwareTechnik (org., GMD, Berlin, Germany) FIRST Forum of Incident Response and SecuriTy (org., NIST) FIS FachInformationsSystem FIS FuehrungsInformationsSysteme FIT Failures In Time FITS Functional Interpolating Transformation System FIU Fingerprint Identification Unit (Sony) FIZ FachInformationsZentrum karlsruhe Org., Germany FK Foundation Kit (NextStep, OpenStep, Apple, Rhapsody) FKS Fernmelde-Klein-Steckverbindung (Westernstecker) FL Fiber optic Link FLACC Full Level Algol Checkout Compiler FLAME FLexible API for Module-based Environments (RL, API) FLC Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal FLEA Four Letter Extended Acronym FLEXIP FLEXible Internet Protocol (Novell, Netware), "FLeX/IP" FLIM Faithful Library about Internet Message (EMACS, GNU) FLOPS FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU) FLP Fast Link Pulse (ethernet, LAN, NLP) FLS ??? FM Frequenz-Modulation FMA Federated Management Architecture (Java) FMM Flash Memory Manager (Intel) FMS FernMeldeSystem FMS FORTRAN Monitor System (OS, IBM 709) FMTEYEWTK Far More Than Everything You Ever Wanted To Know (slang, PERL) FNC Federal Networking Council (org., USA) FO Fiber Optic FOA Fiber Optic Association (org.) FOC Fiber Optic Cable / Communications FOCS [symposium on] Foundations Of Computer Science (conference) FOD Flexible Optical Disk (OD) FODA Formal specification of ODA document structures (ODA, ISO) FODO [international conference on] Foundations Of Data Organization and algorithms (conference, INRIA) FOEBUD [verein zur] Foerderung des OEffentlichen Bewegten und Unbewegten Datenverkehrs [e.v.] (org.), "FoeBud" FOIRL Fiber Optic InterRepeater Link (OWG) FOKUS Forschungszentrum fuer Offene KommUnikationsSysteme (org., GMD, Berlin, Germany) FOLDOC Free OnLine Dictionary Of Computing (WWW, UK) FOLED Flexible Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED) FOMAU Fiber Optic MAU (ethernet) FON Fiber Optics Network FOOBAR FTP Operation Over Big Address Records (RFC 1639, FTP) FOOT Forum for Object Oriented Technology (CERN, OOP) FOP Formatting Object Processor (Apache) FORMEX FORMalised EXchange of electronic publications (SGML, Europe) FORML Formal Object Role Modelling Language FORTRAN FORmula TRANslation FORTWIHR FORschungsverbund fuer Technisch-WIssenschaftliches HochleistungsRechnen (org., Bavaria) FORWISS bayerisches FORschungszentrum fuer WISsensbasierte Systeme (org., KI) FOSI Format Output Specification Instance (SGML, CALS) FOSSIL Fido Opus Seadog Standard Interface Layer FOT Fiber Optic Transceiver FOTE Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation, "FOT & E" FOURCC FOUR Character Code (RIFF, TIFF) FOV Field Of View (VRML) FOX Field Operational X.500 FPA Fast Packet Adaption (FPS, FPR) FPA Floating Point Accelerator FPAA Field Programmable ALU Array (IC, ALU, RL) FPC Floating Point Coprocessor FPDI Flat Panel Display Interface (VESA) FPDU FTAM Protocol Data Unit (PDU) FPE Floating Point Engine FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array (RL) FPI Flux Changes per Inch (HDD) FPI Formal Public Identifier (DTD, SGML) FPI Functional Process Improvement FPK Fast Packet Keying (WLAN, WEP, RSA, cryptography) FPLA Field Programmable Logic Array FPLMTS Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunications System (IN, mobile-systems) FPM Fast Page Mode [DRAM] (RAM, DRAM) FPM Fast Page Mode [ram] (RAM, DRAM, IC) FPMDRAM Fast Page Mode DRAM (RAM, DRAM, IC), "FPM-DRAM" FPMPMI Flat Panel Monitor Physical Mounting Interface [standard] (LCD, VESA) FPNW File and