ANSI | American National Standard Institute |
APAR | Authorized Problem Analysis Report |
API | Application Programming Interface |
ASCII | American National Standard Code for Information Interchange |
BOS | Base Operating System |
BSD | Berkeley Software Distribution |
BSS | Block Started by Symbol |
CD | Compact Disk |
CDE | Common Desktop Environment |
CD-ROM | CD-Read Only Media |
CDT | Central Daylight Time |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
CST | Central Standard Time |
DCE | Distributed Computer Environment |
DLL | Dynamic Link Library |
DLPAR | Dynamic Logical Partitioning |
DSA | Dynamic Segment Allocation |
DVD | Digital Versatile Disk |
DVD-R | DVD-Recordable |
DVD-RAM | DVD-Random Access Media |
DVD-ROM | DVD-Read Only Media |
EB | Exabyte |
EXTSHM | Extended Mode Shared Memory Segments |
FC | Feature Code |
FIFO | First-in First-out |
FTSS | Field Technical Support Specialist |
GB | Gigabyte |
GID | Group ID |
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
GNU | GNU is Not UNIX |
GPR | General Purpose Register |
GUI | Graphical User Interface |
HMC | IBM Hardware Management Console for pSeries |
HPC | High-Performance Computing |
HTML | Hyper-Text Markup Language |
HTTP | Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol |
I/O | Input/Output |
IBM | International Business Machines Corporation |
IDE | Integrated Development Environment |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
ILP32 | integer/long/pointer 32-bit |
IOC | IBM Open Class Library |
IPA | Interprocedural Analysis |
IPC | Inter-Process Communication |
ISBN | International Standard Book Number |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
ISV | Independent Software Vendor |
ITSO | International Technical Support Organization |
JFS | Journaled File System |
JFS2 | Enhanced Journaled File System |
K&R | The C programming language standard defined by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie |
KB | Kilobyte |
LIFO | Last-In First-Out |
LP64 | Long/Pointer 64-bit |
LPP | License Program Product |
LUM | License Use Management |
LWP | Light-Weight Process |
MB | Megabyte |
MP | Multiprocessor |
NFS | Network File System |
NIS | Network Information Service |
OS | Operating System |
PB | Petabyte |
PCI | Peripheral Component Interconnect |
PDF | Portable Document Format or Profile-Directed Feedback |
PID | Process ID |
POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface |
POWER | Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC |
PPID | Parent Process ID |
PTF | Program Temporary Fix |
RAD | Rapid Application Development |
RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
RMC | Resource Monitoring and Control |
RML | Recommended Maintenance Level |
RSCT | Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology |
SMIT | System Management Interface Tool |
SMP | Symmetric Multiple Processor |
STL | Standard Template Library |
TB | Terabyte |
TID | Thread ID |
TLB | Translation Look-Aside Buffer |
TOC | Table of Contents |
TSD | Thread-Specific Data |
TTY | Teletypewriter |
UCS | Universal Coded Character Set |
UID | User ID |
UP | Uniprocessor |
URL | Universal Resource Locator |
VMM | Virtual Memory Manager |
VP | Virtual Processor |
WLM | Work Load Manager |
XCOFF | eXtended Common Object File Format |