Print service for NetWare (MS, Windows NT, DSMN) FPODA Fixed Priority Orientated Demand Assignment (MAC, PODA) FPP Fast-Parallel-Port FPP Floating Point Processor FPP FORTRAN Pre-Processor (FORTRAN) FPP Full Packaged Product (MS) FPR Fast Packet Relay (FPS, FPA) FPR Floating Point Register (FPU) FPS Fast Packet Switching (X.25, Datex-J) FPS Frames Per Second FPU Floating Point Unit (CPU) FQDN Fully Qualified DOMAIN Name (Internet) FRAD Frame Relay Access Device FRAM Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (RAM, IC) FRD Functional Requirements Description FRF Floatingpoint Register File (DEC, Alpha, CPU) FRICC Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee (org.) FRL Frame Representation Language (AI) FRMR FRaMe Reject (HDLC, LAPB, SDLC) FROM Factory Read Only Memory (ROM) FRR False Rejection Rate FRR Functional Recovery Routine FRS Flexible Route Selection FRS Frame Relay Service (ATM, UNI) FS File System (LVM) FS Frame Status (FDDI, Token Ring) FSAG Free Software Association of Germany (org.) FSB For Small Business (Novell) FSB Front Side Bus FSC Fujitsu Siemens Computer (manufacturer) FSCK File System Consistency checK (Unix) FSD File System Driver FSF Free Software Foundation (org., GNU) FSH File System Hierarchy (Linux, LSB) FSIP Full Scale InPut (FSOP) FSK Frequency Shift Keying (telecommunication) FSM Finite State Machine (TTCN, ...) FSM Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia Org., Germany FSMGDOS ??? Graphics Device Operating System (OS, Atari) FSO [scripting runtime library] File System Objects (MS, WSH) FSOP Full Scale OutPut (FSIP) FSOS Free Standing Operating System (OS) FSP File Slurping Protocol FSRTL File System RunTime Library FSS Fast System Switch (Unix) FSSUTF FileSystem Safe UCS Transformation Format (UCS, Unicode), "FSS-UTF" FST Flat Square Technology (Hitachi) FSTN Film SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD) FSTP Foiled Shielded Twisted Pair [cable] (STP, TP), "F/STP" FSU Free Software Union (org.) FT1 Fractional T1 (ISDN, T1, DS-0, DS-1) FTA Floptical Technology Association (3M u.a.) FTAM File Transfer, Access and Management (GOSIP, ISO 8571/8572) FTBFS Fails To Build From Source (Linux, Debian, slang) FTC Federal Trade Commission (org., USA) FTE [DCOM] For The Enterprise (DCOM, SAG) FTN Fido Technology Network (FidoNet) FTNA File Transfer Access and Management FTNEA File Transfer NEtwork Architecure (SNI) FTOS File Transfer Open Systems FTOS File Transfer OSI Support FTP File Transfer Protocol (Internet, RFC 959) FTP Foiled Twisted Pair [cable] (UTP, TP) FTPD File Transfer Protocol DAEMON (FTP) FTR Full Text Retrieval FTS Fidonet Technical Standard FTS2000 Federal Telecommunications Services - 2000 (USA), "FTS-2000" FTSC Federal Telecommunications Standards Committee (org., USA) FTSC Fidonet Technical Standard Conference (conference) FTZ FernmeldeTechnische Zentralamt / Zulassung (Telekom, ZZF, predecessor) FUA Flow Update Acknowledge [message] (LFAP) FUB Freie Universitaet Berlin (org.) FUBAB Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Belief (slang, Usenet, IRC) FUBAR Fouled / Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition / Repair (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC) FUD Fear, Uncertainty, & Doubt (slang, IBM) FUN Flow Update Notification [message] (LFAP) FUNI Frame User Network Interface FUEV Fernmeldeanlagen-UeberwachungsVerordnung FWH FirmWare Hub (BIOS, Intel) FWIW For What It's Worth (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC) FWT Fast Wavelet Transformation FXU FiXed point Unit (POWER, CPU) FYI For Your Information (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC) FZA ??? [compression] FZI ForschungsZentrum Informatik (org., Uni Karlsruhe, Germany)  File: vera.info, Node: G, Next: H, Prev: F, Up: Top -- G -- ******* GA General Availability (OS/2) GA Genetic Algorithm(s) GABELN Gruppe Area Brett Echo Liste Newsgroup (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, BBS) GABRIEL GAteway and BRIdge to Europe's national Libraries GAC Global Assembly Cache (MS, .NET) GAC Government Advisory Council (ICANN) GADK Global Application Developers Kit (Sun) GAE Generic Application Environment GAEB Gemeinsamer Ausschuss fuer Elektronik im Bauwesen (org.) GAFCON German AirForce Communication Network Mil., Germany, Netzwerk GAFDIN German AirForce Digital Network Mil., Germany, Netzwerk GAIA GUI Application Interoperability Architecture (OSF) GAIN German Advanced Integrated Network (IBM) GAK Governmental Accessed Keys (cryptography) GAL Generic Array celL / Logic GAN Global Area Network GAN GrenzAktenNachweis (INPOL) GAP Generic Access Profile (DECT, Europe) GAP Generic Address Parameter GART Graphics Address Remapping Table (AGP) GASH Group Admin SHell (Unix, Shell) GATOR GATeway OrientierungsRatgeber (Internet) GAWK GNU AWK (GNU, AWK) GB GigaByte GB GuoBao [codepage] GBIP General Purpose Interface Bus GBPS GigaBits Per Second GC Global Catalog (MS, AD) GCA General Communications Architecture (Ingres) GCAD Geographical Computer Aided Design System GCATT Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (org., USA) GCC GNU C Compiler (GNU) GCCS Global Command and Control System (DISA, mil.) GCCS Government Code and Cipher School (UK, mil.), "GC&CS" GCHQ Government Communications HeadQuarters (mil., UK) GCID Global Call IDentifier GCIDIE Global Call IDentifier- Information Element (GCID), "GCID-IE" GCL GNU Common LISP (GNU, LISP) GCL Graphics Command Language GCOS General Comprehensive Operating System (Honeywell, OS, Honeywell Series 60, Honeywell Series 6000) GCR Gray Component Replacement (RGB, CYMK, DTP) GCR Group Coded Recording GCRA Generic Cell Rate Algorithm (UNI, ATM) GCS Greek Computer Society (org., Griechenland) GCS Group Control System (IBM, VM, VME, VM/ESA) GDA Global Directory Agent (DCE) GDAP Government Document Application Profile GDB GNU DeBugger (GNU) GDBM GNU Data Base Manager (DB, GNU) GDD Gesellschaft fuer Datenschutz und Datensicherung (org.) GDDM Graphical Data Display Manager (IBM) GDI Graphical Device / Display Interface GDMI Generic Definition of Management Information GDMO Guidelines for the Definition of Managed Objects (OSI) GDOS Graphics Device Operating System (OS, Atari) GDOUG Greater Detroit OS/2 User Group (org., user group, OS/2, USA) GDPDU Grundsaetze zum Datenzugriff und zur Pruefbarkeit Digitaler Unterlagen (BMF), "GDPdU" GDROM ??? Read Only Memory (Sega, ROM), "GD-ROM" GDS Generalized Data Stream (IBM, APPC) GDS Global Directory Service (DCE) GDT Global Descriptor Table GDTRC Global Descriptor Table Register Cache (GDT, Intel, CPU) GE General Electric (manufacturer, GE) GEAM GEAM Encrypts All Mails (cryptography) GECOS General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor / System (OS, GE, GCOS, predecessor, Honeywell) GEI Gesellschaft fuer Elektronische Informationsverarbeitung [mbh] (manufacturer, Aachen) GEIST German Encyclopedic Internet Service Terminal (org.) GEM Generalized Executive for realtime Multiprocessor applications (OS) GEM Graphics Environment Manager (DR, PC) GENIE General Electric Network for Information Exchange (network, GE) GEOS Graphic Environment Operating System (OS) GERAN GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GSM, EDGE, mobile-systems) GESIP GESellschaft fuer Informatik in der Pharmazie [e.v.] (org.) GETS Government Emergency Telecommunications System (USA) GFC Generic Flow Control (ATM) GFC Going For Coffee (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC) GFDL GNU Free Documentation License (GNU) GFLOPS Giga FLoating-point Operations Per Second (CPU) GFP Global Functional Plane (IN) GFS ??? File System GFSK Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying (telecommunication) GGI General Graphics Interface GGP Gateway to Gateway Protocol (RFC 823) GGS GueteGemeinschaft Software [e.v.] (org.) GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node (GPRS, mobile-systems) GHOST Goal Hierarchy and Objectives Structuring Technique (TUB) GHTSTN Guest Host Technique SuperTwisted Nematic (LCD), "GHT-STN" GI Gesellschaft fuer Informatik (org.) GID Group ID GIDAS Grafisch-Interaktives DatenAnalyseSystem GIDEI General Input Device Emulation Interface GIDO General Intrusion Detection Object (CIDF) GIGO Garbage In Garbage Out GII General Input Interface GIL Gesellschaft fuer Informatik in der Land-, forst- und ernaehrungswirtschaft [e.v.] (org.) GIM Gesellschaft fuer informationstechnik und InformationsManagement [mbh] (ISC, Bremen) GIMP General / GNU Image Manipulation Program (Linux, Graphik, GNU) GIMPS Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (Internet) GINA Generische INteraktive Anwendung (GMD) GINA Graphic Identification and Authentication GIOP General Inter-ORB Protocol (OMG, CORBA, ORB, IIOP) GIPS Giga Instructions Per Second (CPU) GIRL Generalized Information Retrieval Language GIS Geographic Information System GIT GNU Interactive Tools (GNU) GITS Government Information Technology Service (USA) GJSP GNU Java Server Pages (GNU, Java, JSP) GKDC Group Key Distribution Centre (KDC, CBT) GKMP Group Key Management Protocol GKS Graphic Kernel System GLDV Gesellschaft fuer Linguistische DatenVerarbeitung (org.) GLGPL GNU Lesser General Public License (GNU) GLM Generalized Markup Language GLOCOM [center for] GLObal COMmunications (org., Japan) GLU openGL Utility Library (OpenGL, GLU) GLUT openGL Utility library Toolkit (OpenGL, GLU) GM General MIDI [standard] (MIDI) GMA Gesellschaft fuer Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik (org., VDI) GMCH Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (Intel, ICH) GMD Gesellschaft fuer Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (org., St. Augustin) GMDS deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Medizinische Dokumentation, informatik und Statistik [e.v.] (org.) GME Gesellschaft MikroElektronik (org., VDE, VDI) GMGPL GNAT Modified GNU Public License (GNAT, GNU, GPL) GMI Generic Management Information (OSI) GML General Markup Language GMOEOR Gesellschaft ??? (org.) GMP GNU Multi-Precision [library] (GNU) GMR Giant Magneto-Resistive [heads] (HDD, IBM, Toshiba) GMSK Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying GMT Greenwich Mean Time [+0000] (TZ, UTC, UK) GNA Global Network Academy (Internet) GNAT GNU Ada Translator (GNU) GNI GayNet International (network) GNIUS GSM Network for Improved access to Universal Services (GSM, Europe) GNMP Government Network Management Profile (USA) GNN Global Network Navigator (Internet, WWW) GNOME GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNU) GNU GNU's Not Unix (rekursiv!, Unix, GNU, OS) GNUPG GNU Privacy Guard (GNU, cryptography), "GnuPG" GNX400 Gateway Network eXchange 400 (Proteon, SNA, SDLC), "GNX 400" GOCA Graphic Object Content Architecture (IBM, MO:DCA) GOD Global OutDial GOD Grundsaetze ordnungsmaessiger Datenverarbeitung, "GoD" GOP Group Of Pictures (video, VOBU, DVD) GOPS Giga Operations Per Second GOSIP Government Open Systems Interconnections Profile (USA, UK) GPA GNU Privacy Assistant (GNU, GnuPG) GPC General-Purpose Computation GPC GNU Pascal Compiler (GNU) GPC Graphics Performance Characterization [committee] (org., HP, IBM, DEC, SGI, Sun,...) GPC Group Policy Container (AD, GPO) GPCI Graphics Processor Command Interface GPF General Protection Fault (Windows) GPG GNU Privacy Guard (GNU) GPI Graphics Programming Interface GPIB General-Purpose Interface Bus (IEEE 488, GPIB) GPIO General Purpose Input Output GPL General Public Licence (GNU) GPL Graphics Programming Language GPM Gesellschaft fuer ProjektManagement [e.v.] (org.) GPO Group Policy Objects (AD, GPO) GPP [SCSI-3] Generic Packetized Protocol (SAM) GPR General Purpose Register (CPU) GPRS General Packet Radio Service / System (ETSI, GSM, TCP/IP, GPRS, mobile-systems) GPS Global Positioning System GPSI Graphics Processor Software Interface GPT Group Policy Template (AD, GPO) GPT GUID Partition Table (EFI, GUID) GPU Graphics Processing Unit GPV General Public Virus GRADD GRaphics Adapter Device Driver (OS/2, IBM) GRASP Graphic Animation System for Professionals GRC Generic Reference Configuration GRE Generic Routing Encapsulation (RFC 1701, VPN) GREP Global Regular Expression Print (Unix) GRIC Global Research Internet Connection (org., ISP) GRINS GRaphical iNterface to SMIL (SMIL, Oratix), "GRiNS" GRPS General Packet Radio Service (GSM, mobile-systems) GRUB GRand Unified Bootloader (GNU) GS General Standard (MIDI) GS Gepruefte Sicherheit GSDK Game Software Development Kit (Linux, GGI, OpenGL) GSDS Genealogy Software Distribution System GSL Graphics Software Labs (AT&T) GSM Global System for Mobile communications GSM Groupe Speciale Mobile (org. , CEPT) GSMP General Switch Management Protocol (DEC, Sprint) GSNW Gateway Service for NetWare (MS, Windows NT) GSP GNU Server Pages (GNU, Java, JSP) GSS Generic Security Service (IETF, GSS-API) GSS Group Support System GSSAPI Generic Security Service API (RFC 2078, API), "GSS-API" GST Guam Standard Time [+1000] (TZ) GSX Graphics System eXtension GTDM Group Time Division Multiplexing [protocol] GTF Generalized Timing Format (VESA) GTK [GNU] GIMP ToolKit (GNU, GUI) GTL Gunning Tranceiver Logic+ [bus] (Intel, SMP), "GTL+" GTLD Generic Top Level DOMAIN (Internet, ICANN), "gTLD" GTP GPRS Tunnel Protocol (GPRS, mobile-systems) GTS GigaTexel Shading GUI Graphical User Interface (UI) GUID Global[ly] Unique IDentifier (COM) GUIDE Graphical User Interface Design Editor (Sun) GUILE GNU's Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extension (GNU) GUS Guide to the Use of Standards (SPAG) GUUG German Unix User Group (org., user group, Unix) GV GebaeudeVerteiler (cable, EN 50 173) GVBA Global Village Business Association (org., USA) GVV German Volunteer Votetakers (Usenet, DANA) GWAI German Workshop on Artificial Intelligence (conference, AI) GWBASIC Graphics and Windows Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC, MS-DOS), "GW-Basic" GWDG Gesellschaft fuer Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung Goettingen [mbH] (org.) GWS Gesellschaft fuer Wirtschafts- und Sozialkybernetik (org., Uni Marburg) GWS Graphics WorkShop